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7 Ways to Have a Top Grossing App – How 4 Apps did it
With almost half a million apps in the App Store, the Gold Rush is officially over. 90% of the revenue made on the app Store is made by 10% of the apps on the App store. What are the secrets of the 10%? They must be doing something right, after all they are not super-heroes.
I set out to interview 4 developers who are in the Top Grossing Apps in their respective categories to find out how they got the Top Grossing badge. Not some feel good, non-actionable tips but stuff you can apply to your app today and see results.
Here they are.
No one cares about you – Give your customers what they want
The business school speak for this is "Identify a market need". Your app needs to solve a problem your customer has. Not a problem you think they have but a problem they tell you they have. Yes, there are iFart-equivalent apps that make millions, they are the exception.
You should be running a long-lasting business on the app store, not a hobby project. Here is what Ken Case, CEO of OmniGroup (makers of OmniFocus) had to say.
"We believe OmniFocus maintains high rankings because it solves a specific problem that our customers are trying to address – personal productivity. We have put a lot of work into making sure that it meets that need comprehensively" – Ken Case OmniFocus, Top Grossing in the Productivity category
"The largest factor for my success in the App Store is identifying a huge market that existed outside of the mobile platform and bringing it to every iOS device" – Rob Philips, developer of iHunt Sounds and Calls. Top Grossing in the Sports Category
Never Skimp on Quality
Customers downloading your app have come to expect a certain level of quality. It doesn't matter if your app costs 99c or it is free. This is evident from the higher number of 1-star ratings for free apps.
Issues such as frequent crashes and a bad UI experience will have your customers reaching for the delete button or worse heading over to the App store to leave a bad review. This is made evident by what Doug, one of two developers of Chat Time told me.
"The biggest factors that have contributed to our high ranking is the quality of the app and our responsive customer support which have led to great reviews on the Appstore and excellent customer loyalty. This has led to increased repeat purchases and higher rankings." – Doug, one of two developers of ChatTime, Top Grossing in the Productivity Category
Smule, makers of I am T-Pain amongst other apps put a spin on it. They deliver quality in terms of magic. I will let Jodi Ropert, CMO at Smule to put it in his own words.
At Smule, we are inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's famous quote: "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
We take this to heart every day, and first and foremost we attempt to create unique apps that delight users. We take a lot of time on the details – the fit and finish, the overall aesthetic, the core mechanic, and how the app feels. We ask ourselves everyday, 'is it magical?'
If we do a great job inventing 'magical' apps that our customers love, hopefully they'll keep coming back. And, importantly, they'll be more likely to tell their friends about it.
– Jodi Ropert, Smule Top Grossing in the Entertainment Category.
Keep It Simple, Stupid
We have all had our fair share of apps with 200 buttons on the interface. This is mostly evident when a developer is trying to bring a desktop app to the mobile screen. It just doesn't work.
A great app will ideally not need a user guide. Strive to make your app as intuitive as possible and your users will love you for it. Talking to the guys at Outfit 7, makers of Talking Tom Cat, they had this to say.
"We develop apps that are simple, no directions to read, nothing to "figure out"… simply talk and touch. Understanding how people use the phone, quick snips of play time, we also try to appeal to people of all ages playing alone or often times together." – Outfit 7 – Developers of Talking Tom Cat, Top Grossing in the Entertainment Category
Give your Users An Addiction To Keep Coming Back To
More than a quarter of apps get used only once. If your app is free and is dependent on the user making an in-app purchase, your app is literally dead on arrival (DOA). They simply will not get to the point of making that purchase, which means not revenue for you.
Make sure to include a reason to come back. If your app satisfies a market need, you are implicitly satisfying the "come back" requirement because users will come back to get their fix.
For the Talking Tom Cat developers, it was a character that people could connect with. For the developers of Chat Time, it was offering free or dirt cheap phone-calls to family and friends.
"Most apps are novelty items that people use once and throw away, think about creating something that people will come back to again and again.
For us it was creating lovable characters that people can interact with, our apps transcend cultural barriers and appeal to a wide global audience. Our product goes everywhere our customers go and delivers easy always deliver instant fun.
This is the key, the app needs to deliver something fun immediately.
Finally, try to find a way that using the features of the app not only deliver fun every time but they also serve as a marketing too every time. For us the use of video was the solution to this objective. With the ideas above we've been able to build a worldwide network full of loyal users at a quick rate due to these factors. "
– Outfit 7 – Developers of Talking Tom Cat, Top Grossing in the Entertainment Category
"Our revenue model is based on users purchasing: pre-paid calling credits in $9.99, $24.99 or $99.99 increments OR subscribing to an unlimited calling plan for a monthly fee from $4.99 to $14.99. Our revenue is growing at an average of 42% month to month since January 2011 and we hit the Top 10 Grossing Rank in the USA in April of this year in Social Networking and have maintained it ever since. We are typically in the Top 10 Grossing in at least 5 other major countries outside of the USA"
– Doug, one of two developers of ChatTime, Top Grossing in the Productivity Category
Shock and Awe by Over-delivering
The App Store is getting crowded and one way to make your app stand out is to offer so much value, your competition is blown out of the water. A lot of traditional Web apps use this tactic effectively by either offering a 1 year money-back guarantee instead of 30-days or offering features that the competition cannot match.
Here is Rob Phillips again showing how it can be done
"For instance, all other hunting apps before me had really poor quality hunting calls and only offered around 10 to 20 animal calls for $2.99. With iHunt Sounds & Calls, you now get an app with 32 animals, over 500 high quality animal calls, and the ability to create your own custom hunting playlists to generate hunting calls that no animal has ever heard before. No one else in the iTunes Store can match that."
-Rob Philips, developer of iHunt Sounds and Calls. Top Grossing in the Sports Category
Offer a test drive with In-App purchases
This revenue model has now solved the chicken and egg problem of letting your users try out your app for free and then you have the opportunity to convert them into buyers. App developers are now cashing in by making effective use of this not-so-secret weapon.
A good example of this is Chat Time. They have uniquely positioned their app to make use of this strategy.
"Our revenue model is based on users purchasing, pre-paid calling credits in $9.99, $24.99 or $99.99 increments OR subscribing to an unlimited calling plan for a monthly fee from $4.99 to $14.99."
"The app is free to download and the first call is free so it's a try before buy model.
We launched on October of 2010 when the app was a paid download (we got very few downloads) and we made the app free in mid-December which started the growth. So free download with the app being free to try (includes $1 of free calling credit) with the option for users to buy credit after trying it was definitely a key part of the success."
– Doug, from Chat Time
Keep your users happy and they will reward you for it
If they are happy, they will tell their friends about your app and buy other apps you offer. Period. The best and most effective way to keep your users happy is to offer great support.
You will not succeed by throwing your app on the App store and waiting for the money to roll. Set-it and forget it is not a long term business model with Apps.
"We back up our app with a robust standard of one-on-one technical support via phone and email. Along with prompt software updates that respond both to user feedback and new technology from Apple, we feel we have a winning formula for customer loyalty and satisfaction."
-Ken Case, CEO Of OmniGroup, makers of OmniFocus
"Customer support with frequent updates has been key to maintaining customer loyalty and earning referrals."
– Doug, Chat Time
Bonus Tip: Plan Around Events
Yes, I know I promised 7 tips but here is an 8th one as a bonus. The launch of a new device, new features on iOS or any Apple marketing event is an opportunity for new sales. If you implement one of the new features on iOS for example, all of a sudden you have a reason to issue another press release, contact your customers to upgrade and tell their friends etc. The Health and Fitness App used this strategy by preparing the app to feature in Newsstand.
"We had our app ready for a big Apple feature launch – Newsstand was a new icon, given space on the iPhone and iPad homescreen, which is priceless. As a developer, you need to be aware of what Apple is planning, and make sure you're ready at launch. I think it also helps to have your app be available for both iPhone and iPad, too"
– Dennis Watson, Head of App Development, Health and Fitness App
Will your app be a success?
We have now gone through all the 7 ways to get your app on that coveted Top Grossing list. Success in the App store comes at a price and only developers that see app publishing as a business not a hobby will succeed. This is because the economics of the app store is now mature and is no more the wild-west that is once was where you could throw any app on it and profit.
The good news is these are tips that others have used and had success with. The only thing standing in your way is your ability to take action and implement them also.
+Tope Abayomi is Chief Vault Custodian at App Design Vault where you get great iPhone App Design that will help make your app a Top-seller without hiring expensive designers.


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by Craig Klugman, Ph.D.
Most people choose to go into the health professions to help others, to make a secure living, and to challenge themselves on a daily basis. Few people would rank "doing paperwork" as a reason to choose a career in health. However, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine, paperwork in the form of electronic health records (EHR) might be the activity on which doctors spend the most time. According to Sinsky et. al, who conducted direct observations, motion studies, and self reports of 57 physicians in 4 specialties in 4 states, doctors spent over 49% of their time on record keeping and 27% on direct patient care.
Two decades ago, physicians only spent one-fifth of their time on record keeping. A 1998 study of emergency departments found 21% of time was spent on records and 32% on patient care. As recently as 2014, another study found that administrative work occupied only one-sixth of physician time. This same study also found that the more time spent on administration, the less happy physicians were in their work. Perhaps this is one reason for the dramatic decline in physician satisfaction of their work life. The trend is clear: Doctors are spending less time with patients and more time with computer records.
The main move to electronic health records came about as part of the Affordable Care Act. A provision in the ACA aimed to "reducing paperwork and administrative costs" began in October 2012: "Using electronic health records will reduce paperwork and administrative burdens, cut costs, reduce medical errors and most importantly, improve the quality of care."
The views, opinions and positions expressed by these authors and blogs are theirs and do not necessarily represent that of the Bioethics Research Library and Kennedy Institute of Ethics or Georgetown University.

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Vusion CDN hopes to go from stealth to wealth
Vusion today announced it's ditching its stealth-mode name of Jittr Networks and promises to provide "the industry's first end-to-end
online video distribution service capable of providing the scalability and reach to serve true HD and DVD quality video to 95 percent of all broadband consumers."
While they aren't the first content delivery network provider to try the video-only route, my initial reaction was a turnoff when I was prompted to install a plug-in in order to view the content. While I don't think this is a show stopper, it could cause some initial hesitation among both the neophyte user and the experienced security-conscious user. That being said, I installed the player with great fear and trepidation (walking on the wild side). Then I saw what they delivered… WOW! This stuff was awesome. Even in full-screen mode, the demos they had were great. I'm not a big hip-hop fan either but the videos hit home the exact message they wanted to and I found myself going full-screen and blasting the neighbors off the back porch.
While the link from the news page titled The Future of Video on the Internet only goes to some dorky PDF with a picture and no real content, their service epitomizes what that statement reflects.
Source: http://www.vusion.com/news/2008/pr_08_05_05_Vusion_Exits_Stealth_Mode.pdf
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With all your love, Praise the Lord. Poor out your hearts to Him. Sing songs of thanksgiving to our mighty King. Rejoice in the Lord most high. Raise your voices and sing hallelujah to His Name. Lift Him up high in worship. "For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely." Give Him thanks for a new day. He has given us a new life. Though we were dead, God breathed into us hope. "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." He opens the eyes of the blind. We are saved from death into life eternal. The blood of Jesus has redeemed all that believe. Aren't we so grateful for such a compassionate God? Let our praises never cease for everything we have is because of Him.
The Lord is mighty in "power: his understanding is infinite". We have no fear for He is on our side. He knows us all by name. We are precious in His sight. He has a plan to save us all from sin because He loves us. I will never comprehend His kindness for mankind. It brings me to tears to think of all the suffering He went through on the cross. He paid the price that we might live again. Never forget what Jesus went through on Calvary. Oh the love of our God. I stand in awe at all the things He has done for me. I praise You Lord. My heart is yours. You have healed my broken heart and I will never be so grateful. I am happier than ever before. You fulfill every promise. May these songs of rejoicing lift You up high, for You are mighty to save.
Psalm 147:1-5 (KJV)
1 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Artist: Gateway Worship
Album: God Be Praised (2010)
Song: God Be Praised


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Home University of Sheffield Insight
May 03, 2018
Dorota is a Security Patrol Officer at leading employer for women, The University of Sheffield.
Where Women Work asked Dorota some key questions about her role and why further women could find the University's security career vacancies particularly interesting.
Carrying out the role gives us the chance to meet a variety of new people, students, staff and visitors, who I wouldn't usually be in contact with. Helping students with a wide range of issues and problems give me great satisfaction and a real sense of achievement. My role also allows me the opportunity to visit all areas of the University - both on Campus and at the Student Residences.
Working for the University is very enjoyable - the team spirit and bonds that are created make every minute worthwhile. The possibilities to develop different skills and the chance to progress is second to none.
As part of my role and working for the University changes often occur. However training courses are always available to make our skills are at the highest standards they can be. Mental health and first aid incidents are always at the forefront so training on these issues is a priority. Management always positively encourage further training and will support you with any problems you may have.
The team has a very positive outlook when it comes to women joining the team. Neither men or women are discriminated against and both have the same opportunities when it comes to career progression and pay.
Lucy Brooke is Deputy Security Operations Manager within the University of Sheffield's Security Services. When Lucy joined the team a number of years ago, she started as a Security Support Officer, so understands the role first-hand.
Where Women Work discussed with Lucy her perceptions about working in Security, the teams she gets to work with, and the work she enjoys.
When I first joined the security team I was looking for a complete change in career. I had always worked in customer service and enjoyed working with people and feeling like I could help. I hoped joining the security team would be varied and interesting, and would allow me to make a difference every day.
My perception of security had always been that of a security guard, protecting a premise or static in a building or doorway, at the University it couldn't be any different. The role is all about being an ambassador, getting out and about and helping people. Rather than discipline and conflict, the focus was on talking to people, supporting them, and offering great customer service. The team are like a family and they couldn't have made me feel any more welcome.
Every day is different in this role as there is such a wide range and variety of work. There is a broad spectrum of people as it is a truly international community, and you encounter different people each day. The role can be fast paced and challenging at times, which means we gain a great deal of satisfaction in the work that we do. The University operates in a fast changing environment, which keeps things exciting.
The flexibility of the working arrangements at the University have been invaluable to me. They are so supportive and needing to work flexibility has not hindered my development in any way. They take each person's personal circumstance into account and work with them to ensure a work life balance can be achieved. I take great pride in being part of the University, and would encourage anyone looking at starting a career here to do so.
The University have been amazing at developing and supporting me through my career in Security Services. The University empowers us to be the best we can by arming us with the skills and resources we need to perform our role to a high standard. The University really values us and we are recognised and acknowledge for our high standards. The University looks at us as individuals and can be flexible and supportive of personal circumstances.
The team is diverse, covering a wide array of age profiles and backgrounds. We are all treated equally and the work is not gender specific or reliant on size or strength. A majority of the role is focused on welfare and support alongside customer service. The development opportunities within the University have been excellent, and the service is highly respected and well thought of across the University community. We aren't your typical security team, we have skills and attributes that you would not expect a security officer to have that enable us to be the best that we possibly can.
The University of Sheffield is seeking to a number of Security Support Officers within their Campus Services Team that is dedicated to ensuring a safe, secure and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors. All are part-time roles of around 21 hours per week, with flexible shift patterns. They will provide you with a comprehensive induction and training programme.
You'll need good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to demonstrate confidentiality, discretion and sensitivity at all times. You'll also need to be customer-focused and share the University's core values of openness and inclusiveness - taking pride in our international University community. An ability to use careful judgment to decide how to deal with and resolve a wide variety of incidents and situations will also be key.
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"Lights, Not Out, but Colored"
It is a truism of cinematography that film is a medium in which one sculpts light. No film this year plays as effectively with the implications of illumination, not only for image, but also narrative construction than the current horror film, Lights Out (David F. Sandberg, 2016). The film concerns Rebecca (Teresa Palmer), a tattoo artist traumatized by the death of her father and subsequent upraising by her mentally ill mother, Sophie (Maria Bello). Sophie is in a co-dependent relationship with her childhood friend, Diana (Alicia Vela-Bailey), turned into a demonic spirit as the result of an electroshock treatment gone horribly wrong in a mental asylum. The plot of Lights Out follows Rebecca's attempts to protect her younger brother, Martin (Gabriel Bateman) from Diana's increasingly murderous spirit.
However, as an experimental narrative about the nature of illumination, Lights Out transcends the horror genre. Given its obsession with the cinematic, the film also reads as an allegory of film history. Shot in Los Angeles, the film is interested in the horrors that await those who aren't illuminated, who cannot shine like the stars. The people unlucky enough to fall into the shadows are all murdered by Diana.
The film develops its play with light in a way that recapitulates the history of Hollywood. In the opening sequence, Sophie's husband, Paul (Billy Burke) is working late at night in a mannequin factory. After his assistant goes missing, having been killed by Diana, Paul wanders onto the factory floor, which is mostly dark except for bright white circular pools directly below the ceiling lights. Paul begins to learn Diana's secret, that she can only function in the dark, but his realization comes too late: she grabs him from the shadows, dragging him to his death into the blackness surrounding the island of light in which he was desperately cowering. While shot in color, the film at this moment effectively retreats to black and white, where the stark contrast between the white pools of light and the surrounding darkness are the only facets of the image that matter, both aesthetically and narratively.
A few minutes later, while sleeping in her bedroom above her tattoo parlor, Rebecca's first encounter with Diana involves not black and white, but the color red. The sign outside the building, advertising the tattoo business flashes red light on and off. When the lights are out, Diana can move toward Rebecca, but when the red light comes on, she is stopped dead in her tracks. The sequence is most reminiscent of the end of Scarlet Street, Fritz Lang's 1945 film noir in which Chris Cross (Edward G. Robinson) attempts to hang himself over the guilt of having murdered the femme fatale, Kitty (Joan Bennett). As the suicidal Chris wanders his apartment, the flashing neon sign outside of his window bathes the set in chiaroscuro lighting. Lang's film is in glorious black and white: its invocation of blood occurs only in its title, which promises the very street will run red with blood. Lights Out renders Scarlet Street literal, bathing the image in saturated reds.
In the middle of the film, Martin asks his mother if they can have a movie night together. Sophie agrees, but says it will be for "all three of us," that is, with Diana joining them. In the middle of watching a classical Hollywood melodrama, Sophie pauses the DVD, bathing the set of Lights Out in the white light that dominates the set of the film on the television screen. Sophie tells the story of Diana to Martin so that he will understand, and allows the ghost to come to meet Martin for the first time. However, Diana is an evil demon, and attacks Sophie; Martin barely escapes the house to safety. Mom and son never get to finish watching the movie; its white glow quickly disappears from the visual design of Lights Out.
Finally, at the film's end, Rebecca and Martin are trapped in the basement of Sophie's house by Diana. Finding a black light in the family's Halloween supplies, Rebecca searches for a tool with which to defeat Diana. The images in the basement are bathed in blue light, the result of her wielding the black light, misnamed: the device actually produces ultraviolet hues; in this case those hues are ultraviolent as well. Lights Out thus ends with a modern form of illumination technology, most familiar from crime drama television shows, where the black light is used to illuminate the evidence of wrongdoing, that which cannot be seen in the visible spectrum.
Lights Out thus recapitulates the history of Hollywood, moving from black-and-white to films noirs to contemporary crime shows. Along the way, it pauses at the maternal melodrama, which proves the solution to the plot: Sophie must learn to be a good mother and sacrifice herself for her children. However, it is the visual design of the film, not its horror plot, which commends it. It is a film that raises fundamental questions about how and why films sculpt light. For this reason, it is the most beautiful, illuminating film I've seen this year.
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Clydesdales have long been fixtures in Budweiser's Super Bowl ads, but this year's spot – which was published on YouTube Wednesday – takes the cute factor to a whole new level with the addition of adorable yellow Labrador puppies.
The commercial, titled "Puppy Love," is set to Passenger's hit song "Let Her Go" and features a cuddly Lab puppy that escapes from its outdoor pen at an adoption center and befriends a Clydesdale. When the puppy is driven away from the stable (to the lyrics "Only know you love her when you let her go"), the horses join together to follow the car until the driver is forced to stop and the dog triumphantly leads its enormous equines back to the barn. The video has already received over 1.5 million YouTube views.
As Dalmatians have previously appeared alongside the Clydesdales in Super Bowl commercials, the horses seem to be able to bond with all breeds. This year's ad showcases the lovable pups in all their family-friendly glory, making it a welcomed addition to the Super Bowl lineup, especially given the popularity of similar programs like Animal Planet's "Puppy Bowl."
The American beer company also puts the story line of this spot before the product it seeks to promote. The Budweiser logo does not appear until the end — along with the tagline #BestBuds, which is already creating lots of buzz on Twitter.
Of course, this isn't the first time Budweiser has appealed to viewers' softer side. Last year's ad, "Clydesdales Brotherhood" about the lifelong bond between a man and the Clydesdale he helps deliver was also a tear jerker.


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After the tears of the Romanticists, often in opposition to the Enlightenment, the poets who woke up to the cruelty of Capitalism —factories which destroyed the countryside, cities which suffocated rivers and valleys, a workforce abandoned to its fate— are primarily Baudelaire and Rimbaud. Baudelaire, with his classicism of the evil revealed by the destruction of what is human, abandoned definitively to the Gods; Rimbaud, with a descent to hell and the invention of psychic automatism in contrast to the order of power. From here there is a third position, Mallarmé: that of the research of language as a way to undermine the logic of moral discourse. Before, almost as a metaphor foreboding what was to be the break of modernity, the tragic experience of Hölderlin: Prometheus bound to insanity for wanting to take the fire from the word of the gods. It is not strange, therefore, that in Clapés' 1992 - 1997 book Tagrera, in a long metapoem entitled 'H. K., Saal 120', he engages in a dialogue with the verses of The Archipelago. This dialogue is carried out by taking a transcript of the German, learning and understanding the poet's preoccupations and whims in the light of an almost exhausted twentieth century, and making a correlation with Holderlin's disappointment. The last four verses of 'The Archipelago', a geographical reality which is related to the fragmentation of modern discourse are reproduced below:
"God uses nature to say. / To say what, though? // With uneasiness I look for advice. //
I recall it, it's my time, and these are my places. My memory.// I also recall the past: I say it to avert the evil omens that brotherly hatred must surely bring us. // I believe I have lived longer than the days I have been given to live.// I know that the (best) memories age with each passing moment. With every reminiscence some of them escape: they become ever more inapprehensible, like waves washing over the sand. // But I also know that I have nothing better to replace them. //For the moment. Being here. // And if time disturbs me/ the trial with too much energy, and poverty/ and the delirium of men shake my mortal life/ let me — in the depths of your strait— remember the silence." (Hamburg, October, 1990)
We will continue the list of the fundamental lyrics in the development of Clapés' poetic voice. Alongside all the Avant-garde '-isms' the main body of great modern poetry formed by Dickyson, Rilke, Valéry —Tel Quel—, Trakl, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Benn, Ungaretti, the aphoristic Char and Quasimodo: author of a concise poem in Italian, 'Ed è subito sera', fundamental in Clapés' oeuvre: "Ognuno sta solo sul cuor della terra // trafitto da un raggio di sole: // ed è subito sera". This immense, brief poem contains everything that can happen in a person's life, from the initial, luminous, explosion to the final implosion of our mortal shadow. Montale, Celan, Andrade, Valente… Authors, such as Cioran, Bataille, Michaux, Ponge, Jabès, who have been on the margins of the poetic genre are not to be forgotten, nor is the striking conceptual brevity of Brecht, the multifaceted writing of Pessoa, or the eastern contributions to modernism. Clapés has refrained from writing confessional poetry as if his subconscious looked for the force of the voice in the limits where life and voice are denied to us. The following beautiful and short poem from In nuce (1997-1999) talks of the limits of speech which, at times, oblige us to be quiet if we really wish to be productive because silence stimulates poetry: "this silence / which is not yet a word // this poem / which is not saying / this nothing". Another example is taken from Alta Provença (1998-2004): "Saying / annihilates /the poem. // Slow / wound / to the tongue".
Yes, as Wittgenstein argued, the limits that lead us if we are honest to remain silent. The Argentinian philosopher Nelly Schanith, when discussing the great theme of silence in Clapés' poetry in a 2000 text entitled 'La pàgina en blanc: variacions sobre el silenci' ('The Blank Page: Variations of Silence') also stated the following: "The blank page is a desert, the image princeps which, I believe, is a metaphor for the tone of the original feeling which, as Hölderlin wanted, penetrates all of Antoni Clapes' work. The desert has no centre and therefore is always at the centre. The centre moves with itself and gets lost with itself. Hence the blank page and the desert are complementary images of the labyrinth: 'Without Daedalus, I become an errant traveller in search of the lost word. Of myself.' A radical paradox brings the highest metaphysic to the poetry..: to convert solitude and silence into voice and communication."
It is therefore the poetry that I will refer to as modern prayer —restless modern prayer due to its loss of an interlocutor— which Clapés draws on to create his discourse. Prose poetry at the periphery of the previously cited El radical sentit illustrates this: from the description of an incredibly calm atmosphere the poet transports us to the doors of the impossibility of an agreement with nature: "Buzz of the bees amongst wisteria whilst I read Japanese poetry. A thin, mild air brings me the scent of spring, dressed in infinite colours. / I am wrapped in a great feeling of wellbeing, and I don't know how to recognise myself there".
The refined lyrical outlook which Clapés lends our eyes often makes us rub them incredulously. However we look to convince ourselves of the goodness of his poetry as the essential view of this characteristic eye of Clapés' most lyric work, an eye capable of opening up to us a sensible path in the vertical wall of knowledge. He offers us a striking image about time in the aforementioned Alta Provença: "The river travels slowly / through the fronds of poplars: / it pulls along a lime / as ancient as the river". Or the proverbial poem from Al marge (1989 – 1992) in which he imposes upon us the idea of the poem as a necessity and not merely fruit of speculative desire: "A thrush flies flush with the wall, almost brushing it: the fox's pupils dilate. /The poem".
Having situated Clapés' work within the European tradition, I wish to talk about the fundamental question in modern literature of the fragmentation of discourse, having recognised that there is no reference to the ultimate meaning to which we can refer and that organic language was nothing more than a fiction of power to maintain ideological control. Clapés' work is a clear example of this. One can only speak of the ruin of everything. The poet, in Alta Provença, speaks of the truth without a home. An ethical declaration against ideological falsification. However, in order to talk about fragmentation, we must keep in mind the idea of 'material', hitherto inexistent, being considered a means of artistic, transcendent, indivisible function, and now transformed into a finality in front of a reality without finalism which also affects the identity of individuals and the self.
Lyric poetry was already one step further in the idea of discourse fragmentation. The lyrics, with its capacity for synthesis and concentration, from the outset gave us a lesson in alternative history and how impossible it is to capture the world in its entirety. Therefore it shut itself away in intimate discourse through which to offer us small, subjective, individual fragments therefore by no means totalising. In El radical sentit, the aforementioned book of aphorisms from 1985 to 1987, Clapés tells us "On the other hand, global types writing —which correspond to a Unitarian and Organicist vision of the world— have become entelechies, given that the discourse of modernity only just allows an unarticulated vision and therefore there are corresponding fragmentary practices." He continues, "Thus, the fragment will become a genre in its own right: not easily identifiable or definable but corresponding to the writings of modernity. A testimony to the inherent difficulty of saying".
In a reflective text about his own poetry, entitled Poesia i silenci (Poetry and Silence), Clapés defines the modern crisis of languages thus: "the irruption of silence as an element of theoretical reflection is itself in direct relation to the questioning of the same sense of language attributed to modernity. It is the crisis of a civilisation— the Western civilisation— that of the 'death of God' and the devaluing of morality which Nietzsche knew how to express with extreme clarity and radical pathos. All beliefs, all that we have held to be true, must be considered as false for there exists no true world. This situates the modern man purely in the domain of the uncertain, annihilating all shelter, even that of the word."
The aforementioned poem by Quasimodo would still be presented as a final fight against disintegration, of disaggregation, a small nuclear battle to contain man's whole life in three verses: the Vitta d'un uomo as the other great of modern Italian lyric poetry, Giuseppe Ungaretti, named his oeuvre. Ungaretti — the Ungaretti of "I illuminate (myself) /with immensity" — who Clapés held in very high esteem, in an attempt to reconnect all of his work, always penetrated by the pain of loss: loss of origin; of his son; of the war. As if the modern adventure of thought told us that the only permanent thing was pain. Clapés', with his temperate voice, tells us that suffering is always borne to us of loss and, hence, of the recuperation of memory, as if the memory were nothing but a bleeding wound in the skin of oblivion. "Before it dawns / light wails: someone / arrives / from oblivion" — verses from the book A frec (1992 – 1994).
All of Clapés' work is borne of fragmentation: all of his discourse is the offspring of the modern impossibility of an ideological totality and, although it is possible to believe that adding together all of the pieces that the poet gives us the amphora would be whole once more, we realise that the pieces, although we match them up, belong to different amphorae and that the unity that has been lost.
The poet, like Tantalus, can never enjoy the gifts seemingly within reach of language and yearning. Everything is denied him through the absence of any gifts from the Gods. I will repeat my previous statement here: the great modern poet is Sisyphus. His effort will have no final reward but the effort in itself will have allowed him to live in the full clarity of limits and limitations. It will have allowed him to live in the fragmentary truths of Truth, of that which can never be reconstructed. However there are times in Clapés, especially in his last lyric piece— beginning with In nuce and ending with Arquitectura de la llum (Architecture of Light), passing through La llum i el no-res (The Light and Nothingness)— when he seems to manage to keep the stone of punishment balanced on top. An extract from In nuce almost make us believe so: "Undo the first light contours that are not words, still: murmur of sand, breath of doubts, moment seized. // You uselessly chase memories that flee: birds in the dark. Or a gesture. // The chimera of being. Stone. // This stone."


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Enjoy, Indulge and have a happy weekend. Also a very Happy Mother's Day to all your gorgeous Mummies out there xx


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I own more eyeliners than any normal person should. Why? Well, eyeliner is my makeup must-have. Everything else I could do without (unhappily, of course!) but not eyeliner. As an eyeliner junkie, it is simply a must for me!
Recently, I decided to branch out a bit and try some Avon eyeliners. Since I am always a fan of liquid liner, I chose Avon Super Extend Liquid Eyeliner Pen and Avon Extra Lasting Liquid Eyeliner. Here are my thoughts on both of them - the good, the bad, and the verdict.
Have you tried either of these eyeliners? What is your favourite eyeliner?
xo Shannon
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
I am addicted to the sunshine. Typically, I am the type of person who likes to stay indoors and read a book or watch TV in my spare time. Not this year. I have days where I am itching to go outside and enjoy the sun. I've even been trying to go running when the days are nice or open up my windows to let the warm breeze in.
Unfortunately, today is rainy and horrible. What a letdown! To soothe my soul, I've been looking at photos of the beach - the kind that just scream sunshine! I am ready for carefree days in the sun with people that make me smile. If you're lacking inspiration (or if the weather is just as bad where you live!) here are some of the images that are getting me through the week.
What inspires you lately?
xo Shannon
Unfortunately, today is rainy and horrible. What a letdown! To soothe my soul, I've been looking at photos of the beach - the kind that just scream sunshine! I am ready for carefree days in the sun with people that make me smile. If you're lacking inspiration (or if the weather is just as bad where you live!) here are some of the images that are getting me through the week.
What inspires you lately?
xo Shannon
Sunday, May 26, 2013
transformation is not five minutes from now; it's a present activity.
I was anxious. My knee bounced up and down as I sat alone in a hard plastic chair. One of many at the GM Center. The arena felt cool and goosebumps prickled on my skin. I wasn't sure how much of that was from the temperature and how much was from the rush of emotions that swirled inside of me.
There was a buzz of energy in the room. Everyone was waiting for something - someone to re-focus their lives and give them the answers they had been lacking. And me? I was waiting too. I was waiting to see the woman who gave me hope. I was waiting for Jillian Michaels.
My whole life, I've struggled with myself. My confidence, feeling okay in my own skin, and yes, my weight. Growing up, I can't ever remember feeling good about myself. Things are different now. I've changed. I've become more confident, more present, and more driven than I ever thought I would be. The change was gradual, but in the last year or so, I have noticed it more.
As I have worked to improve the way I see myself through fitness and positive thinking, Jillian Michaels has been right there with me. They are far more than workout DVDs - they are a different way of seeing my life. She has pushed me to work hard and believe in myself. Which is why when I found out that she was coming to a city nearby, I knew that I had to be at the Maximize Your Life Tour.
During the two hour show, she talked about nutrition, fitness, and self. I learned far more than I anticipated - about Jillian and about these topics. She really made me think about what I'm eating, how to maximize a workout, and even about the relationships in my life. The show allowed me to really take a step back and look at my life: what I want to change and what I am proud of.
Every day since the show, I have tried to incorporate these different tools into my life. I am currently a work in progress...but I think we all are!
Jillian Michaels inspires me to push myself. Who inspires you?
xo Shannon
Friday, May 24, 2013
the odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
As I mentioned in my recent post, my mom and I did a little bit of shopping lately. You've already seen my (totally awesome) sunhat and sunglasses in that post. So, I figured that it was time to show you the rest of my little shopping haul.
And most exciting? My Juicy Couture tracksuit and t-shirt. I know there are some people who hate these things, but I have always wanted one. It is super comfy and totally cute. Plus, I got an incredible deal on it all! How could I resist?
Hello Kitty sunglasses:
Sonia Kashuk travel brushes:
Joe Fresh Shorts:
Juicy Couture tracksuit and t-shirt:
What do you think of my latest purchases?
xo Shannon
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
youth is like a long weekend on friday night.
This past weekend was the Victoria Day long weekend - and it was fantastic. It's rare that I am able to take time away from working and actually relax. This weekend though? It was pretty much perfect. I was able to spend time with my boyfriend, drink, watch fireworks, and have some fun. It was exactly what I needed after a super stressful week at work.
Being able to relax and unwind truly made me appreciate the amazing things (and the amazing people) that I have in my life. I am so grateful to have had a little 'me' time this weekend. Since I had such a wonderful weekend, I thought that I would share a couple of pictures that make me smile.
How did you spend your weekend?
xo Shannon
Monday, May 20, 2013
life is like a new hat. you don't know if it suits you if you keep trying it on in front of your own mirror.
Shopping trips with my mom can be awesome. They can also cause me to spend far more money than I planned to! My mom is a seasoned shopaholic and she has passed her wisdom onto me throughout the years. On our most most recent trip out, I picked up some new things....including a giant floppy sun hat and a pair of leopard print sunglasses. Necessities, clearly!
When I got home that day, I quickly snapped a shot of me in my new hat and sunglasses. Instantly, I was transformed into someone who looked sophisticated and classic (In my mind, at least!) So, I thought this would be a fun way to show you a couple of my new purchases.
Hat: Joe Fresh Sunglasses: Betsey Johnson
Have you been shopping lately? What have you added to your wardrobe?
xo Shannon
Saturday, May 18, 2013
top 5 favourites series: perfume
Welcome to the second installment of my top 5 favourites series! In the last post, I talked about my favourite lips products. Today, it is all about perfume. I have quite a lot of perfumes that I love, so I found it difficult to narrow it down to just five. Thankfully, I managed to make my decisions. Oddly enough, the are ended up being 'celebrity' fragrances. Go figure!
Without further ado, here are my top 5 favourite perfumes.
The award for my most-worn perfume has to go to Wonderstruck. I find myself wearing this during the day or on a night out. It is a truly versatile fragrance. The bottle is super cute - and most importantly, the scent is lovely. It smells sweet with soft floral accents. The smell isn't overpowering but has good longevity, especially if you layer it with the Wonderstruck body lotion. This isn't just one of my favourite scents, my boyfriend loves it too! He always seems to compliment me when I wear it.
2. Heiress by Paris Hilton
In the spring and summer, I tend to wear a lighter fragrance. This is when I reach for Heiress! In general, I am a huge fan of Paris Hilton perfumes. This Paris perfume is one of my favourites. It blends light, fruity scents with hints of jasmine and lily. Heiress is the best perfume for a day out in the sunshine.
3. Hidden Fantasy by Britney Spears
There are certain smells that take you back to a certain time and place. For me, that is Hidden Fantasy. Every time I smell it, I am reminded of some special memories that I cherish. Perhaps this perfume made the list for sentimental reasons, but I do love it. Hidden Fantasy is sexy and seductive - making it the perfect finishing touch for date night.
4. Snooki by Nicole "Snooki" Pollizi
....and this is probably when you start rolling your eyes, right? Hear me out: I love Snooki, unapologetically. And I love her perfume! It is bold, memorable, and absolutely perfect for a night out at a club or bar. It smells sexy, feminine, and fun. Best of all, the scent lasts all night long - even if you're fist bumping.
5. With Love by Hilary Duff
If you're looking for a hint of sophistication, With Love may be the best perfume you could ask for. The fragrance blends unforgettable spices with a light mango scent. With Love has become a night-out staple for me! If I'm feeling classy and feminine, than I tend to reach for this bottle. It is the perfect addition to a little black dress and smokey eye.
These are my top 5 favourite perfumes....what are yours?
xo Shannon
Thursday, May 16, 2013
we read to know that we are not alone.
I've mentioned in previous posts that my life is busy, and I constantly struggle with finding balance. Unfortunately, this has affected my reading schedule. I simply don't have the same amount of time to read as I used to. I am trying, though! Here are a few of the books I have read most recently...
The best? Janice Dickinson's biography, "No Lifeguard on Duty." I don't know how I managed to go without reading it for so long, but oh my goodness. This biography is fantastic. It is well written, smart, powerful, and it gives a fascinating peek behind the scenes of the world's first supermodel. If you're looking for something to read, I highly recommend it.
Even though life is busy, I am doing everything I can to make sure that I never lose my love of reading.
What is the last book you read?
xo Shannon
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
guest post: 'cos it's the bees knees
Hello readers of the creation of beauty is art!
For those who don't know us (which is probably a lot!) We are two best friend bloggers from London who do everything together including writing on our little blog called Cos it's the bees knees
Shannon has kindly let us post on her blog today and given us the freedom to post whatever we what! We have decided to stick to what we love and know best, fashion.
Recently we have developed a rather unhealthy obsession with making DIY band tops. Band tees are often really pricey so it is so much fun experimenting at creating your own designs. The latest addition to my growing collection is of course of The Maccabees- who else? I brought a top from Primark and then cropped, chopped and sewed it and using my £3 tiger fabric pens and a couple of hours on a Friday afternoon viola!
We met up for ice-creams by the river- which were absolutely delish! There really is nothing better spending a bank holiday relaxing after revision out in the sun with some good music and ice cream, because of course ice cream is just the best- no question.
Talking of bands, we recently brought tickets to see Bastille in October and The 1975 in January (ekk), has anyone else got any good gigs lined up?
Loads of love, Paloma and Jess xxx
Sunday, May 12, 2013
purple, the colour of love.
First of all, I just want to say: Happy Mother's Day to all of the mom's out there - and of course, to my own. I hope that you all have a great day being pampered and celebrated!
Anyone who knows me is probably aware of my obsession with eyeliner. It's so serious, that in the last several years, I can think of just one instance when I didn't wear any out in public! It is without a doubt my makeup must-have.
Typically, I opt for black liner, but every once and a while, I like to mix it up. Lately, I've been wearing purple liner a lot more often, either as an accent or to line underneath my eyes. Since there are a few purple liners that I've been using recently, I thought I would do a post on some of the pros and cons of each of them.
Almay, Hello Kitty, Rimmel, MAC
Almay Intense I-Color in Raisin: This is a really pretty liquid liner from Almay. I'll confess that I don't have a ton of products from Almay in my makeup collection, but the ones that I do have, I am impressed with. This raisin coloured liner is subtle but quite pretty. It is a great alternative to a black or brown liner if you are looking for something a little softer, yet still defined. If you're looking for some major drama, however, this liner probably isn't the best choice.
Hello Kitty Glitter Liner in Purple: I don't know how else to say it - this liner is cute...both the packaging and the product! Since this liner is quite thick and wide, it can be more difficult to use, though. So, when I use this, it is typically to line underneath my eyes. This adds a really fun pop of colour to any makeup look, which I love.
Rimmel London Soft Kohl in Purple Passion: By far, this purple liner from Rimmel is my favourite. It has a creamy texture and is super smokey and dark. I am a massive fan of smokey eye looks, so this dark purple liner fits in perfectly with the makeup I love to wear most! I cannot rave about this enough.
MAC Technakohl Liner in Purple Dash: I know there are a lot of MAC fans out there. For me, it really depends on the product. There are some MAC products I love, and others that I don't think are worth the price. Personally, I really don't think this liner is worth the price. While the texture is really nice, the colour payoff isn't fantastic. I actually feel like the Rimmel liner is far superior to the MAC one.
Are you a fan of purple liner? What are your favourites?
xo Shannon
Friday, May 10, 2013
unique and different is the next generation of beautiful.
You can never go wrong with a good maxi dress. Maybe this is why I seem to have so many of them hanging in my closet! Simple and casual, but effortlessly elegant, the maxi dress has become a Spring/Summer staple. With the warmer weather finally here, I am eager to wear some of my favourite maxi dresses from last year - including a slinky leopard print one that I always feel like a million bucks in.
Since I am on a maxi dress high at the moment, I thought I would create the look I would most love to wear. (I am on the hunt for the perfect chevron print maxi dress....can you tell?) This outfit is all about bold colours and patterns, neutral accessories, and a fun and sexy lip colour.
So, there you have it - my perfect Spring outfit. If you're loving maxi dresses the way that I am, let me know how you like to accessorize them!
What do you think of this maxi dress look?
xo Shannon
Since I am on a maxi dress high at the moment, I thought I would create the look I would most love to wear. (I am on the hunt for the perfect chevron print maxi dress....can you tell?) This outfit is all about bold colours and patterns, neutral accessories, and a fun and sexy lip colour.
So, there you have it - my perfect Spring outfit. If you're loving maxi dresses the way that I am, let me know how you like to accessorize them!
What do you think of this maxi dress look?
xo Shannon
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
there are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
Everywhere I look, I'm getting inspired by the luxurious 20s fashion and makeup. From movie stills to the red carpet, I can't get enough. What am I loving the most? Nina Dobrev's Gatsby red carpet dress and Carey Mulligan's stunning hair accessories. (I feel like I need a pearl necklace and head scarf already!) Retro glamour is making waves right now - and it is impossible to ignore.
So, only one question remains: are you ready for The Great Gatsby?
"Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it,
bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was
an excitement in her voice that men who had
cared for her found difficult to forget."
bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth, but there was
an excitement in her voice that men who had
cared for her found difficult to forget."
"And I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy."
"His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own.
He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his
unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would
never romp again like the mind of God."
unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would
never romp again like the mind of God."
"and for a moment I thought I loved her. But I am slow thinking and
full of interior rules that act as brakes on my desires..."
Only a few more days until the movie is finally released. Here is hoping that the film lives up to my wildly unrealistic expectations. If not...well, there is always the fashion.
Are you excited for The Great Gatsby? What do you love the most about 1920s style?
xo Shannon
Monday, May 6, 2013
top 5 favourites series: lips
In any makeup collection, there are always those lip products you reach for time and time again. In a rush? Grab that perfect nude lipstick. Are you going out for the night? Then you're probably already holding that super long lasting red. That is the great thing about our makeup collections - no matter how much we add to them, there are always a few products that stand out.
I noticed that there were certain lip products I was using more often than others...which is exactly what inspired me to start my top 5 favourites series. The first post in this series is dedicated to my favourite lip products. So, here goes!
1) NARS lipgloss in Turkish Delight
This is my favourite lip product by far! If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, you probably already know that I am a massive fan of NARS products. In general, I am not so into lipglosses - mostly because they can feel really sticky and horrible. NARS lipglosses however, do not. They have a ton of pigmentation, go on smooth, and never feel sticky. The baby pink shade is perfect for a night out.
2) Maybelline Moisture Extreme in Buttercup
Sadly, this shade is discontinued - so I pray that I never run out! What I love the most about this gorgeous caramel shade is that it is a warmer nude that looks great with any makeup look. And, as the name suggests, it is super moisturizing on the lips. I never feel the need to wear lip balm or chap stick over it. This is the perfect nude shade that I find myself reaching for constantly.
3) YSL Rouge Volupte in Peach
Last summer, I was looking for the perfect peach lipstick shade...and I finally found it in this amazing YSL lipstick. I am such a big fan of YSL lipsticks in general - they are so creamy, rich, and pigmented. They are totally worth the splurge. I love this shade for spring and summer and I am so excited to bring it out again this year!
4) Revlon Super-Lustrous in Berry Rich
This beautiful berry shade is one of my all time favourites. It adds a little sophisticated drama to any makeup look and is absolutely perfect if you're going out for dinner or a night on the town. I have used this one a lot since I got it. The texture is really nice and smooth on the lips and has really great longevity. Best of all, the shade is unbeatable!
5) Red Apple Lipstick in Sunkissed
I may or may not have an obsession with coral lipsticks. In fact, I have six of them. They just look so good in the summer! My favourite coral lipstick has to be this one from Red Apple Lipstick. I was given it to review a while back and I just instantly fell in love with the bold shade. It looks amazing on and the colour lasts all day.
Honourary mentions go to: Maybelline Super Stay Stain Gloss and Joe Fresh Matte Lipstick in Brick.
These are my top 5 favourite lip products...what are yours?
xo Shannon
Saturday, May 4, 2013
good parties create temporary youthfulness.
Since life is so busy, I am trying to enjoy myself and have fun whenever possible. Recently I have been able to do that a little bit more - which I am so grateful for. I've been so busy working and working and working, that I stopped enjoying my life. So, I've tried to take a little bit of time to have fun and let loose. I've been seeing friends and going to some concerts - and it has been great. Here are some of the pictures to prove it!
What do you do to have fun?
xo Shannon
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Yes, Branden Dawson heard all about the Montrezl Harrell quote, on Twitter and courtesy of his assistant coaches.
But Mike Garland and associate head coach Dwayne Stephens delivered it with some instructions: "They told me, 'Don't say anything back,'" Dawson said Sunday afternoon at the Carrier Dome, a strand of net in his hat after Michigan State's marathon 76-70 win over Louisville to reach the Final Four.
Harrell, Louisville's star junior forward, said this Saturday, when asked about his matchup with Dawson: "I haven't seen too many players play with the energy that I play. I don't take any plays off. I go in and make sure I play 110% every play. If (Dawson) has as much energy as me, it should be a good game. I don't see him running with as much energy as I have."
Dawson said to himself Saturday night: "Whatever. We'll see tomorrow."
But the Dawson the Spartans were hoping to see – and will need to see much more often Saturday against Duke in the Final Four – wasn't in full force until overtime. That's when Tom Izzo finally switched him to guard Harrell (16 points, nine rebounds) after MSU's centers had Harrell most of the day.
And that's when Dawson made several key plays on the defensive end. He was only credited with one block in overtime, of a Wayne Blackshear drive, but he got his hands on the ball a few other times near the rim to stifle Louisville opportunities. Then Dawson (nine points, 11 rebounds) made the clinching play on offense.
Louisville coach Rick Pitino decided to trap in the halfcourt, down 72-70, during an MSU timeout with 45.3 seconds left in overtime and 17 seconds left on the shot clock. But the Spartans got the ball to Dawson in the middle, he drove and saw Bryn Forbes open in the corner.
Forbes missed, but Dawson was there to put it in softly off the glass with 31.7 ticks left.
"The shot looked good," Dawson said. "When it came off, just being in the right place at the right time. The ball came to me, and I went up."
Izzo had told Dawson he should have had a rebound at the end of regulation that led to Mangok Mathiang's tying free throw. Dawson responded in overtime. And his response to Harrell was: "He's a great player, he's gonna be a pro."
Magic man: Earvin "Magic" Johnson was there to cheer on the Spartans, as he was for their previous three NCAA wins. Johnson then stood on the court afterward and soaked up the celebration as MSU players and coaches cut down the Carrier Dome nets.
"Oh my, the ups and downs," Johnson said with a smile of the game he had just witnessed.
Johnson went up and down the MSU roster, doling out praise to Denzel Valentine, Bryn Forbes, Matt Costello and Marvin Clark Jr., and he said of Travis Trice: "Travis Trice has been unbelievable. Not only can he shoot but he's a great leader, too, and he's gonna play at the next level."
"Everybody's playing good at the same time," Johnson said. "Every button coach Izzo is pressing, it's coming up great."
Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was at Friday's game to cheer on the Spartans, but he did not make it to Sunday's game.
On the mend: MSU freshman Lourawls (Tum Tum) Nairn was sick for Friday's win over Oklahoma, part of the reason he only played 11 minutes. He played 19 Sunday and said a virus that had him feeling rough for much of last week is subsiding.
Not foul: MSU was 15-for-20 from the line, which Izzo said "is like 98% for Michigan State."
That included a perfect 4-for-4 day for sophomore center Gavin Schilling, who came in shooting 44.9% (31-for-69) on the season. He hit two with 9:40 left to cut Louisville's lead to 51-49.
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Scholars' Academy brings together high-achieving students from across District 27 to form a diverse middle and high school community. The school is known for rigorous academics but also offers a wide array of sports and arts classes, as well as cutting-edge technology instruction.
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Easing into middle school, students travel in a group to math, science and humanities classes. We saw 7th-graders immersed in articles about life in Alabama in 1933 in preparation for reading the Depression-era novel To Kill a Mockingbird. In the music technology lab, 8th-graders studied 12-bar blues chords as part of a unit on jazz, informed by their lessons on slavery and segregation in humanities.
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All high school students are expected to complete four years of math, science and English. A partnership through St. Francis College in Brooklyn allows students to complete up to 30 college credits in 11th and 12th grade. The school has a total of 15 Advanced Placement course offerings.
Student dismissal is at 1:12 pm on Fridays to allow teachers to plan lessons. All staff members have web pages and use varying blended learning models, which combines face-to-face and online learning in a self-paced format, and "flipped" instruction, where kids watch videos of recorded teacher lessons at home and do "homework" in class, consisting of exercises, projects or lab experiments in small groups. Every classroom is equipped with iPads, chromebooks or Macbooks. Twelfth-graders in the blended economics class were learning how to budget money for college at the time of our visit.
Sixth graders rotate through seven STEM courses including coding, Lego Robotics, Agriculture, Stop Motion Animation and the Stock Market Game, while high school students study engineering and computer science.
The school's curriculum and day-to-day lessons are transparent to students and parents online, part of a massive effort to be transparent, according to O'Connell. "It shouldn't be mystery what your children are learning," he said, adding that self-paced learning is essential to helping bright students make progress and not just coast on their achievements.
The school hosts sporting events accompanied by their own marching band. Archery, bowling, tennis, lacrosse and swimming are some of the more unusual offerings. The latest is STUNT, a kind of acrobat cheerleading.
All students take visual arts and music classes. Eleventh-graders produce weekly news broadcasts in the media elective, while other students may help produce the school newspaper or join drama or stage crew and more.
Several graduating seniors revealed their very specific future plans to us, ranging from McCauley Honors (pre-med) and Stonybrook (electrical engineering) to St. Johns (elementary education) and St. Francis (accounting). Students have been accepted to Pratt and Parsons, as well as Cornell and Princeton.
SPECIAL EDUCATION: The school's special education population increased from zero percent in 2014 to 12 percent in three years.
ADMISSIONS: Open to students and residents of New York City. Scholars' accepts about 200 incoming 6th-graders from roughly 1,000 applicants. Priority in high school is given to middle school students. It is extremely difficult for outsiders to gain entry at the high school level. (Lydie Raschka, May 2014; updated, staff interviews, October 2017; admissions update 2022)
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