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Cotton Malone is back! Steve Berry's new international adventure blends gripping contemporary political intrigue, Tudor treachery, and high-octane thrills into one riveting novel of suspense.
Cotton Malone and his 15-year-old son, Gary, are headed to Europe. As a favor to his former boss at the Justice Department, Malone agrees to escort a teenage fugitive back to England. But after he is greeted at gunpoint in London, both the fugitive and Gary disappear, and Malone learns that he's stumbled into a high-stakes diplomatic showdown - an international incident fueled by geopolitical gamesmanship and shocking Tudor secrets.
At its heart is the Libyan terrorist convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103, who is set to be released by Scottish authorities for "humanitarian reasons". An outraged American government objects, but nothing can persuade the British to intervene.
Except, perhaps, Operation King's Deception.
Run by the CIA, the operation aims to solve a centuries-old mystery, one that could rock Great Britain to its royal foundations.
Blake Antrim, the CIA operative in charge of King's Deception, is hunting for the spark that could rekindle a most dangerous fire, the one thing that every Irish national has sought for generations: a legal reason why the English must leave Northern Ireland. The answer is a long-buried secret that calls into question the legitimacy of the entire 45-year reign of Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, who completed the conquest of Ireland and seized much of its land. But Antrim also has a more personal agenda, a twisted game of revenge in which Gary is a pawn. With assassins, traitors, spies, and dangerous disciples of a secret society closing in, Malone is caught in a lethal bind. To save Gary he must play one treacherous player against another - and only by uncovering the incredible truth can he hope to prevent the shattering consequences of the King's Deception.
©2013 Steve Berry (P)2013 Random House Audio
"Berry raises this genre's stakes." (The New York Times)
"I love this guy." (number-one New York Times best-selling author Lee Child)
"Forget Clancy and Cussler. When it comes to this genre, there is simply no one better." (The Providence Journal)
I love espionage, legal, and detective thrillers but listen to most genres. Very frequent reviews. No plot spoilers! Please excuse my typos!
"Steve Berry rewrites history. Aagain!"
I listen to Steve Berry's novels because of his fascinating reinterpretations of history, and because Scott Brick, the master of the narrating art, preforms them.
This is a difficult book to describe. Was Queen Elisabeth I really a man? Is there a Tudor secret that when discovered would negate Great Britain's claim to Northern Ireland. Was the Libyan terrorist who took down Pan Am 103 really released for "humanitarian reasons" or something more sinister? Cotton Malone and a CIA agent are on the case as it gets more and more weird and dangerous. Malone's 15 year old son is also in this book.
"First Book Mr Berry fell flat on."
The story line was OK but for a Cotton Malone series it was slow.
No. To slow and disjointed. Difficult to get into any flow.
Life. I always search for books read by Scott first, author second
First book I have ever returned.
sports announcer, cyclist, enjoys to travel and the outdoors.
"Oh Yes !! If you like London !!!"
I just got back from 2 weeks in London as I began listening to this book. Perfect timing, Berry incorporates so many places I saw into this book. Its worth the read. One of the castles in the book I did not see, but looked up in my London book and am now upset I didnt get there. It's an interesting tail that I understand after 2 weeks in London. Truth is the mystery could be told in 3 chapters but the sights and scenes of London make the unabridged version worth it.
"Another great Cotton Malone book"
I love this series and this book did not disappoint. I love the way Steve Berry weaves historical facts with his own ideas. It gives his books a great twist. I appreciate how Mr. Berry explains the places he visited for his research at the end of his book and separates the fact from fiction. I highly disagree with other reviewers regarding Scott Brick's narration. I think Mr. Brick is one of the best narrators and cannot imagine Cotton Malone with any other voice.
"Mr. Brick always makes the story great!"
It seems that we look at the narrator first when looking for a book. We love Scott Brick.
"Get the Abridged version"
2 hours to much with historical information. Certainly, a little is needed to support the premise of the story. However, every marriage and offspring in English history is overkill.
Other than that a solid story line. Scott Brick always a solid read.
"Another history and Cotton Malone great!"
Yes and I've been recommending these Steve Berry novels for years.
How could it not? All of the good/bad guys plus the subject matter truly makes one wonder.
Scott has a wonderful speaking voice which has become "Cotton Malone" to my ears.
Is truth worth the consequences?
Mom of 3 and a book lover.
"Two Thumbs UP!!!!"
I simply love it and enjoy the thrill that arouse in me while listening the audio. I even consider to have it in movie version (if available). This is my first with the author, I love to venture another of his work.
"Subpar Cotton Malone"
I would recommend it because it is part of the series but it isn't nearly as compelling as other entries into the series. Don't get me wrong, I love the writing of Steve Berry and Cotton Malone as a character. This was just my least favorite so far.
As always, Scott Brick's performance was fabulous.
"Another wonderfully researched thriller"
I typically don't read a title if I'm going to listen to it. The reader, Scott Brick, is excellent.
I'd really hate to give anything away! The whole premise of the story is very plausible.
Brick is a good reader for Cotton Malone, he does Malone's sarcasm very well
I really like the author's notes at the end which tell what parts of the book are accurate to history and what was made up. It really adds to the historical aspect.
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Sesame Street - Follow That Bird DVD for $3.98
Sesame Street's 1st ever movie, great for the entire family! Jim Henson's beloved characters Kermit, Oscar, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster and other favorites join Big Bird in a big-hearted adventure, with guest stars Chevy Chase, John Candy, and more!
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This is offered on Instant Streaming Via Netflix. My daughter (22 months) really enjoys it.
Such a good movie, with silly little nods to the grown-ups watching, too.
a triumph of american cinema. and no, i'm not joking.
Sadly Romney is doing away with our feathered friend :(
As the great Peter Griffin once said "The Bird is the word.....pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa "
@crazydogtshirts: Not sure why you are getting downvoted. He literally said this in the debate. He wants to cut funding for PBS and mentioned by name Big Bird.
RIP John Candy. One of my comedic heroes.
We can't afford to subsidize PBS. They'll survive on ad revenue like all other channels, but I shouldn't be forced to pay higher taxes just because the PBSers want a handout.
Yes, not continuing the miniscule funding of our Public Broadcasting System would definitely put a HUGE dent in our deficit--whereas taxing millionaires wouldn't do a thing.
PBS is only .0012% of the budget. Cancelling PBS to save significant money is like not buying tic-tacs at the grocery store and telling your spouse that you were trying to save hundreds of dollars. When you look at the numbers, it appears quite foolish. It also will get rid of many American jobs.
Start with cutting the rates on overpriced government contractors working for American companies that headquarter in places like Dubai so they don't have to pay taxes, and you'd be surprised on how much more substantial an effect that would be than cutting PBS, or NASA for that matter. There are far better places to remove grift from the government - he just used PBS because it made for an ear-catching soundbite that would rile people up.
An amazing movie. Fun fact: This movie was released only a few months before Snuffy was officially recognized as real, rather than imaginary. Several indicators in the movie hint that he would soon be made officially real, examples:
He has an actual house that Big Bird visits
He sends Big Bird a rather large postcard that others acknowledge
Big Bird has a scene where he misses snuffy and imagines him, but notes that they cant touch.
Great movie, great way to show support
Long live Big Bird!
you know what's really foolish? Sesame Street and the Sesame Workshop are self-supporting. They needed the help of PBS and government funding to become so (another example of what Obama was trying to explain about how someone has helped all of us at one time or another). But they had an experimental model, and they needed to start it somewhere commercial (seriously, people who are suggesting that what we need are MORE commercially sponsored children's shows are idiots. Have any of you ever watched a child watching product licensed shows?).
Sesame Workshop does get some government assistance - but they get 5 times as much from other governments as they get from the American one (the Canadian government gives twice as much directly). You know what they do with American funding? They create special directed shows for military families, including children who have lost a parent in military service. http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topicsandactivities/toolkits/tlc
btw, while the online sale is over, Target carries this consistently in their kids $5 video section. I bought the remastered one there in July.
Sesame Street and the other big programs on PBS like Masterpiece are franchises worth hundreds of millions of dollars that would be scooped up in a heartbeat on the open market.
@curtisuxor: The down votes are from the Cons,you mention taxes funding anything educational, they get the green apple quick step.
He said he would not borrow money from China to keep it going.
although i agree its not costing much from the deficit to support pbs where is the money that they get from merchandise and other licensing going , the sesame street sales alone should offset many costs
"He said he would not borrow money from China to keep it going."
The money was already borrowed from China by the Bush Administration, and it's called our national debt. We owe it. Many things were said by Romney in the debate that either had no merit but sounded great to people who don't have enough background of information to realize he was lying.
"although i agree its not costing much from the deficit to support pbs where is the money that they get from merchandise and other licensing going , the sesame street sales alone should offset many costs"
These are all great distractions from the real issues, such as taxing millionaires and billionaires.
Reagan was so successful at distracting the public from corporate welfare by making his issue the single mother on food stamps...same thing. Corporations making billions in profits and not paying taxes???--making the public clean up their toxic messes? NO! It's the single mother on food stamps killing this country!
Hey this deal is still alive at $3.99
Its just not the deal of the day anymore
You might need to repost because of the penny
I tattled and asked them to bring it back to life
Wedit. This is a dead deal. However, you may repost it as a new deal with the correct price and link. Thanks!
@pjlaw1: except that was a notably simplified thing to say. We have not borrowed money from China. We have borrowed money in general, and the Chinese gov't has bought the debt from corps that have made the loans. at no point has the US borrowed directly from China. What I do not understand is why thousands of people, many of whom have had debt collectors buy their debt, don't understand that this is exactly what China has done. The only way to avoid China owning some of the US debt is not to incur any debt, and there are actually very good reasons of international economics to have other countries holding US debt.
Just posted, and deals with what we were discussing. "The Rumble 2012 Bill O'Reilly VS Jon Stewart, The Rumble in the Air Conditioned Auditorium." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nN6jbfgIIE&feature=watch_response
Big Bird makes more money than Mitt Romney
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting receives about $450million from Congress each year. About $280million goes to PBS and the local stations.
Federal funding makes up about 12 per cent of the PBS budget.
President and CEO Gary Knell received $956,513 -- nearly a million dollars -- in compensation in 2008. And, from 2003 to 2006, "Sesame Street" made more than $211 million from toy and consumer product sales.
If you break that down, it works out to over $50 million a year "Sesame Street" is taking in from all that merchandising.
Yep, that one-percenter Big Bird makes about four times what Mitt Romney does annually
The bottom line for my liberal friends who see Mitt Romney as an EVIL person ready to GUT PBS...fear not....BIG BIRD can survive in the Free market....he is a Capitalist at Heart.
I'm guessing you got all of your "facts" from Fox "news"...

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Generally speaking, what are the necessary and sufficient properties of a matrix to make it a rotation matrix?
Is det(A) = 1 enough?
Generally speaking, what are the necessary and sufficient properties of a matrix to make it a rotation matrix?
Is det(A) = 1 enough?
No, not by far. The matrix needs to be orthogonal, which means that $A^tA=I$ where $A^t$ is the transposed matrix -- and then it also has to have determinant 1.
(You can think of orthogonality by considering how the matrix acts on the standard basis vectors -- since they were orthogonal to each other and had length 1 before the rotation, this must also be true after the rotation. But the vectors after-the-rotation are just the columns of $A$, and $A^tA=I$ is then a compact way to take the dot product of each pair of new vectors and see if they come out right, all in one operation).
Not it is not. A rotation matrix is a square matrix with orthonormal columns and determinant 1. The set of all $n\times $n such matrices is commonly referred to as the special orthogonal group, and is denoted $SO(n)$.
In $\mathbb{R}^3$, one can prove that the set of all rotation matrices is precisely $SO_3(\mathbb{R})$.
Assuming this fact, a rotation matrix $A$ with respect to the standard basis would then have the properties
In fact the properties above hold not just for the rotation matrices but for matrices in $O_3$ (and in general $O_n$ ) as well.
It remains now to prove why the rotation matrices are exactly the matrices of $SO_3$. To prove it you need at least two facts:


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Users want to use my facebook app for many hours without refreshing the browser.
But token expires in 2 hours. Now I ask users to refresh the page but that's annoying.
I don't want to ask offline access permissions because it will scare some users.
The best solution will be somehow "relogin" and get new token without refreshing the page. Is it possible?


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'Arghh!!!!!' is how I'd feel after that.
'Arghh!!!!!' is how I'd feel after that.
Carmarthen 2030/2031
Predicted: 1st
Finished: 1st
We won the first 22 games in the league and had a 22 points lead over Bangor City who were 4 points clear in 2nd. The biggest surprise was Neath not making the top 6 but that may be due to having more games than normal. We won the league after 24 games and finished the season unbeaten, once again only dropping 2 points.
Bangor City were this seasons surprise package and finished 2nd by 5 points and take the top Euro Cup spot. TNS and Port Talbot took the other spots.
I can definitely see the league starting to get better in terms of the quality of players, I'd say that most teams are of League 1 quality with the bottom few teams obviously being worse.
League Table
League Graph
Welsh Cup: TNS (N) 3-2. Goals from Gaccione (2) and Hughes after 40 minutes gave us a great lead. TNS pulled one back just before the break and on the hour mark for a tight finish but in the end we got the win.
Loosemores Cup: Llanelli (N) 2-0. We dominated the game and took the lead early on through an Andre goal. The game remained 1-0 until the late stages when Gaccione put the game beyond doubt. We've now won the cup every year since 2017.
Came top of the group for the first time ever. We beat Shakhtar in the first knockout round but then lost to PSG on away goals.
A lot of transfer activity this year as we enter a transitional period, I've changed the formation to one with wingers for the first time in this career so that is one of the main reasons.
Ilias Devrikis RM ML: 18 year old pacey winger, didn't get as much game time as I intended and he wasn't anything special when he did play, hopefully he improves next year.
Marcello Paolacci ST: 21 year old all round great striker, I see him as the man to take over from Andre in a year or 2's time. Got 13 goals in 24 games although half of his games were from the bench.
Akis Tsiros CB: 22 year old CB, signed to provide backup, got the job done but he'll never be anything special.
Marcello Gaccione AML ST: 23 year old signed for £1.2million, one of my better buys. Done well for me on the left, getting 18 goals, 13 assists in 30 games.
Alan Fernandez RM AMR: 24 year old Marquee signing at £4.3million. Done great for me getting 12 goals 24 assists in 30 games on the right wing.
Salih Salginglu CDM CM: 18 year old signed for £600k, was labelled a wonderkid before he arrived at my club, didn't play a great deal as he arrived in January but he has the potential to be as good as Fragapane.
Thomas Robertson AMC:19 year old signed on a free, had a big injury so only played a little bit but he looks promising, a good backup to Hughes.
Another decent season in terms of selling players, unfortunately I had to sell my captain Guthrie as his contract was ending and he wouldn't sign a new one, disappointed to only get £2.5million for him as he was also England captain.
The board have announced that they plan to expand the stadium by 500, this will improve European match attendances to around 2000, still not near the max of 3000. Disappointing considering we sold out 12 league games this year.
Youth and training facilities are being improved again at a cost of £4.9million.
The National team is ranked 122nd in the world. They are currently 4th in Euro qualification with 6 points after 5 games. They came 3rd in the 4 nations with 4 points.
TNS lost 7-0 in the 3rd Q round of the champions league to Panathinaikos. They then lost in the Euro cup 4th Q round to Wisla which I would have thought was fairly winnable.
Neath won the 4th Q round of the Euro cup 4-3 against Austria Wien to become the first club to make it to the group stages! They faced a tough group and didn't pick up a point but at least its progress.
Port Talbot went out in the 3rd Q round.
Llanelli won in the 2nd Q round of the Euro Cup but lost in the 3rd.
The WPL dropped 4 places to 22nd in Europe. Carmarthen moved up 8 places to 10th in Europe. Wales has gone back up to having 2 teams in the champions league.
Welsh young player of the year:Daniel March (Carmarthen)
Welsh footballer of the year:Robbie Wigg (TNS)
WPL Player of the year: Alvaro Oliviera (Carmarthen)
WPL Young Player of the year: Ivan Zorica (Carmarthen)
Manager of the year: Damien Hurdman (Bridgend)
Team of the year
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As strong as you've become that was still an incredible league season.
Wow, what a great Champions League campaign. Some epic giant-killing there
Champions League
Second Qualifying round
Suduva (A) 4-0. Back to the early stages this year. We pretty much killed off the tie in the first leg, didn't even have to play a full strength team, these kind of games are basically friendlies.
Suduva (H) 3-0. Complete domination, should have scored alot more with the chances we had but the team became rather complacent, i can't really blame them.
Champions League
3rd Qualifying Round
Red Star (A) 3-0. Another straightforward win in a match we were in complete control of. Ndlovu and Andre (2) got the goals for us this time.
Red Star (H) 4-1. A comfortable win with goals from Fernandez, Gaccione and Jurcevic. 3 of the goals came in the last 5 minutes, including 2 in the last 3 mintues from us. Disapointed to have conceded, not that it matters.
Champions League
Champions Playoff
Sharock Rovers (A) 2-0. Didn't put the tie out of sight like we should have, we were all over them but their keeper played a blinder.
Shamrock Rovers (H) 3-0. Dominated the match again in an easy win which puts us in the group stages.
Champions League
Group Stage
APOEL (A) 1-0. We were the better team but we left it to a 90th minute corner to get the goal to win it. A poor start but it's the 3 points that matter.
Dortmund (H) 1-0. We were in complete control of this one. Dortmund didn't even have a shot until the 2nd half. Andre got the games only goal after 31 minutes, we could have had more had we not been so wasteful in front of goal.
Real Madrid (H) 2-1. We had a brilliant start with Andre scoring twice in the first 8 minutes. Not long after Real went down to 10 men and the game looked to be in our hands. However, a they scored a cheap penalty just before half time which turned the match. In the second half they were very strong but we just about managed to hold them out for an important win.
You're becoming a giant yourself with those results.
The game clearly doesn't class us as a giant either seeing as we still only have national rep!
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Three great results in the group stage.
Champions League
Group Stage
Real Madrid (A) 1-0. A faultless performance from all involved, especially our keeper who was immense. Real Madrid dominated the match having chance after chance, however, on the 74th minute Diallo scored the winning goal from a swift counter attack, guaranteeing us top spot in the group after just 4 games.
APOEL (H) 3-0. Had a bit of a player shortage due to messing up player registration and having players on international duty. Nonetheless, we were still able to come through with a comfortable and deserved victory, even if the goals did come late on.
Dortmund (A) 3-1. A superb Andre hat-trick ensured victory in our final group match which meant that we won every game for the first time ever. This is the 2nd year in a row we've gone undefeated in the group stage.
Group Table
Wow, 6 out of 6 against the likes of Dortmund and Madrid!
Great group phase .
Champions League
First Knockout Round
Benfica (A) 1-0. We had some key players missing in both attack and defence but we still managed to get a result. Benfica were the better team in the first half but some strong words at half time and we came out playing well. Diallo eventually broke the deadlock on the 71st minute to give us an important away goal.
Benfica (H) 1-0. A fairly even game, the only difference being Andre's 49th minute goal. We missed a penalty late on but it didn't make a difference as we still progress.
Champions League
Quarter Final
Sunderland (A) 1-2. A poor game from everyone but our keeper in this one. We had a rubbish start, conceding twice in 17 minutes, luckily not long after we were gifted an away goal in the form of a penalty. The score remained the same but Sunderland were by far the better side, we're lucky it wasn't more. Disapointing.
Sunderland (H) 0-1. We were rubbish, conceded after 30 minutes so went attacking. Made no difference as we crash out to what was the weakest team left in the competition. Not happy.
Carmarthen 2031/2032
Predicted: 1st
Finished: 1st
We were unbeaten in our first 22 games and had a 17 point lead over TNS who were battling for 2nd with Neath. The top 6 teams were quite clearly ahead of the rest of the pack who were involved in a close relegation battle.
We won the league after 26 games, the 19th time in a row. Once again we finished the season unbeaten in the league. TNS were in a clear 2nd a took the other champions league place. Bangor City came 3rd, claiming the best Euro Cup position. Llanelli and Port Talbot took the other spots.
League Table
Welsh Cup: Llanelli (N) 5-0. An easy win with goals coming from Fernandez, Andre, Pischedda, Diallo and Gaccione.
Loosemores Cup: Neath (N) 4-0. We dominated the game and took the lead early on through an Fernandez goal. The goals continued to flow with Andre, Muller and Gaccione getting on the scoresheet for a comfortable win.
We had a perfect group stage, winning every match against Real Madrid, Dortmund and APOEL. We faced Benfica in the first knockout round where we won 2-0 on aggregate. However, we fell to Sunderland in the next round, losing 3-1 on aggregate. Sunderland went on to the final, beating Barcelona 1-0.
A poor season in terms of transfers for us this year.
Drazen Jurcevic ST AML: 19 year old with good potential. There wasnt room in the squad for him to play as striker so I put him on left wing where he isnt quite as good. 6 goals 7 assists in 21 games.
Mohammed Diallo CDM CB: A useful player who can play in defence or sit just in front. Came in cheaply as well and done well as a backup and in a few European games when he had to step up.
Mohosi Chinembeza RB: 22 year old signed for £2.1million. Initially as a backup player but he progressed well and has since become part of my starting 11.
Fedele Costa CB: Young CB signed for a free, isnt that great so I loaned him out. Will look to sell this summer.
Stanko Vidakovic RB LB CB: Versatile defender who can play anywhere across the backline making him useful as a backup player.
Stephan Blum LB: 17 year old signed for £1.7 million. A complete waste of money, my scouts were badly wrong and this guy will never make my team. Will try to move on this summer.
Matthew Newman CB: 18 year old bought in on loan as cover. I gave this guy his Wales debut when he was 16. I was looking into signing him and whilst he played well for me, he doesnt have enough potential.
Disappointingly my sponsorship has been dramatically reduced. Our main sponsor was worth 800k per year has now gone down to 425k per year for 4 years. Our 2 smaller sponsors have stayed at 26k per year and gone up 5k to 29k per year.
Aside from that our finances arent looking too bad thanks to knockout football but if we really want to increase the balance we need to progress further.
The National team is ranked 137th and have no yet started World cup qualifying.
TNS lost 3-1 in the 3rd Q round of the Euro Cup to a Georgian team.
Bangor City lost on away goals to a Belarusian team in the 3rd Q round of the Euro Cup.
Port Talbot went out in the 2nd Q round.
The WPL moved back up 4 places to 18th in Europe.. Carmarthen moved up 5 places to 8th in Europe which should give me 1st seed in next years champions league. The Welsh national co-efficient has once again improved and we will have a team in the group stage without any pre qualifiers. The other team will be in the best placed playoff. Euro cup spaces stay the same.
Welsh young player of the year: Colin Blain (Carmarthen)
Welsh footballer of the year: Huw Hughes (Carmarthen)
WPL Player of the year: Thomas Robertson (Carmarthen)
WPL Young Player of the year: Thomas Robertson (Carmarthen)
Manager of the year: Jamal Sampson (Ton Pentre)
Team of the year
Darn, Sunderland should have been in the bag.
I'd probably say so.
Champions League
3rd Qualifying Round
Molde (H) 4-0. An easy win as expected with goals from Hughes, Muller, Fernandez and Paolacci. Pretty much guarantees progression into the next round.
Molde (A) 5-0. 4 goals from new signing and Northern Ireland striker Grant Elliot and a goal from Fernandez ensured an easy victory as we stroll into the next round.
Champions League
Champions Playoff
Wisla (A) 4-0. Another comfortable win in Europe as expected. We got 4 away goals with Paolacci (2) and Pischedda on the scoresheet which effectively puts the tie to bed.
WIsla (H) 3-0. Another comfortable win, even if 2 of our goals came in the last 2 minutes.
Great thread - amazing how far you've taken the Old Gold!
How are you actually playing the games on the match engine, your flying through the seasons - it takes me ages!
I've taken another International job. I did apply for England after the Euros but i got laughed off despite being the 2nd best manager in the world. However, when the Iraq job came up i applied and the rest is history.
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They Have recently started the World Cup Qualifying campaign and find themselves bottom of the group after 3 games, although with a bit of luck i'm hoping we can finish 3rd to get in the playoff's. I think a top 2 finish with the likes of Japan and Saudi Arabia is a step too far for us. They are currently ranked 76th in the world.
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My first task as manager of Iraq was to find an ass man. I wanted a Welshman to join me out in Iraq and i found former Carmarthen youth player Joe Christopher newly retired and out of a job. He made over 200 appearances for Carmarthen so he's learnt from the best so hopefully he can help me bring sucess to the middle east
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Champions League
Group Stage
Marseille (H) 2-0. An even game with both sides having some good chances. We took the lead towards the end of the first half through a Muller penalty. Elliot then came off the bench to grab us a 2nd goal on the 80th minute for a fairly comfortable win.
Shakhtar (A) 1-0. A good win in a tough match. The only goal of the game was scored by Paolacci just before half time. The other talking point was the double sending off which meant we were down to 9 men from the 70th minute. Santos received a straight red then Muller, who was already booked, got a 2nd yellow for arguing with the officials
Panathinaikos (H) 3-0. An easy win as expected. Elliot gave us the lead on the 17th minute before doubling the score just before halftime. We continued to dominate in the 2nd half, with Elliot completing his hat-trick on the 65th minute.
Iraq? Interesting venture.
This has been a brilliant career so far,good luck for the new season and with Iraq on the national front.
Iraq 2032
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My first game in charge was against North Korea. We drew 1-1 which was disapointing as they were the kind of games we needed to be winning, what was worse is that we were 2nd best for most of the game.
The next match was against Japan who were far better than us and we done well to only limit them to one goal.
For the friendly against Thailand i tried out new formations/players and it backfired massively as we fell to a 3-0 defeat. Some work to be done for sure!
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We are 5 games into qualifying with only 2 points, we have 4 games left and we are going to have to get at least 2 wins and a draw from that to make the playoff's which i'm not sure we'll be able to do considering the team is poor.
Champions League
Group Stage
Panathinaikos (A) 3-1. A Paolacci goal gave us the lead going into half time. Panathinaikos equalised just after half time but a Muller penalty and own goal gave us a win that guarantees qualification and almost guarantees us 1st place in the group.
Marseille (A) 1-0. Bit of a scrappy game this. The only goal came from a penalty before half time from Muller. The 2nd half was pretty dull although this does mean that we have won the group.
Shakhtar (H) 2-0. A comfortable win to end the group stage. Elliot gave us the lead after 33 minutes and Muller doubled it just before half time from a freekick. This means that we have gone unbeaten in the group stage for the 3rd year in a row.
Group Table
Champions League
First Knockout Round
Liverpool (A) 2-2 A game of 2 halves. We had a great start with Paolacci putting us ahead after 4 minutes. He doubled it on the half hour mark to give us a good lead going into half time. Liverpool came out strong in the 2nd half, pulling one back on the 67th minute. Unfortunately they were also able to grab a 2nd late in the game which is disappointing given the position we were in.
Liverpool (H) 4-0 .A much better performance this time. Andre gave us the lead after 28 minutes but soon went off injured. His replacement, Elliot, scored our 2nd on the 64th minute, putting us in a strong position. The 3rd goal was scored by sub Hughes with 15 minutes left before Gaccione, another sub, finished off the match with a great individual goal.
Excellent work tearing them apart.
Champions League
Quarter Final
Bayern (H) 2-3. A poor game from us, Bayern went 2-0 up 20 minutes in after a disastrous start. Elliot pulled one back on the 33rd minute before Bayern added a 3rd just before half time. We had a few good chances in the 2nd half and Eder got a goal on the 71st minute to just about keep us in it, although the 3 away goals could prove costly.
Bayern (A) 2-3. It was all over after 30 minute when Bayern went 2-0 up. I don't know why but in these 2 games our defence has fallen to pieces. We conceded once in the group stage then 6 times in 2 games. Very strange as yet again we fail to advance past the Quarter finals for the 5th year in a row. Starting to think it'll never happen…
Carmarthen 2032/2033
Predicted: 1st
Finished: 1st
We won the first 22 games in the league and had a 24 point lead. Bangor and TNS were in joint 2nd at this point. Our unbeaten streak was ended by Neath on the 23rd game of the season.
We won the league after 25 game, comfortably ahead of Llanelli who took 2nd place and the other Champions League spot. TNS, Port Talbot and Bangor City got the Euro Cup spaces.
League Table
Welsh Cup
Loosemores Cup
Champions League
Grant Elliot ST: Buy of the season. Great young striker who cost me £650k, got 34 goals in 33 games this season and can only get better.
Danilson Santos CB RB: Solid defender who was much needed, at 24 he's got a good future at the club and had a great first season.
Ignacio Ferreras CB: 6ft 6' giant Centre back who cost me £4.7million, only 23 yet he's our best defenders. Had a pretty good season although he was a bit shaky in Europe at times.
Miroslav Petrovic CB: Another defender who came in on a free transfer, added strength in depth and was a good backup in Europe when called upon.
The big transfer out this season was Fragapane who was out of contract at the end of the season. We got £6.75 million for him as that was his minimum release clause although I'm sure that we could have got a lot more had that not been the case.
The board are increasing the seating capacity by 950 costing around £120k, this should mean I can fit in 2500 at European matches. Total stadium capacity is 3500.
Youth facilities are also being upgraded for £2.5million, although they are already state of the art.
Other than that our finances don't look too much different to every other year, with knockout football ensuring we have around £12million in the bank.
The National team is ranked 122nd and are 4th in Euro 2034 qualification.
TNS lost 2-1 to Galatasaray in the Champions league best placed playoff 3rd Q round. They were then beaten in the 4th Q round of the Euro cup by Shalke.
Bangor City lost in the 4th Q round to Palermo.
Port Talbot beat a team from San Marino in the 2nd Q round, but lost to an Icelandic team in the 3rd Q round.
Llanelli got destroyed in the 3rd Q round by Valur from Iceland.
The WPL moved up 5 places to 13th in Europe. Carmarthen have moved up to 7th in Europe. Welsh qualification places stay the same.
Welsh young player of the year: Colin Blain (Carmarthen)
Welsh footballer of the year: Huw Hughes (Carmarthen)
WPL Player of the year: Eder (Carmarthen)
WPL Young Player of the year: Thomas Robertson (Carmarthen)
Manager of the year: Rhys Stevens (Bala)
Team of the year
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Iraq World Cup Qualification
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Despite finishing bottom of the group we came very close to getting into 3rd place and the playoff's for the World Cup. With 2 games left it seemed as though all hope of 3rd was lost, but a great win over India meant that if we beat North Korea then we would get in the playoff's. However, on the day North Korea were just too good for us and dragged us down to the bottom.
Whilst this campaign was disapointing and at times frustrating i'm looking forward to qualification for the Asian cup, although we have lost the first 2 games for that! I've recently found a couple of decent striker willing to play for us from Sweden so hopefully they can kickstart a good run.
It was always going to be a tough second leg task against Bayern.
Champions League
Group Stage
Porto (H) 0-1. An 85th minute goal was enough to give Porto victory in the first group game. I'm not surprised, we have about 6 key players injured including 3 starting defenders, as well as this, the morale is all over the place for some reason, even in the league we only won one of our first 3 games.
Bordeaux (A) 3-0. Two first half goals from Gaccione gave us a comfortable lead. Bordeaux had a few chances in the 2nd half but we defended well, with Paolacci scoring a 3rd after 55 minutes.
Rapid Bucharest (A) 3-0. A comfortable win in a match we dominated. Petrovic got our first goal early on as it remained 1-0 until half time. In the 55th minute Gaccione converted a penalty before Santos added a 3rd from a corner.
There is hope!!!
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Finally getting a new stadium, its been 22 year in the waiting. Named after me aswell . Getting a decent amount of stadium sponsorship. I was hoping the capacity would be a bit bigger but it should be able to be expanded over time.
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Iraq 2033/Asia Nations Cup Quals
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We've had a couple of good friendly results this year but our campaign to qualify for the Asia Nations cup is all but over after losing our first 3 games. The first 2 matches we were poor but i was more focused on World Cup Qualifying to really pay much attention to it. The lose against Bahrain was disapointing but we just don't have the quality to compete even against these teams. There are a few duel citizens of Sweden/Iraq who could add something to the team but at the moment most of them aren't willing to play for Iraq.
We are currently ranked 99th in the world.
Champions League
Group Stage
Rapid Bucharest (H) 4-0. Another easy win against this team. Hughes gave us the lead after 3 minutes with Ferreras adding another not long after from a corner. Bucharest scored an own goal on the 33rd minute to make it 3-0 and got another later in the 2nd half.
Porto (A) 0-1. We were 2nd best for most of the match. Our keeper saved a penalty early on but that didnt stop Porto scoring shortly after. We had our chances in the 2nd half but we werent clinical enough.
Bordeaux (H) 3-1. We needed to avoid defeat in this match and we done exactly that. Elliot gave us a 1-0 lead going into half time before 2 Eder goals in the 2nd half gave us a comfortable win.
Group Table
Good qualification from the CL group.
TNS have just signed one of my Iraq players . So random, the first time they have signed a non british player.
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Clearly giving them a positive impression of Wales.
Champions League
First Knockout Round
PSG (H) 3-1. Two early goals from Grant Elliot gave us the lead going into the first half after a good performance. Eder made it three from the penalty spot after an hour but disappointingly PSG pulled one back late on meaning that the tie isn't completely over.
PSG (A) 0-0. A fairly dull game. We were the better team in the first half, with PSG having no chances. Things picked up in the 2nd half but neither team managed to find the net.
Another impressive season so far and a brilliant victory over PSG,hopefully you can overcome the obstacles in the way.
Nicely done against PSG.
Champions League
Quarter Final
AC Milan (A) 2-1. We survived an early Milan onslaught to take the lead after 34 minutes on the counter. Milan equalised minutes after and they remained in control until we took the lead in the 75th minute through an Eder freekick, giving us an important away win.
AC Milan (H) 1-0. A Rodriguez goal on the 11th minute was all that separated the two teams but it could easily have been more. Milan hardly turned up and we had plenty of chances to score, aswell as having one goal ruled out for offside. For the first time ever, the semi finals await…
Edit: Just Noticed that Milan were reigning champions so that was no mean feat.
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Excellent results in Europe .
I think you could do it this time.
Pity, it would have been interesting to see a 'Welsh Barcelona' vs 'Catalan Carmarthen' final.
Champions League
Semi Final
Man United (A) 0-2. A poor game for us. We started well until they scored in the 11th minute. From then on they dominated, we were lucky not to concede a lot more goals. The 2nd goal came in the 89th minute and is a bit of a killer for the 2nd leg.
Man United (H) 2-1. A win but not enough. Paolacchi put us ahead after 5 minutes and we played well up until United scored just before half time. This meant that we needed 3 more goals. I changed to 4-3-3 at half time and we scored straight away and continued to create chances in the second half but we just couldn't score. The poor away performance cost us, which is disapointing as we've beaten United a few times in the group stage and had the better head to head record.
Getting so close, surely it's coming soon.
Shame you couldnt beat the Manc's .
amazing career mate.
Carmarthen 2033/2034
Predicted: 1st
Finished: 1st
It took us a while to get first place after a slow start but by the 22 game split we had a 20 point lead over Bangor City in 2nd place. Port Talbot and TNS were close behind in 3rd and 4th respectively.
We won the league after 25 games. Bangor, Port Talbot and TNS were all in the running for 2nd place on the final day and it was Bangor City who managed to take it. Port Talbot, TNS and Neath took the Euro Cup places.
League Table
Welsh Cup
Loosemores Cup
Champions League
Damien Humeau CDM: young midfielder signed on a free. Has good potentially and provides good backup in league games.
Fernando Gomes RB CB: 20 year old signed on a free, signed as a 2nd choice RB and filled in well in league games aswell as in Europe.
Daniel Rodriguez ST AMR: 25 years old, very fast and technical player, didnt do aswell as I expected but I think hell improve next year.
Yao Ali CDM: Another young CDM signed for free with even better potential that Humeau, done very well when he played and looks set to become a great player.
Jose Gregorio Morales CDM: Young quick CDM signed for the bargain price of £350k, replaces Diallo who left for £2.5million. Done well in his first half season and can expect first team football next year.
Iyad Ali CAM ST: The best player on my Iraq team, he was rotting in the reserves of a rubbish Swedish team so I bought him to give hi fitness and see if my facilities can make him better. Played a few games and done alright although he tore apart the reserve league.
Sold £17million worth of players this year so overall a good profit. Got rid of Fernandez as he didnt fit my European formation so was a waste of space, the £8.5million was a tidy profit in the 3 years I had him.
Training facilities are also being upgraded for £2.5million.
We made around £13million profit in transfers this year which was a big boost, as well as European football.
We gave out £4million at the end of the season to club shareholders which is a bit annoying.
The National team is ranked 130th and did not qualify for the World Cup. They are yet to being qualification for the euros.
Llanelli lost to Dynamo Kyiv in the Champions league best placed playoff 3rd Q round. They were then beaten in the 4th Q round of the Euro cup by Anderlecht.
Bangor City lost in the 3rd Q round to a Bulgarian team.
Port Talbot went out in the 2nd Q round to a team from Azerbaijan which is disgraceful.
TNS lost to Wisla in the 4th Q round of the Euro cup.
The WPL dropped 3 places to 16th in Europe. Carmarthen moved up 3 places to 5th best team in Europe. Qualification places stay the same.
Welsh young player of the year: Colin Blain (Carmarthen)
Welsh footballer of the year:Kyle Bowen (Llanelli)
WPL Player of the year: Thomas Robertson (Carmarthen)
WPL Young Player of the year:Martyn Jones (Carmarthen)
Manager of the year: Me
Team of the year
Having failed to qualify for the Asian Cup and generally becoming quite bored of managing them, i'm resigning as manager after around 18 months in charge.
I have a few questions after having played a few seasons with Aberystwyth. How are you getting all those South American players? I have tried to sign a few now but they can not get a work permit. And how are you getting all those great youth prospects? I do not get any. How good is your youth recruitment? It is also impressive that you have hold on to a player like Huw Hughes. I can not hold on to my best players.
I guess the youth players is in part luck, i got my junior coaching to the max level pretty fast (about 8 years) and my facilities are all state of the art. I've only been able to improve youth recruitment once since i started so its still 'fairly basic'. From what i've read, this means that players PA is quite low. I'd say that i only get a future first team player once over 4 or 5 years, although i do sign any youth players with potential (1-2.5 star) for my reserves and 3 or 4 years later they usually move to another WPL team.
I guess holding on to Huw Hughes is a bit of luck, he wasn't that demanding in terms of wages when i renew his contract, i suppose his loyalty rating might also play a part. What has helped in keeping players like him is that i've been consistantly improving year on year so theres no real need for him to leave as the club becomes bigger and bigger. It's also important to give them 5 year contracts. If your stuggling to keep your best players try to max out other stuff such as signing on fee, agents fee, appearance fee etc which can help. If not then change your budget to increase your wage bill, that way you can offer players more money, but obviously have less for transfers.
I was considering starting a new save as a Welsh Premier League team, and this thread has got me in the mood for it. I'm torn between Bangor, TNS, Neath, and Carmarthen. You've done a great job with Carmarthen. Are you still playing this save?
Out of those teams Carmarthen would be the hardest as they aren't as good as the others who i think are all in europe at the start. However, they have less expectation so it's easier as you build a team. It's not hard to pick up a few good players and be challenging for the title. You should definitly pick Carmarthen
I know this is a stupid reason to choose a certain team, but I like the screen colours when playing as Carmarthen. I have to stare at that screen for hours, and if I don't like the look of it due to a terrible combination of colours, I get bored with the save quickly. Strange I know...
You've done some great things with Carmarthen, and I hope I can do half of what you've done. I'm going to make some kits before I start the save though.
Tried starting up this save again but the game has just become crazily slow so ill think ill just call it a day and maybe try next year.
Shame to see this come to an end. You were surely not far off winning the Champions League. Great career though, very enjoyable to follow
Champions League
Group Stage
CSKA (A): 0-2. We dominated the game and goals from Eder and Elliot in the 2nd half gave us the win.
AC Milan (H): 1-0. Controlled the match but it was a 2nd half penalty from Eder that gave us the win.
Sporting (A): 1-0. Poor performance from us, never really looked like threatening and there were no stand out performances, Sporting got the winner towards the end.
It took me 3 hours to do the 2 months in which these games are played so updates and progress is going to be very slow as this isnt my only save at the moment.
I've had the urge to come back to this recently and downloaded FMRTE to try and solve my speed problems. Ive got rid of around 50,000 players of low CA/PA so i hope that this speeds up the game so i can carry on. Ill let you know how i get on.
Solid start in Europe .
Group Stage
Sporting (H): 2-0. After a poor first half, Zorica popped up to score 2 goals in the second to give us an important 3 points.
CSKA Moscow (H): 2-0. Dominated the match, Paolacci put us ahead early on before Elliot scored a 2nd early in the 2nd half. With this win we have qualified in 1st place.
AC Milan (A): 0-3. Paolacci scored twice in the first half to put us ahead whilst Petrovic scored in the 2nd half to give us a great win in our final group game.
A straightforward group for us to send us to the knockout rounds, was shocked to see that AC Milan didnt qualify.
I'm about to start a save with the same team as you, after about 30 seasons is it possible to get top players from the premier league to sign for you?
Good Luck in your save
Nice job in the cup
Excellent start to the CL campaign,Good luck in the knockout stages.
Excellent group performance.
First Knockout Round
PSG (A): 0-1. Dominated the game but it looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw until we got a penalty in the 95th minute and Gaccione slotted it home to grab an important away goal. The funny thing is Gaccione is leaving on a free transfer at the end of the season, to PSG.
PSG (H): 3-0. Gaccione put us ahead in a first half we dominated. PSG then had a man sent off with around 20 minutes left which allowed Rodriguez to come off the bench to grab a goal, Zorica then rounded the game off with a 3rd.
Quarter Final
In the QF's I was drawn against the team who came 2nd in our group, I knew they were dangerous as they did manage to beat us 1-0 when we visited them back then.
Sporting (H): 2-1. We took an early lead through Zorica but a defensive mistake allowed Sporting to equalise against the run of play. After this Sporting came into the game but Elliot scored in the 2nd half to give us the win.
Sporting (A): 1-2. The first half was pretty even with Sporting taking the lead after an own goal. After a poor start to the second half I bought on Paolacci from the bench and he repaid me with 2 goals, in between which Sporting had a striker sent off.
Congrats on getting through to the semi-finals,hope this season can be your season!
Semis of the CL Congrats!
Semi Final
Arsenal (A): 3-0. Suicide. We gave away 2 penalties in the first half with Elliot and Djira the people giving them away, getting booked and as a result missing the next match. We continued to be ill disciplined in the 2nd half, I pushed forwards slightly in search of an away goal which was needed for hope in the 2nd leg but we conceded another which virtually ended hope of making the final.
Arsenal (H): 2-1. Went for a more attacking 4-3-3 formation this time in an all out effort to win but any lingering hopes were dashed when Arsenal scored from a 2nd minute corner. They failed to register a shot after that and had we taken our chances we might have got the 5 goals we needed, instead we got just the 2. The icing on the cake was having a man sent off in the final few minutes.
Bit annoyed to go out like i did but on reflection this is the 2nd season in a row we've made the semis so hopefully we can make it 3rd time lucky next year!
I think you can go for it next time.
Carmarthen 2034/35
Predicted: 1st
Finished: 1st
We won the first 22 games of the season until the league split and had already qualified for the EURO Cup. Bangor City were in a clear 2nd with Port Talbot just about in 3rd.
In the end we finished with a perfect season, winning every match with relative ease. Bangor City took 2nd place and the other Champions League spot. Port Talbot took the best EURO Cup position whilst Neath and Llanelli took the other. One of the biggest shocks this season was TNS coming in the bottom 6, the first time theyve failed to be top 3 in 18 years.
League Table
Welsh Cup
Loosemores Cup
Made it to the semi finals once more by lost 4-2 to Arsenal.
Leandro Archubi GK: Signed initially as a backup keeper for £200k but it turns out he wasnt needed, will be shipping him off whenever I can.
Fritz Bonmeier ST AMR: 19 year old with great all round ability signed for free. Only played league games but done well for his first season, I see him more as a winger than a striker.
Mohammed Emman GK: Signed for £3million which is probably a bit too much for a backup keeper but he had to play and fill in for the first 2 months of the season when first choice GK was out and he done so competently.
Rafael ST AMC: 21 year old Barca reject signed for free, not sure how to play this guy yet, played mostly as an AMC from the bench but he didnt really do well there. Will try to loan him out next year as I cant really find room for him in the team. Labelled the next Llorente.
Im losing Gaccione and Zorica on free transfers as I couldnt get them to sign new deals, I could have sold them in January but I wanted to keep them for the Champions league run at the end of the season. Salginoglus contract was also coming to end but I sold him in January he wasnt a European starter.
We have a new minor sponsorship, it was previously worth 25k per year but its now 18k per year for 4 years.
Our finances in general remain secure with around £18million in the bank, our training facilities have just been upgraded to the max with our youth already been done.
Ive also had the news at the end of the season that my chairman is thinking about selling the club, although nothing has come of that as of yet.
The National team made it into the top 100 earlier in the season but currently sit ranked 114th. After 3 games of Euro qualification, they are bottom with just the 1 point. They narrowly missed out on winning the 4 Nations, losing on goal difference to Ireland.
TNS lost 5-2 in the 2nd Q round of the Euro Cup.
Neath went out in the 3rd Q round to Club Brugges.
Bangor City went out the Champions league Champions playoff to Rapid Wien and lost in the Euro Cup 4th Q round to Trabzonspor.
Port Talbot went out in the 4th Q round of the Euro Cup to Braga.
The WPL has moved up 5 places to 11th in Europe, 1 place off 3 ½ stars. Carmarthen moved up 1 places to 4th best team in Europe. Qualification places stay the same.
Welsh young player of the year: Martyn Jones (Carmarthen)
Welsh footballer of the year: Toby Button (Bangor City)
WPL Player of the year:Grant Elliot (Carmarthen)
WPL Young Player of the year: Jaime Fowler (Carmarthen)
Manager of the year: Me
Team of the year
I've been taken over by a guy called Fernando, he's put £19million straight into the club so our finances now sit at £40million which is great for us. However he has said he wants to appoint a new manager, i just hope he doesnt sack me!
I'd be amazed if he did.
I don't think you are that far away from a final spot as for the domestic side of things,just the normal for you now
Ignore this, problem solved!
I assume you're still managing then?
The Welsh job has become available again after the team finished bottom of the EURO qualification group. I applied for the job and got it so im now in my 2nd stint as Wales manager.
They are currently ranked 85th which is the highest in years but i expect them to go down when the next updated. We've got a pretty tough group for World Cup qualifying so im not expecting to make it to the tournament although i do feel as though the quality in the team is better than the last time i was here.
I have a couple of friendlies next month so i'll update the National team once those are over.
Group Stage
Zenit (A): 1-3. Both sides scored a goal in the first 3 minutes and the half remained even throughout. We were able to take the lead straight after half time and eventually put the game to bed with a 3rd late on, with Elliot bagging his 2nd goal.
Inter (H): 3-0. Paolacci put us ahead in the first half where we were 2nd best. Elliot then doubled the lead in the second half before Ferreras scored a 3rd in injury time.
APOEL (A): 0-3. After a poor first half Elliot scored a brace and Hughes a late goal to give us the 3 points.
Nice! Congrats on the Welsh job


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What is an adjective that describes something very visually crowded or busy? Cacophonous is perfect, but it describes sound.
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Depending on your specific situation, I think chaos, confusion, turmoil, and tumult all have the chance to do nicely. However, I also like the potential for metaphor here; if you can use it in this context, why not just use cacophony or visual cacophony? We even use loud in English to describe brightly colored things; sound can be used to express a visual experience so intense that it seems to bleed into the other senses.
Perhaps one could describe the thing as "cluttered":
For example, "The table top was cluttered with an endless amount of items"
There also the other examples of croweded, messy, littered, dishevel, scrambled(like scrambled egg), and my personal favourite, topsy-turvy
(Definition courtesy of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Yiddish has the wonderful word ungapatchka, which means overdone, garish, distastefully ornate, or over-the-top; I think it's exactly what you're looking for. Too bad it doesn't have the currency in English that some other Yiddish words do.
"Garish" is not a bad English word for this, come to think of it!
Garish is the closest I can think of.
Cacography describes bad handwriting or scribbling. You could help reenforce cacovisual as a new word. It was coined elsewhere but only has two English references on the web according to Google.
You might describe it as assaulting (one's senses), or a visual train-wreck.
Some related words and phrases are groteque and eye sore.
You asked for a single word, but your own "visual cacophony" hits the nail squarely on the head. I can visualise that dischordant mess immediately!
Down south, we say "gaudy", and although this tends to be a term of disparagement used against presumptuous decor and attire it is often extended to other situations, as well.
"The colors they used in that mall architecture were just gaudy; i can't look at the place for longer than two minutes, and it give me a headache."
Perhaps the noun form of spattering, which means to have many distinct elements spread chaotically over a surface, e.g. a spattering of paint on a canvas.
Cornucopia may suit if it's a positive abundance of things. Although not what you are looking for I expect!
Cornucopia is a noun though (as is cacophony)
Be careful with the word tumult — that describes noise as well!
A "visual tumult" doesn't sound as good as a "visual cacophony". Depending on the situation, we could use a number of terms. I'd go with "a riot of (something)", be it colour or whatever the visual focus is that is so cacophonous.


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Flexible and functional, a silicone strap holds this Russian Diver together. In black or grey with the black case or blue, purple or orange with the silver-tone case, the strap adds an exciting splash of color. Secured with a buckle and two keepers, the strap boasts two barrel accents on each side near the case. Fitting a wrist up to approximately 9-1/2", the strap shows the Invicta name and logo on the end while "Invicta Contour Technology" joins them on the back. A timepiece to fit your eclectic style, this Invicta Russian Diver is not to be missed!Dial Art Choices:
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Analog-Digital Display (ana-digi): Watch that shows the time by means of hour and minute hands (analog display) as well as by numbers (digital display).
Arabic Numerals: Popular counterpart to Roman numerals consisting of 1,2,3, etc; Became popular during the 18th century and typically allow for more space on the dial for complications.
ATM: Commonly used measurement in water resistance; Stands for "atmospheres" or the amount of pressure a watch can withstand before leaking; One atmosphere is equal to 10 meters of water pressure.
Automatic Movement: Type of movement where the mainspring is wound via the movement of one's own arm; Movement of the arm causes the rotor to rotate, which in turn winds the mainspring; Similar to mechanical movements, except winding is not manual.
Bezel: Retaining ring surrounding the case and securing the crystal; Sometimes incorporates unidirectional or ratcheting movements, as well as additional benefits such as chapter markers.
Case: Timepiece's container; Protects the movement from dust, dampness and injury; Common case shapes are round, tonneau, rectangular and square.
Chronograph: Timepiece capable of both timekeeping and stopwatch functions; Chronographs are a unique and valued complication due to their ability to measure increments of time.
Chronometer: High-precision timepiece that has been tested and is certified to meet precision standards; Chronometer watches often come with certificates indicating their certified status.
Complication: Any feature added to the timepiece that does not indicate hours, minutes or seconds. Popular complications include chronographs, tachymeters, date windows and exhibition backs.
Crown: Small, cap-like device located on the side of a case that allows the user to set time or manually wind watch.
Crystal: Transparent cover on a watch face that gives view of the dial; Sapphire and mineral are the most common crystals used today.
Date Window: Reveals the numeric day of a given month.
Deployant: Type of clasp that keeps the closing mechanism hidden, creating an uninterrupted look for your bracelet or strap.
Dial: Plate beneath the crystal showcasing the timepiece's features; Sometimes referred to as the face of a timepiece, the dial indicates hours, minutes and seconds, as well as complications such as date windows and sub-dials.
Dual Deployant: Similar to a deployant clasp, except it uses two hinges to fasten or open, as opposed to one.
Dual Time Zone: Timepiece that simultaneously gives time in two time zones.
Exhibition case: Unique complication wherein a crystal is implemented into the case back, allowing view of the timepiece's movement.
Greenwich Mean Time: Refers to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England where mean time is kept; Located at the prime meridian of the world, GMT is thought of as "the world's time".
Jewels: International term referring to the rubies, sapphires or other gemstones used as bearings in a watch movement; These bearings are set to reduce friction in a movement and help the delicate parts of the movement work smoothly and with great precision.
Mechanical Movement: Type of movement where the winding crown is used to power the movement; Needs to be manually wound after an elapsed period of time; Sometimes accompanied by a exhibition back to display its old-fashioned sensibilities.
Mineral Crystal: Technical term for glass; Standard crystal used in timepieces today.
Minute Repeater: Timepiece that sounds hours, quarters and minutes as requested.
Moon Phase: Complication on a timepiece that displays the various stages of the moon; Stages include new moon, first quarter, full moon and last quarter.
Mother-of-Pearl: Dial material that has been cultivated from the inside of certain shells; Provides an iridescent surface and gives timepieces a rich aesthetic.
Movement: Assembly making up the principal elements and mechanisms of a watch or clock; Includes the winding and setting mechanism, the mainspring, the train, the escapement and the regulating elements.
Perpetual Calendar: Complication that exhibits the days in a Gregorian calendar, the most common calendar used today; Automatically adjusts to months with different amounts of days in them.
Power Reserve: Time a watch will continue running based on the movement's residual winding of its mainspring; In quartz and digital watches, this can also refer to the amount of energy left in the battery.
Push Button Dual Deployant: Similar to deployant clasps, with the addition of two small hidden push buttons that spring your clasp open.
Quartz Movement: Most common type of movement used in modern timepieces; Vibrating at a high frequency and placed under an electric current, quartz movements provide accurate time without the need to wind.
Repeater: Complex watch mechanism that sounds hours, quarters or minutes, or repeats them on request; Originally designed to help the wearer to tell the time in the dark.
Retrograde: Hour, minute, second or calendar hand that moves across a scale and resets to zero at the end of its cycle.
Sapphire Crystal: High-end crystal that adds greater value to a timepiece; The only natural substance able to harm a sapphire crystal is a diamond.
Skeletonization: Cutting away unnecessary metal from the movement to allow the wearer to actually see through the movement; Any part that is not needed is carved out, leaving only the movement's skeleton.
Subdial: Smaller dials located on the main dial of a timepiece; Used to measure seconds, minutes or days.
Tachymeter: Popular complication that measures distance based on speed; Typically located along the outer rim of a dial.
Water resistant: Watches described as simply "water resistant" can handle light moisture, such as a rainstorm or splashes from a sink, but they should not be completely submerged in water for any length of time; A commonly used measurement in water resistance is ATM, which stands for "atmospheres" or the amount of pressure a watch can withstand before leaking. About Rubber:
Originally harvested by the Aztecs and Mayans thousands of years ago, natural rubber comes from the sap of wild rubber trees native to Central and South America. It is collected manually by tapping, or cutting into their bark, to free the white sap known as latex. The latex is then shipped to factories where machines make it into everyday products. Highly valued for being waterproof, polyurethane rubber is an exceptionally strong form that conveniently absorbs color. It withstands abrasive environmental forces and is UV resistant, thus making it ideal for watches that will see a variety of surroundings.
Warranty: This timepiece comes with a one-year Invicta warranty. Evine customers have an option to extend warranty to five years for free (representing a $65 savings).
To activate extended warranty, register on Invicta's website (see URL) or complete and mail the included application to Invicta with a copy of your invoice. Registration must be completed within 30 days of invoice date for extended warranty to take effect. Offer to extend warranty is null after 30-day period from when invoice date expires.
Under either warranty, if your watch requires warranty service, include a copy of your original Evine invoice with your returned item. Product owner is responsible for shipping and handling to and from Invicta, a $28 flat rate charge.
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I would use a POST, since it makes serious changes to the state of the server (even if not saved into the database). Though that's more a HTTP rule than REST.
This article at InfoQ has helped with my understanding of REST. Paraphrasing from the Use standard methods section:
According to IBM DeveloperWorks though:
Based on these definitions, if you plan to continually update some kind of access token to indicate that a user is still logged in, use POST to create it, then PUT to update it on subsequent requests.
Also, from the Communicate statelessly section:
Given that, it seems like we shouldn't be creating any server state to track what users are logged in; rather we should perhaps be using HTTP Authentication.
Here's another good question related to the issue of authentication for REST services.


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Temple City Cinemas
9021 Las Tunas Drive,
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This theater is located at 9021 Las Tunas Drive in the city of Temple City, and that is on the northeast corner of Rosemead Boulevard. This is the location where the original Temple Theatre, named after Mr. Temple, was located until 1982 when it was demolished and Edwards Cinemas chain built this theatre as a replacement in 1983.
The former theater on the site was a single screen, this one has four screens, with plenty of parking. It was later taken over and remodeled by the Regency chain in 2004, but was closed by 2006 and was demolished in May 2006. The Piazza Temple City was built on the site.
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I saw a demoliton crew tearing down the Regeny Temple Cinema today. Anyone know what stores they are building there next?? 5/17/06
Whoops! I meant Regency
My apologies the original theater was torn down in 1982…
I've been taking pictures of the demolition…
It will be replaced by Piazza Las Tunas. Specific stores have not been named…
I loved this place!!
I hung out here alot with friends when we were 15 (1985)
We would get our money together, get 1 person in, open the exit, put a lighter to keep the first door open, and open it for us outside, then we would rush in and find a seat, they had an alarm up front so it was usually a 50/50 chance depending how quick we were or them.
I liked this place alot, they didnt kick us out, we would watch a film, sit on the stairs, talk and smoke and make way for people going up and down the stairs to the bathroom and arcade, then see another movie, we could be there from open till close. For being bad 15 year old kids, they were always oblivious to us.
The movies that stand out here seeing was Return Of The Living Dead, The Goonies, Gremlins, Break Dancing.
I was 15 in '85 too! I loved to hang there and watch movies and play Elevator Action and Sinistar in the arcade!
Theatre info needs updated to Closed/Demolished. The original S. Charles Lee-designed Temple Theatre that James Edwards had built on this corner in 1940 lasted more than forty years, but this four screen theatre he built to replace it in the early 1980s survived only half as long. Temple City is now without a local theatre.
…replaced with http://piazzatemplecity.com/
I saw "Rebel Without A Cause" when it was first running back in 1955 at this theater. I was in 3rd grade…what were my parents thinking? I also saw the film "Tarantula" there! Not quite the classic that Rebel was! It was a grand old theater! I lived on Live Oak next to the dry river wash and was attending school on the San Gabriel side of the river.
Here is the Edwards theater in 1984:
Chuck: That picture does depict the earlier Temple Theatre in Temple City. There is a Cinema Treasures page for it, but over a year ago, they moved the page, mistakenly placing the Temple among the theaters located in the City of Alhambra. This was probably due to some confusing comments full of errors at the top of its page.
I've commented a couple of times on the page, pointing out the mistake, and e-mailed them about it, but the page remains over here. I'm actually thinking about re-submitting the Temple as a new addition to the database, as that might be the only way to get their attention.
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6 Things Social Networking Sites Need to Stop Doing
#3. Removing Your Ability to Say "No"
Hey, remember last year when Google Buzz enabled itself on every Gmail account and decided who you should follow, causing a huge Internet shitstorm? Fun times. Maybe not so fun for the woman whose information Buzz made available to her abusive ex-husband, though. Or for Google, which had to do some serious damage control after this fiasco. Or for everyone in the world who had to put up with every existing news outlet everywhere doing "Bad Buzz" puns.
But fun times still.
And hey, at least Buzz didn't email burglars with a list of your fears. Like MySpace.
A few years earlier, Facebook had done something similar when it unveiled Beacon, an advertising system that allowed external websites to show Facebook user activity without the user's consent. So, for example, if you bought The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio from Blockbuster.com (one of the partner websites), that information could be posted to your wall, for all to see and you would find out only when your grandma disowned you (she freaking hates Pinocchio).
Like Google, Facebook apologized profusely and ended up scrapping the whole system, but it didn't change its "users shouldn't be able to say no" philosophy -- it just found more subtle ways to implement it. For example, Facebook recently decided to replace the "Ignore" button with a much nicer one that says "Not now." This essentially lets you put someone's friend request on hold without having to look at his stupid face every time you log in. Because Facebook is dedicated to doing everything possible to make you forget you're an awful person.
"Now I can get back to ignoring Todd until one of us dies."
In case you're wondering what happened to the "No" option -- well, uh, there isn't one anymore. At least not right away. You have to go looking for it. Before, if you clicked "Ignore" on a friend request, the other person would simply go away. But with the new system, when you click "Not now," the other person can see your public wall posts in his timeline. He's gained limited access to your account simply by sending a request. So when you decline that person's request, you're still kind of saying, "What the hell, let 'em stalk me." To permanently delete a request, you have to go into your Friends list, click on "Find friends" and go through all the hidden requests there.
Or, there's a faster way: When you click "Not now," Facebook will ask whether you know that person...
She does look vaguely familiar.
If you click that, Facebook will let you block that person from making any more requests. It seems that Facebook assumes there are only two options in life: knowing someone and being his bestest friend forever, or not knowing him at all and having no desire to ever interact with him.
We'd try it ourselves, but Cracked's arch-enemy has been dead for some years.
#2. Following You Around the Internet (Whether You Want Them to or Not)
Let's try something: Log into Facebook, then go to the front page of any website that has one of Facebook's "Like" boxes (here's one). Now look at those "People who like this" pictures -- chances are, you'll see some of your friends there. How is that possible? There are 600 million Facebook users and you have, what, a measly 130 people in your friends list?
That may be generous.
Well, it's like this: When you sign up for Facebook, it gives you a cookie that remains active in your system even when you leave Facebook's website. This means it's able to follow your activity through any site that has a "Like" box, anywhere on the Web.
The creepy part: It does this with non-users, too.
When you go into a website that has Facebook integration, Facebook will create a tracking cookie even if you're not a Facebook user. A researcher for a Dutch university found out that Facebook uses these cookies to store the online activity of people who never registered on the site, and if they should join later on, that information is integrated into their new accounts. This means Facebook follows you even when you're logged out, as long as you visit sites that have "Like" boxes or Facebook Connect.
Suddenly we're very glad they don't allow porn sites.
But there's an even more effective way for social networks to collect your info: your stupid friends. All it takes is having exchanged a few emails with one careless idiot years ago to be in someone's database. Most social sites have a "Find your friends" option that asks users for access to their email/instant messaging contact lists to find out whether anyone they know is already registered on the site. Twitter shows you this screen right after you sign up:
But even if you're not on Twitter, it will still have access to your name, your email address and whatever information your friend's contact list has about you, which it will save in case you should register later. At least Twitter asks before doing anything, some dubious sites, like Badoo, Imeem and Lockerz, automatically raid the email account of anyone foolish enough to give them a password, spamming every address they can find with fake invitations.
Getting back to Facebook (because it's been like two paragraphs since we mentioned it), it does something similar with phones: Users who activate Facebook Mobile are letting FB copy their entire contact list, including non-users. It also lets people tag you in pictures using your email address and name, so that, you know, you have a few photos of yourself in there when you inevitably sign up. This actually got Facebook in trouble with the German authorities, who launched a court case against the company for illegally accessing and storing the data of millions of people.
The fact that most of those people were "totally boring" didn't count as a mitigating factor.
Of course, when it comes to stalking people online, Google probably still takes the prize. Even if you don't have a Google account, it still tracks your activity when you're using its search engine or when you're visiting a site that displays its ads -- that means over 1 million websites. Think this is outrageous? The Federal Trades Commission does, too, which is why Google recently added a "permanent opt-out feature" for Chrome. Firefox is working on something similar, but the only thing its feature does is let websites know you don't want to be tracked, which should be as effective as going out at night with a "PLEASE DO NOT MUG" sign hanging from your neck.
#1. Making It Ridiculously Hard to Delete Anything
Let's say you've had enough of these shenanigans and you decide to quit social networks altogether. Sounds simple, right? After all, it took you only a few minutes to sign up, so how much longer could it take to do the opposite? Well, it turns out that quitting some websites is harder than quitting crack -- and that's the way they like it.
On the plus side, crack dealers rarely ask for your cell phone number.
For example, deleted Hotmail or Windows Live accounts are kept in their servers for 270 days -- that's nine months. And if you accidentally log into your account within those nine months, the account is reactivated, and you have to start over again. The idea is to help former users who suddenly regret ditching their email accounts ... almost a year later.
Facebook keeps deleted accounts for only two weeks, but it makes sure that even getting to that stage is ridiculously complicated. If you search in your account settings, you'll see an option to "deactivate" your profile. Click on that, and Facebook will show you images of your friends and you saying "[name] will miss you."
Let's say you somehow make it past all the emotional blackmail and deactivate your account. Guess what? "Deactivating" isn't the same as deleting: All your information is still stored by Facebook indefinitely, and people can continue to tag you in pictures and send you invitations. The REAL delete button isn't in your settings at all -- it's hidden in a place that isn't so easily accessible. To reach it, you have to follow a needlessly complicated series of steps.
Even then, you're not out of the woods. As we mentioned, you have to wait two weeks for your profile to be erased permanently, but if you interact with Facebook in any way during those 14 days (including "Like" boxes and Facebook Connect), the account cancellation will be aborted. Let's say you use Facebook Connect on a website and you set it up to log you in automatically. As soon as you navigate into that website, Facebook will assume you regretted your decision and will reactivate your account.
"It's OK. We forgive you."
Plus, Facebook pictures are also notoriously hard to delete. Try this: Upload a picture to Facebook and then copy the image's URL (that's the long address ending in .jpg). Now delete the image from your profile and paste the URL to your browser's address bar. The picture will still be there. If you check back in a month, chances are it still won't be gone.
A study by Cambridge University found out that out of 16 social networks, seven take longer than a month to delete your images. Think of the implications: Let's say an embarrassing picture somehow finds its way into your profile, possibly due to circumstances involving alcohol consumption. The next morning you rush to delete the picture, but if even one of your friends saw it and copied the URL, he'd be able to access, download and propagate the image for the next month.
Facebook admits that deleted content "may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time" adding that it "will not be available to others," but that's bullshit -- try that URL from before in a different computer, and it will still work. By contrast, sites such as Flickr and Twitter delete images instantly. And speaking of Twitter, it doesn't store your deleted tweets for any amount of time -- but the Library of Congress does. For, you know, posterity. It keeps a record of "ALL public tweets, ever, since March 2006," in case future generations wonder what Snooki was having for lunch on Dec. 23, 2010.
Tequila. She had tequila.
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(January 25, 2013)--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates the economic impact of protecting habitats of four endangered salamander species in Bell, Williamson and Travis Counties will be about $29 million over 23 years.
The agency, which oversees care of endangered species, said in a report released Thursday the costs associated with protecting about 6,000 acres in the three counties are largely administrative and said it does not foresee impacts to water management activities, utility projects, mining or livestock grazing.
When the agency recommends listing species as endangered, it also limits activity in areas considered to be critical habitat.
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June 09, 2010
The Flying Dutchman flies again at Cape Point
The Flying Dutchman at Cape Point. Photo: Ingrid Sinclair
On Tuesday, June 8, Cape Point Partnership – consisting of Thebe Tourism Group, Tolcon Group and South African National Parks (SANParks) – unveiled a new and improved Flying Dutchman funicular at Cape Point. Named after the legendary ghost ship that is said to haunt our shores, this incarnation of that ill-fated 17th-century vessel has none of the bad luck but all of the adventurous spirit of its namesake.
The funicular, which was upgraded with a new body, a new computer system, new batteries and a state-of-the-art solar-powered system at a cost of R6-million, now boasts bigger windows, new seats and safer brakes. It still transports visitors from the car park up a steep slope to just below the lighthouse. It is more environmentally friendly and much quieter.
Members of the media, tour operators, SANParks representatives and key delegates from Thebe Tourism Group and Tolcon absorbed the views and feasted on a champagne breakfast at Cape Point's 200-seater Two Oceans Restaurant, while enjoying the sounds of the restaurant's staff choir. The choir, all of whom wore their Bafana Bafana shirts, had written their own songs for the day and each song dealt with an aspect of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, which kicks off tomorrow.
Speaking at the launch, SANParks Head of Communications Wanda Mkutshulwa praised the work that the Cape Point Partnership has done since 2003. "We appreciate the good work that is done here," she said. "Most key for us is reputation-building, so thank you very much. We look forward to many more years working together."
She further encouraged the partnership by pointing out that their ventures – which draw and continue to impress many tourists – are "paying for [South Africa's] biodiversity", important work considering SANParks' large portfolio of 19 parks, not all of which are profitable.
Mkutshulwa also observed that "the new Flying Dutchman is looking much sexier than the old one!"
Head of the Department for Economic Development and Tourism in the Western Cape, Solly Fourie, also spoke about the economic value of corporate partnerships that see "tourism as an [economic] strategy for the province" and emphasised the role that the False Bay coastline has to play in this strategy.
The Two Oceans Restaurant's newly covered patio with an unbeatable view. Photo courtesy Ingrid Sinclair
After breakfast, the attendees watched as the new Flying Dutchman was wetted with JC Le Roux sparkling wine, and then it was off for a trip to the top. The funicular comfortably carries 30 passengers every three minutes in each direction. At the summit, Cape Town's Masiphumelele High School choir performed traditional songs and entertained the captivated audience despite chilly conditions.
The new funicular is one of many improvements to this area of the Table Mountain National Park, which include a bigger parking area, an upgrade of the information area, three curio shops, an awning over the restaurant's patio (making it more comfortable during winter months) and an overall improvement of other facilities.
Pointing out that the legend of the Flying Dutchman had been immortalised in paintings and in Richard Wagner's opera of the same name, Head of Thebe Tourism Inbound Heather Gutierrez was proud to announce that "the Flying Dutchman flies once more". Gutierrez also reiterated Cape Point Partnership's continued support of SANParks' environmental initiatives and sustainability drives.
Cape Point Partnership Managing Director Judy van Es enthused about the proudly South African Cape Point facilities. "We're very excited to showcase this natural jewel of South Africa, and this is such an exhilarating time for the country. This does not qualify as work," she joked. "It is a blessing to be part of a World Heritage Site such as this one."
"We are providing skills for local people and we are proud to be representing South Africa. This is an environment that has so much to offer, in such a powerful province, it's pristine – it's magic."
The legend
(Information kindly provided by Cape Point Partnership)
The Flying Dutchman is the name of a ghostly galleon that supposedly sailed in Cape waters during the mid-17th century, under the captaincy of Dutchman Hendrik van der Decken. On a fateful trip around Cape Point, the Flying Dutchman encountered very heavy weather; the ship's sails were soon shredded by the wind, and her decks pounded by enormous Cape rollers.
Legend has it that Van der Decken's crew begged the captain to turn around and seek shelter from the tempest, but he refused, and, lashing himself to the ship's wheel, vowed to round Cape Point, even if it took him until Doomsday!
Van der Decken did, indeed, round Cape Point that night, but he and his crew were subsequently doomed to sail these waters forever more.
Over the past three-and-a-half centuries a ghostly sailing ship, that glows red in the night, has been sighted by a number of mariners.
Those who have seen her say she lets down row-boats that approach with ghostly men aboard, desperately seeking a Good Samaritan to take letters from them back home, where they haven't been for more than three centuries. But those who entertain these approaches are doomed…
Visit www.capepoint.co.za for more on Cape Point.
The Flying Dutchman departs from the top station. Photo courtesy Cape Point Partnership
The view from the top. Photo Ingrid Sinclair


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Well, Giuseppe has to pay the bills. Did you hear he just learned QuickBooks? What a guy.
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