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The user is offering up a full 1080p projection setup, with an Optoma HD20 projector, an Onkyo TX-SR605 receiver, and 7.1 surround sound. It's not just the AV equipment, either. The room has lighting, acoustic panels, seating, cables, and much more—everything must go!
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|Excellent - 98 reviews
small-town warmth on the edge of Salt Lake City.. welcome to the Hampton Inn Salt Lake City-North. Unwind in the relaxing suburb of Woods Cross, where you will still have easy access to the natural, historical and artistic attractions of Salt Lake City. The Hampton Inn® hotel in Salt Lake City-North is located off I-15 in Woods Cross, just eight miles north...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 98 reviews
Excellent 10.0
We traveled with our dogs, often a cause for second class treatment. This was not the case; the staff was most gracious.
Only fast food and a lower quality coffee shop nearby.
Good 7.0
We have stayed at this hotel several times as it is convenient when travelling north on I15.
|Excellent - 385 reviews
Come enjoy our award winning country hospitality while skiing, shopping, or staying in one of our large luxurious suites in Bountiful. A cozy stay at a comfortable price with discount tickets to amusement parks and area attractions. We offer an on site fitness center, indoor pool, and whirlpool open 24 hours. Conveniently located 12 minutes from downtown Sal...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 385 reviews
Excellent 10.0
It is next to a freeway but the vehicle noise was very minor.This is not a 2 1/2 star hotel, it is at least a 3 star hotel. I could not find anything wrong.
Excellent 10.0
Very clean and good service. Right next to freeway in a kind of odd location, but it worked fine for us.
|Good - 2 reviews
Mediocre 4.0
The location was great.
$15.00 for parking and no free wifi.
|Excellent - 3 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 3 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Good 7.0
the staff was great , the bed comfortable , room was nice
parking was difficult , room service was a little slow
|Excellent - 1673 reviews
Welcome to Salt Lake Plaza Hotel (Downtown Salt Lake City Hotel) The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel at Temple Square conveniently places you in downtown Salt Lake City steps away from historic Temple Square, the world renowned Family History (genealogy) Library, the Salt Palace Convention Center, Energy Solutions Arena, shopping at the new City Creek Center, dinin...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 1673 reviews
Poor 2.0
I am a frequent traveler to SLC and have stayed at this property a few times as it is centrally located at affordable. The last visit demonstrated the reason why it is affordable as the staff is generally ill trained and not suited for the hospitality industry. They managed to lose an important time sensitive overnight package (which they later located), had the audacity to blame me for their error, decided to hang up when I had called to inquire on the status and refused to respond to a written complaint letter.
Good 8.0
After getting up at 3:30 AM, driving for an hour, flying for 5 hours and arriving at around noon, I was delighted when a room was available for early check-in. It doesn't happen often but when it does you really appreciate it. A great location when visiting Salt Lake City. Close to what I wanted to visit, Temple Square. Actually, across the street. Had to pay for parking but it was only $5.00 a night. Good shopping near by and we were given good reccomendations for dinner. Room was a good size. There was a nice library downstairs to visit with friends.
|Good - 2 reviews
Conveniently located in the entertainment district of Salt Lake City and adjacent to the Salt Palace Convention Center, the Hilton Salt Lake City Center hotel is Utah's premier meeting and recreation destination. This pet friendly hotel has a great range of guest rooms and suites, all offering high-speed internet access and panoramic views across the stunnin...
Good 8.0
I didn't like that you had to pay for parking each day and you had to pay for WiFi.
Good 8.0
The location was excellent and the facilities were very nice. The young man who first met us as we drove up was very, very friendly and helpful.
We had trouble getting connected to the Wi-Fi. When we did (with the help of their out-sourced IT) it was a very weak signal. Also, when we got to the hotel, the place seemed a bit chaotic with wedding guests, wedding parties and tons of people clogging the entry way.
|Excellent - 1 reviews
A stay at The Grand America Hotel places you in the heart of Salt Lake City, walking distance from Eagle Gate College and Salt Lake City and County Building. This 5-star hotel is within close proximity of Salt Lake City Public Library and The Leonardo. Make yourself at home in one of the 775 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and minibars. Rooms...
|Excellent - 1 reviews
With a stay at Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City, a Kimpton Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Salt Lake City, steps from Capitol Theater and Wells Fargo Center. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Off Broadway Theatre and Salt Palace. Make yourself at home in one of the 225 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and iPod docking stations. You...
|Excellent - 1 reviews
The hotel is a 6 story building with rooms that are well equipped for business and leisure travelers seeking a true downtown location in the heart of retail shops. Complimentary a.m. Kitchen Skillet, featuring freshly prepared breakfast sandwiches, waffles, French toast, pancakes and steel cut oatmeal, available daily
Excellent 9.0
The staff were very welcoming and made us feel very important.
Tile in the shower was dated.
|Good - 2 reviews
The Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown is located in the heart of downtown, adjacent to the Salt Palace Convention Center and Energy Solutions Arena. Just a short walk to the Gateway Open-Air shopping, dining and entertainment center, Historic Temple Square, Symphony Hall, Capitol Theater,popular dining options and exciting nightlife. We offer over 15,00...
Good 6.6
Rooms were clean and neat
Was told that there was a airport shuttle....not Check in was @ late! Got into room @ 5. Had to put luggage into closet by front desk while we walked around downtown, waiting for a phone call from them stating that our room was ready. We were not the only ones either. Was told that our stay included the breakfast, found out after we had already had eaten....
|Good - 7 reviews
When you stay at Shilo Inn Suites Hotel - Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City, you'll be near ski lifts and minutes from Capitol Theater and Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. This hotel is within close proximity of Salt Palace and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Make yourself at home in one of the 200 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Cable...
Overall Rating - Good - 7 reviews
Excellent 10.0
I enjoyed the friendly staff, convenient location, and the clean rooms!
Mediocre 4.0
convenient location, Nice staff
all else was bad. it smelled, our room had a whole in the ceiling and our bed had hair in it. The breakfast was bad and weird.
|Good - 1 reviews
Book your next adventure at this Howard Johnson Express Inn-Salt Lake City conveniently located off Interstate 15 within a mile of concerts and sporting events at EnergySolutions Arena, and space exploration at Clark Planetarium. The University of Utah, exotic wildlife at Utahs Hogle Zoo, and interactive exhibits at Discovery Gateway Childrens Museum at The...
Overall Rating - Good - 1 reviews
Good 8.0
Proximity to downtown Salt Lake City and reasonable rates make this location a very good choice.
The facility is neither the nicest nor the newest, although decently maintained. It is better than a bottom-line budget hotel, but only modestly so. Internet connectivity was slow. Outside noise, whether from the parking lot or passing emergency vehicles, created some disturbance but did not ruin a night's stay.
|Excellent - 24 reviews
Centrally located in Salt Lake City's business, historic, cultural and entertainment center, Little America's fine décor and traditional ambience provide the perfect atmosphere for any type of meeting, seminar or special event. The hotel's superior service, accommodations, and amenities also make it an ideal location for leisure travel. Centralized booking...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 24 reviews
Good 8.0
Close to rail
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Excellent 10.0
The resultant was fabulous & the staff were the bomb!!! Hotel staff went above and beyond to make our stay the best ever!!!
No fridge in tne room. :(
|Good - 1 reviews
Overall Rating - Good - 1 reviews
|Excellent - 8 reviews
With a stay at Crystal Inn Hotel & Suites Salt Lake City - Down Town in Salt Lake City, you'll be convenient to Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center and Clark Planetarium. This hotel is within close proximity of Pioneer Park and Eagle Gate College. Make yourself at home in one of the 175 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 32-inch fla...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 8 reviews
Excellent 10.0
This hotel was perfect for our 2 night stay! Room was clean, modern, and well maintained, not to mention very spacious. Beds were extremely comfortable!! Service was friendly and helpful and the hotel is very centrally located and easy to find. Free breakfast was a nice perk. Our room was on the 3rd floor, north side, and was nice and quiet. Great value, I would definitely stay here again.
While Wi-fi was free and available in rooms (and lobby), it didn't work very well. Pool/gym area is rather small, however I wasn't expecting one at all so I wasn't disappointed.
Good 7.0
Good location, Room was clean and spacious. Breakfast was decent. Amenities were respectable. Parking was good.
Wireless internet was poor at best. Contacted their tech support whose solution was to log in to the router and kick other people off the network, which did not help. Both upon my arrival and upon my departure a police officer was stationed in the lobby with his squad car in plain sight just in front of the entrance. Any hotel that feels the need to have a uniformed police officer (not a security guard) at their property with that kind of regularity, causes me concern that the hotel is unsafe. For this reason alone I will not stay at this hotel again.

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The days of generic white labels are long gone. These days, a private label product must come in a well-designed package if it is to stand out on the shelf. Bold graphics, strong functionality and a good product description can turn a boring bag or box into a work of art that gets consumers' attention and wins the sale.
"Boring" certainly does not describe any of the entries in PL Buyer's 7th Annual Private Label Packaging Awards. More than 200 submissions comprising more than 750 products were received - a record number for the competition - and so many of them were award-worthy. But knowing that not all of the entries could receive awards, PL Buyer called on the editors of its sister packaging publications to pick out the best of the best.
Although the judges are packaging experts, it still took them a good deal of time and concentration to make their decisions. The judges poked and prodded, read each entry's mission statement, and even had a few friendly debates about which submissions truly were award-worthy. After plenty of discussion and two rounds of cuts, 21 winning entries were left standing.
PL Buyer's editors didn't let the judges hog all the fun, though. This year, Editor in Chief Kathie Canning and Managing Editor Randy Hofbauer decided to get in on the action, saving an award for one particular entry they both loved.Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thanks to those who submitted! You all made this the biggest and best Private Label Packaging Awards competition yet.
It takes some of the best minds in the packaging business to pick the best packages from the bunch. As we have done in years past, PL Buyer asked the editors of its sister packaging publications - BrandPackaging, Food & Beverage Packaging and Flexible Packaging - to pick out which packages were the cream of the crop. After the judges made their decisions, each had a chance to select his or her favorite entry and share thoughts on what made that product stand out from the rest.
Here's your chance to meet each of the judges and find out his or her favorite pick.
Pan Demetrakakes, editor in chief, Food & Beverage Packaging.
Pan's favorite packaging: A&P's 150th Annivesary products.
Pauline Hammerbeck, editor in chief, BrandPackaging.
Pauline's favorite packaging: A&P's Via Roma pasta and pasta sauce.
Pauline says: "The brand throws category cues (tomatoes, vines) on their head with black and white labels, authentic photography, etc. Every panel on the paperboard packaging is well designed, which reaches out to the shopper regardless of how the package is merchandised."
Sayre Kos, editor in chief, Flexible Packaging.
Sayre's favorite packaging: A&P's 150th anniversary line.
Sayre says: "The print and design on these products are all technically sound, aesthetically pleasing and use a strong, appealing combination of colors and images. But what makes these products stand out is their potential staying power. You know that long after the popcorn or peppermints have been consumed, A&P shoppers will keep these around the house, either as simple decorations or small storage containers. This delivers A&P's message for months and years to come while giving some benefits beyond food storage/protection to the consumer."
Stephanie Hildebrandt, associate editor, BrandPackaging.
Stephanie's favorite packaging: Fresh Market's organic jams/jellies.
RETAILER: ALDI Inc.
Product: Sundae Shoppe
ice cream/iced water treats
Packaging Type: Paperboard cartons with paperboard squeezable tubes and foil-top plastic cups.
Mission: To create a unified product range that further establishes the Sundae Shoppe brand for ALDI, to attract new consumers to the Sundae Shoppe-branded products, and to clearly highlight the product type while communicating flavors and the necessary information to the consumer.
Comments: "I really, really like the use of colors on the box," says Kathie Canning, editor in chief of PL Buyer. "They really stand out, and they're bright. Also, this is something a little bit more upscale than what I would expect from ALDI, which is known for being a value price proposition store.""The striped logo with cursive script adds the feel of a product from a classic soda shop," adds Randy Hofbauer, managing editor of PL Buyer. "It makes me remember my childhood days, when my mom and dad would take me out to the local ice cream parlor on Friday nights. Very nostalgic. And to me, nostalgia sells."
RETAILER: Costco Wholesale Corp.
Product: Children's Aller-Tec
Packaging Type: Foil Carton
Mission: To build on the Kirkland Signature brand image - specifically the Aller-Tec line of products for allergy relief; to relay the message that private label can be equivalent to the national brands in terms of ingredients and quality, yet more affordable; and to be noticed in the larger box-store environment.
Comments: "There's an element of playfulness to this that you just don't see with most over-the-counter medicine," says Pan Demetrakakes, editor in chief of Food & Beverage Packaging. "Most over-the-counter medicine is very serious."
"Their use of foil … [helps] the package stand out in a low-light retail environment, which I think obviously is a smart thing to do," notes Pauline Hammerbeck, editor in chief of BrandPackaging. "The way they accomplished that is nicely done. It's not 'bonk over the head - look at me,' but it's attractive, and it is eye-catching.""Even if the child isn't the one picking out the medicine … it immediately tells you what it's for: a child," adds Stephanie Hildebrandt, associate editor of BrandPackaging. "I also think it communicates what the parent needs to know - you have check marks showing the [product's] benefits."
RETAILER: Foodstuffs Own Brands Ltd.
Product: Pams Choca chocolate drink mix
Packaging Type: Plastic pouch
Mission: To stand out on the shelf and in the category.
Comments: "I think the texture and the logo [do] convey [the message] they're trying to accomplish, which is warmth and coziness," Hildebrandt says. "Those are the situations where you do partake of hot cocoa. It kind of transports you to the experience of the product while you're shopping.""In terms of the photography and the print here, it's technically very good," emphasizes Sayre Kos, editor in chief of Flexible Packaging. "A lot of resolution, a lot of good detail in there."
Product: Fresh Market canned vegetables
Packaging Type: Label on a can
Mission: To portray a wholesome and "your grandmother could have canned this" feel, to give a stronger "fresh" feel to the product than typical canned vegetable labels suggest, to make people feel good about eating canned vegetables, and to hearken back to a simpler time, eliciting feelings of wholesomeness.
Comments: "This is an actual example of retro graphics, which are not as easy to do as a lot of people think," Demetrakakes remarks. "The biggest mistake I think a lot of designers make is that they throw elements from different eras in. … Here, you've got everything … the fonts, the actual illustration, the background of the illustration, and even things like the flourishes on the shield are all completely consistent [and] retro. It just comes together for very good graphics overall."
RETAILER: The Fresh Market
Product: Fresh Market organic jams and jellies
Packaging Type: Pressure-sensitive label on glass jar
Mission: To convey an organic, hand-made feel by offering unique glassware with hand-painted watercolor illustrations and a font developed from a Fresh Market employee's actual handwriting.
Comments: "When you look at this, it automatically looks homemade because of the typography," Hildebrandt remarks, "and the jar itself looks like something you could have in your kitchen."
"Whoever has [hand]writing like that … wow," Hammerbeck adds."If you were to [shop at] a small mom-and-pop place, this would be the kind of boutique gift that you would bring home," Kos notes.
RETAILER: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
Product: Via Roma pasta and pasta sauce
Packaging Type: Carton and jar
Mission: To capture the shopper's attention and make him or her smile.
Comments: "I think this packaging is really authentic!" Hildebrandt exclaims. "And it's not that it just looks authentic, but it is authentic because a photographer ... actually photographed these Tuscan natives. So you're seeing Italian people in their own environment."
"You see these two old people … enjoying each other's company," Demetrakakes adds. "It's going to make consumers flash back to memories of when grandma cooked up a big bowl of pasta. The topography is simple, yet varied.""The logo [is] kind of an emblem that also conveys the heritage," Hammerbeck notes. "It's obvious they made an investment - everything is really well done, from the photography to the typography."
RETAILER: The Fresh Market
Product: Fresh Market frozen thin crust pizza
Packaging Type: Box
Mission: To get noticed, stand out and convey a rustic, "fresh from the pizza oven" look and feel.
Comments: "What they've got here is a very contemporary feel with the all-caps lettering along different axes that forms almost a solid block," Demetrakakes observes. "You see that a lot these days - it's very trendy. You fit that in with the stylized graphic of the wooden panel and the pizza, and it makes for a unique and attractive package."
"I agree," Hammerbeck adds. "I like the fact that they're going outside the category norms. To me, they did it well."
RETAILER: Hy-Vee Inc.
Product: LeTechniq hand soaps
Packaging Type: Pump bottle and label
Mission: To design an attractive package that consumers are happy displaying in their home.
Comments: "It has your basic, elegantly simple design," Demetrakakes says. "I also like the unusual shape of the closure."
"They were looking to make a product that was counter-worthy," Hammerbeck points out. "Graphically, they kept it really simple [and] had icons differentiating varieties, making it something people would want to keep on their counter tops."Exactly," Kos adds. "You can probably display it on the counter in your bathroom or your kitchen, if you go that route. When you look at the clearer bottles like that Morning Mist soap, it has the appearance of the graphics [being] printed directly on the bottle, even though on very close inspection, you know it's not the case. It's technically very well done."
RETAILER: Sam's Club
Product: Member's Mark sea salt kettle chips
Packaging Type: Bag
Mission: To convey a simple, yet classic gourmet feel. The design reflects a natural product made using only the finest ingredients, to provide a healthier alternative to similar products in the category.
Comments: "I like the mix of photography - which to me, feels very modern - with the stripes on the bag - which to me, feel very vintage," Hammerbeck observes. "The combination of the whole retro/modern thing works very nicely together.""A lot of packagers of snacks and chips are doing matte finishes, but I think this stands out because the black-and-white photography seems to go well with that finish," Demetrakakes adds. "The reason for matte finish is that it somehow - subliminally, I guess - reminds you of the potato chips your grandfather bought and [how] they'd put them in a paper bag for him."
RETAILER: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
Product: A&P 150th Anniversary products
Packaging Type: Tin containers
Mission:To celebrate the company's historic anniversary while bringing back memories to its customers.
Comments: "The use of the tins really is conveying the purpose of these particular products, which is to celebrate the heritage of A&P," Hammerbeck says. "So the format and the material choice in this case is very closely aligned with the kind of message that they're trying to convey."
"When you think about the entire lifecycle of the packaging, you're not going to be throwing these away," Kos notes. "You can see yourself using these for some other purpose. So really, not only do they advertise the product inside, but they're also advertising A&P stores for years ahead in the future. A&P is going to be in the minds of whoever's using these tins far into the future. God knows what they're going to put in them, but A&P will be there.""It's very eye-catching," Demetrakakes adds. "Especially the peppermint puffs - the shape and material of the tin match perfectly with the old-style graphics."
RETAILER: Meijer
Product: Grand Gourmet Pro knife set
Packaging Type: Folding carton
Mission: To communicate the option of a quality product equal to the national brand at an affordable price.
Comments: "It has a dramatic photo," Kos points out. "That's what captures my eye. There's a good contrast in the lighting; the black of the knife handles in the wood grain highlighted against the wood grain of the block … really catch your eye and kind of sell you on what's inside.""I was looking at the side of the package," Hammerbeck adds, "and I thought that the use of the silhouettes for each knife type was very useful just to help, once you get it home, for everyone to figure out what product is used for what purpose. The silhouettes of the products, I think, are helpful and a very graphic way of conveying that information."
RETAILER: Henry's Farmers Market (Smart & Final)
Product: Frozen pizza products
Packaging Type: Box
Mission: To communicate that the product is all-natural, high-quality and free of artificial ingredients. The package design also offers a strong shelf presence that communicates a farm-fresh product at a value price.
Comments: "It's been awhile since I've been in the frozen pizza aisle," Hammerbeck says, "but I think the use of white is pretty unique in the category, which is a smart move that makes it stand out to the consumer. It also, in this instance, conveys … the premium feel of the product.""It includes the standard product photo, which is well done," Kos emphasizes. "It's technically very good - it really lets the product do the talking, and it's reinforced by good typography."
RETAILER: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
Product: Hartford Reserve apple pie
Packaging Type: Windowed box
Mission: To give a premium look and feel with a primarily black package that has elegant photography and copy.
Comments: "It has really nice typography," Demetrakakes remarks. "Simple, but it also conveys that premium aspect that I think they're trying to accomplish here.""When you go into the store, I don't feel like you see a lot of pies in black packaging," Hildebrandt says. "Also, the window helps a lot so you can see the texture of the pie [and] get a feel for what it looks like and what you're getting."
RETAILER: Winn-Dixie
Product: Olive oils
Packaging Type: Glass bottle with paper label
Mission: To communicate national-brand-equivalent quality and educate the consumer about different varieties of olive oil.
Comments: "[The products have] a simple composition in photos on each of them, and just good design and aesthetics on the labels," Kos says. "Also, the gold overwrap there, that really elevates the packaging. It's not what you would expect of a private label package - the stigma has always been lesser packaging, less appealing. In this case, it's not so - there's definitely some elegance about it."
"It's a really clean and clear design," Hildebrandt notes."It looks like they're using a smaller label, which really lets the product shine through," Hammerbeck adds. "It conveys the information it needs to convey. It has the appeal of photography, but then really lets the product be the star of the show."
RETAILER: OfficeMax
Product: Infuse presentation boards
Packaging Type: Paperboard box with acetate film
Mission: To clearly communicate the feature and benefits, and help our customers identify quality presentation products.
Comments: "The labeling very simply and clearly indicates the capabilities of the product, what it can do," Demetrakakes says. "Not only can you draw on it, you can stick stuff on it with magnets. That might sound trivial, but that's exactly the kind of detail that can actually push someone in the direction of making the purchase.""The icons … really communicate that it can be used anywhere in the house - [there are] no limits to where in the house you can put it," Kos points out. "I think typically people will look at this product and say it's for an office situation or an office space. Not necessarily so. The graphics really communicate that."
Product: Smoking Barrel beef jerky
Packaging Type: Plastic bag
Mission: To appeal to consumers of dried beef products and serve as an economically friendly alternative to name brand beef jerky; to draw in consumers using its colorful and creative design; to encourage consumers to try each flavor of jerky; and to highlight the nutritional value of the product.
Comments: "It has a contemporary look for the category," Hammerbeck notes. "I think when you think of beef jerky, it's a little more old-fashioned. And this is kind of a more modern take [with] bold graphics."
RETAILER: Topco Associates LLC
Product: World Classics Trading Company Swiss chocolate bars
Packaging Type: Paperboard carton
Mission: To present the indulgent imported chocolate line using premium graphic elements and fanciful flavor names in an effort to invite the consumer to try all flavors within the line.
Comments: "They did a great job of uniting the brand through common elements and tying them together with the product shot," Demetrakakes says. "And I think the product shot is ingenious - it shows squares of the product stacked, one on top of the other. It's not only very appetizing, but it also shows the consumer exactly what the top and the inside of the chocolate is going to be like.""An interesting aspect to the brand itself is the fact that they have this fictitious character," Hammerbeck remarks, "and on the back of the packaging, you have journal notes that kind of correlate to each product type, which is kind of interesting - you kind of follow his story."
Product: Monkey Loco candy
Packaging Type: Plastic bag
Mission: To look exciting and colorful, and to be marketed like a national brand. The package front is designed to direct consumers' attention to the candy inside the package.
Comments: "The concept is fun," Hammerbeck says. "Obviously, the product is for kids, and the graphic of the monkey with the mouthful of candy is fun. Seeing that the brand name is Monkey Loco … it makes sense to have a crazy monkey on the package."
RETAILER: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P)
Product: Hartford Reserve artisan cheese
Packaging Type: Label
Mission: To communicate the quality and the type, origin and flavor of each cheese.
Comments: "I picked them [for their] use of colors, design and typography," Kos notes. "The combination really gets the product to elevate its status. And also, these labels here - the Wisconsin Cheese and the ACS (American Cheese Society) Winner [labels] - really give the products some credibility.""[The labels] also help in the selection process maybe for someone who's not as familiar with different cheeses," Hammerbeck adds. "The fact that there's the little graphic of the animal from which the cheese came - you know, the cow for cow's milk, the goat for goat's milk - that helps with the selection process. I think that's pretty unique."
RETAILER: Topco Associates LLC
Product: Full Circle Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon, whole fillet
Packaging Type: Rotogravure vacuum-sealable bag
Mission: To capture the attention of consumers looking for healthy and delicious meal options.
Comments: "The shape and especially the ice background gets across that this is a close cousin of something you might see on the counter of a fishmonger," Demetrakakes says. "It communicates at a glance instantly what it's all about and what you're going to get in your package."
"I like the good use of colors - primary, eye-catching colors," Kos adds. "When you see fresh salmon behind the counter at the grocery store, you do notice that orange and pink color. And that's communicated here on the packaging - you don't see that the actual product, but you see the image on the packaging.""It kind of makes me think of when you go to the butcher - you know, the butcher paper," Hammerbeck notes. "It feels like they wrapped up the salmon, and it's like, 'Here it is, ready to go.' The simple structure, for me, conveys that."
RETAILER: OfficeMax
Product: TŪL Tape Dispenser
Packaging Type: Box with plastic sleeve
Mission: To protect the product while at the same time allowing the consumer to see the actual product, drawing him or her in with the metallic finish.
Comments: "It's a very modern product, and so the packaging is very sleek and modern, too," Demetrakakes notes. "It fits very well in the whole modern, Scanadanavian-style design motif."
"I agree with the whole modern art sensibility," Hammerbeck adds. "It looks almost like they're putting it up on a pedestal like a piece of art, [making us] believe that it's encased inside the package. So that plays up the modern aspect of the product design.""It's as transparent as can possibly be," Hildebrandt points out. "You know exactly what you're getting."
RETAILER: Winn-Dixie
Product: Frozen ice cream bars and popsicles
Packaging Type: Cartons
Mission: To communicate national-brand-equivalent quality to the consumer.
Comments: "The use of this product to create an illustration I think is really smart," Hammerbeck says, "and it's fun - I'm assuming these are all kid-oriented products. So making the product itself more appealing and fun to a kid is just a unique, smart approach. [The illustrations] tie the line together, too.""It really is adorable," Hildebrandt adds. "It's probably not very hard to get kids to [consume] these things in the first place. …But it's just a cute way and creative way to get their attention to go [to that product] first." PLB


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A Bristol man was killed when the car he was driving barreled through an intersection and into the Farmington Country Club.
Officers responded to the crash at 3:36 and discovered the car about five feet off the ground inside the building at 806 Farmington Ave. (Rt.4). The crash cut gas lines when the car struck the building and also took down a utility pole in the area.
The male driver of the vehicle, Thaddeus L. Singleton III of Bristol, was pronounced dead at the scene and a female passenger was extricated from the motor vehicle, and was transported by ambulance to Hartford Hospital with undetermined injuries.
The typically busy intersection was closed for a number of hours Sunday morning, but reopened around 10:30 a.m. police said.
The North Central Municipal Accident Reconstruction Squad (NCMARS) is investigating the accident. Any witnesses to the accident or people with information concerning the accident are asked to call the Farmington Police Department at 860-675-2400.
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Aaltoes Pitch it., on March 29, is a great opportunity to get feedback, find funding for your startup and get it on the map. The open mic session is perfect for getting initial feedback for ideas.
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Oskari Lehtonen, Koppi | Catch
Oskari is a partner at Koppi | Catch, one of the Vigo accelerators. He is a serial entrepreneur and has conducted research in Stanford University, Silicon Valley and Singapore among other places. Oskari is mainly interested in consumer related applications and services and media sector.
Riku Seppälä, Open Ocean Capital
Riku joined Open Ocean from the big data startup Hopper Travel in Montreal. Prior to Hopper, Riku co-founded two startups, Canvious and NHybrid and helped startups at Montreal-based accelerator Bolidea.
Ramine is a French entrepreneur, gamer and blogger. He is the founder and CEO of MySites.com, expert in cloud computing. His past experience is in large scale gaming communities, and recently mentored the Summer of Startups and Garage48 programs. He is also a coach at Startup Sauna. Currently manages R&D at Rovio.
Antti is wingman at Startup Sauna, the leading open-source seed accelerator program in Europe. Having been running it two batches already and preparing for the third, and Summer of Startups once, he sure knows what is needed to get early stage ideas flying. In addition to seed accelerators and startups, Antti has a vast experience from B2C and B2B sales.
Mike is community shepherd at HammerKit and a Startup Sauna coach. Also dis-organiser of BarCamp Helsinki and other un-conferences, helps startups with presentation skills, host at Hub Helsinki, co-driver with the Travelling Salesman and organiser of MobileDevCamp.fi for the last three years.


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Why do I want to use this word when I know that people will be hurt and possibly triggered by it?
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Arthur Moats, a FA ILB, will visit the #Steelers on Monday
Steeler Insider @steeler_insider 19m
Arthur Moats, a FA ILB, will visit the #Steelers on Monday
Round 1, Pick 15 (15)- Ryan Shazier, ILB; Ohio State
Round 2, Pick 14 (46)- Stephon Tuitt, DE; Notre Dame
Round 3b, Pick 33 (97)- Dri Archer, RB; Kent State
Round 4, Pick 18 (118 )- Martavis Bryant, WR; Clemson
Round 5, Pick 17 (157)- Shaquille Richardson, CB; Arizona
Round 5b, Pick 33 (173)- Wesley Johnson, OT; Vanderbilt
Round 6, Pick 16 (192)- Jordan Zumwalt, OLB; UCLA
Round 6b, Pick 39 (215)- Daniel McCullers, DT; Tennessee
Round 7, Pick 15 (230)- Rob Branchflower, TE; Massachusetts
Buffalo signed two FA LB's and never made him an offer. Red Flag here ....being from Western NY I have watched him play. Nothing special but not awful either. Definitely an upgrade from Sylvester at ILB but not sure about Special Teams
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...
Here We Go Steelers, Here We Go...!!!
I will just say this. He would be an under the radar signing we look back on as a very good signing. Mitchell signing is what it looks like on paper. We know what they expect. Don't be surprised if the Steelers do sign Moats...Moats & Timmons end up the starters. Moats just turned 26 a week ago too.
The Steelers got their guy in Mitchell. I always thought the best route would be the FS in FA. They Steelers lost many in FA but many of these under the radar types are plugging holes predraft. They get Moats done & Blount...That would be huge. I still would like Carrington to be the topper. That would solidify EVERYTHING. Now you look at the draft...And really the menu is wide open. No certainty has to fall back on rookies but more importantly...They can jump on skill players for immediate contribution. The 2 biggest areas of "Want" are the 2 deepest in this draft...CB & WR. The is a very very good chance that the draft falls to where they could address them at 1-2 & double dip again later.
I haven't seen him play, but adding a veteran ILB for depth would be a great move. Back to his old combine numbers, he has good size and good straight line speed at least:
Hopefully he can be a Keyaron Fox type signing. A key special teamer who provides veteran depth.
A little trivia about Moats. He was the one that ended Favre's consecutive game streak when he sacked him. I only remember this because my daughter was in Moats' wedding party. She is good friends with his wife.
At this point, the Steelers are entering the draft with credible starting options at every spot with the exception of left defensive end. They still need depth at WR and RB and could use plenty of improvement, but they don't have to reach for need.


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Chris Brown and Rihanna: Smokin' Hot at Post-Grammy Partyby Free Britney at . Comments
Rihanna and Chris Brown celebrated their buzzed-about Grammy PDA-fest by hitting up a Hollywood club last night, and apparently smoking up a storm!
The obviously-fully-reconciled-and-dating-duo dropped by Supperclub for a private party ... one in which the entire place was filled with pot smoke.
We don't know what they were smoking, of course, but both have made their fondness for marijuana clear ... and there's no way that club allows cigarettes.
They were then driving away from the club with Rihanna in the passenger seat at around 3:20 a.m. No paparazzi-related car crash reported this time.
Check out more pics of Chris Brown and Rihanna from the Grammy Awards:
The couple walked the red carpet separately, but soon became inseparable ...
And then took their rekindled romance (and her 7th Grammy) to the club:
Rihanna and Chris Brown back together: What's your opinion?
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yeah, it is a shame. he is a piece of crap and she is lovely. i hope she learns quickly that once they hit you once, they do it again and again and again....
its a shame really. rihanna is a gorge young girl, you would think she cares for herself more. But clearly, shes addicted, madly in love and dependant on chris mentally. He on the other hand is rather unintelligent and not very remorseful. its her choice I guess, still..too bad
Idiots. There are no morals anymore, no one has an ounce of good old fashioned values. Sorry, I am a good old fashioned girl who just doesn't get the Hollywood mentality.
Chris Brown is tangible proof of Evolution. He hasn't. He is a disgrace to his race and to men everywhere. His current ongoing behavior shows he is a violent Man Child who can not learn from his own history or the examples of others. Rihanna, like her mother before her, can not Climax without the anticipation of being beaten by her primate lover. She to is a disgrace and horrid role model to young women the world over. The fact that they even qualify as "Celebrities" is a Testament to how lacking entertainment is in America and the morals of not only the media but those who follow them - and the deprived minds of those who try to defend them.


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E-Cigarettes to Light Up Tobacco Stocks
Mark is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
In the media and on the social networks, e-cigarettes seem to be the rage. Celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and LeBron James have been spotted using them, without being paid celebrity endorsers. Tobacco companies are realizing this and see this trend as the new growth area for the tobacco companies.
What are e-cigarettes?
An e-cigarette is an electronic inhaler that vaporizes a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, simulating tobacco smoke. E-cigarettes are designed to look and feel like an actual cigarette. The liquid solution contains nicotine to satisfy nicotine cravings.
Analysts forecast that sales e-cigarettes will hit the $1 billion mark this year, double the amount recorded in 2012. The market is still small, considering that $80 billion in cigarettes are sold per year in the U.S., but rapidly growing.
The main selling point for electronic cigarettes is that they don't burn tobacco. A risk for the tobacco companies is cannibalizing their bread and butter – tobacco -- but they see a booming market and if anyone is going to capture their smokers, it's going to be them.
Which company has first-mover advantage?
Lorillard (NYSE: LO) is the third largest tobacco company in the United States. The company has been the most aggressive among the big tobacco companies by buying e-cigarette company blu ecigs. Lorillard bought the company in April 2012 for $135 million. Currently, blu ecigs is the top electronic cigarette company in the U.S. with a 40% market share, and gives Lorillard first-mover advantage among the big tobacco companies. For Lorillard, even though blu ecigs accounts for only 2% of revenues, it comprises 50% of the company's revenue growth.
To ramp up growth at blu ecigs, Lorillard has named James Raporte as the company's new president, replacing founder Jason Healy. Jason Healy will move to a consulting role in product development and marketing. Raporte has over 30 years experience in the tobacco industry and will use that experience to increase the company's distribution and marketing. So far blu ecigs are available at more than 80,000 retail locations in addition to its online presence. Raporte is tasked with using Lorillard's relationships with distributors and retailers to expand the reach of blu ecigs.
Which company looks to get into the market in a big way?
Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI) is the second-largest tobacco company in the U.S. Executives at Reynolds American are touting their new electronic cigarette Vuse as a game changer. The company plans to be a major player in the market in a short amount of time and is rolling out its expansion first in Colorado.
The advantage to Vuse, according to the company, is that its digital technology creates a perfect puff every time. The digital technology is designed to maintain the consistency of the nicotine vapors that the user is inhaling. It is marketed as a tobacco product and not a smoking cessation device. The company is going after the tobacco market and wants to provide a product that can convert smokers once they try the e-cigarette. An estimated 30% of smokers have tried an e-cigarette, but the conversion rate has been low. Reynolds American feels that a superior product will convert the smokers to its Vuse electronic cigarette.
Where is the biggest tobacco company in this market?
Philip Morris International and Altria Group (NYSE: MO) produce the most popular cigarette in the world, Marlboro. Altria Group has the U.S. market and Philip Morris has the entire market outside the U.S. Philip Morris International was spun-off from Altria Group in 2008.
Altria Group is the market leader in smokeless tobacco products, but neither company currently has an e-cigarette in the marketplace. That is about to change, as Altria Group announced in April that its Nu Mark subsidiary will roll out an electronic cigarette in the second half of this year. Altria's entry into the market has the other players concerned.
Foolish assessment
The market for electronic cigarettes looks set to become the next growth area for the tobacco giants. Lorillard and Reynolds American have a head start on Altria and Philip Morris, but the latter's financial strength and marketing muscle can allow them to catch up quickly. As more smokers embrace the non-smoking trend, look for them to follow the example and embrace electronic cigarettes.
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Skip the Ties — All Dad Wants for Father's Day is You
If you're having a tough time finding a gift for Father's Day, you're not alone. But here's the good news: most dads don't want anything other than to spend a little extra time with you.
If you're having a tough time finding a gift for Father's Day, you're not alone. But here's the good news: most dads don't want anything other than to spend a little extra time with you.
Sure, your dad said he didn't want anything for Fathers' Day, but that might also have been a not-so-subtle hint that thanks to the last several holidays, he has enough ties and golf balls.
According to a new survey, what mothers want for Mother's Day and what the men in their lives think they want for Mother's Day aren't necessarily the same thing.
For a guy, finding the right Valentine's Day gift for his beloved can be a challenge. And if a new online survey is to be believed, it just got a little harder — women say the stand-by chocolates and flowers simply won't do.
Who says romance is dead? It's clearly alive and well — and has a price tag attached.
The good people at Regretsy.com provide the valuable service of pointing out the most egregious wastes of yarn sold on the craft site Etsy, whose wares are often made by Brooklyn's ukulele-playing, manic-pixie dream girls.
It's February, so that means you're on the Valentine's Day clock, fellas.
While knowledge of your special lady should be what dictates what you get her, come the 14, perhaps this survey from Sears of more than 1,000 adults on their V-Day gift preferences can also help you out.
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The greatest trick the Devil ever played? That time he bought a 'Cabbage Patch Doll' for the holidays, told the clerk it was for "his kid," but really, it was for his collection. What guy hasn't hasn'
Back in October, Jimmy Kimmel asked parents to film themselves telling their kids that they ate all their Halloween candy and then upload the video to YouTube. The resulting prank became a viral hit. On Monday, Kimmel struck again, asking parents to give their kids terrible early Christmas gifts and then film the results.
Needless to say, the kids were not happy. But you will be when you see their cute reactions.
You're excused if you've last track of all the marquee video games that have hit shelves in the past several weeks. Just like Tim Tebow, game publishers hold back their best stuff for the end. Even those of us who play and read about games constantly have trouble keeping track of what's out there.
You've spent the last two months agonizing over what to get your woman for Christmas, and now you're ready for the big day. Good work. But, if you're spending the holiday with her family, have you thought of what you'll get them?
Spent all your money on one really great gift, but think you should also get a small gift so your loved one has something else to open? Think again. New research shows that a small gift could decrease the value of the more generous one in the eyes of the recipient.


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Corn and soybean producers who don't already have their 2012 crop insurance in place would be well advised to speed dial their insurance agent. The deadline to get coverage is March 15 and this year's changes are making coverage more affordable.
Moreover, if drought continues in the Midwest, good crop insurance coverage becomes all the more critical. Earlier this month Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Dave Frederickson and the state's Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman teamed up to advise growers to buy crop insurance before the deadline due to dry conditions heading into planting season.
Dry conditions now cover the Dakotas, Minnesota, northeastern Wisconsin, and northwestern Iowa, and severe drought has taken hold in the prime corn and soybean growing regions of southern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa. Fortunately, this year a couple of changes allow producers to effectively increase coverage without paying more.
"Some clients are increasing the level of coverage by 5% or so," says Greg Wheelock, Crop Insurance Services, Mankato, Minn. "If they are at 75 or 80% coverage now, maybe they are bumping it up to 80 or 85%."
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Over the years, I've seen people who were shot and killed: slumped in a car in front of DuSable High School, crumpled on a sidewalk in Englewood, laid out on a stainless steel table at the Cook County medical examiner's office.
In none of the instances did I feel at all tempted to walk over to the pool of darkening crimson, dip in a pair of fingers into the gore and use it to smear a message — "GUNS KILL," say — on a nearby wall. That would be unimaginable. Your primary thoughts at such a moment are of horror and the victim, of the violated human body and just how much blood it can contain.
Distance is an anesthetic, however, a stimulant and a narcotic.
Saturday's shooting delivered a triple shock — the first jolt, that a newly re-elected congresswoman, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, could be gunned down, and in the middle of that most humble of democratic activities, a "Congress on Your Corner" meeting with constituents in a Safeway grocery store parking lot.
The second shock, the sheer number of victims: 20 — 14 wounded, including the congresswoman, six dead, including a federal judge, John M. Roll, and a 9-year-old girl, Christina Green. All from a lone gunman, apparently, Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect captured at the scene.
And the third shock was seeing just how quickly the whole thing devolved into the same tired, bitter, vitriolic Punch-and-Judy partisan battle that has dominated our discourse for years. If there was a moment of national shock, it was just that, a moment.
In my view, it hardly matters which side you take: whether you are a Democrat making the leap from the noxious rhetoric of the right to this specific crime — a leap of faith, in my eyes, not at all justified by the facts. Indeed, a former classmate of the suspect called him "left wing, quite liberal." Even if the charge fits, it's too easy. I've attended Tea Party rallies, and noticed that, for all the vehemence of their signs, they didn't go burn taco stands. This was a release of steam and fear by honked-off middle-aged white people, a chance for them to yell about how life has treated them unfairly because they have to pay taxes. If that kind of carping led to actual violence, massacres would happen every week.
When I heard the shooter was 22, I knew the Tea Party wasn't a factor. Too young. Youth is the realm of white supremacists and mental illness (if a distinction can be made between the two).
It is true that fear of government is a continuum, from legitimate beefs about waste, bureaucracy and overregulation to crazy fixations with the gold standard and finding secret messages in currency. But one extreme doesn't indict the middle, any more than David Berkowitz casts doubt upon pet ownership because his neighbor's dog, he claimed, told him to commit the Son of Sam murders.
Saturday's shooting tells us what all shootings tell us — that life is fragile and often too short, that violence is cruel and random, that mental illness ravages lives — think of Loughner, what his life will be like from now on, facing a half century in prison or a psychiatric hospital. Think of his parents who lose a son and gain, fairly or unfairly, an unspoken blame they will never escape.
The reaction to the shootings is a separate matter from the tragedy itself. Saturday evening the Los Angeles Times posted an on-point editorial:
"Within minutes, hundreds of commenters were at work across the Web loudly seeking to appropriate the story for their own purposes, in many cases fanning it for maximum fear, and injecting it into the roiling narrative of anger, partisanship and paranoia that has taken over so much of the national political conversation."
The motivations of the shooter are irrelevant. It is OUR motivations we should examine and understand. The reaction to the shootings reminds us how political extremism saps our humanity. It's the same dynamic that allows young men to strap on explosives and go blow themselves up in crowded markets — the trumping of tender feeling by delusional political obsession. You would not, if it were your wife shot in the head in Tucson, flutter your fingers on the keyboard and wax snarky about Obamacare. You would not, if it were your father, murdered in a grocery store parking lot, carp about Sarah Palin's rhetorical excesses. You would not, if it were your third-grader, your darling daughter killed on a Saturday morning because she was in the student council and wanted to meet a real congresswoman, pontificate about our cherished Second Amendment rights. The victims had blood to shed — these online observers seem cold, bloodless and inhuman.
Press your fingers, not into the carnage, seeking something crimson to underscore your point, but against your own neck. Find a pulse, if you have one, and then try to conduct yourself accordingly.


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If you're not hooked on the hilarity that is ABC's 'Happy Endings,' first you should probably get yourself to a retail establishment that sells DVDs and purchase Season 1 immediately. But after that, you should watch this sneak peek of the Season 2 premiere, which airs Wed., Sept. 28 at 9:31 PM ET on ABC, and try not to get hooked.
In 'Blax, Snake, Home,' the gang decides to take advantage of Alex and Dave's honeymoon suite a year after their aborted wedding. As usual, things go horribly awry. Watch AOL TV's exclusive sneak peek of the Season 2 premiere and try not to laugh. It might be impossible. This show is a-mah-zing.
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I don't know how many of these are true, but if even one is, I want to marry him. I mean, I did anyway, but this just makes it better.
In my head, he karaoked The Star Wars Song.
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This is my favorite of the Wars on Kinkade series by Roland Deschane.
I like that the perspective of the cottage draws the eye to the subtly-added AT-ATs.
It may be lame to criticize art that is so close to perfect, but I wish he had made the moon sliver into a Death Star sliver. I hope he continues to make these and starts adding Rebel Alliance stuff, particularly lightsabers, just for the tagline:
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Something was strange when I woke up. Well, my brain is always there when I wake up, so something is always strange. Today something new was strange.
It seemed like the whole house was vibrating. It was a low, indistinct rumbling. I went out on the back porch to locate the source. It seemed to be coming from that general direction, but I couldn't pinpoint it.
It seems like it's being generated by a very large machine, but machines that big at some point ramp up their engines to do whatever they do. This one just constantly rumbles. The sound is at the very low end of human hearing. I'm sure it extends below that frequency, too. I wish I had a microphone that could capture it for you.
It's been going on all day. The sound is so low that it seems to emanate from everywhere. It's not coming from somewhere. It's around me. I'm in it.
It's like I'm in the bowels of the Death Star, with its immense power source in the center rumbling through the entire structure.
Sounds that low and powerful have been said to have an emotional effect. I believe it. I feel uneasy. There's a sense of foreboding, as if something is about to go very wrong.
I had to find out what it was. I drove down the street, hoping I wasn't going to encounter a Death Star. That'll seriously ruin your whole day.
I saw a sign indicating there was road work ahead. I bet they're paving. Those modern street pavers churn a huge mass of tar and aggregate and lay it down slowly in a wide swath. That would account for the Death Star rumble.
I just wish the feeling that the Emperor is about to visit would go away.
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It's plastic, it's clear, it's glittery, it's Disco Toilet!This is where you put your face during a rough bout of Saturday Night Fever.
From what I gather, women have a hard enough time verifying what they sit their naked asses down on. They don't need a translucent toilet seat and cover to make it even more difficult to determine what they're about to rest their naughty bits on.
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"That's no… Oh. Right. OK, it's a moon."
Two Moons Passing in the Night
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To me it's just Star Wars Church.
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That's what I'm talkin' about!
I call it… the Boob-Trooper. Corset by Castle Corsetry!
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The family that bounty hunts together bakes bundts together.
I dunno.
Yes, that is Freddie Mercury riding Darth Vader. And yes, that is the epitome of pop culture perfection.
"Polish the helmet"
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Hmmm… Long flowing robes… Superpowers… Fighting evil… Propensity for desert-dwelling…
Autocorrect might just have something there.
Coincidentally this is also what bedtime looks like around here.
So close to perfect. Why does Lvcas have two hands?
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Bobaflex: What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me.
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Pet rats = dealbreaker. Hands down.
We were sitting across from each other having a Sunday mid-afternoon lunch in a casual Vietnamese restaurant on our second date.Somehow the topic was burying pets (apologies to the people who bought my parents' house - you may come across skeletons in your garden). Kind of a strange topic, but I don't date normally it seems, so this was fine. Until he said, "Yeah, I buried pet rats in the small green space in front of my house."Me: "Your current house?" Him: "Yeah."Me: "Rats plural? You had multiple pet rats? Do you have rats now?"Him: "I don't have any now. They have such short life spans; it's hard to get so emotionally attached for such a short time."
Mind you, rats live 2 to 3 years. Years.
He told me about the beautiful variety of rats - one of his was silver with a white belly, the other was a "hooded rat" - white with a black head (so creepy!)He also explained that cages are too small for them, but leaving them to roam around the house is problematic.Me: "Because they poop."Him: "Because they chew things."
Apparently they also have such endearing qualities as the ability to learn and respond to their names.And they have little animated hands.But what do they carry besides the plague?!?Yes, it was a rather handy (pun intended) way to wipe out the indigenous population of North America and large swaths of people in Europe at varying points in history.
"But the eyes!" I protested. "The beady, bulging eyes!"He admitted that the side profile was not so attractive.
And speaking of bulging, my cousin had rats when I was growing up. One of them had massively enormous (sorry, gross) balls - balls that constantly dragged on the ground. Disgusting!This is how I picture rats.
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Oh, and let's not forget the scene in 1984 in which Winston is taken to Room 101 wherein lies the "worst thing in the world". For Winston it's rats.For Winston, they attach to his face a cage/mask full of hungry rats. Shivers! After reading that I think it became the worst thing in the world to me. I brought up the rat mask passionately horrified and he grinned and chuckled.
At that moment I could picture large rats crawling around on his shoulders and over his head and affectionately stroking his ears with their animated paws.I shuddered.I looked down.I looked back up and the rats were still there in my mind.I couldn't not see rats on his shoulders when I looked at him.
Not him (obviously) but like this, except creepier.
I called a couple days later to say that it was nice to meet him, but it wasn't going to work out. (FYI, this was not the only way in which we didn't connect.)
A few people have said that the only thing worse than rats would be snakes.For me it's a toss up.Snakes don't have bulging, dragging balls.


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