A hilarious 'SNL' sketch nailed one of the biggest problems facing Dunkin' Donuts

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  334 words  |  Tandra Barner

"You want to talk real Dunkin' customers? That's me. I'm like the mayor of Dunkin' right here," Affleck says in a thick Boston accent as he smokes a cigarette half inside the store, half outside. On the surface, the skit is an amusing jab at Dunkin' Donut's New England everyman image — especially as it contrasts with Starbucks' coffee-snob reputation. But as Dunkin' Donuts tries to ditch its time-honored image and expand its customer base beyond the Boston Bruins-loving Afflecks of New England, the sketch nails the challenges that the coffee chain is facing. [Read More]

Abilene: Where Porn Fought the Law and Porn Won

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  654 words  |  Patria Henriques

Not long ago, a family driving across Kansas on well-traveled Interstate 70 would encounter nothing racier than a pecan log and little more hyped than the “world’s largest prairie dog.” Then porn came to the highway. In 2003, Lion’s Den, an Ohio-based chain of adult-toy stores, opened an outlet in the fabled cowboy town of Abilene–terminus of the great longhorn-cattle drives and boyhood home of Dwight Eisenhower. A pornucopia of videos, sheer little costumes and things that go hmm moved into the peaked-roof carcass of an old Stuckey’s, not far from a Russell Stover candy factory. [Read More]

Best Travel Totes for Every Type of Adventurer

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  19 minutes  |  3897 words  |  Billy Koelling

Going on a trip? If you prefer to carry a lot of items while on the go versus the limited amount you can stuff into a purse or fanny pack, travel totes are the ultimate solution.. They're spacious, versatile, and can fit all your essentials, including your laptop, charger, makeup, and even your beach towel. Plus, they come in a variety of materials, styles, and sizes, so you can find one that matches your taste to a T. [Read More]

Beyonce, Nas Producers to Make Music for Bored Ape Rock Band

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  746 words  |  Patria Henriques

A rock band made up of virtual apes, created last year at the height of crypto mania, now has actual musicians putting together its sound—a pair of sought-after producers who have worked with Beyonce and Rihanna. James Fauntleroy and Chauncey Hollis Jr., better known as Hit-Boy, have begun work on a new album for Kingship, a band Universal Music Group NV formed as part of a bet it can generate revenue from selling virtual goods and services built around acts. [Read More]

Books: Argument of Mercy | TIME

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  656 words  |  Martina Birk

THE BEGGAR by F. M. Esfandiary. 141 pages. Ivan Obolensky, Inc. $3.95. For a man brought up in a diplomat’s family, Fereidoun Esfandiary is shockingly undiplomatic. His first novel (Day of Sacrifice) made such a telling critique of social and political conditions in modern Iran that in recent years the author has “found it inadvisable to live in Iran.” His second book is a ferocious satire that attacks a fundamental assumption of civilization: the concept of justice. [Read More]

Brno University of Technology - Live & Study

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  117 words  |  Martina Birk

CANactions School, Brno University of Technology – Faculty of Architecture, the City of Warsaw, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and the Romanian Order of Architects Bucharest, are introducing a new educational postgraduate programme in Alternative models for living. The programme is exposed to the context of four countries — Czech Republic, Poland, Romania […] read more Masaryk University together with the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Brno University of Technology have established the CyberSecurity Hub to strengthen their cooperation on cybersecurity. [Read More]

CBN revokes licence of Heritage Bank with immediate effect

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  245 words  |  Patria Henriques

This is according to a statement issued by Hakama Sidi-Ali, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department on Monday in Abuja. Sidi-Ali said that the action was in accordance with the apex bank's mandate to promote a sound financial system in Nigeria and in exercise of its powers under Section 12 of the Banks and Other Financial Act. This action became necessary due to the bank's breach of Section 12 (1) of BOFIA. [Read More]

Churches Are Turning to Drive-In Services Across the Country

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  12 minutes  |  2379 words  |  Billy Koelling

When pastor Frank Carl delivers a sermon at Genoa Church in Westerville, Ohio, he typically hears a chorus of “amens.” On Sunday, he instead heard a deafening blast of honks. And Carl wasn’t at the pulpit—he was about 25 feet off the ground on a scissor lift. “It’s not what I had in mind when I accepted a higher calling,” he told TIME of the experience, laughing. This bizarre method of preaching wasn’t carried out for the sake of vanity or experimentalism, but rather as a compromise in the face of restrictions caused by a virus that has upended virtually every part of life around the globe. [Read More]

CINEMA: JIM-NASTICS | TIME

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  300 words  |  Billy Koelling

Fletcher Reede is a divorced dad, hardworking and ambitious, trying to make partner at a law firm. His adorable son Max (Justin Cooper) is constantly disappointed by his father’s failures to keep their dates for ball games and birthday parties, and weary of his lame excuses for going AWOL. Puffing out the candles on his fifth-birthday cake, Fletcher’s telephonic explanations for blowing off the event still ringing in his ears, the kid wishes that his father could be forced to tell the truth for 24 hours. [Read More]

Clarence Peters is a year older today

 Posted on August 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  77 words  |  Patria Henriques

Founder and CEO of CAPital Dream Pictures, a production company that specialises in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video, he is also the founder and CEO of Capital Hill Records. Clarence has directed 40 episodes of the TV series Everyday People.  Peters has also shot a good number of documentaries, TV commercials, short films, and TV features. Infact, in April 2014, Absolut Vodka honoured Peters for his creativity. [Read More]