JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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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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lostrune2
Mubarak's old Egyptian army is just doing what they used to do.
Posted in: Violence rocks Cairo as Islamists claim election lead
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lostrune2
And one more, to continue from above:
5.) Being in the AL West division, all 3 of Texas' division opponents are way over in the west coast. Darvish has to get used to not only long-distance travel but also across not 1 but 2 timezones in many trips. (Ichiro, being in the northwest corner Seattle farthest from everybody else, got used to the long trips; kudos to him, but at least he shared the same timezone in the west coast.)
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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lostrune2
Heh, the title is a bit misleading because it should be:
"Furyk among 50 to book Masters trip"
Because the top 50 players in the year-end World Golf Rankings are all invited, not just 11 of them.
Posted in: Furyk among 11 to book Masters trip; Ishikawa misses out
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Some reports say Darvish is looking for 5 years, $75 million, average $15 million per year............. which he likely won't get (Dice-K "only" got 6 years, $52 million, average less than $9 million per year, and they know how that panned out).......... but ya never know nowadays (when CJ Wilson signed for ace money..... to be the Angels' No. 3 starter).
Nevertheless, it'll still cost the Rangers over $100 million overall, which would make it hard for them to retain all their core star players who become free-agents starting after 2012 season (though they have a good farm system, so they may afford the risk). Whether this huge bet works out for the Rangers, nobody would know for a few more years (just ask the BoSox).
Anyways, if the Rangers and Darvish reach a deal, here's a few things Darvish has to watch out:
1.) It's hot outside in the Texas summer months, especially day games.
2.) There's a homerun jet stream to right field in Texas Arlington Stadium (good for lefty batters - Darvish is a righty). The Rangers team has the biggest difference between home HRs vs. away HRs.
3.) Darvish will be facing Albert Pujols and Ichiro a lot (though both had down-years last season, and thus maybe on the decline trend).
4.) He'll be pitching fewer innings per start, but will pitch in 4 days rest, instead of 6 days rest in Japan.
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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lostrune2
Gomen, lemme fix that formatting:
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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lostrune2
Texas Rangers bid a hefty sum, around $51.7 million, even more than BoSox with Dice-K. Where is now seems everybody suddenly getting all these monies (not too long ago, the Rangers were under MLB administration).............
But it may be to Darvish's benefit because if there's someone he has to listen to, it's Rangers co-owner Nolan Ryan. If one thinks one is the special one, standing in front of Nolan Ryan's accomplishments would quickly dispel that specialness. Maybe Dice-K would've also benefited if he has a Nolan Ryan that he can't but listen to.
Posted in: Texas Rangers win negotiating rights to Yu Darvish
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lostrune2
So what? The US isn't helping Japan with its North Korea issues. Let Iran and North Korea have their nuclear missiles. If Iran can have it, then so can North Korea.
Posted in: Japan refuses to stop Iranian oil imports
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The West should tie the issue of helping Japan with North Korea's abductions with the issue of Japan helping them with these abductions. Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours, and all that jazz.
Posted in: Clinton urges Japan to take action on child abduction issue
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North Korea should just degrade and have Russia and China take the people in since they're such assertive supporters and puppeteers.
Posted in: Japan, U.S. urge stable transition in N Korea
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lostrune2
When has a free-trade agreement ever primarily benefits USA? Everybody wants to export to USA, but nobody wants to import.
Posted in: U.S. sees TPP as model for global trade
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lostrune2
Did China really change that much how it does business after joining WTO? So why expect Russia to change much too? That's why new economic pacts like the TPP are happening nowadays, because the bar of compliance to the WTO is not that high.
Posted in: Russia gains long-sought approval to join WTO
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lostrune2
It's like the American ex-national coach taking over Egypt's national team.
Posted in: Okada braced for 'rough ride' in China if results don't go his way
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lostrune2
Elbuda Mexicano,
http://www.transcanada.com/docs/KeyProjects/detailedsystem_map.pdf
Posted in: U.S. Congress strikes deal to avert government shutdown
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lostrune2
They're only kicking the can 2 months in the future.
(BTW, there is already a Canada-US pipeline all the way to Texas.)
Posted in: U.S. Congress strikes deal to avert government shutdown
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lostrune2
Hope he doesn't turn out like another Kei Igawa.............
Posted in: Orioles sign Wada to $8.15 million, 2-year contract
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lostrune2
Hope they don't encounter a lot of needles.............
Posted in: Flotsam from March 11 tsunami reaches U.S. West Coast
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lostrune2
Heh, I remember when Youtube was first starting out and how I came to know about it, hahaha............
Posted in: More than 200 billion online videos viewed globally in October
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lostrune2
R.I.P. good man.
There are still great Brits amongst us like Neil Gaiman.
Posted in: Author Christopher Hitchens dies at 62
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lostrune2
Citation?
Posted in: U.S.: Assad's Syria a 'dead man walking'
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lostrune2
While they're at it, she should ask them to investigate the other deaths under Gadhafi's regime.
Posted in: Gadhafi's daughter demands ICC probe into father's death