Thursday, August 28, 2008
red bull cola!!
From the makers of one of the original energy drinks comes Red Bull Cola, a new cola with a twist. It's the first major brand extension for the company and they're setting it apart from other similar soft drinks and from Red Bull itself by taking pride in being "strong and natural." We were pleasantly surprised by just how different from its cousin it is. Without taurine or any other secret formula, Red Bull Cola is more about taste than it is about partying all night long. Using all-natural ingredients (the caffeine is even extracted from coffee beans) and plant extracts — including kola nut, cacao, ginger, vanilla, cardamom, cinnamon, lemon, lime and coca leaf to name a few — it has a complex spiced flavor with that classic cola taste.
Nort x Starter Jacket
Nort is
the latest player to get hooked up with a Starter jacket. A grip of different brands and groups have received a jacket which include The Hundreds, In4mation, Freshness, Complex, Goodfoot and Mighty Healthy with no end in sight. The rumor mills been churning and Starter should be back with a bang.
Atmos/Firmament x Starter
The gift that keeps on giving, Atmos and Firmament are the latest candidates to receive jackets as part of Starter’s revival. It’ll be interesting to see what Starter’s got hooked up in the coming months as they return to their former glory.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
This is the ultimate in all weather, all purpose outdoor footwear. Made from the finest English cow hides. Mirapel impregnated all leather outer and upper and fully GORE-TEX lined inner. The lining provides full waterproofing, insulation and breathability while the leather outer and upper offer protection, comfort, warmth, durability and style.Sunday, August 24, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
KANYE + KIM JONES= PASTELLE
clothing line has been in the works and on hold for a minute, but recently progress has emerged with Yeezy’s long-awaited clothing line Pastelle. He has linked up with British fashion designer Kim Jones, who has previously worked with Louis Vuitton and Hugo Boss. Still no date on the official launch of Pastelle, but it should be coming in the near future.
IceOrb
The IceOrb is an impressive little container. It makes ice cubes, stores them, can chill your drink or keep other foods cold.
The IceOrb can make 21 cubes at a time. Remove the container, fill it up with water (or anything else you want frozen), and replace it. The container forces the water into the ice cube trays. When the ice is frozen you remove the container and can easily pop the cubes out. If you just want to make ice, you can place the cubes in the container and make another round (the container holds around two and a half batches).
If the container is empty you can put ice cream or anything else you want chilled in it. When you travel the ice surrounding it keeps the contents cool—ideal for ice cream or chilling a bottle of wine. The container's lid fits neatly under the IceOrb to prevent condensation from getting the surface wet.
The IceOrb measures 6" around and 5" tall, and is available for $16 from Fusion Brands. There's a video on the page that nicely illustrates its many uses.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
This is a list of the worst places to live in NC, based on violent crime. They R listed - from worst to best!! Ktown is a strong 57!!!! goddddamn-it.
Lumberton, NC 60
Smithfield, NC 59
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC 58
Kinston, NC 57
Gastonia, NC 56
Shelby, NC 55
Henderson, NC 54
Rocky Mount, NC 53
Wilmington, NC 52
Goldsboro, NC 51
Statesville, NC 50
Fayetteville, NC 49
Winston-Salem, NC 48
Salisbury, NC 47
Durham, NC 46
Elizabeth City, NC 45
Sanford, NC 44
Lexington, NC43
Hickory, NC 42
Greensboro, NC 41
Greenville, NC 40
High Point, NC 39
Asheville, NC 38
Albemarle, NC 37
Laurinburg, NC 36
Southern Pines, NC 35
Thomasville, NC 34
New Bern, NC 33
Burlington, NC 32
Graham, NC 31
Carrboro, NC 30
Raleigh, NC 29
Hope Mills, NC 28
Kings Mountain, NC 27
Fuquay-Varina, NC 26
Wilson, NC 25
Tarboro, NC 24
Garner, NC 23
Reidsville, NC 22
Chapel Hill, NC 21
Kernersville, NC 20
Roanoke Rapids, NC 19
Morganton, NC 18
Kannapolis, NC 17
Eden, NC 16
Clayton, NC 15
Concord, NC 14
Newton, NC 13
Apex, NC 12
Lenoir, NC 11
Matthews, NC 10
Mooresville, NC 9
Wake Forest, NC 8
Huntersville, NC 7
Havelock, NC 6
Cornelius, NC 5
Jacksonville, NC 4
Boone, NC 3
Holly Springs, NC 2
Cary, NC 1
Pinehurst, NC 0
Smithfield, NC 59
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC 58
Kinston, NC 57
Gastonia, NC 56
Shelby, NC 55
Henderson, NC 54
Rocky Mount, NC 53
Wilmington, NC 52
Goldsboro, NC 51
Statesville, NC 50
Fayetteville, NC 49
Winston-Salem, NC 48
Salisbury, NC 47
Durham, NC 46
Elizabeth City, NC 45
Sanford, NC 44
Lexington, NC43
Hickory, NC 42
Greensboro, NC 41
Greenville, NC 40
High Point, NC 39
Asheville, NC 38
Albemarle, NC 37
Laurinburg, NC 36
Southern Pines, NC 35
Thomasville, NC 34
New Bern, NC 33
Burlington, NC 32
Graham, NC 31
Carrboro, NC 30
Raleigh, NC 29
Hope Mills, NC 28
Kings Mountain, NC 27
Fuquay-Varina, NC 26
Wilson, NC 25
Tarboro, NC 24
Garner, NC 23
Reidsville, NC 22
Chapel Hill, NC 21
Kernersville, NC 20
Roanoke Rapids, NC 19
Morganton, NC 18
Kannapolis, NC 17
Eden, NC 16
Clayton, NC 15
Concord, NC 14
Newton, NC 13
Apex, NC 12
Lenoir, NC 11
Matthews, NC 10
Mooresville, NC 9
Wake Forest, NC 8
Huntersville, NC 7
Havelock, NC 6
Cornelius, NC 5
Jacksonville, NC 4
Boone, NC 3
Holly Springs, NC 2
Cary, NC 1
Pinehurst, NC 0
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
robert taylor homes
The Robert Taylor Homes housing project was completed in 1962 and named for Robert Taylor, an African American activist and Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) board member who in 1950 resigned when the city council refused to endorse potential building locations throughout the city of Chicago that would induce racially integrated housing. At one time, it was the largest housing project in the country, and it was intended to offer decent affordable housing. It was composed of 28 high-rise buildings with 16 stories each, with a total of 4,321 apartments, mostly arranged in U-shaped clusters of three, stretching for two miles (three kilometers).[1] The Robert Taylor Homes were also home at one time to such celebrities as Mr. T, Kirby Puckett, and current Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick.
Robert Taylor Homes faced many of the same problems that doomed other high-rise housing projects in Chicago such as Cabrini-Green. These problems include narcotics, violence, and the perpetuation of poverty.
Planned for 11,000 inhabitants, the Robert Taylor Homes housed up to a peak of 27,000 people. [2] Six of the poorest US census areas with populations above three people were found there. Including children who are not of working age, at one point 95 percent of the housing development's 27,000 residents were unemployed and listed public assistance as their only income source, and 40 percent of the households were single-parent, female-headed households earning less than $5,000 per year. About 99.9 percent were African-American. The 28 drab, 16-story concrete high-rises, many blackened with the scars of arson fire, sat in a narrow two-block by 2.5-mile[3] (300 m by 3 km) stretch of slum. The city's neglect was evident in littered streets, poorly enforced building codes, and scant commercial or civic amenities.
Police intelligence sources say that elevated number of homicides was the result of gang "turf wars," as gang members and drug dealers fought over control of given Chicago neighborhoods. Its landlord, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), has estimated that $45,000 in drug deals took place daily. Former residents of the Robert Taylor Homes have said that the drug dealers fought for control of the buildings. In one weekend, more than 300 separate shooting incidents were reported in the vicinity of the Robert Taylor Homes.[disputed] Twenty-eight people were killed during the same weekend, with 26 of the 28 incidents believed to be gang-related.[disputed]
On June 25, 1983, an infant, Vinyette Teague, was abducted from Robert Taylor Homes after her grandmother left her alone in the hallway for a few minutes to answer a phone call. An estimated 50 people were in the hallway at the time of the abduction, but police were unable to gather enough evidence to make any arrests. She has never been seen or heard from since. [
Kitchen-maker Alno has created some Cooking Tables that combine “the hearth and kitchen table as the focal point of home life once again.”. The table-cooking collection includes the Liberty Island, a mobile cooking element with a glass cover and mobile container that can be positioned against a dining table, either indoors or out. When opened, the glass cover protects against splattering while cooking and closed, it covers a dual-zone induction cook-top. LongIsland can be positioned anywhere in the room and combines a fixed ‘cooking block’ with a sliding tabletop that’s supported by a base frame (it can be moved to the right or left). A four-zone electric cook-top is flush-fit in the stainless steel cooking block. All the Cooking Tables were originally created by design students at the Muthesius College of Art in Kiel, Germany.
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