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Now send a message from your Gmail account to a Yahoo Mail account and select "Full Header" in Yahoo Mail. If you look at the Received header, you'll notice the IP address of Google mail server, like 220.127.116.11.
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Google has at least two other services where you can show your location: Blogger, which lets you geotag posts, and Latitude, that shows the locations of your friends.
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Aubrey Rabun has helped anchor the Ashley Ridge softball team since it was founded but after the 2014 season the Swamp Foxes will have to do without her.
Rabun, the only starter at the catcher position the team has known since its inaugural season in 2009, will play for the University of South Carolina next school year. The senior made her college plans official Wednesday by signing a national letter of intent with the Gamecocks during a signing celebration in the Ashley Ridge auditorium.
Rabun made her choice long ago but had to wait until the early signing period opened Wednesday before she could commit to the Gamecocks in writing.
"I've attended USC camps since I was an eighth-grader," she said. "I love the family atmosphere they have there and the coaching staff is great. I'm so excited. I've put a lot into this program and really enjoyed it so it will be hard leaving the Ashley Ridge team but I'm excited about college and getting to play at a different level."
Naturally the Gamecocks will utilize her skills behind the plate but she says they also plan to work her out some as a third baseman.
"They have a good group of catchers but I think as long as I work hard I'll get my share of playing time," she said.
She plans to major in exercise science and perhaps enter the physical therapy field.
Rabun was named to the South Carolina Coaches Association for Women's Sports Class AAAA All-state Softball Team both as a junior and a sophomore. As an eighth-grader, before her school joined the 4-A ranks, Rabun was named to the Class AA All-state team.
Last season Rabun also shared the Region 8-AAAA Player of the Year honor with Summerville shortstop Sarah Windham.
Rabun finished her junior season with a .435 batting average, .638 slugging percentage and .599 on base percentage. She had 30 hits, including a total of eight for extra bases and three homeruns. She had 29 RBIs and scored 28 runs. She was awarded 28 bases on balls. In 172 innings, she only committed seven errors.
Rabun was one of only six underclassmen named to the list in 2012.
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The Ashley Ridge baseball team was eliminated from the Class AAAA baseball playoffs Wednesday with a 6-3 loss to Lugoff-Elgin in extra innings.
After giving up a pair of unearned runs in the first inning and a run in the fourth, the Swamp Foxes rallied to tie the game.
Carson Walls doubled in the bottom of the fifth and scored on a Rusty Grayson single. Jason Miller then reached on a base on balls to load the bases and Josh Litchfield singled to plate Wesley Aschenbrenner to cut the Demons' lead to 1.
In the bottom of the seventh Aschenbrenner singled, advanced on a passed ball and scored off a Jason Miller single to tie the game and force extra innings.
But Lugoff-Elgin scored three runs off two hits and three Swamp Fox errors in the top of the ninth and retired three straight batters in the bottom of the frame to advance to face Lexington in the District 5 championship series.
Austin Hayes opened the inning with a single and moved around on a sacrifice bunt by Hunter McManus and a bunt single by leadoff hitter Cody Mailly. Then Danny Bowen drove in Hayes for the game-winning run. Mailly later scored on a groundout by Russ Radcliff and the Demons added another insurance run when Bowen scored on a passed ball.
"Zac Bowers gave us a great effort on the mound tonight and we had some key hits," Lugoff-Elgin coach Randy Stokes said. "Hunter McManus, our nine-hole hitter, had three hits tonight. I like the effort from our kids. I'm just really proud of them. I don't know that we played well, but we played hard."
The Demons improved to 12-14 with the win while Ashley Ridge dropped to 10-15.
Bowers (4-4) scattered seven hits over eight innings and struck out nine Ashley Ridge batters. He yielded four walks and hit three batters.
Ashley Ridge starter John Sanchez also did a lot to keep his team in the game. He scattered nine hits over eight plus innings while striking out five. He didn't walk any batters but did hit one with a pitch.
However, the Swamp Foxes committed six fielding errors.
McManus led all batters, going 3 for 3 at the plate with an RBI. Ethan Beasley also reached base three times for the Demons.
Jason Miller went 1 for 2 at the plate with an RBI to lead Ashley Ridge. Both Josh Litchfield and Aaron Miller reached base three times for the Swamp Foxes.
"I'm proud of the way our young guys really stepped up in the second half of the season and the playoffs," Ashley Ridge coach BJ Bellush said. "We showed improvement, won a playoff game and then played Lexington close. Tonight we battled these guys but they also played hard and we gave up too many unearned runs. We really only lose two starters so I think we can take the end of this season and use it as a building block."
Ashley Ridge will graduate five seniors, but only three saw much playing time this season. James Govan is the only pitcher the Swamp Foxes will lose to graduation and the team has as many ninth and tenth-graders on this year's roster as it does juniors.
"We have some decent pitching but we blew a lot of games this season because of multiple errors so that will be a point of focus in the off season," Bellush said. "We also need to hit the ball a little better but with us being so young I think that will come around as these guys hit the weight room and gain more experience."
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The Paula Deen story is unfortunate in many ways, and people have taken sides in debating whether or not she should have been forgiven for racist remarks or statements she made 30 or so years ago.
America is polarized racially at this time in its history. Many people have said that we are not a good model for racial integration to the rest of the world based on the stories that make it to the headlines. I unequivocally agree with that assessment. But the stories that make it to the headlines are not a real reflection of how Americans think or feel.
If it was we would not have a President who by race is black, especially when the opposition was so determined that making him a one-term President was their number one agenda. To overcome that kind of opposition required voters who looked beyond skin color to other criteria.
I have always believed that the loudest, angriest and most incessant talkers are not necessarily the most accurate, truthful or reflective of the mood of most people. But often they are the ones who make the headlines.
Many people who always had an attitude of entitlement and were accustomed to enjoying a built in advantage of one kind or another will not sit still while those advantages are taken away or eroded.
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What is most disturbing about all of this is that what Paula Deen confessed to doing decades ago is what many still practice today. If she is sincere in what she said about being sorry, and it was not just a ploy to save her million-dollar empire, then in a sense many of the people who are supportive of her are not in the same league morally with her. She is years ahead of them because they have expressed on line that they see nothing wrong, or that wrong with those statements and believe that others overreacted.
At least Paula Deen recognized the wrongness of her actions and took responsibility for what she said; and for that she deserves a little understanding.
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DH & I noticed Gabrielle's toncil is enlarged. She isn't ill and doing well :knock on wood: but she has problems every now and than with swallowing. We gave her a small piece of apple the other day and she put another piece in mouth and she started to choke. Before I had a chance to rip off her tray she made herself vomit it back up. She did this one other time too. Have your preemies had swollen toncil or toncils (sorry about my spelling). I am did make a appointment with her pedi in regards to this because DH & I are worried this will effect her in the long run.


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Nelson Cruz hit a homer in his fifth straight game as the Mariners cruised past the Rockies 10-4 on Tuesday.
Carlos Carrasco was spectacular on Tuesday, tossing nine shutout innings and allowing only one hit, but was left with a no-decision as the Indians needed 12 innings to topple the Angels.
Giovanny Urshela smacked a two-run home run in the 12th inning to break a scoreless tie, allowing the Indians to beat the Angels on Tuesday.
Jon Gray allowed three runs -- two earned -- over four innings in his major league debut on Tuesday.
Ryan Braun reached base four times Tuesday, going 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored as the Brewers downed the Padres 4-1.
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Prince Fielder hit his 16th home run of the season as the Rangers beat the Astros 4-3 on Tuesday.
Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-3 with a home run and three runs scored as the Rays trounced the White Sox 11-3 on Tuesday.
Richie Shaffer hit his first major league home run in Tuesday's win over the White Sox.
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I know Ryan doesn't have much of a choice, but it's true - trying to pass off the 47% thing as an accident of phrasing is really, really weak.
Romney is personally going to go house to house and hand out cash.
More should be made of obstruction of jobs bill.
Is this how Biden handles difficult situations?
I think he heard you Dominic.
Still no details on the plan.
Ryan says unemployment is growing by l.3 percent. The kid is bonkers.
I hate the stimulus except when I love it.
Ryan: top-notch high school debater....
Someone got caught with some pork in his mouth.
Who's going to tell Ryan his guy invests in Chinese companies? http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/romney-china-stock-investments
Ryan: Social Security going bankrupt...not!
Not the Medicare lie again! And the mysterious evil board!
Can Ryan tell the difference between Medicare and Social Security?? Here come death panels!
We're not saying "vouchers" - we're saying "emergency room."
I can't believe they are still using this $716 Medicare cut thing. And then Ryan says, re: Biden, "He'll tell you about vouchers - he'll say all these things to try and scare people" -- that's what we Irish call first-class chutzpah.
OH you just got compared to Sarah Palin (on pretty solid ideological ground at that) and you can't even act offended!
all the guys in Congress and all the women in the Republican party
Biden: Been here before: Didn't Sarah Palin talk about death panels.
You found the weakness in his argument, Kathy.
"Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress after a lost round."
Sister Mary Ryan: Don't Interrupt!!!
Can we get some specifics from R&R on ANYthing?
Ryan is lying about Medicare
Ryan is just going all in with the misrepresentations and discredited figures and all-out lies, huh? ...If I did that and then I said, re: my opponent's claims, "That's a misleading figure..." I'd be afraid I might disappear into some sort of dishonesty black hole.
Biden is killing it right now. Ryan looks dramatically overmatched.
Neither candidate seems to know to look into the camera as he's talking. That's a big pr point.
Seems like Ryan and Romney are convinced that reassuring people over 55 that they're all right, Jack, over and over again, is the path to victory. Seems a bit risky to me, but then I'm under 55.
And Biden is killing himself looking threatened.
Biden: These guys haven't been big on Medicare from the beginning. Ditto Social Security. Your changing it from a guaranteed program....
My family was poorer than yours was...
Biden wins the Soc. Sec. and Medicare segment -- the REpublicans have never really been or either, and the people know it.
I love privatization. It smells like victory.
On to the tax/deficit problem -----
This is the part where the Republican equates "small-business owners" with very rich people.
I would vote for Biden for President.
Wait, did Ryan just admit he's Canadian?
Ryan: the Canadians have a 15 percent tax rate. But they have socialized health insurance.How do they do it?
Good question: Do you have the specifics? (And repeated... and still not being answered.)
Frameworks, with no ID of loopholes to close or deductions to eliminate.
"Can I translate?"
Ryan; (moderator asked for specifics re taxes) will raise 1.5 trillion through taxes [whose taxes??],
Ronald Reagan was specific says Biden! Was he?
The fact that "six studies have guaranteed that the math adds up" is a lie makes this some kind of crazy math super-lie.
Bill Maher wins tweet of the night. "Hello, 911? There's an old man beating a child on my TV."
How how how?
Biden zings: Romney just said that it's "fair" for a guy earning $50K to pay proportionately more taxes than Romeny himself does !!!
Ryan: Romney did a great job in Democratic Mass.Biden zings: Then why isn't Mass. supporting him now?
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The spider is out of the bag. Today marks the release of the much-anticipated Spider-Man DVD from Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, backed up by a $100 million promotional and marketing campaign.
No, spawn.com did not get in on that cash bonanza. However, we're glad to tell you about it because Todd's in on the party, appearing on the DVD Extras that feature innovative interactive elements loaded with never-before-revealed Spider-Man factoids and a first look at comic book-to-film comparisons. The DVD is available in Wide Screen, Full Screen versions and as a Collector's Gift Set. The gift set includes a reprint of Marvel Comics Amazing Fantasy #15 in which Spider-Man was created; an exclusive collectible drawing by former Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr., and current artist John Romita Jr.; a collectible numbered film cel from the movie; and more.
According to our sources, fans should look for Todd on Disk Two. One area is the Spider-Man Comic Book Archives, where some of Todd's work will be shown among legendary artists such as Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Romita Sr. and Jr., Sal Buscema, Gil Kane, Erik Larsen, Jim Salicrup, Tim Sale, Jeph Loeb and more. An interview with Todd and many of the artists listed above can also be found on the Historical Documentary - Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century.
And, we're giving spawn.com readers a chance to win Spider-Man on DVD, thanks to Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. Winners will be randomly selected from e-mails sent to firstname.lastname@example.com that include the sender's name, regular mailing address and phone number. Incomplete e-mails will be deleted as will multiple entries. Entry deadline is noon Mountain Time, Thursday, Nov. 21.
One first-prize winner will receive a DVD. The grand-prize winner will receive the DVD, plus a copy of the Spider-Man soundtrack from Roadrunner Records, autographed by Todd. Winners will be announced Friday, Nov. 22.
Spider-Man, which to date has earned $700 million worldwide, $400 million in domestic release, is on track to become the third-highest grossing movie of all time in first release. For more movie information, visit http://www.spiderman.sonypictures.com/.


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Noteshelf for iPad brings calligraphy pens, pencils, custom colors, and more
Noteshelf is by far one of our favorite note-taking apps here at iMore and now it's even better than ever. A recent update has introduced pencils and calligraphy pens to the selection of writing tools, and as if Noteshelf didn't already have enough colors to choose from, you can now bring up a color pallet to get the exact color you want or choose from millions of online pallets from ColourLovers.com.
In addition to the new writing tools, Noteshelf now lets your create notebook covers from your own photos and has improved landscape support and a more flexible page thumbnail view. Although it's not mentioned in the update notes, I have also noticed that if you want to cut a section of your notes, you are not limited to a rectangular shape but can outline exactly what area you wish to cut -- this is a huge improvement for my use.
Noteshelf now also supports the following pressure sensitive stylii: Adonit Jot Touch, Pogo Connect and Hex Jaja styli.
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I hate the adonit jot pro lol. I use Bamboo and Pogo Sketch Pro. Both are great, but I actually prefer the Pogo Sketch Pro. It's a fantastic stylus.
I use a Bamboo. I had the chance to write with my father in laws $40 stylus...not sure which one...and didn't seem to experience too much of an upgrade. Especially not to dump the Bamboo and spend an extra $40. I normally just write notes so if anyone has a great note writing stylus let me know.
I love Noteshelf! I wish it had PDF import ability but I have overlooked that for now. I am using an Logiix diamond stylus. It has been a great stylus so far.


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CHARLESTON — With the national spotlight on the race for a congressional seat in South Carolina, state Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly has no doubt that former Gov. Mark Sanford will defeat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in next month's special election for the 1st District.
"We'll hold the seat. I'm not concerned," Connelly said during a recent interview with The Associated Press. Connelly was in town for the GOP primary runoff debate between Sanford and opponent Curtis Bostic.
Connelly noted Mitt Romney won the heavily Republican district by 18 points last fall. As party chairman, he likes the national media attention.
"There's nothing else going on. There is no other election so there is all this focus on South Carolina. As a South Carolinian, I love it," he said.
Connelly, a businessman from Newberry who has long been active in party politics, was elected state chairman in May 2011.
Two years earlier, Sanford disappeared from the state while governor for five days only to return and confess an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman to whom he is now engaged. The incident derailed his political career and his wife Jenny divorced him.
Asked about the effect of Sanford's indiscretions, Connelly said: "I'm glad I don't have to make those kinds of calls. The voters will."
"What will decide it is whether people believe in authenticity and sincerity. They look real to me. He's not hiding and they are certainly asking questions," Connelly said.
He said he will work to make sure the state retains its position in 2016 of holding the first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary. In 2012, a 30-year string of the primary winner going on to win the GOP nomination was snapped when voters selected Newt Gingrich.
"It's still a pretty good track record and Romney didn't win the presidency, so I'm not sure it messes up our record quite as much," Connelly said, adding the primary is important to both the state and candidates nationally because it helps candidates hone their campaign ground games.
"We're important because we're a small state that candidates can crisscross. The media markets are inexpensive enough so whether you are well-known and funded or not you can compete here," he said.
That ground game is important to national success, he said.
"Republicans didn't lose (in 2012) because we got outspent this time. We didn't lose because we didn't have as good TV ads as I heard some people say four years ago. We lost because we got our tails beat on the ground," he said.
"We need more South Carolina campaigning nationwide," Connelly added. "We need to connect with the voters. I believe in our principles, but if we are not communicating those to someone it doesn't matter."
There's a perception nationally that Republicans tend to toe a hard line, he said.
"Really it's all about relationships. You can't go parachuting in and have a three or four month campaign, Connelly said. "There have to be relationships and they have to be real. It's hard to be angry at someone when you get to know them. I think that's the way to get things done."
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When all will be said and done, when Google Talk will implement the suggestions from this page, when Gmail will be out of beta, we will see why a program must be developed with the users in mind. After implementing file transfer and voicemail, Google Talk developers say:
"Now, we're off to the next version. I can't tell you what your #2 and 3 suggestions were, but I do know that they're on the way."
While Google Talk is available only for Windows, Google will release versions for Mac and Linux. Microsoft doesn't intend to release Windows Live Messnger for Mac (there's just a limited Microsoft Messenger for Mac), while Yahoo has a very old Yahoo Messenger for Linux.
Open protocol
Google Talk uses an open protocol, XMPP, for instant messaging and Jingle, an extension of XMPP, for VoIP. While Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger are interoperable, the real basis of IM interoperability was put by Google Talk. There are also plans for AIM interoperability. In fact, you can already use GTalk to chat with your friends from other IM networks, but it's pretty complicated.
Simple interface
Unlike other IM clients, Google Talk has a very simple and clean interface. There are no ads, no menus with too many options.
Chat in a browser
While there are services like Meebo, that allow you to use multiple IM networks from your browser, Google has implemented this for Google Talk in Gmail, treating IM conversations the same way as emails. Google also records the chat logs and makes them searchable in Gmail.
Google says: "Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. But we are working hard to make many improvements to Google Talk while it is in beta, and we plan to fully support encryption of chats and calls before our official release." Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger don't offer encryption.
Google Talk is included in Nokia 770 tablet, and can be used on a BlackBerry (Yahoo Messenger is also available).
File size
You can argue that it has less features, but Google Talk setup has 1.45 MB, Yahoo Messenger has 9.5 MB and Windows Live Messenger has 15.3 MB. This is a good indicator for bloatedness.
I'll conclude with a small description from a review at FileForum:
"Lightweight and simple. I think it's great."
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Prince George�s police discovered more than 23 pounds of marijuana while searching through a Suitland man�s apartment during a large drug bust Friday.
As a result, officers arrested known gang member Leon Flythe, 28, of the 3500 block of Parkway Terrace Drive, and he is charged with felony possession with the intent to distribute large amounts of marijuana and other drug-related offenses.
Officer First Class Iris Acosta, a county police spokeswoman, said the department�s gang unit is handling the investigation and said she did not know if officers are looking to make additional arrests. She said while Flythe is a known gang member, she did not know which gang.
In addition to the marijuana, police found $4,000 in cash and ammunition, Acosta said.
Flythe was taken the county�s department of corrections, where he is being held on a $60,000 bond.
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Knowing how to direct animation means being able to understand the writer's -- and in our case creator's -- vision for the story and the characters.
In our particular situation, Chuck Patton, our director at Film Roman, was actually able to have conversations with Todd early on in the process of production. This helped him to understand Todd's intention with this movie and to confirm that his own thoughts and ideas were on the right track.
In directing traditional 2D animation, there is a long list of things to consider when preparing the storyboards for physical animation. In our case, the three most important things in properly capturing Spawn through animation are camera angles, pacing and the shadow work.
When explaining to the illustrators how to draw a scene, the angle of the camera was the first priority. A very specific visual direction was given to make sure the camera was often kept at a low angle. This would draw the audience in -- in an attempt to make the viewer feel like they themselves are being watched. It also conveys a claustrophobic feeling and uses using the environment as sort of a character itself.
The implied camera angle in a traditional animation storyboard is very important, because unlike in feature films, the shot is only animated how it is drawn on the storyboard. Live action scenes can be shot from three to five different angles, and the best ones are picked in post-production. Shot selection is completely taken out of the equation when directing for animation, forcing the director to make a big decision early on -- one that he will then be stuck with after physical animation is complete.
The second most important directing choice for Spawn was the pacing of the scenes. The intention with pacing in this project was to keep the mood dark while conveying a sense of how quickly momentum was carrying these characters forward. Any scene can play out a couple of different ways: the action can happen right at the start, or it can unfold in a suspenseful way. A knack for storytelling is helpful in making these choices so that each climactic point is not delivered in the same way, but is still exhilarating.
As you may have guessed, to keep the quintessential spirit of Spawn intact, even in animation, the shadow work is one of the most important directorial challenges of our movie. Spawn is a dark character. but in the dark there are still hundreds of shades of dark colors all the way to black that must be in a scene. With so much black, we are left with the challenge of keeping the details Spawn animation is famous for. For example, keeping the facial expressions and details noticeable, and keeping the subtleties of the story visible.
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Pistalu finished her third season with the Matadors in 2012 … recorded a 9-10 overall record and a 3-5 mark in Big West play in singles … had a season-long four-match winning streak … went 1-0 at No. 2 and No. 3 draws, 6-7 at No. 4 and 1-3 at No. 5 … recorded notable victories over Gonzaga, Fresno State, Furman, UTEP and Pacific … finished the year 12-6 overall and 6-2 against Big West opponents in doubles play … primarily teamed with Lorraine Cheung at the third doubles draw where the tandem went 10-6 on the year … they played and were victorious in a No. 2 doubles contest over UCSB … also recorded notable victories over Gonzaga, Furman, Portland, UCI, Pacific, Cal Poly and San Diego State … played one doubles match, and was victorious, with Nigora Sirojiddinova … ended her third season with the Matadors with a career record of 35-20 (.636) in singles and a 39-15 (.722) mark in doubles play … ends third season at CSUN ranked fourth in doubles career winning percentage and seventh in career doubles wins.
Finished the year at 13-6 in singles play and 14-5 in doubles action ... earned All-Big West Doubles Honorable Mention honors with Brooke Doane after duo finished 4-1, including a 2-0 record (UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine) against league foes ... also teamed extensively with Sabrina Man-Son-Hing, as the tandem compiled a 10-4 record on the year ... their notable victories came over Long Beach State, UC Davis, San Diego State and Pacific ... in all, finished a perfect 7-0 against Big West opponents in doubles play on the year ... in singles, played primarily at fourth and fifth draw ... posted notable victories over San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, LMU, Pacific and UC Irvine ... after two years of competition, owns a career record of 26-10 in singles play ... the .722 winning percentage for career singles ranks fourth in school history following the 2011 season ... in doubles, owns a career mark of 27-9 and the .750 winning percentage ranks third in school history at the conclusion of the 2011 season.
Pistalu posted impressive 13-4 overall singles record in 2010 ... finished 5-2 against Big West opposition ... played at No. 5 (5-1) and No. 6 (8-3) during the year ... posted impressive wins over UC Irvine, Hawai'i, Washington State, Wyoming, Arizona, UC Davis and Pacific ... had a season-long four-match winning streak ... teamed with Nigora Sirojiddinova to finish with 13-4 doubles record, all at No. 3 draw ... duo went 6-2 against Big West opponents ... tandem posted impressive wins over Hawai'i, Washington State, Wyoming, Dartmouth, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, Pacific and Long Beach State ... had a season-long five-match winning streak during the year ...their doubles' winning percentage, .767, is the fourth-highest in school history for a single season.
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Local tech startup looks to revolutionize event photographyWritten by Sarah Ottney | Editor in Chief | firstname.lastname@example.com
Several years ago, Toledo native Aaron Harwell had an epiphany while running a traditional photobooth business.
"What I noticed was people would take their print, put it on the table, take a picture of it and put it on Facebook," Harwell said. "I also saw everybody was taking pictures with their phones, but the bride and groom probably didn't get to see any of them.
"The thought was, 'Let's create an app and see if we can capture all those pictures and put them in one spot for everybody to enjoy and do it automatically, as opposed to the whole 'Send me an email' or 'Text it to me,' which never happens," Harwell said. "Our idea was to create something very portable and marry the two, the photobooth and the digital app."
The result is twine.it, a local technology startup poised to revolutionize the photobooth industry with an innovative new setup that integrates social media, photo-sharing and branding opportunities. The business's corporate name is twineLABS.
"We're looking to do full commercialization here in another month or two," including launching franchises nationwide, said Harwell, a University of Toledo graduate who now lives in Perrysburg.
Twine.it's self-serve photo stations are popular at fundraisers, weddings, sporting events, parties, corporate gatherings and other events, Harwell said, and have already been used at more than 180 events throughout the country.
Users operate the system via an iPad on the side of the photo station. By tapping the "Snap It!" button on the touch-screen, a 3, 2, 1 countdown begins and a photo is taken.
What sets twine.it apart from other photobooths is that guests can download the free twineLIVE app. They scan a QR code or enter an alphanumeric code to access an album of event photos, which are uploaded as they are taken. From there, photos can be saved or shared on any social media platform and other group members can comment on the photos. A "like" feature is coming soon. Users also have the option of uploading their own photos into the event feed. Each user's events are saved as albums in their app to browse through or share anytime. Photos can also be viewed online or sent via email for those without smartphones.
"We're creating a temporary social network for an event," said business partner Jon Hawker, a Perrysburg native. "What we do is create an access point for people to come into our social network without being connected any other way in advance. The idea is you get to interact with each other just for that night of the event. You don't have to be friends before, during or after that event."
"It's a little tongue in cheek, but someone once told us we're like the one-night stand of social networks," Harwell added. "You don't have to get up tomorrow and have another friend or follower. You just enjoy the night and the next day all your memories are on your phone."
Les Lipski of Perrysburg had two daughters get married in 2013 and used a twine.it photo station at both receptions.
"It's definitely 10 steps above a regular photobooth," Lipski said. "The design is very welcoming, it's really easy to take pictures and it's neat because everybody gets to see all the different pictures. We wouldn't have had a lot of the pictures we got if it wasn't for using Twine."
The best part was that those who couldn't be at the wedding, including the family's former exchange student, who lives in Poland, were able to follow along through photos via twine.it.
"She felt like part of it and really felt like she was there," Lipski said.
Innovative branding
Twine.it's business model is unique, Hawker said.
"We're not just creating access to social networks. We've created a social network ourselves," he said. "We're not competing with Facebook or Twitter or Instagram; we are in between a gap in what they can provide. It's embracing what the current technology allows us to do in a very experiential way, where people can have fun and also create value."
The photo station is simple to set up and take down — a twisting motion folds the lighted 80-inch column into an 11-inch suitcase in a matter of seconds.It can also be personalized or branded for each event.
Each photo can also be "branded" with a business logo, sponsor logo, message or hashtag, which is retained when the photos are saved or shared.
"Event sponsors usually get their name on a banner or website, but once the party's over their name isn't anywhere," Harwell said. "Now their name is always going to be synonymous with that event. It's going to be living in tons of people's phones and pushed out to other social media as people share those photos."
Harwell tested the photo station for the first time at his high school class reunion.
"I was really nervous, thinking, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen these people in 20 years' and I'm bringing this thing, hoping people would like it," Harwell said.
"I put it on and it was insane. I said, 'I think we've got something here.'"
Seventy-two people downloaded the app and, within three days, the 300 photos taken were seen or shared 40,000 times. Guests at a UT sorority formal took 983 photos in four hours — one photo every 11 seconds — that were seen or shared 118,000 times, Hawker said. The grand opening of Bar 145 in Columbus had 409 photos viewed 12,747 times.
"There's so many neat opportunities for branding externally — we can make it look like anything the client wants, but the real power ultimately I think is the ability to brand the mobile experience," Hawker said. "This is a game-changer for fundraisers. It's amazing the spread of our pictures the night of and then a day or two after."
Launch Pad
TwineLABS won a business plan competition held at UT in January 2013, earning them business development assistance from University of Toledo Innovation Enterprises. That summer, they were asked to join UT's Launch Pad Incubation Program.
Only about 10 percent of startups are successful, said Launch Pad Program Director Molly Reams Thompson.
"That's like Startup 101," she said. "But we looked at Twine and thought that was a business venture that was worth the risk.
"What they are doing is really cool and we're very excited about the idea. They shift the paradigm of what a photobooth experience is all about and take social media and the photobooth to an entirely different level. But what makes us stand up and take notice of them is something far less tangible. People want to be around them. It's inspiring. That's what we look for in the companies we bring into our program."
Hawker said people are sometimes surprised to find out twineLABS is based in Northwest Ohio.
"There's a really neat tech scene that's going on that people don't know about much yet," Hawker said. "There's just a lot of creative things coming out of Toledo and people don't think of Toledo that way."
"It's kind of a Silicon Valley startup in Northwest Ohio, which is pretty cool," Harwell said.
The business currently employs six people and expects to hire more soon, Hawker said. In keeping with the startup's fun-loving atmosphere, Harwell's business card lists his title as "prime minister of party." Hawker is "facilitator of fun." Julia Johnston is "princess of partytown," Ron Durbin is "executive of events," Mico Cordero is "chief of campaigns" and Ashley Duvendack is "primadonna of photos."
"There is so much good stuff happening in our region," Reams Thompson said. "Just because you're in Toledo doesn't mean the ideas that come out are any less valid than anywhere else. They can be just as impactful as any of the coastal cities. … We're starting to get some traction and that's pretty great for us. People are starting to notice."
The beginning
After recognizing the need to intertwine the photobooth experience with social media — that's where the name comes from — Harwell, a firefighter and paramedic with the Perrysburg Fire Department, started experimenting. Later, he enlisted Hawker, a stay-at-home-dad with a background in sales, to help him improve the app and write a better business plan.
Durbin, a Toledo native and self-described "serial entrepreneur," was so impressed after talking with Hawker that he sold his corporate events business and invested in twineLABS.
"It was the most innovative thing I'd seen in our industry in probably 10 years," Durbin said.
Johnston, owner of a mural painting business and former Face of FOX Toledo, joined the team after answering a call for an event host.
"When I received an email about the training I ignored it at first, but I really felt something say, 'Tap, tap, go back to that email,'" Johnston said.
Cordero and Duvendack are both seniors at UT majoring in sales and marketing.
The team believes in keeping its business as homegrown as possible, partnering with Toledo-area companies, including Metzgers, Hanson, Elite Events and Madhouse as well as companies in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus. A former Perrysburg resident now living in North Carolina developed the mobile app.
Coming soon
During April and May, twine.it plans to offer a special price of $499 for the basic photo station package. Add-ons like a slide show, extra iPads, digital uploading and more are also available.
Franchises will be available soon, Harwell said.
"It's basically a business in a box that people can buy into and make a living from, which I think is crazy unique," he said.
Last year, twine.it partnered with Rocket Sports Properties, the sports marketing arm for UT athletics, to set up photo stations at UT men's and women's home basketball games. They plan to add football games this fall, Durbin said.
Other upcoming plans include installing permanent photo stations at local bars and restaurants.
"My vision is by the end of year the majority of people in Toledo will have this app on their phone," Durbin said. "There's no one on the planet doing what we're doing."
For more information, visit twine.it.
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"This is actually a hybrid of checkboxes and the more recent selection model. So you can use checkboxes, but you can also still use Ctrl or Cmd to select multiple items. Another one I like a lot, is to use Shift to select many consecutive items at once (click on the checkbox of the first file, scroll down and hold down Shift when you click on a checkbox further down the list, this will select everything in between)."
Checkboxes may seem unnecessary, especially considering that people rarely select multiple files, but they're a familiar interface element that's easy to use. Not many people know that holding down Ctrl lets you select multiple files, even though it's a standard feature in most operating systems.
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on the long list of asshole moves, that's one of the assholiest.
...and fuck dana for not apologizing.
on the long list of asshole moves, that's one of the assholiest.
All manner of men came to work for the News: everything from wild young Turks who wanted to rip the world in half and start all over again -- to tired, beer-bellied old hacks who wanted nothing more than to live out their days in peace before a bunch of lunatics ripped the world in half.
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Ian McCall spends Thanksgiving next to his "ohana", Shane del Rosario
TThe mixed martial arts (MMA) world was rocked this week when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight Shane del Rosario was hospitalized after suffering two heart attacks. Del Rosario has been on life support, with friends and family hoping that he'll be able to make a miraculous recovery.
One of those that's been greatly affected is UFC flyweight, Ian McCall, who considers del Rosario a brother. Though they aren't related by blood, McCall and del Rosario have an extremely close relationship.
While people were spending time with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, McCall was at his friend's bedside. Luckily, del Rosario has a lot of people who care about him that McCall still got to have a Thanksgiving feast. It's the best example of trying to make the best out of an awful situation.
McCall posted a photo on Instagram showing the spread with the caption reading "Thanksgiving with my ohana at the hospital." "Ohana" means family in Hawaiian.
Del Rosario's manager, Jason House, sent a text update to Ariel Helwani of MMA Fighting that he is clinging to life and that the doctors believe he's suffering from a rare condition known as Long QT Syndrome, a rare genetic heart disorder that could cause an irregular heartbeat.
Long QT Syndrome can be treatable, but it requires the individual to limit their physical activity and could possibly also require surgery or an implant.
I know that the MMA Mania staff wish that del Rosario makes a full recovery and hopes that his family are able to cope with what has been an extremely trying week.
There are many paths to freedom, not all are peaceful
Colin Oyama, Del Rosario's coach just posted
"Start praying people cause we got a shot"
Really holding out hope he can come back from this. This guy is a fuckin warrior still fighting for his life. Positive thoughts
Meltzer is reporting that doctors weren't expecting him to survive through Thursday and fingers crossed, things might be looking up due to the potential identified diagnosis....
No sense in busting Dana's balls for something a lot of us have been going. He heard that he had passed away just like us and he said "RIP" in an attempt to pay his respects. I'm not going to apologize and I don't think he needs to either. Let's just be thankful that Shane is holding on and let's not make this about the Dana hate.
Latest updates showing shane is breathing on his own now! Definitly a positive sign
I can't believe this guy is still fighting, we always talk about a fighter having "heart", this is real HEART! If he's not giving up neither am I.
Come on Shane fight you Beautiful bastard! Fight! Fuck you Death! Let's go Shane!!!
Scarface: Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, you're cool, and fuck you, I'm out!
"I don't call the fighting in my films 'violent', I call it 'action'. An action film borders between fantasy and reality. If I were to be completely realistic in my films, you would call me a violent, bloody man. I would simply destroy my opponent by tearing his guts out. I wouldn't do it so artistically." ~Bruce Lee
2. The only distasteful joke that I remember him firing someone for was when Miguel Torres made the joke about the "Surprise van." Also, he has disciplined fighters such as Forest Griffin for making similar jokes and not fired them. Now, I know Dana has said some pretty insensitive things but I challenge you to show me one example of him making a joke about rape.
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A French romantic drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke, based on his own family's real life experience with misfortune. Elderly couple Georges (Trintignant) and Anne (Riva) are both retired music teachers living an idyllic, cultivated life in France. One day Anne suffers a stroke that leaves her paralyzed on one side of her body. She and Georges' lives are changed forever, and the strength of their bond severely tested.
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