Not the Herald (this time)

From the article Pervert snapper caught on film The conviction follows another involving covert photography using a cellphone last year. Christopher Douglas Kurth was convicted for offensive behaviour after he was found taking pictures with his cellphone through a hole in a wall of a woman in a Hamilton toilet. *reads last sentence again* .... he was found taking pictures with his cellphone through a hole in a wall of a woman what? *sprinkles with commas or something*
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Giant Jelly Fush

giantjellyfush.jpg We have talked in the past about Giant Squids and their lack of hand-eye co-ordination when it comes to lovemaking. We have also talked about JellyFish. So it seems that it is time to draw these loose threads together in the glorious topic of Giant JellyFish. Did you know there exist jellyfish that are 7 feet wide? The biggest one ever had 120-foot-long squidly tentacle bits. I think there should, like, be a law against jellyfish getting that large, especially since they are not exactly the most intelligent of creatures. While I have your attention, I would also like to draw it towards the website for a restaurant that is in downtown Auckland and is very nice thank you very much, only I suspect the graphic designer should have kept a tighter grip on the access to editing the site: merrychristmasfromrice.gif
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That'll be in the Herald on Sunday

Lunatics in charge of the boardrooms
You always suspected it, but now there is scientific evidence - many bosses are psychopaths who shouldn�t be allowed to look after a cat, let alone staff. A recent British study, backed by psychologists and management consultants here, found that a sample of senior executives scored higher on measures of histrionic, narcissistic and obsessive-compulsive personality disorders than a group of disturbed criminals. These personality disorders are characterised by superficial charm, lack of empathy and perfectionism. However, unlike the criminals, the managers scored much lower on antisocial, borderline and paranoid personality dimensions, characterised by aggression, impulsiveness and mistrust. The findings are no surprise to Auckland counsellor Dr John McEwan, who helps at least one person a week traumatised by toxic bosses. In the workplace, they become bullies, terrorising staff with abusive and manipulative behaviour, and creating a climate of fear. He said the key to picking psychopathic behaviour is their warped logic, a lack of empathy, and a refusal to take responsibility for problems. Management consultant Andrea Needham advocated better recruitment and ongoing leadership and mentoring programmes to stop the problem.
- HERALD ON SUNDAY Good lord, here's another link to Dr John McEwan's website. I can't look away.
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