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Born and raised in Harlem, Carl Lucas spent his youth in a gang called the Bloods. With his friend Willis Stryker, he fought the rival gang the Diablos and committed petty thefts, often on behalf of deformed crimelord Sonny Caputo, a.k.a. Hammer. In and out of juvenile homes throughout his teens, Lucas dreamed of becoming a major New York racketeer until he finally realized how his actions were hurting his family; he sought to better himself as an adult, finding legitimate employment. Meanwhile, Stryker rose through the ranks of crime, but the two men remained friends. When Stryker's activities angered the Maggia (a.k.a. the Syndicate), he was badly beaten in a mob hit, saved only by Lucas's intervention. When Stryker's girlfriend, Reva Connors, broke up with him in fear of his violent work, she sought solace from Lucas. Convinced that Lucas was responsible for the breakup, Stryker planted heroin in Lucas's apartment and tipped off the police. Lucas was arrested and sent to prison; contact with his family was sparse due to the resentment of his brother James, Jr., who intercepted Lucas's letters to their father James and eventually led each to believe the other was dead.
In prison, Lucas was consumed by rage over Stryker's betrayal and his father's supposed death, engaging in frequent brawls and escape attempts. Eventually transferred to Seagate Prison off the coast of Georgia, he became the favorite target of sadistic guard Albert "Billy Bob" Rackham, whose brutality ultimately led to a demotion that he blamed on Lucas. Later, research scientist Dr. Noah Burstein recruited Lucas as a volunteer for experimental cell regeneration based on a variant of the Super-Soldier process he had previously used to empower Warhawk. Burstein immersed Lucas in an electrical field conducted by an organic chemical compound; when he left Lucas unattended, Rackham misused the experiment's controls, hoping to maim or kill Lucas. Lucas's treatment was accelerated past its intent, inducing body-wide enhancement that gave him superhuman strength and durability. He used his new power to escape Seagate and made his way back to New York, where a chance encounter with criminals inspired him to use his new powers for profit.
Adopting the alias Luke Cage and donning a distinctive costume, he launched a career as a Hero for Hire, helping anyone who could meet his price. He soon established an office in Times Square's Gem Theater, where he befriended film student D.W. Griffith. Burstein, aware of his friend's innocence, also relocated to New York and opened a medical clinic, assisted by Dr. Claire Temple, whom Cage began dating. Although Cage would have been content to battle strictly conventional criminals, he soon learned that New York was hardly the place to do so. Stryker himself had become a Maggia agent as Diamondback and died battling Cage. Subsequent opponents included Gideon Mace, an embittered veteran seeking a U.S. takeover who would become a frequent foe; Chemistro (Curtis Carr), whose Alchemy Gun would be a weapon later used by others, including his own brother after Curtis reformed; and Discus, Stiletto, Shades, and Commanche, all criminals with ties to Cage's prison days who would face him repeatedly over the years.
Although Cage seemed to have little in common with most of New York's other superhumans, an ill-conceived attempt to collect a fee from a reneging Doctor Doom led him to befriend the Fantastic Four. He was subsequently hired by Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson to capture Spider-Man, the wisecracking adventurer who doubled as Jameson's personal demon, but Cage came to sympathize with Spider-Man and forcibly returned Jameson's deposit, earning a place on the publisher's lengthy list of superhuman personas non grata. Cage also befriended Jessica Jones, a.k.a. Jewel, a young woman whose super-strength and unconventional style matched his own. During a mission in which Orville Smythe duped him into stealing an experimental starsuit from Stark International, Cage followed the example of his new peers and took the codename of Power Man.
Shortly afterward, Cage began associating with the loose-knit super-team known as the Defenders, alongside whom he fought the super-strong Wrecking Crew and the racist subversives known as the Sons of the Serpent. When the Thing temporarily lost his superhuman powers, Cage was hired to replace him in the Fantastic Four, but his tenure proved brief after the Puppet Master took control of him to fight his new teammates. Meanwhile, Cage continued in solo action against an odd assortment of villains, including the maddened professional wrestler X the Marvel, the uninspired Maggia agent Mister Fish, mobsters Dontrell "Cockroach" Hamilton and Ray "Piranha" Jones, the racist Wildfire, the vengeance-seeking Mangler and Spear (whose brother had died under Dr. Burstein's treatment), rival crimelords Baron and Big Brother, the obsessive Goldbug, and Zzzax the Living Dynamo.
Called to assist the Defenders against the Plantman, Cage began to complain that his participation in their group was interfering with his paying work. Wealthy Defenders member Nighthawk solved this problem by placing Cage on retainer, giving Luke a steady paycheck for his Defenders activities. For some time thereafter, Cage served as a core member of the Defenders alongside the likes of Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Brunnhilde the Valkyrie, Nighthawk and the Red Guardian (Dr. Tania Belinskya). Together, they defeated minor threats including the Eel and the Porcupine, and major menaces such as the Headmen, Nebulon, Egghead's Emissaries Of Evil and the Red Rajah; but Cage felt out of place in the often-bizarre exploits of the Defenders and eventually resigned. He believed he was unsuited to teamwork, little realizing how wrong he would be proven months later.
Having obtained proof of Cage's innocence in his original drug charges, the criminal Bushmaster abducted Burstein and Temple, using their safety and the hope of acquittal to blackmail Cage into abducting detective Misty Knight, who had humiliated Bushmaster in an earlier encounter. Cage's efforts led to a fight with Knight's boyfriend, the martial artist Iron Fist, a native of the extradimensional city of K'un-Lun and still a newcomer to Earth society; however, upon learning of Cage's situation, Iron Fist and Knight helped him defeat Bushmaster and rescue his friends. In the course of the encounter, Bushmaster forced Burstein to mutate him as he had Cage, but was nonetheless defeated and soon became paralyzed by the process. Cleared of criminal charges, Cage briefly worked for Knight's detective agency Nightwing Restorations but soon elected to join Iron Fist in a two-man team, Heroes for Hire, founded by attorney Jeryn Hogarth and staffed by administrative wunderkind Jennie Royce. Although the streetwise Cage and the unworldly Iron Fist seemed to have little in common, they soon became the best of friends; however, Cage's relationship with Claire Temple proved less durable, and he instead began dating model Harmony Young.
Cage and Iron Fist achieved great success with Heroes for Hire, earning an international reputation and fighting a wide variety of criminals, including the genius Nightshade, the international crimelord Montenegro, Sabretooth and the Constrictor, Warhawk, and the druglord Goldeneye. They had several struggles involving the nations of Halwan and Murkatesh, including incarnations of Scimitar and the Black Tiger. They occasionally worked alongside fellow street-level heroes such as Spider-Man, Daredevil and Moon Knight, but rarely participated in the larger-scale crises that occupied the likes of the FF and the Avengers; however, their adventures took occasional turns toward the extraterrestrial or the extra-dimensional, areas which held little appeal for the down-to-earth Cage. Their partnership's downfall began when the mysterious government agency S.M.I.L.E. manipulated Cage and Iron Fist into the employment of Consolidated Conglomerates, Inc.; during their first CCI assignment, Iron Fist contracted radiation poisoning. Cage took him to K'un-Lun for treatment. While there, Iron Fist was, unknown to Cage, replaced by a doppelganger of the plantlike H'ylthri race, K'un-Lun's ancient enemies. Soon after their return to the outside world, the doppelganger was destroyed, pummeled by the alien Super-Skrull, as a result of a bizarre scheme engineered by Iron Fist's archenemy, Master Khan. Cage was blamed for the apparent murder of Iron Fist.
A fugitive again, Cage broke contact with his New York friends and relocated to Chicago; but, with Hogarth's help, he was cleared of criminal charges when the real Iron Fist turned up alive. Wanting a new start, Cage abandoned his Power Man guise and began operating out of Chicago as the plainclothes Luke Cage, Hero for Hire; he made arrangements with the Chicago Spectator for exclusive reports of his adventures and frequently worked with detective Dakota North. He soon attracted the interest of the refined assassin Hardcore, an employee of Cruz Bushmaster, son of the very villain whose defeat had cleared Cage's name the first time. Cage learned that Cruz, following in his father's extortion footsteps, had abducted Noah Burstein's wife Emma to force the scientist to re-create the process that had empowered Cage, regardless of how many test subjects suffered in the process. Cruz underwent the procedure himself, but the elder Bushmaster drained the power from his son, reversing his near-catatonia and declaring himself the Power Master; however, Cage teamed with Iron Fist to thwart their plans, freeing the Bursteins while the Bushmasters apparently perished.
While Cage tried to locate his surviving family members with the aid of Dakota North, his brother kept moving his father around to keep Cage away from them. James, Jr. was eventually recruited by the criminal Corporation, whose power-enhancing scientist Doctor Karl Malus mutated him into the superhuman Coldfire. As Coldfire, James, Jr. hoped to be a match for his super-powerful brother, whom he regarded as a threat, and he used his hatred of Cage as a focus for his energy powers. Though James, Jr. worked with the Corporation quite willingly, Malus had James, Sr. held hostage as extra insurance of Coldfire's cooperation. When Cage learned the Corporation was apparently holding his family, he invaded their headquarters and battled Coldfire; however, the brothers ultimately joined forces to rescue their father from Malus, and Coldfire apparently sacrificed himself to destroy the Corporation's headquarters.
A few months later, Cage investigated the murder of Harmony Young and fought her killer, the demon Darklove, alongside Ghost Rider. Not long afterward, the mystic Doctor Druid recruited Cage to serve in his Secret Defenders against the sorcerer Malachi. Cage returned to New York and, deciding his heart was no longer in superheroics, became co-owner of the Gem Theater with his friend D.W. Griffith. Even an invitation from Iron Fist to join a new and expanded Heroes for Hire failed to interest him; yet when the would-be world conqueror called the Master tried to recruit Cage as a spy within Iron Fist's team, destroying Cage's theater in the process, a curious Cage played along. Cage joined Heroes for Hire and served with them for some time while reporting to the Master. Cage himself even began to sympathize with the more benevolent aspects of the Master's goals, and the Master and Cage seemed to become genuinely fond of each other; but in the end, Cage could neither betray his best friend Iron Fist nor reconcile himself to the tremendous loss of life the Master's plans of conquest would entail, and he ultimately helped Heroes for Hire destroy the Master of the World's plans. Cage remained with the group thereafter, and dated a fellow member, the She-Hulk. When the Stark-Fujikawa corporation bought out Heroes for Hire, Cage and Ant-Man were fired because of their prison records, and the rest of the team quit in protest.
Cage, bitten by the hero bug once more, continued to share adventures with Iron Fist and other heroes. Briefly resuming his Power Man identity, he was hired by Moon Knight to join the "Marvel Knights"; but mere days after he joined, the group dissolved following clashes with the forces of Tombstone and Fu Manchu. Deciding that a return to basics was in order, he re-established his Hero for Hire activities, intervening in a gang war between Tombstone and Hammerhead, and soon learned that, despite his international fame, he was almost forgotten on the streets where he had originally made his reputation. He invested his money in a bar and set about ridding his immediate neighborhood of criminal elements, deciding that the business of world-saving was best left to others.
After a one-night stand with a drunken Jessica Jones, now a private investigator, Cage's life was briefly thrown into disarray by Jones's reaction to the fling; but the two made peace while working as bodyguards for Matt Murdock, whose public denial of his Daredevil costumed identity cost him a bit of Cage's respect. Shortly afterward, Cage extended emotional support to Jones when she was forced to revisit past abuses by the villainous Purple Man, and Cage's feelings for her grew. When Jones revealed that she was pregnant from their tryst, she and Cage moved in together. Soon afterward, Jones became a superhuman consultant with the Daily Bugle, where Jameson's ire at Cage has by no means dwindled over the years. Cage was recently recruited into a new incarnation of the Avengers, New York's premiere super-team; but whether this venture into teamwork, perhaps the farthest from his roots yet, will fare any better than usual remains to be seen.
Jessica and Cage are now the parents of an unnamed daughter and have gotten married.


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Diverse Internet of Things trials are forming a sea of noise that often obscures the business opportunities available, according to Gartner, Inc.
"As the Internet of Things grows rapidly, it is linking millions of assets, including devices, people and places, to deliver and share information, enhancing business value and competitive advantage, and creating new business opportunities," said Hung LeHong, vice president and Gartner Fellow. "In this early and emergent phase of development, entrepreneurs are experimenting across such a diverse range of sectors, applications, business models and technologies in their efforts to uncover value. This creates confusion and makes it difficult for others to easily identify the potential in their own geographies, industries and business sectors."
Mr. LeHong said that although the Internet of Things has a very wide applicability, some enterprises may be too quick to dismiss the value of the Internet of Things in their enterprises because the examples of what other enterprises are doing don't match their own environments.
"A recycling company or vending machine operator, for example, may not find any applicability for the Internet of Things when reviewing how a hospital is connecting its patient-monitoring equipment to the Internet of Things. However, on closer inspection, these companies will discover that the reason the hospital has connected its equipment is to cut costs on nurses' rounds to monitor patients," explained Mr. LeHong. "Any company operating remote devices has opportunities to use this same model. Remote assets that require manual rounds for the purposes of emptying or replenishment, such as recycling bins or vending machines, can benefit from the same approach the hospital took. The underlying commonality is the business case to reduce the costs from doing the rounds by connecting assets to monitor status."
Despite their diversity, Gartner believes that all current examples can be simply categorized into four basic usage scenarios, each of which presents clear business opportunities for end-user organizations.
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The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects invited Mr. Mazria to present a keynote lecture to launch its 2030 training program. In advance of that lecture, Jacob Slevin, co-founder of DesignerPages.com and a contributor to The Huffington Post, interviewed Mazria about creating a sustainable vision for the future and how New York City's architects and designers can rise to the occasion.
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Bilingual thoughts on life, language, learning, and all things Latina.
Monday, July 7, 2008
This seat is taken...
There are so many people, milling around,
chatting, laughing,
filling in rows and rows of chairs.
The chair next to her remains empty.
She'd like to be with some of these people
but prefers to be alone, and watch.
Envying the girls who stick together, the ones who save each other seats,
and gossip during boring meetings,
she sees that there is really no one like her
so she accepts being alone.
Listening, paying attention, observing
thinking some people seem pretty stupid
she can't deal with the mediocrity
but swears it's not a case of feeling superior.
In fact, she often feels less than them.
She listens intently to the speaker,
aware she is the only one who does.
Some people around her seem not to understand.
She knows they're not trying.
They are slackers,
they don't know what is happening out there,
and don't care.
Their worries are new shoes and designer bags,
the latest sales and shopping,
more trinkets, gadgets, and appliances to fill their empty hands and homes.
She thinks about children,
considers an impossible task she wants to tackle,
analyzes a problem needing to be resolved.
She wonders how her people will make it through,
how her country will persevere.
She ponders the meanings of words.
She watches the others around her, their behaviors,
the acts they put on, the attitudes they wear.
Brain-dead conversations, selfish outlooks,
empty souls…
she places her bag on the empty chair next to her,
and appreciates the space.
5 comments:
- This Brazen Teacher said...
Lovely. I appreciate your sentiments... and can wholeheartedly relate.
- July 8, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- Mel Avila Alarilla said...
Wonderful piece of poetry about a person who loves to be alone and who takes life very seriously. There is an advantage of being alone since one can see and observe everything without any point of interruption. Thanks for the wonderful poem. God bless.
- July 8, 2008 at 5:31 AM
- Lisa said...
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Have fun watching the Love Boat...=)
- July 8, 2008 at 3:48 PM
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- July 8, 2008 at 7:16 PM
- REFLECTIONS MAGAZINE EDITOR said...
This woman you describe sounds eerily familiar to me. We are small in number but we exist. While some people struggle with loneliness and the need to "blend in," there are others who chose to stand alone, observe and take it all in humbly and without pretense. We are not smarter or better, perhaps, but we are different and we recognize it. In the end we cherish the comfort in our own thoughts and feelings, accept our own imperfections and needs and move on with understanding and appreciation. Looking does not mean we see; listening does not mean we hear. That chair, that space does not "need" filling, for it is already full.
Excellent post! Thank you for sharing.
- July 9, 2008 at 7:03 PM


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Waaaay back in time, long before even the first Far Cry was released, Crytek were working on a game called Engalus. Envisaged as a first-person game with an emphasis on story and role-playing, it actually made a small public appearance in 2000 as a tech demo for Nvidia before disappearing from sight, never to be seen again.
Well, until this week, when Superannuation was perusing the page of Brian J Audette, former lead designer on the project, where you'll find not just a story synopsis for the game, but also a mod for Deus Ex that implements some of Engalus' design, assets, voice acting and dialogue.
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Former Bills Hall of Famer Joe DeLamielleure, will walk from Buffalo to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio (213 miles), to raise money for children in need of prosthetics.
The Dolphins are having a series of player conference calls with fans between now and training camp.
Former Patriots WR Wes Welker was polite during a return to Boston to promote the guy who did his hair transplants.
Jets C Nick Mangold was asked about rookie QB Geno Smith, and replied: "He's not a diva. I don't see the diva. I don't get where that came from."
The Ravens, especially QB Joe Flacco, are confident in new C Gino Gradkowski.
Bengals CB Adam Jones, said in his early years, he was "a knucklehead, just young and dumb."
The Browns worked with a group trying to encourage people to grow vegetables (which hopefully will not be thrown at them later).
The Steelers took a hit in court yesterday, in a case over who would have to pay for more seats in Heinz Field.
In case you were wondering, Texas rap legend Bun B said he was impressed with Texans RB Arian Foster's rap ability.
There are folks in Indianapolis cranky about where the Colts cheerleaders shot their swimsuit calendar (their suits would have clashed with the green canal downtown, I guess).
In addition to kicking in for new scoreboards in Jacksonville, Jaguars owner Shad Khan said he's also committed to their upcoming games in London.
Titans rookie WR Justin Hunter got on the field with his teammates for the first time this spring, after a balky hamstring kept him out previously.
Broncos QB Peyton Manning's doing an Alzheimer's ad to support the Pat Summitt Foundation.
Chiefs QB coach Matt Nagy loves QB Alex Smith's football IQ.
Raiders rookie DE David Bass, from a Division II school said of the offseason work "I actually thought it was going to be harder," which may explain a few things.
Chargers rookies got a mini-symposium in, as several lesser known L.A. Clippers came to talk to the players.
Cowboys K Dan Bailey said he's adding leg strength.
Giants LB (and cancer survivor) Mark Herzlich will be hosting a Health Expo.
Former Philadelphia Soul coach Bret Munsey joined the Eagles as a college scout.
Redskins teammates are making fun of S Reed Doughty for being old.
Some Bears players are traveling to Germany to visit U.S. troops.
Lions DE Ronnell Lewis was arraigned on three charges from a bar fight, but his lawyer expects a "favorable resolution" when they go to court.
Finally healthy after a bout with a parasite last year, Packers LB Terrell Manning is ready to compete for a regular role.
The Vikings appear to have an abundance of options at kick returner, including rookie Cordarrelle Patterson.
Falcons rookie DE Stansly Maponga will be limited at the start of training camp following foot surgery.
Panthers TE Greg Olsen donated $289,000 to a local pediatric heart center.
Saints QB Drew Brees' foundation picked up the tab for a local football team to travel to Orlando for a tournament.
The Buccaneers are being sued for sending annoying faxes (their Myspace campaign is sure to be a hit).
Cardinals RB Rashard Mendenhall has the inside track on the starting job.
The trick-shot video to get noticed is catching on, as the Rams have a rookie long snapper from Canada with his own Youtube highlights.
With new 49ers extension in hand, Justin Smith says his shoulder should be healthy enough by the start of training camp.
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A Chinese company called Foxconn builds gadgets for Apple, Nintendo, HP and others. On July 9, one of its factory workers lost track of an iPhone prototype.
Days later, this worker, named Sun Danyong, leapt off a 12-story building and fell to his death in an apparent suicide.
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Since, there have been allegations that Foxconn security guards roughed up Sun Danyong after the iPod prototype went missing and that this treatment led to his suicide.
Foxconn denies any connection, but Sun Danyong's family told the New York Times Foxconn paid them $44,000 after Sun Danyong death. Sun Danyong's girlfriend says Foxconn gave her a new Apple computer.
Are working conditions at the factories where our gadgets are made so miserable that they could push a worker to suicide?
We don't know. But here are two accounts of life in those factories.
The first is from a New York Times report following Sun Danyong's death. The second is from a report published by watchdog group China Labor Watch. It's supposedly written by a factory worker who makes $220 a month on the job. At the very least, it portrays working conditions few of us would tolerate.
A reporter toured two of the company's campuses in Shenzhen on Friday, including the one where Mr. Sun worked. The campuses were so large they contained retail stores, banks, post offices and high-rise dormitories with outdoor swimming pools.
The reporter was not allowed to see manufacturing lines because the company said it had to protect trade secrets.
Outside the gates of one campus, most workers interviewed independently of the company said they were well treated. One of about 15 workers questioned admitted to being forced to work overtime above the legal limit.
A Foxconn Worker's Story
I was raised in a farmer's family with five family members: my grandfather, parents, older brother and I. We own about eight acres of land, but since my grandfather is elderly, he cannot help my parents grow crops. My older brother is in college, and as for me, I am currently 19 years old, and just last month I was recruited by Foxconn through the arrangement my school. Besides the earnings from growing crops, there is no additional income for my family. In the past, we had owed some money to relatives because my parents had to support my brother and my education. Since I just graduated from a technical school, I was able to leave home to work and send some money home to pay for my brother's education and other debts.
After graduation, I was told by my school that it could arrange for my classmates and me to work at Shenzhen Foxconn. The school then gave us an introduction of Foxconn. At that time, I knew Foxconn's campus in Shenzhen is huge, but had no idea just how big it was until I got there.There were about 200 of us, guided by school teachers heading to Shenzhen. It took us about 30 hours by train and then by bus to reach Shenzhen Foxconn.
I was placed in a dormitory that has ten three-level bunk beds, thus accomodating 30 people. While many people refused to stay there at that time, the management said that it is much better than the other dormitories on site that are shared by hundreds of workers. Although I still had some negative feelings towards the dorm room, at the same time, I felt lucky for not having to live in a dorm room shared by hundreds. Just the second day living in the dorm, however, I found my safe box open, and my walkman gone. There was nothing I could do but to try to tell myself that I was lucky because it was not that expensive.
The training begins immediately on the second day upon our arrival. At first I thought we would be informed of some professional operative skills and knowledge, but instead, we were taught the factory's regulations, culture, and acknowledgment of Foxconn's business concept. By now, I think it is safe to say that the training is a part of Foxconn's brain washing process. A supervisor told us that working at Foxconn requires total obedience; you do not need to be intelligent or highly skilled. After a week of training, we concluded that at Foxconn, we shouldn't treat ourselves as human beings, we are just machines. During the week, we also had a health examination, a very simple blood test, a blood pressure test and a vision test. We did not receive any results afterwards.
After the one week of in-class training, we begin our on-site training, which is a modest way of telling us that we have to work as long as regular workers, with minimal compensation. Since we are still under training, Foxconn did not give us a contract to sign.
I consider myself lucky because one week after the on-site training I was selected by a CCPBG recruiter, which means I am officially a regular worker. When the selection takes place, it seems like a slave market where slave owners get to pick suitable slaves. There were about a couple hundred of us going through on-site training, and when the recruiters from other companies on Foxconn campus come, all of us have to stand straight in lines, putting our hands behind our backs, and wait for these recruiters to pick. After the selection ends, those who did not get picked go back to their work post. They cannot become regular workers until being picked so I was very lucky to be selected the first week. Many of my classmates are still doing on-site training waiting to be picked.
Twenty people including myself were selected and brought to the workshop where I will finally begin as a regular worker. First, the supervisor and assistant manager explain to us the rules of the workshop: no talking at work, no leaving work post at will, and etc. Then, the section supervisor gave us a lecture, emphasizing that we are no longer in school and that we have to work hard. Afterwards, I was assigned to my post, and few days later, I was offered a contract to sign. Since I was very inexperienced at that time, I did not even look at the contract details, and I still have yet to take a look at what exactly is on my contract.
My work post at that time was connecting computer wires. Later, I was assigned to another production line that produces CD-ROMs. I believe the whole workshop is producing for Sony.
Everyday I wake up at 7 AM, head to the workshop at 7:30 AM, place all personal items that contain metal, such as mobile phones, keys, pens and etc., into the shoe shelf, change into my uniform, and begin working at 8 AM. Although CCPBG states that work begins at 8 AM, it actually requires workers to be present at the workshop by 7:30 AM, and those 30 minutes are unpaid.
My current position is at the end of the production belt, installing four screws onto each CD-ROM case. At first I was not very skilled, and many times, either I was not able to install screws fast enough, decelerating the production or the screws were too loose. Thus the first week, I was often insulted by my supervisor. It was at that time when many workers decided to quit, not having been paid the adequate wages that we deserved. Like those workers, I was on the verge of quitting, but after I thought about my brother's education, and my family's limited income, I stayed. I am much better at my job now, though the speed of the production line moves so quickly that I have to continue to install screws on the CD-ROMs nonstop until lunch time, which is at noon. Before exiting the workshop, we have to go through a metal detector test, and if the alarm goes off, security will need to conduct a search to find the cause. If the cause is not work-related, we are allowed to pass.
We have a one hour lunch break. During break, the whole campus is filled with people, and we have to be very careful not to run into anyone. The situation in the canteen is even worse, and I generally have to wait more than ten minutes to get the meal. The lunch meal consists of two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and rice is self-service, though I don't recommend taking too much rice since left over rice results in a fine. Since I always finish what I have on the plate, I am not too certain of the details of the fine.
At 1 PM, we return to our work and continue what was left off earlier this morning. The afternoon is the most difficult part of the day, and since there is no time for nap after lunch, I often feel drowsy. We get off work at 5 PM, have dinner, rest for a while, and then at 6 PM overtime begins. We usually get off work at 8 PM, having completed two hours of overtime. However, if we were unable to complete the production quota in the allotted time, we would be insulted by supervisors and asked to work until the quota is reached. Moreover, those additional hours are unpaid. I was told by other experienced workers that each month there are about ten overtime hours uncounted, excluding the extra 30 minutes of unpaid work each morning.
Since I have been standing at the same spot working for more than ten hours, when I return to the dorm at night, I feel so exhausted and don't want to move. The dormitory is very inconvenient. I have to walk to the other side of the dormitory to take a shower, drink water, or use the bathroom. Since there's only one shower room on each floor, I often have to wait for a long time before I can take a shower and go to sleep.
Although the dormitory is free, my classmate and I decided to move out for safety reasons. Now, I live in a one bedroom apartment about 25 minutes' drive from Foxconn. The rent is 300 RMB and we split the cost. Including the bus fare, which is 4 RMB roundtrip, about 120 RMB a month, I spend about a total of 270 RMB a month. Although I have to wake up much earlier to go to work, I feel much safer.
I was told by other workers that it is difficult to distinguish between peak and slow season at Foxconn. When it is busy, we have to work more than ten hours a day and most likely get one off day a month. When work is slow, we still have to work over ten hours a day, though we have three to four off days a month. This month I have only two off days, and since the crime rate at where I live is high, and I have often heard cases of robberies nearby, I usually stay home when I don't have to work. When my classmate and I miss our homes, we cook some of our local dishes as a remedy to our homesickness.
There is too much pressure during the day. I never have time to think, and only at night would I think about my parents at home. I want to call them, but there's no time to call during the day, and at night, I feel guilty calling because my parents are probably exhausted from working in the field all day. The only chance I have to call them is on my off days. Perhaps in the future, when the company switchs me to night shifts I would have more opportunities to call home.
As for the future, I have not thought about it yet. Currently I earn about 1,500 RMB a month, which includes the minimum wage of 750 RMB and all the overtime hours I have worked. I will continue to work at Foxconn until my brother graduates and all the debts in the family paid off. Life is too difficult here. I feel like I have no self-esteem.


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Southwest Border Security Consortium Will Serve as National Resource, Nov. 13, 2006
TUCSON, Nov. 13, 2006 – New Mexico Tech was one of nine research universities in Southwest border states that have announced the formation of the Southwest Border Security Consortium, an alliance that will develop and promote scientific and policy solutions to issues affecting the U.S.-Mexico border region.
"The SBSC is a collaboration of universities with unique expertise and a broad range of assets that can be leveraged to address the challenges facing the public and private sectors on both sides of our border," said Elyse Golob, director of The University of Arizona's Office of Economic and Policy Analysis. "We expect this consortium to be a national asset in security research, education and training."
The announcement was made at ComDef Tucson 2006, an international conference in Tucson on technologies for border security, defense and commerce.
In addition to New Mexico Tech, SBSC member institutions are Arizona State University, The University of Arizona, New Mexico State University, The University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, Texas A&M Engineering, The University of Texas at El Paso and The University of Texas at San Antonio.
"As state universities located in these four border states, we have a deep-rooted commitment to the safety and prosperity of our region," said Robert Silver, senior strategic director at New Mexico State University's Physical Science Laboratory. "This strategic collaboration will enable us to use our collective resources in an integrated, seamless approach to research and development, testing and evaluation, and training. We also will be able to interface with Mexican stakeholders on border issues."
Capabilities of the SBSC institutions span a broad range of areas relevant to border and homeland security issues, including:
- Agricultural and supply-chain security.
- Behavioral and social aspects of terrorism and counterterrorism.
- Bioscience, biotechnology and public health.
- Critical infrastructure and natural resources protection.
- Cyber and information security.
- Detection and surveillance.
- Educational outreach, training and technical assistance.
- Emergency management and response.
- Energetic materials research and testing.
- Intelligent transportation design and traffic surveillance.
- Legal infrastructures.
- Multimodal transportation security.
- Regional and cultural issues.
- Transborder economic, legal, political, policy and trade issues.
- Social modeling and analysis.
Bob Welty, director of homeland security projects for the San Diego State University Research Foundation, said this wide array of capabilities will allow the SBSC to take a leadership role in providing solutions to border security issues at the local, state, regional and national levels.
"Through this consortium, the expertise of these nine research universities can be focused on providing quick-response analysis and solutions to technical and policy challenges," Welty said.
Lawson Magruder, executive director of the Institute for the Protection of American Communities at UTSA, said the SBSC expects to play a national leadership role in addressing border issues by offering a comprehensive, multi-institutional set of capabilities to relevant agencies such as the U.S. departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Energy and Transportation.
"The issues are complex and by no means limited to security concerns," he said. "Maintaining a free flow of commerce, sustaining our natural resources, addressing the unique health and educational needs of our border region – these are concerns on both sides of the international boundary. By drawing on the resources and expertise of nine research universities located in the border region, we believe we can become a leading resource on these issues."
The SBSC also will serve as a national clearinghouse for information on border security issues and conduct seminars, workshops and conferences.


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LOS ANGELES – Ventura County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man suspected of illegally practicing dentistry out of his apartment.
The Los Angeles Times reports 40-year-old William Escobar of Moorpark furnished his apartment with a dental chair, tools, anesthetics, false teeth and drugs in an elaborate illegal dental operation.
Sheriff's investigators said they found a bathroom converted into a dental office where they believed Escobar treated numerous people for dental problems and provided orthodontic care to teenagers. They said Escobar was not licensed with the California Dental Board.
Authorities investigated after a patient complained to police that Escobar allegedly made threats over nonpayment of a bill for a cleaning and examination.


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Mt. SAC Invitational at Walnut, California (April 18th-21st)
Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa, California (April 19th)
What to Expect at the Mt. SAC and Azusa Pacific Invitational
There will be a handful of the UC Santa Barbara men and women heading to the 55th annual track and field Mt. SAC Invitational as well as the Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational. Many of them are looking to compete among some of the best athletes in the Nation. Coach Pete Dolan is excited to see some of his athletes' potential shine at these meets. He thinks these are very important meets for the men and women to qualify for Nationals going into the back half of the season.
Women to Look Out For this Weekend
Some of the women that are competing at the Mt. SAC Invitational include, junior distance runner Dani Moreno, competing in the 5k, senior distance runner Cassie Brooker, competing in steeplechase, and senior sprinter Jen Carey, competing in the 400 meter run. Competing at Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational, senior thrower Irene Kujore is looking to extend a string of outstanding performances.
Men to Look Out For this Weekend
Some of the Gaucho men competing at the Mt. SAC Invitational are looking to have some breakthrough events are freshman distance runner Brian Guijarro, competing in the 5k, and senior sprinter Marquis Caldwell, running the 400m sprint. At Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational, senior distance runner Juan Paredes and sophomore middle distance runner Shyan Viziri will both be going after the school record in the 1500m. Vaziri posted a pair of wins at the Big West Challenge Cup last week.
Gauchos Pedal to the Metal
Less than a month out from the Big West Championships, May 10th-11th, the Gauchos are using this weekend's track and field meets to set themselves up for some good end of the season results. It's been a very good season to this point and Dolan is excited to see what his men's and women's teams can do going into these last few meets.


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"Nearly $1 million in inappropriate and questionable costs were charged to taxpayers because the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services didn't effectively monitor this contractor's expenses," DiNapoli said in a press release accompanying the report. "OASAS needs to improve its oversight of how contractors are using public money so taxpayers aren't getting the short end of the stick."
OASAS entered into a five-year, $73.3 million contract with Samaritan Village in Oct. 2009 to conduct a Chemical Dependency Services Program for adults. That contract will come to an end on June 30, 2014.
In response to the audit, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and other elected officials to indefinitely suspend all contract negotiations with Samaritan Village.
"The findings by the comptroller call into question Samaritan Village's ability to operate a cost-efficient transitional housing facility at a site that has already been claimed by numerous local elected officials and community leaders to be inadequate for such a purpose," Hevesi said.
In total, DiNapoli's auditors found Samaritan Village to have charged the state $973,881 for what his report called "unallowable, inappropriate, questionable or undocumented expenses."
Infractions included the distribution of bonus checks in the amount of $1,082.84 to 203 employees, totaling $220,000. OASAS officials justified the expense as a necessary augmentation to low worker wages, however the audit concluded OASAS had issued the bonuses to eliminate a surplus.
Other inappropriate allocations include the assignment of $34,140 for an executive retirement package, $406,096 given to clients to spend on day trips and transportation, $63,519 for legal expenses unrelated to OASAS, $57,000 for construction costs related to damage caused by a Samaritan contractor, $55,000 for contractual services with no identifiable benefit, $35,158 for unauthorized purchase of high-end office equipment and $34,295 as a bad debt expense, "which is not allowable," according to the report.
In a letter to city Comptroller Scott Stinger, Community Board 5 Chairman Vincent Arcuri said, "We again question the accuracy of the financials for that proposal. We urge you to seriously consider this purported infraction in your review of the Samaritan Village proposal."
DiNapoli's audit recommends immediate recovery of $661,793 as repayment for inappropriate and undocumented expenses.
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I pitched to the D'Arch Angels group in 2008 and 2009 during our fundraising process(es). After the first pitch in 2008 we made some progress both with development and raising government funds so we went back to them in mid-2009 to pitch again. We were ultimately turned down but the experience was extremely valuable. The investors didn't seem very interested, but asked really good questions, which helped us refine our pitch.
The experience in 2008 was really frustrating. Everything had to go through the Sr. Associate, Sam, who was really unresponsive but strung us along enough for us to think they were interested in further meetings.
The experience in 2009 was much better. By that time a new Sr. Associate, Dan, had taken over Sam's position and was genuinely interested in our presentation. He reviewed our materials in advance of the pitch session so that he could give us advice prior to the meeting to ensure we were very prepared. Prior to the pitch meeting we asked him where he thought our weaknesses were, and he was very candid about needing to address some holes in our management team. He also indicated that our schedule slips from 2008 to 2009 were concerning. By providing the feedback we were prepared to address these issues during our formal presentation. Following the pitch at NVG I pitched to a number of other investors in the area (it was 2009 and no one was investing anyway) but no one gave us the kind of feedback Dan did. Although they didn't invest, he was very clear about telling us why and did not string us along as everyone else in town did. Because of Dan's straight-forwardness, I'd definitely considering working with them in the future if I have a new company to fundraise for.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Five first-period goals by host Wentworth Institute of Technology proved to be the difference in its 9-6 victory over MIT on Thursday night. Corey Garvey paced the Engineers (1-5) with two assists and a goal as Dan Piemont (two goals), Ryan Ballentine (two assists), and Dylan Roden (one goal and one assist) each added two points. Garth Grove posted 14 saves while Garvey collected a game-high 14 groundballs.
The Leopards scored three goals in a span of 1:39 to take a 3-0 lead midway through the first quarter. MIT quickly narrowed the gap to one following back-to-back strikes by Piemont that were set-up by Garvey. Wentworth countered with two unanswered goals of its own to establish a 5-2 advantage at the end of the period.
Garvey connected on a pass from Ballentine with 7:33 left in the half before the Leopards found the back of the net twice to take a 7-3 halftime lead.
The Engineers provided all of the scoring in the third quarter as they cut their deficit in half (7-5). Roden found Eric Zuk after 1:19 expired and then converted a feed from Ballentine with 7:41 on the clock.
After being held scoreless for 18 minutes, Wentworth broke through with an unassisted tally early in the final frame. Mark Spadafora countered with a solo effort of his own that brought MIT within two (8-6) with 9:59 remaining. A defensive battle ensued until the Leopards wrapped up the scoring with 3:08 left to play.


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First I would like to express how much I love this site. I just post my first article actually about my baguettes, customized kneading board on sink, and Pain de Campagne. Today I am going to post my first question and I know you guys will definitely help me out!
I have read lots and lots of posts here about scoring. My scoring sometimes work and sometimes don't. When it works, it's like the picture in my post above (sorry about so many pictures). When it's not, it's like this below. Some people seem to have trouble view the picture. So I put the link here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30584765@N04/8594854343/
The crumb is very airy, like the picture in my post. But the ears are missing. Could you provide possible reasons? I used razar blade different ends each time. It's 75% so kind of dragging as you can tell from the not straight lines. Thank you very much in advance.


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Topic: Star Wars: Fact or Fiction?
Is it possible that star wars is for real?
If it is, this is probably how: The space ship that supposedly crashed years ago and taken to area 51, was some sorta Star Wars ship, and some how, Gorge Lucas was able to steal a Datapad or somthing from area 51, and put into production as a Movie.
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Protect your account with two-step verification, an optional but highly recommended security feature.
Once two-step verification is enabled, Dropbox will require you to enter a six-digit security code in addition to your password when you sign into the Dropbox website or link a new device.
Enabling two-step verification
Before enabling two-step verification, you'll receive ten 8-digit backup codes. It's very important that you write these keys down and store them somewhere safe. If you ever lose your phone, or can't receive or generate a security code, you'll need one of these backup codes for emergency access to your Dropbox.
To enable two-step verification:
- Sign in to the Dropbox website.
- Click on your name in the upper-right of any page to open your account menu.
- Click Settings from the account menu and select the Security tab.
- Select Enable under Two-step verification.
- Click Get started.
Re-enter your password to enable two-step verification, and then choose how you want to receive your security code (see the following section).
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- Select Use text messages during the two-step verification setup.
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- You'll be sent a security code by text message. Verify your phone number and enable two-step verification by entering this code on the website when prompted.
Use a mobile app:
Several mobile apps are available that will generate a unique time-sensitive security code you can use for two-step verification purposes. Any app that supports the Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) protocol should work, including the following:
- Google Authenticator (Android/iPhone/Blackberry)
- Duo Mobile (Android/iPhone)
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Most apps will generate security codes even when cellular/data service is not available - useful when traveling or where coverage is unreliable.
To use one of these apps:
- Select Use a mobile app during the two-step verification setup.
- Choose to either scan the barcode (if your app supports it) or click enter your secret key manually to be given a secret key you can type into the app.
- Once your app is configured, enter the security code generated by your authenticator app to verify setup and enable two-step verification.
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Have you been searching for a more natural option for nail polishes that has less harmful chemicals and preservatives than other polishes? So were we! We wanted to have something that was less harmful than the standard nail polishes you find in the drugstores but the options were limited, so we decided to create our own in order to give our little girl a better alternative for the polishes she loves to play with.
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Thom Yorke to Release "The Hollow Earth" Next Month
Just when we thought a week could pass without Radiohead shaking up the music news world via intentional song leaks and EP rumors, information about an actual physical release next month has been uncovered. Exclaim's Brock Thiessen made contact with a source at Sonic Unyon distributors who confirmed a limited 12-inch of two new Thom Yorke songs, "Apart By Horses" and "The Hollow Earth," to be released on September 22.
The release, by ATO's TBD Records (Exclaim points out that this is the same label that put out the In Rainbows' CD release), is limited to only 4,000 copies in North America, 4,000 in Europe, and 300 in Canada.
The most likely explanation for all this is that one or both of these new Yorke tunes are his contribution to the forthcoming New Moon soundtrack. After all, "The Hollow Earth" does sound a bit vampire-y, does it not?
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To help you get the most out of our job fair, we have created a few quick tips for success:
- Student Engagement – Greeting students with a smile and welcoming demeanor will encourage engagement with you at the fair. Some employers find it helpful to stand in front of their tables in order to connect more easily with students.
- Student Encouragement – Recognize that students are both eager and anxious at job fairs. You can assist with the education process by offering words of support or encouragement to help ease the job and internship search anxiety and leave a positive image of your organization in their minds.
- Job Market Information – Share your insights about the future with students, particularly if your organization or industry is growing or anticipates a positive outlook.
- Meeting Freshmen and Sophomores – We encourage our freshman and sophomore students to attend the fair to gain an understanding of the event and learn directly from employers how they can position themselves for internships. Share your tips and recommendations regarding experiences students can gain through leadership or other activities that help them develop the skills needed for success in today's job market.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Blends Challenge #2: The Results!
Contestant #1 - funky patterned hoodie - 60% wools
Before & after:
Definitely felted some! I'm glad, because this one has great stripes & patterns.
Contestant #2- scenery patterned - 60% wools
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This one did not felt, which surprised me. Maybe another run through a hot wash would do it, but no dice on this round!
Contestant #3 - cream fair isle - 63% wools
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Contestant #4 - yellow cabled - 65% wools
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Contestant #5 - pretty green & white stripes - 60% wools
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Felted! I love how soft & dense this one is! Would make some great slippers!
Contestant #6 - lovely lavender - 65% wools
Contestant #7- patterned mohair - 51% wools
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Didn't felt :(. I can't say I was surprised on this one.
Contestant #8- light green - 65% wools
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Contestant #9 - bright turquoise - 55% wools
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Contestant #10- tan with chest stripes - 52% wools
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This one was already lightly felted when I started, and it felted a little bit more.
So 8 out of 10 felted... not bad! I'm going to give those other 2 another chance to felt, the next time I hot wash a batch of sweaters.
10 comments:
- Megan Hood said...
This is prob a dumb question, but can't you still use the unfelted ones? Maybe just be careful to hurry and sew and not let them unravel? I like the feel of the sweaters that aren't so felted they get stiff. I have thought of trying to make something with unfelted or barely felted sweaters but am afraid I may end up feeling like a fool! :)
- February 16, 2012 at 11:41 AM
- Resweater said...
Sure, you can use them unfelted. You just need to treat them like any fabric that unravels... create a fold over seam, or stitching securely. I like them lightly felted myself, for most projects. They don't even look felted sometimes, because they ate so lightly felted, but they won't unravel when cut.
- February 16, 2012 at 11:58 AM
- Resweater said...
By the way, no question is a dumb question. The minute you stop asking questions, is the minute you stop learning :) (I read that saying somewhere, and it's so true!).
- February 16, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- Megan Hood said...
Thanks for the feedback! That's good because I always have LOTS of questions! hehe
Do you recommend hand-felting, like in the sink? I think that is probably better for me because I am a control freak. I want my things to come out exactly as I planned for them to. And I always forget to check the dryer every so often when I have tossed sweaters in lately with my regular loads. A couple have come out pretty felted and shrunken.
- February 16, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Resweater said...
I have actually never felted a sweater by hand. I always use the washing machine. I am lazy ;). If you want to control the felting, you can periodically check on the load while it's washing.
- February 16, 2012 at 12:14 PM
- Tree Dellinger said...
I just pulled two shetland wool sweaters and one merino wool sweater out of the dryer for the upteenth time and they still refuse to felt up one teeny bit. I knew the merino was iffy, but I'm flabbergasted by the shetland wools. And they're labeled 100% wool! You just never know what you're going to have when you open up that dryer door.
- February 18, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Resweater said...
Wow, that's odd! I've never heard of a shetland not felting, and you had 2! Felting sweaters is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. ;)
- February 18, 2012 at 11:49 AM
This is a great challenge and good discussion!! Thanks!! I've had to give up on Shetland wool sweaters because I've never been able to get one to felt. I just won't even buy them any more at the thrift store. I seem to remember reading that in a book somewhere, too, that the Shetland wool won't felt. Someone gave me an old mohair throw, which I also can't get to felt. And I've given up on buying hand-knitted sweaters because I've bought 3 in the past year that I absolutely could have sworn were wool, but must have been acrylic, because they didn't felt at all! ~Emily M.
- April 9, 2012 at 4:29 PM
- Resweater said...
Emily, that's so odd! I've always know shetlands to be predictable felters, and have never had one not felt. The mohair blanket not felting is odd too. A while back I had some felted 100% mohair blankets. I didn't felt them myself, but they were felted when I got them at the thrift store. Hand knit or machine knit shouldn't make any difference, but I always make sure there is a fiber identifying tag.
- April 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM
superwash wool is just that and you cannot felt it
- July 17, 2012 at 5:01 PM


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Sly Stone is Homeless
Where did it all go? The fame...the fortune are a distant memory now for Sly Stone. How sad.
As recently as four years ago, funk legend Sly Stone was living in a home in Napa Valley, CA that was large enough to be described as a compound.
Those days are gone now, as Stone — whose group Sly and the Family Stone was one of the most successful acts of the late 60s and early 70s — has lost his home and his fortune due to poor financial management and crippling bouts of substance abuse.
These days Stone lives in a white camper van, which is usually parked in front of a house in the economically depressed Los Angeles neighborhood of Crenshaw. The retired couple that owns the house provides Stone with meals, and their son acts as his assistant and driver.
Stone doesn't seem all that unhappy about his living arrangement. "I like my small camper," he told the New York Post. "I just do not want to return to a fixed home. I cannot stand being in one place. I must keep moving." Plus, he has enough space to record music on his laptop.
Watch Sly and The Family Stone perform their hit 'Stand' below.


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Public procurement: Commission requests Slovenia to implement EU defence procurement rules
The European Commission has requested Slovenia to notify within the next two months the measures it is taking to implement EU rules for defence procurement (Directive 2009/81/EC).
The Commission is concerned that Slovenia has failed to fulfil its commitments under the Directive regarding procurement of arms, munitions and war material (and related works and services) for defence purposes, as well as the procurement of sensitive supplies, works and services for security purposes.
If the Directive is not fully implemented in all Member States, companies and taxpayers are denied the benefits of easier access to a more open, transparent, pan-European defence market
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|Didlang-Tiggith, Spruce-Cottonwood. Told by Ellen Savage at her home in Anchorage, AK, October 2002.
|Recorded by Alice Taff and Donna Miller MacAlpine. Translated and transcribed by Donna Miller MacAlpine, Alta Jerue, Ellen Savage, Edna Deacon and Alice Taff. This story starts with the English version, then the Deg Xinag version follows. (words added for clarification), {false start}, [note]
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|"Awful way you make noise.
|When it's windy
|you make awful noise
|and I get tired from you,"
|he tell the cotton tree.
|"Cause you're so
|big and you make big noise all the time,"
|he tell the cotton tree.
|And the cotton tree don't like it.
|So he tell the pine tree,
|"But you," he tell him.
|"I don't like to smell you.
|You're too smell.
|And I don't want to be near you.
|You always stink,"
|he tell the pine tree.
|So this only one they quarrel,
|my mamma said, you know.
|They quarrel with one another.
|Tell each other what they were.
|(AT) Deg xiq'i.
|Local language. [Deg Xinag]
|and uh, t'ighith,
|and cottonwood,
|it is said,
|niłyił tthitixuxine'o'.
|with each other they were trying to fight.
|Iłt'e nił ts'i xiviyen xididax.
|They were always mad at each other.
|Ts'i yitots'i,
|So then,
|didlang iy,
|that spruce,
|iy t'ighith,
|that cottonwood,
|tr'ine di'iłne,
|they say he was telling him,
|"Ngo getiy ngidasinix.
|"I am so tired of you.
|Getiy ngiye xechux iłt'et.
|You're so loud all the time.
|Xidetr'iyh ts'i xiłdi yuxudz ngiye xechux ts'i dighidineyh.
|When it's windy your voice gets loud that way.
|Ughitiy xiłdi yuxudz xidingidisinax,
|In this way I get tired of you,
|{ngho ngho} Ngo xo'in xughi'enitlnax.
|on account of you, I'm tired out.
|{dingit'a} Yuxudz, yuxudz dingit'anh ts'i," yiłne.
|Everything you do," he said.
|Iy t'ighith iłt'e iy, viye xidolningh' che dedig.
|That cottonwood, it too always got mad, him too.
|didlang ts'in' viye xidolningh',
|(at) the spruce tree it got mad,
|"Agide ngidedig!
|"So there you too!
|Ngo GETIY ngidisinax."
|I am REALLY tired of you."
|Iłt'et yiłne, "Yuxudz iłt'e ngo dithijit!
|All the time he'd (cottonwood) be saying, "You always just stink!
|Iłt'e ngitltsinh ts'i yitots'i.
|I keep smelling you.
|Getiy ngidisinax,"
|I'm really tired of you,"
|tr'ine yiłne.
|it is said he would say.
|Yuxudz dinił axa di'ne xiłdik.
|That's how they'd talk to each other.
|Nił ts'i xiviye nixididax ts'in'.
|They'd quarrel with each other.
|Gogide yuxudz, singonh, go dadz sinughił di'ne.
|That's all, my mother, this is how she told it for me.
|Deg xiq'i.
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Dell Buyout: Price Disappoints Says Deutsche Bank Analyst
Management buyouts are historically rife with conflicted executives, leading shareholders to raise questions even if certain processes are followed. Now some analysts are wondering if the price for the Dell Inc. buyout, $13.65 a share, is high enough.
"We are a little disappointed by the final offer price (our prior analysis suggested ~$15 per share) and it appears the investor group will acquire Dell at an exceptionally attractive valuation," Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore wrote in a research report Tuesday.
Analysts at ISI Group, another investment research firm, also said in a note Tuesday that deal's price may be "perceived as cheap" and that "the deal could face some shareholder resistance at any price under $15 a share."
Both Deutsche Bank's and ISI's analysts also said they see no other bidders emerging in the so-called go-shop period, when Dell's board is free to solicit bidders.
Shares Tuesday certainly don't appear to be expecting a bidding war. The stock isn't trading at the offer price, trading up 1.4% to $13.45 in recent trading.
Bernstein Research wrote that the "Majority of shareholders appear likely to approve" the deal, citing an estimate that the top 25 holders, after Michael Dell, control 42% of shares. The analysts said that they believe 60% of those shareholders likely got in at $15 or less and therefore are more likely to support the deal.