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This one kept walking away and towards me in the grass for a good ten minutes. Very strange behavior.
Engineering Building, Cooper Union, NY
Thom Mayne/Morphosis, Architects
Let's just say that this building is challenging. It is challenging to the urban landscape, it is challenging to look at it with an open mind, it is challenging to take a good picture of it and it is challenging to get past the guard-dogs in the foyer.
I did manage to take some photos on the outside, but my stay on the inside was very brief.
"What are you doing in here?"
"I just wanted to take a look and maybe take a picture or two of the foyer and stair."
"No. You must leave. Now."
"Look, I just want to glance up the stairs, see what it looks like, OK?"
"No. Leave now."
(Trying to make small talk). "What exactly do they teach here?"
"Classes."
Seeing as I wasn't ever going to be able to top that remark, I left.
Emma Cooper in the sitting room of her Victorian semi in Belfast.
Our job reference: 20160312-Cooper.
Stylist: Marie McMillen.
1st Assistant: Stuart McNamara.
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I've been saving these fabrics for a bag for a coon's age! This pattern was perfect for them. The dark green is a waterproof nylon and the floral brocade was from a vintage store. I waxed the floral fabric and stamped the leather. I've already cut out the pannier version and plan on having a matching set with the leather detail work on both! I made the strap out of self fabric and webbing. I'm tickled pink with how it turned out!
I witnessed this Cooper's hawk catch a black Phoebe mid air. It was simply amazing! And this all happened in my front yard.
Coopers Tours SIL7764 is a Leyland Tiger with Plaxton Derwent bodywork. Seen at Meadowhall, SIL7764 was new as 03-KJ-42 to the MOD, and then became G746FTW.
I was cooking some breakfast for dinner tonight and had a sausage patty in the pan. I got caught up with the eggs and next thing I know, I've got slightly smoking sausage. Our smoke detector is super sensitive, so in an effort to avoid setting it off, I went to open the patio door to get some ventilation going. I see the silhouette of a bird on our fence, which isn't rare considering I have a bunch of feeders out there. It actually took a second for me to realize the silhouette was about 20 times bigger than the usual House Sparrow's. I did a double take and realized I was staring down a Cooper's Hawk. I slowly backed away from the window and ran like a madman to get my camera, which was all the way in our bedroom. I kept saying to myself "Please still be there, please still be there" the whole time I was getting my camera ready.
I went back to our patio door and shot through our dirty screen door before I decided to get brave and open it for a clearer view. The hawk stayed. I got a few shots off before my cat spied the open door and nonchalantly sauntered outside. The hawk still stayed in place, splitting his time between watching me, the camera, and the cat. I shot off about 35-40 frames before the cat got too close and he flew off. I closed the door and went back to my nearly-on-fire-by-now sausage. I got it off the pan and went back to open the patio door to let all the smoke out. As I open the door, I see a flash fly off in front of the fence. He had come back almost immediately after I left the first time, this time to my neighbor's patio.
Hopefully I'll see more of him in the near future. I can only assume he's preying on our Sparrows and House Finches.
This beautiful Coopers Hawk stopped by my backyard hoping for an easy catch at one of my bird feeders, Fortunately all he got on this visit was his photo taken
I know the crop is too tight here, but when a raptor lets you approach on foot to within 15 feet, you have to go for the close-up! This young Cooper's hawk was unconcerned with my loud and awkward approach through the brush. It was healthy, as I saw it zoom by earlier to make its perch. I departed and left it as I found it. Very satisfying! Seen in Running Deer Open Space in Fort Collins, CO.
I went to the wetlands yesterday against my better judgement...since it was New Year's Day and it was almost 80 degrees here in So. Cal., and sure enough, there were a ton of people out and about. I notice that a lot of the shy birds are not around when a lot of people are out. Anyway, I digress...I discovered yet another trail at the wetlands that seemed fairly deserted and decided to check it out. As I walked along the trail, I noticed a couple of photographers set up with their tripods looking at something in a tree. As I got closer, I could see a large bird in one of the trees. I quietly asked what it was, since I am not that familiar with raptors, and was told it was a Cooper's Hawk (thank you!). My first Cooper's Hawk! It was very exciting and what a cool bird! I also saw a couple of Osprey up on this trail....must be "Raptor Ridge" trail.
Italian postcard by Fotocelere no. 12. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Jackie Cooper in The Champ (King Vidor, 1931). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.
American actor, television director, producer, and executive Jackie Cooper (1922-2011) was one of the most popular child stars of the 1930s. He is also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for Skippy (1931). He was one of the few child actors who managed to make the transition to an adult career. In later life, he produced and directed over 250 films and television shows.
Jackie Cooper was born as John Cooper Jr. in 1922 in Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father, John Cooper, left the family when Jackie was 2 years old. The two never reunited after he had left the family. His mother, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist. Cooper's maternal uncle, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director Norman Taurog. Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, a studio production manager. Cooper first appeared in films as an extra with his grandmother, who took him to her auditions hoping it would help her get extra work. At age 3 Jackie appeared in Lloyd Hamilton comedies under the name of "Leonard". Cooper graduated to bit parts in feature films such as Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (David Butler, 1929) and Sunny Side Up (David Butler, 1929) with Janet Gaynor. His director in those films, David Butler, recommended Cooper to director Leo McCarey, who arranged an audition for the Our Gang comedy series produced by Hal Roach. In 1929, Cooper signed a three-year contract after joining the series in the short Boxing Gloves (Robert A. McGowan, 1929). He initially was to be a supporting character in the series, but by early 1930 his success in transitioning to sound films enabled him to become one of Our Gang's major characters. He was the main character in the episodes The First Seven Years (Robert A. McGowan, 1930) and When the Wind Blows (James W. Horne, 1930). His most notable Our Gang shorts explore his crush on Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher played by June Marlowe: Teacher's Pet (Robert A. McGowan, 1930), School's Out (Robert A. McGowan, 1930), and Love Business (Robert A. McGowan, 1930). In 1931, while under contract to Hal Roach Studios, Jackie Cooper was loaned to Paramount to star in Skippy (1931) , directed by his uncle, Norman Taurog. At age 9, Cooper was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, the youngest actor to be nominated for such an Oscar. Although Paramount paid Roach $25,000 for Cooper's services, Roach paid Cooper a standard salary of $50 per week. Our Gang producer Hal Roach sold Jackie's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1931. Cooper acted with Wallace Beery in The Champ (King Vidor, 1931), The Bowery (Raoul Walsh, 1933), Treasure Island (Victor Fleming, 1934), and O'Shaughnessy's Boy (Richard Boleslawski, 1935). In his autobiography, Cooper wrote that Beery was a disappointment and accused Beery of upstaging him and attempting to undermine his performances out of jealousy. Cooper played the title role in the first two Henry Aldrich films, What a Life (Theodore Reed, 1939) and Life with Henry (Theodore Reed, 1941). Cooper served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, remaining in the reserves until 1982, retiring at the rank of captain and receiving the Legion of Merit.
After the war, Jackie Cooper starred in two television sitcoms, The People's Choice (1955-1958) with Patricia Breslin and Hennesey (1959-1962) with Abby Dalton. In 1954, he guest-starred on the legal drama Justice. In 1950, Cooper was cast in a production of 'Mr. Roberts' in Boston, Massachusetts in the role of Ensign Pulver. From 1964 to 1969, Cooper was vice president of program development at Columbia Pictures Screen Gems TV division. He was responsible for packaging series such as Bewitched and selling them to the networks. In 1964, Cooper appeared in Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone episode Caesar and Me, and in the made-for-television film Shadow on the Land (Richard C. Sarafian, 1968). Cooper left Columbia in 1969. He appeared in the fourth season of Hawaii Five-O in an episode called The Burning Ice (1971, in Candidate for Crime (1973) starring Peter Falk as Columbo, and in the series Mobile One (1975). Cooper’s work as director on episodes of M*A*S*H and The White Shadow earned him Emmy awards. In the 1970s and 1980s, Cooper appeared as Daily Planet editor Perry White in the Superman film series, Superman (Richard Donner, 1978), Superman II (Richard Lester, 1980), Superman III (Richard Lester, 1983), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (Sidney J. Furie, 1987). He got the role after Keenan Wynn, who was originally cast as White, became unavailable after suffering a heart attack. Cooper's final film role was as Ace Morgan in the Surrender (Jerry Belson, 1987), starring Sally Field, Michael Caine, and Steve Guttenberg. Cooper announced his retirement in 1989, although he continued directing episodes of the syndicated series Superboy. He began spending more time training and racing horses at Hollywood Park and outside San Diego during the Del Mar racing season. Cooper lived in Beverly Hills from 1955 until his death. Cooper's autobiography, 'Please Don't Shoot My Dog', was published in 1982. The title refers to an incident during the filming of Skippy, when Norman Taurog, who was directing Cooper in a crying scene, ordered a security guard to take away his dog and pretend to shoot him backstage. The stunt resulted in genuine tears; however, even upon discovering his dog was fine, Cooper was left with ill feelings toward his uncle. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Cooper was honored with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star located at 1507 Vine Street. Cooper died in 2011 from natural causes, in Santa Monica, California. He was survived by his two sons. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in honor of his naval service. Jackie Cooper was married to June Horne from 1944 until 1949, with whom he had a son, John "Jack" Cooper, III (1946). June was the daughter of director James W. Horne and actress Cleo Ridgely. Cooper was married to Hildy Parks from 1950 until 1951 or 1954 (sources differ), and to Barbara Rae Kraus from 1954 until her death in 2009. Cooper and Kraus had three children, Russell (1956), Julie (1957-1997), and Cristina (1959-2009).
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March 13, 2021 - Cooper's Hawk perched on a fence at Chino Hills State Park, on my first visit here. Photo shoot with Ayla Qureshi.
The 62nd UK Coach Rally was held in Blackpool over the weekend of 23rd/24th of April 2016 and attracted 50 entrants from across the UK.
I visited on the gloriously sunny Saturday which saw a road run followed by driving tests along the Promenade and a display opposite the famous Blackpool Tower. A small trade display was also present.
This particular coach won the LTCOA Martin Cornell Trophy for the highest placed LTCOA member in all classes at the rally.
This driver of this particular coach won the UK Coach Rally Coach Driver of the Year trophy.
This is a photograph that I took at the Silverstone Historic Festival meeting in August 2001. It's the 1959 Cooper T49 Monaco of Mark Clubb and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,990cc Coventry Climax engine. The name 'Monaco' was given to the car to mark Maurice Trintignant's win in the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix in a Cooper Climax T45. It was the successor to the smaller centre-seat Cooper T39 'Bobtail' that the company had produced since 1954. This car is chassis CM/6/59, the sixth of eight factory built cars and was sold to a customer in the USA. In 1979 the car was offered for sale and was bought by Stirling Moss and the following year he sold it as a restoration project to David Watson. David Watson commissioned Hall and Fowler to carry out the restoration and when it was finished he sold it to a US collector who kept the car until 1999 when it was acquired by Mark Clubb who kept the car until 2014.