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iConvert® Scanner for iPad Tablet
Ships Free! The easy, accurate way to save documents as JPEG files on your iPad, iPad 2 or 3rd generation iPad tablets!
Get instant e-copies of your most important documents.
- Quick and simple way to scan documents to JPEG files
- Saves photos and important documents directly to your iPad tablet
- Scans high-resolution 300dpi for clear, crisp images
- Adjustable feeder adjusts 2" to 8½" wide to fit many sizes, from small photos to full-size documents
- Works with the free downloadable iConvert Scanner App (which requires iOS 4.3 and up to run) at the iTunes® AppStoreSM
- Gives step-by-step prompts—"scan" (with real-time preview), "save" or "delete"
- Compact size for easy transport. Measures 12.1"w x 4.4"d x 2.8"h and weighs just 1.44 lbs.
- Powered via AC adapter (included).
- Compatible with iPad (3rd generation), iPad 2 and iPad tablets
Tame the paperwork jungle in your life by getting a scanner for your iPad® tablet. Our iConvert® Scanner captures sharp, detailed images in seconds. Just tap the Save button to save your hard copies as JPEG files to your iPad tablet's Photos folder.
Receipts and photos and memos, oh my!
The iConvert Scanner will help you organize—and prevent you from losing—all your important documents. At home, it lets you save family photos, genealogy records, greeting cards, recipes and children's artwork. At the office, you can archive meeting notes, resumes, renderings and signed contracts. While traveling, you can digitize receipts, expense sheets, and business cards.
Don't risk accuracy by simply "photographing" your important documents.
Cameras are great at taking pictures of people, places and things. But photographing a document up close frequently introduces distorted angles, glare and unequal sharpness across the photos. Using a scanner ensures that you'll be able to read every letter and number on your receipt and see every tiny detail in a photo or drawing.
Your important documents are waiting! Order your iConvert Scanner exclusively at Brookstone today.
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iConvert® Scanner for iPad Tablet
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Good Scanner
The scanner produces great images and was easy to use/setup. The only drawback is the way that the iPad connects to the scanner. It seems like it is not very sturdy at all...Read complete review
The scanner produces great images and was easy to use/setup. The only drawback is the way that the iPad connects to the scanner. It seems like it is not very sturdy at all and curious how it will hold up over time.
It would also be nice if it had the following features:
* Scanner is battery powered
* Better dock method
* Charged the iPad
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iPad Scanner
I have a dedicated iPad for the kitchen that is used to store recipes, contacts, reciepts as you come in the door, copier if I need a copy of something, notepad, message...Read complete review
I have a dedicated iPad for the kitchen that is used to store recipes, contacts, reciepts as you come in the door, copier if I need a copy of something, notepad, message board or to check weather as I walk out the door. The scanner is a nice stand and I can scan doctor receipts, or misc items that then auto syncs to icloud and then onto my computer upstairs that is attached to neat reciepts. I would have rated this higher but I to my surprise it does not charge my iPad. A big oops. I would have not bought if I thought I would have to take off to charge elsewhere. The other big oops that I did not see is the OCR to import cards into the contact list withought buying extra software. But the biggest thing is the charging unit...this will kill the sales in my opinion.
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I purchased this item and it was good. Scanning was easy and fast. But when I upgraded my operating system on my ipad, the device would not work anymore. Doing research, it seems that the software for the device was no longer going to work on the ipad.
When I contact Brookstone to see if there was an upgrade or something so that my device would continue to work, they said there was not going to be an update. They would not return my item, give me credit or offer any other assistance.
So, basically, I now have a useless item.
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Will not save to iPad after updating to IOS 8.2. Useless expensive paper weight. Bridgestone should update soft wear to be compatible with 8.2.
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- Stops Working Eventually
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It worked well for a couple years. Then one day, unfortunately, it just never worked again. It recognizes the iPad, but the spinning progress wheel won't go away and the app locks up. I tried uninstalling the app and reinstalling it, but it still doesn't work. So I think it's a hardware failure. If you think it's worth the price for a couple years of use, go for it. But it will likely fail after a while.
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Worked fine until I upgraded iOS, now it's completely inoperable.
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I loved it until I upgraded my iPad to iOS 8, and now it is a piece of junk. Brookstone refused to take responsibility stating that's not their problem. I will never buy anything again from Brookstone or anybody who doesn't stay behind their product.
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This product was great when I first bought it...UNTIL the new OS came out. Now it doesn't save my scans and freezes after each page. SUCH a waste of money. I am very disappointed in Brookstone.
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two main problems......the fact that Ipad "flops" in breeze when connected to Brookstone scanner.....burned up my hard connected pins to Ipad causing me to have to replace Ipad....which I did.....But what is more aggravating now..IConvert scanner software from Brookstone is NO LONGER compatible with latest IOS update on Ipad....making scanner not useable any longer.....might Brookstone be able to update the compatible software ?
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I use to love it, but now it does not work, I used it for my business. I upgrade my iPad to 8.1.2, If this is going to happen every time I update my iOS, than what good is it.
- Easy to use
- Good For Recipes Photos
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- Photos
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I relaly loved this until I upgraded my I-pad. Very disappointed that there is no process to upgrade. Looking for a good replacement.
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I scanned 80 year old pictures and put them on my iPad.
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A disturbing new trend—"pet flipping"—has been getting a lot of attention this week.
Pet flipping involves a criminal picking up a pet, either by stealing the animal or claiming to be the pet parent of a missing pet, and then quickly selling the animal for a profit. Is your blood boiling yet? It gets worse!
According to Time, pet flipping is on the rise in cities including Kansas City, St. Louis and Indianapolis. The stolen dogs are often purebred and very valuable. In March, an Indianapolis man was arrested after a three-month investigation found he had been stealing dogs for years, mostly purebred German Shepherds, Rottweilers and Pit Bulls.
"Many of these pets are housed in puppy mill-like conditions until they can be flipped—no food or water, caged and sick," Dawn Contos, of Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, said in an interview following the arrest.
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I volunteer with a rescue and I don't think you truly understand what you are saying... It's true that rescues will accept what other people deem as "garbage" because the person has grown bored of it and then ask an adoption fee of anywhere between $75 and a couple hundred dollars but I don't think that you realize these rescues (if they are true, good rescues) are thousands of dollars in dept because they try to pay for all of these animals medical bills out of their own pockets... They give these animals a safe and loving home until a permanent one can be found (which can take years to find the right home by the way, many of the pets never find a forever home and spend all of their days with the rescue but at least they can die peacefully, in the arms of someone who really does care about them and love them... someone who has not deemed them as trash but who has seen the precious soul that resides inside.) They save countless lives by taking in pets that are considered un-redeemable or who would otherwise be euthanized and open up more space so that dogs coming into the shelters have a chance... I do believe shelters and rescues could make more of an effort to educate the public on abandoning or giving up pets for ridiculous reasons but many of them are doing their best to help... Before you condemn them try volunteering for a rescue or shelter before making judgments on how they work... Who knows, maybe you could save a couple lives yourself.
Amen. Breeders & shelters must be working together. We all must be working together.
Amy, you and everybody else are going to hate me here, but I don't agree that people should stop breeding purebred cats (and dogs). I think your view is extreme and a bit fanatical. I love all animals, too. I have adopted many shelter cats, and always go out of my way to adopt the older ones. I feel that they have so much character, frankly, as well as need. I also make a monthly donation to ASPCA, as well as several other animal welfare groups, even though my income is limited. However, I feel that there is room for purebred cats and dogs as well. Not all purebreds are raised in squalid conditions, by any means. While I have adopted many shelter pets, I have had two Maine Coons. The one that is still living is 16, and I am already dreading the day I lose him, though it is bound to come. I love my Maine Coon so much, I can't tell you. I've loved all of my cats so very much. But this Maine Coon, Jinx, is my best buddy. He is so kind, and gentle and loving. Maine Coons do have a very special personality. So while the majority of my cats always will be rescues and strays, I also have room in my heart for some purebreds, too.
S.O. Rooney - you're so right. Purebred breeders have NOTHING at all to do with backyard breeders, or just plain people that don't give a rat's ..... about their female or male breeding and producing pups that go to shelters. So what Amy said is really ignorant! No, I've never bought a purebred dog from a breeder, but I believe we need them to produce healthy well taken care of puppies! Most dogs in shelters come from "free roaming" parents and can't be blamed on responsible breeders!
Forgot to mention that I'm a volunteer with a local rescue, I do NOT know any breeders at all so I'm not defending someone I know. I just know the difference between a good responsible breeder and a backyard breeder or a don't-care person that doesn't believe in having is animal castrated but let it run free anyway!
I couldn't agree more. I grew up with purebred dogs, have had at least one for many years, did breed rescue, etc. But we've also done rescue and foster for "mutts" and ferals for a very long time. There is much to recommend about a purebred dog or cat - primarily understanding what to expect. BUT - one should deal with a small scale, reputable breeder. Right now only one of our five dogs is a purebred and she is quite old. At this point, I personally cannot justify the expense of a well-bred pedigree dog though it would be a pity to see their magnificent traits go by the wayside. If, e.g., you have worked with a sporting or herding dog you can understand how remarkable they are and the kind of bond they form with their humans. We should be concerned with puppy mills. That is the real problem.
You should not be so judgmental about buying a pet. Many buy dogs for hunting based upon the breeding. This has allot to do with how well they work. You can not participate in hunt tests and get championships with an impure dog. Although you will find most people involved with the AKC (which is the most responsible animal rights group in the USA and most proven) advocate the adoption of pets. There is alot said about adopting a good pet. However, there is also a place for people who participate in sports or showing to have a pure bred dog. While I do agree that puppy mills should not be allowed. I do recognize that responsible breeders are more careful than most humane societies in the way that they treat their animals. Adoption is not the only right way. I on the other hand say that most dogs are the product of irresponsible breeding and end up in shelters because of the end result of the irresponsible people who started the mess of breeding recklessly. As a matter of fact most responsilble breeders do not kill puppies or dogs like the humane society does because they are responsible. They will give away the pup they do not sell to a good home and not charge like humane societies do. I know that some groups will only point out the bad things about breeders and never highlight the things that responsible breeders practice. There is allot more to the animal world than some of the crap you read in the media.
I respectively disagree. Buying ONLY shelter dogs would result in the end of any breed. Keep in mind i have got many dogs from shellters, and so do responsible breeders when they are involved in adopting pets and rescues. I 'm not talking puppy mills, i mean serious committed to ONE breed, dog Kennels , where they breed to the dogs country of origin's standards. This means careful selection and pairing of compatible dogs to stop the influx of bad hips, elbows etc and questionable temperaments. Because the U.S breeds so willy nilly, i.e. the puppy mills, we have dogs being dumped for various reasons including health and squirrelly temperaments whereas these problems are virtually unheard of from REPUTABLE breeders. These people don't advertise in the newspaper purebreds for two or three hundred dollars , their dogs can be as much as 2,000.00 dollars and have the pedigrees to back it up. So let people have freedom of choice to but from a top line kennel or adopt from a shelter, have the general public encouraged to spay and neuter, (shelter dogs are anyway) and teach responsible dog handling and ownership. But don't punish reputable breeders, who care and do more for all dogs, than they are given credit for. Where do you think that law enforcement and the military get THEIR dogs? That's right, not shellters, or puppy mills, but reputable kennels that also sell to families like mine that just want a good quality German Shepherd with proven generations of a stable temperament.
I agree with Janet. That is lame as it comes.
I agree with you Janice...that is a very lame excuse!
Shelter dogs are wonderful pets. Pet stores get puppies from Puppy Mills and they are unhealthy AND live in horrific conditions along with their parents...then they are bathed and fluffed up just for presentation at the pet stores. The parents of these puppies are OVERBRED! Legalizing Puppy Mills is not the answer and is a foolish thing to say. There are already reputable breeders out there who care about their particular breed and make sure they breed healthy puppies and do not overbreed the mother just to make money. All puppies have a forever home before the litter is even born, BECAUSE they care about the animals. Puppy Mills are in it for the money only and that is why they cram the puppies in cages on top of each other where the urine and feces falls onto the animals below them. Puppy Mills need to be shut down! There are animals being put down every day because they don't have a home.
Shelters are the best place to adopt a pet! Or a reputable breeder. Adopt being the key word. NOT PURCHASE from a pet store. They are not a "thing" to buy!


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Tessneer was discovered by her daughter and son-in-law on a Saturday morning that September, her body lying on her bed, a nightstand lamp still burning, phone lines cut, her daughter Libby Clark testified in court last week.
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Kaiser testified Tuesday that he and Shelby Police Detective Rich Ivey decided to go down the list and, using the DNA profile developed from the sperm found at the scene, either strike people off the list or discover a match.
Eventually they came to Borders' name.
Kaiser said he and Ivey first made contact with Borders in May of 2009. Kaiser said Borders was living at his mother's house on Doc Wehunt Road in Cherryville.
Borders initially refused to voluntarily offer a DNA sample, though the request and Borders' refusal were ruled inadmissible as evidence.
Borders denied requests for DNA evidence three times, according to court testimony given in a suppression hearing held in November 2012.
Kaiser said not long after that initial contact, he discovered Borders had an outstanding warrant for his arrest on an unrelated charge and asked James Brienza with the Gaston Police Department to serve that warrant.
He said he also asked Brienza to attempt to collect a DNA sample at the same time, such as from a drink cup or cigarette.
Brienza, who was a patrol deputy at that time, testified that he served the warrant while he was on a night shift.
He said he found Borders at his mother's house and during the course of serving the warrant, he noticed a pack of cigarettes on Borders' nightstand and asked him if he wanted to smoke before they left.
Brienza said he was able to collect a partially smoked cigarette from Borders, which he then turned over to Kaiser hours later.
The partially smoked cigarette, sealed in an evidence bag with dates and identifying marks, was unsealed by both Kaiser and Brienza and displayed from the stand for jurors to see Tuesday in court.
Kaiser said a DNA sample was developed from the cigarette butt and proved to be a match from the DNA sample.
Borders was arrested not long after.
Former medical examiner testifies on cause of death
On Sept. 22, 2003, two days after Tessneer died, an autopsy was performed on her body.
Former chief medical examiner Dr. John Butts said, after the autopsy was performed by pathologist Dr. Steven Tracy, the two conferred on the results.
The medical examiner is responsible for listing the cause and manner of death on both the autopsy and death certificate.
"Her death, in my opinion, was at the hands of another individual," Butts testified Tuesday. "We concluded that cause of death was from asphyxiation for all likely purposes."
Butts said he reviewed Tessneer's medical report and it showed no medical history that could explain her sudden death.
He said he formed his opinion on her cause of death after reviewing all evidence supplied to him – including photos of the crime scene.
He said Tessneer's body was lying in an unusual position, draped crosswise on the bed, feet on the floor and arms extended.
He said along with the wound on her arm that had bled onto the bed, the extensive bruises found from her feet to her chest, disheveled clothing and an injury to her vagina, all pointed to death by external forces.
A rape kit collected at the time of the autopsy by Dr. Tracy revealed sperm in her vagina.
Butts said, in his experience, suffocation could be accomplished without leaving marks.
Defense attorney David Teddy moved to strike the line of questioning, declaring it "speculative."
Judge Richard Boner denied the motion.
Despite Butts and Tracy's shared opinion that Tessneer had had been suffocated, Butts verified that the autopsy listed an undetermined cause of death.
Teddy questioned both doctors about why the autopsy and death certificate still have a cause of death listed as undetermined if they felt she had been killed by suffocation.
Butts said using the term "change of opinion" is deceptive because he always had his suspicions about Tessneer's death and felt she had died of external factors from the start. He said he was hoping, during the course of the investigation, for additional information before changing the cause of death to something more definitive.
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He said he felt the case could be revisited further if more evidence came back.
Defense objects to testimony
Every few moments Tuesday, Teddy objected to the testimony.
The majority of objections were overruled or denied by Judge Boner.
Some testimony over the course of the day was heard twice. Teddy requested a hearing where Butts' testimony was heard while the jury was out of the room.
Teddy said Butts' testimony was based on suspicion, not science, and was unfairly prejudicial, contending it shouldn't be admitted as evidence.
Judge Boner denied the request.
Teddy also requested all copies of email correspondence between the medical examiner's office and the district attorney's office regarding the case, which he did not currently have.
The state said Tuesday it would collect that information.
Butts said his opinion that Tessneer's death was caused by suffocation further solidified when he learned the rape kit revealed the presence of sperm.
The state asked if Butts had done autopsies on individuals who had been known to be suffocated.
Butts said yes.
Assistant District Attorney Sally Kirby-Turner asked about the signs or injuries.
Butts said it is not uncommon to find a lack of injury, especially in the case of infants and elderly.
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This tutorial does not explain AOP, so if your new to the idea of AOP then please check out JavaWorld's series of articles to get you started.
What this tutorial will do is to try to walk you through a simple example on how you can write, define and weave in an aspect into your application. It is based on a tutorial written by David Maddison.
Download the latest release and unzip it into the relevant location. This tutorial is based on 0.10.
The latest distribution can be found here.
After installation you need to set the
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.bashrc file, windows users could do this by using the control panel.
The Test Application
Now we've installed aspectwerkz, we need a test application into which to weave our aspects. As is the tradition, I'm going to use the standard HelloWorld application.
This is simply a standard Java application, and can be compiled with
javac -d target HelloWorld.java
Writing the Aspect
Next we need to develop the aspect which will contain the code to be weaved into our HelloWorld class. In this example I'm going to output a statement before and after the greet method is called.
Notice the signature of the aspect methods. They need to take this
JoinPoint argument otherwise the AspectWerkz weaver won't be able to identify the method when the aspect is weaved in, (and can leave you scratching your head as to why the weaving isn't working!).
To compile this aspect class you'll need to include the
aspectwerkz-0.10.jar in the classpath, i.e.
javac -d target -classpath $ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/lib/aspectwerkz-0.10.jar MyAspect.java
Defining the Aspect
At this point we have the test application and the actual aspect code, but we still need to tell AspectWerkz where to insert the aspect methods (pointcuts), and which aspect method to actual insert (advice).
Specifying pointcuts and advice can be done using either of (or a mixture of), the following methods.
Using an XML definition file
The XML definition file is just that, an XML file which specifies the pointcuts and advice using XML syntax. Here's one that will weave our MyAspect class into our HelloWorld program (
Most of this should be pretty straight forward, the main part being the aspect tag. Whilst I'm not going to explain every bit of this definition file, (I'll leave that up to the official documentation), I will explain a few important points.
When specifying the
pointcut the name can be any label you like, it's only used to bind the
advice. The expression should be any valid expression occording to the Join point selection pattern language however you MUST make sure that the full package+class name is included in the pattern. If this isn't done, or if the pattern is slightly wrong, AspectWerkz won't be able to correctly identify the greet method.
In the
advice tag, the
name attribute should be the name of the method in the aspect class, (specified in the
aspect tag), which you wish to insert at the specific joinpoint. Type is set to
after, or
around, depending on where exactly you wish to inser the method in relation to the joinpoint.
bind-to specifies the name of the
pointcut to which this
advice will be bound.
This example identifies the
HelloWorld.greet() method and assigns it the pointcut label
greetMethod. It then inserts the
MyAspect.beforeGreeting method just before
greet is called, and
MyAspect.afterGreeting just after the
greet method returns.
Using Annotations
Annotations provide a way to add metadata to the actual Aspect class, rather than specifying it in a seperate definition file. Aspect annotations are defined using JavaDoc style comments a complete list of which is available here. Using annotations, our aspect class would look as follows:
After adding annotations you need to run a special AspectWerkz tool. This is done after compiling your Aspect class files, (ie. after running
javac). The tool, known as the AspectC compiler, can be invoked as follows, passing in the source directory (
.), and the class directory (
java -cp $ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/lib/aspectwerkz-0.10.jar:$ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/lib/bcel.jar org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.definition.AspectC . target
More information on the AspectC compiler can be found here
Although using annotations means you don't have to write all aspect details in XML, you do still have to create a tiny XML 'stub' which tells the AspectWerkz runtime system which Java classes it should load and treat as aspects. An example of this is show below:
Running the Aspect
There are basically two ways to actually weave the code together, one called online weaving performs the weaving as the classes are loaded into the JVM. The other is offline weaving, and is done before the code is actually run.
Using online weaving
When using online weaving you need to decide which JVM your going to use. This is because the hook which allows AspectWerkz to weave the classes together on the fly, is different in Sun HotSpot (where JDI/HotSwap is used), as apposed to BEA JRockit (where a PreProcessor is used). The default is setup to use Sun JDK 1.4.2, however if you want to use JRockit, simply edit the
bin/aspectwerkz file (
aspectwerkz.bat on windows), locate the "Sample Usage for JRockit" line and uncomment the command. Of course, remember to comment out the existing Java command above it.
Using JRockit is the preferred choice since it will not only perform much better (no needed to run in debug mode, which using HotSwap requires) and be more stable, but will also work on JDK 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5.
Performing the weaving is then just a matter of using the
aspectwerkz command line tool to run
java with the relevant classes, pointing it to the definition file, (even if using annotations you still need the 'stub' definition file), i.e.
$ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/bin/aspectwerkz -Daspectwerkz.definition.file=TestAspect.xml -cp target testAOP.HelloWorld
This produces the expected output:
Using offline weaving
With offline weaving, the test applications classes are modified on the disk with the aspect calls. That is to say offline weaving amends your actual class definition, (as opposed to online weaving which doesn't modify any classes). To perform offline weaving, you use the
aspectwerkz command line tool with the
-offline option, as follows:
$ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/bin/aspectwerkz -offline TestAspect.xml -cp target target
The last option on the command (
target) tells AspectWerkz where your classfiles are and is very important that you type in correctly, else nothing will get weaved into your target classes and you will wonder why nothing is happening.
Running the aspect is then just a matter of invoking your main class, although you still need some of the AspectWerkz jar's on your classpath, and you still need to provide an XML definition file:
java -cp $ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/lib/aspectwerkz-0.10.RC2.jar:$ASPECTWERKZ_HOME/lib/bcel.jar:target -Daspectwerkz.definition.file=TestAspect.xml testAOP.HelloWorld
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It seems most of the Free Agents overvalue themselves and wont take low salaries. but if they keep rejecting our offers up to the 3rd and last sim, they will end up with the vet min.
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But at the same time Adams knows the contributions of other players have been key for the Monarchs' success this season.
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"I know when we have balance, we are pretty tough," Northside coach Tony Marshburn said. "We have been able to distribute the ball and have more guys step up."
Conversely, the Cougars, who split the regular-season series with the Monarchs, only had two double-figure scorers. Austin Saunders scored 17 points and JacQues Chambers added 14 for Croatan, which was looking to advance to the sectional final for the second consecutive season.
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Croatan 16 11 15 17 — 59
Northside 21 21 19 24 — 85
Huffman 3, Chambers 14, Cranmer 8, Smith 7, Denning 3, Saunders 17, Judon 5, Ryan 2. Totals— 18-56 17-22 59.
Washington 3, Cabrera 10, Brown 6, Parker 14, Kr. Curry 5, Ayabarreno 13, Adams 12, Ko. Curry 14, Morrison 2, McCarthy 2, Watkins 2, Reed 2. Totals— 29-62 20-32 85.
3-Point Goals— C 6 (Chambers 2, Saunders 2, Huffman, Smith), N 7 (Parker 3, Cabrera 2, Adams 2). Rebounds— C 29 (Chambers 7, Saunders 6, Smith 5), N 48 (Ayabarreno 10, Cabrera 8, Ko. Curry 6). RECORDS— C: 20-6, season complete. N: 24-3, hosts North Brunswick on Friday in sectional final.


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February 27, 2011 in Uncategorized by Andy
Here is the second round of Pics I shot for WGACA NY last week and yes, it was a little cold but we didn't last too long outside.
The green top is a part of their new "vintage inspired" collection, they also had a cream version of it but I decided to go for the green a give the outfit a pop of color.
What are you up to today? I just spent the last 10 hours in bed sleeping, you have no idea how much I needed this rest…Fashion Week isn't over for me, so I will take any rest I can until then.


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Joe van Niekerk tells SA Rugby magazine how his playboy lifestyle affected his rugby career and insists he's not the same person he was 18 months ago. But is this change we can believe in?
Eighteen months ago Joe van Niekerk couldn't stand looking at himself in the mirror. He struggled to motivate himself to get out of bed. Until that point the narrow road had held no appeal for him. He saw no sense in self-denial and wholeheartedly embraced hedonism. No, the narrow road held no appeal. He chose the 100-lane superhighway where life moved at Mach 3 and poisonous suitors who fuelled his insatiable appetite for the high life rode shotgun, while a career that once held immense promise was relegated to the back seat, where it sat quietly, often tapping on the driver's shoulder just to remind him it was still alive. Barely. But still alive.
Publicly he denied that his playboy lifestyle was slowly strangling his career. He steadfastly maintained that a series ofserious injuries had blunted his momentum and predicted, annually, that he would return to the form that earned him a Springbok debut at 21, that won him the SA Player of the Year award in 2002 and that commanded a nomination for the Young Player of the Year award in 2001 and 2003.
Seasons passed, but only fleetingly did that fresh-faced kid with the beatific smile, galloping stride and defence-busting explosiveness who once mesmerised highly regarded critics, surface. Instead we were routinely let down.
It was like a Cirque de Soleil production where they'd given all the eastern European super swingers, tumblers and acrobatic phenoms the night off, and instead recruited a motley crew from Boswell Wilkie. Big Joe. Bigger disappointment.
Van Niekerk is sitting in his 140m² apartment he shares with international model girlfriend Dominique Piek, in Carqueiranne, Toulon. He's called it home since calling time on his career with the Lions and taking up a lucrative one-year deal with the Top 14 side who spend money like the stuff grows on the tree-lined streets of the the southern French city.
He tells me he's grown up over the past 18 months. No more wild nights of excess. He acknowledges, finally, that his lifestyle was affecting his rugby. He says he knows what he wants in life and that rugby is a top priority.
I want to believe him. Really I do. But I've heard this rhetoric before. So I've grown cold to Big Joe and his empty promises – like a teenager whose formative years were spent being constantly disappointed by his father. As a means of self-preservation, I expect the worst. I'm not alone in this view, I'm sure.
Still, against my better judgement I'm drawn in. Sold to this smooth talker. I want to believe because, even though I've sat in the stands at countless games where Big Joe was dwarfed by players who weren't worthy of lacing his boots, so too have I seen him captivate an audience in a manner few loose forwards have. He's selling me the idea that he's negotiated his troubles and will no longer be a beautiful letdown.
I want to tell a story about a teenage prodigy who was derailed but found his way back and is now poised to touch the ceiling of his potential. But there's doubt. So I listen as Joe speaks, hoping for the dénouement, where I will be throughly convinced of authentic and lasting change.
'I'm not the guy I was 18 months ago,' he asserts. 'I look back at that person and realise how many bad choices I made up to that point. I was in denial about the fact that my lifestyle was hurting my rugby. I know now that I was deluded to even think I could separate the two.
'I hated the fact that I was criticised for what I did in my free time. My whole outlook was that this is me. This is Joe. I love partying hard. Deal with it. It was who I was and I wasn't going to change for anybody. My way was the right way and nobody could tell me differently.
'Life was a jol for me. Rugby almost became a sideshow. I took what I wanted from the game. It was all take, take, take. I always backed my ability and believed that I could turn it on when I needed to. That's why it was so frustrating to hear people criticise me when I thought I was doing really well. I realise now that I was in denial, but at the time you don't have that kind of perspective.
'I'm sure you know what it feels like when people are constantly asking you to be something you are not. I thought that guy was me. I'm 28 now. With age comes emotional maturity and maturity brings perspective and understanding. I know now that wasn't the real me. Perhaps I was trying to compensate for something. Perhaps I was dealing with disappointments the wrong way. I don't know. I'm not a psychologist. But I know I'm different now.'
Right, then. There's that rhetoric again. Pretty persuasive. It's melted my icy exoskeleton. But why is this time different to the countless others? Van Niekerk's response is simple, but it's relatively convincing.
'This time I'm doing it for Joe,' he says. 'In the past I did and said what I thought would make people happy. I tried to convince myself that it was what I wanted. But the reality is that it wasn't.
'I've never really been forced to sacrifice to get rewards. Things generally came pretty easily to me – I'd travel all over the world playing rugby and having a jol. Now I realise that I have to lay some things down. That's been tough. I'm not going to lie to you and say it's been this dramatic change overnight. Man, do you know how hard it is watching your chinas go out and party hard? Do you know how tough that is? Not to do something that's so ingrained in rugby culture and that's been part of you for the longest time? Ja, that's tough hey. Some players can do it and they won't get sucked into bad situations like I was, mixing with the wrong crowd and so on. I can't.
'So I still have a lekker jol, but now I'm wary of the fact that I'm vulnerable in a way some other players aren't. So I know when to call "time". In the past I just kept going and going. Now I've got to walk away when I feel close to the edge. That's so hard, but I realise I have to sacrifice if I want the rewards.'
His lowest point came in mid-2007. The World Cup squad was announced in Cape Town. Joe van Niekerk was overlooked. He'd returned from injury to produce some outstanding performances for the Stormers. But nobody, except Joe, expected him to make the cut.
'That hurt like you won't believe,' he says, his tone still laced with the deep disappointment. 'But it was probably the catalyst I needed to pull myself together.
'It took a long time to get over that. The Springboks are in my blood. I'll die for that jersey and that's why I'll never be closed to playing for the Springboks. Maybe the choices I was making off the field don't back that statement up. But it's true.'
'Do you look back now and lament your lifestyle choices and wonder where you may have been had you focused more on your rugby?' I probe.
'Sometimes,' he replies. 'As a youngster I was entrusted with a lot of leadership responsibility. I captained SA Schools, SA U19 and SA U21 and played some good rugby in that time. Then, I think the perception of me as a party boy affected my coaches' trust in my leadership ability. I helped to create that perception though.
'I think I would have been a very good leader of some of the sides I played in, and I think my overall game would have been at a different level than where it is now. That's the challenge now. I've moved to the next level in my personal life. Now I feel my rugby is taking a step up as well.'
Van Niekerk has no more time for hypotheticals. 'Maybe I should have grown up earlier. Maybe this. Maybe that. I can't deal in maybes anymore. I can't look back and wonder. I made some bad choices. I was and am never going to be clean-cut like John Smit or Victor Matfield. I admire their professionalism, but they have very different personalities to mine, and just because I don't make the same choices they do doesn't mean I'm any less professional.
'This is me now. It's a new chapter with Toulon. The fact that Tana Umaga would entrust the captaincy to me has to say something, right? This is Tana Umaga, a legend and a great judge of character. I know the only way I'll convince people of a change is through performance. I can't fool the rugby fraternity into thinking I'm OK. I've made some empty promises in the past. This time is different.'
I'm sold in my heart but my head refuses to follow suit. I can't write the story of triumph the majority of the South African rugby fraternity want to read. I can only hope it plays out that way. Time, I settle, will judge Van Niekerk's authenticity.
By Ryan Vrede
This article first appeared in the March issue of SA Rugby magazine. The April issue will be on sale from 18 March.


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COVINGTON, La. - Roy Robinson has spent a lifetime finding that special something that defines a person.
As a caricaturist, he has captured the famous and the not so, seeing what makes a face a personality.
'The best customer is the one who knows how they look and they're satisfied,' he laughs.
As a caricaturist, he has worked everything from parties in private homes to international conventions, drawing in minutes his impression of a face all while being watched.
'A lot of artists I know just never do get used to it.'
But before Roy was a caricaturist, he was a cartoonist, discovering his art and his humor while in the military during World War II. Over 30 of his cartoons were published in Yank Magazine, the official magazine of GI's around the world.
'Yeah, I had a wide audience at that point and when I got out and went into the cartoon business, the audience diminished a little,' he said.
It's that wry sense of humor that lives 60 years after the war and is seen in his more recent cartoons, now published in a book featuring commentary on events statewide and local.
'Like the guy who was running around the Covington neighborhood for weeks and weeks with just a ski mask on.'
Or the unusual crop that was growing in one neighborhood.
'They found 600 marijuana plants in somebody's backyard.'
These are his art, his view and his sense of humor. But like so many who have made their living making other people laugh, Roy Robinson's beginnings were anything but funny.
A child of the Great Depression, his family unraveled. He and his sister were shipped to relatives in the midwest.
'They put us on a bus with a tag, like they did at Ellis Island, I guess,' he said.
He never lost hope the family would reunite.
'Even after I got out of the service, I harbored the idea that they would get back together and we'd finally have a family.'
It never really happened and this gentle, talented artist ultimately hit bottom, losing everything and starting his life over at age 45.
Now at age 91, he walks to the Three Rivers Gallery in Covington, which carries not his caricatures or cartoons but his fine art.
His haunting watercolors of landscapes, rivers and swamps capture the beauty of our world.
Whatever sadness he has lived, Roy Robinson, now in his ninth decade, is moving forward with his ever-evolving art and indomitable sense of humor.
For information on Roy Robinson's work, contact him at 985-893-0686 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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