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When your character reaches Level 20, the "Souls" button will unlock on your Hot Key Bar, allowing you to access the Soul System.
You must spend a required sum of Coins to draw Souls.
Souls may be equipped to greatly boost your abilities and attributes. You will find it easier to defeat powerful monsters and fearsome Bosses with the help of Souls. They can also give you the edge in the Arena where you fight for honor and prizes.
a. Basics of Equipping Souls
Click and drag Souls from the right panel and drop them into opened slots on the left panel. Doing so equips the Soul and grants you the benefits stated in the Soul's description.
In order to increase the Level of a Soul, select a Soul from the right panel that you wish to convert into EXP, and drag it to the Soul that you wish to level. A message will pop out indicating the amount of EXP the Soul will receive. The message will read "[XXX] received YYY Experience". Click "Confirm" and the dragged Soul will be consumed by the target Soul as EXP. Click "Cancel" to cancel this action.
c. "Binding" Souls
At the top of the interface, there is a "Lock" button. Click this button to change the cursor. Clicking any Souls on the right panel while the cursor is like this will Lock or Unlock a Soul when you click on it. Locked Souls cannot be converted into EXP for other Souls.
d. "Fusing" Souls
"Fusion" allows you to convert multiple Souls into EXP for a single Soul.
Drag the Soul you wish to level into the slot left of the "Fuse" button. Click "Fuse" and all the Unlocked Souls in your collection will be converted into EXP for the Soul you selected.
Important Reminder: Fusion cannot be reversed. If there are Souls you don't want to lose, it is best that you Lock them to avoid accidentally converting them into EXP.
e. Collected Soul Storage
There are a total of 20 slots on the right panel for you to store your collected Souls. 5 of the 20 slots are opened by default. The remaining 15 are locked. The more slots you unlock, the more convenient it will be for you to manage your Souls.
f. Opening Slots for Soul Storage
Click the Locked slot you wish to open and a message will pop up. Click "Confirm" to accept the condition and the slot will be opened for use.
To open multiple slots at once, click the Locked slot at the end to get the option to open all of them. Click "Confirm" to open them for use.
a) Identifying the quality of Souls based on their color.
The names of the Souls indicate its properties but they also possess different degrees of power. You can tell how powerful a Soul is by its color. The colors available in ascending order are: Grey, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, and Red.
b) The different degrees of Soul Quality and their properties.
Grey: Cannot be equipped. Can only be sold.
Green: Can be equipped. Can absorb other Souls to increase in Level. Can also be sold.
Blue: Can be equipped. Can absorb other Souls to increase in Level. Can also be sold.
Purple: Can be equipped. Can absorb other Souls to increase in Level. Can also be sold.
Orange: Can be equipped. Can absorb other Souls to increase in Level. Can also be sold.
Red: Cannot be equipped. Can only be converted into Experience to be absorbed by other Souls or sold.
c) How much experience Souls are worth
Newly drawn Souls start out at Level 1.
Below is the amount of Soul Experience they are worth absorbed by other Souls.
Green: 20 Experience
Blue: 40 Experience
Purple: 80 Experience
Orange: 200 Experience
Red: 500 Experience
a. Names of Souls in each Color Type
[Grey]: Jinxed, Cursed, Wretched, Restless, Defeated, Damned
[Green]: ATK, MATK, Max HP, Max MP, HEAL
[Blue]: ATK, DEF, MATK, MDEF, Max HP, Max MP, HP Regen, MP Regen, CRIT%, HIT, EVA, CRIT DMG, DMG RED, HEAL
[Purple]: ATK, DEF, MATK, MDEF, Max HP, Max MP, HP Regen, MP Regen, CRIT%, HIT, EVA, CRIT DMG, DMG RED, HEAL
[Orange]: ATK, DEF, MATK, MDEF, Max HP, Max MP, HP Regen, MP Regen, CRIT%, HIT, EVA, CRIT DMG, DMG RED, HEAL
[Red]: EXP
The highest Level for Souls is Level 10. How much of a boost the Souls will grant depends on their Quality and Levels. The greater the Quality and Level the more significant the effect.
ATK: Increases your Physical Attack.
DEF: Increases your Physical Defense.
MATK: Increases your Magic Attack.
MDEF: Increases your Magic Defense.
Max HP: Increases your Hit Points.
MAX MP: Increases your Magic Points.
HP Regen: Increases your HP Regeneration.
MP Regen: Increases your MP Regeneration.
CRIT%: Increases your Critical Rate.
EXP: Increases Soul Experience by 500.
HIT: Increases your Hit Rate.
EVA: Increases your Evasion.
CRIT DMG: Increases your Critical Damage.
DMG RED: Reduces the damage you receive.
HEAL: Increases the effectiveness of recovery effects you receive. (HP Elixir is not affected)
c. Slots for equipping Souls
You can equip up to a maximum of 8 Souls. The slots are opened for use at the following Levels.
1st Slot: Level 20
2nd Slot: Level 30
3rd Slot: Level 50
4th Slot: Level 70
a) Soul Drawing Interface
You can access this menu by pressing "E". You can draw new Souls to use on this interface.
Above: Soul Drawing Interface
b) Basics of Drawing Souls
At the bottom of the interface are five circular buttons, each representing a different stage. Click on any highlighted circle to draw a Soul.
*Reminder: Each time you draw a Soul, there is a random chance to unlock the next stage. There is also a random chance you might be sent all the way back to the first stage on the left end.
c) The different qualities of Souls you can draw from the 5 stages.
Stage: The quality of Souls you can draw from this stage.
Stage 1: Grey, Green
Stage 2: Grey, Green, Blue
Stage 3: Grey, Green, Blue
Stage 4: Green, Blue, Purple
Stage 5: Blue, Purple, Orange, Red
d) Cost of drawing a Soul from each stage
Stage: The amount of coins it costs to draw a Soul from this Stage
Stage 1: 5,000 Coins
Stage 2: 7,000 Coins
Stage 3: 10,000 Coins
Stage 4: 15,000 Coins
Stage 5: 20,000 Coins
e) Auto-Functions: Draw Max, Collect All, and Sell All
There are three functions you can use while drawing Souls to speed up the process, making it more convenient for you to use this system. Each auto-function is designed to simplify drawing of Souls, especially if you intend to draw a lot of them at one go.
A. Draw Max
Once you reach Level 35, the Draw Max auto-function is unlocked. Click this button on the interface to automatically begin drawing as many Souls as your current Coin supply allows. This will save you the hassle of repeatedly clicking on the various drawing stages.
*Reminder! Keep an eye on the Coins you have left while this is going on.
*Please note: This auto-function will stop once you unlock the 5th stage. You get to enjoy the thrill of drawing the most powerful Souls for yourself!
B. Collect All
Click this to collect all usable Souls you have drawn into the Soul Storage interface where you can equip your Souls.
*Please note: Grey Souls cannot be equipped and therefore, cannot be collected.
*Remember! If you are unable to collect any more Souls, check your Soup Storage interface to see if you still have empty slots available to contain the Souls. Make room for more if there's none left and use this auto-function again.


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Paul's collection for the Jerusalem church occupies significant portions of his letters (1 Cor 16:1–4; 2 Cor 8:1–9:15; Rom 15:14–32). It is so important to Paul he is willing to face hostility (Romans 15:30-31) and is indeed arrested in Jerusalem in part because of it (Acts 24:17). What compelled Paul to raise funds among his gentile converts for the poor in Jerusalem? Why did he feel this money would be better spent on the Jerusalem poor than on the poor gentiles surrounding the communities where he collected it? What did he hope this offering would accomplish?
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An alternative explanation could just be rooted in practicality.
The pattern had already been established by the Antiochene church in Acts 11:27-30. Agabus predicted an imminent famine and the church in Antioch. There were many famines during Claudius's reign (41-54), the most severe of which occurred in Judea around 46-47.
Because of the imminent threat, the Antiochene church acts quickly to meet these needs. The Judean famine of 46-47 is the most likely referent for the famine that Agabus predicted, though the church in Antioch would not have been in any better position to assist the main church of Jerusalem. There is evidence of a severe crop failure in Egypt around A.D. 45-46, though it is not directly documented. However, the hallmarks of the results of such a failure and famine occurred, including mass people migration, and large spikes in default on debt and taxes in the years immediately following this failure.
It was a common practice for the rich to take responsibility for ensuring the grain supply in times of shortage. Therefore, an expected practice for the Antioch community would have been for the leadership to develop a list of the wealthiest Christians in the city, and call on them for support. However, the church responded as a unified body, not relying upon the most wealthy to aid the church in Jerusalem, effectively placing the responsibility of benefaction upon all Christians, and not just the wealthy. It should be noted, though, that the response was by ability, of which the wealthy would have had more.
It is not inconceivable that Paul was also taking a collection for a greater need in Jerusalem than in the surrounding communities. It also would have shown solidarity with the main church in Jerusalem. Overall, it seems like the pattern of generosity (especially internally) had been set by the Antiochene church. Helping others is not dictated by how much need there is in your immediate vicinity, but is a multifaceted expression of solidarity and shared faith.
Thus, to address the question of why not just let Jerusalem fend for itself because Paul's church plants had their own needs, perhaps the needs of the Achaean churches were less significant than those of the famine-struck region of Judea. It is important to note that questions of attempting to discern the motivations of people whom we cannot directly ask can lead to the wrong kind of speculation. We can attempt to find reasons and circumstances that may have led to the particular decision, but settling on a definitive response will lead to more arguing than should actually occur.
I personally prefer the above practical reason because it fits the chronology reasonably well and it makes sense to me. I'm also not sure there's any evidence of unmet needs in the Achaean/Macedonian churches.
Winter, Bruce W. "Acts and Food Shortages," in The Book of Acts in its Graeco-Roman Setting, ed. David W. J. Gill and Conrad Gempf, 59-78. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
One possibility is that it came out of the meeting in Jerusalem described in Galatians 2, where Paul writes:
If you read the rest of Galatians 2, Paul had a bit of a falling out with the Jerusalem church, it could be that this made him even more interested in holding up his end of the bargain in an attempt to reconcile.
In short, Paul sees his outreach to the Gentiles as a ministry to Israel (Romans 11:12-15). God promised Abraham that in his seed all the nations (Gentiles) of the world would be blessed (Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:15). And Isaiah prophesied
Paul's understands his ministry and particularly this offering as a fulfillment of God's promises. Through this offering the Gentiles are journeying to Jerusalem to worship the God of Israel and in so doing offering themselves as proof to the Jews that Jesus is the one Christians claim him to be.
In Galatians, the origins of the offering appears as a important bridge between Paul's Gentile ministry and Peter, James and John's ministry to the Jews. To see this we need to understand the context in which the mention of an offering first appears.
Paul wrote Galatians to defend against Jewish Christians who taught that Gentile believers in Jesus needed to follow the traditions of the Jews. Paul is resolute in his hostility to such a doctrine, eternally condemning any who preach a message other than the one he delivered to them (Galatians 1:8-9). To give context to his opposition, Paul recounts his own history; his former zeal for these traditions, his conversion and his subsequent relationship with the Jerusalem church who are presumably the source of the present conflict.
Paul claims to initailly have been extremely zealous for the traditions of his fathers, alluding to God's commendation of Phineius who killed an Israelite man in the very act of fornicating with a Gentile woman (Numbers 25:1-8). But a revelation of Jesus and Paul's call to the Gentiles changes all that. Without consulting anyone (once again presumably leaders in Jerusalem), Paul journeys to Arabia (2:17) and possibly even Mt. Sinai (4:25). Its only three years later that Paul briefly meets some of the apostles, Peter and James, in Jerusalem. In all this Paul stresses that his message came from God and not from any man.
14 years pass before Paul feels compelled to consult with these leaders in Jerusalem again. Paul presents the message he preaches among the Gentiles privately to them in the hope that they will see it from his point of view. Peter and James agree that they should go to the Jews and Paul should continue his outreach among the Gentiles. The one thing they ask is that he "continue to remember the poor."
This last phrase, "continue to remember the poor," appears to refer specifically to the poor in Jerusalem. Paul gives ample evidence to a serious tension that existed between Jewish Christians in Jerusalem and his ministry among the Gentiles. That this meeting and agreement occurred "in private" likewise suggests that Peter and James felt apprehensive in giving Paul the right hand of fellowship. A financial offering from Paul and his Gentile converts would certainly help to smooth out any difficulty that might develop among the believers in Jerusalem.
There are also other reasons to see this phrase as a reference to the poor in Jerusalem.
Paul's commitment to the poor in Jerusalem does not originate with Peter and James. It's an idea which appears to be fundamental to his understanding of his ministry among the Gentiles. This can been seen in his letter to the Romans.
Scholars are apt to point out that Paul wrote to the Romans to prepare for a further missionary trip to spain (Romans 15:23-24). But what we often overlook is that Paul's occasion for writing is more immediately connected with his journey to Jerusalem where he will finally deliver this gentile offering. (Romans 15:26-32). And it apparently weighs heavily on his mind (Romans 15:31).
Read in this light, the theme of Jew and Gentile makes a great deal more sense. Romans is a meditation on Paul's gospel and what he hopes to achieve through his ministry to the gentiles. In Romans 11:13-14 Paul states
It appears highly likely that Paul saw this arousal as coming from the prophetic fulfillment of a later day worship of God among the Gentiles.
It strikes me that Paul is a Pharisee and well steeped in the OT instructions regarding tithe.
1) The tithes brought to Jerusalem.
Exodus 23:14-18
Exodus 34:18-26
Leviticus 2:11-14
Leviticus 23
Numbers 18:21
It would be natural for Paul to instruct gentile churches likewise to send support to the saints in Jerusalem. this was the hub for the Apostles.
In Acts 20, we see Paul in a hurry to get to Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost! In 21:17 He is in Jerusalem (presumably based on Acts 20, for Pentecost). By chapter 24 he is explains at his hearing that after many years, he had come to bring alms to his nation (Jerusalem-Pentecost).
I Corinthians 16 is not a chronological historical account; it is a letter. None the less, we see Paul's instruction regarding the collection to fall in the context of Passover & Pentecost:
Passover: In chapter 5:7-8 Paul instruct the Corinthians to purge out adultery and keep the Passover feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. In chapter 11, Paul writes to the Corinthians about keeping the traditions as He delivered them to them. He speaks of the Lord's supper in the context of Passover, "Therefore when you come together in one place, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper. . . .For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; (v11-23) (That "same night" was Passover).
In chapter 15 & 16 He speaks of delivering to the I Corinthians "that which [He] received from the Lord, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, . . . But now Christ has is risen from the dead, and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep" (15:20, 23; 16:15). (the first fruits are waved before the LORD by the priest on day one of counting fifty in the context of seven Sabbaths).
Pentecost: We then see, in chapter 15, verse 8 that Paul wants to see the Corinthians and would even like to spend the winter with them, but he doesn't wish to see them "now on the way , "But will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost!"
We have traditionally tended to spiritualize Paul's instruction In I Corinthians about keeping the Passover. Likewise, we have applied I Corinthians chapter 11 to weekly Sunday services with communion; but, in reading the whole of Paul's letter it is not unlikely that these are in the literal context of Passover Firstfruits and Pentecost as is Paul's instruction regarding the collection!
I have reason to believe that in the New Covenant instances where Sabbaths is plural in the phrase translated "first day of the week," it is referring to the day of firstfruits (day one pertaining to the 7 Sabbaths counting to Pentecost rather than to merely the first day of the week (though it falls on the first day of the week once a year).If that is the case that further contributes to a connection between firstfruits and Paul's incstruction pertaining to the collection. This increases the likelihood that Paul is applying old Covenant principles of tithe to Gentile believers.
Of the 13 or 14 books Paul writes, He speaks of first-fruits only in I Corinthians and Romans, books containing instructions on tithe. (other than that I find the word only used in James where it occurs once and in Revelation. The book of Revelation has strong Passover connotations with the Lamb slain and the robes dipped in blood . . . Thus, the usage of the term firstfruits in context of Passover, Pentecost (times firstfruits/tithes were brought to Jerusalem) are noteworthy.
In sum, I see strong correlation between YHWH's instruction to Israel regarding the firstfruits (tithe) and Paul's instruction regarding collections.
Part of Paul's intention that we may undervalue, if we view it as somewhat transcendental, is his desire to increase the praise from the earth to God, who admittedly deserves all praise. Paul lists praise to God as one desired result of this offering (2 Corinthians 9:12-13).
He contrasts the world's religions with the fact that God deserves eternal praise (Romans 1:25). Christ accepted us in order to bring praise to God (Romans 15:7-9) and Paul says we should accept each other for the same reason. In other words, Christ's 'evangelism,' and by extension Paul's, was to change the recalcitrance of the world into proper praise of God.
On Acts 4:32 Says that all the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possession was his own, but they shared everything they had. Also on verse 34 says that, There were no needy person among them. For from time to time those who owned lands or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to anyone as he had need that including on verse 36 Barnabas. I think when the amount of believer increased probably they need more income to go forward. then Paul collects the money for their needs.
I asked myself this question...and Googled it: "Why did Paul say to the church at Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:1-2) - 'Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week (Sunday), let EACH OF YOU lay by him (or her) in store (save up) as God has prospered you (over and above His meeting your daily bread needs), that there be no gatherings when I come...(I won't have to take up an offering when I arrive...start setting it aside now)."
The sole answer to that question is found in Romans 15:26 - Paul says to the church at Rome, "For it has pleased them in Macedonia and Achaia (both in Greece -as are the churches of Thessalonica - the present capital of Greece, and Philippi) - to make a certain contribution for the poor saints at Jerusalem."
Now, Paul is speaking in 1 Corinthians.....the church at Corinth about that same offering.
If you trace Paul's footsteps, you would see that Corinth is in Greece. South of there is Turkey where Galatia and Ephesus are located, and south of there is Israel and Jerusalem in particular.
From Corinth to Jerusalem is a road trip of 1890 miles. It would take Paul a long time to travel from Corinth to Jerusalem.
When Paul was speaking to the church at Rome (now Romans 15:27-29), he tells them, "It has pleased them (the churches making the contributions) because, indeed, these churches owe the main church at Jerusalem because they have sent us and others out to them to bring the salvation of the Gospel of Christ to them, so they are thrilled at the notion of sharing their financial blessings (prosperity) with the main church at Jerusalem. So, AFTER I have completed the task and have made sure that they (Jerusalem) have received this contribution, I will go to Spain - but I will stop by here in Rome to visit with you once again."
The many references to famine are true but one thing which seems odd is the slowness of response. Famine relief needs to be fast yet this collection takes a long time and Paul is revisiting churches and waiting at least one winter while organising it and moving the silver(?) with a group of men.
I would suggest that this is as much about sharing capital as sharing income.The Jerusalem church seems to have been a training centre for diaspora Jews from the Day of Pentecost on and they impoverished themselves to support the extra numbers who "devoted themselves to the Apostles teaching". There is also the impact of property confiscation mentioned in Heb 10:34. Imprisonment of members also placed a financial burden on the members outside gaol. Paul states in 2 Cor 8:13 that his aim is "equality" which is a step beyond famine relief and would mean having the resources (land, workshops, tools and materials) to produce an income out of which the Hebrew christians might in future be able to help their Gentile brethren.
On Pentecost the Apostle Peter alluded to the apocalyptic great and terrible Day of the Lord in Acts 2:17-21. Later in the same chapter the believers in Jerusalem started divesting themselves of all their worldly goods (Acts 2:45). For those who were not sincere in their personal sacrifice and who dissembled (Ananias and Sapphira), the discipline was immediate death which caused "great fear" in the Jerusalem church (Acts 5:11). Thus the believers in Jerusalem disenfranchised themselves of their worldly possessions while there were still yet others who later had their worldly possessions seized from them (Hebrews 10:34). The result was the abject material poverty of these Jewish believers. The Apostle Paul therefore sought to minister to their economic needs through the love of the church from other geographic areas.
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Sending the Wrong Signal
In the early days of Francis's papacy, few things have provoked as much comment—almost all of it positive—as the new pope's efforts to eschew pomp and luxury. In his choices about where to live and what to wear, Francis has opted for simplicity. He urged rich Argentines not to travel to his installation as pope and to give the money they would have spent on airfare to the poor. He has urged priests and nuns to forsake fancy cars and smartphones, saying, "It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car. You can't do this. A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a humbler one." He decried the "culture of waste," saying, "We should all remember…that throwing food away is like stealing from the tables of the poor, the hungry!" Pope Francis's example should give all Catholics pause: if even the pope can dispense with luxury, so can the rest of us. But it's not only a question of what we can do without. Our attachments to worldly goods—and to the social status they're supposed to signify—is a hindrance to Christian witness.
If it is unusual to see a pope give up his palace for humbler digs, there is nothing novel in the idea that the Christian life involves renunciation. Voluntary poverty has long been understood as an important Christian ideal, and many volumes of patristic writings are filled with stern admonishments to the wealthy. Take, for example, St. Ambrose addressing the rich Christians of Milan: "You give coverings to walls and bring men to nakedness. The naked cries out before your house unheeded; your fellow man is there, naked and crying, while you are perplexed by the choice of marble to clothe your floor." Hundreds of other passages like this one could be cited. As the historian Helen Rhee notes, the writings of the church fathers assume that "Christian self-definition includes unequivocal denunciation of avarice and luxury as irrational desires and displays of wealth."
Yet most lay Catholics in the United States have been reluctant to take up these challenges. We admire Dorothy Day, but from afar, forgetting that she and Peter Maurin hoped that every parish would one day have a house of hospitality and that ordinary American Catholics might set aside a hospitality room in their own homes. Many are quick to accuse the Catholic clergy of extravagance (often justifiably) while remaining silent about the wealth displayed in the parking lots of our churches. This inconsistency is partly the residual effect of the old "two-level ethic," according to which voluntary poverty was only for a few exceptional Catholics with special vocations. Poverty, like celibacy, was for the rectory and the monastery. But Vatican II reminded us of "the universal call to holiness," and Pope John Paul II explicitly rejected the two-level ethic in his encyclical Veritatis Splendor. The evangelical counsels are no longer to be understood as only for monks and nuns.
But if many Catholics are more willing to admire someone like Dorothy Day than to follow her example, that is also partly because many of us have adapted to our country's consumer culture—a culture in which affluence is morally innocent or even commendable. "More" is taken to be a universal aspiration, perhaps one of the few we are all supposed to share in our multicultural society. Everyone wants "a better life" or "the American dream" for their children. In The Unintended Reformation, Brad Gregory suggests that "the goods life" is the social glue uniting an otherwise "hyperpluralistic" society. Whatever else we may disagree about, we agree that if you can have nicer things, you should have nicer things. In such a culture, it is easy for Catholic Americans to forget their church's teaching that our excess wealth must be directed to the common good rather than to private indulgence. We cling tenaciously to the ideology of happiness as the pursuit of limitless wealth, buying into what Fr. John A. Ryan called the "higher-standard-of-living fallacy." Ryan insists that social reform requires us to "put away that false conception of life and values which permeates all classes of contemporary society, and which holds that right life consists in the indefinite expansion of material wants."
So why, despite the church's longstanding message on this point, are some Catholics still surprised to see Francis questioning our consumer choices? One reason: popular misconceptions about economics. Wouldn't less consumption wreck the economy? This objection goes back to eighteenth-century defenders of luxury like Bernard Mandeville and David Hume, who observed that the pursuit of new luxury goods seemed to lead to more production overall. Luxury equaled economic growth; growth equaled general prosperity. Why is this a misconception? It's true that a healthy economy requires the circulation of wealth, but consider all the things we could be spending money on that have nothing to do with personal luxury. We could be giving our money to those who don't have enough of what they actually need. We could be paying more for the things we do need so that the workers who provide them can make a proper living. The question is not whether to spend or to hoard. The question is how we spend and why. What do we value most? As Francis pointed out, "That homeless people die of cold on the streets is not news. In contrast, a ten-point drop on the stock markets of some cities is a tragedy. A person dying is not news, but if the stock markets drop ten points it is a tragedy! Thus people are disposed of, as if they were trash." Getting beyond the sound bite that "spending is good for the economy" means asking what an economy is for. Economies don't exist simply to perpetuate themselves; they exist for the purpose of human flourishing. Our focus on numbers like the GDP and the stock market—"scoreboard numbers," up-or-down numbers—is a mistake. As the economist Amartya Sen puts it, "Why should we be concerned with [maximizing] opulence, rather than with what people succeed in doing or being?" The first question to ask is whether an economy is improving people's lives. No purely quantitative measure will answer that question adequately.
But, someone might ask in response, doesn't "the pursuit of happiness" mean encouraging everyone to buy what will satisfy them? Jefferson, whose ideal citizen was a yeoman farmer, did not have our modern consumer culture in mind when he wrote that famous phrase. More to the point, empirical research has shown again and again that the never-ending pursuit of nicer stuff is a great way to make yourself miserable. Past a certain point, more income and nicer possessions do not make us any happier. In part, these things disappoint because they involve what economists call opportunity costs: the time we spend on them could have been spent on nonmaterial goods. More important, in an affluent society, much of our spending does not satisfy real needs, but only desires for "positional" goods. Francis explains how money leads to "vanity that is useless, but makes you feel like an important person." Some positional goods are inherently exclusive. The very rich want things that only a few can have (famous paintings, penthouses with a view of Central Park). To have such things is to prove oneself part of an elite, and so it is easy to see why they should be considered luxuries. Precisely because so many things the rest of us want are quite common—at least in our part of the world—it is easy to assume they aren't really luxuries. But what makes something luxurious in the most basic sense is not that it is rare but that it is unnecessary. Whatever we spend just to "keep up"—whether it's with the Joneses or the Vanderbilts—can be counted as luxury.
The pursuit of nicer but unnecessary stuff also places us on a "hedonic treadmill": the more we get, the more we want. We adapt very quickly to a new normal and then need even nicer things to produce the same effect. Studies have shown that, while people have stable aspirations for things like getting married or having children (having three kids doesn't necessarily make you yearn for a fourth), aspirations for material wealth and rewards constantly increase. Once you check one thing off your wish list, you add two more. Francis describes the danger in a homily, contrasting starkly "the road of covetousness, which ends in idolatry" with "God's road of humility, of bending down to serve." Each road is not a once-for-all grand choice, but rather a matter of what we choose to do with our resources each day.
The pursuit of happiness properly understood means that, once we have a sufficiency of material goods, we should devote our time and attention to other, higher things. Summarizing the recent research on the topic, Richard Easterlin writes, "The happiness of an individual can be increased by allocating his or her time to those domains…in which hedonic adaptation and social comparison are less important" (Economics and Happiness, 2008). Friendships, family, and personal health are especially important, but so is involvement in civic and charitable activity. People simply tend to be more satisfied with the persistent, intrinsic rewards of these activities than with an endless cycle of making and spending more money.
Of course, most of us say these things about relationships and community, but our lives appear to tell a different story. Middle-class Americans, including Catholics, have developed consumer habits that can be broken only by a deliberate effort of self-denial. Weaning ourselves off common luxuries will be hard. It will mean replacing one set of habits with a better set. Francis's remarkable choices as pope are the result of his long habit of making do with less as bishop in Argentina. In Buenos Aires he dined with the poor or prepared his own meals, lived in a modest apartment, and used public transit. Luxury names the vice opposed to such practices. While some people go into debt in order to live above their means, Francis has for many years chosen to live below his. The choice was made day after day, year after year, quietly, unostentatiously, but not in secret. It was an important and visible part of his Christian witness, as it is now.
In thinking and writing about these questions as a theologian, I have frequently experienced some personal discomfort. I joke that, once people hear what I have to say about luxury, they'll never invite me to their homes. But the greater discomfort has to do with my own home. Is my apartment too nice, or in too nice a neighborhood? Did I really need to buy all those books when there's an academic library across the street? The truth is I am a bit cheap and use things till they wear out—or even after they wear out. Miserliness is also a vice. Still, I constantly run into temptations simply to buy the newest available thing, to upgrade, to make my already comfortable life even more comfortable. For example, there's my car. I have a 2000 Honda Civic with nearly 150,000 miles on it—but when I bought the car, I could have paid about $5000 less to buy the very similar Chevy Prizm (which, according to the experts, is just as reliable as the Civic). But try as I might, I couldn't picture myself driving a Chevy. It's embarrassing to admit, but I was concerned with what my car would say about me…and, really, college professors drive Hondas, not Chevys.
In a highly mobile consumer society where we often interact with new people, we use our possessions to signal how we wish to be perceived. We might feel self-conscious about making consumer choices that conspicuously signal a disdain for extravagance, but in fact we already send very powerful messages about ourselves and our priorities with the choices we make as consumers. Take clothing. Our society pays lip service to the idea that what one wears shouldn't matter much; the alternative—a society in which people are openly judged by their clothing—seems repugnant. And yet this, too, seems to be a case where our conventional wisdom is radically at odds with our conventions. If clothing matters so little, why do lots of us spend so much of our disposable income on it? The obvious truth is that in a consumer culture like ours—and especially one in which we are strangers to most of those we encounter in public—what we wear ends up mattering a lot. The same is true of our hairstyle, furniture, personal electronic devices. They all send a message about us—a message about how we fit in or stand out.
So does the message they send about us have anything to do with our vocation as Christians? Does it bear witness to what we say we value? Or does it signal our allegiance to rival values? When we lose sight of how our economic decisions relate to our vocation, calls for "simple living" can lead to trivial outcomes or even other forms of consumerism—to fastidious (and often expensive) minimalism or to rustic chic. For Christians, simplicity is primarily an ethic, not an aesthetic. Again, Francis is showing us the way. Take his choice to live in a common apartment residence and celebrate daily Mass with the other people who live there. Sure, this involves some discomfort and inconvenience, but that isn't the point. The point is Francis's deep sense that his housing should be well suited to the fulfillment of his vocation as pope. He clearly believes he is more available to others, less subject to isolation, if he shares a household. We are moved by this choice not only because it pleases us to consider a pope turning down a palace but also because the choice signifies such a compelling understanding of what the papacy is about.
How might our own consumer choices arise from and serve our vocation? It's worth noting here that, in premodern theology, the choice to buy and use more than what was strictly necessary was often justified in terms of one's "station." Choices about what one wore or where one lived were not considered luxurious as long as they were necessary to signal one's rank in a feudal society. As one might expect, St. Thomas Aquinas thought that one's clothing could indicate virtue or vice: he quoted St. Ambrose, who warned against "costly and dazzling apparel" and favored "ordinary clothes" with "nothing added to increase [the body's] beauty." But Aquinas also argued that moderation should be governed by custom, so that one neither exceeds nor falls below what is expected. Certain apparel, he writes, is "an indication of man's estate" and is judged according to "the virtue of truthfulness." We may now scoff at this idea of "station," but do we have a better excuse for expensive clothes? For Christians today, vocation should take the place of station as the governing concept. Germain Grisez's detailed treatment of material goods makes this point well. Grisez writes that "Christians should subordinate possessions to the kingdom," by which he means that "an individual's personal vocation or a group's proper mission provides the standard for judgments about acquiring, holding, and disposing of things.... Desiring or clinging to things which exceed this limit, whether by their quantity or their quality, is inconsistent with the total giving of self which Jesus requires of every one of his disciples." (Would that Grisez's many admirers took these lines as seriously as they take his stringent defense of the church's sexual teachings.)
A vocation is more than a rank and more than a job. A vocation ties every part of one's life together into a whole. That should include our practical decisions—not only about how we make money, but about how we spend it. Do we spend money to separate ourselves from the poor? The suburban neighborhood of single-family dwellings accessible only by car can isolate us the way Francis was worried the papal apartment might isolate him. Such neighborhoods are splendidly private and entirely under our control. In ancient Rome, the life of luxury was associated with the country villa—a private escape that, as Peter Brown notes, was "presented as a place of unproblematic abundance." How can we say we have a vocation to serve the poor if we've arranged our lives so that we and our families rarely encounter them?
We've all met Catholics whose lives appear to be egregiously at odds with Francis's example—Catholics who own the most expensive cars or spend thousands of dollars on the latest devices or keep up with the latest designer fashions. And, indeed, we can all probably remember instances in own lives when we fell prey to the lure of luxury. But beyond these obvious cases, it is often hard for us to recognize the higher-standard-of-living fallacy at work in our ordinary habits, hard to imagine giving up things that have come to seem basic even if, objectively, they aren't. It can also be hard to see what real effect such renunciation would have. It might tickle our moral vanity, but would it really be useful? Would it attract anyone to the gospel? Answering that question truthfully requires discernment and humility, but we must not be too quick to accept answers that makes our lives easier. It may turn out that these questions need to be answered with the help of a community. A number of parishes (including my own) run Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl programs for Lent, inviting people to skip a meal and donate the money they would have spent on their own food to the hungry. What if parish communities also programmatically scrutinized their other purchases, and decided, together, to buy less and give more?
There is no sin in living in the richest country in the world, the richest ever known. But do we really imagine that we won't be judged precisely on the question of how we dispose of our wealth, individually and collectively? I don't mean to minimize the importance of other moral questions, but Catholics in twenty-first-century America should at least be able to agree that no other moral question is more important than this one. "For the church to heed the New Testament's challenge on the question of possessions," Richard Hays writes in Moral Vision of the New Testament, "would require nothing less than a new Reformation." Pope Francis has certainly got Catholics thinking again about poverty. Perhaps his own example will startle us into thinking about it not only in terms of economic policy, but also in terms of personal vocation, so that our lives bear better witness to the gospel's radical claims about wealth.
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David Cloutier is associate professor of theology at Mount St. Mary's University.
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David Cloutier - you've written a wonderful piece here: as much a homily as an article.
Regarding your choice of car: I hope you heed your own words of wisdom regarding vocation. If a Honda Civic is appropriate for a college professor, and that is the vocation to which you're called, then I think you can drive it (particularly with 150K miles!) with a clear conscience. I might even make a case for the realtor who drives the BMW, perhaps provided it doesn't have all of the luxurious upgrades. Clothes, cars, houses, gadgetry: all of these can have social utility that is more complicated than simply as vessels of temptation to sin. How to equip ourselves with such things, assuming we have the means, calls for prudent and prayerful discernment.
As for social rank: it is one of the things that Jesus talked about as well, as when we're urged to take the lowest seats at banquets so that the host may invite us to move up. Rank certainly continues to exist today, I assume in the university every bit as much as the corporation (not to mention the church!). And while God promised to cast down the mighty from their thrones and lift up the lowly, I don't think it's a vice for a person or a family to live moderately within their social station. At the same time, it is praiseworthy for the person or family to choose, as Francis has, to live more modestly than custom expects.
An extraordinary piece of reflection and careful exhortation, David. Thanks to you and Commonweal for bringing it to us.
Helpful guidance.
Thanks for this outstanding piece, which I am sure will help many of us make a good examination of conscience.
Advent Blessings,
This is my first online reading of a Commonweal article. Thank you so much for this challenging piece for consideration. The topic is so necessary for our transformation as persons and as a church. I look forward to more insight and comment. Thank you!
Thank you for this essay. As you explained, we all tend to minimize or do not recognize the many ways that our culture influences our goals and behaviors, especially our priorities.
Clearly, we can all due without many things and it is virtuous that we choose prudently and wisely whether the next upgrade of cell phone is really more important than adopting a poor family for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
If I added up all of my luxury goods, the annual cost would be significantly more than what I give to the poor in terms of my time and money. It is not difficult to me to think of ways to spend $500 less a year on "things" and donate a ton of rice ($350) to a Cambodia hospital that cares for orphanes and the poor.
Thanks again for reminding me of these things.
Great work.


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As per Piers Steel's "procrastination equation",
Motivation = (Expectancy x Value) / (Impulsiveness x Delay)
I find that most of my own procrastination tends to involve the Internet and the easily accessible distractions that it brings (the
Impulsiveness in the denominator)
Unfortunately, I can not totally give up the Internet, because I sometimes actually need it for work, or to stay in touch with friends and relatives.
I think the perfect compromise would be if my time online was somehow limited to 1-2 hours per day. Are there reliable solutions that can enforce that?
Solutions that I've already thought about (please don't repeat them as answers without a good reason):
- Software-based Internet/site blockers. These are too easy to disable, and/or they won't work with my OS (Linux).
- ISP plans. I'm not aware of any that only allow you to use the Internet 1-2 hours per day, although there are some "mobile" plans that limit the total amount of data transfer per month. This is not my goal.
- Taking the modem/router/cable to work with you, and leaving it there until the next day. This is quite effective, in my experience, in limiting my Internet-related distractions for the whole evening, but I'd like to be online for 1-2 hours instead. Also, this won't work for those who work at home.
- Leaving the modem/router/cable with a friend, or neighbor, or in a safety deposit box. Unfortunately, this won't work, as this solution doesn't automatically shut off the Internet after an hour - nothing is stopping you from staying online. You can tell your neighbor "I'll bring this back in 1 hour, or I'll owe you $100", but this gets a little embarrassing.


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Given: some vector $R=(r_1...r_l)$ - real numbers, and a set of distinct vectors with $+1$ or $-1$ coordinates $$\begin{array}{c} V_1=(c_{1,1} ... c_{1,l}),\\\ V_2=(c_{2,1} ... c_{2,l}),\\\ .....\\\ V_n=(c_{n,1} ... c_{n,l})\end{array}$$ each $c_{i,j}$ are $+1$ or $-1$. $n\lt 2^l$ is some number (if $n=2^l$ - problem is trivial.)
Problem: How to find vector $V_i$ which is the most close to $R$ ? ( in the sense of Euclidean distance (suggestions on any other distances are also welcome)).
Of course, we by brute force can check all $V_i$, but is there any way to reduce brute force ? Set of vectors $V_k$ is fixed once and forever, $R$ is coming every millisecond, and algorithm should quickly "decode" $R$ to some $V_i$.
Sub-problems: Is this problem NP-hard ? ( i.e. Is it possible to have algorithm polynomial in the log(n) ? (It is true for some special cases like trivial n=2^l. But what about more general ?))
Given some "hint" vector $V_k$ is possible to answer a question "is it the right answer or not" in some computationally simple way ?
Given some "hint" vector $V_k$ is possible to improve it in some way ?
Does distance function have only global or also local minimums on the set $V_i$ ?
More precisely one should speak about "$\epsilon$-local minimums" for some $\epsilon$.
Set of vectors $V_i$ is a metric space (induce metric from $R^n$). Let us say some function $f$ has an "$\epsilon$-local minimum" at some point $V_k$ of this set if $f(V_k)< f(V_i)$ for all $V_i$ in $\epsilon$ - neighborhood $V_k$).
Consider a distance function from given vector $R=(r_1...r_l)$ to $V_i$.
What is the smallest $\epsilon$ for which any $\epsilon$-local minimum is global minimum ?
How it depends on input vector $R=(r_1...r_l)$ ?


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14 Mar 2011 6:13 AM #1
Toolbar button anchor link
I'm fairly new to the Sencha Touch API. I'm trying to do something that it's fairly easily accomplished in other Javascript APIs such as JQuery and Mootools, but I'm struggling to get this issue worked out.
I have a panel with several elements, one of which is a bit of text combined with an anchor link, for example:
var myPanel = new Ext.Panel({ id: 'my-panel', dock: 'top', cls: 'my-panel', dockedItems: [{ id: 'my-link', cls: 'my-link', dock: 'top', html: 'Google' }] });
var myToolbar = new Ext.Toolbar({ dock: 'top', items: [{ iconCls: 'my-toolbar', text: 'Google!', html: 'Google' }] });
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
14 Mar 2011 10:09 AM #2
How about this:
var myToolbar = new Ext.Toolbar({ dock: 'top', items: [{ iconCls: 'my-toolbar', text: 'Google!', handler : function(){ document.location = "http://www.google.com"; } }] });
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Hello crysfel -
...actually - sort of.
Some things about my app complicate the provided solution:
- The app is actually linking to a netflix.com url.
- The app is meant to be run from an iPad.
- The app is instantiated from an icon on the iPad "home screen".
This works just fine as long as the app is not started from the "home screen".
If I run the application by going to it in Safari - the "document.location = "http://www.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=123456789" solution works. From the "home screen" however, I get a funky error message from the target server. The target url renders up to a point - then presents an alert message that it "Cannot open [home screen icon name here]".
These are all details I should have provided in the beginning. Sorry about that. It was well before my daily allotment of coffee.
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I have a very simple select drop down. In Chrome, it doesn't drop down. The code itself works fine, and the drop down works in Safari, but for some reason it won't open in Chrome. Here is the HTML:
<select name="pellet_credit" class="item_discount">
It should be pretty simple. It's a dropdown... Here's a screenshot of the select, selected, but not open:
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This is a jsfiddle with the full source included. The dropdown works for me in the jsfiddle view, but not on the actual site.
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Other drop downs on the page work fine.


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The system that held our main svn repository has passed on. This means I'm going to have to remove the hard drive that contained the repository to another computer.
So, the question is, once the old drive is in a new computer, will we have to re-configure anything in order to access it?


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I am working on a utility to analyze a set of data. I want to process the data with a sliding window, in such a way that there is an output associated with each sample of data.
To start, I have a list of data:
I've defined the following utility function to pull 10 consecutive samples of data from
MyData starting at an arbitrary location within
EvalWin[x_] := Take[MyData, {x, x + 9}];
This works.
Now lets say I have a processing function that sums the 10 samples.
ProcData[x_] := Total[EvalWin[x]];
This also works.
The problem comes if I attempt to use
ProcData[] as an argument to a built in Mathematica function such as
For example if I attempt to plot
ProcData[] for a set of 100 samples...
Plot[ProcData[x], {x, 10, 110}]
Plot function blows up due to recursion.
Are there ways to control how built in functions handle data to avoid recursive blow up, or is there a more Mathematica friendly way to accomplish this kind of data manipulation?


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I love to read and have done so since I was old enough to hold a book on my own. I have lived in Germany--wish I was there now to visit and enjoy my please of reading here. Excellent shot.
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wow...... wish see and read in there :)
i love books
So clean and sharp. What an interesting library. Great shot.
Exceptional photo. Brilliant capture. Reminds me of the night stage of Super Mario World : )
blue blue blue
And the today's picture?
Beautifully taken
Very nice picture ,wow
Simple and modern, simply marvelous.
Completely love this, it's wonderful.
Striking, excellent picture.
Great picture.
A beautiful, cool, blue shot!
J S , come back, we miss you!!
cool and smart
Ein schönes foto!
Oh... Gorgeous image.....
Good Composition and exposure.
nice snap
A beautiful glowing image of dynamic people moving through a static storage of books.
This was an unusually fun image to view on a smaller sized display where the page's ads pushed the image down so low that only the top floor and single staircase is initially visible. If the image is slowly scrolled up, the background of each floor's bookcase acts a bit like a single flip book animation frame. The effect makes it feel like the people are moving up a single staircase.
Very Nice.
oo nice
viry nice picture i liked
Weird lighting
Looks like a slice of a futuristic city. Very interesting and so many aspects take your attention, you can spend a while here, just like a library. Fascinating picture!
A photograph of three interior floors of a library building pretty much assures that the composition guideline of a grid of thirds will be observed.
Very chilly lighting. No wonder all the patrons are wearing winter attire.
@Adedotun Ajibade ha I was trying for ages to think of what made this shot so familiar... you hit the nail on the head :)
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I enjoy that I don't have to shamelessly advertise my video:
But in all seriousness watch it if you want to watch me continually screw up
I enjoy that I don't have to shamelessly advertise my video:
But in all seriousness watch it if you want to watch me continually screw up
I would be really grateful if someone could tell me how the tutoring system works on FM12 and why I can't tutor one of my players.
I have a promising looking 20-year-old who needs tutoring but the option is greyed out. When I hover over the option, it says that he isn't old enough. Yet, I have the option to tutor a 19-year-old, so this can't be right!
I was talking with Flamers and he was suggesting that it could be the player's reputation. He could well be right as this player is a key player for the team and probably the most promising player in terms of potential in the whole squad.
It'll be a shame if I can't tutor him as he badly needs it. Right now, he doesn't match my expectations in terms of what I expect of my players and their personalities!
See my reply in your thread
Thanks SnakeXe.
Grrrr, I hate the addition of agents in this game. In general, I'm never that keen on fiddling with the contracts etc.
What do people feel about this in terms of realism? Should you be able to hand this responsibility over to your board or chairman or something? Or delegate staff to take care of it?
I was watching an interview with Harry Redknapp some time ago and he suggested that he didn't have a clue what some of his players were earning. He said it was all done by the chairman.
I honestly imagine most managers don't get involved in this level of detail. I imagine they have knowledge of a budget and idea of which players fit into which bracket but other than that......
I would like to be able to hand discussions over to the chairman or a member of the board or whatever but also to be able to say 'this play is a key player and will fit into the top bracket in terms of wages'. I tell them the value of the player, they do the negotiations, and I just have an idea of how the budget is doing. I feel like that would be quite a realistic way of doing things.
Sure, my manager loves to get a bargain and sign up cheap unwanted players to make them into a success. But he also definitely isn't an accountant and he basically just wants to sign up some players and then get on with the football coaching/tactics/strategy bit, which is the bit that he is good at!
What do you FMCUers think?
I am an accountant (well, training) so I love it
I love it. The old system with sending an offer to a player and getting his reply a week later was rubbish, with this you can get a contract negotiated quickly and realistically. You can also structure the terms of the deal quite nicely sometimes. I've always loved working the transfer market though, it's only in recent years I've started enjoying the tactical side as well to be honest.
Interesting replies and totally the opposite to what I was expecting.
Looks like we have some football accountants among us rather than old fashioned, no nonsense football men like myself.
FWIW, I like the new system of negotiating on the spot as SnakeXe mentions. I just have a dislike of agents, which I suppose most real life football managers also have! It's also that I'm just not all that interested in the numbers or the finances though.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I love raiding the transfer market for a good bargain. I also love the feeling of getting together a good squad on a low budget and overachieving. But I just feel like my kind of manager wouldn't be getting into this level of detail with numbers and other aspects of contracts. My manager is too busy with coaching, tactics, overall club footballing strategy, squad building and so on and so forth! You know, the proper footballing stuff!
I actually might visit GD actually just to see what the general consensus is! It'll be my first trip there for a while. I bet it hasn't changed much!
I never actually negotiated a contract under the old system (aside from offering more bonuses when I couldn't quite offer enough) as I never thought I'd actually get anywhere, and would have taken ages even if I did.
Crouchy you forget that most of the time I have spent without agents anyway
This whole subject does bring me on to another topic, which is that I wonder whether or not the game in general needs more 'role playing' aspects, so that you can better define your manager in the game. Are you a spendthrift manager, a coach who is strongest in training and squad building, a tactical genius, an old fashioned and no nonsense manager, primarily a motivator, or perhaps a mix of these or even an all rounder! If this could then reflect the way that the footballing world reacts to you more, that would be pretty special in my opinion.
I wanted to be an agent a few years before I realized I was terrible with the legal stuff, so tbf I don't mind the addition one bit. Tempted to sometimes give the agent a bit more every now and then.
I would find the game very boring if I can't negotiate contracts and transfer signings!
I do finances and motivation, once I have a tactic that works I stuck by it.
I can't say I particularly like the agent feature. Yes, it is more realistic, but I do find it a bit of an arduous task, and would be quite happy if I didn't have to bother with it.
I also think that the negotiations need tweaking with a bit, too. IMO, it can be overly difficult to agree terms with players who would walk over hot coals to join the club, but have ridiculous loyalty bonus/agent fees, and won't budge one jot on them.
Make sure you watch MOTD guys, Ben Arfa's goal today was just Messi-esque.
Just about makes up for the turgid first half!
The whole game was rubbish until then! Worst performance from us since the 0-5 versus Spurs. Dunno why we played hoof-ball all game when we've played so well in the last few with a short passing game. Doesn't make sense.
Got an excellent chance at fourth now, though. Especially as Spurs look like self-destructing.
I was speaking with a Spurs fan back in January, the day that they were playing Man City. They were adamant that they would stay in the title race, and a third place finish was the worse case scenario. I bet if I offered them fourth now, they'd bite my hand off!
Episode 2 is up, I find out how obnoxious rain is even in real life!
What are people star rating for estimated speed when setting up a new game?
I have always played with around 3 and a half stars for long career games but am considering adding a few more leagues but it is 2 stars. I think the more players the game has slows it down rather than the amount of leagues if that makes sense.
IIRC for my KFK save it was 1 star, this one is 3
Estimated speed has always been half star for me. It's not too bad (although I have no idea how fast it is when it's 3.5 stars since I never play with that few leagues!)
Mine's 2 stars, which is the same as my game last year.
Always minimum. In FM10 I wanted to add a number of top division that I hadn't had for ages (below the top 8-12 nations) but quickly gave up when it went all the way down when I was still adding those I wasn't going to go without, I'm used to a slower pace anyway so it's too subjective to we rated, especially by a system that was flawed at first.
Yeah, I go for about 2 stars too. Game was running fine, but since the player numbers jumped up significantly, there is a bit of a lag now after 20 seasons.
The add/remove league feature does not work properly and adds too many players, so I am hoping to add all the leagues I need at the start.
It was more of a query than anything as like delta says speed of the game is subjective.
Mine always seems to be 1/2 star and it seems to work fine for me
I've managed to get it down to about 130k by removing a handful of leagues. Still not ideal, but not quite as bad as it was! The processing speed isn't too bad, but using the player search is a bit tedious now.
It's actually one reason I have only used the feature once and didn't want to use it for my career games, because I knew there would be some problems with the add/remove leagues in some way.
Even when removing leagues I saw the number of players didn't drop that much. Still went faster so suited me.
There are two things that dictate "speed"
1) Leagues - adding leagues increases processing time, so reduces speed and vice versa
2) Player count - adding players increases save time and processing time on league reset day, so reduces speed and vice versa
The problem with the "Game Speed" is that it only counts players and not leagues, so a 10k DB with 70 leagues would probably be slower than a 70k DB with 1 league.
I haven't noticed an increase in player numbers, unless I'm looking at the wrong player search?
My Santarcangelo career is 2/3 stars, I think
Over 5 seasons my player count went from 50,000 to 150,000, the player search became unusable.
Mine's steady at about 80k, player search is slow but usable. Although I only really use it to collate all the scouting reports into one list. Says 2* speed, which is perfectly good for me.
My player search says 17k whereas using genie scout (for the soul purpose of this) shows that I have 82K in my database, with 10K of staff.
I have just created a World Champions League, obviously I want teams from all over place to have their real players. What extra players do you think I should load? I will be starting with New Zealand league only.
Is anyone on here any good with the editor?
Managed to create a World Champions League but cannot get any other competitions to run alongside it.
Recently I've been wondering about testing FM12 again and seeing if the runtime errors are gone, and if so, reviving the old thread. Lots of arguements for and against though so wondering if people would be interested if I could switch back to the old save.
I am sure I read somewhere that screenshots are deleted from imageshack after 6 months unless you are signed up to it, does anyone know if that's true?
I have an account on photobucket, problem solved
Other than it uses flash I think for its uploader And it seems to crash when you upload more than 6MB at a time..
I think it's best to cram as many leagues as possible at the beginning of the game then remove them progressively as you climb the ladder and the game gets slower. At least that's the strategy I'm using.
Mine doesn't really get slower, which is just as well as I enjoy having lots of league running even when I'm well above the level of most of them.
Yeah no doubt having as many leagues loaded as possible as long as it doesn't take away from the minimum speed you expect, makes the game more enjoyable.
20 seasons in, I've now cut mine down to 12 leagues in an effort to reduce the player count too. Also, there's some countries that I don't see me getting to in this save, so there's very little point having them running. Processing time is fine, just takes a bit to save/load, and player search is still a bit of a chore.
Crouchy doesn't like you. Any of you.
[IG] Flamers: now... F1
Crouchaldinho: F1 as in the key F1?
[IG] Flamers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...se_Grand_Prix/
[IG] Flamers: As in F1
Crouchaldinho: I was being deliberately obtuse.
[IG] Flamers: Not acute?
[IG] Flamers:
Crouchaldinho: I don't care for FM
[IG] Flamers: HAHAHA
It's a plea for Help, can't you see?
I thought everything I said to you was in confidence, Flamers! You promised that you wouldn't tell.
I never promised that
Obviously, I meant that I don't care for F1. I have a feeling that I may upset people even by saying that though!
On an FM related subject, does anyone get that feeling when they are playing a save that they would like to do exactly the opposite to the sort of game that they are currently playing? Despite enjoying my time with Perugia, the latest of my clubs in my journey through Italy, I've been craving a return to a small club to big club (one club) type of challenge! I have a feeling that I might be heading to Sweden soon. Although the temptation to return to my vintage Saints team of FM10 is also quite strong right now! I'm often like this with FM. When I'm doing a one club save, I long for a career adventure, and vice-versa! Anyone else?
I want to go back to 1 club and I might, deep down into the German system
Pff my lame pun again goes unnoticed
I'm really enjoying my save at the moment and don't really feel like doing anything different to be honest! I love the freedom of it. If I want to jack it all in at the top level and go and take a Serie C2 club then I can whenever I like.
I get that feeling, I started my journey man save in New Zealand because I couldn't get my World Champions League xml to work properly. So I will now be going from club to club every few season when I really wanted to try and take on the worlds best teams with Auckland City.
If you wanted to you could send me the file AB; I've basically retired from editing FM12 due to boredom and wanting a proper journeyman save but I could always take a look and see if I can rectify any problems.
It was something to do with neutral venues wasn't it? PM me if you want with details because I don't want to clog up this thread as an outsider...
True FMCU bread, for true FMCUers!
Hopefully I'm no outsider for much longer.
*Blatant plug coming up*
So I've decided to follow in the footsteps of Flamers by posting my first ever YouTube video today! It is a Minecraft video and as I know that there are a few in here who play the game, I thought it wouldn't be frowned upon if I do a bit of self-promotion!
For my first Minecraft video, I decided to take on Etho's Companions Speed Challenge!
Here is the link if anyone is interested - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGFne2kYtvU
Maybe you love Minecraft, maybe you're just curious, or perhaps you've always wondered what I sound like. Well here's your chance guys.
Anyway, more to the point, I officially lay down a challenge to Flamers, in particular, but also to anyone else who plays Minecraft to beat this time! I hope maybe some of you guys might try the challenge and post a video on YouTube so I can see how you get on.
*blatant plug over*
Back on topic, I have thought of perhaps doing a little bit of FM commentary on YouTube too, just as a different way of sharing the trials and tribulations of virtual football management. Now that I have an YouTube account and headset sorted, there is no limit to the possibilities! So watch this space.
I was surprised what Flamers sounded like, even though I knew he was a massive rugby-playing lanky bugger I always thought he'd have a fairly high voice for some reason - absolutely no idea why! I'm imagining yours as fairly mid-range, crouchy, I guess I'll find out how accurate I am when I'm not sat in a coffee shop
Oh hey baby Sorry couldn't resist The joys of being mistaken for a 54 year old man (my dad)
I don't get this Minecraft, I played it for a couple of hours and do not mind the poor graphics but for me it just seems like a computerised version of lego. Might have to give it a proper go at some point though and give it more of a chance.
In single player I need a goal, in multiplayer I enjoy just building and exploring. I will do a video of the multiplayer server I run soon.
Probably about right!I'm imagining yours as fairly mid-range, crouchy, I guess I'll find out how accurate I am when I'm not sat in a coffee shop
It's so much more than that AB! You should definitely give it more of a chance to grow on you.I don't get this Minecraft, I played it for a couple of hours and do not mind the poor graphics but for me it just seems like a computerised version of lego. Might have to give it a proper go at some point though and give it more of a chance.
To be honest you sound pretty much exactly how I thought you would.
I agree with AB about both of you, just a feeling thing really,not like I had preset expectations.
What do people think about doing FM videos with commentary? Could it be interesting to supplement a career thread? I know a few people have tried it.
I think it could be quite interesting to add commentary to a key game, for example, and explain tactical choices etc. I think it would definitely be most interesting for a big match like a final or something!
Yeah it's a good thing.
I could watch one about a big game and why the user selected certain players and tactics but there are some FM videos in my opinion which are extremely boring.
FM isn't exactly the most exciting game to watch someone play, I guess.
If I did it, I would only do it for key matches. Like huge matches that a lot is riding on. Do it real time, explain tactical choices but probably edit out any mucking around with subs and tactics. The main thing would be your commentary and your reactions to goals. I think I would probably scare myself actually at how much I rage at FM sometimes.
Haha, don't know much about this game that you're playing but your language is incredible .
I wouldn't mind FM videos. I personally won't make them, because I'm very slow at making my current updates already.
I might do a tutorial of how I setup filters, tactical theory etc but I'm not sure if I can pull it off. I might record it and scrap it if its no good
When you swear I mean and then start to say you don't usually swear at games or something. Everyone swears at games. I get so annoyed at FM that I get told off or to stop playing by mum .
I do use 2D mainly with 3D coming on for goal highlights. Maybe I would scrap that for a video, I'm not sure. I guess if people preferred it, I would have to consider switching to 3D.
I still prefer 2D classic for most of the match in order to look at player positions and to make tactical decisions really.
I could watch 2d as long as goal replays were in 3d.
When I've uploaded the odd match to YouTube via the in-game option, I've done it in 3D though as I assume most people prefer it.
I'm not critiscising. I actually enjoyed the video and the swearing added something to it that I enjoyed.
That's cool!
Although I'm still going to try not to swear in my future videos.
I actually found it quite hard commentating and playing at the same time. I ended up saying a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't normally and also getting things mixed up and confused a bunch of times.
My main striker got injured so I just put my 16 year old 6 foot 8 regen into the first team, he got 5 assists and 2 goals, not bad that.
I'm bored of FM. I need a lower league team with transfer funds or wages so I can go and have some fun. A bit like Notts County on FM whatever.
Flamers and Crouchy sound nothing like I thought you two would. I only envision very distinct British accents from most of you lot.
I think it's best in FM if you don't do live commentary since it's a bit different than other games.
I hear a couple of EU3 LPers swear in their vids and it definitely adds something.


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The Honorable Peter G. Verniero, former Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, will help recognize the achievements of Rutgers School of Law–Newark alumni at this year's Alumni Association Annual Recognition Dinner. He will introduce honoree Stuart Alderoty, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of HSBC North America Holdings, Inc.
The association will also honor the outstanding achievements of K&L Gates Partner Rosemary Alito and Lois Whitman, founder of the Human Rights Watch Children's Rights Division. The dinner will take place on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Nanina's in the Park, Belleville. Stuart Alderoty and Rosemary Alito will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and Lois Whitman will be honored with the Fannie Bear Besser Award for Public Service.
For online registration, sponsorship opportunities and other information about the dinner, go to http://rutgersalumniassociation.cvent.com/events/2013dinner.
Stuart Alderoty '85 is Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel of HSBC North America Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations. In this role, he serves as head of the legal function for HSBC – North America.
Prior to joining HSBC, Alderoty served as Chief Litigation Counsel/Managing Counsel with American Express. In that role, he managed a team that was responsible for American Express's litigation and legal issues related to privacy, insurance, consumer cards, and global advertising and brand management. Prior to joining American Express in 2002, he was a litigator in private practice for 17 years, the last 13 of which were with the LeBoeuf law firm where he was a partner since 1996. Alderoty serves on the board of the Count Basie Theatre Foundation, a not-for-profit community arts center in Red Bank, New Jersey. He earned a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University.
Rosemary Alito '78 is a Partner at K&L Gates, Co-Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Practice, and author of the treatise New Jersey Employment Law, first published in 1992 and updated annually. In 1999, she was recognized by the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey with the Trial Bar Award for outstanding performance as a trial lawyer.
Alito serves as Chairman of the editorial board of the New Jersey Law Journal. She has been chair of the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection; Vice-Chair of the Professional Responsibility Rules Committee; and a member of Supreme Court committees on judicial discipline, funding for assistance to lawyers with addiction problems, and the status of women in the courts. She is a past President of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College.
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Whitman has conducted human rights investigations and written reports on abuses in many countries around the world, including Turkey, Greece, Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Liberia, Jamaica, Cuba, and Sri Lanka. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Newsday, Kathimerini (Athens) and Africa Report. She has testified before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and United States Congressional committees on several occasions.
Whitman has taught Women and the Law at Hunter College, Law and Social Work at Stony Brook School of Social Work, and Human Rights of Children at the Columbia School for International and Public Affairs. A lawyer and a social worker, Whitman received a B.A. from Smith College and a master's degree in social work from Columbia University. She received the Smith College Medal in 2002 and the Dean's Medal from CUNY Law School in 2009.
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Art Sellers Show Confidence
One of New York's chief auction houses, Sotheby's, on Tuesday kicked off a two-week series of sales that will test price levels for dozens of top artists—and in the process, gauge the health of the art market.
Sellers are feeling confident as they head into this spring's round of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions because they saw bidders giddily compete for art during similar sales last fall. That explains why the auction catalogs for this set of sales weigh as much as a phone book and contain relatively hefty price tags: Eleven works are valued at $20 million or more each, a trophy price rarely demanded during the recession.
Overall, works valued at about $1.3 billion could change hands by the time the sales end on May 16. The auction houses focus first on Impressionist and modern art. Collectors at Sotheby's Tuesday evening sale had their choice of instantly recognizable canvases by classic names like Paul Cézanne, Berthe Morisot and Camille Pissarro—several of which came from the estate of New York collectors Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt.
Leading the group was Cézanne's 1889-90 "Apples," which sold for $41.6 million—over its $25 million to $35 million estimate. Three bidders fought over the placemat-size still life, which depicts several golden-hued apples stacked on a white plate near some smaller, green fruit. Sotheby's Chief Operating Officer Bruno Vinciguerra fielded the winning telephone bid for the work.
The subject matter is quintessential Cézanne, which may have worked in its favor with bidders, but "Apples" is also only 15 inches tall—small for anyone seeking wall-power punch. In 1999, Sotheby's asked the same price, $25 million, for a wider, 23-inch-tall still life by the artist. That painting, "Still Life with Curtain, Pitcher and Bowl of Fruit," wound up selling for $60.5 million.
Another work from the Lewyt estate also fared well: Amedeo Modigliani's 1909 portrait of a woman in a tan riding jacket, "Amazon," sold to an anonymous telephone bidder for $26 million, within its $20 million to $30 million estimate. Altogether, the 20 works from the Lewyts sold for a combined $88.6 million—a total that surpassed the house's own expectations and reinforced the truism that collectors will pay a premium for art that hasn't been seen in the marketplace lately. Most of the Lewyt's pieces hadn't been seen in decades.
The mood in Sotheby's York Avenue saleroom started off chipper, particularly after collectors noticed rapper LL Cool J watching the bidding from a skybox. The mood fell a little flat after the Lewyt pieces sold, but it didn't matter: Sotheby's $230 million total easily surpassed its $162.5 million low bar and nearly reached its $235.1 million high bar. Five works sold for $10 million or more.
That's mainly because collectors from Latin America, Russia and the U.S. bid steadily for any paintings that popped with color or sculptures that seemed rarer than the rest. Georges Braque's brightly colored Fauve scene from 1907, "Landscape at La Ciotat," sold for $15.8 million, edging over its $15 million high estimate and resetting the artist's record at auction. Claude Monet's 1885 view of a blossoming pear tree, "Pears and Flowers," sold for $8.6 million, over its $7 million high estimate.
Elsewhere in the sale, New York collector Donald Bryant paid $13.6 million for Pablo Picasso's painted metal portrait of a young, pony-tailed woman, "Sylvette." That work was estimated to sell for at least $12 million.
Christie's will counter with its own sale of Impressionist and modern art Wednesday, led by Chaim Soutine's 1927 portrait, "Little Pastry Chef," which it estimates will sell for at least $16 million.
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- User A asks a question, reporting Bug X
- User B answers question, with correct answer for resolving Bug X
- User A tried out B's answer, and it works. However, now Bug Y becomes apparent (that had originally been hidden by Bug X)
What is the correct thing to do? Should User A ask a new question (since the original question and answer are useful on their own)? Or should User A edit the original question to reflect the new occurrence of Bug Y (changing the entire issue being addressed by the original question)?
See this question for an example (though I have seen this a number of times before).


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KILLEEN (November 19, 2012) --- Police were investigating Monday after a brawl involving close to fifty people armed with sticks, baseball bats and guns broke out Saturday afternoon near downtown Killeen.
Police reports indicate units were sent to 803 North College Street just after 2 p.m. Saturday in response to a report that 30 to 50 people were fighting.
Witnesses told officers that a man started a fight and threatened some people with a gun.
Witnesses to the brawl said Monday it got even more heated when other people began fighting with different weapons and neighbors tried to intervene.
"A whole bunch of guys came out they had sticks a couple of them had some handguns and everything…and the police showed up with assault rifles," neighborhood resident Terrell Roundtree said Monday.
Roundtree said there was also an accident involving a suspect's car nearby after the driver tried to get away.
Investigators are asking anyone with information about the brawl to call Crime Stoppers at (254) 526-8477


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I have been using TextMate 'til now, but I am missing exactly one feature: vertical split view.
I know that Coda supports it, but I am not a big fan of a huge IDE which changes my workflow too much – in other words, I hate it if one application takes over my job.
TextMate is actually all I need:
- code completion
- syntax highlighting
- snippets
- filebrowser (project folder)
- accessible via the terminal
But the Vertical Split is just one feature I am really looking for. Have you an idea which editor could be the solution to my problem?


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NEW CUMBERLAND - Nearly a year after he is alleged to have killed his Chester girlfriend, Adam C. McCloud is scheduled to undergo a mental examination to determine if he is competent to stand trial for the woman's murder.
McCloud, 34, formerly of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has been in the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville since his arrest in February for Sara Jean Williams' murder. Authorities found both their bodies - McCloud in a semi-conscious state - in the basement of their rented Phaeton Avenue home in Chester on Jan. 26 after responding to a report of an odor of gas coming from the house.
An autopsy later determined that Williams, 37, died as a result of strangulation and blunt force injuries to the head. McCloud was taken to East Liverpool City Hospital and was arrested upon his release about a month later. A grand jury indicted him in May on charges of murder and attempted arson - charges for which he could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted.
In September, McCloud's attorney, public defender F. William Brogan Jr., filed a motion asking that McCloud be examined to determine if he is mentally competent to stand trial. First Judicial Circuit Judge Martin J. Gaughan approved the request.
McCloud is scheduled to be taken to Chestnut Ridge Center in Morgantown on Jan. 28 for the exam. The hospital, which provides forensic psychiatry services to judges, attorneys and local law enforcement, must submit a written report to the court after the examination. The exam is scheduled for 9 a.m.
Competency to stand trial means that McCloud has the present ability to consult with his legal counsel, that he has sufficient memory and coherence of ideas to assist in the preparation of his defense, that he has sufficient capacity to testify on his behalf if he chooses and that he has sufficient capacity to understand the nature of the proceedings against him, according to the defense motion.
To determine whether McCloud is criminally responsible, the examination must ascertain whether he, as a result of mental disease or defect, lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law, the motion said.


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In a system with x identically partitioned HDD's each drive has a UEFI boot partition with the bootable flag set. During power on I'm able to select any of the HDD's to boot from using UEFI.
Once Ubuntu has started. How do I determine which HDD the system was booted from?
An incorrect answer is: The one containing the partition mounted at
/boot/efi. It is incorrect as that is written to
/etc/fstab when installing Ubuntu. It's not dynamic and does not point to the UEFI partition I actually used to boot.


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Main Page | Risk Factors | Symptoms | Diagnosis | Treatment | Screening | Reducing Your Risk | Talking to Your Doctor | Living With OCD | Resource Guide
The information provided here is meant to give you a general idea about each of the medications listed below. Only the most general side effects are included, so ask your doctor if you need to take any special precautions. Use each of these medications as recommended by your doctor, or according to the instructions provided. If you have further questions about usage or side effects, contact your doctor.
Your doctor may give you medicine to help alleviate your unwanted thoughts and repeated actions. These are often referred to as anti-obsessional medications. They can also help you feel less anxious and afraid. It may take a few weeks before you start to see an improvement
Most of the drugs used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are antidepressants. These medications affect brain hormones that are out of balance. If you develop depression in association with OCD or because of the disability produced by OCD, antidepressants can help with this as well.
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)
Common names include:
SSRIs affect the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which plays a role in anxiety , depression , and OCD. It appears that for most people, high doses of these drugs are required to produce anti-obsessional effects. Improvement is usually seen in 4-6 weeks after beginning treatment. SSRIs are not addictive. Do not take an SSRI if you have taken a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) in the last 2-5 weeks.
Possible side effects include:
Common name: Clomipramine
Tricyclic antidepressants regulate the neurotransmitters serotonin and/or noradrenalin in the brain. They have been used effectively for the treatment of OCD. Improvement is usually seen in 2-6 weeks after beginning treatment. Tricyclic antidepressants are not addictive.
Possible side effects include:
Common names include:
Atypical antidepressants affect the concentration of the neurotransmitter serotonin and can be effective in treating OCD. Improvement is usually seen in 4-6 weeks after beginning treatment.
Possible side effects include:
Consultation with a specially trained mental health professional is recommended if you do not respond to treatment with medications. A mental health professional can help clarify the diagnosis and determine if another psychiatric disorder is present. He can also make recommendations about psychotherapy and changes in medications.
Whenever you are taking a prescription medication, take the following precautions:
About OCD. Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation website. Available at: http://www.ocfoundation.org/whatisocd.aspx . Accessed September 8, 2008.
Antidepressant use in children, adolescents, and adults. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM096273 . Published May 22, 2009. Accessed July 15, 2009.
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Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry . 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2004.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Anxiety Disorders Association of America website. Available at: http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/symptoms . Accessed September 8, 2008.
Stern, TA et al. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry . 1st ed. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier, 2008.
2/18/2011 DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance https://dynamed.ebscohost.com/about/about-us : Serretti A, Mandelli L. Antidepressants and body weight: a comprehensive review and meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2010;71(10):1259-1272.
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The headline here is: I live in a frat house with 10 other people.
They are noisy, frisky people, and living with them greatly improved my
drinking social skills, and I loved it at first, but I'm past my freshman's year, so now I want to settle down and take on college. Also I want to be able to give myself time to work on my hobbies. Those things doesn't seem to be the focus around here.
Besides the rowdy people, I have major concentration problems. I have trouble focusing in the task at hand even in the most peaceful silence, what to say of an party-all-the-time place like this.
So, pinning down the questions in matter:
Can I get some useful skill out of living in this environment? Like being able to focus even in the most stressing situations, or something like that. And if so, how can I work my self-discipline in a way that works for me?
Is it worth it? Or I'd be better off living elsewhere. Some say you should live among those that yearn for things alike you. Is it really the case here? Or should I even consider living by myself?
I thank you in advance if you can provide me your personal experiences in this matter.