JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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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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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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lostrune2
Just to repost mine:
I don't exactly know what happened at the crime scene, but whatever evidence the Italian police collected was not enough to convict someone for life**. First, the police couldn't figure out a motive - the "sex orgy" motif was just something the Italian prosecutor put out there (there was no evidence about it). Second, the DNA "evidence" was at such low levels, it couldn't prove anything.
(** Note: the prosecutors asked the appeals court to increase Knox's punishment to life in jail, so the only 2 results that could come out of the appeals therefore was either life imprisonment or set free - nothing in between.)
DNA is so easy to transfer: I could shake your hands, then touch a gun, and that gun would be contaminated by your DNA too. That's why there's a minimum amount level where forensic science can be quite sure it is not a result of contamination or DNA transfer. The FBI puts the bar measurement must be at least 200 level units. The Italian police couldn't find Knox's DNA at 200 units; so they lowered the measurement at 100 units and still couldn't find it; they only found it when they lowered the bar to well below 50 units. There's so much uncertainty at such low bar that this evidence should not had been considered reliable in the first place.
Heck, the Knox trial only went ahead because of the Italian prosecutor's gut feeling that Knox and Sollecito also did it along with Guede, despite the evidence not supporting it. The Italian prosecutor relied too much on gut feeling and not on enough on evidence (like that bullheaded North Carolina prosecutor on the Duke Univ lacrosse case a few years ago, for comparison).
Kercher's family did receive justice - the evidence and the court overwhelmingly convicted Guede to long prison. Now, whether that's all the justice, we won't know for sure for some time yet. As mentioned, who knows what exactly happened, but evidence were not enough to put someone off for life - sensational stories and name-calling do not substitute for proper evidence. The sloppy case by the prosecution was an injustice to the Kerchers, who now won't know who to believe.
Heck, 2 other families may --may-- have received injustice for being in prison for 4 years. Regardless, both families will have to raise money out of this - both are heavily in debt from the lawyers and travel costs all those years. So expect more stories coming from them sooner rather than later, and we'd hear more about this.
Posted in: Kercher family perplexed by verdict freeing Knox in Italy
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lostrune2
Good ol' entrepreneurship and parental consent................
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lostrune2
Madverts,
Also, the Italian system is a bit different from the US system.
In the US system, they sort out the facts, evidence, enough to convict, etc. before deciding whether to take the case to court.
In the Italian system, they take the case to court first, then let the appeals system sort it out later. That's why in Italy, appeals happen all the time (it happens less often in the US); there are 3 compulsory levels of appeals; and the appeals court is allowed to change the level of punishment (e.g. increase/decrease the # of years in prison). And all the while the appeals sort it out, a convicted defendant of course has to remain in jail.
Posted in: Italian appeals court clears Knox of murder
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lostrune2
So, when will TRU start stocking those PVC figure toys, ha?!
Posted in: Toys“R”Us Japan
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lostrune2
JapanGal, only if you want to do it for us.
Anyways, unfortunately or fortunately, there's a sweeping law passed just after 9/11 that effectively makes the at-war with al-Qaeda (and specifically al-Qaeda, not just any terrorist organization) and thus gives the U.S. government the legal greenlight to kill or capture al-Qaeda terrorists, regardless if he's an American citizen. It's the same law that's used to go inside Afghanistan and Iraq. That law is pretty broad and without definite end (how long will the war against al-Qaeda last?).
Since for all intents and purposes, no al-Qaeda terrorist would be brought to court in the U.S. under this law (and which U.S. court would even take it on behalf of al-Qaeda?), it's practically impossible to challenge the constitutionality of this law. Thus, as long as that law is in the books, it makes the U.S. action legal under the Constitution.
Ironically, if the U.S. government wants to bug the phone-lines of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists, the U.S. government would first need a court order allowing authorization. But if the U.S. government wants to kill those al-Qaeda terrorists, under this law, all the U.S. government needs is authorization from the President. This law gives broad powers, but continue unchallenged, it remains legal.
Posted in: Killing Americans takes Obama into uncharted legal area
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lostrune2
Use the restroom paper towel to hold the faucet and door handles.
Posted in: Rare flu-like virus on rise, with most cases in Japan
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lostrune2
Yeah, because swift implementation is Japan's forte. heheh.
Posted in: Japan calls on eurozone to swiftly implement Greece aid plan
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lostrune2
Hire a press secretary! A sexy young OL (they're already secretaries) for good PR!
Posted in: Noda to forego daily interviews in favor of press conferences
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lostrune2
So one half of the draw are Northern Hemisphere, while the other half are all Southern Hemisphere.
Posted in: It's knock-out time at Rugby World Cup
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lostrune2
877,000 yen an hour............. They'd probably only use you for 1 minute, haha!
Posted in: Would you go bananas for Y877,000 an hour?
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lostrune2
People share knives at home and work all the time. Less likely to have incriminating evidence that way!
Posted in: Subway passenger injured by kitchen knife following emergency stop
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lostrune2
Forget the radioactive measurements! What's the girls' measurements?!
Posted in: Hula girls' spa reopens in Fukushima
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lostrune2
There was no explosion at No. 2. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
Posted in: TEPCO report faults operating manual; disputes hydrogen explosion
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lostrune2
They're like the Tea Party - they don't have anyone who could be considered leading the movement.
Posted in: Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide
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lostrune2
I don't exactly know what happened at the crime scene, but whatever evidence the Italian police collected was not enough to convict someone for life**. First, the police couldn't figure out a motive - the "sex orgy" motif was just something the Italian prosecutor put out there (there was no evidence about it). Second, the DNA "evidence" was at such low levels, it couldn't prove anything.
(** Note: the prosecutors asked the appeals court to increase Knox's punishment to life in jail, so the only 2 results that could come out of the appeals therefore was either life imprisonment or set free - nothing in between.)
DNA is so easy to transfer: I could shake your hands, then touch a gun, and that gun would be contaminated by your DNA too. That's why there's a minimum amount level where forensic science can be quite sure it is not a result of contamination or DNA transfer. The FBI puts the bar measurement must be at least 200 level units. The Italian police couldn't find Knox's DNA at 200 units; so they lowered the measurement at 100 units and still couldn't find it; they only found it when they lowered the bar to well below 50 units. There's so much uncertainty at such low bar that this evidence should not had been considered reliable in the first place.
Heck, the Knox trial only went ahead because of the Italian prosecutor's gut feeling that Knox and Sollecito also did it along with Guede, despite the evidence not supporting it. The Italian prosecutor relied too much on gut feeling and not on enough on evidence (like that bullheaded North Carolina prosecutor on the Duke Univ lacrosse case a few years ago, for comparison).
Kercher's family did receive justice - the evidence and the court overwhelmingly convicted Guede to long prison. Now, whether that's all the justice, we won't know for sure for some time yet. As mentioned, who knows what exactly happened, but evidence were not enough to put someone off for life - sensational stories and name-calling do not substitute for proper evidence. The sloppy case by the prosecution was an injustice to the Kerchers, who now won't know who to believe.
Heck, 2 other families may --may-- have received injustice for being in prison for 4 years. Regardless, both families will have to raise money out of this - both are heavily in debt from the lawyers and travel costs all those years. So expect more stories coming from them sooner rather than later, and we'd hear more about this.
Posted in: Italian appeals court clears Knox of murder
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lostrune2
Don't punish. Just copy.
Just copy what China is doing. Obviously whatever China is doing is working.
So America should devalue the dollar in relation to the yuan. When someone or some corporation in America buys goods from China, devalue the dollar for those goods.
If China complains, just tell 'em it's a compliment - America is merely learning from the master. See, that's diplomacy: getting your way while making the other feel better about it, hahaha.
Posted in: U.S. Senate weighs bill to punish China for undervaluing currency
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lostrune2
So, one half are all northern hemisphere, and the other half all southern hemisphere?
Posted in: NZ, Ireland, Argentina, Wales advance to rugby World Cup quarterfinals
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lostrune2
Have a look at the Eastern European tennis girls - they have legs that could rival supermodels, haha!
Posted in: The champ
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lostrune2
MotoCross too!
Posted in: Wipe-out
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lostrune2
He's wising up to Pakistan.
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