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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jackseoul
Let's get it over with and pass a blasphemy ban... the Taliban should be the first ones to be prosecuted for destroying ancient Buddhist sculptures carved into mountain cliffs. Then we'll repeal the ban and once again enjoy our freedom of speech no matter how stupidly outrageous.
Posted in: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
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jackseoul
Have MS thought about keeping it going with the alphabet? Windows F (Failure) for Vista and Windows GW (GeeWhiz)... How about LOL, OMG or WTF? Numbers have to be sequential to make any sense and names are just too literal (ie. Vista. Thank goodness they didn't call it Windows Sill or Pane (huh?) or something stupid like that!).
Posted in: Microsoft's naming math: Vista plus 1 is 7
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jackseoul
Unfortunately, Abbas is human and even a better statesman. Sometimes as a politician you have to make unpopular decisions. He has been the most level-headed leader to come from Palestine since before Grand Nazi Haj Amin al-Husseini!
Hamas terrorists raise their hands in the air as if they never lobbed a thousand rockets into Israel to start this mess. Their intent was to start a war they couldn't win and sell the pictures to the world what the bad Israelis did to them. Shame on Hamas and their new Palestinian Nazi movement! Cheap representation of humans I would say.
Israelis killed many civilians, including children, yes, but Hamas fired rockets from school rooftops! I know some of you are still blind to that fact. It's a pity you only remember certain things. Half truths are a full out lie!
Hamas just solidified the fact that ONE Israeli soldier is worth 20 Palestinians! How demeaning to the Palestinians. OK, most may rejoice, but is this how worthless their lives are? Abbas didn't get any prisoners released, but he's a politician. Why should he play like terrorists do? That's no sign of weakness anywhere in the world except in the Palestinian territories.
Too bad terrorists aren't viewed as soldiers, because their suicide bombing would be considered war crimes, but they are not soldiers are they? If Hamas "soldiers" strapped on bombs and got caught trying to kill civilians, then they too would be held accountable for greater war crimes, no?
I'm not saying they're are no war crimes, but let Abbas do his job to start off the peace process.
Oh, and here we go again! Syria and their terror cells are rearing their ugly heads again.
Posted in: Abbas faces uproar over deferred war crimes vote
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jackseoul
The Japanese ex-wife is a criminal. The divorce happened in the USA along with custody hearings for the children. The ex-wife knew if she fled to Japan, her government would side with her. There is open information for Japanese women to "abduct" their children to bring back to Japan, therefore, the Japanese government is more than 50% at fault for allowing this to continue.
Even if Christopher Savoie is an idiot for trying to "re-abduct" his own children from his ex-wife, this growing problem has to be addressed so that both the fathers and mothers have fair access to their children.
Posted in: American arrested in Fukuoka for kidnapping own kids from ex-wife
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jackseoul
I had no idea short range tests were required to make them more accurate. If you want to shoot yourself in the foot maybe, so to speak. I'm sure they're already capable of lobbing missiles on their own army.
Where there was once a revolution, a new revolution could exist... does exist. With a new revolution and these crooked clerics in prison, the mid-east will be more stable.
All I know is Salami isn't a Halal meat.
Posted in: Iran says it is prepared to crush any military threat
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jackseoul
If there are any PROUD muslims knowing the fact that muslim nazis existed to participate in the genocide of any people, they should in fact agree with every lie that Ahmadinejad has stated. I've already seen his disciples here.
Posted in: Iran President Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial
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jackseoul
As a leader he lacks sparkle and brains. As a citizen of the world he is glad that he could stoke the fire beneath the decency of all those who would not forget such a tragedy. He is a disgrace to be leader of any country, a poster boy for beelzebub's stooopid club!
Anyway, do you think the Nazis would have treated muslims any better? I guess so, since the Palestinian Amin Al-Husseini had his own muslim nazi troops and welcomed the nazis with open arms... siding with the devil because the hatred is so great. This extremist militant view is a direct precursor to the terrorists of today, including Hamas. Muslims of today need to face the fact and move far away from these rabid views that Christians and Jews are out to get them. Don't forget Hitler wasn't even a Christian... Catholics were persecuted in Nazi Germany as well. So why weren't muslims as eagerly killed off? The reason is that the radical muslims served a purpose for the nazis – lackeys of the nazi war machine.
Posted in: Iran President Ahmadinejad proud of Holocaust denial
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jackseoul
As I stated elsewhere, a couple of allied troops equal a couple of dozen Taliban. This is Taliban arithmetic. The Taliban will recruit more children to fight its war and the outcome will still be the same. However, according to the terrorists all Taliban combatants have gone to heaven... to clean up the latrines. They'll then be sent off, after their duties, to the southern parts of Al-Janna to do more "janna"torial work.
Posted in: Dozens of Taliban killed after U.S. deaths
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jackseoul
Is this an experiment in new flavouring methods or is it for health purposes? You have to cover the veggies with chocolate before people will eat it? Thanks for nothing!
@Bambigirl,
They can make seafood flavoured ice cream, but I don't have to eat it. Last thing I need is some crunchy tobiko caught between my teeth! Oh, and picking out eel bones make me cringe!!!
Posted in: Veggie-inspired KitKats
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jackseoul
The US isn't going to leave with a another scar on herself. The problem is if the other allies leave first. The Canadians have been in it in the danger zones and the others gave little support... at least until the US sent more troops. The Canadians have taken the brunt of it for a long while.
True, the Afghanis need to figure out which side they're on, their army and police for example. Money is a big factor; the Allies promise but can't quite deliver. The Afghanis want a more stable country, but the Taliban are cowards and blend in with the rest of the population and promise money and help... more as a bribe than help – they know weak people will turn coats. Unfortunately, the Taliban do not wear uniforms like the cowards they are. They plant roadside bombs to kill a couple of allied troops and kill a whack of their own innocent civilians.
That proves to me a few things... they'd rather (love) kill innocent people; two allied troops are equal to 20 of their own lives (they need to brainwash more of their children to kill & die); they want control of a nation that produces opium so as to gain wealth for their cause. Does their Allah condone such actions? If most muslims don't condone alcohol, do they condone drug production & trafficking? Yet the muslim powers were supporting the Taliban at one time.
The terrorists can't see that they're doing harm to their own religion... KILLING, KILLING, KILLING, their own people and others. If the war ever ends, they'll be a bloodthirsty lot, walking around with the rest of the civilians causing trouble. They'll be tossing acid onto faces of precious young girls who want an education and executing "sinners" because they know God will forgive and they see Him as being weak, unlike themselves. The Taliban are the judge, jury & executioners because they know God's will! How grave that they know what God is thinking that they themselves are elevated to God's level. A cruel and treacherous joke on themselves! Enjoy your free trip to hell...
Posted in: 5 U.S. troops among 50 killed in Afghan violence
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jackseoul
Does it really matter who the father bought drugs off of? Wait, wasn't he dealing drugs as a yakuza boss? Or was he just a low-life user?
Posted in: Noriko Sakai's yakuza upbringing in spotlight
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jackseoul
Korea passed a law a few years ago that states all labels written in foreign languages had to be grammatically correct... and make sense, otherwise pay a stiff fine. Japan being 50 years ahead of Korea in baseball (not my words) cannot put two proper English sentences together on their labels and packaging.
However, having said all that, if you put proper English on labels, logos and such, the Japanese would not be able to understand. Both Japanese and Koreans write improper English lyrics, on purpose, in theirs songs so that the fans can sing along... and to them it makes sense.
Posted in: What do you think about the way English is used in the branding and marketing of products in Japan?
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jackseoul
@gogogo
I never stated it as a fact. But, if Google has the lion's share of the search engine biz, then that's what you use. I certainly don't use it because it's a horrible engine and I don't speak for all Apple users. Thus, "Apple users = Google users" is not my implication.
However, Apple having over half the mobile (iPhone, etc.) web usage, I believe it's a good indicator of Apple's impact on future web traffic as a whole. RIM, the makers of Blackberry are #2 at only 19% of mobile web use. Surprising, considering how the US courts deemed that stopping Blackberry usage may crash Wall Street and other financial institutions. Whichever way Apple decides to swing its promotion & support of search engines is going to have an impact... billions of dollars! Still, I find it hard to believe Apple would swing towards Bing unless it is far superior to Google.
Posted in: Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
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jackseoul
@gogogo,
who said Apple owned any search engines or Google for that matter? If you read carefully, I said, " I don't think I will go Bing over Google anytime soon." Just because I mentioned Mac in the same sentence? Google happens to be the default search engine for Safari and that's the only connection.
Posted in: Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
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jackseoul
Btw, I'm a Mac guy, but whoever has the best search engine will be the one I use. Not that I'm a Mac bigot, but I don't think I will go Bing over Google anytime soon.
Posted in: Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
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jackseoul
The regulators wouldn't clear the deal, how? Bing isn't an integral part of the Windoze operating sys. MS isn't trying to monopolize the search engine biz, they're trying to be a part of it. Unless, MS buys up Yahoo!, Google, etc, I don't think it's a deal breaker. Bing will have a certain rate of failure to be the earth's most popular search engine. Btw, no one has a monopoly search engine. There are still dozens out there for different info searches. Some are optimized for specific info. Not all are equal, but Google is the "go to" search engine for sure.
Posted in: Yahoo! vows to fight Microsoft on new front
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jackseoul
littlebigman,
First of all, you lack reading skills my friend. No one is saying that Tiger wasn't the best player!!! Others & I have mentioned this countless number of times!!! No one stated that Yang was the "Tiger Killer" as you have stated many times. You are twisting what people say to keep this agony of a discussion going.
Sport analysts agree with you? Like I said, when people don't play the sport, they usually end up trash talking on the sideline. Who was the one that mentioned Happy Gilmour? Hey Tiger! YOU CAN DO IT! You're that guy!!
Posted in: Yang's PGA win helps Asian golf surge
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jackseoul
biglittleman,
I was to the point. There is no fluke. Either a player brings his game or he doesn't. Simple as that. The other guy just didn't play well. Because he didn't play well, that was a fluke? You must have looked up the "other" definition for that word. I couldn't find it... and my dictionary is in English!
Also, I really don't think it matters if it's a major or not. The point is Woods lost 2 times to Yang, plain facts I'm afraid. That's this year, right? Two wins against the best player means something, does it not? Woods came to play the Honda Classic, he didn't waste his time on a plane to get beat, did he? The play-by-play showed that Tiger just didn't play well, but you say that's a fluke? Too bad for all the other flukes in history!
Posted in: Yang's PGA win helps Asian golf surge
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jackseoul
biglittleman,
You said: "Yeah, it was fluke. Plain and simple. Whether the fluke was his or Tiger's off day it was still a fluke. Jackseoul if you think Yang is the successor you will be waiting a long time."
You should read carefully before ranting. I specifically stated that Yang may not be the successor: "Woods, as I said is the best out there, but there is always a time for someone else to take his place. It may not be Yang, but someone surely will."
I say play the game before you become a commentator. You're just one sided. If you play the game you should have passion for it. Who knew Mike Tyson would be a has-been and not a celebrated hero. He too was at the top of his game when he lost against Holyfield. That was a fluke too?
Posted in: Yang's PGA win helps Asian golf surge
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jackseoul
@ biglittleman,
if we all had good days in golf, then we wouldn't be paying for someone else's lunch. A bad day being what? Your game went south and you can't recover. You're giving Woods excuses. Maybe he should have practiced more or not had sex the night before, but fair is fair in love and golf. Woods, as I said is the best out there, but there is always a time for someone else to take his place. It may not be Yang, but someone surely will. Then you'll say that Woods was getting too old for the game. Was the fluke the fact that Yang won or that Woods lost?
Posted in: Yang's PGA win helps Asian golf surge