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The first casualty in all management-labor battles is perspective. The parties always focus on what they are losing, or what they need. No one ever mentions what they have.
That's certainly true in the NHL collective bargaining battle between owners and players. We hear how owners need changes to ensure the NHL is financially viable. We hear how players are being forced to surrender contract rights and are having their earning potential limited.
What we aren't talking about is that NHL has had a 50% revenue growth from the last lockout until this one, with hockey-related revenue growing from $2.1 billion to $3.3 billion. We aren't talking about the fact the average NHL salary been inching toward $2.5 million per season even with a salary cap in place.
We certainly aren't talking about the fact that the game's national footprint is much wider and deeper than anyone thought was possible a decade ago.
Just six months ago, it seemed as NHL was in midst of probably the most exciting business period in league history. Every NHL playoff game was televised nationally. Ratings were up. Sponsorships were up. The NHL's attractiveness and desirability in the corporate world seemed like it was at an all-time high There was buzz about a Winter Classic drawing more than 115,000 to Ann Arbor, Mich. Players are getting paid well. What recession? The NHL seemed poised to enter the golden era.
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But with the NHL lockout in its 79th day, it seems as if that has been forgotten.
Anger is in control of the NHL CBA negotiations. Both sides view the other side as being unreasonable when it comes to determining what's fair. There is enough rage on both sides of the argument to fuel the blowing up of the entire season.
That's why Tuesday's meeting between players and owners without Commissioner Gary Bettman and NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr is important.
No one expects six owners and six players to truly bargain. The real hope is new voices might bring reason and calm to an negotiation that is top heavy with emotion and distrust.
The hope would be that perhaps a player and/or owner would remind everyone that owners and players will be going over their own financial cliff together if they don't work together.
Players are looking at the possibility of losing more than $1.5 billion in salary if the season is canceled. Even if you accept that some NHL teams will lose less money by not playing, major market teams are losing plenty. More important, owners are risking long-term damage to a sport that seemed to finally be making its mark as a national sport.
The truth is that owners don't know how fans will react if the NHL cancels its season for the second time in eight years.
Both sides are so entrenched in their convictions that they can't see any way to get a deal done. Any outsider looking at this situation would wonder why they can't get one done.
TIMELINE: Daily look at the lockout
The $182 million separating the two sides is not enough to risk more than $3 billion. The individual contracting rights issues seem more significant, but it's hard not to believe that a compromise could be found if the two sides could view this more as a business negotiation than a war. Currently, they are working too hard to dislike each other.
What is needed on Tuesday is for one owner to rise up like New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft did in the NFL negotiations, to stray from the pack just long enough to say something needs to be done before it's too late.
Maybe it will be a player who will be the hero of these negotiations. Maybe one impassioned speech is all that is needed to show the path to a compromise. Given all of the buzz among players about union decertification, this hope might qualify as a long shot. But sports has taught us that athletes can step up when it is least expected.
If Tuesday's meeting isn't the start of the final push toward a deal, it might signal the beginning of the end of the season. To even have a 48-game season, we would have to start play in late January. We could be in countdown mode soon.
Owners and players don't agree about much these days, but they would have to agree there will be no soft landings for anyone if the NHL goes over the fiscal cliff for second time. Everyone will get hurt badly.


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Gemtuzumab ozogamicin is a monoclonal antibody attached to chemotherapy. Monoclonal antibodies are designed to target a specific type of cell. In this case, the target is "CD 33", a receptor that is found on the outside of leukemia cells in 80% of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). The antibody finds its way to the leukemia cells, attaches itself, and enters the cell with the chemotherapy. This allows the chemotherapy to kill the cell.
How to take gemtuzumab ozogamicin: Gemtuzumab ozogamicin is given directly into a vein and the infusion generally takes 2 hours. Allergic reactions are common, so you will receive medications before the infusion to prevent this reaction. The actual dose is dependent upon your body size.
How long should you take gemtuzumab ozogamicin? It is not known how many times you can receive gemtuzumab ozogamicin. Patients in clinical trials received a maximum of 2 doses.
Some of the possible side effects and suggestions for dealing with them include:
Infusion reactions are common and can occur during the infusion or within 24 hours after the infusion. Reactions can include fever, shaking chills, low blood pressure, and shortness of breath. These reactions may be prevented or reduced with pre-medications (diphenhydramine and acetaminophen). In some cases, reactions can be more severe and require discontinuation of the drug. This reaction is called anaphylaxis (a life-threatening allergic reaction), and can include: difficulty breathing, wheezing, tightening of the throat, swelling of the face and hives.
White blood cells are important for fighting infection. While receiving treatment you are at a higher risk of getting infections. You should wash your hands frequently, avoid large crowds and people who are sick or have colds. Your doctor will prescribe some medications to prevent 2 particular infections; pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and herpes zoster. You should let your doctor or nurse know right away if you have a fever (temperature greater than 100.4), sore throat or cold, or a sore that doesn't heal.
Platelets help your blood clot, so when the count is low you are at a higher risk of bleeding. You should not use a razor (an electric razor is fine), play any contact sports, or take any aspirin or ibuprofen products (lease can also increase the risk of bleeding). Let your doctor or nurse know if you have any bleeding, including nose bleeds or bleeding gums. If the count becomes too low you may receive a transfusion of platelets.
Your red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen to the tissues in your body. When the red cell count is low, you may feel tired or weak. You should let your doctor or nurse know if you experience any shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, or pain in your chest. If the count gets too low you may receive a blood transfusion.
Your doctor or nurse can recommend medication to relieve diarrhea. Also, try eating low-fiber bland foods, such as white rice and boiled or baked chicken. Avoid raw fruits, vegetables, whole grain breads and cereals, and seeds. Soluble fiber is a type of fiber found in some foods. Soluble fiber absorbs fluid and can help relieve diarrhea. Foods high in soluble fiber include: applesauce, bananas (ripe), canned fruit, orange and grapefruit sections, boiled potatoes, white rice and products made with white flour, oatmeal, cream of rice, cream of wheat and farina. Drink 8-10 glasses of non-alcoholic fluid a day to prevent dehydration.
In general, nausea and vomiting associated with gemtuzumab ozogamicin occurs during or shortly after the infusion. It is a good idea to have something light to eat before your treatment. There are many effective drugs that will prevent, eliminate, or lessen the severity of nausea and vomiting if you need them, just ask your doctor which is best for you. In addition, dietary adjustments may help. Avoid things that worsen the symptoms, try antacids like milk of magnesia and calcium tablets (like Tums), or have saltines or ginger ale to lessen symptoms.
Your doctor or nurse can recommend medication and other strategies to relieve pain.
See OncoLink's section on fatigue for helpful tips.
Gemtuzumab ozogamicin may affect your appetite. See OncoLink's section on Nutrition for tips on dealing with this side effect.
Tumor lysis syndrome occurs when large amounts of cancerous cells are rapidly killed by a treatment. The dying cells release uric acid, potassium, and phosphorus into the blood stream. Elevated levels of these can lead to kidney failure. Tumor lysis syndrome usually occurs within 24 - 48 hours of therapy. In order to prevent this from occurring, you will receive plenty of fluids to keep you hydrated and be given a drug called allopurinol that blocks uric acid production. If your white blood cell count is very high, you may have some other treatment to lower this count before receiving gemtuzumab ozogamicin.
Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a rare, but very serious complication of this medication. VOD is a disease that causes severe damage to the liver and is characterized by a painful, enlarged liver, rapid weight gain from fluid retention, and rising bilirubin levels (a blood test). Two of these three must be present to establish the diagnosis. Once VOD occurs, the chances for other organs to fail increases dramatically and potentially fatal multi-organ failure may occur.
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Someone once told me I should know guitar first. Are these instruments different enough that learning banjo is independent of knowing guitar?
I play both fingerstyle guitar and clawhammer banjo, and aside from basic left-hand fretting technique, they are very different. Here are some ways in which learning the guitar first will actually make learning the banjo harder, not easier:
This isn't to say you can't do it. I'd been playing guitar for almost twenty years before I picked up a banjo, and with practice, I overcame all of these obstacles---and I love them both. But if you're only interested in the guitar as a gateway instrument to the banjo, I'd say don't bother. Go straight for the banjo.
There are common elements between both elements, moreso than between a cello and a flute for example, but there's absolutely no reason you should know guitar first. Experience with guitar would probably help to some degree with banjo, and experience with banjo would probably help to some degree with guitar. But that assumes prior experience.
If all you want to learn is banjo, then learning guitar will be a waste of your time. You can learn banjo most effectively by learning banjo. Spending a year on the guitar might make you better at banjo than someone who has never played an instrument, but it definitely won't make you better than you could be if you played banjo for that year instead.
Now, if you have decided to practice banjo exactly 1 hour per day and are looking for something else to do in your free time, adding guitar wouldn't hurt (assuming you don't strain yourself). But decreasing banjo time in order to play guitar will result in worse banjo playing in the end.
Disclaimer: I play guitar but not banjo.


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I recently watched a BBC Horizon documentary that seems to argue that fasting is good for your general health and your mental acuity.
What scientific evidence is there for and against it?
The documentary talks about some experiments on rodents as part of the supporting evidence.
Personally, I feel like if I were to starve myself, then even if my mental acuity would increase, it would be directed primarily towards thoughts about food.
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If possible, please suggest what should I do.
Mr. Kyte wrote about accessing os-file-information utilizing the preprocessor directive a while ago. Perhaps this is what you are after.
I don't think it is necessary to use those APIs to do OS related work. it is important to note the GAP between OS and DB, DB should focus on data while other OS related work should be handled by OS, so here I would suggest define the interface well and pass the necessary information into the interface through OS calls.


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Warren Buffett and Pope Benedict: Soulmates?
Maybe not on everything, but some say they preach the same [socialist] economic gospel -- that the wealthy should shoulder more or society's economic burdens, as Buffett put it in a recent Times Op-Ed -- and that they're "both dead wrong," according to The Hoover Institution's Richard Epstein:
The Pope was on his way to recession-torn Spainto lead the Roman Catholic Churchs weeklong celebration of World Youth Daywhen he denounced those nameless persons who put "profits before people." He told journalists, "The economy cannot be measured by the maximum profit but by the common good. The economy cannot function only with mercantile self-regulation but needs an ethical reason in order to work for man." Standing alone, these words mirror the refrains of countless Spanish socialists, whose relations with the Pope have soured in recent years. Their shared premises help explain why Spain finds itself in such a sorry state.Denouncing those who put profits before people may stir the masses, but it is a wickedly deformed foundation for social policy. Profits, like losses, do not exist in the abstract. Corporations, as such, do not experience gains or losses. Those gains and losses are passed on to real people, like shareholders, consumers, workers, and suppliers. It is possible to imagine a world without profits. Yet the disappearance of profits means that investors will be unable to realize a return on either their capital or labor. Structure a system that puts people before profits, and both capital and labor will dry up. The scarcity of private investment capital will force the public sector to first raise and allocate capital and labor, though it has no idea how these resources should be deployed to help the people, writ large. A set of ill-conceived public investments will not provide useful goods and services for consumers (who are, after all, people), nor will it provide sustainable wages for workers (who are also people). Poor investment decisions will lead to a massive constriction in social output that harms all people equally.The proper response to these difficulties is to treat profits as an accurate measure of the cost of capital, rewarded to those individuals and firms who supply some desirable mix of goods, services, and jobs that people, acting individually and not collectively, want for themselves. The genius of Adam Smith, whose musings on the invisible hand are too often derided, was to realize that private markets (supported, to be sure, by suitable public infrastructure) will do better than a command and control system in satisfying the individuals wants and needs.The Pope offers no serious answer to Smiths point when he talks about "the ethical need to work for man" and the "common good." In both of these cases, he treats a collection of diverse individuals as though they form part of some harmonious whole. "Man" in the Popes formulation is a grammatical singular but a social collective. The "common good" speaks of some aggregate benefit to a community that is not securely tethered to the successes and failures of the particular individuals within the collectivity.
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David Gibson is a national reporter for Religion News Service and author of The Coming Catholic Church (HarperOne) and The Rule of Benedict (HarperOne). He blogs at dotCommonweal.
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Epstein must get his theological and spiritual advice from none other than "Fr." Robert Sirico. Claptrap is claptrap.
Be careful, jimmy mac, if you defend the common good, they'll label you a socialist etc.
Why are Catholics so uncharitable online?
Bender... Jimmy, Bob and I get riled up when we read 'Structure a system that puts people before profits, and both capital and labor will dry up.' Does the Hoover Insitute make a profit? nah nada..pays big saleries out of big endowment.. go west young man go west. Why do your mentors publish stuff that un charitably gets us riled up?
So if someone disagrees with us, we automatically question the validity of his orders/vocational calling?I thought that's what they tried to do to the Jesuits in Latin America.
Jeff Landry, what the heck are you talking about? Try sticking to the topic instead of playing the troll.
I'm referring to this, Mr. Gibson:"Epstein must get his theological and spiritual advice from none other than Fr. Robert Sirico."In particular the scare quotes around Fr., indicating some doubt on the part of Jimmy Mac about Fr. Sirico's ordination.I believe, by any measure, that's sticking to the topic.
And as a regular reader of this blog and the magazine, I resent the implication of "trolling" from a contributor.
Richard Epstein has given the usual bs even to the phd level which means piled high and deep. Generalities and falsehoods are compounded with nothing but preaching remaining. I guess Jesus should have bought more property and dined with the rich man and thrown Lazarus to the wolves and retracted his dictum than a rich person would find it difficult to enter heaven. . The message of Jesus is clear and certain. The pope did not speak against the Captitalist system. Benedict is right on this one. So good for him and us. He spoke about profits being the end all of all activity. If one shares and helps it is different than one who hoards and condemns the poor and downtrodden.
Ah, yes, that's sticking to the topic. Bravo. Stirring your resentment does not seem to be a tough task, as I cannot recall you not in high dudgeon. But to be clear, I was not implying you are a troll. I called you a troll. I wouldn't want there to be any misunderstandings.
"Stirring your resentment does not seem to be a tough task, as I cannot recall you not in high dudgeon. "And I'm never disappointed in your lack of professional courtesy. But lesson learned, Mr. Gibson: one your posts, make sure we attack the right people, huh? Otherwise we might just be in "high dudgeon."
Jeff, I try to respond with greater courtesy than showed by the offender, and again that's not hard to do in your case. In any event, back to the topic at hand...I'm not sure who I was attacking in this post. It seems to me the criticism from Epstein underscores the difficulty of putting the Pope or the Church in easy political categories. The Hoover post has generated a good deal of discussion (troll-less) around the Interwebs because it seems to challenge us.
"In any event, back to the topic at handIm not sure who I was attacking in this post."Mr. Gibson -Did you bother to read my first resopnse to your assertion? I was not asserting that YOU or YOUR POST attacked anyone. I was expressing dismay (harmless I thought, not meant to be trolling) at the first comment in RESPONSE to your post: the one questioning Fr. Sirico's standing as a priest. My response was that I find it curious that when someone disagrees with "us", i.e. "Jimmy Mac" and the disagreer is a priest, we must question his vocation. Since conservatives did this same thing to Jesuits in Latin America, as I note, I found this curious. So, you see, if you had bothered to understand my response, you would see that my comment is in no way, shape, or form directed at you or your post. Indeed, I found Epstein's case against the Pope to be a weak one, based in part on a cribbed quote from the Pope's statements.As for courtesy- as I stated I am a frequent commenter on posts here, and some have noted my courtesy in disagreeing with them.
Give it a rest, Jeff. You know what you're doing. I repeat: No trolling allowed.
Only in some twisted world is objecting to a critical, inflammatory comment on a post be considered "trolling."And only in a strange world would someone objecting to a critical comment be castigated as the offender.
Bender: you presume that I am a Catholic. My Catholicism is extremely narrowed: not Roman and not American. Call me a Horn and Hardart Catholic.
I do not doubt R. Sirico's ordination, but I do question his priesthood. I knew him LONG before he "poped" and know him for what he is.
My own personal conclusions are as follows:* The Holy Father surely is right to talk about our individual and collective responsibility to humanity* The Holy Father doesn't prescribe a particular economic/political system for realizing those responsibilities, hopes and dreams (which, to my mind, go deeper than the "individual's wants and needs" that Epstein refers to)* Free-market economies give us a flawed way to at least partially fulfill those responsibilities, hopes and dreams* All of the alternatives so far that have been tried to free-market economies - certainly including socialism - are much worse solutions than a free-market economy for fulfilling those responsibilities. Epstein astutely points out cogent reasons why socialism is worse.* Again, this is me sharing my personal opinion: I am not ready to declare the free-market economy a failed experiment because it only partially fulfills our greatest and deepest needs, and because of its evident flaws. I hope that we can continue to search for the best/most optimal arrangement of private and public entities and interactions (which certainly include such features as taxation, regulation, and central bank operations) to enable humanity to reach its potential - which in my view is achieved by aiming Godward.
@Jim Pauwels (8/24, 4:50 pm) Thanks for your thoughtful reflections. I agree with much of what you say---particularly the first two points.As for free-market economies, obviously we could have an extensive discussion about what defines "free-market economies". It's not my intent to open that discussion.Rather, I just want to observe that many of the most successful economies over the past century have been "social-democratic" societies. By that I mean they have 1) a significant part of their economy that is capitalistic, 2) a significant social welfare state that moderates the often harsh results of capitalism, and 3) a constitutional politics that guarantees certain basic rights to citizens/residents and allows for democratic transfer of power from one party to another.
I like the way he tries to tether the common good to the successes and failures of individuals within the collectivity. IE--if I am poor, it must be my fault and I don't deserve to appeal to the common good. Well, a few thousand well connected individuals in the finance "industry" cost the world half its wealth in 2008. Ergo, must be the fault of all the people who lost the value of their IRA's, or who saw the value of their home cut in half. These people, including myself, had no choice about whether or not to belong to a free market economy. And capitalism is inherintly unstable, with dozens of recessions and recession/depressions since the founding of our country. Somehow, we have to have a way to tether in a rampant beast that offers so much to so few and so little to so many.
Not that he needs me too, but I can vouch for Jeff's politeness towards me when we have disagreed. For what it's worth, I understand that moderating forums such as this can take an enormous amount of patience, but I'm puzzled why it seems the nastiest comments often come from contributors themselves--the ones uniquely charged with reducing the nastiness quotient. Only a minority, to be sure, and only a minority of the time, but I don't see the same level of vitriol coming from moderators of other forums (or even from regular commenters here). I think it keeps people away, or at least keeps them from commenting (and hurts the Commonweal coffers!), which is a shame. Ok, thanks for letting me get that off my chest, now, to the task at hand.The economy cannot be measured by the maximum profit but by the common good. The economy cannot function only with mercantile self-regulation but needs an ethical reason in order to work for man."Im not familiar with Epstein, but I think he misinterprets the Pope when he so vehemently objects to these words. For me, the key phrase is the last one"needs an ethical reason in order to work for man." I don't think the Pope is saying profits are inherently unethical, just observing that man can do unethical things in search of profit, and thus capitalism pre-supposes a moral order. I don't think this idea is anything new or, indeed, anything controversial.
Bender: you presume that I am a Catholic._______________You miss my point entirely. Your degree of Catholicism is irrelevant. The point of the comment (actually a direct quote of the title of the recent posting) was to say ENOUGH with the demonization and hostility and rancor and animus and utter lack of charity (which sadly was rampant in that posting that was calling for greater civility). ENOUGH.And enough with the "they made us do it" nonsense, Ed. Quit blaming others and own up to your own lack of civility. No one makes you or anyone spew bile. That is your own freely made choice.
Jim P. ==What is your idea of a socialist government? When would you call a government a socialist one? What would define it as such? I find it very difficult to follow conservative' "anti-socialist" arguments because I never know just what "socialist" means to them.Would any of you other conservatives like to define the term? As I understand the term it is not synonymous with "Marxism", though both assert that government must assist in significant ways persons who are poor. Marxism claims the ownership of the means of production, but socialists do not necessarily make that claim, though some socialists do demand the government ownership of some means of production.Here's the Merriam-Webster first definition:1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
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Jim P. ==What is your idea of a socialist government? When would you call a government a socialist one? What would define it as such?I find it very difficult to follow conservative anti-socialist arguments because I never know just what socialist means to them.Would any of you other conservatives like to define the term?Heres the Merriam-Webster first definition:1 : any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
I'm not a conservative - more of a political nonbeliever - but I'd guess that dictionary definition is pretty good for your purpose. The socialist flaw would be to cripple trading - which people do instinctively - in the service of a state religion of economic egalitarianism. There are, of course, multiple serious problems with the state digging down too deep into the control of individual lives. The key word there is "too". Most states inevitably control people's daily behavior and even, to some extent, their thinking. The tricky thing is to draw the limit at a safe point beyond which the possibility of individuals' regaining lost control is only minimal. Conservatives rightly mistrust planners and politicians who feel that people ought not, as a general principle, to be trusted to make their own decisions.
David S. --It seems that you object to socialism's controlling "people's daily behavior and even, to some extent to their thinking". I don't see how the dictionary definition implies that that will happen. What do you see as the necessary connection between controlling means of production and goods and the controlling of behavior and thinking? I doan't know of any socialists who would recommend such control, so I wonder how you get from controlling means of production and goods to the controls of behavior and thought.In other words I don't see any connection between the latter controls and socialism as defined.
Ann Olivier 08/25/2011 - 12:55 am subscriberDavid S. It seems that you object to socialisms controlling peoples daily behavior and even, to some extent to their thinking.
No, Ann. I didn't say that. I said all states do that. The question is other.
Once again the Hoover Institute in its Incoherent Majesty. Regulation and taxation are not socialism. Socialism is state ownership of the means of production.Regulation is the regulation of risk, not the arbitrary intrusive hand of the nation state. Profits are not distributed to everyone. But they are distributed to the holders of capital after the barest possible minimum has been distributed to anyone else. THIS is the nature of the invisible hand. Regulation is necessary because it is in the nature of capitalism for capitalists to try to distribute risk away from themselves.Profits are the cost of capital, but the cost of capital is whatever the capitalist can get the market to bear.His most telling quote is this one:
The genius of Adam Smith, whose musings on the invisible hand are too often derided, was to realize that private markets (supported, to be sure, by suitable public infrastructure) will do better than a command and control system in satisfying the individuals wants and needs.
Epstein does say that Smith believes in a "suitable private infrastructure" (which is more than many "followers" of Smith will admit). But by doing the sleight of hand where he equates taxes and regulation with socialism, he shows that the suitable public infrastructure is one that protects capital from the people and puts it first.[Someone is going to ask me where Epstein talks about taxes and regulations. I will say that when he quotes Benedict:
The economy cannot be measured by the maximum profit but by the common good. The economy cannot function only with mercantile self-regulation but needs an ethical reason in order to work for man.
and the says that Benedict's "words mirror the refrains of countless Spanish socialists", which Benedict is not and has never done, he is equating the mechanisms of regulation and taxation, which are the form that political intervention does in fact take in all modern capitalist societies, with socialism.]
Economics produces dogmas that often have less empirical support than the most incredible faith claims, and I think this Hoover essay underscores that: Epstein is arguing for the inviolable sanctity of a doctrine of libertarian policies, chiefly because that is the "right" thing to do. (Though he also believes it to be the most efficacious, an arguable point, to say the least.) But Benedict (and Buffett) are arguing for an ethical and humanist and pastoral approach -- believing, I'm sure, and with some reason, that such an approach would be best for society and the economy. But neither the Pope nor the Oracle are being legalistic, it seems to me, or prescriptive. Yet another paradox, perhaps.
"But Benedict (and Buffett) are arguing for an ethical and humanist and pastoral approach "Benedict, perhaps, but Buffett is not exactly an objective participant.http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/08/thinking-about-taxes... of course there is the suggestion/criticism that nothing keeps Mr. Buffett from writing as large a check as he wants to the IRS, and/or if he thinks he should pay his (federal and state) estate taxes upon his death instead of avoiding it by giving all his fortune to a tax-exempt foundation.
Does an ethical, humanist, pastoral approach allow for a risk-adjusted competitive rate of return or does it mandate some fraction of the market rate? Presumably no one wants to bankrupt companies but, even short of that, how does the common good benefit if a less than competitve rate of return discourages investment? An economic slowdown, which of course also gravely damages the wellbeing of needy consumers, will cause problems that even Joe Biden and all his stimulus money will not be able to solve.Too often the answer from the left is that profits should be Less but no one will specify a minimum floor other than bankruptcy. Its the inverse of Samuel Gompers demand for labor: More. When there is no rule involved the stage is set for the entry of organized interests rather than the needy and the inevitable result is a power struggle.BTW, in his writings Epstein clearly opposes monopoly profits and far from endorsing selfishness vigorously endorses philanthropy. Hes a principled market-oriented and not a business-oriented advocate, unlike a good portion of the supporters of intrusive government regulation and investment policies. These faithfully produce ever new variants of our familiar crony capitalism despite assurances that our experts guarantee that this time all will be different and that careful moral discernment, not political considerations, will guide our leaders decisions.P.S. If you want to see how fast a human being can talk over an extended period of time, watch one of Epstein's podcasts.
"... how does the common good benefit if a less than competitve rate of return discourages investment?"The most competitive rate of return, which is what the investor goes for, may include relatively high regulations and taxes. Competitive rates exist in a context."BTW, in his writings Epstein clearly opposes monopoly profits and far from endorsing selfishness vigorously endorses philanthropy. Hes a principled market-oriented and not a business-oriented advocate, unlike a good portion of the supporters of intrusive government regulation and investment policies. These faithfully produce ever new variants of our familiar crony capitalism despite assurances that our experts guarantee that this time all will be different and that careful moral discernment, not political considerations, will guide our leaders decisions."So the attempt to oppose the crony capitalism of the capitalists (that was also pointed out by Adam Smith) through regulation reproduces a different kind of crony capitalism? And are you deducing from this that regulation is therefore bad? Is that what you are saying? And what do you mean about a difference between "market oriented" and "business oriented"?
Pro-market advocates favor a free market and competition with minimal government intervention. Pro-business advocates favor the welfare of selected players within the economy, with government support if need be, e.g. Whats good for General Motors is good for America. For GM substitute windmills, ehtanol or whatever is the favored industry of the moment.Paul Ryan is more pro-market, Romney more pro-business.For more on the distinction:http://www.city-journal.org/2011/eon0616lz.htmlIts an old distinction which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin knew quite well and which he thought he could exploit:Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them
"Pro-market advocates favor a free market and competition with minimal government intervention."The flaw with this is that these people believe that minimal government intervention guarantees a free market and competition.
"The flaw with this is that these people believe that minimal government intervention guarantees a free market and competition."I don't think that's completely accurate, or at least a crude over-simplification. Natural monopolies will always occur as monopolization is a "natural" part of the cycle. But I think most free market advocates also think the market will also disfavor the monopoly. Epstein has written some interesting anti-trust articles you should look into as I'm not doing his theory any favors.
The Tablet reports that Croation bishops have taken a strong stand against some revised legislation which they think would adversely affect workers. Hmm. Somehow they don't sound at all like their brother American bishops."Church condemns business deregulation25 August 2011"Croatia's Catholic Church has condemned government-backed legal changes, which have introduced sweeping deregulation in employee rights and protections. ""Church institutions have warned that efforts are necessary to regulate relations in the commerce sector and protect workers from exhaustion, the arbitrariness of unscrupulous employers and especially the ruthlessness of big business, which is not interested in respecting the dignity of Croatian workers or protecting Croatian national interests," said the Bishops' Conference's Justice and Peace Commission. In particular the Commission said deregulation would damage family life when the national birthrate was already declining. The Commission was reacting to July amendments to Croatia's Commerce Act, scrapping previous limits on Sunday opening and overtime work."'
Hey Ann- The USCCB's Labor Day statement this year very strongly supports workers, including the unequivocal right of public and private workers to unionize. http://www.usccb.org/about/domestic-social-development/upload/Labor-Day-...
Thanks, Irene. Glad to hear they're sounding like the 1930's bishops again. Now if only they will come out and tell Congress in no uncertain terms that it has a right and duty to regulate commerce when it fails to protect or injures workers, consumers, and the public at large.
I just wanted to mention Larry Powell, the minister in Fresno, who says he's goit enough money to do fine, gave up a huge chunk of salary to help educatinal services there.I wonder how many of our free market folks would do the same instead of whining about big government.


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Extremely fine hairs called lanugo hairs cover your baby's entire skin surface. These are constantly shed and replaced but, during the final few weeks of pregnancy, will be replaced by thicker, permanent hairs. Lanugo cells help insulate the skin.
The occasional dizzy spell is common in pregnancy and not a sign that anything is wrong.
As your body works hard to nourish your baby, you may find yourself feeling dizzy from time to time. It's common to feel dizzy when you stand up suddenly; this is because, although your blood supply has increased during pregnancy, getting up quickly causes the blood to rush into your legs. This reduces the supply of blood to your brain, making you feel light-headed.
Dizziness can also be a symptom of anemia. Although you produce more red blood cells in pregnancy than before, your volume of blood also increases. This means that proportionally there are fewer red blood cells and your blood count will drop. You may also become short of iron and, if this is the case, you will be prescribed iron supplements. In addition to dizziness, symptoms of anemia include fatigue and shortness of breath. Low blood-sugar levels (see Get carb loading) can also cause dizziness and can be prevented by eating snacks regularly.
If you're feeling dizzy, although it's likely to be due to the physiological changes in pregnancy, inform your doctor so you can be examined and any relevant blood tests taken. If you feel dizzy when you're out and about, or if you need a seat on a bus or train, always tell someone-the majority of people will be understanding.
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Healthy-eating messages abound so pregnant women are well informed, especially about calcium-rich foods needed for strong bones among other things. A recent study found that pregnant women who rarely drank milk gave birth to smaller babies than those who drank the recommended three 8-oz glasses per day.
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I remember that feeling well! When you're pregnant, it's normal to feel like battening down the hatches sometimes because you're too tired to socialize. It's worth, however, trying to make the most of your leisure time before the baby arrives. You may not feel like getting out and about, but once you do you'll probably be glad you made the effort and it will help you maintain friendships.
I chose my activities carefully, opting for early evening or weekend get togethers, and went to cafés rather than bars. I also had friends over for lunch and dinner but asked everyone to bring a dish. I realized I might not get to the movies or theater for a while once the baby was born, so planned lots of great trips. You can always go to weekend matinées if you're too tired in the evening. When I was really too tired to go out, I'd catch up with a friend on the phone.
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I want to become a game developer, I am an A student in 11th grade and feel like I am wasting my time in High School. I'm thinking of switching to homeschooling so that I have more time to focus on learning game development on my own while finishing high school at home. Some people I spoke to about this say its better to stay in school and go to college, some say I can get my diploma through homeschooling and this way I can get a head start on what I love to do, and get hands on experience. I am not sure what to do and was wondering if there are any experienced programmers out there that can give me advice on what route I should take??
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You're in 11th grade. I'd advocate finishing high school and attending a college or university with a decent program related to the specialization you'd like to have in the games industry -- that means computer science if you want to be a programmer, for example.
I don't see a lot of advantages to being "homeschooled" for your last year-and-change of high school. Everybody feels like they are wasting their time in high school -- you'll probably have bouts of that exact same feeling in college (and you'll probably be just as wrong then as you are now).
Sure, you can devote more time to focusing on your immediate interests if you don't finish high school, but it might be harder to get into the best college you're otherwise capable of with only a GED, because those factors sometimes matter (regardless of whether or not they should matter). The danger is that by self-directing your education you are running, potentially, a much larger risk of misguiding your education. More so, I feel, should you choose to eschew college as well. You also narrow your focus, potentially prematurely, which might make you less desirable than others who are more generally educated.
I strongly and repeatedly advocate making games and practicing the craft you intend as a career to students, interns, and potential hires. You should do that regardless of the educational path you are on -- with that in mind, the fact that the strongest candidates for a job are usually those who practice game development to some extent as a hobby, the "head start" you get won't really be that terribly advantageous and it certainly won't count as applicable work experience to a potential employer.
If you feel that not finishing high school is the right thing for you to do for other reasons, then I encourage you to consider those. But my professional opinion is that it's not as advantageous for your future career as you might be assuming.
First I will admit to some bias, I am a PhD student in computer science at a large research institution (Clemson University), so I'm all about getting some education :-)
Short answer, if you want to have a good chance of becoming a game developer (and by this I assume you mean working for a AAA company like Blizzard?), you need to finish strong in high school (take the AP computer science exam), go to college for a degree in computer science, and try to specialize in some aspect of the game development process (game engine design and architecture, resource management, tooling, particle systems and FX, physics engines, simulation etc).
The value of your education is not in learning the tricks of the trade or preparing for a specific career, its learning the underlying concepts and understanding how to make good decisions based on thoughtful analysis and critical thinking; your confusing two things your education and your career. Your education can never be taken from you, while you can always lose your job.
In a practical sense, being self taught will definitely hinder your development as a programmer, you wont have the resources available to your average college student such as computer labs, high powered clusters, an army of people with similar interests, and professors hired to help you, there is a wealth of information on the internet, but it never beats hearing it straight from the mouth of an expert.
Another angle of this is the amount of stuff you need to know to be an effective programmer. Modern game development is extremely technical no matter how you approach it, knowledge of advanced data structures, a keen understanding of the inner workings of C++, and a strong grasp of linear algebra and physics is nearly universally required for a industry job. This is why the majority of entry level and lead software engineer jobs on Blizzard's jobs website require a bachelors degree. These concepts are hard to learn well unless you're forced to learn them.
In short, why get in the way of yourself? If you are making straight A's then you will definitely get in the college of your choice and probably get some merit scholarships. The game industry will still be here after taking the time to get a four year degree, and if you pursue attending a school with good connections to the game industry, then summer internships and job offers are a definite possibility. As a last good read, I would highly recommend this treatise on becoming an expert. It has some good insights into why computer science is not to be taken lightly.
My advice: Finish High School for sure, but don't waste your time on a CS degree. It will get you very little that you'll need to get a job. I say this having interviewed many CS grads who know little or nothing about what they need to know about: Software development.
Instead, I'd spend my time writing the exact kind of code that you want to get paid to write. Do that via:
Once you have a body of code that you can show (much like a photographer's portfolio) then use that to apply for jobs. Don't be afraid of the fact that you don't have a degree (even if they ask for one). Let your code do the talking. Ultimately, whether you can code or not is what potential employers want to see. If they care that you've got a CS degree, then you probably don't want to work there.
"Stay in School" is all great and good -- do finish High School -- but CS degrees are way, way overblown. Many famous developers don't have them.
ADDED: If you want to see why CS degrees are dubious at best, read the part about "Take programming-intensive courses" in this article (http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/CollegeAdvice.html) by the great Joel Spolsky.
I agree with everyone else about not switching to home schooling in the last year, I only see it either doing noting at all or hurting your chances in the long run.
On the topic of going to collage, be aware that MANY "game schools" are scams to just rip people off for money. Think the tighten up the graphics on level 3 kind of guys.
The guys over at Extra-Credits did a very good presentation on Game Schools, showing you what to look for in a good school and what warning signs to look for in a bad school.
Should I finish high school or teach myself? - those two aren't mutually exclusive. I'm both finishing school and teaching myself.
And there's not much "game development knowledge" that is exclusive to game development. It's mostly just mathematics, computer science and physics, all of which you learn about in school.
I know it's a very unpopular opinion around people of our age, but school has actually been quite beneficial to me.
If you have to sacrifice anything in order to get more time for your own hobbies, there are much better candidates than education: sports, social life, TV (didn't watch it in years), procrastination...
The definitive answer is that you should definitely stay in school. It will give you knowledge that is not only applicable to game development, but other fields too, because you cannot predict your future.
Financial When I went to college the surveys indicated that after four years the experience you gained working made you as valuable as a new college grad. After that the college grad got raises faster and surpassed the non graduate. This may not be true any longer but I suspect it still is.
Personal You will meet a lot of great people at college. It's important to learn about, and from, them.
My recommendation It worked out better for one guy (zuckerberg). It didn't work out better for the other 89,999,999 drop outs.
For sure finish High School. However, I'm going to differ on what everyone else says, because I'm a bit biased.
While a CS/equivalent degree can help you get your foot in the door at companies, it may or may not teach you a lot, depending on the college. I'm sure everyone learns a lot that goes to MIT.. but also pays >$10K a semester, if they can even get in.
I have to ask you a few things though.
If you answered no to any of those questions, you're probably better off getting a degree because you're not experienced enough. However, if you answered yes to all of those, then a degree will only serve one purpose: getting your foot in the door.
That being said, I'm a (non game) programmer. I graduated high school, and took a few college courses, but never got a degree. I'm now 21(with almost no debt to my name!) and working in an entry level(ie, junior) position at a respectable, though small company. Here's how I did it and what you need to be doing:
Now, the hardest part about this path, is getting that first job, and leaving a good impression. Your first job probably won't be anything exciting, and you'll probably be underpaid and god knows what else. But, get the job! Make sure to be completely honest about what you lack though. If they're a Java shop and you know C# make sure to say something like "I've learned many languages and can pick them up easily. It'll take me a little while to get up to speed with Java, but I also know C# which is quite similar". The number one thing you don't want to do is get the first job and then they figure out that you don't know anything they expected of you.
After the first job, things are significantly easier. Most companies care much more for prior work experience than a college degree. Make sure to stick out your first job though for at least 2 years, maybe longer. When you feel comfortable, start sending out applications to other "better" entry level jobs. Basically, your first job will serve as your replacement for a degree. It'll be bad, but the next job will know that you have the know how and won't worry so much about lacking a degree.
This worked for me, and hopefully it works for you. Of course no guarantees, but I'm speaking from real-world experience. I got a programming job literally 2 months after graduating from High School. It wasn't the best job and it was practically slave wages, but 2 years later, here I am at a much better job, getting paid decently, and I wake up every morning and actually enjoy what I do. And many people have left this company to work at Microsoft and other big names.
In summary:
Note: You may still want to take a few college courses depending on what you want to be doing(graphic designer, programmer, modeller, etc). For instance, having a thorough understanding of geometry can help you program 3D games. Also, if you're a bit of an introvert, you may want to take a public speaking class, just to pick up that skill. That's one of the classes I plan on taking sometime because I suck at public speaking, yet it's useful even for programmers.
Also, I began programming very young. In 7th grade, and got to a point that I could learn just about any new language and had a few "good" projects by my senior year. If you started later, this path may be more difficult.
That's good to hear that you are in grade 11 with an ambition to do great things. I started out learning C programming in grade 11 as well. I would highly suggest finishing off High School and during your spare time learn a programming language and start building console games and read up as much about the game industry as you can. Of course, play a lot of games.
Jumping the gun to college or university doesn't actually help in my opinion, I have done that and I got burn. Because the video game industry looks for people beyond academic background, they need people that are on top of things in the industry. If you are aiming for giant game developers like Blizzard, Capcom or SquareEnix. You need to know quite a few things and they expect you to know it well. Simply having a degree would not get you in their door, but the combination of experience and academic credential can increases your chances significantly.
Of course, there is a lot more to consider than simply going to school and getting the job. You have to factor into the educational cost, supplies and living expense while you are taking this road. Lifestyle also plays a big part within the gaming business, because they are not your typical 9-5 jobs, if family comes first, then perhaps video gaming might not be the best suit.
Degrees are great, they reinforces your knowledge and make you more competent and what not. They are great and make you more versatile and open for any type of programming job. As your knowledge grows in development, you'll realize how much school doesn't teach you and those are the things that you needed the most.
My golden rules for the new age of student is to work first, get hands on experience, then go to school. Because if you really don't like it, at least you haven't spend a dollar in it. But if you do take the road to school first and graduate just to find that you hated your job. Then you are in the world of pain.
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I'm using hg bookmarks in my repo because they allow me to work with ease on different features. The thing with Mercurial is that, still, all commits are associated with a branch. So, what I did is that I have a lot of local changes, with a lot of pulled (but not updated changes) to the same branch. In other words, my local repo looks like this:
default -------E-F---------
newf -A-C-D---------J---
newf,bmark --\--------H-I----K
newf is a branch that is on remote, pulled up to J, and
bmark is the bookmark I created. Everything in
newf, marked with
bmark is strictly local to my machine.
Now, I would like to re-assign H, I, and K (actually, there are ~20 changes) to a different branch, which I can push to the repo. Is there a way to do it in Mercurial, so that my working copy (I still have some uncommitted changes) remains as unaffected as possible?
Based on the suggestion to use 'rebase', I tried the following steps:
hg up -r A
hg branch newbranch && hg ci -m "will hold some development"
# This effectively made a commit X
hg up bmark
hg rebase -d newbranch
Apart from getting some errors about phases, the rebase gives me something I would not expect:
default -------E-F---------
newf -A-C-D---------J---
newf,bmark \ -----H-I----K
newbranch \X/
That is,
I, and
K are listed to still belong to
newf and
bmark, and they are on top on commit
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The Very Busy Spider
Spider wakes up at dawn determined to build a web with her silky thread. An assiduous worker, she's not tempted by the many alluring offers presented to her by her barnyard friends. Her diligence pays off when she easily snares her dinner in the web.
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If you are tired of life in a metropolitan city with its sky scrapers, you should take a few days off to stay in the Dragon village within Neglasari village, Salawu sub-district, Tasikmalaya, West Java.
This 1.5 hectares village is still 'green' and not influenced by modernization. Some 311 people live in this village. You will have to take several hundred steps to cover the villages over 500 meters. You will see hundreds of high ebony trees, large green paddy fields and the long Ciwulang river. In addition, you will feel the cool air and sounds of river waterflows in the distance.
This is where you could also go in seclusion, enjoying your stay in local green homes and taking a bath in cool Ciwulan river water. You could also enjoy quiet nights in your room with only a Vayer lamp.
Although you are not allowed to listen to your iPod, you could hear birds sing, waters flow, winds blow, insects and frogs and see many shaddy trees. To stay overnight, you have to ask for permission from local officials a few days in advance.
To reach the Dragon Village, you can take an airplane from Jakarta to Husein Sastranegara airport in Bandung. From there, you can rent a car or use public transportation to Tasikmalaya or Garut.


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I am pretty well-versed in imperative paradigms. I learned Java and C++ before I dropped out of university, after which I taught myself Python. My problem is that even beginner tutorials get way far over my head pretty quickly and I'm not sure if there's something specific I'm missing or not understanding or if I just can't quite wrap my head around the whole paradigm just yet. I made it all the way to Section 4.7 of the Haskell Tutorial for C Programmers before I couldn't understand it anymore.
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Do anyone know which web server is used by play! framework?
I'm planning to prototype a small intranet app using Play! and I am wondering whether I should use the default play web server or Apache or IIS as used internally.
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Used to describe korean immigrants who use to migrate to America on boats, which was met with hostility as all immigrants usually from asia are... you may or may not remember a reality show on which a non-racist girl heatedly called a korean guy "a fresh off the boat f*cking korean immigrant." <--- bad woman.
Lordie, lordie Helena this place is filled with boat people, lets leave!
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People who do not conduct themselves within the social norms.
i.e., as if they lived on a boat for a period in their lives when one learns how to interact with others in a non-awkward fashion.
i.e., as if they lived on a boat for a period in their lives when one learns how to interact with others in a non-awkward fashion.
-"why would he say something like that? He's so wierd."
--"totally awkward. what a boat person."
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ownership and/or having the ability to operate a boat.
you're not boat people, why would you even think about borrowing my boat?
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I recently started learning number theory, and I've noticed there are many conjectures about the prime numbers that are unproven. Some examples would be whether there are infinite Mersenne, Sophie-Germain, or Fermat primes. There are also problems like the Goldbach conjecture. Yet, primes are defined so simply. Why are they so hard to work with? I am very new to number theory, so I am looking for a simple, intuitive answer.
Here's a brief, vague, and incomplete answer but one that relates to many open problems (and both the Goldbach and Twin Prime conjectures): primality is a multiplicative condition, not an additive one. Understanding how they are distributed in an arithmetic sequence (e.g. in the natural numbers or for use in problems involving prime gaps (roughly what's needed in the above two conjectures)) is attempting to understand how the notion of primality relates to something defined in terms of addition, and there's no obvious way to understand the definition of a prime number in terms of addition.
Edit: I just noticed that this was already mentioned in the comments but may as well leave it here. frogeyedpeas's answer brings up another very good point.
I'm surprised that the other answers have not touched on the distribution of prime numbers. It is well-known that $\pi(n)$, or the number of primes $p\le n$, is asymptotic to $\int_2^n\frac1{\log x}\text dx\approx\frac{n}{\log n}$, which turns out to be a decent approximation. This leads us to believe through probabilistic models that primes are randomly distributed across the natural numbers. This heuristic tends to be extremely accurate when describing properties of primes, including very good predictions on how many twin primes there should be before a given $n$. Terence Tao has a lot of literature on this directed toward the layman.
In short, primes behave pseudorandomly and this makes them difficult to work with in a rigorous sense.
The prime numbers are an odd set of numbers.
The crux of the problem lies in the following fact:
the function $P(n)$ that outputs the n'th prime is still only known to be defined using the idea "the nth prime is not divisible by any primes below it" and "the first prime is 2". This sort of definition means any question involving prime numbers cannot be solved easily. An example is the twin prime conjecture. The question quite simply asks:
are there infinitely many n such that
$$P(n) - P(n-1) = 2?$$
If we had a non-recursive (ie an explicit formula no matter how complicated) for describing the function then suddenly many many tools like calculus (think Newton's Method), functional analysis, theory of solvability of equations etc... can be used to tackle this problem.
But WE DONT HAVE AN EXPLICIT DEFINITION.
So all of that goes out the door and is essentially what makes Number Theory so brutally challenging yet so wonderfully rewarding.


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Avalon High: Coronation #1: The Merlin Prophecy (Paperback)
Being a new student at Avalon High has been exciting for Ellie, to say the least—she's an honor student, a star on the track team, and, oh yeah, dating the super-hot class president, Will. Who also happens to be the alleged reincarnation of King Arthur.
Ellie couldn't be happier to have Will in her life, but she's also worried that his estrangement from his parents is tearing him apart. To make matters worse, Will's doubt that he really is King Arthur could prevent the Merlin Prophecy—an age of enlightenment—from occurring. Can Ellie convince Will to believe in something that even she isn't sure about? And more importantly, can she get him to give his parents another chance?
With all the mythology and mysticism of avalon high, Meg Cabot's very first manga is indeed a tale for the ages.
About the Author
Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. In addition to her adult contemporary fiction, she is the author of the bestselling young adult fiction series The Princess Diaries. She lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband.


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First game at the new San Giovanni Stadium!
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Angelo Perra is awesome for a 15 years old. I'd definitely hire a player like that - for my russian premier league side. Nevermind for that lower level. Very lucky there to get a player like that I reckon.
Oh my god! this is not happening!
This means no matter what, we will either be in the European Champions Cup Groups or the EURO Cup Groups!
Is there a qualification 4th leg? :/
tough luck :/ but if you win, that means 6 million pounds, you'll definitely go semi-pro or pro! UEFA groups will still mean semi-pro I guess..
Gava looks like he can be a decent CB to be honest, congratulations on that victory over Leverkusen, good progress in Europe!
Have you tried putting a ridiculously high asking price on your players, has dissuaded the AI from approaching my players in the past. AI may have wised up though but I guess it's worth a try.
I can't see any points, but I get good money from it!
That is one tough group, but great progress in Europe! Love reading this!
Tough group, but fantastic progress. Congrats on getting to the group stage
An Immense, life-consuming venture this looks... fair play
Do you mind posting your European Coefficient screenshot of the last 5 seasons? Just wondering if you are getting the bonus points for reaching the group stage of the Europa League since that wasn't happening on FM11.
I meant the club ones, thank you very much!
You should get 2 points for reaching the group stage of the Europa League but i can see this hasn't been fixed yet..
What an epic thread and for pure dedication you deserve a big thumbs up
Loving this, and you are steaming along. Your rise so far has been awesome, long may it continue. I know you don't like losing your young stars, but for me in my games, nothing beats seeing one of them play for Barca, AC Milan, Man Utd etc!!
Keep up the good work
An amateur team in the europa league, now i've seen everything.
You think the board might consider turning semi-pro now? :P
Finally congratulations! It should make the game a lot more interesting now
Didn't even know you could request that.
I admire your dedication, very impressive.
Keep up the good work!
Congratz, making real progress now
Gratz mate, looking forward to more reading ^^ If only college courses were this exciting, I'd get a 4.0 GPA
That's what my FC United board told me, but nothing happened...
wowsers. congrats mate
I think I have been inspired to try something similar in a few months
Fantastic progress this season. First the group stages and immediately afterwards semi-pro status with youth facility improvements.
That partnership between Aielli and Perra is incredible.
Nicely done .
Gratz on getting the green light!!! Now sign up those kids, and start stealing the best kids from the other San Marino teams, see how they like it haha
He can buy his youth players back
Fantastic thread, really enjoyed reading through the lot.
Wow! thankyou everyone, sorry there has been no updates today, school started again and i've just come back from a halloween party, I'll load up now and tyr to get a couple of hours gameplay done!
Congratulations on becoming a pro club mate
quick question are you using the san marino file where at the start for winning the league you get 25k(prize money)? because if you are it will reach around 10mil when it becomes 2 star, unfortunately it seems to have the same problem as last year
If he is using mine update (and i think he is) the winning prize is 500 €.
March 8th - Youth Candidates Day
Fabio looks awfully good for a Sammarinese youngster
Looks like you got that defender you needed!
Perra and Aielli upfront, the two Fabio's at the back and Belmonte in the middle of it all. Not a bad team you are building up there. The San Marino FA chiefs will be proud.
Having read this thread, you are doing really well and you have inspired me to have a go in san marino
Fantastic and epic thread!! I hope someday you'll win the champions league !
Thanks for the encouragement everyone! I'm sorry my updating is turning into few and far between, but my laptop is pretty knackered, it has little over 800MB free, and that's after Disk Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter and compressing files I mean in total this woeful laptop had 32.5GB hard-drive, and I got it from my granddad..so it's going kaput, I will try to update soon though, sorry for any inconveniences!
Noooooooo. Is that a one off crash or has the save gone kaput?
I've had that quite a few times, though have a weekly autosave as my laptop tends to have a few occasional crashing phases, and haven't lost any results yet, in fact hardly anything at all. Should be able to reload as all I need to do is start FM up again immediately, click 'load last save' and it's business as usual, minus any game time you've lost.
How much did you lose? Crash dumps aren't the worst things that can happen, but I hope you haven't lost too much progress. If it becomes a regular occurence it's a bit more worrying.
I lost like 2 days...weekly autosave, but it keeps crash dumping at that date, It won't let me go past!
Going to report it, see what happens
Try a number of things, once I had to resign to get past a set dump point, but I was able to continue the career. Not much use in a one-club project though.
He can alway add a new manager as far as the game is saved..
Yea guys, I've managed to get past the date by retiring and adding a new manager
Phew.. I was so scared that we'd lose this topic. Now go ahead and make us proud!
First point of buisness for me....2.0 me
Really glad you kept this alive, I really enjoy reading this
Fantastic thread mate. Keep it up!
haha, I'm afraid the automatic updates will have to wait until tomorrow, school most of the day followed by me playing in a concert.....nervous much!
Can't be harder than taking a Sammarinese team to the Europa League Groups!
PS: Good luck!
Mate, just sat and read the entire thread and I tip my hat to you. Simply awesome.
Keep posting and updating!
Go San Giovanni!
Go 2.0! The CL awaits eventually.
looking good new facilities should help a lot in developing talent
Glad you found a way to continue, enjoying reading your progress updates
Great career, really hope you make it. Following from here onwards
Thanks all Just gotten home, concert was amazing, nothing like hearing people shout "I love you" and doing the mexican wave! and yes that did actually happen!, going to a Sixth Form Open Evening later, should try to get the End of Season Report done tonight anyway, thanks everyone for all your interest
San Giovanni - Campionato Sammarinese - 2021/22
League Table
League Position Graph
This year seemed alot harder and we struggled to retain the title but in the end we managed to outclass the opposition.
Coppa Titano - Started with a loss then had some high-scoring games and comfortably won the final 3-1.
European Champions Cup & EURO Cup - Got all the way to the Champions Playoff before again being badly beaten by Olympiakos, which put us in the EURO Cup Group Stages against Villareal, Udinese & PSV, we finished dead last scoring 4 and conceding 30 but not doing as bad as Bohemians who scored 0 and conceded 27.
Squad - Another 4 players have left, a couple of Youth Stars now.
Finances - Now £2,453,673 in the black!
Youth Players:
Raoul Belmonte (YP2) - The oldest player in the squad and is a very solid, consistent player with 41 appearances, now has 48 caps.
Giovanni Cambi (YP11) - 6 caps, 41 appearances aswell this year, 20 years old and still has loads of potential.
Remo Aiella (YP12) - A poor season by his standards 46 appearances and 21 goals, but still better than any other Sammarinese clubs strikers.
Angelo Pierra (YP13) - 5 appearances less than Remo, but the same amount of goals, looks better than Remo.
Fabio Bernardini (YP14) - Hopefully going to be leading the back line for plenty of years if he stays at the club, amazing prospect.
Antonio Stanzione (YP15) - Another good striker, I don't know if he'll get many choices due too our first choice strikers being amazing..
Code:Season Campionato Sammarinese Coppa Titano EURO Cup Champions Cup Average Attendance Club Worth (£) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2011/12 6th 3rd Grp C - - 193 £26,000 2012/13 1st Grp A Semi-Finals - - 243 £80,000 2013/14 1st Grp B 3rd Grp B - - 236 £95,000 2014/15 4th Grp B Quarter Finals 2nd Qual. Round - 200 £150,000 2015/16 3rd Grp A Winners - - 180 £190,000 2016/17 2nd Grp B Winners - 1st Qual. Round 256 £400,000 2017/18 2nd Grp B Quarter Finals - 2nd Qual. Round 263 £575,000 2018/19 1st Grp A Winners 4th Qual. Round 3rd Qual. Round 293 £350,000 2019/20 1st Grp A Winners 4th Qual. Round 3rd Qual. Round 326 £575,000 2020/21 1st Grp A Winners 4th Qual. Round 3rd Qual. Round 333 £350,000 2021/22 1st Grp A Winners 4th Group C Champions Playoff 651 £1,500,000
Good times, Good times
Congratulations on turning semi-pro, I've been watching this thread with interest. Always wanted to do a save taking the San Marino club in Italy's C2 to glory and using its facilities to churn out Sammarinese youngsters for the national team, but wow, you're doing it the hard way by using the actual San Marino league.
Best of luck.
Thanks all
Europe was cut short this year...
Wow gratz mate! Totally good news!
of course just the semi-pro thing, not the cska one
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I don't know, Europe still confuses me....or I'm too overtired..
I did go to the EURO Cup fourth qualifier.....we're against AZ...daaang
AZ indeed
March 8th - Youth Candidate Day:
That is a proper player.
Better Youth Facilities & Professionalism
this.....THIS......this is a win!
Great developments.
Professionalism is not always a good thing. It will raise your expenses a lot and sometimes it will be hard to give some profit and accumulate some money.
My experience in low rep leagues is that you should wait till you get a decent income to go pro.
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Retro Knits!
What does it mean to "knit it old school?" This is a question explored and answered at length in Knitting it Old School, a fantastically fun new book by Stitchy McYarnpants (purveyor of all things kitschy and hilarious) and Caro Sheridan, an omnicraftual maker of highly collectible fabric goods. It's a truly impressive collection of 43 (FORTY-THREE) knit and crochet patterns, with a few bonus sewing patterns as well. Check out Caro's snapshots here.
Berroco makes an appearance, not once, not twice, but three times! First up we have Galileo, by Christy Varner. It's handsome captain's sweater knit in Pure Merino, with a really cool contrast color shawl collar.
Caro and Stitchy clearly had a blast setting a scene for their science fiction inspired chapter, Sci-Fiber! Norah and I are both big sci-fi nerds, so we were thrilled to see two Berroco sweaters in this chapter. This is the lovely Apocalypta, designed and knit in Seduce by Amy Herzog. (Caro has already made one! So pretty!)
Last but not least is the "twin set" I designed using Lustra, a shiny yarn that I just LOVE. It's a teensy little jacket with lots of little details. Not for the finishing averse!! But so much fun to make and wear. I caught Miss Pamela Wynne herself wearing Double Decker (sans hat) at Rhinebeck!
I loved contributing this mod cardi to the book, probably because I've been mainlining Mad Men for the past 4 years! Little 60s style jackets are looking really good to me right now. What era would you like to revisit with your next knitting project?
Are those buttons covered with the same fabric that's run through the cap? Cute coordination, Cirilia!October 24, 2010
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Beautiful! Hey, I have a question. I am knitting the Samuel hat and the pattern called for only 1 hank of Peruvia Quick. I'm not even half way through with the hat and I've run out of yarn. Who do I contact at Beroco to share this information with.
I must say, it was quite distressing when I realized I wasn't going to finish my hat until I ordered more yarn.
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John Addison Marshall, 63, formerly of El Dorado, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 in Wichita. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Walnut Valley Memorial Park.
John was born Dec. 20, 1949 in El Dorado, the son of Homer and Allene (Chaney) Marshall. He graduated from Central High School in Salina. He did play in several different bands as a drummer. He also did needle point as a hobby.
Survivors include sister, Sue and husband Jim Polak of Wichita; nephew, Jonathan Polak of Overland Park; niece, Jennifer Polak of Wichita; one great niece; and one great nephew. He was preceded in death by parents and a nephew, Michael.
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