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Tiny Toons Characters License
Michael I. Rudell
License of Tiny Toons Characters Held Not to Infringe Rights Under Looney Tunes Agreement
(Originally published in Mr. Rudell's Entertainment Law column in the New York Law Journal, October 23, 1998.)
A critical part of any merchandising license agreement is the clause describing the property being licensed. In a recent federal court decision, the Court strictly interpreted this clause in concluding that Warner Bros. did not breach its license agreement with a stuffed-animal manufacturer by licensing other toy manufacturers to produce dolls based upon the cartoon series "Tiny Toon Adventures." 1
In November, 1980, defendant Warner Bros. entered into an agreement with plaintiff DCN Industries, Inc. under which it granted DCN the exclusive right to market in the United States and Canada stuffed dolls depicting 26 specified cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes cartoon series.
Paragraph 1(a) of the agreement entitled "Definitions" provides that the term "Name and Character" means the specified fictional characters which include, among others, Bugs Bunny, Honey Bunny, Sylvester, Tweety, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote and Tasmanian Devil.
Paragraph 1(b) defines Licensed Product(s) to include stuffed dolls of all sizes.
Paragraph 2 of the agreement provides that Licensor grants to Licensee for the term of the agreement a license to use the Name and Character solely upon or in connection with the manufacture, distribution and sale of the Licensed Products throughout the Territory "on an exclusive basis."
Paragraph 5 provides that Licensor retains all rights not expressly conveyed to Licensee under the Agreement and that Licensor may grant licenses to others to use the Name and Character, artwork and textual matter in connection with other products. During the term of the license, DCN produced and marketed dolls based on the characters referred to above.
In 1990, Warner Bros. commenced broadcast of a new television cartoon series entitled "Tiny Toon Adventures" starring a group of 17 fictional characters referred to as Tiny Toons.
These characters are essentially more youthful versions of certain of the Looney Tunes characters, including two bunnies, a duck, a pig, a cat, a small bird, a road runner and a Tasmanian devil.
Rather than licensing to DCN the right to produce dolls based on the Tiny Toons characters, Warner Bros. entered into a license agreement with each of Playskool, Applause and Ace Novelty. These companies produced dolls based on the Tiny Toons characters.
Although there are certain similarities between the characters there also are marked differences, such as their names. For example, the youthful Bugs Bunny is Buster Bunny, Tweety is Sweetie, Porky Pig is Hamton, Daffy Duck is Plucky Duck and Tasmanian Devil becomes Dizzy Devil. Whereas Bugs Bunny is gray, Buster is blue, Daffy Duck is black while Plucky is green, Tweety is yellow while Sweetie is pink. Tasmanian Devil is brown but Dizzy Devil is purple. Facial and bodily characteristics also differ as do the types of clothing. Although Porky Pig and Hamton are the same color and are similar in appearance, they are tagged and packaged differently showing the specific name for each doll.
DCN sued alleging that Warner Bros. breached DCN's right of exclusivity by allowing other licensees to produce dolls based upon the Tiny Toons characters, eventually limiting the claim to nine characters in particular. It contends that these characters are so similar to Looney Tunes characters that they all were embraced by the DCN license and infringed DCN's rights.2 Plaintiffs also claim that Warner Bros. breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and that it committed the tort of unfair competition.
Shortly after the case was brought, the defendants brought a motion to dismiss for failure to state a valid claim which was treated as one for a summary judgment and denied. The defendants tried once again, moving for summary judgment in 1997 on the basis of a more extensive factual and legal submission. This motion is the subject of the opinion issued by the Court.
The decision first observes that Warner Bros. retained all rights not expressly conveyed by the agreement. The evidence is clear that about ten years after it granted the license to DCN, Warner Bros. decided to initiate a new cartoon series. It did so in order to have a series with certain new and fresh elements and to take advantage of the popularity of the original long-standing Looney Tunes series. Thus, Tiny Toons cartoons were created with characters intended to recall their forebears notwithstanding their distinctive names and characteristics.
The Court notes that the license agreement with DCN was precise in limiting its scope to specific characters. DCN's right to produce dolls and its right of exclusivity related solely to those specific characters. To the extent that Warner Bros. created different characters, the license agreement with DCN did not apply. Accordingly, the question is before the Court is whether the Tiny Toons characters were in fact different characters and whether the other licensees were producing dolls based upon these different characters.
DCN argues that the Court should make use of standards applicable to trademark and copyright cases and that it should inquire as to whether dolls made of the Tiny Toons characters are "confusingly similar" or "substantially similar" to the DCN dolls made from the Looney Tunes characters. In rejecting this argument, the Court states that this is not a trademark or copyright case and that DCN's rights are defined by its contract with Warner Bros. Under that contract, Warner Bros. had the right to create different characters and to license them to parties other than DCN.
The Court concludes that Warner Bros. has established, beyond any triable issue of fact, that the Tiny Toons characters are different from the Looney Tunes characters listed in the license agreement and that the dolls made by other licensees and approved by Warner Bros. are different dolls based on these different characters. Any resemblance between the dolls were not the product of a ruse or manipulation by Warner Bros. but occurred pursuant to a valid commercial purpose: to create a new generation of characters which would appear to have a relation to the old. Warner Bros. was not obligated under its license agreement with DCN to avoid the creation of characters similar to those on the licensed list, nor was it obligated to consider that characters with such similarities would be embraced within DCN's license agreement.
On the same basis, the Court also disposed of the claims by DCN for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and for unfair competition; by acting within its rights under the contract, Warner Bros. neither violated any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, nor committed the tort of unfair competition.
As Richard Wincor, author of "The Art of Character Licensing," has suggested, subdividing and reciting "exactly who owns the character and each of its potentially valuable components" should be of particular concern to drafters of character licenses. He notes that "taking a little trouble may forestall years of litigation later on."3 Given the huge revenues which are involved (in 1997 retail sales of licensed merchandise in the United States and Canada totaled 72.23 billion dollars of which $16.1 billion related to entertainment and character licensed merchandise) this advice is particularly appropriate.
The DCN case is a good example of the need for thorough description of the licensed character. It appears that if a licensee wishes to protect itself against a situation similar to that with which DCN was faced, it should not only name specific characters but also expand the definition of the licensed property to include all similar characters and derivatives. At the very least, the licensee should seek a provision that similar characters and derivatives will not be licensed to others for use during the term in the same product categories.
1 1 91 Civ. 5094 (TPG) (SDNY, August 24, 1998).
2 Plaintiffs also brought an independent claim – not discussed in this article – that it should have been permitted to create dolls based on another Warner Bros. television series.
3 "The Character Licensing Enigma," Alan J. Hartnick, New York State Bar Journal, 70 No. 5, July/August 1998.
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Last week @the_arty_cake landed @biciclettacafe for the first time. A chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and chocolate ganache. There will be another cake delivery tomorrow and Friday. So come on down have a coffee and indulge in a slice of old school cake!


Café Dudok in Arnhem prepared a special menu in honour of the Arnhem Fashion Biennale. Dutch Art Institute student, MuXue and I were visiting Arnhem for other reasons entirely but we did manage to end the day with an hors d'oeuvre and dessert at said café. The starter, a smoked turkey avocado and edible flower 'wrap', was printed in a floral pattern with cherry red pigment. It was most unfortunate that the pigment had no additional flavour because it would've been great if the pattern was made out of salsa picante for example, with an overlay of patterned guacamole and maybe cutout smoked turkey in pretty tailored shapes. Bring on les ruches!
Also the California-Dutch in me always feels inclined to let folks know that 'wraps' (let's just call them white flour tortillas from now on) really should be served warmed up to arouse the subtle flavours of the nutritional void that is white flour.
The dessert of this fashion menu was presented rather simply and therefore I reacted to the lack of pretension with less venom. Visually it reminded me of Allsorts licorice candy. It was a dessert of blocks and a worthwhile array of textures, had some of the flavours not come from directly out of standard bottled essences. MuXue and I felt we were served far too much food, but that's something that seems to be inescapable these days. The service was great by the way, and this is a rarity in a café in the Netherlands.
Squares from top left and top to bottom: walnut fudge brownie, bitter almond pannacotta, raspberry bavarois, dark chocolate-raisin fudge, cake au mousse au chocolat, coconut snowball. The finger pokes in the mousse and in the raspberry bavarois are the author's own.
When I get back from yoga I'll tell you what these pictures are. I'm starting a more informal culiblog.
oooh, those are purty. your food pics are just lovely, and so imaginative!
Thanks for the sweet comment. You are an evil person for introducing me to an online store with so many shoes that I like. I've never been to the real store as you can tell. Between Anthro and Office, I'm in trouble. Hey, wait, this isn't a shoe fetish blog!


Is the Flu Mist Vaccine OK for Kids?
Flu shot reminders abound during fall months. Whether it's a poster at the pharmacy or via emails from your doctor or reminders on your health care app, the push for flu vaccines has begun. For children, an alternative to a flu shot is the flu mist vaccine. We talked to Dr. Kasey Scannell, a pediatrician with Novant Health Symphony Park, to get the lowdown on the flu mist versus the flu shot, and why it is a choice for children.
MH: In 2017, the flu mist wasn't used. Why is that and why is it back as an option for the 2018 flu season?
KS: The flu mist was removed due to questions about it's effectiveness, especially in regards to the influenza A H1N1 strain in younger patients. Interestingly, this lack of effectiveness was mainly noted in the U.S. and not in other countries. The vaccine was removed from the market to be redesigned. The manufacturers have now replaced the particular H1N1 strain (Bolivia strain) with a different H1N1 strain (Slovenia strain). The current studies show much improved shedding in the nose, which is one measure of effectiveness.
MH: So is the flu mist as effective as the flu shot?
KS: Prior to 2014 we thought it was, but reduced effectiveness was noted in the U.S. in regards to influenza A H1N1 strain. Current studies regarding shedding are promising and further studies after the re-launch of the flu mist will solidify its effectiveness. To complicate matters more, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Center for Disease Control actually put out contrasting statements on whether the flu mist is recommended this season. Both groups do agree however that any flu vaccine is far better than no vaccine at all.
MH: What are the pros of the flu mist? What are the cons?
KS: The pro of the flu mist is certainly the means of administration. It is a small amount of fluid sprayed in the nasal passage. Some do not like this sensation, but most prefer it to an injection. As it is placed directly into the nasal passage you may have a slight increased risk of runny nose, sore throat and congestion for a brief period after administration of the vaccine.
Another difference is that the flu mist is a live attenuated vaccine that contains a weakened live virus versus the flu shot that contains an inactivated or "killed" virus. Both methods are proven to be safe and effective means of vaccination, however live vaccines are sometimes contraindicated if you are in close contact with severely immunocompromised family members. The flu mist vaccine may not be recommended for all patients, such as those under age 2 or those of a certain age that have asthma or other chronic disease.
Scannell also noted that the supply of flu mist may be somewhat limited due to its new launch this year. She recommends fall as the best time of year to get a flu vaccination and not to wait for the availability of flu mist.


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A target-less vision-based displacement sensor based on image convex hull optimization for measuring the dynamic response of building structures
Insub Choi, Jun Hee Kim, Donghyun Kim
Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering
Existing vision-based displacement sensors (VDSs) extract displacement data through changes in the movement of a target that is identified within the image using natural or artificial structure markers. A target-less vision-based displacement sensor (hereafter called "TVDS") is proposed. It can extract displacement data without targets, which then serve as feature points in the image of the structure. The TVDS can extract and track the feature points without the target in the image through image convex hull optimization, which is done to adjust the threshold values and to optimize them so that they can have the same convex hull in every image frame and so that the center of the convex hull is the feature point. In addition, the pixel coordinates of the feature point can be converted to physical coordinates through a scaling factor map calculated based on the distance, angle, and focal length between the camera and target. The accuracy of the proposed scaling factor map was verified through an experiment in which the diameter of a circular marker was estimated. A white-noise excitation test was conducted, and the reliability of the displacement data obtained from the TVDS was analyzed by comparing the displacement data of the structure measured with a laser displacement sensor (LDS). The dynamic characteristics of the structure, such as the mode shape and natural frequency, were extracted using the obtained displacement data, and were compared with the numerical analysis results. TVDS yielded highly reliable displacement data and highly accurate dynamic characteristics, such as the natural frequency and mode shape of the structure. As the proposed TVDS can easily extract the displacement data even without artificial or natural markers, it has the advantage of extracting displacement data from any portion of the structure in the image.
Sensors (Switzerland)
https://doi.org/10.3390/s16122085
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through a National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2014R1A1A1037787) and the Yonsei University Future-leading Research Initiative of 2016 (2016-22-0063).
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How the UK could end HIV transmission by 2030
Charities mark World Aids Day by calling for wider testing to halt new transmissions of the virus
by Gabriel Power
As the world grapples with the effects of Covid-19, a more protracted battle against a pandemic that has claimed far more lives continues to be fought.
'Dangerous complacency' threatens gains in global fight against HIV/Aids
Have doctors finally found a cure for HIV?
Six-a-year anti-HIV injection 'more effective' than daily pill
To mark World Aids Day, campaigners are renewing calls for the government to honour an existing commitment to eliminate HIV transmission in the UK by 2030.
Medical science has already made massive headway in tackling the virus. As Deutsche Welle notes, "for most people, an HIV diagnosis in the 1980s was an automatic death sentence". Four decades later, the NHS says life expectancy averages for HIV-positive patients are "near normal".
But is eradication really in reach?
The rate of HIV transmission in the UK steadily declined from a peak in the 1980s before spiking again in the 2000s. But since then, the drop in transmission has accelerated.
According to the most recent report from Public Health England, "the total number of people newly diagnosed with HIV continued to decrease in 2019 to 4,139" - a 10% fall from 4,580 in 2018, and down by 34% from 6,312 new diagnoses reported in 2014.
"The decline in new HIV diagnoses in recent years is largely driven by a steep fall in diagnoses among gay and bisexual men", among whom confirmed cases have almost halved in the past five years to reach 1,700 in 2019, the report says.
Mortality rates among people with HIV have "remained stable, with 622 deaths" in 2019 - which equates to an average mortality rate of 631 per 100,000 people diagnosed with the virus.
A total of 105,200 people were estimated to be living with HIV in the UK last year.
Can we stop transmission by 2030 - and how might we do it?
The drastic declines in the number of people testing positive for HIV "in most populations and in most settings" over the last few years "shows that, if progress is maintained, the UK could be a very low-incidence country by 2030", says information site AidsMap.
According to the government, "the goal of eliminating HIV transmission by 2030 depends upon sustaining prevention efforts and further expanding them to reach all at risk".
Public Health England has suggested that measures necessary to tackle the virus include an increase in testing in non-traditional settings such as A&E departments, prisons and via self-testing; more consistent testing of people who come to clinics with symptomatic STIs; and instituting routine commissioning of pre-exposure prophylaxis, a preventative drug which helps reduce the risk of transmission in high-risk individuals.
Dr Noel Gill, Head of STIs and HIV at Public Health England, said earlier this year that "we are well on our way" to wiping out HIV transmission by the start of the next decade.
"Testing is a key part of the UK's success - if you have HIV you can benefit from life-saving treatments that also prevent further transmission of the virus," he continued.
"Certain groups of people are at higher HIV risk and are advised to have regular tests, including men and women who have had unprotected sex with new or casual partners from countries where HIV is common, who should test every year, and men who have sex with men."
Welcoming data showing continuing declines in transmission in the UK, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that "HIV has brought untold hurt and suffering to so many".
"We should be rightly proud of the incredible progress we have already made" in reducing infection levels, he added.
What else is being done?
To mark Worlds Aids Day on 1 December, England's first HIV Commission - established by the Terrence Higgins Trust, National Aids Trust and Elton John Aids Foundation - is publishing "20 recommendations" to help halt new transmissions in the UK within the next ten years, Reuters reports.
The campaigners are calling for "HIV testing to be standard practice for patients registering with a new doctor, undergoing routine smear tests or being admitted to hospitals' emergency departments", the news agency reports. Under the plans, "tests would also be available at pharmacies in areas with a high prevalence of HIV".
The UK's 2030 goal mirrors that of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS), which is following a "fast-track strategy" to end the Aids crisis.
The so-called 90:90:90 targets are for 90% of people with HIV to be diagnosed, 90% of diagnosed people to be receiving treatment, and 90% of people on treatment to have an undetectable viral load by 2030.
"To reach this visionary goal after three decades of the most serious epidemic in living memory, countries will need to use the powerful tools available, hold one another accountable for results and make sure that no one is left behind," the organisation says.
According to the UK government, Britain is "one of the few countries in the world to have reached and exceeded all UNAIDS 90:90:90 targets". Of the 103,800 people living with HIV in the UK in 2018, 93% were diagnosed, 97% of people diagnosed were receiving treatment and 97% of people receiving treatment were virally suppressed.


11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. 12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. 13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Here is another handful of verses, focusing on things that come out of the mouth. We can build up or tear down, despise or hold our peace, reveal secrets or conceal a matter. I suppose it all depends on what kind of person we strive to be, or whether or not we care about being viewed as a good steward in the eyes of the Father.
Should there be anyone that takes issue on the idea, that the things that come out of our mouths matter, make a difference, and count, may want to take a good long look at verse 11. We've got two sides at play. The upright on one side, and the wicked on the other.
This is talking about the rise and fall of a city. But there is something that is missing from this verse, and noticing what isn't mentioned may open our eyes a little to who this verse is talking to.
What's missing, is the mention of the leadership of the city. Now, there are verses elsewhere, that do mention the heart conditions of rulers in Proverbs, but here, we're given the upright and the wicked.
It's the citizens that are being spoken about in that verse, not making any mention at all about its leadership. My personal belief is, that the Lord takes notice of these matters, and will install leadership that the people deserve one way or the other, but to achieve an end, that will one day serve his greater purpose for the people of that city (whatever that purpose might be).
And that purpose might greatly depend on the volume of who's speaking blessings, and who's speaking curses. And that is my personal opinion, certainly not a thus sayeth the Lord kind of thing. I think of the conversation that the Lord had with Samuel concerning the people of Israel wanting a King. The Lord did what they wished, though it was he they rejected as their King.
He even said to Samuel (paraphrasing), it's not you they've rejected as Judge, but me they've rejected as their King. And they received what they asked for, for better and for worse. And unfortunately for the nation of Israel, it wasn't long before they were split into two different kingdoms, fallen into idolatry, serving other gods, and taken as slaves.
It is my belief, that this wouldn't necessarily have happened if the people didn't speak up against doing things by the manner that the Lord established, and wanted to do things the way other nations were doing them.
But again, that's just my opinion. What we say matters, and if the Word of God is true in the verses above, even what we say about where we live can have a positive or negative impact on our surroundings.
Thank you for giving us power in our words, and giving us the heads up through your Word, about the kind of impact our words have. Should we be found misusing this gift that we typically wind up taking for granted, please convict our hearts, that we may remember you, repent, and do things in a manner that is more pleasing to you. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray.
Do you choose to build up or tear down, with the things that you say?
Excellent reminder of what we speak and the power of the tongue. Thank you my friend!
It's my pleasure. Thanks for the comment and God bless you in Jesus name!


It's called "Adelina", after Diana's grandmother. Diana herself was the original inspiration for this design.
I'm calling them Hootenanny, and the pattern is back from the tech editor and everything. I'm just waiting to finish that second sock before taking pictures and releasing it. We'll see if I can manage that in the next few days.
What else has been going on? Well, I have a secret project of a different kind in the works. I'm not ready to talk about it in detail yet, but I'll give you two hints. Hint 1: It's not a pattern. Hint 2: It involves a day filled with friends, wine/snacks, and a ton of clothes.
Hmm . . . can't wait to see the patterns! They look great.
I look forward to see both FOs! The two colors sweater looks nice with lots of mindless stockinette! I love that! And I love the blue & brown socks! Have a good weekend!
Lots of titbits for us to see there, I look forward to seeing the finished knits. The brown and pink go so well together.
I've always been a big fan of the word Hootenanny, even though I've never been sure how to spell it! Thus, I will love the socks. It's fate (nods).
Tease! Sneak peeks of patterns, and of the chaos of lots of clothes.


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La capella de Sant Esteve de Vila-rasa és el nom de l'antiga església del poble desaparegut de Vila-rasa, en el terme comunal de Sant Cebrià de Rosselló, a la comarca del Rosselló, a la Catalunya del Nord.

El lloc de Vila-rasa està documentat des del 904. Al  està documentat el llinatge de Vila-rasa, que desaparegué el . L'església està documentada des del 928, quan era el temple parroquial del poble de Vila-rasa. Tornada a consagrar el 1150 pel bisbe d'Elna Artau III, després de reformes importants. El 1405 restà unida al capítol de canonges d'Elna, i el 1735 Vila-rasa ja apareix com a despoblat. L'església va ser restaurada els anys 1977 i 1980.

És d'una sola nau coberta amb volta de canó, sustentada per tres arcs formers per banda, i capçada a orient per un absis semicircular cobert amb volta de quart d'esfera. A l'interior, una cornisa ressegueix tots els murs, de la nau i de l'absis. Exteriorment, l'absis parteix d'un sòcol a la base, del qual surten sis lesenes que al capdamunt formes cinc arcades llombardes molt amples. La porta primitiva era al sud, i en les restauracions del 1977 i 1980 fou recuperada, ja que havia anat quedant coberta d'al·luvions.

L'aparell és fet de còdols de riu, amb carreus ben escairats en els angles, lesenes i arcuacions i obertures. És datable al , amb volta de canó del XII i altres elements posteriors, del XIII i XIV, com els seients, tant de la nau com del celebrant.

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Cuandixia Village is nestled in a valley among the mountainous areas, 90km west of downtown Beijing. One and half hours driving brings day-trippers to this village. Cuandixia Village is supremely peaceful over-400-old village, hugging a hillside in a valley with ancient Qing-Dynasty styled courtyards scaling many layers.
The courtyard buildings are spread like a huge fan spreading to the east and west side along a north-south axis. The village running up the hillside is naturally divided into the Upper village and Lower Village by a curved wall 200-meter long and 20-meter high. Also 170-meter curve wall circles the village from the bottom of the populated hillside. Three north-south lanes connect the upper and lower villages, keeping the village from possible floods and robbery in the past.
A curved walking route brings you atop the slope of the valley south of Cuandixia Village, you may have a panoramic view of the village fanning on the hillside on the another side of valley. You will clearly see a high wall cutting the village into upper and lower parts.
Many visitors would choose the two curved walking routes ( one loop waking trail ) – one curve takes you to the village and the other brings you up on the top of the hillside south of the village where you may have a bird's-eye view of the village hugging other side of the valley.
One thing we'd like to remind you that you won't expect any paddy fields here in Cuandixia Villages. The remaining families in then village mainly live on rual tourism – offering homestays and food to tourists flocking here.
Listed as one of China's famous historical villages, Cuandixia is a bright pearl of China's ancient building encompassing the profound northern China's architecture. You see plentiful Chinese elements of traditional architecture – Courtyard buildings, wall screens, arch gates with buildings scaling the hillside.
The rich and profound culture could be found from the Ming-dynasty relics, Qing-dynasty dwellings, old wall paintings, ruined houses left over from the Second World War. It is interesting to know that people could still discern the revolutionary slogans painted the exterior walls in the village. Old stone rollers, millstones, old wells and tempes add much to the charming of Cuandixia Village.
Below are a set of photos for you to feel this picturesque ancient village of Cuandixia.
The Chinese character of Cuandixia " 爨".
The 200m along and 20m wide wall sections the village into the upper and the lower. Several layer of houses hug the hillside with impressive views.
Zoom in the stone village of Cuandixia and you see clearly the black tiles, stone walls and wooden framed houses.
Well-preserved courtyards and hutongs around Guangzhou.
The narrow stone paved path and ancient houses with revolutionary slogans on the wall.
The narrow stone paved path and ancient houses.
An entrance to a courtyard, now used as a homestay to boost local accommodations and rual tourism.
Brick walls, red lanterns, yellow sweetcorn cobs.
Brick walls, red lanterns, yellow corns under the sun.
Inside a courtyard houses, you will see the yellow sweetcorn cobs.
The highest house on the hillside.
Inside the courtyard with slabs paved ground and brick walls.
Many of the houses in the village have been turned into homestays.
An exquisite courtyard with a high north room.
Locally made shoes for babies known as tiger-headed shoes.
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The town of Roda is one of the most tourist in this area and offers two beaches.
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The sandy beach of Acharavi is pretty wide and extremely long.
Its length is about 3 kilometres and it connects the beaches of Roda and Almyros.
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Roda is a pretty big village that offers different kinds of accommodation to satisfy any need.


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In a win for Judge Denny Chin's googling habits!An appeals court threw out the claim that, by searching "yellow rain hat," Chin had acted as a witness and introduced new facts into the case of a man accused of robbing a bank while wearing an outfit reminiscent of the Curious George character, The Man with the Yellow Hat.
After 13 years in prison on charges of bank robbery, Anthony Bari was a free man in 2008. Then he was fingered in the robbery of a Bronx bank.
NY Post: Surveillance footage showed a gunman hiding his face with the floppy, yellow rain hat. He was also wearing a matching yellow rain slicker, sunglasses and a white-and-black bandanna.
A similar yellow hat was later found in the garage of Bari's landlord.
SDNY Judge Chin noted that the hat's presence at both the robbery and the garage was the most damning piece of evidence, mentioning that he had confirmed via Google that there are many types of rain hats.
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Q: Display more lines in Windows Media Center TV guide The TV guide in Windows Media Center only shows 7 lines.  The font is massive and it is a real pain having to scroll so much to compare channels and see what is on.

Does anyone have a fix to change the font size and display more lines at once?  If there was just the option to decrease the font size throughout Windows Media Center - I'd take it.

A: The patch and procedure to increase the number of lines described here:
Hacking Windows 7 Media Center: Increasing the Default Number of Rows in the EPG

A: The hack in accepted Answer is no longer available for download.
In spite of many other video media players I have tried, I like how WMC PVR features work... like record the next episodes with many criteria for auto-delete...
Your best bet is to use the  Resource Hacker tool.
Open  Microsoft.MediaCenter.Shell.dll in your resource editor (prefix Microsoft is truncated in older  x32 versions) and browse to ...
HTML > ... EPG.MCML file. Inside search for key words in the following lines and edit the values as described:
Name="InitialGridPosition" Left="FilterButton,1,1″ Right="Parent,1,-53″ Top="FilterButton,0, –44
Name="InitialGridPosition" Left="FilterButton,1,1″ Right="Parent,1,-53″ Top="FilterButton,0, -134
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The most popular attraction there is the archaeological site of Bru na Boinne, or, "dwelling place of the Boyne." Upon arrival, visitors get appointments to tour the 5,000-year-old-passage tombs -- Newgrange and Knowth (rhymes with "south"). Thought-provoking and mind-bogglingly old, these tombs can give you chills. Exploring them, you begin to understand the reverence that ancient people had for nature, and the need they felt to bury their dead in great tombs. These massive grass-covered burial mounds were built with a deep chamber inside, reached by a narrow stone passage. Both tombs are worth seeing, but if you have time for just one I'd pick Newgrange because you can go inside -- and it's more famous.
Dating from 3200 B.C., Newgrange is 500 years older than the pyramids at Giza. Like Stonehenge, the ancients aligned this monument with the stars. At dawn on the winter solstice, the sun's rays hit a small opening or "roof box" above the narrow passage. The beams reach deep into the burial chamber, illuminating its inner reaches for 17 minutes with a natural light show. While we know nothing of Newgrange's builders, this most certainly was a sacred spot -- for a cult of the dead, a cult of the sun, or both.
This grassy mound is 250 feet across and 40 feet high and ringed by dozens of "kerbstones," each about nine feet long and weighing five tons. In front of the doorway lies the most famous of the kerbstones, the 10-foot by 4-foot entrance stone. Its left half is carved with three mysterious spirals, which have become a kind of poster child for prehistoric art.
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A short drive away, you'll find the Hill of Tara -- the most important center of political and religious power in pre-Christian Ireland. This is where Ireland's ancient kings claimed their throne and where St. Patrick preached his deal-clinching sermon converting the pagans to Christianity. Aerial views of the hill show plenty of mystifying circles and lines, but on ground level there's more to feel than to see. As you wander among the well-worn ditches and hills, you'll see the Mound of Hostages (a Bronze Age passage grave, c. 2500 B.C.), a couple of ancient sacred stones, and a war memorial. Standing on the Hill of Tara, it's powerful to imagine the history of this land as you take in views over the Emerald Isle.
Elsewhere in the Valley of the Boyne, the pastoral, riverside Battle of the Boyne site is one of Europe's most pivotal battlegrounds. In the battle that occurred here, the Protestant British broke Catholic resistance, establishing Protestant rule over all of Ireland and Britain. The visitors' center is housed in a mansion built on the battlefield, but the real attraction is reached by crossing the Boyne River on a metal bridge. This spot, called "old bridge," is where the most frantic action took place on that bloody day in 1690. If you're there in the summer, go on a Sunday afternoon for a "Living History" demonstration. Guides clad in 17th-century garb give musket-firing demos and re-create a cavalry charge at full gallop.
The green Valley of the Boyne is a joy by car, because all the described sights are within a 30-minute drive of one another. Though the sights are on tiny roads, they're well-marked with brown, tourist-friendly road signs. If you eat your Weetabix and get an early start, you could see the entire region in a day. Visit the capital of ancient Irish kings, crawl through burial mounds older than the pyramids, and be back in Dublin in time for dinner and a pub crawl.
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Flash Bogash: Roller Derby Hall of Famer dies at 92
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With Roller Derby on the rise again, and the economy in a slump again, it's nice to recall some of the stories of American pluck during the Great Depression. Here is the obituary from the LA Times of Roller Derby pioneer, Bill Bogash, who recently died at age 92:
Bill Bogash, a pioneer Roller Derby star who launched his legendary career on skates as a teenager during the Great Depression when he teamed up with his mother, has died. He was 92. Bogash, a resident of Yucca Valley, died of respiratory failure March 20 at Hi-Desert Medical Center in nearby Joshua Tree, said his wife, Georgia.
"Billy Bogash was truly one of the greatest stars on the banked track," wrote Gary Powers, executive director and curator of the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame in New York City, on the hall's website. "He shaped and guided the sport like few other skaters and was instrumental in helping make Roller Derby the sensation it became during the late '40s and '50s, when the banked-track sport was the talk of the nation." Dubbed "Mr. Roller Derby" by his fellow skaters, Bogash launched his 23-year skating career in 1935 when he was 18.
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The impetus came when Bogash and his mother, Josephine, attended the first Transcontinental Roller Derby race at the Chicago Coliseum in August of that year. Roughly patterned after six-day bicycle races and Depression-era dance marathons and walkathons, the Transcontinental Roller Derby was the brainchild of Leo Seltzer. He was the former owner of a chain of Oregon movie theaters who staged commercial walkathons before tapping into the popularity of roller-skating. The Transcontinental Roller Derby simulated a race from one end of the country to the other: Each two-person team -- consisting of one male and one female -- skated laps around the track and covered about 100 miles a day over a period of six weeks. A large map of the United States on the wall kept track of the distance the skaters traveled each day. Bogash's mother, a diabetic who started roller-skating after her doctor told her she should exercise, tried out for the Roller Derby and was offered a job. But she told Derby officials that she wouldn't go on the road unless they also took her son.
Josephine and Billy Bogash made their team debut that September, at the second Transcontinental Roller Derby race, held in Kansas City.
Bill Bogash, who was born in Chicago on Nov. 22, 1916, was an ice skater when he started "but not much of a roller skater," former Roller Derby skater Mary Youpel told The Times this week.
"He became one of the very best skaters we ever had," said Youpel, who joined the Roller Derby in Chicago in 1936 and skated until 1958. Youpel, who spelled her name Youpelle during her skating days, said Bogash "used his ice-skating skills to become a great skater. He skated low, with long strides; he was a very graceful skater, really." Recalling those early years, Youpel said the Roller Derby skaters traveled by bus and lived in the buildings they skated in. And Ma Bogash, as she was billed, "was kind of the mature person for the whole Derby, so she looked after the girls." "You stayed in your quarters at night, and she told you what to do and what not to do," Youpel said. "She was the mother hen, I guess you'd call her." Youpel said both Ma and Bill were "wonderful."
"All of us girls would go to Ma if we had a problem, and Bill was a very quiet kind of guy, but a very jovial guy," she said. "He always had a joke or something to say and got along with everybody. Even on the track, if things would go wrong, he was there to try to calm it down." Roller Derby soon evolved from a marathon-style event with two-person teams into a competition involving two teams of five men and five women each. The men and women alternated time on the track, and reworked rules brought more crowd-pleasing physical contact among the skaters.
When Roller Derby was televised in the late 1940s, Youpel said, "it became a big deal because now people that couldn't go to the games could see it at home, and we drew a lot of fans that way." In 1952, Ma Bogash became the first female skater inducted into the Roller Derby Hall of Fame. Bill Bogash was inducted a year later.
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"Ma" Bogash
"He was called 'Flash' Bogash; he was very fast and very agile," recalled Nellie Wilson, who skated in the Roller Derby from 1952 to 1964 under the name Nellie Montague. As chronicled on the hall of fame website, Bill Bogash led numerous teams around the nation during the 1940s and coached the New York Chiefs to the first Roller Derby world championship at Madison Square Garden in New York in 1949. Bogash later led the Los Angeles Braves when the Derby moved west from New York in 1954 and continued skating with the Braves over the next several years. He also was the player representative for all skaters in negotiations with Derby management.
"If there was a problem with management, you went to Bill," Wilson said. After hanging up his skates in 1958, Bogash spent 24 years running Sanborn House, a Los Angeles restaurant that he had bought a few years earlier. In 1971, Bogash helped launch the Roller Derby Has Beens, a group of former skaters who met for annual reunions. "To us, he's Mr. Roller Derby; he's been around so long and involved so long," Wilson said. "Last year, when he came to the reunion, all the skaters stood up and applauded when he came through the door." Bogash, who was married three times, is survived by his wife of 50 years, Georgia; his sons, Billy Jr. and Scott; his daughter, Sharon Guccione; three grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. A celebration of Bogash's life is pending.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-bill-bogash27-2009mar27,0,5706420,full.story
Posted by Patrick McNally at Monday, March 30, 2009
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[Product Roadmap] How gaming startup Playerzpot evolved from an app that crashed during IPL 2018 to touch 5M users
In this week's Product Roadmap, we feature Playerzpot, a peer-to-peer gaming startup that originated in a Navi Mumbai garage and drew small-town users amid the pandemic. It has now gone beyond fantasy cricket, and has more than 5 million users.
When software professionals Yogesh Doiphode and Mitesh Gangar wanted to start up, they wanted to begin in a space they were passionate about. That's why they decided to build India's best fantasy sports platform and launched Playerzpot in 2015 from a small garage in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
"In 2015, we observed a gap between the real world and how sports fantasy is perceived or played in India," Mitesh says.
In a cricket-friendly nation like India where sports content is consumed daily, the duo felt daily fantasy sports were the best fit. They manoeuvred the initial financial obstacles of starting up from a garage by providing IT services and using those revenues to build their fantasy website.
Mitesh Gangar, Co-founder, Playerzpot
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The first version of their product, launched in April 2016, was web-based. The duo conferred with friends and relatives, who advised them one thing: to launch a mobile-friendly website.
The first android app was launched in April 2018, but the system failed to support users on first day of IPL 2018 due to unexpected traffic.
"We took problems such as these as learning opportunities and course-corrected our strategies to innovate and adapt. Taking a user-first approach, we started solving problems of users and defining industry with concepts like 'Refer & Earn', instant withdrawals, private game, etc," Mitesh says.
Since then, the platform has continued to add more unique features and build credibility, and today enjoys a strong foothold in the market. In six years, Playerzpot has touched a user base of over five million users and has been profitable since the year of inception.
"Our approach has always been to bring in new innovations and ideas that can fill gaps or ease the customer experience," Mitesh says.
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Focus on the fantasy model
PlayerzPot works on a peer-to-peer gaming model. Users can use their mobile sets to showcase their skills and earn rewards in return.
The mobile gaming segment saw exponential growth with the advent of technology, cheap data, and mobile phones.
"Coupled with all these growth factors, we decided to shift the passive match-watching audience to an active, interactive one through our fantasy model. We aim to create a hub for users who want to showcase their skills and cricketing knowledge," Mitesh says.
The initial days were challenging for the fantasy gaming startup, which was completely bootstrapped, and the team worked hard to come up with a product that would help create a customer-centric platform. This helped them with initial traction.
Mitesh explains they created a platform and as they had "limited budget for marketing", they decided to "base it on the referral programme, which was the first of its kind in the industry".
In terms of user base, Playerzpot claims to have grown more than 100 percent each year.
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Starting with cricket
In the initial years, Playerzpot focused on cricket as it was the primary sport in India. The platform started working on addressing market gaps and user problems in the initial year itself.
Even though they took an "industry-first approach", the tech was adopted by everyone and the team started looking at other popular sports such as football and kabaddi.
"The pandemic opened our eyes and we started looking for ways to sustain our user base. That's when we started contemplating adding casual games," Mitesh says.
As the user base increased and with constant feedback, the team began offering new sports.
"Currently, we have nine sports on our platform. We launched casual games with a vision to become a one-point gaming destination. We have successfully launched seven casual games in less than eight months and are on the right growth path," Mitesh says.
Once the MVP was in place, the team started "working on the ancillaries for user retention and experience".
The current Playerzpot application sees two million MAUs and has close to 40 percent active users - far higher than the industry standard.
Sunil Yadav, CEO, Playerzpot, says the team is at present working on scalability and adding new games. "We have grown from a small team of 10 people to 100 people. We plan to have around 150 employees by the end of March 2022."
Mitesh feels that the team's focus on scaling the product helped immensely. He adds they always wanted to be innovative but "had to drop this ideology from time to time to work on scaling the product".
"The balance between product innovation and product scalability has always been a hurdle, one that we believe will remain. Till date, we delayed our product innovation strategy and didn't drop anything that has been executed," he says.
Sunil adds that their customer support team helps identify and document user problems for the product team.
Ahead of IPL 2018, PlayerzPot launched referrals, which went on to become a "game-changer", according to the founders.
Every time a user signed up, they received a referral code they could pass on to others. When a new user signed up using that code, both parties received bonus cash in their accounts, and this cycle continued. Over time, this ensured organic growth.
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"During IPL 2018 we had launched our Android app and did not anticipate the surge in traffic. Our system crashed on the first day of IPL. We regrouped as a team and made necessary adjustments to stablilise the system. This incident made us realise the importance of scalability. Since 2018, we have realised what it takes to build a scalable product," Sunil says.
One of the features they added after user feedback was instant withdrawals, which let users link their Paytm or bank accounts with PlayerzPot and pocket cash winnings within few seconds as opposed to waiting for days.
"This was a welcome addition. We looked at customer complaints and worked on fixes. We also wanted to build a fair platform that did not discriminate based on the user's ticket size," Sunil says.
This pandemic has served as an opportunity in the form of time "to consider future plans and conceive new avenues to engage our active userbase".
The team started skill-based casual games with real money – this enhanced engagement and helped retain users on the PlayerzPot platform in the absence of real-life events. This opportunity helped "re-construct the PlayerzPot vision".
The global online gaming market, which earned $62 billion in 2020, is expected to be at $300 billion by 2026. The market share is evenly split between US and China at 24 percent each, Asia-Pacific minus China at 23 percent, Europe, Middle East, and Africa at 23 percent, and the rest split between Latin America (4 percent) and Canada (2 percent).
The Indian startup scene has truly come alive in the past couple of years with multiple gaming platforms that have attracted investments of $1 billion valuations at $7 billion. Post the Nazara IPO, there has been a significant growth of gaming startups.
Playerzpot is bullish about the future.
"This year, we are anticipating a growth of 3X in user base and 5X in revenue. With new games and diversification of our Real Money Gaming portfolio, we want to meet the Gen Z target audience. We launched Rummy on our platform recently (in June 2021) and will be adding Poker by September 2021. We will also be adding few more causal games in our portfolio," Sunil says.
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On behalf of our two organizations, the Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC (CCCABC) and the Early Childhood Educators of BC (ECEBC), we are writing to you at an important time in the evolution of quality, affordable, accessible and inclusive child care in BC.
Like you, we celebrate the historic child care investment in BC Budget 2018, and government's commitment to build a quality, universal child care system. We will also hold government accountable for achieving their first steps - reducing parent fees, through the new Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, investing in the ECE workforce, and adding licensed spaces. These actions are essential to turning the corner on the current child care chaos across BC.
And we must turn the corner, because today's child care chaos is risky for everyone – children, parents, educators and child care providers. Despite your hard work, it's not possible to provide high quality child care that's also affordable for families. Your main source of revenue is parent fees, yet quality programming requires that well-educated, fairly-paid ECEs are your main expenditure.
Clearly, the status quo is not acceptable – children need quality environments, parents need affordable fees, educators need fair wages, and providers need to move away from a model that relies on high parent fees and/or low ECE wages to survive.
The new child care funding is essential to filling the gap between quality and affordability. Among wealthy countries, Canada has the lowest public investment in child care. Before Budget 2018, BC spent far less per licensed space than the weak Canadian average. Only New Brunswick spent less than BC.
To improve quality and affordability, new funding must also be accountable for raising ECE wages and lowering parent fees. The most effective way to achieve these public goals is to increase operating funding provided directly to providers, with accountability. This approach – direct funding to providers, tied to ECE wages and parent fees – is already underway in many Canadian provinces.
We're pleased to see that government is inviting all licensed providers to participate in this new system rather than undermining their hard work by directing new public funding towards the introduction of junior kindergarten, as some suggest.
Government's approach is consistent with our recommendation to build on the valued child care services that have been created and nurtured in communities.
(1) the BC government to increase ECE wages in 2018 - while government is creating a workforce development strategy that addresses compensation, a top priority for our organizations is to advance a wage increase for ECEs in 2018. This wage lift should be delivered through an increase in funding provided directly to providers, with accountability.
(2) licensed child care providers to opt-in to the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative – as government continues to provide additional information and resolve questions, providers are seeing the benefits for families and for their programs. When child care is affordable, everyone benefits.
We encourage all of you to opt-in to the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, and share your wisdom, skills and experience as we work together to build a quality, universal child care system in BC.
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Category E Policies >
Policy EEAA
Adopted: April 30, 2020
Students will be entitled to transportation to and from school at the expense of the public schools when such transportation conforms to applicable provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws.
The Hopkinton School Committee has authorized transportation for students as follows:
K-6: Hopkinton Public Schools will provide transportation to all students free of charge regardless of distance from home to school.
7-12: Hopkinton Public Schools will provide transportation to all students who purchase bus privileges regardless of distance from home to school.
Students must adhere to all safety procedures outlined in Policies EEAE and EEAEC.
Eligibility for transportation services does not entitle students to door-to-door service. If a student is not eligible for transportation as provided for by this policy, the parent/guardian is responsible for assuring that the student gets safely to and from school.
Although Massachusetts' law requires districts to provide transportation to kindergarten through grade six students if the distance between the child's residence and the school exceeds two miles, the Hopkinton School Committee is committed to busing all students kindergarten through grade six free of charge. The School Committee will annually establish the level of service and grade 7-12 fees for the next school year.
School bus stops will be at centralized locations. Bus stops will be located at places where students may be loaded and unloaded, cross roadways, and await arrival of buses with the utmost safety allowed by road conditions. Students are not entitled to street-by-street or door-to-door pickup and/or discharge. It is the responsibility of the parent/guardian to ensure safe passage of his/her/their child over roadways to an established stop. The district's responsibility begins when the child boards the bus at the pickup location and ends when the child disembarks at the drop off location after school.
Parents/guardians may request one morning pick-up location (Monday-Friday) for the year. For students in grades K-5, parents may pick one afternoon drop-off location (Monday-Friday) for the year per student. The pick-up location may be different from the drop-off location. Parents may choose from one of the following four options for their Monday-Friday drop-off location:
Students may be dropped off at their morning pick-up location
Students may be dropped off at an approved bus stop nearest to another Hopkinton residence
Students may be dropped off at another school building if they wish to attend aftercare in a different building from the one the student attends
Students who remain in their own school for onsite aftercare may still choose one afternoon drop-off location
Students may be transported to an approved childcare facility
Parents are responsible for picking up their child after school if a student is not attending child care on any given day
A parent/guardian or an adult designated by the parent/guardian must be at the bus stop for the drop-off of all kindergarten students or the student will be transported back to the school.
In situations where parents live separately in Hopkinton and there is shared physical custody or the non-custodial parent is qualified under Mass. General Laws, Chapter 71, Section 34H*, students may be picked up from and discharged at both parent/guardian Hopkinton residences.
Students Requiring Accommodations under IDEA Act
Students who require accommodations under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) or §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 are provided transportation in accordance with current statute and regulation and the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP) or §504 plan. Special Education transportation arrangements are made directly through the Special Education department, and §504 accommodations are made through the building principal. Students who are receiving transportation services from a private vendor according to the student's' IEP or §504 plan should consult the vendor's handbook for their busing rules.
Students Attending Regional Schools
Hopkinton students who attend Joseph P. Keefe Technical School are provided transportation under the funding arrangement between the Town of Hopkinton and the South Middlesex Regional Vocational Technical School District.
Hopkinton students who attend approved regional schools for programs other than those offered by Joseph P. Keefe Technical School under Chapter 74 section 7C (Non-resident Students) are provided transportation coordination information by the Hopkinton Public Schools Transportation Coordinator.
Legal References:
M.G.L. 40:5; 71:7A, B, and C; 71:48A;
71:68; 71:71A; 71B:5; 71B:8; 74:8A; 76:1
EEAEC - Student Conduct on Buses


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As Republicans erect more barriers to voting around the country, the Obama campaign says it's fighting back.
The Obama campaign launched a national effort to counteract voter-identification laws on Friday, rolling out a bilingual online portal, Gottavote.org, and a fifty-state system for educating and turning out Obama supporters.
This is an unusually early time for a presidential campaign to focus on voter education, reflecting the concern among Democrats about new challenges to voting access in several key states. "We want to start as early possible," explained Michael Blake, the campaign's deputy director of Operation Vote, on a press call announcing the initiative.
Visitors to GottaVote.org are automatically directed to a state-specific page with local rules for registration and a checklist of "what to bring" to the polls. The campaign also uses the site to harvest phone numbers and e-mails, offering to text or e-mail voting reminders for Election Day. (Over a million people signed up for the 2008 campaign's text messages.) The portal tries to cut through the thicket of voting rules with clear information about how to follow the law and be counted.
Or two different forms of non-photo ID with your current name and address on them.
It's also a far cry from last cycle. In 2008, the Obama campaign's voter-education efforts focused more on dispelling rumors that people needed identification to vote. In one of its most effective, below-the-radar videos, Jay-Z assured Michigan residents that they could vote without a license.
"Even if you don't have ID, you can still vote—don't worry about that," said the famous rapper, dressed in a hoodie in front of several Obama yard signs. I asked Obama aides about the challenge of updating those kind of materials, but they cast the new program as an inevitable part of campaign outreach.
"Voter education is a constant process," said Bob Bauer, the top lawyer for the campaign and a former White House Counsel. "To the extent that the laws change, new laws have to be built into the voter protection effort," he added. Meanwhile, Democrats in Congress are also trying to directly enlarge voting access. Congressmen John Lews and Steny Hoyer introduced the Voter Empowerment Act this week, as The Nation's Ari Berman reported.
The Obama campaign is also leading a "weekend of action" on May 19 for voter registration and education. During the announcement, Bauer sounded more philosophical than frustrated about the new barriers to voting rights. "We've never solved anything in this coutry with less democracy," he said.