JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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herefornow
numbskull-- again, I'm not the only one finding flaws in your "logic". First off, what the companies paid Tiger in endorsements is only a fraction of what they invested in complete advertising and promotional campaigns. All told, these companies spend hundreds of millions, as I said, if not in the billions, on Tiger's ads. Now, did they get their money's worth, as you suggest? Possibly, although as Junnama states, it is quite possible that they didn't. What is clear is that he signed contracts that included morals clauses knowing full-well that he was likely in violation of them, and knowing that these companies would never have paid him the money if the truth was known. Also, your defense of your statements about his wife is pure nonesense. Just because she doesn't read JT it is OK for you to speculate wildly about her sexual activity level? Because she won't be harmed by it? Please, spreading an unfounded rumor/speculation is worse, because, as you state, you have no basis for it. The publication that broke this story had over 300 text messages, voice recordings, and travel documents to verify Tiger's activities. (And you can bet that given Tiger's history of suing publications, and the staggering amounts his sponsors have invested in him, that their lawyers were completely satisfied with the proof before they went to press.) How does that qualify as a rumor? Might not win a conviction, but would easily get you an indictment. Finally, let me again state that, IMO, Tiger's actions are not reason for me or anyone else to judge his moral character. However, IMO, they are more than enough reason for me to judge his trustworthiness when it comes to business dealings and the press. Totally different.
Posted in: Accenture marks 1st sponsor to cut ties with Tiger Woods
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herefornow
numbskull -- I agree with tarento, I think your predictable rants on this subject are possibly due to this situation hitting tooclose to home for you. But, let's deal with the objective, rather than the subjective. First off, I have never "moralized" regarding Tiger's actions, except as it pertains to his business dealings and the millions he earned off endorsements. IMO, what a person does relative to his marriage is his own business, except when that person has allowed companies to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote a clean image for that person, that was obviously false. (Have you even bothered looking at some of the campaigns? Do you think TAGHeuer is happy that their ads proclaim "What are you made of?" next to a big picture of Tiger? Folks are laughing at them, since 13 women are all over the place saying exactly what Tiger is made off.) Also, your statement regarding his sponsors support, is also way off. As of today, only Nike has offered their unconditional support of Tiger. All the others have either: refused comment, said they are "evaluating", or dropped him -- including Gatorade, Gillette, and Accenture -- although they may have tried to be polite by saying they were simply "minimizing his presence to respect his privacy". Finally, your comments about all this being caused by a single rumor, and possibly his actions being justified by his wife potentially being cold, is just rubbish, and the kind of ridiculous speculation you accuse the press of. You take the press to task for spreading rumors about Tiger, but then turn right around and create unfounded and wild rumors to defend him. That's rich.
Posted in: Accenture marks 1st sponsor to cut ties with Tiger Woods
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herefornow
Absolutely he is fair game. He took millions from folks like Accenture due to his image for integrity and moral character. A free press has every right to see if all the rumors -- and there had to be rumors given the number of gals involved -- were true. And, no he should not do a candid TV interview, unless Elin is with him. Otherwise it will just be more contrived PR spin. If he wants us to forgive him, then he needs to man-up to the pain he has caused.
Posted in: Is Tiger Woods fair game for the media? Do you think a candid TV interview would help him?
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herefornow
numbshull -- looks like I'm not the only one here who thinks you are off base in your repeated defenses of Tiger and his right to privacy. And, since JT is apparently your only source of news on this subject, let me update you on the latest -- Gillette has pulled him from his ads, Accenture has dropped all signs of him from their website, and AT&T is evaluating the situation. And, as we know, Gatorade had already given him the boot. Has it dawned on you yet why he lashed out at the press and all the "vultures"? Oh, and in case you cannot connect all the dots, be prepared for the IRS getting into this at some point. Based on published reports, he jetted at least some of his harem around the world through his Tiger Woods Design company. If he declared any of those as business expenses, that's tax fraud. And, the public does have a right to know about that, and it was the press that possibly uncovered it.
Posted in: Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf
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herefornow
numbskull -- You make me laugh. The only one proven wrong here time and time again is yourself. I stated early on that Tiger's initial plea for privacy was nothing more than an attempt by him and his handlers to try to minimize the damage to his image and his potential legal liability to his sponsors. (Remember I referenced about "morals clauses"?) And, guess what, I was dead on, because the real truth has come out. Even his own agent stated yesterday that they are having conversations with all his sponsors in order to find satisfactory solutions. In other words, now that we know Tiger bangs porn stars, his sponsors need to be convinced not to sue him for damages. Please stop ranting and actually read about what is going on. Christine Brennan's piece today is interesting in that she specifically asked both AT+T and Accenture about Tiger and moral's clauses, and they both refused comment. Or, try Rick Reilly's from yesterday, in which he advised Tiger to do just what he is doing -- take an indefinite leave. When will you realize that this had nothing to do with protecting Tiger's or Elin's privacy, and everything to do with protecting the brand Tiger Woods and avoiding embarrassing legal problems with the sponsors?
Posted in: Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf
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herefornow
Excellent. Made me glad the GWB and Cheney are just distant memories.
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herefornow
Yes, it is synthetic ice. And, its nice and all, but I don't understand why it rated like 10 minutes on the NHK news last night.
Posted in: Skating at the Hills
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herefornow
numbskull -- glad to see that your posts continue to be nothing but a foolish defense of Tiger's right to privacy. Have you not got a clue as to what happened here? The man was a serial cheater and liar, and when caught, demanded his privacy, and lashed out at the "vultures" in the press, in the hopes the entire sorted mess would not come out -- and hurt his earnings. He wasn't doing it to protect his wife or kids. If he cared about them, he would have not been boinking about a dozen women in the last few years, and he would have offered this kind of apology on Day 1, not on Day 15, when he has been exposed for the charade that he is. First it was "a situation", then it was "transgressions", and now, finally, it is "infidelity". He's nothing but a player who got caught, and you blaming the press for his downfall is confusing the problem with the issue. (Borrowed from John Hawke of the Golf Channel.) His problem with Elin is not the press -- it's his cheating. Stop blaming the press for doing their jobs. NBC sports pays millions to the PGA to showcase Tiger on TV. Their news division has a right to see if they are getting what they pay for.
Posted in: Tiger Woods to take 'indefinite' leave from golf
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herefornow
J-talentos, particularly the females. Certainly none of them can really be that vaccuous can they? They must be lying with those foolish answers they give on variety shows and at public appearances.
Posted in: Which professions, other than politics, do you think have the biggest liars?
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herefornow
He better care about money, because at the rate his team and Japan are forcing him to pitch, he'll be washed up by the time he's 30. He is only 23, but had to take two "injury layoffs" last season. Don't imagine the constant training and pressure he was under last spring due to the WBC had anything to due with it, right? Same for Dice-K this year. You can't expect these guys to throw 12 months a year, even at 23, and not burn out. That's why Wakui should have gone straight to the majors, where they have things like pitch counts/limits to protect the pitchers. And a true off-season.
Posted in: Darvish youngest to reach Y300 million in salary
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herefornow
GW -- You beat me to it. The U.S. on Friday told Japan that all talks about "deepening the alliance" were off until Futenma is settled. So this is just the J-side trying to save a little face. Bottom line, the U.S. has called Hatoyama's bluff -- You can't stall on Futenma but at the same time spouting about "broader ties". Afterall, there is no sense talking about new agreements if the DPJ is going to walk away from an existing one. Hatoyama is slitting his own throat here, for the sake of the SDP. And I imagine Obama will make that clear on the 18th when they meet, since he was very accomodating when he visited here, but has now been made to look weak. Did you see Richard Armitrage's statements at the forum here yesterday? He was not subtle in his criticism of Hatoyama.
Posted in: Japan says talks on U.S. base issue suspended
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herefornow
numbskull -- amazing that you could be that far off base. But now that the number of Tiger's "transgressions" has hit like 8 or 9, including a porn star, I would hope even you would agree with flyingfish. Tiger and his minion of PR/image folks was perpetuating a total lie, portraying him as the devoted husband and father. They used the press for that. And, now, its payback time. And, Sarge, you are right, the SNL skit is laugh-out-loud funny. Can't wait to see this week's. They may have to bring in extra cast to have enough gals to be his lovers.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
numbskull -- Do yourself a favor, read some very well-thought-out opinions on this issue from folks like Rick Reilly, John Feinstein, Christine Brennan and others on other web sites. (She useses the term charade, where I used fraud. Big deal.) And you might be surprised that others agree that someone making 90% of his estimated fortune from endorsements has very little right to blame the media, and invasion of his privacy, for his problems. Which makes LFRAgian's point totally mute. As I said previously, every single one of his endorsement contracts contains a morals clause, which he willingly violated -- but took the money anyway. If these companies were only concerned about his life on the golf course, they would not have that clause in there. Honestly, do you think Chevron is happy that they have their name associated with his this week? And if you don't think his silence is at least in part driven by his desire to avoid legal issues regarding these contracts, then you are naive, or blind to reality.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
numbskull -- nice rant, but you miss the key point. As soon as Tiger Woods decided to selectively allow People magazine and others into his private life, obviously with positive PR goals in mind, he loses the right to claim "privacy" now. You can't have it both ways. He deliberately promoted the wholesome, all-american husband and father image, so now he must be man enough to face the consequences of his shortcomings. I am making no moral judgement as to what is right or wrong. I am simply stating that the man has apparently been a hypocrite and fraud for at least the past three years in order to line his pockets via endorsements. (And I guarantee you ALL of his endorsement contracts include a "morals clause", which corporate attornies are reviewing as we speak.) Doesn't make him any less of a great golfer, but certainly makes him less of a man and role model.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
Altria -- great stuff. I wonder if those 300 or so text messages he supposedly sent the cocktail waitress were courtesy of AT&T. No wonder they declined comment. It also helps explain why he was always drinking so much Gatorade -- had to keep those bodily fluids up.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
numbskull -- huh? No where did I even imply that Woods or any other great person/celebrity is not entitled to have some serious faults in their private life. (I would be the last peson to do so, as a matter of fact.) So, your "puritanical" reference is WAY off target. What I did state, and will repeat, is that someone who has made an estimated $1 billion by deliberately putting himself in the public's eye, is fair game for the court of public opinion. And his plea for privacy, for me anyway, falls on deaf ears, as nothing more than hypocracy. How many times over the past three years, while he was banging his cocktail waitress, has he paraded his wife and family in front of the cameras? And, are you not smart enough to believe that was deliberately done to re-inforce his image/increase his endorsement value? (Didn't People magazine do an exclusive photo shoot when his daughter was born? Do you think they would have done that if they has known he was having "transgressions"?) So, in my opinion, that was fraud, since he knew that was all just for show. Sorry, live by the sword, die by the sword. You use the press for personal gain as he has done, and they have every right to bite back.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
Like many here, I feel very sorry for the ladies profiled in this article, but I feel no sorrow for the stores themselves. The department stores here have tried to keep a business model alive that should have died about 15 years ago. Paying ridiculous prices so there can be about 10 gals hovering around the cash register -- one to take your money, one to count the money, one to actually ring it up, etc., etc., -- is pre-bubble thinking. These dinasours need to get into the 21st century.
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herefornow
numbskull -- as usual, I'll choose to disagree with your opinion. Respectfully, saying Tiger is simply a golfer, and therefore deserves his privacy is simply stupid. The truth is that most of Tiger's estimated $1 billion fortune came from endorsements from companies like GM (Buick), Amex, ATT, etc. And, many of these companies paid him millions of dollars a year because of the squeeky-clean, morally upright image he put forward -- all of which just happened to be a fraud. What's more the money for these fees is built into the cost of what the public paid for these companies goods and services. So, IMO, the public has every right to know what Mr. "Holier than thou", has really been up to. he got rich off of their hero worship of him, so now they should know the truth. And, smartacus, Parnevik has every right to his opinion, since he introduced Woods to Elin in the first place. Looks like he married her just because she was the perfect role-model wife, while the leggy, blond, slutty-type is really what turns him on.
Posted in: Tiger Woods says he lets family down as affair rumors surface
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herefornow
perspective -- putting NoriP and Michael Jackson in the same paragraph is absurd, and proves my point about making ignorent statements. You and hellhound are using your own moral barometer -- "he was probably a pedophile" -- to judge what other people should be interested in or want to hear more about. (In the case of NoriP, I happen to think you are right. She was only marginally talented, if that.) But, just for laughs, please explain how releasing a DVD on a now dead man, practicing for a concert tour, puts your children at risk, or in any way glorifies "those you prey on them"?
Moderator: Readers, no more references to Noriko Sakai, please.
Posted in: Jackson's 'This Is It' documentary to be released on DVD on Jan 27
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herefornow
tkoind2 -- very good points. But, I for one, think that it is about 8 years too late. Respectfully, you say that all the Afgans want is security, but, it appears that security has to include the right to grow most of the world's opium, and let war lords rule their own tribal areas. That is not something I want my tax dollars continuing to support. The U.S. gave Iraq security, and, as predicted by many, they can't agree on an election law due to factional fighting. What in the world makes you think Afganistan will be any different?
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