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        iKarma offers online reputation management services to business and professionals. iKarma provides an optimized process for capturing customer word of mouth, and then displaying it online for use in facilitating future sales. iKarma's reputation engine is free from the confines of current popular online auction markets, so that any kind of business can harness the power of their good reputation.<br/>Tags: hanson, art institute, bird watching, dauphin, real estate, fashion, tony, anne, vancouver, detroit, people, brooklyn, pier, cinema, berlin, beaches, world, athens, madrid, pizza, mall, location, hometown, family, me, kids, toronto, milford, gay, san diego, snow, new york, paris, mexico, hong kong, social, yosemite, new york city, wrigley field, reading, records, boston, mountain biking, seattle, israel, golf courses, san francisco, reputation, vinyl, japan, concord, africa, argentina, south africa, mcdonalds, arlington, estonia, minneapolis, web design, salt lake city, bristol, tehran, web 2.0, mississippi, trust, charleston, new orleans, atlanta, north america, united states, las vegas, lakewood, denver, romania, chile, fresno, wine bar, sydney, philadelphia, united kingdom, garden state, milwaukee, quilting, brasil, north carolina, ohio, electronics, montreal, majorca, sacramento, coffe, salem, sidney, jacksonville, grand canyon, greece, omg, birding, montana, baltimore, tibet, barcelona, winter park, little rock, home town, british columbia, pennsylvania, nottingham, philly, va, yokohama, been there, el paso, savannah, hamilton, portugal, sol, lynn, honduras, columbus, bulgaria, livingston, allentown, orlando, melissa, central point, philippines, new delhi, naples, hungary, lima, sid, carolyn, new haven, greenville, new castle, orleans, tulsa, worcester, marquette, des moines, shawnee, valencia, susan, cork, title or search term, milano, harold, corpus christi, nederland, dubai, fort, portsmouth, brooklyn ny, copenhagen, carlisle, jersey city, stock exchange, cooper, karen, pill, lone, mj, walnut, split, listen, easton, what, ebb, belfast, pontiac, marilyn, leavenworth, omaha, stoughton, nero, longmeadow, bev, new port richey, north philly, the northern red sea, plainville, detroit mi, detroit  mi, st augustine, amherst, janet, regent hotel, janette, place name, union city, park ave , the maple room, acadia national park, coffe shops, atlanta  ga, walt disney world, rome italy, eastern shore, big bear, monterrey, london  england, southern exposure, hollywood ca, valley village, villa park, the hub, south boston, mysore, great scott, telluride, north little rock, pompano beach, maryland science center, westbury, value village, smoke shop, vineland, fort lewis, nasdaq, world bank, mountain laurel, cape verde, worcester college  oxford, dina, merced ca , soul of the sea, longview  washington, villa park , columbus  georgia, carter  lisa, washington state university library, your my favorite actress, long island city  ny, philadelphia  pa, hackettstown  nj, wine bar inc, gulf breeze  fl, chris powers, hartley kent, fox park, port st lucie, north chicago, wildcat st, the pill, i 29, art and design high school, home spain, void, north bergen, virgina beach virgina, glenn abbey, malaga spain, kens place, evansville  in, malaga  spain, san juan capistrano  ca, ll, river run village, hillview, mana foods, brooklyn park  mn, c block, os, gospel hill, white mountain national , lincoln  nebraska, pensacola florida, the kimballs , bowling green  ky, arlington draft house, camden yards, capital federal, body shop, sherry williamson, st mary s lake, handy market, new harbour, broken spoke, california lutheran university, debbie, appalachian trail, stars complex, april and cats, water street books, st stephens green, grand central, east side gallery, budget host inn, massapequa ny, niland ca, marion s, woodside map, vancouver  bc, going for a walk, 1 world avenue, uae, bay village, national theatre, museum of contemporary, what up, love   s seafood   steaks, missouri home, parish church, all over, kb, stock market, christopher page, pd, salt house, boston store, the three kings, warner robins  ga, south bank , matthew west, david s books, christ fellowship, morning star church, jim cook, manteca california, indianapolis  in, lenexa, grass valley ca, grass valley  ca, chester county<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/35112">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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        On April 1, 1957 the British news show, Panorama, broadcast a segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed to an unusually mild winter. The audience heard Richard Dimbleby, the show's highly respected anchor, discussing the details of the spaghetti crop as they watched a rural Swiss family pulling pasta off spaghetti trees and placing it into baskets.

"The spaghetti harvest here in Switzerland is not, of course, carried out on anything like the tremendous scale of the Italian industry," Dimbleby informed the audience. "Many of you, I'm sure," he continued, "will have seen pictures of the vast spaghetti plantations in the Po valley. For the Swiss, however, it tends to be more of a family affair."

The narration then continued in a tone of absolute seriousness:

"Another reason why this may be a bumper year lies in the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil, the tiny creature whose depradations have caused much concern in the past."

Dimbleby anticipated some questions viewers might have. For instance, why, if spaghetti grows on trees, does it always come in uniform lengths? The answer was that "this is the result of many years of patient endeavor by past breeders who succeeded in producing the perfect spaghetti."

And apparently the life of a spaghetti farmer was not free of worries: "The last two weeks of March are an anxious time for the spaghetti farmer. There's always the chance of a late frost which, while not entirely ruining the crop, generally impairs the flavor and makes it difficult for him to obtain top prices in world markets."

But finally, Dimbleby assured the audience that, "For those who love this dish, there's nothing like real, home-grown spaghetti."

Of course, the broadcast was just an April Fool's Day joke. But soon after the broadcast ended, the BBC began to receive hundreds of calls from puzzled viewers. Did spaghetti really grow on trees, they wanted to know. Others were eager to learn how they could grow their own spaghetti tree. To this the BBC reportedly replied that they should "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."

To be fair to the viewers, spaghetti was not a widely eaten food in Britain during the 1950s and was considered by many to be very exotic. Its origin must have been a real mystery to most people. Even Sir Ian Jacob, the BBC's director general, later admitted that he had to run to a reference book to check on where spaghetti came from after watching the show.

The prestige of the Panorama show itself, and the general trust that was still placed in the medium of television, also lent the claim credibility. The idea for the segment was dreamed up by one of the Panorama cameramen, Charles de Jaeger. He later said that the idea occurred to him when he remembered one of his grade-school teachers chiding him for being "so stupid he would believe spaghetti grew on trees."

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        Tags: will, legal, trust, MN, Attorney, estate planning Minnetonka<br /><br /><a href="http://www.platial.com/post/2893183">Map this on Platial</a><br /> 
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