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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freakashow
Emoticons are quite nice. However, I feel there are already enough of them out there.
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freakashow
Good luck to Yu and Saeko!
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freakashow
I agree with taikan. It seems that the number of inspections and far better technology has contributed to higher detection rates in tainted foods. Which brings up another question: How safe is safe?
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freakashow
Good for the city of Philadelphia. This city has been so hungry for a champion that a fictional character like Rocky Balboa ended up becoming its hero by default, for the past couple of decades. It's about time they win something. Now only if the Eagles, Sixers, or Flyers could win something (but I guess I won't be alive to see that happen).
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freakashow
Sickening. Too many of these instances have been occuring. I just read an article that said even White Rabbit Creamy Candy was found to be contaminated with the stuff, in California and in four Connecticut stores. According to the article, this has been blamed for four children's deaths and thousands of kidney ailments.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/aponbige/candymelamine
To me, it is scary, but I'm sure there is one poster out there ( I forgot his handle name ) that will argue not to panic and act like "chicken littles", since we are more likely to get struck by lightning than killed by contaminated food. Yeah, right.
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freakashow
Oh, and to add, to find the article and quote about Ichiro, all I did was to look it up on the Mariners official website. You should check it out.
Posted in: Mariners malcontent centering on Ichiro
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freakashow
No, I didn't Google anything. I remembered off the top of my head reading about Ichiro's teammates in the outfield comments. I decided to include a source, since it wouldn't seem authentic without it.
Posted in: Mariners malcontent centering on Ichiro
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freakashow
Sorry, my bad. I forgot to mention John Riggleman. Also, in a another article, former teammate Jose Guillen (now with the Royals) and teammate Raul Ibanez said:
http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070802&contentid=2125455&vkey=newssea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea
Posted in: Mariners malcontent centering on Ichiro
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freakashow
My apologies, hoserfella. You did indeed praise Ichiro's playing skills. Yet, you seem to have failed to read any of my posts, or maybe forgot what I wrote. I have already addressed the rumors about Ichiro. You yourself said that it is a fact that Ichiro is the source of disruption in the Mariners clubhouse. I responded by saying that you can't tell that for a fact based on a "rumor", especially when many of his own teammates claim otherwise. You also went on to say that JJ Putz never denied the rumor. I wrote that he did, and I backed it up with Putz's own statements.
You also mentioned that I know nothing about baseball and teamwork. Yes, I may not know as much about baseball as you do, but that does not mean you know more about teamwork than I do. Teamwork and rumors DO NOT only happen in baseball. Rumors are flown everywhere; at work, at home, in politics, entertainment, and yes, sports. And rumors can even be spread from seemingly credible sources. Just because one person is saying something about someone, doesn’t mean it’s true. We can play the “he said, she said” game all you want, but until more credible sources come forward; a rumor remains a rumor. Also, you don't have to be an athlete to know anything about teamwork. In fact, many sports don't even require teamwork, like tennis, karate, boxing, and golf.
Yes, you are right, I am an amateur when it comes to talking about baseball, but I do know the difference between a rumor and fact. I also know what it means to be on a team. You forget, I have played sports competitively before; just not baseball. I sincerely hope that you don’t believe everything someone says about someone else; especially if it is only one person saying it. As for me, I always like to give people a chance to actually get to know them before passing any form of judgment. I pray that people will do the same with you.
Peace.
freakashow
Posted in: Mariners malcontent centering on Ichiro
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freakashow
Good post zurcronium. Beane is the best GM in baseball. It seems some posters like to talk two ways out of their a*** On one hand they're saying stats don't matter and Ichiro only cares about them. On the other hand they are saying that he can play really good.
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freakashow
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I got nothing against the guy, but stories like this just don't pop up out of nowhere.
And I guess that stories about a "fella" poster don't just pop out of nowhere either, huh?
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freakashow
Yes, but fine, reputable papers tend to quote their sources as real people. A “clubhouse insider”doesn't quite cut the definition as a "reputable source" now does it? I've heard of names like John, Sue, James, etc. Since when is "clubhouse insider" a real name? If you went to court with that, you would lose hands down.
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freakashow
Well then, I guess you are implying that rumors heard in tabloids such as the National Enquirer and Sun don't just come out of nowhere too.
I guess you must have skipped your high school biology class. According to the American Heritage dictionary, smoke can be described as "a cloud of fine particles". It goes on to note that although smoke primarily comes from things that have been ignited, chemicals such as sulfur can also emit smoke (which stands to reason that sulfur doesn't have to be on fire). I also happen to know that when water is combined with frozen carbon dioxide you can see the same effect.
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freakashow
horsefella:
Sounds like from reading what yabits wrote: "JJ Putz said there was NO meeting to talk about it." that he DID deny it. You should understand that saying "there was NO meeting" = blatantly denying a meeting ever happened. Also, when a player says:
“You’re talking about a guy who is more prepared to play than anybody probably in this game,” Putz said. “He goes out every single season and has 200 hits and scores 100 runs. All of a sudden people talk about knocking him out. That’s the one thing that’s usually sacred in there. You have something to say about somebody, you walk up to them and say something.”
That to me signifies that this person is going all out to defend his own teammate. I can't find anything in the above quote that infers "ignorance" in it. I mean, I could say the same thing about a player who is playing on a last place team about to be eliminated from the playoffs saying "We can still qualify!" claiming ignorance for the fact that they are on a s*** team; can't I?
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freakashow
ThuleSociety:
Huh? It was the Republicans that blew up and said that this deal is not a good deal. "Conservatives were in revolt over the astonishing price tag of the proposal and the hand of government that it would place on private markets." Note: Conservatives = Republicans. NOT Democrats.
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freakashow
Nippon5:
You might be right about that. Nonetheless, a crime was committed and ended in the death of a Sunni leader. Those who perpetrated this crime must serve the time. It is the same if a cop accidentally killed an unarmed civilian in the line of duty. An investigation would be held and justice would be served. He or she would still have to serve their sentence and do time even if the circumstances were extreme. Heck, it's the same when someone is driving on the street, swerves to avoid hitting a cat, but ends up killing a pedestrian. They are guilty nonetheless.
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freakashow
'nuff said.
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freakashow
Although there haven't been any "admitted" cases of BSE in the U.S. recently, there have been numerous cases of downed cows being severely mistreated and sold to the general public.
According to a Humane Society report:
"... downed cattle, those too sick or disabled to stand or walk, are routinely beaten, dragged with chains, shocked with electric prods, and pushed by forklifts in efforts to move them at slaughter facilities ..."
http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/farm/downers-bse-and-usda-final.pdf
Furthermore, this report states that "downed cattle may harbor greater numbers of pathogens, and their slaughter may increase spread of pathogens at the slaugher establishment."
We are talking about more than BSE here; we basically are talking about the spread of pathogens such as E.Coli, Salmonella, and even Anthrax (in which at least five people were exposed and confirmed having in the summer of 2000)!
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freakashow
You're right Mark; that would also apply to cattle in Japan. I was just merely pointing out the fact that although BSE is not common in cows, both in the U.S. and in Japan, there are other dangers out there that we should be concerned about. Also, we should be more concerned about the ethical treatment of cows before they are sent to be slaughtered, as well as choosing not to use "downed" cows for human consumption.
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freakashow
Although there haven't been any "admitted" cases of BSE in the U.S. recently, there have been numerous cases of downed cows being severely mistreated and sold to the general public.
According to a Humane Society report:
"... downed cattle, those too sick or disabled to stand or walk, are routinely beaten, dragged with chains, shocked with electric prods, and pushed by forklifts in efforts to move them at slaughter facilities ..."
http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/farm/downers-bse-and-usda-final.pdf
Furthermore, this report states that "downed cattle may harbor greater numbers of pathogens, and their slaughter may increase spread of pathogens at the slaugher establishment."
We are talking about more than BSE here; we basically are talking about the spread of pathogens such as E.Coli, Salmonella, and even Anthrax (in which at least five people were exposed and confirmed having in the summer of 2000)!
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