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www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor2/tswa20070730.p... While I'm still in rant mode, a word about the Disney studio's recently announced decisions to market - and then not to market - a modest brand of French Chardonnay as a product tie-in with its recently released (and excellent) animated movie, Ratatouille. Disney's quick capitulation to anti-alcohol forces didn't really surprise me, but I'm a more irritated about the California Wine Institute's pathetic eagerness not to offend the "neo-Prohibitionists." As I wrote in our WineLovers Discussion Group, I'd have a lot more respect for the industry if it would take a tough position and say, "Look, if you want to be a teetotaler, fine, but we will not cooperate in your efforts to impose your Puritanical morality on the rest of us. If you don't want your children drinking alcohol, then make your children your business. Frankly, wine in moderation is beneficial to adults, and it's actually not the end of the world if a youngster takes a taste." Opinion: Stalker terrorizes family via cell phone?
computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewAr... Opinion: Stalker terrorizes family via cell phone?Shocking story. Too bad the whole thing is bogus.
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 Comments (7) Recommendations: 47 — Recommend this articleJune 29, 2007 -- (Editor's note: Even though this is "iDay," you won't find any mention of the "i-word" anywhere in this column. You're welcome.) The Kuykendall family in Fircrest, Wash., claims that a hacker has been stalking them for four months through their camera phones, using the microphones in the phones to listen to them and the cameras to watch. They say that even when they turn off the phones, the hacker can turn them back on. The family has shared with police and the news media recorded messages left on the voice mail of both family cell phones and the home landline phone. They say these messages demonstrate that the caller knows what the family is doing and even wearing, and that the stalker is threatening school shootings and killing family members and pets. The Kuykendalls say they get such calls almost every day, and they appear to come from the cell phone of the Kuykendall's 16-year-old daughter, Courtney. Thumbs Up for Roger EbertSaturday, Jun. 23, 2007
By RICHARD CORLISS
Film Critic Roger Ebert Kevin Winter / Getty We tend to take for granted any pleasure, however acute, that is offered to us regularly; the gift becomes routine. Only when it's removed do we realize how precious it was. And if, in some real-life Hollywood ending, the gift is restored, we can again savor the privilege, this time more acutely. Commencing CourtesyShould loud applause cost you your diploma? Steve Chapman | June 7, 2007 If you go to a football game, a rock concert or a fraternity kegger, you will not be surprised to find people screaming, laughing, bumping chests, ringing cowbells, baying at the moon and generally shedding their inhibitions. If you attend a wedding ceremony, a funeral or a confirmation, however, you may expect those around you to comport themselves in a polite and restrained manner. The Taco Truck MenaceJacob Sullum | June 19, 2007, 5:02pm The New York Times reports that the city council of Salinas, California, is considering a ban on taco trucks and other food-serving vehicles: |
