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Is Flash a good rapid prototyping tool for UX?
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A lot of effort small reward. You can port vectors from fireworks to flash if there's a chance you'll end up in flash world or not but I think fireworks is better than flash if rich prototyping is what you're after http://www.guuui.com/posting.php?id=2112
Flash is a great prototyping tool, if you're producing a Flash website.
If you're prototyping a HTML website it is less effective because you're presenting a model to the stakeholders that can't be realised in practice.
I think Flash IDE is great for prototyping. Not wireframing but prototyping. It is especially good for prototyping ajax like interactions. Even though they might be implemented in HTML/JavaScript later on. Flash IDE could help you to visualize inline interactions so the stakeholders and developers could understand how it works. If you need to create a user scenario/flow you could use insitui.com it is an online tool that will help you dump your thoughts on a serious of linked screens and it will help the team to understand user flows before you get into the details.
If you're following an agile methodology and looking for a quick hit, why not consider some of the products that allow some level of prototyping to be built along with wireframing your application/site?
On Mac, Omnigraffle has some crude clickthrough capabilities in presentation mode, even allowing the loading of canvas layers to mimic states for the same page. Or you can build very solid rapid prototypes using Axure, which comes in Win and Mac variants.
There are also several online applications that do this to one degree or other. Take a look at Balsamiq, iPlotz as starters. Still others like Creately work pretty well too.
As for Flash, why on earth would you even consider that when you are looking for 'rapid' ... won't even go into the usability issues.
The Flash Builder IDE is one of the most painful environment I've ever had the displeasure to work on. I would suggest anything, but. I find Java Swing in Eclipse very simple to throw some simple together with.
If you are looking for something to create highly interactive prototypes with you might also want to check out LiveCode by RunRev (http://www.runrev.com/products/livecode/). It supports delivery on a wide-range of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Web, iOS, and a very early beta for Android.
The programming language is fairly user friendly, and the storyboard (card) metaphor works very well for the purpose of building scenario-based prototypes.
This is like asking if a piano is good for a musician to write songs with. The answer is, "It depends if they know how to play piano." If they are a guitarist, the answer is no. If they are writing a song for the harp, the answer is no. If they need to do it while flying on an airplane, the answer is no. If they don't own a piano, the answer is no.
Flash is a tool. If you are proficient in it, and the output is Flash, and you have a copy of it on your computer, and you think it's a good choice, then sure, why not.
If you're just looking to create wireframe mockups for your UI, I would recommend one of Balsamiq's tools.
If developing a Flash/RIA site, Flash Builder isn't too hard to work with in my opinion. I wouldn't use it to mock up a regular HTML web site though.
For websites in general I would definitely NOT recommend it in any case, though – native is most often best. For mobile and tablet apps, Webkit kicks quite some ass, and for anything that requires more advanced capabilites (e.g. exhibition installations), I would highly prefer to use e.g. Processing or openFrameworks.
Wow. Quite a lot of anti flash-sentiment here. The answer is that it depends on your skill resource, if they are any good then they can present behaviour in flash to mimic any environment very quickly.
Axure and the like are very limited to present hi fi solutions for user testing for any projects aside from next page functionality.
SO the answer is theortically its a brilliant option if you have access to the skillset, if you dont, then dont.


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Ah the every popular discussion up here at Microsoft. I would say that yes there is some overlap but each are optimized for particular tasks. I would say that if you have one, use it. If you can't do what you need to, then start investigating the other one.
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5 Myths About the Revolutionary War Everyone Believes
#2. Except for a Few Loyalists, Most Americans Fought for Liberty
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Textbooks generally acknowledge the presence of some Loyalists in the Colonies. After all, no matter what your goal is, there's always someone who thinks it's idiotic. Even so, the sentiment for independent America must've been pretty overwhelming. Even allowing for the occasional Benedict Arnold, colonists crazy enough to continue supporting the king despite all the taxes and shit were surely just a ridiculous minority. Right?
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Yep. Benedict Arnold was the only one. Suck it, history!
The Reality
Wrong! In fact, the numbers of Colonial and Loyalist supporters were almost even.
The Revolutionary War was every bit as much of a civil war as, well the Civil War. If anything, there was a better chance for brother to be pitted against brother, because unlike the actual Civil War, your side in the conflict didn't depend on what part of the country you lived in. With the Loyalist and Patriot factions, a single street was fully equipped to have a civil war all its own.
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It was like WWE's Royal Rumble, except with less genital outlines on the outfits.
In fact, there were not two but three sides: about a third of Americans fought for independence, another third opted for the king's side, and the remaining third didn't give a rat's ass as long as they survived with all appendages intact. Although recent research has revised the figures slightly in favor of the Patriots, that still leaves them in the minority. Yes, Patriots were a minority in America.
Incidentally, these power dynamics also tear down the traditional "Americans were the good guys, save for a few rotten apples" view of the Patriot/Loyalist relationship. Once you realize that back then literally anyone could be the enemy, the Revolutionary War is revealed as the all-out blood feud it actually was. "Good guys" were scarce, and Patriots dealt out at least as much dickitry as they received: Apart from the usual wartime horrors, after the war, at least 60,000 men, women, and children were forcibly cast out of the newly minted nation as refugees.
Meanwhile, Britain was busy trying to help its exiled supporters and, oh yeah, freeing the thousands of African-(ex-)Americans who had supported the losing side.
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#1. The Colonists Defeated the Mightiest Army of the Time
The Myth
The American Revolution is an 18th century David and Goliath tale. The Americans defeated the mightiest army of its time -- a force that was vastly superior in every way, except for their love of freedom.
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"Stab them! Stab them with liberty!"
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When war broke out, the Colonies boasted a population of 2.5 million. Even with just a third of them actively supporting the revolution, and just, say, a quarter of them able-bodied men, the British still had a hell of a crowd to contend with ... especially when you consider the fact that just 40,000 British soldiers were expected to subdue them. That's 40,000 soldiers facing 2.5 million people, spread out over thousands of miles, each of them a potential enemy until proven otherwise.
Colonists never, ever faced the fearsome British army of the late empire. For the most part, the field armies tasked with suppressing the rebellion were softened units that hadn't seen combat in a decade. As for asking for backup, no matter how belated: There was none to send. In 1776, the total manpower of British military might reached 96,000. That was their entire worldwide strength. With these men, the British were fighting the Patriots, while holding Caribbean possessions, while manning their stations at Gibraltar and Minorca, and Ireland, and Gold Coast territories ... and defending England itself.
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"I realize there are only six of us, but we were kind of hoping you could maybe surrender? As a favor?"
So, yeah. It was not David versus Goliath as much as it was lots of Davids plus France versus a handicapped and distracted Goliath. Maybe that's why almost as soon as the war began, the British were trying to get out of it. Lord North, the chief minister, feverishly begged the king to let him resign, as he felt he wasn't up to the task of subduing a rebellion. So, the Brits were not only grossly outnumbered, but had freaking Chicken Little running the show.
And that was just the beginning. When France entered the war, they didn't mess around: They swooped in with over 300,000 soldiers, and they equipped the Continental Army with new weapons with a range and accuracy that were vastly superior to British infantry weapons.
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Boston United - Season 7 - Premiership - 2016/2017
Media Prediction - 5th
Final Position - 1st
FA Cup - Winners
Carling Cup - Winners
Europa - Finalists
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Manager Profile
Manager Personal
Got off to a horrible start in the league. Took me a few rounds to find my feet and allow the team to gel. Found it though and managed to get into the Champions League places. At the turn of the year I was challenging for the title. Down the stretch I had a cluster of fixtures due to being in different comps but pulled off the necessary results to win the league after the second to last game. Had a slight tweak to the tactics and improved performances a bit to help.
In the cups I surpassed expectations and managed to get to the win the FA Cup. Beat Arsenal to get my first hold of the trophy. In the Carling Cup I had a nice run and went to the Final. Beat Aston Villa again to get a repeat of the trophy.
In Europe I played Villa again in the UEFA Final. Close game but they just edged us on pens. Nice little run and highlighted by a 7-0 trashing of Depotivo. Also had a 4-1 win over Juventus after being beaten in the 1st leg of the Semi.
Made a few nice transfers this year. The signings contributed well. Key among them was Taison. Also got in a new CB partnership in Morais and Gueye. Moving on the former though to get in a much better younger CB, 20yo IIRC. His scout report sees him being up for the big matches so that's nice. Donoso also played well as LB or RB. Kalinin did well on the right wing but he's much better in the centre. Gonna bring in another winger. Adebayor did a great job for me. Chipped in with a good amount of goals. Bolat was awesome between the posts. Hargreaves and Quaresma contributed well. Cuevas is a bit of a tricky situation and may move him on.
The club is now rated as Continental. I am a World Class manager. Also, am now one of the two legends of the club. New stadium named after the other on though as he was there before me.
Half of the challenge completed.
Manager of Season
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Code:League Season Finished Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Square North 10/11 1st Champions Blue Square Premier 11/12 1st Champions League Two 12/13 1st Champions League One 13/14 1st Champions, JPT Winners Championship 14/15 1st Champions Premiership 15/16 5th Carling Cup Winners Premiership 16/17 1st Champions, Carling Cup Winners, FA Cup Winners
Holy hell, roseboy, that is some seriously quick progress
In my third season with Boston - still in the BSN having lost in the play-offs twice, once in the final and once in the semis.
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Giving this another go with Marine.
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Good to see there's a few of us going with Boston. I'm in the BSP in my 4th season with them
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Blue Square South
Well, given that the board were expecting a season of mid-table obscurity, I think they will be pretty happy with what we achieved.
Blue Square South
The best defensive record in the league says something about our season, we built a very solid base and were very consistent throughout the campaign. As you can see from the league position graph, we were in and around the play-off places for the whole season, though despite a brief period of stunning form in the first half of the season we never looked remotely like claiming the title. Nevertheless, we comfortably finished fourth and booked a play-off semi final against Farnborough. Our spot in the final was sorted when we won the first leg 5-1, a second leg 1-1 draw just a mere formality. The final was against Ebbsfleet, who had collapsed in the final fifteen games from a comfortable lead, and we went ahead three times, eventually claiming the win that saw us promoted to the Blue Square Premier.
FA Cup
A good run in this, my first to the opening round of the tournament proper, was massively helpful to the cashflow, especially as our game against Colchester was picked up for TV coverage. The win against Wrexham was a real high point of the season, and to be honest I was glad that we eventually lost after a strong showing against Colchester as it would mean less disruption to our fixture list in the second half of the season.
FA Trophy
We stuffed Grays 6-1 in the 3rd qualifying round before being on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline against Gateshead in the 1st round. At least we reached the minimum target though.
It was a case of getting a lot of players through the door this season, although the fact that some of them didn't work out meant that the squad was a little bloated (though still below wage budget) by the end of the campaign. My first signing for a decent fee, Ismail Yakubu at £3,500, was a big hit but the most satisfying was paying £1 for Jim Gordon from Brentford, and seeing him make a big difference to our promotion push.
Key Players
Undoubtedly our #1 player this season was striker James Foster. We picked him up on a free transfer after he was released by BSP side Crawley and his return of twenty-one goals and thirteen assists was a big reason why we did well. He proved to have a knack of scoring in 1-0 wins, and that level of importance saw him shortlisted for the BSS Player of the Season award.
My favourite player from last year, Mark Hartmann had another good season, but a two month injury gap coincided with a real loss of form for us and I hope he can make the step up in division next season. Jim Gordon proved to be a good late season signing whilst Ismail Yakubu was worth each of the £3,500 I paid for him.
Kyle Wilson was at times disappointing after his move from Havant & Waterlooville, but he started scoring regularly in the final third of the season, and his captaincy was vital throughout; the team performed far better with him around no matter what his level of performance was. The one player who continued to surprise me was goalkeeper Jeet Padaruth, brought in as a last option at the beginning of last season he has established himself well and truly as our #1 and fought off competition from four other goalkeepers who have been brought in during that time. Twenty nine clean sheets in seventy-nine league games for the youngster speak volumes about him.
Next Season
Stay up. Please for **** sake just stay up. Losing a bit less cash would be nice as well. The FA Cup run helped with the finances this year, but we still leaked money overall, just to a considerably smaller degree than last season.
Career Overview
Code:Season League Final Pos. Achievements --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuneaton Town 2010/11 Blue Square North 5th Lost in play-off semi final 2011/12 Blue Square North 12th Sacked 11 games into the season Canvey Island 2012/13 Blue Square South 10th None 2013/14 Blue Square South 4th Promoted via play-offs
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Congrats on the promotion Terk
I am shocked. Last game in the Group fase of the Europa League. Hoffenheim vs Sampdoria and LOSC Lille vs Guiseley. Lille 12 points, Sampdoria 7 points, Guiseley 7 points and Hoffenheim 3 points. But because Sampdoria have got a better result vs us they are in 2nd place.
Hoffenheim - Sampdoria 92" 0-0
Lille - Guiseley 92" 1-1
Hoffenheim - Sampdoria 93" 0-0
Lille - Guiseley 93" 1-2 (means we are 2nd in the group!!!!)
Hoffenheim - Sampdoria end 0-0
Lille - Guiseley 95" 2-2 (............................)
Terk: Nuneaton Town still in the North league?
Nuneaton won the Blue Square North last season and finished 12th in the Blue Square Premier this season. Seems that they were right to sack me
Plus , I leave most games to the Ass Man to manage, take over if a bad run develops and tweak a few things and back on we go.
Also, frees are awesome if you're lucky.
Oh and TBH, the Championship was the biggest surprise. I didn't think I had the requisite strength of players but I walked it. The leagues further down though, as I said above frees regardless of age allowed me to build squads of similar quality to the top teams in the divisions. Have to be ruthless and ship people out even if they were great the season before. Takes a while for the team to gel but as promotion is the aim, 'tis necessary.
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Ha! So next season will have two great games! Destroying Nuneaton!
If all that happens next season is that I get revenge on Nuneaton then I'll be a happy camper
Just seen that Tranmere have been relegated from League 2, so we'll get a nice day out to Prenton Park.
\o/ TV money \o/ It may only be £30K for the BSP but it's very welcome when your finances are like ours.
Wow, Gitinov just played his first game for us (it's 5 januari atm), and he did awesome. Scoring 1 goal and giving 2 assists... Ok, ok it was vs Port Vale (League 2) in the FA Cup but still!
How shocking... I signed Cristiano this season for € 17.5M. A lot of money, but I think he was worth it. He started of really great at midfield, but now after 6 months Manchester City make a bid of € 35M + 15% profit. I do think it is a great offer and maybe I should do it and buy another player for less but I am gonna reject it. I think Cristiano can become a club legend. Hope he won't get mad :s
Cheers, hrbfcrule We don't play Nuneaton until November, so we've got plenty of time to get used to the level required before we school them
Got the first win on the board early Lost our opening game 1-0 at Kidderminster, having put in a really good effort. Then played Forest Green away, 2-0 down inside ten minutes but fought back to win 3-2.
Truro - BSS - 2010-11
Media prediction: 18th (League table)
Actual finish: 12th (Can't find league positions graph?)
FA Cup: 4th qualifying round
FA Trophy: First Round
Very grim losses
Disappointing season overall, really wanted a good cup run but was knocked out by a lower league team (Cleveden) and played abysmal in both legs and they deserved to go through. We did start well but but faded and started conceding more stupid goals. I'll take the blame for not doing better for playing some bizarre formations and signing some dreadful players. Although I signed loads of players I was always under my wage budget by about £2.5K. Just looking through my squad now and no-one had an excellent season worth posting, most just got solid rating throughout with the odd shocker thrown in.
Next season
Have been given a wage budget of £6K (currently spending £4.7K) so have got room to play with. The bookies have given me 40-1 to go up but I don't think I'd be putting money on myself but really do need play-offs at least!
Code:League Season Finished Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Square South 10/11 12th N/A
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Bedford BSN 2010/2011
Finished my first season. After an incredible final 8-10 games I found my self with a chance of gainning a play-off spot. With only 1 spot remaining in the final game of the season it was between ourselves and Fleetwood. Guess who we were playing in the final game...thats right our final play-off spot contenders at home. News of the outcome and a full season report to follow later.
Finally we've had a good start, with 5 games unbeaten at the start of the season. The sixth was a defeat, and YET AGAIN Phil Parkin got injured. He's out for 3-4 months :O Hopefully we will keep in touch with the pack by January when he returns. He was playing really well, too - we kept keeping clean sheets!
i just started this challenge i chose nuneaton hoping they can bring me some joy
Season 3 knocked out of the FA Cup 2nd qual round despite outplaying the opponents, their keeper pulled off one great save and I hit the woodwork 3 times in my 1-0 defeat.
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sorry the dates a bit off i was too caught up in my new job
Does anyone know how much it costs to play in the U18 league ?
I'm thinking of not entering it next year and only have the reserve team running.
Rodrigo Maidana was my best signing and he became a Wonderkid just after signing and TV Money brings in £2.26m a month.
Im starting to get VERY frustrated. After that fantastic start (10 points from 4 games), Parkin got injured and now my injury list is MASSIVE...check it out!. And its all the important players - Parkin, Lake-Gaskin, Hatton...
Well this should make things Interesting my Chairmans Status is now 'Will to Listen to Offers'
And Man Utd have just had a Tycoon takeover which will make winning the league in the future just that little bit more harder
And things just get better my Right Back who has personal problems, couldn't settle in England or handle first team football in the Championship has now demanded a move to a bigger club after Athletic the club I signed him from after they listed him declared an interest in him
Season 1 - Bedford Town - BSN - 2010/2011
Media Prediction - 22nd
Actual Position - 8th (Table) - (Positions Graph) - (Results 1/Results 2)
Review of Season:With the aim being to avoid relegation, Im glad we managed to achieve this and more. By the half way mark it looked like a mid table finish would be the best we could hope for. However, with a few good results here and there and a strong final ten games, a play-off spot looked on the cards. But 2 draws in the final games, with one coming against Fleetwood (our main rival for the final play-off spot) our hopes of contesting the play-offs were diminished. They went on to gain promotion.
Fa Cup: Was pleased to make it as far as we did. Gave a good account of ourselves against better opposition. Board was pleased.
Fa Trophy: The Board told us to enjoy the experience of participating. I took this oppertunity to give first team players a rest and give the others a game or two.
Transfers: Not the complete overhaule I had anticipated as I decided to give most players a chance and more players came in than out. The loan signings were great and I wonder if I had them for the whole season how different the final table could have been.
Finances: Not great but not unusual at this level
Squad: I was pleased with how the players that were already at the club performed and they were better than alot of the players I brought in. Going to weed out the weaker players to make room for League 2/BSP freebies.
Drew Rattlesnake_85 Key Player of the Year Award: Winner
*Both players were Bedford players before I arrived. They proved to me they have a part to play in my team.
Aims for Next Season: I just need a few quality players to take us to that next level. Perhaps 5-6 new faces and I think I could make a push for promotion.
Code:Bedford Town Season Division Position Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2010/11 Blue Square North 8th None
4th after 4 games in the BSP, just beat Gateshead 6-2 (revenge for them beating me 3-1 in the FA Trophy last season). Tranmere had 10 points deducted for going into administration
Very solid first season, Rattlesnake. Definitely gives you something to build on for next year
Barely survived my 2nd season in the BSP. Full update coming shortly.
Boston united season 4 2013/14
A disappointing season all in all with us only just avoinding relegation on the final day of the season. Will have to prepare fully for next season and do a lot better.
League Table, Position Graph
Fixtures pt 1, Fixtures Pt 2, Fixtures Pt 3
FA Cup Through to the first round proper for the second time before going out to Grimsby
FA Trophy Disappointing here going out in the first round.
Key Players
NO player could really be called key this season.
Code:Season League Final Position Achievments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 7th none 2011/12 Blue Square North 2nd Promoted Via Playoffs 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 15th none 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 20th none
Other Winners
Premier League - Chelsea
FA Cup - Liverpool
Carling Cup - Arsenal
Champions League - Barcelona
UEFA Cup - Real Madrid
World Cup - Brazil
Aims for next season
Finish higher up the table.
Good luck with the rest of your season in BSP, revenge is sweet
Cheers, Rattlesnake
Through the first ten games in my first BSP season now, my form is LWDWLLLWWW which puts us on 16 points in 5th place. The average number of points needed to stay up across the five seasons of the game so far is 48, so we're already a third of the way there.
My two strikers, the same two who fired us to promotion last season, have netted fifteen between them already this time round
Close one Almondo!
Hi all
After numerous re-loads I have decided to go with Hastings! I am at work now till late tonight. I will post my screenshots as soon as I get back..
Roll on the challenge!
Kingstonian (2034/2035)
Premier League Prediction - 1
Premier League Position - 1
Nothing special to report other than the Chairman is leaving.
Goals for the upcoming season:
Win the League Cup. Continue to do more youth work and try to play the youth a bit more
Code:League Season Finished Achievements ------------------------------------------------------- Blue Square South 2010/11 4th Playoff Final losers Blue Square South 2011/12 1st Blue Square South Champions Blue Square Premier 2012/13 5th Playoff semi-final losers Blue Square Premier 2013/14 1st Blue Square Premier Champions League Two 2014/15 2nd JPT Winners, Promotion League One 2015/16 13th none League One 2016/17 2nd Promotion Championship 2017/18 14th none Championship 2018/19 12th none Championship 2019/20 5th Playoff semi-final losers Championship 2020/21 5th Playoff final losers Championship 2021/22 1st Championship Champions Premier League 2022/23 10th none Premier League 2023/24 14th FA Cup semi-finalist Premier League 2024/25 13th FA Cup Winners Premier League 2025/26 9th none Premier League 2026/27 7th none Premier League 2027/28 2nd Uefa Cup Semi-finals, FA Cup Final Premier League 2028/29 4th Champions League Winners Premier League 2029/30 1st Premier League Champions - CHALLENGE COMPLETED Premier League 2030/31 1st Premier League Champions Premier League 2031/32 1st Premier League Champions Premier League 2032/33 1st Premier League Champions, Champions League Winners, FA Cup Winners. Premier League 2033/34 1st Premier League Champions, FA Cup Winners Premier League 2034/35 1st Premier League Champions
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Am Starting the challange with the mighty Sutton United!
How's AFC Wimbledon doing in BSP for you?
And Rattlesnake, how's that Tommy Jaczsun lad? Seems I always see his name but have never gotten him on my team as of yet.
Started with Truro City:
Didn't want to upload my profile until i'd got into the game, didn't think I had it in me to make it last longer than a couple of games.
Season went a lot better than I thought and we've ended up as Champions with a game to spare:
Star players were:
Paul Hakim
Nick Main
jamie Turley
The experienced Gary Holt has been great in defensive midfield too.
Sutton Utd Championship 2016/17
Fa Cup: Lost in 4th round 3-1 to Chelsea
League Cup: Lost 2-0 to crystal palace in 2nd round
League: 4th Lost in playoff semi final
League Table, League Graph
Squad, Transfers
Another poor start to the season which saw us with only 1 win in the first 5 games but i quick change in tactics saw our fortunes change. From then on we slowly moved up the league and peaked at 4th half way through the season. But our away form was dire we were drawing and losing far too many away games to keep up with the playoffs. During the 2nd half of the season we have always kept around the edge of the playoffs and during the last few games we have pushed up into the playoffs.
With 3 games left we managed to kick West Ham out of the 2nd automatic promotion with an incredible 5-0 thrashing at their own place.
Unfortunately 2 of the 3 games left to play were away from home, next match we got taken apart 4-1 by mid table forest. This dropped us down to 4th just 3 pts from automatic but 5 pts inside the playoffs.
Next up was a home match against Huddersfield, we were comfortably 3-1 up at half time then my star striker Miguel Angel scored another to make it 4-1 and get his hat trick. but we had to survive a mini fightback when they brought it back to 4-3 but we hung on to get the priceless win. This left us still 3 pts from automtaic but we had secured our play off spot
Last game of the season was against Bolton(8th) it was a bit of an anticlimax really, it was a bore draw. So we ended up 4th and will play Wolves in the playoff semi final:
Not a good omen, we lost twice to them in the season , 4-1 and 1-0
Playoff Semi Final 1st Leg
Embarrassing. Just Embarrasing. We were down 4-1 at half time and despite a change of tactics we still lost 5-2 and we were completely outplayed. This leaves us with a lot to do in the 2nd leg which im not sure my team is capable of.
Playoff Semi Final 2nd Leg
Very disappointing, again we were outplayed but we managed to hold on to a draw. Wolves seem to be my bogie team.
Player/s of the season
Miguel Angel - brilliant season again from my star striker, came 3rd in championship golden boot. He scored 31 in 49 and is now Sutton's top scorer ever. Taking him to 81 goals in 147 appearances in his sutton career
Ronnie Chapple - solid defender, normally my tactics concede a lot of goals, so to only concede 64 in the league shows how well he did
League Cup: again disappointing, we were kicked out in the 2nd round this time by lower league opposition
Fa Cup: Comfortable victory in the 1st round then we were drawn against Chelsea in the 4th round for the 2nd succesive year this time at their place. We also lost to them for the 2nd succesive year this time it was 3-1, im happy with the performance though because Chelsea have run away with the premierleague this season.
Chelsea match helped a lot generating 500k or so but again main income was huge profits in the transfer market. Despite this the board won't get me a new stadium which i am desperately in need of, we have been filling it for the past 2 seasons now. To make matters worse they wont even upgrade training and youth facilities claiming "they are one of the best in the league"
Code:Career so far: Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 2nd Promoted via playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion 2012/13 League 2 3rd Automatic Promotion 2013/14 League 1 7th N/A 2014/15 League 1 1st Automatic Promotion 2015/16 Championship 14th N/A 2016/17 Championship 4th Lost in Playoff Semi Final
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5 games into the season im doing alright so far.
3 wins a draw and a loss to get me started. Including an odd scoreline of 8-2 over Worcester.
Our Truro squad is clearly no way near good enough for the BSP. Scott Rendell should be a good signing.
oh and have him play defensivly and quite rigid otherwise he can sometimes get caught out at vital moments
I love that power that FM has to let you form a bond with a team. I always look out for how Notts Forest are doing after a game on FM05, and Brighton were my first (and only so far) top to bottom success when I played as them on CM97/98 so I have a real attachment to them. Already I've started to look out for how Canvey are doing in real life. 8th in the Ryman Premier, by the way.
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Jeff Minton, utter legend for me on 97/98, went on to play over a hundred games for Canvey, so taken him even more to my heart. Went with me all the way from then Division 3 to the Champions League final (which we lost).
Things going very well in the BSP so far, 6th after 15 games. Just won 1-0 at Macclesfield Kept three clean sheets in the last four games, really pleased with my defensive set up now.
Just started with Carshalton.
It'll be a difficult season with be struggling to avoid relegation, I predict. This seasons goal will be to stay alive and hopefully build on to next season.
I'll give a report at the end of the season.
Nice one Terk. Hope you haven't put the forum jinx on your game now.
Have fun Herter.
I changed my os and forgot to backup my saved games off footie manager before i wiped the laptop, so will have to restart. Holidaying now!
I was so happy and surprised a few months later when he made his first real appearance for Utd and scored that beautiful goal against Villa.
I'm now the manager of FC United of Manchester!
FC United
gl Bilyletdinov7!
Right well having tries (and failed) at this challenge for the past 3 or 4 years i'm giving it another go!
Am manager of Kingstonian as they are the most local team to me
No profile pick as am at work now, and have no internet at home, so only time i'll be able to put up screenshots when at my girlfriends.
Also Snake and KoNovi while reading this thread it has been your games that have inspired me to try this challenge again-lets hope I can do half as well as you two!
Right, it is gonna be hard. Real hard. But it can be done!
With only 4 games to go: Premier League - League Table
Hardest part is the fixtures haha
A: Aston Villa
H: Arsenal
A: Liverpool
H: Man Utd
Wembley: Tottenham (FA Cup Final)
Gonna sound strange but Liverpool and Man Utd are the easiest haha...
Yeah Villa were great challengers to me last season.
Well, they won 4-2 against me... Need to win vs Arsenal otherwise I can start focussing on the FA Cup final..
*update 1*
HA! I just see that they have the semifinal of the Europa League just before our game
*update 2*
YES! We won 2-1 at home!!
League table now (2 games to go):
Arsenal 76
Guiseley 74
Tottenham 73
West Ham 70
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Ok it is over... We draw 0-0 vs Liverpool and Arsenal won and won the Premier League for the 2nd time in a row.
Revenge is a dish best served in Nuneaton
Ah well, it is better so. We were great this season but not yet that great. Can't wait for next season where I really want to win it!
Maybe I can win the FA Cup, will do my best..
Scott Spencer - Merthyr Tydfil : The Martyrs - Season 1 and 2 Update
It's time for my first update. Really enjoying my time as manager of Merthyr!
Season 1
League Table
We left it until the last game to secure our spot in the play-offs and managed to gain promotion beating Dover 3-2 in extra time in the final. Our main problem this season was finding the right tactic, I changed things around on numerous occasions and it made for a very inconsistent season.
In terms of transfer activity I changed the majority of the team around, bringing in a host of Scottish youngsters on free transfers. JoJo Connolly was the stand out performer from midfield, coming up with 10 goals and 12 assists, while Grant Gallacher had a solid season at the back. We managed to snap up Paris Cowan-Hall just before the play-off final in preperation for next season which is a positive move.
Didn't have much luck in the cups, with nothing noticeable to note. The board was taken over towards the end of the season and despite initial reports stating that I was to be replaced by another manager, I managed to hold on the job and the board are delighted with promotion.
Main Aims for Season 2
Develop a consistent tactic.
Bring in a more determined and experienced CM.
Tighten things up in defence.
Season 2
League Table
I spent a lot of time in pre-season working on our tactics, trying out a host of formations. I finally settled on a 4-2-3-1, using two CM's and two wingers. After spendingwatching a few friendlies in depth and changing the settings around to find the best match for our players I was finally confident that we were going to have a good season.
We exceeded expectations, finishing first in the league. We didn't start as we'd have liked, three draws and a loss in our opening three fixtures, however, once we got to December we went on a run of 8 straight wins in the league to put us in contention. A solid period over new year followed by another stunning run of performances in February put us in second position. With Burton suffering mixed form we managed to take top spot with 6 games to go and didn't look back. Tactically we were spot on and I firmly believe that its one of the best I've ever made in my FM career!
The main reason for our strong season was down to two boys who came through the academy. Dylan Wheeler was an absolute rock at the back, notching up some important goals and assists. He could do it all, and was deservedly crowned our player of the year. Ian Walters came through at the same time and tore defences to pieces from the right wing. It took some time to retrain him as an AMR but he's been a true revelation. Sunderland and a host of Championship teams were sniffing around them for the whole season but thus far i've managed to keep hold of them, I really think they could go down as true legends at the club. I've also got to give credit to our free summer signing Jimmy Ryan in midfield. He was fantastic, notching up 14 goals and really was the heart and soul of our team, giving his all in every appearance.
In the FA Cup we made the second round after some great performances. We were drawn away at Peterborough, flying high in the Championship. Incredibly we achieved a 1-1 draw and brough them back to Penydarren Park for a replay. They did however prove too strong and blew us away 3-1, although the deserved to win by a bigger margain. Still, a good all-round performace and a decent bit of money earned.
Main Aims for Season 3
Strengthen the team with free signings.
Sell some of our mediocre players to generate some money.
Get our finances back into positive figures.
Code:Career so far: Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 4th Promoted via playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion
@#^$&% TERRIBLE! I hate the bloody referee! ... Well finished 3rd in the League because of a goal in the 95" min. With only 2 minutes extra time...
Serious chance for me to make the FA Cup third round and hopefully get a massive money spinning tie. Got a first round replay against BSN side Braintree to negotiate (had to come back from 3-1 down to get a draw at their place) and then the 2nd round paired us with BSP side Morecambe. Tough but winnable, they're only two points and one place above us in the league.
Right. After all it was a terrible season. Lost the FA Cup final aswell haha (lost 2-1)... Tottenham is just way to good in my game...
Unlucky foost on both the premier league and fa cup final. Good luck for next season
Also congratz Terk on beating Nuneaton, at their ground as well
Just got through to the 2nd round of the FA cup for the first time.
edit: Have just seen that Man City have appointed Lothar Matthaus as manager
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After reading through the summaries here. I really want to have a go at this.
It's my first time am trying this challenge so be patient with me if I make errors in setting up.
Just about to holiday
Do you like my Team of the week
I never got back to this again, decided I might aswell now. Closed my eyes and landed on Sutton Utd, here's my Profile.
Anyone know how I can put their crest into the game?
lol this is could really be stupid but how should I check the new promoted teams to playable leagues so that I can take over one of them
Just about halfway through my 2nd season in BSS with Truro. Amazing how many draws I've gotten. Always seem to manage to let one in at the end or score one at the end to finish 1-1 or 2-2. Here's a few screenies
League Table
Stewart Yetton: Soon to be club legend, surely?
Thanks Dons2387
I could only find 2 teams that got promoted...dnt knw where/which the third team was...anyways.. Took over Nantwich
Here I come - [IMG]DING...Clock..Click Here[/IMG]
The way I find the newly promoted teams, is to go into the league table, click on the first team, click on history and then league positions. That will show last seasons position, so if the team has just been promoted, the history will be blank. Then just cycle through the teams.


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Why is 80 characters the "standard" limit for code width? Why 80 and not 79, 81 or 100? What is the origin of this particular value?
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You can thank the IBM punch card for this limit - it had 80 columns:
As oded mentioned, this common coding standard is a result of the IBM's 1928 80 column punched card format, since many coding standards date back to a time when programs were written on punch cards, one card/line at a time, and even the transition to wider screens didn't alter the fact that code gets harder to read the wider it becomes.
From the wikipedia page on punched cards:
Now the question is, why did IBM chose 80 column cards in 1928, when Herman Hollerith had previously used 24 and 45 column cards?
Although I can't find a definitive answer, I suspect that the choice was based on the typical number of characters per line of typewriters of the time.
Most of the historical typewriters I've seen had a platen width of around 9 inches, which corresponds with the standardisation of paper sizes to around 8"-8.5" wide (see Why is the standard paper size in the U.S. 8 ½" x 11"? and the History of ISO216 A series paper standard).
Add a typical typewriter pitch of 10-12 characters per inch and that would lead to documents with widths of between 72 and 90 characters, depending on the size of the margins.
As such, 80 characters per line would have represented a good compromise between hole pitch (small rectangular vs. larger round holes) and line length, while maintaining the same card size.
Incidentally, not everywhere specifies an 80 character line width in their coding standards. Where I work has a 132 character limit, which corresponds to the width of typical wide line printers of yore, a 12pt landscape A4 printout and the typical line width remaining in an editor window of Eclipse (maximised on a 1920x1200 screen) after Package Explorer and Outline views are taken into account.
Even so, I still prefer 80 character wide code as it it makes it easier to compare three revisions of a file side-by-side without either scrolling sideways (always bad) or wrapping lines (which destroys code formatting). With 80 character wide code, you only need a 240 character wide screen (1920 pixels at 8 pixels per character) to see a full three-way-merge (common ancestor, local branch and remote branch) comfortably on one screen.
I'd say that's also because old terminals were (mostly) 80x24 characters in size: Back in the days of 80x24 terminals...
To answer more precisely and more thoroughly to the question, 80 characters is the current "universally accepted" limit to code width inside editors because 80x24 and 80x25 formats were the most common screen modes in early I/O terminals and personal computers (VT52 - thanks to Sandman4).
This limit is still valid and somehow important IMHO for two main reasons: the default geometry that many Linux distros assign to newly spawned terminal windows is still 80x24 and many people use them as-is, without resizing. Moreover, kernel, real-time and embedded programmers often work in a "headless" environment without any window manager. Again, the default screen resolution is often 80x24 (or 80x25), and, in these situations, it may even be difficult to change this default setting.
So if you are a kernel, real-time or embedded programmer you should force yourself to respect this limit, just to be a little more "friendly" towards any programmer that should read your code.
While probably not the original reason for the 80 character limit, a reason that it was accepted widely is simply reading ergonomics:
This is widely known and accepted in typography. The standard recommendation (for text in books etc.) is to use something in the region of 40-90 characters per line, and ideally about 60 (see e.g. Wikipedia, Markus Itkonen: Typography and readability ).
If you aim for 60 characters per line, your upper limit must obviously be a bit higher to accommodate the occasional long expression (and things like margins markers and line numbers), so having an upper limit of 70-80 makes sense.
This probably explains why the 80 character limit was taken over by many other systems.
A related question is "why has 80 column persisted". Even the responses on this page are approximately that width. I agree with the historical reasons for 80 columns, but the question is why the standard has persisted. I would claim readability - for prose and code. Our minds can only absorb so much information in one piece. I still use the 80 column marker in my code editor to remind me when a statement is getting too long and obscure. It also leaves me plenty of screen real-estate for the browser, and the supporting IDE windows. Long live 80 column - as a guide not a rule.
Another common line length limit in the days of fixed pitch fonts was 72 characters. Examples: Fortran code, mail, news.
One reason was that columns 73-80 of a punch card were often reserved for a serial number. Why a serial number? If you dropped a card deck, you could pick the cards up in any order, line up the upper left corners (which always had a diagonal cut) and use a card sorting machine to get them back in order.
Another reason for the 72-character limit was that common fonts were 10 points high and 6 points (1/12") wide. An A4 or 8.5" wide page could hold 72 characters in a 6" wide column and still have room for margins of over an inch.
I personally stick to "about column 80" for my end of line because further than that causes wrapping or lost code when you print it.
There's punch card legacy as well, but I don't think laser printers or 8.5x11 inch paper was set to conform to punch card limitations.
Scroll in printers papers were Letters size or 15" wide.
It were the 80 cps line printers for hardcopying of codes or reports, and later on Epson supports 132 cps condensed printing (escape code \015 for condensed print).
One of the reasons for the 80 column cards may be associated with the 'hand punch' which was probably in use before the electronic card punch machines. It is one which I used in the early 70s on an ICL System 4-50 main frame computer site. One had to punch a section of three? punch knives in the carriage at the same time.
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I've read about the idea that buckyballs and other nanostructures could be used to hold drugs and things until they reach certain places in the body and then get released.
So I was wondering, if you created a buckyball in air, so that some molecules that are in air (such as oxygen and nitrogen) were inside the buckyball. if you then put the buckyball in a vacuum, would the air be able to escape, or would it be trapped in the buckyball.
(And vice versa, a buckyball created in a vacuum put into the atmosphere, would any molecules fit through into the buckyball?)


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APPOINTED: Gary W. Cain, East Springfield, has been reappointed to the State Auctioneers Commission.
Cain's appointment will expire Oct. 9, 2015.
HONORED: Melanie DiCarlo was selected as the employee of the month for January at Eastern Gateway Community College.
DiCarlo, a Steubenville resident, serves as administrative assistant to the president and secretary of the Eastern Gateway Community College District. She joined the college in 1994.
Currently pursuing an associate of applied business degree in business management at Eastern Gateway, she plans to graduate in May. She graduated from Bradford School with a secretarial certificate.
DiCarlo worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. for more than 13 years prior to coming to the college. She serves as the college's liaison for the Jefferson County Leadership Program and is participating in the program. She also serves as secretary of the Ambassadors Club for the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce.


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I would like to use GVim to edit external files that are accessed through Dolphin.
- I have an external server with files to be modified
- I access the server using SSH using Dolphin's built-in module
- I right click on a file and edit it with GVim
- GVim open a copy of the file stored in
If I modify the file I have to close GVim to have a dialog box asking me to send the file to the server.
So, I'm not able to make multiple changes without closing/re-opening my files and this is not possible for work.
Is there a solution to simple edit my files on servers using SSH or FTP with GVim?


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Lincoln Center Ashton FestivalCasting
Posted 11 June 2004 - 07:17 AM
July 6 -
Joffrey Ballet - Monotones I - Jennifer Goodman/Calvin Kitten/Stacy Joy Keller
Monotones II - Michael Levine/Valerie robin/Samuel Pergande
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Enigma Variations
Edward Elgar - Joseph Cipolla
The Lady - Silvia Jimenez
Hew David Steuart-Powell - Alexander Whitley
Richard Baxter Townsend - David Morse
William Heath Baker - James Grundy
Richard P. Arnold - Tiit Helimets
Isabel Fitton - Victoria Marr
Arthur Troyte Griffith - Robert Parker
Winnifred Norbury - Molly Smolen
A. J. Jaeger (Nimrod) - Jonathan Payn
Dora Penny (Dorabella) - Carol-Anne Millar
George Robinson Sinclair - Chi Cao
Basil G. Nevinson - Dominic Antonucci
Lady Mary Lygon - Asta Bazeviciute
K Ballet - Rhapsody - Tetsuya Kumakawa/Viviana Durante
July 7 -
K Ballet - Rhapsody - Tesuya Kumakawa/Viviana Durante
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Dante Sonata
Children of Light - Ambra Vallo/Victoria Marr/Robert Parker
Children of Darkness - Silvia Jimenez/Dominic Antonucci
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Five Brahms Waltzes In The Manner of Isadora Duncan - Molly Smolen
Joffrey Ballet - A Wedding Bouquet - Deborah Dawn/Maia Wilkins/Willy Shives
Narrator: Christian Holder
July 8 - Joffrey Ballet
Les Patineurs - Deanne Brown/Julianne Kepley
Monotones I - Same as July 6
Monotones II - Same as July 6
A Wedding Bouquet - Same as July 7
July 9 - Birmingham Royal Ballet
Enigma Variations - Same as July 6
The Two Pigeons - Nao Sakuma/Robert Parker/Molly Smolen
July 10 - Birmingham Royal Ballet
Dante Sonata - Same as July 7
The Two Pigeons - Same as July 9
July 13 - Royal Ballet
Scenes de Ballet - Miyako Yoshida/Ivan Putrov
Awakening Pas de Deux from The Sleeping Beauty - Darcey Bussell/Roberto Bolle
Voices of Spring - Alina Cojocaru/Johan Kobborg
Thais - Leanne Benjamin/Thiago Soares
Ondine Pas de Deux - Tamara Rojo/Inaki Urlezaga
Marguerite & Armand - Sylvie Guillem/Massimo Murru
July 14 - Royal Ballet
Scenes de Ballet - Alina Cojocaru/Johan Kobborg
Awakening Pas de Deux from The Sleeping Beauty - Jamie Tapper/Fedorico Bonelli
Voices of Spring - Leanne Benjamin/Inaki Urlezaga
Thais - Mara Galeazzi/David Makhateli
Pas de Deux from A Birthday Offering - Darcey Bussell/Jonathan Cope
Marguerite and Armand - Sylvie Guillem/Jonathan Cope
July 15 - Royal Ballet
Scenes de Ballet - Miyako Yoshida/Ivan Putrov
Awakening Pas de Deux from The Sleeping Beauty - Darcy Bussell/Roberto Bolle
Voices of Spring - Mara Galeazzi/Viacheslav Samodurov
Pas de Deux from A Birthday Offering - Marianela Nunez/Thiago Soares
Ondine - Tamara Rojo/Inaki Urlezaga
Marguerite & Armand - Sylvie Guillem/Jonathan Cope
July 16 - Royal Ballet - Cinderella - Alina Cojocaru/Johan Kobborg
July 17 (matinee) - Royal Ballet - Cinderella - Leanne Benjamin/Viacheslav Samodurov
July 17 (evening) - Royal Ballet - Cinderella - Tamara Rojo/Jonathan Cope
Posted 20 June 2004 - 04:52 PM
July 6 - Victoria Jaiani will dance Monotones II.
Valerie Robin will dance it on the 8th.
July 7- Britta Lazenga is Josephine in A WEDDING BOUQUET.
Deborah Dawn will dance that role on the 8th.
Masayoshi Onuki will dance The Boy in Blue - LES PATINEURS. Suzanne Lopez, Michael Levine - The Lovers, Red Girls are April Daley and Erica Lynette Edwards.
Posted 26 June 2004 - 08:02 AM
They do list all other casting more or less as above.
Does anybody have any information?
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Edited by sveiglar, 26 June 2004 - 08:04 AM.
Posted 26 June 2004 - 08:31 AM
Posted 26 June 2004 - 11:01 AM
Thank You, Alexandra
I'll check again with Lincoln Center on Monday. I've gotten several updates, but they've been unofficial. There may be an injury that's caused "Marguerite and Armand" to be cancelled.
Posted 30 June 2004 - 04:06 PM
There are cast changes, though, as follows:
Please note these changes to casting for Week II of the Ashton Celebration at Lincoln Center Festival for THE ROYAL BALLET.
July 14:
Birthday Offering: Darcy Bussell, Thiago Soares
Marguerite & Armand: Sylvie Guillem, Massimo Murru
July 15:
Marguerite & Armand: Sylvie Guillem, Massimo Murru (Murru will dance all three M&A's with Sylvie Guillem)
July 17:
Cinderella, eve. 8 p.m.:
Tamara Rojo, Inaki Urlezaga
Posted 09 July 2004 - 07:03 AM
TBA - Sibley, Dowell
A nice treat for some lucky people!
Posted 09 July 2004 - 12:14 PM
Posted 09 July 2004 - 12:36 PM
Here's a link to the Royal Ballet's page of principal dancers. There's a full list of roles and photos for each:
Posted 10 July 2004 - 04:16 AM
Nunez is much younger - in fact she's younger than Cojocaru, though I doubt you'd guess that. She danced in Buenos Aires before coming to the Royal Ballet School for a year; she'd been in the corps de ballet for a season or so when Anthony Dowell suddenly promoted her by 3 levels. As an Ashton dancer she's almost an unknown quantity - but she gets Sylvia next season and also the first night of Fille (with Acosta) . She's technically strong and does things on a big scale - she made a lovely debut as Nikiya last season, confounding those who thought she ought to stick to Gamzatti. In the right role she's gorgeous.
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Last night I had dinner in a ramen restaurant in northern Japan and was surprised to read the katakana "ライス" (raisu) on the menu. This is obviously the English word "rice" borrowed. But what kind of rice or method of preparation might it refer to given that Japanese already has "kome", "gohan", and "meshi"?
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ご飯 (ごはん), 飯 (めし) and ライス all refer to the same thing: steamed rice. ご飯 and 飯 can mean meal, too.
As you said, it is not uncommon to see ライス in a menu at a restaurant, even when it is not part of a compound word such as カレーライス. I do not know why they do not say ご飯, and I can only make a guess at possible reasons:
As you can see, I am not satisfied with any of these reasons. If there is a better explanation, I am happy to learn it.
ライス is used for non-Japanese rice dishes, I believe, like curry or rice served on a plate in Western fashion. カタカナ and borrowed words are also used as 'fancy' or 'elegant' alternatives in Japan, especially in advertising.
You know how Eskimos have 80 words for snow?
Seriously though, I think it has to do with the fact that there are certain dishes that are western in origin. They use rice, but they are served differently. Take a look at dishes like 「カレーライス」 or 「ハヤシライス」 or 「タコライス」. All of these are served on plate or with western ingredients. ご飯 and 丼 are usually served in their own dish or in a bowl with more standard things on top.
There's also the fact that カタカナ英語 is very common. For some anecdotal evidence, there was a tour book for Tokyo Disneyland that I bought once that literally had combinations like, 「ファンタスティックスな素晴らしさ」. Basically they were just throwing in カタカナ英語 to enhance it and make it look special.
You'll find lots of words where there is カタカナ英語, a "native" Japanese word, and an imported 漢字 compound all for the exact same thing. Japanese is a language that does this a lot.
In addition to the other answers, ライス is sometimes simply used for disambiguation. The meaning of ご飯 gohan largely overlaps with "meal", so it can become ambiguous whether you're talking about a "meal" (as opposed to à la carte) or "rice". The more specific words for "rice" like 白米 can be too specific, so ライス is a broad, convenient descriptor.


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7 Great Sports Moments (That Might Have Been Fixed)
Wherever you find a losing sports team, you will find fans calling shenanigans. And, thanks to people like Bill Belichick, sometimes they're right.
The fact is some of the greatest coaches, players and games in history have been dogged by rumors of cheating and outright corruption, some of the accusations so outlandish and retarded that they couldn't possibly be true.
Or could they?
#7. The Moment: The Most Iconic Image of Muhammad Ali
The Insane Theory :
Muhammad Ali was the greatest sports icon of the second half of the 20th century. He floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee, and didn't believe there was anything gay at all about that claim. But despite a long and storied career that spanned decades and continents, the most famous photograph of him was taken early in his career in Maine, at the most poorly attended and controversial heavyweight championship bout ever held.
Not pictured: legitimacy
The fight was a rematch and the poor bastard Ali's standing over was Sonny Liston. Their first fight had ended mysteriously when Liston refused to come out of his corner. In the months leading up to the rematch, they had a difficult time securing a venue, partially due to rumors of mob involvement, which is how they ended up in Maine. Making things all the more shady, nobody saw the punch that knocked Liston out. While the resulting photograph makes Ali look like he's celebrating in triumph, those who were ringside claim Ali was actually yelling at Liston to get up, presumably so he could at least wait for a more plausible punch before taking a dive.
Why it Might be True :
In the seedy world of professional boxing, Liston was perhaps the dirtiest and most mysterious guy in the ring. No one knew, including Liston, when or where he was born. Liston had done time and apparently had underworld connections, including having his contract owned by notorious and prominent Mafiosos.
Because of that, there were rumors that Liston bet against himself because he owed money to the mob and really didn't feel like getting fitted with a pair of cliche cement shoes.
Artistic rendering of Liston's Mob Boss.
To make things worse, apparently Liston had another group to fear: the Black Muslims who supported Ali. The word, coming straight from one of Liston's trainers, is that Liston was so petrified of being murdered by the group that he decided it just wasn't worth it to mix it up with Ali. So taking the dive may have killed two birds with one stone.
Or not, since Liston died a mysterious death (the cops declared it a heroin overdose, but he barely had any in his system), causing some to speculate he was murdered. Man, if you can't trust Mob bosses and violent extremists, who can you trust?
#6. The Moment: Michael Jordan Retires For No Reason
The Insane Theory :
It wasn't a great moment if you were a Bulls fans, but Jordan's first retirement was one of the biggest and most inexplicable stories of the '90s. He was in his prime and his Bulls were unbeatable. They'd just won their third straight title and showed no signs of slowing down. Jordan is by all accounts one of the most psychotically competitive human beings on the planet and he was in place to challenge the record of eight straight titles. It just made no sense that Jordan would hang up his overpriced sneakers in October of 1993.
Well, unless you believe the theory that it wasn't exactly a standard retirement. Some folks claim it was an under-the-table suspension imposed by David Stern after word leaked that MJ was losing money by the fistful thanks to a crippling gambling problem.
Why it Might be True :
Despite his squeaky clean corporate image, Michael Jordan had a few vices. Namely: gambling, gambling, and more gambling (though since retirement he has added 'underwear commercials that make us uncomfortable' to that list). Author Richard Esquinas went public with claims that he had won roughly $1.3 million off of MJ during their frequent golf games, officially making His Airness the best person to ever have in your foursome. MJ was also no stranger to casinos, even during the NBA playoffs.
Far more disturbing were the unsubstantiated rumors that his father, who was killed in a shooting, had been murdered in connection to his son's gambling debts.
Obviously this would be a nightmare for the NBA, since Jordan was the face of the sport at the time. So the theory goes that something needed to be done to rein Jordan in, but any public suspension would be a PR disaster.
Instead, Stern banished MJ to a super secret, hush-hush year-long suspension and indirectly to an embarrassing stint in Minor League Baseball. After seeing MJ's swing at the plate, we think it was a pretty fair punishment.
Wait, you mean this wasn't his idea?
Only days after Jordan's retirement, the NBA wrapped up its investigation into MJ's gambling allegations, declaring that Jordan hadn't done anything wrong. Except for, you know, betting a shitload of money on sports.
When the question was posed as to whether Jordan would ever consider un-retiring, MJ said yes, "If David Stern lets me." The conspiracy theorists pounced on this peculiar statement, noting that if it were a legit retirement, Stern would be batshit crazy not to let Jordan back in the league.
Since the whole thing could have been arranged in a single meeting between MJ and Stern, we may never know the truth. Of course, they said the same thing about Deep Throat, and that didn't stay secret forever. We know now that was Linda Lovelace.
#5. The Moment: The Shot Heard Round the World
The Insane Theory :
In 1951, baseball's New York Giants found themselves trailing the Brooklyn Dodgers by 13.5 games in the standings with less than two months to go. Typically teams faced with such an insurmountable deficit call it a season and start stocking away grain alcohol for those long winter months.
But with the possible exception of Philadelphians, no one likes losing. So, the Giants decided to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, try extra hard and play great, fundamental baseball. When that failed they decided to just cheat their way back into contention.
How did they do it? Well, believe it or not, Bill Belichick didn't invent signal stealing.
Except, when the Giants cheated, they won.
Allegedly during their home games, the Giants would send a coach out to center field armed with a telescope and electronic buzzer with which to steal and relay the other team's signs to the hitter. Since it happened in the black and white era, we're forced to assume this led to Three Stooges-style slapstick shenanigans; a buzzer malfunction leading to some good old fashioned genital shocking, if we had to guess.
During the final stretch of the season, the Giants managed to make up their huge deficit and force a three game playoff with the Dodgers, culminating in Bobby Thompson's now legendary home run to win the pennant, which sportswriters dubbed "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" because they figured nothing else important already had dibs on that name.
Why it Might be True :
Exactly 50 years after the Giants cemented their place in history, Wall Street Journal writer Joshua Prager published a book detailing how the Giants stole signals and with them, the pennant.
Two years later in 2003, the Associated Press ran a piece in which they quoted former Giants Monte Irvin, Sal Yvars and Al Gettel admitting that the team cheated through the duration of the comeback.
But, they also said that knowing what pitch was coming didn't really give them an advantage, and that they didn't steal signals during the playoff series. They also presumably insisted that being professional baseball players never got them laid.
#4. The Moment: Junior Wins One for His Dad
The Insane Theory :
In February 2001, NASCAR fans lost their most legendary driver at their most legendary event when Dale Earnhardt was tragically killed during the last lap of the Daytona 500. In June of that same year, NASCAR returned to Daytona and what transpired resembled a Hollywood ending, only without slow motion and melodramatic music.
Earnhardt's son Dale Jr. found himself in seventh place with only six laps to go, but somehow, miraculously, managed to come from behind for the storybook victory at the racetrack that claimed his father's life.
Many fans and rival drivers have been vocal about Junior's win being just a bit too perfect, and hinted that NASCAR may have been pulling some strings in order to give Junior the emotional win and, presumably, their sport a ratings boost. Either that or the drivers who had been ahead of Junior suddenly developed the driving habits of elderly women.
Why it Might be True :
From May of 2000 until his win at Daytona in June of 2001, Junior had won exactly zero times, a span of 36 races. Keep in mind that this is a sport where your success is largely determined by how fast your car goes. Unless you're driving the little engine that could, inspiration can only take you so far.
But driving the car that was on a 36 race losing streak, he somehow passed six cars in two laps, which is a feat only repeated by Ricky Bobby as far as we know. Some have suggested that the drivers ahead of Junior eased back to let him win, while others have speculated that NASCAR gave Junior preferential treatment in his car's inspection, allowing him to soup up the car that had been losing.
Even racing legends like Bill Elliot, Richard Petty, and Richard Petty's mustache believe that something is fishy with NASCAR. Elliot in particular has been vocal, suggesting that "they still try to dictate results."
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Suppose I have $A\in U(n)$ such that $A^t=A$ (which is a bit un-natural, as usually you'd consider the hermitian transpose, not the transpose).
Well, then $A=X+iY$ say, for $X$ and $Y$ real matrices. Thus $X$ and $Y$ are both symmetric, and also $I = A^*A=(X-iY)(X+iY)$ so $X^2+Y^2=I$ and $XY=YX$. So I can find an orthogonal matrix $V$ with $V^t X V$ and $V^t Y V$ both diagonal. We conclude that $V^t A V$ is diagonal, with diagonal entries from $\mathbb T$. That is, $V^tAV$ is a diagonal unitary matrix.
Suppose now I look at indefinite situation. So I let $J$ be a diagonal matrix consisting of $n$ 1s and $m$ -1 entries, say. Then $A\in U(n,m)$ if and only if $A^*JA=J$, and similarly $A\in O(n,m)$ if and only if $A^tJA=J$.
Suppose I now have $A\in U(n,m)$ with $A^t = JAJ$. Is it possible to conjugate $A$ by some $V\in O(n,m)$ into a "nice" form?
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I am suppose to find all the solutions to this problem, I think some theorem states that there can only be as many solutions to the problem as the highest degree. I know that calculus reinforces this so I know that
$2x^2 + 4x + 1 = 0$
Can have at most two solutions. In calculus this is proven by the derivative being zero at only somewhere. I can't remember and it isn't important yet.
Anyways I have no idea what to do with this problem. I don't think I can factor it conventionally because of the 2 coefficient so what is the method at this point? I tried guessing and it didn't work at all for -2 - 3.


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