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[koffeetips]

25 Most Quirky Facts About Coffee That Will Blow Your Mind

What Are The Quirky Facts About Coffee? Quirky Facts About Coffee: Coffee Drinkers Live Longer Than Non-Coffee Users. Research shows moderate intake (about 3–4 cups per day) may lead a person to a longer life ( Harvard Health Publishing ). Coffee may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and Parkinson's. Two chemicals in coffee, caffeic, and chlorogenic acid, reduce inflammation. They increase the level of antioxidants in the body and decrease oxidative stress within cells. These acids in the coffee can slow down and prevent cell damage by reducing free radical activity. Decaf Does Not Mean Caffeine-Free. An eight-ounce brewed cup of decaf coffee contains two to 12 milligrams of caffeine based on a Mayo Clinic study. A standard cup of coffee has between 95 and 200 milligrams of caffeine, while a can of cola contains between 23 and 35 mg. Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process where the caffeine is taken out of the beans. These coffee manufacturers then sell the caffeine to soda and pharmaceutical companies. Drinking decaf coffee fuels the soda industry.

Decaf Coffee Is NOT Caffeine Free Coffee Wasn’t Always A Drink, Coffee Was Originally Chewed. Before people learned how to brew coffee, east African tribes mixed coffee berries with animal fat and chewed them as food. They would also ferment the pulp to make a wine-like drink.

Coffee Was Consumed As Food Originally Drinking Coffee Was Once Punishable By Death! In 1511, Mecca rulers believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and banned the drink. During the same period, some Italian clergymen also tried to outlaw coffee because they believed coffee to be "satanic." Yet, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600. In the 17th-century Ottoman Empire, the government believed that coffee contained mind-altering effects. The emperor outlawed coffee from public consumption believing it to be a type of narcotic. In 1746, Sweden's King Gustav III took things to an extreme when it banned both coffee and coffee paraphernalia, including cups and dishes. The Boston Tea Party Helped Popularize Coffee In America. Around the American Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to drink coffee instead of tea.  Also, the Civil War made coffee more common because it helped to energize tired troops.

Bostonians Dumping Tea In The Boston Harbor The Word "Coffee" Comes From The Arabic Word For "Wine". The word 'coffee' comes from the Arabic word 'qahwah' which refers to a type of wine. The Ottoman Turks then used the term “kahve”, which was followed by the Dutch word “koffie”, from which the English name was derived in 1582. One Cup Of Black Coffee Only Has One Calorie. Sweeteners, cream, and other mixes to the coffee can load up the total calorie. A Venti White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks contains 53 grams of sugar and 530 calories, which is almost equal to a McDonald's Big Mac's 590 calories ! Teddy Roosevelt Did Not Coin Maxwell House's Slogan. Some articles report that Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president, loved coffee very much. In 1907, on a trip to Andrew Jackson's former estate, the president called a cup of Maxwell House coffee "good to the last drop".  This catchphrase is still used today. The truth is that ‘Good to the last drop’ is not presidential, just savvy marketing.

A Photo Portrait Of Teddy Roosevelt Hawaii Is Not The Only State That Produces Coffee. Hawaii is best known for its world-famous Kona coffee originally grown in the Kona region of the Big Island. With its tropical climate and areas of mountainous terrain,  Puerto Rico offers suitable conditions for coffee growing. Recently, in Southern California, small coffee-growing farms produce experimental coffees which are quite pricey.

Hawaii Was the First State to Grow Coffee Commercially In The US The Coffee Grounds Can Beautify Your Skin. Coffee grounds can lift off dead skin cells, making skin feel smooth and look fresh. Caffeine is believed to improve blood circulation in the skin. A few cosmetics brands use coffee grounds in their beauty products, though there has not had enough clinical data on its use in topical products.

Hawaii Was the First State to Grow Coffee Commercially In The US Coffee as Biofuel. Scientists are turning the oil from waste ground coffee into biodiesel. One day coffee may be fueling some lucky ones’ cars, it might be a better alternative to EVs. People get to enjoy the coffee aroma from the car exhaustion mufflers.

Coffee Biofuel May Be A Reality In the Near Future Cream Keeps Your Coffee Warm Longer. Coffee stays warm 20% longer when adding cream. Simply, because the cream thickens the coffee, and adds viscosity, so coffee evaporates slower, avoiding a lot of heat loss. Beethoven Might Not be A Torture to Baristas. Beethoven was a coffee connoisseur, he, sometimes, could have six cups of coffee a day together with Haidn who was his music teacher. The legend that he would count 60 beans exactly per cup before making his brew is more of a story than there is any real record or evidence .

The Only Oil Painting Of Beethoven By Joseph Karl Stieler Expensive Coffees From Cat Poop And Elephant Dung. In Indonesia, the local adorable weasel-like critter, the palm civet eats the coffee cherries. A unique fermentation process occurs as the beans (rather seeds, to be precise) travel through the civet’s digestive tract. Some brave coffee farmer collects the beans from the civets’ droppings. This special coffee, after roasting, has a smooth finish and a very distinctive flavor to the final brew. Thus, Kopi luwak is known as "cat poop coffee." With prices ranging from about $100 to $600 a pound. 

A Lovely Civet Cat Hanging From A Coffee Bush Branch Yet, the priciest coffee in the world is Black Ivory Coffee. It costs about $1000 and up per pound. This coffee is produced from part-digested coffee cherries eaten and defecated by Thai elephants . Oldest Cat Ever Loves Coffee. The "Oldest Cat Ever," a 38-year-old cat named Creme Puff, according to the Guinness World Record, drank coffee every week her whole life . Its owner, Jake Perry also raised another long-life cat, a 34-year-old, named Grandpa Rex Allen. Jack fed the same diet to Grandpa Rex Allen. This might be a coincidence, considering the average cat’s life is about 18 years. How Much Coffee Do Americans Drink A Day? Americans consume about 400-600 million cups of coffee every day, which is about 2 to 3 cups of coffee every American per day. Feel Gloomy? In a study of 263,923 people, the NIH (National Institutes of Health) and the AARP ( American Association of Retired Persons) found coffee may lower people’s risk of depression. Those who drank 4 or more cups of coffee a day were almost 10% less likely to become depressed than those who drank none .

A French Bulldog Lays Gloomily On A Piece of Dark Rug 100 Cups Of Coffee May Kill A 150-Pound Person. Medical studies estimate that roughly 10 grams or more of caffeine would be a lethal dose for an average 150-pound adult. 10 grams of caffeine equals 100 cups of coffee to be down in a very short period . Bees Love Coffee. Coffee plants have very sweet nectar-like flowers that are pollinated by bees. The flower also contains caffeinated nectar .

A Bee Is Busily Feeding On The Nectar of A Coffee Bush Flowers You Don't Need To Drink Coffee In The Morning. The human body produces cortisol naturally as soon as one wakes up. Drinking coffee first thing in the morning tricks our body into producing cortisol when it doesn’t need it. It is better to have a cup of coffee after lunch when one’s cortisol level drops and feels less alert and energetic . Coffee Shops Boost Your Creativity. The coffee shop's aroma and the soft background music may help people to think creatively. The coffee smell plus the atmosphere increase a person's openness and encourage a flexible mindset. Read the full article

[dankusner]

Watch a 24/7 Livestream of Warhol’s Grave

Andy Warhol's final resting place in Pittsburgh has been livestreamed since 2013.

On February 22, 1987, Andy Warhol died of complications following gallbladder surgery.

The 58-year-old artist was buried four days later at Holy Ghost Byzantine Catholic Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he attended as a child.

His grave, located next to those of his mother and father, quickly became a mecca for Modern art lovers.

The site has also been documented in an uninterrupted 24/7 online livestream ever since 2013.

The idea for the livestream came from then-Andy Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner, who was looking for a way to commemorate the artist’s 85th birthday.

Shiner employed the help of EarthCam, which maintains a vast network of webcams recording tourist locations across the world.

According to the New Yorker, CEO Brian Cury founded the company after being inspired by a meeting with the artist himself, shortly before his death.

“We believe that this will give Warhol the pleasure of knowing that he is still plugged in and turned on over 25 years after his death,” Shiner said of the artist, whose grave already attracted plenty of visitors.

Livestream viewers can watch these people decorate the grave with Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell’s Soup cans, and other consumer products Warhol’s art turned into icons.

Another webcam, inside the church, shows the space where Warhol was baptized.

Shiner and Cury named the livestream project Figment, after something Warhol wrote about death.

Specifically, his death:

“I never understood why when you died, you didn’t just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn’t be there,” the artist wrote in his 1985 book America. “I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name.”

As Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in that New Yorker article, the project provides a fitting bookend to Warhol’s oeuvre, much of which revolved around death and dying.

These themes are especially prevalent in early works like his “Death and Disaster” series, which aestheticizes car crashes, suicides, contaminated tuna cans, and other subjects that typically make for gruesome news stories.

Death also plays a role in his later work, which celebrates both pop and consumer culture’s transcendent qualities.

Above all, the livestream suits Warhol because he—like the camera now pointed at his grave—was an unceasing observer of 21st-century society.

“I find it Warholian to the, well, life,” Schjeldahl wrote, “watching the present habitation of a man who liked to watch.

Warhol pioneered motion pictures of motionless subjects; and we have him to thank, or not, for prophesying reality television.

His strictly beholding bent became, as it remains, a default setting of artistic and popular culture absolutely everywhere.”

Of the figment quote, Schjeldahl concluded, “It is the self-assessment of a pure spectator, entirely without connection to what he happened to witness. His demise merely removed one set of eyes and ears from among the world’s billions. That may smack of false modesty; but I think it distills a secret of Warhol’s desolate, desolating power.”

[oneefin]

happy palindromic marijuana day! it's 4:20:24 PM on 4/20/2024. 🌿🌿🌿🌿

according to wikipedia, there are over 2000 terms for weed out there. i compiled a list of all the distinct ones wikipedia lists at time of writing, for funsies

remember that if you're reading a cryptic crossword clue, any of these words could secretly be talking about weed!

10s poof

2 long

25 or twenty-five

30 sack

36 or thirty-six

4 o's

40 sack

420 or four-twenty

50 piece

9 or nine

a draw

acapulco gold

ace

afghani

african

african broccoli

airplane

ak-47

alfalfa

alligator cigarette

ammo

ammy

amnesia

amnesia haze

amsterdam's finest

antiguan rocket

arathi

ashin’ kusher

asparagus

astro turf

aunt mary

baby

bake sale

ball

banga

bar

barney

bc

beenth

benj

benners

bhang

bible worksheets

bifter or bifta

bilge

billy

binbag

bingger

bis

bishop

blaze

blifter

blim

bloop

blue dream

blue goo

blueberry

blueberry diesel

blunt

bob

bob hope

bobatti

bobby brown

bobo

bomber

bone or bag of bones

boner soup

bong

bongo

boo

booboo shit

boof

boogity brown

boone

bottle

bread

brickweed

broccoli

brown buddha

brown frown

bruce banner

bubba kush

bubble kush

bubblegum

bud

budder

buddha

budski

buge

bunk

burger king

c-jizz

cabbage

cactus green

camberwell carrot

cambodian red

cancer weed

cannabidiol or cbd

cannabinol or cbn

cannabis

cannabis edible

cannabis indica

cannabis ruderalis

cannabis sativa

cannabis tea

cannon

caracas

carribean cabbage

catnip

cd's

cess

charas

charlotte's web

cheatham

checkers

cheeba

cheech and chong

cheese

cheg

cherry

chess

chicken

chillum

chiquitty-freddy

chocolate

choof

christmas tree

chronic

chronicles of narnia

climb

clouds

cola

collie

colombian

combustible herbargy

comic books

concentrate

course notes

cousin mary

cow

cripple

critical mass

crop or cro

crunch

curley wurley

cut

cutie pie

d's

da kine

daccha

dagga

dak

dan k. buddinhash

dandelion

daniel nuggetstone

dank

dankinstein

dat sticky icky icky

dave

delta-9

detroit

devil's lettuce

diesel

dime or dime bag

dirt weed

discarded bibles

ditch weed

dives

djamba

dodo

doink

doja

dollar

doobage

doobie

dope

doña juanita

draw

dro

dronabinol

dub or dub sack

dumm

dunce

durban poison

dutchie

dvd's

edible

edwardian morris baskerville

eight ball

eighter

eighth

elbow

electric puha

endo

extract

farmer's daughter

fatty

fatty eight

feral cannabis

feral hemp

fid or fiddy

fifty

fir

fire

flower

forb

forbidden fruit

fossils

fosters

freakus

friendship

frodis

full

funk

funky falafel

g-regs or gregs

gage

gangster gumbo

ganja or ganj

garden gate

gas or gasoline

gauge

george

girl scout cookies

goo

good advice

good giggles

good shit

goofy boots

gorilla glue

grade

grandpa's medicine

grape ape

grapes

grass

green

green badger

green crack

green goddess

green tea

greenery

greenest of the goop

greenest of the green

grefa

griffa

grifo

grizz

guitar hero

guy smiley

gwaai

half

halfer

halfie

half ounce

half quarter

half-o

halfling's leaf

harris

hash

hash oil

hashish

haskell

hawaiian

hay

haze

headies

hemp

henry

herb

herbal jazz cigarette

herbsteins

heyman

hindu kush

holden

holy sacrament

holy weed

houdini

hundy

hungarian hummus

hydro

ice cream

indian hemp

indo or endo

insangu

izm

j

jack herer

jacket

jamaican gold

jay tokenstein

jazz cabbage

jazz cigarette

jean

jibber

jimmy

jive

jobb

jobb the finest there is

joint

juicy fruit

jupiter's beard

kaka

kevin bacon

key

kibs or kibbies

kief

kif

killara

killer green bud or kgb

killer herb or killa

kilo

kind

kind bud

kine bud

krinze

kush

kushempeng

kutch

l pape

la

lamb's bread

leaf or leaves

lef

left-handed cigarette

lemon g

lid

lit

little beasts

live resin

loud

louis

lowes

lula

lye

magic

magic cancer

magic dragon

magical brownie

marihoochie

marijuana

mary

mary jane or mj

mary joanna

matanuska thunderfuck or mtf

maui waui or maui-wowie

mbanje

mecca

method

mex

mexican kilobrick

mexican red

mezz

microwave popcorn

mids

mike vick

morning meds

moss

mota or muta

mother mary

movies

muggle or muggles

mull

nabilone

nabiximols

nay nay famous

newguys

nick

nickel or nickel bag

nixon

nodge

northern lights

nug or nugget or nugs

number

o

o-z or oz

og kush

oil

old toby

onion

onion ozzy

orange bud

oscar

ounce

outdo

pack

pakalolo

panama red

pants

paonia purple

paper

party parsley

phatty

pineapple express

pinner

pipe

pizza

platinum og

plingots

polen

poop

portuguese plant

pot

pound

puff

purple haze

q

qp

quad

quap

quart

quarter

quasimodo

rainy day woman

ramín

recreational drug

reefbuds

reefer or reefa

reggae cigarette

reggie miller

regs

resin

roach

rodeo

romanian ramen

root

salad

sampson

sappad

schwag

schwanal

schweed

schwugs

scooby-doo

scratchy

seed or seeds

sensimilla or sensimillia

sha-bang-a-bang-a

shake

shakira

shamya

shatter

shirt

shit

shizzle

shuzzit

silly spinach

single

sinsemilla or sinse

sister mary

sixteenth or teenth

skunk

slice

smeed

smoke

smookey smoke

snickle-fritz

snoke

snoop

soap bar

sock

solid

sour diesel

space cake

spank

spinach

spliff

square grouper

squirter-farter

stank

stash

stem

stick or sticks

sticky icky or sticky icky icky

stogie

strawberry cough

stuff

submarine

sup herb bowl

super lemon haze

sweet g

sweet galenas

sweet leaf or sweetleaf

tacos

taima

tapes

tea

ten bag

ten bit

tenners

tens

terpene

tetrahydrocannabinol or thc

texas tea

thai stick

thirteen

thrax

tiger fear

tin or tinny

tincture

tochigishiro

toke

tommy chong

tooka

tree or trees

trichome

trizer

tuppence worth

twamp

tweed

twig

twist

viper

wacky tobaccy or baccy

wax

weed

wheat

white rhino

white russian

white widow

widdle

willie nelson

wisdom weed

wizard

x box

yankey-doodle

yarndi or yarndie

zaza or za

zig-zag

zip

zombie

zone

zoot

[falateghareh]

New Post has been published on بخش آشامیدنی فلات قاره

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خطوط تولید آب معدنی Big 8

خطوط تولید آب معدنی Big 8

خطوط تولید آب معدنی Big 8

شرکت Big 8 Beverages، یک تولید کننده انوا�� نوشابه ها، آب معدنی ها و آب میوه می باشد.

دفتر مرکزی این شرکت در شهر استلارتون، نوا اسکوشیا، کانادا واقع شده است.

 شرکت Big 8، در سال 1986 تاسیس شد و در حال حاضر متعلق به سوپرمارکت های زنجیره ای Sobeys می باشد.

تاریخ

نام تجاری و شرکت Big 8، در دهه 1930 توسط Fenton و Fred Day  ایجاد شد، و اکنون متعلق به Sobeys است.

آنها نام کولای خود را Big 8 گذاشتند که قیمت آن هشت سنت برای یک بطری تقریباً یک لیتری بود.

شرکت کوکاکولا در سال 1946 می‌خواست شرکت Big 8، را بخرد،

اما آنچه را که صاحبان آن فکر می‌کردند ارزش شرکت را پرداخت نمی‌کرد.

سه ماه بعد شرکت Maritimes، قیمت مناسبی را ارائه کرد و شرکت Big 8، را خریداری کرد.

نام Big 8، برای مدتی استفاده نشد تا اینکه Maritime Beverages، که تحت آن 7Up، فروخته می شود،

برچسب را به طور رایگان به Sobeys، داد.

طعم های نوشابه

این شرکت طیف وسیعی از طعم های نوشابه را ارایه می دهد از جمله: کولا، نوشابه رژیمی،

کولا رژیمی بدون کافئین، Big Up ،Diet Big Up، آبجو ریشه،

آبجو صنوبر، Ginger Ale، دمنوش زنجبیل رژیمی، Golden Ginger Ale،

زغال اخته زنجبیل، Blackberry Ginger Ale، زغال اخته / تمشک، لیموناد گازدار،

لیموناد گازدار رژیمی، اهک، انگور، خامه سودا، Mountain Burst ،Orange، پرتقال رژیمی، آناناس و کولا وانیلی

Big 8 Dr Zip

آب بسته بندی شده، آب گازدار، آب با طعم لیمو، آب گازدار، آب تونیک، آب چشمه و آب مقطر

برند های نوشابه

آلمان: آفری کولا، کلاب کولا، فریتز کولا، پرمیوم کولا، سینالکو، ویتا کولا، زلال کولا

پاکستان: امرات کولا، پاکولا

سوئد: Apotekarnes Cola، کوبا کولا و XL Cola

فرانسه: Auvergnat Cola & Breizh Cola ،Corsica Cola ،El Ché-Cola ،Fada cola ،Mecca-Cola ،Euskola

روسیه: بایکال

انگلستان: بار کولا، کولا کلاسیک، ایوکا کولا، Fentimans Curiosity Cola، ماکسی کولا،

Qibla Cola، کولا قرمز، رولا کولا، اوبونتو کولا و ویرجین کولا

پرو: بید کولا، Kola Real، کاسینلی، فروتی کولا، فوجی کولا، ایزاک کولا، اینکا کولا، پرو کولا و تریپل کولا

ایالات متحده: کوکاکولا (کک رژیمی)، Cricket Cola ،Diet Rite

کولا دوبل، فایگو، فیلبرت، Grandpa Graf’s، جولت کولا، Like Cola، گراپت،

پپسی، آرسی کولا، Reed’s ،Sam’s Choice، وس و زویا

ایرلند: کاوان کولا

چین: کولا چین، China Cola ،Future Cola ،Laoshan Cola

اسلوونی: کوکتا

ترکیه: کولا تورکا و کریستال کولا

استرالیا: Count Cola ،Export Cola ،LA Ice Cola ،Schweppes Cola

هند: Double Seven ،Shasta ،Thums Up ،Campa Cola

تایلند: Est Cola

ونزوئلا: فرسکولیتا

یونان: Green Cola

دانمارک: جولی کولا و اپن کولا

جمهوری چک: کوفولا

کلمبیا: کولا رومان

فنلاند: اولوی کولا

ایران: پارسی کولا، توپسیا کولا، زمزم

لهستا: پولو کوکتا

بنگلادش: پران کولا

کوبا: توکولا

خطوط تولید آب معدنی Big 8

[stephanidftba]

And people tried to put us down when iTunes bumped a post-Cold War sound.

My generation sat the mecca of malls, Times Square, I'm there, Viacom installs.

So we hit the net while the Trade Center fell, New York met Hollywood, we ran like hell.

No Vietnam for us, yo, Iraq it's on. So who agreed upon this cowboy Genghis Khan?

The choice made, baby. Hey, we'd take it back, logged in, dropped out, MTV took track.

They sold it back to us and claimed no correlation. The iMac, iPod, iGeneration.

And I'm waiting for the day we can get out. The world is ours, that's the story no doubt. (No doubt!)

Want to be more info super highway traffic, want to be more than a walking demographic!

"Hey! You're part of it." Talking about the iGeneration.

"Yeah! You're part of it." Talking about my iGeneration.

See the iGeneration knew organization meant optimization and unification,

When imagination gave participation in creation of culture a manifestation.

The Berlin Wall fell and out we came, the post-Cold War kids laid claim to AIM.

LOL, OMG, yo, BRB. Space, colon, dash, closed parenthesis.

We sat at our laptops and typed away, and found that we each had something to say.

Web-logged our fears, our hopes and dreams. Individuated by digital means.

Fiber optic lenses, DVD, Coca Cola, Disney and Mickey D's.

Flat mass culture, the norm that took hold, I hope I die before I get sold.

"Hey! You're part of it." Talking about the iGeneration.

"Yeah! You're part of it." Talking about my iGeneration.

This is the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T ge-ne-ra-tion, see?

This is the I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T ge-ne-ra-tion, see?

"Hey! You're part of it." Talking about the iGeneration.

"Yeah! You're part of it." Talking about my iGeneration.

[siiinfully]

@bewitchingbaker [ x ]:

"Hmm," Chris's hands rubbed his chin.

What to get? A simple decision really. Not for Chris Luna's current circumstance. His eyes darted between the snacks before him to the curious mermaid next to him. What snack do you choose for a mermaid who's never been to the wonderful world of 7/Eleven?

Nerissa. A mermaid and old friend that had an interest in and fear of the surface world. His description of a store that was open at all hours of the night. Holding treats and food that you could buy at any time.

A moment passed before he finally picked up a large cup, making his way to the magical device known as the Slurpee machine.

"So...I would start with this drink. It's called a Slurpee, think of it like...ice magic but without the spell."

A simple explanation. Instinctively, his hands went for a classic mix. Cherry with a coke cola mix. You can't go wrong with that.

"We need some form of snack to go with this. What are you thinking of trying?

A curious mermaid with legs was a risky combination.

At least, when it came to setting her loose in a mecca of snacks and other interesting knickknacks. Nerissa had started to follow Chris through the aisles towards the Slurpee station, but midway through, she saw the snack aisle and went down that, and then another.

By the time she returned to his side, he’d just asked her what she was thinking of trying, and she squealed softly, bouncing on her feet.

“These?” she asked him, holding up the armful of potato chips, chocolate bars, and oddly enough, a small pack of detergent with an aquatic design on the front. She hadn’t opened any of them yet because she wanted to get Chris’ opinion first.

“And what is that?” She’d missed his explanation of a Slurpee, but the bright colors and soft-looking texture piqued her curiosity right away. “Do I eat it, too?”

As much as she wanted to reach out and take the large paper cup from him, she couldn’t, not when the spicy potato chips and the Cadbury bars were close to falling off.

[giornalepop]

LA COCA COLA È BUONA E FA BENE

LA COCA COLA È BUONA E FA BENE

Deprivato della Coca Cola in infanzia e prima giovinezza da genitori che la consideravano il male assoluto, in età adulta ne sono diventato un forte e convinto consumatore. Negli anni Sessanta e Settanta del Novecento, forse anche per via della provenienza americana contraria al clima politico corrente dell’epoca, la Coca Cola era concessa malvolentieri ai ragazzi, mentre in compenso passavano…

[younglarva]

Faraway Places - Eddie & The Showmen • Paradise Cove - The Surfmen • A Place In The Sun - The Shadows • [clip: Kool Aid (circa 1969)] • Summer Crane - The Avalanches • Sunny Laze - John Cameron • [clip: Continental Airlines (1973)] • The Summer Knows - Scott Walker • [clip: Hertz Rent-A-Car (circa 1970)] • Summertime Blues - The Rumblers • [clip: 7-UP (circa 1969)] • Sunny - Arthur Lyman Group • Sunny - Tony Savarino • Sunny Speed - John Cameron • [clip: Ice Cream Machine (circa 1968)] • Theme from Endless Summer - The Sandals • Bummer In The Summer - Love • Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang • Long, Long Summer - Dizzy Gillespie • Lanky Bones - Eddie & The Showmen • [clip: 7-UP (circa 1969)] • Pipeline - Jerry Cole & His Spacemen • Bucket Seats - The Rally Packs • [clip: drive-in concessions (circa 1960)] • The Last Walk - The Super Stocks • Toes On The Nose - Eddie & The Showmen • [clip: 7-UP (circa 1969)] • Sunny Afternoon - Tony Savarino • Border Town - Eddie & The Showmen • [clip: 7-UP (circa 1969)] • Mecca - Trabants • The Sound of Mecca - The Blazers • [clip: National Bohemian Beer (circa 1960)] • Casbah - Sandy Nelson • Twilight City - The Vulcanes • Theme From "A Summer Place" - Tony Savarino • [clip: Shasta soda (circa 1965)] • Ventura - The Super Stocks • Surf Man - Richie Allen And The Pacific Surfers • [clip: Coca Cola ft. Jack Webb (circa 1965)] • Oceanside - The Super Stocks • Midnight Surfer - Jerry Cole & His Spacemen • [clip: Kool Aid (circa 1969)] • Downey Surf - The Nevegans • Hanging One - The Ramblers • [clip: Ideal Racing Boats (circa 1960)] • Comanche - The Revels • [clip: Kool Aid ft. Bugs Bunny (circa 1965)] • It's a Gass - The Rumblers • Let There Be Surf - The Chevels • Beaver Patrol - The Blazers • [clip: Coca Cola (circa 1968)] - Hot Dogger - The Pastel Six • [clip: Boss Tex Beef Stew (circa 1968)] • Destruction - The Rumblers • Tijuana Gasser - The Deuce Coupes • Mexican Firefly - The Fireballs • My Little Surfin' Woodie - The Sunsets • Beach Party - Annette Funicello • The Lonely Surfer - Jack Nitzsche • [download]

original broadcast 05.29.21

[atotaltaitaitale]

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I went on a little adventure yesterday because I was looking for a place to take a photo of. Long story short I collect photo of Coca Cola bottle taken around the world for a friend and share them for his birthday but since I couldn’t traveled this past year I was wondering what I would do this year, but I found a “Mecca” for Coca Cola in downtown Singapore so off I went. End of the parenthesis!!

But like all the other time I go on a mission I get sidetracked into more wandering.... since I’m in the neighborhood let me check this, oh and this is not far from there so let me check this too, etc, etc....

As I was wandering around the CBD, and while I was waiting for the green light, I turned and looked down this small street and thought this is exactly Singapore: the old, the new and a lot of greenery.

[ethnicmarketingagency]

Multi-Cultural Cause-Related Marketing

It's a fascinating topic to be certain, but I had to confess that I have not written about them and I don't recall ever seeing any studies with regard to multi-cultural generally speaking or Latino/Hispano cause marketing specifically.

In this two-part post I'll address about the main topic of multi-cultural marketing through the case of two'Muslim colas.' On Tuesday I'll tackle Gabriel's direct question of Hispano/Latino cause marketing.

Three'Muslim colas'were launched in Europe in 2002-2003, two of which got an astonishing number of fanfare for their cause marketing efforts and their uncompromising anti-Western marketing positioning. To obtain a feel for how much publicity they got, just type'Muslim cola'into your browser.

The colas were Mecca Cola, launched in France in 2002 and now headquartered in Dubai, and Qibla Cola, launched in the UK in 2003, but currently in administration (what we in the States call bankruptcy) and presently operating as separate entities in Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Both promised to donate 10 percent of net profits to humanitarian causes, notably Palestinian and Muslim charities.

The 3rd'Muslim cola'Evoca, was launched in London in 2003 without any cause tie-ins. All three compete with two more established Muslim colas, Parsi and Zam Zam Colas, both founded in pre-revolutionary Iran and available throughout a lot of the Muslim world.

It's hard to draw any conclusions about multi-cultural cause-related marketing from the samples of Qibla and Mecca. Qibla's founders blame their company's UK failure on anti-competitive practices from their competitors, presumably Coke and Pepsi.

Without a formal study, who knows which section of Qibla/Meccas'positioning holds the most appeal for Muslim consumers, the anti-western rhetoric or the cause-related ethnic marketing agency overlay? By comparison Evoca's positioning is based on the presence of'black seed'flavoring... which draws praise from the Prophet Mohammed himself as a curative... along with the fact that it's made with natural mineral water.

The failure of the Qibla and Mecca colas in Europe raises a tough question. We realize a lot of people are far more tuned in to cause marketing than others. Could it also be that some cultures are less tuned in to cause marketing than others?

I do believe it almost goes without saying that cause-related marketing requires a consumer culture. It's hard to assume cause marketing being successfully employed among hunter-gatherer societies, for instance. Likewise, I suspect that if you're living hand-to-mouth cause marketing holds less appeal than if your position is more comfortable. So maybe cause marketing wouldn't achieve this well in large swaths of sub-Saharan Africa, for instance.

Last tough question. Did Mecca and Qibla colas fail in Europe because Muslims there aren't tuned in to cause marketing?

I doubt it. There exists a thousand reasoned explanations why consumer businesses fail and cause marketing probably doesn't even make the list.

Moreover, Used to do view a study by Mahmood M. Hajjat, PhD, an associate professor of marketing at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. In the experiment Professor Hajjat studied donation amounts in cause marketing and he found that whenever an organization and a cause were an excellent fit, higher donation amounts lead higher response rates. His test subjects were students who, I presume, were mainly Muslim.

[mysmedrabbles]

RFA Reacting to a Muslim MC

requested: twice by the same anon :P

a/n: note that I am not a muslim nor am i a hijabi, so if i get a detail wrong, im super sorry and please pLEAse let me know so it can be fixed!! :D this was really interesting to write, enjoy!! 

would you like to support this Muslim MC? want more specific WoC MC’s? buy me a coffee to support my dangerous coffee addiction so i can do em for ya!

warnings: n/a

-hyped mod alex

Jumin

-his strong faith in Christianity was admirable, his ideals set in stone as he abided by them; but of course there was the smallest bit of apprehension in getting to know him, how would he react to someone with ideals different than his?

-he was never one to announce his faith publicly, he still isn’t, however he likes taking with you about your respective religions, sitting on the balcony of his penthouse taking in the cool night air,,, wine for him and Aryana’s Halal Cola shipped all the way from Montreal for you

-orders you the finest hijabs for you to wear, most of them custom made exactly the way you love them, elegant and refined. he also learns the level of modesty you tend to wear your clothes, buying you occasional stunning gala outfit that he knows you’ll both love and feel comfortable with

-you own the most stunning abayas

-absolutely takes you with him on his trips to the middle east. he’s an avid believer in learning about your own roots, and especially if you have family there, he’ll more than certainly take you, going together to see all the sights, take private tours of museums and enjoy life

-makes Chef learn specific halal recipes, and is more than willing to import any food you want from other countries that you cant get in Korea

-learns Arabic in about a year flat,, of course his Korean accent hits heavily, but its so sweet hearing him carefully pronounce sentences to your parents and or relatives

-on eid al-adha he’s aware of the old tradition to sacrifice animals and share with the poor, needy and family; so as a compromise he decides to donate 300 lbs of meat to various homeless shelters and soup kitchens. both you and him going down to help with transport, hand every box to the people, a sort of community service combined with observing a time old tradition.

-comes down with you to the night prayer at the mosque during ramadan, and even though he stays near the entrance and the garden out front, hearing the prayers coming from the inside and seeing all the people that you know and love around you, smiling and having a good time, it makes him happy

Jaehee

-she grew up catholic, lives catholic; but this isn’t to say she’s close-minded to other religions,, she always loves learning more, especially if its about you, who she loves with all her heart

-when youre cuddling, she likes fiddling with the edge of your hijab, just feeling the material and knowing you’re there makes any day of hers better, no matter how hard it may have been

-you being muslim doesn’t have much of an impact, she’s respectful to your beliefs, and even puts in halal foods in the cafe

-this is, of course, after months of her experimenting with different recipes, often finding her in the kitchen at midnight, flour on her face and apron dirtied, sleeves rolled up in a frenzy as she mutters under her breath 

-shes so proud to finally present the finished deserts and foods to you!!

-one time you used one of her woven silk scarves as a makeshift hijab when all of yours were in the wash and she almost cries seeing how pretty you are in her stuff (the scarf is yours now)

-always interested in your religion, and she likes learning the differences between the traditions she was raised with and the ones you were

-during Ramadan, the two of you keep the shop open later for anyone wanting to eat after the sun has set, figuring that no one had to break their fast alone if they didn’t want to

-she gets up very early to prepare Suhoor for you in the morning, a simple oatmeal with dates, blueberries, grapes, almonds and honey

-likes to read her own books aside you while you read the Quran and do your morning prayer, its often the most peaceful part of your day, just having a clean and quiet space as you both enjoy each others company while also doing your own morning routines

Yoosung

-sweet boy, he knows very little of,, well any religion to be honest, and outside of 10th grade history, his knowledge on Islam as a whole is quite limited

-always asking questions about your traditions

-he reads the Quran at some point, wanting to understand you better,, and even though it takes him a long time (mostly due to having to re-read the passages over and over again to understand what was going on), but he’s devoted to learning about your culture

-he drives/walks you to the mosque, but doesn’t leave,, he’s not sure if he can go in, so instead he opts to walk around the area, enjoying the park and waiting for you to come back out so you can walk/drive back together

-he learns so many recipes specifically for you everything from mawmenye, harira, and moroccan krsa to berber bread

-he loves spending time with your family, he loves the sense of community and the celebrations that take place in your household, specifically during religious holidays

-he legitimately cries when you eventually decide to go to Mecca, leaving for hajj, because he knows he cant be with you for around a week and a half,, he can’t help it, he’s so sad he won't be able to see you for more than a week

-he’s so used to stopping all gaming and quieting down devices during salah, that even when you’re not around he still stops for five minutes at the designated times, mostly out of habit, but it also serves as a break from working, studying or gaming

-Lisa,, lisa loves your prayer mat, always trying to knock it down from its rolled up position next to the couch and sleep on it, so instead yoosung buys her a smaller prayer rug to lay on and its the cutest thing you've ever seen

Seven

-although he’s always been the one to mention his own faith in Catholicism, he’s also the one to be most curious about other faiths.

-he likes hearing you talk about the way you grew up, specifically hearing you talk about Islam and asking questions about traditions and practices you have to do

- “wait y/n!!,,, are honey buddha chips halal???”

-if theyre not, he opts to buy pringles in bulk instead. hes going to binge eat chips and damnit he wants you to join him!!! 

-when it comes time for you to perform Salah, he makes sure that you have total peace, even stopping his typing for the duration, letting you connect fully with Allah and your spirit

-since theres little to no sunlight that appears in the bunker, he makes a simple little app that alerts you when the times of prayer come, pre-dawn, noon, afternoon, sunset, and night, using the bells that are primarily heard in mosques as the ringtone for the app

-if anyone dares to mess with you or insult you in any way, Defender of Justice 707 will send a nasty virus their way, because theres no way anyone is getting away with hurting his angel

-its canon that he knows Arabic, and often times, when you can’t go to sleep he’ll sing to you in the language, and although his singing isn't the best, focusing on the strength and passion in his words, the almost comforting way he sings, it sends you calmly to sleep

Zen

-incredibly respectful of your religion and the fact that you’re Muslim

-he sets himself to learn everything he can about your faith and things he might have to change or alter in his own life to be respectful of the way you live yours

-he cuts down on alcohol. a lot.

-this isn’t to say he stops drinking altogether but he certainly cuts down, only having a beer or two in the fridge for emergencies

-bursts in one day, phone in hand as he wheezes, leaning on the couch for support, “y/n ArE wE hALaL dATiNg Or?”

-if you believe that sex should be saved to be only after marriage, he respects that, if not,, well he respects that too

-WILL spend extra money on an abaya from serenity scarves as a gift, just for you being you

-his only goal is to make you as comfortable as you can be, and he Will Not Stand for islamophobic comments directed towards you, but in most cases he won't even let them reach you, cutting off interviewers before they can say anything with a stream of gushing about how perfect you are, and smoothly taking you to the other side of the room if he thinks someone is looking at you, shooting them a mean glare before looking back at you and smiling, whispering something to make you laugh as you guys walk away hand in hand

-respect is this mans middle name, he’ll meet your family the second you start officially dating, making sure to make a good first impression, the second, and third, and fourth impressions

-likes going shopping with you, and is constantly in awe of how stunning you can make anything look, going to the little middle eastern kiosk in the mall to buy food

-he’s such a shameless fan of those cute matching couples outfits, and his heart bursts everytime your hijab matches the colour or pattern of his shirt or jacket

[askiisoft]

FAN ART FRIDAY: On The Rocks

Man, I must be hungry this month or something. After the past few food-themed FAFs, why not have a couple of nice drinks down at the local dive bar with the rest of the vets? 

Today we’ll be showcasing some refreshing drink-themed Katana ZERO fan art, from the hardest of liquors to some soothing herbal tea—plus some recipes for you to try at home.

[WARNING: Alcoholic beverages may cause impaired use of bladed weapons and difficulty in reading dialogue boxes. Please drink responsibly.]

by @Kazzang3

Ah, the unfortunately-named “V.A.”, or “victory appletini”. As wartime rationing made fresh fruit nearly impossible to find, Third District bartenders began forgoing apple juice for a cheaper flavored syrup instead.

By the time produce became widely available again, bar patrons had actually begun to favor the acrid, too-sweet flavor of the imitation over the real thing. Nowadays, it’s rare to find a bar that uses real apples or lemons in their mixed drinks. When chilled, you can hardly taste the difference!

INGREDIENTS 1½ oz. bourbon 1¼ oz. synthetic syrup extract (apple flavor) ¾ oz. distilled liqueur (orange flavor) ¼ oz. bitters

Just looking at this artwork makes me thirsty.

Reflective surfaces like ice and glassware are nightmares for some artists, but Kazzang gets it just right. The opaque shades and hard whites of the ice cubes suggest shapes with the most minimal lines, and their shapes are properly refracted along the liquid surface. Add a slice of apple with deliciously glossy peel, and you’ve got the perfect drink to invite mockery from the burly thugs a few stools down who have no idea who they’re messing with.

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by @NamelessRedact1

For those under New Mecca’s legal drinking age of 12, the best way to beat the summer heat is with a “Fine Red Mist”, an alcohol-free beverage that’s a delightful mix of sweet and sour with Juncture Cola®, the world’s favorite soft drink. Pairs well with pizza!

INGREDIENTS 4 oz. Juncture Cola® 3 oz. synthetic syrup extract (lemon flavor) 4¼ oz. Stander’s All-Natural Herbal Tea™

This message is endorsed by Juncture® and Juncture Bottling Company™.

I wish I had included this in the “Fun in the Sun” FAF a while back. Everyone here is so in-character: Zero lazing around on an ice cube, Headhunter trying to act cool and aloof while hiding as much skin as possible, and Leon enjoying a nice cryogenic soak. 

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by @shaocixiezi

When it comes to lemon or lime, why not both? Nearly every restuarant in Chinatown has its own variation of “龙王柠檬茶” (“Dragon King Lemon Tea”), replete with fresh citrus slices and soft gelatin cubes. Don’t be fooled by the colorful ingredients and bending straw—this drink brings out the strength of a true dragon in anyone.

INGREDIENTS 4½ oz. lemon tea (chilled) ¼ tsp. maple syrup 1 lemon (sliced) 3 tsp. sugar/artificial sweetener 3-4 gelatin cubes (lemon flavor)

Like lemon and lime, the Dragon and the Serpent are best when they’re together, despite their mutual hatred. Look as their childish playground shoving and hair pulling, blissfully unaware of their future in the gullet of some thirsty fangirl...

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by @sugunisayonara

Another dreary day in the city. It’s raining outside. You had another grueling day at work, and you’ll be back in another few hours. But at least you have a moment for a hot, relaxing bath. And what could go with it better than a steaming cup of Stander’s All-Natural Herbal Tea™?”

This message is endorsed by Juncture® and Juncture Bottling Company™.

Scientifically speaking, the caffeine in most tea would actually hinder your sleep, not help it. I say fuck ‘em, and chug an entire two-liter jug of Juncture Cola, a few bites of cold pizza, and a clove of garlic before bed. Give ‘em something fun to autopsy.

Still, I suspect tea represents more to Zero than just a toasty drink; it’s a routine, a sense of normalcy in a trade where death is a daily occurrence and tomorrow is never certain. sugunisayonara illustrates this wonderfully as the tea slowly rinses the blood from an exhausted Zero, washing away his sins as he sinks into another cryptic nightmare, filled with dark shapes from his past...

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by @akiyamaryuuiti

So maybe you’re not the average drinker. You went to the war, fought the good fight, and got the medal to prove it. You’ve drank week-old alcohol rations from a canteen, downed a Cherry Megablaster in one gulp, and even tried that Cromag swill distilled from snake venom. 

But you’ve never tasted anything like the neon-fueled impact of “Samurai Spirits”, infused with the essence of a real feudal warrior! His amnesia, bushido, and crippling chemical addiction only enhance the rugged flavor of this classic formula. It’s almost as if time is slowing down before your eyes...

INGREDIENTS ½ pineapple (diced) 4½ oz. vodka 4½ oz. champagne (chilled) 2 tsp. sugar/artificial sweetener ¼ tsp. grenadine 3 oz. Chronos (pure)

The next time you worry if video games are a waste of time and money, just take comfort in knowing it doesn’t also impair your motor functions, cause liver damage, or induce projectile vomiting (unless it’s a VR game). Enough said.

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Aaand that’s the bell! Happy hour’s over, and it’s closing time.

Tune in next week for another shot of amazing fan art, and keep an eye out for a spooktacular FAF as Halloween approaches!

If you’d like some artwork featured on a future Fan Art Friday, just use the Submit Button on this blog!

by @spiderbirdo

[factsandfood]

1. Second in the World

It’s the world’s 2nd largest traded commodity.  Crude oil is first. Yes, it is not a typo. Coffee is consumed in great quantities, making it the most beloved beverage after water. It’s worth is over $100 billion worldwide.

2. Hawaii is the only American state that grows coffee

Good coffee growing conditions require high altitudes, tropical climates, and rich soil. There is only one state, Hawaii, which is able to grow coffee.  It has been producing coffee even before it was a state. (Only recently, though, farms in California started growing coffee bushes!)

3. Coffee was discovered by a goat herder

It was said that coffee was discovered by a goat herder in Ethiopia in the 1500s.  He saw his goats eating coffee cherries. Afterwards, he observed a change in their behavior. They gained a high amount of energy and they didn’t sleep at night.  The herder shared his findings with local monks and then after they made a drink with coffee beans, they realized they could stay up all night and pray. Then, they spread the word to other Ethiopian monks and it reached across the civilized world.

4. Coffee helped Olympic athletes

Brazil couldn’t afford to send its athletes to Los Angeles  for the 1932 Olympics, so the government loaded them in a ship full of coffee which was sold on the way to finance their trip.

5. Mecca banned coffee

Coffee was banned in Mecca in 1511. It was believed to stimulate radical thinking and idleness.

6. Add cream, keep your coffee warm

Coffee stays warm 20% longer when you add cream.

7. Divorce because of terrible coffee

In ancient Arab culture, a woman could only divorce her husband if he didn’t like her coffee.

8. Italian “expresso”

The word espresso comes from Italian and means “expressed” or “forced out”. Espresso is made by forcing very hot water under high pressure through finely ground, compacted coffee.

9. Coffee is a fruit

Coffee beans grow on a bush. They are actually the pit of a berry, which makes them a fruit. There are two main varieties of beans, green and red. Red beans have a

nicer smell and are less acidic. Red beans are used to produce lighter coffees. The longer that coffee beans have been roasted – the healthier they are. Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process where the caffeine is taken out of the beans.  The caffeine is then often sold to Coca-Cola.

10. Beethoven loved coffee

Beethoven was such an ardent coffee lover that he’d count 60 beans per cup before making his brew.

11. The most expensive coffee is made by cat poop

“Kopi Luwak” is the most expensive coffee in the world.  It comes from Indonesia and is made from beans digested from the Asian Palm Civet. In other words, it comes from cat poop.  It sells for €350 and up per kilo!

12. A year drinking coffee or an iPhone X?

An American spends on average $1,092 a year on coffee. That’s around $20 a week. That is also close to the price of the newest iPhone. Young people generally spend more on coffee than older people.

13. Fairtrade coffee improves quality

Fairtrade coffee costs more, but coffee farmers spend at least 25% of this Fairtrade Premium to enhance productivity and quality. Over the last three years, Fairtrade-certified coffee products have won 28 Great Taste Awards.

14. There are 2 types of coffee

Arabica coffee was originally cultivated on the Arabian Peninsula, hence the name. Robusta coffee is a more hardy plant but contains double the amount of caffeine.

15. Europe loves coffee

According to International Coffee Association, Europe imports more coffee than the USA. Also, Brazil is the lead exporting country in coffee.

[militant-holy-knight]

The murderous radicals who set off bombs and killed hundreds on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka chose their targets with ideological purpose. Three Catholic churches were bombed, and with them three hotels catering to Western tourists, because often in the jihadist imagination Western Christianity and Western liberal individualism are the conjoined enemies of their longed-for religious utopia, their religious-totalitarian version of Islam. Tourists and missionaries, Coca-Cola and the Catholic Church — it’s all the same invading Christian enemy, different brand names for the same old crusade.

Officially, the Western world’s political and cultural elite does its best to undercut and push back against this narrative. The liberal imagination reacts with discomfort to the Samuel Huntingtonian idea of a clash of civilizations, or anything that pits a unitary “West” against an Islamist or Islamic alternative. The idea of a “Christian West” is particularly forcefully rejected, but even more banal terms like “Western Civilization” and “Judeo-Christian,” once intended to offer a more ecumenical narrative of Euro-American history, are now seen as dangerous, exclusivist, chauvinist, alt-right.

And yet there is also a way in which liberal discourse in the West implicitly accepts part of the terrorists’ premise — by treating Christianity as a cultural possession of contemporary liberalism, a particularly Western religious inheritance that even those who no longer really believe have a special obligation to remake and reform. With one hand elite liberalism seeks to keep Christianity at arm’s length, to reject any specifically Christian identity for the society it aims to rule — but with the other it treats Christianity as something that really exists only in relationship to its own secularized humanitarianism, either as a tamed and therefore useful chaplaincy or as an embarrassing, in-need-of-correction uncle.

You could see both those impulses at work in the discussion following the great fire at Notre-Dame. On the one hand there was a strident liberal reaction against readings of the tragedy that seemed too friendly to either medieval Catholicism or some religiously infused conception of the West. A few tweets from the conservative writer Ben Shapiro, which used phrases like “Western Civilization” and “Judeo-Christian” while lamenting the conflagration, prompted accusations that he was ignoring the awfulness of medieval-Catholic anti-Semitism, and also that his Western-civ language was just a dog-whistle for white nationalists.

But at the same time there was a palpable desire to claim the still-smoking Notre-Dame for some abstract idea of liberal modernity, a swift enlistment of various architects and chin-strokers to imagine how the cathedral (owned by the French government, thanks to an earlier liberal effort to claim authority over Christian faith) might be reconstructed to be somehow more secular and cosmopolitan, more of a cathedral for our multicultural times.

This seems strange, since as Ben Sixsmith noted for The Spectator, “it would never cross anyone’s mind to suggest that Mecca or the Golden Temple should lose their distinctively Islamic and Sikh characters to accommodate people of different faiths.” But an ancient, famous Catholic cathedral is instinctively understood as somehow the common property of an officially post-Catholic order, especially when the opportunity suddenly arises to renovate it.

As with monuments, so with beliefs. Consider the fascinating interview my colleague Nicholas Kristof conducted for Easter with Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological Seminary, long the flagship institution for liberal Protestantism. In a relatively brief conversation, Jones declines to affirm the resurrection, calls the Virgin birth “bizarre,” shrugs at the afterlife and generally treats most of traditional Christian theology as an embarrassment.

But is Jones a Richard Dawkins-esque scoffer or a would-be founder of a Gnostic alternative to Christianity? Hardly: She’s a Protestant minister and a leader and teacher for would-be Protestant ministers, who regards her project as the further reformation of Christianity, to ensure the continued use of its origin story and imagery (and its institutions, and their brands, and their endowments) for modern liberal and left-wing purposes. It’s another distilled example of the combination of repudiation and co-optation, the desire to abandon and the desire to claim and tame and redefine, that so often defines the liberal relationship to Christian faith.

If you aren’t a liberal Christian in the mode of Serene Jones, if you believe in a literal resurrection and a fully-Catholic Notre-Dame de Paris, this combination of attitudes encourages a certain paranoia, a sense that the liberal overclass is constantly gaslighting your religion. That elite will never take your side in any controversy, it will efface your beliefs and traditions in many cases and be ostentatiously ignorant of them in others … but when challenged, its apostles still always claim to be Christians themselves or at least friends and heirs of Christianity, and what’s with your persecution complex, don’t you know that (white) American Christians are wildly privileged?

This last dig is true in certain ways and false in others. It’s true that conservative Christians in the United States can fall into a narrative of martyrdom that doesn’t fit their actual position, true that the presidency of Donald Trump attests to their continued power (and their vulnerability to its corruptions!). On the other hand the marginalization of traditional faith in much of Western Europe is obvious and palpable, and the trend in the United States is in a similar direction — and residual political influence is very different from the sort of enduring cultural-economic power that a term like “privilege” invokes.

But if the equation of traditional Christianity with privilege has some relevance to the actual Euro-American situation, when applied globally it’s a gross category error. And so the main victims of Western liberalism’s peculiar relationship to its Christian heritage aren’t put-upon traditionalists in the West; they’re Christians like the murdered first communicants in Sri Lanka, or the jailed pastors in China, or the Coptic martyrs of North Africa, or any of the millions of non-Western Christians who live under constant threat of persecution.

One of the basic facts of contemporary religious history is that Christians around the world are persecuted on an extraordinary scale — by mobs and pogroms in India, jihadists and United States-allied governments in the Muslim world, secular totalitarians in China and North Korea. Yet as an era-defining reality rather than an episodic phenomenon this reality is barely visible in the Western media, and rarely called by name and addressed head-on by Western governments and humanitarian institutions. (“Islamophobia” looms large; talk of “Christophobia” is almost nonexistent.)

This absence reflects, once again, the complex combination of liberal impulses toward Christianity. There is a fear that any special focus on Christians will vindicate the jihadist narrative of a clash of civilizations. There is a certain ignorance of Christianity’s enduringly and increasingly global form, an inability to see Christianity as anything save a reactionary foe or a useful supplement to liberalism. There is a fear that narratives of global Christian persecution will somehow help the conservative side of Western culture wars. (“Sri Lanka church bombings stoke far-right anger in the West” ran the headline of a worried Washington Post “analysis,” as though the most worrying consequence of dead Christians in South Asia were angry conservatives in America.) And there is a sense of Christianity as somehow still “our” religion, the dogmas discarded but the emphasis on self-abnegation retained — albeit in a strange fashion that ends, as John O’Sullivan put it recently, by taking “the good Samaritan to be a parable of why Christians should be the last people to be helped.”

Unfortunately the various conservative alternatives to this liberal muddle are not always more helpful to persecuted Christians. George W. Bush’s conservative-Christian naïveté helped doom Iraqi Christians. American-conservative support for Israel creates blind spots about the struggles of Arab Christians. The conservative nationalism that succeeded Bush’s idealism often treats Christianity instrumentally and forges its own alliances with persecutors.

At bottom all these failures illustrate the unusual and difficult position of traditional Christianity in Europe and the United States. The old faith of don’t-call-it-Western-civilization is at once too residually influential and politically threatening to escape the passive-aggressive frenmity of liberalism, and yet too weak and compromised and frankly self-sabotaging to fully shape a conservative alternative.

But those difficulties and dilemmas are also a luxury relative to what our fellow Christians face. I have no clear prescription for Western Christianity to offer in this column, but I do have an admonition: It is First Communion season in America as well as in South Asia, and when our children ascend in joy and safety to the altars of our churches, the photographs of Sri Lankan first communicants laid out as martyrs should be ever in our thoughts. 

[ktsharchache]

Long Island City of Glass

There are a lot of changes flying into Long Island City: rising real estate prices, tech invasion- I mean, investment- and countless attempts at rezoning from the DCP. Not all of these changes are landing smoothly, rather they are crashing into communities with little to no concern for what they burn up on the way. Headlines and reports boast an explosive period of growth for this little pocket of Queens. For the past two decades, these changes have paved the way for a staggering amount of glass structures that line the waterfront of LIC, Queens. This view can be seen not only from Manhattan, but also from Roosevelt Island [where residents are currently welcoming CornellTech’s new campus and co-working companies] and Greenpoint, Brooklyn. More importantly these looming, glass commercial cylinders and boxes are obstructing any view from the rest of Queens towards Manhattan. At what price point are the views of Manhattan for upper middle class (looking to cut a few hundred bucks off rent) worth it to shroud the rest of Queens in shadow? 

There are countless developer’s blog posts screaming into the Google void about “Why millennials love LIC”. Not to mention reddit threads of gentrifiers comparing which newly constructed high rises have the best sound isolation, implying these very newcomers to LIC are not likely hosting potlucks or contributing to their immediate community anytime soon. Architecturally, it’s hard to pinpoint the start of when things go wrong. The beginning of the end is as murky and filled with mud as the Hudson River. However, LIC has a very succinct starting point of the path that led to the construction of the Glass City: the 2001 rezoning of it which was approved 31 to 0. Lame attempts to preserve manufacturing jobs and incentivize affordable housing were slapped on top of the bill, the sickly sweet cherry only an afterthought. In reality, this bill was passed to prevent commercial developers from moving to New Jersey and to encourage more commercial activity in a manufacturing neighborhood.

 2001 was the catalyst when the waterfront of LIC changed from an industrial landscape to the residential, glass “skyscraper” mecca. I wouldn’t even go so far as to grace these residential hunkers by calling them skyscrapers. The term skyscraper inspires dignity, modernity, pioneering feats of mechanical engineering success; of which very little exists when looking across the water to the glass city.

What makes a building notable or memorable by communities at many scales? This becomes a question of place versus space. For many New Yorkers, passing mention of LIC could recall memories of exploring the Noguchi Museum, the iconic Pepsi Cola sign, or attending a concert at MoMa PS1. Maybe even standing within the shadow of the Citigroup building in Court Square while looking for directions to the nearest subway line. However, when you zoom out and try to consider a scaled-up context, the picture becomes...more reflective. Countless glass rectangles with randomly extruded points that litter Jackson Avenue are the first things that come to mind when attempting to materialize the waterfront skyline. 

There is always something unfinished about this neighborhood. There is nothing quite so blatantly like it, where countless of the same projects are constantly going up. Looking at Long Island City is only equatable to trying to kill a hydra: while you’re busy railing on one glass megastructure, 7 more pop up before you even finish a sentence. 

While this expansive rate of construction can be attributed to the rezoning of the neighborhood, it’s hard to attribute just one cause to the aesthetic mimicry that plagues this area along the East River waterfront bound by the Queens East River to its Brooklyn border at  Newtown Creek. There are a couple promising projects that offer hope toward more regional architecture, such as Steven Holl’s unveiling of the new Hunter’s Point Public Library. But most new construction consists exclusively of projects such as the Hero, Skyline Tower, Star Tower, or Queen’s Plaza Park ...the list of mega-tall glass boxes are endless. There are three qualities that nearly all of these new buildings share: blue-green tinted glass, graph paper window grids in place of facades, and large cereal box bulk. 

While this expansive rate of construction can be attributed to the rezoning of the neighborhood, it’s hard to attribute just one cause to the aesthetic mimicry that plagues this area along the East River waterfront bound by the Queens East River to its Brooklyn border at  Newtown Creek. There are a couple promising projects that offer hope toward more regional architecture, such as Steven Holl’s unveiling of the new Hunter’s Point Public Library. But most new construction consists exclusively of projects such as the Hero, Skyline Tower, Star Tower, or Queen’s Plaza Park ...the list of megatall glass boxes are endless. There are three qualities that nearly all of these new buildings share: blue-green tinted glass, graph paper window grids in place of facades, and large cereal box bulk. 

The developers of these cereal boxes make sure to bring appealing amenities by leasing trendy tenants such as H-mart and Equinox on the ground floor. However, I am a strong believer that it is the architecture and not tenant that breathes life into the streetscape of a neighborhood. Spend one evening looking for a hot dinner spot, and it will become clear very quickly the streets of Long Island City are dead. Streetscape and concepts of neighborhood exist on a very human scale. If Jane Jacobs called the moves of the sidewalk a “symphony”, the streets of LIC could be considered white noise. These glass residential boxes are extremely out of scale and have rushed to replace manufacturing landscape with residential means while forgetting the commercial heart all together that makes or breaks any neighborhood. 

A 2019 report released by NY State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli states that 44% of all structural components of Queens subway stations were either damaged or worn out. Instead of putting money toward these critical veins, the city has provided developers with decades of tax breaks to build bigger, big shinier. Long Island City has come to symbolize developer spectacle without any consideration of an existing community. A mid-70’s Corbusier looked down at New York because he thought the buildings were “all trying to outdo one another”. Long Island City reveals this crude truth to a tee as developer’s rush to upload promotional videos to their sites of partially completed renderings claiming the tallest mega-tall. These glass boxes only evoke a developer's rush to out build one another, an endless conversation echoing above the streets that leave the very tenants, old and new, behind in the dust.

[political-affairs]

Al Baik (البيك) Saudi Arabia

  Fast food restaurants Al Baik in Medin  

Al Baik (البيك) is a chain of fast food restaurants in Saudi Arabia that primarily sells broasted chicken and shrimp with a variety of sauce. The chain has 40 branches in Jeddah, six in Mecca, three in Medina, one in Ta’if and one in Yanbu.[1] Al Qaseem's prince signed a contract with Al Baik's CEO to open two new branches in Buraidah. These two branches are the first in Saudi Arabia to open outside of the western region.

Al Baik is a major consumer of chicken in Saudi Arabia.[2] The Saudi government have stopped attempts for the fast food chain to grow by limiting what regions of the country it can expand to.[citation needed]

 History

In September 1974, the late Shakkour AbuGhazalah renovated an old warehouse he was renting, and opened the first pressure fried chicken restaurant in Saudi Arabia. It was located on Old Airport Road, in Jeddah.

In 1984 the 18 secret herbs and spices recipe was developed.

In 1986 Albaik was registered as a trade mark in Saudi Arabia.

In 1990 the first Albaik restaurant opened in Mecca.

In 1994 Harrag, The Albaik spicy chicken was introduced.

In 1995 Jumbo shrimp was introduced.

In 1996 Value shrimp was introduced.

In 1996 the Young Scientist was the first program introduced as part of Albaik and Coca-Cola's corporate social responsibility commitment towards society in association with the Jeddah Science and Technology Center.

In 1998 Albaik built three seasonal locations in Mina, and began serving pilgrims during Hajj.

In 1999 Chicken fillets nuggets were introduced.

In 2000 a 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft) food processing factory was inaugurated for Aquat Food Industries – a sister company of Albaik and the main producer and supplier of its menu.

In 2000 Spicy chicken fillets Nuggets were introduced.

In 2001 the first Albaik restaurant opened in Medina.

In 2001 the House Hero children education and training program was introduced.

In 2002 chicken fillets and spicy chicken fillets sandwiches were introduced.

In 2002 the first Albaik Xpress limited menu food court concept was opened in Diyafa Mall in Mecca.

In 2005, fish became a feature on the Albaik menu with the introduction of the fish sandwich.

In 2005, "Nazeeh & Wartan" - the Clean Up the World program for Saudi Arabia was introduced with Coca Cola, in association with the United Nations Development Programme and Jeddah Science and Technology Center.

In 2006 the largest quick service restaurant kitchen in the world was opened in Mina as a seasonal restaurant to serve pilgrims during Hajj.

In 2006 Albaik opened in Yanbu City.

In 2006 Fish fillets and shrimp sandwich were introduced.

In 2012 Pineapple chunks were introduced.

  Main menu

  Chicken menu

Albaik chicken, 8 pieces (mild or spicy), fries, 4 garlic sauce, bread

Albaik chicken, 4 pieces (mild or spicy), fries, 2 garlic sauce, bread

Chicken fillet nuggets, 10 pieces (mild or spicy), 2 nugget-sauce, fries, bread

Chicken fillet nuggets, 7 pieces (mild or spicy), 2 nugget-sauce, fries, bread

Albaik chicken fillet sandwich (mild or spicy)

Albaik chicken burger meal.

 Seafood menu

Jumbo shrimp meal: 10 jumbo pieces, 2 coleslaw salad, 2 cocktail sauce, fries, bread

Value shrimp meal: 10 butterfly pieces, 2 cocktail sauce, fries, bread

Albaik fish fillet meal: 6 pieces of fish fillet, 2 light tartar sauce, fries, bread

Albaik shrimp sandwich

Albaik fish fillet sandwich

  Comparison with international food chains

Al Baik's prices are lower than similar international fast food chains that it competes with, including McDonald's and KFC. Al Baik's meals generally cost about 30 percent less than that of the international chains.[citation needed]