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Oddcast – The Viral Marketing Company
Since 1999, Oddcast has powered some of the web’s most groundbreaking and successful viral marketing campaigns [from the minds of EBN]
Valerie Boateng: New Beginnings loses lawsuit against Foxhole
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the owners of the New Beginnings Ministries near New Castle against Foxhole strip club and Sheriff Timothy Rogers, among others. The lawsuit claimed the club conducted illegal protests outside the church since at least January 2007 and the sheriff’s office failed to protect the church from the illegal activity. The defendants in the case said the protest activities took place in a public right of way that were protected by the First Amendment. [...] The suit filed in August 2007 [...] claimed Foxhole members entered and refused to remove themselves from his private property, blocked the entrance to the drive, stopped patrons and employees from entering the premises, surrounded patrons’ vehicles to preclude entrance, photographed patrons and employees against their will, and threatened patrons with adverse consequences as they persisted in visiting the facility.
[Article continues at link. STOP PRESS... looks like I got some facts wrong about who is getting their freedom of speech and assembly protected and who isn't. Better check the original article to make sure you get the facts on what's going on. Isn't it strange that religious groups use their rights to take away the rights of others while strip clubs and the like never do the same for religious groups. - Trevor Blake]
Wilkins Coffee – Muppet Wiki – Muppets, Sesame Street, Henson
In 1957, Jim Henson was approached by a Washington, D.C. coffee company to produce commercials for Wilkins Coffee. [TRUTH]
Wilkins Coffee – Muppet Wiki – Muppets, Sesame Street, Henson
Sorry, No Throbbing Gristle | MetaFilter
Exxon’s Up Came Oil♫, General Electric’s Make a Woman Out of Your Wife♫, and The Monroe Calculator Company’s 1660 & 65♫ are still as potent as all get out!
IBM Archives: Music clips
“Hail To The IBM”
The Gazprom Song | MetaFilter
And other corporate anthems
Why White Men Get Paid More | LiveScience
In satisfaction surveys, store customers and medical patients say they prefer white men, and managers frequently hire and set pay based on customer preferences.
Behind closed doors: How R.I. decriminalized prostitution | Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal
Much about efforts to re-criminalize prostitution, little about why. Who’s suffering? Is it different than other jobs involving suffering?
What plagiarism looks like – Boing Boing
plagiarism seems to be governed by a sliding scale, with consequences lessening as the wrongdoer’s status rises.
syntheticpubes: Dear photographers who restrict your hi-res images on Flickr/your portfolio/whatev
Individual images are less important than building a reputation for shooting captivating photos. Do great work and throw it to the wind. [NSFW]
syntheticpubes: Dear photographers who restrict your hi-res images on Flickr/your portfolio/whatev
LikeAFish Technologies
able to extract air from water, for both the leisure and the professional scuba diving industries, as well as for submarines and underwater habitats.
