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Ligue 1: Lorient 0 PSG 1
Laurent Blanc came out on top in the tactical battle with Christian Gourcuff as Paris Saint-Germain beat Lorient 1-0 on Friday.
The PSG head coach had come under criticism from Gourcuff recently for his "hands-off" approach, but was able to celebrate after Thiago Motta's first-half goal sealed a sixth consecutive win in Ligue 1.
After neat work from Zlatan Ibrahimovic, it was Motta who slid in from close-range to find the net for the third time this season.
Lorient thought they had grabbed an equaliser in the closing minutes when susbtitute Bryan Pele fired beyond Salvatore Sirigu, but the 21-year-old was flagged offside, much to the relief of the PSG defence.
PSG move 11 points clear of second-placed Monaco, who host Lille on Sunday, while Lorient remain eight clear of the relegation zone and will still be looking nervously over their shoulders having played a game more than the teams below them.
The visitors initially struggled to get into the game, with their time on the ball in the attacking third restricted by Lorient's effective pressing.
PSG were still dominant in regards to possession but the hosts offered a real threat on the counter-attack, and had an excellent chance to move ahead in the 15th minute.
Vincent Aboubakar was released down the right and muscled past Maxwell before touching the ball to Yann Jouffre, but the midfielder's shot was pushed away by Sirigu.
Midway through the half there were concerns for Laurent Blanc as his captain Thiago Silva was forced off with a head injury, and PSG's frustrations grew when Edinson Cavani wasted a free header on 38 minutes.
Despite being far from their best, PSG were able to take the lead four minutes before the break as Motta scrambled the ball home following excellent work from Ibrahimovic.
The Sweden international was a key figure in a move that led to Edinson Cavani having a shot saved and Ibrahimovic then showed quick feet to force the ball towards goal again, with Motta beating Bruno Ecuele Manga to poke over the line.
PSG began the second half with more attacking intent and Ibrahimovic had claims for a penalty turned away before seeing a dipping volley well-saved by Fabien Audard.
Lorient felt they should have had a penalty of their own prior to the hour mark, but replays showed Alex had clipped Alain Traore outside the area and the referee did not even award a free-kick.
Blanc's side should have doubled their lead on 75 minutes when Cavani broke clear of the Lorient defence on the left. His low cross found Christophe Jallet at the back post, but the full-back's low shot was somehow kept out by Audard with his left leg.
Aboubakar wasted a fine chance to level with five minutes to play as he headed wide from an unmarked position at the back post, and Pele thought he had snatched a point only for the assistant referee's flag to rule out his 87th-minute strike.


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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Retro Recipes: Jello Vegetable Salad
So one of my collections is old cookbooks. I find them interesting and in some cases they are of genealogical value-something I will write about later. As I look at some of these recipes I wonder, "did people really eat these things?"
Case in point, jello salads using vegetables. Now I know that plenty of people have ate tomato aspics and I think I have ate jello with carrots in it. I actually had a coworker make an aspic for a potluck about 20 years ago. But did you or a family member actually prepare and eat jello salads with such ingredients as onions, cabbage, lettuce, radishes, olives, pimentos, bell peppers, celery, etc. Maybe you even went as far as adding tuna, shrimp or salmon.
Now, I don't mean this as a way to make fun of your eating habits. I really want to know how prevalent this type of salad was for people in the 1950s to 1970s. Obviously taste preference changes with different historical eras and even regionally. Anyone knows from watching the Food Channel that what they eat in a different country or even in a different region may not appeal to everyone. At one time Jello did make a vegetable flavored gelatin for use in these types of salads. This flavor apparently didn't last long. But if you family enjoyed such salads, was it because it made vegetables "interesting"? Was it just because it was a fad? What is your familiy's experience with these salads?
One of my cookbooks in my collection is the Joys of Jell-O by General Foods Corporation, circa 1963. There are a plethora of vegetable salad recipes in this cookbook, that are most likely not seen as delicious by our present tastes. A good example is a recipe simply titled Vegetable Salad.
Vegetable Salad
Your favorite vegetables can be used in this very versatile salad.
1 package (3 oz) Jell-O Lemon, Lime, Lemon-Lime, Orange or Orange-Pineapple Gelatin
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup boiling water
3/4 cup cold water
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 teaspoons grated onion
Dash of pepper
3/4 cup finely chopped cabbage*
3/4 cup finely chopped celery*
1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper*
2 tablespoons diced pimentos*
*or use any vegetable cobination listed below or 1 to 2 cups of your favorites.
Dissolve Jell-O Gelatin and salt in boiling water. Add cold water, vinegar, onion and pepper. Chill until very thick. Then fold in vegetables. Por into a 1-quart mold or individual molds. Chill until firm. Unmold. Makes about 3 cups, or 6 side salads or 8 to 10 servings.
Other Vegetable Combinations:
Use 1 1/4 cups cauliflower florets and 1/4 cup diced pimentos
Use 3/4 cup diced tomato and 1/2 cup each diced cucumber and celery
Use 3/4 cup grated carrots and 1/4 cup finely chopped green peppers
Use 1 1/2 cups finally chopped cabbage, 1/2 cup sliced stuffed olives and 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Use 1/2 cup each thinly sliced radishes and chopped celery and 1/4 cup thin onion rings.
You can read a blog posting from Michael Procopio who actually made this salad at his blog Word Eater. Apparently, it is not as easy and beautiful as it is in the Jell-O cookbook.
4 comments:
- Joan Miller said...
Hi Gena,
I have had such a salad, as a child. It usually appeared at summer picnics or 'functions' such as afternoon teas and community events. Our version usually was green or red jello with a common theme of grated cabbage and carrots.
- Gena Philibert Ortega said...
I remember eating salads like this, which were very popular with the bridge club ladies. Both my mother and grandmother belonged to bridge clubs, which included luncheon and cards. My favorite was the corned beef one, similar to what you see here:
It was white because of the salad dressing. Sounds totally weird, but it was real good.
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- Griselda said...
Great post!
I used to love red salad but have never tried green or yellow and grated cabbage and carrots sound ...very different. I will give it a try.
I love your blog!!
Thank you!
The first time my grandma served this, it was on a lettuce leaf with a dollop of Miracle Whip (NOT mayo for once). I thought this was the weirdest thing and then it kinda grows on you. Now the third generation asks for it frequently at family gatherings. My grandma added shredded sharp cheddar cheese and celery seed after the jello cooled but before it set.


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By Quentin Fottrell
New homes tend to be pricier than existing ones, but the gap between the two is beginning to shrink.
In June, the median sale price of an existing home was 24% less than the latest price for a new home, according to data released Thursday by the National Association of Realtors. A year ago that gap was 37%. The median existing home price was$189,400 last month, versus $234,500 for a new home in May, the most recent data available.
The difference in prices between the two had steadily widened over the past two years. In fact, since 2006 the price gap more than tripled.
So why the turnaround? Lower inventory is helping to push up prices of older homes, says Lawrence Yun, chief economist with the National Association of Realtors. Plus, foreclosures and short sales — which dampen selling prices — are falling: they made up 25% of sales last month, down from 30% of sales in June 2011, he says.
But despite lower inventory for existing homes, the supply of new homes is still playing catch-up, studies show. There was a 6.6-month supply of existing homes in June, Yun says, versus a 4.7-month supply of new ones, according to the latest government figures. That's still bad news for the buyers of new homes, experts say. A supply of six months represents a market in balance; above that is good for home buyers, below that is better for sellers, says Jed Kolko, chief economist at real estate listing site Trulia.
Still, the market for new homes recently showed signs of a turnaround. On Wednesday, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. home building rose 24% in June to the highest level in nearly four years. The growth in construction for new – and more expensive – homes shows that the market is finally reaching a turning point, experts say. "We're pretty close to a bottom, so for those that can afford to it's a great time to buy," says Daren Blomquist, vice-president at market researcher RealtyTrac.
There are other reasons new homes tend to be more expensive. For one, the median new home is 2,300 square feet — 25% larger than the median existing one. There's also less maintenance on new homes, experts say. Superior building materials add to the price tag in the short-term but make the new homes cheaper in the long run, says Stephen Melman, director of economic services at the National Association of Home Builders.


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1. Re: Audition CC without a subscription_durin_ Jun 17, 2013 2:55 PM (in response to Bobaudio)
Hi Bob,
Audition CC and all other Adobe CC applications and services, are only available through the Creative Cloud subscription. You may still purchase Audition CS6, but any new features and functionality will only be available with a subscription.
2. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionrlterry Jun 19, 2013 11:46 AM (in response to _durin_)
You may still purchase Audition CS6...
Hi, I was unable to find a purchase option for Audition CS6 without the monthly subscription. Also to be clear, updates will not be available to people like ourselves that want to buy the program without being tethered to the monthly fee? No repository for such independent customers? No ability to add future updates manually? I also need to install on a computer that is not connected to the internet and never will be unless it's a decision based on my own reasons, not a software company's. All OS updates are even manually installed when I feel it's necessary.
Given that is the case, the creative cloud represents a model that's a dream for software developers (tighter control) and the antithesis for the paying public (connected in some way at some time in order to work or continue working over time). I know I'm not the only one that wants to buy straight out and have support as I deem fit, which to this day has been never other than whatever updates necessary for AA to run as designed. I don't want to be a part of (and be compromised as a result of) a company's campaign solution to fend off some ominous threat of software sharing "terrorists", which I feel is the strongest argument for adopting this format and catering only to it. Not trying to be arbitrary, this is just an honest appraisal that I'm confident reflects more than a few customers in the minority. Not trying to rally for any change, just to understand exactly what a "traditional" paying customer (ie dinosaur?) can expect before moving forward. Thanks for enduring a bit of my concern and perhaps unnecessary disappointment, but I just wanted to share how I'm not at all enthusiastic about being required to hand-shake my computer with any company at their discretion for some kind of approval check once I've made my purchase. Fortunately I don't rely on any specific software that requires doing such things and simply would rather protest those that do than succumb to them. Thanks for hearing out my opinion :-)
3. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSteveG(AudioMasters) Jun 19, 2013 12:11 PM (in response to rlterry)
rlterry wrote:
I don't want to be a part of (and be compromised as a result of) a company's campaign solution to fend off some ominous threat of software sharing "terrorists", which I feel is the strongest argument for adopting this format and catering only to it.
It's a reason, certainly, but I don't think it's the primary one. That appears to be that this model puts Adobe in a win-win situation, because it gets very neatly around the ridiculous Sarbanes-Oxley legislation by never determining that a version is 'finished software', whereby it never needs a (apparently expensive) Certificate of Completion, or whatever they call it, and this makes accounting much easier and cheaper. And in the same breath, it gives the Bean Counters a revenue stream. Microsoft are doing the same thing, but apparently being a little more subtle about it.
Other than that, I have considerable sympathy with your views...
4. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionKost7 Jun 19, 2013 12:34 PM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
SteveG(AudioMasters) wrote:
because it gets very neatly around the ridiculous Sarbanes-Oxley legislation by never determining that a version is 'finished software',
OK, I can understand that. But if it were a bit cheaper than what we used to pay for upgrades… Sound remover is great. I removed cell phone, my old cat and Ritchie's guitar from Smoke On The Water ... well, almost.
5. Re: Audition CC without a subscription_durin_ Jun 19, 2013 12:39 PM (in response to rlterry)
Thanks for the rational and honest feedback and questions. I've heard a lot of feedback from Audition and Adobe users about the move to Creative Cloud - some glowing, some ranting, some confused - and I know there's no single, specific answer to most of the questions. What we've found is that much of the negativity is based on misunderstandings or confusion about why Adobe has made this humongous change to their business model and how it affects our customers.
It's absolutely a BIG change, and a dynamic one at that, so expect to see many of the concerns or problems get sorted out over the next several months. With regards to our current CS6 and earlier customers who are not opting into Creative Cloud, here's what is planned:
- No new functionality: Part of the reason for this change has to do with revenue recognition regulations for public corporations which limit a companies ability to offer new features or services to a product that has already been paid for. For CS6 users, we will not be releasing any new updates that expand features and functionality.
- OS and security updates: The regulations do allow us to make sure the products we've already sold continue to work with new technology. As operating systems and hardware updates are available, Adobe has committed to ensuring our CS6 applications remain compatible and up-to-date, as well as updates for any security issues that may come to our attention.
There are no significant changes to service for existing users apart from a lack of upgrades. CS6 installations need to be online for initial activation only, but will not require an internet connection to function indefinitely.
So why should Creative Cloud be considered? Why would a company with a $23 Billion dollar market cap make such a gamble with their primary product line? On the surface, it seems to have a lot of marks against it including a monthly recurring charge, the requirement for internet connectivity, and for some users, a higher average yearly cost - especially for users who skip versions between upgrades. I'll admit that it took me some time to grok this, but I've come around and embraced what the entire Creative Cloud environment has the potential to offer - and it's more than just a handful of desktop applications. This model has worked well for the last 20 years, but in so many ways, times be changin' and the businesses that prosper moving forward will be the ones who adapt and adopt these shifts. Here's why I think Creative Cloud has merit for businesses of all sizes:
- Release frequency: For the teams building these applications, this model is incredible. Everyone is passionate about what they're building and the people who are using their products. We prioritize our feature lists for each release based on feedback from our users and really love making our customers thrilled when they see a new command or tool that they requested. In the past, however, our release cycles were between 18-24 months, though we've knocked that down to around 12 or so recently. Still, that means an incredible tool we build during that first month of the development cycle, the killer feature that could solve everyday problems and reduce the time spent on dull work making more time available for creative work or life itself, that feature is stuck in the shadows for the next year. Worse, often we can't even let our users know it's coming! With Creative Cloud, the teams are far more in control of when those releases occur and we can respond to requests far more quickly than before.
- Flexibility of licensing: Many companies have seasonal spikes, or hire based on specific projects, and purchasing a dozen perpetual licenses can take a bite out of a budget. With CC for teams, or by increasing subscriptions on a month-to-month basis, companies should be able to far better estimate and control their costs. For users who may work on multiple OS platforms, there is no longer a need to purchase two licenses. In fact, since a license is tied to your own account, a mobile creator could sit down at practically any workstation, install the tools they need for the job, and sign out when they're done.
- Up-front cost: The fixed $49.95/month for the entire CC, or less for students and upgraders who take advantage of various promos as they occur, is a far lower price to jump in than buying the Master Collection or upgrades ever was. Even for those who skipped upgrades for several versions, the amortized cost is usually far lower over time. I know this is not the case for many single-application subscribers to products like Audition, and I'm investigating what options we may have to better answer this disparity. I also feel the same gut-level rejection of paying monthly rather than a big, up-front lump sum. This response is based on an idea that I'm buying a single product, however one of the more interesting aspects of Creative Cloud that necessitates a subscription-style approach is...
- Services: Adobe is actively building a foundation and back-end environment that is allowing us to dream and invent new ways for our applications and our users to work together, and we're looking to our customers to help figure out what compelling services we can create and include in their subscription. There are several basic offerings already available or coming soon, such as file versioning, synchronization, and archiving. Obvious services could include review and comment, delivery, and payment processing as well as lead generation and distribution. But I'm personally more interested in the not-so-obvious services Adobe could build integrated and online services to improve your businesses and experience. For video users who are scared of audio editing, could we offer an in-Premiere tool to analyze and repair audio via a background web service that uses Audition's stellar restoration tools? What are some of the aspects of what you do that are not enjoyable but have largely just become habit as part of doing business?
My fingers are getting tired and my belly is reminding me that I've only had coffee today, but there's a lot more I could say. There's also a rebuttal for each of these points, and while I don't see Adobe turning around on subscriptions moving forward, I'm glad they've committed to keeping CS6 available for our users who may not need to keep at the forefront of technology or a host of unrelated applications for what they do.
I agree with you that locating the pages to buy CS6 applications is not very easy to find. Several of us have made this point to the web and management teams and expect it to be resolved soon. In the meantime, you can find the CS6 Purchase links by visiting:
https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_ creativesuite6.html?start=10
6. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionAlan Craven Jun 19, 2013 12:52 PM (in response to _durin_)
_durin_ wrote:
Thanks for the rational and honest feedback and questions. I've heard a lot of feedback from Audition and Adobe users about the move to Creative Cloud - some glowing, some ranting, some confused - and I know there's no single, specific answer to most of the questions. What we've found is that much of the negativity is based on misunderstandings or confusion about why Adobe has made this humongous change to their business model and how it affects our customers.
So those who do not like this new model software are either ranters or confused, are they? There is no acceptance in Adobe's thinking for reasoned objection to this new model softare provision.
Not exactly an attitude to improved the strained relationship between many of Adobe's long-term customers and the company!
Perhaps I should be charitable and put it down to the coffee.
7. Re: Audition CC without a subscription_durin_ Jun 19, 2013 1:03 PM (in response to Alan Craven)
That's certainly not what I meant to imply. The majority of negative feedback we've received has been thoughtful and tempered. There have been folks who did not understand what Creative Cloud was or who reacted based on misinformation or false rumors. And there have been several instances of what I would absolutely define as a "rant" where the person was upset and was not looking for answers or a discussion and were not amenable to a reasonable conversation. And everyone of those users feelings are valid and are taken into consideration, no matter the coarseness of their language.
8. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionAlan Craven Jun 19, 2013 10:55 PM (in response to _durin_)
I'll put the slip down to the coffee diet, then.
Moral : never post on an empty stomach!
9. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSuiteSpot Jun 20, 2013 12:56 AM (in response to Alan Craven)
I'm just going to throw my two bob's worth in for what it's worth (which may prove to be not much).......
My first reaction to this whole Cloud thing was not good with the crux of the problem being 'renting' software and more importantly the idea that should I cease to 'rent' I'm essentially out of business - I wouldn't be able to access ANY Audition sessions.
Well IMO this is probably the main issue for most people (I'll come back to this later)
From an Adobe perspective (as Durin points out) this is a very good model and I have to agree with him
OK so I currently have my head in the "Cloud" and the first thing I notice is that Adobe have a $hit load of very good (let's not mince words - excellent applications)
Sure I'm (probably) never going to use any of them (well probably not as I have legitimate earlier versions of the Master Collection etal and I don't use much out of that - Photoshop & Dreamweaver maybe). Well I'm not going to count the $1,500 I just received for throwing together a website in Muse in about 15 minutes, hmmmm.
So I guess I'm saying that Adobe needs to do something about the single-app user
I can see the Cloud being a very good thing - updates in weeks/months rather than years has to be a very good thing!
IMO the current pricing for multi-app users is realistic (and hopefully doesnt creep up too much in price over time)
I'm hoping that Adobe implement some sort of 'lease' idea rather than a 'rental' one such that after some time of 'renting' a user has the option to 'buy out' their 'lease'
That way they can still use the application but no longer get updates, etc - much like a car lease.
Anyway IMO there is much much more to this 'Cloud' thing than I first envisaged and and it may well be that for some users they have to look a bit harder for the 'silver lining'
10. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionKost7 Jun 20, 2013 1:29 AM (in response to SuiteSpot)
SuiteSpot wrote:
So I guess I'm saying that Adobe needs to do something about the single-app user
SuiteSpot wrote:
I'm hoping that Adobe implement some sort of 'lease' idea rather than a 'rental' one such that after some time of 'renting' a user has the option to 'buy out' their 'lease'
That way they can still use the application but no longer get updates, etc - much like a car lease.
Yes, give us some hope
11. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSteveG(AudioMasters) Jun 20, 2013 1:54 AM (in response to Kost7)
One of the other issues that's been discussed a little (and not in any way resolved) is that of the cloud being of value to teams of workers. That's fine, and I can see the advantages there. But in a very real sense, Audition is rather the odd one out in this scenario, because it isn't a visually-based app. Not only that, but as SuiteSpot sort-of observes, Audition users tend not to be members of teams, and are much more likely to be working on their own. So, a lot of the flaunted benefits of the Adobe cloud model don't apply to them, as such.
If you analyse the potential benefits from this point of view to Audition users in this situation, it pretty much comes down to the updated software being the only one that benefits them. But until that actually happens, and a real benefit becomes obvious, they're being forced to pay up on a 'jam tomorrow' basis. So I can very much understand the reluctance of a lot of individuals to want to join up to this model, as the downsides (the occasional need for internet connection to a DAW, the fact that you cannot have a copy of the software in perpetuity) seem to rather outweigh the advantages. And, if the upgrades appear only to consist of bugfixes, then I think that the complaints would be pretty much justified.
So, unless Adobe manage to add real perceived value in terms of individual users, I can see potential sales being lost, I'm afraid. Which would be a shame, because we are talking about a class product here.
12. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionRJRadio Jun 20, 2013 3:00 AM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
@SteveG(AudioMasters) pretty much summed it up very nicely as to a single user in a radio environment. Also in a Radio enviornment when stations budget for the year I can't see engineers, who in my experience, do the installation and management of software for radio chains, wouldn't be able to confince management on high of a monthly rental senario for single seat users in each of their production and imaging departments.
13. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionAlan Craven Jun 20, 2013 3:54 AM (in response to RJRadio)
I would extend SuiteSpot's "single-app user" to include users of two or three applications only, e.g. me. Also I am a hobbyist, and make no money from my editing activites.
I use Premiere/Encore, Audition and Photoshop only, and with the possible exception of After Effects, the rest would just be so much junk cluttering my hard drive, were I to bother downloading it. Audition and Photoshop, as they stand, provide all that I need in their areas - though I appreciate that Audition is lacking as it stands for more serious users. Premiere would be fine but for the serious bugs introduced with CS6 - notably with AVCHD files, and the new Warp Stabiliser.
In the UK market, once you go beyond two applications you would be better off paying for the whole shebang.
The second of SuiteSpot's points, regarding "lease" rather than rent, leading to an option to buy-out permanent access would also be essential before I would condider signing up.
A third problem for me is the usual Adobe price-gouging outside North America (or is it just the USA which benefits). Harm Millard has published some graphic data illustrating this point in the Premiere Forum, and elsewhere.
Finally, the one year discount is scant reward for many long-term users, compared with the johnny-come-latelys.
14. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionbram warner Jun 22, 2013 5:09 AM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
I`ve been using Audition (and no other Adobe program) in addition to Samplitude Pro X. In 2012 i was able to upgrade a TLP license for 99,- €. Now I should pay 295,08 € (12 x 24,59 € = 387 US Dollar) for one app ? For an upgrade?
In German we say: "Wie krank ist das denn?" I´m jumping ship, no discussion, no return, and you should do also. There are enough good alternatives, one I mentioned before.
15. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionliv3evil Jun 23, 2013 11:27 AM (in response to bram warner)
My two cents:
I've been using/paying for Audition since it was Syntrillium-owned, all the way back to Cool Edit '95.
There is no chance I will pay $240/year ($19.99/month) for it. Maybe if it was $100/year, which is similar to the current upgrade cycle going off my records (I upgraded to CS6 on 07/26/12 for $81, and to CS5.5 on 04/28/11 for $105.19).
It's very sad to me, as Audition is my all-time favorite piece of software.
Oh well. Things change. As I migrated to Pixelmator ($14.99) from Photoshop, I'll find a lesser alternative that will get the job done.
16. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionryclark Jun 23, 2013 11:34 AM (in response to liv3evil)
For existing customers it is $9.99/month for a single app.
17. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionliv3evil Jun 23, 2013 11:46 AM (in response to ryclark)
Thank you for pointing out the $120/year pricing. IMO, Adobe is doing themselves a disservice by not overtly llustrating this @ http://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html (i.e. you need to be logged in and 'join the cloud' in order to see said pricing).
Other thoughts:
$120/year is still too much.
I can understand paying monthly, but having to 'commit' to a year for $9.99/month pricing is another dealbreaker.
After the 1st 'promotional' year, the pricing changes to the 'standard annual price'. Easing me into paying $240/year doesn't make it any more enticing...
18. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionrlterry Jun 23, 2013 2:17 PM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
I wanted to say thanks to SteveG for your feedback and two-sided understanding in post #3. It's test balloons like the Creative Cloud format that really draws a line between the casual individual user and the more commited groups that will consider adopting it. Being the casual user whose only vested interest is personal expression and utility (not-for-profit), it's really impossible for me to make the kind of commitment CC demands to use AA in this way. I never bought CS6 but only AA1, AA1.5, and AA3. I like AA3 very much and was waiting for AA CS6 to move to the next level in hopes it would eventually include more of the functionality CS5.5 left behind. The good news is that I haven't felt deprived with AA3, but must keep a Win XP computer for it and will miss some of the new features and performance enhancements AA CC and future versions will likely provide. That's the cost of being the casual user, but in the end the consolation is at least I know how far I was able to go without waiting and wondering any further :-)
Also, a big thanks to Durin in his response in post #5, wow! I know it's got to be tough fielding questions from disgruntled users, and your seemingly tireless diplomacy is what really helps take the edge off when some answers result in a disappointment (when it's not always what we'd like to hear) :-)
Audition is well-entrenched into the Adobe line of professional software which seem to have all gone CC (though I think Lightroom 5, which I'd like to have) is available independently, but may not have an educational discount? ). Perhaps in time they will consider allowing AA to have a purchase option by itself with a means to keep it updated and perpetually useful without strings attached as my copy of AA3 and the others I have are. I would think the bean counters could appreciate there must be a good number of us throughout the world and how it must be financially counter-productive to disinfranchise us than to allow us in on simpler terms. I'm not sure I understand how that wouldn't be economically pragmatic. Thanks again, this has been a positive discussion of concerns and ideas without excessive flaming or over-sensitivity :-)
19. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionryclark Jun 23, 2013 2:54 PM (in response to rlterry)
Audition CS6 is still available to buy (although fairly well hidden on the second page of the link). Upgrade from AA3 is $149.00.
https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_ creativesuite6.html?start=20
20. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSuiteSpot Jun 23, 2013 4:48 PM (in response to rlterry)
"but must keep a Win XP computer for it"
Not sure why as I run all versions of AA & CEP (and I have a few) on a Win7 x64 PC
21. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionKost7 Jun 23, 2013 9:30 PM (in response to rlterry)
AA3 was fine on my old Windows 7 32-bit and it's still good on my Windows 8 64-bit
22. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionAlan Craven Jun 23, 2013 11:04 PM (in response to Kost7)
AA3 was OK for me on Windows 7, but I remember that many people did have problems there.
23. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionrlterry Jun 24, 2013 1:31 AM (in response to ryclark)
Audition CS6 is still available to buy....
Upgrade from AA3 is $149.00.
Thanks for the link ryclark. What I meant earlier was I didn't buy CS6 on purpose as I was still holding out for yet the next version in hopes of a closer version of AA3 than what CS5.5 had changed into. I did find it somewhat funny though as I jokingly said to myself "Downgrade from AA3 is $149.00".
Also thanks for the heads up on successful usage of AA3 in Win 7 as well as Win 8, all the better!
24. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionryclark Jun 24, 2013 2:55 AM (in response to rlterry)
I have to agree that this latest CC version of Audition is much closer to AA3 than previous CS versions. It's a pity Adobe couldn't have gone to Audition CS7 (perhaps a slightly cut down version of CC ie. without some of the new features like Sound Removal Tool and Preview Edit) before locking us into the Creative Cloud scenario.
25. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionrlterry Jun 24, 2013 11:00 AM (in response to ryclark)
I have to agree that this latest CC version of Audition is much closer to AA3 than previous CS versions.
And in order to appease many disappointed AA3 users after CS5 came out, Adobe alledgedly said (as passed on by those more connected) they would include many of the missing features caused by a completely new re-write of the AA platform (Mac, new code, etc.) in the next version (CS6). Most people were generously big enough to say "fair enough". CS6 got maybe a wee bit of AA3 attention (CD burning returned and what else was there?). Oh, well we're taking ideas to include in the next version, stay tuned!
It's a pity Adobe couldn't have gone to Audition CS7 before locking us into the Creative Cloud scenario.
Yes, a pity and likely with a good deal of foresight on Adobe's part, as you don't steer a large tanker another direction on a dime. Besides give AA3 hanger-onner's all they want now and why would they go to CC rather than say "no thanks"? Best they hold out a little and keep our interest a bit longer. Honestly though, I think it was more about keeping future ideas quiet, not hoodwinking AA customers (that was just a bonus). But yes, a pity, and shame on ourselves for believing the "we've been really busy, we'll add those in the next coming version" rhetoric, While naively riding on that train to CS7, we woke up many miles down another path to the sounding horn of a slightly different destination. A script could have almost been written:
Adobe Conductor: "Attention please, all passengers interested in the new AA must please sign-up for a subscription or get off at this terminal".
AA Customer #3: What's up, where are we? The rides been so long and I've been napping".
AA Customer #1: Well, we're somewhere about 1500 miles from where we left but half-way to CS7. We just stopped at this junction somewhere. Conductor just announced we need to purchase a subscription to CC or can no longer ride.
Adobe Conductor: There are AA3 bicycles to get you back home, a courtesy from Adobe so that you're not literally abandoned.
AA Customer #2: What?, Why the hell did we get on then, I didn't sign-up for this and it wasn't mentioned in the brochure?
AA Customer #1: Oh c'mon, it's 2013, no big deal, happens all the time. It's called good business, you're just on the side that doesn't like the definition used as "good", lol. Now pay the man or get off, the rest of us have decided to head to the Creative Cloud where the Great Oz awaits us (helps Customer #2 off the train by pushing him off with his feet during his hurried explanation).
Customer #3 and Customer #2 are sitting in the dusty dirt on their *****, then get up to dust themselves off:
AA Customer #3: Well, didn't see that one coming. I wonder what the Cloud is like, might be a really nice place. Maybe I should have...
Customer #2: Are you serious? Here, let me slap you as hard as I can, review what happened and then I want you to repeat what you just said. We were good customers and stuck behind AA to get the product and ourselves this far but now we're in the way of another idea, one I'm certain was developed before we stopped at station CS5 and CS6, yet we were smiled at all along as if to say, "Next stop is CS7 boys, isn't this an exciting ride?!". C'mon, we're on our our own, let's get these bikes and head towards home. Better we found out now than another 1000 miles onward.
Customer #3: Your, right, I just was looking forward to CS7 so much I just stopped paying attention.
The sun sets and as the camera pans back we see not only Customer #1 and #2 dust themselves off, but an exodus of many individual customers walking away towards home, from a train heading to the clouds and an old idea gone lost. Hopefully most of them won't feel they're the abandoned. Instead of individualized customers whose loss are justified as collateral damage to achieve a greater goal (easy to hide the effects of their loss at shareholder meetings while making other projections look much tastier). I just love what our current (last...35 years?) social-economic business model has become :-)
I don't really write such really long, bad drama on threads but 1) Adobe does tend to be fertile fodder for the imagination to go crazy with and 2) that was really therapeutic! I know, I need a blog of my own! I promise this will never happen again, lol!
26. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSteveG(AudioMasters) Jun 24, 2013 2:28 PM (in response to rlterry)
rlterry wrote:
I have to agree that this latest CC version of Audition is much closer to AA3 than previous CS versions.
And in order to appease many disappointed AA3 users after CS5 came out, Adobe alledgedly said (as passed on by those more connected) they would include many of the missing features caused by a completely new re-write of the AA platform (Mac, new code, etc.) in the next version
What is not so alledged is that Adobe didn't say how many - because they never do! There are also obfuscating issues as well - not the least of them being that there have also been new features introduced, and that some of these have caused what might be described as 'a modification of expectations' from this point of view.
A typical example of this is scripting. We had it in Audition 3, but in CS5.5 and onwards we have the ability to create our own 'favourites. That's all fine and dandy as far as it goes, but what happens to all those old, useful scripts we have? Despite requests, I have to say that it's not looking good...
27. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionMusicConductor Jun 25, 2013 12:53 PM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
Just to clarify the issue of running AA3.01 in Windows 7 x64 - works great, did some work in it last night (saved an audio mix back to an .avi file, worked like a treat). The critical necessity on my computer is using ASIO4ALL, which actually gives me more control over the sound card than without it, plus it makes it actually work well!
28. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionbmdenton23 Jun 26, 2013 9:04 AM (in response to MusicConductor)
I guess my biggest gripe is the wasted time (...............years) of riding the Audition train.
If I would've known that Adobe was going to make me rent their software, I would've just bit the bullet and learned Pro Fools or Reaper years ago.
29. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionMusicConductor Jun 27, 2013 12:04 PM (in response to bmdenton23)
I can't imagine what advantage you'd have, at least cost wise, in contemplating or regretting having not moved to ProFools. Their upgrade fees + plugins + hardware surely makes renting Audition sound like a bargain, yes? No? Now, Reaper on the other hand...
30. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionDenGolding Feb 19, 2017 4:38 AM (in response to _durin_)
I am 69 years old and use Audition CS6 for local amateur work. I can't afford an extra subscription amount ad infinitum. I would like to upgrade to the latest version but it seems I'm stuck on CS6 or perhaps I should look elsewhere.
Several software suppliers are going the subscription route now and they are just going to lose loads of customers.
What happens if the subscription is stopped one month - does that mean we are prevented from using the software!!
I had MS Office 365 as a subscription but hardly used it for a year. The day I needed it to start writing a book I was told it had expired. I now no longer Microsoft either.
31. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionBob Howes Feb 19, 2017 5:17 AM (in response to DenGolding)
I'm 64 and also use Audition (and some of the other Adobe software) in conjunction with work I do as hobby to keep my brain active.
Alas, your theory is correct. If you pay month by month, if you stop paying you lose access to the software. Similarly, if you pay by the year, if you don't pay again next year, you lose the software.
Adding it all up, the cost of the annual subscription vs buying the upgrades each time they came out worked out to be not that much of a difference so I've stuck with Audition. I've yet to find any software that works as well for what I do--and, as has been said, a lot of other software providers are moving to the subscription route. I've heard that this is a by product of some legislation a few years ago in the the USA following the Enron scandal--this has imposed unintended consequences on how software development can be done.
32. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionmarkw81752930 Feb 21, 2017 8:43 AM (in response to _durin_)
I cannot pay 20 bucks a month for that, sorry, You should have a one time transaction option that doesn't allow you access to the cloud. I am a student who is taking one class as an elective and would just like to use it sparingly over the course of my life. Just want to let you know what a student who is interested in your product, but cannot justify 20 bucks a month.
33. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionryclark Feb 21, 2017 2:01 PM (in response to markw81752930)
markw81752930 wrote
Just want to let you know what a student who is interested in your product, but cannot justify 20 bucks a month.
It is Adobe's products not ours. On this forum we are just end users like yourself. However Adobe employees do sometimes come here and read the User to User posts.
However does the 20 bucks a month that you quote include the Student and Teacher discount that you can get if you are in education?
Adobe Creative Cloud for students and teachers | Adobe Creative Cloud
34. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionmarkw81752930 Feb 21, 2017 2:13 PM (in response to ryclark)
The only options for students are all apps for 20 dollars or photography for 10 dallars.
35. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionSteveG(AudioMasters) Feb 22, 2017 2:15 AM (in response to Bob Howes)
https://forums.adobe.com/people/Bob+Howes wrote
...and, as has been said, a lot of other software providers are moving to the subscription route. I've heard that this is a by product of some legislation a few years ago in the the USA following the Enron scandal--this has imposed unintended consequences on how software development can be done.
This is indeed the case. The legislation is referred to as Sarbanes-Oxley (SarBox) and as it stands it provides, through a loophole, a very significant incentive for software producers never to declare that a software product is 'complete' or 'finished'. If they do, they have to fill in a lot of very expensive paperwork and make all sorts of declarations about what they've actually sold.
The legislation sucks big time. It was rushed through with no real thought given to it being anything other than a sticking plaster. It lets software companies do pretty much whatever they like, and get away with it completely. It took the bean-counters all of five minutes to work out that they could drive a coach and horses through it, and this is the consequence.
Since the current POTUS seems utterly determined to reverse vast tracts of previous regulation, why doesn't somebody get him to have a go at this bit, and provide an incentive to do things the way they used to be done? It would make a heck of a lot of people a lot happier. But, unfortunately, not the corporate purchasers. The present model means that they can pay a subscription from an expense budget, not a capital one, and that gives them an accounting advantage (aka a tax saving). And it's that tax saving that might make the POTUS a little more interested...
But until something very significant happens, I'm afraid that individual users of CC are completely out-maneuvered by legislation, and there's no way that they can make any outright license purchase at all.
36. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionryclark Feb 22, 2017 3:16 AM (in response to SteveG(AudioMasters))
And unfortunately, although the sub for the complete package is very good value if you use all the software it provides, it is very expensive if you just need the one single app subscription.
37. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionemmrecs Feb 22, 2017 4:32 AM (in response to ryclark)
ryclark wrote
And unfortunately, although the sub for the complete package is very good value if you use all the software it provides, it is very expensive if you just need the one single app subscription.
And that is the killer for me! I only want/need Audition and that single-app subscription simply makes it too costly to consider because I am a hobbyist who very occasionally earns a little from AA.
38. Re: Audition CC without a subscriptionBobaudio Jun 1, 2017 2:30 PM (in response to Bobaudio)
In the years since posting this I found and moved on to iZotope RX. This is a real contender, and in many ways is now better at editing and visualizing audio than Audition. They sell their software and offer upgrade options at discounts to owners of past versions, same as how Adobe operated years ago. They also offer 3 levels of the software (Elements, RX 6 Standard, RX 6 Advanced) at the time of this writing.
If I load up Audition, I still use CS6. That's the last version I bought, back in 2012. I used to buy each version of Audition, upgrading it annually. I've avoided paying $1000 in subscription fees by choosing not to subscribe to Audition CC since 2013. On the other hand, I would have paid Adobe $750 by upgrading each year 2013-2017, had they kept the purchase option. So Adobe has lost out on $750 from me since my last purchase of Audition. I'm sure this subscription model is working well for others, but I've moved on to another product that offers a purchase model.


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Fresh of the press is a FOSS release of an pretty awesome competitor though:
The Atomic Game Engine was just released fully under the MIT license! Its render engine is a fork of the pretty nice Urho3D renderer, but it includes an cross-platform integrated development environment similar to Godot:
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ST. LOUIS (AP) – A release of water from the Missouri River and recent snow and rain are offering some relief for the Mississippi River.
Though still dangerously low, the Mississippi River channel at St. Louis was roughly 12 feet deep on Thursday – up about a foot-and-a-half since Monday.
River interests are paying close attention because if the channel gets to 9 feet, further restrictions are expected for barge traffic. Experts say the potential impact on shipments of essentials such as corn, grain, coal and petroleum could reach into the billions of dollars.
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The storm was not likely to provide as much benefit to farmers and ranchers stung by the drought that still stretches across three-fifths of the continental U.S. It takes a foot or more of snow to equal an inch of water, so several storms of that magnitude would be needed to make a difference, said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist at the National Drought Mitigation Center.
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The US saw $31.1 billion of foreign net purchases of US Treasuries in July, in large part due to inflows from Japan. Japanese private and public sources purchased a net total of $52 billion during the month. August consumer prices rose 1.5% from a year ago, down from a 2.0% rate last month. Core prices ex food and energy rose to a 1.8% annual rate from 1.7%. The NAHB's survey of builder sentiment was unchanged at an index reading of 58. The prior month's reading was revised down to 58 from 59.
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I like the lilas (violet) color.
The name of the company is a play-on-word with my name (which means "110" in French) so it could also show a sense of humor.
I am very feminin and know as a Zen person. So I need a logo that is coherent with me but also gives what I miss : something stable, very energic and ambitious.
- I love the lilas (violet) color so I would like to have this color in the logo. But I am also very open to others colors and better ideas.
- I also like the pink and the orange colors.
- The style should look energic and creative.
- It could make think of the TV sector/creation.
- I would love to have a second degre in th meaning ot the logo.
- I don't want a logo that would look institutional.
- I don't want green color.
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|Deviant Art
My name is Damien, I'm 26 and live in Paris (France)
I have a degree in electronic railway application and I'm working as a Systems Designer for the RATP (Railway Transportation Systems in Paris)
I've discovered deviantART in the early 2002 while browsing the web to find a new wallpaper, and I've decided to join dA in June 2004 to expose my works on Fractal Art mainly. And this is how I've become deviant N° 918221.
Nearly 6 years after I joined, fourteenthstar promoted me as a Senior Member the 1st of April 2010.
and 8 years after I joined, fourteenthstar give me THE deviousness for the month of September 2012.
And if it's wasn't enough in the same time i've become the Fractal Art gallery Community Volunteers until the 4th October 2013!
Now I'm one of the Founders of the DeviantMEET-Paris and we organize every month a meeting for all the Parisian deviants!
I'm also heading the GlobalTutorials project created by TanyaSimpson to help non-English deviants with having an access to resources in their own language.
And I'm a one of the fella team members, which aim to help newcomers on dA with deviantART-related tutorials and resources, and a proud Alpha Tester of deviantART with :devdevbug:!
I really wish to give back to deviantART everything it brought to me...
This community helps me during hard times, gives me the joy to live and so much happiness! With all the friends I've met on dA and relationships I've created, you guys are my second family.
I really love you.


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Interview with Flor de Maria by Henry Flores
My name is Flor Maria. I am 74, and I live in Costa Rica.
My father died when I was 10, and my mother took care of me after that. She made sweets, and I sold them. I have 10 children. They live in different parts of the country. Some are married, others are divorced.
Itís difficult to be an aging person in Costa Rica. Our reality is hard. I have seen other elderly women begging in the street, even sleeping there. We aging have much potential. Look at me. I am able. My hands cook rice. I can make beans. I can scrub a floor from one side to the other, but clearly I canít do it all in one day. I have to do a little at a time: one part today, another tomorrow.
I was taking classes in handicrafts when I first met CFCA. I told the social workers about my life, and they said they could support me. They give so much help for those who need it. I suffer from many illnesses, and thanks to CFCA, I receive the medicines I need. As part of CFCA, one feels supported. One feels calmer. They even help me with my school supplies and other expenses.
Returning to school:
I left school when I was 12, but thanks be to God, I returned to school and finished sixth grade at the age of 50. The situation was difficult. Nevertheless, I always wanted to study. I always wanted a degree as a lawyer to defend others.
When I was little, my school had few seats, teachers and everything else. It was very poor. At times, they taught sewing, and they didnít have the materials. They didnít have notebooks. So, I decided to leave school. When I was in school, I remembered doing homework before and after class.
Now, I have returned to school; only now I am 74, and it isnít easy. I remember on my first day of class, one of my daughters said, ìOh, no, Mother. Donít go to school.î I simply did not pay attention to her. I want to do what I want, and I want to learn, to study; to prepare myself.
Going back to school at my age is beautiful. I feel like any other student with a desire to learn and advance. Everyone knows that I have studied, and that I donít want to leave my studies unfinished. Some tell me to drop out of school, but I just ignore them.
School has helped me a lot. I am more alert because they say my neurons have awakened.
Many women attend my school, because they teach many subjects thereósewing, tailoring, etc. I donít have a favorite class because I believe that, for students, all material should be their favorites. I am taking six classes: Spanish, science, English, civics, mathematics and social studies.
Before my tests, I drink a glass of chamomile tea because they say itís good for the nerves. This calms me. I tell myself, ìDonít get nervous. Donít get nervous. God will take care of everything else.î
Sundays, when I go to school, I get up at 5 a.m. I prepare breakfast and lunch. Later, I grab my backpack with my notebooks, and I leave early since I start at 8 a.m.
In the afternoon, around 4 p.m., I go home. I drink a cup of coffee and rest. I do homework during the week. For example, today I have some homework in Spanish. I have to answer the following questions: Who am I? What do I want to be? I am not going to answer much. What I will write is: ìI am Flor de Maria. I am 74 years old. I want to be a lawyer. Granted, this isnít up to me. This is up to God.î
Florís words of wisdom
I want to say to the youth to take advantage of their time in school because it will lead them to better work and higher pay. Your studies will keep you on the good path and keep you away from vices. Donít lose your youth. Donít lose this moment because one day, you are going to want it back like I do now.
My message for the elderly is to study to keep your neurons working, so you donít get Alzheimers!


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A Cross-Road Epitaph – Amy Levy
"Am Kreuzweg wird begraben Wer selber brachte sich um." When first the world grew dark to me I call'd on God, yet came not he. Whereon, as wearier wax'd my lot, On Love I call'd, but Love came not. When a worse evil did befall, Death, on thee only did I call. ~ A Cross-... »


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Mkingoxford needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 4 freelance designers.
Play It Loud
I am a musician, blogger, and entrepreneur who's looking to give fellow music lovers, guitarists, and musicians a brand new way to approach music. My blog is about giving a fresh perspective to those who want to learn about the instrument, while also providing entertaining content with high quality writing and education value. This will entail looking at music in a light that's free from the past, that's open to new genres and techniques, and looking forward to what the guitar and all music will become in the future.
The culture and personality of my company comes from a place where music is fun to play and not a dreadful chore to attend to every day. It's about giving yourself the right and the freedom to express your own personality through the instrument. Play It Loud believes in the idea that youth is a state of mind that must be nurtured through new ideas and a proactive mind.
I believe in the ideas I just told you because they are what helped me learn the art of music. I gave myself the freedom to explore music in whatever way I was headed towards at the moment with no limitations, discouragement, or so called "reality" to believe in. But also I believed that there wasn't any frustration or walls that couldn't be overcome.
And ultimately it was about enjoying to practice a piece of music because you're instantly closer to all the things you might love about it.
The market I'm trying to reach can be summed up as anyone who doesn't like the way the guitar has been taught before. That is, I want to shatter the idea that you must go to a teacher, experience dreadful amounts of practice time, and forget about playing the music that inspired them to learn guitar in the first place.
It's for people who want other genres besides the usual rock, metal, and blues music commonly associated with the guitar by going into pop, classical, jazz, or even hip-hop music to learn and grow enthusiasm for the guitar.
It's also for those who want the knowledge and peace of mind that comes from spending less money on a hobby, fewer limiting beliefs imposed upon them from an outside source (like a guitar teacher), and saving years of frustration from doing all of this on their own like I did.
To get into more specifics I'm looking for people who are more independent, ambitious, and goal-oriented than most. Obviously this will appeal to anyone who is younger than 30, but I want it to appeal to anyone who is young at heart. That has a childlike enthusiasm and excitement for new ideas.
But ultimately for people who want real results and accomplish real goals and are not taken in by fluff and magic bullets. I was able to learn how to express myself through music, and I want to give that ability back to anyone who wants it too.
This part I'll keep really short because I don't want your own creativity to become limited. I'd like it to be a relatively simple banner ad with the words "Play It Loud: Freedom To Play Your Own Way" prominently displayed.
This is going to be used primarily for my blog, but if you can make it work for a shopify store as well that would be awesome. You can check out the blog at http://www.playitloudblog.com/ where you'll see that I have a simple wordpress theme in blue and white. So obviously I'd like it to work within that design so I won't have to do anything but upload the banner ad you guys will create.
The last thing I'd suggest is that it has a style that'll remind the audience of a band logo like the Beatles or Nine Inch Nails. Those are two designs I've loved but please be as creative as you'd like to be if you think of something else.
Since this is my first commission of this sort, I understand that there might be follow-up questions or clarifications to be made. Don't hesitate to ask me anything that might give you a better idea of how to create this design.


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(Reuters) - Top seed Juan Martin del Potro beat Canada's Milos Raonic in the battle of big-servers on Sunday to bag the Japan Open title and boost his chances of qualifying for the end-of-season ATP World Tour finals in London.
The 25-year-old Argentine, a last-minute wild-card entry for injured Andy Murray, won 7-6(5) 7-5 with the lone break of serve of the match coming at the fag end of the second set as Raonic lost the final in Tokyo for the second year running.
The win gave del Potro his third title of the year and moved him up to fifth spot in the race to London while Raonic is 10th in the qualification race for next month's tournament involving the top eight players of the world.
Raonic, 22, who finished runner-up to Kei Nishikori last year, fired 17 aces and was untroubled in his service games before a crucial double fault in the first-set tie-breaker put del Potro ahead.
The Argentine got his first break point opportunity in the 11th game in the second set and managed to convert the third to go 6-5 up before holding on in the next game to win in an hour and 43 minutes.
"I played really well in the last two games of the match, returning all of his first serves," del Potro told reporters. "It was a fantastic week for me as I played better and better with each match.
"In the tie-break, he hit a double fault in the most important part of the match and then my chance came, which I knew I had to take.
"I did what I could to win. When he serves well and hits aces, it means I have to be aggressive on serve. I threw in drop shots and came to the net to mix up my game."
Del Potro hit seven aces and had to save three break points in the first set against the Canadian, who had won their only meeting in Montreal in August.
"I created opportunities and barring a double fault and a few points I could not have done much better," Raonic rued.
Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Amlan Chakraborty