Shawnbrey McNeal (born October 17, 1988) is an American football running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at SMU.
He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.
Professional career
San Diego Chargers
After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft, McNeal signed with the San Diego Chargers. He was released on September 4, 2010.
Atlanta Falcons
McNeal signed with the Atlanta Falcons on September 21, 2010. He was later released on October 6, 2010.
Washington Redskins
McNeal was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad on December 1, 2010. After the 2010 season, McNeal was re-signed by the Redskins on January 4, 2011. He was waived on July 30.
Second Stint with San Diego
McNeal was signed to a two-year contract by the San Diego Chargers on August 3, 2011.
He has also been a member of the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins.
Professional career
San Diego Chargers
After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft, McNeal signed with the San Diego Chargers. He was released on September 4, 2010.
Atlanta Falcons
McNeal signed with the Atlanta Falcons on September 21, 2010. He was later released on October 6, 2010.
Washington Redskins
McNeal was signed to the Washington Redskins' practice squad on December 1, 2010. After the 2010 season, McNeal was re-signed by the Redskins on January 4, 2011. He was waived on July 30.
Second Stint with San Diego
McNeal was signed to a two-year contract by the San Diego Chargers on August 3, 2011.
Edward Grinberg is an architect and urban planner graduated from Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, and the author of the Domobile System.
Developed thanks to research grants from Princeton University and the French Ministry of Research, the system aims at the automobile/city's symbiosis. This being technically possible, the Domobile system proposes the creation of a new type of car: the domobile, a mobile architectural element, fully integrated into the urban fabric. Its application will:
*Liberate the public space of parked cars by integrating them into the buildings
*Endow consequently, the buildings with a new component: the "mobile annex"
*Equip the city with a public system for individual transportation
*Create a new architectural and urban vocabulary
An extension of the window, of the door, a mutant of the public bench, the domobiles become, whenever desired, means of locomotion. Complementary to the systems of mass transportation and of electronic communications, the domobile, blended with the built-up environment, enriching it rather than invading it.
Citations (selection)
*"From time immemorial, the city has adapted man's inventions to its inherent purposes.This evolutionary processhas led from the well, the mill and the coal stove to urban facilities for water, air-conditioning and energy. The domobile, a logical continuation of this process,will be as prevalent and ordinary tomorrow as the telephone today." ("Le système Domobile: la voiture intégrée à la ville d'Edward Grinberg", published by the Délégation Interministérielle de la Ville and Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, Paris, 1994)
*"Abandoning the usual half-mesures, the Domobile System drives us into the hearth of a projection: the balcony car, the bow-window car, the publix-bench car, the folding car... Concepts, free and stimulating, creating a rew champ of possibilities." (From the Press Release for the Domobile System exhibit at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, March 1994)
*"Mr. Grinbeg, who is known for his pugnacious attitude and ideas,has other wimsical yet functoinal devices (besides the Domobile System)in the works. Watch for a public bus powered by passenger pedaling. And remember, they all lauphed when Edison recorded sound." (New York Times, "Where No Car Has Gone Before", April 22, 1999)
*"Revolution in the city... The merit of the Domobuile System is not only the preservation of the car in the city, but by integrating it into the city's fabric, to reinvent it and thus, regenerate it." (L'Auto-Journal N°21, Paric, December 1994)
*"The Domobile System: the symbiosis of architecture and automobile.This symbiosis is indispensable if the city is to remain the principal place of human interactions." (Le Carré Bleu N°3, Paris, 1988)
*'The Domobile System's premiseis the strong complementarity of the city's fixed structures - buildings, streets -and the mobile elements that serve as means of transportation. This dual aspect of the urban environment calls for creating a new type of vehicle, compatible to its particular nature... And from the architectuiral point of view, it will establish a new vocabulary, drawing on the language of building and car. The Domobile system is still a concept, although there is a good chance that some farsighted city planner could take it up in the future. Is it possible in Indian cities? Yes, but as usual, socio-political cosiderations will ensure we are light years away from building on the future of the car." (Auto-India, volume N°3, Bombay, September 1995)
Developed in France with Henia Suchar, the project was presented at the Centre G. Pompidou as an exhibit of 150m2, sponsored by the Ministries of Research, of Culture and of the City. Since its inauguration in1994, the project has been presented, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in over thirty museums, culture centres and universities, among them:
*The New York Hall of Science
*The Museum of Science, Bangkok
*The Architectural and Urban Planning Institut, Berlin
*The Architectural Foundation, Bruxelles
*The International Forum Prospecta, Naples
*New Jersey Institute of Technology
*Stevens Institute, Hoboken
*City College of New York
*Columbia University
*MIT
*Harvard
Starting with the fall of 2008, the exhibit "The Domobile System" will become a permanent part of the Automobile Museum in Reims, France. Around the exhibirt will be organized conferences and round-tables on the subject of the car's future in the city.
Architecture and City Planning
Conception and realisation of:
*Foundation Houphouet Boigny, Yamasoukro, Ivory Coast, 1976
*Hospital Village, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1997
*Quartier PH 22, La Défense, Paris, 1978
*Quartier Bercy, Paris, 1979
Research and design
*"Action, Means of Action and Architecture": an investigation into the morphological dynamics of Man's Made World, University of Princeton,1969
*"Pedalbus": public bus powered by passengers pedaling. New York - Paris, 1973
Paintings and sculptures exhibits
*De Vorzon Gallery, Los Angeles, Cal.1971
*Arlene Isacks Gallery, New York, N.Y.,1972
*Galerie Pierre Lescot,Paris,1983
*Galerie Anne Lettrée, SAGA, Paris,1983
*Kunsthaus Welker, Heidelberg,1990
*Galerie Benezit, Paris, 1991,92
*Galerie Miromesnil Fine Art, Paris, 1991,92
*Galerie Sylvie Bruley, Paris, 1990,91,92,93
*Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble, 1992,93,94
*Galerie Médiart,Paris, 1990,91,92,93,94
*Galerie Chappe, Paris,2009
*Galerie Xavier Nicolas, Paris, 2009
Bibliography (selection)
*"Transport and Utopies", Henry Claude, Cahiers du Cci N°6, Centre Georges Pompidou,Paris, 1989
*"The New Systems of Urban Displacements" - Bipe Conceil on behalf of the Predit program, European Union,1992
*"La Ville et l'Automobile", Claude Lamur, Culture Technique, N°21, Paris, 1992
*"Domobile: the car that makes the city", Cécile Meinard, Grandes Lignes N°11, 1993
*"The Domobile System", Techniques et Architecture, N°413, 1994
*"Domobile" Archicrée N°258, 1994
*"L'Auto dingue", le Nouvel Observateur N° 153, 1994
*"Automobile - Contre la Ville-Tunnel", Edward Grinberg, Le Monde de Dabats, June 1994
*"She is indispensable", Edward Grinberg, Carré Bleu 4/88
*"The circle and the spiral", Edward Grinberg, Carré Bleu 2/96
Books
Children's Books (illustrated by the author)
*"A Hunt In The Jungle", Lion Books, New Yorl, N.Y.1971
*Encounter On The High Seas", Lion Books, New York, N.Y.1971
Essay:
*"Mobilité restreinte, mobilité étendue" Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2001
Developed thanks to research grants from Princeton University and the French Ministry of Research, the system aims at the automobile/city's symbiosis. This being technically possible, the Domobile system proposes the creation of a new type of car: the domobile, a mobile architectural element, fully integrated into the urban fabric. Its application will:
*Liberate the public space of parked cars by integrating them into the buildings
*Endow consequently, the buildings with a new component: the "mobile annex"
*Equip the city with a public system for individual transportation
*Create a new architectural and urban vocabulary
An extension of the window, of the door, a mutant of the public bench, the domobiles become, whenever desired, means of locomotion. Complementary to the systems of mass transportation and of electronic communications, the domobile, blended with the built-up environment, enriching it rather than invading it.
Citations (selection)
*"From time immemorial, the city has adapted man's inventions to its inherent purposes.This evolutionary processhas led from the well, the mill and the coal stove to urban facilities for water, air-conditioning and energy. The domobile, a logical continuation of this process,will be as prevalent and ordinary tomorrow as the telephone today." ("Le système Domobile: la voiture intégrée à la ville d'Edward Grinberg", published by the Délégation Interministérielle de la Ville and Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, Paris, 1994)
*"Abandoning the usual half-mesures, the Domobile System drives us into the hearth of a projection: the balcony car, the bow-window car, the publix-bench car, the folding car... Concepts, free and stimulating, creating a rew champ of possibilities." (From the Press Release for the Domobile System exhibit at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, March 1994)
*"Mr. Grinbeg, who is known for his pugnacious attitude and ideas,has other wimsical yet functoinal devices (besides the Domobile System)in the works. Watch for a public bus powered by passenger pedaling. And remember, they all lauphed when Edison recorded sound." (New York Times, "Where No Car Has Gone Before", April 22, 1999)
*"Revolution in the city... The merit of the Domobuile System is not only the preservation of the car in the city, but by integrating it into the city's fabric, to reinvent it and thus, regenerate it." (L'Auto-Journal N°21, Paric, December 1994)
*"The Domobile System: the symbiosis of architecture and automobile.This symbiosis is indispensable if the city is to remain the principal place of human interactions." (Le Carré Bleu N°3, Paris, 1988)
*'The Domobile System's premiseis the strong complementarity of the city's fixed structures - buildings, streets -and the mobile elements that serve as means of transportation. This dual aspect of the urban environment calls for creating a new type of vehicle, compatible to its particular nature... And from the architectuiral point of view, it will establish a new vocabulary, drawing on the language of building and car. The Domobile system is still a concept, although there is a good chance that some farsighted city planner could take it up in the future. Is it possible in Indian cities? Yes, but as usual, socio-political cosiderations will ensure we are light years away from building on the future of the car." (Auto-India, volume N°3, Bombay, September 1995)
Developed in France with Henia Suchar, the project was presented at the Centre G. Pompidou as an exhibit of 150m2, sponsored by the Ministries of Research, of Culture and of the City. Since its inauguration in1994, the project has been presented, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in over thirty museums, culture centres and universities, among them:
*The New York Hall of Science
*The Museum of Science, Bangkok
*The Architectural and Urban Planning Institut, Berlin
*The Architectural Foundation, Bruxelles
*The International Forum Prospecta, Naples
*New Jersey Institute of Technology
*Stevens Institute, Hoboken
*City College of New York
*Columbia University
*MIT
*Harvard
Starting with the fall of 2008, the exhibit "The Domobile System" will become a permanent part of the Automobile Museum in Reims, France. Around the exhibirt will be organized conferences and round-tables on the subject of the car's future in the city.
Architecture and City Planning
Conception and realisation of:
*Foundation Houphouet Boigny, Yamasoukro, Ivory Coast, 1976
*Hospital Village, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 1997
*Quartier PH 22, La Défense, Paris, 1978
*Quartier Bercy, Paris, 1979
Research and design
*"Action, Means of Action and Architecture": an investigation into the morphological dynamics of Man's Made World, University of Princeton,1969
*"Pedalbus": public bus powered by passengers pedaling. New York - Paris, 1973
Paintings and sculptures exhibits
*De Vorzon Gallery, Los Angeles, Cal.1971
*Arlene Isacks Gallery, New York, N.Y.,1972
*Galerie Pierre Lescot,Paris,1983
*Galerie Anne Lettrée, SAGA, Paris,1983
*Kunsthaus Welker, Heidelberg,1990
*Galerie Benezit, Paris, 1991,92
*Galerie Miromesnil Fine Art, Paris, 1991,92
*Galerie Sylvie Bruley, Paris, 1990,91,92,93
*Galerie Eliane Poggi, Grenoble, 1992,93,94
*Galerie Médiart,Paris, 1990,91,92,93,94
*Galerie Chappe, Paris,2009
*Galerie Xavier Nicolas, Paris, 2009
Bibliography (selection)
*"Transport and Utopies", Henry Claude, Cahiers du Cci N°6, Centre Georges Pompidou,Paris, 1989
*"The New Systems of Urban Displacements" - Bipe Conceil on behalf of the Predit program, European Union,1992
*"La Ville et l'Automobile", Claude Lamur, Culture Technique, N°21, Paris, 1992
*"Domobile: the car that makes the city", Cécile Meinard, Grandes Lignes N°11, 1993
*"The Domobile System", Techniques et Architecture, N°413, 1994
*"Domobile" Archicrée N°258, 1994
*"L'Auto dingue", le Nouvel Observateur N° 153, 1994
*"Automobile - Contre la Ville-Tunnel", Edward Grinberg, Le Monde de Dabats, June 1994
*"She is indispensable", Edward Grinberg, Carré Bleu 4/88
*"The circle and the spiral", Edward Grinberg, Carré Bleu 2/96
Books
Children's Books (illustrated by the author)
*"A Hunt In The Jungle", Lion Books, New Yorl, N.Y.1971
*Encounter On The High Seas", Lion Books, New York, N.Y.1971
Essay:
*"Mobilité restreinte, mobilité étendue" Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 2001
Jamie Frater (born 31 August 1974) was born in Naenae (a suburb in Lower Hutt), New Zealand, is an opera singer based in London. In 2005 Frater was placed third in New Zealand's premiere opera song competition the Lexus Song Quest.
Frater, who has studied under Flora Edwards, Margaret Medlyn, and Margaret Kingsley is a recipient of the Opera Waikato Scholarship (New Zealand), the Moyra Todd Foundation Scholarship (New Zealand), and the Madeleine Finden Memorial Trust Scholarship (London).
Jamie Frater was involved in a series of recordings produced by New Zealand's Sirius Opera which are available at most New Zealand libraries or through SOUNZ.
Prior to his career in opera, Frater developed a piece of internet software named Bersirc, an Internet Relay Chat Client which gained popularity and was awarded a five star award in the NetGuide Gold magazine. The software has since been purchased by Nicholas Copeland for further development as an open-source application.
A bass-baritone, Frater is a firm proponent of contemporary classical music. He has performed many world premiere works by new New Zealand composers, including works by Dorothy Buchanan, John Drummond, and Ivan Bootham.
Frater is also a published composer with his main work "Descent into the Maelstrom" for electrified string quartet being available from the New Zealand National Library.
He also maintains a popular website called Listverse which is an online database of Top 10 lists.
Frater, who has studied under Flora Edwards, Margaret Medlyn, and Margaret Kingsley is a recipient of the Opera Waikato Scholarship (New Zealand), the Moyra Todd Foundation Scholarship (New Zealand), and the Madeleine Finden Memorial Trust Scholarship (London).
Jamie Frater was involved in a series of recordings produced by New Zealand's Sirius Opera which are available at most New Zealand libraries or through SOUNZ.
Prior to his career in opera, Frater developed a piece of internet software named Bersirc, an Internet Relay Chat Client which gained popularity and was awarded a five star award in the NetGuide Gold magazine. The software has since been purchased by Nicholas Copeland for further development as an open-source application.
A bass-baritone, Frater is a firm proponent of contemporary classical music. He has performed many world premiere works by new New Zealand composers, including works by Dorothy Buchanan, John Drummond, and Ivan Bootham.
Frater is also a published composer with his main work "Descent into the Maelstrom" for electrified string quartet being available from the New Zealand National Library.
He also maintains a popular website called Listverse which is an online database of Top 10 lists.
Sophie Reiser, born December 21, 1987, is an American professional soccer player born in Seattle, Washington. She is a midfielder for the Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS).
Sophie graduated from Columbia University in 2010 with a degree in political science and visual arts. As a soccer player at Columbia University, Sophie became the first Ivy League women's soccer player to be drafted by a pro franchise. She was selected as the fourth pick in the fifth round (42nd overall) by the Chicago Red Stars.
Reiser played for the U.S. Women's U-23 National Team in 2009, and is currently on the U-23 National Team Player Pool.
Reiser's 2006 through 2009 playing career at Columbia University was highlighted with many accolades and achievements. The two time team captain (2008 & 2009) is Columbia's all-time career assists leader (28), second overall in career points (80), and third in career goals (26). Sophie was voted ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in 2009 with a 3.67/4.0 GPA; first Columbia player ever to achieve this award. Also in her senior year (2009), She was voted NSCAA Second Team Scholar, All East Region, Academic All-Ivy League selection, Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star, ESPN The Magazine All-District, and First Team All-Ivy League. Sophie was also honored with the Columbia University Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Award.
In 2008, Sophie's junior season, she garnered NSCAA All Mid-Atlantic Second Team, ESPN The Magazine All-District First Team, First Team Academic All-American, SoccerBuzz Regional Player of the Year, First Team All-Region and Fourth Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Region, First Team All-Ivy League and Ivy League Player of the Year. She was also tenth in NCAA points per game (2.06). Reiser's sophomore season, 2007, she was voted First Team All-Ivy League and SoccerBuzz First Team All-Region. Her rookie campaign, 2006, Sophie helped lead Columbia to its first Ivy League Championship.
Reiser attended Nathan Hale High School in Seattle Washington from 2002-2006. During her high school soccer career, Sophie was First Team All-State in 2005, with 22 goals and 9 assists, and voted Metro Player of the Year. She was also was First Team All-Metro League in 2002, 2004 & 2005. Sophie sat out her sophomore season (2003) with an injury. She was a member of the Washington State ODP Team and member of the four-time state finalists club team, the Northwest Nationals Shamrocks.
Sophie graduated from Columbia University in 2010 with a degree in political science and visual arts. As a soccer player at Columbia University, Sophie became the first Ivy League women's soccer player to be drafted by a pro franchise. She was selected as the fourth pick in the fifth round (42nd overall) by the Chicago Red Stars.
Reiser played for the U.S. Women's U-23 National Team in 2009, and is currently on the U-23 National Team Player Pool.
Reiser's 2006 through 2009 playing career at Columbia University was highlighted with many accolades and achievements. The two time team captain (2008 & 2009) is Columbia's all-time career assists leader (28), second overall in career points (80), and third in career goals (26). Sophie was voted ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American in 2009 with a 3.67/4.0 GPA; first Columbia player ever to achieve this award. Also in her senior year (2009), She was voted NSCAA Second Team Scholar, All East Region, Academic All-Ivy League selection, Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Star, ESPN The Magazine All-District, and First Team All-Ivy League. Sophie was also honored with the Columbia University Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Award.
In 2008, Sophie's junior season, she garnered NSCAA All Mid-Atlantic Second Team, ESPN The Magazine All-District First Team, First Team Academic All-American, SoccerBuzz Regional Player of the Year, First Team All-Region and Fourth Team All-American, NSCAA First Team All-Region, First Team All-Ivy League and Ivy League Player of the Year. She was also tenth in NCAA points per game (2.06). Reiser's sophomore season, 2007, she was voted First Team All-Ivy League and SoccerBuzz First Team All-Region. Her rookie campaign, 2006, Sophie helped lead Columbia to its first Ivy League Championship.
Reiser attended Nathan Hale High School in Seattle Washington from 2002-2006. During her high school soccer career, Sophie was First Team All-State in 2005, with 22 goals and 9 assists, and voted Metro Player of the Year. She was also was First Team All-Metro League in 2002, 2004 & 2005. Sophie sat out her sophomore season (2003) with an injury. She was a member of the Washington State ODP Team and member of the four-time state finalists club team, the Northwest Nationals Shamrocks.