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Refreshing Coca-Cola Ad

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In today's world, commercials are rarely just about selling a product based on its basic utility and features. Instead, major corporations try to sell us an identity, an emotion, or a seamless connection to popular culture. Ads are so good at their job that most people don’t  even realize that they're being tricked into doing something while in the comfort of their own home. Coca Cola was first invented in May 1886 by John S. Pemberton, a pharmacist in Atlanta, who created the syrup for Coca-Cola (“How was Coca-Cola invented”). Frank Robinson, Dr. Pemberton’s bookkeeper suggested the name “Coca-Cola” and therefore founded the famous title. In 2009, Coca-Cola launched 7.05-oz. Mini cans in retail stores (Cosgrove). During the Coke mini’s peak in 2016, coke had grown double digits (Stafford). In an ad produced by the Coca-Cola company during the 2016 Super bowl, Bruce Banner swiftly transforms into the Hulk after discovering that Ant-Man has stolen the last Coke-Mini from his ref...
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The Food of Love

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Ever since I was a little boy, my mother’s cooking meant everything to me; the way she would season the food; measuring nothing by spoon and everything by feel, turned the kitchen into the warm center of my world. Long before I knew the true labor and time spent preparing every meal, I knew that her cooking was a special way of saying “I love you” without ever speaking a word. These home cooked meals shaped my outlook and appreciation of life and family and taught me to savor every moment.  Photo by Christopher Jimenez Used under  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ No changes made Out of all the special meals and times we shared, nothing held a special place in my heart quite like those birthday meals, where I was in control of the dinner menu. In my family, we had the annual tradition where whenever it was someone's birthday, they had the honor of deciding the complete dinner menu, including dessert. For me it was a salmon dinner with broccoli and red velvet...
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