Reftrospectives - Dan"s Teachable Moment | Puppy Bowl XII
BOSTON, Ky. (WDRB)-- It"s a clash of the titans. A winner must be crowned. Everything is on the line. Well, maybe some naps and a treat.
If it"s Super Bowl Sunday, it"s time for the "Puppy Bowl" too.Some local pooches are ready to make their mark.
"You get to see all these cute little puppies. They"re all interacting and playing with each other. There"s a little clean up, but that"s okay," said Suzanne Bridwell of Barktown rescue.
Optimus Prime and Shylah are on the verge of joining names like Newton and Manning today in a different, but still epic bout."Team Ruff" and "Team Fluff" compete to see who can score a touchdown.
"A touchdown is basically to carry a toy across the goal line," Bridwell explained.
Entertaining? Obviously. The bigger goal-- "for all of them to get adopted," she added.
The two puppies are from Barktown Rescue. A no-kill home for dogs in Nelson County.
Prime"s mom was dumped along with all her puppies because she was pregnant. Barktown took them in.Not long after, the rescue got an invite to be a part of the "Puppy Bowl" in the Big Apple.
"It took us about 16 hours. Four women, two puppies driving. So it was a little crazy," Bridwell said with a smile.
The dogs got the royal treatment. A hotel stay, a walk in Central Park, a tour of the city--all before the game.We can"t tell you who won.
Optimus Prime"s new owner, who made the adoption before he knew his pup was a TV star, can"t wait to find out.
"We"ll probably record the Super Bowl and watch the Puppy Bowl," Anthony Mattingly said.
And he says if he knows his dog-- "he"s going to bring it home for Barktown Rescue."
Barktown Rescue started in 2009 and has saved two-thousand dogs.
Huckabee Interview with the Tuohy family who adopted Michael Oher - Blind Side 1
WHY ITS IMPORTANT
Ware remains one of the games elite pass rushers and Oher might have to block him with little help if Carolina decides to use a running back/tight end to help on Von Miller.
ABOUT WARE
Now 33 years old and appearing in his first Super Bowl, Ware is still able to flash. In the second season of a three-year, $30 million contract, Wares 134.5 sacks are 11th-most in NFL history and he had 7.5 this year to go with 16 quarterback hits and 25 tackles. He plays 36.4 percent of the snaps so Denvers coaches are smart in not over-working him. Ware can still get around the edge against a left tackle.
ABOUT OHER
A year ago, Oher was on his way to the street after flaming out as an expensive free-agent addition by Tennessee (four-year, $20 million contract) when Baltimore let him walk in favor of former Jaguars left tackle Eugene Monroe. Oher signed a two-year, $7 million deal with the Panthers to replace Byron Bell, who ironically ended up with Tennessee. Oher (6-foot-4, 315 pounds) had only three penalties. He plays tall, which allows opponents to bull-rush him, but hes been good enough for Carolina.
WHO HAS THE ADVANTAGE
Ware. For sure hes benefited playing opposite Miller, but also effective interior pass-rushers Derek Wolfe and Malik Jackson.
Death Wish Coffee Company Big Game Commercial: Storm’s a-Brewin’ Photo Jake Brady sealing bags of the Valhalla Java Odinforce Blend at Death Wish Coffees processing plant in Round Lake, N.Y. Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
ROUND LAKE, N.Y. Theres no question that Death Wish Coffee, a pirate-flag-adorned brand from upstate New York, is strong, like really strong, like linebacker-strong, like Super Bowl-hype strong, but is it the strongest coffee in the world?
Yes? No? Yes? No? Yes? No? Dunno. (Note: The author of this article was highly caffeinated.)
What is certain, however, is that Death Wish Coffee, like a halfback in an open field, is enjoying a remarkably lucky run since first hitting the market some three and a half years ago, with a warning label proclaiming it the Worlds Strongest Coffee.
And while such a determination is probably better left to experts, Death Wish Coffees rabid fan base, including heavy-metal rockers and freezing-cold truckers, recently helped to land the company a prized advertisement spot during the Super Bowl broadcast on Sunday as part of a contest by Intuit, whose products help people balance their books and prepare their taxes (just like coffee).
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The contest invited businesses with fewer than 50 employees to enter to win the 30-second ad, winnowing thousands of contestants down to a final three (including another New York company, Vidlers, a five-and-dime near Buffalo). Death Wish was chosen by a public vote, presumably fueled by, you know, Death Wish.
Photo The coffee comes with a boast and a warning label. Credit Nathaniel Brooks for The New York Times
The ad, developed and produced by RPA, whose Super Bowl clients also include Honda, features a group of waterlogged Vikings jonesing for a cup of joe. The commercial, which will appear during the third quarter, has some of the skeleton staff at the Death Wish offices working 70-hour weeks in preparation for an onslaught of fatigued football and caffeine lovers looking to lift the Monday morning fog.
Its almost like fans are more excited than we are, said Kane Grogan, the companys customer service manager. Were in the middle of it, so were more worried than anything.
Fretting about filling huge orders, of course, is the kind of concern most small businesses would happily have, something acknowledged by the companys owner, Michael Brown, a former accountant who once worried about falling asleep at his desk at the State comptrollers office.
Mr. Brown, 35, created the Death Wish brew in the basement of Saratoga Coffee Traders, a cafe he owned in nearby Saratoga Springs, after a group of apparently somnolent Saratogians decided they wanted a little more jolt in their java.
Customers would come in asking for the strongest cup of coffee, Mr. Brown said in a phone interview from San Francisco, host to many of the Super Bowl festivities this year. And I wanted to mess with them a little bit.
So it was that Mr. Brown decided to search out an especially strong mix of robusta and Arabica beans online and try it on customers, who he initially anticipated would be truck drivers, night-shift workers, doctors.
To his surprise, however, the online buyers it remains primarily an Internet brand, and not a cheap one were more diverse. My moms friends from high school, like 75-, 80-year-olds, call me up saying this is my favorite coffee, Mr. Brown said.
Mr. Browns big win, however, appears to have unleashed a regional rivalry with another, more established company Deans Beans, in Orange, Mass. which claims the idea, and some of the early beans, for Death Wish came from its signature brew, called Ahabs Revenge. Deans Beans strikes a similarly ominous tone in its marketing (Beware: contains the highest caffeine content of any organic coffee!).
Dean Cycon, the founder of Deans Beans, said in an email that Death Wish had recreated our formula.
Was anything they did illegal? Nope, he said. Was it unethical and deceptive? In my mind, yes.
Mr. Brown said he had heard Mr. Cycons complaints, but had only compliments for Deans Beans. He has a great business model, Mr. Brown said, though he also noted that when my customers came in looking for a stronger cup of coffee, Deans Beans was already among the shops offerings.
Regardless of such coffee clashes, Death Wish seems to have found its own niche, according to Mr. Grogan, who says it is popular with coders, gamers and other loners, as well as the occasional journalist.
Like many who work at Death Wishs offices housed in a bland warehouse off a country road Mr. Grogan has several elaborate tattoos and a fondness for music. (I have four drummers on my staff, Mr. Brown said.) Theres a punching bag in the corner, and paintings sent in by fans, many of whom apparently cannot sleep.
Indeed, even brewed at moderate strength, the coffees color falls somewhere between that of a dilated pupil and the far side of the moon. On a recent morning, a few sips brought an undeniable buzz to this reporters head, as well as what might be described as a kind of a pleasant arrhythmia. A single cup provided about 45 minutes of jittery high energy, followed by a sharp drop in enthusiasm for life and a sudden desire for another cup.
Such ups and downs, of course, are the perils of working at Death Wish, Mr. Grogan said. It used to be kind of an all-day thing, he said, of his own intake. But it kind of wears off if you drink it too much.
Lady Gaga - National Anthem - Super Bowl 2016 (HD 1080p) Full Video
What do Amy Schumer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart, Jason Schwartzman, Serena Williams, Harvey Keitel, Steven Tyler, Ryan Reynolds, Janelle Mone, Willem Dafoe, Seth Rogen, Alec Baldwin, Dan Marino, Seth Rogen, Missy Elliott, Jeff Goldblum, Paul Rudd, Lil Wayne, Liam Neeson, Drake, Scott Baio, Christopher Walken and Dame Helen Mirren have in common?
This diverse and eclectic group appears in Super Bowl 2016 commercials.
But this years much coveted TV spots dont just feature stars. There are a far share of commercials with sheep crooning Queens Somebody to Love, stampeding wiener dogs adorned in hot dog buns running in slow motion to humans dressed as ketchup bottles and a unique dancing hybrid thingy that calls itself PuppyMonkeyBaby.
Watch some of our favorite 2016 Super Bowl commercials below.
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CHICAGO (WLS) --
Even for those who didn"t care about Super Bowl Sunday football, there was plenty to watch for during the commercial breaks.
Companies shelled out millions of dollars just to air one 30-second ad. And as usual, there were some memorable spots, and some duds.
A spot could cost $5 million and reach more than 100 million people, so companies hope their Super Bowl ad is a winner.
"In commercials, you want to entertain and you want to promote your product," said Steve Ford, of Steve Ford Music, who has been making ads for more than 30 years.
Ford, who has composed music for several Super Bowl commercials, said doing both is not an easy task.
He took detailed notes Sunday as he analyzed first-half ads. Ford"s favorite was the Dorito/ultra sound ad, which his 16-year-old daughter also liked.
"One of the problems I have with a lot of the commercials is that they"re entertaining, but you have no idea what they are advertising," Ford said. "(The Doritos commercial was) a situation where they combined the two brilliantly."
Other first-half favorites include avocado ad, Audi astronaut and the Mountain Dew puppy monkey baby.
"Because it was just so weird, it was good," Ford said.
Ford said the biggest waste of talent was the Squarespace ad, which featured comedians Key and Peele.
With close 40 first half commercials, Ford said there were many that were easy to forget including ads for T-mobile and Mortgage Rocket.
He added that since the Super Bowl is such a loud event that sometimes the most effective commercials are the quiet ones.
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Tom Brady was roundly booed by the Super Bowl 50 crowd in Santa Clara, California Sunday.
The Patriotsquarterback was on hand at Levi"s Stadium as the league honored former Super Bowl MVPs prior to kickoff of the game between the Broncos and Panthers.
Obviously a great chunk of the crowd was pro-Broncos and the Denver fanbase has no love for the face of the rival Patriots. But it was somewhat surprising given that Brady grew up just down the road from Levi"s Stadium, in San Mateo, California.
Brady"s attendance for the ceremony came in question last week as he is still at odds with the NFL over theDeflategate scandal. The NFL"s appeal of the decision handed down by Judge Richard Berman, which wiped out Brady"s four game suspension, is scheduled for March 3.
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Its Psylocke vs. Deadpool! Olivia Munn already said her character in X-Men: Apocalypse would beat Wolverine in a match-up, but it seems like shed also best the merc with the mouth.
In a new video posted to her Instagram account,Munn showed off her ambidextrous sword skills in front of Ryan Reynolds before striking a fierce pose. To his dismay, the Deadpool starlearned a valuable lesson: never bring a balloon weapon to a katana fight.
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Both actors are making their debut in Foxs X-Men cinematic universe of films. This month will see Reynolds headlining Deadpoolwhenthe film opens this Friday, while Munn will unveil her Psylocke skills in Apocalypse, out May 27.
During a recent Twitter Q&A, Munn detailed her exhaustive training regime before filming a fight scene over the course of two weeks. I worked for many months training and I did, like, 6-7 hours a day of sword and taekwondo training, and stunt training and wire training, she said.
