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The human price of Apple's success
New reports document how the consumer electronics giant's reliance on Asian suppliers -- particularly those in China -- has had devastating effects on factory workers there.
As I write this, I'm looking over our family's iPad. It's beautiful -- as I'm sure the late Steve Jobs would have loved to hear -- elegant and easy to turn on and off instantly.
It's great for reading magazines, playing Angry Birds, sharing family photos, watching movies and so many other things. It's a marvel of design and engineering that brings joy and enlightenment to millions of people.
The iPad is just the culmination of a series of wonderful products that have transformed Apple (AAPL, news) into the leading consumer-electronics company of our time. It has vied with Exxon Mobil (XOM, news) as the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, with a market capitalization of more than $400 billion. Apple sold 37 million iPhones worldwide in its first fiscal quarter and blew past analysts' expectations for revenue and earnings.
But that joy, enlightenment and phenomenal success come at a price: The iPad and the iPhone are manufactured in some of the world's worst electronic sweatshops.
Recent articles in The New York Times have revealed as never before how Apple's development of a largely Asian supply chain in the past decade helped the company turn out tens of millions of gleaming new devices in record time while largely bypassing the U.S. workforce.
But the Chinese factories on which it relies, particularly the massive complexes run by Foxconn Technology Group, have been riddled with problems -- low pay, long hours and terrible working and living conditions, which have resulted in suicides and deaths and injuries from industrial accidents.
Apple has tried to hold its suppliers to higher standards in recent years, but two experts I spoke with said it hadn't done enough. The company's critics accuse it of squeezing suppliers' margins to make higher profits and constantly pushing for quick turnaround of new products, which almost guarantees safety won't come first.
Change under way
The Times articles and other discussions may be a catalyst for change. In the days before the stories appeared, Apple released the names of almost all its suppliers for the first time and quietly joined an organization known for its tough audits of safety standards at factories around the world.
Investors, too, are taking note. Managers of so-called socially conscious funds are divided on Apple -- some buy it, some don't -- but they're concerned that any serious consumer push-back could affect the company's bottom line and its soaring share price.
"This has to be a challenge to them of the first magnitude," said Bennett Freeman, senior vice president at Calvert Investments, whose socially conscious funds own Apple stock.
"Apple has earned a reputation for historic, almost epic product innovation. Apple can't have it both ways. They have a responsibility to their customers and shareholders," he told me. "The Times piece . . . crystallized the extent and severity of their risk."
The articles said, in short, that Apple has become reliant on a global chain of suppliers like Foxconn, a Taiwan-based electronics manufacturing giant, whose massive complexes in several Chinese cities each employ hundreds of thousands of workers. Foxconn manufactures about 40% of the world's consumer-electronics products for companies such as Dell (DELL, news), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ, news), Microsoft (MSFT, news) and Sony (SNE, news).
Conditions can be brutal. Workers routinely work 12-hour shifts six days a week and are paid less than $20 a day. Many live in overcrowded dormitories where several are crammed into small rooms with no air conditioning. There have been many reports of underage workers employed there, although a recent Apple audit of its suppliers found that number had decreased.
Work is repetitive and stressful: 17 Foxconn workers in China have committed suicide over the last few years. So, Foxconn installed huge nets to break would-be jumpers' falls.
Workers also were exposed to toxic chemicals and dangerous levels of dust, which caused a fatal explosion in Foxconn's Chengdu, China, plant last year.
So, why single out Apple if Foxconn and other suppliers manufacture products for so many other companies?
"On paper the company has instituted programs that we see among the better performers," said Meggin Thwing Eastman, a senior environmental, social and governance analyst at MSCI who specializes in technology and telecom companies. "(But) I have some doubts about the execution. We see things at Apple that we don't see at other companies."
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This article is absurd.
I have been sourcing products in Asia for over 35 years. Let me tell you that Apple may be one of the biggest and most successful companies manufacturing in places like south China, but they are certainly not alone. Where do you think your TV set was manufactured? How about your DVD player? Where do you think your computer monitor was made? Your cable box? Your electric toothbrush? Your wireless phone system? Your garage door opener? The list goes on and on. Somehow the media has vilified Apple because they are so huge, but the guns should not be pointed at Apple. Maybe they should be pointed at Washington, DC.
As a country, we have turned a blind eye towards the manufacturing of goods in China for decades. We have allowed jobs to move out of this country and we have ignored the human issues as companies have focused on profits and not on jobs lost or nor on the abuses that exist in China and elsewhere in Asia. And now that Apple is so profitable and so successful, the media has made them out to be the singular bad guys. But they seem to be ignoring all the thousands of other companies that have been doing this for 30 or 40 years and our own government that not only have allowed this to happen, but also have ignored the issue for all this time.
Yes, Apple is making a lot of money because they are very smart. But so are thousands of other companies. Our government has the clout to fix this, but they don't seem interested and never have. Lots of people get rich because labor is cheap in China and other places.
Don't blame just Apple. Blame Washington.
its free trade/job exporting great....for the rich and corporate america.until big money can no longer buy our government these kinds of travesties will continue. The american standard of living will continue to decline for all but the very rich.i was watching fox news last night as multimillionaires discussed how to eliminate the minimum wage. It was sickening watching these pathetic excuses for humanity ringing their hands in glee at the prospect of employing americans at the slave wages they currently pay their chinese workers
Well these bastards will get what they want a bunch of dollars and factories filled with slaves. But no one able to buy there stuff anymore. And money becomes pointless. And working for them does to. And they all will harvest those pigs at the spit.
And there are these monsters who want to claim sweat shops are wonder-bread for "emerging nations". These nations are $hit wholes because they have no education their government generally is not a democracy of any form. It isn't because they need sweat shops to build capital as these other monsters declare. These monsters will say its a better alternative than farming or prostitution etc. Problem, prostitution around these factories soar because it becomes an alternate job source and cheap thrills for poverty waged laborers. And many of these bastards sold their land and home and made an expensive one way trip to these sweat shops. Only to be trapped there. Many will never make enough to return home or do anything else. Hence the suicides.
Living in dorms and having to pay rent out of your own pay for those crowded dorms. Miserable. We know Steve Jobs is either roasting in hell right now with the rest of the people who's done this. Or better yet, he's reincarnated Chinese kid. He'll be sweating it out in the shops his former life created in no time.
Rich Farkas is spot on with the fact that nearly all consumer electronics are built by the same companies (Foxconn and the like) under similar conditions. There is nothing unique about Apple in this regard.
However, Apple is he *one* company that is big enough to make some changes. We will have to see how it plays out.
Everyone is this country are IDIOTS. Lets fix our counrty first before we go fixing others. Look at the suicide rate of OUR Armed Forces its insane. And they work longer hours on deployment than these workers. In 2010 the Air Force had 54, 33 in the Navy, the Marines had 46, and the Army had an outrageous 144 suicides. If you dont belive me look it up on google for yourself. We should care more about our own country and its people than some third world counrty.
id like to see tariffs again.yes we would have to pay a little more but our fellow americans would have jobs and they in turn would employ other americans.as it is now money is being funneled to the very rich and slave third world labor.this is causing a declining standard of living here.germany has a 19 percent tariff on imported manufactured goods and has surpassed us in exports and has improved its standard of living.
government policies like the tax code and trade treaties determine what kind of country we have.high taxes on the rich and tariffs that discourage outsourcing means more money in the hands of workers and a stronger more stable america.one that can care for people that cant work and its elderly.free trade and low taxes funnel money to the very rich and other countries.this is what we have.who wants this?the rich and the government they own.
Since Apple is the largest tech company now, it stands to reason that you pressure the largest company to put pressure on its manufactures to improve it's workers conditions. You don't use a 125 lbs man us knock down a locked door, you use a 325 lb man to knock down the door.
Also and more importantly, the other companies that use foxconn, etc., did not just have the 2nd largest quarterly profit ever. Apple has $97 billion in bank, $66 billion offshore, so they have the wherewithal to make changes. Apple sold 37 million iphones in the last quarter alone. You just know that they are pumping out a lot of stuff and putting pressure on their suppliers to squeeze out more and more profit. That means less profit for foxconn and less money to improve conditions and for wages for its workers.
The more and more you examine apple, the more and more dirty they get. In many ways, they are worse than walmart! At least I can go in a walmart and not buy something made in China. At Apple, everything is made in China.
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The MKB-135B features the following:
- Mechanical key switch technology for improved tactile sound and fast feedback
- Lifecycle of 20 million mechanical keystrokes for extended use
- N-key rollover function for multiple keys pressed at the same time
- Standard full-sized keyboard featuring 104 keys
- Integrated USB hub and audio/microphone jack
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This is one I cannot justify the cost. No thanks, I will stay with g15 any day over this.
Where is the back lit keys?!? Where is the LCD screen that outputs stats?!?! This thing looks like a knockoff cheap $20 Dell keyboard I am typing this comment on.
I'll pass............
Where's Marco, the keyboard nutjob. He can't miss this one. :)
LOL @ Dave
I've used "mechanical" keyboards before. I found the tactile feed back too great and it was like the keys were pushing up against my fingers when I typed, which made it "exhausting" for my fingers.
I'll stick with my logitech Wave keyboard, and MS wireless entertainment keyboard. :)
@la_guy_10 - The G15 may look better and have some flashy features, the problem is, that's what you're paying for. The G15 still features the same crappy membrane or rubber dome swtiches used in $5 keyboards. The G15 is essentially a $5 keyboard with $80's worth of bells and whistles tacked on.
Mechanical key switches are FAR superior in virtually every way in terms of the typing experience. And longevity. With something like this keyboard, you get a $100 keyboard with minimal bells and whistles. Although, I can't vouch for this model specifically because I haven't used on yet.
@Chainzsaw - If the mechanical board caused fatigue, you were likely using too stiff of a key switch type. Something like Cherry MX Brown or Torpre Realforce will require less key pressure than some other mechanical boards. I write thousands of words a month and do some gaming and fatigue is never an issue. (I should note that my current board is a Topre, but I switch between it and a Filco with Cherry browns).
And because I'll use any excuse to get more readers to this blog post...
Mechanical Key Switch Keyboards Demystified:
There's a link for anyone who wants to learn more about the merits of mechanical keyboards.
Oh, and don't let Dave fool you--He just bought a lighted Deck mechanical key switch keyboard. It took a while, but he's a convert too!
I'm still loving my ABS M1. It has Alps copies. From what I have read they are not the favorites among people, but it is miles better than my old keyboard. I get on Jens computer and they keys feel horrible in comparison.
I love my Deck! Wait... that sounded, just, wrong.
I am glad to see someone I know uses a Deck keyboard. I really like the one I linked, and am hoping to get it soon. Do you use Linear or Tactile key action Dave? I am partially deaf so the sound of the key presses seems like it would be less of a concern to me, but either way I am trying to figure which would be best for me. I can hear my standard keyboard fine so I am thinking either would be ok for me really. I still am kind of trying to figure out what the difference would be on this!
Hi Marco,
I think I will see if I can find one of these "Cherry MX Brown or Torpre Realforce" keyboards, as the last time I used a mechanical one must have been at least 7 years ago! lol (and it literally felt like typing on those old school type-writers that are made of all metal).
Interesting article too Marco - I always visit this website on a daily basis, and never came across that one! (I have no idea how I missed it).
I would love to get a mechanical keyboard personally. I write quite a bit on my desktop, and my current keyboard was just a last minute replacement one I grabbed when my last keyboard went out. The keyboard I got with the Cyberpower system I won is decent although not mechanical. I gave it to Sarah though, and am still using the POJ I grabbed somewhere.
I appreciate the recommendations though, and will look into one of those. The Cherry units I have heard recommended before several times so I think I will try to find one of those. By the way whatever happened to the contests?
I think I am going to order one of these babies :)
http://www.deckkeyboards.com/ with Tactile keys when they become available. I like the ICE/Frost as well, but the don't really meet my color scheme (Black Red). I am also considering doing some modding to this Thermaltake Element case! Those keyboards are sweet!
keyboard round-up article?
@ Marco, fair enough bro. I respect you so maybe I am jumping the gun as I have never used a mechanical keyboard so my comment was not based on user experience. Again I am a sucker for quality so if you say they are all that and a bag of chips, I might have to experience one for myself.
How about a keyboard round up????????
The problem with a keyboard round-up is there is a lot of subjectivity involved. That blog post covers virtually all of the popular switches currently avaialble, so it's a good start. :)
>> The problem with a keyboard round-up is there is a lot of subjectivity involved.
True dat.
I'm probably only 20% as sensitive to the key movement as you, but I'm a lot more critical of the layout. When I see a keyboard like the one above, I think: "Yeah, but it has the ergonomics of a $8.99 keyboard".
After I first saw this article (and have been interested for a while due to some other comments of Marco's over time) I started looking around. This ended up being a 3 hour web search all together. I also looked at reviews of different makes, key switches, write ups etc. Those Deck units I linked in my second comment here are some sweet units, non of them are inexpensive Deck or not, but some are less than others including at the Deck site.
The most helpful information I found was here!
This is a full discussion of pretty much everything, and is very useful in helping to understand everything, as well as recommendations, links etc etc. It is also a lot of detail and discussion on the various issues which I found to be unsubjective as far as involvement goes. It list and outlines every single part in a keyboard from key switch to key printing and everything else as well.
I haven't used a mechanical keyboard yet. The most comfortable keyboard that I've used is the one that came with my iMac. It's a wired Aluminum USB job that Apple sells for $50.00.
My wife used the iMac one day and promptly appropriated that keyboard. She now uses it on her Dell. Then I got a brand new one for the iMac on E-Bay for 27 bucks. I just moved it to this computer to try it out once I read this post and I have to say that it's far easier to use than the Logitech that's usually here and also the Extreme Gear that I won.
I doubt that it's got the switches you speak of, but it's got a nice feel when typing on it. Maybe it's back to E-Bay for a few more of them.
I have this keyboard and so far love the clicky key I am used to from my old model M on my 486.
i can type faster and more accurately since i feel and hear the key i pressed.
I play RTS and FPS games and this has been a great board for that so far.
Only thing i wish is that the switches offered more resistance for my lazy fingers.
Anyone who says that a logi board with binky lights beats this board needs a doctor's appointment
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Everyone just flipped their calender and are staring at the beginning month of May. The temperature here in Central Texas hit roughly 90 degrees for the first time, signaling the end of my beard, and the buzzing of my head. Our NFL draft has just ended, and the rookie mini camp starts this week. Sadly, I can still feel the cold wind blowing from North of the wall, and I fear that as Ned Stark says, "winter's comin". (Side note: has anyone else ACCIDENTALLY called him Boromir?)
Tony Romo has been dubbed "Mr. November, and for good reason. At one point last season, Romo for his career, was 16-2 in the month of November, with an almost 4:1 ratio of TD:INT. His decline happens after he changes his calender. This year, his Cowboys' November schedule looks to keep the track record going with back-to-back games at home against next year's #1 pick, Cleveland Browns, and RGIII and his Washington Redskins. There are games at Philly and at Atlanta, but by November Mike Vick will be on the PUP, or at the very least limping.
Our December schedule looks the part when it comes to fierce competition. I believe during that 5-game stretch , the easiest game will be on Dec. 2nd, at home against Philly. After that we travel to the hot-up-and-coming Bengals, back to back home games against the Steelers and the Saints, and then to finish off the season on the road at Fedex field against RGIII and his Washington Redskins.
(Notice, I have to put RGIII's Redskins, because if it weren't for him, these would automatically be labeled as wins. Who is scared of the Redskins if there is no RGIII? It seems they can only muster up the courage to beat the Giants…)
I have a proposal for ALL Cowboys fans. We need to create a customer calender and send it to Tony Romo, using reverse pschology, psychosis, hypnotism, or bribe him with a year supply of diapers… my proposal is as follows:
November 32, Cowboys vs Philly
November 39, Cowboys @ Cincinnati
November 46, Cowboys vs Pittsburgh
November 53, Cowboys vs New Orleans
November 60, Cowboys @ Washington
With this new and improved schedule that we trick Romo into believing, the Cowboys are likely to go 4-1 down this stretch, guaranteeing a spot in at least the wildcard for the NFL playoffs. And as we learned last year with the Giants, and the year before that with the Packers, and way back when the Giants won their previous Super Bowl (I really hate acknowledging a rivals success) anything can happen in the playoffs.
Unless we can convince Romo that November really does have 60 days, then be wary; winter's comin'.
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Ordered this rug after looking at rugs at Macy's. The quality seems just as good as what I was looking at for about 1/3rd of the price (even on sale!). The colors are just right for my space - very neutral. Its under a dining room table and really not quite big enough but I like it enough that I'm keeping it anyway! It does shed like crazy when you vaccuum it - hopefully that will ease off with more vacuuming!
Love this rug. It is very neutral and looks great in my diningroom. The color is very neutral and it is hard to find a really nice 6' x 9' rug with such a good quality.
This rug was exactly what i wanted color and texture wise. The colors are very muted and warm. It has the appearance of a very expensive rug. I bought it to use in our family room, which has darker wood floors. HUGE mistake. It has been a nightmare to keep up with the shedding of this rug, I've had it for 2 weeks now and vacuum twice a day filling the canister both times and still haven't noticed any change in the amount of shedding. I also have a young child and spend a lot of time on the floor so I'm constantly covered in fibers. Wish I would've gone with something else. Probably OK for use in dining room or a lower traffic/less used area, just doesn't meet my needs due to the shedding.
Some wool rugs can be scratchy but this rug is very, very comfortable to the touch and to bare feet. The edges are true and clean and the borders are straight. Colors are difficult to judge online so I will describe what my eyes read in the color scheme. The background color in the center section is more taupey beige than "vanilla" as the product name seemed to indicate but it is not a yellowy beige. Some leaves are a deep rust but not orangey. There are some lighter blue colors in the flowers and I would describe the blue as a "french blue." The blue is not sky blue or baby blue and and not a greeny blue either. There is also some medium sage green surrrounding some of the leaves along with vines of a deeper beige and that beige is in the background of the wider section of the border. The darker color is a chocolate brown. I think the description included black as one of the colors, but I don't see any black. It is a good neutral rug with multiple shades of beige, taupe, etc. that I think could be used in many areas of a home. It has a nice pattern and subtle coloring that doesn't jump up and hit you in the face when you enter the room. I vacuumed the rug upon arrival and there was very little shedding. There were silica packets wrapped into the rug and there is no odor to the rug. Our cat is already quite at home on the rug. The rug arrived in about 24 hours from placing the order. I have ordered from Overstock.com several times and have never been disappointed.
To be fair, it looks like the picture and the quality is fine. No noticable shedding, etc. In person it is a pretty "unexciting color". If you really want the neutral look you will be very happy with this rug. None of the colors jump out at you.
Totally happy with this area rug! After reading reviews I ordered this rug thinking it might be OK but it is a really good quality area rug so I am pleasantly surprised. Very thick compared to other rugs in this price range so if you are concerned it will be thin or look cheap dont worry! This is actually much more substantial than rugs I have previously owned. The colors are more beige than ivory with some brown, teal and rust accents. I have had it for about 10 days and have not experienced any shedding or other problems. I highly recommend this area rug!
I am always hesitant to order items like this online but this size rug is hard to find in stores for a reasonable price. This rug is very attractive, quality appears to be very good & I have received several compliments on both the look and feel of the rug.
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Parents play a crucial role in caring for their children's physical and mental health care needs. Parents can contribute to the prevention of disease through immunization, accelerate children's recovery from outpatient procedures and hospitalization, and assist children with chronic conditions by monitoring diet and blood glucose levels and administering medications. However, the extent to which parents can care for their children's health is determined by their working conditions. In the United States, where the availability of paid sick leave is limited, parents who have paid sick days are more than five times as likely to be able to care for their sick children themselves as parents who do not have paid sick leave. Without flexible scheduling or paid leave to care for children's health needs, working families are often forced to forgo crucial disease prevention or experience wage and job loss when they take time off to care for children. As just one example, studies in Haiti, Indonesia, and the United States have found that parents report work schedule conflicts as a significant barrier to getting their children immunized. Working conditions also influence whether parents are able to care for their children when they are ill. Without paid leave to care for children's health needs, working families are placed at risk economically, experiencing wage and job loss when they take time off to care for family members.
Working conditions affect the degree of parental involvement in their children's education, which markedly affects educational outcomes. Children whose parents are actively involved in their education perform better on reading and math tests, experience more positive emotional and social development, have fewer behavioral problems, and persist longer in school. Children who are at risk educationally, such as low-income students and those with learning disabilities, receive particularly significant benefits from parental involvement. Yet active parental involvement in children's education can occur only when workplace schedules afford working parents the time to be with their children during out-of-school hours as well as the flexibility to meet with teachers or consult with specialists during the workday. Work-related barriers to helping with homework, participating in school events, and other forms of involvement in children's schooling have been reported by 51 percent of parents in Vietnam, 66 percent of parents in Mexico, and 82 percent of parents in Botswana.
The global population aged eighty or over-the age group likely to require the most care-is projected to grow rapidly, increasing from 88 million in 2005 to 402 million in 2050. While families continue to perform the bulk of caregiving for elderly and disabled family members in developing and industrialized nations, the base of available caregivers not working for pay is shrinking as more women worldwide work full-time. Without workplace supports that enable working adults to fulfill their caregiving responsibilities, the health and welfare of their older family members is at risk. Research has consistently indicated that adults with more support from family and friends live longer, have better outcomes from heart attacks and strokes, and experience better treatment outcomes for mental illness and other conditions. Flexible scheduling, part-time parity, and leave policies are the main workplace resources available to employees with adult caregiving responsibilities. When demands for care are high, workplace supports low, and working conditions poor, caregivers experience higher rates of conditions such as heart disease and depression. To add, in the absence of flexibility and paid leave, caregiving responsibilities can result in wage and job loss.
Paid maternity leave is enshrined in two widely accepted human rights protocols: the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (adopted by 155 countries), and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, adopted by 185 countries). Paid leave for new mothers improves children's health outcomes by enabling mothers to provide essential care to their children, by facilitating breastfeeding, which reduces the risk of infectious and other diseases, and by increasing the likelihood that children will receive necessary immunizations, all of which contribute to lower infant mortality and morbidity rates. Increased parental leave also facilitates the formation of bonds between parents and infants, which fosters the child's positive emotional development. Paid leave for new mothers increases job and income security and improves families' economic conditions by increasing the long-term employment and earning prospects of working women and eliminating the wage "child penalty" that mothers often pay. Such workplace supports also benefit employers by reducing staff turnover, improving workers' productivity, increasing job satisfaction, and enhancing employees' commitment to their company's success.
Over the last century and a half, the dramatic increase in first men's and then women's participation in the wage and salary labor force has led more and more parents to earn a living away from their homes and the family members they care for. These transformations in work and family life make it equally important for working men as well as women to receive adequate leave to care for family members. Paternity leave is one of the key policies for improving gender equity at home, reducing marital stress, and contributing to the healthy development of newborns by increasing paternal involvement with their children and families. Paternity leave policies can also increase equity in the workplace. In nearly every country, women are disadvantaged in promotions and pay because of childbearing as they are expected to bear the bulk of parental leave for children. As a result, general parental leave policies that appear gender neutral on paper are often not so in practice. Leave designated specifically for working fathers can therefore provide important advantages for gender equity.
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A 4-year-old girl accidentally shot and killed her 4-year-old cousin with a rifle she found under a bed at a relative's U.S. home, police said Friday.
The girl was playing and watching TV on Thursday with the boy when she found the gun, Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody said. He said she pointed it at the boy and shot him once in the chest.
The boy was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Woody said. A man who lives at the home was the only adult there at the time and is believed to a grandfather, Woody said.
The Wayne County prosecutor's office will determine whether charges should be brought, he said.
"It's a tragic incident," Woody told The Associated Press. "It's really not anything more than that. There was no malicious intent. There was nothing there to suggest that the grandfather put those children in harm's way, but the investigation will continue."
The boy's name wasn't immediately released.
Woody said the shooting reinforces the need for those with guns to keep them secure.
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And then, of course the attitude—and I probably shared in this when I first started working for American comics—the attitude now is that it's just toys in the toy box, isn't it? You get to play with your favorite toys from the DC or Marvel toy box. Yeah, I don't want to do that anymore. Those toys were pried out of the fingers of dead men, and were pried from their families and their children. That's just wrong.
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Pregnant New Yorkers may be entitled to free parking, thanks to New York City Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn). Yep. Special privileges for the maternity set in a city that has people who don't often offer up their subway seat for pregnant women.
Greenfield's proposal, in theory, is pretty rad. Women who are having "difficult pregnancies" could park for free in no-parking or no-standing zones with a note from their doctor. The rule would even give them a cushion of 30 days after their due dates, just in case those ladies deliver late or have postpartum recovery challenges.
The story has already brought out plenty of commenting haters, with 56 percent of polled Daily News readers saying there isn't enough parking as it is.
Now, I could see parking lots in the suburbs having this policy, but let's focus on the real problem: pregnant commuters standing on buses and subway trains. This happens every day, and you know you've seen it happen. Or it's happened to you.
How hard would it be for a councilman like Greenfield to amend those signs in train cars reserving seats for the elderly and disabled to include pregnant women? Or to require that bus drivers make announcements kindly suggesting that riders offer their seats to pregnant women?
I avoided the bus like the plague during my pregnancy, mainly because the driver would jerk the bus forward before I even got close to a seat. I even had one female driver make me exit from the rear although I was sitting next to the front door!
As for the subway, I couldn't believe how late in my pregnancy people really took notice. Sure, just days before I delivered, I would get on the train and not have to dramatically look around for a seat. But two weeks before that? Trust me, I rode several stops before anyone noticed or cared, and it took awhile just to get to that point.
Greenfield's proposal is a nice idea, but it's just a Band-Aid for a bigger issue.
Do pregnant New Yorkers deserve parking privileges or is there a better solution?
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Why not??? Do you want to walk all the way from the back 50 to the door when you are 30 weeks plus pregnant!!??? I sure the hell didn't want to. I was BIG when I was prego it was hard to walk far after 35 weeks.
What constitutes a "difficult" pregnancy? The woman who is hurling multiple times a day? The woman with swollen ankles? The woman who really has nothing wrong with her except that she's pregnant and likes to use it to get anything she wants?
What needs to happen is a reversal of the "coarsening of society". I've seen a man offer his seat to a woman he thought was pregnant, only to have that woman give him a never-to-be-forgotten tongue-lashing because she wasn't pregnant, just overweight. Did she have to do that? No, she could have politely declined. Can you blame a guy for never offering again?
Once people get out of their own little selves, and start participating in polite society again, we won't have to have manners legislated for us. We'll know how to do it on our own.
So I'd vote no on the special seating/parking, if I lived there.
I love the parking spots locally here that are for new or expectant mothers, especially in this cold weather. It makes it much easier with little one to not have to walk a half a mile to get in the store. Plus, my pregnancies call for STRICT bed rest after 25 weeks. So If I have to go the store a handicap spot is really beneficial.
I think it's a wonderful idea! I haven't run across anyone unwilling to give up a seat for a pregnant lady but I live in ohio. :)
I believe all the vulnerable members of our society should be cared for, so yes this is a good idea.
When I was in NYC last I was preg and I just "asked" someone to give me a seat. It was a young guy who was listening to music and he promptly got up as soon as I tapped him and pointed to my belly. I had a difficult preg but not so bad that I had to be on bedrest. We have some places with parking up front for expecting or new mothers and I really appreciate it. Did I "need" those spaces? Some days I did more than others but honestly how much do some "handicapped" people need their spaces? Some of them do, some of them don't. It's about making it available and letting people use their own judgement as to what's right for them. We are, as a whole, an incredibly lazy society. Is it really so hard for adults who are just tired to give up their spaces to those really in need?
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This was a rough week for John McCain. On Thursday, the Arizona senator and former GOP presidential nominee missed a classified briefing on the Benghazi consulate attack because he was busy holding a press conference about the lack of information about that very consulate attack. Pressed to comment on the mix-up by a CNN reporter, McCain snapped. "I have no comment about my schedule and I'm not going to comment on how I spend my time to the media," he told CNN's Ted Barrett. "I have the right as a senator to have no comment and who the hell are you to tell me I can or not?"
Of course, McCain has a long history of losing his cool in public. Let's take a walk down memory lane and reflect on four of the Maverick's sassiest moments
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Inside, proprietor and founder Donna Alexander and her staff offer up rooms of stuff — TVs, office furniture, glassware — for patrons to smash.
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As the title says, let us continue.
Ray's POV
"They better hurry the hell up and come back," I mutter to myself. I know I shouldn't care but I couldn't help but think the worst. My mind was always in the gutter when I thought of them together.
"Shut up already, Delilah wouldn't let him do anything," Frank says trying to grab the TV remote from Bob as Mikey snickered at them.
"How do you know that?!" I say raising my voice a bit and sitting on the counter deciding that pacing wouldn't do anything.
"Cause, it's Delilah, she wouldn't ever let me grab her ass, ever!" Frank says making Mikey gasp and Bob stop in silence then burst out in laughter. I on the other hand...
"YOU WHAT?!" I say screaming this time. Frank turns to me and starts to stutter.
"Well I uhh I-I-I might have y'know just uhhh tried uhh a few uh uh uhhh times to just uhhh yeah," he says getting off the couch and moving further from me. "I'm a guy Ray! I have needs! And it was when I wanted her a lot still, goodness!" he finishes as I stand in front of him. There is no doubt though that I know what he means.
"Ugh. Whatever, you still got shot down so whatever," I say shoving him playfully back on the couch. The past was the past, and it was funnier to think she'd shot him down.
"Whatever Ray, she's a lady that's why!" Frank said grabbing the remote Bob had left unattended.
"From what Mikey told us she can be a dirty lady," Bob said laughing and trying to get the remote back.
"Oh God... I swear I never imagined Delilah, sweet Delilah, to be all... ugh with Gerard," Mikey says with a shiver.
"It's okay Mikey, neither did I," I say sitting back on the counter.
"So they called you, what now?" Frank asks giving up on the remote once Bob grabbed him in a head lock.
"I guess we wait. By the way, what did you want to name that song?"
Gerard's POV
I thought it was perfectly normal for a 17 year old hormonal guy to be sitting in his 14 year old girlfriend's house on the same couch as her eating Lucky Charms watching Spongebob. In my mind it was fucking normal and perfect. We didn't talk much except for the occasional criticism to how idiotic the plot was going, though we both were secretly addicted to Spongebob. Finally I broke the silence with an opener to a subject I was a bit shy to talk about.
"So Delilah... umm... what do you want for y'know your birthday. It's coming up really soon and I just want to get you something perfect..." I say smiling at her nervously. She looks at me and grins.
"I already got the perfect gift you idiot. You, duh," she says as she puts her plate on the ground and leans in to kiss me. But before she does she continues on. "But if you insist on getting me something I say.... hmmm I don't know... a sweater maybe," she shrugs with a smile and takes me in.
Every kiss was just as intense as the last and it didn't help that every time she kissed me we were so close, rubbing against each other. I had to pull away.
"Okay, sweater got it. Now do me a favor and... stop that," I say my head spinning a bit. She laughs at me realizing what was going on.
"Oh Gee, you make me laugh," she says lying on my lap and playing with my pant leg. "It'd be easier if you just said it y'know, get it off your chest and out in the open, might make things better," she finishes closing her eyes and fiddling with her thumbs.
"Okay fine," I say feeling up to the challenge. "I want to make love to you, there I said it," I say trying to sound confident even though I was embarrassed as hell.
Delilah sits up and bursts into laughter. "I-I-I'm sorry but I didn't think you actually say it!" she says hugging me so I wouldn't feel bad.
"Oh whatever!" I say feeling the pink fill in my cheeks. "But well... it does feel nice to have said it."
She stops laughing and looks at me with a grin, a grin that gets me thinking in ways I shouldn't.
"Well all in good time my dear love, but ummm yeah I'm not that easy so it might take a year or two or three. Hell! Maybe even four!" she says getting closer to me.
She was being brutally honest and I enjoyed that. I didn't want to just take her, I wanted it to be nice I guess. And I'd wait 'til the end of time for her, plus she's only 14. It would be wrong... even if we do love each other.
"Ehh I can wait," I say as she lies back down on my lap and I begin playing with her hair as the theme song for The Fairly Odd Parents started.
"Yeah, I know you can, that's why you are PERFECT," she says moving a bit to get comfortable. I was flattered, I was far from perfect and if I was her idea of perfect then... wow.
"I'm not perfect Delilah," I say looking down to her. Her big brown eyes stare back at me and a smile appears upon her face making a bit of her braces appear.
"Just like you think I'm beautiful when I don't think I am, I think you are perfect when you don't think you are. So there, we're even," she says making me realize she was right. Again.
In a way we were even. I was, in my eyes, far from perfect but to her I was the definition of perfect just as she is the definition of beauty to me. We were... even. For lack of a better word.
"Fine whatever, but why?" I ask out of sheer curiosity, I wanted to know what she saw me as.
"Because you embrace your flaws that you know exist and instead of denying them you turn them into art," she says. That's all she says, but it's enough to make me realize what I was going to do with my life.
"If I started a band would you support me?" I ask without a second thought.
"Obviously," she says smiling as if she had known I'd ask that after her comment. God she was just too smart and clever sometimes.
"Good because I'm doing that once we get married," I said confidently. I wasn't even afraid to say it, I was confident in our future. I had never been more sure about anything so far in my life than knowing I'd marry her one day.
"Okay, and I'll be there to make sure everything goes according to plan," she says sitting up and pulling me into a kiss.
And from there we were lost in one another. Again. But I didn't mind, every second with her was amazing. Whether we were talking or being physically pulled into one another, it didn't matter.
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Its Official: Chandler is Signing with the Knicks
Speculations of Tyson Chandler signing with the Knicks have been swirling around the Media circuit since Thursday(12/7/11). After yesterday's Cp3 deal then-no-deal situation we all learned that no deal is certain. Tyson revealed on a ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM's Ben and Skin Show that he will in fact sign with the Knicks this season.
"It just really happened over the last, like, 48 hours," Chandler said. I just think the future of the team, being able to play alongside Amare Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and the young talent that we have I feel like puts us in contention over the next four or five years."
Chandler opted to sign with the Knicks after being heavily courted by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets among other teams.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great phone but get a bigger battery,
Luis H. Velasquez "Luis H" (Pembroke Pines, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I use the HTC incredible as mini computer, GPS, Internet browser, calendar, compass, radar, trapster device, camera, video camera, calculator, barcode scanner, sky map, MP3 player, FM radio receiver, Mini TV... ah and don't forget! as a cellphone, so I expect this phone to use up battery at alarming rates. A bigger battery was warranted given this many features, other than than just HTC awesome
Update After 7 months:
To keep up with power demand I had to buy a Seidio 1750 Battery for $57, didn't even last for 8 hrs, so upgraded to the Seidio Battery 3500, for another $53 plus the protective cover for $31, this has to be the most expensive phone to own in the planet...
Great features but, I am sorry, I cannot afford to own one HTC phone on my next upgrade
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars incredible phone,
gehsekky "god of stuff" (centreville, va) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
as the name suggests, this phone is incredible. apps, internet, everything is fast fast fast. in fact, the only downside to this phone is in the software. the android keyboard needs a bit of work, but the big downer is the pre-installed bloatware that comes with the phone that you CANNOT UNINSTALL. this is rather shady because some of the apps try to ask for money and someone unfamiliar with all this might confuse it as some verizon related charge. VERY SHADY.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars incredible indeed,
S. Wang (Jersey City, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I preordered this phone from verizon and got it on Apr 29th. I really liked it.
1. super fast. I can ran many (more than 10) apps and switch between them with no gap.
2. HTC sense is a very nice interface to integrate my google/facebook account (I don't have twitter, but I believe it would work seamlessly as well), so I could have all my contacts in one place with their phone numbers/emails/facebook accounts.
3. It is highly customizable (in a way much better than the iDon't). You can set up different profiles (background, volume, vibration, notification) for work, for home or anything else, and specify a switch time. So it would switch to vibrate and shut down wifi automatically when you go to work for example, and switch back and turn on wifi by the time you get home.
4. Big and beautiful screen.
1. apps. I got almost everything I need. But I would hope to get more games like the titles iPhone got (e.g. plants vs zombies). Well, I think as the android momentum starts to build, more developers would be willing to write apps for android.
2. battery. that's the first biggest problem I notice. I guess since it runs at super power, it also consumes a lot of energy. I have to plug it with the charger right after I get home everyday. I am always very concerned about shutdown if I have used it heavily during the day. There is an app (something called "advanced task killer") that kills apps running on the background unnoticed. That will save you some battery. But it doesn't solve the problem completely. Innocell is selling a 1750mAh extended life battery. I am going to try that.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Best Phone I Have Ever Owned,
Amazon Customer (Malibu, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I really dig this phone. The widgets are cool and you can customize the phone the way you want. Be wary of the FaceBook widget as this does kill memory and battery life big time.
1. Battery life sucks (I mean big time) A few minutes of play will take the battery down a bar. Seriously.
2. I live in a strange place between two mountains where in this rare instance ATT is better then Verizon. I had to buy a booster box to enhance the signal. (This is a con for me personally not everyone)
3. When I download a ringtone to a specific user, it is then hard to re-use for an alarm or another user. I haven't totally figured this out yet but it is far less intuitive then say the Palm Pre. You cannot set the ringtone from editing the user. It should let you browse to any ringtone, but it only brings up the ones that came with the phone.
4. No Swype? Not sure why not..I tried installing it, no success.
5. The weather widget in my area is rarely accurate. It always thinks I am in Beverly Hills when I am near Malibu.
6. Couldn't sync up my yahoo account.
1. Fast phone
2. Once the interface is understood (takes some time), it is very powerful.
3. Predictive text. Which is one of the reasons I left the Palm Pre. Also, I hated the Palm's keyboard.
4. Good app catalog. Granted not as large as iPhone, but it is getting impressive.
5. Google sky is awesome. Imagine this in an Astronomy class!
6. once in a good zone, internet is quite fast.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars HTC Incredible,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
Amazon stated they would deliver this phone faster than I could get it thru Verizon store.
They did, and got it in time for vacation. This is my first smart phone and it was so easy to learn how to use it. Recommend this phone to everyone!! My kids were impressed when they saw the apps and what it can do. For once I have out done my kids. Used the Google map feature on vacation (a lot). My husband got where he would not even look at his map. He would just ask 'where am I? and where do I need to go?' when he got lost. The internet access, facebook, weather...what can I say...I love it all!!! Would not take a trip without it now. Would recommend new HTC smart phone users to go on the internet and watch the videos on the phone. That is the best way to learn what apps you want to use. Would only load the apps that you really need.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must Buy,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
This is the best phone by far. I love how its set up. There are so many apps just like the Iphone but better, plus the signal coverage is tremendous. The battery could be better but with the battery saver app it gives me 2 extra hours of battery. The 8 megapixel camera takes amazing photos and lets you upload them straight to your favorite website. The calling feature, in my opinion, could be better but is not bad. Messaging is a blast! the qwerety touch keyboard is easy to use, has word prediction, spell check, and the calabration tool makes it even easier for my giant fingers. If youre thinking about buying it DO IT! you will not regret it!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars 3 Hour Battery Life,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I like it better than my iPhone 3GS with one exception, battery life. Buy an extra battery or portable charger because this phone will leave you stranded after three hours of normal use in a strange city or in a business meeting. I run from outlet to outlet. What a pain. I have no idea where HTC came up with their estimates of battery life. For the experiences of actual owners just read the reviews under spare batteries for the Droid Incredible. Other than that it is a fast and powerful Android phone with an awesome display. HTC supports their products well when there is a problem, too.
UPDATE 2011/02/16: Battery performance has markedly improved into the six hour range. I assume due to over-the-air updates to the operating system. Initially I rated it as 3 stars, but I am bumping it up to 4 stars.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Smartphone,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
This phone is great. I've had it for a month now and love it. The Android operating system is great. I love how you can sync your google contacts and the amount of apps available for the phone. The speed is amazing! Very few application have any "loading" period and there is never any lag. It does get hot when charging sometimes, but it doesnt really matter to me. I am officially sold on DROID Incredible
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent for its time,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
I acquired an HTC Incredible in late 2010 as my first smart phone. It was an impressive performer for me over two years, and other people were impressed by it. Even iPhone people were impressed by it. The neat things about it are well described in these reviews. I got a lot of utility out of the Incredible.
There are at least two persistent problems related to this model that would probably stop most shoppers from buying it if they had forehand knowledge.
Biggest problem is that a heavily used Incredible frequently throws a low phone disk space alert. When this alert is active the phone works but gmail, android mail, and facebook apps won't sync. The phone was built with plenty of memory, so it's no doubt a software problem ultimately traceable to Android 2.2. And there's a decent workaround, which is to clear caches and manage apps often. But the whole experience was aggravating over the course of several months. A real upgrade fix within 2.2 or 2.3 was never offered.
Second thing is these handsets have rear speakers that tend to go bad. So common it is that the speaker is abundantly available on the retail market as an inexpensive spare part. The part availability is not a bad thing. But most people won't have the wherewithal to perform that fix when the Incredible breaks down.
Nonetheless, it was a good phone for its time in the smartphone era. Most people got good service from it. Give it a 4.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great device, with a few qualms.,
This review is from: HTC DROID INCREDIBLE Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) (Wireless Phone)
The HTC Droid Incredible suffers from split personalities; , while it is a terrific device for smartphone/multimedia usage, it's performance as a phone was somewhat disappointing.
- The Droid Incredible is just the right size. The device is large enough to allow for a proper smartphone experience, yet not large enough to become a cumbersome burden on a daily basis.
- HTC's software perfectly complements the Android OS. The Sense software overlay is both practical and visually appealing, especially in contrast to the stock Android software, which is quite spartan in comparison.
- Typing messages and e-mails was a breeze with the on-screen keyboard. I didn't experience any lag while typing, and the inclusion of a period and comma button on the first layer of the keyboard was very helpful.
- The phone's spec sheet points out that the hardware packs plenty of horsepower, and indeed I didn't experience any lag while performing functions with the device, including multi-tasking.
- Push e-mail was every bit as reliable as any Blackberry with the G-Mail app. The standard e-mail app syncs every fifteen minutes, which is more than bearable for most users.
- Web browsing on the device was speedy, and the browser rarely stalled on any webpage. In two weeks of usage, the web browser failed to load a page only twice, which is remarkable when considering how much I used it. Download speeds were pretty good over Verizon's network; I averaged 800-1200 kbps down and 500-900 up.
- Android Market has plenty of apps to increase productivity and occupy time; but my past Android phones were slow to load and install apps. The Droid Incredible downloaded and installed apps with impressive speed.
- If your into aesthetic appeal, the device is attractive and professional looking.
- As mentioned, while the Droid Incredible was an outstanding device, it was a mediocre phone based on my experience. Call quality was the worst i've ever experienced on any Verizon phone. It was nearly as bad as any At&t phone i've used in my area (and At&t has notoriously poor call quality in this region). I'd grade the call quality roughly six out of ten, give and take half a point depending on location. At times, the phone sounded fine, and during others, sounded like the other person was talking through a sheet of wax paper. There was some muffling, and roughly one of every twelve to fifteen syllables was lost in the transmission. If your looking for a phone with great call quality, I really can't recommend this one.
- It should be noted that the topic of the Droid Incredible's call quality has been heavily discussed online. Some users like myself experienced poor call quality, others achieved the opposite result. While I acknowledge my particular device could have been a "lemon," your probably taking a fifty/fifty chance on call quality if you purchase this one.
- The Droid Incredible exhibited Blackberry-esque signal bounce. The device gets good reception, but the cellular antenna is very sensitive. When I didn't hold the device at the top, reception would fluctuate as much as as 23db.
- An eccentric characteristic of the Droid Incredible is that it's stock signal indicator didn't seem to work. A quick download of the RealSignal app from Android Market was a painless fix to the problem, but in 2011, this shouldn't have been a problem to begin with.
- Battery life is a little below average for a smartphone. It's acceptable if you properly condition the battery during the first 5-7 days of usage; after that time, I noticed my battery life almost doubled. However, it was still slightly sub-par after conditioning.
The HTC Droid Incredible gets four stars for two reasons; Amazon won't let me give it a 3.5 rating, and the device shines where it was designed to shine. It offers a great smartphone and multimedia experience, and I recognize that many within the phone's target audience won't actually be averaging the two hours of calling per day that I do. I'd recommend the phone to those who average fewer than twenty minutes of calling per day, and who don't mind carrying around a car charger or spare charger and possibly an extra battery. Unfortunately, if your looking for a smartphone on Verizon with a screen larger than 3.2 inches but smaller than 4.3, there aren't a lot of other options available.
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"I feel like I'm about to faint," I managed to say as a wave of heat washed over me. I leaned back against the wall and slid to the floor. The world seemed to swim before my eyes. Gerard knelt next to me and placed an ice-cold hand on my forehead, pulling back immediately.
"You're burning up! Maybe you should go see a doctor...or...someth-" His voice grew faint and finally vanished, becoming lost in the flurry of sights and sounds circling me. I heard something hit the stage floor with a thud next to me. I didn't have time to see what it was, though, because at that moment I blacked out.
I opened my eyes and saw a white ceiling staring back at me. I had a horrible headache and winced as another wave of heat attacked me. I raised a hand to my forehead and wiped away the now-cold sweat, noticing a needle stuck in my arm.
It finally dawned on me. I was in the hospital.
I propped myself up on my elbows and looked around. There was a pale green curtain dividing the room neatly in half, and I could see someone's shadow on the other side of it. The person wasn't moving. I lay back on the bed and sighed. I frowned upon hearing no sound. That was odd.
'Don't go crazy, Frank,' I told myself. 'People go crazy trying to figure out why things sound different in the hospital. Just ignore it.' I tried to.
I felt rhythmic, pulsing vibrations coming from nearby. They intensified, and for a moment I thought I might see what it was, but they merely paused for a second before continuing on and fading away. It must have been someone's footsteps. Again I wondered why I couldn't hear them. 'Maybe they're on the next floor up or something,' I thought, trying to rationalize things again. It made enough sense that I stopped trying to question it.
There were two sharper, stronger vibrations, much closer than the previous ones. I ignored them and rolled over on the stiff bed, trying to go back to sleep. I still felt really weak, and though I was starving, I knew that only sleep would lessen my exhaustion.
There was a sudden tap on my shoulder. Chills rocketed up my spine upon feeling it, causing me to jump slightly. I tentatively glanced back over my shoulder and saw a white-coated man standing there, holding a clipboard in one hand. His mouth was moving, but I heard no sound. A wave of cold fear, not heat, suddenly washed over me and worsened my headache. Something was wrong with me, and I had to find out what.
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Shanan Rosenberg was hired to be Linfield's men's basketball coach, the university announced late Friday afternoon.
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