Large corporations like Apple employ scores of lawyers who, according to USA Today, are at least as important as software engineers and product designers. One reason for that importance is the fact that Apple’s legal team is very good at what they do.
One notable, perhaps even infamous, example of the prowess of Apple’s legal team involved negotiations with the government of Ireland to keep Apple’s non-U.S. income there at a great tax advantage, according to USA Today.
In addition to sheltering assets and protecting the company when others take legal action against it, many of Apple’s courtroom battles have to do with intellectual property rights.
One recent intellectual property case involved Apple vs. Samsung, over features on Samsung smartphones and tablets that Apple claimed they owned and that Samsung “slavishly copied.” Bloomberg reported in June that Apple won the most recent battle in that case, although Apple and Samsung have gone back and forth, for what seems like ages on the matter.
In addition to the many, well-publicized intellectual property rights cases in which Apple has been involved, the company has also played a role in other types of case law as well, including antitrust claims, consumer actions, commercial unfair trade practice suits, defamation claims and even corporate espionage.
Newstalk listed several of the more notable lawsuits that involved Apple, including one filed by the company against bloggers in 2004 who published information leaked by an Apple employee. Apple initially won, but a California Court of Appeals reversed the decision.
Sometimes, as Reuters reported Wednesday, the matter ends up in a draw. Such was the case regarding the suit between Apple and over who has the right to use the “app store” name.
Ultimately, Apple issued a covenant to Amazon, promising not to sue over the retailer’s use of the “app store” term and U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California ordered the case dismissed.
Much of the time, however, Apple wins. Sometimes with a sense of humor. In 1994, Newstalk said, when Apple engineers used “Carl Sagan” as a codename for the new Macintosh computer, the famous astronomer,ladies shoes wholesale thinking it might be misinterpreted as an endorsement, asked Apple to change the name.
Apple complied, instead codenaming it "BHA." When Sagan found out that BHA stood for "butt-headed astronomer," he sued Apple, claiming it damaged his reputation. Apple won that lawsuit. After Sagan filed multiple appeals, however, the company settled out of court.
In an apparent dig at its own legal team, Apple changed the code name again, to LaW, short for “Lawyers are Wimps.”
This also allows what’s referred to as a ‘lossless zoom’, whereby you can zoom in digitally on a photo without compromising the clarity or detail. The Lumia 1020 also utilises a Xenon flash paired with a mechanical shutter, meaning it can carefully control the amount of light which enters the sensor.
As with the Nokia 808, some of the best results can be obtained simply by setting the camera to 8-megapixels and letting the oversampling do its thing.
The Lumia 1020 also uses Carl Zeiss optics, a back-illuminated sensor (BSI), optical image stabilisation (OIS) and f/2.2 aperture. It’ll capture video at 1080p and can automatically capture both 5-megapixel and 32-megapixel images at the same time to give users one file to share and one more detailed version for editing or printing.
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2013年7月11日星期四
2013年3月13日星期三
who was walking with a limp Wednesday afternoon
City Councilor Eric Sanders had almost made it to his driveway after finishing his first outdoor bike ride of the season last Friday afternoon when a suspected drunken driver hit him from behind, launching him onto the car’s windshield and then to the ground.
Sanders was badly hurt in the hit-and-run accident, suffering from a mangled ear, a broken vertebrae in his back, bruises and more. But he already has received clearance from his doctor to participate in this June’s Trek Across Maine, his fifth time riding in the 180-mile charitable bike event for the American Lung Association.
“He’s tough as a boiled owl,” Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden said earlier this week about Sanders, who spent seven hours being treated and having his ear reconstructed at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast just after the accident.
McFadden said police are focusing their investigation on one suspect but have yet to make an arrest.
Meanwhile, community members wanted to do something special for the 53-year-old, who energetically serves on local boards and committees and has been a longtime volunteer coach for children’s soccer, basketball and baseball programs. That’s why Greg Purinton-Brown and other members of the Belfast Bicycle Club had the idea to use the Internet to raise $1,200 to buy the cycling enthusiast a new bike to replace the one destroyed in the accident.
One day later, the effort already has raised that money — and then some. The showed Wednesday afternoon that 43 people had raised more than $1,500 to “get Sanders back on his bicycle.”
“The community has blown me away,” Purinton-Brown said. “It’s really just a testament to Eric and what a great guy he is. … I did not expect within 24 hours to have exceeded the goal.”
Sanders, who was walking with a limp Wednesday afternoon and who had a cheerful demeanor despite his injuries, said that things could have gone “much worse” for him.
“I could have died, been a vegetable, gotten paralyzed,” he said. “None of that happened, thank God.”
He said that since the accident he has been amazed at the love and support he has received from the Belfast community. People have been calling him, sending him cards, dropping off honeybuns, offering to help with yard work and more, in addition to the fund drive for his new bike. His eyes welled briefly with tears as he described the outpouring of care.
“It restores your faith in society,” Sanders said. “It makes you feel wonderful, to know these people. Their actions are the stuff of life. It’s mind-boggling that people care so much. We couldn’t be more grateful.”
He had some words for the world in the wake of his accident.
“Count your blessings,” he urged. “Count them every day.”
In addition to the people who have contributed money to Sanders’ new bike, Michael McDonald of Belfast Bicycles is helping by procuring the Cannondale bicycle essentially at cost.
“Eric’s a customer. He’s also a public servant and a member of the [bike] club,” McDonald said. “It’s just something I think would be nice to make him whole again.”
According to Purinton-Brown, who said that he has been hit twice by motorists while out riding his bike, the hit-and-run accident that injured his friend is just another reminder that it can be dangerous for cyclists.
“Just thinking about it makes me angry,” he said. “Stuff like this hits close to home. … The danger is very real.”
Since they’ve already raised enough for a new road bike, fundraisers are planning to get Sanders a new helmet, too, to replace the one that was wrecked in the accident.
“It looks like it was burned, melted, twisted and the inside was cracked,” Sanders said. “If I hadn’t been wearing the helmet, I’d be dead.”
He wrote on his Facebook page that he has been touched by the fundraising effort.
“You made me cry,” he wrote. “Folks, bless your hearts for this new bike thing going around. What a community we live in, huh?”
Sanders was badly hurt in the hit-and-run accident, suffering from a mangled ear, a broken vertebrae in his back, bruises and more. But he already has received clearance from his doctor to participate in this June’s Trek Across Maine, his fifth time riding in the 180-mile charitable bike event for the American Lung Association.
“He’s tough as a boiled owl,” Belfast Police Chief Mike McFadden said earlier this week about Sanders, who spent seven hours being treated and having his ear reconstructed at Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast just after the accident.
McFadden said police are focusing their investigation on one suspect but have yet to make an arrest.
Meanwhile, community members wanted to do something special for the 53-year-old, who energetically serves on local boards and committees and has been a longtime volunteer coach for children’s soccer, basketball and baseball programs. That’s why Greg Purinton-Brown and other members of the Belfast Bicycle Club had the idea to use the Internet to raise $1,200 to buy the cycling enthusiast a new bike to replace the one destroyed in the accident.
One day later, the effort already has raised that money — and then some. The showed Wednesday afternoon that 43 people had raised more than $1,500 to “get Sanders back on his bicycle.”
“The community has blown me away,” Purinton-Brown said. “It’s really just a testament to Eric and what a great guy he is. … I did not expect within 24 hours to have exceeded the goal.”
Sanders, who was walking with a limp Wednesday afternoon and who had a cheerful demeanor despite his injuries, said that things could have gone “much worse” for him.
“I could have died, been a vegetable, gotten paralyzed,” he said. “None of that happened, thank God.”
He said that since the accident he has been amazed at the love and support he has received from the Belfast community. People have been calling him, sending him cards, dropping off honeybuns, offering to help with yard work and more, in addition to the fund drive for his new bike. His eyes welled briefly with tears as he described the outpouring of care.
“It restores your faith in society,” Sanders said. “It makes you feel wonderful, to know these people. Their actions are the stuff of life. It’s mind-boggling that people care so much. We couldn’t be more grateful.”
He had some words for the world in the wake of his accident.
“Count your blessings,” he urged. “Count them every day.”
In addition to the people who have contributed money to Sanders’ new bike, Michael McDonald of Belfast Bicycles is helping by procuring the Cannondale bicycle essentially at cost.
“Eric’s a customer. He’s also a public servant and a member of the [bike] club,” McDonald said. “It’s just something I think would be nice to make him whole again.”
According to Purinton-Brown, who said that he has been hit twice by motorists while out riding his bike, the hit-and-run accident that injured his friend is just another reminder that it can be dangerous for cyclists.
“Just thinking about it makes me angry,” he said. “Stuff like this hits close to home. … The danger is very real.”
Since they’ve already raised enough for a new road bike, fundraisers are planning to get Sanders a new helmet, too, to replace the one that was wrecked in the accident.
“It looks like it was burned, melted, twisted and the inside was cracked,” Sanders said. “If I hadn’t been wearing the helmet, I’d be dead.”
He wrote on his Facebook page that he has been touched by the fundraising effort.
“You made me cry,” he wrote. “Folks, bless your hearts for this new bike thing going around. What a community we live in, huh?”
2012年12月5日星期三
boys were dressed head to toe in clothing stolen
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office deputies were still on the scene taking fingerprints at Politics, a burglarized Metairie sneaker boutique, Tuesday morning when employees noticed a very familiar jacket on the back of a bystander. The bystander's cohort was clothed in an equally familiar and rare pair of teal sneakers.
"I said, 'Man, that's all the stuff from our store,'" Politics' owner Patrick Bowden recalled. The thieves had apparently returned to the scene of the crime draped in the evidence.
Deputies eventually rounded up a quartet of teenagers, three boys and one girl. The boys were wearing stolen shirts, hats, socks and jackets that still had Politics price tags, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
The burglary occurred about 3 a.m. Tuesday at the boutique, located in a strip mall a 3504 Severn Avenue. Someone broke into the business, which specializes in rare sneakers and other urban wear, and cleared out about $5,000 worth of merchandise, Bowden said. A customer noticed the broken glass and notified employees around 5 a.m.
Investigators were still on the scene about 7:30 a.m. when employee Wendell Carter noticed a small group of people watching the commotion about a half-block away near a McDonald's restaurant. It was Carter who spotted the silver, 10 Deep jacket on one of the teens and recognized it as one that had just been shipped to the store.
"It hadn't been sold," Carter said. "Nobody else would have had it." The teens tried to casually walk away when they realized they had caught the attention of the employees. But Carter and Bowden followed while on the phone with 911.
During the walk/chase, Carter also noticed the teal sneakers, $165 Nike Air Penny 5's. He had personally ordered the limited edition shoes, referred to as "Dolphins," and knew no other local retailer would have had them in stock.
When deputies finally caught up to the teens, the boys were dressed head to toe in clothing stolen from Politics, Bowden said. They told investigators they purchased the gear on Canal Street in New Orleans, Boyd said. But the clothing still had the Metairie store's price tags.
Morris Mims, Darius Garrison, Anthony Dempster and Koyann Williams, all 18 and from 4218 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, were arrested and booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with simple burglary and possession of more than $1,500 in stolen property, Boyd said. Williams allegedly acted as a lookout for the boys when they burglarized the store.
"I said, 'Man, that's all the stuff from our store,'" Politics' owner Patrick Bowden recalled. The thieves had apparently returned to the scene of the crime draped in the evidence.
Deputies eventually rounded up a quartet of teenagers, three boys and one girl. The boys were wearing stolen shirts, hats, socks and jackets that still had Politics price tags, according to Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
The burglary occurred about 3 a.m. Tuesday at the boutique, located in a strip mall a 3504 Severn Avenue. Someone broke into the business, which specializes in rare sneakers and other urban wear, and cleared out about $5,000 worth of merchandise, Bowden said. A customer noticed the broken glass and notified employees around 5 a.m.
Investigators were still on the scene about 7:30 a.m. when employee Wendell Carter noticed a small group of people watching the commotion about a half-block away near a McDonald's restaurant. It was Carter who spotted the silver, 10 Deep jacket on one of the teens and recognized it as one that had just been shipped to the store.
"It hadn't been sold," Carter said. "Nobody else would have had it." The teens tried to casually walk away when they realized they had caught the attention of the employees. But Carter and Bowden followed while on the phone with 911.
During the walk/chase, Carter also noticed the teal sneakers, $165 Nike Air Penny 5's. He had personally ordered the limited edition shoes, referred to as "Dolphins," and knew no other local retailer would have had them in stock.
When deputies finally caught up to the teens, the boys were dressed head to toe in clothing stolen from Politics, Bowden said. They told investigators they purchased the gear on Canal Street in New Orleans, Boyd said. But the clothing still had the Metairie store's price tags.
Morris Mims, Darius Garrison, Anthony Dempster and Koyann Williams, all 18 and from 4218 Hessmer Ave., Metairie, were arrested and booked at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna with simple burglary and possession of more than $1,500 in stolen property, Boyd said. Williams allegedly acted as a lookout for the boys when they burglarized the store.
2012年11月4日星期日
whose entrepreneurial talents are no end
It is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, but there are no Jimmy Choo shoes, membership fees or handbags at dawn at this club, whose members consist of the best and brightest young entrepreneurs and innovators globally.
They have founded companies, been invited to speak at the White House and the World Economic Forum, been selected as Collegiate All-Stars by Forbes magazine and written books and yet they are all under 30. And now, the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network is re-opening membership applications for young tech titans and business moguls.
The network allows no more than three people worldwide to join each week, and there is a rigorous application and referral process. The Dublin-hub closed the application process several months ago after reaching 15 members.
Described as the foremost global community of young innovators and entrepreneurs, the Sandbox network was founded in Switzerland in 2008, and has since grown to over 750 leaders in more than 53 countries. More than 25,000 people have applied to be in Sandbox over the last three years.
And why wouldn’t they? Sandboxers have featured on the front covers of Wired, Fast Company and Forbes magazine. In fact, the 2011 Forbes selection of “30 under 30” included five Sandboxers.
The network’s founders believed the bright young people shaking things up in the tech, food, fashion, media and entertainment industries would be all world leaders in 20-30 years time, according to Dublin Sandbox ambassador John Egan.
Egan, who sold his first company aged just 20 and went on to found a further six organisations, said the Sandbox network was established so the global leaders of the future would not just be meeting when they were in their 50s, but would have already established relationships spanning more than 30 years while in their 20s.
“The high achievers now could be the movers and shakers worldwide in 30 years time and the relationships will have already been cemented,” he told a group of more than 60 including Sandboxers and star-struck prospective members at a Sandbox open evening.
With 23 connected hubs around the world including London, San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangalore, Beijing and Zurich, the network identifies exceptional young people and helps incubate, accelerate and power their visions. The Dublin hub of Sandbox was launched in April and has 15 members, said Egan, who added the network will never surpass 20 members.
Award winning director, founder of Studio Rua and SuperQuest creator Padraig Mannion told the crowd of savvy businessmen and women at the open evening he joined the Sandbox network after finding he had no-one in his peer group to discuss business problems with.
“I set up my own company five years ago and it was really difficult as I had no one in my peer group to talk to about paying taxes, being sued, paying employees PRSI.”
His fellow Sandboxer Will McQuillan, whose entrepreneurial talents are no end, found no problem big enough for the network with everyone willing to help everyone else.
Sandboxers have been known to post messages on the network’s forum looking for people to connect them with everyone from Bill Clinton to Somali pirates, and nothing ever proved too difficult for them.
The 27-year-old Dubliner co-founded online fashion marketplace Osmoda, start-up accelerator Betapitch and more recently his own private equity firm called Frontline Ventures.
McQuillan is part of the London network of Sandbox, along with fellow Dubliner and Fabsie co-founder James McBennett. McBennett’s start-up was a semi-finalist at the Dublin Web Summit reaching the final 16 from 1,000 entries.
Members of the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network include Kooky Dough founders Sophie Morris and Graham Clark, Katie Tsouros, curator of art initiative KTContemporary, O’Leary Analytics founder Stephen O’Leary and Sasha de Marigny of the Undergraduate Awards. Ms de Marigny, who co-founded a performing arts school at the end of 2009, said potential Sandboxers have to submit a “Wow” item as part of their application process to the network. This can be anything from a video, to a comic strip, to a pop-up book, but it must make the founders sit up and say “Wow”.
She submitted an event pitch as her Wow factor, which detailed an idea for an event to bring the various Sandbox hubs closer, and increase links between them. The event will now be implemented, taking place in Dublin next year, with more than 2,000 Sandboxers from around the world expected to attend.
“They want to get to the essence of who you are as a person. You have to say what projects you’ve worked on, what businesses you’re involved in, what your goals for the future are.”
The former actress is part of the all-female trio running the Undergraduate Awards, an international academic awards programme celebrating the research of the world’s most exceptional undergraduates.
And what do they do at the Dublin hub of Sandbox? “We host a lot of problem solving sessions, pitching sessions (where we help fellow members with their pitches for funding) and regular meet-ups,” says de Marigny.
“We’d be in contact all the time bouncing ideas off each other. They are helping me think of really cool ideas for the Undergraduate Awards summit. We also support each others’ businesses. For example, when Kate Tsouros opens an exhibition at her gallery, we all go along.”
They have founded companies, been invited to speak at the White House and the World Economic Forum, been selected as Collegiate All-Stars by Forbes magazine and written books and yet they are all under 30. And now, the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network is re-opening membership applications for young tech titans and business moguls.
The network allows no more than three people worldwide to join each week, and there is a rigorous application and referral process. The Dublin-hub closed the application process several months ago after reaching 15 members.
Described as the foremost global community of young innovators and entrepreneurs, the Sandbox network was founded in Switzerland in 2008, and has since grown to over 750 leaders in more than 53 countries. More than 25,000 people have applied to be in Sandbox over the last three years.
And why wouldn’t they? Sandboxers have featured on the front covers of Wired, Fast Company and Forbes magazine. In fact, the 2011 Forbes selection of “30 under 30” included five Sandboxers.
The network’s founders believed the bright young people shaking things up in the tech, food, fashion, media and entertainment industries would be all world leaders in 20-30 years time, according to Dublin Sandbox ambassador John Egan.
Egan, who sold his first company aged just 20 and went on to found a further six organisations, said the Sandbox network was established so the global leaders of the future would not just be meeting when they were in their 50s, but would have already established relationships spanning more than 30 years while in their 20s.
“The high achievers now could be the movers and shakers worldwide in 30 years time and the relationships will have already been cemented,” he told a group of more than 60 including Sandboxers and star-struck prospective members at a Sandbox open evening.
With 23 connected hubs around the world including London, San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangalore, Beijing and Zurich, the network identifies exceptional young people and helps incubate, accelerate and power their visions. The Dublin hub of Sandbox was launched in April and has 15 members, said Egan, who added the network will never surpass 20 members.
Award winning director, founder of Studio Rua and SuperQuest creator Padraig Mannion told the crowd of savvy businessmen and women at the open evening he joined the Sandbox network after finding he had no-one in his peer group to discuss business problems with.
“I set up my own company five years ago and it was really difficult as I had no one in my peer group to talk to about paying taxes, being sued, paying employees PRSI.”
His fellow Sandboxer Will McQuillan, whose entrepreneurial talents are no end, found no problem big enough for the network with everyone willing to help everyone else.
Sandboxers have been known to post messages on the network’s forum looking for people to connect them with everyone from Bill Clinton to Somali pirates, and nothing ever proved too difficult for them.
The 27-year-old Dubliner co-founded online fashion marketplace Osmoda, start-up accelerator Betapitch and more recently his own private equity firm called Frontline Ventures.
McQuillan is part of the London network of Sandbox, along with fellow Dubliner and Fabsie co-founder James McBennett. McBennett’s start-up was a semi-finalist at the Dublin Web Summit reaching the final 16 from 1,000 entries.
Members of the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network include Kooky Dough founders Sophie Morris and Graham Clark, Katie Tsouros, curator of art initiative KTContemporary, O’Leary Analytics founder Stephen O’Leary and Sasha de Marigny of the Undergraduate Awards. Ms de Marigny, who co-founded a performing arts school at the end of 2009, said potential Sandboxers have to submit a “Wow” item as part of their application process to the network. This can be anything from a video, to a comic strip, to a pop-up book, but it must make the founders sit up and say “Wow”.
She submitted an event pitch as her Wow factor, which detailed an idea for an event to bring the various Sandbox hubs closer, and increase links between them. The event will now be implemented, taking place in Dublin next year, with more than 2,000 Sandboxers from around the world expected to attend.
“They want to get to the essence of who you are as a person. You have to say what projects you’ve worked on, what businesses you’re involved in, what your goals for the future are.”
The former actress is part of the all-female trio running the Undergraduate Awards, an international academic awards programme celebrating the research of the world’s most exceptional undergraduates.
And what do they do at the Dublin hub of Sandbox? “We host a lot of problem solving sessions, pitching sessions (where we help fellow members with their pitches for funding) and regular meet-ups,” says de Marigny.
“We’d be in contact all the time bouncing ideas off each other. They are helping me think of really cool ideas for the Undergraduate Awards summit. We also support each others’ businesses. For example, when Kate Tsouros opens an exhibition at her gallery, we all go along.”
2012年10月9日星期二
Dwyane Wade announces bizarre shoe deal
Two-time NBA champion Dwyane Wade is signing with Chinese sportswear provider Li-Ning, which is giving the Miami Heat guard his own brand within the company along with plenty of creative and strategic input.
The partnership will be announced Wednesday in Beijing, where Li-Ning is headquartered and where the Heat are visiting for the NBA China Games tour.
Wade told the Associated Press that he expects the Li-Ning deal to continue through at least the remainder of his playing career. Wade wore Converse for his first six seasons, then Jordan Brand for the past three years.
"It was a great nine years, but for me, it was just time to move on," Wade told the AP. "I have certain goals that I want to reach and I felt that I had to leave to reach those. So I'm doing things a little differently. That's how I am, in a sense. I'm not necessarily a status-quo type guy."
Wade's debut in Li-Ning sneakers is expected Thursday, when the Heat play a preseason game in Beijing against the Los Angeles Clippers. He's also hoping to play when the Heat and Clippers meet again in Shanghai on Sunday, and Li-Ning plans to auction off the sneakers from those first two games.
However, what he's wearing this week is not a true unveiling of his brand to be called Wade.
"What you see in China will not be the final product," Wade said.
Wade's line of apparel and footwear is to be available at Li-Ning retail stores and online in China "soon," with a U.S. retail debut expected in 2013. His shoes are expected to sell for about $120.
Wade has worn sneakers with no obvious brand markings in practices in recent days, but he has tweeted several references to "10/10"? the date when the deal will be announced posed recently on a court emblazoned with the phrase "Make The Change," a Li-Ning slogan.
"I picked the best situation for me," Wade said.
Wade becomes the biggest NBA name to endorse the Li-Ning brand since his former Miami teammate Shaquille O'Neal.
"I had to get to know him and have him get to know me," Wade said.
Li-Ning is still trying to gain recognition in the USA. It has around 8,000 retail outlets in China.
"In the U.S., the China brand is not the cool factor," Wade said. "A lot of work has gone into this and a lot of work is going to continue to go into it. For me, it's a challenge. As an athlete, you look forward to that."
Wade is the second Heat player to endorse a Chinese shoe label. Heat forward Shane Battier has worn Peak sneakers since 2006.
"My biggest concern was the language barrier," Battier said. " But all in all, it's been a great experience. It's been fun.
"Wade's deal with Jordan Brand expired Sept. 30. He will have a say in virtually everything about his brand, from design to endorsers.
He's hopeful that he'll be able to wear something close to a final product by Oct. 30, when the Heat open the regular season against Boston.
"I'm not rushing," Wade said. "To me, I want to make sure it's a good product and when people see me, they need to know I'm comfortable with it. I want to make sure people understand that this is a big deal, not only for China, but for me."
The partnership will be announced Wednesday in Beijing, where Li-Ning is headquartered and where the Heat are visiting for the NBA China Games tour.
Wade told the Associated Press that he expects the Li-Ning deal to continue through at least the remainder of his playing career. Wade wore Converse for his first six seasons, then Jordan Brand for the past three years.
"It was a great nine years, but for me, it was just time to move on," Wade told the AP. "I have certain goals that I want to reach and I felt that I had to leave to reach those. So I'm doing things a little differently. That's how I am, in a sense. I'm not necessarily a status-quo type guy."
Wade's debut in Li-Ning sneakers is expected Thursday, when the Heat play a preseason game in Beijing against the Los Angeles Clippers. He's also hoping to play when the Heat and Clippers meet again in Shanghai on Sunday, and Li-Ning plans to auction off the sneakers from those first two games.
However, what he's wearing this week is not a true unveiling of his brand to be called Wade.
"What you see in China will not be the final product," Wade said.
Wade's line of apparel and footwear is to be available at Li-Ning retail stores and online in China "soon," with a U.S. retail debut expected in 2013. His shoes are expected to sell for about $120.
Wade has worn sneakers with no obvious brand markings in practices in recent days, but he has tweeted several references to "10/10"? the date when the deal will be announced posed recently on a court emblazoned with the phrase "Make The Change," a Li-Ning slogan.
"I picked the best situation for me," Wade said.
Wade becomes the biggest NBA name to endorse the Li-Ning brand since his former Miami teammate Shaquille O'Neal.
"I had to get to know him and have him get to know me," Wade said.
Li-Ning is still trying to gain recognition in the USA. It has around 8,000 retail outlets in China.
"In the U.S., the China brand is not the cool factor," Wade said. "A lot of work has gone into this and a lot of work is going to continue to go into it. For me, it's a challenge. As an athlete, you look forward to that."
Wade is the second Heat player to endorse a Chinese shoe label. Heat forward Shane Battier has worn Peak sneakers since 2006.
"My biggest concern was the language barrier," Battier said. " But all in all, it's been a great experience. It's been fun.
"Wade's deal with Jordan Brand expired Sept. 30. He will have a say in virtually everything about his brand, from design to endorsers.
He's hopeful that he'll be able to wear something close to a final product by Oct. 30, when the Heat open the regular season against Boston.
"I'm not rushing," Wade said. "To me, I want to make sure it's a good product and when people see me, they need to know I'm comfortable with it. I want to make sure people understand that this is a big deal, not only for China, but for me."
2011年8月29日星期一
Irene's wrath gives way to sun in North Carolina
As Hurricane Irene tore northward toward New York and beyond, North Carolinians awoke to a lovely, mild, sunny Sunday morning and began surveying what the storm had wrought.
In the barrier island vacation community of Atlantic Beach, local grocery store worker Grant Fisher, 64, stepped out of his rental home about 7 a.m. to check the neighborhood. He had stayed on the island, despite the warnings, popping the windows of his home open during the worst of it to keep the barometric pressure balanced between inside and out.
It seemed to have worked. The blue-gray house, just behind a larger beachfront home on the dunes, didn't lose a window or much else, save for a rotten window sill. There were scary moments, though. At one point, Fisher said, the water crept up to the beach to the very top of the dunes.
It was still eerily quiet Sunday morning as he walked around his neighborhood of beach cottages. Residents who had fled inland would not be allowed over the high-rise bridge for a few hours yet. He saw a few patches of siding ripped away from homes here and there, a few palm trees down. The first street off the dunes was flooded, but it looked to be about a foot deep here and there.
"They're going to be happy when they come back," he said.
The situation was worse in parts of New Bern, North Carolina's former state capital, about 45 minutes north. The stately, 301-year-old city, at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, has a history of flooding and Irene delivered as expected. Mayor Lee Bettis Sunday was asked how many homes were flooded. He didn't have an exact number, but whatever it was, he figured it was high.
"It's not houses," he said, "It's communities."
Among the worst-hit neighborhoods was Duffyfield, a poor, historically African American area northwest of the venerable brick buildings of downtown.
Janice Spivey, 59 was in a typical conundrum. Her three-bedroom trailer at the corner of Biddle and Jarvis streets was surrounded by water on all sides. It was ankle-to-knee deep Sunday morning, and receding, but it had been higher, conspiring with the wind and the rain to keep her and her grandchildren stuck inside since Friday evening.
But Sunday was looking better in all sorts of ways. Her power switched on right around 10 a.m., and soon she expected to be able to maneuver her blue Chrysler sedan out of her driveway and get to the grocery store. As she peeked out her door, a city parks and recreation employee sloshed through what remained of the floodwaters in a big, white school bus.
The employee, who declined to give his name, said he'd driven around all day during the storm Saturday, shuttling perhaps 100 people to higher ground. He shouted over to Spivey, asking if she wanted a ride. The McDonald's was open now, he said.
"I ain't waiting in that line," she said, laughing. "I'm going in there to cook."
"Just pray for the folks ahead of us, that they survive it, too," the driver said.
Power company trucks appeared to be just about everywhere in southeastern North Carolina. Some roared down highways. By the sides of roads, some went to work on power lines bent by the fallen branches, gingerly plucking off the limbs like the lightest of guitar strings.
By 11 a.m. about 60% of the power had been restored to New Bern, spokeswoman Colleen Roberts said. Some of the seafood restaurants on Middle Street downtown were serving up burgers and shrimp-salad sandwiches. Tryon Palace, the majestic replica of a former British governor's home, appeared to have made it out fine, though on George Street, the beautiful block of historic homes leading to the palace's iron gates, was a mess of downed limbs.
Everywhere residents were raking their yards. Many Sunday church services had been canceled. Mayor Bettis pulled up to City Hall a little after 11 a.m., sweaty and disheveled, dressed in boat shoes, running shorts and a paint-splattered work shirt. He had spent the morning helping neighbors, moving debris, mending fences. It was what he had planned for the rest of the day.
"We're going to be out working," he said. "Not sitting around in an office."
In the barrier island vacation community of Atlantic Beach, local grocery store worker Grant Fisher, 64, stepped out of his rental home about 7 a.m. to check the neighborhood. He had stayed on the island, despite the warnings, popping the windows of his home open during the worst of it to keep the barometric pressure balanced between inside and out.
It seemed to have worked. The blue-gray house, just behind a larger beachfront home on the dunes, didn't lose a window or much else, save for a rotten window sill. There were scary moments, though. At one point, Fisher said, the water crept up to the beach to the very top of the dunes.
It was still eerily quiet Sunday morning as he walked around his neighborhood of beach cottages. Residents who had fled inland would not be allowed over the high-rise bridge for a few hours yet. He saw a few patches of siding ripped away from homes here and there, a few palm trees down. The first street off the dunes was flooded, but it looked to be about a foot deep here and there.
"They're going to be happy when they come back," he said.
The situation was worse in parts of New Bern, North Carolina's former state capital, about 45 minutes north. The stately, 301-year-old city, at the confluence of the Neuse and Trent rivers, has a history of flooding and Irene delivered as expected. Mayor Lee Bettis Sunday was asked how many homes were flooded. He didn't have an exact number, but whatever it was, he figured it was high.
"It's not houses," he said, "It's communities."
Among the worst-hit neighborhoods was Duffyfield, a poor, historically African American area northwest of the venerable brick buildings of downtown.
Janice Spivey, 59 was in a typical conundrum. Her three-bedroom trailer at the corner of Biddle and Jarvis streets was surrounded by water on all sides. It was ankle-to-knee deep Sunday morning, and receding, but it had been higher, conspiring with the wind and the rain to keep her and her grandchildren stuck inside since Friday evening.
But Sunday was looking better in all sorts of ways. Her power switched on right around 10 a.m., and soon she expected to be able to maneuver her blue Chrysler sedan out of her driveway and get to the grocery store. As she peeked out her door, a city parks and recreation employee sloshed through what remained of the floodwaters in a big, white school bus.
The employee, who declined to give his name, said he'd driven around all day during the storm Saturday, shuttling perhaps 100 people to higher ground. He shouted over to Spivey, asking if she wanted a ride. The McDonald's was open now, he said.
"I ain't waiting in that line," she said, laughing. "I'm going in there to cook."
"Just pray for the folks ahead of us, that they survive it, too," the driver said.
Power company trucks appeared to be just about everywhere in southeastern North Carolina. Some roared down highways. By the sides of roads, some went to work on power lines bent by the fallen branches, gingerly plucking off the limbs like the lightest of guitar strings.
By 11 a.m. about 60% of the power had been restored to New Bern, spokeswoman Colleen Roberts said. Some of the seafood restaurants on Middle Street downtown were serving up burgers and shrimp-salad sandwiches. Tryon Palace, the majestic replica of a former British governor's home, appeared to have made it out fine, though on George Street, the beautiful block of historic homes leading to the palace's iron gates, was a mess of downed limbs.
Everywhere residents were raking their yards. Many Sunday church services had been canceled. Mayor Bettis pulled up to City Hall a little after 11 a.m., sweaty and disheveled, dressed in boat shoes, running shorts and a paint-splattered work shirt. He had spent the morning helping neighbors, moving debris, mending fences. It was what he had planned for the rest of the day.
"We're going to be out working," he said. "Not sitting around in an office."
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