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1948 – In-N-Out Burger opens in Baldwin Park, California. The fast-food drive-thru is born.
1953 – Roller-skating carhops become a signature at the first Sonic drive-in.
1953 – The First Christian Church of Daytona Beach converts a drive-in theater into the first drive-in church.
1975 – Soldiers from Fort Huachuca were forbidden to get out of their cars in army fatigues. McDonald’s solves the problem by opening its first drive-thru in Sierra Vista, Arizona.
1989 – Grieve on the go? Chicago’s Gatling’s Funeral Home introduces a drive-thru viewing option.
2004 – McDonald’s and other chains begin outsourcing order taking. You may be eating in Wyoming, but the person you’re ordering from is in Los Angeles.
2006 – A Subway in Mentor, Ohio, implements touch-screen ordering in the drive-thru.
2009 – Pennsylvania Representative Kevin P. Murphy unveils a drive-thru office to speed up dealing with constituents.
The Burgerville chain opens its drive-thru to bicyclists.
In this May 10, 2017, file photo, Danny Fujikawa, left, and Kate Hudson arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Snatched." Hudson and her musician boyfriend Fujikawa announced the birth of their daughter Rani in October 2018. The 3-month-old baby girl is Hudson's third child and her first with Fujikawa.
Actress Kate Hudson took to Instagram on Monday to address confusion about her recent comment that she is taking a "genderless" approach to raising her 3-month-old daughter Rani.
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Rani is Hudson's only daughter and her first child with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa. Her two sons, Bingham Bellamy, 7, and Ryder Robinson, 15, are from previous relationships.
Hudson said she wanted to clarify that she isn’t using “some new age method” to raise her kids, as some people might have believed when reading the headlines about her AOL interview.
From left: Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Kaka and Jermaine Jones will all feature heavily in MLS' 20th season.
Crisis averted: Major League Soccer players and owners finally agreed on a new labor deal Wednesday, just two days before the league's 20th season kicks off with a match between the Chicago Fire and defending champion Los Angeles Galaxy. A work stoppage could have been crippling, as the league looks to capitalize on la...
While the deal is done, it doesn't lack controversy. But forget all that for now. We have a season! It's happening! That's what we're here to talk about today. Domestic soccer is back, America — and if you want to keep your patriotic fútbol bonafides going strong, we'll get you up to speed.
Welcome back to MLS, Jozy Altidore (left).
This is MLS' 20th season. It introduced a new logo this past September, and continues to make noise about being a "league of choice" — which is to say, one that players join because they want to, not because they lack better options in Europe.
Indeed, the league welcomes a host of new, big names this year. USMNT mainstay Jozy Altidore signed with Toronto FC, teaming him with fellow national team lynchpin Michael Bradley. Mix Diskerud, a member of the 2014 World Cup squad, joins expansion club New York City FC. Brek Shea, once a hot prospect in American socce...
That may be an impressive list by some measures, but a closer look shows MLS still has a ways to go to meet its "league of choice" goal: Altidore just wrapped up a miserable stint with Sunderland in the English Premier League; it's unclear if Diskerud had any better options after playing the past few seasons in Norway,...
Nonetheless, is the league better off having these players than if they'd taken their services elsewhere? Definitely, in particular given that it lost Landon Donovan and Thierry Henry to retirement after last season. And having a second club in New York's media fishbowl will only raise the league's profile in the mains...
Speaking of raising profiles, it'll be easier than ever to watch MLS on TV: A new eight-year deal between the league and ESPN, Fox Sports and Univision will bring Friday night games to UniMás and Sunday doubleheaders to ESPN and Fox Sports.
Defending champion Galaxy lose Donovan, but gain Gerrard to go with veteran mainstay Robbie Keane and the up-and-coming Gyasi Zardes (more on him later). Historically MLS' most successful club, expect Los Angeles to contend yet again under former USMNT coach Bruce Arena. This squad is talented, battle-tested and well-c...
American hero Clint Dempsey is an MVP candidate and teammate Obafemi Martins from Nigeria keeps opposing defenses honest. But the biggest question mark in the Pacific Northwest? Replacing DeAndre Yedlin, who enjoyed a breakout performance for the USMNT in Brazil last summer, but has since left to try his luck in the Pr...
Last year's runners-up look for revenge in 2015. You probably remember dreadlocked kamikaze midfielder Jermaine Jones from his World Cup heroics, but he's hardly a one-man act here. Fellow American internationals Lee Nguyen and Juan Agudelo help lead the Revs, who are coached by 38-year-old Jay Heaps, one of the league...
In addition to the aforementioned Bradley, Altidore and Diskerud, MLS is chock-full of USMNT players: The list starts with Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Jermaine Jones (New England Revolution), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), and Sporting Kansas City teammates Graham Zusi and Matt Besler.
Zardes isn't a new name to close MLS followers, but it is one casual fans should get used to hearing. The 23-year-old scored 19 goals across all competitions last year, including one in the MLS Cup final. He'll be a key for the Galaxy this season. USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann, meanwhile, has gone on record saying Zarde...
Last season's rookie of the year is just 22, and plays forward for FC Dallas. He's a dual national born in Canada, but participated in a USMNT camp this January. Regardless of which national side he eventually chooses, he'll be a key cog for Dallas this season in MLS.
Vision, feel, guile — Trapp (and yes, that's Wil with one "l") is a 22-year-old Columbus Crew midfielder who possesses soccer attributes that just can't be taught. After several years in the U.S. Soccer youth system, he made his senior team debut this January as a substitute in a friendly against Chile.
Gil is just 21 years old, but the midfielder made his pro debut for Real Salt Lake way back in 2010. He'l wear the vaunted number 10 for Real Salt Lake this season, indicating that the club expects him to take on a bigger role than ever in making plays for himself and others.
Thompson is just 19, but he's a name to track for the future. The skilled forward was one of a few bright spots for a wretched San Jose Earthquakes squad in limited appearances last season. Could he make a major leap in 2015? It's certainly possible, but far from a sure thing — making him even more fun to start trackin...
By putting their own website out there front-and-center, and then getting everybody to link to it (starting with all the media covering the launch of the site), the result will be to drive fightthesmears.com towards the top of a Google search on, say, “obama muslim” or “michelle obama whitey”. Ideally, if enough of the...
My take: Did the Obama campaign create fightthesmears.com to game Google? If so, they’re even more net-savvy than folks give them credit for.
No one ever accused them of being dummies.
In Fault Lines episode, "Deadly Force: Arming America's Police", airing Friday, February 28, at 9:30p ET on Al Jazeera America, we profile two deadly incidents involving SWAT teams.
The first was a drug raid that took place in Los Angeles County, CA, on the morning of June 27, 2013. It resulted in the death of 80-year-old retired Lockheed Martin engineer Eugene Mallory He was shot six times, five of which struck him in the chest.
Los Angeles County detective, Patrick Hobbs, suspected that Mallory's house was an underground meth lab. Below is the search warrant that allowed police to storm Mallory's property.
Police officers claimed that Mallory was standing up in the doorway to his bedroom and holding a gun when they encountered him. The investgator's narrative on page 28 of the document below states that by the time he examined Mallory's body, it had been moved from the floor, where Mallory reportedly fell, to his bed.
"It appears the decedent collapased near the bedroom entry way and was moved by paramedics to the bed prior to my arrival."
In January of this year, the Los Angeles County district attorney sent a letter to the county Sheriff's Department saying that it had concluded that the officer who shot Eugene Mallory had acted in defense of himself and of one of his fellow officers.
The second incident featured in "Deadly Force" took place on January 5, 2011, in Monterey County, CA. Roger Serrato was inside his family's home as a SWAT team descended, believing was involved in an recent shooting. During the standoff, Serrato would die of smoke inhalation from a flash bang grenade thrown into the ho...
Tune in to “Fault Lines,” Friday, Feburary, 28, at 9:30 p.m. ET (repeats March 1, at 5:30 ET). for the premiere of "Deadly Force: Arming America's Police" for more on police militarization. And join the live tweet during the epsiode premiere by following the hashtag #TheDeported on Twitter.
Growing awareness among consumers about the importance of staying fit and increasing nutrient deficiency among population are the two factors that have enhanced the demand for Oat Starch. Starch is the most important component in oat grains and accounts for approximately 65% of their weight. Oat starch exists in the fo...
Oat Starch is produced from oats. Oat Starch have lots of health benefits—they control blood sugar level, can improve the immune system and fitness enthusiasts and athletes use it as a source of carbohydrate and protein. Owing to these factors, the Oat Starch market is expected to grow in terms of value and volume in n...
Some of the major key players operating across the value chain of the Oat Starch market are Beacon CMP Corporation, GRANT INDUSTRIES, INC., Truenutrition, etc. More and more manufacturers and industrialists have been showing keen interest in Oat Starch.
I disagree with the Tribune`s editorial (Sept. 12) supporting the closing of the Dickson Mounds Museum Indian exhibit. The Indian groups who are making the complaints have nothing in common with the mound builders, with the exception that they lived on the same planet. Let the burden of proof be on their part that they...
Will the mound builders in Mexico be subjected to the same complaints?
Shall we bury the mummies in our museums because they were from a culture of mound builders?
There will always be people who suffer from an inferiority complex who will try to lay claim to someone else`s culture that is superior to their own.
Empires fall, love survives. When Michael (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant medical student, meets Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris (Christian Bale), a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposin...
Guwahati, November 25 (PTI): School begins early for Pompy Biswas, Nitraban Hazarika and Krittika Das as they don the hats of ‘swachh sevaks’ to check whether the water tank has been filled, hand washing area cleaned and soaps put in place.
The three students of Azara Keotpara Lower Primary School, along with their fellow mates, have set an example in Kamrup (Metro) district, near here, by taking upon themselves the responsibility of maintaining hygiene and keeping the environment clean, not just around classrooms but homes too.
At Sajjanpara Lower Primary School, nearby, children keep a check on their parents and relatives too. They take time out to impart lessons on cleanliness to their neighbours and other members of the community.
The Assam chapter of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, along with UNICEF, has piloted the cleanliness drive to ensure less absenteeism in schools, said Rajib Dutta, the project’s engineer for Kamrup (Metro) district.
“It is the schoolchildren who have become role models for the community at large by moving beyond the confines of the campus to take their cleanliness initiatives to their family and the extended community,” he said.
A UNICEF report had pointed out that there was consistent evidence that hand washing with soap at critical times – before eating, while preparing food and after using the toilet – can reduce diarrhoea risk by about 45 per cent, Dutta added.
Likumoni Das, a Class III student of Azatpara school, said they were keen on passing the knowledge they have acquired to their parents and relatives.
“After learning the basic rules of hand washing, we found out that our parents did not follow the methods. We have now taught them how to maintain hygiene,” she said.
The headmaster of her school, Kamal Chandra Goswami, said he has built separate toilets and hand-washing facilities for boys and girls.
“I am happy to see that students have become torch-bearers of the cleanliness drive here,” he stated.
The parents, too, have joined the initiative by donating soap cakes to the school.
“We are learning something new every day from our children. These hygiene practices have become a part of our daily routine,” Amila Das, a mother and member of School Management Committee, said.
Echoing similar sentiments, Subhan Chandra Bodo, the headmaster of Sajjanpara LP School, said it was the children who convinced their parents to install water filters at home.
“As part of the government and the UNICEF initiative, children have not just learnt about keeping themselves clean, they have also inspired parents and relative to build toilets and install water filters at home,” he added.
Sweta Patnaik, the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) specialist of UNICEF, said philanthropists, corporate houses, civic and faith organizations in Assam have been requested to join the drive to extend its reach to every nook and corner of the state.
“We have taken initiatives to mainstream ‘WASH in School’ programme through trainings of teachers and headmasters and orientation of School Management Committees members,” she said, adding that a “lot more” had to be done to ensure that maximum number of people benefit from the drive.
DAVID LE/Staff photo. 3/13/15. Hamilton-Wenham senior Nolan Wilson, left, and sophomore Marcus Zegarowski hold the D4 State Championship trophy together after the Generals' 59-50 win over Sutton in the D4 State Championship at WPI in Worcester on Friday evening.
Microplastics have been discovered in a remote area of the French Pyrenees mountains. The particles travelled through the atmosphere and were blown into the once pristine region by the wind, according to a new study published in Nature Geoscience.
This is just the latest example of the “hidden risks” posed by plastics that humans cannot see with the naked eye. For now, governments and activists are focused on avoiding plastic litter in the environment, driven mainly by concern for wildlife and worries over unsightly drinks bottles or abandoned fishing nets on be...
There is however growing concern about these micro and nanoplastics, classified as particles smaller than 5mm. These come in part from deliberately manufactured sources, such as scrubbing materials in cleaning and cosmetic products, but also from secondary sources, such as the inevitable breaking up or wearing down of ...
As more studies publish their findings we are learning that microplastics are more widespread than we imagined, and that they are found in every environmental system investigated. Plastic particles have been found in record-breaking quantities in in river sediments in the UK, for instance, while a study in Paris found ...
This is perhaps to be expected in built up and polluted urban environments, but the new findings from the Bernadouze meteorological station in the Pyrenees are a different matter. This part of the mountain range is normally considered clean and pristine, not somewhere scientists would expect to find contamination. But ...
Particles have also been found in deep ocean floor sediments, far from immediate sources of pollution, carried there by ocean currents and settling slowly. Other research has identified some astonishing ways microplastics can move between one environmental sub-system and others. Alongside the obvious route of direct in...
The amount of plastic in the environment has increased and we are still making lots more. It stands to reason that microplastics are going be with us for a while yet, since plastic itself has many beneficial uses. If these fragments were unreactive and harmless they would not pose a threat, but unfortunately the risks ...
Alongside the issues associated with inadvertent ingestion of large volumes of material without any nutritional value, there are some hidden risks. Microplastics have a relatively large surface area and so could potentially provide sites for surface reactions and act as rafts for organic pollution. Given that microplas...
The trouble is, these plastics are so small they are not easy to remove from the environment once they get there. The key is preventing their escape into the environment in the first place. Focusing on the bigger plastics we can see may be a distraction from this potentially larger problem in the air we breathe and the...
A thought experiment. Suppose tomorrow were the last full day of the Clinton administration. Suppose Dubya was elected in 1992, and people got tired of his party, so the electoral college barely sloshed over to the opposite side in 2000.
The idea is not that bizarre. Both presidents left office a few months after a stock market implosion. Both left their successors to deal with a recession. (Though only one of them was blamed for these things.) Both left with Iraq looking dangerous.
Clinton would have loved. Loved. Loved. To have been president during a crisis like 9/11. He would have called in the most celebrated strategists for urgent all-nighters, let it leak out to the press that he was reading up on Kennedy and Cuba if not Churchill and Chamberlain.
Bush would have been de-freaking-lighted to have presided over the Nothing Years. (Has there ever been a period so uneventful as the 1990s? The only rival lately is the Eisenhower administration – a time when little kids practiced hiding under their desks in case of nuclear annihilation.) He would have been spotted on ...
Bush, if he’d been elected in 1992 (replacing that feckless dunce, President Dukakis), wouldn’t have opened the military to gays, so we as a nation would not have spent half a year discussing the fate of the 45 gay Americans interested in serving in uniform. Bush wouldn’t have raised taxes (after Dukakis, he probably w...
Everything else (barring the celebrated Clinton character flaws that, while amusing, didn’t do a lot to change your life or mine) would have been about the same. The economy would have roared along on the same course, maybe at a slightly faster clip because of the lower taxes. Bush would have repealed the Glass-Steagal...
After the Clinton takeover in 2001, 9/11 still would have happened. Is it far-fetched to picture Clinton thinking: Time to take the reins of history? Is it hard to imagine him convinced that he’d be defined by whether he went to Afghanistan and Iraq to deal with the root of the problem once and for all? His wife was su...
Moreover, the Clinton tech bubble and the Bush housing bubble are now starting to look like the same thing – a 20-year Greenspan credit spree whose ultimate sugar daddy was China. China kept paying Bloomingdales prices for our Wal-Mart bonds, and we all pocketed the difference.
We live in a centrist country designed to frustrate partisans. Clinton and Bush got elected by promising to be friendly to the other party. Nobody believed them, but both turned out to be telling the truth. Clinton embraced free trade with Republicans on board and Democrats fussing, and eventually embraced welfare refo...
Every day brings another one of those Bush-is-the-worst-president-ever features in which you can practically see the word “Iraq” scratched out and “the economy” penciled in. Yet nothing Clinton would have done would have prevented the economic meltdown.
But if Clinton were leaving D.C. on Tuesday, Republicans would be happy to blame him for the recession, the market crash, the inaction on Iran. Republicans would hammer away at either the two unfinished wars or, if Clinton hadn’t invaded, at allowing the Taliban, Bin Laden and Saddam to grow in strength. The same peopl...
Spacious, updated 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home in Lyndhurst! This home has everything, move-in ready! Updated kitchen w/eating area, large dining room, huge family room addition off the back and CENTRAL AIR! 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths on 2nd floor, including a master suite with attached full bath. Partially finished basem...
Logitech has debuted a new bluetooth mouse and keyboard designed to give us control over every single device in our lives.
The K380 Bluetooth Keyboard and M535 Bluetooth Mouse can be used in tandem or separately and are made in such a way that they will work just as well with a Mac or PC as with a smartphone or tablet.
Logitech's K380 keyboard has the ability to connect to three Bluetooth devices at any one time and owners can chop and change between them by using the Easy-Switch setting. It has the intelligence to recognise which connected device it is working with and then map the keys to supported functions and shortcuts according...
Battery-life comes in at a whopping two years using just a pair of AAA batteries (they're even included!), the keyboard is available in grey and blue colour-ways, and has an October release date at €44.99 (£32.90).
The M535 Bluetooth Mouse is the ideal companion to the keyboard and includes a programmable navigational button that can be mapped for any task on any device. It handles everything from switching between desktops in Windows 10 to dragging-and-dropping files and using the Mac's three finger swipe gesture.
It is versatile enough to be used on just about any surface and the device's curved shape includes a tilt wheel and one AA battery is enough for it to last for 10 months. You can get your hands on the new peripheral later this month in grey or blue and it costs just €44.99 (£32.90).
Can Windows 8 work on the Sony VAIO Duo 11 tablet hybrid?
Recently, in a Florida Trend business magazine interview by Associate Editor Art Levy, Dave recalled being appointed in 1996 by then-Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles to a commission to look at education in the next millennium. There were six task forces, including one on school readiness which Dave joined.
Even though Dave and his wife, Roberta, have five children and now seven grandchildren, he was not aware that often because of lack of information and resources many children start school unprepared.
The Children’s Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voters in 2002 to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County. The largest funder of after-school, youth enrichment and summer camp programs in Miami-Dade County, The Trust also offers a wide range of resources for pregnancy and pa...
Soon after Dave settled into his position at the Herald in 1989, Alvah Chapman (former CEO of the Herald’s then-parent company, Knight-Ridder, and founder of the Community Partnership for the Homeless) called me and suggested I set up a visit to Overtown and the historic Lyric Theater.

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