China Labor Watch accused Pegatron, an Apple?manufacturer, of labor rights violations
By Katherine Jacobsen,?Contributor / July 29, 2013
An Apple store in central Beijing, China.
Taiwanese company Pegatrom, a major Apple manufacturer, has been accused of labor rights violations.
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The Taiwanese company Pegatron Group, a major supplier to Apple, violated Chinese and international labor laws, as well as Apple?s social responsibility code, at factories in Shanghai and Suzhou, according to a report by human rights group China Labor Watch.
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CLW?s investigation found at least 86 labor rights violations, including 36 legal violations and 50 ethical violations.
?If you?re looking at it from a legal perspective, the Chinese government has to step in to enforce these laws, but if you?re looking at the business side, Apple is the one that needs to take responsibility for this,? says CLW executive director Li Qiang through an interpreter. China Labor Watch is a US-based labor-rights organization that was founded in 2000.
Pegatron gets Apple?s business by ?squeezing its labor,? says Mr. Li. In order to offer Apple the lowest contract prices, Pegatron cuts its labor costs, but instead of reducing the number of workers, which would slow down the manufacturing output, Pegatron cuts the workers? wages and living conditions.
This cost-cutting business model is by no means unique to Apple or Pegatron. Last year, CLW independently investigated Foxconn, another Taiwanese company, and the Korean tech giant Samsung for similar labor violations. A 2011 CLW labor report included the names of other big electronic companies such as Dell, Ericsson, HP, Nokia, and Microsoft.
In March 2013, three French labor rights groups filed suit against Samsung, alleging that it engaged in ?deceptive trading practices.? Samsung had stated that the company complies with ?all laws and ethical standards,? which human rights groups claimed were false based on a series of investigative reports by China Labor Watch.
CLW?s report compares the 17 social promises that Apple has made with "17 corresponding realities uncovered.?
For example, in May 2013, Apple reported that the company had achieved a 99-percent compliance with the company?s 60-hour workweek policy, according to CLW report. But, CLW discredits this achievement on two counts: Chinese law limits work weeks to 49 hours, which calls into question Apple's 60-hour goal. PLus, the investigation found that workers? hours typically exceeded 60 hours.
An e-mail response from Apple challenged this assessment of Pegatron facilities, stating that the company's most recent survey in June ?found that Pegatron employees making Apple products worked 46 hours per week on average.??
?If [Apple] doesn?t do something to improve things, and meet their own standards, then they are really using false advertising,? says Li.
CLW says that it's been in touch with Apple to discuss how the company should address labor violations among its manufacturers.
?We will investigate these new claims thoroughly, ensure that corrective actions are taken where needed and report any violations of our code of conduct,? says Apple in its statement.
"This entire business model of first giving the orders, and then following up and trying to improve labor conditions is wrong and backwards,? says Li. Instead, companies should conduct better preliminary investigations of overseas manufacturers to raise the bar for labor standards, he says.
The factories investigated by CLW included Pegatron Shanghai, which, according to CLW, assembles iPhones; Riteng, a Pentagron subsidiary in Shanghai that produces Apple computers; and AVY, a Pentagon subsidiary in Suzhou that makes iPad parts.?
Most people work hard and do their best on the job, but feedback can always help us to do better. Outside of regular performance reviews, how can you get feedback on what you?re doing well and what you could be doing better?
That?s what one reader asked recently on the Admin Pro Forum. Readers offered their take on the issue.
?I worked for a Fortune 500 company once and I would survey everyone I supported around the same time I was writing my personal evaluation for feedback on my performance,? said Theresa. ?It covered a variety of areas, [including] what I did well and what they?d like me to start doing or do differently.?
?I support about 16 leaders and so I take the opportunity to ask each one to lunch or to meet about 15 minutes and ask three questions,? said Yurika:
What do I do well?
What do I need to improve?
What more can I do to support you?
?I find it to be very helpful to continue my growth as an executive assistant and also to build a trusting relationship with the people I support.?
Matt wasn?t so sure, though. ?Our team thought about doing this once, but it just seemed like an invitation to people to nitpick,? he said. ?We just let the feedback come at our performance reviews.?
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Homeless young women may be at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than homeless young men because of the structure of their social groups and friendships, according to new research from UC San Francisco. The findings underscore how the social networks of homeless youth can be highly influential, affecting their participation in risky and protective behaviors.
The study examined the relationship between STI rates and the characteristics of the social networks of 258 homeless young people ages 15 to 24 in San Francisco. The youth were surveyed about their housing status, risky behaviors and social networks. They also were tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The researchers found that the homeless young women had lower condom use and a higher likelihood of sex with intravenous drug users than the homeless young men. The women also showed a trend toward higher rates of sexually transmitted infections.
We thought that homeless young women may be at higher risk in part because of whom they had access to in their network, said lead author Annie Valente, MD, who conducted the research while a medical student at UCSF. Social networks are proving to be a very important indicator for other health outcomes, including obesity and cigarette smoking.
Study participants were homeless for two nights or more during the previous six months. Each participant took a computer-based survey, and created a table reflecting their social networks from the previous three months. They listed people to whom they felt close, sex partners, injection partners, and people with whom they had shared resources.
The study, which will be published in the Journal of Adolescent Healthand is now online, also found:
homeless young men were more likely than their female counterparts to have contacts with stable housing and same-sex friends.
when young men had stably housed contacts in their network, they were more likely to use condoms.
female participants were more likely to use condoms when they were able to name a friend of the same gender.
The presence of same-sex friendships and contacts living in stable homes seems to increase condom use, said senior author Colette Auerswald, MD, a UCSF associate adjunct professor of pediatrics and director of the Masters in Medical Science program for the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. She was based at the UCSF Division of Adolescent Medicine of the UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital at the time of the study. Young homeless men seem to name these social network contacts more frequently than do young homeless women. It will be important in future investigations to ask why this happens.
The presence of family in the social networks of the young women played an important role in their risk of having sexual partners who are intravenous drug users (IDU). None of the females who listed a family member in their network had an IDU sex partner, whereas 26.4 percent of the women who did not list a family member had an IDU sex partner.
This study shows the importance of reconnecting homeless young men and women to mainstream society, said Valente. It also emphasizes how same-gender friendships and family ties may be effective tools in our efforts to improve the health of homeless youth.
The data collected were part of the Street Youth in Social Environments study, a longitudinal NIH-funded study conducted by Auerswald examining the relationships among street culture, social networks and STI/HIV risk in homeless youth in San Francisco.
This study builds on research that used the same sample of homeless youth in San Francisco to investigate the impact of social networks on shelter use among homeless youth. Published in the June issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, the researchers found that street youth whose social networks included people who used shelters, increased the odds of their own shelter use over time.
Together these studies suggest the value of designing social network-based interventions to improve the health of our citys marginally housed youth, said Auerswald.
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The research was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (K-23, HD 0149003), the University of California at San Francisco Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee and Committee on Research, the Health Resources and Services Administration Title IV/Ryan White Funds (Larkin Street Youth Services), a PACCTR Fellowship (NIH/NCRR/OD UCSF-CTSI Grant Number TL1 RR024129), and a Deans Research Fellowship from the UCSF School of Medicine.
UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital creates an environment where children and their families find compassionate care at the forefront of scientific discovery, with more than 150 experts in 50 medical specialties serving patients throughout Northern California and beyond. The hospital admits about 5,000 children each year, including 2,000 babies born in the hospital. For more information, visit http://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org.
UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.
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Contact: Juliana Bunim juliana.bunim@ucsf.edu 415-502-6397 University of California - San Francisco
Homeless young women may be at greater risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) than homeless young men because of the structure of their social groups and friendships, according to new research from UC San Francisco. The findings underscore how the social networks of homeless youth can be highly influential, affecting their participation in risky and protective behaviors.
The study examined the relationship between STI rates and the characteristics of the social networks of 258 homeless young people ages 15 to 24 in San Francisco. The youth were surveyed about their housing status, risky behaviors and social networks. They also were tested for Chlamydia and gonorrhea.
The researchers found that the homeless young women had lower condom use and a higher likelihood of sex with intravenous drug users than the homeless young men. The women also showed a trend toward higher rates of sexually transmitted infections.
We thought that homeless young women may be at higher risk in part because of whom they had access to in their network, said lead author Annie Valente, MD, who conducted the research while a medical student at UCSF. Social networks are proving to be a very important indicator for other health outcomes, including obesity and cigarette smoking.
Study participants were homeless for two nights or more during the previous six months. Each participant took a computer-based survey, and created a table reflecting their social networks from the previous three months. They listed people to whom they felt close, sex partners, injection partners, and people with whom they had shared resources.
The study, which will be published in the Journal of Adolescent Healthand is now online, also found:
homeless young men were more likely than their female counterparts to have contacts with stable housing and same-sex friends.
when young men had stably housed contacts in their network, they were more likely to use condoms.
female participants were more likely to use condoms when they were able to name a friend of the same gender.
The presence of same-sex friendships and contacts living in stable homes seems to increase condom use, said senior author Colette Auerswald, MD, a UCSF associate adjunct professor of pediatrics and director of the Masters in Medical Science program for the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. She was based at the UCSF Division of Adolescent Medicine of the UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital at the time of the study. Young homeless men seem to name these social network contacts more frequently than do young homeless women. It will be important in future investigations to ask why this happens.
The presence of family in the social networks of the young women played an important role in their risk of having sexual partners who are intravenous drug users (IDU). None of the females who listed a family member in their network had an IDU sex partner, whereas 26.4 percent of the women who did not list a family member had an IDU sex partner.
This study shows the importance of reconnecting homeless young men and women to mainstream society, said Valente. It also emphasizes how same-gender friendships and family ties may be effective tools in our efforts to improve the health of homeless youth.
The data collected were part of the Street Youth in Social Environments study, a longitudinal NIH-funded study conducted by Auerswald examining the relationships among street culture, social networks and STI/HIV risk in homeless youth in San Francisco.
This study builds on research that used the same sample of homeless youth in San Francisco to investigate the impact of social networks on shelter use among homeless youth. Published in the June issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, the researchers found that street youth whose social networks included people who used shelters, increased the odds of their own shelter use over time.
Together these studies suggest the value of designing social network-based interventions to improve the health of our citys marginally housed youth, said Auerswald.
###
The research was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Development (K-23, HD 0149003), the University of California at San Francisco Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee and Committee on Research, the Health Resources and Services Administration Title IV/Ryan White Funds (Larkin Street Youth Services), a PACCTR Fellowship (NIH/NCRR/OD UCSF-CTSI Grant Number TL1 RR024129), and a Deans Research Fellowship from the UCSF School of Medicine.
UCSF Benioff Childrens Hospital creates an environment where children and their families find compassionate care at the forefront of scientific discovery, with more than 150 experts in 50 medical specialties serving patients throughout Northern California and beyond. The hospital admits about 5,000 children each year, including 2,000 babies born in the hospital. For more information, visit http://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org.
UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care.
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
PITTSBURGH (AP) ? Clint Hurdle grabbed the brim of his cap and ducked his head. When pressed about what pleased him the most about Pittsburgh's 9-2 win over St. Louis on Monday, a romp that propelled the resilient Pirates within a half-game of the NL Central lead, the manager thought for a moment and sighed.
"Getting a little picky aren't we?" he asked with a smile.
Hurdle isn't. Neither is his team as it tries to shrug off two decades of misery and mediocrity.
Francisco Liriano allowed one run over seven dominant innings, Pedro Alvarez hit his NL-leading 27th home run and the Pirates kicked off a pivotal series by sending the Cardinals to their season-high fourth straight loss.
Liriano (11-4) continued his midcareer renaissance by striking out eight and walking just two to win his fifth consecutive start.
"It's been a good run for him being able to watch, and that's pretty much what I've been doing," Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutchen said. "I don't get a lot of action when he's on the mound. It makes it a lot easier for the defense."
Having some help from an underachieving offense helps. The Pirates came in hitting just .221 with runners in scoring position, the worst mark in baseball. Clint Barmes smacked two doubles and drove in two runs and McCutchen added two hits as Pittsburgh went 5 for 13 with runners on second or third to continue its mastery over St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook.
The veteran right-hander fell to 1-8 against Pittsburgh in his otherwise solid resume. The Pirates touched Westbrook (7-5) for four runs in the first inning, capped by Alvarez's three-run homer into the first row of seats in right field.
"It was a battle from pitch 1 -- and it showed early on," Westbrook said. "It's not really how you draw it up with a walk and a hit batsmen and a single and a homer. Put us in a bad spot against a good team and against a guy who's throwing the ball really well."
Hurdle stressed the need to not place too much focus on a late-July series, pointing out two more months remain after the five-game set wraps up on Thursday.
Maybe, but with the Pirates chasing their first playoff berth in 21 years and a chance to make inroads on the team with the best record in baseball, the game had an electricity typically reserved for early fall in cities far away from the one that hasn't fielded a winner since 1992.
Lower-lever tickets were fetching $100 or more hours before the first pitch, and Liriano did not disappoint the largest Monday-night crowd (32,084) since the park opened.
The left-hander, whose path to stardom veered off track after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2007, had little trouble with the most explosive offense in the majors. He retired the first 10 batters he faced and kept the best-hitting team in the National League on its heels while dropping his ERA to 2.16.
"Frankie can answer," Hurdle said. "He's been in big matchups before."
So has Westbrook, who still hasn't figured out a way to handle the Pirates. He was touched for four runs in the first inning of his previous start at PNC Park in April. The game was eventually washed out.
The weather couldn't save him this time. Neither could Westbrook's usually solid control. He issued three walks and hit three batters and never appeared comfortable.
"He's going to go out there and give us whatever he's got every time and for whatever reason this team's just given him a tough time and he's had a hard time in this stadium," St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said.
Westbrook survived a bases-loaded jam in the second to stay close, but by then Liriano had all the support he would need. His only real mistake came in the sixth, when pinch-hitter Tony Cruz led off with a triple and scored on Carpenter's single up the middle. A strikeout and a double play followed, and the Pirates broke it open in the seventh against relievers Marc Rzepczynski and Fernando Salas.
Garrett Jones started it with Pittsburgh's first sacrifice fly to the outfield since May 27 and Barmes clubbed a two-run double as the Pirates batted around.
Even with its best offensive showing since the All-Star break, Hurdle isn't so sure the Pirates made a statement.
"We're a confident team," he said. "I think we're a team whose confidence isn't built on its last game. It's not shattered by a losing streak. You continue to push through and that's what we've done from Opening Day until now."
NOTES: Pirates LF Starling Marte did not start after getting a planned day off in favor of Alex Presley, recalled from Triple-A on Monday after C Mike McKenry went onto the disabled list with a sprained knee. Marte entered in the seventh as a pinch hitter and singled. He is hitting just .131 (5 for 38) since July 20 ... The series continues with a doubleheader Tuesday. A.J. Burnett (4-7, 2.96 ERA) faces Lance Lynn (12-5, 3.98 ERA) in the opener with the Cardinals' Tyler Lyons (2-3, 5.51) starting the second game. The Pirates will not name a starter for the second game until Tuesday morning. ... Lynn was originally supposed to start the second game, but Matheny moved him into the matchup against Burnett because he wanted a more experienced pitcher to take on Pittsburgh's ace.
If particles of light have mass, a small but distinct possibility, they may not live forever?and some fundamental theories would have to be modified, too
By Claire Ely
REMNANT OF THE BIG BANG, the cosmic microwave background radiation as measured by COBE, reveals temperature fluctuations of the early universe.Image: NASA
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The notion of the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit is based on the assumption that particles of light, called photons, have no mass. But astrophysical observations cannot rule out the slim chance that photons do have a tiny bit of mass?a prospect with wide ramifications in physics. For instance, if photons weigh nothing at all, they would be completely stable and could theoretically last forever. But if they do have a little mass, they could eventually decay into lighter particles. Now, by studying ancient light radiated shortly after the big bang, a physicist has calculated the minimum lifetime of photons, showing that they must live for at least one billion billion years, if not forever.
That lifetime may sound like an eternity, but to a photon traveling at light speed, it passes in a relative blink. Because of the time-dilation effect predicted by Einstein's special theory of relativity, a billion billion years on Earth feels like only three years to a photon, because it's traveling so fast.
If physicists ever do discover that photons have nonzero mass, and therefore limited lifetimes, then ?the notion of light-speed obviously wouldn't make much sense anymore," says study author Julian Heeck, a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg, Germany." There would still be an absolute limit on velocities, but the photons would have to obey that law, too, and travel below the speed of light." Photons? speed would then depend on their wavelengths, and blue light would travel faster than red light. Photons released simultaneously from distant stars would arrive at Earth at different times, depending on their wavelengths.
A photon with mass would also necessitate modifications to the Standard Model of particle physics (which posits a massless photon), the Maxwell equations that describe electromagnetic waves and fields (photons are the carrier particles for electromagnetic force) and the laws describing interactions between charged particles. Because of this latter effect, observations of the sun?s magnetic field have already proved that the photon, if it weighs anything at all, must be extremely light. The current experimental limit on the possible mass of the photon is 10-54 kilogram.
To find the limit on the photonic lifetime, Heeck analyzed observations of the cosmic microwave background radiation?light pervading the universe that dates from a few hundred thousand years after the big bang?gleaned from the now defunct NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, launched in 1989. This light fits a very specific pattern?called blackbody radiation, that tells scientists how intense the light should be, based on its wavelength. If any photons were decaying as they traveled across the universe, however, COBE would see less low-energy (redder) light than predicted by the blackbody radiation law, because red light would be expected to decay sooner than blue light. "If the photons come from very far away, say from the beginning of the universe, then they might have had enough time to decay on their way here," says physicist Emanuele Berti of the University of Mississippi, who has studied the mass of the photon but was not involved in Heeck's research. "That's the idea, which I think is very elegant."
But according to COBE's measurements, the cosmic microwave background appears to behave like a perfect blackbody. No low-energy light seems to be missing, indicating that very few photons, if any, have decayed since the big bang some 13.7 billion years ago. This analysis enabled Heeck to calculate that the minimum lifetime of a photon is 1018, or one billion billion, years.
India menjadi tuan rumah GP pertama kali pada 2011.
Grand Prix India kemungkinan akan dihapus dari kalendar Formula Satu tahun depan, kata bos F1 Bernie Ecclestone.
"Apakah India akan dilaksanakan? Mungkin tidak," kata Bernie di Grand Prix Hongaria, seperti dikutip kantor berita Reuters.
Saat ditanya apakah ada masalah dengan ajang balap di Greater Noida, dekat New Delhi, Ecclestone menjawab, "Sangat politis."
Ecclestone, yang memimpin Formula Satu selama puluhan tahun, menyusun kalendar dan biasanya mempresentasikannya di hadapan Federasi Otomotif Internasional untuk meminta persetujuan mereka setiap bulan September.
Ia saat ini harus memilih maksimum 20 dari 22 balap untuk dimasukkan ke kalender.
Rusia, akan memulai debut mereka di Sochi, Laut Hitam, menjelang akhir tahun dan sebuah GP lain di New Jersey adalah dua even baru yang direncanakan untuk 2014.
GP Austria juga direncanakan kembali diadakan setelah absen selama 11 tahun.
India pertama kali menjadi tuan rumah GP pada 2011 dan mendapat ulasan positif dari komunitas Formula Satu.
Tahun ini GP India sebenarnya dijadwalkan untuk diadakan pada 27 Oktober tetapi setelah pernyataan Ecclestone, dunia balap masih harus menunggu kepastian.
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"Apple Pulls Hat Trick, Taking Computer, Tablet, and Mobile Phone 'Brand of the Year' Harris Poll EquiTrend Categories"?MacPrices?7/26
"LA Unified School District will give each of its 640,000 kids iPads by the end of next year"?9 to 5 Mac?7/26
"All of LA's 640,000 schoolkids will get free iPads by the end of 2014"?The Verge?7/26
"L.A. Unified School District Wants iPads for All 640,000 Students"?AllThingsD?7/26
"640,000 LA Students Will Get Free iPads by 2014: $30 million deal with Apple will get 31,000 iPads in classrooms this year, all students covered by 2014"?NBC South Florida?7/26
"Los Angeles Schoolkids Get Free iPads by Late 2014"?LAPTOP Magazine?7/26
"Apple taps academics to advise Supplier Responsibility program"?AppleInsider?7/26
"Galaxy S4 success helps Samsung to ?4.5bn profits, surpasses Apple in smartphone market"?V3?7/26
"Samsung and Apple Successfully Fend Off Low-Cost Smartphone Vendors for Another Quarter Declares ABI Research"?Business Wire?7/26
"Samsung and Apple successfully fend off low-cost smartphone vendors for another quarter, declares ABI Research"?DigiTimes?7/26
"Samsung Overtakes Apple But A Third Way Is Coming"?Forbes?7/26
"Samsung overtakes Apple in phone profits but others grow sales even more"?GigaOM?7/26
"App Puts the Bible in 100 Million Palms"?New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required]?7/26
"How Samsung Pipped Apple In Chinese Mkt"?RTRS?7/26
"Apple IPhone Share Shrinks as China's Huawei to ZTE Lure Users"?Bloomberg?7/26
"Are cheap, unofficial non-Apple iPhone chargers safe? Following two electrocutions, Apple updates Chinese site with detailed advice on use of official iPad, iPhone chargers"?Macworld UK?7/26
"Apple's shock treatment: An authentic charger-spotting guide"?The Register?7/26
"Steve Jobs' Wife Has Invested In New Media Startup Called Ozy Media"?Business Insider?7/26
"Steve Jobs' Widow Invests in Former MSNBC Anchor's Media Site"?Mashable?7/26
"Laurene Powell Jobs Invests in Media Company Focused on Change"?The Mac Observer?7/26
"iPhone app catches would-be rapist in less than an hour"?Mirror Online UK?7/26
"Japanese Tourist Spots Now Have Camera Stands For iPhones"?Cult of Mac?7/26
Non-Apple News
"Twitter comes under fire for what critics say is a lack of response to rape threats"?GigaOM?7/27
"Pinterest Adds New Features, Support For Do Not Track"?redOrbit?7/27
"Instagram users complain after being struck by mysterious 'smoothie hack'"?The Verge?7/27
"How 'Sword and Sworcery' became a global, cross-platform hit"?The Verge?7/27
"New Google Glass Patent Illustrates Customization Options"?Patent Bolt?7/26
"T-Mobile Eliminates Smartphone Down Payments In New Summer Deal"?Cult of Android?7/26
"Best back to school iPad accessories for kids"?Phones Review?7/27
"Apple TV vs. Roku vs. Chromecast content options"?iDownload Blog?7/27
"Gadgets galore: Droid Maxx vs. Galaxy S4; Nexus 7 vs. iPad Mini"?CNET News?7/26
"iRig HD and Amplitube for iPad Review: IK Multimedia exceeds expectations yet again with a higher-resolution analog to digital audio converter for guitar, and a fantastic guitar-centric digital audio workstation and effects processor for iOS."?148Apps?7/26
"Sensu: Old World Art Brush for New World Touch Pads"?Bare Feats?7/26
"Aud 5 is a fine speaker/dock ? if you have a Lightning-equipped iDevice"?AppleDailyReport?7/26
iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Apps
"Layrs: An Interesting Free iPhone App for Editing Layers in Images"?eXtensions?9:38 AM
"Mac Gems: Noted a nicely-organized note-taking app"?Macworld?7/27
"iOS 7 preview: iOS in the Car hints at the future of iOS everywhere"?iMore?7/26
"Hands-on: Loom makes it increasingly tempting to ditch iPhoto and Photo Stream"?Macworld?7/26
"Getting fit with iOS: How your iPad and iPhone can help you shed pounds"?Macworld?7/26
"'Futuridium EP' Review - An Inventive Arcade SHMUP for the Hardcore"?Touch Arcade?7/26
"Chillaxian Review: Prepare for chillaxing while busting aliens in Chillaxian."?148Apps?7/26
"A Ride into the Mountains Review: As understated as just about every aspect of A Ride into the Mountains might be, everything comes together to craft a truly impressive experience."?148Apps?7/26
"Riptide GP2 Review: Riptide GP 2 improves on the fast-paced hydro jet racing action of its predecessor, adding new tracks, vehicles, and tricks for players to splash around with."?148Apps?7/26
"Vintage 80s Apple Ads Resurfacing on YouTube"?MacRumors?7/26
How-To/Tutorial
"Watch TV on your Mac: the definitive guide/IN DEPTH The proper Apple TV isn't quite here yet, so why not watch TV on your existing Apple kit?"?TechRadar UK?7:54 AM
"How to transfer photos from your iPhone to Mac/iOS/Mac OS X tips: Import photos from your iPhone or iPad to Mac with free software"?Macworld UK?7/26
"How to change the wallpaper on your iPad: Plus, where to find cool new wallpapers for your iPad"?Macworld UK?7/26
"How to get Flash on iPad: Best Flash apps to help you play Flash videos and games on your iPad"?Macworld UK?7/26
"How to finetune your mobile Safari browsing settings"?iDownload Blog?7/26
Tips
"How to be an iOS ninja: Top 5 secret shortcuts for Siri, Mail, Safari, Calendar, keyboard, and more!"?iMore?7/27
"Games developer Kameleon Games announces Shark Attack 2 for iOS"?prMac?9:38 AM
"Hipstamatic Oggl Updated With Photo Browsing And Sharing Enhancements"?AppAdvice?8:29 AM
"HopStop Transit App Receives First Update Following Its Acquisition By Apple"?AppAdvice?7:37 AM
"Amazon Mobile For iPad Gains Wish List Management, Product Sharing And More"?AppAdvice?7:48 AM
"Squaregram 1.6.0 for iOS - Layouter for Instagram"?prMac?7:46 AM
"ICON Releases Most Charming Dress Up App on Apple's App Store"?prMac?7:39 AM
"inStatus 2.0 - A creative photo editing app bringing your photos to life"?prMac?7:44 AM
"Sett Is A New Blogging Platform That Has Community At Its Heart"?TechCrunch?7/27
"New Grammar Game for iPad/iPhone for Kids to Learn Parts of Speech"?prMac?7/27
"SwagWarz 1.0 for iOS - Defeat Enemies Using Bling and Swag in 3D Shooter"?prMac?7/27
"Biber and Red Boots HD released for iOS - Interactive Children's App"?prMac?7/27
"Canon adds Apple AirPrint compatibility to newest Pixma Wireless All-in-One Printer"?AppleDailyReport?7/27
"Sensopia - Capture the Floor Plan of your House with MagicPlan"?Sensopia?7/27
"Mailbox Developer Orchestra To Shut Down Namesake To-Do App 2 Years After Launch"?AppAdvice?7/26
"iPhone Charging Connector Fits on Your Keychain: If you have easy access to a computer all day but don't want to carry your iPhone's charging cable around with you, the Kii might do the trick."?Techland?7/26
"Coming July 27: Gene Steinberg meets Peter Cohen, from The Loop and iMore, Kirk McElhearn, author of 'Take Control of Launchbar,' and Russell Chozick, of Flashback Data, this week on The Tech Night Owl LIVE!"?The Tech Night Owl LIVE?7/26
"'Cut the Rope' Gets 25 New Levels in Latest 'Cheese Box' Update"?Touch Arcade?7/26
"Shutterfly 2.0 Released for iPad"?iClarified?7/26
"Starbucks Selects Cyto's Puzzle Adventure For Its Pick of the Week, Offers Free Codes At 15,000 Locations"?148Apps?7/26
"Distro Issue 100: A look at our all-time favorite gadgets"?Engadget?7/26
"Steve Wozniak and Trip Hawkins Announced as Keynote Speakers at Apps World"?Business Wire?7/26
"Hot off the Press: Tekserve Releases Its First iOS FAQ, Alongside the 12th Edition of Their Mac FAQ"?Business Wire?7/26
"'Vjay' Goes FREE On iPhone (and iPad)"?RazorianFly?7/26
"Shutterfly For iPad 2.0 Features Product Ordering And Photo Filtering"?AppAdvice?7/26
"Sky takes on Apple and Netflix with super-cheap Now TV streaming box"?The Verge?7/26
"Channel 4 brings offline viewing to 4oD for Android and iOS"?Engadget?7/26
"Google Kills Google+ Local For iOS, App Now Pulled From iTunes App Store"?TechCrunch?7/26
"Google+ Local for iOS will be pulled on August 7th after being integrated into Google Maps"?The Next Web?7/26
"Google+ Local for iOS has one foot in the grave, will rest in peace August 7th"?Engadget?7/26
"4OD for iOS and Android gets offline viewing"?The Inquirer?7/26
"Gravity Evolved iOS App Release"?prMac?7/26
"Biber and Red Boots HD released for iOS - Interactive Children's App"?prMac?7/26
"BA Financial Calculator Pro 3.0 Emulates TI BA II Plus Professional Now"?prMac?7/26
"Awem launches Golden Trails 2 HD for iPad"?prMac?7/26
"Information of iPhone/iPad app Backyard - Release Info"?prMac?7/26
"Blast Virus - An Exciting Mobile Gaming App"?prMac?7/26
"Western Bar - Retro Classic LCD Game is now out"?prMac?7/26
"Mr Tiger the House Spider - Animoolz Interactive Children's Book"?prMac?7/26
"Memorability - Visual Storytelling App for iPad Released on App Store"?prMac?7/26
"Free Bible Trivia Word Game Now Available for iPad"?prMac?7/26
"Famous Movies for iPad: 20 Pixel-Art Puzzles for Every Cinema Fan"?prMac?7/26
"Dragons Rage 2 Hits The China App Store With A Fiery Chinese Edition"?prMac?7/26
"Available Now - Update your Facebook status with a PicUpdate picture"?prMac?7/26
Posted by Chris on Jul 28, 2013 in Real Estate | 0 comments
There exist several types of easements in real estate investment. The first one is the express easement: this is one which is granted in a will or deed. These are the most common and must satisfy the statute of frauds. This means that an easement by express grants must be in writing so as to be valid or enforceable. Next is implied easement: this is an easement applied by prior use. They arise when a property owner split one parcel of real estate investment property into two then sells the second parcel and retains the first one. In addition, we have easement by prescription and by necessity: easement by prescription is granted to someone who has possessed anothers property for statutory period while an easement by necessity is granted by courts when a land owner proves that his property is blocked-in and cannot otherwise use it without being granted as easement.
Finally, there is the affirmative and negative easement: affirmative easement grant property owner the right to do something for example the right to cross over a neighbors land while a negative easement gives the property owner the right to prevent someone from doing something such as blocking sunlight or a view.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Casting House Republicans as stubborn deadbeats, President Barack Obama sought Thursday to discredit House Republicans in upcoming fiscal fights by painting them as roadblocks to a thriving middle class.
With Obama and Congress approaching all-too-familiar showdowns over spending levels and the nation's borrowing limit, Obama used a visit to a seaside port in Florida to argue that the nation's economic agenda should be immune to the partisan backbiting he faulted Republicans for instigating.
"Shutting down the government just because I'm for keeping it open - that's not an economic plan," Obama said, wiping sweat from his face in a muggy port warehouse. "Threatening that you won't pay the bills in this country, when we've already racked up those bills, that's not an economic plan - that's just being a deadbeat."
In the last of three stops on a two-day tour to reframe his broad economic vision for the nation, Obama pitched the need for enhanced American infrastructure at this port and others across the country - and for better roads, bridges and power grids. But while he touted his efforts to streamline permitting, the president offered no new proposals for how Americans and their leaders could accelerate a lethargic economic recovery.
Obama warned that if Republicans continue with their "my way or the highway attitude," dire consequences could await for Americans. He encouraged voters to use next month's congressional recess to tell Republicans who'll be in their home districts that gridlock is unacceptable. "It could plunge us back into financial crisis," the president said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., questioned the point of Obama's big push in a speech on the Senate floor Thursday. "At some point, campaign season has to end and the working-with-others season has to begin," McConnell said. "At some point, you have to stop promising an 'ocean of tomorrows' and start actually working with the representatives of the people."
Obama praised Senate Republicans for being willing to compromise on issues like immigration, then drew a distinction with House Republicans, whom he repeatedly accused of bringing the economy to the brink. But Obama, too, at times has taken an uncompromising approach with ultimatums that force his opponents to give in or no deal. He's refused to consider any budget that includes the across-the-board, automatic spending cuts known as the sequester that went into effect in March.
The 2011 battle between Obama and House Republicans over raising the government's borrowing limit brought the nation close to default and resulted in a hard-fought budget deal. Obama says he won't be bullied on the debt ceiling again, but many in Washington believe the need to increase the borrowing cap later this year will prompt some kind of budget bargain.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows that pessimism about the economy remains widespread. The poll conducted last week found that 82 percent of Americans think the economy is in fair or poor condition and 67 percent are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. today. Forty-four percent think it will be a long time before the nation's economy recovers, while only 28 percent say it's currently recovering. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Even among Democrats, just 38 percent think the economy is recovering. But there are signs of slow improvement: The housing market is recovering, the stock market is booming, and unemployment is falling despite remaining uncomfortably high at 7.6 percent.
After a examining the port's giant cranes used to lift shipping containers onto ships, Obama spoke to a few hundred workers in the sweltering warehouse. He lamented that the U.S. was lagging behind China and Germany on fixing infrastructure and said that's why he's working to speed up the federal permitting process.
"The businesses of tomorrow are not going to locate near outdated roads and old ports," he said. Improvements to the port so more supertankers can come in would mean more workers spending more money at restaurants so that the waitress serving them, for example, can spend more money on an iPod, he said.
In making his plea for more spending on public works projects, the president is also relying on support from corporate leaders whose businesses either benefit from government financed construction or rely on up-to-date transportation systems to move their products. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been pressing Congress for greater spending on infrastructure and has allied itself with the president's effort, but in a statement Wednesday, chamber President Thomas Donohue also put some distance with Obama by saying such a public works initiative must be tied to less regulation, lower taxes and less overall government spending.
"The president correctly underscored the importance of infrastructure, education and immigration to our economic future," Donohue said. "But in order to grow and create lasting private sector jobs, we must have more economic freedom and while reining in government spending, taxes and debt."
The visit also marked Obama's first to the state since the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. The case has generated a painful, nationwide debate about racial prejudice, but Obama didn't mention the case in his public remarks.
The broad economic themes Obama illustrated Thursday will be followed up in the coming weeks by another series of speeches drilling down on key sectors such as manufacturing, education, housing, retirement security and health care. Advisers say some of those speeches will contain more specific policy proposals, both for legislation and executive action Obama can take without congressional approval.
The first of those addresses was to come Tuesday, when Obama will travel to Chattanooga, Tenn., to promote American competitiveness at an Amazon fulfillment center, which packs and ships products to online purchasers. The White House said some new policy ideas will be unveiled during that visit.
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