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Duffy, Royals can't slam door on Rockies
Big blow in sixth after Colon's error ends KC's streak of series wins
DENVER -- There's a reason Royals manager Ned Yost has relentlessly called Mike Moustakas his everyday third baseman. And in one seemingly routine play to third, Christian Colon reinforced that reason Wednesday.
Starting in Moustakas' place against left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, Colon proved why platoon splits are the least of the Royals' worries by misfiring on the would-be third out of the sixth.
Three batters after the error, Matt McBride came through with his first career grand slam to hand the Royals a 5-2 loss and put an end to their streak of eighth consecutive series victories with a split.
"I should have made the play," Colon said after appearing in just his third Major League game at third. "It's just one of those things that you wish you could take back … It's on me right there. That play needs to be made with two outs."
Operating with a 2-1 lead, Royals left-hander Danny Duffy seemed destined to cruise through another inning at Coors Field as he retired the first two batters of the sixth on six pitches. And it only took a seventh pitch to set up a manageable ground ball to third.
But Colon, a rookie middle infielder who only made 13 of his 470 Minor League appearances at third, failed to get "a four-seam grip" on the ball. With Nolan Arenado hustling down the line, Colon's ensuing throw spiked the dirt short of first to keep the inning alive.
Even after Wilin Rosario's first-pitch single put two on, Duffy was relieved to see Corey Dickerson stepping to the plate. After all, left-handers like Dickerson had just 13 hits in 104 at-bats against Duffy entering Wednesday.
But after Duffy (8-11) missed with a hanging slider, he wouldn't recover, walking Dickerson on four pitches.
"I think the walk killed me the most," said Duffy after allowing only one earned run and five hits over seven innings. "I've been really good with lefties the entire year and I just nibbled a little bit … I'm more upset about the Dickerson at-bat than the McBride at-bat because I didn't really get a chance to work with McBride."
Duffy, undeterred by the Rockies jumping on him early, fired in his first pitch right to McBride's wheelhouse. And by the time the ball landed in the left-field bleachers, the Royals were staring at a 5-2 deficit.
"It was a great feeling," McBride said. "I was excited that we got the lead right there, and just excited I was able to get my pitch, get the barrel to it and hit the ball hard."
The Royals got on the board first when Alex Gordon led off the second inning with a solo shot that touched the second deck in right field. Erik Kratz, a late addition to the Royals lineup following Salvador Perez's precautionary scratch because of right knee soreness, added to that 1-0 advantage with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
But that's all Kansas City could muster against the former Royal De La Rosa. In eight innings of work, De La Rosa (13-8) allowed five hits and three walks but rolled up four double plays, tying the single-game franchise record.
Yost, who was De La Rosa's manager for his three seasons in Milwaukee, knows the Rockies' ace has been a different animal altogether since making the move to Coors Field, where he's 9-2 in 13 starts this season.
"He always has it going here," Yost said. "He's effectively wild with his fastball and his changeup is killer."
Before McBride's blast, the Rockies put up their first run on a sacrifice fly from Rosario in the fourth.
But when you're a team that has won 22 of its last 28, you don't sweat the small stuff like this one.
"We're not going to dwell on this," Duffy said. "We're going to go back out there Friday and take care of business in Texas. That's what teams that succeed do."
Cody Ulm is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Most of us know Bob Parsons as the founder of GoDaddy, the industry's leading web hosting site, or the mastermind behind of some of Arizona's biggest parties in history; but there's a side to him not everyone may know about — he loves motorcycles.
Parsons will kick off the first annual Bob's Biker Blast on October 20 at Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale and Go AZ Motorcycles from 10 a.m. to midnight. It's projected to attract thousands of attendees, making it one of the biggest biker events to date.
Parsons is an avid motorcycle rider and is using the event to promote the grand opening of Go AZ Motorcycles and Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale Training Facility.
The must-see spectacles of the day, though, are public demonstrations of the first-ever, commercial application of a motorcycle simulator that was originally created for the U.S. military. It allows a rider to feel what it's like to actually ride a motorcycle all within the safety of the simulator.
"If you have never ridden a motorcycle before, this is your chance to get a really good idea of what it's like without actually getting on a moving bike," Parsons says in a press release. "You won't find a motorcycle simulator like this outside of a few military bases."
The all-day event includes live music, food and a variety of activities. Concert gates will open at 4 p.m. starting with a Fear No Ice Thrill Show followed by a concert featuring 38 Special and George Thorogood. Tommy Flanagan, who currently plays "Chibs" from Sons of Anarchy, will also make an appearance from noon to 7 p.m.
Admission is free to all riders with a motorcycle endorsement on their driver's license and is good for the rider plus one guest. There is a $20 fee for all others that will be donated directly to Phoenix Children's Hospital.
For more information about Bob's Biker Blast, call (480) 905-1903 or visit hdofscottsdale.com or goaz.com.
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I can't see how it could swivel based on the legs.
It's not a 360 degree swivel, but it does turn side to side. There is a swivel mechanism that connects the fabric seat portion to the wooden base..people are surprised by it.. Definitely an added bonus because the chairs are large and cumbersome to move in and out.
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Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:07 pm
Raleigh, nc
I'm about to throw an 8 pound boston butt on my brinkmann smoker to make some pulled pork. The smoker has a water bowl that comes with it. Do I need it to smoke the shoulder or will it be OK if I leave it out?
Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:50 pm
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I much prefer to use the water bowl and fill it with water. It helps in keeping the meat from drying out and hold temps from fluctuating too much. Some people fill it with sand to keep temperatures from fluctuating too much and argue it is a better thermal mass than water. Still others put wine, fruits, beer and other things in the water to perfume the meat but I haven't found that doing that has much effect. In other words, the smoker has a water bowl for a purpose
Hope this helps. BTW, I'm in Durham, when's dinner?
Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:06 pm
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Washington, DC
Just to confuse things. I don't use a water basin in my Brinkman to smoke a pork butt. I think there is enough fat to keep it moist. I do mop it about every hour.
Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:08 pm
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ThrRoff wrote:
Just to confuse things. I don't use a water basin in my Brinkman to smoke a pork butt. I think there is enough fat to keep it moist. I do mop it about every hour.
I agree the fat cap is crucial and you should always cook with it on the top but so is the thermal mass in a vertical water smoker. Without gives you no benefit of the steadying out the cooking temperatures which is important when cooking with natural fuels (wood, charcoal) when we're dealing with a small area cubic inch wise in a vertical compared to a horizontal which has much more area and therefore doesn't require the thermal mass for temp regulation as much. wink: It also helps keep the temps down and from running away. In other words, it helps smooth out the peaks and valleys in temp. Of course, that it adds moisture to the cooking environment is just bonus. Sorry but I'm quite adamant about the water pan, especially since this guy sounds like a beginner and will need the benefit of having as steady a temperature as possible.
Not doubting your skills without it at all ThrRoff, I just think he's going to do much better using it, especially at first.
If you want to know more about vertical water smokers, this is a good site although it's focus is on the Weber Smokey Mountain aka bullet (my baby), you can glean a good bit of knowledge anyway:
Be sure and check out the modifications people do to these things. It's like Monster Garage except for grills!
Also, you guys with WSM, take the tip from the virtual bullet and buy yourself a Brinkman water pan since it holds much more water and doesn't require refills as the stock water pan does.
Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:40 pm
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St. Louis, MO
As most of you know I do not have a Brinkman smoker (I use something just a bit larger) and I do not use any kind of water pan when I smoke anything, however I do mop the meat about once an hour.
However since Flints seems to be a first timer on the pork butt I would suggest to use the water pan just to add a little help (a crutch sort of)
Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:57 pm
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(a crutch sort of)
Oh come on. Then everybody using gas uses a crutch. They're designed with a water bowl for a reason. Maybe your smoker is large enough that it doesn't come into play. Mine easily can get too hot without it regardless of vent setting but then 250 is too hot for me.
Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:13 pm
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St. Louis, MO
Airfoils -
As I said I do not have that type of smoker - mine is just slightly larger than that (
). And yes I would consider a water pan a crutch since it does help stablize the temperature and does not require you to mop hourly - but I consider those items the ones that make a true Pit Master!
Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:28 am
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Airfoils -
As I said I do not have that type of smoker - mine is just slightly larger than that (
). And yes I would consider a water pan a crutch since it does help stablize the temperature and does not require you to mop hourly - but I consider those items the ones that make a true Pit Master!
Oh yeah. Anyone using a puny water smoker could never be considered a "true pit master". Never mind that WSM's kick the mess out of big trailer "pit master" smokers in competition on a regular basis. LOL, you're a riot. FYI, it doesn't require a tow trailer pit to make good or even competition Q as you so infer. One of my favorite examples coming from Steve's description of Vietnamese using wheel rims and chicken wire in Barbecue Bible, just great stuff an great reading; felt like I was there and wished I was for that feast. Then of course there's always digging a hole (hey a REAL pit!) and cooking in that but you can't easily tow around a hole and it doesn't come with "chrome nugget mags" or a hyperlink.
And yes I would consider a water pan a crutch since it does help stablize the temperature
Alright then, vents are a crutch too or are they an exception because
smoker depends on them?
One more for you, using a water smoker in no way precludes mopping.
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Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:15 am
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In this corner sporting a weber Bullet hailing from North Carolina, a wise guy of wood, a champion of charcoal...AIRFOILS!! And in the other corner sporting a Klose rig, hailing from Minnesota, the undisputed King of the Rib,...Deputy Dkirn!!!!
Now we're going to have a clean fight, no low blows as to a mans preference of gas or charcoal, watch the temperatures, and on my signal come out cooking...
I'll judge (eat) the results.
Mon Mar 01, 2004 11:45 am
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flints, as you can see you've asked a great question. My suggestion would be to use the water pan until you have some experience under your belt, as it does help to regulate the temperature in your smoker. Then after you can create predictable results with your equipment, try experimenting without the water pan if you wish. Then you'll be able to make the call for what is best for you. As you can see, everyone has their own opinion.
Mon Mar 01, 2004 2:47 pm
Well now, didn't intend to start a brawl. The main reason I asked was b/c the waterbowl that came with the smoker was incredibly nasty from the last time I used it (4 months ago) b/c I forgot to clean it (oops). I've had a few failed attempts at making pulled pork in that I couldn't get it to pull. I got some really good feedback from the last time I asked this website a long time ago. The meat tasted fantastic and was really juicy and tender, but it wouldn't pull. Apparently I wasn't getting the meat hot enough for long enough. This time around, though, it worked like a charm. Kept the heat up, put in a water pan and smoked it for 8 hours. Fantastic stuff. While all the ladies were watching the Oscars, I had the guys down for beer, 'cue and poker.
Mon Mar 01, 2004 3:17 pm
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That's great news! Part of all of this is the experimenting until you get it the way you like. Sounds like after "a few failed attempts" you were very successful.
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Lately I've been partial to a good gin and tonic, probably because of my diet of P.G. Wodehouse literature (Bertie also likes whisky and soda.) If you are making a g&t, try out Bombay Sapphire. It's a newer, premium version of Bombay gin, with a finer, more subtle taste and a cool bottle. I recommend Canada Dry for the Tonic Water.


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ELECTRICITY and gas prices will jump by at least double the rate of inflation on January 1, and the state government has advised consumers hit with a dramatic rise in their bills to consider moving to a new retailer.
An average power bill for most Victorians will rise between 5.7 and 8.7 per cent, an analysis by the St Vincent de Paul Society shows.
AGL and TRUenergy prices for an average home's gas and electricity bill will rise 8.7 per cent, and Origin bills will be 5.7 per cent higher. By comparison, inflation is running at about 3.6 per cent.
The three retailers service about 70 per cent of the state.
In most cases, the price rise will be unavoidable because retailers are increasing fixed supply charges - meaning even if little energy is used consumers will still be charged a daily rate.
St Vincent de Paul's manager of research, Gavin Dufty, said there were ways of avoiding elements of the price increases, which were passed into law by the Baillieu government early this month.
''The first way is to understand your consumption levels, and then get the best tariff design for you,'' he said.
''If you are high consumption, you go for cheaper unit prices and pay higher fixed charges. And you'd choose the opposite for low consumption.''
He urged consumers who got a high bill to ask their supply company for a 5 to 10 per cent discount. But real savings - up to $200 a year - could be made by changing retailers.
The complicated power and gas systems in Victoria meant that energy companies did well while consumers were often confused and struggled to understand how to get the best deals.
The margins made by energy retailers in Victoria appeared to be much higher than in other states, Mr Dufty said.
The state opposition blamed the government for the price rises.
Simon Troeth, a spokesman for Energy Minister Michael O'Brien said the increases in Victoria, while significant, were below those in other states, pointing to New South Wales, where prices went up more than 17 per cent last year. ''Consumers should always shop around for the best retail deal,'' Mr Troeth said.


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MIAMI (AP) – New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel is upset with Joe Torre for saying he is curious about the Mets job.
Torre has managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for three years but is stepping down after this season. He told WFAN radio in New York on Monday that he is "curious" about managing the Mets in 2011.
Torre later publicly apologized for the comments. "I am closing the door on managing the Mets and probably everybody else," Torre told ESPNLosAngeles.com today.
Manuel remains New York's manager.
"I find it also curious when someone comments about a job that someone already has," Manuel said before tonight's game against the Florida Marlins. "I don't know him on a personal basis, but when things like that come out, you question the integrity."
When asked if he felt Torre's comments were disrespectful because Manuel currently holds the job, Manuel replied, "Sure, no question."
Manuel noted that the two haven't talked since Torre was the manager of the Yankees, but understands why he would want to return to New York, where he won four World Series titles in 12 years with the Bronx Bombers before an acrimonious split after 2007 season. Torre also was in the Mets' dugout from 1977-1981 in his first managerial gig.
"I can understand the desire to come back when you have been there," Manuel said. "Once you bite the apple, you are hungry for it. That's just the way it is. It's a place once you get there and feel the passion, you are hungry because there's no place like it. I could see that people would want these types of positions in New York. There are a 1,000 people that would want this job. For him to say what he said only validates how special it is to have this opportunity."
Torre entered Los Angeles' game against San Diego tonight with 2,319 wins in 29 years as a manager.
"He's an icon in New York," Manuel said. "That's to be expected, that's home. New York is the Mecca of baseball. You can go many places, but after you have been in New York, and I'm probably sure for him, nothing satisfies you other than New York."
Manuel is 199-206 over 2 1/2 seasons with New York, heading into a two-game set at Florida. The Mets are fourth in the NL East after finishing fourth last year, putting his job in jeopardy.
"The uncertainty, I'm still going to do my thing," Manuel said. "Once the game starts I'll do what I can, the best that I can do. It has no effect how I am going to manage. I'm still going to do what I do."
Manuel added that he was thankful of Torre for including him as an AL coach for the 1999 All-Star game.


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Long-term follow-up of patients participating in an early study for advanced melanoma showed that nivolumab was able to shrink tumors and continue working for a longer time than other approved melanoma treatments. Nivolumab is a type of immunotherapy, a treatment designed to boost the body's natural defenses to fight the cancer. Specifically, nivolumab targets PD-1, which is found on the surface of tumor cells and prevents the immune system from destroying the cancer. Nivolumab stops PD-1 from working so the immune system can get rid of the cancer.
In this study, 107 patients with advanced melanoma that had worsened on previous treatments received one of five different doses of nivolumab. Researchers found that 31% (33 out of 107 patients) had their tumors shrink by at least a third, regardless of the dose they received. Researchers estimate that about 43% of patients will be alive after two years of treatment.
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"I think nivolumab is a real breakthrough drug for patients with metastatic melanoma, and probably for other diseases, too," said lead author Mario Sznol, MD, Professor of Medical Oncology at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Because this study was an early-stage clinical trial and not from a large, randomized clinical trial, the results will need to be confirmed in further studies. Nivolumab is still being studied and this drug is only available through clinical trials. If you are interested in participating in a clinical trial, talk with your doctor for more information.
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AMAZING PRODUCT!!!!!! I have installed floor tile many times in the passed, but never hardwood flooring. For my first time, I was impressed how easy it went down. I used a Freeman pneumatic flooring stapler with 2" staples into OSB sub flooring. The floor is so tight, quiet, and the Eco-Silent underlayment definitely insulates the floor. I was able to lay down approximately 400 square feet of this product in about 12 hours with the assistance of one other person. Very minimal damaged/warped boards. I cannot remember a single board I was not able to use at one point in the installation. I HIGHLY recommend this product. It changes the entire "feel" of the room. Prior to the hardwood, my flooring was builders grade carpet.
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Installed this product in the dining room a little over 220 sf took about 10 hrs working by myself.
Did not have any problems with tapered cut boards most boards were between 24" and 45" but I like the randomness look it gives. I had 1 board in 9 boxes that had small surace damage and did not use.
I am a DIY'er and it truly was an easy install. Like any other product do your prep work and start off straight
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Its a beautiful floor ONCE installed. We normally purchase a more expensive floor direct from a manufacture. LL had a year end sale, so we decided to give them a try. I've used their unfinished product previously, and found it to be a lot of scrap wood.
This time we went with a product that was supposed to be much more then we paid for it (they won't let me put in prices). Looks great, 2 biggest complaints, short boards. MOST are 24-40in. There are NO 5+ foot boards. This is a wide floor, so it looks a little like pergo because the boards are so short.
2nd biggest issue, the groves are not cut even! Some boards have a slight taper to them. So once you run a row, you need to check it careful, or the next row will have a gap if OR worse, you'll get off your square line and end up with crooked lines as you run across the floor.
We fixed by squaring the boards up on a table saw, but for this price, modifiying the planks shouldn't be needed, and its the type of thing a typical home owner wouldn't know how to do.
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The old saying holds true: A picture is worth a thousand words. People respond to images -- literally, when it comes to social media. A post that includes a photo or a video is much more likely to be noticed than pure text. Post pictures that tell your professional story -- for example, an image of you presenting at a conference or a screen showing the final version of a cloud-based service you've been working on --along with appropriate pictures that tell your personal story. Savvy use of photos is especially important given their prominence in your timeline and news feed, and Facebook recently enabled the use of photos in comments. Facebook offers some tips for the best use of photos.
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Feb. 18, 2012
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
Colorado State Final Stats | Wyo WBB Season Stats | Video Highlights
The Wyoming basketball team would need an extra five minutes to pull out the 66-62 win over the Colorado State Rams, on Saturday afternoon in Laramie. The Cowgirls are now 11-13 overall and 7-4 in Mountain West play while the Rams fall to 12-14 overall and 8-3 in league.
"Needless to say you will see a smiling face today. The players executed exactly what we wanted," said head coach Joe Legerski. "We knew that we had to keep the game close. We did a good job of rebounding especially with 14 offensive rebounds. If you can stay close sometimes you need to have some magic happened and I was happy for Chaundra Sewell. We ran a set play for her and unfortunately she couldn't come up with it. I told her that we would come back to her and she kept her head up and hit that huge three to send it into the overtime. We did a nice job in the extra period staying aggressive and attacking the basket. To have four players in double-figures led by Chaundra and Kayla that's a big night. The defensive job that Kaitlyn Mileto did on Kim Mestdagh was tremendous. We made some adjustments from the first game we played. She did a nice job especially playing 39 minutes."
Four Cowgirls finished the night in double-figures led junior Chaundra Sewell. She recorded a game high 20 points and 10 rebounds, while shooting 6-14 from the field and 7-8 from the free throw line. It was her tenth double-double of the season. Forward Kayla Woodward followed with 17 points and seven rebounds, while Ashley Sickles and Kaitlyn Mileto added 14 and ten respectively. Wyoming shot 18-51 (.353) from the field including 4-5 (.800) in the overtime period, 24-31 (.774) from the free throw line and 6-15 (.400) from beyond the arc. They out rebounded the Rams 39-33 and finished with 11 assists.
CSU was led by Kelly Hartig with 17 points along with six rebounds. She was followed by Sam Martin with 15 points and a team high nine rebounds. They were 22-52 (.423) from the field for the game and 15-17 (.882) from the free throw line.
Colorado State went ahead early with two quick baskets to go up 4-0. The Cowgirls answered with five straight to take a one point lead, 5-4, through the first media timeout. After a basket from the Rams, Wyoming ran off another five straight to go ahead by four, 10-6. Two straight field goals by Kara Spotton evened things up at 10 all. A basket by Chaundra Sewell and free throws from Ashley Sickles put the Cowgirls back up four, 14-10. CSU closed the gap to one, 16-15, by scoring five of the next seven points. Kayla Woodward scored the next five points to give Wyoming a four point lead, 21-17. The Rams tied it up at 21 all and both teams went cold. Finally a free throw from Kaylee Hoffman ended a three minute drought for Wyoming, while a three-point field goal by Sam Martin gave CSU a 24-22 lead with 1:18 left in the half. Each team would score a basket to end the half as Colorado State took a 26-24 advantage into the lockerroom.
Chaundra Sewell hit the first basket of the second half to tie the score at 26 all. Free throws gave the Cowgirls a 28-26 advantage while it took almost four minutes for the Rams to get on the board. The two teams would exchange free throws until a 4-0 run from CSU gave them a 34-31 advantage. A three point field goal by Woodward tied the score at 34 but Thompson answered right back with one for the Rams to retake the lead 37-34 with 11 minutes to go in the game. They would extend that lead to six, 40-34, with a basket and free throw by Kelly Hartig. Free throws by Kayla Woodward would end a three minute drought for Wyoming. They would continue to chip away at the lead as they scored five of the next seven points to pull to within one, 42-41. Hartig hit a basket to put CSU back up three, 44-41, which was answered with four points by Wyoming to give them a one point lead, 45-44. Free throws from Sam Martin made it 46-45 with 5:22 to go in the game. The Cowgirls scored the next five straight giving them a 50-46 advantage. CSU came right back with six points of their own to take a two point lead with 1:17 left in the game. With 18.2 seconds to go, Wyoming missed a scoring opportunity and the Rams would rebound the ball. Forced to foul the Rams, CSU would make one of two giving them a three-point lead, 53-50. With the clock winding down, Chaundra Sewell hit a three-point field goal to tie it up at 53 all and forced overtime.
Wyoming struck first in the extra period with a basket by Sewell, while the Rams got on the board with two Kara Spotton free throws. Over the next couple of minutes, each team would trade baskets and free throws as it was all tied up at 59 with 1:59 remaining. With the shot clock winding down, Ashley Sickles banked in a three-point field goal putting the Cowgirls up 62-59. After a free throw from Alison Gorrell, Spotten would hit one of two from the line to make it a three point game, 63-60 with 29 seconds remaining. Wyoming would get the rebound and immediately Kaitlyn Mileto was fouled. She hit both free shots which put the Cowgirls up 65-60. On the next possession, Kelly Hartig missed the shot and Gorrell got the rebound and hit one of her free throw shots to give UW a six point lead, 66-60. In the final seconds, Ladeyah Forte hit a last second shot as the Cowgirls pulled out the 66-62 victory.
Wyoming will play their final home game of the season on Tuesday, February 21, as they host the San Diego State Aztecs. The game is set for 6:00 p.m. in the Arena Auditorium.


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Sprint considering a bid for MetroPCS
higher bid from Sprint. The deal that both T-Mobile and MetroPCS agreed to allows the latter to back out of the deal after paying a $150 million break-up fee. T-Mobile can back out by paying a $250 million break-up fee.
If the MetroPCS deal with T-Mobile closes. the combined entity would have revenue of $24.8 billion and 42.5 million subscribers. Even though that would be fewer subscribers and revenue than Sprint, some analysts feel that a T-Mobile-MetroPCS combination could still put Sprint at such a disadvantage that it would make sense for the carrier to try to disrupt the deal with a bid of its own. A recent rally in Sprint's stock allows the carrier to use its shares as currency for a potential deal. Since the summer, Sprint's stock has risen nearly 50%. Metro PCS currently has a stock market value of $4.61 billion while Sprint's market cap is $15.3 billion.
source: Bloomberg
35 Comments
2. e.wvu (unregistered)
Sprint, you had your chance; however, you blew it.
3. Ravail (Posts: 182; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)
Even though im not a Sprint customer, its good to see them finally turning a profit and increasing their net worth. With all their contracts they surely are going to need it.
36. lsutigers (Posts: 821; Member since: 08 Mar 2009)
Sprint already has the biggest prepaid brands, buying Metro would only strengthen their prepaid group and instantly give them more customers and more LTE. It seems like a win win.
I read somewhere else that all of Metro's customers would be absorbed by the Virgin and Boost brands and basically leave Sprint intact, which is good as mixing prepaid and postpaid would be a bad idea and Sprint has a huge corporate / enterprise and government customer base.
4. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
sprint doesnt need to interfere with this seriously.......t mobile is tryna grow in service which will only be good for competition in the long run........sprint already has TWO prepaid carriers (boost and virgin).............What they need to focus on is getting those damn towers up for LTE service! smh
8. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Whomever gets metro would get metro's LTE. With T-mobile they would gain aa LTE infrastructure and build up and around with metros LTE network. With Sprint, they gain LTE service in cities that have yet to have LTE capabilities. With cities that they already have LTE in place it would be a boon. So it is a big gain.
10. letgomyeggroll (Posts: 138; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
It would cost TMobile more after the purchase Metro PCS for TMobile customer to use the LTE. The TMobile GSM phones are not compatible with the Metro PCS LTE. I would think TMobile want to have some CDMA prepaid customers separately
15. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
GSM and CDMA are are different wireless standards. LTE on the other hand is built into either GSM or CDM infrastructure. As for cost, it is irrelevant, we pay the price of admission and take the beating. One minute we are with said company and as loyal as a dog. The next we bite the hand that feeds and jump to another company and do the same thing. Our relationsapny are one of love and hate. Again I shall use the netflix example if you want to talk about cost. Funny how people voted with their wallets with netflix and yet no one votes with their wallet with tellecommunications.
21. cptbeatstix (Posts: 101; Member since: 19 Jul 2012)
Let me correct you on something. T-Mobile is purchasing Metro for the spectrum. Also, little known fact, LTE runs off a SIM Card. Do some research about the network before you put something down and look like an imbecile for not knowing what you are talking about.
32. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Actually... LTE doesn't run(s) off a SIM card.
The SIM card is really only there to confirm the identity.
12. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
question is, how long could sprint have made this happen? and never did? now that t mobile is getting close to seeing some day light sprint gets afraid of competition or possibly losing their position as the nations 3rd largest, and all of sudden throw an offer at metro! instead of "buying" their way to better service and lte strength why cant they do what everyone else has been doing (verizon,at&t) and just plain old set up their towers? why wait until someone is about to do good and try and steal their opportunity? sounds like an insecurity problem to me
16. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
You have to thank Sprint's governing board for that. They thought Hesse was crazy for the way he was running Sprint, especially with the iphone. Then Hesse wants to pull the trigger on metro and the board cock blocked him. So who has a sense of self smug satisfaction now?
18. richardyarrell2011 (banned) (Posts: 510; Member since: 16 Mar 2011)
Sprint had it's chance to purchase metropcs Sprint board of directors said NO. Nothing will change that now metropcs and Tmobile along with it's parent company has a deal already in place. Sprint needs to Buzz off and focus on what they need to do for there network. Tmobile is rocking and doing great things. Tmobile has been pimp slapping Sprint and Verizon silly. The future is very bright for Tmobile and it's Lte advance 10 network next year.
25. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
As a T-mobile user, I am not seeing the rocking and doing the great things. Also if T-mobile was, "pimp slapping Sprint and Verizon silly", one would see results in gaining of users and profitability versus losses. Sprints stock has also doubled, that is good for Sprint. Verizon is still in the forefront against all the major comms provider.
The future for Tmobile is uncertain, till they have their LTE infrastructure in place. All the major player have their LTE infrastructor in place, T-mobile is a unknown equation at this point. It makes me wonder just what T-mobile has in place regarding LTE. The merging of metro really speaks volumes, regarding the state of T-mobiles network. If this were Sprint merging with metro, I would say good call in bolstering your infrastructure. T-mobile's cases, it makes one wonder...
T-mobile also need to stop hemorrhaging users and increase their profit margin. Till then T-mobile would be grasping at straws.
28. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
stop being negative man.........this is a good move for them.......instead of going with "what you know" how about hoping for the best for them?
you are a Tmobile customer right? well then you should be rooting for them if anything
31. meowcenary (Posts: 187; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Yes I am a T-mobile user (Sporting a HTC Radar 4g) and hey I do wish them the best. However hope is a tall order right now. See T-mobile right now is like a girlfriend or boyfriend you are dating. You hope for change and you give them the benefit of the doubt. In this case, I am the one/others are waiting.
Negative? Well should I sugar coat it? Unfortuantely positive and negative is like the Yin an Yang. It's good that T-mobile is going for metro, however that's one small step. Short-term they have LTE in place now (when the ink dries), long-term would be interesting.
33. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
their success is only limited to your holding on of faith as well as your letting go of it........
35. HowMyDictate (Posts: 18; Member since: 18 Jun 2012)
You bring Verizon into any and alll posts you make. Your like the girl left at the alter.... get over it.
6. alfadolla (Posts: 28; Member since: 14 Mar 2011)
I couldn't have said it better myself but wait Metro has LTE service which might help sprint slow @$$
7. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
While I like T-Mobile as a provider more, this just lines up better. In the time it takes to get LTE up and going the rest of the tech is not incompatible.
11. davidpoitier (Posts: 6; Member since: 07 Feb 2012)
At some point Sprint & T-Mobile are going to have to hook up to compete with At&t and Verizon. #ItsGoingToHappen
19. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
I don't think Sprint is as needy as T-Mobile. We have been selling way more new lines of Sprint than VZW or at&t as of lately (mostly disgruntled VZW customers that had unlimited).
20. MartyK (Posts: 947; Member since: 11 Apr 2012)
I am a Sprint customer, and I think Sprint needs to mind it's on business and allow this merger to go thru.
Sprint needs to pick-up US Cellular LTE and then, ink a deal with T-Met to work together on Building and Sharing LTE Network; which will save each company tons of money and speed up the deployment of LTE for both company's customers.
22. cptbeatstix (Posts: 101; Member since: 19 Jul 2012)
Only one problem, if you have 42.5 million customers (Tmo/metro) plus the 50 something million that sprint has, you have a very clogged LTE channel. It would be the equivalent to what happened with Verizon when a lot of people started switching to LTE devices and all of the sudden the network started crashing because of the influx. That is also just one company. If sprint and Tmo share LTE towers, it's going to be Verizon x300 and network failures.
23. theBankRobber (Posts: 682; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
After the bad deal with apple, I did t think they had any plans on spending big money like that. Nobody wants a Sprint iPhone and after its stupid money decisions I just don't think they can afford to make this kind of deal with out it effecting customers.
24. wumberpeb (Posts: 453; Member since: 14 Mar 2011)
Sprint sells a TON of iPhones and seem to be doing much better lately, but I'm sure you know better than anyone who actually works there. We all should've known, sorry bout that...
26. Ruckus (Posts: 286; Member since: 20 Oct 2011)
We sell tons of Sprint iPhones and why not? Its the only network with truly unlimited data that you can get the iPhone on (unless you buy it outright for tmo ). I use 6-8GB a month. Sprint is the best for my needs.
27. StalkinUrMom (Posts: 111; Member since: 16 Apr 2012)
Sprint cock-blocking yet again d;
29. ChangMin2012 (Posts: 87; Member since: 14 Apr 2012)
Do it Dan, Do it!
Get that contract soon!


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Famous Speech
23 March 1775 — Richmond, Virginia
Patrick Henry gave his famous "liberty or death" speech on 23 March 1775 to the House of Burgess in Virginia to argue for mobilization against the British. The full quote is: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"


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Team Total 306 Gives Saint Leo Solid Start
LAKELAND, Fla. – The Saint Leo women's golf team started the 2011 NCAA Tournament on the right foot as the Lions carded a team-total 306 and sit in third place at the South Region Tournament held at The Club at Eaglebrooke and hosted by Florida Southern College.
"I couldn't be more pleased with the level of effort given today," Head Coach Erika Brennan said of her team's day one performance. "The team played as a unit and really fought out there."
Finishing the first 18 holes in the top third of the nine-team South/Southeast Region field, the Lions were led by their two top players, with senior Jordan Hatch and freshman Heather Petronis carding 3-over-75 in round one. Overall, the Lions' twin leaders currently sit in ninth place in the 49-player tournament.
Three strokes back, with a 6-over-78 is junior Goeun Lee who is in a tie for 22nd place with fellow junior Tricia Maloneywho matched Lee in the first round.
Rounding out the Lion five is senior Suzanne Ervin, whose first-round 84 has her in a tie for 42nd place.
With all four counters shooting +1 or better, defending national champion Nova Southeastern University ended day one of the NCAA Super Region 2 Tournament with a 4-stroke lead over #4 Rollins.
Though Rollins had the top two golfers in the field with defending champion Joanna Coe and Fabia Rothenfluh sharing the individual lead, the next four all came from Nova. Coe and Rothenfluh each shot a one-under par 71, but they were followed closely by Sandra Changkija, who shot a 72, and Taylor Collins, Abbey Gittings and Fredrika Hakansson, a trio of Sharks who all had a 73. That added up to a team score of 291 for the Sharks, the best opening round in the South Region Tournament (Super Region 2) in the 10 years it's been held.
"We've put ourselves exactly where we want to be," Brennan continued. "Tomorrow it's all about staying committed to our game plan and execution."
The top three teams from the regional tournament will advance to the national tournament.
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Ethics, Integrity, Collaboration
CB Richard Ellis has a century-long history rich with client-focused expansion
By Debra Gelbart
This year CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the company's founding in America. However, many may not realize that this commercial real estate giant began in San Francisco under another well-known corporate moniker, "Coldwell Banker." Colbert Coldwell was just 23 years old in 1906 and wanted to help rebuild San Francisco after the catastrophic earthquake. When he started his real estate firm, he was determined to set a new standard for ethics. His professionalism attracted a loyal client base. Just a few years later, he hired a salesman named Benjamin Arthur Banker. The two became lifelong business partners. Their firm began to expand farther and faster than any real estate services firm in history.
Arizona's profound impact on the company
In 1952, the company opened its first office outside of California in Phoenix, Arizona. The office was first located on the property of Park Central Mall at Central Avenue and Earll.
J. Daryl Lippincott directed the activities of the Phoenix office from its inception and helped shape the trajectory of the company for the next 30 years. He began working at Coldwell Banker in Los Angeles in 1948 and started learning the business of regional shopping center development in Southern California. Lippincott came to Phoenix to manage the leasing of Park Central, the city's first mall and Arizona's first regional commercial development. "Initially, the sole purpose of the Phoenix office was to focus on Park Central," Lippincott says.
The list of retail stores that Lippincott brought to Park Central includes some legendary names: Goldwater's department store (the precursor to Robinson's-May and Macy's), Diamond's department store (which subsequently became Dillard's), Leonard's Luggage and Switzer's.
By 1957, the Phoenix office offered an array of real estate services, including mortgage loans, appraisals, property management and a residential brokerage as well as a commercial division. "The Arizona office incorporated separately from California and I became president of the Arizona corporation," Lippincott says. Later, Phoenix was brought back into the corporate family and became the headquarters for the company's Southwest division.
Leasing leader
In October of 1959, John Amory drove a car, belonging to a winter visitor, from Boston to Phoenix. "I really liked Phoenix," he says. "I decided to look for a job here." In December, Lippincott hired him.
Initially, Amory sold houses. "In 1961, I had an opportunity to concentrate on leasing. That's when my career working with developers on office buildings began."
His resume includes leasing activity for most of the premier office buildings in Phoenix in the 1960s, '70s and '80s: the Greyhound Tower; the Del Webb Townhouse (a unique mix of hotel and office space); the Financial Center, the building on Central Avenue that looks like a 1960s-era IBM punch card; the United Bank Building; the 111 W. Monroe office building in downtown Phoenix; and the Phelps Dodge Tower at 2600 N. Central Ave.
"Our firm leased almost all the new office space in Phoenix," Amory says. He enjoys leasing office property because "every deal is a new deal. There's no cookie-cutter formula for leasing office space. You have to figure out how to be a matchmaker for the landlord and the tenant."
Today, 47 years after Amory began working in the Phoenix office, he serves as senior vice president for CB Richard Ellis. He has the longest continuous tenure of any sales professional in the company's history. "I have no plans to retire," he says, adding that he commutes every day from Wickenburg. "I like to work."
Until this year, Ben Cowles had held the record of longest continuous tenure of any sales professional in the company's history. He started out in the company's Los Angeles office in 1949 and came to work in the Phoenix office in 1961, retiring in 1995.
In 1980, Cowles was presented with the William H. McCarthy Memorial Award, named after a salesman in Los Angeles who had demonstrated "the perfect blend of motivation and cooperation," according to the award plaque. Cowles was only the third recipient of the award in the company's history and to this day, he remains the only Arizona recipient. The award is the highest honor given every year to a CBRE sales professional who emulates (McCarthy's) outstanding career.
Just 10 months after Amory arrived at the Phoenix office, Lee Noble was hired. Today, Noble too is a senior vice president in Phoenix with CB Richard Ellis.
"I was a student at ASU and one of my real estate professors got a letter from CB that said the company wanted to hire a young guy to do odd jobs," Noble says. "I wanted to do it. So I became the 'sign guy,' putting up real estate signs all over the Valley. Then I began to concentrate on office building leasing, and several years later, on apartment building sales." Noble was promoted to senior sales manager but found that he missed selling. "After seven years," he says, "I went back into production. I wanted to focus on individual clients."
"People ask me all the time why I've stayed with the company so long," Noble says. "It's because of the company's ethics, integrity, the services we offer and the trusted relationships we've developed with clients that have lasted for years. The Phoenix office has, by far, the most tenured people of any CBRE office in the world. We have 26 guys who have worked for us for 20 years or more."
More expansion
In 1963, the company is incorporated after operating as a partnership and again expands, this time to Tucson. In 1968, Coldwell Banker became a publicly traded company.
Mic Williams, who went to work in the Tucson office in 1974 as a salesman, says the firm developed an innovative, more effective way to cover the commercial real estate market. "Typically in those days, real estate brokers were jacks of all trades, leasing office space one day and selling a house the next. But the company pioneered the concept of segmenting the market—having each salesman focus on one specific area, such as office, industrial, retail or residential income. By segmenting, we had a competitive advantage. Our people were better trained and better equipped to service all aspects of the market."
Williams, today the president of an early-stage seed capital investment firm in Boston, remembers the Tucson location fondly. "We had tremendous camaraderie and esprit de corps in that office," Williams says. "We all grew up together and had families at about the same time. Our social lives revolved around the office. We were a 'work hard, play hard' group."
The segmentation strategy made CBRE a headliner in the real estate industry in Arizona. By the time Rich Rodgers arrived in the Tucson office in 1981, "I really didn't have to sell myself or the company to prospective clients," he says. "They already knew about the company's reputation for ethics, integrity, knowledge and dependability."
Today, Rodgers is still in Tucson, presiding over his own company that develops industrial parks. "The knowledge I gained while I was at the firm has been invaluable," he says. "Everyone I worked with was so professional and knowledgeable."
Growing, growing, growing
By 1980, the company ranked as one of Arizona's top real estate brokerage firms, providing comprehensive local market knowledge backed by a solid reputation as a nationwide leader in business and real estate services. In 1989, employees invested their own money and acquired the commercial side of Coldwell Banker's business. Immediately, it ranked among the largest real estate service firms in North America.
In 1991, the company changed its name to CB Commercial Real Estate Services Group. In 1996, CB Commercial completed an initial public offering under the ticker symbol CBG.
In 1997 CB Commercial acquired Koll Real Estate Services, the nation's largest property manager. In 1998, the company acquired REI Limited, the holding company for all Richard Ellis operations outside of the United Kingdom, and changed its name to CB Richard Ellis. The same year, CB Richard Ellis purchased a London-based commercial property services company, expanding the company's full-service capabilities to the United Kingdom. Also that same year, company revenues reached $1 billion.
In 2001, CB Richard Ellis successfully concludes its privatization efforts with an overwhelming 98 percent approval vote by the shareholders. The company continues operations as CB Richard Ellis through its growing service network.
In 2003, CB Richard Ellis merged with Insignia Financial Group, a New York-based fully integrated real estate services company.
In 2004, the company posted U.S. revenues of $2.4 billion. CB Richard Ellis' property and corporate facilities management portfolio exceeded 989 million square feet. CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. completed an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2005, CBRE joins the Fortune 1000. And finally, in this, the company's 100th year, CB Richard Ellis debuted on the Forbes Global 2000 list as the only real estate services firm to make the list. National Real Estate Investor has again ranked CBRE as the top real estate sales firm in the world, with sales and leasing volume in excess of $150 billion—more than double the nearest competitor. CBRE, with its partner and affiliate offices, has more than 19,500 employees in over 356 offices across more than 58 countries worldwide.
"This is a dynamic company that has continually expanded throughout the world," says Daryl Lippincott, who today runs the Lippincott Family Foundation. "The company has never lost sight of providing quality, knowledgeable real estate services always focused on clients' best interests."


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A9 TV, March 28th, 2012
(On the subject of currently serving U.S. generals taking out a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post addressed to President Obama on the subject of "We advise you to resist the pressure for war with Iran")
Let me tell you my honest opinion. Iran will never step back with meetings, democratic solutions, negotiations and discussions. The government would fall in such an event. And they in any case see no reason for it. They can therefore set that option aside. They can also set aside the military option. They cannot go to war. The only thing to do is to encourage Islamic Union, Turkish-Islamic Union in the region; for the warm and loving spirit of the way of the Mahdi to embrace the world. That is what will happen. Otherwise, let me tell you that mutual strong-arm tactics will never bear any fruit.
May Allah forbid, Islam is a system that is rather prone to diversion in the direction of nonsense. It is also possible to raise intellectual and rational Muslims. But there is also the question, within that same system, of bigotry entering the equation with enormous pressure. Bigotry is a force that makes progress by suppressing people's consciences. For example, they ask someone, "Do you pray?" He says he does. "But do you know all the fine details?" they ask. "The prayer you perform is not true prayer," they say. "None of your prayers are therefore acceptable," they say. And that neutralizes the person. He eventually stops praying at all. There are people who make millions of such calculations. They make it impossible to perform the ritual purification at all. "You must not laugh. That is impiety," they say. Bigots ultimately can become powerful enough to totally transform the religion. That is why Ataturk's opposition to fanaticism was such a great blessing. Some people use opposition to bigotry to attack religion and Islam. But that is also a disgrace. Bigotry is one thing, opposition to religion another.2012-04-21 21:56:49


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Hi. I have a question that no one seems to be able to answer very easily. I've been designing websites for friends and small businesses for a few years now. Over the years I mainly used pictures that I got online after doing searches for "Royalty Free" images. I've also used acompany called sxc.hu (which is now owned by Getty Images) to get a few images for websites I've made.
It seems that no matter where I get images I always have one or two small images that "belong to" or are "licensed" through Getty Images somehow. I've received several threatening letters from them trying to collect money on a few websites I have made.
My question is simply this...is there a source for truly "free" stock photography or a place that has some type of license that allows you to use images on your site if you agree to give credit to the photographer/designer? I can't imagine everyone is buying photos for every website they make.
There has got to be a few good places that web designers go to for free (or super dirt cheap) images. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I don't know which country you are from, but if you are an American you are legally liable for using images without permission even if you are completely unaware. It's absurd, really, since there is no way to tell who "owns" what.
If you want some completely free or low cost images, you could always try browsing Flickr and other image hosting sites. Some people offer images for sale, some license their images to be used by anyone for any purpose, and you could always message someone and ask about using their images or making some sort of deal. In addition to Flickr, there's Webshots, Picasaweb, Photobucket, and a whole bunch of others.
There are also some websites where you can get free images like icons and other graphics. I don't know any names off the top of my head. Perhaps others can chime in.
Why not pay for the images as you can charge the customer - thats what I do. There are no worries about who owns what then.
There are many stock photo galleries that offer free images in addition to those that are licensed. However, cameras aren't free and film isn't free. If you are not in the business of building free websites, then don't expect collaborators, photographers or others, to gift you with free content.
Royalty Free has never meant "free". It means that you don't have to pay every time the photo is accessed. Most stock photo galleries such as iStock and Fotolia offer licensed images for a nominal fee, as low as one dollar.
As Linda said, "royalty-free" is not free. Royalty-free means you don't have to pay "royalties" (a fee you pay every time it's used) to the author. Usually those are acquired after paying a one-time fee to the copyright holder.
sxc.hu does have a lot of truly free images, though you need to pay attention because they aren't all free, and some have conditions (free for certain things, must notify the author before using, etc.). You need to read the licensing of every image you use. If there isn't a license with the image, don't use the image.
Also, to help protect yourself in the future, it's not a bad idea to record where you got the image, and maybe a screenshot of where you got it as well.
Searching for images using Google Advanced Search and filtering images based on usage rights normally returns a large amount of images from Flickr. Flickr is a great source for creative commons images. Images licensed under creative commons can fall in one of the six categories. Each license has its own set of restrictions and requirements. Not all images on Flickr are licensed under creative commons, so always make sure you check before you use someone else's images. If you want to learn more about creative commons, you can go to Flickr.com, scroll down to the footer, and click on creative commons, or you can go to creativecommons.org.
You are right not everyone pay for images used on websites. There are a lot of websites all are neither run by self made/captured images nor pays for images. You should search for images with CCL (creative commons License). You can use these images without any legal issues. There are a lot of websites which shares pictures with and without license like: Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket etc.
I guess if you want a unique concept and image you would choose a paid images... there are free images but if you area professional web programmer you know what is is best.
My favorite resource is definitely istockphoto, but it seems sometimes I just can't find what I am looking for there so I've had to opt for some lesser known international sites.
Unfortunately your credits expire from non-usage which I think is lame.
[Fotolia is comparable to iStock and [URL="http://www.sxc.hu/"]Stock Exchange has a premium site, [URL="http://www.stockxpert.com/index.phtml"]StockXpert](http://fotolia.com), as well as the free images.
I do certainly agree that the expiring credit biz is bogus at iStock. If you don't use them up in time, you definitely don't get what you pay for! However, their interface is better designed than those on most other stock image sites and their selection is incredible!
StockXpert has been shut down for years, after it and stockxchange were bought by Getty, who owns iStock.
You can get truly free stock images a lot of places - try http://www.freerangestock.com for images or http://www.texturezoom.com for backgrounds. Or http://www.vectorific.com for vectors. All free for commercial use.
Well, oops then. My bad.:x
I too use iStock. They've got a lot of quality images and fair prices.
Thanks PhotoDesign for those stock image sources. They look great.
a good idea is to use social media to produce images. if you run a campaign on twitter and facebook having people upload images. it can really help to generate alot of pictures at a low cost
Are you inferring that then the images are yours to use with or without the permission of the owner? Like content, images are copyrighted and using them without the written permission of the owner is infringement, not only unethical but illegal.
@cheesedude ; hit the nail IMO - if you want good professional images, often it's simpler to just buy the stock that you need, and let's face it, a lot of stock photos aren't so expensive that you couldn't work them in to a project cost.
That probably depends on how the images are obtained. For example if you are running a competition where people have to submit photos and/or images you could stipulate in the terms and conditions for that competition that creating a submission gives you (the company / competition holder) full rights over any materials that are submitted. (And trust me, a lot of competitions do in fact do that.)
I use Fotolia and they pretty much always have what I'm looking for (unless it's VERY specific), I have however used Shutterstock in the past. Image licenses are often a hassle/mess, you might think you've got it covered but somehow there's always a little hick-up or the like.. Most of the licenses just require some kind of mention though, in a Disclaimer or the like
in short: I use fotolia
@AussieJohn ; Correct, depending upon whether or not the contributors were informed of and agreed to the intentions of the contest holder. Even SitePoint has a clause such as that regarding posts made here. However, to encourage your contacts to upload photos to your social media account for the reason of claiming them seems a bit nefarious at best. It's certainly not something I would ever recommend that someone should do.
I 100% agree with you there Linda. Most of the time you see the disclaimer for competitions where people can win something, if someone were to just collect content from users for the sake of getting content that would definitely rub my ethics bone the wrong way.
In that case you will be looking for flickr images with a creative commons license that allows commerical use, pretty much anything you do with a website will be 'commerical' in some way.
"Webshots" = absolutely NOT the place to go downloading and reusing unless the author has been quite explicit in licensing the images for free use!


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Facebook, your ban is bollocks. Look, I know Mark Zuckerberg is really young and everything but it seems he doesn't yet know the difference between "breastfeeding" and "topless".
Because unlike, say, flashing your boobs on a hens night, the only bit of breast visible during feeding is a modest glimpse of skin. It's barely even breast. More like chest. And it's far less than you'd see on display in the average food court. Unless your norks are enormous or your baby teeny tiny, their head obscures most of the action. So come on, Facebook. Pull yourself together and lift your ban. Honestly.
When it comes to bosoms, you couldn't get two organisations more philosophically opposed than Facebook and the Australian Breast Feeding Association. They don't like each other one bit. Do you know what else the Australian Breast Feeding Association doesn't like? Formula.
I remembered this last week during a visit with a friend's new baby when I was drafted into another breast battle, this one far stealthier. Before I explain, you should know this: I've breastfed three babies. Two successfully and one disastrously. I say this to establish my credentials as someone who has both loved and hated breastfeeding, who has felt like a legend and a failure, who has used formula at times and who is well versed in the complex politics of The Boob As Food Source.
My friend's baby was four weeks premature, had lost some weight and was a little jaundice. Nothing serious but still anxiety-making for a vulnerable new mother mainlining hormones and sleep deprivation. Before I'd arrived, the paediatrician had instructed my friend to give her son a top-up with formula "even if it's just for 24 hours until your milk comes in". She cried. Tears are a typical new-mother response to most things ("Tea? Coffee? Why are you crying?") but especially to the idea of formula. We feel like we've failed. Guilty. We fear our child will end up living in a cardboard box with no shoes and torn pants and it will be OUR FAULT BECAUSE WE FED HIM SOME FORMULA.
Groups like The Australian Breast Feeding Association have done a bang-up job at publicising the benefits of breastfeeding and I'm not being sarcastic. Is there a woman in the western world who doesn't know breast is best? Message received and clearly understood.
But in some cases, the pendulum has swung too far, from positive encouragement to negative pressure and borderline bullying.
It happens. It happened to my friend. When I arrived she was quietly seething, having requested formula from a midwife. The woman's expression suggested my friend had in fact asked for a gram of coke and a naked male Twilight star off which to snort it. Ah, a Lactivist. These are the lactation 'activists' who believe so fervently in breastfeeding that formula is their f-word.
Incensed that my friend had been made to feel so bad about following her doctor's advice, I went to the nurses' station to ask myself. "Hey! Um, would it be possible to have some formula for my friend in room 48? She has to top up her baby after his BREASTfeed." They blinked. 'Doctor's orders" I added sweetly. Finally, a kindly midwife nodded and quickly ushered me into a locked room where she checked my friend's chart and frowned. "Can she wait a few minutes because I need to get two midwives to sign out any formula and the shift is just changing."
Two midwives? Signatures? When I collect my son from pre-school, only one signature is required. No medical qualifications. And he's an actual person, not a small jar of liquid.
When the midwife finally brought the formula – maybe 100ml – to my friend's room, I probed her a bit further about the signing out. Were we feeding a baby or negotiating a hostage situation? She winced sheepishly and explained that the hospital was in the process of applying for accreditation as
Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace from the Breast Feeding Association. a Baby Friendly Health Initiative (accredited by the Australian College of Midwives)
And what did this mean, I asked. Well, formula was never displayed anywhere – it was hidden – and neither were bottles of ANY KIND EVER. She stumbled over the word 'bottles' and looked fearful that it had slipped from her mouth. Were the lactation SAS going to bust in and haul her away for re-education?
To be fair, this midwife wasn't a hardcore Lactivist (thankfully, most aren't). While she was at pains to point out that breastfeeding should be promoted as the first and best choice, she also acknowledged that sometimes it just wasn't possible for mothers to breastfeed or do it exclusively.
True, that.
So the moral of the story this week is simple: let's chill out about breasts. They're not dangerous weapons that must be hidden from vulnerable onlookers, half of whom have a pair of their own. And they're not always a fountain of nutritious love for a baby because sometimes the breasts – or the baby – have other ideas. And Facebook? Stop being a boob.
NOTE: Tara Moss, patron of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative contacted me yesterday after reading this column and we have published her response below in comments. Scroll to read it.
I was also contacted by Nicole Bridges from the Australian Breastfeeding Association who asked me to publish the following to clarify my referring to them incorrectly as the Breastfeeding Association (since corrected) and to also clarify what exactly they do, their official position on formula and how they are involved in the BFHI program I referred to above. Nicole is the Assistant Branch President of the NSW ABA and she writes:
1) We are not the Breast Feeding Association – we are the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA)
2) The ABA does not dislike Facebook, and the Faceboob protest you are referring to was organised by an individual, not by the ABA
3) The ABA does not dislike infant formula, and acknowledge that it is an important and often life saving product for many babies
4) The BFHI program that you refer to, while supported by the ABA, is actually an initiative of UNICEF and the World Health Organization which in Australia is managed by the Australian College of Midwives
As Australia's leading authority on breastfeeding, we:
– educate society and support mothers, using up-to-date research findings and the practical experiences of many women
– influence society to acknowledge breastfeeding as normal and important to parenting and the physical and mental health of babies, children and mothers.
After reading your article there may be mothers who do not feel comfortable to contact us for support feeling like they will be forced to breastfeed. Nothing could be further from the truth. The ABA currently has more than 1,400 trained volunteers and 250 Australian Breastfeeding Association groups, 14,500 members and our trained volunteers counsellors took approximately 80,000 calls to be Breastfeeding Helpline in past 12 months.
Mia, I have organised a comprehensive package of information to be posted to you in hard copy. I hope that you have the time to read through this information and learn a little more about the ABA and what we do, and why breastfeeding is important (contrary to popular opinion, there are in fact NO benefits of breastfeeding as it is the biological norm). Our Association endeavours to support women and their partners to breastfeed, and acknowledge that breastfeeding is only one aspect of skilled and loving mothering and we frequently and happily discuss weaning with mothers. We operate on a policy of unconditional positive regard which means we support all parents and their choices in regards to parenting and feeding.
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Established to preserve and showcase the culture and traditions of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela people, the community-owned Mphebatho Cultural Museum – which occupies a 1930s schoolhouse – offers travellers an overview of a traditional African way of life.
And by visiting the museum near Sun City in the North West province, you'll be helping the Bakgatla rediscover their identity as they share their colourful history.
Today the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela, of the Tswana people, comprise a community of 350 000 or so people, split for historical reasons between Kgatleng in Botswana and Moruleng in the North West province of South Africa. The museum documents their origins and culture, and the impact religion has had on their traditional way of life.
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A sister museum to Mphebatho, the Phuthadikobo Museum, which also belongs to the community, is located in Mochudi, Botswana. Together, the museums illustrate how the Bakgatla have remained true to their roots over generations despite the distance that separates them.
Like many of Africa's cultures and customs, the museum performs an educational function as much as anything else. By recording and preserving the lives of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela, the museum helps to ensure that integral traditions are passed on to future generations to retain cultural identity
In order to preserve the cultural practices and tribal policies of their people, community leaders established the museum in 1999.
Among the founders was Mmakgotla Grace Masuku, who was responsible for sourcing artefacts from more than 30 Bakgatla villages. She also shared her comprehensive knowledge of customs, herbalism and conservation practised by her people over successive generations, so that these could be documented in perpetuity.
On special occasions and for large groups, the museum's curators are prepared to organise traditional dancing, cultural activities and African cuisine. An outdoor boma (thatched enclosure) is also available for traditional storytelling in the evenings.
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