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How can I disable Amazon search results in the Unity dash?
Click on the Ubuntu button, search for "Privacy" and then turn off "Include online results" :
You can also remove it entirely by clicking on this button, then the orange "Available on the Ubuntu Software Center" button and selecting uninstall:
or via the command line
You then need to log out and back in.
Another option would be to move the lens entirely out of the home dash and make it a standalone lens:
If you don't want online shopping results in your dash but there are times when you want to search the Internet from your queries (for example, while using the Askubuntu scope to the help lens), you may not wish to disable the "Include online search results" item. In that case you may wish to remove particular sources.
For Ubuntu 13.04 and Earlier
Home Lens
For the new dash home lens (default) queries that are forwarded through Canonical to Amazon uninstall unity-lens-shopping.
Either click on the bag icons above and click the
Or, launch Ubuntu Software Center, click Installed, expand Themes & Tweak, and scroll to the its end. You'll see Shopping lens for unity there (along with a lot of complaints).
Video Lens
For the already existing video lens lookup you can choose the source of searches by using the "Filter Results" item on the top right, and then selecting the sources you want by using the Sources drop down. Alternatively you can uninstall unity-scope-video-remote.
Either click on the bag icons above and click the
Music Lens
As in existing releases, online shopping for music in 12.10 can also go to the Ubuntu One Music Store. To remove that feature click on the bag button for unity-scope-musicstores and click on the
or enter the following command in a terminal:
For Ubuntu 13.10 and Later
(From http://www.webupd8.org/2013/10/how-to-disable-amazon-shopping.html)
Go to the Dash by Pressing the Super-A key combination. For PC hardware the Super key may be the one that has the somewhat familiar computer company logo on it.
Click on "Filter" on the upper right of the dash, and then on "Type" right below. Then click on Dash Plugins to display them.
By clicking on the plugins of interest on the left you can get a summary of each plugin, including the Amazon one. You can disable or enable them individually with the button that appears below the summary.
For enhanced privacy the source for this answer suggests the following list for consideration.
I would add the Ubuntu One Music Store, and Remote Videos as well.
There may be other plugins you don't care for as well, particularly since there are now a great number of scopes and many may forward your interests to sites you haven't vetted.
unity-lens-applications must be installed for this approach to work.
Usually when you bring up the dash you start with the Home lens. You can adjust what is searched by altering the Filter settings on the upper right of the dash before you starting type your search term.
This has changed from previous versions where all you had to do was
However that does not work with 13.10 (and presumably later versions when they are released).
Ubuntu 13.10 does not have the shopping lens any more but now has Smart Scopes instead.
To disable a dash plug-in, From the dash select filter results then "Dash plugins"
To disable a plugin, click on it and then click the "Disable" button. You can re-enable it later if you want.
You can also disable all these plugins from the command line with
Source here:How To Disable Amazon / Shopping Suggestions And Other Unity Scopes In Ubuntu 13.10
This stops the scope running but does not remove it from the dash
If you want to do this first unlock it from the launcher by right clicking it and selecting "unlock from launcher".
You will still be able to search for it in the dash but you can remove it from there too.
You need to run nautilus as root to do this See my answer to this question Why is gksu no longer installed by default in 13.04? for instructions on installing gksu or a workaround to run GUI apps as root.
You can now run the file manager with
Naviigate to
Finally reboot and its gone for good.
With Privacy Indicator you can quickly enable or disable online results:
In addition to the other answers, you can also redirect the queries to another location by changing the URL it uses for the product search:
And then restart your session.
I am not sure about the implications of this solutions but after removing shopping lens from Ubuntu 13.10 and higher (presumably)
and disabling the scopes
as well as disabling remote search (this way your searches won't be sent to some remote location)
you can also manually remove the link from dash ( please comment if this is the correct way or there is a better way of doing this )
IF you want to have a Ubuntu LiveCD without Amazon stuff there is a remastering script: http://www.helplinux.ru/wiki/en:kb:make-ubuntu-safe
In 14.04 LTS, I was able to uninstall the Amazon application by:
This command lists all the scope files that can be disabled:
There are some scope files missing in the above command like 'code-manpages.scope', 'grapics-openclipart.scope', 'video-remote.scope', 'video-local.scope', 'help-yelp.scope', 'reference-zotero.scope'
Or use old famous hack with hosts file. In /etc/hosts add following lines
Works in 15.04. If it doesn't help use wireshark to see what host(s) dash trying to access.
From this tutorial, I have run in terminal -
And then-
And after that-
Worked for me :)
You can check Fix Ubuntu:
Here are the steps from the link:
All you need to do is open the GUI of your home folder, go to system and search amazon. You will then see all the amazon files on the computer. They will all have a lock icon on them, so to delete them you must go into your terminal enter sudo su, then enter you password. This makes you Root which will allow you to delete these files. From there you right click each amazon file find the directory they are located in. in terminal once root do cd (copy and paster the directory of the file's you want to delete) once you enter that directory do rm (that file). all the information to do this is in the GUI when you right click each file.


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I need to know the value of the sum of all pixels in a raster. However, in the Statistics section of the Metadata tab in Properties, under Sum of All Cells it always indicates 0.00. I have tried with different raster formats to no avail. What am I doing wrong? How can I get this value?
I understood the question as, How do I get sum of all pixel values of a raster? Something like running Statistics on the attributes of a vector. One can do this easily via programming. I can think of another way to do this via QGIS. It would be inefficient and slightly inaccurate, but it will work.
You could use gdalinfo to get the raster statistics, for example:
This will give you the mean pixel value and the raster size in pixels. You could also get this data from the Properties -> Metadata tab.
Then it's a question of arithmetic: mean value x (height in pixels x width in pixels).
I hope I got you right; I tried to reconstruct your problem with an Raster of mine. The sum of all pixels in a raster is the x-pixels*y-pixels, right? This value you can get in 2 ways: 1)Right click on the actual File(a tiff in my case), the detail window should provide this information 2)Inside the Gis click Raster->Miscellaneous->Information. Select your file->edit->ok. Then you should the the two values, that have to be multiplied. The result is the sum of all pixels in a raster.

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14 Fun Activities for Winter Break
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Rainsticks from Recyclables
When it's too cold and wet to brave the outdoors, set your kids up with an earth-friendly craft activity that will keep them busy and give you peace of mind.
Read the instructions for Rainsticks from Recyclables.
Backyard Weather Stations
Your kids can learn something even on the days when they stay home from school (just don't let them in on it)! This educational outdoor activity will teach your kids about weather and record keeping.
Read the instructions for Backyard Weather Stations.
Board Games
Put your family to the test with the ultimate board-game challenge. Set up a championship and spend the day indoors, competing for prizes.
Take a look at these family favorites for some ideas: Top Ten Classic Board Games.
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Alice 12 Pcs Concave Guitar Picks for $0.79 + free shipping
coupon code: MLCKR15GNL1
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Regular Price: $5.99
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Coupon Code: MLCKR15GNL1
limit 400 users !
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Q: it says "free ground shipping" but then only lets me choose USPS shipping for $9.45?
It worked fine for me...
I just got mine for $0.79 + the free shipping!
@wootsmittywoot: I have dealt w/this before. You need to (1) Make sure your address in your Meritline account is a physical address (no P.O. Boxes) and is (2) your verified address for PayPal or CC. I live in rural MT and do not get home delivery via USPS. My verified address is my PO Box. For Meritline orders, I had to change my address to my actual street address so their system would accept it. When they ship to me, the USPS local PO simply holds my package for me to pick up. Bizarre, I know, but whatever. At least now I get my stuff and no longer have Commodog yelling at me for mistakenly posting that the deal isn't working.
Lemme know if this works for you. -Z
This deal worked great for me Thanks
To get this you have to set up a Merritline account. I set up a credit card on file, and selected free shipping. Total $.79. Way to go!
I got 2- just use different email addresses. Should keep hubby pick happy for a while.
Worked for me! 0.79$ grand total
Worked for me. Awesome! Can't wait to add these to my husband's stocking!
still works!!! Now I have a real reason to lose my picks! Dirt cheap!!!
Got these last year or so when they were here. Worst picks ever.
I tried to get this deal, but it says it's $5.99. What's up? Did they run out already?
Worked for me!
1.) Apply the coupon code in the cart before you select "check out"
2.) Select ground shipping $0.00 on the following screen to dumb the cost down to .79 cents
3.) Agree to terms and check out!
@normamc: Did you see the coupon code, and that you have to log in to use it? I just ordered a set and it worked fine for me.
Sweet! Worked for me, and now I have a little add on gift for my father...I'm thinking of using another e-mail to get another set for a housemate..Great deal for sure!
Absolutely works. Just ordered 4 packs. Had to do it separately each time, but each time got the coupon discount and just clicked ground shipping to get the free shipping.
Doh! After I checked out I saw this text: "By using a Meritline.com newsletter exclusive coupon code you consent to receive additional deals and promotions through our free e-mail newsletter. Thank You." So it looks like we will all be getting spammed, even though we unchecked the "would-you-like-to-get-spammed" checkbox.
@blehmann: I've been subscribed to Meritline for a while, no more than one e-mail a day, with some great deals, and you could alway unsubscribe!
For those having problem with the discount codes, maybe a space was added before the code when you copied and pasted the code.
@blehmann: Yes, because an occasional email from a company you do business with is so horrible. Much worse than the hundreds of emails from companies you've never heard of selling fake Viagra.
In for one. Worked great for me.
Works great. just make sure you change the shipping option mine automatically checked the 2 days shipping option. Thanks Bro in law will like these.
Great deal, getting my son a guitar for Christmas just what I need for his stocking!
@zippy the pinhead: woot woot! lol
quick math:
woot makes 5% (its 3-5% but we'll go with 5 for wow factor) of each sale completed through this deal via shareadeal affiliate network.
1670 people clicked on this deal at time of posting this.
lets say 1200 bought it (meritline coupons are labeled "only 400 available" to make you think you need to make a quick decision before it runs out...but in reality, they let it go till stock runs out sometimes)
so 1200 x $.79 = $948
5% of $948 = $47.40 <---woots cut
not bad for them.
I'll get a $5 off a woot purchase coupon maybe for posting it....hmmm
Coupon Code is used up. I was too late. boo.
I knew this'd be dead when I saw the votes, but I figured I'd try anyways lol..
Just saw comments, dead six hours.. I was THAT close


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I am trying to execute a script when a server becomes available (a bit like when the OS detect the presence of a time capsule device and it starts the backup.) I didn't find a simple way to attach an applescript to an system event. Is there a way?
I am not looking for anything that requires a compiler. I am simply looking at attaching to an OS event (a bit like "Folder Actions" I guess, but for a server.)


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When bringing water to a boil from cold water, what effect does a lid have on the time to boil? Does it increase or decrease the time? How much? Why?
Yes, water does boiler measurably faster with the lid on.
The reason is simple: in order to boil, water must be heated to the boiling point (okay, that was obvious). However, while heat is being introduced at the bottom of the pot, heat is also being lost at the top of the pot, through three means: evaporative cooling, and air convection of heat away from the surface of the water, and radiation from the surface (this last is probably the least significant).
Its like going outside with your hat off--you need to work harder to stay warm, because you are loosing heat faster. Similarly, the flame has to introduce energy to make up for the cooling at the top of the pot.
With the lid on the pot, convective cooling will be substantially curtailed, as cool air will not be able to circulate directly onto the surface of the water to cool it; radiative cooling will be slightly reduced, because heat will have to radiate or convect to the lid, to then radiate from there.
Additionally, with the lid on the pot, the evaporated water cannot diffuse or convect into the room. It will soon reach vapor pressure equilibrium and begin condensing almost as fast as it evaporates, returning much of the latent heat of evaporation as almost as fast as it is lost (it is not a total recovery, because the pot with lid is not air tight).
So the largest of the cooling effects will be curtailed.
The hat is on the pot, as it were :-)
This article at Mind Your Decisions shows actual home experimental measurements. Boiling 16 ounces of water:
You will have to decide if the time difference matters to you. It certainly will cut your electric or gas bill a small amount.
It is the reduced cooling--essentially--insulation like a hat, that is the true effect of the lid.
Water evaporates at the top of the pan, taking some of the heat out of the pan. Putting a lid on reduces the amount of evaporation.
For a similar reason, you should put salt into the water when it's already boiling. Salt increases the density of the water, therefore increasing the boiling point (it starts to boil at a higher temperature).


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Parents, especially women, are watching ABC's Monday night hit "Supernanny" in record numbers. The show about a British nanny teaching American families how to get control of their children has struck a chord. So what techniques does the Supernanny use and why do they work so well?
Every Monday night the Supernanny wheels into a home somewhere in America, and in a short amount of time, completely changes the dynamic of the family.
The Supernanny is actually 34-year-old Jo Frost who's single and has no children. Her expertise comes from 15 years of being a nanny for other people's kids in London. Last year, Frost answered an ad in England for a reality show based on nannying. This year, the American version came to ABC.
In the show, Jo first observes a family doing their daily routine. "Sometimes I think how has it gotten this bad; let's go in and change it as soon as possible."
That's when the Supernanny swoops in and the teaching begins. Families like the Westons are given a household routine. The Supernanny says a consistent schedule is crucial to getting the chaos under control. Parents are also taught how to discipline using the "naughty" spot, a corner, a stool, a mat, or perhaps just an area of the room.
The discipline routine has four steps. After giving a warning to the child about bad behavior, the Supernanny teaches parents to come down to the child's level. Use an authoritative voice, place the child on the naughty spot for one minute per year of age, and when the time is up get the child to apologize.
"Every parent is trying to do the best they can bringing up children at the same time you feel really sorry for the children because they have not had discipline and they've gone wild."
After teaching parents bedtime, meal time and other techniques, the family is left to 'go it alone.' but the Supernanny returns to critique their progress and reinforce the small details that make her methods successful.
When the Supernanny leaves, the family is often overcome with emotion about the transformation she's brought about.
The Supernanny will air Monday night at 9 p.m. on WBKO.
Additional information:
Shared Play Technique
1. Teach child to take turns.
2. Teach child to ask nicely.
3. Supervise from afar.
Good Eater Technique
1. Always set a goal.
2. Count bites with child.
3. Give praise for each bite.


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My only complaint is that her right foot does not point very well, and when she throws it out in a quick extension, the leg looks shortened by the almost flexed foot. It points by the time she gets there, but it started offwrong. In a dancer of her many perfections, it's kind of a drag....
Does Raymonda "usually" do entrechat-quatres to pointe? These are STUNNING, and i don't think I've ever seen them before. I THINK they're usually just changements to pointe.
They are stunning and, at least on Youtube, Novikova made them seem perfectly light and easy.
Watch the 43 year old Irina Kolpakhova execute the same steps.


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LA man fleeing bail bondsman climbs on roof
A shirtless man has finally climbed down from the roof of an East Los Angeles house hours after he fled there to escape a bail bondsman.
The man slowly descended a ladder at about 11:45 a.m. Friday.
Los Angeles County sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker says the bondsman went to the home at around 7 a.m. to take the man into custody after he failed to meet conditions of a $115,000 bail on a burglary warrant.
Parker says the paroled con fled into the attic and then onto the roof, wearing only shorts and socks in drizzly, chilly weather.
Parker says deputies surrounded the home and evacuated neighbors. They set up a ladder and talked to him, offering him warm clothes and food.
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Other than entertainment, is there a real reason to use a screen saver? Does it somehow "save your screen"?
It used to, when screens used to suffer from burn-in. Nowadays they're mainly used for fun, and to lock the computer when you're away from it.
The Apple TV includes a screen saver (photos from the photo album) and periodic changes to the music playing interface to prevent burn-in of plasma TVs.
Burn in
There is a myth out there that LCD displays do not suffer from burn in. This myth is false. I have personally witnessed LCD displays suffer from burn in on multiple occasions.
The big one that comes to mind was a client of ours with a display that need to be visible 24 hours a day. This is a trucking company that needs the display to be visible when drivers would come in to check their assignments, even in the middle of the night. The window manager artifacts from the screen shown in that app soon burned into the screen; it was a matter of just two or three weeks.
But this was an exceptional situation. LCDs are generally less susceptible (though, as I hope I've shown, not immune) to the phenomenon. In most situations, this just isn't an issue.
Power consumption
If you want to save a few bucks, you can use the blank screen option to lower your power use. Just make sure you have it set up right so that the backlight is actually off, and not just obscured with blackened pixels, otherwise you're not really doing anything.
You can set up your computer to lock automatically when the screen saver kicks on. It's not a big deal at home, but in a lot of businesses it's required.
Yes, it used to be a feature to prevent images being "burnt" into CRT screens:
Therefore, providing a moving image worked around this. Now they are really only for entertainment.
I find the screensaver useful for privacy:
When I worked in IT, we would set the screensaver to blank to save power. If you want to do something useful, there are screensavers that can defrag your hard drive or perform scientific calculations for things like Folding@home or SETI@home.
My screensaver is a selection of pictures of my smiling children. They remind me why I'm here working so hard so, yes, there is at least one very good reason for a screensaver.
I don't generally have any purpose for them because I always have my power settings turn off my monitor in 15 minutes. So, there's really no time to enjoy the SS. :)
As others have said, it's to prevent burn in. However, it's not just for CRTs. If you have a computer hooked up to a plasma TV, you'll want to have your screen saver come on early and often.
A screensaver is used to prevent burn-in, or having pixels stay the same color due to being exposed to a particular color too long.
Although, this really is not needed any longer, as most people do not use CRT's anymore.
There's a pretty good description on the Wiki page for screensaver.
Screensavers used to server a "real" purpose by preventing screen-burn, "a permanent disfigurement of areas on a CRT display caused by non-moving text or graphics being displayed continuously for long periods of time". On modern monitors though they don't serve any purpose except entertainment.
Screensavers were primarily useful to prevent burn-in when using a CRT monitor (the big heavy ones). Today, with the popularity of LCD screens, this necessity no longer exists. Today, they are more aesthetic, and serve as a proxy to locking your computer when you're away for too long.
The only compelling reason nowadays is probably that your companies IT policy demands it. Don't laugh I have seen this more than once.
Yes, I use http://community.electricsheep.org/. It impressed my girlfriend.
I find screen savers entertaining and I use it to secure my machine while I am away.
I always turn on "Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver" in the Security Preference Pane.
If you use it as a security measure be sure that you don't get the warning about the display going to sleep before the screen saver activates. If you get this warning the screen won't lock once the display is asleep.
I also set hot corners to activate the screen saver immediately. From my old days running "After Dark" Upper Left to disable the screen saver and upper right to activate it immediately.
Plus, screen savers are fun to write.
Best screensaver is black screen, just set the password lock in your office. If you leave office or home pc for a while, switch off manually the monitor to save power.


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Men's XL Crew Neck Tees - White 5 Pack for $2
may be additional sizes available for in store pick up in your area, but looks like only XL available for shipping, which is free on orders of $49 or more.
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$4 each item shipping, not a great deal really.
Got 5 packs shipped for 8 bucks. Not bad
Looks like the only thing in stock is 3x @ 16.49. Can't even select any others to check in store.
I got 7 packs of XL white for just under $28 bucks shipped. That is a great price for 35 shirts!
You just to click on "extended sizes" then select mens or whatever, and the size and it will let you add them to the cart.
@mazuko: Men's is greyed out, that's my point. All of Men's. The only thing you can click is "Men's Big".


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With the new additions to the OS and the hardware, iPhone apps can now do some serious augmented reality coolness.
What are the instant benefots to the obj c crowd? Are there any frameworks to aid in the creation of AR apps for Obj C devs and if so, can they be easily ported to MT with the btouch project?


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Healthy Eating: Valuable Vitamins
In This Article:
Out of the thirteen vitamins your body needs, four of them are fat-soluble vitamins. These four vitamins are vitamin A, D, E, and K. Fat-soluble vitamins dissolve in fat and are carried throughout your body attached to body chemicals made with fat. This is one important reason you need moderate amounts of fat in your daily diet. The body can store fat-soluble vitamins in its fat stores and in the liver. For this reason, consuming too much of a fat-soluble vitamin, usually in a supplemental form, for a long period of time can be harmful.
Vitamin A
Vitamin A promotes healthy vision (especially night vision), growth and health of cells and tissues, bone growth, and tooth development. Vitamin A also helps protect you from infection by keeping mucous membranes in your mouth, stomach, intestines, respiratory, and urinary tracts healthy. Vitamin A also acts as a powerful antioxidant in the form of beta-carotene.
There are several forms of vitamin A. Retinol is a form that is found in animal foods. It is readily available to the body and is known as preformed vitamin A. Another form of vitamin A is a group called carotenoids, which includes beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is the carotenoid most readily converted by the body to vitamin A. Beta-carotene is found in plant foods that are orange, red, and dark yellow, and in some that are dark green. These forms are known as building blocks or provitamin forms of vitamin A.
Because vitamin A can be stored in the body, very large intakes over an extended period of time can be harmful. This is only true for preformed vitamin A. Vitamin A toxicity is almost always the result of high supplement intake and not from food. Your body converts beta-carotene to vitamin A only when the body needs it, so beta-carotene is not toxic in any amount. A significant deficiency of vitamin A can cause night blindness and other eye problems, dry and scaly skin, reproductive problems, and poor growth. Too much vitamin A (retinol) can lead to headaches, dry and scaly skin, bone and joint pain, liver damage, vomiting, loss of appetite, abnormal bone growth, nerve damage, and birth defects.
When taking a supplement, make sure you are not taking more vitamin A (retinol) than you need for your age range and gender. You will find a breakdown of vitamin A into beta-carotene and retinol on most supplement labels. Even though beta-carotene is not toxic to the body, it is not recommended to take megadoses through supplements. Vitamin A has a UL set at 3,000 micrograms (mcg) or 10,000 IU (international units) per day for adults over eighteen. This is the highest daily recommended intake of vitamin A that is unlikely to pose risks of adverse health effects.
Foods rich in vitamin A (retinol) include beef liver, eggs, milk fortified with vitamin A, other vitamin A-fortified foods, fish oil, margarine, and cheese. Foods rich in vitamin A (beta-carotene) include sweet potatoes, carrots, kale, spinach, apricots, cantaloupe, broccoli, and winter squash.
ALERT! Women who are pregnant should be especially cautious about taking too much vitamin A through supplements. Studies show that some women who take large doses of vitamin A near the time of conception or early in the pregnancy run a much higher than average risk of delivering an infant with birth defects.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D promotes the absorption and use of two minerals: calcium and phosphorus. It helps deposit these two minerals in bones and teeth, making them stronger and healthier. The body can get vitamin D from two sources: food and the sun. This vitamin is known as the "sunshine vitamin" because the body can make vitamin D after sunlight hits the skin. The body's ability to produce vitamin D from sunlight diminishes with age; therefore, requirements increase for older adults.
Not getting enough vitamin D throughout life can cause osteoporosis (or brittle bone disease) later in life. Low levels of vitamin D can also increase the risk of bone softening, known as osteomalacia, in older adults. A deficiency of vitamin D in children can lead to rickets, or defective bone growth. With the vitamin D fortification of milk, the incidence of rickets has been basically wiped out in the United States.
Because vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, it can be toxic in larger doses. Toxicity can lead to kidney stones or damage, weakened muscles and bones, excessive bleeding, and other health problems. Levels high enough to cause health complications usually come from supplements, not from food or too much sunlight. If you take a supplement that includes vitamin D, make sure it does not contain more than you need for your age range and gender. Vitamin D has a UL set at 50 mcg or 2,000 IU per day for children and adults. There is no UL established for infants.
Foods rich in vitamin D include fortified milk, cheese, egg yolks, salmon, margarine, mackerel, canned sardines, and fortified breakfast cereals.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E's main function in promoting health is as a powerful antioxidant. As such, this vitamin helps protect body cells from oxidation, which leads to cell damage. As an antioxidant, vitamin E may affect aging, infertility, heart disease, and cancer. The mineral selenium enhances the antioxidant capabilities of vitamin E. Recent studies have also shown that vitamin E may play a role in reducing muscle inflammation and soreness after vigorous exercise sessions.
Vitamin E is actually a group of substances called tocopherols. All of these tocopherols possess different potencies. For this reason you will often see vitamin E measured in milligrams (mg) of alpha-tocopherol equivalents.
Vitamin E is very abundant in our food supply, so a deficiency is quite rare. Vitamin E is considered nontoxic, even over RDA levels. Vitamin E has a UL set at 1,000 mg per day for adults over eighteen.
Foods rich in vitamin E include dried almonds, vegetable oils, salad dressing, nuts and seeds, wheat germ, peanut butter, and green leafy vegetables.
Vitamin K
Vitamin K's primary function is to help make a protein, known as prothrombin, which is necessary for helping blood to clot. It also aids the body in making some other body proteins for blood, bones, and kidneys. Vitamin K is unique in that, as well as being obtained from the diet, it is also made in the body, from bacteria in the intestines.
A deficiency of vitamin K is unlikely except in connection with rare health problems. The prolonged use of antibiotics may tend to cause problems, because they destroy some bacteria in your intestines that help to produce vitamin K. There have been no reported problems in ingesting excess amounts of vitamin K, though moderation is still the best policy. Vitamin K has no established UL.
ALERT! People who take various types of blood-thinning medications or anticoagulants should consume foods containing vitamin K in moderation. If you take these types of medications, ask your doctor about vitamin K intake.
Foods rich in vitamin K include turnip greens, green leafy vegetables like spinach or kale, broccoli, cabbage, beef liver, egg yolk, and wheat bran or wheat germ.
More on: Nutritional Resources for Families
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Lost in the Championship playoff semi's to Notts County
Had about 10 players absent throughout the seasons because they couldn't settle so hoping next year we'll have a more settled side.
Lost in the Championship playoff semi's to Notts County
Had about 10 players absent throughout the seasons because they couldn't settle so hoping next year we'll have a more settled side.
This always happens its so frustrating. We match the other team in shots, ccc's, possesion etc but we just can't finish
At least its comforting to know that on our day we can match the english champions and champions league finalists
I had the same problem last season and bought these 2 guys with high finishing to counter it: Ramon, Thibaud Lehnen
I've put all my strikers and midfield on my customized training which is basically same as the general one but with higher shooting and attacking.
Does anyone know any other ways to improve strikers finishing? any help would be greatly appreciated
Had a slight injury crisis, so looked around and saw that my old friends Newport County (remember them?) had released that complete pain Magno Vieira, so I decide to pick him up as some cover. A few weeks later, we play Newport County, down 2-1, so i decided, why not, i'll throw him on. Oh Karma.
Have you tried changing their preferred moves? I'm not gonna be great advice because I'm used to everyone missing in the lower leagues, but it's a thought.
Thanks. I'm not going to lie it was one of the most satisfying wins i've ever had on any FM game, as ridiculous as it sounds just being a run of the mill league game. Just so good to get my own back, especially after I'd specifically complained about Magno on here! I thought, screw it, have a run out, and he paid me back kindly.
And yeah, who knows, it might not work at all, but probably couldn't hurt. Tell them to place shots or something to that effect.
Truro City FC - Blue Square South - 2012/13
Media Prediction: 6th
Actual Position : 3rd
Absolute heartbreak, its happened again. finished 3rd this year, only coming behind 2nd place by virtue of one less goal scored. Into the playoffs I went, this time I navigated the semi-finals even more comfortably than the 2-1 aggregate score would suggest, and with 84 minutes gone, 1 nil up and complete domination from my side, it looked like it would continue in that manner. Step forward Henrik Ojamaa, with an equaliser to break my heart, they got another in extra-time and I couldnt find an equaliser to take it to penalties. On the plus side though, we made it to the 3rd round of the FA Cup and in doing so made a profit of 200k for the year. Have to go up next season, can't take another season of disappointment.
League Table
FA Cup
Heroic stuff, Tranmere replay especially. That game almost singlehandedly saved the clubs finances. Stuffed by Wolves but with 5 leagues between the clubs I'll forgive that. Another run like that next year and we'll be rich.
FA Trophy
A big improvement on previous seasons, as with everything, but I kinda feel that my cup runs hampered my league progress a little, but with the fragile finances in the lower leagues, its an obstacle that has to be accepted.
Getting ever stronger, very few of the original players from the first season left now.
As above.
Career Overview
Code:Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 8th None 2011/12 Blue Square South 4th PlayOff Semi-Finals 2012/13 Blue Square South 3rd PlayOff Runner Up
Next Season
Promotion. Please?
CSF - I feal your pain I lost in the playoffs two years running - added a couple of players and went up as champions in the 3rd season.
Hastings United - 2011/2012 - Blue Square Premier
The media prediction was pretty nasty again, putting us 24th. However, I had hope that we would at least achieve a top half position, and so told the board I was confident of a safe mid-table spot.
Season Summary
We started strongly, but then really had a poor second half of the season for reasons I can't really grasp. I think the lack of quality of our back four came back to haunt us ans we had a large number of 2-2 and close high scoring losses.
Final Table
League Positions - Graph
We finished 8th, which seemed a fair reflection of our performance over 46 games, but obviously I can't help a feeling of wistful disappointment given our very strong opening to the year.
FA Cup - 1st Round
Bookmaker's dream; trounced Totton but then drew League One Swindon and got beat fairly easily in the 1st Round.
FA Trophy - 2nd Round
Should have beaten Eastbourne in this one but two late goals kicked us out. This coincideded with our massive loss in form and so it's a fair reflection of where the season went.
Transfers - Lots of action again.
Squad - Nothing outstanding, so I suppose I'm quite happy with the overall performance with them.
Finances - Sad finances is sad.
Key Players
Kyle McAusland - Blue Square Premier player of the season. Just epic up front with Lee Phillips.
Lee Phillips - The other side of the up front combo and our main goal scorer.
Career OverviewNext SeasonCode:Season League Position Achievements ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 3rd Promotion (Playoffs) 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 8th None
Playoff spots have to be the goal next season. We were good enough in the start of the year to get there and with a few additions at the back and in the middle we should be good enough to get there again.
CSF that's even worse than just missing out on the playoffs. I know as I had exactly the same situation in BSP
I've been absent for a fair bit so have missed most of this thread, will hopefully be returning to FM10 in the upcoming weeks, I was wondering what is the current quickest this challenge has been done in?
Just won myself a place in the FA Cup third round again, the draw put us against Aston Villa away, so that should be a nice money spinner once more. Beat League One strugglers Northampton 5-1 at home in round two, my left back who played two seasons for us in the Blue Square South, and was making his 111th appearance for the club scored his first goal for us, and quickly followed it up with his second goal
Sutton United: Season 2014/15
Media Prediction: 24th
Final Position: 4th (Lost in play-off semi-finals)
Position Graph
I knew we'd stay up but wasn't expecting this, the lads put in a great amount of effort, and we easily could've gotten promoted automatically if it wasn't for some jammy draws. But despite that, I thought it was a fantastic season. We were even top for 3 weeks, even if it was near the very start! Did nothing in the cups as usual, got smashed by Newport County in the 2nd Round of the FA Trophy, and went out in the 1st Round of the FA Cup.
Made a couple of significant additions, they were Brett Pitman, who was ok but did not live up to expectations, and Josh Magennis who had a decent year. The loan move of Tom Patterson was also very helpful, he provided the class I needed in the Attacking Midfielder position. Good squad, want to build on the defensive side of things next year, and bring in a striker. Few of my youth products starting to play a bit more, examples being Glenn Cowan, Jordan Hobbs and Steven Doyle, which is quite good.
Better than last year, just slightly though. New sponsorship deal which is slightly better I suppose. Hoping for an investor, stadium expansion or something positive, cup run please. Need money!
Not a lot of players came in, two loans that weren't working were ended almost immediately by me. A lot had to go out to reduce the bloody wage budget, when I came to Sutton United it was about £7.5k, but due to me doing all I can financally it could be under £3k this year, and we're still losing huge amounts of money. Oh well.
Club Information
Manager Profile (I skip time inbetween matches A LOT, and don't take friendlies/arrange them or do Press Conferences, this is why Hands On Approach is so low if you might be wondering why.)
Key Players
Joe Devera
Adam Davies
Steven Doyle
Kingsley Williams
John White
David Howland
Tom Patterson
Josh Magennis
Code:Season League Position Points Notes 2010/11 Blue Square South 5th 72 Promoted via play-offs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 21st 42 Relegated 2012/13 Blue Square South 2nd 82 Lost in play-off semi-finals 2013/14 Blue Square South 1st 85 Promoted as champions 2014/15 Blue Square Premier 4th 81 Lost in play-off semi-finals
Not looking forward to the Villa game. We've lost 5 of our 6 games since beating Northampton, our defence has gone to pieces and players who a month ago were looking like world beaters are now playing like total clowns. Got a game at Port Vale, then the Villa match, expecting that we'll make it 7 defeats in 8 by the time they're over
Fortunately we're 13 points clear of the relegation zone as our form has been pretty solid so far this season. If this run continues then we could get sucked back, but I'm pretty certain that we'll do enough to stay up.
Just got promoted to League 1 at the first attempt. Full update later.
Boston united season 8 2017/18
Going into League 2 the expectation was that we avoid Relegation. I was surprised how easily we managed this.
League Table, Position Graph
Fixtures pt 1, Fixtures pt 2, Fixtures pt 3
FA Cup Best competition of the lot making the 2nd round
League Cup Went out in the first round to Oldham
[url=http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o210/almondsnuts/Dafuges%20Challenge/Eighth%20Season/JPT.png]Johnstone's Paint Trophy[/url
Star Player
Michael Coulson
Scored four in our first game in League 2 and carried on scoring for most of the season although he was injured for a while.
3rd in Top Scorer
Key Players
Nabil Sharif Kept scoring after last season but not as much as last year.
Richard Martin Good Keeper who kept us in some games.
David Worrall Brought in on Loan from Blackburn and was great at left back
Code:Season League Final Position Achievments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 7th none 2011/12 Blue Square North 2nd Promoted Via Playoffs 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 15th none 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 20th none 2014/15 Blue Square Premier 12th none 2015/16 Blue Square Premier 3rd Lost in Playoff Final 2016/17 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion, FA Trophy 2017/18 Coca Cola League 2 2nd Automatic Promtion
Other Winners
Premier League - Man City
FA Cup - Wolverhamton Wanderers
Carling Cup - Wolverhampton Wandereres
Champions League - Real Madrid
UEFA Cup - Roma
World Cup - Spain
Aims for next season
Last edited by Almondo; 27-01-2010 at 04:22. Reason: Added World Cup winner
pff 4 games to go, 3 points ahead.. almost champions...
first 2 games, 2-3 lost to sunderland, 4-2 lost to west ham...
YES!!!!!!! Won the Premier League by winning 2-1 vs Wolves! (scored in the 92"min lol!!!)
Well done foost
Really unlucky their AdamFitz but also looks like you are making some real progress
Congrtaz foost on winning the premiership
Last edited by hrbfcrule; 27-01-2010 at 12:14.
thanks rattle and hrbf, will do an update this afternoon!
just signed Lukaku (27years at this time) for a smashing 24 million, but he is worth it...
Argh all my players are being stolen by bigger clubs in january. I rejected the first round of offers and now players are unhappy that i won't let them move on to a bigger club. So it looks like i will be losing half of my starting XI
I guess they dont want to sign a new contract aswell? Maybe you can tell the press you are very happy with them and try to give them a new contract then?
I always say NO to clubs who are interested or bidding for a player and say that I need the player to become big and win trophys... then they are willing to stay and fight.
Maybe offer them to clubs for some money, so that you will get money for them :s
Hopefully i can find some cheap replacements and make some money from this for a new stadium which i seriously need
So after last years play off semi final defeat we look like a worse side
Our players are still unsettled, idiots.
Any advice for getting out of the BSN? Am Bradford PA, and after a decent midtable finish first year, I am struggling to stay in second year. 3 points of safety 10 games left, and if it wasnt for my 10 match unbeaten run at the start or Workington being 10 points deducted id be in even worse shape.
Basically wondering if theres any good tactics to use, and how people managed to find better players, and what sort of attributes they need
Nice start of the season I must say... We got our first price of the year!! Will this year even be better then lasts?
Bye bye Man City...
WOOO 500th game pity about the result though
How many games has anyone else played? Anyone passed the 1000 mark yet?
Nice result against City foost, i take it they are still a decent side as that was the community shield
I did mine 500th last season!
Yeah Man City is tbh a great side. Top 3 last 6 seasons and won FA and League Cup last season.
Can't be bothered with updates on the last 2 seasons. We've lost in the semi finals of the playoffs 2 years running now. useless bunch of bottling, moaning ******* in our team. Time for nearly everyone to be sold and for a new tactic to be found.
Finally got back to playing after 4 weeks of hell with exams, essays and revision! Just received the draw for Euro 2032, England (me), Scotland, France, Germany... dunno bout group of death, but group of grudge matches certainly
The tactic that got me out of the BSS was a very simple 4-4-2 based on counter attacking football as I had assembled a very quick team compared to others in the division.
9 games since our last clean sheet, we've conceded 24 goals in that time. Really struggling in mid season in my first foray into League 2.
I'm going to give this a shot. Should be interesting as other than the 150 matches I have played in this version I haven't played since CM4. On top of that I am a Yank and the nuances of football are very foreign to me. I understand the basics though. Not sure the basics can get me to the Premiership but we will see.
I'll update more later (incl. my starting screenshot), but I started with Tiverton Town.
Expect a bumpy ride and please wish me luck!
Well, 2nd season in the BSP was better than the first, but still not really a great season.
Positions Graph: As you can see, we fell off at the end.
FA Cup: We made it to the third round, then were well and truly dumped out
Tom Brooks. Got a new one finally for next season.
David Wallace. 1st cash signing. Had a good season.
Simon Turner, who did a Michael Jackson.
Matt Logan
Kieran Nicholson
Phil Ifil
Andy Frampton
Oliver Hewitt-Fisher. After a poor first season in BSP, his second was much better, POY better.
Max Harrop
Andy Taylor. Last season for his as well, been a good player for the club
Michael Bostwick. Sold for 10k to Llanelli
Adebayo Akinfenwa
Adrian Patulea. Another solid year from the goalscorer
Stewart Yetton. Released on a free after he kept messing up the squads harmony.
Season Best Eleven
Career Best Eleven
If this friendly is any indication though, we could have a much more potent offense this season. Granted, I know the opponent is poor, but we have never scored close to that many.
Got a few new players in again, including one actually from GH Academy who is one of the better players on my team.
Look at Liverpool, by the way, poor Rafa.
Congratz Dons2387, nice safe mid table position, promotion should be possible in 2 or 3 seasons, good luck and nice result on your friendly vs GH Academy ive never scored that many even in a friendly
Also i've got to laugh at liverpool relegated in 2014, if only that could happen in real life
Sutton Utd Premiership 2018/19
Fa Cup: Lost in 4th round 1-0 to Man City
League Cup: Lost 2-0 to Liverpool in Quater Finals
League: 8th
League Table, League Graph
Squad, Transfers
We started off really well and spent most of the 1st half of the season around 4th place but it went downhill in january when half my 1st team wanted to leave. I made a healthy profit but lost momentum, morale and squad harmony the difference was easily visible (1st 19 games 34 pts, 2nd 19 games 24 pts).
Even with the bad form in the 2nd half of the season we were fighting it out with tottenham and liverpool for 2 uefa cup place. On the last day of the season us and liverpool were fighting it out for the last remaining uefa cup place we just needed to better liverpool's result be lost to Man Utd and to rub it in even more Liverpool lost as well.
Also i managed my 500th game for the club which ended as a bore draw against sunderland
Player/s of the Season
Mustafa Karaman - Solid season, was clubs top performer and helped keep many clean sheets
Miguel Angel - this guy is just incredible, he has scored 113 goals in 237 league appearances, including another 17 in 34 this season. and to think i was trying to sell him in the summer
Idan Uzan - Decided to stay at Sutton despite getting a lot of interest in January. the interest was justified with an excellent season from my centre mid but i doubt i will be able to keep him for another season
Andrej Stolarik - Sutton's captain had a great season he partnered Karaman in central defence and were for most games rock solid
Witold Stepien - Another good season from the youngster and he is starting to show good potential, hopefully no one nabs him in the summer
Adam Walton - Didn't have the greatest of seasons but i didn't expect him to as he is still very young and i was retraining him to a new position for most of it. Very promising dl for the future
Jurgen Mulder - brought in to replace Nick Tokaya in January. he had some pretty big shoes to fill but did a very good job
Fa cup we were knocked out early by Man City after being taken to a replay by West Ham
League Cup: slightly better but getting beaten by Liverpool so comfortably really annoyed me
Helped by transfers in January as well as prize money from premier league, this finally made the board decide to build us a new stadium ..........eventually
It's still gonna be another season before i can move into it though
Code:Career so far: Season League Position Achievements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square South 2nd Promoted via playoffs 2011/12 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion 2012/13 League 2 3rd Automatic Promotion 2013/14 League 1 7th N/A 2014/15 League 1 1st Automatic Promotion 2015/16 Championship 14th N/A 2016/17 Championship 4th Lost in Playoff Semi Final 2017/18 Championship 1st Automatic Promotion 2018/19 Premiership 13th N/A 2019/20 Premiership 8th
Last edited by hrbfcrule; 27-01-2010 at 22:36. Reason: Adding more players to report
Yeah especially considering his composure is fairly poor and you'd think that would be troublesome at that level. Still, I think you've got a good chance next year mate. Good luck!
Quick update. I finished the prior season last night so that's how i've gotten through this one so quickly.
Here's the halfway point of the 3rd season for me in the BSP.
League Table
Overall league stats
A few selected players stats
Joe Stansfield: Released from CCC Blackburn, good solid center mid so far.
Adrian Patulea: Doing well in his third season with us.
Billy Paynter: Difference maker. Simple as that.
Junior Suckling: Unfortunate name, good keeper.
We'll have to see how the second half of the season turns out.
Paynter and Suckling look really good for that level. Good luck with the run in hopefully you can take top spot
Nice keeper btw (dutch!!)... he only can get better
SnakeXe, you managed to win the Premier League without losing any game?
I know its only a friendly but hopefully its a sign of things to come
Man of the Match performance by my very own youth product Barry Brierley
Wow impressive player hrbfcrule.. He is the new Usain Bolt? Big and fast hehe. I can't believe I havn't got a youth player yet. They are all rubish, and when I say rubbish I mean League Two had its highest. What is your youth facilities atm?
Last edited by foost; 28-01-2010 at 09:54.
My scout report rates Barry Brierley as a decent championship striker with potential to become a leading premiership striker
I would def. let him play all my league cup/fa cup matches... just to give him minutes! Nice nice nice, I am jealous
Going to do a bit of a catchup on here and do reports on my last 3 seasons, was lazy and fed up before but it's time I went into more detail.
Jamie Spencer - Season 8 (17/18) The Championship - 6th Place - Lost in Playoff Semi's
Was pretty much a complete rebuild of the team that finished 12th the previous year, slashed the wage budget by selling nearly everyone and bringing in players from Eastern Europe who had lesser demands. Unfortunatley with lesser demands came great annoyances in the dressing room. Pretty much all season players were unsettled or just couldn't adjust so despite starting well we soon fell away and only just scraped into the playoffs.
League Table: http://img22.imageshack.us/i/leaguetable1718.jpg/
Transfers: http://img138.imageshack.us/i/1718transferspart1.jpg/ and http://img196.imageshack.us/i/1718transferspart2v.jpg/ A lot of these were pretty awesome and had great stats, it's just the fact that they couldn't settle which made it annoying for us.
Star Players: http://img709.imageshack.us/i/careca.jpg/ Careca was a loan player and our top scorer for the 2nd year running.
http://img715.imageshack.us/i/jamessimpson.jpg/ James Simpson is a former loan player who was just a rock at the back.
So the aim for next year was to not make massive changes and just hope we settle and go 1 better and win in the playoffs.
Code:Season Team League Finished Achievements 2010/11 Truro City Blue Square South 1st Promoted, Champions 2011/12 Truro City Blue Square Premier 13th 2012/13 Truro City Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted, Champions 2013/14 Truro City League 2 3rd Promoted 2014/15 Truro City League 1 11th 2015/16 Truro City League 1 2nd promoted 2016/17 Truro City The Championship 12th 2017/18 Truro City The Championship 6th Lost in Playoff Semi
Jamie Spencer - Season 9 (18/19) The Championship - 6th Place - Lost in Playoff Semi's
Didn't make as many changes as last time as I hope a bit of stability would give us that extra push. I was wrong. My players remained unsettled and we only reached the playoffs after a decent run towards the end. very frustrating year.
League Table: http://img715.imageshack.us/i/leaguetable1819.jpg/
Transfers: http://img710.imageshack.us/i/1819transfers.jpg/ A good profit for the club and some great players coming in on the cheap. Scanell was the pick of the bunch.
Star Players: http://img196.imageshack.us/i/seanscanell.jpg/ Scanell was our top scorer
http://img715.imageshack.us/i/jamessimpson.jpg/ James Simpson, the rock at the back again.
Another frustrating 6th place playoff spot and I was pretty angry with my team at this point, still had a load of moaners so the aim had to be just to ship them all out and rebuild.
Code:Season Team League Finished Achievements 2010/11 Truro City Blue Square South 1st Promoted, Champions 2011/12 Truro City Blue Square Premier 13th 2012/13 Truro City Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted, Champions 2013/14 Truro City League 2 3rd Promoted 2014/15 Truro City League 1 11th 2015/16 Truro City League 1 2nd promoted 2016/17 Truro City The Championship 12th 2017/18 Truro City The Championship 6th Lost in Playoff Semi 2018/19 Truro City The Championship 6th Lost in Playoff Semi
Jamie Spencer - Season 9 (18/19) The Championship -1st Place - Champions
Had a complete and very succesful overhaul of our squad this year and it meant we spent and made a lot of money in the transfer market. Not all of the transfers worked out as we still managed to sign a lot of moaners but winning the league was never really in doubt. I could even afford to throw the match v Huddersfield and lose 12-2 to ensure that Everton got relegated for a laugh
League Table: http://img715.imageshack.us/i/leaguetable1920.jpg/
Transfers: http://img22.imageshack.us/i/1920transferspart1.jpg/ and http://img526.imageshack.us/i/1920transferspart2.jpg/ Loads of new faces and loads of money brought in too. nearly all of the signings were awesome for us.
Star Players: http://img196.imageshack.us/i/seanscanell.jpg/ Scanell was our top scorer again.
http://img715.imageshack.us/i/jamessimpson.jpg/ James Simpson, the rock at the back yet again.
http://img710.imageshack.us/i/gomez.jpg/ - Gomez was a great goalscoring midfielder
http://img138.imageshack.us/i/guido.jpg/ - Guido Was immense alongside Simpson
http://img177.imageshack.us/i/benarfai.jpg/ - Ben Arfa was a real coup, didn't have the stamina to play the full 90 in most games but he was a class above
http://img138.imageshack.us/i/safarov.jpg/ - Safarov had to be given a bumper new contract to stay with us but it was well worth it as he bagged a lot of goals from the right side.
A very rewarding season but we will need to move some players on and bring in extra quality to survive in the Prem.
Code:Season Team League Finished Achievements 2010/11 Truro City Blue Square South 1st Promoted, Champions 2011/12 Truro City Blue Square Premier 13th 2012/13 Truro City Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted, Champions 2013/14 Truro City League 2 3rd Promoted 2014/15 Truro City League 1 11th 2015/16 Truro City League 1 2nd promoted 2016/17 Truro City The Championship 12th 2017/18 Truro City The Championship 6th Lost in Playoff Semi 2018/19 Truro City The Championship 6th Lost in Playoff Semi 2019/20 Truro City The Championship 1st Promoted, Champions
So after all that I thought i'd mention the plight of Darlington and Chester. both clubs just been relegated from the Blue Square North. Darlington are bankrupt.
omg what happend to Everton and Fulham TAoD?
Season 2019/20 Review - Guiseley in the Premier League - 1st CHAMPIONS!!!
League Table
Past Positions
WE WON THE PREMIER LEAGUE. With 2 games to go we were already champions! As you can see I was the last 1/3 of the season in 1st place. In the end it became way to close if you ask me, must be the age they were nervous I guess.
FA Cup | League Cup | Champions League
I had to make a choice again. Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup and Champions League was just to much. For sure if you look at our average age. So I kicked out the League Cup and FA Cup again. The Champions League was a tryout this year. The boys were just staring their eyes out. Great countries, great girls, great pubs. We were very close on reaching the Europa League, but unfortainly we needed one more point for that. I think we were in the thoughest poule possible tho AC Milan, Villareal, G.Bordeaux, and I am very proud how we did in our debut year. The fixtures were ok, but unlucky with getting goals against in the last minute.
Le Van is getting older and since he is 'only' decent PL I went to find a good right midfielder/winger. Again a winger from France, just coincidence. Amara Coulibaly is the man for the future. He did ok in his first season. He will get more minutes next season, hope he takes his chance. David Brau and Rene Tinajero are going to strenght our defence. And hopefully it will be Mattock - Brau - Farina - Tinajero in the future for a lot of years . Thats the idea anyway. Alexandr Gitinov had a storming season together with Gustavo Vidal. Gitinov has grown to a real good player! Mostly because of tutoring him by my 3 other midfielders. If you look how much better he became its just great. When bought: Gitinov 1. After his first season: Gitinov 2. And this season: Gitinov 3.
Best players of Guiseley this year:
- Gustavo Vidal (scored even more then last season and could be my own Roberts?)
- Jesus Mateu (starting to give assists aswell, could become the Messi of Guiseley)
- Alexandr Gitinov (Did superb, learned alot from my other midfielders and wanted by 12 clubs)
- Amara Coulibaly (our new right winger, still young but promissing and backup for Le Van atm)
- David Brau (needed a good central defender and went for Brau)
- Rene Tinajero (my scouts found Rene. Is the youngest in the squad but also the most promissing)
- English Players' Player of the Year (2nd place Beretta)
- English Footballer of the Year (1st place Vidal)
- English Premier Division Top Goalscorer (1st place Vidal)
- English Players' Young Player of the Year (1st place Gitinov, 2nd place Mateu)
- English Premier Division Manager of the Year (1st place)
- European Golden Boot (1st place Vidal)
Again no decent/good youngsters. The facilities are average atm.. but improving! But again really disappointed about the youth coming trough, or better said not comming through .
Aim for next season: Last season was a perfect one. Hope to end in top 3 and win the Community Shield, CL, FA Cup or League Cup.. I require 2 of the 4 prices from my players. And please, please can I get a good youth player? Please?
Code:Season Team League Finished Achievements 2010/11 Guiseley Blue Square South 5th Promoted 2011/12 Guiseley Blue Square Premier 1st Promoted, BSP Champions, FA Trophy winners 2012/13 Guiseley Coca Cola League Two 1st Promoted, CCL2 Champions 2013/14 Guiseley Coca Cola League One 3rd Promoted 2014/15 Guiseley Coca Cola Championship 14th 2015/16 Guiseley Coca Cola Championship 9th FA Cup runner-up, Qualified for Europa League 2016/17 Guiseley Coca Cola Championship 1st Promoted, CCC Champions 2017/18 Guiseley Barclays Premier League 6th Qualified for Europa League 2018/19 Guiseley Barclays Premier League 3rd Qualified for CL, FA Cup runner-up 2019/20 Guiseley Barclays Premier League 1st Premier League Champions, Qualified for CL
Well done Foost on winning the prem, you look like you have a young squad so maybe another year will see you challenging for the CL.
Surprised you have had no decent youth through, i'm in my second season in the prem with average youth facilities and i had 2 players through this year who are rated good/leading prem potential and one 3 years ago who was good prem potential
Yeah it sucks real hard I must say. This season (just 6 matches on its way) my facilities went up to GOOD, so there must be a good one next year... i hope haha. Maybe its because Guiseley is located badly? And Teams near Manchester/London has more chance? Is this possible?
Congratz on winning the premiership foost, Vidal looks amazing. I'm sure you will get a good youth product soon, its only a matter of time.
Not sure if location affects the youth products. Good uck for next season, just need to win champions league now to complete the challenge
Ok, now that Truro are now playable due to their reputation change I will be starting this challenge with the aim to do better than last year and to also do the challenge in the quickest time (ambitious I know). But I could do with knowing what it currently is, do any of you know?
Yeah, the last time I did the challenge was on FM07 and it was certainly easier then. Now it's a struggle every year for me to get results and move up. Good luck and keep us updated mate!
Yeah will do, although I plan to play FM10 and Dragon Age so the update might not be too fast
Unbeaten in my first 7 games of the season with only 4 conceeded I then lose 5-0 away to a side that had only scored 10 in their previous 6.
4 games left and the table looks like this. Going to be a tough run in for sure.
Nail-biting for sure, good luck
Won the first two, then lost the third of my final four games, so the table going into the last game looked like this.
1. Burton 84 pts. +35 GD
2. Truro 84 pts. +33 GD
Fixtures: Morecambe (3rd) vs Burton
Droylsden (11th) vs Truro
Final scores
Morecambe 1 0 Burton
Droylsden 0 0 Truro
The opposition has worked out how to beat me away - constantly foul without getting booked and kick one of my players off the park.
That's it stuff this yet another loss where they kick me from here to next week and no-one gets booked, injure another player, score a fluke and an offside goal while I create far more CCC's and hit the post twice.
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Congratz Dons
Am still in pre-season :S
Congratz on promotion to league 2 Dons2387.
Swindon69: yer the same is happening to me this season in the premiership, ive got 6 1st teamers injured been creating more chances than opposition yet still lose. It's unbelievably frustrating
I spent 61 mill on transfers this season including 3 players over 12.5 mill each, but i am really struggling i am 11th after 10 games. hopefully with a bit more luck i can get that european spot. If we don't im in trouble, my reckless summer spending has put us in the red by about 5 mill
I'm going to take a break as it's getting daft.
Season 4 - Bedford Town - BSP - 2013/2014
Media Prediction - 24th
Actual Position - 4th (Table) - (Positions Graph) - (Results 1) - (Results 2) - (Results 3)
Review of Season: What can I say but...Outstanding!!! A great start to the season which was unexpected and kept us in touching distance. We then hit a sticky patch mid season, but a strong finish earnt us a place in the playoffs. I was surprized how quickly the team seemed to gell together. I just hope I havn't gone up too soon and come straight back down.
Blue Square Premier Playoff Semi Final Leg One: Took an early lead and managed to hang on under a ton of pressure.
Blue Square Premier Playoff Semi Final Leg Two: Great result away to send us to the final.
Blue Square Premier Playoff Final: Captain fantastic from the spot to send us into the football league
Fa Cup: Same old story really.
Fa Trophy: Better than previous seasons.
Transfers: Added much needed quality in most positions which clearly paid off.
Finances: In the black so am happy. Board continue to invest, hopefully they will invest in facilities soon.
Squad: First time I've had anything like strength in depth, which is probably why I was able to keep in touch with the top teams during the mid season slump.
Drew Rattlesnake_85 Key Player of the Year Award: Winner - Solid throughout the season and scored the goal that sent us up
Runner-up - turned in some good performances this season, but just missed out on the top award.
Aims for Next Season: Simply survival. Improve squad and hope for the best.
Code:Bedford Town Season Division Position Achievements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 8th None 2011/12 Blue Square North 4th Promotion (Playoff winners) 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 17th None 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 4th Promotion (Playoff winners)
Robert Hunter - Truro City Season 5 - BSP Champions. FA Trophy 4th Round.
As i documented earlier, it was a nervy run in for the final few games of the season.
This was the table with 4 games left.
And this was the final table. So we managed to sneak out promotion thanks to other teams poor results.
The Squad who did it
Paynter Patulea
Harrop Hewitt-Fisher Stansfield Keko
Wallace Teixeira Frampton Ifil
Tsvetkov (ST) Marriott (DC) Turner (DR/L) Sargent (ML) Logan (CB) Nicholson (CB)
BSP Team of the Year
Top goalscorer (2nd)
Looked at this guy during the break, you would have though with that name he'd be a little better
Boston united season 9 2018/19
My first season in League 1 started out well but after christmas we couldn't buy a win meaning we got relegated.
League Table, Position Graph
Fixtures pt 1, Fixtures pt 2, Fixtures pt 3
FA Cup Best competition of the lot making the 2nd round
League Cup
Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Key Players
No Player could really be classed as key as no one stood out at all
Code:Season League Final Position Achievments ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010/11 Blue Square North 7th none 2011/12 Blue Square North 2nd Promoted Via Playoffs 2012/13 Blue Square Premier 15th none 2013/14 Blue Square Premier 20th none 2014/15 Blue Square Premier 12th none 2015/16 Blue Square Premier 3rd Lost in Playoff Final 2016/17 Blue Square Premier 1st Automatic Promotion, FA Trophy 2017/18 Coca Cola League 2 2nd Automatic Promtion 2018/19 Coca Cola League 1 21st Relegated to League 2
Other Winners
Premier League - Manchester City
FA Cup - Chelsea
Carling Cup - Manchester City
Champions League - Manchester City
UEFA Cup - Fiorentina
Aims for next season
Get promoted back to League 1


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Russell D. Moore: A Manifesto on "Some" Evangelicals
When I saw that Russell D. Moore had written a long piece about the so-called Evangelical "retreat" from American politics and culture wars, I was elated.
I am updating a syllabus for a course in religion and American politics, and I hoped this would be the perfect fresh take to round out our coverage of Evangelicalism. Certainly the media-savvy and next-generation Moore, the newish President of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, would help my students understand the movement better than when they read speeches by his predecessor, Richard Land.
In short, I was primed for this essay.
Sadly, it is not assignable. This 4000-word feature, authored by the most prominent official of the Southern Baptists, is composed almost entirely of straw men.
Moore levels incisive critiques at myriad groups of people, both inside and outside the Evangelical fold. But the reader never finds out who they are. Is this because Moore doesn't want to upset them, or because they don't exist?
The most cited object of Moore's condemnation is the nefarious, nebulous "some."
Who are these enemies out to ruin Christianity? Only Rob Bell is singled out for mockery. In lieu of other names in the body of the text, one might have expected parenthetical citations or hyperlinks. But not one link is to be found.
Instead "some" do this; "some" say that; "some" of his Catholic friends think; "some" younger Evangelicals; "some" pastors; "some" social conservatives; "some" veterans of the Moral Majority; some "large gathering" of young Evangelicals; "some" and so on. Even sentences without the main character, Some, lack identifiers. "Pastors" do this; "church planters" don't want that. I didn't have a big enough winnowing fork to sort out all this straw.
Proper nouns occasionally pop up, such as Walker Percy, Al Gore, George Jones, Che Guevara, Jeremiah Wright, and "Falwell" – who goes by just one name.
But overall the essay is a litany of Russell Moore's hunches about American Christianity.
Moore knows a lot of people and churches, so sometimes his hunches seems perfectly true and could be backed up by links to data. (Pew? David Kinnaman at Barna? Andy Crouch? Anyone? ) For example, I think these assessments of young Evangelicals hit the mark:
Some young Evangelicals shrug off concerns about religious liberty because they believe this sort of rights talk doesn't match up with Jesus' ethic of self-sacrifice. Other young Evangelicals insist that "engaging the culture" is more important than public action, that politics changes nothing.
What has changed for younger Evangelicals is the slow-motion collapse of the Bible Belt and the notion of "Christian America." The newer generations often see in the Bible Belt experiment a Christianity that sought to affix Jesus onto the American Dream. Christianity had become a totem by which people became "normal" citizens, and Jesus became a totem to secure a happy marriage, a successful career, well-behaved children—all that and eternal life too. This Christianity doesn't have a Galilean accent but the studied clip of a telemarketer.
Moore here captures some of the main differences between young Evangelicals and their parents' generation. I'll name some names, if he won't: Gabe Lyons; Rebekah Lyons; Jonathan Merritt; Rachel Held Evans; Sarah Pulliam Bailey; Tyler Wigg-Stevenson. (But wait, some of these attend the "gatherings" that Moore says make "some" Evangelicals suspicious, such as Q and Catalyst and Christianity 21….)
More often, though, Moore makes claims like this: "When Evangelicals adopt, the secularist Left accuses them of "stealing" children for "Evangelism," though if they didn't the left would accuse them of caring about "fetuses" without providing them homes." Who says this? Since I follow religion news closely, I assume Moore means this Mother Jones piece, written by Kathryn Joyce, whose methods in her book have already received a thorough take-down by Jonathan Merritt. In fact, very few people have ever made the claim that Moore attaches to the "secularist Left" bogeyman, and the person that made it famous has found little traction.
Moore also taps in to the apocalyptic fervor of American Evangelicalism, a key component of maintaining a modicum of support for culture war. Evangelicals ought to be afraid as "the state gives the sword of Caesar to protect the orthodoxies of the sexual revolution." Any "retreat" from political engagement only makes sense out of anticipation of the Rapture. Even if Evangelicals are "left behind by Wall Street or Capitol Hill," even if "our sawdust trail leads again to the prison cell," it's important to keep looking "to something—Someone—we expect to see exploding forth in the eastern skies, maybe any moment now."
Inspiring stuff. But I am quite sure Jesus' apocalyptic discourse is not applicable to remote material cooperation through fungible insurance premium support toward the pooling of risk which enables some people, if they so choose, to use birth control. "Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days!" he even said (Mark 13:17).
To be serious, though, American Christians are the most powerful group of people in history to have convinced themselves they are oppressed. The religious liberty case against the HHS mandate raises a crucial public policy question in a democratic, pluralistic republic. But however it's decided—with 6 of 9 Christians on the Supreme Court!—it's decidedly not the apocalypse.
On these culture war issues, Moore seems not to have given in to one of the most salient facts of the past decade. Three times in the essay he pairs abortion and same-sex marriage, but to continue to do so is disastrous as a model for Christians engaging politics and culture. To most people in America—including church-going Christians—these are unfathomably different issues, and they have only been firmly united in American consciousness for one segment of the population and only for one decade (roughly the 2000's, cresting in 2004, when we hit peak Rove in Ohio).
All of the evidence (e.g.. Putnam and Campbell's American Grace, but really, just choose any poll) has shown a steady, dramatic increase in support among Americans for same-sex relationships while simultaneously showing a flat graph of support for abortion rights. When I teach on religion and American politics, we spend a good bit of time studying the longitudinal graphs and crosstabs on the morality of these issues. American college students are mostly pro-choice but very conflicted and uneasy about the moral complexities of abortion. It's even happened that students change their minds (!) on this issue. That really does happen.
But on the other issue, young people are in support of same-sex marriage equality to a degree that is so thorough that students are nonchalant about it. This is not because they are secular hedonists, I would argue, but because of their personal experiences. Their experiences with out gay couples have led them simply not to fear that change. Their experiences with abortion or proximity to it have convinced them that, on the contrary, abortion is not innocuous. They may not want it criminalized, but they view it as arrestingly complicated and morally serious, even solemn.
Russell Moore might wish these data were full of straw, but they're not. And yes, he's right that the supposed "rise of the religious left" has been overblown, but the media's reporting on attitudes toward homosexuality have not been exaggerated. If one wants to address "young" Christians, the consistent juxtaposition of abortion and homosexuality simply won't make any sense.
Let's return to some of the essay's more benign straw men. Moore ridicules, for example, "the pop-left of Evangelicalism," which "usually has quite little to do with Evangelical churches and is usually ephemeral even by the standards of Evangelical faddishness." Who is this pop-left? I'm trying to figure out who that means – Cameron Strang at Relevant? I sincerely don't know.
Then again, Strang is a "convictional Evangelical" of the kind Moore likes, I would think, and not one of "the professional dissidents who make a living marketing mainline Protestant shibboleths to Evangelical college audiences by questioning everything from biblical inerrancy to a Christian sexual ethic." Who are these professional dissidents? (And what a job description!) Moore's subsequent sentence attempts to clarify: "As one wag once said of Al Gore, that he is "an old man's idea of a young man," these Evangelicals are usually an Episcopalian's idea of an Evangelical, just as the "nuns on the bus" are secularizing America's idea of a Catholic."
Uh-oh. Now you've done it. This brings me to my final point: Moore's light sprinkling of anti-Catholicism in the piece. He approves neither of Pope Francis, who is supposedly "going wobbly where John Paul II stood strong," nor of American nuns, whose steadfast work on behalf of the poor has the apparently execrable effect of making non-Catholics respect the Catholic Church.
His critiques of Pope Francis are not new, but it's unbecoming, isn't it, for the leader of a region where it is still common to acquire anti-Papist evangelism tracts in the pamphlet section of roadside stops -- or even at church? I wonder, would Father Neuhaus have published an inaccurate cheapshot at American nuns?
Moore does in the end evince begrudging respect for the Catholic Church because at least they won't give in to cultural shifts on sexual ethics, i.e., "the ruins of Woodstock." At least Rome can be a reminder to Evangelicals, a magnetic north for America's wobbly moral compass.
In return for this staunch witness, Moore promises that Evangelicals "will push Catholics to see that the universe is shaped around the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Eph. 1:10) and that losing our living sense of the ultimate telos leads to an unsustainable teleology." I hadn't realized Catholics needed reminding of the centrality of Christ. And this from someone who in 4000 words doesn't allow Christ to speak in his own words.
I could go on describing the field of straw men in Moore's view of American Christianity; most paragraphs are evidence-free. In the end, I can't assign Moore's essay because, as we say to students, "it does not support its claims." The anti-Catholic hue didn't help either.
Congratulations, Richard Land: you're going to stay in my lectures.
About the Author
Michael Peppard is associate professor of theology at Fordham University, author of The World's Oldest Church and The Son of God in the Roman World, and on Twitter @MichaelPeppard.
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I wonder, would Father Neuhaus have published an inaccurate cheapshot at American nuns?
...yes? I can't cite a specific example, but I can very easily imagine Fr. Neuhaus getting off a cheap shot or two at the expense of the Nuns on the Bus if he were still writing his "The Public Square" columns. Or was that a joke? Taking swipes at a certain (wobbly) kind of Catholic doesn't strike me as out of character for First Things at all.
Protestantism, like so many notions simulatenously contagious and inherently human, began with a great deal of fine ideas and goals. However, like so many grand notions before it, it chose to either ignore or outright deny the existence of much of its history. Vasillating between an unwillingness and an inablility to own its flaws it all too often became the very thing against which it railed, a variety of localized, inward looking cult-like organizaitons claiming indisputable ownership of the one true Christ. Nothing new there.
It should be no surprise Russell Moore has the looks, can exhude the charm and show the keen eye of a salesman. Judging a book by its cover is never a great idea. Neither is ignoring the obvious. Put another way, bearing in mind his expressed priorities and his obvious affinity to Moore's opinions is it really a surprise Jim DeMint found Christ in the art of market research?
Since, dammit, we can't cite a specific example, let's instead easily imagine.
Yes, by all means, let's:
the most boorish behavior…
about a dead man…
a priest…
a former Commonweal contributor...
who can't defend himself…
because, after all, he was a liberal, who became a conservative. A greater fault than this, no man has.
I would ask, for the good of the order, that the offending comment (and then this one), be expunged.
Mark, Mark, Mark. Too much caffeine in a short period of time is bad for your mental and physical health.
The scary thing is...that's the toned down version.
Then let me NEVER be on your vituperative side. I know that my comments can sometimes cause that reaction in people (although not so much here as in some other sites where the trolls come to roost), but .....
But, at the very least, my criticism was not aimed at a dead man, and was not "wishful" thinking.


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August 23, 2013
NYU's Department of Biology has acquired a laser-scanning microscope that will enhance researchers' ability to study morphogenesis--the process that causes an organism to develop its shape-- and the underlying genetic causes.
Installed in the department's Center for Developmental Genetics, the microscope enhances scientists' ability to view live cells while, due to its relative low laser power, reducing the likelihood of damaging these fragile organisms.
The device—the TCS SP8 X, produced by Leica Microsystems—will see heavy use in the laboratory of Lionel Christiaen, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology. He studies how gene activities control and coordinate cell behavior during morphogenesis.
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6 B.S. Myths You Probably Believe About America's 'Enemies'
Spend five minutes listening to politicians and pundits talk about countries like Iran and North Korea, and you walk away thinking the world is a scary place. But politicians have agendas, and pundits want viewers. They aren't always the most reliable sources, but they're usually the loudest, which is why you probably believe that ...
#6. Iran Could Start a Crazy War at Any Minute!
What You've Heard:
It's easy to see why people are afraid of Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and claimed the United States was behind 9/11. You wouldn't trust anyone who says things like that to be in charge of a country!
Especially not when they look like Doctor Octopus.
That's why Ahmadinejad isn't in charge -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is. Despite a title that sounds like an overcompensating member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Khamenei has been running the show for years. See, unlike our president, Ahmadinejad doesn't control Iran's nuclear strategy, armed forces or even foreign policy.
Motherfuckers act like they forgot about 'Nei.
Ahmadinejad is more like the Joe Biden of Iran -- he says stupid things that embarrass the country, but the guy in power thinks he's a good enough shit, so he keeps him around. Though even that gives President Spell-Check a little too much credit, because Ahmadinejad isn't even the second most powerful guy in the country.
Try 14th. In addition to Lord Sexgantic Ayatollah Khamenei, he's outranked by the 12 members of the Guardian Council, which sounds like something out of the extended Star Wars universe, but actually functions more like Ahmadinejad's boss. They can shoot down his ideas via veto and get to decide who runs for president in the first place.
Ahmadinejad can't even talk without their pictures standing guard.
As the Iranian people know, Ahmadinejad doesn't even have the power to get women into soccer games (one of his campaign promises in 2007), and he has become increasingly unpopular among the masses with every day in office.
This makes me Ahmadinesad.
The problem is that the West pays such an unreasonable amount of attention to Ahmadinejad that according to political experts, it's one of the only things keeping him relevant in Iran. Despite a failed economic policy, and the fact that he's pissed of the Ayatollah so much that experts don't expect him to finish his second term, the Iranian people feel like they have to pay attention to him because America is paying attention to him. And America is paying attention to him because his job title sounds impressive to us.
"A president? Those are the things we protest against!"
OK, but even if Ahmadinejad isn't in charge, the real leaders are religious hard-liners who hate America. So Iran is still a threat, right? Actually, their annual military budget is around nine billion dollars, which puts them behind the powerhouses like Greece and Australia. In terms of per capita spending, Iran is dead last in the gulf region. Nuclear weapons aren't a concern, either, as U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran has halted its program.
Making your enemies seem like unbalanced lunatics is just an old propaganda trick. For instance, remember that comment about wanting to wipe Israel off the map? According to the people who translated the statement in the first place, it was translated worse than a Final Fantasy game, due to "time pressure to produce a translation quickly." It would be more accurate to say Ahmadinejad wanted to see a regime change, which is a pretty common statement in global politics.
All these men support regime change. Only Perry wants D.C. wiped off the map.
Of course, the media didn't have to exaggerate his statements denying the Holocaust and claiming that the U.S. was behind 9/11. They just had to ignore the fact that the guy saying it doesn't matter.
#5. China's Economy Is Going to Steamroll America's!
What You've Heard:
According to The New York Post, America already owes China so much money that China can destroy our economy whenever it wants. So if you're reading this from inside the United States, we hope you like the taste of steamroller, because you and everything you love is about to get steamrolled by China's economic steamroller. And thanks to the gap between Chinese super students and America's bumper crop of dumbasses, Americans probably need to be told that China's economy isn't an actual steamroller.
Above: The first two years of any Poly Sci degree.
The media tends to portray America like China's deadbeat brother-in-law who keeps borrowing money and promising he's good for it. But the truth is that China is far more dependent on the U.S. than the other way around. If they decided to pull the rug out from under the U.S., they'd be pulling it out from under their own economy.
As for China's educational superiority, it's definitely true that China kicks America's ass in educating its children, and they even produce more college graduates than America. It's just that their colleges suck. One Chinese professor said that the average Chinese engineering graduate may not know more than a typical auto mechanic.
To be fair, we don't understand this guy's job any better than we understand nuclear engineering.
From an early age, Chinese students are corralled into career paths based on test scores. A bad day in seventh grade might shut you out of entire industries. Unfortunately, the idea that childhood intelligence has anything to do with future success has been pretty much completely debunked.
The things that tend to matter are how hard you're willing to work at your job. And if it's some bullshit your seventh grade teacher decided you should do for the rest of your life, we're guessing that's only as fast as you can work while making the wanking motion with one of your hands.
Somehow, we doubt this man is being all he can be.
But probably their biggest problem is something called the dependency ratio. It's a simple idea that is shockingly good at predicting economic success and failure. Basically, you put people who are of working age on one side of the scale and people who are too young or old to work on the other. The more the workers outweigh the babies and old people, the more your economy tends to thrive. For instance, America did great when the baby boomers were passing through their working years and is facing a slowdown now that they're retiring.
This ratio is also one of the main reasons China is kicking so much ass at the moment. There are so many working-age people that they had to put policies in place to keep them from having too many kids. You've probably heard of the one-child policy. An earlier public campaign cut China's fertility rate in half in the '70s. That was good for China's dependency ratio up to this point. That's half of a generation of useless, non-working babies off the books. But over the next 25 years, China is gearing up to age faster than any developing country ever. By 2035, 280 million Chinese will be 65 or older. Senior discounts alone will cost China billions.
On the plus side, Sizzler's future has never been brighter.
So if you are working for China in 25 years, like the media predicted, chances are it will be at a nursing home.
#4. America Relies on Its Enemies for Oil!
What You've Heard:
America is at the mercy of a number of foreign countries that control our oil supply and could choke out our economy at a moment's notice. It's no wonder we started all those wars in the Middle East. We were trying to control the oil fields.
When we should have been mining children all along.
For starters, 36 percent of American oil is domestic. Another 22 percent of America's oil comes from the hostile and violent country of, uh, Canada. In fact, our friendly neighbor to the north produces more of America's oil than all the gulf countries combined. So that's over half of America's oil controlled by countries with NBA franchises. Did we mention that America's third largest supplier of oil is Mexico?
Still, a good chunk of America's oil does come from countries that are on less than friendly terms with the States. Venezuela is a good example -- what's to stop Hugo Chavez from waking up on the wrong side of the bed one morning and cutting us off?
The American consumer is the little kid in this picture. Chavez is himself.
Well, the United States gets about 11 percent of its oil from Venezuela, while America represents a full half of Venezuela's oil exports. Screwing with the supply would be irritating to America's economy, but it would put Chavez on the business end of a Venezuela-sized angry mob of broke people. We're not just guessing that America could absorb an 11 percent hit to its fuel supply. When Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Gulf of Mexico's oil industry, that's exactly how much of the oil supply was taken out. If you don't remember it, that's because you don't live in Georgia, where people faced longer than average lines at the pumps. Everything else was business as usual.
Plus, Chavez needs that oil money to fund his zany hat collection.
Of course, when you picture foreign oil, you don't think of Canada or Venezuela -- you think of the Middle Eastern nations who, we're told, can hold us hostage. And that's not all the media's fault. In the '70s, Middle Eastern countries staged an oil strike that coincided with the American economy spiraling into a recession.
But since then, the American economy has shrugged off bigger interruptions like a guy who trips and then breaks into a jog for a second like he meant to do that. They shook it off in the '80s, when Iran and Iraq went to war to determine which one had the better second consonant. The war lasted six years, screwed with both country's oil exports and barely made a ripple in the States.
"Lines at the gas pump? My comfy suburban life is no longer worth living!"
Of course, like most stories with the moral "maybe we're not quite as screwed as we thought," the media didn't make much of it. As recently as the '90s, if you told an expert that oil prices were going to double, they would have told you to invest all your money in canned goods and weapons bunkers. And then oil prices quadrupled between 2003 and 2007 and ... nothing happened.
Not that any of this is going to stop the media from reporting that America is dependent on Middle Eastern oil. At least not until they figure out how to make Canada scary.
Poutine is a pretty good start.


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FLAGSTAFF — The American Red Cross is helping with water deliveries to northern Arizona tribes where subfreezing temperatures have resulted in broken waterlines and water shortages.
On the Navajo Nation, as many as 2,000 homeowners in the Window Rock area have been affected by waterline breaks. Residents in Chinle, Dilkon, Kayenta and Pinedale are also dealing with outages and low pressure.
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly declared a state of emergency on Friday.
The Red Cross' Grand Canyon Chapter says it's working with tribal, county and state authorities to get water distributed to Navajo and Hopi communities.
Deliveries were made Wednesday to the village that is home to the Hopi tribe's government. More water will be delivered to the Navajo capital of Window Rock on Thursday and Friday.