Posts Tagged ‘mount’
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
What’s this? Tiffany and Company is suing Costco for selling diamonds using the term “Tiffany setting” or something?
“We now know that there are at least hundreds, if not thousands, of Costco members who think they bought a Tiffany engagement ring at Costco, which they didn’t. Costco knew what it was doing when it used the Tiffany trademark to sell rings that had nothing to do with Tiffany. This is not the kind of behavior people expect from a company like Costco and this case will shed a much-needed light on this outrageous behavior,” says Jeffrey Mitchell, a lawyer with Dickstein Shapiro who is representing Tiffany in the case. “The Tiffany brand has been damaged, Costco members have been damaged and Costco has profited from the sale of engagement rings by misrepresenting what they were. We will get to the bottom of what Costco was up to and why, and right a terrible wrong.”
I cry foul.
You see, Tiffany, the phrase Tiffany mount and similar, well, that’s a genericized term these days, you know, like champagne.
Check it.
Oh, and Tiffany, Costco marks up the price of its worthless rocks a lot less than you do, right? That’s why Costco will take back any diamonds people bought if they were stupid enough to be confused over this issue.
It’s not like they were selling the rings in little blue boxes, right?
OK, Tiffany, keep on keeping on.
Now I’ve got a little shopping to do:
Tags: 2013, bay area, Blue, box, california, costco, counterfeit, diamond, Diamonds, engagement, fake, lawsuit, lawyer, mount, newe york, San Francisco, setting, Tiffany, tiffany mount, tiffany setting, trademark
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Monday, November 26th, 2012
This treatment of world-famous Sutro Tower makes the 415 look like Mayberry RFD, IMO.
Via TrophyGeek:
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Tags: 2012, bay area, california, ifrared, infra red, ir, mayberry, mount, photography, rfd, San Francisco, sutro, sutro tower, tower, trophygeek
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
It’s always sunny up here above San Francisco, you could imagine.
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Tags: 2012, bay area, Blue, california, coulds, image, mount, Mt., photo, radio, red, San Francisco, sutro, sutro tower, tower, TV, white
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Not a cloud in the sky:
Via Jazure - click to expand
Tags: 2011, Alameda, Bay, bay area, bay bridge, bridge, bridges, california, clouds, county, diablo, east bay, fog, foggy, Golden Gate Bridge, island, Jazure, marin, Marin Headlands, mount, mt diablo, Mt., Oakland, San Francisco, sky, skyline, sunrise, tower, yerba buena
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Check out the old-school all-metal emblem – I would have thought something like that would have used in the 1960′s or the 1970′s, but this rig is from 1984.
Oak Green and Star Silver:
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Keep on keeping on, Fuji del Rey.
Tags: 1984, 2011, bay area, bike, Blue, california, emblem, fuji, Fuji del Rey, japan, Japanese, made, metal, mount, Mt., Oak Green, road, rococo, San Francisco, Star Silver, steel
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Remember that Yak-50 what used to buzz about the bay area? Good times. (See below for some shots taken from the East Peak of Mt. Tam.)
Well this is better, this one’s a Yak-52 (Як-52). Hurray!
(It probably killed fewer pilots per hour than the single-seat Yak-50, so that’s nice.)
As seen from Land’s End:
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(In Soviet Russia, plane kill you!)
What kind of crazy airplanes will Mother Russia send over next?
“This Russian-made Yak-50 acrobatic airplane used to be seen all over the skies of the San Francisco Bay Area – buzzing Mount Tam in Marin County, checking out anti-abortion rallies along San Francisco’s waterfront, that kind of thing.
But here’s your take-away, babe: These things had a working life of just 50 hours back in Mother Russia, as the stress of all them 9G loop de loops and whatnot led to bad things, such as “main spar collapse.” Ouch.
Anyway, looks like fun:
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Canon 1D Mark II with 300mm 2.8 IS I and 2x extender – ISO 400 and lots of digital zoom:
Happy trails.”
Tags: 133, 2011, 50, acrobatic, aircraft, airplane, bay area, california, county, green, lands end, marin, mount, Mt., ocean beach, red, russia, russian, San Francisco, san francsico, Soviet, star, tam, training, two seat, union, yak, yak 50, yak 52, yak52, Yakovlev, Як-50, Як-52
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Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
How many hills do you know of what come with their own Yelp entry?
You ought to get on up there sometime to check it out:
“Hill 88 is a wild ghost town in the sky, hidden way up high in the Marin Headlands. It’s on Wolf Ridge, between Fort Cronkhite/Rodeo Beach and Tennessee Valley. You can barely see it from below, and it’s nothing like most of the old little rusty lifeless bunker sites. This is a crazy Cold War mega-complex teeming with tons of crows dancing in the whipping wind above huge expanses of the bay and SF. It’s part of the old Nike Missile program, officially SF-88C. Was apparently the radar and control center (aka the IFC, or Integrated Fire Control area) of the Nike Missile launch site that’s further down the hill to the east.”
So, those are some of the remnants of Project Nike on top of now-flattened Hill 88 in the foreground along with the three peaks of Mount Tam (with the West Peak also flattened by the Air Force) in the background.
As seen from San Francisco:
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Now, you Know Better Your Marin County.
Tags: 2010, 2011, 88, air force, ajax, area, army, atomic, base, bay area, beach, bombers, bombs, california, Cold War, county, Fort Cronkhite, ghost town, headlands, hercules, hiking, hill, Hill 88, Integrated Fire Control, marin, Marin Headlands, military, missile, mount, mount tam, nike, nike b, nuclear, photo, pics, presidio, rodeo, rodeo beach, San Francisco, sf-88, sf-88c, sf-89, sutro, tam, tamalpais, tennessee valley, Wild Ghost Town in the Sky, Wolf Ridge, wolfback ridge
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Thursday, August 18th, 2011
It’s a mystery to me. (I could look it up but then it wouldn’t be a mystery any longer.)
I’m thinking, wow, the font on that sign looks pretty old, but maybe they replaced the sign in the 1970s with a font that was old-school even back then…
Anyway, can you imagine either icon getting approval for getting built, you know, by the Powers That Be, in this Day and Age?
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I can’t.
Tags: 2011, bay area, california, church, department, dept., gorcoery, icon, loca, lot, market, mount, Mt., parking, Planning, pop, quiz, red, safeway, San Francisco, store, street, supermarket, sutro, television, tower, TV, white
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Thusly:
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(“Hello, I’m calling from my bike phone…”)
Some state Senator or Assembly Member wants to ban phone use on bikes, so enjoy while you can…
Tags: 2011, bay area, bike, blackberry, california, cell, cellular, handlebars, mount, phone, San Francisco
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Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
It will be around until June 19th, 2011. Details below.
(PRNewsFoto/San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Alex Bernardin)
Giant AIDS Ribbon on San Francisco’s Twin Peaks Commemorates the 30th Year of HIV/AIDS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24, 2011 –For the first time ever, a massive red ribbon appears on the side of Twin Peaks to mark the 30th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States. Organized by San Francisco AIDS Foundation, the ribbon was installed by more than 100 community volunteers to honor San Francisco’s legacy in fighting HIV/AIDS and to raise awareness of the importance of knowing your HIV status and getting proper care.
“This ribbon is a bold reminder to the entire world that HIV/AIDS is still an issue that urgently needs our attention,” said San Francisco AIDS Foundation CEO Neil Giuliano. “We have made tremendous progress in the fight against the disease over the past 30 years, but our work is not done. We believe even one new infection is one too many, and we will continue to give people the information and services they need to remain healthy and take care of the people they love.”
Every day in San Francisco, two more people are newly infected with HIV. More than 56,000 people are infected every year nationwide. Alarmingly, rates of new HIV infections are rising among gay and bisexual men nationwide, the only risk group for which this is the case. San Francisco AIDS Foundation conceived the red ribbon to reinforce its commitment to improving the health of the community through increased HIV testing and prevention efforts, and vital services that ensure HIV-positive people can access treatment and receive high-quality care.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first cases of the virus that would be known as AIDS on June 5, 1981. San Francisco was the first city in the country to experience epidemic levels of the disease. Today there are close to 16,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in San Francisco.
“San Francisco has always been a pioneer when it comes to HIV/AIDS,” said San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener. “From the early days of the disease, the city responded with courage to save lives and change the course of the epidemic. Today the ribbon on Twin Peaks is an extension of that legacy and sends an important message that San Francisco will always be a leader in the fight against HIV.”
“I am so proud to be part of this historic effort to raise awareness,” said volunteer Mike Shaw, who helped to install the ribbon. “This ribbon is a reminder that in San Francisco we take care of everyone in our community. We have always been a compassionate city, and that will never change.”
The ribbon is made out of 25 tarps. It is 225 feet long and 165 feet wide, and is visible from points across San Francisco and the Bay Area. It is scheduled to remain on Twin Peaks until June 19th.
About San Francisco AIDS Foundation
San Francisco AIDS Foundation works to end the HIV epidemic in the city where it began, and eventually everywhere. Established in 1982, our mission is the radical reduction of new infections in San Francisco because we refuse to accept HIV as inevitable. Through education, advocacy and direct services for prevention and care, we are confronting HIV in communities most vulnerable to the disease.
Tags: 1981, 30, 30th, 8, AIDS, anniversary, chrsitmas tree road, district, giant, hiv, hiv/aids, June 5, Mike Shaw, mount, mount sutro, red, ribbon, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Scott Wiener, Supervisor, sutro, twin peaks, year
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