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IN COURT: Bo Xilai faces various charges, including bribery
BEFORE he fell from grace, ex-Chongqing party boss Bo Xilai was easily the most flamboyant figure in mainland Chinese politics
Bo struck to form when he appeared in a Jinan court yesterday to answer charges of corruption and abuse of power.
Not only he refute a bribery charge - one of three offences he is accused of - Bo also mounted a feisty defence, using strong and colourful language.
For instance, he lambasted the testimony of key witness Tang Xiaolin as "the ugly performance of a person selling his soul". Bo also dismissed as "comical and laughable" a written testimony that the prosecutors obtained from his wife Gu Kailai.
But some analysts suggest that Bo's dramatic turn in court could be a choreographed move.
Wuhan-based legal professor Qin Qianhong said that Bo likely agreed to this in exchange for a lighter sentence and for his son to be left alone.
"They may have made a pact to make the public believe that the trial is not stage-managed and that China's rule of law is being upheld," said Prof Qin of Wuhan University's law school.
He also believes that the prosecution implicated Bo's son Guagua for the same aim of debunking suspicious of a staged trial.
Prof Qin thinks it is unlikely the Chinese Communist Party would go after the younger Bo, who is studying in the US and has so far been left out of the case.
"They may deem it more useful to keep Bo's son as a bargaining chip to rein in the Bo family and his supporters from stirring up more trouble in the future," added Prof Qin.
I generally think that he, as a Presidental candidate, is kind of a douche (gogo Michael Badnarik), but as a third-party catalyst, I think he's really cool.
He tries his hardest to point out how much the American system of "democracy" is a joke with examples like how we claim to have so many different parties, but only the "left" and the "right" get to have live debates. What if we cares about someone else's stance on the issues?
I think he's an interesting guy and he makes a lot of noise during the election year, and he's gotten me to pay more attention to third party candidates now, so kudos to him.
PHNOM PENH - His party is reeling from its worst-ever election result. His political opponents have grown bold. His people are protesting on the streets.
So why is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen smiling?
The long-ruling autocrat emerged beaming from lengthy closed-door meetings this week with his old political foe, Mr Sam Rainsy, who says Mr Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) cheated its way to a narrow victory in the July 28 general election.
He has reason to be cheerful. Although lawmakers from Mr Rainsy's Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) are threatening to boycott the new session of Parliament, due to begin on Monday, until an independent inquiry is held into electoral fraud, the recent political violence has left Mr Hun Sen mostly unscathed.
Thousands of CNRP supporters dispersed on Tuesday after a three-day rally in a park in the capital Phnom Penh, where one man was killed and several injured when police opened fire on the protesters on Sunday night.
His composure after the meetings suggests his renewed confidence in breaking the political deadlock and extending his nearly three decades of rule by another five years, say analysts.
His smiling photo-ops, however, could also hint at changes ahead for Mr Hun Sen. His party officially won the election with 68 seats to the CNRP's 55, a greatly reduced majority that signalled widespread disenchantment with his iron-fisted rule despite rapid economic growth. "Hun Sen and his party must change drastically and fast to be able to remain a relevant political force," said academic Lao Mong Hay.
Mr Hun Sen's cordial talks with the opposition come as a surprise, considering his past ruthlessness with political opponents and his history of antagonism with Mr Rainsy. "He has been quiet, which means he is listening more now," social analyst Kem Ley said. "And he is smiling - that's already a positive sign."
Assuming the CNRP takes its place in the 123-seat National Assembly, or Lower House, the party's effectiveness there depends on what concessions its leaders can wring from Mr Hun Sen.
The party wants reforms to the National Election Committee and is angling for the presidency or deputy presidency of the National Assembly, as well as positions on parliamentary committees long dominated by Mr Hun Sen's loyalists, say analysts.
"Without these concessions, the CNRP will not be able to achieve very much," said Mr Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights.
Use your emotional awareness to resolve conflicts in the workplace
THE stress and pace of working life continues to increase every year. Conflicts between people in organisations are a natural outcome of these tensions.
In fact, they are normal and necessary part of healthy relationships. After all, two people can't be expected to agree on everything at all times. Therefore, learning how to deal with conflict - rather than avoiding it - is crucial.
Almost in every workplace, many managers find it difficult to understand and relate to their own feelings during a period of conflict.
Emotional awareness is the key to understand yourself and others. If you don't know how you feel or why you feel that way, you won't be able to communicate effectively or smooth over disagreements.
Emotional awareness helps you to understand what is really troubling you and other people, enables you to stay motivated until the conflict is resolved and helps you communicate clearly and effectively.
Conflict arises from differences. It occurs whenever people disagree over their values, motivations, perceptions, ideas or desires.
Sometimes these differences look trivial, but when a conflict triggers strong feelings, a deep personal need is at the core of the problem, such as a need to feel safe and secure, a need to feel respected and valued, or a need for greater closeness.
Successful conflict resolution depends on your ability to regulate stress and your emotions. Conflict triggers strong emotions and can lead to hurt feelings, disappointment and discomfort.
If you are out of touch with your feelings or so stressed that you can only pay attention to a limited number of emotions, you won't be able to understand your own needs. If you don't understand your needs, you will have a hard time communicating with others and staying in touch with what is really troubling you.
Successfully resolving conflict depends on skilfully managing stress quickly, controlling your emotions and behaviour and paying attention to the feeling being expressed as well as the words.
Balance emotions
Managing and resolving conflict requires the ability to quickly reduce stress and bring your emotions into balance. You can ensure that the process is as positive as possible by sticking to the following conflict resolution guidelines:
LISTEN FOR WHAT IS FELT AS WELL AS SAID: When you listen, you connect more deeply to your own needs and emotions, and to those of other people. Listening in this way also strengthens you, informs you, and makes it easier for others to hear you.
RESOLUTION IS THE PRIORITY: Maintaining and strengthening the relationship rather than "winning" the argument should always be your first priority. Be respectful of the other person and his or her viewpoint.
FOCUS ON THE PRESENT: If you are holding on to old hurts and resentments, your ability to see the reality of the current situation will be impaired. Rather than looking to the past and assigning blame, focus on what you can do in the here-and-now to solve the problem.
PICK YOUR BATTLES: Conflicts can be draining, so it's important to consider whether the issue is really worthy of your time and energy. Maybe you don't want to surrender a parking space if you have been circling for 15 minutes. But if there are dozens of spots, arguing over a single space isn't worth it.
BE WILLING TO FORGIVE: Resolving conflict is impossible if you are unwilling or unable to forgive. Resolution lies in releasing the urge to punish, which can never compensate for your losses, and only adds to your injury by further depleting and draining your life.
KNOW WHEN TO LET SOMETHING GO: If you can't come to an agreement, agree to disagree. It takes two people to keep an argument going. If a conflict is going nowhere, you can choose to disengage and move on.
Is it better to have liberty more than security, or security more than liberty?
The answer is that one ought to have both liberty and security, but as it is difficult for the two to go together it is much safer to be free than secure, if one of the two has to be wanting. For it may be said of men in general that they are ungrateful, voluble, dissemblers, anxious to avoid danger, and covetous of gain ; as long as you benefit them, they provide your protection; they offer you their blood, their goods and their life, when the necessity is remote; but when it approaches, they revert to their natural stance. And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and not through grandeur and nobility of spirit is merited but is not truly secure, and at times is not to be had. And men have less scruple in offending one who makes himself secure than one who makes himself free; for security is held by a chain of obligation which, men being selfish, is broken whenever it serves their purpose; but liberty is maintained by a dread of punishment which never fails.
We have elven days left until we can remove the extremely blatant lies and propaganda from TrayTray's Wikipedia article so that more people are aware of the truth of what happened. Seriously, take a look at this shit:
If I could, I'd post this on the imageboard so that we could get more anons on the job, but as we're currently suffering from a very large influx of Redditors, doing so would only ensure that the article is permanently locked down and policed to keep it full of BS.
Yeah yeah, it's just a wiki article, OP is autistic, etc. I really do think this is important, though, because of all of the lies that the MSM and leftists in general have put out surrounding the incident.
Ethnic minority doctors in Britain are four times more likely than white candidates to fail their clinical GP exam, the General Medical Council has found.
The review into 5,000 candidates was ordered after ethnic minority students complained the exam was unfair.
But the Royal College of GPs, which sets the exams, denies they are unfair.
Divya Talwar reports.
If you're not capable of passing the test then you're not fit for the job surely? If it is a failure to meet a requirement regarding English language skills, either written or spoken, If a GP can't adequately communicate in English how is he or she expected to accurately diagnose symptoms.
The U.K. is a joke for letting ethnic minorities run the show
To get the outcomes you want, master two negotiation scenarios
Your approach in the negotiating process depends on which scenario you choose.
A SUCCESSFUL career is often defined by how effective a negotiator you are. In all aspects of your career you are, in fact, constantly engaged in the process of negotiation.
The job interview - where your career usually begins - essentially involves negotiating with the prospective employer for the job and equitable remuneration. From there, you continue negotiating every day and at every stage of your career with bosses, co-workers, subordinates and customers over a multitude of issues.
Learning to effectively negotiate is thus important for managing and maintaining a successful career. However, many people often negotiate without a good understanding of the process or without the necessary basic skills to carry it out successfully.
Being clear about your goals and preparing well are fundamental to negotiation success and to achieving the outcome you seek. This essentially means gaining a good understanding of the approaches needed for the different types of negotiation scenarios, the phases involved in the process and developing the necessary skills for successful negotiating.
There are basically two major types of negotiation scenarios with each type requiring a different approach.
Integrative negotiation
This type of negotiation involves a problem-solving strategy through sharing of information and giving way on less important issues. In essence, all parties involved are collaborating for mutual gains and emphasising win-win solutions.
Thus, spending time and effort to build trust and cooperation from the outset is fundamental in integrative negotiation. An example of integrative negotiation is in the allocation of duties and responsibilities in team building situations where everyone involved is ultimately working towards a common goal and team effectiveness.
Distributive negotiation
Here, a competitive negotiation strategy is needed with each party striving to get the biggest slice possible from a fixed pie. The approach is thus to build the strongest bargaining position by attempting to understand the other party's strengths and weaknesses without revealing vital information and knowledge.
Examples of distributive negotiation can occur in organisational settings when there is aggressive bargaining for bonuses from a fixed budget or stiff competition for promotion when only limited posts are available.
However, irrespective of the type of negotiation scenario the process itself always involves three phases. Each phase is important if the negotiation is to be concluded successfully:
1. PREPARATION
This is the first phase of any negotiation process and needs to be managed well if subsequent phases are to proceed meaningfully. This phase allows the bargaining positions of the parties involved to be established and, depending on the situation, determines how much and what type of information is gathered and shared.
Good preparation is essential as it is important to enter this stage with a clarity about the goals to be achieved. Identifying the real issues to be negotiated and putting aside all irrelevant matters that could hinder the negotiation process are important aspects of this phase.
The more prepared you are at this stage the greater will be your bargaining position and participation in the process. For example, prior to a job interview you will need to prepare yourself with sufficient knowledge of the job and the organisation as well as have clarity of the strengths you will bring to the job to ensure that you have a good bargaining position.
2. BARGAINING
The second phase of actual negotiating only begins after the bargaining positions are clearly established. It is also essential that all parties remain focused only on the issues and goals that were established in the first phase to allow demands to remain manageable and reasonable and prevent breakdown of the negotiation.
Understanding the way issues are negotiated and developing certain essential skills of effective negotiating are important at this stage.
Effective speaking, active listening, self-confidence, assertiveness and emotional intelligence are among the key skills necessary for successful negotiating.
3. CLOSURE
The final phase is necessary is to formalise all that was achieved in the previous phases so that there is no need for further negotiations over the same issues.
It is important at this stage to ensure that all negotiated agreements are clearly understood, finalised and well documented. In addition, the benefits gained by all parties involved should be emphasised.
It is crucial at this stage to ensure that efforts are made to restore any working relationships that may have been negatively affected in the negotiation process.
Why is no one talking about the war to begin in Syria? Why is nobody involved in starting a movement to stop the US being involved in Syria when we just got out of Iraq and Afghanistan?
