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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Natalie Wood case reopened: Could investigation lead to new charges?
L.A. police reopened the case concerning the death of Natalie Wood in 1981, but experts say convincing evidence is needed to bring new charges ? and new allegations aren't enough. ?
It appears highly unlikely that the reopened investigation into the death of Natalie Wood 30 years ago ? announced Friday by the Los Angeles Sheriff?s Department ? will lead to any new prosecution in the case, say legal analysts.
Skip to next paragraphThe case is being reopened because yacht captain Dennis Davern ? one of only four people on board the boat with Ms. Wood the night she drowned ? went on NBC?s Today Show this morning to say that he lied to investigators about the actress?s mysterious death 30 years ago. He alleged that Wood's husband,?Robert Wagner,?had something to do with her death, which had been classified as an accident.
"I made some terrible decisions and mistakes," Davern said in the interview with NBC News'?David Gregory. "I did lie on a report several years ago. I made mistakes by not telling the honest truth in a police report.??
Later in the day, the L.A. Sheriff?s Department called a press conference and asked all who might know anything or have additional evidence to please come forward. But based on Friday's two events, legal analysts caution against jumping to conclusions.
?The press conference raised more questions than it answered,? says Robert Pugsley, professor of law at?Southwestern?Law?School in Los angeles. ?I am very skeptical and advise others to be skeptical as well. I didn?t sense they had done any groundwork leading to this and in my opinion it was very premature.?
He and others say that cold cases solved in recent years are typically reopened because of DNA or other hard, forensic evidence ? not a change in testimony.
?It?s too easy for attorneys to undermine the credibility of a witness that has changed his testimony after such a long time,? says Laurie Levenson,?professor of law at?Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.??Memory doesn?t typically get better over time, and it?s too easy to sabotage credibility by simply asking, ?Why did you not come forward before?? or ?What is your motivation for coming forward now?? ??
Wood was found drowned near Santa Catalina Island off the?southern California?coast in 1981. That night, she was with Mr. Wagner and?Christopher Walken, who all shared drinks?onshore and then continued drinking aboard the boat, where Wagner and Mr. Walken began arguing.?Wood went to bed during the argument, and when Wagner came down to say goodnight, she was gone, according to previous accounts.
Speculation was that she accidentally slipped and fell overboard. But Mr. Davern's new comments support speculation that Wood and Wagner were involved in a?lover's quarrel about Walken before the accident.
"Was the fight between Natalie Wood and her husband Robert Wagner what ultimately led to her death?" NBC host Mr. Gregory asked during the interview on Friday.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Sandusky proclaims innocence in NBC interview
NEW YORK (AP) ? Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is telling NBC that he is innocent of child sex abuse charges that shocked the sports world and resulted in the firing of coach Joe Paterno.
In a telephone interview with Bob Costas for NBC News' "Rock Center," airing Monday night, Sandusky also denies accusations that he is a pedophile.
Sandusky, who founded a charity for disadvantaged youth, acknowledges that he showered with some boys after workouts and shouldn't have done so.
Paterno was fired last Wednesday for failing to do enough about a 2002 report alleging that Sandusky raped a young boy in the Penn State football showers.
The Associated Press has made several efforts to reach Sandusky by phone and through his attorney, but messages haven't been returned.
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Pacific Rim leaders meet, seeking unity on trade
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit leaders plenary session in Kapolei, Hawaii on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit leaders plenary session in Kapolei, Hawaii on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle greet Chinese President Hu Jintao and his wife Liu Yongqing, left, before their dinner at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle greet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda before their dinner at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, as Obama's wife Michelle, right, hugs Kim Yoon-ko, wife of South Korean President, before their dinner at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle greet Philippine President Benigno Aquino III before their dinner at the APEC Summit in Honolulu, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool)
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) ? Asia-Pacific leaders gathered for their annual summit Sunday, aiming to fine-tune strategies to spur growth and create jobs after claiming progress on a U.S.-backed free trade bloc ? an initiative welcomed by American businesses and labor.
The balmy weather for the gathering at a resort on the west side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu contrasts with deepening pessimism over the economic outlook. With Europe again on the brink of recession, Asia's vital role as a driver of global growth has gained even greater urgency.
"Now it's time to get down to work, and we have much to do," President Barack Obama said in opening the meeting. "Our 21 economies ? our nearly 3 billion citizens ? are looking to us to bring our economies closer, to increase exports, to expand trade and opportunity that creates jobs and economic growth. That's why we're here."
In a rare tangible achievement from the annual Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, Obama, said Saturday he was optimistic that work on the American-backed trade pact, dubbed the Trans-Pacific Partnership with the U.S. and eight other countries, could result in a legal framework by next year.
For the U.S., the initiative is seen as a way to break through bottlenecks and open new business opportunities.
"The Asia Pacific region is absolutely critical to America's economic growth. We consider it a top priority. And we consider it a top priority because we're not going to be able to put our folks back to work and grow our economy and expand opportunity unless the Asia Pacific region is also successful," he told his fellow APEC leaders at Sunday's meeting.
Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an influential busines lobbying group, praised the TPP initiative.
"An important step to unlocking global economic growth will be expanding trade in the Asia-Pacific, and the TPP holds this key," Donohue said. He urged the group to move quickly in drawing up a timeline that is "comprehensive, enforceable, and makes room for new entrants."
The United Steelworkers Union also welcomed the news.
"The USW appreciates the administration's aggressive outreach on ways that the TPP could support manufacturing and create jobs in the U.S.," the labor union said in a statement.
APEC joins 21 economies, both huge and tiny, rich and poor. As always, the divergence between rich and developing economies ? and between the U.S. and China ? was apparent.
In Hawaii, Obama was pushing hard on trade issues with China.
Before a meeting with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday, Obama exhorted Beijing to "play by the rules," citing controls that keep China's currency, which is know as the yuan or renminbi, undervalued as a good example. He also cited lax enforcement of protection of intellectual property rights, favoritism toward state-run enterprises and other issues that have long dogged trade relations between the world's two leading economies.
The APEC leaders began their summit still not yet agreed on terms for freer trade in environmental goods and services, another of Obama's priorities for the annual gathering.
Speaking Saturday ahead of a meeting with Obama, Hu reiterated the Chinese government's insistence that APEC respect the choices made by its members "to independently pursue green growth on the basis of their resource endowment, stage of development and capacity."
China, which some economists say is on course to overtake the U.S. as the world's biggest economy this decade, also has appeared unenthusiastic about the Pacific trade pact, describing the plan as "overly ambitious."
Its reluctance to endorse the proposal likely reflects wariness about being drawn into what has become a U.S.-led initiative that encroaches on its own sphere of influence in Asia. China also has commitments to rival free trade blocs in East and Southeast Asia.
In a speech Saturday to a business conference alongside the summit, Hu urged progress instead on reaching a long-stalled agreement in the World Trade Organization ? a goal the APEC leaders are certain to endorse once again on Sunday.
After 10 years of costly and so far fruitless talks, trade diplomats now say the original targets set for the round are beyond reach because of unbridgeable differences between the United States and major developing countries such as India, China and Brazil.
The push for the so-called TPP, billed as a building block for an eventual regionwide free trade zone, likewise is likely to underscore rifts between the richest APEC economies and the developing members.
The group now includes only four smaller, relatively affluent economies ? Chile, New Zealand, Brunei and Singapore ? but the U.S., Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Peru are negotiating to join, and Japan said it hopes to as well.
U.S. officials have said all are welcome to join, while indicating that its high standards would pose a challenge to countries whose economies are not fully open. That would likely include Russia, which is close to gaining long-sought WTO membership, and China, which has staked out large sections of its economy for protection from foreign competition.
Asked his opinion, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev struck a neutral stance.
"I do not understand what will be the result of this club when it starts operating," he said. "As for now it's kind of an interesting project. We'll wait and see what it will be like."
Obama welcomed Japan's decision to join negotiations for the free trade area though he acknowledged it will be a challenge, given strong opposition from the country's politically influential farm lobby.
APEC's lack of negotiating power ? all decisions are by consensus ? means prospects for major, immediate changes are slim, though over time its incremental efforts have helped build support for closer economic ties and freer trade.
One of the highlights of the closed-door meeting will be a "family photo" later in the day, an annual ritual that in the past has sometimes involved colorful shirts or other local fashions. The big question Sunday was whether the leaders would don tropical themed "Aloha" shirts or perhaps opt for a more subdued theme involving leis.
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Associated Press writers Ben Feller, Erica Werner and Jaymes Song contributed to this report.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Amazon adds Hulu Plus, ESPN ScoreCenter to Kindle's Android apps, Nook Tablet loses its edge
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann: Married!
Talk about their lucky day.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak married Atlanta Falcons defensive end Kroy Biermann yesterday afternoon, 11/11/11, according to reports.
"Beautiful weather! Beautiful day! I'm walking on a cloud and I'm so grateful," the reality star, 33, Tweeted Friday shortly before marrying the NFL player, 25.
The couple, who welcomed their first child, son Kroy Jagger Jr., together in July, said their vows around 4:30 p.m. at their home in Atlanta, Ga.
The couple sent mushy Tweets to each other on their big day, with Zolciak re-tweeting a special missive from Kroy Biermann – "Thank u everyone 4 your early congrats and best wishes!!! @Kimzolciak has made me the happiest man alive!!! 11.11.11."
She then added, "I love u."
Two of the most special attendees at Friday's wedding event? Daughters Brielle, 14, and Ariana, 9, from Kim's prior relationship. "He's really fantastic with my girls," she said.
"I couldn't have asked for a better partner ever."
Congratulations to Kroy Biermann and Kim Zolciak!
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Russia's Medvedev vows to boost Arctic exploration (AP)
MOSCOW ? President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that Russia must invest more in the Arctic amid tough competition from other nations for the region's mineral reaches.
Medvedev said in televised remarks to workers in the fareastern city of Khabarovsk that Russia will take the necessary security steps and other moves to protect its interests in the polar region.
"We simply must continue our research of the Arctic Ocean and the Arctic in general, because if we fail to do that other countries will take control," Medvedev said. "It's our shores, and it's our sea."
Russia, the United States, Canada, Denmark and Norway have all been trying to assert jurisdiction over parts of the Arctic, believed to hold up to a quarter of the Earth's undiscovered oil and gas.
With shrinking polar ice opening up new opportunities for exploration, Russia, Canada and Denmark have said they would file claims with the United Nations that an undersea mountain range called the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of their respective territories.
In 2007 Russia staked a symbolic claim to the region by dropping a canister containing the Russian flag on the ocean floor from a small submarine at the North Pole.
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said earlier this year that Russia "remains open for dialogue" with its polar neighbors, but will "strongly and persistently" defend its interests in the region. The Defense Ministry said it will deploy two army brigades to help protect the nation's interests.
In its 2011 risk assessment released Monday, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service warned that "it is likely that the competition for extraction rights in the Arctic Ocean will be intensified in the years to come."
"This could mean that some of the coastal states will use military assets to emphasize their political and legal arguments," it said, adding that minor military incidents may occur up to 2020.
"It is not likely that such incidents will develop into military conflicts," the document said. "However, if relations between the United States and Russia worsen significantly, mutual mistrust, political conflict and military tension between the powers could occur also in the Arctic."
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Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark contributed to this report.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Video: Miss. votes on ?personhood? initiative
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Berdych and Tsonga close in on London spot
PARIS - Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were just one win from securing a place in the season-ending ATP World Tour finals after they safely moved into the third round of the Paris Masters yesterday.
Czech Berdych, who will book his ticket for the November 20-27 event at the 02 in London if he reaches the quarter-finals at Bercy, dismissed Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-3 7-5, while Frenchman Tsonga, also needing a last-eight berth to qualify, beat another Spaniard, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, 6-3 6-4.
Seven players are vying for one of the three remaining spots for the World Tour finals.
World number one Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, who has pulled out of the Bercy tournament, Andy Murray, Roger Federer and David Ferrer have already qualified.
Fifth seed Berdych will next face either 11th seed Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia or American Alex Bogomolov Jr, while local favourite Tsonga, seeded six, will be up against either Spaniard Nicolas Almagro or Italian Andreas Seppi.
After an early trade of service breaks, world number 23 Verdasco netted a forehand to hand Berdych a 5-3 lead in the opening set, the Czech wrapping it up by holding serve to love.
He broke in the third and seventh games of the second set but Verdasco put up some resistance to claw it back to 5-5.
Berdych broke again in the 11th game before sealing victory on his sixth match point with a backhand winner.
Tsonga did not have it all his own way against Garcia-Lopez.
He saved three break points in a 12-minute seventh game in the opening set before breaking his opponent to forge ahead. The Frenchman then fell 4-2 behind in the second set before upping his game to reel off four successive games for victory.
American Andy Roddick, the 13th seed, also reached the third round with a 6-4 6-4 win over Frenchman Julien Benneteau.
Top seed Djokovic will start his Paris campaign today with a second-round meeting with Croatian Ivan Dodig.
Murray and Federer, who have never won the Paris indoor tournament, will also be in action, against Frenchmen Jeremy Chardy and Adrian Mannarino respectively. REUTERS
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
'Deadliest Catch' crewmember falls ill and rescued
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ? The U.S. Coast Guard says rescuers flew a 'Deadliest Catch' crewmember to a remote clinic in Alaska after he collapsed and showed signs of shock and dehydration on board a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea.
The agency didn't identify the 28-year-old man but says he's a crewmember of the 150-foot Wizard, part of the popular Discovery Channel show. Discovery didn't immediately provide information.
Coast Guard officials say a helicopter crew flew the man Monday afternoon to a clinic in the Alaska Peninsula community of Cold Bay, 60 miles to the south. He was then flown to an Anchorage hospital.
Waves were only about 3-feet high when he fell ill. The National Weather Service says it occurred before the arrival of a huge storm brewing in the Bering Sea.
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The Ugliest Cars at SEMA 2011
Besides being a smorgasbord of new auto products, the annual Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show is also a gathering for car tuners and modifiers who want to show off their custom creations. Inevitably, some of the custom rides that show up to the Vegas show are incredible eyesores with unbelievably bad paint jobs. We found 20 of the ugliest cars on hand at SEMA 2011. By The Editors
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Here it is?the ugliest car of SEMA 2011. It looks like some hideous Transformers reject, or a giant yellow insect. There's just nothing right about this car-truck hybrid. 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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Hit reset on cancer screening: 'Tests not perfect'
WASHINGTON (AP) ? It turns out that catching cancer early isn't always as important as we thought.
Some tumors are too slow-growing to ever threaten your life. Some are so aggressive that finding them early doesn't make much difference. And today's treatments are much better for those somewhere in the middle.
Those complexities are changing the longtime mantra that cancer screening will save your life. In reality, it depends on the type of cancer, the test and who gets checked when.
"We can find cancer early. We can reduce the burden of the disease. But along the way, we're learning our tests are not as perfect as we'd like," says the American Cancer Society's Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, a longtime screening proponent. "We're learning that we're now finding cancer that would in fact never cause harm."
Now cancer specialists are struggling to find a new balance: to quit over-promising the power of early detection and to help people understand that the tests themselves have risks ? while not scaring away those who really need it.
Least controversial are cervical and colorectal cancer screenings. They can spot pre-cancerous growths that are fairly easy to remove, although even some of those tests can be used too frequently. More serious questions surround other cancers ? like which men, if any, should get a PSA blood test to check for prostate cancer, and whether women should start mammograms in their 40s or wait until they're 50.
Also in question is whether doctors will be able to head off another looming controversy: Just which smokers and ex-smokers should get a pricey CT scan that can detect lung cancer but also is prone to false alarms? A recent study found the scans could save some lives. But guidelines aren't due out until early next year that would decide who is at enough risk to outweigh the test's potential harm ? such as a risky, invasive biopsy to tell if a suspicious spot is cancer or just an old smoking scar.
Yet already people like 80-year-old Fred Voss of Sunderland, Md., are seeking out the tests.
"It was a big relief, and it gave me something to watch," says Voss, who participated in the CT study but wanted to get tested again to make sure nothing had changed.
Today, guidelines for how to handle some of the most common cancer screenings conflict. And, they're written for the average patient when many people may need a more customized decision, says Dr. Jeanne Mandelblatt of Georgetown University. She has studied breast cancer risk for a government panel that recommends most women not begin screening for the disease until age 50.
Consider this, she says: The average woman has a 3 percent lifetime risk of dying of breast cancer, a low risk for a disease that women find so scary. But the chances of getting breast cancer do gradually increase with age and other circumstances.
So if you're 40 and have several risk factors ? like dense breasts and close relatives with the disease ? then you have the same risk as an average 50-year-old, not an average 40-year-old, and might consider earlier mammograms, Mandelblatt says. Few primary-care doctors have the time to go into that kind of detail.
Adding to the confusion are testimonials from cancer survivors that a screening saved their lives. Dartmouth researchers recently studied how often that's true for mammograms, and estimated that about 13 percent of women in their 50s whose breast cancer is detected by the tests survive as a result.
What else plays a role? Treatments have dramatically improved in recent years, saving more lives. Also, increasingly powerful mammograms are detecting more low-risk tumors, the kind that probably wouldn't have threatened a woman's life in the first place.
Still, mammograms are "not perfect, but they're the best we have," cautions Mandelblatt. She thinks the Dartmouth estimate is somewhat low.
PSA tests for prostate cancer are a much tougher call. Last month, a government panel recommended an end to routine PSA screenings, a step further than other major medical groups that urge men to weigh the pros and cons and decide for themselves. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force found limited, if any, evidence that screening average men improves survival. That's largely because so many men are diagnosed with slow-growing tumors that never would have killed them; still, they have treatments that can cause incontinence, impotence or even lead to death.
"We really ? underline the word 'really' ? have to pull back the messaging on prostate cancer," says the cancer society's Lichtenfeld, who himself isn't sure of the test's net worth. PSA testing took off on the basis of "blind faith" that they would work, not science, he says.
What really worries Lichtenfeld is that ever more powerful cancer screenings are being developed, before doctors have a way to tell exactly which early tumors should be removed.
"We have cells in our body that are abnormal all the time, and our bodies deal with it," he says. "Our technology takes us further and further down the early-detection path, and we need to sort through all this."
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EDITOR'S NOTE ? Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The Associated Press.
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New York City Marathon: Inspirational Runner Finishes Race
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More than 40 years after its inception, the New York City Marathon on Sunday beckoned another legion of runners to test themselves. For many runners, it was a test of physicality. But for Maickel Melamed, it was a mental test to overcome a struggle that resulted from a birth defect 36 years ago.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Branding Your Photography Business ? Part 1: Logos
As a former PR person, the importance of branding was always a topic I was harping on with clients ? from individual authors to multi-million dollar corporations and non-profit agencies. How a business presents itself can be the difference between success and failure. Photographers are no exception to this rule. How you brand your business ? from logo to business cards, website to social media pages, portfolio to promo piece ? all affect a buyer?s decision whether to work with you or not.
Let me caveat this entire series first with a contradiction. Branding is irrelevant in context to the quality of your images. No amount of money that you dump into amazing branding will make a difference if your images simply aren?t where they need to be for a particular client. Your images always come first.
That being said, photography is an incredibly competitive industry, and there are many shooters out there with comparable levels of work. This is when branding comes into play to help give you the advantage over another photographer. A buttoned up package and production shows a client that you value every part of your business.
The first post in this four part branding series dives into logos, chronicling my own journey developing a new brand and highlighting other commercial and wedding photographers branding.
What?s in a Logo?
It?s hard to argue against the importance of a logo. In non-visual fields it?s often what buyers first identify with in a brand. In the photo industry it plays second fiddle to your images, but it?s still an important visual cue and tie-together for your clients.
A logo is best when it is a written or designed representation of the style of your work. Whether you?re an edgy fashion, luxury travel, flirtatious lifestyle or classic wedding photographer your logo should have a distinct connection with your style. Think how silly it would feel for an edgy fashion photographer to have a Comic Sans font as their logo. Apply that same font type to the flirtatious lifestyle photographer, and it just may work.
Different font treatments and designs evoke a certain emotional response from us. I can?t say I know the science behind it, but I?m sure you could easily point out a design that had a classy feel to one that had a whimsical feel without any training either. You don?t have to be a typophile to know how a font makes you feel when you see it.
Logos can be as simple as your name in a certain font or as elaborate as a multi-font, multi-color, iconographic and artfully designed branding display. The choice is up to you, but generally you?ll find logos vary a bit between the commercial and wedding industries. The reason for this is because different audiences prefer different styles. Commercial photographers usually have logos as simple as their name in a specific font, with perhaps a design element or two thrown in. Wedding photographers often vary from simple fonts to elaborate graphics and designs.
Check out this list of logo examples from both commercial and wedding photographers. Notice how their logos closely resemble the feel of their style of photography and come together to emphasize their brand.
Commercial photographers: Jo?o Canziani, Nick Onken, Stephanie Rausser, Cheyenne Ellis, Thayer Allyson Gowdy, Ben Watts, Mikkel Vang, Sharyn Cairns
Wedding photographers: Lizzie Kimball, lunaphoto, Alexandra Meseke, Ben Adams, Kyle Barnes, Daniel Usenko, Sean Flanigan, Trevor Dayley
The DIY Logo
Chances are when you?ve made the decision to get a bit more serious about your photography and start branding yourself, your first logo is going to be a do-it-yourself (DIY) creation. You?re probably not too confident about your images yet (or even know what you want to really shoot) but think they?re good enough to maybe throw a watermark on them or put them on a website ? which of course you need your name on at least!
Almost everyone starts here. It?s where my branding journey began as well. For those of us without a design background or very little familiarity in Photoshop or Illustrator, the first incarnation of your logo will probably be pretty simple. When I first started I had no idea what I was doing. I picked a font I liked that was already on my computer, opened up Photoshop, made a logo on a white background to match my website, and saved it as a jpeg. I didn?t even know about PNGs, transparent backgrounds or anything else! You can see the first incarnation here.
But just because you?re making it yourself, doesn?t mean you have to be as limited as I was. A simple way to spruce up a logo using just your name is by find a great typeface. Sites like FontSpace, Fonts, and dafont all offer a great variety of free or low license rate fonts. You can find thousands of different fonts organized by themes, styles and use. All you have to do is download, add to the font folder on your computer and start creating! If you have a bit more skill in Photoshop or Illustrator, you can even add graphics, icons or other elements.
Make sure you select a font that is licensed for free commercial use and not just personal use if you intend to use it on your website or business cards and are making money with your photography. If there?s a personal use font you really like you can often email the original designer and get it for a small license fee. These fonts range anywhere from $20 to hundreds of dollars, but can really add a great look to your logo.
DIY Pros: free or very low cost
DIY Cons: personal design time investment; often look hand-made or lower quality; may not be consistent across several mediums
Freelance Designer or Friend
If you?re stuck in that in between point where you want a better logo and brand identity than you?re capable of making yourself but don?t have a big budget to invest in a full service design or ad agency, a freelance graphic designer may be the best route for you.
Often the people who take this route have a friend who is a graphic designer, or know a friend of a friend (of a friend, etc) that is one. Sometimes it?s the neighbor?s kid who is going to school for graphic design, other times it?s the freelancer you met at a networking function. There are resources online too like iFreelance to cruise for graphic designers and post a job to bid on. There are some great pros and cons to using a freelancer that often vary greatly depending on the designer that you use.
There are all sorts of arrangements that can vary the cost when working with a freelancer but principally involve around; the quality of their work, the speed of delivery and the hours of design time. It runs similar to the old marketing saying, ?You can get it fast, good or cheap. Pick two.? You might get someone to make you a logo incredibly cheap? but it could take months before you see anything (if at all) ? or you could get a great logo right away, but it?ll cost.
Whatever the case may be and whether you work with a professional from a recommendation or your friend who happens to be a graphic designer, you need to get a signed contract that details the scope of the project, deadlines, design rounds and any penalties for breaking contract. There?s nothing worse than paying someone several hundred dollars for a logo and then having them flake out on you. Friend or not, treat this as the serious business transaction that it is.
Freelance Pros: could be well-designed, cost effective, minimal personal time investment
Freelance Cons: could be poorly-designed, excessive personal time investment, tardy delivery, risk factors with flakes
Agency Designed Logo
For photographers really looking for the full treatment and a well-thought brand design, the best way to go is with a professional and reputable design, marketing or ad agency. These are companies ranging from three to hundreds of individuals who specialize in creating identifiable brands. It does come at a cost though, but in my personal experience I?ve found the investment to be absolutely worth it.
There are a lot of benefits to working with a design agency. First and foremost is working with a team of professionals who are constantly creating branding for a variety of clients. Even if your work is designated to a less experienced or newer hire at an agency, it passes by several eyes and receives input a few times before it ever reaches you. If you can, try to find an agency in your area that has worked with photographers in the past, or other creative professionals. Agencies often specialize with clients in specific industries. Those who work with photographers usually know better what we?re looking for (and what attracts clients) in our industry.
When you?re shopping around, you can talk to multiple agencies and receive a few estimates to compare them. Don?t just look at the final price tag each quotes you, but also pay attention to what comes along with it. Things to look for are how many design revisions you get before you?re charged for extras, what the final deliverables are and any consultations. I recommend working with an agency that sits down for a consultation before working with you, to understand the direction you want to take your brand and any ideas you may have.
When I finally made the decision to work with an agency, I went with the creative team over at The James Agency. I?ve known people there for a few years, had seen a lot of their fantastic recent work and was happy they were willing to meet for an initial consult. I wanted a new brand clients could identify with that was fun enough to fit the style of my images, yet simple enough not to dominate. Together, they honed down just the right look for me that I could use across a number of mediums (website, biz cards, promos, etc). The feedback I?ve gotten has been tremendous, and it has really helped tie together my brand. Definitely a big improvement over my DIY logo.
It doesn?t just happen on the first try though. We took several revisions to get just the right look. Take a look here at the options and progressions we worked through when designing my logo. From a variety of looks to narrowing down the right style and then working through color treatments. Expect to go through the very same process.
I also asked a friend of mine (Lizzie Kimball) her experience while working with an agency in creating a new logo for her wedding photography. Here?s what she had to say:
When I started Lizzie Kimball Photography, I wanted branding that was fun, simple, and appealing to brides. I created a logo on my own, using a fun font I found on my computer and a flower decal that was included in the font. However, after looking at my logo I felt it was too whimsical and childish; not very appealing to the modern, sophisticated bride that I wanted to attract.
So, I made the decision to hire Becky from C1 Design and told her that I?d like to make a logo that was simple, clean and sophisticated. She presented me with my new logo that?s been in use since the spring of 2009 and it has served me well. With my new brand I still show my fun personality through my name, but I?m also able to present clients with a professional, simple branding that enhances my images rather than distracts from them.
I also made the choice hire a professional blog designer, Loverli Creative, to shape my blog around my logo making it clean, simple and appealing to the modern bride. Hiring a professional logo and blog designer are some of the best business choices I?ve made ? yes, they were expensive investments, but it allowed my images, branding and blog to blend together into a cohesive design to appeal to my ideal client: more importantly, during this processes I was still able to put all my focus on doing what I do best: taking photographs.
Agency Pros: consultation, multiple revisions, experienced professionals, on time delivery, superior quality, customization to multiple mediums, better brand identification
Agency Cons: lost in the mix of other clients, higher costs
Logo Summary
So whether you?re working on your first DIY logo, hiring a freelancer or collaborating with an agency, make sure you do your homework and know what kind of feel you want your brand to project alongside your images. First and foremost, keep working to make your images as good as possible. Remember, great branding only helps give you that little extra edge, it can never take the place of the quality of your images.
Source: http://www.digital-photography-school.com/ready-branding-your-photography-business-part-1-logos
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Pennsylvania man gets jail for paying judges for favors (Reuters)
SCRANTON, Pa (Reuters) ? A Pennsylvania man who owned for-profit juvenile detention centers was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Friday for paying judges to send youths to his facilities in a so-called "kids for cash" scheme.
Robert Powell, 53, a former trial lawyer and owner of a pair of for-profit juvenile detention centers, also must pay $60,000 for his involvement in the scheme.
He was found guilty in 2009 of paying $770,000 in kickbacks to then-judges Mark Ciavarella Jr. and Michael Conahan, who in return sent youths to his detention centers.
Powell testified in the summer trial of former judge Ciavarella, 61, and wore a wire five times to help authorities.
The judge was convicted in February on 12 corruption charges and sentenced in August to 28 years in prison for accepting payment from Robert Mericle, the developer of Powell's juvenile detention centers. The ruling resulted in the tossing of more than 6,000 juvenile convictions.
Prosecutors said Powell's help was crucial in their case against the judge.
Prior to Friday's sentencing, Powell submitted a letter to the court apologizing.
"I would not wish this on any human being. I have been punished in ways no one could imagine or conceive. I have been financially and professionally ruined. I will never be free from the regret, sorry and guilt I carry with me every day for what I have done ...," Powell said.
Judge Edwin Kosik recommended Powell serve his sentence in a federal prison in Florida near where his family has relocated.
(Editing by Greg McCune)
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Apple seeds iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to developers, beta 1 was so yesterday...
If you downloaded yesterdays iOS 5 beta you might want to check that iPhone / iPad / iPod touch for an OTA update. No word on what's new in 9A404 -- a mere two builds from yesterdays 9A402 -- but the updated build should still bring solace to those suffering from battery-drain issues. We're getting errors trying to download the developer notes, but we'll update if we find anything new or noteworthy.
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The Pros and Cons of Real Estate Investing | Rai Chertkoff Real ...
Article by Amon Minor
The Pros and Cons of Real Estate Investing
Have you heard of being able to make money with the real estate market, through real estate investing, before? If you have, have you wondered if you could make money with real estate investing? If so, you are definitely not alone. Each year, a large number of hopeful real estate investors give real estate investing a try. Unfortunately, not everyone is successful as they originally hoped to be.
To increase your chances of seeing success with real estate investing, you need to make sure that it is really for you. If you jump right into real estate investing, before determining if it is something that you can do, you may end up losing a significant amount of money; money that may be impossible for you to recoup. When determining whether or not real estate investing is something that you could handle and make money with, you are advised to examine the pros and cons of real estate investing. A few of the many noteworthy real estate investing pros and cons are briefly touched on below.
Perhaps, the most noteworthy pro or plus side to getting into real estate investing is the money that can be made. Of course, it is important to emphasize on ?can.? What is nice about real estate investing is that there are a number of different ways that you can make money. For instance, you could purchase a low-cost fixer upper home or a foreclosure home, spend a little bit of money on repairs or updates, and then turn around and sell the home for a higher price. You can also choose to keep the home for yourself and act as a landlord if you wanted to so. Multiple ways to make money with real estate investing are just one of the many reasons why many end up seeing success.
Perhaps, the biggest con or downside to getting into real estate investing is that there are no guarantees. Real estate investing is risky. Although a large number of investors are able to see money and success with real estate investing, it isn?t guaranteed to be the same for you. However, there are steps that you can take to increase your chances of success. Those steps involve taking the time to familiarize yourself with the real estate market and real estate investing in general. You can do this on your own, with online resource guides or real estate books, or you can signup to take a real estate investing course, many of which are offered both on and offline.
As outlined above, there are a number of pros and cons to getting into real estate investing. It is advised that you take the above mentioned factors into consideration before automatically jumping on the real estate investing bandwagon. Should you later decide that real estate investing is for you or at least worth a try, you are advised to learn as much as you can about the real estate market and investing, as it is likely to improve your chances of success.
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True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street
True Life is the documentary series that MTV sometimes uses to clear its conscience and disinfect its epidermis. Think of it as a penitential chamber the network visits in between pickled trips to the Real World confessional and greasy lulls in the Jersey Shore smush room. The more serious installments ("I'm on Crystal Meth," "I Have a Husband in Iraq") qualify as journalism, and even the softer ones ("I'm Going to Fashion Week," "I'm a Heisman Trophy Candidate") have an anthropological integrity. The worst that can be said of the most salacious is to scoff at their obviousness: "I'm Horny in Miami"? Who isn't?
The series gets current-eventful this weekend with True Life: I'm Occupying Wall Street (Saturday at 6 p.m. ET). If you flipped on the episode knowing nothing of the concrete goals of the OWS protestors?and it generally seems that they themselves are fuzzy on those?True Life is not going to be of great service. Rushing to find a story and resisting the temptation to force a narrative onto it, MTV gives us quick slices of two lives, sidewalk sketches of youthful idealism.
The primary subject is Bryan, a 23-year-old sporting a punkish patch of industrial green in his thatch of brown hair. Bryan describes himself as "a middle-class white kid from Northampton, Mass.," and he loosely paraphrases the line about the conditions necessary for the triumph of evil admirably and earnestly. I wanted to like Bryan. Then I watched him watch Michael Bloomberg (whom I also want to like) take a tour of Zuccotti Park. The presence of Mayor Moneybags aroused something half-witted within the youth. "How's that $14 billion and private media company that you own treating you?" Bryan heckled, stupidly, despite being well out of Bloomberg's earshot. Then Bryan addressed his muttering to the home viewer: "Someone with $14 billion that owns his own private media company should not be in the park."
That such behavior is twerpy should be obvious. It is unneighborly. It does not recognize the nature of public space. It traffics in the language of a turf war. It tells off the very plutocracy that OWS demands the respect of. It is a tantrum unworthy of people whose concerns are gravely serious. It is insulting, also, in that it underestimates Bloomberg's wealth by about $5 billion.
By leading with this scene, MTV reveals a particular sort of media bias. Since at least the late '80s of Madonna and N.W.A., the network has been telling the youth of America to express themselves, a call now taken up by Lady Gaga and other dance-pop populists. The idea is to celebrate yourself and sing yourself, and that's lovely, but the implication is that singing is an end in itself and that every song is worth a listen regardless of its clarity or content. What does Bryan want? "To effect serious social change." Fantastic. We could use quite a bit of that. It would be amazing if he managed to achieve his aims by occupying Wall Street, and I would be especially grateful if he arrived at a solution that didn't interfere with my ability to occupy the guest bedrooms of 1-percenters' vacation homes on occasional three-day weekends. But how is he going to achieve it? There's no telling. All is nebulous.
Focusing on Bryan, MTV seems to be saying that changing the world is slow work, generally unglamorous and often Sisyphean. He's a member of OWS' sanitation crew, and we see him hauling Hefty bags, scrubbing the pavement, and moving a broom around the listless limbs of his less energetic colleagues. We seem him gleaming with triumph on the morning of Oct. 14, after the park's owners postponed a "cleaning" that protesters took to be a prelude to their permanent removal: "It was really incredible to think that we can fight battles against these people, and we can actually win." Don't let it go to your head.
The other person profiled in this half hour is a 20-year-old college student named Kait, very spunky, often accompanied by a sidekick named Caitlin. ("This is like my Red Bull right here," Caitlin says of the buzz of participating in history.) Where Bryan is bedding down in Zuccotti Park, Kait is spending her days there and bouncing back to her dorm room in the evenings. Kait says "it's empowering" to shout at banking executives?at their office buildings, that is. At one point, the protesters march up to the crossroads of the world. "I never even imagined myself going to Times Square for New Years' Eve, let alone going to Times Square to protest," she says with terrible giddiness. Outside of the Good Morning America studios, the crowd sees the news of its presence there stream across ABC's news ticker, and Kait squeals like a bobbysoxer. Something serious is going on out there, but the sense is that Kait doesn't want your revolution if she can't dance.
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