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Dowry” in the sense of the expression contemplated by Dowry Prohibition Act is a demand for property of valuable security having an inextricable nexus with the marriage, i.e., it is a consideration from the side of the bride’s parents or relatives to the groom or his parents and/or guardian for the agreement to wed the bride-to-be. #喬寶寶 #Qbobo
The Price of Recycling Old Laptops: Toxic Fumes in Thailand’s Lungs
Crouched ( ) on the ground in a dimly lit factory, women picked through the discarded ( ) innards ( ) of the modern world: batteries, circuit boards and bundles ( ) of wires.
They broke down the scrap ( ) — known as hazardous electronic-waste, or e-waste — with hammers and raw hands ( ). Men, some with faces wrapped in rags ( ) to repel ( ) the fumes, shoveled the refuse ( ) into a clanking ( ) machine that salvages ( ) usable metal.
As they toiled ( ), smoke spewed ( ) over nearby villages and farms. Residents have no idea what is in the smoke — plastic, metal, who knows? All they know is that it stinks and they feel sick.
The factory, New Sky Metal, is part of a thriving ( ) e-waste industry across Southeast Asia, born of China’s decision to stop accepting the world’s electronic refuse, which was poisoning its land and people. Thailand in particular has become a center of the industry even as activists ( ) push back and its government wrestles ( ) to balance competing interests of public safety with the profits to be made from the lucrative ( ) trade.
Last year, Thailand banned ( ) the import of foreign e-waste. Yet new factories are opening across the country, and tons of e-waste are being processed ( ), environmental monitors ( ) and industry experts said.
“E-waste has to go somewhere,” said Jim Puckett, executive director of the Basel Action Network, which campaigns ( ) against trash dumping in poor countries, “and the Chinese are simply moving their entire operations to Southeast Asia.”
“The only way to make money is to get huge volume ( ) with cheap, illegal labor and pollute the hell out of the environment,” he added.
Each year, 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally, according to the United Nations, as consumers grow accustomed to ( ) throwing away last year’s model and acquiring the next new thing. The notion ( ) of recycling these gadgets sounds virtuous: an infinite loop ( ) of technological utility.
But it is dirty and dangerous work to extract ( ) the tiny quantities of precious metals — like gold, silver and copper — from castoff ( ) phones, computers and televisions.
For years, China took in much of the world’s electronic refuse. Then in 2018, Beijing closed its borders to foreign e-waste. Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia — with their lax ( ) enforcement of environmental laws, easily exploited ( ) labor force and cozy ( ) nexus ( ) between business and government — saw an opportunity.
“Every circuit and every cable is very lucrative, especially if there is no concern for the environment or for workers,” said Penchom Saetang, head of Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand, an environmental watchdog ( ).
四處可見的電子垃圾工廠毒害泰國人的健康
婦女們蹲伏在一間燈光昏暗的工廠的地上，整理被現代世界棄置的一些內容物：電池、電路板和成綑的電線。
她們或者用鐵鎚，或者徒手，拆解這些被稱作有害電子廢棄物或電子垃圾的廢品，再由男性工人鏟進一台鏗鏘作響的機器，以回收有用的金屬。有些男工用碎布包住臉來隔擋煙塵。
當他們賣力工作之時，煙霧飄散至鄰近的村莊和工廠，居民對煙霧中有什麼物質一無所知—塑膠？金屬？誰知道！他們只知道聞起來很臭，讓人噁心。
這間名為「新天空金屬」的工廠，是東南亞正蓬勃發展的電子垃圾業的一部分，是在中國大陸決定停止接收毒害其土地人民的全球電子垃圾後，應運而生。泰國特別成為這項產業的中心，過程中社運人士大力阻擋，政府則在公共安全與可觀的收益之間謀取平衡。
去年泰國禁止外國電子垃圾進口，然而環境監控人員和產業專家說，新工廠仍然在國內各地開設，處理成噸的電子垃圾。
「電子垃圾必須有去處。」以反對將垃圾傾倒至窮國為訴求的「巴塞爾行動網路」執行長吉姆．帕其特說，「中國就是把整個作業搬到東南亞。」
他說：「賺錢的唯一方法，是用便宜、非法的勞力處理極為龐大的數量，而且大肆汙染環境。」
根據聯合國的統計，全球每年製造出5000萬噸電子垃圾，消費者習慣了丟掉前一年的機型，入手新款式。回收這些小電器的觀念聽起來道德高尚：科技便利的無限循環。
但是，從廢棄的手機、電腦和電視中採集微量的金銀銅之類貴金屬，其實是骯髒且危險的工作。
曾經有許多年，中國大陸大量接收世界各地的電子廢棄物。然後在2018年，北京對外來電子垃圾關閉了大門。泰國和其他東南亞國家看到了機會，因為它們環境法律執行寬鬆，勞動力剝削容易，而且商界和政府間關係緊密。
「每一片電路板和每一條電線都能讓你賺不少錢，特別是毋須考慮環境或勞工時。」環境監督組織「泰國生態警示復甦」領導人潘重．沙也譚說。
#高雄人 #學習英文 請找 #多益達人林立英文
#高中英文 #成人英文
#多益家教班 #商用英文
#國立大學外國語文學系講師
Thank you for the views and comments on the trailer! I'm so happy people are as excited! It really means a lot to me. Here's why: The editing process is something I totally enjoy. But as I was about to go into edits with my editor Bobby, the lockdown started.
Lockdown meant that we had to be responsible and stay home. This stopped everything. Bobby was running a 2011 iMac, and I had a 2014 MacBook Pro. I had many hours of footage that were shot in 4K. Both our machines struggled. I tried to remote in to Bobby's iMac to watch edits but we could hardly see anything. Bobby would try to remote in to my MacBook but 1) it wasn't precise enough and 2) I had zero editing abilities. I looked at the new MacBook Pro 16 inch but I could hardly afford it and what with zero work coming in, it wasn't prudent.
So I decided to learn 'PC' and spent 5 weeks researching, watching techtubers like Jayztwocents, Gamers Nexus, Paul's Hardware, Bitwit - doing this really really helped. I then bought my PC part by part online and after 6 weeks, I assembled my a first working PC & used my TV as a monitor to save a little more dough. Now comes the hard part. I have the machine but zero skills. So I spent another 2 weeks watching editing tutorials, program tutorials, and picked up basic editing skills.
After 2 months into the lockdown, I assembled my first offline edit of an episode, and Bobby then remote in from his iMac and work off my PC's resources, fixing everything I did wrong (a lot). We did this for the next 2 months, almost every night talking on the phone while I see my mouse cursor magically controlled by Bobby.
I don't know if this means anything to you, but I found it so magical! That the entire season of #MACC was cut and edited remotely. I remember feeling horrible during the lockdown, being trapped and useless but I look back now realising I had gained so much. I can now build my own PC, I can edit, and know what Bobby's environment sounds like everyday from 7pm to 1am. Thank you so much Bobby! This show couldn't exist without you.
The series 'Malaysian Association of Chinese Comedians' premieres on Astro at 8.30pm, Sept 8.
Scarlet Nexus : How to Perfect Dodge
Dodging is an easy feat to do in Scarlet Nexus. Enemy attacks are telegraphed quite well, leaving you enough time to move away before an attack lands.
Being able to keep out of harm's way contributes to shorter fights and the use of less items and other resources that you might need for some of the game's tougher opponents.
As the attack nearly completes, simply dash away to safety. If done right, this will trigger the Perfect Dodge, indicated by a glow that surrounds your chosen character.
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Workaholic 专辑第十首mv（最后一首mv) - 《自卫术》！完！成！啦！
国家政治精彩，办公室政治也不赖！真是wok wok新鲜wok wok金！当时这首创作灵感来自我前公司。话说我离职不久，前公司改朝换代来了一班新高层搞政治弄手段就是要把一些在职的前同事一一逼走。情节日日新而成为了那是我们前同事们聚会的热门话题，有感而发觉得打工仔们还真的需要懂一些自卫术来防备防备。听了前同事的故事加上一些自己经历过的办公室政治，我写了这首《自卫术》。歌曲中还模仿了我崇拜的李小龙及叶问武的经典声效及对白，让歌曲更添武打感。这次mv特别邀来了我中学时曾一起玩band的”colorwolves“团圆参与（虽然不人齐，少了两位，一位忙家庭，一位正在抓机拍摄此mv），演出打工仔透气时在后巷聊办公室政治是非的情节！多年后聚首，大家都老了却玩得尽兴（虽然大热天下大家差点中暑，辛苦了）！你、你、你会自卫术了吗？不管会不会，都一起来听听歌吧！The 10th MV of 《Workaholic》album (Also the last MV of album) - [Self-Defense] is now release! It's a song about office politics which I combine some stories from others as well as my own experience. It's Playful but totally reflected the reality of office politics. Have you learn a way of Self-Defense to protect yourself being hurt by office politics? Regardless how, let's enjoy the song 1st!! #自卫术 #SelfDefense #OfficePolitics #终于完成专辑里所有MV了 #Finally #DoneMVForAllSongsInTheAlbum #workaholicdickson
自卫术
词 Lyrics : Dickson蔡迪伸
曲 Composer : Dickson蔡迪伸
OP: Musictoxin Productions
SP: Universal Music Publishing Sdn. Bhd.
编 Arrangement : Vong Vong Vong
制作 Producer : Keon Chia
吉他 Guitar : Vong
和音 Background Vocal : Keon Chia 谢佳旺
和音编写 Background Vocal Arrangement : Keon Chia Kah Won 谢佳旺
录音师 Recording Engineer : Vong
摄影 Videographer : Elvis Tan Elvis Tan Productions Reamon Low
导演 Director : Dickson Chai
化妆 Make Up : Mey Ng
造型 Wardrobe : Dickson Chai蔡迪伸
特别演出 Special Appearance : Nexus Tan Alvin Kwan Jay Soon
吉他赞助 Guitar Sponsor : L. Luthier Adwin Lai
Special Thanks : Jennifer Lim Gabriel Loh Nicholas 烈扬 Musictoxin Productions 音樂通勝 Chow Kam Leong Apic Studio
计划书 idea不要随便透露
要记住 随时会有小人“截糊”
开会后 sent个email当备忘录
有人反口你就把证据秀出
大人物 经过面前要打招呼
若没有 小心会被暗中投诉
对雇主 言行要保持好态度
若不想加薪只有百分之五
职场现实残酷 自我保护
不要被人下毒 还搞不懂什么缘故
随时保持醒目 时刻要前瞻后顾
尽可能避免错误
会两招自卫术 自我保护
不管任何角度 记得要留一条后路
不想麻烦缠住 SOP最好跟足
凡事black & white get approved
收到Mail 记得读过然后回复
没回复 一出事就赖你失误
要记住 email内容要写清楚
不然有些人会趁机装糊涂
不满足 也不随便跟人诉苦
你不懂 他会跟什么人透露
分分钟 话传到高层董事部
他们会认为你有什么企图
每间公司都有hidden rules 要生存就要把它熟读
要不然分分钟你会踩到地雷 粉身碎骨
老板说话也能不算数
小人更是十面埋伏
病从口入祸从口出 有自卫术 就少很多冤枉路
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《Workaholic》full album CD is available for purchase!
To support, kindly PM to Workaholic Dickson 蔡迪伸 the below :
Name :
Mailing address :
Email address :
Quantity :
Mobile number :
Cd price : RM38
Posting fee : RM7 (West M'sia) , RM11 (East M'sia)
Bank in to : 114085959714 MBB Chai D Shean
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Once bank in, PM the slip n posting will be arrange within 7 working days upon slip received.
Thanks for all support! #workaholic #workaholicdickson
