March 2012
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What it takes to make an iPhone: By the numbers
Apple’s glamorous gadgets are assembled by an army of 1.2 million underpaid, overworked Chinese employees. Here, a glimpse at their grueling factory lives
What exactly does it take to get an Apple product into your hands? This week, ABC’s Nightline took viewers on an insider tour of China’s Foxconn plants, where Apple phones and tablets are made — and where, says Joshua...
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“It’s a lot simpler than all this - either you’re happy or you’re not. Either you’re fulfilled or you’re not. You can either improve in those two areas or not. Don’t assume the worst with certainty and discount any other possibility, don’t try to guess what a person is thinking then take action on those guesses without first going straight to the...
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“Cooper: And you have met someone else?
Adele: Yeah. Who is much better than...”
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Yao Ming on Jeremy Lin
“What I see from Jeremy and what I hear in his interviews is he appreciates everything. He pursues his dream. His attitude is so peaceful, but there is strength to him. It is not a violent strength like fire or something aggressive. It is like the ocean, very peaceful, very quiet when you look at it. But you can never underestimate the power that is in there.”
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WatchIt’s been so long that I can’t even hum the opening credits music anymore because I don’t remember it. And I won’t youtube it either. I’ll just have to wait til March 25.
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Boy, 14, set to graduate from UCLA despite already...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The one thing 14-year-old Moshe Kai Cavalin dislikes is being called a genius.
All he did, after all, was enroll in college at age 8 and earn his first of two Associate of Arts degrees from East Los Angeles Community College at age 9, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Now, at 14, he’s poised to graduate from UCLA this year. He’s also just...
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10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To...
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1. Believe in yourself when no one else does.Lin’s only the 3rd graduate from Harvard to make it to the NBA. He’s also one of only a handful of Asian-Americans to make it. He was sent by the Knicks to play for their D-League team 3 weeks ago in Erie, PA. He’d already been cut by two other NBA teams before joining the Knicks this year. You’ve got to believe in yourself, even when no...
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“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude...”
– Charles Swindoll (via creatingaquietmind)
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