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Feeling creative? Try something with your photos by using words to fill in the colors.

WordCam for Android.

These days, you can find tons of different photo-editing tools in Google Play. Most apps will take or import a picture, add some filters, maybe do a crop or two, and it's done. But what if you're looking for a different approach to making art with your Android device?

WordCam offers a way to add messages to images in a unique way: making the words color and shape the entire picture. Here's how to get started:

Note: The free version of the app will not allow you to add custom words to images. However, you can see how "WordCam" fills an image of your choosing.

First you'll need to grab a copy of WordCam for Android. You can use the free version to check it out, and if you like it, the Pro version will let you add custom words or phrases.

This is how a photo will look with the free WordCam app.

Choose a picture from your personal Gallery or take a new one. Once chosen, the app will apply the words to the photo. Even though you can't pick any of your own words, the app allows you to see how the finished picture will look. You can apply the "WordCam" name to as many photos as you'd like to get a feel for the app. If you're interested in using your own words, grab the Pro version.

Select your words.

Before choosing a photo, you'll want to adjust the words and fonts. Press on the Words option of the main menu, and then press on the Clear All button. This will allow you to start a fresh list of words you want to use. After that, head back to the main menu and then into the Fonts menu. Check off each font you want to use in your photo.

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View Photo Gallery:Tim Tebow + New York Jets = Excitement.

If there was one takeaway from Tim Tebows Monday press conference, officially introducing him as a member of the New York Jets, it was this: Tim Tebow is excited to be a New York Jet.

He said it is numerous times and used the word excited more than 40.

On Thursday night, Tebow offered a reminder, in case youd forgotten.

Now, the more important question, which should tide you over while you wait for Tebow Jets jerseys to be re-introduced to the New York market: Are you excited to see Tim Tebow suit up for the Jets next season? And what role do you think hell play?

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By Jen Heger - Radar Assistant Managing Editor

Paula Deen has suffered a legal setback in an explosive 'N word' lawsuit that was filed against her by a former general manager of one of her restaurants, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

Lisa Jackson filed the lawsuit March 6 in Georgia against Paula Deen Enterprises, claiming a shocking pattern of alleged racism, including the use of the 'N word', sexual harassment and infliction of emotional distress and assault while working at Uncle Bubba's Oyster House.

EXCLUSIVE DOCS: Judge Denies Paula Deens Request For A Gag Order

Deen's lawyers sought a gag order in the case because according to court documents, "a protective order is necessary because Ms. Jackson and her counsel have made abundantly clear that they intend to engage in a path of personal and financial destruction because Paula Deen would not pay their pretrial settlement demand...Through her cooking and television exposure, Mrs. Deen has arguably become the face of Southern cuisine and living....For a public figure such as Mrs. Deen, even if Ms. Jackson's allegations are proven untrue, the harm resulting from the continuing mass dissemination of the allegations may never be undone." PHOTOS: Celebrity Racist Rants

However, Judge Louisa Abbot has now denied the gag order request and said in her written ruling, "Having considered the parties' arguments, the Court finds the litigants' concerns about potentially adverse pretrial publicity and the potential effects of damage to their reputations do not outweigh any of the constitutional principles invoked by this motion, including freedom of press and speech."

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The shocking lawsuit has blockbuster allegations including one in which Jackson states that she was appointed by Deen to handle the catering and staff for Bubba's wedding in 2007, and she asked Deen what the servers should wear: "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around," Jackson alleges Deen told her. "Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that." DOCUMENTS: Read The Explosive Lawsuit Against Paula Deen Enterprises (WARNING OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE)

Another alleged racist incident listed in the lawsuit: "In the presence of Ms. Jackson and Uncle Bubba's restaurant manager and a vendor, Bubba Hiers stated they should send President Obama to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so he could n***er-rig it."

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DGAP-News: H&R AG / Key word(s): Final Results/Dividend H&R AG proposes dividend payout of EURO 0.60 per share

30.03.2012 / 06:59

Press release

H&R AG proposes dividend payout of EURO 0.60 per share Salzbergen, Germany, 30 March 2012. The Supervisory Board of H&R AG has approved the audited consolidated financial statements, which confirms practically all of the preliminary figures from 17 February 2012. In the 2011 financial year H&R AG generated record revenue of EURO 1,209.5 million (previous year: EURO 1,056.8 million). Its operating result (EBITDA) fell to EURO 89.1 million, down from the exceptional 2010 figure of EURO 103.4 million. EBIT dropped by 17.0% to EURO 68.1 million (previous year: EURO 82.0 million). Consolidated net income for the year (after minority interests) declined by 26.0% to EURO 38.5 million following the previous years level of EURO 52.0 million.

In view of these strong earnings, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board propose to pay another high dividend of EURO 0.60 per ordinary share for the 2011 financial year (2010: EURO 0.65). Based on the H&R share price of EURO 16.55 at year-end 2011, this represents a dividend yield of around 3.6%. In the years ahead we plan to keep giving our shareholders an appropriate share of the companys earnings and to pay attractive dividends, said Chief Financial Officer Luis Rauch.

Against the backdrop of continuing uncertainty regarding future economic developments, the forecast for the current financial year is cautiously optimistic. In January and February, sales volumes of our chemical-pharmaceutical speciality products remained at a stable level. That being said, the steep increases in raw materials prices are putting a strain on margins, meaning that we are compelled to increase our product prices further, said Niels H. Hansen, Chief Executive Officer of H&R AG.

More detailed information concerning the current development can be found in the 2011 annual report online at http://www.hur.com.

Upcoming dates:

14 May 2012Publication of the report for the 1st quarter of 2012 31 May 2012Annual Shareholders Meeting in Hamburg 14 August 2012Publication of the report for the 2nd quarter of 2012 14 November 2012Publication of the report for the 3rd quarter of 2012 Contact: H&R AG, Investor Relations/Communications, Christian Pokropp Neuenkirchener Strasse 8, 48499 Salzbergen, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 40 43218-321, Fax: +49 (0) 40 43218-390 Email: Christian.Pokropp@hur.com http://www.hur.com

H&R AG: H&R AG is an SDAX listed specialist chemicals company. It develops and manufactures crude oil-based chemical and pharmaceutical products and high-precision plastic parts.

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Last year at about this time the word "recovery" was on everybody's lips. This year, not so much.

Last year at about this time the word "recovery" was on everyone's lips. This year, not so much.

The lesson has been learned, it seems. The pattern of late 2010 to mid-2011 was a cruel lesson of dashed hopes. Financial firms were looking stronger; corporate profits were rising. Hiring was building momentum.

By late spring, however, hiring was losing traction. Gains in the manufacturing sector, it turns out, were a reflection of how bad things had gotten; it was not growth so much as gasping for breath -- inhaling after having the wind knocked out of the economy by a sudden body-blow.

Talk about once bitten, twice shy.

This year's hiring binge, right on time, began in the fall and still looks relatively healthy. The number of first-time unemployment benefit claims fell this week to 359,000, a four-year low. The unemployment rate has dropped since August, from 9.1 percent to 8.3 percent. That is nothing to scoff at. Those are solid numbers.

Or are they? Home prices, down nine consecutive months, are 34 percent below their April 2006 peak as of January. Manufacturing, which was on a roll due to encouraging sales during the holiday season, suddenly looks lethargic again.

Worse, it turns out much of what looks like gains in employment is made up of people dropping out of the labor market, rather than those who have found a job. The pace of manufacturing growth slowed in January across the country.

The holiday binge, at this point, looks to be stalling and stocks are reflecting the sudden shift. On Wall Street, it feels as if someone left the door open and a cold breeze is sifting through, tapping investors on the shoulder. The Dow Jones industrial average made a stunning breakthrough in late February, hitting 13,000 points for the first time since 2008. Now it looks like it will be doing so again. That is to say, it's poised to hit 13,000 again, but this time on its way down.

It's time to look at what's really not fixed, after all. Just as China relies too much on its export-oriented economy, in the United States the opposite is true. Our red, white and blue eyes are bigger than our stomach. A trade deficit of $48 billion a month says it all. Here, we rely too little on our exports and too much on domestic demand.

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