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1968 Chevy Nova - Stall TacticsWritten by on September 1, 2011 Contributors: Johnny Hunkins With a GM switch-pitch torque converter, you can have both brisk acceleration and relaxed freeway cruising without an overdrive
Any way you slice it, 3.08:1 rearend gears just scream absolute wimpiness, especially when they're bolted inside a fortified Moser 12-bolt rearend. That's not exactly the kind of thing that impresses the lawn-chair-and-spray-bottle crowd on cruise night, but it's precisely the setup we opted for in our 1968 Chevy Nova project car. Please keep the granny-mobile jokes to yourselves because there's good reason for this madness. Last we checked, thanks to the impoverished motoring public, Big Oil execs are frantically trading up for bigger hangers in which to store their rapidly growing fleet of private jets. While gas isn't cheap, and burning less of the stuff contradicts the very essence of hot rodding, there's nothing wrong with saving a few bucks at the pump as long as it doesn't compromise performance. Interestingly, one of the best ways to accomplish this without going broke is by using 50-year-old technology. The wizardry in question is called a variable-pitch torque converter, and adapting it for use in GM transmissions is remarkably straightforward.
From 1965 to 1967, GM installed switch-pitch torque converters in many of its TH400 transmissions. This arrangement hydraulically alters the angle of the fins on a converter's stator, thereby increasing or decreasing stall speed by as much as 1,000 rpm on the fly. That's like being able to swap transmission or rearend gear ratios instantaneously while driving down the road. With the luxury of having a high-stall, switch-pitch converter that magically tightens up at cruising speeds, the net effect is brisk off-the-line acceleration even with a freeway-friendly ring-and-pinion set. For example, in Third gear our TH400-equipped Nova—with its 3.08:1 rearend gears and 255/40-17 rear tires—turns 2,700 rpm on the freeway at 65 mph. Now let's say we were to upgrade to a 4L80 overdrive that needs shorter 3.73:1 rearend gears to compensate for a tighter, non-variable pitch converter. Even with the 4L80's 0.75:1 overdrive ratio, the motor would still turn 2,500 rpm at 65 mph. The question is whether or not that 200-rpm difference in cruise rpm justifies the added expense, weight, and complexity of a computer-controlled overdrive, and we just didn't feel that it was worth it in our Nova.
Like many of the best factory innovations that the Big Three have spawned over the years, rumor has it that GM ceased production of switch-pitch converters due to their high manufacturing costs. This limited production run can make finding parts a challenge, but fortunately shops like Phoenix Transmission Products in Weatherford, Texas, are well stocked with switch-pitch hardware. "A variable-pitch torque converter can be fitted on just about any TH400 transmission," says Greg Ducato of Phoenix. "The only parts that need to be swapped out for a switch-pitch conversion are the stator, pump, input shaft, and the converter assembly itself. The high-stall mode is activated by an electric solenoid that's mounted on the pump. From the factory, the solenoid was often activated by the carburetor linkeage, but on hot rod applications you can mount a switch wherever you want."
Despite our best efforts, we haven't been able to break a Phoenix-built transmission in any of our in-house project cars, including our '75 Laguna and '93 Mustang. Naturally, we didn't hesitate to give Phoenix a call when it came time to build a fresh TH400 in our project Nova, and we tagged along as Greg put it together. So here's an up-close look at what it takes to get variably pitched.
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The heart of GM's unique variable-stall system is a switch-pitch stator pump (left). Compared to a standard TH400 pump (right), the variable-pitch unit is easily identifiable by a shaft that's shorter in length and larger in diameter.With the electric solenoid energized, and the stator fins in the closed position, torque converter stall speed increases to about 2,800 rpm to maximize off-the-line acceleration. As a car progresses down the road and less torque multiplication is necessary, the solenoid can be switched off. This opens up the fins and increases fluid friction inside the converter, reducing stall speed to roughly 1,800 rpm.As pressurized fluid exits the feed hole on the pump shaft, it enters an orifice between the babbit bushings located in the center of the stator. The bushings must be carefully aligned to prevent blocking the fluid passage.Unlike the standard TH400 pump (left), the variable-pitch pump (right) has an electric actuation solenoid and an additional piston. When 12 volts are applied to the solenoid, it energizes the piston, which directs fluid into the variable-pitch circuit in the stator. Retaining clips prevent the solenoid wire from contacting the drum after the transmission has been assembled.With the electric solenoid energized, and the stator fins in the closed position, torque converter stall speed increases to about 2,800 rpm to maximize off-the-line acceleration. As a car progresses down the road and less torque multiplication is necessary, the solenoid can be switched off. This opens up the fins and increases fluid friction inside the converter, reducing stall speed to roughly 1,800 rpm.Switch-pitch transmissions use a different input shaft than a standard TH400. Compared to the shafts used with standard converters (left), variable-pitch-specific input shafts (right) have a unique orifice placement and sealing ring.Fin pitch, shape, length, and fin count all influence stall speed. Fin pitch is the only variable that can be changed without physically modifying the stator fins, which is precisely how the GM system works. As with most torque converters, a standard TH400 stator (left) has fins situated at a fixed angle. Conversely, a variable-pitch stator has hinged fins that can open and close to change the converter's stall speed.
Adapting variable-pitch capabilities to a TH400 requires using an eight-bolt case with an extra fluid orifice. Not all eight-bolt cases have this orifice, and without it, switch-pitch operation is not possible.The switch-pitch activation wire routes downward from the pump, across the valvebody, to an electrical connector on the driver side of the case. There, it joins the connector for the kick-down solenoid.GM offered variable-pitch TH400 transmissions with either an 11- or a 13-inch torque converter. While both have a "low stall" speed of 1,800 rpm, the 11-inch converter has a "high stall" speed of 2,800 rpm and the 13-inch unit stalls at 2,400 rpm with the fins closed. Phoenix set us up with an 11-inch converter.Swapping out our old, blown-up TH400 for our new replacement trans from Phoenix was very straightforward. It was as easy as unbolting the old exhaust, trans, and driveshaft, then installing the new hardware. After hooking up the trans cooler lines and kick-down cable, the Nova was ready to rock. Thanks to Automotive Excellence in Huntington Beach, California, for helping out with the install. We'll be bringing you the story on their custom exhaust system soon.To complement the 523hp Dart-based small-block in our '68 Nova, Phoenix built us one of its PTP400SS transmissions. This stout TH400 comes equipped with heavy-duty clutches, a Kevlar band, a 34-element sprag, and a 2,200- to 2,600-stall converter. This setup will handle 600 hp, and at $1,231 it's plenty affordable. Of course, Phoenix optioned our trans out with its variable-pitch option, which costs an extra $550.Unlike later nonelectronic GM transmissions that rely on TV cables, the TH400 uses an electric kick-down cable. The cable hooks up to the carb linkage, and when your right foot summons a downshift, the kick-down box sends 12 volts of current to the valvebody. We picked up our electric kick-down kit from Lokar.If you're looking for a switch-pitch TH400 to rebuild, the easiest way to identify one is by the unique stator shaft spline design and fluid orifice. According to Phoenix, variable-pitch TH400s were only built from 1965-'67, and were never offered in a Chevy configuration.
There are countless ways to activate the high-stall solenoid with a variable-pitch TH400. For the sake of simplicity, Automotive Excellence hooked up a simple interrupter switch next to the steering wheel. A quick trip around the block confirmed that the switch-pitch setup works exactly as advertised.


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Long rumored, the acquisition includes LNG assets outside of North America, including supply positions in Peru and Trinidad & Tobago, for a cash consideration of $4.4 billion. Shell will also assume balance sheet liabilities predominantly reflecting leases for LNG ship charters of currently $1.8 billion.
Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to acquire part of
the LNG portfolio of Spain-based Repsol, the companies
confirmed on Tuesday.
Long rumored, the acquisition includes LNG
assets outside of North America, including supply positions in
Peru and Trinidad & Tobago, for a cash consideration of
$4.4 billion. A Spanish terminal is also in the
Shell will also assume and consolidate balance sheet
liabilities predominantly reflecting leases for LNG ship
charters of currently $1.8 billion. The balance sheet impacts
are subject to final assessment prior to deal completion,
officials said.
"Shell's world-wide LNG supply position and customer base
means we are uniquely positioned to add value to Repsol's LNG
portfolio, including through Shell's trading capabilities,"
said CEO Peter Voser.
"By optimizing the combined portfolios we will increase our
ability to bring LNG to areas that need it the most, adding
value for Shell, our partners and our customers," he added.
The acquisition will add a new dynamic to Shell's portfolio,
namely LNG capacity in the West Atlantic from Atlantic LNG in
Trinidad & Tobago, and in the East Pacific from Peru LNG.
These additions will complement Shell's existing LNG capacity
in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Russia.
The acquisition should add some 7.2 million tpy of LNG
volumes through long-term off-take agreements, including some 4
million tpy of equity LNG plant capacity.
Shell said it expects to add value to this portfolio
by optimizing the new LNG flows with its global
customer base. Subject to successful completion, the new
portfolio is expected to immediately provide additional cash
flow to Shell, with limited on-going capital expenditure
The transaction, which has an effective date of October 1,
2012, is expected to close in the second half of 2013 or early
2014, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions
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I'm not a runner, and I'm not a quitter, but by April 28, I'll be one or the other.
In late 2011, Susan Ward with the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy asked if I'd consider being a member of Fred's Team, a group of runners training for the 39th Annual Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon on behalf of the Frederick Law Olmsted Parks and Parkways.
The men and women on Fred's team are of varying levels of experience. I fall at the back of the pack.
Yes, I workout regularly and have for years and am more active than I've ever been, but running without a ball (or person) to chase is something different entirely.
Distance running requires commitment and dedication. If I miss a few days of Zumba or lifting weights, it's easy to jump back in the game. If I skip a couple days of running, I feel the effects almost immediately, particularly in my head.
My career path has given me the luxury of trying a number of things I'd never considered doing all for the sake of sharing. Running the minimarathon is the only venture I can recall turning down exactly for that reason: Committing to train for the 13.1 mile race would mean having to share what is, for me at least, a terrifying proposition I'm still not sure I can achieve for myriad reasons, some of which I'll share over the next few weeks.
For starters, I love what I do for a living and, like many of you, I'm sure, spend a little too much time doing it.
There have been days so busy that fitting in a run has required a 3 a.m. wake-up call and ended when my head hit the pillow at 12 a.m. I'm no math whiz, but I'm smart enough to know I won't be able to keep up that kind of routine, which means something has to give. I'm still not sure what that will be, but I'm committed to figuring it out.
For now, I'm concentrating on putting one foot in front of the other and telling as many people as I can that I am going to run the mini. Sooner or later, I'll have to believe it myself.
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I'm running the KDF miniMarathon with Fred's Team in support of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. The Frederick Law Olmsted Parks are a key reason I love living in Louisville. I can't imagine our city without these fabulous parks.
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Modex 2012: Unit sorter suits "end of line" systems
SpanTech (Booth 3028) unveiled the TranSorter at a Tuesday press conference, a new modular unit sorter that uses extendable and retractable nose conveyors.
The TranSorter acts similarly to pulling a tablecloth from under a wine glass, with sort destinations generated by retracting the programmable conveyor within itself while it is still moving an item forward, explained Dave Halker, president of SpanTech ST, the company's division targeting warehousing and distribution.
When it retracts, the TranSorter deposits items directly into a container or secondary sort device such as a cross belt conveyor or tilting mechanism. The sorter then closes the gap to allow items to pass.
"We see this going into end-of-line applications like auto packing or print-and-apply areas," said Halker. "It also suits returns processing, order fulfillment, and inbound sorting."
Two models are available. The TranSorter 300, which is 300 mm (11.81 inches) wide, or the TranSorter 600 which is 600 mm wide.
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GRAYSON COUNTY, TX -- A show cow in Grayson County tested positive for rabies near the end of June. Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system and is rarely ever seen in cows.
Each year, the Texas Department of State Health Services reports the number of animals tested for rabies. Of the state's 232 counties listed last year, only nine counties had rabid bovine including Grayson.
Texas Department of State Health Services out of Arlington notified Grayson County Health about the infected cow just a few weeks ago.
The show heffer was a beloved family pet from southwest Grayson County.
Family members became concerned once it began choking severely and exhibiting symptoms of pneumonia. After a vet observed and assessed that the rabies virus was indeed present, the cow was euthanized three days later.
Names of the family members aren't being released. But the state issued preventative shots for everyone who came in contact with the animal.
Cows are typically docile. However, once bitten, symptoms can be quite frightening. According to the CDC, the rabies virus causes an acute encephalitis in all warm-blooded hosts and the outcome is almost always fatal.
The first symptoms of rabies may be nonspecific and include lethargy, fever, vomiting, and anorexia. Signs progress within days to cerebral dysfunction, cranial nerve dysfunction, ataxia, weakness, paralysis, seizures, difficulty breathing, difficulty swallowing, excessive salivation, abnormal behavior, aggression, and/or self-mutilation.
Grayson County Health Department continues to monitor the family
but assures us there is no need for alarm in the community.
since rabid cows are such a rare occurrence.
"There were no other cows that tested positive for rabies this year," said Amanda Ortez of Grayson County Health Department. "Last year we had one other case where a cow in Grayson county tested positive. Usually the high risk animals include bats, skunks, raccoons and foxes...and actually coyotes as well. "
With only two instances of cows with rabies in the area, local ranchers just aren't that concerned about their livestock being affected. Rancher and WI Farms owner, Ben Wible in Sherman says show heffers are usually caged in and susceptible to being bitten by stray rabid animals. His cattle is on their own during the summer but he's not concerned with the threat of rabies in his livestock. "These animals pretty well take care of themselves," he said.
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I do not know of any online tools for doing reverse pronunciation to word search. However, if you are handy with searching text files, you can download the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It does not use IPA, but there is a key to the phonetic encoding that dictionary uses (called ARPAbet). You can then search the text file for pronunciations you are interested in. To take your example, /bεə/ in ARPAbet would be
Note the dictionary is not 100% perfect or consistent, as it was generated by low-paid grad students, but it is freely-available. It has many proper nouns not specially marked, so you'll need to look up results elsewhere to see what they mean if they are unfamiliar. Also, the dictionary is American English only, so if you're hoping for British pronunciations, you're out of luck there too.
But you can definitely do what you want, and find answers to questions like "all words that sound like _".
You could try this from Google.
I use the online Merriam-Webster and their iPhone app. They feature both English and American pronunciation of most words.
Often simply spelling a word somewhat, if not wholly, phonologically into an online dictionary has yielded good results for me, or at least results that lead me somewhere. Otherwise, maybe the best solution is breaking the word down into morphemes and searching by these smaller bits. Breaking words apart might be a good solution to the issue of "translating" a different dialect.
This website provides a couple of pronunciation tools. They're quite useful.
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If I find one of the following words on a receipt before the total sum:
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Can I conclude that the transaction was paid for by credit card?
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Cece Caruso--mystery biographer extraordinaire, vintage clothing enthusiast, and part-time sleuth--is in freefall. First, she calls off her wedding, for reasons even she can't explain. Second, her newest biography (of Alfred Hitchcock) is way past deadline.
So Cece puts on a houndstooth suit with peplum and heads out to see Vertigo, only to come home with a cell phone belonging to a stranger named Anita Colby. Nothing if not a good citizen, Cece tries to return the cell phone--only to hear someone push Anita off a cliff.
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I have to agree, that sounds like a great experiment
Would be very interesting to see un-fold.
I have to agree, that sounds like a great experiment
Would be very interesting to see un-fold.
Experiment Idea
Just A Few Average Clubs...
The idea is, that 7 clubs are created and placed in the Blue Square Premier. The clubs are creating by finding averages. E.G -
Club 1 - Premier Division FC: This club is based solely on the average of statistics of Premier Division clubs. For example, their reputation will be the average of all current premier division clubs (6850 I think). Their stadium, facilities finances etc would all be the average of the premier division clubs. I found the reputation average by adding them all together and dividing by 20, I'm not sure if it is 6850 exactly, but it was between 6800 and 6900.
This is then repeated for all the playable divisions in the English league.
The idea then, is to see whether in the long term each of the 7 clubs would be in the division they are based on. Would Premier Division FC find themselves in the Premier Division, would Blue Square South FC be in the Blue Square South etc.
I have no interest or time to actually run it, but the idea is out there for someone to try.
I'm thinking of remaking my Strictly French Football Sign up.
Link to the failed version
The general idea is as follows.
I get 20 people to sign up. People are paired together through a draw, and then drawn a top flight French team as well.
At the start of each season, I set a specific challenge (e.g Goals scored by the pairing) .I then Holiday through a season. At the end of the season, the team with the lowest average average rating, gets removed.
The next two lowest teams enter the play-off. A combination of the special challenge and votes from the other signupees, lead to another team being removed. There will also be, if I can manage it, a prize for the teams winning.
This then continues for a further 10 seasons (19-29 age wise), until we have a winner!
Any thoughts/suggestions?
love the idea a lot
Sounds good to me weeman
I remember that one weeeman. I'll be interested in participating again.
Oh, and why is there no Small club to Big club Africa challenge? I posted here that I was dropping South Africa from my challenge, and there was a bit of interest in the African continent.
I think it's mainly because there aren't any active African leagues, so people may/are put off by the hassle of the downloading of leagues? I'm not really sure tbh.
That's potentially quite a good challenge though. You could add some great leagues in Africa. Egypt would be great
Most of the African leagues are ready to download in the Editors forum. And there's also a db ready so you can play with real players. I often raid Africa for talent as an Asian club, and I would be interested in playing if anyone creates an African challenge.
Return of the Fafeful
Hey Everyone, I haven't really got into FM10 yet following a poor occurance in my budding Big Euro Game, I was playing in a Cup Match and won on penalties for the Bug to strike and to lose in ET. So I am looking at a way to get back into it with a Sign-up now I am posting here for suggestions from people on ideas and other possible suggestions. Now I am going to be running from a lot of ideas and cutting it down, now so many of the sign-ups seem based in England, well mine will not be, I am heading off to the Spiritual Home I found in FM09, with the addition of the Editor I am going to add a realistic Portuguese 3rd Division. And I am going to be taking over AD Fafe, the title of the Sign-up will be "Return of the Fafeful" or something similar, if anyone has a suggestion for a better title go ahead, the only real idea I have right now as going with the idea of being Fafeful would mean that obviously all the Players would have a Loyalty of 20. I would be looking at taking on about 16 sign-ups with the possibility for good followers to be able to take over a Regen that comes through.
So we have AD Fafe, 20 Loyalty, and the rest would probably be decided from my sign-up form. What I am asking for from all here is a few ideas for any extra things that could be added to the sign-up that might make the whole idea a bit more fun for everyone, whether I include a scoring system. So just looking for some additional ideas if anyone would like to help me out.
I think the format is fine as it is really mate, I seem to remember wisla? starting one similar based in Northern Ireland? which was good whilst it lasted. It means you just have follow all the players and team as a whole and then hopefully as many as possible remain with the club. Sometimes the simplest ideas work the best and there's no need to complicate them.
EDIT: A quick search found that very sign-up if that's the sort of thing you're after.
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Thanks Whoopy, I actually remember that one of Wisla's and would hope to be able to provide something like the level he kept up until it failed. And I will definitely look around for other tips to a good sign-up, after my first attempt failed miserably (Outcasts), it was too much work doing a club sign-up I think that a players sign-up starting at the bottom with myself managing the team will be a much better way to go about it. I hope no-one minds, but I will be looking to other sign-ups for a few ideas, I will try to credit these additions as best I can. I will get to work on it tomorrow after work. (17 hours or so from now) First step is add the next level down in Portugal so we have somewhere to start, will try to make it as realistic as possible.
Certainly interested LLR, Sporting Lisburn was brilliant while it lasted and I loved the tales of Fafe!!!
I'd definitely get on board with that LLR. Its worth checking the editors forum for Portuguese league xml's as they are usually done fairly professionally there.
EDIT: Hmm no sign after a quick search for the 3rd tier, but there is a Madeira League
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Yeah I already looked there and have seen there is no league created for the third tier, so I am going to have to create that myself. Thanks for the help guys, I will definitely be going with this as my idea. Lets go Fafe.
Sounds like a fantastic idea LLR I followed your story with Fafe on FM09 in what was JoseRR's challenge last year, without really posting at all.
Well guys, I am getting started on this, but I need some help, does anyone know what the rules actually are for the Portuguese 3rd Division? Any Cup competitions etc, because the only site I can find is in Portuguese and that makes it really hard to work out.
Well the thread is open, Return of the Fafeful, Hope you all come and join me. I have managed to find a rough idea of the rules for the Third Division, but if I can't find more I may end up adding a few of my own in there if needed. Will just make it a pretty standard league and base it off the 2nd Division if I fail to find the true rules.
Okay, thanks to inspiration from Des about his Fafe signup, I thought of a new challenge (since after my experience with FM: A New World signups, I realize I can never finish them )
SI Youth Projects/Legends Challenge (SC2BC Challenges All-Stars Challenge?)
This idea is something similar to the Real London CSE challenge last year, except this one is based on the well known legends in CSE. So what if Danny Roberts and Andrew Smylie played together? What if all the legends and Youth HOFamers played together?
I plan to include all the legends/youth projects that CSE have seen in this challenge, but then I realize, we have Roberts, Smylie, John Adam, Kevin Fry, Liu Lijia, Zhu Jinhui, and probably a couple other well known candidates from other challenges who can play striker! Too many strikers and not enough GKs!
So my second thought: why not create two teams? Or one for each challenge, and if there's not enough numbers for some teams, open it as a signup and let some people add in the numbers.
Proposed teams:
dafuge's Challenge All-Stars
Gundo's Challenge All-Stars
Big Euro Challenge All-Stars
rancer890's Challenge All-Stars
Razer82's Challenge All-Stars
and maybe...
San Marino Double Challenge All-Stars
Another question I thought to myself is: do I just setup these players with their names and personal information, and leave the stats random, or try to re-create these players as close as I can to the real ones? And what league should I put them (I thinking of a World Superleague and just replacing one of the teams)?
What do you guys think about this? I have a lot of ideas but can't really put them together.
2nd one is a great idea Rancer.
I think you should create them using all of their stats. If there's only 5 teams then it shouldn't take that long imo.
That would be spectacular and a hell of a lot of fun, Javier, Radakovic, Cilona & others leading the Big Euro team would be spectacular, surely we couldn't fail. I love the idea Rancer and might just give it a nostalgic shot
Oh, and if I decide to create the five teams, Roberts (dafuge's challenge) and Smylie (Gundo's challenge) won't actually be in the same team...
Smylie Wallace partnership?
Such an epic idea
Gives me a spin-off idea. Find the lowest reputation league and then get all the greatest CSE players and put them in it? Nep always said it was the weakness of the league that made his players so great. Imagine how good Roberts would have been in that league?I plan to include all the legends/youth projects that CSE have seen in this challenge, but then I realize, we have Roberts, Smylie, John Adam, Kevin Fry, Liu Lijia, Zhu Jinhui, and probably a couple other well known candidates from other challenges who can play striker!
The NZFC :P Or otherwise the option would be to find the smallest rep nation and recreate their league. There is no doubt that playing in Northern Ireland is what made their numbers sooo huge.
That's a brilliant idea rancer Brennan and Roberts would destroy everyone else!
Modest as always Tom
Small Club to Big Club All-Stars Challenge
There will be 3 stages before I can actually start:
- The Players: Gathering all the All-Stars from the various challenges and accurately creating them
- The Clubs: Creating club setups, coaches, and the like
- The League: where to actually start the challenge...
NOTE: I am open to make it a minor signup, and let 5-10 players start out as newgens at the 5 clubs.
The Aim: To Bring one of the 5 Small Club to Big Club All-Stars to global glory!
The Setup: I am thinking of a World League database, but I don't know which one is stable. I also want to put them in the lowest division, but they all might get mad and want to move to bigger clubs...
I am thinking of either Kenco's, El Ricardo's, or WW's world leagues.
And they will have the same rules as the other challenges in this forum.
The 3 stages:
This is not a first-come first-served process like other signups. Firstly, you must provide proof your player actually exists, so I need a screenshot. Secondly, I would like to recreate your players as close to real life as possible. So I would prefer to know the player's personal information, including their hidden stats, as close to the real life counterpart as possible. If you don't know, I'll set the specific stat to 15, since your player had to be good somehow right? (since I don't want to leave it at 0, and have it randomized). Thirdly, since all players come at different times, you can choose whatever year in your players' career to start, so I would recommend that you choose your players to be in their prime...
Roster limit: will probably be around 20-25 players, with 3-4 GKs, 6-8 defenders, 6-8 midfielders, and 5 strikers. Only the best will be taken. And do note: the HOFamers in Neppo's Youth Project will get automatic entry. You just need to nominate the player, and he'll be added to the team.
dafuge's challenge
Gundo's challenge
Big Euro challenge
rancer890's challenge
Razer82's challenge
I will also be open to allowing 5-10 newgens per club. And please note, you're a 16 year old. If you set it too early like 2010, you will never get a game. Because Mr. Danny Roberts will be playing 100% of the time.
As for their contract status. I might just give them 20 year contracts. And all players will set to 20 as loyalty, so they don't leave the club. And maybe set to hate all the big clubs.
The clubs:
Each club will probably have 15 training facilities and 15 youth facilities with youth academy to start (they'll all get to 20 and 20 eventually anyways ). They will obviously be Professional. I will probably set their reputation from the start at around 5000-6000 (or maybe higher?). The chairman will have favourable stats so players won't get sold over your head, but will not be a sugar daddy. All clubs will start off with a perfect manager (200 CA/PA), since the players' manager (aka you) was probably very talented as well. But no other staff.
The league:
I prefer a world league, but not something with too many subdivisions, because some may not have the computer requirements. This is the only part I'm undecided.
Signup sheet
NewgensCode:Name: Personal Information (screenshot preferred, and doesn't have to be take at the same time as the attributes screenshot): Positions (screenshot preferred, and doesn't have to be take at the same time as the attributes screenshot): Nationality: Screenshot of Attributes: Hidden Attributes (screenshot preferred, or everything will be set at 15): Why should he be a SC2BC all-star?:
And please note, if you're chosen to be one of the players, you can't choose to have a newgen as well. Only choose one of the signup sheets.Code:
Name: Nationality: Year to enter: Team to enter:
Phew...that took a while. I just need a league to start in, and I'll be fine.
Hi folks.
I have been running a sign-up 'Top2Bottom' for a while now and it's a good laugh. Basically, people have created their own teams from scratch and now are just sitting back and watching how their sides do. Hope some of you have seen or are enjoying being part of it.
Was thinking the other week that it would be excellent to post the database up and set some mini-challenges to do from the game. Basically, I was hoping that folk could give me some advice about what I'd need to upload (the database is just an edited one but with some chairman/managers added) to do this and whether you think it would work.
I presume you just need to upload the editor data to a site like megaupload/filefront etc.
Oceania Challenge or Africa challenge could be good... Also more extended challenges could be good.. Because nearly all european leagues now has also lower leagues setup and extended verions not allowed most of the european challenges...
Hey Ozzy, In the other European leagues they seem to just all be shoved in together. I had to recreate an entire set of divisions for the Portguese Third Division for my sign-up.
I personally think if someone wants to create the leagues realistically then Africa or Oceania would be a great one.
I think its popularity will depend on whether people think it is better than WW's one
My new idea is based on drafting & auctioning. It would only work for network games as you need to edit the DB yourself once every1 has drafted in their players.
The players who are auctioned can be decided in two ways:
- Teams must have 21-23 players
- Each team has a budget of £150m
- The host picks the players and shows the list to some of the members prior to the auction to make sure he hasn't missed any obvioius players
- Each participant goes in turn in naming a player and he is auctioned on the spot until each member has 21-23 players in their team.
Do u think I should change anything or does seem good
I was thinking of doing a sign-up that will involve lots of participation. Basically it involves one of you guys (chairman) creating a club and then appointing a manager from the people who have signed up to play as managers. The chairman will be given full control of the club e.g. hiring and firing, allocating budgets, and whether they want to upgrade their training youth or stadium (at a cost of course). The manager will be in charge of the team, the match day squad etc... Signings and generally everything that you are usually allowed to do as a manager in the game. The manager will also appoint an assistant manager who is also the scout, they will be in charge of assisting the manager in reccomendations formation etc... and will also be able to give me a list of five people an in game week who they would like their manager to scout and possibly sign.
This will be run on my computer and i will give you all the information you would want to know. It will probably be run as soon as possible but will be slow until the 15th January when all my work is handed in after Christmas. Would there be much interest?
I personally think it involves too much participation, it would be an absolute nightmare if even one person signed up and never looked in the thread again.
Well then that place would go up for someone else in the forum to take on, would you yourself be interested.
I was thinking of trying to do a FM10 version of corinthiano's fantastic agent sign-up and I wondered what people would think of it. It would be quite similar in style to the original as it was expertly done by him but he didn't seem as if he'd want to do a FM10 version.
Here is the fantastic original
That was an amazing sign up, easily the best and most under-rated of the FM09 imo.
That sign-up was simply incredible, but a lot of committment is needed to it, a massive amount of time!
For sure, wouldn't miss it for the world!
I missed out on the first one, so I'd definitely be interested
I'll put you two down as reserved places if it does go ahead (which is looking quite likely)
I'd definitely be interested, if it is half as good as the last one it will be a great sign up.
I'll reserve you a place too I will aim to have it up and running this evening
Sorry for double post but the new sign-up has been started. 8 places left at this moment.
I thought it would be good if we had another community club thing, like Real London CSE. I thought the club used in Roy of the Rovers would be good. Melchester.
I wouldn't be able to upload the database and do the technical things but I'd be more than happy to help decide on which league they should go in and other decisions.
Anyone interested?
Would you be able to make the database?
Should I make an ideas thread about it? Or even an official thread about it?
I was thinking of putting Melchester into the Blue Square North or South league, with a 2000 rep and a budget that would allow you to buy a full team.
I have an idea of a sign up using elements of NFL, and the draft system. Using the new editor I would create a new international cup consisting of at least 16 team international teams. (4 groups of 4). The top team of each group would go through to the knockout rounds etc... and compete to win the 'superbowl'.
Now at the end of the season and reset date of the league (which will be the latest of the top leagues to allow regens to come through). There will be the draft, where rookies (regens) will enter the draft for you to choose. There would be two rounds of drafts so each team will get three draft picks. Using FMRTE I will find which regens to choose to go into the draft. Some will be immense and some will be poor, some will have good CA some will have low CA etc... And using FMRTE I will change their nation to the nation that drafted them. The draft will be ordered in the same way as NFL, the worst team being given first draft pick and the winner of the superbowl being given last pick. The only issue I see here is that the rookies may lack the initial CA to have any impact on your international teams initially. I would like suggestions as to how to combat this, I could either use lowly ranked nations throughout the tournament meaning that the players would probably fit in quite easily or give them a CA boost to around the level of your squad, however this would really defeat the object of having picked a poor player. At the end of the season we will vote for best rookie of the season, MVP and coach of the year.
Also during the group stage of the tournament you would be allowed to trade players for draft picks other players or pretty much anything you wanted.
Any ideas or interest welcome.
mocko - you could actually put the teams into the MLS and use their rules, then you could operate the draft as normal - showing users the draft matches and how the players got on. Users could then ask for reports on a few players and go from there. Its not perfect but its an idea. I do like your idea though, hope you find a way to work it!
Ok i'll be working on it right away. Ive never been into the USA leagues, and doing it that way I wouldn't really want it to turn into a giant online MLS game i'd like to use the editor with its new capabilities to add a spin to it. But as long as the idea gets interest I would be definately run it. What I am going to do is have a look at the MLS rules and run a quick holiday game i the MLS and see how it works. Ill hope to have conclusive ideas by Sunday. Watching the NFL games tonight so won't have time but if I can forget about work for abit.
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I had originally thought of creating more teams, but that would depend on the number of player nomination entries I would get, which isn't alot atm. Not sure tbh why no one has been nominating anyone, with the amount of people finishing up the challenges. Only hamilton162 has nominated his players for dafuge's challenge, and no one else...
It's always the way - one of life's mysteries. Perhaps people are just really lazy! Have you tried PMing people encouraging them to nominate x player?
In another bid to up the activity/community of CSE, I'm thinking of running a weekly challenges thing.
We all know that it has been done before etc, but I don't think it has been done for FM10 yet.
Was it minisav who used to run it?
Shall I give it a go?
Challenges consist of a points table for how well you do, and would be stuff like keep this club up, stay in the job, win the playoffs, stay up without spending any money.
A weekly challenge thing is a good idea, as long as you don't have every challenge being season long.
I know I for one struggle to complete a season in a week.
Oh and FWIW, I was thinking about bringing back my CSE Enrichment at easter
Linky-poo for those who can't remember.
I think the easiest way to do the drafting would be manually. By creating the competition in another league which is currently unused. Now it is just whether to use club or international teams. I was thinking it would be a good idea to allow you to create your club. What do you think after going through the MLS a season it seems a much less complicated way of doing it, and allows many more good players to draft.
Yeah, I though the same weeman.A weekly challenge thing is a good idea, as long as you don't have every challenge being season long.
Some will be as short as a month or two, but others will be half seasons, with maybe one special two week one being a season, which is reasonable IMO.
Expect the first to be up on Wednesday (maybe before, maybe afterwards) (basically soon)
And, I expect some of the regulars to have a go as well to see if we can get the community going in it
Can anyone find the original weekly challenges threads?
I want to see how they were run and how I can improve this, but I can't find them for the life of me.
I'll first be PM'ing the SC2BC creator(s), and then will probably be PM'ing individuals who I know to be worthy of making the squad (like Smylie for example, and users who have Neppo's youth hall of famers, which I have said they will make the teams). Although, I'm realistically aiming to release this at the same time as when Paul releases his experiment (or challenge?) with the greatest SC2BC teams competing against each other, which is when FM11 comes out.
In a perfect world though, I would like to make more teams (and thus have more players) and put all the teams in one league. I'm thinking of expanding to include San Marino and Andorra but those threads haven't been very active this year.
Nonetheless, I'm not in a great rush right now considering I'm busy with uni and teaching nowadays. It's more of something to think about after getting back into rhythm at uni with alot of coursework already...
At the end of signup stage, I will be involving dafuge, Gundo, Razer, and iacovone/rlipscombe/LowerLeaguesRule for deciding on the final 25 team roster (while I will of course decide on my own challenge). It's quite ambitious, but I'm up for it.
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I will submit some more players at some point soon Rancer, I think its a great idea and I will also get the details on my players as well for you. The other option if they don't want to give you the hidden stats themselves is that they could send you a save game for their players, then you can go through and get all the details, right?
And I don't mind getting the save game, but it has to be either FM09 or FM10, as I don't have FM08 installed on my laptop. (lost the FM08 disk somewhere actually...)
My strong preference is to get enough players to maybe create more teams in different regions or specific countries so I can create an entirely new league. It all depends on the number of players the CSE community nominates.
Well if you like, I will nominate all my Fafe stars as this will give you a great start towards a Portuguese team
I had a thought for another challenge - I know that back in FM08 someone tried something similar to this, but I'm not sure if it's been tried since then. With the World Cup imminent, I thought it might be time to try another international management challenge. I was thinking about something like this:
The goal is to win a continental championship (African Cup of Nations, Asian Cup, Gold Cup, Copa America, OFC Nations Cup or European Championship), the Confederations Cup, and the World Cup in your career. You must initially take over a low ranked nation (I was thinking below 100th in the world rankings), but you are allowed to apply for jobs with other nations whenever vacancies occur - if they hire you, you can move. Obviously, we'll all be more impressed if you win the World Cup with Armenia than if you win it with Argentina, but if you can get Argentina to hire you, it's fair game.
I think the previous international challenge I'm remembering faltered a little bit because it was so difficult to make progress with your tiny nation, and you weren't able to move on to a bigger nation. With my challenge, your aim is more to perform well enough to attract the attention of a bigger nation - maybe performing well enough with your Liberia side at the African Cup of Nations will attract the attention of the Ivory Coast or Ghana, which could get you into the World Cup where a good performance would give you the chance to manage Germany, etc.
Any interest in this? Or is it just me?
I quite like international management. Hence my own challenge which was mildly successful.
Belgium are always one I wanted to do something with.
I'd probably have a go at that, need a challenge to get me back into FM
There's been a fair amount of sign-ups quite recently based around tv shows, so what do we think about a cross between FM and The Crystal Maze? For anyone who doesn't know what it is, you can read about it here
I can't remember ever watching Crystal Maze, from what I read on wikipedia it said it's similar to Fort Boyard and I used to enjoy that. I'd be interested to see how you went about mixing FM with that concept of game show though
Crystal Maze \o/
Yeah, sounds more like there would be a captain. He would nominate somebody for say a skill game which would involve passing by x amount of defenders? Physical being amount of tackles. Could be match by match or even seasonal I suppose.
The Weekly Challenges are coming up in the next 15 minutes!
Can someone tell me how you set a nickname of your manager? :confused:
I don't think you can in '10.
Cheers for the quick responses guys
Thats ****. Not going to bother with an editor.
You can on 10.2. Top right corner when on the manager profile screen.
You can use the thing where you add a manager which lets you just be called by your first name on the add manager screen
I've uploaded it now but cheers anyway
here (site is in Spanish, but Google Translate tells you everything you need to know). I've downloaded them and played a few test games in different leagues and everything seems to work fine. I don't have fantastically in-depth knowledge of African football, but everything seems in line with Wikipedia, at least!
And as rancer said - this database is available if people want to add a bunch more players to their game.
Don't want to step on any toes, but I'll happily get this going if people are interested?
Last year on FM09, I put up a challenge called the 'Gang of Four' challenge. Basically the idea was to take charge of a team in each of the four English leagues, play for five seasons and end with the four teams making as much progress as possible by the end. Points would be awarded for winning different trophies etc ...
Would anybody be interesting in it if I put it out there?
Would like to give the 4 division game a go! Would we get to choose who we are?
I am looking for a game to get into, so that would definitely be one I would consider playing, can't just be doing sign-ups all the time, lol
Yeah, the idea was to pick any four from the divisions and use loans/finances/signings/interaction etc to ensure all did well.
I might decide to limit the teams in some way. It would probably be incredibly easy to use Man City/Big Four, Newcastle, Leeds and Notts County for example. Maybe if I chose a list of a few teams from each division and you could only choose two of these overall?
or you could do something like this :
Top 4 + Man City X 1.0 Points
Spurs, A.Villa, Everton X1.5
do you know what i mean?


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Often times we find ourselves enjoying a piece of music that, for whatever reason, we are unable to find appropriate documentation/tablature for. What are good practices for transcribing music by ear if one does not have perfect pitch? Is there a specific piece of musical anatomy (such as the key) that will make figuring out the rest much simpler?
For transcribing music, one does not need "perfect" pitch, just "good enough" pitch. And practice. If you can identify chords or harmony progression, a very common set of chords will be I, IV and V (so for the key of C major, those would be C, F & G). One thing you'll need to memorize is the circle of fifths (and how to fill out, or derive, a scale from the name).
Because a lot of western music uses I, IV & V chords, you should/will learn to recognize them.
Sample songs with typical chord progressions:
So when you're listening to something and you hear a lot of Eflat, F and Bflat chords, then it is extremely likely that you're listening to something in Eflat major.
I highly recommend interval training.
I was essentially tone-deaf before starting interval training, and now have no problem recognizing notes and playing songs by ear. It provides a major advantage because you only need to figure out one note of the song. The next note can always be identified if you can recognize its interval from the previous note!
I also recommend trying to play along with the song. It's difficult for those without perfect pitch to just hear a note and write it down, but it's easy to recognize when you're playing the correct note and then you can just write down they note that you're playing. There's only so many notes you can try before finding the right one, although it gets more difficult with chords and such.
The more music theory you know and understand, the more quickly you'll recognize common patterns and be able to transcribe them accurately.
In addition, you can use software that slows the music down without changing its pitch. I've used both Capo and Amazing Slow Downer, and both work well for this purpose. In addition to slowing down the music, they also allow you to loop a specific section of the music over and over so that you can zero on a difficult passages until you get them right.
Learning intervals have a part to play. However, personally, I feel that by the time you analyzed the intervals, the music would have gone far, far ahead in real time....unless you have already memorized the tune and are playing it back from what you have heard; or you are rewinding over and over again just to listen to the relevant parts.
For me, having taught 5000+ people to play by ear over the last 25 years, I prefer to use "active sensing" to find the right keys. Of course, it takes time and making a lot of mistakes initially to acquire that ability. However, once acquired, you tend to zoom to the right notes quite quickly or at the least, nearby.
Learning the rudiments is great and that's what I did but I find that other than the rudiments, the rest are not really that helpful until you have gone through the experience first and then when you look back, then only you understand how it was applied. It's easier to understand that way. That's why I take the student through the experience first and then only tell them the theory behind it. Otherwise I would bore them to death. (This is also the reason thousands upon thousands of wannabes gave up music - theory first, practical later or never at all).
What I mean by "active sensing" is: Each and every note in the scale (doesn't matter what key) have a character. Like learning to recognize faces, you learn to recognize sound. As you hum the scale, LISTEN and FEEL the character of each SOUND. Taking Note 1 as the reference point, you will notice that Note 2 tends to sound SMALLER (More comfortable visualizing it as smaller than bigger); Note 3 seems to rise up to a level closer to Note 1; Note 4 is VERY STRONG - higher than Note 3; Note 5 drops down to a level close to Note 1; Note 6 rises up a little and Note 7 DROPS A LOT and then Note 8 goes back to a level like Note 1 except of higher pitch.
There are finer things inside each note (maybe you won't be able to describe them but you can feel them) that you will notice as you go through the range. As you go along trying to find melody notes, you will UNCONSCIOUSLY hit the right notes as you go along. And it works faster this way than interval and theory.
These variations of the 7 notes also are the building blocks for your expression. Singing or humming out the character of these notes adds to the expressiveness of your song if you sing them with awareness of the characteristics. For a simple start, try it out with Love Me Tender or Aura Lee and see if what I say is true or not.
These characteristics are also the building blocks of your chords. Notice that Chord 1 consist of 3 notes of Middlish strengths; Chord 4 consist of 1 very strong note and 2 Middlish notes and Chord V7 consist of 3 weaker notes and only 1 strong note that tends to want to push you to finish on Chord I? In that respect, these 3 chords creates 3 different expressions that are fundamental to almost any songs.
These strength and weakness are relative to each other in a scale. People will ask me: Based on this theory, won't the expression spiral upwards or downwards with no ending? It is a mystery I am not able to explain as yet. Somehow they seem to fit like a close fitting ring with lots of components inside and end up in circular motion (instead of spiral).
Whatever it is; try to develop these awareness described above and see if that would help you.
The easiest way for me, if I can't get the chords right off, is to start by holding a tuner up to a speaker, to see which notes/chords comprise the progression.
Then I usually turn off the music and work as much out as a I can from memory.
Finally, I turn it back on and play along with it, listening for the more subtle chord formations hinted at by leads or riffs (if something sounds off).
How to Play a Tune by Ear on Piano
A. Work out the basic tune.
B. Add Chords – Melody implies harmony
C. Add Style
First. Get fluent with chords. If you are fluent with chords then you can play along using chords with any piece of music.
Second. Play out the tune.
Third. Play out the tune. Add the chords
Third. Improvise to get your piece the same as the piece you are imitating. (Or improvise to your liking)
There's an extremely detailed tutorial on this forum that covers every step of transcribing, including software you can use to help with things like figuring out key signature (they recommend audio recognition software Widi Pro).
One other thing recommended in that forum is to use something like Adobe Audition to adjust frequencies, slow down the song, and isolate channels to help you hear each part clearly.
Software can only take you so far, though; as others have already said here, investing in interval training or an advanced music theory class will be much more beneficial than anything else.
If your reason to transcribe a piece of music that you enjoy is that you are not able to "find appropriate documentation/tablature for", then it is a long path to transcribe by ear. It needs lots of patience and most of the time, you are not sure if what you have transcribe is right or you could not figure out what notes are being played.
A short way is to use automatic music transcribe app on mobile phone. Most phones have recording or access to youTube. The mobile app now can give you very accurate result instantly. Traditionally, these software are based on desktop and are very unreliable but as technology advances and in 2015, it has progressed to the state where you can get very precise result for most polyphonic music you come across. The result generated is even better than human transcription.
But if you want to improve your listening skill, you may want to transcribe by ear and check your answer with the following apps.
For iOS, click here. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/automatic-music-transcribe/id1053723723?mt=8
Enjoy your music playing!


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In cricket, play usually stops temporarily when spectators or personnel walk or stand in front of the (live) sight screen. What about fielders? Should they move elsewhere on request?
The role of the sight screen is to help the batter see the ball at the start of its flight, as it leaves the bowlers hand. If you think about the angles involved, it is mainly the upper portion of the sight screen that is used, so a fielder standing in front of it would not block this view.
The problem with spectators is typically not that they are in front of the sight screen, but that they are moving in front of the sight screen. Humans are very tuned in to movement visually, so having someone move in the line of sight of the batter is distracting. Under the laws of cricket, fielders are not permitted to move laterally as the bowler is running is (they can move towards or away from the batsmen under Law 41.7, 41.8). Therefore, a fielder in front of the sight screen but stationary will not be distracting the batter. They probably wouldn't notice given that the Umpire and Bowler are also in the way.
Fielding directly in front of the sight screen would be a very poor field placement in any case.
It is not unlawful to field between bowler and side screen. In fact there is a fielding position for that and it is called straight hit.
Usually the fielder is placed at an angle and I don't remember any captains using this fielding position. You can see all the rules here.


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I am heading back to sun from southern patagonia. I used the showers pass for a lot of different things from camping in the rain, to riding in the rain down 1200km of dirt. For the price they perform as expected, they block the wind and rain. They are not thick but if you know how to layer that is not an issue.


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Is there any way to find Trello cards by their ID (or card number, I'm not sure what it's called)?
Is there any way to find Trello cards by their ID (or card number, I'm not sure what it's called)?
I've found that you can simply enter the card number (for instance '12') in the search box, like this:
When you hit enter (or click the search button), your card number 12 of the current board will be immediately opened.
Unfortunately, searching for the card in the 'Search and Filter Cards' option won't return any results, and sometimes that can be confusing.
UPDATE: it seems that 'Search and Filter Cards' option should work as well (as Bobby pointed in his answer), but for some strange reason, it isn't working for me.
You can filter cards by their card number. Just click 'Search and Filter Cards' in the board sidebar and add the number.
You can use this bookmarklet.
I'm going to create some Google Chrome Extension in near future.
But this bookmarklet is very simple fast solution to get show card numbers on each card.
After clicking bookmark you can use browser build-in search to find card.
I made a rookie mistake searching for ticket 6 which wouldn't work, tried #6 still no good, but then searched for 06 and it worked.
Yes, 01 works instead of 1 only for search. Also, FYI, if you would like to search for ticket no 12, then you simply enter 12, no need to add zero here.


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Can we have a measurable function $f$, whose inverse is not measurable?
I think I have an answer that works now.
Obviously the problem is trivial if we allow $f$ to be any function between measure spaces (just take the domain to have its powerset as $\sigma$-algebra and/or the trivial $\sigma$-algebra on the codomain), so this must be a question about real functions and the Lebesgue measure.
Let $X$ be the Cantor set, $Y$ a nonmeasureable set (and hence uncountable) contained in $[0,1]$ and $g: X \to Y$ be any bijective function. Then define $$f(x) = \begin{cases} g(x) & \text{if } x \in X \\ e^x + 2 & \text{otherwise.} \end{cases}$$
Now let $U$ be any measurable set and let us show that $f^{-1}(U)$ is measurable. If $U \cap Y = \emptyset$ then $f^{-1}(U) \subset \mathbb{R} \setminus X$ on which $f$ is continuous. In particular $f^{-1}(U)$ must be measurable. If $U \cap Y \neq \emptyset$ then we split into two more cases. First consider the possibility that $U \cap (2,\infty) = \emptyset$. Then $f^{-1}(U) \subset X$, i.e. it is a null set and hence Lebesgue measurable. And if $U \cap (2,\infty) \neq \emptyset$ then by a similar argument we see that $f^{-1}(U)$ is the disjoint union of a null set contained in $X$ and a measurable subset of $\mathbb{R}\setminus X$.
Thus $f$ is measurable, but its inverse is obviously not measurable since $(f^{-1})^{-1}(X) = f(X) = Y$.
Now if we also require $f$ to be bijective rather than just injective, then I don't know the answer. It seems much harder to construct an example in that case.
My previous answer is wrong.
Take $f(x) = x$ ($f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$) where the domain has the Borel $\sigma$-algebra and the range the trivial $\sigma$-algebra. Then $f$ is clearly measurable but $f$ maps for example $[0,1]$ to $[0,1]$ which is not measurable.
Or do you want both $\sigma$-algebra's to be Borel? In that case I should modify my first answer (which was wrong because not every subset of a measure zero set is Borel measurable).
Another idea would be the following (based on the one below me):
Let $g:[0,1] \to \mathbb{R}$ be the Cantor function. Extend it to all of $\mathbb{R}$ by defining $g(x) = 0$ for $x < 0$ and $g(x) = 1$. Now define $h(x) = x + g(x)$ (this is standard), this function has a lot of nice properties like: $h$ is a bijection and measure of $h(C) = 1$ where $C$ is the Cantor set.
Now we know that a set of positive measure contains a non-measurable subset. So let $A$ be an non-measurable subset of $h(C)$. So $M = h^{-1}(A)$ is a subset of the Cantor set and has thus zero Lebesgue measure.
So define $u := h^{-1}$. This function is measurable (Lebesgue/Borel). But $u^{-1}(M) = A$ is non-measurable.


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Sencha Touch 2 and ExtJS 4
this maybe the same question from before, but always want to ask when a new release comes out.
it seems now the Sencha Touch 2 is more similar to ExtJS 4 now,
is Sencha Touch 2 and ExtJS 4 compatible to each other?
or do I still have to write 2 version for mobile and pc ?
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Perhaps Better Than We Can Hope For?
Although my first take on the Pope's interview was to see it as not really offering much hope for changes in doctrine, reflecting on it a bit more I see a couple of rays of hope in the section under the heading "Human Self-Understanding" towards the end of the interview. Quite a few commentators have talked about the Pope's statement in that section about the acceptance of slavery and the death penalty in earlier times. These are certainly interesting examples, since they are errors that were shared by those in authority in the Church at the time. They are also stock examples frequently cited by those who advocate for doctrinal reform against excessively triumphalistic understandings of Church history.
Another passage in that section that has received less attention is the Pope's discussion of Thomas. Here's the passage I had in mind:
"Humans are in search of themselves, and, of course, in this search they can also make mistakes. The church has experienced times of brilliance, like that of Thomas Aquinas. But the church has lived also times of decline in its ability to think. For example, we must not confuse the genius of Thomas Aquinas with the age of decadent Thomist commentaries. Unfortunately, I studied philosophy from textbooks that came from decadent or largely bankrupt Thomism. In thinking of the human being, therefore, the church should strive for genius and not for decadence.
"When does a formulation of thought cease to be valid? When it loses sight of the human or even when it is afraid of the human or deluded about itself. The deceived thought can be depicted as Ulysses encountering the song of the Siren, or as Tannhäuser in an orgy surrounded by satyrs and bacchantes, or as Parsifal, in the second act of Wagner's opera, in the palace of Klingsor. The thinking of the church must recover genius and better understand how human beings understand themselves today, in order to develop and deepen the church's teaching.
If you treat the part I have put in bold text as forming a kind of single thought, the Pope seems to be suggesting that the Church of late has been (or even still is) not operating in one of its moments of genius or brilliance. ("The thinking of the church must recover genius.") It is not the most flattering portrait. And his reference to the development of an ability to better understand how human beings live today, a project he identies earlier in the interview with the Second Vatican Council, may be a portent of more dramatic things to come. I don't want to read too much into this short passage, but such a reading would support those who see something more than a mere change in tone in the interview.
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Eduardo Moisés Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of property and land use law.
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It is more than a change in tone. Unfortunately, one has to take into account bruised egos and hurt feelings. Renewal does not have to be harsh. At the same time the gospel should take priority.
Thanks, Eduardo. Just posted on your earlier comment in reaction to those who knee jerk by using - well, he hasn't changed any dogmas or teachings. That mantra misses what Francis is saying and laying out - discernment, encounter, beginning with where folks are at.
Tired Thomism or von Balthasar, etc. Would suggest that Benedict's writings were not genius; they were rehashed, tired writings (nice, comfortable, but not brilliant) and they will spend time on dusty bookcases.
Same goes for the already questionned *Theology of the Body* stuff of JPII. Not many theologians, etc. think very highly of his worn out, tired, and *unique* approach to natural law, description/definition of the female gender, etc. And the contortions folks use to continue to justify Humanae Vitae; approachs to the use of condoms in HIV/AIDs, etc.
These are examples of taking Thomism (which is limited by its 14th century view of science, the world, philosophy, theology, scripture, etc.) and making every issue today (moral, ethical, social, philosophies, theologies) fit into the square Thomistic hole. Contraception alone is a good example; and then think about those theologians who talk about the narrowness of a male, western European mindset as the *foundation* for all of our church decisions - pretty provincial and narrow.
Benedict's Jesus of Nazareth is a very mediocre production.
One signal of possible doctrinal change is that Francis specifically mentioned changes in "the family".
Well, if there is one thing I know about "genius" and "understanding how human beings live today", is that I have never found them in the tired ideas (mostly derived from 20-th century liberal protestantism and the 1960's) that inspire what passes for Catholic progressivism in the US.
Ah yes, the usual *1960s bad mantra*......guess you and Francis Cardinal George will just have to continue repeating that *liberal catholicism died* in the late 1990s.
You know - in the US, those tired 1960 ideas such as the civil rights act; the voting right act; the push for expansion in accepting diversity, less racial,ethnic, religious biases; welfare acts to address pre-school, food stamps, improve education, increase job training opportunities for all, etc. Congressional acts that improved health; expanded US international support for reducing hunger, lack of access to clean water, address and eliminate a number of worldwide diseases.
Those terrible ideas to improve our air quality, our water systems and preserve water resources, national parks, etc.
Yep, those *tired* 1960s ideas.
There is no need for Thomas Aquinas today in the United States. Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, Roger Ailes, Newt Gingrinch, Rick Santorum and the Action Institute have all the Catholic answers we need.
Humans are in search of themselves? What, are we back in freshman philosophical angst, wanting to 'find ourselves'? Where is the mature explicit leadership, the Gospel of Christ? Is Catholicism turning into intellectual food for doctoral candidates? I'm sorry, this is drivel, and it is frankly embarrasing. Where are the grownups for God's sake? Please.......
Bob S, --
Lots of people with college degrees never did get the chance to ask those basic questions and discuss them. It's why, I think, the NYT now has an op-ed section/blog, The Stone, which does raise basic issues at times. And WaPo now has a whole section/blog devoted to religion. Plus, judging by the two philosophy courses I had at a Jesuit college when I was an undergraduate, kids in Catholic colleges at that time were discouraged from asking such questions when they conflicted with the usual cut-and-dry, uncritical manual Thomism of that day.
For some people the questions "what am I, what am I to do" are of utmost importance. Don't laugh at them. You have answers to everything. They don't.
These kinds of navel gazing "college kids'" questions usually only occur among the leisured, spoiled offspring who don't have to work for a living. I answered these kinds of questions while working full time and going to college at night. No angst, no navel gazing, just straight-ahead slogging through the life-affirming tasks of family, work, and college. And it felt soooooo good. I have no sympathy for the whiners, not when I see the real angst of truly impoverished people in the much less prosperous nations of the world, usually ruled by the deranged and truly evil (as for example, in Iran). Just call me hard-hearted Bob...
Bob S: we are soooooooo blessed to have a Real Live Adult lurking here.
"These kinds of navel gazing "college kids'" questions usually only occur among the leisured, spoiled offspring who don't have to work for a living."
Bob S. --
I taught in a predominantly black Souther college in the mid-60's where a majority of the students came from poor to destitute ffamiliess and had the worst imaginable high school "educations". Most of them spent a large part of their freshman year taking remedial courses of one sort or another. Other students were middle-class and there were a few very well off ones.
I assure you that it's not just the elite who ask the existential questions. In fact, kids from pitifully deprived backgrounds are perhaps even *more* likely to ask "Why? Why? Why?"
Yes, it's true that many people have little curiosity about anything beyond their front door except their favorite football team. Sad for them. There's a lot more to life than the Super-Bowl.
While looking around on another blog I found a quote from J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey" that seems apropo to the question of intelligence as mentioned here.
"I can't see why anybody — unless he was a child, or an angel, or a lucky simpleton like the
pilgrim — would even want to say a prayer to a Jesus who was the least bit different from the
way he looks and sounds in the New Testament. My God! He's only the most intelligent man in
the Bible, that's all! Who isn't he head and shoulders over? Who? Both Testaments are full of
pundits, prophets, disciples, favorite sons, Solomons, Isaiahs, Davids, Pauls — but, my God, who
besides Jesus really knew which end was up? Nobody. Not Moses. Don't tell me Moses. He was a
nice man, and he kept in beautiful touch with his God, and all that — but that's exactly the point.
He had to keep in touch. Jesus realized there is no separation from God,"
While I am more than a little reluctant to suggest Christ is the only way to God, as ole' Fran does on occassion suggest, I do believe this new Pope is more than a little convinced of the usefulness of the last sentence of the quote above. Pretty smart fellow.


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October is national breast cancer awareness month and it is estimated 210,000 women will be diagnosed with the disease in 2003. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in North American women. Although significant progress has been made in identifying risk factors, most cases occur in patients without major predictors. This is unfortunate, because the key to curing breast cancer is its early detection and initiation of treatment. To that end, screening protocols have been paramount in breast cancer. A good screening test tries to find the disease before there are symptoms. The conventional approach to screening for breast cancer has been three fold: self-breast exams, physical exams by a health care provider, and mammograms.
Mammograms are an important tool that doctors use to diagnose breast cancer. A mammogram is a special x-ray of the breast. The breast is placed on a flat surface while firm pressure is applied via a compression device. Compressing the breast is necessary as it flattens the breast and enables the doctor to see it in its entirety. However, mammograms are not perfect and normal breast tissue can hide a malignancy. This is called a false negative when a cancer is present but it is not shown on the mammogram. Furthermore, a mammogram can pick up an abnormality that may look like cancer but turn out to be benign. This, by contrast, is called a false positive. False positives can be damaging or even harmful as they lead to unnecessary biopsies and other invasive interventions, let alone the emotional roller coaster ride that it creates. Advances in technology, however, have led some doctors to question the whether other imaging techniques may be better screening tools for breast cancer.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a technique that uses radio waves and magnetic fields to map out abnormalities in the body. Patients lay on a narrow table while they are advanced into a tube that contains a very high power magnetic field. MRI's are often able to identify lesions that mammograms miss. Similarly, because the MRI is considered more sensitive, it leads to many false positives. Cost is also an issue. An MRI costs about 10 times more than a mammogram.
Traditionally breast cancer screening has been accomplished with mammography. However, recently doctors have wondered whether MRI may be a better and a more powerful tool. This has been in the forefront of many discussions in the past few years and, in fact, was highlighted in the plenary session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting last May covered by OncoLink.
I. The US - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Study
This small trial studied only BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 mutation positive women. (This population is considered to be at great risk of developing breast cancer). In a five-year follow-up period, 54 women were asked to have a screening breast MRI in addition to their routine mammograms. Ninety-seven MRI's were completed for screening purposes. In addition, 28 MRI's were done for follow-up reasons, indicating that these women had an abnormal MRI within the preceding six months. Finally, four more MRI's were conducted at the time of breast cancer diagnosis in the opposite breast or immediately before a prophylactic mastectomy. In total, 129 MRI examinations were completed in this study. Twenty-one biopsies were recommended based on these 129 studies. Only three breast cancers were diagnosed. One invasive breast cancer and two high-risk lesions make up the three diagnoses. All three of these cancers were detected by the MRI test, whereas all three were missed by mammography. Based on these data, researches concluded that MRI is 100% sensitive if there is cancer, MRI will find it; and 83% specific - if the MRI scan is negative, however, then there is an 83% that there is no cancer.
II. The Dutch Study
This is the largest, prospective, non-randomized, multi-center trial done to date. Women with either a strong family history or those harboring the BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 mutations were followed for 2 years with annual mammography and MRI scans, as well as bi-annual physical examinations. Of the 1,874 women who participated in this study, 41 breast cancers were diagnosed. Of these, 34 were invasive carcinomas, six high-risk lesions, and one lymphoma. Mammography detected 26% of the invasive cancers; but the MRI was able to find 83%.
Study researchers concluded that MRI specificity was 88%. (Mammogram specificity was calculated to be 95%). This study also found the sensitivity of the MRI to be only 71%. The sensitivity of mammography in this trial, however, was also quite low -- 36%.
Trial investigators were quick to point out that 42% of the tumors detected by MRI were less than 1cm in size. Only 13% of the tumors seen by mammogram were that small. In addition, three fourths (76%) of the tumors found by MRI did not have lymph node involvement. These date suggested that MRI might be useful in the diagnosis of early stage disease, which is considered curable.
III. The German Study
This interesting study went a step beyond the other two, in that it tried to compare and contrast mammograms with MRI's and ultrasounds. There were 462 high-risk women enrolled to receive annual physical exams, mammograms, high-resolution ultrasounds, and MRI's. This study, with five years of follow-up data, yielded 51 diagnoses of breast cancer in 47 different women. All but two cancers were picked up by MRI. By contrast, mammography and ultra sonography were able to detect less than half of the 51 cancers. The two cancerous lesions not seen by MRI were also not visible on ultrasound or mammography, but rather, incidentally found upon prophylactic mastectomy.
In this study, the MRI sensitivity was 96%, significantly higher than mammography or ultrasonography, 43% and 42% respectively. This study also touted 95% specificity for the MRI, noting that it led to the least number of unnecessary breast biopsies. The specificity of mammography was equally high in this trial (94%). Investigators offered their twelve-year experience as the reason for such high specificity rates. These researchers concluded that an MRI has better diagnostic ability than a mammogram and concluded that it may be safer for women with BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 mutations. The BRCA gene defects affect tumor suppression, making it more difficult for women with these mutations to fight the mutagenic effects of ionizing radiation that is emitted with mammography. MRI's have no ionizing radiation and maybe a better tool for these high-risk patients.
Table 1: Sensitivity and Specificity of the MRI as a screening method
Dr. Elizabeth Morris, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, looked at the frequency of biopsies following screening breast MRI's. This study, presented at the American Roentgen Ray annual meeting in San Diego, looked at 367 high-risk women who had normal physical examinations and mammograms who underwent screening MRI's. As a result, 64 patients were recommended a biopsy. For unrelated reasons, five women did not get biopsies. Of the 59 who did, 14 patients (24%) were found to have invasive cancer and 13 women (22%) had high-risk lesions.
Dr. Morris was the invited discussant for the ASCO plenary sessions. She reviewed all currently published studies that looked at MRI's as a breast cancer screening tool. When examined as an aggregate, she explained, 103 cancers were diagnosed in 3,482 women. Dr. Morris cautioned that these studies varied greatly in their inclusion criteria and techniques and thus difficult to compare, but the percent of invasive cancers detected only by MRI ranged from 2-6%. She did note, however, that lymph node negative cancers and small cancers (less than two centimeters) are indeed seen more often on MRI. MRI may be a good screening tool for high-risk women who chose not to have a prophylactic mastectomy, but with the current evidence and data, it does not replace mammography. More studies are needed to change the current standard of care.
The German investigators, however, suggested that the MRI be used as pre-operative screen for high-risk women going for mastectomies, to ensure that the opposite breast does not have other cancerous lesions not detected by a pre-operative mammogram.
There is general agreement that screening MRIs should not be done outside of a center that has much experience with this tool. MRI interpretation requires skill and precision held by radiologists who sub-specialize in breast imaging. Radiologists who do exclusively breast imaging are usually located in a big tertiary care institution and not in smaller hospitals or private clinics. In fact, the German study touted success due to their high experience in breast MRIs. Furthermore, an MRI machine is large, expensive, and not widely available outside of a large medical center. Even in these centers, there are not enough machines to perform screening for the general population. Cost is also an issue. MRI's cost 10 times more than a mammogram. Since there are no convincing data that an MRI is indeed better than a mammogram, then society stands to incur inordinate costs by instituting the MRI as a screening method.
MRI's can lead to many false positives and this in turn leads to many unnecessary biopsies. Surgical biopsies or core needle biopsies can result in significant morbidity and the psychological and emotional anxiety that patients experience cannot be quantified. Because of the high rate of false positivity, screening MRIs were only evaluated in high-risk populations such as women with the BRCA-1 or the BRCA-2 mutation carriers. Outside of a clinical trial, screening MRIs should not be done on the general population.
Technology is constantly improving and both mammography and MRI's are getting better. Each is now able to simulate digital three-dimensional images that can be enlarged for better visualization. Two studies presented at the 2003 Roentgen Ray Society meeting in San Diego showed that digital breast imaging technology may be better than standard plain film mammography. Soon, there may be a plethora of screening techniques. What is clear, however, is that early detection and prompt treatment can save lives. Therefore, research must continue to answer these and other important questions.
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I heard that my co-worker want to get ISTQB certification. But I heard it first time. So it's hard to trust it. In fact I can't understanding the concept of qualification for testing software.
- What is the organization. What's the value of the certification?
- How do you think about it? Is it trustable publicly?
- How many company recognize the certification?


text: Here is a tattoo design that I really love. I wanted to make something cool that I could relate with from actually seeing a concept in the flesh. One design I admire is the skull head in the form of Jesus. Here is "how to draw a Jesus tattoo", step by step. The skull is so freaking cool. I love the way the head tilts just like the actual Jesus on the cross. I decided to leave his long wavy locks as well as the crown of thorns. The neck is a normal flesh based sketch which was done intentionally. You can choose to go with a skeletal based beck if you like, I just wanted to do something different. I really don't know what else to say except, have fun and be sure to give me some feedback as to whether you enjoyed this lesson or not, or if you would like to see some other design you had in mind. Enjoy folks, and good luck.


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Debian packages are available in the official repositories. Kdenlive 0.7.8-1 is in stable,
the last stable version (currently 0.8.2) is available in testing, and current development version is in unstable. You can check the Kdenlive packages versions here: http://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kdenlive.html.
Debian packages are available for the following architectures: [alpha] [amd64] [arm] [armel] [hppa] [hurd-i386] [i386] [ia64] [kfreebsd-i386] [kfreebsd-amd64] [m68k] [mips] [mipsel] [powerpc] [s390] [sparc]:
As root, type:
apt-get install kdenlive frei0r-plugins dvgrab recordmydesktop dvdauthor mkisofs
Upgrade to Debian Unstable
The last released version of Kdenlive is usually available within 10 days in Debian testing, but if you really want to get Kdenlive's current development version, you might want to upgrade to Debian unstable. Be aware that this is for experienced users only and might break parts of your system that are currently working. In Debian terminology, the word unstable indicates that packages are not yet in a stable release. You may experience problems with some recent packages. Make sure you understand what you are doing.
Under root account, add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
You may select mirrors in your country for faster download.
To upgrade to Debian unstable, as root type:
apt-get update;
apt-get dist-upgrade
Install Debian multimedia packages
This is not recommended unless you are using stable (Squeeze).
Some packages are only available from Marillat multimedia repository:
Under root account, add the following lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main
Install Debian-multimedia GPG key:
apt-get update ; apt-get install debian-multimedia-keyring
Then upgrade ffmpeg packages typing:
apt-get update ; apt-get ugrade; apt-get install ffmpeg x264 libmp3lame0 libquicktime1


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