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College Hockey:Atlantic Hockey Picks Nov. 1-3
Last Week:
Dan: 6-6-3
Chris: 9-3-3
On the season:
Dan: 27-16-5 (.615)
Chris: 31-12-5 (.698)
This Week's Picks
Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2:
Canisius at Miami
Dan: Canisius proved they have the capability to upset a team when they took out Denver last week. The talent is there, and this is a trap weekend for Miami. If Miami overlooks Canisius, one of these games is going back to Buffalo. That would be the gutsy pick, and honestly, I'm not sure I want to take it. The smart pick is Miami, regardless of how close this will be. Miami sweeps
Chris: Canisius had a big non-conference last weekend and No. 6 Miami has to be careful not to take the Golden Griffins for granted after two tough weekends with North Dakota and Providence to open the season. In four previous meeting the RedHawks have outscored Canisius 23-3. These games will be closer, but I think Miami comes through. Miami sweeps.
Friday, Nov. 1st and Sunday, Nov. 3:
American International at Michigan State
Dan: AIC got pummeled when they played Providence, but they switched up goalies and picked up a conference win against Sacred Heart. Even if Ty Reichenbach plays over Ryan Kerpan, I think MSU is looking at this with a sense of urgency to reestablish what they hope they can be. Michigan State sweeps.
Chris: This series takes a break on Saturday thanks to the Michigan-Michigan State football game. These are must-games for the Spartans, who are 1-3. Their first five games of the season are all against teams from Massachusetts, and I think they'll even their record here. Michigan State sweeps.
Friday, Nov. 1:
Sacred Heart at Holy Cross
Dan: This is one of those weird games where it's going to be hard to predict. Holy Cross hasn't won a game, but everyone they've played is nationally ranked. Of course Sacred Heart is 2-3, but they a) got beaten handily by RPI and b) just lost to AIC. I'll leave it up to my trusty Magic 8 Ball. Holy Cross wins.
Chris: I wouldn't have thought that the Pioneers (2-3) would have two more wins than the Crusaders (0-5) at this point. If the Crusaders aren't motivated for this one, they'll be in trouble. I like them to get their first victory of the season. Holy Cross wins.
Air Force at Rochester Institute of Technology
Dan: This is going to be one of my fun highlighted games of the week. Air Force and RIT is a rivalry that I usually circle on the calendar just because of the history when these two teams both ranked at the top of the league. RIT will be up for this, but Air Force is clicking early. Later this year, I'll have RIT splitting in Colorado, but this is a game Air Force wins.
Chris: These teams always play each other close, and the home team wins the majority of the time, especially the Falcons. That's the pressure on RIT – the other two meeting between these squads will be in Colorado Springs, where the Tigers have won just once in conference play. But the Falcons are playing great hockey already. I wish I could pick a tie, but I'll go with the home team. RIT wins.
Bentley at Merrimack
Dan: The Bentley offense had its best showing since the win over UNO when they threw the kitchen sink at Harvard. The problem? They ran into a goalie that they just couldn't beat and got shut out. The Falcons haven't started 1-6 since 2001-2002, but with Army on Saturday, this game is in a really tough spot. It'll be close because Bentley's defense is vastly improved, but Merrimack wins.
Chris: Another tough non-conference test for Bentley. Despite being just 30 miles apart, this is the first meeting of the teams in their respective Division I eras. After putting up six goals in their season opening win over Nebraska-Omaha, the Falcons have scored just seven times since over a five game stretch. Merrimack is a good defensive team, and that gives the Warriors the edge. Merrimack wins.
Army at Connecticut
Dan: Even though Matt Grogan was absolutely fantastic in the comeback tie against Union, my attention is on the UConn offense against Army goalie Rob Tadazak. He's very quietly holding his own among some elite company in the AHA. I think Tadazak has the potential to keep this one very close, so don't sleep on the Black Knights. UConn wins, though.
Chris: Army has played just two games so far, and struggled to score goals as expected. Huskies goalie Matt Grogan was sensational last weekend, making 47 saves in a 2-2 tie with Union. I think he'll shut down the Black Knights. UConn wins.
Penn State at Robert Morris
Dan: This one will get nasty. Penn State is quickly gaining a reputation of a team that plays physical-to-the-point-it's-on-the-edge. Robert Morris has a compete level that's always through the roof. Sparks are gonna fly. Robert Morris wins.
Chris: This is shaping up to be a nice rivalry between Keystone State programs. Robert Morris is tough at home, but if Penn State can learn to stay out of the box, I think they'll win this game. So assuming less penalties, Penn State wins.
Saturday, Nov. 2:
Bentley at Army
Dan: Brian Riley and Ryan Soderquist joke every time they play each other that they're suited for each other's home rink. Army's disciplined, physical style is good for the small Bentley ice, and Bentley's fast, athletic style is good for the large Tate Rink ice. This is in Army, so I'm taking Bentley to get off the schneid. Bentley wins.
Chris: Army is a usually a better team at home, but I like Bentley to get its first league points of the season. Bentley wins.
Air Force at Mercyhurst
Dan: Mercyhurst's schedule is designed for this game. They had a rough start with brutal opponents, and they did so with the intent of being battle-hardened for the league slate. They're the preseason favorite to unseat Niagara/Air Force at the top. If they want to head towards that company, they better win this game. There's more to prove for them than Air Force. Mercyhurst wins.
Chris: I think this is the game of the weekend in Atlantic Hockey. Both teams are expected to finish at or near the top of the standings. It's a bigger game for Mercyhurst for the same reason RIT needs to take points against the Falcons on Friday – the other two games between the Lakers and Falcons are at Air Force. Mercyhurst has Friday off and Air Force does not. That and home ice give the Lakers a slight edge. Mercyhurst wins.
Sacred Heart at Connecticut
Dan: UConn should start clicking soon, and as they warm up, teams will start catching up to the faster yet weird start to the season. Things will even out by the time Christmas hits. I love Sacred Heart, I really do. But as teams get settled into their seasons, they're going to find that they're not quite there. They'll beat teams in their division, but that'll come later in the year. Right now, though, there's too much talent in Storrs to keep up. UConn wins.
Chris: In a battle of Nutmeg State teams, I like a deeper Huskies squad on home ice. UConn wins.
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Working in mixed media, printmaking and sculpture, are the artists: Joe Pankowski, Micheal Weiss, Marcia Babler, Lynne L. Brozynski, Pam Eberlin, Bronwyn Elkuss, Margi Hafer, Dennis Jennings, Robert J. Johnson, Sylvia M. Koch, Tim McCue, Diane McGarel, Joseph McIlhany, Renee Klyczek Nordstrom, Kiet Pham, Donna Radcliffe, Nance Tucker, Faye Zalecki, and Barbara Jones Hogu. Selected for their evidence of artist focus and unique viewpoints, the following artist's works were in the recent exhibit, Fabulously Focused, at Park Forest's Tall Grass Arts Gallery.
Joe Pankowski is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and now lives in Park Forest, Illinois. Pankoski earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and an Associates of Occupational and Academic Studies in graphics and illustration from the Creative Center of Omaha in Nebraska. He has relocated to the Chicago area where he is studying for his Masters of Fine Arts in electronic visualization at the University of Illinois.
Joe's work depicts characters in "dream-like situations. [From a process that starts with pen and ink linear drawings], Joe develops a narrative. This [narrative] is captured in film incorporating hand-built props mirroring objects within the drawings.
Pankowski seeks to give the films "the feel of a subconscious rendering with a story [based on cause and effect. Sometimes the artist] creates an installation that carries the same stylized vision that is found in the films." Joe Pankowski exhibited one of his still works for this exhibit, titled Manual Animation. Pankowski plays with the divisions between animated and machine while incorporating a range of mixed media. His humourous animations, and the installations and video he utilizes them in, draw the viewer in to examine a created world wrought with a touch of the surreal.
Working with Pure Data, an open source programming software used to create interactive installations is Joe Pankowski's current project. The piece, called Robotcide, consists of an animation of a robot projected the gallery wall. This robot attacks the viewer. Via a by a pitchfork that is part of the installation, the movements of the viewer are recorded. By picking up the pitchfork, the viewer activates the robot's attack, and then the viewer is able to destroy the oncoming robot with the pitchfork. Resembling a live action videogame, this work is visible in a video on Pankowski's website homepage.
Michael Weiss of Park Forest works in Raku. The distinctive glazes and subtle impact of the firing process are a pivotal part of the process for Weiss. He states: "the alterations of form and surface textures[in my work] strive for an amalgam of the natural and the manmade worlds. Clay has its own serendipitous needs and constraints, contributing its own spontaneity to the artistic process." Weiss claims his "role as the artist is to lend [his] aesthetic while allowing the natural quality of the clay to emerge." He says that "at [the] juncture of the natural and manmade, new forms and themes emerge."
Weiss plays with metaphor in his curvaceous raku, while culling out the most beautiful finishes upon the surface. This work, titled after the Yiddish word for a beautiful curvy woman lures the eye with its iridescent glaze and invites the eye to travel the circumference. The work was mislabeled in the exhibit as Zafpig, rather than the artist's intended Zaftig.
Micheal Weiss's raku and ceramic works will be exhibited at upcoming events including the Penrod Arts Fair in Indianapolis Indiana; the 55th Annual Park Forest Art Fair presented by the Tall Grass Arts Association in Park Forest, Illinois; Common Ground's 2010 Birmingham Street Art Fair ("Art in the Park") on September 25th and 26TH, 2010, in Birmingham, Michigan; and By Hand on November 12th and 13th, 2010, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Marcia Bablerreceived her education at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is a long time member of the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-In-Education Artists roster, and a Ragdale Foundation Residency recipient. Babler is both a Juried Gallery Artist and a member of the Tall Grass Arts Association's Program Committee. She is also a Juried Member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Illinois Artisans Program. Her involvement as a juror includes the CCT Gallery of the Visual Arts Committee at the Northwestern University Settlement Association and the Bloomingdale Park District Museum. Babler is also a member of the Chicago Artists' Coalition.
Working in the media of digital photography, three dimensional media, acrylic and oil painting, Babler has been featured in several one woman exhibits at the Oak Park Conservatory, the Bloomingdale Park District Museum, Studio 37 in Glenview, Illinois, the Gallery at Holy Covenant Methodist in Chicago, Illinois, the Morton Grove Public Library, and Blue Moon Studio and Art Gallery. To date this year, Babler has participated in fourteen group exhibits. Ongoing exhibits include A Time and a Place, a juried group exhibition at the Bloomingdale Park District Museum running through August 2010, and the Algonquin Public Art Program in Algonquin, Illinois running through the year(2009 - 2010). Babler's artwork is held in corporate, university and private art collections in North America and Europe.
Babler claims that "Art is my voice and my artwork is both time and concept-oriented with ideas coming from day-to-day observations. She "[explores] different techniques and uses of materials. About the addition of digital technology to her oeuvre, she says it "has provided another way for me to explore visual expression. My archival pigment prints are carefully composed and developed like paintings and I approach the medium from the perspective of a painter." Babler "strongly [believes] art must reflect and record the influences of our society for future generations." Several themes re-occur in her work, including "observing people's expressions and reactions, [and the presence of] color and movement."
Babler's art is influenced by four primary factors impacting life "--communication, relationships, technology and time." She "[puts] a twist on these concepts … with humor or a retro look to create tension while setting a visual mood." Using color to "enhance a mood and energize… a composition," and "through repetition of shapes or movement" Babler "reinforces the message" she seeks to convey. Babler feels that an artist must be a communicator, sharing moods and feelings through visual expression. Of Art, she says: "Art makes us smile…remember…dream. Art is what remains."
Babler "enjoys traveling and incorporates her observations from far away places [into] her work. [She is a] storyteller with a sketchbook or camera in hand…People and contemporary life are the focal point of her art." The harmony of musical interests influences the colors and motion visible in Babler's art work. She plays the harp as a hobby, and regularly listens to "Spanish guitar, French torch songs and Gregorian chants as she works."
In Babler's submission for Fabulously Focused, "Give It Up", the artist selected a contemporary subject and used composition and lighting to dramatize the image and theme. Babler's social statement utilizes a somewhat ironic twist. The amused expression of her smoker, and the cunning way that the photographer has captured character and emotion play well together at inviting closer examination of the image.
Lynne L. Brozynski is a digital artist with more than ten years experience in the prepress industry. Her extensive background in graphic design, photography and digital color correction informs her fine art process. She readily conceptualizes and creates refined designs. She has worked since 2000 at Atlantic Press, Inc. in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and as a photo imaging manager since 2005. Brozynski studied art and digital imaging at Governors State University, in University Park, Illinois. She attended the American Academy of Art, in Chicago, Illinois where she earned an Associate of Arts Degree in Advertising Design. In addition, Brozynski attended the Graphic Design Program at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, Illinois. She is a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals), the Collaborative Arts Guild at Union Street Art Gallery, in Park Forest, Illinois and the Chicago Artist's Coalition. She has exhibited her work at the Tall Grass Art Center in Park Forest, and the Union Street Art Gallery in Chicago Heights, both of Illinois.
Brozynski was introduced to Adobe Photoshop in college in 1991 where she was "intrigued by the versatility… of the program." In 2000, she "started using Photoshop on a professional basis, retouching and manipulating photos for a printing company." She began creating her own works in her free time and in 2002, submitted three works to Photoshop User magazine. In the September issue of that year, Photoshop User magazine published her works.
Starting with "one very powerful image," Brozynski "[incorporates] additional images, colors and filter techniques [to] compliment [her] original image.] Most inspired by nature, primitive art and music, Brozynski "[uses] colors that embody a feeling" to imbue her work with resonance.
Brozynski employs a digital collage technique that takes the strength of a single image and multiplies its power to captivate. Working in bold hues, her butterfly immortalizes the idea of transformation.
Pam Eberlin creates whimsical works that utilize found materials. She says that her "inspiration comes from collections of glass, metal, wire, found and vintage objects [that form the] textures, surfaces, color interaction, and shape juxtaposition" in her work. An artist who defies labels, Eberlin explained that her "art evolves in many directions blurring the lines between fine art and craft." Since 2002, she has had a studio at Union Street Gallery and Studio Complex. Eberlin holds a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in metal smithing and jewelry from Southern Illinois University, and an Associates of Arts in Art from Triton College.
About her process, Eberlin explains in her statement about a found object collage titled Escaping Secrets that she "usually starts with the found objects. An extensive collection of objects, "frequently vintage ones" give Eberlin her ideas. She builds her constructions by combining or adding "objects that may relate to the first ones by color, type, size, or material and [arranging] them..." Eberlin "frequently [uses] patterns [and zippers] in [her] work," drawn to these materials by "the domestic overtones [of sewing and the]… nice brown softening and aging [the patterns lend] to items."
Eberlin shares two works in this gallery display. Fortuitous is a tiny figure clothed in garter zippers and found phrases. Suggesting the artist's dialogue with all things woman and the paradox of the domestic, this work invites audience exploration, providing numerous fortune's to read along its laces. All the World Needs to Laugh recreates Paris' Eiffel tower from the found "junk" that fascinates this found object artist. Employing a master's sense of placement the objects in this sculpture which dominates the front corner of the gallery, evoke our laughter once we realize it is looming there.
Bronwyn Elkuss "uses fabric and thread to create her art." Bronwyn grew up in the Chicago area during the 1950's and 60's. She attended youth classes at the Art Institute of Chicago, local art centers, art programs within the public school system. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in sculpture from Midwestern universities. When Elkus attended these programs, her study of sculpture involved "[immersion] in both Constructivism and Minimalist theory." Meanwhile Bronwyn was influenced by a variety of art movements, ethnic cultures, and social issues that led her to make art that embraces variety. During this time, the woman's movement within the art world began showcasing fiber works as a fine art medium. Elkus has tried her hand at teaching, illustrating, display designing and gallery consulting.
Bronwyn Elkuss now works full time as an artist. Using fiber, Elkus hand stitches her compositions. She has a fiber piece hanging in the exhibit, titled "A Close Look." While Elkuss feels that "Fabulously Focused does not describe [her] whole portfolio, she selected a work that inspires viewer focus. Of her process, Elkuss says: "I am a pack rat of disparate ideas, causes and influences. My mind and my art reflect a tangled web of wonder and concern." With her composition titled A Closer Look, she "purposely centered the motion and the detail…in an attempt to focus…" Elkuss explains that "A Closer Lookis embroidered and appliquéd entirely by hand - techniques that actually require a lot of focusing…[she] also added some acrylic paint.
Elkuss handles fiber with a deft hand and sense of placement. This work employs the frame within a frame format of composition to draw the viewer into examine its tiny scale and exquisite details.
Margi Hafer received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois and her Master of Arts in Sculpture at Governors State University, in University Park, Illinois. During her Master of Arts studies she worked in mixed media with an emphasis on clay. She is a member of the Tall Grass Arts Association, in Park Forest, Illinois, the Midwest Collage Society , a guild member of Union Street Gallery, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, on the Advisory Board of the McCord Gallery, in Palos Park, Illinois. Hafer currently works as a freelance artist, specializing in mixed media, murals, portraits, and sculpture. From 1999 to 2005, she was the gallery owner of and an exhibitor at The Creative Experience Art Studio and Gallery, in Frankfort, Illinois. She has worked in direction with the Fine and Performing Arts Center and the Cultural and Community Programs, at Moraine Valley Community College, in Palos Hills, Illinois. Hafer has taught art at Rich East High School, in Park Forest, Governors State University, in University Park, South Suburban College, in South Holland, and at Barrington High School, in Barrington, all of Illinois.
"As a small child [Hafer] would spend hours drawing and creating fanciful objects of art…[and she enjoys] exploring and reinterpreting the forms, colors and composition as [her] work develops." The creative journey allows this artist's "inner spirit [to] take flight and capture the fantasies that are aroused in [her] through music, and meditative contemplation of the art materials." The spiritual quality of Hafer's work relates to her "inner feelings as a woman with the roles of daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother…" Most of Hafer's more recent work is in paint and mixed media, including watercolor studies, mixed media collage, large acrylic murals and oil paintings.
Hafer incorporates the sleeping muse in this delicately balanced mixed media work. The visionary aspect of the artist is evidenced in her merging of collage and watercolor as well as the resulting visual play of patterns and forms.
Dennis Jennings received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale, Illinois. His work has been in exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry, Isobel Neal Gallery, and Clark Gallery, in Chicago, at Freedom Hall, Tall Grass Gallery, and Salon Artist Gallery, in Park Forest, Illinois, the Northern Indiana Arts Association and the Art Barn Gallery, in Indiana. Of his lively collage and portrait works, Jennings says: "I like to paint musicians, mainly Jazz and Blues. I try to capture the beat, the color, the energy."
Jennings draws attention to the plight of youth with his collage and text. This work blends found objects and images with a variety of textural paint marks. The accompanying text reminds us that there are other methods to solving disputes besides violence and that youth are a gift worth protecting.
Robert J. Johnson taught for thirty years and was director for five years at the Bureau of Art, both branches of the Chicago Public Schools. Prior to working in Chicago, Johnson taught at Bremen Community High School in Midlothian. He also taught figure drawing, printmaking and teacher's education at the School of the Art Institute. He earned his Bachelor of Art education at the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Master of Science in Art Education at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design. Upon retirement, he continued creating and exhibiting art. His work has been exhibited at the Tall Grass Gallery, the Chicago Artist's Coalition, and Union Street Gallery, in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Johnson combines sculptural framing and oil painting in realist and cubist styles to present this work. His framing shows classic architectural influences, while his figures call to mind Nude descending a staircase. The seamless interaction of these influences results in a beautiful work that invites close scrutiny of its delicately rendered panels.
Sylvia M. Koch earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Textile Design from the Art Institute of Chicago, in Illinois. She has attended workshops in oriental papermaking at Penland Arts and Crafts School, in Penland, North Carolina; in advanced papermaking at Sievers School of Fiber Arts, in Washington Island, Wisconson; and various watercolor classes at the American Academy of Art, in Chicago, Illinois. Koch worked as a textile designer for home furnishings, for Sears Roebuck and Company. Of her process, Koch said: "I am a [hand paper] maker as well a multi-media collage artist. My travels have influenced much of my work. Having worked as a textile designer it pleases me to have found new "fabric" to work with." For this exhibit, Koch submitted "Six Degrees of Separation".
Koch explores the connections of known personages in this colorful work. Her grid of bright tones includes a collection of faces in sepia tones who look out at the viewer. Including the faces of Ben Franklin and historical muses from art history and literature, this work poses interesting intersections between history and society.
Tim McCue is a primarily self taught artist working in mixed media. He has taken a few art classes at Joliet Junior College. He has participated in the following art fairs for several years: Skokie, Long Grove, Libertyville, Itasca, Downers Grove, Oak Park, Park Forest, Saint Charles, Naperville, and the 57th Street Community Art Fair. His work has been displayed at the Vale Craft Galley in Chicago and Tall Grass Gallery in Park Forest.
His work with photography began with "using black and white film and printing enlargements in my dark room at home." McCue got some special training in proper exposure, composition, and dark room techniques from Time-Life photographer Bernie Hoffman. He then worked a couple years in a professional photo lab doing all the black and white enlargements.
McCue says: "working with earthenware gave me my first experience with three dimensional art." He loved working with his hands and from clay he branched into metal work. His yard and garden sculptures made of copper and steel were influenced by Alexander Calder's work. The dimensional quality of McCue's mixed media work reflects this experience in sculpture.
Today McCue works in digital photography "because the creative possibilities are unlimited in 2-D, 3-D, movies and animation." He continues to experiment with different materials and processes.
McCue works with a variety of effects to create a space that appears to dissolve the boundaries of time and space. His subjects loom in and fade out of space simultaneously. He suggests the divisions of traditional film with strong black verticals between the panels of this large multimedia work.
Diane McGarel received her Master of Arts in communication and training and her Bachelor of Arts inArt History from GovernorsState University, University Park, Illinois. She earned an Associate of Arts from Prairie State University, Chicago Heights, Illinois. She is currently a Master of Fine Arts candidate at GovernorsState University, University Park, Illinois, and is scheduled to complete her degree in 2014.
McGarel's work has been shown this year in Between Fragmentation a solo exhibition, at the Frankfort Library, in Frankfort, Illinois and in the exhibit, Image Attitude Impression, a national juried event at Union Street Gallery, in Chicago Heights, Illinois.McGarel is currently a member of the Tall Grass Arts Association in Park Forest, the Illiana Artists Group of Munster, Indiana and the Union Street Artists Guild in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
Diane McGarel was born on the far Southside of Chicago Illinois and later lived in Chicago Heights, Illinois. McGarel says that "her father, a sexton for the Catholic Cemeteries, instilled in her a beauty for the various cemeteries' art treasuries such as [stained] glass, headstones and mausoleums. From her mother, McGarel has gained the courage to redefine her career and follow her first love—art."
She combines painting with computer graphics in her mixed media artworks. McGarel "defines art as a way of expressing her spirituality… combining various artistic mediums as a way of gaining insight and perceptive into her own as well as [other's psyches]." She describes "art [as] an expression of the self, intended to communicate the artist's emotions, development, and thought processes to the viewer [in an] ever changing [cycle], metaphorical to life's continuous changes." About her process, McGarel says: "I begin each of my digital works ofart by drawing, painting, or tossing dye onto canvas. [She] then [scans] the image onto [her] computer, altering it with a variety of computer programs. McGarel's mixed-media works evolve through the restructuring of the digital image where she uses acrylic paints, torn or ripped paper or canvas, metal, and various other objects. She creates an abstract art with consistently present grids and fragmentation. Her technique "symbolizes the circle of life: birth, death and rebirth."
McGarel's work is influenced by the brothers, Doug and Mike Starn, "the first to introduce… the notion that photography like paint should have a tactile component." She also favors the attitudes of Chuck Close and Henri Mattise, "who when faced with human frailty did not let their handicaps cripple them…[but instead] creatively [endured] and even [strove] to overcome adversity, …in the process [enhancing] their art works."
McGarel creates works that exist as both abstraction and detailed collages. From a distance the serene hues ranging from soft violets to rich royal purple to indigo undulate upon the surface of her canvas. As the viewer draws closer, small forms and delicate brushstrokes bring out the details of a small hand and other collaged elements.
McGarel and Cousandra Armstrong, Diane Dubois, Holly Johnson, Jonah Ortiz, Michele Owens, Renee Nordstrom, and Steve Reyes are currently showing at the Glenwood Public Library, 19901 Stony Island Ave, Lynwood, IL 60411, which opened on September 17th, 2010.
Joseph McIlhany was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Western Illinois University, in 1980. Over the years he has shown his work at the Barrington Area Arts Council, in Barrington, Illinois, at the Cambridge Art Association, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Center for the Visual Arts, in Wausau, Wisconsin, at the Quincy Art Center, in Quincy, Illinois, at the Union Street Gallery, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and at the New Visions Gallery, for the Mighty Midwest Biennial in 2003, Marshfield, Wisconsin.
McIlhany makes sculpture using steel rods, copper wire, steel wire or plastic shapes. The rods and wire "define an outline in space giving this silhouette its' own presence by sculpting the height, width and depth of the sculpture with-out that object actually being present."
McIlhaney's sculpture suggests the form of a human, the angles of bones, the location of inner organs, and remains open and airy. His use of shaped metal and bound cord and thread draws the eye into and through the forms.
Renee Klyczek Nordstrom is an artist working among a community of artists with Union Street Gallery at 1527 Otto Boulevard in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She exhibits widely throughout the Midwest. She participated in these fine art exhibitions during 2010: A Whole New Mind 2010 Brainstorm at Governors State University, in University Park, Gallery 2010 at Moraine Valley Community College, in Palos Hills, and Synergy a group exhibition, at the Christopher Art Gallery, at Prairie State College, in Chicago Heights, all in Illinois.
She regularly presents seminars in tandem with fine art exhibitions, in her ongoing advocacy of healing childhood sexual abuse. Some locations where these exhibits, workshops and lectures have been presented include: Union Street Gallery, the Chicago Heights Police Department, Aunt Martha's south suburban Social Service Agency and in the Psychology Department and the South Suburban Family Shelter, atPrairie State College, all of Chicago Heights, Illinois, the Williamson County Advocacy Center, in Herrin Illinois, Vanderbilt University, in Nashville Tennessee, Victory Memorial Hospital, in Waukegan, Illinois, the AEYC Annual Conference, Enid Okla Homa Gallery, Columbia College, The Peace Museum, and The Women's Center at DePaul University, all of Chicago, Illinois. Nordstrom is the author and illustrator of three books for children. All-ee, All-ee in Free (1996 1st ed.) is a children's book on healing from child sexual abuse. All the King's Horses and All the King's Menis a children's book on the grief process. Eenie, Meenie, Minie Mois a children's book on conflict resolution. Nordstrom has curated numerous juried and invitational exhibitions at the Union Street Gallery and Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
In addition, Nordstrom has worked as a gallery administrator at Union Street Gallery, in Chicago Heights, Illinois and as the school director of the Tall Grass Art School, in Park Forest Illinois. She is the founder and president of Klyczek Graphic Design, Incorporated of Chicago Heights, Illinois. Nordstrom received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois and her Associates Degree from Prairie State College, in Chicago Heights, Illinois. She has attended workshops at the Grand Marais Art Colony, in Grand Marais Minnesota and studied portrait with Mohamed Drisi, of Glenwood, Illinois. She attended drawing studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago, both located in Chicago, Illinois.
Renee Klyzek Nordstrom's work often "includes referential images from [her] personal experience and appropriated images from mass media." Reading about spiritual practices and meditation, also inform her work. She is influenced by art and artists throughout history including especially, Georgia O'Keefe, Kathe Kollwitz, Frida Kahlo, and Francesca Goya. Nordstrom explains that "throughout [her] adult life [her] work has centered on investigating themes of healing and wholeness." She finds the experience of making art to be "engaging, both visually and intellectually, as well as curative."
Klyzek Nordstrom's unique silk screen monoprint combines recognizable, abstract and geometric forms built up on the page in a dimensional arrangement. Intimately scaled, this work creates a tableau for visual examination.
Pham gives us subtle details and lavish suface texture in this mixed media work. The suit wearing figure looks neither into nor out of the frame, but along it. The landscape is anywhere, and the viewer palpably feels the detachment within this glimpse.
Donna Radcliffe's "work uses different mediums to suit the topic… to reflect the spirit and notion at hand." She believes "each subject has a story to tell and is best represented by a particular medium." She says: "I have always found my spiritual balance while creating. Whether through music or painting, the rules are similar and the outcome is sure…Peace."
Using layers of color and texture, Radcliff represents the variable moods and revelations she encounters. Her work reflects an appreciation of nature, spirituality, culture and history. Radcliff explains her process as "inspired by [the] pure breath of vision, [using] art to feel the words, tell the story and sometimes to ...just breathe."
Donna Radcliffe is a professional artist in Chicago. Her work has a national audience and can be seen in both public and private collections around the country.
Radcliffe evokes the southwest with her character work. This mixed media collage is produced with subtle gradations of value. The resulting figure looks alertly from the brow of his hat, a focused sentinel.
Nance Tucker received an Associates of Arts in Graphic Design and Lettering, from the American Academy of Art, an Associates of Arts in Illustration, from Prairie State College, and she is a self-acclaimed "Graduate, Magna cum Laude, [of the] School of Hard Knocks." She has studied with artists Nanc McCabe, Bob and Josh Guge, Maureen Hubbard-Cribbs, Juanda Sims, and Marion Moran. Her work is currently exhibited in Ellison Bay in Door County Wisconsin's The Clearing Speaks exhibit, and she regularly exhibits in the Tall Grass Gallery & Gift shop, and at the upcoming Park Forest Art Fair.
Focusing on works in fused and carved glass, hand-built ceramics, wood, acrylic paint and airbrush, drawing, digital photography, wood- and lino cut printing, this mixed media artist delves into the specificity of her subject with the materials that have the most affinity with its form and texture.
Tucker portrays these diminutive birds with wit and gifts them with the appearance of conversation. Her sympathetic handling of the earthenware media gives the sparrows and the bough they rest upon with realistic details that bring us into the captured moment.
Faye Zalecki creates computer generated art which she prints in archival gallery quality editions. Zalecki explores the fractal in her computer graphic Universe 2. The ranging scale of spheres in varying tones and gradations evokes the spinning stars of galaxies. The viewer is drawn into the eddies and spiraling motion suggested in this frozen moment.
Barbara Jones Hogu earned her Bachelor of Arts in Art Education from Howard University, in Washington, D.C. and a Bachelors of Fine Art in painting, drawing and printmaking, from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She holds a Master of Science in design, with a concentration in printmaking, from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago. Currently, Hogu is working on a Master of Fine Arts in independent filmmaking and digital imaging at Governors State University, in University Park, Illinois. Hogu has exhibited her work at the South Side Community Art Center and Malcolm X College, in Chicago, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, at Cornell University, and the African American Museum of Philadelphia.
Working in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, and various crafts, Hogu's artwork has "messages for the viewers in words and visual statements." Today she creates images with filmmaking and photography, documenting "artists and their works" and photographic still lives and "panoramic landscapes."
Hogu's wee refugee holds a bowl up to sip. This tiny graphite drawing recalls the field sketches of explorers and scientists while it draws us into the plight of refugees across the world.
Barbara Jones Hogu is a long time painter and printmaker. After a period of artistic inactivity for many years, she has returned to school to study Independent Filmmaking and Photography. She was "a founding member of AFRICOBRA, a collective of artists who worked on visual images that raised "Black Consciousness," during the Civil Rights Movement." Working in printmaking, she collaboratively produced many of the group's silkscreen prints in her studio. The theatre section of the Wall of Respect, which once stood at 43rd and Langley in Chicago, Illinois was painted by Hogu in the late 1960s. This work was the first wall mural of the Black Arts Movement.
Hogu captures a moment of movement in this photo on canvas. The closed eyes and dynamic poses of her dancers floating in a filament of richest gauze. The heightened color palette and dramatic flow of costumes lend strength to the viewers sense of movement.
The Tall Grass Gallery is located at 367 Artists Walk, adjacent to Village Hall in Downtown Park Forest, between South Orchard Drive and Western Avenue, north of Indianwood Boulevard. The gallery and gift shop are open to the public, free of charge. The Association also offers a variety of art classes for children and adults. Gallery hours are 11:00 am. through 4:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
For additional information or directions, call the gallery at (708) 748-3377 or check the Tall Grass website at www.tallgrassarts.org.
Joe Pankowski's work can be viewed at: http://joepankowski.com/
Michael Weiss's work can be viewed at:
For information about Micheal Weiss's upcoming events please visit the following websites:
Common Ground's 2010 Birmingham Street Art Fair ("Art in the Park") on September 25TH-26TH, 2010, in BirminghamMichigan:
and By Hand on November 12th-13th, 2010, in Cleveland, Ohio: http://www.byhandevents.com/cleveland/
Marcia Babler's work can be viewed at: http://www.tallgrassarts.org/artists/marcia-babler.html& www.marciababler.com
Lynne L. Brozynski's work can be viewed at: http://www.tallgrassarts.org/artists/lynne-brozynski.html& http://www.coroflot.com/digitallynne
Pam Eberlin's work can be viewed at: http://www.unionstreetgallery.org/PamEberlin.htm
Bronwyn Elkuss's work can be viewed at: http://www.artslant.com/chi/artists/show/155041-bronwyn-elkuss
Margi Hafer's work can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/people/Margi-Hafer/1554863547& http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/60315-margi-hafer
Robert J. Johnson's work can be viewed at:
http://web.mac.com/bigcrayola/Bob_John sons_web_site/Resume.html& http://www.saic.edu/gallery/saic_gallery.php?type=Alumni&album=1274
Diane McGarel's work can be viewed at: http://www.tallgrassarts.org/artists/diane-mcgarel.html; www.33collective.com/3rdPortrait/index.html; & http://web.me.com/dmcga456/McGarel_Graphics/Welcome.html
Diane McGarel's personal blog can be viewed at: http://diane-thoughtsofanartist.blogspot.com/
Renee Klyzek Nordstrom's work can be viewed at: www.rknordstrom.com& http://www.unionstreetgallery.org/ReneeKlyczekNordstrom.htm
Kiet Pham 's work can be viewed at: http://www.tallgrassarts.org/artists/kiet-q-pham.html
Donna Radcliffe's work can be viewed at: http://www.donnaradcliffeart.com/donnaradcliffeart.com/Intro.html
Faye Zalecki's work can be viewed at: http://www.tallgrassarts.org/artists/faye-alice-zalecki.html


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Middle Name Pride Day honors the seldom used middle name that often sets you apart from others. It was selected with care, so you should be proud of it.
Here's two big reasons to be proud of your middle name:
First, there are plenty of John Smiths and and Mary Jones. Its the middle name your parents gave you that makes your name unique.
Second, your parents chose your middle name with great care. It often was selected to honor a friend or relative. That person may have possessed certain characteristics that they want you to inherit.
Do you know why your were given your middle name? If not, today's the day to find out. If it was in honor of someone, find out a little more about that person.
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French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform. (1762)
In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States. (1804)
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria. (1831)
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War. (1848)
The U.S. government issues paper money for the first time. (1862)
The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana. (1864)
Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." (1876)
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. (1891)
The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians. (1945)
Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war. (1968)
In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his plea. (1969)
Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes. (1970)
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon. (1975)
Astronomers discover rings around Uranus. (1977)
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars. (2006)
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So the schools that I started to look at out of state were University of Wisconsin, University of Missouri, Kentucky, DePauw, and Louisville. I quickly narrowed it down to Wisconsin and Missouri simply due to the setting of the other schools. So I was all set to go and apply at Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Then I heard from a friend on the soccer team about another school which they were going to attend. This school happened to be St. Mary's. I knew nothing about them and had never even heard of the school. My mom decided to take me to a convention St. Mary's was holding and there I signed up for an overnight trip. While there I decided to make this school one of my options because it also gave me the option to play soccer if I went there unlike the other schools that I attended. Besides St. Mary's there were only two schools that I was truly interested in: Missouri and Wisconsin with Missouri being my number one choice.
Missouri was an awesome school when I went to visit there. It had a beautiful campus and I knew people that were going there. St. Mary's was very similar but it was on a much smaller scale. So the time came for me to actually apply to schools and I decided to only apply to Missouri and St. Mary's. I had no interest in going to Illinois and I felt like Missouri was very similar to Wisconsin except that I felt there were a couple more benefits to Missouri plus it was less expensive. After applying I was accepted into both St. Mary's and Missouri. So now I had a decision to make. Either go to a small school with a strong field I am interested in and the possibility of playing soccer or go to a big school with a lot of campus options and a great variety of educational options. It ended up coming down to the cost of each school. Both were cheaper than going to the in state schools that I was interested in going to, but St. Mary's was fairly less expensive than Missouri. With all benefits applied, I decided to go to St. Mary's and have not looked back since. The experience I have had here has been great and I know it has been completely different from what I would have had at Missouri.


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Saturday Market provides an opportunity for local farmers and artisans to sell their wares. HICC organizations also have tables where visitors can purchase items the help support the Community Club. The market is open to anyone, on island or off island, with homegrown vegetables, fruits, plants, and handcrafted items.
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I spent last Wednesday with an awesome group of young leaders from our community. The program called Youth Leadership Clarksville is a school year long, once a month look at the community for high school juniors and seniors. These are top in their class students, usually from good, supportive homes, so one would think this group was self-confident and certain of their future. I almost expected an arrogance of sorts or an idealistic approach to the years before them. At some point in the day, however, I asked them to tell me their greatest fear. Almost unanimously, the group of over thirty young people said fear of failure or fear of making a lifetime mistake is their greatest fear and something they struggle with, especially as they think about leaving high school.
My son Nate, who went through the leadership program last year, had a recent blog post where he described some of his fears. Read that post HERE. (Titled: Reflections with the Fray)
In reflection, I am honestly asking myself some questions, such as:
1. What have we as parents and a society done to encourage or promote this type of fear in our youth? Have we, for example, by giving our children everything they desire in life, kept them from realizing their own potential for success in some way? Have we not allowed them enough opportunities to experience failure so that now fear of failure is the same as fear of the unknown to them?
2. Will these fears haunt our youth into adulthood or is this something they will outgrow?
3. Should we try to help youth overcome their fear of failure, so they will be willing to take big risks and dream bigger dreams or is this fear a natural part of their discovery?
4. Is this a cultural phenomenon and so do adults share the same fears right now?
5. Is the current state of the economy contributing to these fears?
I don't have answers necessarily, just questions.
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They also do not like to blame an individual or group, though I believe the Spanish yellow card issue was a technical glitch that showed up late in the production of the patch, so it wasn't picked up by testers.
Bugs mostly come up because SI are working to improve an area. Take the transfer system, for example- that was not fine in FM2010, there were issues with the transfers of young players, AI squad building, players not moving even when it was obvious they should do, and so forth. However, my understanding from reading on this forum about the transfer issues (I'm playing as England, so I'm sort of isolated) is that they are caused by the increased tendency of unsettled players to demand a move being amplified by players getting upset easily with the new interaction system. The new interaction system, by the way, is something that a lot of users have been crying out for. There are a lot of issues with it, but it's a complicated module, there were always going to be a lot of issues with it unless it was overly simplified. It was a risk by SI, one that might not seem to have paid off right now, but long term, it will massively enhance the game IMO.
I'm not buyign an SI product again until they sort their lives out. Fm11 is terrible.
Back to fm07 or fm08 (patch 3) for me.
I'm not going to say the game is this or that etc or slag anyone off. But for me FM11 is certainly not up to standard - by standard I am going on the standards that SI and FM set - which are very high. I have never not played FM and waited for the patches. But I am afraid I am waiting for the next patch and see what that is like. I think the first few weeks are the most important when playing a new game. With FM10 I loved it and the rest is history, but with FM11 I have felt no attachment for one reason or another.
The game is only terrible in your opinion. i think its pretty damn good. The transfer system in FM10 was far, far from perfect. Having to pay 20mil plus for a teenage superstar playing in Belguim is ridiculous. Having to bid 10 or 20 times the 'value' for a good player was a joke. Player preferences/happiness play a huge part in transfers in the modern day game, yet until this year they played no part in FM. I for one am delighted to see the current transfer system include another element of realism, even if the current system needs tweaked.
Understandable that the transfer crash has come from a new feature. But I just think is disgraceful that the majority of games nowdays are released with so many errors. When will people learn not to rush game companies to release their games, and let them actually get everything done on time... cause this is pathetic. No specifically in terms of FM, but in terms of gaming communities in general.
The teething issues in player interaction are more of a nuisance and a contributory factor to the transfer market system's issues as time goes on, but definitely aren't the cause. Case in point, various high profiles players generate no interest what-so-ever when offered out for £0 at the start of the game. This is long before player interaction comes into the equation, so surely this draws attention instead to whatever coding is responsible for the AI's transfer activity. As has been expressed by some in the bug threads, it's not the fact that players are becoming unhappy and throwing transfer requests around like paper planes, but rather the fact that there is a lack of interest.
Good-very good players are often available for peanuts for a long time, sometimes up until their contract runs out and there is no interest even when that happens. In many cases, AI teams seem reluctant to spend on players that improve their first team. Instead, many prospects and average players for their level are brought in, yet typically only play for the reserves anyway. Meanwhile, a lot of good-very good players are left on the scrap heap. If they're not picked up by the human player, there's a chance of them not being signed for a long time, if ever again. That is the scope of the problem. Players becoming unhappy and subsequently being transfer listed seems to be a separate issue. An issue which has in turn exposed problems in the system as a whole, but is not the cause of them.
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Just scrap the whole Player Interaction feature and all problems will be solved with one swift hit.
And tomorrow we'll have hundreds of threads complaining that SI scrapped the player interaction feature. As has been said it's probably been the second most requested feature in the last few years (after DLR) so there is a big demand for it.
And no all problems will not be solved by scrapping it, getting rid of interactions will only hinder your appreciation of player issues and problems and make the game more opaque. By all means improve it but don't scrap it.
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this genre of game is going to be impossible to get spot on and SI are not obliged to provide updates/patches/fixes etc but they do
my gripe is do they have to release it when they do ...november??? it doesnt come out at the start of the season so why rush it I would prefer the game takes longer to be checked fully even if it is delayed to the new year (perhaps aim for the transfer window)
The game is a fantastic achievment but there are CLEAR issues that need addressing and perhaps could/should have been spotted given more time
I know we all look forward to the next version of the franchise........but do we need a new release each year???
I would preferto have a fully working version I am happy with and be given the option to purchase further enhancements/patches and keep playing that one:o
like i have said people need to stop moaning each year and just buy the game in feb after the transfer window when it has had its final patch/update and is actually workable but then again people do the same mistake each year then moan about it and expect sympathy well NO NO NO SYMPATHY LEARN GODDAMIT!
I am playing FM since 2008, have really enjoyed it so far, though i want to give my opinion about FM11 and hope we can discuss about certain things.
Sorry for my English, i hope you will understand everything.
So here is my opinion:
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We just finished our second season with Rayo & Rayo "B".
First Season (42 games):
Own Goals: 3 (All 3 from opponents)
Red Cards: 2 (Both from Rayo)
Second Season (42 Games):
Own Goals: 2 (Both from opponents)
Red Cards: 2 (Both from Rayo)
Rayo B:
First Season (38 games):
Own Goals: 0
Red Cards: 4
Second Season (38 Games):
Own Goals: 3
Red Cards: 3
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So i can't say something about an own goal / red card bug or something.
About the transfer system:
I have seen Ronaldo being unhappy, he's still at Real Madrid though.
If i look at the transfer history of the Serie A, Premier Division or the LIGA BBVA, i haven't seen anything special, no weird moves/buys whatever.
The media is something i don't like either, but isn't the media asking the managers IRL all ways the same questions?
Though, i only use the media to respond to managers, or if i want to buy a player and look if he's interested etc. the press conference is been handled by my assistant manager.
The news/media items that a manager gets sacked the next match they lose SEEMS TO BE MANY, this is happening IRL to, the problem is you run one season in 1 month (for example) and IRL a season is 12 months.
So you get the point right? it seems a lot, but IRL its the same, only the speed is much faster of course.
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The Moral thing, this is indeed true. One day its Superb and the next day its Very Poor.
This also happens with Value of players, one day its 100k the next day its 500k...
The interaction system is Ok, i think.
You can indeed make someone mad, but you can also improve someones moral, you can ask for advice, learn him something (pref. moves or training) and say he needs to play better or he will be listed.
About contracts/Signings:
I totally agree with you on the point that you cannot sell players, even let players go for FREE, i mean.... if you offer a player with, for example, a value of 1M there must be a club being interested.
Maybe we should be able to talk with Agents from our players, so the agents can go to clubs try to offer the player.
Or we should be able to talk to the media about a player we don't want anymore, so other clubs get some interests in the player.
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Yes, to be honest, this is ridiculous.
On day one me and my friend said to each other, do the 'game makers/developers' play there own game?
IF they do, how come there are still MAJOR bugs? And i am not talking about MINOR bugs.
I know, every game has bugs, the thing is, developers have to get rid of every MAJOR bug if its going FINAL.
this should be fixed at least in the first patch of the game.
About MINOR bugs, this is something (also) for the BETA Testers.
Minor bugs are pretty easy to spot, play a season in a week and you catch already 50% of all minor bugs.
Don't let all Beta testers play what they want, for example, let tester 1 play a national team (e.g. Spain), tester 2 just a main team (e.g. Real Madrid), tester 3 a "b" team (e.g. Barcelona Atletic), tester 4 U21 (e.g. The Netherlands U21) for example.
imo, MINOR bugs are indeed easy to fix but it is really time consuming. Thats why the priority should be the MAJOR bugs.
MAJOR bugs are for example: game hangs in a network game if your friend is watching your match and a player of your team gets injured, game crashes, gfx error's and such...
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Although i give this FM a 7, i am enjoying the game, and indeed it could be much better.
Hi there,
I used to be a tester a fairly long while ago (maybe 5-6 years ago) and I noticed a lot of bugs DO get spotted but a lot of the time we are "pushed" to send a bundle of information along with our findings like a save game, a save before the event - almost as if we were expecting something random to happen (I know this sounds absurd, but its probably one of the most asked questions by SI).
SI do look at bugs, but sometimes certain errors are extreemly difficult to replicate, even though they may seem to occur often or on a lot of systems.
If people agree to Beta test, then they should take this on board and report the things properly.
Still writing your stories by the way? ^^
I think you're entiteled to your opinion but you probably need to understand how beta testing works for FM and how software delivery / software testing actually works in the real world to be able to judge this fairly. i'm not being sensitive at all but simply hoping to share with you some realism of how things work
You need to understand that when testing starts for any product, the product isn't in its final delivery state and simply awaiting bugs to be logged and fixed. Testing sometimes performed against a single component which is part complete. Integration will take place of these components but again will not be in final delivery start....e.g. the deliverable is in a state of dynamic change. I don't doubt many beta testers may do it because it gives them advance sight of a new component but it wont be in a complete state. If that was the sole reason beta testers signed up then these people would be better off reading the FMxx write-up on Amazon.
They key issue is that FM is very complex piece of software with multiple paths of progress and change, its not like a RPG with a fixed progress path. Any change can have an impact to the FM world some smalll and some large...some show up in obvious ways and some dont...everyone plays the game a bit different to another and will at results / stats / on pitch match etc in a different way than another. Many issues can been seen by individual users and others in select circumstances and some are obvious. A fix to an issue may have repercussions elsewhere. An identified error may need to fixed in delicate way for fear of upsetting other elements
All I can say is:
a) for those that have a passion for the game and want it to improve then consider asking SI to join the test team
b for those that understand its not in its best state until the Feb xx when the 3rd patch is available then wait until the 3rd patch is out from now on for every future release and buy the game then. I've personally done this for certain games such as Mass Effect and Bioshock. It will also be cheaper than it was on release day and you will benefit by playing a less buggy game. This has happened every year for years
c) for those that buy the game around release day and encounter issues then log them in the bugs forum and supplement these as best they can with before and after saves to assit the identification and fix process
d) for those that dont want to buy anymore then dont buy. Ultimately if the product really was that bad there would be no sales
Gamers these days are much more demanding what they want. Games are now much more complex. 100% testing is just not possible due to time and cost, you only have to look at microft and NASA to see some of their bugs revealed in public circumstances. I think you'll see that all PC games released these days are not bug free and have a period of patching. Its simply down to economics. Additionally most of this games have a limited timescale say 30 hours so that costs you about £1 an hour. I bet for most people they spend far more than 30 hours playing each years release so itspretty good value for money on a pure entertainment value
That said I think the OP did neatly sum up the 3 key issues with this years FM. SI / SEGA may wish to consider the testing process from a process improvement point of view to see if this will help. They may also need to consider how / when these key issues occured and why, if they weren't identified during testing.
FM11's success maybe simply defined by the forum response compared to previous releases. Our individual experience of the game will no doubt detrmine if when we buy next years' release and so on
All I can say is:
a) for those that have a passion for the game and want it to improve then consider asking SI to join the test team
b for those that understand its not in its best state until the Feb xx when the 3rd patch is available then wait until the 3rd patch is out from now on for every future release and buy the game then. I've personally done this for certain games such as Mass Effect and Bioshock. It will also be cheaper than it was on release day and you will benefit by playing a less buggy game. This has happened every year for years
c) for those that buy the game around release day and encounter issues then log them in the bugs forum and supplement these as best they can with before and after saves to assit the identification and fix process
d) for those that dont want to buy anymore then dont buy. Ultimately if the product really was that bad there would be no sales. How is FM11 doing in the PC sales charts. I personally dont know but tis will be a good guide, especially for a product that has an annual version as oppose to a single or double release like most games
Ultimately if we want change then we can sit down and simply complain or try to be positive in making that change happen
First of all, top top post ^^
I actually echo a lot of what you say - the sole difference I make is that if people take on the role of a Beta tester, then they should act as a Beta tester and report faults, not just log free game time on a game "before everyone else".
I agree SI release the game year on year with money in mind (they have to, it's a business), which is why in an ideal world the game would be released on a two year cycle.
So yeah... the only other point I make is that the Beta testers by and large don't help to the degree they could, that's all.
The lack of feedback from SI clearly shows that they know the game is flawed, im another who would like a refund as its unplayable
Also its false advertising as it says its lifelike. . so you buy a player for £80 million, he plays well for 6 Months then you sell him for a £70 million loss. . that happens in real life!!
I am happy with it and notice no glaring problems. :/ Maybe you guys are playing the wrong game. Also, play the demo first before buying.
The post above by MrPompey was THE best post I have seen in a while.
Don't like it don't play it, don't spam the forums.
If you got a bug, report it
And well, you can always go to the shop and ask for it. Good luck getting a full refund on the basis that "this game is unplayable because I don't like how Barcelona sold Ibrahimovic on a 50 million euro loss!!!!!!!"
... oh wait, that happened IRL. Never mind. Change that to Modric for 18 (which was usually quotd as a "reasonable, realistic, sort it out SI I want a refund because Tottenham would never refuse that ofer IRL" price last year.
I guess there's no winning for SI sometimes. AH well, time to work, then a bit more FM11. Fun how I'm managing to play a flawed, unplayable game =D
And Kopites are &*&*%^&%^ xD
As is stated below, barca paid 50m EUROs plus Eto for Ibra then sell him to AC less than a full year later for only 27M IF he impresses during a loan period............
Truely spectacular mate.
Seems normal to me.......
i can get players to go into tutoring situations, i can pursuade players that want to leave to stay for longer, i have honestly not had a single issue on that side of things. Transfer wise, nothing strange has happened in my game, big players are happy where they are, there are the usual little things like AI not always playing players but thats been there for years, its no big deal. The only big players i have seen wanting to leave are Tevez due the fact man city finished out of the top 4 i would imagine, van der vart and modric want to leave after harry retired, CR7 is happy as are all the major stars in the game. Players are being sold easily as far as i can tell, adebayor has left man city for 10m, gibson left man u for 2m, arsenal sold a 31 year old Arshavin for £8m, all seems pretty normal to me, people are too quick to make sweeping claims about this game, the transfer system is not broken, it maybe doesnt work perfect i have read the countless threads with extreme examples but for me its been fine.
Ok thanks man. I am going to start a brand new game and try again.
a 50 million euro loss on ibra? Hes on loan at Milan just now, and if he does sign its only for a 20 million euro loss. so after 2 seasons thats resonable!
but il bow to your superior knowlege is Ronaldo signs for Chelsea in January for 12 million or tevez leaves Man City on a free come next June
the game is obviously flawed, doesnt matter how much you all stick up for it this has been aknowleged by SI as a bug
so because we like the game, we know nothing about football in real life............
SI have not actually said "the transfer system is broken" far from it, what they have said is they are looking into why players end up on the transfer list and get sold at their market value. much different.
all this is irrelevant as the game is flawed if you enjoy it then good for you, but if your like me and buy the game for realism, the statement SI sell the game based on, then its v poor!
he's not on loan to buy. he's on loan with a MANDATORY buy option at the end of the season, so only difference is really Barcelona gets paid at the end season. Consider it a "paid in 12 months" clause that was made public. yeah, it's a weird contract model, I'lla dmit that. but SI got it quite right (he's on loan, "joins Milan on 1-7-2011")
fwiw, they had to do a neutral valuation of the sell (as Mallorca and Real Madrid were entitled to a small percentage of the cash Etoo was equivalent to), and the total price was, depending on the source, between 65 and 75 million, counting Etoo. So yeah, they lost that amount of money.
Also, not Tevez, but hey, Wright-Phillips, Adebayor (a year later =D) and Santa Cruz (a year later =D) are right now for sale at "ridiculous, unrealistic, I want my money back Si" prices right now, and are tipped to leave for free or close in winter. So yeaaaah, bad examples.
Would like to see a screenshot of Ronaldo joining Chelsea in January for 12 million, please ^^ Only one I've seen was 45-ish, after the player fell with the manager, which is actualy quite realistic. (nobody apart from the couple teams playing with the infinite money cheat enabled IRL pay those prices, anyway, which is what SI is modelling). I've seen a couple more, but none of them gave important data, like... what year it was, for example. We could debate on the realism of lead prima donna Ronaldo asking for a transfer if things don't go his way. January is quite early, but I don't put it past him demanding a transfer if Real Madrid crashes again this year.
There IS a bug on it happening too often, I'll give that. But are you honestly thinking Madrid would get more than 40-50 million if Ronaldo asked in public to leave? Really? Let's see how much they get for Kaka (65 million, less than 20 matches, replacements for his position signed. Real Madrid is bugged! bugged, I tell you!)
And I'm not goint to say the game is flawless. Some stuff is definetly happening. But you know, a few posts are there you were pointing fingers at SI and accussing them of some serious stuff.
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It took me 4-5 seasons, and 4 clubs before i managed to sell my first player.
After that i managed to sell 2 more.
Then i started a new game. After 2 seasons i've managed to sell 2 players. Both of them for free.
In my opinion and after my own experience, the transfers do not work the way they should.
i see adverts on the TV all the time selling products that will make me look younger / less wrinkles etc but do they work..."i dont fink so....". You ever received a Big Mac that looks the same as the picture they have on the walls. The lynx effect doesn't work, and does anyone ever remember the advert years back for an aftershave called "Hi-karate"? I wasted my paper-round money on that. How about that Gillian woman on "I'm a celebrity" ....what numpty goes into the jungle with phobias of every insect and animal, a phobia of water and thinks diving is putting your face into water. She should have got a yellow card for that dive the other night. Thats marketing for you
Saying that if they knew just prior to the release then if they could it would have been patched on release day
I still think FM is a good product and yes there are a few key flaws this year but we know they will be fixed in a month or so....SI dont pack their bags and scarper like some east end market sellors and a lot of software sellors whose products you see in the shops. Once its its fixed you tot up how many hours you spend and then argue its not good value for money. £25 quid wont cover a night in the pub for you and the missus. You dont really want a refund...you just want to air you grieviance and hurry up the patch....no problem with that
The issues are dissapointing but lets wait paitiently for the fixes.......well what else can we do. Besides the extra time should ensure that any fixes are fully tested and not rushed....and you know that would make you me and everyone even more upset.
Following on from what Mile's said on the podcast, alot of people say its unplayable right...
But on Steam, it shows that thousand and thousands and thousands (maybe millions I dont know) alot anyway are playing.
I have done 3 seasons, no major problems, very playable. I enjoy it. No major bugs to report. Too many people are jumping on the bandwagon of 'OOOOOO its broken'
Don't cry, report the bug. Post a screenshot with some examples and CONSTRUCTIVE comments (Key word there)
It's annoying to read through loads of pointless posts with people going, you know nothing about football irl etc. Constructive, not disruptive
In my game Liverpool are 9 points clear at the top midway through the season and they've just bought Gareth Bale for 8m pounds.
FM 2011 - The pinnacle of realism
I realised a few years ago that the FM games weren't completely playable until the .3 Jan/Feb Patch and so continue to wait until then every year to buy the game. That way I get the data update/ January transfers and many of the bugs have been fixed. It also saves me having to start a new game so i get the new transfers. And the other positive - its also a LOT cheaper. Like at least half the price it was when first realised. So for me its a win-win. I decided in 08 that I wouldn't buy 09 and wait until FM 10. I also noticed that FM 10 was alot more enjoyable and playable as it seemed like there was alot of new features and less bugs from 08.


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Lynn Butterly, MD
Norris Cotton Cancer Center Grand Rounds
Auditorium E, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Lynn Butterly, MD
Community Liaison, Norris Cotton Cancer Center; Director, Colorectal Cancer Screening, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Chair, NH Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration
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Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Vail 614, 4:00PM
"A regulatory protein that links metabolism and pathogenesis in gram-positive bacteria"
Abraham L. Sonenshein, PhD
Professor and Acting Chair
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, MA
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Epidemiology and Chemoprevention Research Program Meeting
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Gregg Fairbrothers, MBA
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Chilcott Auditorium, 3:30PM
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Northwestern University
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Informatics Grand Rounds and
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John D. Halamka, MD, MS;
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Auditoria E&F 12:00 p.m.
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Microbiology/Immunology Seminar
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Fellows Lecture: Fat and Cancer
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First Annual Dartmouth Integrative Biology Symposium
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The invited speakers to the First Annual Dartmouth Integrative Biology Symposium are the intellectual and innovative leaders in their respective fields of genomics, proteomics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and systems biology. The purpose of the symposium is to make the research and medical communities aware not only of the latest cutting edge ideas and progress in systems biology but to also raise awareness of the exciting advances in the different areas of integrative biology we have made recently at Dartmouth.
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