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Passage #1
Adapted from "On War" by James Boswell (1777)
When I saw workingmen engaged with grave assiduity in fashioning weapons of death, I was struck with wonder at the shortsightedness of human beings, who were soberly preparing the instruments of destruction of their own species. I have since found upon a closer study of man, that my wonder might have been spared. The views of most individuals are limited to their own happiness, and the workmen whom I beheld so busy in the arsenal of Venice saw nothing but what was good in the labor for which they received such wages as procured them the comforts of life. That their immediate satisfaction was not hindered by a view of the remote consequential and contingent evils for which they were responsible would not surprise one who has had seen too much of the world. We must have the telescope of philosophy to make us perceive distant ills; further, we know that there are individuals of our species to whom the immediate misery of others is nothing in comparison with their own advantage—for we know that in every age there have been found men very willing to perform the office of executioner.
Adapted from "What is Patriotism?" by Max Eastman (1915)
With proper recognition of the possible variation of individuals, we can say that patriotism is one of these unalterable facts of man's nature. A talent for fighting solidarity with a group is a part of the instinct of human beings. It is composed of two tendencies that are laid down in his nervous system when he is born called pugnacity and gregariousness, or group-loyalty. All men and most animals are pugnacious. They love to fight. Everybody loves to fight. Some people get all the fighting they want at the breakfast table, and other people have to carry it out in the law courts or the battlefield, where it makes more noise. [Theodore] Roosevelt loves to charge up San Juan Hill, and then he loves to prosecute for libel anybody that says he didn't charge up San Juan Hill. War people fight for war and peace people fight for peace. When Roosevelt calls the peace people mollycoddles and college sissies, I only want to walk up and smash him.
It is far better though that we should conquer our instinct to fight and put faith in reason. It may seem gigantic; but it is by no means a utopian undertaking to unite the whole world of nations in such a federation. For all the organic interests of men, except their sheer love of patriotic fighting itself, are against the perpetual recurrence of international war. War and the mere joy of existence are incompatible. War makes it impossible to live, and it makes it impossible even to die for a noble purpose. Let men but understand themselves, and the mechanism of their emotions by which they are brought into this perennial catastrophe, and they will be ready enough to take gigantic measures to prevent it.
The author of Passage 2 mentions Theodore Roosevelt in order to __________.
introduce the central protagonist
create a contrast to an earlier statement
reference the wisdom of a known authority
provide an example supporting the preceding argument
The author of Passage 2 makes reference to the attitude of Theodore Roosevelt to provide an example of the type of war-loving people he mentions in his preceding argument. The author states, "They love to fight. Everybody loves to fight. Some people get all the fighting they want at the breakfast table, and other people have to carry it out in the law courts or the battlefield, where it makes more noise." Following these statements, the author uses the behavior of Theodore Roosevelt to provide an example to support his argument.
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On Monday we reported ongoing fallout over the scheme run by the Muslim Entrepreneur Network, which has prompted at least 18 complaints to Action Fraud.
Members left the scheme in droves over 2018 after being promised a profitable business within 12 months that had not materialised, even after they put in hours of unpaid work.
Many have received money back and the founders said everyone entitled to a refund has had one, but a number of people say they are still waiting.
At the same time the embattled scheme now appears to be undergoing a restructure and the founders have publicly clashed over their version of events.
A total of 990 people from the UK took part in the scheme, and more than 300 in London, while large numbers also paid in across the Home Counties, the West Midlands and Yorkshire.
They came from all walks of life, from stay-at-home parents who gave all their savings to take part, to NHS staff, financiers and Government employees.
A 27-year-old from Bethnal Green, who asked to be known as Maksud, forked out £10,000 along with a friend to be part of the first round of investors, dubbed the L300.
Apart from sporadic £200 "gifts", he said he had had no refund and seen no evidence of any profitable business coming out of Leverage.
He said: "This was my hard-earned money and they made a categorical statement that you'd see a return on your investment in a year.
"The business model made sense but no actual business was built. You were sold a product you didn't receive.
A 40-year-old woman from the L300, who asked not to be named, reported a psychological as well as a financial cost after leaving her job to work on Leverage projects.
She invested £6,000 in total, more than her life savings, and then worked extended hours writing 1,200-word articles for the fitness franchise, even while fasting over the holy month of Ramadan.
She said: "They were showing us dreams and bringing God into it.
"Every other word was a religious word. It all sounded amazing and was something I really wanted - unity, and other Muslims I could be close to and work with as a team.
Nabil Madar, a 27-year-old L300 member from Leyton, said he had signed up because of MEN director Haroon Qureshi's good reputation as a businessman on Amazon.
Overall he invested £3,800 and said that when he asked for it back, he was told that the 'refund period' had ended.
He said: "The atmosphere early on was electric. It was so hyped. I put so much trust in these brothers [my fellow Muslims] and went home thinking 'I'm so ready for this'.
The types of documentation offered to Leverage members varied, with nothing extended in the first year and some reporting not seeing a contract at any time.
At some stage an 'Undertaking' was issued asking them to agree to hand over personal details and "refrain from any remarks or comments that are detrimental to collective Unity".
Another names Arif Mirza - the Mirza brothers' younger sibling - as the programme manager and states they are entering into an agreement with his company.
People asking for refunds were also given a set of terms to agree to electronically, which include not disclosing information about Leverage in the future.
One of the L300 was a 40-year-old who together with his wife invested £6,500 in Leverage, in Rocky Mirza's spin-out Kidbizo and Habibi Coin, one of Com Mirza's ventures.
The couple eventually signed an agreement in April 2018, but even then did not get a copy themselves.
The investor said: "There was a complete lack of professionalism. They weren't signing tasks or showing financial transparency. The big thing was teaching us but we didn't learn anything.
Another investor, a 34-year-old from Barking, is still waiting for a refund on the £19,000 they paid into Leverage and two of the Mirza brothers' spin-out enterprises.
They told us they had been "apprehensive" from the start, but were convinced by the founders' apparent track records in business.
They said: "Most people in Leverage are your average, lay person who didn't know better. They specifically targeted the Muslim market and the wording used was really powerful.
How was the scheme promoted?
Hours of video footage seen by this newspaper shows how MEN got would-be investors on board.
They were targeted on social media and with promotional videos as well as through mailshot-style advertising, online 'webinars' and Skype videos.
An email to MEN members on January 6, 2017 headlined "IMPORTANT NEWS!!!" advanced the same premise, concluding: "This is seriously a life time opportunity!".
In the September 2017 recruitment 'webinar' for the L500, Mr Qureshi appears to suggest to members ways to stump up an initial £1,500, stating: "I'm sure a lot of you have gold… you have an asset, you have a car or something".
In the same video Mr Mirza told would-be L5000 investors: "Stop thinking with your brain, start thinking with your heart.
Appeals to religiosity and the Islamic faith were also used by MEN and its proponents to first justify and later exonerate the programme.
Further down the line, as Leverage members begin to question the scheme, Mr Qureshi appeared to compare his rationale to that of the Prophet Muhammad.
He separately compared Leverage members to the original Islamic community, who he said were "results-forward" people who overcame "the negativity".
Mindset and the willingness to be decisive and take risks were repeatedly identified in MEN's marketing as the key to "financial freedom".
Slogans such as "Unity" and #WeAreOne also fostered a sense of community among Leverage members, compelling many to stay on the programme.
"Burn the ships": What's happening now?
In January this year remaining Leverage members were informed that a new company, Figtree Holdings, had been established to handle the scheme's remaining assets.
To back this up he told the story of the 8th century Muslim commander Tariq Ibn Ziad, advising viewers now was the time to "burn the ships".
Figtree Holdings has been registered on Companies House and existing Leverage members are now being asked to take over the company as directors and shareholders.
Two ventures still linked to Leverage are Launchroid, Haroon Qureshi's series of online business-themed videos, and Kidbizo, a venture led by Rocky Mirza claiming to educate children in entrepreneurship.
Kidbizo is an affiliate of Sports Content Provider Ltd, whose sole director is Mr Mirza's wife.
Its "risk-free" cryptocurrency spin-out, Kidbizo initial coin offering (ICO), identified itself online as a subsidiary of a technology company based in Romford which had Arif Mirza and a family friend listed as directors.
It is not known how many people have invested in either Kidbizo or its ICO.
But Leverage members were among those who signed up and in one video, Mr Qureshi claimed buy-ins had reached "literally hundreds of thousands of pounds".
Who are the Mirza brothers?
Throughout the programme Rocky Mirza was cited as the driving force behind Leverage.
The 46-year-old was born in Pakistan and now lives in Ilford, and is credited as being the founder of a string of online ventures going back to the 1990s.
In a 2017 brochure for Leverage several of his and his brothers' ventures are referred to as Leverage's "investments/companies".
They include Weblo.com, a website selling virtual versions of real estate, and Directly.me, a monetised version of Linkedin launched in 2011 that according to Companies House records has no staff and is still under development.
Houser, an online property portal, was registered in Dagenham in 2015 and went on to list a number of agents' properties without their permission.
It was reported that the residential director of Savills accused Houser of "attempting to scrape our listings and data." It was also rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority in 2017.
An online gambling platform, iBetX, was reviewed under caution by the Gambling Commission in late 2012, and after it surrendered its operating licenses a High Court restriction was granted to an ex-business partner stopping Mr Mirza from selling a house in Barking without his permission.
Arif Mirza, Rocky Mirza's Dubai-based younger brother and a key beneficiary of MEN members' cash, also claims on his website to be the person behind Directly.me - described as a "blue ocean" and "the true child of the Idea Economy".
Com Mirza has a stronger social media presence than his brothers and has featured in Forbes Magazine, claiming to be worth $500m and live in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Two of his recent ventures, Intentional Success Group and Habibi Coin, are mired in controversy after ex-partners publicly expressed concern that they had colluded in a scam.
Habibi Coin was marketed specifically to the Muslim community as a real estate-backed cryptocurrency and Leverage members were encouraged to buy in.
On January 28, 2019, an email to investors announced that Habibi Coin was being acquired and "a cash and token swap deal" - ie, a means of getting money back - would be up to "the company acquiring us".
Another ex-partner, Jagger Babuin, who openly admits to having previous convictions for fraud, said he and his family had invested $1million into Habibi Coin.
He said: "Our initial event for Habibi launched in Panama city in July of 2017. Over the next few months I grew increasingly frustrated at the lack of actual progress.
Com Mirza denied all the allegations presented to him and said he could not comment further as legal proceedings were ongoing.
The co-founders of MEN have clashed in their version of events, while Mr Mirza has said he is taking legal action against "a welter of fantastical allegations".
When approached by this newspaper, Harun Rashid, who made a dramatic exit from MEN on social media last year, claimed he had become embroiled in a "web of lies".
In its early years, he said, MEN had provided good value for money to subscribers before taking a drastic change of direction in 2017.
He said: "By mid-2017 we had earned millions in subscription fees into Leverage.
Acting as CEO, he said, he was responsible for raising seed investment for Empty Trip - a venture he said later proved to be "a black and white cash cow".
He acknowledged he was responsible for bringing others into the scheme, claiming he had been "too at awe" to question the business model at the time.
He said: "Although looking back now it was always unclear and ambiguous, at the time it seemed like [Rocky Mirza] was unquestionable.
By contrast, Mr Qureshi, who is still involved in Leverage, insisted that all of its operations were legitimate and all the money sent abroad was to procure services for the business.
Despite having referred to joining Leverage as "investing" in his own promotional material, he said it was not an investment scheme but a "membership programme" that was "member-driven, inclusive and democratic in nature".
He did not dispute that the promised profitable businesses for the L300 had failed to appear, but said this was because of the democratic nature of MEN.
The abandonment of the fitness franchise, he and Rocky Mirza said, was due to some members holding conservative religious positions.
Both he and Mr Mirza said that all the refunds due according to Leverage's terms of service, that was, those that people asked for within the first 12 months, had been paid.
Rocky Mirza also confirmed that in the first 12 months no Leverage member had sight of a contract, but said the terms of service had been set out online.
He also said payments to MEN from Empty Trip were for the office space and operational costs that one business was providing the other.
In his response to this newspaper, Mr Mirza appeared to distance himself from the programme, stating: "My background is as a tech sector entrepreneur, which allowed me to provide unpaid consultancy to MEN on a variety of issues, including Leverage.
Over the course of 2018, he said, MEN had come under "sustained and orchestrated attack" from a range of actors without hard evidence.
He added that disgruntled ex-employees were responsible for a "propagation of misinformation and falsehoods" that had led to people demanding refunds, and suggested the original terms presented to would-be investors had been misunderstood.
He said: "The point of Leverage was to pursue collaborative working on tech start ups.
"It would be unprecedented for a tech startup to become highly profitable or saleable in twelve months.


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SVSU students excel at diplomacy conference
ByDaily News staff
Published 1:47 am EST, Friday, November 30, 2018
Saginaw Valley State University students' enthusiasm for international understanding helped them stand out from their collegiate peers during the 11th American Model United Nations Conference in Chicago last week.
The Saginaw Valley Model United Nations club captured two team honors and one individual award.
Model United Nations is an organization for students with an active interest in international affairs, policy and diplomacy. Through participation in simulations and regional/national conferences, members gain valuable skills in research, communication, and conflict resolution.
The SVSU club won as a group for the quality of writing on its pre-conference papers relating to the nations of Ghana and Kazakhstan.
As an individual, Josh Cianek, a political science major from Auburn, won an award for exceptional justice for his role on the International Court of Justice. He also was elected by his peers to act as the president of the International Court of Justice.
In Model United Nations, justices are responsible for reading the briefs and hearing arguments on each of the three assigned cases. Justices will then deliberate to analyze and discuss the cases and arguments in order to determine the appropriate applications of international law in each case. Justices are also responsible for writing opinions for each case.
Stewart French, SVSU associate professor of political science and team adviser, said the Saginaw Valley U.N. club has won more than 40 awards in 11 years at national and international conferences.
At the most recent conference, SVSU students competed against peers from schools including the University of Chicago, University of Minnesota, University of Notre Dame and University of Wisconsin.
The SVSU team will travel to Toronto in February to compete at the North American Model United Nations Conference.


It is a reality that many successful businesses today have put up a website. There are several reasons to this. One is that it can be the most effective way for you to connect with your clients and potential customers since most of them are now using the Internet for most of their transactions. This is because of the advancements in technology. Because of it, we can do so many things that have been considered to be impossible decades ago. Before, it is so hard to hunt for particular things because we have to go up the stores to look for them. We no longer do this because we just have to make a few searches and boom, we have found what we are waiting for. You don't have to leave the comforts of your house because all the options that you can choose from will be introduced to you.
Now we see how having a website is important in running a business. If you are among the business owners today or you have just decided to have your own business, you need to make sure that you address your needs that involve putting up a website. Here we are going to talk about two of the most important things that you have to look into.
Web design and SEO or search engine optimization are among the most important things that you need if you want to build a great website. The element that web development is focusing on is how attractive your website is to the users. However, it will fall useless if you will not take care of the SEO of your site.
Basically, SEO is the tool that will work on making your site appear often during searches. It emphasizes on two things: relevance and popularity. It would be hard for you if you have one but not the other; they always go hand in hand.Website building is one factor that makes SEO successful but there is another thing that contributes: content.
You have to put in mind that it takes more than just a flashy site to make people love you because if that is true, all we get are creative ones every time we use the search engine. It can do a great job in attracting them but it won't really make them stay. You need to have relevant content so that they would know that you are not among those scammers out there. For you to know what you should feature in your site, you need to investigate about the needs and wants of your target market; you have to make sure that they would find what they are looking for. To get more information about SEO and web design.
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CSO Brass, thoroughly steeped in the tradition of 'reaching for the sky'
Published November 19, 2014 Authored by Jack Zimmerman
Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old music education major at a small liberal arts college strolled into an auditorium in Quincy, Ill. He was required by both his music history and music theory professors to be there for a concert, and he had no idea of what was in store. He had studied piano in grade school and trombone in high school, and despite growing up in Chicago, had never heard a live performance by a symphony orchestra. That was why he was there: to hear the CSO, which was performing in Quincy.
For the musicians of the CSO and Louis Lane, the conductor of that concert, the evening most likely was quickly forgotten. But for that college sophomore, the experience was transformative. The program was not unusual: music by Mozart, Bartók, Schuller and Sibelius' Third Symphony.
I was that 19-year-old, and it was the Sibelius that forever changed me. On the spot, I decided to become an orchestral trombonist. Immediately after the concert, I ran backstage and introduced myself to the principal trombone, Jay Friedman. Incredibly enthusiastic about music, he gave me the best advice an aspiring instrumentalist could ever receive: study with a good teacher, practice hard and listen to as much orchestral music as possible.
The following summer, I went home to Chicago and began studies with the CSO's bass trombonist Edward Kleinhammer. I stayed in Chicago for the next two years, studying with Kleinhammer, playing in the Civic Orchestra, and without exception, hearing every CSO program.
The trumpet section performs at last year's CSO Brass concert. | Todd Rosenberg Photography
I was never disappointed, especially in the brass playing. Even though the CSO would not make its first international tour until 1971, the CSO brass section had an international reputation. Fritz Reiner's readings of Richard Strauss' tone poems were widely circulated among brass aficionados the world over. If you listen to Reiner's 1954 recording of Strauss' Ein Heldenleben, you'll hear brass playing that's downright thrilling — fresh, exciting and not at all dated, even though six decades have elapsed since these sounds were committed to vinyl. Clearly, the CSO Brass has a long tradition of stellar performance. That hallmark sound will be showcased when the CSO Brass presents its annual holiday concert Dec. 18 at Symphony Center.
Kleinhammer, who played in the CSO from 1940 until his retirement in 1985, often said, "In Chicago, we reach for the sky." That reach-for-the-sky attitude, which really means seeking the perfect sound quality, balance and intonation on every note regardless of length or dynamic level, is another CSO Brass tradition. Its origins can be traced to New York City, where in the late 1940s, a 26-year-old Minnesota native auditioned for CSO music director Artur Rodzinski.
In 1948, after playing the trumpet in Navy bands in World War II, Adolph Herseth was pursuing a master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. One afternoon, he received a telegram from Rodzinski, asking him to audition for a trumpet position in the Chicago Symphony. Herseth thought it was for third trumpet. It was all so simple. Herseth played and Rodzinski hired him — but for first trumpet, not third. Herseth would be the CSO's principal trumpet and one of the world's most highly regarded orchestral players for more than a half-century; he relinquished the principal trumpet chair in 2001 and served as principal trumpet emeritus until his retirement in 2004.
Four years before Herseth's arrival in Chicago, tuba legend Arnold Jacobs began his 44-year CSO tenure. Jacobs graduated in 1936 from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, played with the Indianapolis Symphony, and then held the tuba chair of the Pittsburgh Symphony under Fritz Reiner from 1939 until 1944. The foundation of the CSO brass section, Jacobs was a virtuosic performer who helped make Chicago ground zero for great brass playing.
Of course, a great brass section requires a great principal horn. Philip Farkas was a Chicago boy, grew up here, played in Civic and before graduating from high school, became principal horn of the Kansas City Philharmonic. In 1936, he became first horn in the Chicago Symphony. Five years later, he was appointed first horn in Cleveland. He went to Boston for the first horn position there in 1945, returned to Cleveland the following year and finally landed back in Chicago, where he was principal horn from 1947 to 1960.
In 1966, I sat in the Orchestra Hall gallery for a Friday afternoon concert. Onstage that afternoon was the CSO's newly appointed principal horn, Dale Clevenger. He would occupy the principal horn chair until his retirement in 2013, defining orchestral horn playing for more than four decades.
French conductor Jean Martinon was CSO music director when Clevenger arrived here. Martinon left in 1968, and in 1969, Georg Solti began his tenure. It was a magical time for the CSO, especially the brass section, with Solti conducting plenty of Mahler and Bruckner, embarking on international tours and making many unforgettable recordings.
Through the years, there have been personnel changes as older players retire and young ones take their places. But the sound of the CSO Brass has remained remarkably consistent. That big, rich brass sound is as much a part of Chicago as the city's skyscrapers or lakefront. It's been that way since the days of Fritz Reiner and continues through the present.
Getting to hear the CSO Brass in a concert completely devoted to brass music is the dream of anybody who ever played trumpet, trombone, horn or tuba. "Back in the '70s, the CSO Brass played on one or two chamber music concerts," Friedman said. "Then, in the early '80s, we organized a brass concert at Orchestra Hall, which we also did in New York."
"One of the things we try to do is to go beyond the show pieces and transcriptions and perform engaging music that elevates and challenges," said CSO trombonist Michael Mulcahy, who will be conducting this year's CSO Brass concert.
Of course, there's nothing like performing before an enthusiastic audience. This concert coincides with one of the music industry's biggest events: the annual Midwest Clinic, the world's largest instrumental music education conference, which this year runs Dec. 17-20 at McCormick Place West. CSO Brass concerts are popular, but when they coincide with the Midwest Clinic, they're a guaranteed hot ticket. "They sell out every time," Friedman said.
And why wouldn't they? It's a chance to hear a superb brass section with a long history of inspired music-making, and one that's thoroughly steeped in that CSO tradition of "reaching for the sky."
Jack Zimmerman, a recovering trombonist, is a Chicago-based writer and novelist.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Doug McDermott scuffled for open looks and usually missed when he did get them.
Rasheed Sulaimon scored 21 points, Seth Curry had 17 and the No. 2 seed Blue Devils beat seventh-seeded Creighton 66-50 on Sunday night to advance to the NCAA round of 16 for the fourth time in five years.
A year after they lost their NCAA tournament opener, the Blue Devils (29-5) return to the regional semifinals for the 27th time. They'll play No. 3 seed Michigan State (27-8) on Friday in Indianapolis.
Creighton (28-8) went cold and never made a serious run in the second half. McDermott scored 21 points but made only four baskets.
McDermott, an All-American forward, has to decide if he'll return for his senior season or declare for the NBA draft.
McDermott missed 11 of 16 from the field and made only 1 of 4 3-pointers. He made all 12 free throws to keep his final scoring total from shambles.
"They did a great job on me, really physical, switched on every screen making it frustrating," McDermott said. "I missed a lot of shots I usually make, so that was unfortunate.
With McDermott slumping, the Bluejays were knocked out in the third round by an ACC team for the second straight season. They played their final game under the Missouri Valley Conference banner and move on next season to the Big East.
"They're a big reason Creighton moved to the Big East," Greg McDermott said of his team.
The Blue Devils will have to silence the whistle to keep the run alive. Mason Plumlee, Josh Hairston and Ryan Kelly battled foul trouble all game long that could have doomed the Blue Devils. Throw in 39 percent shooting, and the Blue Devils are far from playing their best in March.
While other high-seeded teams like Gonzaga and Georgetown made early exits, the Blue Devils are moving on to Indy.
Duke's victory could not match it in excitement or intensity.
Hairston picked up his fourth foul at the 15:21 mark, allowing Ethan Wragge to convert a three-point play that inched the Bluejays closer.
Curry came right back with a 3-pointer and followed with a layup to make it 39-30. Plumlee and Kelly, each with four fouls, returned to the game as Krzyzewski clearly wanted his best players in there to try and put away Creighton.
"Seth got a couple of big ones for us," Krzyzewski said.
The usually sure-shooting Bluejays never found their groove.
Gregory Echenique had no chance on a wayward alley-oop lob that knocked off the backboard, and he fumbled the ball the next time down. Amile Jefferson scored off the second turnover for an 11-point lead. Hundreds of Duke fans stood in appreciation, and the program's 2,000th career win was in the bag.
Hairston was called for his fifth foul at the midway point of the second half, leaving the Blue Devils without a key frontcourt reserve. Plumlee fouled out with just under 3 minutes left.
But the Bluejays clanged brick after brick. The missed 17 of 19 3-pointers and shot only 30 percent from the field. McDermott, their All-American, was 4 of 16 and 12 of 12 from the free throw line.
McDermott gamely did his best to keep the Bluejays afloat by getting to the line. He hit two with 7:29 left to cut it to nine but went more than 18 minutes without a field goal. Without his 3-point shooting keeping Duke's defense honest — Krzyzewski called him one of the best offensive players he's seen in the last decade — the Bluejays were sunk.
Curry's second 3-pointer pushed it back to 11 and Sulaimon followed with another 3 to wrap it up.
Plumlee finished with 10 points and the Blue Devils made 21 of 28 free throws.
The Bluejays missed 12 of their first 15 shots, then missed 10 of 13 to open the second half. They lost in the third round to North Carolina last year and talked all season about wanting to get back to this point. They would go no farther. The Bluejays haven't advanced to a regional semifinal since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.


Mary (Caroline), Countess of Erroll (1849-1934), née L'Estrange.
Sitter: Mary (Caroline), Countess of Erroll (1849-1934), n�e L'Estrange.
Biog: m. (1875) 20th Earl of Erroll.
Occasion: The Coronation of King Edward VII, 9 August 1902.
Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179, New Bond Street, London.
Jewellery & Decorations: King Edward VII Coronation medal, 1902.
Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.
Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
Biog: Burke's Peerage; The Complete Peerage; The Times, 16 October 1934, p.16e.
Reproduced: (Version) The Throne and Country, 14 June 1911, p. 39.


It was 2011 when two friends in Los Angeles launched a photo and video messaging platform called Snapchat. Like Instagram and Facebook, users could follow friends and create posts, but unlike other platforms, those messages—video and otherwise—would disappear in ten seconds or less.
The social media world exploded with excitement over Snapchat and by 2013, Facebook had offered to purchase the company for a whopping $3 billion. The founders declined and, according to reports, Google countered with an offer of $4 billion. That offer was also denied. While many were dumbfounded to learn that two early twentysomethings—still reportedly living in a basement—would pass up such large sums of cash, it looks like they may have been on to something.
Today, Snapchat is more popular than ever. More than 100 million people log on daily and more than 200 million people use the service monthly. Users skew young—between 13 to 34 years old, though most are around 13-17 years old. Brands are just now starting to utilize the platform for their marketing purposes, and some are experiencing huge successes.
Snapchat is free to download and use. You'll need to create a username, and it's best to use the name of your business, without spaces. For example, if your company is called Jane's Boutique On Main, your username could be JanesBoutiqueOnMain or something similar.
The app then allows you to look up your contacts that also have Snapchat accounts and follow them. The app takes you on a tutorial on how to post public "snaps" and how to send snaps—which are photos and/or videos with captions—to specific people.
Help your customers find you. In order to find an individual or business on Snapchat, you need to search for exact usernames. Make this easy on your customers by posting on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram that you've just launched a company account and include the username.
Keep a casual tone. Any photos and videos you post to Snapchat should be casual, fun, and not overtly promotional. Tap into your creativity by using colorful graphics within the app and writing on your photos.
Consider your audience. Since most Snapchat users are teenagers, think about what your customers in that age range would want to know, and how it relates to your business. This could include how-to videos, behind-the-scenes looks at your office or product, and even short introductions to your employees.
Ask your customers to work for you. Hold a contest for the best snap that showcases a customer using your product. Ask them to send the snap to you and then rate the best that comes in and give a prize to incentivize participation. This way, your customers will be doing marketing activities for your brand.
Build a story. If a ten-second snap is too short for your brand, consider building a story instead. Stories on Snapchat are a series of snaps available for viewing for a 24-hour period.
Check out Snapchat Discover. Snapchat recently launched Discover, a page that enables brands to post editorial content for sharing purposes. This is a paid page that, so far, has attracted the attention—and dollars—from the likes of Comedy Central and CNN, but could be a vehicle for your content if you get big enough to warrant a large expenditure of cash. Discover partnerships reportedly start around $75,000 per day.
While snaps do disappear after ten seconds, it is possible to take a screenshot of a snap. Brands can track when screenshots are taken and use those numbers as measuring tools. Another great way to track Snapchat success is to tease a discount in a snap and then tell viewers to go to a specific URL to see the rest of the discount, or specific code associated with it. For this, it's best to create a unique URL only known to Snapchat users and then track how many people are going there.
Snapchat is an incredibly popular social media platform, but only used by a small amount of brands. This poses a unique opportunity for small businesses to take hold and grab the attention of millions of potential customers every day.


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