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Next week, the 5th annual Multicore Expo will take place in combination with ESC in San Jose, California.
Working in conjunction with ESC, the Multicore Expo will provide attendees with three days of dedicated multicore technology training options and an increased number of multicore-related exhibits, including:
Technical Tracks Covering Key Areas of Multicore Development
- Resolving Multicore Debug Challenges
- Applying Multicore to Networking and Telecom
- Development and Debug with Virtual Platforms
- Multicore Software Techniques
- Legacy Migration
- Parallelization and Application Partitioning
- Multicore Operating Environments
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- Visions of Virtualization
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- Parallelization Strategies: Finding the Silver Bullet
- Insightful Debugging or Disastrous Delusions
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 660 diseños de 160 diseñadores freelance.
Founded in 1997, TiVo, a pioneer in home entertainment, created a brand-new product and service category with the development of the world's first digital video recorder (DVR). Today, the company continues to revolutionize the way consumers watch and access home entertainment, by making the TiVo DVR the focal point of the digital living room: a center for sharing and experiencing television, movies, video downloads, music, photos, and more.
- Consumer electronics shoppers
- DVR shoppers
- Gadget lovers
We are looking for banner ad concepts for TiVo. We will choose three concepts, and award $1000 to each designer who developed the concept.
TiVo has historically used very brand-focused messaging for its online creative. We would like to shift to more of a direct response set of creative.
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1. Optimize the creative for click thru rates, not awareness. Do you know the cheesy punch-the-monkey ads and in-your-face re-finance ads you see online? Something along those lines will be considered.
2. Dramatic visuals of products have real "stopping power" and often work. See this site for an idea of the type of crisp, high res, mouth watering imagery I am referring to. The images pop off the screen.http://www.competitivecyclist.com/road-bikes
2. We don't currently have any good offers (such as $50 off) that could be included in the creative. We always have free shipping and a 30-day money back guarantee, so those can be used.
3. Feel free to borrow any messaging or imagery from http://www.tivo.com
4. Put together an ad in a standard size. (468x60, 728x90, anything else is fine.) Static or animated is fine. For the concepts we choose, we will work with those designers on creating all the various shapes and sizes (and yes, we will pay extra for that)
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Japanese erotic games do feature hardcore sex scenes, but there is an "adventure" part during which players interact with fully clothed characters. While there are exceptions, those clothes are often dorky. Very, very dorky.
A recent thread on 2ch, Japan's largest bulletin board, asked why erotic game characters wear such unfashionable threads.
"It's because people like you are designing them," quipped one 2ch user. Another pointed out that creating fashionable outfits was tricky.
"Look at your own clothes, and then you'll know," chimed in another. "There's no way geeks can make cute outfits for women."
It was even pointed out that the guys' outfits were not very cool, either.
Part of the issue is that if the game developers aren't good at picking out fashion trends, the in-game characters look dorky when the game's finished. Then, there are those players who think it really doesn't matter, because the characters will take off their outfits anyway, while others would argue that these outfits are part of the fantasy. Still, some find the uncool clothing off-putting.
Probably the safest bet, wrote one 2ch user, was to put the characters, who are usually students with student pocketbooks anyway, in simple Uniqlo style outfits. Those can then be coordinated with pricey outerwear or shoes. That sounds more like shopping advice than concerns over nerdy ero game fashion.
なんでエロゲのキャラの服装ってあんなにダサいの? [2ch]


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Students, teachers at Calif. school wear skirts in solidarity with 'agender' burning victim
BERKELEY, Calif. – Students and staff members at a small private high school in California wore skirts to class on Friday to show solidarity with an 18-year-old senior who suffered serious burns when his clothes were set on fire on a public bus.
Luke "Sasha" Fleischman's classmates at Maybeck High School in Berkeley came up with the idea of trading pants and shorts for kilts and sarongs as a way of condemning the attack and supporting Fleischman while the teen recovers at a San Francisco hospital, school director Trevor Cralle said.
"The students wanted to rally their support for Sasha, so they came up with the idea of wearing skirts because that's what Sasha likes to do and what Sasha was wearing when Sasha was lit on fire," said Cralle, who wore a type of floral sarong known as a "lava-lava" that is worn by both men and woman in the Pacific Islands.
Cralle did not have a count of how many of Maybeck High's 110 students were sporting skirts, but he said there was widespread participation. "Everybody, students and staff, male and female, is wearing skirts," he said.
The school planned to pose for a group photo at lunch so it could be delivered to Fleischman, who remained in stable condition with second- and third-degree burns on his legs. His mother has said the injuries will require massive skin grafts.
Police say Fleischman was wearing a skirt on Monday when a fellow bus passenger set the garment on fire with a lighter. Other people riding the AC Transit bus in downtown Oakland came to the 18-year-old's aid after he tried to put out the flames himself.
A 16-year-old Oakland boy has been charged as an adult with hate crimes in the attack. Richard Thomas, a junior at Oakland High School, was arrested at school Tuesday afternoon based on surveillance video from the bus.
Thomas has not yet entered a plea. The Associated Press is naming Thomas even though he is a minor because of the seriousness of the alleged crime.
During an interview with police, Thomas said "he did it because he was homophobic," Oakland police Officer Anwawn Jones wrote in a court affidavit.
Relatives and friends have said Fleischman identifies as "agender,"a designation sometimes adopted by people who see themselves as neither male nor female.


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|Fijian servicemen in Sinai
At that time, we quoted Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's military government, declaring that security in the Sinai Peninsula was "100% under control... The security situation in Sinai is 100% safe".
We also noted [5-Apr-12: The terrorists send us their Passover greetings] that Egypt's chief of security made two uncompromising statements in the wake of the pre-Passover rocket attacks on Israel. One - they didn't come from Egyptian territory. And two - in case anyone might have thought that there were security issues in the Sinai, well - there aren't.
In the past few minutes, there are reports that the Fijian peacekeepers are free again (fair warning: with so much confusion down there, we're not sure what is really happening):
Anyone with eyes can see Sinai is not safe. It's a place that presents serious and obvious challenges for the Egyptians and also for us, given the long border we have with Egyptian Sinai. It has been the scene of repeated pipeline bombings, attacks on Egyptian police, attacks on Israelis and all of this against a background in which the sounds emanating from Cairo and its newly empowered Islamist politicians have caused deep disquiet among Israelis of every stripe.
Tonight we had indications that the Egyptian authorities are seriously out of their depth and that Sinai is getting worse and more worrying:
Bedouin have kidnapped 10 Fijian members of an international peacekeeping force in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources [quoted by the BBC] say. The kidnappers are reportedly demanding the authorities release from prison several fellow tribesmen, some of whom have been convicted of terrorism... The MFO is an independent force formed to monitor the borders between Egypt and Israel following the 1979 peace accord. It consists of military staff from 12 countries including the US and France. "They were patrolling and we seized them by firing in the air," one of the kidnappers told the AFP news agency. "They are with us now, and we want the liberation of all Bedouin prisoners..." Such incidents have increased in frequency since the overthrow of the former President Hosni Mubarak last year.
|This Salafist was detained for 8 years under Mubarak.
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"Bedouins in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula released 10 Fijian members of a multinational peacekeeping force they had kidnapped earlier on Monday to try to secure the release of fellow tribesmen from prison, Egyptian security sources said. The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) could not immediately be reached for comment. The remote Sinai region has descended further into lawlessness since a popular uprising ousted Egypt's president more than a year ago and threw the security apparatus into disarray. [Source]A Reuters backgrounder on Sinai, published some weeks ago, puts some facts around those concerns:
The group of 50 young men who had blocked off access to a small international military base in the Sinai desert would say nothing of who they were but their appearance held a few clues. Dressed in army fatigues and armed with AK-47s, they wore the long beards of the hardline Islamists who are increasingly a law unto themselves in this part of Egypt. Quietly, barely noticed by outsiders fascinated by upheavals in Cairo and other Arab capitals, they are building a presence in Sinai that might offer a new haven for anti-Western militancy at the strategic junction of the Mediterranean, Africa and Asia.Lawlessness, disarray, a haven for anti-Western "militancy". Just the things that are lacking in this region.


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Sarah Rijkenberg and Finnivaire—July 27, 2012
From: Judge Carol Dean-Porter
This horse is a terrific jumper with his legs up beautifully. He appears to have plenty of scope to jump across this oxer effortlessly. In fact, I have the feeling it is almost too easy for him as he has a "ho hum" expression and does not really lower his neck much. With some of these superior athletes, we have to "challenge" them a bit before they really put out much effort.
Your lower leg is in very good position but could have a bit more depth in your heel. I wonder if your stirrups are a hole too long. You have jumped ahead of his motion with most of your body up the neck. Your reins were probably too short as you have a contact and your hands 2/3 of the way up the neck.
You have also handicapped yourself by your saddle having slipped back substantially. This has forced you to make a big effort to stay over his center of balance and caused you to hunch your back as part of that effort. Check your saddle placement and girth tightness prior to walking into the ring. You may like to try a non slip girth/pad. I also wonder about your martingale length, as it has a huge loop. I am not a fan of tight martingales, but this one may be too loose.
NICE HORSE and GOOD JOB!
From: Judge Rob Gage
Your horse is a wonderful jumper. Even though I suspect you got him a little tight to this oxer, he still got his knees up GREAT! I think that short spot is what caused you to push your own body too far forward as you broke over.
I would like to see you tilt forward with your upper body, but still keep your hips centered over your saddle &
your stirrups. You very correctly employ a crest release to help support your body in mid-air. Make sure you keep your head up, so you don't "roll your shoulders" or "round your upper spine". Your heels are just level, with your knees positioned in the center of the knee-roll. Therefore, if you really drove your heels down, I think you would find your stirrups a hole too long.
You're a lucky girl Sarah, I think you got yourself a really nice horse!!
Follow up questions from Sarah:
#1. I have a problem with throwing my body forward, as you mentioned. I was wondering if you have any tips or exercises to use that could help me stay centered?
#2. What is your favourite flat exercise? I'm always looking to do new things with this mare, because she's so smart and gets bored easily. I think flat work is super important, and need different exercises to work both her body AND her brain. I would love to have a new idea or two to try!
From: Judge Carol Dean-Porter
Question #1: Think about the approach this way: hold your two point position on the approach, let your arms release first and then let the thrust of the horse's jump close your hip angle. Let her jump up to you, don't try to jump for her. When you are strong enough in your legs and core, you will be able to control your body in the air. Ideally, try to keep about a 6 inch gap between his neck and your chest.
Question #2: I agree, flat work is super important. Imagine how boring it is to do nothing but go around and around in circles! Try to get her outside the "normal" work environment. You can do lots of "flat work" on the trail, if you have one available. Work on your lateral aids: haunches in, shoulder in, lengthening and shortening, turn on haunches, etc… this is lots more fun than just getting dizzy on the Merry-Go-Round! It is important to spend lots of time going forward on a soft rein with hunters as they are expected to "flow" down the lines without pace changes!
From: Judge Robert Gage
Question #1: I used to use a crest release. When you place your hands, wrists & forearms all on top of your horse's crest, you build an extra strong support for your upper body. Be careful NOT to let your elbows drop below his mane….that is a common error.
Question #2: I actually really do have a favorite flat exercise. I like to canter, and circle ALL of the jumps in the arena. Sometimes, when I begin, I might circle two at a time, so my circles start out bigger….later, I circle them all….one at a time. That brings my circles in tighter. Those tight circles keep the horse focused mentally, but also teaches them balance at a shorter stride. Don't forget to canter forward once in a while and stretch his stride out again. Good luck!


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What do you know about Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad?
He's a dictator.
His government has condoned the kidnapping, raping, torturing, and killing of the Syrian people.
He has allegedly ordered chemical attacks on his citizens.
He and his wife love children, and soup kitchens, and comforting the wounded!
Wait, you didn't know that last one? Well, let me direct you to Bashar al-Assad's Instagram feed where you can look at images of him and his wife, Asma, showing the world just how sweet they can be.
Currently, more than 40,000 people follow the account, though by no means is the majority duped into taking all of Assad's photos at face value. Many call out the Instagram feed as propaganda or post mean comments on some of the more saccharine photos ("Somebody will be rolling your head down the street soon, just like that," user mhughes69 writes below a picture of Assad's wife rolling a basketball to a child).


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"FOR ALL YOU DO . . ." Five New Mexico Tech students and two student organizations recently were honored as recipients of the prestigious New Mexico Tech Student Appreciation Awards, in recognition of their demonstrated service and leadership at the university. Student Appreciation Award recipients are chosen each year on the basis of their "demonstrated service to fellow students and community, generosity of spirit, and performance above and beyond the call of duty," according to the award criteria.
Pictured (from left to right) at the awards ceremony are Gus Jones; James Herrin; Tim Canty (representing the Tech Graduate Student Association); Lisa Edwards; Diane Meier, Israel Vaughn, and Nikki Beauchamp (representing the First Year Experience Peer Facilitators); Kristin Fletcher; and Charlotte Salazar.


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|Index of articles that introduce and review applications and tools available for Linux
Developing Gnome Application with Python (Part 3)
RAD stands for Rapid Application Development.
Light, Camera, Action... Kino!
Connect your digital video camera via firewire to Linux and start cutting.
Book Review: Beginning Databases with MySQL
A brief review about this great book about MySQL.
Plugins and Mozilla RC3
How I setup Mozilla RC3 for Real Player, Acrobat, Flash, and a generic plug-in Plugger.
The new KDE3 is out. This article will give you an idea what it would be like to try it for yourself.
Discover the universe
This article introduces 2 program for Linux to explore the universe.
Getting to know XML
This is a short introduction to XML. You will meet Eddy the meta cat, the XML syntax police, and some DTDs. Don't worry, we'll explain ;-)
GNUMail.app, the portability evidence
A NeXTmail clone able to run under GNUstep and MacOS X with the same source code
Book review: The qmail Handbook
This article is a brief review of "The Qmail Handbook" from Dave Sill.
IOS, another REBOLution
Back to the future: IOS the internet operating system
Writing CDs with Linux
In this article we describe how you can write CDs under Linux.
MySQL and Perl, the marriage of convenience
Using MySQL in conjunction with Perl is an old story, but still a good one.
Analyzing your internet applications' log files II - configuring your reports
The first article in this series introduced Lire. This article will show you how you can configure your reports for your need.
Analisando os ficheiros de log das suas aplicações da internet
This article is the first in a series about using Lire to analyze log files of internet server applications. This is not limited to one service, e.g. Apache, but is an integrated analyzer for many different services. Included are DNS, WWW, email and ipfilter services.
Cantando na web
Review of the new improved version of one of the lightest browsers
Usando o XML e o XSLT para construir o LinuxFocus.org(/Nederlands)
This article shows you how parts of the Dutch website of LinuxFocus is generated with XSLT tools from the XML database. It compares this with the (very) much slower DOM tools in Perl.
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In the first part we showed how you can record in mp3 in realtime, for example a radio show, and make a big file out of it, e.g. 650MB for 24 hours of music in near-CD quality (128 kbit/s; stereo). Now, what to do with such a big file? Can we make even bigger files, or could we maybe get a better compression rate? How about the quality of these mp3 recordings?
Editing DocBook XML Documents
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QCad: Technical drawing with Linux
QCad is a 2D CAD system
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State House Republicans call for ouster of Patrick's HHS chief in wake of state drug lab crisis
Republican lawmakers said Thursday that Governor Deval Patrick's health and human services secretary should resign because she did not act with enough urgency in responding to the tainted evidence scandal at a closed state drug lab.
"This isn't about simply policy differences," said Representative Bradley H. Jones. Jr., the Republican leader from North Reading. "This is about much more than that. This is about moving an agency forward that desperately needs to regain public trust on many, many, fronts and needs to go in a dramatically different direction."
Jones was joined at a State House press conference by four other members of his leadership team in calling for Dr. JudyAnn Bigby's ouster. The group also wrote a letter to Patrick Thursday underscoring their demand that Patrick replace Bigby to regain public trust in the agency, which was responsible for oversight of the drug lab in Jamaica Plain.
He said Bigby should have responded more quickly, when the problem surfaced, as if a fire alarm had been set off.
Though Republicans hold scant power on Beacon Hill, their call to replace Bigby is a reminder that the allegedly tainted samples of thousands of drug samples remains a significant political liability for Patrick, a Democrat.
Patrick and other officials have blamed the problems on former state chemist Annie Dookhan, whom they have called a rogue employee at the former Department of Public Health lab where workers once tested contraband seized during drug investigations.
But defense attorneys, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Committee for Public Counsel Services have insisted the problems were not limited to Dookhan and have called for reversing convictions in cases where drugs were tested at the lab. State officials have said Dookhan alone played a role in cases involving at least 10,000 people.
Bigby is also involved in the state's response to a deadly meningitis outbreak that has been linked to a private compounding pharmacy based in Framingham, but Jones did not allude to that issue in his public comments or letter.
Kimberly Haberlin, a spokeswoman for Patrick, said in a statement that he wants her to remain on the job.
"Secretary Bigby has the Governor's support. She has served the public with distinction and integrity throughout her tenure and has accepted full responsibility for the breakdowns at the Department of Public Health,'' Haberlin said. "The Governor expects her to focus on fixing what went wrong and restoring the public's confidence in the Department. That is where her focus is now."
A spokesman for Bigby, Alec Loftus, said in an email that the events that led to the crisis at the state drug lab, and a separate crisis in a private compounding pharmacy that led to a nationwide meningitis outbreak, "are tragic and unacceptable, and people have been held accountable for these lapses."
"We are taking action to ensure that these events are never allowed to happen again," he continued. "Secretary Bigby serves at the pleasure of the governor and she is responsible for the management of Health and Human Services. She has and will continue to take the necessary actions to restore confidence in our public health department as it continues to provide quality services to the Commonwealth's most vulnerable populations."
The CPCS, the state's public defender agency, estimated this week that it could need up to $332 million to represent thousands of people who faced criminal or civil penalties based on evidence processed at the drug lab that has now been called into question. Patrick on Wednesday disputed that estimate.
The governor is in the process of making several changes in his senior staff, but has not announced whether any of his cabinet secretaries would be leaving as he completes the final two years of his second term.
Jones was asked whether a GOP call to remove Bigby could have the opposite effect, making Patrick more determined to fight for her. Jones said it would be a "sad indictment of the governor" if Patrick chose to retain Bigby simply to rebuff Republicans.
No Democrats joined Jones at his press conference, but he said that several have told him privately that they agree Bigby should step aside. He said he found her performance during a legislative hearing on Wednesday that addressed the drug lab scandal to be uninspiring and "less than forthcoming."
In his letter, Jones pointed to a comment Bigby made during the hearing when she said that the acts of an individual can defeat quality control procedures. "Ultimately even with the checks and balances and excellent policy and procedures, if an individual decides to behave in this way, I don't know that it can always be prevented,'' Bigby said, according to Jones.
"That response is simply unacceptable," Jones said of her comment.
The letter says that Bigby "does not possess the ability, nor inspire the confidence of the public, necessary to lead this agency going forward."
"We have eagerly awaited your administration's testimony over the last few weeks and after the past two public hearings our conclusion has become abundantly clear," the letter continues. "Poor management has allowed these problems to escalate, and it will take a strong and effective manager to solve them. While we recognize that Secretary Bigby holds a deep knowledge in the healthcare field, her conduct and subsequent comments demonstrate a lack of management skills required for this daunting task."
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In early August, roughly thirty Americans joined our Docomomo colleagues in Finland for the 12th annual Docomomo International Conference entitled The Survival of Modern, From Coffee Cup to General Plan. The week-long event took place in Tapiola, the lush garden city neighborhood of Espoo, and included a number of evening receptions in Helsinki and more in-depth Doco Tours throughout the area. With delightful temperatures in the low 70s and long days where the sun hovered at the horizon during the evenings, Docomomo US members were treated to stimulating discussions of the challenges facing architecture and conservation professionals across the globe.
Of the three and a half days of presentations and panel sessions including discussions on Public Urban Spaces, the Survival of Modern Architecture in Asia and Africa, Architectural Problem Solving, and Preserving Infrastructure many of the rooms were to capacity and featured a spirited discussion of the topics. One such session entitled Heroic Examples included presentation on Brutalist architecture from panelists in Belgrade, Lithuania, Brazil and Boston. In one of the more challenging presentations, the Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa opened the conference with his keynote, Tradition, Newness and Identity – Existential Meaning in Architecture. "Hyper-contemporary", as Pallasmaa suggested, in which new architecture exists without a reflection of the past, fails when it deviates from the original purpose of domesticity and defining space for human occupation. In a bit of architectural irony, Pallasmaa continued by suggesting this newness or request for uniqueness makes for boring architecture.
Joining our members, Docomomo US was able to offer two scholarships to graduate students studying historic preservation in the United States. With the generous support of the Finlandia Foundation, Jennifer Whisenhunt and Mary Park, students from the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation were able to attend and participate in the conference activities. As incoming Docomomo ISC on Education and Theory interns, Jennifer and Mary presented the activities of the committee and in partnership with Theodore Prudon, the committee chair, discussed expectations for the next two years and upcoming collaborations.
Image: Interns- Mary Park and Jennifer Whisenhunt
Three new chapters were welcomed during the general assembly meeting including Docomomo China (provisional), Docomomo Georgia (provisional), Docomomo Hong Kong (provisional), Docomomo Iran, Docomomo Lebanon, Docomomo Macau (provisional) and Docomomo Ukraine.
Similarly to previous conferences, the once-in-a-lifetime Doco Tours were a highlight to the week and offered participants with unique evening or day-long excursions to locations throughout Finland and beyond. Not surprisingly many of the works of Alvar Aalto were visited including Finlandia Hall, the Otaniemi Technical University and Paimio Sanatorium. Other tours included day excursions to Tallinn, Estonia; Vyborg, Russia; and sites in south-western Finland.
In total, the Finland conference was both stimulating as it was agreeable. We would like to thank the host chapter, Docomomo Chair Ana Tostoes, Ivan Blasi, and to the large group of Docomomo US members who joined us. We look forward to seeing even more of you at the 13th Docomomo International Conference to be held for the first time in Asia by Docomomo Korea.
Image (from left to right): Docomomo co-founder Wessel de Jonge, Docomomo US Board member Jon Buono, Edgar Garcia of the City of Los Angeles Planning Dept., Flora Chou of the LA Conservancy, Mark Pasnik of Boston and Chandler McCoy of Docomomo US/NOCA.


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Proper and Improper Use of Dealer PlatesAgency: State
The Department of State is often asked by law enforcement or licensed dealers to explain the proper and improper use of dealer plates. The following guidance is based on both state law and opinions previously published by the Office of the Attorney General.
The statute governing the use of dealer plates is Section 244 of the Michigan Vehicle Code (MCL 257.244; MSA 9.1944). The relevant sections of the statute are as follows:
Sec. 244(4). "A dealer owning any vehicle of a type otherwise required to be registered under this act may operate or move the vehicle upon the highways without registering each such vehicle if the vehicle displays, in the manner prescribed in section 225, 1 special plate issued to the owner by the secretary of state. For the purposes of this subsection, "dealer" shall include any employee, servant or agent of the dealer."
Sec. 244(6). "The plates described in this section shall not be used on service cars or wreckers which are being operated as an adjunct of a licensee's business. . ."
Proper Uses of Vehicles Bearing Dealer Plates Include:
- Employees, servants, or agents of a dealer may operate a vehicle owned by a dealer for any purpose, provided that the vehicle is not a "service vehicle." This group of permissive users includes the dealer, full and part-time employees, and authorized agents. Examples of proper use of dealer plates on vehicles include: Dealer-owned vehicles being driven to and from repair facilities, storage lots, and other locations where vehicles are being held prior to sale. Dealer-owned vehicles being moved to locations where they may be bought or sold. Dealer-owned vehicles driven by employees, servants or agents, or family members for any use except as a service vehicle.
- There is no time limit upon the use of a vehicle with a dealer plate for persons described in paragraph 1 above.
- A prospective customer of a dealership may operate a vehicle owned by the dealership for testing or demonstration purposes for no more than 72 hours.
- A person who has purchased a vehicle from a dealership may operate the vehicle on a dealer plate for up to 72 hours after taking possession of the vehicle if an application for vehicle registration has been made and the purchaser carries proof of purchase that indicates the date of sale.
Improper Uses of Vehicles Bearing Dealer Plates Include:
- Vehicles not owned by the dealership except when used within 72 hours of purchase by a customer.
- Vehicles used as service cars or wreckers. Examples of "service cars" include daily rental, lease, loaners, or courtesy vehicles, vehicles used to chase and deliver parts, or vehicles used to provide roadside service or tow disabled vehicles.
- Vehicles titled as scrap or salvage unless the salvage-titled vehicle has been inspected and recertified by a specially-trained police officer.
Plate Identification
Law enforcement personnel are encouraged to verify dealer plate ownership through LEIN (Law Enforcement Information Network). The plate record contains the name and address of the dealer who owns the dealer plate.
Vehicle and Driver Identification
Dealers may assist law enforcement agencies by providing certain documents to persons operating vehicles with dealer plates.
Dealer-Owned Vehicles
New Vehicles---A copy of the manufacturer's certificate of origin or a copy of that portion of the invoice showing the dealer's identification and the vehicle identification number of the vehicle being driven.
Dealer Trades---A copy of either an RD-108 or MV-17 Dealer Reassignment form that shows both dealers' names and addresses.
Used Vehicles---A copy of the front and back of the assigned certificate of title.
A form clearly identifying the dealership that authorizes the operator to use the vehicle. If the operator is a prospective customer, then a statement that the vehicle is being operated for demonstration purposes including the date and time that the prospective customer took possession of the vehicle. The form should include the dealership's telephone number.
A copy of the certificate of fleet insurance for any and all dealer-owned vehicles.
Customer Purchase of Vehicle
A signed and dated copy of the RD-108 showing the new owner's name and address.
A certificate of no-fault insurance for the vehicle.
We hope this information is helpful to dealers and law enforcement agencies. We recommend and encourage copies of this document be provided to patrol officers and dealer employees.


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COLUMBIA, SC — Clubs in South Carolina may no longer be able to automatically renew contracts if a bill that state legislators recently introduced becomes law. Besides prohibiting automatic renewal of health club contracts, the bill would limit month-to-month club contracts to no more than 12 months and would require month-to-month members to sign a new contract each month.
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) is lobbying members of the South Carolina legislature, telling them that the restrictions "place an undue administrative and financial burden on health clubs and decrease membership options for consumers," according to IHRSA's Web site.


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Shawne Merriman sure knows how to storm off a set.
Actually, it wasn't really a storm at all. More like a drizzle -- a very polite and friendly drizzle.
And that made what happened on Tuesday's episode of ESPN's "Highly Questionable" all the more awkward -- and entertaining.
In a segment that was taped last month, Merriman was on the show to promote his Lights On Foundation's annual coat drive. The subject of his difficult childhood -- during which he was homeless at times due to two separate house fires -- came up, and hosts Bomani Jones and Dan LeBatard asked several follow up questions on the topic.
The now-retired San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills linebacker didn't seem to have a problem with the line of questioning and gave honest, thoughtful answers every time. Until he suddenly started messing with his earpiece, then got up and left mid-interview, saying "All right, thanks guys. I appreciate it. All right," while giving a slight wave.
That left Jones and LeBatard just sitting there speechless for a good 20 seconds before the show finally went to commercial.
On LeBatard's Nov. 21 radio show -- apparently the same day the Merriman segment was recorded -- the two TV hosts discussed (warning: link goes to page with an offensive comment just below) the incident in detail. They also revealed that an earlier part of the discussion had focused on Merriman's relationship with ex-girlfriend Tila Tequila.
The hosts also said that Merriman's publicist had been yelling at their TV producer for hours, presumably over the Tequila questions, and came to the conclusion that the publicist must have somehow gotten into the former player's earpiece and told him to end the interview.
Merriman certainly didn't seem to take any of it too seriously, judging from his Twitter account Tuesday:
And apparently Jones is still befuddled by it all.
Hopefully he and LeBatard still have those priceless looks on their faces.


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Foothills United Methodist Church
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Growing in grace.... Serving with love.
Super Seniors Ladies' Lunch
Date: Friday, June 29, 2018
Time: 11:30 AM -
Location: China City Restaurant - Cameron Park
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Goldman Sachs Hates Pays Promptly for the Medical Costs of Adorable Kittens
This spring, construction workers at Goldman Sachs' new headquarters in Battery Park City discovered a pregnant feral cat. A local couple rescued the kittens and placed them in homes. Goldman Sachs agreed to pay for their veterinary costs.
They didn't.
UPDATE: The cat rescuer, Patti Brotman, responded to our e-mail and says Goldman Sachs has paid up:
Yes, the bill has been paid and all of the kittens have been adopted into wonderful homes.
Thank you for your interest.
And Goldman is telling New York that the Express' reporting was "inaccurate" and that the company requested the bills on several occasions and paid up as soon as they got them. In which case we apologize to Goldman Sachs for the stuff we said about the cats, but not all the other stuff. It doesn't matter anyway, since they're not allowed to read Gawker.
SECOND UPDATE: Brotman responded to our follow-up e-mail, and says she got the check from Goldman two weeks ago, or roughly ten weeks after the firm pledged to pay the vet costs.
THIRD UPDATE: Brotman once again responded to yet another follow-up e-mail:
[T]he hold up was due to getting all the vet invoices together so we could send them as a batch instead of individually. When the batch was complete GS picked them up, processed them and cut a check to City Critters, Inc., our rescue group.
So Goldman Sachs did indeed process payment in a timely fashion, and do in fact love adorable kittens. Sorry, Goldman Sachs!
The Downtown Express, a lower Manhattan newspaper, covered the discovery of the kittens and their rescue by local residents Rich and Patti Brotman, who dubbed them "Blackberries." When a Goldman Sachs attorney read about Blackberries' plight in August, the company offered to pay the veterinary costs for the five kittens and to encourage their employees to adopt them.
"We want to be a good and responsible neighbor," a Goldman spokesperson told the Express. How very thoughtful of them.
Flash forward three months and, according to the Express, Goldman still hasn't ponied up. Three weeks ago, the Express' sister paper ran an editorial claiming that "the firm has not yet paid a few thousand dollars of vet bills for the five kittens born in its headquarters building." This week, the Express reported that all the Blackberries had found homes—it's not clear if any of them were with Goldman employees—but that the promised payment was still pending: "[Goldman] now appears to finally be about to cut the check."
We've e-mailed the Brotmans to ask if Goldman, which is on track to pay $20 billion in taxpayer-financed bonuses to its employees in the coming months, has managed to cobble up the estimated $300-per-kitten yet.
Of course, Goldman isn't a deadbeat in all its charitable endeavors. According to the Goldman Sachs Foundation's 2008 tax return, obtained by the New York Times but maddeningly not placed online, the foundation trades its endowment as frantically and shrewdly as the Ivy League financial ninjas at its for-profit namesake:
The latest tax filing for Goldman Sachs's foundation is as thick as a phone book. The list of trades is more than 200 pages, single spaced. Goldman, it seems, invests like no other, even for its own charity.... The foundation, whose returns do not appear outsized in recent years, has placed a lot of its money in hedge funds and trades heavily in futures contracts based on baskets of stocks, bonds and currencies.
So they still hustle when it comes to making money, they just don't like to give it to anybody—as the Awl notes, Goldman's foundation ranks among the top ten in terms of assets, but doesn't make the top 50 in terms of giving. Those poor Blackberries aren't alone.
So here's how Goldman Sachs goes about being a "good neighbor" when it's not busy humoring the local yokels by pretending to care about cats—the construction of the new HQ in which those kittens were born was financed by the state and city of New York to the tune of $390 million, including:
- Financing from $1.65 billion in low-interest Liberty Bonds, which saved Goldman $250 million in interest over the life of the bonds
- $25 million in Federal World Trade Center Job Creation and Retention Program cash grants
- $115 million in tax breaks
- Not to mention discounted property taxes that will never exceed $21 million per year over the term of Goldman's 65-year lease.


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VIDEO: David Aldridge with the latest NBA news
LeBron the next Rocket launcher? | Joel Embiid out 4-6 months | Love on the rocks | President Obama calls Pop | Lakers want Klay Thompson
No. 1: Rockets aiming for strike at LeBron — The Rockets still haven't made it out of the first round 2009, but they've become very good at winning the summer. Two years ago they traded for James Harden and last summer signed Dwight Howard. Now they are reportedly prepared to chase hard after four-time MVP and two-time champion LeBron James if he opts out of his contract with the Miami Heat. How could the Rockets possibly afford another max salary? Howard Beck of Bleacher Report delivers the goods:
Given the extreme constraints imposed by the 2011 labor deal, it will be nearly impossible for any franchise to replicate the Heat's roster-building feat of four years ago.
However, one franchise is quietly plotting to at least try to revive the Big Three model. And before you dismiss its chances of doing so, consider the fact that it's the same team that stunned the NBA in each of the last two summers.
Now, Rockets officials are aiming for the trifecta, with their sights set on the biggest prize of all: LeBron Raymone James.
A long shot? Perhaps. But the Rockets have defied expectations before.
League sources say that Houston is preparing to make an all-out push to land James when free agency opens on July 1, assuming James opts out, as expected. If the Rockets miss out on James, they will turn their full attention to Carmelo Anthony. Chris Bosh is also on the radar.
The competition for James' affection will be fierce, but Houston's pitch may be tough to beat.
The Rockets already have the league's best guard-center tandem (Harden-Howard), solid young role players (Chandler Parsons, who is set to become a restricted free agent, Patrick Beverley and Terrence Jones) and an owner (Les Alexander) who is willing to spend. Houston also has all of its first-round picks for the next couple of years as well as a knack for finding talent late in the draft.
Like Florida, Texas has no state income tax, negating Miami's advantage on that front and giving the Rockets a big selling point in their pursuit of Anthony. (A player pays about 10 percent more in taxes in New York than in Texas.)
What the Rockets don't have is salary-cap room. But they could clear about $19 million by unloading a few players, starting with Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin, who are taking up a combined $16.7 million in cap space.
However, their contracts are unique and potentially difficult to move: Asik and Lin are each due a massive $15 million balloon payment next season, although they count as $8.37 million each for cap purposes. Then again, their contracts expire in 2015, so the commitment is minimal.
Sources say the Rockets are confident they can trade both players to teams with cap room and thus take back no salary in return.
No. 2: Joel Embiid to miss 4-6 months after surgery — Now there is a timetable. Joel Embiid, the one-and-done center out of Kansas, who missed the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments with a back injury, will need four to six months to recover after having two screws inserted into the navicular bone of his right foot during surgery Friday. The injury has seemingly thrown the entire portion of the draft into chaos. Embiid was expected to be the No. 1 pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but now he is expected to drop, with possible trade rumors also cropping up. ESPN.com provides more details on Embiid's recovery:
Embiid's agent, Arn Tellem, said in a statement that the former Kansas star underwent the procedure at Southern California Orthopedic Institute.
The surgeon, Dr. Richard Ferkel, said that Embiid "tolerated the surgery without difficulty" and claimed that the 7-foot center should "be able to return to NBA basketball."
"Two screws were inserted into the navicular bone in Joel Embiid's right foot," Ferkel said in the statement released by Tellem. "The surgery went very well and I'm confident that after appropriate healing he will be able to return to NBA Basketball. Joel tolerated the surgery without difficulty and will begin his rehabilitation in the near future."
Embiid is not attending Thursday's NBA draft because he can't fly for 10 days to two weeks post-surgery, Tellem said Thursday. Embiid was projected by many to be the first pick before the announcement of the surgery.
A native of Cameroon, Embiid already was dealing with health questions regarding his back, which forced him to miss the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments this past season.
He worked out earlier this month for the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, and sources said he fared well and that the medical testing also came back without much concern.
Embiid also participated in a one-on-none workout in front of NBA teams in Santa Monica, California. He was scheduled to work out for the Milwaukee Bucks, who hold the second overall pick, later this week.
Embiid averaged 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks this past season as a freshman at Kansas.
If Embiid slips significantly in the draft, he wouldn't be able to recoup the money he'd lose. His total disability insurance policy was purchased through the school, according to Jim Marchiony, an associate athletic director at Kansas.
Marchiony confirmed that the school purchased a $5 million policy, the maximum allowed under the NCAA insurance program, through the NCAA Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund, which allows schools to apply for need-based assistance on behalf of its players.
The policy purchased through the NCAA program does not allow for loss-of-value insurance, a rider attached to insurance policies that permits athletes to collect if they fall far enough in the draft from their projected position at the time they sign the policy. Athletes can get loss-of-value policies, but they have to go outside the NCAA program to do so.
No. 3: No clear path for Love — Clearly Kevin Love is no longer in love with the Timberwolves. And Timberwolves president and coach Flip Saunders is not necessarily in love with the bounty teams are offering for the All-Star power forward. While it seemed Minnesota might trade the double-double machine before the draft, they might keep him around and wait out better offers around next season's trade deadline. Kurt Helin of ProBasketballTalk.com fleshed out the ongoing saga:
For Minnesota these talks are in a negotiation phase and they are in no rush to move on to the next steps.
Kevin Love's agent Jeff Schwartz is serious and pushing to get his star moved sooner rather than later and to a destination Love wants to be long term. That's where the pressure comes from. But it's not just me saying Saunders doesn't feel rushed.
Part of that is spin — the guy with the strongest positioning at any bargaining table is the guy willing to just walk away. Saunders wants everyone to think he will get up from the table. For now.
The only thing that has become clear is that Minnesota would prefer established players to picks and prospects — they don't want to just rebuild, they want players who can help now.
Saunders is milking this as best as he can. In what are fluid talks with Golden State the Warriors had been hesitant to include Klay Thompson in a deal (although they should because it could be crippling against the cap for them to pay him what he'll make on the open market). There is no deadline yet no reason to agree to anything right now. If the Warriors are offering David Lee and Thompson, ask for Draymond Green too. Or Harrison Barnes.
Saunders should do the same things with Denver and Boston and Chicago and anyone else interested in getting Kevin Love in a trade.
And if Saunders doesn't get everything he wants on draft night, he can wait.
No. 4: President Obama congratulates Popovich — Here's another interesting tidbit when it comes to the Spurs' success under coach Gregg Popovich: He took a congratulatory phone call Friday from President Barack Obama, the third U.S. president since San Antonio won its fifth title since 1999. Bill Clinton was in office when the Spurs started their run and they made three trips to the White House to visit George W. Bush following championships in 2003, '05 and '07 championships. The San Antonio Express-News has details of Obama's call:
President Barack Obama gave coach Gregg Popovich a ring on Friday to laud the Spurs after crushing Miami in the Finals for their fifth NBA championship, the White House announced.
This afternoon, the President called San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich to congratulate him on his team's resounding victory in the NBA Finals. The President praised the selfless teamwork, clear focus, and steadfast determination displayed by the Spurs and noted how impressed he was by the record-setting scoring by the team. The President called Popovich one of the nation's finest coaches and a role model for young men across the country, and he is looking forward to hosting the team at the White House.
It was no doubt a warm conversation given that Popovich contributed to Obama's last campaign. As noted, the two will meet in person during the upcoming season when the White House hosts the Spurs.
No. 5: Lakers offer No. 7 for Thompson — The Lakers, desperate to engage in a quick rebuild around Kobe Bryant, are interested in prying shooting guard Klay Thompson away from the Warriors in exchange for the No. 7 overall pick in the Draft. The proposed deal would be part of a bigger three-way trade that would send Minnesota's Kevin Love to Golden State. Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times has the story:
The Lakers are interested but the deal has been put on hold because of a difference in opinion within the Warriors' organization whether or not to keep Thompson while trying to obtain Love.
The Lakers are debating what to do with the pick if they hang onto it. They have sold or traded every first-round pick they've had since 2007 and do not have one next season because of the Steve Nash trade.
They are pondering whether to go with a power forward or point guard. They have narrowed their focus to big men Aaron Gordon, Julius Randle and Noah Vonleh or point guards Dante Exum, Marcus Smart and Elfrid Payton.
When free agency begins July 1, the Lakers will have only three players making guaranteed money next season — Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Robert Sacre. Point guard Kendall Marshall has one year left on a non-guaranteed contract.
A player on the rise such as Thompson would obviously provide more immediate return than an amateur player with no NBA experience.
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Greek team Panathinaikos to make run at Jimmer Fredette? … Lakers would consider drafting Embiid … Andray Blatche opts out of his contract with Nets … Clippers assistant coach Alvin Gentry will join Warriors … Clippers trio will opt out of final year … DeMarcus Cousins urges Rudy Gay to opt in and stay with Kings.


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Monday, July 04, 2011
Summer at Saratoga
(CHICAGO, IL – July 4, 2011) What is it about how much money a man makes that gets so many other men jealous or curious? Maybe some men don't make what they think they deserve and kvetching about other men's riches gives them some sort of weird satisfaction.
Regardless, the apology that NYRA CEO Charles Hayward gave for failing to re-iterate to the State guard dogs those pay increases that he and his colleagues gave themselves a bit ago has predictably become the primary news of last Monday's pre-season Saratoga press conference. It's a shame because there was news coming out of the Desmond Hotel confab that was infinitely more noteworthy than his compensation or memory loss.
Look, a person finds happiness only in what he achieves, how he lives his life and who loves him. So the whole matter of salary in terms of a public servant is only meaningful in relation to whether or not the public is getting its money worth. In any case, a more significant matter than compensation was discussed Monday that should be on everyone's lips – and it has little to do with congruence.
NYRA did not pursue NBC Sports and VERSUS to televise races from Saratoga. But the networks are currently advertising a "Summer at Saratoga" eight-hour, seven-weekend series of live racing from the Spa on such widely-viewed programs as Wimbledon. Only a year ago, the best the Travers could do was the MSG Network. Horse racing, in the main, over the past couple years, has been streaming its races via the NTRA instead of televising them because of network recalcitrance. Now that's news worth talking about.
"It turned out that August, late July to early September, was a time that, if we got creative, we could put something together," said Miller, who noted that Saratoga Springs is the kind of authentic slice of Americana that viewers everywhere would enjoy learning about. Horse racing per se is a niche product, attracting a loyal and passionate fan base, but a hard sell to mainstream sports lovers. Not surprisingly, Miller's credited for creating the wildly-popular NHL Winter Classic, which defies the belief that the interest in pro hockey was restricted also.
Notwithstanding the comparison, Miller acknowledges that Saratoga is basically an Eastern product as compared to the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup, which have wider consumer awareness. On the other hand, he believes that NBC Sports and VERSUS can showcase the trainers and jockeys, the setting, the track itself and the historic nature of Saratoga Springs in such a manner that the provincial nature of the content will become inconsequential. Horse racing buffs, heed the warning.
What's likely is that Saratoga's dewy mornings, its Victorian homes and healing waters, the legends of Diamond Jim Brady and Lilly Langtry and Man 'O War and Secretariat as well as the yearling sales will provide much of the programs' subject matter. NBC Sports, much to the credit of Dick Ebersol, believes that the art of story-telling is vital to engaging people. The network's producers know, for example, that the hat contest for "Hat's Off to Saratoga" weekend will be, in at least some family rooms, a more interesting race than the Coaching Club American Oaks. "If this is successful," Miller said about leveraging the human interest, "I fully believe that we can do this at other places."
"Ratings are one measuring stick, but they're not the only measuring stick," Miller said about measuring success. The well-spoken television executive cited industry involvement, horsemen's support (he wants trainers to step up and enter their best horses in his televised races not in races that offer the biggest purses), the sales marketplace and affiliate station reaction as factors that will determine what's to become of the program.
That being said, the audience for televised horse racing, while not paltry or lowbrow, hasn't been large enough or sufficiently demographically diverse to attract mainstream advertisers. Although NBC Sports and VERSUS were able to produce Triple Crown shows that were watched by women, the sport's core following is middle-class, male-dominated and aging. Travelers Insurance, however, believes in the product and has stepped up already to become an advertiser on "Summer at Saratoga." Miller didn't sound worried that others won't follow suit.
There were so many obviously beneficial aspects to the NBC Sports and VERSUS Saratoga programing that even a non-salaried NYRA intern could have seen the wisdom in moving forward with Miller's proposal. That the highest-paid guy cemented the deal is merely a function of protocol. Yet, you wouldn't have wanted a rube undeserving of Hayward's salary, low in comparison to people who normally oversee assignments like this, to have been in charge.
If NBC Sports and VERSUS continue next year with Saratoga, they will be carrying the Olympic Summer Games from London during the Saratoga season and a horse racing lead-in, especially one rich in the same type of interesting stories that make the viewing of Olympics a joy as well as a ratings phenomenom, would help to create new fans not imagined. All of horse racing, which surely must realize that New York is the leader in the sport, will bask in the positive glow of the Saratoga telecasts.
The most heartening aspect is that NBC Sports and VERSUS team of top-notch broadcasters will put horse racing's best face on to safeguard their employer's investment. Such positive reinforcement for the sport will surely beat the belly-aching and nitpicking that goes on when its leaders are left to talk about pay stubs.
Vic Zast will be keeping Vic Zast's Saratoga Diary for bloodhorse.com for the sixth year, beginning with Saratoga's opening day - July 22.
Written by Vic Zast


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Data on Mexican-American children indicates many are on the fast track for diabetes and other health problems, U.S. researchers say.
Ravindranath Duggirala, a scientist at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, and colleagues examined 670 children ages 6-17, from predominantly lower-income extended Mexican-American families, many of whose adult members have increased risk of diabetes.
They found a striking proportion had metabolic syndrome -- warning signs of diabetes, such as belly fat, high levels of blood sugar, elevated blood pressure and high insulin levels.
"Experiencing metabolic syndrome and related risk factors this early in life significantly increases risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other chronic health problems years earlier than might otherwise have been expected," Duggirala said in a statement.
An estimated 2.5 million U.S. adolescents have metabolic syndrome, with minority groups such as Mexican-Americans being particularly vulnerable.
The study, published in the journal Human Genetics, found nearly 53 percent of the Mexican-American children were overweight or obese, and 13 percent had pre-diabetes. Overall, 19 percent, or almost 1-in-5, of the young people exhibited metabolic syndrome, the study found.
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The Robi Comb – Amazed And Stunned
Sep 15 2011
I get many people asking me to blog about their products. Some even offer to pay me. Most of the requests I ignore as I don't feel the products are relevant or I don't have much to say about them. But when the PR guy for the Robi Comb reached out to me, it piqued my interest. My kids got head lice for the first time last Spring and it was icky, tiring and awful. It seems like more than half the kids in the school got them. We did environmentally friendly, non-toxic treatments that took 4 hours and they had to sit around in caps until late into the night (i.e. past their bed times and past mom's patience). Then my son got them again in summer camp. I was less mortified but still very annoyed. I remember getting them as a kid when I went to visit Sri Lanka and the stuff they put on our heads was kind of like kerosine. This is America, not a third world country, so as any American full time working mother would do, I freaked. The non-toxic treatment stuff they have these days smells like a caramel frappacino. I was tempted to make my kids smell something nasty so they could experience the same need to run around outside without stopping until the treatment was done, but I let them enjoy the smell of eucalyptus spray and coffee smelling gunk.
They sent me the following write-up (in italics below) and a free Robi Comb. I was hoping that I'd never have to use it as certainly my kids were done with that craziness, but lo and behold, it happened again recently. After asking my son who the heck he was hanging out with (because my daughter escaped them) and they take a bath every day, I used the Robi Comb on him. It had been sitting on the counter for several weeks and they were curious about it. My son said his head was itchy and I figure he just wanted to use the comb so he was making it up. I told him that he simply could not have head lice again. My daughter and I looked in his hair fairly thoroughly with a flashlight and saw pretty much nothing. Even the things we thought could be nits weren't. He has brown hair so it's easy to see nits and I figured I'd see any stupid lice crawling around. At his head scratching insistence, I used the comb and I was shocked to discover it found 7 lice. I swear I saw nothing and everything in my being did not want to believe him when he said he thought he had lice. I guess it was a good thing I listen to my kids most of the time because after running it through his hair several times and changing the sheets, he can go to school without a 4 hour treatment followed up by multiple combings and daily hair spray-ings because 7 lice do not constitute an infestation. But I decided to use the Robi Comb for a few days just in case and no more were found. I still sprayed his head with eucalyptus spray and made him use lice shampoo to repel them. I was impressed with how easy it was to use and how quickly it found them!
As back to school time approaches, so does the head lice boom. Lice, the ultimate creepy crawler, will find its way onto millions of children's heads this fall. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that an estimated 6 million to 12 million infestations occur each year among children 3 to 11 years of age. However, with the recent increase in head lice breakouts this past year, it's imperative that all parents be prepared to tackle this common nuisance. This increase has even prompted the American Academy of Pediatrics to amend their "No Nits" policy regarding withholding children from public schools who might still have nits, otherwise known as head lice eggs, present on their scalp. The amended policy says that children with nits do not necessarily pose a risk to the rest of the schools population.
This amended policy has many parents nationwide scratching their head, as they do not want to put their children in any "unnecessary" risk by sending them to schools recently affected by an infestation. As evident by this policy's amendment, head lice is not so much of a health or hygiene issue; however the way these pests are commonly treated is of greater concern. In the past, the only way to effectively treat head lice was with dangerous toxic shampoos, chemicals, gels or oils; many of which use Pyrethrum or Permethrin, the same pesticides found in household bug killers. Today more than ever, there is a growing concern of the health effects of putting toxins and chemicals such as these on a developing child's head and the negative long term effects these poisons may have. Aside from being toxic, many of these "traditional" treatments have also been widely reported to not even work, as the lice, in most cases, have built up a resistance to the pesticides used rendering them essentially useless.
In the event your child brings home more than just homework this school year, the Robi Comb from LiceGuard is an ideal product for ridding their scalp of lice without the use of harmful chemicals. The Robi Comb is a non-invasive electronic lice comb powered by a single AA battery that detects and destroys lice on contact simply by combing it through dry hair. When the Robi Comb's metal teeth touch lice, the lice get zapped, die and then get combed away. Unlike chemical treatments, the Robi Comb can be used as often as you like and can be used repeatedly by the entire family. The Robi Comb lets you know by an audible signal whether or not head lice are present, so it can be used to detect an infestation as well as treat it. In fact, many school nurses are now using the Robi Comb for exactly that reason. School nurses report that Robi Comb is able to find lice which they have missed when checking visually. More than 3,000 school districts in all 50 states are now currently using the Robi Comb. This innovative product is available for purchase for $29.99 at major retailers such as Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid, as well as thousands of local pharmacies across the nation.Author: Aruni | Filed under: FYI, parent stories, parenting, working mom, working mother | Tags: centers for disease control and prevention, eucalyptus spray, head lice, liceguard, robi comb, working mother | 2 Comments »


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Good Night, Irene
Maybe someday I will write a post-game article about today's 51-48, 4OT loss to Missouri.
But then again, maybe I won't.
Until then…
… here is an appropriate message, from the fingers and the lips of the great James Booker:
Don't you let me drown.
Don't you let me drown.
People, people don't you let me drown.
No, no I don't wanna wanna drown.
I don't wanna wanna drown.
I kinda kinda want to drown.
It could be Derek Dooley singing those lines.
It could be you or me…
5 responses to "Good Night, Irene"
rockytop78rockytop78 says :
Actually, some music by the Doors comes to mind about now: "This is the end, my only friends, the end . . . . This is the end."


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Just find them tedious. They add nothing to the experience. All they ever seem to do is over-dramatise things and kill time before kick-off.
Just find them tedious. They add nothing to the experience. All they ever seem to do is over-dramatise things and kill time before kick-off.
I love Keown, but he just said Cech was like "a basketball player from the NFL"
Now admittedly US sports isn't my particular field of expertise but...
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- As featured in The Independent.
"Brexit is the Tory party's baby; it's been a long and painful labour and, at the very last minute, they've sh@t all over it.'" - Frankie Boyle
Good on him. **** those ****ty sports.
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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
I like Keown as well, but he's a pretty horrible commentator.
Yeah and he does not talk a great deal, which is always a bonus.
Well, it's an incredibly low bar we're talking about here, but Keown at least keeps me amused with his murdering/genius use of the English Language, so he's better than most. I would say easily better than Townsend, but I think that goes without saying really. I ldon't despise McCarthy for those reasons too.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.
Walt Whitman
I take more offence in the constant bringing up of England at every opportunity, though. They even spent 75% of the half-time show talking about England-Italy.
I know it's the Beeb and that's to be expected, but come on.
Nah, before and after the game, and half-time, is fair game IMO. During the game is way annoying though.
My problem with Keown is that whenever he opens his mouth he'll say something cliched or just downright stupid. At least he's not particularly offensive mind you.
With Srizza on the England thing as well. I imagine partly why the BBC show an England update is to pad out the time and run out the clock until they can start showing the match again, but it is annoying how everything seems to link back to England somehow. Mind you, it's not like there was a lot to talk about with today's game. What really annoys me though is the fact that whenever England are mentioned there is a desperation to draw comparisons 1966 somehow, and now that they've won 2 matches everyone is talking about "how together the team is", and how "there's a new confidence about this team", and how "could this perhaps be their year?". Bloody hell.
I want Townsend added to the word filter. Have to limit myself to screaming **** at the screen when he speaks, no more than 3 times a half.
"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." - Ambrose Bierce
Langeveldt: I of course blame their parents.. and unchecked immigration!
GingerFurball: He's Austrian, they tend to produce the odd ****ed up individual
Burgey: Be careful dealing with neighbours whose cars don't have wheels but whose houses do.
Uppercut: Maybe I just need better strippers
Can't stand Gary Lineker these days. Smugness personified. Makes me want to put a brick through the TV.
Also, did anyone else find it incredibly annoying how the commentary team continually made stupid expressions like "..maybe it's written in the stars for England" and crap like that?
Switched off after the inevitable "it's cruel on England", makes you wonder if they actually engage their brains before opening their mouths.
Last edited by sledger; 24-06-2012 at 03:47 PM.
Lawrenson's such a snide wee ****, why does the BBC think footy works best when accompanied by someone constantly making smarmy remarks.
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach John Rolli announced this afternoon that former National Hockey League (NHL) player Brian Pothier has joined the Corsair staff as a volunteer assistant.
During his 15-year professional career, Pothier was a member of four NHL organizations—Atlanta Thrashers, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, and Carolina Hurricanes—before retiring after two seasons in the Swiss A League with the Geneve Servette.
"Brian Pothier's addition to the Corsair hockey staff is a huge boom for our program," Rolli said. "He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game which will be beneficial to our players. I also suspect his presence will give us a recruiting bump down the road."
"I played hockey my whole life," said Pothier. "You can't play forever, I thought it was the perfect time to step into something new and sit on the other side of the bench for a bit. I'm looking forward to learning from Coach Rolli and Coach Tavares. I know they have a ton of knowledge and I'm eager to get started. I hope that I can share a few things that I've learned over the years that can help to improve their perspectives as coaches as well."
Undrafted out of Rensselaer, Pothier was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers in March of 2000. The New Bedford, Mass. product made an immediate impact on the 2001 Orlando Solar Bears, recording 41 points—on 12 goals and 29 assists—in 76 games. He was awarded the prestigious Garry F. Longman Memorial Trophy, signifying the International Hockey League's Most Outstanding Player in his first season.
In a 142 career games at Rensselaer, Pothier recorded 17 goals and 57 assists for 74 points from the blue-line. He was elected a team captain for the 1999-2000 season, leading the Red Hawks to a 22-13-2 overall record and a trip to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) finals. Pothier was selected as a second-team All-ECAC pick, while also earning first-team All-ECAC Tournament honors. The Rensselaer staff named Pothier as the 1999-2000 Coaches Award recipient.
UMass Dartmouth will open its 2013-14 season at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, when the Corsairs host No. 12 UMass Boston in a non-conference contest at Hetland Arena.
Brian Pothier Joins UMass Dartmouth Hockey Staff
NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Men's Ice Hockey Head Coach John Rolli announced this afternoon that former National Hockey League (NHL) player Brian Pothier has joined the Corsair staff as a volunteer assistant.


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Bert Schneider, the iconoclastic producer behind a trio of influential movies — "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "The Last Picture Show" — that captured the rootlessness and discontent of the late 1960s and '70s and became symbols of a new era in Hollywood, has died. He was 78.
Schneider had been in failing health and died of natural causes Monday at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, said his daughter, Audrey Simon.
The son of a Hollywood power broker — his father, Abraham, ran Columbia Pictures in the late 1960s — Schneider helped revitalize moviemaking in the "New Hollywood" movement in which directors, not studios, held the creative reins and made movies that embraced the sensibilities of the emerging counterculture.
"This was a beginning of the independent movies and, more than that, a kind of celebration of anti-establishment movie subjects," producer-director Bob Rafelson, who was one of Schneider's partners in the company that produced "Easy Rider" and six other films, said in an interview Tuesday.
"Bert broke with everybody's rules," Rafelson said.
A political activist who was close to 1960s radicals Huey Newton and Abbie Hoffman, Schneider produced 11 films between 1968 and 1981, including the Oscar-winning, anti-Vietnam-War documentary "Hearts and Minds" (1974) and the Terrence Malick-directed drama "Days of Heaven" (1978).
With Rafelson, Schneider also created the Monkees, the popular made-for-TV rock quartet modeled on the Beatles who starred in their own Emmy-winning sitcom from 1966 to 1968.
The success of the Monkees — who consisted of Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork — provided the capital to finance "Easy Rider," the landmark 1969 film about two motorcyclists in search of a more authentic America that made Jack Nicholson a star.
The movie, directed by Dennis Hopper, who also co-starred with Peter Fonda, changed the game in Hollywood. Made for less than $300,000, it grossed $20 million, paving the way for a new wave of American directors, such as Rafelson, George Lucas, George Roy Hill, Paul Mazursky and Sydney Pollack, who could tell unconventional stories on relatively modest budgets.
BBS — Schneider's production company with Rafelson and Steve Blauner — not only produced three major movies but "gave huge impetus to the new Hollywood revolution that turned movies over to directors and created, in my view, the last Hollywood renaissance of great movies," film historian Peter Biskind said Tuesday. "Bert played a crucial role in it."
"Easy Rider" teetered on the brink of disaster many times, in large part because of Hopper's extensive drug use. But Schneider championed Hopper.
Despite Hopper's initial objections, he also insisted on casting Nicholson as an alcoholic lawyer who joins Hopper and Fonda on a climactic, mescaline-fueled pilgrimage to New Orleans.
"Bert insisted that I use him and finally I said, 'Bert, I'll do it for you, but he's gonna ruin my movie,'" Hopper told The Times in 1999. "Bert wanted Jack because he needed a watchdog to make sure we weren't pissing away all his money."
At the screening for 50 Columbia executives, all but one were repulsed by the film's anti-establishment tone and walked out.
One of the executives was Schneider's father, who was then chairman of Columbia.
"My father hated the movie so much he forbid my mother from seeing it," Schneider recalled in the 1999 Times article.
The next movie from BBS was "Five Easy Pieces" (1970). Directed by Rafelson, it starred Nicholson as an upper-class dropout involved with a small-town waitress played by Karen Black. Like "Easy Rider," it was hailed by critics as an edgy portrait of a society in flux. Times movie critic Charles Champlin called it a "fine-grained, raucous, saddening, flawless piece of contemporary American portraiture which can in the best sense of the term be called this year's 'Easy Rider.'"
Schneider went on to produce "Drive, He Said," directed by Nicholson; "A Safe Place," directed by Henry Jaglom; and "The Last Picture Show," directed by Peter Bogdanovich. All three films were released in 1971.
According to Rafelson, Schneider became disenchanted with making movies and in the 1970s shifted more of his energy into political activism.
The producer created a stir during the 1975 Oscars broadcast when, in the course of accepting the best documentary award for "Hearts and Minds," he read a telegram offering "greetings of friendship" from the head of the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks. Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra issued a protest statement and, according to Rafelson, nearly got into a fistfight with Schneider backstage.
Schneider was a deeply committed leftist who helped Black Panthers co-founder Newton escape to Cuba to avoid prosecution on murder charges in 1974. During this period, Schneider also helped support Chicago Eight defendant Hoffman when he went underground after skipping bail on drug charges that he said had been manufactured by the authorities.
Born in New York City on May 5, 1933, Schneider was a Cornell University dropout who later went to work for his father at Screen Gems, the television division of Columbia Pictures. He quit Screen Gems in 1965 to form Raybert Productions with Rafelson.
Beset by personal problems, including long-standing substance abuse and a 2007 fire that destroyed his home in Beverly Hills, Schneider was estranged from his children and many of his friends and colleagues in his later years, his family said.
Schneider was married four times. In addition to his daughter, who lives in Deep River, Conn., he is survived by a son, Jeffrey, of San Anselmo, Calif., and four grandchildren. A memorial service is being planned.