LA Times: In a sewer beneath Las Vegas, a lethal vixen named Abigail is locked in a mortal struggle an outlaw cowboy with ties to Greek gods. The scene, recently filmed over three days on a sound stage in Glendale, wasn’t for a new sci-fi TV series or movie. It was for a 30-second commercial […]
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According to Jerry Martin, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, it is a federal crime to send diseases or viruses across state lines, but that hasn’t stopped one Nashville woman who is charging $50 for a chickenpox-infected lollipop. Customers are lining up. AllVoices has more: It seems that these days, even the most
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Do you like to watch old commercials? AdViews is a digital archive of thousands of vintage television commercials dating from the 1950s to the 1980s. These commercials were created or collected by the ad agency Benton & Bowles or its successor, D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (DMB&B). Founded in 1929, Benton & Bowles was a
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Today in 1893, the tomato legally became a vegetable in the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Nix v. Hedden that a tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883. Here’s more of the story.
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Don’t hire this clown if your children have coulrophobia (the irrational fear of clowns): Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes. He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked. But Deville is not an escaped
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Businessweek: Jeff Schmittinger, the owner and founder of Wisconsin Chimney Technicians in Waukesha, Wisc., has been cleaning the chimneys at the White House for 19 consecutive years and three administrations, and he still hasn’t been paid. To be fair, he never asked for a dime. Schmittinger first volunteered for the gig in 1993, after hearing
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Central Valley Business Times: …Even though Americans are concerned about obesity, the stand-alone marketing of a “healthy benefit” to mainstream consumers isn’t enough to increase consumption of fresh vegetables — evident by the overall flat consumption rate of fresh vegetables in recent years. T What’s needed, says the report, is for produce firms to put
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Forbes: Imagine for a moment what it would feel like if people walked into your company and used the lobby to call your competitors and buy their products. That’s standard consumer behavior in a bookstore. People browse, find a book they like, pull out their smart phone, and order online. Making an intuitive leap, Jeff
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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, the co-authors of the immensely popular Freakonomics, are back with their third book in the series: Think Like a Freak. In it, rather than discussing what they think, they talk about how they think. Levitt and Dubner offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems, whether your
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When your business expands into overseas markets, don’t fall victim to common problems. The growth of your company can be very exciting, and each new milestone you hit can seem like a fantastic triumph that you can’t wait to get to. However, patience can be a virtue for the savvy entrepreneur. This is especially true
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