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BEPL continued CD-i support up to 2000
>> Monday, April 30, 2007
Robin Back and Johnny Byrne started the company BEPL in 1989 to make interactive stories for television initially hosted on CD-i. BEPL is short for Backs Electronic Publishing Limited. Their first published CD-i title was "Anne Willan presents the Food of France". When it was first released in 1992 in the USA, it broke new ground with animated DYUV sequences, attract-mode programming, and interactive credits. BEPL was credited with its first EMMA award in recognition of these achievements. Ofcourse now we remember BEPL for offering the community two free prototype CD-i games, Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe. More on these games later; now we have a look at the background of BEPL.
The disc "Foods of France" is in two parts, each linked with the other. On the one hand there are the recipes themselves, carefully divided into categories such as main dishes, soups, desserts and so on. Each recipe is illustrated and Anne herself discusses the qualities of each ingredient in turn and talks the viewer through every stage. The viewer can jump from page to page, recipe to recipe, category to category and also straight to the regional tours, the best thing to do whilst something is cooking!
In 1992 BEPL was commissioned to engineer two CD-i titles for Philips "Schools 2000" project, covering aspects of science and mathematics related to Key Stages 1 and 2 of the National Curriculum. "Space Safari" teaches about animals and plants. It requires the user to help the captain of an alien spaceship in collecting plants and animals from Earth, classifying them and then finding them suitable habitats on a new planet.
The RNIB project was to create a pilot, digitised (CD-delivered) alternative to the Talking Books on tape that RNIB members have known and loved for many years. In essence BEPL packed some 16 hours of continuous audio tracks onto one CD-i formatted disc. However, access to this material is governed by special copyright considerations so we used special infra-red commands on a remote controller to makes sure the discs could not be heard by anybody who shouldn't. Clever programming but it was a bit too close to a retail format to satisfy the rights holders and so we understand a different digitising formula from Sweden, has been adopted.
In 1996, plans were made to update the then current visitor's centre interactive laserdisk programmes as these were getting a little long in the tooth and in some areas were no longer accurate. The kiosks had been enthusiastically received by visitors, especially school-children and others on formal educational visits, so the challenge was on to do better! In conjunction with First Information Group plc (regrettably now defunct), BEPL decided the most efficient method of achieving the required upgrade within budget was to use CD-i as the host platform and integrate Microtouch controllers into the existing Sony touchscreen monitors. The programme starts with a silent rolling demo of what is on the disc, including the 'board' game and detailed question sets, and invites users to touch the screen to start the programme. Once this happens, the user is introduced to the various methods of generating electrical power with particular emphasis on the requirements, benefits (and pitfalls) and implications of nuclear power generation. The dice game invites users to reply to questions correctly and moves their counter round the board appropriately. If questions are wrongly answered - you're out!
From the Philips Magazine, 'CD-i Matters', Issue 6 September 1997: "...BSM's 'Qualified Fleet Driving Training Programme' on CD-i sharpens drivers wits with simulations of real-life motoring hazards, in which they can interactively take part. Drivers can train anywhere, anytime and the player stores information on the driver's reactions for later evaluation..."
Measurement and evaluation of results are a key part of all BEPL training programmes. The old adage: "What gets measured gets done" applies even more strongly when Training budgets are under pressure to produce quantifiable results. Whether on CD-i or CD-ROM or even on bespoke games kiosks such as the Mouseketeers programme for Whitbread Family Inns, it is important to be able to see how programmes are used in the real world. It is of course possible to have someone sit and watch what's going on - but its much more effective to have the machine do the measuring. Anyway - what are machines for? The clever part about this programme and its first cousin completed in July 1997, is the timing of the hazard recognition 'windows'. Users have almost exactly the same time as they do in real life to identify and react to a potential hazard on the road. As we all know these can range from routine traffic lights to small children suddenly running out in front of you. The programme certainly keeps the viewer alert as well as keeping track of how good he or she is at recognising danger.
In 1997, BEPL developed and remade a CD-i promotion disc for Antec International, who are important suppliers of pesticides, virucides and disinfectants to the agricultural industry worldwide. Various foreign language versions have been added including Spanish, Arabic and Mandarin chinese. Of particular note was the creation of a Website Index - not a search engine but a real index and thus much quicker to locate things. Another first for Antec and in regular use on their site.
In 1999, CD-i refused to die despite numerous funerals. This platform was used to make an interactive discovery game for PwC called 'Pursue'. Mixing of real-time video laid over virtual reality office environments called for new programming techniques, not to mention video-making. Also in 2000, after extensive use on CD-i, BEPL remade 'Pursue' on DVD-ROM. The DVD platform itself cannot handle a tenth of the interactivity of CD-i so the DVD-ROM route was chosen but with DVD video quality.
Credits: BEPL


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Porcelain Princess Bell. No markings. Nothing special just a cute bell in mint condition.
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Porcelain doll bell. Marked with a Japan sticker. Good condition.
Fukagawa Arita cream and sugar. Marked Made in Japan hand painted.Very beautiful silver trim and design of wheat. Mint condition.
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Franciscan Bird N Hand Creamer. Marked Franciscan Japan. Mint condition.
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Franciscan Bird N Hand cup and saucer. Marked Franciscan Japan. Saucers have slight crazing on bottom.
Noritake cup and saucer, Candice pattern. Marked Noritake Ireland. Mint condition.
Haviland Limoges France vase. Titled Marie-Louise. Vase is 6 1/2" tall and 4" round, comes with wooden display stand. Marked Haviland France. signed and dated 10.25.76 by artist Suchiolr Haviland. May not be exact signature of artists first name. You buy it and figure it out. He writes like a doctor.
Noritake Guenevere creamer. Marked Noritake Japan. Mint condition.
Noritake Guenevere gravy boat. Marked Noritake Japan. Bowl has attached underplate. 8 1/2" long x 6" wide x 3" tall. Mint condition. Very nice piece to add or for replacement.
Royal Crown Mardi Gras sugar bowl with lid. Marked Royal Crown Japan. Bowl is 5" tall x 3" dia. Bowl has one small chip in it, just barely noticeable.
Cloisonne urn. Urn has cloisonne process over brass and beautifully hand painted flowers and birds. Urn is 8" tall x 4" dia. with original lid. A real find.
Anchor Hocking Fire King cup and saucer. Marked Anchor Hocking Fire King Made in USA. Flower pattern. Mint Condition. Came in oatmeal in the 50"s.
Anchor hocking Fire King cup and saucers. Corn Flower pattern. Came in oatmeal boxes in the 50"s. Marked Anchor Hocking Fire King. Mint Condition. Remember $12.00 gets you one cup and six saucers.
Universal coffee cup and saucer, Ballerina pattern. Marked Universal Union Made in The USA. I was going to throw this away and saw the Union Made in the USA and knew it had to be old. Probably rare, to be union made. Mint condition.
Japanese Vase and Lidded Urn. Marked made in Japan. Both are 8" tall by 5" dia. Handpainted flowers and butterflys on china. Mint condition and a real beautiful set. Heirloom quality.
Porceline rice bowl with lid. Bowl is 4" tall x 6" dia. beautiful handpainted bowl. Unique because the bowl is footed and the lid is footed also. The lid can be removed and flipped and becomes smaller bowl. Probably was used to serve rice then the lid was removed for something else to be served on.
Haviland Limogese serving bowl. Bowl is 10" long, 9" wide, 5" high. Marked Haviland limoges HCL. Has one small ship on bottom. Can't be seen unless you turn it upside down. Beautiful flower pattern.
Heritage Mint Porcelain Doll. 16" tall has all tags with certifications still intact. Beautiful Doll.

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By John Wawrow | Associated Press
BUFFALO, N.Y. The University at Buffalo has hired Bobby Hurley to take over as its mens basketball coach.
Hurley, who was introduced at a news conference Tuesday, completed his first season as an associate coach at Rhode Island this month, working under his brother, Dan Hurley. He spent the previous two seasons as an assistant at Wagner, also with Dan serving as head coach.
At Buffalo, he takes over for Reggie Witherspoon, who was fired two weeks ago after 14 seasons on the job. Witherspoon went 14-20 this past season.
Hurley, a superstar high school guard while playing for his father, Bob, Sr., in New Jersey in the 1980s, is best known for his playing days at Duke, where he established himself as one of the nations top all-time point guards. He led the Blue Devils to three Final Four berths, including 1992, when he was named most outstanding player.
The appointment of coach Hurley sends a clear statement that the University at Buffalo is committed to bringing big-time college athletics to the western New York community and the state at large, athletic director Danny White said. Im confident after our discussions that he is the right leader to take our program to the next level.
Hurleys ties to Duke played a factor with White. His father, Kevin White, is the AD at Duke.
After college, Hurley was selected by the Sacramento Kings in the first round of the 1993 NBA draft. He went on to play six seasons in the NBA split between the Kings and the then-Vancouver Grizzlies. After retiring, he became a racehorse owner and breeder before being hired as a scout by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2003.
The Bulls had been competitive under Witherspoon by finishing with 20 wins in three of the past five seasons. The big knock against their former coach was a failure to land an NCAA tournament berth.
Buffalo came close twice, in 2005 and 09, when the team lost the conference tournament championship. The Bulls did earn four postseason invites, including an NIT appearance in 2005. Witherspoon enjoyed seven winning seasons, and finished with a 198-228 record.
The team returns star forward, junior Javon McCrea, who was the MACs only player to rank among the top-three in conference in scoring, rebounding, field-goal percentage and blocked shots. He was selected to the all-conference first team for a second straight year.
White has wasted little time in changing coaches since being hired 10 months ago in taking over after Warde Manuel left for the same position at Connecticut. White hired Felisha Legette-Jack to replace Linda Hill-MacDonald, who was fired after seven years with the womens team.
This week, wrestling coach Jim Beichner was fired after 18 years.
Hurleys father is the longtime coach at St. Anthony in Jersey City, N.J., a state and national powerhouse that Bobby and Dan both played for. While Bobby went on to play at Duke, Dan played in the Big East at Seton Hall. Dan, too, was a high school coach in New Jersey before leaving for Wagner in 2010. When he was hired, he added Bobby to his first staff immediately.
Last season, after two years with the Seahawks, Dan took the same position at Rhode Island. Bobby, after withdrawing from consideration to replace his brother at Wagner, followed Dan and took the assistant role with the Rams.


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WHISTLER -- People tend to think of new art galleries as big and bold and flashy. Michael Audain's proposed art museum in Whistler is small and elegant and understated.
But not that small. At a press conference on Tuesday, Audain revealed that plans for the museum have doubled in size to 55,000 square feet. It is now expected to cost $30 million, $10 million more than when he announced the project last October.
A model of the proposed museum shows a long, low building that blends into the landscape like a modern version of an old covered bridge, with a wing that juts out like the blade of a hockey stick.
The building is sandwiched in-between a cluster of spruce trees. In fact, the building was angled so only one tree would have to come down during construction.
"The notion is that the building will be quietly inserted into a void within the forest," explained architect John Patkau, who designed the building with his wife and architectural partner Patricia Patkau. "It will be recessive and restrained in its visual presence."
In a nod to Whistler's large snowfall, the roof has a very steep pitch. And in a nod to the fact the building is on a flood plain, the museum is on stilts, at points hovering 12 feet off the ground.
The exhibition space in the museum will be 20,000 sq. ft., which is the same size as the exhibition space at the Museum of Vancouver, and approximately 60 per cent of the exhibition space at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Patkau's design features a main section for Audain's renowned art collection and a new wing for temporary exhibits.
The main section is two levels, with the first floor featuring 14,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space with a 13-foot ceiling. The new wing where the building juts out will have 6,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space, and a ceiling that will soar up to 30 feet high.
The main building is 417 feet (127 metres) long and the wing is 164 feet (50 m). The building is 45 feet (13.7 m) high, when you factor in the stilts/piles.
The Municipality of Whistler was only informed of the new size on Monday, and still has to give approval to the new plan. But Whistler has already given the Audain Art Museum a lease on the site for 199 years, and Mayor Nancy Wilhelm-Morden doesn't think there will be any problems with the revised plan.
"This is just incredible," said Wilhelm-Morden. "When (Audain) came to us last fall and said he wanted to build a 25,000-sq.-ft. art gallery, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven.
"Then the application came in and it was larger than that, it was 45,000 sq. ft. We processed that, and now he says 'You know what? It's just not quite big enough, I have to build it a bit bigger.' Oh my goodness — it's pretty amazing."
Audain said he hopes to get approval for the building by the summer, and to finish it by early 2015. The museum will be paid for by the Audain Foundation.
Audain startled the art world by announcing he was building his own art museum last fall. The 75-year-old chairs Polygon Homes, and has been one of British Columbia's most active art collectors and philanthropists, giving away $40 million through the Audain Foundation, including $10 million to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Polygon's website said it has built 21,000 homes since 1980, but Audain said the art museum has been a real learning experience.
"It's totally different to building condominiums," laughed Audain. "Show me plans for a townhome or a highrise and I can tell you what it's going to cost, within $5 per square foot or something. But something of this nature, it's a steel building and I don't know exactly what it's going to cost. It's all new to me."
Audain wants to build quickly, and has. Originally, the idea was to leave room for a later addition, but he decided it made more sense to do it immediately. So he had Patkau add the new wing.
"We do try to move fairly expeditiously," he said. "Sometimes I think the architect has (said) it's like a runaway train, we're going so fast."
To the casual observer, the design looks a bit like a west coast native longhouse. Audain said artist Jim Hart made the same observation, as well as that the building looked like an upside-down canoe.
Patkau said the design was dictated by the site.
"Really what drove the design was fitting into the site, and putting the building in a place where there were no trees," he said. "That resulted in the building form. The fact that it reminds people of a long house is a plus."
The location will be across from Whistler's municipal hall on Blackcomb Way.
"You approach the building from Blackcomb Way across a bridge," explained Patkau. "This bridge goes through the forest (and into the museum). We think that will be quite a special experience, and will take you into another world."
The design was also dictated by possible flooding from nearby Fitzsimmons Creek. The building will be constructed on piles one storey in the air.
"The building is constructed like a bridge," said Patkau. "Basically it's on piers, and there's a long, steel span structure. It's exactly like a covered bridge."
Audain's art collection includes well-known works by artists Emily Carr (War Canoes), Bill Reid (Killer Whale) and E.J. Hughes (Departure From Nanaimo). He made his announcement in a Polygon boardroom with a beautiful Takao Tanabe painting, Inside Passage: Malacca Strait, as a backdrop.
But when he was asked how many works of art he owns, he shrugged.
"Don't know," he laughed. "I don't count them. We have them in different locations."


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The Best Possible Answers To Opinion-Based Questions
Ranker, as an openended platform for ranking people/places/things, is a lot of different (awesome) things to different people. But the overarching goal for Ranker has always been to provide the best possible answer to opinion-based questions like "What are the best _____?"
Popular sports and entertainment vote lists often grow into being a great answer within 12-72 hours as they get lots of traffic quickly, but the majority of Ranker lists take 1 – 3 months to build to full credibility as visitors on Ranker and from search engines find them and shape them with votes and re-ranks.
I thought it would be fun to showcase some Ultimate Lists and Vote Lists in other categories that haven't gone viral, but through the participation of lots of Rankers over a few months have indeed become "the best possible answer" to this question.
You all clearly love to weigh in on the start of the day, and the 5 o'clock hour:
But you also have strong opinions on hydration during the day:
Best Sodas (and for the more calorie-conscious among you The Best Diet Sodas)
And even specific Gatorade flavors (thanks for the list Lucas)
Snacking, whether it be on a particular type of cheese, candy bar, or even as granular as a specific Jelly Belly flavor (thanks for the list Samantha but what's with all the chocolate pudding haters?)
Dining out, specifically at Italian chain restaurants
A list I am not authorized to vote on, pregnancy cravings
And hundreds more, including perhaps a new category entirely – food nostalgia (I do miss those Crispy M&Ms myself)
Not categories that I personally check up on much, so I was psyched to see quite a few solid rankings here, some of them high-end but mostly stuff you can find at the mall:
And even a men's facial moisturizers list (have only tried 3 or 4 myself, but agree with their relative positions on the list)
Rankers, I know from a number of you that as we've been adding datasets of "rank-able objects" over the last year, one of the most-requested ones that we don't yet have is hotels/resorts. Trust me, it's still on the list. But in the meantime, it's been heartening to see how many of you have participated in these great resources for travel destinations and attractions, like these:
Theme parks for roller coaster addicts
And my personal faves, "bucket lists" of the world's most beautiful natural wonders and historical landmarks.
Great stuff – these lists and 1000s more like them are true testimonials to the "wisdom of crowds". Thanks, crowds!


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By By Andrew Drwiega, International Bureau Chief | July 14, 2014
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During an exclusive interview heading into the Farnborough International Airshow, Sikorsky President Mick Maurer told Rotor & Wing that speed, autonomy and intelligence are the factors that Sikorsky is driving forward to meet its military and civilian customer needs.
Recent wins including the U.S. Air Force's Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) program (112 aircraft), the VXX Presidential helicopter (23 S-92s) and an important decision by the U.S. Army's Advanced Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD) to go with the Boeing/Sikorsky partnership to help develop the digital backbone of the Joint Multi Role technology demonstrator (JMR TD) all helps to push the business forward in harsh economic times.
"The award of the Joint Common Architecture for the JMR TD says a lot of the benefit of teaming with Boeing," noted Maurer. "We both have significant strengths. We think there is great benefit to having the air vehicle and mission system together and now there is that possibility."
Graphic of the CSAR helicopter. Courtesy of Sikorsky
When asked about the next generation of helicopter from Sikorsky, he said that the first flight of the S-97 Raider – still on track for the end of the year – was not only proving to the Army that an Armed Aerial Scout was available whenever they might need it, but also that it was a risk-reducing measure in terms of where the company (with partner Boeing) was going along the JMR TD path. Asked whether there would be a successor in time to the latest UH-60M Black Hawk, he said: "We don't have a UH-60N model in the works, but never say never."
Regarding the S-97, Maurer continued: "There was an perception that this was going to have a really big price tag. But if you fly it and can project the cost of parts today and tomorrow, however many years ahead, you can have a understanding of that cost."
When considering major programs and the role of innovation, Maurer made the point that there are very few programs of any magnitude where one company goes it alone: "We are with Lockheed Martin in the Air Force's CSAR program; the Presidential VXX, the DARPA X-Plane; with Boeing and Aurora Flight Sciences, then others such as Kaman makes the cockpits for the Black Hawk."
Analyzing the financial position of the business, Maurer said that the combined $8 billion from the CSAR and VXX programs were very positive for Sikorsky's overall balance sheet, and while the Canadian Maritime Helicopter program would balance the equation downward, the outcome there was now confirmed.
Look for the full interview in an upcoming issue of Rotor & Wing.
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Mountain Lion
Answer: Most sources will tell you they are the same thing, but in actuality, there is one major difference... mountain lions carry canteens.
Question: What is the difference between a mountain lion and a mountain man?
Answer: The tail.
18 comments:
- Bobbi-Jo said...
Very good observations. My one year old is jabbering away at the screen right now so you've managed to appeal to all age groups :)
- November 09, 2007
- lrlewis said...
I like him - he's cute and rugged all at once.
Also, your mind is a scary, scary place.
- November 09, 2007
- Heather D. White said...
LOL! The detail on this is awesome. Love the fringe on his mountaineering getup. I wonder how well he shoots that rifle whilst steading himself on his walking stick. LOL!
- November 09, 2007
- Seth Hippen said...
Wow. All this time I've been looking for the wrong thing on my hunts for deadly prey. From now on I'll be more weary of mountain men with tails. Great design, by the way.
- November 09, 2007
- Nathan Lindsay said...
The only problem with this drawing is that you did it and not me. LOVE IT. Illustrate a book with this guy. I'll pay you directly.
- November 09, 2007
- Samwise said...
Wow, this is my favorite of your work that I've seen. That is really cool.
- November 09, 2007
Love this one! Could easily be a character on Cartoon Network! Kinda makes me think of Grizzly Adams...feline style!
- November 10, 2007
- Lino said...
This.Is.Awesome !
You truely do have such a great drawing style sir !
His expression is priceless!
- November 10, 2007
- Todd Oman said...
See I already knew that because I got drunk with a Mountain Lion once. This is one of my favorites Shane, really awesome design!
- November 11, 2007
- Joe said...
Funny one sir. Love the proportions on this guy.
- November 12, 2007
- Ken said...
haha his expression rockS!
- November 13, 2007
- Ken Chandler said...
So what you're saying is... if a guy walks up to you in the mountains and says he knows the best hunting spots and to follow him-- and he has a tail-- shoot him, right?
- November 13, 2007
- Kevin Keele said...
I LOVE this drawing. Love it. Love.
- November 14, 2007
- Dave McClellan said...
My son just asked me this very question the other day. I will direct him here for his answer.
- November 14, 2007
- Katie McDee said...
Could I love this moutain lion anymore? I think not.
- November 15, 2007
- robi pena said...
muy bonitos tus personajes!!
Love it!
- November 15, 2007
- Bobo said...
u re in my favorite list, great works!
- December 03, 2007
- Blake Loosli said...
You cook a fine rabbit, pilgrim. (Jeremiah Johnson)
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Sat down last night and this morning to crochet these poop bags carriers - the 1st picture of them is the front, the 2nd picture is the back. Ladybug graciously offered to help show them off for you - Tex, on the other hand, didn't want anything to do with posing for pictures.
When we walk the dogs, I'm the one that has to carry the plastic bags (you know, the small black plastic doggy bags you get at the dollar store). I figured it would be a little nicer to be able to have them in a little crocheted carrier. Plus, my hand won't get as sweaty. :)


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Nina Foch, a veteran actress from Hollywood's film noir era of the 1940s who became a widely respected acting coach and teacher of directors, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 84.
She died of complications from long-term myelodysplasia, a blood disorder, according to her son, Dr. Dirk De Brito.
Foch became ill Thursday while teaching "Directing the Actor," a popular course at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where she taught for 40 years. She also offered the class for years at the American Film Institute. Her students have included accomplished directors, including Randal Kleiser, Amy Heckerling, Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz.
"She was one of those few teachers who was truly life-changing," said Herskovitz, who with Zwick created and produced the critically acclaimed television shows "thirtysomething," "My So-Called Life" and "Once and Again."
"She had a point of view that was so profound and so provocative that it forced you to really reassess not just your thoughts about filmmaking but your whole approach to life and relationships," he said.
Herskovitz, who met Zwick in Foch's class at AFI in the 1970s, said her philosophy was difficult to boil down because it stemmed from her insights into how people behave and think and what they believe. "She had a wonderful phrase that used to torment us — "idiosyncratic contrapuntal juxtaposition," he recalled Friday. "What it meant was what happens in life is often the opposite of what you think would happen, so the way you play a scene is often the opposite of the way you would think. . . . I'm not exaggerating when I say that what she taught us comes up literally weekly in our careers. She so influenced us in our way of looking at material, directing, even writing."
Foch began her career as an actress whose most memorable work was in the B-movie classic "My Name Is Julia Ross" (1945), directed by Joseph H. Lewis. Foch played a young woman who takes a job as secretary for a wealthy family and becomes ensnared in a plot to cover up a murder.
Her standout acting inspired a recent UCLA Film & Television Archive series celebrating Columbia's "noir girls" of the 1940s. In addition to "Julia Ross," the series featured films such as Fritz Lang's "Human Desire" and Rudolph Mate's "The Dark Past," which starred Foch opposite William Holden and Lee J. Cobb.
"She's really the reason we did these films," Andrea Alsberg, who curated the UCLA series, told The Times in October. "Nina is this tall, cool drink of water. She's not a dame, like Gloria Grahame. She's got class. 'Julia Ross' is a great, Hitchcockian thriller. And it's Nina that brings it alive. It's only 65 minutes, but you want to look at her the whole time."
Foch was born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock on April 20, 1924, in Leyden, Netherlands. Her father was the renowned Dutch composer-conductor Dirk Fock; her mother was actress Consuelo Flowerton. They divorced when Foch was a toddler.
She later moved to New York with her mother and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also studied Method acting with Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler. She changed her name to Foch when her movie career began in 1941 at Warner Bros. She worked under contract at several major studios, including Columbia,
Her film credits include "A Song to Remember" (1945), "An American in Paris" (1951), "Scaramouche" (1952) and "The Ten Commandments" (1956). She earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress in "Executive Suite" (1954).
Foch appeared on Broadway, including the 1947 hit "John Loves Mary." She briefly tried directing, serving as assistant director to George Stevens on "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959), but turned to television acting when it became clear to her that the time was not ripe for a female director.
Her lengthy television credits include "Prescription: Murder" (1968), which launched the popular "Columbo" detective series starring Peter Falk, the miniseries "War and Remembrance" (1988) and episodes of "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "The Mod Squad," "Dharma & Greg" and "NCIS." She earned an Emmy nomination for best supporting actress in a drama series in 1980 for her work on an episode of "Lou Grant."
Foch taught two classes a week at USC, where her course was a requirement in a master of fine arts program.
"Believe it or not, teaching is the most rewarding thing I do," Foch told United Press International in 1994. "It has been the most successful thing I've done in my life."
Thrice married and divorced, she is survived by three grandchildren, in addition to her son. Services were pending.


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'Twas the night before Christmas,
And Glocks were on butts,
The knives were in jeans,
And kids texted, "WAZZUP?"
"SCRAP," someone said.
Badass motherfucker
Damn straight, U SUKR!
The cops said the kids who were fighting around the Regal River City Marketplace Stadium 14 theater on Christmas Eve weren't using social media. I don't believe that. New scrappers kept arriving though nobody sent up a flare. When it comes to the Internet, cops are behind the times — circa when Facebook was cool.
The kids know that cops, parents, friends and frenemies can search their phones. Maybe they used apps like SnapChat that let texts pop up on friends' phones and then vanish into the ether seconds later. Cops can retrieve them from the smartphone's flash chip, but that requires a data extractor and a warrant.
Perhaps that's how messages similar to the doggerel at the top of this column flashed across screens in Jacksonville's raggedy Northside, and why 600 teenagers who did not have Christmas Eve dinners to attend showed up ready to rumble. According to the arrest and incident reports I read, and the video I saw, the mob attempted to flash-rush the building but bounced off the locked doors.
Inside the theater itself, off-duty Officer B.R. Smith called it in, and within minutes, 60 cops came swarming. In the parking lot, the popo were on the receiving end of some "fuck-you-cracker" taunts, while girls pulled hair and clawed at boobs and faces and the boys jumped on the roofs and kicked in the body metal of those wretched Impalas local cops use as cruisers.
The police deployed pepper spray to melt hearts and minds, moved the mob away from the theater, separated out the little kids so they wouldn't get hammered, organized a parent pick-up zone for non-combatants and made five arrests — three juveniles and two teenagers over 18. Laurie-Ellen Smith, a Jacksonville Sheriff's Office flack, was dispatched to explain things to parents and the media. The busted five were arraigned on Christmas Day, when their felonies were dropped to misdemeanors and they were diverted into probation and supervision, adjudication withheld.
To realize how gratifying, appropriate and astonishing this is, you have to ponder what didn't happen:
There are always guns, knives and knucks in a crowd that big. Because the police acted quickly, in overwhelming numbers, the weapons stayed hidden. (None of the arrested adults had guns on them. The juveniles' records were sealed.) The cops took some punches and pushes but didn't crack bones with batons or put bullets through brains, which they could have done lawfully.
They charged the kids with "affray" and "fighting," which are misdemeanors, not assault and battery, which are felonies. They didn't book them on battery on a law enforcement officer or lying to police, which are the handy-dandy add-on charges police too often use to boost petty offenses into felonies.
They didn't run any IDs on hundreds of kids, which would've let them bust everyone with an outstanding warrant, detainer or probation violation. They didn't run the tags of the parents' vehicles and arrest every clueless gork with a suspended license. Legally, they could have done all of that and more.
Nor did the police frisk all the kids for the cigarettes, alcohol and dope some of them were no doubt carrying. They didn't search all the cars in the parking lot. They even avoided those tempting cop stand-bys: "Hey, you don't have any guns or narcotics in your car, do you? You don't mind if I look around?"
They didn't use dirty cop tricks, like crowding or muttering racial epithets, to make kids act out and justify more arrests. Afterward, most teenagers returned, if not to happy homes, at least to someplace better than that juvenile offender rat cage on East Eighth. Maybe the next time they catch a "SCRAP" and an "RUUP4IT?" on their snazzy phones, they'll just say no.
It's no great secret that these mobs of kids exist in large part because of a collapse of a nurturing family life, and that the cops are the only effective daddies many of these children have. Nonetheless, last Christmas Eve, by the grace of God and good police training, the daddies knew best. Some kids got a legal spanking, but nobody got cut, nobody got shot and nobody got dead. That's the best Christmas present ever,
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Alan Kirkes started his auto mechanic career working in his father's repair shop after school and during the summer as a teen growing up in Talihina, Okla. It all started as a way to earn money to buy a car, albeit not the Porsche of his dreams.
But he also spent time hitting the books, and graduated in the top 10 percent of the class of 2002 at Talihina High School. Alan also was listed among "Who's Who Among American High School Students" and was a member of the Oklahoma Honors Society.
Work at his father's G&R Garage was fun, but after graduating high school various influences led him to start his college education at Carl Albert State College with a major in Intro to Criminal Justice. "It was fun, but nothing compared to cars," he says. After two semesters, he transferred to the Pro-TECH program at OSU-Okmulgee and found his true calling in the auto repair program designed for technicians at independent shops. He was member of Phi Theta Kappa honor society and on the Presidents Honor Roll and also received the Pro-TECH program's "Outstanding Student" award. He earned his Associate in Applied Science degree with a major in Pro-Tech in the fall of 2005.
Throughout Alan's education, he continued working at his dad's shop, including for his OSU internships. After graduation, networking with one of his former instructors landed Alan an interview with a specialty car repair business in Dallas. But the months went by, so he lined up employment at an Oklahoma dealership. Just days before he started, Louden Motorcar Services came knocking with the job offer. A week later, in April 2006, Alan started at Louden's Dallas shop, which caters to high-end car brands including Porsche, Mercedes, BMW and Volvo. "I am more than fulfilling my dream because I wanted to work on Porsche, but instead, I work on Porsche and so much more," he says.
Alan Kirkes & His Career
Tell us about your career as an automotive technician.
My career as an automotive technician has been an interesting one. I started part-time when I was fifteen. I absolutely fell in love with cars. I continued to work on cars throughout high school. I attended the Pro-Tech program at OSU-Okmulgee. After graduation, I continued to work at my father's repair shop in my hometown. I applied at Louden Motorcar Services, Inc. in Dallas, Texas, in December, 2005, and interviewed the following month. In April, I still did not have the job in Dallas, so I called Bob Moore Porsche in Oklahoma City; they had no openings, but the Mazda dealership next door did. I interviewed with them the next day, got the job two days later, and was supposed to start on the following Monday. Two days before I was supposed to start at Bob Moore Mazda, I got the job at Louden Motorcars, so I resigned from the Mazda dealership on Monday morning. I felt horrible for doing that, but working at Louden Motorcars was what I had my heart set on. I've been at Louden Motorcars since April 16, and am having the time of my life.
How did the family business help drive your initial interest in auto repairs?
I was fifteen, and wanting to earn money to buy my very first vehicle. I wasn't really into repair work, but I spent my very first summer working in the shop. That summer opened the doors to a whole new world for me. From that point on, all I wanted to do was perform repair work. The family business was all about honesty, integrity, and doing the job right. It was the best learning experience anyone could ask for.
How did your career search unfold? What led you to apply to Louden Motorcar Services Inc.?
I've always been a huge Porsche fanatic. When I took interest in repair work, I thought "what could possibly be better than working on Porsche?" I always told my classmates at OSU that I would one day work at a Porsche repair facility. It was after graduation, I was in the area and I stopped by to see my former instructor, Tim Dwyer. He gave me a business card, and told me that he had met a shop owner in Las Vegas at a CARS convention. It was Steve Louden, owner of Louden Motorcars, who specializes in Porsche, Mercedes, BMW, and Volvo. I later called the number on the card, spoke to Mr. Louden, and had an interview.
What do you enjoy most about your first job?
Without a doubt, what I enjoy most are the people that I work with. The work environment at Louden Motorcars is unbelievable. Every person in that shop is dedicated to excellence. What I especially like is the attitude that everyone has to help one another. There's not a person in that shop that won't stop what they're doing in order to help someone else. They're honest, knowledgeable and fun to work with.
What unique challenges and rewards come from working on high-end vehicles?
A unique challenge with high-end vehicles is the advancement in technology that they have over domestic and Japanese vehicles. It takes more effort to learn this technology, and be able to stay on top of the game. It's rewarding to know that if you can repair a German vehicle, you can repair anything on the road. It's also rewarding to have a sense of accomplishment of being at the top of the industry.
Who (or what) are the biggest inspirations for your career?
The biggest inspirations for my career are my dad, Tim Dwyer and OSU. I've always been mechanically inclined, but my dad was there to teach me how to use that ability. He showed me how to run a business, and showed me that honest shops are successful shops.
OSU refined what my dad had taught me, plus a little more. My instructor, Tim Dwyer, was a major help in this process. He had been a shop owner previous to taking the job at OSU, so it was easy for him to see where I was standing as a person and a technician. While I was waiting for the job opportunity in Dallas, I spoke to Mr. Dwyer to see what his thoughts were, because he's the kind of guy that you can take what he says to heart.
Are you a member of any automotive professional groups or associations? What are the benefits of this type of involvement?
Louden Motorcars is a member of the Automotive Service Association (ASA). It is also a Bosch Authorized Service Center. The benefits of this type of involvement are publicity and professionalism. It is an honor for a service center to be part of these organizations.
You received the "Outstanding Student" award while in the Pro-Tech program at OSU-Okmulgee. Tell us about the award. How important is this recognition to you, personally, and to your career?
The Outstanding Student Award given in the Pro-Tech program is a very special award because it is given to the top students in the class. One of my friends and I were the only two in the class to receive this award. This award was very important to me personally. I remember it like it was yesterday, sitting at the awards banquet on the night of graduation, and Mr. Dwyer presenting me with this award because of my integrity. That really meant a lot to me. I believe it's important to my career because it helps to show the fact that I want to succeed. Obviously, shop owners weren't in class with me, but at least they know that I am capable, and willing, to put forth the effort.
What do you consider your greatest success? Biggest setback?
My greatest success would have to be getting the job at Louden Motorcars. I am more than fulfilling my dream because I wanted to work on Porsche, but instead, I work on Porsche and so much more. I don't really consider to have had any setbacks. I look at everything as a preparation for the future.
What are some of your professional goals for the future?
My professional goals for the future are to become an ASE Certified Master Technician, and to be the absolute best technician that I can possibly be.
Education Information & Advice
How did you decide to go to automotive technician school? And how did you find your schools?
I believe that without an education, a technician will not make it far in the automotive field with the technological advances that cars have today. OSU-Okmulgee has always been very reputable. It is where my dad went to school, and I knew that if I followed in his footsteps, everything would work out.
What was your automotive education at OSU-Okmulgee like?
I received the Pro-Tech Outstanding Student Award, I was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, and I was a member of the Presidents Honor Roll. In my spare time at OSU, I liked to work out, play pool, play basketball, and just enjoy campus life. Coursework concentration was a must. We were taught at an extremely fast rate, and concentration was a big key to success. I ended up with an Associate's Degree in Applied Science, with a major in Pro-Tech.
What led you to transfer from Carl Albert State College to OSU-Okmulgee?
I never really wanted to attend Carl Albert State College, but I had family and friends that convinced me to do something else with my life. In the first semester at Carl Albert, I actually majored in Intro to Criminal Justice. It was fun, but nothing compared to cars.
Would you change anything about your education if you could?
Even if I had the opportunity, I would not change anything about my education. If I had not have attended Carl Albert State College, I would have been in a different Pro-Tech class, and I never would have gotten to know all the great classmates that I had. Also, the two semesters at Carl Albert proved to me that auto repair was what I wanted to do.
Based on what you hear in the industry, what do you think are the most respected and prestigious schools, departments or programs?
I feel that the most respected and prestigious schools are OSU-Okmulgee, WyoTech, and UTI (Universal Technical Institute). School choice will have some effect on landing a good job. All of the reputable schools have been heard of by business owners and dealerships, so they know what to expect from the entry level technicians.
What factors should prospective students consider when choosing a school? Are there any different considerations for those who know that they want to specialize in a certain automotive specialty?
Class population is a major factor. At schools such as WyoTech and UTI, classes are highly populated, which means less one-on-one time with teacher and student. At OSU, one-on-one time is a common characteristic. They make it a point to not overpopulate their classes. If a student knows what automotive specialty he or she wants to pursue, then there are certain factors that can be taken into consideration. As far as high-end cars are concerned, WyoTech and UTI have those specialty courses, along with Ford, GM and so forth. I believe OSU-Okmulgee is coming up with a program that will cover Mercedes Benz. Pro-Tech is a very unique program because it is designed for independent shops, which do not specialize, but rather cover all makes and models.
Does school choice make a difference in landing a good job?
I feel that the biggest influence an entry level technician can have on a potential job is how he or she displays oneself to the potential employer.
What advice can you give to prospective students thinking about an education and career in the automotive technician field?
The advice that I can give to a prospective student is to know that there will always be an ever-growing need for qualified technicians. Not just anyone can repair a car. It takes something special, and if you have that, you can take it as far as you want.
The Actual Work
Describe a typical day (or week) of work for you. What are your key responsibilities?
A typical day or week for me is a busy one. Being the newest and youngest tech in the shop, I have been positioned as the head tire and oil change guy. I get to work in the mornings just before 8:00. I do get to do quite a bit of mechanical repair work along with the tires and oil changes. I even replaced the head gasket on a Mercedes E320. I also have the duty of bringing in the "nicer" vehicles for the night. I try to start bringing in those vehicles at around 5:00 in the evening.
What specialized computer programs do you use?
We have a couple of specialized computer programs for our vehicles. We have a laptop for Porsche and Mercedes. We also have a factory BMW diagnostic computer. I believe it's called the GT-1.
How important is it for graduating students to be well-versed with these programs?
It is important for graduating students to be well versed with these programs. Students in automotive school will learn the basics about what to expect when using one of these machines, but when on the job, they will learn so much more. In school, the instructors only have so much time to cover a major amount of material.
What are the tools of the trade that you use the most? Favorite gadget?
My favorite tool in the shop would have to be the BMW GT-1. I have not had much exposure to this machine, but it is amazing how much it can tell you about the car you're working on.
What are the most rewarding aspects of your job?
The most rewarding aspects of my job are being around the cars, knowing that I can repair them, and getting to drive them after I repair them.
What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
The most challenging aspect of my job is trying to learn as much as I can every day. Every tech learns something new every day, and no tech will ever know everything about a car.
Interesting on-the-job incident involving a vehicle repair?
Since I started at Louden Motorcars, the only incident that comes to mind was on a Toyota Camry that belongs to a really good customer of ours. I was replacing the Park/Neutral safety switch, and I broke off one of the safety switch mounting bolts in the transaxle. I tried to extract the bolt, and was unable. Luckily, one of the other techs in the shop was able to remove the bolt.
Job Information & Advice
What are the best ways to land an auto technician job?
The best ways to land an auto technician job are to get an education in the field, have a well written resume, be persistent with the company you are applying to, and to display yourself in a professional fashion to your potential employer.
How available are internships and other hands-on learning opportunities?
OSU-Okmulgee is the only training facility that I know of that has student internships. Students will spend eight weeks in class, and eight weeks on internship. Each cycle of class and intern is one trimester. They will have a total of six trimesters. It equals out to two years of training. Internships are hands-on experiences in the field. Students get to work in a shop and make a salary.
How is the job market now in the industry? How do you think it will be in five years?
There are plenty of openings in the job market in our industry. The way cars are advancing, in five years, there will probably be even more openings. There will always be a need for qualified service technicians.
How can the reality of being an automotive technician as a career differ from typical expectations?
The reality of being a technician differs from typical expectations. If you enjoy working on cars for 40-plus hours per week, you will be okay, but it's not all fun and games. Things are going to break, frustration is going occur, you're going to make a misdiagnosis, and there will be times when you are rushed to finish a job because the customer needed the car yesterday. But if you love what you do, it's all worth it. My job is fun because I make it fun.
What are some common myths about your profession?
There are almost too many myths about our profession to name. A major myth is that one day, there will be no independent shops left, and that all repairs will have to be made by a dealership. The truth is that there will always be independent shops. Independent shops have access to every bit of equipment and information as the dealerships have, so they have nothing to worry about in the future. There are also myths about salary, difficulty and education required to be a good technician.
What are considered the hottest specialties developing over the next decade?
Hybrid vehicles are making their way into the automotive industry. Students should get ready to learn about hybrid vehicles, because they are a part of our future. The Toyota Prius is a major hybrid vehicle that is very popular. Talk has also been made about a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, but I'm not exactly sure as to how that is going to work as far as being a popular item. Concept vehicles seem to be the big thing now with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.
How has the popularity of the Internet affected your profession?
The Internet has definitely affected my profession. The service manuals that we use at Louden Motorcars are actually online. There are also websites such as iATN - International Automotive Technicians' Network that we use when we have an unsolved problem. iATN is full of technicians and repair shops that post questions, answers, and fixes to particular repair related problems.
Do you feel that is important for someone to be passionate about the automotive industry in order to be successful as an auto technician?
It is very important for someone to be passionate about the automotive industry in order to be successful as a technician. If you're not passionate about what you do, you're not going to put forth the effort needed to learn all you can about the newest technological advances.
Closing Remarks
Is there anything else you can tell us about yourself, your career, or the profession that would be interesting or helpful to others aspiring to succeed as an automotive technician?
If you want to be an automotive technician, there is nothing stopping you. It's a great career to have, and it's something that will always be needed. It takes a very intelligent individual to keep up with the technology and to be able to repair vehicles to "like new" condition. It's difficult, and it's challenging, but those are two of the traits that make it fun and rewarding.
Editor's Note: At the time of this interview, Alan Kirkes worked at Louden Motorcars. He has since shifted gears to join Grand Prairie Ford in Texas. If you would like to contact Alan Kirkes with questions about the automotive field, click here.


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CARSON, Calif. – Greg Cochrane is epitomized on the soccer field through his tireless energy that provides a spark for teammates on both sides of the ball.
During the preseason, the LA Galaxy's 38th overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft has impressed his coaches and teammates with his constant hustle down the left flank.
But when Cochrane attended the University of Louisville, he was well-known as much for his work on the field as for his long, flowing locks. Initially, Cochrane held back on cutting his hair to save a little money, but soon the mane became a symbol of a sprightly midfielder who started all 44 games during his two years at Louisville.
As Cochrane approached the beginning of his professional career, he knew that his hair had to go, but he didn't wish to simply chop it off. Instead, he donated his hair to Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces for needy children in the United States and Canada who are suffering from long-term medical hair loss.
"It was on my bucket list to donate hair or do something to help someone else because it's a little thing that I can do to help someone else," Cochrane told LAGalaxy.com. "All I had to do is grow my hair out 10 inches. There are kids out there with cancer who don't have hair so I was happy to give mine up to give to them."
Before, during, and after of the hair cut. #locksforlove twitter.com/gregcoch/statu…— Greg Cochrane (@gregcoch) January 16, 2013
After a successful two-year stint at Louisville and many positive reviews during the MLS Combine, Cochrane decided to shed his mop for a more stream-lined look one day before the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. But even though he was cutting his hair for a good cause, it was an emotional moment for the 22-year-old.
"It was the day after the combine, before the draft. I woke up and said, I'm cutting it today," said Cochrane with a smile. "I went to a salon because they said that they've dealt with it before and they ship it off [to Locks of Love]. So they put a million pony tails in my hair and when I first felt the clip [of the scissors] and my hair was off, I thought 'there's no turning back now.'
"It was emotional because once it grows, you get attached to it, but I was super happy to do it and cross it off the bucket list."
When the clean-cut Cochrane arrived at Galaxy preseason camp in January, he let his feet rather than his hair do the talking. Cochrane's industrious play and tireless work ethic along the left flank earned him appearances in all seven Galaxy preseason games where he finished the docket with one goal and three assists.
READ: Versatile rookie Greg Cochrane looking to lock down a spot with the LA Galaxy
Although the jump from the college ranks to MLS is a dramatic one, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena believes that he could make an impact for the club in 2013.
"He's a good young player and probably has more experience as a left back than as a left midfielder so we've been surprised with how he's progressed at the position," said Arena. "He's a very headsy player and he doesn't have the greatest physical qualities in terms of size and speed, but he runs pretty well and he's technically very solid and pretty sharp up stairs. So when you put all that together, the chances of being a good player are there. He's shown each and every week for us and had an impressive preseason."
Cochrane is quick to agree with Arena's assessment, admitting that with each passing day, he feels more confident among the professionals.
"I'm progressing little by little each day so I take it a day at a time," said Cochrane. "I've been more composed with the ball. Obviously, MLS is a step up from college and in the first few days, you might be a little bit more nervous, but I try to take a deep breath and relax and keep the ball moving. I try to stay one step ahead of the play so I know what to do when I get the ball."
On the field, it appears that the plucky rookie has the talents to be successful in the pro ranks, but one question remains: is Cochrane's long hair ever coming back?
"I'm not really sure yet. I do like having longer hair because it's my thing," said Cochrane. "But I think I might have shorter hair for a little bit because I don't want to go through that awkward in between stage that all guys with long hair know about. So I have to muster up the courage to get past that stage again but eventually I'll probably grow it back out again."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/Insider and contact him at email@example.com


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Corporate Strategic Plan 2017 - 2020
Sarnia: The Place You Want to Be!
Sarnia City Council approved the Corporate Strategic Plan on March 20, 2017. The Plan was developed in collaboration with the Public, City Staff and Council.
Our 4 Strategic Priorities:
- Economic Innovation
- High Quality of Life & Caring for all Citizens
- Responsible Financial Management
- Corporate Excellence & Leadership
The approved Strategic Plan can be viewed below. Hard copies of the plan are available from the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer at City Hall.
Thank you to all who contributed to this important direction-setting document.
Update May 7, 2018: For the past year, Sarnia City Staff have been implementing the Corporate Strategic Plan. To accomplish this, a cross-departmental Internal Strategic Planning Working Group was formed and met monthly to discuss and track the work being completed in the implementation stage of the plan. A summary of this work can be found in 2017 Report Card below. The report card is designed to complement and be an extension of the plan and provide a snapshot of the City's accomplishments in 2017. We have also included 2015-2016 In Review Accomplishments below.
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Carolina Panthers fans did not take kindly to Brandon LaFell taking a perceived swing at Cam Newton on his way out the door.
After signing a three-year, $9 million deal with the Patriots, the fifth-year receiver admitted Wednesday that Tom Brady's presence in New England was the clincher in his decision.
"I had a chance to play with a Hall of Fame quarterback," LaFell said, per ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss. "One day Cam will be there probably, but he's not there now."
The Panthers attempted to re-sign him, but LaFell -- who never caught north of 49 passes in four seasons in Carolina -- called New England the "better chance" to "get more balls and win."
"Nothing against those guys (in Carolina). It's a great organization and those guys are going to win, but it's proven up here, man," said LaFell. "We were winning last year in Carolina. These guys were winning up here the last 10-plus years. So why not come to a winning organization?"
LaFell predictably caught heat on Twitter from Panthers' faithful who felt compelled to defend Newton, bringing up the receiver's eight drops from last season.
"U right Cam didn't make me drop balls nor did I say he did," LaFell tweeted. "So please continue on with your day thank you."
LaFell could have chosen his words more gracefully, but he's right about Brady and the Patriots. Along with 11 consecutive double-digit-win seasons, New England has a long and charted history of turning middling wideouts into on-field producers.
That's where LaFell's side of the bargain begins.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" breaks down DeSean Jackson trade rumors and tries to figure out who will be next year's Michael Bennett (or Brent Grimes).


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Hey guys and gals for the good stuff go to last couple of pages to see the improvement and hard work make your way gradually through the pages.
C&C most welcome!!!
Hey guys and gals for the good stuff go to last couple of pages to see the improvement and hard work make your way gradually through the pages.
C&C most welcome!!!
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interesting. post some more.
I like that when you thought of your monster, you chose to portray it from 2 different views to give us a better idea of how it looks and to work it out in your mind.
Keep it up!
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Here are some drawings and doodles ive done over the years. I'll post these then start to post brand new ones up later!
Anatomy anatomy and anatomy again . Maybe more practice with shading also, and i like the spider one. If u check my sb, leave a comm, i'd like what do u think of it
sujak nx
Took throtailers advice and did these sketchs about 8 mins each. Plz comment and just help a kid out.
Yeah, great. Very clean arms. I very like shading on eye. What pencil u use?
sujak nx
I just use pure graphite sticks.
Oh ok, ill try with it too, very clean drawing with 'em
sujak nx
Here is cloud observation i did in 20 mins.
Nice cloud observation, good job with the arm study, very clean. By the way , ox people, would probably just use a broken tree branch or something in my opinion.
Just did an amazingly crap wolf, so i thought id share it with you
I can't say much, the eyes are a little weird. The face isn't completely symtercial, but should share alot of the same structure.
Found some old drawings i did. The captain america one however i did last week. I started doing this grim reaper picture aswell last week, but i need ppls oppinions on how its going so far!
Here is a completely random idea that i came up with, it just popped into my exactly how i painted here. Also please comment anything thats on ur mind while looking through my sketchbook.
This is going to be the last sketch of anything not to do with anatomy. i think its time for a big improvement on my human studies , so if anyone can help me with head proportions that would be exellant.
Good cloud and anatomy studies.
The dinosaur is cool, but it kind of looks like the shading is off.
concept art rules!
Here is the start of my anatomy or human sketchs or whatever the whole area is called. Hope you like it tell me theres anything wrong.
You might want to work on having short little legs, lengthen them a bit.
Ok fair enough i'll work on the legs. thanx ^_^
Heres some leg studys more to come! If you can help with anatomy plz do.
Awesome figures in #18. Damn did u use reference?
sujak nx
yes i did, i'm happy the way they came out. best torsos i've ever done!
I'm back and i've brought more sketches, just two pages im afraid but there will be loads more to come since i start a-level fine art tomorrow. ^^
Heres a coloured version of the first sketch i posted and i'd like to say thanx to all the people that posted a comment. It really helps
Hey MMM,
Keep up the good effort on your anatomy studies. I don't really have anything to say on those - I'm working on anatomy myself - but for your most recent post, it might help to emphasize the form a little more. Distinguish the lights and the shadows.
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Thanx for the comment ninetails, i have done more anatomy drawings and also some random cat that i drew over the weekend. I've also put a photoshop filter over the skull drawing to see how it would come out and this is it. Enjoy!
A random tiger (think i might do some animal studies).
Oops forget to post some work from my art class.
From top to bottom it goes 1st try(2 mins) , 2nd try(5 mins) , 3rd try(15 mins) .
Then i change media and its goes the same way as before 1st,2nd,3rd. I drew these from a maniqen and i was surposed to draw it with emotion in my charcoal lines. I've never tryed it before but i gave it my best try.
I've just come back from art class, so here is what i did. Some continuous line drawings of 8 random ppl. Never tried continuous line drawing so plz post tips if u have them.


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The city of Columbus, Ohio is the largest city in the state and is also the capital. Columbus is the 15th largest city in the country with a population of around 805,100 people. In 2012, Columbus was ranked as one of Business Week's Best Fifty Cities in America. Forbes magazine also recognized Columbus as being one of the top cities for businesses in the nation in 2013, giving it an A rating.
Columbus is only 106 miles from Cincinnati, the third largest city in Ohio. Columbus is 143 miles to Cleveland, the second largest city in Ohio. Columbus is about 350 miles to Chicago, Illinios another major city in the Midwest and a mere 146 miles to Toledo, Ohio. Columbus is only 183 miles from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The weather in Columbus is humid in the summer and Columbus is known for having warm summers. However, the winters do not have heavy snowfall due to the city being too far south from Lake Eerie to experience the lake effect. Columbus is also out of the path of Nor'easters, further sparing it heavy winter snowstorms.
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- Total Population852,144
Female 415,208Male 436,936
- Median Age32.2
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The limited public transit in Columbus is known as COTA (Central Ohio Transit Authority) and consists of buses. The COTA is very affordable with crosstown and local fares at only $2.00. An express fare is just $2.75. The CBUS is a free downtown shuttle that runs every 10-15 minutes from the Short North Arts District to the Brewery District. Columbus also has a bike sharing system called CoGo.
A meal out at an inexpensive restaurant in Columbus will only cost around $12.00 and a meal for two and a mid range establishment will be around $45 dollars. The cost of an imported beer in Columbus is around $5.00 and a cappuccino is $3.35. Columbus has a low cost of living when compared to cities across the nation.
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Columbus has a fantastic dining scene. Brassica was named Columbus' Best New Restaurants of 2015 by Alive.com. Schmidt's Sausage Haus is an excellent place for German cuisine lovers, whereas Skillet, Rustic.Urban.Food is the go-to-place for those who fancy New American fare.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium offers wonderful opportunities to see animals such as the Zoo's new polar bear cub, Nora. The aquarium also offers hands on opportunities for guests to touch marine animals like starfish. The Heart of Africa is a new Columbus zoo exhibit that spans 43 acres and features giraffes.
The Columbus Museum of Art, COMA, is a stand out in the Columbus art community. The museum hosts rotating exhibits, notably a Picasso exhibit, and also has its own impressive collection of art. This cultural hotspot offers fantastic opportunities to experience art in Columbus.
The Columbus Arts Festival has been held annually for nearly forty years and takes place along the Scioto River east side featuring nearly 300 artisans and craftspeople along with entertainment and food, ranging from gourmet to "street treats."
The Ohio State Fair is an annual event that the Travel Channel calls "one of the country's best state fairs." The state fair is held every summer from late July until early August.
Parks in Columbus
Columbus has a variety of parks for residents to enjoy. Schiller Park is a favorite of many Columbus residents. Schiller Park features green space, a playground, tennis courts, fishing ponds and has an open air stage for outdoor entertainment. Whetstone Park is another top park in Columbus. The park is 146 acres with a rose garden, community center and athletic fields. Both these parks are free to the public.
Shopping in Columbus
Top tier shopping in Columbus can be found at Easton Town Center. Easton Town Center has stores like Nordstrom, Coach, and Apple and over twenty-one million shoppers visit Easton Town Center each year. The Short North district also offers shopping with many funky and unique boutiques.
Sports in Columbus
In addition to Ohio State University's sports programs, Columbus has other exciting sports teams to follow. Columbus has a professional hockey team, the Blue Jackets. Attending a Blue Jackets game is fun for the entire family or a great date night. Columbus also has a minor league baseball team, the Columbus Clippers, who are a Triple A affiliate of the nearby Cleveland Indians. Columbus has the football fan, hockey fan, and baseball fan covered.
Employment & Economy
The largest employer in Columbus is Ohio State University, which employs 29,000+ people. The State of Ohio is the second largest employer. Since Columbus is the capital it is no surprise the state employs so many people, around 22,000. JP Morgan Chase, which employs around 12,000 people is another top employer and Nationwide Financial is behind JP Morgan Chase employing around 11,000 people. In many ways Columbus is a "college town" due to the Universities influence but the finance sector is also a major industry in the city.
Columbus, OH Households
- Total Number of Households345,282
Family 184,978Non-family 160,304
Children 98,814No Children 246,468
- Average People Per Household2.4
- Median Household Income$49,478
- Median Housing Costs Per Month$955
Education in Columbus
In addition to Ohio State University, Columbus is also home to Columbus State University, which offers undergraduate and graduate programs. The campus is 132 acres, situated in downtown Columbus, and the enrollment is around 8,300 undergraduates and graduate students. In contrast, Ohio State University has an enrollment of around 65,000 students making it one of the largest universities in the nation. It covers 1,764 acres.
Columbus has a large public school district with around 110 schools for younger students. The public school system offers top notch education for students from kindergarten to high school. The vision of the public school district in Columbus is to provide a "world class model of public education" and prepare students in Columbus to meet their full potential.
Columbus, OH Education Statistics
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- Some High School34%
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- Associate Degree7%
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Saturn wrote:"In every writer... there is a man and a woman; genius is bisexual."
Wickers_Poet wrote:Those lips, O slippery blisses, twinkling eyes
And by these tenderest, milky sovereignties —
These tenderest, and by the nectar-wine
The passion"————"O lov'd Ida the divine!
What do you think Keats means?
I have the impression of Keats as being extremely "manly"--all his close friends testify to the fact that he was a "man's man" and a gentleman. He loved bawdy jokes and definitely visited prostitutes. . .though I don't think he gloried in that.
Malia wrote:I don't think anyone who could beat up a butcher's boy ask Keats did (and butchers boys were known to be big and muscular due to the nature of their work)--beat him up so badly that he had to be carried *away* from the fight--could be considered a wilting violet.
keatsclose wrote:Exactly! Male poets have a feminine as well as a masculine side, and naturally women poets have a masculine side.
Raphael wrote:keatsclose wrote:Exactly! Male poets have a feminine as well as a masculine side, and naturally women poets have a masculine side.
What is "masculine" and "feminine" as regards to behaviour is often culturally determined. It is often said that men don't cry and feel less than women- but John keats was very in touch with his feelings and yet a strong man ( look at his braveness when dying of consumption...). He was able to show his deepest feelings to Fanny despite sometimes fearing what she'd think of him- that shows real courage.
Saturn wrote:The more we free ourselves from gender and cultural straightjackets the more enlightened we will be, the freer we will be to explore what being human truly is, and not just what being a member of one or the other sex is, or is supposed to be.
Being human should be our first concern, treating our fellow sentient creatures with the same respect we would like to be afforded to ourselves and living a life which is meaningful and fulfilling and beneficial to both yourself and those around you.
Keats was not quite as enlightened coming from the time he did, and brought up in the prevailing attitudes of the times, but I like to think had he born in a freer age like now he would have had a more progressive view of human nature like this.
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USN-2098-1: LibYAML vulnerability
4 February 2014
libyaml vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
LibYAML could be made to crash or run programs if it opened specially crafted yaml document.
Software Description
- libyaml - Fast YAML 1.1 parser and emitter library
Florian Weimer discovered that LibYAML incorrectly handled certain large yaml documents. An attacker could use this issue to cause LibYAML to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.13.10.1
- Ubuntu 12.10
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.10.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- libyaml-0-2 - 0.1.4-2ubuntu0.12.04.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using LibYAML to make all the necessary changes.


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Sneakers have become like the little black dress, a must-have in every woman's closet. They're extremely versatile, can easily be added to every outfit not to mention comfortable. These days it's not all about the white tennis sneaker anymore, it's keeping up with what's gaining all the hype in sneaker culture. One day it's Yeezy's and the next it's a classic Nike Air Jordan 1. A good pair of sneakers is worth investing in too if you're thinking about splurging on a designer pair.
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All competitors are registered and weighed-in. Everyone made weight easilly except for Mrs. Keller who had to lose just under a pound for her sparring division. Thankfully, it only took about 30 minutes of running in the arena to lose the pound. It was too cold to run outside - can you believe we had ice on the windshields!
Day Two -Senior Competition
Master Krison: Silver Medal in 5th Dan Poomse; great job sparring against Belorus, but no medal. Recovering from a broken foot, Master Krison's first time in the ring for quite a while, went better than expected! Even with foot surgery and metal pins inside his foot, he displayed some of Taekwondo's finest footwork in the ring.
Master Keller: Gold Medal in 4th Dan Poomse; great job in sparring against Netherlands, but no medal. Master Keller landed two head shots that didn't score, but feels that she was sucessful in that she didn't receive any warnings or deductions for the first time in her Black Belt Sparring career! All of her punches landed squarely where intended! Amazing!
Miss Wilson: Bronze Medal in 3rd Dan Poomse; great job sparrng against Canada, but no medal. Miss Wilson landed an awesome left axe kick to her opponent's head to score 2 points. She also landed an awesome right punch that amazingly didn't get her a full point deduction!
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Mr. Nick: 4th Place in 3rd Poom/Dan Poomse; great job sparring against Chili (from Chili, but competing for the US) and then USA, but no medal. Mr. Nick dominated his first opponent, easily pushing him around the ring. Mr. Nick's best technique was his right round house (all eight in a row) to leave the match at a blazing 8-0 victory!
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Eagles coach Chip Kelly plans to bring his Oregon fast-everything style to the NFL. Many have become smitten with tales of personalized smoothies and a mysterious sports-science coordinator, triggering a presumption that a man with no prior NFL experience of any kind and in any capacity will nevertheless instantly revolutionize the game by, among other things, running a staggering amount of offensive plays.
Maybe he will. To get there, however, he'll need to overcome a fairly significant external challenge.
"We have to make sure teams understand that they don't control the tempo, our officials do," NFL V.P. of officiating Dean Blandino told Kevin Clark of the Wall Street Journal. "We're going through our normal ball mechanics, we aren't going to rush [unless] it's in the two minute drill."
Blandino's predecessor agreed; former V.P. of officiating Mike Pereira said that the men in black and white "aren't going to change just to accommodate someone's offense."
Pereira explained that, while coaching at Oregon, Kelly lobbied for officials to be more mobile, so that Oregon could get plays off more quickly.
"In the NFL, I don't see him having the juice to persuade crews to work faster," Pereira said. "In fact, I know he doesn't."
Kelly and the Eagles declined comment. Maybe because there's not really anything they can say. The rules are the rules, and any revolution planned by any team must unfold within those confines.
Blandino has met with the Eagles as part of the routine pre-season sessions aimed at helping the teams understand rule changes and points of emphasis for the coming season. He didn't sense any resistance from Kelly and company.
"They had questions about what the parameters were going to be," Blandino said regarding the Eagles. "It's going to be different from college."
As other teams try to speed up the game, Blandino said the league's Competition Committee has "re-emphasized" that NFL rules differ significantly from college rules regarding a team's ability to put the pedal to the proverbial metal.
The biggest potential roadblock comes from the placement of the umpire, who spots the ball. Previously positioned just behind the defensive line (where he remains in college football), the umpire as of a few years ago spots the ball and retreats to a position with the referee, behind the offensive backfield. The ball can't be snapped until the umpire is in position. (Late in each half, the umpire moves to his former position.)
Last year, the NFL saw more offensive snaps than ever. This year, Kelly surely would like to push that number even higher. If it happens, it'll have to happen in a manner consistent with the league's desire for a slightly slower pace than what the only level of football Kelly ever has coached allows.


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AT TECH IN 2009: Brandon played in 26 games for the Golden Eagles and made 11 starts in 2009…had one home run and three RBIs on the season…had two multi-hit games, going 2-for-3 against Eastern Illinois and Southern Miss…only made two errors all season, both coming in a game against Toledo on March 7.
AT TECH IN 2008: Brandon was an impact player
for the Golden Eagles in his first year at Tech…started in
23 of the 34 games he played in…knocked in 12 runs and hit
five doubles…hit a home run in his first career start
against Oakland University on March 1…went 3-for-3 with two
RBIs and a double against Murray State on May 3.
AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE: Saw action in two games for coach Steve Peterson, stepping to the plate against Memphis and Vanderbilt.
AT COOKEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in baseball at Cookeville High School under coach Butch Chaffin...played catcher, first base and third base...helped the Cookeville High baseball team to a co-district championship his sophomore year...named offensive player of the year his freshman and sophomore years and co-MVP his senior year...hit .386 with six home runs his sophomore year...finished his junior year with a .311 average and two home runs...hit .397 and one home run his senior year.
PERSONAL: Full name is Brandon Tyler Crossman..son of Ken and April Crossman...born Jan. 1, 1988...majoring in accounting.


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Paradise LostBy Vanessa Blakeslee
Four years ago, I embarked on a relationship with a man twenty years my senior, whose Florida home, a few streets over from my condo, boasted wall-to-wall carpeting with a space-galaxy motif, a vintage circus-sideshow banner in the master bedroom, and a six-foot-tall statue of a gecko dressed as a jester, which overlooked the backyard. My family was reluctantly supportive, in that "you're our daughter and we love you, even if your choices worry us" manner. I had survived, just barely, one brutal heartbreak after another in my midtwenties. It was refreshing to find someone who embraced the eclectic, rallied friends to swing by for dinner, and appeared with surprise snacks when I was scribbling fiction poolside. But mostly, I felt relieved at finding someone who was nice, a champion of my own long-stifled quirkiness.
He had spent eighteen months in federal prison twenty years before, on a fraud felony. Ah, but wasn't the past just the past? It wasn't fair to hold a human being to a mistake made so long ago. Didn't I have my own shameful moments, perhaps not felonies or arrests, but black marks when I had been less than my best self? Don't we all?
In the spirit of loving kindness, as I watched my fiction burst to life under my new love's backyard Buddhist prayer flags, I dismissed any signs of cautionary red. A mentor of mine calls fiction writers "literary cannibals." I was having fun, and my writing responded to the offbeat environment of vinyl Jesus figurines embedded with Magic 8 Balls, wind chimes, and the Grateful Dead. Halfway through a grueling semester in a low-residency M.F.A., I had been questioning my ability to master fiction. Now my adviser proclaimed I had achieved a breakthrough—"a talent for inventing loopy comic situations."
Things only seemed to get better. My man and I came up with affectionate names for each other—I was Babette and he was Babu. Real monikers fallen away, the relationship carved its own offbeat identity.


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