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All the reporters smiled ruefully. "They have all fled, and we can't find them. Otherwise, why would we come to you?"
"It's also useless to come to me! I still have work to do. If you have nothing to do, find him yourself." CO Qi began chasing them away.
Once the reporters dispersed, CO Qi wore a look of exasperation. "That was the eighth batch. When will this end?" However, CO Qi also knew that news regarding soldiers in the search and rescue mission had been fully exploited by the reporters over the past few days. Even he himself had been featured on the headlines multiple times. He guessed that the bonus his troops were to receive would soon come too.
Now that the troops and volunteers were old news, the reporters were naturally trying to probe deeper. The miraculous rumor they didn't believe in the past once again fell into their line of sight. Regardless if it was true or not, something fascinating or just a story, it was still news!
To be honest, CO Qi also felt that it was rather unfair to Fangzheng. In terms of the overall contribution, the army, police, doctors, and firefighters were definitely the number one contributors! But in terms of individual contribution, Fangzheng was absolutely number one! He had saved and protected the most number of people by himself. Furthermore, the way Fangzheng left and avoided fame left CO Qi impressed.
If it were the average person, they would wish to receive a little of that glory. Not to mention that he deserved it.
However, it was such a person who had been neglected by the media. They only came for him after the main bulk of the news was fully exploited. This left CO Qi a little sad. He kept feeling that he had let down Fangzheng.
However, CO Qi also knew that because Fangzheng had left so quickly and the reporters hadn't seen him in person, they naturally first wrote about people they could see right in front of them. Only with nothing else would they write about intangible things and rumors.
Although they didn't gain much information from CO Qi, these reporters still drafted manuscripts and sent them out.
Instantly, there were many news articles regarding Fangzheng on the Internet. Although they were not frontpage material or worthy of big headlines, they were still placed in quite eye-catching spots. After all, the headlines were filled with earthquake-related matters that were more important, such as lists of missing people, miracles, and people looking for their loved ones.
"Nameless Monk saves more than twenty people during earthquake."
"Handsome white-robed monk saves more than twenty people in earthquake."
"Shocking! A monk follows an army battalion during an earthquake, and…"
However, none of these news articles had a picture or name, only text. This left many people with a question after reading it.
"How does this Venerable One look like? What's his name?"
Unfortunately, no one could answer them. However, people were still full of praise towards this monk who had joined soldiers in charging to the front lines during an earthquake. The comments were all very positive, and although there were comments expressing doubt, they were quickly drowned by the praises.
Instantly, 'white-robed monk' and 'Guardian Buddha' began spreading on the Internet. Although everyone paid attention to the earthquake and the heroes of the disaster, the discussion had been going on for days already. Whatever needed to be said and praised was pretty much done. To have such a miraculous person and story suddenly appear, it naturally became a topic for idle chatter during mealtimes.
However, the divine monk everyone was talking about was still sleeping soundly…
Meanwhile, the reporters stayed by their computers and watched excitedly as the views of their articles about the monk increased. To hype things up, everyone agreed not to report Fangzheng's Dharma name yet; instead, they were waiting for a ripe opportunity.
Indeed, without a name, everyone had more to discuss.
Some people said that it was a disciple of an accomplished monk nearby, some said that it was a traveling monk, while others said that he was a fake monk…
Regardless of the precise content of the discussions, Fangzheng's story went viral before his name was even spread!
Meanwhile, in a particular villa in the northeastern part of China, Spring City.
"F**k, I got fooled." Lin Tai angrily smashed his cell phone to the wall! The phone call was from Song Tianqiao. Song Tianqiao had immediately investigated who it was that had donated the bell to Mt. One Finger. With his social connections, he quickly figured out everything. Monkey's and Fatty's names surfaced, but they were not especially rich bosses. Therefore, Song Tianqiao thought nothing of them. Furthermore, based on his investigations, the bell had not been donated by anyone. It was a bell that already existed in One Finger Monastery!
However, the few artisans kept mum on the finer details.
He also couldn't be bothered to delve further. It was fine as long as he knew whom the bell belonged to and that the person behind this matter wasn't someone he couldn't provoke.
Thinking back to how he had had to bow and apologize to a young monk, Song Tianqiao felt his face burn. Therefore, he instantly gave Lin Tai a call and informed him of his findings. He knew that Lin Tai's intelligence wasn't as good as his father's and that he was prompt to raging. After he informed Lin Tai, Lin Tai would naturally cause trouble for Fangzheng; therefore, all he needed to do was watch by the side.
And as expected, after Lin Tai smashed the phone, he angrily and noisily rushed out the door.
"What's the rush? Can't you see that we have guests?" A stern voice sounded just as Lin Tai reached the ground floor. He instantly trembled and looked over to see a stern-looking man. Sitting across the man was a young man who looked only slightly older than him.
"Dad, I… have something on…" Lin Tai feared his father from his very core. All his anger instantly extinguished, and he acted like a little lamb.
"I don't care where you were planning on going. Come over and sit down. Entertain the guests!" Lin Tai immediately sat obediently to the side upon receiving the order from his father, Lin Tiancheng. Lin Xi, who was massaging Lin Yongcheng's shoulders, immediately sniggered…
"Brother Jing, pardon me. This is my son, Lin Tai. Both of you are about the same age. You should hang out together more in the future." Lin Yongcheng beamed when he looked at Mr. Jing.
Then, he glared at Lin Tai and said, "This is Jing Yuhang. At his young age, he is already Chairman of the Succeeding Skies Company. Look at you. Apart from gallivanting, what else can you do? If there's nothing to do, stop hanging out with those rabble friends of yours. Learn how to do business from Mr. Jing."
What else could Lin Tai do but respond with a nod?
At that moment, Jing Yuhang looked at Lin Tai and smiled. "Young Master Lin, you seem to be angry about something. Might I know what it is that's leaving you so angry?"
"This prodigal son of mine is likely jealous because of some woman… Brother Jing, you don't have to care about him," said Lin Yongcheng.
Lin Tai was pissed seeing Lin Tiancheng calling Jing Yuhang "brother," while he was called "prodigal son." His age was likely about the same as Jing Yuhang's, so why was there such a difference in their treatment? In which way was this person better than him? However, thinking of how he had crawled down Mt. One Finger, his face turned red. He would rather die than mention this, especially in front of Jing Yuhang. It would only embarrass him further.


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Class Action Waivers Held Enforceable in Employment Context: Should Your Restaurant Implement a Waiver? (by Marie Trimble Holvick and Sara Moore)
by Marie Trimble Holvick and Sara Moore of Gordon & Rees
The United States Supreme Court recently issued an important new decision regarding the use of class action waivers in arbitration agreements. Specifically, the Supreme Court held that an employer can require employees to waive their rights to pursue class action litigation in connection with their employment. This decision represents an important "win" for California employers, and particularly for restaurants as restaurants are often plagued with class action lawsuits for alleged wage and hour violations. While class action waivers are effective and now have the Supreme Court's blessing, there are many other factors you need to consider before requiring employees to sign arbitration agreements.
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On May 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued a highly-anticipated decision for employers. In this decision, the Court ruled that class action waivers are enforceable in arbitration agreements in the employment context.
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Since that 2012 ruling, many federal and state courts have disagreed the NLRB's position. As a result of this conflict, the United States Supreme Court heard three consolidated cases (Epic System Corp. v. Lewis; Ernst & Young LLP v. Morris; and NLRB v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.). In a close 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court resolved this conflict and upheld the validity of class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements. This ruling will impede the ability of workers to bring class action lawsuits.
While this decision brings good news for employers, there are risks to considering class action waivers, and arbitration agreements in general.
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There are many advantages to arbitration. Below are a few of the benefits to incorporating a class action waiver into your arbitration agreement.
(1) Waiver of Class Actions. In light of the United States Supreme Court's recent decision, employers can effectively undercut the ability of employees to bring class claims. A class action is the difference between defending against an individual employee's claims and 20 or more employees alleging similar claims. Defending class actions is expensive, and restaurants are often prime targets for alleged wage and hour violations. Implementing a class action waiver would permit an individual employee to pursue his or her claim, but would prevent that same employee from attempting to bring these claims on a class-wide basis.
(2) Privacy. Arbitration is a private forum, which reduces the potential for publicity that is often connected to publically filed lawsuits.
However, arbitration agreements are not without risk. If you are considering implementing a class action waiver as part of an arbitration agreement, employers should consider the following:
(1) Cost. Arbitration is often far more expensive than court because the employer is required to pay the full cost of arbitration. In San Francisco, most arbitrators cost as much as $5,000 per day. Depending on the claims, the arbitration costs may be covered by insurance, but you need to check with your broker for details.
(2) Mixed Outcomes. In some instances, arbitrators will award a small sum to the plaintiff in an effort to keep the parties and attorneys on both sides happy. In other words, a case that an employer may win in a jury trial may result in an award of nominal damages in arbitration. However, even a small damages award may result in the plaintiff's ability to recover the full amount of his or her attorney's fees.
(3) PAGA Representative Actions Are Precluded. Claims under the Private Attorneys' General Act ("PAGA") can still proceed to court, and are not covered by class action waivers. The recent Supreme Court decision does not address the California-specific issue of large-scale "representative actions" under PAGA, which authorizes aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California. PAGA waivers are not enforceable, so a class action is prevented but a PAGA representative action is not. Where a plaintiff attempts to assert a class action for various alleged wage and hour claims, and also asserts a claim under PAGA, the court can only transfer the non-PAGA claims. This process results in the employer essentially handling two lawsuits with the same plaintiff – one in court and one in arbitration.
(4) Changing Law. Arbitration remains a heavily-litigated area of employment law and the legal landscape often changes, especially in California. Be sure to review arbitration agreements on an annual basis. If you elect to use an arbitration agreement, you should ensure that your agreement is well-written, enforceable, and is a stand-alone agreement (i.e. it cannot be included in your handbook).
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The Brazil Supreme Court [official website] authorized another investigation on Tuesday into possible corruption and money laundering by President Michel Temer [BBC profile]. Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso stated that there is enough evidence believe it is "plausible" the president received bribes in exchange for favoring a company operating in the port of Santos. The decision to launch a new investigation is rooted [Reuters report] from a wiretapped conversation of a former aide to the President who discussed the potential for bribes from a port operator. Should the investigation reveal incriminating information that leads to the prosecutor formally charging the president, Congress would have to vote [WP report] on whether the president should be put on trial. Two-thirds of deputies must agree to suspend Temer to be suspended until the end of the trial.
Brazil has endured tumultuous times during which former presidents have been caught in scandals of receiving various bribes from various businesses. Former president Dilma Rousseff was impeached for corruption [JURIST op-ed] last year amidst a time of economic turmoil. In April Brazil Supreme Court ordered investigations [JURIST report] into eight cabinet ministers and dozen of lawmakers who are allegedly linked to the country's so-called "car wash" bribery scheme. In May the Brazil Supreme Court authorized a corruption probe [JURIST report] into President Michel Temer and his alleged involvement with the bribery of a potential witness in a major corruption case. Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was implicated in the scandal [JURIST report] warranting charges to filed against him, including most powerful politicians. In November lawyers for ousted former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff [Britannica profile] filed documents [JURIST report] alleging current President Michel Temer took a large bribe. In June Brazil's top electorial court dismissed a case [JURIST report] against President Temer for alleged illegal campaign funding in his 2014 election.


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Has been ages since I headed to Ootoya and with a free drink temptation, dinner it was at Ootoya!
Neba Neba ($7)
grated yam, natto, tofu
I fell prey to grated yam. This was a challenging dish – when in the first place I am no fan of all things squishy sqooshy or lacking bite. This came across as bland baby food with the starchy texture – largely attributed to natto and egg yolk. I love my yams but this was way too much to bear, nothing a dash of salt and sesame seeds could do to save it either.
Char grilled chicken salad
The dressing made all the difference though ingredients were quite similar to Torisalad.
Torisalad ($13)
Chargrilled chicken salad with basil
Basil is usually not the most preferred herb but Ootoya served up quite a decent salad with this. Loved the dressing and vegetables put together for this salad. Oiishii much! Grilled chicken went well too, great for the carnivourous herbivore.
Pork KimchiPork that was way too tough for proper chewing. Liked the tasty kimchi based cabbage stirfry!
Kokuto Pafe ($7)
Egg castella cake, brown sugar, whipped cream
Missing out on their much raved about desserts was a great regret the other visit. This was a parfait in a glass – coffee icecream, castella sponge, bananas and cream with sweetened beans. Remarkably light and moist sponge with cream! So simple and delish.
Pity the coffee icecream was icy otherwise, this made me think twice about ootoya. The one dessert turned the tables on me, impressed much. What makes them stand out is their dessert menu is not the regular icecream mocha or black sesame icecream but more complex ones like these.
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Transparent Memory, Corners Gallery Ithaca, NY
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Some Body, Petrune Gallery Space, Ithaca Commons, NY (organizer and contributing artist)
Things are Looking Up, Hare & Bristle, Ithaca Commons, NY
SAY WHAT???, TCFA, T-burg, NY (organizer and contributing artist)
Teen Mural, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4H Club, Dryden, NY (artist-mentor)
Postcards on Resistance, 15 Main St. Gallery Space, Trumansburg, NY
Spring Renaissance - Cayuga Arts Collective Charter Member Exhibit, TCFA (curator and contributing artist)
Women Only Show, OCD Gallery, Odessa NY
19 Nudes: Works on Paper, Sacred Root Kava Lounge, Ithaca, NY (solo show)
A Sense of Place (juried), Community School of Music & Art (CSMA), in conjunction with the History Center, Ithaca, NY
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The Clothesline Show, TCFA, Trumansburg, NY
Post-Secrets, Gimme! Coffee, Trumansburg, NY (solo show)
Inspirational Mural, Trumansburg Middle School, Trumansburg NY (coordinator for Girl Scout Troop 4-1029 Silver Award)
Open Show, CSMA, Ithaca, NY
Dead Couch Project, Arts Marathon - Four Running Feet (juried) CSMA, Ithaca, NY
Open Show, CSMA, Ithaca, NY
NCC Faculty Annual Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College
Dowling Faculty Annual Exhibit, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College
Painted Fireplace-cover, Roslyn Village Hall, Roslyn NY (permanent installation)
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Author and performer: Andreea David
Producer: Colectiv A through the Collective Creation Fund, 2016
Coproduction: CNDB
Artistic consultant: Mădălina Dan
Thanks to: BlackHyperBox, Claudiu Lorand Maxim, Oana Hodade, Maria Mora & kata
Length: 50 min
For this performance, Andreea David worked in a solitary space, where she was the sole observer and her own critical eye from the future, through the recording camera. The artist thus turned into the subject of her own aesthetic judgement and the object of her own narcissism. Aware of the look, the nude body immediately adjusts, performs postures stereotypically associated to femininity and its representations, fetish images that constantly require perfecting. In this performance, the nude self-composes in its own landscape, it its own staging, is hiding behind its own representation and conceals itself in the outer look.
Andreea David is a performer and architect. She studied contemporary dance at the National Centre for Dance in Bucharest. In 2012 she was a DanceWEB scholar in Vienna and in 2013 at e.x.e.r.e.c.e. CCN Montpellier. She creates solos and collaborates with other artists, taking part in festivals such as Explore Dance Festival Bucharest, ImpulsTanz Vienna, Temps d'Images Cluj and LIKE CNDB. In 2014, she initiated the Laboratory for Common Practices, a system for working and experimenting that encourages the sharing, developing and exploring of choreographic and performative practices.


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The 888poker LIVE London Festival is back from November 22 through December 3. If you are looking for a great pre-Christmas tournament in the United Kingdom, this is your chance to get your hands dirty and bankroll going.
Ahead of the Holidays, 888 Brings Out a Tournament
The Aspers Casino Westfield in Stratford, London will be playing host to one of the most significant poker events that overlaps both November and December. There is plenty of reason to be excited, too with the event running from November 22 through December 3. The 888poker LIVE London Festival is a sight to behold. With over twelve days on the cards planned, we will see a whole bunch of WSOP professionals flock to the capital looking to carve out a piece of the prize pool for themselves.
The buy-ins are quite accommodating, too, with eleven events in total and the entry fees ranging from £60 to £5,000. With all sorts of competition on the cards, the LIVE festival promises to leave good memories in even the players who end up flopping. There're quite few events that people who are regular at online card rooms will recognize, such as the Turbo Deepstack, The Hurricane, and Swordfish.
Whimsical name and authentic ambiance are what the organizers seek to bring around with the latest edition. Apart from the reasonable buy-ins, there will be a Super High Roller pow-wow or those of you who are the most daring and quite willing to throw in thousands worth of buy-ins to get a chance at an even bigger prize pool.
The Big Names of Poker to Attend 888 LIVE
888 may be a predominantly online card room, but its on-site events are no less exciting, with names such as John Cynn and Martin Jacobson descending upon London to taste a bit of the action themselves. Sofia Lovgren has already announced her intentions to head over for the tournament herself, upping the ante for everyone who will want to contest the big money in the competition.
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One of the most riveting aspects of the competition, is of course the High Roller event with a fair buy-in at £2,200 and a substantial payout, though it still remains to be seen how much people will earn out of their efforts at the risky competition.
Meanwhile, we can give you the figures for the Main Event, which is £400,000 in guaranteed prizing, which is quite the generous reward by all means. Looking into the details, 888 have already posted a great breakdown of what is to come, including how to procure tickets and what the buy-ins for most events are.
If you are looking for a way into them Main Event without spending too much, you will be thrilled to know that 888poker will introduce you to a variety of satellite events each of which starts as low as £0.03. The net worth of the package is the buy-in of the Main Event, which gives you an easy access to the main competition of the entire festival.
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Why Nice Guys Always Win
Recently I had a chance to meet an unusual fellow. He came in to fix my shower door, which had become loose and had partially fallen off its track. I had no clue how to fix it and had to call Read more »
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Leading by Doing
Galya Westler is a Vancouver-based entrepreneur who was born in Montreal and raised in Israel. She returned to the West Coast a few years ago to focus on creating social mobile apps for companies, specifically private social networks for companies. Galya has since incorporated two companies since she arrived and currently serves as the owner and Read more »
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The Community Justice Ideal: Preventing Crime and Achieving Justice
The Community Justice Ideal: Preventing Crime and Achieving Justice
There is disquiet in America about what is happening to community life. Americans seem to have a sense that the quality of community life is diminishing and that family life is deteriorating. There is widespread talk about the need to "restore" the community and family, and many feel that a crisis of values is occurring in both the public and the private spheres of American life. Some of this is almost certainly nostalgia and sentimentalism. To the degree that the "community movement" is a romantic appeal to an inaccurate recollection of the past, it is an interlude destined for a short life.
But other, more objective indicators suggest that community life is indeed changing in America and that many citizens' concerns are justified. Some of these changes involve distance and technology: With our growing use of computers and involvement in international markets, the world is increasingly everyone's neighborhood. Other changes appear more rooted in socioeconomic trends; the increasing inequality and structural distance between social groups, combined with fewer intact families raising children, cause many observers to worry that the infrastructure of good citizenship is deteriorating. People move from place to place, and at every turn their children are confronted by technical, social, and interpersonal change. With our society undergoing such rapid transformation, people worry about whether the foundations of democratic life are strong enough to take us very far into the future.
These changes have enormous implications for criminal justice. As people begin to feel and express their alienation from institutional life, including political institutions, their actions cannot help but spill over into the formal mechanisms of social control. In a quarter century, the size, cost, and potency of the justice apparatus has grown three to five times over, depending on how one counts the growth. Public confidence in the justice system is, if anything, less than when the growth began. Surely if the justice system were put up for a vote of confidence, the prospects would be dim. One way of interpreting this situation is that people have little confidence that the justice system supports the quality of daily life.
The movement of criminal justice toward the community initiatives described in this book is a response to the common sense of dismay about community life. Criminal justice officials, sensing that confidence in their actions is slipping away, have sought a closer alignment with community . . .


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Weapons of mass distraction: an inspections timeline
February 1991 Kuwait freed as Gulf War ends. Iraq subject to weapons inspections and UN sanctions
August 1991 UN Security Council requires Iraq to disclose all chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programs
July 1992 UNSCOM (United Nations Special Commission) inspection team refused access to the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture
15 October 1994 UN orders Iraq to withdraw military units near Kuwait border
March 1996 UNSCOM teams denied access to five Iraqi sites
13 June 1996 Team denied access to military sites
November 1996 Iraq stops UNSCOM inspectors from taking missile components for analysis
February 1997 Iraq allows UNSCOM to remove missile components
21 June 1997 UN insists Iraq allow arms inspectors access to sites
29 October 1997 Iraq expels US members of UNSCOM inspection team
20 November 1997 US members of UNSCOM return to Iraq
13 January 1998 Iraq says UNSCOM team includes too many US and British members and accuses Scott Ritter of spying. The following week inspection teams are denied access to presidential sites.
February 1998 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan negotiates arms inspection deal with Saddam Hussein
5 August 1998 Iraq demands that UN lifts the oil embargo and reorganises UNSCOM
31 October 1998 Iraq refuses to cooperate with UNSCOM
November 1998 Inspections resume
16 December 1998 UNSCOM personnel withdrawn from Iraq
30 June 1999 Richard Butler ends his time as executive chairman of UNSCOM
17 December 1999 UN replaces UNSCOM with the UN Monitoring Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). Iraq rejects the resolution
1 March 2000 Hans Blix becomes executive chairman of UNMOVIC
November 2000 Iraq rejects new proposals for weapons inspections
3 May 2002 Talks between UNMOVIC and Iraqi officials
July 2002 Talks end without agreement on arms inspections
1 August 2002 Iraqi government invites Hans Blix for "technical talks" on disarmament issues
6 August 2002 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes to the Iraqi leadership, asking them to accept inspections in accordance with UN resolutions
12 September 2002 President Bush argues for a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq. The US pushes for action, warning that it is willing to act independently of the UN 16 September 2002 Iraq agrees to unconditional return of UN inspection teams
8 November 2002 UN Security Council resolution requires Iraq to submit a full weapons declaration and to cooperate with UNMOVIC and the IAEA. It warns of "serious consequences" for material breaches of the resolution.
13 November 2002 Iraqi government accepts UN resolution
18 November 2002 Weapons inspectors return to Iraq
9 January 2003 Weapons inspectors report to UN Security Council that Iraq illegally acquired engines and other missile components, but they do not believe these were used to try to develop nuclear weapons
17 January 2003 Inspectors uncover chemical shells in Iraq. Further tests may reveal if the 11 empty warheads are a "material breach" of UN resolutions
27 January 2003 Hans Blix' report criticises Iraq for not coming to a genuine acceptance of the disarmament demanded of it and not accounting for stockpiles of banned weapons
28 January 2003 Inspectors reveal prohibited Iraqi missile tests. Documents uncovered in Iraq show two types of missile were tested beyond the 150 km limit set by UN sanctions
5 February 2003 Communication intercepts, surveillance images and defector testimony show that Iraq is defying the UN, says the US Secretary of State
13 February 2003 An expert panel assembled by UN weapons inspectors confirms earlier suggestions that Iraqi missiles breach UN sanctions. Iraq insists the missiles are not designed to travel beyond the 150km limit
7 March 2003 Chief UN weapons inspector suggests a 29-point timetable taking "months" to settle whether Iraq is cooperating over disarmament
11 March 2003 A last-ditch effort to unite the UN Security Council centres on the technical details of weapons Iraq has yet to account for
17 March 2003 UN weapons inspectors told to leave Iraq. The US advice that inspectors should evacuate Baghdad is a clear sign that military action is imminent


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Legal cases in Australia and overseas have highlighted the risks to young people who may face registration as sex offenders for participating in sexting.
The Young People and Sexting in Australia study sought young people's opinions of the legal and educational responses to sexting. The first thing we learnt was that many young people considered the word sexting to be an adult term, and they didn't see all naked or semi-naked images as sexual.
Young people said they took and shared pictures for different reasons. Some pictures were intended as private self-portraits. Some were jokes. Some were part of friendships or flirtations. They felt adults tended to overreact to many images. One young man said: "Teenagers joke around a lot; but the moment you mention anything sexual [adults will] probably jump on it straight away and say sexting."
Very few had discussed sexting in class. Most agreed education should emphasise harm reduction, rather than prohibition. One young woman said: "You're never going to be able to completely police it and I think people need to accept that, and they just need to work more on prevention and protection."
One group of young women felt existing educational material represented sexting as primarily a problem for girls. Young men and women agreed that this material overplayed the shameful or embarrassing aspects of sexting, but underplayed young men's ethical and legal responsibilities.
All wanted more access to factual information about their rights in cases where images were taken or shared without consent, and their legal and ethical responsibilities as they applied to naked or semi-naked pictures.
They questioned why laws designed to prevent child abuse could be applied to consenting activity between young people.
Dr Kath Albury is a Senior Lecturer in UNSW's Journalism and Media Research Centre, and the co-author of Young People and Sexting in Australia: Ethics, representation and the law.
This opinion piece first appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald.


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On 23 July 2018,a Training-of-trainers (ToT) workshop on "Greening the Supply Chain" toolkit was conducted in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The ToT workshop took place with an objective to train in-country technical consultants and project coordinators on "Greening the Supply Chain" toolkit to strengthen their capacity work with SME supply chains. Toolkit focuses on improving production processes of metal products, with a particular focus on environmentally sustainable practices along the supply chain of an industry. The workshop was facilitated by Amarnath Munnolimath, Project Manager, adelphi.
This toolkit was adapted from the toolkit produced by adelphi to 'Bavarian Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection', Germany. With this supply chain toolkit the ToT participants gained the insights on how to analyse the supply chain of an industry and how one can implement the Resource Efficient Cleaner Production (RECP) measures in the overall processes involved in the supply chain of a component / product. To make the toolkit experience practical, all participants worked on one of the industry case studies that they already been working in METABUILD project. By analysing the supply chain of one component and identifying potential to apply RECP measures in the component processes they gained hands on experience on the toolkit. They also engaged in peer-learning through the presentation and analysis of selected case studies.
Following the ToT workshop, the ToT participants employed their acquired insights to facilitate a Customer Roundtable the following day, on 24 July 2018, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.


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Adventure Area
Our new adventure area allows you to experience history first-hand
Experience 500 years of history close up and in 3D
We bring history out of the books and allow you to experience it yourself. In addition to a timeline of the castle our new adventure area also features a digital magic mirror and interactive tablets. You will even find medieval swords, armour and other items to touch and even try on yourself.
Whether you are waiting for your tours or just want to spend some more time at the castle, here you can relax, have a cup of coffee or purchase various snacks to sweeten up your waiting time.
The adventure area is open to all our customers of our tours during our regular opening hours.


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What is Reputation Marketing?
Consider this scenario - a potential customer is in need of a product or service you offer. Unless they have a favorite place to go already and aren't open to change, most will either ask their personal network of friends and family for a recommendation, or they'll search for a solution themselves. This is a process that happens millions of times each day.
Now, what if they saw one of their friends had left your business a review? They would trust that business more than one that didn't have this review. Why? Because they trust their friend. Even if they don't know you, that friend's review is a public declaration of trust.
And that's the heart of what reputation marketing is: using social proof signals like reviews and referrals to make positive aspects of your reputation transparent and visible to anyone who might want to use your product or service.
"Reputation Marketing is using social proof signals like reviews and referrals in order to make positive aspects of your reputation transparent and visible..."
90% of consumers think reviews and referrals are more important than any information provided by a salesperson. So, if you can use reputation marketing effectively, you can use your own customers to do the selling for you. That's more powerful than any marketing content or creative ad copy you could ever hope to write.
Customer Reviews Supercharge your Local Search Rankings
Online reviews impact local search and SEO (search engine optimization) by about 12%. Given the hundreds, if not thousands, of different factors search engine's use to rank websites like yours, online reviews have a huge impact on your SEO.
Whenever you make those searches you'll notice the Google Maps widget that shows up. If your business is listed (You will need a Google My Business account. Here's how to set up Google My Business), it's ranked by several factors.
- Proximity: how close you are to the person searching
- Relevancy: how relevant your products/services are to the person searching
- Reputation: how many reviews you have, your average star rating, and how recent those reviews are (which also show relevancy).
But more reviews don't just increase the amount of traffic to your website, they also increase the quality of that traffic. That's because the person searching has already been convinced you're a reputable provider before they even talk to you - all because of online reputation marketing.
What if I don't have any Reviews?
This can have a negative effect. Many consumers believe that not having any reviews is almost as damaging as having several bad ones. To them, it represents a risk if they decide to use a service with no reviews. People want to know you're reliable.
Additionally, if any of your competitors have reviews and you don't, it can also mean people searching for your product/service are finding them, not you. That's business you could have been getting that is now funding your competition.
By implementing an action plan and reputation management process (we recommend using reputation marketing software to automate this for you), you can start building your reputation and acquire online reviews from past customers. But if you don't have any reviews, it's not something to put off. They influence consumer decisions, as well as help you to appear within local search results. The longer you wait to implement a review system, the more time you're giving potential customers (and their friends) to become loyal to competitors.
59% of consumers look at 2-3 review sites before they make a decision about a business
87% of people say that a business needs a rating of 3-5 stars before they will use them
Where should I ask for reviews?
There are lots of industry-specific review sites that can benefit your business, and then a few that every business should use. For home service professionals for example, having reviews on a site like Homeadvisor or Yelp may be beneficial. For a doctor, however, it would not be. A doctor would probably want to use a site like Healthgrades, while a tourist attraction or restaurant may wish to use Tripadvisor.
But thankfully, no matter what business you have there are two review sites that rule them all: Google and Facebook.
Facebook Reviews are like Referrals to an Entire Network
Facebook reviews (now called recommendations in some areas as they roll out this change to some users) are an incredibly powerful and targeted way to get new business. When someone leaves a review on your Facebook page, depending on the review itself, some of that person's friends may get a notification (or see it in their newsfeed) saying that they recommend YOUR business. It's like word of mouth, only a thousand times more powerful because they're not just telling one friend, they're telling all of their friends that your business comes highly recommended.
This is a more targeted approach because if you serve very high-end clients for example, then those peoples' friends are often likely to be of a similar demographic and income level as they are.
It's also incredibly valuable when people make testimonials about your business in Facebook groups. At NiceJob we've gotten tons of our own customers this way.
How would it affect your business if your most lucrative customers recommended you to all their friends?
Google Reviews will Help you Outrank the Competition
How would being the top reviewed and ranked business in your area affect your web traffic and sales?
Google reviews are a bit different than Facebook reviews. Google reviews are less targeted than Facebook reviews but will earn you more visibility. A review on Google will help your discoverability on the search engine, which will increase the amount of website traffic you get. This means, you'll get a higher volume of customers through Google reviews than Facebook reviews.
Another interesting note is that if you're a service provider, then you'll only show up in Google for anyone within your defined service area in your Google My Business account. But, if you get a review from someone outside your service area, Google will automatically expand your service area to include where that review was left. This means you'll start being seen by people in that area more frequently, and potentially earning new customers in a new area.
The Challenge of Online Review Marketing
Do you often leave reviews for businesses? I certainly don't. But, that's because they don't ask. And even if they did ask, it would be a lot of work for me to figure it out. 75% of customers are willing to provide reviews, as long as it's easy for them to do so. That's why you need to make it easy.
The challenge is that most people need to be asked and reminded more than once to leave a review. People are busy, and while they mean well, aren't always available when you ask for a review and often forget.
It's A Numbers Game
More review invites (and reminders) equal more completed reviews. With more reviews, your visibility improves, and you start to see more reviews and sales. While 75% of people say they are willing to provide a review, only about a 1/3 eventually do. If you only ask once, that probably drops to less than 10%. This is why it's so important to not only follow up with your customers for reviews, but to make it incredibly easy for them to leave one.
Using tools like NiceJob, you can provide a quick and simple interface for your customers to leave reviews on all of the important review sites for your business.
What happens when you try to ask for customer reviews manually?
It's a lot of work to send out tons of review invitations. Imagine this scenario:
You send 3 requests to review your business per day, between Monday to Friday. The next week you do the same. But you also need to send reminders, so from all the people that you invited or requested to provide a review need a follow-up reminder. That first week, with a minimal 3 requests a day, is 15 reminders. Unless someone provided a review, which can happen, most will need a reminder or two. So, if you send 15 requests in a week (which is on the low side) and you're 3 weeks into the process, you now need to send reminders for the past requests. Without getting too deep into the math, that quickly becomes 50 emails to send per week.
Let's be realistic here. Do you really have the time, energy, and data to not only be sending out 50 emails (minimum) a week, but to also be sending them each out at the best possible time for them to be received? With reputation marketing automation software like NiceJob, this process becomes easy.
You only send the initial review requests and invites. That's it. The software does the rest, including automating follow-ups for you, and if you integrate it with anyone of our integration partners (over 1000 CRM's, invoicing tools, field management softwares, and more), it will even automatically send the initial requests for you as well.
When & How to Ask for Reviews
Timing is extremely important when asking for reviews. When a customer doesn't leave a review, it doesn't necessarily mean they didn't love your product or service. They may be absolutely thrilled. It may be the best purchase they've made in months. But you just contacted them at the wrong time. Maybe they were busy, or just don't feel like typing a review at that moment. Happily, timing is a battle we can win. Here's how:
Ask During Peak excitement:
If your customer loves your product or service, they're most likely excited about it right after receiving it. Presenting a review invitation as soon as possible after the transaction is completed increases your response rates significantly.
So what do you need to do?
- Develop a good habit of sending review invites after each purchase and sharing them online.
- Or even better, get a system that sends review invites automatically after each purchase and then uses those reviews to market your business on your website and across social media.
The Takeaway
- When it comes to business, your brand is the most valuable asset you own. In some cases, it can represent the best of something for a local market. The best bakery, the best place to get a car, the best place for dinner. Reviews are what give a business brand reputation with customers, within the local market, and among potential buyers (if you ever choose to sell your business).
- More than half of businesses are not making use of online reviews, yet over 97% of consumers trust and rely on them to help make purchasing decisions. This means, if you start collecting online reviews today, you will stand out from the competition.
- If you want more referrals and reviews, it's essential to make it part of your process.
Want a fully automated system to collect and market reviews for you?
Try NiceJob for yourself! Sign up for our 14-day free trial here.


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Fuden-An: Leaves from a Tea-Journal
The cicadas cry
KOBORI Sojitsu (the 13th Grand Master of the Enshu Sado School )
I think most people in my generation think of autumn when they think of September. In reality, due to the warmer climate lately, the late summer heat remains brutal. The imagination people have, especially the Japanese who have become accustomed to the changes of the four seasons, plays an important part in this however. Whether you think it is still hot or you think the morning and evening breeze has begun to cool somewhat, depends on how you decide to look at it.
Last month, I received many letters from people wishing to honour my late father. These letters contained stories about my father from colleagues of his whom I had not known, many of which I had never heard before, and I could imagine my father's facial expression in these various situations. I hope there will be an opportunity where I can share these stories with more people on another occasion.
Much has changed in the first half of this year since March 11th. Time seems to have passed quickly with all the disaster, nuclear and power related problems tormenting Japan. Furthermore, we Japanese have gone beyond being angry and can only feel helpless about the nonresponsive and impotent manner with which the government and congress have dealt with the slow recovery and support of the disaster hit region. We hope to see someone with inspiring leadership come into the picture.
This was a summer which you might have thought would have been very hot considering the efforts made to save electricity, but for some reason unbeknownst to me, the screaming sound of the cicadas seemed to come late this year. It takes 6 to 7 years for a cicada larva to become an adult, and if it feels the earth heating up, it shows it rises to the surface. I hear that the cicadas came out late because the temperature of the earth was cool this spring.
The talk of climate change and the use of air-conditioning and other electronic devices may have had the effect of numbing our human physical senses. Compared to us, the animals and insects live in nature, experience no change and remain the same.
Is it just me but now that it is finally August, whenever I hear the cicadas cry in my garden or in nearby parks, I am reminded of how weak man is at resisting the influence of information and fashion.


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More than 4400 submissions from 101 countries made it to the Aerial Photography Awards. Only seven have been selected as winners in the categories that include urban, wildlife, sport, people, nature, abstract and an overall photo of the year. The winning photo of the year went to a French photographer Florian Ledoux.
His shows a polar bear crossing over ice blue water. The photo was snapped in Nunavut while he was working on a report about wildlife in the area. Florian said, "I have witnessed incredible moments and scenes of the wild, but I can guarantee you that this, by far, is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. I hope that future generations will still be able to witness the beauty and grandeur of the Arctic wildlife the same way we do today."
It's GROUNDHOG DAY! (again)
Groundhog Day is an american comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. It was written by Ramis and Danny Rubin.
Funny doesn't begin to touch on the hidden content in this masterpiece. I love this movie. It's perfect on so many levels. RARELY will I talk about American movies. I usually leave that up to the multi-zillion dollar machine designed solely for that purpose; mainstream american media.
But this piece, this is something DIFFERENT.
Hilarious! – Mom gets a Tattoo
Every time she yells, i laugh even harder!!
I'm going to drop my iPad – fucking FUNNY !
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Football has been transformed from simply an exciting sports game to a means of making big money. The best football players and the most talented coaches of successful Premier League teams earn millions of US dollars. Most football stars of the highest tier, such as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, are known all over the world. However, in the case of their coaches, details of their careers and how much they earn are not known by too many people.
Who is the highest paid coach in the world?
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Accession Number : AD0432357
Title : VALUES OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN STUDENTS,
Corporate Author : RUTGERS - THE STATE UNIV NEW BRUNSWICK N J
Personal Author(s) : Berrien,F. K.
Report Date : JAN 1964
Pagination or Media Count : 54
Abstract : Approximately 1800 high school and college students in Japan completed a version of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and were compared with the norms obtained from American college students. It was hypothesized that the Japanese college sample would differ from the American norms in those values which characterized the stereotype of traditional Japanese and which appear to underlie the past political behavior of the Japanese. However, it was further hypothe sized that the rural high school sample would show even greater differences in these same respects with the American norms. The findings reveal that the Japanese college men were less dominant and more self-abasing than Americans but were less deferent. Progressions toward American norms were evident only in achievement, dominance and abasement among the men, but among the Japanese women successive samples of students in rural, urban and college populations showed trends away from American norms for achievement and nurturance. Although the data are equivocal, on balance, they suggest that the Japanese are not adopting those psychological values that characterize the American college population, in spite of outward appearances to the contrary. This report draws some inferences and implications from these data concerning the political behavior of the Japanese and the extent to which the existing value pattern supports the democratic political structure set up by the Occupation Forces. (Author)
Descriptors : (*STUDENTS, BEHAVIOR), SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, CULTURE, URBAN AREAS, RURAL AREAS, PERSONALITY, POPULATION
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Date: October 2012
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Some grazing animals are territorial, in that they occupy, patrol, and defend a patch of habitat in which they live, feed and, often, breed. In some cases, the direct or indirect consequence of this behavior encourages the growth of particular plants, so that the grazing species is farming or gardening its supply of food.
Examples are widespread, but one example of each of a vertebrate and an invertebrate grazer will illustrate some general features. First, pomacentrid or damsel fishes on coral reefs live in areas that are overgrazed by a large diversity of other fish and many invertebrates. Several species in the family Pomacentridae occupy territories in which they threaten and attack intruding fish. In these territories, there can be extensive growth of algae which are absent from adjacent, undefended areas. The territorial resident depends for its food on being able to graze on these algae, a supply of resources created by its activities. Some species of fish are very selective in what they allow to grow within their territories. They weed out unwanted species of seaweeds by biting them off the substratum and carrying them out of the territory. As a result, the territorial fish can have profound influences on local diversity of algal species.
Despite vigilance and rapid responses to intruders, the occupant of a territory can, however, be overwhelmed by the sheer weight of numbers of intruders if large numbers arrive at the same time. This is almost certainly a strong influence on how large a territory an individual can defend. If a school of grazing fish arrive in a territory, no amount of threat, harassment, or attack by the occupant will prevent removal of some of the algal food in the territory. Territorial defenses do, however, serve to ensure a sustained biomass of some algae that would otherwise be completely grazed away.
The second example concerns grazing by limpets on rocky shores. Most limpets wander around grazing over the surface of the rock using a special feeding organ or toothed 'tongue', called a radula. This scrapes over and into the surface of the rock, removing grains of rock and any attached bacteria or microscopic plants, which are then swept into the animal's mouth. In many parts of the world, grazing by these and other gastropods (snails) removes such a large proportion of the algae that the animals generally suffer from a shortage of food and often show evidence of considerable amounts of competition for the food that is present.
In some areas of the world, such competition has resulted in aggressive behavior to defend a territory. On Californian intertidal shores, the owl-limpet (Lottia gigantea) reaches a few centimeters length as its maximal adult size. It patrols an area of rock about 1000 cm extent. When it encounters an intruding limpet or grazing snail, the resident limpet attacks by ramming the front of its shell against the intruder. Sometimes this dislodges the intruder which is then rolled away by waves. Sometimes, the attack, or even the threat of attack as the resident approaches, causes the intruder to leave the territory.
The outcome is a very reduced number of grazers inside compared to outside the territories. When a resident limpet is experimentally removed, the number of other, smaller grazers increases. Often, a resident that has been removed is replaced by a smaller individual of L. gigantea from a nearby area. If an owl-limpet is introduced to an area, it will eventually drive away many of the resident grazers.
The result of this activity is the growth inside the territory of a film of visible macroalgae, which are a major source of food for the limpets. When a territorial limpet is removed, smaller grazers enter the territory and, because they scrape much closer to the surface of the rock while feeding, these remove all the algal film. Obviously, the activities of the limpets are necessary to allow the existence of the visible films of algae, which are thus being protected, as if in a garden.
There are variations on this theme. On rocky shores in South Africa, the limpet Patella longicosta also lives in defended territories. These limpets have pointed extensions radiating from their shells, which are used to dig under and flip over intruding grazing limpets. As a result of ousting intruders and reducing the intensity of grazing, an encrusting seaweed, Ralfsia sp., grows on the rock in the territory. Grazing by these limpets is sufficiently harsh that any small limpets, including juveniles of their own species, are crushed. The only place juvenile P. longicosta can survive and gain access to Ralfsia as food is on the backs of adults. There, the tiny limpets can graze in safety from attack by the territory holder. When they reach about 1014 mm, the juvenile limpets can no longer gain sufficient food on the shell and start to climb down from the adult's shell in order to graze over the rock. The adult, territorial limpet then treats them as an intruder and pushes the juveniles out of the territory, to take up home elsewhere. By now, the small limpets are large enough to survive by scraping over the encrusting, calcareous algae found outside territories made by limpets. Eventually, it is presumed that the small limpets will remove crusts, exposing bare rock on which Ralfsia starts to grow, thus beginning the establishment of a new territory.
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