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A Bloodless Look at the BCS
College Football's Convoluted Bowl System Is Bowing Out, But Is the New One Any Better?
This college football season, which began Thursday, marks the last step before the sport embarks on a new adventure: a four-team playoff to determine the national champion.
But it also represents the end of another bold initiative: the 15-year, largely loathed reign of the Bowl Championship Series.
To understand what the BCS represents, it helps to imagine that the comparatively well-oiled machine of the NFL playoffs never existed. Imagine, instead, that the Super Bowl was taken completely out of the NFL's jurisdiction and handed over to a bunch of bureaucrats who decided to choose who plays in the title game by consulting a system of polls and rankings they'd cobbled together.
That's essentially what happened in 1998 when Roy Kramer of the Southeastern Conference, together with five other conference commissioners in top-division college football, organized what became the BCS. "The amazing part as I look back on it is how many times it did work out," Kramer said.
For all the heartache it has caused the fans of various unlucky teams (see table), the BCS has accompanied, if not helped to create, some broad and likely permanent changes in the sport. College football fans, who were once regional tribes, became national consumers under this system, eager for news of developments in once-forgotten lands. Fans in Tuscaloosa, Ala., for instance, became keenly interested in the outcome of a game in Eugene, Ore., because it might affect the home team's standing or its future opponent.
"It's bigger than we ever dreamed of at the time," Kramer said. "It created a name brand and almost a structure of membership: BCS schools and non-BCS schools."
Over time, the BCS grew to include four showcase bowls outside the title game, and gave a stage to teams that had been frozen out of traditional bowl games due to a lack of historical prestige or conference pedigree. Boise State, Utah and Texas Christian all boosted their standing as football programs by landing in the BCS-branded Fiesta, Sugar and Rose bowls. Those bowls, said Jerry Palm, a CBSSports.com analyst who has covered the BCS since its inception, "would have never taken those teams any other way, ever."
Since postseason bowl games like the Rose Bowl predated the NCAA, the governing body never had a chance to institute a tournament or some other way of picking a champion, as it does in other sports. The BCS stepped in with a convoluted combination of human polls and computer rankings to select two teams deemed the best—even if most of those teams hadn't had any common opponents.
The only problem was that nobody had the foggiest idea how the rankings would work. "We were experimenting," Kramer said.
The BCS selection system may have reached its nadir in 2003, when some fans stayed up into the wee hours to watch Boise State play Hawaii—a team that had also played Southern California. Hawaii lost to Boise State, which hurt USC's strength-of-schedule rating in the BCS formula, which eventually knocked the Trojans out of the BCS title game.
The following summer, after that absurd spectacle, BCS leaders pulled the strength-of-schedule component from its formula.
For all the controversy and complexity of the BCS, it doesn't seem to have hurt the sport: College football has become the nation's third-most popular sport behind the NFL and baseball, and is closing the gap, according to a Harris Interactive poll from late last year.
Nonetheless, under intense pressure from fans and TV networks—even President Obama weighed in—the leaders of the new College Football Playoff (the commissioners of all 10 top-division conferences plus the athletic director at Notre Dame) decided to take an entirely new course. The BCS formula will now be replaced by the verdict of a 12- to 18-person blue-ribbon selection committee that will pick the most deserving schools.
One of the things they'll emphasize: strength of schedule. "Play a good schedule, and win, and you'll be in the hunt," said Bill Hancock, the chief staff member of the BCS and CFP. "It's as simple as that."
The new system may not be quite as populist. Three years of realignment have shrunk from six to five the number of major conferences that command top broadcast money and have the most resources to attract coaches and recruits. Teams outside those conferences will struggle to schedule enough strong opponents. "The non-majors, I would say, have virtually no chance of getting into the playoff," Palm said. On the contrary, Hancock said: Having semifinal games means two more spots up for grabs.
Already, the College Football Playoff is slicker than its predecessor, with a professional staff, an actual headquarters in suburban Dallas and a dot-com website rather than the BCS's dot-org home. That's probably a good thing, given that this season could test the BCS like never before. Four of the nation's top 10 teams have among the nation's easiest schedules: No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oregon and No. 9 Louisville. If everything goes to plan, the BCS could have four unbeaten teams vying for its two-berth title game.
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The January 2003 issue of Environment & Climate News features articles by S. Fred Singer, Patrick J. Michaels, and Managing Editor James M. Taylor addressing new research on the causes and effects of global warming:
- Singer reports a new study on the role atmospheric soot particles may play in global warming, suggesting a new near-term control strategy, introducing a new element of uncertainty in climate models, and shifting more responsibility for curbing pollution to developing nations such as China and India.
- Michaels offers facts, simple math, and links to important data sources on the Web to show global warming, if it's causing any precipitation-related changes at all, is probably making the Earth wetter rather than drier.
- Taylor summarizes several new studies that find (a) global warming is not taking place and (b) rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are benefitting the planet's vegetation and animal life.
The global warming special report also includes Taylor's report on a November 20 conference addressing voluntary actions on climate change; an announcement of ExxonMobil's $100 million grant to Stanford University for climate change research; and a look at the evaporating support for the Kyoto Protocol.
Page 1 stories analyze the November 2002 elections--which revealed voters are no longer swayed by the scare tactics and anti-business rhetoric of environmental advocacy groups--and report the Bush administration's November 22 announcement of reforms to the New Source Review provisions of the Clean Air Act.
The January issue also covers Florida's Sawgrass Rebellion, thwarted by local politicians; EPA's recently released study of diesel health effects, ignored by the media; the politicization of science; the unattractiveness of solar power; the bounty of biotech corn; new ESA follies in Montana; and EPA's new air quality report. Heartland Science Director Jay Lehr reviews Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters: "clearly the best book on the history of our nation's water supply," he says.
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Good to see Faci seems to be earning his spot on the national team on more than just the fact that his competitor is injured.
Good to see Faci seems to be earning his spot on the national team on more than just the fact that his competitor is injured.
Seems Animosama is not really impressing
Wow, looks like Park is running roughshod over the other domestic teams, a 5 goal and 4 goal game already as well as a nice goal of the month. Hopefully he keeps it up
Wow... 4 in one match. Now I just need to force myself back into the international team.
Gentile looking like a solid choice in the middle of the park, ocassionally getting forward to finish chances as well as creating. Way to go boys! Lovely, lovely wins.
Ashario plaing well, assisting and scoring. But that derby goal surely wasn't offside?
Seems like Leoni's doing well. Got his first goal aswell
Nice clean sheet there for me, looks like we are all starting to gel as a national team, hope the rankings climb gets us a favourable world cup draw(unless its already been done)
Will have several more updates today. We have bulgaria up next, so that's a hard challenge.
The freak of nature goal.... the defender and keeper just slightly delayed the inevitable goal....
San Marino Vs Bulgaria - Friendly Match
Bulgaria are a decent teams and are Ranked 70th in the World. Luckily for us, they have suffered 4 defeats and 4 draws this season and against some teams that we could possibly beat ourselves. I think we have a really good chance! Here's the line up...
GK - Arawn Moridin
DR - Ben Goldsmith
DC - Luke Corcoran
DC - Richard Marino
DL - Giuseppe Faci
DMC - Simone Finke
AMR - Edoardo Lorenzo
AMC - Geraint Alacarde
AML - Jake Stothard
STR - Scevola Zangari
STL - Plob Dork
First Half...
1st Minute: San Marino attack from the off! Alacarde tackles Gadzhev and puts a great through ball for Plob Dork. Dork takes one touch and goes for goal... Inches Wide!
14th Minute: Zangari moves the ball out wide to Stothard, Stothard moves into the area and turns the defender with ease, goes for goal... But it's over the bar, good effort.
16th Minute: Delev finds himself on his own with the ball, he runs at the defence, put Corcoran does well to get a foot in. It's not over yet as Petrov picks up the lose ball and puts another ball through for Delev, who goes for goal... Great save from Moridin, first meaningfull save in the early stages.
17th Minute: Petrov out of nowhere hits one from 35 yard!!! Hits the Crossbar! It falls to Delev who shoots from close range... Reaction save! Fantastic stuff from Moridin.
32nd Minute: Delev is causing a lot of problems along with Petrov, but Marino does very well to get across and tackle Delev. The defence is looking good so far.
33rd Minute: Petrov and Delev are teaming up again, Petrov with the cross and Delev forces Moridin into another fantastic reaction save! It goes for a corner, but Corcoran heads away.
39th Minute: It's Petrov and Delev yet again as they pass between themselves, Petrov picks out the run of Hazurov... Goal for Bulgaria, San Marino 0 - 1 Bulgaria.
44th Minute: Petrov puts a fantastic cross in, connected by Hazurov, but Moridin gets down to save well!
Second Half...
Player Movement: I've moved the AML and AMR back to the ML and MR positions. I feel we aren't getting any players in the area of the pitch and we are failing to do our defensive duties further up the pitch.
Substitute: Scevola Zangari Off - Daniel Park On
48th Minute: Corcoran puts in a good tackle on Gadzhev, but Gadzhev didn't like the challenge and retaliated... RED CARD! Gadzhev has found himself being sent off for a moment of madness!
77th Minute: Substitutions...
Ben Goldsmith Off - Davatzis On
Geraint Alacarde Off - Animosama On
Jake Stothard Off - Walter Ashario On
Full Time...
Man Of The Match: Richard Marino
Possession: 47%
San Marino Shots: 10
Bulgaria Shots: 12
Key Players: Richard Marino, Giuseppe Faci, Simone Finke
Verdict... I don't think we did too bad, but we didn't show much intent either. The passing let us down at times, but for the first time, we actually had a really solid defence. It would be unfair to comment on the strikers, as they were given the chances to even put one away.
Last edited by Tactic Master; 01-03-2012 at 16:15.
sorry i meant the world cup qualifying draw, my bad haha
Too bad we couldn't take advantage of the 10 men
Will be doing a Domestic update at the end of January. Currently, our next game for San Marino will be against Mexico at the end of February! Then we have South Korea in June and following that is the start of the World Cup Qualifiers!
World Cup Qualifying Group
San Marino
This group looks rather inviting if you ask me, but England with be a very big test for us. Hopefully we will be good enough to get second place!
I was sure that Moridin would be a key player based on the text. Looks like he made several great saves. Especially in the first half. Really glad that he put in a good performance as I felt he was poor in the first few games.
Think the group could be quite tought to be honest. England are the obvious threat but Ukraine and Poland should prove tough games.
Time To Get Involved!
This is your chance to get involved in the training of your own player! Once every season, you will get the chance to choose the focus on training, the ability to learn or un-learn Preferred Moves and also learn new positions! You can also choose the Intensity of your training. Fill out the form below if you would like to take part If there is something you don't want to do in the form, just put N/A in that area.
Name Of Player:
Training Focus:
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy):
New Position:
Currently we are unable to learn new Preferred Moves.
Name Of Player: Arawn Moridin
Training Focus: Composure
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position:
Can we set up a trening schedule for them as well? If so I would like this one:
Strength: 7
Aerobic: 10
Shot Stopping: 23
Handling: 13
Tactics: 25
Ball Control:7
Defending, Attacking and Shooting: 0
Name Of Player: Animosama
Training Focus: Stamina
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Heavy
New Position: AMC
Can we get screenshots of our players to see what actually needs improving ?
Name Of Player: Davatzis
Training Focus: Off the ball
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Heavy
New Position: MR
Strength: 12
Aerobic: 15
GK - Shot Stopping: n/a
GK - Handling: n/a
Tactics: 23
Ball Control: 15
Defending: 15
Attacking: 10
Shooting: 3
I dont think he will have a problem with a heavy workload with his natural fitness and stamina being so high.
Last edited by Babaginoosh; 01-03-2012 at 23:24.
Domagnano Vs Fiorentino - Campionato Sammarinese
This is round two between these two rivals! Last time out, despite picking up a red card, Fiorentino managed to dominate possession and grind out a 1 - 1 draw. Domagnano will be looking to play better this time round and break up the possession football that Fiorentino prides itself with!
First Half...
10th Minute: It's been all Fiorentino so far in the open stages, passing around Domagnano with ease. Gentile finds himself near Domagnano's area, passing left to Ashario, Ashario makes space and passes back to Gentile, space has opened up for a shot... Fantastic save from Matt Swain!
21st Minute: Gentile fancies himself to take the Domagnano defence on, but despite doing everything right, his shot goes high and wide! Nice feet by Gentile to create the chance!
25th Minute: GOALLLLLLL!!! But who could it be??? Stothard! Zangari made a run down the left, passed inside to Animosama, making no mistake and puts a through ball in towards Stothard. Goldsmith manages to get to the ball first, but Stothard uses his strength and out muscle's Goldsmith. He's got a clear shot on goal! Arawn Moridin had no chance! Great goal by Stothard! Domagnano 1 - 0 Fiorentino.
27th Minute: Fiorentino pass the ball around near the area, Finke fancies a shot on goal... Well saved by Swain.
32nd Minute: Dork picks out Gentile, Gentile puts a fantastic ball through to put Ashario clear on goal! HE'S HIT THE POST! Fantastic chance goes begging! Leoni clears the threat.
44th Minute: Ashario floats a great cross in, Adam knocks the ball on and Corcoran throws himself at it! Duffinci manages to get to the ball first and head it out for another corner! There were shouts for a penalty there, but the referee waves away the protests! The resulting corner comes to nothing.
Second Half...
52nd Minute: GOALLLLLL!!!DOMAGNANO 1 - 1 FIORENTINO!!! Goldsmith runs up the right hand side with the ball, picks out Lorenzo on the edge of the area, Lorenzo turns Faci and goes for goal! HOW DID HE MANAGE THAT! Total Billiance!
56th Minute: GOALLLLLL!!!DOMAGNANO 2 - 1 FIORENTINO!!! Stothard puts in a dangerous ball, but Moridin manages to turn it over before it reaches anyone. Stothard puts the corner in to the front post... MARINO!!! Fantastic header from Marino, but where was the player on the front post? Major defensive blip! The goal is given as an own goal, Marino will definately feel it should be his, but it appears Goldsmith's attempt to stop the shot only resulted in earning himself the goal!
61st Minute: ANIMOSAMA! World class stop by Moridin! I was sure that was going in, but Moridin flew across the goal to get a hand to it. That was curling into the top right hand corner!
70th Minute: Gentile puts a dangerous through ball for Lorenzo, he goes for goal! Fantastic block from Marino. It goes for a corner! The resulting corner was a waste.
74th Minute: Swain passes out to Leoni, but he can't decide what to do and ends up being tackled by Finke, Finke moves in on goal, Swain has no choice but to close him down and Finke goals for the lob!!! JUST OVER!!! Moment of madness from Leoni almost costs Domagnano!
75th Minute: Leoni with a 50 yard pass to Duffinci, Zangari is in masses of space! Duffinci puts the ball through and it's one against one! GOALLLLLLL!!! Domagnano 3 - 1 Fiorentino!!! Zangari slots the ball cooly past Moridin! Domangnano look to have won this one!
84th Minute: Alacarde is in tons of space up front! Stothard with a 60 yard lobbed pass over the Fiorentino players, Alacarde picks it up and goes for goal! Inches Wide!
87th Minute: Lorenzo tries a speculative shots, but Swain is equal to it.
Full Time - Domagnano 3 - 1 Fiorentino!!!
Man Of The Match: (Domagnano) Richard Marino
Possession: 44% - 56%
Shots: 9 - 13
On Target: 6 - 5
Domagnano Key players: Marino, Faci, Stothard, Zangari
Fiorentino Key Players: Moridin, Goldsmith, Lorenzo
Verdict: I really thought that Fiorentino did well in the first half, but Domagnano scored a decent goal. The second half was all about Domagnano and they really wanted that win! Fantastic performances overall and Fiorentino will be very frustrated. I don't think there is much doubt on who will win the group now, but it doesn't mean Domagnano are going to definately pick up the Champions League spot. We will see these two go head to head in the play-off group!
Training Schedules - Get Involved!
I was already thinking about allowing you to choose your own training schedules and Dieu would like to push that idea. Therefore, all you need to do is provide something along the same lines as Dieu has...
Strength: 7
Aerobic: 10
Shot Stopping: 23
Handling: 13
Tactics: 25
Ball Control:7
Defending, Attacking and Shooting: 0
1 being the lowest and 25 being the highest...
I think it's a great idea, as it gives you a chance to train the player how you want to!
Name Of Player: Daniel Park
Training Focus: Stamina
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: None
Strength: 11
Aerobic: 16
Shot Stopping: 0
Handling: 0
Tactics: 13
Ball Control: 13
Defending: 6
Attacking: 12
Shooting: 12
Might change my individual focus depending on how much stamina has already improved, but this is the training schedule I would like
Nice, looking forward to the next so that I can put in my training focus and schedule..
Domagnano Domestic Update
Campionato Sammarinese League Table
Taca Titano League Table
Matt Swain
Giuesseppe Leoni
Richard Marino
Giueseppe Faci
Stefano Duffinci
Jake Stothard
Geraint Alacarde
Daniel Park
Scevola Zangari
Campionato Games...
(H) Cosmos 5 - 0 (Park x2, Zangari, Marino, Duffinci)
(A) Pennarossa 11 - 0 (Leoni x2, Park x6, Zangari, Stothard, Own Goal)
(H) La Fiorita 7 - 0 (Alacarde x3, Duffinci, Stothard, Leoni, Own Goal)
(H) San Giovanni 8 - 0 (Park x4, Marino, Alacarde x2, Stothard)
(H) Fiorentino 3 - 1 (Stothard, Own Goal, Zangari)
Taca Titano...
(A) Juvenes Dogana 4 - 0 (Zangari x2, Park x2)
Player Awards - November To February
November - Goalkeeper Of Month - Matt Swain
November - Defender Of Month - Giusseppe Leoni
November - Midfielder Of Month - Stefano Duffinci
November - Striker Of Month - Daniel Park
January - Goalkeeper Of Month - Matt Swain
January - Defender Of Month - Richard Marino
January - Striker Of Month - Scevola Zangari
January - Golden Boy - Jake Stothard
Fiorentino Domestic Update
Campionato Sammarinese League Table
Taca Titano League Table
Arawn Moridin
Ben Goldsmith
Nick Adam
Luke Corcoran
El Toono
Simone Finke
Alessio Gentile
Lukio DiSalvo
Edoardo Lorenzo
Walter Ashario
Plob Dork
Campionato Sammarinese Games...
(H) Pennarossa 5 - 0 (Dork x3, Lorenzo, Ashario)
(A) La Fiorita 5 - 0 (Lorenzo, Dork x3, Own Goal)
(H) San Giovanni 9 - 0 (Ashario, Dork x5, Lorenzo x3)
(H) Tre Penne 6 - 0 (Dork x2, Adam, Ashario x2, Own Goal)
(A) Domagnano 1 - 3 (Lorenzo)
Player Awards...
November - Golden Boy - Plob Dork
January - Midfielder Of The Month - Walter Ashario
Goal Of The Month - January
Breaking News...
Arawn Moridin has suffered a Chest Injury ahead of the San Marino friendly match with Mexico! Moridin will be out for between 3 to 4 weeks.
Simone Finke has suffered a Damaged Foot ahead of the San Marino friendly match with Mexico! Finke will be out for between 2 to 3 weeks.
Simone Finke suffered his injury before the squad selection, but Moridin was selected in the squad to face Mexico. The injury came too late for San Marino to pick a replacement.
Name Of Player:Animosama
Training Focus: Stamina
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: AMC
Strength: 11
Aerobic: 18
GK - Shot Stopping: n/a
GK - Handling: n/a
Tactics: 14
Ball Control: 11
Defending: 5
Attacking: 8
Shooting: 8
Last edited by Animosama; 02-03-2012 at 01:32. Reason: found out i am on first team contract
Ok, that's it for the updates today.
For those who haven't done or have not seen, look in the above posts for the form to fill out for your training (including schedules). All players are on first team contracts.
Tomorrow we have updates including, the game against Mexico, the game against South Korea, end of group stage report, Current Ability update and end of season report! We also have the World Cup qualification coming up! So lots to keep you interested!
Name Of Player: Scevola Zangari
Training Focus: Anticipation
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Heavy
New Position: N/A
Strength: 15
Aerobic: 14
Tactics: 23
Ball Control: 19
Defending: 6
Attacking: 22
Shooting: 14
Last edited by bergtaur; 02-03-2012 at 03:32.
Name Of Player: Geraint Alacarde
Training Focus: Stamina
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: MC
Strength: 9
Aerobic: 13
Tactics: 14
Ball Control: 20
Defending: 2
Attacking: 21
when will the training schedules take effect ?
Name Of Player: Edoardo Lorenzo
Training Focus: Passing
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: ML
Will add the schedule later, am at work atm.
TM: Are you using Moridin as a sweeper keeper or a regular GK? I'll adapt my traning schedule based on how you use him.
Name Of Player: Richard Marino
Training Focus: Balance
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): average
New Position: N/A
Strength: 20
Aerobic: 20
Tactics: 10
Ball Control: 5
Defending: 20
Attacking: 5
Shooting: 5
just read all the updates. i love them and am amazed how you get them out so quickly! really enjoying the sign-up! Richard Marino is doing brilliantly. havent seen a game where he wasnt a key player or MOM and the goals are shocking, he's san marino's answer to christopher samba! Take it you have the corners aimed to him? also would it be possible to have a squad stats screenshot that included assistant star ratings?
Last edited by ri916; 02-03-2012 at 06:25.
I will answer everyones questions when I get home at half 12
Name Of Player: Walter Ashario
Training Focus: Stamina
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: N/A
Could I have a bit more defending training than normal please. I know nothing about the number ratios.
Name Of Player: Giusseppe Leoni
Training Focus: Strength
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position: DMC
Mightymariner, the numbers to represent how much training you have in each area. 0 means no training, where as 25 will mean intensive or the main focus. I can create one for you if you like, or you can have a go at it yourself.
Name Of Player: Giuseppe Faci
Training Focus: tackling
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): average
New Position: N/A
Strength: 20
Aerobic: 13
Tactics: 17
Ball Control: 12
Defending: 15
Attacking: 13
Shooting: 5
Name Of Player: Matt Swain
Training Focus: Off the ball
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Heavy
New Position:
Strength: 25
Aerobic: 17
GK - Shot Stopping: 23
GK - Handling: 23
Tactics: 15
Ball Control: 15
Defending: 15
Attacking: 7
Shooting: 3
For those who posted after my last post from last night, their training will take effect from when I load the game up.
For those that haven't posted yet, they will take effect once they have posted and i've had time.
Others who don't post, theirs will stay on the general training.
Strength: 9
Aerobic: 9
GK - Shot Stopping: 0
GK - Handling: 0
Tactics: 23
Ball Control: 16
Defending: 3
Attacking: 23
Shooting: 16
TM: Keep the schedule as is. I set Moridin up as a regular GK and the schedule was based on that.
Name: lukio DiSalvo
Training focus: finishing
Training intensity: heavy
New position: amc
Strength: 17
Aerobic: 17
Tactics: 12
Ball control: 20
Defending: 10
Attacking: 17
Shooting: 16
Last edited by bambi holt; 02-03-2012 at 15:22.
San Marino Vs Mexico - Friendly Match
Mexico could provide a very big challenge for our San Marino players, currently Ranked 27th in the World. They have some very good players including; Rafael Marquez, Javier Hernandez, Andres Guardado & Guillermo Ochoa. I think we will need to be right on top of our game if we are to take anything from this match.
San Marino World Rank: 168th
Team Line-Up
Gk - Matt Swain
DR - Davatzis
DC - Giusseppe Leoni
DC - Nick Adam
DL - El Toono
MR - Stefano Duffinci
MC - Lukio DiSalvo
ML - Jake Stothard
AMC - Geraint Alacarde
STR - Plob Dork
STL - Daniel Park
Formation: 4-3-1-2
First Half...
8th Minute: GOALLLLLLLL!!! First real chance of the game! San Marino are attacking in numbers and Duffinci is trying to angle a pass, he decides to go wide to El Toono, El Toono chests it down and goes for a first time early cross! DiSalvo controls the ball and shoots, the keeper has no chance! Fantastic cross from El Toono! San Marino 1 - 0 Mexico
17th Minute: San Marino clear the ball after a tense few minutes, Stothard controls the ball, but he's on his own! He decides to take the 3 defenders on, goes past one, then two, then three! He goes for goal but Ochoa saves well. Great feet from Stothard!
19th Minute: Leoni fouls Dos Santos right on the edge of the box! He's lucky thats not a penalty!
21st Minute: Vela puts Peralta clean through on goal... Great save from Swain!
23rd Minute: Stothard is causing Mexico a lot of problems! He tackles Vela and immediately passes up field to Alacarde, hes clean through, but it's a tough shot to get right and he just misses the target! Apparently Ochoa got a touch on it.
34th Minute: Peralta Scores! But it's offside! San Marino got very lucky there.
36th Minute: GOALLLLLLLL!!! Stothard steps up to take the Free Kick from the right hand side of the area. He passes straight into Dork who has a clear shot on goal, fantastic strike! You can tell they've been practising that on the training ground! San Marino 2 - 0 Mexico
38th Minute: Torado with the shot from long range! Brilliant world class save from Swain! With the combined class from Swain and the pin point accuracy from Stothard, San Marino could be on to a winner here!
39th Minute: San Marino are breaking yet again! Foul! Dork is taken down, surely a yellow card? The Referee waves play on!
Second Half...
51st Minute: Another break from San Marino, Alacarde puts it into the path of Stothard, Stothard with brilliant feet to turn the defender! Goes for goal!!! Inches over the crossbar! He really put his foot through that one! It's a corner!
58th Minute: Perez steps up to take the corner for Mexico... Rodriguez gets his head to it! Goal for Mexico! San Marino 2 - 1 Mexico. This is a bad start to the second half, but San Marino against all odds are still ahead!
El Toono Off - Giuseppe Faci On
Geraint Alacarde Off - Animosama On
Daniel Park Off - Scevola Zangari On
68th Minute: STOTHARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC GOAL! Stothard steps up for the free kick on the edge of the area and smashes it into the roof of the net! Brilliant goal from Stothard, who has been ever present in this match! Fully deserved goal! San Marino 3 - 1 Mexico!
76th Minute: Mexico are moving forward with intent and Arce has a chance here to make it 3 - 2! Sensational save from Swain! He put his body on the line there to stop that one!
81st Minute: Zangari moves towards goal, picks out a fantastic run from Stothard, Stothard with the shot! Brilliant save from Ochoa, but it lands to Zangari again! GOALLLLL!!! But it's disallowed for an earlier offside from Stothard! A late flag...
83rd Minute: Stothard tries to power another free kick in, but it goes horribly sky high!
87th Minute: Stothard is forced away from goal, he passes inside to Di Salvo, DiSalvo picks out Zangari! Zangari with an insane decision to shoot! GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did he manage that! Ochoa should have done better, but you can take that away from Zangari, brilliant goal! San Marino 4 - 1 Mexico!
Full Time San Marino 4 - 1 Mexico!
Man Of The Match: Jake Stothard
San Marino
Possession: 43%
Shots: 10
On Target: 7
Fouls: 5
Possession: 57%
Shots: 17
On Target: 6
Fouls: 20
Star Players: Giusseppe Leoni, Jake Stothard, Plob Dork
Match Ratings...
Matt Swain - 7.1
Davatzis - 7.5
Giusseppe Leoni - 9.0
Nick Adam - 8.1
El Toono - 7.3
Stefano Duffinci - 7.2
Lukio DiSalvo - 8.0
Jake Stothard - 9.1
Geraint Alacarde - 6.8
Plob Dork - 8.1
Daniel Park - 6.8
Giuseppe Faci - 6.9
Animosama - 6.8
Scevola Zangari - 8.0
I think that match couldn't have gone any better! Stothard has really staked a claim on that left hand side and had a say in every single goal! El Toono has also given me a selection headache for the next match as both players for the DL position are on form. Zangari is starting to claim himself the name of "Super Sub". After 2 or 3 games, scoring from the bench, I decided to leave Zangari on the bench and bring him on later, in the hope that he would score. He actually scored twice, but Stothard's offside ruled the first one out. Daniel Park on the other hand, seems to be struggling on International Duty. Another player that did himself proud today was Lukio DiSalvo, with a great performance in the center of midfield! Overall, this was a tough game, but we produced the magic when needed.
Right then...
Strength: 7
Aerobic: 7
GK - Shot Stopping: 0
GK - Handling: 0
Tactics: 16
Ball Control: 16
Defending: 6
Attacking: 18
Shooting: 17
And a massive win over Mexico there.
Wow, what an amazing result! And finally DiSalvo has a decent game, goal and assist! C'mon San Marino!
Name Of Player: Ben Goldsmith
Training Focus: Heading
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy): Average
New Position:
Strength: 23
Aerobic: 15
Tactics: 12
Ball Control: 15
Defending: 20
Attacking: 8
Shooting: 2
Brilliant match and well done TM. Cant believe we beat mexico so early in our careers, that is quite an accomplishment.
If possible, may I request a screenshot of Gentile's training levels TM In fact I am sending you a pm on this one, don't want to clog up the thread all that much.
I'd see what I can get as a schedule but I don't have FM installed anymore due not having time & spare hdd space and I am not willing to install it just to check the trainings. Can someone tell what is the cap off for medium/heavy loads etc?
Also Gentile has to be an unlucky guy missing all the action in good games and performing good in close/decent games
Great win! And a 9.0 rating for Leoni to top it off. Bring on the qualifiers I say, how hard can they be
Name Of Player:Simone Finke
Training Focus: Passing
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy):Average
New Position: CM
Happy to leave training schedule as it is. Gutted to be out for a few weeks. Thought I was cementing my place as the DM
Fiorentino Vs Domagnano - Taca Titano Semi-Final
This is the third and most exciting match so far between these two dominant teams! Both teams players are fit to play, so this should be a decent encounter. The winner of this match will go on to play in the final and gain bragging rights!
Fiorentino have never even been to a Final of the Taca Titano, so they will have that extra reason to go all out today!
Domagnano have won the Taca Titano on 8 seperate occasions, so they have plenty of experience in this competition.
First Half...
1st Minute: Alacarde passes right to Duffinci, Duffinci turns El Toono and moves to ball forwards, before flashing a cross into a dangerous area... GOALLLLL!!! Zangari stole the ball from Goldsmith's reach, rounded the keeper and finished it off! Fiorentino are in trouble! Fiorentino 0 - 1 Domagnano
8th Minute: Stothard puts in a dangerous corner, Marino! Superb save from Moridin! It's gone for another corner. The corner comes to nothing.
10th Minute: GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! Amazing movement from Fiorentino and fantastic finish! DiSalvo passes across to El Toono who has made a good run down the left, El Toono puts a deadly pass through two Domagnano defenders, straight to Ashario. Ashario puts his foot through the ball and Swain has no chance, he get's a hand to it, but there is too much power behind the shot. Fiorentino 1 - 1 Domagnano
23rd Minute: Fiorentino are not letting Domagnano play here, Goldsmith picks up the ball on the right, passes into the box to Lorenzo, Lorenzo finds Gentile on the edge of the box! Gentile!!! Wow what a save!!! Save of the season surely? There was so much power behind that shot, it was surely pure instinct from Swain!
24th Minute: Gentile with another shot, but it was just inches away!
26th Minute: Duffinci stretches for the ball and takes Finke down in the process. This could be a chance for Fiorentino to score! Duffinci is given a warning... The free kick comes off the wall and goes for a corner. The corner comes to nothing.
29th Minute: GOALLLLLLL!!! Fiorentino have been dominant for the past 20 minutes and they are letting up yet! Gentile moves to ball to Goldsmith, Goldsmith moves out wide and puts in the cross which deflects off a defender and into the path of Lorenzo! Lorenzo puts his foot through the ball and Swain has no chance! Great stuff from Fiorentino. Fiorentino 2 - 1 Domagnano
34th Mintue: Fiorentino's passing is a joy to watch! Gentile, Lorenzo and Goldsmith pass the ball between them, before Di Salvo picks up the ball and unleashes a fantastic shot, great save by Swain! Domagnano started so well, but faded after 10 minutes!
44th Minute: Big mistake by Adam and Domagnano's Park is through on goal! Great save by Moridin, but Park should have done much better with that! Domagnano did well to close Fiorentino down there and that looks like the only way they are going to disrupt Fiorentino's passing.
Second Half...
Domagnano Formation Change: 4-1-3-2 (Several changes to tactics).
55th Minute: Ashario puts in the free kick from the right hand side and Duffinci almost puts it in his own net! Inches away!
58th Minute: The changes have been disrupting Fiorentino's ability to pass through Domagnano's defence, but they still can't seem to get any attacks going. DiSalvo resorts to a very rare long shot from Fiorentino, but it goes clear over the crossbar.
67th Minute: Ashario with another free kick! He passes straight the Finke... GOALLLLLLLLLL!!! Swain was nowhere to be seen and Finke finishes cooly! Fiorentino look like they will be going to the final here! Fiorentino 3 - 1 Domagnano
70th Minute: Plob Dork gets clear of the Fiorentino defence and goes for glory! Easy save for Moridin. Domagnano just haven't looked themselves today.
Domagnano Formation Change: 3-1-1-2-3 (Overload)
72nd Minute: Domagnano have started playing! Zangari with a rocket shot! Hits the post! Stothard goes for the follow up! Just wide!
81st Minute: Stothard puts a fantastic cross in as Domagnano continue their dominance! Zangari throws himself at the ball! GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! It goes down as an own goal as Zangari forced Corcoran onto the ball! Game On!
86th Minute: GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! But which team has scored??? Fiorentino with the counter attack, Goldsmith passes inside to Dork who finds Ashario with quick succession, Ashario goes for glory and sneaks it under Swain! Fiorentino 4 - 2 Domagnano
89th Minute: GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Domagnano are back in with a chance yet again! Park moves the ball out wide to Duffinci, Duffinci lays it off for Davatzis who puts the cross in and Adam accidently puts it in his own net! Fiorentino 4 - 3 Domagnano
90th Minute: Chance for Domagnano! Faci from the left into Stothard! Stothard has a clear shot on goal! Moridin holds his nerves and saves well from Stothards shot!
That was the last kick of the game, fantastic stuff from Fiorentino to reach their first ever Taca Titano Final!!!
Full Time: Fiorentino 4 - 3 Domagnano
Man Of The Match: Walter Ashario
Fiorentino - Domagnano
Shots: 13 - 10
On Target: 6 - 4
Possession: 59% - 41%
Fouls: 3 - 4
Fiorentino Key Players: Simone Finke, Edoardo Lorenzo, Walter Ashario
Domagnano Key Players: Davatzis, Jake Stothard, Scevola Zangari
Fiorentino Pass Attempts: 417
Domagnano Pass Attempts: 253
Fiorentino Passing Facts: Edoardo Lorenzo has a passing success rate of 96%, whilst both Simone Finke and Plob Dork had 97% passing success rate!
Verdict: This match has to be the most entertaining match of the season so far, Fiorentino's passing game was amazing, whilst the late comeback from Domagnano set up a final 10 minute showdown to remember! Stothard had the chance right at the final wistle to break Fiorentino hearts, but Moridin did well to compose himself! Domagnano struggled to stop Fiorentino today as their passing was very accurate, there wasn't much that they could do about it. Great game and Fiorentino deserve to go through.
Wow! Gentile was supposed to be a playmaker and everyone around him has 90+ pass completion. Does this mean that he creates good opportunities for them to pass or he's just at the end of some moves shooting the enemy goal
Fiorentino Vs Domagnano Match Goal Highlights
Hmm.. Why is my guy's name always highlighted in that video? :P
2 goals and an assist for me in a very good game there
Man, Park needs to start doing better in Internationals and rivalry games. Does he have a bad Imp Matches/Pressure rating? He always seems to cruise against lesser opponents while having problems against the tougher ones
Historic Taca Titano Final... Fiorentino Vs Juvenes Dogana
Fiorentino are about to play in their first ever Final in the clubs 38 year history! Juvenes Dogana are the only thing that stand in the way of the clubs first Taca Titano Trophy! Fiorentino have been very entertaining with their Tic-Tac football this season and along with thanks to all the players, one player comes in for individual praise. Plob Dork is the competitions top goalscorer, scoring 16 goals!
Team Talk: Most of the Fiorentino players are going into kick off Motivated. Arawn Moridin and Alessio Gentile have both gained confidence.
Match Goal Highlights
Man Of The Match: Plob Dork
Fiorentino Stats
Shots: 22
On Target: 10
Possession: 72%
Fouls: 5
Juvenes Dogana
Shots: 0
On Target: 0
Possession: 28%
Fouls: 10
Fiorentino Attempted Passes: 551
Fiorentino Completed Passes: 487
Fiorentino Player Ratings
Arawn Moridin - 6.9
Ben Goldsmith - 9.0
Nick Adam - 7.8
Luke Corcoran - 7.5
El Toono - 8.4
Simone Finke - 7.4
Alessio Gentile - 8.7
Lukio DiSalvo - 8.1
Edoardo Lorenzo - 7.0
Walter Ashario - 8.4
Plob Dork - 9.2
Hmm, my guy's quite average at the moment..
Oh, I scored! Great to get that first trophy.
Also interesting to see above that I play rather a lot of passes for a full back,although many go astray!
Expected trashing of Juvenes Dogana at the final after surpassing Domagnano. Gentile with a goal yet again, lovely. First trophy of many to come surely!
Not fun being the GK in the league. Only game that is a little bit of a challenge is against Domagnano Im afraid that Moridin is going to get lazy if the rest of the team don't give him anything to do soon
Name Of Player:Nick Adam
Training Focus: Composure
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy):Average
New Position: N/A
Can you please tailor a training schedule for me as I don't really have much of an idea about that stuff
Name Of Player:Plob Dork
Training Focus: Quikness
Training Intensity (Light, Average, Heavy):heavy
New Position: NA
sorry for not posting recently internet down! my player (plobdork) Is doing GREAT
Seems like El Toono is a beast but then in the 2nd half he dies of a bit needs his stamina up
Player Information
Players started with a CA of 130 and a PA of 200
Domagnano Players
Matt Swain
Current Ability - 145
Current Ability - 138
Guisseppe Leoni
Current Ability - 146
Richard Marino
Current Ability - 145
Guiseppe Faci
Current Ability - 142
Current Ability - 142
Stefano Duffinci
Current Ability - 142
Geraint Alacarde
Current Ability - 143
Jake Stothard
Current Ability - 141
Daniel Park
Current Ability - 140
Scevola Zangari
Current Ability - 140
Fiorentino Players
Arawn Moridin
Current Ability - 150
Ben Goldsmith
Current Ability - 139
Nick Adam
Current Ability - 141
Luke Corcoran
Current Ability - 140
El Toono
Current Ability - 131
Simone Finke
Current Ability - 142
Lukio DiSalvo
Current Ability - 141
Alessio Gentile
Current Ability - 142
Edoardo Lorenzo
Current Ability - 141
Walter Ashario
Current Ability - 144
Plob Dork
Current Ability - 140
Leoni is the best outfield player! Although not by much
Moridin has the best CA of the lot!
In the words of Montgomery Burns: Eeexcellent
Domagnano - End Of Group Stage
Campionato Sammarinese League Table
Campionato Sammarinese Stats
Domagnano Team Stats & Formation
Matt Swain
Giusseppe Leoni
Richard Marino
Giuseppe Faci
Stefano Duffinci
Jake Stothard
Geraint Alacarde
Daniel Park
Scevola Zangari
Campionato Sammarinese Games...
(A) Tre Penne 6 - 0 (Zangari x2, Marino, Stothard, Alacarde, Park)
(A) Cosmos 4 - 0 (Zangari x3, Marino)
(H) Pennarossa 11 - 0 (Alacarde x3, Zangari x2, Duffinci x2, Animosama x2, Faci, Park)
(A) La Fiorita 8 - 0 (Zangari x5, Alacarde x2, Duffinci)
Taca Titano Games...
(H) La Fiorita 6 - 0 (Stothard x2, Park x2, Zangari, Alacarde)
(H) Libertas 4 - 0 (Own Goal, Duffinci, Leoni, Park)
(A) Fiorentino 3 - 4 (Zangari, Own Goal x2)
March Player Awards...
TM, is there any possibility on making an edit to my fullback or would that be against the spirit of the challenge. Im kicking myself about preferred moves but if it cant be changed than it is what it is.
Fiorentino - End Of Group Stage
Campionato Sammarinese League Table
Campionato Sammarinese Stats
Fiorentino Team Stats & Formation
Arawn Moridin
Ben Goldsmith
Nick Adam
Luke Corcoran
El Toono
Simone Finke
Alessio Gentile
Luki DiSalvo
Edoardo Lorenzo
Walter Ashario
Plob Dork
Campionato Sammarinese Games...
(H) Cosmos 12 - 1 (Ashario x6, Dork x2, Corcoran, Lorenzo x3)
(A) Pennarossa 7 - 0 (Lorenzo x3, Adam, Ashario x2, Gentile)
(H) La Fiorita 10 - 0 (Lorenzo x5, Corcoran x2, Adam, Ashario x2)
(A) San Giovanni 4 - 0 (Adam, Lorenzo, Dork, Ashario)
Taca Titano Games...
(H) Tre Penne 3 - 0 (Ashario, Dork x2)
(A) Tre Fiori 8 - 1 (Dork x5, Adam, Ashario x2)
(H) Domagnano 4 - 3 (Ashario x2, Lorenzo, Finke)
(N) Juvenes Dogana 4 - 0 (Dork x2, Goldsmith, Gentile)
March Player Awards...
Defender Of Month - Luke Corcoran
Midfielder Of Month - Edoardo Lorenzo
Striker Of Month - Plob Dork
Golden Boy - Walter Ashario
Goal Of The Month
\o/ I grabbed a goal. Disappointed with how many games I am being used as sub though.
WHAT?!? Moridin has conceded 2 times against other teams then Domagnano! The horror! Sack him!
Wow. My stats rule Suppose it is a not very good league at the moment though. The first real club test will be next season, in Europe (if we qualify). For someone with 1 teamwork, that sure is a lot of assists!
Looks like Park and Zangari have formed a pretty devastating partnership up top for Damagnano, Park needs to pick it up in the international scene to help him out there as well
I'm assuming the player awards are given once every two months? It would be pretty coincidental if noone on the two teams managed to pick up an award in December and February.
Domagnano Vs Fiorentino - Campionato Sammarinese Play-Off
The biggest game of the season! Forget the Taca Titano Semi-Final! This is the game that will almost certainly decide which team plays in the Champions League next season! Fiorentino are already guaranteed Europa League football next season, but after their victory against Domagnano last time round, they will be very confident of a victory today. Domagnano will want revenge after a horror display in the last match, but will have to find a way around Fiorentino's superb passing.
First Half...
1st Minute: It's the first chance and it's Fiorentino! DiSalvo picks up the ball in the center of the field, passes up field to Dork and Dork puts a perfect pass through for Ashario! That was a close call for Domagnano!
22nd Minute: Fantastic movement yet again from Fiorentino and Dork puts another great ball through for Ashario, but he has to hit it from an angle, just over the bar!
27th Minute: Stothard puts a fantastic ball into the box and Park gets on the end of it! GOAL! Wait! It's been disallowed for offside! Fiorentino got lucky there, it was a great ball from Stothard, but Park could have timed his run better.
33rd Minute: Stothard! Moridin with a world class save! Stothard is starting to cause problems down that left hand side.
36th Minute: Fiorentino work a chance with several passes around Domagnano's defenders, Gentile gets through, but his shot is weak. He should have done a lot better with that.
44th Minute: Ashario steps up to take the corner, Finke makes a great run to the front post... GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Finke read that one like a book! Domagnano 0 - 1 Fiorentino!
Fiorentino will go into the half time team talk with the knowledge that they have one hand on the Campionato Sammarinese Trophy!
Second Half...
55th Minute: Davatzis puts a fantastic long ball over the top, El Toono tries to get a head to it, but it's out of reach. Zangari collects and moves in on goal, puts his foot through the ball! AMAZING SAVE! How did Moridin manage to save that! Freak of Nature type save! That was one hell of a rocket shot from Zangari.
58th Minute: Faci picks the ball up on the left, moves forward from the half way line and puts a 40 yard pass over the top! Park is clear on goal... Fantastic composure! Goal! But it wont count! He's inches offside! Domagnano's second goal disallowed, they will feel very aggreived right now.
62nd Minute: Park puts a fantastic ball into the box and Zangari connects very well! Great save by Moridin! Domagnano are going for it, but Moridin is equal to everything!
69th Minute: Dork appears to be fouled by Stothard, the referee waves play on and Faci picks up the loose ball! He moves to the egde of the box and evades a challenge from Adam, puts in the cross, Zangari slides in, but Corcoran blocks, PARK ON THE REBOUND!!! GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Fantastic positioning off the ball from Park. Fiorentino will be furious that they weren't given the free kick for the earlier challenge!
74th Minute: Finke goes for glory with a curling shot from the edge of the box, but doesn't get it right.
75th Minute: GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Stothard puts a perfect lobbed pass over for Zangari who uses his pace to catch up and tackle Adam. Zangari puts the ball across for Park who makes no mistake! Domagnano 2 - 1 Fiorentino!!!
Tactic Changes: Fiorentino are now working more direct and Overload
80th Minute: Lorenzo takes the free kick, its a fantastic free kick! LEONI CLEARS OFF THE LINE!
83rd Minute: Stothard puts in a corner, DiSalvo attempts to clear, but it's a horrible clearance and lands straight to Alacarde! GOALLLLLLLL!!! Domagnano 3 - 1 Fiorentino!!! Alacarde smashed the ball into the net, with Moridin nowhere to be seen!
FULL TIME! Domagnano 3 - 1 Fiorentino!!!
Man Of The Match: Daniel Park
Teams: Domagnano - Fiorentino
Shots: 16 - 11
On Target: 9 - 4
Possession: 47% - 53%
Fouls: 3 - 3
Verdict: Domagnano controlled most of the match and didn't let Fiorentino play, despite their great start to the match. Domagnano are almost certain to be in the Champions League next season now, but Fiorentino will still be in the Europa League. Fiorentino will be very disappointed, especially after their last showing against their arch-rivals. Zangari and Park were amazing up front today and Moridin could only do so much to stop them, but the result was inevitable!
Yes champions league for Domango. We are going to be setting a lot of records. Plus move up San Marino in European co-efficient table so we can get better and more european spots.
TM is Animosama stamina increasing ?
Meh. CL chance lost Let's hope we get to push further in EL at least. Also I have to say I am simply amazed by Ashario's statistics. The man is a beast!
I'm afraid that's it for updates for tonight, will answer questions tomorrow as I don't have laptop with me
Great win for Damagnano, I think its the first game that the possession numbers were fairly even, although it was still in favor in Fiorentino. Nice to see Park step up in a good game, and hopefully the team can do some damage in the CL.


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One way that I've used is to take real newspapers from the time period, and replace one or two articles (in a separate layer, of course). Find a nearby font, and use the tools of your graphic editing program to age the new text to match the old text.
I used GIMP to great effect in a time-travel adventure using the "pick" tool. The basic steps were:
There are probably as many ways to age/paperize graphic images as there are people trying it, but that worked very well for me.
Oh, and I found the newspaper pages I wanted to use in an online retrospective of the events the player characters were revisiting.
You might want to try and google "old newspaper generator". ;)
I ran a quick search myself and the best solution I've found (in about five minutes, wasn't a thorough exploration) is http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp where you just have to insert a title for your newspaper, a date for your "publication" and the text for your article for the site to generate a downloadable image (with a preview.)
Hope this helps (if not the site itself, then perhaps the idea.)
Check out the free fonts at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. They are exceptionally good. Really great for period prop ephemera. Also: 1920's newspaper ingredients.
For my Cthulhu scenarios, I take a suitable old newspaper article and change some appropriate words.
For example: I wanted a handout about a meteor landing in Scotland. Using Google, I searched for letters to the London Times about astronomical phenomena. I found something about Mars being particularly bright one night and changed the details, so it referred to a shooting star.
The advantage is that you keep all the strange turns of phrase. The Times letter, for example, had the wonderful phrase "It would have gladdened the hearts of the farmers", which stayed in my handout.
To lay it out, I usually just place it in a single column and Times New Roman font. I'll sometimes cut around it, so it appears just as a single column of text. (This is a quick and dirty method: Jerry's advice on layout is better).
Here's Wikipedia's list of online newspaper archives. I've done similar things with ecclesiastical letters, fairytales and scientific reports.


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I would say this is a gray reef shark instead of a blacktip...good shot!
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The shark reads as being in a three dimensional space, with its shadow cast on the sandy bottom. The shark's eye seems to have just taken notice of the viewer of the photo. It looks wary and a bit startled.
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I had been looking lately at Sylow subgroups of some specific groups and it got me to wondering about why Sylow subgroups exist. I'm very familiar with the proof of the theorems (something that everyone learns at the beginning of their abstract algebra course) -- incidentally my favorite proof is the one by Wielandt -- but the statement of the three Sylow theorems still seems somewhat miraculous. What got Sylow to imagine that they were true (especially the first -- the existence of a sylow subgroup)? Even the simpler case of Cauchy's theorem about the existence of an element of order $p$ in a finite subgroup whose order is a multiple of $p$ although easy to prove (with the right trick) also seems a bit amazing. I believe that sometimes the hardest part of a proving a theorem is believing that it might be true. So what can buttress the belief for the existence of Sylow subgroups?
Victor, you should check out Sylow's paper. It's in Math. Annalen 5 (1872), 584--594. I am looking at it as I write this. He states Cauchy's theorem in the first sentence and then says "This important theorem is contained in another more general theorem: if the order is divisible by a prime power then the group contains a subgroup of that size." (In particular, notice Sylow's literal first theorem is more general than the traditional formulation.) Thus he was perhaps in part inspired by knowledge of Cauchy's theorem.
Sylow also includes in his paper a theorem of Mathieu on transitive groups acting on sets of prime-power order (see p. 590), which is given a new proof by the work in this paper. Theorems like Mathieu's may have led him to investigate subgroups of prime-power order in a general finite group (of substitutions).
The Sylow theorems are finite group analogues of a bunch of results about "maximal unipotent subgroups" in algebraic groups. Basically, the Sylow subgroups play a role analogous to the role played by the maximal unipotent subgroups.
In the case where the group is the general linear group, the maximal unipotent subgroup can be taken as the group of upper triangular matrices with 1s on the diagonal, for instance. There are existence, conjugacy, and domination results for these analogous to the existence, conjugacy, and domination part of Sylow's theorems: maximal unipotents exist, every unipotent is contained in a maximal unipotent, all maximal unipotents are conjugate. The role analogous to "order" is now played by "dimension".
The normalizer of the Sylow subgroup plays the role of the maximal connected solvable subgroup, also called the Borel subgroup (see Borel fixed-point theorem and Lie-Kolchin theorem). In the case of the general linear group, this is the group of upper triangular invertible matrices.
There are similar results for Lie algebras too, basically arising from Engel's theorem and Lie's theorem.
In fact, much of the study of simple groups and their geometry relies on this geometric interpretation of Sylow subgroups, p-subgroups, and their normalizers. This deeper study of the geometry/combinatorics of simple groups is called local analysis in group theory and is closely related to the recently popular topic of "fusion systems" which are essentially studying the conjugation action of a group on subgroups of a particular Sylow subgroup.
ADDED BASED ON COMMENT BELOW: For a finite field $F_q$ where q is a power of p, the maximal unipotent subgroup of $GL_n(F_q)$ is the $p$-Sylow subgroup. I had originally intended to mention this, but forgot.
An extension of the Vipul's ideas can be found in the article (couldn't find a link to the pdf with google)
Subgroup complexes by Peter Webb, pp. 349-365 in: ed. P. Fong, The Arcata Conference on Representations of Finite Groups, AMS Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics 47 (1987).
But as Mariano already commented, the analogy to the maximal unipotent subgroups of the general linear group was probably not Sylow's motivation. As commented before, he was maybe looking for maximal $p$-subgroups (i.e., maximal with respect to be a $p$-subgroup).
This is also the leitmotif of my favorite proof of the Sylow theorems given by Michael Aschbacher in his book Finite Group Theory. It is based on Cauchy's theorem (best proved using J.H.McKay's trick to let $Z\_p$ act on the set of all $(x\_1, \dots, x\_p) \in G^p$ whose product is $1$ by rotating the entries) and goes essentially like this:
The group $G$ acts on the set $\mathrm{Syl}\_p(G)$ of its maximal $p$-subgroups by conjugation. Let $\Omega$ be a (nontrivial) orbit with $S\in\Omega$. If $P$ is a fixed point of the action restricted to $S$ then $S$ normalizes $P$ and $PS=SP$ is a $p$-group. Hence $P=S$ by maximality of both $P$ and $S$, and $S$ has a unique fixed point. As $S$ is a $p$-group, all its orbits have order $1$ or a multiple of $p$, in particular $|\mathrm{Syl}\_p(G)| = 1 \bmod p$. All orbits of $G$ are disjoint unions of orbits of $S$ proving $\Omega = 1 \bmod p$ and $\Omega' = 0 \bmod p$ for all other orbits $\Omega'$ of $G$. This implies that $\Omega = \mathrm{Syl}\_p(G)$, as $\Omega$ was an arbitrary nontrivial orbit of $G$, showing that the action of $G$ is transitive. The stabilizer of $S$ in $G$ is its normalizer $N\_G(S)$, and as the action is transitive $|G:N\_G(S)| = |\mathrm{Syl}\_p(G)| = 1 \bmod p$. It remains to show that $p$ does not divide $|N\_G(S):S|=|N\_G(S)/S|$. Otherwise, by Cauchy's theorem there exists a nontrivial $p$-subgroup of $N\_G(S)/S$ whose preimage under the projection $N\_G(S) \to N\_G(S)/S$ is $p$-subgroup properly containing $S$ contradicting the maximality of $S$.
I don't know if this was the original motivation, but this has some interesting motivating ideas: Abstract nonsense versions of "combinatorial" group theory questions


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If my friend went to somewhere on weekend but i didn't know where did he go? And if i want to ask him like "Where are you going?" on Monday which sentences should i ask him?
Where did you go?
Where have you gone?
Where had you gone?
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You use the interrogative form of the past tense – 'Where did you go?' – because you are referring to a past event that occurred at a particular time and which is now complete.
"Where did you go on the weekend?' would be the better one to use.
I'm up-voting Barrie's answer, which certainly is correct. This is more to cover the question in the comments as to when you might use the others.
First, as Barrie said, the most normal way of asking about a past event, is the simple past:
A response in the simple past might be:
The present perfect is used to refer to a past event that has consequences in the present. So if you were out with your friend, and then couldn't see them, you might phone them and ask:
They've gone somewhere, and that is still affecting things now.
You wouldn't normally use it in response (more likely would be the simple past to indicate where they went, or the simple present to indicate where they are). You might though use go in the present perfect if you left a note:
The past perfect is used when we're already talking about the past, and want to talk about something that happened further in the past that had an effect on that point. So you would need a context that was already in the past:
The context is the past point when they met Alice, and the question is about something further in the past that was in effect at that point.
The response could quite likely be in the past perfect too:
It could also be in the simple past, changing the point in the past that is the context of what is spoken about.
If you are surprised by the person being away (and you expected them to be home doing housework, for example) you could ask:


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In the college, I faced the problem of not grasping my study-materials fast. It used to take intense study and brainstorming to understand a material which seemed to be a piece of cake for others.
Moreover, my classmates could understand the core idea by reading, say, only one book. On the other hand, it generally required two or more books for me to clear my concept. Also, some of my classmates had tremendous memorizing power. But, generally I had to rely on my understanding on the materials.
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I'm on MacOS X (10.6, Snow Leopard) and I've already tried out tons of simple and free (or cheap) task management programs, but each one had some disadvantages.
It seems, that only the 2 big (and relatively expensive) ones have remained: Things and OmniFocus
They both have a lot of features and I'd like to know where you see the advantages and disadvantages of those 2 programs.
I'm not sure yet which will be the ideal workflow for me, but here are some aspects which seem important to me:
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|Writers :
|Gene Roddenberry
|Season :
|Guest Cast :
|Moral :
|Kirk is amazed that Tracey would dare interfere in another culture in this episode. He says that a Starship captain would give his life, sacrifice his ship and its entire crew rather than do such a heinous thing. There follows a list of episodes in which Kirk has interfered with other cultures: "The Apple", "Miri", "The Return of the Archons", "A Taste of Armageddon", "This Side of Paradise", "Errand of Mercy", "Mirror, Mirror" and "Friday's Child". This is not a complete list, but I trust the point has been made.
|Great Moment :
|The realization that this was another version of Earth when Kirk saw the flag was a nice scene.
|Body Count :
|Thousands of Khoms killed by Tracey.
|Factoid :
|This episode was originally written as one of the three possibles for the second pilot.
|Copyright Graham Kennedy
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|Last updated : 24 Nov 2014


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News and Events Archives
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
As director of the Whidbey Island, Wash., campus, MarJean Knokey's focus is to help students achieve their professional and personal goals through higher education.
"My greatest joy as director of the campus is seeing the pride in family members' faces as students march down the aisle at graduation," she said. "The students have accomplished a milestone and everyone in the room knows it."
Directors at the home campus in Columbia, Mo., recognized Knokey's accomplishments on Sept. 13 with the Frazier Moon Administrator of the Year Award. The award recognizes Columbia College directors who exemplify the virtues of the late Frazier Moon, a former Columbia College dean who played a significant role in the advancement of adult higher education.
"I immediately called my office to thank my staff for their outstanding work," she said. "We will try very hard to live up to the spirit of this award in every aspect of daily tasks."
Knokey has served as director of the Whidbey Island campus for four years. She began her career at the college as associate director.


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Kentucky's Public Service Commission is urging residents to act now to reduce winter heating bills, which could be higher this winter for consumers using natural gas.
Here are a few tips from Kentucky's Public Service Commission that can help you conserve energy and weatherize your home, no matter what heating source you use:
1. Lower your thermostat during the winter months. Lowering the thermostat from 75 degrees to 68 degrees can cut energy bills by 10 to 15 percent.
2. On a similar note, turn down your water heater. This can be another big energy saver. Kentucky's Public Service Commission says 120 degrees is hot enough for nearly all uses.
3. Use caulk or weather-stripping to seal cracks around windows, doors, pipes and all other areas where cold air can enter your house. This can save you 10 percent or more on your energy bill.
4. Insulate! Added insulation in attics, crawl spaces and walls can make a big difference in winter weatherizing.
5. Cover regular windows with storm windows or plastic sheeting.
6. Clean or replace furnace filters monthly to improve airflow and efficiency.
7. One way to identify weatherization needs is to get a home energy audit. Many local utility companies offer home energy audits at little or no cost. These audits can identify energy-wasting trouble spots and provide information on how to correct the problems.
And for more advice on conserving energy, you can visit the Kentucky Department of Engery Website at: www.energy.ky.gov/doetips.html
Weatherization assistance is also available for low-income families. Call your local Community Action office to see if you qualify.
For more information on assistance programs, call: (502) 564-7536, extension 4235.
You can also visit this website: www.cfc.state.ky.us/help/weatherization/asp


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The Higher Commission for Collection of Donations for Somalia, headed by Governor of Riyadh Province Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, has reported that during the 1990s the government and citizens of Saudi Arabia, and expatriates residing in the Kingdom, donated over SR 183 million [U.S. $ 48.8 million] in cash and kind to those in need in Somalia. Donations in kind included wheat, barley, rice, dates, macaroni, milk powder, cooking oil, sugar, canned foodstuffs, medicine, clothes, and copies of the Holy Qur'an.
The relief aid was carried out in three phases. The first, in 1993, involved distribution to the victims of civil war and natural catastrophes scattered along the border with Kenya, or in refugee camps near Nairobi and Mombassa, or displaced inside Somalia. The second, from about 1994 through 1998, consolidated these efforts, extending them to Djibouti, where three Somali camps were located. At the end of the 1990s, the third phase focused on relief to victims of flooding, extending veterinary as well as medical and sustenance aid. In addition, a number of projects were started, constructing mosques, drilling water wells, erecting bridges, and providing educational facilities.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom is continuing its efforts to promote an end to the fighting among the Somali factions and to restore the Somali people to prosperity and stability.


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A pair of Pratt men were arrested over the weekend in unrelated cases of kidnapping and aggravated battery. The Pratt Police Department conducted both investigations.
Tanner Cox, 25 of Pratt, was arrested on Friday, Oct. 5 for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery.
Cox allegedly physically assaulted and significantly injured a white female stemming from an argument on Sept. 30, said Pratt Police Detective and Assistant Chief Jeff Ward.
The woman was admitted to Pratt Regional Medical Center where she was admitted, released and is in fair condition.
Cox is currently held in the Pratt County Jail on a $100,000 bond.
On Saturday, Oct. 6 Adam Christopher Scott, 31 of Pratt, was arrested and booked into the Pratt County Jail on multiple charges including rape, kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, criminal restraint, aggravated sexual battery and criminal intent.
Scott allegedly committed a sexual and physical assault at a local residence. His bond is also $100,000. The arrest came after multiple interviews with the victim and witnesses plus the serving of several search warrents.
Police said that while many of the charges are the same the two cases are unrelated. Both men are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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