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Roasted Veal Chop with Morel and Cacao Sauce
This is the time of year when my cookbook obsession sends me into overdrive. A ton of great cookbooks came out in the past 12 months celebrating seasonal ingredients that aren't common grocery-store fare. The availability of foraged foods increases exponentially in the spring, but the limited window forces me to squeeze in all the recipes I've bookmarked to cook. The Wild Table, by Connie Green and Sarah Scott, is THAT kind of book.
Living in Seattle, we are lucky to have some kick-ass foragers and farmers at the farmers' markets who sell their hard-earned loot. You can make this dish with dried morels anytime. But with morels in season now, I've been on a binge. What the hell--you only get them for a couple months of the year so you may as well enjoy them, right?
Let me just say that unless you have a butcher nearby or a (harder and harder to find) grocery store that actually breaks down meat in-house instead of having it delivered pre-cut, it can be a bitch to find uncommon cuts, including veal. Veal is typically one of those bad-karma ingredients, because they torture the baby cows. So if you do make this according to the recipe, you WILL go to hell. Just so you know.
I had a hard time initially finding veal, let along happy, untortured veal for this dish. Most of the local, organic, rainbows-and-butterflies-kumbyah-circle butchers don't carry veal because it *is* so hard to find a reputable source. My friend Becky (who is an amazing chef) suggested venison chops as a substitute. Yeah, because venison is so much easier to find. I figured if we're doing that, why not just serve it on unicorn chops? (Becky, bite me). I think this would also rock on lamb or a big-assed, double-cut pork chop.
Regardless of the protein on which you choose to serve it, this recipe will be in my "Try Again" file for sure. It was fantastic.
Roasted Veal Chop with Morel and Cacao Sauce
Adapted from The Wild Table, by Connie Green and Sarah Scott
Serves 4
Four 10- to 12-ounce veal rib chops
1 Tbsp cocoa nibs
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1 shallot, finely minced
½ lb. fresh morels, cleaned, stems trimmed to ¼ inch
2 Tbsp Madeira
3 oz veal demi-glace
3 tbsp beef broth
1 cup heavy cream
2 tbsp finely grated high-quality unsweetened chocolate
1 tbsp finely grated high-quality 70% bittersweet chocolate
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
Pinch of ground cloves
2 tbsp pure olive oil
Fleur de sel
- Position a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Farenheit and place the veal chops on a baking sheet.
- Place the cocoa nibs on a cutting board and, using a sharp knife, chop through them until they are the texture of coarse-ground pepper. (Note from Marc: Or, if you're a lazyass like I am, whiz them a couple of times through a spice grinder so you don't have cocoa nibs flying all over your damned kitchen) Reserve ½ teaspoon of the chopped nibs. Sprinkle the remaining nibs evenly over the surface of the veal chops. If you will be cooking the chops within an hour, leave them at room temperature. If not, refrigerate them and bring them out 1 hour before cooking.
- Place the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. When the butter is just starting to turn golden brown, add the shallot. Cook, stirring frequently until the shallot is slightly caramelized and tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add the morels to the pan and stir to coat them evenly with the butter and shallot. Continue cooking until the morels are tender and starting to caramelize, 4 to 5 more minutes. (If you are using fresh morels, remove them from the pan at this point and set aside. If using dried morels, leave them in the pan and continue.) Add the Madeira and cook, stirring, until it has almost evaporated. Add the demi-glace and beef broth to the pan. Turn up the heat and bring to a boil. Cook for 1-2 minutes, or until the veal stock has reduced a bit, then stir in the cream. Bring back to a boil , then turn down the heat to a vigorous simmer.
- Stir in the unsweetened chocolate, the 70 percent chocolate, the cinnamon and the cloves. Stir briskly until the chocolates are melted into the cream. Stir in the reserved cocoa nibs. (Add the fresh morels back to the sauce at this point.) Cook until the sauce is thick and evenly colored, 3 to 4 more minutes. Remove the sauce from the heat and hold in a warm place while you cook the rib chops. (Note from Marc: we found the sauce to have amazing depth, but the nibs combined with the unsweetened chocolate made it a little too bitter and flat from our perspective. We did the typical sauce-doctor correction of adding salt and acid to round out the flavors (in this case, we used Sherry Vinegar for the acid) as well as a Tablespoon or so of honey to round out the bitter note.)
- Place oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Have a large baking sheet or shallow roasting pan lined with a rack nearby. When the oil is hot, add the veal chops to the sauté pan, being careful not to crowd the pan. You may have to cook them in batches. Brown on each side, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove to the baking sheet or roasting pan until they are browned.
- Place the chops in the oven and roast until the internal temperature is 125 degrees Farenheit for rare, about 15 minutes, or 135 degrees for medium rare, 5 to 6 more minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving. (Note from Marc: Let them rest. Seriously. If you don't let the meat rest it will be dry and have WAY less flavor. I know you're hungry, but just wait. You're so impatient!)


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January 6, 2006
A career-first double-double for junior center Ryan Stephens lifted Wabash College to a 70-63 win over Allegheny College at Chadwick Court Friday night. It was the Little Giants' 8th straight win.
Stephens, a 6-8 junior from Zionsville, scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. He hit 10-of-12 from the line and added two blocked shots.
(See game photo album by clicking here.)
"I think that over the past couple of weeks Coach (Jason) Mulligan and Coach (Mac) Petty and I have really been working on my confidence inside," Stephens said. "Because I'm confident, I don't think there's anybody in the conference who can stop me or any of the other post guys that we have. We have just really focused in on that."
Wabash (9-3, 3-0) jumped to a halftime 34-28 margin on the strength of its inside game, outscoring the visiting Gators 22-8 in the paint. A defensive change sparked a run that gave Wabash the lead for good. Late in the first half Petty switched the Little Giants out their usual man-to-man and crossed the Gators up with some zone.
"We missed a lot of easy shots in the first half," Petty said. "If we had made those easy shots that would have made a big difference. Then we had some dumb turnovers and we had some charging fouls. We let them come back and get ahead of us because of those things. Then I thought let's look at it (the zone) and that made a difference."
Wabash threatened to blow the game open early in the second half racing to a 15-point margin with 15:02 to play. But Allegheny (5-6, 1-2) hung with their hosts and eventually got it down to four late in the contest.
"There is satisfaction, but you never want to be satisfied," Petty said. "This is only our 12th game and we have 13 games to go. We have go keep getting better each time."
The Gators pulled to 64-60 with just over a minute to play. But Adonis Joseph hit two free throws; Stephens rebounded and connected on a free throw at the other end of the court for 67-60. Stephens controlled the board the next time down and was again fouled then hit both free throws.
"We've been working really hard on free throws lately because one of our goals is to shoot 75 percent from the free throw line every game," Stephens said. "But we've only gotten it once all season. It paid off for me tonight."
Petty enjoyed seeing the brawny big man have a break-out game.
"We feel this it the type of player that he can be so what he's doing doesn't surprise me," the coach said. "It's appreciated and enjoyed because we're seeing him develop and do the things he's worked very hard for. It makes him feel good and makes us feel great."
Stephens' 14 points matched Joseph's 14 for game honors. Kyle Medeiros and Andrew Zimmer scored 12 apiece. Zimmer was close to giving the Little Giants a second double-double with 8 rebounds.
Wabash's tough defensive reputation got a little tougher Friday night. The Little Giants held Allegheny to 36 percent shooting from the field. The Gators hit just 17 percent behind the three-point line.
The NCAC's second leading scorer, Matt Majzlik, was held to 9 points – 11 below his season average. The visitors were led by Casey McCloskey's 14 with 6-8 freshman Ryan Hollihan adding 12 and Jimmy Savage scored 11.
Wabash is back in action at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon hosting the Hiram Terriers. Allegheny travels back across state to play Earlham.
Hewitt is Wabash College's Web Editor. Photos by Director of Public Affairs, Jim Amidon.
In photos:
Home Page: Ryan Stephens gets congratulated after his first career double double.
Top right: Stephens works the ball inside to a teammate.
At left: The athletic Mike Russell scores on a drive.
Bottom Right: Adonis Joseph fights for position.


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This week has gone by so fast. And it's already that time of the week when I share another dessert recipe with you. I prepared a French dessert I make often during the winter season because it doesn't require any fruit. I simply raided my pantry and used vanilla beans, instant coffee and Kahlúa, which is a coffee-flavored, rum-based liqueur. Yes, you probably already guessed it; I prepared pot de creme.
I love how easy and simple they are to make. The texture is velvety and lightly sweetened. In my opinion, pots de crème are the quintessential representation of decadence one can find in French desserts.
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Heavenly: On Cloud Nine at the ArtHamptons Fair
Top 3 Artists1-Alex Guofeng CaoCao's meticulous arrangement of minuscule photos into larger compositions is masterful and playful. He shows a clever knack for choosing the perfect miniature images as a foil to the larger subject matter. Overall, the work is unapologetically pop. Brigitte Bardot is created by aggregating miniatures of Jayne Mansfield. Political figures and pop artists are woven together into a singular narrative. The artist also deftly incorporates anomalies: tiny sketchings break up the repetition of imagery, all visible with a handy nearby magnifying glass.
Heckscher Museum of Art exhibits to explore life 'Before Selfies'
In this narcissistic era of ubiquitous self-imagery, when you can plaster digital snapshots of yourself across the Facebook/Instagram universe, it's hard to imagine a time when only a man of means could afford a portrait of himself.
Two exhibits opening Saturday at the Heckscher Museum of Art remind us that it wasn't always so easy to share pictures of yourself. "Before Selfies: Portraiture...
Simply put, we live in an artful and art-full paradise.
It may sound corny, but at its best, art inspires, provokes, educates, surprises, shocks and delights. So put on some comfortable walking shoes and revel in the images.
Here's a Miami Herald staff selection of don't-miss works to help you navigate the mayhem of too many shows, too little time:
At ChinaSquare Gallery in Art Miami, pixelated images by Alex Guofeng Cao appear to be huge photographs. But look closely and you'll see that the "pixels" are really tiny photographic images. The portrait of President Barack Obama is made up of photos of President Abraham Lincoln; Marilyn Monroe is composed of tiny images of JFK; JFK of tiny images of Monroe. Sold opening night: An image of Carla Bruni, made up of tiny images of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Los Angeles is primed: Art fair, please step up
Many in the art community believe the city could sustain a major fair. Shows lined up for the year, including this weekend's Art Los Angeles Contemporary and a new one in September, aim to make it happen.
2012 Dallas Art Fair kicks off with a pre-party. See what you missed
Christie Reniger and Beth Ewing, right, react to art by Alex Guofengcao during a pre-party to kick off the Dallas Art Fair, on April 12, 2012 at the Fashion Industry Gallery in Downtown Dallas. The work of art consists of thousands of tiny images to form an overall portrait of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
NSFW: Last Night's Dallas Art Fair Gala, With 19th Century Muff Shots
New York artist Alex Guofeng Cao's room was so popular that it lured people into one of the bottom floor's distant corners, an impressive feat. (If it were IKEA, he would be in "Lighting.") This toast of Art Basel's current project is a fun play on pop icon photography, where famous black and white pictures of celebrities are reconstructed out of tinier images. The miniature photos can be examined with the naked eye but also with magnifying glasses, which hang next to most prints.
As you walk in you're greeted by a very large, mostly naked Pamela Anderson. Her hand is gripping her hair in that "over it" kind of way, and her boobs are so robust you worry they might slap you. Upon closer inspection you see that this piece is called "Pamela vs. Courbet," meaning that Pamela's photographic cells are made out of repeating images by Gustave Courbet, the 19th century French Realist painter. The piece Cao chose? "The Origin Of The World," Courbet's up-close muff shot.
If you haven't bought a pass for the Dallas Art Fair, you must. And make your phone's default Safari page ArtBabble, because it's fun to research and learn while you explore. Also, wear comfy shoes or put some Dr. Scholl's in those adorable platforms because every space in town has an opening party this weekend and you'll be doing some running. My advice is do Dallas Art Fair each afternoon, then local openings at night. I'll put up a list of 'em later this afternoon.
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And what about the Audrey Hepburn photograph divided into hundreds of photographic pixels of Marlene Dietrich? When arriving in the U.S. from China, photographer Alex Guofeng Cao of Art Space Gallery fixated on what he saw as important to Americans: celebrities, politics, patriotism and sex. He blew up our foibles and obsessions, as if to say "in your face, America," with not just one face, but with thousands of mini faces. The gallery offers magnifying glasses and take-away mints in miniature pixel boxes with the reproduced photos as calling cards. Perhaps the mints are to wash away the bad taste of America's bad taste.
Let's appreciate the big art show that isn't there
The show covers three floors of the Mart. Becky Vu studies the Photo Mosaics of artist Alex Guofeng Cao. Repetitive tiny images in graged shades compose the recognizable image. The larger photo is not composed of like images though. Example-Marilyn Monroe is made up of tiny graded images of the Mona Lisa.
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By Joshua B. GrayI&M Staff Writer
Inspired by one of the oldest art forms known to man, photographer Alex Guofeng Cao has created mosaics for the modern age.
Cavalier Galleries on Main Street will open a month-long exhibition this evening showing his large-scale digital images in a show called "Icon vs. Iconic."
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By Joshua B. GrayI&M Staff Writer
Inspired by one of the oldest art forms known to man, photographer Alex Guofeng Cao has created mosaics for the modern age.
Cavalier Galleries on Main Street will open a month-long exhibition this evening showing his large-scale digital images in a show called "Icon vs. Iconic."
John Lennon's son Julian Lennon chacks out a print of his father by artist Alex Guofeng Cao from New York's ChinaSquare Gallery during Art Miami. Courtesy of ChinaSquare Gallery.
Marco Island resident Kathy O'Brien, from right, and her friend, Naples resident Terry Kalten, use a magnifying glass to view tiny images that compose a larger image called "Gisele vs. Brady, After Penn" inside the Cavalier Galleries, Inc. booth during opening night of the Naples International Art & Antiques Fair at the Naples International Pavilion on Thursday night. The image, a large black and white photo of Gisele Bundchen taken by photographer Irving Penn, is made up of tiny images of Tom Brady, and was recreated by artist Alex Guofeng Cao. Hundreds of people attended the event where about 40 vendors displayed items such as Renoir paintings, a signed photograph of Abe Lincoln - his first taken as President of the United States. The event is a fundraiser for the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts. Lexey Swall/Staff
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That a star attraction at the Naples International Art and Antiques Fair in Florida the other night was a work of art called "Gisele vs. Brady, After Penn." The piece, by artist Alex Guofeng Cao, was based on a photograph of the Brazilian supermodel by Arthur Penn that Cao re-created using teeny-tiny images of her hubby, Tom Brady.
Eyes in Photography – New York – Photographer Alex Guofeng Cao
ALEX GUOFENG CAO at ART MIAMIFor a second year in a row, Alex Guofeng Cao's stunning "pixel perfect" photographic works are generating buzz and excitement at Art Miami! Alex's JFK vs JACKIE (2010) is prominently featured on the front page of the December 1st edition of the Miami Herald's Business section. This follows up last year's Miami Herald front-page cover story declaring Alex as the "Must See" artist of Miami Art Basel 2009.
Additionally, Alex is the first "stand out" mentioned in Art Daily's article on Art Miami's Opening Night VIP Preview, emphasizing "rapid sales" of his artwork. Alex's MY ALL-STARS series is proving to be a huge hit in Miami!Alex Guofeng Cao came to New York searching for his pursuit, came upon photography, which easily became his passion. Inspired by such masters as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Edward Weston, and Robert Mapplethorpe, Cao ceaselessly studied and experimented with all methods and techniques in photography. While adept with color, Cao's preferred medium is the black and white image. Cao's deep fascination with the subtle gradations of tone between the deep black and the stark white are the generators for all the colors he needs to create his world.
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In the 80's, surrounded by glitz, glam and pop, America welcomed amongst many a young teen. Alex arrived with his family from China like so many before to hit New York City. Cao, an "X" er with a distinguished and developing passion for how we look and see ourselves, set his studies on photography. Influenced by his new surroundings in New York, along with the imagery of Irving Penn, Mapplethorpe and other luminaries of the medium, Cao's commercial opportunities gave rise to his fine art. These have stemmed from Vogue to Maxim magazines eliciting further foundation for an explosive and thoughtfully compelling body of work.
In late 2009, Alex Guefeng Cao's Miami Art Basel debut garnered national media attention because of, amongst many reasons, his pixelated photograph series. Each paired "homage" with conceptual insight.
The current collection reaches into the history of pop culture, politics and religion. As many great artist prior, the level of homage to influence - fine art's way of referencing the source - is the latch, the hook that Cao's work visually speaks. He draws on the great societies before our own, relying on "western antiquity" and "...the iconic and statuesque sculptures of the ancient Egypt, Greek and Roman eras." Like his subjects, the photographs remind us of the importance of the image and how it has been built. His detailed and deliberate process (an image within an image) is contrasted with the largest of scale.
Cao's current choice of black and white photography is paired with his love for the mosaic process. All the color that is needed for his art is the various shades of grey, the digital stitching of black and white tiles. Each takes life from the storied, colorful characters and messages a collector ultimately sees.
Artist Alex Guofeng Cao's innovative mosaic-styled art works are resonating on a global scale. Inspired by such masters as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Edward Weston, and Robert Mapplethorpe, Cao's career as an artist has seen him study and experiment with a variety of photographic methods and techniques.
Of late his photographic creativity has leaned towards large-scale monochromatic digital works, namely a series called "Legend." Explaining the cryptic imagery, Cao reveals, "I'm fascinated by icons and celebrity. I have worked with many from Lindsay Lohan to Tommy Lee Jones, they shared a common musicality that translates internationally."
The "Legend" series sees a melding of two contrasting artistic techniques. Images of pop culture icons, Pam Anderson, Marilyn Monroe, Lady Di, are reinvented and reinterpreted care of Cao's dexterous hand and creative vision.
Technically, Cao says that despite his fascination with the digital medium, monochrome tradition is something he still romanticizes, "The subtle gradations of tone between deep black and stark white are the generators for all the colors I need to create my world."
Visitors walk by the works of Alex Guofeng Cao and his 'Marilyn vs Monalisa' chromogenic print at the photo l.a. art exhibit on Saturday. The exhibit ran from Friday to Sunday and offered seminars and lectures by noted photographers.
Even larger were the chromogenic prints of Alex Guofeng Cao at Pan-American Projects (Miami). Cao's technique creates pictures of celebrity faces from many small prints of other celebrity faces. On display were Princess Di wrought from tiny faces of Princess Grace, James Dean made from tiny Elvis faces, and Marilyn Monroe created out of tiny Mona Lisa faces.
Art Miami's 20th Anniversary Edition Celebrates Strong Attendance and Sales
MIAMI, FL.- Art Miami, the longest running contemporary art fair in Miami and the anchor art fair for the city of Miami, reported outstanding results during Art Week Miami 2009, exceeding the expectations of many. More than 35,000 people visited the fair during the course of the week – an increase of 10% from last year.
"We were delighted to have a large turnout of serious, committed collectors, museum curators and others drawn by the exciting work that was exhibited at Art Miami this year. Once again, buyers responded to the Fair's international mix of work and galleries. Sales were very strong," Director Nick Korniloff commented.
Art Miami's stellar 2009 run began on December 1st with a ribbon cutting and a 20th Anniversary Proclamation presentation by Miami City Commissioner Bruno Barreiro. A gala VIP reception, attended by 6,500 people, followed. At what Caldwell Snyder Gallery called "the best opening of any art fair," museum curators rubbed elbows with artists including James Rosenquist and Frank Stella and with collectors from the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, and Asia—Steve Wynn, Marvin Ross Friedman, Marty Margulies, Jorge Perez, Pat and Larry Stewart, Mary and Frank Howard, Joyce Kan, Pearl Lam, Noel and Terry Neelands, John Ferin, Jeff Roth, Matthew Adell, and Naomi Campbell. Opening night proceeds and a percentage of sales from participating galleries benefited The Lotus House Women's Shelter, netting nearly $9,000 for the program. In the two years of its involvement, Art Miami has raised more than $40,000 for the shelter, founded in 2006 by Constance Collins Margulies and the Sundari Foundation. The opening night event was crowned by a multimedia performance by the Black Estate presented by Claire Oliver Gallery.
In photography, ChinaSquare Gallery's Alex Guofeng Cao's images of Bruni vs Sarkozy, JFK vs Marilyn and Obama vs Lincoln sold out; The Miami Herald did a cover story about this unusual work. Four David Drebin "Champion" photographs sold at Contessa Gallery – two for $20,000 and two for $25,000; a Starn Twins image for $40,000 at HackelBury Fine Art Ltd; a Julia Fullerton-Batten photograph for $17,000 at Jenkins Johnson Gallery; a Deborah Oropallo image for $16,000 at Turner Carroll Gallery; and a Martin Schoeller image of Clint Eastwood for $10,000 at Hasted Hunt Kraeutler.
Alex Guofeng Cao is genius! Taking images from Icons and layering it with another symbolic image underneath. Look closely and you will see…
At ChinaSquare Gallery in Art Miami, pixelated images by Alex Guofeng Cao appear to be huge photographs. But look closely and you'll see that the "pixels" are really tiny photographic images.
The portrait of President Barack Obama is made up of photos of President Abraham Lincoln; Marilyn Monroe is composed of tiny images of JFK; JFK of tiny images of Monroe. Sold opening night: An image of Carla Bruni, made up of tiny images of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
This pixelated image of Brad Pitt has his beautiful partner Angelina Jolie discretely underneath. Once I saw got to see at close range, I instantly fell in love with the concept and the image over all!
Art Basel Miami: Alex Guofeng Cao'sSmall Image/Big Image Photographs
Art Basel Miami Beach is for any and every one. With all the craze in Miami of hipsters and socialites skipping from one Art Basel party to the next and scoping out all of the beach's beautiful galleries, it's only fair that we tell you what our favorites are…the ones you shouldn't miss.
What: ChinaSquare GalleryWhere: Art MiamiWhy: Pixelated images by Alex Guofeng Cao appear to be huge photographs. But look closely and you'll see that the pixels are actually tiny photographic images, like the portrait of President Barack Obama made up of photos of President Abraham Lincoln; Marilyn Monroe is composed of tiny images of JFK; JFK of tiny images of Monroe.
A Changing Landscape: Galleries of the Lower East Side
When April Vollmer first moved to the Lower East Side in 1986, she took weekend walks uptown to Soho, where a growing art scene attracted a number of galleries. At the time the only kind of gallery that existed in Vollmer's neighborhood was the shooting type—places where drug addicts gathered to buy and inject drugs. Vollmer remembers syringes lying on the streets and times when she and her partner found drug addicts outside their apartment.
"It's not just a homogeneous world," but one that is "very diversified in an edgy way," said Jen Davis, director of CSquare Gallery, which opened on Allen Street two months ago. CSquare Gallery's upcoming exhibit will feature window-sized pixilated prints of celebrity faces. Next door to the gallery is Congee Village, a popular Cantonese restaurant. Across the street, Chinese stores sell floor supplies, tires and electronic gadgets. Just a few blocks away, lively restaurants lure young professionals in the neighborhood with neon BYOB signs.
Visitors who have come to the Lower East Side for its restaurants and bars have often stumbled upon the neighborhood's art scene. A stop at a nearby gallery often becomes an unplanned part of the post-meal walk.
I almost forget where I was, until I saw an older man with this washed-out rock star kind of look admiring the chromogenic installation with his much younger girlfriend. To me, he seemed to be leaning into the photograph a bit too close when he suddenly stepped back, did a quick over the shoulder look around and pulled out a pair of glasses from his hip leather jacket. He quickly put them on, looked at the artwork once again, at a normal distance, and slipped them back into hiding. Reminding me once again that this was so Hollywood.
Art Basel is over, may i please have my life back?
This year's Art Basel Miami Beach did not go nearly as planned. I took a day off early and only made it to half the fairs and events I had planned to attend. However I did go three days (Wed., Fri., and Sat.) and saw some great stuff. No regrets!
No será nada nuevo pero, en su mejor forma, el arte nos inspira, provoca, educa y sorprende con enorme fuerza. Así que póngase unos zapatos cómodos y vaya a disfrutar de las imágenes.
He aquí una selección hecha por personal del Herald sobre los trabajos indispensables, que lo ayudarán a navegar el exceso de oferrtas y la escasez de tiempo.
En la ChinaSquare Gallery en Art Miami, pixeladas imágenes de Alex Guofeng Cao parecen enormes fotografías. Pero, cuando se miran de cerca, se ve que los "pixeles'' son, en realidad, diminutas fotografías. El retrato del presidente Obama está hecho de fotos de Abraham Lincoln; Marilyn Monroe esta compuestas por minúsculas fotos de JFK y JFK está hecho de minúsculas imágenes de Monroe. En la noche inaugural se vendió una imagen de Carla Bruni, compuesta de diminutas imágenes del presidente de Francia Nicolás Sakozy.
Miami, 3 dec. Tijdens zijn leven was Michael Jackson al een geliefd onderwerp voor beeldend kunstenaars – denk aan Andy Warhol of Jeff Koons – maar nu hij dood is, is hij pas echt een muze geworden. Op de gisteravond geopende kunstbeurs Art Basel Miami Beach duikt de popster overal op.
Voor 155.000 dollar kunnen Jackson-fans investeren in een drieluik van modefotograaf David LaChapelle, die de zanger onder meer als aartsengel en dode Christusfiguur portretteerde. Tijdens de opening bleek de stand van galerie Shafrazi een populaire fotospot, waar het deftige kunstpubliek zich gretig met de King of Pop lieten vereeuwigen.
Een andere trekpleister is een metershoog ruiterportret van de Amerikaan Kehinde Wiley, te koop bij Deitch Projects voor 175.000 dollar. Jackson zit daarop hoog te paard, in een pose die duidelijk ontleend is aan Rubens' beroemde portret van Philip II uit het Prado. Wiley's galeriehoudster vertelt trots dat de popster zelf contact had gezocht met de schilder. "Hij had Wiley's werk in 2007 gezien in het Brooklyn Museum in New York en wilde graag door hem worden geportretteerd. Wiley stelde voor om hem in de stijl van een oude meester te schilderen en stuurde hem diverse kunsthistorische afbeeldingen op. Jackson bleek behoorlijk wat van schilderkunst af te weten." Een Japanse verzamelaar toont zich hevig teleurgesteld als blijkt dat het werk al gereserveerd is. "Kan hij er niet nog eentje maken?" probeert hij nog. "En dan liefst iets kleiner."
Nog wel te koop is het Jacksonportret dat de Chinese kunstenar Alex Guofeng Cao toont op de veel kleinere beurs Art Miami. Bij nadere beschouwing blijkt dat deze ode, te zien bij de China Square Gallery, is opgebouwd uit allemaal piepkleine zwart-witfotootjes van Marilyn Monroe. "Michael en Marilyn zijn beiden veel te vroeg aan een overdosis drugs overleden", verklaart de maker. "En beiden deden zich altijd heel vrolijk voor, terwijl ze zich van binnen vaak triest voelden." Met een prijs van 4.500 dollar zal het niet lang duren of ook dit werk hangt binnenkort boven het bed van een fan.


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The Lumia 920, Lumia 820 have joined HTC's 8X and 8S Windows Phones over at the M1 Shop. The mobile phone retailer will provide an option for those residing in Singapore to make the purchase with the choice of four high quality Windows Phone 8 handsets.
According to the website and product listings, each and every Windows Phone is expected to be made available by December. Good to see a strong offering for the market, but we're yet to see Samsung's ATIV S listed. It'll be interesting to see how all four handsets will be priced, and if shortage issues will be present.
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The address connected to an unauthorized H.E. McCracken Middle School bank account belongs to office manager Denise Gibbo, who's been on paid leave since around the time of Principal Philip Shaw, according to a Bluffton Police Department complaint.
The Beaufort County School District turned over its investigation to the department Friday after initially discovering the unauthorized account just before Thanksgiving break but finding itself at an impasse because the bank, South Carolina Bank and Trust, wouldn't provide details about the account's activity or holder without a court order. The bank did say, though, that the account was started in 1999, according to the complaint.
After making the initial discovery during a review prompted by undisclosed "personnel matters," a school staff member on Nov. 27 turned over a bank statement found on her own desk in the school's name but addressed to a home later found to be Gibbo's, said district spokesman Jim Foster, adding he doesn't know how the statement ended up on the staffer's desk.
Foster wouldn't say what first tipped off the district, whether Gibbo was ever questioned or discuss the reason for her leave of absence. The district has also refused to explain the absence of Shaw, which started Nov. 8, on grounds of "personnel matters."
"The details of it are not something we can discuss, especially while law enforcement is looking into it," Foster said.
The district turned over the account information it had as well as a check to police. The identity of the person who wrote the check was removed from the complaint.
Chris Barrow, the district's protective services coordinator, was conducting the review that turned up the account. Barrow, who filed the report with the police, couldn't be reached for comment.
Shaw continues collecting his $93,744 salary while Assistant Principal Joseph Warfield leads the school. The district previously indicated to parents that his leave would conclude before the Thanksgiving holiday, though district officials won't say whether the extension connects Shaw to the unauthorized account.
Shaw told the district he didn't know anything about the account but was "supposed to find out about the account and let them know," according to the complaint.
Lt. Joe Babkiewicz declined comment on the particulars of the ongoing case.
School leaders and bookkeepers at each school have access to an account for student activities and emergencies, both of which are reviewed at the district level. At this point the district can't say whether the creation of the account is a criminal offense or just a violation of policy, Foster said.


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In Python, many complex image functions are made simple using the Python Imaging Library (PIL). For example, I can load an image from file, rotate it any number of degrees, and display the image in just four lines of Python code.
from PIL import Image
pic = Image.open("wire.png")
Performing the same task in Java, however, requires the involvement of several classes and a slightly deeper understanding of graphics processing. I feel that Sun's decision to break everything up into hundreds of classes offers great flexibility for me to combine classes to come up with my own solution to a given problem. This approach may be verbose, but it does lead to a better understanding of the underlying algorithms involved.
import java.applet.Applet;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.net.URL;
public class RotateImage extends Applet {
private Image image;
AffineTransform identity = new AffineTransform();
private URL getURL(String filename) {
URL url = null;
try {
url = this.getClass().getResource(filename);
catch(Exception e){}
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public void init() {
image = getImage(getCodeBase(), "image.jpg");
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
AffineTransform trans = new AffineTransform();
trans.rotate( Math.toRadians(45) );
g2d.drawImage(image, trans, this);
This looks a lot worse than it is. There are 22 lines of code here (not counting white space and curly braces), but the majority of them are spent on importing Java libraries and loading the image. Only six of them are spent rotating and displaying the image.
The most complicated part of the code is the AffineTransform object. According to Sun's AffineTransform API, "The
AffineTransform class represents a 2D affine transform that performs a linear mapping from 2D coordinates to other 2D coordinates that preserves the "straightness" and "parallelness" of lines." If you experiment a little with this class (or just continue reading the API), you'll see that it can be used not just to rotate, but also to scale, flip, and shear an image as well.


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text: Noren is looking for his fourth European Tour victory and first since 2011 [GALLO/GETTY]Alex Noren of Sweden leads by one stroke at the Ballantine's Championship after shooting a 3-under 69 in the third round following his earlier 67 in the rain-delayed second round on Saturday.After two days of weather delays, the European and Asian Tour co-sanctioned event got back on track despite the cold and windy conditions on the Blackstone Course.Noren is at 9 under as he seeks his fourth European Tour victory and first since winning twice in 2011. The tough thing here is to judge the wind on the second shots, so it's been tricky for the mind and I'm exhausted right now" Leader Alex Noren "I made a lot of par putts and also the putt at the last for birdie, and that's always very important,'' Noren said. "The tough thing here is to judge the wind on the second shots, so it's been tricky for the mind and I'm exhausted right now."I haven't been in the lead for a long time, and I've had some good finishes, but it will be a lot of fun."Pablo Larrazabal of Spain (68) and Peter Whiteford of Scotland (68) are tied for second place. Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 British Open winner who is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 7, shot a 71 after a triple bogey at No. 13 to be equal eighth at 5 under.Larrazabal birdied the last for the third day running as he bids to capture a third European Tour success a fortnight before his 30th birthday."I hit the ball beautiful today, and from the tee I was very solid and the irons were very good. To have six birdies, I am very happy,'' he said."So I am happy to be in the fight again. It will good to play in the final group tomorrow as it's been a long time." Scott inspiration Whiteford is looking for his maiden victory in his 143rd appearance since making his European Tour debut in 2005.Australian pair Brett Rumford and 2010 Ballantine's champion Marcus Fraser hit 69s for a share of fourth at 7 under.Australian-born golfers have been winning regularly in the PGA Tour, including Adam Scott becoming the first Australian to win the Masters earlier this month, but it's been a lean two years since an Aussie won on the European Tour.Rumford ended his round with five straight birdies and needed just 25 putts as he looks for his first win in more than five years."It was great to birdie the last five holes, and I've got some fellow Australians up on the leaderboard and that's adding inspiration," said Rumford. "And with Adam Scott's win at the Masters, it seems to have inspired us all."Fraser let slip a share of the lead with a bogey at the last after landing on a cart path to send his ball rolling 100 yards further away from the hole. "I played great today and holed out really well to save par from three or four feet a number of times," said Fraser. "But it was a pretty ordinary second shot coming in to finish. But there was a lot more good than bad today."And Australian golf is flying high at the moment and there's one person to thank for that, Mr. Scott, and that was just an unbelievable week for him and to be the first Australian to win the Masters was something he deserved. There is a lot of guys out here this week inspired by what Adam's done and it's also inspired a lot of people back home." SOURCE: AP Sport Golf Scotland South Korea Spain


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As Americans protest to End the Fed today, here's another note on last week's Tea Party protests... to all of the hypocrites among the social democrats and mainstream media who laughed about the conservative "tea bagging" party and thought that its supporters were clueless- the joke is on you.
I've been getting some traffic from this comment on Slate.com, which says:
You do know that the people organizing the teabagger parties were the first ones to use it? Olberman and Maddow (nice respect, BTW. Do you also call Juan Williams a [edit]) were just making fun of their ignorance.
[Matthew Yglesias]
A Reminder to Tea Bag The Fools in Washington on April 1st. I mean, if you're that stupid to use a vulgar term as your rallying cry, you deserve to be mocked.
As I said, the joke is on you. The Tea Partyers (or Baggers, whatever), knew exactly what we were saying when we used slogans and blog titles like "Tea Bag The Fools in Washington." That was why we did it. It was a joke. It was funny. Do you really think we're all that ignorant? Get a clue.
In fact the middle link that this commentator provided as evidence of the Tea Party protesters' ignorance is such strong evidence against his argument that it only serves to highlight his own remarkable ignorance about us. Does this person honestly think that someone doesn't know what "tea bagging" means when they made a sign that says "Tea Bag the LIBERAL DEMS before they Tea Bag you?" We deserve to be mocked?
There was also a certain subtlety to the way Tea Party protesters used the term. We simply said it without drawing attention to it. It was funny enough to call attention to itself (which it apparently did all too well). By contrast, when social democrats in the media and blogosphere talked or wrote about the tea parties, their humor insisted upon itself a little too strongly. The effect was the embarrassment you feel when you see a comedian laughing too hard at his own joke, a little too pleased with himself. They were also just nasty, ugly, and mean about it.
If they want to start making fun of us (by stealing our own joke and then being less funny about it), then I call that a good sign. It means they're wearing down, it means they're getting scared, and it means they know our cause is gaining momentum. As the Mahatma Gandhi said "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." They certainly ignored the first nationwide tea party on February 27th. and now they're laughing at the second one. It all seems to be following the progression Gandhi observed, which should give us hope.
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The Empress of Christmas
Christmas is the holiday of Mariah Carey. Do you know how much money Mimi makes from Christmas? Count all the times you've heard the song. Now multiply it across the world. Christmas is Mimi's personal holiday. Don't call her an idiot when you consider she went out and basically wrote a Christmas classic that will ensure that dembabies never have to walk a day in their lives.
If you've been reading this blog long enough, you should know that it's not Christmas, not officially, until Mimi goes to Aspen. And takes her clothes off. With heels on.
This is why I've waited until now to post these shots:
Mimi, with her tits out, walking her dog in the freezing mountain air.
Mimi, with her tits out, cockblocking the Christmas tree.
Mimi on 4 inches going shopping with her kids, fronting like Christmas is actually about them. Is it? Is it really?
Mimi was on Watch What Happens Live the other night, the final episode before the Christmas break. I'm not going to recap the highlights for you because it's Christmas, and at Christmas, to borrow from Love Actually, you tell the truth:
She is the joy of our lives. And, to get into the spirit, you will enjoy this, all of it, uninterrupted – for the fanning, for shading, and especially for the GIVING…
The whole point to Mimi and, therefore, Christmas, is that it's more important to GIVE than to RECEIVE. That's all she does, OK? She gives when she's injured, she gives when she mothers, she gives by simply existing.
Happy Mimi Christmas!
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Do we think Brenden uses the idol or Taj? They show an arm that is white... but remember Stephen has Taj's idol. Maybe they could not convince JT to vote for Joe.... so Taj needs to use it.Brendan would it be a tie? We know Brendan and Sierra will stick and Erin will be happy to get rid of Coach. comes down to Debbie and Tyson. Are thy really loyal to coach or will they try to get majority?
Mutiny... only player I can think of would be Erin. I guess since both have the idol they do not need to go to exile. Also could explain Taj making a fake idol. Maybe they pick Erin for someone different and she picks Joe to try and bond with the other team.We know Taj does not like Joe as much due to the interaction between them of not talking. We know Taj has talked to Sydney. Should be interesting.
I like the merge more too but I like tribes also!
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Also tonight, Timbira's problems finally come full circle. They're running out of suppliesCharmin Café, anyone?and someone will piss the hell out of everyone. You might want to imply that it's Coach, which is why the title says just that, but I'm somehow bent on thinking it's someone else. And, it could be the alliance unraveling at the wrong time. There'll be some serious reassessment going on tonight from 8pm on CBS.
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I had thought about adding a nice big comfy wooden chair to my yard. I mean one with legs that are seven feet tall. The empty chair would be in imitation of the Jewish custom of leaving an empty seat at the seder meal during Passover for a spiritual guest. Isaiah et. al. are welcome at my humble abode any time.
I can only admire and appreciate the work artist Melanie Cole did for her 2008 Emily Carr Institute Graduation Project, for which she earned herself an A. She painted a huge Waldo on a rooftop in Vancouver, hoping Google Earth satellites will capture the image and that users of the software will be able to find her Waldo. Read more about it at her blog.
I am including Tom & Connie Messinger's picture here. They are the realtors most interested in getting my property sold. Call them at (989) 631-7000 and tell them you want to buy my house. They'll be happy to help with that.


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NAPA — Charles Woodson will resume his Raiders career wearing his familiar No. 24.
Cornerback Tracy Porter, who wore No. 24 after being signed as an unrestricted free agent, said on his Twitter account Wednesday: "Well, you Raider fans . . . your guy has 24. It was TAKEN from me and given to him. #congrats . . . too funny how this biz works."
Porter added a second tweet that said, "Not mad at all. It's just the principle and the way it was handled . . . said my piece, now back to football."
Woodson wore No. 24 during his first seven seasons with the Raiders before being assigned No. 21 with the Green Bay Packers. With No. 24 taken after signing with Oakland as a free agent, Woodson revisited his college days at Michigan and wore No. 2 in practice.
NFL rules mandate defensive backs must wear jersey numbers from No. 20 through No. 39.
Woodson owns a Napa-based wine company called "Twenty Four Wines."
Woodson and Porter had seemed to take the number issue in good fun during minicamps and OTAs, with Woodson talking about potential "negotiations" to get his number back.


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Like the teenage hoods depicted in his new movie Gridiron Gang, Dwayne Johnson credits football with straightening him out and making him a man.
But the artist better known as "The Rock" also credits getting dumped by the CFL's Calgary Stampeders with making him the man he is today.
"I played in Calgary for a very short time before I was cut," the wrestling superstar turned actor says in a phone interview. "I played with Doug Flutie and a couple of other great players.
"But I probably shouldn't have been playing. When I was down at the University of Miami, my senior year in 1995, I ruptured three discs in my lower back. And after those ruptures I still tried to come back and play. And after I signed with the Stampeders, I was released three months later.
"I knew I wanted to close that chapter in my life and move on. I gotta be honest, the truth is I'm thankful I went up there and I'm thankful I got cut. I had no money, I was making $250 a week Canadian at that time and I had to move back in with my parents. It was a life-changing experience."
The rest, as they say, is history. The Rock went on to become the first seven-time champion of the then-World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) and one of the biggest draws the, er, sport ever claimed.
More importantly, he's breaking ground in another way, becoming arguably the first ex-wrestler to attain cred as an actor.
Nobody's handing him any Oscars yet. But the guy who scuttled around as a mute computer-generated arthropod in The Mummy Returns has proven a durable box-office draw with no reservations about stretching his acting instrument (witness his turn as a gay Samoan bodyguard/wannabe actor opposite John Travolta in Be Cool -- "The critics weren't kind to the movie, but they were to me," he says with a chuckle.)
Still, Johnson never forgets that it all could have gone very wrong, very early -- which, he says, was a big part of why he took the lead in Gridiron Gang. The movie is the story of Sean Porter, an idealistic Malibu youth corrections officer who grew tired of seeing the young hoods in his care re-arrested and headed for adult prison. His big idea: Turn them into a football team to build character and find a high school league to play in. The movie follows the ups and downs of Porter's project as the team, the Kilpatrick Mustangs, plays its first season in 1993.
"The big reason I related so much to the story is I was one of those kids," says Johnson, who spent an unsettled childhood in different cities, courtesy of the career of his dad, wrestler Rocky Johnson. "By the time I was 17, I was arrested nine times -- fighting and theft and assault and more fighting -- and I was very fortunate to have a few Sean Porters in my life. I was living in Hawaii when I was 14 and had my sixth arrest. One of the officers on the Honolulu force said, 'One of my co-workers, another cop, is going to be an assistant (high school football) coach this year and I want you to go play for him.'"
Johnson's personal history gave him an edge for the role, which had been kicking around for years with the likes of Bruce Willis and Nicolas Cage attached. This despite the fact that the real-life character is white.
"Me being of colour -- half-black and half-Samoan -- was never a concern from the first time I sat down with producer Neil Moritz. He looked me in the eye and said, 'You're my guy. I've had this project for 15 years and I feel like you're the right guy because I wanted someone who'd been down this path and could tell this story as it happened.'"
Nor was race an apparent concern with Porter himself, Johnson says.
"The ultimate responsibility, I came to realize, was playing someone who's not only alive, but passionately cares about the story you're telling. Last week I had dinner with him and asked, 'Did you ever think what you were doing would ever turn into this?' And he said, 'Absolutely not. I just came to work every day and tried to make a difference.
"And I appreciated that, because I know a lot of actors who played real people and they share with me that the person they're playing becomes fascinated and interested and likes becoming a celebrity. And Sean never one time said, 'When are we gonna go on Oprah?'"
"But in terms of crossing over into acting -- and this is what I tell wrestlers all the time -- you have to make up your mind what kind of actor you want to be. Six years ago, I realized after The Scorpion King that to become a versatile actor you have to 100 % commit yourself. You have a studio investing $100 million, other actors investing their time, it's given me a tremendous amount of respect for the creative process, the business process and the acting process."
Upcoming on Planet Rock: Johnny Bravo, a live-action version of the animated series about a musclebound blonde Elvis type -- yet another movie where he will play against race.
"And I'm getting ready to shoot Sept. 15 a movie called The Game Plan, a family comedy with Disney where I play an NFL quarterback who's Super Bowl bound, the greatest QB on the planet. And he gets a knock on the door one day and a finds a little girl who calls him 'Daddy' -- and hijinks ensue.
"I don't regret any of the movies I've done, whether they make money or not or are seen as successes or not. I step up to the plate to swing for the fences."


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Liberty News
New students introduced to Liberty campus, Flames spirit
Liberty University welcomed its largest incoming freshman class, of nearly 3,000 students, with an exciting lineup this week, including a Community Welcome Fair, Chancellor's Kickoff Dinner, and several fun student activities, all part of Fall Welcome Week 2012.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, members of Liberty's Student Leadership assisted freshmen as they moved into the residence halls.
Along with Orientation, Freshman Seminar and Registration, which began on Wednesday, the Liberty University Career Center hosted its third-annual Community Welcome Fair on the concourse of the Vines Center. The fair is designed to introduce students to the city and all that it has to offer.
"We wanted people to know that there is more to Lynchburg than just Liberty," said Melissa Calloway, events coordinator at the Career Center.
Representatives from a number of area businesses were in attendance, as well as staff from many departments of the university.
On Thursday night freshmen gathered at Williams Stadium, while parents looked on from the upper deck, for the Chancellor's Kickoff Dinner.
The event is held in a pep rally format to ignite Liberty Flames spirit within new students and to introduce them to some of the athletics traditions. It is organized by the Center for Academic Support and Advising Services, Student Activities, and Liberty Athletics.
Competitions, including field goal kicking and a dizzy trike race, gave freshmen a chance to earn prizes, and Flames cheerleaders launched T-shirts into the crowd.
The Class of 2016 had the opportunity to hear from Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. for the first time. He told them that not only are they the largest incoming class to date, they are also "the smartest," with the highest GPA, highest SAT scores, and the most national merit scholars.
Falwell and his wife, Becki, have been hosting this event for the last four years and enjoy the opportunity to greet a number of students and introduce them to the exciting atmosphere of Flames Athletics.
"We are excited to see Liberty come where it has so fast. God has blessed this school in so many ways," Falwell said. "From the beginning we have seen athletics as a way to shine light on our Christian mission. That is why we need you to be heard, cheering loud, and supporting the team."
Alan York, "The Voice of the Flames," along with Liberty's cheerleaders, band, and mascot, Sparky, led the students in the fight song and cheers to prepare them to join the masses of red-clad Flames fans.
Jeff Barber, director of Athletics, explained some of Liberty's traditions, encouraged students to attend every home game and to cheer loudly from start to finish.
"Be early, be loud, and wear red," he said, citing a Flames fan motto.
Before the event ended, Turner Gill, head coach of the Flames Football team (now in his first year at Liberty), charged up the crowd and introduced the 18 freshman members of his squad.
"This is the most exciting time to be at Liberty University," he said. "Not just from an athletics side, but academically, socially, and spiritually."
He challenged them to be the loudest class in the history of Liberty, setting the standard not just for the university, but for the world.
With that, the 2012 Flames Football team stormed the field in gameday fashion, to a roar of the crowd. Students had a chance to watch one of their final workouts of the 2012 August training camp.
For more coverage of the event, visit www.libertyflames.com.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Latest word on the street concerning MAPICS. I'm hearing from reliable sources about some interesting developments concerning MAPICS, following its acquisition of competitor Frontstep last year. At the time of the acquisition, I was skeptical of the ability of MAPICS to support such a wide variety of products: MAPICS XA (written for the IBM iSeries, a.k.a. AS/400), Point.Man (UNIX/Oracle), its Syteline ERP system acquired with Frontstep, plus some secondary products that both MAPICS and Frontstep had acquired, such as the Distribution Architects warehouse management product. The Syteline product itself includes the newly release V7 (completely redeveloped for Microsoft .NET) as well as earlier versions (written on Progress database for Microsoft or UNIX). That's a pretty wide variety.
Although I am still concerned about the ability of MAPICS to support so many products and platforms, it appears that the company at least has a plan. As I noted in my April 19 post, a large installed base is a competitive advantage in the currently weak market for new license sales. And MAPICS, now having over 5,000 customers with 10,000 installed sites, lays claim to one of the largest installed base populations of any enterprise system vendor. The issue will be how to leverage that installed base into new business. With that goal in mind, it appears that MAPICS is taking the following actions:
- MAPICS plans to develop a set of common complementary products that will be interfaced or integrated across all of its core systems. For example, interfaces from certain products from the Frontstep acquisition may be built to facilitate implementation by MAPICS XA clients. Or, interfaces from certain products within the MAPICS family may be built to facilitate implementation by existing Frontstep clients. If my vote counts, I would suggest a good candidate would be the MAPICS advanced planning and scheduling (APS) product, formerly known as ThruPut, one of the few APS systems that are based on the Theory of Constraints approach to scheduling known as drum-buffer-rope.
- MAPICS plans to continue support for older versions of Syteline on the Progress database. This will be a huge relief to the Syteline user base, most of whom are still running older versions and may not appreciate being forced to upgrade to Microsoft .NET. In this market, MAPICS can ill-afford to alienate its customers, and this is a wise move.
- MAPICS is hoping to use the strength of its Frontstep User group to build a stronger user community among all its users. It will strongly support gatherings of all its users, which it will need as an audience to sell its common product extensions.
In some ways, MAPICS appears to be adopting a similar strategy to that of SSA GT, which is also creating a large installed base by acquiring weaker competitors. SSA GT is also known to be planning to offer common complementary products to all of them. As I noted last week, such complementary products do not need to be "best of breed." They just need to be "good enough" to keep existing customers from leaving the fold. But SSA is different from MAPICS in that most of its acquisitions have been on a single infrastructure platform: IBM. With MAPICS, the challenge will be in supporting multiple platforms: IBM iSeries, Microsoft .NET, and Oracle/Unix.
The other challenge, which MAPICS doesn't seem to recognize, is the name "MAPICS" itself. MAPICS is clearly a brand that screams "IBM." For those of us old enough to remember, the MAPICS system was originally an IBM product from the 1980s, one of the first real MRP II systems for the mid-range computing platform. In the 1990s, IBM sold MAPICS to Marcam, which later spun it off as its own company, where it remains today. But today MAPICS (the company) is staking a good part of its future on Microsoft, and to me at least, it is constantly going to have to explain to people like me that it is no longer just in IBM's camp. As much as I hate the constant name changes in the enterprise systems marketplace, in this case a name change might really be warranted.by Frank Scavo, 4/29/2003 11:06:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Saturday, April 19, 2003
SSA GT rumored to be leading contender for Baan
I stumbled across two articles this morning, out of the UK, that indicate SSA Global Technologies is in the lead to purchase Baan (see my preceding post). The articles point out that, earlier this month, SSA GT raised $75m from General Atlantic Partners LLC specifically for new acquisitions. So, there may be some truth to the rumor.
If true, this would be an interesting play for SSA, which would be adding Baan's extensive product line in ERP, business intelligence, CRM, product life-cycle management (PLM), and supply chain management (SCM) to its already diverse collection of systems. Over the past two years, SSA GT has been cornering the market for systems built on IBM's iSeries (formerly AS/400) hardware platform, starting with its own BPCS ERP system, plus its acquisition of Computer Associates' Interbiz division last year (picking up PRMS, KBM, Warehouse BOSS, and a slew of other products), and its acquisition last year of Infinium's well-regarded financial and HR applications (see my post on Oct. 31, 2002). Adding Baan to the mix would introduce an extensive set of enterprise class systems built for Unix and Microsoft platforms. Baan's industry focus on aerospace & defense (Boeing is a showcase account), automotive, electronics, and industrial machinery would complement and strengthen SSA's focus on most of the same industries, although A&D would be a new vertical. And interestingly, another of SSA's legacy ERP products, ManMan, was originally created as a spin-off from an older version of Baan (Triton). The acquisition creates a possible upgrade path to the current version of Baan for those ManMan clients.
If SSA is successful, it will be a remarkable story. In the late 1990's, SSA was pretty much considered down and out for the count. But it emerged from bankruptcy in 2000 as SSA Global Technologies, a private company with a significant established installed base in a few key verticals, such as pharmaceutical manufacturing and industrial products. Over the next two years, it became clear that SSA was adopting a strategy of growth by acquisition. With major new customer wins for most vendors being few and far between, SSA's strategy to build a large installed customer base through acquisitions has a certain appeal. For example, SAP is relatively healthy today compared to some of its competitors, largely on the strength of sales and services to its installed base. So, if you don't have a large installed base, you can try to buy one--especially in today's market, where established vendors such as Baan may be purchased on the cheap.
As most enterprise system vendors continue to struggle, SSA GT is quietly building a portfolio of products and an installed base it hopes it can leverage for a sustainable revenue stream. This will be easier if it can develop new products that are "good enough" to leverage across multiple systems--new products such as business intelligence, common financials, and CRM. Such "horizontal" offerings don't need to be best-of-breed. They just need to be good enough to extend the life of the customer's installed system, to spare them the pain of migrating to a whole new platform. In today's risk adverse atmosphere toward large IT projects, such an approach does make sense.
Datamonitor and Yahoo UK have more details on this latest rumor.by Frank Scavo, 4/19/2003 12:33:00 PM | permalink | e-mail this!
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Invensys looking to divest Baan
Invensys, the $2B London-based industrial conglomerate, has announced that it is looking to divest its holdings in a number of its businesses, including Baan. Baan, once an up-and-coming contender to SAP, fell onto hard times in the late 1990s and was acquired by Invensys in 2001 as part of its strategy to provide enterprise systems "from the plant floor to the boardroom." But Invensys itself is facing a slump in demand and needs to find ways to increase cash. The move creates additional uncertainty for the Baan installed base. Baan's announcing its intentions prior to having a deal in place certainly didn't help sooth the concerns of users. Unfortunately, good choices for ERP from financially stable vendors are becoming fewer and fewer.
As a side note, AMR is reporting that the Invensys Protean ERP product for the process industries and the Wonderware MES are not part of the divestiture plan.
Computerworld has some observations from customers and analysts on Baan's situation.by Frank Scavo, 4/16/2003 11:40:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
Monday, April 14, 2003
Microsoft sees enterprise applications as key to future growth. BusinessWeek has a good overview of Microsoft's plans to establish itself as a dominant play in enterprise applications, such as ERP and CRM, for small and mid-size businesses. I wrote previously about the problems Microsoft will face in executing this strategy, especially in terms of competing against its current ISV partners and creating channel conflict among its resellers. BusinessWeek points out that Microsoft intends to train the 24,000 resellers of its system software to sell its applications also. I don't understand how this can fail to result in channel conflict and dissatisfaction among those value-added resellers (VARs) that really understand how to sell and implement enterprise systems.by Frank Scavo, 4/14/2003 09:35:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Monday, April 07, 2003
On a personal note. On Wednesday evening, April 16, I'll be speaking at the joint dinner meeting of APICS Orange County and ASQ on the subject of "Enterprise Systems in an FDA-Regulated Environment." Here's the abstract.Reservations are due by noon, April 14, and may be made by calling APICS Orange County at (949) 863-7625. Or, contact me if you would like more information.
Manufacturing firms in all industries use computer systems, such as ERP, Product Data Management, Supply Chain Management, and Quality Management to meet requirements for managing resources and ensuring product quality. But companies in regulated industries, such as the life sciences (pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, etc.), must comply with additional governmental requirements to ensure the integrity and trustworthiness of such systems.
In this fast-moving presentation, Frank Scavo will outline how FDA regulations affect the use of computer systems in the design, manufacture, and distribution of medical devices, drugs, and biologic products. Specifically:
- How FDA regulations for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Quality Systems affect use of computer applications such as such as ERP, Supply Chain Management, and Product Data Management
- What FDA expects you to do to validate a computer system "for its intended use"
- New FDA draft guidance regarding use of electronic records and electronic signatures (21 CFR Part 11)by Frank Scavo, 4/07/2003 09:24:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Saturday, April 05, 2003
PeopleSoft is tired of being the best kept secret in supply chain management. PeopleSoft is well-known as an ERP developer with strong roots in the HR function. But what is not well known is that when it comes to supply chain management (SCM) applications, PeopleSoft has more installs than Manugistics, a big name in SCM. Last year, AMR released statistics that show PeopleSoft with 7% of the SCM installed base, following SAP (26%), in-house/custom (23%), Oracle (10%), and i2 (9%). Manugistics has 5%. Interestingly, the category "other" has 38%, showing that the supply chain management category is still a highly fragmented market and ripe for a financially sound vendor such as PeopleSoft to increase market share.
Recognizing this opportunity, PeopleSoft lately has been pushing its significant capabilities in SCM. Last year, PeopleSoft hired Patrick Quirk out of i2, to serve as VP and GM of PeopleSoft's SCM division. This year, the release of PeopleSoft 8.8 is slated to include increased functionality for supply chain planning and better integration with the rest of the enterprise suite. This latter point is important because for too long PeopleSoft has allowed its SCM modules, which it picked up years ago in its acquisitions of Red Pepper and Distinction, to stand apart from its core system. In Version 8.8, these modules are now completely rewritten in PeopleSoft's development toolset, PeopleTools. It is also being reported--and a local PeopleSoft sales manager confirms--that PeopleSoft is hiring over 100 new salespeople. Expect to see a good part of these feet on the street to be hunting for SCM deals.
Manufacturing Systems has more on PeopleSoft's renewed focus on SCM.by Frank Scavo, 4/05/2003 11:09:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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A lot has been said recently about "skeuomorphism" -- both real skeuomorphism and the design-heavy skins for which it's often confused. There's even been a trend, real and perceived, towards flatter, squarer, more "digitally" authentic operating systems, themes, and apps, often credited to Microsoft's Windows Phone or Google's more recent Android design aesthetic. But is it a backlash against gradients and curves and shadows, or is it something else? Marc Edwards of Bjango argues it might just be something else -- the realities faced by competing hardware.
In interface design, square finished corners are faster, because there's no masking. Not including shadows is faster, because there's less compositing. Drawing a flat colour is faster than drawing a gradient. When you have three or six pixel densities, drawing sharp textures is almost impossible, unless you include bitmap assets for every size you're targeting.
It's not about skeuomorphism or digital authenticity. It's about usability, and performance is part of that equation. No more spoilers -- go read his conclusion.
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Oct. 20, 2007
MALIBU, Calif. - Playing in the Sweet 16 at the ITA West Regional in Malibu, Calif., UC Santa Barbara senior Jack Hui lost a 6-3, 6-3 decision to UCLA's Mathiew Dehaine, one of the tournament's top seeds. The loss ended Hui's run after three victories.
Hui was one of four Gauchos still playing on Saturday. Three others dropped consolation matches. Sophomore Philip Therp lost a 6-1, 6-2 match to Arizona's Jay Goldman while Nigel Barton lost 6-3, 7-5 to UC Irvine's Steven Stegge and Taylor Chavez Goggin lost 6-0, 6-4 to Arizona State's Matt Brooklyn.
"This was quite a good showing for the Gauchos," said UCSB head coach Marty Davis. "We performed better than any Big West school and we performed better than several other schools, like Fresno State. The traditional powers, USC, UCLA and Pepperdine, are still playing and that is no surprise."
UCSB returns to fall action on Wednesday, Oct. 31, when the Southern California Interollegiate begins at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.