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Nik Software has been making some excellent high-end software for a long time now. If you're a serious photography enthusiast then you may have heard of or even already use Efex Pro - a black and white conversion tool that's been received with critical acclaim.
But now you needn't be a serious photographer at all, because the company's Snapseed retouching software, available for iPhone and iPad, has bags of features on offer. And best of all it's totally free.
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- iOS
- Price
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- Where
- Apple Store
There's hardly a shortage of photography apps for the iPhone. In fact there are already shed loads in the App Store. Some, such as Instagram or Photoshop Express, are free - so is there room for another app in a crowded market place?
In short, yes, we reckon so. Nik Software isn't mucking about with this app - which, by the way, used to cost £2.99 for iPad - as Snapseed is an easy to use, responsive and delivers great results.
Open up the app and there's a row of adjustment tools at the bottom or left-hand side, depending on portrait and landscape orientation of your device. Tools are extensive too, so take a deep breath: there are automatic, selective adjust, tune image, straighten, crop, details, black & white, vintage, drama, grunge, centre focus, frames, and tilt-shift that pretty much every base.
In the centre of the screen, or to the right-hand side if you're working in a landscape orientation, is space for the image you're working in.
Whether sourcing a shot from your device's library, importing a picture taken on a dedicated camera or snapping a new shot using an iPhone's camera there are few limitations to what can be imported. If you have an iPad 3, for example, then Nik Software says that the maximum image size is up to a massive 20.25-megapixels and that the software will read JPEG, TIFF and Raw files (via a camera connector).
Processing is pretty quick too, shown by a percentage counter to the top of the image, though things slow down a little as image size increases. The 13MB, 24-megapixel Nikon D3200 image sample that we loaded into the software took some 10 seconds to process into black and white on an iPhone 4 - that's not bad considering the size and scale. However the file was then downscaled to 16.7-megapixels - hardly small, but shows that there are limitations to different devices capabilities.
Once a tool is selected there are three main controls to make adjustments: swipe up or down to select between the various sub options, such as filter strength and saturation in the drama adjustment; press the screen and apply the adjustment by moving left and right through +/-100; and a pinching motion will, where relevant, adjust circular selection or, for example, the tilt-shift blur area.
Although it's not possible to see images at a 100 per cent pixel level, the sharpening and structure tools found within the detail adjustment are the exception. Here it's possible to click and drag a magnifier over any part of the image to see how subtle (or harsh) your adjustment is.
Black and white adjustment is, in true Nik style, excellent too. As well as brightness, contrast and grain filters there are colour filters to produce different b&w results.
Once you're done adjusting, or stacking on all manner of adjustments, you can re-save the file, email it, open it in another app such as Dropbox, or post it to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram with the click of a button.
So whether you want to make some serious adjustments, or just have a good ol' muck around with some "fun" filters, Snapseed has the versatility to cater for both. And cater for both well.
Given that many basic apps charge 69p for a simple tilt-shift effect - something that's also in Snapseed amid all its other goodies - you'd be mad to miss this free app. Yup, Snapseed is seriously good stuff.


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More Free Music from Lapdance Academy
I've released three new singles today on Lapdance Academy and, as is always the case, you can download them absolutely free!
First is a re-release of "Lady on the Low" from 2007's Bedlam Nights which has been bundled with a big-beat remix by Bridgeport, CT producer, Touch. Next up is my cover of "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads (previously released on the Coverville tribute compilation) and last, but certainly not least, is Seraphim - a pair of traditional American spirituals featuring guest vocals from Emily Zuzik, Matt Whyte of Earl Greyhound and even our fearless Editrix-in-Chief.
So quit sitting on your thumbs and head to Lapdance Academy where you can stream, download and, yes, make a donation!

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CyberPower Gamer Xtreme 1000 SE Review
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Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game. The premise is to play as one of 18 civilizations and lead it from the "dawn of man" up to the space age. This latest iteration of the Civilization series uses a new game engine and brings massive changes to the AI behaviour in the game. Released for Windows in September of 2010, Civilization V was developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K games. Testing will be done using actual gameplay, with FPS measured by Fraps through a series of five turns, 150 turns into the game.
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The Vampire Diaries: Witch Way to Go with Bonnie?Matt Richenthal at . Comments
The residents of Mystic Falls have already had to deal with Alaric Saltzman going from heroic history teacher to evil supernatural slayer.
Will they soon need to brace themselves for another journey of a local favorite to the dark side?
Asked about storyline for The Vampire Diaries Season 4, executive producer Julie Plec told E! News last week that a lot of debate is raging over Bonnie's future on the show.
"She's tapped into some darker stuff," Plec said, referring to the spell Bonnie pulled off to bring Jeremy back to life. "I don't know which way we'll go with her in season four. Do you go down a road even though people did it really well, do you really want to do that? Or do you ignore what other people did and do it because it's right for the character? I'm interested to see where we land on that as writers."
Plec's concern, interestingly enough, stems from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and how that series dealt with the character of Willow.
Where do you think TVD should go with Bonnie? Ponder the possibilities, leave a comment and then weigh in on what actor should come on board as Bonnie's father.
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Official: Motorola releases Android 2.1 update for the Cliq
If you recall, last month we posted three different stories about the Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Cliq. First there was the rumored November launch timeframe, followed by Motorola seeking a handful of users to test out the new build. The last story we ran was supposed to be the official ... Read More »


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Human Genetics Problem Set
Problem 10: Predicting inheritance pattern from pedigree analysisA man who had purple ears came to the attention of a human geneticist. The human geneticist did a pedigree analysis and made the following observations:
In this family, purple ears proved to be an inherited trait due to a single genetic locus. The man's mother and one sister also had purple ears, but his father, his brother, and two other sisters had normal ears. The man and his normal-eared wife had seven children, including four boys and three girls. Two girls and two boys had purple ears. The purple-ear trait is most probably:
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'John Smith' is a one-page CV/Portfolio website template. It's built to tell a story about a professional designer/web developer to a possible employer or a hirer. Smoothly navigating from section to section a visitor will get the full picture of you as a professional.
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Figure skater Brian Boitano's announcement that he's gay spurred a confused discussion in the office this morning, but no, as it turns out, he only first came out today.
From his statement:
"It is my desire to be defined by my achievements and my contributions. While I am proud to play a public role in representing the American Olympic delegation as a former Olympic athlete, I have always reserved my private life for my family and friends and will continue to do so. I am many things: a son, a brother and uncle, an athlete, a cook, an author and being gay is just one part of who I am. First and foremost I am an American athlete and I am proud to live in a country that encourages diversity, openness and tolerance. I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations."
Boitano is part of America's delegation to the Sochi Olympic ceremonies, which was announced two days ago and pointedly included two out athletes and no high-ranking government officials. Take that, Russia: We snuck a third gay athlete in there too.


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How To: Make Your Own Glasses from Bottles
More crafting! Here's a project that's about a 5 on a 1-10 difficulty scale. Actually, it's not that tough, it just requires some precision and a few tools you most likely don't have around the house. And it involves fire.
Please note these are very condensed instructions just so you know what you're getting into. Head over to Makezine.com for more detail and helpful tips.
Glass cutting wheel
Bottle cutting jig
Small butane torch
Lazy Susan (or other rotating platform)
Scrap of plate glass at least 8x8" (or a mirror)
Safety goggles
A suitable glass bottle to cut
400 grit silicon carbide wet/dry sandpaper
Bulk silicon carbide grit (at least 80 mesh)
Tap water and spray bottle
Oil for glass cutting wheel
After choosing your bottle, the first step is to score the glass for cutting. This is where a bottle cutting jig comes in handy. Essentially you will roll the bottle in the jig creating a scoreline. See below.
Once you've made a scoreline, position the bottle on a Lazy Susan and apply heat using a small butane torch. Set the torch slightly above the scoreline and rotate the Lazy Susan with your free hand. You will hear click and pops as the glass literally breaks. Go slow, be patient and be careful. You should be wearing your safety goggles at this point.
Still with me? Now that you've cut the bottle, you'll want to polish the edge. This is called "lapping." Drop a pinch of grit on a piece of glass or even a mirror and lightly wet it using a spray bottle. Then, with the bottom of the bottle facing up, make a figure-eight motion in the grit. This can be sensitive to the ears, like nails on a chalkboard, so you may want to have earplugs or loud, heavy metal music handy. We suggest Def Leopard or Poison.
Finally, it's time to round the corners. This is done simply by rubbing your silicon carbide sandpaper along the edges. Do this gently and carefully, until you can smoothly run your fingers around the edge.
Cool, huh? The tools are an investment, but once you get the hang of it I'm sure you'll think of lots of uses. How about making a candle holder out of a wine bottle? Or a vase from an old-fashioned Coke bottle? An ashtray, kitchen utensil holder or even a dog bowl for Scraps? If you do make something, let us know how it goes!
And if you just want to buy the glasses in the above pictures, here are two sites that sell them.
• 1 Boyland Bottleworks from Sundance - set of 4 for $25
• 2 Sol Beer Glasses from Elsewares - set of 4 for $34
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A local mental health provider is set to discontinue services to thousands of Medicaid recipients in Onslow, Carteret and surrounding counties beginning next month.
A local mental health provider is set to discontinue services to thousands of Medicaid recipients in Onslow, Carteret and surrounding counties beginning next month.
Coastal Carolina Neuropsychiatric Center, which has offices in Jacksonville, Morehead City, Kenansville and New Bern, will no longer accept Medicaid for mental health, intellectual developmental disabilities and substance abuse treatment as of April 22. Patients who live in Onslow, Carteret, Brunswick, Pender and New Hanover counties will be affected.
The Center's medical director, Dr. Ash Mikhail, said he has never turned away patients before, but has no choice now. He said changes in state laws were forcing his staff to place more emphasis on administrative tasks over the treatment of patients.
�We are not the only ones not taking Medicaid patients,� Mikhail said, adding that several providers have or will drop the government healthcare program.
He said he has issues with the regional agency that oversees mental healthcare as provided by Medicaid.
That agency, CoastalCare is the result of a merger between Onslow-Carteret Behavioral Healthcare and the Wilmington-based Southeastern Center. The two agencies integrated last year to meet new state requirements that local management entities serve an area with a population of at least 500,000. Operating as a Medicaid Waiver site has already increased CoastalCare�s budget from about $40 million to $102 million. The budget will increase by approximately another $60 million for fiscal year 2013-2014, according to information from the organization.
Mikhail said the agency is too tied up in bureaucracy. Mikhail said CoastalCare requires too much paperwork and dozens of separate billing systems which ties up too much of his administrative staff, which should instead be focused on patient needs. He said he hates to lose patients and values each of them.
CoastalCare Director William Holtz said the agency has worked to build sufficient network capacity for outpatient services to ensure patients continue to receive care from other area providers.
�We are making sure there is very limited disruption in services,� he said.
Holtz said other agencies have shown interest in filling the gap left by CCNC. He said he is meeting with contracted providers regarding increasing the agency�s ability to serve more residents.
CoastalCare is also exploring ways to build the network�s capacity, including expanding availability of current providers and identifying unused or underused resources including tele-medicine.
Consumers can use tele-medicine to meet with doctors and clinicians in other office locations to widen the availability of providers and reduce travel costs.
CoastalCare and CCNC are implementing a transition plan for those currently being served by CCNC. Patients have been informed upon leaving CCNC�s offices at the end of an appointment, and a letter has been mailed out providing CoastalCare�s phone number where a list of providers is available. CoastalCare isn't referring any more patients to CCNC, according to a press release this week from Rebbecca Basden, spokeswoman for CoastalCare, the local manager of public funds for mental health care.
CoastalCare is part of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services expansion of Medicaid Waiver functions to all 100 counties. Until recently, a statewide vendor authorized Medicaid funded services for consumers of mental health services. Services can now be approved at the local level by providers in the CoastalCare network.
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MELBOURNE, Australia — No woman has come close to rivaling Serena Williams since she finished off her self-titled Serena Slam – capturing four consecutive major championships – by winning at Melbourne Park in 2003.
No woman since has even come close to that. But after winning Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, Williams appears to be poised for another dominant run, one that has her entertaining thoughts of a calendar year Grand Slam in 2013, starting with the Australian Open on Monday.
"I think for me, absolutely," Williams replied when asked if a Grand Slam is possible this year.
Williams cites one stinging loss in Paris as the motivation behind her recent string of success.
After a shocking upset loss to Virginie Razzano, then ranked No. 111, at the French Open last May – her only first-round defeat in a Grand Slam in 14 seasons on the tour – Williams rebounded to win titles at Wimbledon, the London Olympics, the U.S. Open and the season-ending WTA Championships.
She finished 2012 with a 58-4 record, losing only once after June, and with a title at the Brisbane International last week has extended her run to 35 wins in her last 36 matches.
In that time, she has beaten No. 1-ranked Victoria Azarenka four times, including at the U.S. Open final in which she saved two match points. She was 5-0 against Azarenka in 2012 and is 11-1 against her overall.
"Yeah, but I also lost in the first round of a Grand Slam and she didn't," Williams said. "I think that's what really affected me."
Azarenka is the defending Australian Open champion and Williams said the 23-year-old Belarusian deserves to have the top ranking because she was the most consistent player last year. Azarenka withdrew from their semifinal in Brisbane last week after having part of the nail on her big toe removed after a less-than-perfect pedicure.
No. 2-ranked Maria Sharapova was entered in the Brisbane International but withdrew with a sore right collarbone. Sharapova reached the final here last year, also after pulling out of the tuneup event in Brisbane, and then went on to win the French Open, her first major title in four years.
The pinnacle of Sharapova's 2012 season coincided with the lowest point for Williams, who followed her surprising fourth-round loss to Russia's Ekaterina Makarova at Melbourne Park with the loss to Razzano in Paris. That's when she went on the roll that has her confidently looking ahead to 2013.
"I think maybe whoever wins the Australian Open will have that same thought (about a calendar year Grand Slam)," she said. "There is no way that Victoria or Maria or maybe some other players don't feel the same way. So I think I definitely feel that way."
Sharapova has won each of the majors once, giving her a career Grand Slam spread across nine years. She thinks the depth in women's tennis makes it difficult for anyone to win them all in one season, but not impossible for somebody such as Williams.
"Well, she has the last two, so she's a couple steps closer than we are, that's for sure," she said. "Yeah, she had an incredible season. You know, the reason we still go out and play these matches is because we have to start from scratch and from the first round and from the first point. We have to do it again."
There's evidence of Williams' previous exploits all around Melbourne Park, from the entrance where spectators arriving on trains and trams have to pass her image five times just to get to the front gate, to the larger-than-life photo that the 15-time Grand Slam winner sees in the tunnel just before she walks onto center court.
She said it helps her feel at home.
"I love the crowd. I feel like if there is one tournament that everyone is rooting a lot for me is in Melbourne. I really don't get that everywhere I play," she said.
Williams can reclaim the No. 1 ranking by winning the Australian Open. If she does, she'd pass Chris Evert's mark of 30 years, 11 months and 3 days – set in 1985 – as the oldest woman to hold the top ranking.
Evert, now a TV analyst, says it's "absolutely possible" for Williams to not only win in Australia, but to win all four majors this year if she stays fit and healthy.
"I think she's got the motivation, there's no doubt about it, because she's been out of the game so many different times, either for injuries or for other interests in her life, whatever, so she's still a fresh older player," Evert said.
"When she's on, she's unbeatable. I don't know if anybody can really stop her. But you have to remember that we're talking Grand Slams in the same sentence, and they're two-week tournaments and have always provided surprises for us.
"But is it possible? It's absolutely possible. Do I think it will happen? I have my doubts that it would happen only because she is human."
Williams thinks it's possible if she gets back into her zone, where "It feels really calm, like I'm in a really calm place and I'm not panicking, I'm not over-thinking it and not, you know, blasting every ball. I just get really calm and kind of serene.
"I feel better when I'm more calm. When I'm crazy like I was in Paris, as you can see, it doesn't do great for me."
She said she'd been spending a lot more time on court in practice, is more relaxed and "doing a lot of things I love," since hiring Paris-based Patrick Mouratoglou as a coaching consultant.
"Everything just came together with the right timing with me wanting to do better, with me wanting to work hard, him being there and having everything to work hard, and having the same mind frame of playing matches for the way I like to play.
"So I think life is about timing, and it was just good timing."
Williams joined other players from Mouratoglou's academy and former No. 1-ranked Martin Hingis on a trip to Mauritius, where the group mixed practice with singing karaoke and swimming in the sea.
Photos of Mouratoglou and Williams sparked rumors there was more to the relationship than tennis, something Williams declined to discuss when asked at a news conference if there was more to the story that she'd like to share.
"No, not really," she said. "Thanks for asking though."


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Heckel was born in 1883 in Dobeln, Saxony. He was influenced by Van Gogh and Edvard Munch and about 1907 began using bright colors and a violent style. He specialized in landscapes and nudes tinged by a certain melancholy. In 1910 his line began to be less rapid and more angular, while his color darkened.
In 1911 he went to live in Berlin where he painted grave, anxious, sometimes anguished figures that seem to belong to the world of Dostojevski. Heckel's meeting in 1912 with Lyonel Feininger, Franz Marc and August Macke led him to a greater concern with form and light.
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Bismarck, N.D. - Dr. Larry C. Skogen says his appointment as Interim Chancellor of the North Dakota University System (NDUS) is giving him the opportunity to help provide NDUS with a fresh start.
"The past year has had its challenges, but it's a new day now," said Skogen. "The Board, the North Dakota University System and the presidents of our colleges and universities all share the same goal -- to provide our students with a quality education that helps them take full advantage of the ever-growing job opportunities in North Dakota."
Skogen's appointment as Interim Chancellor by the State Board of Higher Education takes effect November 1 and will run through June 2015.
"We will continue to work hard to have the best possible educational system for our students," he said. "This includes improving graduation rates, better preparing students to succeed in their chosen path at one of our institutions, and keeping the cost of higher education affordable in our state."
Skogen said that one of the NDUS initiatives now under way to achieve those goals is the Pathways to Student Success Plan, a direction that the SBHE approved in 2012. "The Pathways to Student Success concept from a 40,000 foot view is designed to take our system to a higher level of performance and accountability," he said. "We are now drilling down to the details, working collaboratively with all those involved in or impacted by this plan. We are ensuring that we are making data-driven decisions that always keep students foremost in our minds.
"I'm looking forward to working with the Board, University System staff, institution leadership, K-12 leaders and our elected officials to achieve the best possible outcomes for our most important resource - our students," he said. "By doing that, we will accomplish what we all want - success for our students in reaching their greatest potential, and accountability to our citizens for the investments our state is making in our students' future."
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Aerodynamically superior, small and powerful. Safety and comfort are a major part of it's sturdy build. Most commonly found in large fields looking to land in a small pebbled circle; can be seen swooping long water canals or ponds. Once it has found its partner host, it rarely leaves host only to sleep comfortably in a safe and secure location while the host imbibes brewer's yeast flavored water. There is a wide variety of color patterns, though the first recorded pattern was Green with undertones of Royal Blue. All varieties display the telltale marking of 1 Orange patch-like spot located on the tail.
While all other airborne creatures may try to out do the Aerodyne, the Aerodyne listens to the directions given by the lovingly chosen host. The Aerodyne will protect and safely glide in its host until it or the host is deceased.
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Events and Programs
The library presents a variety of programs for all ages, throughout the year, to meet the recreational, cultural, and informational interests of the community. Current regular programming includes summer reading clubs for children, teens, and adults, preschool storytimes, craft programs for children and teens, a Teen Advisory Board, college and career programs, Teen Read Week, and special guest performances for children and teens. Programs of interest for adults include computer instruction, music concerts, and programs covering topics such as book clubs, snowshoeing, and gardening.
View our Calendar of Events or call 503.697.6580 for youth program information or 503.675.2540 for more details on programs for adults.


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PHOTOS: Nicky Romero Lights Up PureVolume Party in LA
Nicky Romero's name has been linked to some of dance music's biggest collaborations as of late. There was his "I Could Be the One" track with Avicii that blew up the Beatport charts, and his hit "Like Home" with Australian twins Nervo. This week, Romero lit up LA's Create nightclub dance floor for PureVolume's exclusive What's Your Forte? event, where fans can submit their own samples and tracks for a chance at their own collaboration with the Dutch DJ.
Check out photos of Romero making it rain in the club with confetti. When he wasn't spinning his mash-ups or originals, he was turning up the crowd with remixes to Nirvana and Kid Cudi. It's hard not to be a fan of this guy.


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Top Spot in Time Trials
The last BITD race of the season is upon us and today 30 unlimited vehicles braved the cold weather to see who would start first for the BITD Henderson 250. Justin Lofton would make a statement putting 9 seconds on Jason Voss to claim the poll position. (Photo/video credit race-dezert.com)
4th Annual Charity Golf Event
January is right around the corner and so is the 4th Annual Charity Golf Event presented by the Justin Lofton Foundation. Register today to become a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Tee sponsor, put your team together for the Tournament or get your tickets for the Dinner/Dance by clicking here!
Baja 1000
Check out Justin's ride from Baja over the weekend!
Winning Weekend
Justin takes 1st overall in the 1500 Class of the Blue Water Desert Challenge! Click here to see more from the weekend.
The Last Great Colosseum
Click here to get your canvas print or wall graphic of Justin racing in Bristol.
Quick Stop
Justin takes 4 tires and fuel with 16 laps to go at Bristol.
Qualifying 9th
Justin recapping his 9th place qualifying run here at Bristol.
Gearing Up
Monett Motorsports team going thru tech.
Suns out and tracks dry, practice 12-3 pst.
Justin Lofton's Charity Golf Tournament
Its that time again, Las Vegas Nascar Truck Race IV FULL PLATE!! If you heard about the fun from last year don't miss out on it this year! Click here for more info.
Kentucky Testing
Justin out testing in Kentucky, "32 car was fast today."
High Flyer
First Class in the High Flyers Club at SST Toronto.
Sunday SST at Honda Indy Toronto
Justin had a podium finish going but with one lap to go he had a motor failure... Oh well drove from last to 2nd! Good day good show!
Prepping for Sunday in Toronto
Justin getting ready for a weekend win sweep.
Lofton Finishes On Top
Justin talks about the SST Toronto win.


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End of a Carrier Dome era: No. 11 Georgetown 57, No. 8 Syracuse 46
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Otto Porter scored a career-high 33 points and No. 11 Georgetown beat No. 8 Syracuse 57-46 on Saturday, putting an emphatic stamp on the impending end of an era before an imposing Orange crowd.
Thirty-three years after the Hoyas halted Syracuse's 57-game home winning streak at Manley Field House, Porter added his name to the pantheon of stars who made this rivalry scintillating over the years.
His incredible play stopped the Orange's 38-game winning streak in the Carrier Dome, the longest in Division I, and it came in front of a disappointed record crowd of 35,012, the largest ever to see a college basketball on campus. It was the fewest points scored by Syracuse in the Carrier Dome.
It was the final game between Georgetown and Syracuse in the Carrier Dome as members of the conference — the Orange are leaving the Big East in July to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.


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Athletes Inspire in Boulder
Two members of Team CHOCOLATE MILK served up inspirational racing at IRONMAN Boulder.
This article is sponsored by Team GOT CHOCOLATE MILK.
Eric McElvenny and Robert Verhelst continued their motivational IRONMAN journeys at IRONMAN Boulder a few weeks ago. Competing in his second IRONMAN race after racing alongside teammate Hines Ward at the IRONMAN World Championship last year, McElvenny was also competing in Boulder as a representative of the Challenged Athletes Foundation. Competing in his 16th IRONMAN race, Verhelst once again took on the challenge of completing the run portion of the race in full firefighter's gear.
McElvenny masters again
An accomplished high school athlete, McElvenny represented the U.S. Naval Academy's rugby team before being deployed as part of the Marine Corps to the Middle East.
On this third deployment to Afghanistan, McElvenny stepped on an IED in December, 2011, losing his right leg below the knee. During his recovery he learned about the Wounded Warriors Project, which helps military personnel who have lost limbs in combat rehabilitate themselves through sport.
McElvenny refused to let his injury "dictate the rest of his life" and quickly began to excel in triathlon. His positive attitude and obvious athletic talent got him to the finish line in an impressive 11:54:29 in Kona. In Boulder, despite the altitude, he managed to improve on that time, finishing in 11:41:56.
Verhelst's long day
In 2001 Robert Verhelst spent eight days working Search, Rescue and Recovery at the World Trade Center – or what had been the World Trade Center until the day before. A decade later, to remember the tragic events of 9/11, and the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on that day, he raised money for the Code 3 for a Cure Foundation during his race at IRONMAN Wisconsin. To truly ensure he raised awareness he did the marathon in his full firefighter gear – all 65 pounds of it.
Since 2011 Verhelst has done 15 IRONMAN races, walking the run course with all the gear, raising money and awareness for a variety of charities. In 2012 he finished the IRONMAN World Championship in 16:40:03. At Boulder's altitude Verhelst ran into some issues with an asthma condition, which forced him to pull out of the race during the run, but he'll no-doubt be back on a start line again soon.
McElvenny and Verhelst competed at IRONMAN Boulder on behalf of Team CHOCOLATE MILK and both attribute some of their success as athletes to proper recovery. Their go-to post-workout drink is lowfat chocolate milk because it has the right mix of carbs and protein to help their bodies recover quickly so they are ready for their next challenge.
We caught up with Verhelst and McElvenny before their race in Boulder.
This article is sponsored by Team GOT CHOCOLATE MILK.


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By Lloyd Dunkelberger, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
TALLAHASSEE Some Florida consumers trying to make a claim on their long-held property insurance policies have had their claims denied and coverage canceled because of an old credit report. Others face lengthy legal proceedings — involving lawyers and court reporters — when they make a claim and also risk losing their policies if they don't participate in the hearings.
Those and other issues were reviewed Wednesday by the Homeowners' Policy and Claims Bill of Rights Working Group, a panel developing consumer-protection recommendations to offer the Legislature heading into next year's session.
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Robin Smith Westcott, who is leading the group, said the aim is to heighten consumer awareness of the issues, as well as develop potential legislation. Many of the consumer complaints were heard in a series of public hearings that Westcott conducted with the Division of Consumer Services in the Department of Financial Services.
Some of the issues were also raised in the state's recent decision to levy a $1.26 million fine against the state's second-largest property insurer — Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Co. — for wrongly denying claims and canceling policies without adequate notice. Universal is challenging the state's allegations.
The state's order cited Universal for using information from their customers' credit history to deny claims long after the underwriting process should have been completed — a practice known as "post-claim underwriting."
Lawmakers also debated the issue this spring when Sens. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, and Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa, managed to amend a bill to limit the use of credit records to deny coverage to 90 days after the policy is written. The bill failed to pass.
Insurance company representatives on the panel questioned how widespread the practice was and noted that the state seemed to have the authority to crack down on the practice as exemplified by the Universal fine — although that is being litigated.
But Westcott Universal's use of the practice on some its roughly 550,000 policyholders underscored the need for a reform.
"Consumers are very vulnerable in this process," Westcott said. "We can make it very clear in the law what we will accept and not accept, so consumers who are going through the everyday process are protected.
"Group members acknowledged the need for insurance companies to be able to question information originally provided by policyholders to prevent fraud or misrepresentation. Westcott said a legitimate example would be a case in which a homeowner failed to disclose a welding business on the property before making a fire-damage claim.
The working group may need to define what information would be "material" in allowing an insurance company to deny a claim based on the information in the original policy application.
Bill Newton, head of the Florida Consumer Action Network, said consumers need "certainty" in the claims process. "We need to know if we're paying our premiums that our house is insured," he said.
The working group also discussed the growing use of a practice known as an "examination under oath." It happens after a claim is filed and the insurance company requests policyholders to appear in a deposition-like proceeding where they can be questioned by lawyers, with the proceeding formally recorded by a court reporter.
If the policyholder "unreasonably" refuses to participate they could face not only the rejection of their claim but the loss of their policy.
Lawyers who represent policyholders said the use of the formal examinations is growing and that some companies are using them to discourage claims.
But Melissa Burt DeVriere, a lawyer for Security First Insurance Co., another major Florida property insurer, said her company rarely uses the procedure because it can be costly. Over the last 2-plus DeVriere said her company, which has 180,000 policyholders, has only used it 138 times.
"It is in the insurance companies' best interest to settle meritorious claims," DeVriere said. "We want to make sure our customers are happy."
Westcott said consumers can protect themselves by following two basic guidelines. The first is to contact their insurance company and file a claim if they have a problem. The claims process sets in place a set of guidelines for the insurer as well as the insured, she said.
Second, Westcott cautioned consumers who are in the middle of a damaged home or property from immediately signing contracts with contractors, adjusters and other groups that are offering aid. "That has led to many, many things going wrong in this claims process," she said.
"Consumers beware," she said.


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Henry Chamberlain, Views and costumes of the city and neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from drawings taken by Lieutenant Chamberlain, Royal Artillery, during the years 1819 and 1820, with descriptive explanations (London, 1822), plate 29. The illustration shown here is taken from the facsimile edition with biographical notes by Joaquim de Sousa Leao (published by Kosmos, Rio de Janeiro, 1974; printed in The Netherlands). (Copy in Widener Library, Harvard University)
Title, "Sick Slaves". This image shows, Chamberlain writes, a group of "newly-imported invalid Negroes . . . taking the air . . . under the care of a Capataz, or keeper, who generally bears the badge of his office--a whip--more for show than use. These miserable creatures . . . have the appearance of scarecrows, and it is sometimes extraordinary how such emaciated beings can muster sufficient strength to walk about." In the right-hand corner, two other African-born slaves are carrying baskets and playing musical instruments: on the left, the man, a native of Mozambique, is playing an "instrument of his country, called the "Madimba, a sort of violin with a single wire" while on the right, a "Congo Negro, is performing . . . upon the Sambee, an instrument of his country." The foreground figures in Chamberlain's book were copied from three separate water-colors drawn earlier by Joaquim Candido Guillobel. Born in Portugual in 1787, Guillobel came to Brazil in 1808, and from 1812 started "drawing and painting small pictures on cards of everyday scenes in Rio de Janeiro." For biographical details on Guillobel, who died in 1859, and reproductions of about 60 of his original drawings in color (including the ones shown here), see Joaquim Candido Guillobel, Usos e Costumes do Rio de Janeiro nas figurinhas de Guillobel [1978]. The text of this volume is given in both Portuguese and English; the author of the biographical notes who is, presumably the compiler of the volume, is not given in the Library of Congress copy that was consulted. (See this website, "Chamberlain" for related drawings.)


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Two days left.
In just two days, 2014 will be all sealed up in the history books and 2015 will spread before us all fresh and new with no mistakes in it…yet. (Raise your hand if you love that L.M. Montgomery quote!)
A fresh start always gets us excited. We take a moment to look back at all we've done (and not done…eesh), wipe the slate clean, and make lists and plans and goals. We resolve to do better. We sharpen our pencils and pull out new calendars and fresh notebooks. We buy arm bands to hold our iPods while we run, we scrub our sinks 'til they shine and color code our budgets and envelope systems and meal plans.
It feels so good to start anew. And friends, we are rooting for you!
We are cheering so loudly, but we want more for you than fitness and organization. Yes, we want you to succeed in your goals (we do! we really do!), but our prayer for you is the same prayer we pray for ourselves, for our spouses, for our children and our friends—that, like Jesus, you would "grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man." (Luke 2:52)
This year, instead of resolving to finally get it right,
let's resolve to walk with Him as He makes it right.
Instead of determining to get better,
let's determine to get closer to Him through His Word.
Instead of making a list of all that we will do on our own,
let's notice all that He is already doing
This is our prayer for our community as it stands today, on this 29th day of December, 2014. And it's our prayer for the "community to come" as more women from all over the world continue to take notice of these "women in the Word of God every day" and join us here!
Friends, we have a gift for you. We've been working on a little project just for you (and for us, too!) and it's time to let you pull off the ribbon and bow! Now that we have these beautiful apps you kickstarted last Spring, we get to build on them—and the happy, new feature we've been working on is now ready to roll just in time for us to step into 2015 together.
Announcing: #365DaysOfTruth
It's a new, FREE plan on the She Reads Truth app, but with a bit of a twist. Here's what you need to know:
- This plan will walk you through the entire Bible, cover to cover, in one year—one day at a time.
- The entire plan will launch on January 1st on the app.
- You will be able to mark days as "read" and track progress by percentage!
- The layout will be similar to the current SRT studies, only you will swipe directly from Scripture to comments, without any additional writing/study from the SRT writing team.
- Yes, there will be comments! If you come across something that is particularly inspiring or difficult to understand, you are not alone—leave a comment! Whether you're ahead of schedule and the first to make a note, or a bit behind pace and coming upon an existing discussion, the beauty of that comments section is the reminder that we are doing this together.
- To connect with others reading this plan, use the hashtags #SheReadsTruth AND #365DaysOfTruth
- Don't forget to set up a custom reminder to read in the "settings" section of your app!
Does this mean She Reads Truth isn't doing regular studies any more? Haha – oh no! We are so excited to continue at our regular pace of reading books of the Bible, exploring topics, and observing events of the Church calendar with you all year long! We're diving headfirst into the book of John on January 1st (and we're thinking of tackling the book of Esther soon—shhh!).
We look forward to 2015 being an incredible year of Women in the Word of God Every Day. It's not about being better—it's about getting closer! Friends, we are praying for YOU as we approach a new year together. And we're so thrilled and grateful to offer you this special, additional tool to echo loudly, "We're cheering for you!"
Thankful for you.
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) Unlike Cleveland's more famous first-round draft pick, Justin Gilbert likes to keep things low-profile, ducking the limelight.
No, he's not Johnny Manziel - off the field.
But when he's on it, the confident rookie cornerback - drafted by the Browns with the No. 8 overall pick, 14 spots ahead of Manziel - doesn't mind the attention. In fact, go ahead and throw the ball in his direction. Just be ready to deal with the consequences.
Manziel found that out Wednesday, when he floated a pass over the middle toward rookie wide receiver Kenny Shaw that was nearly intercepted by Gilbert, who swatted it to the ground and then gave his celebrated teammate an earful.
''I should have picked it off,'' Gilbert said. ''I told him after that play, after we went over to the sideline, I was like, `You're welcome.' It should've been my first NFL interception, but I didn't make it.''
The Browns are counting on Gilbert to get his hands on many more.
Last month, Cleveland's new regime made the former Oklahoma State star its first draft pick. The Browns had been expected to select a quarterback with the first of their two first-round choices, but they went instead with Gilbert, a 6-foot, 202-pound blend of size and speed.
When the team later chose Manziel, the pressure was at least somewhat taken off Gilbert.
''Yeah, a little bit,'' Gilbert said, ''and that's fine with me.''
Gilbert is currently behind Buster Skrine on Cleveland's depth chart, but the 22-year-old has every intention of moving into the starting lineup. Pettine said Gilbert is making steady progress, but there are still times when he gets himself into trouble.
This is a new level, and Gilbert is adjusting to faster, stronger players.
''He's on the learning curve,'' Pettine said. ''He's kind of put himself in situations where he's testing his ability to make up (speed). I think a lot of corners, I don't want to say play scared, but they'll stay on top and they get beat underneath a lot. I think the elite guys will let a guy get slightly past them but will make up speed and they can still make a play on the ball.''
Pettine knows a quality corner when he sees one. After all, he coached Pro Bowler Darrelle Revis in New York. Pettine likes taller, stronger cornerbacks who can be physical with receivers coming off the line of scrimmage and disrupt their routes.
To Pettine, cornerbacks are the cornerstones of a defense.
The Browns are hoping to pair Gilbert - as long as he wins the job - on the opposite side of Pro Bowler Joe Haden. That could be a lethal combination for Cleveland.
Gilbert understands that if he's out there with Haden, he'll be the one quarterbacks come after.
''Yeah, Buster told me that last week,'' Gilbert said. ''He was like you're going to get a lot of balls thrown at you. They don't throw to Joe's side, so that's going to give me a lot of opportunities to make plays.''
In addition to studying his playbook, Gilbert said he's been seeking advice from Haden, who has been more than willing to show him the ropes.
Haden is letting Gilbert figure things out on his own, too, but if he sees the youngster struggling, he might give him a pointer.
''Any little mess ups I have or things that would give a bad name for myself, then yes, he'll pull me to the side and explain everything to me,'' Gilbert said.
After he was drafted, Gilbert was immediately dragged inside the intense spotlight that follows Manziel wherever he goes. The new teammates traveled from New York together and appeared side-by-side at an introductory news conference, where most of the questions were directed at Manziel.
Gilbert wants to be known for more than being ''the guy drafted before Manziel'' and he's getting more comfortable in being recognized around Cleveland.
''I didn't think most people would know my face,'' he said. ''I was at the mall yesterday and some guy said, `Are you Justin Gilbert?' I'm just getting used to it. I used to lie to people and say, `No we just look alike.' It's good to be here.''
NOTES: Browns NT Phil Taylor and OG Garrett Gilkey got into a fight that went beyond the usual pushing and shoving. Gilkey's helmet was ripped off as he threw uppercuts and Taylor pushed WR Miles Austin aside as he tried to get at his teammate. Pettine wasn't pleased. ''I always use the phrase `competitive not combative' and that line gets crossed every now and again,'' he said. ''But I also think that's a byproduct of what we're trying to build, the mentality. It's something that happens. As a coach you frown on it but at the same time you understand it might be the price of doing business.'' ... Pro Bowl WR Josh Gordon was kept out of practice with ''a minor ding.'' Pettine said Gordon's lack of activity has nothing to do with a possible league drug suspension. ... Pro Bowl T Joe Thomas didn't practice because of an unspecified injury.


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Load Calculations — Art. 220 (part 2)
Give the best answer.
1. Which of the following 15A 125V duplex receptacles on a two-family house counts as part of the general lighting load for the dwelling unit they're connected to, instead of being taken as additional load? Assume they're not in the actual dwelling unit living space.
a. The one for the garage door opener
b. The one in the siding on the outside wall, for occasional use as necessary
c. The one in the basement next to the panel, for general use
d. Two of the above
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
2. How many 20A branch circuits must you install to feed 80 ft of lighting track at a museum? There will be 50W pin spots every 4 ft (starting 2 ft from the beginning) for a long-term display of a series of 20 small paintings.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four (feed at both ends)
3. For the load in Question 2, how much additional load must you allow for the feeder?
a. 7500VA
b. 6000VA
c. 1250VA
d. 1000VA
4. If you connect a receptacle located behind the refrigerator to its own 15A branch circuit, how much load must you include for the refrigerator in the service calculation for a new house?
a. None
b. 1200VA
c. 1500VA
d. No can do; it must be a 20A small appliance circuit.
5. A 16-unit condominium, with two bathrooms in each, will be wired with separate 20A branch circuits to each bathroom. How much additional load does this design decision impose?
a. 48kVA
b. 24kVA
c. 5760VA
d. None
6. If you install a heat pump at a new house with 18kVA of backup resistance heat to supplement a 30A compressor, what does that represent in terms of 240V feeder load in the optional calculation? Assume the heat is internally staged, but the compressor runs whenever called.
a. 68A
b. 75A
c. 105A
d. None of the above
Answers and Discussion
1. d, Sec. 220-3(b)(10). Due to the restructuring of this section, the general-purpose receptacles have a "home" for sure, even if they aren't on the side of the door with the conditioned air. They're taken as part of the general lighting load, and you don't have to make any allowances for them in your feeder calculation. The receptacle for the garage door opener, however, has to reflect the actual load.
2-3. a,a, Sec. 220-12(b). The load allowances you need to make for lighting track installations only apply to the feeder. You install the track and branch circuits as required to serve the actual load, and then you apply the calculation to the feeder. This concept is well established: Sec. 210-11(b) requires full feeder capacity for a calculated load, but you only have to install branch circuiting for the actual load. Here, a continuous branch circuit load would need to accommodate 1250VA—well within the capacity of a single circuit. On the other hand, the feeder needs to accommodate 150VA for every 2 ft of track installed, or 6000VA, which figures at 7500VA due to continuous loading.
4. a, Sec. 220-16 Ex. This individual branch circuit serves an appliance, but it isn't a small-appliance branch circuit per se. This differs from the usual requirement of 1500VA for each circuit actually installed, even if you install more than the minimum. Although only two circuits are "required by Sec. 210-11(c)(1)," that referenced paragraph clearly allows for additional circuits. Furthermore, Sec. 220-16 would not need the new exception for the refrigerator circuit if only two such circuits would be charged against the feeder load, regardless of the number actually installed. All convenience receptacles in these areas must be on small-appliance branch circuits, and that's the proper context for the word "required."
5. d, Sec. 220-16. This section pointedly does not mention any required allowance for bathroom circuits. The 20A branch-circuit requirement accommodates large loads that are extremely transient in character, with negligible effect on the feeder. See also Example D2a, which makes this point explicitly.
6. c, Sec. 220-30(c)(2). Since the controller doesn't prevent the compressor from running at the same time as the heat, the loads need to be combined and then taken at 100%. The 1996 NEC allowed you to figure the combination of the compressor and supplementary heat at 65%—no more. In this case, the 30A compressor load adds to the 18kVA resistance load.


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Illinois State Fair organizers are equipping the Springfield fairgrounds with extra hand-washing stations and cautionary signs to keep an emerging swine flu strain at bay.
State public health officials on Thursday confirmed Illinois' first case, a child who picked up influenza A variant H3N2 after visiting the Coles County Fair last week. The case is one of at least 146 nationwide, with the bulk coming from Indiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Besides adding extra hygienic measures near animal exhibits, fair organizers are reviewing the list of participants from Coles County in central Illinois and keeping an extra watchful eye on their livestock, including pigs, said Jeff Squibb, spokesman for the state's Department of Agriculture, which runs the state fair.
"There's no reason to do anything drastic," said Squibb, adding that veterinarians have not found any animals with flu-like symptoms. "Animals get sick just like people do."
The novel strain picked up steam over the last week, when the national tally jumped from 29 to 146 cases this year, said Dr. Joseph Bresee of CDC's influenza division. About 90 percent of those infected are children, and most of the cases are mild, he said.
Bresee said he expects more cases to pop up over the next few weeks as people flock to agricultural fairs around the country. So far this year the disease has been spread by pigs, which are frequently infected with influenza, experts said.
Though the H3N2 strain might sound strange, it's not very different from the seasonal flu, said Dr. Gail Scherba, a professor of virology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Pigs pick up the virus from their environment and spread it among each other, especially when their immune systems are weakened by travel and hot weather, Scherba said. They can pass it to humans by coughing or sneezing, but people have to be close to the animals for the virus to spread, she added.
"It's not that bad if people take proper precautions," she said, such as hand-washing and keeping food and drink away from areas with pigs.
The child from Coles County has not been hospitalized, but the CDC is doing further testing, said Melaney Arnold, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Public Health. She declined to release additional information, citing confidentiality.
Arnold urged the public to get flu vaccinations, saying the H1N1 vaccine people might have gotten in the past does not protect against the newest strain. The federal government is looking at developing a vaccine for this A variant but has not yet done so, she said.
Neighboring state fairs are taking similar precautions against the swine flu. For example, the Wisconsin State Fair has added extra hand-washing and hand-sanitizer stations even though H3N2 hasn't been confirmed in the state.
In Indiana, state fair officials tested about 2,000 pigs before the event began after area county fairs saw influenza in some swine, said spokesman Andy Klotz. Cases of the new strain have jumped tenfold in the Hoosier State — from 11 to 120, according to the Indiana State Department of Health — in less than a week.
Though all the pigs tested healthy, six were later found with high fevers, prompting the fair to send most of the swine home.
Squibb said that many times it's the animals' handlers or others who frequently touch the livestock who get infected. People generally will be fine if they wash their hands and are careful around animals.
"It's basic personal hygiene that we probably should be doing as a matter of practice anyway," Squibb said.


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Joyce E. Moynihan, 69, of Land O' Lakes, Fla., formerly of Bartonsville, passed away June 22, 2013.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Walter and Arline Clark, Joyce spent most of her adult life in the Pocono Mountains area and moved to Florida in 2003.
She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tannersville and enjoyed reading, gardening and traveling with her beloved husband, Dan. Joyce was a licensed X-ray technician and spent most of her working career as an administrative assistant with Connaught/Sanofi Laboratories, D. Hannan and Associates (Hannan Communications) and the Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau.
She was preceded in death by her sister, Carol Martins. She is survived by her husband, Dan; her brother-in-law, Roy Martins; and her nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family will receive friends at 9 a.m. Friday, June 28, at Loyless Funeral Home, 5310 Land O'Lakes Blvd., Land O'Lakes, Fla. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joyce's memory to the Autoimmunity Research Foundation, via 818-584-1201 or autoimmunityresearch.org. Words of comfort may be expressed at loylessfuneralhome.com.
Joyce E. Moynihan
Joyce E. Moynihan, 69, of Land O' Lakes, Fla., formerly of Bartonsville, passed away June 22, 2013.


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azz3879 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 119 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
LiveSport Images - Athletes captured at the top of their game.
I am a professional photographer who is starting a new subsidiary brand to my current and successful commercial and editorial photography business.
As a photographer who spent a considerable amount of time photographing pro sports for many years I plan to bring the same enthusiasm, experience and professionalism to the prep sports sidelines photographing athletes at their peak performance.
I will be marketing my brand to mostly affluent professionals whose teenage children participate in club, high school and potentially college athletics. At the same time I will also be marketing my brand to style and appearance conscious young men and women who are very discerning when it comes to what's "cool" and what isn't.
The athletes and the parents that will makeup the core target of my branding are those from two groups. One being those that know that their abilities and prowess stand above the rest and want a way to display that. The second is the group of athletes whose athletic careers will likely end after their prep sports days are finished and want to memorialize that.
These athletes are smart, confident, secure, trendy and passionate. They wear the most fashionable brands and drive vehicles that their peers admire; they are the best on their teams and the popular students on their campuses.
I want a logo that is sophisticated and sleek yet still powerful. I want it to be able to catch the eye of a discerning parent or coach while also appealing to a status conscious teenage athlete.
It is important that my brand, and the logo that represent it, present an air of confidence, sophistication, power and high value.
I do want:
*A Clean aesthetic
*A logo that is easily read at large and more importantly small sizes.
*The logo to be sport neutral
**I'd also like to see some type of graphic incorporated alongside the words LiveSport Images, that's to say, that the words don't necessarily have to be the central focus of the design.
I don't want:
*Stars or camera brackets.
*Silhouettes of athletes or their equipment.
*A logo that feels gimmicky.
*A logo that uses clip art, stock images, lenses, apertures, or film, etc.
**Color Scheme:
I'd like the color scheme selected from the colors included in the uploaded files unless you've got another color scheme that you feel is really strong.
**Tag Line Info:
While the tag line "Athletes captured at the top of their game." will likely an important part of my marketing, it is not absolutely necessary that it be included in the logo. If it provides for a logo with more impact feel free to forgo it.
Use: This logo will be used on the website, all marketing materials, invoices, proofs, business cards, etc.
***Also please be sure to include a monotone version of your design as well as a version against a darker background as seen in entries #30 and #42 that would help me out in the selection process tremendously.
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Thank you.
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If you're a devoted Lulus follower, you've probably noticed that we're more than just a little bit obsessed with black and white at the moment… and it appears we are not alone. We've found a kindred spirit in Canada's Fashion Magazine, as this eye-catching editorial spread can attest. Striking stripes of black and white mingle with bold pops of red for an absolutely mod-velous ode to our chromatic crush, shot by photographer Chris Nicholls. Add model Samantha Rayner's bold, bowl-meets-bob cut by Greg Wencel, and we simply cannot look away. So take in the sights of this visually stunning spread, and once you're through, why not indulge yourself in a little something striped?
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FAYETTEVILLE, AR (UofA) – With winter conditions outside, the Arkansas men's basketball team used some hot three-point shooting inside Bud Walton Arena on Saturday afternoon to defeat ACC foe Clemson, 74-68, to extend its home win streak to 19 games.
On the strength of a career-high four three-pointers by juniorRashad Madden, the Razorbacks knocked down double figure threes (10) for the second time this season to improve to 6-2 on the season, while Clemson now stands at 7-2. The Tigers are just the second ACC team to ever play at Bud Walton Arena, while the 19-game home win streak is tied for fifth-longest in the nation.
"I want to congratulate our guys for gutting it out against a very defensive-minded team in Clemson," said head coach Mike Anderson. "Defensively, they want to slow the game down and they attacked the glass on us. It was a good win for us against a good team. It was a defensive battle and we had enough in the tank to finish it out."
Threes were the difference in the game, as Arkansas hit 10-of-21 from beyond the arc en route to scoring 74 points, the most by any team against Clemson, who entered as the nation's top scoring defense (51.0). Sophomore Michael Qualls led three double figure scorers with 17 points and six rebounds, while Madden was close behind with 14 points. Freshman Bobby Portis reached double-digits for the fourth consecutive game with 13 points.
Clemson was led by junior K.J. McDaniels who set career-highs with 27 points and 11 rebounds, including six offensive. McDaniels was a big part of the Tigers' 45-30 edge on the glass that was highlighted by 19 offensive rebounds, but only resulted in 14 second chance points.
Three-pointers were the theme for the Razorbacks in the first half, as back-to-back triples from Qualls jumped started a 13-2 run midway through the period that gave the home team a 23-15 edge with 9:29 to play. Sophomore Anthlon Bell capped the run with the 50th three of his career, as the 23 points at that point were more than three of Clemson's eight opponents had scored in the entire first half.
Clemson bounced right back, responding with a 11-1 run of its own to regain the lead, 26-24, at the 7:06 mark, but it was short-lived as the Razorbacks continued to stay hot from beyond the arc.
Arkansas' final five field goals of the half came from three-point land, as Madden and redshirt junior Alandise Harris combined to hit four over the final 4:50, including one from Harris at the top of the key with four seconds left, to give Arkansas a 40-32 edge at the half. The 40 points is the most given up by Clemson in a half this season, while the Razorbacks had scored at least 40 points in 10 of 15 halves through that point.
The second half started just the like the first ended, as Madden struck again with back-to-back threes to push Arkansas' lead to 46-32 and forced Clemson head coach Brad Brownell to call timeout just 18:29 into the period.
Arkansas' lead reached as high as 16, 54-38, with 14:09 to go, but a late 11-2 Clemson run cut it to a two-possession game.
Following a steal by Clemson just over midcourt with under three minutes left, Harris raced back on defense and pinned Damarcus Harrison's layup that would have cut it to a three-point game. The momentum from Harris's block led to much-needed consecutive stops as the Razorbacks made seven of their final 10 at the free throw line to seal the win.
Harris finished with eight points, a game-high seven rebounds and two huge blocks. Qualls' 17 points highlighted a 35-16 advantage for the Arkansas bench, which out-scored its opposition for the seventh time this season.
Arkansas will continue its four-game homestand at Bud Walton Arena on Thursday, Dec. 12, when it hosts Savannah State. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast by Razorback Sports Network.
For more information on Arkansas basketball, follow @RazorbackMBB on Twitter.


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Special message from Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
Dear Friends,
There is a Jewish teaching: "Thou shall not derive personal pleasure or benefit from any product created through exploitation." AHAVA, an Israeli cosmetics company, is violating the basic principles of international law and Jewish ethics by profiting from the occupation of Palestine. Using resources from the ancient waters of the Dead Sea, AHAVA manufactures beauty products in an illegal Israeli settlement in Occupied Palestine.
AHAVA means love in Hebrew. But there's nothing loving about profiting from occupation. There's nothing loving about stealing resources from our neighbors.
As one of the first practicing women rabbis, as a Jew and as concerned human being, I endorse CODEPINK's new campaign to boycott AHAVA.
For over 40 years, I have been working to promote justice and reconciliation in the Middle East. I have watched more settlements, walls and checkpoints being built, and more Palestinians arrested and ground down by poverty, hunger, illness and oppression. After decades of working for peace through dialogue, I've come to believe that it's time to apply new tactics. It's time for us to listen to the Israeli and Palestinian peace activists who are calling on us to boycott Israeli products made in Occupied Palestine. It's time to take the profit out of the occupation.
Join me in boycotting AHAVA. Pass this message to your friends and neighbors: The fruits of occupation are simply not kosher!
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb
Cofounder, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence
Member of CODEPINK
Today, CODEPINK is launching our STOLEN BEAUTYcampaign to protest and boycott AHAVA.
Won't you join our boycott?
Bikini-clad CODEPINK activists smeared with mud have already rallied in Tel Aviv, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, France , and just yesterday in DC to expose the dirty secrets of AHAVA. You don't have to don a bikini to take part in our boycott, however. Educate yourself about AHAVA's illegal practices at www.stolenbeauty.org , and add your name to our boycott. Sign up to join the team and receive updates about this campaign, and use your voice to help AHAVA come clean. Or visit a store selling AHAVA in your community, following our 10-step action guide.
AHAVA violates international law by labeling their products of "Israeli origin" even though their products are produced in the Occupied West Bank, and they violate the Fourth Geneva Convention by exploiting occupied natural resources for profit. AHAVA tries to put a pretty face on their company, touting their products' purity and even hiring Oxfam Ambassador and 'Sex and the City' star Kristin Davis as their spokesperson. It's up to us to bring their illegal practices to light.
Thank you for helping to bring the ugly truths of this beauty company to light and showing your support for international law and human rights.
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FIFA World Player of the Year Finalists:
FIFA has announced the three finalists for its annual World Player of the Year and, once again, it has come down to the usual suspects. Three-time FIFA World Player of the Year honoree Lionel Messi, UEFA Euro 2012 Player of the Tournament Andres Iniesta, and 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo make up the three candidates.
Despite not winning La Liga last season, Lionel Messi is the favorite to take home the coveted prize. It would be an unprecedented fourth consecutive award for the 25-year-old diminutive Argentine. Messi's 2011/2012 season goal-scoring streak has eclipsed his previous highs. He sits at 84 goals in the 2012 calendar year, one shy of Gerd Muller's all-time record.
The much glamorized Cristiano Ronaldo may have been overshadowed in recent years by Lionel Messi as a byproduct of an incessant media campaign. This hasn't stopped Ronaldo from hoisting the La Liga trophy; Real Madrid's first since the 2007/2008 season. Ronaldo bagged 60 goals this past season including an astonishing 46 league goals in 38 games played.
Another FC Barcelona star and product of Barcelona's famed La Masia youth academy, Andres Iniesta enters the fold without the goal-scoring knack that his counterparts possess. Yet the midfield maestro has once again orchestrated the tempo of a rhythmic Barcelona side. Deservedly named the UEFA Euro 2012 Player of the Tournament, Iniesta is seeking his first FIFA World Player of the Year honor.
View The New York Times article on the FIFA World Player of the Year finalists by clicking here:
Alex Morgan named U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year
Alex Morgan's 2012 could not be any smoother. After leading the USWNT to Olympic Gold in London, the 23-year-old former Cal star has been named U.S. Soccer's Female Athlete of the Year.
Morgan has recorded 38 goals in 55 games played for the U.S. Women's National Team, many of which have been timely finishes. Included in this was her 123rd minute game-winning goal against Canada in the Olympics semifinals.
View more on Morgan's banner 2012 year here.
New USL Team in Sacramento
Warren Smith and an unnamed partnership group have successfully secured the rights to bring in a USL team to Sacramento. The team aims to begin play in 2014 and will use Sacramento City College's Hughes Stadium as their home facility.
Smith is no stranger to Sacramento-area professional sports as he was integral in bringing in the Triple-A Sacramento RiverCats from Vancouver, Canada.
With the addition of another Northern California professional soccer team, will a budding rivalry develop between the two sides? Although they are on different tiers of the American soccer pyramid, the greater San Jose and Sacramento areas will be at the fore to develop the sport's passion in Northern California.
Read more on this development here.
NASL names new Commissioner
Bill Peterson, a former executive with Anschutz Entertainment Group and NFL Europe, has been named the commissioner of the NASL. Entering its third season in 2013, the NASL looks for new guidance under the experienced Peterson.
Peterson will lead the nine-team league out of their Florida office. The current Chairman of USA Cycling Board of Directors, Peterson will oversee expansion efforts by the NASL that will include the New York Cosmos in 2013 as well as targeted areas of Virginia and Ottowa in the years ahead.
Read more on Peterson here.


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As the Los Angeles City Council refused to slow police hiring Tuesday amid a budget crisis, council members said instead they're willing to generate money anyway they can – by raising parking-meter fees and allowing advertisements on everything from city trash cans and cars to dog parks. Daily News.
During a four-hour hearing on budget cutting, the council postponed a recommendation to cut the police academy class by 45 officers and put off the fight over whether the LAPD spending will be cut to balance the budget.
"We took the issue of police hiring off the table because we have at least three months to evaluate classes," said Bernard Parks, who heads the council's budget committee.
"It was in my judgment premature to be moving in that direction at this time."


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Have a Travel Free Day
Do you really need to travel?
With conferencing tools becoming more sophisticated and complete, avoiding travel has become an easy and affordable choice, no matter the size of your business.
So, roll-up those sleeves and organize a travel free day at your office!
It's easy to get buy-in from your colleagues since this is an all-round positive initiative for very simple reasons:
- it helps save money
- all you need is everyone's good will, nothing else
- More and more businesses are doing it
- it avoids climate change, thus saving the planet
Globally, aviation accounts for approximately 4 to 9 per cent of the climate change impact of human activity.
Have a Climate Care Day!
The concept is easy: a working day without travel.
The difference is that if you are a customer of Arkadin's services, besides not polluting you'll also be donating to WWF's projects around the world.
It works like this:
- On any nominated day, an Arkadin customer can choose to arrange a Climate Care Day.
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After touring the Ocala National Forest to view work being done by CCC, editor Bert Dosh of the Ocala Evening star was convinced the forest was being transformed into a sportsman's paradise.
After touring the Ocala National Forest in late November 1933 to view work being done by the new federal Civilian Conservation Corps, editor Bert Dosh of the Ocala Evening star was convinced the forest was being transformed into a sportsman's paradise.
He was impressed by the development of many camping sites, swimming and fishing areas, as well as the new roads and nature trails, and also the extensive fire protection measures, all courtesy of the hundreds of young men making up the three CCC camps within the forest area.
E.C. Smith, who was in charge of all CCC activities in the national forest, was among the forest officials who led the inspection tour that included Dosh and other newspaper people as well as Horace L. Smith, secretary of the Ocala/Marion County Chamber of Commerce.
The first stop was at the Lake Bryant ranger station, which had undergone extensive refurbishing. The forest ranger's home was being prepared for the new head man, J.T. "Joe" McCullough, who was replacing M.C. Howard in the job as forest ranger. Howard had been assigned to a new post in West Virginia.
Three miles to the east, the tour group saw the first of more than 20 miles of 200-foot fire breaks the CCC workers had cleared so far. It was claimed that every section line in the forest had been resurveyed and marked. Revelations two decades later suggested these surveys may have been flawed, but that is another painful story, as some private property owners can attest.
The real eye opener was the transformation of Juniper Springs which, before the arrival of the CCC, had lapsed into a combination of a jungle and a swamp. Even though the work was not yet completed, Dosh wrote that the area had been turned into a beauty spot.
The swimming area had been enlarged, and it appeared the flow of water had been increased by the clearing and reshaping. Dosh thought Juniper looked something like a shimmering sunken garden, a statement that reflects the impact of seeing the amazing transformation that had taken place.
About two acres of jungle had been cleared to make a large public camping ground among the live oaks, sweet bay and cabbage palms. E.C. Smith said at least 18 of these improved camping grounds were being established around the forest.
Hidden near the Crooked Lake camp was an old railroad grade originally built for a railroad that would have run from a point near Eustis northward to a terminus on Lake George. The tour group was told that John Jacob Astor caused the grade to be abandoned. Land investments led him to shift the north terminus to Astor on the St. Johns River.
West of Crooked Lake, south of the Daytona Beach-Ocala highway, the forestry service had established a sawmill that was being used by the CCC to produce the lumber being used in its many projects throughout the national forest. The timber came from trees cut in the forest.
Not all of the work involved physical labor. E.C. Smith said about a third of the CCC workers were detailed to recreational development projects, a third to cutting fire breaks and a third to road work. But there also were other important activities.
A study was being made in the game reserve to find out what the animals and birds feed on and how much food they require. The point was to determine how many animals, like deer and birds, the forest could support in the different seasons.
There also was a study underway to see if sand pines could be converted into pulp to make other products, including paper. There was a thought the sand pines growing in such abundance in the forest could become a year-round supply for the pulp wood industry.
Forestry students were being invited from the universities to use new forest facilities to make their own studies and experiments, and to make use of the CCC studies.
The tour group swung by the Juniper Hunt Club, located on its own property on Lake George at the mouth of Salt Springs Run. This group, based in Kentucky, once owned a large swath of forest land that earlier had been sold to the federal government to become part of the Ocala National Forest.
Russell Mattox was the locally based caretaker at the time of the tour in 1933. He said the hunt club was established in 1909 by some of the most prominent professionals in Louisville. The 25 or so members would stay at the hunt clubhouse during short periods in the winter for hunting and fishing.
After leaving the hunt club, the tour group visited the public camp on Deer Lake, which would be made available without a forest permit. Until a road was cut to it by the CCC, the lake was nearly inaccessible.
Now Deer Lake's beauty is being disclosed to civilization, Dosh wrote in the Evening Star.
The last stop on the whirlwind tour was the CCC camp on Milldam Lake. Supper was served in the new recreational hall overlooking the lake. It had been an exhausting day viewing the beauties of a true outdoorsman's or woman's "paradise."
An avid Marion County historian, David Cook is a retired editor of the Star-Banner. He may be contacted at 237-2535.


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Early adversity made Nebraska women's improbable run to NCAA tourney Sweet 16 all the sweeter
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska women's basketball team's journey to the NCAA Sweet 16 has been bumpier this time.
But star point guard Lindsey Moore says this season has been a bigger thrill for her than 2010, when Nebraska was a No. 1 seed after winning its first 30 games.
The Huskers started this season with barely enough healthy players to conduct meaningful practices. The team was so inexperienced and lacking in depth that coach Connie Yori junked her freewheeling motion offense and replaced it with the more structured Princeton system. She also scrapped her favored full-court man-to-man defense for zone.
The sixth-seeded Huskers (25-8) have won 13 of 15 going into Sunday's game against No. 2-seeded Duke (32-2) in the Norfolk Regional.


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Botox has been made popular by the many famous celebrities who have turned to Botox to maintain their youthful appearances. These before and after pictures of Botox patients are a good example of why celebrities would use Botox, and why it may be a good option for you. If you are noticing wrinkles of the sort or in the areas that you see in these before and after pictures of Botox clients we encourage you to come into visit us at Epione of Beverly Hills for a consultation and let us give you a good idea of what Botox can do for you.
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