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Congrats on promoting again!
Goals Galore to Claim the Title
Well Dave Nugent went a bit mad at the end of the season to make sure we went up as champions. Some impressive wins and like I said earlier although promotion was all that really mattered being Champions is great. We scored bucket loads but also conceded far too many not sure this type of all out attack will work in the Championship but it will be fun to find out.
Best 11
Nugent was easily the best signing and stepped up big time to replace Dicko during his injuries, despite not playing loads of game Dicko still scored loads. Lee Campbell the 6 foot 8 beast of a striker ended up playing on the left wing a lot over the season and breaking into double figures was pretty good for someone still so young. Elliot Whitehouse also got into double figures for the season from CM scoring some important goals. Suso Santana was not quite as good as last season but still put in some pleasing performances. Despite all the goals we let in the defence was pretty good ratings wise.
Staying At Crewe.........For Now
I have turned down two job offers so far this summer, the Swansea one was tempting but their wage budget is too low for the amount they are currently paying players. Sporting just don't have the finances to persuade me to move from Crewe.
Outscoring the opposition is the way to go...
First Cup Win!
We also claimed victory in the JPT obviously the biggest English domestic cup competition. We were lucky with the draw getting a few home games and reasonably easy opposition. Dave Nugent stepped up in the final to seal an easy win with a nice hat trick.
Nice! Congrats on the JPT!
Forest . Congrats dude.
Congrats on the JPT!
Great season with Crewe. Brilliant work .
I would have taken the Swansea job .
Transfers and Friendlies
Nowhere near as much movement as last season in the transfer window. First up was Fiston Maguire on loan from West Ham he is a decent DMC but will be playing at DC for us still only 17 years old he has very good attributes and will be starting a lot of games. Thomas Picci was a free transfer and is a current Italian U-21 international, I expect him to play quite a few matches he has good mental attributes and is rated at 5 stars for potential I can see us making a decent profit from him in a couple of seasons. Paul Connolly another loanee from Leeds is a good solid player that can play at RB but is a natural LB. Leandro was another free transfer and will probably be our starting GK, I am finding it hard to find a good GK for a side like mine. Lee Cattermole I tried to sign a month before his contract expired but he wanted £22,000 a week once his contract ran out he was willing to sign for £6,500 a week a bit of a difference. Lastly Thiago Rockenbach is a decent enough half Brazilian half German player that can play MC, AMC, ML and AML also another free player.
We are currently £800,000 in debt and over the wage budget by £9,000 a week mainly due to all the promotion raises in peoples contracts. I am hoping we can push into the top half of the Championship and maybe the play-off's if Dicko and Nugent can play as well as last season then we will score plenty of goals again, I am looking forward to seeing if all out attack will see us battered or if we can outscore people to push as high as possible in the league.
Friendlies have gone pretty well not losing any scoring plenty and boosting the morale of the team whilst getting the lads fit for the new season.
August Update
Can't believe the start we have had Dicko and Nugent rotating between AMR and ST have been on fire. We are letting in more than one goal a game which you can see but we are scoring a whole load more. Our only loss in the league was an annoying one we went 2-0 down at home but turned it around to get to 2-2 only to concede a third goal a few minutes after our equaliser. If everyone stay fit then we have a good chance of making a real impact this season unfortunately Picci got off to a great start at MC averaging 7.67 for 5 matches but is now injured for 3-4 months. The key men will obviously be the front two Nugent and Dicko both stay fit we will keep scoring.
The match against Scunthorpe was the first round of the league cup where we won convincingly but we were thrashed 3-1 away at Premier League side Blackburn in the next round to end our cup run early.
Storming start.
Great start to the campaign! Tough about the injury though...tell him to take an aspirin and quit whining
great start for you,
September Update
So far we are still keeping pace at the top leading by a single point but holding a game in hand. At the moment it is a case of opening up a gap between us and the teams just below the play-off's then in a few months I can see where we are and know if we can challenge properly. Three home games and one away against a good Burnley side I thought three wins would be good and was hoping for a draw at Burnley but we went 3-0 down in the first half, we pulled on back after 68 minutes then they had a man sent off in the 72nd and we scored in the 74th but just couldn't get that third goal we needed. Dave Nugent is injured for 5-6 weeks which is a big blow but Lee Campbell has stepped up a bit and all it means is Dicko will be upfront with Suso Santana and Campbell on the wings.
I'm amazed at how well things have gone at Crewe.
So am I but I always get the feeling that it will go wrong.
October Update All Falling Apart?
Thanks to two losses we have only got a two point lead from Wigan as they defeated us to close the gap. The QPR game as important because it was our game in hand and we could not capitalise. We are not scoring as many goals as normal and knowing the way morale works on this game two defeats on the spin can be followed by another few if the team don't win soon, next up is another away match this time against Derby, really need to get a win because three defeats in a row is poor.
Doing really well with the Railwaymen, AB! Keep it up!
Definitely not going wrong yet.
Still Going Strong - Sort Of
We have dropped to 2nd now one point behind leaders Wigan. It seems to be easier to score goals away from home at the moment, I mean home losses against Reading, Huddersfield and Cardiff is not the form of potential champions. Not sure what the hell happened in the Huddersfield game as I had it down as a reasonably easy win. 5-2 at Leicester, 4-0 at Oldham and 5-3 at Blackpool however shows we can play well away from home. Dicko continues to score but keeps picking up little injuries here and there with Nugent only scoring one hattrick since the last update. I think the league will be a four way shoot out between the top four clubs at the moment, should be an interesting season and we can get promoted as long as we start to beat teams like Reading and Huddersfield at home.
Squeaky bum time!!!
Great stuff mate
The dream's still alive.
If you think its close now you will love the next update. Ever get ahead of yourself and start thinking of targets to sign for epl football even though you are not there yet? The dream is very much alive and I have never had three promotions in a row on any fm.
I've never even had 2 in a row, so even being close to three would still be excellent.
One Game From Glory
So with one game to go the top is very close three points between the top four. Our form has been decent-ish but if we have done slightly better than we would already be promoted. Chelsea knocked us out of the FA Cup and around that time we didn't win for five matches the loss against fellow promotion chasers Cardiff was a disappointment because it was such an important game. Dicko has been on fire as you can see and has scored for the last seven matches in a row. So here it is the last day of the season sees the following matches.
Reading Vs Crewe
Wigan Vs Burnley
Cardiff Vs Brighton
Derby Vs QPR
There are lots of combinations of ifs and buts although the main thing to know is that if we win we are up simple as that. Reading beat us at our own ground so can we get revenge or is it another season in the Championship? Either way what a season.
Wow!! That truly is squeaky bum time
Best of luck - hope you come out of it with the title or at least automatic promotion
Wow that really is tight. Good luck
Wow, not too bad a last game (though that goes with everyone) so should get 2nd.
good luck hope you get promoted
That is definitely a tight schedule for the final match!
I hope we can go up as well, like I said earlier never come close to three promotions in a row before.
Premier League Here We Come
All the results went our way Wigan made sure they won by completely demolishing Burnley 9-0, the other two clubs couldn't capitalise on our 3-3 draw meaning we all ended on the same points and our goals took us through. Lee Campbell really stepped up and he will become a youth product that has played for us at all four levels of English football and he is still only 18 years old. Not sure what will happen with budgets but for us to stay up we will need some serious investment at the moment we are spending £68,000 a week on wages obviously we will need four or five times that to comfortably avoid relegation, it will be a big summer for us as I try to strengthen the team all over the pitch. Will post up a season review tomorrow, with best 11 and stuff, now off to find some EPL quality players willing to sign for us.
Talk about a close finish!
Closest I have ever experienced, kept telling the missus just one more match for about 30 minutes ended up playing out the season up until that last game.
The board have announced a ground expansion not sure how helpful this will be.
Initial budgets are pretty good but I will have to convert some of the transfer money into wages because £125,000 is not enough to survive in the EPL. The question is do I take a risk and use some monthly payments to try and keep the club in the EPL comfortably or do I be extremely careful in who I sign and how much for?
Not sure I could leave Crewe even for Real Madrid, I am going to have to have at least a season or two in the EPL after these successive promotions.
Show Me The Money
Went to the board and told them I deserved a new contract for what I have achieved and they agreed. I signed a three year contract on £24,000 a week compared to my previous contract of £1,500 a week, well deserved I think.
That's the best finish to a season I've seen on FM
Very nervy end to the season, at various points of the last match we were top, 2nd, 3rd and 4th.
So, you're staying then? While I always like to see managers have a go at a higher level, in your case I wouldn't have blamed you for leaving. Good budget to help build a survival-capable side.
Epic final day!! And the top four all tied on the same points Did Fulham sneak up via the play-offs?
Best of luck in the Premier League. It will be tough with that wage budget but I'm sure you'll manage
Best 11 From Last Season and New Signings
The best 11 from last season as you can see Nugent was good but not as prolific as last season, Dicko was awesome again and despite playing most of the season at AML instead of upfront Lee Campbell had a great season. I have high hopes for Picchi next season, he is attracting interest and when he played a full game he was great but seems slightly injury prone. Apart from the attacking three no one else really stood out as having a brilliant season.
Most of the players that went out were released because I don't think they are good enough to play in the EPL but a couple Chatto and Bachirou had match highest earner clauses. I tried to negotiate them into a new contract but they wanted too much or wanted to keep the highest earner clause I decided to simply let their contracts expire and put the wage they would have earned to better use.
Michael Mancienne
The guy is quick, a loan signing from HSV if he performs well enough I will look to buy him next season his speed could be vital in the heart of the defence.
Charles N'Zogbia
Not the best player attributes wise but he was brilliant for my missus Villa side so I thought why not take a risk and get him, he is better than most of the players currently in my team.
Wayne Hennessey
I have been after a decent GK for awhile not, I tried to get Mignolet from Sunderland first but he wanted crazy clean sheet and appearance fees so I went with Hennessey instead.
Fernando Canesin Matos
Never heard of this guy before but thought he was worth a bid for £950,000 he is quick has a good first touch and can play multiple positions RM, LM, AMR, CM and AMC.
Fiston Maguire
He wasn't brilliant for us last season but he has a load of potential 5 stars of it according to my coaches. Plays DMC as well as he plays DC, will hopefully develop into a great defensive player for the club.
Kyle Bartley
Not the greatest CB you will ever see but he is now our joint highest signing at £5 million. I have been looking for decent CB's and he is one of the only ones that was willing to join us that had decent attributes in most needed to be a solid CB.
Jay Rodriguez
Despite how good Dicko, Nugent and Campbell were last season I have my doubts about their abilities to score a the top level so I equalled the biggest transfer fee in the clubs history to bring in Rodriguez who I hope can grab plenty of goals for us or at least enough to keep us up.
James McClean
Had my eye on him for awhile and despite failing to get him a month before the window shut I managed to bring him in on a free transfer a few days before his contract was up. He has decent attributes and can play on either wing so should come in handy over the season.
Kyle Naughton
Again not brilliant but a good ability to play at either fullback position is a big bonus for us.
Overall I am pretty happy with all the transfers the clubs weekly wage bill now stands at £260,000, we are also £14 million in debt. I am hoping the small crowds we get along with the TV money will make us not lose too much money every month and if we stay up the prize money will cover our debts, I hope.
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What an absolutely mental final day. If that was real life, Sky would be orgasmic!
Congratulations on getting Crewe up to the Premier League.
Now the real work starts - keeping them there
Matos looks handy.
Well done on taking Crewe somewhere they will never get to in real life.
Four teams finishing on 88 points, never seen that before, nor a team winning 9-0 to secure promotion.
That is one hell of a way to end a season! Congrats on promotion to the big time
Premier League Here We Come
Not too bad of a start league position wise, leaking goals like crazy but also scoring a fair few at times. Started with a pasting off Man City but bounced back with two 4-1 wins in a row, then another beating from Arsenal was followed by a thrashing of West Brom. However the last two matches we have been well beaten in. Not sure how the season is going to pan out now looks like we will get destroyed by the big sides but beat the smaller teams at our our own ground, I guess it depends which team shows up most often the team that destroyed West Brom or the team that limped out against the bigger sides. Dicko scored a hat trick on his EPL debut and has 8 goals so far not bad for a player with pretty poor attributes.
That is quite a few goals against. Having the same problem.
My teams always suck at defending.
Mine are traditionally more attack-minded, and having an inconsistent defence with all my youngsters, exciting times though.
Nearly Half Way There
Not too bad managing to stay away from relegation but as you can see we just went through a really bad patch with four draws and a loss, I suppose one point is better than none though. Jay Rodriguez has been playing well and Liverpool recently enquired about him I told them £15 million to scare them off and have yet to have a reply back. Managed to get our first win in five against the team I support in real life and I hope this can lead us onto better things. I am hoping for a midtable finish to build on for next season.
Hatem Ben Arfa
Decided to bring in a couple of player Ben Arfa has been available since his contract at Dallas expired so I signed him up on £10,000 a week but his contract will expire at the end of the season so it's a risk worth taking and hopefully it will pay off.
Craig Dawson
£2.7 million from Everton also on a pretty low wage, looks like a good CB but I doubt he will make much difference to our inept defending.
Had one concrete offer from Flamengo but their wage bill seems very big for a Brazilian club but I think they may have a big TV deal. Not tempting enough to make me leave Crewe in the middle of the clubs first ever EPL season.
Last edited by AcidBurn; 22-05-2012 at 21:06.
Being linked to a load of jobs in late December, already rejected Swansea and West Brom would not be much of a step up at all from my side. Villarreal was slightly tempting but I don't think they have the base to become a really big side. Well the last one is horrible, I would never manage them on FM ever. I don't think there is any job that would persuade me to leave Crewe at the moment. I want to journey around the world and win every continental trophy there is but I can see me sticking with Crewe for awhile as long as a new stadium is built in the next couple of seasons because the 12,609 all seater Gresty Road stadium is nowhere near big enough to build this side into Champions League contenders.
Doing well so far in Premier League. Can your screenies be a bit bigger though? I can't see them really well.
The linked ones or the ones that actually show up?
Linked ones. They're too small for me to see unless I really try and squint....
I noticed that yesterday but I used the same link I always use, will have a look and see if I can change them.
It seems that everytime I take screenshot of a player and upload it it is always really small.
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I'm not sure but maybe imageshack have an option that let you choose the size of the pictures. I know photobucket has that option.
Try Ben Arfa and Dawson links again, is it any better?
Screenshots work for me.
End of February Top Half Possible?
The league is very tight and I am not sure we will end up this high in the league, I switched to a 4-4-2 with two DMC's to try and steady the defence a bit it has sort of worked and we have only lost one of the last eight matches. We were leading at Chelsea until quite near the end. Most impressive has to be the win at Anfield along with the home win over Arsenal, no one is really standing out but the team is playing well as a whole. Two strikers is better because it allows me to team up Rodriguez with 6 foot 8 academy striker Lee Campbell.
Thought some of you might like this AI own goal, it is the funniest I have ever seen.
Over halfway through and going great!
Top half very possible.
Possibly My Best First EPL Season Ever
Wow, switching to a 4-4-2 and employing DMC's really helped the club move forward. Important wins over Birmingham and Liverpool on the last day to seal a fantastic 3rd place finish, half down to how well we played and half down to how poorly the rest of the league played. So-called big clubs Liverpool, Man United and Chelsea never really put together a big run of results to break into the top four. This has resulted in us and Birmingham playing Champions League football of course Birmingham will have to get past the qualifying round, luckily for them the Champions League final is between Man City and Arsenal and not the other bigger clubs.
Road To World Cup
I took charge with Chile sitting in the play-off place after winning a fair few of the qualifiers we were able to get to the 2018 World Cup with ease pulling away from the teams in and around the play-off area. Losses to Ecuador and Argentina were disappointing because they did not reflect how we played but the defeat to Brazil well we more than deserved that one. I also survived the Confederations Cup we drew Spain, Mexico and Ivory Coast, the annoying thing was if we had beat Mexico by one goal instead of two then Spain would have gone out. We were outplayed by a very good Russian side and then lost for the second time against Spain.
2018 World Cup
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Saudi Arabia
Group F
Czech Republic
Group G
Group H
South Korea
Not a bad group for us but not easy either. Germany will be hard especially with me forgetting to do something and leaving them with all grey players, Scotland can be good on their day and Egypt have a few decent players. Saying that I would be very disappointed if we didn't get to the knock out rounds of the World Cup.
League 2 to CL in 4 years or something! What did I tell you at the top of the page?
Haha, lets hope you are right I am still shocked that we did so well avoiding any big injuries was key to our success.
Question is how much do I build on this? Do I start giving out big contracts or keep them under £30,000 a week like I am at the moment?
It's worth pushing the budget out a bit.
Annoying being stuck in a 14,000 capacity stadium. We were making a profit of £1.5 million a month last season without Champions League football, so financially I should be able to offer a few better contracts out.
i wouldnt push the contracts too far,
Well the World Cup was a complete waste of time, we got splatted 3-0 by fake Germany then lost 4-2 against a Scotland side who had 2 clear cut chances compared to our 5, Alexis Sanchez got injured against Germany within the first few minutes keeping him out of the other games. So after two defeats we were knocked out and I resigned, I hate international management I always seem to under perform when I venture into it.
i suck at it i think at my height with sunderland i might manage england but doubt it
I'll probably give it another go if a decent job comes up after the World Cup.
End of Season - Best 11 and Domestic Cups
As you can see Rodriguez and Campbell struck up a good partnership with Campbell getting most of the goals, earlier in the season he had kept Campbell out of the first team because I only played one up front but switched mid-season and it worked a treat. N'Zogbia started well but never kept it up and he got upset at me rejecting a bid in January so I decided to move him out for £1.5 million and got Ben Arfa instead another player who was inconsistent, Ben Arfa also wanted me to double his wages from 10k a week to 20k to stay so I let him go. Picchi was brilliant at DMC and just as good earlier in the season at MC. There were a few under performers and despite how well we did the best 11 proves we need a few more quality players in.
Domestic Cups
We started the FA Cup well with a 4-1 home victory over Swansea but it was disappointment in the 4th round as we got beat 3-2 at home against Wolves. The League Cup was a little bit longer a 2nd round 4-1 win over Plymouth was followed with an impressive performance in a 2-0 win at home against Aston Villa, however we couldn't beat their rivals Birmingham who dispatched of us 2-1 at their ground. Overall a disappointing run in both cups and something I would love to improve on next season.
New Season New Players
Luca Casolla
Signed from AC Milan for £4.2 million he is extremely quick and I originally signed him to play up front but I am strongly considering retraining him to play as a AMR where he can use his pace to get into the box and hopefully destroy the AI defenders.
Jorge Nunez
The biggest signing in the history of the club at £7.5 million, I had been after him for a while after giving him his first cap for Chile. A year a go the club wanted £18 million for him but after unsettling him he started to reject new contract offers from them, I bid but negotiations collapsed due to his agents demands for himself, I then received a news item saying due to the collapse of talks with Crewe Nunez had fired his agent. I bid and got him for £7.5 million. He is a good player and can play at CB but is more of a DMC, I look forward to seeing him play alongside Picchi in the DMC slots next season.
John Flanagan
He has been unable to establish himself at Spurs and they wanted £5 million for him but I went in with a loan offer and they accepted. Can play both fullback positions, he is a bit slow but hopefully he will be better than Naughton who didn't have his contract renewed due to stupid wage demands.
Fredy Montero
After deciding to convert Casolla to an AMR I felt I needed another option up front so I signed Montero. His age is against him but he only cost £2.9 million and is on a small wage, he has everything I wanted reasonably quick with decent finishing he will become a back up to Campbell and Rodriguez and competition with Dicko when ever the main two are out injured or need resting.
Miguel Aranguren
An expensive signing for us at £5.75 million he looks a decent player and will add some depth and competition to the centre of defence. Quick slow but he has a bit of room for improvement so some decent training with individual focus on quickness should knock that up a couple of points during the season.
Felix Gonzalez Antunez
Should become a great CB he is only rated at 2 stars for current ability and 4 and a half for potential. Needs a bit of work but with games and training I have a good feeling he can become a great player and he was free as well.
Overall I am happy with the players that have come in this season and I do think we are stronger although a couple more signings would be nice. I did manage to re-loan Mancienne he is available on a free in the summer of next season but he will be 31 by then so I am not sure if we will make a move for him or not. I still have £11 million left along with £140,000 spare wages but there is no need to spend them just for the sake of it.
Obviously bringing players in also means moving a few out. All were released because they had stupid wage demands or because they never reached their potentials. Cattermole had matches highest earner clause and would not drop it so I let his contract expire, as I mentioned before Ben Arfa wanted us to double his current wage which was a big no from me. I felt sorry for Nugent who was a big help getting us to the EPL but was just not good enough to play in the first team. Naughton wanted a rise to 20k a week which I didn't think he was worth so I let him go. Another I felt sorry for was Elliott Whitehouse who played a huge part in our rise through the leagues but just couldn't get into the first team in the EPL.
Successfully managing to keep the wages at a decent level but obviously they will naturally rise as our success does. I have hired a load of scouts to go out and try to find some decent younger players I can bring in and give a few games to. I have £11 million left so I am saving that to see if the scouts can find any players with decent potential that are under 21 and can play a role now. I will also be looking at all the international U-21 teams of the big nations as there are usually a few decent free players in there.
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I have read your threads, I usually rely on my own judgement searching various under 21 teams but for this save I will be using scouts a lot more.
I normally use my own judgement but in also looking too my scouts to give me more info,
Excellent Premier League debut.
Scouts can definitely help in finding young talent in the corners of the globe you've never thought of before. Always nice to find the gem of a 20 year old that can lace up and play a role.
Bit of a tough group for our first venture into Europe.
To be expected really.
The group I would have had most confidence in qualifying from was Real Madrid, Celtic, Zenit and Standard who we would have replaced. Obviously Real Madrid would have been losses but Celtic and Zenit I think we would have had a good chance of beating.
Great news, it will be over double the capacity of the current stadium but will take another two seasons to build guess that means I will be sticking around for a while yet.
Woo new stadium!
Over double capacity is great for a new stadium! Definitely give you something to grow into.
Fantastic second half to the season there - that's usually when the bubble bursts for most promoted sides but you managed to reach the Champions League! Tough group but I think you will at least get the Europa League spot.
Much like DazRTaylor, I also keep my scouts busy on my club saves. Once the board allow it, I also send them off to youth tournaments (U20 World Cup is a favourite as are the South American U20, EuroU21 and Euro U19 finals) - there are often many star performers near the end of their contracts to be found there.
Second Season Syndrome?
Not really sure what the hell is going on, there were several injuries to key players during these first games but that's no excuse for this. 6-3 loss against a team who had 7 shots all game was extremely annoying and losing 3 of the last 4 is not the sort of form I need at the moment. I know Wigan are not strong but it makes no sense to lose 3 games and have a 7-1 win sandwiched between these poor results. I think we are going to have to go on a decent run asap or a late surge to make it into the European places, we did it last season although maybe I am panicking a bit too much.
Champions League Is A Welcome Distraction
Strange how European competition is usually an unwanted distraction yet we are doing really well. We beat Inter and somehow got a draw against Bayern despite them having 25 shots a win away against Metalist has put us in a strong position to qualify for the knock out round.


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Suppose $\Delta(G) + \delta(G) \geq n-1$. Can we conclude that $G$ is connected?
Yes. Suppose that $V(G)$ can be split into two sets $A$ and $B$ of respective sizes $a \geq b \geq 1$, and no edges between the two sets. Since vertices in $A$ (resp. $B$) have degree at most $a-1$ (resp. $b-1$), we see that $\Delta(G) \leq a-1$ and $\delta(G) \leq b-1$. So $\Delta(G) + \delta(G) \leq a+b-2 = n-2$.
We can do this without inducting on the size of the graph: choose a vertex $v$ of degree $\Delta$ and any other vertex $w$ of degree $d \geq n - 1 - \Delta$. Either $w$ is adjacent to $v$ or, by the pigeonhole principle, they have a common neighbor among the other $n - 2$ vertices. So not only is the graph connected but it's actually of diameter at most 4.
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WACO (January 19, 2013)--A 49-year-old man who was struck by a flatbed truck as he tried to cross the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 Friday afternoon in Waco later died at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, police said.
Bobby Ray Gooden was pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. Friday, about seven hours after the accident.
The accident was reported at around 1:30 p.m. near the Forrest Street exit on the highway.
Unconfirmed reports indicated that passersby were performing CPR before police and paramedics arrived.
Initial reports indicated that an 18-wheeler hauling a load of cars struck the man first and that several other vehicles may have struck him after that, but Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said Friday night that a report on the accident said the man was struck by the one-ton truck, but didn't indicate whether other vehicles were involved.
The northbound lanes of the highway were closed until around 3:15 p.m. because of the accident.
Northbound traffic was backed up to South Loop 340, the Texas Department of Transportation said.


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The online travel tool with plenty of options
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Install the Lufthansa iGoogle gadget
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D'Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 13
Trussing is a means of binding a bird before cooking, to hold the wings and legs close to the body. This gives the bird a compact shape, often enhancing the symmetry in the process; and making for more even cooking, a beautiful presentation, and simplified carving. Some recipes call for turning a bird during roasting which is also much easier when trussed, and it will help prevent tearing the skin at the joints in the process. Of course, a full trussing will also help to hold in the dressing when a bird is stuffed.
Trussing Basics
No matter what method you choose, it is always a good idea to truss a bird – pure and simple. The only real exception would be if you plan to butterfly or spatchcock it before cooking. Untrussed legs on a whole bird may gape away from the body or even fall off, while the drumstick and wings stick up and dry out… Need we say more?
What's Good for the Goose…
As with many cooking techniques, there are several types and styles of trussing, some suited to particular types of fowl. Since turkeys, capons and chickens share similar physical attributes, the same types of trussing and roasting methods will do for all of them. Geese and ducks on the other hand, have a narrower body and thicker skin with an abundance of good fat, which requires different trussing and roasting altogether. Smaller birds the likes of game hens and squabs need trussing only enough to bind the legs.
First Things First
Regardless of the technique you choose, a few things need doing beforehand. First, remove the neck and gizzards and reserve for making stock or perhaps as ingredients for your stuffing. Next, take a good look at the shape of the bird. Trussing will give you an opportunity to slightly cinch up the Read more


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Podcast: Lijia Zhang
International Writing Program (IWP) Visiting Writer Lijia Zhang gave a talk in Wei Hsueh's class on October 7, 2009. She discussed China's past and present, her work and Chinese society.
Lijia Zhang (writer, China) is a factory-worker-turned journalist, TV producer and lecturer. Her memoir about working at a missile factory, Socialism Is Great! (2008) was published in the US, Australia, and India, and is being translated into a number of languages. Other publications include China Remembers, an oral history of the PRC, and Western Images of Chairman Mao, presently banned in China. Her articles have appeared in prominent Asian, European and American magazines and newspapers, and she is a frequent commentator for the BBC, CNN and NPR. Zhang participates courtesy of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Exchange at the US Department of State.
Visiting Writer Talk: Lijia Zhang
October 7, 2009
"Download audio (20 MB, MP3)":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/595434
Podcast: Barry Sanders Convocation
PNCA Faculty member and writer Barry Sanders delivers the 2009 Convocation address, "Ha He Hi Ho Hu: A Very Brief History of Laughter." Sanders is the author most recently of The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism. This lecture took place in Swigert Commons September 1, 2009.
"Download audio (15 MB, MP3)":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/595424
PNCA Hosts Discussion on Portfolio Creation with Nubby Twiglet
PNCA recently hosted a discussion, "Creating a Killer Portfolio" with freelance designer and blogger Nubby Twiglet and Kelly Coller of "Office PDX":http://www.officepdx.com/.
Twiglet is a freelance graphic designer "that is passionate about blogging and marketing," according to her Web site.
Read an "excerpt":http://nubbytwiglet.com/blog/2009/12/24/creating-a-killer-portfolio-discussion/ from the discussion.
Learn more about "Nubby":http://nubbytwiglet.com/fall2007/about/about.html.
PNCA Artists in 2010 Whitney Biennial
A range of artists affiliated with Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), including two alumni, will be part of the 2010 Whitney Biennial, a survey of American art held in New York, February 25 through May 30, 2010.
PNCA alumna and painter Julia Fish '76 and alumnus Alex Hubbard '00 were chosen, in addition to MFA in Applied Craft and Design mentors Jessica Jackson Hutchins and Storm Tharp, and MFA in Visual Studies visiting artists Kate Gilmore and Martin Kersels.
Fish is a native Oregonian who is currently a Professor of Studio Arts in the School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago. She received a BFA degree from PNCA in 1976 and an MFA degree from Maryland Institute, College of Art in 1982. Her paintings and drawings examine everyday surroundings like living rooms and entryways through simple, elegant abstraction. Read the essay ""Painting as House and Home"":http://www.juliafish.com/start02.html by Los Angeles-based lecturer, critic, and independent curator Terry R. Myers to learn more about Fish's work.
A performance-based video artist and painter, Hubbard received his BFA from PNCA in 2000, and participated in the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program from 2002 to 2003. His work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions including the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; the Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris; and the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
Hutchins is a sculptor who lives and works in Portland and New York. She serves as a mentor for students of the MFA in Applied Craft and Design, a joint degree program offered by PNCA and "Oregon College of Art and Craft":http://www.ocac.edu. She is represented by "Derek Eller Gallery":http://www.derekeller.com/jessicahutchins.html and "Small A Projects":http://www.smallaprojects.com/artists/jessicahutchins/main.html, both in New York.
An Oregon native, Tharp also serves as a mentor in the MFA in Applied Craft and Design program. Though labeled a painter and sculptor, Tharp is a versatile artist who has also worked for Portland-based ad agency Weiden+Kennedy. He is represented by "PDX Contemporary Gallery":http://www.pdxcontemporaryart.com/tharp in Portland.
As part of its Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the MFA in Visual Studies program recently brought artists "Kate Gilmore":http://www.kategilmore.com/index.html and Martin Kersels — also both 2010 Whitney Biennial picks — for lectures in October 2009. Kersels is represented by "ACME":http://www.acmelosangeles.com/artists/martin-kersels/ in Los Angeles.
The 2010 Whitney Biennial is curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari. For more information on the 2010 Whitney Biennial, read The New York Times article ""Reality Leaves a Fingerprint on the Biennial"":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/11/arts/design/11vogel.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=whitney%20biennial&st=cse or visit the "Whitney":http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial.
Image: work by Julia Fish '76
PNCA: Where Creativity Lives
Please join us in celebrating a hundred years of creativity at PNCA by making a year-end gift to the College this holiday season. You can change a life today by making a gift for scholarships. More than 80% of PNCA students receive scholarship assistance.
You may also choose to support our dynamic exhibition and "public programs series":http://www.pnca.edu/exposure/news/?c=programming, which is free and open to the public. Your contribution will help PNCA bring renowned artists and writers to Portland, and enrich our students' experience.
And there is also our new partnership with the "Museum of Contemporary Craft":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/, which preserves a nationally acclaimed craft collection for the community, and offers dynamic exhibitions and educational opportunities for students, faculty and visitors of all ages.
For more information or to make an online donation, visit PNCA's "Giving webpage":http://www.pnca.edu/about/giving/ or call 503-821-8886.
And don't forget, you can match your donation to PNCA with a contribution to the "Oregon Cultural Trust":http://www.culturaltrust.org/ and receive a credit on your Oregon tax bill!
KBPS Portland Airs Museum's "Transference"
A segment of "Transference," a music piece by Portland-based glass artist Andy Paiko and musician Ethan Rose at Museum of Contemporary Craft, recently aired on Portland classical radio station All Classical (89.9 FM). "Listen":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/media/2009_11_transference_allclassical.mp3.
Learn more about ""Transference"":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/exhibitions/index.php?f=2009_11_transference
Multimedia: Martin Kersels MFA VS Lecture
Los Angeles-based artist Martin Kersels has long used art as a forum for wrestling with the limitations and possibilities of being a fully embodied, sentient and emotional being. He employs a range of media, from sculpture and photography to video and performance. He has worked on staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the UCLA Art Department, and currently serves as a faculty member and co-director of the art program at the California Institute of the Arts. Kersels was recently selected for the 2010 Whitney Biennial.
This PNCA MFA Visual Studies Lecture took place at Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon on October 8, 2009.
"Listen to an audio podcast of Martin Kersels' lecture.":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/594761
"Watch an excerpt of Martin Kersels' lecture on YouTube":http://www.youtube.com/PNCAVideo#p/u/3/ov7XIba2ygM
Multimedia: Alix Pearlstein MFA VS Lecture
Alix Pearlstein uses everyday objects, pop cultural artifacts, and art historical references to create narrative meaning through association. Characterized by deadpan humor and a minimalist aesthetic, Pearlstein's approach is direct and intimate. Her videotapes engage in wry, self-conscious renderings of icons of style, gender, media, and art historical Modernism.
Her works have been included in exhibitions at the Biennale de Lyon, France; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Kunstverein, Cologne; S.M.A.K., Ghent, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Solo exhibitions of her work have been featured at The Kitchen, NYC; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Postmasters Gallery and Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York; and The Grossman Gallery, School of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
This MFA Visual Studies Visiting Artist Lecture took place at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon. Introduction by Arnold Kemp, MFA Visual Studies Chair. Pearlstein's visit was made possible through the MFA Visual Studies Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Caldera Residency and Cyan/PDX.
"Listen to a podcast of Alix Pearlstein's lecture":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/594712
Multimedia: Kate Gilmore MFA VS Lecture
Kate Gilmore received her MFA (2002) at the School of Visual Arts, New York and BA (1997) at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. She currently has a solo exhibition at Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy, and last year, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Denton, Texas, Artspace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, Maisterravalbuena Galeria, Madrid, Spain, and CESAC Centro Sperimentale Per Le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, Italy. She is represented by Smith-Stewart Gallery in New York. Gilmore was recently selected for the 2010 Whitney Biennial.
This MFA Visual Studies Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture took place at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon on October 15, 2009. Introduction by Arnold Kemp, MFA Visual Studies Chair.
Gilmore's visit was made possible through the MFA Visual Studies Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series, the Caldera Residency and Cyan/PDX.
"Listen to a podcast of Kate Gilmore's lecture.":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/594617
Multimedia: Laura Parnes MFA VS Lecture
Laura Parnes' videos and installations are informed by traditions and genres in both narrative film and video art, and seek to blur the lines between conventions of story telling and experimentation. Her most recent work, "Blood and Guts in High School" was named in the Village Voice as a top-10 experimental film/video for 2005. She has taught at New York University and The New School. She joined Bennington faculty in fall of 2004. She has screened and exhibited her work widely in the US and internationally.
This PNCA Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture took place at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon on December 10, 2009.
"Listen to a podcast of Laura Parnes' lecture.":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/594322
Maybelle Clark Macdonald 1916-2009
PNCA is saddened to announce the passing of philanthropist and community supporter Maybelle C. Macdonald, 93, who passed away December 10th, 2009 at her home in Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Macdonald created the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund in 1970, and PNCA is honored to be among the organizations the fund supports. In April 2008, the Fund awarded a $1 million challenge grant to the College in support of the Centennial Campaign for PNCA+FIVE. This generous gift helped to make possible the purchase of the main campus building in October 2008. The grant has also been instrumental in enabling PNCA to attract additional support for its first comprehensive campaign.
Mrs. Macdonald was known throughout the community as a woman of great compassion and caring who created the fund "to relieve the misfortune and promote the well being of mankind". Now among Oregon's largest foundations, the fund will continue to support the good works of Oregonians in perpetuity in her honor.
"Learn more about Mrs. Macdonald":http://www.mcmfund.org/.
Read the "Oregonian article":http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/12/philanthropist_maybelle_clark.html.
Multimedia: Fall Focus 2009
Fall Focus presents a diverse program of extracurricular events for the entire PNCA community, including lectures, demonstrations, workshops and films. Also during Fall Focus, seniors present Thesis Proposals and Thesis Orals to the students and faculty.
In a short podcast, Finn Grey '10 speaks with Senior Thesis Chair Linda Kliewer and senior thesis candidates Sarah Johnson '09, Sarai Black '10, David Clark '10, Lahaina Alcantara '10 and Megan Holmes '10 about Fall Focus, November 30-December 4, 2009. Originally broadcast on "PNCA Radio":http://radio.pnca.edu.
"Listen to the Fall Focus Week 2009 podcast.":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/593240
Multimedia: Children's Creativity Symposium
Pacific Northwest College of Art hosted "Children's Creativity: Why the Visual Arts Matter":http://www.pnca.edu/artsmatter, November 11-14, 2009. This four day symposium focused on the relevance of artistic processes of inquiry, reflection, and expression to the cognitive, emotional, and social development of children. PNCA + FIVE Idea Studios.
Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz, "Reflections on Space and Childhood"
Download audio (30 MB, MP3)
Dr. Lois Hetland, "Art for Our Sake"
Download audio (30 MB, MP3)
PNCA President Tom Manley, Dr. Lois Hetland and Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz speak about creativity and education on PNCA Radio.
Download audio (20 MB, MP3)
Meet the Artists: Informing Tradition
Support local makers and Museum of Contemporary Craft—purchase handmade works of art during the Museum's Holiday Gallery Feature, Informing Tradition: Functional Ceramics from Seven Oregon Makers.
Informing Tradition features work for sale by ceramic artists of varied generations and influences. The full inventory is now available for online browsing—buy holiday gifts now from wherever you are. Questions? Call 1.877.546.2655 to speak to a member of the Gallery staff.
As part of the holiday gallery feature, don't miss Meet the Artists: Informing Tradition, Saturday, December 12 from 2-3 p.m. Artists Victoria Christen, Kowkie Durst, Sam Morgan, and Wally Schwab will discuss their work.
Informing Tradition featured artists include: Richey Bellinger (Portland), Barb Campbell (Corvallis), Victoria Christen (Portland), Kowkie Durst (Portland), Sam Morgan (Portland), David Piper (Portland), and Wally Schwab (Aloha).
Meet the Artists: Informing Tradition
Saturday, December 12, 2–3 p.m.
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Holiday Gallery Sales Feature
Informing Tradition: Functional Ceramics From Seven Oregon Makers
Through January 9, 2010
The Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Both events are free and open to the public
"Learn more":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/gallery.
Museum Hosts Curator Walkthrough
Museum of Contemporary Craft, in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, presents a Curator Walkthrough at noon Tuesday, December 8 at the Museum, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Join Museum Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers for a behind-the-scenes look at the three exhibitions currently on view—Transference, Elusive Matter, and The Academy is Full of Craft.
"Learn more":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/.
MFA in Visual Studies Presents Laura Parnes
The MFA in Visual Studies program presents artist Laura Parnes in a lecture, Thursday December 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St., part of the College's Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Laura Parnes will discuss her work, videos and installations that are informed by traditions and genres in both narrative film and video art that seek to blur the lines between conventions of story telling and experimentation.
Her most recent work, "Blood and Guts in High School," an adaptation of Kathy Acker's 1984 novel of the same name, made the top-10 list of experimental film/videos in the Village Voice for 2005. The New York Times stated of the film, "Filmed on bare-bones sets put together in gallery spaces, the video is a model of how to bring off an ambitions project with scant resources, and also of how to respect source material while transforming it." Parnes has taught at New York University and The New School and joined Bennington faculty in fall of 2004. Her work has screened and exhibited widely in the US and internationally.
Learn more about "Laura Parnes":www.lauraparnes.com/.
MFA in Visual Studies Lecture: Laura Parnes
Thursday, December 10, 6:30 p.m.
The Lab at Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Free and open to the public
PNCA Holiday Art Sale Supports Local Artists
Support local artists—shop for holiday gifts at PNCA's annual Holiday Art Sale, starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 10 in the Swigert Commons. All proceeds benefit PNCA artists.
Featuring one-of-a-kind artwork, crafts, clothing and more, the sale is a great opportunity to get quality gifts, handmade by Pacific Northwest College of Art students. From fine art prints, paintings, and sculpture to hand-crafted adornments, the sale transforms the College's Commons into a showcase of outstanding holiday gifts.
Holiday Art Sale
11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, December 10–11;
11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday, December 12
PNCA Main Campus Building
Swigert Commons, 1241 N.W. Johnson St.
Watch and Listen: Public Art / Public Parks
Eloise Damrosch, Executive Director of the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), and Portland-based artist and PNCA faculty member Victor Maldonado discuss Portland's rich legacy of public art. This conversation took place September 23, 2009 at Cyan/PDX.
Presented by PNCA and Cyan/PDX. A Gerding Edlen Development Project with Pacific Northwest College of Art.
"Listen to a podcast of Public Art / Public Parks.":http://homeroom.pnca.edu/download/592574
"Watch a video excerpt on YouTube.":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlUm-3K6gfQ
Transference and Elusive Matter at MoCC
"Museum of Contemporary Craft":http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/ in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art presents two new exhibitions Elusive Matter, and Transference.
Transference is is an exploration of the material and aural properties of glass. Portland-based artists Andy Paiko (glass) and Ethan Rose (sound/composition) collaborate to create a kinetic-sound installation reinterpreting the glass armonica, a nearly forgotten instrument.
Elusive Matter explores craft-based media through film and photography, challenging common expectations that craft results in a physical object. Using film's ability to capture time and space, the works on view by artists Jane Aaron, Mark Hursty and Lauren Kalman focus on material phenomena and abstract process rather than on form.
Andy Paiko and Ethan Rose
Through January 9, 2010
Elusive Matter
Jane Aaron, Mark Hursty and Lauren Kalman
Through January 16, 2010
Museum of Contemporary Craft, 724 N.W. Davis St.
Image courtesy of the artist
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Is there an ideal amount of knowledge to be taken in on a daily basis? I've different kinds of conflicting information. From the list of ideas I've seen, which, if any, is most correct? Here are the ideas I've seen:
- New information either refines old information or pushes old information out.
- New information is stored and old information is not pushed out.
- Memory degrades at a slower rate when people are actively learning and at a faster rate when people are not trying very hard.
- Nothing escapes the human memory. The more organized a person is, the greater the illusion of larger mental storage capacity.
- Sorry. Nature..., not nurture.
While I am generally of the opinion that practice makes perfect, I find that this is not the case with certain things. For example, some Japanese kanji are very difficult for me to memorize. While I remember some after only reading and writing them one time, there are some kanji that I have learned and re-learned but never fully adapted. An example would be
奇麗. It's a very difficult kanji to remember how to write, but it's a nice kanji. So I practice it. When I try to write it, my mind always draws a blank, even though I have practiced writing it ten times in a row at least fifteen times.
So, is it possible I over-studied and built a blockade? Is it possible that I have trouble remembering this because it's a tangent to some other regular study path, and so it's untidy/disorganized? Is it possible that I forget because of the amount of studying that has preceded it? Have I under studied, as seem most likely? Not spend enough time just closing my eyes and picturing it? Or am I missing something?


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The Butler Community College Board of Trustees will be taking the next step in finding a new president for the college during their meeting Tuesday in Andover.
They will consider approval of the search form that will conduct the presidential search.
In other business, they will:
• vote on accepting the College Audit Report for the period ending June 30.
• hear reports on the Student Government Association, operational staff, faculty, Audit Committee, president and Educational Facilities Authority.
• hear a presentation of Butler Key Performance Indicators.
• discuss the CCBenefits Economic Impact Summary report.
They will meet at 4 p.m. at the Grizzly Den in the Andover 5000 Building. Prior to the meeting, there will be a Board Audit Committee meeting at 2 p.m. and following the meeting there will be a work session on the fall 2012 budget update.
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September, 2013
The September issue of Budget & Tax News reports on efforts to rein in crony capitalism in the Community Development Block Grants program in St. Louis. Federal government funds for blight-reducing efforts are divvied up by ward in St. Louis, giving individual alderman great power in determining what projects get funded. Even HUD officials say that opens the program to corruption, nepotism, and other forms of political favoritism.
Also in this issue:
- In the same week the City of Detroit made national headlines by filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in national history, the City of Chicago made smaller headlines when Moody's Investors Service announced it had hit the city with a nearly unprecedented triple-downgrade of its credit rating on general obligation bonds.
- Unrestrained spending--on gifts for tenants, on memorabilia, on failed real estate deals, on its own salaries, and especially on contracts with two firms connected to two former board members--has dissipated the Harris County (Texas) Housing Authority's fund balances from $37.9 million to $1.6 million. The spending included more than $100,000 on a bronze statue of a winged angel designed by the authority's CEO at the time.
- Cigarette tax revenue in Illinois is falling far short of the amount projected last year, state officials say. In May 2012, state legislators approved a $1-per-pack increase in the state's cigarette tax, nearly doubling it to $1.98 per pack. The tax delivered only $212 million of the expected $350 million for the fiscal year ended June 30.
- In 2009, a year after signing the nation's most lucrative film incentive program, then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) of Michigan touted the jobs it would create. Now a Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows the incentive failed in at least one key aspect of the film industry: post-production work. In the years since Granholm signed the bill allowing the state to offer up to 42 percent reimbursement on money spent by movie producers in Michigan, just seven post-production jobs have been added.
- Parents of homeschooled children will pay less in property taxes if a novel bill passes in Ohio. Senate Bill 127, which would become effective in 2014, would give homeschoolers a tax credit equal to the proportion of property taxes on their home that fund their local school district.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
Chicago's Struggles Reflected In Big Moody's Credit Downgrade– July 24, 2013
Economist Laffer Backs Internet Tax; Opponents Fear Precedent– July 22, 2013
Washington City Moves Toward Nation's Highest Minimum Wage, Other Perks– July 22, 2013
Harvard Historian Warns the State Is Causing the West's 'Great Degeneration'– July 15, 2013
Feds May Raise Phone Taxes to Fund Common Core Test-Taking– July 13, 2013
Wisconsin Inmates Collect $616K in Unemployment Benefits– July 12, 2013
Millions Missing, Misspent at Texas Housing Authority: Auditor– July 9, 2013
$$$ Millions for 'Nashville' Production, But No Clear Benefits– July 3, 2013
States Mull New Taxes, Fees on Electric and Hybrid Vehicles– July 2, 2013
Citigroup Boosts Its Tax Liability . . . to Cut Its Tax Liability– July 1, 2013
13 Cook County Municipalities In Worse Shape than Bankrupt Stockton, Calif.– June 28, 2013
Ohio Lawmakers Consider Homeschooler Property Tax Credit– June 27, 2013
Illinois Cigarette Tax Increase Becomes a Fiscal Flop– June 27, 2013
Wireless Tax Fairness Act Returns to Congress– June 25, 2013
New Jersey Signs Lottery Privatization Contract– June 24, 2013
U.S. House Sends Farm Bill to Bipartisan Defeat– June 21, 2013
Community Development in St. Louis: Potential for More Crony Capitalism?– June 21, 2013
Government Report Shows Little Return from Michigan's Film Incentives– June 20, 2013


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I already have the basics of ambient occlusion down. I have a raycaster and am capable of shooting rays about a hemisphere uniformly. It seems like those are the basics of what are needed for radiosity but I don't know where to go from there. Do I find how much light comes from each face? (I'm making my game out of cubes like minecraft) After that what do I do?
Indeed, that is all you need for radiosity. There are two different (but equal) formulations. The first is to "radiate" or shoot light from each patch (in your case probably a face), and the other is to "gather" or receive light into each patch. If you iteratively do this enough times, you get radiosity.
The first step is to figure out where light originates from because in either method there must be a light source. If you are going to do the gather method, I must warn you that it does not handle point lights very well. You must seed patches with light (calculate it separately) or you get odd results. In the radiate method you emit from the point lights as normal but ignore them as receivers from other patches.
You can stop after any number of bounces (or iterations), but the more you do, the better the solution. You have an easy time of patch creation as you can consider each side of your cubes as a patch. If you want something more detailed you can subdivide those faces even farther.
In a radiating example, this could be used as a basis for your loop:
For a gather method, you would have the slightly different first loop:
The first modifier is used for per patch modification of the incoming light. The most common use would be falloff from distance as I did above. The second modifier is for global modification of incoming light like material absorption. The a.emission variable would be 0 for most patches.
Only those that are light sources (or directly affected by point light sources if you are using a gather method as noted above) should have non 0 emission values.
The goodEnough() function could be many things. It could be just counting the number of iterations, or it could be looking at the total amount of light in the scene, or it could be some other test you devise. This part is really up to you and what you think looks good enough but still finishes in a reasonable amount of time.
The more rays you shoot, the more accurate your solution but the slower the process. The same goes for number of patches and number of iterations through the loop. How you store the final light value is up to you. It could be in a texture, or stored as a value in your cubes, but I don't think this would be feasible to do in real-time with a decent number of patches.
On the link bellow you will find one of the most excellent explanations of radiosity:
It is worth reading even if you know it well. So funny :)


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What better Encrypt the file once with 50 characters password or encrypt it twice each time with 25 characters password.
Using encryption in a non-standard way very often results in decreased security, and not in the information-theoretical sense.
Consider: you will have two different passwords. You have twice the difficulty in managing them. Twice the chances of losing them. Twice the chances someone will screw up trying to follow your complicated directions.
I also assume that you are encrypting your data because it has value. If your processes fail, all that value is destroyed. A bad encryption key is more effective than a delete button when someone screws up.
These are real world risks that will affect you directly, now and in the future. Note that none of these problems have anything to do with algorithm strength. People, processes, and protocols are the Achilles heel of security.
I recommend you place your trust in the algorithm to do its job, and spend your efforts in simplifying password and key management activities instead. It is a much better return on your security investment.
Layering encryption doesn't effectively concatenate the keys (despite what intuition may suggest). The attacker can still attack the two passwords separately, such as by using a meet-in-the-middle attack. This means the effective key space (that is, the number of possibilities for the combined password that the attacker must try) is much lower for the double-layer scheme.
Because the keys can be attacked separately, two half-length passwords do not offer as many effective combinations as one full-length password. If each character in the password has $n$ possibilities (for example, a standard keyboard might offer 26 uppercase + 26 lowercase + 10 numeric + 30 symbols = 92 characters), the 50-character password has $n^{50}$ possibilities, whereas the two 25-character passwords only provide security equivalent to $2 × n^{25}$ possibilities. Using our example numbers, that's $90^{50}$ for the single long password vs $2 \times 90^{25}$ for the two shorter ones.
For perspective, the 50-character password has about the square of the number of possibilities for two 25-character passwords. It's a lot more.
The 50 characters password option is far better. Each character added to a password makes a brute-force attack grows exponentially. Encrypt twice doesn't add much overhead. The only reason to encrypt twice is if you're using different encryption algorithms.
Only wanted to point out an example regarding the alghorithm Triple-Des, which, in my opinion, quite summarizes your problem: Tdes uses three 56-bit keys, which, theoretically, gives to it a strength of one 168bit key (see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_DES): the alghorithm basically uses the old DES alghorithm three times: first encrypt your clear text with DES and the first key, then decrypt this result with DES and the second key, then encrypt this last result with DES and the third key. Regarding security, Tdes has been widely analyzed for years, and the crypto-analysts say: "due to the meet-in-the-middle attack, the effective security it provides is only 112 bits". But it gets worse: due to chosen-plaintext or known-plaintext attacks "it is designated by NIST to have only 80 bits of security." So, after seeing the Tdes example, encrypting once with a big key should be better than encrypting twice (or more) with smaller keys.
Encrypt a file twice with 25 characters password is not equivalent to encrypt a message with 50 character password. If you want to achieve same security as 50 character password encryption, you should encrypt the file 200 times with 25 character password.


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08/24/2006: Following Procedures and Filing a Formal ComplaintFrom time to time it might be necessary to give everyone a little refresher course on the importance of following procedures when it comes to questioning calls that are made in the woods during competition. It's not uncommon for a concerned owner or handler to call the office on Monday morning complaining of a call that was missed the prior weekend and sometimes expecting a quick fix. Unfortunately, too many times the answer given may be one that is not easily understood when it becomes obvious that proper procedures were not followed.
08/24/2006: Demanding Ten Minutes of Shining Time - Dogs Out of Hearing - Signatures on Scorecards - Deadline RemindersQ: Even though it seems like a no-brainer, this question pops up every now and again. Can a handler demand that the whole ten minutes be used when scoring trees even though a coon was seen in the tree by a majority of the cast during the first five minutes of shining time or anytime before the ten is up?
08/24/2006: Shut Out Scoring Situation - Tardy Handlers / Cast Lost on Way to Woods -Q: This question came up the other night at a UKC hunt that I was involved in where two dogs had been withdrawn and we were down to two dogs left in the cast. Dog A is declared struck and treed. Dog B has not opened. Within the five minutes but before it expires, dog B is also declared struck and treed with a line drawn under his strike points. Before we got to the tree, dog A was heard off the tree running track again and was minused its tree points. The argument was that dog B should be awarded strike points since we did not physically see both dogs on the same tree. In other words, they could have been on separate trees. What is the proper way to score this situation? Please advise. JP/NC
06/08/2006: Veterans Casts, Declaring Dogs Struck After the Fact, Grand Nites at the Local ClubQ: The other night I went to a local club and entered my dog. There were three other guys at the club who planned on hunting that were also over 60 years of age so the club allowed us to be drawn out together in a Veteran's Cast. Ten minutes or so into our hunt one of the gentlemen suddenly complained of feeling ill. He had a friend with him but he was under 60 years of age who asked if he could continue handling the dog. Would it have been permissible for his friend to continue handling the dog for the remainder of the hunt in a situation like this under Veterans Cast rules or policies? JH/OK
04/24/2006: Dog Is Back, but Handler Is Not - Delaying Completion of CastQ: I was a hunting guide at a major event recently where a situation arose that I felt was handled improperly, or at least involved bad sportsmanship in the way it was handled. Here's what happened. I was leading the cast by two coons when a time-out was called. Three dogs were in the trucks, including my own. A young man who was handling a dog in the cast was the only one who did not have his dog. The dog was quite a ways from the trucks so I did what I thought was my responsibility as a guide: go with the kid to get his dog. The cast agreed to meet where the trucks had been parked at the road.
04/24/2006: Squalling, Boats, Coon Crossing Road, Place of Refuge and Extending DeadlinesQ: In a four-dog cast, Dogs A, B and C are declared struck and treed. Dog D has not struck. The five minutes elapsed and all handlers go to the tree. The dogs are handled, and one handler asks me if squalling is permitted. I replied yes. The handler of Dog D disagrees and says, "No, we can't because one dog is still out hunting and may come into the tree if we squall."
01/12/2006: Refusing Entries and Stationary Rules/Previously Scored TreesQ: Our club has been involved in a situation where a guy that comes to our club events always seems to make problems on the cast. Some of the hunters do not like to draw him and have to put up with his antics all night. It has gotten to the point where some guys just simply withdraw their dog without even going to the woods if they draw him. We have on a few occasions put a non-hunting judge on this guy but it doesn't seem to stop him from questioning every call that is made that doesn't suit him. Our club feels that we need to do something about this guy before we start loosing entries because of this problem. We hate to have to tell anyone they can't hunt at our club but feel we have no choice. What is the best way for our club to handle this situation? JR/AL
01/01/2006: Dog Moving From Tree to Tree, Dogs Declared Treed / Coon Caught, Reminder to Clubs Regarding Formal Complaints and Honesty and IntegrityQ: Four dogs in a cast are declared struck. Dogs A, B, C and D are declared treed in that order. The cast members arrive at the tree and find Dogs A and B are on one tree and Dog C is treed on a separate tree. Meanwhile, Dog D is running back and forth between the two trees barking treed. It is determined that both trees run into each other, therefore, the decision is made to score both trees as one. How should Dog D be scored, who is running back and forth between both trees? DW / IN
12/12/2005: Scratch or Minus, Babbling, and BellsQ: In a four dog cast, dogs A, B and C are declared struck. Dog D falls treed and is declared treed without being declared struck by the handler. Is the dog scratched for not being declared struck first?
11/12/2005: Communications Policy and Minusing Dogs For Quitting A TrackQ: In a four dog cast, dogs A and B are declared treed. Dogs C and D go up the creek another 500 feet and are called treed. All dogs are declared treed and we start to them. Dogs A and B leave their tree and go to dogs C and D. They are declared treed again. I minused dogs A and B for leaving the first tree and when we got to dogs C and D, all dogs were on the same tree. I drew a line through dogs A and B tree points and minused their strike points because a coon was seen. Handler's A and B said that they still had two minutes left on the tree but I say all dogs were declared treed so all trees were closed. Am I right? It would not have made a difference in the outcome as all dogs were scratched for off-game ten minutes later. KB / OH


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delays of more than a year to the country's flagship LNG
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The first cargo was bought by state oil company, Sonangol,
and is being shipped to Brazil, the company said.
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was supposed to begin commercial shipments at the beginning of
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In addition to the delays, the large LNG project has faced challenges due to
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Originally the plan had been to deliver the LNG from the
plant to the US market, but the shale gas boom in the country
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15% Off Star Wars Collection
15% off bedding, lunchboxes, beach towels, and more at Pottery Barn Kids.
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Pottery Barn Kids??
Heck, I'll buy them for myself right now! :)
Should have saved this event for May 4th !!!
I was all ready to "like" this too. Cool vintage Star Wars items from Pottery Barn! But the prices could hardly even be called a sale let alone an "event".
Even with the "sale" price, these prices are ridiculous. No thank you.
Ah. No king size. I'm out.
yeah almost $200 for FULL sets? I'd hate to see the King or Queen size prices!
we have bought a few of these items for our son, and they have proved to be very poor quality. the first lunchbox we bought, the handle frayed and fell apart within a week of first use. they sent us a second one quickly at no charge, but that hasn't held up too great either, though better than the first. we also ordered a matching backpack, and the straps frayed about half way through the school year, and the seams started falling apart as well. as our son was only in 3k, it's not like he was carrying any heavy books around, either. for as expensive as these items are, i would expect MUCH better quality. don't waste your money.
@dmaz: Do it. Too bad they don't have the star wars legos online, or I'd be in for three!
@bnut: 200-Thread count! I would say you get what you pay for, but you're not even getting that much here.
I've been pretty happy with the quality of the Star Wars merchandise I've purchased from them so far. I surprised my husband by having his shipmate re-sheet his berthing with the Empire Strikes Back sheets. =D I also have the blue decorative pillow shams and I picked up the Darth Vader bag, shown above, for a whopping $14.99 in December.
Oh, and these "sale" prices are usually in the stores too and you can combine them with the 10% off that they give military members.
*edit: Oh and the sheets may have a low thread count but they do feel MUCH better then any of the character sheets you can buy at Target or Walmart. My husband and I are extremely picky about feeling/texture of the sheets we put on our own bed and I'd be okay with these... Alas, they don't make them in king!! UGH.