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Global agencies like to think big but summing up the brand in 100 pages won't help people to get it
I'm part of a global business and we use a global agency. We have some of the best brand guidelines in the world, it's just a shame they run to 100 pages.
Interestingly, I used to work for one of the strongest global brands, and before I joined I wondered what made it so successful at being able to adopt strong brand principles across many regions and product lines. When I joined, one thing really struck me – its brand guidelines were on one page, not the inch-thick tome that other brands insist on.
I asked the group brand director how they managed to get by with only one page. He said it was because people "just got it". If you have a 100-page brand manual, people never really get to grips with what the brand is about. But when it is summed up on one page, people can understand what the brand stands for and it becomes part of their whole approach to their work. There is a lot to be said for keeping things simple.
Aside from that, another problem with a global agency is that it likes to do big, expensive global things. But most of the time we require the less glamorous but equally important low-key day-to-day things such as demand generation campaigns, collateral and sales enablement material – the things that the big boys don't want to get out of bed for.
So we need our own agencies that will work with the 100-page brand manual but produce the campaign activity to suit our local business demands. The problem is that this naturally leads you into a pool of agencies that do exactly what
they are asked.
My issue with that is that if I wanted just what I'd asked for, I wouldn't need an agency – I'd be able to do it myself.
I want agencies that will challenge me, that want to differentiate my brand and go beyond the brief. But this is often difficult, when you're working in the shadow of a mega-network agency.
So that is my challenge – to find an agency that 'gets' my brand, is happy to play second fiddle to the global boys but will go the extra mile for me. Oh – and do it for a mere pittance.
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Very nicely put. I definitely agree that from a strategic perspective, a concise set of brand guidelines can provide a more consistent structure for which to develop creative concepts. Our agency works with major brands to accomplish this very goal (on a global level). From there, it's just a matter of adapting the content in international markets to ensure the message is relevant and localized. Then, the question becomes more about who is managing the approval process of these concepts/messages before they are rolled-out to international markets (and is this process effective?). Do you have a moment to exchange thoughts?
...or even "localised"?! :-)


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In twelve provocative, state-of-the-art essays, leading scholars in political science explore the meaning of political leadership from the shifting, kaleidescopic perspectives of the leaders, institutions, goals, procedures, problems, and traditions involved. The approaches, as varied as the subject itself, coalesce around the central question of how leaders interact with, transform, or are controlled by the organizations they lead.
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Would sharing the result of my struggles to achieve an OOP based CRUD design strategy (through, say, an article) be worthwhile?
After over 200 posts to the Sitepoint site alone, and many hours of technical searches on OOP and CRUD (largely futile), book purchases and blind alleys; I've come up with a strategy that appears to serve as a general template beyond my specific application.
I'd like to share it to save others the struggle I've had -- BUT
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (June 24, 2014) – Rutgers' American Athletic Conference champions Corey Crawford (Oakland, N.J.) and sophomore Thomas Carr (Voorhees, N.J.) will be compete at USA Track & Field's Outdoor Nationals in Sacramento, California this weekend.
Both will compete on Sunday, June 29 with Carr going after the javelin title at noon (PST) and Crawford competing in the long jump at 12:15 p.m. (PST). The field events will be aired on USATF.tv.
Carr was the 2013 BIG EAST and 2014 American Athletic Conference champion in the javelin. This past outdoor season, he took sixth at the IC4A Championships at a distance of 64.49m (211' 7") and posted a personal best in taking second at Penn Relays at 71.51m (234' 7"). He entered the NCAA East Regional ranked 16th among Division I javelin throwers and 12th in the East Region.
Crawford is a two-time All-American in the long jump and was the first Scarlet Knight to receive Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year honors for both the indoor and outdoor season seasons by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). He was the NCAA runner-up during the indoor season and placed seventh at the outdoor championships at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon earlier this month.
Entering the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Crawford was seeded second and ranked eighth among his NCAA Division I competitors. He had broken the Rutgers school long jump record twice during the course of the outdoor season setting a new Rutgers benchmark with a leap of 7.91m (25' 11 ½") in capturing in the IC4A title.
Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships, Crawford posted a mark of 8.22m (26' 11 ¾") in the long jump, a distance that had topped NCAA charts, was tied for fifth in the world and tied for the best among all American jumpers during the indoor season.
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I made this recipe for an appetizer and now I am REQUIRED to bring to every Thanksgiving. The spice in the shrimp goes so well with the cool pineapple in the salsa. I often add Mango to the salsa as well.
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Day 1 in Haiti with the boys.... Building 2 houses in 4 days!!!!
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And he always thinks of others.
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Jennings Elementary Ron OlmsteadWednesday, March 24, 2010
Wrapping up March is Reading Month and other activities at Jennings Elementary in Quincy with Principal Ron Olmstead
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Healthcare and and the state's budget were in the focus with State Representative Ken Kurtz Monday morning.
The healthcare vote was the topic as Ken talked with 7th District Congresman Mark Schauer Thursday morning from Washington D.C.
The Chamber is planning a "Succession Planning" seminar as well as the annual Chamber Awards Dinner.
Senator Tom George of Kalamazoo is one of 5 Republican candidates for governor, and he joined Ken Friday to talk about his campaign.
The annual Community Health Center Gala is Saturday, March 20 at the Dearth Center in Coldwater. Mentalist and magician George Tait will be the headliner.
Saturday night, March 13, the musical revue "Not For Women Only" hits the Tibbits Opera House stage in Coldwater. Francesca Amari is one of the three ladies in the group.
The new Eby-Klein Youth and Family Center is open in the old Armory building in Coldwater. Director Dave Anderson joined Ken in the studio with details.
Nola baker of the Branch District library joined ken to talk about the upcoming presentation by author Bich Minh Nguyen at the Tibbits Opera House Monday, March 15 at 1 pm.
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so today we had a moving sale from my house. and it's kinda a bitter sweet moment for me because i mean we're moving completely out of the house that i grew up in, in 4 days. i mean i'll have no more attachment to hammonds plains apart from the fact that i go to school there. thats kinda sad and deep when you think of the fact that i've lived in that house for 12/14 years. so yeah i sold a whole bunch of shit i've had memories with, but that doesnt really matter. whats good is that it goes to good people who'll have good memories just like i did. so yeah. good adventures. ps if theres anyone in hp who would like to adopt me or put me up in their shed for free or something along those lines, hmu


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Double Down down the hatch
KFC's breadless chicken sandwich debuts: Reviewers are underwhelmed but the paper sleeve it comes in gets a rave review.
The Double Down -- KFC's version of "think outside the bun" -- made its nationwide debut today with much fanfare and uproar -- so much sodium and fat!
So, how did it go?
You've heard the buzz: For $4.99 or thereabouts, depending on where you live, the Double Down is two fried chicken fillets with two bacon slices, two slices of cheese and a mayonnaisey Colonel's Sauce in between. No bread. It's 540 calories (same as a Big Mac), according to KFC (460 for the grilled chicken version), but about half the daily allowance of saturated fat, and nearly an entire daily allowance of sodium. The grilled version has even more salt.
New York Times food critic Sam Sifton, posting at the Diner's Journal blog, was far from impressed, actually somewhat repulsed: "The chicken is watery within its soft casing of 'crust,' the cheese familiar to anyone who has eaten food prepared by the United States government, the bacon chemical in its smokiness, the mayonnaise sauce tangy, salty and sweet, all at once. . . . It is, in all, a disgusting meal, a must-to-avoid."
Near Cleveland, Beau Cadiyo tweeted his experience for The Cleveland Sandwich Board blog: Some of his tweets:
- "First bite: salty. Moist. Salty."
- "Second bite amazingly salty. Breading falling off of one piece of chicken from the grease. It's soaked through the wax paper."
Cadiyo did predict that the wax-paper sleeve "will be the most important advance in Sandwich Science™ this year."
From Arthur Bovino at Always Hungry: The two bacon slices and other fillings were dwarfed by the fowl. "Each fried chicken breast (crisp on the edges, a softer fry elsewhere), is almost ¾ of an inch thick. That's a lot of chicken -- the bacon and cheese kind of get lost."
Another common comment addressed the difficulty of eating this thing: "The sandwich slides apart because of the cheese and sauce in the middle. Maybe KFC should have thrown a spork in the bag," Olivia Hubert-Allen suggested at HamptonRoads.com after her taste test.
At the Village Voice's Fork in the Road blog, the Double Down earned two of out five possible blechs.
Something about this sandwich doesn't sit quite right, and we're not referring to post-consumption. (I made lunch at home before I remembered that the breadless KFC creation became available today. Plus I avoid eating stuff like that.)
- Bing: Healthiest fast food
Here's the thing: Restaurants have been promoting healthier fare -- a trend that's likely to grow once chains are required by newly passed health care reform to post calorie counts.
KFC has been trumpeting its new grilled chicken -- fewer calories and less fat than the old standby. "But the Double Down seems to fly in the face of that," says an article at QSR Web. (QSR stands for quick-service restaurant.)
What's your take? Is this a value meal, in that you're getting what you pay for? Have you tried it? If so, what do you think?
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↳Women of Marvel (8/10): Thundra
Powers and Abilities: Incredible superhuman strength, pain-resistance, and immensely heightened senses, speed, and reflexes. Her weapon of choice is a large chain, with which she is highly skilled.
Background: Thundra is from a 23rd century future, where an alternate earth is called Femzonia and is entirely run by women warriors. Thundra came to the 20th century Earth in order to fight the Thing, but ended up switching sides and fighting alongside the Fantastic Four. She has fought on Earth many times since, including as part of the Lady Liberators alongside Sue Storm, Valkyrie, Jennifer Walters, and Jazinda.
Why you should love her: While her strength, determination, and fighting abilities are super impressive, the thing I love most about Thundra is her humor. She always has a joke for any situation, including being able to poke fun at herself.
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I began taking Lipitor on its first day of availability and have eagerly awaited the generic version. I'm on a 40mg dose and buy the 80mg tablet and "pill split". Until about 6 mo ago I was paying about $125 every 60 for 30 tablets (I am self employed without perscription coverage outside of a perscription discount card). The price rose to just about $150 as the generic availability date approached. Wasn't I surprised when I went to my pharmacist in early December, armed with my new "Lipitor Card", to find out that the generic version would cost me $162.50. I paid $112 for Lipitor based on the card – clearly "aggressive business pracitices" is an understatement! Looking forward to the expiration of the 6 month window…
Went to my pharmacist tonight to pick up my prescription for Lipitor. They gave me the new generic. I don't want the generic. I don't like taking statins and I barely tolerate Lipitor and don't want to change anything. I've been paying $4/month for Lipitor for the last 10 months and suddenly it's $152. My costs tonight would have been $67 with my insurance. I REFUSED to buy it. I'm NOT paying $67 for something I paid $4 for last night. I challenge all Lipitor users to do the same!
Why switch from simvastatin to lipitor if you are taking less than 20mg per day? Simvastatin is associated with lower incidence of Parkinsons and Alzheimers in a study of eterans taking statin drugs, but not lipitor or other statins. Higher doses of Simvastatin are not recommended..
As long as we forbid Medicare Insurance to bid on a drug formulary and use it's economy of scale to lower drug prices down to what the rest of the world pays for their medicines you can fuggetaboutit, high prices are here to stay. In addition, the tens of billions of government taxpayer subsidies we pour into the non competitive non capitalistic 1200 private subsidized drug formularies under Part D Medicare will continue to prove fruitless in lowering drug prices due to lack of capitalistic competition among the insurance corporations and drug subsidiaries which run these Part D subsidized Medicare formularies. A fleecing of the public and elderly is what we've got goin on here. Low prices, no way!
was prercribed this generic form in place vytorin . doctor knew I that am extremely allergic to Lipitor year 2000.
Received my $4 co pay card and thought, great. Went to use my $4 co pay card and was told my primary would not kick in with it so I would be paying more out of pocket with it????
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Lotus Tee
Wide-neck tee with intarsia, embroidery and stranded colorwork. Cable decreases shape armholes, sleeve caps and neckline; with short-row shoulders and I-cord trim. Shown Nirvana 3-ply "twig".
Finished Size 32 (36, 40, 44, 48)" chest circumference. Sweater shown measures 36", worn over a 36" bust.
Yarn Sunday Knits Nirvana 3-ply twig, espresso, charcoal or earth: 5 (6, 7, 7, 8) 50-gm skeins, plus 1 20-gm skein each of: Nirvana berry, cedar and wren; Eden curry and rose; and Angelic tomato
Gauge 26 sts and 35 rows = 4" in stockinette stitch
Skills needed: reading charts, stranded color work, intarsia, cables (for cable decreaes), short rows, grafting, I-cord, embroidery
The pattern has been available only as a kit, but will soon be available as a pattern too.


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November 2012 enhancements to the WorldShare Platform
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Zooniversity is the Teaching Zoo that Comes to You!
Zooniversity is a traveling wildlife education company that introduces children and adults to the fascinating world of animals. Each year we deliver hundreds of conservation-based programs at schools, libraries, churches, scouts, community and corporate events and private parties throughout Texas, surrounding states, and the entire United States.
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Professional wildlife educators will introduce you to our amazing animal ambassadors — all non-releasable wildlife or displaced exotic "pets," who now have a permanent home with Zooniversity. Our wildlife programs are all carefully crafted to educate, as well as to entertain. And with more than 50 species of animals to choose from, you're sure to have more than one favorite. Zooniversity is setting the standard in wildlife ed-zoo-cation!
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Does it mean something when a guy strokes your cheek?
this happend twice (with 2 different guys) just recentlyok once I was out for dinner with friends and a friend said: we are somehow like smurfs...and then she said to me that I am tha baby smurf (because I am the youngest) and a male friend was sitting next to me and he was like "aww" and stroke my cheek and then I was in work and a colleague said "your cheeks are so cute" and stroke my cheeks...does it mean somethin?
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Stroking the cheek of infants will get them suckling.It may be that stroking your cheek is an instinctual effort to arouse a little passion. But don't read too much into everything sometimes a pat is just a pat.
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Our mission at Soul Reborn is to help the helpless by giving back throughout the year to selected charities and NGO's that focus on effective poverty relief. We specifically target clean water and hunger relief projects, as well as other opportunities that impact poverty in our local community.
One of the most exciting breakthroughs in fighting hunger has been the use of peanut butter Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods (RUTFs) for treating Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in children. These at-home nutritional supplements can save children who are on the brink of death, and bring them back to full nutritional health in as little as 6 weeks, without hospitalization or the limitations of lacking clean water that are typically required for traditional dry milk based RUTFs. PB RUTFs have seen such incredible success in the field, we specifically choose charities that use them.
Thirst Relief International is a water development organization working to improve access to safe water in nine countries worldwide. Founded in 2005, Thirst Relief works with its implementing partners to launch and sustain water projects in impoverished rural areas and urban slum communities. By providing infrastructure development, training, and financial and technical resources to our partners, we are helping thousands of people each year improve their health through safe drinking water.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following clean water well and filtration projects:
The following areas were impacted: India, Haiti, Uganda, Kenya, Brazil
Thirst Relief International
Project Peanut Butter serves hundreds of thousands of malnourished children. The strategy is to feed PB RUTFs to children, where 95% recover, compared to only 25%-40% with traditional treatments.
One unique aspect to the organization's work is that the Chiponde is produced within the local country where it is served, using as many local ingredients as possible, helping sustain the local economy.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: (84) treatments/lives saved with Peanut Butter based RUTFs (Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods) for treating SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)
The following areas were impacted: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Ghana
Project Peanut Butter
Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) is dedicated to saving the lives of Haiti's malnourished children and other nutritionally vulnerable people.
We accomplish our mission by developing, producing, and distributing highly nutritious foods, including the gold-standard Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF). We make our food products in Haiti, using Haitian workers and, whenever possible, Haitian raw materials. Haitians call our RUTF "Medika Mamba" — or "Peanut Butter Medicine" in Creole.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: Peanut Butter based RUTFs (Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods) for treating SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)
The following areas were impacted: Haiti
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Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.
By giving families a hand-up, not just a handout, we empower them to turn hunger and poverty into hope and prosperity, but our approach is more than that. By bringing communities together and linking them with markets in their area, we help bring sustainable agriculture and commerce to areas with a long history of poverty.
Our animals don't just provide project partners with a reliable source of food, but also a reliable source of income. Extra agricultural products, such as milk from cows or goats, honey from bees or eggs from chickens, can be both shared within the community and sold at market. This new income, coupled with the training in sustainable practices that our partners receive, allows partners to clothe their families, provide them with medical care and send their children to school.
Soul Reborn donations were given for: (2) Heifer Cows, (2) goats and (1) flock of chicks
Heifer International
Reflect Ministries is active in a variety of programs and events as we move through the year. During the school year we are busy doing Kid's Bible Club, Breakfast Programs, one-on-one ministry, and meeting needs as we become aware of them. During Christmas and Spring Break we have more time with the kids and will give Christmas gifts, run special events, and programs. Summer picks up the pace with VBS and Youth Camps.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: (4) weekly breakfast outreaches that feed around 200 children each Saturday.
The following areas were impacted: Zona Norte, Tijuana, Mexico
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Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger.
Through the assistance of local and national food assistance programs, Feeding America is able to provide nutritious, fresh foods to Americans struggling with hunger; safe and nurturing places for children to have a meal; emergency assistance for disaster victims; as well as a chance at self-sufficiency for adults trying to break the cycle of poverty and hunger.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: (6000) meals for impoverished families.
The following areas were impacted: USA
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in 190 countries and territories to save and improve children's lives, providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more. The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy, and education in the United States. Together, we are working toward the day when ZERO children die from preventable causes and every child has a safe and healthy childhood.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: (9) regimens of Peanut Butter based RUTFs (Ready to Use Therapeutic Foods) for treating SAM (Severe Acute Malnutrition)
The following areas were impacted: Niger
The Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in San Diego County. Last year, the Food Bank distributed more than 20 million pounds of food, and the Food Bank served, on average, more than 350,000 people per month in San Diego County.
The Food Bank receives food from the USDA, food manufacturers, food retailers, the agricultural sector, food drives, and through financial contributions that enable us to purchase protein-rich foods, fresh produce, and dry staple foods such as beans, oatmeal, and rice. We also benefit from the generosity of over 16,000 volunteers annually that help to sort and distribute donated and purchased food products.
The Food Bank works to acquire, store, organize, and distribute food through a network of over 350 nonprofit partner organizations that include food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless and residential shelters, youth programs, senior centers, and low-income daycare centers in communities throughout San Diego County. The Food Bank also distributes food directly to those in need at over 150 distribution sites throughout the county.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: (1650) meals for impoverished families.
The following areas were impacted: San Diego
San Diego Food Bank
The San Diego Rescue Mission believes in the inherent worth of every homeless man, woman, and child.
Our mission is to spread the good news of salvation through Christ by serving the needs of the poor, addicted, abused, and homeless, thus improving the quality of their lives.
Our programs provide the rehabilitation and discipleship that allow us to achieve this mission, leading to positive, lasting change – and creating better lives for those we serve, their families, and the community as a whole.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: Food, clothing, shelter for the homeless.
The following areas were impacted: San Diego
San Diego Rescue Mission
Deep Springs' mission is to improve life in developing countries by identifying and encouraging the use of affordable water purification systems, teaching the importance of proper household water treatment, and creating new business opportunities for local people.
The Deep Springs solution is a simple locally produced 5 gallon bucket with lid and tap and locally produced liquid chlorine product called Gadyen Dlo ("water guardian" in Haitian Creole). With just a capful of this product, a family can purify water from any source, and guarantee that it is clean and safe in the cup (not just in the well or spring).
Using a simple and affordable chlorine system, we empower individuals to provide safe water to their communities as a sustainable business.
Soul Reborn donations were given for the following: Water Purification.
The following areas were impacted: Haiti
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Good Afternoon!
Another system tracks more scattered wet weather across the region today.
This afternoon numerous showers likely with high cooler highs in the mid 50s--turning to a chance of rain by late afternoon and evening.
Our scattered wet weather continues through Friday before a drier Easter weekend ahead.
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- drowsy
- half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: drowsing(a), dozy]
- showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: oscitant, yawning(a)] [also: drowsiest, drowsier]
- drowsier
See drowsy
- Drowsy \Drow"sy\, a. [Compar. Drowsier; superl. Drowsiest.]
- Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. ``When I am drowsy.'' --Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. --Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. --Lowell.
- Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. --Tennyson.
- Dull; stupid. `` Drowsy reasoning.'' --Atterbury. Syn: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Drowsier'
Somnolence (or "drowsiness") is a state of near-sleep, a strong desire for sleep, or sleeping for unusually long periods (cf. hypersomnia). It has two distinct meanings, referring both to the usual state preceding falling asleep, and the chronic condition referring to being in that state independent of a circadian rhythm. The disorder characterized by the latter condition is most commonly associated with the use of prescription medications such as mirtazapine or zolpidem. Somnolence goes back to the Latin "somnus" meaning "sleep."
Sleepiness can be dangerous when performing tasks that require constant concentration, such as driving a vehicle. When a person is sufficiently fatigued, he or she may experience microsleeps.
The human body can become sleepy in response to infection.[See more about Drowsier at Dictionary 3.0 Encyclopedia]


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It's not just our waistlines that are bursting at the seems...the cost of obesity is also breaking up our pocketbooks. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control. Now that researchers have compared dollar signs with pounds and found that Americans can attribute a whopping $75 billion to obesity related medical expenses in the U.S. last year.
So, why are Americans fatter than ever? The leading theory is that too many of us are eating super-sized portions of fatty, processed foods and still not getting enough exercise.
Dr. Denise Bruner, a bariatrician, puts it bluntly saying if not for yourself, at least cut back for your kids. "We're seeing children at age five who are diabetics, when it was unheard of 30 years ago for a child to have diabetes related to his being overweight." According to Dr. Bruner, parents are in denial, because they tend to assume that a pleasantly plump child will slim down with age and forget there can be serious health threats along the way.
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Robert Scoble, otherwise known as The Scobleizer, paid a visit to the folks of Qik. If you're not familiar with Qik they stream video recorded from a phone live to the Web. It's all software based and currently supports a variety of phones (you can check them out here). They've been hard at work building an iPhone compatible version. Although it hasn't show up in the app store just yet it's due any day now as demonstrated by the above video from Scoble, which is recorded using the Qik software on an un-Jailbroken phone (aka App installed).
If you're thinking 'the iPhone doesn't do video', well, you're partially right. The OS on the iPhone doesn't have a video recorder, but since you're essentially looking at video when you take a pic it is, or was, just a question of building a work around, which is what the brilliant folks at Qik have done.
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MARTIN COUNTY -- The Martin County Commission is looking for fresh faces on their neighborhood advisory committees, along with new ideas on what how each committee should be put together.
Currently, between seven and nine residents sit on a committee that represents one of the seven redevelopment areas in the county.
"The commissioners want community input into how these committees," said Kevin Freeman, the community development director for Martin County. "Even the number of people that sit on the committee is up for discussion."
These committees are important because each one brings that area's individual needs to the attention of the county.
"We are trying to determine how to maintain each area's individuality," Mr. Freeman said. "That's important, because each one has priorities for projects that are different from the others."
To help educate the residents on what the county is looking for, a number of workshops have been set up around Martin County by the community redevelopment department.
"This is a great opportunity to get out and have a voice," Mr. Freeman said. "It's not mandatory they have to get up and speak, they are just invited to come and learn more about it."
On March 18, a workshop will be held at 6 p.m. at the Palm City Community Center, 2701 S.W. Cornell Ave., in Palm City.
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TextExpander, POSIX paths, and forgetfulness
January 12th, 2013 at 11:23 pm by Dr. Drang
It's not uncommon for me to be working in the Terminal and want to insert the directory path of the topmost Finder window into a command. Maybe I want to
cd into it; maybe I want to copy a file to it from the directory I'm currently working in. Whatever the reason, it comes up fairly often. You can, of course, drag the little icon in the Finder window's titlebar into the Terminal window to insert the path, but that means switching apps and moving your hand to the mouse or trackpad. I'd rather not do that.
On Friday afternoon, I found myself doing this three or four times and got fed up with it. This, I thought, is a perfect spot for an AppleScript-powered TextExpander snippet. So I opened up the AppleScript Editor and began experimenting. I soon had a one-liner that returned the quoted path to the directory shown in the topmost Finder window:
tell application "Finder" to get quoted form of POSIX path of (target of front Finder window as text)
The key is to say that you want the
target of the front Finder window and convert it to text. That returns an Apple-style, colon-separated path, which can be changed into a Unix-style, slash-separated path with the
POSIX path of operator.
I copied the script from the AppleScript Editor window and opened TextExpander to make a new snippet. This is what I found:
I'd already made the snippet and given it a pretty reasonable abbreviation of
;dir. While it was nice to see that I came up with almost the same script that I had before,1 it would have been even nicer to have remembered that I'd already written it.
How long ago did I write this snippet? I searched through the blog and couldn't find it. Did I copy it from someone else? A Google search found this page of tweets favorited by Kevin Clark (@ultgames). And the tweet he favorited that had the snippet's code in it was mine:
Helpful (to me) AppleScript @TextExpander snippet:
tell application "Finder" to get POSIX path of (target of front Finder window as text)
— Dr. Drang (@drdrang) Thu Sep 1 2011 1:00 PM CDT
So apparently I didn't copy it. Or if I did, I forgot who I copied it from.
My guess is that I came up with the snippet after a day like Friday where I kept needing to insert the path to the current Finder window. And I probably forgot about it because I didn't need it again until weeks or months had passed. Or I just forgot about it because that's what I do. With luck, writing this little post will help me remember it the next time I need it.
The new one was better because it quoted the path, avoiding problems with spaces and other characters that the shell treats as special. ↩
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Mike Solin says:
Wow, this is great. Thanks! I find myself needing to do the same all the time, but I didn't know about the trick of dragging the icon from the title bar into the Terminal window.
I think this is what will finally convince me to purchase TextExpander. Thanks again for the script!
Jasker says:
I am but a simple user of Quicksilver and a downright newb at AppleScript, and seized your script to do this:
try tell application "Finder" to get quoted form of POSIX path of (target of front Finder window as text) tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to the result end try
Now I hit Command twice (my years old Quicksilver trigger) and type Path, then return. Then sitting in my clipboard, where I like it, is your well constructed path. Plus it doesn't go wrong if I trigger it without any Finder windows open by mistake.
Thanks Doc.
John says:
You're the inverse of a politician. Appreciate the useful snippet, again.
Clark says:
I put up a few of my bash_profile functions that do something similar. It's not a macro and I can see the appeal of that. But since 90% of the time I'm just cding to the directory this works well. I have a cdf command that goes to the front Finder window's directory. I have a selected command that passes the selected icons. (With some caveats due to a bug of Apple's - see the comments)
Tom Phillips says:
Wow, fantastic. Really useful. Thanks, Dr Drang!
Neal Lippman says:
Great idea; very handy. It's amazing how useful little time savers like this can be!
I modified your script just a bit, because as written if there are no Finder windows open, TextExpander actually inserts the entire tell command, so I am using:
tell application "Finder" if (the count of windows) is equal to 0 then tell application "System Events" to beep return "" else return the quoted form of POSIX path of (target of front window as text) end end tell
I haven't played around with dealing with what happens if you use multiple desktops (or spaces, I cannot remember what Mountain Lion is calling them these days) and you have Finder windows open in more than one of them. Do you want the inserted folder to be the top of all Finder windows, or the top of the windows on the current desktop? I'm not yet sure how to use AppleScript to figure that out, anyway.
ckunte says:
Under System Preferences → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → Services → Files and Folders, there are a couple of options, viz., New Terminal at Folder and _New Terminal Tab at Folder_ (only in Montain Lion, as I understand). When enabled, they appear in the context menu. Either on its own, or in combination with your script (thanks!), this seems to work well for me.
In zsh shell, together with
steeeftheme, I have stopped using cd as a command. Instead, I just type
Documentsand press enter, and it does
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Rodriguez files lawsuit to stop 2014 season ban
Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees works out on the field before the game against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 27, 2013 in Houston, Texas
The 42-page filing in US District Court in Manhattan claims arbitrator Fredric Horowitz showed partiality in only trimming what had been a 211-game ban to 162 games plus playoffs, suspending the sport's highest-paid player for the entire 2014 season.
The ban is still the longest doping-related suspension in major league history, longer than the 12 players who admitted wrongdoing in the Biogenesis doping scandal because Major League Baseball said Rodriguez took steps to impede the investigation into his use of banned substances.
Rodriguez also says the Major League Baseball Players Association did not fairly represent him in the arbitration process, which both the union and the league say is the final word on the matter based on the union agreement with club owners.
In November, Rodriguez stormed out of an arbitration session, unhappy that Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig did not have to appear to support the league's investigation findings and procedures, including evidence and testimony from Biogenesis director Anthony Bosch, whose credibility Rodriguez has challenged.
Rodriguez's lawsuit claims Selig violated terms of the union deal in his pursuit of the player, which "A-Rod" says was aimed to bring him down to boost the sport's anti-doping reputation.
Earlier Monday, a federal judge ruled that Rodriguez could not file the lawsuit challenging the ruling by Horowitz and keep portions of the ruling private.
Rodriguez' attorneys wanted to do that to avoid running foul of confidentiality clauses in the union's collective bargaining agreement.
Horowitz's ruling is believed to touch upon evidence that could detail years of doping by Rodriguez.
The filing came less than 24 hours after the chief witness against Rodriguez, Bosch, was interviewed by CBS News for the program "60 Minutes."
Bosch said Rodriguez used multiple banned performance-enhancing drugs that Bosch provided him.
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Released on PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, the RPG is a remarkable piece of storytelling and game play. The enemies are interesting and challenging and the way you interact with the world is truly exceptional. Unlike most games these days, playing DA isn't a short 8 hour experience. This is a massive game and will take over 40 hours to complete. The result, is highly satisfying and completely depends on the decisions you make as a player along the way. The story is set in the land of Fereldan, a very Lord of the Rings like place, were an evil force known as The Darkspawn are making preparations for an all out invasion. You become a member of the Grey Wardens, a group of protectors that have been fighting the Darkspawn for thousands of years. After tragic events occur it is up to you to unite the different races of the land to fight under your banner and together stop the Darkspawn by killing their leader. There are four main factions you need to win over before you can engage in the final war. For each there is a long series of quests that will have you crawling dungeons and beating back everything from Ogres to Werewolves. If you have ever played Baldurs Gate II or a similar RPG, you will very familiar with how this game works. However, like other Bioware games, it is the little differences and innovations that make the game exceptional. The first thing you will notice is that the game unfolds unlike most RPGs. The story isn't linear, as such, but gives you more choice as to how to go about getting the tasks down. They still lead to the same general story progression but depending what you decide to do and how other characters feel about you, the story can take very different twists and turns.
When having conversations with other characters, you are presented with a variety of responses and how you respond determines the outcome. You can choose to be pure and wholesome or be a nasty evil-doer and the people around you will react accordingly. You want to get your party members to like you though as the more they like you the more skills are unlocked for use by your main character.The strange thing about this game is that you become rather emotionally invested in the characters in your party. I played the game through to the end as an Elf female mage (I always play female characters in games, I guess I just like chicks that kick butt). As you move further into the story, the other Grey Warden in your party, Alistair, reveals secrets about his past that sets him on a path that may see him leading the armies against the Darkspawn. (I am trying to be as vague as possible here, to not give away the story).
As the game went on, my character was liked more and more by Alistair and I thought it would be really nice if the two ended up together at the end of the story in a "happily ever after" scenario, so I started choosing answers to push that agenda. When he broke up with me on the night of the final battle I was horrified but that is what is so brilliant about Dragon Age. The choices I made along the way, determined what would happen. I may have been pushing for the two to end up together but I pushed a little too hard and he didn't like that too much. It was hilarious that I was getting dumped by a video game character and I was actually feeling kind of sad about it. That is how invested you become.The game play is squad based combat. You can pause the game at any time and tell each character what you want them to do. You have four characters in the party at any given time and you need to be very careful about who you choose to take along.
A warrior is essential in any group make up, one that can use a sword and shield. You will send him in and let everything beat on him. He is not invincible though so you will need to have a healer. Mages can be damage dealers or healers so you need to have at least one mage in your party. It's a good idea to have a damage dealing mage as well since they have some of the most powerful attacks in the game and can attack from range. The last person in your party can be pretty much any damage dealing class.
At first I went with three mages, and then I replaced one with a melee rogue, then a two handed weapon warrior and finally settled on a rogue archer. The rogue archer was a little weak at first but became quite a useful character as the game went on. Only rogues can pick locks and there are plenty of chests you come across that only they can open. Also, in the final battle, I found having a rogue in the party made it extremely easy, I won't say why though. I don't want to ruin your fun.While the game was exceptional in many respects, it did have its mediocre elements too. Some of the voice acting is pretty bad, the story can get a little cliché and predictable at times and some of the dungeons got tiresome now and then. However, the good far outweighed the bad. The story is far more involved than a simple "go here and kill this and come back" that you get in many RPGs. The story is more complex than I first thought it would be and the ending was surprising and unexpected.
This isn't a game that relies on cut scenes but it does have a few here and there. The cut scenes are done well and have a very Lord of the Rings feel to them. The environments are beautifully detailed and the graphics, on a whole, are excellent. The Xbox and Playstation 3 ports are surprisingly easy to play, although I finished it on PC.
Another complaint I would probably aim at the game is that there just weren't enough gear upgrades as you went through. Most of the things that dropped from monsters or chests seemed to be geared toward melee classes. My mages were still wearing some of the same gear they started the game with when I killed the final boss. There are a few pieces here and there on vendors that are great but the cost of buying them is very expensive.
One piece of advice when playing this through is to use your professions well and think about how you want your characters to develop as you go through the game. Each time you level, you are given a few attribute points to spend and can choose a new skill. Give some thought as to how you want to spend them as once spent, you can't unspend them and you may find you want a useful skill later on that you just can't get to because you don't have enough levels left before the end of the game. Of all the professions you can choose, make sure you, at the very least, have someone to make potions. Having to buy your own potions will get very expensive fast and you need potions to survive. Dragon Age: Origins is one of the better RPGs to come out in recent years. It isn't perfect but it is in keeping with Bioware games of the past and is their best yet. The story is complex and fulfilling to play but most of all, it's a load of fun. This is a game you will have to dedicate a lot of time to playing but even once you finish it, you can play it all over again as a character from another race or simply make different decisions to see an entirely different outcome. It is well worth picking up, especially for sword and sorcery RPG fans or those that loved Baldurs Gate.
Review: Fitbit Flex Wearable Fitness Tracker
Testing Fitbit's wrist-band wearable fitness tracker over the past couple of weeks has been an interesting experiment that sees me wanting to continue the tracking and reaching the daily 10,000 steps goal - but I wish it also told the time.
Review: HTC's $312 Desire 610 Delivers Power, Big Screen + Value
HTC's new mid-range Desire 610 that has gone on sale at Telstra this week sees the return of the Desire brand back onto retail shelves in Australia. This device packs a big screen, plenty of power and is afforable.
REVIEW: New LG G3 A 5/5 Android Smartphone
The smartphone is cluttered with major technology Companies such as Google, Samsung, Apple, Sony and Microsoft spruiking a host of new offerings, so it was refreshing to get our hands on the new G3 which is a very impressive smartphone.
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"Practice is going good," said Coleman. "The team looks good and I feel good about the season.
"We are going to be a young team, but we have a lot of talent. Everybody is working hard to get ready."
As a senior, Ladarius is ready to step up and lead the younger guys to victory.
"I am going to be playing outside this year where I can make more of an impact," said Coleman. "I am used to playing inside at three technique, but I am learning to play outside now.
"I like it. I feel like I can really help the team."
Ladarius believes he has the skill set and work ethic to help a team on the college level as well. He is banking on a strong senior campaign to elevate his stock as a college prospect.
"I have an offer from Arkansas State and a few other schools are showing me interest," said Coleman. "LSU seems to really like me.
"They are coming to see me in October. They said they want to see me and check out my grades and all of that."
The Mississippi Gulf Coast product is prepared to wait out the process and see what options come his way.
"I am ready to show people what I can do," said Ladarius. "I am going to work hard this year and then see what all offers I get before I make a decision."


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For those few that follow me, I am abandoning this modblog for another one that I can use as my base of operations from now on and like and follow people with. Find it here! http://iamapplebloom.tumblr.com/
My friend http://defcarrot.tumblr.com/ 's avatar has a habit of being around or even watching whenever I bathe. What a creeper~ o3o
When you're playing Line Play and see an especially well done avatar or home and want to send them a heart.
Aww, aint that cute.
My friend made me a Slender Man plush for Xmas and I started taking photos with it all over the place.
So we had a surprise birthday party for a friend of mine at their church and I was told to "draw an 18 on the board!". I drew this instead.
Long time, y'all.
Yes, it HAS been a long time since the last update! What IS up with that? Well things have been very busy on the homefront and since the magical tablet has gone kaput, this blog has been put on hold. A new one is in the works soon, but if you need your fix of Applebloomy goodness, why not check out my new side blog, now open for commissions? If you ever felt the need to get a fridge magnet of your favorite MLP character or OC or even Pokemon, you might want to check it out! There are already plenty of examples up and more on the way!
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MLB PLayoffs
Carpenter Subs for Beltran, Boosts Birds to 3-1 Win
Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer after subbing for an injured Carlos Beltran and the St. Louis Cardinals chased Matt Cain before a 3½ hour rain delay.
Beltran, Freese Hit 2-run HRs, Cards Beat Giants
The wild-card Cardinals took an early 6-0 lead and made it stand up. After starter Lance Lynn struggled, the St. Louis bullpen delivered with 5 1-3 scoreless innings.
Sports On a Sunday: John Mozeliak, Kevin Demoff and Dan McLaughlin
Ron Jacober chats with Cardinals FSN Play-by-Play broadcaster Dan McLaughlin to talk about the upcoming Cardinals series against the Giants in the NLCS. Kevin Demoff, Rams executive vice president joins Ron as he does every […]
Giants Won't Add Reinstated OF Melky Cabrera
Cabrera has been reinstated after serving a 50-game suspension, but will not be part of the Giants' roster when the begin NLCS against the Cardinals on Sunday.
Giants Name Bumgarner NLCS Game 1 Starter
The 23-year-old first round pick in 2007 lost twice to the Redbirds in May and August, but posted a 10-3 record with a 2.38 ERA in 15 starts at AT&T Park during the regular season.
Cardinals Win on Largest Comeback in Postseason History
The defending World Series champion Cardinals got a tying two-out, two-run single from Daniel Descalso and a go-ahead two-run single from Pete Kozma in the ninth inning.


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"After a very busy season and another successful Alfred Dunhill Links Championship the course is still in fantastic condition and we want to give visiting golfers as much chance to enjoy it as possible," said Stuart McEwan, general manager at Kingsbarns.
"2010 has been a tremendous year for Kingsbarns. We have celebrated the 10th anniversary of the course opening, hosted the Open Championship Local Final Qualifying and attracted greater numbers of visiting golfers. We want to keep the momentum going before the regular winter break."
Actor Andy Garcia, who competed in the Dunhill Links Pro-Am, said Kingsbarns felt like the coastal courses of California. I'd agree with the assessment, as Kingsbarns is certainly a manufactured, modernly-built course that is far different from the traditional links around it.
If I recall one thing about the course, it's that the greens are very severely undulated and much tougher to putt than the Old Course, or really any greens I can recall on the U.K.'s coast. The course was built with phenomenal coastal views in mind, and it certainly succeeds there. It's as picturesque of a course as there is in Scotland.
The original six courses of the St. Andrews Links Trust, on the other hand, stay open year-around as they do every year. Only the Old Course does not allow play off fairways, instead asking golfers to use mats off the fairway. The Castle Course, which opened in 2008 and is on similar, transformed land to Kingsbarns, is open for the season until November 22nd.


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A blood-spattered petty crime spree in downtown Pawcatuck early Saturday morning began at Mcgill Chevrolet on West Broad Street and wound its way from Chase Street to Moss to Stanton to Morgan before ending in an arrest. At Mcgill, it is the second time in six months a crime has been committed there, and the owner says he has had enough.
In addition to the weekend excitement, in January there was a rash of home break-ins in the same area that had residents on edge. Arrests were made in those cases. In the residential burglaries, no one was home but forced entry was used.
In the most recent case, police arrested Dwayne Eugene Hazard, 26, of 52 Franklin St., Westerly, RI after he allegedly broke into McGill Chevrolet, and then broke into at least seven cars between the dealership and Liberty Street, where he was arrested at his girlfriend's apartment.
Hazard broke a rear window to get into the dealership building at around 12:30 a.m., Saturday, and then broke another to get out, leaving a bloody trail for investigators to follow, Officer Ed Cullen said.
He was charged with one count of third-degree burglary, four counts of sixth-degree larceny from a motor vehicle, nine counts of third-degree criminal mischief, one count of criminal attempt to commit sixth-degree larceny and six counts of simple trespass. He was also charged with failure to appear in court from a separate warrant.
Cullen said all the cars that were broken into were not locked, and he urged residents to lock their vehicles. Some of the cars that were broken into Saturday morning were parked in driveways, and some were on the street.
At the car dealership, the two windows were fixed on Saturday, said Mcgill president Sean C. Mcgill.
Mcgill said that once inside the building, the suspect went into a customer's car that was there for service, leaving blood all over the inside.
"My alarm is on a 30-second delay, and so when it went off, it must've scared him," Mcgill said Monday. "Thankfully, the alarm system did its job. The alarm saved us, with the exception of the two windows."
Mcgill said this is the second break-in at the dealership in six months, after 20 years of no issues whatsoever. The first time, a car was stolen off the lot, he said. In addition, he said, cars that are parked in the front and back lots are damaged on a regular basis.
Mcgill said conditions in the neighborhood have deteriorated.
"We have had a lot of issues lately. Just last weekend, a car was hit in the front (lot). There is trash, and beer bottles, and vomit, and even feces all around when I come in Monday morning. It's nasty. The police are great, especially around closing time at the bar next door, but the last few months have been bad."
Mcgill said he has had enough, and he plans to seek a meeting this week with First Selectman Ed Haberek Jr., Police Chief Darren Stewart and Fire Marshal George Brennan to talk about what can be done.
He is also installing motion sensor lights around the building, and taking other precautions that he did not want to make public. It is all costing him money, however, both the security improvements and every time something is damaged.
"It's too bad," Mcgill said. "I have been here for years and years and I never had a problem. Now, every weekend night, I wonder am I going to get a phone call from the police. It shouldn't be like that. I am at my wit's end."


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Hysterical Literature: Session One: Stoya
Stoya visits the studio and reads from Necrophilia Variations by Supervert. Subtitles available (CC) in French and Brazilian Portuguese.
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25 years of giving the United Way
Early last fall, a fund-raising goal of $6.9 million was announced by officials of the United Way of the Quad Cities Area. By early November, the goal had been reached and surpassed by $78,315.
The facts are that one in five employees of companies that run United Way campaigns give to the United Way while one in three people receive United Way help through the 100-plus health and human service programs it funds.
``We have 1,300 volunteers from every aspect of the community who serve the United Way in some capacity,'' said Sonita Oldfield-Carlson, vice president of communication. ``We had more volunteers this year than last year. One example is of the fund volunteers who visit programs to review budgets, find out successes and bring recommendations to the board for discussion.''
``The beauty of United Way is that it has always been a volunteer-led group that brings people together to meet the multiple needs of the community,'' said Julie Brewer, vice president of resource development.
How did all of the volunteering and the United Way get its roots? It was in the 1890's and organized charitable giving was under way with the Women's Industrial Aid Society in Davenport. It was during World War I that the War Chest was conceived to address social service problems.
Then in 1925 in Rock Island the Community Chest campaign to raise support for social service programs began to grow. The next year, Moline developed a Community Chest.
However, it became clear to leaders on both sides of the Mississippi that community needs could be met by combining time and effort. In 1972, the United Community Services of Scott County and the United Community Services of Rock Island County decided to join forces and formed the new charter, United Way of Rock Island County and Scott County. The first fundraiser netted $1.7 million for 43 social service agencies.
Ten years later, in 1982, the name was changed to United Way of the Quad Cities Area to more accurately reflect the scope of services and the area served by the agencies.
``The money that is raised here, stays here,'' says Ms. Brewer. ``Our affiliation with United Way of America accounts for less than seven-tenths of 1 percent which goes to national. We receive much more in benefits than we could ever purchase ourselves.''
One year ago, a Strategic Planning Committee began working on a three-year plan. The seven goals for the next three years are:
-- Increase annual fundraising to fulfill community needs and advance the well-being of the community.
-- Support a funding philosophy responsive to United Way and its funded agencies.
-- Be recognized as a community example of meaningful volunteer service -- as an organization that places an emphasis on recruiting and retaining quality staff.
-- Strengthen United Way to mirror the community in all activities.
-- Develop capacity of member agencies to improve outcomes.
-- Enhance trust and strength of partnerships.
-- Maintain a favorable year-round awareness of United Way.
The United Way dollars most recently were allocated in the following percents: 18 percent to strengthen families; 6 percent to meeting needs of people with disabilities; 8 percent for a stronger community; 5 percent to meet seniors' needs; 16 percent to develop youth; 8 percent to prevent and address physical abuse; 4 percent to prevent and treat substance abuse; 9 percent for providing affordable child care; 17 percent to provide housing and emergency assistance; and 9 percent to promote health and wellness.
The Campaign 98 goal has not yet been set as the campaign begins after the Labor Day weekend. This year's volunteer campaign chairman will be Tim Wilkinson, vice president for ALCOA's Aerospace/Commercial Rolled Products.
NOTE: There are several other notable charities, foundations and give-aways in the Quad-Cities area which are too numerous to mention.
Several Christmas programs serve the Quad-Cities area including The Dispatch Good Fellow and Rock Island Argus Santa Fund, Salvation Army Christmas Assistance, Home for the Holidays, Milan Santa Fund, Toys For Tots, Share Joys Fund, Angel Trees, Christmas basket give-aways from various Quad-City area churches and other smaller programs from neighboring towns.
-- By Judy Meirhaeghe (February 9, 1998)
Copyright © 1998 Moline Dispatch Publishing Company, L.L.C.


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Up for sale is a set that my great uncle brought back from France after WW2. This set still has the tag on the brooch. This set needs some polishing and one of the earrings seems to have discoloration on the lizzard. Other than the earring this set is in mint condition. The cuff bracelet has three gold tone lizzards a top of a red plastic base sitting on the either gold tone or brass metal. This bracelet weighs 35g and is perfect condition. The brooch has the same lizzard design as the bracelet and has a C-Clasp that still has the "Made in France" tag on the C-Clasp. It also has a tag that probably references the entire set but I don't know what if means. The brooch weighs 16g and is mint condition as well. The clip on earrings are signed "Depose" and "Made in France". Both earrings together weigh 9g and like I mentioned earlier have a bit of discoloration to one of the earrings. Please contact me if you have any questions about this listing.


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Alleged Banksy work from Detroit up for bid on eBay →
If you don't know, when Banksy hit Detroit earlier this year it was a lot of happy excitement in the community for a day or two immediately followed by a lot of greed. The drama started with the 555 Gallery taking it upon themselves to "preserve" a piece by taking it to their gallery to display. The shit really hit the fan when someone alleging to be the owner of the abandoned Packard Plant (where a few of the tags were located) came forward and sued 555 for stealing from them. The joke, however, is on them because now that we finally know who owns the plant the city can hold them responsible for the mess going on there.
Now the final Detroit Banksy (it was found a week or so after the rest) is being auctioned on eBay, presumably by the owner of the Packard Plant.
(ed.) Thanks for your submission! Indeed that's what everybody expected to happen. Same feelings for the piece 555 were going to "preserve", I wonder how long it will take before they put it up for auction as well. If our followers want to read more about this, go read the article on freep.com.


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'Machine Gun Preacher': Bad Aim
James Rocchi, Special to MSN Movies
In "Machine Gun Preacher," the new film from director Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball," "Quantum of Solace"), the gulf between the sacred and the profane has rarely gaped so wide within the same film. Based on the true story of Sam Childers (played by Gerard Butler), an ex-con who became a missionary and aid worker in Sudan almost entirely of his own volition and with his own resources, Forster's film is a hard-to-take mix of aspiration at its highest and human cruelty at its lowest. Within the opening moments, a child is forced, at gunpoint, to club his own mother to death. Childers takes breaks from building his orphanage to conduct armed attacks on the area's guerrilla fighters. The clash between principles and practice is like hearing hymns played by a metal band, or a children's choir singing Led Zeppelin.
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When we meet Childers, he's swaggering out of jail after yet another bid in the joint, picked up by his long-suffering stripper wife, Lynn (Michelle Monaghan). A quick roadside bout of car sex, a jaunt home and Sam realizes things are different: Lynn's not stripping and has found Jesus. Sam doesn't want to hear about this, storming out of the trailer to find his funky junkie pal Donnie (Michael Shannon) for a shot of booze, a shot of heroin and some other vulgar pleasures.
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But eventually Sam comes around -- and he needs to. Watching Butler claw at an unfamiliar collared shirt during a sermon, "Machine Gun Preacher" becomes a demonstration of salvation -- or at the very least of the desperate need for it. A speaker at church talks about the desperate need for missionary work in the Sudan, where religious fanatics cross borders to kill and maim and recruit child soldiers. Sam goes, at first picking up a hammer. And then, after learning more about the land's conflicts from soldier Deng (Souleymane Sy Savane), he picks up a gun.
Childers not only risks his life in combat, he risks his world in struggle -- pouring time and money into the Sudanese mission, neglecting his wife, Lynn, and his daughter, Paige (Madeline Carroll). All of this may be true, but it's also, tonally, confusing: Are we supposed to admire Sam or fear him, respect his choices or doubt them? It would be one thing if "Machine Gun Preacher" were shooting for a tone of moral confusion, but in light of such manipulations as the opening scene (during which I saw one press member simply walk out) and the film's eventual emotional gambit of hope and healing cribbed from "A Christmas Carol," it's hard to think the film's shooting for ambiguity but instead, rather, doesn't quite know how to wrap the blood and squalor of genocide up pretty with such rough and raw materials as Childers' life.
Butler is agreeably watchable. His woozy, confused sermons where he preaches to the congregation of a church he's built himself are of real intensity. And his dilemma -- How do we change the world without it driving us mad? -- is presented strongly. But again, I can't see the audience who wants a heartwarming tale getting misty when Childers kills people with an AK-47, and I can't see the audience that would find this a tough, rewarding drama being wooed by some of the more Lifetime TV movie moments.
Forster's direction doesn't help: He's a competent technician but the kind of rank sentimentalist that makes Paul Haggis ("Crash," "Million Dollar Baby") look like a stoic. Shannon is largely wasted, which is a shame, as he's much more watchable than Butler. Screenwriter Jason Keller has only one prior produced film -- surprise, surprise, a TV movie -- and "Machine Gun Preacher" feels a bit like it was written to straddle the line between truly inspirational cinema (where an unknown evil is exposed) and conventional awards-season Oscar-ready misery tourism (where the audience gets to spend a few hours feeling bad before going back to their safe, well-fed lives). "Machine Gun Preacher" is like the AK-47 of dramas: mechanically well-constructed, not especially flashy, solidly built so as to take a few knocks without jamming ... but ultimately so scattershot when it fires all its rounds that it's hard to tell what, exactly, the filmmakers were aiming for when they pulled the trigger.
James Rocchi's writings on film have appeared at Cinematical.com, Netflix.com, AMCtv.com, IFC.com, SFGate.com and in Mother Jones magazine. He was also the on-air film critic for San Francisco's CBS-5 from 2006 to 2008. He now lives in Los Angeles, where every ending is a twist ending.
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That's a lot of derpy looking corvids.
I tried to combine somewhat loose coloring with scratchy inking. At least I learned more tidbit info about corvids, and I'm this close to remembering all the species haha.
Added four mythical corvids circling there too. Props if you can guess 'em.
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The Florida State Seminoles got off to a rather sluggish start against the Duke Blue Devils in Saturday's ACC Championship Game. But, when it was all said and done, it was more of the same from the top-ranked team in the land as the Seminoles routed the Blue Devils in Charlotte, 45-7.
Redshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston, in his last performance before the Heisman votes are cast, finished the game 19-of-32 for 330 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran one in from 17 yards out in the third quarter and finished the game with 59 yards on 10 carries.
Wideout Kelvin Benjamin was the main beneficiary of some of those Winston throws once again, as the chemistry between he and his QB continues to prosper.
Benjamin wound up with 119 yards on just five catches and two scores.
On the ground, Devonta Freeman completed this FSU offensive onslaught with 91 yards on 17 carries and one trip to the end zone.
With the win, the no. 1 ranked Seminoles will now certainly head off to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena where they will play for their first national championship since 1999.
Their opponent has yet to be determined. The Ohio State Buckeyes, the only undefeated left, currently trails Michigan State in the final quarter of the Big Ten Championship Game. Should the Buckeyes falter, it would more than likely be the SEC Champion Auburn Tigers that would get the shot.