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A letter to the editor from James Lee.
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I wanted to take a moment and discuss my thoughts about Monday night's Council meeting and respond to some of the aspersions cast and the misleading things said by the Council when they responded at length to my comments and to Dr. David and Brenda Hattery's comments.
Before I begin, I should point out that, as an activist, I have attended many local government meetings, and Redwood City's is the only City Council on the Peninsula I have come across that has put so much effort into policing the tone, body language, and reactions of the very public it claims to serve.
The Bay Citizen reported around a couple years ago that the Redwood City Council had a "Stepford-like quality" to the way it runs its business, and it is clear that the Council is intent on preserving this culture - where appearances are kept up, meetings are highly orchestrated, and even silent expressions of dissent are marginalized. Dissent is seen as a threat to power instead of being celebrated as a sign of a healthy, functioning, and democratically-minded community.
Tone, body language, cheering, and clapping has never been a concern of any board or council I have spoken out to, and it really frustrates me as a Redwood City native to see our city so uniquely fixated on the idea that any questioning of public servants and prominent members of the community is seen as a shocking, terrible thing.
If our city leaders actually cared about the good of the city, they would try to understand why so many people are upset with and mistrustful of the decisions they make, instead of insisting that the onus is on the public to have blind faith in the Council's decision-making, when we have already seen through their handling of multiple issues that the Council is not to be trusted.
Known friends of the Council have criticized them for curtailing free speech (as Steve Penna did in the August issue of the Redwood City Spectrum magazine), so it is not a shock that, in that context, those of us who have never been invited to the table and instead had to deal with the reality of seeing our issues and concerns ignored for a year might immediately think that instituting restrictive policies on public comment with hardly any public notice is dangerously undemocratic at its worst, and highly suspect at best.
The City has done a poor job at gaining the public trust, and for any of the councilmembers to demand such trust when it has certainly not been earned is not what a true public servant does.
The first thing, regarding the agenda item to approve a set of guidelines for public meetings, is the issue of the changing of the rules with regard to the way land use hearings are to be conducted. Our readings of the guidelines leave us only with the impression that there is a concerted effort to restrict public input as much as possible and to make sure the message remains firmly in control of the hands of the Council. It is clear that they do not want the public taking the discourse into their own hands.
What is of major concern is not just that these new rules will affect the upcoming appeal against the Planning Commission's approval of development at Pete's Harbor, but that it will affect future land use hearings down the line, including future hearings on the Saltworks development.
As someone who is also a member with Occupy Saltworks, I know that I and others who are opposed to that development are worried about these changes being made without much sunshine - changes that will have major bearings on how these far-reaching decisions on our city's future are heard and framed.
Vice Mayor Gee targeted me for recording the hearing on my smartphone, saying that it was a form of intimidation - that it was "intimidation" to have words recorded and possibly put out on blogs and social media. This came minutes after Councilmember Seybert proudly touted that the meeting was being streamed live on the internet and is also televised, so the claim that I was somehow doing something out there or untoward for recording the hearing for my own benefit was really unnecessary.
I am very, VERY offended that Vice Mayor Gee continued the false narrative that some in city government have been pursuing lately, that Occupiers and their allies are somehow making the City Council chambers an "unsafe" and "intimidating" place. All we are doing is trying to bring some accountability to city government, and these continued insinuations that our public comments and attempts to document hearing make people feel unsafe actually end up making a target out of Occupiers.
We know, from having attended other city council and county board meetings, that no one else considers our behavior, words, and actions "unsafe." We know that Redwood City is alone in attempting to make the case that there is something extreme about our behavior. And when Occupiers are blamed for making hearings unsafe when we have done absolutely nothing of the sort, when we are told to watch our tone and character attacks when no similar admonishments were made to friends of the Council who said inaccurate and/or offensive things about Redwood City residents - as Housing/Human Concerns Commissioner Cherlene Wright and Port Commissioner Lorianna Kastrop did at recent Planning Commission meetings - we become targets for a backlash that is undeserved and misplaced.
Calling Occupiers "unsafe and intimidating" is a way to legitimize future attacks against us, and some of those attacks against us could very well be physical if the City Council continues to falsely claim that we are a threat that needs containment. The City Council is playing a dangerous game with the well-being of Occupiers when they continue along this narrative, and for those reasons we see the city's behavior as absolutely reprehensible. As they are the folks in power, we see their attempts to make targets out of Occupiers the real form of "unsafe intimidation" being practiced in the Council chambers. What Vice Mayor Gee and the others on the Council are really "intimidated" by is their own realization that they are unable to sell their message to the watching public and to the press when activists like us are there, calling for greater sunshine or for public redress.
The City Council back-pedaled last night, arguing that these policies restricting public comment are "guidelines" and not "hard and fast rules." But when Occupiers and our allies with Save Pete's Harbor questioned City officials and staff in the past about their handling of the Pete's Harbor issue, we were told that there was nothing the City could do because they were following along their own "guidelines." So, clearly, the argument that these rules to limit public input are "guidelines" and not real policy decisions are just an Orwellian way of trying to make bad policy sound good after the fact.
Even if we were to believe that "guidelines" are not "hard and fast rules," the real issue at hand is that it states clearly in the full agenda packet that the Council has the full discretion to limit public comment to 15 minutes (for non-agenda items) and 30 minutes (for agenda or action items) whenever they feel like it. This means the Council, at any time, has the authority to follow their guidelines to the letter and indeed limit public discourse, and this set of guidelines gives them a formalized cover under which to do so.
While the Council spent a lot of time tonight congratulating themselves for "extending" the public comment period past 15 minutes, the point is that the Council does not deserve plaudits for doing the decent, correct thing and allowing the public time to speak.
Instead, it is the idea that the public should have as much time as it needs to speak that should be the "default" position of the council. Allowing the public time to speak past 15 minutes should not be an "opt-in" decision that the City Council praises itself for, over and over. The notion that the public should have as much time as it needs to speak should be the real guideline the City is working from.
It is also stunning to see that people will no longer be allowed, under these new rules, to submit public comment cards after the comment period has begun. This means that if someone shows up to a meeting late and comment has already started, they will not have an opportunity to speak.
It is also important to note that sometimes Occupiers have held back from submitting our comment cards, because, over the past year, we have noted that friends of the Council, developers, and others had a habit of waiting until the very end of the public comment period to submit their cards so that those whose opinions were in line with the Council always had the last word.
Well, as dedicated and observant Occupiers, we noticed this. We also noticed that the Council would not call up commenters to speak in the order that cards were submitted, but that they were shuffling them around so that pro-Council, pro-development, "friendly" speakers would go last.
So, Occupiers started waiting towards the end of the public comment period to submit our cards, just like the pro-Council folk. We did it to make sure our cards would not be shuffled so that our comments were stacked first and ignored. We were very successful with this strategy in the last few meetings we attended, and we know that the City Council and the Planning Commission were both extremely unhappy to know that we had caught on to their own game. And so, we find it highly suspect that after years of using this practice to orchestrate meetings in their favor, the Council now wants to create a rule banning this practice now that Occupiers have caught on and have learned to play by their own rules.
I would also add that it is highly uncalled for, for Councilmember Foust to try and imply that because we've never had a coffee with her or knocked on her door or given her a personal call, we have no right to doubt the intentions of her or the rest of the Council when they make these decisions. We could say the same thing about the claims they make regarding Occupiers' motives and intentions.
Also, I did in fact submit my phone number to the Council during a public comment period last year, and specifically asked at that time that the Council get in touch so we can see how Occupy Redwood City (ORWC) and the Council can work together on issues we agree on.
I noticed that one speaker in Monday night's public comment, who was doing nonprofit work getting computers to children, got lengthy commentary from the Council and invitations to get in touch and exchange business cards. Well, none of that happened last year when I went to the Council without any preconceived notions and asked sincerely for the opportunity to work together.
I have knocked on Foust's door to apologize for something offensive she alleged one of our Occupiers had said about her (she wasn't home). I have sent many of my media communications directly to elected officials that ORWC has called out, including the City Council, with my phone number prominently placed in those communications. Thanks to my efforts at outreach, I have met with county supervisors, state senators, state assemblymembers, and councilmembers from other cities. I have many of these people in my phone's contact list. It is only in Redwood City where I have run up against a thick wall of silence, and as a Redwood City native it hurts me to know that it's in my own community where it has been the hardest to be heard by those in government. Redwood City's government has been unique on the Peninsula in many ways, and few of them have been positive.
It is also disturbing that Foust seemed to be encouraging ex-parte communications. While I see her comments as an open invitation to set up a time for coffee, and will indeed consider contacting her for that reason, I think it generally goes against the idea of sunshine and transparent government to have important discussions with elected officials outside the Council chambers.
At the last Planning Commission meeting, Chair Ernie Schmidt and other commissioners insisted that they couldn't engage in any dialogue with Paula Uccelli or the developer to help the Pete's Harbor folks because it would violate the Brown Act. Yet, as the meeting Monday night began, Planning Commissioner Shawn White was in discussion with Paula Uccelli. Clearly, Ms. Uccelli is a friend of City government, and to argue that the Planning Commissioners who know her personally never spoke with her about the Harbor development outside Council chambers assumes a great deal of naivete on the part of the public.
FINALLY (and I do apologize for the lengthy letter), ORWC sees the Council's attempt to limit public input into government business a direct response to the activism we've been engaged in for the past year. We see the actions of the Council as a huge recognition of how effective a small, dedicated group of Occupiers in Redwood City have been in changing the local culture of free political discourse and public accountability, and we see it as a victory that they clearly see our efforts as a threat to their Stepford-like control over city affairs.
James Lee
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Member - Occupy Redwood City and Peninsula Direct Action
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The Lowndes Vikings are officially under investigation.
Lowndes High School received a letter from the Georgia High School Association, the state's governing body for high school athletics, that the school is under investigation for its actions in last Friday's game against the Colquitt County Packers.
"There was a letter sent to Lowndes," GHSA Executive Director Ralph Swearngin said. "We don't make comments on ongoing investigations."
Swearngin also said the length of the investigation is undetermined, and a decision will be made "as soon as I get back all my data."
The Vikings are accused of stealing Colquitt County's signals during their 17-14 win over the Packers last Friday night at Mack Tharpe Stadium in Moultrie.
Packers head coach Rush Propst, who spoke exclusively with The Valdosta Daily Times on Thursday, filed the complaint towards Lowndes. Propst described the complaint filed with the GHSA as a "complaint of violation of ethics."
The Vikings are accused of using Buzz Payne, a Thomas County Central middle school coach, and a former varsity coach at Colquitt County, of sitting in the stands with binoculars and relaying the Packers' signals to Lowndes coaches in the coaches' box, who thus relayed the message down to the field.
"It was a planned act between Lowndes, Buzz Payne and Thomas County Central," Propst said. "(TCC's) head coach (Bill Shaver) and athletic director (Mike Singletary) had knowledge of it.
"Anywhere, anytime, I will put my hand on a Bible, I know Lowndes and Randy McPherson and I know Thomas County Central, and their administration knew what Buzz Payne was doing."
When asked Monday about the allegations cast by Propst, Lowndes head coach Randy McPherson said his school didn't do anything wrong and that he doesn't even know Buzz Payne, nor has he had any contact with him.
Propst said that is not true.
"What they have said is a blatant lie," Propst said. "Randy (McPherson) said that he didn't know Buzz Payne. He knows Buzz Payne as well as he knows me. That is a blatant lie.
"Randy McPherson knows Buzz Payne. It had to be planned for the signals to mean anything to Lowndes' coaches. Randy can lie all he wants to. Call Rance Gillespie and ask him."
Gillespie, the head coach at Valdosta, was unavailable for comment Thursday afternoon. Payne served under Gillespie last year at Valdosta before moving back to the Thomas County Central school system, where he once coached before moving to Moultrie.
Although the Vikings are under investigation by the GHSA, they will not be stripped of the win, according to Swearngin's comments on Tuesday to the Thomasville Times Enterprise's Clint Thompson. That is fine with Propst.
"We don't want the win," Propst said. "I'm not asking for the win. I'm not asking for an overturn of the outcome of the game. I do believe it actually helped Lowndes knowing what we were doing, whether we were going to run or pass. That is the reason the signals were given."
When asked what punishment would suit Lowndes and McPherson, Propst said that is for Swearngin to decide.
Since Propst made the accusations last Friday night, just minutes after the conclusion of the game, many have criticized Colquitt County for not changing signals in over two years.
"I would not think there would be something that unethical going on," Propst said. "I would not think someone would stoop that low to do something like that. Taking blame for not changing signals, yes, I should have."
Regardless of the signs being changed or not, Propst said the Vikings knew what Payne was doing in front of the window and that the coaches knew what signals he was giving.
"If someone throws their hands up in front of the window once or twice and you look, I understand, but to continue to look down there the whole game, you'd have to be under a rock to not think that what they did was ethically wrong," Propst said. "We all know the Lowndes coaches knew what he was giving to them."
Propst said Friday's game is not the first time he has known Payne to be in attendance to aid a Packer opponent. Propst said he was made aware of Payne's attendance at last year's state semifinal matchup with the Grayson Rams. He said he received a call this week from a head coach that confirmed his presence in Grayson.
"I also found out that Buzz Payne was at Grayson and that happened during the semifinal game last year," Propst said. "I heard that it happened at halftime last year."
"I've lost a lot of respect for (Grayson head coach) Mickey (Conn), if that happened," Propst continued. "Now that is alleged.
"There is a code of ethics that we as coaches have to abide by. Not only do we have to be right, but we have to appear right, too. There is no room in the coaching profession for this."
Propst said no action has been taken by Colquitt County towards Grayson.
"At this point of time, no," said Propst when asked. "We gathered information that he stood on the sideline and watched this transpire."
When reached by The Gwinnett Daily Post late Thursday, Conn confirmed that the Rams used Payne to prepare for the Packers. The Post photographed Payne on the Rams' sideline during the game gesturing towards the field.
"No (he wasn't calling in plays)," Conn told the Post. "There were a lot of people on our sideline. It's a (Georgia High School Association) game. We use our own coaches, playing our own game. He wanted to go up in the box, and I said no, that we weren't going to do that.' In fact, he wasn't even supposed to be on the sideline."
Conn also said that he doesn't want to be caught up in the situation between Payne, Colquitt County and Lowndes, and that Payne's assistance during the week is normal practice in high school football.
"I don't want to get drug into this mess," Conn told the Post's Ben Beitzel. "We told Buzz we weren't (going to have him in the press box calling plays). He gave us a scouting report, just like you would with anybody else, calling other schools that played them. Same kind of deal."
Prior to joining Colquitt County, Propst was fired from his position as head coach at Hoover High School in Alabama. In his nine seasons, Propst won 110 games and five Class 6A state championships with the Buccaneers. Propst's firing came after an investigation by Birmingham-based reporter Jon Solomon, who discovered that some Hoover players' grades were changed to help make them eligible for college.
"I've made mistakes in my life, but I have had to pay for them," Propst said. "These people, that are standing at those places, at Thomas County Central and at Lowndes, with authority and cannot sweep this under the rug."
"It made me understand that you are never in a position of power where you are not held accountable," said Propst of his actions at Hoover. "You are always held accountable for your actions. If you know something is going wrong, then you need to address it, be truthful. That is the number one thing I learned at Hoover. I learned it the hard way. I just feel like it has been done to me now. Our program has been done wrong, and our kids have been done wrong."


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By Andrew Glover
Stillwater NewsPress
AGRA, Okla. —
The Morrison Lady Wildcats only scored two runs but that was all they needed to defeat the Agra Lady Bear Cats 2-1 Monday.
"It was a pitchers duel all the way through," Morrison coach Tim Hatter said. "(Agra's Amber Austin) was solid. We were able to get to her the second time through the lineup. It was good to come out on top."
Jacey Bales earned the win and at the plate went 1 for 2 and scored one of Morrison's two runs. Brittany Coleman recorded two infield hits and scored a run. Hatter said the top of the lineup provided a lot of speed.
The Lady Wildcats (2-1) host Oilton at 4 p.m. Agra visits Carney at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Ripley 8, Hominy 0
HOMINY — The Lady Warriors scored four runs in the fourth to rout the Lady Bucks 8-0 for their second win of the season Monday.
"The girls played well, especially defensively," coach Brent Meeks said. "We started putting runs on the board and then got that big inning. We were able to capitalize on walks."
Leading Ripley offensively was Jewel McKnight, who went 3 for 3 with a double and a run batted in. Wisper Lefthand went 1 for 2 with a triple, scored two runs and drove in a run. Skyler Brunt picked up her second win of the season only allowing one hit, three walks and struck out one.
The Lady Warriors (2-0) opened the season with a 1-0 victory over Morrison. Crista Axell scored on a throwing error. Ripley hosts Drumright at 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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Pawnee scored four runs in the first inning and then added one in the second and third. Hannah Burkett picked up the win. At the plate she went 2 for 3 with a double, scored two runs and drove in two. Tori Stevens went 2 for 4 with a single, double and drove in a run. Justice Waters went 1 for 2 with a double and a run batted in.
The Lady Black Bears (4-3) host Perry at 4:30 p.m.
Carney 7, Olive 4
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Carney was supposed to open with Glencoe last Tuesday but the game was rained out. The Lady Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead Monday but Olive came back and took a 4-2 lead. The Lady Bulldogs rallied.
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Place earned the win. While the Lady Panthers were able to rack up seven hits, they were without senior Jessica Hutchinson, who fractured her ankle during practice last week. Hutchinson is expected to be out three to four weeks.
"Losing Jess is a big blow to our team," coach Tabitha Wright said. "Our young kids need to step up in her absence, and I think they did tonight."
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Glencoe recorded nine hits compared to Cimarron's four. The Panthers took a 1-0 lead in the second but the Trailblazers responded and took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third. Glencoe had an answer as Jake Lazenby and Hunter Hall led off the inning with singles. Claytin Beaver brought both home with a single.
Ty Lazenby picked up the win in three innings of work. J.K. Hadlock earned a save, pitching the rest of the game. The win improves Glencoe to 4-1. The Panthers finished third at the Varnum Tournament last weekend.
Glencoe hosts Mulhall-Orlando at 6 p.m. Tuesday.


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Guy Tillim is an award-winning documentary still photographer from South Africa. Tillim began his professional career in 1986 and worked as a freelance photojournalist for the local and foreign media, including Reuters and Agence France-Presse. He has exhibited in more than a dozen countries and published in numerous volumes and journals; his work has focused on documenting social conflict and inequality in the countries of Africa. From teenage soldiers in Rwanda to civil war in Congo to the dislocation of entire populations in Angola, Tillim returns to lands whose violence he once covered as a journalist to recover the shadows that violence produced in the people and lands.
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Guy Tillim's photographs reveal the decay and detritus of colonialism in Western and Southern Africa on a scale both monumental and slight. He exposes the stains, cracks, and filth of huge, crumbling institutional structures—post offices, school, offices, hotels, and banks. He winds around their staircases and looks through their windows, finding offices and classrooms void of basic equipment and furniture. While the people in these images are almost peripheral—at the frames' edges, with turned backs, or slightly out of focus—there is an acute sense of humanity in the images, shown through the personal objects left behind: an umbrella, a house plant, a purse, a book.
Tillim has received many awards for his work including the Prix SCAM (Société civile des auteurs multimédia) Roger Pic in 2002, the Higashikawa Overseas Photographer Award (Japan) in 2003, the 2004 DaimlerChrysler Arts Award for South African photography, and the 2005 Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
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Prosecutors have offered the teenage defendants in the Wilson hazing case a chance to dodge the weight of the initial charges stemming from an April 17 incident on a team bus.
As reported in today's Buffalo News, the deal would allow the teens to plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of forcible touching, which carries a lesser punishment than the felony sexual abuse count each had been facing.
Also as part of the offer, each would plead guilty to three counts of second-degree hazing, a violation.
Kevin P. Shelby, an attorney for one of the 16-year-olds, likened what happened on that bus to a fraternity initiation, and which also lacked any sexual overtones.
There were at least 30 people on the bus at the time of the incident, Shelby said, and the DA's office has not produced medical evidence suggesting any object, including a cell phone, was used to penetrate the body opening of anyone on the bus as alleged.
And because of that, and the fact that the deal offers no guarantee that youthful offender status will be granted, he claims his client deserves fairer treatment.
"Should conduct such as this that does not have sexual overtones, that involves initiation rights, should that impact on a 16-year-old's life for the rest of his life?" he said.
What do you think of the offer made by the DA's office?
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7 Conferences to Watch Great Travelers in Action
Mashable recently named their top 7 places to watch great minds in action.
The list included the well-known conference TED, and a bunch of other ones based on the TED model (ok, we can easily deduce who is the leader of the great minds in action).
It got me thinking, where could you watch great travelers in action? Sure, there are plenty of great travel blogs out there, such as Nomadic Matt and Everything Everywhere, but what if you actually want to rub elbows with some of the top in the field? A place where you can get to know their secrets, and also find out what is happening in the world of health, sustainability, and cultural tourism?
I searched the internet, and found the top travel conferences that blend these important issues, gives you a chance to schmooze with some of the greats, and offers the opportunity to put your travel writing skills to good use. Here's what I came up with:
1. The World Medical Health Tourism Conference
Location: Phuket, Thailand (2009)What they have to say: "The conference philosophy is designed to further improve the capabilities of healthcare institutions and tour operators who are key players in the medical tourism industry and to provide each individual patient to be well-informed on the standards of medical information worldwide." Attendees include MDs, Spa & Massage Clinic Operators, travel agents, airline companies, tour operators, and anyone in the hospitality industry.
2. Adventures in Travel Expo
Location(s): New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle.What they have to say: Marketplace for travelers, offering "unique" vacation options and travel information. Also includes travel seminars, hands-on activities, and cultural performances.
3. Sustainable Tourism: Issues, Debates & Challenges
4. Sustainable Tourism 2010
Location: New Forest, UK (2010)What they have to say: "Sustainable Tourism 2010 aims to find ways to protect the natural and cultural landscape through the development of new solutions which minimize the adverse effects of tourism. This can be achieved through the development of new strategies involving the active collaboration of society as a whole. Such solutions ought to cope with the continuous growth of tourism impacts on the country including culture and society."Writing opportunity: You can also submit an abstract for a paper here. Papers chosen for the conference will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning.
5. World Cultural Tourism Association
Location: Bangkok, Thailand (2009)
What they have to say: "The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for international educators, scholars, researchers, industry professionals, policy-makers and graduate students with opportunity to explore and discuss issues in the topics on cultural tourism."Writing opportunity: They currently have a call for papers for the November 2009 conference due today, July 31st, that are relevant to culture and tourism.
6. Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Location: Corte Madera, CaliforniaWhat they have to say: "The Conference offers an array of workshops, panels, and evening activities. There are many hours of informal interaction between faculty and students during lunch and in discussions that often last late into the evening. Alumni have published books, articles, and photos — many as the direct result of lessons learned and contacts made at the conference."
7. Travel Classics International
Location: Quebec City, Canada (2010)What they have to say: "Conference includes: low writer/editor ratio, editor presentations and panel discussions, scheduled one-on-one meetings with 4 or more editors, writer bios and clips sent to editors in advance, off site dinners and after hours networking, Writers contest judged by conference editors, pre and post conference trips, work showcased on TravelClassics.com."


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TORONTO | Alex Ovechkin will likely start Thursday night's game at the Toronto Maple Leafs on a line with Jay Beagle and Joey Crabb.
That trio has started each of the past three games.
"You know what, we spent a lot of time talking about the conditioning of the guys coming off the lockout, and just for balance of our team and to give Ovi some looks with two guys that for 60 minutes can maybe carry the pace a little bit and help him out," coach Adam Oates said.
Even thought Ovechkin hasn't scored an even-strength goal this season, his overall game has been sharp. He has been aggressive on the forecheck and hustling to loose pucks.
But the Caps need Ovechkin to score.
"Part of it is the team has to do that to for him," Oates said. "And he has to think it; you have to keep thinking your position, for sure, all the time. The game's always evolving. Every night every team's a little bit better and there's no room out there anymore. It's tough."
Michal Neuvirth gets his fifth straight start in goal.
"He's played good hockey," Oates said of Neuvirth.
Brooks Laich, skating with teammates for the first time this season while nursing a groin injury, did not take line rushes, as expected.
It remains to be seen which two defensemen will be healthy scratches. Marcus Johansson is back in for Mathieu Perreault.
"I think sometimes as a young guy you need that, to sit upstairs and see," Oates said. "He actually got to watch good games; our team played good hockey. And to put yourself in that position. So hopefully he's just going to come in and play hard and fit in."
Johansson said it's a good thing to see systems from a distance. He was a healthy scratch for the past two games.
"I want to play. That's why I'm here," Johansson said. "I want to play and it's not fun to sit out but it's his decision and I respect his decision. As I said, it's his decision he's the coach you've got to deal with it, learn and move on."
With Johansson replacing Perreault, some thing change for linemates Matt Hendricks and Eric Fehr.
"Marcus is a very good skater," Hendricks said. "I think when Marcus is playing his best hockey he's playing the game fast, he's skating fast, he's winning battles to pucks and when he does he seems to catch those defenders in bad positions and he can skate right around them, right by them and get those wrap-around goals that we've seen him score and set up great plays that way."
Perreault, Roman Hamrlik and Tom Poti will be the healthy scratches.
Here are the lines and pairings:
Alex Ovechkin - Jay Beagle - Joey Crabb
Wojtek Wolski - Nicklas Backstrom - Troy Brouwer
Jason Chimera - Mike Ribeiro - Joel Ward
Matt Hendricks - Marcus Johansson - Eric Fehr
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RALEIGH — The Cardinal Gibbons boys soccer team started the season off with two tough losses.
The 2012 N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A East runner-up lost its first two games by one goal each, but got its first win Tuesday, 3-0, against Ravenscroft.
Winning always helps, but the importance of this was we had taken steps in the right direction, said coach Tim Healy. We went from having an OK game Saturday (a 4-3 loss to Garner) with a lot of mistakes, to having a really good game last night (a 2-1 overtime loss to Sanderson). We didnt come out on top and for those guys to rebound and be able to play was a good thing.
Healy and Ravenscroft coach Alix Charles both agreed the annual rivalry game between the two schools was a bit less emotional this year, as each squad had spent a good deal of emotion in the days before.
Ravenscroft spent the weekend hosting its annual invitational tournament, which the Ravens won for the first time since 1986 after not making the finals since 2004.
The tournament win was big, but perhaps a bit of a distraction for the young Ravens team that lost 17 seniors from last years team.
I didnt expect us to do as well tonight because you win a big tournament and everybody is up and we come in and play a very strong Gibbons team, so I think that got the best of us for a little bit, Charles said. Not to take anything away from Gibbons, but thats what you expect from a young team. ... but Im hoping we can recover.
Cardinal Gibbons controlled the possession from the beginning of play.
Gibbons senior midfielder Cam Steele converted a penalty kick in the 35th minute to take a one-goal lead into the half and fired in another shot in the 73rd. Senior forward Matthew Springer added a third goal less than a minute later to seal the win over Ravenscroft.
Steele and defender Chase Rhode are expected to be key players and steady forces for the Crusaders this year, Healy said.
Where we lost a lot (from last season) was up top, Healy said. We lost a lot up top from seniors who graduated, and we lost (All-America forward) Ade Taiwo (to an ACL injury), so we went from being very dynamic to being very solid with the potential.
Steele said that while Taiwos injury leaves a void in the team, all of the players are stepping up to fill his shoes, and Tuesdays win was a step in the right direction.
Its big for us as a team, because its a long season and its a process about getting everyone on the same page because our ultimate goal is to do the best we can and make it to the state championship game, Steele said. Today was a big day for us because we came together and we played together and we got the win.
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My lower back is not hurt or anything I don't think. I one time very VERY midly strained it on heavy squats a long time back. But recently it has been feeling "sore" during the day. Not pain or anything it's just a nagging feeling in my back. Don't know why I haven't been doing heavy posterior chain exercies or anything (haven't been able to because of midterms). But none the less it is there... any one have any ideas it is not a big deal just annoying. Might go see a doctor when I have time.
Crap this should be in the general health aread... that's what you get for 10 hours of straight studyin.
Could the lower back pain be from sittig and studying so much. If you've never had any problems with it before its unlikely that it could be from working out. Might be related to something that has changed in the past couple of weeks?
What is elite?
"Those who work the hardest often complain the least." -anonymous
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
Yeah maybe... LOL now that I think about it.
Good call last midterm today so I'll give it a week and see if it clears up. Cuz when I do my dl's my back is fine.
Just to toss out another possibility, have you recently switched the way you sleep? Like now you sleep face down instead of on your side, or onto a different bed, or anything like that? I have a bit of back soreness the day after if I sleep face down.
Leaning over a desk and studying always gives me a sore back.
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1. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!ds store May 21, 2012 10:11 PM in response to Gman001
I think a #8 should cure the issue
but don't stop there, check the other steps too
2. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Mario Celso Jr May 23, 2012 5:51 PM in response to Gman001
Same problem here. I have the same MacBook and after update to 10.7.4 it's freezing. It never occured before update.
I noticed that if iTunes is running it's freezes more times.
Every time it's happen I sent a report to Apple.
I tried to rollback to 10.7.3, but Lion doesn't allowed.
I'm looking for a fix.
Mario Celso Jr
3. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Gman001 May 23, 2012 9:28 PM in response to Gman001
I tried booting up from an external drive as well and this did not help. Running out of ideas I made an an appointment with apple to check it out.
After a few hours of diagnosing they have decided it's a sensor fault on the logic board which now needs to be replaced. This laptop is only 2 years old! How can such a core component need replacing after 2 years!? For almost $700 no less!
Has anyone else experienced this with apple? This is my first apple computer and if this is the norm then I will think twice before buying another one. My 6 year old PC is still going strong and it is on 24 / 7.
4. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Jazzwah May 24, 2012 6:06 AM in response to Gman001
I too have a midyear 2010 MacBook Pro and never had a problem with it until a few weeks ago. It would just freeze and I could not use the trackpad. I couldn't force quit anything because I couln't move the cursor. I have to do a hard shut down. It's driving me crazy ! I never had this problem before "upgrading" to Lion. I have five Apple computers in my home and have to buy a sixth for my son who's graduating high school and going into music production. We use Logic Studio so he has to have a Mac. I don't understand what the problem is. The update 10.7.4 has done nothing to fix the issue. I wish I could "downgrade" to 10.6xxx but the machine won't allow it. The other 2 Apple laptops in my house are running 10.6.xx and are not having this issue at all. I use my laptop for work in the field and mixing music when I travel. This situation is unacceptable !!!!!!
5. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Mario Celso Jr May 24, 2012 9:36 AM in response to Gman001
Very weird!
It doesn't make sense. The problem began after 10.7.4 update.
It appear to me a bug with the new version and not a hardware problem.
If I don't find a better solution, maybe I reinstall Lion and restores manually my files.
You tried to reinstall and recover from Time Machine and it
didn't worked, right?
Mario Celso Jr
6. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Gman001 May 24, 2012 4:15 PM in response to Mario Celso Jr
You tried to reinstall and recover from Time Machine and it
didn't worked, right?
Yep, I restored from my last time machine backup and it contiued to freeze. One thing I did not do was do a fresh install of lion and test it with no 3rd party apps installed.
The only reason I am confident that it is a hardware issue (aside from the Apple people telling me so) is that it froze in: safe mode, at the grey startup screen, and recovery mode.
7. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!DrChandra May 25, 2012 2:47 AM in response to Gman001
Not sure why I'm having feelling that this topic will have quite few replys very soon!
I have Macbook Pro 13", 8GB Ram, 120GB SSD (Mid 2011) and the same issue started after 10.7.4 upgrade. First I thought that mail clinet is bad, then iCal, Chrome and so on until I realised that something is wrong with 10.7.4! I came to that conclusion since problem persisted even after all apps were closed my whole machine would be frozen for 20 second to almost a minute!
Since no one tried clean install up to 10.7.3 I'll do it tonight (Australia) and post the result.
Dr Chandra
8. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!DrChandra May 25, 2012 5:50 AM in response to DrChandra
OK, here is the first result. I installed Lion on top of existing 10.7.4 without formatting hard drive. Upon completion OS version was 10.7 with all user data and applications preserved. Unfortunately freezing (wheel of death) was preserved too. I installed 10.7.3 package and there was no difference.
Try no2. Disk formatted and going with 100% clean install. 10.7.3 will be installed and results posted here.
Dr C
9. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!DrChandra May 25, 2012 7:10 AM in response to DrChandra
Clean install, 10.7.3 + Chrome, Sophos and email restored (exchange and gmail). No sign of freezing so far.
After I complete installation of all of my apps I'll post the update.
10. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!Mario Celso Jr May 25, 2012 12:59 PM in response to DrChandra
Hi DrChandra
It's a good news.
My problem appears to be a little different, but same cause: update to 10.7.4.
When my MacBook freezes, there is no wheel of death. It simply freezes. Display turns off, no mouse, no keyboard (the keyboard backlight stays on).
In all occurences, iTunes was loaded. As Gman noticied, if itunes is playing a song it will just hang and repeat the last 1/2 second of the song like a broken record.
I'm not using iTunes, since last Wednesday. No freezes until now.
I may be wrong, but smells some conflict between iTunes and Lion 10.7.4.
I'm working with no time to breath. If I had time I would the same as you. Install from zero and don't update to 10.7.4. Maybe I can do that in one or two weeks.
Until there I'm keeping searching some fix, and using iTunes the less time possible.
11. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!DrChandra May 25, 2012 7:06 PM in response to Mario Celso Jr
I think that I'm more confused now after working on my clean install of 10.7.3! I continued with apps installation and death wheel started spinning again but not too many times. I didn't want to make any conclusions since I was installing apps for VM, file system and those that could halt the machine during the process of installation.
Once I completed app install I noticed cold boot time jumped from 13-14 seconds to much longer time (2-3x). From the moment password entered it would take long time complete login process. I removed Sophos, stop use of Chrome but no change. I installed TRIM support for my SSD which reports all fine now. I'll add all updates for Lion except 10.7.4 and just try to use for the rest of the day without installing any new app and see the results.
12. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!schnapps4 May 27, 2012 12:52 PM in response to Gman001
I have what seems to be the same problem and I think I have narrowed it down to my externally attached Seagate GoFlex hard drive and Lion update 10.7.4. Everything was running fine until I applied the update for Lion. Ever since then if I tried to access the external drive I would get the spinning beach ball and have to shut down with the power button.
I had been doing Time Machine updates until the update and since then it won't do the updates any more. I have verified the hard drives, both internal and external with no problems. I have now unplugged the external drive and things are running fine again. I will post any updates if things change.
13. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!idiot4dogs May 31, 2012 4:24 PM in response to Mario Celso Jr
I am having the same issue with the display going black but the keyboard stays lit. I can hear it running but I have to hard boot it each time.
I bought my MacBook Pro in June 2010 and have NEVER had a problem until upgrading my Mac OS X. First I had a problem with the upgrade and I had to completely wipe my HD before it would allow the upgrade. Now, weird things are happening all the time. In addition to my screen going black, I have had applications randomly close while using them (although this does not happen very often). The freezing problem used to happen a couple of times a week soon after installing 10.7.4 but now it is happening several times a day....I have already had to reboot 6 times today.
I will keep checking back to see if a permanent fix is found.
Thanks for letting me vent.
14. Re: My Macbook Pro keeps freezing. Help!CalvinC Jun 1, 2012 2:48 AM in response to Gman001
I have a brand new Air 13", running 10.7.4 and it freezes too. My temporary solution is to close the lid and then reopen the lid. This tends to unfreeze it, but sometimes it will refreeze shortly thereafter and sometimes not.
It's not my main PC but it's starting to get annoying.


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The Ovenbird's name is derived from its nest. The domed nest is built on the ground and has an entrance on its side which reminded early Americans of the clay ovens used to bake bread. The Ovenbird is a warbler which is a group of brightly colored, highly migratory birds most of which spend the winter months the tropics and then migrant to North America in the spring to breed and then return in the fall. CONSERVATION
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U.S. Government Rests Its Case in WikiLeaks Court Martial
Prosecutors called more than 80 witnesses to testify in the court martial of Bradley Manning.
U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning is escorted as he leaves a military court on June 3, 2013, at Fort Meade in Maryland.
After hearing testimony from more than 80 witnesses, federal prosecutors wrapped up their case Tuesday in the trial of former Army private Bradley Manning.
The 25-year-old former Army intelligence analyst is charged with more than 20 offenses, including a violation of the Espionage Act and aiding the enemy. If convicted of the latter, Manning could face a possible life sentence.
[READ: Bradley Manning Prosecutors Claim Bin Laden Link]
As the government ended its case, prosecutors dropped a charge that Manning's leaks aided a "classified" enemy. Prosecutors originally accused him of aiding the enemy on three counts: al-Qaida, al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and a "classified enemy."
According to Courthouse News Service, a military spokesperson said the concept does not mean the enemy is classified, but that a known enemy was in possession of classified information. "What 'is' classified is that our government has confirmed that this enemy is in receipt of certain compromised classified information, and that the means and methods of collection that the government has employed to make that determination are classified," the spokesperson said in an email to Courthouse News Service.
But Maj. Ashden Fein said Tuesday that the government would drop the charge.
Manning has already entered a guilty plea to lesser charges that carry a prison sentence of 20 years, according to The Washington Post.
The court martial began a month ago, with prosecutors arguing that they had evidence that Manning gave classified information to senior al-Qaida officials by way of the website WikiLeaks.
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Manning has acknowledged that while he was working in Baghdad from November 2009 to May 2010, he uploaded more than 700,000 files to WikiLeaks, including State Department cables, Iraq and Afghanistan war logs, battlefield video clips and profiles of Guantanamo detainees. Manning said he revealed the war logs in order to document "the true costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," including the deaths of two Reuters employees killed in a U.S. helicopter attack.
Prosecutors argued that Manning used military computers to download the information and transferred some of the documents to his personal computer, and that he was repeatedly told in training to not give classified information to unauthorized individuals, according to The Associated Press.
They also argued that the evidence showed that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may have seen some of the material WikiLeaks published.
"By the grace of God, the enemy's interests are today spread all over the place," Adam Gadahn, a spokesman for the terrorist group, said in a 2011 al-Qaida propaganda video, according to the AP. The video referenced the information on WikiLeaks.
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Some of the court proceedings were conducted in closed session because the material being presented was classified. Before the trial began, officials had estimated that nearly 30 percent of the proceedings would be in closed session.
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Greg Morton will be performing live at the Comedy Cabana in Myrtle Beach! Russell Ehrett and Cooter Douglas will open this great night of entertainment.
Morton used to be a mobile DJ but now he has been heard on radio shows like the Bob and Tom Show and has performed all of the world.
Tickets are $15 per person.Next Date:
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Colleges are now becoming more comfortable with the idea of treating their star athletes like stars — that is, paying them. That's simply dropping the hypocrisy that has existed for generations by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
But it's going to create some new issues for the less heralded schools in Divisions II and III, such as Plattsburgh State.
For years, the NCAA and starry-eyed moralizers have clung to the notion that a college education was the only means for 18-year-olds to succeed in life and that the purity of the college experience was enough of an incentive to lure them into university athletics.
No one was complete without that education, the argument went. Unimaginable successes, such as National Basketball Association's Kobe Bryant of the Lakers and LeBron James of the Heat, flew in the face of this rationale, of course, but didn't dent it.
Bryant and James make more money in one day than most of us make in a year. Anyone would be hard pressed to conceive of any reason they would ever need what a degree would provide them.
Of course, few students have the native talent of Bryant or James, and many have been seduced into failure by pursuit of a doomed future in professional sports. For that reason, college is a wonderful safety net for practically all talented athletes.
But let's face it: the schools often profit from the student more than the student profits from the school. This is true of the gifted, the famous, the pre-professional-draft student athlete.
So the suggestion has been made over the years that the NCAA allow the schools to offer their star players more than just the standard scholarship. Why should the schools and the NCAA make huge thanks to the skill of this athlete, and the athlete make nothing — except the possibility of a degree, which may or may not come in handy in the multi-million-dollar world of professional athletics?


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I tweaked this recipe a bit: I used two packages of cream cheese, a full 13 oz. jar of Nutella, no sugar, one egg, and a tsp. of vanilla. I also used a frozen pie crust (the kind you roll out yourself.) First I greased a pie pan with unsalted butter, then rolled the pie crust out over it, and used about 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts and 1/2 ghiradelli dark chocolate pieces to sprinkle a thin, single layer on the bottom of the crust. Then I baked at 350 for 7-8 mins. Then I mixed all the remaining ingredients and filled the pie pan + baked for an additional 30 mins. I chilled it overnight (about 8-9 hours) and the end result was absolutely divine. I am a cheesecake FANATIC, and in all honesty, this was the BEST cheesecake I've ever had. The Nutella taste was very evident, but the walnuts + hint of chocolate at the bottom added a turtle flavor to it. I opted for a regular pie crust instead so not to take away from the Nutella flavor. If you plan on making this, whichever way you choose, DO NOT USE SUGAR, and you MUST let it chill for at least 8 hours. It only gets better and better the longer it sits in the refrigerator. Nobody at my Christmas dinner table could keep their hands off of it.
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I have to say I didnt make this as per recipe. I used 2 creamed cheese, 1 jar of nutella,1 tsp vanilla,and 1 egg. I put this in a pre made chocolate crust and baked it at 350 for 30 minutes. Put in fridge for 7 hours. Before serving I topped it off with whipped cream and chopped hazelnuts. It was supurb. My guests loved it.I will make it this way again.
I have made this recipe several times, using less sugar each time. I found that it is best with NO sugar, especially if you love Nutella, which I do.
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Talk about extremes.
Missouri Southern's basketball teams, thanks to last week's wintry mix, have not played a game in eight days.
But now, the Lions will play three games during the next six days, starting with tonight's rescheduled home games against Central Oklahoma.
Tipoff is 5:30 for the women's game and 7:30 for the men's contest at the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center.
The Lions and Bronchos were supposed to play last Thursday, but treacherous roads prevented UCO from making the trip from Edmond.
"I don't think it's good," Lions men's coach Robert Corn said of the week off. "I particularly don't think it's good when we have three games in front of us, and after we play Saturday (at Central Oklahoma), we have to turn around and play somebody else on Monday (in the postseason tournament).
"That's never a good sign. You don't want to be a tired team going into the playoffs. You want your team fresh and playing really well, playing with a lot of confidence."
"The way I look at it," MSSU women's coach Maryann Mitts said, "give them a couple of days off, which is rare this time of year, and hope they come back excited and focused and energized to play the last week of the regular season.
"At this point of the season, they want to be playing games. I don't think there is a player in the country who wants to practice for four-day stretches. If I'm an 18- to 22-year-old, I'd be real excited about these next six days and how dramatically these three games could determine your season."
One good thing for the Lions is their busy week does not include any long trips. The Lions play Wednesday night at Pittsburg State before Saturday's regular-season finale at UCO.
The Lions' playoff hopes haven't been damaged during the past week. Both teams are one victory or one Nebraska-Kearney loss from assuring themselves a top-12 finish and a spot in one of the postseason tournament's four play-in games.
And both teams have a chance to move up into the top eight teams, which would earn homecourt advantage in the play-in game.
Senior Night festivities tonight will be short as Erin Rice is the only senior on either squad. She will be honored during halftime of the men's game.
Thanks to two injuries during the same practice last week, the women's team is short-handed.
Johnna tenBerge, whose 3-point shooting came to life in recent games, suffered a knee injury and is done for the season. Shatara Stone has a dislocated shoulder and likely will not play before Wednesday, Mitts said.


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I was originally going to create a BTTF and Doctor who Hybrid time machine, but notice I went over 6 colours alone on the different shades of the Tardis, Didn't even start adding the delorean part that I want to. So I scrapped the idea and just made a little Mr.Fusion Ad
I'm not sure what I should do to progress, any Ideas on how I could improve this design (note: the background should be transparent)
I'm not sure what I should do to progress, any Ideas on how I could improve this design (note: the background should be transparent)
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McAwesomme103 weeks agoNo help so far :[
I thought I'd show which area would be transparent by putting the design on other colour backdrops, to help you guys, help me xD
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Help isn't always that fast here on the TeeFury forums but sooner or later someone should comment. Consider commenting on others work, feedback is a two-way street. ;)
I like the design idea. Personally I'd be tempted to drop the 'Mr Fusion' text altogether as I feel it sits at odds with the rest of the design. The drawing, logo and 'Fusion Industries' text all work though. Perhaps consider playing with the size of the drawing and its position relative to the logo and text.
Finally I suggest trying some sort of framing device in the background behind the drawing. This could be as simple as a filled circle or as complex as another visual reference (e.g. a Flux Capacitor or clock or atomic symbol). In the end these may or may not work, but they might be worth a try.
Good Luck :)
On second thoughts, try to work in the words 'Mr Fusion' somewhere. It's just the color/style of the lettering I wasn't keen on.
Nice Ideas, I'll have to rejig most of the colours anyway, I thought. I like the idea of a "framing picture" in the background, will I be able to use a pale cream at half its opacity for it, or would it count as a serperate colour?
Thanks for the ideas, really helpful :)
That would result in another ink. To achieve half opacity use a halftone of one of your existing colors.
It'd be quite possible to get this whole design down to a single ink if you omitted the red and use halftone and thru-color. But I wouldn't try that just yet, get the design how you want it first. ;)
Doc_1sh102 weeks agoI'm a big BTTF fan, and I like where this is going. My thoughts on text: I'd try moving the "Mr. Fusion" onto the device itself. Maybe under the symbol? I'd try moving the "Fusion Industries" to the top, and then you could have some sort of tagline or motto on the bottom- that would let you tie in another reference to the movie. (E.g. "Where you're going yiu don't need xxx" or "Plutonium-Free Since 1993", etc)
Just my $.02. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this. :)
chewietoo102 weeks agoI agree that the Mr Fusion title should remain but with a font change. The Fusion Ind logo is hard and industrial where as the title is a throw back to the 50's. It looks like you might be using a flavor Eurostile in the logo. That's a great font. One of my favorites. It was used a lot in the 80's. Try using one of it's variants maybe Eurostile Black. to really make the title pop. You could try it like:
and drop it behind with the generator overlapping it a bit. I don't know. Just throwing it out there.
Yeah, I was Originally going for a 50's ad at the top of the screen and a 2015 at the bottom (1955-2015) but I agree with all of you, it doesn't really sit right.
Thanks for the helpful tips guys, is this looking any better, so far?
The halftone dots flipped on the word energy some how, no idea how xD bare in mind the darker edge of energy should be the bottom :]
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There are 700 seats up for grabs along the Oscar red carpet leading into the Dolby Theater at the Hollywood & Highland Center. The seats will be given away using a random drawing.
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Anne Arundel Community College selected students Alexandra N. Houston-Ludlum of Lothian and Amanda E. Towles of Bowie for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society All-State Academic Team for Maryland and nominated them to the PTK All-USA Community College Academic Team.
Both were members of the college's PTK Omicron Theta chapter open to students who have completed at least 15 credits and have a 3.5 cumulative grade point average.
Houston-Ludlum served as valedictorian of AACC's Class of 2010. A college selection committee reviewing prospective candidates selected the Associate of Arts degree recipient for her academic record, extensive community involvement with the Bay Country 4-H Club and with her Davidsonville church. Also cited were an extensive psychology research project conducted with an AACC faculty member through the college Honors program, her work as an instructor of English as a Second Language at AACC and being named a Coca-Cola Foundation Gold Scholar.
Houston-Ludlum is AACC's first Honors program graduate, receiving an Honors program certificate in addition to her associate degree. She is transferring to University of Maryland College Park to complete a bachelor's degree program in psychology.
Towles is a holistic nutrition major and also a member of the college Honors program. Captain of the 2007 AACC women's soccer team and a PTK member in 2008-2009, she was cited by the selection committee for her academic record, community involvement with an orphanage in Kenya as well as her extensive spring 2009 research on the individual health and environmental benefits of organic foods.
She conducted the research through her participation in the Honors program and took her project to the next level. Towles contacted AACC Dining Services about offering organic foods as sale items for students, helped locate local organic farmers who might be suppliers for AACC's operation and helped that initiative become a reality.
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