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The Onion
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Onion
What to Know Before Going to Lollapalooza
In an effort to help visitors have the best experience possible at the four-day music festival in Chicago's Grant Park, The Onion offers tips to prepare for Lollapalooza. While the CTA is a safe and convenient option, we both know you'll be taking a $93 Uber back to Glencoe. General admission ticket holders can reserve single- or multi-day locker rentals for a fee, while VIP and Platinum ticket holders can leave their stuff with Gracie Abrams. Nice try, but they're going to look inside the Altoids tin. It's recommended that patrons learn how to handle their shit. We recommend going before you arrive. We can't guarantee you will not be shot. No mules bigger than a German shepherd. Rattlesnake, cobra, mamba, viper, and copperhead. In the event of high winds, Olivia Rodrigo will immediately be outfitted with bungee cords and a weighted vest. Visitors may store their ornamental carp in a secure onsite pool for $25 per koi per day. June Squibb will not be in attendance. As always, we've placed hundreds of little bald guys in black hoodies throughout the festival. Try to find all the Mobys! Hyperrealistic rat costume Guests are encouraged to park in the Nebraska commuter lot and take the Amtrak from Omaha.
Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Motormouth: What is that chime?
Q: R.K. from Chicago mentioned their 2025 CX-50 chimes when going over railroad tracks. I don't have that vehicle, but I know our Prius makes a beeping noise when the car encounters situations that seem like it is losing contact with the road (slipping on snow, big bumps, etc.). I'm not technical, but I've assumed it's the ESC (electronic stability control) telling me that it has lost contact with the road surface in some way. D.P., Roseville, Minnesota A: Wow. That must be some railroad track. Q: Lemon oil (the pure kind) on a cotton ball removes nearly all sticky substances from nearly all surfaces. C.Z., Holderness, New Hampshire A: I investigated and found that you are right - including dashboards. And all this time I have been tossing the lemon twists from my martinis. Q: I'm a longtime loyal reader and want to thank you for all your valuable advice over the years. My wife's 2018 Ford Edge (bought new in July 2018) has 27,000 miles on the original tires with good tread life left. It is garage kept. When is it time to replace your tires? Are we pushing it at 7 years? F.W., Mokena, Illinois A: The U.S. Department of Transportation doesn't have rules for replacing tires due to age, but it does have some suggestions. --Replace passenger car and truck tires every six years, regardless of wear. --Replace all tires, including spares, after 10 years as a safety precaution. --How can you tell how old your tires are? Look at the sidewall of your tire – there will be a code following the letters "DOT." The final four digits, for any tire made since the year 2000, are the tire date code and represent the date of manufacture. The first two of these digits designate the week of the year the tires were made, and the final two digits are the last two digits of the year. For example, 0718 means the seventh week of 2018. Q: After a recent service on our 2014 Highlander, they mentioned that the rubber dust boots on the front struts were torn. With 110,000 miles on the car, should these be replaced even though the car handles just fine? Also, can these be replaced without affecting the alignment? Love your column, I read it every week. J.N., Las Vegas A: Those dust boots help keep the plunger rod-the shiny rod--of the strut or shock absorber clean and free of nicks. There are probably more than 110,000 cars in Las Vegas running around without them. Eventually you may need to replace the struts, and they will come with new boots. Replacing the dust boots now could be expensive, but maybe no more than a pair of Lucchese boots. Q: Regarding a few letters sometime back about the key FOB communicating with a vehicle when you don't want it to. One reader said it was wearing down the battery. A software expert said to place the key FOB in a metal box. I use an Altoids mint box. It works great and also prevents bad guys from picking up the code. J.D., Oak Forest, Illinois A: Altoids are so strong, they come in a metal box. If they are that strong, you can trust that the box will protect your key fob from hackers. Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Rockford's J.L. Clark: Reducing waste with reusable plastic packaging
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — J.L. Clark has been making plastic packaging in Rockford for major brands for more than 60 years. They're also known for metal products like the packaging for Altoids. Scott Novak is the company's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. He gave us a tour of their plastics facility in Rockford. He said the manufacturing process begins with a massive silo outside the facility. It houses 200,000 pounds of resin. 'So the resin comes in from the rail car into the silo,' Novak said, 'and then it goes through overhead pipes into our injection molding press where it's heated and melted. And then we add coloring before it gets into the molding process.' The process to create one from start to finish seems to take less time than with metal products. 'The molding press has multiple cavities, and each cavity forms one part. The molten resin gets put into the tool. It's heated up. It's formed into the shape of the part, then it's cooled. The mold opens up, and then the parts drop out onto this conveyor,' he said. 'This is a caffeinated pouch package we developed for a major tobacco company. It has a dual sliding mechanism. In this, 20 pouches will fall out. It gives your daily dose of Caffeine. Each pouch is equivalent to one cup of coffee,' he said, while pointing to a new product they make. In all, he said they make roughly 20 different plastic packaging products for major brands. Each molding machine is able to make 168,000 plastic parts per day. Novak continues explaining the manufacturing process. 'They move along the conveyor where they're subject to airflow from fans as well as special cooling conveyors because it's very important that the parts are properly cooled so they don't warp, and we can minimize the shrinkage.' Novak says he is proud of the work that goes into making the product. 'I love it. It's great. I get to work on new projects like this, which is really exciting. We get to help our customers do new and improved things,' he said. Once molded, the parts are checked for quality. Rejected pieces are moved aside. Those rejected pieces are later recycled, reducing the company's carbon footprint. The good parts are then organized, boxed by an automated machine, and then stacked, ready for shipping. Novak says the process allows their brand partners to send the boxes back so they're reused in another effort to be environmentally conscious. He says it's all about innovation. 'I love coming up with different innovations,' he said. 'Because we do both metal and plastic packaging, you can do some really interesting things.' He says that an innovative approach is what's kept J.L. Clark going strong for more than 120 years in Rockford. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Altoids, K-Pop, and a Harry Potter wand: The strangest moments of Diddy jury selection
Wednesday was the third day of jury selection for the Sean Combs sex trafficking trial in Manhattan. Dozens of potential jurors were questioned about their ability to be impartial. The selection process includes moments of anguish and laughter for those summoned to the courtroom. There are moments of anguish. And a surprising amount of laughter. Throughout the week, a random assortment of New Yorkers filed in and out of a federal courtroom in Manhattan after receiving juror summonses for USA v Sean Combs. Each prospective juror — nearly 100 people, with doctors, school teachers, clerks, and retirees among them — was warned that the eight-week trial would involve evidence of alleged sexual trafficking and violence. They've all also been asked to describe any personal trauma that could trigger a bias against the rapper, who has maintained his innocence. "It takes a lot of healing," one woman told the judge of being nearly raped three years ago by a stranger in the Bronx. Despite these harrowing moments — and the potential life sentence hanging over the millionaire music mogul — there have also been many moments of levity during jury selection, which is expected to conclude Friday. Laughter has broken out in the otherwise somber courtroom more than a dozen times, including from Combs himself. Here are some of those lighter moments. A Tolkien gesture "I read through the people and places list, which is several pages long," US District Judge Arun Subramanian told the parties before the first 30 prospective jurors filed into his courtroom Monday. "I felt like I was reading an appendix from, like, 'The Lord of the Rings," cracked Subramanian, who is presiding over the trial. The judge was referencing a printed list of more than 200 names that was handed to each prospect. It includes every name that may be referenced during the trial, Kanye West and Kid Cudi among them. The list includes stumpers, such as "Mike Myers." Four people close to the trial — who were not allowed to comment by name — were unable to confirm if this was the actor of "Shrek" and Austin Powers fame. One thought it "probably" was, but could not describe the context. No Altoids for you During a break in jury selection Monday, Combs' jury selection consultant, Linda Moreno, was returning to her seat at the defense table directly in front of Combs' seat. Combs gestured at the little tin of Altoids she carried, as if to ask for a mint. Moreno began opening the tin. Then her eyes met those of two federal marshals who sat directly behind Combs. The marshals slowly shook their heads, "No," in unison, the tin remained shut, and Moreno took her seat again. Harry Potter and the purloined merch Each prospective juror is asked whether they or any significant person in their life has had any contact with law enforcement. On Monday, this question prompted a former parochial school teacher from the Bronx to admit to her juvenile shoplifting record. "Um, I was at Universal Studios," she began. "I think I was in Harry Potter World. So, they took me to the back and, um, they kind of, like, put me through all the process." She was 16, and a lawyer eventually got the case reduced to "just a fine," she told the judge with an embarrassed-sounding laugh. Many of the defense lawyers and prosecutors couldn't resist smiling. Combs, too, smiled. Then the judge broached the question on everyone's mind. "OK," he asked, as if eliciting a formal confession. "What did you take?" "A wand," she answered. As of Wednesday, the woman remained a contender for the jury. Juror No. 420 "I'm going to order you not to use marijuana during this trial," the judge told a prospective juror who works as a landlord in the Bronx — and who said he partakes nightly. "Are you going to be able to follow that instruction?" As smiles flickered through the courtroom, the judge probed further, asking, "Would that be hard for you?" "Yes," came the answer from the witness box. "It would be?" the judge pressed. "Yep." The prospective juror was excused from service. The 51-year-old K-Pop stan Prospective jurors were told to avoid media reports about Combs' case and inform the judge if they had heard anything about it. One 51-year-old nurse practitioner said she had. "I became aware because this is my second day, so you told us about the case," she told the judge. The room erupted in laughter. The woman later said that her media diet consisted almost exclusively of nurse practitioner trade publications. She also listens to rock and hip-hop, and appears to be a member of the BTS Army. "I'm actively watching the concert of the group called BTS, or Bangtan Boys," she said. The judge's pal Subramanian had the chance to bask in the praise of one prospective juror, an attorney who said he had personally known the judge for a decade. The prospective juror said the two had worked together on class-action cases. (Before becoming a federal judge in 2023, Subramanian was an attorney at Susman Godfrey, where he was involved in numerous antitrust cases.) "He is fair, he is gregarious, he is decent, and he's brilliant," he said, ladling plaudits upon the judge. "But we have not always agreed on everything." Subramanian ultimately dismissed him. The guy who skipped questions because he was tired after binge-watching 'Andor' The courtroom was enraptured by one prospective juror, a 64-year-old Black man who works as an X-Ray technician. He recounted past interactions with law enforcement, including the time he once "got into a scuffle" after a misunderstanding in a laundromat, and another occasion where a police officer accused him of failing to be helpful. Subramanian said the man appeared to have omitted details on his written questionnaire. Asked about it, the prospective juror said he was tired because he had sleep apnea and was up late binge-watching "Andor," the new "Star Wars" show on Disney+. "What are you going to do when you are selected as a juror and not be able to binge 'Andor?'" Subramanian asked. "It's finished, I'm finished with it," the prospective juror assured the judge. Subramanian moved him along to the next round. Diddy's jailer One of the last prospective jurors was on the stand for a short time after explaining where he worked. "I work at MDC Brooklyn," he said, referring to the federal jail where Combs is incarcerated. There was an awkward pause in the courtroom as everyone digested what he had just said. And then laughter. "Can we get longer visiting hours?" Agnifilo asked. "Are you in charge of that?" Subramanian asked the 20-something-year-old prospective juror, who was wearing a green hoodie. "Nope," the prospective juror answered. He was dismissed for cause. Read the original article on Business Insider
Business Insider
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Business Insider
Altoids, K-Pop, and a Harry Potter wand: The strangest moments of Diddy jury selection
There are moments of anguish. And a surprising amount of laughter. Throughout the week, a random assortment of New Yorkers filed in and out of a federal courtroom in Manhattan after receiving juror summonses for USA v Sean Combs. Each prospective juror — nearly 100 people, with doctors, school teachers, clerks, and retirees among them — was warned that the eight-week trial would involve evidence of alleged sexual trafficking and violence. They've all also been asked to describe any personal trauma that could trigger a bias against the rapper, who has maintained his innocence. "It takes a lot of healing," one woman told the judge of being nearly raped three years ago by a stranger in the Bronx. Despite these harrowing moments — and the potential life sentence hanging over the millionaire music mogul — there have also been many moments of levity during jury selection, which is expected to conclude Friday. Laughter has broken out in the otherwise somber courtroom more than a dozen times, including from Combs himself. Here are some of those lighter moments. A Tolkien gesture "I read through the people and places list, which is several pages long," US District Judge Arun Subramanian told the parties before the first 30 prospective jurors filed into his courtroom Monday. "I felt like I was reading an appendix from, like, 'The Lord of the Rings, cracked Subramanian, who is presiding over the trial. The judge was referencing a printed list of more than 200 names that was handed to each prospect. It includes every name that may be referenced during the trial, Kanye West and Kid Cudi among them. The list includes stumpers, such as "Mike Myers." Four people close to the trial — who were not allowed to comment by name — were unable to confirm if this was the actor of Shrek and Austin Powers fame. One thought it "probably" was, but could not describe the context. No Altoids for you During a break in jury selection Monday, Combs' jury selection consultant, Linda Moreno, was returning to her seat at the defense table directly in front of Combs' seat. Combs gestured at the little tin of Altoids she carried, as if to ask for a mint. Moreno began opening the tin. Then her eyes met those of two federal marshals who sat directly behind Combs. The marshals slowly shook their heads, "No," in unison, the tin remained shut, and Moreno took her seat again. Harry Potter and the purloined merch Each prospective juror is asked whether they or any significant person in their life has had any contact with law enforcement. On Monday, this question prompted a former parochial school teacher from the Bronx to admit to her juvenile shoplifting record. "Um, I was at Universal Studios," she began. "I think I was in Harry Potter World. So, they took me to the back and, um, they kind of, like, put me through all the process." She was 16, and a lawyer eventually got the case reduced to "just a fine," she told the judge with an embarrassed-sounding laugh. Many of the defense lawyers and prosecutors couldn't resist smiling. Combs, too, smiled. Then the judge broached the question on everyone's mind. "OK," he asked, as if eliciting a formal confession. "What did you take?" "A wand," she answered. As of Wednesday, the woman remained a contender for the jury. Juror No. 420 "I'm going to order you not to use marijuana during this trial," the judge told a prospective juror who works as a landlord in the Bronx — and who said he partakes nightly. "Are you going to be able to follow that instruction?" As smiles flickered through the courtroom, the judge probed further, asking, "Would that be hard for you?" Yes," came the answer from the witness box. "It would be?" the judge pressed. "Yep." The prospective juror was excused from service. The 51-year-old K-Pop stan Prospective jurors were told to avoid media reports about Combs' case and inform the judge if they had heard anything about it. One 51-year-old nurse practitioner said she had. "I became aware because this is my second day, so you told us about the case," she told the judge. The room erupted in laughter. The woman later said that her media diet consisted almost exclusively of nurse practitioner trade publications. She also listens to rock and hip-hop, and appears to be a member of the BTS Army. "I'm actively watching the concert of the group called BTS, or Bangtan Boys," she said. The judge's pal Subramanian had the chance to bask in the praise of one prospective juror, an attorney who said he had personally known the judge for a decade. The prospective juror said the two had worked together on class-action cases. (Before becoming a federal judge in 2023, Subramanian was an attorney at Susman Godfrey, where he was involved in numerous antitrust cases.) "He is fair, he is gregarious, he is decent, and he's brilliant," he said, ladling plaudits upon the judge. "But we have not always agreed on everything." Subramanian ultimately dismissed him. The guy who skipped questions because he was tired after binge-watching 'Andor' The courtroom was enraptured by one prospective juror, a 64-year-old Black man who works as an X-Ray technician. He recounted past interactions with law enforcement, including the time he once "got into a scuffle" after a misunderstanding in a laundromat, and another occasion where a police officer accused him of failing to be helpful. Subramanian said the man appeared to have omitted details on his written questionnaire. Asked about it, the prospective juror said he was tired because he had sleep apnea and was up late binge-watching "Andor," the new "Star Wars" show on Disney+. "What are you going to do when you are selected as a juror and not be able to binge 'Andor?'" Subramanian asked. "It's finished, I'm finished with it," the prospective juror assured the judge. Subramanian moved him along to the next round. Diddy's jailer One of the last prospective jurors was on the stand for a short time after explaining where he worked. "I work at MDC Brooklyn," he said, referring to the federal jail where Combs is incarcerated. There was an awkward pause in the courtroom as everyone digested what he had just said. And then laughter. "Can we get longer visiting hours?" Agnifilo asked. "Are you in charge of that?" Subramanian asked the 20-something-year-old prospective juror, who was wearing a green hoodie. "Nope," the prospective juror answered. He was dismissed for cause.
