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Just got a roku TV with a used camper trailer Simple Remote is dead, batteries are fine. I cannot believe that the on-set buttons are useless. I have reset the entire box and am stuck at the language menu. No way to select or enter from the buttons on the side. Can anyone help.

How much would you pay to watch a replay of a great play, or skip a bunch of television commercials? And should you have to? Those are a couple of the questions raised by a newly surfaced Microsoft patent application. It’s called “Control-based Content Pricing,” and the basic idea is dynamic pricing of video content, based on the preferences of the user at any given moment — essentially setting different prices for different functions of the TV remote. Here’s an excerpt from the filing. For example, if a user initiates a navigation control input to advance past (e.g., skip over)...

A clash over Minnesota voting rights took another step late Friday when a judge refused to halt the distribution of materials by a conservative group that says it wants to prevent voter fraud. The election watchdog Common Cause Minnesota filed suit last week over distribution of buttons by a "tea party" group and other organizations seeking a "Voter ID" law requiring eligible voters to show valid identification at the polling place. They are urging supporters to wear the buttons while voting during Tuesday's elections. Some have called the effort an attempt to intimidate voters, and Common Cause filed suit, citing...

Poor taste? Well that’s the understatement of the year. Bob Jones University, known for its strict adherence to Christian doctrine, has seriously missed the mark on this one. In an attempt to easily identify freshman on campus, Bob Jones University has passed out “1st BJ” buttons in hopes that professors and upperclassmen alike will extend grace to those scrambling to get to class, or wandering around completely lost during their first week.

Rick Pressl burst into the board of trustees meeting, a boyish exuberance overcoming his normally reserved temperament. The retired fire chief pulled aside Tanya Sulikowski, the executive director of the Schiff Natural Lands Trust, to show off a rusty, barely recognizable object. It was a Revolutionary War era stirrup, Pressl said, his first major find while excavating the nature preserve. He would soon have much more to show the board. This summer, he and a few students from Ridge High School, unearthed spoons, tongs, nails, horseshoes and several other historic artifacts. The group also discovered a set of four brass...

The statement on Buffalo Beheading by the National Organization of Women.

November 16 is . . . . . Button Day!  Button Day is a fun day to collect, use, and just enjoy buttons. Buttons come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors and designs. There is an amazingly endless variety of buttons for your collection. But, wait a minute.... is that the meaning of this day!? Maybe, the purpose of this day is to wear buttons. You know, those diverse buttons that send a message for political purposes.   Or, ones that have funny sayings. Or, a button with a smiley face to cheer everyone up. The origins of...

News Break 04/10/2005 05:19:43 EST Court Overturns 1995 Murder Conviction SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court has tossed out a 1995 murder conviction and ordered a new trial for a man convicted of killing his estranged wife's fiance. The court said buttons the victim's family wore at the trial may have influenced jurors. Mathew Musladin, who is serving a life sentence, maintained that he acted in self-defense when he shot Tom Studer in 1994. In ordering a new trial for Musladin, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said the buttons, which showed...

Digging through a box of buttons I've collected over the years I pulled out these campaign buttons.I thought they were pretty nifty except for the Democrat buttons of course.

Live From N.Y.: A Republican! By Julia Gorin, Washington Post, 10/10/04 NEW YORK I watch the forty-something couple survey our outdoor table from three feet away. The woman shakes her head and covers her mouth with one hand. The man speaks quietly into her ear. I imagine he's telling her not to be afraid, that everything will be okay. Even after I ask her to share her thoughts, she can't find her voice. The cause of her shock and awe? (Okay, "awe" may not be the mot juste here.) It's a "Bush-Cheney 2004" table that graced a street corner near...

Live From N.Y.: A Republican! By Julia Gorin, Washington Post, 10/10/04 NEW YORK I watch the forty-something couple survey our outdoor table from three feet away. The woman shakes her head and covers her mouth with one hand. The man speaks quietly into her ear. I imagine he's telling her not to be afraid, that everything will be okay. Even after I ask her to share her thoughts, she can't find her voice. The cause of her shock and awe? (Okay, "awe" may not be the mot juste here.) It's a "Bush-Cheney 2004" table that graced a street corner near...

The Bush/Cheney Campaign Gear & Information table is still going strong every Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on the northwest corner of 33rd Street and 7th Avenue, across from Madison Square Garden. We have the best selection of Bush/Cheney gear anywhere in the country – buttons, lapel pins, bumper stickers, decals, magnets, caps, bags, T-shirts, rally signs and more – at the lowest prices. Campaign for Bush/Cheney by wearing or carrying our gear, displaying stickers on your car, or hanging rally signs from your apartment window. Last chance to get geared up this Saturday, 9/25, after which we...