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Mike Konczal and Peter Frase take another look at the Universal Basic Income. Konczal:
Though establishing a basic income was once at the forefront of politics, it has since become more of a Utopian, abstract project. But sometimes it is helpful to step back from the day-to-day wonk work and think Utopian.
Samuel Goldman on "expressive consumerism," superficial inclusiveness, and economic inequality:
In our time,the stories of greater social equality and economic inequality are far from unrelated. Rather, social inclusion has been used to legitimize economic inequality by means of familiar arguments about meritocracy. According to this view, its fine that the road from Harvard Yard to Wall Street is paved with gold, so long a few representatives of every religion, color, and sexual permutation manage to complete the journey. Superficial diversity at the top thus provides an moral alibi for the gap between the one percent and the rest.
Michel Kinsley on "LGBT PC":
All you need to know is that Ben Carson opposes same-sex marriage. Case closed. Carson was supposed to be the graduation speaker at Johns Hopkins Medical School. There was a fuss, and Carson decided to withdrawas speaker. The obviously relieved dean nevertheless criticized Carson for being hurtful. His analysis of the situation was that the fundamental principle of freedom of expression has been placed in conflict with our core values of diversity, inclusion and respect. My analysis is that, at a crucial moment, the dean failed to defend a real core value of the university: tolerance.The universitys response was wrong for a variety of reasons. First, Carson isnt just another gasbag. He is director of pediatric neurosurgery at Hopkins. Pediatric neurosurgery! He fixes childrens brains. How terrible can a person be who does that for a living? Yes, I know the flaw in this thinking: There is no necessary connection. As a character says in Mel Brookss movie The Producers: der Fhrer vas a terrific dancer. But Carson didnt murder millions of people. All he did was say on television that he opposes same-sex marriagean idea that even its biggest current supporters had never even heard of a couple of decades ago. Does that automatically make you a homophobe and cast you into the outer darkness? It shouldnt. But in some American subculturesHollywood, academia, Democratic politicsit apparently does. You may favor raising taxes on the rich, increasing support for the poor, nurturing the planet, and repealing Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, but if you dont support gay marriage, youre out of the club.
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Opposing gay marriage didn't get Dr. Carson into trouble. He got in trouble for the intemperate nature of his remarks.
"in some American subculturesHollywood, academia, Democratic politics"A majority of Americans support same-sex marriage ... http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/11/17708688-nbcwsj-poll-53-pe...
All he did was say on television that he opposes same-sex marriage . . . Of course, that's not all he did. He said the following:
Well, my thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman. It's a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn't matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition. So he, it's not something that is against gays, it's against anybody who wants to come along and change the fundamental definitions of pillars of society. It has significant ramifications.
When you've mentioned gay people, pedophiles, and people who believe in having sex with animals all in the same breath, you've implied some kind of equivalence. And the fact that so many people (not here, thankfully!) insist that the arguments for same-sex marriage also function as arguments for polygamy, for adults marrying children, for siblings marrying siblings, for fathers marrying daughters, and for people marrying their dogs, make Carson's statement all the more damaging. I have long admired Michael Kinsley, and he has a legitimate point about not demonizing people who oppose same-sex marriage. But Carson's remarks were indefensible.
Crystal,Are you suggesting that if 53% of the population approves of 'gay marriage', the other 47% must be "cast ... into the outer darkness" as Matthew ascribed to "Hollywood, academia, Democratic politics"?
I've come to think that commencement speaker controversies are a relatively low cost and healthy way for us as a society to carry on the debate about what kind of society we are. So, in my view, it's fine for Johns Hopkins to invite Dr. Carson. It's fine for students to protest his invitation. It's fine for Dr. Carson to withdraw. It's fine for Michael Kinsley to express his views on the entire kerfuffle.What's less helpful for Kinsley's argument is all the ways in which Dr. Carson has in fact (recently) become "just another gasbag". To quote The Atlantic's estimable Ta-Nehisi Coates, a man who's known Dr. Carson as a public figure for over 20 years:"It's perfectly respectable to think Obamacare is bad for the country. It's less respectable to claim that Obama isn't an African-American. It's perfectly respectable to believe in a flat tax. It's less respectable to tell a room full of white people that Obama, isn't "a strong black man" or that he has "never been a part of the black experience in America." It's respectable to believe that the Ryan Budget is the key to the future. It's less respectable to believe that equating same-sex marriage with child-rape puts you on Harriet Tubman status.The corollary of that last metaphor -- the idea of liberalism as a plantation -- is especially noxious and deeply racist. It holds that black people are not really like other adult humans in America -- people capable of discerning their interest and voting accordingly -- but mental slaves too stupid to know what's good for them."http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/the-conservative-bla...
@Bruce (5/23, 9:18 am) Crystal can speak for herself, but I read her comment as a mild, to-the-point, factual rebuttal to Kinsley's implication that support for civil recognition of same-sex marriage is limited to a few liberal/extremist/insufficiently-"American" subcultures when, in fact, it is now the majority position held by the American people.We can debate the wisdom and merits of that position, but we should at least be able to agree that it is the view currently held by a (steadily growing) majority of citizens.
I know a lot of pediatric neurosurgeons. Some of my biggest heroes are pediatric neurosurgeons. But Kinsley should have found a different hill to make his stand on than Carson, who Luke has correctly identified as just another windbag, a man who's leaving the medical field to be that one more inflammatory pundit that the world so needed.
Agree that it's good to call out racism and homophobia. I just wish Commonweal would be equally concerned about sexism. (The last acceptable prejudice in Catholic America seems to be against women.)The current issue of Commonweal is typical: 9 men, 2 women. DotCommonweal has 24 men as contributors and 7 women. This thread, posted by a man, directs readers "Elsewhere" to articles by four men. No women.
Luke,It seems unsporting to criticize Kinsley for not saying in the quoted passage what he says elsewhere in the article from which I was quoting. Kinsley reports (and mocks) Carson's embarrassing remarks about NAMBLA and fruit. Kinsley also acknowledges that "a majority of Americans now support [same-sex marriage]. The day will come, probably next Tuesday at the rate things are going, when previous opposition to the idea of same-sex marriage will seem bizarre." But not everyone who supports same-sex marriage despises everyone who doesn't. The spite, and not the support, are what Kinsley is referring to when he mentions Hollywood and academia.I'd also like to take issue with Ta-Nehisi Coate's criterion of "respectability." It has the perverse effect of making rhetorical oafishness more important than bad ideas with immense public consequences. "It's respectable to believe that the Ryan Budget is the key to the future." It is, is it? If that dangerous ideological folly is respectable, then I suggest we had better not worry so much about respectability, since it seems to amount to little more than keeping your mouth clean. No doubt a Koch Brothers media empire would carefully eschew risible conspiracy theories and ridiculously anachronistic language about minorities in its advocacy of Randian economic policies. Over their brand of well-groomed extremism, I'll take bumptiousness any day. (What would the Daily Show and Gawker do without bumptious politicians?) Kinsley addresses this point in another part of that article I didn't quote:
The dean [of Johns Hopkins Medical School] was just making a move in the great game of umbrage that has clogged American politics, where points are awarded for taking offense at something the other guy said. No one, when confronted with some opponents faux pas, or some stray remark that can be misrepresented as a faux pas, ever reacts anymore with: Who cares? Instead, its: I am deeply, deeply offended by this persons remarks. She should drop out of the race immediately, or quit her job, and move into a nunnery to contemplate her sins. And we certainly cant let her speak at commencement because ...Because what?
It seems unsporting to criticize Kinsley for not saying in the quoted passage what he says elsewhere in the article from which I was quoting. Matthew Boudway,I had read Kinsley's entire column before I commented, and I don't believe Kinsley's "mocking" of Carson's comments about NABMLA and bestiality treated the comments with the seriousness that they deserved. Taken in the overall debate over same-sex marriage, they were not merely lame or looney. They were pernicious. Now, perhaps the fact that Carson "clarified" and apologized should have been counted for more. But for better or for worse (and I would say it's for better), one outrageous anti-Semitic, racist, misogynist, or anti-gay remark has serious consequences. I think Carson actually made a good point (as I recall) in withdrawing. He said graduation ceremonies were for the students, not for him. If the students didn't want him, why should they have to listen to him in the name of free speech.As I said over on Mirror of Justice, there comes a point where advocates of tolerance don't have to be tolerant. No one ever said tolerance required putting up with anything and everything. Drawing the line may be really difficult, and maybe more latitude should be allowed than is currently fashionable. But certainly Carson's remarks deserved a strong responsestronger than Kinsley's.
@Matthew Boudway (5/23, 11:25 am) Right you are. My apologies to you and to Kinsley.
"If that dangerous ideological folly is respectable, then I suggest we had better not worry so much about respectability, since it seems to amount to little more than keeping your mouth clean. "Absolutely.Oh, sorry, I thought this was in reference to Konczal and Frase and a Universal Basic Income.
Bruce,Yes, what Luke said :)It's not just a subculture thing to support marriage equality. But speaking of subcultures, one that does have a majority support for SSM is Catholicism ... http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/majority-catholics-support-gay-...
"Superficial diversity at the top thus provides an moral alibi for the gap between the one percent and the rest."
And "the rest" are surely undeserving.
Whether Kinsley or Carson like it not, 20 states plus D.C. allow marriage equality or comparable status (civil unions and domestic partnerships) and represent 43.2% of the total US population of 314 million and 39% of the states and D.C.
Tic, toc. Tic, toc.
Toleration is not the opposite of intoleration, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding liberty of conscieconscience, and the other of granting it. Thomas Paine.


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Sure, he scored it for the wrong side in Milan, but he's all ours now!!
Also, from my side of the pond, the goal of the year so far in MLS
You don't need to do anything for the Barcelona draft.
The manager stuff can be done tomorrow.
all of these
pure awesome goal
cant see links now help please
What time tomorrow GCB? As I won't be on until about 6ish.
anyone watch soccer am the third eye bits are amazing
Shire Fc drafts
Kieron Gibbs
Scott Dann
Louis Saha
Scott Dann's been in the random draft and Gibbs has been picked. I'm not sure on Saha.
just a bit special
Okay I'll try again with
SHire FC Drft
Steed Malbranque
Neal Eardley
Remember this one
cant see links
what about this one
FC Freljord drafts Tomas Kalas from Chelsea for their 4th pick overall.
FC Freljord drafts Jack Collison from West Ham for their 5th and last pick.
Have to say I should be happy with my first picks as I have missed the others.
1) Javier Hernandez
2) Vladimir Weiss
3) Lukasz Fabianski
4) Tomas Kalas
5) Jack Collison
With my assigned XI, FC Freljord is looking like a decent team for Europa League. Fingers crossed for Barca draft
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ahhhhh lee sharpe gotta love youtube
huh?????? wat u mean
nevermind watched it was pretty decent aha
Solent Galaxy Drafts
Angel Rangel
Darren Pratley
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Thanks Kenco, been a long day I knew double checking wasn't enough!
Chelsea Australia drafts the scraps
James Tomkins
Andy King
Henri Lansbury
Saku F.C
drafts <<Abdi Ibrahim>>
<<Tomas Kalas>>
It isn't anything that you see once in a million years but being able to see this one live was delightful
I just noticed T.Kalas has already been picked...
I'll take A.Henshall instead.
I cant believe these two havent been mentioned so far!!! My luck is in
Shakhtar Senseless
4th Draft << Jonathan Woodgate >>
5th Draft << Steven Pienaar >>
Wootton Wanderers Draft
Jack Robinson
John Bostock
I'm a little bit late for the last two selections, and I see that all the players I had earmarked have gone! In that case
Essendon FC drafts... Herita Ilunga (West Ham), with one last pick to come (really struggling to find half decent players now!)
Ok, I've double check the lists and he doesn't seem to have been picked up by anyone, so in that case
Essendon FC drafts... Emmanuel Eboue (is he really still be available?)
So after raiding Arsenal with 3 of my 5 picks, my starting XI now looks as follows:
Essendon FC Starting XI
GK: Craig Gordon
DL: Herita Ilunga (pick 4)
DC: Joleon Lescott
DC: Wes Brown (pick 3)
DR: Emmanuel Eboue (pick 5)
ML: Jack Wilshere
MC: Alex Song (pick 2)
MC: Jermaine Jones
MR: Theo Walcott (pick 1)
ST: Alberto Gilardino
ST: Daniel Sturridge
S1: Alex Baptiste
S2: Craig Cathcart
S3: Stephen Crainey
S4: Jerome Thomas
S5: Andy Reid
So as you can see, I still have a very weak team (thanks again for the 4 Blackpool players GCB!), but after heavily strengthening my defence, I could do with another decent striker of winger in the Barcelona draft (or both in Messi!)
may I refer to your team as the funky bunch once we get this thing rolling?
Rushden Phoenix hates illness :P
Drafts Peter Whittingham (Cardiff)
David Bentley (sorry if he's taken)
and one more once I have found someone :P
ok Whittinghams gone - Junior Stanislas of West Ham, and Stephen Pienaar (Tottenham)
Slightly different approach to others. This is one of my fave goals of all time.
One thing that CR definately has over Messi; aerial prowess.
I am desperate for a striker or winger from Barca as well! Messi, Villa, Pedro, Bojan will all be fine. Do not need a D RC (Puyol) because I signed two in my draft.
AFC Slough
Drafts <<Danny Graham>>
Sorry I'm late...
Stratford Rangers are lining up with something like this:
GK - Ben Foster
DR - Seamus Coleman
DL - Danny Collins
DC - Thomas Vermaelan
DC - Michael Dawson (Draft 2)
MR - Adam Johnson (Draft 1)
ML - David Silva
MC - Ayew
MC - Scott Parker
ST - Jo (Draft 4)
ST - Asamoah Gyan
Subs -
Michael Owen (Draft 3)
Danny Welbeck
Dedryck Boyata (Draft 5)
Antolin Alvarez
Clint Dempsey
Could do with a decent MC (Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets) or of course a Messi/Villa from the Barcelona draft. Actually i wouldn't mind Casillas to be fair!
Any thoughts people to my team, it isn't really what i was hoping for, certainly if we're competing in the Champions League!!!!
cookie, I would be extremely surprised if you got Casillas from the Barcelona draft...
FC Freljord has completed their 16 player preliminary squad for now, with Barcelona draft pending and a wonderkid central midfielder is set to join the club's youth ranks.
Dani Alves would be the perfect fit for us from Barca draft but I wouldn't say no to the likes of Messi or Xavi. Any young & promising player, especially striker or goalkeeper is fine as well.Code:Goalkeepers --- Defenders --- Pepe Reina Carlos Cuellar Lukasz Fabianski (3rd pick) Bastos Nemanja Vidic Midfielders --- Fabio Coloccini Tomas Kalas (4th pick) Karl Henry Lucho Gonzalez Strikers --- Gary Taylor-Fletcher Arjen Robben Edin Dzeko Vladimir Weiss (2nd pick) Kevin Doyle Jack Collison (5th pick) Javier Hernandez (1st pick)
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GCB, I just wanted to let you know that I won't be online until tomorrow afternoon..
Ruff Fc
Drafts - Barry Bannan and Fredrick Piquionne
Shakhtar Senseless 16-man Squad
GK - Gomes
RB - Stephen Kelly
LB - Jose Enrique
CB - Ricardo Carvalho
CB - Per Mertesacker
CM - Jack Rodwell
CM - Kim Kallstrom
RW - Aaron Lennon
LW - Robinho
ST - Pato
ST - Lisandro Lopez
Draft 1 - Nathan Delfouneso
Draft 2 - Magaye Gueye
Draft 3 - Alex Smithies
Draft 4 - Jonathan Woodgate
Draft 5 - Steven Pienaar
I was very happy with my starting 11 to be honest so my thinking during the draft was to get some promising youths in hence Delfouneso, Gueye and Smithies. Woodgate and Pienaar are here as back up if it goes the proverbial tits up.
Knowing my luck ill get valdes in the barca draft which would mean a wasted draft pick in SMithies. Hopeing for another Midfielder for strength in depth.
Im not to botherd about the manager draft as there are way more than 28 top quality managers out there, ill take my time on choosing that aspect. Although saying this i would be more swayed to a manager that uses a budget wisely due to my £20mil sponsorship money.
All in all its looking nice and i was dreading starting in the Championship with my starting 11 in the fear of them all leaving!
Congrats on this sign-up so far GCB! This must be a heck of a lot of work to put into this but as you have earlier, its going to be worth it. Keep up the good work
P.S. - How flexible are the tactics? is it a set in stone 4-4-2?
Starting Lineup
GK - Shay Given
DL - Leighton Baines
DR - Vedran Corluka
DC - Stéphane Mbia
DC - John Mensah
MC - Mathieu Valbuena
MC/AMC - Wesley Sneijder
LW - Joe Cole
RW - Pablo Barrera
ST - Mame Biram Diouf
ST - Fernando Torres
S1 - Wayne Hennessey
S2 - Max Gradel
S3 - Jon Walters
S4 - Daniel Pacheco
S5 - Shola Ameobi
Fingers crossed the gaffer (whoever he may be) signs up some backup defenders! Wouldn't mind a Puyol or a Pique in the draft. Villa or Messi or someone maybe to replace Diouf wouldn't be too bad either.
GK-Tim Howard
DL-John O'Shea
DC-William Gallas
DR-Rod Fanni
LW-Gareth Bale
CM-Aaron Ramsey
CM-Yoann Gourcuff
RW-Jimmy Briand
ST-Nicolas Anelka
ST-Hugo Rodallega
With that squad; I wouldn't mind any Barcelona first-teamer <maybe not a DC though> XD
T2B Free Agent Draft
Players Already Drafted
Aaron Ramsey (A1FC)
Carlos Tevez (Discworld)
Adam Lallana (Dustbin Rovers)
Javier Hernandez (FC Freljord)
Federico Macheda (Real Clifton)
Jon Obi Mikel (Rushden Phoenix)
Sandro (Saku FC)
Nathan Delfouneso (Shakhtar Senseless)
Morgan Schneiderlin (Solent Galaxy)
Shay Given (Southsea Athletic)
Alex (Ruff FC)
Dirk Kuyt (Capite Ad Calcem)
Chris Smalling (Darlington All Stars)
Adam Johnson (Stratford Rangers)
Leigh Griffiths (Lowen United)
Theo Walcott (Essendon)
Matej Delac (Darlington Rangers)
Gunnar Nielson (Emurica)
Craig Bellamy (Horden All Stars)
Chris Cohen (New Bloc)
Connor Wickham (AFC Slough)
Park Ji Sung (Calvary FC)
Thomas Kuszczak (Dockland South)
Adel Taarabt (Shire FC)
Fernandez Suso (Wootton Wanderers)
Sebastien Bassong (Fareham Fallguys)
Nigel De Jong (Kuda Laut Gemilang)
Nicolas Anelka (A1 FC)
Jonny Evans (Calvary FC)
Yury Zhirkov (Capite Ad Calcem)
Danny Wilson (Darlington All Stars)
Tom Huddlestone (Darlington Rangers)
Micah Richards (Discworld)
Owen Hargreaves (Dockland South)
Emmanuel Frimpong (Emurica)
Alex Song (Essendon)
Shane Long (Fareham Fallguys)
Vladimir Weiss (FC Freljord)
Niklas Bendtner (Horden All Stars)
Tom Cairney (New Bloc)
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Real Clifton)
Emmanuel Adebayor (Rushden Phoenix)
Magaye Gueye (Shakhtar Senseless)
Jeffrey Bruma (Saku FC)
Gael Kakuta (Solent Galaxy)
Michael Dawson (Stratford Rangers)
Gabriel Obertan (Wootton Wanderers)
Kyle Walker (Dustbin Rovers)
Marc Albrighton (Ruff FC)
Tim Krul (Shire FC)
Anderson (AFC Slough)
Ched Evans (Chelsea Australia)
Jay Bothroyd (Chelsea Australia)
Danny Graham (Kuda Laut Gemilang)
William Gallas (A1 FC)
Jamie Carragher (Capite Ad Calcem)
Marouane Fellaini (Darlington All Stars)
Fabio Da Silva (Dockland South)
Jimmy Bullard (Dustbin Rovers)
Ramires (Fareham Fallguys)
Jose Boswingwa (Horden All Stars)
Lewis McGugan (Real Clifton)
Ivan Klasnic (Calvary FC)
Phil Neville (Kuda Laut Gemilang)
Abou Diaby (Ruff FC)
Paulo Ferreira (Rushden Phoenix)
Alex Smithies (Shakhtar Senseless)
Tomas Rosicky (Discworld)
Jonjo Shelvey (Saku FC)
Wes Brown (Essendon FC)
Chris Gunter (AFC Slough)
Ryan Giggs (Solent Galaxy)
Max Gradel (Southsea Athletic)
Mame Biram Diouf (Southsea Athletic)
Lukas Fabianski (FC Freljord)
Michael Owen (Stratford Rangers)
Darius Vassell (Lowen United)
Tamas Priskin (Lowen United)
Alberto Aquilani (Darlington Rangers)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (New Bloc)
Sebastien Squillaci (Emurica FC)
John O'Shea (A1 FC)
Stephen N'Zonzi (A1 FC)
Lucas (Calvary FC)
Shaun Wright Phillips (Calvary FC)
Kyle Naughton (Darlington All Stars)
Martin Olsson (Darlington Rangers)
Johan Djourou (Discworld)
Davide Petrucci (Discworld)
Kieran Gibbs (Dockland South)
Alan Hutton (Dockland South)
Jack Cork (Dustbin Rovers)
Peter Whittingham (Dustbin Rovers)
Pablo Zabaleta (Fareham Fallguys)
Simon Mignolet (Fareham Fallguys)
James Perch (Real Clifton)
Jo (Stratford Rangers)
Luke Chambers (Real Clifton)
Bebe (Lowen United)
Lee Cattermole (Lowen United)
Pablo Barrera (Southsea Athletic)
Ismael Miller (New Bloc)
Jack Butland (New Bloc)
Kolo Toure (Capite Ad Calcem)
Ryan Bertrand (Darlington All Stars)
Dedryck Boyata (Stratford Rangers)
Daniel Pacheco (Southsea Athletic)
Denilson (Capite Ad Calcem)
Jordan Spence (Darlington Rangers)
Gilles Sunu (Emurica FC)
Ignasi Miquel (Emurica FC)
Louis Saha (Shire FC)
Steed Malbranque (Shire FC)
Neal Eardley (Shire FC)
Tomas Kalas (FC Freljord)
Jack Collison (FC Freljord)
Angel Rangel (Solent Galaxy)
Darren Pratley (Solent Galaxy)
Henri Lansbury (Chelsea Australia)
Abdi Ibrahim (Saku FC)
Alex Henshall (Saku FC)
Jonathan Woodgate (Shakhtar Senseless)
Stephen Pienaar (Shakhtar Senseless)
Jack Robinson (Wootton Wanderers)
Jon Bostock (Wootton Wanderers)
Herita Ilunga (Essendon)
Emmanuel Eboue (Essendon)
Barry Bannan (Ruff FC)
Fredrik Piquionne (Ruff FC)
Kasper Schmeichel (Rushden Phoenix)
Martin Kelly (Rushden Phoenix)
Some were highlighted by the other people on here, others weren't. If your draft is not on the list, there'll be a reason.
Chelsea Australia, Horden All Stars, Kuda Laut Gemilang and AFC Slough each have 2 picks left.
Wootton Wanderers have 1 pick left.
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24 players from FC Barcelona and 4 up and coming youngsters from Barcelona Atletico (the 'B' team) have been convinced to join the 28 new teams in the English leagues.
These players are:
Lionel Messi, Xavi, David Villa, Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Gerard Pique, Victor Valdes, Carles Puyol,
Sergio Busquets, Eric Abidal, Pedro, Seydou Keita, Gabriel Milito, Ibrahim Afellay, Maxwell, Adriano, Martin Caceres, Bojan,
Jose Manuel Pinto, Keirrison, Henrique, Jeffren, Victor Sanchez + Andreu Fontas, Jonathan dos Santos, Thiago, Marc Muniesa
These 28 players will be randomly assigned to the 28 teams. It is entirely possible that Lionel Messi could be playing in the nPower Championship next season!
Nice, i wouldnt mind a Barcalona B youngster to be honest.
When is the barca draft? now?
I'll tell you right now, after getting 4 Blackpool players in the initial player allocation, I will not be happy if I end up with a player from the Barcelona B team!
Marc Muniesa (B team) will be playing next season for Wootton Wanderers
Thiago (B team) will be playing next season for Discworld FC
Jonathan dos Santos (B team) will be playing next season for A1 FC
Andreu Fontas (B team) will be playing next season for AFC Slough
Victor Sanchez will be playing next season for Solent Galaxy
Jeffren will be playing next season for Kuda Laut Gemilang
Henrique will be playing next season for Stratford Rangers
Keirrison will be playing next season for Darlington Rangers
Jose Manuel Pinto will be playing next season for Southsea Athletic
Bojan will be playing next season for Shire FC
Martin Caceres will be playing next season for Lowen United
Adriano will be playing next season for FC Freljord
Maxwell will be playing next season for Chelsea Australia
Ibrahim Afellay will be playing next season for Essendon
Gabriel Milito will be playing next season for Calvary FC
Seydou Keita will be playing next season for Saku FC
Pedro Rodriguez Ledesma (AKA Pedro) will be playing next season for Rushden Phoenix
Eric Abidal will be playing next season for Real Clifton
Sergio Busquets will be playing next season for Dockland South
Carles Puyol will be playing next season for Ruff FC
Victor Valdes will be playing next season for Darlington All Stars
Gerard Pique will be playing next season for Emurica FC
Javier Mascherano will be playing next season for Capite Ad Calcem
Dani Alves will be playing next season for Fareham Fallguys
Andres Iniesta will be playing next season for New Bloc
David Villa will be playing next season for Dustbin Rovers
Xavi will be playing next season for Shakhtar Senseless
Lionel Messi will be playing next season for Horden All Stars
Pinto, a goalkeeper (my strongest position), most famous for getting sent off against Real while sitting on the bench. Brilliant.
Very happy with Masch.
Each team has been given £100,000,000 as their starting balance with £50,000,000 of that as transfer budgets.
Nice little wedge ...
However, you need to spend some of that money on your new manager, up to the maximum of £50m!
The managers in the auction are the 28 managers who lost their jobs when their teams disappeared from the English leagues ... plus 10 more out of work managers that left those clubs recently.
Here is the list of 38 managers you can bid for:
Arsene Wenger, Gerard Houllier, Martin O'Neill, Alex McLeish, Steve Kean, Sam Allardyce, Ian Holloway, Owen Coyle, Carlo Ancelotti, David Moyes, Mark Hughes, Chris Coleman, Kenny Dalglish, Roberto Mancini, Alex Ferguson, Alan Pardew, Chris Hughton, Tony Pulis, Steve Bruce, Roy Keane, Harry Redknapp, Roy Hodgson, Roberto di Matteo, Avram Grant, Gianfranco Zola, Roberto Martinez, Paul Jewell, Mick McArthy, Neil Warnock, Brendan Rodgers, Paul Lambert, Dave Jones, Billy Davies, Steve McLaren, Brian McDermott, Simon Grayson, Eddie Howe, Brian Laws
PLEASE PM GCB WITH A LIST OF 10 MANAGERS (IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE) WITH THE MONEY YOU'D BE WILLING TO SPEND IN MILLIONS. THE LOWEST IS £1m, THE HIGHEST IS £50m, NO .5m or .25m etc ...
Biscuits? Could be worse. 442 defensive would work very nicely with my team.
GK Kuzszcak
DR Hutton
DL Fabio
DC Ivanovic
DC Shawcross
DM Hargreaves
DM Biscuits
MR Cazorla
ML Barry
ST Higuain
ST Benzema
i have a rediculous amount of confidence now ive snapped up the 2nd best barca player Xavi
David Villa, fantastic
Andreu Fontas isn't too bad...
hmm victor valdes didn't really need a Goalkeeper but oh well
So dissapointed with Gabriel Milito
The one position i didnt want and i got it
keillison woop woop lol
I think I am favourites to go down to be honest.
Squad is weak
Solent Galaxy
GK : Buffon
RB : Victor Sanchez
LB : Liam Ridgewell
CB : Lucio
CB : Nedum Onouha
RM : Gael Kakuta
LM : Ryan Giggs
CM : Darren Pratley
CM : Toulalan
ST : Zigic
ST : Berbatov
Jonas Olsson
Morgan Schniederlin
Angel Rangel
Tom Cleverley
Damien Duff
Junior Holliett
your squad is decent, just lacking a bit of depth
Can we swap our drafts? :P
I know we probably cant yet but PLEASEEEE in the future
haha im not sure thats allowed! even still...HANDS OFF! joking
ill probably end up loosing half my team in the transfer window
GCB When will we find out about managers!!
Thats reasureing GCB!
Two more picks...
Kasper Schmichael (so i have a reserve keeper) and Martin Kelly
Here is an example of a manager bid:
1. Warnock 10m
2. Rodgers 6m
3. Holloway 5m
4. Ferguson 10m
5. Ancelotti 7m etc ...
Obviously, you need 10 managers ...
Your first bid is the first one you've put there, e.g. 10m for Warnock.
Now if nobody else bids more than 10m for Warnock, he'd be your manager. However, lets say that somebody has bid 12m for Warnock so you've failed. Now we move to the second bid.
6m for Brendan Rodgers. Again, if yours is the highest bid, you'd get him. If not, the third bid comes into play. And so on ...
Whatever bid is accepted, that amount comes off your transfer budget and balance. So if you get Warnock for £10m, your balance goes down to £90m and your transfer budget is down to £40m.
You need to select ten bids for managers because there are 28 teams bidding. You're realistically not going to get your first choice unless you bid a lot. So you need a list of ten bids that I can look through until you get a manager. I might even end up asking you for more if none of your ten bids are successful.
Yes, you read that right, I think/hope. TEN bids.
Some were highlighted by the other people on here, others weren't. If your draft is not on the list, there'll be a reason.
Chelsea Australia, Horden All Stars, Kuda Laut Gemilang and AFC Slough each have 2 picks left.
Wootton Wanderers have 1 pick left.
The deadline for these signings is MIDNIGHT (GMT) tonight.
Please feel free to start trading players now. Use the thread or PM's to discuss deals with each other. Once a deal is agreed, BOTH TEAMS/USERS must post the deal in the thread. If it is not confirmed by both teams, I cannot accept it. The easiest way is for one person to post the deal and the other to quote it saying 'Confirmed' ...
You can buy / sell a player for cash, you can swap players OR you can swap players and include some cash as well.Originally Posted by Manchester United
Post a list of your players and indicate who you might be willing to trade. Also say what you would like to bring in.
Shakhtar Senseless - TRANSFER LIST
RB - Stephen Kelly (Trade for RB)
CM - Kim Kallstrom (Trade or cash)
Draft 1 - Nathan Delfouneso (Cash)
Dustbin Rovers Transfer List
Stephen Carr - SOLD
James Collins
Craig Gardner
The players I would want would primarily be strikers and central defenders. I don't need midfielders.
Last edited by Adamw; 30-07-2011 at 16:20.
Which of my players were already gone? (I need to know so I can draft a player who plays in the same position)
Southsea Athletic - transfer list
Jose Pinto
Max Gradel
Jon Walters
Shola Ameobi
(Cash or trade, would all be acceptable)
Looking for a CB, if anyone is selling.
Last edited by Dave.; 30-07-2011 at 15:57.
@Adamw - Trade Stephen Kelly and £250,000 for Stephen Carr?
Lokking for a swap deal with Jussi and cash for a GK upgrade and to purchase a good striker. No one is for sale though, I'm just a buyer

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Healthy Coconut Recipes (Slide 3)
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The price of one kilo of mussels (blue mussels) here in my town is around 60–70 SEK (9–11 USD). I think that makes a large enough portion for two people, but when checking if all of them are alive and when cleaning them, the price runs higher. I'm interested in what the price per kilo of the edible part (the muscle) of the mussels are. In one mussel, how much by weight is shell and how much is muscle?
It depends on where you live, and what type of mussel you are eating
The blue mussel popular in Europe and North Pacific typically has an uncooked meat ratio of 25% to total weight, and 20% when cooked
The New Zealand Greenshell mussel (available flash frozen in Europe) typically has an uncooked meat ratio 55%, and 50% when cooked
Around US$2 per Kg. These will vary by season and supplier of course
The Tourism PEI site says that one pound of mussels is 20-25 mussels, about one cup of meat, and that you can serve one person that for a main meal or two people for an appetizer.
The Food and Agriculure Organization of the United Nations says:
Finally, this is 500g of mussels (my lunch in Brussels on a hot day - my companion has the same):
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A point is picked randomly in space. Its three coordinates $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ are independent standard normal variables. Let $R = \sqrt{X^2+Y^2+Z^2}$ be the distance from the point from the origin. Find:
a) The density of $R^2$ (don't get how to set up the integral for this)
b) The density of $R$ (don't get part a)
c) $E(R)$
d) $\textrm{Var}(R)$
I don't get how to use the change of variables since we are dealing with $X$, $Y$ and a $Z$. Can you please explain how I can do this? Also, can it be done using spherical coordinates? I am lost on the coordinates available for us on this problem.


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For songwriters, inspiration can come from the most unlikely places - even a car bumper. Chely Wright's new song, appropriately called "Bumper of My S.U.V.," was inspired by a Marine Corps sticker her brother, Chris, sent to her. When Chely put the sticker on her vehicle, another motorist responded to the sticker with an obscene gesture. "I thought it was so interesting that she was able to glean from that (sticker) that I'm pro-war," said Chely. "Who's for war? I was simply supporting my brother." When Chely got home, she wrote a poem based on her experience, but had no intention of it being a song. However, it did evolve into one, and received an overwhelming response from U.S. military troops overseas when she performed it in Iraq and Kuwait. So Chely recorded it - and it'll be for sale on October 26th. Fans can pre-order it by logging on to Chely's website, chely.com [1]. Half of the revenue made from the single will be donated to Stars for Stripes, a nonprofit organization that sponsored Chely's most recent overseas tour and is committed to taking entertainment to the men and women serving our country.
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Anyone else get annoyed at having to watch your player run 20-30 yards to fetch the ball? It's just a waste of time. Introduce ball boys i say.
Anyone else get annoyed at having to watch your player run 20-30 yards to fetch the ball? It's just a waste of time. Introduce ball boys i say.
Yes, please.
Def agree.
And refs should be closer to the action during the games. Sometimes they are on the opposite half vs where the ball is. And when a foul comes, ref & player walk towards each other for 5minutes... (sometimes the ref stops walking and waits for the player to come... seriously...)
I noticed the ref thing as well.
Could defo do with the ball being retrieved quicker
would be funny if you was in a cup final and a streaker (female) lol ran across the pitch
good idea,anything rather than wait for ages for the ball to be retrieved.
And while they're at it I hope they fix the stupid bug that makes the players walk to the freekick spot and then realises where the ball is and goes back to get the ball again. Only a little thing but annoys me quite a bit.
And if you watch the time carefully, sometimes the players take WAY too long before a goal kick or throw in. Like 20 seconds.
I dont think it even needs to be that real. Seriously, just make the ball teleport to the corner spot when it goes out. I don't care that no-one retrieves it. It won't remove realism, it will save me time.
While we're at it:
Show me him getting booked. Not the 20 second stroll to the referee.
Tell me he's been taken off for physio attention. I don't need to watch the guy take 20 seconds to run on the pitch and another 10 rubbing him before it skips scene.
Anyone ever see the ball get thrown back in from the crowd?
The one that makes me laugh the most...
When a ball goes out of play, for a corner, throw in, or kick off after a goal... one player kicks the ball to save the other having to retrieve it... but kicks it too short, then the other player has to walk at snail pace to pick it up.
Personally, I think it's time-wasting and the players concerned should at least be booked!
There is 'ballboys' The ball gets flicked onto the pitch when it's out of play no?
Never mind ball boys - how 'bout a stretcher? When a player needs carrying off, the medics come on and drag him across the pitch by his feet! Brutal!!
The best one for me is when a player fouls, giving himself a game-ending injury and getting booked in the process. He gets stretchered - slowly - off the field, then he miraculously gets the use of his legs back, scampers back on to the waiting ref who flashes the card. It doesn't happen very often but I always laugh when it does
I'm all for ball boys, like a lot have said it's tedious watching your player waste time walking 20 or so yards to get the ball. Also bring back the tunnel while there at it.
I'll be happy to not see my players walk 20 yards to get the ball aswell, like has been said we don't need to see the ball boys, just have the ball make it's own way back.
While were at it, any chance of some cheerleaders to welcome the lads onto the pitch? Could even bring them out at half time for a dance routine!
I would actually think that all this is done on purpose to eat up some of the match time, because too many chances are being created during the match as it is.
I would also add, in corners kicks, sometimes a teammate gets the ball and gives it to the kicker, but then the kicker shoots before the teammate even went back to is position. A bit annoying.
I must second this. The amount of time that gets wasted waiting for players to walk over to the ball and then back to the throw-in/free-kick/corner/whatever spot is way excessive, and it prevents quick throws/free-kicks.
[QUOTE=jeyjey07;7317139]Yes it happens also, but that's only when a player shoots and totally misses the target. But it's a good thing that we don't have to wait for a player to leave the stadium to retrieve the ball
lol that would prob take all game
Funny, I was just thinking about this during a match a few minutes ago. No need for all the long-drawn-out affairs of players walking half way across/up/down the pitch to get the ball. Just make it appear where it should be; that'd do.
It's incredibly annoying when you see a minute, maybe even more wasted because of this. The time wasting only seems to take effect when the ball is placed on the spot for the set piece whatever it may be, so the 30/40 seconds retrieving the ball are completely unaccounted for, then after 20 - 30 seconds you will see the "knows theres no rush to take this kick" and ends up wasting close to 90 seconds or even more.


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Oxford formally accepted as new NVL member
Oxford High School is in. Now the work begins. In what was described by Naugatuck High School athletic director, and Naugatuck Valley League president Tom Pompei, as a "close to unanimous vote," Oxford will join the NVL starting in the fall season of 2014. The NVL athletics directors met and voted Thursday.
"It seems like this was something that was meant to be," Pompei said. "Someone made a reference to the sign that you see on Route 8, about the All-American Valley, with Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Naugatuck, and Oxford."
Pompei called Oxford "a natural fit. They are part of the Valley. They have natural geographic rivals. It is a smaller school that is strong, and growing."
The NVL will now break into three divisions. Here is how the schools will line up:
Division A: Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, St. Paul, Seymour.
Division B: Crosby, Holy Cross, Kennedy, Sacred Heart, Wilby.
Division C: Naugatuck, Torrington, Watertown, Wolcott, Woodland.
At this point, the divisions do not have names.
"That is for the next meeting," Pompei said. "We've have had very preliminary talks on that."
Pompei said that the popular NVL championship tournaments will continue, but that formats are still being ironed out to determine how teams qualify for tourney play.
"It could be the division winners, plus the schools with the next five best records," he said, "or the two top teams from each division, with the next two best records. That is still being discussed."
What is also to be determined is the fate of the NVL championship football game.
Oxford High athletic director Joe Stochmal said Friday afternoon that he is unable to comment on the NVL decision as of yet.
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I can't download apps from the Play Store on my Android device (maybe due to a network issue), so I'm wondering how could I download the APK file of an app on my PC from http://play.google.com/store?
There is no easy way to download an APK file. However, redphoenix89 has found a way to download the APK with a Chrome extension. bexton did some cleanups and the result including a guide is available:
The guide mentions that you need to disable SSL warnings, but I could download APKs even without disabling SSL warnings (Chromium 21.0.1180.81 on Linux) An updated version that works with Chromium 23 is available on https://github.com/Lekensteyn/apk-downloader.
After installation and configuration, there will be a new button in the location bar for the Android Market as can be seen below. It even works if you are not logged in on the page itself since you have entered your credentials in the APK Downloader options screen.
The Chromium extension is completely open-source (in the sense that you can unzip it and check the Javascript files) and I have not found anything suspicious.
Also note the note on the end of the guide:
I spent a decent amount of time trying to figure this out because I don't feel like having the "google experience" and as far as I can tell, it isn't possible. I've worked around it:
The F-Droid repository and Amazon Appstore are both reasonably well maintained -- either will manage any apps you install, which is handy. That's where I start.
Otherwise, I track down and download the .apk outside of the google-run market. In many cases the Android market will point you to a developer's web page and contact information -- if they don't publish the .apk on their web page, you can always ask for it.
Two answers worth checking out:
Where can I find open source Android apps?
What are the alternative Android app markets?
PS. Don't forget: to install apps from .apk you have to turn on unknown sources (
PPS. Once you have the .apk on your computer you know you need to turn on USB Debugging so you can copy the .apk to your phone, right?
As far as I know, you cannot download directly from the web Market, but you can find many apps on other app sites.
As many others have said, you cannot download directly from the market.
Android Phones with Google experience maintain a connection to Google's servers; it is over this channel that Google tells your phone to download & install the APK.
Alternative markets & websites are certainly options - please note it can be hard to determine if the application has not been modified from the market version. You can also use USB networking or wifi. USB networking may require root.
If you have to pay for the application on the market, but don't on the other website, that's a sign that the application is probably not supposed to be there: it is at best an illegal copy and at worst loaded with malware.
(Amazon's "free app of the day" and 'getjar gold apps' promotions are example of exceptions to this.)
You can't download apk from market.android.com . But getjar has lots of app and you can download it to your PC.
One thing you could potentially do is get the android market on the android emulator (which I don't think your supposed to be able to do, but some people have done it in the past), and download the apk onto the emulator. Then, you can find the data in /data/app/-.apk on the emulator. Pull it off with adb, and install it on your device with adb.
But like the other answers, I would recommend finding other stores (or developer websites) to buy the app first.
You cannot download apk files from http://play.google.com/store.
There are other ways to get apps (alternative markets, developer sites) and you can install them manually provided you can turn on the "Unknown sources" setting.
There have been times that I haven't been able to install an app from the Market on the phone but I have been able to get it to download by using the Market site on my computer bt telling it to install the app. Usually the app starts downloading almost immediately. That won't work if the router/network you are using is blocking access for some reason but the app should install as soon as you are on a network that will allow downloads.
You might try cleaning your Market data and cache. When you fire up the Market you will have to accept the Terms again.
I've double-checked other related posts. But, It looks like no one has mentioned these yet. Actually, you can get the apk files.
Real APK Leecher:
AFAIK, This is an amazing app I've figured out just a week ago. But, The app is almost 6 months old. Real APK leecher is a java-written program to fetch the apk files (only the FREE apps) from android market.
Basically - the main advantage of this app is, it doesn't require any other programs to make it work. Anatomically, It works similar to the Chrome extension (which other answers suggest).
When you open the program (specifically the first start), it asks for your gmail account info (i.e) your username and password, along with your own unique device ID (which you can manually get using a Device ID app, if you don't have it). Strictly speaking, there's no adware/malware associated with it. Googling for "APK leecher" throws a lot of results providing the reviews for the program.
It just gets the info because, it makes the android market believe that, "this program is a phone trying to get free apps" (thereby violating the terms).
I figured out this site just 3 days ago. It is very good in providing .apk files. Also, it isn't a black market. For most of the free apps, it gives the info, review, market link along with its own link and also, a QR Code. Users can choose whatever they wish. The link also provides resuming capability while downloading the files.
While in case of paid apps, it displays the cost and the market link. Based on my 3-day experience, the site is very much useful for me. The site-developers post new apps (atleast 10-15 per day) or newer versions of apps.
The main advantage here is: Unlike many other blogs, this site uses its own link (so that they won't expire whenever they wish).
There is an online service called APK Downloader that lets you download APKs from the Google Play Store. However, this works only for FREE apps; paid apps are not supported because of piracy issues.
You can e.g. use Raccoon for that – a phantastic Java app I'm using:
The app requires credentials of a Google account (you can either use your own, in which case you also can access apps you've bought – or use Raccoon's companion-app DummyDroid to create an alternative profile, including fake-device, to also access apps otherwise "incompatible with your device"). Works wonderful and fast. Not only for downloading apps, but also for checking their Metadata (description, permissions, size, last update): details load much faster than using GPlays overloaded web page ;)
I would suggest APK Downloader extension for Chrome as it is far more convenient. You log in with your Google Account, input some data from your phone and it will add a simple "Download APK" button to all apps on Play Store website.
If you are conserned giving your credentials to some 3rd party app, its not possible to download APK's otherwise as any tool needs to be able to identify itself as a phone with google account to get the APK. You can build a tool yourself to be sure, but that probably is not an option right now.
I've found one apk-downloaders.com from which we can download apks which appearance is similar to Apk Downloader (I found sometimes Apk Downloader shows an error).
Another (quick) way is to directly apply package name in following address:
Example: http://apk-downloaders.com/download/dl.php?dl=jackpal.androidterm
Google Play seems to use some non-standard port to access the site. Some modem/router/gateway firewalls block this port by default. This is why Google Play does not work in some LANs.
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My daughter teases me and tells me that I could probably live isolated on top of a mountain and be okay. Sometimes I have to agree. In order for me to give 100% to my students during the week, I have to unplug on weekends. I have to recharge my batteries.
Unlike a lot of people, I have a tremendous amount of time to myself, but even when I didn't, when Taylor was small I found a way to feed my soul or nourish my spirit. However, I am fickle. I have to be in the mood for whatever the activity is. If I feel like sewing all day, I do, then when I am done, all of my stress is gone and I feel like a new me. If I take a nap for about an hour and do as my parents call "clear my mental computer," then I am up and ready to go again. I love to bake. I guess because it requires total concentration at the time you are doing it.
Sometimes, just going for a walk helps me to unwind. Or I might spend a couple hours at the gym to sweat out all my concerns. A southern friend of mine tells me I am wound up "tighter than a banjo string." He might be right. So to cure that problem, I like to hang out with my nieces and nephews on Saturday or Sunday. We laugh a lot and that always releases any tension. Once in a great while I go and get a massage or maybe get my nails done for a special occasion. If nothing else, taking a long soak in a bubble bath while listening to some relaxing music will do the trick. All these little acts help me to feed my soul, release stress, and suit up for the next week.
Ultimately, life is too short to go around a pent up, stressed out mess. You are no good to anyone when you can't be there for them and their needs. Find a way to feed your soul and not only will you be better off, but you will have more energy and love to give to those around you.
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Still no resolution to Lopes' Watertown suspension
WATERTOWN — Nearing one month into the girls high school basketball season and there is still no resolution to the coaching situation at Watertown High School.
Ed Lopes was about to begin his ninth season as head coach of the Indians when, on Dec. 7, he was placed on administrative leave for unspecified reasons. That was four days before the start of the season.
Junior varsity coach Brian Stanley has coached the team in the interim to a 5-1 won-lost record.
Watertown athletic director Roberto Medic referred all inquires to the office of interim school superintendent Thomas McDowell.
Monday, McDowell said, "I hope by the beginning of the year there will a determination."
Asked if the investigation is still ongoing, McDowell said, "That's what we are in the middle of right now."
During the suspension, Lopes cannot have contact with the team, attend games or school functions, and he is not allowed contact with any student in the Watertown public school system. Lopes has a daughter on the team, and two other children in the system.
Lopes' attorney, Eric Brown, said that the investigation of Lopes centers on playing time. Brown said that "some players complained about their playing time and Lopes' coaching style."
Brown was assured, he said, of a quick resolution.
"This needs to end," Brown said. "People's imaginations are running wild right now, and this is just an investigation over playing time and coaching style. (Lopes) has a great reputation not only as a coach in the community, but as a public servant throughout the state of Connecticut.
"He needs to get back to the bench."
Lopes was elected to the Watertown town council in last November's municipal elections. He is a detective lieutenant in the professional standards division of the Danbury Police Department.
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J Paul Vance Jr wrote on Dec 31, 2013 8:21 AM:
" I met Coach Lopes when he took over at Watertown and watched from afar as he built a winning program. His teams play hard and he is a smart and tough coach. His suspension makes me sick to my stomach as both a coach and as a lawyer. Either let people know if he has made a mistake or return him to the sidelines. I, for one, am rooting for him and am surprised that this process has not been resolved. "
Louis Diliberto wrote on Dec 31, 2013 12:29 PM:
" I had the pleasure of meeting coach Lopes when my daughter played HS basketball a few years back. Great coach and even better person. My daughter can play for him any day!! "
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Carol Neal disappeared in 1998, and evidence led police to believe she was murdered.
It took fourteen years, but Bowling Green Police have now identified the possible killer.
When Carol Neal went missing in 1998, police and family members were left without answers.
After years of doubt, worry, and sorrow for the family of Carol Neal, they may now have some closure.
"It's been hard to swallow that we couldn't get what we needed in order to pursue it further. Just couldn't," says Barbara Smith, Carol Neal's mother.
Smith has gone without closure for several years for her daughters death.
Carol Neal, 30, went missing on November 10, 1998.
"When our officers were taking the missing person's report they went into the house of miss Neal and located evidence there that would lead them to believe that Miss Neal had been killed," Bowling Green Police Public Information Officer Ronnie Ward says.
The blood on this couch was the only thing left of Carol Neal.
Until 2003, when two hikers in McCreary County stumbled upon a skull.
"We sent that skull off to the lab for analysis and it was determined that it was Miss Neal's skull. We never did located the remains or the rest of her body anywhere in that area," Officer Ward says.
Smith says the week her daughter's skull was found, Carol's estranged husband, Leland Neal, Jr. asked for a favor.
"He called me and he said could you bring the boys back over to your house this weekend I've got something i need to do and I can't do it with them and that was the same week that they found the skull," Smith says.
She believes Leland moved Carol's remains.
Leland was last heard from in 2010.
" He was last seen going into Mexico," Warren County Commonwealth Attorney Chris Cohron says, "There's been warrants outstanding for him since 2008 on some unrelated cases. When he failed to show up for those charges in 2008, it kind of re-energized the investigation."
Bowling Green Police say plenty of evidence has been gathered and they are ready to make an arrest in this investigation.
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By ASHLEY ANDERSON
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Tomorrow, it will all come to a catastrophic end. With the arrival of Dec. 21, 2012, the world as we know it will be crushed into oblivion – at least according to a presumably false interpretation of the "prophetic" Mayan calendar.
A claim proliferated by the John Cusack movie "2012," which hit theaters in 2009, as well as several books, documentaries, television series and various sources on the Internet, Dec. 21, 2012, is predicted to be a cataclysmic day, based on a date derived from the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, which completes 12 baktuns, or one Great Cycle equaling 5,125 years on Dec. 21 or 23, 2012.
While some fear the worst and have prepared accordingly, most have seemingly forgotten the portentous prediction, opting to look forward to the future – already planning Christmas, New Year's Eve and other spirited festivities set to take place well after tomorrow's doomsday.
But, for those of you still unsure whether you'll awaken on earth the morning of Dec. 21, here's a bit of information to put you at ease. According to Dr. John Hale, archaeologist and director of liberal studies at the University of Louisville, "Different calendars were used in different cities in the Maya. … There's still two million Mayans (in existence today), and they all think this is very funny that the stupid North Americans are obsessed about a mistake."
In a "USA Today" article by Dan Vergano, the Mayan myth is further described in an attempt to dispel it. Vergano reported, "archaeologists say that the ancient Maya weren't interested in predicting apocalypse – they couldn't even foresee their own society's collapse."
The science and society writer references Maya scholar David Stuart of the University of Texas in his argument, as well. Stuart assures, "The ancient Maya did not see the world in terms of endings, but rather in terms of constant renewal." Stuart was part of a team led by archaeologist William Saturno of Boston University that revealed in May the discovery of a scribe's hut painted with calendar markings tracking Venus, Mars and dates corresponding to a time after the year 3500. Thus, the Maya clearly expected the world to continue for many centuries.
Even NASA has come forth to acknowledge their dispute of any Dec. 21 catastrophe. Addressing the topic on its website, under the post "Beyond 2012: Why the World Won't End," NASA proffered: "For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012."
While there's scientific analysis to argue the end-of-the-world forecast, religion can also lend a hand in interpreting doomsday. Several prophecies have been made in scripture, including the "second coming of the Messiah," yet Rev. Michael Mernagh of the Anamchara Faith Community – an inclusive, ecumenical, post denominational, catholic community – believes, "The message of the Prophets challenges people to reflect upon their lives as they are. … To process what is going on in their lives, often difficult and trying lives."
In a recent sermon, Mernagh discussed the Prophetic Books and a potential Judgment Day. "Baruch was not a doomsday prophet," Mernagh asserted. "(He was) not focused upon and mired in the past of troubles and pain. He acknowledged it but was convinced God would restore the fortunes of Jacob, that there would be a new Jerusalem."
Mernagh explained Baruch called people to move on from their sorrow to find hope. "Don't think of it as an end, but a new beginning," he offered. Is there something in your life you would like or need to change? Is there a lifelong goal you've been postponing, or someone with whom you've been meaning to spend more time, or to whom you ought apologize, or confess your true love? Maybe this is the real interpretation of the supposed forthcoming doomsday – a chance to start over, and from this day forward, live your best life yet.
Whether you look toward science, religion or an ambiguous sign that the world will one day come to an end, the truth is, there's no real evidence that Dec. 21, 2012 will be any different from today, yesterday or another date far into the future. None of us know for sure when or if doomsday will occur, and maybe it's best that way. Instead of fearing the end and how you'll either spend it or prevent it, why not live each day to the fullest with those you love the most, making the most of the time you're certain you have?
"(The world) is going to end someday," Hale said. "And, I think you've got to live like it's not going to happen soon, or otherwise you're never going to get down to the business of living."
What Do You Think About Doomsday?
"(I don't actually believe it), but I can't wait to see what happens (Friday) for all the people that do." – Chris Holmes, high school student
Where To Celebrate, Just In Case
Mayan Cafe: 813 E. Market St., 502.566.0651, themayancafe.com
Throughout the month of December, the Mayan Cafe will celebrate the "end of the world" with a special four-course prix-fixe menu created by Chef Bruce Ucán and his brother, Chef de Cuisine Willy Ucán, who chose the dishes based on which they would eat if it were the last meal of their lives.
Enjoy the special doomsday dishes – including lobster ceviche, "Lomitos de Kantunil" and flan – as a prix-fixe menu, along with a barrel-aged blood orange margarita, for $48 plus tax and tip, or order them a la carte.
"(The world's) probably not going to end, but on the off-chance that it will, you might as well have a killer meal," said partner and General Manager of Mayan Cafe Anne Shadle.
For more information, visit themayancafe.com/2012/12/10/end-of-the-world-special-menu-december-2012. Call for reservations.
Apocalypse Brew Works, 1612 Mellwood Ave., 502.589.4843, apocalypsebrewworks.com
On Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, Apocalypse Brew Works will host an End Of The World party from 5 p.m. until midnight.
The Judgment Day diversion will feature 10 craft brews on tap, food trucks Grind and French Indo Canada, music, end-of-times themed movies and fire barrels.
Other Doomsday Theories:
An Alien planet 'Nibiru' will destroy Earth:
The ancient Sumerians are thought to have discovered the planet, which is purportedly on a side-swiping course with earth. However, Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explained in a recent article, "There's no planet Nibiru. We would have seen anything the size of a planet headed our way a long time ago."
Killer asteroid:
"We will be hit by a catastrophic asteroid at some point. It is not just a question of 'if,' but 'when,'" MIT physicist Max Tegmark said in a "USA Weekend" column. However, that will happen sometime in the next 100 million years or so, not this month, he said.
A comet:
Russian astronomers detected a comet in September that may become as bright as the full moon. Yet, that won't happen until 2013, and the closest it will come to Earth is 37 million miles.
The Earth's magnetic poles will flip causing massive earthquakes:
Throughout Earth's history, the magnetic poles have reversed about every 400,000 years due to changes in the planet's iron core that reverse its magnetic poles. However, it takes many centuries to completely shift North and South, according to NASA.
Parting Words For The World's (Potential) End:
"As far as we know we just go around once, take advantage of it. Live life to the fullest." – Bill Nicholson of Long Beach, Calif.
"Go with your intentions to have fun in life, and don't hold back. … (When) you're in your everyday routine, you get so caught up, and you forget to go outside the box and do things that you normally wouldn't do." – Jane B. of Boston, Mass.
"I like to think I'd tell that someone I've been in love with for years that I love them. But the pain of hearing that they have felt the same way and you were too afraid to admit it might be too much to bear. … I like to think I'd tell my family that even though we bicker and squabble they are still my rock. I like to think I'd tell a stranger that their life meant something to someone, at least one. … But the bottom line is, I would probably sit alone, with a glass of bourbon and a cigar confessing my sins and admitting my mistakes to the only person that I really need to tell those things to: me. And in the end I like to think that I would forgive me." – Mark Dutrow


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The news that Foxwoods Resort Casino had secured an option to purchase 30 acres in Fall River's South End for a new casino — at the site of the New Harbour Mall — has been received with a great deal of both excitement and trepidation, unleashing a flood of questions within our community that has supported plenty of gaming proposals that have come and gone over the years.
Since the news broke Wednesday night, readers have taken to heraldnews.com and the HNNow Facebook and Twitter pages to share their questions, concerns and hopes.
They unfortunately also began spreading misinformation. For example, although Foxwoods is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe in Connecticut, the Fall River proposal would be a commercial casino — not a tribal casino, like the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe casino proposal for Taunton. It is important for the community discussion and debate to be based upon facts.
A significant concern — one that had previously been expressed by Flanagan related to that site's casino potential — is the adjacent Letourneau Elementary School. An elementary school would certainly seem ill-suited to be in the shadow of a casino. Where does Letourneau Elementary School fit into this plan?
Another big question has to do with the proximity of the site to the state line with Tiverton. Does Tiverton (and Rhode Island) have any say on the issue since it is so close to the border? Neighboring communities have certain rights under the Massachusetts casino gaming law, but those rights apparently do not apply to out-of-state communities. Will Foxwoods make a deal with Tiverton — less than a mile from the casino site — even though it is not required to under the Massachusetts gaming law? Certainly, Tiverton deserves to get a fair shake when it comes to mitigating casino impacts.
While there's reason to be hopeful about the prospects for much-needed regional economic development and jobs associated with the Foxwoods casino plan, the questions and concerns stemming from this proposal are many. Now is the time for community groups — on both sides of the state line — to get their lists of questions and concerns together, and push Foxwoods and the city to provide those much-needed answers. The city will hold a public forum in the coming weeks to receive input before drafting a host community agreement in which the city would be looking to secure revenues that would be allocated to public safety and education.
Under the Massachusetts casino gaming law, the approval process is a swift one, with a citywide referendum expected as soon as May or June. There is no time to waste.
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Is infinite (say complex) projective space a scheme? More generally, can schemes have infinite cardinal dimension? It seems that infinite dimensional projective space is not a manifold, since it is not locally Euclidean for any R^n.
Related question. If inifinite projective space is a scheme, then take a nonclosed point. Taking the closure of this nonclosed point, can we get infinite dimensional subschemes? Sorry for I'm quite foreign to schemes.


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