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...lean-to fashioned from a corrugated-iron roof and four wooden posts, the only decoration a single spear stuck into the raw earth, Shanmugavela and the three other killers conducted a gruesome set of rites upon Carolyn's corpse, an otherworldly ceremony they believed would bring a mundane reward: winning lottery numbers. It's not clear exactly what the offering to Kali involved, but Nithiyanantha Gurukkal, one of Malaysia's most senior Hindu priests, says some devotees believe that "human body parts and especially blood will be given to these demigods...
...towards restarting talks. Because, they say, until that happens, there's a bit of a stalemate. So they're suggesting something like the release of prisoners. Sharon has said in public not going to do anything until there have been seven days of peace, and that he won't reward violence. And he's staying consistent with that message behind closed door, too. But there have been hints that it may not have to be a full seven days, that it could be three or four days without violence...
...reinforcement (the constituent votes, you give him a cookie) - far more so, anyway, than Al Gore might have been (the constituent can?t figure out the darn ballot, you spend the next four years taking pot-shots at his intelligence) - I suspect the current administration will favor of a reward-based voting system...
...value of the lone wolf has fallen in direct proportion to the rising complexity of doing business on a global scale. No one can create or market a product alone anymore, so interrelatedness is a necessity. To foster it, companies have shifted how they evaluate and reward people. Increasingly, they reward the pack. "We think the era of individual heroics is over," declares Kathleen Donovan, Pfizer's vice president of HR for U.S. pharmaceuticals. It ended for the drug giant as the company grew rapidly in the '90s and began taking on vastly more complicated--medically, socially and politically--diseases...
...carries the kind of travelers' advice common across Asia. There are the recommended prices for porters and transport, the usual warnings against pushy vendors selling fakes. News on bandits in the area catches our attention: it seems a little paranoid in law-abiding Japan. But it's the sizeable reward for turning Christians in to authorities that offers the most obvious hint that it has been a while since this bulletin was updated...