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51st Annual Spring Luncheon
You can believe it, another record setting crowd attended the College of Business annual Spring Luncheon in Chicago on the last day of March, 2011. 920 people filled the Regency Ballroom in Downtown Chicago for the 51st time since the tradition was begun.
Jim Goss '72, current CBAA president, welcomed everyone with the rousing cheer of "I-L-L," to which the eager crowd responded, "I-N-I."
Following lunch, Dean Larry DeBrock spoke to attendees about the tide of applicants to the College in the past year. He said thousands applied for the 580 slots; a testament to the vitality of the College and the prominence of alumni.
Despite the continuing budgetary hurdles faced by the University, DeBrock assured those in attendance the College remains strong.
DeBrock shared a story about a recent applicant, an able athlete who was top of his high school class, and who had a 35 ACT score. Though he came from a family of Illini, the student was uncertain about signing with the College of Business because several competing schools were offering much more financial support.
DeBrock was able to make a "very competitive offer," and he took the opportunity to encourage everyone to give money to help the College to compete and so that future applicants might receive the same opportunities that enable alumni to achieve so much.
The keynote speaker and Appreciation Award recipient this year was John Corzine '69, chairman and chief executive officer, MF Global Holdings Ltd., former governor and US Senator for New Jersey, former chairman and chief executive officer, Goldman Sachs.
Corzine's affable personality was abundant in his address to the crowd of gathered Illini. Corzine expressed his pride in being an Illinois alum and the beneficiary of a strong business education. He shared his perspective of growing up in Willy Station, a small town in Illinois, and going to Illinois. Illinois gave him a foundation for his life, strengthening his values and competitive spirit that he carries to this day.
Corzine touched on the difficulties of working in public life. He tempered his message with a belief that, "Our best days are still ahead." He genuinely believes in bipartisan ideals and the power of Americans to continue growing and leading the way to a better future.
He called for the continued investment in higher education with the mature viewpoint of a child of the sixties, noting that if we do not bear the burden of educating our children, others will fill that gap for us.
Tom Vogelsinger '73 '74 MBA was this year's recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Vogelsinger comes from a big Illini family and only ever considered Illinois for his undergraduate education. He was the chairman of the UI Alumni Association Board of Directors from 2008 to 2010, and he served as a member of the President's Advisory Council. He thanked his wife of 37 years, Lynn, who is also an Illini.
Amy Weintraub '99 announced awards for Excellence-in-Teaching given to three instructors, honoring them for their diligence and devotion to their students, courses and research.
Seda Durguner received the award for Excellence-in-Teaching by a Teaching Assistant.
The Excellence-in-Undergraduate-Teaching was presented to Accountancy Professor Jasmijn Bol.
The Excellence-in-Graduate-Teaching was presented to Finance Professor Scott Weisbenner.


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Recently, researchers have gotten serious about studying the effects of religion on health. For decades, there were abundant studies that seemed to link church attendance with better health and lower mortality, but investigators weren't sure what those connections might mean. Was religious activity actually causing better health among adherents, or were there other factors in play? As part of current efforts to address questions like these, the Journal of Behavioral Medicine recently devoted an entire issue to exploring the concrete relationship between religion and measures of physical and mental well-being.

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Mars Hill, N.C. - The Tornados joined in conference action at Mars Hill this past weekend, with Lewis Gaffney, Caleb Welborn and Brandon Milet leading the way in the road race, finishing fourth, fifth and sixth overall in the Men's B Group as the Tornados competed at Mars Hill.
Brevard's team led off the day with the team time trial, with Coach Thad Walker's top group finishing third overall with a time of 29:04:94. The B Group however took home the prize, finishing first overall in their flight with a time of 30:15:61 to give Brevard their first win of the two day event.
Heading into the road race, Corey Meyer led the way for Brevard in the men's A group, recording another top 10 finish on the season by coming in eighth overall. Bryan Underwood and Scott Hoffner finished back-to-back in 21st and 22nd. However, due to conditions in the Men's A Group, several Brevard riders were unable to complete the course.
In the men's B group, Gaffney, Welborn and Milet finished fourth, fifth and sixth overall, behind a trio of riders from Lees-McRae.
Marshal Hartley led the charge in Sunday's Criterium, recording his first top 10 finish in the 2011 road season, finishing 10th overall in the men's A groupl. Bryan Underwood was also in the top 20, crossing the finish line 17th overall. Milet was the lone BC rider in the B group, finishing 13th in the event.
The Tornados are back in action next weekend as they travel to Bristol, Tenn. to take part of the two day event hosted by King College.


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The fresh and funky Elise S Club Racer reflects the purity of Lotus design and vehicle dynamics. Evolved from the hugely popular 'Club Racer' variant of Lotus' entry level 1.6 litre Elise, the lighter-weight, enthusiast orientated package is now available on the supercharged 1.8 litre Elise S. The Club Racer concept comprises fun colour schemes, the innovative application of materials and enhanced driving dynamics and performance, all of which make for a compelling purchase for Lotus purists and track day enthusiasts.
Priced at CHF 61,100*, the Elise S Club Racer benefits from a maximum 19kg weight reduction over the standard Elise S and as such rewards the driver with heightened performance. Due to the improved power to weight ratio the Elise S Club Racer delivers 243 PS per 1000kg, accelerates to 100km/h from standing in 4.6 seconds, and reaches a top speed on 233 km/h – in short, it's a little animal!
Appearing alongside the Elise S Club Racer, the second soft-top on display is the Exige S Roadster. As capable as its coupé counterpart, the Exige S Roadster retains all the intent of a focused sports car but also possesses the poise of a sleek convertible.
Powered by the same 3.5L V6 as the coupé variants and weighing in 10kg less than the Exige S at 1166kg, none of the exhilarating performance of the phenomenal Exige range is compromised, yet the driver is only 'two clicks and a roll' away from cruising in open-top style thanks to the lightweight, factory-fitted soft top.
Achieving 0-100 km/h from standing in 4 seconds, delivering 350 PS at 7000 rpm and 400 Nm of torque at 4500 rpm, the Roadster matches the coupé's mechanical performance and retains its CHF 89,600* price tag, but style takes an understated approach having shed its rear wing and front splitter to maximise airflow over its sleek silhouette. The Exige S Roadster is the perfect car for a 'joy' ride; what better way is there to enjoy the panoramic views of the world's most beautiful roads than when they are enhanced by the purposeful roar of a V6 soundtrack and to feel the wind in your hair and sun on your skin?
Distinctly recognisable as the offspring of the Exige S, the Exige V6 Cup takes performance to the next level. Visually compelling, the Exige V6 Cup comes with bespoke liveries and interior schemes, courtesy of the skilled team at Lotus Design.
Derived from the Exige S and bred specifically for racing, the Exige V6 Cup weighs in at 1110kg and is powered by the same 3.5 litre supercharged V6 engine. Priced at CHF 106,500** including VAT and delivery, the Exige V6 Cup is true to Lotus' race-winning pedigree and is already gaining recognition in the Lotus Cup series as 'the one to beat'!
Completing the Lotus collection is the Evora Sports Racer, a visually enhanced and optimised version of the mid-engined 3.5 litre V6 Evora. Available in both naturally-aspirated and supercharged variants, the Evora Sports Racer proves its value on the pocket, as well as on the road and track - it delivers phenomenal performance, exclusive style, incredible excitement and genuine affordability!
There are three main factors that set the 'Sports Racer' apart from the standard Evora range; firstly, it receives a unique exterior colour scheme with an optimised interior to match. Secondly, it comes fully loaded, boasting Lotus' ultimate specification. While thirdly, it's more affordable than ever and represents great value with prices starting from CHF 95,200*.
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Brandy Gets Fashion Forward On The Cover of Pynk Magazine
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While she sang about it over a decade ago, it's not until just recently that Brandy believed that she was actually "sittin' on the top of the world." The Game star and Grammy winning artist shines on the cover of Pynk Magazine's Music Issue, wearing this seasons hottest colors like electric in blues and neons. In the interview, she talks about balancing her career, motherhood and how she met her fiance, Ryan Press. She revealed that she would love to play Whitney Houston in a film. And of course, she dished on her style!
On balancing motherhood, career, and becoming a wife:
"I don't know! [laughs] It's hard. I haven't worked this hard in my life! My daughter has her own life now. She's getting older so she has her own schedule now. Sometimes, I want her to travel with me and she's like 'no mom. I have a school trip I have to go on.' [laughs] I have a great support system though. My fiancé, my mom and god-sisters they definitely help out."


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National Instruments Market Research Anaylyst Intern Interviews
9:00am - 4:00pm CDT October 23, 2013
National Instruments in Austin invites juniors and seniors with backgrounds in math, economics, statistics, business, finance, marketing and market research to apply for the Market Research Analyst Intern position for Spring 2014. To apply by the deadline of Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 3 p.m. you must register with PirateLink, upload a targeted resume and notify Career Services of your interest. You must also apply directly on NI's website (link coming soon!). If you are selected to interview by NI, Career Services will contact you to schedule a 45-minute interview.
Please Note: National Instruments will not petition for H-1B status from student visas for full-time Market Research Analyst hires, thus can not accept candidates for this intern position who are on a student visa and have Curriculum Practical Training (CPT), Optional Practical Training (OPT), or academic training.
Position Description:
The Research Analyst Intern assists the Market Research Team in developing and executing research and analytic projects. The primary responsibility of this individual will be to work with the Market Research team to review on-going research projects, develop processes and designs for approaching marketing questions at hand, and implement the research and analytic projects.
Core Intern Job Responsibilities:
- Services performed by the intern will vary according to intern's experience and strengths, but generally include:
- Assisting in various tasks throughout the research process including: Definition of research objectives, survey design and development, data collection, analysis, and report composition.
- Using online resources to gather and collate research on various topics.
- Assisting in preparation of materials for presentations and proposals
- Leading and coordinating projects throughout the entire project cycle from defining objectives to a presentation to the business owners
- Meeting regularly with supervisor to discuss projects
- Meet regularly with internal customers regarding research projects
- Coordinate the distribution and final analysis of the research reports
Position Requirements
- Minimum overall GPA: 3.0; if hired, must be a current, enrolled student during designated work term
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Ability to utilize databases and internet for research
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Detailed oriented
- Computer/System/Software Skills: Intermediate-level skills in Microsoft Office software such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel; prefer some prior experience using a statistical software package like SPSS or SAS; Highly self motivated individual with a strong desire to learn
- English Language Competency
- Can clearly and concisely communicate in English (oral and written) so that persons you work with can understand you clearly, particularly technical conversation
About NI:
Employ Your Imagination at National Instruments: National Instruments (www.ni.com), a technology pioneer and industry leader in virtual instrumentation for 35 years, delivers LabVIEW graphical software and open, modular instrumentation hardware for design, simulation, control, test, and manufacturing. Engineers and scientists in hundreds of industries use flexible, high-performance NI products to create reliable user-defined systems throughout the product design cycle to reduce time to market and lower development costs.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 5,600 employees worldwide and direct operations in more than 50 countries. For the past 12 consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America. Glassdoor.com also recently named NI as one of America's "Best Places to Work," and BusinessWeek included NI in its "Best Places to Launch A Career" list.
National Instruments is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer an excellent work environment, and a competitive and well-rounded compensation and benefits package, including an on-site medical clinic; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401(K) with NI match; profit sharing; restricted stock plan; employee discounted stock purchase plan; on-site fitness center and wellness program; and much more.


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'Afinogenov, in the sixth round of the shootout, faked right and shot left against Toronto goalie Andrew Raycroft. "I had a couple of plans in my mind," Afinogenov said. "But that was the move I wanted to make."'
Maxim Afinogenov scores winner in shootout as Sabres beat Maple Leafs 4-3 to avoid elimination
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2012-11-05 - ABB will deliver three mobile substations to Socièté Algérienne du Gestion du Réseau de Transport de L'Electricité (GRTE) to support rural electrification efforts in Southern and Northern regions of Algeria. These substations can be transported by truck and will be deployed to temporarily replace fixed installations, while maintenance and upgrades are carried out.
GRTE, the largest grid operator in Algeria, was established in 2004 as a joint-stock company by Sonelgaz, the state-owned utility responsible for electricity and gas distribution. Sonelgaz supplies more than six million households with electricity representing 98 percent coverage of the country. Algeria located in the northern part of Africa is the largest country on the continent and has over 225,308 kilometers of power lines, serving a 37 million population. It is expanding the size of its transmission network to reach isolated rural communities and support hydrocarbon developments in the Sahara Desert.


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Hi Everyone -
I have a strange problem involving Outlook connectivity problems to
Exchange over a m0n0wall <-> m0n0wall ipsec VPN
1. Network of 20 or so workstations connected like this: workstation ->
switch -> m0n0wall -> internet.
2. There is a domain controller also connected to the switch that
provides primary DNS and Active Directory
3. There is another domain controller, this one with the Exchange
server, on a physically separated network, with another m0n0wall in
front of it.
4. each of the two networks is connected via an ipsec VPN that is
working great.
All workstations that predate the switch to the m0n0wall vpn on the same
network are working fine, but when we connect new workstations they have
trouble connecting to Exchange from Outlook. It is very slow (5 minutes
to connect) and intermittent. The new workstation is working well in
every other respect - no dropped packets, solid ping, great browser
access, and so on. Only the Outlook (and Mail control panel) are having
this problem, and it is very severe (sometimes it just fails, usually it
sits there for 5 or more minutes and finally connects, sort of).
Any ideas on this one? I am inclined to simply despise Microsoft even
more than I do and chalk it up to a problem of theirs, but I thought I
would check and see if anyone else has seen anything similar to this
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"Nancy stayed in bed in the hotel room as I scurried around to get the paperwork and the minister and the flowers," says Campbell.
But, on that fateful April night, Campbell said Rehtaeh "was just too mad."
"This was a Viking area where they settled and traded," said Campbell.
In the Times account, General Campbell punctuated the point for exiting the Pech.
Campbell is recognized for his tattoo talent, having created designs for everyone from Marc Jacobs to Orlando Bloom.
It was not long ere people began to remark that no one now ever heard the piper utter the name Campbell.
Mr Campbell made no reply, but handed the letter to his wife.
Campbell has it against Byron, that "the poetic temperament is incompatible with matrimonial felicity."
Mr Campbell had a few purchases to make here, which he completed.
Miss Campbell was also unable to return and the school was left without a teacher.
family name, from Gaelic caimbeul "wry or crooked mouth," from cam "crooked, deformed, one-eyed, cross-eyed." Also in surname Cameron, from Gaelic camshron "wry or hooked nose" (in the Highland clan; the Lowland name is for a locality in Fife). The Campbell Soup Company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell; Warhol began painting their cans in 1962.


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Alumna Mignon Clyburn heads the Federal Communications Commission
In 2009, Mignon Clyburn was appointed by President Barack Obama as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Her term runs through June 2012.
A 1984 business administration graduate, Clyburn has a long history of public service and dedication to the public interest.
She served for 11 years as the representative on the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. She actively participated in numerous national and regional state-based utility organizations, including serving as the chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Washington Action Committee.
Earlier in her career, she was publisher and general manager of The Coastal Times, a Charleston-based weekly newspaper.
"Many things that ail us as a nation can be addressed through the National Broadband Plan."
As FCC commissioner, Clyburn deals with the complexities of telecommunications and high-tech policy. The regulatory agency was charged with drafting the National Broadband Plan (NBP)--designed to provide affordable high-speed Internet access to every part of the nation--and presented it to Congress March 17.
"The NBP is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, often referred to as the Recovery Act, which was signed into law by President Obama in February 2009," she explained. "The Act includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, and protect those in greatest need.
"Many things that ail us as a nation can be addressed through the NBP," Clyburn said. "For a relatively small price, in comparison to some billion-dollar government programs, the NBP can tackle a lot of issues in many areas, including education, public safety, and health. It's an efficient delivery system."
Responding to critics who say such a plan would be expensive, Clyburn likens the NBP to the Rural Electric Administration (REA), a program created in 1935 by President Franklin Roosevelt to bring electricity to rural areas.
"At that time in our history, only ten percent of rural dwellers had electricity, while nearly 90 percent of urban dwellers did," said Clyburn, whose father is James Clyburn, a Congressman who represents South Carolina's sixth district.
"Without the REA, where would rural areas of the United States be? Who would have come to rural South Carolina to work or to build a business?" she said. "The NBP will be just as critical to the nation's growth."
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'Girls' Season 3 Behind-the-Scenes Trailer: Who's "Sexually Reckless" This Year?
HBO gave us an early sneak peek at 'Girls' season 3 with the Instagram-y teaser trailer back in August, but now having officially set the return of Lena Dunham's Golden Globe-winning comedy for January 2014, we've got a much more substantial look at new footage and behind-the-scenes production. Find out who's depressed, who's working at a pizza shop, and who's waking up in random boys' beds in the first look at 'Girls' season 3!


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Sabin Foundation Europe
Sabin Foundation Europe is a UK-registered charity founded in 2011 to support vaccine research and development, advocacy efforts and treatment programmes for vaccine-preventable and neglected tropical diseases. As a partner of the U.S.-based Sabin Vaccine Institute, Sabin Foundation Europe leads the efforts in the UK and across Europe to promote proven, cost-effective solutions to the world's most pervasive, and least understood, health issues.
Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases
NTDs are a group of bacterial and parasitic diseases that infect one in six people worldwide, including more than half a billion children. Yet for approximately 50 pence, we can treat and protect one person for an entire year. In the absence of treatment, these diseases can cause anaemia, malnutrition, blindness and other severe physical and cognitive disabilities. Sabin Foundation Europe supports programmes globally to raise the awareness, political will and funding necessary to control and eliminate the seven most common NTDs: trachoma, soil-transmitted helminths (hookworm, ascariasis, trichuriasis), onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis.
Vaccine Research and Development
Sabin Foundation Europe promotes the research and development of a new generation of effective vaccines for diseases that traditionally are not financed by commercial product development pipelines. We support ongoing research and development for vaccines to prevent infectious and neglected diseases including schistosomiasis, human hookworm disease, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
Building Strong, Stable Immunisation Programmes
Immunisation is one of the best investments a country can make for the health and well-being of its population as well as the growth of its economy. Vaccines not only save lives, they also increase educational achievement and worker productivity by reducing illness and chronic disability, resulting in a return on investment of 16 times the amount spent to immunise children in the world's poorest countries. Sabin Foundation Europe supports programmes to build strong, sustainable immunisation programmes, expand immunsation against vaccine-preventable diseases – including rotavirus, pneumococcal disease, meningococcal disease, measles, rubella, dengue and typhoid – and to increase access to both new and under-utilised vaccines.
Our Work in Action:
UK Member of Parliament (MP) Jeremy Lefroy urged international action to combat neglected tropical diseases during a Parliamentary debate. Mr. Lefroy is also the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and NTDs (APPMG) and a former member of the Sabin Foundation Europe Board of Trustees.


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Musicmatt1 58-67-1
OKC Thunder -4
SunsDevils 37-39NY Knicks -4
OKC Thunder -4
Taking the Knicks tonite. I know they played in overtime on the road last night and that they havent had a lot of success ats against Cleveland. They need this game to hold onto the number 2 seed. I see a cover!
NY Knicks -4.5
Musicmatt1 59-67-1
DEN Nuggets -3
MIA Heat -12.5
LA Lakers -7.5
As teams start to prepare for playoffs, the Nuggets and the Lakers have
been 2 of the best establishing themselves over the past week. Well maybe the Lakers are trying to secure a
playoff spot. I have been worried that
if the Heat decided to coast in to playoffs, they could get surpassed by a very
hot Knicks. So with rumors of some of
the players returning, I look to them to head in that direction tonight.
Nuggets - Dallas really needs this game, but how could they possible
win it? They can't keep up with Nuggets
and they don't play defense. Even when
the Nuggets came out flat for nearly a full half, they beat the Spurs. Dallas would certainly need to shoot over 60%
to have a shot for this game. One of the
biggest things that showed me the Nuggets are for real, was the Faried block as
time expired on a pointless shot.
Heat - Boston certainly isn't the team it used to be and maybe Ray
Allen knew that when he left for the Heat.
They are devastated with injuries and their age is catching up to some
of the better players. I just don't see
Green having a career game in Miami like he did in Boston, so who puts up the
37-22-4 solid big plays +29600 $
4-6-1 medium plays -390 $
10-10 small plays -80 $
my record over here on in the contest 23-11-2
Hi there fans. Adding the Thunder who want to secure home court advantage thru playoffs. Thunder 6-0 ats last 6 road games against teams with a winning home record. Portland banged up!
OKC Thunder -9.5
Get Some!
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But Erlang's treatment of strings as lists of bytes is as elegant as it is impractical. The factor-of-eight storage expansion of text, as well as the copying that occurs during message-passing, cripples Erlang for all but the most performance-insensitive text-processing applications.
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But Erlang's treatment of strings as lists of bytes is as elegant as it is impractical. The factor-of-eight storage expansion of text, as well as the copying that occurs during message-passing, cripples Erlang for all but the most performance-insensitive text-processing applications.
To understand why Erlang string handling is less efficient than a language like Perl, you need to know that each character uses 8 bytes of memory. That's right -- 8 bytes, not 8 bits! Erlang stores each character as a 32-bit integer, with a 32-bit pointer for the next item in the list (remember, strings are lists of characters.)
This was not done out of wanton wastefullness; using such large values means that Erlang can easily handle anything the UNICODE people throw at it, and the decision to represent strings as lists of characters means that a host of built-in Erlang primitives work on strings without any work on our parts. On the down side, this also means strings use a lot of memory, and that access to the nth element takes O(n) time (rather than the O(1) time we would get with strings represented as arrays of characters.)
In Erlang, literal strings are enclosed in quotes and may contain linebreaks inline, i.e.
1>A_string = "A literal string with a linebreak (\"\\n\") in it". 2>A_string. "A literal string with a linebreak ("\n")\nin it" 3>io:fwrite(A_string). A literal string with a linebreak ("\n") in it
Because Erlang strings are lists, you can use any of the functions in the lists library to manipulate the string:
1> lists:sort("Hello"). "Hello" 2> lists:sort("ZYX"). "XYZ" 3> lists:subtract("123212", "212"). "312". 4> lists:suffix(".txt", "test.txt"). true 5> lists:suffix(".txt", "test.html"). false
If you want to find out what character is at a specific position in a string, use lists:nth(N, List), where N is a 1-based index in the string:
6> lists:nth(A_string, 1) 65
length will tell you how long a string (or any list) is.
7> length(A_string). 46
Due to Erlang's single-assignment nature, it does not provides mutable strings. If you want to modify a string, you must build a new string out of the revised elements. You can make a copy of a string using duplicate. However, this is of limited utility, since you can't modify it anyway:
8> C_String = hd(lists:duplicate(1, A_string)). "A literal string with a linebreak \\n\nin it"
You can create new strings with both lists:duplicate and string:chars:
9> F_string = lists:duplicate(5, $*). "*****" 10> G_string = string:chars($*, 5). "*****"
You can also use lists:append to join strings:
11> H_string = lists:append(["Hello, ", "Erlang", "!"]). "Hello, Erlang!"


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Discussion in 'External Tools' started by luhjgh, Jul 11, 2011.
I am wondering what programs people use.
I use Zbrush (or maya occasionally)
And GIMP.
Unity 3
you could do a poll
I´m entirely free software, blender, gimp, unity free, audacity, lmms... i have no money
I also use Audacity.
Is very good, has some good filters and easy to use..
I use:
Photoshop CS5 64-bit
Carrara 8 Pro 64-bit
Blender 2.58a 64-bit
Visual Studio 2010 Pro
Poser Pro 2010
Sculptris Alpha 6 (although currently eyeing Mudbox 2012 or ZBrush 4 at this point).
Unity 3.3 Standard Edition
My budget for software licenses is approx. $700/mo., so realistically, a Maya or Max license would have been out of the question for me, so I went to DAZ and Smith Micro for some of the software, although I also do have Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon 2.5, and DAZ Studio 3 Advanced, I still feel that Carrara 8 Pro and Poser Pro 2010 have the right features for Unity asset creation in and of themselves. We shall see how these tools go as I move along.
Wow, with that kind of a budget you could probably save about $500 a month for long enough to buy a Max license,
I would think. But, you would know your own situation.
I use Adobe Master Collection CS 5 (mostly Photoshop and After Effects)
Max 2012
And Unity 3.3
All 64 bit but, Unity.
(hint, hint)
Didn't heard of GIMP what's that?
i use max, zbrush, mudbox, revit, motion builder, face gen,... photoshop, after effect,...
Well, I would have thought about a Max or Maya license eventually, but since I was looking at getting into modeling in the short term, the tools I posted were good for getting my hands dirty right away. Also, there are professional tutorials on Carrara from Infinite Skills, I believe, and 3D Buzz was also working on Blender tutorials, and Photoshop CS5 hasn't changed THAT much since the 3D Buzz vids on those...so I'm pretty much set on getting into this.
3ds max, its expensive, but its worth every penny
I use:
Modo 501 - for modeling,painting/textures,baking and sculpting
3DCoat - retopology(mostly)
Sculptris - sculpting 3D concept
There's a 30 day free trial (most likely Maya too) so be sure to run that first,
don't spend that kind of money just because others (like me) like it.
The only time I used Maya was when Alias was still around, and they were still offering the Personal Learning Edition. Now that Autodesk swallowed up Alias, and kissed the PLE goodbye, I decided for a cheaper alternative in Carrara 8 Pro, and I also have Hexagon and Bryce 7 Pro, and those do integrate well into each other, and DAZ guaranteed native support for Unity, so I believed them, and haven't had TOO much trouble yet, but we'll see.
Of course, I always have Blender 2.58a on the side as a precaution, in case something doesn't work well under Carrara, but I doubt that would be a problem.
I use Max 2011, Photoshop, After Effects (for certain things like 2D fire effects eg), Audacity and of course Unity . Nice to see someone who also uses Poser. Although I do find the interface a tad clunky, the sheer diversity of the characters you can create and the huge variety of quality assets you can obtain at a decent price from the Daz3D site, make it a really worthwhile tool and I think it's underrated.
Wedgebob, how do you find Daz3D to use? I downloaded the basic framework from the site but haven't got around to using it yet, largely because (as far as I'm aware), there is no decent plug-in for export into Max and, despite being slightly unstable, PoserFusion handles that job for me nicely. I've not actually tried anything with Poser and Unity yet because of the huge polycounts on characters, but how does Daz work for you?
i can imagine the videogame production is really expensive since we must to buy a good computer, (better if a mac?), then softwares are really expensives,.. well friends.. i have a simple notebook and all my soft are free, ... and if unity becomes available for linux.. i can get ubuntu again on my machine hehe;D
so, my game production cost is only US$ 400 how is it ?
You don't need that good a computer these days, though it does help for baking advanced lighting solutions. I have a 6 year old Mobo, 5 year old CPU, 4 year old GPU and Audio card. Most expensive parts are probably the fancy case and bluetooth keyboard and mouse lol.
I Use 3ds Max 32 bit
Photoshop CS5 32 bit with Wacom Intuos2
Win7 Ultimate 32bit
Unity 3
Ofusion Pro for Ogre3d (Commercial Exporter)
OgreMax (Commercial Exporter)
I "have" a lot of software.
However, what I've come to actually use is pretty limited for 99% of what I'm actually working on.
Unity 3 with just the built in Mono Editor and so far just Strumpy Shader Editor as the only plugin I've used more than just to test it out. I may add the blender metamorph plugin to this soon.
Adobe Photoshop for simple drawings and concepts and "maybe" some texturing or a fix here and there.
Adobe Illustrator if I feel I need 2D orthographic references to model something.
Blender for modeling, texturing, rigging, animating and export.
ZBrush if I need special alphas, or for high resolution sculpting (this doesn't happen much for what I'm actually working on, but I do like to go in and create something now and then, mostly for fun).
Xcode to dump to the iPhone.
I haven't decided what I'm doing for sound quite yet, the choices are:
Use royalty free.
Pay someone.
Cobble something together in Garageband on my Mac.
I'll probably end up with a combination of all three.
Realistically I could get by with just Blender, Unity, XCode, and royalty free music online, but the other stuff adds some convenience.
Photoshop CS5 64Bit
Unity 3.3 Free Version
Cinema4D R12 Visualize
ZBrush 4
I have a few more but I don't use them on a real regular basis. Those are my main tools of trade. The rest is either open source, old or bundeled software.
Unity 3.4
Gimp, Blender, Audacity, Mac: Xcode, Linux: Kate (standard KDE notepad), actually whats the point to mention about Unity3d It's obvious (?)
Genetica texture editor
UnityScript editor
Maya 2012
ZBrush 4
Unity3D Basic 3.4.1
Photoshop CS5 Extended
Carrara 8 Pro
Blender 2.59
Sculptris Alpha 6
Visual Studio 2010 Professional w/ ReSharper 6
Poser Pro 2012 and DAZ Studio 4 Pro (yes, both)
UVMapper Professional
Keep in mind that I listed these as an update to what I was using over two months ago, since there have been changes in versions and/or editions of the same software. You can also add DAZ Studio 4 Professional to the mix, since there are things in this that Poser Pro 2012 doesn't do in terms of exports and/or animation features.
Unity3D Pro 3.4
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Adobe After Effect CS5
XCode 4.2
That's pretty much it on my Mac Pro dual quad-core with 8GB of RAM and 1GB of VRAM.
for game dev related stuff i use my mac book pro so everything i use is for OSX
this is my toolset
unity(obviously haha)
sketchbook pro
soundstudio 4
garage band
cheetah 3d doesnt seem to be mentioned much , but it deserves more attention.. it works flawlessly with unity
overall less than $300 dollars worth of software
Unity 3.4
Blender 2.59
Gimp 2.6
Yeah, I'm working on hopefully dumping Sculptris for a full-blown Zbrush 4R2 license by Christmas, don't worry...
Modo 401
Lightwave 10
ZBrush 4
Photoshop CS2
And unity of course ..
I might start delving into the freeware like Blender/GIMP/etc over time, seeing how very pricey upgrades add up over time for software.
But its hard making the switch since I'm used to using all of these tools for so long ... so I'll probably wimp out and end upgrading the tools I have. LOL
3ds max
NDo (a must have Photoshop plugin)
Sculptries for prototyping
or people over here have loads of spare money to spend it on $3000 dollar software or more than one in here is using pirate versions hehehehe
What programs do you use???
Stay on that question.
modo 501 - Modeling, unwrapping, retopology, baking, texturing, sculpting.
Photoshop CS5 - Texturing, GUI.
3DSMax 2011/2012 - Animation, FBX exporting.
ZBrush4 - Sculpting.
Aren´t there enought Topics like this in the World (Wide Web) ?
Adobe CS 5 Production Premium (Student)
- Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Soundbooth
Maxon Cinema4D R11.5 Modelling, UVing + Textureing (Bodypaint)
xNormal Texture Bakeing and Photoshop Filters
Unity 3 Free
MeshLab Topology reduction and other functions
Microsoft Visual C# Express
I am also messing around with Autodesk PLE Versions like Maya and Mudbox
Missing a few things here.. e.g. in what do you make the animations? how to optimize your zbrush mesh to be import ready into unity?
etc etc....
Anyway, my main list:
Blender (anims, modeling, baking, sculpting)
Gimp, Fireworks (webgraphics), inkscape (texturing, gui designing/painting, etc etc)
Audacity (sound editing)
Cubase5 (with diverse plugins and libraries) music composing/producing/arranging
Windows7 64bit (for running cubase and fireworks and Unity)
Fedora 15 (for running the rest, plus some more non game related stuff) as VM
besides Unity we use consistently:
Adobe Illustrator (for all cartoon artwork)
We use the artsheets for fastt texture-export into unity. The textures keep vectors until they are exported into unity. So we keep a lot of flexibility.
Adobe Photoshop (for fast edits and detail)
Highly detailed textures e.g. for detailed skinned meshes.
Adobe Bridge
Mantis Bug Report
Blender 2.5
Sometimes it is hard to find a certain button, a setting or a good answer, but in the end blender was always a very handy tool. It was great for Django West.
Unity 3.41
Blender 2.59
Pixelmator 1.6.7
OS X Lion
I always wonder about people who expect the software they produce to be paid for, when they use stolen software to produce it.
On OS X
Unity 3.4.1 Pro with iOS Pro
Cheetah3D for modeling, animation etc
Photoshop CS5.5 Extended
Autodesk FBX converter
Illustrator CS5
Blender for the occasional task
On Windows (via VMWare Fusion)
Urban PAD
Maya / MotionBuilder (Max when I can't avoid it)
Unity (free)
After Effects
I use 3D Max and Maya for animation, they got the best tools....
Going to add Zbrush 4 R2 at the end of my list by this time next week, hopefully, if things work out right.
I am a starter game maker:
Built PC- 965BE, 560 Ti, Vertex 2 and 8gb 1600 c7
Unity 4.2(latest)
CS5 Master with Student Discount- I use Photoshop, Fireworks and After Effects so far
For my website MS Expression, Flash and Dreamweaver
*3DS Max
Daz Studio 4-They had it for free, the 50$ version about a week ago.
Blender-Just got it and I like it
*MS Visual Studio and Expression
*If your a student, Autodesk offers their entire lineup for free, and so does Microsoft. Adobe has great deals, but not free.
For those who are using free software, if you had a choice, would you use Maya and 3DS Max over the others, if it weren't for the money?
Also, what music programs is everybody using??
I got Ableton Live with Novation LaunchPad and Novation SL Mk2 49 Key, and Line 6 UX2 and BX5a Studio Monitors
you cant use the autodesk student versions for anything commercial, so its a matter of if your going to end up buying or not. If you dont ever plan on doing that then might as well go with blender from the start
Did anyone see this websites looks good.
This is true. While I do have the student version of Maya, Max, Motionbuilder, etc... I usually only use these until I can afford the commercial license, which may be at least a good two years worth of saving up, if I'm good about it. Otherwise, ones that were in my budget come from DAZ 3D (Hexagon, Carrara 8 Pro, Bryce 7 Pro, DS4 Pro, etc...), which may hold me until I am ready for 3ds Max (my ultimate goal). However, I do have Photoshop CS5 Extended and Zbrush 4 R2 which were in my budget, so can't complain on the sculpting and texturing end of things. Could I have went with Modo or Lightwave over the Carrara/Hexagon combo? Perhaps, at least Modo and Lightwave don't require that $500 fee to use content made through those for commercial use in games...but to each their own.
Unity 3
thats exactly mine xD
I do understand what you are saying, and I chose the Maya and 3ds Max because the University Teachers told me that is what we will be using. Plus my research says that they are the best tools money can buy, which is a good and bad thing.
Also if I decide to build a game company, I would assume that I would make more than enough to buy all the products that I use to build it. Obviously I would need buy them before I publish, but that is why I am making a complete business plan with in the pre-production of my games. So i know exactly what I am going to do and how I am going to do it.
I am still in a pre-production/Learning process, for all i know, I will love Blender more and use it on all my games.
For music I am looking into Pro Tools or Logic(if i decide to get an Mac Computer).
I use:
-Open MPT
Free software for the win!


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There was a time when watermarks, (text on an image that usually says who made it or that it's copywritten) were reserved for wedding photo sample books because the only way to copy a photo was to go to a professional photo lab.
The digital photography revolution changed all of that.
So how do you let people know your images were taken by you and are copyrighted when you want to share photos with friends via e-mail or Facebook?
Until now I've been doing it the hard way: open an image I want to post in an image editing program… make a new text box… type in my text… save my image… repeat the same process over and over for every image I wanted to upload. Eventually I got lazy and just stopped adding it… and now people can use my images without giving any credit to me.
Until now! Bulk Watermark Tool is a fantastic application which lets you add a text watermark to all the images in an entire directory with a few simple button clicks.
Once you install the program and click the Bulk Watermark Tool icon on your desktop a window comes up asking you to select the location of the files you want to add a watermark to. JPEG/PNG/GIF/BMP file types are all supported. Just click on file folder picture to select the directory.
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That's all there is to it! Click Run and the pictures will have the watermark added! If you want to check how they'll look, click Show Preview to see a preview of the images with the new watermark.
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Bulk Watermark Tool may not have some of the advanced options of watermarking with images or multicolor watermarks, but its simple, well-designed interface lets you watermark images so quick you won't feel bothered by doing it.
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I'd like that.
Lol maybe.
Haha not really, but since you started it...
Funny that's how rap battles look like where I live.
Wow dude, there's some really good rap. And I say this being into metal and punk.
coloe probably blasts those sick mainstream beats lolz
hip hop is where it at so long as you realize the radio is terrible
Lol I know you don't give a fuck but spanish rap has some of the dopest lyrics you can hear.
French rap is doper
frenchies do bring the heat ya gotta admit
I've heard some French rap, and I couldn't understand shit, but it was cool haha.
Seriously, spain has some of the best rapper/poets in the world.
Hablemos español jajaja.
As far as I know hip hop is the same as rap...
So what bands do you listen to?


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Police are also investigating a fatal crash in Oaklands Junction, near Craigieburn in Melbourne's north several hours later.
A police spokeswoman said a man died when the ute he was driving veered off Oaklands Road and slammed into a tree, about 7.30am.
The man is yet to be identified and police will prepare a report for the coroner.
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I would like to say HI and thanks for taking these few questions that I have. Question to start off with is the obvious post topic, is there a current active Pokemon podcast out there that I can listen to? Also, to note, I would like to start a fa/canon series of episodes of Pokemon of a podcast series, and thus, asking permission to post this on this wiki. Follow up question is may I have some help with the podcasts if I am allowed to ask. Thanks for taking the time to answer these few but simple questions. Thanks. Sundogs Current wikis' talk page • Wikias' Talk Page • Wikis Managing 06:33, April 15, 2012 (UTC)
I replied to the mover of this thread and suggesting that I co-host with one or two administration members of Pokemon Wiki and Pokemon related wiki sites to produce a show via Skype Conference Call. Would anyone be interested? Sundogs Current wikis' talk page • Wikias' Talk Page • Wikis Managing 18:59, April 15, 2012 (UTC)
- As I said on Crimson's talk page, I'd be willing for this. Jäzzi 19:00, April 15, 2012 (UTC)
Pulling through
Should we go ahead and start doing this? --Jazzi 11:26, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Contact me via Skype with district.attorney.jason.bourne with the Pokemon wiki in the request bar so I know who you are. Sundogs Current wikis' talk page • Wikias' Talk Page • Wikis Managing 12:40, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
- Added. --Jazzi 12:42, April 17, 2012 (UTC)
I have gone ahead and messaged Bulbapedia about them possibly joining in on the podcast. Hopefully they'll agree as it'll be a great project for the two wikis to work on together. --Jazzi 22:58, April 21, 2012 (UTC)


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LONG BEACH - Despite a clerical workers strike at half its terminals, imports and exports at the Port of Long Beach rose more than 20 percent last month, thanks to two major shipping lines that recently added services, port officials said Thursday.
After months of mostly declining growth, the number of imported containers in November jumped 20.2 percent to 278,534 TEUs, or 20-foot equivalent container units - the highest November volume in five years.
Meanwhile, exports climbed 24.6 percent from the same time in 2011, reporting 138,312 TEUs, the second highest November volume in five years, according to the port.
About 555,513 TEUs were handled by port terminals, a 20.8 percent spike from last year, according to the port.
The number of empty containers, which are shipped overseas to be restocked with goods, was 138,667 TEUs, up 18.4 percent from a year ago.
Shipments rose despite a clerical workers strike that threatened business at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The Nov. 27 strike, which longshoremen honored, started at the Port of Los Angeles and spread to Long Beach a day later. It lasted seven days and effectively shut down three of six terminals in Long Beach and seven of eight in Los Angeles.
The shutdown left several ships waiting in the water to dock; several ships were also diverted to ports in Oakland, Mexico and Panama. Long Beach was not as significantly affected by the strike, Port of Long Beach spokesman Art Wong said.
"Some of those ships that would have gone to the closed terminals went over to the open terminals, so we were far less impacted than L.A.," Wong said.
The Port of Los Angeles has not yet released its numbers.
Long Beach port officials credit the increase to major container shipping firms CMA CGM and MSC, which added services in Long Beach.
Port officials saw a double-digit jump in cargo numbers in October after shipping line MSC moved its business to Long Beach from Los Angeles.
And on Wednesday, the port announced that Marseille, France-based ocean carrier CMA CGM would lease and operate a 256-acre terminal at Pier J, to which its ships will call exclusively.
The move by the world's third biggest container shipping line to build a West Coast hub is expected to bring 2.6million more container units and about $70 million in revenue in the next five years, port officials said.
"It's been a convergence of some of the bigger lines shifting more of their business here," Wong said of the increase. "Going forward, we should have some very good numbers regardless of what happens in the economy."
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hmmm, I know I have seen that fight but can't recall it off the top of my head. Will have to rewatch that fight.
Also, just curious, has there ever been a "wardrobe malfunction" like that before in a women's mma fight? I can't recall any. I've always been surprized it doesn't happen more often in women's bouts.
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Awesome stuff, she is repping the UK proud & looks like she is getting better each fight!
I do not remember that fight ending that way at all.
My mind is going at my old age of 27.
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Louis Leblanc at Canadiens development camp on Tuesday.
Pierre Obendrauf, Gazette
As befits a Harvard man, Louis Leblanc will devote some of his summer to thinking.
The Canadiens' first draft choice in 2009 has completed his freshman year at great Ivy League university. Leblanc must weigh options that include:
• Returning to the Crimson for a sophomore season
• Playing in the Q, where his rights belong to Chicoutimi
• Turning pro and likely spending a season with the Hamilton Bulldogs
Scrummed at Day 1 of the Canadiens development camp, the highest-drafted player on hand would not commit himself to one course of action or another.
Leblanc, who turned 19 in January, said he would consider pros and cons before deciding what would be best for his development.
His stall neighbour – and former USHL teammate – was more definitive.
"I'm the best right winger in Camp," Danny Kristo crowed, hastily adding "because there are six centres, five left wings and I'm the only right wing here."
Chalk up another first-round bust.
David Fischer, the
Canadiens' top draft choice in 2006 (20th overall, two spots ahead of of
Claude Giroux) has not been invited to camp.
The Canadiens have
until Aug. 15 to sign the University of Minnesota defenceman … or not.
team has released Dman Nicklas Torp, their sixth-round draft choice
(163rd overall) in 2007 and Jason Missiaen, a beanpole goaltender picked
in the fourth round (118) of the 2008 draft.
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Russians aren't coming, the Russians aren't coming,
Canadiens PR
guy Dom Saillant says "let's put it this way: it's more complicated to
get them here than others."
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Fortier schooled Gabriel Dumont.
Also impressive: Louis Leblanc
on Michael Cichy. And Danny Cristo on Tanner House (who edges Hunter
Bishop for Best Name at Camp).
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Worst thing about
coming to Brossard:
On the Champlain Bridge approach, the giant
TekSavvy billboard featuring the smiling face of Georges Laraque.
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Guy Boucher is attending to family matters and will not be
at development camp until Thursday.
General Manager Pierre
Gauthier will be here on Friday.
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Players are
available at 5 p.m.
Safe bet Louis Leblanc will attract the
biggest scrum.
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Congrats to good guy Marc De Foy,
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Award and election to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
When asked which
cap he'd wear to the HoF ceremony, De Foy said "RueFrontenac, hostie!"


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Up and coming Light-Heavyweight needed for The European MMa League taking place in Zagreb. Here is a breakdown as the format is a little unusual so will give you an idea if you are interested.
Its a 16 man tournament held over the course of the year. Its meant for younger fighters and those with around 8 fights and under.
There is a prize money for winning the tournament of 10.000 euros, 5000 for second and 2000 for third. Also 500 euro ko,sub and 1000 euro fight of the night bonus per show.
The event is held in Croatia. They will fly out fighter plus corner and cover hotel and meals.They put you up in a good place and you are looked after.
The downside is that the first rounds of the tournament you are basically fighting for free. This tournament suits people who are confident of winning and getting the prize money and those who are probably not fighting for huge purses in any case in the UK and are cool to get the guaranteed 4 fights over the year and win a European tournament.
On the other side of it though the standard is fairly low with a lot of guys from the baltic states with limited experience. There is obviously no guarantee there though and a fight is a fight and there may well be a few tough guys in there. ( I dont want to sound like a salesman)
From a personal view I have two guys from London Shootfighters in the tournament so i believe it is worth it for the right person.
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I bought it the other day, its very good! Lots of behind the scenes training footage
I got this awhile ago - it's a great watch.
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I've got this as well - it's excellent!
cracking dvd, new found respect for renzo after watching it, great for all the bjj geeks
It's a very good watch. I know its a Renzo Gracie DVD, but my nipples went hard when they did the Sakuraba bit.
The extras are very good too! Well worth a few quid I say....
Enjoyed the Relson bit in the extras, well worth watching.
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4th generation E90 M3 sedan, E92 M3 coupe and E93 M3 convertible. The last of the naturally aspirated M3s, powered by a 4.0 liter V8 making 414hp and 295 lb-ft of torque.
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Hi M3 enthusiasts! I am a proud owner of bmw m3 coupe 2010. Basically a stock car in white. Nothing extra except a aluminium brush trim on the dashboard and an alarm. Manual transmission of course. I currently have 11,000 miles on the car. Had to replace a vacuum pump and sensor a year ago when the car went into safe mode for the aforementioned failure. Warranty covered that -- thank goodness.
So here is my dilemma? I have paid the car off in full and had done the European delivery. You have to do it once in your life. It is a blast! I do not know how much in general terms it would cost me to maintain the car after the warranty expires next year in November. I can budget and save at least $5,000 for the car every year. Would that be enough? If I started budgeting more, I would take a hit on my lifestyle of traveling that I so love around the world. I have seen 48 countries, but want to see 52 more before I die. So I need money to travel too. Like I said I love my car so much. Petrol prices I don't care about. Just would $5000 be enough to maintain and service the car every year? I know it is a very difficult question to answer, but some input would be nice from owners. The car is driven hard on ramps and off ramps and on tight corner and coming out of those corners and going in them. Aside from that, I just drive like a regular driver.
I hate to sell the car? But I do not want to spend more than that every year. Also, I usually will never go over 7000 miles a year. BMW offered me a extended warranty for $5,200 for three extra years and 70,000 miles. And they offered me a maintenance package for three extra years for another $5,000. Seems like a rip-off with the low miles I have on the car? Just need some input from fellow enthusiasts?
I only make $73,000 a year, but with masters I will go up to $78,000 and will keep getting raises until I reach $87,000. Then if get promoted to be a assistant principal (yep, you are right, I am an educator), I can go to $120,000 a year.
I am torn between keeping the car and selling it. I do own a condo. I have a good saving over 100k, but do not want to use that on a car. This was my dream car and even if I was a millionaire, I would still get this car. And no I am not married or have children.
I can do the brakes myself and the tires costing $2000.00 is not a big deal for me because I only drive the car less than 7,000 miles a year. But every time I drive it, I feel I was behind a jet engine on the road. It has a feeling of exhilaration that is priceless to me and the rumble of the naturally aspirated V8 S65 engine is the best sound I have ever heard -- especially in high revolutions per minute.
The car in immaculate and will continue to be with my passion for these cars. I have saved 10 years to get this car.
Need some input or just some common advice.
Warmest regards -- Eros
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>>I do not want to spend more than... ($5000) every year... BMW offered me a extended warranty for $5,200 for three extra years and 70,000 miles. And they offered me a maintenance package for three extra years for another $5,000.<<
I don't understand your logic here. If you're willing to spend up to $5000/year and BMW is willing to maintain and warranty the car for $10,200 over three years which equals $3400/year, what's the problem? Yes, there may be a minor deductible for the repairs, but this should still leave you well within your budget.
^ Agreed, it sounds like you love this car, rightfully so might I add, so why sell it? You're going to hate yourself if you end up selling it so just go ahead and snag the BMW warranty and enjoy the beast in good health
Yes or no (M3 Man)
Yes Logical Thought -- you are right. My logic was a bit off with the numbers. But I am not sure if I should get the maintenance package and the extended warranty. Seems like a rip off considering the low miles I put on the car. What seems more like a logic is taking a chance on the extended warranty and the maintenance and budgeting the money if anything does go wrong. Chances are that a low miles will not create many problems, but one serious problem could cost me over 10,000 dollars and that would hurt. So I have a year to decide. My warranty does not expire until November 24, 2013. I can do the brakes myself. That is not the issue. But just because I can budget $5,000 a year does not mean I should pay BMW NA for the warranty and extended maintenance -- they make money off of us and I have a local mechanic that can also work on my car when the maintenance goes out. So input is appreciated.
The warranty was up on my 08 M3 this past June. I decided to pass on the extended warranty. I have 37k miles now. I am the original owner so I know how the car has been driven and taken care of. There may be repairs needed in the future but I just couldnt see paying over $5k for 3 years of possible problems.
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+1 for keep.
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I'm way past me warranty (154k miles and counting) and I haven't spent much more than $5000 on maintenance (several sets of tires and plugs/brakes, etc at 100K miles) in that time and have had no repairs. You mentioned $2000 on tires... You're either getting the wrong tires or getting them from the wrong place! Even in the 19" size the Pilot Super Sports are under $1300 (shipping included). With mount and balance you're still under $1500 and, with you're not driving that much, a set should last you a good long time. I would keep the car and skip the extended warranties. You'd have to have some really serious stuff break to get near the cost of the warranty and, based on what I've seen reported on this forum and on my experience, the E9x doesn't break a lot. It's a gamble I guess. A few people will have failures and be glad they had the warranty but I think, for the vast majority, it's a waste of money.
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Yes, I just bought a set of 19" Michelin Super Sports for $11xx at Costco and that includes mounting, balance, nitrogen, road hazard. If you go through a dealer I bet you would be out the better part of $2,000 easy though.
You want strangers to offer you suggestions to what you should do in your life? I think you know your life better than anyone here who just read all of your accomplishments. Well, congratulation in being so successful. I'll flip a coin. Head-keep the car, tail-sell the car. OK head came up. Keep the car. Yes, it is a sarcastic response to one who wants others to admire his accomplishments.
Let me see, I own my house outright. I have a BMW. Your M3 is no match to my 997 Porsche Turbo. I have plenty of cash in savings. More assets than I know what to do with. I don't have to work. I visited Germany 10 times. Where should I go tomorrow?
OK, I'm outa here before the rotton tomatoes come my way.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Albert Einstein
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody is doing it one way, theres a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction", Sam Walton.
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Yes or no (M3 Man)
Thanks for all the responses -- especially the last one -- Dave330i. No I was not trying to glorify my accomplishments. I was trying to state that I am not as affluent as most M3 owners would be. But I have worked hard to get to where I want to be and just wanted some feedback as to what other owners have experienced. I frankly don't care how much money any one has. I love to work hard and saving ten years was well worth the effort to have this car. I rather work for my things than "have more money than what to do with it." It is hard to truly appreciate life when you "have more money than you know what to do with it," -- kind of people. Anyway, thank you gentlemen or ladies for all your feedback including the"sarcastic" one -- Dave330i. Enjoy your Porsche Dave330i. You could give it to me for free and I still won't take it. I have more pride "than more money to what to do with it," kind of people who think their car is better than mine. Those are the kind of people that think that the world revolves around them -- while their just a tiny speck on earth. This is a E90 forum and if don't like our cars Dave 330i-- you can go to your Porsche forum. And frankly I could not care what you think Dave 330i. Oh Dave330i, incidently, are you not highlighting your accomplishments? (i.e., own your place outright?) Arrivederci Dave330i! I am sure you are more welcome in the Porsche forum.
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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Albert Einstein
Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody is doing it one way, theres a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction", Sam Walton.
After typing all these time "Dave330i" you still didn't get he is joking he drive 330i
Educating myself about M3. My next ride will be M3 ED
Yes or no (M3 Man)
Oh. I got that he was joking. I just have not had any time to write back. Hey, I can take it if I am dishing it. But usually I first take it before dishing it.
All joked aside, I really appreciate all the input I have so far received. Even Dave330i.
Cheers and smile as you go through life -- especially if can hear the beautiful music of the V8 S65 E90 engine or a nice voice of a beautiful woman.
The trick to not losing your butt on cars is to keep them for a long time. They depreciate quickly over the first 3 years. Drive it, enjoy it, maintain it and repair it when needed.
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Ok so I have no business being here other than to occasionally drool at pretty cars, but I just have to ask, what kind of educator are you?? I teach in a public school in Arkansas and I *wish* I was making what you are! Granted this is only my 5th year and Arkansas isn't a very affluent state, but still.
I love teaching, and I love cars. Probably a little too much on the latter, as I've been through...several.....over the past several years. My students seem to enjoy asking me about the cars I drive, because I don't drive anything typically "teachery" and I don't drive anything boring. In fact I recently leased a 2013 MINI Cooper S Bayswater Edition and alternate back and forth between driving it and driving my 1984 classic Mini to school. Both get much better fuel economy than my 328i Coupe did, and though the new MINI isn't anywhere near as beefy or refined as the 328i, it's so much fun I can overlook those things - at least for the next 3 years! At that time I'll be in an even better financial position to get back into a Bimmer, new this time, if I so choose.
Anyway, your decision is your own. You have an amazing vehicle, and one that I would personally love to look out my window and see parked there. Maybe eventually we'll begin valuing education as we should, monetarily, and I'll be able to afford an M3
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