JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) in Kanto region
- RCS (RCSコーポレーション), Kanto
- Salary: ¥180,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month includes performance bonus
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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Xeno23
Banning trade + international fishing restrictions + spawning & habitat protected fishing-free zones + international criminalization for illegal fishing + maritime policing with adequate authority & force is the most effective way to protect marine resources. Barring that, we're going to see depletion of the oceans in 50 years.
We're also gonna have to provide some kind of social safety net for people losing their livelihood because we're coming down so hard on fishing. Can't just hand them out to dry, like so much squid on a pole...
Posted in: Is banning international trade in fish such as bluefin tuna the most effective way to protect marine resources?
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Xeno23
Anybody should be allowed to marry whomever or whatever the heck they want. Same gender, mixed gender, transgender, sheep, llamas, silicon love dolls, ficus plants, lint out of the dryer. Why does it freaking matter? If my neighbor wants to marry a rusted out Chevy on his front lawn, how's that any skin off my nose? And if he winds up going to hell for it, so? That's his problem...
The idea that it'll drag society down some goofball path is utter nonsense. Most people plain aren't gonna wind up anything other than normal. We've had 10,000 years of civilization to get collectively weird, that we haven't just means we're not generally predisposed much beyond being regular folks.
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Xeno23
I like beer; I like getting nicely lit up too, but sometimes I want beer with my meal, say lunch during the work week, and don't want to get lit up. The beer flavor goes well with so much, and it's a real thirst quencher. I actually find it annoying getting a little drunk sometimes.
Like Beelzebub says, Kaliber is very good - frequently rated best. St. Pauli NA is good too, as is Clausthaler. Most of the others are on the weak side.
Most NA marketed beer is actually around 0.5%, so it's not really alcohol free. In the US you still need to be over minority buy it, 18 - 21 depending. And in California, you can't buy it after 2 AM.
Posted in: Alcohol-free Kirin beer
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Xeno23
Anyway, I'm guessing we'll never hear teh final word on this story. That bullet might as well have come from the space station for all we'll ever know.
Was the car a Toyota or Nissan or etc.? Could be a plot by GM & Co. Get the US Army to bail them out...
Posted in: Bullet found lodged in car license plate near Marine base in Okinawa
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Xeno23
Sounds like a 7.62mm or .308 round rather than a 5.56mm or .223. If it was a 7.62mm round simply "lodging" in the license plate could mean it came from well over a mile away, as most of its energy was likely spent - otherwise, a round like that would go through the license plate. Also, if it wasn't deformed on impact that could also indicate it was mostly spent.
So how does it get lodged in a car's license plate, given where license plates are? If it was from a flat trajectory, that would mean there was nothing between the firing station and where this car was parked, meaning no backstop; nothing. Perhaps it was a ballistic trajectory from an accidental discharge; that could explain the lack of energy on impact.
How nearby is that range? Is it likely that the backstop of the range is in direct line with residential areas? Typically, these kinds of ranges are up to 600 yards long, dug in somewhat below ground level with high berms of dirt at the end as backstop, pointed in a direction away from populations.
Presumably too, there are fences and whatnot between the firing range and populations. So, did this bullet go through a fence? A chain link fence wouldn't do much to the bullet, but anything more solid would deform the bullet and alter the trajectory; that could also reduce the bullet's energy - but the fence still couldn't be much more solid than corrugated plastic or tin, otherwise the bullet would be rather deformed.
If this came from the military base, then it was likely an accidental discharge, not aimed, going off in some direction other than down range. It took a rather high ballsitic trajectory, up, over, and out of the military base, then down to lodge where it ended up - quite some distance away.
Shooting a round like this into the car at close range (less than 50 yards) is unlikely; it would not "lodge" in the license plate; it would go through it, and go into the car itself. One could, however, with a hammer, tap it into place ^_^ since bullets are themselves inert; it's the cartridges that contain the charge.
Posted in: Bullet found lodged in car license plate near Marine base in Okinawa
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Xeno23
Kids' cellphones should have parental controls to lock usage during school hours except for particular numbers, or functions. I expect sooner or later, this will be the case. Too late to kick cell phones out of any venue now.
One positive sign: since regulation against cell phone use during driving w/out hands-free went into affect in various US cities, driving has measurably improved. I'm also seeing work places starting to enact cell phone restricted areas, and publishing use guides to employees. This would seem to indicate our constantly connected society is starting to find its way.
Posted in: Do children need to have cell phones with them at school?
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Xeno23
As usual, an adult commenting on today's children can only think of them in terms of his own childhood. Today's kids are today's kids, not the kids of anyone's yesteryear - it's a failure of imagination, reason and perception to associate them with any context other than their own.
The kids will be fine; they always have been. It just may not be a "fine" that fits some oldster's anachronistic definition.
Posted in: Animator Hayao Miyazaki worries about children's future
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Xeno23
Both the mangaka and the author have won serious and prestigious cultural awards in Japan; real ones - not best leatherist ilk. Miyazaki Aoi is the lead in this year's NHK Taiga Dorama "Atsu-Hime", and she can actually act. The Olympian is a given. The others, not so much.
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Xeno23
Regardless of how one feels about Christianity and religion, consistency and correctness should be maintained if one is going to claim any kind of legitimacy, so, all martyrs should be beatified. That Japanese Christian martyrdom has so long gone unrecognized by the Vatican is shameful.
I've known a number of Japanese families with Christian tradition going back into the pre-edo period; all of them have historically fascinating family heirlooms of hidden Christian artifacts, and family tradition stories of great interest. Recognition is long overdue.
Posted in: Japanese Christian martyrs to be beatified
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Xeno23
Forgot 3. Barry Nelson from the 1954 production, first ever Bond drama: Casino Royale on the CBS Climax Mystery Theater (Peter Lorre was Le Chiffre!). Also, David Niven and Peter Sellers both playing Bond in the 1967 Casino Royale spoof with Woody Allen as the super-villain Jimmy Bond, and Orson Welles as Le Chiffre. Of course, none of these really count...
I think we have yet to see a Bond as depicted in the books. None of these guys quite cut it, if you're going for that. Sam Neill would be my choice.
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Xeno23
Was a bartender for years in Southern California. Bartenders know who's drunk and who's not; also know who has a car, and who drove - it's pretty clear dealing with so many of the public on a daily basis like that. A good bartender is like Sherlock Holmes, my friends; it's part of the job. In California, both the bartender and establishment are liable in civil court, possibly criminal if injury results, but actual prosecution isn't all that common - not exactly sure why.
Had numerous professional training courses as a lead bartender and bar manager; psychology of drunkenness, physiology of drunkenness, chemistry of alcohol, state laws, responsibilities of purveyors, tactics and strategies for responsible bartending. Been in three DUI court cases and been thrown out of the jury by the defense every time; know too much. Bartending pros aren't just schleps slinging cocktails...
Posted in: Should bar owners who serve alcohol to customers knowing they are driving be liable for prosecution if the customer is involved in a traffic accident? Should passengers in cars driven by drunk drivers be also liable for prosecution?
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Xeno23
6,000 Yen for a gram of grass? What're y'kidding me? How's this a drug heaven? An average Joe can get a quarter oz (7 grams) of bud for that without hardly trying on any day of the week almost anywhere in LA. I won't go into all the other stuff that can be scoured up except to say it's a veritable pharmacopeia of fun. Lemme tell ya, 6kY for a gram of dope is practically extortion.
Posted in: Is Japan becoming a 'drug heaven?'
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Xeno23
Why not go back to the originals? Greased wrestling (naked); armored fist boxing (naked); 400 m dash in full bronze armor panoply; a genuine Marathon run from Marathon to Athens (naked); chariot races (naked horses); and of course, wanton drunkenness and buggery.
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Xeno23
Those are the plants in question??? Those guys should be arrested as bad gardeners, not drug lords. Jeez, it'd be pointless to smoke anything from that lot. You don't want leaf or shake, you want bud; you don't get proper bud until plants are a good meter high.
Oh wait, maybe it's bonsai sensimillia; sorry.
Posted in: Two men arrested for possessing 108 cannabis plants in Fukuoka
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Xeno23
We're talking here about US foreign policy wrt Japan, not Democratic platform planks in the US.
In that regard, I expect Obama will be neither good, nor bad for Japan. Regardless of who's Prez, US policy toward Japan has been pretty much unchanged for decades - no real reason to alter it.
He'll likely visit a few times, make a celebrity splash, nod his head at on-going economic and global cooperation, grimace thoughtfully over US military bases - but otherwise do nothing.
The only possible big deal is if Japan, U.S., China relations end up getting complicated. Even there, things might look dicey for a while, but no one is going to war; it'd be bad for business...
Posted in: Is Barack Obama's election as U.S. president good news for Japan?
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Xeno23
Not to detract from this poor woman's frightening ordeal, but this does not sound like a crazed bear. This sounds like a rather small, surprised bear took one or a couple warding swipes, then scampered off. I'm from California where real bear attacks occur, and have lots of friends from Alaska who've known folks with Grizzly encounters. You do not get off from a bear attack with a few scratches and a hurt back; you're lucky if you come out alive.
You know you're in genuine bear country when you go into a general store, and can readily buy industrial strength bear repellent in a belt clip spray can, or folks are packing magnum revolvers just to go fishing...
Posted in: Woman attacked by bear in Karuizawa
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Xeno23
I too, am a frequent aroma user, particularly after a few days in the same socks. Or it that aroma abuser?
Defense aroma: the smell of victory - napalm in the morning. Environment aroma: the smell of nature - manure in the morning.
Posted in: Model Shiho named aroma ambassador
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Xeno23
See this just ticks me off no end. I'm from California; those're MY dang raisins! How come my local KKs don't have no rum soaked raisin donuts? This just suxxor! Okay, so we got the red, white and blue sprinkle star shaped donut for election day - but it ain't rum soaked. At least it's free if you voted.
Posted in: White rum-soaked raisin donut
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Xeno23
So Cold Stone in the US is all about the mix-ins, like M-and-Ms, Butterfinger bits, crushed Oreo cookies, even gummi bears. Japan being Japan, what are they mixing in? Squid jerky? Sugar cured dried fish? Kaki-no-tane arare? Natto? Corn? Yumm-o.
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Xeno23
Iwo To, is the new name, but it still means Iwo Island. To is the other reading for the same character as Shima.
Anyway, sheesh; it's not some place to cheer over. Iwo To is a sobering monument to our worst and best qualities - regardless of which side anyone is talking about. It deserves silent reverence and deep reflection - in honor of, and remorse over those who were there.
Posted in: Japanese army major dies during visit to Iwo Jima tunnel