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DOH may bar minors from cosmetic surgery (China Post)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Department of Health (DOH) announced plans to ban cosmetic surgeries for minors, including rhinoplasty, suction-assisted lipectomy and breast implant, perhaps in the next six months.
Following a report of a 13-year-old girl that recently went to a cosmetic center for a Botox injection in Taiwan, Kuomintang lawmaker Alicia Wang(王育敏) said there are numerous affordable cosmetic surgeries in Taiwan, such as eyelash implants, that are popular among teenagers.
In response, the DOH Minister Chiu Wen-ta (邱文達) said during a legislative interpellation that he agrees with Wang's idea of introducing the policy, adding that he will consult cosmetic surgery experts on the issue, and draft a policy that strictly regulates the age limit and surgery categories. Chiu said the policy could be enacted in six months at the earliest.
Health official Wang Tsung-hsi (王宗曦) said cosmetic surgeries are usually administered in three kinds of treatments: injection, photoelectric treatments and surgeries.
Wang said the injection and photoelectric treatment are not permanent, therefore the treatments are less controversial to perform on minors. However, Wang said the necessity of age limitations on plastic surgeries such as rhinoplasy, breast implant should be discussed and considered.
Questions
1. Should plastic surgery be banned for minors?
2. Is cosmetic surgery good or bad?
How risky do you think cosmetic surgery is?
3. Can plastic surgery boost a person’s job opportunities?
4. Would you have plastic surgery to improve your chances for a job?
5. Why do some people seek cosmetic surgery?
Reasons why people go through cosmetic surgery?
6. Do you need a plastic surgery? Why? or Why not?
7. Would you date or marry someone who had drastic plastic surgery?
名人離婚
Why Are Divorce Rates So High Amongst Celebrities? (Quora / Answer by an Anonymous User)
Economic support
Not just celebrities, for all rich people a divorce is easier to decide than most non-rich people. For me, if I wanted to get a divorce, I'd think about the financial side like lawyer expenses, living on one income after getting a divorce, and worry that if I'll ever meet someone I can love again. All these would make me work harder and longer on the problems I have in my marriage.
A rich person will have more belief in meeting someone they can love again. Which makes the decision to get a divorce easier.
Things get real when you're married.
We all know Celebrities at some level and have an idea on what kind of people they are based on their interviews, news about them, etc. So even celebrities can and do develop crushes on each other over their image in the media. When you're in a relationship with one of them, you get to see the real them. The guy who gets scared of spiders, the guy who is not romantic at all or too mushy, the guy who smells bad in the morning. Some people get disappointed when they see those things.
Busy schedule
Actors, models, singers, directors, even some writers travel a lot. They spend months away from home at times. This might cause a lot of problems like the lack of sex, not getting emotional support in person, and not feeling like you're married when you actually are.
Temptation is higher when you're a celebrity
A guy/woman who works at a company will not have anyone kiss them as a part of their job. Actors get to kiss people in movies, singers get to dance with dancers on the stage. Such physical contacts can increase little crushes or create a crush. kissing someone might make him push away from his wife more and might cause him want to go after new excitements, especially sexual ones.
Cultural difference
Divorce rate is very high in the USA, including in Hollywood. For an American celebrity, getting a divorce is "one of the things many people (celebrities) do here,"
Age difference
Among celebrity couples in Hollywood, the age gap gets bigger and bigger by year. Everyone might get attracted to youth, but actually dating with someone who is significantly older/younger than you is seen as something bizarre in a lot of countries outside the US. Again, it's easier for celebrities to find a partner.
Questions:
1. Why do so many celebrity marriages end in divorce?
Why is the divorce rate of movie stars so high?
2. Major reasons for high divorce rate among young couples?
3. “One couple divorces every 10 minutes in Taiwan”
What you think the divorce rate in Taiwan?
4. Does a love affair a major reason for divorce?
5. Should you get a divorce if your husband/wife is caught cheating?
6. How to resist temptation when you're married?
7. Is it appropriate to have opposite sex friends when you are married?
真的18禁！未成年者將禁止隆鼻、豐胸、抽脂等侵入性整形
台灣人瘋整形，就連小孩也不例外！之前就陸續傳出有9歲男童割雙眼皮、13歲女生由愛美媽媽帶著打微晶瓷隆鼻的例子，前身為衛生署的衛生福利部，今年正式運作後就決定要動手整頓這些醫美亂象。
特別是針對未成年青少年接受隆鼻、豐胸、抽脂等高風險侵入性手術，衛生福利部美容諮詢委員會日前已召開第一次專家會議，達成共識，未來傾向採正面表列方式，會明訂出未成年者可以進行的整形項目，以避免爭議。
▲青少年想整形多半是因同儕眼光、崇拜偶像心理而產生。
整形外科醫學會等專家建議，未成年者可進行的整形項目，應以「顏面重建」為限，包括血管瘤、巨大黑色素痣、太田母斑以及眼、耳、鼻、喉等器官缺損會影響外觀者優先，其餘侵入性項目，通通不放行。
從較有爭議的隆乳、抽脂跟隆鼻，到比較簡單的割雙眼皮、眼袋手術，都必須滿18歲才能做。即使是肉毒桿菌素、玻尿酸、微晶瓷等影響層面較小的微整形，也有醫生建議至少成年後再接受注射。
王菲與李亞鵬宣布離婚，引起人們對中國離婚率暴漲的關注。《每日電訊報》
上周五（9月13日）王菲在微博中發文：“這一世，夫妻緣盡至此。我還好，你也保重。”此條微博引髮網友猜測她與演員李亞鵬已經離婚。
隨後李亞鵬在微博上發表一段文字，證實兩人離婚。他寫道，“我要的是家庭，而你註定是傳奇。”“我愛你如初 很
遺憾 放手——是我唯一所能為你做的。”
《每日電訊報》報道說，這個意外的宣布引爆了中國的社交媒體，也引得狗仔隊在北京機場窮追王菲。
《每日電訊報 》引述中國社會學和性學家李銀河的話說，中國的離婚率從1970年代的2%飆升到今天的超過20%，中國社會形態從村向城市的迅速轉變是關鍵因素。
社會與家庭
根據中國官方媒體的最新數字，去年，中國有超過三百萬對夫婦離婚。僅上海一地，去年的離婚率上升了13%。
《每日電訊報》引述中國《環球時報》的社評說，在不久的過去，大多數中國家庭視離婚為丟人的事，甚至是災難性的，離婚可以讓人一輩子抬不起頭。
但現在的中國年輕一代很少人會因為避免丟面子或讓父母難堪來維持婚姻。
愛情與偷情
《每日電訊報》引述中國社科院教授李銀河的話說，導致中國離婚率暴漲的另一個主要因素是婚外情。
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Have Americans Forgotten Their Manners?
After a surge of goodwill among fellow Americans following the Sept. 11 attacks, manner experts and others have observed a marked drop in courtesy. At a post-Thanksgiving sale last week, for example, Florida shoppers trampled a woman and rendered her unconscious in their rush to a Wal-Mart sale, while in Louisiana, video captured a shoving match between shoppers.
One survey commissioned from ORC International by Lenox, a gift company, confirms an increase in such brusque behavior. The survey found more than one-third of 1,000 people polled rate the manners of Americans as poor. That's nearly a 50 percent jump from 2002 and a 65 percent drop from results of the same poll in 2001.
Of course, none of these rude people include ourselves — or so we believe. Most Americans rate their own manners as … well, quite excellent.
And therein lies the rub, say etiquette instructors.
Economy, Parents, Tech to Blame?
Why do we behave the way we do? Ask a dozen people and you'll get a dozen answers from hard times to bad parenting to too much technology. All seem to point to a "me" focused society.
Among accounts solicited from ABCNEWS.com readers, many blame bad behavior on new generations. "Young people believe they are "entitled" to almost anything," says Donna Dickerson of Tampa, Fla.
Others say people have become rude because they're too focused on money: "With the economy the way it is, employment low, and greed high, it seems that people forget what life is all about," says Jacqueline Simmons of Overland Park, Kan.
Some place blame on parents. "Many parents teach their children to avoid being bullied by speaking what's on their mind," says Vanessa Robinson, a schoolteacher from Newark, Del. "But unfortunately, they do not teach a polite, appropriate way to do so."
Good manners (wisegeek.com)
Good manners are a set of behaviors which mark someone as a civilized and cultured member of a society. Manners are usually taught from a very young age, with some people receiving additional training in etiquette, formal rules of conduct which apply to a variety of situations. Someone who lacks good manners may be considered boorish or inappropriate, and he or she may be at a disadvantage in many social situations.
The precise behaviors involved in good manners vary from place to place. Cultural traditions play an important role in manners, as do religious beliefs, social status, and economic class. What may be good manners in the White House may be considered grossly inappropriate in the Kremlin, while a standard of behavior which is perfectly acceptable in rural Greece might not be considered appropriate in a meeting with the Queen of England. As a general rule, people learn the manners which pertain to their particular social, economic, and cultural situation, and travelers must learn specific rules of conduct to fit in as they visit other societies.
Manners pertain from everything from how to introduce people to how to eat. While the precise nature of good manners may vary, the underlying principles do not. Good manners involve treating people with respect and courtesy, and in making sure that other people feel comfortable in a variety of situations. The old Biblical rule of “do as you would be done by” is sometimes used as an illustration of how manners are supposed to work.
Questions:
Questions:
1. Why young people often lack good manners?
2. Why is it important to have good manners?
Reasons why having good manners is important?
3. What are good manners?
What are the benefits of good manners?
4. What are the good manners for job interview?
5. Listing Good manners in different countries?
6. Can good manners bring success?
Are good manners a requirement for business success?
7. Why Japanese are so polite and clement from rest of the world?
8. Why should we give your elders respect?
9. Should we give little kids/ the elderly/disabled our seat when take buses? Why?
Control Yuan urged to investigate lobbying (china post)
The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) yesterday urged the Control Yuan to investigate the allegations of Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng's (王金平) illegal lobbying in a lawsuit involving Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Ker Chien-ming
Q: What you think about illegal lobbying?
National Security Bureau denies wiretapping (CAN)
A senior official of the National Security Bureau (NSB) denied yesterday that its agents were wiretapping the telephone calls of government officials.
Q: What you think about the wiretapping case?
Syria deal only 1st step to end war
A U.S.-Russian deal aimed at eliminating Syria's chemical weapons may be a breakthrough but it does not pave the way to solving the brutal conflict, analysts and the opposition say.
Q: new panda chemical weapons in Syria?
Taipei Zoo releases new panda video to promote cub-naming campaign
Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taipei Zoo released a new video of its two-month-old panda Sunday as it tries to drive up votes in an online campaign to name the female cub. Yuan Yuan, the 9-year-old giant panda that gave birth July 6, is seen in the video having trouble holding her now 4.5-kg cub, nicknamed Yuanzai, which means Yuan Yuan's child in Chinese.
Q: What you think about the new panda?
你今天禮貌了沒？職場禮儀教育 旋風橫掃全台 (treeringss.pixnet.net)
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從校園到企業，從名媛貴婦到小學生，從新鮮人到高階主管，都吹起學習禮儀的熱潮。禮貌，不但是個人修養，更決定你的形象觀感，攸關職場競爭力。
日前新聞大幅報導，逢甲大學以不符禮儀為由，嚴禁學生穿拖鞋到校上課，甚至派人在校門口取締，登記違規3次就得接受「國民禮儀課」，或記申誡一次。
逢甲實施「e世代新生活運動」已有4年，原本採柔性規勸，但因學生屢勸不聽才祭出罰則。話題一出引發各界討論，教育部高教司長何卓飛認為，學生在公共場合穿什麼服裝，是校方應該教學生的，「這也算是一種教育。」
其實不只逢甲這麼做，在景文科大開設禮儀課程的邱詩瑜也發現，景文校方在大門口設置警告標語，要求同學注意服裝儀容。
在校園推廣禮儀教育10餘年的邱詩瑜，對禮儀課程成為「新顯學」感觸很深。她說，早年到校園推廣這類課程，還要大費唇舌和校方溝通，但現在情況180度大轉變，各界邀約數量之多，讓講師們接到手軟。而且，以往禮儀訓練對象以企業或大學生為主，這幾年國高中也有不少需求。
全球都在搶救禮儀教育
禮儀訓練為何突然受到重視？很多人歸咎於年輕一代欠缺家教。這個現象不只發生在台灣，西方國家也為此困擾。英國BBC前幾年大力推動一本教養書籍《好家教，決定未來領袖》（Yes! Please! Thanks!），因為很多基本禮貌，都被英國下一代遺忘了。澳洲總理甚至要求國人學習麥當勞店員的禮貌，幾年前澳洲出版過一本暢銷書《禮貌的力量》（Why Manners Matter），上市後在澳洲掀起回歸紳士淑女風範的禮貌旋風。
日前外電報導，美國年輕一代因為在手機簡訊、推特、臉書環境中成長，舉止行為缺乏禮教，初入職場常鬧笑話，使得禮儀訓練大行其道。不少家長主動將孩子送去禮儀學校上課，或將此當作「成年禮」。
父母縱容 年輕人家教差
生活中的失禮行為何其多！先勢傳播集團營運長黃鼎翎說，有次她帶幾個同仁去客戶公司提案，交換名片後，有個小女生不等客戶與主管坐下，自行拉了把椅子就一屁股坐下，讓她當場傻眼。但也有彬彬有禮的年輕AE，見到客戶會主動問好、說好聽話，也會貼心詢問「是否用過早餐，需不需要幫忙帶早餐？」她認為，年輕人的禮儀表現優劣和「家教」有很大關係，或許這一代父母太溺愛孩子了。
邱詩瑜在校園也見識過很多「怪現象」，她舉例說，有次上早上8點的課，準時走進教室發現自己竟然是第一個到的人，「同學覺得遲到沒什麼，只是起不來罷了。」常有同學提著早餐姍姍來遲，還大剌剌就在課堂上吃了起來，或者在課堂上接手機；她曾因告誡同學不要上課講手機，最後學生居然退選。
用「說教」方式講禮儀，對年輕人行不通，於是她把學生拉到國家音樂廳，還特別叮嚀要準時，沒想到同學們毫無警覺性，依然遲到，開演後還有一半同學被關在門外，「經過這個實例，同學們嚇到了，終於瞭解課堂說的禮儀規範都是真的，社會是這樣在運作。」
教導禮儀課多年，邱詩瑜認為，年輕人在禮儀上犯錯，多數是因為「真的不知道」；再加上喜歡表現「酷酷的」，太自我中心，就很容易忽略禮節。
校園親善大使 外界邀約不斷
為了搶救禮儀素質，各校紛紛開設禮儀課，尤其大學的觀光餐飲、旅館管理、外交系、化妝品系，幾乎都將禮儀課列為必修學分；銘傳國企系將「國際禮儀」、嶺東科大企管系將「商業禮儀」列為選修科目。
更多學校透過講座或學程，教授禮儀課程，尤其每到畢業季，各校就業輔導組很流行舉辦「面試禮儀」、「職場禮儀」講座，因為實用性極高，學生反應熱烈。「現在年輕人比較功利導向，他們不是不願意學禮儀，只是你要告訴他們效益是什麼？」黃鼎翎說。
各大學也紛紛推出「親善大使」，或成立美姿美儀社、國際禮儀社。想當「親善大使」得經過嚴格篩選與訓練，才能擔負起典禮或外賓接待工作，這是大學生榮譽的象徵。國立台北大學的「親善大使」在業界頗具盛名，不僅受邀參加花博開幕，也有公關公司慕名邀約他們，協助企業舉辦大型活動，親善大使不只賺外快，還能體驗真實的職場生活。
從貴婦到小學生 都流行學禮儀
坊間也有不少禮儀、形象管理的課程。邱詩瑜在台科大推廣中心的「美麗達人養成班」已經連開10個月，月月有新班，因為太受歡迎還增設進階班。旅日國際禮儀專家劉理惠在學學文創開設的「餐桌禮儀」、「跟巴黎女人學優雅」等課程，學員以中高階主管和企業家夫人為多，教的不只是禮儀，還包括優雅的氣質與生活態度。也有名媛貴婦會請形象顧問上「一對一」家教課，希望學習「上流社會」的穿衣、應對禮儀。
禮儀課也有「向下延伸」趨勢。像是高中生推薦甄試，就得先上「面試禮儀」。坊間也出現以小學生為主的禮儀或美姿美儀夏令營，打著「小淑女」、「小紳士」的訴求，家長趨之若鶩。
提升服務品質 政府與醫院惡補禮儀
禮儀訓練的面向很廣，在企業內訓部分，新人通常要學接待、社交禮儀，中高階主管則進修商務禮儀。以行業別來說，包括祕書、飯店人員、專櫃小姐、空服員等，特別重視服務禮儀訓練。
服務禮儀課的普及速度很快，許多公家機關、醫院都邀請訓練單位來開課。講師林嘉怡說，過去醫院是專業掛帥，但如今醫病關係改變，加上市場競爭激烈，醫師、護士、藥師都被要求上服務禮儀課。
很特別的是，曾有醫院請她去上3小時禮儀課，專門講「電梯禮儀」一項，顯見醫院開始重視服務禮儀的「細節」。
有些公司內部甚至還有服務禮儀認證制度，MUJI無印良品就推動「匠之技」收銀服務認證，內容包括收銀的應對禮儀、臨場反應。
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