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by MC1 Elliott Fabrizio
FREE STUFF!!!… is not the purpose of Veteran's Day.
However, that doesn't mean you can't graciously accept some of the offers extended by private businesses to show their appreciation for those who have served in our nation's armed forces.
This list can help you find the best deals to take advantage of this Veteran's Day weekend.
Just to cover myself, this list in no way implies endorsement by The Pentagon Channel or the DoD, but is simply this Sailor's personal recommendation for great deals.
10. Krispy Kreme: Free Doughnut and Small Coffee (Nov. 11)
This is not meant to be a ranking system. Krispy Kreme is number ten because you should go there first and start off your Veteran's Day off with a delicious free doughnut and cup of coffee. The customer service representative I spoke with estimates that 99 percent of their chains will participate but also recommends calling ahead because Krispy Kreme is a franchise and some may not offer the deal.
9. Outback Steakhouse: Free Blooming Onions and Soda (Nov. 11 & 12)
Outback Steakhouse is opening their hearts to veterans with free blooming onions and soft drinks. Be sure to enjoy this deal in moderation or you may need the help of doctors to re-open your heart– kidding. This offer is good on that Sunday and Monday, and, according to their website, from November 13 to the end of the year, veterans enjoy 10 percent off their entire check. Outback is a strong military supporter and participates in Operation Feeding Freedom that has served more than 207 thousand deployed service members, according to outback.com.
7. and 8. Chili's and Applebee's: Free meal (Nov. 11)
I'm lumping Chili's and Applebee's together because their offers are identical. I have done the Applebee's Veteran's Day meal and they basically have a special menu with seven meal options. You get one of them free. Drink and tip is not included. I'm not going to knock this deal, but when I go into an Applebee's I usually want their largest steak dinner with a side of ribs, and you won't find that on the special offer menu.
6. Denny's: Free all-you-can-eat pancakes (Nov. 12 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Denny's is a name in possessive form like Chili's and Applebee's, but its deal is entirely different and entirely pancakes. I love pancakes, but here's where you'll run into trouble. All the pancakes you can eat sounds like it's going to be a lot before you go there, but when you're there it's probably going to be around one and a half. A Denny's press release states that the offer "can be enjoyed alone or as a tasty addition to any meal, offering a hearty start to the day for our nation's heroes." When you use this deal be prepared to order some eggs, bacon and coffee al la carte.
5. Sonic Car Wash: Free car wash (Nov. 11)
There are several listings of Veteran's Day deals that cite a free wash at Sonic Car Wash. Are they referring the Sonic Car Wash in Utah, the Ultra Sonic Car Wash in New York, or the Soft Sonic Car Wash in Virginia? I don't know for sure. The Utah location definitely offers the free wash, according to their website. The Virginia location said no, and I couldn't get through to New York. Your best bet is to call whatever car wash is near you, whatever the name, and ask if they offer a Veteran's Day deal. Best of luck, but my theory is that if you get your car cleaned for free this weekend, it probably rained.
4. Subway: Free six-inch sandwich (Nov. 11)
Who said there's no such thing as a free lunch? This deal is great because it's quick and easy to claim. Be sure to call ahead if possible because Subway is a franchise, and the owner of the Subway on or right off base may not be able to give out that many free sandwiches.
3. Olive Garden: Free meal with breadsticks and choice of soup or salad (Nov. 11)
Now we're talking. Like most restaurants offering a free meal there is a special menu; however, at Olive Garden you also get soup or salad and bread sticks. I'm a big fan of soup, breadsticks and an all-around carb enthusiast. I recommend calling ahead just to be sure and make reservations if possible.
2. TGI Friday's: Free Lunch (Nov. 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
This is a reminder to stay organized if you're going to take advantage of some Veteran's Day offers. Show up at TGI Friday's for dinner and you'll look quite foolish, since they are offering a free lunch. It's going to be awkward. Keep your deals organized and you can visit Subway on Sunday and TGI Friday's on Monday for two days of free lunches.
1. Golden Corral: Free "thank you" dinner buffet (Nov. 12 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
According to goldencorral.com, all chains participate in this event, and it's a big one. I've witnessed this one from afar, and it's a crowded affair. You will wait, you will witness breaches of buffet etiquette and you will be compelled to donate. This free meal sets itself apart from the others by also raising money for the Disabled American Veterans organization. According to their website, "To date, Golden Corral restaurants have provided over 3.2 million free meals and contributed more than $6.1 million to the Disabled American Veterans organization." This is not a ranking, but raising money for disabled veterans gives Golden Corral a special place of honor on this list.
These listed businesses accept various forms of identification including military ID cards, DD214 papers and, for some, even pictures of you in uniform. Save yourself some trouble and call ahead to ensure you have everything you need, the location is participating in the deal and to make reservations if possible.
Happy Veteran's Day from all of us at The Pentagon Channel.


text: I absolutely love the way that this Hello Kitty concept came out. This is by far one of my favorite outfits for this adorable kitty. Here is "how to draw Hello Kitty Angry Bird", step by step. I chose to go with the red bird because I wanted Kitty to have the look of pure genius and spunk. I think you can tell who Hello Kitty is supposed to be just by looking at this drawing. Enjoy the tut folks and I if you have another version of Hello Kitty you would like to see, just let me know.

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Main Entree
Grilled Tri-tip with Portabella Mushrooms
2 tsp. kosher salt
1½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
2 tsp. rosemary, minced
2 tsp. thyme, minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup, plus 2 Tbsp. olive oil
5 Tbsp. Murphy-Goode Homefront Red
2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar
4 medium baby portabella mushroom caps
4 medium red bliss potatoes
2 medium zucchini, quartered
2 tsp. granulated garlic
1 tsp. tamari soy sauce
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
2½-3 lbs. tri-tip, trimmed
¼ lb. butter, at room temperature
4 (6-inch) sourdough rolls, sliced lengthwise
1' butcher's twine
2 sprigs rosemary
3 sprigs thyme
1 thin wooden dowel or stick
Using butcher's twine, tie the rosemary and thyme springs to the wooden dowel. Set the basting brush aside.
In a large shallow baking dish, add 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon black pepper, rosemary, thyme, half of the minced garlic, ¼ cup olive oil, 2 tablespoons wine and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; mix to combine. Add mushrooms, potatoes and zucchini and toss in the marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
In a small bowl, combine granulated garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 3 tablespoons wine, tamari, Worcestershire sauce. Mix well to combine. Pour 3 tablespoons of this mixture over the tri-tip and rub into the meat. Cover and refrigerate. Set the remaining marinade aside to baste the tri-tip as you grill it.
Preheat the grill to medium-high. Remove tri-tip and vegetables from refrigerator and allow to sit at room temperature. Place the potatoes in an aluminum foil pouch. Place on grill over indirect heat, cook for approximately 40 minutes or until tender when pierced with a knife.
Place tri-tip on grill over direct heat for 4 minutes, flip the tri-tip and cook for 4 minutes more. Move the tri-tip to a medium-low heat area on your grill and cook for 20 to 25 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 134F. Remove the tri-tip from grill, loosely tent with aluminum foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing against the grain.
In a small bowl, add remaining minced garlic and butter. Stir to combine and spread garlic butter on sourdough rolls. Place the sourdough rolls, portabella mushrooms (cap down) and zucchini on the grill and cook until grill marks appear.
To serve: Place the steak medallions on a plate, top with grilled portabellas and place the potatoes, zucchini and sourdough rolls on the side. Pour remaining juice from the steak over the mushrooms and serve.
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In אבינו מלכנו, among other places, we ask HaShem, "נקום לעינינו נקמת דם עבדיך השפוך", which roughly translates to, "let us see You avenge the spilled blood of Your servants."
1) Why do we have a need to witness HaShem's vengeance on our enemies? Doesn't much of our faith tell us that it will happen, and isn't that good enough?
2) The rest of אבינו מלכנו is pretty peaceful (as are, if I'm not mistaken, most other prayer sets that make this or a similar request). Isn't this pretty much out of place?


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In the first episode of Season 7, Dexter chose to run away when he got afraid of revealing his Identity to Debra.
But when LaGuerta tried to frame Dexter(Knowing his identity), he thought to kill her rather then run away from the situation. Nobody believes LaGuerta and there is no need to kill her.
She is an innocent, so why to kill her? Its against Harry 's code.
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I am interested into computational complexity of decision problem: Does a given 2-dimensional simplicial complex contain (any)triangulation of 2-sphere? This problem trivially lies into NP, because certificate is the subset of triangles. I think that it is NP-complete.
It is NP-complete. Here is a reduction from the graph 3-coloring problem.
For a given graph, consider a sphere with $n$ holes where $n$ is the number of vertices. Enumerate the holes by the vertices of the graph. Fill each hole by 3 discs (red, green and blue) by identifying each disc boundary with the hole boundary. Glue the centers of the 3 discs into one point (so that nor two of them cannot be included in one surface), Then, for every edge of the graph, pick one new point in each of the 6 discs filling the holes corresponding to the edge endpoints, and glue together each of the 3 pairs of chosen points lying on discs of the same color. The points chosen for different edges must be distinct.
The resulting topological space is homeomorphic to a simplicial complex (which is easy to construct from the graph in polynomial time). It contains a sphere if and only if the original graph is 3-colorable.
Remark. You can alter the formulation by saying that an immersed sphere which self-intersects itself in finitely many points is still a sphere. For this problem, the construction can be modified as follows. To make a pair of discs "forbidden", glue together two pairs of small discs in them rather than one pair of point. This creates a surface of positive genus if you try to pick a pair of discs connected this way.


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Audi is unveiling a themed vehicle of a special kind at the Detroit Auto Show – the Audi Q3 Vail with an output of 231 kW (314 hp). The compact SUV, which is named after the famous winter sports venue in the United States, unites a powerful presence with a sporty lifestyle. The Q3 Vail is a highlight of the young model series that only launched in 2011.


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The role-playing systems I've played so far seem to either provide a mostly artificial skill system progression, or ignore skill progression entirely.
I'd like to learn about, and maybe try playing, role-playing systems which correctly model the gaining and the loss of skills. I'm alright with super-natural and other types of augmentations to the learning process, but I'd like the basic system to, for example:
- Account for which skills are used, when computing progression; an adventure which didn't involve combat should most likely not lead to an increase in combat skills, for example.
- Allow skills which have not been used to "get rusty"
- Properly account for time spent training. I find it hard to believe any human being would be able to put up a serious challenge when faced with an elven warrior that's spent 250 years training in combat.
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POSTPONED: Deanell Reece Tacha, Pepperdine Law Dean and Retired Federal Judge, to Deliver Judge Leonard Garth Lecture on November 15
Deanell Reece Tacha, Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law and Judge (Ret.) of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, will deliver the Second Annual Judge Leonard I. Garth Lecture at Rutgers School of Law–Newark on November 15, 2012 at 6 pm. The title of her lecture is "The Model of the Good Lawyer and Judge – Judge Garth!"
Pre-registration is required.
Dean Tacha has had a distinguished career in the federal judiciary and higher education. Before joining Pepperdine Law as Dean in June 2011, she spent more than 25 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, seven of which were as Chief Judge. In 2007 she was the recipient of the Devitt Award, the highest honor given to a federal judge for distinguished lifetime service. In 2008 she received the American Bar Association's John Marshall Award for positively impacting the justice system.
Judge Garth was in private practice before his 1969 nomination by President Richard M. Nixon as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He was elevated to the Third Circuit in 1973 and assumed senior status in 1986.
The law clerks and family of Judge Garth, and his former firm, Cole Shotz Meisel Forman & Leonard, PA, created the Garth Lecture Series in honor of their mentor and to promote the advancement of the law as the foundation of a just and free society so amply demonstrated by Judge Garth's example.
|Second Annual Judge Leonard I. Garth Lecture
|Deanell Reece Tacha, Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law and Judge (Ret.) of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
|6 pm, Thursday, November 15, 2012
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DIBLER, Daniel W."Dibo," , 57, of Toronto, OH, passed away Tuesday, November 6, 2012, in Trinity West in Steubenville.
Dan was born February 15, 1955, in Kane, Pa., son of Audene Anderson Dibler of Toronto who survives and the late John Robert Dibler Sr.
Dan is survived by, in addition to his mother, his wife, Nora Bates Dibler of Toronto, two step- daughters, Danielle Humphreys and Jennifer Selman both of Toronto, a step-son, Dale Humphreys of FL; two brothers, John R. (Barbara) Dibler Jr. and Tim Dibler and his companion, Lisa all of Toronto; two sisters, Linda (Jim) Bethel of E. Liverpool and Judy (Mike) Dressel of Gallipolis.
At Dan's request he will be cremated and burial will be at the convenience of the family.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made in Dan's name to the Funeral Home to help the family through this difficult time. J.E. Foster Funeral Home, 701 Findley St. Toronto, OH 43964 www.jefosterfh.com


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Tampa Bay Ray outfield Sam Fuld, left, and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke sign autographs during the 2012 Granite State Baseball Dinner at the Radisson in Manchester.
Sam Fuld signs minor-league deal with A's
I just spoke to former Stanford player Sam Fuld, who has accepted a minor-league deal with the A's that includes an invite to spring training.
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Rip Van Winkle Would Be Shocked
Dear Editor:
Your reporters must not have visited a modern-day public school before penning their December 18 article, "How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century." Most students in today's classrooms do not sit in rows but face each other in "cooperative learning groups." Most teachers today do not lecture but act as "facilitators." And the reason so much attention is currently focused on improving reading and math scores is because so many graduates of our vaunted public school system can't read well or add numbers without a calculator. Don't even ask about their writing skills or their knowledge of US history.
Rather than feeling at home in today's schoolrooms, a Rip Van Winkle from 1906 would be shocked at the undisciplined and disrespectful behavior taking place in them and would wonder whether he had been mistakenly taken to Bedlam instead.
George Clowes (firstname.lastname@example.com) is senior fellow for education policy at The Heartland Institute.


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This Sliced Tomato, Olive and Goat Cheese Salad with Onion-Caper Vinaigrette from 2006 is adapted from a recipe in The Low Carb Gourmet by Karen Barnaby, a fabulous cookbook whether or not you're into lower-carb eating. I think this combination of capers, chopped red onion, Kalamata olives, goat cheese, and balsamic vinegar goes perfectly with fresh tomatoes, but if one of those doesn't appeal to you, substitute ingredients to fit your own taste and this will still be delicious. (And if you'd like to join me in stretching out summer, check after the main recipe for a lot more tomato salad ideas!)
(Sliced Tomato, Olive and Goat Cheese Salad with Onion-Caper Vinaigrette was updated with new photos and step-by-step directions, August 2013.)
And here's my ultra close-up shot of this salad from 2006, not bad for those days!
Sliced Tomato, Olive, and Goat Cheese Salad with Onion-Caper Vinaigrette
(Makes 2 servings but can easily be doubled or tripled; adapted from The Low Carb Gourmet by Karen Barnaby)
4 vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into thick slices
2 T coarsely chopped Kalamata olives
2 T crumbled goat cheese (Chevre type)
Dressing Ingredients:
1/4 tsp. sea salt2 T best quality balsamic vinegar
3 T best quality extra-virgin olive oil
1 T capers, drained but not rinsed, chopped if large
1 T finely minced red onion
Whisk together balsamic vinegar, sea salt, and olive oil, then stir in capers and chopped onion. Spoon dressing over each serving of tomatoes and sprinkle Kalamata olives over.
This salad is perfect for any phase of The South Beach Diet. Tomatoes are relatively high in carbs for a vegetable, but a small serving of this would work for most low-carb diet plans. This would be great for a time when you're making a nice dinner and you want to impress your guests. I'd serve this with a main dish like Grilled Chicken with Tarragon Mustard Marinade or Grilled Salmon with Maple-Sriracha-Lime Glaze for a lovely low-carb summer dinner.
Nutritional Information?
More Amazing Tomato Salads for Summer:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Ten Favorite Salads with Garden Tomatoes ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Blueberry and Tomato Salad ~ Leite's Culinaria
Tomato, Cucumber, and Radish Salad with Yogurt-Tahini Dressing ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Tomato, Beet, and Tomato Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette ~ The Perfect Pantry
Cauliflower, Cucumber, and Tomato Salad ~ Natasha's Kitchen
Green Bean and Tomato Salad with Lime and Sesame Dressing ~ Cookin' Canuck
Colorful Tomato Salad with Hearts of Palm, Mint, and Spicy Thai Dressing ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Lemon Orzo Salad with Asparagus and Tomatoes ~ A Big Mouthful
Summer Tomato Salad with Avocado, Tuna, Cilantro, and Lime ~ Kalyn's Kitchen
Pasta Salad with Tomatoes, Zucchini, and Feta ~ The Pioneer Woman Cooks
(Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.)
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Sarah's Silks Playsilk - Starry Night
Product Description
Sarah's Silks Playsilks are a basic ingredient for children's imaginative play. Silks can be used to create elaborate costumes, build forts, create landscapes and water for boats and animals, and much more.
The light, flowing Starry Night Playsilk is 35 x 35 inch square. It is expertly hand hemmed and dyed with non-toxic dyes. Packaged in a lively paper wrapper that gives ideas for play.
This beautiful playsilk goes perfect with the Sarah's Silks Starry Night Streamer or the Mini Starry Night Streamer.
Sarah's Playsilks Play Ideas
- Wrap around the waist like a skirt
- Tie as a cape
- Use two and make genie pants
- Create a veil
- Use for a magic trick
- Spread on the floor as a river or lake (then jump over it!)
- Play peek-a-boo with baby
- Dance with one (or two)
- Use as a doll sling
- Wrap a present
- Make a pouch
- Create walls for a fort
Imaginative play is a natural and robust play for young children. It is a time of dragons, knights, princesses, and castles. Creative play with Sarah's Playsilks invite children tap into their budding imagination and express themselves freely. Such imaginative play stirs your child's curiosity, strenthens his or her self-confidence, and stimulates their brain development.
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"We have been re-interviewing witnesses and following up on information learned in the past several days," Tubbs said. "Johnson was a suspect in this case originally and new developments led to this arrest."
Williams was reported missing on August 28, 2006, when a family member could not get in touch with her and called the MPSO. A deputy was dispatched to her home in Collinston and noticed what appeared to be blood on the outside of the residence. When he could not get Williams to answer the door, investigators where called and a search of the home showed where there had been a struggle but Williams was not located.
Sheriff's deputies as well as Collinston residents began a search for Williams, whose body was located the next day in a wooded area approximately four miles from her home.
In June, 2009, in an effort to gain new information, deputies handed out flyers and spoke to Collinston residents about the case. Some leads where discovered but, nothing panned out, according to Tubbs.
The investigation is continuing.
Johnson is in the Morehouse Parish jail and will go before a judge this morning for a bond hearing.
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If this isn't the biggest contrast in technologies since
3270 emulators for Internet Explorer, I don't know.
Still, more SOAP goodness...
Posted March 05, 2003 06:15 Pacific Time
IBM on Wednesday announced it will offer a CICS (Customer Information Control
System) SOAP Technology Preview designed to help developers build connections to
its venerable CICS-based mainframe applications through Web services.
The new technology, to be available by the end of this month free of charge
on IBM's alphaWorks Web site that, provides SOAP enablement of existing CICS
Cobol applications, permitting them to be invoked through SOAP requests over
either HTTP or WebSphere MQ messages and then integrated both inside and outside
of the enterprise.
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Shadow Show
Shadow Show
All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
William Morrow & Company, Paperback, 9780062122681, 445pp.
Publication Date: July 10, 2012
What do you imagine when you hear the name . . . Bradbury?
You might see rockets to Mars. Or bizarre circuses where otherworldly acts whirl in the center ring. Perhaps you travel to a dystopian future, where books are set ablaze . . . or to an out-of-the-way sideshow, where animated illustrations crawl across human skin. Or maybe, suddenly, you're returned to a simpler time in small-town America, where summer perfumes the air and life is almost perfect . . . almost.
Ray Bradbury—peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors—is a literary giant whose remarkable career has spanned seven decades. Now twenty-six of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.
Mort Castle is a horror author and a writing teacher who has published over 500 short stories. Twice a winner of the Black Quill award, seven times a Bram Stoker Award nominee, Castle edited On Writing Horror, the primary reference work for dark fiction authors. He lives near Chicago with Jane, his wife of 40 years.
Sam Weller is the authorized biographer of Ray Bradbury and a two-time Bram Stoker Award finalist. He is the author of The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury (William Morrow, 2005), and Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews (Melville House Publishers/Stop Smiling Books, 2010). Weller has written for the Paris Review, National Public Radio, and is the former Midwest Correspondent for Publishers Weekly. His short fiction has been published in numerous journals and magazines. He lives in Chicago with his wife Jan and three daughters.
Mort Castle is a horror author and a writing teacher who has published over 500 short stories. Twice a winner of the Black Quill award, seven times a Bram Stoker Award nominee, Castle edited On Writing Horror, the primary reference work for dark fiction authors. He lives near Chicago with Jane, his wife of 40 years.
"Ray Bradbury is without a doubt, one of this, or any century's greatest and most imaginative writers. SHADOW SHOW, a book of truly great stories, is the perfect tribute to America's master storyteller."
-Stan Lee, legendary comic book writer and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics
"Great new tales of imagination in the Bradbury tradition."
-Hugh Hefner, publisher and founder of Playboy Enterprises
"SHADOW SHOW is a treasure-trove for Ray Bradbury enthusiasts as for all readers who are drawn to richly imaginative, deftly plotted, startlingly original and unsettling short fiction."
---Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times bestselling author
"This anthology reflects the high imagination, visionary ideas, and fantastic writing that Ray is loved and known for around the world."
-Former public school teacher, librarian, and First Lady Laura Bush
"Editorial interest and experience converge here to produce an exciting book."
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CHEOP (Chop + Etoposide): the New Standard Regimen for Younger Patients with Low Risk (Low LDH) Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL)
Reviewer: Walter F. Sall, MD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: December 10, 2001
Presenter: Michael G. Pfreundlschuh
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Type of Session: Scientific
Materials and Methods
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Clinical/Scientific Implications
This interim analysis shows early data supporting the addition of etoposide to CHOP chemotherapy for the treatment of low risk, aggressive NHL. As no survival benefit has yet been demonstrated, futher patient follow-up is required before the true benefits of this regimen become known. The possible equivalent benefit, potentially with lower toxicity, of the addition of Rituxumab to CHOP chemotherapy in this population also needs to be studied and currently is being evaluated in several randomized trials.
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By birth, I'm a bank brat. My father was with HSBC when it was still called the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, and I was born in Hongkong, then lived in Singapore, Borneo and Malaya as they were then called. He retired when I was 9, and we moved back to England and settled in the New Forest for a few years before he decided to take up farming in the middle of Somerset, miles from the sea for the first time in my life, and I hated that. I still gravitate to the coastnow my husband's taken early retirement we go for coffee overlooking the sea in Felixstowe as often as we can justify it. It's amazing how often that can be, especially when I steal the setting for my own little mini-series of books set in the fictional Suffolk coastal town of Yoxburgh. I have to research it, after alldaily, if necessary!
As far as my writing career is concerned, I happened on it by accident, really. I'd always loved creative writing. I'd catalogued my Noddy books when I was eightprobably the last time I filed anything! and I wrote screeds for every creative writing assignment in school, but I'm a bit slow on the uptake and it didn't occur to me that it could be a career. I'd always wanted to be a doctor, but I wasn't good enough at Physics, which is ironic considering I've ended up married for the last 35 years to a physics teacher, so when I left school at eighteen I started training as a nurse but hurt my back and had to give up.
Then started a period of going up a succession of blind alleys.
I trained as a secretary, then a teacher, then set up my own soft furnishing business entirely self-taught, and then decided to do something from home that didn't involve me going away all the time to install show flatsdon't ask! That was too successful a business!so 25 years ago the lightbulb finally burst into life. Five dreadful and embarrassing attempts later, I submitted my first medical romance and haven't looked back. I've now written well over 90 books, for two lines, and they seem to keep on coming, so I finally joined the Romantic Novelists' Association and was promptly shortlisted for the RoNA category romance award for Mother of the Bride. It looks as though I might actually be a writer after all!


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Go wireless and free up the room so you can move around without tripping over wires.
Xbox 360 Wireless Controllers help you get into the game like never before. Together with up to three friends, you can take complete control of the fun and play anywhere in the room (up to 30 foot range). When the game is on, don't let the wires trip you up.


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I know that も particle can be used in place of は、が、を. And it means "in addition", "also".
What function does it have in this adverb "不運にも"? Should we treat it as a separate word here?
『中上級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック』 explains the expression
Some adjectives like
For example, the sentense
expresses indirectly that the speaker did not expect that he would show up. This unexpectedness is not the main topic of this sentence, but a kind of commentary from the speaker's point of view.
Here is another example:
Perhaps other examples would make it more clear:
Another example of
This will always be in the form ~にも~ない or ~にも~ず.
And yet another example is when lining things up (列挙)
There are perhaps other examples of the usage also not mentioned above.


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Use this topic to post raid links :) (New topic was made since the old topic's size was causing problems with accessing it as well as deleting posts.)
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Cycling is an activity that places significant postural demands on the body. Performed in a "sitting posture", these demands mimic those placed on the "sitting" population in general. Incidents of reported neck and shoulder pain range from 20% - 76% in both cyclists and the general population.
As Spinning® Instructors we have an opportunity to coach students toward pain free cycling/living by focusing on not only proper bike set up, but on proper breathing, postural alignment, mobility, stability and strengthening of the thoracic spine.
Previously I spoke of the importance of a functioning diaphragm in providing core stability (details here). The pain associated with dysfunctional breathing patterns is caused by trigger points in the upper-thoracic and cervical spine soft tissues. These are caused by the overuse of secondary respiratory muscles in the presence of an under used diaphragm. These trigger points can refer pain to the shoulder and neck, so proper use of the diaphragm is critical to both health and performance. The great neurologist Karel Lewit said, "If breathing is not normalized, no other movement pattern can be."
Proper breathing is definitely an important first step for reducing neck and shoulder pain - however if the muscles of the thorax are tight and or weak we cannot fully expand the diaphragm and therefore can't breathe well. A concurrent thoracic spine mobility program must be pursued if we want to reduce pain and enhance performance.
Enter 38-year-old Sue Falsone, physical therapist and athletic trainer, and the only female ever to hold the title of head athletic trainer (LA Dodgers) in major professional sports. Because of her knowledge, Sue is known as the Queen of the T-Spine by her peers. She presented a great lecture on the thoracic spine for Movementlectures.com.
Below are exercises from that lecture and from Gray Cook (Functional Movement.com) which can assist your students with regaining thoracic mobility and improving their breathing no matter what the origin.
Breathing Exercise to Mobilize the T-Spine:
- Get into child's pose with your arms resting at your side. This position limits your ability to breathe into your belly and will encourage you to expand your breath into the back ribs.
- Take 5 good long breaths.
- Try to expand the ribs on the inhale, and on the exhale, close the ribs
Videos - Self-Myofascial Release of the T-Spine
Gray Cook - Thoracic Mobilization/Stabilization
So whether neck and shoulder pain is from a breathing or a thoracic spine dysfunction (or both!) we should address both to enhance performance and well -being - enjoy!


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I want to track google search keyword for site in asp classic. Any user which use any word in google search to reach on my site, I want to track this word.
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You should be looking at the referer header in the HTTP request and see if your user was coming from the Google search engine. You could match it against a regular expression to match any google domain:
If it does, you can extract the query string parameters from the referer and look for the q parameter. It's value will be the search term the user used before it clicked on the link to your site.
You can get the referer header in ASP with:
(and yes, it's "referer", famously spelled incorrectly)
You could use Google Analytics for this.
You can get the referring URL from the ASP Server object and parse out the search term from the string.
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I know that people have the custom (I don't know how universal it is), to keep a lot of the restrictions of the nine days until Chatzos on Yud Av. Such as not eating meat or doing laundry.
This year Tishah B'Av falls out and Shaboss, which cause the fast to be postponed to Sunday (Which is Yud). My question is do the above mentioned customs apply this year on Yud-Aleph or not at all?


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Daniel Bailey, a senior history major from Pittsford, N.Y. Project title: "Compromising on Compromises: The Failure of the Rochester City School District to Desegregate." Faculty mentor: Emilye Crosby, professor of history.
Paul Fallot, a senior history major from Riverhead, N.Y. Project title: "The Secret History of the Mongols and the Mongolian Historical Perspective." Faculty mentor: Margaret Stolee, assistant professor of history.
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Kaitlyn Gayvert, a senior mathematics major from Rochester, N.Y. Project title: "Computational Efficiencies of Stochastic Algorithms." Faculty mentors: H.T. Banks, Shuhua Hu and Alana Thompson from North Carolina State University and Michelle Joyner from East Tennessee State University.
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As the question says, what other browsers are available on the iPad? Ideally I would like Chrome or Fireox.
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Dolphin Browser
Chrome and Firefox are not available for the iPad. If you want an interface which looks like Chrome, you might like Diigo Browser. Here's a review of the app which may help.
You could search for "browser" on the app store, but realize that most of the applications that you find will still be using the same rendering engine that Apple developed. It's only the stuff around the rendering engine that will look different.
There are some rumors that Firefox will eventually release an iOS version.
Chrome and Firefox haven't been developed for iOS yet, but you could try Dolphin Browser. It's very similar to Chrome, and you can download extensions for it. Personally, Dolphin is my favorite. Opera Mini and Murcury Web Browser (quite similar to Desktop Safari) are another couple nice alternative to Mobile Safari, and Atomic Web Browser is slightly better than Safari, but doesn't have many features. If you want to watch Flash videos on your iPad, try out Skyfire. It's limited, but it does what it says. There are plenty more browsers out there for iOS, but these are the ones I use most.


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In the midst of 'Mania' in Middletown
|Famed custom bike builder Eddie Trotta hangs out at the eighth annual Middletown Motorcycle Mania. Bud Wilkinson / Republican-American
But if you're a Harley-Davidson owner like Roland Smith of Harwinton, the annual bike blowout on the banks of the Connecticut River presents a wonderful opportunity to see some rare and unusual machines amid the thousands of new and old models lined up on Main Street.
Trotta's take on Wednesday night's event, coming strictly from a creative standpoint, certainly put him in the minority. "I always think I'm going to find something inspiring," said Trotta, sitting outside the CherryBerry yogurt bar as riders began to arrive and park in the middle of the street. While his hope is always to spot some element to a bike and "wish I'd thought of that," he reported, "It doesn't happen very often."
Such is the natural consequence when you've built 400 high-end custom bikes in a 20-year career. Trotta's company, Thunder Cycle Design of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., produces 12 choppers a year and 12 baggers, with price tags as high as $150,000. "We try not to build the same bike over and over. I always try to change things that I thought could have been a little bit better," said Trotta, a native of East Haven who still owns a house there.
Trotta was interrupted during the conversation by autograph seekers and fans who wanted him to pose with them for pictures as well as by a ringing phone. After one call, he reported he'd loaned some of his custom creations to Neiman Marcus for an in-store event that day and they wanted to know if it was OK for the models to sit on them. Ah, yes, that's the whole point.
There were also models at the eighth annual Motorcycle Mania in the form of the Haymond Girls from the Haymond Law firm. By the time the crowd of more than 10,000 riders and passengers packed into downtown, though, it became tough to spot them in the crowd. No offense, but most folks come to admire bikes.
"There's a lot of rare stuff here. I don't know if people are noticing it or not," said Smith, who has attended the Middletown event every year. "Even the rainy ones," he said. What caught his eye this year was a Harley-Davidson FXRT Sport Glide with an Evo motor from the 1980s.
Steve Alfano of East Hampton used the bike show to show off the 1965 Harley-Davidson Sportster he's just finished working on. It's matte black in color with a bright red sprung seat and a bobbed rear fender. He's owned it for 12 years and "just finished it up this year," he said.
Alfano had the distinction of getting the first parking space in the middle at the north end of Main Street. Within a short time, the entire four-block strip was filled with motorcycles parked on either side of the street, with two rows down the middle.
"We filled up Main Street a lot earlier than we did before," said Cathy Duncan, event coordinator and director of member services for the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce.
Middletown Motorcycle Mania began as an offshoot of a downtown cruise night for cars. Duncan said the first year "we had over 1,000 bikes. That was a huge success. We never dreamed we'd get to this point." It's now a massive event that draws riders from throughout the Northeast. There are easily more than 5,000 bikes on display. The event requires more than 60 volunteers to put on, and raises more than $10,000 for area youth programs.
One big difference this year was the participation of motorcycle dealers. Libby's Motoworld in New Haven, New England Cycle Center in Hartford and Gengras Harley-Davidson in East Hartford all had displays with numerous new bikes. The event's Kent Levack, taking a quick break from directing motorcyclists where to park, reported there were 50 vendors this year, up from 35 to 40 only a year ago.
While everything from stock Harley dressers to custom choppers, stretched sport bikes to rat rides could be found at Middletown Motorcycle Mania, what was missing was the "perfect bike." However, as any rider will tell you, the perfect bike doesn't exist. Not even Trotta has built one.
"No, no such thing," he said, though adding, "I like to think every bike I build is getting toward the perfect motorcycle."
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I'd probably go for that.
I'd probably go for that.
Thanks for the input everyone
Club report to come soon.
You did well in Scotland with Dundee but the best of luck with Sao Paulo...get ready for a nice long season
- Our first competitive game of the season is 18 days away, so this will act as a season preview aswell.
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Brief information about the club
It is one of the most successful club in Brazilian football in terms of overall titles, having won a 21 state titles, six Brasileirão titles, a record 3 Copa Libertadores titles, 1 Supercopa Sudamericana, 1 Copa CONMEBOL, 2 Recopa Sudamericanas, 2 Intercontinental Cups and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. São Paulo was a founding member of the of the Clube dos 13 (English: 13's Club) group of Brazil's leading football clubs. Founded in 1930, São Paulo established itself as a major force in both Brazilian and South American football during the 1990s. In the 1990s, the club had one of the best ever teams in Brazil and South America under the coaching of Telê Santana, winning three state titles, one national championship, two Copa Libertadores, two Recopa Sudamericanas, two Intercontinental Cups, one Supercopa Sudamericana, one Copa CONMEBOL, one Copa Masters CONMEBOL. Taken from wikipedia
Competitions History
Previous League Finishes(in save)
Information General
Club Facilities
Squad 1 Squad 2
Key Players
Lucas - Has scored a staggering 231 goals in 383 apperances. He has definitely fulfilled his potential and has become a club legend. I'm surprised that he hasn't been snapped up by one of the worlds elite clubs.
Cicero - Already featuring in the Brazil national team at the age of 20. Will play crucial role in the midfield for many years to come.
Xaropinho - Our best full-back and a player who has a very bright future ahead of him.
Board Expectations
Brasileirao Petrobras - Qualify for Copa Libertadores through league finish Media Prediction - 4th
Campeonato Paulista(State Championship) - Reach the final
Copa Sudamericana - Won't be judged on the teams performance in this competition
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Moura was a legend for me in my save and he was a few years older when I moved to the club as well.
Forgot to mention this earlier. As you can see I've made changes to my league set-up with Russia, Sweden and Switzerland coming in and the USA going out as I don't plan to return there on this FM.
This is how my league set-up will look when those three nations are added :
Country - Lowest tier loaded
Australia - A-League
South Korea - National League
Denmark - 1.division
England - Blue Square Bet Premier
France - Ligue 2
Germany - 3.Liga
Greece - Football League(2nd tier)
Italy - Serie B
Netherlands - Jupiler League
Portugal - Liga Orangina
Romania - Liga II
Russia - Pervyj Division
Scotland - First Division
Spain - Liga Adelante
Sweden - Superettan
Switzerland - Challenge League
Turkey - 1.Lig
Ukraine - Persha Liha
North America
Mexico - Liga de Ascenso
South America
Brazil - Serie B
Argentina - Nacional B
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Another very interesting move in your career
Definitely the right choice to move . It looks like you have a chance to really make a name for yourself at Sao Paolo with the squad. Lucas sounds like he's a beast!
Looks like you've inherited a decent squad already. You'll need it as, if you're successful, you'll be playing upwards of 80 games a season. Brazil is fun, but can feel like a battle of attrition at times too.
Brilliant move. Looks a decent squad and there is usually loads of decent youngsters coming through at the big Brazilian clubs too. Suprised Lucas isn't playing in Europe though. Used to be a case of all the talented players moved very early in their careers. Might be a sign you wont have to keep selling your star players
ShyBaldBuddist - Regarding Lucas, I was very surprised to find him still at the club. I remember reading a thread not long ago in GD that said when you have the Brazilian league loaded the young stars tend to spend their whole career at their current club(can't remember why. Think it was something to do with reputation). Neymar and Ganso are still with Santos and Leandro Damiao is still at Internacional which seems slightly unrealistic.
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Cicero and Xaropinho (What is with that name and world-class ability!) look fantastic. Good luck in Sao Paolo!
Good move to Brazil, good luck
Cheers City!
Granted it wasn't against the best of opposition as you can probably tell by the shambolic defending(if you can even call it that) but still, a great run and finish from Lucas.
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Well done on getting the Sao Paulo job!
Sao Paulo - May 2020 Update
Campeonato Paulista - Winners
- I cut out our first game so I could fit the final 2nd leg result in. We beat Inter de Limeira 3-0 at home.
A fantastic start to life in Brazil as I've picked up my first piece of silverware after just 5 months in charge. For those who are not familiar with how the season is set out in Brazil, all states have a league competition before the start of the regular season and the Campeonato Paulista is a league contested by the teams residing in the state of Sao Paulo. Over the 19 games we were formidable, only dropping points against 3 sides from the top tier - Santos, Palmeiras and Corinthians.
After comfortably qualifying for the knockout stage of the competition, we easily dispatched of Ponte Preta and Guarani in the Quarters and Semis respectively. The final was a Norte-Sul Pualistano derby against Portuguesa and after a cagey 1st leg which ended in a goalless draw, we narrowly won the 2nd to lift the trophy.
Copa Libertadores - Through to the Quarter Finals
When I joined the club I actually wasn't aware that the side had qualified for this years Copa Libertadores, but it was a nice surprise. We came through the prelim round pretty comfortably before topping the group with ease. Venezuelan side Caracas gave us our toughest games in the competition so far in the 2nd round, but we proved too strong for them and we will now face Atletico Paranaense in the Quarters.
- All these transfers were made before the start of the season, but as I didn't do a proper season preview I've put them in this update.
Martin Basualdo - Signed for £6.75M from Velez. We managed to beat off competition from Lyon and Valencia for his signature. So far he's proven to an excellent investment.
Souza - Signed for £5.5M from Atletico Mineiro.
Tete - Bought from Coritiba for £800K. Has been fantastic so far this season.
Helio - Came in for £2.3M from Guaraini.
Gomes - Bought from Cruzeiro for £900K
Edcarlos - Signed for £65K from AS. Has 3.5* PA.
Total In - £17M
Total Out - £2M
Next up
There's no time for a break as our Brasileiro campaign(regular league) kicks off in just 3 days time. We also have the Quarter Final tie in the Copa Libertadores coming up in a weeks time. Next update will be halfway through the league games.
Last edited by roganp; 26-12-2011 at 00:52.
Some cracking signings there
One hell of a good start there - KUTGW
Definitely been doing some solid investment.
How easy was that?
Excellent start, although the Brasileirao should be a sterner test
Sao Paulo - August 2020 Update
Brasileirao - 1st
It's been easier than I thought it would be as we currently hold a 5 point lead at the top of the table and look on course to win the clubs 10th Brazilian league title. The side have performed admirably so far with the 3-0 defeat to Vasco being the only blip. We've got a few tricky games coming up in the second half of the season such as away trips Botafogo, Corinthians and Gremio, but with the form that we are in, I see no reason why we can't go to all three grounds and win.
Copa Libertadores - Winners!
After defeating Caracas in the 2nd round we came up against division rivals Atletico Paranaese in the Quarters. We looked nervy in the 1st leg away from home and went behind in the 57th minute, but we bounced back with Tete equalising in the 73rd to secure the away goal and we took a solid 1-1 draw back to our place where won 3-1. The semi-final was another all Brazilian tie as we came up against league struggles Cruziero. A 2-0 victory away from home in the 1st leg put us firmly in control of the tie and we booked our place in the final with a 2-1 win in the return leg.
The final was against Argentinian side Newell's Old Boys. They comfortably knocked out Santos in the semi's and I was obviously expecting a tough game, but we were magnificent away from home in the 1st leg as we raced into a 3 goal lead before 2 goals in the last 10 minutes gave them some hope of turning the tie around. With the home crowd in full voice during 2nd leg and the team full of confidence, there was no way that we was going to be beaten and we weren't as we won 5-1 on the night, 8-3 on aggregate to become Copa Libertadores champions!!!
Prince Kutsu - Signed for £575K from Vitoria.
Roberto Daniel Barreto - Signed for £800K from Deportes Concepcion.
Pablo Vallejo - Joined on a free transfer.
Last edited by roganp; 27-12-2011 at 22:30.
Not so hard after all.
Good job mate
Just that one red dot against Vasco to ruin an almost perfect unbeaten season. Looks like you've settled in well . How are you finding the long seasons? I'm surprised Basualdo turned down a move to Europe...obviously your manager rep that persuaded him to come .
Thanks for the comments!
The long seasons are not too bad at the moment. I was finding it abit boring during the state championship when we were beating most teams by 3 or 4 + goals, but the Copa Libertadores was running during that period, so I had that to keep me focused. Thankfully, the large amount of games haven't taken it's toll on the squad just yet. Alot of players seem to get jaded after playing 2 or 3 games on the trot, but we have a pretty large squad so I'm able to rotate when needed.
Last edited by roganp; 27-12-2011 at 16:37.
Flying high in Brazil.
Brilliant job in a near perfect season
Things going really well
Notice you mention players getting jaded after a couple of games. I'm suffering with that at Gladbach and it's quite a short season there. Quite annoying when I have to rest my only decent striker at least once a month.
Well done on winning the Copa Libertadores, first South American trophy already
Great job in Brazil with Sao Paulo!
Thanks for the comments
Haven't had a chance to play to play FM today, so we're in the same position as when I turn't off last night which is top of the table, 6 points clear of Vasco with 17 games left to play.
What a job you are doing there, cracking stuff
Sao Paulo - 2020 Season Review
Brasileirao - 1st
As everyone probably anticipated, we went on to win the league, although we ended up stumbling over the finish line rather than race past it. After a solid run of 6 wins in 7 games from early September till early October, we hit a real sticky patch only managing to win 2 out of our last 8 games which I can only put down to fatigue, due to the insane amount of games we had to play throughout the season. Still, during the rough patch where the goals seemed to dry up, we were still putting points on the board by drawing a number of games, whereas our competitors were losing matches and we were confirmed as league champions after the 3-0 win away to already relegated Sao Caetano. All in all it was fantastic season in which we only lost 3 games, one of which was the shock home defeat to bottom half side Goias.
Campeonato Paulista - Winners
See this post for a round-up.
Copa Libertadores - Winners
See this post and this post for a round-up.
Recopa Sudamericana - Lost against Boca
This was a two legged game between the 2019 Copa Sudamericana winners(us) and 2019 Copa Libertadores champions(Boca). We were firmly in control of the tie after a 3-1 victory at home in the first leg, but unfortunately we completely fell to pieces in the return match, losing 3-0 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate.
Copa Sudamericana - Winners
I'll be honest and say I wasn't too pleased when I found out we were in this competition. After winning the Copa Libertadores, the continents biggest club competition - I didn't see the point of also being entered into the continents 2nd biggest club competition. My thoughts were that it was only going to add more games onto our already packed schedule - something I obviously did not want.
However, this competition was a lot shorter than the Copa Libertadores as there is no group stage - and we also entered it after a few rounds. In the 1st round we easily dispatched of Colombian side Once Caldas winning, 5-0 on aggregate. The Quarter finals against Chillies Colo Colo was a much tougher tie and we showed great team spirit, overturning a 3 goal deficit from the first leg to win the game 5-3 on aggregate. We also had to come from behind against Flamengo in the Semis, although they only lead by the one goal after the 1st leg. The final against Gremio was a lot more straight forward as dominated the 1st leg, winning 4-0 and then drawing 2-2 at their place to seal the trophy with a fantastic 6-2 aggregate win.
FIFA Club World Cup - Winners
Shortly after the climax of the Brasileirao we travelled to Japan to compete in the Club World Cup due to our Copa Libertadores triumph. We went straight into the Semis were we came up against Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal who proved to be no match for us as we smashed them 5-0, with 4 of the goals being scored by our main striker, Adolfo. I went into the final against Man City with a defensive strategy and we started pretty well, creating a few chances in the opening minutes, one of which was a glorious chance as Lucas burst through on goal 2 minutes in, only to fire his shot straight at Joe Hart.
After a good opening 10-15 minutes we began to fade away, City began to control possession and it was only going to be a matter of time before they took the lead - and they did on 37 minutes. I made the change shortly after to a more attacking strategy and we started to gain more control of the game, our passing game was more fluid and we could sense that there was a weakness in their defence and we exploited that weakness just after the hour as star striker Adolfo majestically skipped past both City central defenders and fired past Joe Hart to put us on level terms with plenty of normal time left.
We dominated the rest of the game, but it seemed as though the game was heading for penalties, until, in the 89th minute of the game, Lucas pinged a ball from just inside our half out to the right wing which Adolfo, who had drifted from his normal central role, latched onto. He drove past the City left back and put a magnificent cross into the six yard box where right winger Tete was patiently waiting, sandwiched between two defenders to calmly slot home the winning goal and he did. I won't lie, there was some pumping of the fists at full-time and the victory was made even sweeter by the fact that I am a Manchester United fan.
Match Overview
Squad 1 Squad 2
Key Players
Adolfo - A fantastic season for the young striker. He played a pivotal role in our record breaking season as finished up the league's top goalscorer.
Tete - An incredible season and to think that he was my 2nd choice right wing target when I was searching for one at the start of the season. At the end of the season he was named Player of the Year.
Helio - Solid at the back and chipped in with a number of crucial goals.
Lucas - He wasn't as great as I thought he was going to be, but the legendary attacking midfielder still played a key role in a our success.
Xarophino - A great season for the young full-back. I'm sure he will play in Europe in the future.
Next SeasonCode:Year Team Country League Position Important Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/2012 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 14th Joined the club in March 2012 2012/2013 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 2nd Playoff Semi-Finalists 2013/2014 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 1st Promoted!, FA trophy Finalists 2014/2015 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 15th FA Trophy Winners! 2015/2016 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 1st Promoted as league champions, FA Trophy Winners 2016/2017 Ipswich Town England npower League One 1st Promoted as League Champions 2017 New York RB USA MLS 1st Joined 1.6.2017, MLS cup and Open Cup finalists, S Shield winners 2018/2019 Dundee United Scotland SPL 2nd Scottish Cup winners, Qualified for CL 2019/2020 Dundee United Scotland SPL N/A Left 3.1.2020 to join Sao Paulo 2020 Sao Paulo Brazil Brasileirao 1st League, State, Copa Sudamerica, Libertadores and CWC Champions
I feel that a season in which we won the domestic title, the state championship, 2 continental titles and the Club World Cup would be extremely hard to top, which is why I have decided to resign from my post as Sao Paulo manager. I could stay to try and win the Copa do Brazil(Brazilian cup) and have another crack at the Recopa Sudamericana, but I don't really want to go through another insanely long season just to try and win 2 trophies, which in all honesty, are only minor trophies to me.
Last edited by roganp; 09-01-2012 at 22:44.
I'm not surprised you resigned. You'd won basically everything and then after that there is nowhere else to go. Top job in Brazil though!!
Where you looking at going next?
39 assists from Tete!? That is something, isnt it! Congratulations on conquering all that was in front of you in South America, and good luck in Europe
What a great year that was, onwards to more glory elsewhere.
Hard to top what you accomplished this year. I can see why you're interested in a new club. Which clubs are you thinking of/have insecure status?
Stadium - Luzhniki
Capacity - 89,318 All Seater
I join with the club currently struggling domestically(see league table here), although qualification for the Champions League could still be a possibly as we are only 10 points Lokomotiv Moskow, but I think a more realistic goal for the this season would be to try and qualify for the Europa League - a competition that we are currently in. Infact my first game in charge is in just over a months time against Bordeaux in 1st Knockout round of the Europa League.
This was probably the perfect time for me to come in as the Russian league is now on a break until early March which will give me a chance to have a good look at the squad and see what areas need strengthening and what players will need to be moved on in the upcoming transfer window. My first task will be to reduce the wage bill, but that shouldn't be an issue as I've identified a number of high earners who can be sold.
Key Players
Sergey Gordeev - Came through the clubs youth system and is already the clubs best defender at the age of 20. He will probably go on to be one of the best defenders in the world.
Jose Antonio Hernandez - In his first year at the club having signed from Chivas for £7.25M. Currently the clubs best striker, but I will be on the look out for a new number centre forward in the transfer window.
Andrey Kustov - Another player who's come through the youth system and has gone on to be a first team regular.
Sergey Parshivlyuk - Vastly experienced full back who has spent his whole career at the club and will probably retire here.
The Youth
Maxim Bychkov - 1* CA, 5* PA. Looks a fantastic prospect.
Yury Nizovtsev - 1* CA, 4.5* PA.
Evgeny Kalashnikov - 1.5* CA, 4* PA.
Gennady Sergeev - 2* CA, 4* PA
Igor Savichev - 2* CA, 3.5* PA
This is a club with a great set-up and hopefully I will eventually be able to deliver their first league title since 2001.
Last edited by roganp; 02-01-2012 at 01:24.
Nice move there.
Spartak, now that's a big club! Good luck in Russia - the blog in my location might help out if you're after a bit more of an insight [/cheapplug] Bychkov looks like a future world-beater, hope you stick around long enough to realise his potential!
Brazil to Russia, China next?
Nice move, good luck with Spartak!
Wow! You came to Brazil and you conquered!! And where to conquerors go? Russia!
You pissed Sao Paulo.
Nice move to Spartak mate. I think you got a great future there with all that young talent.
And you can also acquire youth talent from other Russian clubs if they're not signed to pro contracts for only $8k per player!
What a barnstorming season with Sao Paulo, so close to a clean sweep too
In my FM11 save, I went from Brazil to Russia (it was Spartak Moscow too), and found it a breath of fresh air. 30 games a season, only one cup competition, a huge winter break, crazy home player registration regulations; what's not to like?!
Spartak Moscow - January/February 2021 Transfer Window Update
- As I'm not doing a mid-season update this season, I thought I would briefly talk about our transfer dealings during the winter window.
Player(Position) - Club bought from - Transfer fee
Takayuki Miyazaki(ST) - PSV - £10M
Hugo Paredes(GK) - Rubio Nu - £2M
Juan Carlos Castillo(CB) - Bologna - £6M
Alexandr Ivanov(DM/CM/CB) - Rubin - £5M
Total Spent - £22M
Total Income - £4.59M
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with our business during the window. The key areas were covered and I also managed to get rid of most of the deadwood that I inherited from the previous manager. I would have liked to have brought in a couple of wingers as the options we currently have are pretty crap and I was also on the look for a left back as we only have one player in that position. There was a player that I wanted to bring in, however his club were asking for far more then I was willing to pay.
I was debating weather or not to sign Juan Carlos Castillo as if you noticed on the screenshot, he's already played for two clubs this season and therefore cannot play for another one until next season. In the end I decided to through with deal as he's a player I did not want to miss out on, especially at the price I was able to get him for.
Last edited by roganp; 31-12-2011 at 02:06.
You've done well to get Ivanov for that price, stealing Russian talent off a rival isn't easy! Miyazaki looks like he could tear the league apart for you if he finds form, here's hoping!
Artem Potapov from them, but I wasn't willing to meet their £15M asking price.
Last edited by roganp; 30-12-2011 at 22:59.
I can see why you'd want him as well! Still, Paredes looks good, and I'm sure you can do some more poaching at a later date
Last edited by roganp; 31-12-2011 at 02:07.
Good luck at Spartak Moscow,made some good signings as well
Spartak! Good choice.
I like the look of your squad and I wouldn't worry about Juan Carlos Castillo . He looks like a cracking defender.
Thanks for clearing that up EvilDave, I wasn't aware that it was just for the one-off season.
We won the game 2-1 and 5-3 on aggregate to put us through to the Quarters where we will come up against West Ham.
These polls always give me a chuckle.
Even when its a strong 'yes', I think 'tough, I'm in charge so there'.
Spartak Moscow - 2020/2021 Season Review(Joined 3.1.2021)
Prem'er Liga - 6th
I joined with the club 9th in league and looking like they were not going to qualify for Europe, but my appointment seemed to bring about a change in the teams fortunes as we won my first 4 games in charge, one of which was the win home against the champions, Zenit. The embarrassing defeat to Anji swiftly brought us back down to earth, but we responded well by beating arch-rivals CSKA in our next league fixture. Going into the final day of the season there was still the possibility of Champions League qualification as we sat 5th, just a point behind Lokomotiv Moscow who were 3rd and level with Anji in 4th. Lokomotiv lost their game, but so did we which means we will have to settle for the Europa League next season.
UEFA Europa League - Knocked out in the Quarter-Finals
The previous manager had already done most of the work by getting the team through the qualifying round and the group stages, so my job was to try and progress as far as possible in the knockout stages. It took a fantastic comeback to see off Bordeaux in the 1st knockout round as we managed to overturn a 2-0 deficit from the 1st leg to win the tie 3-2 on aggregate. The 2nd knockout round was a lot more straight forward as we beat Olympiakos home and away before being knocked out by West Ham in the quarters.
The top 3 were signed by the previous manager.
Not much money left. I've spent it all on transfers for next season.
Key Players
As I've only been at the club for a short amount of time it's hard to pick our key players, but there are a couple that stood out.
Sergey Parshivlyuk - Now heading into his mid-thirties, but he's still one of the of the first names on the team sheet. A solid defender who's also pretty good going forward.
Sergey Gordeev - A fantastic young defender. It won't be too long before the worlds elite clubs are interested in buying him.
Next SeasonCode:Year Team Country League Position Important Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/2012 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 14th Joined the club in March 2012 2012/2013 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 2nd Playoff Semi-Finalists 2013/2014 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 1st Promoted!, FA trophy Finalists 2014/2015 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 15th FA Trophy Winners! 2015/2016 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 1st Promoted as league champions, FA Trophy Winners 2016/2017 Ipswich Town England npower League One 1st Promoted as League Champions 2017 New York RB USA MLS 1st Joined 1.6.2017, MLS cup and Open Cup finalists, S Shield winners 2018/2019 Dundee United Scotland SPL 2nd Scottish Cup winners, Qualified for CL 2019/2020 Dundee United Scotland SPL N/A Left 3.1.2020 to join Sao Paulo 2020 Sao Paulo Brazil Brasileirao 1st League, State, Copa Sudamerica, Libertadores and CWC Champions 2020/2021 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 6th Joined 3.1.2021
I have one aim for next season and that is to qualify for the Champions League. I've already agreed to sign 5 or 6 players for next season - players who I believe can help us push further up the table next year. I don't really have any aims in the Europa League and would be pretty satisfied if we just reach the knockout rounds again.
Game set-up - More changes as I've decided to remove Greece, Switzerland and Scotland. I have no intention of managing in any of these countries or in Scotland's case, managing there again so I don't see much point in having them loaded.
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Solid start with Spartak.
Didn't have much time in charge but still turned things around and finished well, top job.
You did well in the short amount of time you had.
The World Of Football 10 Years On
Past Winners :
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
Copa America
African Cup of Nations
Asian Cup
CONCACAF Gold Cup
UEFA Champions League
FIFA Club World Cup
UEFA Europa League
Copa Libertadores
Copa Sudamericana
AFC Champions League
CONCACAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
Barclays Premier League
La Liga
Serie A
Ligue 1
Liga ZON SAGRES
Prem'er Liga
Competitions Rankings
Nations Rankings
Richest Clubs
Leading Transfers
Top 5 Highest Valued Players
Hakan Sengul
Jose Franco
Jack Wilshere
Mario Gotze
Tycoon Takeovers
Europe :
Morcambe - England - Taken over by an Israelian tycoon in 2018. They've made steady progress since his arrival and have just been promoted from League 2.
AFC Telford - England - Bought by a tycoon from Luxembourg in 2020 and his injection of cash has made an instant impact as they've just won promotion to League 2 via the playoffs.
Catania - Italy - Bought by an Italian tycoon in 2016. They haven't won any silverware yet, but have qualified for the Europa League 4 times and are in the top 25 of the worlds richest clubs.
Cartagena - Spain - Taken over by a Croatian tycoon in 2019. They were relegated from La Liga in the season following his take over, but have just been promoted from the 2nd tier at the first attempt.
Hercules - Spain - Bought by a South African tycoon in 2012. Were promoted from the second tier in 2013 and then finished in mid-table/bottom half in La Liga a few times before he decided to withdraw his funding in 2017.
South America
North America :
Veracruz - Mexico - Bought by a German tycoon in 2018. Got promoted to the top tier in 2019, but in 2020 he decided to withdraw his funding.
My Previous Clubs
I thought it would nice to have a look at how my previous clubs got on after I left them.
Boston United - I left in 2016 after just getting the club promoted to League 2. They were relegated in their first season in League 2 and then spent a few years in the Blue Square Premier, during which they won an FA Trophy. Unfortunately they have just been relegated to the Blue Square North.
Ipswich Town - I left in 2017 after getting the club promoted from League 1. They were immedietly relegated from the Championship, but went straight back up again and last season they finished 20th in the Championship.
New York Red Bulls - Nothing much to report on since I left in 2017. They did win the MLS Team Fair Play Award in 2019.
Dundee United - Went on to finish 4th in the season I left them and finished 3rd in the following season.
Sao Paulo - I only left the club a short while ago. They were beaten by Corinthians in the final of the state championship and were knocked out in the Semi-Finals of the Copa Libertadores. Currently top of the Brasileirao after 9 games.
A great way to bow out of Brazilian football and you've not done too badly in Russia either since you've been there.
Great year in Brazil but understandable to move on. Spartak seems like a good move, I think you'll do well with a full season in charge.
Not a bad start at Spartak there, although that must have been a tough defeat to take at home to Alania. Terek so high and Rubin down low is a bit of a shock, any more of their squad looking to leave that you could poach?
On a personal note, I'm pleased to see Shinnik stay up - I spent four months in Yaroslavl and saw them three times, a win and two draws but they're pretty rubbish
Regarding Rubin and the poaching of their players(), I may try and go back in for Potapov. I also tried to sign Alexey Artemov in the last transfer window, but similar to the situation with Potapov, I wasn't willing to match their asking price.
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More than decent start with Spartak
I would expect you to be competing with CSKA and Zenit next season, hopefully qualifying for the Champions League.
The right decision to leave Brazil for sure, nice start at Spartak aswell, good luck
Spartak Moscow - 2021/2022 Season Preview
Board Expectations
Prem'er Liga - Qualify for the Champions League through league finish Media Prediction - 5th
UEFA Europa League - Reach the Second Knockout Round
Rambler Kubok Rossii - Not regarded as important
Transfer Budget - £4.88M
Wage Budget - £475K p/w
Current Wage Bill - £380K p/w
Transfers Summary
Another busy transfer window as I spent big to try and get a squad together that is capable of challenging for the title, but I felt I signed all these players for good prices and went down the "value" route rather than splashing big sums of money on individuals. As you can see, I also managed to make a fair bit of cash from selling players with the most notable being the departure of last seasons top scorer Jose Antonio Hernandez. With my plans to play Miyazaki as the lone man up top this season, Hernandez would have had a lot less game time this season and as he was one the clubs highest earner, I decided it would be best to get him off the wage bill.
Javier Santinelli(DR/DC) - I was delighted about being able to get this lad on a free transfer. He has the potential to replace Parshivlyuk at right back.
Ahmed Said(CM) - He has fantastic technical attributes for his age. Already capped 14 times by Egypt and scored 4 goals. He's player I have high hopes for(I'm sure AK22 will approve of this signing ).
Scott Barnes(MR/AMR) - Young American winger who I was able to get for a fantastic price.
Fabian Insaurralde(ST) - Another player with big potential. I wanted to give him time to settle down in Europe by only using him sparingly this season, but due to Miyazaki missing the start of the season through injury, I've had to throw him straight into the first 11 and it seems that he hasn't needed much time to settle in a new continent.
Triantafayllos Angelidis(DL) - Has only just recovered from a broken leg he suffered at his previous club. Hopefully it doesn't leave any long lasting damage as I feel he could become a future first choice left back for the club.
Sergey Kokoev(ML/AML) - I usually like to have wingers who can dribble with the ball, but he's only young and has plenty of time to develop that side of his game.
Oleg Kuslin(DL) - Came through the ranks at Kuban before moving to Holland. He had a fantastic season with Vitesse so I decided to bring him back Russia. I'm very happy that I was able to purchase him for a pretty small fee.
Timur Kharlamov(GK) - I snapped him up on a free after he was released by Rubin. His addition should provide great competition for number one goalie.
Last edited by roganp; 03-01-2012 at 01:58.
Kokoev has pace to burn! Kuslin and Insaurralde look good as well, all set for a title charge methinks - between you and Zenit I reckon.
Zenit and their money will be tough to keep up with squad-quality-wise.
Kokoev sure is fast. It'd be interesting to see how he develops.
Ten years on and Anji still can't make a title challenge, well in your eyes. Haha, good. Money get's you nowhere
So I keep telling myself anyway.
I don't think they've ever truly come close to winning the title. Their highest league finish during the save is 3rd which they achieved in the 2014/15 and 2020/21 season(Last year). Although, they are now in the Champions League so I guess the money as bought them some sucess - just not in the form of trophies.
Wow, just noticed this thread has gone past 10K views . Thanks to everyone who has been reading so far, this has been one of my most enjoyable FM saves to date.
Last edited by roganp; 03-01-2012 at 02:37.
Looks like you've made some good signings. Should have enough to challenge for the title. GL
Another quality Egyptian regen there. Glad it's not just my save!
Nice move to Russia. I actually have an Egyptian as captain of my Vancouver side. Maybe its their year?
So, along side my role as the Spartak Moscow manager I've decided to venture into international management for the first time during this save by taking over as Russia national coach. There was another offer on the table from Sweden, but I felt this was a better opportunity. The country have just failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup after finishing 3rd in their group behind Israel and Denmark, so I will be working towards Euro 2024.
World Ranking - 40th
Capital City - Moscow
Country Population - 142M
Rival Nations - Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia
National Stadium - Luzhniki
Capacity - 89,318
Here are just some of the players I will get to work with as Russia manager :
Alexey Zavaliy - Came through the ranks at Dinamo Moscow, played there for a season, before making the big move to German giants Bayern Munich.
Evgeny Kharlamov - A fantastic young defender who came through the youth system of my club, Spartak Moscow. Lyon paid the £6K compensation fee 3 seasons ago to bring him to France and he is now a regular in their first team.
Igor Akinfeev - Legendary goalkeeper and the country's most capped player.
Igor Gusarov - Already capped 20 times by the national team at the age of 20. Very talented player who came through Dinamo Moscow's youth system and is a first team regular for them.
Sergey Ovchinnikov - One of the more experienced members of the squad having been capped 52 times. He has spent his whole career at CSKA Moscow.
Akinfeev, 161 caps, that is impressive, even for a goalkeeper!
Good luck with Russia
Should help you find some good Russian talent.
Good luck with Russia, looks like they have some tidy players. A bit surprised they have slipped to 40th in the rankings.
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