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Hopefully the Bandits will invest well. Mclean shows a promising start to transfers in
Hopefully the Bandits will invest well. Mclean shows a promising start to transfers in
McLean is playing for the Sheriffs, unless i am mistaken.
Expect a few of the Starletts to still be around --- so the Sherriffs won't (yet) be the stronger team I don't think. Hope the managers get some good talent replacements in for those that do leave!
Bandits dropped some points, but every team will have an off day at some stage. Surprised that the bandits have won every meeting so far against the Sheriffs though. I think the fact that the bandits are not only loyal but love the team and play as a unit is helping them destroy Sheriffs game after game.
January will be an interesting window though. It looks like Bandits have a bit of pulling power especially with the high profile transfer earlier. 123 CA is going to be a solid player for the next few leagues.
If that is the case, it will be interesting to see how that affects things, and whether the Bandits do ever purchase their ground or build their own stadium.
Hello again.
Right, some answers. Firstly, there have been some transfers - I was somewhat fooled by the fact that the Bandits and Sheriffs are currently not bound by the transfer windows, which is why I missed a few transfers.
We've already covered their sales up until the end of August, which included Centre Backs 1 and 3, Right Back 1, Left Back 1, Attacking Mid 1 and Strikers 1 and 3, but they have sold one more player since the transfer window closed. Remember Mike Anderson, one of their better centre halves who also popped up with quite a few goals from set pieces? Well, they sold him for £50k. Who do you think they sold him to? Go on, have a guess....
Having somehow convinced the Bandits to sell them the very decent Anderson, the Sheriffs went out and splashed £550k on Sunderland's James McClean, who at 23 becomes their highest non-idiot CA player, with 123 (Hamilton is next with 109), along with a PA of 140.
Nice purchase.
Regarding the stadium ownership - a great deduction by RCSA4Ever - Sheriffs own their ground, the Bandits don't.
Season report – 2012/13 – January
Open the floodgates
The transfer window opened with a far increased interest in the starlets, with the Bandits facing a much tougher challenge to keep hold of them than normal. But before the carnage began, they were able to beat Hemel Hempstead 3-0 in the league to catch up one of their games in hand on the Sheriffs.
Following that, the Bandits faced Colchester at home in the third round of the FA Cup, in a tie that was picked for television, perhaps unsurprisingly given how ruthlessly the Bandits had dispatched of their previous illustrious opponents.
And this tie appeared to be no different when the Bandits came flying out of the blocks, testing the Colchester keeper time and time again. But all attempts were resisted, and the match went into the break locked at 0-0. The second half followed a similar pattern, before Wayne Mason finally broke the deadlock, putting the Bandits ahead with sixteen minutes left. A single goal lead might have been cause for nerves, but in truth Colchester never looked like levelling, and the Bandits ran out 1-0 winners, outshooting their opponents 24-1 in another one-sided display.
But bad news was to follow – it was to be the final match for Centre Back 4, who joined Peterborough for £350k, and Defensive Mid 1, who moved to Serie A outfit Cagliari for £900k. Right Mid 1, who helped them to a 6-0 win over Bashley days later, then followed, joining Southampton for £875k.
The Sheriffs were having a different form of trouble. Lazy Idiot Str and Lazy Idiot Def both picked up stupid red cards, the latter being fined for his trouble, as their squad threatened to implode. But on the field, performances were still excellent – 7-2, 3-1 and 6-0 victories keeping them on top of the league, and ensuring that the ever depleting Bandits had to keep winning to stay in touch.
And that ability of the Bandits to win games was being stretched to the limit. Their very next game, away to Barwell, saw them come up against an excellent keeper, only for an own goal to hand them victory in the final minute. Following the game, the Bandits then suffered two more departures – Left Mid 1 moving to Denmark to join FC Copenhagen for £750k, and Centre Back 2 signing for Watford for £220k.
Still a strong side, they beat Weston-super-Mare 4-0 in their next game, before the crunch match with the Sheriffs arrived.
All had been quiet on the Sheriffs transfer front, and unlike their great rivals, they were growing in confidence, preparing for the big game with 6-0 and 8-0 victories in the league.
A potential decider
Going into the clash at the home of the Bandits, the Sheriffs remained eight points clear, having played three games more than their bitter rivals. The Bandits knew that they could still go top with victories in all three games in hand, so a draw would theoretically keep them in a good position, but dropping points was now so much more likely with the number of departures. Both sides knew that a victory could be a hammer blow for the other club.
To add to that, the form book had been reversed – it was the Sheriffs coming into the game on form, with the Bandits struggling with injuries and sales.
Despite this, the Bandits started the stronger, perhaps reminding their cocky opponents that they retained a 100% record in these meetings, and still had the players to make a difference – eight starlets still began the game, with only two idiots lining up for the Sheriffs. But it was Striker 4's partner, Wayne Mason, who would break the deadlock, giving the Bandits a deserved lead at half time.
The Sheriffs came out for the second period with intent, perhaps aware that a defeat could spell the end of their title challenge, and as a result of their resurgence, Scott Hamilton levelled the match after 55 minutes. Both sides traded blows, with the Bandits still edging it, before the deciding goal arrived, just six minutes from time.
And once again, it was the Bandits that got it – Right Mid 2 slamming home and bringing him team within five points of the Sheriffs, still with three games in hand. It was cruel on the Sheriffs, who must now contemplate how they lost to their opponents for a seventh successive time.
Ending the month
The Bandits rallied after their victory over the Sheriffs, and won their final two games of the month, 8-0 at Frome in the Red Insure Cup and 5-0 at home to Brackley in the league. With just one draw all season, they end January with a 24-1-0 record, giving them 73 points from 25 games.
The Sheriffs also showed the ability to bounce back, winning 3-0 at home to Chesham in the Red Insure Cup and 6-1 against Chippenham in the league, but it would take a brave bet on them to win the league now. Their record is 26-0-2, giving them 78 points from 28 games.
The Bandits saw no further exits, and they are still left with ten starlets, although Striker 2 has been injured almost all season with a torn calf. They should have enough to win the league now.
The Sheriffs, somewhat oddly, sold Scott Hamilton to Sheff Wed for just £20k, an odd move given his 109 CA and impressive performances – the attacking midfielder had twelve goals already this season. However, they compensated by signing Jimmy Ryan on a free transfer from Scunthorpe – the 24 year old central midfielder has 95 CA and 119 PA.
How much are the Bandits paying in rent for their stadium then? Did you give them any expansion potential in the future or are the stadia already at the limit?
Could result in them taking fairly different paths in a few seasons to come, although I'd expect them to be so strong financially that it makes little obvious difference.
A lot of starletts left (as expected) --- but still a good core to finish the season with. Expect all but one or two to be gone by start of next season. Good showing by the Bandits in both cup and league---they should be able to finish the league off with what they've left. Not sure they'll be able to advance any further in the cup (guess it depends on draw)---but they've surely exceeded expectations there already.
I still hope we can see the Bandits lift FA Cup trophy. Will the Sheriffs ever win game against the Bandits? :confused:
It would be funny if the Bandits ended up having the far superior record between the two teams but the Bandits were the more successful.
Of course, the Level 7 & 8 file uses realistic transfer rules and so there is no transfer window below Level 5 of English football.
Surprising that the Sheriffs just cannot seem to get a break against the bandits! But as a Bandits fan, I'm glad
I love having these extra leagues, though I have the same file but noticed that competitions like the Alan Boon cup after the first season start to have premier league teams in it. Have you noticed this happening yet Kip?
Get in! So many starlets leaving, even letting Anderson go to the arch rivals, and still just 5 points behind with 3 games in hand! We should finish this league with no dropped points from now on and try to build a strong squad for the next season as we are surely going to lose the rest of the starlets by august latest.
Just found this thread, had a quick read through the previous versions, absolute quality! The first version was epic, just skim read random pages, but supreme effort mate, good on you.
Can't believe they went 50+ seasons with no fa cup or league! Anyways, will be following this version from now on, looking forward to it!
A sneak preview, as I'm having a busy week so being a bit slow with the season report.....
With the transfer window finally shut, the Bandits in particular could breathe a huge sigh of relief that they had enough starlets remaining. Whether many will last beyond the summer is another question, but they could be optimistic that this season, at least, should be a success.
Before the league campaign got back underway, they had the small matter of a fourth round FA Cup tie at home to Championship side Derby. Having dispatched of previous cup opponents with disdain, they were confident of adding another scalp, and duly raced to a 3-0 lead inside half an hour in another stunning performance.
Derby rallied after the break, piling pressure on the Bandits goal and pulling one back, but their first half horror show was too much to recover from and the Bandits marched on to the last sixteen, matching the Sheriffs run from the previous season.
Wins continued to arrive in the league, although not by the same crunching scorelines as before – 2-0, 2-0 and 5-0 were still comfortable enough, while suggesting that the squad wasn't quite as all conquering as before. However, it was still excellent form to take into the Red Insure Cup quarter finals, where they would once again face their fierce rivals.
The Sheriffs were also maintaining good form, winning 4-0, 5-0 and 5-0 in the league to maintain their narrow lead over the Bandits, and the impressive record of having only dropped points to their rivals. But with seven defeats out of seven against them, the Red Insure Cup was yet another hurdle to overcome. Could they finally get one over the Bandits?
Cup clash
Both sides fielded strong teams – the Bandits lining up with eight starlets and the Sheriffs putting out four of their remaining idiots. Once again, the Bandits started the stronger, and it was no surprise to see Striker 4 put them ahead before the break.
With anger in their ears at half time, the Sheriffs perked up, and when Rory Horlock equalised with 25 minutes to go they scented blood. They pressed and pressed but were then hit by a sucker punch – Right Back 2 firing the Bandits back into the lead with just eight minutes to go. It seemed that another defeat would be on the cards, but for once the Sheriffs did not lie down, and when Lazy Idiot Mid levelled the tie three minutes later, the Bandits realised that this was to be a bigger battle than usual.
After seven defeats within ninety minutes, the Sheriffs had finally done what they had never managed before – hold their fierce rivals to a draw, but this one wasn't over, and the game moved into extra time.
The Bandits reasserted their authority in the added thirty minutes, but couldn't make their dominance pay, and the cup tie drifted towards, and eventually into, a penalty shoot out in ront of 57526 manic fans.
The Bandits went first, Williams scoring, before Lazy Idiot Mid cancelled him out. Right Back 2, who thought he had won the tie in normal time, then watched in horror as his effort flew wide, before Nelthorpe handed a 2-1 advantage to the Sheriffs.
Attacking Mid 2 squared it up, before Lazy Idiot Def crashed his effort against the crossbar to bring the sides level again. The Bandits then took the lead with Farrell's penalty, combined with Pickup's penalty being saved, and they led 3-2 with one kick left to go.
Defensive Mid 2 stepped up to win it……and saw his penalty saved by Lazy Idiot GK, giving Horlock the chance to send the shootout into sudden death. He sent Goalkeeper 1 the wrong way, but his kick slammed into the post and stayed out. The Bandits were through, and the Sheriffs were crushed once again.
Never had the Sheriffs come so close – hitting the woodwork twice in the shootout was a cruel blow, but once again they had to deal with being beaten by their rivals. Would they ever defeat them?
Ending the month
The Sheriffs once again showed an impressive ability to bounce back from disappointment, beating Stourbridge 4-0 to end the month well, but not only did they have to deal with the pain of losing to the Bandits in the cup, they had to watch on as their rivals had another big tie, in the FA Cup fifth round, again at home to Championship opposition.
Brighton were the visitors, and started brightly, before the non-league juggernaut flexed their muscles again, with two goals from Striker 4 putting them ahead before half time. Brighton knocked on the door many times in the second half, but only managed one shot on target, and the Bandits moved on into the quarter finals, and a massive home tie with holders Arsenal. They had been drawn at home in all six rounds of the competition proper, as well as two of the four qualifying rounds.
A 5-0 win at Weymouth days later kept them in touch with the Sheriffs, as the season rolled into March.
The Sheriffs need a sport psychologist they just cannot beat the Bandits, they're terrified of them!
That win after extra time is a good sign for the future. I am not afraid of playoffs now
Dude. I just saw this subforum for the first time and saw THIS. This is just awesome. I love how much work you put into all the overviews/stats and summarys. Really great stuff here!
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Home to Arsenal in the quarters finals! What is the capacity and the record attendance for the Bandits so far Kip? Great work!
Who else is in the quarter finals? We want Europe next season!
Sheriffs must be unable to contemplate what they need to do! They just can't beat them ... I like it!
Europe is still a long way away, though if they can beat Arsenal at home, it will be a very real possibility... and also show what level of football this current crop is capable of. Imagine they can stay together until they reach higher CA's?! immense.
Can't wait for the full update! Bandits for Europe and promotion!
Kip you are such a tease with that little update!
Brilliant as ever though.
Have just caught up and I cannot wait for the next update. Brilliant stuff.
Lurked through the first two threads years back. Great read. Must admit though that I have always supported the Sheriffs. Can't help but cheer for the underdog club and their team of misfits.
This is one of the best experiment threads i've seen in ages - I don't know how I missed the previous versions of the Bandits vs Sheriffs story. Great stuff!
I wonder if the Sheriffs will overtake the Bandits once newgens flood both team's squads, improving the mentality of the team compared to the idiots.
It'll be interesting to see how the two boards compare. Could the Sheriff's chairman stats make him more likely to sell the club off to more productive owners?
Thanks for all the compliments folks - the season update is not far from completion now.
Nice to here, kip. Just when I was about to post that this year experiment was maybe too ambitious, considering it will take many years for the Bandits and the Sheriffs to even reach Premier league.
Great experiment indeed. Really enjoying it. Hope the Sheriffs make it to the PL first, personnally!!
Just found this. As a huge fan of the original experiment i cannot tell you how excited i am to have the bandits back.
Hoping the updates come thick and fast. Great to have you back Kip. KUTGW
After a long absence from the forums I am delighted to find the new experiment up and running upon my return, excellent work Kip .
For me, the interest is in the clubs more than the starlets/idiots. I want to see how far the clubs can go, what players they sign and who is the more successful.
I can't help but feeling sorry for the Sherriffs... to come so close, and still not managing to fulfill their lifelong dream of defeating the Bandits.
But I also can't help but feel a little proud of them for managing to keep the Bandits at bay until the shootout.
I can't wait for the rest of the season, it's been a fantastic ride so far, and the inevitable moment of facing the world at (player-wise, at least) even odds draws closer and closer...
Makes you wonder how long the Bandits can hold on in the tussle with the Sheriffs. The difference is surely but slowly evening out and as a Bandits fan, I'm hoping the team strengthens when the time comes for the remaining starlets to depart. They have got a handy lead early on in the stakes though.
Can't wait for the update!
Can't wait for the update of this! Check the thread everyday just incase I miss something
Finally seen this is back! Amusing seeing the low CA of the Bandits manager, even when not compared to Phelan. Plucking a random guy off the street would have been more productive.
Where can I order my Bandits replica shirt for the next season?
...shameless bump in the hope of an update. I'm craving news!
I'm missing my bandits
I remember reading the original thread some years back, then today I stumbled onto the 2009 remake. Reading through that one, it brought me here. Great stuff!
Ok, I spent close to 6 hours reading the two threads - but hey, it's weekend!
I suspect the dreaded Real Life has eaten Kip If so, he shall be mourned
Fingers crossed that we get an update soon. With no more football on at the moment, I'm craving something!
RIP The Bandits and The Sheriffs
It really is, hopefully we'll get some closure from Kipfizh at some point, pity it looks finished just as I rediscovered it.
Massive shame this has died - it was shaping up to be better than the previous Bandits/Sherrifs experiment.
As I already said, it was just too ambitious to start in such low tiers.
I don't think it is truly dead, as Kip tends to come on and either inform or forewarn the end. He has also gone longer than this without an update due to other commitments in the past. I think we just need to except that IF an update comes, it will come, but it may be months down the line. Being Bandits fans for a while now, most of us will keep checking back now and then regardless, just in case.
So until then, I am waiting patiently for another update where the Bandits wipe the floor with the Sheriffs again
After three years I've popped in hoping to see something, sadly no.
Isn't there any other AI experiment done by someone in the meantime, though?


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I have a basic idea about the Schieffen plan and I know that Germany attacked Belgium in the First world war. But I am slightly confused about this topic, as despite the fact that the schieffen plan did involve taking the French by Surprise, a proposal with Belgium to let the German troops pass would've been a lot faster and would've meant less blood-shed and gore. This raises the chance that Germany, may instead have been trying a country expansion or a conquest just like they did with Alsace and Lorraine. There is one other chance, which is whether Germany attacked Belgium because they had a treaty with Britain where if they were attacked Britain would step in (Britain were in the triple entente). So, I was just wondering which of this is the most likely reason as to why Germany chose to attack neutral Belgium?
The Germans in fact made such a request. Of course the word "request" in this context should really have irony quotes, considering the disparity in power between the two countries, and the fact that Germany was not going to take "no" for an answer.
So bascially the Germans attacked because attacking France through Belgian territory was The Plan, and the Belgians refused to just let them walk through unopposed.
It may seem absurd to us today, but in 1914 the German General Staff fully believed that it was possible to march through Belgium and simultaneously maintain her neutrality. The Schlieffen Plan was in fact premised on this assumption.
You rightly ask how this absurd notion arose - in Napoleon's 1805 campaign when the French marched through Ansbach-Bayreuth, then Prussian territory, en route to surrounding Mack's forces at Ulm. Napoleon steadily maintained that such march did not violate Prussian neutrality because the French troops were merely in transit. While the Prussian's blustered at this, and a year later cited it as a casus belli, none-the-less Napoleon's dramatic victory at Austerlitz resulted in them, temporarily at least, accepting Napoleon's argument. (Note the line of march to Ingolstadt for the corps of Marmont, Bernadotte, and Deroi.)
Having been the victim of this ruse in one war against the French, they thought it was fair game to employ it themselves, tit-for-tat, in another.
This was of course naïve in the extreme. Belgian Neutrality was explicitly guaranteed by the Treaty of London (1839) of which Prussia, as a member of the German Confederation, was a signatory. The intervening eleven decades had dramatically altered the political dimensions of warfare due to the emergence of Nationalism in the latter stages of the Napoleonic era. The atrocities committed by German soldiers against a Belgian populace outraged by the violation of their neutrality quickly turned worldwide popular opinion against the Germans. And the troops quickly assigned to protect supply lines through Belgium were first-line troops diverted from the Schlieffen Plan's big right wing, and were sorely missed on The Marne.
An important lesson to draw from this is the need for civilian oversight of military planners in our age. No longer can military expediency be regarded as sufficient motivation for military action. While the Prussian (and then German) General Staff was far and away the most capable in the world technically through the decades from 1840 to 1945, it's failure to accept or even recognize the need for civilian oversight post-Bismarck was repeatedly it's undoing.
Same reason the chicken crossed the road, to get to the other side.
More seriously, the Schlieffen Plan depended on knocking out France before Russia completed its mobilization. Since Russia had publicly begun mobilization before the war, as a way of showing Germany its seriousness, Germany felt extra time pressure to get the job on with France. It seemed like a risk-reward thing, even though invading Belgium assured Britain's commitment to the war and the behavior of German troops in Belgium turned (Western) world public opinion against Germany.
Another way to look at it is that there were two hands in Germany and one hand did not talk to the other. The political/diplomatic hand had gone through July 1914 making a bet that they could force Russia to back down from its defense of Serbia, isolate it from France, and otherwise create a balance of power that favor Germany. The Schlieffen Plan was not part of the consideration.
When that gamble failed, Germany had to put its money where its mouth was, or face the same loss of prestige that they had tried to force from Russia. So the buck passed to the other hand, the military wing, which was now tasked with fighting a two-front war. Now the General Staff had great prestige, having won three remarkable campaigns in the 1860s to 1871, along with some impressive colonial war action in the 1890s to 1911. They said, "we need to go through the Netherlands and Belgium." The Kaiser took the Netherlands off the table. That at least going through Belgium was necessary in order to assure the timely destruction of the enemy in France was not a matter of great doubt.
I recommend Isabel Hull's "Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany".


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WACO (October 11, 2012)--A Waco federal judge has recused himself from any further hearings concerning a wrongful death lawsuit that was heard in his court in February and from any other proceedings that involve the lawyer who filed the lawsuit, which stemmed from 2008 beating death of Hank Johnson in a motel room in Hearne.
Police believed Johnson was attacked during a robbery, but no arrests were ever made.
Bryan attorney Ty Clevenger represented Johnson's mother and estranged wife in the suit and in February won a more than $8 million judgment.
Jurors found that Trae Thompson was responsible for deadly July 10, 2008 beating, which happened while Johnson was staying at the Executive Inn motel in Hearne.
The jury also found Thompson converted Johnson's property to his own use and stole property from Johnson.
In all, the jury awarded $8,659,400 in damages.
Some legal issues remain, and Clevenger has filed a motion in Smith's court seeking information about what happened to money from the sale of the motel where Johnson was killed.
But on Wednesday the court issued the following order signed by Smith:
"Due to a personal conflict between Plaintiffs attorney (Clevenger) and the Court, recusal is necessary in this case and all other cases in which Plaintiffs counsel appears."
"The Clerk of the Court shall randomly draw the name of another western district judge to preside over this case."
Clevenger said Thursday he had sent a letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee asking for an investigation of Smith for misconduct.
He said he posted the letter on his blog and said he thinks Smith must have seen it.
On his blog, Clevenger wrote that he sent a letter to the chairman of the committee about a U.S. district Judge in Washington, D.C. and included an addendum about Smith in which he asked for an investigation into whether Smith is fit to serve.


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The problem appeared recently.
Images and links are not displayed correctly.
The problem appeared recently.
Images and links are not displayed correctly.
This was entirely my screw-up. Here's what happened.
The problematic change was this one. Ironically the much larger Markdown change I made yesterday did not break anything.
This is how Markdown handles links:
The "Magic" step is the auto-linking – take anything that looks like a plain link, and put it between angle brackets, so that step 3 will turn it into real HTML links.
Before I made the change, step 2 only handled URLs that were preceded by a whitespace character, which is why the fairly common idea of putting a link in parentheses:
never worked as expected – an open parenthesis is not a whitespace character.
The change I made was to allow any non-word character before the URL instead. Which was a horribly stupid idea (and in fact, I had previously shied away from this change because of exactly this problem – but for some reason, this didn't enter my mind yesterday until all hell broke loose).
Imagine this Markdown source:
After step 1, the intermediate HTML looks like this:
Now comes step 2. Before my change, it wouldn't touch anything here, because the
Now comes step three (linebreak added for readability):
Then the HTML sanitizer removes the illegal "tag" from the first
and finally the tag balancer removes the two closing
– and that's what you saw.
So (except for just forgetting this issue despite having previously considered it), why didn't I realize this problem?
Well, the test post I played with while testing had no Markdown-syntax links, just bare URLs. So step 1 never did anything, and nothing broke.
I also ran the test suite in MarkdownSharp, and it didn't report any issues with the change either. Why? Because unfortunately, step 2 is a configurable option in MarkdownSharp, and turned off by default. And most tests run with the default options. And those few test cases that enable this option only test the auto-linking – they don't have any links for step 1 either.
Kevin backed my change out, since he felt that unbroken Markdown would be a nice thing to have, and I tend to agree with that.
This question is thus not completed at the moment, but it will be again after the next build. I've changed step 2 to require a URL to be preceded by a non-word character and neither by
And just to be sure, this time I have not only run the tests with the option on; I have also tested the change against a couple of thousand real-world questions and answers to make sure that the only differences in rendering are intended ones.
A fix for this has been deployed. It looks like some recent changes to the Markdown rendering pipeline went sideways.
Affected posts will display incorrect HTML until they're edited (as we cache the rendered Markdown)... which means I'm going to be poking a bunch of posts for the next hour or so.
Poking completed, all affected posts should have been corrected. If you see anything left over, let me know.


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For Seniors: Delete an iPad 2 Contact
When it's time to remove (delete) a name or two from Contacts on iPad, it's easy to do. iPad helps you manage contact info such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and so on. Still, not all contacts prove useful over time. So you should regularly browse through your contacts and removed the ones you do not use.
Doing so helps reduce the amount of space the Contacts list takes up, giving you more room on your iPad for other data. In addition, if you fill Contacts with only the people or businesses you regularly call, e-mail, or visit, you'll reduce the listing and make it easier to find each contact when needed.
With Contacts open, tap the contact you want to delete.
The contact's information appears on the right.
Tap the Edit button at the bottom of the page.
An Info page is displayed.
Drag your finger upward to scroll down and then tap the Delete Contact button.
A confirming dialog appears.
Tap the Delete button to confirm the deletion.
The contact is deleted.
During this process, if you change your mind before you tap Delete, tap the Cancel button. But be careful: After you tap Delete, there's no going back!


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The 4th of our monthly 'Dive against Debris' at Skipper Dave's Wharf. One of our favorite locations for dive charters. Join Torpedo Rays Senior Staff and dive instructors in this fourth clean up session. Our objective is to clean up the seabed from debris which is ruining the environment and aesthetic of our coastline and education divers on how they can make a difference an become involved in Project Aware.
Skipper Dave's Wharf
1439 Ketch Harbour RdSambro Head, NS B3V 1L1
Canada44° 28' 43.0536" N, 63° 35' 5.0892" W
See map: Google Maps
We're planning to have buddy groups work together, plan dives around the wharf to remove debris. We will have all the required equipment to be involved in the clean-up but divers are encouraged to bring their own catch-bags. In case we run out of catch-bags.
Event will take place from 10:30am to 1:30pm at Skipper Dave's Wharf and warm up session to follow after the clean-up. Come out and join us and see how much we can clean up as a group.
Whose Interested in the Padi Project Aware certification please contact Torpedo Rays prior to the event for course material and cost (902) 481-0444. Look forward to seeing everyone there.


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Papier-Mâché Easter Egg
- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Pink construction paper
- Glue
- Pink or white pipe cleaners
- Yarn
- Hole punch
- Mix up some Papier-Mâché paste and put it in a pie tin.
- Inflate a balloon and tape it to the top of the table.
- Dip strips of newspaper in the paste and place them on the balloon, overlapping edges slightly. Cover the balloon completely and let dry.
- Have your child decorate the covered balloon by painting an Easter egg design, or cover the balloon egg with a layer of tissue paper in pastel Easter colors.
- Finish with shellac for a shiny, glazed effect.
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