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In response to "Anti-communist group says it is planning Charlotte torch march, rally" (Sept. 23):
As a Jewish American who lives in Charlotte, I do not believe the white nationalist terrorist group "Anticom" should be allowed to assemble or speak in their self-proclaimed "anti-communist" march. Anticom has called on participants "to bring torches, guns, armor, gear, and flags."
As a proud graduate of UNC Law School, I am well aware of, and cherish, our sacred Constitution's protection of free speech and assembly. However, given the violent history of the KKK, the murders by white nationalist Dylann Roof, or the recent murder of Heather Heyer, is it not possible the Anticom march could result in another murder of an innocent American? Would a Charlotte judge issue a permit to ISIS to march in Charlotte? I think not. What's the difference? Is it acceptable because the Anticom terrorists are white?
Joel Segal, Charlotte
Here's actual flag disrespect
Using the flag in advertising;embroidering the flag on items such as pillows; flag patches worn on clothing by people other than the military, first responders or members of patriotic organizations; printing the flag on napkins, paper plates or cups that you throw away.
Under the US Flag Code Chapter 10 "Respect for Flag" (yes, there is a law about the flag), all of the above actions are considered disrespectful.
Taking a knee, or not standing, is considered a conduct violation, not disrespect.
As a 20-year veteran of the Navy, I applaud players from any sport "standing" for their Bill of Rights. I do not respect hypocrites who pick and choose which part of a law they want to obey while wrapping themselves in the guise of patriotism.
Jack Flynn, Charlotte
We should protest the NFL players
The NFL player protest is disgusting. They don't have to like our president. He has nothing to do with our flag. If they want to protest something let them do so by making speeches or writing editorials.
They are all blessed to have the talent that they have and to be living in a country that gives them the opportunity to play this game and make the millions that they make. The players are not allowed to disrespect the officials or the fans, but they can disrespect our flag.
They are sticking together as teams. I say let us stick together as patriotic Americans and not watch them in person or on TV. Don't buy their merchandise until the NFL changes.
Bill Mayo, Matthews
Should we just sign Kaepernick?
Politics has now taken to the sports world. With rich, pampered players insulting the president and the flag, and Trump standing in the same gutter firing back, we have a new low for public behavior. There is no sense of respect or civility left.
If that is the new normal, then I call on Jerry Richardson to adjust to the new normal and hire Colin Kaepernick. Most of the talking heads say he is better than any back up, and even a significant number of starters.
With no moral or ethical compass left, why not? Follow the quote Vince Lombardi borrowed for his team, "winning isn't everything, it is the only thing."
Bill Wallace, Charlotte
Now I understand the need for protests
During the medal ceremony of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, black American track stars John Carlos and Tommie Smith hung their heads and gave the Black Power salute during the playing of our national anthem.
As a young, white, southern male I was puzzled why they would do such a thing.
Now, after 49 years of observation and reflection, their actions are entirely obvious to me. What is less obvious is why there has been so little change in the American psyche.
Frank D. Long, Davidson
Trump can't stop talking about Clinton
In response to "Clinton shouldn't be on our minds" (Sept. 20 Forum):
Lorraine Stark complains in her letter that Hillary Clinton shouldn't be on our minds. As a former First Lady, senator and Secretary of State, Mrs. Clinton has written a book that is an addition to those written by prior major politicians.
I have not seen Hillary putting herself in the public eye nearly as much as Mr. Trump's frequent mention of her. It's constant; he is the person putting her in the headlines – he won the election, if not the majority vote, and he complains bitterly about this.
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The IRS today released an advance version of Notice 2017-46 that sets forth procedures for certain foreign financial institutions required to report U.S. taxpayer identification numbers ("U.S. TINs") for certain accounts under a FATCA Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (IGA).
Notice 2017-46 [PDF 57 KB] is summarized, as follows:
With respect to foreign financial institutions (FFIs)—the notice provides that FFIs in Model 1 IGA jurisdictions will not be in "significant non-compliance" with an applicable IGA during 2017, 2018, and 2019 solely because of a failure to report U.S. TINs for preexisting accounts, provided the FFI:
With respect to U.S. financial institutions—today's notice:
The IRS notice also announces that the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department intend to amend provisions under the temporary regulations under chapter 3, to provide limitations on—and a phase-in of—the requirement for certain withholding agents to obtain and report the TIN issued by an account holder's jurisdiction of tax residence (a "foreign TIN") and for an account holder who is an individual, the account holder's date of birth.
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(They don?t know)
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All of this strife doesn?t justify the pay hike
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You really think you figured me out?
I built this up from nothing in my tree house
A kid from the sticks done good
You should be proud but you continually doubt
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We?ve seen it all before
The young, broke artist finally getting his reward
And the fans he first had were the hardest of hardcore
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I?m doing me; all my bullshit growing as a man
Take a walk in my shoes and I?m sure you?d understand
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(They don?t know)
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(And they don?t know) why I write, what I?m doing with my life
(And they don?t know for they come and they go)
You got some nerve
Trying to sum me up with one word
I know some people don?t concur
But its time to come out from that rock that you?ve been hiding under
(They don?t know)
I?m from the land of hateful words and racial slurs
Plus I love hip-hop so it makes it worse
Wasn?t sure how to take it at first
Til I realized that the mistake was theirs
I never changed my accent to be down with rap and
Never started acting like I?d pop a cap in your asses
I was just a hip-hop addict, that?s all, that?s it.
It still makes me sick
To see these racist hicks
Droppin? n bombs like it?s still the days of the slave ships
That ignorance still leaves me in amazement
I?m ashamed to share the same skin
(And they don?t know) what it?s like for mike
In my life, I thought I?d see my name in lights
But (they don?t? know) what this game is like
Shot for the stars but I didn?t aim it right
I tried to stay in flight
I crave the mic but I don?t know what to say at times
Day and night I sit and think about a way to rhyme
With a wooden pencil that doesn?t make a flame ignite
(And they don?t know) how it feels to fall
When you got no plan b at all
And when I?m seen on the scene people ask how is he involved?
If I wasn?t was I ever real dog?
I don?t need an album completed
I just getting weeded and spitting
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Our center is accredited by NAC.
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The operational efficiencies created by reorganizing a fund in Maryland or Delaware often come at a cost to shareholders who lose some of the power they may have had under other states' fund governance laws, according to industry lawyers and analysts.
"You can be certain that if fund companies are moving their state incorporation, they are not doing it to promote shareholder interest," said Ted Siedle, a federal securities lawyer and former official with the division of investment management of the Securities and Exchange Commission. "They are doing it to cut costs or dilute the rights of shareholders. Show me one case of a mutual fund company that has done anything strategic like this to enhance shareholder rights. It's unheard of."
"It gives fund boards a tremendous amount of power," said Erin McNally, an analyst with Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy voting service and consultant owned by Thomson Financial, the publisher of this newsletter.
In the past two to three years, there has been an increase in the number of funds filing proxies seeking to reorganize in either Maryland or Delaware because those states tip the balance of power toward the fund company, she said.
A total of 18 fund families were reorganized into Delaware business trusts in 1999 and 2000, according to Institutional Shareholder Services.
In Maryland, all shareholder proxies must be submitted to the fund's board of directors for review at least 90 days before the proxy is issued, McNally said. In most states, the maximum amount of notice required is 90 days, and in some states it is as little as 60 days. Maryland's law gives fund boards an advantage in proxy fights with shareholders because it allows them to prevent last-minute proposals and dissident nominations, McNally said.
While Maryland's laws were designed to curtail shareholder activism in closed-end funds, open-end shareholders lose the same rights that closed-end stock owners lose when their funds reorganize in Maryland, she said.
Phoenix Investment Partners of Hartford, Conn. was one of the families that reorganized as a Delaware business trust in the last two years. Phoenix decided to reorganize all of its funds into Delaware business trusts in order to create operational efficiencies, said Sharon Bray, a spokesperson for the company. Phoenix added a number of funds through acquisitions the firm made in the late 90's, Bray said. By domiciling the funds in Delaware, the funds are not required to issue annual proxies and trustees have the power to amend, merge or consolidate funds without shareholder approval, Bray said. (MFMN 8/24/00) Phoenix funds had been domiciled in a variety of states because Phoenix had built its fund lineup through acquisitions. The recently-acquired Duff & Phelps funds had been domiciled in Massachusetts.
Incorporating in either Maryland or Delaware also provides certain tax advantages, said Jim Hanks, a partner with Ballard, Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll. In Maryland, for instance, funds do not have to pay a franchise tax that can amount to as much as $150,000 a year in expenses, he said. Most other states have such a tax, he said. Also, board directors have broader indemnification from being held liable for even gross acts of negligence in Maryland, he said.
Open-end fund investors are not being disenfranchised by Maryland's and Delaware's governance rules because those investors' primary interest is protection of principal, their funds' abilities to redeem on demand and protection against a discount to net asset value, he said.
Both Maryland and Delaware have a long tradition of passing lenient fund governance laws in an effort to attract fund companies, said John Collins, a spokesperson for
the Investment Company Institute of Washington, D.C. However, state laws cannot supercede federal regulations and are, in fact, designed to harmonize with the Investment Company Act of 1940, he said.


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Watch Lonely Island's Video for 'Diaper Money'
#WackWednesdays came early this week.
We are now in the third week of the Lonely Island's Wack Wednesday album promotion, in which they release a new song or video every Wednesday until their new album, The Wack Album, comes out. They apparently decided to release this Wednesday's video on Monday, because they're jokesters. (Also, it's YouTube's Comedy Week.) This week is a video for "Diaper Money," a song about "grown man shit." There's a verse about diapers, marital intercourse, and grave plots: you know, like most rap songs.


text: Home » News » Doom 3 BFG Edition coming to PC and consoles – first trailer Doom 3 BFG Edition coming to PC and consoles – first trailer MIG-31 May 30, 2012 News Set for release this autumn, the game will feature completely re-mastered versions of Doom 3 and the Resurrection of Evil add-on pack, as well as "hours of new content" in the form of seven new levels entitled 'The Lost Mission', plus the original Doom and Doom 2. Its release will mark the first time a Doom game has ever launched on PS3. According to the press release: "This genre defining game and its add-on pack offers greatly enhanced graphics, deeply immersing the player in the demonic world of this terrifying horror masterpiece. "Players will also experience a never-before-seen single-player story, The Lost Mission featuring seven heart-pounding levels that will once again have them on the edge of their seats." The game has been optimised in 3D and feature 5.1 surround sound, Achievements and Trophies, improved rendering and lighting, plus a new checkpoint save system. "id Software has fine-tuned the controls to bring the intensity of the Doom single and multiplayer experience to the consoles, and Doom 3 now features the new armour-mounted flashlight, allowing players to illuminate dark corners and blast enemies at the same time," the announcement adds. id Software technical director John Carmack said: "Doom 3 was enthusiastically embraced by gamers worldwide at its release. Today, the full experience has been enhanced and extended to be better than ever, and is delivered across all the platforms with a silky smooth frame rate and highly responsive controls. "New support for 3D TVs, monitors, and head mounted displays also allows players to experience the game with more depth than ever before. We think shooter fans everywhere will love it." Share On


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For David Simon, chief executive of Simon Property Group, the largest U.S. owner of malls and shopping centers, retail property may be less about dress this year and more about distress.
The credit crisis has made the cost of new loans expensive or impossible for commercial real estate buyers and developers. That could leave some with short-term debt scrambling for loans to complete their projects or hold onto new ones.
"There's a lot of broken projects out there," Simon, who heads Simon Property Group, said during a recent conference call.
Soaring gasoline and food prices and the U.S. housing crisis have forced the U.S. consumer to cut other spending and retailers to reel in expansion plans. Those who own shopping centers are likely to feel a double punch: less demand for space and falling prices of their centers due to higher financing costs for buyers.
Meanwhile, CoStar is providing a running commentary on the conference, starting with a short interview with Marcus & Millichap's Bernie Haddigan.
"We focused on the trends shaping the investment sales market. We focused on the construction overhang, which has placed upward pressure on vacancy rates, the disruption of the capital markets and limited rental growth. In addition, we discussed the demand for prime assets in quality locations. Without question, there has been a flight to quality."
"On an industry wide basis, sales north of $20 million in the first quarter of 2008 were down 57.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2007. Currently, a majority of the sales activity taking place involves deals under $10 million because capital sources are local banks seeking safe recourse loans. Institutional investors, who have typically closed large deals, are out of business - or waiting on the sidelines."
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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh is expecting a result-oriented pitch as it tries to win a test series for the first time since 2014 by beating Sri Lanka in the second and final test on Thursday.
Bangladesh forced the first test in Chittagong to a draw, batting confidently against Sri Lanka's experienced spinners on a flat wicket.
"We got out of a tough position in the first match," said Bangladesh's stand-in captain Mahmudullah. "So this game is a great chance for us to win a test series. I think all the players are thinking positively, which will help our outcome."
"The (Dhaka) pitch is result-oriented and there will be help for spinners," he said.
The Chittagong pitch received a demerit point following match referee David Boon's report that it failed to provide seam movement to the fast bowlers and did not deteriorate as much as would have been expected as the match progressed.
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, which will host the series-deciding test, is historically a venue that provides a result.
"From what I have seen, it seems like a dry surface. I think it will be challenging for the batsmen," Mahmudullah said.
Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal is relying on his experienced players to deliver a result.
"We have more experienced players in our test side compared to ODI side. It is still challenging to us but we have some game plans according to the conditions and their players. We need to execute that well," he said.
After observing the pitch, Sri Lanka Chandimal also expected the pitch would helpful for the spinners and provide a result, unlike the Chittagong test.


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For those times when you just need a little something sweet, Munson's minis offer a burst of gourmet flavor. Our Dark Chocolate Peppermint Patties and Milk Chocolate Salted Caramels are packaged in resealable bags so you can keep them fresh till the next time the craving hits.
Gourmet Chocolate in Novelty Shapes
Looking for something a little different? Munson's unique chocolate creations are as fun as they are delicious! Shapes include chocolate foiled emojis, foiled presents, party hats, dog paws, cupcakes, flowers, and even pizza slices.
Chocolate Covered Fruit
The perfect combination! High-quality fruit drenched in rich Munson's chocolate makes the perfect "healthy" treat. Try our famous cordial cherries, milk or dark chocolate covered raisins, or our zesty chocolate orange peels.
Brittles, Caramels & Taffy
Childhood Favorites with a Gourmet Twist
These are the candies you can't get just anywhere! The favorite candies you remember, including beer brittle, old fashioned peanut brittle, and homemade chocolate covered caramels, made with our time-honored candy-making traditions.
Malt Balls, Bridge Mix & Nuts
Chocolate-Covered Treats
Our rich chocolate with a surprise inside! Choose milk or dark chocolate covered peanuts, raisins, malt balls, espresso beans & more. Can't decide? Our chocolate bridge mix offers some of everything!
Jordan Crackers, Chocolate Pretzels, Cookies, & Peanut Butter Cups
Your Favorite Treats, Coated in Chocolate
Peanut butter cups, peppermint patties, Oreos, s'mores and more of your favorites – all made extra delicious with a rich coat of Munson's locally made milk or dark chocolate.
Non Pareils That Are Second to None
This customer favorite might be hard to pronounce, but it's easy to eat! Our Non Pareils are bite-sized morsels of milk or dark chocolate – as simple as they are delicious.
Individually wrapped chocolate foiled favorites for any occasion!
If you're looking for individually wrapped milk or dark chocolates, then these are the perfect choice! Great for snacking or filling a candy jar at your home or office.
Gourmet Chocolate Bars
Our locally made chocolate bars are so much fresher that the ones you'll find in the grocery store, and you can even get them in a UConn-themed or custom-designed wrapper!
UCONN Husky Chocolate Bars
You'll Be a Big Fan of These Bars
The perfect treat for die-hard Husky fans: A rich chocolate bar made right here in Connecticut, sporting a UConn wrapper.
Chocolates with Custom Wrappers
Give our rich milk chocolate bars your personal touch with a customized message or logo. The design options are unlimited!
Personalized Chocolate Business Gifts
Treat your clients and leave a lasting impression with a collection of our most decadent chocolate treats, customized with your company logo and NO MINIMUMS to order.
Your Edible Logo or Design Printed on Our Gourmet Chocolate
Give them a gift they won't forget: Your logo or design imprinted on a square of our delicious locally made chocolate.
Sugar-Free Chocolate Assortments
Our sugar-free chocolate assortments give you all the rich, creamy flavor you love with none of the sugar.
Delicious Dessert Toppings
Take your sundae or dessert to the next level with our creamy salted caramel or rich chocolate truffle sauce. These taste like the liquid form of our most famous truffles.
Chocolate Gift Baskets & Towers
What's Better Than Chocolate? More Chocolate!
For friends and family who deserve something truly special, choose from our great selection of gourmet chocolate gift baskets and chocolate towers.
Chocolate Party Favor Boxes
Delight your guests with a delicious sample box of our locally made treats, customized with your pick of chocolate or truffle and a hang tag with your own custom design or message.
Chocolate Party Favor Boxes
Delight your guests with a delicious sample box of our locally made treats, customized with your pick of chocolate or truffle and a personalized label or tag.
Personalized Chocolate Bar Wrappers
Create an occasion to remember with our rich milk chocolate bars, personalized for your event with a wrapper custom-designed with your photo or message.
Chocolate Baby Shower Favors in Custom Shapes
Increase the adorability of your baby shower with chocolates in your choice of mold – from bottles to babies to buggies. Packaged in a cello bag with ribbon color of your choice and custom tag.
Personalized Chocolate Heart Favors
Give your guests a gift from your heart—a delicious milk chocolate heart personalized with your message.
Custom Chocolate Party Favors for Any Event
Delight your guests with delicious chocolate party favors in your choice of style, flavor and customized message! Perfect for weddings, showers, or any special event.
Munson's Chocolates Gift Cards
Not sure whether they prefer caramels or creams, truffles or toffee? Get a gift card and let them choose their own treat!


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Cyber security firm, Validian, just announced the completion of its secure app advertising channel to deliver graphic-rich ad content through mobile, cloud, web, local and networks apps to the end user. Validian says that the channel prevents cyber attacks or exploitative advertising tactics from accessing information.
Validian's secure app advertising channel aims to help advertisers solve cloud security threats
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The development comes on the back of mobile annual ad revenue projections of $100bn in 2016, which are set to almost double by 2019. With over 90% of mobile usage happening in-app, it's important that app environments are safe. 75% of mobile ads are deployed in-app. In addition, the cloud holds 81% of mobile data traffic because many apps are hosted here.
However, a recent study by Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance group highlights that cyber attacks could cost the industry $90tr by 2030 if security measures fail. In response, cyber security spend is to increase to become a $170bn market by 2020, with at least 50% of spending focussed on the Cloud.
"We have spent the past two years completing the migration our core technology to mobile and Cloud applications and platforms due to the massive market and revenue opportunities in these sectors, driven significantly by mobile and Cloud advertising. Our new Secure Application Advertising Channel is critical and timely for solving significant cyber security and performance issues that affect advertising, the vast majority of which very recently has shifted to inside mobile and Cloud applications instead of primarily on the browser. At the request of some of our Channel Partners and customers, this feature recently has been embedded into their Validian-enabled applications, and are now in the process of being released. We look forward to seeing its reception among these initial deployments, and to expanding this cyber security protection to our other Channel Partners and customers that are vulnerable to this type of attack."


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"Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member Teresa Giudice might be talking split-up on her In Touch cover, but friends of the reality queen say she will never leave Joe.
"Teresa will never, ever leave Joe. She adores him and will always make excuses for his behavior," a friend of hers told me. "He was caught on tape talking with a mystery woman, calling his wife a 'bitch' and a 'c***' and she chose not to see the red flag. Even if she caught him naked with another woman, she would believe that the wind blew both of their clothes off!"
Teresa told the magazine that she felt she had been "kicked in the stomach" and "humiliated," adding, "if it turns out Joe is cheating, I will not be with him. I will totally leave him." However, friends say that it will never happen.
The day after HuffPost Celebrity broke the story about the content of the controversial episode, Teresa appeared on CBS's "The Couch," insisting that everything was fine between them.
"I would never touch on anyone's marriage -- it's just not my style. I wish them well," Teresa's sister-in-law, Melissa Gorga, tells me, adding that the two of them don't talk very much anymore. "We are not in a great place right now. I wish it could be better but it's not."


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In the following edited excerpt, Mr. Twitchell, an author, teacher and regular contributor to Creativity, a sister publication to Advertising Age, looks at how advertising for Listerine first created a problem--halitosis--in order to sell the remedy.
Has there ever been an ad so deliriously nasty as this? Like a baby robin, the youngster looks up to her caregiver for tenderness and gets the bad-breath brush-off instead. The body copy makes clear that here is yet another case of "a young woman, who in spite of her personal charm and beauty, never seemed to hold men friends." The quizzical child, however, appears determined to confront what her spinster aunt is ashamed of: Auntie is "broadcasting bad breath." No wonder the men stay away. Dreaded halitosis has gotten in the way of love.
How could this have happened? The tale of Listerine is unique in advertising history not because it was so different, but because it has been so successful for so long. Here is one of the first times that advertising really did create a "cure." But, of course, to make the cure, they first had to create the disease. Listerine did not make mouthwash as much as it made halitosis. Or, in advertising terms, you don't sell the product, you sell the need.
Wisk's "ring around the collar" or Cascade's "water spots" are what motivational psychologists call constructive discontents. We are persuaded not so much to buy a product as to remove some dissonance and re-establish a perceived equilibrium. It just so happens that the product stands foursquare in the path of recovery from the contrived affliction. To be sure, this is nothing but a protection racket as the company selling you the relief is also the one creating the deficiency. But advertising did not invent this kind of persuasion. Religions have been doing it for generations. Modern advertising just perfected it.
If you go into your bathroom, you will see that almost every product there has been introduced into common use by generating constructive discontent. Body odor came from Lifebuoy soap; athlete's foot came from Absorbine Jr.; "five o'clock shadow" from Gillette; tooth film from Pepsodent; and split ends from Alberto VO5. Americans today spend almost $4 billion a year on products whose only purpose is to alter natural body odors, odors unsmelled a generation ago.
The story of how this came to pass starts with Listerine.
At the end of the 19th century, Joseph Lister developed a surgical antiseptic. It was quite potent, however, and could only be used with great care lest it damage the surrounding tissue. An American named Jordan Wheat Lambert synthesized a less powerful version and journeyed to England to ask Lister if he could use the already famous name for the product. Lister was flattered and said yes. Lambert added the "ine" suffix, which liquefied the product while also making it sound scientific.
Lambert's Listerine was used not just for minor surgical procedures as sterilizing gauze bandages, but also for any kind of cleaning operation. So it soon became a floor cleaner, an aftershave, a nasal douche, a cure for gonorrhea, even a scalp treatment for dandruff and baldness.
Inevitably, it was discovered that Listerine was also good at killing oral germs. So in 1895, it was marketed to the dental profession, and in 1914, it became one of the first prescription products to be sold over the counter. (It still carries the American Dental Association's seal of approval.) But [there was] no hint of [its] use as a mouth deodorant.
That's because there was no such thing as bad breath. To be sure, people with various diseases, bad teeth, and so on, had unpleasant mouth odor, but it was not considered socially offensive. Recall that until the 1920s, most Americans bathed only once a week (on Saturday night in anticipation of the Sabbath), and that hair was rarely washed. Soap, still made of animal fats, often smelled worse than body odor!
In the early 1900s, Jordan and his wife died, leaving Lambert Pharmacal to their four sons. Gerard proved a young man of mercurial tastes. For instance, after having spent a few days at Yale University, he decided he didn't like the buildings. He transferred to Princeton. There, he majored in the good life, gaining a small measure of campus fame by being chauffeured between classes--a trip of a hundred yards. One thing led to another, and he was soon married, father of three children and $700,000 in debt (thanks to an investment in Arkansas real estate near the current Whitewater development).
Time to get a job, and no better place than at the family factory in St. Louis. His relatives were hardly pleased to see the return of the profligate, but they were soon mollified. Gerard proved to be a business genius, the Arkansas deal notwithstanding. He saved millions in taxes by adding the alcohol to Listerine (it was then about 25% hooch) at the bonded distillery instead of at the factory. He cut out the middleman for such simple supplies as corks, and he had the perspicacity to actually talk with the people who wrote the product advertising.
In fact, he summoned the two copywriters, Milton Fuessle and Gordon Seagrove, from Chicago to talk about what they were doing--which was not much. Although the mouth was certainly known as a haven for germs, no one had really concentrated on breath as a symptom of disease. As the three men were discussing the possibility of breath as an "advertising hook," Lambert called for the company chemist:
"When he came into our room, I asked him if Listerine was good for bad breath. He excused himself for a moment and came back with a big book of newspaper clippings. He sat in a chair and I stood looking over his shoulder. He thumbed through the immense book.
"|`Here it is, Gerard. It says in this clipping from the British Lancet that in cases of halitosis . . . ' I interrupted, `What is halitosis?' `Oh,' he said, `that is the medical term for bad breath.'
"[The chemist] never knew what had hit him. I bustled the poor old fellow out of the room. `There,' I said, `is something to hang our hat on.' "
As it turned out, he hung more than his hat on halitosis. Lambert hung the entire company on it. He poured money into putting halitosis into every American mouth. Lambert made a pledge to increase his advertising each month by the same percentage as the increase of his sales. He claimed he would stop this only when sales leveled off.
For as long as he owned the company, they never did. From 1922 to 1929, earnings rose from $115,000 to more than $8 million. By the time of the stock-market crash, Listerine was one of the largest buyers of magazine and newspaper space, spending more than $5 million--almost the exact amount of yearly profits. In all that time, the product's price, package and formula had not changed a whit.
Once he found out that the halitosis claim was four times as effective as all others, Lambert focused with pit-bull persistence. All other claims were relinquished. The germ-free mouth belonged to Listerine just as the deodorized underarm belonged to Odorono, the perfumed skin to Palmolive (made from vegetable oils, not animal fats), the shaved face to Gillette, and the "fresh and clean" foot to Mennen talcum powder.
For six years, he never changed the campaign, only the renditions. Lambert made it a point never to even retouch any of the photographic images that made up the halitosis campaign. Although he would do minor experiments, as with "If you want the truth--go to a child," his usual targets were young adults in the pre-parenting stages of life. Who can forget Edna, "whose case was really a pathetic one. Like every woman, her primary ambition was to marry." We see her kneeling before her bureau, clutching the wedding garments that would never be worn. The headline announces the price of halitosis: "Often a bridesmaid but Never a bride."
The setting of the standard Listerine ad is just at the age of matrimony. One or the other young eligible is having to deal with the problem that "even your best friend won't tell you" about: "Could I be happy with him in spite of that?", "Don't fool yourself, it [halitosis] ruins romance," or the simple "Halitosis makes you unpopular." The copy style--called "whisper copy" in the 1930s--is always the same, a mimic of True Story advice to the lovelorn.
Lambert knew his niche because he was a stickler for testing. All his advertising was carefully screened using coupons or store receipts. He would send boxcar loads of Listerine off to some town in midstate Iowa and upstate Maine, run a saturation series of test ads, carefully correlate the results and then launch nationwide. He would try anything. During the Depression, he suggested that halitosis was a reason for firing workers. During Prohibition, he thought that alcohol content should be stressed. The company developed what he called "saw-toothed" campaigns in which they would drench, and then quickly remove, advertising until Lambert determined how long short-term memory would last, and which pitches would work best.
It is hard to assess Gerard Lambert's genius fairly. It looks so easy, but it was a combination of staking a claim on a body part, of knowing how to use constructive discontent (shame) as a selling tool, of realizing the power of research, and then of hammering it home. Although Lambert is almost always disparaged as "the man who made millions from halitosis," his later life shows it was not luck alone.
Lambert's real contribution may someday be acknowledged. Although he did a stint as CEO of Gillette (while waiting for his divorce to go through), where he introduced the famous Blue Blades, wrote some middling murder mysteries and innovated with tax-free funding for low-cost public housing, his real talent was in realizing the power of opinion surveys. During World War II, he developed techniques to help understand the psychological resistance to various military campaigns.
From his home base in Princeton, he befriended George Gallup, funded polling experiments through numerous academic and governmental agencies, and provided seed money for the Institute for International Social Research. A man well ahead of his time, Gerard understood the power of consumer-based positioning. In the stock market he never fought the tape, in marketing he never fought the consumer, and in polling he never second-guessed opinions.
When you look back on Gerard's Listerine advertising, you see that he succeeded almost too well. In retrospect, perhaps Listerine was too well positioned. By creating the mouth as a cauldron of antisocial germs that could be tamed only by strong medicine, Lambert left open the possibility that competing claims could be staked out. In the 1960s, Procter & Gamble's Scope did just that. Scope positioned itself as the feels good, tastes great, smells terrific mouthwash that--in the spirit of the times--"had it all."
Meanwhile, Warner-Lambert was left with Lambert's legacy of "medicine breath." Although they have tried to battle back with a new generation of Cool Mint Listerine (blue) and Freshburst Listerine (green), the tough-guy claims of the amber-bottle parent remain. The heritage of "tastes bad, but it's good for you," "kills germs that cause bad breath," and "the taste people hate twice a day" is as deep as anything in American culture. Amazingly, an unprecedented 99% of all mouthwashers have tried Original Listerine. That's now the problem: If Listerine excelled by convincing consumers that mouthwash must taste bad to work good, what can a good-tasting Listerine do?
But as for bad breath, at least for a while, Gerard Lambert was able to manufacture the horns of a dilemma and then sell the horn-removal equipment.


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Located in Financial District, this romantic hotel is within a 5-minute walk of The Path and Hockey Hall of Fame. Ryerson University and CN Tower are also within 1 mile (2 km). King Station is only a 2-minute walk and Queen Station is 6 minutes.
Hotel features
A restaurant, a fitness centre and a bar/lounge are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a coffee shop/café, a sauna and a rooftop terrace are on-site.
Room amenities
All 370 individually furnished rooms feature WiFi and pillowtop beds. For a bit of entertainment, LED TVs come with digital channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences like fridges and microwaves.
Languages Spoken
- English
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Hotel Amenities
One King West Hotel & Residence features a sauna and a fitness centre. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on-site and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
16 meeting rooms are available. This eco-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, tour or ticket assistance and multilingual staff. Limited on-site parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis (surcharge).
One King West Hotel & Residence is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
- Lift
- Rooftop terrace
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space
- Porter
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Restaurant
- Built in 1914
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Sauna
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Computer station
- Smoke-free property
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 16
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Conference centre
- Laundry facilities
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Total number of rooms - 370
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 51
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free newspapers in lobby
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Spanish
Valet parking (surcharge), Parking (limited spaces)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Pillowtop mattress
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Cookware, dishware, and utensils
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- Daily housekeeping
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Digital TV service
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Microwave
- Free newspaper
- Premium bedding
- Refrigerator
- Individually furnished
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Teller's Bar and Lounge – This restaurant specialises in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Cafe Plenty – This cafe only serves light fare. Open selected days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna and a fitness centre.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 17 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for CAD 25.0 per night.
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- Pets are allowed for an extra charge of CAD 100 per accommodation, per stay.
- Dogs and cats only
- 2 per room (up to 20 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information, contact the property on the number on the booking confirmation
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guest room reservation. Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
- Deposit: CAD 250.00 per stay
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: CAD 25.95 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: CAD 9.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: CAD 49.00 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet fee: CAD 100 per accommodation, per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: CAD 25.0 per night
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October 1st: Lindt Creation UK Bars - Part 1
A little while ago some lovely folk from Lindt Chocolate got in touch with my via Twitter (@Chocmission) and offered me the chance to try some of the latest new Lindt products hitting our UK shelves. Amongst the selection they sent me, they included a new line of bars called Lindt Creation. These new Lindt chocolate bars come in four different varieties, two of which I will be giving my opinion on today.
These new Creation bars are all 100.0g offerings and are sectioned in a similar fashion to the German Lindt A la Mousse chocolates (See HERE). It wont surprise you to hear that I thought the presentation was strong across the board. The outer packaging of the bars is vibrant, stylish and importantly differentiated from the other more classical Lindt ranges such as the Excellence bars. On the face of things both propositions of the variants featured today were strong - here are my impressions of them:
Kcal 543 Fat 33.0g Fat(sats) 20.0g Carbs 56.0g (per 100.0g)
The descriptor of 'milk chocolate with a caramel and truffle centre' sounded highly promising to me and I have the good news to bring that it certainly didn't disappoint. The milk chocolate had a crisp, light, creamy taste and it importantly grew it in it's intensity of chocolatey sweet cocoa as it's smooth melt developed. The truffle and caramel fillings both further added to the pleasant mouth feel melt sensation, bringing equally soft, but different textures to the party with their respective aerated and sticky textural propeties. Taste wise the quality of both these fillings was also high with the caramel highly notable with it's buttery toffee flavours. This chocolate had a real 'just one more block' appeal to it - I certainly obliged with very little guilt :-)
8.8 out of 10
Lindt Creation Velvety Vanilla Almond
Kcal 559 Fat 36.0g Fat(sats) 21.0g Carbs 53.0g (per 100.0g)
As much as we all know I love my caramel chocolates, I also have a real soft spot for anything vanilla flavoured so again I was really looking forward to this 'milk chocolate with a vanilla, caramel and almond nut centre' proposition. Aesthetically this bar was very impressive indeed - all the layers were highly distinguishable and visible as the packaging promised. When it came to the taste I can't deny I didn't enjoy it as much as the Luscious Caramel bar, though it was still pleasant. As above the chocolate retained it's high quality flavour delivery, but unfortunately I didn't feel either the vanilla or almond were optimized. The vanilla for me was a little too sweet tasting and lacked the floral element it could of delivered. Similarly the almonds were a little lost in the taste - I can imagine their small, finely chopped nature was a big influence on this, hazelnuts might have been a better alternative.
7.8 out of 10
Overall both of these chocolates were of a better than average quality but it was the Luscious Caramel flavour that was the standout of the two. At £1.99 each I don't think they are the most expensive 100.0g options around so I would happily recommend you trying either of the two if they tickle your fancy. You can buy these Lindt Creation and other Lindt Chocolate from the online Lindt Shop. I will be shortly reviewing the other two options from this new range so be on the look out for that post soon.
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text: Ms Hedborg joined IK in 2014, prior to which she worked with various communications assignments at Kreab Gavin Anderson, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, as well as the Swedish Parliament. Ms Hedborg holds a MSc. in Business & Economics and a M. A. in Political Science from Stockholm University.


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The Girl at the End of the Road
By K. A. Hitchins
Book, £8.99 / Kindle Edition, £5.99
Vincent's world has imploded. Only by confronting the past will he discover his future.
High-flying financier Vincent Stevens has lost everything in the economic crash – smart London flat, trophy girlfriend, champagne lifestyle – and is forced to return to the village of his birth. Dogged by family obligations and unsettling childhood memories, he wants his extravagant life in the City back at any cost. But then he meets Sarah, the enigmatic girl whose friendship will throw everything he values into question. A shocking discovery forces him to make the biggest decision of his life. Will he return to a world defined by winners and losers, or will he choose love?
'This is a wonderful first book from K A Hitchins – touching, poignant, inspiring and beautifully written. I was captivated from the start and raced to the denouement, knowing I'd need to read it again to appreciate fully its many nuances and challenges. Like Vincent, the author's sympathetic yet shallow narrator, I don t think I'll ever see life in quite the same way again, thanks to the extraordinary Sarah Penny, one of the most memorable and unlikely heroines ever created.'
Michele Guinness, author of Archbishop
'K A Hitchins has crafted a touching and insightful love story that will warm any heart. I can't wait to see the movie!'
Sean Paul Murphy, award-winning screenwriter, The Encounter, Sarah's Choice
'A compelling read.'
Editor's Desk, Authonomy
About the Author
K. A. Hitchins studied English, Religious Studies and Philosophy at Lancaster University, graduating with a BA (Hons) First Class in English, later obtaining a Masters in Postmodern Literatures in English from Birkbeck College, London. K. A. Hitchins is married with two children.


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As of 2015, it is no longer possible to buy Body Central clothing as the company has filed for bankruptcy and closed all of its store locations. The rest of its stock was auctioned off in a series of two auctions at the company's former headquarters at Powers Avenue.Continue Reading
Body Central filed for federal bankruptcy in January 2015, resulting in the closure of all 265 of its retail stores as well as the redundancy of 2,500 employees. Prior to the final closing of its stores on a Sunday night, sales were made at all of its locations. Between September 2013 and September 2014, Body Central recorded a loss of $70.2 million.Learn more about Clothing


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"Snapple fact, I'm really that mean." Yes you are, King RA. Everything about this is grizzly as fuck, straight BARS.
Archive for 08/01/2015 - 09/01/2015
King RA - "Champ"
Michael Christmas - "Who?"
P.SO & 2 Hungry Bros. ft. Tanya Morgan & Substantial - "Go Nuts"
"Headphone Diaries" was fire, but "Go Nuts" is the truth. If that first verse doesn't make you a fan of Tanya Morgan's Von Pea, I don't know what to tell you. Dude makes me laugh; my kind of intelligent ignorant rap. This hazy, jazzy cut is on Feasts of Legend, which is out now.
This Is What Hip-Hop Radio Used to Sound Like
When I started rockthedub nine years ago, one of constant images was the boombox. Yeah, those Radio Raheem ghetto blasters were my shit, but a lot of my teens was spent with a blank tape in my own stereo, waiting to record some heat from Power 99 or WPRB 101.3. I got so much education from what I was hearing as a freshman and sophomore in high school, and this 20-year-old radio recording that DJ Eclipse recently unearthed is right up my alley.
We're talking Method Man over Mobb Deep instrumentals, remixes of "Mad Izm" by Channel Live, Redman's "Can't Wait," and a ton of that hip-hop from that era. This is my youth being brought to me as a grown-ass man. Wish I still had some of those tapes. I can relive that time with shit like this, though.
Here's Eclipse on the recording: "DJ L.E.S. joins Marley on this episode of Pirate Radio. After LL's "No Airplay", L.E.S. jumps right into a blend mix of instrumentals and acapellas along with the latest music. Guests in the place are Queens' own Kamakaze (KL & Kyron) (16:49) and The Grand P.O. aka Blaq Poet (18:13). After their freestyles L.E.S. goes back into the mix with more blends and new music."
DJ Priority Remixed Your Favorite Ghostface Killah Records
30 and Over League ft. Toke Jones - "Times Have Changed"
The 30 and Over League is exactly what you think it is: grown-ass MCs who don't have time for the little kid rap shit. This Vanderslice-produced head-nodder is the perfect entrance into their cipher.
The Month of August Has Basically Been "TEKLIFE" Month
Christian Rich Dropped a Fire Mix of J Dilla and Timbaland Productions
With their FW14 album out now, Christian Rich have been in everyone's mouths. Their productions are fire, but their thoughts as DJs is even doper. What's better on a Friday night than a set featuring tracks from the studios of Timbaland and J Dilla? Any mix with Busta Rhymes' "Hardcore" as the second track in is a winner.
Sango Shares a Gang of Tracks From 2009-2012
The Custodian of Records' Summer Beat Mix
His words: "made earlier this summer for shittz n giggz. some of the beats are recent / older / posted and unreleased. this is nothing. just a lil something to keep the hoards of people awaiting my next release at bay.. sike lol. enjoy"
Here's a Look at the Artists Performing at the Jersey Fresh Jam 2015
This one snuck up on us, huh? Tomorrow afternoon at TerraCycle in Trenton, the Jersey Fresh Jam celebrates 10 years of bringing hip-hop, graffiti, and positive vibes to the city of Trenton. You should already be up on who's performing this year, but if not, I put together a quick playlist featuring the live acts who will be doing the damn thing. We're talking eight hours of music in the city... get ready!
Oh and if WiFi permits, I'll be documenting the proceedings as they go down. Say what's up if you see me!
Pugs Atomz x Awdazcate - "FRFR"
Love the hypnotic vocal in the beat, and Pugs knows how to crush these Awdazcate tracks like no one else, frfr.
Trae Tha Truth on Juan Epstein
R.O.E. Has Released a New Live Album
R.O.E. has been an artist we've followed for a while, and over the last few years he's really come into his own in terms of rocking with a band, so much so that he and the Soulvillians have released a new live LP. ROE says that he gives "1000% every time I'm on stage. I want to create a memorable moment for fans whenever they attend a concert. The type of moments they cannot get by listening to the studio recorded material." This live project, recorded at the Double Door in Chicago, the album features Taylor Mallory, Erthe St. James, and Jeff Gibbs (from The Jeff Gibbs Quartet), and even has a cover of Common's "The Light" on it.
You can stream the full project down below, and cop it digitally today.
Sean Price - "Planet Apes"
[video] RoQy TyRaiD - "Nonpareil"
You should already be up on this gem; here's the video.
Guilty Simpson ft. Fat Ray - "Fractured"
[video] Tone Liv - "Manute Flo"
It's hot out there today; if you're nursing your tall can today, the homey Tone Liv (who will be performing alongside DJ Priority at this year's Jersey Fresh Jam) has a gem for you.
Nato Caliph ft. Ackurate, T - Dubb O, and Tef Poe - "EVEN"
This is the first cut from Nato's new EP, A Prequel to God, which is out now and available for free via natocaliph.com. Don't play yourself.
Remembering Sean Price
For anyone looking to help out Price's widow and children, Duck Down is looking to raise $50,000 for Price's family (the Crowd Rise goal is halfway there).
Combat Jack not only penned some beautiful words about P! for Complex, but also touched down during Peter Rosenberg's Sean Price tribute on Real Late, which you can hear below.
Hell, P! even made NPR.
I'll be keeping this updated with dope tributes and other bits about Price's life if y'all are down.
Spit Gemz & Chris Rivers - "Akuma VS Gouken"
This hypnotic banger is taken from Cole James Cash's Street Champion project; file this cut under "buddha smoking gamers who love fighting games and blasting hip-hop."
DJ Smitty Dropped a Fierce Sean Price Tribute Mix
I was going to really try and sort out a mix, but I came across this set from Level One Radio's DJ Smitty that spans Price's career, from the Heltah Skeltah days throughout his expansive solo career. If it's nice out and you're trying to mourn with a case of beer, this is what you need.
Rich Quick Announces Debut Album, 'The Everywhere Man'
Quick also announced that his debut album, The Everywhere Man, is set to drop via Soulspazm on September 28th, and features a host of collaborators: featured MCs include Reef the Lost Cauze, Skrewtape, Miilkbone, Jakk Frost, Ryshon Jones, and many others, along with beats from Divine Drummah, J57, STANKFOOT, The Wurxs, and Snowgoons, who produced the title track, which is the lead single you can hear below.
I'm hoping he's back stateside so I can dap him up at Jersey Fresh, and I also hope we get to catch a couple of glimpses from what should be a fire album before the month's out. Pre-order The Everywhere Man today via iTunes!
Money Carsin - "Slow Down Baby"
Tracks like this are why I say support your favorite local DJs. Phil Jackson, who helms Side B Radio on WPRB, posted this video from Jersey's Money Carsin, and the track had me open. Well, shorty in the black bikini first caught my eye, but the boom bap in the drums, with those horns blaring and James Brown's "baby baby baby" in the track certified it, with Carsin spitting some real shit in the track. Something big and bombastic to have blowing up the speakers during the summer.
If you're rocking this, grab Carsin's Next Nobody mixtape, which is hosted by Power 105's EmEz.
Danny Brown & Clams Casino - "Worth It"
I'd been in the mood for new Danny Brown for a minute, and when I saw him say he had new material with Clams Casino on the way, I was into it. Didn't realize it was going to drop so soon, though. Too turnt for a Monday.
Deuce Eclipse & J.Lately Keep It Light on 'The Setup'
Straight out of the Bay Area, Deuce Eclipse and J.Lately go in over a host of freshness. Nothing too crazy on this in terms of content, which is perfect for a playful Sunday afternoon, TRUST.
Greg Grease Wants to Drop Some Free Music, Blessed Us With His 'Motif' EP
"I just wanted to give out some free music, there will be more to come. Collaborated with a different producer for each EP. They are free but you can also donate via the bandcamp page if you feel inclined. First one with producer Javi Santiago out of South MPLS. Peace. "- Greg Grease
Silent Knight - "Walking"
Some chilled late-night hype from Silent Knight's forthcoming Weaknd EP, produced by The Audible Doctor.
P.SO & 2 Hungry Bros. - "Headphone Diaries"
JSWISS - "Time to Shine"
JSWISS took "Heaven & Earth" from Petestrumentals 2 and made it his own.


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PHILADELPHIA - February 20, 2014 --Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect they say robbed a TD Bank branch in Old City Thursday night.
It happened just before 6:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Market Street.
Police say the suspect presented the tellers with a demand note and fled on foot after receiving an undetermined amount of cash.
He is described as a heavyset black man, about 6 feet tall, with a beard. He was wearing a brown hoodie and black cap.
There were no injuries.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Philadelphia Police.


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The Black Diamond Patrol Glove are leather gloves for skiing, touring, ski mountaineering and wherever your hands need warmth against the cold. The woven nylon shell is stretchy and the cuffs for comfort and movement while the goat-leather palm and knuckles provide durability and strength as you grip your poles while moving up or down the mountain. Keeping the paws dry from snow, sleet and more is a 100% waterproof/breathable BDry insert. For warmth against dropping temperatures 100g Thermolite insulation and Polartec Thermal Pro High Loft fleece lines the inside of each glove. Cinch up the gaiters to keep snow out of the cuff and breath in the cold, clean mountain air.
So sorry, but only 4 items are allowed for comparison, so we're comparing the first 4. I blame the gnomes and so should you.
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Samsung's Galaxy Tab is Android's first proper response to Apple's iPad, but so far, it's been positioned primarily as a 3G device, meant to be subsidized by wireless carriers. That means that consumers who want a tablet but don't want to spend another $150 for 3G or sign up for a new subscription plan are still left with the WiFi-only iPad as their only option.
Don't worry, though: Samsung's not going to let this potential slice of the tablet pie go untasted. Best Buy is now advertising the 7-inch Android 2.2 tablet in a silver, WiFi-only version, starting at the iPad's entry-level price of $499. They are simultaneously offering a WiFi+3G version of the Galaxy Tab through Verizon and Sprint at subsidized prices, or on a month-to-month plan.
So what have we learned? Best Buy will be selling the Galaxy Tab in-store, and the Galaxy Tab will come without a 3G radio for a lower price. Still up in the air is whether or not Best Buy will be selling the Galaxy Tab simultaneously with the carriers, but either way, it'll go on sale at the yellow-sticker big box in November… just in time for Christmas.
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text: Artificial heart recipient Michael Drummond's condition improved as his temperature returned to normal after doctors in Tucson increased the blood flow through his Jarvik-7 implant. "I think he looks much, much better than he did yesterday," Dr. Jack G. Copeland said of the 25-year-old Drummond. Copeland hopes to remove the artificial heart he implanted in Drummond and replace it with a human heart within three weeks.


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Alllllll of this stuffy was put in the Extra shop last night. I will do another big huge update in a few days with more lovely things. Then........
I will close the shop.
Yes, you read that correctly. The shop will be closed on Wednesday, August 25th. But fear not! It won't be closed forever! But, all of the pieces you see before you now will never EVER be available EVER again.
I am doing a clean sweep. None of these designs will be repeated - I will be making all new pieces. There may be some variations on things I already make but nothing will ever be exactly the same. AND, I won't be taking any special orders (sorry). This is the way I am going to be able to keep making components without losing my mind. It might seem strange to you that making components was, in fact, making me lose my mind, but it was.
Anyhoo.... now is the time to snatch up some pieces, especially since there is STORE WIDE FREE SHIPPING on everything. This includes international shipping!
Shop. Shop. Shop. :)


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Florida 2010 Schedule: Early PredictionFebruary 24, 2010
After an incredible four year run with just one little 9-4 dip some where in the middle the Florida Gators face a new adventure. An adventure without heralded quarterback Tim Tebow.
And, with the head man himself looking for a little "wink-wink" R & R who knows how the Gators will shape up for next Fall.
Something tells me Urban's R & R stands for "research & recruitment" because that is exactly what he has done since his stepping down...and stepping back up...and stepping, well you know.
So, where will they be come Fall? Most people think they will have huge drop off.
Lets see what my prognostication says.
September 4th, Miami Ohio; You can't ask for a better opening game. Starting a new quarterback, finding a running game, and overhauling the UF field leaders is a must. Having an easy opponent is also a must. You can expect the usual, a lopsided victory. -W-
September 11th, South Florida; They let Jim Leavitt go for what reason? That reason isn't going to help the Bulls any how. Low on returning defensive starters and still a one man show on offense USF would need more than a Holtz descendant to right the ship this early. -W-
September 18th, at Tennessee; UT is just waiting for this game. They are waiting for it to come and go as quickly as possible! Low on talent and fresh off the coaching carousel the Vols don't have enough man power to take out the Gators. Lack of quarterback is still hurting the Vols. Three years in a row now. Home field heart will keep it respectable, but not that respectable. -W-
September 25th, Kentucky; The Wildcats did the most damage to the Gators last year. They knocked Tim Tebow out. Brantley came in for some mop-up duty but nothing major. This year UK has to rebuild some defensive positions and the new Joker leading the Cats has some passing issues he needs to work on. The Swamp is no place to do it. -W-
October 2nd, at Alabama; The last time Urban went to Bryant Denny Stadium it didn't turn out that well. He repaid the favor the following two meetings but fell short on the fourth. If Brantley can manage to throw the ball against this new Bama secondary they will have a good game. However, with the Tide returning the majority of the offensive starters look for more of the same ball control from the SEC championship game. -L-
October 9th, Louisiana State University; It seems that Urban has the blue print for beating the Tigers. This is a tricky game to call. LSU has talent but a bit of a boogery type of coaching. They are hungry to beat UF and it doesn't matter where they do it. It is do or die time for Les. He will throw out all of the stops to win this game. -L-
October 16th, Mississippi State; Dan Mullen seems a bit miffed at the calls from last years game. To bad he want be able to take it out on the Gators this year. Without starting quarterback Tyson Lee and game carrying running back Anthony Dixon, State has to rebuild to get back to the .500 mark. -W-
October 30th Georgia; Oh my, where do we start? How many times have the Gators won The Worlds Greatest Outdoor Cocktail Party since Spurrier started leading the Florida nation? Don't make me look it up, but I know it takes about three hands and two of Brandon Spikes fingers to count! That is in the past. Both teams lose a lot on defense but the key to this game is Logan Gray or who ever is in the quarterback seat for the Dawgs. If they are good this could be a shoot out. This may be the best game of the season to watch in the whole conference. I'm flippin' a coin. Tails! -W-
November 6th, at Vanderbilt; -W-
November 13th, South Carolina; Spurrier comes home again. Every time he does he gets scolded, spanked and sent packing. Coming into the season looking pretty good on offense and defense the Gamecocks just have to wait for the other shoe to drop. It is hard to bet against the Gators in this game. Steve gave USC their first win against the Gators since 1964 and this will be his swan song. LONG LIVE THE VISOR! -L-
November 20th, Appalachian State; Like Vanderbilt what do you say? -W-
November 27th, at Florida State; Jimbo Fisher has garnered FSU a top 10 recruiting class for the 2010 season but unless he has five or six All American defensive players in that class he still is going to be playing catch up. However, if the offense tightens up a bit this just might be the Seminoles year. Another one to watch very closely. -W-
Final Notes:
I don't care how you cut it UF has a drop off in production. I don't know when I saw a team lose so much talent in one period. Top shelf names like Tebow, Spikes, Dunlap, Cooper, Haden, Wright, Hernandez, James and Pouncey are not automatically replaceable.
The offensive style of play has to be revamped. The running game was great but it was spread around with most of the yards being carried by Tebow. Some one is going to have to take over the power back role.
Defensively, you know the talent is their but coaching changes and rotation may effect UF in the 2010 season.
I had the Gators going 12-0 last season, who didn't, but this year I may be stretching it at 9-3. On the other hand I also feel that LSU and South Carolina are both swing games. And if we are on that topic so are the UGA and FSU games.
Therefore UF could look at an 8-4 season or 11-1. I would lean more towards 11-1 with Urban Meyer at the helm. However, I think the reality is 9-3.
Hey, didn't that happen in 2007? Look out 2011!