週五(1/2)1.襲胸性騷擾2.愛旅行

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襲胸性騷擾

Sunflower leader reveals his murky past  By Katherine Wei, By Katherine Wei TWN

Student activist leader Chen Wei-ting (陳為廷) apologized yesterday for having sexually harassed two women over the past few years.

The Sunflower Movement leader revealed previous legal entanglements over sexual harassment incidents in an interview with a local newspaper, surprising friends, supporters and political representatives alike.

Chen recently announced he would be running for the legislator by-elections in Miaoli County, possibly being the youngest legislative candidate the nation has seen in a long time. Yet yesterday Chen chose to reveal in an interview that he had sexually harassed a female passenger on a bus three years ago, and another case that occurred in a nightclub.

After securing the consent of the female passenger, Chen received a deferred prosecution agreement from the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in his harassment case, and his “inappropriate physical contact” in nightclubs landed him in psychotherapy provided by his college.

“I admit having made these mistakes, and now is the time to say so,” said Chen of what many speculated was a carefully calculated act that would help his election bid.

According to Chen's deferred prosecution documents, he had touched the left breast of the female passenger sitting next to him on a bus from Hsinchu to Taipei while the girl was asleep. The victim called for help after Chen's actions woke her up, and the bus driver drove the bus straight to a police station in Taipei.

Chen admitted his deed to the police, and was allowed one-year deferred prosecution due to the fact that he had no criminal record and agreed to pay a fine of NT$10,000 and complete a confessional statement and six hours of legal education.

Still Running

Chen said that he had chosen to discuss his past scandals for he “did not wish to lie to his voters,” and if the people were bent on deliberating the subject in detail, he is willing to explain.

The student activist stated numerous times that he felt apologetic toward the two women he harassed in the past, yet his acknowledgement was not aimed to make the people understand. “I am doing this because I want people to know what I was like in the past. I will not withdraw from the elections,” said Chen.

Questions:

What do you think about陳為廷 sexual misconduct?What do you think about the Sunflower leaders?

What are the ways to deal with sexual harassment?

Is sexual harassment a common occurrence in the workplace?

What you can do to stop sexual harassment?

Why is sexual harassment not ok?

What to do if you experience/witness harassment?

Any experience about sexual harassment?

愛旅行

Benefits Of Traveling   (Harry Marks askmen)

1. Break out of your shell

Foremost on the reasons to travel is that you discover a lot about yourself. Now I'm not talking about taking a family trip to Disney World. When I speak of a special vacation, I envision someone backpacking across Europe or driving along the coast of Australia — that is, a trip with cultural significance. Not many things in the world can inspire you like seeing the Colosseum in Rome or the Pyramids in Egypt.

That is why traveling is known to provide people with a whole new perspective, whether that means no longer sweating the small stuff or promising to get out there and meet new people upon returning home. Those who have left their comfort zone and headed for a foreign land have done the right thing; there is nothing like a trip to make you a new man who has no choice but to fend for himself. Whether alone, with a partner, or in a group, your development surely speeds up when you're abroad.

2. Embrace new cultures

Not only does traveling provide a sense of adventure, but it also opens doors to cultures that do not revolve around MTV and McDonald's (or at least try hard not to). Though Americana has spread its wings on an international level, even a week abroad can serve to prove that people do live without the symbols that North Americans encounter every day.

Better yet, you will become appreciative of other cultures; instead of instinctively criticizing that which is "different," you will be motivated to accept new cuisine or alternative forms of entertainment. You never know; upon your return home, you might even forego the latest Vin Diesel blockbuster for a Bollywood flick. 

3. Enjoy life like never before

Even for those of you who are not as culturally minded, traveling remains an appealing form of escape. In the dead of winter, with a foot of snow awaiting you outside your front door, what could be more tantalizing than a swim in the deep blue waters of Jamaica? Simply the attraction of the activities that are impossible to enjoy in your hometown make a trip worthwhile.

Experiences can range from the legendary (watching the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain) to the relaxing (enjoying a hot spring while snow swirls around you in Iceland), but they share one common link: they are all memorable. In every corner of the world, there is excitement waiting for you — it is simply a matter of sticking your head out and going for it.

4. Meet some lovely ladies

Okay, I know Copacabana is picturesque, but you owe it to yourself to take a look at who's sunbathing right next to you. Traveling provides hundreds of chances to meet and greet ladies of all types in an atmosphere where you should be unafraid of backlash. The carefree attitude that brought you to your destination in the first place should transcend to the social scene as well.

Questions:

What are the benefits of traveling?

What are the reasons that why we should take a vacation sometimes?

How to unstressed and truly enjoy your vacation?

Can a vacation change your life?

How to enjoy life?

Do you want to try a swim in the deep blue waters of Jamaica/watching the running of the bulls in Spain/to enjoy a hot spring while snow swirls around you in Iceland?

What do you think the writer said that traveling provides hundreds of chances to meet and greet ladies of all types in an atmosphere?

大三曾碰女乘客胸部 陳為廷：已道歉

【聯合報╱記者鄭媁╱即時報導】

太陽花學運領袖陳為廷，受訪自爆大三時曾是襲胸狼。報系資料照。

太陽花學運領袖陳為廷日前宣布投入苗栗立委補選。在受訪時他坦承，有件事放在心裡很久，曾讓一些女孩受傷，並向她們道歉，也供大眾檢視。

據今出刊的「自由時報」報導，陳為廷在參選聲明提到，友人曾勸告他非道德完人，不應冒著「被人格謀殺的風險」投入補選。陳坦承，大三暑假期間曾在大眾運輸工具上，因觸碰隔壁女乘客的胸部進了警局，最後在女方同意下，檢察官決定緩起訴；大四那年，也曾在夜店舞池有不當肢體觸碰，接受學校性別平等會決議，開始心理諮商。

陳為廷表示，近年來這些事一直造成他很大的心理壓力。他不想隱藏曾犯過的錯誤。但因媒體問起，他必須誠實面對。另外，他也為重提往事向兩位當事人道歉，雖然不安，仍說出來供大眾檢視。

陳為廷說，雖然知道投入選戰必然得將自己的過去攤開，但還是希望能有這次參選的機會，讓理念落實。

今晚陳為廷將在台北市長官邸藝文沙龍招募志工，希望號召更多在外地打拼的苗栗人返鄉及志同道合的朋友一起傳達理念，翻轉苗栗。

【中央社╱苗栗縣23日電】

島國前進發起人陳為廷3年前在公車上對女子襲胸，遭檢方緩起訴，他在接受平面媒體專訪坦承犯錯；但連學運夥伴都感到訝異。

陳為廷昨天在台北接受平面媒體專訪，自爆曾在大三時，「因為在大眾運輸工具上，觸碰了隔壁女乘客的胸部而進了警局」，最後在女方同意下，獲檢方緩起訴處分。

此外，陳為廷也指出，曾在夜店有不當的肢體觸碰，開始接受學校性平會決議進行心理諮商，他坦承曾犯過這些錯誤，「現在是說出來的時候」。

根據緩起訴處分書，陳為廷於民國100年7月5日在清華大學前搭乘新竹客運前往台北，途中趁鄰座女子睡著之際伸出左手撫摸女子左胸，女子驚覺遭襲胸呼救，公車司機直接把車開到警局將陳為廷交由警方處理。

事發後，陳為廷坦承不諱，檢方姑念他無前科，犯後坦承犯刑，並經被害人同意，依性騷擾防治法第25條，予以緩起訴1年處分，除須寫悔過書、向國庫支付新台幣1萬元，也應接受6小時法治教育。

捍衛苗栗青年聯盟成員、陳為廷新聞連絡人陳冠宇表示，昨天陪同陳為廷北上接受媒體專訪時，現場聽見他自爆「曾經犯錯」也感到非常驚訝。

陳冠宇指出，陳為廷已投入立委補選，政治人物這些問題本來就會被檢視，「既然他在此時選擇面對，就交由社會去評斷」，陳為廷今天也按原本既定安排的私下拜訪行程，晚間仍將出席「尋找苗栗人」台北場活動。

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Online night-owls 'risk mental illness': Sleepless nights blamed for rise in teen depression

(dailymail)

Young people who become sleep deprived by using the internet into the small hours are much more likely to become mentally ill in later life, research shows.

Lack of sleep may help explain the puzzling increase in mental illness among young people in recent decades, according to an extensive study.

And regularly staying up late to surf the internet and chat on social networking sites could be one reason young people are sleeping less, according to the research.

Night-owls: Young people who become sleep deprived because of late night internet use are more likely to become mentally ill

The study of about 20,000 young people aged between 17 and 24 found that those who slept fewer than five hours a night were three times more likely than normal sleepers to become psychologically distressed in the next year.

Each hour of sleep lost was linked to a 14 per cent increased risk of distress, according to the results, published in the journal Sleep.

Professor Nicholas Glozier, who led the research, said: 'Sleep disturbance and in particular insomnia is a predictor of later development of depression and possibly anxiety.'

Less sleep was also associated with longer-term mental health problems - which were the focus of the professor's study.

A lot of mental ill-health comes and goes, he said. 'It's the ones who don't get better that we are particularly interested in.'

The professor, who researches psychiatry and sleep medicine at the University of Sydney, believes lack of sleep could contribute to increasing rates of depression.

Questions:

What do you think “online night-owls 'risk mental illness”?

Do you think night owls more likely to become mentally ill?

What do you think about young people who become sleep deprived by using the internet?

Are you a night owl or an early bird?

How much sleep do you need?

The pros and cons of being a night owl/ an early bird?

Is the internet making us depressed?

Why do people get depressed?

有條件的愛

Love is Conditional | Written by Misgana Damir |

It is a common statement among many that love is unconditional or must be unconditional. By unconditional we mean loving a person for what he really is and not having a standard of qualifications to love someone; it is to love a person without expecting a return; it is not loving only when he or she acts, thinks, believes, or feels in ways that we prefer. And I wonder if love is unconditional, what is making all the great relations to come to an end? Couples who once upon a time were madly in love with each other, now they don’t get tired of going to the court; begging for divorce. What could possibly happen to their love? Could it be because one of them started losing interest and someone was mad not getting all the attention? Could it be, because the man wasn’t a good listener Or the woman don’t know when to keep quite. Don’t you wonder why all the fairy tales would end by saying, “and they live happily ever after”? If there is part two of those stories, it would be Cinderella finding her husband checking out other women and sending him to the couch for the night or snow white would caught her husband cheating and struggle whether to forgive or to leave. And there is the story of Abraham and Sarah who are considered by many, the idol of happy marriage; how strange! In the bible Abraham would find another woman named agar and would have a baby from her because the beautiful Sarah can’t. If love is unconditional shouldn’t husband and wife stay together no matter what?

To love someone unconditionally means not to love someone because of certain factors that he/she have or does. It is loving someone holistically. But if most of us are asked why we love our partner, the answer that comes most of the times is: it’s because she is beautiful, smart, caring and really cares about my feeling etc. Many philosophers argue that there is no reason to love someone and others will strongly argue that there is always reason to love someone. The example that comes most often as a symbol of unconditional love is, the love of a mother to her child. A mother would give all the love for her newborn no matter his physical appearance. The child gets love for just being himself and the mother gives without expecting a return. When you reason with this example, you start to believe unconditional love is not a fiction. However, just like a mother to a child, can two people who have no lineage of blood love unconditionally.

How about the married couples, at the bloom of their honeymoon they are the “I will die for you” Romeo and Juliet, but with time the spirit is gone. The husband blames the woman for not making effort and the woman for not appreciating it. Compliments replaced by criticism, efforts to impress would perish: things he used to do just to see her smile, admiration, approval, giving confidence, giving positive regards and remarks, would go with the wind.  

Questions:

Is love conditional or unconditional?

Is there love at first sight?

How to be more romantic?

Is there such a thing as a soul mate? Is there true love?

How to find your soul mate? Where will you find true love?

What do you think the quotations that “true love gives without expecting in return?

“i will die for you”?

How to compliment a girl/ a guy?

How do you do? Love or bread?

愛，有條件——許常德

  愛，不是不該有條件嗎？  那不就很商業化嗎？  是的，愛本來就是商業行為，商業的基礎就是我滿意才能跟你有交集，不是嗎？

 或者說，人們把愛無限上綱到偉大到底是為了什麼？  是以為愛得越沒底線就約有把握，還是只是為了呼應社會的期待？

 對方沒有錢，你敢跟他結婚嗎？  對方有暴力傾向，你也能包容嗎？  如果你是一個愛乾淨的人，他 ​​剛好跟你相反怎麼辦？  條件不一定跟錢有關，也不一定是多大的條件，但只要是條件，就很難不在乎。  像我有個朋友，從小就不喝純水，也不吃蔬菜和水果，他們全家都知道他的怪癖，有次他老婆跟他有小小的爭執，結果就用他最受不了的方式反擊——她拿橘子丟他，而且連丟三次。  朋友差點和老婆離婚，你也許覺得太小題大做，但這就是他的底線，而這就是你堅持的“條件”。

 能在決定愛下去之前開出條件是好的，那就表示你在乎你們的愛會不會出問題，表示你願意讓對方清楚那些事你有警戒線，甚至提醒對方也該提提自己的需求，畢竟兩人在感情喝生活中相融不是那麼容易，不可能什麼都契合，愛也解決不了這些不契合，婚前或相愛前沒這個溝通，往後可就沒這溝通的空間了，因為往後可能都是發生事情后才爆發出心底的不滿。

 不談條件，條件就不存在了嗎？  當然不，那些沒說出來的條件就會變成怨氣積在全家人的心裡，那是藏不住的穢氣，在家人的言談和肢體間。

 有人說我要嫁的人需要有一千萬的存款，你會怎麼想？  另一個人說我什麼條件都沒有，你又會怎麼說？

 一個連條件都不開的人不見得什麼都不要，很有可能是你的都是對方的。  你若什麼都沒有，對方也能跟你一起打拼，但如果你負債太多，對方可能就沒辦法跟你奮鬥下去了。  能把條件講清楚的人，遊戲規則相對地清楚，不用猜，也不會誤會。

 “條件”，也許可以用另外的字眼來取代，就是“需求”。

 需要你幫我完成的幸福，需要你幫我實現的夢想，不管你做得到做不到，你都給我勇氣跟你說。  或許這些條件都太不現實，或許說的過程也是跟愛的人溝通的過程，婚姻有沉重的負擔，愛情是多變的情緒，沒有一點坦白的需求，幸福來得就會比你想的一次不如一次。

 愛都是從需求開始的，但愛走到後來，就會有更多的需求，不是你幫我倒一杯水就會幸福了。  漫長的相處時間如何保鮮又滿足，靠得還是智慧和重視。  減少需要的落空，就是不要給對方太大的負擔，並且養成主動表達需求的能力，條件越小越容易實現，也能讓對方感到自信，因為對方幫你完成了你開的條件。

 ——台灣資深音樂人、作家許常德

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吸引力

The Science of Attraction

by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D. psychologytoday

Have you ever wondered why you find one person attractive and another person not? Two interesting lines of research give some clues:

Dr. Steven Gangestad studied the relationship between symmetry and attractiveness. People whose face and/or body is symmetrical (one side looks like the other side) are found to be more attractive. Symmetry is a sign that DNA is not damaged from oxidative stress. 

Claus Wedekind gave women t-shirts to smell that had been worn by men. The women rated the smell of men they liked and didn't like by smelling the t-shirts. Interestingly, the more different DNA was from the woman, the more the woman liked the smell of the t-shirt.

When I first read the book Genome by Matt Ridley, I was struck by the idea that our genes and our DNA were calling the shots—that our DNA is really controlling our behavior. Perhaps it is, and what more important way to influence us than to be involved in who we pass our DNA on to!

If you are interested in learning more you can watch this animated video on the topic of attractiveness that I narrated recently.

Questions:

Have you ever wondered why you find one person attractive and another person not?

Do you attract by nice guys or pretty girls?

Do you think our DNA is telling us who to find attractive?

Is appearances are always important?

How to make yourself more attractive to others

How to attract a girl/a man?

What kind of person do you like to make friends with?


聰明瞎拚

Ways to Be a Smart Shopper Written by Ashley

1. Set a budget.

Limiting how much you spend on clothing is not only good for your wallet, but will prevent you from making frivolous purchases. Your budget could be $50, $100, or more depending on your personal finances, but set a monthly limit on clothing purchases– and stick to it!

If you have trouble keeping track of how much you spend, try using an online budgeting tool like Mint, which will alert you when you’re about to go over your monthly spending limit.

2. Buy what you need, not what you want.

Before you purchase something, ask yourself if you truly need the item or it’s just something you want to buy. Every few months, look through your closet and make a list of items that you need — like wardrobe staples — so you can easily differentiate your needs from your wants. Take that list with you when you go shopping to keep yourself from making unnecessary purchases.

Of course, it’s okay to buy some items just for fun every once in a while, but make sure you’ll actually wear these clothes and you aren’t getting them just for the sake of buying something.

3. Buy clothes on sale.

Have you bought an item for full price, only to spot it on sale a week or two later? If so, hear me out on this: when you see a full-priced item you want, wait until it goes on sale to buy it. It may seem like a pain, but waiting for the price of full-priced items will save you a lot of money in the long run.

Also, it’s a good idea to sign up for the e-mail lists of your favorite retailers or check out CF’s weekly Coupon & Sales posts, so you’ll be in the know about great sales and discounts that can save you even more money.

4. Choose quality over quantity.

Always opt to buy higher quality items over cheaply made clothing. Even though high-quality items are more expensive, they will end up lasting much longer. Saving up your money for a $70 cardigan is often a much smarter financial choice than blowing the same amount of money on three inexpensive tops that will fall apart after a few wears.

Additionally, learn how to calculate the cost-per-wear of clothing before you buy. You can do this by dividing the price of the item by the number of times you expect to wear it. For example, if you buy a trendy top for $20 that you’ll probably only wear twice, it will cost you $10 each time you wear that top. However, if you purchase a $100 pair of jeans that you’re likely to wear 50 times, the cost-per-wear is only $2.

Questions:

What are the ways to be a smart shopper?

Do you sometimes making unnecessary purchases?

How to set a budget? How to save your money?

Are you an impulsive buyer?

Do you choose quality over quantity when shopping?

Do you care the price of the item?

When you go shopping! Do you bargain with the seller?

Why people spending money on luxury goods?

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週五(12/26)1.愛情恆久遠?2.假和尚真騙徒

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愛情恆久遠?

Can romantic love last forever? by Samantha Smithstein, Psy.D.

The good news for couples is this: romance can last a lifetime. Recently, researchers Acevedo and Aron studied short- and long-term relationships and found that romantic love, which they defined as love with intensity, engagement, and sexual interest, can exist in long-term relationships. Commonly, people believe that inevitably (with time) romance dies out and relationships slowly turn into a companionship/friendship-type love.

It turns out it isn't inevitable for romance to die and that those who are able to keep it going are more satisfied in their relationships. Not only that, but couples who reported more satisfaction in their relationships also reported being happier and having higher self-esteem.

It is important to note here that the authors differentiated between romantic love and what they termed "passionate love."  Passionate love drives shorter relationships, and it's the kind of love that we associate with movies, novels, and fantasy. Romantic love has intensity, engagement, and sexual chemistry. Passionate love (otherwise known as "obsessive love") has all of that too, but it also includes feelings of uncertainty and anxiety. This makes the partners feel more obsessed with each other and creates excitement but also imbalance and feelings of insecurity. This kind of love cannot be sustained over the long-term without creating dissatisfaction and conflict.

The authors' findings are useful in helping us to shape our goals and expectations regarding long-term relationships. Their research confirms the idea that couples should strive for a deeply-fulfilling romantic love, and know that it is an attainable goal. Likewise, couples who have settled into a companionship love need not compromise, and instead can work to revive the romance between them. Either way, however, it is important to note that the authors do not ascribe to the fantasy notion that romantic love "just happens" and/or "just dies" arbitrarily.  Lead researcher Bianca P. Acevedo, Ph.D., states that couples should know that romantic love is an attainable goal, but that it, "like most good things in life, requires energy and devotion."

This notion is also unfamiliar to most couples: romantic love takes work to create and sustain. There is an almost child-like fantasy that most people have in our culture that love should be easy and effortless. While it is true that most couples have these types of experiences of love that is easy and effortless, it is also true that there are times when it is not easy, and takes effort. There are times when it is work to learn to love someone the way they want to be loved and not the way you think they should be loved. That intensity, engagement, and sexual excitement often take forethought, attention, and creating the time and space for it to happen. That it takes intention to act in loving, affectionate ways and to listen carefully to the needs, wants, desires, thoughts, and feelings of the person you

love. It's work. But put the work of it into your relationship and you may be surprised how much you end up getting out of it... and the payoff can last a lifetime.

Questions:

Can romantic love last forever?

What to do when "passionate love” gone?

What are the reason that love dies between lovers?

Love or bread which is more important?

How to maintain a good relationship?

“I do? I will take care of you forever” do you really believe love vows?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

What couples fight about the most?

How to find the ideal mate?

假和尚真騙徒

Fake monks BBC

Temples in China will be given certificates to show they're legitimate, in an attempt to stop worshippers from being scammed, it's reported.

Religious authorities are handing out the documents to real Buddhist and Taoist temples to differentiate them from fake ones, the official Xinhua news agency reports. The move aims to prevent con-artists posing as monks from ripping off visitors at sacred sites, officials say. "There have been some non-religious sites employing fake monks who tricked tourists into donating money or buying expensive incenses," Liu Wei, from the State Administration of Religious Affairs, tells the agency. Religious sites are encouraged to hang the official documents outside so visitors can see them. Two temples in Beijing have already been granted a certificate, but the system is due to be rolled out nationwide.

Con Artists wisegeek

A con artist, also known as a crook, swindler, or scammer, is a person who tricks someone out of money or goods. He establishes trust with the victim and uses the ability to read people and a good sense of timing to carry the schemes through. Many have specific modes of operation, although they operate across a wide array of scam types and tend to be hard to pick out of a crowd. These criminals often come into their work because of financial hardship, seeing others model the behavior, or because of various psychological needs.

Con Types and Categories

Swindlers generally choose from two major types of cons: indirect and direct. In the first type, the con artist contacts and interacts with victims from a distance. Scams in the direct group are much rarer, as they require the criminal to give away his anonymity and make face-to-face contact with the person he’s targeting, which is riskier to do.

Once a scammer decides which type of con he is more comfortable with, he gets more specific and selects a category. In indirect crimes, common categories include Internet and telephone scams, although some individuals work via regular mail. Texting scams are increasingly popular and often target teens. Examples of direct categories include selling poor quality items at auctions or other events and posing as a representative for a charity.

Questions:

What do you think about con-artists posing as monks? And talking cases of worshippers being scammed?

What do you think about monks and beggars in Taiwan?

Have you ever donated money to monks and beggars?

Have you ever being scammed?

How to avoid phone scams? How scammers scam people?

What are the type of phone fraud?

How to avoid getting scammed on online?

Why people being scammed?

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Formosa Plastics co-founder Wang Yung-tsai dies at 93  By Queena Yen ,The China Post

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Wang Yung-tsai (王永在), Formosa Plastics Group (FPG) co-founder as well as the youngest brother of late FPG founder Wang Yung-ching (王永慶), died in peace at the age of 93 yesterday, according to an announcement from the company.

Wang Yung-tsai, born in 1921, was the younger brother of Wang Yung-ching and began helping with his brother's business at an early age. Compared to the elder Wang, who impressed others with his physical energy and strict discipline, Wang Yung-tsai was known as a coordinator who dealt with various issues within the company.

Though Wang Yung-ching is given the credit for launching the largest petrochemical complex in Taiwan — the Sixth Naphtha Cracking Plant in Yunlin County — Wang Yung-tsai was the one who personally supervised the construction of the project.

The most important position held by Wang Yung-tsai was as chairman of the Chang Gung Foundation (長庚財團法人基金會), which acted as a holding company for FPG.

According to friends of the Wang family, there is high potential for Wang Yung-tsai's eldest son and chairman of FPG William Wang (王文淵) to take over the position, which would virtually give him complete control of FPG.

Wang Yung-tsai's Legacy Exceeds Older Brother's

It is estimated that the legacy of Wang Yung-tsai will exceed NT$70 billion, as he owned significant shares in FPG and its affiliated companies. After subtracting the portion of his inheritance awarded to his wife by law, the remaining legacy could be valued at as much as NT$30 billion.

According to those with knowledge of the matter, although Wang Yung-tsai left a legacy exceeding that of his older brother, which was about NT$59 billion before taking into account the amount allotted to his legal wife, the inheritance tax levied on the funds may be less than was the case for his older brother, after the implementation of new regulations.

With the new tax system, Wang Yung-tsai's legal beneficiary will only need to pay 10 percent of the legacy in taxes, which will be about NT$3 billion in the end, according to several accountants.

Questions:

What do you think about the death of Formosa plastics group co-founder?

What do you think about the Wang family?

How to handle sudden wealth? How to handle a large inheritance?

How can get rich quickly?

How to deal with your money before you die?

Why rich people get rich easily?

What do you think about the wealthy people?

偷吃藉口

Excuses For Cheating That Totally Suck (By Nico Lang)

 “It just happened. We didn’t plan it.”

Every excuse for cheating sucks, but this is my “favorite.” For people in monogamous relationships, this is the cheater’s equivalent of “Oops!” or the Steve Urkel catchphrase “Did I do that?” Yes, you did do that, and it doesn’t matter if it was planned, a space shuttle launch or the Normandy Invasion. Lots of things that aren’t planned still happen — like Kimye — and that doesn’t make them morally inculpable for being spontaneous.

 “We were drunk, and it was a mistake.”

I’ve seen Flight, and I know a lot bad decisions happen under the influence. If everyone made great choices when they were smashed, Mel Gibson would have a much better public reputation right now. But contrary to popular belief, when we are drunk, we still have to live up to certain accepted norms of behavior. You aren’t allowed to punch anyone, kill someone, run someone over with a car, operate heavy machinery or unzip your fly and play Willy Banjo in public. All of these things will still have real-world consequences when you are sober — like death, prison or a coveted spot in the Sex Offender Registry — and it might have been a mistake, but it doesn’t let you off the hook for the damage done.

“It didn’t mean anything” or “I’m not in love with him/her/gender neutral pronoun.”

This is a ridiculous statement that boggles my mind — because it equates having sex with blowing your nose or accidentally ordering a Coke when you meant a Diet Coke. Sex means something, even if it’s just a fling. Sex communicates a desire and a message to another person, and sex outside of your relationship absolutely means something to the person who is still in it. Just because your coitus wasn’t a grand declaration of love besotted with Shakespearean sonnets doesn’t mean it wasn’t meaningful.

“Everyone cheats. I just got caught.”

One half of this statement is true, and the other one is an oversimplification. Yes, an alarmingly large percentage of people cheat, and a majority of people will be unfaithful at some point in their lives. But that’s like saying, “Hey, that guy over there shot someone in the face. Where’s my Uzi?” We shouldn’t aspire to the lowest behavior of other people or use their poor judgment as a blanket for our own — or Michelle Bachmann would have been elected president. We should learn from the decisions of others and hold ourselves to a higher standard. Gandhi once said that we should “be the change [we] want to see in the world.” I’ll counter that. We should be the change we want to see in our bedrooms.

Questions:

What do you think about阿基師Master chef’s love affair?

What are the common excuses people give for cheating on their spouse?

“We were drunk, and it was a mistake.” “everyone cheats. I just got caught.”

Do you think these excuse ok?

Why do people cheat?

Is cheating on your spouse/partner really morally wrong??

What to do when your girlfriend/boyfriend cheats on you?

How to know if your girlfriend is cheating on you?

Can you forgive a cheater? How to forgive a cheater?

名廚阿基師回應摩鐵事件說法，在網路上掀起熱烈討論，除了有網友整理出阿基師10大金句，現在網路上還熱傳2015阿基師10大摩鐵年菜、當阿基師遇到「星云」、「阿激師偷呷步，台版《情慾誘惑》」Kuso影片等，還有網友說阿基師可以和王建民、九把刀等人組一個「外遇大聯盟」打明星公義賽。

一、2015阿基師10大摩鐵年菜

1、滑進薇閣拼盤
2、抱一下長年菜
3、巧芋螃蟹米糕
4、熟齡老土雞湯
5、嘴對嘴生魚片
6、滴兒老公魚翅
7、援助蜜汁火腿
8、等一下佛跳牆
9、沒喇舌女粉絲
10、硬拗摩鐵咖啡


二、阿基師不算偷吃
網友：我認為阿基師是清白的，因為阿基師不算偷吃，只算試吃！是聞聞（吻吻）而己啦
三、為何阿基師要找熟女？
網友：站在料理衛生的觀點，不熟的東西不能吃啊…
四、當阿雞濕遇到星云
阿雞濕問星云大師：您覺得我的危機處理做得如何？還不賴吧？
 星云不發一語，把手中編了一半的竹籃子交給他就起身進房了。
 阿雞濕連忙跟上，問大師：「請問…這籃子交給弟子有何用意？」
 星云回頭冷冷地回答：「編啊！你再繼續接著編啊。」
五、一「天」一妻制？
網友：立法院修正婚姻法，文書人員輸入時一時疏忽，把一「夫」一妻制，打成 一「天」一妻制。
 委員普遍反映：「改得好，創意不少！」
 男委員認為：「好是好，就怕貨源少！」
 老委員：「好是好，就怕時間有點少！」
 女委員：「好是好，就怕男的身體受不了！」
 法律界：「好是好，就怕孩子父親不易找！」
 阿基師：「好是好，就怕壹週刊老只追著我跑！」

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