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Natural gifts and passion for game
Tony Ortiz played the game of football with such speed, agility and power that he earned a couple of national championships with Nebraska, as well as invitations to four NFL training camps. His skills and passion for the game were such that while he never made an NFL final roster, he kept his career alive in the Canadian Football League and NFL Europe until his body had enough.
"Many folks ask, 'How did you get that many opportunities? Most guys who try out and get cut are one-and-done,'" Ortiz said. "I had multiple opportunities because I never quit. Joe Montana once said, 'I don't lose, I just run out of time.' I think for me I just ran out of time. I got to a point where I was a certain age and with my injuries I was like, 'I just don't want to keep pursuing this any more.' But other than that, I wasn't going to quit."
That type of perseverance and competitive nature became his trademark almost from the time he began playing football at Crosby High. He learned early that when he pushed himself, he could do just about anything on the football field.
With a background rooted in "concrete tackle football" on the streets of the Bronx as a kid, Ortiz began his organized football career at Crosby void of much passion for the game or even the knowledge of how to put on his pads. He ended it as one of the most celebrated, heavily recruited players ever from Waterbury.
When he first moved here, he played soccer at Wallace Middle School. None of his friends at Crosby played soccer, and they had to talk him into trying football as a fall sport. After one drill with the freshman team, Ortiz was asked to go practice with the varsity by assistant Carmen Cocchiola. He only played about half the varsity games that year, but he made his presence felt.
One play is still talked about.
In a lopsided loss to Ansonia, Ortiz was sent into the game to play defensive end with instructions to blitz with Ansonia pinned back deep in its own territory. In spite of his awe for how big the Chargers were, he sliced his way into the backfield only to get knocked down. When he got up, he saw Ansonia's dynamic, quick running back Jason Tinney breaking away 25 yards downfield.
Ortiz got up and gave chase. He could hear the crowd roaring as he got closer. He considered diving for Tinney's feet at about the 10, but instead he kicked it into another gear, got close enough to grab Tinney by shoulder pads and dragged him down.
"Tinney ran 70-something yards, but Tony caught him inside the five," Crosby coach Joe Begnal said. "The Ansonia fans were like, 'Who is this kid? No one catches Tinney.' That was the start of his career in a sense."
Ortiz's father, Efrain, asked that Ortiz's playing time be limited as a freshman so he wasn't overmatched by 17- 18-year-olds. Then he didn't allow him to play at all as a sophomore so he could mature mentally as well as physically and put everything important into perspective.
"He just felt I wasn't ready so I did basketball and ran track," Ortiz said. "Then my junior year he said, 'If you want to give it a try and feel like you're ready now, go ahead.' He felt like I was ready so he said, 'Go after it."
And go he did, with blinding speed and great determination at 6-foot-1, 220 pounds. Over his final two seasons, he rushed for 3,005 yards and 52 touchdowns offensively with 216 tackles, four interceptions, six fumble recoveries and 20 sacks.
"He was as good a two-way player as I have ever seen in high school football," said longtime Ansonia assistant coach John Sponheimer. "He had tremendous speed. I don't know if he lifted then, but his body was cut, and he had real good strength. He also played with great, great intensity."
His speed was blazing. He was a state and New England champion in both the 100 meters and the 110-hurdles, setting state records in both with a time of 10.53 in the 100 and a time of 14.24 in the hurdles.
He utilized his physical gifts well. His senior year alone he rushed for 1,638 yards and 30 touchdowns while averaging 9.2 yards per carry.
As good as he was offensively, he was better defensively as the publication SuperPrep named him the outstanding prep linebacker in the nation his senior year when he had 104 tackles.
"He could do whatever he wanted to," Begnal said. "He was big, fast and strong, and athletic. He would hurdle kids on offense. He was impossible to block on defense. He read things very quickly, and compound that with his speed he was in the backfield. It was so easy to coach him, because he was that good."
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During a Civil War, What's a Monk to Do?
In 1982 Fr. Paolo Dall'Oglio, a Jesuit priest, hiked into the Syrian countryside to seek a solitary spot for a retreat. After injuring his leg in a serious fall, he stayed for a week in the abandoned monastery he had found on the side of a mountain. Years later, he would re-found it as Deir Mar Musa Al-Habashi, the monastery of St. Moses the Ethiopian (or Abyssinian). The site was of interest to art historians, since its eleventh-century frescoes represent "the only full program of medieval church decoration to have survived in greater Syria." Its artistic program, published in full by Erica C. Dodd, offers a rare glimpse into a Syrian artistic tradition from before the Crusades, after which artistic traditions from the Christian East and West were exchanged more readily. More importantly, over time the re-established sixth-century monastery became a place of refuge for Christians and Muslims who sought to understand one another. (A short video introduction to the monastery is available here.)Viewed from afar, Mar Musa has offered for many Christians a beacon of hope for the best kind of interreligious dialogue: it combines commitment, openness to growth, and hospitality.That beacon's light has been snuffed out -- only for a short time, I pray. Since last summer, Fr. Paolo has been in exile.When the protests broke out in 2011, he supported the youth who demonstrated peacefully. But the act that catalyzed his exile followed the death of a young activist and photographer, Bassel Shahade, who was killed by a sniper in Homs. The St. Cyril's Church in Damascus refused to hold his funeral. Fr. Paolo intervened and had the service at his monastery, where Christians, Sunnis, and Alawites together commemorated his death. In one sense, he was doing no more than basic human decency demands: to offer a proper burial. But in another sense, he was publicly honoring a well-known member of the opposition. He now lives in exile in a monastery in Sulaymaniyah, in Iraqi Kurdistan.When I had the chance to meet Fr. Paolo in New York (Feb 2011), I was impressed by his rare combination of virtues. Rarely is someone so faithful and practical, idealistic and realistic, expressing levitas and gravitas, hope for the future and mourning for what has been lost. If anyone has a moral sense of the right thing to do in Syria, I would think it is Fr. Paolo.The fact that even he is uncertain of the best course of action thus reveals the fogginess of justice amid a civil war. In an interview with Time magazine, Fr. Paolo said he preached "tolerance and hope" as the uprising began.
The revolution is there. I have seen the revolution. I have seen the boys of the revolution, the young people, incredible courage, DallOglio says, but even he can see that the situation has passed a point of no return. I am a Catholic priest so I have had all kind of anguish about the use of violence during this revolution. I always encourage those who behave with non-violent actions, he says. DallOglio had wished for some sort of U.N. peacekeeping force to stabilize the situation before it blew up into what now appears to be a full-scale civil war. Today, that is not realistic anymore. The disaster already happened, DallOglio says.
Regarding the prospect of a military intervention by the United States, he responds:
The U.S. is paralyzed by the complexity of the issue ... and therefore unable to provide real assistance. Too often, DallOglio adds, individual countries agendas trump any real motive to help Syria, which, as many observers note, is becoming the staging ground of a proxy war between Iran and its regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia.
And yet, the most recent quotation from Fr. Paolo on the issue of humanitarian intervention takes a different tack. In response to what he perceives as a lack of exhortation by Pope Benedict XVI, Fr. Paolo offers this rebuttal (via John Allen):
If the Vatican doesn't believe foreign troops have a role to play in keeping the peace, ... what are the Swiss Guards doing in St. Peter's Square?
Are the length of the civil war and its uncertain future beginning to wear down the commitment to nonviolent resistance? When the country's main university is lethally targeted during exams, what response can there be?In an interview with the New York Times, Fr. Paolo pondered whether he ought to have stayed and, perhaps, died with the protesters.
I am a monk, he said. My real country is heaven, the kingdom of God. My real country is a moral belonging, it is not a place.
During a civil war, what's a monk to do?
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Michael Peppard is associate professor of theology at Fordham University, author of The World's Oldest Church and The Son of God in the Roman World, and on Twitter @MichaelPeppard.
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Saying that the US is paralyzed by the complexity of the issue-is to me a lame reason to stand by as a virtual genocide by a brutal regime continues. This talk and " concern" that foreign fighters from arabia are fighting with the rebels and complicates things -turns the population which are being murdered-into pieces on a chess board. The reality is-ethically- it does not matter if saudi fighters, iraqis, alquada ,hezbollah come to the aid of the people being slaughtered by a brutal regime. That if anything shows their humanity -that they want to topple this horrific mass murdering regime.My father was originally from aleppo syria. He claimed we go back to the early christians.He's not alive now but I can't imagine he would take this position that as long as assad is good for the christians-that's more important then the fact that he's murdering thousands of men women and children! Or that if arabia or even alquada sides with the civilians and not the regime-we should allow a slaughter to continue because it's a" complex issue".There's nothing complex about massmurder by a brutal dictatorship.The sand keeps shifting it seems in how we talk about events in the mid east.When we were in iraq face to face with real iraqis -the real bad guys we claimed were those people coming in from syria. Now we say the real bad guys are those people coming in from arabia and iraq.The reality on the ground is what we seem to have a hard time acknowleding-in iraq that the people opposed us, and in syria that the people are rising up to topple a brutal regime -one we labeled part of the axis of evil and we claim is in bed with that other evil regime of iran.Yet we hesitate and bring in the kitchen sink about how "complex" the whole thing is. Complex or not murder of civilians is happening on a large scale for 2 years now and that no one stops it is at this stage to be complicit with a virtual genocide. If this monk has clout -I wish he would use it to call for intervention to stop this.
Fr. Christian de Cherge and the other six Trappists of the Abbey of Notre Dame of Atlas in Tibhirine, Algeria, faced the question in a different but similar form in 1993. They were martyred. But I, for one, never would have heard of them had it not been for the movie Of Gods and Men, and probably not even then had it not been for Terry Gross' interview with the actor who played Fr. Christian, which I heard by the accident of being in my car her show was on. Maybe the Trappists were better known in France.I mention this to make two points: Fr. Paolo alive can cast a Christian perspective on our thinking about the Syrian civil war and what do do about it. And it is incumbent on the Catholic media and Catholics in the media to make sure we see the light he can shed.Almost every day I reread Fr. Christian's spiritual last testament. I think it is one of the great spiritual documents of the bloody 20th Century. It upholds the "stand and die" option. I don't recommend its conclusion for someone else, which would be unmitigated presumption on my part. But its thinking in it does wonders for clarity.
When even opponents of the assad regime[westerners and people of faith]talk about the uprisings in syria the same way the assad regime does[there are foreign fighters to blame, it's a complex issue, what chaos will unfold if he goes, those christians may be at risk etc] then to me that is the power of the demonic. Here we are repeating what assad says[even as we ponder war with his professed ally iran] while we see him and his regime every day committing mass murder of men women and children before our every eyes.Yet we repeat his line.It's uncanny and it's uncanniness i see as demonic. That is the only way I can process this.We were saying it was a civil war from day one practically-when it was not a civil war,when the rebels were not being supported by us or anyone, when it was-like in egypt and tunisia-simply people rising up to topple a dictator.We -it seems, wanted it to be a civil war-to validate doing nothing to topple a brutal mass murderind dictator.Now that we've given some support to the rebels -we can call it a civil war.But of course it is a regime crushing civilians who rose up to topple it.Perhaps it's our wish for genocide- against sunni arabs-coming true by proxy.I don't know-but what is happening there and our repeating of the assad line - is horrific and bizarre.
Christians in Syria overwhelmingly oppose the Syrian resistance, and with good reason. Assad tolerates Christianity and has protected Syrian Christians from Islamist violence. If Assad is overthrown, those Islamists will no longer be restrained and Christians will be violently attacked and even murdered, as they have been in Iraq after one dictator was replaced by "democracy" and as they are being in Egypt after another dictator was replaced by "democracy." Many of the Christians who fled Iraq after our invasion fled to Syria. If Assad is toppled, they will have to flee again. Indeed, that is what the Syrian resitstance wants, with its slogan of "Alawites to the wall, Christians to Beirut."
Tom--Michaels Peppard's post about Fr. Paolo also reminded me to some degree about the Tibhirine monks. (Be sure to read John Kiser's "The Monks of the Tibhirine" for a fuller account of the martyred French Trappists and their work in Algeria.) At first glance, Fr. Paolo might seem to be a stranger in a strange land, but Robert Louis Wilken's latest book, "The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity," contains a wealth of information about the establishment of Christianity throughout much of the Middle East, including present-day Syria. The book was favorably reviewed in Commonweal in October, and the reviewer, DukE Divinity School Professor Maria Doerfler, noted:"Wilken concentrates ... on the spread of Christianity into regions beyond the Roman Empire. Most prominent among these is the Syriac realm, and exceedingly fertile source of literary and theological production, as well as a launch pad for Christian mission into other parts of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia."The Syriac Catholic Church is one of the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in communion with the Holy See, and though its numbers have diminished, primarily as a result of the spread of Islam in the seventh and eighth centuries, it remains an important reminder of the many faces of Christianity. Unfortunately, because of associations with the Alawhite minority in Syria (Bashir and his family are Alawhites), the Syriac Catholic Church may be a target of persecution when the Bashir regime finally falls.
That's not a christian[human] response;to say that because assad protects christians -it is acceptable for men women and children to be murdered by him because they're not christian.It's not about christian vs. muslims though that is the narrative the west is imposing apparantly. The question should be asked of anyone including christians-how can you support a massmurdering regime?That's the question-not well he's good for you so we get it!Long before assad there were christians in syria and the mid east. so it is false to say only assad or murbarak or saddam huseing kept christians living there. There would not have been any christians there in the mid east for 1700 years if it were true that muslims will not allow christians in their midst.But all that is beside the point-we can cross any bridge we get too-right now mankind is us here and here and now a virtual genocide is taking place. If christians collaborate with brutal dictators [or an invasion force like the americans in iraq when the iraqis never asked to be "liberated"] then that is why they are on the wrong side when the people rise up to topple the regime. it's not fair or accurate to say its about religion as much as it is with collaborating with brutal regimes or foreign invaders[iraq].Had we or some one intervened initially to help topple this regime once the people rebelled-the christians would not have been seen as on the sidelines cheering the brutal mass murderer assad and the animosity that the rebels may very well feel now toward christians or any one who supports him is to be expected after 2years of supporting his crackdown which has resulted in the deaths of over 40 thousand men women and children.This knee jerk position of viewing assad's regime from the lens of a geo political situation or from what it means to christians -reduces the suffering and deaths of thousands of men women and children to the level of pawns in a chess game. There is nothing christian about this default position that pervades even professed christians here.
In one sense, he was doing no more than basic human decency demands: to offer a proper burial.Like Antigone, and look what happened to her.
What the monks of Tibhirine chose was courageous and holy, but perhaps it's worth noting that I don't think less of Fr. Paolo for going into exile.

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What's the vocal effect for the Vogons in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series?
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According to my book of the radio scripts the pre-Babel fish voice was done by ignoring his description of 'a combination gargling, howling, sniffing and fighting off a pack of wolves' and just revering the speech recording. I think they did a lot of stuff with just tape.
It doesn't specify what was used for the translated Vogon voice, but they had access to an ARP Odyssey and an early vocoder. They had to put various actors in cupboards to separate their audio.
I tried to find detail on how they recorded the original, but no joy.
This chap has tried to emulate the sound effect as part of his University course - https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~aarun/220a/hw4.html
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First time I'm actually on the forum when a blog is announced...
PS. I live in Australia
Good to see the flashes are gone...I do find the ball being far too bright/white and looks like there's no shadowing on it?
Nice net effect on the goal!
Question: for the achievements, do they have any in-game effects or are they just little popups that a "pat on the back"?
But in-game effects I mean those in FMH, where you can't get sacked after X years or something like that.
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First time for a while Miles has posted the link to the blog too.
Miles, is there a way of making the game flick back to another screen inbetween 3D highlights rather than just staring at statues till the next highlight happens?
PS: love the fact that the goals nets actually move!
[QUOTE=dave byrd;3987990]Miles, is there a way of making the game flick back to another screen inbetween 3D highlights rather than just staring at statues till the next highlight happens?
PS: love the fact that the goals nets actually move![/QUOTE]
Just what I was going to post.
Perhaps this is the year I go 3d.
Looking good. Wingers actually try to dribble.. I like it!
And Miles, congrats on getting to be the one to post it, for once!
Also, how does the achievements thing work? I'm aware it's only for steam users so does that mean that achievements are simply not in the game for people playing off the DVD or is it just disabled? Do the achievements appear in the steam application rather than the actual game?
As for the flicking to another screen, we looked at various options this year, and none of them worked for us. We'll look at it closer for FM11.
players are still a little stilted, but it's a definite improvement in quality over '09. i can never play a game in that mode though cos i hate it when they all just freeze on screen.
i hoped the fans would, at least predominately, be wearing their teams colours, but it doesn't seem to be the case. minor gripe, admittedly.
well done miles brillant work by the looks of it
more excited now though
damn you!!!
i was waiting some news about the stats of the game, but nothing...
Excellent job with the match engine look, and I always have faith you'll patch up any technicals.
Great work with the home/away fan split, laughed at pogoing away fans in the second video at 9:00 (it's only a corner and you're 3-1 down! especially liked the guy in the purple jacket pogoing with hands on hips, sometimes a little surrealism is so much better).
Really excited now!
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Loving the videos, visually matches look really really good now, gameplay looking much better, full stadium looks great, the net rippling looks great and the crowd celebrating a goal looks great as well, so excited for next Thursday
Wow - crazy refs are still in it then
The one in the first video truly lost the plot
What is the game speed for a match like ? I hope it is done just nice so a game is not too slow neither is it too fast that you cannot make any changes?
Was any pitch shouts/tactical changes made during the game? Did not notice any.
good job
wow after that im considering going 3d
Hey Miles,
The match engine video's look a whole better now compared to last month. The stadiums do add to the overall feel of a match. However what I am missing:
1. Are there skyboxes in the bigger club stadiums? Or is this something for FM2011?
2. Will the seats always be gray or will they have the colours of the homeplaying team?
Looking forward to more match engine demo's. I am liking the crosses connecting well, I saw a fantastic cross and and even more fantastic header in the video!
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On "achievements":
If I did I would promptly be hit with a bottle for being such a geek ... and rightly so ;pThey also act as bragging rights amongst mates!
To each his own I guess.
All in all it's looking pretty good, I prefer to play my matches a bit faster than that and in the old view. I'm not a big fan of TV view, and if it hasn't changed then I can't see me enjoying this year either. Will we still be able to use the touchline shouts etc if we don't want ti view matches this way?
As for achievements, I'm not fussed either way, I doubt I'll use them (not that they are of any use) but it's nice for those who like to brag!
Question: Would I be able to install through steam to avoid having to have the disk in the DVD-drive all the time, and turn OFF the achievements?
Miles what an improvement the stadiums look awesome and the goal nets rippling are what we all prayed would be in the game (for pc anyways). great work guys cant wait!!
The steam only achievements is lame, theres no reason whatsoever why this couldnt be done for non steam users and seems like its designed to push users onto registering with steam.
The new match engine is in my opinion is looking sweet. I've always been a 2d player but I think things are going to change, its beginning to look very smooth. Liking the nets bulging and the crowd getting up when on the break, and jumping up and down when you score. The refs need a bit more life instead of just running around but other than that, bring on next week (demo time!!! hopefully!!)
The achivements are a nice idea. The match videos are looking good. The play has a nice flow about it, seems like a big improvement over last years version.
The crowds look excellent! Great job!
Looking superb, loving the net bulging and the crowds. The stadiums are such an improvement and IMO add to the experience.
One question, could you turn the stadiums, or certain features such as crowds off to get better performance on a lower end machine?
This is fustrating me. I'm at work and can't see the videos and my computer at home is broke!
Miles, I have a question. Its not entirely related to this blog in particular, but in 09 there were some PPM's that did not work, such as 'likes to lob keeper' and a few others. Have they been fixed for 010? I apologise if this has been answered before.
Great job with the videos, the match engine looks fantastic.
Please Miles in FM 2010 add option that will turn off shadows of the stands. I hate to watch games with half of the pitch very dark and half in normal light. I want to see stands but I don't want to see the shadows of them on my pitch.
I think that many people have the same probem.
look pretty good, shame my laptop can't run the 3D though
Cutting features from the non steam game is try to get people to use steam.
If that wasnt the case, why not just build it into the game so everyone can access them?
I don't think the achievements are intended to force you to register with STEAM... Its an incentive for the customer to sign up that way, as it allows SI to gather data on the specs of peoples PCs to improve the game in the future for everybody! I think they will be a nice touch .
I think the 3D is looking great... and it may possibly convince me to move to it as last year it was not good enough for my liking so i stayed with 2D. Really liking it though, only time will tell.
The match engine still concerns me in regards to the second video, where at one point the right winger does that pointless exercise of trying to "nod the ball on"(or is he just trying to get a touch on it to push it infront of him so he can run onto it? - its not very clear) ,when there is nobody(on his team) in front of him. Also the keeper didn't attempt to dive on the penalty, where IRL in most cases the keeper takes a wild/calculated guess 1 way or the other(but maybe he was trying to guess he'd shoot in the middle?).
In regards to the ME though it could just be a rareity as you selected 2 "random" matches... so the chances of these things being a regular occurance are just as high as it being a 1 off!(as we haven't had the chance to look for ourselves yet)
Just my thoughts
The nets looks amazing!
Particually liked the long range goal in the 2nd video as it showed the net bulges dependent on where the ball hits it.
I did notice that as the keeper picked the ball out of the net for that goal he walked through the netting to retrieve it.
Is there any chance of a match video of a game from say England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Germany or France?
Finally any chance of a game played in the snow on a video?
Thanks really enjoyed the videos and the blogs, look forward to the demo and game release.
Not too bothered with achievements as I dont really play online so its not something I'm that interested in. As for the videos let's say I'm a little disappointed with the lack of action on the bench. It has been mentioned countless times on these forums how ppl wanted to see a manager ont he touchline and I still don't see it. All you see is seven blokes sitting on a bench looking at nothing. when you compare this to real life footballing benches, they are usually busy affairs and although I can live with this, it's a shame that there is no manager on the touchline. Would make it 1000 times better as you would make out it's you.
Oh my god, the net actually wibbled! \o/
Actually that's a cool feature.
A video of a game from England would be nice. As I have no idea who any of those teams were
Miles has the 2d been improved in any way at all since 09,?
They are clearly only showing videos of really tiny clubs because pretty much no-one will care about them, so they are not giving away anything about the more important players.
2. The are grey. There was a huge debate here about it, and it's something that if we're going to change, we're going to do properly. So grey won out out of the options.
We'd rather spend time making the game, rather than adding stuff that is already there from others that we can use free of charge.
Why aren't the fans wearing their teams colours? Not all of them but some at least should.
Just watched the video and I was completely taken by surprise to see the goal net move now. I've been wishing for it for quite some time (and made requests about it) and I am just speechless. It makes the match view much more entertaining as well as "polished" which I think was definitely the right theme for this year.
What I did notice was, in the 1st video, the goal net doesn't move during the replay of a goal. Look at about 6:45 to 6:50 and you will see what I mean. Not a deal breaker, but something worth mentioning. Apologies if it has been mentioned already.
Now, if we could see some nice tricks/feints, even in their simplest form, that would just be icing on the cake.
Edit: Just saw the 2nd video. The penalty seemed a bit odd. The goalkeeper didn't dive (seemed to be the case in FM 09, at least from my experience) and the goal net didn't bulge.
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LOVE the nets
Just tell me, in the videos I haven't seen... Well this is hard to explain, you know when the ball goes for a goal kick behind the goal and it's passed back to the keeper? Is it only me or there is no more of the ball going through the net, instead it seems it's pased around.
Have there been any changes to the highlight modes, e.g extended, key? What I'd like to see for the future is a detailed option similar to what CM10 has that allows the user to specify the type of highlights they what to watch.
The match engine looks good.. there can still be more animations (the manager.. the referee raising his arms for the advantage rule.. animations for substitutions and so on) but I know that they will come some time in the future.
I noticed the lazy goalkeeper not diving, too. I hope that is not a bug.. but good work, SI.
Looks quality. I love the fact that the fans celebrate and away fans as well! What was up with the referree in the first game though. Sending off 3 players at the same time for the same team!! Ha ha.
A quick question for anyone at SI re the stadiums. If I create a stadium will I get the options to make 4 sides, with or without corners etc? What about when you increase or reduce the capacity in existing stadiums would that show in the game?
the videos look very laggy
Miles, when will the new website be online?? :P
In the first video, I noticed the assistant flagging for the direction of the throw. Has that been in the game before and I've just not noticed or is it new?
I.m.o. it is a missed opportunity not having the fans and seats in the right colours and not having skyboxes. When adding new features to FM, they should be the best they can possible be instead of putting in it because we want it to be there. The stadiums now look like a compromise, it is nice to have them in but are not really adding to the realism of the club we are managing. Every stadium will be a grey shaped box, just the corners and size might vary. I completely understand the fact that it was impossible to get licensing for stadiums around the world. Having added skyboxes would however have added to the professional look of a stadium and adding the right colours of the seating would have given the feeling that a team is truly playing in it's homestadium. I mean it as a compliment that I don't think it is SI standard to put something in the game as a compromise. Last year there were no stadiums because SI had its focuse on the 3d match engine. When you announced stadiums would be in FM2010 I had higher hopes, so in that regard I felt let down. It was the icing on the fm cake I was hoping for.
However of course it first and foremost is all about 3d match experience and I am glad to see improvement there, although FM09 was also very satisfactory in that aspect. Still looking forward to the game mainly because of a better 3d match experience and of course the possibility of creating your own new cups.
3D looking goodm now, I like the crowds a lot too.. think i might change from 2D to 3D this year
GREAT IMRPOVMENT this year im gonna watch 3D all matches i love the new crowds ect and i hope some user will make a new sound in matches like for the crowd when they chant ect for fm10 :P
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Why does everyone issue a string of complaints about the way the match engine looks? Isn't it much more important that they've improved the AI? It seems to me that the player representations move much more realistically and that the passing and shot taking and goal keeping all have been significantly improved. Yeah we'd love to see all the things many users have criticized SI for not including in this updated version of their best in the biz match engine but lets not lose sight of the fact that they're pouring countless hours into producing what is the finest management sim ever created.
Only half way through the first video atm, but it looks fantastic. The football is so realistic, it's amazing.
As others have said, I think it's time to change completely to 3D this year.
why only 70 achievements, you could code 7000
Looking good, Loving the fact that the net actually bulges when you score a goal.
Shame about all the seats/stands in every stadium all being grey, Was hoping it would be the home teams colours. Every match home or away will get repeatif after a while with the stands/fans looking exactly the same.
The Home/Away fans split looks great, Makes it look much more realistic. The 3D match is alot smoother like the fact the player picks up the ball and places it down when taking a free kick.
I can't wait even more now, Roll on next Friday ...
Leixões should have won
This all looks fantastic. Now imagine how much more immersive this will feel if there was proper crowd noise and realistic football sounds.
Also, a stadium editor would be a real bonus. Just like I'm sure there'll be many fans who will do a great job creating realistic leagues that are not currently offered by SI, I have no doubt that fans would be able to create stadiums that resemble closely the real stadia.
Regarding the achievements, I find it superfluous, but I see no reason why anyone would freak out over them. If you don't care for them, you can just ignore it. Having played my fair share of Team Fortress 2 or Left 4 Dead, I can assure that it doesn't detract from the experience one iota, and if anything gets you more interested in the game.
EDIT: One small criticism, maybe it's my poor eyesight, but it seems to me that the spectators in the stands are not in the same scale as the players in the field - they seem bigger.
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Here is what I think the achievements will be:
He's signed! - Sign a player.
Clean sheet - Don't concede in one (or X matches in a row) match
Hat-trick - Get a hattrick from player Y
What a goal! - Win goal of the month award
Top of the class - Complete a manager exam (new feature?)
You're up! - Get a promotion
Cup glory! - Win a domestic cup
Champions! - Win the league
Double hat-track - Get six goals from player Y (assuming track is a typo)
Team performance - Every player has at least average rating of 7.0
International superstar - Nurture a 50 cap player
Park the bus - Win 1-0 with 30% possession
Comeback king! - Score two stoppage time goals
Star man - Have a seven star rating in every training category
Goal machine - Have player Y to score 150 club goals
Unstoppable force - Win 20 matches in a row
Iron curtain - Play in former soviet block country
Scoring streak - Have a player Y score in 5 consecutive matches
Unbeatable! - Avoid losing in 20 matches
Parked the tank - Win 1-0 with 20% possession
National service - Manage a national team
The boss - Yell at players so loud that they become deaf
Superb strike - Kick a boot at players eye (minigame?)
Best in Europe - Win EC tournament
Loyalty card - Manage a club for 20 years
Qualified - Qualify for EC or WC
Cup streak - Win two domestic cups in a row OR Win two WC/EC in a row
Golden boot - Have a player Y to win golden boot in Europe
Best in the world - Have Ballon d'or winner in your squad
Super cup glory - Win a Super Cup
Champions streak - Win two leagues in a row
All around the world - Manage on every continent
You're on fire - Get fired
Do the double - Win two trophies in a season
Domination - Win five times against opposition Z
Part of the furniture - Manage a club so long you grow into the seat
Trophy hoarder - Win 15 trophies
Best in the business - Top the national/continental manager list
Freedom of the country - Resign from national team
On top of the world - Top the international manager list
Legend - Get to list of national legends (new feature?)
Invincible! - Go whole season unbeated
First victory - Win a match \o/
Confederations winner - Win a Confederations Cup
Highlight reel - Get goal of the season award
Splashing the cash - Spend £200m on players in one window
Value for money - Sign a future Ballon d'or winner on free
Club legend - Get to list of club legends
Cash to burn - Have £1b in a bank
Well travelled - Manage in 10 different teams
Continental king - Win a continental club competition
The greatest - Be me (Only I can achieve this)
World renowned - Have a world class reputation
The professor - Give certain comments to the press
English hero - Win a WC with said country
Scottish hero - Win a WC with said country
French hero - Win a WC with said country
Italian hero - Win a WC with said country
Spanish hero - Win a WC with said country
Brazilian hero - Win a WC with said country
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From what was posted of earlier match engine footage about a month ago, you've taken great strides to get to where you are now. Well done SI. I actually had a little giggle to myself on the second video, when the away team score and there small section of fans start going nuts. Though it was great, against the backdrop of home fans.
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is it my imagination or did the fans that had being going mental in the stand after the first (possibly only, didnt watch the whole vid) goal in the first video almost completely disappear when the camera view was changed to 'Main stand'?
I noticed 'player cam' in the list of camera angles. Does this mean we can choose to view the match actually on the pitch as one of the players?
I'd like to see a video featuring the new Player Cam
Personally I think it looks great, i think the gameplay has improved no end. I particularly like the tunnels in the stand, they are a sweet touch. However, i still think the keepers diving et needs to be imroved, the balls in the air always go to feet directly, when you score the fans jump up ultra quickly, and when the players run it looks a bit unrealistic, hope i come to change my views, but at the momemnt, thats what i think. How about you?
love the net rippling effect, I'm very tempted to use the 3D engine now because it looks to have improved several times over since 09.
Looking forward to the demo and of course the full game!
Miles, will the affiliates section be edited for the new website? I'e been asking for three years to be a part of it
I suspect the Player Cam will be like the Player Cam that sky sports used to do, where it just follows one player for the entire match, regardless of whether he has the ball or not.
Player cam is just a debug camera view only available for SI, that option wont be there in the release.
LOL at the Academica player at 4:45-4:50 in the 2nd video.
I'll be installing via Steam, just so I don't always need the DVD in the drive
will the game on mac be different in any other ways?
also the achievements should be on the game, not steam, so everyone can use them. Annoying
Miles, can you confirm if the Player Cam will be in the game?
i think that the game is very fantastic it looks great so far, but the player in the air play the ball before it comes to him (not every time) but it's a little bug and i wish to see player skills ( i don't see any skills from any player even in fm09) i think this is very important thing that's all
i personally love it, we are kinda clutching at straws when we mention things like fans jump up too early
after all the game is about your own team and players... the crowd is just for show
if i'm watching my team i don't even notice what the crowd are doing, although i do agree it makes a nice added touch if you like cosmetics
what about for a mac? steam does not work on mac, will esellerate be the same?
Wow, really impressed by the improvements to the graphics!
Miles, you just made my day! (and night)
Can't wait for FM2010 sounds fantastic... Well there goes my education out of the window...
don't know if it's been mentioned - but when "main stand" is selected in the first video, the camera is from above the stand, and you can't see the sideline because of the overhanging roof!


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(CNN) – A leading Republican senator said Sunday he's willing to break the no-tax pledge promoted by activist Grover Norquist if Democrats are willing to help pass spending reforms on government programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes capping tax deductions should be part of a plan to reduce the federal debt - a revenue-raising tactic that pushes against Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which stipulates lawmakers who sign the document will "oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."
"I'm willing to generate revenue," Graham said on ABC. "It's fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table. We're below historic averages."
The South Carolina Republican said he agreed with Norquist that tax rates shouldn't be raised, but that Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, was mistaken in his unyielding opposition to increasing tax revenue.
"I think Grover is wrong when it comes to, we can't cap deductions and buy down debt," said Graham, who added that he would "violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country."
Part of any deal involving a cap on tax deductions would have to include agreement by Democrats to reforms in spending on government entitlement programs, Graham said.
"To do this, I just don't want to promise the spending cuts. I want entitlement reforms. Republicans always put revenue on the table. Democrats always promise to cut spending. Well, we never cut spending," he said.
Graham's readiness to break the no-tax pledge comes after other Republicans, including Sen. Saxby Chambliss, have voiced similar commitments to raising revenue as part of a deal to avoid to upcoming fiscal cliff.
Chambliss, a two-term Republican from Georgia, said Wednesday that Norquist's pledge stands in the way of finding common ground on reducing the debt.
"I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge," Chambliss told Georgia television station WMAZ, a CNN affiliate. "If we do it his way, then we'll continue in debt, and I just have a disagreement with him about that."
"If he wants to change his mind and become a tax increaser so we don't have to reform government, he needs to have that conversation with the people of Georgia," responded Norquist during an appearance on CNN's "The Situation Room" Friday.
Rep. Peter King, R-New York, said Sunday he agreed with Chambliss that a pledge signed decades ago shouldn't be considered relevant today, and that "everything should be on the table."
"A pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago, is for that Congress," King said on NBC. "For instance, if I were in Congress in 1941, I would have signed the declaration of war against Japan. I'm not going to attack Japan today. The world has changed. The economic situation is different."


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Helloooo, belated post! I just found this marked as a draft, last edited a month ago. Thought I'd posted it already. WHOOPS. Well, better late than never, right? Now that we're finally far enough into 2013 that I've stopped dating work documents 2012...
Back on January 5, I did a Top Makeup Discoveries of 2012 post. Just for fun, I thought I'd also include my Top Non-Makeup Discoveries of 2012 - some are still beauty products, some not, but I wanted to share, regardless.
1. Bumble and Bumble Thickening Spray: I suck at using volumizing products in my hair because I always either use too much and make it feel sticky and/or crunchy, or I use too little and it does nothing. I also dislike using most hair mousses because I find it difficult to squish out anything less than a GINORMOUS portion, after the pile of mousse in my hand finishes "growing." Bumble and Bumble Thickening Spray is the first volumizing product I've found to be foolproof.
I just finger-comb my hair with one hand, lifting it away from my head, and put a spritz of this right on the roots. I then repeat this for various sections of my head - I probably use a total of about 10-12 sprays each use, but you could definitely use more or less. (My hair is already quite thick, so there's a lot of area to cover, it's just fine as well so it tends to hang limply if I don't do something with it.) I'm sure I don't coat nearly every hair or my whole head evenly, but it still works. So then I blow-dry it, and I have volume without any stickiness or crunchiness. I have only used this on my hair when damp, but I've read in reviews you can also use it paired with a quick blow dry to the roots to boost already-dry hair. Available for purchase here.
2. Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum: My other favorite hair styling product. This is what I put on in between putting the Bumble and Bumble Thickening Spray at my roots and blow-drying. I put about 4 pumps in my hand (edit: I did use that much when my hair was longer, but now that I've cut it to shoulder skimming-length, I only use two pumps), rub my hands together, flip my head upside-down and scrunch it into my ends and most of the way up my hair. Then I flip my head right-side-up again and run what's left on my hands through the top layers of my hair, finger-combing-style. Through all of this I do my best to avoid the roots, or my hair gets oily faster than I'd like. Then I blow dry, and my hair is super shiny and smooth. Available for purchase here.
3. LUSH Ro's Argan Body Conditioner: An excellent in-shower body lotion that comes in a screw-top pot and has an amazing, unique rose scent (not pure rose... rose and other yummy things I can't identify). I usually use this on my legs after shaving. After I've washed my body off, I turn off the shower water, scoop out a small dab, and rub it into my legs. It feels very slippery and like it's not absorbing, but after a minute or two, I turn the water back on and rinse it off, and my legs are definitely more moisturized. After the shower, I pat the areas I applied it to dry with my towel, not rub them. This product is very soothing and does an excellent job of preventing razor burn for me, which many products are not able to do. The moisture from it also lasts over a full day for me. It's expensive - to those on a tight budget I'd recommend Olay's In Shower Body Lotion instead, which I also like - but for me this is worth it! Available for purchase here.
4. Sephora Brand #56 Foundation Brush: Favorite tool I've found thus far for applying liquid and cream foundation. It's super soft, applies product evenly, leaves no streaking behind, and is small enough to get in crevices but big enough that it doesn't take long to do your whole face. The only issue I have with it is that I find it somewhat difficult to get 100% clean - there is usually still a small amount of foundation residue afterward in the very middle of the brush toward the base of the hairs at the ferrule. I am sure this could be prevented if I dipped the brush lightly in foundation before applying, but because I'm lazy, I just squirt the foundation right onto the brush. I think some of it seeps into the center when I do that. Regardless of that small issue, I am thrilled with mine. Available for purchase here.
5. Boscia Restorative Night Moisture Cream: I've never been one for night creams because most are too rich for my combination/oily, acne-prone skin, but this is the first one I've EVER found that I truly loved and plan to repurchase when I run out. It smells good, doesn't irritate or break out my skin, and makes my face plump, smooth, and glowy. The packaging is a double-edged sword: it comes in a jar with a pump top, which is awesomely hygienic (love!) but there's also absolutely no way to tell when you're about to run out until you actually do (not so awesome). Crisis can be easily averted by keeping a backup handy. Available for purchase here.
6. Source Naturals Skin Eternal Hyaluronic Acid Supplement: reviewed here and sold here. Still loving it. My lips are less dry and my skin is more balanced now. Even now, in the dead of winter, I get no dry/flaky areas, but I'm not oilier either.
7. Benjabelle Brush Tree: reviewed here and sold here. Still loving this too. Since writing the review, have realized that I can squeeze multiple brushes into each hole, so I can wash my entire face and eye brush collection and have them all hanging in it at once with some room to spare. I just have to make sure I distribute the weight relatively evenly - one time I did all my big, heavy brushes on one side and just a few tiny eye brushes on the other, and it toppled over sideways when I wasn't looking! No troubles with it falling since then, though, now that I pay attention to where I place the brushes.
8. Verilux HappyLight Compact Energy Lamp: A Christmas present from my mom that I adore. Not only does it help me feel more alert and happy (yes, it actually works), the light it emits works well as an aid for taking good swatch pictures! This is the model I own.
9. Kinder Bueno bars: my new favorite candy. Sadly, I'm on a strict diet now so I'm not allowing myself any until I make more progress and re-train my body with regard to cravings, but this thing is 100% Nutella, wafer, and milk chocolate goodness and I LOVE IT. A bit hard to come by in the States but easy to order online (here on Amazon.com), and my Cost Plus World Market carries a bunch of other Kinder products, so maybe some of the stores in that chain sell the Bueno bars too.
10. SodaStream kit: Another Christmas present, this time from Boyfriend's parents. It's a kit that you use to make your own soda; it carbonates the water for you, and then you mix in syrup. I am also trying to drink less soda on the new diet so I haven't used it too much in the past couple of weeks, but let me tell you, January was SodaStream month around here. We used it daily and even brought it with us to parties. I'm not a big fan of their Cola mixes - I still prefer the flavor of my regular Diet Coke in a can - but I love the orange soda, Fountain Mist (a.k.a. Mountain Dew), ginger ale, and the "Natural" ones like the Apple Mango sparkling juice. The Energy syrup is also pretty much a dead ringer for Red Bull, as far as I can tell. We also like making regular Italian soda with Torani syrups and carbonated juice using thawed frozen juice concentrate. Boyfriend likes even more of the flavors than I do, too. They sell sampler kits so you can try each of their bestselling flavors and figure out what you like. All in all, it's a fun novelty/toy and one I like having around at home. The model we own is sold on Amazon.com here.
So, readers, have you tried any of these products before? Are there any you're curious about now?
Disclaimer: this post was not sponsored in any way but does contain some (not all) affiliate links.


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Sometimes the easiest way to describe security of a type of cryptography is to say that "the time it takes to solve for an x-bit key would be y years". How would one go about doing such a calculation for RSA, DH, and ElGamal. In other words, given x, how to solve for y?
There is an asymptotic formula for the General Number Field Sieve for factoring big integers. This is the most efficient known algorithm for breaking RSA keys which are longer than 400 bits or so (since the current world record is 768 bits, a 400-bit RSA key is quite weak). For discrete logarithm (to break DH), the best known algorithm is also known as "number field sieve" and it is much similar to the one for factorization. In particular, it has the same asymptotic complexity.
However, asymptotic formulas do not capture all the information you want:
So the practical way of estimating the breaking time for a RSA or DH key is to extrapolate from the published integer factorization records and discrete logarithm records.
There has been quite a lot of work on such "extrapolation", in particular in the search for "equivalences" between symmetric and asymmetric key lengths (as in: "a 1024-bit RSA key is roughly as robust as a 160-bit hash function"). See this site for a comprehensive summary of the resulting recommendations emitted by various organizations (with online calculators and many pointers). Given the points I evoke above, it is not surprising that the published recommendations do not really match each other...
The synthetic advice which is often given in 2011 is: "use 2048-bit RSA/DH/DSA keys, and you will be fine for a looong time."
These assertions always come with some assumptions, either spelled out or implicit.
In the case of most public-key algorithms, deriving the private key from the public key is best be done by solving some mathematical problem (as far as known now).
So we then make assumptions like these:
With these, we can simply calculate how long breaking the key will take (on average).


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Design Your Own 3D Character part 2
Location:St. Helena Branch
Date & Time:Saturday, August 3, 2013 - 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Have you ever wanted to get your hands on 3D modeling and animation? Take this crash course on designing your own 3D character and posing them.
Limited to 4 students ages 11-17. MUST ATTEND BOTH SESSIONS.


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NKorea says rocket forces ready to 'settle accounts with the US'
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in joint military drills with South Korea.
Kim's warning, and the litany of threats that have preceded it, don't indicate an imminent war. In fact, they're most likely meant to coerce South Korea into softening its policies, win direct talks and aid from Washington, and strengthen the young leader's credentials and image at home.
But the threats from North Korea and rising animosity from the rivals that have followed U.N. sanctions over Pyongyang's Feb. 12 nuclear test do raise worries of a misjudgment leading to a clash.
Kim "convened an urgent operation meeting" of senior generals just after midnight, signed a rocket preparation plan and ordered his forces on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii, state media reported.
Kim said "the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation," according to a report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
Later Friday at the main square in Pyongyang, tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for a 90-minute mass rally in support of Kim's call to arms. Men and women, many of them in olive drab uniforms, stood in arrow-straight lines, fists raised as they chanted, "Death to the U.S. imperialists." Placards in the plaza bore harsh words for South Korea as well, including, "Let's rip the puppet traitors to death!"
Small North Korean warships, including patrol boats, conducted maritime drills off both coasts of North Korea near the border with South Korea on Thursday, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a briefing Friday. He didn't provide more details.
The spokesman said that South Korea's military was mindful of the possibility that North Korean drills could lead to an actual provocation. He also said that the South Korean and U.S. militaries are watching closely for any signs of missile launch preparations in North Korea. He didn't elaborate.
North Korea, which says it considers the U.S.-South Korean military drills preparations for invasion, has pumped out a string of threats in state media. In the most dramatic case, Pyongyang made the highly improbable vow to nuke the United States.
On Friday, state media released a photo of Kim and his senior generals huddled in front of a map showing routes for envisioned strikes against cities on both American coasts. The map bore the title "U.S. Mainland Strike Plan."
Portions of the photo appeared to be manipulated, though an intriguing detail — a bandage on Kim's left arm — appeared to be real.
Experts believe the country is years away from developing nuclear-tipped missiles that could strike the United States. Many say they've also seen no evidence that Pyongyang has long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland.
Still, there are fears of a localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999. There's also the danger that such a clash could escalate. Seoul has vowed to hit back hard the next time it is attacked.
North Korea's threats are also worrisome because of its arsenal of short- and mid-range missiles that can hit targets in South Korea and Japan. Seoul is only a short drive from the heavily armed border separating the Koreas.
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CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday.
In a national broadcast, Maduro said Chavez died Tuesday at 4:25 p.m.
Flanked by Cabinet ministers, Maduro teared up as he announced the news.
"We must unite now more than ever," he said, calling on Venezuelans to remain peaceful and respectful.
In the coming hours, Maduro said, plans for Chavez's funeral would be announced.
He did not specify when elections would be held.
"Our people can count on having a government of men and women committed to protecting them," Maduro said.
The announcement came hours after Maduro met with the country's top political and military leaders about Chavez's worsening health condition and suggested someone may have deliberately infected Chavez with cancer.


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Is there a complete list of Eirena's talk options needed for the achievement, and the most convenient time to do each?
As all the followers appear before you after you defeat the final boss, almost all of their conversations are available until the end of the game, but there's one that can be missed so I'll mark it with a +, but there's a strange special case one that I'm noting with a ?. Many of the conversations will unlock only after having heard other previous conversations, but will not become available until the point specified. Also, some of the follower conversations may be hidden if they are not following you, but by having them follow you, you can get a complete list (without the extras).
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Roll your own cloud.
Though not the fastest on the market, the WD Elements' large capacity makes it an excellent deal considering its low price.
Despite the rather short battery life and confusing apps, the WD My Passport Wireless is an excellent mobile media drive, especially for photographers.
The WD My Book Duo is a fast, versatile, and secure way to add lots of storage space to your desktop computer without digging a hole in your pocket.
The WD checks the boxes on everything you'd want in a portable storage drive, and with a stylish multiple color option, it's a easy recommendation.
The WD My Passport Pro is an all-around excellent storage solution for any Thunderbolt-enabled Macs, particularly the MacBook Pro or Air.
Western Digital announces the first 4TB portable drive that uses Thunderbolt. The new compact external drive is bus-powered and uses two internal drive for the combined storage space of either 2TB or 4TB for the costs of $299.99 and $429.99, respectively.
With its friendly pricing, fast performance, and handy personal cloud features, the WD My Cloud EX2 is an ideal network storage device for a small connected home.
It's not the fastest NAS, nor does it include many advanced features, but the WD My Cloud EX4 still combines great ease of use into an affordable personal cloud system that's excellent for a connected home.
For a low-cost entry-level network storage device, the WD My Cloud is very impressive both in performance and features, making it one of the best deals for home users.


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I'm using a photo I found on Flickr that is licensed with the Creative Commons non-commercial attribution license. I'm modifying this photo and then will be giving it as a present to a friend. Does anyone know if I still need to attribute the photo? How about if I do it verbally?
For a photobook, I'd consider the best solution would be to add a credits section on the last page, or on the book flap. Morally, that respects the spirit of the licence, and since it's a private use, I wouldn't be too concerned about the legal side of things.
Something along the lines of "Thanks to So and So, who provided the original photograph on which image on page 5 is based (link to flick page)" would be just perfect.
You do need to give attribution any time you create a copy of it (even if you have modified it yourself).
What if you write an attribution on the back (and give attribution verbally)? That way, if your friend forgets where you said you found it, he/she can look on the back of the photo to find out.
As others have suggested, your best bet is to contact the person who took the picture, and ask how he/she would prefer you attribute it. I am going to guess that most people who post photos on Flickr under a Creative Commons license are going to be thrilled that you like their work and want to use it, and will be very reasonable with coming up with an attribution scheme that fits aesthetically in your photo book.
If you want to really avoid issues, be they moral or legal; your best bet is to seek advice from the rights holder (i.e. the person who took the photograph) - They may be willing to licence it to you with different terms, or advise what options they'd see as acceptable for the attribution (If it were me, and I'd released a photo under those terms, I'd accept a note on a credits page, for a photo book; For a newspaper, I'd want it as a caption)
The Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (version 2.5) states quite clearly:
So to comply to the letter of the license you must contact the author (if they have not made clear how they would like the work attributed). Hopefully they will be reasonable!
You do not need to contact the rights holder to exercise the CC licence terms. The author might specify how they want their credit worded, and what URL they would like referencing, but in the absence of that you can use your judgement - use their Flickr username and the URL of the photo page.
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In a first for The Pub Diaries we caught up with Matt Marinich of Fremantle's Sail & Anchor for a quick Q&A.
What's most likely to be overheard in the pub?
"I can't choose, there are too many beers!" I like when I hear a customer say this, its rewarding. With 43 beers taps with 26 different beers running
through them, I like to spoil the beer geek in everyone.
Favourite place to enjoy a beer?
Short of my own haunt, Monk Brewery and Kitchen is about 30m across the road. Great Rauchbier, superb Kolsch and a 6.2% Hibiscus Wheat beer with serious flavour. I worked with the Head Brewer Justin Fox at the Sail back in the day.
If I wasn't running a pub I'd be…
a commercial brewer. I am an avid home brewer and massive beer geek so I would get certified and would love it.
What's your definition of a perfect pub?
Tough question…a venue with solid examples of beer styles on tap and in package, not just random beers for the sake of it. Simple offerings, nothing over the top; genuine customer service from staff who really care about the beer.
What's your vision of Pub hell?
I had a nightmare once that all I could order at this pub was XXXX Gold. It really disturbed me. I woke to realise no one is that mean.
What was the last thing you got excited about?
Becoming BJCP certified. Currently studying with random brewers/beer judges whenever I can. I will be associate judging at this years Perth Royal Beer Show. Secondly, I'm pretty proud of my organisation/execution of FEBREWARY. Also, the Sail and Anchor being voted "BEST BEER VENUE 150PAX+ IN WA."
What's happening? Future projects, hopes etc.
Amateur Brewing Competition will see an old school favourite be welcomed back to the taps. Moreover, the chance for some talented Aussie home brewers to shine. FEBREWARY –
Pouring in Febrewary will be a total of 42 beers from:
Rogue (US), Southern Tier (US),
Mikkeller (DEN), Nogne-O (NOR), Dupont (BEL), Lindemans (BEL), BOCQ (BEL), Weinhenstephan (GER), Sunner (GER), Weltonburger Kloster (GER), and Brew Dog (Scot).
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For some of these beers it will be the first time they have been poured in WA
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A country's international investment position is an important indicator of its economic health, signaling its abilities to repay debts, absorb external shocks and support its exchange rate. With total net foreign assets of $494 billion, equal to 110 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Saudi Arabia has the fifth strongest international investment position of the forty-two countries for which data was available. Only Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Switzerland had higher net positions, while Greece, Spain, Ireland and Portugal possessed the largest shortfall of foreign assets versus liabilities.
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Pontiac Ram Air V - Chief Stomp 'EmWritten by on June 4, 2014 Contributors: Lynn McCarty Stuffed between the framerails of a GTO or Firebird, the Ram Air V offered the Pontiac faithful a stab at an 11-second timeslip.
You've no doubt heard the stories about the legendary '69 Pontiac Ram Air V, the exotic, rev-happy V8 with cylinder heads that reportedly outflowed the vaunted Chrysler Hemi. Stuffed between the framerails of a GTO or Firebird, it offered the Pontiac faithful a stab at an 11-second timeslip. It was an engine that was set to rewrite muscle-car history before it was canceled at the eleventh hour. The Ram Air V saga was yet another agonizing chapter in Pontiac's history, one full of potential and promise, shot down by upper management unwilling to rock the boat on any level. There would be more such sad chapters in Pontiac's history before the axe finally fell on the brand in 2009.
The truth is, there were actually four versions of the famed tunnel-port Ram Air V V8 developed: a 303ci short-deck version for SCCA Trans-Am racing, a 366ci version for NASCAR, a 400ci powerplant for street use in GTOs and Firebirds, as well as a 428ci version for drag racing. While not a clean-sheet redesign of the Pontiac V8, it was essentially an ultra-heavy-duty Pontiac short-block, stuffed full of forged bottom-end componentry and topped off with completely redesigned heads. The Ram Air V featured intake ports so huge that the pushrods ran right through the middle of them. It offered the potential for both killer street engines and competitive race engines for privateer racers.
As it turned out, only about 25 of the 303ci engines were ever built, with about a half dozen 428s and a like number of 366s having been bolted together. More 400ci motors were built than the rest; estimates range between 80–200 engines, as this version was the closest to hitting the streets. Quite a few 400ci engines were dealer-installed and they were street stormers of the first order.
Lynn and Stacy McCarty are twin brothers from Indianapolis who have been competitively racing Pontiacs in various NHRA classes since 1982, starting with a '69 Trans Am clone in A/MP. It was powered with a 440-inch Ram Air V that ran in the 9s at more than 146 mph, shifting it at an amazing (for a Pontiac) 9,000 rpm. Not bad for a 3,400-pound car, especially back then. Stacy currently has the fastest Pontiac Super Stocker in NHRA and IHRA history: it's a GT/AA Grand Am with a 428ci Pontiac that has run a best of 9.11 seconds at 146 mph.
Lynn currently runs a Trans Am in GT/CA and it runs 9.45 seconds at more than 141.23 mph. If anyone knows how to make a Pontiac run in such competitive classes, it would be the McCarty brothers. "Our dream has always been to build Pontiac tunnel-port heads in aluminum," Lynn said. "It has now come to fruition. We are now building Pontiac engines that no one else has even attempted before."
Case in point: The McCartys have recently completed and tested this 609ci Pontiac V8, topped with a heavily ported set of their reproduction Ram Air V cylinder heads. With just a single 4-bbl carb, this max-effort engine took the world record for a normally aspirated traditional Pontiac engine, cranking out an astounding 1,219 hp at 8,100 rpm.
This combination is one of those builds that's based on the tried-and-true Pontiac V8, but uses no original factory parts. The block is an AllPontiac.com IA II piece, which was delivered to McCarty Racing as an almost completely unmachined casting. The reason for this is that the bore spacing was to be altered, jumping from a stock 4.620 inches to 4.685. This allows for bore sizes to increase to a whopping 4.500 inches. Combined with the Bryant billet crankshaft stroke of 4.785 inches, displacement works out to 609 ci.
The cylinder heads are McCarty Racing Ram Air V reproductions. Two versions are offered, a replacement stock-style version and a builder's version, which can be machined to the customer's specs. The heads used in this build are the latter and have been extensively ported and treated to a high-port exhaust conversion, which eliminates the 135-degree port turndown seen on Pontiac V8 heads. These mods combine to flow 470.5 cfm on the intake side and 331 cfm on the exhaust at 1-inch of lift. They also received an external pushrod conversion and raised ports, per the customer's request. With the standard pushrod location, flow numbers of more than 500 cfm and 5.5 square inches of port area have been realized, so there is still a lot of potential for more power.
What's next for the McCarty brothers and their record-breaking Ram Air V? "We are shooting for 1,250 hp at 8,600 rpm, by way of a hotter cam with 296/316 degrees duration and more fuel," Lynn said. "We need more exhaust flow to get the horsepower numbers up there with a similar max-effort big-block Chevy of comparable displacement, and we think the cam will get us there." When asked about the addition of a second carburetor, McCarty replied that they were sticking with the single 4-bbl, due to the NMCA class the car would be racing in, though a second carb would add around 40 more horsepower.
Will the brothers meet their goal? It is only a matter of when. A larger version of this engine will be built, with a 4.6-inch bore and 2.5-inch intake valves, as well as a 3-inch stroke version that will be built to run close to 11,000 rpm.
Inside the Engine
Engine built by: BES Racing Engines, designed by McCarty Racing
Block: AllPontiac.com IA II block specially prepared for McCarty Racing
Displacement: 609 ci
Induction system: 1,650-cfm CFM Performance Carbs billet carb with 2.5-inch throttle blades and special fuel blocks with 0.148-inch jets at all four corners.
Intake manifold: Cast-aluminum single 4-bbl prototype by McCarty Racing
Heads McCarty Racing Ram Air V ported by BES Racing Engines, 470.5 cfm at 1.00-inch lift
Valves: Victory titanium, 2.40-inch intake, 1.72-inch exhaust
Pistons: Flat-top Ross
Rings: Total Seal gapless
Rods: Crower titanium, 6.750 center-to-center length, 2.2-inch journals
Compression ratio: 15.0:1
Crankshaft: Bryant Racing billet, 4.785-inch stroke
Camshaft: 55mm McCarty Racing billet roller
Duration: 292/312 degrees at 0.050
Lift: 0.560-inch at lobe, 1.036 inches at valve with specified rocker arms
Lobe-separation angle: 120 degrees
Rocker arms: Jesel 1.85:1 ratio
Ignition: BOP Engineering crank trigger with MSD 7AL-3 box and coil
Total timing: 32 degrees that is in by 1,500 rpm
Headers: 2¼x23⁄8x2½ three-step primary stainless-steel tube headers by McCarty Racing
Collector size: 5 inch
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The exhaust side of the McCarty Racing Ram Air V aluminum cylinder heads have had a tremendous amount of work done to them, including a high-port conversion, which essentially removes the familiar Pontiac 135-degree turn at the port exits. This allows the exhaust to be routed in a much straighter path that significantly reduces restriction.While Pontiac V8 engines were designed with the distributor in the rear, this 609ci Ram Air V uses a BOP Engineering crank trigger ignition system that mounts on the front of the engine for easy access and tuning. It uses an MSD coil and an MSD 7AL-3 amplifier.The headers are custom McCarty Racing stepped units with 2 1/4-, 2 3⁄8-, 2 1/1-inch primaries dumping into fat 5-inch collectors. Their unusual shape looks kind of weird on the dyno, but they were designed to clear the chassis tubing of the NMCA '68 Firebird the engine is going into.This closeup of the cylinder bores shows that there isn't much room between the cylinders. Fortunately, the beefy IA II block uses a siamesed design that allows for sufficient material between the bores to make this modification possible.The intake ports were also heavily modified. The pushrods were moved to the sides of the port, with a slight intrusion into the flow path. The ports are a rectangular flow and flow 470.5 cfm—about 130 cfm more than the already impressive factory Ram Air Vs.The 609ci engine's valvetrain is all custom—no ball-stud rockers here. A beefy Jesel shaft rocker system provides a 1.85:1 ratio, which combined with the 0.560-inch lobe lift, provides a whopping 1.036 inches of lift at the valve.The intake manifold is a prototype casting for McCarty Racing's upcoming single 4-bbl tunnel ram. The unusual shape helps correct the cylinder-to-cylinder flow inconsistencies inherent with a single carb on a flat-topped tunnel ram. Though the runners do not look uniform from the outside, on the inside, they are all exactly the same.This closeup shows the Bryant Racing crank's attention to detail, including the knife-edging and the polished surface for reduced oil drag. The rod is a pretty exotic piece for a Pontiac: a titanium 6.75-inch Crower. They're expensive, but if you're going for that last bit of power, reduced reciprocating weight certainly helps.Lynn McCarty's garage just after a delivery of raw cylinder-head castings were dropped off. In addition to the single 4-bbl tunnel ram, McCarty Racing also sells single 4-bbl and a tunnel ram intake with a removable top. All manifolds are cast with provisions for fuel-injection bungs, simplifying an EFI installation.
The custom bore spacing also requires a custom crankshaft. This crank is a custom billet unit from Bryant Racing. It features a 4.785-inch stroke and uses the familiar big-block Chevy rod journals.One area where the McCarty Racing head has it all over the factory Ram Air Vs is with the chamber. The factory bathtub design was replaced with a state-of-the-art, heart-shaped chamber, which was further dialed-in for this particular engine. Valve sizes are 2.4 inches for the intake and 1.72 for the exhaust. Chamber volume is 83 cc.The lifter galley area, like much of the rest of the block, had been lightened to remove unnecessary mass from the casting.The raw cylinder-head casting shows how versatile these heads are for custom designs. In the future, McCarty is planning to offer versions for Olds and Buick V8s as well, since the bore spacing and head-bolt locations are similar.McCarty Racing also markets a conventional tunnel ram intake with a removable top that can fit a pair of 4-bbl carbs or an EFI throttle body. Like the single-quad tunnel ram, this manifold features uniform runners.Most of the customers for McCarty Racing's Ram Air V heads will be opting for the single-plane, single 4-bbl intake manifold. Designed to fit under stock hoods and outperform the factory dual-plane intake, this carb is available in regular Holley and Dominator versions. It will also work for factory tunnel-port heads, and at $699, it's a fraction of the cost of a nearly unobtainable factory intake.


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Riding camels is widely advertised in the south eastern part of morocco. That is, where the Sahara starts. We might not be able to reach those parts. I am wondering if there are camel rides offered closer to Marrakech.
Marrakech has a big palm tree garden that seems part of the desert itself (well, like an oasis really). I don't remember the name, but it's really near the city center and every taxi driver knows where it is (just ask for camel riding). There are a lot of camels and people that offers camel riding to tourists. Also, there are travel agencies that offers camel riding experiences (one such is called clickexcursions).
For the 'proper' desert experience, many travellers head to the town of Merzouga and then onwards into the Sahara desert from there. Sure, you can find camels to ride in Marrakech but I reckon the experience won't feel the same as riding a camel in the desert. For that, I would suggest any of the tour agencies or even your hotel / riad that can arrange day trips to Ourzazate which is right at the edge of the Sahara desert. The shortest trips are just a few hours long: some sightseeing and a camel ride and then back. Longer tours include either a stay in a Berber camp in the desert, or if you prefer more comfortable abodes, inns along the road trip you'll be taking.
My recommendation would be get to Marrakech, and then book one of these short trips through your hotel. The hassle of negotiating with tour agents trying to rip you off in Djemma Al Fana is not worth it, and most hotels do reasonable prices anyway.
There were camels and their attendants on the beach in Essaouira when I was there ten years ago touting for tourists to take rides.
It's a lot easier to get to than the Sahara and it's a pretty chill place too. But it will just be a ride along the beach, which might or might be suitable since you didn't mention if you wanted to go trekking or not.
Me and my boyfriend went on the Camel Trekking Night Desert Tour and had an amazing time. We booked the trip via email by contacting Hassan from Morocco Excursions company who welcomed us on the day of the trip. It was a long drive to get to Merzouga but it was well worth it. We were taken to the desert on camels and stopped in a camp for the night. There was around 10 other people with us so the company was great. Our guides prepared some delicious food and provided lots of fun and entertainment by playing drums and singing traditional Berber songs. We also had a chance to do sand boarding which was really cool. We slept in the tents, but there was also an option to sleep outside if you were not too scared off spiders and other various desert creatures:) We were woken up before 6 am and watched the sun rise. On our return to the hotel there was some breakfast waiting for us. We could also pick up our backpacks and had plenty of time to shower and refresh. I highly recommend the tour; the guides made us feel very comfortable and safe.
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The Kiowa County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary met Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 in the Hospital basement conference room with 12 members and one guest. Thanks goes to the Dietary Department for providing a delicious meal. There was no Executive Meeting this month. Secretary, June Boettcher, assisted by leading the group in the Auxiliary Prayer.
After the meal, we were pleased to hear the testimonial of Morgan Silva. She recently graduated from Barclay College and has been accepted to Friends University in Wichita. However, she will take a break from schooling to spend time with her twin sons. Morgan described herself as "being in a dark place" during her teen and early adult years. She stated that, even though unplanned, her pregnancy was the turning point in her life. There were classes suggested and she was introduced to a minister and his wife who were an influence on improving her health and going to church. Since then, she has given her life to the Lord, attends services regularly, leads a women's Bible study at the Greensburg Mennonite Church, and is attempting to bring services to Haviland for single mothers. Notify her if you would like to hear her motivational testimony.
The regular meeting then began with the reading of the minutes from the August meeting. With two corrections, were approved. Treasurer, Roberta Seiler, briefed the group on the account balance. Old business topics were reviewed. For new business the group was reminded that the November meeting will be the first Wednesday and the speaker will be Chad Pore, EMS Director, and he present to the group about insurance coverage relating to air transports (helicopters/fixed wing). November is also the month to invite potential new members and this will be a good topic to hear so, if interested in this topic, invite friends and neighbors. Christmas is approaching quickly and our group will be again hosting the annual "Holiday Craft and Bake Sale." This will be Dec. 5, 2012 from 12:30-3 p.m. This will also be the date for our December meeting to conduct the nomination of the 2013 Executive Committee. Minnie Koehn, Vice-President, will be contacting the members to form the Nominating Committee.
The KCMH Auxiliary would like to express our condolences to the families of Forrest Lee Einsel-Lewis and John Fleener. Many may remember that Forrest Lee was a member of the committee that founded the organization and was the first KCMHA President. John and Barbara Fleener were Charter Associate Members and all maintained their memberships. Their loss is profound and will be missed.
October is National Physical Therapy Month and Tanya Yoder, RPT, will be the guest presenter on October 10th. Also this reminder that if you would like to continue membership, dues can be made starting in October. Meeting adjourned
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