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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lostrune2
It's like the 80's and early 90's again - who would've predicted in preseason that the 49ers will once again be hosting the Giants for the NFC Champ!
So out of all that offense-filled season, 3 of the last 4 teams have good defenses. The more things change, the more things stay the same.......
Posted in: Giants stun Packers; Ravens win in NFL playoffs
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lostrune2
This is a good signing for both teams. Each team filled their needs (Seattle needs sluggers; Yanks needs pitchers) while trading away positions of depth (Seattle's minors are rich with pitching prospects; Yanks have good catcher prospects). And the Yanks didn't have to give up their close-to-ready top 2 pitching prospects who they can afford to give another year to develop. That youth-movement with Pineda's low cost locked up till 2014 and Kuroda for one year plus other expiring contracts, the Yanks could finally reach their goal of under the luxury tax line.
So now, Yanks have 7 starting pitcher candidates. In a matter of a couple hours, what was their weakness has become their strength. When before, it was C.C. then hope for the best till it's C.C.'s turn again. Now, the first 4 SP spots seem set to be C.C., Nova, Kuroda, Pineda. Burnett is definitely out (the Yanks would rather eat his contract than go thru another summer of that again). So that leaves Hughes and Garcia. Garcia is old while Hughes is a notorious slow-starter, so that may actually work out by having Garcia start with Hughes in the bullpen, then as the long season comes along, stretch-out Hughes to get starts, while giving Garcia some rest.
Anyways, doesn't matter who the favorite is. Remember who "won" last year's postseason?
Posted in: Yankees sign free agent Kuroda
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lostrune2
34 tournaments is overkill. But if he's gonna do it, it's better to do the jet-setting while young.
Posted in: Ishikawa considering U.S. PGA Tour membership
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lostrune2
Anybody here up for a pickup hockey!
Posted in: Have an ice day
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lostrune2
"Harder to get in, but easier to get out (with a degree)."
Though it should be a bit easier to get in more and more, as youth population decreases.
Posted in: Two-day university entrance examinations begin across Japan
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lostrune2
Japan needs its own version of Kickstarter.
Posted in: Lens makers focus on smartphone cameras
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lostrune2
They should add drinks and large-screen TVs to watch sports, haha!
Posted in: Seniors take over Japan's arcades
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lostrune2
It's called undercover journalism. If done right with concerns to privacy, all they have to do is blur the faces.
Posted in: Turkish court charges Sarah Ferguson for filming orphanages
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lostrune2
He's hiding from debates.
Posted in: Putin vows to end police repression in Russia
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lostrune2
Taliban have beheaded captured soldiers before, whether NATO or Pakistani.
Taliban are allied with Al-Qaeda's ideologies. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had dragged dead soldiers on the street and hanged them upside down on a bridge.
Let me reiterate again: they have never signed the Geneva. Their perspective of religion does not prohibit such acts against infidels. There is nothing that they are beholden to from doing such acts. It's just accepted as regular warfare. Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted in: U.S. probes video of Marines urinating on dead Taliban
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lostrune2
CNN Heroes!
Posted in: Looking good
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lostrune2
Stink bombs and paint?!
Whale guts are already stinky!
And the whole dang poop deck is already bloody!
Posted in: Activists hurl stink bombs, paint at Japanese whalers
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lostrune2
I'd like my car's head's-up-display on the front windshield play like the ol' Grand Theft Auto!
Posted in: Carmakers lure youth with gadgets, sleek design
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lostrune2
The management were stupid not to form a line when they first started noticing people queuing up the night before (which should've been expected), like they do in other Apple Stores launches. And not planning for extra security to enforce order from the start.
Posted in: Apple suspends iPhone 4S sales in China after store scuffles
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lostrune2
NK, why not ask China for food? They're so rich, and they support you.
Posted in: N Korea keeps door open for food-nuclear deal with U.S.
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lostrune2
Still doesn't beat the then-NYC Mayor Guiliani's cross-dressing stints on Saturday Night Live though!
Posted in: Dancing mayor's AKB48 act at Coming-of-Age Day ceremony a hit
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lostrune2
In any of these trespassing violations, some people think the onus is on the homeowner to make sure the trespasser is friendly.
No, the onus is on the trespasser to make sure the homeowner thinks he/she is friendly.
Whether by gun or a baseball bat to the knee or a golf club to the head, the homeowner will definitely protect him/herself and his/her property, as it is their right.
It's up to you, if you're the trespasser, to protect yourself by making sure that they know your friendly intentions before you even enter. It's not up to them.
Posted in: Oklahoma woman asks 911 operator for permission to shoot intruder
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lostrune2
They all sure could hold those family jewels!
Posted in: Looking good
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lostrune2
It was just an incidental touch!
Incidentals, I tells ya!
Posted in: 20-year-old cop arrested for allegedly molesting girl in Yokohama
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lostrune2
That would've been one bumpy mattress for sleeping!
Posted in: Ozawa: Nothing unusual about keeping Y400 mil in cash at home