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Alejandro Jodorowsky's FANDO AND LIS (1968) on DVD for the first time. A low-budget cinematic adaptation of a surrealist play the writer/director of "El Topo" shot from his recollections of staging the play in Mexico, "Fando and Lis" is just different and weird-enough to stand out (particularly coming from late 60's Mexican cinema) while also being too pretentious and full of itself (unless you're into the theater) to qualify as nothing more than a curio for new Jodorowsky fans like myself. Using a mix of allegory and in-your-face symbolism (everything from the implied rape of a little girl by circus people to the lead couple literally painting themselves and the room they're in completely black), "Fando and Lis" manages to visualize on a shoestring budget the absurd and arid landscape (the desolate locations most of the film takes place in as well as Fando's internal back-and-forth romance/hatred for the too-pure-to-be-realistic Lis) of Dante's Divine Comedy as the character's search for the mythical city of Tar takes its toll on them and the oddball weirdos they come across. I'm glad I've seen "Fando and Lis" because a few of Jodorowsky's cinematic trademarks (characters speaking without their mouths moving, small roles for deformed people, etc.) take shape here, but this is definitely the type of film I don't see myself coming back to ever again.
THE BURGLARS (1971) on TCM-HD for the first time. What starts as a diamond heist at a Greek magnate's mansion becomes a waiting game for a getaway boat to repair some damages, which keeps a team of professional thieves stuck in the island with the prized loot at the mercy of a crooked cop (Omar Sharif, clearly enjoying the job as a paid vacation) that wants the diamonds to himself. The old-school pace of this international co-production (including a pretty cool car chase that clearly inspired Frankenheimer when he directed "Ronin") is refreshing, allowing star Jean-Paul Belmondo to flex movie star muscle both seducing his co-stars (Dyan Canon and Nicole Calfan) and performing his own stunts (jumping off buses, falling from a truck down a steep incline in one take, etc.). The scene where Belmondo and Sharif play cat and mouse games at a restaurant feels like the DeNiro-Pacino meet in "Heat," only funny and actually engaging. Not a lost or forgotten gem, "The Burglars" is a pleasant way to kill time and have fun without having much to show afterwards besides the constant grin on your face you had while watching.
Alejandro Jodorowsky's THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973) at IFC Center Midnights for the first time. P.T. Anderson's "The Master" makes a lot more sense now that I've seen the mother of all 'guru' movies (for lack of a better term). There aren't enough drugs in the world that could make me come up with a semi-comprehensible summary that could do "The Holy Mountain" any justice. It's so much more than what it appears to be, the story of a Christ-lookalike thief that falls in with a holy man (Jodorowsky) that teams-up with other characters so together the group can try to achieve immortality through _______... and something about turning defecated shit into gold, i.e. A Happy Madison Production (you're welcome, I'll be here all week! ). I thought "El Topo" was an amazing, disturbing and deep movie, but "Holy Mountain" tops it on every level (visually, artistically, thematically, allegorically, etc.) and concludes with a notorious final scene that I can honestly say I loathe and adore with equal zeal. It's a cliche but it's true: you don't watch "The Holy Mountain," you experience it. And the best way to do is either on Blu-ray or, if it comes by your town, a midnight theater screening. Between this and "El Topo" I've become a Jodorowsky fan for life. Bring on "Santa Sangre," motherf***ers!
Enzo G. Castellari's THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (1978) on Blu-ray for the first time. Like "The Dirty Dozen" with the boring parts (the training, the "getting to know you" moments, etc.) cut off, "The Inglorious Bastards" embraces and relishes the cliche that war movies glorify violence. That's exactly what this is, a violent comic strip that is a text-book of how to stage maximum war violence employing the tricks of the trade and stretching a budget smartly. It takes 45 min. until an actual plot to kick in, and you're never more than 5-10 min. away from a cool action scene and/or shootout. Bo Svenson (who appears, from his appearance in the making-of documentary, to be an intolerable douche), Fred Williamson (having a ball and being a physical mother) and Michael Pergolani (you can't take your eyes off of Nick when he's on screen) headline a small army of actors, technicians and stuntmen that director Castellari directs with the energy and skill of a dozen flicks combined. Plus he throws in a gratuitous bunch of naked chicks that fire machine-guns and some Peckinpah slow-motion montages just because the movie needs a stylish break from its relentlessly awesome war mayhem and effective-though-obvious miniature work.
CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984) on DVD for the first time. A proud member of the class of '84 films (along with "Gremlins" and "Temple of Doom") too violent for PG that ushered in the PG-13 rating, "Conan the Destroyer" is still a watered-down fantasy rehash of "Conan the Barbarian." Even Basil Poledouris rips-off his own memorable score with an inferior one. Directed with impersonal professionalism by Richard Fleischer (except for the bouncing rocks that also float on water... really?) "Destroyer" at least doesn't take itself so seriously that it doesn't have fun repeating/coasting on the beats of the first movie (punching animals, drunk behavior, Mako being Mako, etc.) and Schwarzenegger's physique, which the low-budget "Terminator" used to better effect the same year. Tracey Walter stinks up the movie with his unfunny comic relief schtick but Olivia d'Abo (Nicole Wallace on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") is fascinatingly miscast as a virgin princess that seems imported wholesale from "the Valley." Not the neutered piece of shit that I was expecting but a weak-sauce way to end Arnold's "Conan" franchise.
LA CONSTELLATION JODOROWSKY (1994) on DVD for the first time. A bonus documentary in Anchor Bay's "Fando and Lis" DVD release, this 19 year-old French documentary about the filmmaker (who is clearly more fluent in French than English) is an unintentionally great and lengthy coming attraction trailer for the upcoming "Jodorowsky's Dune" documentary. A good deal of the piece deals with the aborted project that eventually became David Lynch's movie, but most of "LCJ" is taken by Jodorowsky just talking (to a class of paying listeners, to someone he's giving a tarot card reading, to the documentary director about his family tree past affecting his present, etc.), and that's just fine because Alejandro proves to be an engaging personality worth listening and paying attention to. Whether you agree with what he says is besides the point. Too little time is actually spent discussing Alejandro's movies ("Santa Sangre" is barely mentioned) but the clips shown (tattered, below-8mm quality junk) and some of the war stories (like the slice of humble pie he had to swallow to be allowed to make "The Rainbow Thief" with Peter O'Toole) at least make you appreciate more the restoration done for the post-2007 home video and midnight theater screenings of both his best-known films and Jodorowsky's reputation.
Guillermo Del Toro's MIMIC: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (1997/2011) on Blu-ray for the first time. I'm not sure Del Toro's original vision for this $25 million 'B' movie (as both seen and described in his director's cut) was that good or interesting to begin with. The giant bug creatures are meant to be be a cross between a human and a poe'd cockroach ("Jurassic Park" meets "Aliens" set in Gotham's sewers) but the creatures behave more like movie psychos, killing some characters viciously and letting others live at the whim of the script. Between Josh Brolin's laughable CDC Police tough guy act, the trying-too-hard bad soundtrack, the autistic kid, the dodgy CGI, the guy from "Roc" doing the supporting black character routine and Mira Sorvino/Jeremy Northam as lame audience surrogates/leads "Mimic" never had a chance to live up to its potential even before the notorious meddling by the Weinsteins. Only Giancarlo Giannini, F. Murray Abraham (cameo), the design of the creatures and Del Toro's stylish touches (the movie looks gorgeous) lift "Mimic" from forgettable to passable. Great bonus features on the Blu-ray though, in which no punches are pulled and Guillermo shits on the Weinsteins as much as Lionsgate's legal team will allow him to.
Richard Kelly's SOUTHLAND TALES (2006) on Blu-ray for the first time. Haven't seen "Donnie Darko" yet, and "Southland Tales" might keep it that way. It's not that I hated this movie as much as I don't know what to make of it, which I think was Kelly's intent all along. Like "Magnolia" on crack cocaine and with a huge cast acting as if each of them is the lead in their own movie (that many of them are former late night sketch TV comedians just adds to the incongruity), Richard Kelly's laundry list of post-Iraq Invasion pet peeves (NSA spying on citizens, reality TV, California laid-back culture, the GOP neocons, etc.) is an angry shout of artistic expression by a writer/director whose compass points everywhere and nowhere. I mean, Bush-Cheney running for office again with a good shot at winning California's 55 electoral votes is already post-apocalyptic enough. But an emasculated Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott(s) as the "saviors" that are key to the end of times? Justin Timberlake reading from Book of Revelations (deep!) and starring in a music-video-of-the-mind while high on drugs? "SNL's" Cheri Oteri and Jon Lovitz as tough bad-asses? Animated cars humping? Kevin Smith and Janeane Garofalo unrecognizable under tons of make-up? Christopher Lambert as an arms-dealing ice cream truck driver?
To his credit Kelly manages to link of these disparate elements together PLUS shows Eli Roth getting killed while taking a dump in a toilet. This is definitely a unique and batshit take on the end of the world. Too bad those of us not in Kelly's wavelength (i.e. 99 and 44/100% of the world) have to struggle just to wrap our minds around what we're seeing, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi comedy that doesn't neatly fit into either category or any other category you might see fit to invent to try and classify it. It's not a total loss, but "Southland Tales" definitely separates fans of ambitious failures (like Judge Patrick Bromley) from pretenders like me, because this is just... just... WOW!


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Only Republicans are surprised about the results of Tuesday's election. It didn't surprise Democrats because the Republican candidates seemed to go out of their way to alienate women, minorities and young voters. The electorate repudiated extreme right-wing philosophies that excluded, rather than included, large parts of the U.S. population.

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Your Body Hates You: 6 Gruesome Disorders Anyone Can Get
You are the picture of health. You get adequate rest and nutrition, your personal hygiene is beyond reproach and you never even touch yourself inappropriately. And none of it fucking matters.
Your body, probably bitter that it doesn't house someone more interesting, can without warning turn you into a creature so ridiculous the duck billed platypus would avert its eyes in shame. If it really wanted to be a dick, here's how your body would do it.
#6. A Damned Horn Growing Out Of Your Head (Cornu Cutaneum)
That Sounds Fancy. What is it?
Not everyone can be a supermodel. Sure, a flawless complexion and refined bone structure is a prerequisite for Cracked writers, but we understand it's an unfair standard to hold you slobs to. All that is important is you realize that your staggering unattractiveness makes you a unique and beautiful snowflake and the keratotic horn sprouting from your head just makes you that much more exotic.
Cornu cutaneum is more specifically an epidermal lesion common to the face, ears, nose, forearms and hands. If the image is striking a particularly National Geographic tone with you, it's because the horn is actually made of the same substrates that form a rhinoceros horn. It's pretty similar in construction to those horns as well, though of course the human equivalent isn't anchored to anything. Remember that distinction when the other kids on the playground taunt you about your horn so you can counter with "Shut up! Histologically, this isn't a horn because no axially positioned bone is present!" It's sure to stun them into silence before they laugh and beat the crap out of you.
We're just kidding about that last part. You don't have to be worried about being brutalized because of your horn. We guarantee no one will ever dare to touch you again after seeing it.
I'm Scared. How Scared Should I Be?
Think of the horns as a pop-up turkey timer. When one erupts from the otherwise placid surroundings--DING!--sir, your malignant melanoma is (probably) ready. In truth, over 60 percent of the lesions are benign, but 100 percent of the lesions are still associated with "Eww." Luckily, unlike other cancers with nondescript symptoms, odds are pretty good you'll find your way to a dermatologist tout suite when you start growing a fucking horn.
Try to look on the bright side. It may give you a distinct advantage when mating season arrives and you must demonstrate your alpha-rhino status in the herd.
Man, How Much Does Your Body Hate You?
For the purposes of this article, your body's loathing of you was quantified in the standard metric of kilojoules. However, since this is not readily relatable for most laypersons, we have a rough illustration for each measurement. The scale goes from absolute zero (approximately how much Mother Teresa despised the laughter of children frolicking with puppies) to 100 kilojoules (the theoretical bounds of hate as defined by Mr. T confronted with jibba-jabba).
= As much as we quietly despise Hugh Hefner for not adopting us, despite our many letters.
#5. Petrified Muscles (Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva)
That Sounds Fancy. What is it?
One day, out of the blue, every microscopic injury or tear occurring within your muscles will repair itself by replacing the affected tissue with bone. Over time this process will either result in joints locking into place, limiting mobility and the ability to perform rudimentary tasks, or you'll be recruited to the X-Men in a plot-twist that reveals you're Colossus' bastard son.
Good or bad is really a matter of perspective here.
The most common early presentation of this disease is being born with oversized toes. Seriously. It's what helped popularize the the old axiom "You know what they say about guys with big toes, right? They probably have fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive. But they might have a big dick too."
I'm Scared. How Scared Should I Be?
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva is a very rare disorder, with only several hundred cases reported worldwide. That said, if you've won the ossification lottery, you're kind of fucked.
We already mentioned your body remodeling into the Tin Man, probably prompting you to beg passersby to give you a sweet hit off an oil can. What you may not have considered is that your jaw is likewise as prone to this as anything. You could just as easily cease to eat or talk over time. The real rub is that none of this is treatable by surgery because it turns out scalpels somehow injure your body as well.
Man, How Much Does Your Body Hate You?
= As much as Satan hates bands using rock music for Christianity.
#4. Man-Boobs (Gynaecomastia)
That Sounds Fancy. What is it?
For those not richly schooled in the biomedical sciences, here's a quick pro-tip. If you're a male diagnosed with a disorder with the prefix "gyn," you know it's going to be a rough one.
Gynaecomastia, occasionally referred to as bitchtits-itis, is a hormonal imbalance that causes a male to do something that no man should have thrust upon him, namely blossom. Courtesy of anabolic steroid abuse, some medication side effects or other unknown causes, the mammary glands have a surge of growth that results in honest to goodness funbags.
They are the real-deal, capable of lactation though probably not preferential admittance into the hottest clubs. This condition was popularized by the movie Fight Club, in which Bob/Meatloaf is forced to throw left hooks around his pendulous sweatermeat.
Even if those weren't props, they would still be less embarrassing than his song "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)." In fact, we're pretty sure that listening to that in its entirety is a probable cause of this condition.
I'm Scared. How Scared Should I Be?
Gynaeomastia will not kill you, but will most certainly assassinate your self-confidence. On the upside, if you've got a bad case of acne, this will really take the attention off it.
This is basically nature's greatest game killer, apart from the inappropriately timed and readily apparent erection in math class. If you're not popular at all, this just joins the legions of other blemishes that people will mock you for. If you do happen to be popular, this is pretty much assured to knock you down a peg or 12.
Man, How Much Does Your Body Hate You?
= As much as Wilford Brimley hates diabeetus.


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I know, we dominated the game from start to finish but just couldn't make it count. Well done to their keeper in all fairness, he had a cracking game!
I know, we dominated the game from start to finish but just couldn't make it count. Well done to their keeper in all fairness, he had a cracking game!
High Expectations
Board Expectations | Media Expectations
Win. Simply that is what i have been told to do, anything short of the league and a cup final appearance and my head my well be on the line. They also expect a good showing in Europe too, nothing like a bit of pressure eh?
After Carlos' departure we are weaker, but I have splashed a bit of cash and brought in some suitable replacements, Nunez is getting on but he will do for at least a season, providing a little bit a stability to a very young side.
Transfers | Board Overview
We now have a huge loan, making consistent losses and spending more than we get in on transfers. Oh well, we have the Champions League this year!
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Nothing like a little motivational kick up the backside.
Well I know I can do it deltablue I just like having a backup plane (i.e. not winning!)
Good luck this season Flamers .
P.S. You got the transfers & board overview the wrong way round.
Thanks SRL88 and I clearly did it on purpose to see who reads it
Flamers winning a league and staying?
I did at Trnava HotChocolate, honestly I am only staying until my next good job offer
We Will Overcome
Squad | Results | League Table
I have added some much needed talent to the squad, in some positions we are still a little shallow but having 3 right wingers injured simultaneously was a touch unrealistic. Even so we have managed a great start to both our domestic and European campaigns. We are still unbeaten in all competitions however this isn't good enough to see us top of the league, Lech are sitting there unbeaten in 26 games and winning all their matches so far this season!
Transfers | Board Overview
I am slowly making the gap back up between spent and sold. The Champions League money is easily covering our gap mind, £6.17m for reaching the groups is a great help!
You'd be amazed how rich and strong the Polish leagues develop in FM.
Currently we are losing £2m a year without prize money so hopefully this will fill in some wholes deltablue.
None of the links work on your last update :confused: But, well done on an unbeaten start... I think!!
Clearly Photobucket is playing up AK22, try now
Unbeaten start! Keep going Flamers
I will try to keep it going bjoggi33!
Good start, I am sure you will not crumble under the pressure and I expect some good results in Europe.
Thanks AB I will try not to disappoint!
Some excellent news coming soon!
Set For The Future
Squad | Results | League Table
The team has performed exceptionally well, we have only lost in the Champions League Groups. Yes you read that right, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUPS. When I left they were 3rd in the group and should finish there, we have played with great honour in all of our games and given our all. The league has been ours to dominate which we have done very successfully same with the FA Cup. I have left the club in a fantastic state with enough money, great players and a good backroom.
On The Train To Leningrad
Zenit St Petersburg Job Offer
I had to take the job offer as I was offered more money, the team has "insecure" finances so it will be a new challenge!
Squad | Results | League Table
I take of a Zenit team which have lost all of their games outside of Europe in the last 9 matches, that is my first goal a victory. My next is to get through the EURO Cup groups and hopefully have a good run. It is still possible for a European spot and I will try to make it. The team itself looks good enough to achieve much better than the 11th place that I take over them in so I should push forward and gain a few positions.
Boardroom Overview | Transfers
Over £9m in debt but with a £3m profit this season. I sense that Europe will be key to my survival.
Good luck in Russia!
Thanks bjoggi33!
insecure? Normally they're rich, so as you say it will be interesting.
Nice move, shame you had to leave Legia after crushing Milan in the UCL but I think Zenit's going to work out better in the long run.
I think the chairman got bored deltablue and now the club is surviving by itself.
It should be arinceo but the players are being paid way too much and we have no money.
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Stuttering Through
Squad | Results | League Table
They are all over paid and not exactly young. I will probably spend the summer reshaping the squad completely but until then I am managing with what I have. The win against Kuban I hoped was a sign of things to come, however I soon hit to ground, hard after a 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen and then 5-2 to Lokomotiv Moscow. Since then I have bene trying to tweak the tactics and it seemed to work, helping me over come a 3-0 score 34 mintues in to win 4-3 away at Dinamo Bucharest!
When I took over the club were in 11th so I am making some kind of positive movement at least!
Transfers | Board Overview
I will need to start selling players to bring in some money,the stupidity of the previous manager is incredible. The amount of clauses he signed and payoffs over time is frustrating. The board don't seem to be very pleased with the fact we have no money at all as well.
Results | European Championship Qualifying Group A
A loss against Turkey and a draw against Spain were our only two blemishes but other than that a very successful year seeing us finish top of our qualifying group with a perfect record!
Last edited by Flamers; 17-03-2012 at 18:17.
What have I just wasted my life on?
This isnt dead an anyone who follows me on Twitter will know where I am in the season. Update will come some time this week (work permitting)
2nd Sucks
Squad | Tactics
We have no left wingers so I have chosen to go for a narrow tactic, playing very defensively it isn't always ideal but it is a work in progress and is slowly getting better. At one point in 5 games we have won 4 lost 1 and only conceded once!
Russian Premier Division Results | Russian Cup Results | Friendly Results | League Table | League Position Graph | EURO Cup Results
I took over the club in 11th position and sinking, I managed to turn the form around using the players and limited funds I had available and saw us claim the 6th spot and a place in the EURO Cup next season! Our form in the second half of the season would have seen us win the league unfortunately the 10 games lost before I arrived had not helped us at all.
In the Russian Cup we managed to breeze through the rounds until we came up against Amkar in the semi final, we had to reply on penalties to see us through, from this we met CSKA in the final. We completely out played them in every sense however an incredible lapse from my defend saw there striker clean through how rounded my keeper to score the only goal in the match.
In Europe I took over Zenit after they had qualified from the Groups, from there we had a fairly easy run in. Dinamo Bucharest and Galatasary both feel, the later a 14 goal thriller over 2 legs! We then managed to come back against Grasshoppers and Arsenal to set up a final against Bayern, in a game where we were totally out classed I can't complain. We were second best on the day, it would have been nice to run out EURO Cup winners in my first season but I knew it wasn't likely and I am proud to have got this far in my first year.
Transfers | Board Overview
Very few transfers, what do you expect from a club with two players on a combined total of £158,000 per week! However the chariman has given us a loan and our success has meant we now have over £30 million in the bank and we should now be safer for the long term.
Undefeated And Looking For A Title
A dull draw with Turkey, a couple of simple wins against South Korea and Ivory Coast. Then came our moral booster against India, I expected to win but 10 goals is very flattering, we wasted far too many chances and should have scored more, however that match did set 3 new records: lowest attendance, 66539; highest scoring game, 10-0; biggest win, 10-0. A nice side effect overall.
I expect a trophy next season
I might have one this summer
Well turned around.
Thanks deltablue! I try my hardest
For The Good Of The People
Board Expectations | Media Expectations
I had the choice, although I think top 4 is possible I would be more than happy with EURO Cup so that is what I went for. No point getting sacked for no reason. The media are backing me in my vision too.
A bigger squad on less money with higher skill. Perfect.
Transfers | Board Overview
Not many transfers but they have been important, bringing in some much needed quality.
Good luck this season Flamers.
Good luck! Hopefully you can get a top 3 finish this season, or perhaps even win the league.
Good luck with the new season.
Thanks SRL88 and bjoggi33!
I doubt we can break the CSKA/Anji stronghold cpfc543
Lenin And The Chocolate Factory
Welcome to the first update for an international championship, we will be following England's progress through the 2020 European Championship held in Belgium.
European Championship Results | European Championship Results Tree
The group stage was rather easy for us, other than the slightly hairy moment when Bulgaria came back to 2-1 there were no problems, we had qualified before that match anyway. After that we came up against Ireland in the second round, they proved no challenge for my clinical England side and we pushed them aside 3-0. Slovenia's stout defence was next, a 1-0 win shows how the match was very one sided but they defended admirably but eventually we managed to get the ball in the back of the net.
From here it becomes more interesting, Turkey, France, Holland and England in the last four. All good sides and all in with a realistic shout of winning the title. Turkey possibly the rank outsider but the other three very closely matched. It took use until penalties to get past Turkey doing so 5-4, not missing a single one (FM is not realistic!). This set us up with Holland in the final, 2nd against 3rd in the final. The script could have hardly been written better. Holland started the game more enthusiastic but seeing the gaps that started to form in there defence I started pushing up but this wasn't enough and they scored in the 37th minute. I rousing half time team talk and telling my players to get the ball forward and working it into the box saw us to score in the 83rd minute, I saw the game going into extra time but we had the momentum. However star striker Patrick Marumo had other ideas, scoring a true poachers effort in the 3rd, and last, minute of injury time giving us the win 2-1! My first international trophy has been claimed with my England side and hopefully we can keep going until the World Cup!
Congratulations on the win Flamers! Must be an awesome feeling .
Thanks bjoggi33! The final was tough but we made it!
Squad | Results | League Table
I can already tell you the downfall of us this season, starting in the 2nd Qualifying round of the EURO Cup will kill us, this means we have 6 more games in that than the teams we are competing with.However we have had a good start to the season, a loss to Spartak on the first day was a bit disappointing, even more so due to the fact we didn't deserve it. I really need to get my strikers firing properly again. The league table is a bit misleading as we have 2 games in hand against most of the table a 3 to most of it. With this we could go 2nd if we can win our spare games.
Transfers | Board Overview
Only one player brought, several in on frees. I also rejected a £30m bid for my English striker which I may come to regret but oh well! We are also getting new youth facilities too!
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Not a bad win:
I think you got a bit messed up with the screenshots there . League table is showing results, results is showing squad and the squad is the European Championship tree!
Try again Flamers
Fixed bjoggi33 and deltablue! This is why you never write updates when this tired!
Just hit a big junction in my career....
We are doing well, Lokomotiv aren't doing great but they have much better finances... I think I might have to take it because it's a much higher wage for me.
Unless you're desperate to get to Moscow I'd be inclined to say no - with Zenit you've got the bigger stadium and have already started your project, whereas with Loko it'd be a job even to be the biggest team in your city! It's sideways at best, depends how loudly the money is talking...
Well I haven't taken it, I have refined my rules to money more from a club abroad I have to take it. Also it would be strange moving to a rival....
Yeah, you shouldn't move to a rival in the same country.
If you're doing well you can always ask for a new contract at the end of the season for a pay raise.
I don't move in the same country full stop.
I will see where I am at the end of this season
A Revival in Leningrad
Squad | Results 1 | Results 2 | League Table
Our squad is good, well I say squad I mean my first 11. I have two main tactics that I use, the 4-4-2 and 4-4-2 narrow diamond this means that I can vary my players and playing styles. As you can see I only have 1 good winger each side this means that if one is suspended or injured then I play narrow. We are slightly more effective if we play 4-4-2 flat but we can still win.
We have managed to play effectively and sit on an 18 game unbeaten streak with our last loss to Anji in September! Even with this we have drawn too many games and see ourselves sitting in 3rd, still within touching distance and keeping the pressure up. However in Europe we have been playing very well, starting in the 2nd Qualifying round has meant that we have had extra games compared to other teams however it doesn't mean that we won;t try for the title. I think that we would be the lowest starting round to win the title if we do! However it hasn't gone unnoticed, rivals Lokomotiv Moscow offered me a job! Although its more money I couldn't take a job at a rival.
Transfers | Board Overview
Losing a little money but hopefully cup success will count act it. The chairman also seems to be willing to invest money this season which is a nice change!
Kings and Queens of the World
Results 1 | Results 2 | World Cup European Qualifying Section Group 6
After our European Championship win we went into qualifying for the World Cup and overall have done well, a draw against the Ukraine wasn't great but we made up for it by beating Holland for the second time in 6 months!
Making a strong challenge.
Thanks deltablue I can only hope my players don't run out of steam!
Absolutely superb run of results there Flamers, bet you're not regretting staying now, Lokomotiv look rather clsoe to the relegation places!
Thanks arinceo! I have now finished the season I was just too tired last night to write it up
Domestic Domination
Squad | Tactics
The good players on our team are very easy to see and were key to our success. The tactics are still two fold, the 4-4-2 flat I prefer using as this is a tactic I have honed over 10 seasons now.
Russian Premier Division Results | Russian Cup Results | Friendly Results | League Table |EURO Cup Results
Domestically we played well, it was close at the end but we managed to push up and take the title with 1 game to spare! We managed to play well all season, going on an 29 game unbeaten streak! In the Russian Cup we had a tough quarter and semi final, beating the top two teams in the country, CSKA Moscow and Anji on our way to the final with who other than Lokomotiv Moscow! After dominating the game we ran out 2-0 winners and therefore claiming the domestic double!
Starting early in the EURO Cup was in the end our downfall, we managed to battle our way from the Second Qualifying round to the Quarter final! We played well in the home leg, winning 2-0 against Juventus but when we travelled to Italy the tables were reversed, having a couple of players suspended and some out injured caused us to lose 4-1. We played terribly, I have to say we were completely out played in all areas and deserved to lose, maybe not by 3 goals but we did.
Transfers | Board Overview
We made a few more transfers, I am trying to bring in some younger players to improve the squad long term. We now are getting money from our chairman but this seems to be sporadic and unpredictable so I don't have much faith in the fact it will happen for a long time.
Vital Results
Results | World Cup European Qualifying Section Group 6
Our first loss sent us out of the Confederations Cup. We had played terribly in the two previous games and Walcott and Wickham getting injured before half time didn't help matters! Other than that we are doing well, on course to qualify for the World Cup and winning msot games.
Strong title.
Thanks deltablue! I am just writing up the 10 season review
Ten Seasons In The East
After 10 seasons travelling around the East of Europe I will now look at how the clubs and countries that I have visited have faired since my departure.
SKA Khabarovsk
The seasons that I were well we managed to get promoted, after this I left when they decided to slash my budgets. This I was not standing for it and clearly the next manager struggled with the budgets he was set. The season that they had in the Premier League didn't go well, finishing 15th out of 16 and going straight back down. Then there next season, back in the First Division saw them go down again, finishing 19th out of 20! Since then they have spent time as a yo-yo club at the bottom of the First Division. Overall they have done badly, going backwards since I lead them to the Premier League.
Metalurg D
Metalurg haven't done badly since I was there, they have finished in the top 5 in all seasons except the one where I left when they finished 6th. Overall a very respectable good done by the second manager after me, who arrived in 2016, he has made a good squad and can keep up with the pace of the league. I hope to one day come back the the Ukraine and take the title with either Metalurg or another club.
Slovakia haven't really progressed much since I left, I left them in about 90th and they are only 77th now. Never really getting much higher than they are now.
Winning the league the season I left and in 2020 are defiantly the highlights but they have been in the top 3 ever since I left and are financially set for several years to come. I do wish them all the best. The AI sold off part of the squad but I knew it would have been hard to keep, however they have invested in some good talent and stand a good chance.
What a club, it was a tough choice to leave and 2 titles in 2 seasons shows you how good the squad I built was. They have, to my relief, hardly sold a player which means that they should go on and be successful in the future.
Defending Our Advantage
Board Expectations | Media Expectations
Sorry for the slip up on the expectations, I forgot to take the screenshot. Basically it was the same as last season and I choose the lowest possible. The media see me doing well after dominating the domestic season last year.
STarting to grow with new young talent coming in from abroad.
Transfers | Board Overview
We have only called in one transfer so far this season, a young Brazilian keeper from Gremio, at 18 he still has a long way but being the starting choice at such a young age will help him reach the top of his game. The chairman still gives us our pocket money so we are doing well now.
Unexpected Circumstances
Third loss in 3 seasons and not getting out of the groups of a pointless competition is clearly enough to be sacked! I did only win the Euros... Of course I applied for the job I was sacked from
Solid Footings
Squad | Results | League Table
Our start to the campaign couldn't have gone much better, we are free scoring and normally winning those games. We have just passed 20 consecutive competitive games in which we have scored and I hope there are many more to come! We sit at the top of the table with CSKA, if we had managed to beat Rostov we would be clear but they is still a long way to go yet!
We also managed a 2-0 win over Anji to left out first piece of silverware this season, the Russian Super Cup.
Transfers | Board Overview
We spent a fair chunk of money this year but as you can see from how we started the season it was worth it. This has mainly been funded from slashing our wage big.
Pretty sure there has been a curse of the Confederations Cup on this forum that saw a few of us sacked for not doing well in it.
Just seems a bit pointless and unrealistic... I doubt that ANY England manager would get sacked for my performances over the 3 years...
Probably going to get another triumph
I am trying my hardest deltablue!
This came up:
No. I want to manage a nation I can win things with!
Sunny Side Of The Street
Squad | Results 1 | Results 2 | League Table
All of those who doubted us last season are being shown up now, top of the league and we already can't finish last! We have been nearly unstoppable this season only a loss to CSKA during the toughest run of games we could have has closed the gap. Anything other than top 2 would be dreadful now, we are 10 points clear of CSKA in 3rd and Anji are proving money doesn't buy you titles.
In Europe we have done well, playing our effective brand of counter attacking football. Soaking up pressure for 60 minutes, wearing hem out only to break and score 2 or 3. Man City found this out to there detriment when they came to visit us and I hope to do the same again.
Transfers | Board Overview
We are finally nearly financially viable, we have made a profit on transfers, Knights loan helping a lot, but we are still about breaking even for this season.
All Or Nothing
Squad | Tactics
We now have some incredible youths that we have picked up from around the globe, the game describes Brkic, Chorao and Rebolledo as wonderkids and its clear to see why! The tactic is the one I often use in Europe and I have been using more often in the later stages.
Russian Premier Division Results | Russian Super Cup | Russian Cup Results | Friendly Results | League Table | League Position Graph | Champions League Results
Domestic annihilation started early, a 2-0 win over Anji got the club its first Russian Super cup in a decade! We then went on to go and play well in the league, we were rarely off the top and more oftne than not this was due to us having games in hand rather than dropping points. Spartak kept us honest all year long but there was no fear of losing a Champions League place really. Our tight defence became noticeably worse when Ouattara left to PSG in January, I couldn't find a player of the same standard so I brought in wonderkid Rebolledo to try and fill the hole. It helped a little but in his second season I can see him achieving far more.
In the Russian cup is was fairly simple until the final. It saw us come up against perennial challengers CSKA Moscow, after beating them in the quarter final last season 6-0 I thought that we stood a good chance. My pre match thoughts were justified when just half an hour in we saw ourselves 2-0 up. However the CSKA manager, who has been there for 13 years, knew his players better than I did and they pulled it back to 2-2 by the 76th minute. This saw the game head into extra time, a good team talk and some clever substitutions saw us score the winner in the 119th minute. Seeing us take our third piece of silverware, and second in two weeks!
The Champions League, what a challenge, our group wasn't easy but somehow through Utd beating Valencia twice we managed to qualify. In the next round we drew Man City however, like Anji, they were out to prove that money doesn't buy you success and promptly let us win 4-2, fairly comfortably in the end. Then the next, Barcelona, away we were dreadful, our defence was disjointed and we couldn't even have a shot, let alone on target. However at home and with the fans support, and several players back from suspension, we managed to work as a unit and as Barce pushed forward we would counter them, we were only 2-0 up at half time but clearly Villas-Boas told them to push on and attack. The worst thing you can do to my side, this left acres of room for us to counter into and made Barce look rather amateur. The semi final saw us head back to Old Trafford to play Manchester United for the 3rd and 4th time in this years competition, after an aggregate score of 6-2 in the groups stages to us I was fairly confident we could deliver and our 9-2 win showed this. After having defeated two of the biggest sides in English football there was only one team we could meet in the final. Chelsea.
The game started badly for us, going 1-0 down 36 minutes in after a wonderful freekick from Sigurosson. Unlike my previous Champions League matches where I have been down at the break I managed to rally the troops and it show us put 3 past Chelsea in the second half. Leading us to our fourth trophy of the season!
Transfers | Board Overview
No more transfers. However the Champions league money and new £17.75m sponsor has done wonders for the finances and we are now classed as "rich". "Insecure" to "Rich" in 3 seasons, not bad!
Very impressive Flamers. Congratulations!
Loving that awesome defensive record. Amazing Champions League run too.
'The board feel that you are doing an unbelievable job and putting a smile on the face of every supporter'. Awesome!
How about a couple of screenies of your best players please?
Well I won everything I was part of so I would hope they were happy...
Considering people are bitching about the defensive state of the ME I thought I would produce a tactic that doesn't concede
And now for my top 3 of the season:
Valimir Brkic
Steve Bauress
Two wonderkids and the England striker who scored a hattirck on his debut for me as England manager. Note how he has nearly doubled in value! (Purchasedfor £6.25m)
Decent season I suppose
Average I feel deltablue
Cheers for the screenies, Flamers. Some excellent looking young players you've got there!
Well done on a fantastic season Flamers, you are getting better and better Those 3 new signings look like absolute beasts! They would get into any team I reckon! Good luck for next season.
No problem Crouchy! I should do them more often but I can't be bother doing the whole squad
Thanks Tactic Master! I was surprised that Bauress was transfer listed by Man City! I jumped at the change to get him, having to use 12 months pay off to get him!
Great season Flamers.
Thanks bjoggi33!
Excellent work in Europe Flamers .
Thanks SRL88!
I don't know if I should stay for the next season or to move....
A Question Of Faith
Board Expectations | Media Expectations
The board expect us to qualify for the Champions League again which should be easy enough to do. With the media predicting us to finish second behind Anji, for some strange reason, the Champions League is on the cards. However the true question is do I want to stay here. The club has a wonderful foundation but I feel like I want to move to a new club and a new challenge.
Keeping the wage budget just under £600,000 p/w has been key and bringing in young players with bags of potential has helped our success.
Transfers | Board Overview
One transfer sees a young Nigerian defender join our ranks, how many games he gets to play is yet to be seen. Plenty of money and a stable job.
Would love to see you move .
This offer came in from the World Cup runners up:
Note the Argentina story, they lost to France in the Quarter Finals and I am "World Class".
I have also applied for Brazil, France (World Cup winners) and England.
It could well be a rep bug as I tried before after I was sacked as England manager and they laughed off me as Continental... I wish I could wait a week as if Brazil comes up I would probably prefer that...
Well you can see what I see
I would take it personally, but if you want the Brazil job I would hold out.
I will have a think about it while I start my law coursework and will make a decision later today
Because your decision as to which Nation to manage is more important .
Well clearly! Also I was thinking about creating a video on how I play FM, would people be interested?
Hola España
Acceptance | Expectations
I accepted the job as Spain manager in the end. Having two of the best youth systems in the world, Barcelona and Real Madrid at my disposal helped me make my decision. My first match is against Cyprus so its a nice easy start to my job, following this are Ecuador and U.S.A.
You could always jump ship already to Brazil.
Rejected them all, I have every chance to go back to one of them later on
The Weight Of Europe
Squad | Results | League Table
Oh hello dominant start to the season! 10 games played, 10 games won, 2 cups won, 5 goals conceded and 34 scored. It has been a cracking start to our campaign as newly crowned champions of Europe, not only do we have our Champions League title but we also have our European Super Cup to show off! Already 2 points clear at the top of the Russian Premier league with only 4 games gone shows you how good our squad is becoming. Still a little bit short on the wingers but slowly more are coming, its jsut a case of finding good youths who won't mind spending some time on the bench.
Transfers | Board Overview
Not a huge spend this season, especially with how much money we got from winning the quadruple last season. The board couldn't ask for much more for the start to the season.
Going reasonably well there Flamers.
I think we could be doing better, 5 conceded. Poor


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Ah, love. The ultimate motivator for music, poetry, even a few fingerpaints somewhere, probably; every artistic medium is fueled by overwhelming devotion or shattered hearts. Here's a collection of songs that will have the hopeless romantic in you sighing about that special someone–or the one that got away.
1. "Easy Silence" by The Dixie Chicks: "I just want to hold on to the easy silence you create for me / … / And the peaceful quiet you create for me / And the way you keep the world at bay for me." A sweet ode to the comfortable quiet of a relationship, "Easy Silence" is about finding peace in another person. Or, if you're single, just pretend this song is about noise-reducing headphones; they're almost as good as sharing your life with someone, right?
2. "Make You Feel my Love" by Adele: Bob Dylan's lyrics get a stunning makeover in Adele's version of "Make You Feel My Love": "When the rain is blowing in your face / And the whole world is on your case / I could offer you a warm embrace / To make you feel my love."
3. "The Nearness of You" by Norah Jones: "It's not the pale moon that excites me / That thrills and delights me / Oh no, it's just the nearness of you." This song captures the electricity of proximity–surely you've felt your pulse quicken in the presence of that one person (you know the one I'm talking about). As an aside, many, many artists have recorded versions of this song. I'm partial to Norah Jones' slow and sweetly sultry rendition, but the Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong recording is thoroughly lovely as well.
4. "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain: A classic wedding song, this anthemic track is one long promise of undying devotion. "I'll be your crying shoulder / I'll be love's suicide / I'll be better when I'm older / I'll be the greatest fan of your life."
5. "No Man is an Island" by Jack's Mannequin: This song was written as a wedding present, and you can definitely tell. Self-explanatory: "As long as your heart's beating it should never beat alone / No man is an island when a woman is his home."
6. "You Don't Know Me" by Michael Buble: Fear and shyness gets in the way of love in this story: "You think you know me well / But you don't know me / No, you don't know the one who dreams of you at night / … / Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by / A chance that you might love me too."
7. "Blue Eyes" by the Cary Brothers: This song is slow and sweet and carries a hint of sadness behind the yearning lyrics. "All the lights on and you are alive / But you can't point the way to your heart / … / I just want to be the one / I just want to sing a song with you."
9. "One and Only" by Adele: I'll admit this song didn't catch my notice the first few times I listened to Adele's Grammy-winning album, 21. It's a bit of a sleeper, but it gets under your skin–give it a couple listens and you'll be hooked on her brazen pleas. "I dare you to let me be your / Your one and only / I promise I'm worth it / To hold in your arms / So come on and give me a chance."
11. "Colors" by Amos Lee: Simple in sentiment, delicate in delivery. "When you're gone / Colors seem to fade."
12. "City Love" by John Mayer: This particular love story paints a picture of day-to-day romance grounded in geography, namely NYC. I love the way he zooms in on the details: "She keeps a toothbrush at my place / As if I had the extra space / She steals my clothes to wear to work / I know her hairs are on my shirt / I tell everyone I smile just because / I've got a city love / … / And I can't remember life before her name."
13. "This Year's Love" by David Gray: Poor David Gray. He's been burned before, and that makes it hard to fall into something new with the same innocence, no matter how right it feels. "When you hold me like you do / It feels so right / I start to forget how my heart gets torn / … / It takes something more this time / Than sweet, sweet lies / Before I open up my arms and fall / Losin' all control."
You can find this playlist on Spotify by searching for "The Perfect Hopelessly Romantic Playlist".
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In no particular order and incompletely, I like riding motorcycles, 3d printing, welding, programming, sewing & other forms of craft, reading science fiction, playing music (but not so much just listening to it), staying up late, painting, playing pool, learning Chinese. In the hack space I hope to do more electronics projects and learning, particularly collaborative projects, and paint a mural on a wall.
Contact me at rachel -at- xtreme -dot- com (how smart are address harvesters these days?)
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The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach You In School
By the time you're 30, you'll be hit with the crushing truth of just how much the grownups didn't teach you when you were in school. And, while liberals and conservatives haggle over whether public schools need more funding or more lessons on the Ten Commandments, we think all can agree there are some very basic, useful things that our children really, really should know.
Therefore when Cracked starts its line of private schools, know that your kids won't graduate without having passed...
#10. Sex Ed (for Girls): How to Spot a Douchebag
Young ladies, you're in your teens now and already you have no doubt run into some guys who are being suspiciously nice to you. Likely you have figured out that in many cases, this has nothing to do with them being nice guys and everything to do with them desperately wanting you to touch their boner.
What you may not realize is that over the next few years, a string of rejections will cause many of these men to start hating you. Some of them hate you already, because they grew up hating their mothers and it kind of carries over. Boys are like that.
Now, some of these men will then become members of the Pick Up Artist Community, also known as the Seduction Community. This is a loose club of guys who see females as a collection of walking masturbation aids. They have websites and seminars and chat rooms where they trade tips on how to manipulate you into having sex with them.
They believe the male/female relationship is adversarial in nature, and that sex is a way of conquering you. Thus many of their techniques work by playing on your insecurities, like "the Neg," where they first engage you in conversation, then drop subtle criticisms that will undermine your self-esteem and subconsciously make you want to gain their approval (by letting them touch your boobs). Believe it or not, it works--if you're not ready for it.
This is just one type of douchebag; this class will cover several varieties. And, while we're not telling you not to sleep with these men, the lesson you will learn from this course is that they will put the same effort into making you happy as they do the semen-encrusted sock under their bed.
Chapters Include:
I. Types of Douchebag;
II. How to Tell When He's Lying;
III. Why Your Male Friends Almost Certainly Want to Have Sex With You;
IV. Why There is Nothing to be Gained by Showing Your Boobs to a Camera.
#9. Sex Ed (for Boys): Why Porn is Not a Good Way to Learn About Sex
Young men, you're in your teens now and that means already you've seen several thousand hours of Internet porn. Many of you will soon engage in your first sexual encounter, having no practical instruction to guide you beyond those videos.
Unfortunately, what you see on PornTube represents only what certain men wish sex was like. We're not saying that you'll never meet a woman who enjoys, say, having semen squirted into her eyes, or having sex on camera with five strangers in the back of a decorated van. What we're saying is that just about everything you see in those videos--including the ones that claim to be hidden camera or "reality" porn--is there specifically because real women are not like that. These videos fill a gap between fantasy and reality.
So how do you figure out what to do when you're finally alone with a lady? Well, we can give you the basics, but the rest will be up to you.
Chapters Include:
I. It's a Vagina, Not a Slab of Meat You're Trying to Tenderize;
II. Your Penis Size is Probably Perfectly Fine;
III. Why Your First Time is Going to be a Humiliating Disaster, No Matter What You Do;
IV. Most Women Are Not Sexually Stimulated by Spanking;
V. Every Woman is Different and You Will Only Learn What She Likes Via Practice;
VI. That's OK, Because the Practice is Awesome.
#8. Phys. Ed: Practical Self-Defense
We're calling this course "Practical Self-Defense" but a more accurate title would be, "How To Get Away From Somebody Who is Trying to Mug or Rape You." Yes, "Get Away." Some of you guys who grew up on The Matrix still fantasize about beating the shit out of a street full of thugs in a fight that looks like a choreographed dance. This class will not teach you how to do that. No class will teach you how to do that.
Will not happen.
Oh, there are guys out there capable of kicking ass. They're called criminals. They're good at fighting because they have poor impulse control and anger management, and thus are constantly getting into fights. If you, on the other hand, are going to be civilized and successful parents and homeowners and taxpayers, the odds are overwhelming you will not ever be good at fighting. This fact is thus reflected in our curriculum.
Chapters Include:
I. Why Your Wallet is Not Worth Dying For;
II. Why Guns and Knives Are Not Awesome (Includes Visual Aids Depicting Wounds of Gnarled Strips of Exposed Fat, Tendons and Skin, Plus Graphic Descriptions of Life in a Wheelchair);
III. How to Break Off an Argument With a Hobo Before He Stabs You;
IV. Why You Can't Reason With a Screaming Drunk;
V. Why Believing Action Movies Are Real Will Get You Killed;
VI. How to Tell When That Guy Walking Toward You is Concealing a Weapon.
With visual aids supplied by the NYPD.
#7. Industrial Arts: Emergency Repairs
This does not require a great deal of elaboration. Quite simply, there are certain things a person who is about to be living on their own needs to know how to do.
Building a goddamned birdhouse is not one of them.
Chapters Include:
I. How to Patch and Paint a Wall So You Can Get Your Deposit Back From Your Landlord;
II. Identifying Which Wires in Your House Will Kill You if You Touch Them;
III. What to do When You Wake Up to Find Your Toilet/Refrigerator/Hot Water Heater/Air Conditioner/Sink is Puking Water Onto Your Floor;
IV. When to Call the Repair Guy;
V. How to Figure Out if the Repair Guy is Screwing You;
VI. Foreign Objects You're Going to Try to Put in the Microwave at Some Point so Let's Just Get it Out of Your System Now.
#6. Business: Success = Meeting the Right People
All of those successful people you see around town, with their convertibles and huge televisions? Approximately 100 percent of them got where they are because they had three things. All three are absolutely essential, but one of them is almost never mentioned. They are:
* Talent
* Hard Work
* Randomly Meeting the Right People and Not Pissing Them Off
The autobiographies of famous people will do everything they can to downplay that third part, because it has the element of sheer luck. People get offended when you mention it, because they think it somehow undermines the first two. But remember, we said you need all three.
For instance, let's take maybe the most successful movie actor of all time, Harrison Ford. He farted around Hollywood for nine years, taking bit parts without anything major ever coming his way. Clearly talented, very hard-working. Yet not once did anybody look at him and say, "This guy will sell several billion dollars' worth of tickets and action figures some day!" He was just another ambitious, pretty face, in a city full of them. He got so fed up, he quit acting and became a carpenter.
There's a parallel world without this man as Han Solo, and we don't want to live there.
Then one day he got hired to install cabinets in the home of a guy named George Lucas. They became friends. That got him the role of Han Solo a few years later. Click the link; that's a true story.
Decades earlier another Ford, Henry, was just one of many engineers screwing around with early car engine designs until he became friends with a wealthy businessman named Alexander Malcomson who forked over the money to get Ford Motor Company started. This also works for guys not named Ford; Justin Bieber was one of several hundred thousand teenagers singing on YouTube videos before a former record exec named Scooter Braun clicked on one of his videos by accident and got him a record deal.
But everyone already knew he was an accident.
On the other end of the spectrum, you have guys like Edgar Allan Poe, whose legendary poem "The Raven" earned him... nine dollars. He burned so many bridges he wound up basically begging the public for money before dying at 40.
At some point Poe probably met his George Lucas, but made such a horrible impression on him the guy wouldn't return his calls.
"Oh, shit, honey, he's at the door! Pretend we're not home! Did he see me?"
Chapters include:
I. First Impressions are Really Important;
II. Subsequent Impressions Are Also Important;
III. No, You're Not Terrell Owens (aka Why Acting Like a Douchebag is a Bad Investment).
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September 30, 2013
The NYU Center for the Advancement of Teaching (formerly the Center for Teaching Excellence) is pleased to announce its faculty development programming for Fall 2013. These programs are offered at no cost to full and part-time NYU faculty as well as graduate students. Refreshments will be provided at all programs. Space is limited and registration is required; registration information is included below.
Teaching at the Tap Room
Teaching at the Tap Room offers the chance for faculty to come together to discuss pedagogical issues with experts and peers alike, while enjoying drinks and refreshments in an informal and relaxed setting.
Teaching Digital Natives and the Global Classroom
Jason King, Artistic Director and Associate Professor, The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music
Thursday, October 10, 2013, 5:00-7:00 p.m., NYU Torch Club, 18 Waverly Place
This discussion will look at the great promises and challenges of teaching "digital natives" into the second decade of the 21st century. In particular King will share his experiences teaching music making, technology and popular culture studies to NYU students in New York, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore. The informal discussion will touch on ways of addressing the post 9-11 imperative to bring issues of global citizenship and cosmopolitan ideals into the classroom, as well as effective and meaningful strategies for incorporating the latest social media and emergent technologies into the classroom.
NYU faculty members are invited to participate in this program. Refreshments will be provided. Enrollment limited. To register, visit www.nyu.edu/cat
Insights on Teaching
NYU Distinguished Teaching Award Winners Ted Magder, Julie Malnig, and Deborah Padgett
Thursday, October 17, 2013. 12:30-2:00 p.m., Lipton Hall in D'Agostino Hall, NYU School of Law.
NYU's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award, is given annually to faculty members who have distinguished themselves in educating students in and out of the classroom. CAT is pleased to present winners of the DTA award in a panel discussion on their experiences teaching NYU students.
NYU faculty members and graduate students are invited to participate in this program. Lunch will be provided. Enrollment limited. To register, visit www.nyu.edu/cat
Building on "Difference" in the Classroom
Jack Tchen, Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, History; Director, Asian/Pacific/American Studies
Gail Drakes, Director of Social Justice Initiatives, The New School
Thursday, November 7, 2013, 12:30-2:00 p.m., Kimmel Center (location TBA)
As our classrooms become more diverse, we have tended to assume those who make it into places like NYU are uniformly socialized to "fit into" conventions of middle class learning and interaction. Gail Drakes, Director of Social Justice Initiatives at the New School, and Jack Tchen, A/P/A Institute, SCA, Gallatin & History, NYU, will discuss the complex of cross cultural and intersectional issues where old assumptions don't quite work anymore. The open discussion will explore the challenges and possibilities of engaged, collaborative, and research driven approaches with undergraduate students.
NYU faculty members and graduate students are invited to participate in this program. Lunch will be provided. Enrollment limited. To register, visit www.nyu.edu/cat
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Putting on Our Thinking Caps: Assessing and Developing 21st Century Skills in the Undergraduate Classroom
Eleanor Sterling and Ana Luz Porzecanski, American Museum of Natural History
Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 5:00-7:00 p.m., NYU Torch Club, 18 Waverly Place
Join us as we explore recent work done by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation on undergraduate student skills development. The speakers will report on an NSF-funded study designed to investigate whether undergraduate science students can improve their data analysis, critical thinking and oral communication skills in a semester. Good news: the answer is yes! However, some aspects of the skills, such as drawing conclusions, seem to be more challenging and harder to develop than others for the students. In addition, while some changes in teaching practice helped students advance, others were not strong enough to have a significant effect. During this session, we will review the results of the study, explore implications for teaching and learning in general, and work together to design and compile ideas that can help us all develop our students' critical thinking skills.
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This one-day symposium will focus on the work of Hale Aspacio Woodruff (1900-1980), and is being held in conjunction with the Rising Up: Hale Woodruff's Murals at Talladega College exhibition, currently on display at NYU's 80WSE Galleries. Presenters will include art historians, historians, curators, and other leading scholars together exploring Hale Woodruff's art and its significance.
Keynote speakers will include Edmund Barry Gaither, Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center for Afro-American Artists and Special Consultant at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, and Marcus Rediker, Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and author of The Amistad Rebellion.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 6:30-8:00 p.m., New York University, Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay Street (between Broadway and Church Street), Room 430
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The recent rise of Asia, and especially China, as rival to American interests has required U.S. cooperation with Russia and for some time lessened the frictions that had historically marked U.S. relations with Russia and the Soviet Union. Recent developments and conflicts (Syria, Iran, the Snowden affair) have complicated and threatened this evolution. How will this affect Europe, so long the major chessboard on which Washington and Moscow struggled for advantage?
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WHEELING - Wheeling native and Fox News host Chris Stirewalt returns home this week to discuss the nation's post-election climate.
Stirewalt, a former reporter for The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, will speak at noon Wednesday at River City Ale Works, 1400 Main St. The event is sponsored by the West Liberty University Economics Club and is open to the public.
"It is my pleasure to welcome Chris back to the podium for his thoughts and observations at this important time," said Erik Root, West Liberty's associate professor of political science. "Chris talks daily with political headliners. Our students, alumni and the public will enjoy his presentation."
Stirewalt currently serves as the digital politics editor for Fox News and host of "Power Play" on foxnews.com.
His daily political tip sheet is seen by thousands of readers and he also makes daily appearances on the Fox News Channel including as a panelist on "Special Report with Bret Baier," and "Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace."
Prior to joining Fox News, he was a political editor for the Washington Examiner where he wrote a twice-weekly column and led political coverage for the newspaper.
He also served as political editor at the Charleston Daily Mail and West Virginia Media.
Stirewalt and his wife, Mary, and their two sons live in Alexandria, Va. Founded in 2009, the BB&T Center for Economic Philosophy at West Liberty University works to engage faculty, students and the public in an examination of the free market.
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I taught a Phase 2 workshop at MDA this past weekend. It was full of strong, experienced instructors. We really accomplished a lot during our four hour session. The more interesting aspects of the day to me were the diverse thoughts many of them had on the following topics: jumps, split-symbols, isolations, and music. Jumps are all always interesting to discuss. Many instructors continue to believe that the best way to communicate their intended pace during a jump segment is to count pedal strokes, so many up and so many down. I try to counter that thought process with a recommendation to first ensure that students understand the two basic movements utilized when jumping on a flat road before ever initiating a rhythmic goal or pattern for the participants to follow. Everyone agrees that split-symbols involve multiple movements. I try to encourage instructors to repeat their multi-movement sequences more than once before changing so students can practice their transitional awareness as well as their breath and body control skills. Isolations have long been discussed in the program. The presenter team does not support them nor do we find them physically beneficial or useful. It is interesting when instructors mention that they still do isolations at the request of their students. As I stated in the workshop, it is difficult to argue that class counts are how instructors are primarily measured by gym and studio owners. Higher attendance equals more pay, more classes, and more influence within a facility. Although I still don?t agree with the technique, I sympathize with the pressure felt by the instructors. As for music, as I said on Sunday: Everybody loves AC/DC.Share


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I'm looking for best practices when it comes to encrypting small (< 128 bytes) amounts of data with the RSA private key. Signing it would make the resulting payload too large.
In any public key system, you don't encrypt with private key. You encrypt with public key, or sign with private key.
If your goal is signing (resp. encrypting) one small value with the RSA private (resp. public) key, keeping the signature small: forget about it, that's not directly possible. Under RSA, a cryptogram is always of size at least comparable to the key. You need another public key scheme. Edit: standard RSA signatures schemes have signatures about as wide as the public modulus; a state of the art RSA variant can about half that.
If you want to encrypt several small values with RSA, do that with a random secret key drawn for that purpose, and a symmetric cipher; and send the secret key, RSA-encrypted with the public key, using a proper padding scheme like OAEP.
If you want to sign several small values with RSA, concatenate them (each with length indication unless the lengths are agreed in advance), then sign the aggregate using a proper RSA signature scheme like PKCS#1 PSS. If you want to send the small values along and care about the total size, use a signature scheme with message recovery, such as ISO/IEC 9796-2 (but beware that the first of the three schemes in this standard, still the most used, has some flaws if the opponent can obtain the signature of enough chosen messages).
In general you shouldn't mess with standard algorithms/protocols, because of the innumerable ways you can break semantic security, like adaptive chosen ciphertext attacks.
Use optimal asymmetric encryption padding if you must roll something yourself.
If your goal is to sign (authenticate) the data, and if RSA signatures are too long, there are some exotic schemes out there that have shorter signatures. For instance, BLS signatures are about 170 bits long and give about 80 bits of security. However, these schemes are considerably slower and more complex to implement.
(An earlier version of this answer suggested that elliptic curve signatures could achieve 64-bit security with a 128-bit signature. That was incorrect. Thanks to @Thomas Pornin for pointing out my error.)
DSA produces much shorter signatures than RSA, and can generate them much faster. But the caveat is that verification is slower compared to RSA. If this is a problem depends on how you plan to use them, and how critical performance is. You could take a look at ECDSA, it may be the best of both worlds.


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i was rewatching the release of last year's the Unusuals all 13 episodes..and i am still convinced this was one of the best things on last year. Of course it breaks my heart that it was killed in the cradle, like many good things.
I also thought that the 8 episodes of 2008's "New Amsterdam" wasn't given a chance but then...
it was on Fox which is known for killing it's babies.
it would have done much better on USA or SciFi.
I was wondering what other shows folks thought were mercilessly killed before they had a chance?


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(CLARKSON, KY) – Kentucky State Police say at 8:37 p.m. ET Thursday, Post 4 received a call from Grayson County Central Dispatch, asking for assistance in a shooting at 48 Tara Lane in Clarkson.
Preliminary investigation reveals at about 8:05 p.m. ET 84-year-old, Alva Gussler of Clarkson got into an argument with 59-year-old, Laura L. Ford who lived in the home with Alva Gussler and his son, 48-year-old Michael C. Gussler.
At some point in the argument, KSP says Alva Gussler produced a gun and shot Laura Ford in the chest. She was taken to Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 9:10 p.m. ET.
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Simple structure:
have a table PAGES - which stores information about specific landing pages working on developing a GROUPing concept for the pages, where we are saying that a page may or may not belong to a group, and it will only belong to a single group.
Would a linking table group_page.group_id,group_page.page_id be the proper way to go? Or pages.group_id ?


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Sorry to ask a rather non-specific question, but I am actually trying to formulate an example. Suppose you have a recipe to make biscuits, but what you get is quite hard, and you would like to have a softer result. What do you need to add or change in the recipe? It does not matter if it's not accurate. I just need a non-blatantly wrong process or component.
Normally if you want to increase chewiness and softness, you increase your egg and fat. Also, instead of using water, use milk. These are blanket rules, having no idea what your specific issue is. Also, try using a flour that has lower protein count. You don't want a bread flour for cookies, cakes, biscuits - pastries in general. Of course if you are stuck with a bread flour, make sure to undermix your ingredients. The more you mix, the more gluten is produced. This is what you want for breads, but not the structure you are looking for in pastries, etc.
If the recipe contains them, you can replace the following ingredients:
One very useful trick for making moister cookies is to replace part of the white sugar with brown sugar. Brown sugar is hygroscopic, meaning it attracts and holds moisture. That is why molasses cookies are so incredibly moist, and why brown sugar tends to clump together in the bag.
In the latest Cook's Illustrated, their sugar cookie recipe swapped out some butter (saturated fat) with some vegetable oil (unsautrated), with the claim that it increased chewiness. However, you have to make up the flavor loss from giving up some of the butter (they added a bit of cream cheese).


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Is there any maximum on the number of times a single table can be referenced in a SQL Server database via foreign key?
Table A A_ID
Table B ~ B_ID, A_ID
Table C ~ C_ID, A_ID
Table D ~ D_ID, A_ID
Is there any maximum on the number of times a single table can be referenced in a SQL Server database via foreign key?
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The recommended limit for the number of foreign keys in a table is 253. See Maximum Capacity Specifications for SQL Server on MSDN.
Microsoft says:
"Although a table can contain an unlimited number of FOREIGN KEY constraints, the recommended maximum is 253. Depending on the hardware configuration hosting SQL Server, specifying additional FOREIGN KEY constraints may be expensive for the query optimizer to process."
Note that these limits apply to the detail table, the table containing the foreign keys. You add foreign key constraints to the detail table.
The referenced (main) table is not affected by this, therefore there are no limits on how many times the main table can be referenced.
The short answer is, "No." The longer answer is that there is no explicit restriction, but since those relationships require metadata, the do consume memory and resources: if you have, say, 10,000 foreign key relationships to a single table's primary key, you're likely to find that a
Here's what the documentation has to say:
It should also be noted, though, that, SQL Server's system views (e.g.,
Not that you'd ever come close to exceeding that limit.
As far as i know the maximum number of references is 253. I can hardly imagine a case where you have to go even near that mark.
I'm not agree with @Oliver about the fact that there is no restriction with the number of foreign keys that can refer to a table.
This morning, I've received an error from sql server while trying to execute a very simple delete statement of one row of a table that is referred more than enough... More than 253 times!
The query processor ran out of stack space during query optimization. Please simplify the query.
Here is the explanation that I found :
SQL Server does not have a predefined limit on either the number of FOREIGN KEY constraints a table can contain (which reference other tables), or the number of FOREIGN KEY constraints owned by other tables that reference a specific table. Nevertheless, the actual number of FOREIGN KEY constraints is limited by your hardware configuration and by the design of your database and application. We recommend that a table contain no more than 253 FOREIGN KEY constraints, and that it be referenced by no more than 253 FOREIGN KEY constraints. Consider the cost of enforcing FOREIGN KEY constraints when you design your database and applications.
NOTES: The reason why I have so many foreign is because I build a system where the customer can design his own screens and one of my customers have dragged hundreds of dropdown. Shame on me letting the customer do that.


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Family-friendly restaurants in Cape Town
Having a child changes your life in so many good ways. But parents also know that gone are the carefree days and nights of long dinners and lunches at swanky restaurants.
Instead, parents take their offspring to traditional family restaurants, where staff will sing Happy Birthday and kiddies can go off to play computer games or with dough. And although they do love these restaurants, parents sometimes yearn for the days when they enjoyed savouring a range of dishes.
Luckily, many Cape Town restaurants welcome kiddies, with special menus tailor-made for the sprogs while offering adults mouth-watering food and wine choices.
Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie not only offers a huge playground for kids and a farm store that sells organic produce, but its family-style menu caters for the pickiest of eaters. The farm is one of the oldest in Cape Town and has a rich, colourful history. The varied menu at its Blue Water Café includes lamb shank, pizza, steak and a range of salads.
If you are in Noordhoek, then it is worth going to Café Roux, which prides itself on being family-friendly. Its kiddies' menu offers favourites like toasted sarmies and calamari, while the adult menu offers delectable meals made from seasonal produce. Even the chutneys and breads are homemade.
Deer Park Café in Vredehoek, on the slopes of Table Mountain, has a large park where children can play safely. Its menu includes a baby cappuccino, and frothy milk with some chocolate sprinkles. It offers all its meals in adult and child portions, and the tables are set slightly wider apart than other eateries, allowing for ease of movement for prams and wandering children.
Café Paradiso is part of the Madame Zingara group. Situated in Kloof Street in the city centre, it loves entertaining children and pets. The kiddies' menu includes fish fingers royale and linguine with red sauce.
The Shoreline Café at the Two Oceans Aquarium offers sustainably harvested seafood. The venue has panoramic views of Table Mountain.
Dunes restaurant in Hout Bay offers a range of dishes, including ribs, seafood and pizza. On a sunny day, expect to find people enjoying the weather, sitting at wooden tables just metres from the water.


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El33t's Question of the Day: Which horror games and other genres do you want to play on Oculus Rift?Written by: / / 13 Comments
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If horror games weren't harrowing enough on their own, a selection of independent developers have taken it upon themselves to crank up the immersion of the genre by make new games specifically for use with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset – games like Alone, Dreadhalls, Don't Let Go and Alone in the Rift.
What other genres would be most suitable for the Oculus Rift? And what horror games would you want to play on the device? El33tonline friend, reader and contributor Pieter de Bruyn asks:
"Which horror games do you want to play with the Oculus Rift?
"We all know the VR devices are coming and they really pull you into the gameplay. So I was thinking about which horror/scary games I will be brave enough to play with the Oculus Rift.
"Will you be brave enough to play Outlast, Daylight or The Forest with the Oculus? What about games like Silent Hill or Resident Evil."
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What do you get when you combine a cuddly house pet with the terrifying affliction of vampirism? You get Bunnicula, of course, the star of almost two dozen children's books. He seems scary, but don't worry — his preferred victims are carrots.
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Charles Bonnet syndrome
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[1][2] The condition is likely caused by the brain continuing to interpret images, even in their absence.[3][4] Underlying conditions of vision loss associated with Charles Bonnet syndrome are diverse (including conditions such as macular degeneration and stroke) and may affect the eye, optic nerve, or brain. Hallucinations often resolve if the underlying vision deficit is corrected and can also remit in some individuals with static or progressive vision loss. Treatment is individualized.[1]Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) refers to the presence of visual hallucinations in individuals with visual acuity loss without having psychosis or dementia.
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- Victoria S Pelak. Visual release hallucinations (Charles Bonnet syndrome). UpToDate. Waltham, MA: UpToDate; 2012;
- Bou Khalil R, Richa S. [Psychiatric, psychological comorbidities of typical and atypical Charles-Bonnet syndrome]. Encephale. December 2011; 37(6):473-480.
- Charles Bonnet syndrome. Lighthouse International. http://www.lighthouse.org/about-low-vision-blindness/vision-disorders/charles-bonnet-syndrome/. Accessed 7/15/2011.
- P. Ricard. Vision loss and visual hallucinations: the Charles Bonnet syndrome. Community Eye Health. March 2009; 22(69):14.
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BARTLETT — "If you build it, they will come." Erik Atwell, the marketing manager at the Seasons resort, has created the ultimate wiffle ball stadium. It pays perfect tribute to Fenway Park — home of the Boston Red Sox — and comes complete with the Green Monster, Pesky's Pole and, yes, even, a life-sized Citgo sign.
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Many of you have mid-term exams next week, so it might be a good idea to buckle down and hit the books this weekend! Remember that study aids from the Academic Success Collection can be checked out for 3 days at a time. Also, try to get some rest in between those marathon study sessions.
However, for those of you who are fortunate enough not to have mid-term exams and would like a fun, action-filled weekend, there are a couple of options! You could head to Daytona for the Daytona 500, or catch the NBA All-Stars in action in Orlando.


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After uploading a form under manage form templates under central admin, i am getting the status as "Upgrading" for a day.. The form is not getting upgraded.
All the application pools are running. Checked the timer and administration service under services.msc, they are also started.
I checked the below link: sharenotes.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/infopath-managed
But the solution in that did not help.
I also tried this: going to 14 bin in cmd prompt and then running the below command:
stsadm.exe -o execadmsvcjobs
I got the message as: The administration service is running so all administration jobs will be run in the timer service.
How to fix this form template uploading issue?
Thank you