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Blue Ribbon Preview: UCLA
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And, now, it's Jim Mora's turn. He'll take his place in the uninspiring lineup of Bob Toledo, Karl Dorrell and Rick Neuheisel atop the UCLA football program, hoping he will be the one capable of returning the Bruins to the Rose Bowl for the first time in 14 years and the one who actually wins one for the first time since the 1984 Classic.
Mora will try to establish the Bruins atop the city of L.A., wresting regional supremacy away from USC. And he'll try to carve out a place in the upper reaches of the Pac-12 -- and, no, last year's South Division title doesn't count, not when you go 5-4 to get it.
And he'll try to do it all without the benefit of a single game of head-coaching experience on the collegiate level. In fact, Mora has never even been a full-time college assistant; his sole experience as a staffer at that level came when he was a graduate assistant at Washington in 1984.
But Mora isn't somebody the Bruins picked off the street. He has ample NFL experience, including two stints (Atlanta 2004-06, Seattle 2009) as a head coach.
After one spring with the team, a few things were pretty clear to Mora. First, the Bruins have some talent and some answers. Second, the journey to the top will be long and filled with hurdles.
"We're getting there, but we're not close to where we need to be," Mora said. "The team responded favorably, but it needs to build consistency and get to the point where it's not always the coaches pulling it out of them. It has to be innate. We'll get there."
Though Mora has NFL experience, he was just 34-36 during his four seasons and reached the playoffs just once. Perhaps that's why he's coaching in college now. He's a West Coast guy, and he has a West Coast staff, so the Bruins should be able to get in with some top prospects throughout the Pacific time zone. The question is whether they can close the deal. To do that, they must create some excitement quickly, especially because the Pac-12 has new coaches at four schools (including UCLA), and three of them (Arizona's Rich Rodriguez, Washington State's Mike Leach and Arizona State's Todd Graham) will at least put some points on the board this year with their spread offenses, creating at least the illusion of excitement.
Mora inherits a team that should be able to play some defense. And, if he can settle on a quarterback capable of running the team and get the line in, well, line, the offense should percolate a bit.
"I like this football team," he said. "I like its willingness to work and its willingness to conform to what we want to do here. We're not satisfied, though. We've got a ton of work to do. We're not even close."
2012 Schedule
Aug. 30 -- @Rice
Sept. 8 -- Nebraska
15 -- Houston
22 -- Oregon State
29 -- @Colorado
Oct. 6 -- @Cal
13 -- Utah
27 -- @Arizona State
Nov. 3 -- Arizona
10 -- @Washington State
24 -- Stanford
The Bruins are going to abandon the Pistol formation that characterized their last two seasons under Neuheisel and go to more of a spread hybrid that makes use of multiple-wideout sets but can also pound the ball on the ground some. UCLA is switching to a 3-4 defense, and Mora is cheered by the fact that he has some athletes on the outside capable of playing in space while still getting to the passer.
The key, as it has been with all UCLA teams during the last 10-plus years, is whether Mora can attract the kind of talent necessary to challenge the Pac-12's best, particularly Oregon. Neuheisel was unable to take advantage of two years of Trojan probation and make inroads into the L.A. market. If he couldn't do it while 'SC was down, it's going to be harder for Mora now that the Trojans have been sprung from NCAA jail and can get back to the business of winning double-digit games every year.
Mora is counting on his NFL experience to help choose and convince top talent to come to Westwood and then the knowledge of how the best of the best do it to turn the players into winners. It's a tall order, and for the third straight time, UCLA has gone with an unconventional hire. It's time to see if Mora can get the job done, where others couldn't.
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Head Coach: Jim Mora (Washington '84)
Record at school: First year
Career record: First year
• Noel Mazzone (New Mexico '80) Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
• Lou Spanos (Tulsa '94) Defensive Coordinator
• Adrian Klemm (Hawaii/Excelsior '08) Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
• Demetrice Martin (Michigan State-Excelsior '06) Passing Game Coordinator/Defensive Backs
• Steve Broussard (Washington State '90) Running Backs
• Angus Mcclure (Sacramento State '95) Defensive Line/Recruiting Coordinator
• Marques Tuiasosopo (Washington '01) Y Receivers
• Jeff Ulbrich (Hawaii '00) Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator
• Eric Yarber (Idaho '95) Wide Receivers
There sure are a lot of them on the roster, six in fact. And nobody at the top of the list was able to distinguish himself during spring drills, so Mora has declared the job wide open and given himself until August 16 to name the starter. He insists he isn't playing games; instead, he wants the candidates to work hard over the summer and then compete like crazy once summer practice begins.
"We don't have a guy who is the clear-cut, this-is-the-guy, indisputable, everybody-can-see-it, no-debate, can't-second-guess starter," said Mora, who loves to speak in series. "I didn't feel that during the spring."
Once might imagine the leader is senior Kevin Prince (6-2, 230), who threw for 1,828 yards and 12 touchdowns last year. Prince was intercepted eight times and completed just 56.2 percent of his throws, so the job can't be considered automatically his.
"He's a leader," Mora said. "The guys rally around him, and he has experience."
Prince has been an on-again, off-again starter throughout his three years in Westwood, with injury and inconsistency his biggest problems. He had a solid spring game, but he wasn't able to create distance between himself and the others.
His main competition should be senior Richard Brehaut (6-2, 225), who competed 55.4 percent of his 121 throws last year for 948 yards, six TDs and just one interception. He started four games last year, while Prince was the man in 10, including the last eight.
"He has moxie and a little bit of athletic arrogance," Mora said of Brehaut. "He throws a good deep ball."
Redshirt freshman Brett Hundley (6-4, 225) was 12 of 20 for 185 yards in the spring game and has great size. "I was encouraged by the way Hundley played in the spring game," Mora said. "He made some clutch throws and had improved accuracy."
Mora had plenty of good things to say about freshman Jerry Neuheisel (6-2, 190), who stuck to the commitment he made in 2011 and showed up for spring practice, even though his father wasn't around anymore. He doesn't have prototypical size or a giant arm, but he can play the position.
"He's unflappable," Mora said. "He takes advantage of every opportunity and has a future at this level. He's like his dad. He's smart, accurate and throws the ball in there. He makes good decisions. I like him a lot. You can win games with Neuheisel."
True freshman T.J. Millweard (6-4, 230), from All Saints High School in Fort Worth, Texas, was rated by ESPN as the fifth-best QB in the country. He graduated early so he could take part in spring drills.
"It's all about being consistent at that position," Mora said. "You have to have a guy pulling the trigger who makes good decisions and puts us in the position to win. He doesn't have to win it for us, but he has to put us in the position to win."
Last year, senior Johnathan Franklin (5-10, 205) was voted honorable mention All-Pac-12 after gaining 976 yards and scoring five times. He averaged a robust 5.9 yards per carry and posted three 100-yard games. His challenge now is to be more consistent and to turn some of his strong runs into game breakers.
"He's going to be something," Mora said. "What's important is that he trusts his instincts now. We have some different blocking patterns and a little bit different holes that might be difficult to see. He had a tiny bit of hesitancy, but once he's comfortable, he's going to do some good things. He's explosive and tough, and he catches the ball."
There isn't a whole lot of depth behind Franklin, now that Derrick Coleman (765 yards, 11 TDs) is gone. Junior Malcolm Jones (6-0, 227) rushed for 103 yards last year and has some promise to go with his good size. Expect redshirt freshman Steven Manfro (5-11, 195) to get the ball, too. The "White Mamba" showed well last year as a redshirt and displayed fine speed during spring drills. "He's a guy we're looking to get a lot of touches," Mora said.
True freshman Fabian Morneau (6-0, 185), a Floridian who showed he could run and catch as a prep senior, will get a look.
The X-factor is senior Dalton Hilliard (6-0, 205), who was a running back in high school -- like his father, who was a star at LSU -- but has played safety at UCLA. He spent time with the offense this spring but eventually moved back to the other side. He could see some action carrying the ball.
"If there is a reason to get him some snaps on offense, and he can manage it through practice and meetings, he'll do it," Mora said of Hilliard pulling double duty.
The fullback spot won't get a lot of work, but converted linebacker David Allen (6-2, 224), a senior, will be first in line. "He does a good job there," Mora said. "He's a better player than we thought he'd be at that position."
Last year's top receiver, Nelson Rosario, who pulled in 64 balls and averaged a whopping 18.1 yards per catch, is gone. But the Bruins have many candidates to fill out their spread sets, beginning with 6-7, 258-pound senior Joseph Fauria (39 catches, six TDs), who will play the hybrid Y spot, a cross between tight end and slot man.
Fauria and converted quarterback Darrius Bell (6-0, 230), a junior, should fit in that position well. "He's a natural receiver," Mora said. "He can go up and catch the ball. He has good quickness and can block."
Outside, junior Shaq Evans (6-1, 205), who started six games last year and caught 19 passes for a big 16.3 average, has potential to make some big plays. Expect senior Jerry Johnson (6-4, 218) to make an impact, too. Johnson has had some off-field problems over the last year or so, but Mora reports the big target looked good during the spring.
"He worked hard and has not been a distraction in any way, shape or form," Mora said. "We need him to bring some consistency."
Expect junior Ricky Marvray (6-0, 190), who caught 10 passes last year, and redshirt freshman Devin Lucien (6-1, 192) to catch some balls. Lucien has good speed. Marvray was hurt during spring drills but underwent surgery and is expected to be ready to go in the summer.
Look for sophomore Jordon James (5-11, 200), to make some plays this year. "We want to get the ball in his hands," Mora said.
Among the newcomers, a couple of former California prep stars, Jordan Payton (6-2, 205) and Kenny Walker (6-0, 175), are the most likely to contribute. Payton is particularly impressive.
This is not a strong suit of the Bruins. There is little depth, not a lot of experience, and even after the spring, Mora and his staff weren't sure where everybody would play. The one guarantee is that senior Jeff Baca (6-4, 305) will be out there. He started 11 games at tackle last year but has moved inside to right guard.
"I'm a big fan of Jeff Baca," Mora said. "He can play all the positions. He's a very good player."
Expect sophomore Xavier Su'a-Filo (6-4, 310) to handle the left tackle spot. He started 13 games there in 2009 before taking his two-year Mormon mission.
"He's going to be a fine player," Mora said. "He was a little rusty, and his strength was down, but he'll be fine."
The other tackle spot belongs to redshirt freshman Torian White (6-6, 295), who has the "body type we're looking for in that position," Mora said.
Sophomore Wade Yandall (6-4, 315) started three games at guard last year and emerged as the first-team left guard during the spring. He will get a fight from Santa Monica College transfer Alexandru Ceachir (6-5, 305), who came to this country from Moldova after learning the game two years ago. He's as raw as they come but tougher than a two-dollar steak.
"He's learning technique, how to play with good pad level, how to move his feet, where to put his hands and how to work with the guy next to him," Mora said.
Junior Greg Capella (6-4, 310), who started 13 games at guard last year, will handle the pivot, unless redshirt freshman Jake Brendel (6-5, 295) takes the spot and pushes Capella over. Carl Hulick (6-2, 296), a true freshman, will get a long look come August.
The Bruins have shifted to a 3-4, which means there has been some movement around the front line. One person who isn't going anywhere is senior end Datone Jones (6-5, 280), who started every game last year and made 6.5 tackles behind the line. But while Jones brings experience and production, he will be locked in a battle this summer with junior Owamagbe Odighizuwa (6-5, 278), who had a good spring after making three tackles behind the line last year as a reserve. If Odighizuwa doesn't unseat Jones, he might take over for junior Cassius Marsh (6-4, 295), who started eight times and had a pair of sacks.
"I wasn't exactly sure what I would get out of him," Mora said. "But he's an outstanding football player. He has outstanding leverage, good hands, plays well with his hands, has matured and turned into a leader. He plays with an edge but backs off at the right time."
Junior Iuta Tepa (6-2, 268), who made 4.5 stops for loss last season, and sophomore Tre Hale (6-2, 308), a special teams contributor last year, round out what could be a fairly productive end rotation.
Sophomore Brandon Willis (6-3, 275) began the spring at the end spot, but by the time the practices ended he was the main man at the nose tackle position. "He can play at this level," Mora said. "He makes plays, and nose tackle will be a strong position on our team."
Backing him up is senior Donovan Carter (6-2, 313), who made 36 stops in 2011 as a defensive tackle, including 3.5 for loss, and junior Seali'i Epenesa (6-2, 323). Don't be surprised if true freshman Ellis McCarthy (6-5, 326) makes an immediate impact. ESPN rated him as a four-star recruit and the 43rd-best player in the country last year. McCarthy played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and has the heft to clog things up in the middle.
No matter who plays, it is imperative the Bruins mount more of a pass rush than they did last year, when they registered a meager 14 sacks, a big reason opposing QBs completed 63.3 percent of their passes.
The Bruins have some strong players here, so the move to a 3-4 shouldn't cause too much trouble. The returns of junior OLB Jordan Zumwalt (6-4 235) and inside men Patrick Larimore (6-3, 253), senior, and sophomore Eric Kendricks (6-2, 230) help a lot.
Larimore led UCLA with 81 tackles last year and is a bulwark on the interior. Expect him to work next to Kendricks, giving the Bruins a solid pair of inside linebackers. "With Patrick and Eric, we have two very, very good inside linebackers," Mora said. If they stay healthy, and they play all 14 games and every snap, we're going to be fine at that position. It's tough to do that, because there is so much contact there.
"We need to have depth at that position, and right now, we don't have that much depth. The guys are working hard and doing good things, but there would be a bit of a drop-off from those two."
He's right. Sophomore Jared Koster (6-1, 208) is light for the inside, and sophomore Ryan Hofmeister (6-2, 220), is a converted outside man who hasn't played since 2010 at Riverside City College. Mora had hoped junior Isaiah Bowens (6-2, 235), was going to provide some help, but he tore a knee ligament during spring drills and is out for the year. Perhaps true freshman Aaron Porter (6-2, 230), considered a four-star recruit by ESPN after forcing five fumbles as a senior MLB, can contribute quickly.
Outside, Mora feels good about Zumwalt, who made 60 tackles last year, including six behind the line. He will be asked to help in the running game, but his true mission is to get to the quarterback.
"He is a very versatile player," Mora said. "I've seen him play some outside linebacker and some inside linebacker. He's good in space, plays the run well and is a good pass rusher. He has great experience and plays with emotion. He has great length, too. He's 6-4 with long arms."
Junior Keenan Graham (6-3, 252), who played defensive end in 2011, could grab a starting spot on the outside, too. He made 20 tackles last year and looked comfortable during the spring.
"He is a natural pass rusher," Mora said. "He has very good hands in the pass rush. What he lacks now is experience dropping into pass coverage. But I like his work ethic. He's moving toward being a complete player at the position. I know he can make plays off the edge, but he has to be a better dropper."
Senior Damien Holmes (6-4, 260), who started 14 games and made six tackles for loss last year, will be outside as well -- at least at the start. If Graham can become a more complete player, Holmes may slide inside to provide more depth.
Expect redshirt freshman Aaron Wallace (6-4, 235); junior Anthony Barr (6-5, 238), who has moved over from offense; and sophomore Aramide Olaniyan (6-2, 220), a good athlete, to provide help.
There is no shortage of experience at cornerback with seniors Sheldon Price (6-2, 185) and Aaron Hester (6-1, 205), who have combined for 56 starts during their careers at Westwood.
"I'm very comfortable with both guys," Mora said. "It's important that we develop over the summer and the fall how they play at the finish of the route, the top of the route."
Mora wants the UCLA corners to be more effective when the ball reaches the receiver, the better to prevent a completion -- or better yet -- intercept the pass. UCLA picked off only 14 throws last year, and that number has to improve. Hester made 57 tackles and intercepted one pass in 2011, while Price forced two fumbles. "They are big, rangy, long-armed, fast, physical, experienced corners," Mora said. "That's nice to have."
Depth will come from junior Brandon Sermons (6-0, 185), who played 12 games last year, while sophomore Anthony Jefferson (6-1, 190) will also figure in the rotation. Expect freshmen Ishmael Adams (5-10, 190) and Randall Goforth (6-0, 180) to compete when they arrive this summer. Mora is already impressed with freshman Marcus Rios (6-0, 185), who arrived on campus in time for spring practice.
"He's a guy who's supposed to be in high school, and at first he looked a little out of place, but every week he looked a little better," Mora said.
By the end of spring, Hilliard had moved back to safety, where he broke up nine passes last year. But the Bruins expect converted senior corner Andrew Abbott (5-11, 200) to handle the strong spot, while sophomore Tevin McDonald (6-0, 202) will be the free safety. Hilliard will play behind Abbott, giving the Bruins some depth, while junior Stan McKay (6-1. 205), who played in 13 games last year and started twice, will back up McDonald. "I think we have a really good secondary," Mora said.
Abbott led the Bruins with four picks last year and made 46 tackles, while McDonald had 56 stops and three interceptions.
The Bruins have some work to do here, in both the return and coverage areas.
First the coverage game. Rivals averaged 24.1 yards per kick return and had 9.1-yard success bringing back punts -- and took one all the way. Expect Mora to employ some NFL tactics to improve that area and make better use of regulars on the coverage units.
Finding some return men is another necessity. Josh Smith averaged 23.1 yards returning kicks last year, but he's gone. Sophomore running back Jordon James had some success taking back kickoffs last year, but that job is wide open, and Manfro may emerge with the job, thanks to his speed and playmaking ability. James and Evans will get a look at punt return, too.
When asked about UCLA's kicking situation in May, Mora said, "Our kicker isn't on campus yet."
That means the job belongs to incoming freshman Ka'imi Fairbairn (6-0, 171), who comes all the way from Punahou High School in Honolulu. Last season, Fairbairn put 95 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone. He also made 13-of-18 field goal tries, with a long of 55 yards. He has a big leg and is expected to be a stalwart at the position for several years.
Senior Jeff Locke (6-1, 210) averaged a whopping 44.3 yards per punt last year, 12th among all punters nationally. Twenty-six of his 49 boots went inside enemy 20-yard lines, and he didn't have any blocked.
Locke is an excellent weapon for the Bruins, especially as they try to improve their shaky defense, and will help the team immensely in the battle for field position.
The Bruins welcome 26 scholarship newcomers and have addressed most of the position groups with the class. Don't be surprised if several true freshmen are playing sizeable roles this season.
There should be immediate help in the defensive backfield, thanks to the arrivals of Rios, who participated in spring drills at cornerback, and Adams, another corner, while Goforth will provide some depth at safety. Porter could make an immediate impact at linebacker, and Mora is excited to see what McCarthy will do at nose tackle.
Because the offensive line needs depth, expect Hulick to get a look right away. Payton will have a chance at immediate playing time at receiver, thanks to his size and speed, while Moreau has the chance to get some carries in relief of Franklin.
Even though the Bruins have a bunch of quarterbacks, Millweard has good credentials for future performance, while Fuller will get a chance to display his run-pass skills this summer.
There is always optimism when a new coach arrives, and Mora is playing the role of the upbeat new boss quite well. He is comfortable, confident and instituting the kinds of standards and expectations the team needs to win. But no matter how well he and his staff coach, UCLA's future depends on whether the Bruins can attract the type of talent needed to go after the Pac-12's best.
But that's the long-term business. In 2012, UCLA must start by improving a defense that was 96th overall last year. The Bruins have to get tougher, reach the quarterback more effectively and force more turnovers. Otherwise, they'll have to outscore people again, and the offense isn't ready to do that. The shift to a 3-4 gives UCLA more options, but the front seven doesn't have much depth. The secondary is strong but must make more plays.
Until Mora decides on a quarterback, it's hard to tell what the offense will look like. Someone has to become a reliable passer and decision-maker. Prince has what it takes to get the job done, but he always has some sort of problem. We'll see if Brehaut can emerge. Franklin will be a good weapon on the ground, but unless the offensive line grows up quickly, he won't have a lot of room to operate. And the receiving corps lacks proven big-play types.
UCLA will be a better team this year, although it's hard to imagine the Bruins winning more than the six games they managed in 2011. The biggest problem they face is that USC is back in business, meaning they won't be able to take the South Division with just five conference wins. The Bruins have taken a step toward a resurrection, and only time will tell if more strides follow, or if the program is doomed to remain mediocre.
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Even though schools are not providing this food, how do you deal with the fact that children bring lunches in that might (and often) include some junk food?
Schools can provide education and encouragement – via newsletters, websites, and parents' night – to parents to send healthy lunches and snacks. Some schools have actually initiated policies about what foods can and cannot be brought into the school. There is often outcry at the initiation of such policies. However, we seem to forget that we institute regulations all the time to protect our children, even in school. For example, most schools have some kind of dress code, such that children must be reasonably covered while at school. Regulations about food are not much different.
Doesn't it make sense to offer children a range of food choices in order to teach them how to make good eating decisions?
Actually, children are able to make good choices when they are presented with a range of healthy options. They are not able to make good choices when presented with both healthy and unhealthy options, because the deck is overwhelmingly loaded (via marketing, flavor, and the biology of appetite) in favor of the unhealthy option. We recommend offering, for example, the choice between an apple and a low-fat yogurt. We don't recommend offering an apple or a brownie.
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Restricting food access is unrealistic in the real world, so isn't it better that kids learn good eating habits while in school?
Actually, it is only in very recent history that food access is not restricted in the "real world"; prior to the last decade or so, it was NOT the case that one could obtain food 24-7. The current environment, in which all food is available all the time, is an unhealthy one. There is no evidence that practicing to be in this environment produces skill at navigating it. Thus, we advocate modifying the environment whenever possible. Schools in particular should be a "safe zone", free from unhealthy influences.
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The new sound of TFCQ could be described as leaning towards the "Hot" of the album title more than the cool of their previously recorded work. Here, the impact of the live band is evident. Kallio's compositions also move away from standard jazz into fresh new territories, where even the occasional flirt with genres such as rockabilly is to be expected. The EP preceding the album release already showed marks of the band "rocking" rather than "swinging", and those directions are further explored on the upcoming album.1. Hot Rod2. Kerouac Days in Montana3. Skinny Dipping4. Rich in Time5. Midnight in Trieste6. Come and Get Me7. Interlope II8. Waltz Up9. Easy Diggin'10. Shake It11. Habib's Habit


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Second time in a week - they f@#ed it up last Thursday as well.
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Fasthosts goes titsup, blames DNS blunder
Self-driving Volvos cover 200km of busy Spanish motorway
Senator probes NASA airfield deal for Google's jets
Really, who cares? Ok, apart from the cheaper fuel allegations, then Google pays NASA money so what's the problem? Typicall politician with a bee in his hat. Probably some dodgy photo appears in Google of him that Google wouldn't remove.
Why GM slammed the brakes on its $10m Facebook ads
Fasthosts officially not the best in UK for virtual servers
I will stick up for Fasthosts a bit - I have been with them since the days of UKReg and VPS was just but a distant twinkle in the eye of a engineer somewhere in the world. To be clear, my domains have always been with them but hosting has been around a bit - GoDaddy, Heart, 1&1, Webfusion (before they got bought) , Rackspace and even co-location. I wouldn't say that they (FH) are really any worse than any other large host. All have their unique T&Cs, 1&1 even made you fax them to leave back in the day.
When it comes to down time (at least on the VPS platform), I haven't had any issues for the year (or near enough) that I have had some VPS servers with them. Rackspace though, I had several times of downtime and they are really supposed to be one of the best.
I guess in the end it is all down to personal experience - most are fine with their host but there is always a number who aren't - no difference to anything else really - cars, new houses, phones, etc.
No-one can really be the best - those that have the best spec will have the higher prices so in other peoples eyes, won't be the best.
Cameron's F-35 U-turn: BAE Systems still calls the shots at No 10
Buying foreign goods may be cheaper but less of the money spent stays in the UK economy. Spending larger amounts of money, even with a company like BAE considering the work share of the projects, means that more of the money spent stays in the UK economy and thus ultimately ends up back in the Government pockets in the way of taxes. Well... at least that sounds plausible!
Keep out of the Olympics' way, earn a haircut from TfL app
Complete bollocks.
[I did have a whole load of sarcastic crap to post, but really it can be summed up with the above]
Browsium rescues HMRC from IE6 – and multimillion-pound bill
Re: I'm not sure I understand
The Browsium approach is pretty sensible if you consider the option that Gov need to buy some time pending replacing desktop PCs with thin-clients, something that is happening in droves around both central & local gov.
£575m school IT bonanza showers Capita, RM, 16 others
Crapita again? What is it with those guys? They always seem to get the contracts despite the overprice crap they always seem to come out with. Got to hand to their sales guys - they could sell poo to a toilet...
Gov IT contractors hire staff in India to work on benefits system
Rock and a hard place - keep it in the UK and the likes of Crapita and HP will screw it up, raise the cost, etc or offshore it for much cheaper and run the just as high risk of having it cocking up somewhere down the line when gov realises they didn't work out the specifications properly. Either way, most gov IT projects fail anyway so at least offshoring it doesn't cost as much in the long run.
PSN renamed Sony Entertainment Network
Actually, you can! Link below courtesy Mythbusters:
Cabinet Office moves step closer to killing Directgov
It's a bit crap really - visually, looks like any number of ripped off WordPress templates. Surely for 1.7m they could have come up with something, well, new? IMHO it just doesn't feel official or governmenty
<goes back to the "renew your task disk here, honest" website>
Councils tout £1.2bn for IT whizkid to grab their backend
Crapita bash
Ok, I know I am a grumpy old man but can't help by thinking "Noooooooooo, another looking IT.gov failure", especially if Crapita get the grubby mits on one of the contracts. Look at a certain southern IT outsource deal by a council very near Southampton & Portsmouth - 1x day consultancy for a server reboot.
Yes, we love slagging stuff off. IT.gov procurement though is well deserved of a good bashing.
GiffGaff mobile network goes titsup for 3 weeks
Just because they're small...
GG may have website problems, but Vodafone certainly aren't without their problems. Their "My Account" is either down, slow or flaky often enough that it is expected to just be shit. Just shows that small companys are just as likely (although often it seems less so) to screw up as large companies.
Mars rover seeks perfect suntan spot to survive winter
@Bloody amazing
Damn right!
Just think about if Crapita had got their dirty little mitts on the contract! Over priced, delayed and would probably not even survive a few days let alone the spec'd 3 months
Coat please - the one with the insatiably large Crapita beating stick poking out of the pocket. Yes, it is the one with the large anti-Crapita logo on the back.
Now Post Office branches hit by computer glitches
"Capgemini" - there's your problem!
Just about enough said, but will add at least that Capgemini should be consigned to the same boat as Crapita and sunk somewhere over the laurentian abyss.
Microsoft seeks patent on employee spy system
[Quote]I bet Capita are already on the phone asking when they can buy the system.[/quote]
True, then they will do what only Crapita can do the best, fuck it up, charge the customer for said fuck up and finally it will all end up with the poor customer wanting to hang the project manager but can't because the little shit has buggered off to cock up another project... and the cycle starts again.
Oh, the MS patent idea sounds crap.
Google dumps + from Boolean search tool
Steady as she goes at Capita
"Crapita" too strong?
No where near strong enough. It should be illegal for gov to use that sorry bag of sh1t unless for scooping up poo. Even that they would probably get wrong.
God help public finances if Crapita are doing better...
Badgers because even they could run an IT system.
Double-clicking patent takes on world
Another motherf*&*ing patent troll
The sooner the patent law is made even vaguely sensible, the better. Come Nokie et al, fight the gutter dwelling low life.
Serpent imprisons rattled Yorkshire family
Clearly the solution is to employ a herd/flock of mongooses/mongeese to root out the slipperly critter and put an end to the tirrany...
BOFH: Spontaneous Legal Combustion
What the....
does this mean? "The following concludes episodes 4b, 4c and 5b, which are available exclusively to Register Platinum Cookie readers (with access to the content opulent Register Website). For the benefit of general (Lead Cookie) readers, the following flashback snippets have been approved for distribution:"
For f's sake - surey the reg hasn't stooped to multi-levels of users? Pathetic if it has. Hopefully, this is just some kind of joke that I will get the punch line to some point in the future...
UK prisoners offered data cabling training
Nick the kit, get the training...
Bl@@dy ridiculus - so prisoners get rewarded for their crimes with courses that would cost me a grand plus. I am looking for a networking job, can't find sh!t - well done Cisco/HMP, lets flood the already troubled industry with yet more vacancy competitors.
Yes, bad day - just been made redundant... From a networking job.
BBC vs ISPs: Bandwidth row escalates as Tiscali wades in
Flaky business model
So, I pay for my 'unlimited' broadband connection flogged to me in some big marketing push by a large ISP. I then watch content on the BBC's iPlayer, which is just a fancy name for a website with a whole load of video. The BBC then get flack for causing this demand... Really doesn't make sense.
The iPlayer is nothing particulary special - there are many sites that have provided video content for a lot longer. The only difference is the iPlayer actually gets used. Bandwidth usage has always been continuing to increase so if the ISP's were short-sighted enough that they for some god-for-known reason thought that nothing else new would come along on the Internet, then that is their problem.
It would be like Ford producing a car (the Focus for example) and then the Government demanding Ford pay for the roads for the car to go on because people like that car...
Really the issue falls back to the ISP's dumbass marketing departments coming up with the dumb idea of selling a product as unlimited when clearly they can't back this up.
UK's Reaper wardroid imports slashed in budget pinch
What the article doesn't mention...
is that the US Air Force - which has a requirement for 25 of the "hunter-killer" aircraft - has booked up all production slots until 2012, placing further doubt on the export deal.
Shell IT staff disgusted at mega profits
@ darsyx
"That's an unusual way to describe a multinational corporation with it's headquarters in Holland."
Multi-national yes, hq no. Shell lists on FTSE and it's business HQ is in the UK.
Hacker defaces temples to OS X
Feel sorry for the CMS provider!!
Nuff said but quick way to floor a company... Poor old ExpressionEngine (CMS on Apple Matters) even had to release their own statement. A bit bollocks if you develop a system and then some deluded t~@t comes up with a stunt like this. He deserves humilation and a public flogging.
Beeb news website goes titsup
God Noooooooo.....
So much for one of the benchmark sites.... ! I suppose it happens to everyone at some point.


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What if all of the grooming products marketed to insecure young men actually had the irresistible effect portrayed in advertisements? The results might be something like Diplo's remix of Katy B's "Witches Brew."
The original, from the British singer's On a Mission (one of SPIN's 20 Best Pop Albums of 2011), is a winsome dubstep-pop take on a musical tradition that dates back to Lieber-Stoller's "Love Potion No. 9" and Screamin' Jay Hawkin's "I Put a Spell on You" — in other words, it's about casting a romantic spell on someone.
Major Lazer member and Mad Decent label chief Diplo returns the seduction on this strong (re-)brew, amping up the original with an aggressiveness — some would call it a "masculine" aggressiveness — born out of American dubstep. Shouts of "hey" and whining sub-bass add a tinge of menace to Katy's vocals: "Now there's no escaping me," she insists. Watch out, ladies.
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We're playing a new song from Kari Jobe called "Steady My Heart".
It makes you think about where or who you run to when things aren't going the way you planned.
They lyrics say:
"Even when it hurts
Even when it's hard
Even when it all just falls apart
I will run to You
'Cause I know that You are
Lover of my soul, Healer of my scars,
You steady my heart,
I'm not gonna worry
I know that You've got me
Right inside the palm of Your hand"
I rented this movie over the weekend…it's a grown up one…called "The Way". When the son was explaining to his father why he wasn't going to finish college and instead travel around the word, he said, "You don't choose a life…you live one."
So true…plus I don't know about you, but I've found, if you try to choose a way a life for yourself, it usually doesn't happen that way. And then you have to figure out what you're going to do when life doesn't go the way you planned.
There are all kinds of options in this world that you can run to if or when that happens. The biggest section in the bookstore, "Self Help."
There is a book to help you through just about any situation you're going through. From Parenting help, to marriage, to finding yourself. There's a guru for just about everything. Some are great, some are distractions, from the real thing.
You could save a lot of money, and just buy one book. It's the only thing that helped me when my life was falling apart, called the Bible.
I camped out on this verse for about a year…
"for those who grieve He will bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair." (Isaiah 61:3)
Toby Mac …Me Without You…
It's a song about how life is different when you don't know God or
don't have a relationship with Him.
When you don't…TobyMac sang…
"Where would I be without you?
I'd be packing my bags when I need to stay
I'd be chasin every breeze that blows my way
I've been building my kingdom just to watch it fade away"
It's True
That's Me without You
Been there. Done that. Without God, I'd be depressed, alone, and
letting my so called limitations stop me from serving Him.
With God, I can not let my limitations stop me, in fact, I can allow
God to use them to make a difference.
I don't know about you, but it's a constant process for me to believe
and trust that God can do the things the bible says He can do.
I've am working really hard at not dwelling on my past mistakes, and
not worrying so much about my future for myself and my kids. I am
trying to just enjoy the day that he's given me. I don't want to be
sad about what I don't have, but make the best out of what I do have
29-32"What I'm trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so
preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God's giving. People
who don't know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but
you know both God and how he works. Steep yourself in God-reality,
God-initiative, God-provisions. You'll find all your everyday human
concerns will be met. Don't be afraid of missing out… The Father wants
to give you the very kingdom itself.
Luke 12:29-32
The Message
You've probably heard it a thousand times."
"if it looks to good to be true, it probably is."
But, yet God's promises are true. Even though they seem beyond all capability.
I don't know about you, but sometimes I doubt. The bible says all
things are possible through Christ, but healing…can he really do that?
Yes. Here's proof
Last night I saw an interview with Andy Copeland. He's the dad of
that young woman from Georgia who got that flesh eating bacteria.
She was in a coma. She lost her hands, a chunk of her abdomen, a
foot, and a leg. But, she has survived because her Dad has been
In the interview he said, "We're thankful everyday for the miracle of
her recovery. We can only say we've been blessed by God."
The doctors said her chance of survival was 1%.
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Lightbox, a two-headed photo beast
Lightbox for Android is a camera replacement and social photo browser app that automatically syncs all of your pictures to your Lightbox.com account.
Lightbox for Android is a camera replacement and social photo browser app that automatically syncs all of your pictures to your Lightbox.com account. If you like, you can even choose to make any of your photos publicly viewable on your Lightbox.com photo wall as well.
When you first download and install Lightbox, you'll notice that two new icons pop up in your app drawer: Camera by Lightbox and Lightbox Photos. Don't freak out, though. These are just two different entry points to the same app--one brings you straight through to the photo browser, while the other fires up the Camera. Since Lightbox is essentially a dual-purpose app, it's actually pretty convenient to have two shortcuts provided.
First, let's take a look at the camera. It's pretty basic, as it comes with only your standard flash controls and a nifty switch camera button. The switch camera button toggles between front- and rear-facing cameras (when available). Most camera apps don't have one, but in our opinion, should.
After you snap your pic, you'll find the usual suspects of filters like Lomo, B&W, Retro, Sepia, Fisheye, and 8 Bit, among others. Choose any one you like, but beware, because once you apply a filter, it's permanent. The app doesn't save an original, unmodified copy. Sure, doing so would take up a bit of extra memory, but in our opinion, it would've been worth it. We would've enjoyed the ability to switch out filters and share differently stylized photos.
Once you apply a filter (or apply none at all), you'll be sent to the sharing screen where you'll be able to add a description, geo-tag your photo, and post to any of your connected social media profiles. Here, you can also make your photo public on your Lightbox.com Wall. If you uncheck the option, the photo will still be uploaded to your Lightbox.com account; it just won't be made available on your Wall. Also, it's important to note that all uploaded photos are at a medium resolution. The upload time is shorter, but of course, you're not backing up the best possible pic.
The beauty of Lightbox is truly its worry-free, automatic syncing. For instance, if you take a photo, share it to Facebook, and post it to Lightbox.com while you don't have an active Web connection, the app will simply queue up the commands and complete all the necessary uploading as soon as one is available. And of course, all updates will propagate across all of your Lightbox-equipped devices automatically.
Lightbox's other, arguably more important half is its unique social photo browser. This is what makes the app unique. When you fire up Lightbox Photos, you'll see three tabs across the top: My Lightbox, Popular, and News. My Lightbox is, in our opinion, the most useful. It shows all the latest photo updates from your friends on Facebook and Twitter in a single gallery. You can swipe through them seamlessly, share, retweet, Like, and Add comments to them right from the Lightbox interface. And again, you can do it all without an active Web connection because the app will go to work fulfilling all of your commands as soon as you do have one.
The Popular tab lets you browse through popular public photos posted on Flickr, while the News tab pulls photos from stories on news outlets around the world.
Overall, we think Lightbox is a nice camera app with, more importantly, a uniquely powerful social browsing experience. Its camera and sharing components are certainly not as robust some competitors' features, but its social aspects absolutely put it in a category of its own. If you're looking for a powerhouse photography app, Lightbox probably isn't it. But if you love browsing through photos on Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook, simply for the joy of discovery, Lightbox should be your number-one choice.


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IPTC's Sports Working Party prepared for challenges in larger arena
Sports specialists at the IPTC are expanding their responsibilities to keep pace with fast-moving changes in sports vocabularies and data.
By IPTC Editor Jonathan Engel
London (England) - December 2011 -- The demand from fans for detailed sports information is transforming the way news providers collect, classify and display sports data, while the upcoming Summer Olympics in London is adding pressure for consistent and efficient production of sports news.
Recognising these developments at its recent Autumn Meeting in Vienna, the IPTC broadened the mandate for its Sports Content Working Party, encouraging it to respond to news industry trends with specific recommendations on cooperation and standards.
"This just broadens the category describing our concerns," said Paul Kelly, director of software development at XML Team Solutions and head of the Sports Working Group. "Previously the focus was on the SportsML data format. But the model and nomenclature defined in SportsML can be applied to vocabularies, ontologies, and other emerging semantic technologies. So it's better to have a mandate and title which reflect that."
The change also put the working group on a similar footing to other IPTC working groups focusing on media sectors, like Photo Metadata, or on wider issues of standards convergence, like the Semantic Web working group.
Previously, the working party focused on SportsML, the industry group's mark-up language for sports content. While the working group succeeded in getting its latest version 2.2 approved at the Autumn Meeting, the discussions revealed a wider set of issues that needed action.
One of the hot topics was the need for a sports ontology to define key relationships. IPTC members cited the BBC's new sports ontology as a useful example of how to record significant connections, like those between players and teams, or participants and events.
Kelly said a major issue for the working group will be how to reflect such specific relationships in SportsML.
Another issue in the sports arena was how the industry group should work with new semantic web formats like schema.org. There are plans to extend the schema.org sports vocabulary and Kelly said he wanted the IPTC to contribute to these discussions. This could lead to further adoption of IPTC-endorsed formats.
On a related matter, Kelly noted that three Scandinavian news agencies - TT of Sweden, Ritzau of Denmark and NTB of Norway - were considering cooperating on an exchange of sports data using SportsML.
The updates agreed in Vienna to SportsML 2.2 were largely designed to bring it in line with the IPTC's other G2 news standards.
Among the changes were more detailed terms of ways that soccer players score goals (e.g. lob or chip), and new descriptions of the rare occasions when sports outcomes are decided, or scores adjusted, by officials after the event.
The accompanying documentation was also improved, Kelly said, and includes more sample mark-ups for specific events like tournaments.
In future, aside from developing, maintaining and promoting SportsML, the working group will:
- Support the development and implementation of other IPTC standards that relate to sport, for example the News Codes, where more detailed topics are required for sports like Alpine skiing.
- Incorporate or suggest connections to other appropriate standards .
- Identify and suggest links to relevant, reputable and accessible sports content, as part of the development of Linked Data.
- Identify common problems and areas of cooperation in the management of sport content.
- Act as a standing group of experts to respond to issues raised by external parties. "The working party has been very active of late, particularly with European participation," Kelly noted. He said sports experts at TT, NTB, the German news agency DPA, IT specialist ATOS, the UK Press Association and the BBC have all made contributions in the past year. "If you are doing this work it's best to have as many sharp minds as possible involved. You get the best solutions with a lot less individual work."


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PR: What Not to Do: Non-Exclusive Licenses
- Posted by Johanna on July 14, 2008 at 9:18 pm
- Category: Comic News
I know few people in comics pay attention to Moonstone, but they publish some neat pulp-influenced titles, including a comic book version of the long-running action hero the Phantom. They've been putting out the series in various formats since 2002.
So they were somewhat surprised when, at the Chicago convention last month, Dynamite Entertainment announced that they'd be putting out a Phantom comic in 2009. When asked, Moonstone responded that they still had the license and were going to keep putting theirs out.
Moonstone contacted King Features and discovered that neither Moonstone or Dynamite had an exclusive license, so Moonstone could continue with its publishing program.
Dynamite responded by saying "we'll wait until you're finished, then," announcing a two-year delay. But that wasn't all! Dynamite's Nick Barrucci gave a Newsarama interview where he made all kinds of insinuations about the competition:
it seems Joe [Gentile, of Moonstone] has jumped the gun on many of his claims. Joe made a situation, which could have been resolved amicably a bit uncomfortable for all parties. …
He was emotional, unfair to King Features and to Dynamite, as I do believe there could have been a more professional way to handle it. …
Although quite charmingly, Joe has been promoting Zorro as if he has the comic rights by not stating what he is publishing in his generic ads when he has no comic rights. …
We announced it, Joe got defensive, decided to go off on a soapbox without knowing all the particulars or stating all the facts accurately. He made the situation worse, King Features and I wanted to make the situation better.
Yeah, way to set a good example of professionalism there, Nick. And all while constantly claiming how his company is taking the high road and patting himself on the back for being a nice guy. You can't prove it by this. And fans are noticing, with some going so far as to drop Dynamite publications after reading his comments.
So who screwed up? Who knows? It's tempting, to conclude after Nick's tirade, that Moonstone must be the nice guys, but we'll likely never know the details. The lesson to take from this is threefold:
- If you're going to pay for a license, make sure you're the only one who can exploit it in your field.
- Ensure all the Ts are crossed before you go making public announcements.
- Be aware that sounding like a jerk when trying to give your version of the truth may backfire on you.
Update: Moonstone's Joe Gentile responded to Nick's comments in a statement that takes the high road.
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July 14, 2008 at 10:42 PMAnd there's really no problem with a non-exclusive license. At the moment, both IDW and Tokyopop have classic Star Trek license. In the past, we've seen things like Blackthorne and Marvel having simultaneous Star Wars licenses, or Blackthorne and Comico on Gumby (Blackthorne tended to reach out for the 3-D licenses, which weren't covered within the exclusivity definition of the other publisher.) Scholastic is selling a lot of Bone, even though Cartoon Books still puts out their own edition. And there have frequently been multiple publishers putting out new collections of Peanuts strips.
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July 15, 2008 at 5:39 AM[…] Johanna Draper Carlson thinks that Dynamite Entertainment's Nick Barrucci made a complete ass of himself over the […]
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July 15, 2008 at 6:02 AMHold on… "Moonstone contacted King Features and discovered that neither Moonstone or Dynamite had an exclusive license"?
Do they really mean that? Because it's the sort of thing I'd rather expect them to clarify when they agreed the licence fee.
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July 15, 2008 at 9:01 AMMoonstone puts out a damn good product. They deserve more attention, but not for oddities like this.
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July 15, 2008 at 1:37 PMNat hits it on the head as usual: non-exclusive licenses for popular properties are pretty common. In addition to the examples he states above, consider the fact that DC publishes authorized Batman books. And Del Rey. And Quirk. And DK. And Universe. And Berkley. And Prima. And HarperCollins. Etc.
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July 16, 2008 at 7:18 AMWhen I was part of DC's licensed pub department, there were several companies licensed to do (for example) Batman & Robin tie-ins… but they either did different products (coloring books vs. novels) or they had very different audiences (adult novels vs. kids' chapter books). Nobody wants as much overlap as appears to have happened in this case.
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July 16, 2008 at 9:33 AMDespite Moonstone and Dynamite's back-and-forth, I'd be more interested to hear a statement from the licensor on this situation. To clarify their thinking on the situation, if nothing else…
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July 16, 2008 at 10:28 AMNo one may want much overlap, but to be honest, I doubt Dynamite publishing The Phantom would hurt Moonstone much at all. The Phantom hardcore are going to buy the books anyway, and Moonstone has built apparently sufficient audience for their version of the character. If there is some audience who needs x amount of The Phantom per month and will simply choose whichever publisher would best suit their tastes, that would likely be balanced out by the greater additional publicity that Dynamite's efforts would bring to the character.
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September 3, 2008 at 6:13 PMCopyright law is a marvelous work of fiction which allows publishers and writers to serve the cake around before dividing it up, just as at the Mad Hatter's tea party.
Publishers write exclusive licenses all the time which so narrowly restrict the licensee's uses, that many other 'exclusive' licenses can also be written. Everyone has an exclusive.
No idea here what the actual language of the publisher's contract is, that's where the stupid publisher tricks will be found….
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lol what damage?
Zed doesn't do any real damage. He has DECENT aoe teamfight damage. That is all though.
how are you guys saying he lacks damage building him? He has very good damage.
He actually does deal damage, but it's too focused on 1 target on early-mid game (you rely on ult to assassinate), and late game you'll just get bursted down before you kill anyone because you have no sustain nor do you have a CC to stop anyone from attacking you
Ran a handful of games with him. He does feel incredibly weak... can't quite figure out what is going =/
Eh, in a 30 minute win I did about 220k total damage with him. He's really strong in team fights with good AOE presence and the ability to completely single somebody out while dishing out said aoe damage. Pick someone, use your ult, clone, W, Q, Ignite, spam E and Q. If needed to juke/get focus taken off of you, pop back to your clone and then your ult's clone... or whichever works best. I ended up going 13/2/5. I rushed boots of mobility and brutalizer for laning, with wards for both sides of the bush and the enemies wraith's. Then I built a BT, hexdrinker, LW, finished hexdrinking into MoM and then another BT because I felt like having biggest dommage #1 na. I tried a pure bruiser build and it just did NOTHING with him. While on paper wits end, sunfire cape, triforce, aegis build seems nice on him... your scaling with abilities is pisspoor with the lack of needed AD. SO half way through the game I sold everything and bought BT, LW and MoM and preceded to melt carries.
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Friday will be the 22nd day of rain out of the 28 days this month. We've seen 7.87″ of precipitation, which is the more than any other month since March of 2012, but still 2.62″ less than normal for this point in February.
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