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Showing posts with label C'Mon Man. Show all posts
Showing posts with label C'Mon Man. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Does This Levi’s Ad Go Too Far?
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at whether this Levi’s ad that uses the word “ass” is a little too blunt.
A current slogan for Levi Strauss & Co.’s Levi Curve ID women’s jeans reads “All Asses Were Not Created Equal.” The slogan, which doesn’t bleep out the three-letter word for the behind, appears in store windows, on billboards and as part of a flashy magazine campaign. VF Corp.’s Lee Jeans brand has a television commercial in which Mike Rowe, host of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel, refers to his hindquarters as “butt.” Gap Inc.’s Old Navy brand recently used the word “booty” in TV ads for a system to determine the best jeans for all sorts of behinds. The words “Booty Reader” show on the screen.
The brands say they’re merely reflecting the way their consumers speak today. “No woman turns around in the mirror, looks at herself and says, ‘My derrière is not as perky as it should be’,” said You Nguyen, Levi’s head of women’s merchandising and design.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
WTF?!: LAUSD to use fingerprint scans for school lunches
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A high-tech idea of the Los Angeles Unified School District has run into a lot of questions. The district wants to use a "finger scan" system to save money, speed up cafeteria lines and eliminate the problem of forgotten lunch money. Some are worried about student privacy.
Whether it's sloppy joes, a slice of pizza or just a carton of milk, every item in the school cafeteria must be paid for. And with thousands of students going through lunch lines every day, officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District have found one way to make the process more efficient, with a touch of a finger.
"It's very safe. The children don't have to bring money to school," said Foshay Learning Center Principal Yvonne Edwards.
Edwards says James A. Foshay Learning Center in South L.A. was the first school in the district to try out the technology in a pilot program.
Edwards says not has only the scanner made it easier for students who tend to forget their lunch money, but it also masks which students pay for their food with subsidized meal tickets.
"When people knew that they were on free or reduced lunch, especially at the high school level, no one wanted anyone to know, so sometimes they would not eat. But the great thing about it is that everyone can eat now. Everyone does eat, and they feel good about eating," said Edwards.
"We don't use fingerprint identification to pay for our groceries at the grocery store or our clothes at a department store," said ACLU attorney Peter Bibring. "So why would we ask our children to provide their fingerprints to pay for lunches at school?"
"It doesn't seem right because they're only kids," said parent Roy Smith. "So I don't really think it's necessary to fingerprint them for them to get something to eat."
But no school will be forced to adopt the new system. In fact, individual students can opt out. Instead of scanning their finger, they'll have to type in a seven-digit code on a PIN pad.
District officials say unlike a full fingerprint, the machines only capture a partial image. They say each print is then discarded and replaced by a numerical number to identify a student for the school year.
Some students have mixed feelings about the program.
"Sometimes the line can take long because the machine don't work," said student Jeffrey Flores.
"Sometimes [I think it's weird] because what if they use it for something else?" said student Elizabeth Garcia.
The district will be spreading the technology to all schools that accept it by 2012.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Somebody Had To Ruin It
Earlier this week an unfinished song from Ye’s album leaked on the internet. As usual, most sites grabbed it and ran with it. Once Kanye got wind of the leak he asked for it to be taken down. All seemed to blow over, until last night… when another unfinished track leaked. Kanye wasn’t so generous this time. And as you can see by the Twitter update above, he decided to cancel G.O.O.D. Friday (hopefully for this week only).
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Favre To Retire, For Today At Least
Brett Favre has informed his Vikings teammates that he will not return for another season in Minnesota, the Star-Tribune reported Tuesday.
Favre has sent text messages to teammates saying, "This is it," league sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
Neither Favre nor the Vikings have confirmed the news but a press release is expected Tuesday, the sources said.
The Associated Press also reported that Favre is saying that he's not returning this season.
The Vikings' ownership is holding its annual meeting at training camp Tuesday morning.
This would be the third retirement for Favre, who also retired after 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers after the 2007 season and one season with the New York Jets after the 2008 season.
Favre has been working out at his home in Hattiesburg, Miss., still rehabbing a surgically repaired ankle that was injured in Minnesota's overtime loss to the New Orleans Saints in the NFC title game. He has yet to inform the team if he will honor the second year of his contract and come back for another run at the Super Bowl.
Last year Favre told the Vikings he was not going to play shortly before camp opened. But he changed his mind a few weeks later, and went on to record one of the best seasons of his career despite having less than three weeks to prepare.
Favre threw for over 4,200 yards with 33 touchdowns and just seven interceptions to lead the Vikings (12-4) to the NFC North title and their first NFC title game since 2001.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Woman Sues American Airlines For $5 Milli Over Lost Luggage
When most of us lose our luggage, we get mad, maybe throw a temper tantrum and ask the airline in question for help. Not Danielle Covarrubias. First she paid $25 to check her bag on American Airlines. Then they lost it and refused to refund her $25. In turn, she is suing them for $5 million, according to ABC News.
Covarrubias filed a class action lawsuit in her native Pierce County, Washington against the airline when they lost her luggage on a Seattle-Grand Rapids, Mich. flight. It’s the first lawsuit since American started charging for bags in 2008 (it was also the first major carrier to impose checked baggage fees).
“It just goes to show you how enraged people are by the lack of common-sense regulation in the airline industry,” George Hobica, an aviation expert and creator of airfarewatchdog.com, told ABC News. “It doesn’t make any sense at all that somebody should charge for a service and then screw up and not give you your money back.”
Covarrubias waited for the next flight to arrive but her bag–with more than $800 of her possessions–wasn’t on it, according to court papers. She spent more than $300 on new clothing and toiletries and then waited another 24 hours for news from the airline. “In her last conversation with American Airlines … she was told nothing could be done,” the lawsuit said. The airline refused her demand for a refund of the baggage fee.
An American Airlines spokesman said the carrier was reviewing the lawsuit and offered no immediate comment.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Jesse Jackson Says Cavs’ Owner Is Treating Lebron James “Like A Runaway Slave”
Rev. Jesse Jackson is callin’ out Cavs’ owner Dan Gilbert for acting like a slave master angered at losing his runaway slave! Pop the hood for Jackson’s explosive retort to Gilbert’s comments regarding Lebron James signing with the Miami Heat.
Friday, July 9, 2010
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