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The Social Weapon: Darwinism
Darwinism and Moral Collapse
Moral degeneration constantly increases. Behavior that was disapproved of, scorned, forbidden or condemned a few generations before gradually becomes accepted, even sought after, and widely practiced—a very important question of which most people are unaware. Lifestyles and behavior until recently regarded as immoral are now permissible under the name of "different choices." Perversions such as homosexuality are accepted. Aggression in society; the rise in fraud; the way that spouses can easily deceive each other and sometimes both come to live with this; the serious rise in divorce and in drug and alcohol addiction; increases in such crimes as robbery and muggings; the way that people can commit murder without any qualms, the rise in the crime rate; the way people have no respect left for one another, the spread of gossip—these are just a few ways in which moral degeneration manifests itself. This situation, particularly prevalent in some Western countries, clearly shows how dangerous this degeneration is.
Phillip Johnson and his book Defeating Darwinism
At the root of all this lie the incorrect answers to the question of why human beings exist. The truth is that people exist in order to know God, their Creator. In the verse, "Only in the remembrance of God can the heart find peace" (Surat ar-Ra'd, 28), God reveals that there is only one source of the peace that people seek in the wrong places. The religious moral lifestyle commanded by God will bring a person peace and happiness in the world.
Ignoring this fact brings with it moral degeneration, and produces unhappiness, despair, and depression.
One major cause of this moral corruption is the Darwinist ideology defining a human being not as a servant of God, but as a selfish animal that came into being by chance. According to this unscientific claim, a human should not be expected to have different laws and moral values from those of an animal. Life is a struggle, and human beings must be totally ruthless, fighting tooth and nail with one another.
This means total contempt for proper moral values. In his book Defeating Darwinism, Professor Phillip E. Johnson of the University of California, Berkeley writes of the negative effects that have appeared in society since the 1960s with the weakening of religious beliefs and the prevalence of a materialist world view:
The molecular biologist Michael Denton states that it's impossible to analyze the troubles that left their mark on the 20th century without considering Darwinism:
At this point it will be appropriate to examine the Darwinist claims that prepared the foundation for this moral collapse and degeneration.
Darwinism Constitutes the Basis of Atheism
Anger, aggression and violence rise in societies that do not live by religious moral values, where people turn away from moral attributes such as the affection, compassion, forgiveness, patience and tolerance commanded by God.
One of the main reasons why materialist circles support Darwinism with such intense determination is its atheistic aspect.
Atheism has existed since very ancient times, but with Darwinism, atheists imagined that they had finally found an answer to the question of how living things (and human beings) came to exist, which for centuries they had been unable to answer. They suggested that natural order and equilibrium had arisen as the result of coincidences, and that there was no purpose in the universe. However, every one of these views collapsed in the face of scientific, political and social advances made in the 20th century. Discoveries and analyses in a great many disciplines, from astronomy to biology, from psychology to social ethics, totally uprooted the theses of evolution and the assumptions of atheism.
Many evolutionists and materialists admit that Darwinism inevitably ends in atheism. Thomas Huxley was the first to state this openly, saying that when the theory of evolution was fully accepted, it would be impossible to believe in religion.
William Provine, professor of history at Cornell University and also an evolutionist, states that the world view of someone who believes in the theory of evolution is at complete variance with religion.161
Charles Smith, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, also admits this, saying "Evolution is Atheism."162
Phillip Johnson describes the importance of the theory of evolution for atheistic and intellectual trends incompatible with religious moral values:
As Johnson states, many scientists with a blind faith in Darwinism and materialism have made it their aim to use science as a means of rejecting God. But the fact is, science is a most valuable means of revealing the proofs of God's existence. The last 20 years have seen a rapid rise in the numbers of scientists who support the fact of creation. Every new study, and every new piece of information shows that an exceedingly sensitive and flawless equilibrium exists in the entire universe, and reveals the work of a superior and great Intelligence that belongs to Almighty God, Who is exalted and rich beyond any need.
Michael Denton states that Darwinism brings atheism in its wake and causes great damage to humanity's way of looking at itself:
They do not measure God with His true measure. God is All-Strong, Almighty. (Surat al-Hajj, 74)
The loss or weakening of belief in God leads to a society's spiritual collapse. People with no fear of God, who deny that they will find their true, eternal lives after death and will be recompensed for their deeds in this world with Paradise or Hell, can be exceedingly unreliable, aggressive, ruthless and self-interested, and prone to dangerous criminal behavior. For someone who has no fear of God, there are no bounds. As long as that person thinks that he can somehow avoid being punished by laws, he may commit all kinds of immorality and cause all kinds of disruption in society, may cheat people, hurt them and engage in much similar behavior.
Fear and love of God, on the other hand, ensure that people live by proper moral values, behaving in ways that meet with His approval. This allows a society to progress, and also strengthens it. Otherwise, there will be no end to conflict, war, ruthlessness and injustice.
God commands goodness, justice, honesty and order. In the Qur'an, He reveals:
And to Madyan We sent their brother Shu'ayb who said, "My people, worship God! You have no other deity than Him. A clear sign has come to you from your Lord. Give full measure and full weight. Do not diminish people's goods. Do not cause corruption in the land after it has been put right. That is better for you if you are believers." (Surat al-A'raf, 85)
Do not lie in wait on every pathway, threatening people, barring those who believe from the way of God, seeking in it something crooked. Remember when you were few and He increased your number: see the final fate of the corrupters! (Surat al-A'raf, 86)
Darwinism Proposes the Lie that Man is Unrestrained and Purposeless
The following words by the evolutionist George Gaylord Simpson are the clearest summary of Darwinism's view of humanity, founded totally on deceptions:
This claim represents one of Darwinism's classical falsehoods, and one of the main causes of societal collapse. Darwinists cannot offer the slightest scientific evidence for proposing that man managed to bring himself into the world, yet seek to preserve this falsehood for ideological reasons. According to their unrealistic claim, there is no predetermined reason for the existence of human beings—allegedly purposeless entities who will one day die and disappear. Yet the truth is very different. God created man from nothing. Behind human creation is a definite purpose, which is revealed in the Qur'an. God created human beings to serve Him. Every human will remain on Earth for the time allotted in line with a specific destiny, and after that allotted period has come to an end with death, will be resurrected. On the Day of Judgment, all human beings will be called to account for their actions in this world. That evolutionists try with all their power to forget this fact, and to cause others to deny it, changes nothing. So long as they refuse to abandon these errors in this world, denying God and the Day of Judgment and maintaining that man is a purposeless entity, when the Day of Judgment actually comes, the regret they experience will be very great. Our Lord has revealed this in the Qur'an:
If only you could see when they are standing before the Fire and saying, "Oh! If only we could be sent back again, we would not deny the signs of our Lord and we would be among the believers." (Surat al-An'am, 27)
Suggesting that there is no purpose behind their lives leads people to suffer a feeling of emptiness and terrible depression. Those who believe that falsehood see life as meaningless and unnecessary, and this in turn leads to a spiritual collapse. The irrational, illogical claims of Richard Dawkins, one of today's most prominent proponents of the theory of evolution, are typical of the materialist view. Dawkins maintains that human beings are all mere "gene machines," and that the only reason for existence is to pass their genes on to subsequent generations. According to Dawkins, there is no other purpose behind the universe: Man and the universe are both products of coincidence and chaos. This belief will inflict great despair and unhappiness, since nothing has any significance for someone who believes that at the moment of death, he will simply cease to exist. Friendship, love and good deeds give no joy to someone who imagines that they will receive no reward and will not survive in any case.
Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun, 115)
In addition, this distorted moral fabric will make people imagine that their evil deeds will go unrecompensed. That will lead them to imagine that they can conceal those deeds to avoid being punished for them, and therefore feel no compunction or hesitation over lying, hypocrisy, gossiping, making unjust profits, theft and even murder. In any society where the number of people deceived by such a twisted conception increases, then order and stability will be out of the question.
One of the most striking instances of the damage that Darwinist propaganda inflicted on the human soul appears in the preface to Dawkins' book Unweaving the Rainbow:
As can be seen from Dawkins's admission, the pessimism and purposelessness that Darwinism suggests represent a grave threat to society. People are offered not a bleak message, as by Dawkins suggested, but a bleak lie that seeks to divert them from the truth that inspires joy. That joy lies in the fact that man is not lonely, friendless, and abandoned but possesses a purpose stipulated by God.
Forgetting that God has created human beings for a specific purpose, societies are condemned to suffer a moral and spiritual collapse. Most of those addicted to drugs and alcohol, who turn their backs on life, and suffer such psychological disorders like depression and stress, and who commit suicide, are unaware of their lives' true purpose.
I only created jinn and man to worship Me. (Surat adh-Dhariyat, 56)
Despite being an evolutionist, Fred Hoyle says this of the nihilistic philosophy—that life is pointless and that human beings are worthless—emanating from The Origin of Species:
God has created all human beings to serve Him, and has breathed His own soul into them. Man is not an entity that came into being by chance from inanimate substances, but an entity created by Almighty God, to whom He gave reason and conscience and all kinds of blessings. Human beings—whom Darwinist materialists imagine to be purposeless and free of any restraint—actually have a most valuable purpose in life, to please Almighty God, Who created them, brought them into being from nothing, and gave them a soul and consciousness. At every moment of our lives, we should abide by our Lord's commandments with the greatest care and enthusiasm, hoping to earn His mercy and eternal Paradise in return. A person's true life is in the Hereafter, which will begin after death. In this world, a person must live in order to attain Paradise.
God reveals in the Qur'an that human beings are not free from all restraint:
Does man reckon he will be left to go on unchecked? (Surat al-Qiyama, 36)
Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun, 115)
The Social Darwinist Lie That "Man Is a Species of Animal"
Those deceived by this irrational, unscientific claim maintain that all of man's attributes are a legacy from his so-called "animal ancestors." This has dangerous effects on a person's view of himself and of others. Someone who regards other people as animals will disregard their ideas, and consider their lives to be of little value. He will regard a person's death as no more important than that of a dog or a cat. The fact that people are in need will cause no discomfort to someone who regards them as animals and thinks that in any case, animals evolve through conflict and competition. Such a frightening view completely does away with love and respect among people. For these reasons, those deceived by Darwinism must not ignore what this deception will cost them.
George Gaylord Simpson says this about the way Darwinism regards human beings:
In fact, however, this claim is unscientific, irrational, and illogical. Humans and animals are entirely different entities created by God. Animals act in the light of instincts and lack reasoning. A human being, on the other hand, is an entity capable of judgment and who can reason. Those who maintain that man is a species of animal seek to apply the law of the jungle to human societies, which will lead to a terrifying chaos that eliminates all peace and well-being.
According to Social Darwinist propaganda, the death of a human being is no different to that of a fly. Darwinism attaches no great importance to human beings. Even the condition of these children may have no effect on the consciences of people deceived by Darwinist propaganda.
Darwin expressed this distorted view in one of his letters, wondering whether human beings' ideas could be of any value, based on the falsehood that they evolved from animals:
Darwin's words neatly summarize evolutionists' terrifying view of humanity. This grave error of Darwin's came to pervade a large part of the Western world, and the idea that human beings are animals is still propagated in many countries today, even in school textbooks. For example, Biology: Visualizing Life, published in 1994, says:
Benjamin Wiker, a university lecturer in science and theology and author of Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists, states how, after Darwin there came an enormous deviation in the way man was regarded. He describes how the error of considering human beings to be the same as animals spread, ignoring the differences between them:
… most if not all of "traditional" morality is based on the assumption that human beings are a distinct species. Thus, the prohibition against murder is defined in terms of human nature. Don't murder! Don't murder what? Aphids? Anteaters? Orangutans? No, don't kill another innocent human being. With Darwinism, however, that species distinction between human beings and other animals is completely blurred. There is no longer any moral line to be drawn because the species line has been erased.
An example of the suffering inflicted on innocent people by Social Darwinist philosophy. Present-day terrorist attacks are also the result of Darwinist values, which maintain that human beings are the same as animals, and have inflicted nothing but blood, suffering and tears on humanity.
As we've seen, one main reason why evolutionists seek to portray man as a species of animal is their desire to eradicate all moral values. If man were an animal, as Darwinism would have us believe, then even the concept of morality would be of no importance to people. The damage this would inflict on society is beyond all imagining. For that reason, all humanity must be on its guard against Darwinism and the deceptions of this scientific forgery.
God commands justice and doing good and giving to relatives. And He forbids indecency and doing wrong and tyranny. He warns you so that hopefully you will pay heed. (Surat an-Nahl, 90)
In alleging that human beings are no different from animals in physical and biological terms, Darwinism also seeks to impose the idea that human and animal behavior are no different from one another. This lets undesirable characteristics and behavior, such as violence, aggression, and selfishness, ruthless competition, rape and homosexuality, allegedly inherited from man's animal ancestors, assume the status of "natural behavior" for people. For instance, the evolutionist scientist Philip Jackson Darlington writes:
All sorts of crimes are therefore seen as normal and justified, and it is even suggested that they should not be punished. In Ever Since Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould says this view began with the Italian expert on criminology professor Cesare Lombroso:
As is evident from the evolutionist Gould's description of Lombroso's idea, the commission of crime is regarded as something beyond free will, a legacy from human beings' alleged animal ancestors. However, this is an unrealistic claim. God has created all human beings with their lower selves that constantly impel them towards evil, but also with a conscience that protects them and cause them to avoid evil and do good. It is revealed in verses that:
And [I swear by] the self and what proportioned it and inspired it with depravity or sense of duty, he who purifies it has succeeded, he who covers it up has failed. (Surat ash-Shams, 7-10)
All human beings, therefore, are aware of whether their deeds are good or bad, and their behavior proper or otherwise. Everyone is responsible for avoiding what is evil and doing what is good. In the same way that those people who do good receive the finest recompense for their actions, so those who do evil will inevitably be punished. The theory of evolution, depicting all forms of crime and immorality as justified, leads people to terrible disasters, both in this world and the Hereafter.
Unlike animals, a human being possesses a soul breathed into him or her by God, reason, free will, conscience, common sense and the ability to distinguish between good and bad. Humans are able to make decisions and judgments, deliver punishment and reward, and learn from experience, and are tested by God. None of these abilities are to be found in any other living thing, nor is it possible for them to be so, because they have nothing to do with humans' physical structures, or their genes. They are all features of the human soul.
That being so, everyone with reason must acknowledge that truth and accordingly, live an honorable and determined life, reconcilable with good conscience.
Poor Morality Imposed by the False "Struggle for Survival"
As already stated, one of Darwinism's main deceptions is the claim summed up in terms like "the struggle for survival" and "the survival of the fittest." According to evolutionists' unrealistic claims, life is a sphere of conflict and competition for all living things, including man. In such a world, there is no place for features of proper morality such as love, respect, cooperation or altruism.
In The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin wrote that humanity had reached its current position through struggle, that it had to continue to struggle in order to progress, and that no law should be allowed to impede that process:
Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition through a struggle for existence consequent on his rapid multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher he must remain subject to a severe struggle.
In the dark world imposed by Darwinism, the important thing is for people to spend their whole lives in struggle. Yet this claim lacks any scientific validity, and is also incompatible with reason and logic. When such dangerous suggestions are put into practice, honesty and heroism, loyalty and devotion will be replaced by hypocrisy and selfishness, mendacity and disloyalty; and only those who possess these negative characteristics will be victorious. The foundations on which Darwinism bases its twisted view of the world and morality are frequently implied by evolutionists, in order to influence people.
For example, in an article titled "The Center of Life," Lorraine Lee Larison Cudmore, who holds a doctorate in biology, openly admits that in the evolutionist view of life, compassion and pity have no place:
Like racism, savage capitalism and eugenics examined previously in this book, the perverted ideas and dangerous practices reinforced by Darwinism are the results of errors and deceptions concerning the struggle of the strongest for survival. The fact remains, though, that life is not a sphere of struggle. Human beings' only struggle must be against their own lower selves. By fighting against evils in his own nature and those around him, a person must seek to bring positive features such as love, compassion, affection, peace, security, respect, and loyalty to prevail. That is a requirement of the moral values that are pleasing to God and which He has chosen for His servants.
Social Darwinism Attaches No Value to Human Life
When Darwinism's dogma of the "struggle for life" and its mistaken views are put into practice, human life is rendered worthless. Killing people for any reason whatsoever, abandoning them to starvation, provoking war, slaughter, carrying out acts of terrorism, and exterminating people for being mentally or physically handicapped or belonging to a different race all become "legitimate."
In line with this twisted mentality, one who attaches no value to human life is the American professor E. A. Ross. According to Ross's Social Darwinist view: "The Christian cult of charity as a means of grace has formed a shelter under which idiots and cretins have crept and bred." Again according to Ross: "The state gathers the deaf mutes into its sheltering arm, and a race of deaf mutes is in process of formation." Since these actions obstruct so-called natural evolutionary development, he declared that the shortest way to better this world was to leave all such people on their own to be eventually eliminated through natural selection.176
The graph below shows the enormous rise in crime levels over the last 30 years. The more societies distance themselves from religious moral values, the greater the ensuing moral collapse and crime levels.
What a ruthless view this is! Man is possessed of a conscience, and conscience commands one to protect the weak, the down-and-out and the poor. Otherwise, if man loses his ability "to think like a human being," then he really will achieve a position inferior to that of animals—because animals show great solidarity and cooperation. (For detailed information, see Harun Yahya's Devotion Among Animals: Revealing the Work of God, Global Publishing, Istanbul.)
Ross is not the only Social Darwinist to place scant value on human life. A great many share his terrifying ideas. For example, the evolutionist Peter Singer, Princeton University's professor of bioethics, goes so far as to say that people with severe physical handicaps must be regarded as unworthy of life. He expressed this cruel opinion in the following terms:
Singer went even further and said that the mentally handicapped might be killed in scientific experiments or even for food purposes! Singer's exact words are:
Even such revolting and savage behavior can be supported in Darwinist logic. Joseph Fletcher, former president of the Right to Die Society, makes a similar claim regarding the mentally handicapped:
There are only grounds against those who wrong people and act as tyrants in the Earth without any right to do so. Such people will have a painful punishment. (Surat ash-Shura, 42)
The killing of newborn babies is yet another practice condoned by Darwinism, which attaches no value to human life. Darwinism condones such an unconscionable idea: If looking after a newborn poses a hardship for the parents that will hold them back in their struggle for survival, then in evolutionary terms, that baby should be killed. Darwin claimed that animals were frequently observed to kill their newborn, and that this was an important factor in population control. In an article in Science magazine, the evolutionist Barbara Burke has this to say:
As we have seen earlier, Darwinists like Haeckel encouraged suicide and claimed that those who thought life was unbearable had the right to put an end to it. Yet God has made the taking of one's own life a sin.
All these savage practices and beliefs—eugenics, euthanasia and racism—show how Darwinism is an ideology that attaches no value to human life, and is constructed on myths of no scientific value.
The fact is that the life of every single human being is of great importance. Under Qur'anic moral values, people regard each other as valuable and important, and sacrifice for one another. A believer will give food to someone else, even if he needs it himself:
They give food, despite their love for it, to the poor and orphans and captives. (Surat al-Insan, 8)
Muslims are charged with protecting the poor, helping the abandoned and protecting orphans, helpless women and men, children and the elderly. In one verse, for example, God has commanded people not even to say "Ugh!" to their parents (Surat al-Isra', 23) and always to "say the best" to one another (Surat al-Isra', 53). In another verse, God reveals: "... if someone kills another person—unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption in the Earth—it is as if he had murdered all humanity. And if anyone gives life to another person, it is as if he had given life to all humanity." (Surat al-Ma'ida, 32)
It's a manifest truth that a society where everyone regards every human being as having reason and conscience, as valuable and important will be filled with peace, security, love and respect.
The slaughter perpetrated to "Eenforee Natural Sselectıon"
On 20 April 1999, two American students from Columbine High School in the state of Colorado, 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold, attacked their school armed with guns and bombs. After killing 12 students and a teacher in the space of half an hour they then committed suicide.
Searches of the two students' homes immediately after the attacks uncovered most interesting documents and information. In one of his pieces of writing dated 26 April 1998, printed on the Westword web site based in Denver, Eric Harris wrote that he and Klebold would enforce "natural selection" in their school:
These youngsters who killed their friends, saying that they shall carry out natural selection, wrote in their diaries that they were more highly evolved— and therefore superior— to other people.
Indeed, exactly in April as Harris had written in his journal, he and Klebold entered Columbine High School with weapons similar to those they had referred to and began massacring the students there. Both were known in the school for their admiration of Hitler, and wore T-shirts with swastika emblems on them. Furthermore, the day they carried out the attack would have been Hitler's 110th birthday.
These two boys were apparently ordinary high school students with stable family backgrounds, whom nobody had ever imagined would perpetrate such an attack. In addition, it appears from their journals that they had good relations with their families and experienced no problems with them.
The abnormally aggressive streak in these young people's characters which propelled them to perpetrate such a psychopathic attack must have been supported by the education they received. They resorted to the concept of "natural selection," which they had learned in school, in order to resolve problems with classmates whom they thought had excluded them. It is by no means surprising that people "educated" to believe such false ideas as that life is a struggle to the death, that one has to fight to survive, that the strong crush the weak, that human life is of no value, and that human beings are no different from animals, carry out attacks that they link to natural selection.
The view of life they acquire as a result of their education is the one imposed on people by Darwinism. People who learn about natural selection's ruthless competition in textbooks and in class, and who imagine this is the only way to survive, are able to regard such hatred and ruthless enmity as legitimate. They will therefore be capable of perpetrating similar actions.
However, when educated in the light of values taught by the moral values of the Qur'an, rather than of dogmas such as "natural selection," young people-–and indeed all society—will seek to be forgiving, to feel love, affection and friendship, and to ensure peace and peacefulness rather than hatred and conflict. The solution to moral degeneration lies in the intellectual overthrow of the philosophy that leads to it and its replacement by the moral values commanded by the Qur'an.
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160. Michael Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, 1988, p. 358.
161. William Provine, "Evolution and the Foundation of Ethics," MBL Science, (A Publication of Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts), vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 25-29; The Scientist, September 5, 1988.
162. Bert Thompson, Evolution as a Threat to the Christian Home, Apolegetics Press, USA.
163. Johnson, Defeating Darwinism, p. 99.
164. Denton, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, pp. 17, 67.
165. George Gaylord Simpson, Life of The Past:An Introduction to Paleontology, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1953.
166. Richard Dawkins, Unweaving The Rainbow, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998, p. ix.
167. Sir Fred Hoyle, The Intelligent Universe, 1983, p. 9.
168. George Gaylord Simpson, "The World into Which Darwin Led Us," Science 131 (1960), p. 970.
169. Francis Darwin (ed.), Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1903; 1971 reprint), vol. 1, p. 285.
170. George B. Johnson, Biology: Visualizing Life, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1994, p. 453.
171. "Darwin as Epicurean: An Interview with Benjamin Wiker;" http://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/issues/15.8docs/15-8pg43.html
172. P. J. Darlington, Evolution for Naturalists, 1980, pp. 243-244.
173. Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992, p. 223.
174. Darwin, The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, p. 403.
175. Lorraine Lee Larison Cudmore, "The Center of Life," Science Digest, November 1977, p. 46.
176. Thomas F. Gossett, Race: The History of an Idea in America, Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1963, p. 170.
177. Peter Singer, "Sanctity of Life or Quality of Life?, Pediatrics, July 1983, pp. 128-129.
178. Martin Mawyer, "Death Act Dies in California," Fundamentalist Journal, June 7, 1988, p. 61.
179. Ibid.
180. Barbara Burke, "Infanticide," Science 84, May 1984, p. 29.


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AXTELL (January 31, 2013) -- It was rare for someone to meet Cameron Garland and not be drawn to that smile.
It didn't take long for 9-year-old Faith Lautzenheiser to warm up to Cam. Here she is spraying him with silly string the very first time they met. The two became best friends. They talked, played jokes and even wrote songs.
"He was just my best friend in the hospital," Faith said.
Cam was in the hospital because he thought he had the flu. He'd had it before and knew what it felt like. Only this time, it was leukemia.
"It was just shock. Like somebody had slapped you in the face with a brick," said Bubba Garland, Cameron's dad.
"I felt more of a helpless feeling than I've ever felt as a coach because you can't fix it, you can't do anything about it," Axtell head coach Mike Cadell said.
But cancer didn't stop Cam from making others smile.
"He like put a balloon right above the door and it was full of flour so when someone opened the door, he would shoot it with a dart gun and the flour would fall on the nurses," Faith said.
Cam's teammates wore his number 55 on the back on their helmets, they held the number 55 up with their hands and in one game, they even scored 55 points in his honor.
"Every time you buckled your chin strap, you put your mouthpiece in, it was for him," said teammate Lucas Helleck.
Axtell had its most successful season in seven years and the news was even better for Cam.
"Cam had beat cancer. There were lots of hoops and hollers. That was a great day," Smith said.
"We were going to bring Cameron home by march. We were moving on," said Cameron's mom, Tammie Garland.
But Cam's body was so weak from all the treatment, he was struggling to fight off an infection. Soon, it was hard to move and talk. But Cam was still making everyone smile.
"You sit here and look back over the 17 years, it was always like that," Bubba said.
Nobody had lived more than two days with that same infection. Cam lived 10.
"I'm going to finish out my career in honor of him and coach like he lived," coach Cadell said.
"He just said be strong, be brave, be bright so that kind of made me realize I had to be strong, be brave, be bright," Faith said.
A little girl has hope because a young boy decided to make a difference.
Cam's family will hold a benefit dinner on February 2 from 11 a.m. to midnight at the Tradinghouse Bar and Grill in Waco. Barbecue dinner plates will be served starting at 1 p.m. and go as long as supplies last.
The event will also feature a chili cookoff, horseshoes tournament, silent auction and live music.
Cam's family says all proceeds will go to help families at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth.
For more information, contact Stephanie Amy at 254-717-0388, Vicki Pierce at 254-315-4157 or Bill Radde at 254-315-4157.

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Mark it on the calendars. The sixth annual Soccer Silicon Valley Community Foundation Dinner will be held on Saturday, January 25 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.
You won't want to miss this marquee event in the Silicon Valley soccer community. Quakes players will be in attendance, and each guest will have the opportunity to bid on great auction items while enjoying dinner and drinks.
Plus, U.S. Women's National Team legend Brandi Chastain will be the key note speaker.
Buy tickets for the event here.
The San Jose Earthquakes are a proud local sponsor of this year's St. Jude's Give thanks. Walk at the San Francisco Zoo on Saturday, November 23, at 8 a.m. The walk, which benefits the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is completely free for participants to register. However, people are encouraged to donate to raise money to help save kids battling cancer and other deadly diseases.
Join our team and make sure check out our Quakes Lace Up station at the event. We'll be passing out green shoelaces in honor of local patient Jeremy Kong.
Rafa Baca giving the commencement speech at Adelante Dual Language Academy. Congrats to the class of 2013! twitter.com/SJEarthquakes/…
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On a cool summer afternoon in the middle of East San Jose, Quakes midfielder Rafael Baca found a way to make a very special day for 46 middle schoolers all the more memorable. Chosen as the keynote speaker for the Adalante Dual Language Academy 8th grade graduation, Baca was met with a warm welcome full of applause. While Baca chose to deliver his speech in spanish, making it tougher for me to understand, it was clear from the reactions of the students that he was able to captivate them and provide them with excellent advice for the future.
Born in Tuxpan, Mexico and raised in Englewood, California, Baca understands the importance of being proficient in more than one language. Fittingly, all the students at Adalante had completed an enjoyable nine years, armed with the ability to speak both Spanish and English and ready to move on to high school. After Baca spoke, three students had the honor of recounting their experiences at Adalante, emphasizing the close-knit community and "family" of the school. The entire ceremony was festive, as even Baca himself couldn't resist dancing to the spanish music coming from the speakers. Baca wasn't finished, however, after delivering his speech. The midfielder was called back on stage to shake the students hands before they received their diplomas, and eventually sign a few autographs for his fans.
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Toledoans join state rally to support marriage equalityWritten by Matt Liasse | | firstname.lastname@example.com
The Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals will determine the future of marriage equality in four states on Aug. 6, but supporters will rally outside the courtroom the day before.
Gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people, straight allies, faith leaders, business owners, elected officials and more will be present at the rally, said Michael Aremo, campaign manager of Why Marriage Matters Ohio. Speakers at the rally will include State Rep. Nickie Antonio, Cincinnati City Councilman Chris Seelbach and former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
The rally is a time to show that "Ohio is ready for marriage equality," Premo said.
"This is the most important day in the legal fight in marriage equality in Ohio's history," Premo said. "When you have this many people who are willing to get in their cars and drive down to Cincinnati to participate in this rally … it's incredible."
The rally will be 5:30 p.m. Aug. 5 at Lytle Park, in Cincinnati and Toledo locals will be traveling to the location. Brent Rabie, volunteer and Equality Toledo board member, will lead a caravan and carpool to the rally. The group will leave from the Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd., at 1 p.m. Aug. 5.
Supporters are encouraged to wear red the day of the rally to show support because red is the color of love, Premo said.
"The fight for marriage equality is about love and commitment," he added.
On Aug. 6, oral arguments of five landmark cases will be presented in front of a three-judge panel, representing four states: Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Premo said the five cases focus on different issues. The plaintiff couples from Ohio and their attorneys will make the case that the refusal to recognize legal marriages performed in other states is unconstitutional.
After the arguments, the three-judge panel will issue their decision, upholding or overturning the lower court's ruling that Ohio's ban is unconstitutional, Premo said. He added that whoever does not get the decision they want has the option to appeal to the Court of Appeals or directly to the Supreme Court.
"The oral arguments, I believe, will reinforce how harmful and widespread marriage bans really are," Rabie said. He added that this event can change the lives of many in the area.
Premo, who is a straight ally, has worked with Why Marriage Matters Ohio since December, and he said support for marriage equality has grown. Since Why Marriage Matters Ohio was founded in September, Premo said there has been a nine-point increase in public opinion in favor of marriage equality.
"Momentum is clearly on our side and we want to make that clear at this rally," Premo said. "What we've been encouraging people to do since the beginning was to have conversations with their family and friends about marriage equality and why they support it and why it's important to them. Those conversations have been bearing fruit in that people are starting to think about marriage equality in a way that they haven't thought about it before."
He also added that two polls from this year show 50 percent of Ohioans support marriage equality, which is a five-point increase from last year. Opposition has dropped four points as well.
Before working in Ohio, Premo worked with the marriage equality campaign in New Jersey, which he said was "tremendously gratifying."
"I wanted to bring that experience here to Ohio," he said. "Marriage equality is coming to Ohio. It is no longer a question of if; it's a question of when."
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For the past 20 years, Barry has coordinated over 300 concerts for 100 different ambassadors in Washington, D.C. The Embassy Series is a concert series that began with six concerts a year at four embassies, and has grown to 42 concerts per year in 20 different embassies and ambassadors' residences. Barry also will discuss the concert series, international relations and the arts.
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IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
I am going to be using my new computer for music recording, digital photography (potentially at a semi-pro level) and possibly video editing. I have been advised to get someting with a good CPU (central processing unit.)
I have a budget of £1100 ($1800 US aprx.)
Here are my options as they stand:
13" mac book pro (2.4ghz i5, L3 cache 3mb) could be handy for portability and £850 will leave me money spare for software:
15" Macbook pro (2.0ghz i7, L6 chache 6mb) - out does the 13" in terms of processing - i think? but significantly more expensive at £1189:
Or i could just forget about portability and go for an Imac (2.7ghz quad core L3 6mb cache) which probably does everything i need:
Kind regards,
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
Unless you really really need portability, I would go with the iMac. You'll find that the larger screen makes all types of editing (music, video, photo) much easier. You'll also get more for your money with the iMac, as there is a premium to be paid for cramming all that power into a portable device.
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
Yeah, i seem to be more tempted by imac today rather than Mac book. What do you use?
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While the MBP can be used for editing, etc, I much prefer to do that type of work on the iMacs. The iMacs are a pain to transport, however.
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it's up to you :)
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
One more possibility. The Mac Mini. For about 900 bucks American, you can get a lot of Ram and a half decent hard drive. Add Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. You can add a CD writer and still come in under your budget.
This is a good choice if you already have a monitor, or a keyboard. I have used all kinds of Mac's and I like this option.
My second choice would be the IMac.
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
The best bang for your buck is the iMac, so if you don't need to be portable, go this route. Macbook Pros with 7200rpm hard drives start at around $2000 I think. You might check out older models on eBay. Don't get anything slower than a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
If you have a minute, would you mind checking this link to see if you think this mac book will handle recording and photo editing. In terms of CPU (i don't have a great understanding of CPU myself.~)
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
I'm guessing that any recording i do is going to have to be in the studio with an imac. Portability would be handy but i am going to be working the computer hard.
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
I record drums on my 2009 MacBook Pro. I don't have many issues at all. It's also very simple to replace the HDD on a MacBook Pro if you have a bit of courage and a set of screwdrivers - of course, this will invalidate any warranty you have so it's best advised not to.
The iMac is best bang for the buck and they are superb. My Dad bought an iMac last year (base model for £999) and it is an absolute beast. The screens on both the MacBook Pro and iMac are just stunning. If I didn't already have an older iMac, I would consider buying one.
The real question is - do you need it to be portable? Really, that's all it comes down to. I need a portable computer and that's why I have a 15" MacBook Pro. It's as simple as that.
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
Could you give me the spec of your macbook pro. Harddrive rpm and processor details?
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
5400RPM drive, 250Gb. The processor is 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and it has 4GB of RAM running at 1067MHz, DDR3.
The modern processors are much better (i5s or i7s) but the HDDs are much the same. Apple offer an SSD as an option but it's very expensive from them. I have issues with the HDD recording audio but I don't tend to run more than five tracks live at the same time. I'm not sure about any more than that.
My two Macs are the best computers I have ever owned. One is five and a half years old and this one is nearly three years old. Very few issues. The older iMac runs like new.
There's also talk about Apple changing the line to use the new Ivy Bridge architecture from Intel. I would hold off for a couple of weeks and see what happens there.
Full list of specs there.
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
I really appreciate you're help so far but if I could ask you to check this link as this is what i may go for:
I realise a 13" screen may not be ideal for photoediting etc but £850 is better than £1000+! The portability is going to allow me to do my music work in the studio and my photo work in the house. This is a big advantage AS i SHARE THE STUDIO WITH FAMILY MEMBERS AND DON'T WANT TO HOG IT.
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I did mean 'no issues'. Indeed.
That is a very capable machine. The i5 is a very good processor so I don't anticipate any issues there. The graphics card isn't particularly good and can't be upgraded but should be ok for most things. I can edit video fine on mine and it's running an older card - the only place where it struggles is gaming when I use my Windows partition so that's a non-issue really.
Apple just use standard HDDs. There's no reason why you couldn't upgrade it provided you had an OS to install. The only difference between using a 5400 and a 7200 is that the battery life will slightly decrease with a 7200 drive.
It might be worth thinking about buying yourself a good-sized external monitor. I use an external monitor for a lot of my work, even though a 15" is a good size. I find having a larger screen helps a lot for some of the work I do.
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Thanks for your help/input - really useful. I'm going to go on walk now so I can process all of this info!
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I edit video for a living and I greatly prefer to do it on my 24" iMac over my 17" MBP. Like these guys are saying....if portability isn't an issue go with the iMac.
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
Ryan - lots of great advice already given here. To add my 2 cents -
First, every model mentioned would be more than capable of doing what you've described doing.
And in a nutshell, portability costs. The more portable the solution - the less power you get for its cost. But again, all of these solutions should work quite well.
A few other thoughts -
1. 5400 seriously degrade audio track counts - and I mean really seriously. I don't know that I'd put this upgrade on a "future wish list" if at all possible.
2. 13" screens are pretty much as cramped for music as they are for art. I can't imagine doing much lengthy work on either without tethering up a larger screen wherever possible. And I mean a 20-24" not just a 15".
3. RAM, RAM, RAM - that amount of RAM that Apple ships standard with its computers throws away 30% of that computers effective power - particular when doing the very things you are interested in - music, art, video, etc. If my only two choices were a slightly more powerful model with standard RAM or a lessor model with say, double standard RAM, I'd probably go with the lesser model every time. IMO unless you're just going to use your computer to write papers and surf the web,,, it needs more than the standard amount of RAM.
That said, shop around - as often the Apple RAM upgrades are over-priced (not always, but most of the time). RAM is incredibly easy to upgrade yourself - just be sure and buy it from an established Mac-based reseller, so you know you are getting the specifically right stuff. I use macsales.com a lot for my needs.
Also I'd have to give a thumbs up to the gentleman who recommended the MacMini earlier in the thread - as that is the solution I just went with in upgrading my studio set-up - basically replacing my 2007 MacBookPro with a 2011 MacMini Server - which I've been very happy with.
But again, of all the choices discussed, you should be well served regardless of the which one you choose.
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
Thanks for your input David. You're not the first who's emphasised the importance of Ram - definitely going to have to learn to upgrade it when the time comes. The imac is the most likely candidate for me so far here's the URL for anyone else wanting to to assist:
regarding Ram these are the details it gives:
4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 16GB
Doesn't mean much to me at this moment but if i'm to spen this much on a computer, I'm sure I will learn!
I'll definitely sleep on this before making a decision though.
Wow you've played with Burt Bacharach! Great list of recordings there.
Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
It's VERY easy to upgrade the RAM yourself in iMacs. Easy as pouring piss out of a boot.
Why do I use that analogy? Because both have the instructions written on the heel. ^_^
(Honestly, when you lay the iMac on it's face to access the RAM, you suddenly find that they've printed the full RAM upgrade instructions on the bottom of the iMac's "foot".)
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Upgrading the RAM in an iMac is incredibly easy and shouldn't invalidate your warranty.
I recommend Orca for RAM upgrades. Good customer service, a helpful 'search' function and good quality components:
I've used them successfully more than once.
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I'm not sure if you can order from the Apple store online, but to the left down near the bottom they have great deals on refurbished Macs. They carry the same warranty as the new for the same year and model. My son has had two such refurbs and has had no issues what so ever.
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if you get an imac i would go with the 27" because in my yearbook class we use all apple and have a mix of 21" and 27" and i like the 27" because you have all the room you need. its like working on a tv
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Also is it easy to upgrade RAM on macbook pro - like on an imac?
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The RAM is likewise upgradeable but the same would apply. You would have to get the screwdrivers out and that will invalidate the warranty. Last time I checked it was very easy to upgrade the RAM on an iMac and you wouldn't lose your warranty but that may have changed in the last year or so.
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"Both models configurable to 750GB (7200-rpm) hard drive; 2.5GHz model also configurable to 256GB solid-state drive or 256GB solid-state drive and 750GB (7200-rpm) hard drive, only at the Apple Online Store."
Do you have an opinion on the solid state drive? I wish this lap top had one, the hard drive is sputtering lately and I suspect its terminal. So if you don't hear from me anymor
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
I vote for an iMac, they're pretty nice computers. You can get a 27" refurbished for £1,199.00: http://store.apple.com/uk/product/FC813B/A
That's a 2011 model, so its fairly up to date (and you get Thunderbolt ports). Its a quad core 2.7GHz i5, which is a pretty quick processor, and the graphics card is also decent, its a 512MB HD 6770. It comes with a 7200 rpm 1TB hard drive, and 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM, which you could upgrade up to 16GB, if you felt like you needed it for some reason. Honestly though, the best part of this computer is undoubtedly the screen. Working on a 2560x1440 27" LED screen like that is a dream. It is the brightest, sharpest, most vibrant and crystal clear display I've ever used. If you have an Apple store nearby, go and look at one of the 27" iMacs. Those things cost around 1000USD by themselves, so I feel that the iMacs are definitely the best buy once you take that into consideration.
If you spec for spec'd that computer and built it yourself, then bought a comparable display, I think you'd actually come out just about even. Its a solid computer, and a fantastic display. I have a 2 year old one, and it has no trouble with any of the multi-track recording that I do, or any of the mixing and mastering, or any of the video processing. Everything is fast and easy, I don't even have to worry about my hardware resources most of the time.
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Thanks for your help everyone. I've spent about 3 days umm-ing and ah-ing about this and finally been able to make what I think has been an informed decision!
I may be back on this thread asking for tips on maintaining the mac and using it efficently/wisely etc.This forum has been a lot more useful than the mac forum!
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Re: IMAC or macbook pro - advise from Mac users please!
You got the 27"? Great buy! That is one Hell of a computer. Even the base model has a fantastic display. I can't say enough good things about the displays on Apple computers.
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So now i'll have a semi-sound proofed room (parents's garage) to which I have ulimited access. An excellent drum kit with mic's and a 2011 Imac with 27 inch screen. Can't wait to get set up.
Going to sell some drum equipment to. Going to try and "steam line" and keep only what I need/use. I'll be selling some top quality paiste hi-hats (15" soundedge) and Orange County Piccollo Snare. And also a Sabian ride cymbal (for beginners really.)
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Well you made a very good decision. That's just a fantastic computer. I'm really quite envious!
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some pictures of your recording gear would be nice to see
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The room is so clutterred right now it's in dyer need of some tlc!
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[quote=LukeSnyder;997633 Here's my setup now:
What are those speakers? Did the foam underneath ome with them or is that a diy job?
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Perhaps some more information that might help guide your purchase from http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily...172800495.html :
Apples Sweatshop Problem: 16 Hour Days, ~70 Cents An Hour
By Henry Blodget | Daily Ticker Fri, Jan 20, 2012 12:28 PM EST
We love our iPhones and iPads.
We love the prices of our iPhones and iPads.
We love the super-high profit margins of Apple, Inc., the maker of our iPhones and iPads.
And that's why it's disconcerting to remember that the low prices of our iPhones and iPads and the super-high profit margins of Apple are only possible because our iPhones and iPads are made with labor practices that would be illegal in the United States.
And it's also disconcerting to realize that the folks who make our iPhones and iPads not only don't have iPhones and iPads (because they can't afford them), but, in some cases, have never even seen them.
This is a complex issue. But it's also an important one. And it's only going to get more important as the world's economies continue to become more intertwined.
(And the issue obviously concerns a lot more companies than Apple. Almost all of the major electronics manufacturers make their stuff in China and other countries that have labor practices that would be illegal here. One difference with Apple, though, is the magnitude of the company's profit margin and profits. Apple could afford to pay its manufacturers more or hold them to higher standards and still be extremely competitive and profitable.)
Last week, PRI's "This American Life" did a special on Apple's manufacturing. The show featured (among others) the reporting of Mike Daisey, the man who does the one-man stage show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," and The NYT's Nicholas Kristof, whose wife's family is from China.
You can read a transcript of the whole show here. Here are some details:
The Chinese city of Shenzhen is where most of our "crap" is made. 30 years ago, Shenzhen was a little village on a river. Now it's a city of 13 million people bigger than New York.
Foxconn, one of the companies that builds iPhones and iPads (and products for many other electronics companies), has a factory in Shenzhen that employs 430,000 people.
There are 20 cafeterias at the Foxconn Shenzhen plant. They each serve 10,000 people.
One Foxconn worker Mike Daisey interviewed, outside factory gates manned by guards with guns, was a 13-year old girl. She polished the glass of thousands of new iPhones a day.
The 13-year old said Foxconn doesn't really check ages. There are on-site inspections, from time to time, but Foxconn always knows when they're happening. And before the inspectors arrive, Foxconn just replaces the young-looking workers with older ones.
In the first two hours outside the factory gates, Daisey meets workers who say they are 14, 13, and 12 years old (along with plenty of older ones). Daisey estimates that about 5% of the workers he talked to were underage.
Daisey assumes that Apple, obsessed as it is with details, must know this. Or, if they don't, it's because they don't want to know.
Daisey visits other Shenzhen factories, posing as a potential customer. He discovers that most of the factory floors are vast rooms filled with 20,000-30,000 workers apiece. The rooms are quiet: There's no machinery, and there's no talking allowed. When labor costs so little, there's no reason to build anything other than by hand.
A Chinese working "hour" is 60 minutes unlike an American "hour," which generally includes breaks for Facebook, the bathroom, a phone call, and some conversation. The official work day in China is 8 hours long, but the standard shift is 12 hours. Generally, these shifts extend to 14-16 hours, especially when there's a hot new gadget to build. While Daisey is in Shenzhen, a Foxconn worker dies after working a 34-hour shift.
Assembly lines can only move as fast as their slowest worker, so all the workers are watched (with cameras). Most people stand.
The workers stay in dormitories. In a 12-by-12 cement cube of a room, Daisey counts 15 beds, stacked like drawers up to the ceiling. Normal-sized Americans would not fit in them.
Unions are illegal in China. Anyone found trying to unionize is sent to prison.
Daisey interviews dozens of (former) workers who are secretly supporting a union. One group talked about using "hexane," an iPhone screen cleaner. Hexane evaporates faster than other screen cleaners, which allows the production line to go faster. Hexane is also a neuro-toxin. The hands of the workers who tell him about it shake uncontrollably.
Some workers can no longer work because their hands have been destroyed by doing the same thing hundreds of thousands of times over many years (mega-carpal-tunnel). This could have been avoided if the workers had merely shifted jobs. Once the workers' hands no longer work, obviously, they're canned.
One former worker had asked her company to pay her overtime, and when her company refused, she went to the labor board. The labor board put her on a black list that was circulated to every company in the area. The workers on the black list are branded "troublemakers" and companies won't hire them.
One man got his hand crushed in a metal press at Foxconn. Foxconn did not give him medical attention. When the man's hand healed, it no longer worked. So they fired him. (Fortunately, the man was able to get a new job, at a wood-working plant. The hours are much better there, he says only 70 hours a week).
The man, by the way, made the metal casings of iPads at Foxconn. Daisey showed him his iPad. The man had never seen one before. He held it and played with it. He said it was "magic."
Importantly, Shenzhen's factories, as hellish as they are, have been a boon to the people of China. Liberal economist Paul Krugman says so. NYT columnist Nicholas Kristof says so. Kristof's wife's ancestors are from a village near Shenzhen. So he knows of what he speaks. The "grimness" of the factories, Kristof says, is actually better than the "grimness" of the rice paddies.
So, looked at that way, Apple is helping funnel money from rich American and European consumers to poor workers in China. Without Foxconn and other assembly plants, Chinese workers might still be working in rice paddies, making $50 a month instead of $250 a month (Kristof's estimates. In 2010, Reuters says, Foxconn workers were given a raise to $298 per month, or $10 a day, or less than $1 an hour). With this money, they're doing considerably better than they once were. Especially women, who had few other alternatives.
But, of course, the reason Apple assembles iPhones and iPads in China instead of America, is that assembling them here or Europe would cost much, much more even with shipping and transportation. And it would cost much, much more because, in the United States and Europe, we have established minimum acceptable standards for the treatment and pay of workers like those who build the iPhones and iPads.
Foxconn, needless to say, doesn't come anywhere near meeting these minimum standards.
If Apple decided to build iPhones and iPads for Americans using American labor rules, two things would likely happen:
The prices of iPhones and iPads would go up
Apple's profit margins would go down
Neither of those things would be good for American consumers or Apple shareholders. But they might not be all that awful, either. Unlike some electronics manufacturers, Apple's profit margins are so high that they could go down a lot and still be high. And some Americans would presumably feel better about loving their iPhones and iPads if they knew that the products had been built using American labor rules.
In other words, Apple could probably afford to use American labor rules when building iPhones and iPads without destroying its business.
So it seems reasonable to ask why Apple is choosing NOT to do that.
(Not that Apple is the only company choosing to avoid American labor rules and costs, of course almost all manufacturing companies that want to survive, let alone thrive, have to reduce production costs and standards by making their products elsewhere.)
The bottom line is that iPhones and iPads cost what they do because they are built using labor practices that would be illegal in this country because people in this country consider those practices grossly unfair.
That's not a value judgment. It's a fact.
So, next time you pick up your iPhone or iPad, ask yourself how you feel about that.
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I am going to start a series of Tips and Tricks For Circle Dock.
Although some of these may seem natural, many (like myself) just do not know until it is pointed out.
So I am going to start with something simple.
Quick Launch Menu In Circle Dock:
This is an adaption of an article from How To Geek "Add the Quick Launch Bar to the Taskbar in Windows 7" So Windows 7 users will be especially interested in this Trick as Quick Launch was removed in the Windows 7 OS.
Note for Windows 7 users:
The Quick Launch folder still exists...so all those install programs that ask if you want a shortcut in your Quick Launch still apply, just you will never know it is there.
Users of Windows XP and Vista will be happy as this Trick will clear up some space on the task bar and essentially move the Quick Launch Option to Circle Dock Via the Stacks Addon Option.
How To:
I am lazy by nature so I look for the simplest solution possible.
I could easily have you open a new Stack folder, then bring up the Stack options and then navigate through the AppData folder (If you can find it) and link to the Quick Launch folder, but this is too much trouble
So a few simple step by step.
You are going to need to copy the following address string:
%appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Bring up a Window.
In My Case I just click on My Computer
Paste the above code in to your address bar in the window and hit ENTER:
Once you hit enter 2 things of importance should happen:
- 1.) The Quick Launch Folder Should be Shown in the Window
- 2.) A full address to the folder location should be highlighted in the window address bar.
In my case I get:
C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
The above address can be utilized directly in Vista and 7, but I believe that address to be a bit different in XP.
If you wish to utilize the address above...Make sure you re-place the User Name appropriately!
Now over to Circle Dock:
Create a Stack folder by Right clicking and Choosing ADD > Folder Stack
This should bring up the following Properties window:
Go ahead and Change the "Name" to "Quick Launch"
And then Click Finish.
Circle Dock will Now Show a default folder Stack Icon.
Now we need to change the Stack Settings and add the last Saved Folder address.
to do this: Hold down Control and left Click the new Quick Launch Stack Icon (ctrl+click)
Now in the "Folder" Location right click and paste in the previously copied folder address.
Then chose which "Mode" you prefer....I have chosen "Grid"
Then Click "OK"
and viola
You now have a stack menu of your Quick Launch, that will automatically update shortcuts as they are added and removed from the Quick Launch Folder
Absolutely ensure that you do have the The "Silently Delete Broken Links" Option turned OFF!!!
Or I guarantee the next time you start Circle Dock you are going to be PO'ed, as it will wipe out this Stack!
I apologize to XP users as I have abandoned XP, Vista and all 32 bit OS.
So someone with XP may have to make an additional post to correct any discrepancies in address and so forth.
It is my hope that others will come forward with their tips and tricks and add them to these forums as well.
Circle Dock is infinitely capable of so much, and our beloved Markham is kicking himself to make it better all the time.
In my Next few Tips and Tricks posts I will be doing the following:
NirCmd as a third party Addon...I am going to make Windows dance!
CLamp as a third party Addon for controlling Winamp (You are going to dig this )
AutoIt as a third party Addon for scripting stuff
How to add God Mode and the Various God Modes to break down that huge god awful master list (Not as integrated as I would like)
and more as I find them
Know that Markham is working on the inclusion of Traditional dicklets to Circle dock, but this is requiring some serious coding and will take a while, so hopefully these addons will help satiate the tweaker's needs, and open up additional concepts for all of us
Do you have a tip or trick with Circle dock???
if so: Please tell us all about it in a new post...we will all want to hear it.


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Friday, January 20, 2006
By Janet Jaramillo
At the upcoming MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) exhibit featuring work by Todd McFarlane, a few pieces of original artwork from our upcoming Spawn Animation release will be on display.
Six black-and-white storyboards will be featured, along with four finished boards with never-before-seen backgrounds, characters and Spawn. We have not previously revealed how Spawn will look in this new animation project, so this is an exciting opportunity if you are one of the lucky few able to visit this exhibit.
Each of the boards on display present a different aspect of the project. We show you the intense use of black and dramatic lighting, something uncommon in animation. We attempt to show the unique camera angles chosen to help tell the story - an element of feature filmmaking not always used in animation. In a close-up of Twitch we are showing unique character design, partially for a bit of a new look for Twitch, and partially for a new look for animated characters in general. More often than not, animated characters are round and bubbly -- think Saturday morning cartoons. We are trying to steer away from Saturday morning cartoon characters, and go sharp and jagged looking. In this project, we attempt to show humans as realistically as possible, not necessarily as beautiful as possible. In yet another board we show two new characters as we demonstrate our use of camera pans and quick cuts, again showing something usually saved for moving making, not a TV show, as we are hopeful as this project will become. And finally, we show Spawn as a CG character on a 2D background -- a first for us that we are incredibly excited about.
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At what point does parental mythmaking turn into prevarication? Is there a line between perpetuating cultural and holiday rituals and outright deception?
As my sons celebrate their birthdays this month — Evan turns 7 and Sean turns 5 — their cognitive reach forces me to more carefully contemplate the lies I tell them and the truths I do not. Preserving the magic of Santa Claus and a legion of fairy tales is one thing. But I find it increasingly difficult to maintain one of the standard parental litanies — that "everything is going to be all right."
It is one of the crucial roles of a parent to offer stability, security and a sense of hope and well-being. As my sons have grown into their intellects and personalities, my love for them and attachment to them has grown exponentially. I do not care too much about things, but I care about my family, and that love is linked to a vulnerability that is overwhelming and frightening.
Like the protagonist in John Irving's "The World According to Garp," I have always been aware of how precious life is — and how ephemeral. That has never been so clear to me as it has been in the past year. My anxiety about Evan and Sean's safety has always thrummed in my nervous system like a live wire, but it was multiplied on Dec. 14. I was visiting friends in Fort Wayne, Ind., as the news broke that there had been a horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Driving back that evening, listening to media trying to make sense of conflicting reports, I could not intellectually process the concept of 20 murdered first-graders — but I could feel it, like a cold, bony hand squeezing my heart, clamping down with no regard for lasting damage.
I wept for that room of 6- and 7-year-old children, who spent the last moments of their lives panicked, screaming in terror and confusion, cries for moms, dads and teachers unanswered. And that grief stayed with me the next time I comforted my sons with the words, "Everything's going to be all right."
For I knew that every one of those Sandy Hook Elementary children had heard the same promise, countless times, from well-meaning parents who believed the words as they said them. How many times did Andrew, Alexander and Tanner Skelton hear those words? How many times did Ke'Ondra Hooks hear those words? How many times did Brian Hoeflinger hear those words? How many times did Martin Richard hear those words? How many times did Kaitlin Gerber hear those words? How many times did the children at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., hear those words? How many times did Elaina Steinfurth hear those words?
If I know that those words, no matter how much effort I put into believing them, are ultimately a lie, how do I go on saying them?
I know the deceptions around the childhood myths will end, and my boys will probably be ready for that transition before I am. But that ultimate lie, "Everything will be all right," mocks my efforts to do everything I can to keep my children safe and sound.
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Because despite the lightning strikes of stray bullets, aimed bullets, pressure cookers packed with explosives, tornadoes and bad choices that offer no second chances, my faith in God offers the hope that everything will be all right. Not here, not with jackals like Adam Lanza and Ariel Castro personifying satanic chaos. But forever, in the light of eternal love and hope, I believe everything will be all right. I know I cannot protect my sons from everything, but I can prepare them for anything by instilling in them the message that there is more to life than our corporeal state, that there is hope, that there is love, that no matter what happens to us on Earth, there will be a state of spiritual being in which everything … will … be … all … right.
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