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Eric Blaine Lusk, 42, of Elkin, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and one count of production and distribution of obscenity, announced Ripley Rand, United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina.
Lusk entered his plea in Winston-Salem, before United States District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder.
According to the news release, while acting as a professional photographer for youth sporting events, Lusk took close-up photographs of the pubic area of members of a girls' swim team while the girls were wearing swimsuits. Lusk then anonymously distributed those photographs through file-sharing networks, labeling the photographs with names associated with child pornography, according to the release. By labeling the swim team photographs in that way, the photographs came up as search results for persons seeking child pornography on file-sharing networks, the release said.
The release stated that none of the members of the swim team were photographed nude or in sexual activity.
The release does not specify which school, town, or city the swim photos were taken from, though specifics were requested by The Tribune from the U.S. Attorney's office.
"Lusk's activity with the girls' swim team photographs is the basis of the obscenity charge," says the report.
When the distribution of the swim team photographs was traced back to Lusk, a search of his computers showed he possessed child pornography independent of any photographs he had taken, says the report.
Lusk was released pending his sentencing on August 29, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in Winston-Salem.
Lusk faces a maximum sentence of up to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of five years to life.
Lusk, once a sports writer for The Tribune, graduated from the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism. He worked at the Wake Weekly as sports editor, the Cary News as an education reporter and The Verde Independent in Arizona as sports editor, according to a Feb. 6, 2006 Tribune article.
After leaving the Tribune in 2010, he started Lusk Media and continued to cover the area's athletics through his Yadkin Valley Sports website and Foothills Magazine. His website, yadkinvalleysports.com, was last updated on May 22, 2012.
Lusk was originally arrested on Thursday, May 24, 2012.
"I'm stunned," said State Road resident John Huckenson, who said that he knew of Lusk. "I hope he finds God and is sorry for his sins. Hopefully none of the victims have been traumatized from it."
The Lusk case was investigated by members of the North Carolina Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, including the Pitt County Sheriff's Office, Elkin Police Department and North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Anand P. Ramaswamy.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. It was led by United States Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe.
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Sneak (s)Peak with Indigo, the new digital personal assistant
We reported yesterday on Indigo, the new voice controlled personal assistant from Artificial Solutions and promised that we'd try and spend some time with the app here at MWC. Happily we have done just that and stopped by the Artificial Solutions booth a few hours ago to talk about their new service.
Indigo is just part of a larger system which Artificial Solutions are building, based around their own natural language engine and what they refer to as the 'brain', the Teneo Interaction Engine. It's a smart looking service which we're excited to see coming to Windows Phone, read on for more details on Teneo and a video hands on.
It was explained to us that Artificial Solutions are keen to promote the service underpinning Indigo (called Teneo) as a viable option for enterprise and commercial interests. In a nutshell, Indigo is connecting to a Teneo instance hosted in the cloud as a Java web app. That Teneo platform can be provided in its entirety for custom purposes, with a customised engine designed to react to natural language specific for their use case.
If all of that sounds a bit too technical to you then just think of it as tailoring the natural language engine for one purpose (say ordering food at a fast food establishment), with specific reactions for that business.
Back to Indigo itself, the app seems pretty solid, and we were shown a few capabilities such as searching for information, organising yourself and your data, updating your social media and more. If you'd like to know more about Indigo, or register your interest for when the app is released, you can go to www.ask-indigo.com for details. You'll see some of the app in action as demonstrated in the video below, let us know your thoughts.
There are 32 comments. Sign in to commenttheefman says:
Can you guys ask if this will also come to Windows 8? Having it only be cross platform with android seems to be missing the natural connection with a Windows Phone.
theefman says:
Thanks, hopefully they will do a standalone Windows version. Combine that with this http://ultrabooknews.com/2013/02/27/gesture2launch-by-linpus-video-demo/ and it makes for a potent solution.
rubenbest says:
It is
xrs22 says:
Yup. Scroll down for the first intro.
joe_easton says:
Will this be integrated into the voice search that is already in WP8 or will the app have to be launched?
I feel that this is where Siri is better; it is integrated into the OS. A stand alone voice recognition app just doesn't appeal to most people.
PG2G says:
Windows Phone lets you talk to a specific app by saying the app name first then your command. They could implement that and you potentially wouldn't need to open the app.
TheJoester09 says:
I believe that with the new TellMe APIs built into WP8 it should act almost as if it were baked in the OS. For example, you could long-press the home button to initial a voice command, and then say "Indigo, tell me the weather," and it should open the app and the app will tell you the weather without any further action on your part.
I may be wrong though, so someone correct me if I am.
tacofiend says:
I want this so bad. If Indigo could actually pull relevant info for Canadians and be able to talk to other apps I would use this. I emailed Cineplex a while back and they said there's a WP8 app in the works, if they were both available I'd be buying a lot more movie tickets with my phone.
woodbane says:
But this beats the pants of MS TellMe so i think people will be very happy to use it.
sqlchicken says:
TellMe != Siri. Siri\Indigo are intelligent apps that understand context. TellMe is simply voice commands\launcher.
dam s says:
TellMe is a Speech Engine that can be used by every app to send voice commands to the app and "inside" the app.
It has a full set of API to provide voice commands, speech recognition and text-to-speech or speech-to-text to the third party devs.
So every apps that use voice commands use TellMe
dam s says:
TellMe is not a simply voice commands/launcer..
Jorge Segarra says:
My apologies, I oversimplified my response and yours was much more detailed/correct, thank you.
wpstan says:
Can this app replace current voice recognition service built into our Windows Phone 8 OS or have to be launched separately
dam s says:
This app will use the current voice recognition tecnology integrated into WP8.
johnjaller says:
Brilliant app!It would be lovely if it support chinese voice/sentence command
Jazmac says:
This is just amazing. Look at how my 920 is growing up.
thettk says:
Anyone seen a video where someone actually speaks to the app instead typing? Maybe am missing something in the video???
dalydose says:
Did they hint at a release date?
Jorge Segarra says:
In the video he said "next couple of weeks"
LaNiQuE says:
Jay did yall ask about pricing and I hope they give you guys a heads up on a realse date since soon can mean weeks or a month away ... Can't wait to try this out I gave up on command apps after ask Ziggy I thought about trying tellme but this seems worth trying out
Montpbm says:
Very nice!! That would be nice if it was baked in the OS like Siri..
argenys says:
Once you download it you will be able to access all features through tellme
mister2d says:
It would be built-in since it leverages TellMe.
howard-moore says:
No I am one of these people who are really upset about all the cool new apps that are appearing on WP8 whilst I am stuck using WP7.8 until November 2013 as I was foolish enough to be an early adopter and get the first Nokia Windows Phone available in the UK in the week of release (Lumia 800) - thanks very much MS for punishing us loyal followers!!
Anyway, the point is that the Indigo website appears to show a mock-up of Indigo running on a WP7.x handset (looks like either the Lumia 800 or 900) - http://www.hello-indigo.com/indigo-for-windows-8/.
Is it just a mistake by Indigo, or will it be available on more than just WP8?
ericleigh007 says:
go to the AT&T website. trade in value is available for Lumia 800 & 900, so perhaps you can upgrade a little earlier than you think. also, i have been able to get them to let me upgrade at 18 months, which seem as if it should be soon for you.
Good luck.
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He's in the UK, so he's *probably* not on AT&T...
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When will this come to Wp8?


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SourceSpeaking to Kotaku at the DICE summit in LA last week, Bethesda's Todd Howard has admitted that the publisher was aware of problems with the PS3 version of Skyrim before release, but thought that "only a small percentage" of players would be affected.
"The way our dynamic stuff and our scripting works, it's obvious it gets in situations where it taxes the PS3. And we felt we had a lot of it under control," Howard said, speaking about what he calls the "bad memory situation" on the platform. The intention, he goes on to explain, was to fix the game post-release, after developers noticed problems and were unable to tweak the code enough to solve them in time for the planned release date on 11th November last year.
The fact that people at Bethesda were aware of this so-called "bad memory situation" on PS3 before release and chose to release the game anyway, knowing that a percentage of PS3 players would encounter major problems, is pretty shocking – but the plan to fix things with a patch post-release should have rescued the publisher from controversy if things had gone to plan. When November's patch 1.2 did not fix the game for PS3 players, Bethesda went all-out to solve the problem, getting players to submit their individual save files and studying them prior to the release of patch 1.4 this month.
Howard reckons that PS3 issues should finally be fixed now, but he's cautious in his assertions. "Now that we've been through this, we're not naive enough to say, 'We have seen everything,' because we have to assume we haven't. There are still going to be some people who have to come back to us and say, 'Ok, my situation is this.' [We say:] 'OK, send us your saved game.' We literally need to look at what you have running… We need to open the saved game comes up and look at it."
It's easy to say that Bethesda should have delayed the release of the PlayStation 3 version of Skyrim until the developer was able to fix these known problems, but it's equally easy to see why that didn't happen. From Bethesda's point of view, delaying the release on one platform only could have angered the majority of PS3 gamers more than releasing a game with problems that only a "small percentage" of players would encounter - especially when the assumption was that these problems could be fixed quickly and easily with a post-release patch.
That assumption backfired, of course. It's obvious that Bethesda did not know (and could not have known) the extent of the problem until the game was out in the wild being played by millions of individual players with individual play habits.
"For certain users it literally depends on how they play the game, varied over a hundred hours and literally what spells they use. Did they go in this building?" explains Howard. "It's literally the things you've done in what order and what's running. Some of the things are literally what spells do you have hot-keyed? Because, as you switch to them, they handle memory differently."
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That's the problem with the ability to patch things post-release. Devs get caught up in these release windows, etc., and when they can't make it work, they release it anyways.
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Sadly, Beth isn't the only one to push a game out with known issues this gen. Been a constant complaint I've heard of from Day 1. Not that it makes this particular case less of an issue than others, but one of these issues was seen with Fallout and they didn't seem to make much of a move to address it.
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That's why Bethesda will never see a dime from me on day 1. When they can release a bug free game or at least one that doesn't have game breaking bugs, then I'll buy.
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That's pretty shocking, I doubt I'll going for any more 1st day releases from them in the future!
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Well, it's a little unrealistic to expect a bug-free game for one as large as Skyrim. But I do think that it would be a wise move to wait a little while before purchasing future titles from the development studio. I wouldn't be angry if they chose to delay their games either. Play something else while you wait.
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Bethesda telling us what we already knew. Their track-record is less than stellar which is the single reason why I personally see their games as good but never being great.
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DiCE and Bethesda are some of the worst when it comes to unpolished AAA titles in my opinion, and yet we still buy those games.
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Well the other option was to delay the PS3 verison only, I'm not sure people would have liked that.
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As much as I love games, I could never spend the same amount of time in a place where I hate/look down on, and continue to post and participate.
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PS3 memory problems uh, ya know if it can be fixed its not a PS3 problem, just a unfinished game
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I just hope they and other developers/publishers walk away with, "Oh man we should have dedicated our efforts equally among platforms. It would have saved us a lot of money on patches and sales." instead of, "PS3 is hard to develop for and it doesn't sell as much software." Please devs, in the future, don't shoot yourselves in the foot.
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Bethesda proved on the PC they half ass even PC games. Some people may be stunned by me saying this, but I find KoA more enjoyable for some strange reason, not only that, but if another Oblivion game comes out, I'm skipping it, I'll get the one after that one. lol
While I do like their games, I just didn't care much for skyrim. New things they added to Skyrim could have been done a lot better and more variety within "said" new things in that game. The marriage thing was nothing more then a gimmick which they could have excuted A LOT better and that isn't all either, there is a lot more in skyrim that made me say "meh".
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I didn't say it was acceptable. However, it isn't a realistic scenario though. I don't think there are ANY game that don't have bugs in them. Maybe if we're talking about "game breaking" bugs, then I'd agree to an extent.
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Skyrim was still an enjoyable game, and I put over 120 hours into it before I hit the issue. That, to me, is great money per hour of entertainement. I never once regretted my purchase day 1.
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I don't think you can realistically expect games to be bug free. Is there a game that is bug/glitch free? If you believe the posts complaining about the bug in Skyrim on the PS3, it sounds as it would fit the bill. I don't personally know as my son bought the game on the 360 for him.
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Yesterday I popped along to see the new Elizabeth Arden 2012 collection and had some fun with the PR girls, they are a gorgeous lot, and got to try the new products which I will talk more about in another post. Luckily I was also given extra products so I could give some to my wonderful readers too, they aren't even in the shops til March! These are some truly amazing prizes, lets have a look...
Sunday, 26 February 2012
Elizabeth Arden Spring 2012 Giveaway
Yesterday I popped along to see the new Elizabeth Arden 2012 collection and had some fun with the PR girls, they are a gorgeous lot, and got to try the new products which I will talk more about in another post. Luckily I was also given extra products so I could give some to my wonderful readers too, they aren't even in the shops til March! These are some truly amazing prizes, lets have a look...
88 comments:
- Scarie said...
Hmm my favourite trend is probably all the lovely sheer pastel colours and . Email is email@example.com
- 26 February 2012 14:12
- talbs x said...
I think my favourite trend is all the sheer layering that's going on, it's such a great way to dress for spring :)
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
xx - 26 February 2012 14:21
- fluffybumkins said...
I am loving all of the pastels around right now i especially love clashing pastels i am currently wearing lemon skinny jeans and apricot nail varnish clashing doesn't always have to be bold and in your face! - 26 February 2012 14:22
- Red Scintilla said...
EMail : laskaeli(at)gmail(dot)com
My fav trend is Springy Yellow/orange dresses with Sheer blush and Very nude eye makeup :) - 26 February 2012 14:41
- Zoe said...
Favourite trend is the pastel, its hard to pull them off at any other time! email@example.com
I've only just found your blog but it's amazing and it's a favourite already! xx - 26 February 2012 14:45
- Sarah@Blusherobsession said...
my fave trend luckily comes around every year, nautical
satan_51@hotmail dot com - 26 February 2012 14:58
- Steph said...
My fave tend is all the pastel colours love them. :)
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 15:01
- Jel ♡ said...
i always believe that pastel shades are for spring :)
GFC: Jel
punkme15 at gmail dot com - 26 February 2012 15:06
- Laura said...
My favourite trend is all the girly pastels, lace and ruffles!
Thanks! - 26 February 2012 15:27
- Jayne said...
How pretty are those prizes?! Thanks for the competition. I'm pleased to see lots of 50s shape hanging around for the spring and all the candy/pastel colours are a win in my book!
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 15:40
- BeautyBecca said...
My favourite SS12 trend has to be pastels and frills by far! Ever so girly, love it!
My GFC is Rebecca Gosling and email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
:) xx - 26 February 2012 15:43
- Rachel said...
my favourite trend is denim, love it!
xxx - 26 February 2012 15:52
- Laurenheartsbeauty said...
My favourite trend is minimal fresh make up with subtle pastel hues :-)
email@example.com - 26 February 2012 17:06
- Emily said...
I love pastel colours, something about them just screams springtime!
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 17:14
Woo hoo what a gorgeous new range! So hope I win wud love to write u a review as thanx
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 17:19
- Maca said...
My favourite trend are the dresses in nice colours with coral make up
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 17:23
- Jemma Page said...
Enter me please!
My email address is - firstname.lastname@example.com
And my favourite trend is definitely pastel colours and peach tones!
xx - 26 February 2012 17:28
- Courtney said...
My fav trend is pastels! I'm courtzz GFC and firstname.lastname@example.com
Also, I just thought I'd let you know I'm giving away a Clarisonic Mia on my blog! I'd love it if you could check it out on my blog. You can gain up to 10 entries! Here's a link xx
http://daisy--meadow.blogspot.com/2012/02/giveaway-clarisonic-mia.html - 26 February 2012 18:09
- Lindsay Frances said...
My favourite trend is pastel colours, especially jeans!
lindsayfrances.blogspot.com - 26 February 2012 18:35
- Jessica-May xo said...
I'd have to say the pastel colours, especially pastel jeans!
xxxx - 26 February 2012 18:49
- Charlote Case said...
My favourite trend is all the pretty pastel colours especially the baby pinks :)
Following on Gfc - charlione
Email- email@example.com - 26 February 2012 19:26
- MissTinksBeauty said...
My fav trend would have to be bold and bright with a neon hue. Colour blocking. Looks fab in the spring/summer when the sun is out. Only time I get to wear bright colours. Not my ordinary look but nice to change it up makes it exciting. What a fab giveaway. Email is firstname.lastname@example.com
www.misstinksbeauty.blogspot.com - 26 February 2012 19:53
- Charli said...
My favourite spring trend is pastel colours - spesh on my nails!
gfc - tinker_bell1990 (CHarli)
x - 26 February 2012 20:58
- The Editor said...
Hi there! Oh, I am sooo excited about your giveaway!
My favourite trend this year MUST be the pretty pastels! And I also love super nude makeup with a pop of colour on the lips! So pretty!
I've been following your for 1 year and a half through GFC - name The (inglorious) Editor.
Thank you!
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 21:20
- Nikki said...
My favorite trend is sheer tops.
firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 21:50
- Sarirah said...
Despite my past opinions I'm really like the mix of neutral/nudes with a splash of neon colour. :)
Email: email@example.com - 26 February 2012 22:10
- Colleen Boudreau said...
GFC: collifornia
Email: holliister at gmail dot com
My favorite trend for spring/summer is bright colors! - 26 February 2012 22:12
- ani said...
Hi! My fave make-up trend is bright pink blush on the very top of the cheekbone - looks so fresh!
email: firstname.lastname@example.com - 26 February 2012 22:52
- blog-a-beauté said...
I'm loving the pastel-y hues this spring/summer, especially Chanel's June!
email: firstname.lastname@example.com - 27 February 2012 01:09
- Ashley Nicholas said...
is this giveaway international? if not, please disregard my comment!
i'm loving the bright tangerine color trend!
love your blog, following you on gfc as ashley brooke
thanks! firstname.lastname@example.com - 27 February 2012 04:07
- stefanie gladden said...
I love pastels for spring!! so pretty!!! I will definitely be wearing a lot of pastels this year! :)
email - firstname.lastname@example.com
gfc - stefanie gladden
thanks so much for the chance! - 27 February 2012 05:58
- Tiffeny Irene Coles said...
GFC - Tiffeny Irene Coles
Email - email@example.com
My favourite trend is dolly eyelashes :)
xoxo - 27 February 2012 13:34
- Anne said...
Yay! Fab giveaway! Love the packaging. Loving pastels too at the minute, especially on my nails!
firstname.lastname@example.com - 27 February 2012 17:05
- Sian Lacey said...
My favourite trend is probably pastels. They're easy to work with and anybody can wear them no matter what skin colour or style ;)
xxx - 27 February 2012 19:16
- Beetourist said...
I'm following on GFC and I'd like to be entered into the giveaway, those Elizabeth Arden things look gorgeous! My favourite spring trend is the new print dresses and bags, I want them all!
- 27 February 2012 19:49
- Carissa said...
wow great giveaway! Email : email@example.com
My favourite trend would have to be pastels xx - 27 February 2012 22:18
- Unknown said...
My favourite trend is definitely the pastel colours coming on board! Can't wait!!
- 27 February 2012 23:30
- Glitter Detector said...
My favourite Spring/Summer trend is a pretty peachy pink blush it just gives a healthy and fresh look to the skin!
email: email@example.com
thank you so much for this giveaway lovely xx - 27 February 2012 23:30
Loving the pastel trend for Spring 2012! Can't wait to try them.
Thanks! - 27 February 2012 23:34
Pastel shades for sure! x
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com - 28 February 2012 03:58
- koolbadges said...
I am excited for the Hawaiian print trend i see going on. Very loud patterns. Love it!
- 28 February 2012 09:55
- Macy said...
My favourite trend is the pastel colours which I love them and I'm gonna use it in my wedding:D. e-mail address: email@example.com
- 28 February 2012 12:29
- Claire said...
Fab giveaway :-)
My favourite trend for spring is mint, anything and everything mint lol.
email@example.com - 28 February 2012 19:06
- peniam said...
I'm not going to be original.. pastels are just amazing and I am very excited they are trendy at the moment.. Mint and white are my favorites <3 gfc:peniam email: email@example.com
Thank you for this giveaway!!!
xoxo - 28 February 2012 21:06
- NeonPinkRubberDuck said...
I am loving pastel colours, I adore peachy shades and baby blue colours.
Thank you so much for doing this giveaway it's fab.
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
xxxxxx - 28 February 2012 22:34
- YulyaShenka said...
GFC : YulyaShenka
my trend - pastel & natural colours in makeup, some bright accessories
juletchka78(at)hotmail(dot)com - 29 February 2012 13:20
- Lisa R said...
Hi, love your blog. Love the pastel colours trend for spring!
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Many thanks!! - 29 February 2012 14:35
- yukimeyc said...
My favourite trend is all the bright corals, pink lips and bright eyeshadows! Email: email@example.com
- 29 February 2012 15:45
- Esther said...
Loving peaches and pastels at the minute!
email@example.com - 29 February 2012 16:44
- girlinthelens said...
Some awesome products there - they sound perfect for Spring :) my favourite trend is probably pastels. I have no idea why we haven't always worn pastel jeans!
I follow with GFC via my Twitter account @girlinthelens :) - 29 February 2012 19:30
- Elodie M. said...
My favourite trend for sping/summer is pastel colours of course, and tops with liberty print. And I like coral/peach make up!
Thank you for this giveway ! My email is firstname.lastname@example.com (I'm french!) - 29 February 2012 19:36
- mojemakaze said...
My favourite trend is shiny fabrics and neon colors
gfc: mojemakaze
email: email@example.com - 1 March 2012 01:56
- A Girl Called Julie said...
I'm following you on GFC, what great prizes! email@example.com
my favourite trend right now is definitely the pastel colour frenzy as well!
x - 1 March 2012 02:38
- lucia said...
ciao bella! a favourite trend of mine is definitely the structured bags in all those lovely pastel colors.. don't you just find them adorable??
lovely blog! x - 1 March 2012 06:49
- Chantelle Browne said...
Chantelle Browne
My favourite trend is probably prints and the fluoro looks, they are great colours and give a really bright and exciting start to our 2012
Chantelle x - 1 March 2012 13:46
- Chantelle Browne said...
Chantelle Browne
My favourite trend is probably prints and the fluoro looks, they are great colours and give a really bright and exciting start to our 2012
Chantelle x - 1 March 2012 13:46
- beano54 said...
What A Fabukous Blog & Giveaway
My favourite trend is the bright spring colours as i do not like to wear these colours but have now started to experiment more
Would Love to win this Huge Giveaway
I follow you via google friend username is yasminec9
on twitter too yasminec9
email is firstname.lastname@example.com
thank you for being so generous to your followers - 1 March 2012 13:48
- Hayley said...
My favourite trend has to be pastels! lilac eyeshadows and pink lips in particular :)
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
following as Hayley on GFC
thanks :) x - 1 March 2012 17:54
- SAUCY | f. | BABY said...
Hi doll!
------------- I'm now a GFC Follower under: SAUCY | f. | BABY
------------- My fave Spring/Summer trend is pastels & neons! I love neon polish & neon bags. I love pastel tops & jeans! :)
saucy.baby21 [at] gmail [dot] [com]
Thank you for the chance!
--- Nicole - 2 March 2012 11:59
- Joelle said...
My favourite trends for spring are pastel colours and also galaxy nail art!
xoxo - 3 March 2012 15:35
- Cristina said...
Enter me please
I follow you as Cristina
My favourite trend are pastels
My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks for the giveaway. XoXo - 3 March 2012 23:59
- Jasmine1485 said...
I'm following via GFC as Jasmine1485 :) My favourite trend are the denim shirts that are still hanging around, they are so comfortable and go with almost anything!
kate1485 at hotmail.com - 4 March 2012 03:53
- Promakeupblog Emma said...
Mine is certaily the pastels even more so after looking at the new OCC collection - Email email@example.com
- 4 March 2012 20:34
- chaya bunny said...
GFC: chaya bunny
Email: vivienne.emmerich AT gmail DOT com
Favorite trend this season is floral patterns and pastels! - 5 March 2012 08:40
- Bex said...
It seems almost cliche, but definitely pastels!
xo - 5 March 2012 18:21
- tomatefarcie said...
I'm thinking bleached eyebrows as my favorite spring trend.
thank you - 5 March 2012 21:17
- Jeimy777 said...
My fav trend are pastel colors, love mint, corals and floral designs. Incredible opportunity, thank you so much.
email@example.com - 7 March 2012 20:12
- gaby said...
GFC: gaby
Name: Gaby J.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
My favorite: all is about spring: pastel colors, flowers... Love it! - 10 March 2012 12:56
- Sophie said...
My favourite trend for spring would be pastels & bright colours! :D
love your blog <3
Email - email@example.com - 12 March 2012 17:07
- Alex said...
Awesome!! I wanted to try this collection. :)
Fave trend is neon for this season.
GFC Alex
Email: email@example.com
Thank you. - 12 March 2012 22:21
- Sadi said...
Thats awesome !!!
My favourite trend is all the pastel colours ,i love them. :)
Already a follower via gfc
GFC : Sadi
email : email@example.com - 14 March 2012 10:05
- lipstickdreamer said...
I am a follower!
This is an amazing give away and like everyone else i love pastels! So easy to wear and style and i am a sucker for lilac, oh and floral! Gorgeous
Kirsty xx - 14 March 2012 10:25
Love the pastel containers, and Elizabeth Arden is such a well known brand! As its my birthday today shall enter! Xx
- 14 March 2012 10:31
- Elisabeth said...
I'm a follower of your blog (Elisabeth G)
My favorite spring trend is pastel colors, they are so ladylike! Thanks so much for the chance to win! :)
email@example.com - 14 March 2012 19:34
- Jessica Beautician said...
Great giveaway! My favourite trend for Spring is the nude & neon trend, both in fashion and makeup, love it!!
GFC: JessicaBeautician
Email: email@example.com
Thank you! :-) xx - 15 March 2012 10:09
- Adri said...
Pastel colours with some orange and yellow :) thats for sure!!
email: email@example.com - 15 March 2012 10:38
- Tara said...
Hiya my fav tread is wearing coral!! love it such a gorgeous spring colour & looks fab with a tan (fake of course)
GFC:Tara Duncan
xoxo - 15 March 2012 17:00
- KIM STAM said...
Hiya I am a follower of your blog - KIM STAM.
My fave spring trend probably has to be pretty pastel dresses...love them all!!
email: kim(dot)stamiris(at)gmail(dot)com
K.x - 16 March 2012 00:45
- iulika_ct said...
Hello !!!
I follow you via GFC with the user iulika_ct. My email address is email@example.com
My favourite trend for Spring/Summer 2012 is the colour Tangerine Tango. - 16 March 2012 10:32
- Patti said...
I follow on GFC! My fav trend for spring has to be the neon colors. Love them! firstname.lastname@example.com
- 16 March 2012 18:18
- a!k0 said...
My favorite spring 2012 trend is probably the colors...especially pastel yellow and the floral :D
Email: lifelittlesurprises[at]gmail[dot]com
Follow you on gfc :)
lifelittlesurprises.blogspot.com - 17 March 2012 13:24
- Becky. said...
I love spring! When the nights are lighter and its safe to step outside without a coat and you dont have to worry about getting hypothermia (yay!) I love all the candy and sorbet colours, lilac, peach and mint shades so cute! Glad to be moving away from chunky knitwear and scarves bring on the sun!
My email address is firstname.lastname@example.com :) xx - 17 March 2012 14:22
- AliceInWonderland said...
Loving The Pastel Trend, it makes me feel so summery! I just wish it would actually hurry up!
Love the blog :)
xx - 17 March 2012 15:10
- Care's Beauty Bar said...
I am liking the pale pinks and lavenders for spring .. email is firstname.lastname@example.com. ox
- 18 March 2012 04:38
- Lola Loves said...
This is such a great giveaway!
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Flying Lotus Flower: Radiohead vs The King Of BeatsShare this post:Share60Posted by atze on Feb 19, 2011 (14)We came across some interesting tweets from music journalist Atze de Vrieze Today on Flying Lotus influence on Radiohead or vice versa. We asked Atze to guest blog his thoughts on The King Of Limbs and Flying Lotus.Im trippin out right now.. this radiohead shit is cold! gawd. i need to slap someone in the face .. someone come over. Flying Lotus kind of lost his mind on Twitter yesterday, and he knew it. Sorry i gotta tweet thru this radiohead joint, he apologized. Its kinda a world event for me.Understandable, because the British band quite literally honor the Los Angeles beat producer on their new album The King Of Limbs. Some fans even mistakenly called the new single Flying Lotus instead of Lotus Flower, a Freudian slip the band itself could have invented. The song starts with a minute of electronic sounding rhythms, with a deep, slowly lapsing bass, guitar glitches and distorted handclaps. Only after that minute Thom Yorke starts singing, with his falsetto, with more soul than he usually has.Last year Flying Lotus had breakthrough with his third album Cosmogramma. He perfected the sound he developed on his first two records, an amalgam of hip hop, bass music and experimental jazz (his great-aunt was Alice Coltrane). Its a cosmic electronic opera. A layered, intense and totally unique album, and no doubt a big influence for producers in the coming years. Not in the least for Radiohead.If Lotus Flower doesnt convince you, just put on Bloom, The King Of Limbs opening track. It has a looped piano, jazz drums that sound like samples and that seem to ignore the direction the piano pointed out. A signature Flylo technique. After three minutes, an orchestra is coming up, slowly but overwhelming. Horns and strings it seems, but so distorted they get an extraterrestrial feel. Its a clear nod to Cosmogrammas overture. The producer must have felt as if the track was produced just for him. Fuck.. I was sittin outside in the chair and the speakers said BLOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM #thekingoflimbs pow powpow pow.The cross-pollination is easy to substantiate. Their paths crossed continuously in recent years. Flying Lotus remixed Radiohead song Reckoner and Thom Yorke lent his voice to Flylos And The World Laughs With You. Last month, the Radiohead frontman presented an award to the producer at the World Wide Awards, hosted by BBC DJ Gilles Peterson. Backstage after the show he interviewed him. Well, more or less. Its a safe bet to say new Radiohead track Feral will end up in Flylos live set.But wait, isnt it the other way around? Arent Radiohead the mentors here, Flylo the protege? Contrary rhythms and electronic experiments, isnt that what Radiohead have been about since the turn of the century? If theres one record The King Of Limbs builds upon, its Thom Yorkes solo album The Eraser. Flylos LA buddy The Gaslamp Killer plays songs from that album in his dj-sets all the time, and in his own work, the influence is undeniable as well.For me, OK Computer is not the classic, Kid A is, Flying Lotus said in and interview I did with him last year, one month before Cosmogramma was released. In his live set that night, he incorporated Idioteque, a classic from that period. And Amnesiac is my personal favorite. Rhythmic as well as melodic. Interesting rhythmic patterns always attract my attention.There are still people who believe Radiohead lost it after OK Computer and everything they release after that was navel-gazing. That Radiohead were trapped in their own world, that the A&R manager of the good old record company was sorely missed. All nonsense. Radiohead have turned away from the mainstream and leave big stadium anthems to Muse and Kings Of Leon, but they have never been blind to whats happening in the frontline of todays music. This is how Flying Lotus puts it: Studentteacherteacherstudent.Atze de Vrieze is a music journalist for 3VOOR12, the prime online and radio platform of Dutch public broadcasting company VPRO. The King Of Limbs is the album of the week on their website. You can find him on Twitter.


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A copy of an original Ford ad from the premiere at the World's Fair in New York in 1964.
A copy of an original Ford ad from the premiere at the World's Fair in New York in 1964.
On April 17, 1964, at the World's Fair in New York, Henry Ford II brought the world its first pony car, the Ford Mustang.
In a move that would never be possible today, cars were taken to dealerships for sale prior to the reveal. Ford sold 22,000 units on day one.
In more than 48 years and five different generations of Mustang production, the car has seen ups—the SVT Cobra—and downs: the Mustang II, anyone?
The standard 1964� Mustang was powered by a 101-hp, 170-cubic-inch inline six-cylinder or an available 260-cubic-inch V8 with 164 hp. For those with a taste for the sporty, a 289-cubic-inch V8 that made 210 hp was also available.
By comparison, the base-model 2013 Mustang has a 3.7-liter V6 that makes 305 hp, and the Shelby GT500—making 650 hp—goes on sale this summer.
While increased horsepower and technology is impressive, pricing also has increased proportionally.
The entry price for a 1964� Mustang was $2,368, or just more than $16,000 in today's money. Without adjusting for inflation, a 1964� would cost just $28 more than the Electronics package in the 2013 Shelby GT500. The base-model 2013 Mustang rings it at $22,995.
Though gasoline prices obviously have risen—30 cents per gallon then versus $3.90 a gallon today—passion for Ford's pony car remains strong.
The next-generation Mustang isn't due out for another two years, but there is little doubt that styling changes are coming. Recent Mustangs have paid homage to their forebears with retro styling, but it has been reported that the upcoming sixth generation will look a lot like the Evos concept shown at the Frankfurt motor show in 2011.
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It is hard not to feel absolute joy when crossing paths in the White Mountains with Toby.
Bounding along snowy ridgeline paths in the White Mountains most weekends, ears flopping from side to side, he is a happy dog.
An endurance athlete in his own right, along with his owner, ultramarathoner and ridge runner Larisa Dannis, 25, of Manchester, this Brittany exudes happiness, particularly in New Hampshire's winter woods.
Many who hike those mountains have met Toby because he is out there all the time.
On bitter days in high winds and low visibility, Toby stays home. But most of the time, he is prancing along, feet barely hitting the ground in front of Dannis, who is usually running the trail.
While there are more famous dogs in the White Mountains, there likely are none in any better shape or more spirited than this little 3-year-old.
I met Toby one very wintry, cold day in Franconia Notch about a year ago and have not forgotten his enthusiasm.
"He is tireless," said Dannis, who has climbed all 48 4,000-footers in winter for three seasons, beginning in 2008-2009.
She noted that Toby's big accomplishment is running the Presidential Traverse in a day. He has hiked all 48 4,000-footers at least twice. He is within seven peaks of bagging all 48 in winter and will likely join the elite Peakdoggers Club someday.
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With Super SteadyShot® Image Stabilization and high sensitivity (ISO 3200), the DSC-W80 compensates for shaky hands, minimizes blur, brightens images and allows flash-free shooting to preserve the mood -- with Sony Clear RAW™ Noise Reduction to take care of the picture noise that can ruin low-light shots.
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The Silent Man
There is a man in my office who does not speak to me.
Example: When getting coffee in the morning, I will say "Hello" to whomever is next to me. When someone is standing within a two foot radius of your person, I feel their presence should be acknowledged. Everyone in the office responds in kind, if they do not, in fact, say hello first. Except for the Silent Man. I say "Hello," and he says nothing. There is no half-nod, no smile, no indication at all that he has heard me speak.
His behavior extends to hallway run-ins, with direct eye-contact avoided and "Hi"s ignored.
At first I considered the possibility that he might be too important to engage in small talk with me (though is "hi" really considered small talk?) or that he was genuinely hard of hearing.
Then I noticed he would actually go out of his way to engage other underlings in conversation, chatting about this or that, smiling and generally being self-effacing and pleasant.
I also saw him respond to timid "Hi"s with enthusiastic "Hello"s so I concluded it was unlikely that he was partially deaf.
Still I assumed that it was either all in my head or there was a completely valid and non-offensive reason for his behavior.
Then as I was waiting for the elevator last night, Silent Man appeared beside me. Rather than saying "Hi," before we both looked straight ahead and waited for the elevator in silence (per usual company protocol), Silent Man registered my presence, then got down on the floor and tied his shoe for the entire time it took the elevator to make it to our floor.
I am fairly certain it does not take a grown man over a minute to adjust the laces on one brown dress shoe.
His behavior has officially crossed the line from worrisome ("Is it me?") to the truly bizarre ("Freak").
I have already accosted him today with a bright smile and a "Hi." Eventually, he'll have to give in.


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>>> the political analysis has been that tuesday's election results broke the way they did because among other things the republican party underestimated how much the nation has changed in just the space of the last few years. we are a different people. we have changed demographically. we have changed a lot of our views. definitions of things like the family. though perhaps for you, not quite as much as the family kate snow is going to introduce us to tonight.
>> i don't know, my dad screwed me up pretty good? what do you think two dad would do to a kid.
>> reporter: a new sitcom on nbc featuring a decidedly modern definition of the ever-changing american family "the new normal" tells the story of a single mom from the midwest who becomes the surrogate mother for a gay couple in los angeles .
>> you have no problem doing this for two men?
>> oh, no, i requested a gay couple.
>> reporter: that's just television. but this is the real life version of the new normal.
>> what does coffee have in it?
>> caffeine.
>> caffeine.
>> reporter: they live in a new york city townhouse that just got its power back this past weekend after hour cane sandy. author andrew solomon , his husband, john solomon , and their 3-year-old son george .
>> he knows the word gay. he knows that he has gay dads. i mean to the extent that somebody of his age can know that. he knows that.
>> reporter: and george knows about his other family members as well. but it is complicated. six adults. four children, living in three states. we had to make a chart to explain just who is parent to whom. start with friends of andrew and johns, a lesbian couple, laura and tammy.
>> i was a donor and therefore the biological father of oliver. then, they asked me to do it again.
>> reporter: so john is also the biological father of lucy, but there is more. a close friend of andrews from college blaine who was single at the time had always dreamed of having kids.
>> i said, well if you ever decided that you wanted to be a mother i can think of nothing i would feel more honored about than to be the father of your child . so, blaine is the mother of little blaine .
>> reporter: with all of this going on, andrew still wanted to be a full time parent. he lobbied john for a child of their own.
>> he convinced me. so then we used, may i have george , the red, for just a minute?
>> reporter: their old friend laura volunteered to carry george .
>> the four kids all call us daddy and papa. and even though these kids live in minneapolis . and these kids live in the southwest. we're all consider ourselves family and the kids all consider themselves siblings.
>> the tough thing is when we are at a party and somebody says how many children do you have? it is a tough question.
>> reporter: john and andrew know that not everyone thinks their family arrangement is so wonderful.
>> some people will find it offensive. and one of the birth announcements was returned by somebody who said that our lifestyle didn't agree with their christian values . i respect that.
>> reporter: families can be tough to navigate. growing up, andrew 's parents struggled to cope with his dyslex dyslexia. they were told he would never read. you still have dyslexia?
>> i still have dyslexia. i can't write by hand. i write letters out of order, reversed. put the date down backward, it is a mess.
>> reporter: his parents helped him deal with his dyslexia, but when they learned he was gay, that was another story.
>> they embraced me and loved me despite a lot of differences and then my being gay was sort of the bridge too far.
>> reporter: years later as a young aadult, andrew began a battle with depression which he chronicled in "the noonday demon ." andrew says during the worst of it he dent want to live. it sound awful.
>> it was. but i came out of it. partly was just getting on the right medication. partly it was meeting my husband and having kids. the things i most wanted and thought might never happen, happened.
>> reporter: andrew and john got married in 2007 . his father gave a beautiful toast. by then, andrew had started writing his new book, andrew says the book began as a quest to understand his own parents. to make sense of his life. did you write this book to foregive your parents?
>> i wrote the book and in the course of writing it i did forgive my parents. my parents didn't always accept me for who i was. but they actually always did love me. and that's really the central thing.
>> reporter: the central question of andrew 's new book, far from the tree, is how do parents love children who are different than they are? andrew talked to 300 families over 11 years, about deafness, schizophrenia, even child prodigies . in the hundreds of case he's examined and documented on tape, life doesn't always turn out the way it is planned. one chapter deals with children who are on the autism spectrum .
>> he has a mentor that helps him. no biting, chris.
>> with an autistic children you have to learn a different emotional language.
>> reporter: another chapters, he titles dwarf. doctors told clinton brown any mother he probably wouldn't survive.
>> when i was born my mom refused to see me for three days. she was scared. she thought and said that is my child and i want to take my child home.
>> reporter: another chapter, downs syndrome . dierdre says she takes life with katherine one day at a time.
>> i am lucky to have her in this period of time too.
>> i'm lucky too.
>> thank you.
>> a long way in at exceptor 10, the book by this yale educated author takes an unexpected turn.
>> why did you include crime in the book?
>> i wanted to look at how parents love children who by some external standard seem like children who would be unlovable or whom they couldn't embrace. who would be the hardest to love? i thought, okay, how do you go on loving your own child when your own child has proved to be a brutal murderer?
>> how do you love this child , dillon kleibold, one of the two teens responsible for the columbine massacre .
>> can you say when was the last time that you spoke with tom and sue?
>> i had dinner with sue last night.
>> reporter: for the past six years writing his book, andrew has been talking with dylan 's parents, tom and sue, who have never spoken publicly. he had unprecedented access to the family's private thoughts.
>> you know, when i went out to meet them, i thought if i got to know them i would understand why this had happened and i would detect whatever was off in their household. i spent ape l lot of time there. i stayed in their house. they seem very all american. they seem gentle. they seem intelligent. they seem kind.
>> let's talk about the terrible day, april, 1999 , this school here. that morning, dylan says bye to his mom.
>> yes, the last word sue ever heard from him. the door closed. he set off for school.
>> reporter: like so many americans, the kleibolds watched the scene play out on live tv , dylan and eric harris killed 12 students and one teacher and then turned their guns on themselves.
>> it is an unspeakable, cat catastrophic loss to lose a child , to lose your child and everything you believe to be true about that child in the same instant. it is a terrible thing. sue said once i understood it was actually dylan who was doing this i had to pray that he got killed before he hurt any more people. if he goes down i want to know it was his choice. so i hope he will kill himself. and he did it. i was probably right, it probably was the best thing for him. but to have made that prayer and had that happen, it is a terrible thing to have to live with.
>> reporter: after all these years, people still ask what did dylan 's parents know and why didn't they know about his diaries and tapes that were discovered later?
>> dylan had this piece of him that was evil. it was not visible to his parents. that's because he was secretive.
>> reporter: some people will say why didn't they break into his room?
>> because at the time he was growing up, there was no evidence that there was any reason to break into his room. i'll tell you one thing for sure, i know them well enough, so that i can tell you, 100%, if they had had the slightest idea that such a thing could ever possibly happen, they would have tried to stop it and prevent it.
>> reporter: andrew wants to be clear he is not an apologist for what happened at columbine, neither are the kleibolds. but -- they still love him?
>> very much. she said while i recognize that it would have been better for the world if dylan had never been born, i believe it would not have been better for me.
>> reporter: as andrew solomon has learned firsthand, the love of parents can at times heal and redeem.
>> when i was growing up my mother always said to me, there is no other love like the love you have for your children. if you didn't have children, you will never know what i am talking about. and at the time it made me very angry. i thought i'm gay, i'm not going to have kids. stop saying that. but it was her saying that that partly motivated me to go ahead and fight to have children when it begin to look like a possibility. and it is part of the reason that i did. and as it turns out she was right.
>> kate snow , granted that a lot of what is in there isn't for everybody. what would you say is the central thesis in here?
>> a lot of it is not for everybody. but i want to say there is also some beautiful, moving stories in here. it is not all bad news. the central theme, about unconditional love of your children. it's about coping with news and differences and having to deal with that. all parents pretty much say they were lonely at first. they thought they were all alone. and then they sort of discovered there is an identity to some of these situations. if you are deaf, it is an identity. it's not just a condition. and so they find the groups, find the community out there of deaf people and they're able to, to attach to that.
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New Frisco ISD prototype elementary school design almost finished
The library of Frisco ISD's prototype elementary school was an issue the school board had to compromise on. While they liked the more intricate designs, the cost led to the board choosing a more basic version, seen above. Rendering courtesy of SHW Group.
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Published: Friday, December 14, 2012 12:45 PM CST
Frisco ISD's board of trustees gave input on the district's new prototype elementary school design at a regular meeting Monday, paving the way for new elementary schools.
Richard Wilkinson, the district's deputy superintendent for business and operations, told trustees to make as many suggestions as they want so the design can begin its final stages.
"I would encourage you to be very critical of this prototype because we want to make sure you're pleased with what we're planning," he said. "We certainly hope this prototype will be the one used for six or seven years or so. We want you to be happy with it."
Trey Laird, an internal practice director at architectural firm SHW Group, said the design is nearly complete.
"We just want to show you a couple of subtle tweaks we've made since our last presentation a couple of months ago," he said.
When the design is finally approved, it will be used in Frisco ISD's next elementary schools for several years. The design may be slightly modified to fit the requirements of the sites each elementary school will be located at, however.
The changes primarily related to aspects of the design that weren't functionally related, such as the appearance of the prototype's main and secondary entrances. The board gave consensus votes on all the issues, although there were certain aspects that required them to compromise.
One of those aspects was the design of the library that would be used in the prototype. Laird presented three options to the board -- a baseline as well as two options featuring decorative wooden trusses in the library's ceiling.
The first option with trusses, which used a less intricate design, would cost $40,000, and the second option, with a more complex design, would cost $55,000.
While the trustees all liked the design, the pricing made them unfeasible.
"As much as I love them -- and I think they're gorgeous -- that's the cost of a teacher," board president Renée Ehmke said.
Other decisions the board made involved the height of the secondary entrances, the design of the primary entrance, the shape of the library and similar matters. Many of the changes SHW made to the design after its last discussion with the board were made to the betterment of the prototype's cost and future operating expenses.
"There's a little more complexity with our original design [of the library], so we wanted to come up with something a little simpler, a little easier to build," Laird said. "Some of the shading and windows will help with natural lighting [eliminating the need for more light fixtures]."
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The wheeling and dealing continued for the Phoenix Suns Thursday, as they traded point guard Sebastian Telfair to the Toronto Raptors for center Hamed Haddadi and a 2nd round pick.
Telfair signed with the Suns prior to the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season. In two seasons in Phoenix, the former high school phenom played in 106 games, averaging 6.1 points and 2.4 assists per game.
Haddadi, 27, is averaging 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds in just under seven minutes per game for the Raptors.
Telfair's playing time had dwindled lately as the Suns have gone with more of a youth movement which pushed rookie Kendall Marshall higher on the depth chart. Telfair hasn't gotten off interim head coach Lindsey Hunter's bench in eight of the last 11 contests.
He's also spent time with Portland, Boston, Minnesota, the Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland in his eight-year career.
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- Jon Barry, NBA Analyst - Friday May 24Barry expects a physical match up between the Heat & Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference
- Dan Majerle, Suns legend & GCU coach - Thursday May 23Thunder Dan calls in to argue with Doug about last night's Pacers-Heat game
- Jared Dudley, Suns forward - Tuesday May 21Dudley talks NBA Playoffs and Suns coaching search with Doug & Wolf
- Alvin Gentry, former Suns head coach - Tuesday May 14Gentry talks to Doug & Wolf about the NBA Playoffs, the Suns coaching search and his future
- Denise McDonough, Ryan McDonough's mom - Friday May 10Mrs. McDonough talks to Doug & Wolf about raising the new Suns GM
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SOURCE International Speedway Corporation
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., March 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- International Speedway Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select Market: ISCA; OTC Bulletin Board: ISCB) ("ISC") announced today that it will present at the Raymond James & Associates 34th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Dan Houser, ISC's Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be speaking at the conference.
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The presentation will be webcast live and archived on ISC's investor relations section of its website at http://www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com. The replay of each presentation will be available on the website for at least 30 days.
International Speedway Corporation is a leading promoter of motorsports activities, currently promoting more than 100 racing events annually as well as numerous other motorsports-related activities. The Company owns and/or operates 13 of the nation's major motorsports entertainment facilities, including Daytona International Speedway® in Florida (home of the DAYTONA 500®); Talladega Superspeedway® in Alabama; Michigan International Speedway® located outside Detroit; Richmond International Raceway® in Virginia; Auto Club Speedway of Southern California(SM) near Los Angeles; Kansas Speedway® in Kansas City, Kansas; Phoenix International Raceway® in Arizona; Chicagoland Speedway® and Route 66 Raceway(SM) near Chicago, Illinois; Homestead-Miami Speedway(SM) in Florida; Martinsville Speedway® in Virginia; Darlington Raceway® in South Carolina; and Watkins Glen International® in New York.
The Company also owns and operates Motor Racing Network, Inc., the nation's largest independent sports radio network and Americrown Service Corporation(SM), a subsidiary that provides catering services, food and beverage concessions, and produces and markets motorsports-related merchandise. In addition, the Company has a 50 percent interest in the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.internationalspeedwaycorporation.com.
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