關於 clarify what the issue is ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

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Just wanted to share some happy (but tumultuous) news with everyone as well as the new knowledge I've gained from a recent transaction I've been working on, and hopefully increase our awareness of all the things that could go wrong. Yay! I'll give you the bad news first, then the good news.

My client had went under contract after weeks of searching and when you are looking for a home here in Houston, one of the first questions is "Has this house ever flooded before?" which a lot of homes unfortunately have (we live in a swamp and our roads are basically floodways). So this home had some previous water penetration and on the Seller's Disclosure, it was written that it was due to "drainage back flow during new construction" and that there was "previous flooding due to a natural flood event." Doing my due diligence, after the showing I called the listing agent to ask for further explanation on the flooding history, to which they confirmed that it was due to the construction of a Dept. of Public Safety across the street behind the home, and that due to drainage issues during construction, there was some ordeal with the pipes and such which caused the back flow to flood the backyard. I even further asked them to clarify whether or not it had to do with any natural flood events, since it was checked on the disclosure, to which they responded "no, it had nothing to do with natural flooding, it was just the new construction." 🙄

Now with all things considered, we decided to go under contract with a cash offer, short option period, and closing in 14 days. With such a short time frame, we immediately scheduled an inspection and sent in the option and earnest money. At inspections, the seller's were present and were very kind, friendly, honest folks, and we got to chatting. They openly and eagerly disclosed that the house had flooded TWICE, during Harvey (2017) and Imelda (2019). It did have to do with the DPS because it had never flooded prior, must've been all the concrete had caused the houses next to it to get the water runoff whenever it rains, however this means the likelihood of it flooding again is significantly higher, and it occurred during two flood events! This drastically affects the value and condition of the property! 😱

I let my buyer know of this shocking information, and he decides he wants to terminate, and although sad that he had spent $200 on the option period, $375 for the general inspection, he had a very positive attitude and took it as a learning experience.

I felt very upset by the fact that we wouldn't have gone under contract in the first place, had we known of the full picture of the flooding history, and now my client is $575 down the drain. We wouldn't have even known of the two flooding had the sellers not been present at inspections, and thank goodness they were. I went back to my manager, told her of this issue, and she contacted the broker on the listing side and requested that we were refunded the option money, as well as the inspection fee. And guess what?? We managed to get our option money back, as well as reimbursed for the inspections!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Woo hoo! Bless my sweet manager and we will of course send over the inspection report to the sellers so that they can have that to help sell their home to their next potential buyer.

I am very happy to say that I was able to protect my client's best interests, and although the transaction fell through, it is the little wins that keep us going towards the mountain top. 🏔️

【給迪士尼CEO的公開信：促披露與新疆政府達成的秘密協議】An Open Letter to Bob Chapek, CEO Walt Disney Company

I call upon Disney to disclose the details of its agreements with Xinjiang authorities, as well as all the subsidies, funding, assistances and instructions that it has received from the authorities.

As the movie is widely considered as an attempt to spread propaganda and whitewash China's cultural genocide, I also urge Disney to suspend the screening of such a controversial movie and clarify its stance on human rights violations regarding re-education camps in the region.

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[An Open Letter to Bob Chapek, CEO Walt Disney Company]

Dear Mr. Chapek,

Since the release of its teaser trailer last year, Mulan has already been under heavy global criticism. A few days ago, it was reported that Disney offers "special thanks" in its credits to eight government entities in Xinjiang where re-education camps are reportedly located, including the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security is responsible for running at least 14 re-education camps in the area "to extrajudicially detain minorities."

In October 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department already placed the department on its Entry List, for participating in "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the XUAR."

While Disney has been completely remaining silent on the Uyghur issue, its cooperations with the officials responsible for brutal crackdowns on Uighur Muslim minority really sends an alarming signal to the world - what kind of values Disney advocates for, especially when the company's target market is the children worldwide.

Besides, the film also expresses thanks to three CCP's propaganda departments in Xinjiang, from the Publicity Department of CPC Turpan Municipal Committee, the Publicity Department of the CPC Turpan Gaochang District Municipal Committee, to Publicity Department of the CPC Shanshan County Committee. It casts more doubts on whether Mulan is the propaganda masterpiece that Disney works hand in hand with the CCP government to whitewash the cultural genocide and human violations on ethnic minorities in the region.

In fact, Mulan was filmed in 2018, the same year that China staged the hardest suppression on Uyghurs in the region. The film was also shot in locations where all these re-education camps have been documented. As media reports, there are at least seven re-education camps located all along the highway from the Turpan airport to Shanshan desert where the filming took place. Turpan was also the first documented case that political indoctrination was used against Uyghurs by the Chinese authority.

According to the 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom published by the U.S. Department of State, over a million of Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Hui, members of other Muslim groups and some Uighur Christians were detained in internment camps in Xinjiang and subject to "forced disappearance, political indoctrination, torture, psychological and physical and psychological abuse, including forced sterilization and sexual abuse, forced labour, and prolonged detention without trial because of their religion and ethnicity."

As the incident has sparked global concerns, I call upon Disney to disclose the details of its agreements with Xinjiang authorities, as well as all the subsidies, funding, assistances and instructions that it has received from the authorities. As the movie is widely considered as an attempt to spread propaganda and whitewash China's cultural genocide, I also urge Disney to suspend the screening of such a controversial movie and clarify its stance on human rights violations regarding re-education camps in the region.

Regards,
Joshua Wong

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【給迪士尼CEO的公開信：促披露與新疆政府達成的秘密協議】An Open Letter to Bob Chapek, CEO Walt Disney Company

I call upon Disney to disclose the details of its agreements with Xinjiang authorities, as well as all the subsidies, funding, assistances and instructions that it has received from the authorities.

As the movie is widely considered as an attempt to spread propaganda and whitewash China's cultural genocide, I also urge Disney to suspend the screening of such a controversial movie and clarify its stance on human rights violations regarding re-education camps in the region.

—————————————

[An Open Letter to Bob Chapek, CEO Walt Disney Company]

Dear Mr. Chapek,

Since the release of its teaser trailer last year, Mulan has already been under heavy global criticism. A few days ago, it was reported that Disney offers "special thanks" in its credits to eight government entities in Xinjiang where re-education camps are reportedly located, including the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security. According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security is responsible for running at least 14 re-education camps in the area "to extrajudicially detain minorities."

In October 2019, the U.S. Commerce Department already placed the department on its Entry List, for participating in "human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass arbitrary detention, and high-technology surveillance against Uighurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the XUAR."

While Disney has been completely remaining silent on the Uyghur issue, its cooperations with the officials responsible for brutal crackdowns on Uighur Muslim minority really sends an alarming signal to the world - what kind of values Disney advocates for, especially when the company's target market is the children worldwide.

Besides, the film also expresses thanks to three CCP's propaganda departments in Xinjiang, from the Publicity Department of CPC Turpan Municipal Committee, the Publicity Department of the CPC Turpan Gaochang District Municipal Committee, to Publicity Department of the CPC Shanshan County Committee. It casts more doubts on whether Mulan is the propaganda masterpiece that Disney works hand in hand with the CCP government to whitewash the cultural genocide and human violations on ethnic minorities in the region.

In fact, Mulan was filmed in 2018, the same year that China staged the hardest suppression on Uyghurs in the region. The film was also shot in locations where all these re-education camps have been documented. As media reports, there are at least seven re-education camps located all along the highway from the Turpan airport to Shanshan desert where the filming took place. Turpan was also the first documented case that political indoctrination was used against Uyghurs by the Chinese authority.

According to the 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom published by the U.S. Department of State, over a million of Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Hui, members of other Muslim groups and some Uighur Christians were detained in internment camps in Xinjiang and subject to "forced disappearance, political indoctrination, torture, psychological and physical and psychological abuse, including forced sterilization and sexual abuse, forced labour, and prolonged detention without trial because of their religion and ethnicity."

As the incident has sparked global concerns, I call upon Disney to disclose the details of its agreements with Xinjiang authorities, as well as all the subsidies, funding, assistances and instructions that it has received from the authorities. As the movie is widely considered as an attempt to spread propaganda and whitewash China's cultural genocide, I also urge Disney to suspend the screening of such a controversial movie and clarify its stance on human rights violations regarding re-education camps in the region.

Regards,
Joshua Wong

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Allen Iverson(notes) made his debut with the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday, and it went about as expected.

He spent much of the night on the sideline. And he wasnt happy about it.

Nor, it seems, was his rear.

I had a problem with my butt from sitting on the bench so long, Iverson said. Thats the only thing I had a problem with.

Iverson made his first appearance in an NBA game since April 1, and not much had changed in the seven months in between. The Grizzlies brought him off the bench just like the Detroit Pistons tried to do, and Iverson didnt like it. Not after watching the Grizzlies lose 127-116 in overtime to the lowly Sacramento Kings. Not after he played just 17 minutes an effective 17 minutes in which he scored 11 points and not after seeing his new team fall to 1-3 while he sat idly on the sideline.


Upon signing with the Grizzlies this summer, Iverson said he would have no problem coming off the bench provided he was given a chance to compete for the starting job. That, however, was then. This is now. Iverson is a tremendous competitor and fiercely proud. Not even missing Memphis first three games along with the entire preseason with a hamstring injury seems to have tempered his distaste for bench work.

After the game, Iverson had no problem stating matter-of-factly and loudly just so everyone in the locker room could hear, including starting guards Mike Conley(notes) and O.J. Mayo(notes), who was seated next to him that the Grizzlies would need to make a change if they continue to lose.

Specifically, theyd need to start him.

Im not a reserve basketball player, Iverson said. Ive never been a reserve all my life and Im not going to start looking at myself as a reserve. Thats something for the media to talk about. Its only a big issue when the media talks about it. The subject never came up in my career until everything happened in Detroit. No one talked about me being a sub or anything like that until last year.

In all the other years of my career, its never come up. Ive been a starter on All-Star teams, Olympic teams and NBA Finals teams. Its just a big deal now. I think it is something people should let go. To answer your question, no, Im not a bench player or the sixth man. Go look at my resume, it will show you that Im not a sixth man.

For all of Iversons accomplishments, however, the Grizzlies were the only team to show any significant interest in him when he became a free agent this summer. They ultimately signed him to a one-year, $3 million contract.

Iversons stock dropped, in part, because of his experience with the Pistons an experiment gone bad. From his arrival into the NBA to the end of his tenure with the Denver Nuggets early last season, Iverson had started 827 of 832 regular-season games. Iverson says the Pistons rookie coach, Michael Curry, promised him when he joined the team that he would continue to start. After Curry eventually relegated him to the bench, Iverson openly complained about his reserve role and said he would rather retire. The Pistons, citing Iversons back problems, sent him home for the remainder of the season.

Iverson was hoping this season would provide a fresh start. He made his first appearance on Monday with 4:39 left in the first quarter, but took only one shot in the first half and missed. Kings fans heckled him by saying he should retire.

When Iverson returned in the second half, he looked much more like The Answer of old. He scored 11 points in the half, even making a key 3-pointer, and didnt force the action. His cross-over mid-range jump shot looked as pretty as ever.

I felt like me, Iverson said. Ive been playing basketball for 26 years. It felt like riding a bike. Thats what I do. Im a professional. I felt like me out there. I havent played in a long time, so obviously I had a lot of time to rest. So I wasnt tired.


But with the game tied at 94 with 4:49 left in the fourth quarter, Memphis coach Lionel Hollins replaced Iverson with Conley. Iverson was visibly upset while heading to the bench and begrudgingly slapped hands with Hollins. With 1.4 seconds left in regulation and the game still tied, Hollins put Iverson back on the floor.

In the past, Iverson would have been almost certain to take the final shot. Instead, Zach Randolph(notes) threw away a bad pass to send the game into OT while Iverson stood alone in the corner, unguarded.

I went to the bench and told my teammates that I didnt think they knew I was in the game, Iverson said. They didnt. They didnt even think I was in the game and that was a bad thing. I was like, Man, I was wide-open.

Obviously, [the Kings] didnt think I was in the game because someone big ended up on me. I guess [the Grizzlies] got used to me sitting so long that I didnt even get in the game.

Iverson wanted to clarify that he wouldnt complain if the Grizzlies were winning. But they didnt, and they arent.