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- Publisher: SCEA
- Release Date: Nov 6, 2012
- Also On: PlayStation 3
- Summary: In this all-action fighting adventure, a battalion of Viking invaders, 1200 years late to the party, are causing havoc in your town. Imagine getting together a posse of local citizens: a construction worker, a butcher, a policeman, a pastor, and a schoolboy, then ripping up a phone booth or picking up a car,and hurling it at the advancing Viking hordes. That's the sort of crazy action you can expect in this totally new and original PSN title for PS3 and PS Vita.… Expand
- Developer: Clever Beans
- Genre(s): General
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 12 out of 28
Mixed: 16 out of 28
Negative: 0 out of 28
Nov 16, 2012It's a cute, easy-to-play, innovative brawler presented with humor and a well-developed sense of fun. It's even more fun played through with a partner or two, and though the vs. multiplayer isn't to my taste, I'm sure many gamers will like it.
Nov 11, 2012When Viking's Attack is a fun little game, ideally played in short sessions. It looks and plays fine, with cross-platform options (if you buy the PS3 or the Vita version, you get the other one as well) available to extend playability. Not the most impressive title ever, but definitely good for a couple of laughs.
Nov 5, 2012A simple, fun and perfectly executed idea, both visually and when it comes to the gameplay. It's surprising how something that simple can be that fun, but it ends up becoming repetitive. It can last way longer if we stick to the multiplayer modes, though.
Nov 23, 2012It's a fun game whose only purpose is to amuse those who invest their money in it. But before spending your money, you should know that a dedicated friends list is necessary to pull the most fun out of it.
Nov 9, 2012With more room for Chuckle Brothers impersonators than Nolan North when it comes to the voice work, When Vikings Attack is weird and personable and surprisingly hard to dislike. Cushty!
Nov 16, 2012We were hoping that this would be a game that we could easily pick up, play and enjoy, but When Vikings Attack's appeal doesn't last long. Even getting it on the PlayStation 3 as well as the vita for the same price doesn't justify what you spend on it.
Score distribution:
Positive: 4 out of 6
Mixed: 2 out of 6
Negative: 0 out of 6
Nov 16, 2012For the cheap price, this game is perfect. There are plenty of levels and multiplayer modes to keep you busy at first. The real fun though is when you complete the game, and then have to go back to beat the challenges on each level and unlock new characters. Getting high combos is very fun and challenging and extends the replay value indefinately. I have already invested 20 hours in this game, and can see myself playing for awhile. Some people call it too simple, but they are simple minded individuals....there is a hidding depth to this game that you will realize is there after a few hours. The game looks amazing on the Vita and runs at a constant 60fps. This game is very fun alone, but is super fun with friends or online. I have played all Vita games, and I would have to say that this is in my top 3.....AND ITS ONLY like 7 bucks on PS plus. If you love classic challenging gameplay, and are a fan of the powerstone series or any partygame that has a game within where you throw **** at eachother....PICK THIS UP NOW!!! I give it a 10 for its price(10.5 considering you get both copies)....I would give it a 9 if it was full priced.… Expand
Nov 22, 2012Why aren't there much more games like these? Beautiful, quick, cheap and, the most important of all, easy to play. It's basically what anyone wants from a portable, not touchy things. GREAT portable game!… Expand
Feb 11, 2013With great visuals, epic comedy-enthused slapstick gameplay, tons of content and sublime production values, for my money, When Vikings Attack is hands down, one of the best indie games available for Playstation Vita today. Add to that the wonderful 'When Vikings Relax' DLC and a relatively modest price of entry, and you're left with an utterly essential thoroughbred that no self-respecting Vita owner should do without. Seriously, free up 600mb's of memory real estate, drop £7.99 on When Vikings Attack (plus the DLC of course), and enjoy. I can as good as guarantee that you'll be glad you did. See you on the crazy golf battlefield!… Expand
Nov 11, 2012Am really enjoying this game. It IS very repetitive, and can be a tad frustrating at times, but the gameplay is solid and controls fluent. Great game to play if you've only got 20-30 minutes.… Collapse
Dec 3, 2012Fun game but it has 1 fundemental flaw. You see, when Vikings attack is best played in a local multiplayer setting on a single tv, something the vita cannot physically do. It was amazing that you get the vita game for free if you buy the ps3 version but the ps3 version is far better because of the local multiplayer set up. Trust me, get 3 freinds round and play 4 player free for all and you will understand. You see without that the vita version just ends up being an average game that gets a bit boring after a while, but local multiplayer doesn't have that problem.… Expand
May 6, 2014The game looks good and has a quirky sense of humour but I found the game got REALLY repetitive, really fast. The gameplay was fun enough for a few minutes but that is about the longest I could see me playing it. If did not try the multiplayer so maybe that would be much more fun but I doubt it. Maybe younger kids would like it where it is so simple. I bought it for 99 cents on a flash sale but I'd say that's the most it is worth.… Expand
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Regarding obese women exercising…
a) "Obese women are more likely to feel self-conscious about how they look while exercising." Sounds reasonable, but it really depends on the particular environment, and who she's surrounded by. For example, if there are a lot of other obese people around her, then I'd think there would be very little of that kind of feeling. Also, there are women-only gyms, where (I presume) there would likewise be less of that kind of tension.
b) "… and they feel they lack self-discipline, hate to fail so don't try." You lost me there. Who doesn't hate to fail? Who doesn't tend to avoid situations where they're likely to fail? And what's the difference between feeling the lack self-discipline, and actually lacking it?
c) "Fear injury." Sounds like a cop-out to me. There are lots of low-impact exercises which can avoid undue stress on your body, while still giving you a good aerobic exercise. Swimming is a good example.
e) "View activity as hard work." Sounds like at least part of the reason for the obesity in the first place. And most people who don't exercise have the same worry, regardless how obese they are, or if they're male or female. Basically, they're wimps who need to just get moving. It will be rough at first, but will get easier the more it's done, to the point that they eventually start to enjoy it and look forward to it.
f) "Have minor aches and pains." Many/most of which will go away with a good exercise discipline. A good physical trainer can help with that.
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November 25, 2014
Young people in the Next Youth Movement are helping to organize a march to fight drugs and violence.
Next Youth Movement represents a partnership between the LiveWise Coalition and Thrive Center Omaha. On Saturday it will sponsor a march in North Omaha to promote community betterment.
Young people involved are excited about the event. Jacob Sanders is a Next Team Member and he is marching to fight drug and alcohol abuse. Sanders says "we need to do more to stop it to prevent kids from walking into a store and being able to buy liquor you know and alcohol".
The march is open to the public. It starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 9 at 16th and Lake Street and ends at 42nd and Ames.
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We are an independent, faculty-guided Waldorf school in Lexington, Massachusetts, serving 250 children in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.
Our mission is to provide an educational environment that supports development of the whole child: intellectual, physical, social, emotional, artistic, and spiritual.
Our work is based on the educational philosophy of pedagogue Rudolf Steiner .
Our goal is to awaken and foster in our students a sense of wonder; creative and inquiring minds; a well-founded belief in their capacities; strength of character, will and intellect; and compassion for and interest in all life.
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|Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Association of Independent Schools in New England (AISNE)
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|Learning Difference Programs
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|Year Founded
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|197 students
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State avg.: 22%
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|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
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Finances and Admission
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- Play-centered, imaginative program
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- Storytelling, creative play, time outdoors are emphasized
- Wholesome environment with natural materials, healthy homemade snacks
- Natural setting affords playground space and acres of conserved meadows and woods for play Comprehensive Elementary program offers a rich, rounded curriculum:
- Core subjects: Math, science, language arts, social science/history, visual arts
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Former teacher's arrest on child porn charges raise questions about criminal record annulments, county attorney says
Daryl Robertson, 38, of Eliot, Maine was charged by Greenland police with seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse images. The former teacher was acquitted in 2009 of assaulting a student, and had his record annulled. (COURTESY)
"As a public safety officer, I thought there was more to him than met the eye," said Velardi, who forwarded Dover police reports about the teacher's past to Massachusetts school officials over the summer. "The public had a right to know."
The former teacher, Daryl Robertson, 38, reappeared on the radar of authorities again late last week after Greenland police brought charges of possession of child sexual abuse images against him. Robertson, of 565 River Road in Eliot, Maine, is currently being held on $50,000 cash bail following his arraignment Monday in 10th Circuit Court in Portsmouth.
Police say Robertson had kept computer discs containing images of young boys engaged in sexual acts at his parent's home on Post Road in Greenland. He is charged with seven counts of possession of child sexual abuse images.
Annulment debate
Velardi, whose office prosecuted Robertson twice nearly four years ago, said Robertson's latest arrest highlights an ongoing debate about whether annulments prior to a law change in June 2011 still enjoy protection of nondisclosure under the old law.
"I'm not sure what I can say about it," Velardi said, when reached by phone Monday.
Andrew Schulman, president of the New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, said recent changes in the law have not provided any definitive answer about what can and cannot be shared.
If a new law brought harsher penalties for a crime, the earlier penalty would still apply to those already sentenced, Schulman said. In the case of annulments, the matter is less clear.
"The question is if you annulled something under the old law, would anything be a vested right?" Schulman said. "I really don't know the answer to that. If I had to guess, I would say no."
Federal charges expected
During Robertson's arraignment Monday, defense lawyer Alan Cronheim told Judge Sawako Gardner that his client had no criminal record, and posed no threat to public safety. Cronheim represented Robertson in the earlier misdemeanor sex assault case.
Gardner set Robertson's bail at $50,000 cash. Federal charges are also expected to be filed against Robertson after U.S. postal inspectors executed a search warrant at his home last month in Eliot, Maine, according to Greenland Detective David Kurkul. He expects the federal case to bring "a substantial amount of charges."
The images found in Greenland, according to court complaints, depict young boys engaged in sexual conduct. Police searched the home of Robertson's parents in Greenland on Jan. 31 with U.S. Postal Inspection Special Agent Scott Kelley, who obtained a federal search warrant for the residence.
Public record
Velardi said he may have been barred from sharing records about Robertson's court case, but the Dover police reports were still public record - not covered under state law.
When he opposed Robertson getting an annulment, he expressed concerns about the 38-year-old seeking another job teaching or having contact with children. Robertson, a former St. Thomas of Aquinas teacher, was found not guilty of misdemeanor charges that he groped the genitals of a former student and hugged him.
"I think that jury, respectfully, made a mistake," Velardi said.
Prosecutors had alleged in that case Robertson groped the genitals of a male student in November 2007 while swimming. Robertson claimed at trial the contact was not intended as sexual, according to Velardi.
"I'm shocked and saddened by these latest charges," Velardi said. "We'll see what happens."
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FORT WORTH -- After three days of testimony, a jury found an Arlington man guilty of capital murder today for a triple slaying that left eight children motherless.Dalton James Bennett Jr., 47, received an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole in state District Judge Scott Wisch's court.Prosecutors Sean Colston and Rhett Parham presented evidence that Sheryl Bennett, who was slain along with her new boyfriend, Jose Reyes, and her sister-in-law, Tana Todd, were drinking alcoholic beverages after a night at Rusty's Billiards in Arlington on June 18, 2011.Tana Todd's husband, Johnny Todd, was wounded in the neck during the slayings at the Rolling Meadows apartment complex in the 3500 block of Wakefield Circle in Arlington, where Sheryl Bennett and her five children lived and where the Todds lived with their three children.The Bennetts were living apart from one another, but nearby. Dalton Bennett was arrested at his mother's house in the 1100 block of Georgetown Street with self-inflicted neck and wrist wounds following the shootings.Dalton Bennett left a note saying that he could not handle the pain anymore, Parham told the jury. In the note, Dalton Bennett apologized and wrote that he realized he had done something stupid, Parham said.Just prior to shooting his estranged wife, Dalton Bennett said: "Here's your divorce," prosecutors told the jury during closing arguments on Friday.Steve Gordon, who represented Dalton Bennett, along with William Ray, told the jury that his client was guilty of murder, but not capital murder. A guilty verdict on the murder charge would have carried a maximum sentence of 99 years in prison but Dalton Bennett could have become eligible for parole.Gordon said there was no evidence of intent to murder the other individuals."Come to a decision that is based on law and the evidence," Gordon said during his closing arguments.Colston countered that the state did not have to prove intent or premeditation to prove its capital murder case."Because your heart is broken does not give you a right to a .45-caliber divorce," Colston said.A pre-teen who saw his mother, his aunt and his mother's boyfriend after they were shot to death remembered the details of the crime scene all too clearly, according to his testimony on Thursday.The child testified that he was playing video games when he heard shots ring out. The child told the jury he did not see Dalton Bennett walk into the room where his mother, Tana and Johnny Todd, and Reyes were drinking.But he said he did see the door open, close shut and that he watched as Dalton Bennett left the room, holding a gun in his hand.The pre-teen described what he saw in the back bedroom after the shootings occurred. He said that blood was pouring from his mother's neck and hand, from Reyes' head, and that Tana Todd was slumped over in a kneeling position while Johnny Todd grasped a bleeding neck wound."I saw his gun," the pre-teen said, referring to Dalton Bennett. "It was like close to his head in his hand."
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He is no longer married to Kim Kardashian, but that isn't stopping Kris Humphries from acting like an idiot.
According to Us, the Brooklyn Nets power forward partied late into the night Friday, remaining at New York City club Beauty & Essex until at least 1 a.m.
Why was this a problem? Because his team played the Chicago Bulls in Game 7 of the playoffs Saturday in Brooklyn, and went on to lose, 99-93.
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Jo Leonard, President and Founder of Jo Leonard, LLC. "Partners in College & Career Navigation" brings together over 40 years of experience in corporate, non-for profit and academic environments. Her team of career and college coaches is expert in the education, inspiration and training of young adults who are seeking guidance in order to make important college and career decisions. And the team all love their jobs, practicing what they preach every day!
With a charismatic and results-oriented approach, Jo has inspired audiences that include Fulbright scholars, senior level professionals and many Generation Y and Millenium Generation college and career starters. She travels around the U.S. speaking to and training high school and college students in the art of mind-mapping and creative brainstorming to develop career and major ideas and then helps them translate those ideas into personal presentation both in person and on paper. She is an expert in connecting with these generations and creating a comfortable and dynamic platform upon which to build ideas and strategies for success. Her young clients love her, their parents admire her for her commitment to their kids and her corporate and non-profit partners value her for her tremendous contribution to their organizations.
Born and raised in England and with a Business and English degree from The University of Hertfordshire in London, and Montclair State University in New Jersey, Jo brings global perspective into her work. With many hours of training in NLP and other communications and strategic development skills, Jo leaves no stone unturned with her clients.
As a communications and advertising professional in Fortune 500, start-ups and non-profits, Jo has hired and managed young adults throughout their careers. With professional experiences in both Europe and the United States, Jo Leonard is uniquely qualified to consult with and coach young adults and their families on best practices for finding and succeeding in colleges and careers that match talents and passions.
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What was most missing for him when he transitioned to us at Jo Leonard, LLC., was "really getting to know the students individually, so that I can give them more attention and customized college and career direction. This is my real passion and I'm enjoying that aspect of working for Jo the most." He loves researching schools, and teaching students how to do effective research before they put their Smart List together. He's organized and thorough, and has an assertive but friendly approach when it comes to overseeing student's applications.
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Having graduated from Rider University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Ed decided to continue his education at Rutgers University where he received a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology. He has worked on the financial aid process with many families and comes equipped with tremendous resources for his clients.
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As a child we all seem to know what we want to be when we grow up, perhaps a rock star, a firefighter, a teacher, or some other honorable profession. Regardless of our chosen occupation, our calling is clear. Somewhere between childhood and graduating college we question our path. Perhaps our interests evolve or our strengths guide us in a new direction. Whatever the reason, this point in our lives is overwhelming and pivotal for many. As the newest member of Jo Leonard LLC, my goal is to leverage my professional experiences and coaching skills to help students embrace this point of inflection in their lives, rather than be overcome by it, and then help them find their direction and meet their goals.
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We return once again with another roundup of local producers worth listening to. The range and quality of beats coming out of Minnesota never fails to impress, and this month's mix ought to go perfect with the beginning of backyard barbeque season. Get ready for some great instrumental work from ano ... More >>
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Welcome to MN Tour 2013Atmosphere and Brother Aliwith Get Cryphy, Carnage and HaphduznFirst Avenue Mainroom, MinneapolisTuesday, March 5, 2013 Starting back in 2011, the reigning lords of MN hip-hop decided that 'burbs, exurbs and townships of our fair kingdom were getting left out. While hamlets l ... More >>
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Rapper Metasota decided he'd give us a gift for his birthday on January 19th with the free release of 9-track project H.I.P. (Happy I'm Present: 2 Week Theory), a solid and inventive album created on a whim in 14 days. The timeframe is beside the point, though. There are a number of strong idea ... More >>
As we do every third Tuesday, Gimme Noise returns with yet another mixtape of the local rap music that's making the rounds lately. Consider it our holiday gift.You can stream the mixtape below or download here.
Local artist's debut features funky, ambient instrumentals
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They want the city to change course and build sewers to boost property values.
At exactly noon on Monday, 16-year-old Bria Bradshaw and her mother Charmaine walked into Tommy Pak's Kwik Stop in South Dallas, then stopped short. There was a horde of men and women in the convenience store, black and Korean, and most were in suits. There were video cameras set up toward the back, ... More >>
Led by a little-known minister, protesters rallied to run a Korean store owner out of business. Then they learned a little more about that minister.
Anthony Bond, founder of the Irving chapter of the NAACP, looked at what was happening in South Dallas, at the Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and decided: Enough's enough. Those protests at the Korean-owned convenience store had to stop, as did calls for its owner Th ... More >>
Southern Dallas, especially the ministerial leadership, seems to be pretty locked up behind mayoral candidate Mike Rawlings. In explaining that to myself, I do allow for Rawlings's charismatic personality and his track record on community issues. He's got things going for him. (Well, maybe no ... More >>
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Who is Dilip Chhabriya, what does he do?
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Architect u mean?Answered by hitler, 25 Jan '08 10:34 pm
Dilip Chhabria is a famous car designer, it is said that he is the designer of dream cars. He is now looking forward to set up his own top line. He is into this profession since last 14 years.Answered by amit singh, 25 Jan '08 10:34 pm
Car designer..he designs and make custom designs for cars.Answered by Ritujit Hazarika, 25 Jan '08 10:34 pm


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The Roman satirist Juvenal lamented the fact that his fellow citizens had given up being politically engaged and were happy to sell their votes to politicians in exchange for free food and entertainment; 'bread and circuses'. [1] Let's hope that 2000 years later we've not become even cheaper, settling for just the circuses.
Preparations for the Diamond Jubilee and Olympics are certainly, from some perspectives, beginning to look rather crass and inappropriate, given the circumstances faced by many people.
Despite the organisers' insistence that the events are relevant to the entire nation, they are overwhelmingly concentrated in London. Given the fact that many of the capital's families are being forced to leave their homes due to benefit changes [2], London can no longer claim to be an inclusive city: the poor cannot live there. So as families pack up their belongings and prepare to leave homes they can no longer afford, lavish and expensive partying must only serve to underline their misfortune.
It's always good for communities to get together, it's great that many people will enjoy street parties: but as Jill Segger has pointed out [3] lavish official banquets are difficult to justify when food banks are struggling [4] to cope with the demand from people who can't afford to feed themselves [5]. And it's hard to celebrate one elderly lady surviving 60 years of wealth and privilege, when many of her contemporaries are unable to get the care they need to maintain even their basic dignity [6].
The Diamond Jubilee is being presented as a politically neutral event, with the BBC apparently becoming a PR machine for Buckingham Palace. But this leaves a sizeable minority [7] of people who would like to be able to elect their head of state marginalised and excluded. The lack of space for alternative views does not reflect well on our democracy.
The Olympics have traditionally represented some of the highest ideals of humanity, with nations coming together in peace to celebrate dedication and effort. But they have been hijacked by commercialism, with sponsors like BP and McDonalds insisting on a rigorous enforcement of their expensively bought rights. This has led to the ludicrous situation where athletes are banned from disclosing what cereal they had for breakfast if it's not produced by an official sponsor, and the British Sugarcraft Guild being told members cannot ice cakes with Olympic rings or logos [8].
It would be laughable if it wasn't so deadly serious: in 2006 a special Act of Parliament was passed which made breaches of the trademark and copyright rules [9] surrounding the London Olympics no longer merely a civil offence, but a criminal one.
It isn't just the Jubilee that is closely aligned with the armed forces. the militarisation of the Olympics is in danger of making it seem more like an overt display of wealth and power than a celebration of humanity. Simon Jenkins has called it [10], 'a festival of the global security industry, with a running and jumping contest as a sideshow.'
And as half a million sick and disabled people lose their modest support, it seems particularly tasteless that the firm responsible for depriving them of their benefits, Atos, is sponsoring the Paralympics, particularly now that GPs have called [11] for the assessments they carry out to be scrapped, 'to prevent harming the weakest and most vulnerable in society'.
In a double-dip recession, with the European economy teetering on the brink, it's understandable that people are desperate for something to feel good about. It's just a pity that what they are being asked to feel good about in the UK this summer are celebrations of wealth, privilege, and an exhibition of the continuing power of the one per cent.
© Bernadette Meaden has written about religious, political and social issues for some years, and is strongly influenced by Christian Socialism, liberation theology and the Catholic Worker movement. She is a regular contributor to Ekklesia.
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Japan, 1970 (MIFF 1971, Programme 6)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa's first film in five years centres on the inhabitants of a shanty-town society.
The town is little more than an ugly array of metal sheets and tar paper shacks resembling the city dump. Despite its appearance the inhabitants, albeit their hand to mouth existence, seek happiness in their own strange and varied ways.
There is the woman who prays that her feeble minded son will be cured. A low salaried, white-collar worker subject to frequent spasms, seems doubly miserable in the shadow of his domineering wife. Two day labourers and their wives, who live next door to one another, go on nightly binges and swap wives whenever the mood strikes them. An ageing tramp entertains his son with elaborate descriptions of a palatial house being built for them. An obese brush-maker has for his wife the best looking woman in the community. Now pregnant, she has already borne him an assortment of children by the men in the area.
The film probes into the character of man as Kurosawa examines tiny sparks of heroism through the intermittent biographies of a group of wretches, with nothing but their small store of courage to keep them going.
Despite his own previous ventures into the lower depths, Kurosawa comes across the territory as if it had never been charted before, with an inventive and engaging enthusiasm accounted for, perhaps, by the fact that this is his first colour film.
The settings of Dodes'ka-Den, for all their simplicity, are indeed the most striking Kurosawa has used.
Kurosawa's symbols have always enjoyed several layers of interpretation, but Dodes'ka-Den is possibly his first film in which the surfaces are so brittle and the inferences so deep.Philip Strick, Sight and Sound


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There are those who would argue that Sonny Vaccaro helped create the biggest problem in college sports when he began handing out money in the late '70s to basketball coaches so players would wear Nike shoes.
Guys like Jerry Tarkanian and John Thompson got checks for $50,000 or so a year, good money in an era where coaches weren't automatically millionaires. Their players didn't join in the profits, getting little more than sneakers with swooshes on them to wear around campus.
"The only thing I say is I probably did that better than anybody in the world," Vaccaro said. "I had good ideas but if the NCAA thought they were wrong all they had to say is no. I never put a gun to anyone's head."
The former shoe peddler who helped create the market where billions of dollars are in play isn't about to apologize for his role. When you're the guy who signed Michael Jordan to his first shoe contract, there's not a lot to apologize about.
Only now Vaccaro is selling something other than shoes. He's on a mission to force the NCAA to share some of the billions that big time college sports generate with the players who make it all possible.
Along the way he could once again help change the way college sports are operated. The irony is not lost on him.
"I was part of what blew up into this mammoth business, absolutely," Vaccaro said. "There were no deals with coaches before me, we created this. But if I was so bad then, why are they (the NCAA) not double bad now?"
Vaccaro was in search of players who felt wronged when he teamed up with former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon in 2009 to file an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over the commercial use of O'Bannon's image. The suit scheduled for trial June 9 in Oakland, Calif., could not only force the NCAA to change the way it does business, but conceivably put it out of business.
The 74-year-old who helped develop an entire new culture in youth sports wrapped around shoe company profits has been an irritant to the NCAA since the days Walter Byers was in charge. The NCAA didn't say anything when he gave money to college coaches and ran camps and all-star games for high school players, but has fought hard at every turn when it comes to paying players.
That's changing some as the trial approaches. With the NCAA's control over college athletics is being attacked both in court and in the ballot box over a union for Northwestern football players, there are signs the five major conferences will come up with a plan sometime this summer that will give more benefits and rights to players.
Vaccaro believes he and O'Bannon have already won a victory by forcing the NCAA to make concessions that otherwise would have never been made.
"Whatever happens in June, whether it is settled or not, Ed O'Bannon has made a stronger case for college athletes than anyone has ever done," Vaccaro said. "He's as much of a pathfinder as Curt Flood was in baseball. What Ed did was go against the grain of everything. For 30 years these people had a free pass."
For Vaccaro, who went on to work for Adidas and Reebok after leaving Nike, the tipping point came when ESPN paid $175 million for the Classic Sports Network in 1997. The network carried replays of big college games, but the players from those games never received a dime for the programming.
The NCAA's argument that it owned the rights to player images didn't sit well with Vaccaro or O'Bannon, who came on board when he saw a video game featuring his likeness from the 1995 UCLA national championship team.
"For a college to say get something was like sacrilege," Vaccaro said. "They have never explained why they have the right to your image even after you die. What right do they have to the most basic thing you own? It's the most illogical argument you'll ever hear."
Vaccaro said there have been two settlement conferences ordered by the federal judge in the case that produced no results. Two more are scheduled in upcoming weeks, but he's not convinced the NCAA wants to negotiate seriously.
Vaccaro would like to see a plan emerge where athletes are paid a certain amount for each year of college service -- but not until after they graduate. It's a system that would not only reward players financially, but keep them in school longer so they can pursue degrees.


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When I was invited to participate in a blog tour for writers I just had to say 'yes!'
I didn't expect that delving into my story of writing and creativity – the longing and compulsion to write, and the incredible resistance to actually doing it – would take me to a place of deeper self understanding, self forgiveness, and ultimately new motivation
I'm so grateful to fellow Martha Beck coach, Leda Asmar, for inviting me on this writing adventure! Read her exploration of her own writing journey is here.
Do you have a creative calling – a dream – that you've set aside?
Could it be possible to pick it back up again? Perhaps hold it up and turn it slowly, finding new facets that beckon you to explore?
"It's never too late to be what you might have been"
That's favorite quote from George Eliot (who was really a girl!)
For me that dream was (is) writing.
I started my first book at the ripe old age of eight. I'd been given a typewriter for my birthday (okay, I'm dating myself!) and a sheaf of that erasable onion skin paper.
I lovingly inserted the first whisper-thin sheet and rolled it up. I banged out the title, and followed up with about a page and a half of single spaced writing.
Earlier that year I had won first prize in my Catholic School for my short story: "A Boot Dinner with Seaweed Sauce." It was then that I knew I was destined to be a writer. With only a couple of years of reading under my belt I'd already devoured hundreds of children's novels. It was time to write my own.
Alas, that first attempt languished away in some corner of my bedroom, as did my other fits and starts.
Even at that tender age I was consumed with self doubt and resistance. I already suffered the writer's curse.
And besides, it was just more fun to play hopscotch than to sit down at that typewriter.
At ten I began journaling. Over the following decade I filled thousands and thousands of pages. Starting with those "My Diary" books with a little key, and later dozens of steno pads, I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. Those lined pages soaked up tears and patiently absorbed my lovelorn teenaged rantings.
I tried my hand at short and not-so-short stories. Lots and lots of angst-ridden poetry.
And then I realized: I'm just average. I'm not a great writer. No one is clapping. Mouths are not dropping open in awe. No one is gushing at my stunning talent.
So I gave up.
After all – if I couldn't be the best, why bother?
Malcolm Gladwell was probably still in diapers at the time, and the idea of putting in 10,000 hours did not cross my mind.
The journaling fell away in my twenties while raising kids and running my own business. Once or twice a year I'd dig one out and pour forth my truth, only to set it down again for months.
My old journals moldered away in a box in the barn.
And I moved further and further away from who I really am.
But the Writer's Bug would bite now and again, giving me yet another excuse to berate myself with 'loser' language.
Later – much later, in my 40s – the writing called me back.
But still I struggled with my imperfection.
I'd sit down to write and realize I felt empty of ideas. I'd squish some words onto the page, and feel like crying as I read them. Such a pale candle compared to the authors I so admired.
Wish I'd heard Ira Glass' two-minute brilliant talk on this very subject!
I sucked.
I cringed in writing classes and writer's group when it was time to read my work. I'd apologize profusely in advance until the listeners were rolling their eyes before I'd read a word.
Becoming a Blogger
Once I learned it I kept saying I should start a blog. But full time school, a part time job and managing a household and high schooler (not to mention a very active social life, a girl's gotta have fun, right?) provided continual excuses to not get around to it.
I finally started my first blog when I moved to NYC for a summer internship at The Nation magazine. It's still online in case you care to read some silly stories of country bumpkin middle aged gal hits the big city.
Once home from the city I took a job writing and editing for an environmental newspaper and suddenly had found a new excuse to drop my own creative writing. And my spirit drooped once more.
A year and a half later as I looked around at a newly empty nest I found the inspiration and energy to start my next blog, Grown Up Mom. Here I wrote stories on a variety of topics. I used it so share travel adventures and personal introspection, as well as milestones of my two daughters moving out into the wide world.
I took a class on memoir writing and pulled the moldering journals out of the barn to dip into all that memoir fodder. I fantasized about being the next Mary Karr.
I wrote blogs, essays, vignettes, (no more bad poetry this time though.)
But I censored. A lot.
I edited like a mofo before pressing PUBLISH – because heaven forbid anyone would see the littlest typo, or worse, misread a paragraph and think ill of me.
My people-pleasing proclivities come out to play in a big way when it comes to sharing my writing.
And of course – that worry about what other people think is the death knell of truly good writing.
In journalism school they taught us, "If you're not pissing somebody off, you're not doing your job."
I know this. But it still feels like pulling out my own fingernails when I imagine that pissed off person directing their ire at ME.
I've come to realize that this resistance to writing, this Block – it's mostly about that fear of judgment.
And sure, some of it has to do with plain old lazy habits.
The greatest writers all had secret tricks to get them to plant that ass in the chair and actually pick up the pen (or in more recent times get their fingertips on the keyboard). It reassures me to read things like Weird Habits of Famous Authors.
Even the prolific Steven King – one of my favorites as a young girl who consumed novels like candy – even that excellent creator of character had to fight the demons to get writing.
So, I've learned that whether one is blessed from the get-go with extraordinary talent, or whether one painstakingly builds that writing muscle word by word, the point is to DO IT.
The stories stay buried inside if we don't. And who knows – it could be YOUR story that might just change someone's life.
My commitment? DONE with people pleasing.
Sure, my intention remains to inform, to entertain, and to inspire.
AND, I commit to dropping the censorship.
Yes, the foot might often be planted firmly in mouth, but at least you, dear reader, will not have any illusions about who you are dealing with: A booty shaking, yoga practicing, fun-loving, partying, meditating middle-aged Mama, who ultimately just wants to connect, to heal, and to change the world with the power of story.
So – back to YOUR Dream!
What's that thing YOU'VE known you were meant to do but somehow has slipped away? Maybe it's a creative pursuit like writing or art – or maybe it's something quite different.
It could be a brand new dream.
Oh, and you DO know what it is. It's that silly thing that popped into your head just now that you were sure couldn't possibly be it.
What's one small step you can take to re-engage? What commitment can you make to yourself today?
And now to introduce you to three more writers:
Wendy Gauntner is contributing blogger at www.MondayLunchTrio.com, a weekly blog that marries family friendly recipes and life lessons. She's a certified Martha Beck Life coach who likes to think she embodies old soul wisdom in a manic modern world. The rest of the time she's a busy mom to her 11-year-old adopted son who defies every parental paradigm and inspires her to read parenting books others might never take off the shelf.
Michelle Dubreuil Macek is a Martha Beck trained Life Coach who will dance you and your body into joy and vitality with healing movement coaching sessions. Say hey over to www.lifedance.me and say the magic words….Life Dance Me!
Julia Bushue works with recovering perfectionists who have trouble making progress on their goals, whether it's finishing a project or finding a dream job. She writes on topics both specific and universal (from learning self-love to making good decisions) over at www.juliabushue.com.


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Rehab Is The New Apology
If you've done something you wish you hadn't – and haven't we all been there? – there's a hot new pop culture way to avoid or postpone any public groveling: go to rehab.
From ESPN's Steve Phillips (rehab for sex addiction, and anyone who saw his paramour knows it's a serious problem) to Isaiah Washington (who underwent "executive counseling" for gay slurs against fellow Grey's Anatomy case member T.R. Knight) to the "domestic violence" counseling of Chris Brown, rehab has become the new apology.
Much like the proverbial man who murders his parents and asks the court for mercy because he's an orphan, the many forms of what's generally called "rehab" has become the preferred way to avoid a public confession of sins. Hell, there are even television shows about celebrity rehab.
"It's really become the classic 'Forgive me for I have sinned' template in the crisis manual that most celebrities have been trained to go to in the past couple years," says Dallas Lawrence, a VP at Levick Strategic Communications, a Washington, DC public relations firm. "It really is a great platform to neutralize the media and give you some space, to let you not be responsible for your actions, in many cases."
The tactic has a few medical professionals shaking their heads in disgust.
"They use their alcohol or drug issue as an excuse for misbehaving," says Clare Kavin, executive director of the Waismann Method, a Los Angeles-based treatment for opiate dependency. "It's easier to put the responsibility in something you can't control."
Drugs or alcohol don't cause you to do something you normally wouldn't, Kavin says. They merely bring it out from the hidden depths of your mind.
"There are certain lines you don't cross unless you really believe it. I think drug and alcohol most of the time relaxes you to the point where you don't see consequences."
Bonnie Fuller, editor-in-chief of HollywoodLife.com and the former helm of Star magazine, says rehab is always the right move if there's genuine addiction.
So, does she believe there's such a thing as sex addiction?
"In Hollywood, there is."
Are you listening, Tiger?
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- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy leroy
Rehab is meant for the press and the public..Everyone knows that stars still do what ever they want behind close doors..When you`re rich and famous you gotta live right ?? UH UH UH I AM #1..TWO IS NOT A WINNER AND THREE NOBODY REMEMBERS..UH UH UH
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy justinHigh Rank Vote downVote upReport this
Everybody thought it was Golf ball. Well, Slime ball just might be more fitting. How sad. My daughters used to and will never again look up to him. Bless their family.
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Ivis
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Red Fruit
There's no reason to apologize if there it's just a mistake. Sin is a better word that requires both forgiveness and an apology.
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Honeydrew
This article is so 2007. Rehab is the "new" apology - seriously?!
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Barbara
Valid rehab has its value. However, when someone goes there looking for excuses or reasons why they drink too much, or use drugs, or are sex addicted, they can usually FIND those excuses and reasons, thereby allowing them the LUXURY of never having to REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE INSIDE. It is not acceptable to use whatever excuse or reason they find as a viable means of easing their own conscience. EVERYONE does have the ability to CHOOSE what they do. EVERYONE.
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Bstill
Women cheat too!
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy Angiebaby
"(Sex rehab) is a great platform to neutralize the media and give you some space, to let you not be responsible for your actions, in many cases." Ahh haa ha! What total bullsh*t! We ALL know the only reason ANY MAN goes to rehab for sex addiction is because he got caught (Rehab to try to head off divorce), or he got caught being naughty (Rehab to try to stay out of jail.)
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy knowhat
Well now that Tiger has said to have been with over a dozen women then when is it a sex addiction?
- Tuesday 08 DecemberBy rojimowi
Right. And no one is responsible for their actions.
- Wednesday 09 DecemberBy Alan
Yes folks. Finding Jesus isn't enough to let you skate anymore. Gotta do the rehab thing too.
- Thursday 10 December
Rehab is short for 'rehabilitation', meaning enabling someone to re-enter society, the word is normally used to mean somewhere to go when you have an addiction, you normally can get de-toxed and then have therapy to help you deal with the addiction.
But do you think Tiger Wood do the same?? or he need to do this?? why did he make any big mistake?? wel he is celebrity, he can do whatever he wish to do.. after all he has also personal life.. what do u think guyz??~!!
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Briggs is already serving time for stealing from LPD's Santa Cop program.
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UPDATE, AUG. 15, 2:33 P.M.: The "Irvine 11" trial (now with one fewer defendant) was scheduled to begin today in Santa Ana.That didn't happen.Trial has been rescheduled to Aug. 29, which is when jury selection is scheduled to begin.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that 109 commercial bus and truck drivers were removed from the roads and more than 175 carriers face enforcement actions as a result of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) annual drug and alcohol strike force sweep, which occurred from June 21 through July 2.
During the two week sweep, FMCSA strike force investigators examined the drug and alcohol safety records of commercial drivers employed by bus and truck companies, including school bus drivers, interstate passenger carriers, hazardous material transporters and general freight long-haul trucking companies. Their goals were to identify motor carriers in violation of federal drug and alcohol testing requirements and to remove from the road commercial truck and bus drivers who jump from carrier to carrier to evade federal drug and alcohol testing and reporting requirements.
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Accurate descriptions of naturopathic medicine as a whole system of medical practice are rare in the literature and non-existent for type 2 diabetes.
A set of meaningful, measurable treatment criteria based on the naturopathic practice principles were defined that could have generated the majority (82%-93%) of treatment prescriptions given at visits for these conditions. Several of the treatment criteria components are common across the 3 conditions studied, and might be appropriate for all visits to doctors of naturopathy (NDs).
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In contrast to previous suggestions that older persons consume a monotonous diet, this study showed that adults who were 61 years or older consumed a greater total food variety, and a greater variety of micronutrient-dense and energy-weak foods, compared with adults who were 60 years or younger. Although consumption of a low variety of energy-dense foods may contribute to reduced energy intake and body weight at any age, the variety of micronutrient-dense foods consumed needs to increase in old age to prevent micronutrient deficiencies. These findings suggest that all adults need advice on the changing needs for dietary variety with aging to maintain health, and that older persons with low BMI are particularly vulnerable to dietary shortfalls.
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Body composition exhibits marked variations across the early human lifetime. The precise physiological mechanisms that drive such developmental adaptations are difficult to establish.
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NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. - The inaugural Hooters Fort Myers Pro Rodeo will kick off Friday night in North Fort Myers.
The two-day event takes place at the Lee County Posse Arena, located at 17401 Palm Creek Dr. North.
The gates open at 5:30 p.m., with rodeo activities starting at 7:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday. There will be activities for the kids as well as vendors, and food provided by Hooters.
Klein Brothers rodeo will be bringing in livestock including bulls, broncs, and steer.
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To the disappointment of the whole of the Internet, the blurry good Samaritan in the now infamous video of an apparent homophobe getting what was coming to him after attacking a man at DFW Airport is not actor Paul Rudd. Despite now retracted reports from Wonkette and D Magazine the man is, in fact, ... More >>
Plano's Dr Pepper Snapple Group sent us a press release today because they had nothing to say. No, really. This is their new marketing push. Celebrate nothing, because nothing is better than Snapple. Philosophically, this is a confusing proposition at best. While the press release steers clear of De ... More >>
Remember the kerfuffle with Dublin Dr Pepper and Dr Pepper Snapple? It's a long story that started back in the '70s when Dublin-based bottler W.P. Kolster refused to switch over to high-fructose corn syrup, a cheap product that replaced pure cane sugar extensively in the American food industry and i ... More >>
If your mouth waters a little when you see one of those "I'm A Pepper" shirts, then you undoubtedly recall last summer when Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group decided to sue Dublin Bottling Works, the then-sole maker of the original-formula Imperial Cane Sugar Dr Pepper. Papa Bear said Baby Bear wa ... More >>
Jeff Kloster has struck again. Back in January we told you about Dublin Bottling Work's move to bolster the Dublin soda industry. Maple and Motor still serves their sodas, and they're becoming more available by the day. Now Velvet Taco plans to add more of Kloster's offerings. They've been carrying ... More >>
On the final day of 2011 -- "a slow Saturday" -- Don Merritt drove from Dallas southwest to Dublin. He used to make the 120-mile trek all the time and figured on this day he'd grab some footage in addition to some sugar-cane Dr Pepper. "We shot tours," he says now, "the soda shop." Merritt was think ... More >>
The set-up at Maple & Motor. For now.Ever since Jack Perkins got his Dublin Bottling Works soda fountain at Maple & Motor, well, let's say I've had way too many cane-sugar soft drinks in recent weeks. (May I recommend mixing the Tart-N-Sweet Lemonade, Cherry Limeade and Dublin Lemon-Lime ... More >>
Leslie MinoraJeff Kloster, owner of Dublin Bottling Works, didn't sit on his ass and sulk after his company's settlement with Dr Pepper Snapple stripped him of his top-selling product, Dubin Dr Pepper. The day after the news hit, he says, he picked up the phone and did the same thing he's don ... More >>
FacebookOver the weekend I dropped into the office to jot down some thoughts on a recent meal and checked out the #boycottdrpepper feed I've been keeping an eye on. This tweet popped up just as I was watching: DrPepper @Galcos pulls all Dr. Pepper/Snapple products from shelves after @ ... More >>
Jack Perkins, co-owner of Dallas burger institution Maple & Motor, appreciates that a swig of Dublin Dr Pepper is just the thing to wash down a delicious burger. Once every few weeks since he opened his Maple Avenue burger shack, someone from his restaurant has made the two-hour drive to Dublin, Tex ... More >>
If you have but a single can or bottle marked "Dublin Dr Pepper," don't open it. It's a collector's item as of this very moment. That's because as of 5 p.m. today there is no more Dublin Dr Pepper: From here on out, per a settlement agreement just announced in the case filed by Plano-based Dr Pep ... More >>
Photo by Brantley HargroveBrantley espied that giant check you see at right during his tour of the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant a few weeks ago; turns out, it was just seed money. We just received word that in order to keep pace with Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is suing the Dubl ... More >>
At the end of last week, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. filed its response to Dublin Dr Pepper's response to corporate's lawsuit filed in June, in which the mothership insists Dublin's violating a licensing agreement by selling The Imperial Pure Cane Sugar-y Good Stuff outside of a six-count ... More >>
It probably doesn't help Dr Pepper's case that CEO Larry Young went on KERA's CEO in '09 with a Dublin sixer and touted it as "the original Dr Pepper formula with the Imperial sugar in it" with an "unbelievable" following.Back in June, you no doubt recall, Plano-based Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. deci ... More >>
Via.Back to the Dr Pepper-on-Dr Pepper lawsuit ...Early this morning we posted Dublin Dr Pepper's response to the lawsuit filed in June by Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, which is trying to limit Dublin's real-deal Imperial Sugar-spiked soda pop to a six-county area and alleges the oldest Dr ... More >>
If police have any new leads in that statewide run of Dr Pepper truck thefts, they're not saying much -- days of phone messages left with Fort Worth PD spokesmen and detectives have gone unanswered. (As if they've got more important things to do.)I was, however, able to reach Sherman Police spoke ... More >>
Garden & Gun magazine yesterday stirred up the soda world with news that Cheerwine can now be ordered online, a development that should excite the drink's many fans in Dallas. "Every single day we have someone asking about Cheerwine," says Scott Causey, who staffs The Soda Gallery in the Bis ... More >>
Only a few months ago the city -- really, the Friends of Fair Park -- axed the Fair Park Fourth, because there weren't no money for fireworks. Then, at the last minute, City Hall found the dough in the back pockets of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Neil and Kenny Goldberg. But that won't be an issue ... More >>
On May 23, workers at the Mott's plant in Williamson, New York, went on strike -- the company's owner, Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, is demanding workers take a $1.50-an-hour pay cut and a reduction in benefits. Say union reps, "With unemployment rates high in the Williamson area, Mott's c ... More >>
First thing this morning I saw Sarah Blaskovich's story about Friends of Fair Park's decision to cancel Fair Park Fourth -- no money, natch. Well, that's disappointing. I've been once; my folks, a few times. The Gruccis did a nice job. And, as evidenced by our trip down there last year, the whole ... More >>
On a related note, I bought this from a guy for $4 outta the back of his truck a few weeks ago. The box was a wreck, but the glass Dr Pepper logo was worth it.That's the word out of Plano this morning: Legacy Drive-HQ'd Dr Pepper Snapple Group issued a press release moments ago announcing that Th ... More >>
Courtesy Heritage Auction GalleriesThe Garza StoneThis weekend, Unfair Park's across-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries holds yet another of its dino-bone and space-rock sales, a fairly regular occurrence over there. But this one got the attention of National Public Radio: All Things Con ... More >>
"This is about McDonald's becoming a beverage destination and building off our offerings of fountain beverages." (Karen Wells, vice president of U.S. strategy and menu for McDonald's, on a new with Plano's Dr. Pepper Snapple Group replacing Pibb Xtra--a Coco-Cola product--with Dr. Pepper. Guess the ... More >>
"Stevia is supposed to offer a non-dangerous natural alternative to sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners, and that's why it's supposed to do well. It doesn't have the calorie punch of sugar; it doesn't have the bad image of HFCS." (Marcia Mogelonsky, senior research analyst with ... More >>
On Friday, we mentioned how Axl Rose had sicced his attorney on Dr Pepper, claiming that the Plano-based beverage maker had broken its promise to the American peoples when it failed to dispense a soda to every man, woman and child in the U.S. following the release of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy ... More >>
Two weeks ago Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group reported a third-quarter drop; right, who didn't? Said Sgt. Pepper Larry Young on November 13, "Without a doubt, this is one of the toughest environments the beverage industry has faced in many years. With disposable incomes falling, consumers are th ... More >>
As least for those bootlegging the sugar-sweetened stuff out of Dublin, Texas
After the jump, the official announcement concerning the Fourth of July shindig at Fair Park, as previewed yesterday. Very catchy cumbersome name they've given the event, for which I hope the city made a pile in naming rights: Dr Pepper Snapple Group Fair Park Fourth. Happens, duh, July 4 from 5 to ... More >>