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So.... I spent all morning trying to get my funds in order to get the m3. Then I go on with my credit card info and find out it just sold out minutes before. Is there any way you can offer perks for the people that showed up to buy one in time but ended up last in line? It doesn't seem fair to those of us who have contributed to the whole project only to miss out by a few minutes. My understanding was that since there were early bird perks for like 12 hours after launch that we would be able to take advantage of those
@Thor would you respond to this please
@SombreSire Great minds think alike. I have had my eye on that portable monitor for a while. I just needed a worthy laptop to attach it to. I think the Eve V is it. Did you get in on the indiegogo campaign? I look forward to hearing your report on virtualization performance if you did.
I am the IT administrator for a small company, so I wear all the IT hats. My preference is to work on networking and virtualization though.
@JonHusen indeed Yes, I ordered it yesterday like many people.No problem, it will be one of the first thing that I will test.
That's nice to be able to do everything, it seems we have the same preferences too
Hi, when can i order the top model with LTE?
You have to wait a bit longer, but it's definitely coming
Wonder if this will support external GPU, I.e. Razer Core?
If the Razer Core respects the Thunderbolt 3 protocol it will as will it work with other eGPU docks if they too respect the Thunderbolt 3 protocol.
An eGPU is also a strong possibility as the next project for Eve and the community, so stay tuned!
I feel like a Core i5 7Y + 16GB ram would have been the best specification to balance cost and performance. Unfortunately, now I am left torn between getting the i7 with 16GB ram or the i5 with 8gb ram. Sigh..
You can always wait for the Eve Store opening, where they should might have that option..
They never promised that...
I said should, didn't said will...
And since that option (i5 + 16gb) is highly request by the members and a top position in a old poll... i'll bet they will have that option later..
Hope to have it as an option for an additional price... I'll really pay about 100$ more in order to have 16 GB of ram on my i5 V version considering I'm buying a product which will be in the market after the super early bird perks, so there should be time to these type of changings (of the second batch)
I think "might" would have been a better choice of words. It's just that in the context and way you stated it, it sounds like you have inside information about what Eve are planning to do, rather than just opining. I am not saying that they won't, but there is no official announcements, that I can remember at least, where they state what models they'll offer. But I do agree that with the demand, they probably will end up doing it at some point.
Thank you for your suggestion.
I've updated my post
Hope so...would quickly change from the i7 to an i5 16GB. 256GB SSD is the sweet spot for me too..From 6th gen Core M processors benchmark, it doesn't look like the m7 (now branded i7 Y in the 7th gen) is all that much quicker than the m5 as it starts getting trottled very quickly when in turbo mode.If this doesn't materialise, i might just drop down to the m3 version as it seems like a good bang for buck device and I'll supplement the storage with a high capacity microsd card.
Amazing computer. I'm considering getting an EVE V. Beautiful machine. Does it use Intel Graphics or Iris, or Nvidia for graphics, or possible ATI?
Please read this about the GPU
Please check the FAQ, everything in regards to graphics is stated there:
I guess @Artur was faster
Ask yourself: what can a 9mm thick tablet use? Nvidia and AMD cards require 1cm for cooling alone, hehe... then add the other components...Oh, and ATI doesn't exist... it's been 10 years already...


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- Publication Date: 01/12/1990
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Parfrey's book is an anthology of interviews and essays united by one question: what happens when the melting pot of humanity boils over to reveal all the grime, dirt, and poison of the race? Such a question preoccupied many underground 'zines of the late eighties and early nineties, and this is the summation of their ethos bound up in paper and glue. As is to be expected with any sort of anthology, some pieces are better written or more enticing than others. I found far more pleasure in reading Taylor's piece on The Process, or McEvilley's survey of subversive performance art, or the candid interview with the female necrophile than I did reading the unsourced tirades about Freemasonry and New World Order conspiracy, though they have their moments. This collection might shock, intrigue, or entertain potential readers. It is not for the prude or the squeamish, but that is obvious. Those who seek this book out will find the sort of material they expect, and it satisfies to varying degrees.
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Apocalypse Culture is a gritty look back at a time before the Internet and the explosion of the Information age when publishing houses like Feral House (and let's be fair, there were and still are very few publishing companies like Feral House) were the reading audience's main window into the more obscure deviant, bizarre, and downright disturbing counter/sub-cultures of the 80's. Much of this anthology is comprised of articles written for obscure counter-culture magazines, as well as hand-made zines and handwritten letters or flyers, and is highly reminiscent of a time when the small press and self publishing were almost a form of revolutionary guerrilla tactics. Apocalypse Culture, which has seen two upgrades (including a 25th anniversary edition) and a sequel, is chock full of dark side of human nature that was not normally available to the general public, from necrophiliacs and masochists to schizophrenics and conspiracy theorists. Everything from Lycanthropy to Eugenics is touched upon, and there are enough iconic personalities represented - Full Force Frank (confessed psychopath and publisher of how-to mass murder newsletters), Antone LaVey (Founder of the Church of Satan), G.G. Allin (Punk Rock Singer), Joe Coleman (Artist/Performance Artist), Peter Sotos (Controversial Writer), to name just a few.Some of the work in Apocalypse Culture may seem a bit mild compared to what one can scrounge up with a simple Google search these days, but there are still materials to be found that even today are somewhat taboo. But more importantly, this collection of taboo materials is a snapshot of a cultural component that many people are not even aware existed (and to an extent still exists), so for many reading this anthology will be like lifting a rock to see what's been lurking under the surface of the past. Not for the weak of heart, fragile souls, or the easily offended, but highly recommended to those who are unafraid to stare into the abyss.
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The bottom rack was easiest, just picked it up out of the dishwasher and moved the sprayer and the silverware holder from the old rack to the new rack and set it back in the dishwasher. The top rack was a little tricky, it took a minute to figure out to remove the little end-caps on the runners and then it just slid out. Slid the new one in, replaced the caps and moved the upper rack basket. It took less than 15 minutes to fix and now it's like a brand new dishwasher!
Read the experiences here, very helpful. Bottom slides out first - really easy. The new part comes with rollers, you don't need to remove the old ones. Now the only problem, getting the sprayer off the bottom basket. Look carefullty, you must use a screwdriver to release one side of the sprayer, then it works off easily. Make sure you note the orientation of the base of the sprayer. Reverse steps above and you are done. New tray slides in. Our new tray was a bit wider than the old one so we needed to use a bit of pressure to "shrink" the back just a wee bit. The upper is easy also. Since the rails are uneven, make sure you put the high rollers on the high side no matter what your wife told about how it is supposed to go in. The end caps snap inward and slide out of the rails. Easy once you know. The uneven rails are obvious once you notice. Total time was 45 minuts, 30 of which was figuring out how to get the sprayer off without damage.Would be nice to know the factory recommendation for removing the sprayer.
Most difficult was figuring out how to release the top rack...just flip the end pieces to the side and out they come. Next was removing and reinserting the spray head in the bottom rack...just twist and take out then align and twist into place in the new rack.
Replaced upper and lower racks. The new lower rack has a design flaw: it has 3 wheels on each side, but should have 4 wheels on each side. When you pull out the bottom rack, the last set of wheels drop down into the open space where the door hinges to the cabinet, causing the dishes to bounce and shake around. Then when you push rack in, you have to lift it back up onto the tracks made for the wheels to roll on. You can't pull the bottom rack out far enough to access the back of the rack very well.
With a straight edge screwdriver I carefully removed the plastic end caps on the rack support glider-shelves, replaced the old rack with the new rack, and then reattached the end caps.I felt better about ordering the part Online after having talked to a sales person since there were several racks from which to choose. She reassured me that I was ordering the correct part number. I am a woman and 62 years of age, and I was pretty sure this installation would be a no-brainer. I just wanted to make sure I had the right part for the job.
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Was extremely easy to remove that existing rackings(upper and lower), install the new racks and snap in the new spray tower. It now looks like we have a new dishwasher. We are hoping that it will last another 10+ years.We will recommend your site to friends.
Replacing my dishwasher racks was very easy. I followed the guidance on the PartsSelect.com website for replacing the upper rack. Replacing the lower rack was only challenging when I couldn't figure out how to remove the water sprayer from the old rack and place it in the new rack. A quick search on Google.com and I learned to turn the sprayer counter-clockwise to remove it and then clockwise to put it in the new rack. Worked like a charm! I would recommend PartsSelect.com to anyone. Easy to use, parts came quickly, and I appreciated the guidance from others.
Although the (top) dishrack assembly included the nylon wheeles, it was easier to replace the old one by disengaging it from its wheels and installing the new rack on the old wheels kept in the slider track. The snap hook that held each wheel to the old rack was popped loose (finger pressure) and the old rack removed. The new rack was held in place and each of the four wheels snapped to it. Each wheel fits into a wire post on the basket and the plastic hook snaps onto the wire frame. The most difficult part of the 'repair' was removal of the handle from the old silver ware basket. I used screwdrivers to simultaneously pry the four tabs of the halde out of the slots on the basket and pulled (hard!) the handle off. It snapped easily into place on the new basket.
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Removed screws on the inside of the dishwasher - removed interstainless cover - disconnected wiring harnesses - accidently pulled terminal loose from control board - cut wires to terminals-took control board out - resodered terminal - used wire nuts to attached cut wires - attached wire harnesses - installed intercover - replaced screws - tested dishwasher - all okay.
First you must understand that the end cap is not a solid piece. The plastic facing you is wrapped over the piece behind it. The separation may be obscured by age. Wedge thin bladed screwdriver into the outside edge of end cap at the bid point, a sturdy hunting knife will probably work better. When you hit the seam, pry it apart and fold it back. Unwrap the part and repeat on other side. The dishracks will easily slide out and in.
Just undid the brackets holding the top rack in place and put in the new racks, locked the brackets and in the bottom put the water tower on and slid that rack in place, and bam we were ready to turn it on. It's wonderful, all new and clean. LOVE IT!!!
I removed the bottom rack by simply rolling it out of the dishwasher, and removed (unsnapped) the rotating spray assembly. It was easily snapped into the center of the new dishrack. Next, I removed the roller stops from the rail holding the upper dishrack by following the marks (arrows) on the stops. I rolled out the upper dishrack, and rolled in the new one. Finally, I snapped the roller stops back into position.
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The Word Is Out: A New Voice For 'On Language'
When William Safire died last September, the veteran columnist for The New York Times left vacant a post that he had filled for more than 30 years. Safire originated the "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine in 1979 and continued to write it until his death.
This week, the Times Magazine announced the name of the man who would take over the role of exploring and increasing the vocabularies of Americans: Ben Zimmer.
The name should be familiar to word fans already. Zimmer is the executive producer of two Web sites, visualthesaurus.com and vocabulary.com, that cater to word freaks. After Safire died, Zimmer wrote the column remembering his colleague's contribution to linguistics. Still, Zimmer admits that his predecessor's shadow is long.
"It is a little intimidating, I have to say, especially because I can't reproduce William Safire's very distinctive voice," Zimmer tells NPR's Renee Montagne. "I'll put my own stamp on it. I'll come at it in some ways in a more scholarly way because of my background in linguistics and linguistic anthropology. But also, I will be casting a wide net. You know, everything from technology to pop culture, high-brow, low-brow, everything in between. I'll be on the lookout for all sorts of new developments that are happening in language."
Zimmer has already spent some time documenting the ways pop culture has infiltrated our language. He talks about one new word whose usage was crystallized in a particular moment: when Kanye West rushed onto the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards and took the microphone from winner Taylor Swift to announce his preference for a different video.
"It was such a watershed moment that his name, Kanye, became a verb: 'to Kanye,' or sometimes 'to pull a Kanye,' meaning to interrupt someone when they're giving a speech, like at an awards show," Zimmer says.
The world didn't have to wait long for the new word to become useful. During the Academy Awards ceremony earlier this month, Elinor Burkett rushed up onto the stage a few steps behind her co-producer for the winning documentary short, took the microphone out of his hand and proceeded to give a speech of her own.
"Right away people are saying, 'She Kanye'd that guy,' " Zimmer says. "That new word got a new lease on life from very similar circumstances."
For the first "On Language" column of his official tenure, Zimmer writes about one of the first words many people learn: "no."
And like Safire often did, he chose to examine the word's contemporary political context.
"Blocking the road to yes on health care and other initiatives," Zimmer writes,
is the Republican Congressional minority, which has been painted by Democrats as 'the party of no.' It's been a common refrain since the early months of the Obama administration, when the Democratic National Committee introduced a 'Party of No' clock on its Web site, tallying the time Republicans spent criticizing Obama's budget plan without offering their own alternative.
"Funnily enough," Zimmer tells Renee Montagne, that particular phrase "goes back to Ronald Reagan criticizing the Democrats as 'the party of no' back in 1988. And since then, it's sort of been a pingpong ball back and forth. Whoever is the party in charge calls the opposition 'the party of no.' "
In addition to the column, Zimmer will answer one question from Times Magazine readers online every other week. Asked if he's ever been stumped by a request for the history or meaning of a word, he reveals one major way the beginning of his stint at "On Language" will be different from Safire's: the Internet.
"These days it's possible to do research on these things much more easily than we could before," Zimmer says. "I remember being asked about [the phrase] 'You're not the boss of me.' People might think it comes from the '80s or the '90s, but in fact it's quite old. You can find examples from the late 19th century in very similar situations, like a petulant child complaining about an older sibling.
"That's a kind of a hidden history that — because we have these great tools at our disposal now — we can uncover this history and tell a new story about words and phrases that might be familiar with us, but we don't know where they come from until we do this detective work."


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11th in The Championship is far from where Derby County want to be, and the club moved quickly to bring in Gary Rowett following the sacking of Steve McLaren.
Rowett was sacked by Birmingham City mid-way through December, but the 43-year-old finds himself back in the game just three months later, at the club whom he made 105 appearances for. The manager couldn't have asked for a better first game in charge, an away trip to The City Ground for the East Midlands derby. Despite being on the receiving end of a last-minute equaliser, it was a game Rowett can take many positives from.
The quality in the Derby County squad has never been in doubt. They are a team that has under-performed massively this season. The trouble with having a squad like the Rams' is often being able to find the right eleven – the right formula, so to speak. That will be Rowett's first task in hand, getting to know the squad and his best team.
On paper, he has all the ingredients needed for a successful Championship club at his disposal. With a few months of experimenting, in a season Derby can now write off, and a full preseason, Rowett will stamp his mark on the squad.
He was a man many felt was unlucky to lose his job at Birmingham and Derby have brought in a manager who knows what The Championship is about, particularly its relentless nature, and also the expectancy and ambition of everyone at Pride Park. Having played in a Derby shirt over one hundred times, a lot of the supporters will have seen Rowett go from playing on Derby turf to standing on the sidelines. He's someone supporters will really take to – someone they can relate to.
It's extremely early doors, but seeing David Nugent and Matej Vydra net in his first game in charge will please the Derby boss greatly. Nugent has yet to set the turf alight since signing in January, but he is a player with unquestionable talent, a striker known for his goals at this level. Matej Vydra has been also disappointingly underwhelming since he joined the club, having been instrumental in Watford's 2014/15 promotion season.
Derby's attacking options should be, collectively, one of the most feared in the division. Johnny Russell and Thomas Ince are up there with the best wide players in the league on their day. Will Hughes is an exceptional talent in midfield, too. Rowett needs to get these players playing to the best of their ability. It is time for the big names in the Derby squad to live up to their reputation and step up to the mark. Before the season starts, The Rams are always included in the promotion talk. Play-offs should be the minimum aim for a club such as this,
There were certainly question marks over the appointment of Steve McLaren, and those question marks proved to be justified. However, this could well be the right appointment made by Mel Morris. In a squad full of big names, a good man manager can be key. With a couple of tweaks to the team and a few months to implement his ideas and strategies, next season is a big chance for Derby to make their return to the promised land.
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BOGOTA, June 20 (Reuters) - Colombia's economic growth slowed in the first quarter to 2.8 percent from a year earlier, the government said on Thursday, as a series of labor disputes added to weak global demand that hit the Andean nation's exports and manufacturing sector.
The year-on-year growth is well below the expansion in the first quarter of last year, when it grew a revised 5.4 percent compared with 2011. The annual figure for the 2013 quarter met estimates in a Reuters poll.
The new data fell short of the 3 percent expansion expected by Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas. The economy grew 0.3 percent from the fourth quarter.
"We aren't surprised by the number," Cardenas told reporters, adding the second quarter would be better than the first. "The economic motors have to keep advancing, we have to continue with the rhythm of the housing motor, the mining motor and the infrastructure motor."
Colombia's economy, mostly driven by oil and mining, has been hurt by weak overseas demand due to the global economic downturn, which has pushed commodity prices lower. A series of labor disputes in the mining sector as well as with coffee growers also hurt growth in the first three months of the year.
Cardenas last week cut the government's estimate for full-year 2013 economic growth to 4.5 percent from 4.8 percent.
"The challenge is tough, especially in the industrial sector and in construction if there isn't enough public spending during the remainder of the year; that could make it hard to meet the target of 4.5 percent," said Marisol Torres, an analyst at Helm Bank. "The execution of the government budget is key."
Some economists still reckon the government's new 2013 GDP estimate is far too optimistic and see expansion at no more than 4 percent this year.
Among sectors measured in the first quarter GDP data, construction grew 16.9 percent, mining increased 1.4 percent and financial services rose 3.4 percent. Industrial output slipped 4.1 percent.
Industrial production has fallen in the past five months, while the value of exports has decreased for seven straight months. Exports and factory output have also suffered because of a strong peso that makes local costs more expensive and dollar revenue weaker.
Colombia has cut its key lending rate by 200 basis points since last July to counter weak international demand for commodity exports and a slowdown in domestic demand in the $330 billion economy. The central bank put rate cuts on hold in April to see if they were enough to revive the slowing economy.
The first quarter GDP data makes it more likely the central bank will maintain borrowing costs steady at 3.25 percent when it meets next week. Policymakers had forecast the 2.8 percent annual economic growth rate.
Problems in Colombia's labor market added to the general economic malaise in the first quarter.
Workers at the largest coal exporter, Cerrejon, ended a 32-day strike in March, while coffee growers and truckers blocked roads and prevented produce from getting to ports.
Loading at a port controlled by U.S.-based Drummond Ltd , Colombia's second-largest coal miner, was also suspended in February after bad weather caused a spill from a barge into the water.
"What has damaged economic growth in the first quarter was the drop in output and in the mining sector from the strike at Cerrejon, the suspension in production at Drummond and less demand from Europe," said Jorge Bustamante, head of the DANE statistics agency.


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Runtime: 11 minutes
Nick Steele, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Anne Leighton, Fred Brotman, Christian Calloway, Alex Casteel, Marc Chicoine, Stephan Danger, Mike Dee, Dawn D. Dinkins, Claire Donald, Sandra Henderson, Rebecca Holland, Madison Jones, Russell Kliebert and Sasha Kolos.
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Eddie Yasuhei Imazu (1897-1979) was a Hollywood motion picture art director and production designer who born on November 12, 1897, in Yamaguchi and immigrated to the United States in 1910 at age thirteen. He graduated from Hollywood High School. He studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, for two years. Following an invitation to a party hosted by actor Sessue Hayakawa, he was offered a job at Metro Studios in the film industry. He initially worked as a draftsman in the art department before he was promoted to art director in 1929 and began handling pictures.
Initially, when Executive Order 9066 was signed, initiating the forced removal of all Japanese Americans off of the West Coast, MGM studio offered Imazu accommodations within the studio in order to retain him as their art director.[1]However, Imazu and his wife Aiko (herself a Los Angeles native and accomplished artist) decided against separating the family and were incarcerated at Santa Anita Assembly Center and in the Jerome and Rohwer, Arkansas, camps. The couple had one daughter born before the war, and a second was born at Jerome.[2] The family moved to Rohwer in June 1944 after the closing of Jerome. They left Rohwer to return to Los Angeles in July 1945.[3]
Following his release, he returned to Culver City, California, where he was immediately offered his former job and continued working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Studio for 35 years as an art director on Hollywood films, including Go For Broke (1951), a dramatic feature exploring the story of the 442nd/100th Battalion.
In 1936, Eddie Imazu was an Academy Award co-nominee for Best Art Direction on The Great Ziegfeld. Imazu's film credits include The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956); Go For Broke! (1951); and Three Wise Fools (1946). His television credits include: "The Twilight Zone" (1964); "Combat!" (1963-1964); and "The Thin Man" (1958).
He died May 29, 1979 at age 81 in Los Angeles.
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Eddie Imazu website: http://www.eddieimazu.org.
Sumida, Alice. "A Portrait Of Eddie Imazu, Art Director At MGM Studio." Pacific Citizen, Dec. 20, 1947, http://www.eddieimazu.org/hollywood-story-a-portrait-of-eddie-imazu-art-director-at-mgm-studios/.
The View from Within: Japanese American Art from the Internment Camps, 1942-1945. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, UCLA Wight Art Gallery, and UCLA Asian American Studies Center, 1992.
- ↑ Alice Sumida, "Hollywood Story: A Portrait of Eddie Imazu, Art Director at MGM Studios", Pacific Citizen, Dec. 20, 1947, 24, accessed on July 16, 2014 at http://www.pacificcitizen.org/digitalarchives/assets/images/full/PCN_19471220_024.jpg.
- ↑ Pacific Citizen, Aug. 21, 1943, 7, accessed at http://www.pacificcitizen.org/digitalarchives/assets/images/full/PCN_19430821_007.jpg on Feb. 4, 2015.
- ↑ Final Accountability Record, Rohwer, p. 43. Densho Digital Archive.


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In August 2003, Eddie Liu, a longtime legal assistant at top Taipei law firm Lee and Li, asked for a year's leave of absence to study for the bar exam, which he had previously failed. His request was granted, and firm managing partner C. V. Chen recalls personally wishing the 41-year-old Liu the best of luck on his studies and the exam.
"Eddie Liu had been with the firm for 13 years," says Chen. "He was a senior assistant and had never acted out. Till today, it still puzzles us why he did it."
What Liu did was steal $92 million that belonged to a major client—U.S. flash drive maker Sandisk Corp. Lee and Li uncovered the theft on Oct. 13, 2003, just four days after Liu departed the 101-lawyer Taiwanese firm for the leave from which he would never return.
To observers of today's international legal scene, accustomed to seeing partners squabbling over money issues or firms falling apart ahead of lease renewals, what the partners at Lee and Li did next may be even more shocking. Ten years ago this week, they agreed on a plan to fully repay Sandisk out of their own pockets.
Today, Lee and Li's partners are finally almost finished repaying their client; Chen thinks next year they will finally be free and clear. At that time, the 40 partners who were at the firm at the time of the theft will have paid an amount in cash and free legal services rivaling the largest legal malpractice settlements ever paid by U.S. firms, and they will have done so without the help of professional liability insurance, which Lee and Li did not have.
Liu, widely believed to be hiding somewhere in mainland China, is still one of Taiwan's most-wanted fugitives, and the money he stole remains unrecovered. For a while, the firm hired private investigators to try to find him, but Chen says it's no longer trying. Lee and Li today is stronger than ever, and remains Taiwan's leading law firm with clients like Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., The Carlyle Group and, of course, SanDisk.
"When I think about it now, all the money proved worth paying, ironically," Chen says.
"Since this crime happened, something must have been very wrong with our firm," he explains. As a result, the firm went through a "thorough soul-searching, from top to bottom, inside and outside."
In 2002 Sandisk had authorized Lee and Li to open a trading account in which it could deposit the shares of Taiwanese companies in which it held an interest, with an eye toward selling them and reinvesting the proceeds. SanDisk placed 183 million shares of Taiwanese semiconductor maker United Microelectronics Corp. into the account in July 2003.
Lee and Li had been granted a power of attorney over this account and held its associated chops—seals often used in China and Taiwan in place of authorizing signatures. Liu somehow gained access to these chops as well as the account passbooks and, in August 2003, used them to forge documents authorizing the transfer of the UMC shares to several brokerage accounts he had set up in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He sold these shares for $92 million, which he then converted to diamonds and traveler's cheques. By the time Lee and Li realized what had happened, Liu had fled the country.
Chen, Paul Hsu and Kwan-Tao Li, the firm's three senior partners at the time, were shocked by the news. But Chen says they knew they had to try to make Sandisk whole. "The client is the client," he says. "We made a mistake, we didn't control well."
Was there another way?
"I guess one thing we could have said back then was that we didn't have that much money, so we could have negotiated with the client [to pay] 10 percent, 20 percent or maybe 30 percent [of the total value]," says Chen. "Or we could have said, 'Sorry, we are not paying you a dime, you can sue us.' But we didn't think that was the right thing to do. We never really even considered these options."
Lee and Li was and remains a general partnership, meaning that all partners are personally liable for claims against the firm. Most international firms today are limited liability partnerships, meaning that liability can be confined to those partners directly involved in a claim. But such a structure is still is not available to firms in Taiwan. Nor, says Chen, is suitable, cost-effective insurance.
"There is simply no meaningful policy available," he says.
New York University legal ethics professor Stephen Gillers says it's hard to exactly compare Lee and Li's situation to that of U.S. firms because of its lack of insurance. "It would be quite unusual for a US firm that handled that amount of money not to have insurance against employee theft," he says.
Gillers notes, though, that Lee and Li would clearly be liable for a theft under similar circumstances if it were a U.S. firm.
"This is no different from, say, FedEx being liable if its driver is negligent and causes injuries in an accident or if a driver steals a package containing valuables," says Gillers, adding, "In the U.S., the firm would have to pay—or, more likely, its insurer would pay up to the limit of the policy."
Chen and his partners quickly accepted that they were responsible for Liu's actions, and decided they wanted to act in "a professional and noble way" and not force SanDisk to take them to court. "If this had become a lawsuit, the client wouldn't be satisfied," he says, "It would also have seriously tarnished the firm's image among the Taiwanese public."
Just a month after discovering the theft, Lee and Li reached a deal with SanDisk. Though Liu sold the UMC shares for $92 million, SanDisk had acquired them for $83.3 million and agreed to value their loss at this amount. Over the next few weeks, Lee and Li paid SanDisk $20 million in cash. It then paid $45 million in 16 quarterly installments over the next four years. The firm also gave Sandisk an $18.3 million credit toward legal services that the company could use over the next 18 years. It is this credit that Chen says should be exhausted by next year.
Though SanDisk did not respond to a request for comment for this story, the company highly praised the Lee and Li when it announced the deal on Nov. 15, 2003. "We do not believe that the acts of a single rogue employee should alter the 40-plus-year solid reputation of one of the region's premier law firms," then–general counsel Charles Van Orden said in a statement at the time. "In the past several weeks, we have come to know several of the firm's fine partners. As we pursue extensive new opportunities in Taiwan and mainland China, we look forward to continuing our relationship with the firm."
The agreement required major sacrifices at Lee and Li. All of the partners contributed to make the initial $20 million payment to SanDisk, and none drew a profit share in 2004. Hsu retired from the firm soon after the incident, and Chen and Li, the two remaining senior partners, agreed not to take a profit share from the firm for the next four years, until the second phase of the repayment was complete.
During this time, though, all the firm's associates and administrative staff were paid all the compensation they were due, including year-end bonuses. New partners promoted or recruited after the incident were also not required to contribute to the SanDisk payments. Such steps helped keep lawyers from leaving and made it possible for the firm to continue to recruit top talent.
In that way, Lee and Li managed to avoid the downward spiral of many Western firms facing massive liability. The largest public settlement paid by a U.S. law firm appears to be the $81.6 million that Dallas' now-defunct Jenkens & Gilchrist agreed to pay investors suing the firm over illegal tax shelters it had blessed. That firm also agreed to pay the Internal Revenue Service another $76 million. The legal troubles hanging over Jenkens & Gilchrist led to an exodus of lawyers, with the firm's head count falling more than from 611 in 2001 to 285 in 2006. It closed in 2007.
Lee and Li spent all of 2004 reviewing the firm's internal controls. Partner Nigel Li led a group of partners and consultants that, after over 30 meetings and discussions, determined that Liu was able carry out his scheme because the firm's management was overly centralized. More junior partners weren't empowered to supervise staffers like Liu, and senior partners were too overstretched to monitor their activities. They decided to open up both the firm and its management, drafting a new partnership agreement that broadened firm equity, decision making, profit-sharing, and accountability. The number of practice groups was also increased from five to over 20 to give more partners management responsibilities.
An 11-member executive committee was established to take over the management role previously exclusively held by three senior partners. Chen was elected managing partner and chief executive officer of this committee, with Nigel Li named as his deputy. Kwan-Tao Li retired in 2009 but remains a chief counselor.
Though the firm still doesn't have insurance, Chen says partners have pooled some of their own money as "self-insurance."
"It's more of a symbolic gesture, but in case something happens, at least we'll have something," he says.
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Fukuoka, Japan – May 1, 2015
TEDxFukuoka (Joe Okubo, Organizer) will host a public TEDxFukuokaWomen event entitled "Momentum" on Saturday, May 30th, 14:00-19:30, at Momochi Palace (Sawara-ku, Fukuoka).
TEDxFukuokaWomen is one of the 2015 TEDxWomen events being held in Japan. The event will be complemented by 3 exceptional speakers, including Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director of Schawk & Anthem Japan (see the full list of speakers below).
This year's TEDxWomen theme is "Momentum". In the words of the organizers, "We'll explore the bold ideas that create momentum in how we think, live and work."
Session One & Two: 14:00 ~ 17:30 (Open 13:00)
TEDxWomen session.
Includes an on-demand screening from Monterey, CA, and three presentations from our local speakers. Futher information about the guest speakers will be posted on the TEDxFukuoka Webpage.
The speakers are as follows (in order of last name):
Izumi Haraga, Nature Art Educator
Reiko Nakamura, Managing Director of Schawk & Anthem Japan
Lucy May Schofield, Artist/Curator, The Bibliotherapy Artist's Book Library (BABL)
Reception: 18:00 ~ 19:30
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TEDxFukuoka launched in 2012 in order to create a space for people in Fukuoka and the Kyushu area to exchange worthy ideas. This year focuses on spreading captivating, worthwhile ideas from Fukuoka to the world, in addition to taking exemplary ideas from around the world and spreading them around Fukuoka. TEDxFukuoka also aims to contribute to strengthening Fukuoka's cultural atmosphere by creating a united environment amongst the speakers, volunteer staff members, and participants.
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I know, I know... for many of us the word 'poetry' conjures up the pain of junior high: memorizing long passages from that guy Shakespeare, or maybe an incomprehensible passage from one of the Brownings. What the heck did all those words MEAN, and how did they apply to the life of one whose sole goal was to get through the day without being noticed (or at least having the right kind of notice)? How could I possibly care about Henry the Whatever-number-he-was when there was a new Madonna video debuting on MTV that night and everyone would have to have the moves down by the next dance (give me a break--I was a child of my times)? If they wanted me to care, they should have written it in real English!
BUT THEN... but then, a teacher introduced me to Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. And another assigned E.A. Poe's Alone--GASP! That was me on that page! e.e.cummings' quote, "To be nobody but yourself..." led me to his poems, and I ate them up (still do). S.E. Hinton introduced me to Robert Frost's Nothing Gold Can Stay, and that led me to find Fire and Ice, and that led me to W.B. Yeats, and understanding his allusions led me right back to---you guessed it--Willy Shakespeare. Only this time, he was starting to make sense. These writers were talking about life--my life as well as the lives of others far away. I found out through poetry that, when I looked at our hearts (places where poetry often leads us) those lives weren't so different after all. A new world was opened to me, and I was hooked.
UNESCO declared today World Poetry Day, and the Director General had some interesting words about the topic in her declaration:
"Poetry is a journey--not in a dream world, but often close to individual emotions, aspirations, and hopes. Poetry gives form to the dreams of peoples and expresses their spirituality in the strongest terms--it emboldens all of us also to change the world." -Irina Bokova
The theme this year is Poems of Peace, and there are several good examples on the UNESCO site.
I like poetry. It feels like soul food, in the literal sense of the words. If you've shied away from this type of literature, having decided it was incomprehensible years ago, I urge you to try it again. There are as many types of poetry as there are people, and there's sure to one out there that speaks to your heart. Whether it's written as a formal 'poem' or as song lyrics, poetry is part of everyone's lives.
Here are a couple of my favorites. Remember, I'm a simple, plain-spoken person, so don't expect grandeur (lol).
This poem was in the back of my mind often when writing Cocktails & Dreams. Neruda is a lovely poet.
Sonnet XVIII do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way
than this: where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep.
This one caught my eye when I was a kid, but it means so much more now that I AM getting grey-ha!:
When You Are Old
Ode by Elizabeth Alexander
the tummies, the one-piece bathing suits,
the bosoms that slope, the wide nice bottoms,
thigh flesh shirred as gentle wind shirrs a pond.
So many sensible haircuts and ponytails!
These bodies show they have grown babies, then
nourished them, woken to their cries, fretted
at their fevers. Biceps have lifted and toted
the babies now printed on their mothers.
"If you lined up a hundred vaginas,
I could tell you which ones have borne children,"
the midwife says. In the secret place or
In sunlight at the beach, our bodies say
This is who we are, no, This is what
we have done and continue to do.
We labor in love. We do it. We mother.
And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
I should retire at half-past eight?


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LIMA (Reuters) - Canada and Colombia signed a free- trade agreement on Friday, hoping to boost investment and trade flows at a time of global economic instability.
The pact, which has been criticized by union leaders in both countries as well as opposition politicians and human rights activists who say Colombia is not doing enough to stop attacks on activists, includes side agreements on labor and environmental rights.
The deal must be ratified by lawmakers in both countries. It was signed as leaders from the United States, China, Japan, Canada, Australia and other Pacific Rim economies gather in Peru's capital, Lima, for a summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, forum.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said at a news conference the trade deal sent an anti-protectionism message at a time of economic turmoil when some countries have increased trade barriers.
Harper said a stalled Colombia-U.S.free trade deal would also send a message of commitment to open markets if it could move forward.
Colombia and the United States signed a trade deal two years ago, but the U.S. Congress has not approved it.
Colombia is an aspiring member of APEC and Uribe was in Peru to speak with business leaders before the APEC summit, although he will not participate in the leaders' meeting.
"We are taking a very big step at a time of world financial crisis. It's a step of confidence," Uribe said of the trade deal with Canada.
Trade between the countries topped $1 billion (675 million) last year, the Canadian prime minister's office said in a statement.
The deal would eliminate tariffs on 98 percent of current Canadian exports to Colombia, either immediately, or in the next 10 years.
Over a three-to-seven year period, tariffs on most Colombian exports to Canada would also be cut.
Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Dana Ford; Editing by Fiona Ortiz and Peter Cooney


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Don't Count On A CW 'Superman' Spinoff Anytime Soon
At the beginning of season 2, Supergirl brought the Man of Steel to the mall screen and to the surprise of many, Tyler Hoechlin's portrayal of Superman won over an abundance of fans. Of course this begs the question: will we see a spinoff Superman series? CW's president Mark Pedowitz sat wth Entertainment Weekly to discuss this.
"Tyler did a great job. There's no plan to do a series. There are no plans at the moment for him to return [to 'Supergirl']. If they wish to have him return, we'd love to have him. I can't even answer the question yet because at this time there are no plans to do it and there have been no discussions about it."
This is a bit disappointing for those who were fans of his incarnation of the Son of Krypton, but it is easy to see why this would be difficult. Seeing as Henry Cavil's Superman plays such a pivotal role in the DCEU, there could be too much competition between the Kal Els if Hoechlin were to get his own spinoff show. However, Greg Berlanti seems to be for the project, should that discussion ever occur with the studio.
"Look, we were just really lucky. We asked to have him come on for the first couple episodes and they were great about it. We'd love to have Tyler back, he's amazing, he was great in the role. In success, I think all those things are possible. I'm always the guy who says 'yes' if there seems to be an appetite for it and the people involved are really nice."
Perhaps a Superman series could end up rearing its head somewhere down the line. For now, we'll have to be held over with the existing CW DC television shows, which return the week of January 23rd.
Wha do you guys think? Are you hoping for a Superman television show? Would you prefer that he only periodically show up in Supergirl? Let us know in the comments as well as on our Twitter and Instagram!
Source: Entertainment Weekly


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Kelly makes an emergency call to Rich, who is swamped at work.
'Rich I need you to come home from work right away.' She gasped.
'What's going on? ' he asked.
'There's a lizard in the kitchen,' Kelly said.
'A what?' Rich asked.
'A lizard. A huge, black, yellow spotted lizard.' Kelly said frantically.
'Ummm. Well...I'm a bit busy at work right now, ' Rich calmly said.
'But, but, but....IT'S A LIZARD. A GIANT LIZARD. AND YVONNE SAID IT WAS GOING TO GROW TO AT LEAST A FOOT AND HALF BIG. And it has a giant tongue. I'm really freaked out babe,' Kelly whined.
And she went on... 'And Yvonne is gone, and Astoo is scared of it too. Sonko won't be here until 6.' And she kept going on and on.
'Okay babe.' Rich said (equivalent to 'yes dear')
**Update: That evening Richard nor Sonko could find the lizard. Eveytime Kelly opened a cabinet or closet door, she would hold her breath, wondering if the lizard was around. She did not get much sleep, between thoughts of lizard and Dylan's 4 am concertos.
The next day, when Yvonne was in the kitchen, she let out our a scream that was probably heard in the United States. The lizard was under the refridgerator in the kitchen. A construction worker from next door, came equipped with a cardboard box and a stick... We were rescued.
Not sure where the lizard is living now....possibly at our neighbors house, the Habre's.


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Sammy is a nickname, frequently for people named Samuel, and also an English spelling of the Arabic name Sami.
- Sammy Adams (born 1987), American rapper and songwriter
- Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), American songwriter
- Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925-1990), American singer and actor
- Sammy Davis Sr. (1900-1988), American dancer, father of Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Sammy Fain (1902-1984), American composer
- Sammy Hagar (born 1947), American rock musician
- Sammy Johns (1946–2013), American country singer-songwriter
- Sammy Kershaw (born 1958), American country music artist
- Sammy Masters (1930–2013), American rockabilly musician
- Sammy Price (1908-1992), American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader
- Sammy Adjei (born 1980), Ghanaian retired footballer
- Sammy Baugh (1914-2008), American college and Hall-of-Fame National Football League player and coach
- Sammy Brooks (footballer) (1890-1960), English footballer
- Sammy Carlson (born 1989), American freestyle skier
- Sammy Collins (1923–1998), English footballer
- Samuel Day (sportsman) (1878–1950), English amateur cricketer and footballer
- Sammy Davis (American football) (born 1980), American former National Football League player
- Sammy Korir (born 1971), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Sammy Lee (diver) (born 1920), Korean-American diver and two-time Olympic Games champion
- Sammy Lee (footballer) (born 1959), former Liverpool footballer and former Bolton Wanderers manager
- Satoru Sayama (born 1957), Japanese wrestler with the stage name "Sammy Lee"
- Sammy Luftspring (1916-2000), Canadian boxer
- Sammy Mandell (1904-1967), American world lightweight champion boxer
- Sammy McIlroy (born 1954), Northern Ireland footballer
- Sammy Price (American football) (born 1943), American former National Football League player
- Sammy Kibet Rotich (born 1980), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Sammy Sosa (born 1968), Dominican baseball player
- Sammy Stewart (born 1954), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
- Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1920) (1920–1995), Scottish footballer
- Sammy Stewart (footballer, born 1991), Northern Irish footballer
- Sammy Traoré (born 1976), French and Malian footballer
- Sammy Watkins (American football) (born 1993), American National Football League player
- Sammy White (American football) (born 1954), American former National Football League player
- Sammy Brooks (1891–1951), American film actor
- Sammy Lee (choreographer), Oscar nominated choreographer of Ali Baba Goes to Town
- Sammy Lee (producer), see The Upside of Anger
- Sammy Albon (born 1992) British YouTuber and radio personality
- Sammy Tak Lee (born 1939), Hong Kong billionaire property developer
- Sammy Lee (scientist) (1958–2012), expert in in vitro fertilisation
- Sammy Younge Jr. (1944–1966), African-American murdered civil rights activist
Fictional characters
- Sammy Jo Carrington, on the American TV show Dynasty
- Sammy Day, the title character of Sammy (comics), a Belgian comics series
- Sammy Glick, main character of the novel What Makes Sammy Run?
- Sammy Keyes, a character from the book series Sammy Keyes
- Sammy Square, a character from the Australian children's TV show The Shapies'
- Sammy, on the New Zealand/British post-apocalyptic TV series The Tribe
- Sammy the Owl, official mascot of the athletics teams of Rice University
- Sammy, from the short story "Don't Look At It! Don't Touch It!"


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Thank you Roseh for posting this photo of your lovely winter apples.
Thanks. Don't know, grew from seed out of my compose bin, they make delicious, sweet, pink apple sauce.
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January 12, 2007 – Volume 10, Issue 18
The New Year!Happy New Year! Our team at EcoMotion wishes you and yours the very best – health, happiness, and prosperity -- in the coming year.
EcoMotion ended 2006 with a full head of steam and a full palette of interesting and meaningful projects. We continue to build the EcoMotion Network, to provide advice to several clients – utilities, cities, property owners, and developers – and our team is knee-deep facilitating and implementing Solar Santa Monica. It's been a year of hard work buttressed with a great work environment, dynamite colleagues – Virginia Nicols and Russell Flanigan in particular, plus several fantastic interns – and a year of connections and reconnections with so many people who share our commitment to smart energy management and securing a safe energy future.
We ended the year with a bang and some fun, distributing 392 compact fluorescent lamps to the riders of Los Angeles Metrolink Train # 609 on December 21st.
The giveaway was a huge success, with 98% saturation achieved and every rider made aware of the multiple benefits of efficient lighting, and more importantly, aware of the benefits of taking small, incremental steps to make this world of ours a better place. Thanks in particular to my initially reluctant fellow Santa – Calvin Jung – and our commuter "buddies" Chris Kimbrell, Mary Freeman, Dante Dionne, and Donna Connally. We hammed it up a bit but lit up the whole train with some good humor and a meaningful gift.
EcoMotion thanks our partner True Media Foundation and SunPark Electronics for its generous donation.
We begin 2007 with a renewed sense of purpose and direction, designing ever-more innovative efficiency programs, moving squarely into the solar business, and reaching out to help more and more individuals and businesses go green. This past week EcoMotion hosted another successful luncheon seminar, this time featuring Johnny Weiss, Executive Director of Solar Energy International in Colorado. Johnny is one of the world's leading solar experts and brought his decades of experience and teaching to the group. Without question, those that attended were truly inspired, and we thank Johnny for sharing his passions and perspectives, and for becoming part of the EcoMotion stable and network.
The California Energy Commission has announced the 2007 launch of the New Solar Homes Partnership. New homes that qualify for the program will be at least 15% more efficient than the current energy efficiency standards, incorporating Energy Star appliances and solar systems. The partnership encourages builders to install solar on new homes as a standard feature for the home buyer, just like granite countertops. Beginning in 2011, builders will be required to offer solar as a standard feature in new home developments of 50 or more. The New Solar Homes Partnership is a component of the California Solar Initiative, which was signed into law in 2006 under Senate Bill 1 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Senate Bill 1 establishes three goals: create 3,000 megawatts of new solar- produced electricity by 2017, establish a self- sufficient solar industry in which solar energy systems are a viable mainstream option in 10 years, and to place solar energy systems on 50% of new homes in 13 years. Currently, 200,000 new homes are built in California each year. For more information, visit www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov.