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We are glad to announce the release of Kdenlive 0.7.6, 3 months after the 0.7.5 version.
Many crashes related to effects, transitions, and timeline corruption issues were fixed, and the latest MLT version (0.4.6) that is used for this Kdenlive release also provides an improved stability, so we encourage all our users to upgrade.
The list of fixed issues can be found on our bugtracker: http://www.kdenlive.org/mantis/changelog_page.php?version_id=11
The new features are:
As usual, you can download the Kdenlive sources from our sourceforge page (see compilation instructions), updated packages for your distros should be available in a few days.
We hope you will enjoy this new release and continue to give us feedback in the forums and bugtracker so that we can improve Kdenlive.
For the Kdenlive team:
Jean-Baptiste Mardelle
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 01:46
A big thank you to all that made this release possible. Keep them coming.
If one of you ever happens to come around this part of the world (Berlin) and wants/needs someone to pay a beer or two, who you gonna call? Ghostb- - no wait - ME!
Thu, 10/15/2009 - 23:16
I found 0.7.6 on a fluke... Very stable!!! MUCH better than 0.7.5 thanks for the quick fix! works good on 2.6.26 and 2.6.30 kernels (Debian Squeeze upgraded from Debian etch.)
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 08:24
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 06:47
You can download (or play with FireFox 3.5+) the original Ogg Theora of the screen recording:
Or see it on YouTube:
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 17:23
Is it an app bundle?
Looks good!
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 08:59
Thank you for the upgrade, it is always much appreciated :)
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 09:41
great release!
Fri, 10/09/2009 - 23:42
Awesome! You guys are doing a great job with Kdenlive. It is my favourite Kde program by far.
Thanks again...
Mon, 10/12/2009 - 17:07
I have confirmed that with 0.7.6, rendering *.OGV created by RecordMyDesktop does not crash.
This is great for me to create tutorial movies. Many thanks for your wonderful activity.
... Sorry, today's trial shows it looks still having problem. Will wait for next release.
Thu, 12/24/2009 - 03:06
I love this project.. I've been using it for some time. This is the only promising FLOSS NLVE outside of Blender. The difference being that KDENLive is much easier to use of course.
Composite transition seems to be broken in the Ubuntu build. I don't know if it's an actual bug or not, but that is a must feature, for keyframing pan and zoom.
I finished my first project without a single crash though.. and that aint bad.
Still using Blenders sequencer for anything hard core, but waiting for this to get better.


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SOUTH MAGNA, Utah – Texas A&M Head Softball Coach Jo Evans will be inducted into the Cypress High School Hall of Fame Thursday morning, Oct. 11.
Evans is a 1978 graduate of CHS where she excelled in several different sports including volleyball, tennis, basketball and track & field. She was a member of the state runner-up Pirate volleyball team in 1977 and took third at state in tennis doubles in the fall of 1977. Evans was a state champion in discus and set the state record in the event in the spring of 1978.
"I am honored to be inducted into the Cyprus High School Hall of Fame," Evans said. "I had such a terrific high school experience and enjoyed participating in volleyball, tennis, basketball, track & field, and club softball, as well as numerous clubs and organizations. My coaches had a big impact on my life and helped me develop the leadership skills that serve me to this day. It's been over 30 years, so I look forward to the experience of being back on campus."
Upon graduation from CHS, Evans received a softball scholarship from the University of Utah where she earned High Country All-Conference honors in 1982, was named an ASA All-American in Women's Class-A Nationals, and led the Utes to a Women's College World Series (WCWS) appearance.
Evans began her coaching career at Florida State, where she was an assistant coach for two years before being named the head coach and Colorado State where she would stay for four years. In her final two seasons with the Rams, she was named the High Country Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
Evans returned to Utah in 1991, this time as the team's skipper, and remained there until her 1996 departure to A&M. She led the Utes to back-to-back Western Athletic Conference titles and two WCWS appearances. In Evans' final WCWS trip with Utah in 1994, the team rewrote the history books for most wins (51), best finish in the WCWS (5th), highest national ranking (7th) and best winning percentage (.797) among other accolades. Evans earned her second WAC Coach of the Year award and was also selected as the West Region Coach of the Year by her peers that season.
Heading into her 17th season at A&M, Evans' honors have continued to multiply. With the Cypress High graduate at the helm, the Aggies have enjoyed 12 NCAA postseason appearances, including back-to-back trips to the WCWS in 2007-08. In 2008 A&M ended the season as the national runners-up with Big 13 regular season and tournament titles in hand. The team also took the conference title in 2005. Evans' Aggies have posted 16-straight 30-win seasons, including seven 40-win seasons. A&M has compiled an impressive 630-304-2 (.674) record under Evans, who has more than 900 career wins as a Division I head coach.
Evans is one of the all-time winningest Division I softball coaches and is one of just a handful of active head coaches to have taken multiple programs to the WCWS.
The Cypress High School Hall of Fame and Pirate Legend Assembly will take place at 9:30 a.m. (Central) on Thursday, Oct. 11, in South Magna, Utah.
Evans Inducted into Cypress High School HOF
SOUTH MAGNA, Utah – Texas A&M Head Softball Coach Jo Evans will be inducted into the Cypress High School Hall of Fame Thursday morning, Oct. 11.

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| Reynolds, P., ARC Advisory Group,
[control systems]
Owner-operators and suppliers face many complex issues
relative to when and how to migrate obsolete control systems
and technology. ARC Advisory Group estimates that $65 billion
of obsolete technology is still presently in use today, and
much of it can be found in hydrocarbon processing plants. While many
older systems are still performing well beyond the original
life expectancy, this can introduce appreciable risk for
Some issues relate to the lack of
availability from automation system components. However,
another major concern is the skill shortage needed to support
obsolete systems. Owner-operators must decide how to justify
and manage risk to their manufacturing business; while
suppliers must develop solutions that simplify the process, and
enable owner-operators to migrate successfully from the
obsolete systems to a better operating platform.
A half-day workshop at the recent
ARC World Industry Forum in Orlando, Florida, brought together
over 100 end users, suppliers, system integrators, and
engineering contractors to discuss issues, needs and wants
associated with migrating control systems. Suppliers and end
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on planning out migration strategies.
Justifying a control-system
migration may be one of the biggest challenges owner-operators
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components. In contrast, automation assets, in many cases, have
to be replaced in their entirety.
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season for many technology suppliers, engineering
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Developing a financial
assessment for the cost NOT the migration
Improving the rigor of control-systems reliability data to include actual
failure events
Developing a technology maturity model across
industry. Some facilities are late adopters, while
others are current with technology
Benchmarking against other companies that are
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Driving value by creating long-term contracts and
user-supplier relationships. Remember: Supplier evaluations are
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Practicing standardization within the organization;
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solid market assessment before beginning your migration.
The workshop made it very clear
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companies must decide whether to do migrations while the plant
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(using a phased or vertical migration). According to some
workshop participants, while its important to be aware of
these general options, they dont necessarily reduce
migration complexity.
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Supplier evaluation techniques that
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Yeah that was occuring to me lst night - I wont the FA Trophy in the BSN and finished in the playoffs that season, surely that would make me at least mid-table reputation wise???
Yeah that was occuring to me lst night - I wont the FA Trophy in the BSN and finished in the playoffs that season, surely that would make me at least mid-table reputation wise???
F.C. United 2014/15 End Of Season Review
Well what a fantastic year it has been finishing 3rd in the league and winning the play-off's was just a dream come true ! Despite our awful cup runs i really am not bothered promotion to league to is a massive step forward in my mind and i am over the moon with it
We managed to score an impressive 101 goals which was the most in the league and concede just 47 which is joint second least !
Our away form was really bad to start off with and i believe that's the reason we didnt get 1st place however our home for was very good and it pushed us through to the play-offs and help us smash the semi final !
League table
Fa cup - Got knocked out in the first round off crawley 3-0 which i was dissapointed with but hey there's always next season
Fa trophy - Got knocked out in the fourth round by fleetwood 2-0 away but not to complain as they did go on to win the league and the fa trophy so im not too dissapointed !
Key Players :
Michael O'Halloran - Top goalscore with an inpressive 23 in the league
Robbie Simpson and George Purcell - Joint second goal scorers netting 21 in the league each.
Michelle Fornaiser - Best centre half by a mile kept us in some vital games with great defending and netting 6 aswell
Targets were all achieved i'd say however the cup run could of been a lot better
Targets for this season ! :
Stay in the league !
Sign Some great youngsters who can also make an immediate impact
Try and upgrade our facilities to produce and develop players to their best
P.s. i havnt given links for my players because i went too far ahead in the game but i did manage to get the league table and that from going back in the history
END OF SEASONI wanted a Play-Off place but we went one better and won the League, obviously foreign players are the way forward! It was only on the last day we won the title ahead of Yeovil.
HENDON F.C - Season 2018/19
League Table | Squad | Transfers In 1 , 2 / Transfers Out 1 , 2
In the F.A Cup we managed to reach the 5th Round but Premier League Stoke proved too strong for our Part-Time squad but we did make a nice profit and that has gone towards improving our Youth set-up who incedentally won the Under 18's Cup against Portsmouth at Fratton Park. In the F.A Trophy we managed to win the competition after overcoming Exeter in the Semi-Finals then an average Histon side in the Final by winning 6-1 , another piece of silverware to add to my collection
Next season will be our first in the Football League so avoiding relegation is the aim and maybe doing well in the Johnstones Paint Trophy and maybe get a Premiership team in the Carling Cup. Also I would like to improve our training facilities at some point during the season.Code:Season Division Position Cups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2012/13 Blue Square South 6th F.A Cup 3rd Qual Rnd, F.A Trophy 2nd Rnd 2013/14 Blue Square South 5th F.A Cup 2nd Qual Rnd, F.A Trophy 1st Rnd 2014/15 Blue Square South 12th F.A Cup 3rd Qual Rnd, F.A Trophy 2nd Rnd 2015/16 Blue Square South 9th F.A Cup 2nd Qual Rnd, F.A Trophy 1st Rnd 2016/17 Blue Square South 1st F.A Cup 2nd Rnd, F.A Trophy 4th Rnd 2017/18 Blue Square Premier 10th F.A Cup 4th Qual Rnd, F.A Trophy 4th Rnd 2018/19 Blue Square Premier 1st F.A Cup 5th Rnd, F.A Trophy Winners
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Yes! Into the FA Cup 3rd round for the first time! I really hope it's United!
#89 mikeytk - Canvey Island - Blue Square South - 2012/13
Finished 4th - Lost in Play Off final (on pens)
Table | Graph | Stats
An excellent season in the end, after a poor start and average Oct-Jan I went on an amazing run in the second half and stormed into the play offs by April. Breezed past Dover in the semi final only to lose on penalties to Eastbourne after a 1-1 draw. Still, much better than I expected, especially after my start.
Squad | Transfers | Finances
Poor finances due to being over £1k over wage budget after massively adding to my squad threoughout the season and not beign able to offload the deadwood. Helped by play off gate revenue.
Key Players
Jamie "the" Tank - Tank by name tank by nature. A rock at the back and immense at attacking corners. Scored 14 (!) and finished with an av. rating of 7.30
Tamer Tuna - Top scorer with 15 but not spectacular. May be replaced after signing former Fulham and Arsenal youth player Michael Uwezu
Moses Ademola - quality ringer signed from Woking. 17 assists and shortlisted for BSS PoY
A good run - got to the first round proper getting beat by L1 Bristol Rovers
Beat in 2nd Round
Next Year
Hopefully a promotion push after a very promising first year. Need to get rid of deadwood and sort out the wage budget.
Code:Season Division Position Cups Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012/13 Blue Square South 4th F.A Cup 1st Rnd, Fa Trophy 2nd Rd Play offs
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the amount of wages some of these players want in league 2 is disgraceful ! i now release the massive gap between leagues :O and why not so rich clubs really can struggle
Bad luck, mikeytk - losing in the play-offs has to be the most gutting feeling in FM.
Gutted. Got to the 3rd round of the Cup, and I've drawn...
Crewe or Doncaster
Ok, it's too soon to draw conclusions, but so far my League 2 campaign is shaping up a million times better than my previous 2 seasons in the BSP.
The season started great as we went the 10 first matches winning 9 and drawing once, but then the injury crisis came. We've had more injuries so far this season than all the other combined! Our steady right back Radim Skacel got a damaged achillies tendon and has been out for a couple of months and still have a couple more. Elliot Andrews, our midfield general, has had multiple injuries who has lasted for 4 weeks or more and are struggling still. Ümit Eminoglu, Serge Gnabry and Mohammed Abel has also suffered massive injuries. Now that we have reached the new year most are returning to fitness and hopefully we are going to stay mostly injury free the latter part of the season. Still, as we have been struggling with injuries, the rest of the squad have done as best they can to keep us up top. After 10 games Crewe and we were running away and we had a gap of over 10 points down to 3rd at one point. When we had the injuries Crewe failed to capitalize on our problems and had their own problems with form. We are still in a great position to challenge for promotion, but we need to get fit and ready for match!
The cups have been both ups and downs. In the Carling Cup we lost 1-4 away to Gillingham in the first round, so we didn't get past the first round this year either. In the Johnstone's Paint Trophy we got bye in the first round as reigning champions and managed to beat Leyton Orient in the 2nd round before Bournemouth knocked us out 1-3 in the quarter final. The FA Cup has been far better and we are still in it. In the first round we got a difficult away tie against Barnsley away, but managed to scrap a 2-1 win to progress. The second round gave us another difficult away tie, this time at Shrewsbury. We managed a 1-1 draw and go a rematch in which we triumphed 5-3 in a very thrilling match. We were hoping for a big team to get some hard cash and we got lucky when we were drawn against Liverpool at Anfield. We're certainly gonna lose, but we should get a massive cash boost.
Financially we are dropping cash like there's no tomorrow, but I dunno why. Most of our cost are going into Tax and Others. Since we have been in the middle of a board takeover I'm starting to suspect the chairman of stealing money from us, or he is buying a lot of dinners for potential new owners. The takeover has been on and off since the summer and it started with a local businessman, then another director and now it's a fans trust who's the potential buyer. Almost hoping it will fail so we can get a tycoon and get loads of cash! =)
My board allowed me to increase my wage budget thankfully! and ive managed to somehow attract this player to Banbury.
Introducing Jan Klement Unbelieveable for League 2.
Leeds away in the FA Cup . FC United fans will enjoy that...
putting in loan offers for david silva and douglas costa....can't see them rejecting tbh
I've got the game at last (bloody lack of money these last 2 weeks ) am just downloading graphics then will be starting this - lookig for my usual team, Kingstonian (I go pass the ground nearly everyday on way to work)
Just had Arlesey Town coming into the South division on my save, at the start of the game they had a rep of 550
No better feeling than beating the league leaders 5-0 away - started the BSP well with only 1 or 2 additions to last years squad.
Even my finances are improving if only because the board keep putting money in each month
Disgusted. Started my 2nd season as weymouth really well, battering everybody 4's and 5's. Went through a spell of about 10 games where we couldn't win a game. All the players lost form for no reason. Started getting some form back, then took a walloping from a bsp team in the trophy and haven't recovered since. Another season in the bss, with no money and noone wanting to join. 10th finish after playoffs last term.
How much money do you need to upgrade training fac's? My board is low down dirty cheapskates giving us a wage budget of 1.5k a week, and won't invest in s**t! Oh and the chairman is very happy too.
Can't find any good defenders for the life of me, and always seem to concede to a long cross just inside the half way line to the back post. Full back is always out of position and I can't seem to remedy it.
Anyone else having this problem?
I have a mix of Full Time, Part Time and Non Contract players for my first seasonin League 2!
This is the season where I finally manage to do this
Just noticed it's the 25th, hope that's not an issue.
Edit: Someone else has got the 25th, so that seems fine
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Has anyone been offered an International job yet? Just wondering as I have been linked to Scotland Under 19's
Yay! My board has given me 2k a week wage budget for the new season!
All my star players want over £500 quid a week, as part timers! How do you get players on non contracts?
A really good season. Promotion to League 2 after running away with the league by 19 points scoring a massive 134 goals in the process. We did well in the cups aswell, we won the FA Trophy for the third year in a row demolishing Gateshead 6-0 in the final, and exited the FA cup in the 3rd Rnd in a very respectable 1-2 defeat to Sheff Utd. The game was at home unfortunately, so the match wasn't that great. The board was busy at the end of the season. First the plans for a new state of the art stadium was announced, and we are now due to move in to Chippenham Stadium with a capacity of 7746 on 20.06.2017. However, to finance the project the club has secured a loan of £4.63, making the clubs overall finances insecure. We have to pay 31.5k per month until 2030, which means that we better be successful on the pitch or we'll go bankrupt sooner than later. Another landmark in the clubs history came when the board decided to go professional at the very end of the season.
Chippenham Town| Season 2013/14 | Blue Square Bet Premier
Table | Squad | Transfers 1 | Transfers 2 | Player Stats | Best Eleven
Key players:
Could have mentioned more, but these stood out this year
Jake Nicholson | MC | - Young mc with potential. 5 goals and 7 assists Av.r 7.10
Gyiliano van Velzen | Winger | - dribbling magician, 8 goals and 11 assists - Av.r 7.41
Samuel Adjej | Winger | - nice offensive contribution, 17 goals and 8 assists in the league - Av.r 7.41
Michele Fornasier - | DC | - solid at the back, chipped in 7 goals in all comps - Av.r. 7.35
Rhys Walsh - | DC | - as above, 11 goals in total - Av.r 7.57
Joe McKee - | AMC | - Amazing again, won't sign a new contract though - 9 goals and 25 assists in 30 games! Av.r 7.93
Blue Square Bet Premier Manager of the Year
Blue Square Bet Premier Player of the Year
Chippenham Town Fans' Player of the Year
We signed quite a few players this season, but let even more go. The finances were healthy until the massive loan the board secured, it is going to be interesting to see how this will fare next season.
Goals for next season:
Looking forward to League 2
- Get rid of more deadwood
- Keep costs down
- Look for more bargains
- Finish in a respectable position in the league and have a decent cup run
- Convince the board yet again to agree to increase the scouting range (they're not really cooperative my friends upstairs...)
Code:Season Division Position Cups ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2012/13 Blue Square Bet South 1st FA Cup 3rd Qual Rnd, FA Trophy Winners 2013/14 Blue Square Bet Premier 2nd FA Cup 3rd Rnd, FA Trophy Winner 2014/15 Blue Square Bet Premier 1st FA Cup 3rd Rnd, FA Trophy Winners
Well isn't this fun, I've got 3 players injured with torn hamstrings including 2 first team strikers.
Luckily I've managed to get in another loanee striker, but even then I'm short handed in that department. Oh well, there goes my vow of not spending the whole wage budget this season as I ,ay have to find yet another striker.
So is non contract only available to certain clubs? I cannot offer a non contract to anybody
#6 Hitchin Season Update 7 npower L2 2018/19
Squad - Table - Graph - Profile - Transfers - Finances
Manager of the Year - League topscorer runner up
A very good season for the L2 and a very poor season for the cups. Finished as champions just 1 point ahead of number 2.
Tried to clear out as many players as i could, whilst still having a "large" squad. Managed to sell some free with a 50% sell clause. Hopefully that will generate a bit of cash, as finances really went down this season. It is just too expensive to put your players on full time contracts
FA Cup: 1st round exit away to Scunthorpe 3-1
League Cup: 1st round exit home to Rotherham 0-1
JPT: Only "decent" run, but no money gained from this. Lost in Semi Finals S to Portsmouth 3-1
A few new signings this season, but only 2 of them could make an impact.
- Abubakar Egal: Got some first team matches this season, with Karius injured around half the season.
- Glenn O'Connor: New signing from Tralee Dynamos. Was signed for diversity options in defense and midfield, but played really well as DC.
- Carl Flynn: Had another great season. The Irish duo worked well.
- Alex Billington: One of my favourites. Even though his stats aren't great, he is amazing with assists when playing mid and solid in defense.
Marcos Costa: Played more games than last season, and repaid well with his efforts. 6 goals and 13 assists.
- Mark Hayes: Really strong season, played as winger and forward.
- Anis Madhebi: New signing, previously Frankfurt. Signed in January and only had 7 games. 6 goals in those games though. He then was out with injury rest of season. High hopes from this one.
Hope attendance will increase, as well as some TV matches to get finanes back on track, would hate to sell star players to get in the black.
Code:Season League FA Cup Other Cups Europe Final Pos. Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2012/13 BSN 4th qual FAT 3rd qual N/A 12th None 2013/14 BSS 1st rnd FAT 1st rnd N/A 4th Lost in playoffs 2014/15 BSS 2nd rnd FAT Final N/A 1st Promoted, FAT runner up 2015/16 BSP 2nd rnd FAT 1st rnd N/A 5th None 2016/17 BSP 1st rnd FAT Winner N/A 1st Promoted, FAT Winner, New stadium 2017/18 L2 3rd rnd LC 2nd rnd JPT 2nd rnd/N 5th None 2018/19 L2 1st rnd LC 1st rnd JPT Semi S 1st Promoted
Dan - Just checking that you know you're not supposed to actually take an international job before completing the challenge. No harm in teasing them with a bit of thigh though.
First time trying this challenge. Will post a image after I've gotten a team.
Hmm just a quick question. So I'm supposed to go on holiday until 24th June 2012?
If it holds true to past seasons, i suspect you'd need 2-3 seasons of stability to achieve "mid-table" rep for your current division...after all, if you were just promoted, you are still likely favored to drop right back down...once you maintain your position within a division, people sit up and take notice (hence improving your rep).
Last edited by G_D_K; 01-11-2011 at 01:49.
I'm in L1 and BSP sides have more rep and all of L2 than me so 100% takes time to increase the rep no matter how your are doing.
I've set up the game properly but i cant find any teams listed on this thread on 24th june 2012 o.o
After this ref's muckup, I again find myself in 10th after the first 4 matches of the new season. However, we're playing much better, so I have much hope for this year's run. Everything is running smoothly...I'm creating chances, I'm fairly solid at the back, and I'm scoring. Previous match won 4-0...two of them coming with only 10 on the field as one of my DCs made a hash of a challenge.
All in all....I'm fairly confident this year.
edit: I've just had my first player of the month award of the campaign....hopefully the first of 4 or 5 for the year.
edit2: Good grief---back to back games with ref controversy costing me???
Last edited by G_D_K; 01-11-2011 at 04:53.
Nice wage budget for a BSP team (at least, compred to the wage budget I'll have when I make the BSP!)
My first season in charge of the club was inconsistant. We went some games looking like we were forged in gods very flames and then others as if we had just spent a night on the town. This probably had something to do with the low squad harmony due to be getting rid of absolutely everyone at the club when i took over, but i hate to think what would have happened if i didnt. Overall we came 12th which the board where happy with since i promised to avoid relegation. And without further ado, the key plays and stats stuff!!
Key Players
Loris Karius (GK) - Sign in december and was a stalwart defender of my holy temple. Unless the other team put it hard in a corner, then big K would save it. He earned me points by himself (kinda why he was key).
Tom Platt (CB) - Same name as me... Oh and i guess i signed him in mid december as well when i was on a 9 match streak with no wins. First game he gets two goals and is man of the match. Second game, man of the match. He really helped plug my back line.
William Mellors-Blair (RM) - A pacy winger who got me some vital goals and assists. Really came through in the second half of the season where he secured a place for the next campaign. (11 assists, 8 goals)
Milton Elenge (CM) - At the start of the season he was a backup, but he developed so fast during the season and by christmas was first team. I've honestly never seen someone develop so fast without high training facilities/coaches. He owned the midfield with his passing
Scott Ginty (ST) - 19 league goals with pace, composure and finishing to tear up the league.
Martin Reilly (ST) - Almost the same as Ginty but with 17 goals in about as many games.
Hopes and dreams
I plan to keep around 11-14 players from my current squad, improve the rest and then push for a top 5 finish. The cups im not worried about since i know ill get more money once i get promoted. I still will give the FA cup a shot though with the hope of a big team third round fixture.
TLR - Won some, lost some, came 12th, survived. Yay.Code:Season League FA Cup Other Cups Europe Final Pos. Achievements ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2012/13 BSN 1st round FAT 4th qual N/A 12th Kept my job.
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A question. There's this brazilian player in Man City that I want to sign. However, it says work permit application not approved. Why is that so?
I swear the better the player, the more likely he is to get injured.
Signed a great striker after West Ham released him. Scores five in his last five, and then torn hamstring, 3-4 months. Star centre-back signing, twisted ankle. Never my squad players.
What problem?
Still in the BSS but my board has increased my coaches limit to 6. Time to get a few specialists in methinks.
Chippenham Town F.C. 2012/2013
#24 - DizzyIzzyB13
5th in Blue Square South (Play-offs) (pred: 22nd) | Transfers 1, 2 | Finances | Position Graph | Player Stats 1, 2
The League
I'm very pleased with our performance in the league. We started poorly, but recovered to spend most of the first half of the season comfortably in mid-table, but the tail end of a Blue Square South record 16-game unbeaten run started us creeping up the table. We entered the play-off spots for the first time with 5 games to go, in the middle of a poor run of form to end the season that saw us win just 3 of our last 11 games. Nevertheless, our competition allso lost form, and we somehow managed to sneak into the final play-off spot on goal difference thanks to Kane Ingram scoring twice in the last 11 minutes to help Weston-super-Mare secure a 4-2 victory over Cheltenham. The key factor was our ability to avoid losing - we had more draws (19) than anyone else in the league and the fewest defeats (6). This was due to our miserly defence, which made up for a lack of fire-power up front by conceding the fewest goals in the league - our 34 goals conceded was an average of less than one per game, a feat only Eastbourne Borough, who finished above us on goal difference, managed to achieve of the other teams in the division.
In the play-offs, we faced Ebbsfleet, a team we hadn't beaten in the regular season. That changed in the first leg at Hardenhuish Park, with Eddie Sharman scoring a 13th minute goal against his former club to break a goal drought that'd lasted over 500 minutes and securing a slender 1-0 advantage. In the second leg, Sharman was again the man to punish his former club, opening the scoring in the first minute of the game and then setting up Sam Gainford with an exquisite chip early in the second half. Despite pulling a goal back on the hour, Esbbfleet were dispatched 2-1 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate as we progressed to the play-off final. So, our season came down to one game. a trip to Eastbourne Borough, with a spot on the Blue Square Premier Division on the line... and Eddie Sharman came up big again, capitalising on an error by the Eastbourne 'keeper to score the only goal in a 1-0 win that sent us up!
The Cups (FA Cup (Expectations: 3rd Qualifying Round) | FA Trophy (Expectations: Enjoy competing))
Our FA Cup campaign opened with a convincing 5-1 demolition of non-league AFC Totton in the Second Qualifying Round. This set us up with a trip to another non-league side, Evesham, which seemed to be headed in the same direction before a couple of late goals almost pulled them back into it, with the game ending in a 3-2 victory. After that, we faced much stiffer competition as we were drawn against struggling Blue Square Premier side Woking in our third consecutive away game in the competition. But, after a hard fought game which seemed to be heading for a draw, a late Ronnie Hawkins goal sent us through to the first round proper with the teams from the Football League. However, instead of a glamour tie against one of the bigger clubs like Charlton or Crystal Palace, we were sent on the road for the fourth game in a row in the competition to Northern Premier side Chorley, managed by former Manchester City and Blackburn midfielder Garry Flitcroft. A solid 2-0 win sent us through to the Second Round. Our reward was yet another away game, but this time, we were sent to League 2 Hartlepool. It looked like we had a shot at escaping with a creditable goalless draw until the 75th minute, when Ryan Harrison hit an ugly, shanked shot that looked like it was heading wide and Aaron Tunwa turned it into his own goal to hand us an upset 1-0 victory and put us into the draw with the big boys for the Third Round. We ended up with a trip to the Galpharm Stadium to face League One high-fliers Huddersfield, our 6th away game in a row in the competition. Unfortunately, this game came during a tough run of games around Christmas, and a tired team slumped to a disappointing 4-0 defeat, and exited the competition. Leaving aside the manner of our exit, though, I was pretty satisfied with our progress in the competition, since we vastly over-performed our expectations.
When the draw for our first FA Trophy match was made, I felt a sense of déjà vu, as we were matched up against the same team we opened against in the FA Cup. This time, however, AFC Totten visited Hardenhuish park. The result wasn't quite as dramatic, thanks to a spate of injuries and the attrition of a busy schedule, but a 1-0 victory was enough to take us through. Next up were North Leigh in the First Round proper, who were comfortably dispatched 3-0.In the second round, we survived a trip to Blue Square Premier side Cheltenham, escaping the initial tie with a 1-1 draw. In the replay, Tom Dunford scored the pick of the goals with a 30 yard stunner that proved to be the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory. In the third round, we welcomed Kidderminster Harriers to Hardenhuish Park, but despite a gutsy performance, the Blue Square Premier side left with the victory after a heart-breaking late goal secured them a 3-2 victory. Even so, we exceeded expectations, so I can't complain too much.
The Players
Top Goalscorer: Eddie Sharman - 24
Top League Goalscorer: Eddie Sharman - 16
Most Assists:: Sam Gainford, Ryan Harrison - 8
Highest Average Rating: Eddie Sharman - 7.10
Fan's Player of the Year: Eddie Sharman
Team of the Year
Eddie Sharman was clearly our player of the year, despite having a long goal drought that threatened to scupper our season. His crowning achievement was being the FA Cup's top scorer for the season. Some of the players included in the Team of the Year were questionable choices, being youth players who made a couple of appearances in cover, but whatever. Other than Sharman, the players who deserve the most credit for this season were goalkeeper Sean Cuff, who conceded just 23 goals in 35 appearances for the club and whose rating failed to appreciate how crucial he was. Adam Robinson was the rock in the heart of our defence, along with his two main partners, Louis Storey and Dan Bennett.
Internationals: Jamie Maclean, Malta & Malta U-21s; Aryn Williams, Australia U-21s.
The Staff
Manager: Isabella Bianchi
Assistant Manager: Jack Ward
Coaches: Mal Downing (GK), Ralph Duncan, Paul James (Fitness), Kevin Kelly
Scouts: Dominic Warburton, Bob Wilson
Physiotherapist: Ian Pearce
The Finances
Like many clubs at this level, we lost a fair bit of money this sason. Partly this is down to me, since I didn'tdo a great job in the transfer market and such this season. I'm looking to improve there for next year. At least the board is willing to invest in the club, sicne they came up with a cash injection to take the edge off the losses.
The Future
I'm hoping that next year we can consolidate our spot in the Blue Square Premier. Ideally, we'll get some good cup runs and the money they goes along with them, too.Whatever money becomes available, I'm aiming to try and put into improving our facilities. Pleasingly, the board seem to have this goal as well, since they arranged to expand the seating capacity of Hardenhuish Park. It's not a capacity increase, but it's a ground improvement that'll prove useful to the club.
Code:CLUB HISTORY SEASON LEAGUE POS. Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/13 BSS 5th Promoted via Play-offs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Code:TROPHY CABINET NoneCode:MANAGER AWARDS Blue Square South Manager of the Year - 2012/2013
Second Season Syndrome (SSS): Without promotion you find your wage budget is smaller the next year and all the ex-youth kids think they are too good for your team.
My BSN Bury town in 3-0 up over sunderland after 30 minutes... why cant we do this in the league?!
Edit: finished 3-0. why does my team mock me like this...
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But with them being based in England and can't get a work permit for a english side shouldn't they return to Brazil?
Quick question, why is there a team named "soccer am" in my game?
Perfect tie in the 3rd Round Hope I don't get beat by too many goals.
Cast and staff of the show are in the team. I've got Tubes as my Scout!
Great so now even my YOUTH INTAKE wont discuss terms for a contract!!!
Right folks, say goodbye to my Worksop team. Not only could I not sign improvements to my team last summer, now that my youth intake dont even want contracts, I'm going to be reloading and trying again.
Anyone got any recommendations for teams to look out for?
alot of sub par perfomarnces, and guessing going down to L1 from CH the first time, made them loose alot of good players.
I did seriously consider that but it occurred to me that it could be a corruption in the game file - because surely youth intake should accept youth contracts by default. With that in mind, I figured it was safer to start with a new game....
Tactics - Training - For the Leeds game, they were placed 22 and players without confidence, whereas my players had loads of confidence.
From start of challenge I have tried to build a strong defense with Def R/L pacy and good str/tackling, DEF C with really good str/tack/head. Also playing zonal and stick to position.
Thinking game engine wise - in all other FM games, STR/STAM has a huge impact on player perfomance over a season, so that has been primary thing for me to look for. Also almost regarding how team has played, i aim to keep their confidence high as they will perform better. When you have played 500 games or more, a simple thing as press conference it is the same things asked over and over, you just have to work out, which statements goes best with your players confidence :o
Actually - I partially take this back. I thought I'd read GHA had collapsed, but having read around a little it's still up and running.
Restarting as St Albans
Targets for season one:
Stay in the black
Sign at least one player who will be good enough to take us up in a year or two.
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Haha I beat a terrible Tottenham 1-0 in the FA Cup 4th round, Fulham in a 5th round replay 2-1 after a 1-1 home and draw and now on to Sunderland at home
This is redonkulous!
Let's see how much just the United game in League Cup will give. Currently have £1,425,167. Could do with a lot with board planning to do the training and youth up at the end of the season.
Happy with 1-0 but not fun watching a team all over you
Now got £2,019,308 so £594,141 gain.


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I have this problem that i would like to solve preferably in MATLAB
$$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2} + \sin(y) = 0$$
with endpoint conditions $y(0) = 0$ and $y(0.5) = 0.2618$.
I think i have to plot the solution. I would appreciate any kind of help.
My incomplete solutions until now is:
a=0;b=10; %limits
h=0.00001; %step
N=round((b-a)/h)+1; %nodes
x=zeros(N,1);% init solution vectro
x(1)=0; %initial condition
% y(1) = 0.2618; - i still need the second condition
for i=2:N
y(i)=y(i-1)- h * sin(x(i-1));
plot(a:h:b, x);
hold on;


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November 01, 2013
Braai & Camping spots in Cape Town
Hot summer sun, extra long days and warm nights, sun-kissed skin and time to spend with loved ones; summer in Cape Town is the ideal time to get outdoors and enjoy getting close to the spectacular nature that is within minutes from the bustling city.
There's nothing quite like spending a couple of nights around a campfire, enjoying the sun and sea by day and a braai with friends and family after the sun goes down before crawling into your tent for a night of sleeping under the stars. Cape Town has a number of fantastic camping sites where you can spend long days and nights relaxing this summer.
Kogel Bay Resort is located just outside of Cape Town, nestled between Gordon's Bay and Rooi Els. This 20km scenic route provides perfect whale watching opportunities, is surrounded by natural indigenous fynbos and is largely untouched by development. The resort is protected from the summer south-easter by high mountains and the white sandy beach forms part of the Kogel Berg Biosphere Reserve. Read more about Koggelbaai on the City of Cape Town's website here.
Braai pits, picnic tables, camping and caravan sites and Slagkop towering above it all, Soetwater (translated to Sweetwater) is a popular destination for summer festivities. Local fishermen and crayfish divers can often be seen bobbing on the water just offshore and two tidal pools provide ample opportunity to cool down on hot days. Find out more info about Soetwater here.
Withing walking distance from Fish Hoek town, the Fish Hoek Caravan Park is located just behind the dunes at Fish Hoek beach. Swimming, sunbathing, fish and chips and ice cream...this is what you can expect from a day in Fish Hoek. Read more about the Fish Hoek Caravan Park here.
For a full list of camping and braai spots in Cape Town, visit the City of Cape Town's website.


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In January 1933, Volvo introduced the forward-control 'LV75' truck at the Amsterdam Motor Show. It became quite popular as a basis for buses, but the number of F-type trucks demanded by customers was small in the 1930s.
For this reason, it would take more than 20 years before another Volvo truck of this type would be offered as a standard model (in the intervening time, conventional trucks were sometimes modified into F trucks).
"Snabbe" gets famous
However, in 1956 (actually at the same time as the Amazon car), the L42 'Snabbe' was presented and immediately met with a great deal of success. The reason was not only due to the F model, but due to the special qualities of the new truck series (and its parallel slightly heavier sister model, presented in 1957).
The L42 truck succeeded the L34 truck introduced in 1950. Compared with this model, the forward-control cab model offered a much shorter wheelbase and total length within a given (needed) platform length, offering very good manoeuvrability even in confined city areas, favourable axle loads and perfect vision from the drivers´ seat.
Easy to load, powerful to drive
Thanks to the design of the frame (which was not straight but lowered between the axles to decrease the load height of the truck platform), the L42 'Snabbe' was extremely easy to load, even without help devices like cranes or fork lifts.
Performance was extremely good thanks to the V8 (!) engine designed and produced by Volvo in Gothenburg/Skövde. Fuel efficiency was, on the other hand, very poor, but this was of lesser importance since trucks of this type were normally used only for a limited distance of transport per day.
The birth of "Trygge"
The L42 truck series was a light-duty truck. Slightly later the heavier medium-duty L43 'Trygge' truck was introduced. This had, however, a straight frame which contributed to a higher platform height, perhaps not a great disadvantage since the heavier loads carried on the L43 made loading devices like a crane or a forklift necessary anyway.
Fuel consumption in focus
With increased driving distances per day, and thereby increased transport efficiency, fuel consumption and fuel prices became more important in the early 1960s. For this reason a diesel version was offered on both the L43 (1963, named 'L4351 Trygge Diesel') and the L42 (1964, named 'L4251 Snabbe Diesel'). The '5' in the designation indicated a diesel Volvo truck, while '0' indicated a petrol truck (the complete designation for the L42 Snabbe petrol truck was thus, for instance, the 'L4201', the fourth digit '1' indicating a forward-control truck).
The L42/L43 trucks have a special place in the history of Volvo trucks, since they were the first Volvo trucks to feature a standard Volvo cab, which was made from steel (not produced in Umeå like today's Volvo truck cabs, but in Olofström).


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I am trying to prove the following:
Let $g \in C[-1,1]$. Then the function $$G(z) = \int_{-1}^1 e^{itz}g(t)dt$$ has infinitely many zeros.
I know that $G(z)$ is entire and $\lim_{x \to \pm \infty} G(x) = 0$. I have tried the following. Assume the contrary, that is, that $G(z)$ has only $n \in \mathbb{N}$ zeros. Then we can write it as $$G(z) = e^{h(z)}P(z)$$ where $P(z)$ is a polynomial of degree $n$ and $h(z)$ is entire. The limit above implies that $h(x) + \log |P(x)| \to -\infty$, i.e. that $h(x) \to -\infty$ (on the real axis) faster than some asymptotically logarithmic positive function.
Unfortunately the above does not seem to solve the problem, or at least I do not know how to continue.
Asking for your guidance.
EDIT: Other thought were:
Approximate $g(t)$ with a step function $h_n(t)$ with $2^n$ steps. Define $H_n(z)$ as the transform of $h_n(t)$, show that $|G(z) - H_n(z)| < |H_n(z)|$ and apply Rouche's theorem. One problem is that $H_n(z)$ is also small on the boundary, and even if I could prove the inequality it is still unclear how infinity of zeros follows for $G(z)$.
Show that $G(z)$ is of fractional order and apply Hadamard's theorem. This is clearly false since I can show that the order of $G(z)$ is bounded by $1$ from above, and, at least for some $g(t)$, the bound is achieved.


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I want to use my recorded acustic drum tracks to trigger a drum module. How can I do this, and what is the best (inexpensive) drum module to use?
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The first thing you will need to do is translate those acoustic tracks to midi. If they are seperate tracks (kick, snare etc on an audio track each) than you could look at drumagog, a plugin available for most sequencers. If you are in logic on a mac you con do a drum replace that will generate you midi notes that you can send via an audio interface to any drum module of your choice. As far as im aware most modern sequencers (cubase, pro tools etc) will have some form of drum replacement option that will translate those hits to midi.


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HABA Rattle & Teething Toy - Rosella
Product Description
HABA Rosella is an adorable teething and grabbing toy. Strung safely along an elastic band, this cute wooden teething toy clacks and rattles as your baby grasps and tugs. This is sure to delight your infant. Made in Germany. Child-safe and non-toxic.
Babies need multi sensory stimulation early in life. It helps them put "two and two" together. Grasping toys like HABA's Rosella help very young children meet their basic needs. For example, babies need something hard and safe to bite on while they are teething. This helps soothe their tender gums. A pleasant rattle sound provides gentle and reassuring feedback. Various textures and sounds create association opportunities (this surface is smooth; this thing is hard; when I shake this, it makes sounds), which help babies begin to organize information in their disorganized young brains.
Made Of / Made In
HABA Rosella is made of beech wood and maple wood using child-safe, non-toxic, water-based paints under rigorous safety and quality controls. Meets or exceeds US federal and European safety standards. Expertly made in Germany.
Manufacturer / Safety Compliance
HABA is a family-owned and multi-award winning German company. It has been making high-quality, open-ended children's toys for over 70 years. HABA has DIN EN ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications. These certificates guarantee a high-quality environmental management system, as well as consistent product standards, the compliance of all prevailing safety requirements and the rigorous abidance of all environmental guidelines. HABA complies and often exceeds both the European (EN-71) and North American (ASTM) safety standards. Prior to market placement, materials are safety tested and documented by independent institutes.
The HABA Made in Germany line of toys is manufactured in Bad Rodach, Germany where HABA's worldwide headquarters are located. The wealth of experience, coupled with the latest technologies guarantee consistently high-quality products.
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While Scrum is easy in theory and hard in practice, I wanted to hear your definition of Done; i.e. what are the gates (unit test, code coverage > 80%, code reviews, load tests, perf.test, functional tests, etc.) your product has to go through before you can label the product "Done"
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
I'd say it is up to your team to decide. Talk with the product owner. Ideally done would be when a story is in Production and being used. However, there is a time gap between when a story is development complete and in Live. Makes it hard to track how long a story took to develop.
In my team, our definition of done is, when the developer completes a story,and does a "show and tell" to the rest of the team(testers, product owner), and if everyone is happy it goes into the subversion trunk.
Further testing is done off a automated build from trunk.
We at TargetProcess use the following definition of Done for user story:
In a perfect world, the product shall be in a shippable state at the end of every iteration.
Now this actually depends on your product, your market, your customers and might not be possible.
If you cannot achieve this, then the next planning horizon apply: the release. The Team as a whole should decide what is required to ship the product and plan accordingly.
What helps here is to define "done" at the task level. Defining done here is much more simple: one task is done when you can start another one: everything is tested, integrated. The Team can alo define this state: documented, reviewed, included in automatic build, no known problem, accpeted by On-Site Customer ...
Having all your tasks really "done", Having all tour backlog items (or User stories, whateveryou call them) realy "done" allow to be "done" at every iteration, which helps preserving the product in a shippable or deployable state.
There are three nice articles by Mitch Lacey, Dhaval Panchal and Mayank Gupta on this on the ScrumAlliance website.
EDIT: Basically the whole point is that done is defined on a project-by-project basis by the team. The basic need is to agree on the definition, not what the definition is.
Listen to this podcast: What is Done? - A Conversation with Scrum Co-Creator Ken Schwaber.
Everything that will make your "stabilization period" (ie work required between the code freeze and the release to the client) shorter.


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I know that
Cache-Control headers can be set on the pages coming out from the web-server (as part of the response). Does anyone know how
Cache-Control header should be set on the request? Should it be done via client-side scripting? If yes, how?
I know that
Cache-control requests are managed by the browser, there is no real reason to try and modify them. Firstly, for any URL visited, and all external requests from that page (images, scripts, styles) there is no way to control the requests.
For AJAX requests made after the page has loaded, it is possible to send specific headers (as detailed here), but it's complex and probably pointless. You don't say what your use-case is but you should probably just make your server send appropriate headers for the files in the first place.
All right, this is an old question, but here goes:
Cache control headers mainly have meaning for responses, i.e. what the server sends to the client. Setting cache control headers on the request is usually incorrect and meaningless.
The origin server sets the cache control headers, based on what is needed for the specific content. The person or organization managing the origin server configures this.
It is possible for the client software to disobey the cache control headers in violation of the RFCs, and store content which is explicitly marked
It is also possible for intermediary http caches (proxies) to disobey the caching headers on responses. And similarly, the individual or organization controlling the intermediary cache should fix this (and end users shouldn't permit intermediary caches which they don't trust).
Special case:
In some circumstances, clients can specify certain criteria for which responses the client is willing to accept. See RFC 2616 section 13.1.6 Client-controlled Behavior. This is rarely used, and I wouldn't be surprised if a few intermediary caches out in the real world (less common corporate firewalls / anti-virus gateways / WAN accelerators) have bugs in the handling of this.
Lastly: I always recommend Mark Nottingham's Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters as a really good, practical introduction to HTTP caching mechanisms.
Standard browsers will make call to server for same resource, even though server suggested caching.
You may add
So how do you control request header? Either by tweaking browser (absurd), or in the ajax requests fired by you (common usecase).
jQuery example:
Request-Headers through this ajax:
Note: If you're using CORS, you also need to allow the header you want server to accept
I use the
I admit there might be cases when you want to alter the request headers, and it is easy enough to do for AJAX requests. I don't know any way of doing it for the "normal" click-on-link-request from the browser. Cf http://stackoverflow.com/questions/374885/can-i-change-the-headers-of-the-http-request-send-by-the-browser
But why would you alter the request headers? Are there anything like a cached request? The whole idea of constructing a request and send it to the server seems to be dynamic to me. What is it you want to achieve?
I set cache control through PHP server side. At the top of your page, use the following code:
Using a date from the past ensures that the newest version of the page will always be downloaded.


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Is it possible to link (run as one machine) my G5 PowerPC OSX 10.4.6 machine to my G5 INTEL running OSX 10.6.x or higher simultaneously? I want to run differing versions of OS X, and be able to use my Classic apps while still keeping up with Flash Player requirements. How can this be done?
You can't really join seamlessly two separate macs, and have it all just work out of the box, eg having one Intel based Mac that can run the Lastest OS's and One older PowerPC Mac that can run all the Classic OS's and have it all work at the same time merged into a single OS where all apps just run together. Something like that may be theoretically possible but it has never been done, and would require Apples full support to do so.
So in other words Paying someone to port your old classic software to the latest version of OS X would probably be less expensive than the solution necessary for merging two independent operating systems and architectures into one, so lets not even go there any further.
The good news is that there are options that will allow you to independently connect two macs or emulate a classic mac enviroment within an Intel mac.


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Did anyone know marc overmars is back and playing for go ahead eagles?!
hopefully be in the game that would be a good challenge for people.
Did anyone know marc overmars is back and playing for go ahead eagles?!
hopefully be in the game that would be a good challenge for people.
i'm from holland so yeah i know
yeh hes been back playin a couple of months now. Good to see him bak, although i aint got a clue how he is doin it considerin his whole game is based upon blistering speed. Wouldn't mind takin a risk on him in FM09 tho = )
i know what you mean. im from england but will probably play a dutch game for first time be a challenge getting them up
I never knew this . He was an awesome player in his Arsenal days
I think I will manage Arsenal in FM09 and buy Overmars back
Manage Arsenal and sign :
Lehmann , Lauren , A.Cole , Campbell , Cygan , Wiltord , Overmars , Gilberto , Flamini , Henry , Kanu.
manage liverpool and sign. grobbelar,, Beglin, Lawrenson, Hansen, Gillespie. Molby. Mcmahon, JOhnston, Walsh. Rush and Dalglish
Waynoe/'o ,i dont know if you are aware , but all them players are retired . Unlikely.
Ooooooh, He was my one of my fave players at Arsenal when he was there! Might have to check him out on FM09
harsh comments about managing spurs
yeah ill be playing as go ahead for two reasons, the name and overmars
Go Ahead is one of those clubs that used to play quality football and is now struggling in the dutch first division, now of course they were playing decent football twenty something years ago. Paul Bosvelt was also considering to play for Eagles as well but then he caught an injury while training with eagles, or so I believe.
Managing Eagles will be fun, they signed two strikers who are both two meters tall (Mathias Ranegie from Sweden and Sander Post from Estonia). Overmars played fairly well the first matches but at this point he is not as exciting as his name suggests. Bit sad, but then again the opposition always dedicates their fastest player to mark Overmars.
All in all, Eagles is one of the few real cult clubs in holland.
i'm sure that one of our youngsters went on loan to Go Ahead last season, Barazite or van den Berg wasn't it?
i thinkhe's a legend- doubt i will buy him though!
was van den berg, only played 3 or 4 games tho. He aint exactly one of the best in the arsenal youth setup
and silvinho was a legend, will always remember his wonderstrike 'winterburn-esq' at stamford bridge. Gio never played in CM where he shoulda played tho, otherwise he woulda been bloody brilliant
oh and in reply tos ome fo the above posts :
Manninger, Lauren, Cygan, Campbell, Silvinho, pires, overmars, vieira, van bronckhorst henry, wiltord,
subs : lehmann, stepanovs ; ) , kanu, ljungberg, flamini
you could prob get a good backroom team in place with the likes of adams and bould
Yeah Overmars is back, though he isn't doing that good in real life to be honest =/
One of my all time Fave players
Will definitely buy him for my Gooners team in FM09
*shudders*Manage Arsenal and sign :
I love it when I hear about the players I grew up watching still playing lol like every now and then Cantona pops up. guess overmars is pretty much the last standing of that Dutch era huh? Kluivert, the de Boers, Davids, Seedorf & Bergkamp. guess you could count van der Sar too though.
oh and to counter all this arsenal talk, with some sneaky db editing for a few from 'non-player' to 'player' (but sticking to players who should be in the db) a united eleven for the nostalgia...
Raimond van der Gouw, Phil Neville, Mikael Silvestre, Henning Berg, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Keiran Richardson, Nicky Butt, Roy Keane (almost put Juan Veron instead of richardson, then remembered how absolutely crap he was for us lol), Ruuuuuuuuuuuuud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
There's so many names here that I've forgotten! I always wander where half of them end up, and there's always someone you think has retired that pops back up again.
Didnt even know he was still around great to here that thought hes a great player and im an arsenal fan
oh dear! post hits the beans on toast! the rebounded shot is struck from range by ranegie...
Best Arsenal Team (From players managed by Wenger):
Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Dixon, Pires, Overmas, Viera, Fabregas, Bergkamp, Henry
Sub: Lehman, Campbell, Cole, Petit, Llungberg, Wright, Anelka
It would be great if future FM could incorporate fantasy players such as these great players of the past.
'And as for Martin Keown, we'll scare them with his face......'
Don't know why, but I love when players from when I was young resurface. May buy him in the demo and see how he copes in the Premier League.
I agree with Winterburn ahead of Cole - Cole is a right so and so. Winterburn had a far better effect on the club than the venomous Ashley Cole. It's very tough between Sol Campbell and Keown, really is. On one hand, Keown was more consistent and could actually pass the ball, whereas Campbell was a far better tackler.
Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown/Campbell, Dixon, Overmars, Fabregas, Vieira, Pires, Henry and Bergkamp for me, so the above poster has it spot on IMO.
Subs; Lehmann, Clichy, Toure, Keown/Campbell, Petit, Parlour (say what you like about Ray Parlour but he's versatile, consistent and a generally very good player - that and also I can't think of any other very good right-sided players under Wenger) and Wright.
Ljungberg was pretty good from when he signed right up to 2003-2004. His scoring record was very impressive for a midfielder and his understanding with Pires seemed telepathic at times. Don't knock him too much.
any team in the world with fabregas and a 1998 overmars would cut everyone else to ribbons. Even if the other 9 players were all igor stephanovs
As a Boro fan I'll always remember Sylvinho (and Edu) for getting Boro a big win at Highbury!
Overmars will be a good manager i think him and tony adams should take over at arsanal after wenger


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For SEO purposes, would it make sense to register with Universal Business Listing and buy a package from them? Or it's just going to be a waste of money?
It's hard to determine whether or not buying a package from Universal Business Listing will (significantly) boost your rankings. I very much doubt it. Do your competitors have a listing? Is it normal in your business to have a listing there? Then you can consider it.
Business listings are old school The thing is: registering for business listings is kind of old school. Back in the early 2000's this would really help. Nowadays Search Engines have advanced so much the importance of a diverse high-quality link profile is very important. If you're depending on this one business listing to get you into the competitive rankings you can forget it. If it's part of a larger strategy you can consider it as an option. In the end it's up to you. I would check out how much traffic this listing could potentially get you.
Please note: Regarding linkbuilding and SEO: before spending any money on links, I'd first try to deplete all the "free" links. Links you get because you offer great content, a great service or something similar.
I would draw your attention to the SEOMoz eye tracking study http://www.seomoz.org/blog/eyetracking-google-serps to indicate the increasing value on search results of local business listings, not to mention the leads they generate on a growing basis on mobile, social and GPS. In many mobile results, users see nothing other than these business listings, so I do not quite understand the response that business listings are "old school" for ranking results. Local search in fact is one of the hottest growing sectors of SEO.
Also, evidence from many studies will indicate the Search Engines have not advanced as far as one might think in the area of business listings, at least as far as accuracy is involved. Every audit we do, and those of our competitors as well, indicates 20%-40% of any business's listings are wrong, incomplete or missing altogether. So managing your business listing data is really a foundational SEO process that needs attention.
Just to add to what appears to be a misconception - UBL is not a Directory, it syndicates business profiles to all relevant search platforms on your behalf. It does not do that phony link-building tactic of manufactured directory-placement that was a thing of the 90s. The value of UBL's syndication is that sites like Google see the same deep profile data accurately consistent across genuine citation sources and ranks the results accordingly. Compare the traffic from business listings to that from advertising, then compare the cost. You will quickly see why SEOs almost universally use a business listing service.
I'd say whether or not UBL is worth it depends on whether or not you target local traffic. As I understand it, it's benefit is by design almost exclusively for local SEO and will not likely give you a noticeable boost in national or worldwide SERPs.
This was initially going to be a comment to Chris Travers' answer, but it's gotten long enough to justify making it its own answer.
Local search is one thing, but the majority of UBL's advertised directories are low quality link farms.
And despite UBL advertising Dun & Bradstreet as one of the publishers they have an "agreement" with, UBL itself has no listing in D&B, and neither are many of their clients, which is pretty odd since most businesses don't have to do anything (except actually exist financially) to automatically get picked up by credit databases like D&B.
This brings me to the next point, any popular local search service, like Google/Yahoo/Bing, or branded services like Blackberry Maps, etc. sources their data from data aggregators, who in turn do data mining from:
So most businesses will automatically show up in these local search services as well as popular business listings.
Even if you change your address, you typically just need to follow the normal address change procedures: update your business registration, file a change of address request at the post office, update your billing addresses, and update your address on your website(s) and business collateral.
The only business directories that won't have your correct info will be the ones that nobody uses because their directory is small and incomplete/inaccurate due to requiring each business to manually add themselves.
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If you're not listed in a particular directory, this is something you can easily correct for free. If you're a new business and find yourself missing from many directories, you could expedite your listing by increasing your exposure:


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How do I make an AppleScript that displays a drop-down menu without using Xcode?
There is no built in concept of a menu in the dialogs-alerts within the AppleScript language.
The closest you could do would be to name some dummy files (in a temporary folder) with the appropriate action and have the user choose the file labeled with the action you wanted to perform.
A horrendous "solution" to a problem that needs a cocoa menu - whether you make it in Xcode or someone else does - Xcode/IB is the tool that creates a menu. MacRuby is a nice way to script an app that needs a more full featured UI than AppleScript. You don't need Xcode/IB to ruby up an app from pure script.
You could create a NIB using Interface Builder and script it all using AppleScript, but the nib defines the menu itself - not AppleScript (even if AppleScript can populate or delete the menu items at run time).
One option would be to use CocoaDialog:
You could also just use choose from list:
Additionally, if you just need a list to choose from, you could also do
Google "AppleScript Choose from list".
You don't need Xcode for AppleScript. Just open the 'AppleScript Editor' in 'Applications/Utilities' (Finder shortcut for the Utilities folder: ⌘+shift+u). There is some sample code for dropdown menus here.


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A 5 Litre (1.3 US gal) pot is the biggest pan I have at present. I would like to make some all grain batches. How much beer can I brew with such a small pan?
If your pan is 5L, you will only be able to make less than that, depending on how much of your wort evaporates during the boil.
Perhaps 3,5 to 4L, unless you do multiple boils.
I would go and get a bigger pan or look at starting with extract brewing.
In a 1.3 gal pot you probably shouldn't boil more than 2-3 liters because you want to leave some head space to avoid boilovers, which can be a huge mess. With boil-off, you're going to end up with even less beer than 2-3 liters, unless you top off with more water. So it's probably not worth it to brew in less than a 2-3 gallon pot, so you can safely brew 1 gallon batches.
Brewing is a hobby that costs money - the ingredients cost money and the equipment costs money. It doesn't need to be expensive - you can buy economy pots - aluminum or thin economy stainless - and brew great beer. Brewing less than 1 gallon at a time (~10 12 oz bottles) probably isn't worth the effort. You can also get yourself an inexpensive 1 gallon glass jug for fermenting.
Brooklyn Brewshop is a small company that only sells 1 gallon all grain kits. They have a good videos that shows their basic process, which utilizes a strainer for sparging. You could also do brew-in-a-bag (BIAB) with a small strainer bag, like those used for partial mash brewing.


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I will often arrive at work knowing that some task is the single most important thing I need to get done that day. I also know that it should not take all day, yet I always manage to drag it out such that it will consume my whole day. I do not want to rush it, but I know I am not working on it as quickly or efficiently as I could. Any suggestions?
Set a reasonable deadline for yourself and simultaneously give yourself other important work to do that day so that you have something to fill the remainder of the time. Without a deadline of some sort, it's easy to let work consume all available time. And without other work/activities to move on to, the deadline can feel less relevant.
A common method of productivity is to choose 3 important things to do each day. 3 things that, if accomplished, would make you feel satisfied with your progress.
But again, be reasonable. Humans are bad at gauging the amount of time something may take. As long as good work is getting done (and not to the detriment of other tasks), don't worry about it. There is more to be done in life than can ever be accomplished.
Timeboxing. Split your day into 30 minute segments or whatever you like and then take a forced break. The forced breaks will set 'soft deadlines' and during those breaks you'll rethink whether it's worth spending so much time on.


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Three Cats VS. Washing Machine - YOU Pick The Winner!
Need a little advice. We very recently became the proud owners of a set of front loading laundry washing/drying machines. We live in a small condo with a very narrow closet available as our only home for the machines.
I'm told by friends, relatives, neighbors, teh internets, etc. that we should leave the door to the washer open after each wash, due to the moisture that stays inside after a wash. As you might imagine, our washer is on the bottom of the stack in the very narrow closet, meaning the cats could/would jump right in, given the option.
The laundry units are too big to close the closet (we opted for taking the door off and hanging a sound/light cancelling set of curtains instead), so the only option is to close to the washing machine unit right after every use or to have the cats climb in while it's still wet every time.
Which is worse?
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Maybe you could prop it open, just a bit, with some magnetized doohickey? Or maybe there is something for childproofing that might work. Keep in mind, it doesn't have to be wide open and inviting, just cracked a bit.
Here's a PITA, but workable idea: Get an inexpensive pedestal fan. When you've finished with the load, place the fan right smack in front of the open machine & turn it on for for the length of time the dryer runs. Two things will happen, hopefully.
1. The interior will dry rapidly and then you can close the washing machine door by the time the clothes in the dryer are finished & unloaded.
2. The fan being in front of the machine & turned on will discourage Naughty Paws & Company from camping out inside the drum.
Ah, I like @lavikinga:'s idea even better, because it will kill 2 birds with one stone. Brilliant, actually.
I'm going to get down voted for this, but here goes...
Turn the circuit breaker for the washer off and leave the washer open and on, set for the part of the cycle where the washer fills with water.
Put some tape or a chopstick or some such in the safety switch so that the washer "thinks" the door is closed.
(The above gives you a "remote control" way to turn on the washer, so you can turn it on without being near it.)
Wait for a cat to enter the washer. It is best if only one is able to do this, so distracting the others or locking them in another room is probably a good idea. It is important that the cat not associate a human with what is about to happen. Thus do not have someone watch the machine and then yell when the cat goes inside.
Once the cat has been in the washer for a good 15 to 20 seconds, turn on the washer for about ten seconds.
Repeat for the other cats.
I guarantee you won't have much trouble keeping the cats away.
We own a set of front loading machines. If you leave it open, it doesn't mildew.
The cats either learn to stay out or out they go.
@baqui63: it's probably worth mentioning a couple of things:
1. We aren't really thrilled with the idea of being cruel to our cats.
2. 2 of the 3 cats are D.U.M.B. They don't learn, even if something bad happens EVERY time they do something.
3. 1 of the dumb cats is also the MOST mischievous beings I've ever come across. Even if he absolutely knows it is forbidden, he will be in trouble and there will be consequences that he doesn't like, he will do it to get the joy out of being bad. I SWEAR this is how he operates.
@mtm2: the cats won't learn to stay out. in fact, they LOVE to drink any water that's sitting out, whether clean or with floating food. and this machine always has a tiny, tiny puddle on the big rubber door seal area. AND we aren't getting rid of our cats.
@baqui63: Are you secretly my husband...because that sounds exactly like the sort of thing he would try and do. Although he wouldn't care if the cats saw him.
I would recommend something a little less drastic, like leaving the door open and laying in wait with a spray bottle - then squirting the cats if they tried to go in the washer. This reminds me that I once heard a horror story from a guy whose cat accidentally got stuck in the dryer for a few minutes - all I heard was "cold water enema" and that was enough to freak me out. The cat was fine in the end though thank goodness.
@smtatertot13: Ah, didn't see your last response until after I posted. I have a new thought. What if you used a piece of string or bungee cord or something to rig the washer door so it won't open but a few inches? I think someone else mentioned possibly childproofing it. You could mount something on the side of the washer adjacent to the handle that you could attach the other end of the rig to so even if the cats tried to get in, they couldn't get the door open wide enough to fit. Then you could remove it to open the door yourself. There are tons of different types of things that have that removable mounting material that might work.
I don't see it as cruel. It is using the cat's natural aversion to a distasteful surprise to accomplish what you want.
Don't think so, unless we are in the midst of one of those inverted time travel stories (ala The Doctor and River Song).
If the cats see your husband or you using a water gun, it won't work. They have to associate the "bad machine spraying water on them" with the bad machine, not you or your husband. If the cats see you, they only learn to avoid the machine when you are around, meaning it is fair game when you are not.
@baqui63: ah, I see how that would ruin the whole point. I have been lucky with my cats that they haven't really been bad so I haven't had to do much of that kind of training. Although I am on the market for a "bonus" kitten of yet to be determined temperament, so thanks for the clarification.
Also, you're anthopomorhizing your cats. He isn't really mischevious, because he isn't tryng to cause trouble, he's just playing. He doesn't know (in a strict sense of the word) what he should or shouldn't do.
Given that you've already stated that you don't want to be cruel, I'm willing to bet that you also don't discipline your cats as their mother would have done so (by slapping them around). (Note: I'm not suggesting that you should, or even could, discipline them in this way.) My point is this: they likely don't view your discipline as discipline, but rather as another form of play. This would certainly explain why the discipline is ineffective.
And gets back to the importance of no human involvment in the machine's sudden "attack" on them. They need to learn that the machine is a thing to stay away from all the time, just as they learn that wasps (eg. yellow jackets) are things to stay away from in the wild.
Here's another crazy idea. You'll need the following:
a cheap suction cup with hook
a piece of string
a framed screen large enough to block the dryer opening (you can make from an old picture frame, screening material and tape or a stapler.)
Affix the suction cup on top of machine, attach the string to the hook and to the screen, & suspend screen over the opening, effectively allowing air flow to dry out machine and keeping Larry, Darryl & Darryl out of the washer.
I have had many cats and generally let them do what they want when they want. About the only rule I have is stay off the kitchen counters and (mostly) off the dining room table.
For example, I gave up long ago on the "don't climb the Christmas tree rule" as a sudden lond noise when the cat climbs into the bottom of the tree results in a "cat explosion" that is more damaging than just making sure that the tree can stay upright with a 14 pound cat climbing it. They rarely climb very high anymore anyway.
Same thing for them eating my house plants. I just make sure that what I grow isn't poisonous, or tastes very nasty and isn't easy to get to.
What about leaving water in the washing machine with the door open. When the cat jumps up there he gets wet and runs like, like, a wet cat. A few days of this and the cats will learn washer=wet cat and never try it again.
@baqui63: describe it as you will. there's 1 cat that does what he wants, specifically if he knows it will get him attention. YES, we give him PLENTY of positive attention. based on conversations I've had with other cat owners, i don't think i'm crazy in my understanding of him.
do we give them a good swat when they do something wrong? ABSOLUTELY. do we actively act to cause them full-on pain? NO. We're humane & love our cats, or we wouldn't bother adopting the poor kitties. Call us softies. Call us whatever you want. I won't feel bad for not causing our pets pain.
There have been at least a couple decent/great suggestions to this post that don't involve damage to the cats. I'm definitely going to be looking into them. In my original post, I didn't say anything about being humane, so thank you for your input. I will be looking into the more humane options as that's how we treat our pets. They are loved ones, not trained performers who live by iron rule.
@caffeine_dude: if only that were the case...our cats LOVE sitting water. lord knows why. they will cuddle around it and drink it slowly all day to savor it. if we didn't shut them out of the bathroom for fear of EVERYTHING being covered in cat hair, they would (used to) hang out in the bathtub after showers, desperately hope you leave the toilet lid up (we don't!) and/or sit on the bathroom counter, just wishing on us brushing our teeth. Why they like standing water in random places better than the standing water in their water bowl, I'll never know lol
Don't close the door...it will mildew.
@jsimsace: and THAT'S the problem!
On an another message board today someone posted a suggestion that about keeping front loading washers dry and fresh-smelling without leaving the doors open. As I recall, it goes something like this:
1.) Dry the gasket and door as well as you can after finishing your wash.
2.) Place a small plastic bowl of baking soda into the washer.
3.) Close the washer door.
The baking soda is supposed to absorb any remaining dampness. The next time you do a load of towels, just toss the used baking soda in with the wash. It will freshen up the laundry and you replace it with a fresh bowl of baking soda.
I haven't tried this yet, but baking soda is the duct tape of household products, in my opinion, so I'm planning to give it a try. My laundry room with my new front loading washer is in the walk-through path from the back door to the kitchen and I HATE leaving the washer door open there.
I believe you misread what I wrote, especially since you are implying that my suggestion is not humane or will somehow damage the cats.
Note that I at no point suggested closing the door with the cat inside the machine. I wrote specifically to rig the door so that the machine would run with the door open. Once the cat is in the machine, you turn on the water for a few seconds WITH THE DOOR OPEN (so that the cat can run).
I'd say this is more humane that swatting the cat, which BTW, I don't suggest using as correction since most cats will view it as a game unless you are hitting hard enough to be cruel. A water gun is much more effective (unless you have a cat that likes water).
@belyndag: sounds great. i assume you could use any number of things - baking soda, rice, etc. hmm...
@baqui63: cats love water. at least the 3 we've been blessed with do. 2 of the 3 greet a water gun with open mouths and playtime. It is our burden lol
the washer door actively locks (you can hear the BIG click) upon starting a load. How would one fool something that has censors everywhere?
The door cannot lock if the door is not closed.
There is likely one switch, probably a push button, that tells the washer that the door is closed. Actuate said button using tape and a folded up piece of paper or a piece of a chopstick or whatever and it will serve to fool the washer into thinking its door is closed.
However, if your cats actually like being sprayed with water, this whole train of thought may be moot.
@lavikinga's idea of a screen may be the simplest and least intrusive suggestion above.
Good luck with it whatever you decide to do.
@smtatertot13: Actually, I would stick with baking soda. Rice might absorb some of the moisture, but I believe that baking soda will also freshen up any lingering odors, as it does with refrigerators and freezers.
@baqui63: I expect I'll try both the screen option and the baking soda-ish option. most unobtrusive for us and the cats.
Thanks to everyone for your input so far. please feel free to continue to add your opinions!
@belyndag: as far as freshening laundry, yes, of course, baking soda is the best option on that list. I'm not all that worried about freshening the laundry as i have a number of products at home that take care of that part. the beauty of baking soda or rice is that the cats can't get sick (from my understanding) from either option in the event they break into the washer and eat a mouthful. (baking soda/rice doesn't hurt cats, right?) gotta love that.
My cat (and my parents cats) completely ignore the washing machine. I also have a front loader in a small closet, like you. I am able to leave the door open and dry it out, but if you know your cats could get in there then its not the best idea.
I'd suggest wiping the gasket down with a vinegar/water solution, drying it and then do the soda (good idea btw, I need to do it!)
A possible way to deter the cats from the area is to use the anti scratching spray or double sided tape in the area right in front of the washer. Cats HATE things on their paws and will avoid areas where they can't see what it was but that they hate it.
(^ Much more humane and less likely to cause serious injury to the cat and damage to the washer by turning it on when the cat is in it. Door open or not, that's a pretty bad/risky way to change an animals behavior. @baqui63, your intentions may be well meant, but more could go wrong than right.)
@smtatertot13: lol your cats think they are agile dogs!


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