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Shifrin sees a day when thousands of drivers get car insurance in exchange for a wrap. Others see the end of the world. "It's the same as putting a billboard in your front yard. The public realm is being visually polluted," says Jim Chappell, president of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association. Gary Ruskin of Commercial Alert, a Washington watchdog group, wonders if auto ads can be outlawed as a traffic hazard. "The advertising industry is in our face at every turn, and many of us feel assaulted...
...Deere or the Boston Red Sox. At least Autowraps drivers get paid. "I'm making the choice to do with my car as I please," says flight attendant Billy Dulin, 33, as we tool around San Francisco in his Volkswagen Beetle. Dulin pockets $250 a month for a partial wrap pitching Lowestpremium.com car insurance...
Behind a surgical mask to filter the odor, police chief Willie Huff tells two officers in latex gloves to use riot shields and ease Big Earl to the floor while the others wrap blankets around him and slide him outside. A tall man, Huff cautiously leads the charge, clutching Earl, hoping not to hurt him and praying not to get sued. He knows mental patients don't belong in small-town jails, but where else can they go? What else...
That seemed to be the family's message from the moment the raid began. When the agents approached the front door, they first had to get past a few self-styled sentinels who, somewhat pathetically, tried to wrap up the feds in a TV news camera's cable. Then the agents banged twice on the door; when no one answered, they pushed in the door with a battering ram and moved quickly through the six-room house to find Elian. The rest is etched into the American imagination...
...Diaper Genie is a popular invention that seals a used diaper in plastic wrap. While it reduces odor, it also puts another layer of plastic between your diaper and the landfill. Here's a better idea: a diaper pail with a tight-fitting, foot pedal-operated lid can be bought at a hardware store and doesn't require $5 Genie refills...