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Thought there was an update. Damn you John Smith!
Been a few weeks now hasn't it?
Thought there was an update. Damn you John Smith!
Been a few weeks now hasn't it?
time for some bold predictions that make me look brilliant if they're right -
- Bandits spend big - including a marquee player for £10m or more
- Bandits earn themselves automatic promotion
- Sheriffs make it up via the playoffs
- Bandits reach the League Cup semis and FA Cup quarters
Bandits update for sure... I never touch the demos... Waiting on the proper release.
I wonder if the lack of updates is down to the possibility of an FM2010 Bandits experiment? Maybe the prospect of the Bandits in a much lower league has Kip thinking about that already, thus maybe dampening his enthusiasm for this one a little.
I don't think Kip will be doing a fm10 experiment, He missed out on Fm08 and kept his previous experiment going, I suspect this one will go through untill fm11. although, With the introduction of the massive editing database coming with it.
No way we'll have a FM2010 experiment, at least in these early stages of the original experiment itself. We've yet to see any ex-Bandits or Idiots retire, or any club to hit Premiership.
Kip's most probably over-burdened with work or any other time consuming thing so just a bit patience needed to see the rest of the fairy tale that Bandits will write
If the previous experiment is anything to go by then 5ergio is right.
I do remember Kip saying somewhere earlier in this thread though that the next experiment will see the Bandits starting in a much lower league. Whether that's in FM10 or FM11, well I guess Kip needs to confirm that.
This one's nowhere near done properly yet, plus as there was a gap between this one and the last one its logical to assume that the the experiment has become an 'every 2 years' thing.
Just to confirm a couple of things:
1) I'm moving house at the moment, hence the radio silence. I am in fact homeless at the moment, having sold our existing house (we don't get the new one until next week).
2) There will not be a FM10 experiment.
Ah. OK. I'm sure I saw a post saying that the next experiment will see the Bandits in a lower league, but I wasn't sure if that was for FM10 or FM11. (Maybe I'm just over-excited about the new competitions editor!) Anyway, thanks for clearing that up and I hope your moving house goes well and that you settle in nicely to your new home.
YAY. Kip's alive. Good luck with the house move kip. I hope you selected a nice loverly view from your computer room window. which in turn will want you to spend more time on the puter writing the update
Back following this fantastic experiment, after being an avid follower of the 07 one.
Not had a computer for a long time so only just realised that a new one had started.
Loving the rivals aspect of this one, makes for interesting reading, and much better than those heated games with Spurs I remember from 07.
Also impressed with the signing for both sides, I guess thats what having a good manager does!
Great stuff as always Kip.
May have taken me a week to catch up, but well worth it.
Only problem now is that I have to wait round like everyone else for an update!
What do people think about any of the starlets rejoining the Bandits if we are promoted to the premiership? Maybe the clubs rep, and the players amibtion will stop this? I hope not thought, would love to see some of them back home.
Come on you Bandits, clean sweep of the Sherifs next season, hopefully.
Again great work kip, thanks for your time and dedication on this, it is amazing.
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wow cant belive this legendary thread has gone so quiet!!
The next season is going to be huge! I think it is so far the most anticipated update of all the updates, 07 and 09.
I finally finished reading my way through this thread. What a fantastic experiment. I read most of the old one too, and this promises to turn out even better.
I predict the Bandits will secure automatic promotion from 2nd place, while the Sherrifs will lose in the playoff at Wembley.
Come on you Bandits!
Eagerly awaiting next instalment. Bandits looking very strong for this season. I think they actually have a stronger team than the sheriffs. Automatic promotion for the Bandits. Playoffs for the Sheriffs.
Its been nearly a month since we've heard from Kip.
Moving house and dealing with the run-up to Christmas can be hectic, give him some time and I'm sure he'll return to give us all our much needed fix!
Indeed. Wonder what the chances are of Kip giving us an update on christmas day. That'd be a nice xmas present
wouldn't it just!
That'd be awesome, could save it for when the in-laws visit
Now over a month since we heard anything from Kip. Hope everything went ok with the move and what not. Eagerly awaiting your return to the forum.
I would be cool with an update on christmas e but please kip post a teaser soon
Not a single post in here for over a week and no update for weeks now, I miss Kipfizh
Think we may have to brace ourselves for the end of the bandits v sheriffs
I doubt it, Kip's always proved to be reliable in the past, give him some time.
With the exception of the World Cup update, it's now been more than two months since there was anything on The Bandits/Sheriffs. I think maybe we should accept the fact that the dream is over.
No hard feelings. I'm sure that Kip has far more pressing demands on his time. It was always going to have to end sometime.
A big thankyou from me for all the many hours of his time he has given in the past few years, it's been without doubt the most entertaining project ever undertaken on FM. Cheers Kip and good luck mate
I'll probably wait until new year before calling this one done for.
I'll keep checking until:
a) There is an update
b) Kip himself declares it dead
I haven't checked in on this thread for a good while, expecting to read a few updates and I'm suprised there hasn't been any. However like Heisenberg says, It's not dead till Kip' says so!
In the last experiment Kip often disappeared for months at a time. It has been ages but with it being Christmas i expect he'll be busy. Also he's moved house, He could be having problems getting connected to the internet etc.
He's said he's not through with it...just be patient....moving + holidays is likely going to take time....
Just keep checking back...we'll get a surprise one of these days...
As I said, reliable.
no xmas treat then!
Its been 2 months without word. I think its over guys.
I don't, he frequently went months without an update in the old one, and he seems to have more going on in his life now so it'll take a while but I'd put money on an update being released at some point
Look at how many seasons he got through in a similar time frame in the last experiment compared to this one. The guy has put in a mammoth amount of work into it and im taking absolutely nothing away from him. He has achieved more with this experiment than anyone could ever have expected, but it has to come to an end at some point.
I would tend to agree with roberto922, I don't think it's over.
Im wondering whether he's perhaps found a bit of a problem with FM09's longevity - could we perhaps be looking at an FM11 Bandits game?
He won't drop this without telling us. I just hope he's being kept busy and there's nothing seriously wrong in the Kip household to worry about.
Happy New Year Guys!
Does anyone know when his last post anywhere was?
According to his profile, he hasn't been on the forum since the 23rd November.
Strange....hope he's alright =\
Gonna send him a message on facebook. he should still be in the bandits group
Every day and now and again I forget my bookmark is page 8 or 9 that false joy as i think there is a new update
We all miss Kip and hope he is well even if this is ends up being the end..........
one thing to add though.... he hasnt posted anything for nearly 2 months and still we all check daily............... says something for his content and style
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Here, here. I miss it so much!
His website in his profile is listed as The Beautiful Groan, its an Arsenal blog, as a gooner I check it out, it has been updated recently, I'm fairly sure he is the blogger as he stopped blogging for a while when he moved, of course it could just be a fluke that both kip and the blogger moved at the same time.
Perhaps we could all chip in and hire a private detective to find him?
Let's hope that he's still without internet connection like he said. In the meantime, maybe he's been writing 10-season update.
I'd knock one out all over the screen if that happened!
Vintage. Please. Image. Not. Required.
Good god this thread is really going down hill! Come back Kip...
i apologize. i lowered the tone.
you know it's a testament to Kip and his writing ability at just how much is on this one page, where he only has one post on it.
So I searched kips name and his alter ego's are quite active on the net - not sure if he abandoned this project or there are other people using the same name.
Hope he comes back soon this is an amazing project with even better write ups.
i hope kipfizh is ok and isnt still homeless!, i was a big fan of the first experiment, i hope this one continues as it makes for excelent reading
time to remove this thread from my bookmarks i think... a sad day.
don't give up hope! Kip'll come back, he has to! doesn't he......
It's been almost 5 months since I last checked this thread and in that time there has been only 1 season and 1 world cup played
I'm sure Kip will at some point let us know what's going on, but if the experiment is finished I'd like to request something that was promised at the start of the last experiment but never happened, the uploading of the database. Both the starting point and the current save so that I can play it myself and see how it goes for me.
I think maybe he's been away for so long because he's recently discovered XBox Live. He's pretty active on there, so it proves that he's both net connected and has some free time. I get the feeling that he's just reached a point where he's lost the heart to continue with a commitment as big as The Bandits... Shame, but good luck to him.
I've e-mailed him in the hope of some kind of official word, but have got no reply as yet.
Maybe it's time for someone else to carry the torch and set up a similar experiment on FM10?
I'd be up for doing it, though unlike Kip I'd probably like some elves to help me with the write-ups.....
EDT: Would definitely rather Kip carried on with his, however!!
If he decides to definitely stop I'm sure he'll say so as he knows he has a large and expectant following.
you would certainly hope so
Maybe he has some ultra mega report that will span not only the players but their childrens children.....
I hope Kip comes on here and says he doesn't want to continue the experiment if that's what the situation is. I appreciate the fella may be busy etc but I'm sure people here are willing to step up to the plate and continue his legacy!
I second that DouLou. I think the work kip put into this was extraordinary and fair play to him if life gets in the way and he doesnt have time for the experiment any more. The guy is already a legend. Time for someone else to take up the task and continue all the hard work kip has put in.
this is Kips baby, if he wants to neglect and let it die, that's up to him.
This thread is dead...
We really do need Kip back, don't we?
He has a blog that is reguarly updated, this has probably become too muhc for him so he gave up. or at least put it to the back of his mind for a while, he'll still have the save etc. so he might pick it up, or pass it on.
I hope Kip does return, his updates are the stuff of legend. If he has chose to put it to rest I would like to think he would let us know that the Bandits are no more. The Torch could always be passed to another, big shoes to step into though.
Maybe this is another experiment...... How long will a thread stay active with no updates on team etc?
A horrible thought...... Maybe the save was corrupted and all data is lost and Kip doesn't know how to break the bad news?
Maybe we'll never know this could become an Urban Legend. In years to come people will hear tell of The Bandits and the Name of Kip will be mentioned and people will ask "Do you know him? Is there an Update coming?"
I tell you what, if Kip has done that deliberately then he's a genius!!
It's amazing that we all still live in hope, months after Kip's last post. I give up hope on some threads if the creator hasn't posted in a week, and even some if they haven't posted in a few hours (this is one person in particular )
eagerly following every comment tbh one day, the saga will continue
I've posted a few times on his blog asking him to come back. No avail.
It's very hard for me to believe that Kip would have abandoned this project without spending few seconds to post 'I quit'.
Where's this said Blog? The more the merrier. Might make him realise how badly he's missed
I still live in hope. He'll update it.
Well hello there.
I must admit I wondered if the thread would be dead, deleted or at least abandoned in my very lengthy absence. It has certainly been a while, so I appreciate the patience, and anyone coming back to see if it was still going.
It has been an...interesting...few months. I'm not going to go into details, but suffice to say the experiment, plus a whole bunch of other things I do, have not been at the forefront of my mind. Certain things needed dropping, and this was amongst them. The astute amongst you noticed that the blog I write is still going, but I have sponsors there, so disappearing is not really an option.
For those who contacted me on facebook - I haven't been there either, please don't think I'm being rude and ignoring you.
So I haven't been back here because it has been a million miles from my mind, but also because I never had any intention of confirming it over (hence no 'it's over' post). And it isn't over.
All is good with me, everyone is healthy and happy, so there is nothing to worry about. A break was just required.
So it seems like a good time to recap where we were. I'd forgotten, so you probably have as well. Essentially, the Bandits had just destroyed League One, and were about to join the Sheriffs in the Championship, after their first attempt in the division ended in the playoffs.
The rivalry was set to renew, and it promised to be a cracking season.
Oh sorry, you just want an update? Very well then
Once all the images are uploaded to imageshack, which seems to be taking forever, I'll be posting it. Stay tuned.
Long live the Bandits (and the Sheriffs, I suppose).
I think i just wet myself!
So so good to have you back Kipfizh. Cannot tell you how excited i am about the pending update. whoop whoop!!!!!!
Season 2014-15
Club reports – Summer Transfers
The Bandits and the Sheriffs were back in the same league after the former had completely dominated League One, and the latter failed in a decent effort to get their fifth successive promotion, this time to the Premiership. Both squads were relatively even in strength, and both were looking for bragging rights.
As ever, the Bandits begun the summer by clearing out players who would not cut it at this level. Less departed than in previous years, testament perhaps to the fact that many of the squad should be able to handle the step up.
Looking around the league, the stars of the division are two Fulham players over 160 CA, while there are seven other players over 150 CA. Given that six of those are West Brom players, and the other at Fulham again, it is clear who the promotion favourites are. In fact, the entire top ten of the league are from those two clubs. A CA of 140 is very good, while there are well over a hundred players with 130 CA.
The first two signings of the summer were free transfers. The first, Craig Forsyth, was uninspiring, the left back unable to progress past his CA of 105. At 25, he is simply a recognition that the club is not abundant in that area. Next to arrive was Danny Woodards, also a full back but on the right hand side. At 30, he is a short term signing, and his CA of 117 is merely okay at this level.
Woodards was then trumped by Fredrik Stoor, a £1.3m capture from Fulham. Primarily a right back but with the ability to play anywhere across the back, the 30 year old has a CA of 129, and should cope fine at this level.
The manager was going for experience, and he continued with a £2.4m signing from West Brom – Steve Sidwell, whose CA of 148 instantly (and comfortably) made him the club's best player, and the 13th best player in the league. The central midfielder was an excellent signing, even at 31.
The money continued to be spent, £1.9m more being spent on central midfielder Darren Pratley, a 29 year old with 135 CA. Again, he should be absolutely fine in the Championship.
Next came a double raid on Cardiff – defensive midfielder Distel Zola costing £475k and versatile winger Adam Hammill arriving for £1.1m. At 25, the former is unlikely to improve much from his CA of 127, although his PA of 158 suggests he could have been more of a player, while the latter has a very decent CA of 135, ten away from his potential. At 26, he is approaching the best part of his career.
Next, the manager went for youth, spending £2m on Arsenal youth prospect Dean Brown, a 17 year old centre back already capped by England at U19 level. With a CA of 120, very high for someone his age, and a PA of 159, he is an excellent signing for the future.
Two more signings came in. The first was a good one – Steven Smith had been released by Rangers, so the Bandits duly snapped the left back up. The 29 year old is in the prime of his career, and with a CA of 139 should thrive in the Championship.
The final signing was another cracker – Johnathan Kerr arriving for £1.4m from Norwich. The 22 year old attacking midfielder already has a CA of 137, plenty good enough for his league, while his PA of 167 excites many.
And that was that. The manager had strengthened, both with experience for the short term, and youth for the longer view. After complete dominance of League One, they had every reason to be optimistic.
For the first time in five years, the Sheriffs had failed to gain promotion, but it did mean that for once they didn't have to sign an entire new squad before the campaign got under way. However, with only three players over 130 CA in a league that contained over 100, a certain level of strengthening was a good plan, especially now their great rivals had joined the league.
As with the Bandits, they started the summer with a clearout, and while most of these were unwanted players, there was one surprise with Daniel Philliskirk, the 23 year old midfielder heading towards his 140+ PA, who refused to sign a new contract and left for the SPL, where he now plays for St. Johnstone.
Needing more players over 130 CA, the Sheriffs then got straight to action, paying Plymouth £2.5m for Kelvin Wilson, who is equally strong at centre back or right back. At 28, he is an instant solution, someone at his peak, and his CA of 132 should add plenty to their back line.
Next, they looked to the offensive side of their game, signing attacking midfielder John Bostock from Rangers for £1.2m. His was a stunning capture in truth, the 22 year old's CA of 132 not only making him a superb player for his age, but his PA of 164 indicating that he can go on to be a star.
Another youngster arrived next, 21 year old Chris Craig coming in on a free. The left winger has only 100 CA, but can reach 150 if he trains well, so costing nothing his is another good signing.
Next came striker Ashley Grimes, a £425k capture from Norwich, and a player more for this season. At 27, his CA of 125 is unlikely to improve.
The final two signings were both free transfers, Stephen Elliott and David Campbell. Neither are likely to add much – the former is a 30 year old striker with 115 CA, and the latter a 20 year old defensive midfielder with a CA of only 86. His PA is 139 but he will take a long time to get there, if at all.
At the end of the summer, the Sheriffs had definitely improved, going from three 130 CA players to five, but it wasn't the dramatic improvement fans were looking for. Perhaps having only just missed out on promotion the manager was looking only to tweak the side.
It promised to be a very interesting season.
Wow.He's back! \o/
Club reports – August-December
The media were going against their usual trick of predicting that a newly promoted side would drop straight back down a division. Perhaps recognising the dominance the Bandits had in League One, they've gone for an 11th placed finish.
The pre-season was a struggle, losing three out of five games, and the fixture list wasn't kind either, giving them a trip to Fulham on the opening day of the season. With the only two 160 CA players in the division, Fulham were favourites for the league, and emphasised that by scoring after only two minutes. But it was to be the only shot on target they had in the entire game, as the Bandits made a great impression on their debut in the league, Cameron Jerome's equaliser giving them the point they deserved.
Next up was the League Cup, and a trip to League Two Swindon. The first hour meandered along, Maynard putting the Bandits ahead, but then it all happened – Kerr made it 2-0, before Swindon pulled one back. With ten minutes to go Maynard seemed to have sealed the tie with his second, but Swindon brought it back to 3-2 with four minutes to go. But two minutes later, it really was all over, Nicky Weaver scoring an own goal as the Bandits ran out 4-2 winners.
The goal spree continued at Birmingham in the next game. The match was poised beautifully at 2-2 after an hour, but the Bandits ran riot in the latter stages, rattling in four unanswered goals to triumph 6-2 and send a massive statement out to the rest of the league.
They finally got to play a home match next, against Hull, and two Chris Eagles goals ensured that they picked up another three points. Days later, they faced a trip to Premiership Bolton in the League Cup, and in a match where both teams threw plenty forward, the shot count ending 20-17 in Bolton's favour, no-one could break the deadlock. Penalties were inevitable, and after both sides scored six of their first seven spot kicks, Kim Dong-Jin missed Bolton's eighth, and Steven Smith put the Bandits through. It was a great giant killing.
If both keepers were in form in the League Cup game, it was nothing compared to Coventry's stopper in the next league game, single handedly earning his team a 0-0 draw. But the Bandits were still shining when the transfer window closed at the end of August, and looked set up for a great season in the Championship.
The Sheriffs opened their second Championship campaign in cagey fashion, holding Sheff Wed to a 0-0 draw in a match that featured only one shot on target, a nod back to the days when the Sheriffs never threatened away from home. But drawn away to League One Colchester in the League Cup, the goals flowed, and the 3-2 victory was fully deserved.
Back in the league, they were struggling – despite taking the lead at Coventry, they went down 2-1, and then even more surprisingly followed it up with a home defeat, Sheff Utd escaping with the three points by the same scoreline.
They had a chance to redeem themselves away at Charlton in the League Cup, with the opponents struggling down in League Two. But once again they struggled to threaten away from home, and while Charlton never looked like scoring, they took the tie to penalties without too many scares. Once they had managed that, their kicks were flawless, and with Nathan Dyer failing with his kick, the Sheriffs became the victims of a cup shock, exiting to a side two divisions down.
Playing West Brom, tipped for promotion, when you've only taken one point from your first three game is not ideal, but after a tight game, the Sheriffs were awarded a penalty with six minutes to go, Madine converting. Coleman then added a second in injury time and a vital win was achieved.
At this point, the transfer window shut, with the Sheriffs not making the strongest start to the season. But we know from the last campaign that there is plenty of talent in their squad.
The televised clash
September 20 had been pencilled in by Sky at the start of the season as the day they'd show the two rivals playing each other for the first time in two seasons.
But first came a couple of league games. The Bandits suffered their first reverse of the season, going down 3-2 to Sheff Wed despite dominating large parts of the match, but regained form with a thumping 4-0 win over Wigan, who completely lost the plot after the fourth goal, having two men sent off in the same minute – the first for a reckless challenge and the second for protesting in the aftermath.
The Sheriffs matched the results, losing 2-1 at Wigan before also coming back with a thumping home win – 4-1 over Southend. Both sides went into the clash feeling optimistic.
The Bandits' ground was almost full, an attendance of 139975 would see the two teams meet once more, and with the home side pressing, Cameron Jerome gave them a deserved half time lead. The Sheriffs tried to answer in the second half, but struggled against an excellent Bandits performance, and when Steve Smith added a second it was game over.
The Sheriffs were knocked back, and struggled in their next home game against Crystal Palace. Unusually for them, they were failing to create any chances, until Elliott popped up with a minute to go to pinch a vital three points. The Bandits, meanwhile, were still in the League Cup, but not for long, a 2-0 home reverse to Premiership Blackburn was an indication of the gap between the two leagues. Nonetheless, they followed up the disappointment with an excellent 2-1 win at Barnsley, Fredrik Stoor with a brace, including an injury time winner.
The month ended in spectacular fashion for the Bandits, securing a massive 5-0 win over Plymouth to sit proudly on top of the league. But the Sheriffs' woeful away form continued with another defeat, this time 1-0 to QPR, and they finished the month languishing in 18th, and desperately needing to improve.
Championship – End of September
Bandits – pushing on
After a great start to the season, the Bandits were looking to continue their push towards the Premiership as winter approached. But as October began, the goals dried up, and consecutive scoreless draws with QPR and Southampton knocked them back a peg. A 1-1 draw with Watford continued the sequence.
But as the month came to an end, the form returned, first with a hard fought 1-0 win over Stoke, and then an excellent 3-2 victory away to Bristol City.
November saw wins at home and draws away, with three out of three visitors dispatched – Leicester 3-1, West Brom 4-0 (including an Idiot Goalkeeper own goal) and Crystal Palace 4-0. Away from home, the Bandits achieved decent 1-1 draws at Sheff Utd and Southend, before ending the month with a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth. Since the Blackburn defeat in the Carling Cup, they had been unbeaten in thirteen, and were a point clear of Fulham at the top. Promotion was becoming a serious possibility.
Their form continued to impress in December, Jerome's brace helping them to a 2-1 win over Cardiff before a late equaliser denied them in a 2-2 draw at Derby. Bradford and then Birmingham were dispatched 3-0 and 2-1 respectively in a continuation of their stunning home form, before their long unbeaten run finally came to an end with a 2-0 defeat at Hull.
The final game of the calendar year was a vital one – by now the Bandits and Fulham had opened up a big gap at the top, but the Bandits were ahead of their rivals by two points. Fulham had always been clear favourites for the league, with a quality of squad far superior to anyone else in the league, but needed to win to finish the year on top. The match itself was a tight one, but was eventually decided by a single goal – Jim McAlister scoring with the Bandits' only shot on target.
It had been an incredible half season. The Bandits ended 2014 top of the Championship by five points, and a massive fourteen points ahead of third. Automatic promotion seems imminent, and a leap to the big time.
Sheriffs – needing to recover
While the Bandits had started the season well, the Sheriffs had struggled badly. Their away form was the real problem, but the start of November saw that blown away, with a superb 3-0 win at Barnsley. But when one issue is resolved, another springs up, and they followed that result with a poor pair of home performances – a goalless draw with Bournemouth and a 1-0 defeat by Cardiff.
Then they returned to type. By the end of November they had won four out of four home games, with four clean sheets – 1-0 wins over Derby, Birmingham and Hull, and a 2-0 victory over Bradford. But away from home, they picked up two points in four games – creditable draws at Southampton and Stoke sandwiched around losses at Plymouth and Watford. Their home form had at least pushed them into midtable, but nothing more.
They needed away points, and they got them in the next game, an impressive 2-0 win at Bristol City. But to push on, they needed to pick up points away while maintaining home form, which was always going to be tricky with Fulham arriving in the next match. The league favourites can be clinical, and ran riot in front of the Sheriffs' disbelieving supporters, leaving town with a 4-0 victory, and humiliating their hosts.
Fortunately, the Sheriffs had two more home games to follow, and a chance to regain form. Despite some shaky moments, both Leicester and Cardiff were beaten 2-1, as the Sheriffs tried to rebuild their fragile confidence. And they would end the year well, a good defensive performance giving them a goalless draw at Sheff Utd, before a 3-0 win over Sheff Wed capped off the year.
Despite their strife, they finished 2014 just one point away from the playoffs, thanks to a very tight league. The Bandits were fifteen points better off, to the chagrin of their fans, but despite they and Fulham dominating the league, the rest are very close. Another playoff campaign could still be in the offing.
Championship – End of December
Club reports – January Transfers
The Bandits had cruised through the first half of the season, and with promotion looking more than likely, the remaining questions were whether they could take the title, and how far they could go in the FA Cup.
Perhaps unsurprisingly then, the manager decided not to spend heavily in the transfer window, bringing in just two players. The first, Chris Dagnall, is a 28 year old striker signed from Rochdale for £180k. With a CA of 109, he is well behind the established Maynard and Jerome, but provides decent backup.
The second was Jamie Devitt, a £45k capture from Motherwell, and a very decent right winger. The 24 year old has a CA of 116, which has plenty of distance to go on the road to his PA of 139.
Otherwise, the existing squad were trusted, and with the performances they've put in so far, that came as no surprise.
Bandits Transfers
The Sheriffs were in a slightly different position. Impotent away from home, they were still in with a good shout of reaching the playoffs if they improved in the second half of the season.
Signings could be hugely beneficial, and the manager got straight to work, signing Welsh international Lewin Nyatanga for £425k from Cardiff. The 26 year old can play at left or centre back, and his CA of 133 makes him the best the club has in either position, and only two CA of being the best player in the squad. A very good start.
Next in was Keith Fahey, a £375k signing from Burnley. The 32 year old right or central midfielder can only be described at backup, with a 107 CA.
The final signing wasn't particularly inspiring either, Joel Ward arriving for £60k from Hibernian. The 25 year old centre back can only increase his CA of 113 by one point, and is again backup.
So the only signing likely to make a difference is Nyatanga, but he might make all the difference.
Sheriffs Transfers
Bandits report - squad
Top 20 in Squad (sorted by CA)
Name, Pos, Age, CA-PA
Sidwell, 32, MC, 148-150 – new signing
Smith, 29, D/WB L, 139-146 – new signing
Kerr, 23, AM LC, 137-167 – new signing
Ecuele Manga, 26, DC, 136-155 (-)
Gardner, 28, DR/MC, 136-145 (+1)
Brown, 18, DC, 135-159 – new signing
Hammill, 27, AM RL, 135-145 – new signing
Eagles, 29, AM RLC, 135-140 (-)
Jerome, 28, ST, 135-140 (-1)
Pratley, 30, MC, 135-140 – new signing
Johnson, 32, DC, 132-140 (-1)
Zola, 26, DM, 129-158 – new signing
Stoor, 31, D RLC, 129-135 – new signing
Maynard, 28, ST, 126-135 (-)
Etherington, 33, AML, 118-138 (-6)
Devitt, 24, MR, 117-139 – new signing
McAlister, 29, WB L/AM RL, 117-119 (-)
Armstrong, 32, D/WB L, 116-125 (-1)
Bryant, 21, DC, 115-176 (+8)
Woodards, 31, DR, 113-131 – new signing
Players in last season's top 20 who have left the club:
Small, 30, AM RL, 118-122
Bates, 27, DC/DM, 116-135
Stewart, 33, MC, 107-127
Osman, 27, MC, 105-110
Pipe, 30, D/WB/M R, 104-110
Brown, 25, M RC, 102-139
Players in last season's top 20 who have dropped out of the top 20:
Kalonas, 31, DM, 110-128 (-2)
Williams, 32, GK, 109-119 (+2)
King, 21, AM R/ST, 106-154 (+7)
Little, 26, DC/ST, 106-112 (+2)
The standard of the squad keeps on improving, and the likes of Kerr could be the mainstay of the club for years.
Notable others:
Essam, 17, DC, 79-156 – promoted from youth academy
CA of X or above:
190 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
180 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
170 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
160 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
150 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
140 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01
130 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 05, 11
120 : 00, 00, 02, 03, 02, 07, 14
110 : 00, 01, 04, 07, 08, 12, 21
100 : 00, 02, 05, 13, 15, 19, 26
090 : 00, 03, 10, 18, 19, 21, 27
080 : 00, 05, 14, 23, 21, 22, 29
070 : 00, 13, 18, 24, 23, 26, 33
060 : 01, 18, 25, 27, 28, 32, 37
050 : 03, 23, 26, 30, 30, 34, 41
The squad is fabulous for the Championship, and has players capable of performing in the top league.
Sheriffs report - squad
Top 20 in Squad (sorted by CA)
Name, Pos, Age, CA-PA
Dyer, 27, AM RL, 135-155 (-2)
Plummer, 25, ST, 135-140 (-1)
Bostock, 23, AM C, 134-164 – new signing
Nyatanga, 26, D LC, 133-134 – new signing
Wilson, 29, D RC, 132-135 – new signing
Barnes, 22, MC, 127-156 – new signing
Tunchev, 33, D LC, 127-143 (-7)
Madine, 24, ST, 127-142 (+1)
Nordtveit, 24, DC/DM, 126-153 (+1)
Grimes, 28, AM/F C, 126-131 – new signing
Puncheon, 28, AM RL, 124-139 (-)
B Smith, 22, ST, 124-132 (+7)
McAllister, 27, MC, 124-127 (+2)
Underwood, 22, GK, 120-156 (+11)
Milner, 20, D RC, 120-142 (+9)
Collins, 26, D RLC, 116-118 (-)
Afzal, 24, D RC, 115-122 (+4)
Ward, 25, DC, 113-114 – new signing
Godsmark, 25, AM RLC, FC, 112-127 (+6) – re-entry in top 20
Esajas, 30, AML, 112-120 (-)
Players in last season's top 20 who have left the club:
Philliskirk, 23, MC, 128-146
Seip, 32, DC, 125-135
Rogers, 20, DM/AMC, 124-173
Doyley, 31, D RC, 118-122
R Smith, 27, AM L, 111-132
Hughes, 27, DC, 110-125
Henderson, 32, ST, 110-123
Players in last season's top 20 who have dropped out of the top 20:
Some good young players improving in that list, but the standard is only getting better slowly.
Notable others:
Hutchinson, 18, GK, 79-158 (+2)
CA of X or above:
190 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
180 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
170 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
160 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
150 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
140 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00
130 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 03, 05
120 : 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 10, 15
110 : 00, 00, 01, 01, 06, 19, 21
100 : 00, 00, 01, 04, 16, 23, 24
090 : 00, 00, 04, 09, 23, 26, 27
080 : 00, 06, 09, 14, 26, 30, 27
070 : 00, 09, 14, 18, 32, 35, 32
060 : 01, 14, 16, 22, 34, 39, 34
050 : 02, 17, 25, 28, 39, 41, 37
Looking at that, the number of players above 120 CA is very decent, and definitely rising. The Sheriffs should be strong in this league.


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In the coming weeks, we'll dish about the details – at least a few of them – and we'll reminisce about the Best Dressed events of years past. Those who attended BD2011 will recall how the Best Dressed committee's Creative Director Douglas Riddle meshed influences from brilliant late designer Alexander McQueen with high-flying acrobatics and gorgeous movement from the members of the Louisville Ballet. People are still talking about Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson's dramatic interpretation of Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" and models suspended above the audience at BD2010.
In the days ahead, we'll also continue to reveal our nominees who will walk the runway on Aug. 25 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Thus far, this year's candidates include Anabel Valdez, Cindy Carcione, Lynda Lambert, Hanna Benjamin, Erin Macdonald, Sarah Brown, Ali Navigar, Webb Blevins, Dr. Jerry & Karen Buchanan, Mark & Lainey Jurich, Dan & Margaret Woodside, Suzanne Whayne, Charity Beck-Ghali, Winny Wearren, Kevin Gibson, Adam Lefkoe and Hunter & Margaret Woodside. Turn to B2 for our newest crop of nominees.
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Experience has taught us that the best thing to do before a hurricane is prepare, so you can be confident during a storm that you've done everything you can to keep your family safe. As your sheriff, I want you to know that during a hurricane, you can depend on the resilience and resourcefulness of the men and women of the Broward Sheriff's Office.
As a local law enforcement agency, we work year-round with our local, state and federal partners to improve our response, cooperation and communication during hurricanes. Just as we at BSO plan for unexpected weather emergencies, there is plenty you can do to make yourselves, your families and your homes ready for hurricane season. Don't wait for a storm to threaten.
First, create a disaster supply kit that will last your family three to seven days. Ask yourself what you would need if you couldn't get to a grocery store, pharmacy, bank or gas station for several days. Your kit should include a gallon per person per day of water, non-perishable food, a can opener, blankets and pillows, rain gear and sturdy shoes, first aid items, prescription drugs, toiletries, a flashlight and batteries, a battery operated radio, a fully charged cell phone as well as a non-cordless phone. Pack any special food, medicines or supplies you might need for an infant, an elderly person or a pet. Make sure you have credit cards and cash on hand and gas in your vehicle. Put all of your important documents such as insurance and medical records, bank account numbers and your social security card in a waterproof container or waterproof plastic bag.
Talk to your family about which place in your home would be the safest during a storm and at what point you would move to a shelter. Plan what to do with your pets if you have to evacuate and designate an out-of-state relative or friend to be a point of contact for each family member after a storm. Make sure children know when and how to call 911.
Protect windows and glass doors with hurricane shutters. If you use plywood, make sure the pieces are fastened adequately, so they don't become dangerous, airborne debris during a storm.
The Broward Sheriff's Office is prepared to help you and your family in any emergency, but I encourage you to create a disaster supply kit and talk to your family about an emergency plan. On behalf of everyone at the Broward Sheriff's Office, I wish you and your family the safest possible hurricane season.
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General Joseph B. Colton
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|Central Falls, RI
|Pure Blooded American
|Other names
|"G.I. Joe", "Chief", "Master Chief", "Master Chief Colton"
|West Point Military Academy
|General of the Army, U.S. Military
|Known for
|Savin your ass from Cobra, you bastard...
|Net worth
|He's fuckin priceless, duh
|G.I. Jane
"Yo Joe!"
"Till the sweat drop down my balls, till all you bitches crawl"
Joe Colton "The New George Washington", the original G.I. Joe, is a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, a line of military-themed toys created by Hasbro. He's not a doll... he's a bad ass motherfucker and he has an M60 that will tear you and that shitty chopper in two, faggot.
edit Profile
Joseph B. Colton graduated with the highest honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1960. An expert marksman, he was recruited by Special Forces, and later became a Special Forces Green Beret. During service overseas, he participated in numerous combat operations, but saw minimal acknowledgment, as his missions were "ultra" classified. In 1963, he was appointed by then President John F. Kennedy to create and command an "ULTIMATE freedom fighting force." It was at this time that he received the code name G.I. Joe.
He later "retired" from active military duty, and was placed as the head of a secret Strategic Defense Initiative installation in New York City. There he served with the lead scientist, G.I. Jane, who originally maintained cover as a combat nurse. General Colton may also have several connections to the land down under as he was deployed multiple times in the Gulf of Mexico for classified operations during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
edit President of the United States
In an alternate reality version of Lady Gaga set in the Transformers univsere, General Colton is portrayed as the POTUS, creating an intergalactic protection for the United States of America. In order to stop the US from ever being attacked by the auto-bots again Colton creates an interconnected web of satellites and space defenses.
President Colton doesn't care what the international community thinks. He's a Real American President, and he's gonna do what he damn well pleases. No surprise there, he's 4-dimensional! The Auto-bots will never get to the cyborg technology that enhances Colton's natural born leadership skills.
He, his Vice President Clay, and Secretary of Defense Hauser have plans for the Autobots who have invaded their world. Those wishy-washy Decepticons and their loser kid hanger-ons? They'll deal with them later. But right now Colton has a date with Destiny from across the street and she is wearing a tank top today for fuck sakes. After that he will be watching the Patriots kick off and to be quite honest I wouldn't fuck with him once he starts watching NFL.
edit John F. Kennedy
General Colton was fabricated entirely by the "Secret Societies" as a replacement for John Zombie Slayin Pimpin Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1963. Colton was ordered to report to Washington D.C., to his surprise, to meet his counterpart, the president. He was subsequently served New England clam chowder and baked beans and given special orders to create and command America's new elite fighting force, codename "G.I. Joe" under the Department of Defense.
edit Assassination Hoax
Kennedy left Colton with his lucky shamrock as he boarded Airforce One for Dallas, Texas. Colton was pictured standing next to Oswald shaking hands with what appears to be the Devil, or maybe just Dick Cheney. The following day as Kennedy staged his assassination so that he could start his retirement in Jamaica, Colton moved throughout Dallas in search of any remaining flaws in their elaborate plan. He later had to clone Oswald with a rubber chicken suit to assure Dick Nixon couldn't spot him.
edit Zombies
There is nothing Colton hates more than crawling undead beasts from hell. As long as we continue giving him access to top secret military grade machinery, well, we don't have shit to worry about, now do we?
edit Colton Texas Ranger
One of Colton's many other multiple personalities include that of former animals rights activist, none other than Walker "Ranger" Chuck Texas Norris. Both of which sport a kung fu action grip and grow beards like real men. One time after freeing the beast all over a horde of yeti's, Joe fried hamburgers on the hard drive of Optimus Prime.
edit Medal of Honor
Colton was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War III and World War IV. He received this, the highest military honor awarded by the United States of America, for his actions in the Second American Revolution on December 21, 2012, where, after all of the other Marines in his platoon were killed or wounded, he operated four machine guns, singlehandedly stopping an entire Cobra regiment.


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Is there a source for the claim that being a Kvater (person who carries a baby to/from his Bris) helps cure infertility?
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The author of the Sefer Shaleiach Teshalach (English edition p. 98) writes that he was personally told by R' Elyashiv and R' Chaim Kanievsky that "there is no Midrashic or Rabbinic source whatsoever connecting the honor of kvatter with being blessed with children." He also cites R' Shlomo Zalman Aurbach to this effect (from the Sefer V'aleihu Lo Yibol). [Link here - search term "kvatter".]
I once tried doing a computer search for this, and the earliest sefer that mentions anything about it was by a contemporary author (written in the 70's, IIRC).
In the Book Bris Secrets a source is brought from the Sefer Sharie Ahron a Posuk in The Torah!!! it says:
וְאֶתְּנָה בְרִיתִי, בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ; וְאַרְבֶּה אוֹתְךָ, בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד
Translated in This context as:
Ones who brings the Child into My Bris (The Kvater) that is between me and you and I will Multiply you very Much.
There are many sources against such an idea. To many Rishonim such as the Rambam the idea of some action or vehicle of Mitzvah to bring about some "magical" outcome would be extremely problematic. Even to suggest that by the performance of a Mitzvah you raise your level to merit a new Providential relationship to receive the desired outcome would be a stretch when applied to merely having some honor in assisting to do the Milah. However, if the person believes that by being a Kvater it may help with their infertility the psychological impact might make a difference. There have been many studies that have shown the relationship between the mind and the affects on the body. Certainly infertility at times may be impacted by the psyche of the parties involved.
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May 27, 2013
The 3rd TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival 2013 in Instagram
Let's say cheers to the successful third annual TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival, held on the rooftop of the Gugulethu Shopping Mall in Cape Town from Friday 24 to Saturday 25 May, 2013.
Braving the chilly weather, hundreds of wine lovers descended on the popular event for a divine wine experience.
In addition to the usual viticultural suspects, including greats Nederburg Wines and Durbanville Hills, sparkling wine makers JC le Roux and Pongracz were in attendance, as were 4th Street and the Cape Winelands. Newcomers Green Shebeen and Jimmijagga held their own against the titans of wine with their sweet offerings.
When festival-goers weren't jiving to the sounds of the slick YFM DJs Smash and Linda Mbuso at their lounge, they were feasting on delectable offerings from Mzoli's Place, Afro Pizza and Z.A.Cafe at the Saints Chillzone.
The DStv VIP tent was buzzing with local celebs, including MasterChef South Africa judges Pete Goffe-Wood and Benny Masekwameng (who is also Tsogo Sun's culinary superstar), and entertainment by the talented Marimba Vibrations.
Here are a few images of the Gugulethu Wine Festival:
For more information about this divine wine event, please visit www.gugulethuwinefestival.co.za, join the Gugulethu Wine Festival Facebook fanpage, or follow the conversation on Twitter.


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I've been recently watching documentary on LaVey Church of Satan and, I caught myself in a feeling that I actually envy a bit as those people were evidently having good and harmless fun and anyway had a good and understanding company.
What should be the right Christian attitude to The Church of Satan (I'm not talking of any other schools of satanism just of The Church of Satan). Should it be regarded as a crazy old-fashioned curiosity or should it be condemned?


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What are best practices / recommendations / strategies for mitigating zero day threats/attacks from a software development perspective?
Holistic SDL.
By definition, you can't defend against a specific attack that you don't know about beforehand.
The best way to mitigate zero day exploits is to prevent zero day exploit writers from writing zero day exploits.
The best way to prevent zero day exploit writers from writing zero day exploits is to encourage them to find other ways of making money or gaining fame, which would require making data exfiltration less easy and less profitable, as well as making identify theft and the concept of "hacking" less fun.
In order to make data exfiltration and identify theft less easy/profitable, we must somehow change the game i.e. get rid of payment card data and government issued identification such as social security numbers. We may have to change the way that we use names and numbers, especially together.
In order to make hacking less fun, we need to make it boring and useless, possibly by making a more novel activity more exciting than hacking, and somehow make hacking less exciting than say, underwater basket weaving or underwater accounting.
If the above methods fail, then perhaps it would be best to discourage criminal use of zero day exploits by criminal rehabilitation, imprisonment, fines, and other forms of punishment. However, in order to exact punishment, first we must catch criminals using zero day exploits. Some pseudo-criminal use of zero day exploits is "above the law" much like espionage is at the nation-state level (e.g. the fictional character James Bond has a "license to kill" and there are perhaps some hackers that have "licenses to use zero day exploits").
Assuming that also fails, then we must make it too expensive for zero day writers to write zero day exploits. I believe this is the strategy Microsoft has taken with regards to some of their products. This exists outside of the SDL, and it typically involves exploitation countermeasures such as DEP, ASLR, and the use of techniques found in tools such as EMET.
Some Linux contributors have taken this route by inventing ASLR and implementing other concepts in their grsecurity kernel patches. However, neither Microsoft or the grsecurity developers can forsee non-traditional exploits, such as web application based ones, kernel exploits, race conditions, and other esoteric or design based flaws.
Technology-wise, it is much more difficult to solve the zero day exploit problem. This is why I have mostly provided a laundry list of human solutions to the zero day exploit problem, which I believe will have more impact. I am not an expert at solving these human social problems -- if I were, I'd be using these magical powers to fight hunger, disease, or other issues that are much more profound than zero day exploits.
Maybe it's best to just let zero day exploits happen. You can't stop them from being released. One thing you can do that is sure to help your organization become less of a target of zero day exploits is to run on infrastructure that has never (or much rarely) been targeted by zero day exploits, but this can lead to security by obscurity. As an example of this failed strategy, AOL used Stratus fault-tolerant equipment, but this did not prevent them from being hacked.
One of the best known methods to date is to leverage honeypots, file/kernel/memory/process integrity monitoring (e.g. BitLocker with TPM, Tripwire, etc), and subterfuge to provide levels of defense, and then to follow with a swift and merciless offense, much like modern warfare. Again, this involves mostly working at the human layer without a lot of heavy technology lifting. Some of these methods can be combined using business intelligence techniques, and this is what some SIEM products (and the OSSIM open-source SIEM tool) attempt to do, but these are still in early stages of maturity and progress, so they should not be relied upon by themselves, but part of a larger methodology and counter zero day exploit management program.
If your talking about Zero Day attacks against any application within your network. I would suggest:
Using Ingress filtering at the network firewall and also use Egress filtering so to limit what traffic can travel outbound from your system meaning that if a machine was to be affected by a Zero Day exploit hopefully it would not be able to communicate outbound.
Using an IDS / IPS to detect unusual traffic patterns may also prove to be effective.
One point not quite mentioned by Avi or Mark is the old mantra of "defence in depth." It may be a very hackneyed phrase, but with multiple layers of security an attacker needs to use more than one zero-day to gain access, and every layer can provide more opportunity to spot the attack (through IDS etc) or to respond.
Definitely develop the SDL, and use IDS, IPS and other tools, but build a secure architecture and it will improve your security measurably.
If you mean protecting yourself from a known vulnerability in an application that has no official patch yet, here are some ways:
Nothing else I can think of apart from the usual security methods that are not specific to the question.


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I know for a fact that aeroplanes were used at the last stages of the first world war to capture images of the enemy trench system and supply lines. They were also used to alert the artillery how far off they were to an enemy trench. However, I have also read some sources stating that aeroplanes in World War 1 were both unstable and sometimes didn't have enough fuel to stay on the air for long. It was apparently a very dangerous job as they could suddenly drop at any second. But, in terms of figures, how often would the engines stall/ fail causing the pilot to crash in mid-air? And approximately how long could a pilot stay on the air?
Here are some rough specs for common planes (as I said in the comment, the endurance depends on various factors).
Sopwith Camel (BR)
Albatross D.III (GER)
Fokker Dr.I (GER)
Siemens-Shuckert D.III (GER)
Bristol F2.B (BR)
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So we see that our average endurance for a combat mission was 1:30-2:00. Cruise times ranged between 3 and 5 hours on average.
Mid-air engine failures were around 5-10% per plane (not per flight). I've calculated this from two numbers: number of aircraft built and non-combat related deaths. For example, 5734 Sopwith Camels were built during WWI and 385 Sopwith Camel pilots died from non-combat related causes while flying. This is about 7%. Most other aircraft had the same ratio. Although these deaths are not necessarily from engine failures, that was a leading cause.
All depends on the aircraft, development went very quickly during WW1. In the early days it was indeed a very precarious business, aircraft were very new and nobody really knew what they were doing.


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Use already defined _MSC_VER instead of MVC32 for some files.
Fix compiler warnings in lex files.
Remove ununsed function.
Remove whitespace.
This files should only be in the distributions and not version control.
Add scalefactor and tests.
Corrected a few minor bugs with unused expressions due to extra semicolon in df3fun.cpp
Allow CXXFLAGS and LDFLAGS to be set on command line.
Remove unused build file.
Fix AND cleanup tpl2rem and tpl2cpp targets.
Fix warning by initialize with integer with 0 instead of 0.0.
Added int unvar=1; to that was missing in void function_minimizer::trust_region_update in f1b2trs.cpp
Remove unused variable.
Comment out ununused debug code.
Fix ununused warnings.
Some code clean up, watch for null before deleting...
Reformat code.
Silence more unreferenced parameter warnings.
Silence vc unreferenced parameter warnings.
Deref first then decrement.
Initialize to avoid compiler warning.
Code cleanup.
Fix pragma warnings.
Fix warnings about =-.
Do not compile unneeded files.
Fix unitialized and unused warnings.
Code cleanup and added Destructor descriptions.
Fix uninitialized warning.
Add asin to header. See http://lists.admb-project.org/pipermail/users/2013-October/002439.html
Better integration of debugging library gdbprintlib into admb. The admb and admb.bat scripts now pass a debug flag to tpl2cpp.exe and tpl2rem.exe which insert the void function call to pad() in the main body of the CPP file. This allows the debugger to see the functions inside gdbprintlib and allows the user to use them inside a gdb session. CG
Remove end of file blank lines.
Opps, cygwin and mingw shells can build.
Will build in cygwin shell.
Remove some unused variable warnings.
Big change: remove end of line spaces.
Remove end of line spaces.
Remove more end of line spaces.
Fix lex build under windows. Do not hard code the utitlities path.
Simplify main GNUmakefile build by eliminating sub-makes.
[Issue #122] Simplified nmake build files. Does not call utilities\make in src\Makefile.
[Issue #118] add shared target$ make shared
Don't do pvm stuff in lex files.
Simplify build instructions for tpl2cpp from nh99/Makefile and tpl2rem from df1b2-separable/Makefile by moving to src/Makefile.
See http://lists.admb-project.org/pipermail/users/2013-May/002337.html. Fournier contributed code.
tpl2cpp.exe and tpl2rem.exe are now moved properly into build/dest/bin
Force tpl2cpp and tpl2rem builds.
Use memset to initialize array for faster run times.
Remove unused makefiles.
Modify build script to work with MinGW without msys.
Avoid output to tpl2cpp-winflex.c adn tpl2rem-winflex.c.
Use the gnuwin32 flex for windows.
Update lex .c files for those without flex.
Should initialize it.
Use Makeflags -j and do not parallel build tpl2rem and tpl2cpp.
Reorg makefiles
VC build improvements.
Update build files for VC
Fix bug, http://lists.admb-project.org/pipermail/developers/2013-March/000755.html
Fix build when flex is missing.
Also, other build file cleanups.
Major changes to the gmake build files to simplify and improve.To use just type
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Fix cl paths.
Add a few overloaded pow() functions. Remove f1b2vc10.cpp which contained duplicated files
Documentation of Laplace approximation for block diagonal case
Add scale_factor for random effects model. Code from Dave
The tpl2rem.lex lexer now adds #include <contrib.h> to user built CPP files.
Revert to previous.
documented VEC and MAT in dmat29.cpp and fvar_m43.cpp
[Issue #106] Revert ludcmp back to ADMB-9 source.
[Issue #108] Reverted beta and gamma to ADMB-9 code.
Initialize ld.
Copy VERSION .
[Issue #99] Begin support of x86_64-w64-mingw-g++.
fix proposed by Chris Gast for issue #37 with mismatch in ln_det
Move sed.exe to utilities.
[Issue #51] using const instead of _CONST macro in headers.
using const instead of _CONST in linad99 and df1b2-separable.
Revert src back to r413 keeping changes in r420.
Replace Unicode characters with ASCII
Revert r414 conversion of URLs, from http:// url back to http://url
Reverted conversion of line endings from r414, back to Linux style
Changed almost all CPP HPP and H files to reduce warnings from Ubuntu build involving whitespace in code. All assignment operators should now be surrounded by spaces, all comments should be preceded by a space, all for loop constructs should have whitespace surrounding all statements.
Fix solaris studio build for istringstream.
Removed no-deprecated and permissive flags, then changed deprecated headers with recommended.
Remove meaningless const warning from intel compiler.
[Issue #97] Should also set CFLAGS for 32 bit builds.
Fix warnings about unused variables.
Use 'rd' instead of 'rmdir' in Windows makefiles (don't use coreutils)
Don't copy sedflex to 'bin' directory
Remove sedcmd* files, not used anywhere
[Issue #53] Ported with clang compiler.
Remove sed1.exe
Fix whitespace etc in makefiles
Fix whitespace etc in MinGW makefile tree
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Representative Martha Roby today reacted to a weak August jobs report that showed more Americans have given up looking for work saying she is concerned the shrinking workforce indicates an economy heading in the wrong direction.
While initially encouraged that the unemployment rate ticked down from 8.3 percent to 8.1 percent, Roby said she was disappointed to find out the slight decrease was due to the fact that so many Americans have given up looking for work.
"The fact that the percentage of workers participating in the United States job market is at its lowest level since 1981 should be a wake-up call to all Americans about where we are heading economically," Roby said. "Our top priority is to improve the economy and ge more Americans working again. We need to take action to improve the economy now, not stall until after the election while so many families are struggling."
The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported that just 96,000 jobs were added to the economy in August, well short of already low expectations. At the same time the workforce shrank by approximately 367,000 and the workforce participation rate fell to just 63.5 percent, its lowest level in more than 30 years.
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How can I get the length of the red line, if I got the diameters of all black circles? I'd prefer to get the lengths of the right example but I think it's much more difficult.
It is easier to calculate the length of the red-stripe on RHS.
Suppose c1, c2, c3 and r1, r2, r3 are the centers and radia of the big circle, the small-circle-at-the-top and the small-circle-at-the-bottom resply.
I am assuming the red-line is tightly surrounding the circles so that it is a straight line between the points of tangency of circle pairs and is overlapping the portions of perimeter the rest of the times.
Suppose the points of tangency of the red line to (c1,r1) is p1, and to (c2,r2) is p2. The segments between the points p1&c1 and p2&c2 are parallel to one another since the same line tangent to both is at a straight angle with both of these segments. And, since (if) the tree circles are tangent to one another, the segment between c1 and c2 is passing thru the point of tangency between the circles centered at c1 and c2 and the length of this segment is r1+r2.
On the trapezoid with corners (p1, p2, c2, c1), you know the angles at corners p1 and p2, the length of the parallel sides r1=length-of-segment-between p1-c1 and r2. This is more than to calculate the degrees of other 2 angles. When you work this on all three trapezoids over the circle pairs, you also have the degrees of those angles at each radius seeing that portion of the circle covered by the red stripe.


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Brownsboro Grand Opening
The Prospect Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the recent grand opening and ribbon cutting for Brownsboro General Store & Eatery. The Eatery is an all-purpose, one-stop destination, combining features of a restaurant, grocery, deli, doughnut bakery, ice cream shop, art gallery and a market where local farmers will sell vegetables and fruits. The new store is owned by Crestwood businessman Ed Hunsinger and will be managed by Don Miller, a longtime fast-food restaurant proprietor and executive who worked most recently as manager of the Chili's Restaurant at Brownsboro Crossing.
The restaurant, which will seat about 70, will serve hearty, simple meals for breakfast and lunch, including homemade soups and fresh salads, as well as bread baked on-site daily. In addition to the deli and grocery, doughnuts will be made fresh and served warm every morning and the ice cream will be hand-dipped. The art gallery will feature the work of local artists and craftsmen, some of which will be available for purchase. The Eatery is expected to employ eight to 10 people. Brownsboro General Store & Eatery is located at 7511 Highway 329, Crestwood, Ky.
AHS Sports Complex
Assumption High School opened the doors to The Assumption Green Sports and Education Complex, Friday, Aug. 17. The grand opening ceremony began with a welcome from President Elaine Salvo, followed by a prayer and blessing by Archbishop Kurtz and a ribbon cutting by Mayor Greg Fischer and Metro Council President Jim King. A celebratory reception followed.
The Assumption Green building is part of the larger sports and education complex that sits on 11.9 acres at 4500 Champions Trace. Along with first rate athletic facilities, The Assumption Green will also serve as the center of Assumption's environmental and sustainability program where their students have hands-on experience to learn biology, chemistry and environmental science. The building has a partial green roof system, solar panels, living wall panels, dual flush toilets, permeable pavers, a rain garden, motion sensored lighting, a recycling program, locker rooms and an athletic training facility. For more information, visit ahsrockets.org.
New Belle Website
The Belle of Louisville is pleased to announce an entirely new website, www.belleoflouisville.org. The new site showcases the steamboat's history and offers information on cruises, special events and ticket sales. Visitors to the new site are now able to purchase cruise tickets directly from the site via an online reservation system. The site also includes a dedicated page to The Belle of Louisville's Centennial Celebration, scheduled to take place Oct. 15 – 19, 2014.
The site was developed by Makespace, who also donated a portion of the project to the Belle. Makespace is a web design and marketing agency located in Louisville, Ky. Known for their clean and creative design, Makespace specializes in user-experience design and interactive elements to produce world class websites for businesses both locally and nationally. Learn more at www.makespaceweb.com.
Alcohol Education Programs
A three-year gift from Beam Inc. and Brown-Forman Corp. totaling more than $600,000 will fund and strengthen alcohol education and awareness programs at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. The gifts will also help expand alcohol programming across the commonwealth. In all, the two companies have given more than $1 million to the two institutions since 2008 to fund alcohol education efforts. UK and UofL use evidence-based strategies, endorsed by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The gifts from Beam and Brown-Forman are to be used at the schools' discretion.
The UK investment, administered by the UK Division of Student Affairs Office of Substance Education and Responsibility, is intended to increase the number of local high schools and after-school programs, continue campus education programming and increase off-campus partnerships/programming with local housing complexes. The UofL investment, to be administered by the Building Resiliency in Campus Community Coalition (BRICC), is intended to provide ongoing support for activities through the BRICC, support pilot educational programming, expand data collection efforts and continue work with the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Both schools are also committed to developing more institutional resources through a sustainable statewide partnership with Kentucky Prevention Network. UK and UofL will contribute $35,000 to fund additional resources for the partnership.
Zoo Garden Dedication
Louisville-based Monty's Plant Food Company, a leading marketer and manufacturer of soil enhancement and plant fertility programs, dedicated a special garden Aug. 15 at the Louisville Zoo in memory of the company's co-founder, Montrose "Monty" Justice. Justice, who passed away in early February, was a celebrated competitive rose grower and once owned a rose care business that maintained more than 150 rose gardens throughout the region. Designed and planted by Justice's granddaughter, Sarah Stephens, for her Girl Scout Gold Project, the garden is nestled near the lake just a short walk from the Zoo's entrance. Plantings include roses from Monty's own garden and a variety of trees. Sarah worked to secure donations, select plants and establish the garden.
She and her father, Dennis Stephens, president of Monty's Plant Food Company, also provided a free, four-part rose care seminar for the horticulture staff at the Louisville Zoo. The memorial garden will be maintained by Zoo horticulturalists with assistance from Sarah and Dennis Stephens. Monty's Plant Food Company contributed more than $5,000 to the Louisville Zoo, in addition to plants and manpower to create the garden, a new area for rest and relaxation at the zoo. For more information about Monty's plant, soil and specialty products, visit www.mymontys.com.
Stites & Harbison New Chairperson
Stites & Harbison, PLLC, has named Jennifer Landrum Elliott as Chair of the firm's Health Care Service Group, effective August 1. Elliott succeeds Charles J. (Mike) Cronan IV, who has served as the service group chair for nearly a decade. Cronan will continue his legal practice in the areas of business and complex litigation as well as health care law. Elliott is a member (partner) of the firm. She is based in the Louisville, Ky., office and focuses her practice on regulatory and transactional health care law. She is a frequent author and lecturer on health care topics for both national and local organizations. She was named to the 2010 Partners in Health Care by Business First for her vital work for the health care industry and was named to the 2011 Forty under 40 list, also by Business First.
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Changing a WindowGroup zseed
How exactly do you set the zseed in a WindowGroup object? It's not a config option; it's just a property.
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It's more along the lines of:
var wg = new Ext.WindowGroup(); wg.zseed = 9500;
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Hmm I tried this agan and it worked. I changed the zseed from 9500 to 10000. Does it need to be a multiple of 1000 to work properly?


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I'm sick of missing almost every pillar because 5 of them fall in a 3 hour range when I can't be here.
Make it so when one pillar dies, that the rest of the countdown clocks all stop for 60 minutes.
There's no point in continuing to play this game if I can't hit any of the pillars.


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Per the Artscroll Siddur after an earthquake we make a Bracha "Oseh Maaseh Breishis". Up to how long after the earthquake can you make this Bracha? (sources please)
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Piskei Teshuvos (227:2) cites Bircas HaBayis who says that the blessing can only be recited during the quake or within 2-3 seconds (תוך כדי דיבור) after it's over.
He also says (from Teshuvos Shevet HaKehasi) that even mild quakes warrant this blessing, and (from Shaarei Teshuvah in the name of Maharam Chaviv) that if another quake occurs even that same day, the blessing is repeated, as long as some time has passed and the person is no longer thinking about it.


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Watching now. But the sound/video seem to be out of sync by a quarter second or so.
Pretty funny, they forgot to cut the middle part redo of the Project Portal load. Sync seems OK here...
Great Video - Gives an excellent overview of the PM featureset of TFS 2010.
Great find and video. Thanks for posting. Haven't been able to get my hands on Visual Studio 2010 yet, but can't wait!
Excelente presentacion, me ha clarificado muchos conceptos. Ahora vamos a llevarlo a la practica!!
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Bell, Book, and Scandal (Mass Market Paperbound)
One would never guess to look at suburbanite homemaker Jane Jeffry that she would be interested in murder, but she's practically an expert on the subject. Which is why, with best buddy Shelley Nowack in tow, Jane's booking down to a nearby mystery writers' convention to mingle with the agents, publishing bigwigs, and famous authors ... and to maybe drum up interest in her own recently completed manuscript.
But what would a mystery convention be without a mystery? So when a famous ego-squashing editor is undone by an anonymous poisoner, and a much hated book-bashing journalist is himself bashed quite nastily in the parking lot, Jane and Shelley jump right on the case, ready to snoop, eavesdrop, and gossip their way to a solution. But the would-be killer they seek is no open book. And trying to read him/her/them may turn out to be harder -- and deadlier -- than anyone initially imagined.
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Tax Break Could Give Texas Teams an Edge
The wooing of Dwight Howard has begun. Among the teams reportedly courting the free-agent center this week are: the Lakers, Hawks, Mavericks, Warriors and Rockets. Of all the reasons for Howard to pick one team over his other suitors, here's one that has nothing to do with basketball: taxes.
Nolan Kopkin studied every NBA free-agent signing between 2002 and 2008 and found in a Journal of Sports Economics paper that "an increase in the relative income tax rates faced by players on a given team leads to a decrease in the average skill of the free agents that team is able to sign." In other words, the fact that Texas has no individual income tax makes a difference in the quality of players that teams like Dallas and Houston attract.
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Ute basketball: Runnin' Utes rally but come up short against No. 9 Arizona (+video)
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — After a second narrow loss to Arizona this season, Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak used a baseball reference as an analogy. It came in the wake of Sunday's 68-64 loss to the ninth-ranked Wildcats in the Huntsman Center.
"We're not an easy out, I don't think, and I think our guys rise to the occasion," Krystkowiak said. "When you play a top 10 team, whether it's in front of the Tucson (Ariz.) fans or these folks here, I think our guys rise up to it."
As was the case in a 60-57 loss at Arizona on Jan. 5, Utah battled until the very end. The Utes had opportunities to pull off the upset.
"It came down to a couple of plays here and there," Krystkowiak said. "I'm proud of our guys."
Krystkowiak added that he was encouraged that the Utes (11-14, 3-10) came back against the Wildcats (21-4, 9-4) and that they were a couple of plays away from prevailing.
Arizona's Mark Lyons finished with a game-high 18 points. Jarred DuBois and Jason Washburn had 16 and 15, respectively, for Utah.
"We fought. I liked the way our team fought. We fought to the end," Washburn said. "We got down back in the second half and came back. We got stops and scores. We just came up short."
Coming close, though, was no comfort to the senior center.
"We're not going to be happy that we only lost by four to the No. 9 team," Washburn said. "I'm not going to accept that from ourselves."
The loss cost the Utes a chance to win back-to-back Pac-12 games (they defeated Arizona State on Wednesday) for the first time since joining the conference last season.
Trailing by 13 early in the second half, Utah mounted a comeback that eventually led to a 51-51 standstill with Arizona. The Utes' 21-8 run featured mass contributions. Jeremy Olsen, who wound up with 12 points by game's end, led the rally with six. Washburn added five and Jordan Loveridge chipped in four. Dakarai Tucker and DuBois contributed 3-pointers.
Washburn wound up knotting things up on a tip-in with 7:28 left to play.
The Utes, however, were never able to get over the hump after that. They gave up five baskets, five offensive rebounds, four defensive rebounds, missed three free throws and turned the ball over twice — allowing Arizona to escape with the victory.
The Wildcats pulled ahead for good on a layup by Solomon Hill with 6:13 to go. They went on to lead by seven in the closing seconds.
"I don't think any team in the conference enjoys the trip to Utah because they know it is going to be a tough battle," said Arizona coach Sean Miller. "We are happy with the win, but our team continues to make the same mistakes we made two months ago. We have to get better as we move forward if we want to accomplish something special in March."
Krystkowiak called it a game of two halves. The Utes, he explained, did a great job on the glass before the break. They just couldn't get the Wildcats to miss enough shots. In the second half, Krystkowiak pointed out that the Utes got them to misfire but were unable to rebound effectively.
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Although the score was tied thee times in the first half, Arizona never trailed while building a 33-25 halftime lead. A 3-point shot by Hill with 12:56 remaining in the half ignited a 19-8 run that allowed the Wildcats to pull away. They led by as many as 12 at one point.
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I encountered this problem in Physics before i knew about a thing called
Taylor Polynomials My problem was that i had to sum this series :
$$\sum^\infty_{n=1}\frac{(-1)^{n+1}}{n}$$ basically $$1,-\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{3},-\frac{1}{4},\frac{1}{5},-\frac{1}{6},\frac{1}{7}.....$$
So now i know that there is something called a taylor polynomial that says that
So the above summation boils down to $\ln 2$.
What if i never knew the exansion then how would I calculate it?
Earlier I tried solving it like so ,
divide it into two different sets i.e.
$$\text{1 and $\dfrac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{7}+\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{11}+\frac{1}{13} \ldots$ and $-\dfrac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{6}-\frac{1}{8}-\frac{1}{10}\ldots$}$$
I said Hey! the first set would contain stuff like, $$\frac{1}{3^n},\frac{1}{5^n},\ldots$$ each of them would probably be reduced to a sum like so $$\sum^\infty_{n=1}\frac1{a^n}=\frac1{a-1}$$ and further become $$\sum^\infty_{a=3}\frac1{a-1}$$ which would subtract all the numbers in the other even set giving 1 as the answer which is wrong .
Where did I go wrong and how could I proceed even without knowing Taylor polynomials


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from Burk Parsons Jul 05, 2010 Category: Tabletalk MagazineAs I write this article I'm in Louisville, Kentucky, attending a conference called "Together for the Gospel." Pastors, elders, and seminarians have gathered together for fellowship and worship around the theme: The Unadjusted Gospel. More than seven thousand men from various evangelical (gospel-preaching) churches with various liturgical traditions are standing together as we sing some of the greatest hymns (from both the seventeenth and twenty-first centuries). Keep Reading
Christians & Government
from R.C. Sproul Jul 04, 2010 Category: ArticlesIt certainly is clear that the New Testament puts an emphasis on the Christian's responsibility to be a model of civil obedience. In Romans 13, Paul tells us that the powers that be are ordained by God. That doesn't mean that they are sanctioned by God or that God endorses everything that civil governments do; we know better than that. But Paul is saying that it is God who brings government to pass, and we are called to submit to the rulers of the government out of respect for Christ. Keep Reading
Emulating the Supreme Model
from R.C. Sproul Jul 03, 2010 Category: R.C. SproulGod has given great men and women to the church. The biblical giants serve as valuable models—despite their imperfections. Were we to elevate Paul, Abraham, or David above Christ, we would be guilty of idolatry. Keep Reading