The fate of a generation of workers: Foxconn undercover fully tr Machine translations are still years or even decades away from perfection, so rather than sending you to an auto-translated page, we now present -- with exclusive permission from Southern Weekend -- a human translation of this damning article on Foxconn by undercover reporter Liu Zhiyi. (Photo: Southern Weekend) I know of two groups of young people. One group consists of university students like myself, who live in ivory towers and kept company by libraries and lake views. The other group works alongside steel machineries and large containers, all inside a factory of high-precision manufacturing environment. After going undercover in Foxconn for 28 days, I came back out. My undercover was part of Southern Weekend's investigation on the then six Foxconn suicides. The 28-day undercover work made a strong impact on me. Part one Their most sumptuous day is the 10th each month -- pay day. When chatting with them, I often struggled to respond, as I felt I was ridiculously fortunate. Part two
13 Little-Known Punctuation Marks We Should Be Using Because sometimes periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks, brackets, parentheses, braces, and ellipses won't do. 1. Interrobang You probably already know the interrobang, thanks to its excellent moniker and increasing popularity. Though the combination exclamation point and question mark can be replaced by using one of each (You did what!? or You don't read mental_floss?!) 2. The backward question mark was proposed by Henry Denham in 1580 as an end to a rhetorical question, and was used until the early 1600s. 3. It looks a lot like the percontation point, but the irony mark's location is a bit different, as it is smaller, elevated, and precedes a statement to indicate its intent before it is read. 4. Among Bazin's proposed new punctuation was the love point, made of two question marks, one mirrored, that share a point. 5. 6. Need to say something with unwavering conviction? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12 & 13.
Sock Differences at SockMonkey.net Difference between Vintage vs. New Style Red Heel Socks Dear Ceru Monkey, Thanks for your website, It's nice to see a Sock Monkey make it in a world filled with humans. My question is; Everywhere I look, sneaky humans are saying that they have Vintage Rockford Socks or New Style Socks. Uncle Frank Link Dear Uncle Frank, Thanks for writing. There is a lot of confusion about this issue and those pesky humans on ebay don't make it any easier for us crafting Monkeys. Vintage Red Heel Socks (made from 1932- 1992) New Style Red Heel Socks (1992- current) Short toe section (this makes a brown faced monkey) Seam across front of toe Red Heel has symmetrical oval shape (a smile or frown can be stitched with embroidery) Leg section is longer (this makes longer arms and legs) No seam between brown and white section (this makes aligning the different colored section easier) Keep in mind, you can use a new sock and use a "vintage pattern" or new style pattern.
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The most popular 20 TED Talks, as of now UPDATED: To see all these talks at one click, check out our updated Playlist: The 20 Most Popular Talks of All Time. As 2013 draws to a close, TED is deeply humbled to have posted 1600+ talks, each representing an idea worth spreading. So which ideas have had the most widespread impact? Below, a look at the 20 most-watched talks as of December 2013. These viewership numbers include all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more. Some fascinating things to notice on this list, if you’d like to compare and contrast it to the most popular talks in 2012, and to the list we shared back in 2011: Amy Cuddy, Susan Cain, David Blaine and Pamela Meyer are all newcomers to the list, with Cuddy’s talk storming to spot #5 thanks to you sharing it. But what really makes this list so incredible is the fact that it spans so many areas of interest, from education to happiness, statistics to creativity, tech demos to illusions.
How to Make new Style Sock Monkey (Sock Monkey.net) The New Style Pattern was released around 1970 and was quickly adopted as the standard Sock Monkey design. It has a shorter tail with a little curve at the tip because the tail is cut from the toe end of the sock instead of the cuff end. The tail has less white on the end because the toe has a shorter white section than the cuff end of the sock. The arms of Sock Monkey are usually a bit larger around, more equal to the size of the legs because they are sewn from the whole upper tube section of the sock. The new pattern doesn’t leave you with a whole extra toe piece, so if you want the traditional self-fabric cap you have to use 3 socks. Many people find the newer pattern easier to sew up, due to the shorter tail. 1. 2. 3. TURN THE SOCKS INSIDE OUT Sew a seam (A) 1/2 inch on both sides of the center of sock starting three inches from the white heel and across the end of the top. Then turn the sock so the seams are on the inside and use the crotch opening to stuff the head, body and legs.
The Glenn Gould Foundation - Home Home | The Creativity Post How to Make Vintage Style Sock Monkey (Sock Monkey.net) The true vintage pattern was released around 1920 and is still used today. The vintage pattern is most easily recognized by the long tail. It stretches almost the whole length of a sock starting just under the toe section and running along the edge all the way down the side of the sock to the top of the cuff. Because of this the arms are narrower or skinnier and often one of the arms will have two seams. If you want to make both arms with just one seam you can, by sewing the tail, then cutting the remaining section of upper tube into two equal pieces before sewing them. The vintage pattern also leaves the whole toe section available for the use as a cap/hat. Many people like the vintage pattern because they prefer the long tail monkeys and like the traditional style cap. 1. 2. 3. INSTRUCTIONS: TURN THE SOCKS INSIDE OUT Sew a seam (A) 1/2 inch on both sides of the center of sock starting three inches from the white heel and across the end of the top. :: Make your own Sock Monkey
Display Myths Shattered: How Monitor & HDTV Companies Cook Their Take everything you think you know about displays and throw it out the window. It's time for a clinic on what display specs really mean—brace yourself for the alarming truth Vision is our most amazing and complex sense, so it’s no surprise that display technology is so amazing and complicated. It’s also no surprise that most consumers don’t have a good understanding of how displays function, or the best way to select them, buy them, use them, and adjust them. Not only are displays getting more complicated and harder to understand, but the competition between manufacturers has gotten so brutal that marketing gimmicks—ploys that exploit the average consumer’s technical ignorance—are playing an increasing role in driving sales. In the following pages, I’m going to discuss user controls, contrast ratios, pixel response time, and color gamut. Confusing Users with User Controls When Brightness Isn't Contrast? The control labeled “contrast” has absolutely no effect on image contrast. Oh, Sony.
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