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Dictionary.com claims that the plural of 'apparatus' is 'apparatuses'. Surely that can't be right... isn't it 'apparati'?
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The Latin plural of the noun apparatus is actually apparatus (the vowel lengthens, but that's not reflected in the spelling). This is because it's fourth declension. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when most educated English speakers had studied Latin, apparatus was sometimes used as the plural; I believe this usage is quite rare today.
With status, apparatus, and other Latin nouns of the fourth declension ending in -us, the English plural adds an -es. The Latin nouns which pluralize by turning an -us into an -i, like radius, fungus, alumnus, are all second declension. For some Latin nouns of the second declension, like campus, the Latin plural has been lost, and the English plural adds an -es. But campi would be correct in Latin, while apparati is incorrect in both English and Latin.
You don't actually hear the English plural apparatuses that often, because apparatus is treated as a semi-uncountable noun: one apparatus, two pieces of apparatus. (See Google Ngrams.) I assume this usage developed because people didn't know whether to use apparatus or apparatuses for the plural, and figured out a way of avoiding the issue altogether.
What Peter said. If you really have to make a plural of the English word, you could use apparatus, which is given as a plural in the OED. But the OED also gives apparatuses, which seems a much better bet.
As @JohnLawler said, not all Latin words keep their Latin plurals. Consider:
And the list goes on. I have no Latin so I don't know how many of these don't keep their plural because of the rule mentioned in @PeterShor's answer but you can see that many Latin words have normal English plurals. In other words, trust the dictionary, it tends to know more than we do.
To write "apparati" is an example of a hypercorrection:
It's the pedant's own-goal, basically. I've made many. Using "whom" as a subject pronoun is a classic.
Some more examples similar to the question are:
Although in some cases (see "octopi" vs "octopuses" on Ngrams) the hypercorrected form may be common enough to be accepted as standard usage.
In the case of "syllabus", for instance, an analysis of the Latin shows "syllabi" to be a hypercorrection. However Ngrams shows it to be more widely used than the supposedly more correct "syllabuses".
This singular/plural problem affects many languages that have given loanwords to English. Arabic is a bugbear for non-Arabists. The word Caliph (originally khalifa) has its correct plural as khulafa'. An increasingly common term, hadith (a prophetic tradition) is ahadith, and that confuses because of what looks like an English indefinite article at the beginning. (The middle vowel also lengthens. A Bedouin is worse: it is already an inflected sound plural (the previous two are 'broken') and it is also used in English as a plural. One Bedouin is a badu, nominative Bedouins are Badawun, and the adjective is badawi. A similar form is assassin, which starts as an inflected plural hashshashin. A hashshash is, reputedly, someone who smokes hashish (grass). Hummus comes from a collective plural himmas (and variants),chickpeas. And much more....
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SALISBURY, N.C. – The Anderson University men's golf team slashed 23 strokes from its' opening round and finished 16th at the Richard Rendleman Invitational, hosted by Catawba on Monday at the 6,665-yard par 71 Country Club of Salisbury.
Limestone (305-293=598) led the 18-team field following Monday's opening round and held on to defeat UNC Pembroke (39-289=598) in a playoff after the Braves vaulted from third to tie the Saints on Tuesday.
Coker (311-289=600) jumped from fifth to third, while King (315-286=601) moved up two spots to fourth. Queens (308-305=613) finished 12 strokes further back in fifth, with Wingate (321-293=614) claiming sixth after holding the 12th slot following Monday's round. Belmont Abbey (320-296=616), Lenoir-Rhyne (309-307=616) and Erskine (316-300=616) shared seventh, while North Greenville (320-297=617) rounded out the top 10 scores.
The Trojans (332-309=641) edged Tusculum (334-309=643) by two strokes and Post University (340-323=663) by 22 shots.
Sophomore David Wachter (83-71=154) fired an even-par 71 on Tuesday to pace the Trojans' two-day effort and moved from a tie for 61st on Monday to sharing 27th. Senior Sean Shelton finished in a tie for 46th after a two-day total 157, while junior CJ Messana carded a 160 and shared the 60th spot.
Senior Arran Setro (88-82=170) tied for 85th and freshman Payton Whitlock placed 87th with a two-day 175.
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Does anyone know a league that makes you field a certain number of players from your home nation every game?
Closest I have found is Sweden which makes you field 9 players trained by a club in Sweden.
Does anyone know a league that makes you field a certain number of players from your home nation every game?
Closest I have found is Sweden which makes you field 9 players trained by a club in Sweden.
I think the Israeli league is pretty restrictive, since Israel is not part of EU.
Turkish league would be another, although players from Turkic countries are exempt.
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Might go in Sweden.
Is it possible to set these rules in existing nations?
I think you can change the rules with the pre game editor
Malaysia is a league where you can only play Malaysian nationals
In Belarusian second tier you must register no more than 0 foreign players
The A-League in Australia - you can have a maximum of 5 foreign players. Also, there's a salary cap and no promotion/relegation.
The MLS is pretty restrictive on foreign players. Also Played a Belrusian game on 2007 and found you can only select 3 non former USSR players, nice and tricky.
Alternatively you could use the editor to add the rules into a bigger league... ;-)
Play England, and change the rules so they have to field 100% British players - that'd be a giggle.
Pretty much every nation outside the EU will have foreigner-limits, such as Russia, Ukraine and then Brazil in South America from my own experience. Then some countries like Russia make you field X amount of Russians, i think it was around 5 Russians in the first 11.
Thanks everyone! How difficult would it be to introduce a '3 foreigners' rule for Belgium in the editor?
Does anyone know how to do it?
Singapore allows a maximum of 4 foreign players in the team.
In most leagues you'll notice a limitation on the number of non-EU players you can either register or use for your match squad but that still allows for very much leeway. The most restrictive rules exist in Russia and Turkey followed by Ukraine as far as I know - both former countries' top leagues require you to use no more than 6 foreign players in their first 11 while Ukraine allows 7 players. I don't know anything about countries outside of Europe so I have no idea about that.
Or you can take over Chivas Guadalaraja in Mexico, were you can only sign mexican players.
A bit like Ath. Bilbao in Spain.
Indonesia requires you to play only Indonesian's in the first and premier divisions, you can play 3 foreigners in the cup but as you can't sign them until you're in the super league it's irrelevant


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The 6 Most Insane Cities Ever Planned
Cities are all pretty much the same -- just sprawling environments spiraling outward from a central hub with no particular plan or theme to speak of. But if any of these designers had had his way, every city would be a bizarre, science fiction-esque place full of strange sights, wondrous inventions and occasionally, people-movers slick with vomit.
#6. Triton City: If It's Good Enough for an Aquaman Villain, It's Good Enough for You!
In the 1960's, Buckminster Fuller (the geodesic dome guy) was commissioned by Matsutaro Shoriki, a wealthy Japanese patron, to design a city in Japan. This architectural marvel was to be a tetrahedron that measured two miles on each side, capable of housing one million residents, and would be located in Tokyo Bay. Not along Tokyo Bay, but in Tokyo Bay. Floating.
It's about time that shiftless ocean pulled its weight.
The tetrahedron shape provided many benefits as well, like maximizing the availability of outside living area, and protecting residents from potentially fatal falls off of the tall buildings (guard rails were not to be invented until 1992, by Sir Preston Guardrail, of the Oxford Guardrails). Unfortunately, Shoriki died in 1966, which brought an end to the plans for the gargantuan artificial floating pyramid. Until the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development caught wind of the idea. So Fuller went to work on a scaled-down model for the US, called Triton City.
Triton anticipated a lower maximum population of just over 100,000 people, and was also to be the first fully organic city, complete with a desalination system to re-circulate ocean water. Schematics for Triton were sent to the United States Navy's Bureau of Ships, to check it for "water-worthiness," stability and organic capabilities, then off to the Bureau of Yards and Docks to see whether or not they could even build this thing, specifically at the cost they had projected. Both Bureaus gave the thumbs up, and the Navy's cost estimate came within 10% of Buckminster's. And that's probably the craziest part of Triton: At every stage, it was going to work.
Except maybe the "convincing people to move into a giant floating pyramid" stage.
So why aren't you living in a floating metal pyramid, mocking the ocean and all her impotent fury? Like all things, you can probably blame Lyndon B. Johnson for that: The plans had taken too long to get approval, and by the time they did, LBJ left office and took all support for the idea with him. He even took the Triton City model when he left and put it in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum. You guys didn't play nice, so he just took his futuristic water-city and went home.
"LBJ, LBJ, how many floating futuristic ocean cities did you kill today?"
#5. Metropolis: Where Everybody Is Your Neighbor. Literally!
Metropolis isn't just a fictional city ruled by a power-mad Aryan Ubermensch. It was originally a real place -- or at least it was going to be. Just prior to the turn of the 20th century, King Camp Gillette (yes, the shaving guy) had a slightly different idea for Metropolis:
You missed a spot there, buddy.
"Under a perfect economical system of production and distribution, and a system combining the greatest elements of progress, there can be only one city on a continent, and possibly only one in the world."
No more Chicago, Miami or L.A. Just one gargantuan city, home to everyone in North America, and maybe, eventually, the entire planet. Sure, there would be other, smaller areas scattered throughout the country for people to work for temporary periods of time, and even others to vacation in, but Metropolis would be "home to the people." All 6,075 square miles of it, located directly over Niagara Falls.
And we can't stress this enough: In no way was it a mammoth training base for King Gillette's Razor-troopers.
Gillette's plan was to use the falls not only as the main source of water but also to power the city. The design and layout of the buildings themselves were so brutally efficient that we wouldn't see their likeness again until the pod towers of The Matrix.
And Gillette was dead serious about his mega-city. Not only did he write a book on the subject of Metropolis, detailing dimensions and specific methods of implementation, he also wrote a book on the hypothetical company that should create and manage it. He offered the presidency of said company to Theodore Roosevelt at the bargain price of $1 million. Which seems like a pretty fair trade once you realize that one of Gillette's main goals was to abolish the concept of money entirely.
"I will give you complete control of the entire continent in exchange for 1 million nothings!"
#4. Roadtown: Liberating Women With the Power of Straight Lines.
Imagine you're standing on the Great Wall of China. Now, imagine that instead of endless miles of inert brick, you're instead gazing upon a long, thin line of bustling city. Welcome to Roadtown, Edgar Chambless' idea for a two-room-wide, two-story-tall technological utopia. The uppermost levels are reserved for the recreation area of the roof promenade, the apartment levels are below that and the employment levels below those, and underneath it all is a three-level underground railway system, which is good, because when everything is located along one long, straight line, it's going to take fucking forever to get anywhere. It's basically Traffic Jam: The City.
All the fun of riding in a cramped train, with none of the benefits of ever actually arriving anywhere.
The problem with the early 1900s city designs, Chambless figured, was that land was being underutilized because of a lack of transportation. And like most terrible ideas, his started off being absolutely right: That was the biggest problem of the early 20th century. But where the rest of the world proposed building up (thus the popularization of the skyscraper), Chambless instead proposed building out, in a long, continuous line. He thought that transportation and utilities would be improved by running things linearly, which would allow services like heat, water, electricity, phone and public transportation to be universally available and easy to maintain.
Chambless obviously never had to deal with Christmas tree lights.
Of course, like all mad city builders, Chambless couldn't quit with just one weird concept: He also proposed that all meals would be cooked in cooperative kitchens and then delivered via the underground transportation system. Afterward, dishes and dirty linens would be dropped down a chute for delivery to a centralized dish- and clothes-washing room. The problem, of course, being that the already taxed two-lane, three-story rail system -- which is the only means of transportation -- is now attempting to ferry not only every person in the city in a straight line, but also all of their clothes and meals. Chambless essentially wanted to eliminate an entire dimension by tacking all the contents of said dimension onto the ends of a giant line.
But at least his heart was in the right place: The dish, dinner and laundry systems were all conceived to help free women from the stereotypical homemaker role. Chambless felt that women were being suckered into the position of household servant, and he wished to abolish "woman's economic dependence on man that makes her a sexual slave." And somehow, through a series of labyrinthine insanities that only Chambless, God and a litany of confounded psychiatrists can know, he figured that women were being oppressed only because cities were just too goddamn wide.
"We demand the right to vote! And also the right to live in a hellish tube of horrors!"


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What does the term 'kiting' mean when used for games? I've seen the term thrown around here and there in reference to a few different games. Are there specific types of games that it applies to?
Kiting refers to keeping an enemy chasing you while also keeping it at a range where it cannot attack you. This tactic is often used to more safely attack the enemy using a long-range attack or to distract the enemy while others attack it.
The effect looks like you have the enemy on the end of a string, kind of like a 'kite', because you are both moving in the same direction and he's never catching up to you. It is a generic term that applies to any game with mechanics that allow it.
Kiting can simply be defined as:
"Forcing an enemy to follow you around."
In MMOs tanks kite mobs while getting the crap beat out of them. So the "at a range where it cannot attack you" doesn't apply. Also many mechanics like avoidance, spell reflection, self healing, etc... can be in effect to allow you to survive while kiting.
Though the most basic example of kiting is dealing ranged damage to an enemy (hereafter called "mob") that has slower run speed, "kiting," in the more abstract sense, does not necessarily require that the mob follow you around. "Kiting" is a blanket term used to describe any strategy in which the mob is taking damage, but it is not dealing damage. Even root+nuking a mob could, in some sense, be considered kiting. Here are some strategies that are considered kiting:
In EQ1, "fear kiting" was widely used by necromancers. Necros would fear the mob, and it would run in the opposite direction, at which point you'd cast spells on it. When fear broke, you would simply recast it. While the mob was feared, the player would chase the mob, instead of the other way around.
Another form of kiting is done with a group, where one high aggro person would have the mob chase him around, while others would beat on the mob. Since the person at range was highest on the aggro list, the mob would ignore the rest of the group, even though the rest of the group was within striking range. Sometimes a pet or charmed pet is used instead of a group. This is sometimes called "aggro kiting."
Another form of kiting is "charm kiting," which is where you charm a mob to make him your pet, send him at another, more powerful target, and when the more powerful mob kills your pet, you root/snare/stun/mez it, and charm another pet. The process is repeated until the powerful target is dead, which can take anywhere in between 3-30 minutes. This is different from the kiting mentioned in the previous paragraph because, here, your charmed pet is actually taking damage, but if it is easily replaced, that's not a problem.
Yet another version of charm kiting is done as part of an experience grind. Once again, since charmed pets are often weakened while charmed, they will lose to an equally powered mob 99.999% of the time. The idea is to break the charm right before your pet dies, at which point you finish it off. However, it's faster to send your pet at multiple mobs, in an attempt to have its health drop more quickly. This is extremely dangerous, as it requires you to run around to avoid the 3+ mobs that you have aggro'd. Having 4-5 mobs on you is typical, but I've done it with 10+ mobs. Since someone employing this strategy is often being followed by a "swarm" of mobs, this is called "swarm kiting."
Another type of kiting is "AE kiting," which is just like normal kiting, except with multiple mobs. You snare 2-4 (typically) mobs or simply get to where you can run faster than them, and then you run them in circles, which makes them bunch up into a small group (in most games; in some games, however, the AI that controls the NPCs is too smart for this, and the mobs will refuse to bunch up, making AE kiting impossible.) Then, you cast a targeted AOE (or PBAOE, but that's more dangerous.)
There's a few more, but you should have the idea by now.
Since no one else seems to have touched on this, kiting can apply to a variety of game genres, depending on the game, but one that it applies strongly to is the dual-stick shooter genre, where players often end up circling the stage continuously, while enemies follow after them.
The term is also often used in MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) games. In this context, it often refers to one player 'baiting' any number of enemies while other players attack them.


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Catherine M. Figgins, 90, of Nebraska City (formerly Denver) died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 at the Wilber Care Center in Wilber. Catherine was born on Nov. 2, 1921 in Wymore to Francis B. and Emma D. (Schutte) Crate. She graduated from Edgar High School in Edgar.
She was a bookkeeper for many years for the Benson Mineral Group in Denver. She moved to Nebraska City in September of 1993. She was a member of the Missouri Valley, Iowa, Eastern Star.
Catherine is survived by siblings Arthur B. Crate of Syracuse, Mary A. Armstrong of Nebraska City, and Dorothy G. Beerenstrauch of Wilber; many nieces, nephews, other family and friends.
She was preceded by brothers Charles F. Crate, Harold H. Crate and Arthur B. Crate, and sisters Mary A. Armstrong and Louise E. Wagner.
Catherine's wishes were to be cremated. Inurnment will be at the Edgar Cemetery.
No visitation or viewing is scheduled.
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Circa 1971 presents a selection of video and film works by key figures in early video art from the collection of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), a nonprofit organization that fosters the creation, exhibition, distribution, and preservation of moving-image art.
Celebrating EAI's 40th anniversary, the exhibition takes the organization's founding year as its point of departure and presents a diverse series of media artworks—created in and around 1971—linked by the alternative artistic practices and activist impulses that drove the early video subculture.
Organized by guest curator and EAI executive director Lori Zippay in collaboration with Dia's curatorial department.
Nancy Holt, Joan Jonas, Anthony Ramos, and Paul Ryan with Lori Zippay
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Crouchy as one of the most legendary managers of this forum do you want to set up the Hall Of Fame as a thread?
Also shall we limit the amount of threads that can go in in a month/week or whatever? I.e. One a month can be added
Very kind of you to say such a thing Flamers. :o
I think it's best to wait to see what response others have and, in particular, the Moderators, who may have their own ideas about it.
I'm copying my original post below, seeing as we are now on a new page and it has got lost on the previous one!
It's only the truth :P
Great idea Crouchy. I don't think it should be one a month. The reason for this is there many great career saves that happen. Dafuge's from FM10 as well as yours Crouchy. The problem you would have is that there are some decent career threads at the moment which are good. So you would have kind of figure a fair way out. Great idea though and lets hope it works .
I mean so you can't add like 100 to them, limit the number. I'm not sure the way to do it.
I would contact the mods in FMS--they have an established procedure that seems to work well. Nominations are, I think, twice a year with votes once a year. But I'm a relative noob, so tenthreeleader or gavrenwick would be a better source.
I seem to remember there was some discussion about a hall of fame in the past and I think last time I said that I thought it would be best if it was integrated into the annual awards. With the annual nature of FM, a lot of the careers here will naturally come to an end as the new version of FM approaches, so to me that seems like the most obvious time to consider threads to be inducted.
Personally I would be against a sub forum, it just seems unneccessary. A stickied thread with links to all the inducted threads would be a much better format in my opinion.
Does anyone have a link to the FMS hall of fame? The links in the forum header are dead.
Hi guys, I've just bought a new laptop and thus thinking of getting a journeyman career started on FM. I know what leagues i'm going to load, I'm just bit confused by player count really.
Specs; Intel dual core i3 processor m380 2.53ghz, 4GB ram.
Has anyone got a similar to this and what setup do you use?
Help appreciated!
With the hyperthreading on i3 cores I have a close setup: Q9000 quad @2Ghz per core 4GB Ram. I run 78,000 players and 80+ leagues, it's a bit slow but I don't mind it's roughly 24 hours of game time for a season in Iceland.
That was roughly the amount of players I was thinking of loading, but was only going to load 25 playable leagues.
I just used a default "large" database thats why I loaded so many leagues
How does loading more players impact on a save in terms of slowing things down?
Players are quicker than leagues I think
Ok cheers Flamers. I'm going to try a game with 25 leagues loaded and 75k players (my limit according to FM) and see how I get on.
If you have patience then a game speed of 1.5 star will be fine, if your less patient then 2.5 should be you lowest
How do I load players from one of the levels below in the pyramid below the lowest active division in a nation?
The reason I'm asking is because, I plan to start my save in Italy loading all playable divisions, however i don't want to load all players based in Italy (far too many - some 18,000!) so was thinking maybe I could load players from the next level only in Serie D?
Does anybody know how to do this?
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The reason for saying that is that it has to generate results in more detail if you run leagues AND keep the player data. With just players it quick generate and player data
Empty now.
ok not sure how to do this im in season 2025/26 of my sunderland game ive been playing since 11.0 now i want to put it into a thread but not sure how to recap the last 15 seasons, any help?
Whenever I get so far ahead I just post league table, results and best 11 gives a good enough round up in my opinion.
Try a Dafuge style summary of each season maybe?
anyone know how to fix my stadium name? got a new ground now a few seasons later the name has gone AWOL!
Check in the bugs bit I saw something about this...
People of FMCU - Please help me with my dilemma!
I'm calling on the good people of FMCU to help me in a massive career decision:
First things first, below you can find the table and see the situation we find ourselves in, along with the current position of Lazio in the league:
We're struggling along, picking up the odd draw and very occasional win. I feel we're doing okay, although we have dropped points to Mantova and Livorno, which is not good. However, we have beaten Parma and Lazio. In general, I'm feeling fairly happy with how things are going and I do think we can do enough to stay up, although it's going to be very tough and there is no way it's going to be an easy ride.Code:| Pos | Inf | Team | | Pld | Won | Drn | Lst | For | Ag | G.D. | Pts | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 14th | | Livorno | | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 14 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 15th | | Empoli | | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 13 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 16th | | Verona | | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 11 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 17th | | Reggina | | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 9 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 18th | | Lazio | | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 18 | -10 | 8 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 19th | | Mantova | | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | -20 | 7 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 20th | | Parma | | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -19 | 6 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then, suddenly, Lazio sack their manager and ask me if I want the job. Now, here comes the dilemma: this looks like a huge opportunity for me to move onwards and upwards in my managerial career but, at the same time, I love Hellas Verona and feel an emotional attachment to them.
On the pros side, just look at that transfer budget! Looking at their squad, I can see there is enough talent there already for me to get them out of trouble, and if I can spend the transfer budget, it means that I can do some good business in January and have a great chance of pushing them back up the table. With the transfer money, I could also bring my favourites like Davide Vangi and Luca Ricci with me to the capital. This is an opportunity to move to the capital, take over one of the biggest clubs in Italy, spend some money and push them on. In the longer term, a push for Europe would be realistic and this could lead to bigger things for me. This could be a great stepping stone on to an even bigger club. A couple of decent finishes with Lazio could see the offers come in from a Champions League outfit; a place where I could challenge for titles and trophies at the very top of the game!
On the cons side, I would always have to wonder what could have been with Verona. My emotional attachment is very strong and I'll feel sad to leave. But I have to ask the question: what can Verona do for my managerial career? At the moment, not enough is probably the answer. Progress is going to be slow, there isn't a lot of money to spend and I could end up fighting for survival or heading towards mid-table mediocrity for quite a few more seasons to come. Maybe I have used Hellas Verona for as much as I can get right now. Verona would always be in my heart but I must be ruthless and think only of my managerial career!
Tough one, isn't it? So, people of FMCU, your advice would be appreciated!
Here is a link to my career thread - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...ourneyman-Save
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id move its a step forwards a few bad results at verona you could go down and be set back a few more seasons, onwards and upwards my good man!
Go, you've been loyal enough to them. And think of all the virtual money you can make in manager salaries at Lazio!
But I'm a man of principles Rancer: I'll only move for footballing reasons, not for money!
Some think loyalty is staying with a club for a long time, some say loyalty is staying with them in times of struggle when they really need you. You've been with them for a long time already. Now, can you bring them to greater heights? Can you win titles with Verona? Do you have the potential to win titles with Lazio? Is the likelihood of you winning with Lazio higher than with Verona?
You don't owe anything to them, you brought them back to where they belong. Now you should go to a club where your career can benefit the most.
(my definition of loyalty might offer from yours, but in all my career games I've stayed at clubs for 4-5 years, with the exception of a couple clubs. So I'm quite loyal, but I leave for a new club because I have nothing left to prove and I've accomplished everything I've had to. I have no regrets about leaving because I brought them trophies and really elevated the status of the clubs.) It's a little sad to leave but it's ultimately best for me to go for a new challenge and learn something new and experience new things, like a journey.
Anyone that knows my FMing or that has read my continental threads will know that I love playing in New Zealand. The problem with long term games there is that there is no competition outside of the Club World Cup thingy. I would really love to start a game with New Zealand based teams competing in the Asian Champions League and the Oceanic one like Mexican teams competing in North and South American continental competition. Does anyone know any way this can be edited to happen, all I have seen is it might be possible if you recreate both competitions but that would take me a long long time. Any ideas?
I think you would have to rebuild them both.. I'm not sure honestly..
That seems really complicated when looking in the editor.
I have only got to the point where I can rebuild countries.. Never tried continental competitions...
Can countries be swapped so New Zealand is placed in Asia and the lowest ranked Asian nation moved to Oceania?
I don't mind not playing in the OFC Champions League. I just want to try and build up a New Zealand team over 50 seasons as the seasons are very fast there.
I'm not sure if it chooses the selection trough the ID numbers?
That's where I begin to get a bit lost, I understand that everything has an ID number but that is all I understand. I wish editing was a lot more simple.
I THINK that is selects teams based on the unique ID
I take it you cannot swap the id numbers or anything like that?
Not sure but I don't think so cos they are greyed out
will it work if i swap the southern boundry for it?
not swap more extend
from the way i understand its the edge boundry for inclusion in the competition
Worth looking into for sure.
Just read a few threads on the Hall of Fame and well fair play some of them made me laugh so if your bored go have a look especially the threads http://community.sigames.com/showthr...*?daysprune=-1 and OTF i need help...Brilliant posts from nearly 10 years ago
I feel slightly rancid after reading that, is that normal?
This one is good: http://community.sigames.com/showthr...F?daysprune=-1
I'm always interested in hearing how other people play the game and I got curious about my fellow FMCUers. I thought perhaps we could have some more discussions in here about how we play the game.
To start off with, I thought it might be interesting to talk about tactics. I know some of you have some tactical talk in your career threads but I also thought it might be an interesting discussion to have here in our discussion thread. So, I was just wondering how you all like to set up tactically on FM.
What formations do you like? What sort of football do you try to play? Do you use the tactics creator or set up your own tactics? What is your philosophy? And so on and so forth.
Personally, after years of slider love, I came over to the way of the TC and I really enjoy using it now. I've tried pretty much all of the formations but seem to have gone back to 4-4-2 of late in a fit of nostalgia. I've always tried to play football in the way that I like to see it played in real life, which is basically getting the ball down, using the flanks and attacking with pace. I used to use the rigid philosophy quite a bit because I liked the mentality structure but I've recently been using the fluid philosophy more often due to the greater creative freedom and the fact it seems to add an unpredictable quality to attacks. I love playing around with the tactical side of the game and so I've tried most things on FM at some point but this is currently my favourite way to set up.
Over to you guys. Hope it should spark an interesting discussion.
im strange with tactics ive got three formations i really like and i shoehorn my squad into one then repeatly use that till im in desperate need for a change, for example my sunderland game is a 4-3-3 formation as ive always loved the idea of a narrow pile alot of players into the opposition box stlye of play works brilliant for counter attacking. or the short slow passing game im playing now.
also love 4-4-2 old skool with two wingers bombing down the flanks with the full backs overlapping
and finally i like a 5-3-2 formation with wing backs grew up watching brazil with the liks of cafu and roberto carlos as wingbacks and have used it a few times with various degrees of success, i actually might have a go at making another one soon mm wing backs
Currently playing lower leagues and a 4-4-1-1 rigid philisophy, stick to position, less creative freedom. Always seems to work a treat in the divisions where skill is rationed.
My preferred formation is a balanced 4-4-2, this is how the beautiful game should be played! One tall, strong striker, one short, fast striker, two wingers and a flat back four. The two centre-midfielders get adjusted depending on the personnel. Nothing over-elaborate too, a simple short passing game and well drilled set-pieces. The tactic creator helps this, but I would still aim to play this way without it. I always like to aim to have the best defence in the league, it distresses me big time if we concede loads of goals. A 2-0 win is the ideal scoreline as far as I'm concerned!
After a move to Brazil my team lacks wingers and every other side plays a 4-2-2-2 so I might have a go at creating one but not sure on roles and stuff. Surely no wide players makes attacking a bit boring and narrow. Since 11.3 I have struggled to defend no matter what tactic I use.
I am a big fan of the flat back three right now. I vary from a 3-5-2 to a 3-4-3. Due to my players being superstars in the Icelandic league I have a Fluid philosophy but in Europe I will go back to my Standard philosophy. I also had mixed success with a 5-1-1-2-1 early in my career.
I am also a very strong believer in the "pass the ball into the net" style of football, none of my players have long shots higher than "Sometimes". Because of this I am looking for pacey strikers all the time.
Also should we create a tactics discussion thread or not?
One formation that consistently does well for me is the 4-1-3-2, which is 1 defensive mid and 3 centre mids. I have used this for the majority of the time in the past few versions of fm. Occasionally I'll have to change it if results aren't coming. In my current save I had to mix it up a bit when we were promoted to the Swedish Premier Division but after a few seasons of safety I have now reverted back to the 4-1-3-2 which seems to be working reasonably well.
At home I set the team instructions to "control" or "standard" and away from home to "counter" or "defensive". Since my team isn't the most gifted I have set all their long shots to rarely as I am sick of seeing them wasting a perfectly good attacking move by blasting the ball out of the stadium from 25 yards out.
It totally depends on my mood!
I have an adaptable 4-1-2-3 from my FM10 career which I still use, but I've played with 4-4-2, 4-5-1, 4-4-1-1, 4-1-2-1-2 and a flat 5-3-2.
I used to detest using wingers, but now I seem to be using them a lot more. I only seem to use Control or Counter instructions it seems, again a product of the teams I play.
I NEVER EVER EVER allow my players to take long shots, simply as I've never had one go in since FM09.
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Also, is anyone else finding that they're conceding a lot of goals from rebounds?
i play a 4-3-2-1 with the 3 cms and then amr/aml supporting my lone striker. Very fluid short attacking game. I try to mimmick barcelona who ever i manage. But obviously when im Southampton i aint got no Messi's or Xavi's lol. I also play the same tactic home and away and dont change it
ive actually decided im fed up of 4-3-3 so im going to switch to 4-4-2 next season
After spending so much of my FM time playing with lone strikers and generally using 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-1-1 style formations, I have gone back to preferring to use two forwards. I always prefer four at the back, so this means 4-4-2.
For some reason, I've just fallen back in love with the 4-4-2, and I love the fact that it forces me generally to use more complete players rather than focusing on specialist positions more often.
I have been a big fan of the rigid philosophy because I prefer the mentality structure. With one midfielder playing a little deeper, two attacking wide players and one of my forwards playing deep, I can generally get a 4-2-3-1 shape out of my 4-4-2 as well.
Despite using rigid mentality, I generally add more free roles and more creativity when managing a quality side. I find this gives me a nice balance of playing good and attractive football, as well as also keeping things defensively sound.
What philosophies do the rest of you prefer?
It's funny how the the human mind doesn't really notice when "the" is used twice in a row>
Just wondering how far ahead people get in their saves before posting an update and if you prefer reading/writing monthly or seasonal updates?
I also use Word as I go along (I've learnt as I previously wrote it out in the reply box only for the page to crash! ) and generally play 2 or 3 seasons before posting to make sure that i'll be playing the save and updating rather than posting a new thread only for it to be closed soon after. As for the regularity of updates, personally I prefer both writing and reading 2-3 updates a season (pre-season, mid-season, end of season) but that's just me. It's entirely up to you how often you update your thread .
As for Crouchy's initial question...I personally prefer a 4-1-3-2 counter attacking formation as this tends to give me adequate balance throughout the squad while also allowing me to draw the opposition in before catching them on the break. A solid back 4 with a protecting anchor man, a central midfielder who can get forward with 2 wingers who can also come inside to help pack out the midfield, and 2 strikers, one dropping in the hole and one on the last mans shoulder. As for the philosphy of the team, it really depends on the standard and quality of the players I have. I usually start in the lower leagues so quality isn't that abundant, hence me opting for a rigid philosophy. I always found the sliders to be difficult to understand so when SI decided to implent the TC I was really pleased. I always use the TC now .
The tactics creator really has improved my enjoyment of FM tenfold - I can finally concentrate on the overall gameplan rather than all the minutiae which quite honestly bored me.
I play like this:
Balanced/standard for difficult games, Fluid/Control for games I'm favourite in. Creates some really great attacking football when it works well, I really love having a classic number 10 playmaking, and because my wingers are often shown inside by opposition fullbacks, the wingbacks get into some great positions on the overlap.Code:Wing Back Centreback Centreback Wing Back Automatic Defend Defend Automatic Defensive Mid Defensive Mid Defend Support Winger Advanced Playmaker Winger Attack Support Attack Advanced Forward Attack
An important change I've made to it recently was to give the supporting defensive midfielder more license to go forward - changing his "Forward Runs" to "Often". Really helps supplement the attacks when we've having trouble breaking the opposition down, scored a good few from him bursting into the box and finishing after some nice wingplay, or a great throughball from the playmaker.
quick ? how do i find out my players total games played for not just league games in there history..im struggling to find it
You have to view each season the player played in their history to see every game they played (eg click season 2010/11 for example and it'll show all the games).
Only if he is in the best 11 ever, I think that shows total appearances and goals.
Does anyone else find it difficult to sell certain players? and is there a upper age limit you keep players for? i always buy younger players keep them till 29/30 for outfield players and 30-35 for keepers before selling on as i like to get some money back for players, for instance its been a huge wrench to sell my number one keeper and a center midfielder ive had since they were in theri early 20s and have formed part of my spine for nearly 10 years.
For instance my four DCs currently are 29, 30, 32 & 34 which is quite bad for me. The 34yo has lost a little pace but is still a good defender for the level while the 29yo is probably the worst of the four. End of this season I'll look to replace the 29yo & then end of next season the 34yo will probably retire at the end of his contract. That will leave me with a 32yo & a 34yo + two new signing between around 22 & 27. Haven't planned beyond that but its fair to say another will go at the end of that season.
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my sides are always built around ayoung hungry team so i can make as much profit on players as possible and also keep a general rolling in and out put of players but some players stay longer, however as i normally have a a large section of players around the same age so i normally sell a chunk of them on due to age and the fact i dont like my squad dont getting too old.
I try to buy the best for each position for my budget and level. I'm not one to take the road most travelled, either.
I'm inspired to try to make an England-esque 4-3-3 now after the Ghana game
Actually thinking about the press reaction to Wilshere playing deep against Denmark, I think if Busquets was English people would cry about him not being allowed to go forward... *facepalms*
I have a weird problem with some of my players statistics, does anyone know whats going on with this?
Its a known issue in the first season jarcar.
It seems to happen to random players for some reason but the good news is it fixes itself in the second season so its not an ongoing problem.
Thank god for that..thank you
am i missing summit? :S
So... I tried to go back to my Trafford save. Played a few matches but couldn't get back into it. The team is the best in the world with some of the best players, winning the league is generally easy, and the only goal I really have is to get a new stadium as the 18,000 is holding us back something terribly. But that's still some 7 years away. Instead I started anew from the bottom. Haven't bought FM11, but is there any interest for a FM10 game around these parts?
I could just write it for myself, but with pictures and all it's a bit of work. Any format you prefer over others? I've not been around for half a year so not sure how this place has developed since then
The new save has been started using Uncle Ron's FM10 level 7-8 England file. I'm into the third season now.
id read it, i like reading these while playing my own game, personally i prefer to read once a season updates with maybe important info sprinkled through out the season posted, but its entirely upto you. good luck with it
Yeah, go for it. Don't care what version it is as long as it's written well enough
His player is recording league statistics but nothing is showing up in the 'overall' column.
Hello everyone, I was thinking of starting a thread in this forum and wanted to do one of those 'code' boxes to put down relevant career info, league tables ect. Problem is I havent go much of a clue about this sort of thing. I was wondering if anyone could take the time out to explain to me how to do them.
If I can learn how to do this I think I can get a basic looking thread going.
Thanks, pezza1
The best way is asking permission and copying someone else's But basically in code a character is always the same width
Ok, but how do people get them organised into columns and rows? Please remember I am completely useless with this kind of thing!!
Just find a thread with the sort of table you like and ask someone if they can PM you the code they use, I am sure someone will do it as most on this forum are pretty helpful.
The best way is to copy the table into Word or Notepad or something. Then copy the column and use Insert, it the overwrites a character each time you type a new one
It's very easy actually. Just go to a thread with a table like that and hit reply to their post. Then scroll to the section with the table. You'll see basically just text. But it's messy cause most likely the linebreaks are not the same. So copy that text and paste it into Notepad. Now it will look proper, with text in assorted columns. That's who it should be anyway. The easiest way to make them is to write what you want in Notepad, and use spacebar to separate the columns (not tab key). When you are happy you copy the whole shebang into the forum reply box. It must be within [ CODE ] tags (without space). Just use the code button in the reply box.
You'll get it soon. It sounds more complicated than it is
Thanks for all you help guys!
Your right AcidBurn, people are pretty helpful on this forum!!


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Weirton area residents have an opportunity to celebrate their heritage this weekend with the annual Festival of Nations, taking place Saturday at the Weirton Event Center.
Based on a concept initially brought to Weirton by E.T. Weir himself, the modern-day Festival of Nations was started in 2009 with the intention of reflecting on the Weirton area's cultural heritage and celebrating some of what makes this community unique.
Bringing together the traditional food, music and clothing of a variety of ethnicities that have served as the building blocks of this city from its earliest days as Holliday's Cove through the development of its steel industry to today, it provides a chance for us all to celebrate and learn.
Representations of a variety of nationalities, including India, the Phillipines, Germany, Greece, Italy, Serbia, Ireland and many others are expected and should offer something for everyone to enjoy.
The last few years have seen big crowds as residents watch the Parade of Nations, sample some food from around the globe and sit down to enjoy some music, and we know this Saturday afternoon will be no different. The Festival of Nations is a great event for everyone, and we encourage our residents to check it out.
For the last few years, the festival has been held in the gymnasium at the Millsop Community Center.
We feel an outdoor facility will definitely add some new elements to the celebration that will make it a memorable experience for everyone.
We thank the the Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center, as well as all the volunteers, for once again making this event happen for our community.


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I have solr (an http web server used for searching) runs on port 8334, rabbitmq messaging server runs on port 6633.
In the same machine, I have the web server which is accessed from outside world.
Now How can I secure the solr and rabbit-mq server so that no one from outside network can access the tcp server port? This means that solr and rabbit-mq server should be called only within the local machine.
I run the web server, db server, solr and rabbitmq in the same system. I use ubuntu 9.10 server.
can someone help me on this?


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One side effect of pregnancy all women have to deal with is conflicting information and advice. One article says to do something, while a friend says the exact opposite. It can be confusing and irritating. While you can choose to stop reading a newspaper or turn to a different television channel, it's more difficult to avoid the unwanted advice of other women. Even more difficult is the advice from close relatives, such as your mother and mother-in-law. You'll need the support of your family and friends, so won't want to alienate them, but don't feel pressured to act in a certain way. Also don't reject everything immediately-some of the advice may in fact be useful and accurate.
If someone is persistently advising you explain that you're overwhelmed by information and would rather not talk about the pregnancy at this time. Or listen to the person's advice, smile politely, and then do what you want. You could subtly hint that you will ask for advice as and when you need it.
Give yourself a hair makeover.
Your blood volume increases up to 30 percent during pregnancy, due to the added needs of your baby and your expanding body. In addition, the hormone relaxin (which is produced to soften ligaments and joints) also softens the walls of your blood vessels. The blood vessels relax and the increased blood and extra weight of the baby make you susceptible to varicose veins.
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The Drake Equation is designed to estimate the number of Planets possibly having intelligent life forms existing in our Galaxy. But I don't see how it's justified. As far as we know, Earth is the only planet with (intelligent) life forms existing on it, apart from Jupiter's moon Europa and Neptune which have oceans that may or may not contain life. I wonder what Dr Frank Drake set as the criteria to obtain the estimate value. Can I get help with that?
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Well, the mathematical basis for the form of the equation is the rule of product.
Which factors are taken into account can certainly be disputed, i.e. there are certainly more complicated models and more correlations you could come up with. But the Drake equation lists a couple of reasonable yes/no requirements. Certainly, some variables are fairly hard to evaluate quantitatively, which makes it harder to dismiss it as a method for a guess.


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KREMMLING- It's sometimes hard enough getting through a day of school, much less without being bullied, teased or harassed by other students.Each day, an estimated 160,000 U.S. students stay home because they fear being bullied. But even more frightening are the students who become so angry and depressed over the abuse, they ponder suicide or plot a violent revenge.In response to horror over a mass shooting in a Newtown, Conn., elementary school last December, and to create a safer learning environment in the schools of the West Grand School District, an ad hoc citizen's committee - Forward Motion - was created on Jan. 17.The committee, comprised of seven concerned citizens, met eight more times over the next seven weeks to devise an action plan to address school violence by prompting students and citizens to share responsibility for student safety with school board members and law enforcement. The group concluded prevention of school violence is a community concern requiring a community response, and that trust and confidence between parents, children, their school and their community most effectively fosters a safe learning environment.The culmination of the Forward Motion Committee's efforts was a meeting at West Grand High School of nearly 500 parents on March 6 that included a presentation on Rachel's Challenge and a sharing of ideas on how to prevent bullying and violence in schools.Rachel Scott was the first student killed at Columbine High School in 1999. After the shooting, Rachel's parents, Darrell and Sandy Scott, found hopeful writings and drawings in Rachel's room that have since inspired more than 18 million people to analyze their own words and actions and be kinder to each other. Through Rachel's Challenge - a series of student-empowering programs that help combat bullying by creating a culture of kindness and compassion - they are able to bring her message to an additional 2 million people each year.Most of the parents at the West Grand meeting agreed the bulk of these problems originate at home, and that schools can only go so far in urging parents to get more involved in their kids' lives. Rachel's Challenge gave promise to solution outside of rules, weapons and supervision.West Grand Superintendent Terry Vanderpan has since arranged to bring Rachel's Challenge to West Grand with the help of grant money earmarked for violence prevention in schools. Through this program, he hopes to bring students and parents onboard in the fight against school violence."Things that happen at home are out of our control most of the time," Vanderpan said, "so we try to educate parents and kids to break the chain of violence and lead by example. We want to teach respect and change the atmosphere of our schools to anti-bullying."With the help of $3,900 contributed by the Grand County Commissioners and other funds from county groups and businesses, Vanderpan has booked Rachel's Challenge to come back to Kremmling on Tuesday, April 23.The West Grand district is inviting East Grand and North Park school districts to participate as well. A select group of students from those districts will be bussed to West Grand High School to engage in either a morning program geared to elementary-school aged students or an afternoon program for grades 6 through 12. All of West Grand's student body will attend.A one-hour workshop, including a select group of 120 students from East Grand, West Grand and North Park, is slated to follow. Those participating will be those who have demonstrated leadership skills in school. It is expected that each of these students will spread the philosophy of Rachel's Challenge and start the chain reaction of kindness and compassion. At 6:30 that evening, there will be another one-hour presentation at West Grand High School, prepared especially for parents and students to increase community awareness of the power of kindness and compassion - to break the chain of violence at home.Meanwhile, to increase school security, Vanderpan has worked to address poor cell service at West Grand schools and has devised plans to be the first district in the state to have 911 alert buttons for staff members. The purchase of radios for school busses to improve communication with the school administration office, additional lockdown drills, a more visible police presence and improved door locks and video surveillance have also contributed to better control of who has access to school property.But beefed-up security can only go so far, Vanderpan said, and that's where strong emotional and social education can help bridge the gap by giving students the knowledge and power to protect themselves and their friends in the fight against bullying and prejudice.
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I have made 7 or 8 extract brews over the past year and am interested in moving up to all-grain. What equipment is needed, and what steps are added to the process.
First, time and patience.
Moving to all-grain is a big step, but definitely an awesome one. Including cleanup, your brew day will extend to many hours. Probably close to 9-10 hours when you first start, though it will become faster as you learn your system.
Equipment wise, I'm not sure what you have, so I'll just go through it all.
Propane burner. It's not required, but it's WAY more better than an electric stove.
Mash tun. This is where you mash the grains, sparge, etc. I built one for super cheap. It's a big chest cooler, a spigot, and a braider washer hose. My blog has pictures of all this stuff.
Big kettle. With extract, if you're used to adding water after the boil, you'll almost definitely need a bigger kettle. I'd suggest something at the 8 gallon or bigger level.
A wort chiller is pretty essential at this stage. Getting 5 gallons of hot wort down to 70˚ is hard without one. There are a few different kinds. I have an immersion chiller, which is pretty much just coiled copper. There are also plate / counterflow chillers, which are fricken badass. Depends what your budget is.
Carboy. same as with extract.
Other useful tools are great, or even essential, too like a mash paddle (big slotted spoon), testing equipment (thermometer, hydrometer, cylindrical tube for testing), etc.
That's the basics. Go to your local homebrew shop and peruse. They'll have tons of gadgets that make the whole thing more fun too.
Personally I'd recommend checking out your local homebrew club, and watching someone run through an all-grain batch. I taught myself from books because at the time I didn't know that such clubs existed, but it makes it so much easier to do once you've seen the process. It seems fairly confusing to read descriptions of it, but watching it you will realize it's really not that difficult... time-consuming, in that there's a lot of waiting around, drinking beer, yes, but difficult no.
I suggest buying the DVD from Basic Brewing Radio.
Just remember as with everything in brewing, it can be as easy or as complicated as you want it to be. You can put together 100 bucks in equipment or 10000.
I am also going through the process of switching from extract to all-grain.
As a general overview of the process, I found A "Cooler" Way to Ease into All-Grain Brewing really helpful.
And as far as building your own mash tun, the video "How to make a Mash Tun from a cooler" has great step by step instructions. I am typically a visual learner when it comes to brewing, so I find youtube videos help the best.
Edit: By the way, I used the video "How to make a Mash Tun from a cooler" and it went great! It took me a few times of running back and forth from home depot, but I got it built. You may have a few minor issues depending on the type of cooler you buy (the only real problem I ran into).
Things you need:
Hope that helps.
If you want to test the all grain waters without investing a lot of cash, check out the 'Brew In A Bag' technique.
You basically steep(mash) a giant bag of grain in all of the water* your brew requires in the same kettle you boil the wort in.
I use a converted cooler for my mash tun and a Masterbuilt indoor 28qt countertop electric turkey fryer for my boil kettle.
*total vol = grain absorption + evaporation + final volume
How to calculate total volume (adjust to your setup as necessary):
I have 2 of these: http://www.williamsbrewing.com/60_QUART_BREW_POT_WITH_1_2_V_P1905C50.cfm both with false bottoms in them. Actually, mine are polarware, but the design is the same. One I use as a mash tun and the other is my boiling pot. I have a 6' tall rack next to my cookstove (just a freestanding propane campstove-- one of those big 2 burner jobs with legs) where I keep my hot water tank (which is an old plastic bottling bucket). I don't have a sparge arm, though they help. I just hang out during the sparge and spread the sparge water around by hand, using my bottling tubing as a hose.
Basically, I've got a poorboy setup that simulates the Tiptier Modular Brewing Stand here: http://www.williamsbrewing.com/WORT_MAKING_EQUIPMENT_BEER__C13.cfm
So the hot water tank's at the top, the mash tun's in the middle and the cookpot's down below. If you get a rack and burners like the one in the photo linked above, then you don't have to lift the damn brew pot off the floor onto the burner like I have to.
Crap, the links above may not work here-- looks like the wiki is stripping out underscores. So you'll need to go to the site above and search "R12" for the cookpot/mash tun and click on "WORT MAKING EQUIPMENT (BEER)" under the homebrew category for the stand.
Oh yeah, getting the thermometer accessory for both the mash tun and the cookpot is helpful too. That way you don't have to float one in there. I also have another 7 gal stainless pot that I use to heat my sparge water in while I'm heating my mash water.


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Here they go again, valley amigos pounding their chests, resorting to histrionics, emotional outbursts, imbecilic and illogical arguments and name-calling believing they are putting forth a coherent rebuttal as evident in their recent letters. The only one I agree with is Guy Indovina. His letter of Oct. 27 ("Tea Party hurting country") states "We as a nation are going through a dumb period . We are the laughing stock of the world." Yes we are, and it's never been as apparent as in the last five years under Obuma.
I love seeing Obama standing at a podium spouting lie after lie about Fast and Furious, IRS, Benghazi, NSA spying scandals and his biggest whopper, Obamacare, with his zombie-like followers in the back wide-eyed with admiration. Look closely at them, they don't blink.
Dispute these facts: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius awarded a $634 million contract to a Canadian firm to build the Obamacare website using 10-year-old technology. We don't have smart people at MicroSoft, Apple or Dell? The president moans about companies outsourcing work overseas, but he gets around this lie by saying technically Canada's not overseas. Oh, you know that the senior VP of this firm was a close friend of Michelle Obama in college. This was a no-bid contract. Gee, I hope the Obama's are playing straight. The CBO reports that 40 percent to 67 percent of current policy holders will lose their coverage. There are 2 million already gone. Hidden in the website it says by agreeing to the application you waive your rights to privacy. "Any information will be used by the government as necessary." Hitler, ring a bell. Everything he did was legal. Up to 15 million will go. Liberals don't care about them hurting financially as long as 20 million get subsidized insurance. Talk about backward.
Obama wants this plan to fail because then he'll make it all one-payer insurance. Want the government to take your premium out of your paycheck? It's about control people. We allow the IRS to oversee Obamacare. That's like putting Hillary Clinton in charge of security in Benghazi.
The national park superintendent testified before Congress that the White House told him to make the government shutdown as painful as possible. He closed the World War II memorial to those heroes but opened the Mall to an illegal alien rally hosted by Pinocchio Nancy Pelosi. These veterans died and suffer for this? Disgusting.
Tuesday was a day that will live in infamy. Fifty-one percent of the population is receiving government entitlements (millions illegal) with 49 percent working to pay for them. During the shutdown 92 percent of EPA personnel were deemed nonessential and laid off. Did you miss them? Attorney General Eric Holder ordered new FBI agents to view the Martin Luther King statue. Racist. They'd be better off viewing WWII, Korea and Vietnam memorials.
Press Secretary Jay Carney is more like Art Carney from the "Honeymooners." He makes me laugh just as much.
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Titanfall "will not release" in South Africa "at this time" says EA [Update]Written by: / / 45 Comments
It's not much of a consolation, but it's something: Speaking with El33tonline on Twitter, and responding to a request for information about the launch of Titanfall in South Africa, Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella said:
@El33tonline indeed. we will look further into it after launch.
— Vince Zampella (@VinceZampella) March 7, 2014
Again, not much of a consolation, but at least it's something.
[End of Update]
In a statement sent to El33tonline this morning, we can confirm that Titanfall will not release in South Africa in line with the launch of the game around the world next week.
Here's the statement in full:
"After conducting recent online tests for Titanfall, we found that the performance rates in South Africa were not as high as we need to guarantee a great experience, so we have decided not to release Titanfall there at this time. We understand this is a disappointment for local fans and will keep them posted on any future plans regarding the release of Titanfall in South Africa."
Indeed, the game has even been pulled from the Origin digital storefront, meaning PC players in the country won't even be able to purchase and download the game next week.
Obviously this comes as a major shock for anyone in the country looking forward to playing what has become the most anticipated and most talked about game in the industry – what do you make of the news? Why would EA choose not to release the game, even digitally, in South Africa?
The only reason we can think of is that EA and Microsoft wouldn't be able to provide proper server support South African players, which would ultimately result in an unplayable game because of Titanfall's focus on online multiplayer – do you think this is the case?
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Heart Disease and Electrophysiology (EP) Testing
In this article
An electrophysiology (EP) study is a test that records the electrical activity and the electrical pathways of your heart. This test is used to help determine the cause of your heart rhythm disturbance and the best treatment for you. During the EP study, your doctor will safely reproduce your abnormal heart rhythm and then may give you different medications to see which controls it best or to determine the best procedure or device to treat your heart rhythm.
Why Do I Need an EP Study?
You may need an EP study:
- To determine the cause of an abnormal heart rhythm
- To locate the site of origin of an abnormal heart rhythm
- To decide the best treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm
Sometimes, an EP study is conducted before implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) placement to determine which device is best, and then afterward to monitor treatment success.
How Should I Prepare for the EP Study?
- Ask your doctor what medications you are allowed to take during the EP study. Your doctor may ask you to stop certain medications 1 to 5 days beforehand. If you have diabetes, ask your doctor how you should adjust your diabetes medications.
- Do not eat or drink anything after midnight the evening before the EP study. If you must take medications, take them only with a small sip of water.
- When you come to the hospital, wear comfortable clothes. You will change into a hospital gown for the procedure. Leave all jewelry or valuables at home.
- Your doctor will tell you if you can go home or must stay in the hospital after the procedure. If you are able to go home, bring a companion to drive you home.
What Can I Expect During the EP Study?
- At the start of an EP study, you will lie on a bed and the nurse will start an intravenous (IV) line into your arm or hand. This is so you can receive drugs and fluids during the procedure. You will be given a drug through your IV to relax you and make you drowsy, but it may not put you in a total sleep.
- The nurse will connect you to several monitors.
- Your groin will be shaved and cleansed with an antiseptic solution. Sterile drapes are used to cover you, from your neck to your feet. A soft strap will be placed across your waist and arms to prevent your hands from coming in contact with the sterile field.
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text: Welcome to my tutorial that will give you step by step instructions on "how to draw a human face", step by step. There was a lot of time and effort put into this tutorial since I love to paint faces. Drawing the human face can be a tedious job because of all the important details as well as the importance of knowing your anatomy. Practicing symmetry is another aspect that you must master, since building faces is essential made up of symmetry. I hope you'll enjoy my tutorial to "draw a realistic face"! Thanks a lot for the views and don't forget to comment on how you did!


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I'm attempting to learn special relativity and i'm having trouble calculating velocity and momentum for each part of the system after interactions.
I wanted to know how fast a linear accelerator and particle would move with respect to the rest frame after a period of acceleration assuming the system is placed in free space. I had some trouble understanding how to apply acceleration to a particle at rest that would result in relativistic speeds so I took the energy approach. If we imagine the accelerator can accelerate a proton to 1TeV of kinetic energy we get the velocity for the proton given:
$$ KE = \frac{m_0c^2}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}} $$ solving for v: $$ v = \sqrt{1- (\frac{m_0c^2}{KE})^2}c $$
and the velocity for the accelerator given:
$$ KE = \frac{1}{2}mv^2 $$ solving for v: $$ v = \sqrt{\frac{2KE}{m}} $$
When I plugged in the numbers and double checked the energy I found that: $$ \frac{1}{2}m_av_a^2 = (\gamma(v_p) -1)m_0c^2 $$ where the left hand represents the kinetic energy of the accelerator and the right hand represents the kinetic energy of the proton. So at this point I felt pretty confident in my calculations for the velocities, but when I looked at the momentum I discovered that something was terribly wrong. The momentum of the accelerator $m_av_a$ definitely was not equal to the momentum of the proton $\gamma m_0v$.
Ultimately I wanted to look at inelastic collisions between relativistic and non-relativistic systems, but I wanted to be able to to do the calculations from rest to rest(which should be easy in a closed system) and i seem to be stumped. So what am I doing wrong? Do I need to be approaching this from another frame? How should I calculate momentum and velocity correctly.


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Subject: Re: [OMPI users] OpenMPI fails to run with -np larger than 10
From: Jeffrey Squyres (jsquyres_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-04-17 17:31:47
Moving the conversation to this bug:
On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:57 AM, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote:
> I recompiled everything from scratch with GCC 4.4.5 and 4.7 using OMPI 1.4.5 tarball.
> I did some tests and it does not seem that i can make it work, i tried these:
> btl_sm_num_fifos 4
> btl_sm_free_list_num 1000
> btl_sm_free_list_max 1000000
> mpool_sm_min_size 1500000000
> mpool_sm_max_size 7500000000
> but nothing helped. I started out with varying one parameter at the time from default to 1000000 (except fifo which i only varied till 100, and sm_min and sm_max which i varied from 67mb [default was set to 67xxxxxx] to 7.5gb) to see what reactions i could get. When running with 10 npp everything worked, but as soon as i went to 11 npp it crashed with the same old error.
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Apr 13, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote:
>> That fixed the issue but have brought a big question mark on why this happened.
>> I'm pretty sure it's not a system memory issue, the node with least RAM has 8gb which i would think is more than enough.
>> Do you think that adjusting the btl_sm_eager_limit, mpool_sm_min_size, and mpool_sm_max_size can help fix the problem? (Found this at http://www.open-mpi.org/faq/?category=sm ) Because compared to the -np 10 the performance of -np 18 is worse when running with the cmd you suggested. I'll try playing around with the parameters and see what works.
> Yes, performance will definitely be worse - I was just trying to isolate the problem. I would play a little with those sizes and see what you can do. Our shared memory person is pretty much unavailable for the next two weeks, but the rest of us will at least try to get you working.
> We typically do run with more than 10 ppn, so I know the base sm code works at that scale. However, those nodes usually have 32Gbytes of RAM, and the default sm params are scaled accordingly.
>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ralph Castain <rhc_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Afraid I have no idea how those packages were built, what release they correspond to, etc. I would suggest sticking with the tarballs.
>> Your output indicates a problem with shared memory when you completely fill the machine. Could be a couple of things, like running out of memory - but for now, try adding -mca btl ^sm to your cmd line. Should work.
>> On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> Sorry that it took so long to answer, I didn't get any return mails and had to check the digest for reply.
>>> Anyway, when i compiled from scratch then i did use the tarballs from open-mpi.org. GROMACS is not the problem (or at least i don't think so), i just used it as a check to see if i could run parallel jobs - i am now using OSU benchmarks because i can't be sure that the problem is not with GROMACS.
>>> On the new installation i have not installed (nor compiled) OMPI from the official tarballs but rather installed the "openmpi-bin, openmpi-common, libopenmpi1.3, openmpi-checkpoint, and libopenmpi-dev" packages using apt-get.
>>> As for the simple examples (i.e. ring_c, hello_c, and connectivity_c extracted from the 1.4.2 official tarball) i get the exact same behavior as with GROMACS/OSU bench.
>>> I suspect you'll have to ask someone familiar with GROMACS about that specific package. As for testing OMPI, can you run the codes in the examples directory - e.g., "hello" and "ring"? I assume you are downloading and installing OMPI from our tarballs?
>>> On Apr 12, 2012, at 7:04 AM, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote:
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > I have a very peculiar problem: I have a micro cluster with three nodes (18 cores total); the nodes are clones of each other and connected to a frontend via Ethernet and Debian squeeze as the OS for all nodes. When I run parallel jobs I can used up ?-np 10? if I go further the job crashes, I have primarily done tests with GROMACS (because that is what I will be running) but have also used OSU Micro-Benchmarks 3.5.2.
>>> >
>>> > For a simple parallel job I use: ?path/mpirun ?hostfile path/hostfile ?np XX ?d ?display-map path/mdrun_mpi ?s path/topol.tpr ?o path/output.trr?
>>> >
>>> > (path is global) For ?np XX being smaller than or 10 it works, however as soon as I make use of 11 or larger the whole thing crashes. The terminal dump is attached to this mail: when_working.txt is for ??np 10?, when_crash.txt is for ??np 12?, and OpenMPI_info.txt is output from ?path/mpirun --bynode --hostfile path/hostfile --tag-output ompi_info -v ompi full ?parsable?
>>> >
>>> > I have tried OpenMPI v.1.4.2 all the way up to beta v1.5.5, and all yield the same result.
>>> >
>>> > The output files are from a new install I did today: I formatted all nodes and started from a fresh minimal install of Squeeze and used "apt-get install gromacs gromacs-openmpi" and installed all dependencies. Then I ran two jobs using the parameters described above, I also did one with OSU bench (data is not included) it also crashed with ?-np? larger than 10.
>>> >
>>> > I hope somebody can help figure out what is wrong and how I can fix it.
>>> >
>>> > Best regards,
>>> > Mohtadin
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Jacuzzi GAL6243ALR2XXW White 62" x 43" Gallery Drop In Comfort Pure Air® Bathtub with Basic Controls, Left Drain and Right Blower
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|Blower Placement
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|Luxury Controls
|Luxury Whirlpool
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- Contoured Backrest - Form-fitting backrest is designed to be more comfortable to lean back against
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- Pump and Drain Placement - The relationship between the two
- Lighting - Chromatherapy, Illumatherapy
- Whisper Technology - Motor mounting system using patented gel components
- Controls - Basic, Luxury, and LCD
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Our SKU: GAL6243 ALR 2XX
This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):
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*Denotes a finish or option that has been discontinued
4 Questions from the Community
The two tubs are from different series and therefore look a little different, although they are quite similar. Other than the small differences you mentioned they are functionally the same.
What is the difference between the Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX and the Jacuzzi RIV6243 ALR 2XX? There does not seem to be much of a diffence beyond weight and gallon capacity.
A. The two tubs are from different series and therefore look a little different, although they are quite similar. Other than the small differences you mentioned they are functionally the same.
The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX is used with a heater. This is how the air is heated.
How does the air get heated? Is there a control for air temperature?
A. The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX is used with a heater. This is how the air is heated.
The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX tub is 43"W x 62"L and is 19"H. If you have any other questions I would be happy to help find an answer for you.
How wide is the Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX?
A. The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX tub is 43"W x 62"L and is 19"H. If you have any other questions I would be happy to help find an answer for you.
The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX uses the Trip-Lever Drain Kit: #X559 or Rotary Drain Kit, 26" Cable #8730
What tub waste kit is needed with this tub?
A. The Jacuzzi GAL6243 ALR 2XX uses the Trip-Lever Drain Kit: #X559 or Rotary Drain Kit, 26" Cable #8730
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Jacuzzi Technical Support: 1-800-288-4002
Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath (Jacuzzi) provides a limited warranty to the consumer. The warranty applies to the bath, pump, motor and most attached fittings and plumbing. In general, Jacuzzi, without charge, will repair or replace (at their option) any new unit or component which proves defective in material or workmanship or does not operate in accordance with written performance specifications stated on the unit. Their warranty has specific limitations.
Excluded from their warranty are certain damages including but not limited to shipping damage; damage occurring during or after installation; damage resulting from installation or use not in accordance with our published instructions and specifications for the product; damage from use of chemicals bath oil additives, or improper cleaning agents; incidental or consequential damages or losses, and damages from product modifications, careless handling or product use for other than personal, family or household purposes. Nor is Jacuzzi responsible for minor blemishes, pitting or crazing or for cost incurred in the removal and/or installation of a unit.
Their warranty does not cover damage or loss resulting from modification. A copy of their entire warranty is available from any of their authorized Dealers and Distributors. They urge each prospective consumer to read their warranty carefully to assure that they enjoy the full benefits of the protection their warranty provides and understands its limitations, the purchase's obligations, and the obligations of other. Be sure to check for local code compliance.


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Some interesting things I found recently:
# Beastie Boys | Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
Free stream of Beastie Boys' latest!
Good people, unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, the "clean" version of our new album, The Hot Sauce Committee pt 2 has leaked. So as a hostile and retaliatory measure with great hubris we are making the full explicit aka filthy dirty nasty version available for streaming on our site. We hope this brings much happiness, hugs, and harmony. Enjoy Kikoos for life!
Thank you, The Management
# Remixing Times Square, with Mobile Field Recordings
Peter Kirn writes:
The armies of the earbuds are everywhere, as people – since the dawning of the Walkman – tune out their surroundings. What if, instead, your surroundings became soundtracks? That's the question posed by a mobile app research project, partnering between New York's Times Square and a creative team at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
UrbanRemix invites users to capture geo-tagged sounds with a free iOS and Android app, then to string them together into sound compositions on the Web
Tim Prebble introduces a new sample library:
This poor old piano was beyond saving and so it became destined for recycling as a sound design library. Its found a new life at: HISSandaROAR.com
# illucia
From paper kettle:
Codebending is the exploration of software with "patch points." Patch points expose the inner workings of computer programs, and allow for atypical connections between things like games, music making software, office suites, etc.
# [VIDEO] The Wilhelm Scream – Cinexcellence – The Wilhelm Scream
Every movie blogger is obligated to devote a post to The Wilhelm Scream AT LEAST once in their lives. And they're all pretty much the same: A quote from wikipedia, the compilation video on YouTube, and the latest movie they found it in. This post is a little different. Starting last year I started collecting Wilhelm Screams, planning on making a video showing some favorites. That project spiraled out of control, and the result is a (pretty) complete collection.
# Max Mathews, Father of Digital Synthesis, Computer Innovator, Dies at 84
Peter Kirn writes:
Max Mathews is best known for his involvement in the debut of digital synthesis, but he contributed much more. His Radio Baton predicted gestural controllers that arrived much later from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft, and it may be his code design ideas that outlast even the memory of the computer's first musical utterances.
More on Max at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Mathews
# Green Label Sound » Take a Tour of the Classixx Studio
Take a peek inside of Classixx's studio where they crafted the GLS single "Into The Valley feat. Karl Dixon."
# Slewpi – The Painterly Music Synthesizer for iOS via Oliver Chesler
Slewpi is a new type of app that lets you create music and synthesized sound and animation by painting on the screen with your fingers.
Slewpi is super easy to use, just paint with your fingers and choose different colors and brushes to change the strokes and sounds. Slewpi records what you do and plays it back in a loop.
Choose different brushes to change the visual style as well as the sound of your strokes in real-time. The different brushes correspond to different synthesizer waveform and vibrato settings allowing you to create new and diverse audio/visual compositions.
# Melodies Found in Barcodes, Then Shared, via iPhone
Peter at CDM:
Strings of numbers are everywhere in our world, tucked just outside our awareness alongside identifiers like bar codes. Dutch media artist and inventor Leo van der Veen simply plucks that information and brings it to the fore.
# Coagula MIDI Ribbon Controller 2.0
Giuseppe Di Cillo writes:
A few months ago I published a post on how to make a MIDI Ribbon Controller with Arduino. In the meantime I had a few ideas to improve both hardware and software and also felt the need to change many parameters without having to reprogram every time Arduino. Finally I placed the controller in a case, thanks to Laura who built it. So this is version 2.0 of my MIDI Ribbon Controller, which finally becomes a much more practical tool.