今日の出来事から 2月4日(水）
1つ前に書いた詐欺師事件ですが、なかなか面白い話があります。マライア・キャリーがお得意様だったそうです。 マリワナキャリーの間違いじゃないでしょうか？ここで座布団が1枚欲しい私。
そして月曜日から水曜日まではＮＹＣなので予約は取らないと言っていたそうです。しかし月曜日にBuford Hwy.を自転車で走っているのを目撃されています。
車を持っていないということです。
まあこうした詐欺師の大半は同じことを繰り返し、詐欺師共通のパターンがあります。
１）セレブなどを利用する。エルトン・ジョンと親しいとか
２）高級ブランドを身に着け、お金がありそうに見せる。
３）車も同じ、ベンツやＢＭＷなどを乗り回し、お金があるように思わせる。
４）話が実に上手い。
まあ、これらがポイントになります。そしてだんだん自分の嘘が通用しなくなると
１）病気になる。ガンである、お金に困っている。
２）海外から振込みがあり、それまでのつなぎのお金が必要。
３）親が死んで遺産があるので、お金の心配はない。
最後は身内を殺し、自分をも病気にして請うのです。情けに弱い日本人の盲点をつくわけです。
私が知っていた詐欺師の名言！
１）私の家族はケネディ家と親交がある。
２）ＭＬＫの妻、コレッタさんの葬儀にクリントンが来ていてFour Seasons Hotelでお茶を飲んでいた私に挨拶しにきた。
３）かつてＡＢＣにいてロンドン特派員でダイアナ妃の葬式をレポートした。
４）ＡＢＣの朝のワイドショーに抜擢されたが断った。
５）ＮＹのデパートが勝手に服を送ってくる。気に入ったものは払い、それ以外は返品している。
６）グランドケイマンに会社を置いて節税している。
７）韓国に工場を建てたばかりで忙しい。
８）ＦＢＩに知りあいがいて、これから会ってくる。
９）アメリカでトップクラスの弁護士を知っている。
まあ、こんな感じなんですね。どれだけの大物か想像がつくでしょう？とにかく、自分を大きく見せるわけです。膨らまし過ぎですけどね。
そして、こういう人間が振り出した小切手がわずか500ドルでも不渡りするわけです。自転車操業していますからね。
お金はほとんどないわけで、詐欺を働かないとお金が入ってこないのです。まともな仕事はできません。できるわけがありません。
楽に口を使い、人を騙し（本人は決して人を騙しているという感覚はありません、病気ですからね）お金儲けをしている人間が9-5時で仕事はできません。
トヨタは、海外販売が好調などとして、今年度１年間の連結営業利益の見通しを過去最高の２兆７０００億円へと引き上げました。発表した今年３月通期の連結決算の見通しによると、営業利益は従来より２０００億円増加の２兆７０００億円と２年連続で過去最高を更新するとしています。また、最終利益は、２兆１３００億円と初めて２兆円を超えると予想しています。
ソニーが決算発表を行い、今年度の営業利益が連結で２００億円の黒字になるとの見通しを発表。業績予想では、２０１４年度の営業利益は、去年１０月に予想した４００億円の赤字から大きく改善し、２００億円の黒字となる見通し。プレイステーション４の販売好調やスマートフォンのカメラ用センサーの好調などが貢献しました。
苦戦するモバイル事業ではアジア・太平洋地域での販売不振で、２１５０億円の営業赤字に。販売台数の目標は、３度目の引き下げを行い、３９２０万台としました。
マツダが発表した２０１４年４～１２月期連結決算は、円安や独自の低燃費技術「スカイアクティブ」搭載車の販売好調が続き、営業利益が前年同期比２２％増の１５１９億円、最終利益が７０％増の１３１４億円で、４～１２月期としては過去最高でした。
マーケットです。為替は117.46円。ゴールドは1267ドル。原油は50.97ドル。株式は日本上げ、欧州下げですが、原油が50ドルを回復したことを受け、米国が上がるのかどうかに注目されています。
午後から南部から雨になると予想されています。週末の最高気温予想が上がっています。
この人が話題に！
車が壊れてしまってお金がなく毎日21マイルを歩いて通勤する男性に寄付が25万ドル集まったという話です。
There are tiring commutes. And then there's James Robertson's commute.
The 56-year-old Detroit man walks 21 miles every weekday as part of his journey to and from the factory where he works.
"I never thought anything I did would garner this much attention," Robertson said.
Robertson takes the bus some of the way, but for the past decade, ever since his car broke down, he has trudged the better part of a marathon each workday. Rain, snow or shine.
After reading about Robertson's commute in a Detroit Free Press article from over the weekend, college student Evan Leedy was moved. Like Robertson, the 19-year-old lives and works in two counties, so he spends a great deal of time commuting himself. But Leedy has a car.
Leedy decided to set up an online
fundraiser to buy Robertson a new car.
"My first car cost $3,000," Leedy said, "So I set the goal at $5,000. Within an hour, we'd raised $2,000."
Leedy's fundraiser on GoFundMe has blown past its original goal, reaching a total of more than $253,000 by Tuesday evening.
Robertson, in a video message posted on the Free Press website, gave thanks.
"Everybody calls me the inspiration, but to those who have been great enough to donate and everything ... it was really so welcome that I don't know what to tell you," he said. "You guys are the heroes."
Comments on the page from people donating money suggested that the story of Robertson's dedication to getting to work had tapped into a deep well of public feeling.
"Thank you for inspiring me and hopefully tons of other people to persevere in the face of adversity," said a contributor by the name of Kevin LeMelle. "You are a true American hero."
"We could use more men like James Robertson in this world," wrote a donor named Betty Blanchard.
Blake Pollack identifies with the strangers' words of support. He first spotted Robertson during his own work commute a year and a half ago.
"Climbing over snow banks, when it was pouring down rain in the summer," Pollack said, "Whatever the weather, he was there."
Pollack approached Robertson, who told the financial executive his story. Pollack promised to give him a ride the next time he saw him.
"Two to three months later, I saw him on a corner," Pollack remembered, "And I asked if he needed a ride to work."
Pollack estimates he's given Robertson between 40 and 50 rides since then, and the two men from vastly different worlds have formed an unlikely friendship.
The pleasure, Pollack said, has been all his.
"I'm the lucky one," Pollack said. "Driving him around isn't a chore, it's a reward."
Pollack said Robertson is inspirational and funny, adding that his work ethic puts anyone to shame.
"I set our attendance standard by this man," Todd Wilson, plant manager at the engineering factory, told the newspaper. "I say, if this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I'll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can't get here -- bull!"
Robertson apparently has a perfect attendance record. He earns $10.55 an hour, not enough to save up to buy, insure and operate a car in the city, according to the newspaper.
With the online donations now topping $200,000, Robertson, Pollack and Leedy met together for the first time Monday night. The overwhelming support has extended beyond money -- and several car dealerships have offered to give him a vehicle outright.
"Now that [the effort] is so big, there's so much more to think about," Leedy said.
There are, unfortunately, people who want to take advantage of Robertson's newfound celebrity and his generosity, Pollack said. He put together a team that includes an attorney from a large law firm in Michigan, a CPA and a certified financial planner that he says will ensure the donation money is handled appropriately and in a way that best serves Robertson.
"This money that is being given to him -- he earned every penny of it," Leedy said, just by his work ethic and his attitude.
He's been making the arduous 21-mile journey from Detroit to Rochester Hills since his 1988 Honda Accord gave up on him.
The donations mean that Robertson's mode of transportation will likely soon be changing, and without the long commute, he'll probably be getting a lot more sleep. But he loves where he works, so he has no plans to change much else.
"I can't imagine not working," Robertson said. "It's what I've always done."
Robertson, in his message, said he never expected as much support as he has received. He encouraged people to look out for one another.
"If this story will touch at least one person and inspire them to do something out of the goodness of their heart, I will be the happiest person alive," he said.
これもアメリカの一面です。寄付が盛んが国です。悪い人も多いが良い人も多い。
そして月曜日から水曜日まではＮＹＣなので予約は取らないと言っていたそうです。しかし月曜日にBuford Hwy.を自転車で走っているのを目撃されています。
車を持っていないということです。
まあこうした詐欺師の大半は同じことを繰り返し、詐欺師共通のパターンがあります。
１）セレブなどを利用する。エルトン・ジョンと親しいとか
２）高級ブランドを身に着け、お金がありそうに見せる。
３）車も同じ、ベンツやＢＭＷなどを乗り回し、お金があるように思わせる。
４）話が実に上手い。
まあ、これらがポイントになります。そしてだんだん自分の嘘が通用しなくなると
１）病気になる。ガンである、お金に困っている。
２）海外から振込みがあり、それまでのつなぎのお金が必要。
３）親が死んで遺産があるので、お金の心配はない。
最後は身内を殺し、自分をも病気にして請うのです。情けに弱い日本人の盲点をつくわけです。
私が知っていた詐欺師の名言！
１）私の家族はケネディ家と親交がある。
２）ＭＬＫの妻、コレッタさんの葬儀にクリントンが来ていてFour Seasons Hotelでお茶を飲んでいた私に挨拶しにきた。
３）かつてＡＢＣにいてロンドン特派員でダイアナ妃の葬式をレポートした。
４）ＡＢＣの朝のワイドショーに抜擢されたが断った。
５）ＮＹのデパートが勝手に服を送ってくる。気に入ったものは払い、それ以外は返品している。
６）グランドケイマンに会社を置いて節税している。
７）韓国に工場を建てたばかりで忙しい。
８）ＦＢＩに知りあいがいて、これから会ってくる。
９）アメリカでトップクラスの弁護士を知っている。
まあ、こんな感じなんですね。どれだけの大物か想像がつくでしょう？とにかく、自分を大きく見せるわけです。膨らまし過ぎですけどね。
そして、こういう人間が振り出した小切手がわずか500ドルでも不渡りするわけです。自転車操業していますからね。
お金はほとんどないわけで、詐欺を働かないとお金が入ってこないのです。まともな仕事はできません。できるわけがありません。
楽に口を使い、人を騙し（本人は決して人を騙しているという感覚はありません、病気ですからね）お金儲けをしている人間が9-5時で仕事はできません。
トヨタは、海外販売が好調などとして、今年度１年間の連結営業利益の見通しを過去最高の２兆７０００億円へと引き上げました。発表した今年３月通期の連結決算の見通しによると、営業利益は従来より２０００億円増加の２兆７０００億円と２年連続で過去最高を更新するとしています。また、最終利益は、２兆１３００億円と初めて２兆円を超えると予想しています。
ソニーが決算発表を行い、今年度の営業利益が連結で２００億円の黒字になるとの見通しを発表。業績予想では、２０１４年度の営業利益は、去年１０月に予想した４００億円の赤字から大きく改善し、２００億円の黒字となる見通し。プレイステーション４の販売好調やスマートフォンのカメラ用センサーの好調などが貢献しました。
苦戦するモバイル事業ではアジア・太平洋地域での販売不振で、２１５０億円の営業赤字に。販売台数の目標は、３度目の引き下げを行い、３９２０万台としました。
マツダが発表した２０１４年４～１２月期連結決算は、円安や独自の低燃費技術「スカイアクティブ」搭載車の販売好調が続き、営業利益が前年同期比２２％増の１５１９億円、最終利益が７０％増の１３１４億円で、４～１２月期としては過去最高でした。
マーケットです。為替は117.46円。ゴールドは1267ドル。原油は50.97ドル。株式は日本上げ、欧州下げですが、原油が50ドルを回復したことを受け、米国が上がるのかどうかに注目されています。
午後から南部から雨になると予想されています。週末の最高気温予想が上がっています。
この人が話題に！車が壊れてしまってお金がなく毎日21マイルを歩いて通勤する男性に寄付が25万ドル集まったという話です。
There are tiring commutes. And then there's James Robertson's commute.
The 56-year-old Detroit man walks 21 miles every weekday as part of his journey to and from the factory where he works.
"I never thought anything I did would garner this much attention," Robertson said.
Robertson takes the bus some of the way, but for the past decade, ever since his car broke down, he has trudged the better part of a marathon each workday. Rain, snow or shine.
After reading about Robertson's commute in a Detroit Free Press article from over the weekend, college student Evan Leedy was moved. Like Robertson, the 19-year-old lives and works in two counties, so he spends a great deal of time commuting himself. But Leedy has a car.
Leedy decided to set up an online
fundraiser to buy Robertson a new car."My first car cost $3,000," Leedy said, "So I set the goal at $5,000. Within an hour, we'd raised $2,000."
Leedy's fundraiser on GoFundMe has blown past its original goal, reaching a total of more than $253,000 by Tuesday evening.
Robertson, in a video message posted on the Free Press website, gave thanks.
"Everybody calls me the inspiration, but to those who have been great enough to donate and everything ... it was really so welcome that I don't know what to tell you," he said. "You guys are the heroes."
Comments on the page from people donating money suggested that the story of Robertson's dedication to getting to work had tapped into a deep well of public feeling.
"Thank you for inspiring me and hopefully tons of other people to persevere in the face of adversity," said a contributor by the name of Kevin LeMelle. "You are a true American hero."
"We could use more men like James Robertson in this world," wrote a donor named Betty Blanchard.
Blake Pollack identifies with the strangers' words of support. He first spotted Robertson during his own work commute a year and a half ago.
"Climbing over snow banks, when it was pouring down rain in the summer," Pollack said, "Whatever the weather
, he was there." Pollack approached Robertson, who told the financial executive his story. Pollack promised to give him a ride the next time he saw him.
"Two to three months later, I saw him on a corner," Pollack remembered, "And I asked if he needed a ride to work."
Pollack estimates he's given Robertson between 40 and 50 rides since then, and the two men from vastly different worlds have formed an unlikely friendship.
The pleasure, Pollack said, has been all his.
"I'm the lucky one," Pollack said. "Driving him around isn't a chore, it's a reward."
Pollack said Robertson is inspirational and funny, adding that his work ethic puts anyone to shame.
"I set our attendance standard by this man," Todd Wilson, plant manager at the engineering factory, told the newspaper
. "I say, if this man can get here, walking all those miles through snow and rain, well I'll tell you, I have people in Pontiac 10 minutes away and they say they can't get here -- bull!" Robertson apparently has a perfect attendance record. He earns $10.55 an hour, not enough to save up to buy, insure and operate a car in the city, according to the newspaper.
With the online donations now topping $200,000, Robertson, Pollack and Leedy met together for the first time Monday night. The overwhelming support has extended beyond money -- and several car dealerships have offered to give him a vehicle outright.
"Now that [the effort] is so big, there's so much more to think about," Leedy said.
There are, unfortunately, people who want to take advantage of Robertson's newfound celebrity and his generosity, Pollack said. He put together a team that includes an attorney from a large law firm in Michigan, a CPA and a certified financial planner that he says will ensure the donation money is handled appropriately and in a way that best serves Robertson.
"This money that is being given to him -- he earned every penny of it," Leedy said, just by his work ethic and his attitude.
He's been making the arduous 21-mile journey from Detroit to Rochester Hills since his 1988 Honda Accord gave up on him.
The donations mean that Robertson's mode of transportation will likely soon be changing, and without the long commute, he'll probably be getting a lot more sleep. But he loves where he works, so he has no plans to change much else.
"I can't imagine not working," Robertson said. "It's what I've always done."
Robertson, in his message, said he never expected as much support as he has received. He encouraged people to look out for one another.
"If this story will touch at least one person and inspire them to do something out of the goodness of their heart, I will be the happiest person alive," he said.
これもアメリカの一面です。寄付が盛んが国です。悪い人も多いが良い人も多い。
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