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Bewilderingly convoluted story, one wonders how on earth they will be able to get even a twentieth of that onto the stage!

Turkey has stretched this out until it looks as if they are flogging a dead horse. Even though this cold-blooded murder is blatantly wrong and unforgivable, the world has somehow lost interest and moved on.

Oh, and "I know how to cut" can mean different things depending on the context and stress.

Example one:

Agent A: "What the hell are you doing? Give that thing to me!"

Agent B: "Get your hands off it. I know how to cut."

Example two:

Agent A "Bloody hell, look what we've done! We've gone and killed him! How will we dispose of the body? Anyone got any ideas?"

Agent B: "I know how to cut."

The smaller the engine the bigger the tax break, on a sliding scale, but not for those already owning such a car, my wife says.

Well, the truth will lie within these two sentences somewhere.

Quote: "Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters later three police officers came across a man they believed to be Chekatt and went to arrest him. He turned to fire on them and they shot and killed him, Castaner told reporters."

The guy must have know he would be forcing their hand. Maybe he even thought that Allah would be pleased to see him. And therein lies the tragedy.

jumin, he was using his smart phone.

True, Speed, or 追 (Oi) 'Chasing' to remember all the wasted time this year searching for escaped criminals.

(Would not want to mention Keystone, though.)

Whether you like this artist's work or not, it has to be said that there is zero connection with Korea or Japan.

Why now?

Why? It’s party time in Bali for many, so the demand is high.

You keep making good money, you keep bringing it in.

Until you get caught.

Why on earth would he sincerely apologize, Jonathan?

He came from Hong Kong with the intent to do wave his flag and protest the day before the 81st anniversary of the Nanjing massacre, he is an active member of a protest group re the Senkakus, and he admits to the charges. Can a leopard change his spots? Even if in the unlikely chance he did apologize in order to be freed, there is no way it would be sincere. This guy took a calculated risk, and he will take whatever comes.

If the guy feels any regret the next morning, what it is?

PS Some more concrete tower examples here:

https://search.yahoo.co.jp/image/search;_ylt=A2RCAw92sxBc2BgA5ziU3uV7?p=%E5%8D%97%E6%B5%B7%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87%E9%81%BF%E9%9B%A3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E9%AB%98%E5%8F%B0&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8

If you are near the sea shore, make sure to locate the one nearest to you!

Magnus, you are correct. The latest update on this was explained on TV last night, with helpful maps. The area affected by a Nankai Trough mega-earthquake would be the coast of Honshu, from about Shizuoka to Wakayama/Osaka, the south coast of Shikoku and the east coast of Kyushu. Here is a steel structure erected recently in Shizuoka.

http://www.asahi.com/special/bousai/TKY201209120462.html

In the past such a mega-quake has happened first in about half of the total area, followed about a week later by the other half. This is the main warning that the government is looking at issuing.

Quote: "The attack revived memories of a new millennium terror plot targeting Strasbourg's Christmas market. Ten suspected Islamic militants were convicted and sentenced to prison in December 2004 for their role in a plot to blow up the market on the New Year's Eve ushering in 2000. The Algerian and French-Algerian suspects — including an alleged associate of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden — went on trial in October on charges they were involved in the foiled plot for the attack.They were sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to nine years."

Nice short, cushy sentences. Not enough to put others off, I reckon, including this latest disaffected criminal tosspot.

From what I have heard the majority of the in-coming F35s will be the land-based A version. Goes without saying, though.

The F35B carrier version is not designed for long-range stealth bombing; that sounds pretty defensive to me, for a land of islands. The J Diet resolution yesterday specified that the carrier version F35Bs would not be permanently deployed on the Izumo, only when/as necessary.

So who was waiting at the other end in China?

Agreed. But a bit scary, and "waking up" sounds like the beginning of a horror movie. Let's hope what wakes up is all benign!

Not to be confused with Miss World Japan, Kanako Date, descended from Date Masamune.

..."Isn't it?" or "Doesn't it?" She is assuming that they will disagree, before they have even met. I would not want to meet with someone like her, on any subject. I wonder what she wanted to tackle him about?

Nope, doesn’t resonate with anyone really. The name is fine, even though only 36 people voted for it, but like a piece of machinery running on rails, somehow boring.

Priscilla Ludosky, an interesting woman who needs to be taken seriously by Macron.

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/12/09/Who-is-the-woman-behind-the-yellow-vest-movement-in-France-.html

With a human Prime Minister too, it would seem.

Quote: "The defense counsel has argued that the charge is not applicable to Ishibashi as he was not behind the wheel when the accident occurred and thus there is no causal link between his actions and the couple's death."

No causal link? Er, hello? Is anyone home?

He drove his car in front of the family's car, repeatedly braking until finally forcing them to stop on a blind curve in the overtaking lane of an expressway. If that is not dangerous driving, I do not know what is. His actions contributed directly to their death and it is a miracle that they were not all killed.

Only three or four commentators have stressed the importance of communication with the nursing home residents around which the whole system revolves; they have to be worth at least 50% of the equation.

No mention of why the mother is not with them though, which could account for some of the sadness mentioned. 'Theatrical' in the title made me think they were putting on a theatrical, er, stage play of Totoro.

Boredom can cause kids to do crazy things.

PS To joke along, but also to sing along, to get patients cooperative.

Another problem is that you need flexibility in the Japanese you learn. You will need to have a basic fluency in Hyojungo standard Japanese for staff meetings, but then you will want to be able to understand the local dialect if you work outside of Tokyo.

When I was in hospital here I was surprised at the heavy dialect used by aged patients, especially males, who expected to be understood and waited on hand and foot as if by their wives. Often a single grunted sound, picked up miraculously by visiting family. Some of the Japanese nursing staff replied in kind, a sort of coded language, but I could hear others gently asking the patient to repeat.

How quickly will such overseas staff become professional in standard Japanese, yes, but also able to joke along in local lingo?

Saw one protestor holding a placard with Frexit written on it.

One of the frustrations in Britain was the amount of bureaucracy and corruption and waste in Europe and the feeling of inability to do anything legally about it. It is possible that this kind of deeply suppressed impotent anger is also a factor driving these demonstrations.

Why target this one? Other supermarkets in the area feeling the pinch where every last yen matters, wanting to remove the 'unfair' competition at last?