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Children's Programs
Young Artists Saturdays
The Young Artists Saturdays program offers students in grades 3-8 a chance to explore their creativity for a few hours. The two programs offered, Acting and Improvisation and Visual Arts, all include a ticket to a performance at the Arts Center.
Students will explore art through a variety of techniques such as drawing, painting, cartooning and book illustration. The class will take both a realistic and abstract approach to art. Throughout the workshop the elements of art and color theory will be used as a guide for students as they create their artwork. Students will render their artwork in media such as pencils, colored pencils, charcoals, markers, pens, watercolor and acrylic paints (all supplies included). Students will also keep a portfolio of their artwork. Parents will be invited to explore their child's art work and participate in the final project.
Use your imagination to create entertaining characters, hilarious story plots, and exciting scenarios! Students are introduced to developmental drama, character creation and analysis, theater games, and improvisation. Students will also experience workshops in mask making, voice and diction, and musical theater. All will participate in creating, directing, and performing original monologues and scenes. Students will present an informal demonstration of their work at the end of the program.
2017-18 Dates:
Fall Session
|Sept. 23 - Nov. 18
Spring Session
|March 17 - May 5
Registration & Fees
- Early Bird: $200
Before Sept. 9 (fall session) or
Feb. 24 (spring session)
- General: $225
Before registering for the program, parents are encouraged to read the Young Artists Saturday Program Terms and Conditions.
Young Artists Saturday Program Terms and Conditions
- Parents must provide the completed Choate Rosemary Hall health examination form with an up-to-date immunization record, proof of physical examination signed by physician, and health insurance information (a copy of both sides of the insurance card).
- The Young Artists Program does not provide health/accident insurance.
- Tuition fees are non-refundable. Tuition fees must be paid in full before the program begins. Tuition may be refunded prior to the start of the program with proof of medical ineligibility.
- The Young Artists Program reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment.
- Parents grant permission to the program to release their student's name, address, and phone number to other program families and to use their student's photo in promotional materials.
- Participants in the Young Artists Program must uphold and abide by the rules and regulations adopted by Choate, and recognize that the School reserves the right to dismiss a student at any time if, in the judgment of the Director of the Program, such action is in the best interest of the School. Such action will not release either party from the financial obligations of this contract.
- Parents agree that the participant may take part in all activities and release Choate, its staff members, Trustees, and Corporators from all liability for any injury to the participant from participation in the program.
- Children may not be dropped off any earlier than 5 minutes before class, and they must be picked up promptly at the end of class.
Each fall registration includes a free ticket to the Children's Theater performance of Pete the Cat.
Each spring registration includes a free ticket to the Children's Theater performance of Harry the Dirty Dog.
Young Artists Summer Program
The Choate Young Artists Programs in Performing and Visual Arts seek to develop an appreciation for live theater and visual arts in all of our young artists.
Children Currently in Grades K & 1
Students are introduced to the basic skills of theater and visual arts. Students uncover their innate creativity as their imaginations are sparked through the use of dramatic play, improvisation, theater games, drawing, sculpting, and painting in activities designed for early elementary school level.
Children Currently in Grades 2-7
In this program, students gain foundational skills in drawing, painting, cartooning, acting, singing, dance, theater games, improvisation, voice projection, mask-making, and movement. These skills help students create characters and scenes for the stage, while self motivation and confidence grow in a noncompetitive atmosphere. Morning activities center around visual arts, theater games, singing, and dance. The afternoons offer students the opportunity to be creative in a more relaxed atmosphere as well as enjoy swim time at the Larry Hart Pool.
Students will present an informal demonstration of their work at the end of each session. When possible, we recommend student engagement in both sessions to allow for a continued development of skill through a deepening of experience.
2017 Session Dates & Tuition
2018 Registration coming soon!
Morning Program | 9AM - Noon
- Early registration discount through May 31 – $500
- Regularly – $520
- Available for students in grades K & 1 only
- Tuition fee includes snacks and supplies
- Flexible drop off: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Full-day Program | 9AM - 4PM
- Early registration discount through May 31 – $775
- Regularly – $820
- Tuition includes lunch at Hill House Dining Hall, snacks, and supplies
- Flexible drop off: 8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
- Flexible pick up: 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Session I: June 26 - July 7
Session II: July 10 - July 21
- Classes run Monday through Friday
- Students may register for all four weeks, as the activities differ for each session.
Please contact the Summer Programs office at (203) 697-2365.
Each child must have had a physical exam by a licensed physician within the past two years. No child may attend the program without submitting our completed medical form, including an up-to-date immunization record and a copy of both sides of an insurance card serving as proof of coverage.


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A new scam worth Rs640 million was unearthed in the National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) on Saturday.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered criminal cases against those accused of being involved in the Rs4.45 billion NICL land scndal.
The FIA now says it has gathered evidence concerning another fraud and that it is planning to lodge a case against the accused in Karachi.
Former company chairman, Ayaz Khan Niazi is alleged to have paid claim amounts to contractors in a violation of the rules in the Rs640 million rupees scam.
Sources in the FIA said that Ayaz Niazi illegally paid huge claim amounts in connivance with his colleagues.
They said that Ayaz and his colleagues paid the money to contractors after getting claims through fake surveyors.
The money was supposed to be paid to the departments concerned, and not the contractors.
According to recent reports, FIA investigators have also decided to initiate action against NICL's acting chairman, Tariq Iqbal Puri, who is also the chief executive of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).

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Have you ever tried to make poached eggs? And if you have, have they come out a gooey, vinegar tasting mess? That's the problem I've always had - just couldn't seem to get that perfectly held-together shape and texture. Until I was browsing through The 4-Hour Chef and came across these wonderful tips to perfectly poach eggs. I was skeptical at first, but Tim Ferriss is THE MAN so I figured I'd give it a shot. Guess what? Success on the first attempt. Follow each step below to … [Read more...]
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Your Complete Breakfast... You read that right. Bacon - dipped in my new gluten-free, dairy-free Maple Protein Pancakes. You guys know breakfast is my favorite thing to eat (I often make second breakfast haha) and the only thing better than pancakes for breakfast is protein pancakes. I've been trying not to eat too much sugar lately so I've been looking for a healthy way to boost my gluten-free, dairy-free pancakes so they have a flavor that doesn't make me want to add any … [Read more...]


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Modeling volatility changes in the 10-year Treasury
This paper examines the daily volatility of changes in the 10-year Treasury note utilizing the iterated cumulative sums of squares algorithm [C. Inclan, G. Tiao, Use of cumulative sums of squares for retrospective detection of changes of variance, J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 89 (1994) 913–923]. The ICSS algorithm can detect regime shifts in the volatility of the interest rate changes. A general model allows for endogenously determined changes in variance while the more restrictive model forces the variance to follow the same process throughout the sample period. A comparison of the out-of-sample volatility forecasting performance of two competing models is made using asymmetric error measures. The asymmetric error statistics penalize models for under- or over-predicting volatility. The results shed light on the importance of ignoring volatility regime shifts when performing out-of-sample forecasts. The findings are important to financial market participants who require accurate forecasts of future volatility in order to implement and evaluate asset performance.
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Doctors, Trial Lawyers Back 'Provider Shield' Law in GA
Physicians and attorneys—uncommon allies—support a Georgia law that creates a barrier between doctors and "ancillary" payer guidelines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which could potentially be used as evidence in medical malpractice lawsuits.
News that the Medical Association of Georgia and trial lawyers are united in their support of a new law that provides limited malpractice protections to physicians left some observers at the Capitol contemplating biblical prophecy.
"When their lobbyist and I testified together in support of this bill, one House member suggested that the committee should adjourn so that all of the members could get home before the locusts arrived," says William T. Clark, director of Political Affairs with the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
"He was joking, I think."
The "Provider Shield" bill (HB499) was signed into law on Monday by Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal. MAG and backers say it creates a barrier between Georgia doctors and "ancillary" payer guidelines in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which potentially could be used as evidence in medical malpractice lawsuits.
MAG President W. Scott Bohlke, MD, said the new law will protect "physicians in the state from some unreasonable and unnecessary standards and legal liabilities."


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What's important to Austin-based guitarist Chris Duarte is written all over his body.
A case in point is the strange tattoo on Duarte's chest--a reference to a treasured 1963 Stratocaster. Duarte played the instrument for more than a decade, in large part because it came into being the same year he did. When it was stolen during a visit to Manhattan in 1993, he bought another '63 Strat, but to commemorate the first one, he had its serial number permanently stamped near his heart. He still aches for that ax: Like a recent amputee suffering from phantom pain, he says he can feel its rosewood neck in his hand if he holds it out just so.
A second tattoo marks another seminal moment in Duarte's life. After a van carrying him and his band (bassist John Jordan and drummer Paul Mills) was broadsided by a Freight Liner semi truck outside of Commerce City last year, the guitarist had the Freight Liner logo imprinted on the shoulder that was injured in the crash. Clearly he believes that anything that doesn't kill him makes him stronger.
This attitude is one of the keys to the excitement inherent in Duarte's live shows (he's been touring almost nonstop since 1991) and his 1994 debut album on Silvertone Records, Texas Sugar/Strat Magik. He's earned a reputation as the best Texas bluesman since Stevie Ray Vaughan and has inspired critics to cook up some strange descriptives for his music--"muscular blues" and "punk blues" among them. Fortunately, Duarte likes most of the labels he's been given.
"I think they say that because we're real aggressive and we're just right in your face from the first note on," he notes. "When we start playing at the beginning of the night, we're playing hard. By the end of the night, we're playing twice as hard. It just keeps going like that. After the show, listeners are just whipped, man. They're beat. It's an emotionally and physically moving show. And that's why we're muscular. We just beat up on people. John, the bass player, and I just do an insane amount of pushups. We've got these arms on us."
True enough; Duarte is an imposing figure. In a business filled with rail-thin girly-men like Tom Petty and Les Claypool, Duarte is a burly sight to see: His standard uniform consists of Chuck Taylors, tattered jeans and T-shirts with the sleeves torn off (the better to show off his physique), and he wears his thick hair in a long, wild ponytail. He keeps up his appearance by engaging in a regular exercise regimen and steering clear of controlled substances, including alcohol. His biggest vice? He drinks a lot of Big Red soda pop.
A San Antonio native, Duarte quit school at sixteen to play guitar. Unlike Vaughan, however, he says his musical roots are in jazz. "It's my true love," he insists. "If I had a whole lot of money, I'd probably just concentrate on playing bop and jazz, because it's such a high art form. I mean, there's nothing like it when you pull off a complicated solo that says something. Now, a lot of cats can play, and technically, it's just perfect--but it doesn't communicate anything. There's nothing like it when you can truly converse in that language. It's all in the interpretation: It's your soul speaking.
"You're trying to find your voice," he goes on. "Musicians are always trying to find their voice. That's what we have to do. Now, I know change is not the greatest thing. But change is necessary for the life of music."
With this in mind, Duarte decided to take on the blues--to attempt to conquer the genre. He's making great strides toward this goal; his peers can't surpass his skill and passion. But what really separates him from the pack is a jazzy approach rare in blues. "We work off of a jazz improvisational format where we're all playing off each other's emotions," he says, adding that the trio format "allows me harmonic freedom. I'm the one doing most of the chords and tritones and stuff. Although John's got a lot of strings on his bass, it's still me that's on the top of the harmonic register. It's up to me to create the tension."
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Duarte's playing has won him converts around the country, but his frequent appearances in this area have made Colorado among his strongest markets. In fact, Auroran Craig Keyzer, who assembled the discography for the biography Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire, is the head of the Chris Duarte fan club.
Like all of the guitarist's followers, Keyzer is eagerly awaiting the next Duarte album. This pressure doesn't seem to affect Duarte, however. "The first album shows pretty much what we've been doing for the last three years," he claims. "The second one will delve more into composition. I'm really looking forward to making the second one, because I want to kick the first one's butt. That's what I want to do."
There's no doubt Duarte can deliver the goods. When he's got a guitar in his hands, he's a man on fire. "What keeps us going is the music," he claims. "We're out there playing for music and for art's sake. It's gratifying when you work on something and it comes through...when everything in your head that you want to say through your instrument comes out, and you've said it with perfect eloquence. With intensity. With the right statement. There's no better high than that."
Chris Duarte, with Ging'breadmen. 9:30 p.m. Friday, December 9, Herman's Hideaway, 1578 S. Broadway, $7, 778-9916; Chris Duarte. 9 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, Fox Theatre, 1135 13th Street, Boulder, $4, 447-0095.


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State Registration Renewal?
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If I first become registered in State X on October 15th 2012, when will that registration expire? If I recall correctly, it would be December 31 2013. Is this correct?
Registrations for all people expire on 12/31. In your case, it would be 12/31/2012, not 12/31/13
The registration must not be expired, if that certain person is not yet register or she/he dont like to register, there security equipmentmust detect who's that person or he/she exist..
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mstudy is correct. Registrations for all people expire on 12/31. Just because you registered with the state near the end of the year, that doesn't carry over to the next year, so you still have to renew before the end of 2012. I hope this helps.
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[ 3 syll. wa-fiy-ya, waf-i-yya ] The baby girl name Wafiyya is pronounced as Waa-Fiy-Yaa- †. Wafiyya is of Arabic origin and it is also used mainly in the Arabic language. Wafiyya is a variant form of the Arabic Wafa.
See also the related category arabic.
Wafiyya is unusual as a baby name for girls. It is ranked outside of the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Wafiyya include Wahiba (Arabic), Wafa (Arabic), Wafaa, Wave, Whoop, Whoopee, Whoopey, Whoopi (English), Whoopie, Whoopy, Wub, and Wubb.
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Wild Food Foraging with Arthur Haines
Title: Wild Food Foraging with Arthur Haines
Location: Polly Hill Arboretum
Date: Sunday, June 9 SOLD OUT!
10am – noon
Description: Join author, plant taxonomist, and teacher Arthur Haines for this field class to identify and sample various wild food plants available in the late spring season. Learn how traditional people around the world incorporate wild plants in their diet for health and variety. For these people, food is a defining feature of their culture and is evident in their collecting tools, containers, songs, and rituals. Haines will share his vast knowledge of natural history—wild and traditionally-prepared foods, herbal medicine, nutritional healing, primitive skills, survival, ecology, and native awareness. This class is a follow up to Saturday's talk Preserving Native Plant Knowledge for Their Future.
Please pre-register, space is limited. call 508-693-9426 0r email [email protected]
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MEMS Seminar: Using Atomic Scale Characterization to Understand Lithiation of Battery Electrodes and Battery Failure Mechanisms
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Professor Eric Stach
Lithium ion batteries find ubiquitous use in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, and are being increasingly considered for use in both transportation and Smart Grid applications. In all of these applications, there is a demand for higher capacity, faster charging rate and improved safety. In this presentation, I will overview how we use transmission electron microscopy to understand two critical process that occur in the cathode end of a lithium ion battery, all via atomic-scale characterization. In the first portion of the talk, I will describe how we can use real time microscopy to watch the lithiation of several different metal oxide materials, and show how this can help understand both the mechanism by which lithium transports into the material, as well as how these mechanisms relate to e.g. rate capacity and capacity fading. In the second half of the talk, I will talk about the process by which layered oxide materials (such as those used in the Tesla) experience strong oxygen loss during phase transitions, which we implicate in the catastrophic failures seen in those materials. Finally, I will take at least a couple of minutes to talk about my own personal pathway from an undergraduate degree in M.E.M.S at Duke, to a career that has included being a research scientist, an entrepreneur as well as a professor in materials science and engineering. Lunch will be served at 11:30 am.
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So, I'm pretty sure that my Wii is toast. But maybe there's a way to save it? My symptoms seem to be a bit different than what I've read anywhere else online.
My Wii is a launch-day model, which was running 4.3U. It's been having trouble for a few months nowperiodically it just decides to brick itself. In the past I've been able to get it working again by restoring the NAND via boot2, but with this latest full brick (no a/v output), the boot2 bootmii seems to have disappeared somehow. The drive only flashes once, and putting in an SD card with a bootmii folder doesn't do anything. I also had priiloader installed, but I can't seem to access that either. I have a NAND backup saved, but I don't know how to restore it, since I can't seem to get into boot2. Is it normal for boot2 to just disappear like that?
The really odd thing is what seems to be causing the bricks: over the last few months I determined that if I left the wii on standby (orange light) for too long, it would re-brick itself. However, if I turned it all the way off (red light), then it would be fine. Are any of you familiar with this issue? I've been looking around a fair amount, and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere.
Anyway, because of this, I began to think that there's probably a hardware issue. But I can still turn it on with the wiimote, so that means that the bluetooth module is still working, right? And I just installed a new wifi module a few hours ago, but it didn't fix things. Which leads me to believe that it's a motherboard problem, and that my Wii is fully and completely bricked. But maybe I've missed a step, and it's still possible to save it? Or should I start shopping for a new motherboard, and say a requiem for my poor lost virtual console titles? Any help that any of you guys could give me would be very appreciated. Thanks!


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A Dunmurry man appeared at Lisburn Magistrates Court this week charged with growing and supplying cannabis.
David Dowds, 58, from Sunnymede Park, appeared at court charged with possession of a Class B drug, cultivating cannabis and supplying a Class B drug. Dowds was also charged with dishonestly using electricity at his home address.
A police officer said he believed he could connect the defendant with the charges before the court.
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It's about my Anime.
What should I do.
So here's what happend In short.
I started a project called "Kriesis" which was my first non-sprite animation and drawn with a mouse. Episode 1 was almost complete with voice actors. But there are a lot of bugs and the drawing of it is pretty mediocre. Before I could finish the episode, school started up again which took up most of my time. I now have a week holiday and I don't know if I should finish the episode. Plus I have my school timetable sorted out which means I now have time for animation after the holidays
Reasons To finish the episode:
1) I've spent over 2 months organising and getting voice actors and animating the project and episode 1 is almost complete... even though there are alot of bugs and stuff wrong with it
2) it's my first non-sprite animation so I should see it through to the end
3) A lot of people want to see the end product which I think is disappointing so far because of my nooby bad script writing and nooby style directing.
4) People have spent their time to send voices in and want to see something from it. I could just send them the animation as it is and start on what I really want to do.
5) The episode is not that bad, It will probably get a 3/5 on newgrounds.
Reasons To scrap the project and start doing independent learning on animation... and maybe post up some anime shorts while I learn on newgrounds.
1) I have a drawing tablet now which I practice with and my recent drawings are far better than my old drawings done with the mouse.
2) I have a drawing tablet which makes frame by frame animation easier... yeah I counted the drawing tablet twice.
3) Every time I look back at the unfinished project I see so many things I could have done better if I had the drawing tablet at the time, plus the project wasn't planned out, The script is lacking. And there are so many things wrong with it. It looks nooby but the voice actors were FANTASTIC. I couldn't have asked for better VA's ^^.
4) I want to practice animation and maybe move on from flash to photoshop and AVI video animation with great amounts of detail
5) Honestly I just want to learn non-sprite anime style animation and if I stick with the project I'm on right now I'm not going to be able to do that. I need to improve on everything...maybe start start reading more books and study more anime and real life.
6) I have so many great unused instrumentals that I don't want to waste on my current animation, And I want to animate something that will give these instrumentals justice. And for that I need to practice.
There are more reasons for both but those are the basics. So what do you think I should do?
Should I Continue the animation which I've lost enthusiasm for and try to regain that enthusiasm again...
or scrap it, send it too those involved with it and take my first step on my journey to become a true animator... ok let me phrase that a different way lol.
or scrap it and start learning more about animation while putting up anime shorts on newgrounds.
Oh and Thank you Generations1st for believing in me... kind of lol and drawing this awesome poster. Much appriciated.
I'll be surprised if I actually get a response from this
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2012-10-30 08:59:18
listen bro, finish ur animation although there is a lot of bugs try coping all ur frames and putting it in a new flash document that should do the trick or just press debug theres lots of options here
2012-10-30 09:00:51
I'd suggest to keep the voices, try to fix and finish the animations, and at the end of the week release it. Even if it isn't perfect. Watch a good movie, read a good book, or something like that. And then get back to work. Hopefully enthusiasm will return.
2012-10-30 11:34:22
Don't scrap what you've done.
Hard work whether or not exceptional is still worth keeping.
Try drawing in a scrap book in your spare time or bored moments, if you already do, keep at it.
Also go do something active like hiking, swimming, running, biking; hell even go to a gun range and fire off a couple of rounds.
Just something physical to break the mental obstructions, but do it safely of course.
good luck.
2012-10-30 11:37:30
I think you would always want to perfect and better something if you look at it down the road with a more objective eye. If everyone put so much hard work into it I say just go ahead and release it. It may not be the awesome end of flash you wanted, but it'll be the result of your hard labor and that's already cool by itself. Then when it comes to next time blow the original animation out of the water with your new and improved skills.
However, feel free to touch up stuff here and there!
2012-10-30 12:36:38
Give up. You have to wait on life to give you the perfect situation before you will be able to accomplish anything. So just sit back and wait on the perfect situation before you finish anything that you start. Yeah. That's the way to go.
2012-10-30 12:41:55
finish it. if you quit every project that isn't perfect you'll never finish anything.
you've put a lot of work into it and I bet it shows. Plus people helped you out with voice acting and what not so I think they would really like to see their work used as well.
don't scrap everything and start over, but do try to finish stuff and get some sort of final product out of it.
look forward to seeing how it turns out!
2012-10-30 13:14:54
If you lost inspiration, I think it might be best to leave it alone. (for now). Never delete it though, cause who knows what you feel like working on, in the future. If you feel like you should do some more research, in order to make better quality animations and if you're willing to dive into those books and what not, then I highly suggest you do that, before you lose interest in that as well. If you're willing to learn, in order to get better, you should take that opportunity and start learning. Just think about what you could accomplish, once you reach the 'skill lever', or whatever, that you've always wanted.
I doubt you'll ever be completely satisfied with any of your projects though. Most people have that. Always trying to make things better, to make it perfect. But that's normal, I guess?
Whatever you do, good luck with it.
2012-10-30 13:27:36
Yeah I guess all of you are right. No point scrapping it, I might aswell let it be seen right?. After the first episode I can do all that study stuff, But I'm gonna finish it up quickly and upload it. Then do what needs to be done to get better at animating. Thanks for the advice
PS. I was gonna finish it either way lol. I Just wanted to see if Newgrounds worked hehe
2012-10-30 14:23:15
As someone who has scrapped a lot of projects my advice is don't scrap it. The more you scrap, the easier it becomes to scrap and you will find it harder and harder to finish animations.
2012-10-30 15:01:59
well its up to you if you really think its bad salvage the voice data and scrap the current draw and refurbish it to how you like it or you can finish it now and summit it then after a lil while summit a improved version of it its up to you and dont worry we newgrounders will support you -Sincerly, Fenrir wolf "the gentlemen werewolf"
2012-10-30 15:46:15
Nahhh, Almost finished it now. Gonna finish it off then start on improving my overall animation style after. It should take about 2 days to finish. no biggie, It's just a few days now
2012-10-30 17:11:14
Release it and if it's not that amazing that's fine. You have a lifetime to better yourself.
2012-10-30 20:46:57
I would suggest seeing the animation through, because all in all, it's still a learning experience. Plus while you may wish too start fresh, people can give you pointers on, how too direct better, maybe point out errors you missed or other general advice. If you get afraid and scrap it, your missing out on potential advice and experience. Even if you know you may fall on your face, take the bld step forward, as you will learn alot more, then if you hesitate and step back.
2012-10-30 21:04:27
I'd say finish it. Everything you finish, you'll eventually think is bad, because you'll always become better. That's no reason not to finish anything though. You'll learn much more by completing, than by starting anew all of the time. By completing projects, you'll learn all of the different phases, and you get feedback. You don't want to let down the voice actors either. Don't worry if it's not perfect. Like I said; It's the learning process that counts. Good luck. Btw the animation above looks very good.
2012-10-30 21:10:38
Do what you feel like doing....
2012-10-31 02:48:54
i say if its as done as you say it is why not finish it after all if you leave it now its gonna haunt ya
2012-10-31 06:57:22
I reckon you should follow through on project, definitely.
When though, that's up to you. Maybe you should just relax during your holiday you know? Chill out, eat junk food, meet with mates. Anything but work on the piece. Cause if you take some time away from it, you might build up the hunger to complete it.
Sometimes I feel you can be too involved in things, and it turns into a chore rather than a pleasurable experience. So a break might do you good.
In regards to wanting to give back something for the voice actors... You will, just don't feel rushed to do it. PM them if you have to, telling them what's up. But don't rush the project just because you're worried that they think you're takin' too long.
Congrats on getting a tabla-toobla, those things are pretty neat. Sure, maybe you skill in illustrating digitally will improve, but for now, just go with what you've done in the flash if you're 100% happy with it. Perhaps going over all the bits you think are untidy will kill your creativity! I know that would send ME mad! Hah.
Well, that's just like, my opinion man.
Haha, lookin' forward to seeing your werk Dude, good luck in whatever you choose to do!
2012-10-31 11:47:01
maybe you could finish parts of it with the tablet. If the protagonist's life improves perhaps the graphics can improve too as a reflection of that or something.
2012-10-31 11:50:26
I say finish it. You never what can come of it. Good luck to you.
2012-10-31 13:00:56
Continue the project... With your tablet?
2012-11-03 21:28:56
You are gonna need a tablet to loose up the time spent drawing the animations. Never give up on something, then you will never be able to continue with another.
2012-11-10 01:09:09
First and foremost I want you to know you'll always find things you could have improved. That's the artist in you and I can promise you'll always notice SOMETHING that could be better. However, part of that is because you looked at it for so long, and part of that is because you know in your head how you intended it to look. That's two things that won't affect casual viewers, so everyone else probably won't think it's as bad as you do.
Secondly, even popular cartoons and stuff sometimes start out with shaky, inconsistent art while they're trying to settle into their style. You don't need your first episode to be the greatest thing to ever hit the internet, just get something out there. You can practice while you're making episode two, three, thirteen, etc and all the while you'll be drawing in more and more fans, which means more support, a boost to your ego, and most likely more inspiration and motivation and confidence with making more episodes. No one will care if it takes you six episodes to "perfect" your style. Even stick flashes have fans, so you're ahead of the game.
Just put it out there and see what happens!
2012-12-07 17:14:39
Really late add-on, but just a small suggestion.
You could finish the episode and then start using your tablet for other things/ future animations.
A lot of animations I've seen have going through a lot of dramatic art changes mid-series, so I don't see why you can't do it.


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He said Dawn, 42, has illnesses including osteoarthritis and also has to handle the "emotional pain she feels daily from the loss of her only child."
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"From Jan. 1 until today, every penny Americans earned (was used to pay) for federal, state and local spending, and regulations."
Though cost of regulations does not show up in the deficit, they will "...cost Americans $2.8 trillion..." this year; it will require "...77 days of labor for the average worker..." to pay for regulations imposed by the EPA and other bureaucratic regulators.
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Eleven years ago today, our country was faced with an unspeakable tragedy.
As we watched it all unfold, we knew the world would never be the same.
Citizens the world over mourned with us. I had a friend who had a vacation planned. She was supposed to fly to Ireland the day after, but was delayed due to our airspace being closed. She left as soon as she could. When she got there, the Irish government had set aside three days of prayer and reflection. She was so touched by how the country stood with us.
A week before 9/11, I made an appointment to donate blood. It wasn't for anyone I knew. It was just something I wanted to do. I chose 9/11, 2PM. On that afternoon, numb from everything I had seen unfold on my television, I drove to the blood bank, just a mile down the road from my home. I was met with an amazing sight. Thousands of people were there, wanting to help; wanting to do anything they could to aid our fellow citizens in New York City. I went inside. Everytime a donor's name was called, everyone stood up to clap and cheer. The blood bank that day was just one little corner of our world, yet moments just like that one were happening all over our country~a display of caring and unity, even love.
I don't know why tragedy has to happen. I suppose we will all have the answers someday. Until then we will try to make sense of our world the best we can. I just know on that day eleven years ago, I witnessed firsthand how people reacted, and by a small measure it comforted me on that very painful day.
It reminded me that there is good in us, and it can come out when we need it most, in our darkest hour.
On this day, may we remember to cherish those we love and all we have.
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Avram Grant's turbulent reign as West Ham manager may be brought to a swift conclusion in the coming days, with the folly of the bizarre appointment being exposed in alarmingly speedy fashion.
• Report: West Ham 1-3 Chelsea
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Rumours were sweeping the press room that Grant is on course to claim an unwanted record for the shortest managerial reign in Premier League history, with this fourth league defeat tipped to be his last as West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan prepare to move quickly to correct the error of their ways.
Upton Park officials may deny Grant is a manager on the brink of the sack, but there is enough smoke around this story to suggest the smouldering inferno will eventually explode as this latest setback cemented West Ham's worst start to a season in 33 years.
Upcoming games against Sunderland and Stoke offer the potential for West Ham to break their points duck, yet the alternative view would argue that Gold and Sullivan picked the wrong man to lead their West Ham revolution. Making a quick change may be the best way to avert a disaster.
To be fair, the committed performance Grant's men produced against Chelsea suggested the players have not given up on their under-fire boss, but the result of this game was never in doubt once Michael Essien and Salomon Kalou gave the Champions a 2-0 lead inside 18 minutes. The second of those goals was tragic for Grant and his troops as 'keeper Robert Green's fumble was compounded when Matthew Upson's clearance bounced off Kalou's heel and into the back of the net.
It was comical stuff, but it confirmed that luck had deserted Grant and his men. Now the concern must be that the manager charged with lifting a group of rapidly frustrated players lacks the drive and passion you associate with this great club.
Having attending numerous press briefings with Grant, the shy and unconvincing demeanour always offered by this 55-year-old Israeli makes it impossible to imagine him firing up a dressing room full of millionaire footballers.
A talent-laden Chelsea side may have done well under his command, but most coaches would have succeeded with a squad loaded with so much quality. As for his efforts at Portsmouth last season, they were commendable in what was a no-win situation and now he looks destined to fail in what was always likely to be his biggest test.
News that he is set to miss next weekend's game at Stoke - whether he is still in the West Ham hot-seat or not - as he prepares to observe the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur confirms his commitment to his religion runs deep and he has always placed that devotion above sporting ambitions.
When Grant achieved the greatest result in his managerial career as his Chelsea side beat Liverpool in the 2008 Champions League semi-final, he addressed the press and made reference to the fact that it was Holocaust Day.
So it's fair to say Grant is not a conventional manager in an era of glaring media exposure and even though it's harsh to offer a conclusive judgement on his hopes of reviving West Ham after a defeat against the best side in the Premier League, you couldn't help but feel a touch of sympathy for him as he sat before a media pack who smelt blood.
"The performance was excellent and the reaction we had after we went 1-0 down was very encouraging," said a surprisingly upbeat Grant. "We created more chances than Chelsea and didn't manage to take them, which proved costly against an opponent with so much quality.
"If we continue to play like this, we will be fine, but we need to start making more of the chances. We need to be strong and show a good reaction to this defeat and I have no concern about my future here. I have signed a four-year contract and share the vision the owners have for West Ham.
"There is plenty of time for us to take points. It is not as if we are ten games from the end of the season and the gap between the sides in the middle of the table and ourselves is not so big. This was a positive performance for us."
Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti looked a vision of composed confidence as he reflected on another comfortable victory. "The performance was not as good as we would have wanted," stated the Italian. "With the two-goal advantage early, we did not need to take any risks, but I was disappointed that we did not counter attack as well as we would have liked in the second half."
The impressive Essien scored with his second powerful header after 83 minutes to confirm the champions' triumph, with West Ham's consolation from Scott Parker moments later a classy effort from the ex-Chelsea man. Petr Cech's clearance fell into the path of the Hammers captain, though he still needed to execute a perfectly lobbed finish to raise a roar from fans who were silenced for long periods.
The West Ham owners must have noted the dampened atmosphere around Upton Park for this local derby and that may help them to decide whether they should make a swift managerial change. This is one venue where you can usually guarantee a raucous atmosphere, but you could hear the players shouting to each other during in the second half, with this game drifting away from the home side.
Whether another change of manager could end the gloomy mood at West Ham is an issue Messrs Gold and Sullivan will have to consider in the coming days.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Michael Essien - This powerhouse performer plugged the gap left by the injured Frank Lampard. He was a colossus in the midfield for Chelsea.
UNDERGROUND MAYHEM: Congratulations to London Transport for their move to close Upton Park station for engineering works ahead of a fixture that is always a high profile security risk. Throwing Chelsea and West Ham fans together for a long walk to a tube station was both dangerous and foolish.
GREEN FINGERS: The confidence of West Ham's under-fire keeper must have been shaken by his World Cup nightmare in the summer and his error in this game was equally costly. Fortune also deserted him when he needed it most.
MISS OF THE SEASON: Frederic Piquionne was guilty of a horrible miss as he headed onto the crossbar with the goal at his mercy a matter of inches from the line in the final minutes. It was a shocker.
GRANT VERDICT: It's not entirely his fault, but the West Ham manager is a hard man to warm to. In an era when media personality is just as important as tactical acumen for Premier League managers, the omens are not good for Avram Grant.
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Ooops, missed your comment, Norma! Sorry! Thanks, whatnauts! A bush filled with roses like this would be a sight to see! LOL!!!
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Pretoria - Former Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) chief Robert McBride had the final say on whether three officers who became state witnesses in his trial would face disciplinary proceedings, the Pretoria Magistrates' Court was told on Friday.Former EMPD deputy police chief Ashok Kumar Boodhoo told the court under cross-examination that his former boss had the final say within the department on whether disciplinary action was pursued against metro police officers before the complaints were handed to the municipality's internal complaints division.The court was told that officers Stanley Sagathevan, Patrick Johnson and Itumeleng Koko were subjected to disciplinary action in May 2007, some five months after McBride's accident on the R511 near Hartbeespoort Dam on December 21 2006.Asked by prosecutor Petronel du Plessis who would have the final say in the EMPD on whether officers were disciplined, Boodhoo said: "The chief of police makes the decision on discipline."McBride, who was sacked as EMPD police chief in September 2008, could be seen in the dock shaking his head in disagreement.McBride faces charges of fraud, defeating the ends of justice and drunken driving, and has blamed his accident after a work-related function on his diabetes medication.Sagathevan, Johnson and Koko were employed by the EMPD. It was previously alleged they were being investigated for criminal activities, including the attempted murder of suspected cash-in-transit heist kingpin Marco Singh.They are alleged to have changed their statements on McBride's sobriety after receiving immunity for these criminal charges. Their original statements stated that he was not drunk.Removed ammunitionBoodhoo said the three men faced disciplinary action over the Singh incident, fraudulent overtime claims and unauthorised expenditure of R50 000 on a "souped up" EMPD car.He admitted he was not aware of the fraud claims having been reported to the police.He said that on the night of the accident he had given the instruction for guns and ammunition to be removed from McBride's car and the accident scene."You are securing a crime scene by removing things from a crime scene?" Du Plessis asked him.He said he gave the instruction because he was concerned that the weapons and ammunition would fall out of the control of the EMPD and this would "cause serious trouble".He did not believe their removal contaminated the crime scene and his decision to order their removal from the scene "does not bear any significance in my view".He gave the instruction for McBride to be taken away from the accident scene so that he could receive medical attention.The trial was postponed to February 23.
The wheel has turned. Maybe justice will be served this time.Pity they cannot hang him.
He should never have seen the inside of a cell after the Magoo's Bar bombing. Hanging was his destiny. Isn't it ironic how criminals eventually go back to their old familiar ways, no matter what life of privilege and entitlement they were offered.
@immelmap, unfortunately McBride - being a high-profile figure in the hiearchy of the ANC and a (murderous) struggle-buddy to boot - is probably only going to get a slight slap on the wrist and told: "Tut-tut, now go away and don't be naughty again." For the life of me I cannot see real justice being done here - we all know the so-called "justice-system" is rotten to the core...
They won't even say "don't be naughty again" they will say do not get caught again, our country is run by criminals.
Maybe this time they'll make him a Minister?
Total disgust at how this guy is still walking around. ANC, you dudes are a safe house for criminals and everyone, including yourselves, know this.
I agree with Gargmel Smurfeaters. OUR country is run by criminals- period!
PS The Mafia springs to mind.
Who is McBride's big daddy?
This is just another example where the state spends millions of rands of our tax money on a high-profile trial where they don't have either the will or the brains to actually punish the offender. Our justice system is woeful, especially when it comes to high-ranking ANC cronies. McBride will probably now be promoted to Chief Presidential Advisor, just like Nyanda has just been highly rewarded for his incompetance and corrupt activities. This country has even less chance than Zimbabwe !!!!!
This chop should have been sent to the gallows in Pretoria way back in the 80's- He's nothing more than a glorified terrorist. I challenge the Auditor- General to audit his administration when he was in charge of Metro Cops.Hopefully, justice will prevail with this monster!
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looking forward to your incarcaration you evil prick
He was always a criminal..... The old saying once a thief always a thief. In his case slightly different but it still applies.
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Meet the album-format version of Voxtrot's music: Polaroids made grand for the arena stage.
Each of Voxtrot's first two singles -- 7"s, now out-of-print -- gave the impression, in 2004, that this brand-new band from Austin, Texas was already capable of absolute greatness. It wasn't just the A-sides: smart, punchy, vaguely Smiths-ish anthems, both later featured on the eponymous CD EP that really lit the spark about the band. It was how they were each paired with a long, lingering ballad that built with feeling as it went, the vocals achieving midnight-sky transcendence even when the lyrics were slyly bitter. It was hard to imagine how a band could come out of nowhere with four songs that sounded this precisely formed, and classically so, filled with melodies and lyrics to ponder and swoon over. It made you wonder if they had their hands on a secret reservoir of new classics. It made some of us immediately consider them our new favorite band.
As they slowly let their songs out over the next couple years -- in the form of three EPs and one compilation track -- the buzz about Voxtrot only grew, while their music gently changed from release to release, mutating into what's to be heard on their self-titled first album. On each subsequent EP they toughened up their sensitive-pop, building muscles of electric guitar onto the rock numbers and dramatic waves of strings onto the ballads. Though Voxtrot in 2007 plays bigger, fuller music, with more layers and pieces, than three years ago, the progression hasn't been continual addition so much as refinement, as if they tried to strip their music down to an essence, and then took that and built into something that'd be clearly identified as "the Voxtrot sound". One dominant sound, one with a rock 'n' roll oomph and grand presence that would translate well live, or even on the radio.
The upshot of this is that a band which had been putting out small releases that each sounded fresh now has an album with one dominant style. The blog-writers and next-hot-band-spotters shouldn't let themselves write this album off as a disappointment, though, just because it lacks the quick pleasure that a quick-and-hot single or EP provides. For if Voxtrot seems less magical the first time through, it grows in stature with each listen, as an album should. There's moments when it sounds more ordinary than I want it to, but that feeling never lasts long. What feels like a dull hook is quickly replaced by an exciting one; a song that starts off sounding too much like the one before changes quickly. Every song I try to write off has at least a few redeeming surprises within.
Many of the songs on Voxtrot have their own subtle interior progression; they change before your ears. Album-opener "Introduction" first seems like what its title makes you expect: a gently building set-up for the next song's burst of energy. And it is. But it's also a suite in and of itself, not just building -- with guitars, bass, drums and a string quartet -- but also reaching a joyous plateau, one that echoes in some ways the even more hectic release of the album's final song, "Blood Red Blood". That song has a strain of free-jazz running in the background, one that begins like ska accents. It's an unexpected touch that's woven smoothly into the song's rises and falls, one of many such touches throughout the album. Many are courtesy of Tosca String Quartet, who appear on seven of the album's tracks and fit in so well that they now seem like an extension of the band itself. There's other times when piano switches in for guitar, like on the remarkable "Steven", which also has some quick harmony vocals that are perfect enough to imagine that the song had another life as a Beach Boys-style beach sing-along. And there's moments throughout where a song seems to be taking you one direction and then changes course.
The mid-album pair "Firecracker" and "Brother in Conflict" is partly the album's most frustrating songs, because they seem the most ordinary. But each is fascinating, too. "Firecracker" has a rev-up-the-crowd chorus that rubs me the wrong way, sounding like it's leading towards some type of stadium/sporting event communal pump-fist-along... but only for a second. Even within that chorus itself the song mutates into something prettier and subtler; lead singer (and band songwriter) Ramesh Srivastava sings the verses with an undeniable glee; and the song keeps hammering forward and picking up joy with each step. "Brother in Conflict" also has a chorus that seems too simple for the band's talents, but the verses -- with those strings soaring behind -- go down smoothly, especially with the fun "My Sharona"-like groove. And near the end the melody builds into another, unexpected hook before ending. And that's how it is with Voxtrot -- disappointments melt into moments of illumination... exhilaration, even.
And then there's songs that feel just right from start to finish, like polished-up versions of the songs Voxtrot first caught our attention with. "Kid Gloves" offers gloriously big arena rock; what could be more fun than a typically melancholic singer cheekily singing "cheer me up / cheer me up / I'm a miserable fuck" over pounding guitars? And that hook isn't even the main chorus, itself a killer for its melody. "Ghost" begins contemplatively, but with enough of a kick that you can tell it's going to build towards some grand release; it doesn't disappoint. "Real Live Version" is a gorgeous maturation of those slow-burning, pristine ballads on the B-sides (a confident, reinvented "Dirty Version"). "Every Day" at first seems unremarkable, but it gains strength as it becomes a striking, sweet love song. It seems like the completion of the song before it, "The Future, Part 1", which touches on love's complexities in whirlwind style, at mid-tempo.
One memorable line from that song, "We scratch to the bottom of memory," resonates with both the general self-analytical approach of Srivastava's lyrics and the looking-back-and-making sense tone of Voxtrot as a whole. It seems no mistake that the album art is a collage of Polaroids, or that the band's cover art always involves snapshots of people. Voxtrot's songs are filled with "we"s and "you"s and "I"s; they so often resemble letters, sent or unsent. And while it'd be tempting to brand their songs as generational commentary -- to take lyrics like "Introduction"'s line, "We made our rules and then we broke them first" and turn it into a social statement -- it'd be such a mistake. Voxtrot's songs have universal qualities in the way that detail-driven, artfully written creations about people's personal lives often do. The lyrics hit home, along with the musical notes. Interpersonal drama -- and post-drama analysis -- is central to these songs, as it is to life. In our heads we all go back over things that happened years ago, trying to make sense of them, to figure out what we did wrong or how things could have been different. Most of us don't do it within brilliantly constructed pop songs, however. We just listen, spellbound.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Police released surveillance video Monday showing a mugger choking a blind woman before running off with her jewelry during a brazen attack in downtown Los Angeles.
The robbery took place at around 12:00 p.m. on July 24 on First Street in Little Tokyo.
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The 68-year-old woman was pushing a walker when a man wearing a white shirt and ball cap snuck up from behind and grabbed her around the throat.
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This is not a sedan of extremes. It's not the quickest Chevy sedan ever – that would be a 1960s big-block bruiser. But no big V-8 Chevrolet ever provided a ride as supple and well-controlled as this, nor did any of them answer to the helm with the alacrity and accuracy that the Malibu offers. The Malibu isn't as flashy as some past Chevrolets, but buyers will decide whether that's important. We like the understated exterior but would welcome a bit more style in the cabin. That everything fits well is far more important than the fact that it's a touch plain. Even the supportive seats are excellent.
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For the first time in its history, the Vanderbilt football program
has earned bowl eligibility in consecutive seasons. The program is in line to
sign a Top-15 recruiting class in February and things are trending in a positive
direction for those who have anchored down.
Similarly, Duke is making strides toward consistent legitimacy. The
Blue Devils have won six games before November for only the third time since
1953 and are bowl eligible for the first time since 1994 -- coincidentally the last time the team broke six wins.
The success and subsequent excitement that James Franklin and
David Cutcliffe have brought to the beaten-down fan bases of both private
universities are now being tempered with the potential loss of both men as
college football's annual coaching carousel begins to spin.
Vacancies at Kentucky -- which may not be viewed as a step up for
either Franklin or Cutcliffe -- and Arkansas are expected to soon be
at Tennessee will likely make the 58-year-old a candidate worth considering
despite being an elder statesman in the coaching ranks. Franklin became a hot
name immediately after he took the position at Vanderbilt, and his success on the
field combined with the proven ability to recruit SEC-caliber players makes him attractive.
Now all those invested in the Commodores and Blue Devils will be forced to wait and see if their coach remains or if they will use the perennial doormats as steppingstones.
For their part, each coach is saying all the right things, right now.
"We love where we are and what we are doing," Cutcliffe said. "I am happy at
Franklin shared the coachspeak.
"We have been dealing with these types of things since we got here," he said.
"Our focus is on this week."
While both recite the expected verbiage, speculation will persist.
VandySports.com, and he believes Franklin is sincere. But if Franklin chose to leave, it would pause the forward progress.
"Franklin has been the best coaching hire this school has made since Steve Sloan in the 1970s, and I think many would argue he is better than that," Lee said. "Most people will talk about his recruiting, but his on-the-field coaching is
incredible. If he left I think the next guy could probably win with the talent
he has brought into the program, but it won't be the same.
"There is a real feeling that with Franklin this could be a nine-win program. If
he got Vandy a New Year's Day Bowl victory, they will build a statue for him."
Vanderbilt's come-from-behind victory against Ole Miss last week was a
statement game for the program. Three-star commit Taurean Ferguson of
Jonesboro (Ga.) High viewed the victory as the team personifying the attitude of
its leader.
"They never gave up and that is the kind of guy Coach Franklin is," Ferguson
said. "He doesn't stop. He is always coaching guys up and making them believe.
He will get after you when you need it but he does it to build you up, and I
think that comeback was because of him and his style."
Ferguson was the fifth commitment to the Vanderbilt class, choosing to give his
verbal pledge in March. The 5-foot-9 cornerback said that his relationship with
Franklin was the primary reason.
"He really made me feel like he cared," Ferguson said. "He made me feel like I
was already on the team. He was the only coach that was recruiting me that would
pick up the phone every time I called and I like that he was always available."
Franklin said that he does not have a set message for recruits regarding his
future with the program, but that he will address it with any who ask.
"I will get into more detail with those guys," Franklin said. "We have a
personal relationship with those kids and we will get into detail with them."
Ferguson said that he hasn't asked the coach his intention but made it clear
that if Franklin wasn't part of the program it may change his status as well.
"I hope he stays and I am pretty sure he will," Ferguson said. "If he leaves
before signing day, though, I will probably look around to see if there is a
better place for me."
Landon Stokes, a three-star defensive end from Orlando (Fla.) Lake
Highland, said that his relationship with Franklin was a major reason for his
commitment as well but, unlike Ferguson, he plans to stay the course regardless
of Franklin's status.
"Coach Franklin is a great coach. I want to play for him and I think he will
stay," Stokes said. "But it is about the whole package for me and I am anchored
down right now."
If Franklin were to leave, the Commodores' commit list would become a list of
targets for poaching programs. Four-star quarterback
Johnathon McCrary and three-star running back Johnathan Ford figure to
receive the most attention.
Duke, on the other hand, may be in a better place to keep its class together.
DevilsIllustrated.com and he thinks that the philosophy on Tobacco Road is
different than in Nashville.
"The unique thing is that I don't think Cutcliffe is the main guy in any of the
recruiting," McLawhorn said. "It is a family-style recruiting approach and not
just one coach being a driving force. I think that aspect will keep a lot of the
kids here, but if he took the staff with him it could fall apart."
The 16-man class for Duke is currently ranked No. 55 class in the country and is
on track to be one of the Blue Devils' highest-ranked recruiting hauls over the
last decade.
McLawhorn said that the loss of Cutcliffe would likely be noticed in the future
and that his presence has always been felt in the region whether he was at
Tennessee, Ole Miss or now at Duke.
"He has been involved with the Raleigh-Durham area for so long that he will get
the kids he wants if he goes to a place like Tennessee," McLawhorn said. "His
relationship with Peyton and Eli Manning always generates attention when they
are on campus and that plays a major role in recruiting."
What both programs are banking on is the follow-through on promises made to both
Duke has upgraded its practice facility, it has extended its outdoor field from
60 to 100 yards, and it has stadium improvements in the works.
According to McLawhorn, the administration has shown Cutcliffe a commitment that
it has not shown any previous coach, Steve Spurrier included.
"Spurrier really didn't stay long enough to find out, but it was unlikely he
would have gotten what Cutciffe is getting now," McLawhorn said. "Ted Roof got nothing, I mean zero support. With what Cutcliffe has done on the field and the off-the-field stuff improving, it has students and alumni
enthusiastic for the first time."
Vanderbilt is following through with similar plans. It has renovated the
football stadium and added a new high definition Jumbotron, it made cosmetic
improvements to the McGugin Center and built a new $30 millon practice facility.
Lee thinks the administration is doing everything it can to keep Franklin
The rubber will meet the road when doing all a program can proves not to be enough to keep each man happy.
"They are paying Franklin and his assistants a good salary and making sure that
Vanderbilt is competitive with other SEC schools where it can," Lee said. "There
are things that the school simply cannot do, but it is getting its bang for the
buck. The administration is doing as much as they can afford."
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A public hearing on a request to demolish the former Erie Freight House on the Buffalo River will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in Room 901 of City Hall.
Savarino Companies is planning apartments and office space at the site, but the freight house, at 441 Ohio St., has been designated a city landmark, and the Preservation Board has to approve the demolition request.
Developer Samuel J. Savarino has said he would move whatever materials are able to be saved and use them in a new location, but said the building has been damaged by water and is unable to be rehabilitated.
A vote on the request, by the Preservation Board, is possible after the hearing.
The project has already won Planning Board approval.
Also this week:
• The Planning Board will meet at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday in Room 901 in City Hall.
• The Common Council's Civil Service Committee will meet at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers.
• The Council's Finance Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers, where a discussion of a recent audit of the Erie Basin Marina from Comptroller Mark J.F. Schroeder is expected.
Representatives of the comptroller and Brand-On Services, which has a contract with the city to operate the marina, are scheduled to discuss the audit and answer questions from lawmakers.
• The Council's Community Development Committee will meet at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers.
• The Council's Legislation Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers.
• The Buffalo Sewer Authority will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Room 1038 of City Hall.
• The Buffalo Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Academy for Visual and Performing Arts, 450 Masten Ave.
• The Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Room 209 of City Hall.