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SAN ANTONIO (April 16, 2013) – The San Antonio Rampage will salute the best fans in the American Hockey League by awarding more than $60,000 worth of prizes during the team's Fan Appreciation Night presented by Macy's and regular season finale on Saturday at 7 p.m. against the Houston Aeros at AT&T Center.
Rampage fans will have the opportunity to win prizes prior to the game, during all three periods of action and at both intermissions. The prizes include autographed Rampage game-worn jerseys, a signed warm-up jersey, a game-used stick signed by the Rampage team and a season parking pass for the 2013-14 season.
The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive Fanbangos courtesy of New Leaf Homes. Other prizes include Silver Stars tickets and gift cards from Macy's, Six Flags and Domino's. In addition, there will be a guaranteed winner in the Lucky Puck contest taking place following the game. Pucks for the contest can be purchased on the concourse level during the game.
Fans will also have an opportunity to bid on the Rampage's game-worn jerseys during a silent auction on the concourse. The auction will begin when doors open at 6:00 p.m. and will run through the end of the second intermission.
The Rampage and Texas Stars will tussle for the final time tonight (Tuesday) at 7:00 p.m. on an All-You-Can-Eat Night at AT&T Center. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com.


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Has anyone checked if using
haveged, a Linux daemon which uses the HAVEGE algorithm, changes the non-deterministic properties of the random data from
/dev/random in any negative ways?
Has anyone checked if using
I do not buy some of HAVEGE, specifically the claim made here "tens of thousands of unpredictable bits can be gathered per operating system call in average", and the methodology used to support that claim, as found here.
Entropy gathering is described by this pseudocode:
(Emphasis using bold is mine)
The data gathered in
The entropy at the output of that PRNG has been evaluated using an experimental test (not designed specifically against this PRNG). That's a cardinal mistake: any half-decent PRNG will pass this test, even if fed very little actual entropy in its input, which makes its output highly predictable.
While this does not constitute a practical break of HAVEGE, it shows that the justification of its entropy-gathering part is flawed. My recommendation is thus not to use HAVEGE.
Update: the above is advice about HAVEGE, as in the original title and some of the text of the original question, based on references from 2003. In it's successor HAVEGED (notice the additional D) of the 201x, there was some effort made towards a sound methodology, in particular checking the entropy at input of the PRNG, leading to the conclusion: "Most samples failed all tests!". It is acknowledged that theoretical analysis of the source of entropy to build a model suitable to support a demonstration of security "were not sufficient to constitute such a model". This at least is quite believable.

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Ambulance Finds Second Life as a Work Truck
Phil Herzegovitch
One of the main attractions of a used ambulance is the large amount of accessible storage on the exterior of the module (the box behind the cab). All of the compartments are lockable and have built-in lights and double weatherstripped doors.
This broom closet-size compartment just behind the cab contains a folding miter saw stand. Note the 15-amp 110-volt AC receptacle to the right of the opening. It is powered by a 1500-watt inverter and is one of three receptacles on or in the module.
The center compartment on the left side of the module contains a shelf that has been adjusted so there is space for miter saws above and tool cases below.
This compartment at the rear left side of the ambulance is one of the author's favorites because it's large enough to hold a tablesaw on its stand - at a height that makes it easy to load and unload the tool.
The right side of the module contains two tall compartments plus a door to the interior. Note the two clear lenses just down from the roof--those are scene lights, which can be used to illuminate the area surrounding the ambulance.
Same view as in the previous slide--only here the doors are open. The rear compartment has a vertical divider and you can see through the door to the module that there's a step up to the floor of the interior.
The forward compartment contains several adjustable shelves. This shot is from close enough for you to see the quality of construction: the thick door add heavy latch, the stop at the top of the door, and the weatherstripping on both door and jamb. The module is aluminum with stainless steel hardware so it won't rot out the way many service bodies will.
If it were not for the name of the author's company on the back of the vehicle it would be easy to mistake it for the ambulance it used to be.
With the rear doors open it's easy to tell this is a contractor's truck. The bumper is low so it's a short step up to the floor, and the ceiling is 6' high. Note the window at the front of the module; it can be opened to allow long material to extend into the cab. This allows the author to haul 18' trim with the back doors closed.
Even with the exterior compartments there is still plenty of room inside the module. The open floor area is 50" wide by 12' long.
As originally configured, there was a padded bench along the right side of the module. The cushion is now being used as a platform for a series of soft tool bags. This area can no longer be used as seating because the author installed a shelf above it - shown here with multiple Husky tool boxes strapped in from the side.
The bench on the right side of the module is built like a window seat--with a hinged top that can be opened to access storage below. The author keeps hoses, cords, and long items such as levels and crow bars in this space.
On the left side of the module is a built-in seat, a couple of countertops, and several storage cabinets with sliding glass doors. If you look closely you can see the eye-bolts the author installed so he can strap items in place, and the metal cleat he screwed to the floor to keep the bins on the right from sliding around.
When the van came from the factory "ambulance" would have been printed in reverse on the hood (so it could be read in a rear-view mirror). Those markings are usually decals so they are easily removed when the vehicle is converted to non-emergency use.
When the ambulance was converted to non-emergency use the sirens had to be disabled. The strobes can be used but only if the lenses are changed to amber. Using the original blue (fire or EMS), red/white/blue (ambulance), or red/white (fire) could result in arrest for "impersonating a first response vehicle".
This photo is dark because it was taken at night. It's of the front left exterior compartment. Note the lights inside the compartment. The light coming down from above is from one of two scene lights on that side of the module.
This was shot in the dark, using only the ceiling lights inside the module. The light coming down from above the door is from the two scene lights on the back of the vehicle. There are scene lights on all four sides of the truck so you can provide 360 degrees of illumination.
Like many remodelers I've worked from a variety of vehicles—all used when I got them. I started out with a 1/2-ton Chevy pickup and went from there to a Chevy 20 series van and then later to a Ford Econoline panel van. After the panel van I wanted something bigger so I bought a used "short" school bus, a '92 E350 with single rear wheels. The bus lasted 6 years and when it was time to replace the thing I decided I wanted something more versatile and was considering buying new.
I looked at extended vans like the Sprinter, and every conceivable configuration of service bodies on one-ton chassis. But the cost of these vehicles was shockingly high, even without a complete fit-out, and with my wife expecting twins I decided it was not the time to buy new. A short time later I saw a locksmith drive by in a retired ambulance and that gave me the idea for my next work vehicle.
After fruitlessly searching on auction sites like eBay I found a website called ambulancetrader.com. There were several listing relatively nearby but none of them panned out. Then I found a unit for sale in NYC, a 1993 E-350 SuperDuty Ford van with a 7.3L normally aspirated diesel engine. It was owned by a crane operator and had most recently been used as a mobile office and rigging supply truck (he had three). I bought it from him for $1,800.
For me, the main attraction of a used ambulance was all the exterior accessible storage in the box, or "module". One of the compartments is large enough to fit my job site table saw and accessories—at a height where the saw was easy to lift. All the compartments are double weather stripped, illuminated and lockable. And the box is aluminum with stainless steel hardware so it won't rot out like a service body.
The interior of the module has 6'-0" of headroom and all kinds of built-in storage cabinets. Between the cabinets is a clear floor area 50" wide by 12' long. I can get a 24' extension ladder inside with the doors closed—or 18' trim if I'm willing to run it between the seats of the cab. A built-in 1500-watt inverter powers three 110-volt receptacles.
The vehicle required little in the way of conversion. By law the sirens had to be disconnected and the ambulance markings removed. Fortunately, the markings were decals and came off easily. If you swap out the strobe lenses for amber colored ones you can use the strobes for towing and/or blocking traffic in the normal course of work. They have to be amber; anything else can be construed as "impersonating a first response vehicle". Blue denotes volunteer fire or EMS, red/white/blue is for ambulance or police, and red/white is for fire.
In addition to strobes the exterior is equipped with scene lights that can provide 360 degrees of illumination around the vehicle. The scene lights are particularly handy early and late on short winter days.
The ambulance had 97k on the clock when I bought it. In the six year's I've owned it the only major repairs it required were a new transmission and injector hoses. I upgraded the rear springs to increase the ride height and load capacity—but that was by choice. Everything else that has been done to the ambulance falls into the category of normal repairs: brakes, tires, battery, and regular maintenance. I spend about $2,000 per year to repair and maintain the vehicle, which is extremely reasonable given the age and $1,800 price tag of the van.
It has a gross weight of about 13,000 pounds and gets 10-11 miles per gallon. Where I live, in Connecticut, the ambulance is deemed a combination vehicle so commercial registration is not required. I spend $100 per year for registration and $400 per year for insurance.
Ambulances are not hard to find once you know where to look. They are categorized as follows:
Type I is pick up chassis based, dual rear wheels and can be 4WD
Type II is a modified van, usually just the top popped up
Type III is van cutaway chassis with dual rear wheels, what I have.
Mini Mods are same as type III, but with single rear wheels and a little narrower
Medium Duty is a truck chassis (International, etc.) and a bit bigger
These vehicles are typically very well-maintained; they have to be because lives depend on it.
Low mileage usually indicates use by a fire department, while higher mileage indicates a transfer vehicle used mostly on the highway. Brand new ambulances sell for well over $100k. But by the time those vehicles are 10 years old they can be gotten for $8-10k.
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Last edited by Saxonaitor; 26-08-2010 at 08:34.
It's an XML file. Just put it in the editor data folder after UnRaring it.
You may have to "enable" the J-League files. If you search around, you can find information on how to do that. It's a licensing issue (same as for the German national team).
Dunno if i am allowed to ask this in here and please let me know if i aint allowed, but how do i attach pictures to my post for my career update forum?
Firstly after you have captured your image it needs to be uploaded to an image hosting site. (I'll assume you know how to do this)
If you want it to appear in a link like this = Picture You need to enter[url=YOUR LINK HERE]picture[/url]
If you want it like this you need to enter[img]YOUR LINK HERE[/IMG]
Hey guys I wanna start a carear thread for a carear I am starting soon. My question is on all of the ones that I've looked at people have used coding for table, is that a requirement? If so how do I do the code is there a thread or something? Thanks
nah you dont have too use coding, do the thread however you feel comfortable
regarding doing the coding easiest way is to set it up in not pad then past it into the thread surrounded with the [*code] and [/code*] tags Minus the *
I don't use coding either.
Big dislike the 3-4 times a season you have to play Saturday Tuesday Thursday Saturday in the league. I don't think I've ever seen that IRL! (in real life, not Ireland...)
Yeah, I have a squad that is playing 3 or 4 games a week for NINE WEEKS straight. It's insane--trying to figure out how to fix one a save has started, but editing competitions on the fly is rough.
Is that just in the league or including cups? I can understand a tight schedule if you're fighting on 5 or 6 fronts. It's when those 4 games a week are in the league (before the season has even started, so no cup draws affecting it).
Oh, league and cups, definitely. What league is giving you the schedule from hell?
Mine is compounded by another oddity, where players who are new to the game with no history are assumed _not_ to be homegrown. (FMS Entry here if you want more detail).
I'm preparing for FM11. I need to know some of your favoured clubs.
What I know already:
me - Toronto FC, PSV, V-Varen Nagasaki, Guandong Rizhiquan
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton Celtic?
Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest
Nep - Arsenal
hrbfcrule - Hampton & Richmond
MeLikeFM - Shamrock Rovers, Toronto FC
Luton Town, lutontown1991 - <------
crouchy - St. Albans
AcidBurn - Sunderland
uncle ron - Swindon?
chelsea_rulles - <------
Neji - Sheffield Wednesday?
Coach Flu - Club Brugge?
Need to expand that list a bit. Much help appreciated.
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton United (Long Eaton Celtic is the name of a user here on the forums who supports Long Eaton :P)
And as you know, I also like to follow Hong Kong football .
Leyton Orient, Chelmsford City and Loughborough Dynamo
Norwich City Football Club! and also Lowestoft Gotta support local football.
Me? Albacete, Sparta, AC Ajaccio
Im a sunderland Fan too
Dammit Sax. I knew I forgot someone!!!
me - Toronto FC, PSV, V-Varen Nagasaki, Guandong Rizhiquan
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton United, Hong Kong football
Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest
Nep - Arsenal
Sax - Norwich, Lowestoft
hrbfcrule - Hampton & Richmond
MeLikeFM - Shamrock Rovers, Toronto FC
Luton Town, lutontown1991 - <------
crouchy - St. Albans
AcidBurn, acidmonkey - Sunderland
Deisler - Albacete, Sparta, AC Ajaccio
uncle ron - Swindon?
Neji - Sheffield Wednesday?
CoachFlu - Club Brugge?, Belgian football
Oh, and I won't manage rivals. So, there's no way in the world I will manage Ajax. And I've already developed a soft spot for Stuttgart, so I won't manage Bayern, Dortmund, and Schalke! Hoffenheim is fine though.
And all you Columbus Crew supporters, eat your heart out, I won't manage your club either.
Yep, mostly Club Brugge. I like underdogs.
I'm a Portsmouth fan.
I'm an Arsenal/Watford fan. Am I list-worthy?
I knew you liked Estudiantes Santander and a Turkish club DodgeeD, but never really knew which club you really supported that wasn't because of FM.
me - Toronto FC, PSV, V-Varen Nagasaki, Guandong Rizhiquan
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton United, Hong Kong football
Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest
Sax - Norwich, Lowestoft
MeLikeFM - Shamrock Rovers, Toronto FC
CoachFlu - Club Brugge, Belgian football
Nep - Arsenal
Hershie - Arsenal, Watford
dafuge - Portsmouth
DodgeeD - Toronto FC, Man Utd, Stoke City, Genclerbirligi, Estudiantes Santander
hrbfcrule - Hampton & Richmond
Luton Town, lutontown1991 - <------
crouchy - St. Albans
AcidBurn, acidmonkey - Sunderland
Deisler - Albacete, Sparta, AC Ajaccio
uncle ron - Swindon?
Neji - Sheffield Wednesday?
Won't manage: Columbus Crew, Ajax, Derby, Ipswich, Colchester, any other club in Ireland except Wexford, Anderlecht, Cercle Brugge, Spurs, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool (my favourite English club is Everton), Southampton, Wolves, Newcastle, Murcia, Levante. I won't manage these clubs, it's not that I actually like them IRL anyways.
I never managed at Luton (the Luton -30 points challenge doesn't count ) or Watford. If I manage Luton, I won't manage Watford, and vice versa.
I'm really limiting my future career game options here.
Just out of interest then rancer, with these preparations for FM11, will you still be doing your Asian challenge?
I'm not sure if the xml files for FM10 will be compatible for FM11 though, so I would want SI to clear that up first...
Newcastle Town, Stoke City and Billericay Town.
Though saying favoured clubs... the last match I went to was Newcastle Town v Silsden three seasons ago. Golf gets in the way these days.
It is worth listing me as a Crewe fan I live far from Sunderland so have been going to all of Crewes home games for the past 4-5 seasons.
im a man united fan and also cardiff aswell.
Out of the 3 you said, I'm thinking of Billericay Town because I want to load 7 English tiers. 8 tiers might mess up the cups because I heard that there was some bug if you don't load 10 tiers (and I'm not going to 10 English tiers in my career game because all the cups would just slow down the game too much. The FA Cup 1st Qualifying Round took a long time to simulate just with the English leagues on my laptop) on FM10.
me - Toronto FC, PSV, V-Varen Nagasaki, Guandong Rizhiquan
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton United, Hong Kong football
Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest
Sax - Norwich, Lowestoft
MeLikeFM - Shamrock Rovers, Toronto FC
Nobby - Billericay Town, Stoke, Newcastle Town
CoachFlu - Club Brugge, Belgian football
Nep - Arsenal
Hershie - Arsenal, Watford
dafuge - Portsmouth
DodgeeD - Toronto FC, Man Utd, Stoke City, Genclerbirligi, Estudiantes Santander
AcidBurn - Sunderland, Crewe
hrbfcrule - Hampton & Richmond
Luton Town, lutontown1991 - <------
crouchy - St. Albans
jackripper - Man Utd, Cardiff
acidmonkey - Sunderland
Deisler - Albacete, Sparta, AC Ajaccio
uncle ron - Swindon?
Neji - Sheffield Wednesday?
Currently testing a 113 league save (well I'm just holidaying it to see how it is on my laptop) so if that goes well I could be attempting my biggest career game yet in FM11.
And my 113 league save is a holiday save of all the European leagues (except Liechtenstein), except I stupidly forgot to load one with an actual professional league...Wales!!! ><
But regardless cheers Nobby. If that's the case then if the FM10 xml files work for FM11 then I'll download uncle ron's files and load the 8 tiers. If not, I'll have a look at his FM11 xml file for my career game.
I'll be jumping back on board this forum on approximately the 25th of November (if the game is out by then), as I will have finished school forever!
So rancer here are my favourite teams: Manchester United, Perth Glory, Hull City, Bridlington FC.
I hope to see you all soon!
Bridlington FC? Do you mean Bridlington Town FC. :S
you can't forget me either Rancer!
Arsenal, Southend & Werder Bremen
Cheers guys
A-League is somewhere I've never managed. That will be interesting.
me - Toronto FC, PSV, V-Varen Nagasaki, Guandong Rizhiquan
Raware - Nottingham Forest, Long Eaton United, Hong Kong football
Nottingham Forest - Nottingham Forest
Sax - Norwich, Lowestoft
MeLikeFM - Shamrock Rovers, Toronto FC
Nobby - Billericay Town, Stoke, Newcastle Town
PaulHartman71 - Arsenal, Southend, Werder Bremen
hursty2 - Perth, Man Utd, Hull City, Bridlington (Town?) FC
CoachFlu - Club Brugge, Belgian football
Nep - Arsenal
Hershie - Arsenal, Watford
dafuge - Portsmouth
DodgeeD - Toronto FC, Man Utd, Stoke City, Genclerbirligi, Estudiantes Santander
AcidBurn - Sunderland, Crewe
hrbfcrule - Hampton & Richmond
Luton Town, lutontown1991 - <------
crouchy - St. Albans
jackripper - Man Utd, Cardiff
acidmonkey - Sunderland
Deisler - Albacete, Sparta, AC Ajaccio
uncle ron - Swindon?
Neji - Sheffield Wednesday?
All the crazy places you have managed yet never in Australia.
Last edited by AcidBurn; 11-09-2010 at 17:04.
I've never managed in France either. Thinking about including it for FM11 - if the game reflecvts real life, there'll be a lot of work to do
France has some of the best youngsters on the game it is packed with players that can become world class. I have never managed there or in Italy or Portugal either. Makes me think I am missing something by not managing in some other countries, never managed in Brazil either.
I played in France when Ronaldinho was at PSG, whatever that year was and really enjoyed it. I also really enjoyed reading PaulHartmans thread when he was in France . I definitely recommend it. I'm also a keen follower of Italian football (since the days of James Richardson and football italia on C4) but find it a tough league to play in due to the limited number of foreigners per season you're able to sign. Definitely worth having a go at though .
I hope your machine is powerful enough rancer to run all of these leagues!
For my new game I've decided to holiday through to the 22nd century () to see how different the football landscape is, and maybe take a fallen giant back to former glory. Only in 2021 though, so it'll be a fair few days yet before I'm in a position to start. One thing of interest though is already the number of clubs who are in administration. Before the 2021/22 season has event started 3 clubs (Hull, Blackburn and Wigan) have had 10 points deducted. Wigan are in League One, and have gone bankrupt for the 5th time in 8 years!!
And interesting teams making it into the football league include Clitheroe, and Ashford Town (Middlesex), who have won their league 3 seasons in a row to make it to League Two. Found out why: a Hong Kong tycoon!
Other clubs to get a Tycoon include Arsenal (that's not fair! Turkish. Explains why they've spent £364m in 5 seasons), and Torquay (Canadian, 2 seasons ago, promoted to League One, just paid £1.7m for an England U21 international). As far as I can see, aside from the pre-planned changes Man City are the only ones who have a new stadium, and very few clubs have expanded (noticeable one being Sheff Wed expanding to 45000 just before being relegated back to League 1).
Last edited by prayer; 12-09-2010 at 12:34.
Incidentally, are tycoons pre-planned? In my Chelmsford/Bolton save I just had a look and Arsenal got a tycoon about the same time!
My 'Project 22nd Century' game has simulated up to 2038. Not actually huge amount of change at the top level, still the same clubs dominating, although Southampton have moved into that top realm. Gateshead are the only non league team to have made it into the Prem but they're hanging around. The other smallest team to make it into the Prem is Macclesfield, who only lasted one season. But they are still playing at Moss Rose. I was wondering why their average attendance dropped from 6000 to 2599 for their Premier League season. Then I realised it's not all seater and terraces cannot be used. So in the Premiership and they could only have 2599 in their stadium! ouch!
Also seeing a few sudden drops! Leamington had clawed their away up from the Ryman Regionals to League 1, then promptly self destructed. In successive seasons they came last in League One (5 points, 14 goals, 136 against, -122 goal difference), last in League 2 (21 points, 30 goals, 122 against, -92 goal difference) and then last in the BSP. Sad times.
How are Norwich doing?
Guys, how do you deal with the '-1' squad registration problem in the Premier League?
I'm sure I've read about it somewhere but I can't remember where.
Plus the forum won't let me search for '-1'!
Basically, I have a youngster at the moment who is getting the squad number '-1' for every game and I've no idea how to workaround this problem. Any ideas?
Don't think you can work around it although I could be wrong. I am pretty sure I read that because you cannot assign numbers outside of the 25 the player will always be -1.
Does this mean you have an update to post?
No, I'm afraid not. I'm just messing about on a save with a Premier League team for a bit of fun.
Damn, got my hopes up for a few minutes.
I've been playing with a big team AB. I fancied trying it out after you said that you've never seen me manage in the top flight.
Sounds interesting, I want to see what sort of players you buy with a top flight team.
Well, I'm not doing a proper career thread or anything like that. It's just for fun but I can just tell you about it in this thread instead.
After you said that you'd never seen me managing a top flight side, I thought I would have a bit of a fun save managing Liverpool. I fancied taking over from Rafa.
I created my new alter-ego manager, Roy Crouchson, a former Non-League player (for St. Albans City ) turned manager.
First season, I kept the first-team squad much as it was, except for signing Yoann Gourcuff as my Xabi Alonso replacement to be my midfield playmaker. I also brought Danny Murphy back to Anfield as a squad player. Played a 4-4-1-1 formation similar to that I've been using with the Saints in my main save. My best team was basically:
Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Aurelio
Maxi, Mascherano, Gourcuff, Riera
We exited early from the League Cup but come April we were still battling on three fronts. We lost an FA Cup Semi-final to Arsenal. Then, at the beginning of May, Everton ended our hopes of winning the title by beating us 2-0 at Goodison. However, I managed to win Liverpool a sixth European Cup, beating AC Milan, Chelsea, Inter and Bayern in the knock-out rounds to claim the trophy. An FM first for me.
So runners-up in the League, FA Cup semi-finalists and, best of all, European Champions in the my first season in charge. The biggest pain I have found managing Liverpool is that the squad doesn't have enough depth. Also Fernando Torres seems to get injured every other week. So my priority in terms of signings was to increase the depth after season 1.
You wondered about the sort of players I would sign? Well, during the summer I was given good money to spend and I decided that my buying policy would be to prioritise young British talent. I sold Albert Riera and Ryan Babel for a fair wedge. Then, I went on to spend a lot of money signing the following: Aaron Lennon, Tom Huddlestone, Danny Wilson, Jordan Spence, Gareth Bale, Jack Wilshere and Jonjo Shelvey. Milan Jovanovic came in on a free (not my signing) and I also signed Tomas Rosicky as he was going cheap.
I've got a little bored with it now so think I will probably leave it for a bit and return to my proper save. I'd quite like to win Liverpool their first league title for 20 odd years though but I don't know if I have improved the quality enough to challenge.
Last edited by crouchaldinho; 16-09-2010 at 20:06.
That's a great first season especially the European Cup being such a tough draw. Good British signings as well especially Huddlestone I really like him in FM and Bale is wicked. It is great fun to just play the odd season now and then with certain teams. I signed Torres for Sunderland once and found that he picked up the odd knock here and there but nothing too bad.
2052 now in 'Project 22nd Century', and Arsenal are the dominant team. The Mancini Stadium only lasted 25 years, before the built the 98,155 capacity Van Persie Arena!
Is it just me, or did the forums change layout again..
I was just getting used to the 'old' one.
They've changed again.
They changed it back now.
The same horrible smilies though.
So what does everyone on the FM Career Updates forum make of the FM11 announcements? Thoughts on the features? Anyone excited/not bothered/going to buy it/not going to buy it etc.?
What are your planned careers for FM11 if you are getting it?
My studies may keep me away from FM11 for a while so I may delay buying it (I won't bother saying I'm not going to buy it as I generally do in the end ).
I was thinking of starting a journeyman careerconsisting entirely of leagues I've never played a full season on before (obviously, additional .xml files will make this easier).
If i'm honest C, I was disappointed with FM09 and had reservations about whether or not to buy FM10. Initially I was happy that I did buy FM10 and had a couple of great saves on it but after installing patch 3 it really ruined the game for me. I tried going back to FM08 (which is my favourite installment of the game) but couldn't seem to get back in to it. So, I re-installed FM10 with patch 2 and am happy with the game now.
As for FM11, i'm not too sure if i'll buy it. Saying that though, since SI announced the new dynamic league rep feature, this could sway my decision especially as I like to play in the lower leagues. I'd like to try another Asian save and see how a league rep increase would effect Asian football. If it does sway my decision, i'll probably wait until the 1st/2nd patch is out as it's well documented that new FM releases aren't usually ready to play (IMO) until after a couple of patches.
How about yourself?
Well, I'm not feeling too excited to be honest. None of the features have really captured my imagination, apart from maybe the DLR.
I'm also enjoying FM10 so much and I feel a bit like I can't be bothered to start again on a new version. The new FMs always seem to come around too quick and I'm quite a slow player so I feel like I haven't done everything I want to do on this version yet!
I still have a fair bit to do on my FM10 saves, so I definitely won't be starting a long-term save on FM11 for some time. I'm still an FM addict though so I'm sure that I'll still be getting the new version! When I do come to start an FM11 save, I will have to make use of the DLR feature really, as it's the only thing that is making me approach the feeling of excitement. Maybe I'll play in India or Wales and try to build up the reputation of those leagues. The other save I quite fancy is a Scandinavian or Nordic journeyman game where perhaps I can increase the reputation of some of those countries by improving how their clubs fare in European competitions. There will be the usual Saints save too just so I can play with the team that I research but I think it will be a short-term save this time around rather than another slog up the leagues as per my FM10 save.
The thing is, I'm worried FM is sort of heading in a direction that I don't particularly want it to head in. I'm not at all keen on the 3D, much preferring to use my imagination with 2D classic instead, and so I'm not the least bit bothered about new animations and stadiums and so on. And stuff like the social networking features are not interesting to me either (although the YouTube videos bit sounds like it might be good!) I'm also quite disappointed that there aren't any further tactical innovations in the new version, which is a big part of the game for me, and would be a major attraction to me in terms of getting into a new version. To be honest, I didn't think a lot to the announcements about the training and the set-pieces features, as they didn't sound like anything in-depth and interesting to me. Finally, there isn't much to suggest that anything has been done on the team talks side of things, which is another disappointment.
So, I guess I'm struggling to get my enthusiasm up for a new version, especially seeing as I think FM10 is a beautiful version of the game. What would make me really want to get into a new game is if they just focused in-depth on adding one or two major features, especially really developing the tactics creator and adding in much more detail. That kind of thing would make me rush to get the game and start a new save.
I realise all of this sounds a bit negative and I don't mean it to sound like that! Perhaps the series is just heading away from what I personally would like it to be. I felt a bit like that since FM09 came out really but FM10 renewed my faith because I felt it was such a good game.
Just my opinion chaps. I know some people will be thrilled with some of the new features.
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I will be trying to get fm11 asap. Due to DLR I will attempt to take a lower league club from a small nation to the Champions League using only youth products. Anyone know any small European nations which have a decent number of divisions? I was thinking Northern Ireland as that has 3 divisions but still undecided.
Also I got a new computer a few days ago which I have been testing on my long term fm10 saves and it runs soooooo much faster can only be good news for my fm11 saves.
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Crouchy, still love those dots eh?
Will definitely get FM11. Probably won't immediately start a career game or my challenge though, I have a lot of coursework and I already stopped my last FM10 career game. In FM11 I want to start a 100+ league save, my biggest so far, with some XML files, and probably holiday 5-10 years before officially starting my career.
I think if/when I start an FM11 save, I'll probably end up doing something similar (i.e. a small club to big club style game).
I'm jealous.Also I got a new computer a few days ago which I have been testing on my long term fm10 saves and it runs soooooo much faster can only be good news for my fm11 saves.
It's just the imagination factor of using 2D Classic. I'm afraid I've reached the conclusion that 3D is never going to be as good as my imagination (what chance does it have?) and so it just turns me off entirely. The 2D classic, however, gives me just enough detail and I can fill in the rest. I also much prefer the top down view, as I find it better for judging my tactics and looking at patterns of play and player positions. It also means that I can always see the player numbers and thus easily identify who is who, which I find irritating on 3D because I can't get used to not always being able to see the numbers etc.
What is it with you guys and your mega PCs. I'm very jealous. Think of us poor chaps with our prehistoric laptops that chug along with just one country loaded.Will definitely get FM11. Probably won't immediately start a career game or my challenge though, I have a lot of coursework and I already stopped my last FM10 career game. In FM11 I want to start a 100+ league save, my biggest so far, with some XML files, and probably holiday 5-10 years before officially starting my career.
Likewise for me DLR is the only main pull of FM11. One thing which makes me not super keen to get the new game as soon as possible is that I'm really enjoying my career game this season and I don't want to bring it to an end just yet. This is different to the past few releases when I'd been playing small to big club challenges on CSE. If the challenge was complete, then I was ready to move onto the next game. This year, there's no challenge, just a career and it's not over yet...
I know what you mean DodgeeD.
I'm pretty much done with FM10 career games...just doing a small club to big club challenge in my spare time and holiday mega-saves to test how well it can cope with so many leagues...bring on FM11!
I'll buy FM11 as soon as it comes out.
Gonna try and have one save all through the year.
Probably going to start with 1860 Munich or SpVgg Greuther Furth. I have thread names already planned
Outside bets are Sporting Lisbon and IFK Norrkoping.
My thread names are going to be original and boring - more Crazy Canuck threads.
Continental Dominance version 2 will probably be my title thread. I will undertake the same challenge as I did on FM10 and try to win every continents version of the champions league. Will have a Sunderland career and Crewe as usual, I will have a few other games in Spain but only career threads about the continents game and maybe a Sunderland one.
I am going to start a career update with Nottingham Forest . I don't have a name yet for the thred.
yeh my world journeyman will prob be AB's challenge.
Good to see a few people interested in taking up the challenge, having quite relaxed rules means that lots of journey man games will qualify to do the challenge. I would do more but they use the attribute masking which I hate.
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what series you on bout guys? Inbetweeners or sumit else.
Red Dwarf!


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"[T]he legal profession is the steward of the rule of law, which is the bedrock of our freedom and prosperity," he said. "In order for citizens to make their own choices and to live free and independent lives, the law must be clear and predictable, and rights must be rigorously enforced. . . . Lawyers obviously are the heart and soul of this effort."
Dean Schizer went on to highlight several graduates of Columbia Law School who have acted on that ideal. In particular, he noted that U.S. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. '83 and U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. '76 had once sat in the very seats soon to be occupied by those in attendance. In addition, judges such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg '59, Roderick L. Ireland '69, Hironobu Takesaki '71 LL.M., and Susan Denham '72 LL.M. continue to build on Columbia Law School's long-standing legacy of judicial service.
Ultimately, Dean Schizer stressed that Law School students should make every effort to find something they love to do that also makes a valuable contribution to the world.
"[W]e all have different tastes, strengths, and values, so in the coming years, you have to figure out what you love to do," he noted. "Columbia is an ideal place to start looking for your professional passion."
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In recent years, three of NYU's health-care schools—the College of Nursing, College of Dentistry, and School of Medicine—have made major gains in rankings for federal research funding. According to statistics provided by the National Institutes of Health (the main source of federal funding for the medical and biomedical fields) the chart at left is a look at the evolution of NYU's place among the leaders in research.
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I never cease to be amazed how God communicates with us so personally, earlier today I shared this C.S. Lewis quote on twitter
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And if that were not enough... He reminded me of the words to a poem my mom always had posted in our house, as I grew up.
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Sept. 22, 2011 (Chicago) -- Maggots helped to heal the wounds of people with diabetes after multiple traditional treatments had failed, a small study shows.
Leg and foot sores in 27 of 37 people with diabetes healed after treatment with medical maggots. The wounds had been open for several months to five years.
Medical-grade maggots basically chew away dead flesh, leaving live tissue unscathed, says researcher Lawrence Eron, MD, of the University of Hawaii. They also appear to disinfect the wound and stimulate healing.
Maggots don't completely close wounds. "But there's 50% or more closure," he says.
"These little critters may allow [patients] to heal and avoid amputation or at least delay it so they can live the rest of their lives with their limbs intact," he tells WebMD.
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. At the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy here, Eron flashed before-and-after photos showing a gangrenous foot ulcer healing after so-called maggot debridement therapy.
The doctors wanted to amputate the leg before the treatment, Eron says.
Maggots Have Long Medical History
Maggots havebeen used in medicine for thousands of years. Duringthe Napoleonic wars, surgeons observed that wounds infested with maggots tended to heal better than others.
Medical maggot use declined with the advent of antibiotics. Now, with antibiotic-resistant infections skyrocketing, they're making a comeback.
The new study involved people with diabetes who had failed multiple treatments. About 50 to 100 maggots were placed in a mesh that resembles panty hose and applied to their wounds.
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Eron isn't sure exactly how maggots achieve their medical magic. "What we saw, and suspected, is an [antibacterial] effect," he says.
Maggots also seem to excrete substances that boost the body's immune system and stimulate the growth of new blood vessels, he says.
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The November issue of School Reform News reports the Obama administration has released long-promised criteria stats must meet to receive a waiver of No Child Left Behind requirements. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said the move "is an overstep of authority that undermines existing law and violates the constitutional separation of powers."
Also in this issue:
- Parents and teachers in Michigan would have the power to petition their school district to convert a failing public school into an independent charter under a bill pending in the Republican-controlled state Senate.
- Four Republican senators have introduced a set of bills to reauthorize No Child Left Behind.
- Broadened opportunities and tight accountability have spiked the number of operators applying to open charter schools in Florida.
- The president proposed a third stimulus including federal money to stanch teacher job cuts, though the United States has more teachers and fewer students now than before the recession.
- Creating a proprietary teacher evaluation system will allow one Michigan school district to earn money by licensing.
- Three states will let districts offer federally sponsored lunches to all enrolled students, and all states must offer the program by 2014.
- In axing Philadelphia Superintendent Arlene Ackerman early, the school district agreed to pay her more than $1 million in severance.
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Michigan to Track Children's Weight– October 11, 2011
Tougher Oregon Math Tests Yield Fewer, Better Passing Scores– October 5, 2011
New 'No Child' Proposals Offered– September 29, 2011
One Nevada District Could Save Millions– September 27, 2011
Philadelphia Schools Chief Buyout Raises Transparency, Salary Concerns– September 26, 2011
Obama Administration Announces NCLB Waiver Requirements– September 23, 2011
School Lunches Free for All by 2015 If Districts Choose– September 20, 2011
Protesters Superglue Locks at WI Choice School [VIDEO]– September 19, 2011
Florida Policies Create Charter School Boom– September 15, 2011
Michigan Legislators Weigh Parent Trigger, Charter Expansion– September 14, 2011
President Proposes Another Jobs Stimulus, $60 Billion for Education– September 12, 2011
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Usually sells for $55. Nice deal.
"Once Brothers" is one of my favorites. Good stuff, good deal.
That's a steal at that price... $1 a movie.
Most of the movies are very captivating and well done. My personal favorites are The Two Escobars and The U.
Just based off the the title and price I really want this because I remember the 9 or 10 that I really enjoyed and without thinking assumed the rest were almost as good. After looking over the entire list it made me realize how many of them were just not interesting, blatant exercises in a film maker fandom or down right bad. "The Best That Never Was", "The Two Escobars", "Once Brothers", "Pony Excess", "The Band That Wouldn't Die" and four or five others were absolutely mesmerizing. The Reggie Miller and Red Sox ones were something no one other than fans of each would care about. The Allen Iverson and Marion Jones stories were 60 minutes of excuse making. The Raiders one neglects to mention that the Raiders had a vocal thug following long before the move to LA. The Martina Chris Everett rivaly was one of the best of the last 35 years but because of the the format it was nearly unwatchable. So torn.
Wow, great price for so many. Missing one I liked - Catching Hell. Also, most are free with Amazon Prime.
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Don't forget many of these are on Netflix as well
These are mostly on Netflix. Despite being uneven, I would say that Without Bias, The Band That Wouldn't Die (by Barry Levinson) and Small Potatoes are the best. I learned a great deal watching Pony Excess (about SMU and the excesses of recruiting in the SWC in the 70s) and The U (Miami in the 80s). Kind of makes me wonder what is going on in the SEC today.
Every teenager should watch "Unguarded", the story of Chris Herren, but i don't see it listed? If just ten of these films are amazing, it's worth the price.
"The Best that Never Was" was fascinating, especially for those of us who remember the Marcus Dupree stuff when it was happening.


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction' started by Hobbit, Dec 31, 2011.
The book was published in 2008.
Rob reviewed it in October 2008.
He said:
Oh man, Both books of the month I actually read. lol
Technically this was my first scifi, fantasy is my main thing. Yeah, I remember I did enjoy this book.
Part of why I was disappointed in The January Dancer was because so many people seemed to REALLY enjoy Flynn's The Wreck of the River of Stars when it was the September 2004 BOTM.
Too bad! I've read Firestar and Eiffleheim and enjoyed both novels immensely so I had my eye on this one as my next Flynn read. Maybe I'll hold off and pick it up used at some point.
I've really enjoyed all the Flynn I've read so far: Wreck and Eifelheim. I'm a little behind on reading because of the holidays, but this may be my next book (if I can stick to responsibly reading my book club books instead of diving headfirst into the new Carol Berg...) But for now, since I've liked his other books so much and I haven't read this one to know if I agree in any way with Rob, I'll say that Rob must be wrong and he doesn't know how to read a book the way he's supposed to. So there.
I finished this one up a few days back and have been thinking a bit on what to say about it.
I came into this as a big fan of Flynn. Some clarification there: I discovered him through The Wreck of The River of Stars, which I loved. I later read Eifelheim, which I also loved. Since then I've acquired a few of his other books here and there but haven't jumped into them.
This book didn't quite do the same thing for me as the previous two books I read. I think part of that was an expectations thing. In both Wreck and Eifelheim, you know coming into the story pretty much what's going to happen. Flynn tells you up front, and they're very much classic tragedies. "I'm going to tell you a story. It's not going to end well, but the journey will be really interesting and you'll probably never guess why it won't end well."
This book didn't have that sort of set-up, which is fine. But it didn't really give me, as a reader, any kind of expectation at all. I had no idea through most of the book where the story was trying to go or what it was about, who was supposed to be important, what the motivations were behind some of the things going on. Given how tightly-controlled the writing was in previous Flynn experiences, I can only think this was part of the plan with this one, to keep the reader off-kilter a little bit. Much like January's dancer (the artifact), the book itself seems to keep shifting shape and focus as it goes along.
I really liked the world-building. I enjoyed almost all of the little bits on their own, but I'm not yet sure what to make of them as a whole.
I didn't actually consider this to be much of a mosaic novel. We had a main cast throughout the book (though not the one we probably expected after reading the first chapter). Maybe I feel that way because last month's book, The Carpet Makers was so very much a mosaic novel (no two chapters were from the same viewpoint (until he copped out near then end and repeated one)) that this book doesn't strike me at all that way.
While this one didn't sink its hooks into me as much as the previous two books did, I'm definitely interested enough in the world and overarching conflict that I'll pick up the next book and see where it goes. Maybe the Michael Flynn bang I've gotten used to is just played out on a longer scale here.
This is a very curious books in many ways but I realized this only with benefit of hindsight after reading books 2 (Up Jim River) which I liked but had some flaws that detracted from my enjoyment and book 3 (In the Lion's Mouth) which is excellent.
Books 2 and 3 clearly focus on 2 main characters and in each another sort of secondary character from The January dancer becomes important too in addition to
Donovan and Mearana
who are the main characters of the saga
The book itself (The January dancer) succeeds very well imho in combining space opera with the archaic celtic language and the subject - artifact chase - is also well done but the true meaning and setup is going to be revealed only later as books 2 and especially 3 just raise the level a lot and change the focus of the series in ways you cannot really guess here; lots of twists and turns too
Thanks Erf, you've just added a book to my "I want to read" list that I thought was removed. The Wreck of the River Stars goes back to the list.
I liked this aspect of the novel, too.
Given what suciel says above, I think Flynn may be playing a longer game with this one. I may end up liking it as much as all the other Flynn I've read once I've got all three books under my belt.
actually three ends on a (semi) cliffhanger so it will be more than 3
Just started (I'm on page 30 or so) and the few Celtic words threw me off a little bit... but i think the story just hit its stride so I'm back to reading!
I've just finished the second in this series, Up Jim River -- loved it. I didn't realize it was the second book and I haven't read January Dancer, so maybe my questions are answered there.
Can anyone tell me what Flynn means when his characters talk about "prehumans"? Who are they supposed to be? Aliens? Did the Commonwealth terraform empty worlds only, or did they kill off alien cultures on some of those planets?
I'm not sure, its been a few years since I read January dancer, and it was like my first scifi book I'd read. lol I'm sure Liviu could answer this.
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STEUBENVILLE - Nine faculty and staff members who weathered low enrollment and uncertain times to help build the current Franciscan University of Steubenville were honored Saturday for their dedication to the school during the 63rd annual Founders' Association Dinner.
"We chose the individuals to be honored this year for their dedication and commitment to the school when times were tough. These men and women were really the backbone of the college who held the school together under the leadership of Fr. Mike Scanlan. They have always been a special group of people and we honored them in the spirit of the Franciscan friars who founded our school," declared the Rev. Richard Davis, T.O.R., vice president of Community Relations.
"The staff and faculty we honored believed in Father Mike and supported the mission of the school at tremendous sacrifice to their families during the years of financial hardship when the College of Steubenville was transforming itself into a nationally known university," Davis added.
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HONOREES — Franciscan University of Steubenville honored nine faculty and staff members Saturday evening during the 63rd annual Founders' Association Dinner in the J.C. Williams Center. Chosen for their dedication to the school were, first row, from left, Professor Earl Spinnenweber, Assistant Dean of Faculty Virginia Zoric, Irene Pizzoferrato, secretary to the dean of faculty, Shane Teramana representing his grandfather Professor James Slater and Pam Petrilla representing her late husband Professor Ray Petrilla. Second row, Professor John Herrmann, Professor Joseph Zoric, Professor Ed Bessler and Professor Norman Rokke. -- Dave Gossett
The Rev. Terence Henry, president of the university declared, "all great epochs begin in the middle so we honor those individuals who were part of our mission at a crucial time in our school history."
"We remain deeply grateful to these nine people for what they did to help the school stay open and to grow. And we continue to ask for their prayers as we move forward," added Henry.
Most of the honorees are now retired from the university but some continue to teach part-time.
The honorees included Professor John Herrmann, the late Prof. Ray Petrilla Professor Ed Bessler, Professor James Slater, Assistant Dean of Faculty Virginia Zoric, Professor Joseph Zoric, Mrs. Irene Pizzoferrato, secretary to the dean of faculty, Professor Norman Rokke and Professor Earl Spinnenweber.
John Herrmann has taught physics, mathematics, and engineering to several generations of students and has also presented several programs and in-services for local elementary and high school teachers.
"It is an honor to have been chosen for this honor," said Herrmann.
"It is also an honor to be included in this group of individuals who have given so much to this school during the past years. I believe all of us who were recognized tonight have dedicated their lives to this university," he remarked.
"I am particularly happy that several of my children were here for this dinner. And I continue to teach part-time because it is fun for me and I enjoy being a part of the university," Herrmann said.
Pam Petrilla said her late husband Raymond Petrilla, "would be totally humbled to be chosen to receive the 2012 Founders" Award.
Petrilla received his bachelor's degree from the College of Steubenville in 1977 and returned to his alma mater in 1980 to teach a wide array of biology courses for the next 31 years.
"Ray was a very humble man and I truly believe his first love was teaching. Thankfully, he was able to continue teaching up to a month before he died in 2011," his widow noted.
Petrilla developed 16 new courses, including several on environmental science, emphasizing the need to extend the culture of life concept to all that God has made.
A highlight of his tenure was the Red-Tailed Hawk Project, a student-run research study he oversaw that investigated the nesting patterns of Ohio Valley red-tailed hawks.
Bessler was working in the basement of a small building at Michigan State University when he saw a small handwritten card advertising a biology professor position at the College of Steubenville.
"No one had ever posted a faculty job on that bulletin board before and no one knew who had posted this one. I decided to follow up on it and after meeting the dean who was Fr. Mike Scanlan I knew this was the place I wanted to be," said Bessler.
Bessler spent 42 years teaching at the university during which time he developed a course on Human Embryology, providing the scientific support for the pro-life position.
He retired in 2012, but his legacy lives on in the Biology Department, in the Human Life Studies Minor, which he co-founded, and in Saints Cosmas and Damian Hall, the science building he helped design.
Virginia Zoric came to the College of Steubenville as a faculty wife.
She had met her husband, Professor Joe Zoric, when they were both undergraduate students at Ohio University.
Virginia taught in Brilliant, Empire, and Bloomingdale before coming to the University of Steubenville in 1986.
She served in many capacities over the years, teaching English and education courses, and working as registrar and assistant dean of faculty, before retiring in 2012. She established an Advising Office, and offered academic counseling to students, faculty and parents.
"We kind of found our way here on our own. I was fortunate to have taught at all levels and filled in gaps in my expertise." Virginia stated.
Virginia also developed an interactive unit for teaching children's literature in 1997, and participated in children's literature conferences. She has also served her church as Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and became a commissioned lay pastor for the Upper Ohio Valley Presbytery in 1999.
If he could meet any historic figure, Joseph Zoric said he would immediately choose Adam Smith, the founder of modern economic thought.
Joseph Zoric has been sharing his own passion for economics and the free market system with students since coming to the College of Steubenville in 1971.
He teaches undergraduate and graduate level economics, and has been director of the MBA program since 2000. In 1978, he brought the Students in Free Enterprise program to campus, serving as faculty advisor for the next 25 years.
Since 1995, he has co-authored four studies on the economic impact of Franciscan University of Steubenville on the local economy.
Former executive vice president and dean of the College of Steubenville the Rev. Theodore Bradower, T.O.R., described Irene Pizzoferrato as "indispensable," and former dean James Long wrote, "I give her the highest possible recommendation."
Pizzoferrato grew up in Weirton, and spent most of her life in the Ohio Valley. When all of her children were in school, she took a job at the College of Steubenville as secretary to Bradower, and continued to serve in that position for the next five deans.
"Father Bradower was my first dean and Michael Healy was my last dean. And I enjoyed working for all six deans during my years at the school," noted Pizzoferrato
"I was honored and thrilled when I was called and told I would be honored. I am retired now but return to the campus often because I still feel like a member of the Franciscan University family. I often take visitors to the area to see the beautiful campus. I want them to see what a beautiful college campus we have in Steubenville," commented Pizzoferrato.
Rokke began teaching chemistry at the College of Steubenville in 1978, taught several courses in mathematics and computer science from 1987 to 1996, then returned to teach organic chemistry until his retirement in 2009.
During that time, he also worked with the Education and Graduate Education Departments to provide education students with a background in science and to prepare the next generation of chemistry teachers.
And he assisted with Project Mastery, a program offering continuing education to local high school science teachers.
From the early 1970s to the early 1980s, the Philosophy Department rode solely on the shoulders of Earl Spinnenweber.
Spinnenweber arrived in 1964, and recalled that the Philosophy Program grew quickly before the drop in enrollment following the end of the draft.
For nearly a decade after that, he was the only full-time philosophy professor at the College of Steubenville.
Spinnenweber had a passion for making complicated concepts understandable, and developed several courses, including one on the Franciscan philosophical tradition.
He taught a course on philosophy in literature for 30 years, focusing on Dante's Divine Comedy. and by the time he retired in 2002, Spinnenweber had taught nearly every philosophy course offered by the university.
Several local students also received scholarships at the dinner.
The University Founders' Scholarship will be given to Jarett Kuns of Bellaire, Amanda Carmine of Steubenville and William Shanahan of Steubenville.
The Rose M. DeFede Women's Guild Scholarship was given to Tiffany Ribar of Steubenville; Rachael Oiler of Weirton; Cheryl Myers of Dresden, OH; Maureen Kazmierczyk of Conway, Pa; and Mycaelya Stewart of Mingo Junction.
The Founders' Association Dinner was established in 1949 by Father Daniel Egan, T.O.R., first president of the College of Steubenville, to draw the college and civic communities together.
The Founders' Award was established in 1978 to honor men, women, and organizations for their contributions to Franciscan University of Steubenville and the local community.


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What would be an easy example of a sequence of functions defined on a compact interval so that $f_n$ goes to $f$ pointwise but $\sup f_n$ does not go to $sup f$.
I thought of the usual example we take to show that the limits in integration can't be interchanged when we only have pointwise convergence. Is this correct?
Does $f(x)=x^n$ work in this context? Any comments or hints?


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Sometimes when I'm bored I work in the evenings and even into the night on work related projects. Is this a bad thing?
Will it harm future productivity during the day? Should you strictly limit yourself to working 9-5?
Sometimes when I'm bored I work in the evenings and even into the night on work related projects. Is this a bad thing?
Will it harm future productivity during the day? Should you strictly limit yourself to working 9-5?
One thing always to do is to ask yourself why it is so. if you are young and passionate about work then i must remind you that having a perfect work life balance is very important. Not having a perfect work life balance will be disastrous in the long run. If you are unorganized then organize yourself. If on a project with deadline then completely refuse to work overtime after sometime. But exceptions here and there as @siva pointed out is always ok. But exceptions shouldn't go on for long time :). Think and do what best for you and you know what is best for you, not your boss.
The true enemy is not over-work, it is being bored. Unless, of course your closing in on burn-out. Don't confuse 'bored' with 'idle' though, rejuvenation is required for peak performance in most anything we try to do.
I've heard about this 'balance' thing my whole life but have yet to meet anyone who has accomplished something great and grand who practiced that balance while doing the thing that is great and grand. For that matter, I've never read or heard about such a person either. They just do not go hand in hand...
If performance during a particular period of time is what is most important to you then you need to work on perfecting that timing and matching your physical and mental clocks to it, then go all out during that time period. If performance of a particular task is what is most important then plan that task to your performance schedule. ( Just recently an article was published, I forget where, about how top performers work late into the night after having taken a 'break' to be with the family. Ever heard that saying, work-hard, play-hard, crash? Notice that bored is not in there. If it is in your power to control what you do and when you do it be very aware of ever feeling bored it will permeate most aspects of your life and drain you of energy.
Activity begets activity. The timings and cycles will change over the years but the rule will always remain.
Have fun.
Certainly it will affect productivity during the day in the form of dizziness. Its always not good to do more work beyond the work hours, you need to be honest to yourself and determine whether does it require extended work hours are not. You need to plan your work ahead and see how you can complete on time. Exceptions are always ok.
It doesn't really matter in which time interval you work, but what matters is fresh mind and energy to approach the problem you are going to solve with your thinking.
If we take examples of students in school, all will have different physical clock set for reading, some will like to get up early in the morning and some will be comfortable reading late nights. I don't think there will be any difference in their understanding while reading. Both will be equally powerful as they know which time is good for themselves. The same idea is applicable with working professionals, too.
I think if you plan what you want to accomplish, working in the evening can be super helpful. I've found if I leave it open-ended and just decide to get some work done, randomly, I either stay up way too late or feel guilty about going to bed....clear goals for the evening make me feel like I've accomplished something.


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