bean-counter, open-plan office. A how-to guide for cleaning up India’s filthy cities

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open-plan

ADJECTIVE

• (of a room or building) having large rooms with few or no internal dividing walls.

  ‘an open-plan office’

  • ‘The five-storey building features open-plan office spaces, designed to promote teamwork and good communication.’

Jeremy Paxman: "Like the filthy term “typing pool”, the open-plan office tells us precisely what our bosses think of us – that we are employed to fulfil a mechanical task and that we are all interchangeable. It is the bean-counter’s answer to the wrong question" (via Comment is free)










Jeremy Paxman: If I were king for a day, I would ban open-plan offices


Such offices tell us what our bosses think of us – that we are employed to...


THEGUARDIAN.COM|由 JEREMY PAXMAN 上傳


bean counter Line breaks: bean counter
Pronunciation:
NOUN INFORMAL

A person, typically an accountant or bureaucrat, perceived as placing excessive emphasis on controlling expenditure and budgets:their bean counters will switch to a new way of calculating GDP

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open-plan

ADJECTIVE

• (of a room or building) having large rooms with few or no internal dividing walls.

  ‘an open-plan office’

  • ‘The five-storey building features open-plan office spaces, designed to promote teamwork and good communication.’

push, internship, withdrawal, recall, disavow, hijink, high jink, retract itsApple Exposé

Trump Seems to Retreat on Some Promises

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and MAGGIE HABERMAN 4:34 PM ET

In an interview with The New York Times, President-elect Trump offered the Clintons an olive branch, said he would keep an “open mind” on a climate accord and disavowed the alt-right.

Google goes Hollywood with 'The Internship'
Reuters
Amidst the comedic hijinks, the film indeed delivers a picture of a kind and gentle Google, a company that offers free food and exercise classes and is in every respect the place you'd like to work. Various Google products get plugs in the film, and co ...

U.S. Disavows 2 Drone Strikes Over Pakistan
By DECLAN WALSH


Officials' best guess is that Pakistan carried out one or both of the strikes and blamed the C.I.A., a striking reversal from years past, when the Pakistani Army would falsely claim responsibility to mask American drone activities.

This American Life Retracts Its Apple Exposé

By Forrest Wickman

 | Posted Friday, March 16, 2012, at 2:44 PM ET

This American Life host Ira Glass in New York City in 2011. Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for The Webby Awards

In a surprising turn of events, This American Life announced this afternoon that it is retracting its exposé of the working conditions at Apple’s factories in China. The show will address the retraction in this week’s episode, in which they’ll devote an entire hour to the subject. The episode will go up tonight, a couple days earlier than most episodes, which are usually posted on Sunday. They explained the decision on the episode’s page:

Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory," Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China. Rob Schmitz, a reporter for Marketplace, raises doubts on much of Daisey's story . . . Ira also talks with Mike Daisey about why he misled This American Life during the fact-checking process. And we end the show separating fact from fiction, when it comes to Apple's manufacturing practices in China.

In a statement on his website, monologist Mike Daisey, whose one-man show provided the basis for the episode, explained that he was standing by his work:

My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge. It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatic license to tell its story, and I believe it does so with integrity …

What I do is not journalism. The tools of the theater are not the same as the tools of journalism. For this reason, I regret that I allowed THIS AMERICAN LIFE to air an excerpt from my monologue. THIS AMERICAN LIFE is essentially a journalistic ­- not a theatrical ­- enterprise, and as such it operates under a different set of rules and expectations. But this is my only regret. I am proud that my work seems to have sparked a growing storm of attention and concern over the often appalling conditions under which many of the high-tech products we love so much are assembled in China.

In another statement on the radio show’s blog, host Ira Glass insisted, “Our program adheres to the same journalistic standards as the other national shows … in this case, we did not live up to those standards.”

But while This American Life has been putting out great work for years, the idea that it’s “essentially a journalistic . . . enterprise” seems debatable. The show frequently excerpts and reproduces fictional short stories, pieces of memoir, and stories told at storytelling events like those held by The Moth.

In fact, this isn’t the first time This American Life has been the subject of an unsolicited fact-check. Writing for Slate in 2008, Jack Shafer found that a Malcolm Gladwell story from The Moth, reproduced on an episode of This American Life, was “mostly bunk.” That story recounted (supposed) personal hijinks of Gladwell’s, and didn’t take on one of the world’s largest and most admired corporations, so perhaps different standards apply.

Those standards, in any case, continue to be debated. This American Life’s retraction comes amidst an ongoing debate about whether nonfiction storytellers, when they’re not calling themselves journalists, are bound to tell the truth. Creative nonfiction luminary John D’Agata has defended writers' right to fudge the truth in his book The Lifespan of a Fact, co-written with fact-checker Jim Fingal. (Dan Kois expressed mixed feelings about the book when reviewing it for Slate.) D’Agata’s book brought to mind, for many, the various partly true memoirs of the last ten years.

For more on this story, head over to This American Life’s press release. To read the investigation that led to the retraction, stay tuned for Rob Schmitz’s story for Marketplace. For more on working conditions at Apple’s suppliers, read the New York Times’s special report.

Fallout From Fatigue Syndrome Retraction Is Wide

By DAVID TULLER

As the published evidence for the source of chronic fatigue syndrome fell apart, a legal melodrama erupted, dismaying and demoralizing patients and many members of the scientific community.

召回大使 可用 recall ... to 或withdraw

Egypt withdraws ambassador from Israel over police deaths


Obama: Afghan Buildup Will Be Temporary
By pushing hard for a surge but also vowing to begin withdrawal in 18 months, the president attempts to push a middle ground that leaves him vulnerable to attacks from all sides.


GM CEO Pushed Out
The automaker's board didn't believe that a 25-year veteran of the company could really usher in the changes it needed. His bad relationship with the chairman seems to have sealed the deal.


A 22-year-old New Zealander flew to the other side of the world to take up a prestigious (unpaid) UN internship in Geneva, but couldn't afford to live: "I want to make it clear that no person forced me to sleep in a tent"

Unpaid UN intern who slept in tent quits after media uproar

The Guardian‎ - 9 hours ago

Flags in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Accommodation rents in the ...

Internship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internship

An internship is a job training for white-collar and professional careers. Internships for professional careers are similar in some ways to apprenticeships for trade ...

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recall

千葉県銚子市の市立総合病院の診療休止をめぐり、住民らが起こした岡野俊昭市長（63 ）のリコール（解職請求）の賛否を問う住民投票が29日、投開票された。市長の解職に


recalltr.v., -called, -call·ing, -calls.

1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
2. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
3. To remember; recollect. See synonyms at remember.
4. To cancel, take back, or revoke.
5. To bring back; restore.
6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.

n. (also rē'kôl')

1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
3. The ability to remember information or experiences.
4. The act of revoking.
5. 1. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote.
   2. The right to employ this procedure.
6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.

recallable re·call'a·ble adj.


high jinks or hijinks [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]. —n. lively enjoyment. hijinks or hijinks.

Definition of high jinks

noun

• boisterous fun:high jinks behind the wheel of a car

Origin:

late 17th century: see jink

jink

Pronunciation: /dʒɪŋk/

Definition of jink

verb

[no object]

• change direction suddenly and nimbly, as when dodging a pursuer:she was too quick for him and jinked away every time

noun

• a sudden quick change of direction: people remember him for his runs on the wing, his jinks

Origin:

late 17th century (originally Scots as high jinks, denoting antics at drinking parties): probably symbolic of nimble motion. Current senses date from the 18th century

withdraw
(wĭTH-drô', wĭth-)

v., -drew (-drū'), -drawn (-drôn'), -draw·ing, -draws. v.tr.

1. 1. To take back or away; remove.
   2. To remove (money) from an account.
   3. To turn away (one's gaze, for example).
   4. To draw aside: withdrew the curtain.
2. 1. To remove from consideration or participation: withdrew her application; withdrew his son from the race.
   2. To recall or retract: withdrew the accusation.

v.intr.

1. 1. To move or draw back; retire.
   2. To retreat from a battlefield.
2. 1. To remove oneself from active participation: withdrew from the competition.
   2. To become detached from social or emotional involvement.
3. To recall or remove a motion from consideration in parliamentary procedure.
4. 1. To discontinue the use of an addictive substance.
   2. To adjust physiologically and mentally to this discontinuation.

[Middle English withdrawen : with, away from; see with + drawen, to pull; see draw.]

withdrawable with·draw'a·ble adj.
withdrawer with·draw'er n.


withdraw

• [wiðdrɔ'ː, wiθ-]

[動]（-drew 〔-drú-〕, -drawn 〔-drn〕）(他)［III[名]（[副]）］

1 …を（…から）引っ込める((from ...))

withdraw oneself from ...
…から身を引く

withdraw one's eyes from a scene
光景から目をそらせる.

2 〈人を〉（学校などから）退かせる；〈軍隊などを〉（…から）引き揚げる, 撤退させる；〈預金などを〉（銀行などから）引き出す((from ...))

withdraw savings from an account
口座から預金をおろす（▼^×the withdrawn money「引き出した金」とはいわない）

withdraw a son from school
息子を退学させる

withdraw troops from a position
陣地から軍隊を撤退させる.

3 〈約束・命令・申し出などを〉取り消す, 撤回する；〈訴訟を〉取り下げる；〈特権・恩恵などを〉取り上げる, （…から）取り戻す((from ...))

withdraw an order
命令を撤回する

withdraw a scholarship from a person
人の奨学金支給を停止する［打ち切る］.

4 〈通貨などを〉（…から）回収する, 取り除く((from ...))

withdraw soiled banknotes from circulation
出回っている汚損紙幣を回収する

withdraw a name from a list
名簿から氏名を削除する.

━━(自)

1 ［I（[副]）］（…から；…へ）退く, 引き下がる, 引っ込む, 立ち去る((from；into, to ...))

withdraw into one's room
自室に引っ込む

withdraw into silence
黙ってしまう.

2 ［I（[副]）］（活動・競争などから）身を引く, 隠退する；〈軍隊などが〉（…から）退去［撤退, 撤兵］する；（学校を）やめる, 受講をやめる；（会などから）脱退する((from ...))

withdraw from politics
政界から引退する

withdraw from a war
戦争から手を引く

The program's sponsors withdrew.
番組のスポンサーは降りた.

3 前言［約束］を取り消す, 提案［動議など］を撤回する.

4 （催眠薬・麻薬などの）使用をやめる, 断つ((from ...))

withdraw from cocaine
コカインをやめる.


retraction
(rĭ-trăk'shən)
n.

1. The act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
2. 1. The act of recanting or disavowing a previously held statement or belief.
   2. A formal statement of disavowal.
   3. Something recanted or disavowed.
3. The power of drawing back or of being drawn back.

retract

• [ritrǽkt]

((形式))[動](他)

1 〈意見・法令・約束を〉撤回する, 引っ込める

refuse to retract one's insults
無礼なことばの撤回を拒否する.

2 《チェス》〈こまを〉元に戻す, 待ったをかける.

━━(自)（約束・前言などを）取り消す.

disavow

 音節

dis • a • vow

発音

dìsəváu

disavowの変化形

disavowed (過去形) • disavowed (過去分詞) • disavowing (現在分詞) • disavows (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)((形式))…を拒否する, 知らないと言う；…の責任を否定する；…との関係を否認する.

rumour-filled, surface (KNOWN), ideal, opulent, statuette,light-filled, fly in the face of

'The rumours that Xi Jinping would follow Putin down the path of the perpetual president are no longer rumours.'

Xi Jinping is set to tighten his grip on China by scrapping the presidential term limit

Central committee recommendation shocks leadership’s political rivals

FT.COM

   
U.S. Colleges Finding Ideals Tested Abroad

By TAMAR LEWIN

Universities with programs in countries with autocratic governments are wrestling with how to respond to actions that fly in the face of democratic principles.

Quote:

"Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three — and paradise is when you have none." — Doug Larson

The Cato Institute, headquarters of the nation’s libertarian academy, occupies a stunning steel-and-glass tower on Massachusetts Avenue, boasting the kind of light-filled, contemporary opulence you would expect to find in Silicon Valley.

Was a dog really the first ‪#‎Oscar‬ winner?
Read about the rich, rumour-filled history of the golden man.

Who was Oscar? A history of the Academy Awards statuette

BBC.IN|由 JONATHAN GLANCEY 上傳

Black Is Sentenced to 6 1/2 Years in Prison

All the while, he cultivated friends in high places, and acquired opulent homes in New York — where is company had little business — Toronto, Palm Beach and London.



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surface (KNOWN) Show phonetics
verb [I]
If a feeling or information surfaces, it becomes known:
Doubts are beginning to surface about whether the right decision has been made.
A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.

fly in the face of

be openly at variance with (what is usual or expected):a need to fly in the face of convention

in high places　要職にある; 権威筋の.


opulent Show phonetics
adjective
expensive and luxurious:
an opulent lifestyle
an opulent hotel

opulence Show phonetics
noun [U]
━━ a. 富んだ; 豊富な.
op・u・lence, op・u・len・cy　━━ n. 富; 豊富.

maggot, bruise, in due course, rumpy-pumpy, The Aga Saga i

"The trashing of these students — whose determination and passion are nothing but admirable — removes a rock to reveal several varieties of maggots," Margaret Sullivan writes.

Perspective | The right-wing sliming of Douglas High students can’t be ignored. It’s too disgusting for that.

Teens who have seen their classmates murdered are being mocked in the wake of the Florida massacre.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Apple’s continued glory eats away at me like a maggot at my core. I long for it to pick up some bruises. When the iPad came out, I prayed that it would be awful. My prayers were not heard: like all Apple products, it is sleek and gorgeous, and in due course I shall go to one of its wondrous temples of consumption and grumpily buy one.
苹果(Apple)一直以来的荣耀，就像蛆虫一样啃噬着我的心。我期待它会绊几个跟头。iPad问世时，我祈祷它会丑陋不堪。我的祷告并不灵验：如同所有苹果产品一样，iPad时尚雅致，光彩夺目。我还是赶紧去苹果那神奇的消费殿堂，咬牙切齿地买上一部吧。

maggot

ˈmaɡət/

noun

1. 1.

   a soft-bodied legless larva of a fly or other insect, found in decaying matter.

   "the maggots attack the roots of the developing cabbages"

   synonyms:

   grub, larva;  caterpillar
2. 2.

   archaic

   a whimsical or strange idea.

in due course

Also, in due course of time; in due time; in time; all in good time. After an appropriate interval, in a reasonable length of time. For example, In due course we'll discuss the details of this arrangement, or In due time the defense will present new evidence, or You'll learn the program in time, or We'll come up with a solution, all in good time. Chaucer used in due time in the late 1300s, and the other usages arose over the next few centuries. However, also see in good time for another meaning.

grumpy, homebound, yell

bruise

[動](他)

1 〈人などに〉打撲傷を与える, 打ち傷をつける, あざをつける, （老齢で）変色させる, しみを作る；〈果物などに〉傷をつける, 傷める.

2 〈人・感情を〉傷つける, 害する

She was bruised by the remarks.
彼女はその言葉に傷ついた.

3 〈薬・食物を〉砕く, 押し［すり］つぶす, たたきつぶす.

4 《金工》…の表面をへこませる.

━━(自)

1 （打ったり転んだりして）あざができる, あざになる；〈果物などが〉傷がつく

Tomatoes bruise easily.
トマトは傷みやすい.

2 〈感情が〉傷つく.

━━[名]打撲傷, 打ち身, （果物の）傷, 傷み；（心の）痛手, 傷.

［古英語brsan（つぶす）. アングロフランス語bruser（こわす）の影響を受けた］



 rumpy

 1. overendowed with buttocks.
2. a variety of manx cat without any coccygeal vertebrae.



rumpy-pumpy

noun
noun, Brit

Sexual intercourse; also = hanky-panky noun 2. Also rumpty-tumpty. (1986 —) .

[Prob. elaborated from rump noun or a derivative.]



探討女性情感關係的小說:
The Aga Saga is a sub-genre of the family saga of literature. The genre is named for the AGA cooker, a type of stored-heat oven that came to be popular in medium to large country houses in the UK after its introduction in 1929. It refers primarily to fictional family sagas dealing with British "middle-class country or village life".^[1] The nickname "Aga Saga" is sometimes used condescendingly about this type of fiction.^[2] The term was incorporated into the Oxford Companion to English Literature in 2000.^[3]

Contents  [hide]  1 Characteristics 2 Critical analyses 3 Origin 4 Notes 5 Further reading

[edit] Characteristics

While the label has been applied to settings within other genres,^[4] it is typically interpreted to refer to "a tale of illicit rumpy-pumpy in the countryside" according to a 2007 article in The Observer.^[5] In setting, according to an earlier article in that paper, it offers a "gingham-checked world" associated with "thatched English villages" and "ladies in floral dresses".^[6] Guardian book critic Laura Wilson described an Aga Saga setting as "complete with sprawling, untidy farmhouse (flagstones, dogs, Wellington boots, and much nursing of mugs of coffee)".^[7]