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At the September meeting of the Captiva Community Panel, panel administrator Ken Gooderham announced that the new golf cart ordinance was officially approved by the state and will soon be enforced.
The new ordinance requires anyone who operates a golf cart to be age 16 or over and have a valid driver's license and also states that carts operating the cart at night - which has now been approved for the village - must be fully equipped with lights, seatbelts and turn signals.
Captivan Sherrill Sims says she's delighted with the new golf cart ordinance.
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A golf cart sign near South Seas Island Resort lists rules and regulations as they pertain to those operating golf carts on Captiva.
"I actually have an NEV (Neighborhood Electric Vehicle) which I purchased two-and-a-half years ago and adore! It has probably cut my automobile gas consumption in half, if not more," Sims said.
Sims is a real estate agent and says that nothing illustrates the island lifestyle better than looking at properties from a golf cart.
"The difference between an NEV and a golf cart is speed - the NEV goes about 25 miles per hour - equipment, such as safety belts and the NEV is street-legal (insured and licensed). The NEV can go anywhere the speed limits are posted at 35 miles per hour or less," Sims said.
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Attention: Captiva golf cart users
The golf cart ordinance approved by Lee County commissioners in June has been processed by the state and is now in effect. What does this mean to you?
As before, golf carts can be operated on county roadways in areas designated by the county Department of Transportation (DOT) - which continues to be in the Village area from Wiles Drive North to the end of Captiva Drive.
Golf cart operators must be licensed drivers, with a valid license from their home state or country.
Carts cannot exceed a maximum of 20 miles per hour
In addition, it was decided that golf carts may be operated after sunset within the existing cart zone, a ruling that will be implemented this month once appropriate signs have been posted. This will have an additional effect on cart users:
As mandated by the new ordinance, any carts operated at night must be equipped with headlights, brake lights, turn signals and windshields.
Licensed drivers of carts at night, under age 17, must be accompanied by a licensed driver over age 21 between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., unless they are driving directly to or from work.
Licensed drivers of carts at night who are age 17 must be accompanied by a licensed driver over age 21 between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. unless they are driving directly to or from work.
Any time of day or night, golf cart drivers are encouraged to do the following:
Operate your cart in the traffic lane, not on the safety shoulder, unless you are pulling over to let traffic go by. The shoulders are for bike and pedestrian traffic - not carts.
Don't overload your cart with passengers (or, don't carry more people than you have seats for), and ensure that passengers ride safe and secure in your cart.
Naturally, operate your cart wisely, obeying all the rules of the road and common courtesies.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office will phase in enforcement of the new rules to allow cart users and renters time to get aquatinted with the new requirements, but they will enforce the rules now that they are officially on the books.
So get ahead of the curve and be sure your carts and operators are up to speed with these new regulations - and let's be careful out there!
SOURCE: Captiva Community Panel
But Sims is also pleased with the ordinance because it requires drivers to be licensed.
"The main reason I am glad we now have a golf cart ordinance is the age restriction on the drivers. We who live year-round on Captiva have all seen extremely young children driving carts throughout our neighborhoods and hold our breaths watching what could happen. We have also seen too many people piled into carts. We now have laws 'on the books' which can be enforced," she said.
"The nighttime driving does not appear to be a problem. Parking is easier, there are no gas fumes, you see so much more of the Island from a cart as opposed to a car and it is just a ton of fun! For those opposed, they are welcome to take my cart for a spin, feel the rays of the sun and the tickle of the island breezes and I promise you, they will change their minds," Sims said.
Harry Silverglide, a Captiva resident, avid golf cart driver and member of the Captiva Community panel says that he is also pleased that the ordinance was finally approved.
"Besides being environmentally friendly, golf carts and low speed vehicles help solve a few other issues for Captiva, like helping to reduce parking issues as well as keeping unlicensed, less skilled drivers off of the road," Silverglide said.
The next golf cart issue to be explored is the possible extension of the golf cart zone down to 'Tween Waters Inn on Captiva Drive.
"I'm very much in favor of it. Harry Campbell (of the Lee County Department of Transportation) and the Lee traffic study found it to be safe and prudent," Silverglide said.
At a previous community panel meeting, Campbell said that LCDOT had examined what the potential impact of extending daytime and nighttime operations down to 'Tween Waters would be and, depending on where the cart is, the delay created by golf carts sharing the road with cars would amount to an additional one to two minutes, which Campbell concluded was not a significant delay.
"Extending drive time by one to two minutes if the golf cart does not pull over seems a very small price for the benefit of easy movement between 'Tween Waters and the village," Silverglide said.
"I really don't understand why Captivans would not be in favor of golf cart use on all of Captiva. If golf cart drivers were taught how to pull over and let car and truck traffic pass, there would be no issue.
"If you don't have a few extra minutes, Captiva may not be the place or lifestyle you are looking for. I always thought that was the point of living in or visiting paradise," Silverglide concluded.
Residents who are concerned with extending the golf cart zone are encouraged to attend panel meetings to make their opinions heard. The panel will meet again on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 9 a.m. in the Wakefield Room at 'Tween Waters Inn, 15951 Captiva Drive.


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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Receptos Inc. announced today the publication of key results relating to its expertise in S1P1 biology and structure-based drug discovery for high-value G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) targets in Science.
The article, entitled "Crystal Structure of a Lipid G Protein-Coupled Receptor," was co-authored by Receptos in collaboration with scientific founders Hugh Rosen, M.D., Ph.D., and Raymond Stevens, Ph.D. Drs. Rosen and Stevens are both professors at The Scripps Research Institute®, with expertise in immunology and lymphocyte trafficking and GPCR crystallography, respectively. Receptos is the exclusive licensee of the GPCR crystal structure determination technology platform, developed at The Scripps Research Institute®, which enabled the elucidation of the S1P1 receptor structure.
"Receptos and its founders have an unparalleled track record in the determination of high resolution GPCR structures to enable rational drug design," said Faheem Hasnain, President and Chief Executive Officer of Receptos. "The publication of the S1P1 structure in Science highlights the importance of this therapeutic target and Receptos's leading position in decoding receptor-ligand interactions for pharmaceutically relevant GPCR targets. Our expertise in the S1P1 field has resulted in the discovery of a best-in-class small molecule agonist, RPC1063, which is scheduled to initiate Phase 2 clinical studies in multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease later this year."
Receptos utilizes the GPCR crystal structure determination technology platform to assist in building a pipeline of high-value therapeutic candidates. In addition to RPC1063, the technology supports a small molecule glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) research program, which has demonstrated proof of concept in in vivo models of type 2 diabetes. Receptos has also initiated technology collaborations to conduct novel drug screening assays and study dynamic conformational changes to receptor topography that allow rational drug design for high-value GPCR targets. These collaborators include Eli Lilly, Ono Pharmaceutical and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
Advancements in the technology, as well as in proprietary drug discovery and development programs at Receptos, have resulted in a patent estate comprising twelve patent applications, seven of which are directed to small molecule composition of matter and four of which support the technology platform, including novel reagents to enable crystallography. The Receptos scientific management team has broad experience in the development and registration of therapeutics including rituximab, targretin, panretin, belatacept, abatacept, omalizumab, and others.
About the S1P1 Target and Utilization of the S1P1 Structure
The lyso-phospholipid sphingosine 1-phosphate modulates lymphocyte trafficking, endothelial development and integrity, heart rate, and vascular tone and maturation by activating G protein–coupled sphingosine 1-phosphate receptors. Activation of the S1P1 receptor through exogenous ligands, both physiological and pharmacological, results in significant inhibition of lymphocyte re-circulation. This physiological effect was leveraged in the development of the nonselective S1P receptor agonist prodrug fingolimod (GILENYA®), approved in 2010 for the clinical treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. The high resolution crystal structure of the sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 has revealed the architecture of the ligand binding pocket and extracellular region providing insights into the molecular interactions associated with binding and signaling of diverse S1P ligands. In combination with mutagenesis and signaling studies, Receptos has pinpointed regions in the binding pocket responsible for driving interactions within S1P ligand classes, and prioritized drug candidates accordingly.
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GPCR receptors are the largest single drug discovery protein family, yet many high-value targets have been intractable to traditional drug discovery techniques. Receptos offers a paradigm-shifting technology that enables, for the first time, structure-based drug design for this important target class. This unique offering delivers novel drug discovery tools along the path to structure determination, including the generation of purified GPCR protein (to allow biophysical ligand screening and therapeutic antibody candidate generation), the identification of novel receptor binding sites such as allosteric sites (to confer improved potency and selectivity profiles to drug candidates), and GPCR structure determination to transform drug discovery. Receptos's proprietary technology platform was exclusively licensed from The Scripps Research Institute® and has been further advanced by the company into the disciplines of drug discovery and development.
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Receptos is a biopharmaceutical company developing autoimmune therapeutic candidates through information-driven drug discovery, including GPCR structure determination. The company's lead program is a best-in-class S1P1 small molecule agonist candidate for autoimmune indications, including multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel disease, which will complete a Phase 1 clinical study in the first quarter of 2012. The S1P1 program is supported by the company's proprietary high resolution protein crystal structure of the S1P1 receptor. Receptos has established partnerships for its GPCR structure determination technology platform with Eli Lilly, Ono Pharmaceutical and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. For more information visit www.receptos.com.
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Charles J. Sykes wrote a book, entitled Dumbing Down Our Kids; Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves, But Can't Read, Write, or Add. We have known that many American children and youth do not measure up to others around the world, especially in math and science. We are a culture of video games and reality/unreality television, idolization of movie stars and Miley Cyrus.
But recently, a Washington Post article reported that American adults, too, scored below the international average on a global test which measured literacy, math and problem-solving in technology-rich environments. Researchers tested about 166,000 people ages 16 to 65 in more than 20 countries and sub-national regions.
Adults in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and multiple other countries scored significantly higher than the United States in all three areas on the test. Other than basic reading and math, respondents were tested on activities such as calculating mileage reimbursement due to a salesman, sorting email and comparing food expiration dates on grocery store tags.
There are many types of intelligence. Some folks are knowledgeable, but lack common sense. And then there are those that Albert Einstein allegedly described this way: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Oh wait, we know about this first-hand: our elected officials in Washington D.C. refuse to work together and have shut down the American government. Approval ratings for our elected officials are at an all- time low. Greed, power, and the government infrastructure are debilitating our country, our international standing and more.
If these failures continue, we are going to be thrown back to an era where we are forced to depend on our local and regional communities to work together for the common good. Maybe we should start practicing more compromising, communicating and compassionate living.
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9/1/2013 8:03:35 PM. - Kenna - Murrieta, California
I love Christmas almost more than ANYTHING EVER! It is my life! Even in the hot summertime! And i live in a place where there is no snow!!! :( But that doesnt bring my high and jolly Christmas wintery spirit down at all! :) Comment plz ;)
9/1/2013 7:48:08 PM. - Kenna - Murrieta, California
Hiii, It was Christmas time, this was about 1 or 2 years ago. I was at a Christmas parade with my little brother and grandparents. This old lady and her 3 children were a little mad at me and my little brother because at the parade, we were in front of them on the sidewalk, so we got all the candy, not them. I felt a slight tap on my left shoulder. I turned around to hear the old lady's voice say to me. "Sweetheart, my grandkids have barley gotten any candy. Could you please move over a bit, dear?"
I responded back, "I am sorry, here:" and then I gave her some handfuls of MY candy :) She and her kids were then happy and walked away smiling and laughing. :) <3
8/25/2013 12:15:12 PM - Chrissygoldstar - Oklahoma
A few days ago I was standing in line with this little boy who was trying to buy some food but didn't have enough money. He told the lady to just put some of it back but I stepped in and paid for the rest.
8/8/2013 12:22:44 PM - Emily B - Ia. USA
I know that isnt a act of kindness that I did. But Xmas 2012 I was sick and gave me an extra gift. (I think. Also if you commet please wish me a happy birthday because my birthday is Aug. 30 and I am turning 8.) Goodbye!
8/10/2013 8:42:38 AM - Maddie - Ohio
Happy birthday!
8/19/2013 1:22:28 PM - atisha - united kingdom
have a great birthday act sick to get more pressensts
8/8/2013 12:11:34 PM - Emily B - Ia. USA
I help my mom because she broke her wrist, and she has a plate.
8/8/2013 12:25:04 PM - Emma - Ia. USA
Tear! I am sad.
7/11/2013 1:20:31 AM. - Isher - london
LOL it's kindness of random and funny.
7/15/2013 11:24:06 AM - Jasmine - Canada
It is very funny!:)
4/19/2013 11:09:49 AM. - ra - ky
we should be thankful for what we get
8/8/2013 12:14:37 PM - Emily B - Ia. USA
That is good.
10/22/2013 3:55:45 PM - Sarah - Summer bay
yea we should be just think of all them poor peopole in asia and africa and all those other countries and they get nothing and we get everythingwe dreamed of that is so sad and like if i went to one of thoss countriesi would bring all my toys and give them to every little kid!!!
10/28/2013 12:52:03 AM - bbglow - Over the rainbow
LOL!!! XD Asia and Africa aren't countries, but yes, they do haves a lot of poor ones. Their poverty rates are extremely high.
4/17/2013 6:58:49 PM. - Cliff M Pierson - Cromwell ct 06416
I was once a forgotten U s Soldier alone in my room hoping and preying someone would write me from my home town or if they even knew I was alive. It is quite depressing around the holidays I know first hand you could be a private or general it does not matter you are alon and thinking of a your loved ones. I ended up a first sgt so I made sure they wrote to their town hall to let them know he was alive and would really use some letters to read on the holidays you do not ask for any thing else that will happen in time you might be over whelmed but you will never be forgotten when its the town should support you with your life on the line 24/7 365 days a year. I will always be there in heart and soul. F. SGT Cliff Pierson
9/1/2013 7:50:16 PM. - Kenna - Murrieta, California
:( i am sorry for you
4/10/2013 4:18:35 AM - Iffy Don! - England,Birmingham
I always think about what's best for other people and not me so I give up my hopes and dreams for other people
8/6/2013 12:51:01 PM - Bob - LA
I can't wait till Christmas I don't like Christmas because of presents, I like it because of the lights and songs and Jesus and god. And of course a little bit of snow.
3/27/2013 1:48:13 PM. - Emery - U.S.A
This is something that someone else did.
I was at the dollar store and I was waiting in line to pay for my items. My Mom already went to the car (cause she paid for her items) Little did i know that my wallet was in the car. The Lady at the regester asked who was going first. The man went first and I put my stuff on the belt. And guess what he did? HE PAID FOR MY STUFF! I could not THANK HIM ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!
3/30/2013 7:57:16 AM - Ally - Wyoming
Omg at springvaction I'm at South Carolina BTW I don't know what I'm going to do here but I have a feeling it's going to be really fun lol
3/30/2013 8:15:54 PM. - Emery - U.S.A
Have Fun!!!
4/9/2013 12:40:09 PM - JD - Maine
Someone did something like that a few weeks ago at work, for someone else, and I thought it was a great thing well done :)
4/13/2013 2:22:16 PM. - Emery - USA
I hope I can do that or someone soon!!!!
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Arginine, an amino acid, is the precursor of nitric oxide, which plays a number of important roles in the body. Nitric oxide acts as vasodilator (blood vessel relaxant) and helps deliver blood flow to muscle tissues. A recent study examined the effect of 4 weeks of arginine supplementation to determine if it can boost performance in untrained men.
Fifty college-aged men were randomized into 1 of 3 groups who took 1.5g of arginine plus 300 mg of grape seed extract, 3g of arginine plus 300 mg of grape seed extract or a placebo.
Before supplementation and after 4 weeks of supplementation, subjects performed an incremental test to exhaustion on a cycle ergometer. There were significant mean increases in physical work capacity for the 1.5g (22.4%) and 3g (18.8%) arginine groups, but no change for the placebo group (-1.6%). The authors of this study conclude, "These findings supported the use of arginine-based supplements, at the dosages examined in the present investigation, as an ergogenic aid for untrained individuals."


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Some genetic health conditions increase a child's risk. These include:
Symptoms vary depending on the size and of the tumor and whether it has spread. Symptoms can occur a bit differently in each child. They can include:
The symptoms of hepatoblastoma can be like other health conditions. Make sure your child sees a healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
You may take your child to the healthcare provider because of a lump, swelling, or pain in the belly abdomen, or other symptoms. The healthcare provider will ask about your child's symptoms. He or she will examine your child, focusing on the abdomen. Your child may need to see a specialist in diagnosing and treating cancer in children (pediatric oncologist). Your child may have tests such as:
Part of diagnosing cancer is called staging. Staging is the process of seeing if the cancer has spread, and where it has spread. Staging also helps to decide the treatment. There are different ways of staging cancer, but most range from stage 1 to stage 4. Hepatoblastoma has different staging methods. One method may be used before surgery and one after. Talk with your child's oncologist about your child's stage and what it means.
If your child has been diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, you may want your child to see another oncologist. This means to get a second opinion. Your insurance company may require a second opinion.
Treatment will depend on the stage and other factors. The cancer can be treated with any of the below:
With any cancer, how well a child is expected to recover (prognosis) varies. Keep in mind:
A child may have complications from the sarcoma or from treatment, such as:
A child with a hepatoblastoma needs ongoing care. Your child will be seen by oncologists and other healthcare providers to treat any late effects of treatment and to watch for signs or symptoms of the tumor returning. Your child will be checked with imaging tests and other tests. And your child may see other healthcare providers for problems from the tumor or from treatment.
You can help your child manage his or her treatment in many ways. For example:
Call the healthcare provider if your child has:
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's healthcare provider:


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Emma Ames (pictured), Calum Cameron and Kevin Gillibrand describe the final provisions they are making as the RDR deadline approaches.
Emma Ames
Co-director, Cathedral Financial Management
We thought we were more than prepared for the retail distribution review (RDR) and it would not be a problem. It was not until September when we realised how much paperwork was needed to implement those changes. It has been a bit of a shock and extremely time-consuming.
We had to go directly to providers to find out how they were operating adviser charging because they are all very different. They have different administrative procedures and they request different things. We are spending hours finding out what each provider wants.
Revising the terms of business
We have also been working on communicating changes to clients because their method of payment will change: each client agreement has previously been on a bespoke basis. We have to understand and recognise that giving up our time in order to explain this is worth it to keep this inked and secured for the future.
Cathedral is in the process of revising its terms of business. We set out to reword it and include our fee menu. It is a massive task and we want it worded correctly from a compliance perspective, but we also want it to be consumer-friendly.
Also, we don't want it to be something we just whipped up from a Financial Services Authority template. We want ours to stand out because clients are going to be using this as a guide to what we do and charge.
One encouraging thing is that no clients have objected to the different way they will be paying us.
More importantly, we increased our fees for the first time in 10 years and very few clients have objected to this.
Calum Cameron
Chief executive, Willow Financial Management
Our RDR preparations are about evolution rather than revolution because we've been working as fee-based planners for seven years.
We are RDR-compliant. All of our staff have taken the exams and we're happy with continuing professional development.
At the moment, we are refining our client propositions to make it even clearer to our clients what a different service standard will offer.
The fee agreement has just been updated and we're looking at how we brand our client proposition.
Focus on efficiency
We are also working on our business efficiency to make sure we do everything in a standardised way. The efficiency comes from making sure lots of little things are a lot more straightforward.
One of the key differentiators in the IFA sector will be how technology is used. What we do needs to be not only of a good quality but delivered in a fast and slick way.
Our clients' fee model won't change. The only thing that is changing is their terms with platforms, which we are negotiating. Some of the share classes of the funds they hold will change, but the approach we will take with our clients will be the same.
Regulation after the RDR will focus more on how a business operates. It's not just 'is it compliant?' but 'how does it do what it does, present its services, talk to clients, document its services, use technology to be as efficient and cost effective as possible?'
I think the one thing the RDR has done is make firms look at the detail of what they do, and that's great.
Kevin Gillibrand
Director, Fraser Wealth Management
The main area of concern is around customer agreed remuneration. We're considering if it's best practice to get new fee agreements signed by clients.
It's an additional job, but for certain providers like Skandia that have issued new paperwork for the RDR, we are asking clients to re-sign the client authorisation while we are doing our reviews.
We're not telling clients we are altering our fees in any shape or form, we are just reconfirming that we are sticking to the fee we have already agreed. It's about making sure we're thinking about the next step.
Getting the paperwork in order
We are going to get fresh paperwork set up the way we think it should be. That might be over the top, but we would rather be safe than sorry.
We are also making sure every other aspect of clients' paperwork is in order. If we know we are planning on changing something, we've decided to do it now, on this side of the RDR.
We have the relevant qualifications and fee structure, but we are looking at the potential hazards after the RDR.


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CHICAGO – A new law to fight fraud and protect workers and taxpayers from businesses that cheat on their taxes and rob the state of money used to pay unemployment insurance benefits has led to a significant increase in the amount of money voluntarily paid to the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Dubbed the personal liability legislation, lawmakers in strong bipartisan fashion enabled IDES to hold personally liable the owners of businesses who knowingly cheat their payroll taxes. The shift from penalizing a business to personal liability led to the increased compliance and is part of Gov. Pat Quinn's agenda to protect workers and make Illinois one of the top states for business.
"This issue touches every taxpayer. Employers who cheat on their taxes push those costs onto honest workers, honest businesses owners and honest taxpayers," IDES Director Jay Rowell said. "Shirking these responsibilities and misclassifying workers to pay them less cheats our unemployment insurance program, hurts our economy and undermines legitimate businesses owners."
Twenty-nine employers who previously did not pay unemployment insurance have paid $14.9 million, and 21 employers committed to paying $18.7 million. The dollars reflect a 30 percent increase in collections since the law began in 2012. Additionally, IDES so far this year identified 1,300 businesses that misclassified nearly 9,000 workers to avoid paying taxes on $2.3 million in wages.
Misclassified workers often are denied protection such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and family and medical leave. Misclassifying workers artificially lowers a business' cost because employers do not pay workers' compensation or unemployment insurance for those individuals.
Hiding these costs allows businesses to underbid competitors by 30 percent and robs state coffers of other taxes, increasing the financial burden on residents and contributing to the state's financial pressures.
Generally, to be considered an independent contractor, a worker must be free from direction or control. A worker is not an independent contractor just because an employer designates him or her as such – even if the worker agrees to the designation.
Employers breaking the law could face fines of at least $10,000 and up to 24 percent interest on failed payments.


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The Infamous One Writes-
joey – i'll stick with the reisman color slides for now, but the black and white photos tell a story too. more of them later. i won't ask for the names of these family members – they might be visiting from out of town – but to win the prize, you have to tell me the exact location of these pix, street AND number. and don't try to make me blink … infamous already KNOWS the answer, because he looked up 'john's barber shop' in the 1952 city directory at the cape ann museum archives. museum has a full set of these, just like another gloucester treasure – the sawyer free library. use 'em or lose 'em!
infamous f.b. stay tuned, don't turn that dial!
[i'll print up the ladies for kathy g and she can pick them up at the museum front desk weds. morning on, at her convenience. is this kathy g. roberts?]
Yes Fred it is THAT Kathy G Roberts who took home the gold yesterday! No double winners Kathy, so you could guess again but if someone else gets this one they can stake claim to the prize unless of course you are the only winner.
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The Burmese parliament welcomed Prime Minister John Key to the galleries today in an impromptu visit to a sitting of the lower house of representatives in the capital Naypyitaw.
The constitution reserves a quarter of the seats in the 300-strong for the military.
Earlier he paid a courtesy call to the speaker, U Shwe Mann, whom observers expect to stand in the presidential elections in 2015.
He used to be number three in the military as chief of staff in the military government before turning civilian politician.
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Feb. 19, 2009
The Schedule
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Cal Poly Mustangs
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 11:00 a.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. UC Irvine Anteaters
at the UCSB Robinson Gym Tennis Courts
Last week
The UC Santa Barbara women's tennis team will face two Big West conference foes in a weekend that promises to be chalk full of excitement. First, the Gauchos will strap on their tennis shoes Friday when they clash with Cal Poly at noon. Then, the UCSB women will regroup on Sunday to face UC Irvine at 11:00 a.m.
Rain or Shine
The Gauchos got off to an excellent start in their six match home-stand, downing LMU 5-2. Then after a weekend of rain, the UCSB women enjoyed some spotty sunshine on Tuesday afternoon to defeat Hawai'i 5-1. Since the match was postponed for two hours, both teams decided to nix the doubles point.
Home Court Advantage
The Gauchos will stroll onto their home court boasting a 4-1 record. At home, UCSB is even better, tallying a perfect 3-0 record topping Bakersfield, LMU and Hawai'i. So far this season, the No. 4 and No. 5 positions have shinned, combining for a 7-3 dual match record.
The Competition
The women of blue and yellow will take on a tough Cal Poly team who already holds a 3-1 record. The Mustangs have defeated Santa Clara, Cal State Northridge and LMU while dropping a match to Stanford. On Sunday, the Gauchos will take on No. 64 UC Irvine. The Anteaters are 4-2 on the year, but have won their last three matches (2-0 in Big West).


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Only if they're stupid enough to execute code formed from non-executable input.
What I came to say. I can't imagine a qr code being able to stack overflow anything, there aren't enough bits.
Maybe if the QR code was a URL. But you'd have to be stupid to do that too.
A QR code that was a hash of the batch, the release series the serial number and a salt, sure. This could be awesome. Otherwise? Not so much.
What I came to say. I can't imagine a qr code being able to stack overflow anything, there aren't enough bits.
Maybe if the QR code was a URL. But you'd have to be stupid to do that too.
A QR code that was a hash of the batch, the release series the serial number and a salt, sure. This could be awesome. Otherwise? Not so much.
Quite right. I suspect near the beginning of the forgery algorithm there lies something to the effect of "if scanned_code.urlCheck == true { forgeryAlert(scanned_code) }" and certainly not "if scanned_code.urlCheck == true { browser(scanned_code.text) }". Just a five minute observation though, someone might have a better way to do that.
Would it even be a URL? A QR code is just binary data. I'm sure a bank would interpret them as a binary number, not a download link.
I can't imagine a qr code being able to stack overflow anything, there aren't enough bits.
That doesn't seem to be what this article is proposing, however. This article seems to be proposing that the scanners at the bank will read the QR codes on the notes, interpret the code into a URL, then direct a web browser to that URL and, if the URL is for a compromised site, the bank's computer will become infected.
I've been reading Slashdot for 15 years. I'm not going to claim that all the articles in that time have been gems. This kind of thing almost makes me want to cry, however. It just seems to be happening more and more often.
Ummm....do QR codes have to be a URL? Why would a bank want to put URLs on their bank notes then visit the URL when they scan them?
Whoever wrote that is a moron.
The poster is confused. QR Codes are data, not actionable unless you take action on them. Moronic? That's a little rough. In need of a lot of education? Oh.Yeah.
Moronic? That's a little rough. In need of a lot of education? Oh.Yeah.
Disagree. The assumptions made by the poster are moronic, i.e. A bank would visit a web page whenever they scan a bank note.
(then download all the content from that page and try to do something with it...LOL)
He does not have to be a moron.
He could be one of the many people I have met of around average intelligence with out enough tech knowledge to fill a thimble.
You know the people.
He probably got here by typing "slashdot.org" into Google and clicking on the first link.
He does not have to be a moron. He could be one of the many people I have met of around average intelligence with out enough tech knowledge to fill a thimble. You know the people. He probably got here by typing "slashdot.org" into Google and clicking on the first link.
Sure thing - I do know the people. They have one trait that makes no sense whatsoever. If they would question whether it makes sense, I believe they would abandon it, but sadly even a minor amount of introspection is
I do not have enough neurosurgery knowledge to fill a thimble. It follows that you won't see me on medical forums, making claims and taking positions and displaying strong opinions about brain surgery. If I went to such fo
The moronic part was so publicly expressing an opinion about something which the poster obviously knows so little.
Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.
No, they can be plain text. It's always been part of the standard.
Looks like the summary is just the usual flamebait, containing some stupid statement that commenters will feel compelled to correct.
A couple of years back, one of the Slashdot admin (Scuttlemonkey? Samzenpus?) gave an interview, and they mentioned that they specifically selected articles that they thought would provoke discussion.
Which I interpreted as 'yes, we troll our users and put up complete flamebait'.
Not having much luck finding it again, though.
So, you would rather see more submissions like this one [slashdot.org]? (18 comments after 24 hours) Come on, trolls are a part of the internet, so they might as well be a part of slashdot submissions (god knows we see enough of them in the comments section). Be open to a little fun!
A QR code is just a text string. Or binary string, even (I think - haven't tried it yet).
However, the most common use, so far, has been embedding URLs - most phone-app QR code readers automatically interpret the string as a URL and redirect you there, since that's generally what those users want. However, that's a feature of the particular scanner, not of QR codes themselves.
The original author's mistake is thinking that's a fundamental design feature of QR codes - you scan them, it takes you to a website. Which, if it were true, would indeed be a glaring security hole. Which is why nobody would do such a thing.
Which is why nobody would do such a thing.
Oh, I wish I had your confidence. While it's true that the QR scheme doesn't contain any inherent security holes, a quick glance at security practices in the industry today does not fill me with confidence that someone won't introduce some.
It's 1s and 0s...I can tell that just by looking at one.
A helpful rewrite for someone from a few years in the past:
"Sequences of letters and numbers have been proposed as a way to stop forgery of U.S currency by bored students of Michigan University. Unfortunately sequences of letters and numbers are easy to forge and can be typed into an editor, compiled, and run, infecting your system. Banks would most likely need to read currency that have seuqneces of letters and numbers to ensure the authenticity of the bill. If the sequences of letters and numbers were forged, typed into an editor, compiled, and run, it could infect the bank with a virus."
What if I get a sharpie and wrote "FE0634E70F327A6B32C" on a bank note? Would they assume it was JVM bytecode and try to execute it for me?
(If so, I can get the bank computers to generate Bitcoins for me...?)
Well, there's one way to guarantee an irrational, over-the-top response: write it clearly on a dollar bill then hand it to a TSA employee at your local friendly airport, grinning wildly.
OMG there are some bits - the code might misinterpret them as a URL, load the destination and execute it!
WTF seriously???
Precisely. This is as stupid as it gets. And beneath
1. Any reasonably well sanitized input scheme will refuse to execute the input. I deal with this on a daily basis as we push our dev team into solving input problems where a 'special' character is required. Our users who might try to input executables will be frustrated. Any banking system that is allowing this now has already been pwned.
2. The QR codes need only be limited to 'data'. With no clear need to use characters below ASCII 48 or above ASC
There was a way to scan a QR code without having an unpatched IE6 accessing the url in the code...
A bank note QR code would refer to a single site. It would not go to "the world".
Input hardening in such a case should be reasonably trivial. And if it failed to have the proper form it would be false.
Actually a bank note QR code wouldn't hold a URL at all. QR codes encode arbitrary strings. Unless they're incredibly dumb implementing it the worst that would happen is it mistaking a serial number for a phone number and trying to call it. Not much chance of a scanner getting infected trying that!
Actually a bank note QR code wouldn't hold a URL at all. QR codes encode arbitrary strings. Unless they're incredibly dumb implementing it the worst that would happen is it mistaking a serial number for a phone number and trying to call it. Not much chance of a scanner getting infected trying that!
They're incredibly dumb. The QR code would probably become the infection string for a SQL Injection attack on the bank's servers.
I guess that's why all the checkouts at our local grocery stores get viruses when we scan the wrong barcodes.
Use appropriate software. Fuck.
What? QR codes can hold arbitrary strings, they don't have to be just URLs. This summary makes no sense. There isn't even an article here! Who is editing this shit?
Mod parent up.
I've known QR Codes be used to hold PKI Certificate info. URLs just happen to be a common use.
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Not only that, but the article I read last night on the BBC talked about how these QR codes are done. First of all, they imbed the QR code on the bill using a special ink that is only luminescent with an exact frequency of laser light, which is invisible to the naked eye. Using a process of (I believe they called it) "photon upconversion" the light becomes visible to sensors in another segment of the spectrum. They can alter the ink they use to change the frequencies in question. This means you would have to have special equipment to see the QR code. They also said that they can imbed two QR codes on top of each other, which respond to different frequencies of light. They can use the two QR codes together to help validate the authenticity of the bill.
So certainly someone with the right scientists may be able to reproduce the ink, bleach the bill, and print a new face and QR code on it, but it would be very difficult. And who would hook their bill verifying machine up to the internet? And why would you use a URL? You could embed anything into that code, and you could probably even cryptographically sign the data embedded in the bill.
QR Codes don't send you anywhere. They're just data. They can contain web links, just like any written sentence, but a device won't download the content at a linked URL unless it is programmed to.
QR codes are futuristic, 2D versions of bar codes. Nothing more.
Nothing futuristic about QR codes! They're 15 years old already.
I can't speak to whether QR codes can stop forgery of the currency, but a QR code, by itself, can't infect anyone with a virus. What kind of bank system would blindly go to whatever website is suggested by an illegitimate QR code?
Who wrote this summary? A QR code is just a data.
Just make your system NOT go to the public internet. The QR code could just be the serial number of the note. Hell you don't even need to use a QR code.
Example: http://intranet.federalreserve.gov/verify?n=12345 [federalreserve.gov]
Problem solved. No virus.
Seriously? You're telling me that a bank system using a barcode to check a serial number would spawn a web browser because the bill said so? How hard could it possibly be to *not* allow a browser to start while scanning in QR codes, and catching attempts to try as a guaranteed way to prove that the bill is a counterfeit?
QR codes can't even launch a browser themselves even if they contain a URL. That action depends on the QR code reader. If a QR code says "http://www.slashdot.com/", then it is up to the QR code reader to say "Hey, this is a URL, I should open a web browser." The QR code reader on my phone presents the URL for me and gives me the option of opening a web browser. I'm sure a hypothetical QR reader for currency wouldn't even do that. It would say "Hey, this QR code reads 'http://www.badsite.com/infect_with
The only way I could remotely see that happening would be if there was a vulnerability in the system that allowed for a buffer overflow attack of some sort. The problem with that is that QR codes only have a limited amount a data, which would make this all but impossible.
Pretty easy to forge serial numbers on a counterfeit note.
Not so easy to forge serial numbers encoded on nano-dots
So presumably like they do with nano-dots sprayed onto high-end cars as security.
As other posters have pointed out, what if the QR code contained a hash of the serial number and a few other identifying marks visible on the bill? Now you can use the infrared QR and OCR to validate a given bill.....
Sure, mints could hash the serial number, encrypt the hash with their private key, and print the QR. Banks could validate the QR by decrypting the QR with the mint's public key and confirm it matched the hashed serial number.
But that is a very low level of validation. The forgers would just copy serial numbers and QR codes they see on real currency.
And if it's a URL, it's probably a URL that points to a page with a serial number in the URL, which means it does no more good than inputting that serial onto the web site instead.
And why can't you just copy the QR code just like you can copy the serial number? Just because it's made with invisible ink?
QR Code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside the industry due to its fast readability and large storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes. The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be made up of four standardized kinds ("modes") of data (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, Kanji), or through supported extensions, virtually any kind of data.[1]...
Invented in Japan by the Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles during the manufacturing process, the QR Code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes.[2] It was designed to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.[3]
would it be possible to include well formed enough data to cause some sort of buffer overrun and injection attack?
QR codes contain a known amount of data. Unless the reading program was written by a complete moron, ensuring sufficient buffer space exists to read one is a trivial task.
I guess even on
1. It's "The University of Michigan." Not trying to be as pedantic as those who insist on THE Ohio State University (as opposed to that other Ohio State?), but no one uses 'Michigan University.'
2. At no point, in any of the three cited articles, is U of M mentioned. The QR / Currency article from engadget refers to The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, which is slightly different from umich.
This is why we can't have nice things.
It's unclear how much malware spread by QR codes in late 2011, but AVG reports that it's an ideal distribution method for nefarious software and it expects the practice to grow throughout 2012. Users are unaware of what the code contains until the malware has already gained foothold. The point being, QR codes aren't as safe as you might expect them to be. The security firm likens scanning unknown QR codes to running an unfamiliar executable on your computer.
Let's repeat this again, people: QR Codes are simply a new version of a barcode. They are not magic pictures that infect computers or phones. There is nothing wrong with taking a picture of a barcode.
OTOH, if you run an application that which upon reading a code will automatically open a webpage that might run a script without user intervention, you giving people a guest pass.
when malware spread through QR codes on a Russian website and forums. The code directed victims to a download location for an infected version of the Jimm mobile ICQ client. The malware sent SMS messages to premium numbers.
They directed their phones to a web address they didn't know and shouldn't have trusted, downloaded an application and then
I see no abuses there nor the goverment forcing the banks to submit the depositor name to look up a serial number, nor promising to limit some type of liability as an incentive to look up serial numbers on each transaction. No sirree, won't happen.
(Btw, I assume they could do all this on current serial numbers but perhaps its easier on the OCR to have as described in the article).
The ability to give bank computers AIDS is just the start. What happens when terrorists discover them?
http://qr.kaywa.com/?s=8&d=Death+to+Obama+and+all+Americans.+Allahu+Akbar [kaywa.com]!
Reminds me at that movie: "uploading virus
Funny was they used a Mac for that
What about bill validators or TITO slots (Ticket-in, ticket-out)
That may be the place where you may be able to do some hacking likely useing buffer over flows with some thing like this.
QR codes are simply a method of encoding a blob of information. There is no magically connection between a blob of data containing a url and the magically fetching of the URL. You actually have to write more code to make it fetch the url. And fetching the url does not automatically result in infection. You still have to pass that url data through a browser engine to evaluate and act on the data. There are so many steps that would have to be coded that the likely hood of a moron coder making a mistake t
Each note seems to have a serial number, meaning it should be unique. Why not have each note's S/N cryptographically signed and the signature stamped onto the note along with the S/N in some kind of machine-readable format?
It should then be possible to scan the barcode and verify the signature to determine whether the note was legitimate. They could create unique keys for each Federal Reserve district, perhaps annually, so that you wouldn't have to worry as much about the key being compromised.
Someone could clone the same S/N and signature, but if they did it would be easy for banks or other large cash processors with scanners to identify duplicates and remove them from circulation. Dupes could be identified as currency scanned at more than one geographic location within a certain time window where the chance of the currency being in two places at once was very slim -- kind of like the antifraud calls I've gotten from a credit card company when I've used a card in two cities in the same day.
Small numbers of duplicates would be hard to track, but the economic risk from counterfeiting isn't from some guy with a scanner and a inkjet printer but from mass counterfeiting of thousands of notes.
There is a very simple solution...
The QR code should link to specified government Treasury website. If it does not, (and you pre-scan the URL first), then you AUTOMATICALLY KNOW IT'S COUNTERFEIT.
Invisible nano QR codes have been proposed as a way to stop forgery of U.S currency by students of Michigan University.
Okay. The big problem with this is that the technology to scan and write nano QR codes will become common, which then allows them to be reproduced even if (assuming the use is cryptographic and the keys are adequately protected) it isn't practical to generate new, legitimate ones.
Unfortunately QR codes are easy to forge and can send you to a site that infects your system.
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69 Mass. App. Ct. 878
06-P-1396 Appeals Court
BARON JAMAL HALE vs. ELCO ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.
No. 06-P-1396.
Plymouth. June 8, 2007. – August 28, 2007.
Present: Gelinas, Doerfer, & Kafker, JJ.
Insurance, Motor vehicle insurance, Uninsured motorist, Notice. Notice, Timeliness. Contract, Insurance.
Civil action commenced in the Superior Court Department on May 23, 2005.
The case was heard by Suzanne V. DelVecchio, J., on a motion for summary judgment.
Daniel M. Hutton for the plaintiff.
Christopher M. Jantzen for the defendant.
DOERFER, J. We determine that the notice of an accident given by the renter of an automobile the day after the accident was not so deficient as to deprive him of the benefits of uninsured motorist (UM) coverage, and reverse the summary judgment granted to the defendant.
Facts.[1] On January 3, 2004, the plaintiff, Baron Jamal Hale, rented an automobile from Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Boston, Inc. (Enterprise), at their branch located in Brockton, and signed a rental contract. Although only the face of the contract is included in the record, the parties agree that the plaintiff was entitled to and did purchase UM coverage pursuant to a motor vehicle liability bond under G. L. c. 90, § 34A, which applies to Enterprise as a self-insurer.[2]
The plaintiff returned the vehicle to Enterprise in Brockton on January 5, 2004, with evident damage. He reported that he had been in a hit-and-run accident in Providence, Rhode Island, the previous day. There is no dispute that Enterprise received such notice. At that time the plaintiff did not believe he was seriously injured, only that he was experiencing some numbness in his knees. He did not report or make any claim of physical injuries when returning the vehicle. Headache, neck, and back pain later developed.
The plaintiff called the Boston police department on January 5, 2004, to report the accident and was advised to make a report to the police in Providence, which he did, in writing, on January 7, 2004. He made no mention of any personal injuries in this report.
The defendant, Elco Administrative Services,[3] sent the plaintiff a letter dated February 3, 2004, at the address he had listed in his rental agreement, inquiring as to the details of the accident. A follow-up letter, dated February 18, 2004, was sent to the same address. The plaintiff was not staying at that address, but was staying at another address in Brockton.[4] The defendant sent the plaintiff a letter dated April 30, 2004 (this time mailed to the address where he was staying), requesting that he appear for an independent medical examination (IME). The plaintiff appeared for the IME on May 12, 2004.
On January 12, 2004, the plaintiff went to Maximum Rehabilitation and began receiving physical therapy treatment approximately three times per week. The plaintiff continued his physical therapy treatment with Maximum Rehabilitation until March 8, 2004. The treatment consisted of moist heat, electrical stimulation, massage, and therapeutic exercise.
The IME medical examiner diagnosed the plaintiff with a cervical spine and lumbar sprain, and concluded he had an excellent prognosis for full recovery. Based upon the documentation reviewed[5] and the patient history, the examiner determined that a causal relationship existed between the accident and the injury, that the plaintiff did not have any permanent impairment, and that the plaintiff had reached a medical end result and did not require further treatment. Although the examiner noted some inconsistencies between the plaintiff's statements and the treatment notes, he stated that the treatment appeared to be "reasonable and appropriate" overall, with the exception that certain treatment was duplicative.
In a letter dated May 7, 2004, the plaintiff's attorney corresponded with the defendant, asserting a claim for UM benefits based on the plaintiff's personal injuries. Further correspondence ensued.
At some point (the date is not reflected in the record) the plaintiff made a claim for personal injury protection benefits for lost wages from the defendant. The defendant sent checks to him dated September 16, 2004, and September 23, 2004, in payment of such benefits.
Although the defendant made an offer to settle the plaintiff's UM benefits claim, the negotiations were not successful. On May 23, 2005, the plaintiff filed a complaint in Superior Court, seeking a determination that he was entitled to UM benefits from the defendant, see G. L. c. 175, § 113L, and demanding arbitration, see G. L. c. 251, §§ 1 et seq. The defendant moved for summary judgment on the grounds that it was entitled to deny UM benefits because the plaintiff had not given timely notice of his personal injuries and that the defendant was materially prejudiced by its inability to conduct an IME before the plaintiff's injuries had reached an end point.
Discussion. On summary judgment, the defendant argued that the plaintiff did not provide notice of his claim for coverage of his personal injuries until May 7, 2004, more than four months after the accident, and that such belated notice violated the requirements of the terms under which the UM insurance was provided.[6]
What constitutes timely notice under an insurance policy is a matter of contract interpretation and therefore is to be decided as a matter of law. Royal-Globe Ins. Co. v. Craven, 411 Mass. 629, 634 (1992). The burden of proving that notice was prompt is on the insured. Ibid.
The standard Massachusetts automobile insurance policy, seventh edition, which the parties cite as the applicable document,[7] contains the following relevant language:
"We must be given sufficient notice of claim to conduct a reasonable investigation and attempt settlement before arbitration can be filed."
The policy also states:
"Within 24 hours, notify both the police and us if . . . you have been involved in a hit-and-run accident. . . . We, or our agent, must be notified promptly of the accident or loss by you or someone on your behalf. The notification should include as many details as possible, including names and addresses of drivers, injured persons and witnesses" (emphasis supplied).
The parties agree that the day after the accident, on January 5, 2004, the plaintiff informed Enterprise of the hit-and-run accident, which had occurred on January 4, 2004. It does not appear that the plaintiff was requested to fill out any form or to provide any particular information upon return of the automobile to Enterprise. However, damage was evident on the front left corner of the vehicle. Because the plaintiff did not mention any personal injuries when he returned the vehicle to Enterprise in Brockton, nor when he filed a report with the Rhode Island police, the defendant contends that the only notice satisfying the policy requirement did not occur until May 7, 2004, when the plaintiff's attorney sent a letter requesting UM benefits to cover the plaintiff's personal injuries.
We are aware of no Massachusetts case holding that notice of an accident provided the next day does not constitute prompt notice under the terms of the standard Massachusetts policy here in question. Insurance cases concerning delayed notice generally involve plaintiffs who do not inform the insurer of any occurrence until well after the event. See, e.g., Brackman v. American Employers' Ins. Co., 349 Mass. 767, 767 (1965) (notice provided forty days after knowledge of the occurrence not "as soon as practicable"); Darcy v. Hartford Ins. Co., 407 Mass. 481, 487 (1990) ("admittedly unseasonable notice" when insurer did not find out about accident until five years after it occurred); Royal-Globe Ins. Co. v. Craven, supra at 633-634 (notice given three months after release from a hospital stay and four months after the accident was not prompt); Eastern Prod. Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., 58 Mass. App. Ct. 16, 21, 23 (2003) (notice provided seven years after knowledge of potential environmental danger caused by fires was not timely). But see LaPointe v. Shelby Mut. Ins. Co., 361 Mass. 558, 565 (1972) (notice provided one month after accident was timely because of layperson's ignorance of whether insurer's coverage applied and insurer's agent's failure to inform insured of possible coverage). The purpose of prompt notice is to give the insurer the "opportunity to investigate the cause and nature of a claim or occurrence while the facts are still fresh in the minds of the parties and while the physical evidence of the occurrence is still fresh." Eastern Prod. Corp. v. Continental Cas. Co., supra at 22, quoting from Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. Valley Manufactured Prod. Co., 765 F. Supp. 1121, 1126 (D. Mass. 1991). The content of that notice must simply provide sufficient information for the insurer to begin that investigation. See 13 Couch, Insurance § 189:5 (3d ed. 2005) (the "notice must provide enough information for the insurer to begin its investigation of the circumstances and to enable it to form an intelligent estimate of its rights and liabilities before it is obliged to pay"); 2 Widiss, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Insurance § 16.2, at 4 (3d ed. 2005) ("The primary purpose of a notice requirement is to enable the insurer to make a timely and thorough investigation of an occurrence, as well as its consequences"). As instructive, see also Hamm v. Ledesma, 184 Ga. App. 237, 238 (1987) ("The question to be decided here . . . is whether the insurer was given sufficient information so that it could make the appropriate decisions with regard to investigating the loss"); Rooney v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 119 Ill. App. 3d 112, 116 (1983) ("The primary purpose of such a notice requirement is to enable the insurer to make a timely and thorough investigation of a claim and to protect itself against unjustifiable claims").
Here, the plaintiff notified Enterprise of the accident the day after the accident when he returned the automobile, which had obvious damage to the front. While he did not mention any personal injuries to Enterprise at that time, the plaintiff merely was experiencing some numbness in his knees, a problem that did not become the subject of medical treatment. Other symptoms had not emerged by that day. In essence, when the plaintiff returned the vehicle, he knew of no injury to report. The UM policy does not state a continuing duty to inform the insurer of changes in physical condition days after the accident, nor will we imply one.[8] The plaintiff did give prompt notice of the occurrence of the accident. Symptoms that led to a possible claim for compensation for injuries did not arise until after that notice.
The day after the hit-and-run accident, Enterprise had in its possession a copy of the plaintiff's driver's license number, his home and office telephone numbers, and the information that in Providence, Rhode Island, an unidentified driver had hit the rented vehicle, which was available for inspection. This was sufficient information for the defendant to begin a timely investigation of the causes and consequences of the accident. Thus, we conclude, no more was required from the plaintiff in this case.[9]
There being no genuine issue of material fact in dispute relating to the plaintiff's entitlement to proceed to arbitrate his claim for UM benefits, we reverse the summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant and remand for the entry of summary judgment in the plaintiff's favor, directing that hisclaim for UM benefits proceed to arbitration.[10]
So ordered.
[1] We draw the facts from the summary judgment record.
[2] The statute applies the same limits of liability as found in part 3 of the standard Massachusetts automobile insurance policy, seventh edition.
[3] The defendant is the third-party claim administrator for Enterprise.
[4] On appeal, the defendant does not make any arguments based on the fact that the plaintiff was staying at a location other than his address when these inquiries were sent, or argue that the address given in the rental agreement was not his address.
[5] The examiner only had documentation for treatment from January 12, 2004, through February 9, 2004.
[6] The defendant acknowledges that untimely notice is not sufficient to excuse coverage, and that it must prove material prejudice resulting from the delay. In view of our analysis, we need not consider the prejudice issue further.
[7] While the policy language in the standard policy is relevant to our discussion, its application is tempered by the fact that the record does not reflect that the plaintiff ever was made aware of or given a copy of the policy terms. This case presents an unusual situation where a party obtained automotive insurance solely for the purpose of using a rented vehicle for a brief period of time. As the parties do not press the point we only note it in passing.
[8] The plaintiff's statement in his deposition, that he believed there was "no reason . . . to tell" Enterprise of the injury, also is consistent with his lack of knowledge as to any of the terms of the standard insurance policy, including that he had insurance that would cover the kind of discomfort he was experiencing.
[9] We note that the defendant did send the plaintiff letters in February of 2004 and had learned enough by April 30, 2004, to send him a request for an IME.
[10] We may order entry of summary judgment against the moving party under Mass.R.Civ.P. 56(c), as amended, 436 Mass. 1404 (2002), where there is no genuine issue of material fact and the parties have had an adequate opportunity to address the issues. See Thattil v. Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin, Inc., 415 Mass. 381, 385 (1993); Good v. Commissioner of Correction, 417 Mass. 329, 336 n.7 (1994); Doyon v. Travelers Indem. Co., 22 Mass. App. Ct. 336, 339 (1986).


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Bouchard Out Indefinetly With Concussion
The Minnesota Wild will play the forseeable future without wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard because of another suffered concussion. Bouchard took an inadvertent elbow to the head a week ago against Vancouver. He missed a combined 104 games over 2 seasons from 2009-2011 because of a previous concussion. Bouchard says he's not able to exercise until is current headaches subside.
The Wild play at Chicago at 7:30 tonight, pregame on WJON at 7:05. Minnesota is 22-15-6 and with 50 points are tied for 6th place in the Western Conference.


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I know... It's been a ridiculously long time since I did a home post on here! Granted, the last one was kind of a doozie. If I were thinking straight, I probably could've stretched that out in to at least three posts, but oh well.
Anyway, as you guys know, I've been a bit preoccupied lately with all things baby on the brain. I just haven't really done many new things to the house! Of course, we've cleaned out the nursery (LOVE being able to call it that now, by the way) and a few things have been added (gifts, random purchases, etc), but nothing is in place yet. Think of it as more of a "baby stuff storage" room as of right now. Of course we've got some big plans!
What's holding me back from really starting to begin to put things in place are the walls. You may remember in the whole post about us tearing out the built-in bunk bed in there, the walls were a bit sketchy afterwards. Think broken off bolts and uneven areas that need to be heavily spackled. Oh and the whole thing (ceiling included) needs a fresh coat of paint.
You guys know I love to paint. I've almost painted every room in this whole house (and our last one). I've gotten really good at it and can do it fairly quickly. It's therapeutic to me. But being pregnant, it hasn't really been something I've been comfortable doing, just because of the fumes. It's just something unnecessary that I don't have to do now. I know there are "safe" formulas out there, but Brad is really insisting that he do it. So he's promised me that sometime in August he's going to get it all done. I'm excited about starting to actually get things going in there! Of course, I'll share all the updates with you all here and on my pregnancy vlogs on my YouTube channel as it all comes together.
So I've really missed doing these home posts. When I started thinking about what the heck I could even post on, I realized that we've actually made a pretty big change in the basement. Is it super pretty or creative change? Not really. But it's probably one of the most functional changes we've made here.
Remember the big empty room in the basement (that stayed empty for a year)?
Well, almost empty. ;)
It's a massive room. With no windows. So it was kind of difficult to figure out what to do with it. We already have a media room down there, a living room-ish area, and a bar/table area. So we were originally thinking maybe a game room? We thought of getting a pool table. Because that's what typically ends up in a basement. But the basement is really Brad's domain. His games are more of the XBox/Playstation variety. Again, media room...he's got that already covered. Plus, there's still room in another room down there for a game table of some kind if we ever wanted it. So we just couldn't make a decision on anything because we didn't want to make a mistake in the biggest room down there and possibly turn it into a huge waste of space that we never used. We really wanted it to be functional.
Since we moved in, Brad had been using our big unfinished storage room (in the photo above, the little door on the right wall next to that white air return leads right into it) as his makeshift "gym". I never went in there because, well, bugs. Seriously where do all those tiny hair-like spiders come from in basements? Where do they come from????
So we had sort of a "well duh" moment and decided to make it into a full-on home gym about 4 or 5 months ago. It's something useful, good for us, and it'll actually save us money in gym memberships over time. Brad seriously uses it every single day. I'm not on such a strict schedule, and I don't use his big crazy weights, but I love my elliptical (and my lil row of tiny weights on the bottom of the rack).
It's nowhere near being finished, but it's functional for now!
This is definitely more of the "starting point" for this room. We need to get some mirrors on the walls professionally installed and figure out a different flooring solution because the current situation isn't cutting it. We knew we needed some sort of flooring for the equipment to protect the floors. So we majorly cheaped out with these puzzle piece gym mats that I would definitely never recommend to anyone... haha. For several reasons. First off, it looks really uneven. Second, each pack you buy are totally different colors and never fit together properly. They're also not as heavy-duty as we'd like (they're starting to dent and tear in places). So while these work for now, we're definitely going to get something better down the line. The little blue thing is my yoga mat.
Here's a shot of the whole room...
That photo is totally deceiving and makes the room look really small. Check out how much space we have below for even more equipment! It's a really long room.
Pay no attention to the chair and mirror. That has become a little storage corner. I think I'm going to move the chair to another room down there. I really like it, but I've never found the perfect spot for it. The mirror needs to finally go up somewhere too.
I want to get a little shelf for our shoes that we leave down there to go in the spot where the chair is maybe? We don't keep towels in there because there is a full bathroom around the corner that really comes in handy close by.
So like I said, the room is far from finished and not especially attractive at the moment. Brad has a list of things he wants for the room, but here are some of the things we eventually want to address...
- new, more sturdy weight bench
- some sort of leg machine and some other kind of machine...haha (I'm not as down with the gym equipment lingo as Brad is)
- partially mirror the walls
- replace the gym flooring mats with something more solid and heavy-duty
- maybe add some french doors to the opening to the room (beside the elliptical) to add some separation from the living/rec area
So basically, nothing super creative home-wise has been going on around here lately. But we feel like we really added a ton of function!
Right now, while that room is definitely a work in progress (like many spaces around here), I've got some plans for our bedroom, lots more to do in the basement, my office, and some furniture switch-a-roos. Plus, lots of long-term plans for the kitchen. There's still so much to do around here and share! Oh and the nursery! Can't forget that! ;) I'll keep you posted!


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Since school started, Kenai resident Christine Marquis has been walking with her sixth-grade son to the Kenai Middle School. Recently a passing driver who did not want to yield for her and her son honked and cussed at them.
"I could have reached up and touched his truck," she said.
Because Marquis lives on the north side of the Kenai Spur Highway, she and her son must cross at the only crosswalk on the Spur, at Tinker Lane.
Marquis said her son is one of at least four students that must cross the highway at the crosswalk to get to and from school. Most worrisome to Marquis is that the students often cross alone in the mornings.
"It scares me to think of about that too," she said. "It's frustrating."
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2010 a total of 4,280 pedestrians were killed and an estimated 70,000 were injured in traffic crashes in the United States.
In 2010 pedestrian deaths accounted for 13 percent of all traffic fatalities, and made up 3 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes.
With Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools in full swing, Kenai Police Sgt. Scott McBride said drivers should watch for children, teens and parents walking to and from schools.
McBride said the Tinker Lane and the Spur is a legal crosswalk for pedestrians.
"The pedestrian has the right of way," he said. "And the vehicle has to yield to the pedestrian in the cross walk."
Although McBride said there have been no complaints about the issue, there is a definite need for drivers to be cautious of students this time of year and drive accordingly.
"Watch out for kids," he said.
He also advised against dressing walkers in blue or black clothing, especially with the looming darkness and winter weather approaching.
"Dress them in light colored clothing, maybe even in reflective gear," he said.
Soldotna Police Sgt. Duane Kant said officers often patrol school areas in Soldotna and crosswalks would be included in those patrols.
Although Soldotna has few crosswalks that cross the Spur or Sterling highways, Kant said it is important for pedestrians to cross at proper areas.
"Cross (only) at intersections where crosswalks are clearly marked," he said.
It is also important for those walking to make eye contact with drivers approaching intersections, he said.
"So you can ensure that they see you," he said.
Marquis said she has had three students use the crosswalk through the years at the Tinker and the Spur to get to school. While she said she wants to see more police patrol the area, she hopes that drivers will pay attention to students crossing.
"It's been a problem for twenty years," she said. "My main issue is to bring awareness."
Reach Sara Hardan at email@example.com.


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Vecchio and Hyman Promote Colorectal Cancer Awareness During March
- 03-13-2014
- By Sarah Lyn Cobleigh Keblin
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and James Vecchio, M.D., and Neil Hyman, M.D., of the Vermont Cancer Center at the University of Vermont and Fletcher Allen Health Care are getting the word out about colon and rectal cancer prevention, detection, and screening.
Vecchio, a UVM professor of medicine and Fletcher Allen gastroenterologist, and Hyman, a professor of surgery at UVM and colorectal surgeon at Fletcher Allen, recognize the challenges of accessing screening in a largely rural state and are hopeful that, with more outreach, Vermont will continue to see colorectal screening rates increase. The pair appeared on the UVM Extension program Across the Fence on WCAX-TV on March 13, 2014 to discuss the importance of screening for colon and rectal cancer, as well to share key information about prevention and treatment.
Nationally, about one in three adults between the ages of 50 and 75 years old – the age range recommended for colorectal cancer screening – are not getting screened for colorectal cancer, despite statistics that clearly show that early detection is the key to prevention and successful treatment. Recommended screening tests include high-sensitivity fecal occult blood testing (stool test), sigmoidoscopy, or colonoscopy; a primary care provider can determine which test best suits each patient. With early detection, precancerous polyps can easily be removed, eliminating risk for development of cancer.
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women combined in the United States. However, studies show that screening for colorectal cancer decreases rates of death from the disease. Even with this knowledge, many patients are hesitant about screening, and Drs. Vecchio and Hyman are aiming to demystify the often ill-reputed colorectal screening process and encourage everyone age 50 and over to get screened (earlier if you have familial risk). They shared with WCAX's Judy Simpson that patients undergoing the most common of colorectal cancer screenings, a colonoscopy, can receive sedation which should make them at ease and comfortable during and after the procedure. Preparation for the colonoscopy can be burdensome, but Vecchio and Hyman both stress that a proper cleanse is absolutely critical to getting a clear assessment of colon tissue.
In addition to screening, Vecchio and Hyman note that certain lifestyle factors that can significantly impact risk for colorectal cancer, including smoking, alcohol consumption, diet and exercise. People with a family history of colon cancer should talk to their doctor about screening earlier than age 50, as there is also a genetic component to colorectal cancer risk.
"Bottom line," say Vecchio and Hyman, "is get screened and encourage your loved ones to get screened – it might just save a life."
Vecchio and Hyman's "Across the Fence" segment will be posted on the UVM Extension website the week of March 17, 2014. To learn more about preparing for a colonoscopy or understanding colorectal cancer risk, see a recent post by Vecchio on Fletcher Allen Health Care's "Healthsource" blog.


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Evernote experienced a series of hardware failures on one of our servers between July 1st – July 4th, which potentially affected 6,323 users worldwide. As a result of the failure, some of the notes created and edited by these users between July 1st and July 4th were not properly recorded on the Evernote servers. We immediately contacted all affected users via email and our support team walked them through the recovery process. We automatically upgraded all potentially affected users to Evernote Premium (or added a year of Premium to anyone who had already upgraded) because we wanted to make sure that they had access to priority tech support if they needed help recovering their notes and as a partial apology for the inconvenience.
Less than one fifth of one percent of our users were in the potentially affected group and we were able to identify 100% of them from the server logs. Because of this, we decided not to post a wider announcement to give our support staff the time to work with the actual people affected instead of fielding a flood of requests from the more than 99% of users who were not in the affected group but had no way of determining that themselves.
If you did not receive an email from us in early July, then you were not affected.
Because of the redundancy inherent to Evernote (copies of notes saved locally, email and browser history), the majority of the affected users were able to recover all their notes.
We want to assure you that this was a one-time issue. We have significantly improved our reporting and redundancy infrastructure to ensure that it does not happen again. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience to our affected users. Even though most of them didn't wind up losing any data they still had to read through a lengthy and potentially worrying email. For the ones that did lose data, we hope that knowing exactly which notes were effected over a four day period is enough information to recover or recreate the most important ones.
We received replies from several hundred of the affected users, and we are extremely grateful for their understanding and continued support. We are posting this now because of erroneous information that we've seen popping up on the web.
For the technically minded, here's what happened
Every user's data is stored on a "shard". A shard is made up of a server together with a redundant fail-over server. If there is any problem with a server, the system automatically fails over to the second server in the shard. We currently have 37 shards. Shard 22 was the one that had problems last month. The data in each server is stored on a RAID 1 (fully redundant) array. All data is also backed up on-site and off-site. A full copy of your notes are also stored on the Windows and Mac clients (and the iPhone and iPad clients for Premium users who enable that option). This means that every note in Evernote is stored in at least six redundant locations: the disk on the primary server, the RAID mirror, the fail-over server on the shard and it's RAID mirror, the on-site backup and the offsite backup. Most users also have another one or two full copies on their local clients. This makes data loss in Evernote extremely rare. The problem with shard 22 was a very idiosyncratic intermittent combination of hardware problems with both the primary server and the fail-over mechanism. Basically, the shard kept failing over back and forth between two servers over the time period causing some of the data created during that time to get overwritten. Everything created before the failure was easy to recover from backup. The chance of this particular sequence of failures happening again is extremely low, but we've modified the fail-over mechanism, just in case, to make sure that it is impossible to override data even in the worst-case scenario.


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Nikki Goodbird is our 3-year-old Quaker parrot. We named him Nikki as an acceptable androgynous option before we knew his gender. He added the "Goodbird" all on his own.
Everything we ever read about Quakers is true: In spite of their harmless appearance — brilliant green backs with little gray bellies — they are fire-breathing dragons, fiercely loyal to their "flock," and in kill mode if you're perceived as foe.
When he is in an affectionate mood, he will get the cuddles he craves by any means necessary. If squawking doesn't work, Nikki, who is roughly the size of a female cardinal, will boldly climb down from his perch, walk across the floor in a house with three dogs, and tap on my foot with his beak to be picked up and adored.
If he's feeling frisky, he will initiate a rousing game of hide-and-seek, accomplished by poking his head in my sleeve. "Where's Nikki?" I ask. He agrees: "Where's Nik-Nik?" Then he pulls his head out of my sleeve while enthusiastically screeching "Peek-a-boo!"
This can go on for hours.
There is only one person that Nikki has loathed with a passion since first sight — my mother. He runs at her whenever she visits, his beak open, ready to take a large chunk out of her foot. The feeling is more than mutual; I can see her strongly resisting the urge to punt.
She used to impart at least a pretense of fondness, for my sake, but that was left in the dust long ago.
"Back off, you little shit," she commands, and he does. They seem to have developed that sort of mutual respect only found between opposing generals in old war movies.
Considering his brain is the size of a lentil, Nikki has a pretty large vocabulary.
He can say "Nikki's a good bird. Yeah!" And "tickle, tickle, under the wing." And "I'm gonna get you!" And "upside down." And "pretty bird," followed by a wolf whistle, along with many other gems.
He sings and dances to a song he wrote himself, with the help of my children: "Yeah, Nikki/Time to dance/Oh yeah, oh yeah." (If you are interested in more, you can probably find it on YouTube under "Nikki the Quaker Parrot.")
He calls the dogs by name — which confuses them, and amuses him, to no end — gives kisses, asks for "yum-yums," and always says "thank you" when he gets them.
Here's what he can't say: "Little green pants."
For the past three years, I've been working on, "Nikki, what are you wearing?" to which the only proper reply should be, "Little green pants."
I mean, he does wear little green pants.
Recently I took to saying, "Nikki, what are you wearing?" and then, after a few stupid birdie blink-blinks, I say, "What's this?" while pointing to his leg, hoping somehow that will force his hand, so to speak.
This is how the conversation generally goes:
Me: Nikki, what are you wearing?
Nikki blinks.
Me: What are you wearing?
Nikki (whispering): Wuhziss?
Me (pointing at his leg): What's this?
Nikki (grabbing my finger): Pleez ta meet-cha!
Me: Pleased to meet you! Nikki, what are you wearing?
Nikki blinks, still gripping my finger, tightly, in his claw.
Me: Is it . . . little green pants?
Nikki: (same time): . . . pants?
Me: Little green pants?
Nikki (same time): Pants?
Me: What are you wearing?
Nikki (getting bored): Kisshes. Mwah!
Me (relenting): Okay, kisses.
We kiss.
Nikki (happily): Nikki Goodbirdgoodbirdgoodbird. . . .
He then goes into the little parrot hut which he shares with his life-mate (an orange Ping-Pong ball), and talks to it in a quiet voice, sounding eerily like Edward G. Robinson.
"Schwah," Nikki grumbles to his round ginger friend. "Schwah-schwah-schwah." He is an odd little creature, who provides endless hours of pleasure with his eccentricities.
Quakers live for about 35 years, so someone in my house will undoubtedly be wearing a pirate costume every Halloween from now through 2043.
Nikki, of course, will be wearing little green pants.
Bridget LeRoy is a reporter at The Star.


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CRYSTAL LAKE – For the past three years, McHenry County College's veterans resource center has been Donald Curfman.
The accounting instructor would take nearly all questions and requests from veterans, doing his best to point them in the right direction for the services they sought. But with a growing veteran population that has reached more than 320 students, the college has opened an official space for all veterans needs.
"We're putting a whole bunch of resources at MCC in one location so if someone has problems with taxes or is having a meltdown and needs a counselor, it's all right there," Curfman said. "They used to have to come to my office, and I would do what I could."
The new Student Veterans Resource Center, located in Room C122, offers services in registration, scholarship applications, post-traumatic stress disorder counseling and information about the Get Skills to Work statewide initiative – a career training partnership with manufacturers and community colleges.
Steve Czarnecki, liaison for the center, said he has larger plans for the organization, including a peer group where veterans can write about their experiences and social gatherings every other week. Both programs already are in their early stages.
Czarnecki, who served four years in the Navy, said returning military members need social support as much as financial or educational support. When he returned home in August 2012, he was going to taxi school to drive a cab in Chicago because he had no clear plan for his next step. He now is working to become a firefighter.
"I definitely want it to be a social place. We want veterans to come and intermingle and talk about careers and what they're studying and help each other out," Czarnecki said. "The goal is to put the past away and focus on the future and see what they can do to set themselves up for success."
R.J. Evangelista knows all about the challenges of transitioning from military to civilian life and was eager to help launch the center in his second go-round in college.
Evangelista, who served in the Army and reserves from 1986 to 1990, said the awareness of veteran students and expansion of resources he sees happening at McHenry County College was not present in the early 1990s when he attended Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville.
After being out of work the past couple of years, Evangelista enrolled at MCC through the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program in August 2012 and hopes to show others the same opportunities that can benefit their futures.
"Getting a veterans community here on campus is the biggest thing because veterans are a different kind of student," he said. "This second chance of coming to school and meeting all these younger vets has been great. It's amazing to see just from last November when we started working toward this until now to see how this community has grown."
Students interested in getting involved in the center can call 815-479-7543 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Investigate the different shaped bracelets you could make from 18 different spherical beads. How do they compare if you use 24 beads?
How many rectangles can you find in this shape? Which ones are
differently sized and which are 'similar'?
Draw three straight lines to separate these shapes into four groups
- each group must contain one of each shape.
Quadrilaterals are shapes that have four straight sides.
How many DIFFERENT quadrilaterals can be made by joining the dots on the circle? (There are eight evenly-spaced dots.)
Can you work out the angles of all your quadrilaterals?
For a printable set of dotted circles to use with this resource click here.


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MONTAGUE, HERBERT F. "JIM" Clio
Herbert F. "Jim" Montague, of Clio, age 94, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013. Funeral services will be 11 AM Monday, September 30, 2013 at the O'Guinn Family Funeral Home in Clio. Rev. Dr. Janet Engler officiating. Burial to follow in New Calvary Catholic Cemetery with military honors. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 2-5 PM and Monday from 10AM until time of services at 11 AM. Contributions may be made to the Mt. Morris United Methodist Church. Jim was born in Columbus, OH on November 27, 1917 to the late Herbert F. and Ruth (Shepherd) Montague. He lived in Flint and Clio most of his life. Mr. Montague served inthe US Army for 5 years in the 3rd Infantry during WWII. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star and was in Africa and the European theaters. He married Ella M. O'Conner on August 2, 1945. She preceded him in death on June 14, 1992. He then married Helen Whaley on March 20, 1993. Mr. Montague was a Funeral Director with Algoe-Gundry Funeral Home then Reigle Funeral Homes retiring in the early 1980's. He was a member of St. Matthews Catholic Church and attended Mt. Morris United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Davison VFW Post #4087. Jim enjoyed sharing stories about WWII. Surviving are: wife, Helen; 3 sons, Michal Montague of St. Louis, Daniel Montague of Black River, James (Linda) Montague of Tawas; 8 grandchildren; 24 greatgrandchildren; 6 great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by: step daughter, Donita Tripp; and a brother, Robert Montague. Please sign our guest book or share an online condolence with thefamily at www.oguinnfh.com
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jun 2008 09:49 UTC
Yesterday, we reported on the statement several kernel developers had signed that urged hardware manufacturers to open up their Linux modules and drivers. "We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source Linux kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable," the statement read. Nvidia, which delivers probably the most prominent closed-source Linux driver, has reiterated its position concerning this matter.
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RE[3]: Linux gamers.
by Redeeman on Wed 25th Jun 2008 19:21 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Linux gamers."
"Right...except for the fact that they can't ship with the binary nvidia drivers and therefore provide a working linux desktop out of the box...yeah, I'm sure distros love it!
Actually they can. It is their choice to not do so. There are distributions out there that distribute them with nVidia drivers.
No one is suggesting (at least not me) that nvidia drop their binary driver. Just stop making crappy excuses like IP, and possibly support with documentation or help out the nouveau devs who have the thankless task of reverse engineering nvidia cards.
Since when did responsibility to shareholders and being fiscally responsible equate to crappy excuses? nVidia's IP is worth millions to them. "
Distributing a compiled and linked version of the nvidia binary drivers is a GPL violation. Those who does it, are not doing it legally.


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Videos tagged with "trout fishing"
Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. They are classified as an oily fish.The word trout is also used as part of the name of some non-salmonid fish such as Cynoscion nebulosus, the spotted seatrout or speckled trout. There are 12 Trout farmers in private sector all located in Nuwakot district of Nepal. These farmers produce Trout in their own ponds and sold to different supermarkets in Kathmandu as well as to the visitors of their farm either in raw or cooked form. The annual production of Trout is estimated about 16 metric tons and it is increasing each and every year simultaneously.
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