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The Bent Bullet: JFK and the Mutant CospiracyPosted: December 10, 2013 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Digital, Promotion, Social, USA, Viral | Tags: 1963, days of future, JFK, Magneto, nov. 22, the bent bullet, Viral, x-men | Leave a comment
Marvel has created a site called The Bent Bullet, a promotional website and video that weaves X-Men mutants in with a JFK conspiracy theory, blending the real and fictional in a quasi sort of alternative history genre getup.
A new viral site promoting the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past has hit the web: The Bent Bullet, which explores President John F. Kennedy's assassination — with an unfamiliar twist.
According to The Bent Bullet site, which went up last night, Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald — with the help of Magneto (played in his young incarnation by Michael Fassbender in the movie), who allegedly used his powers on Oswald's wild shots to ensure the president's death. This, it seems, will be the incident that splits the X-Men timeline, triggering the dystopian Days of Future Pastuniverse, in which mutants have been rounded up in internment camps and systematically exterminated with the aid of robotic Sentinels.
But has Magneto been falsely accused? Fictional journalist Harper Simmons seems to think so — and both Magneto's own testimony and circumstantial evidence point to Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) committing the assassination while disguised as Oswald, then slipping away and leaving the real Oswald to take the blame. However, it's unclear whether she did so on Magneto's orders, or acted autonomously following a schism in the Brotherhood of Mutants.
Like the rest of what we've seen of Days of Future Past, the movie's take on the trigger event is based very directly on the comic, with some major modifications. In the original story, the assassin was Mystique, leading an autonomous brotherhood — but her targets were Charles Xavier, Moira McTaggart, and hardline anti-mutant senator Robert Kelly, whose cinematic counterpart died in 2000′sX-Men and was later impersonated by Mystique.
To find out just how closely the rest of Days of Future Past adheres to the comic, will have to wait until flick hits theaters May 23, 2014 — or they'll have to hope more of these teaser sites are on the way.
100 (from 0 to 100 years in 150 seconds) – A documentary by Jeroen WolfPosted: November 27, 2013 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Art, Viral | Tags: 100, age, Amsterdam, documentary, from o to 100 years in 150 seconds, Jeroen Wolf, people, Viral | Leave a comment
Using a Panasonic GH2, Dutch filmmaker Jeroen Wolf captured people ranging from 1 year young to 100 years old. It's simple—the person stares at the camera at states their age—yet incredibly touching to see the growth and experience you earn as the years add up.
Wolf actually started the project last October by documenting people in Amsterdam but the project petered out because it was difficult to find very young and very old subjects. Wolf says:
"I found my very old 'models' in care homes and it was a privilege to document these—often vulnerable—people for this project. I had particular problems finding a 99 year-old. (Apparently 100 year-olds enjoy notoriety, but a 99 year-old is a rare species…) And when I finally did find one, she refused to state her age. She simply denied being 99 years old! But finally, some 4 months after I recorded my first 'age', I was able to capture the 'missing link' and conclude this project. "
From Coke to Mikado – Don't Underestimate the Power of a Red ButtonPosted: March 13, 2013 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Ambient, Australia, Awards, Belgium, Beverages, Brazil, Cannes Lions, Case History, Cliché, Direct, Event, France, Installation, Press/Outdoor, Promotion, TV/Film, USA, Viral | Tags: Ambient, Belgium, Buzzman, Cannes Lions, Case History, Clemenger BBDO, Coca-Cola, Duval Guillaume, fantastic delites, France, funny, Happiness Truck, installation, Mikado, push the red button, push to add drama, resistence test, TNT Tv Channel, USA, Viral | Leave a comment
Mikado – Resistance Test
Advertising Agency: Buzzman, Paris, France
CEO / Creative Director: Georges Mohammed-Chérif
Art Director: Louis Audard
Copywriter: Tristan Daltroff
Art Director Assistant: Clément Séchet
Year: 2013
TNT TV Channel – Dramatic surprise on an ice-cold day
Advertising Agency: Duval Guillaume Modem, Brussels
Creative Director: Geoffrey Hantson, Katrien Bottez
Copywriter: Dieter De Ridder
Art Director: Ad Van Ongeval
Production Company: Czar
Director: Koen Mortier
Year: 2013
Fantastic Delites – How Far Would You Go?
The Delite-o-matic is an interactive vending machine that dispenses free packs of Fantastic Delites simply by pushing a button hundreds of times or by performing challenges. The Delite-o-matic was put out on the streets to prove that because Fantastic Delites taste so good, people will go to incredible lengths to get their hands on them.
Advertising Agency: Clemenger BBDO, Australia
Creative Director: Karl Fleet
Digital Creative / Art Director: Oliver Prenton
Digital Creative / Copywriter: Matt O'Grady
Year: 2012
TNT TV Channel – Big Red Push Button
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button.
Advertising Agency: Duval Guillaume Modem, Brussels
Creative Director: Geoffrey Hantson, Katrien Bottez
Copywriter: Dieter De Ridder
Art Director: Ad Van Ongeval
Production Company: Czar
Director: Koen Mortier
Year: 2012
Coca-Cola – Happiness Truck
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering "doses" of happiness in the streets of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Where will happiness strike next?
Advertising Agency: Definition 6, Atlanta
Year: 2011
Crispin Porter + Bogusky for Just Dance 3 – AutodancePosted: January 22, 2013 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Awards, Cannes Lions, Case History, Digital, Promotion, Sweden, Viral | Tags: Adore You, Anyone can Just Dance, app, Autodance, Cannes Lions, Case History, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Digital, funny, Jim Connolly, Just Dance 3, Mattias Berg, Ubisoft, Viral | Leave a comment
Just Dance is the fun dance game series that anyone can pick up and play. But until now, the audience has been limited to teenage girls. For the launch of Just Dance 3, the brief was to expand the audience, with no media spend.
To promote the release of Just Dance 3, Crispin Porter + Bogusky created Autodance, an app that proves anyone can Just Dance. Simply record your friends doing stuff and the app syncs their movements to a choice of dance tracks from the video game. Like magic, your friends will be shaking their stuff in a branded music video that can be shared online.
Autodance is more than just a fun app. It's a fun tool to get people to make and share our ads for us. Each user-generated video acts as an advert for Just Dance 3, and features our tagline "Anyone can Just Dance", along with an end card for the game.
The app proved so successful it's now been incorporated into Just Dance 4.
With no media spend, Autodance exposed Just Dance 3 to a new audience of millions. And over Christmas 2011, Just Dance 3 became the best-selling video game in Europe.
App Downloads: 6.3 Million
User-generated videos: 32 Million
Video views (in phone): 118 Million
Video views (on Facebook): 32 Million
Total video shares (Facebook and Youtube): 2.9 Million
Facebook likes: 4.3 Million
Facebook comments: 2.4 Million
Advertising Agency: Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Gothenburg
Creative Director: Mattias Berg
Copywriter: Jim Connolly
Art Director: Mattias Berg
Production Company: Adore You
Chief Creative Officer: Rob Reilly
Executive Creative Director: Gustav Martner
Executive Creative Director: Bjorn Hoglund
Creative Technology Director: Per Rundgren
Head of Interactive: Marcus Aslund
Interactive Developer: Martin Furuberg
Motion Designer : Motion Designer Jörgen Bengtsson
Visual Designer: Stephano Dinamarca Fernández
Visual Designer: Mattias Nordenham
Year: 2011
Diesel – Happy ApocalypsePosted: December 20, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Cliché, Digital, UK, Viral | Tags: 21-12-2012, Blinkink London, Diesel, end of the world, funny, happy apocalypse, Jonny & Will, Mayan calendar, Vice, Viral | Leave a comment
This new animated spot for Diesel through Vice and Blinkink London and directing team Jonny & Will is a rather risque call to arms…According to the ancient Mayan calendar, December 21st 2012 marks the day the Earth will be destroyed and all human life will cease to exist forevermore. So, if the rumour is true and 21-12-2012 really is the day it all ends, surely there's only one thing to do?
McCann Australia for Metro Trains Melbourne – Is "Dumb Ways To Die" the new "Chipotle"?Posted: December 10, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Animation, Australia, Case History, Copywriting, Design, Digital, Graphic, Graphic Design, Illustration, Press/Outdoor, Social, Viral | Tags: Animation, be safe around trains, Case History, Chipotle, Digital, Dumb Ways to Die, Edward Gorey, funny, Is "Dumb Ways To Die" the new "Chipotle"?, John Mescall, Julian Frost, McCann Australia, Melbourne Metro, metro trains, Ollie McGill, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Viral | Leave a comment
"Dumb Ways to Die", is an integrated advertising campaign designed to curb the number of train-related deaths in Victoria. The campaign is centred around a three-minute animated music video, highlighting the many dumb ways there are to die, with being hit by a train – a very preventable death – among them. The video and iTunes single are accessible online at DumbWaysToDie.com, with animated gifs being released on Tumblr, on radio, in posters on small and large space outdoor and throughout the Metro Trains network, with the lyrics to the song on the art work.
The Idea: Safety PSAs are gloomy and tedious and largely ignored by young people hardwired to resist them—except when they're irresistibly fun and impossible not to share with friends. McCann Australia managed just such an evolution of the genre with "Dumb Ways to Die" its animated train-safety spot for the Melbourne Metro. The three-minute music video shows adorable blobs making the stupidest decisions ever—messing with animals, sticking forks in toasters, eating superglue, etc.—leading to all sorts of gruesome, fatal accidents. The dumbest way to die, the ad suggests at the end, is by being careless around trains. "The idea for a song started from a very simple premise: What if we disguised a worthy safety message inside something that didn't feel at all like a safety message?" said McCann executive creative director John Mescall. "So we thought about what the complete opposite of a serious safety message would be and came to the conclusion it was an insanely happy and cute song." With more than 30 million YouTube views, it seems happy, cute and grisly was the way to go.
The Song: The song begins, "Set fire to your hair/Poke a stick at a grizzly bear/Eat medicine that's out of date/Use your private parts as piranha bait," before the chorus repeats the two lines, "Dumb ways to die/So many dumb ways to die." Mescall wrote most of the lyrics in one night at the agency. "It then took a few weeks of finessing," he said, "getting rid of a few lines that weren't funny enough and replacing them with new ones." The line "Sell both your kidneys on the Internet" was a late inclusion. "I'm glad it's there. It's my favorite," he said.
Australian musician Ollie McGill from the band The Cat Empire wrote the music. "We basically gave him the lyrics and told him to set it to the catchiest nonadvertising type music he could," said Mescall. McGill delivered something almost unbearably catchy. "The melody is easy to remember and sing along to, the lyrics are fun, bite-sized chunks of naughtiness, and the vocals have just the right amount of knowing innocence," Mescall said. "It's a song that you want to hate for living in your head, but you can't bring yourself to hate it because it's also so bloody likable." The singer is Emily Lubitz of another Australian band, Tinpan Orange. (The song is credited to Tangerine Kitty, which is a mashup of the two band names.) "Emily brought a great combination of innocence, playfulness and vocal integrity," Mescall said. "She brings a level of vocal quality you don't normally get on a video about cartoon death."
The Art Direction: Australian designer Julian Frost did the animation. "We gave him the most open brief we could: Just make it really funny and really awesome and do it to please yourself," said Mescall. The visual reference points ranged from Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies to Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (which showed men singing while being crucified) to "any number of hokey indie music-video flash mobs you see on YouTube," said Mescall.
"Julian was keen to contrast the extreme situations described in the lyrics with the simplest animation possible. Otherwise it would become just too much." After the spot blew up online, Frost wrote on his website: "Well, the Internet likes dead things waaay more than I expected. Hooray, my childish sense of humor pays off at last."
The spot lives online, in short bursts on music TV, and may reach cinemas. The campaign is also running in radio, print and outdoor. The song is on iTunes, where it reached the top 10. The agency is also producing a book as well as a smartphone game that should be ready by Christmas.
Advertising Agency: McCann, Melbourne
Executive Creative Director: John Mescall
Creative Team: John Mescall, Pat Baron
Animation: Julian Frost
Digital Team: Huey Groves, Christian Stocker
Year: 2012
Adidas: Adicolor Project – United Colors of adidasPosted: October 24, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Animation, Art, Case History, Design, Digital, Graphic, Graphic Design, Illustration, Promotion, Sportwear, Testimonial, USA, Viral | Tags: adicolor, adidas, Animation, black, Case History, colour, costomization, Digital, green, Happy, idealogue, Neill Blomkamp, personal expression, pink, Psyop, red, Roman Coppola and Andy Bruntel, Saimon Chow and Charlie White, Tronic, USA, Viral, white, yellow | Leave a comment
The adicolor podcast is a series of seven short films created for adidas to celebrate "colour, costomization and personal expression". The films were created to be specifically viewed on iPods, PSPs and online, which was still a fairly revolutionary proposition back in 2006 when the films were made. A team of excellent directors was put together, with Neill Blomkamp, Psyop, Happy, Tronic, Roman Coppola and Andy Bruntel, Saimon Chow and Charlie White each given an entirely open brief to create a film based on their emotional response to a particular colour. The podcasts related to the adicolor global digital campaign for which adidas had asked 20 artists to design a shoe based on their response to a colour. The films feature such surreal scenes as an orgiastic dinner party involving green paintball splashes and a pink-loving teenager's transformation into a bejewelled figurine. With an original goal of achieving one million views globally, the campaign actually achieved over 25 million views in just seven weeks.
Adicolor BLACK
Stills from Saiman Chow's film for the colour BLACK. The film is a surreal tale about a lonely, crazed panda.
Adicolor PINK
Charlie White directed the adicolor PINK film, which sees a teenager turn into a bewelled figurine while her pink teddy looks on helplessly.
Adicolor BLUE
Psyop is behind the adicolor blue film, where New York City is turned black and white, apart from the odd splashes of blue.
Adicolor GREEN
Adicolor green by Happy shows a space-age dinner party where everything gets a little out of hand after some green treats are consumed.
Adicolor WHITE
Adicolor WHITE was directed by Tronic and sees Jenna Jameson enthusiastically playing a funfair game.
Adicolor YELLOW
Neil Blomkamp directed the adicolor YELLOW film, a gripping tale about robots and artificial life.
Adicolor RED
Roman Coppola and Andy Bruntel created this animated history of the colour red for the adicolor RED film.
Advertising Agency: Idealogue, New York
Year: 2006
Wieden + Kennedy for Facebook – The Things That Connect UsPosted: October 4, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Case History, Copywriting, TV/Film, USA, Viral | Tags: advertising, Airplanes, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, billion people, Bridges., chairs, Doorbells, Facebook, Karl Lieberman, Mark Zuckberg, Rebecca Van Dyck, The Things That Connect Us, TV/Film, USA, Viral, Wieden+Kennedy | Leave a comment
Today, Faceboook announced that it had reached its billion-user milestone, and to celebrate, it has launched a poetic film from its agency of record, Wieden & Kennedy in Portland, Ore.
The film, titled "The Things That Connect Us," opens with a series of artful, emotional vignettes of people sitting and interacting on chairs — before moving on to other objects and events through which folks come together, such as a doorbell, airplanes, bridges or a basketball game. The point being, that all these things exist, perhaps, to remind us that we're not alone. It was created by Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Ore., which Facebook today also unveiled as its global agency of record.
"What we're trying to articulate is that we as humans exist to connect, and we at Facebook to facilitate and enable that process," explained Rebecca Van Dyck, a former exec for Apple and Levi's who joined Facebook as head of consumer marketing in February. "We make the tools and services that allow people to feel human, get together, open up. Even if it's a small gesture, or a grand notion — we wanted to express that huge range of connectivity and how we interact with each other."
Although it seems to mark a single moment, it's a vital component of a branding strategy that's been a year in the making, one not originally intended to coincide with the social network's milestone moment.
"This started long before we knew we were going to reach a billion," said Ms. Van Dyck. "We started thinking about this a year ago and approached Wieden & Kennedy to help us craft a message that articulated our values and who we are. It wasn't until recently that we realized we were close to reaching 1 billion, and we thought what an amazing way to honor our users, to create this piece for them."
The film launched this morning globally, with an introduction from founder Mark Zuckberg. Ms. Van Dyck said Facebook will also be using its various ad products, including premium page posts and sponsored stories, for the rollout. "We'll be able to walk the footsteps of what our advertisers go through," she said.
Although Wieden & Kennedy had previously worked with Ms. Van Dyck while she was at Levi's, she said the agency preceded her arrival at Facebook and was brought in by Brand Creative Lead Jessica Sittig when the company started to consider a bigger consumer-facing push.
In developing the idea, Wieden Creative Director Karl Lieberman said the agency spent months meeting with Facebook staffers and getting to know the company. "We tried to figure out what it is that the company's really interested in," he said. "There's a quote by David Kennedy that I really love: 'Great brands don't talk about themselves, they talk about what they really love.' If you follow that blueprint, you'll realize that Facebook loves things that are social. It finds it interesting and essential that there's this innate, human desire to connect."
The film was directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu of Anonymous Content, who directed the critically acclaimed film "Amores Perros" as well as previous high-profile Wieden projects like Nike's "Write the Future" and the Emmy-awarded "Best Job" Olympics spot for P&G. The agency chose him for his ability to add emotional depth to an idea that on paper, was "almost academic, anthropological," said Mr. Lieberman. "We knew we needed Alejandro to take a simple, logical argument and bring a true sense of humanity to it. We didn't want it to feel critical, as the words are pretty straight, so we wanted him to drop that layer of real human emotion on top of it."
"One of the things that we were really excited about was that he creates epic pieces of film but he can capture the smallest gesture of intimacy and connections, and that was going to be really important for us to get across in a short amount of time," Ms. Van Dyck added.
In terms of tone, since this would be Facebook's first major marketing message, "Facebook wanted to speak in a significant, but humble way," said Mr. Lieberman. "We thought that starting off with chairs really did that. We don't think about chairs a lot, but you can if you want. You can spend $5 on a chair, or $5,000. They could be incredibly ordinary, or incredibly sophisticated. We thought it was a humble but interesting way for Facebook to start talking about itself."
Continuing in the humble vein, the ad makes no mention of the billion-user landmark. "We wanted to use 1 billion as the platform and the moment in time, but we didn't want to turn the message to be back about us in any way," said Ms. Van Dyck. "We like the idea of using the context of the moment but we wanted the piece to be thoughtful and to be about our users."
Going forward, Ms. Van Dyck couldn't disclose any specific marketing plans but said the efforts will continue with the help of Wieden. "The best marketing that we have is people coming to Facebook every day connecting with their friends, families, local business, but every once in a while we're going to want to define for ourselves who we are and share our values," she said. "You're seeing that from us today and it's a conversation we want to continue with our consumers."
Zuckerberg gave an additional explanation after announcing Facebook had reached 1 billion active users:
"Celebrating a billion people is very special to me," he said. "It's a moment to honor the people we serve. For the first time in our history, we've made a brand video to express what our place is on this earth. We believe that the need to open up and connect is what makes us human. It's what brings us together. It's what brings meaning to our lives. Facebook isn't the first thing people have made to help us connect. We belong to a rich tradition of people making things that bring us together. Today, we honor this tradition. We honor the humanity of the people we serve. We honor the everyday things people have always made to bring us together: Chairs, doorbells, airplanes, bridges, games. These are all things that connect us. And now Facebook is a part of this tradition of things that connect us too. I hope you enjoy this video as much as we do. Thanks for helping connect a billion people."
This is the script:
Chairs. Chairs are made so that people can sit down and take a break. Anyone can sit on a chair and, if the chair is large enough, they can sit down together. And tell jokes. Or make up stories. Or just listen.
Chairs are for people. And that is why chairs are like Facebook.
Doorbells. Airplanes. Bridges. These are things people use to get together, so they can open up and connect about ideas and music and other things that people share.
Dance floors. Basketball. A great nation. A great nation is something people build so they can have a place where they belong.
The Universe. It is vast and dark. And it makes us wonder if we are alone. So maybe the reason we make all of these things is to remind us that we are not.
Coca-Cola Happiness Truck around the World – Where Will Happiness Strike Next?Posted: October 1, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: Argentina, Beverages, Brazil, Canada, Case History, Coca-Cola, Event, France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Promotion, Russia, The Nederlands, The Philippines, Turkey, Viral | Tags: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola's 125th Anniversary, Coca-Cola's Semangat Truck, coke and meals, Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Happiness Truck, Olympic edition, rio de janeiro, The Cheering Truck, uefa edition, Viral, Where Will Happiness Strike Next? | Leave a comment
Inspired by the vending machine that dispensed Coca-Cola and other "doses of happiness" on a college campus in New York and quickly became a global viral video sensation; a specially rigged Coca-Cola delivery truck took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro recently to spread refreshment and smiles to passers-by.
All the action is captured in a two-and-a-half-minute film. In the video, several unsuspecting Brazilians push a button on the back of the truck to dispense Coca-Cola and other fun items such as soccer balls, surfboards and sunglasses.
"'Happiness Machine' connected with so many people because the emotion was authentic, unscripted and contagious," said A.J. Brustein, Global Senior Brand Manager, Coca-Cola. "We wanted to inspire that same feeling again by creating something consumers would respond to and want to share with others because it put a smile on their face."
Happiness Truck is one of many videos that can be found on the Facebook hub for "Where Will Happiness Strike Next?". The hub features more than 25 films from around the world that have been created by local Coca-Cola teams to continue the theme of the award-winning "Happiness Machine," which has generated more than 3 million online views. The interactive site lets consumers search for videos by country and even vote for where they'd like to see happiness strike next.
"We weren't trying to replace 'Happiness Machine' with the 'Happiness Truck,'" said Christy Amador, Digital Marketing Manager, Global Content Excellence. "We wanted to build on this great idea and continue to answer the question, 'Where Will Happiness Strike Next?' by spreading a message of happiness around the globe. These videos from markets all over the world help us to do just that."
Two of the new films on the hub include a version of "Happiness Truck" filmed in the Philippines and "Happiness Store," where convenience store customers in Rio are surprised with confetti, lights, live music and more upon grabbing a Coca-Cola from the cooler. "Happiness Machine" – which cost very little to produce – proved that we don't need to spend millions to produce winning creative, and that great ideas and content can be sourced from anywhere.
Happiness Truck in Rio De Janeiro
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering "doses" of happiness in the streets of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Canada
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering "doses" of happiness in the streets of Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal, Canada. After a full day of sharing happiness, the experience culminated in a 3-city simultaneous musical celebration featuring Kardinal Offishall in Toronto, These Kids Wear Crowns in Vancouver & Duke Squad in Montreal, to celebrate Coca-Cola's 125th Anniversary. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Philippines
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is converted into a happiness machine on wheels delivering "doses" of happiness in the streets of Marikina, Philippines. Where will happiness strike next?
Happiness Truck in Kenya
Happiness Truck in Malaysia
The town with a population of over 150,000 kicked off its evening with a surprise from Coca-Cola's Semangat Truck. What a nice prelude to dinner.
Happiness Truck in Venezuela
Happiness Truck in Ecuador
Happiness Truck in India
Happiness Truck in Russia (CHRISTMAS Edition)
Happiness Truck in France (UEFA Edition and OLYMPIC Edition)
Happiness Truck in Honduras
Happiness Truck in Turkey
Happiness Truck in Naples (COKE & MEALS Edition)
A Coca-Cola delivery truck is transformed into a happiness table in a small square in Naples. Famous chef Simone Rugiati is on a mission asking people
to eat together delivering "doses" of happiness through a magic food cloche.
Happiness Truck/The Cheering Truck in Argentina (FOOTBALL Edition)
This time, Coca-Cola outfitted a special red truck with a recording booth and has been travelling around Argentina collecting the cheers of football (or soccer depending on where you are from) fans to support the Argentinean team. Fans are encouraged to record their cheer to be heard by millions.
The truck drove through 19 different provinces in Argentina as it collected the cheer of over a million different voices. On the day of the match, the Coca-Cola Cheering Truck drove into a stadium that only had room for 50 thousand fans and played the recordings of over a million fans chanting and cheering for the team. Way to rally the troop Coca-Cola!
Coca-cola has been doing some really creative marketing campaigns that have utilized a traveling truck concept (see The Happiness Truck). It's their way of spreading happiness throughout the world…not to mention strengthening their brand!
Happiness Truck in Hong Kong (TRANSFORMERS Edition)
Happiness Truck in Mongolia
Happiness Truck in Nederland
Happiness Truck in Poland (Euro 2012 Edition)
Happiness Truck in Azerbaijan
Where will happiness strike next? Of course in Baku, Azerbaijan. A Coca-Cola delivery truck has been converted to a happiness machine, which rides through Baku streets and shares the 125 year old happiness with Azeri people.
Happiness Truck in Ucraine
Happiness Truck in Egypt (RAMADAN Edition)
Coca-Cola Egypt gives people more reasons to believe using its Happiness Truck to spread happiness and joy in Cairo making Ramadan 2011 better for all Egyptians.
Happiness Truck in Mexico
iPhone 5 Parody – A taller change than expectedPosted: September 25, 2012 | Author: fra30774 | Filed under: parody, USA, Viral | Tags: a taller change than expected, Apple, body time, funny, iphone 5, LightSaber, spoof, Viral | Leave a comment
Much has been made of the bigger screen space on the new iPhone 5—and it's a product feature that's been particularly easy to spoof, as we've seen a number of print mockups over the past week that make the phone look several feet high.
Now, here's a pretty well-made video version of the same joke. This hilarious parody video, showing an "iPhone 5″ with a screen that's 18 percent thinner and 795 percent taller than previous iPhones. Perfect for those home projects around the house, or reading extra long documents on the go. Panorama photos? Done. Cell reception? Never been better. Face Time? Forget about it. Here comes "Body Time."And the lengthy phone also proves useful in measuring wall space and firing up your LightSaber. One of the best Apple spoofs I've seen…


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In this Series of posts I am going to look at the Defenses that Dallas will be facing this year. I will give a Scouting report on each(hopefully) then based off that I will try to set out what I think the Game plan that I think Garrett will employ. This will be based off my "Air Garrett" posts (Version 1,Version 2) where I set out this statement:
That is what I think "Air Garret" is all about. Attacking the Defense at it's weakest point. Study the opponents carefully. Find out where they are lacking defensively. I bet you will see alot of plays designed to target that area.
Well on Sunday September 18th, 2011 The Dallas Cowboys meet the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco. Personnel wise they are similar to the Jets in that they run a 3-4, have good run stopping DL, and pretty good LB's. The Biggest differences are
A) The ILBs are much Better
B) The CB's are much worse
C) the 3-4 they run is closer to a "Parcell 3-4" than what Rex runs
Some detailed breakdowns:
From Transplanted Texan in his post, From Stanford to SF: 5 keys to Harbaugh's Niners:
Harbaugh will try to give Tyron Smith fits using Ray McDonald. Frequently at Stanford, Harbaugh / Fangio put a widebody on the outside and bull rushed from there with one or two additional blitzers. Ray McDonald (6'3, 290) moves from the interior DL to left DE to play this role. He has surprising quickness and foot speed to go with straight-ahead strength. Against Seattle, he was a major disruption. He led the team with six tackles and also had a drive-killing sack of Tavaris Jackson.
so lets look at Ray McDonald:
Height: 6-3
Weight: 276
40 Yrd Dash: 4.88
20 Yrd Dash: 2.77
10 Yrd Dash: 1.62
225 Lb. Bench Reps:
Vertical Jump: 29
Broad Jump: 9'6"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.97
3-Cone Drill: 7.41
Overall not a player that will "turn the Corner" but seems to be a prototypical 2-gap DE...Tyron handled the Jets DE pretty well on Sunday so Dallas should be OK there. Interesting tidbit; the Seahawks drafted James Carpenter this past draft. Now I am not going to post his stats (will link it here though). Now the interesting thing is that Carpenter not only compares well to Smith(though Smith is stronger) he is also the starting RT for the Seahawks... the reason it is interesting is that Seattle doesn't have a player like D-Ware who stayed late in TC to help Smith... this Game will show if that extra work payed off.
Now the key of the DL is Justin Smith who many Niner fans are saying may be the best 3-4 DE in the league. Since Coming to the 49ers in 2008 he has amassed a total of 23.5 sacks (counting the one from the Seahawks game) and for All those that worry about Ratliff, Smith is 6-4 285.....just saying ius all. And who say that 3-4 DE's aren't supposed to get sacks....
Now The Niners also have some guy called Patrick Wills.here are his Pre draft measurables:
Height: 6-1
Weight: 242
40 Yrd Dash: 4.51
20 Yrd Dash: 2.62
10 Yrd Dash: 1.53
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 22
Vertical Jump: 39
Broad Jump: 09'11"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.46
3-Cone Drill: 7.23
Dates: 03/20/07
Height: 6-1
Weight: 242
40 Yrd Dash: 4.37
20 Yrd Dash: 2.54
10 Yrd Dash: 1.52
225 Lb. Bench Reps:
Vertical Jump:
Broad Jump:
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.37
3-Cone Drill: 7.10
Now the thing that surprised me when I first saw this is that Wills in not that Agile for his size, posting a 4.37 (SS time) and a 7.10 3-cone time. Now he is very fast, and strong. However a good route runner could exploit him in Coverage...more on this later. Their other ILB, Navorro Bowman(who played with Sean Lee at Penn State BTW), isn't too bad either, posting this at the Penn State Proday:
Height: 6004
Weight: 242
40 Yrd Dash: 4.62
20 Yrd Dash: 2.66
10 Yrd Dash: 1.60
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 26 (combine)
Vertical Jump: 35 1/2
Broad Jump: 09'09"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.20
3-Cone Drill: 6.70
Now while the Niner's front seven is really good their Secondary on the other hand isn't exactly Revis and Cromartie. Look Here:
Height: 5105
Weight: 190
40 Yrd Dash: 4.45
20 Yrd Dash: 2.57
10 Yrd Dash: 1.46
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 17
Vertical Jump: 33 1/2
Broad Jump: 09'03"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.37
3-Cone Drill: 7.00
Height: 6003
Weight: 196
40 Yrd Dash: 4.44
20 Yrd Dash: 2.53
10 Yrd Dash: 1.55
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 15
Vertical Jump: 40 1/2
Broad Jump: 10'06"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 3.82
3-Cone Drill: 6.48
Now I put up MIles and Dez's stats last week but as it appears that Dez may not play this week Here is Kevin Odletree;
Height: 6004
Weight: 196
40 Yrd Dash: 4.36
20 Yrd Dash: 2.51
10 Yrd Dash: 1.50
225 Lb. Bench Reps:
Vertical Jump: 36
Broad Jump: 10'02"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.08
3-Cone Drill: 6.67
Now After all this here is what I think the "gameplan" is. Garrett will be more aggressive in targeting the CB's this Week especially Tarell Brown. What Dallas will try and do isolate the WR on Brown. I would imagine that Rogers will draw Austin and KO will get Brown. Now I see Dallas using alot of 3 wide sets out of Two TE formations(the return OF Bennett Is HUGE here). Dallas will want to get KO against the ILB's where he has a clear advantage in agility.
I would like something like this:
WR's- Austin, Ogletree
TE's- Witten, Bennett
RB's- Felix
Now this looks like a normal set up right? However I like Funky, remember? Just imagine the looks as Austin lines up in the Backfield with Witten In the FB role and Felix in the slot with KO and Bennett out wide. Can you see either Wills or Bowman covering Felix out of the slot? Or Rogers or Brown trying to cover Bennett out wide? The Idea is to keep the LB's out in coverage, thus forcing the 49er's to only rush three players, to Contain the Arial Assault.
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Basin Street Properties announced an $8 million deal Friday to reacquire part of Redwood Business Park, a complex of office buildings that became the hub of Sonoma County's Telecom Valley during the tech boom of the late 1990s.
The sales price is the latest evidence of how far commercial real estate values have fallen in the county. Basin Street reacquired five buildings in the Petaluma business park for about 20 percent less than what they sold for six years ago, said Matt White, the firm's president.
"If you combine the price with a market that I view as recovering and seeing some pretty good job growth in a couple of industries, I think there's a great opportunity for us to fill them back up with businesses and with cars and with people that are going to have an economic impact on the community," White said.
Basin Street sold the business park to Equity Office Partners in 2005 when it divested most of its office buildings, part of a $265 million package that was the largest commercial real estate deal in county history. A longtime presence in the Petaluma business community, Basin Street moved to Nevada in 2009 and is now based in Reno.
The office park, located at the northern edge of Petaluma, was the birthplace of some of the biggest names in Telecom Valley, including Optilink, Advanced Fibre Communications and Cerent.
But the economic downturn took a toll on Petaluma businesses. Today, the five buildings are only 40 percent occupied, according to White.
"It was hard to watch them struggle over the last few years and to watch the lack of success that the prior owner had, so we're excited to own them again," White said. "They represent an important part of our history."
The company's goal is to fill the office space to capacity over the next 18 to 24 months. The five buildings hold about 158,000 square feet of commercial space, with units ranging from 1,000 to 20,000 square feet.
The current tenants include Force 10, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Wells Fargo Bank.
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Our twitter and tumblr followers shared their favorite first lines of poetry.
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A newly elected trustee under intense scrutiny took his seat. Dave Wilson, the controversial and now Houston Community College Board of Trustee took part in the first board meeting for the year.
He beat out his opponent, 24-year incumbent Bruce Austin.
To some people the meeting went smooth.
Dave Wilson walked in confident and ready to take his seat.
We spoke to him about all the controversy.
"It's over, it's behind me. I want to move forward," said Wilson.
He says he is moving forward from the accusations that he won the election, in part, because of his political mailers that made him seem to some as an African American in a predominately black district.
Among other things, there's also a pending legal matter.
Wilson insists he lives in a commercial warehouse building that we actually got a tour of. The Harris County Attorney's Office is challenging his residency.
"I'll win that one also. That is just partisan politics. I regret that our county attorney has spent so much money and time and tax payers' money. I apologize for his falling," said Wilson.
These issues have kept the Harris County Community College attorney pretty busy.
"When you have a close election coupled with the issue of whether the candidate lives in the district that he is elected from, people are even more scrutinizing of the situation. It's been a back and forth. It has been interesting," said Gene Lock.
"We are just following Gene Lock and what his firm is telling us and the election laws. We are taking it from there. It is really between the district attorney and Dave Wilson. He is going to be here today, he is a trustee, and we are going to move on from there," said Sandie Mullins, the HCC Board of Trustees Chair.
Wilson has a court hearing scheduled for Thursday January 24th on the matter of his residency.
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QUEENSBURY - An executive of Global Foundries, the company slated to open a computer-chip fabrication plant in Malta, is the keynote speaker for the annual luncheon of the Warren County Economic Development Corp.
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Even after some good moves at the deadline, I think it's safe to say that the Caps are not Cup favourites. Moreover, there are some superbly talented teams this year who have a very strong shot.
The same could have been said of last year's Flyers. They made it into the playoffs on a shootout win in the last game of the season, their goaltending wasn't exactly stellar, and there were teams far more likely to be successful. Nevertheless, they made it to the Cup Finals and took the Blackhawks to overtime of Game 6. Hell, they played a good enough series that with different bounces of the puck, the series could still probably have gone either way.
What explains their success? Were they a strongly talented team which, based solely on their play down the stretch, may have deserved a higher seed? Were they just defensively strong enough to hold off their opponents? Moreover, what changes over the offseason explain their ascendency from regular-season mediocrity last year to dominance this year?
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|Musketeers slug Bulldogs
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FORT JENNINGS — Every baseball team is looking toward Saturday and the beginning of the second season.
At the same time, they are trying to set up Their rotations — as well as deal with those rotations being stretched.
The Fort Jennings' pitching staff had the better of that on a gorgeous and breezy Wednesday afternoon at Fort Jennings Village Park, slapping Ada 13-5 in non-league baseball action.
"We scored in every inning. That is good to see," Jennings coach Eric Schwab noted. "We have been hitting the ball better lately; hopefully, we can continue that trend."
Ada coach Jason Campbell knew it would be a toughy day for his staff.
"Every team is going through this right now: for us, it's a string of eight games in nine days," he explained. "This was the third appearance in that string for our starter (freshman Seth Evans) and we were hoping for three innings at best. Even so, you have to throw strikes, no matter how tired you are. Walks, hit batters and errors really cost us today."
Ada (4-14) had a chance to go up in the top of the first — against Musketeer starter Alex Vetter (W; 4-plus innings, 8 hits, 5 runs, 4 earned, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts; 69 pitches, 44 strikes) on back-to-back singles by Brayden Sautter (steal and error) and Connor English (steal) with one down. Slade Downing flied out to left and Sautter tagged and scored. However, on appeal, he was called out for leaving early, leaving the score at 0-0.
The Musketeers (8-14) out up four in the home half against Evans (3 IPs, 7 hits, 9 runs, 6 ERs, 4 BBs, 2 Ks; 90 pitches, 51 strikes). Connor Wallenhorst walked and stole second. Dylan Van Loo walked and Mark Metzger (3-for-5, 3 runs, 3 runs batted in) singled to load them up. Ryan Rau's bounceout plated Wallenhorst, advancing the other runners. Vetter walked to reload them. Caleb Bankey flied to deep enough center to plate Van Loo; when the ball was dropped, he was safe. Jared Hoersten flied out to center to score Metzger. Back-to-back free passes to Josh Wittler and Bret Clay scored Vetter for a 4-0 edge.
The hosts made it 5-0 in the home second on a 1-out error on a Metzger grounder, a 2-out steal and a ground single in left by Vetter.
Ada made it a 5-2 deficit in the top of the third with two outs, using a walk (Sautter), a steal, a run-scoring hit (English), two steals and a throwing error, scoring English.
The Bulldogs got two back in the fourth on four knocks, including run-scorers by Cort Everhart (Cory Kellum) and Seth Evans (Everhart).
The Musketeers doubled that in the home half to lead 9-4. Clay walked and a balk moved him up. Wallenhorst beat out bunt to short to put runners on the corners and swiped second. An out later, Metzger slugged a 2-run double to deep left. Rau hit a sinking liner for a hit to center and stole second. An out later, a wild pitch plated Metzger and Rau scored from third on a Bankey grounder into center.
Ada got its final tally in the fifth on a hit (Slade Downing), a hit batter (Steven Gray) — finishing Vetter and bringing in Alex Sealts (3 IPs, 1 BB, 4 Ks) — a 1-out walk and a sacrifice fly by Everhart.
The hosts made it 12-5 in the home half on a leadoff single (Bankey), a walk to Jared Hoersten, a hit to left by pinch-hitter Kyle Hellman and a force-out at second by pinch-hitter Austin Liebrecht.
Jennings accounted for the 13-5 tally in the bottom of the sixth. Connor Stechschulte doubled to left to lead it off, took third on an error off a Metzger grounder and scored as Rau singled up the gut.
Schwab still has some concerns going into the post-season.
"We didn't make a lot of errors today and we played pretty well there. We stayed focused," Schwab added. "We just have to eliminate the mistakes that cause our pitchers to have to throw extra pitches. Those are the ones that we struggle with."
Ada returns to the dirt tonight at home versus Jefferson: Jennings visits Continental Friday.
Seth Evans p 3-0-1-1, Kyle Lesh c/3b 1-0-0-0, Brayden Sautter ss 3-1-2-0, Connor English 1b 4-1-2-1, Slade Downing 2b 4-1-1-0, Steven Gray lf 2-0-0-0, Alex Nichelson ph 1-0-0-0, Cory Kellum 3b/c 4-1-1-0, Mason Klingler rf 2-0-0-0, Cort Everhart c/p 2-1-1-2, Caleb Garman cf 3-0-0-0. Totals 29-5-8-4.
Connor Wallenhorst cf 3-2-1-0, Ryan Hoersten ph/lf 1-0-0-0, Dylan Van Loo lf 3-2-1-1, Connor Stechschulte 1b 1-1-1-0, Mark Metzger ss 5-3-3-3, Ryan Rau 3b 4-1-2-2, Alex Vetter p 3-1-1-1, Alex Sealts p 1-0-0-0, Caleb Bankey rf 4-1-3-2, Jared Hoersten c 1-0-0-1, Josh Wittler 1b 2-0-0-0, Kyle Hellman ph/cf 2-0-1-0,
Bret Clay 2b 0-2-0-1, Austin Liebrecht ph/2b 1-0-0-1. Totals 31-13-13-12.
Score by Innings:
Ada 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 - 5
Ft. Jennings 4 1 4 2 1 1 x - 13
E: Everhart 2, J. Hoersten 2, Lesh, Kellum, Garman, Metzger; DP: Ada 1, Fort Jennings 1; LOB: Ada 7, Fort Jennings 13; 2B: Metzger 2, Stechschulte; SB: Sautter 3, English 3, Wallenhorst 2, Kellum, Everhart, Van Loo, Metzger, Rau; SF: Everhart, Bankey, J. Hoersten.
Evans (L) 3.0 7 9 6 4 2
Everhart 3.0 6 4 4 4 1
Vetter (W) 4.0 8 5 4 1 2
Sealts 3.0 0 0 0 1 4
Vetter pitched to 2 batters in the 5th
WP: Evans, Everhart; HBP: Gray (by A. Vetter), Wallenhorst (by Evans), J. Hoersten (by Evans); Balk: Evans, A. Vetter.


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This Morning's Perfect Party Dress Competition
FashionCapital was delighted to work in unison with ITV1's flagship daytime show and leading departmental store John Lewis on an exciting competition which was launched on the popular daytime TV show this autumn.
The Perfect Party dress has now come to an end with the public voting for their favourite dress out of the final three. A huge congratulations to Stephen Arthur whose stunning red, floor length dress won the public over and is now being produced in the Fashion Studio to be sold across selected John Lewis stores.
Take a look at the footage here:
Judging the competition were Amy Molyneaux & Percy Parker of fashion label PPQ; Jo Hooper, Head of Buying, Womenswear at John Lewis and This Morning's Fashion expert & stylist Faye Sawyer.
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To design a dress that fits well, and fits the brief of a party dress. It must make the wearer both look and feel good and appeal to a range of ages/sizes.
Affordability – the dress will need to follow the requirements to be mass produced and be appropriate for sale in high street retail store.
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Dear readers, this is where we last left off with regards my Clover trousers.
The "Hammer pants" or "Poop pants" as Roobeedoo fondly named them. Remember I had foolishly cut the lower leg rather narrow.…
Here follows the story of what happened next ….I'll let the pictures do the talking….
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Mindless Dribble is located on the large rounded buttress between the Red Slab and the Keyhole on the lower band of the Major Mass. Start by climbing up a steep 10-foot "chimney" onto a ledge. Once above the chimney climb another 10-foot wall using the corner and crack to the left of the corner. From here go slightly left towards a pine tree. Climb up this face using small face holds and a few larger ledges. Above this area you come to a slabby face with more small crimp holds. Climb the slab to a good-sized ledge about 25 feet from the top. Above this ledge there is a small overhung pocket. Traverse right about 10 feet to an easier crack/dihedral. Once above the dihedral you'll be on another ledge. From here either go straight up under a good sized "horn" or move back to the left and follow a crack up around the left side of the horn. The last move, regardless of your final approach, is a tricky mantel onto a block above the horn.
Top rope To set up the TR for this climb hike up the gully between the Major Mass and Minor Mass. Near the top of the gully (about 20 yards from the top) head west (left) and climb through a small saddle (4th class) and onto the upper-band ledge, a nice wide ledge used to access the upper band of the Major Mass (In Swartling's book this ledge is located above the area labeled "Angel's Traverse"). Continue west a few yards past the saddle, then turn left again to face south. You will see the top of a rounded buttress with lots of shrubs. If you step over a large fallen pine tree you've gone too far. This pine tree is laying down on the buttress you're looking for. Use two good sized trees and a nice crack to build your anchor. The anchor should hang directly south off the buttress. This is a nice long climb, so use a 60 meter rope.


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My parents had a Living Trust containing their home and Bank accounts. There are three equal benefisiaries.I have one brother and one sister and we were all named equally.In the year 2000,my parents were involved in an auto accident,killing my father and injuring my mother.My mother had previously suffered a small stroke which left her unable to make decisions on her own.We three siblings decided at that time,with Moms good graces,that she needed help in making decisions involving her health and finances.At that time,(after all life insurances payments) there was approximately $350,000.00 in the Bank and their home with an approximate $150,000.00 value. My mother also received a retirement check from the Federal Government each month(my Fathers Postal retirement)worth approximately $2700.00 monthly.
My brother volunteered to take care of the Financial portion of the Trust including paying the monthly bills, yearly taxes, medical bills,home care,and care in an assisted living facility.
Mom passed away in 2006 thus leaving the assets to we three siblings. Since Moms death, my brother has succeeded in spending all of the remainder of the bank account without my sister and my consent($150,000.00) plus he did not notify the Federal government to cancel the retirement payment.He kept receiving the funds which were auto deposit into the trust account.Needless to say,the Feds caught onto him and has made his life miserable ever since.I never thought that my brother would have done something like this to my sister and me.We evidently were quite stupid to trust him and to give him that power.
Since he broke the Bank account of the Trust,I have been paying all bills and taxes for the property(approximately 5 years). The home is the only item left in the Trust and is used as a summer get-a-way house for all of the family(except my brother).
My question to you is: What document do you have that will remove my brother as a beneficery to this living trust? My brother has agreed to being removed as a beneficery.Can this be done with just a Notary with his siginature?
Thanks you for your time.


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The residents' association in Sant Mateu d'Aubarca, a small village that forms part of the municipality of Sant Antoni de Portmany, organises a range of activities suitable for all to celebrate the feast of its patron saint. Highlights include the traditional payés dance, in which men invite women to dance accompanied to the sound of castanets, whilst two sonadors play the drum and the flute.
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Need more zombies in your life? Then feast your eyes on first trailer for Undead Nightmare, the upcoming Red Dead Redemption DLC pack from Rockstar Games.
If the trailer doesn't make things clear, Undead Nightmare features a single-player adventure that follows John Marston as he looks to find a cure for the zombie outbreak that has spread across the wild west. New screenshots were released yesterday.
The Undead Nightmare Pack also includes:
- 8 new multiplayer zombie characters
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Rockstar has yet to confirm a release date, however it's expected to hit sometime before the end of October. The Undead Nightmare Pack will cost $9.99 USD and will be available via the PSN.


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According to the organization Feeding America, 1 in 6 Americans don't have access to enough food and can skip many meals or go days without food. Groups around Los Angeles are making sure that one of those days is not Thanksgiving.
There are several locations in and around Los Angeles to donate your time and money to give families a good meal on Thanksgiving. Here are a few. Click on the links for more information.
Food on Foot in Hollywood is still looking for volunteers to help serve dinner from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. Volunteering requires a donation.
The Westside Food Bank is holding its First Annual Turkey Drive and hoping to collect enough money to buy 500 turkeys for those who can't buy their own. Each Turkey is $15 and you can donate online or form a team to raise money.
Union Station Homeless Services Dinner-In-the-Park in Pasadena continues its tradition of feeding homeless and low-income families. It's been called the "Biggest Potluck in the Nation" and in the past has served more 5,000 meals. Volunteers are needed during the event, but volunteers are especially needed for event preparation days before the event.
Westside Thanksgiving Community Dinner and Celebration in Santa Monica needs volunteers for Wednesday, Nov. 21 all day to help set up and also on Thanksgiving beginning at 6 a.m.
The Midnight Mission in downtown Los Angeles serves Thanksgiving dinner to 2,500 homeless or near homeless men and women and children every year. For information about volunteering or making donations, please contact the Mission's Public Affairs Coordinator Georgia Berkovich, 213-624-9258 ext. 1243.
Volunteer positions for Thanksgiving are full at the Los Angeles Mission, but signs up for Christmas dinner begin on Dec. 3.
If you know of more volunteer opportunities, please feel free to tell us about them in the comments below.
Yvonne Condes is the Editor and co-Founder of MomsLA.com, a community of Top Mom Bloggers in Los Angeles and Southern California.


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Starting a 501c3
With All The Need In The World, Why Isn't Everyone Starting a 501c3?
Have you ever wondered why more people aren't starting a 501c3? Since nonprofits are many times the entities in the world that do the greatest good, why are not more people involved with them? Many times when you hear a heartfelt story of something good that happened in the world, chances are a nonprofit is behind it. Then, why don't more people begin starting a 501c3 instead of working in the profit sector? Read on and I will share the reason.
Thousand around the world have great ideas and hard to do nonprofit work but many find that starting a 501c3 or finding a job in existing nonprofit is challenging. Finding work in existing nonprofits can be challenging simply because many nonprofits are underfunded. Those starting a 501c3 of their own are suddenly faced with three challenges that seem to dash their dreams. The biggest challenge is starting a 501c3 in an affordable manner, then learning to fund the nonprofit with a sustainable donor base, and gaining the knowledge for the continued successful operation of the nonprofit.
Starting a 501c3 Can Be Daunting
Starting a 501c3 from scratch can be a daunting task. In addition, information guiding an individual through the creation of a nonprofit is scarce. For many years after starting a nonprofit myself and having great success running it, friends, family and others repeatedly asked me for advice on how they too could easily start a nonprofit and and run it successfully.
I have concluded from years of helping individuals start a 501c3 of their own that many times the challenge of starting a 501c3 proves to be too difficult. Thus, fewer people start nonprofits simply because of the lack of help. That is a tragedy since the amount of work that is nonprofit related continues to grow at an alarming rate. Now more than ever are those drawn to nonprofit work needed.
Many become discouraged to quickly. From my own personal experience, when I tried to create anything worthwhile, I have been faced with challenges. I viewed the challenges as fuel to spur me on to success. Now when looking back at the challenges, at the good they created, they serve as constant reminders to never give up.
If something is important enough then nothing will deter a person's drive to succeed. Given the choice of creating something that is basically meaningless but yet easy to create, or starting a 501c3 that changes the world and is a monumental task, I will choose the latter every time.
Don't Lose Heart Starting a 501c3
Perhaps a fear of failure plague many who begin starting a nonprofit and are faced with challenges or influenced by non-supportive friends or colleagues. Disregard others if you want to change the world to be a better place. If you are one who is inspired to change the world through nonprofit work, I bid you join us in the quest. Nothing will thrill your soul more than helping those who cannot help themselves. There is quick and easy help in starting a 501c3 here on this web site at "How to Get Started." I would enjoy helping you in starting a 501c3 that changes the world.
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August 17, 2012 | Posted By: Adria Saracino | Categorized in: Finance, Tax Advice & Tips
If youre big on charitable giving, the likelihood is that you have a tendency to wonder where exactly it is that youre hard earned money is being spent. Its nice to know that the money youve donated is being allocated properly and that by giving you are making a difference.
If, like me, you do spend time before you donate researching the eventual destination of your money (in todays economically driven world its only natural to want to see a good return on your investment), then here are some tips on making sure your donation goes to those that need it most.
What to Look For: Where Your Money GoesAsk yourself whats important to you: education, outreach, awareness, treatment, or something else entirely? Be sure to familiarize yourself with your charitys mission statement and make sure its values are in line with yours.
Charities are required to file an annual reporting return with the IRS each year. It provides information on the organizations mission, programs and finances. You can get access to these on charity watchdog group websites (such as GuideStar, the American Institute of Philanthropy, and the Better Business Bureau), but theyre difficult to read.
To make it simple, these organizations developed a rating system. To get a good rating from these watchdog groups, a charity should not spend more than 35% of what it makes on salaries, administration and the cost of raising money.
Remember, fundraising costs money, look at a charity like you would invest in a business. Find out where the money goes and how effective the organization is with the money it raises. Make sure it is accomplishing the goals it set out to.
By making sure your chosen charity devotes a large percentage of its budget to the programs and services it claims to provide (and be sure to familiarize yourself with these, request literature and a copy of the charitys annual report), you can be satisfied that theyre having an impact in their area of interest.
The Global Poverty Project has an interesting blog on charitable giving and where your money goes, so for more information check it out.
Red FlagsA Lack of Transparency
Charities have an obligation to provide interested donors with detailed information. A reputable organization will define its mission and programs clearly, have measurable goals and use concrete criteria to describe its achievements. If you cant find this information on its website or that of a watchdog, its time to start worrying.
Reputable nonprofits dont use pressure tactics; it should be willing to send you information about its work or direct you to its website. Question phone solicitors or direct mail appeals which tell you nothing of the charity or offer vague explanations for spending your charitable dollars. Legitimate organizations will always take no for an answer. Trust your instincts on this one, if you have doubts about a charity, dont contribute to it.
Beware of gifts. Direct mail solicitations are often accompanied by greeting cards, address stickers, calendars, key rings or other gifts. These enclosed items can mean unnecessarily higher fundraising costs for the organization.
Tax Rebates
Donations to charity are tax-deductible expenses. These donations can reduce your taxable income and lower your tax bill.
To benefit, you will need to keep a record of all your contributions. For contributions under $250, records may be in the form of a bank record, cancelled check, or written communication from the charity. For all tax-deductible contributions of $250 or more, the IRS requires that you obtain a receipt from the charity (a cancelled check will not suffice).
Not all charities are eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions, so before you start researching those fundraising ideas, make sure you know that your charity of choice will help you earn money come tax season. Engaging in lobbying or political activity precludes a charity from receiving tax-deductible donations. Tax-exempt means the organization does not have to pay taxes. Tax-deductible means the donor can deduct contributions to the charity on their tax return.
Overall the best thing to do is make sure that you give to the organizations that work on the issues that you care about, that have the same values as you (in terms of how, where and why they work), and that they are accredited.
Additional ResourcesTips for Charitable Giving on a Budget
Save Money by Adopting a Shelter Dog
Giving Back the Right Way During the Holidays
Adria Saracino is a marketer and do-gooder. When not consulting on business strategy you can find her voluntouring or promoting charitable causes.
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The Boston College Golden Eagles picked off Jacory Harris four times and the Miami Hurricanes season ended with a disappointing 24-17 loss on Friday.
BC's Luke Kuechly ran an interception back for a touchdown and became Boston College's all-time tackles leader with 184. He broke his own record of 183, set last season.
Miami did get one victory on the day. They announced that head coach Al Golden had signed a four-year contract extension, squashing speculation that he would be leaving for Penn State and ensuring some form of stability following an unstable season.
BC quarterback Chase Rettig led way for Eagles, throwing two touchdown passes to Chris Pantale.
Lamar Miller had a 79-yard touchdown run for Miami, which was the longest carry by a Hurricane since 2000.
Harris' four interceptions tied a career-worst. A rough way to end his college career. The Canes finish the season 6-6 while the Eagles end up 4-8.
For more on Miami football, visit The 7th Floor. For more on Boston College football, visit BC Interruption.


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The Florida Derby is a great excuse to break out your favorite spring looks and hit the track in style. I always love shopping for new looks for big events, but I also have to stick to a budget when I hit the shops. So I've put together some fashion inspiration with a Miami vibe to help you dress for success at the races on any budget.
Our first outfit has a pair of seriously cool floral-patterned shoes as the focal point of the look:
The wedges are from Forever21 and are $30; these are complimented by an electric blue dress by Dorothy Perkins for $44, a fuscia bag for $25 from GiGi New York, an emerald belt at $25 from Fossil and is topped off by a pair of Aldo chandelier earrings for $12. This brings the entire cost of the look to $136 – not too shabby for an outfit that will definitely get you through lots of spring events!
Our next ensemble gets its inspiration from the Miami art scene: it's a little modern with some untraditional elements but still full of style:
Maxi dresses are a great option for the races, and I love the modern, geometric feel of this one from 2B Stores for $50. The wedge-heeled sandals are $44 from heels.com; the Dorothy Perkins clutch it $29; the cut-out cuff is $5 from Charlotte Russe; and the mod-inspired round sunglasses are $9 from 80sPurple.com. I think the perfect finish to this outfit would be a neon pink lip, and this Barry M version is only $7.39. All together, this look costs $144.39. Perfect!
Our third ensemble is built around the amazing skirt, which has jaguars and hibiscus flowers incorporated into the pattern. I need this skirt in real life and will probably order it.
The skirt, which is from LesPommettes.com, is $50; I paired it with a simple tank from American Eagle for $15 and added a statement gold double-strand necklace from Karma Loop for $22. The studded sandals are $30 from 2BStores.com, the Aldo purse is $40 and the two-tone sunglasses are $9.99 from CiciHot.com, bringing the cost of the entire look to $166.99.