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Once under way, the British and American convoys headed for their rendezvous point—Area Z, a circular location ten miles in diameter off the Isle of Wight that Neptune sailors affectionately named Piccadilly Circus. From there the armada of transports, large landing vessels, and bombardment ships, led by some 255 minesweepers and associated vessels, followed eight channels jutting into the middle of the English Channel. Each vessel then took one of ten 400- to 1,200-yard-wide channels—a fast and a slow lane for each invasion force. 4
For the minesweepers directed to clear the channels, the going was difficult. The main challenge was keeping station and sweeping an accurate path in the dark while being pounded by rough seas. Moreover, because the eastward tide changed to running westward at mid-Channel, the small ships were to execute a new procedure for turning their sweeps over from port to starboard as the tide turned. In each channel, the vessels would successively take in their port sweeps, excepting the senior officer's ship in the van and motor launches ahead, and form a single line ahead. The minesweepers would then turn in succession and head back into the newly swept channel. When far enough north, they would turn back to the south, array their sweeps to starboard, and resume cutting the channel. 5
Buoy markers left behind by the minesweepers helped the hundreds of trailing vessels find and follow the channels. But given the great number of ships and landing craft making the crossing, some things did go wrong, such as landing craft sailing down incorrect channels or being jostled out of their assigned channels by other vessels. 6
As the minesweepers approached the Normandy coast in the early hours of 6 June, they began clearing five transport areas, one for each beach. Because Western Force commander Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk had been concerned about the vulnerability of his transports and support ships to coastal defense batteries, the Force Omaha and Force Utah transport areas were located about 11 nautical miles off their respective beaches, four miles farther out than the Eastern Task Force's three transport areas. The American assault troops therefore had a much longer transit to their beaches. 7
The transports and large landing craft lowered all boats after arriving in the areas, and soldiers in the initial assault waves—mainly men of the U.S. 1st, 4th, and 29th divisions, the British 3rd and 50th divisions, and the Canadian 3rd Division—clambered down into LCVP "Higgins" boats or British LCAs. Those vessels' U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, and Royal Navy coxswains then had the difficult task of locating in the dark the proper assembly area, where the boats would circle while awaiting the proper time to head for the beaches. Nervous, weighed down with equipment, and packed into the small craft on a choppy sea, the soldiers were in for several hours of misery before battle.
The minesweepers, meanwhile, began clearing numerous bombardment channels closer to the beaches, and the approximately 140 warships of the multinational gunfire support force slowly proceeded to their assigned positions. The main responsibility of the battleships and cruisers would be to neutralize dozens of German batteries, many housed in thick concrete casemates, along the coast or just inland; destroyers, operating closer to shore, and some battleships and cruisers were assigned other targets along or near the beaches. 8
Shattering the Silence
At 0505, two of the destroyers stationed about 5,000 yards off Utah Beach, the USS Fitch (DD-462) and Corry (DD-463), began taking fire from a shore battery. The naval bombardment there was scheduled to begin at 0550, but at about 0530, when heavy shells began raining down among other warships off the beach, Rear Admiral Morton Deyo, commander of the Force U naval gunfire-support group, "decided to jump the gun" and ordered his ships to open fire. Assisted by Spitfire fighters acting as spotters, the Utah warships were soon blasting away at their assigned targets. Their shelling was augmented by an aerial bombardment when at about 0610 nearly 300 B-26 Marauders from the U.S. Ninth Air Force dropped their payloads on German positions.
St. Marcouf, which boasted three massive 210-mm guns, was the most formidable area battery, and on D-Day the USS Quincy (CA-71) and Nevada (BB-36), later joined by the Arkansas (BB-33) and Texas (BB-35) from the Force O group, took it under fire. Two of the 210s were destroyed that morning, but the battery held out until 12 June. Unlike the other bombardment ships, the Corry found herself unprotected by smokescreens Allied planes had dropped.While she fired and maneuvered to evade enemy shelling, she evidently hit a mine, and the sinking ship was abandoned (see " Historic Fleets ," p. 8). 9
Gunfire off Omaha Beach began at 0530, when a battery opened up on the Nevada , and slowly built until the Force O warships began their scheduled preliminary shelling at 0550. The Texas fired her 14-inch guns at the fortified observation post and heavy battery at Pointe du Hoc, a promontory jutting into the Channel between Utah and Omaha beaches. The USS Satterlee (DD-626) and escort destroyer HMS Talybont , meanwhile, opened fire on pillboxes and machine-gun nests near du Hoc and several miles to the east at Pointe de la Perc e e. Ten other destroyers bombarded targets along Omaha and the steep bluffs that overlooked the beach.
Five ravines, or draws, cut into the bluffs were key American objectives and came under intense shelling. Knocking out the well-concealed enemy gun positions was extremely difficult. The casemate and pillbox apertures did not face directly out to sea but were angled, so the defenders could deliver an enfilading crossfire along the beaches, making it harder for the openings to be spotted and hit from ships. Many of the pillboxes were built into the sides of the ravines or face of the bluffs.
The village of Les Moulins, located at the base of one of the draws, received a heavy bombardment from the Arkansas , which unleashed 70 12-inch rounds at fortified defenses there. The Free French light cruiser Georges Leygues and British destroyer Tanatside similarly shelled the site of the present-day Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial—heavily defended bluffs overlooking eastern Omaha and another of the draws. 10
While the Utah Beach aerial bombardment was fairly successful, the same was not true at Omaha. The 450 B-24 Liberators of the U.S. Eighth Air Force assigned the mission flew at a higher altitude, and cloud cover obscured the aircrews' view of the coastline, resulting in all their bombs landing at least a mile inland. 11
Off the British beaches, preparations for the naval bombardment had been interrupted when Eastern Task Force ships sighted three German torpedo boats that had sortied from Le Havre. Allied ships tracked the boats with radar and drove them off with gunfire but not before they launched 18 torpedoes. One sank the Norwegian destroyer Svenner and another barely missed HMS Largs , flagship of Force Sword commander Rear Admiral Arthur Talbot. 12
The Eastern Task Force's subsequent bombardment was highlighted by exchanges between Allied warships and the German heavy battery at Longues-sur-Mer. Just before 0600, the battery's four 155-mm guns opened fire on HMS Bulolo , Force Gold's flagship, forcing her farther offshore. Return fire from numerous Allied ships, including the British cruisers Ajax and Argonaut as well as the Arkansas , eventually knocked out three of the German guns, but the fourth continued to fire until that night. Just to the east, German guns near Arromanches exchanged fire with Eastern Task Force destroyers until about 0930, well after the initial landings on nearby Gold Beach. 13
As H-hour on the American beaches—0630—neared, the Force O and U warships either temporarily held their fire or shifted to inland targets. Farther to the east, H-hour along each of the British beaches was scheduled for about an hour later, giving the assaulting troops the benefit of a longer naval bombardment.
The Most Difficult Landing
Before the bombardment had begun, a line of U.S. patrol craft had taken position 4,000 yards off Omaha Beach at the line of departure. Their responsibility was to help landing craft coxswains orient themselves during the long trip from the transport area to the beach, and each PC flew a flag indicating the section of beach she was opposite. 14
To provide immediate firepower on the beaches, Operation Neptune called for tanks to precede the assault troops ashore. Off Omaha, 16 LCTs were scheduled to release 64 duplex-drive Sherman tanks (DDs), which would swim toward the coast and clank ashore at H-5. These amphibious vehicles featured a waterproof screen that could be raised and a pair of propellers. An equal number of LCTs would disgorge 32 conventional Shermans and 16 tank dozers directly on the beach at H-hour. One minute later, Higgins boats and LCAs carrying the initial assault troops would land, followed at H+3 by larger LCMs loaded with Army engineers, Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs), and explosives. The many follow-up waves—comprising landing craft carrying thousands of assault and support troops, hundreds of assorted vehicles, as well as supplies and equipment—were not scheduled to begin coming ashore until H+30. 15
Off Omaha, orders were for LCTs to release the DD tanks either 6,000 yards from shore or, if sea conditions warranted, on the beach. However, 27 of the 29 eastern Omaha DDs released about 6,000 yards offshore swamped, mainly because of the choppy seas and long transit to the beach. The commander of the LCTs carrying the western Omaha DDs, Naval Reserve Lieutenant D. L. Rockwell, ordered his craft to land the tanks on the shore, where they arrived at H-1. Unfortunately most of these tanks, as well as the conventional Shermans and dozers that landed at about the same time, were quickly eliminated by artillery. 16
During their ride in, the Soldiers, Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen of the first waves witnessed an awe-inspiring spectacle. Before arriving at the point of departure they passed the Arkansas and Texas pounding away at coastal targets, and then 3,000 yards from shore, they overtook two groups of destroyers also banging away at German positions. Closer to shore the men in the craft passed through a line of nine LCT(R)s, each armed with 1,064 5-inch rockets, which soon shrieked over their heads toward the beach. 17
The shore bombardment, however, caused serious problems for the coxswains. Dense smoke and dust along the shoreline mixed with mist to obscure landmarks. That combined with a strong lateral current resulted in many of the craft landing east of their designated section of the beach. Moreover, the initial wave's nine infantry companies were supposed to land evenly spaced apart but ended up either in clumps or isolated. With most of the troops landing on the eastern half of Omaha, the assault's western wing virtually melted away under withering fire from German artillery, mortars, machine guns, and rifles. 18
Several minutes after the first troops landed, the NCDUs and Army engineers also came ashore scattered. The broad beach ahead of them was crowded with obstacles, and they immediately began taking heavy casualties. One NCDU team was killed by artillery fire as it landed on the beach; another was wiped out just as it prepared to detonate a string of charges. Overall, the NCDUs paid a heavy price on D-Day, suffering 41 percent casualties, nearly half of whom were killed. 19
Of immediate concern, however, was that the demolition teams could only clear five poorly marked gaps through the obstacles and mines—not the 16 50-yard lanes called for in the assault plan. Force O commander Rear Admiral John L. Hall Jr. later wrote that "the limited time for working on the obstacles before they were covered by the rapidly rising tide and the devastating effect of the defensive fire . . . reduced the effectiveness of the demolition parties." 20
The situation offshore, meanwhile, was also confused. As the tide quickly rose, the demolition teams' inability to clear enough gaps through the beach obstructions created a virtual logjam of landing craft between the line of departure and the obstacles. According to Hall, "With the strong tide, fresh wind and choppy sea this soon resulted in a mass of craft in which all semblance of wave organization was lost until the Deputy Assault Group commanders arrived on the scene, took charge of the situation, and moved the craft to seaward to give them more room and reformed the waves as best they could." 21
The landing craft—ranging from 36-foot LCVPs carrying about 30 Soldiers to 160-foot LCIs with 200—were irresistible targets for German gunners, who sank many before they could reach shore. Dozens of others were knocked out on the beach, where their hulks offered temporary protection from small-arms fire for Soldiers trying to make their way forward. Gradually, as the tide rose and the beach shrank, parts of Omaha became crowded with Soldiers and Sailors crouching, lying prone, or huddled behind stretches of seawall or along the beach's shingle, its band of small stones. With the troops' advance inland held up by the intense enemy fire, success on Omaha was very much in question.
Groups of infantrymen saved the day by taking the initiative and knocking out or bypassing strongpoints, scaling the bluffs, and capturing the draws. Naval gunfire-support ships, especially destroyers, played a key role in assisting the GIs.
Beginning around 0800, individual vessels—including the U.S. destroyers Emmons (DD-457), Carmick (DD-493), Doyle (DD-494), McCook (DD-496), Frankford (DD-497), Baldwin (DD-624), Harding (DD-625), Thompson (DD-627) and British escort destroyers Melbrea and Tanatside —began closing the beach, some approaching as near as the depth of the water would allow, and providing virtual point-blank support for the infantry. In some instances, the ships fired on targets of opportunity, such as guns enfilading the beach revealed by their muzzle flashes, and in others they bombarded enemy positions radioed in by shore fire-control parties. 22
Navy and Coast Guard landing craft, meanwhile, continued to weather heavy artillery and machine-gun fire to deliver increasing numbers of troops ashore. They, in turn, maintained the invasion's momentum and battled their way inland. At nightfall, the Germans still held parts of some towns behind the bluffs and controlled one draw, but the U.S. Army and Navy had won the battle on Omaha Beach.
The Vertical Assault
About four miles west of Omaha Beach, a very different sort of assault had taken place. Three companies of the 2nd Ranger Battalion were assigned the task of scaling the 117-foot cliff at Pointe du Hoc and capturing the six 155-mm guns deployed there. But as they approached the shoreline in 11 LCAs, escorted by four other craft, the commanding officer of the lead vessel mistook Pointe de la Percée for du Hoc, and the boats had to make their way along the coast and against the strong current to the correct target while German machine-gunners ashore fired at them.
As the vessels neared the point, the destroyer Satterlee closed to within 1,500 yards and opened fire with her 5-inch guns and heavy machine guns on Germans assembling near the cliff's edge. Her action report dryly noted that "Results were good." All but one of the LCAs soon reached the base of du Hoc. Assisted by more direct fire from the Satterlee , the Rangers were able to scale the cliff and in a relatively brief fight capture the point—but not the guns, which the Germans had moved.
Later that morning, U.S. Soldiers found and disabled the 155s. Meanwhile, the Satterlee , working with a shore fire-control party, provided gunfire support for the Rangers until relieved at 1910. In all, the destroyer expended 1,165 5-inch rounds during the long day. 23
Off Target But Successful
The original Utah Beach assault plan called for eight LCMs to release 32 amphibious Shermans 5,000 yards from shore. In the event, the Force U staff concluded it needed to make up time and wanted to ensure that the tanks would not be struck by incoming fire. After one of the LCMs was sunk by a German mine the remaining seven released their DDs 3,000 yards from shore in relatively calm water. One of the tanks swamped, but the other 27 reached the beach at 0640, only marginally off target and ten minutes behind the first waves of landing craft laden with 4th Division troops, which arrived on time.
Those 40 LCVPs had reached the point of departure as scheduled and headed for the beach line abreast. But smoke from the devastation along the shore, combined with few landmarks along the coast, led to confusion among the drivers, and again the strong current pushed the craft off course. Consequently, the leading elements of the Utah assault force came ashore about 2,000 yards southeast of their intended landing beach. This was fortunate, however, as the correct location was more strongly defended. 24
Engineers and NCDUs quickly arrived at the new beach, which they efficiently cleared of obstacles in an hour. Follow-up waves of landing craft, meanwhile, delivered more troops. While artillery fire would occasionally rain down on Utah throughout D-Day, German resistance was light, especially when compared to Omaha. Soldiers and tanks were soon able to move inland and link with U.S. airborne troops who had landed the previous night. 25
All Ashore in the East
The landings at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches each varied in difficulty. By 1500, however, all of the Eastern Task Force assault brigades and their reserves had landed and were moving inland to attempt to take their D-Day objectives.
The Gold assault progressed relatively smoothly. LCTs released DD tanks directly onto the beach, and British 50th Division troops managing to get ashore quickly. Although the first wave suffered some casualties, the division secured the beach exits without significant losses, which was due in no small part to the fire support it received from destroyers and landing craft.
By contrast, H-hour at Juno (0735 for the western sector and 0745 for the eastern) was delayed by ten minutes, and many beach obstacles were covered by the rising tide when LCAs carrying Canadian 3rd Division troops approached the shore. Mines attached to the obstacles sank or damaged many of the craft, resulting in extensive loss of life and equipment. Once the Canadians made it ashore and over the beach's seawall, however, they quickly advanced inland.
At the easternmost beach, Sword, landing craft carrying the first wave of 3rd Infantry Division assault troops successfully avoided beach obstacles and mines and came ashore without a loss. Nonetheless, heavy German mortar, machine-gun, and rifle fire resulted in many casualties on and near the beach. Soon after 1000, following nearly three hours of fighting, British troops captured the formidable coastal strongpoint at La Br e che. Despite the achievement and the capture of initial inland objectives, Sword was by no means secure, and German fire continued to rain down on the British along the crowded beach. 26
At Day's End
By any objective assessment, the Allied navies' performance during the Channel crossing and on D-Day was an outstanding overall success. Mainly because of the Neptune minesweeping plan and efforts of the flotilla of sweepers, comparatively few ships and landing craft were lost to mines. Moreover, with few exceptions, the hundreds of invasion armada ships arrived off the coast of Normandy in place and on time. While the naval bombardment did not destroy hardened defenses, in most instances it did shock and temporarily stun the defenders.
Not everything, however, went according to plan. Most notably, the landing craft carrying the first wave of Omaha and Utah assault troops for the most part came ashore at the wrong locations. On Utah Beach, where the landing craft landed in formation along a lightly defended section of shoreline, the mistake was fortuitous. At Omaha, where the craft and troops arrived scattered and were easy targets for well-positioned defenders, it was perilous. To their credit, the Sailors and Coast Guardmen who weathered intense fire to land the follow-up waves of Soldiers and provided close-in naval gunfire support helped save the day at Omaha Beach.
The most persuasive evidence that the Allied navies had performed remarkably well was that Neptune achieved its initial objectives. The Royal and U.S. navies successfully landed the operation's assault troops on D-Day as well as began bringing ashore follow-up divisions. Although the Eastern and Western Task Forces still faced the monumental job of transporting and supplying hundreds of thousands of Soldiers for the push inland, the initial objective in the liberation of northwestern Europe had been achieved.
1. S.W. Roskill, The War at Sea, 1939-1945 (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1961), p. 38.
2. "Amphibious Operations: Invasion of Northern France," 1-10, COMINCH Reports, Joint Forces Staff College Library, Norfolk, VA (cited hereinafter as JFSCL); see also Carlo D'Este, Decision in Normandy (New York: Harper Collins, 1983), p. 110 and Samuel Eliot Morison, The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945 , vol. 11, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957), p. 80.
3. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 2, p. 180, ANCXF Operation Neptune Reports, JFSCL.
4. Max Schoenfeld, "The Navies and Neptune," in Theodore Wilson, ed., D-Day: 1944 (Lawrence Kansas: University of Kansas Press, 1994), p. 109.
5. Ibid.
6. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 2, pp. 180-1, JFSCL.
7. Ibid., vol. 3, p. 578.
8. Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp. 94.
9. Ibid., p. 96; "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 3, p. 578, JFSCL.
10. Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp. 121-22; USS Arkansas , Action Report, 3-16 June 1944, National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD (cited hereinafter as NARA).
11. Joseph Balkoski, Omaha Beach: D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2004), pp 95-6.
12. Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 2, p. 181, JFSCL; Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , p. 183; Yves Buffetaut, D-Day Ships: The Allied Invasion Fleet June 1944 (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994), pp. 111-12.
13. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 2, 181, JFSCL; Buffetaut, D-Day Ships , pp. 112-13; Karl-Heinz Schmeelke and Michael Schmeelke, German Defensive Batteries & Gun Emplacements on the Normandy Beaches (Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military/Aviation Press, 1995), pp. 25, 48; Friedrich Ruge, "German Naval Operations," in Wilson, ed., D-Day 1944 , p. 131.
14. Captain Richard H. Crook Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired), "Traffic Cop," in Paul Stillwell, ed., Assault on Normandy: First-Person Accounts from the Sea Services (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1994), pp. 64-5.
15. Omaha Beachhead (Washington, DC: Historical Division, War Department, 1945; reprint Center for Military History, 2001), p. 31; Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp. 131-32.
16. Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp132-34;. Balkoski, Omaha Beach , p. 104.
17. Balkoski, Omaha Beach , pp. 83-84.
18. Gordon A. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack (reprint Washington, DC: Center for Military History, 1993), United States Army in World War II, p. 313
19. Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , p. 138.
20. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 3, p. 578, JFSCL.
21. Ibid.
22. "Supporting Operations for the Invasion of Northern France, Western Task Force", 73-40 to 73-41, JFSCL; Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , p. 143; Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack, pp. 319-20.
23. Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp125-28; USS Satterlee , Action Report, 21 June 1944, NARA; "Amphibious Operations: Invasion of Northern France," 2-11, JFSCL.
24. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 3, pp. 653-54, JFSCL; Joseph Balkoski, Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005), p. 205.
25. Harrison, Cross-Channel Attack , p. 304; Balkoski, Utah Beach , p. 184.
26. "Report on Operation Neptune," vol. 3, p. 578, JFSCL; Schoenfeld, "The Navies and Neptune," pp. 114-15; Morison, Invasion of France and Germany , pp. 185-86.
National Arcives - After debarking from LCVPs, one of the
first waves of assault troops wades awore on Omaha.
' They Veered to the Left'
Ensign Richard H. Crook, USNR, executive officer, PC-553
As the operation order directed, we were offshore about a mile and a half, serving as primary control vessel in the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach. . . . Unfortunately, as the boat waves passed by us, they veered to the left in their journey toward Omaha; they didn't steer to starboard enough to counteract the current. For the most part, the landing craft wound up east of where they were supposed to be. We had no radio communication at all to tell the landing craft what was happening, and we really hadn't rehearsed with the LCVP coxswains beforehand.
Paul Stillwell, editor, Assault on Normandy: First-Person Accounts from the Sea Services (Naval Institute Press)
U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archives - Listing heavily to port, the
LCI(L)-85 arrives back at the transport area. After her troops
were transferred to a transport, the craft sank.
' Shells and Machine Gun Fire Began to Hit Us'
Lieutenant (junior grade) Coit Hendley, USCGR, commanding officer, LCI(L)-85
We grounded at 0830 and put out both ramps. The water was too deep for the troops to wade ashore so we retracted both ramps and began to back off the beach. . . and made another beaching. As the ship grounded a teller mine exploded under the bow splitting the void tank. The port ramp went down and the troops began going ashore. Shells and machine gun fire began to hit us. About fifty troops got down the port ramp before a shell hit it and blew it off the sponsons and over the side. As the starboard ramp had not gone down and the wounded men were jamming the deck, we backed off the beach again.
Action Report LCI(L)-85 in Operation Neptune


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August wrote:As for Clojure, it looks good but is probably a no-go in my specific case for performance reasons. Yeah, I know about premature optimization, but there are some things in 3D graphics that just -have- to be fast (vector and matrix math, iterating over image data, etc). My understanding is that Common Lisp will let me put in type declarations, turn off safety, and so on in order to optimize specific sections of code. Being able program at a high level in general but retain the ability to really tune specific code paths would be a huge benefit to us.
You can have type declarations and primitive unchecked integer/floating point arithmetic in Clojure if you want it. http://clojure.org/java_interop#toc36 Clojure can be just about as fast as Java. Not sure if that's fast enough but it might be worth a try.

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Officials at Steubenville high school, in particular head football coach Reno Saccoccia, have rightfully drawn criticism for their inaction in the wake of charges brought against two Steubenville students and football players for allegedly sexually assaulting a female student from a nearby school. Though those two students were suspended for the season, many who witnessed the assault and failed to stop it were permitted to play, including some that had essentially live-tweeted the incident as it unfolded. Hamline University, a small school in St. Paul, MN, is not playing that game: After a woman accused a Hamline basketball player of assault and his teammates of a negligent response, the whole team is tabled pending further review.
According to an affidavit filed with the Spokane County Clerk's office and obtained by the Star Tribune, an officer responded at 3:54 a.m. on Jan. 1 to a report of an assault at a Spokane hotel. The victim, Kayla Bray, 20, said she had been punched in the face by a black male with a beard identified as [Hamline's Eugene] Lawrence. Bray was taken to a hospital, where a scan showed three facial fractures. The officer found Lawrence at the hotel and took him to the Spokane County jail, where he was charged with second-degree assault.
KXLY-TV in Spokane reported that Bray met up with Hamline player Tyler Pannell, a high school classmate of hers, after the game and gave him a ride to the hotel.
Bray's father, Steve, told the television station that Bray and Lawrence got into an argument. Lawrence then punched her, knocking her out.
After Bray regained consciousness, Lawrence and other members of the Hamline team allegedly refused to escort her to the hospital because it was past their curfew.
Hamline "suspended its head basketball coach indefinitely, dismissed one player from the basketball program and suspended 14 other players for unspecified lengths of time" in connection with the assault. This is clearly a different situation than the one unfolding in Steubenville, where high school football is one of the last sources of town pride—though Hamline is proud of its basketball team, which, per Wikipedia, lost the first intercollegiate basketball game ever, 9-3—and a more closed-off culture has led the town to circle the wagons in response to outside media attention. Disparities aside, however, this case offers a reasonable model for a school's first response to assault allegations related to an athletic team: Suspend everyone and sort out the details after review.
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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for March to Sergeant Jeff Bucher, a Detective with the Criminal Investigations Unit of the Police Department.
The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of Monday's City Council meeting.
Bucher has worked for the City since August 1990. Captain Jon Sundermeier nominated him in the categories of productivity and safety for his work on a 2009 road rage incident in which a man was slashed multiple times, nearly killing him. Because the victim was traumatized, he provided inconsistent accounts. Video from a gas station showed the suspect's vehicle to be a rare model of Ford Ranger pickup. Bucher investigated many Crimestopper tips and possible suspect vehicles over several months but was unable to develop a viable suspect.
The following year, a Crimestopper tip provided vehicle information and named three suspects. One suspect sold the truck within days of the incident. Bucher located the vehicle in Iowa and went there to document its appearance and to search it for evidence. The truck was a match to the suspect vehicle. The tipster also indicated one of the suspects cut a finger in the attack. Bucher confirmed that the day after the assault, one of the suspects had a laceration treated at a hospital.
Bucher started learning as much as he could about the suspects -- a father and his two adult sons. DNA evidence from the truck did not yield a profile, so the case hinged on the interviews of the suspects. During Bucher's interview, one of the sons implicated his father in the assault. The father did not confess but was arrested in 2011.
Sundermeier wrote, "One word describes this case - perseverance. At times, there was little to work on and the chances to solve it seemed bleak. When the big break came, patience and strategy were needed to maximize the chances of clearing the case. Sgt. Bucher invested a tremendous amount of work in this case, pursuing every possible lead until he cleared an extremely difficult case with an arrest. This was outstanding work by a dedicated detective reflecting the character and work ethic of Detective Bucher."
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are customer relations, loss prevention and valor. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description.
All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected and appointed officials. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public. Nomination forms are available at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: personnel) or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program.
All nominations are considered by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $50 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners and nominees are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $250 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.


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Q Warren Avenue in Fremont is still not open. Combined with Grimmer being reduced to one lane westbound, Mission Boulevard all torn up and looking like a bobsled ride, Dixon Landing reduced to one lane each way, Warm Springs north to Grimmer under construction — it now takes over 20 minutes to get to the post office at Grimmer and Fremont Boulevard. It takes over 15 minutes for me just to get to 880! And I can see it from my backyard!
Sorry to vent, but this is getting old.
Mark Kentgen
A I bet. I pity folks like Mark who live in the BART construction zone and you need dose of good news. VTA says it is getting very close to opening Warren any day.
Q Something has been bugging me for a few weeks. For the past year or two, there's been a significant amount of construction in Mountain View on Evelyn Avenue between Highway 85 and the Caltrain station. Evelyn has been reduced to one westbound lane for much of that stretch.
Here's the problem. The light at Calderon Avenue lasts an eternity and is poorly timed, which means that Evelyn traffic backs up beneath 85 in the morning. This causes people to miss Caltrain as they commute to San Francisco. Count me among them. So I have two suggestions:
Adjust the Calderon light so that it allows for more Evelyn traffic to pass through during each cycle. And have a police officer or some sort of flag waving gentleman to wave cars through the intersection from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Nate Johnson
A More good news. The contractor will remove the concrete barriers before Labor Day. Once this is done, there will be two westbound lanes again. The traffic signal can also return to normal which will improve cars moving through this intersection and should eliminate any backup that may be experienced now.
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Had power company surge fry the power supply on the transmitter side of this pair. Something smells burnt.
Got a replacement supply from Armstrong, installed it, powered up briefly then shut down..
Oh no? More damage?
Nope--it's the fan. Seems that unless the fan runs, the power supply shuts down. When the supply died, the fan locked up (well, it was the original fan from 2009). That original fan is a Sunon KDE2408PTV1, which NewEgg sells. Unfortunately that's direct ship from Hong Kong. However, any 24 volt DC fan will work to turn the supply on. After 2 weeks I gave up on the Sunon fan & ordered a 24 volt Pabst fan from Mouser (their part number #: 5912-8414N/2h). The transmitter is ready to go back in service & I can get my older Armstrong loaner back.
Sooo...if you have an X-link transmitter go dead--fuse OK--try replacing the fan first.
This is the older style power supply, has a ribbon cable to another small board with a couple of 3 pin regulators that then feeds the rest of the unit. They apparently use a different supply in newer models.
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"Shit, yeah," she says when I ask her if she's had live-in help from the time her daughter, Avery, was born. "I couldn't have survived without it. I thought I could bring her with me to play in her playpen while I worked, but that wasn't practical."
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Winger Ashley Young is still nursing a knee injury and is not expected back available until next month, while centre-back Jonny Evans' hamstring problems persist and he will miss out.
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Former Red Devil Kieran Richardson will not be able to line up against his old team after picking up a calf injury last week.
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NORTH ADAMS, MASS. - Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will host writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist Gloria Steinem in the next Public Policy Lecture, "The Progression of Feminism: Where are we going?" It will take place on Tuesday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in the MCLA Church Street Center's Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium.
Made possible through the generosity of the Ruth Proud Charitable Trust, "The Progression of Feminism: Where are we going?" is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
"An outspoken advocate of women's rights and international women's issues, Gloria Steinem campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment and other laws and social reforms that promoted equality between women and men," said John DeRosa, trustee of the Ruth Proud Charitable Trust. "I encourage the community to join us as we hear from this legendary feminist organizer, who continues to work for social justice."
Steinem travels throughout the United States and other countries as an organizer and lecturer, and is a frequent media spokeswoman on issues of equality. She is particularly interested in the shared origins of sex and race caste systems, gender roles and child abuse as roots of violence, non-violent conflict resolution, the cultures of indigenous peoples, and organizing across boundaries for peace and justice.
In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for 15 years. She continues to serve as a consulting editor for Ms., and was instrumental in the magazine's move to join and be published by the Feminist Majority Foundation.
In 1968, she had helped to found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she was published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine and women's magazines, as well as for publications in other countries.
She has produced a documentary on child abuse for HBO, a feature film about the death penalty for Lifetime, and been the subject of profiles on Lifetime and Showtime.
Her books include the bestsellers "Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Outrageous Acts," and "Everyday Rebellions, Moving Beyond Words, and Marilyn: Norma Jean," on the life of Marilyn Monroe. Her writing also appears in many anthologies and textbooks, and she was an editor of Houghton Mifflin's "The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History."
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The Little Giant tennis team scored a 7-2 win over Minnesota State - Mankato Tuesday afternoon in Puerto Rico. The victory moves Wabash to 9-2 for the season.
The match opened with singles play, with Wabash taking early control of the competition. Peter Gunderman started with a straight-sets 6-2, 6-0 win over Marco Vazquez at number one singles. Zach Lowry followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win in the third flight, while Wade Miller scored a 6-2, 6-0 win in the fourth flight. Ricky Ritter rallied for a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 win at number five singles. Ian Leonard guaranteed Wabash the win with his 6-3, 6-1 win at number six singles.
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April 19, 2008
The Lipscomb Bisons watched two 4-1 leads turn into a pair of losses Saturday afternoon.
The Bisons lost 9-5 in the opener and then lost 5-4 in the second game of an Atlantic Sun doubleheader at USC Upstate at Harley Park in Spartanburg, S.C.
Both times the Bisons were victims of eighth inning rallies by USC Upstate with eight runs in the first game and three runs in game two.
In the nightcap the Bisons opened with a 4-0 lead with one run in the first and three in the second.
In the first center fielder Allen Bolden singled with one to the right side. Third baseman Caleb Joseph reached by on a fielding error by the third baseman. Left fielder Blake Bratcher hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Bolden.
Right fielder Shane Simpkins doubled down the right field line to open the second innings. With one out catcher Jay Moreland singled to right center to score Simpkins. Second baseman Ben Williams followed with a double down the left field line moving Moreland to third. Moreland scored on a sacrifice fly to right field by shortstop Jose Gutierrez. Bolden hit the third double of the inning, this one to left center, to score Williams.
Both shortstop Jorge Gutierrez and Bolden had two hits for the Bisons.
Upstate scored one run each in both the fourth and fifth innings. They took control in the eighth.
Mike Dunn started for the Bisons and pitched 7 2/3 innings. He gave up seven hits and five runs, four earned. He struck out three. He was credited with the loss evening his record at 3-3.
Josh Smith closed out the game pitching a third of an inning. He gave up one hit and struck out one.
Kyle Bowley started on the mound for Upstate. He pitched eight innings, raising his record to 5-2. Justin Hayes relieved and earned his third save.
The Bisons are 21-18 overall, 15-9 in the A-Sun. Upstate is 20-21, 13-11 in the conference.
In game one the Bisons scored two runs in the second and two runs in the seventh for a 4-1 lead over USC Upstate. But Upstate responded with an eight-run eighth inning to rally for the win. The Bisons added one run in the top of the ninth.
Bolden led the Bisons 10-hit attack with three hits and three runs batted in. One of his hits was a triple, his first of the year. He was the only Bisons player with more than one hit in the game.
Gutierrez slammed his 12th double of the season. First baseman Ryan Wilkins added his seventh double.
The Bisons used three pitchers. Brandon McClurg started and pitched seven innings. He was lifted in the eighth after allowing 10 hits and six runs, five earned.
Kyle Tognazzini came on in relief for the second game in a row. Friday night he earned the win over Upstate, but this time around he lasted for one-third of an inning. He faced four batters and gave up four hits and three runs, all earned. Charles Williams closed out the game, holding Upstate hitless while striking out one in two-thirds of an inning.
McClurg took the loss, falling to 5-2 on the season. Phillip Myers won the game in relief for Upstate, evening his record at 1-1.
The Bisons are 21-18 overall, 15-9 in the A-Sun. Upstate is 20-21, 13-11 in the conference.


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) will pave Middlebury's Main Street next year at night — while taking Friday and Saturday evenings off — in deference to downtown merchants and restaurant owners who feared the project could cripple their businesses.
Mark Woolaver, the AOT's paving project manager, confirmed the scheduling adjustments last week after a meeting with Middlebury town officials and business leaders. Locals had feared tremendous economic and traffic repercussions from the downtown Middlebury leg of next year's scheduled repaving of parts of Routes 7, 30 and 125.
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By ANDY KIRKALDY
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Such an ambitious goal, among the largest fund-raising goals ever set by a liberal arts institution of its size, will require the institution to look beyond its existing donor-base of alumni, parents of current students and friends, to other universities and organizations that support Middlebury's mission to be globally minded, said Dean of Planning John Emerson.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — A local family has started a nonprofit organization to place abandoned dogs with families that are looking for pets, but in doing so, they have run afoul of Bristol's regulations on dog ownership and control — not to mention having annoyed the neighbors.
JoAnne Bohannon of Bristol began working with stray or abandoned animals in the area of Bryan County, Ga., soon after Hurricane Katrina last year. Bohannon, who used to live in Georgia, said that many of the animals lost or made homeless by Katrina wound up in Georgia, and yet there are few or no animal shelters in that state that have a no-kill policy.
So the Bohannon family started Georgia Animal Rescue and Defence to bring stray dogs from Georgia to Vermont. According to Joy Bohannon, who has been working with her mother, JoAnne, in this effort, Vermont has plenty of people interested in adopting new pets.
ADDISON COUNTY — Town officials planning budgets in some local communities got a small reprieve last week when the Vermont League of Cities and Towns (VLCT) said the cost for the municipal health insurance would increase "only" 12 percent, instead of the 36 percent increase previously forecast.
Several Addison County communities — including Middlebury — buy their insurance through the VLCT Health Trust. The trust has in recent years done business with Blue Cross Blue Shield. But when that company announced a 36 percent increase to re-up for the current benefits package, the VLCT went searching for a more cost-effective proposal. The VLCT believes it has found a better buy in CIGNA.
"We are currently working with CIGNA to ensure that the plans we offer starting on Jan. 1, 2007, will provide your employees with comparable or better coverage than our current Blue Cross offerings," reads a Nov. 8 letter from VLCT Executive Director Steven Jeffrey to member towns. "VLCT and CIGNA are fully committed to making this change in carriers proceed as smoothly as possible."
ADDISON COUNTY — With the 16-day rifle deer season getting under way this past Saturday, local and statewide numbers for October's archery deer season and Youth Hunting Weekend on Nov. 4 and 5 had triggered optimism for area hunters.
During the Oct. 7-29 bow season hunters took 124 deer to Addison County's eight major weigh stations, a 55-percent increase from the 2005 total of 80.
During this past youth weekend 123 younger hunters brought animals to county reporting stations to have them weighed, an increase of 26 deer over the 2005 weekend total of 97.
In all, the local combined take of youth weekend and the October bow season this fall was 247 deer, up by 40 percent of the 2005 combined total of 177.
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The 12th man apparently needs to simmer down a bit.
Starting with tonight's preseason finale, Seattle will deploy undercover police officers to address a rising tide of unruly fans at Seahawks games.
According to the Associated Press, the patrols will commence during Thursday's game against the Raiders. Last year's home games reportedly generated complaints regarding "fan-on-fan violence and harassment in and out of the stadium."
Thursday's effort will provide a dry run for the regular-season home opener against the other team from the Bay Area, which will be played on NBC's Sunday Night Football.
Speaking of the 49ers, police in San Francisco have in recent years used undercover officers dressed as fans of the visiting team to monitor misbehavior directed at paying customers who choose not to root for the home team.


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A skilled cabinet maker, Preston Brown, turns a bike hobby into a business with Driftwood Cruisers.
This is a bike you're likely not going to see in handbuilt bike shows, but look at the craftsmanship and "small-batch," one-of-a-kind creation. Each is built from premium hardwoods and custom finishes.
Preston has brought a hotrod aesthetic to bike building and he's obviously doing it for the love. Read more about him in this profile from AZ Central.
Would like to see how he'd fair in an ultimate utility bike challenge. Really what's more city bike than a cruiser that looks cool or the utility of riding on a boardwalk on a Summer evening?


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ChronicallyInclined wrote:if you ask me, i think the simple truth is a boy who is 2 years out of high school, and has the ability to take over a game in the 4th quarter is a special talent. the maturity, the poise, i mean are you kidding? i cant wait until they start letting him take game deciding shots. he doesnt get a chance because we have baron and jrich. baron is good, but richardson,, i can count with like 3 fingers how many clutch game deciding shots hes made. baron did that last season alone? at least 2 anyway. what im saying is ellis has got the drop on all these foos and he will prove it in time.
You're not wrong... but what if Nelly ran the last shot to him and he missed? Like you said, he's only 2-years outta high school. A veteran can miss and shake it off the next night. Young kids are more fragile. I don't think Nelly's coddling Monta; but I don't think he wants to set him up to fail either.
I'd much prefer Monta taking bigger shots next year, after he's got a full season of starting minutes in the NBA under his belt. The expectations for this kid are astronomical. Lets just let him be Baron and Jason's sidekick this year... if he wants to turn into the franchise down the road, let him do it at his own pace. I still think it's too early to completely put the team on his shoulders.


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There are many applications well suited for the Polymedic Wellness Center; while originally designed for rural point of care applications in todays modern world the possibilities are limitless.
Military Medical Centers:
Our modular Design couldnt be any better suited for military applications. The Wellness Center platform is totally customizable as far as ratio of patient rooms to operating rooms; we can even configure the Wellness Center geared specifically as a central operating center consisting of only operating rooms. Best of all we can fit everything you need to be up and running in the back of a C-130.
Specialized Hospital Wards:
Due to our superior Air Filtration System the Wellness Centers are ideal for hospital wards for people with immune deficiency disorders including many types of cancer, particularly those of the bone marrow and blood cells (leukemia, lymphoma, multiple melanoma), and certain chronic infections. Immunodeficiency is also the hallmark of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV directly infects a small number of T helper cells, and also impairs other immune system responses indirectly.
Localized Caribbean Clinics & Hospitals:
Throughout the Caribbean most basic hospital services can only be attained on a few larger islands. There is very little medical infrastructure and in most cases people have to travel great distance for routine checkups and procedures like child birth. Do to this many children end up being born at home and never receive any sort of basic examination. Another major problem is that preventive medicine is more or less non-existent to these people.
Disaster Relief Operations / Refugee Camp Clinics & Hospitals:
Fellow human beings who are victims of unexpected disasters and or displaced refugees be they flood, hurricanes, tornado's, earthquakes, tsunamis, or collateral victims of genocide are typically stripped of all medical care. Saving lives under the worst conditions imaginable is not easy, but in a state of the art hospital your patients odds will increase significantly, your job will be easier and your ability to accurately diagnose and perform triage will make a big difference in survival rates.
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It is well known that the key to building a prosperous society is having sufficient infrastructure to meet the needs of the local populous. Global and regional instability can almost always be traced back to people being deprived of their most basic human needs. To capture the hearts and minds of discontent people who would threaten the foundations of humanity is the only way to prolonged peace and prosperity for all; Proper Nutrition, Healthcare, and Education are the way to a better tomorrow for all! By providing Wellness Centers you can help a great deal of people while providing knowledge on nutrition & healthcare.


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Matt Brandt
Senior Test Engineer
Krótki profil
A software developer who wandered into test. Riding the wave of automation and exploratory testing in the Mozilla communities.
If you would like to get involved on any of Mozilla's projects or be introduced to our community, reach out to me.
I am currently the Test Lead on:
- download.mozilla.com
- Lockbox, a next generation Password Manager
- SUX, an initiative to explore automated regression testing of accessibility issues.
Currently backup on
- crash-stats.mozilla.com
- kinto
- about:healthreport
- affiliates.mozilla.org
- developer.mozilla.com
- firefoxflicks.mozilla.org
- FirefoxOS
- input.mozilla.org
- moztrap.mozilla.org
- mozillians.org
- plugincheck.mozilla.org
- crash-stats.mozilla.com
Tagsclimber, coffee, homeroasters, qa, remoties, sf-monument, webqa
Kmanosćebread bakin, django, exploratory testing, java, mentoring, python, selenium, test, webdriver, working with contributors
Eksterne konta
- Twitter: m8ttyb
Justin Potts
Matt has been my mentor for almost a year now, and has been a tremendous help in helping me to get started with QA with Mozilla. He is an inspiration to me and an active helper to other community members online, always willing to answer questions.
Rebecca Billings
Matt is a keen QA Engineer with an eye for making products better and easier to use. Always helpful, he has been an integral part of the community building efforts for Mozilla, and specifically for Web QA. Plus, he has the best celebratory cat pictures!
Stephen Donner
Well-known Mozillian on my team, community-vetted, so making it official :-)
Kevin Brosnan
I have known Matt for the last 3 years. He is a Mozillian through and through. Skills include testing websites and Firefox OS.
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Japald needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
This website is all about babies and pets (dogs). I'm looking for something simple and yet creative. The website is live, so check it out to see coloring and context. If graphics are used they need to reflect both babies and dogs.
I really need your help. I am absolutely useless when it comes to creative design. I would like to create a comfortable image with this logo.
The product being sold is baby gates or pet gates. Customers would consider these gates as safety devices or room barriers.
These gates are intended to provide peace of mind for the parent or pet lover.
Babies and pets both bring out a loving and caring sentiment, so colors need to reflect this sentiment.
- I want a simple and yet interesting logo.
- The logo can incorporate graphics if the graphics reflect both babies or toddlers, and dogs.
- The full logo needs to fit nicely in the current space provided in the header of the website (see http://www.babyandpetgates.com).
- A tag line would be nice, but not necessary
- No flash or animation please.
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Naomie Harris was born on September 6, 1976 in London, England where she was raised as an only child by Lisselle Kayla, a single-mom and TV scriptwriter. The accomplished young actress, who is of Jamaican extraction, has already made a name for herself in film, television and theatre, and just completed production on A Long Walk to Freedom, a biopic about Nelson Mandela in which she portrayed his wife, Winnie.
Naomie recently starred at the National Theater in London in Danny Boyle's production of "Frankenstein," and was last seen on the big screen playing a grammar schoolteacher who fights for the right of an 84 year-old Kenyan to be educated in The First Grader. However, her breakthrough performance was back in 2002 in Boyle's 28 Days Later after which she went on to receive further acclaim for her role as 'Tia Dalma' in Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End.
Her other major feature film credits include Miami Vice; Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story; Street Kings with Keanu Reeves and Forrest Whittaker; and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. On television, she's starred in the BBC's "Small Island" and "Blood and Oil" and in the UK's popular television adaptation of Zadie Smith's bestselling novel "White Teeth," the adaptation of the novel "Poppy Shakespeare," as well as "The Project."
Naomie graduated with honors from Cambridge University with a degree in social and political science prior to training at the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Here, she talks about her latest outing as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig as Secret Agent 007 in Skyfall.
Kam Williams: Hi Naomie, I'm honored to have this opportunity to speak with you.
Naomie Harris: My pleasure, Kam.
KW:What's it like to be a part of such a storied, classic franchise? Were you at all intimidated?
NH: It was intimidating in the beginning, for sure. I was really nervous, because I was certain it was going to be bigger than anything I'd ever done before. But I was relieved when I actually discovered that there was a family atmosphere on the set, with a brother-sister team, Barbara [Broccoli] and Michael [Wilson] running it all. They're incredibly down-to-earth and really warm, so it was like making a little independent movie most of the time. That was quite surprising to me, because I'd expected it to feel huge. But it didn't at all. It felt quite intimate.
KW: I loved you in Ninja Assassin, which was an action-adventure that might have served as a preparation for Skyfall.
NH: Yeah, in some ways, except that in that movie I was mostly screaming and running away from the bad guys, whereas in this one I'm generally jumping into the action and fighting with them. So, yeah, it was somewhat similar, but also very different.
KW:I have a lot of questions for you from fans. Documentary director Kevin Williams asks: Was the audition process for this role physically-demanding?
NH: No, it wasn't, at all. Sam [director Sam Mendes] did say the role would involve a lot of action, and asked if I was okay with that. Of course, I said, "Yes!" because you say "yes" to anything when you're auditioning for a Bond film. But I didn't realize just how much physicality was going to be required of me.
KW: How demanding did it turn out to be?
NH: I did more physical preparation for this, than I'd ever done for any role. I trained for a couple months. I was out on the shooting range twice a week. I worked out with a personal trainer for two hours a day, five days a week. So, it was quite demanding!
KW:April Hughes asks: What was it like working with Daniel Craig?
NH: I really enjoyed working with Daniel, because he's a brilliant actor at the top of his game. That gave me an opportunity to learn from the best, which is what you're always looking for as a performer in order to grow and get better at your craft. It was also great because he was so nice and incredibly supportive, because it really was an intimidating experience for me. He sort of held my hand and said, "We're in this together and we'll get through it together." And he did look after me.
KW:And how was Sam Mendes as director? He won an Oscar for American Beauty, but he's never made a movie like this before.
NH: Yes, it was a really departure for him, and it was fantastic working with him precisely because of that. What interests him are characters and relationships, and he was a genius at giving you the freedom to create the type of character you want, and also to explore and have fun with your fellow actors. For him, characters and relationships are really the heartbeat of the film, and then the action is the backdrop. By developing the characters, he makes you care that much more about the action and going on a journey with the characters. People are already describing it as the best Bond flick ever, and I really think it will be.
KW:Did you ever feel in danger doing any of the stunts?
NH: I definitely felt frightened, but never in danger, because they were always so careful about everything. Some of the driving, particularly on that road around the sheer-drop cliff was actually done by stunt driver Ben Collin, who is otherwise known as The Stig from the TV show Pop Gear. He's a brilliant drive, nonetheless, it was terrifying to be careening along when a wrong turn would mean a thousand-foot drop and you're not in control and you want to slow the car down.
KW:Larry Greenberg asks: Growing up in London, did you ever think you would be a secret agent in a Bond film?
NH: I never ever thought that I would be in a Bond film, ever, which is weird because I grew up loving these amazing movies. But I never thought of it as a possibility, because there aren't very many black Bond women. So, it never occurred to me. But I'm absolutely loving being part of it, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an agent as well.
KW:Harriet Pakula Teweles asks: How do expect being a Bond girl to affect your career?
NH: I definitely think it will affect it positively, because it means that now I'm much more visible to a wider audience. Directors and studios in particular are a lot more interested. So, I expect it's going to have a very positive impact on my career.
KW:How did you enjoy shooting on exotic locations?
NH: That's one of the fantastic perks of the job. It was also great shooting in London at Pinewood Studios because of all its history. So many of the 007 movies were filmed there, as well as classics by everyone from Marilyn Monroe to Jack Nicholson to Martin Scorcese. It's like working on hallowed ground. So, I felt a responsibility to make sure I did as good a job as I possibly could.
KW:Ilene Proctor says: Naomie, your story is one of fortitude and survival under difficult emotional circumstances that many can relate to. You must feel that becoming a Bond girl is a major "I told you so!" to all those that made you feel like an outsider.
NH: Not anymore, actually. I think what Ilene's referring to is the fact that I was bullied at school as a child. When I started out in the profession, it was definitely about proving that I was worthy, but after achieving a certain amount of success, I realized I didn't have to prove anything to anybody. So, I let go of that feeling a long time ago. Instead, this is now about my own journey and for me to enjoy for myself.
KW: The bookworm Troy Johnson question: What was the last book you read?
NH: "How to Leave Twitter" by Grace Dent. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0571277748/ref%3dnosim/thslfofire-20
KW: When you look in the mirror, what do you see?
NH: Wow! I usually look in my eyes to tell the truth of how I'm feeling that day.
KW:The Ling-Ju Yen question: What is your earliest childhood memory?
NH: I don't remember my childhood very well at all, but my earliest memory is holding a man's hand as I was walking down the street at about 1½. I can still remember the shoes I was wearing, but I don't know who the man was or what the memory relates to.
KW:The Uduak Oduok question: Who is your favorite fashion designer?
NH: I have a lot of them. I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.
KW:What is your favorite dish to cook?
NH: Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.
KW: If you could have one wish instantly granted, what would that be for?
NH: World peace! Yeah… it would be nice if everyone could get on with each other a bit more.
KW: The Kerry Washington question: If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
NH: A cat, definitely because I'm very independent and very comfort-loving. I'm always looking for the comfiest place to lie down, like a cat.
KW: The Judyth Piazza question: What key quality do you believe all successful people share?
NH: Determination, and they won't take "no" for any answer.
KW: Attorney Bernadette Beekman asks: What is your favorite charity?
NH: A charity in Sierra Leone called Hands for Africa. They provide prosthetic arms and legs for amputees who've lost limbs in the civil war due to the trade in conflict diamonds.
KW:The Michael Ealy question: If you could meet any historical figure, who would it be?
NH: It would definitely be Jesus, because I would love to know some of his answers as to why we're here.
KW:What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?
NH: I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession. Only do it, if you don't want to do anything else. And know that it's a tough journey with a lot of rejection along the way. You have to have a lot of self-belief.
KW: The Pastor Alex Kendrick question: When do you feel the most content?
NH: When I have finished a job, done all the promotion, and it's been received well. Then I can allow myself the luxury of a break, and chilling out with my family and friends, and taking a nice break knowing I've done a good job.
KW:Is there any question no one ever asks you, that you wish someone would?
NH: I'm afraid that what most people don't know about me is that I'm very close to my brother and sister, who are 16 and 13, and I think I'm a pretty good big sister to them.
KW: Thanks again for the interview, Naomie. I loved the film and I loved your performance.
NH: Aww, thank you very much. You take care, Kam. Bye!
To see a trailer for Skyfall, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw


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Photos: Bruins 3, Red Wings 0
Photos: Bruins 3, Red Wings 0
Fans filed into the Gordie Howe Entrance of Joe Louis Arena for Game 3.
A few Bruins fans were surrounded by a sea of Red Wings gear.
A lone person walked across the ice while the lighting technicians did a late-afternoon test of the pregame show effects.
As technicians tested more lighting effects, one person watched from the stands.
A giant squid comes down from the scoreboard as part of the pregame light show.
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask was almost hit by a squid tossed from the stands during the national anthem.
Bruin Brad Marchand was upended by the Red Wings' Niklas Kronwall on a first period breakaway attempt.
Boston's Dougie Hamilton grinned after he scored in the first period.
Boston's Jordan Caron beat Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard in the first period to put Boston ahead 2-0.
Bruin Jordan Caron celebrated after his goal.
Caron hit the ice as he tangles with Detroit's Justin Abdelkader in the first period.
The Bruins Brad Marchand howled in pain after being upended in the second period. He was helped off the ice, and soon returned to action.
Bruin Kevan Miller sailed in front of his goalie Tuukka Rask as the Red Wings Gustav Nyquist looked on in the third period.
The Bruins Reilly Smith battled with his brother, Brendan Smith of the Red Wings, third period action.
The Red Wings' Riley Sheahan leapt to try and screen Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask in the third period, but the Boston netminder stopped the shot, as he did every one he faced during the game.


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Commitmentprevious next
Also: Dedication
Commitment is the state of being bound--emotionally, intellectually, or both--to a particular person or course of action. Commitment starts with a choice (ideally thoughtfully made and aligned with virtuous purpose) and is sustained by dedication and perseverance. Commitment is active – it is expressed and realized in our thoughts and actions.
Commitment is more than just obligation – it is a giving of ourselves, sometimes at high personal cost or risk, to a person or purpose that we find worthy of that gift. Like other forms of giving, commitment can produce some of life's greatest satisfactions.
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