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What is the best textbook (or book) for studying Etale cohomology?
Not a textbook, but a free PDF by J.S. Milne, http://www.jmilne.org/math/CourseNotes/LEC.pdf, pretty good IMHO.
I'll complement the list of well known books on the subject by some freely available documents, which I find user-friendly.
Here are great lecture notes , from a course that de Jong (of Stacks Project fame) gave in 2009.
Edgar José Martins Dias Costa's short dissertation on the subject .
Evan Jenkins's notes of a seminar on étale cohomology (click on the pdf icons).
The arXiv notes of a mini-course given by a fine expositor, Antoine Ducros, which also cover analytical aspects of étale cohomology (used for Berkovich spaces).
And finally a historic survey (in French unfortunately) on the genesis and successes of étale cohomology.
Lei Fu, Étale Cohomology Theory is also nice and has not been mentioned yet.
My first exposure to étale cohomology was through Bjorn Poonen's notes Rational Points on Varieties, Ch. 6. Not all of the big theorems are mentioned there, but it provides a great introduction to those who have had no previous dealings with the subject.
I would highly recommend these notes by Donu Arapura for a good overview of etale cohomology, as well as this short paper by Tom Sutherland for an even quicker overview.


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I am trying to write this equation in latex but couldn't accomplish it. Can someone help me?
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I'd like to know where you had a problem, though...
The only problem is to determine the size of the brackets. From the sample it seems that in this case the size is given by the fraction before the summation. The solution is based on using

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What can I do?
A few weeks ago some lady named Sherry accidentally put my cell-phone number down when requesting services online. First it was innocent; I got a few phone calls about quotes for gutter replacement on her home, all from local businesses. Now all of the sudden in the past week I get about 5-10 phone calls a day from spam companies looking for her. They are numbers with all bizarre area codes. I always answer the calls and tell them they have the wrong number and to stop calling me. 9 times out of 10 it is someone who barely speaks English, and they just hang up on me. Now since Monday I'm starting to get spammed with text messages!
Is there anything I can do to make it stop? It is starting to drive me nuts; none of the companies calling will take my number out of their system. I'm on the DNC list and I report their number when I can but of course it doesn't make a difference. I've had this number for 10 years so changing it really isn't an option. Any advice would be appreciated!
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If you are already on the DNC list there isn't much you can do. You can ask each one to remove you from their call list. Legally they have to but realistically they probably won't.
So really, your only option is to find a way to payback Sherry.
I would say get on the DNC list, but you're already there. Just tell each person who calls to remove you from the list. Sounding angry/ threatening helps, but I'd do this just if it's a repeat call. Explain your situation, that someone put your number instead of theirs and ask to be removed. Mentioning you're on the DNC list helps too.
It's still a bit of a pain, but is generally effective.
I would add an App to block calls if you have a smart phone. It will not stop the 1st call from a number, but you can block any subsequent ones.
I realize this is a bit extreme, but if it gets unbearable you could change your phone number.
If you are getting text spam now, keep a close eye on your phone bill. We have had problems in the past with texts that ask you to subscribe for a fee and then start charging us even though we never responded.
@morriea: Know of any of them that are good/free? It's usually the same numbers that are calling.
@eraten: i do not have a smart phone, but my phone offers an option to block callers. it is in the phone settings menu.
@eraten: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flexaspect.android.everycallcontrol&hl=en
I use this one, but I do not know if your phone is Android or not. It works fine and uses community input to add numbers that will be blocked automatically.
@eraten: I use Blacklist Free for android and it does a pretty good job of stopping calls once I get their number on my list, but some of the calls I get are from phone number "-1" which it can't block. I need to try @morriea's app and see if that works better.
You don't really need an app on android. Once they've called once, you can just do an "Add to contacts" (long press, choose from menu) from the entry in the call log. Stick all of them in one contact (I call mine "Spam"). Open the contact, hit the menu key, go to Options, and set "Incoming calls" to "Send calls directly to voicemail". They almost never are set up to leave a message, so this stops it pretty well without any excess junk on the phone.
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Thanks a lot for the responses everyone! I'm going to try @morriea's suggestion and see if this app does the job. I really like the idea of a community list of known spam numbers, and it even blocks texts! If that doesn't work I'll try @samstag's suggestion.
@psaux I'm a little behind and only running gingerbread on my android, it doesn't seem to have that function, but if/when I upgrade I'll look for that feature.
lasty @dragonsfire82, one of the original contractor's did leave her address in a voicemail. It was suggested by several friends to post a nice car to Craig's list for an attractive but believably cheap price at her address, with instructions to go to the front door as the seller won't take phone calls. That would be some good payback, but I'm sure it was an honest mistake and she's probably elderly :)
Again thanks for the quick responses everyone, hopefully this will prevent some if not all of my spam calls.
Have you considered the gutters?
@eyeflytwohigh: I like my gutters dirty!
We got a cell phone for my kid and the calls looking for the dude who had the phone were evil. They would harass my kid trying to find the previous user, we complained to Verizon and the would block this and that number for free, but in the end we got a different number.
@mossygreen: check your pms.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME!!! It started a few months ago. The alleged person's name was "Todd". They were calling me every 5 minutes. I immediately signed up for the do not call list. I changed my answering machine message to say "Hi, you've reached Abramokids. NOT TODD! blahblahblah" I still get calls, but FAR less (once every two weeks)
If you answer the phone, be sure to tell them: "There is no Sherry here. There has never been a Sherry here. Take me off your list" It helps about half the time (if they speak english)
Sign up for the national do not call registry.
Also any time a telemarketer calls ask to be removed from their calling list. Their are technically require by law to comply.
Also if you are on android it is pretty easy to block numbers.
Do you have a toddler? They can handle calls pretty well sometimes. :)
@eraten - If you have Sprint, you can sign up for Google Voice (free) and use it with your Sprint number (I guess Sprint and Google have some sort of contract going on, as I was able to do so about 1.5 - 2 years ago). Google Voice allows you to very painlessly block any unknown numbers, and you can also block any actual phone number through their service as well.
@thefowles1: Google Voice is not carrier specific. Anyone can get it. Even without a cell phone. The number can be used on a tablet for example.
@morriea: Correct, but only Sprint users can keep the same phone number for both their phone and GV.
Reminds of an ATHF episode.
I have Ooma premium for my home phone. This is probably why I did not any political calls this year, hmmm, anyway.
How you can make this work for you.
Get Ooma premium. Port 2 numbers (if you have a house phone) and the cell number would be your secondary number.
Turn on community black list.
Get a new number for you cell
On Ooma forward your incoming calls to your old cell number to the new cell number.
This cost the Ooma device, 40 per ported number plus 13 a month for basic+premium service.


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November 23, 2012 - LM Editorial
Consumer sentiment has taken a hit after the presidential election due to increased awareness by many Americans of the fiscal cliff and stock market volatility.
According to IHS Global Insight, the final Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment expectations index fell 1.4 points compared to the final October reading.
Survey respondents are significantly more pessimistic on the future path of the economy and their personal finances since the media and politicians focused on fiscal cliff issues the day after the presidential election. Prior to November 7, most Americans were not very concerned with the fiscal cliff. There are some positives on the consumer front, such as falling pump prices, improved housing numbers, and wage gains that are likely to outpace price increases.
"If the political rhetoric and finger pointing reaches a fever pitch similar to that of the debt ceiling crisis in the summer of 2011 then consumer confidence is likely to take a very serious hit, and this holiday season will not be very cheerful, said IHS economist Chris Christopher.
Still, he expects holiday retail sales to rise 3.9% above last year, not as strong as the past couple of years, but a good showing. Holiday retail sales increased approximately 5.5% in 2011 compared to 2010.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Saud Al-Faisal and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held a joint press conference today following Secretary Clinton's meeting with the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz at his ranch at Rawdhat Khuraim on the outskirts of Riyadh.
Prince Saud Al-Faisal said Secretary Clinton had a long in-depth, comprehensive and frank discussions with King Abdullah as is customary in their meetings. Prince Saud also said that he also had discussions with the secretary that covered vital regional issues and the other international issues of interest to both countries.
Prince Saud noted that this week marks the 65th anniversary of the historic meeting between passing King Abdulaziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia and President Franklin Roosevelt on February 14, 1945. "The two leaders laid the foundation of Saudi-U.S. relations which are based on mutual respect, the promotion of joint interests, and joint efforts to serve the United Nations pursuit for achieving international peace and security," the foreign minister said.
These principles, Prince Saud said, "have helped our two countries to steadfastly confront all challenges and to take significant steps to consolidate bilateral relations and to move toward a significant strategic stage, according to an institutional framework and through direct contacts between concerned bodies in both countries and signing civil agreements and memos of understanding in all fields of scientific, economic, security, and military cooperation."
Among the most significant results of this cooperation is the increase of Saudi students in the United States from 3,000 students to about 25,000 during the last few years, an increase in the volume of trade and investment and travel by Saudi and Americans officials and private citizens.
"Together with the advent of businessmen, this has increased the burden of our consular missions who are required to issue more and more visas and who sometimes face media campaigns calling for its expediting and facilitating measures. In this connection, I raised the issue of tightening the travel measures against Saudi nationals. I noticed that the U.S. Government has sympathetic understanding of the Saudi viewpoint and the Saudi concern in this regard, and that the tightening of measures applies to all travelers to the United States and emanates from our keenness to achieve a balance between security measures and respect of civilian freedoms and basic rights."
On regional and international issue, Prince Saud said the peace process received particular attention and expressed the Kingdom's appreciation to the U.S. Administration for its prompt movement "to resuscitate the peace process and to treat the major issue of conflict within the framework of the two-state solution" which aims at establishing an independent and viable Palestinian state.
"We also believe that Israeli settlements are illegal and illegitimate. The Kingdom believes in the importance of launching the peace process comprehensively to treat all the main issues of the conflict simultaneously, according to specific terms of reference and a clear-cut time schedule taking into account that the step-by-step policy and the confidence-building policy strategy have failed to accomplish their objectives. This is mostly evidenced by the current Israeli Government's refusal to resume negotiations starting from the negotiations steps that were taken by the previous government," Prince Saud said.
The Iranian nuclear issue was also discussed, Prince Saud said, adding that, the Kingdom reiterates its support of the efforts of P-1+5 or the 1+5 group to solve the crisis peacefully and through dialogue. "We also call upon Iran to respond to these efforts to remove regional and international suspicions towards its nuclear program, particularly since the efforts of the group secure or recognize the right of Iran and all the states in the region to peacefully utilize nuclear energy according to the criteria and the measures of the International Atomic Energy Agency and under its surveillance and supervision."
The foreign minister said the Kingdom also underscores the importance of regional and international efforts focusing on guaranteeing that the Middle East, including the Gulf, remains free of weapons of destruction weapons, particularly nuclear weapons and that such standards be imposed on all countries of the region without exception, including Israeli's nuclear program. He added that "history testifies that any weapon that enter the region has been used."
We also discussed the current situation in Yemen and we welcomed the Yemeni Government's decision to observe a ceasefire in north Yemen. We hope that all parties will abide by this decision in order to make peace and stability prevail in the brotherly country and to direct our efforts towards consolidating Yemeni national unity and achieving the country's development and prosperity.
Prince Saud said that he and Secretary Clinton also discussed current situation in Yemen and welcoming the Yemeni government's decision to observe a ceasefire in northern Yemen and hoped that all parties will abide by the ceasefire and that both countries will help promote Yemeni national unity, development and prosperity.
On the issue of Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Prince Saud said that in the light of the recent London conference, both stressed the importance of having military efforts accompanied by civilian efforts aimed at helping Afghanistan to develop its infrastructure and to achieve its social and economic development, and to support national reconciliation among those citizens. "This is the only way to save Afghanistan from that state of despair and frustration and insecurity – a state that has been exploited by terrorist organizations to achieve their wishes – objectives", Prince Saud said. "Our joined security efforts have substantially helped to combat terrorism. These efforts must be continued and intensified to completely eliminate this hateful world phenomenon and to eradicate it completely."
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud said, "is determined to continue the policy of combating terrorism in all its security, ideological, and financial aspects. It has actually achieved a considerable amount of success in thwarting several terrorist operations domestically and also in preventing other terrorist operations from being launched from its territory. These achievements have been made thanks to God's help and the support of all Saudi people, all Saudi citizens who support all these efforts to eradicate this alien type of culture which is alien to the culture of the Saudi people."
On Iraqi issue, Prince Saud said they hoped that the upcoming elections will achieve the aspirations of the Iraqi people to achieve security, stability, and territorial integrity and to consolidate its national unity on the basis of equality among all Iraqis irrespective of their beliefs and sectarian differences and to protect their country against any foreign intervention in their affairs.
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Nancy Baker is the recreation supervisor for aquatics, special events and fitness for the Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department.
The department has several upcoming events to generate activity and fun within the community's youth.
What kinds of family activities are on the upcoming schedule?
In efforts to promote good health and active lifestyles, the Parks and Recreation Department is celebrating National Dance Day, geared to get you up, moving and grooving.
The WAC-ky WAC-A-Thon is a goofy triathlon for children that involve crossing the water in a wacky way, riding bikes around cones and then running an obstacle course.
Where can one go to participate in these events?
The Dance Day is free and will be held at 10th Avenue Park on July 27 from 7:30-9:30 p.m.
The WAC-ky WAC-A-Thon participants must be registered at the Riverfront Community Center by July 26. The fee is $15 and includes a T-shirt and a trophy. This event will be held on August 3 at 9 a.m. at the Wollman Aquatic Center.
Who is allowed to participate in these events?
The dance will be appropriate for children nine years and up. It's a positive way to maintain good health and provides a great social environment to meet friends or make some new ones.
The WAC-ky WAC-A-Thon is for children ages 6-12.
What will the National Dance Day be like? What can a participant expect?
Our disc jockey will get us moving with all the newest dance music.
We'll start with some fun dance instruction to get the party going. Prizes will be awarded. Food and snacks will be available for purchase.
The music and dances will be appropriate for children nine and older.
Is the WAC-ky WAC-A-Thon a competitive event?
Fun is had by all and children are awarded by just being an active participant.
They will love the goofy components to the event!
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I'd like to have something that I can run from Alfred or the command-line that can run "clean up desktop".
What is a command-line program or apple script that will cleanup the desktop?
Preferably there would be an option to do it by name or some other system (i.e., at least all the options that are available when right clicking the desktop).


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You all know the story of Jay Parkinson, MD who launched the first online GP service years ago in New York. After it became a "franchise", he left and started a new company, The Future Well. A few months ago, I met him at Stanford, asked about his new projects and he mentioned the Sherpaa idea. Well, here is the official launch and the concept of Sherpaa.
To me it seems that Sherpaa tries to help patients when there are easier solutions for a health-related problem compared to using the traditional healthcare system. They give a specific example, what happens when you cut your finger:
- You call your Guide
- We ask you to snap a photo of the cut and email it to us
- We look at it and it looks like something that can be handled outside the ER
- We give instructions on what to do in the meantime as we schedule a stitch up
- We call Dr. Sung (our plastic surgeon)
- You are free to meet Dr. Sung in his office in an hour
- You are on the road to recovery
—without sherpaa
Cost in ER: $4000
Time in ER: 8 hrs
—with sherpaa
Cost in Dr. Sung's office: $1000
Time with Dr. Sung: 30 min
I believe the idea is timely and the structure is well-designed knowing Jay's enthusiasm and proficiency. The only concern is how the healthcare system will look at their machinery. What do you think?


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Well, I didn't want to let the rest of you down without offering you some kind of a pick-me-up, so I have some new swatches for you :) I figured these ones were moderately time-sensitive, so I decided to bump them forward in the lineup.
As most of you have seen, every year Wet 'n' Wild releases a new set of cosmetics from its Fantasy Makers line, which is known for consistently appearing in stores 1-2 months before Halloween and disappearing shortly afterward. There are a few staples, like black lipstick, black nail polish, glow-in-the-dark nail polish, etc., but other than that, the colors and products change from year to year. I was extremely excited to find four new eyeshadow duos in my local Walgreens' Fantasy Makers display last week since, in my experience, Wet 'n' Wild eyeshadows are usually very nice. (I do have a ridiculous amount of Wet 'n' Wild eyeshadow singles/trios/palettes/etc. swatches to show you, too, but we'll get to that another day!)
I have mixed feelings about these duos, however. As far as quality goes, I was most impressed with Brazen Babe and Glam Ghoul. All four duos were a little bit "softer" than I would have liked; if you swipe a brush across the surface and apply too much pressure, you get a TON of product on the brush and little eyeshadow crumbs everywhere. If you're willing to work with them, though, you can get great results with Brazen Babe and Glam Ghoul, and Hocus Pocus as well, but to a slightly lesser extent. I'm not as enthusiastic about Snake Charmer, though, maybe because I just don't love the colors. It seemed to me like it went on a bit chalkier than the other three, though. I also noticed it had less of a metallic-shimmer look to it, so I think its problems may be more due to the difference in texture than anything. It, too, is workable, however, if you really need those colors for your Halloween costume or something. (Or for real life, but I wouldn't recommend it.)
These are in the same screw-top packaging as regular Wet 'n' Wild MegaEyes single eyeshadows, but with black plastic casing instead of that silver-painted stuff. I haven't tried to de-pot any of them yet, but I'm pretty sure that the two pans of one of these duos sitting side-by-side would be the same size as a regular 1" pan, so they'd fit nicely in a MAC/E.L.F./etc. palette if you wanted them to. Don't hold me to that, though! I'll update this later if I decide to try that and let you know what happened.
Anyway, these duos are $2-3 each and should appear as the Halloween displays continue to roll out over the next few weeks. I found mine at Walgreens, but I'd expect they'll be, you know, pretty much everywhere else before long.
Fantasy Makers Eyeshadow: Brazen Babe, Glam Ghoul, Hocus Pocus, Snake Charmer
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wet 'n' Wild Fantasy Makers Eyeshadow Duos
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the color is very bright.ReplyDelete
I saw these but gave them a side eye...didn't know they would be so pigmented when swatched, may buy a few on the next visit.ReplyDelete
Wow! Those are really a lot better than expected! nice swatches :)ReplyDelete
Wow they are quite pigmented!ReplyDelete
I haven't seen these! There is a huge display at the Walgreens I visit and they didn't have these:( I am now officially on the hunt!ReplyDelete
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I have $f(x,y) = \frac{1}{2} (1 - x^2 - y^2)$, which is a paraboloid centered around the origin (plot).
Now I want to calculate the solid angle (with the origin as the viewpoint) of the surface area defined by f(x,y) with a rectangular, axis aligned section of the xy plane as its input, e.g. $-1 \leq x \leq 1$ and $-1 \leq y \leq 1$. So each point of the surface area has the coordinates $\vec f(x,y) = ( x, y, f(x, y)) = ( x, y, \frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2} )$.
The problem is that I don't know how I convert the Integral over the Surface $\iint_S dS$ in $\Omega = \iint_S \frac { \vec{r} \cdot \hat{n} \,dS }{r^3}$ into an Integral over $x$ and $y$: $\int_X \int_Y dx dy$.
If I...
...simply replace it with $\int_{-1}^{1} \int_{-1}^{1} dx dy$, replacing the other values accordingly with
- each point on the surface: $\vec r = \vec f(x, y) = (x, y, \frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2})$,
- normal at each point on the surface: $\hat{n} = \frac{\vec f_x \times \vec f_y} {|\vec f_x \times \vec f_y|} = (x, y, 1) $ with $\vec f_x(x, y) = (1, 0, -x)$ and $\vec f_y(x,y) = (0, 1, -y)$,
I receive $\Leftrightarrow \int_x \int_y \frac{ \vec f(x, y) \cdot (x,y,1) } { |\vec f(x, y)|^3 \cdot |(x, y, 1)|} $
$\Leftrightarrow \int_x \int_y \frac{ (x, y, \frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2}) \cdot (x, y 1)} {|(x, y, \frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2})|^3 \cdot |(x, y, 1)|}$
$\Leftrightarrow \int_x \int_y \frac{ x^2 + y^2 + \frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2} } { ( x^2 + y^2 + (\frac{1 - x^2 - y^2}{2})^2)^{\frac{3}{2}} \cdot (x^2 + y^2 + 1)^{\frac{1}{2}} }$
If I let wolframalpha calculate[1] that, the result is $5.87$.
This is clearly wrong though, because the paraboloid covers more than the hemisphere, and thus needs to have a solid angle of more than $2\pi$. So what do I need to change?
I'm using this paraboloid as a mapping to project geometry into a texture, and for the next step I need to find out what portion of the hemisphere each pixel covers. So ideally I need a way to calculate this as fast as possible - I might need to search for a similar, faster function for actual usage.
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Hey thanks for the info and the reply....
I guess my main issues come in a few groups:
1) I do not need any of the "Team"Features, I am not saying they are not worth having for the right users. so I do not want to have to pay for the server bits.
2) why for example is "code profiling" not part of VS Pro? ( I know you can't give me an answer as such, just take that as a question to pass on) to me a professional developer having a performance problem would want to do profiling of the app. I do not see this as a feature that needs a "Team" to make use of. in that same group I would add "service testing".
I agree that MSFT should make money on the work they have done on a really great set of tools.
And for cases where you have a "Team" the server SKU is a good thing.
I do like the news about the DB SKU getting folded into the PRO SKU good move, makes me happy on that count.
about that: will VS 2008 be part of that ? can I get an MSDN update that combines the two? at work we have a valid MSDN premium account.
I tried doing this with VSTS 2010 Beta 1 on a VB6 application and it does work. I was able to login to the application, select menus, validate results.
I have used both and I consider VSTS 2010 a step ahead of what HP's product is able to do, at least for MSFT technologies.
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Everyday Life / Profession: This week begins with the Aries Moon, and this brings our animal natures into swing, especially on Tuesday, when Uranus inspires the Moon, and when Mercury comes into connection with Uranus. On Thursday Mercury, in turn, hands over the momentum to Mars, who, in the last degrees of Scorpio, is probably already considering what it can do in Sagittarius. Do we need more motivation, more stimulation to action? Actually it is nice if the pressure is not so great. Did we not want to celebrate existence in the Leo season? On Wednesday and Thursday things should be a bit quieter (Taurus Moon), and on Friday and Saturday all the more sociable (Gemini Moon), and on Sunday finally somewhat more peaceful (Cancer Moon). By then Mercury will have reached the diligent sign of Virgo and is thinking about cleaning up before the party has properly gotten started. Partnership / Love: Venus in the middle of Leo wants to be seen! Beautiful people would also like to be seen more. The Aries Moon can help to emphasize the planets in Leo. Relationships are not things of insignificance, rather they play a major role in our lives. We forget that sometimes. Venus in Leo gives us a friendly reminder, but with a demanding glance.
Everyday Life / Profession: The Aries Moon does you good and allows you to begin this week in a mood of expectation. You expect good things! Now and again people may disappoint you, but your optimism can never be destroyed. On Tuesday you are enterprising, and should the circumstances not allow you to take any big steps, you will perhaps hope that someone helps you or takes care of something for you. The Taurus Moon would, in this case, indicate patience (We / Th), but if this person does not get on with it, you will be slightly annoyed on Friday. The Gemini Moon as well as Mercury in tension with Mars indicate agitation and impatience. On Sunday you will determine that something must change and that you are better off taking some things into your own hands. Partnership / Love: With the Aries Moon you become more demanding. You would like to be seen and recognized. On Tuesday, if you still have the feeling like you have not come a single step forward, you will seize unusual means to demand attention. Should your partner not give you enough response, you will get much more fierce after Friday.
Everyday Life / Profession: The Aries Moon now strengthens the confidence that you seek and need, and when the Moon goes into Taurus on Tuesday, you want to feel this inner strength with all your senses. Thereby you discover a combativeness that was previously unknown to you and that you presumed to belong to your peers rather than yourself. Perhaps you still suspect they have it? On Friday take a close look: who provoked whom first - and with what? Talk about it and be curious about the answer from (one or more of) them. Your counterpart has learned a lot recently, and will be able to express his sentiments very clearly. How well can you listen? On Friday it will be difficult. Perhaps Mercury's switch into Virgo provides some help on Saturday. Partnership / Love: Right now you find it most delightful to be inside your own four walls. Hopefully you have enough space for two! And hopefully you know that you have home advantage within your own four walls. If your partner feels like a guest, he/she will never be able to feel entirely at home. You can make a better effort there and yet still appear very generous. Perhaps you need to put more emphasis on the things you have in common.
Everyday Life / Profession: Something has caused you to be more cautious, and many contacts have recently needed to be reduced to a minimum. You will become noticeably more communicative again now, which is not only due to the Aries Moon, which inspires this new openness on Monday and especially on Tuesday, but it is also due to you. You have decided to expect more out of life again, or, better put, to cut yourself a bigger slice of the pie. On Wednesday and Thursday there is a temporary opposite trend: you prefer to remain at home and would like to have your peace. There are people to whom this retreat does not matter and who wait patiently until they hear from you, namely until the Gemini Moon on Friday and Saturday. On Friday, however, there is a danger of not being able to find the right words - perhaps because you want it too much? Partnership / Love: Your private relationship was never really in danger, even if you had fears in this regard. Saturn would not like to refuse relationships, rather he would like to have them at a certain level. Being together should be beneficial to both partners, wherein the gain is purely ideal. Happiness is when you can laugh about the same things and when joint undertakings stem out of joint interests.
Everyday Life / Profession: What do you need in order to enjoy life? A nice home, good people surrounding you, but also a little bit of freedom (says Mercury in connection with Uranus, and by the end of the week, Venus agrees). You do not like it when someone tries to lord over you (Venus-Pluto on Monday), or if someone supposedly always already knows what you are thinking. You defend yourself against the latter by questioning your own thoughts and then thinking differently. On Friday this can come off a bit snippy. You must pay attention that you are not judged as a typical Cancer: always so sensitive! In order to protect yourself, you should perceive your strong feelings closely and say straightaway how certain words and gestures come across to you. This is how you catch the ball and play a targeted counter-game. Partnership / Love: You are quite strong now, and come across as very self-aware. How does your partner find this? Actually, this only increases your attractiveness, and your partner can be proud of you. Can he/she deal with it confidently? On Thursday / Friday you will find out. In any case, you should trust him/her, or, respectively, build a bridge, in case he/she acts a bit helpless for a moment.
Everyday Life / Profession: The Aries Moon strengthens the good feeling that the Sun, Venus and Mercury in Leo give you. You are back, you make yourself heard again. Not much stands in the way of the lion. Perhaps you have become somewhat more serious or reasonable. It could also be that you are exaggerating a bit that you are taking some things far too seriously. As long as you do not hurt anyone… There will be some people who will suffer under your new administration. Could it be that you no longer take someone seriously and that only your own convictions count? It would be a shame if you were to establish a new imbalance. Partnership / Love: Can your partner deal with changed circumstances? Is he/she adapting or is he/she ducking away? You need a strong partner, and therefore you possibly first need to define what the word "strong" means. Your partner surely understands it totally differently than you. And even if you believe yourself to have interpretive sovereignty, understanding will unfortunately fall by the wayside.
Everyday Life / Profession: You are coming into a phase in which you should concern yourself more with your well-being. What does refueling mean to you? In what ways are you successfully refueling? Surely you have a clear notion of that. If you would like to take something in your own hands, you should let it be your health. Mercury, who is moving into Virgo on Friday, knows that well and will - in tension with Mars - provide a corresponding demand or guide. On Sunday you gradually feel how urgent it is to treat yourself to a wellness routine. Listen to your inner voice and follow your inclination. You have definitely earned it. Partnership / Love: Venus in Leo describes a big love. To whom does your affection belong? Who or what do you love the most? With the Aries Moon you feel clearly for whom or what your heart beats. It could be a feeling of going overboard, one that you cannot have a real grasp of. It feels so incredible for exactly this reason. This weekend, the connection between Venus and Uranus, as well as Mercury to Mars, provide for emotional release.
Everyday Life / Profession: This week begins with lots of fire energy (Aries Moon, Leo emphasized, Saturn in Sagittarius), that is good for you. In case you do not have so much fire and energy yourself, you will get it "delivered" from your peers. For there is someone close to you whose interesting ideas give you something to write home about, and who shows you how beautiful the world is. The accentuated sign of Leo celebrates life, and wherever there is something to be celebrated, Libra is gladly there. Venus in Leo displays its best side. Mercury is still in Leo until Friday and takes Mars on, whereby discussions turn out a little more fiercely than at other times. Even Venus is more demanding when it comes into contact with Uranus on Sunday. Under no circumstances do you want to be overlooked; you do not want to miss a thing. The color red will definitely help. Partnership / Love: If you are more active lately, that could be due to your partner. Either you are infected with their energy, or they are so good for you that it has an enlivening effect. Perhaps you also feel called upon to demonstrate that you are not a sleepyhead? The more attractive your partner is, the more you want to do to make yourself worthy of him/her. Don't stress about it!
Everyday Life / Profession: At work you must show presence and activity. If your metamorphosis last week was successful, you feel strong and effective now. It seems like a battering-ram action that is sometimes necessary so that things move forward. If you hold a leadership position, it will be felt now. You declare the tone in a friendly manner. Should someone ignore your words, however, you could get downright uncomfortable (Tuesday, Thursday through Saturday). Perhaps you mean nothing negative by it, you simply have no patience for negligence - and then your reaction may come across to your colleagues as more violent than you want. That could rest on the emphasis of the Leo sign. A lion does not need to roar loudly, he makes an impression all the same. Partnership / Love: Venus in Leo scoots relationships into a regal light. You are proud of your partner and are gladly seen with him/her. Would you like that your partner is equally as proud of you? Perhaps he/she already is. This week you may deliver and receive compliments. Your partner is your mirror, how could it be otherwise… As of Friday, unfortunately, your mind works against this beautiful fact.
Everyday Life / Profession: You have the need to show and give the world something of yourself. Beautiful, young people enjoy showing off their bodies or their special achievements, more mature people pass along their experiences and discoveries. Everyone gives what they have to give, and most of the time it is something that delights other people. The tension between Saturn and Neptune conveys that you have something to give, and if you do it out of a sense of responsibility, it will be a good, reasonable thing. Should you, however, overestimate yourself or act petty, Neptune may act as a corrective and take something away from you that you would have liked to hold on to. Whenever you have the feeling of scarcity, Saturn and Neptune like to show you the pathway to more confidence. Partnership / Love: Venus in the middle of Leo would like to enjoy the fullness of life and that matches Sagittarius quite well. Are you ready? The Aries Moon could rapidly put you in the right mood, so that until Wednesday (Taurus Moon) you come into an entirely different situation. The Taurus Moon indicates the ability to experience enjoyment, and thanks to the connection to Jupiter and Pluto you could feel terrific on Thursday.
Everyday Life / Profession: Leo is still strongly emphasized and is extra strengthened by the Aries Moon. Thus you are perhaps a bit more brave this week than usual, you dare to do things that you always shied away from, or risk speaking with specific people you once had a bit too much respect for. Your bravery is emphasized, as you feel simply at home in your skin on Wednesday and Thursday. A feeling of strength and self confidence expands and lifts your mood. On Friday and Saturday you come into conversations easier than usual, which seems to be the logical result of having less inhibitions. This could be a very satisfying week. Partnership / Love: While last week was only a gentle start, now you really gain momentum. You want to experience something, and your partner commits themselves to this request, appearing to have simply been waiting for a sign from you. You can look forward to intense, enriching experiences. You may even interpret enriching literally.
Everyday Life / Profession: You begin this week with an unusual amount of confidence. Something is noticeably better and has a positive effect on your mood. You are enterprising and absolutely straightforward in matters between people. If you can also react flexibly when something does not go according to plan, your world is perfect. However many things will go according to plan, at least until this weekend. On Friday Mercury and Mars are in tension: people do not agree and are actually rather obstinate. At least by then you should be able to react flexibly - and it is exactly in those moments when it is naturally the most difficult. The problem will clear up on its own because Mercury moves into Virgo over the course of Saturday. Can you and do you want to wait long? What does "long" even mean? Partnership / Love: So many good things are coming from your partner! That must be so, because you need it! What good things may be coming from you? Something will occur to you! Your partner will be excited about your ideas. Many things will be implemented, and, due to circumstances, some others will have to wait. It could also be a matter of how much of a foothold you two can give one another. Are you aware of how important that is?
Everyday Life / Profession: The emphasized element of fire is good for you. If things have gotten too wet, warmth is needed. If it was dark, we need light. If we have examined complex matters of the soul, we need cheerfulness. If we were passive, we need activity. A balance occurs, that has to do with Saturn and Neptune, which denote a long term struggle of two opposite qualities. The emphasis on Water, from mid-June to mid-July favored Neptune. From the middle of July onward, the fire element plays into the hands of Saturn, which will be further intensified with Mars entering Sagittarius next week. With that, your professional or social role will get a new boost. You know, perhaps, precisely what this is about and are getting in the mood for this role. Partnership / Love: Jupiter has spent so much time in Virgo that he must have gradually cashed in his lucky bond. Can you confirm this? With Leo being emphasized now the capacity for luck is slowly increasing, and you should be able to see this in your daily life. Small gestures of gratitude and joy are the order of the day.


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Bowling Green's City Commission and Convention Center Board will each meet Tuesday, and a decision on a possible lawsuit to recover $745,000 in taxpayer money is expected.
An independent investigation conducted by Louisville attorney Gregg Hovious and released in March alleges that former Convention Center board member Steve Catron is responsible for the funds through over billing and misspending of public money.
The commission has attempted settlement negotiations with Catron, who is believed to be in poor health, but have been unsuccessful.
The statute of limitations for legal action in the case is set to expire at the end of this week, and commissioners say their patience has grown thin.
Commissioner Jim Bullington, who has spearheaded previous investigative efforts, says his legal advisers have told him to cast a wider net and seek even more potential misspent money.
"What they said is to file suit against everyone. Let the court decide who is responsible and for how much," Bullington said.
Senior city officials have expressed doubts as to whether or not Catron, whose attorney could not be reached for comment, would have funds available to refund the money if mandated by a settlement or lawsuit verdict.
A search of public records by WBKO found Catron and his wife own a house valued at $650,000. Catron's wife Deborah owns four pieces of property deeded in her name that are valued at $439,000 total.
The executive director of the Kentucky Bar Association told WBKO he cannot confirm or deny whether or not the KBA has launched an investigation into the case. Catron is the immediate past president of the KBA, and is a member of the KBA's board of governors.


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Beginning with the Youth Summit on May 21, 2012 and ending with the OpenForum Summit May 22-24, 2012, the African Foundation of the Open Society will welcome activists, businesspeople, academics, and policymakers from throughout the African continent and around the world will convene for an unprecedented conference about "Money, Power, Sex and the Paradox of Unequal Growth" in Cape Town, South Africa. Ebony talks with Mazuba Haanyama a Program Associate for Special Projects with the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) about this historic event and how Africa and people of African-descent are leading the charge for global change.
EBONY: Could you tell us about OSISA and the four Open Society foundations?
MH: The Open Society has many foundations around the world including the Open Society Institute in the United States, but there are four African foundations. OSF SA (Open Society Foundation for South Africa) was the first African Open Society foundation and then OSISA (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa), OSIEA (Open Society Initiative for East Africa), and OSIWA (Open Society Initiative for West Africa) soon followed.
We, OSISA, do not conduct operations in South Africa as there is already the South African foundation (OSF SA) instead we focus our efforts in 10 countries in southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition to coordinating the Open Forum 2012, we have several programs, such as HIV and AIDS, Language Rights, Education, Gender/Women's Right, LGBTI Initiative and more that our website www.osisa.org details.
EBONY: OpenForum 2012's theme is entitled "Money, Power, Sex and the Paradox of Unequal Growth." Why did OSISA choose to address such timely and even controversial topics?
MH: That's a good question. Initially the theme was "Elections," but that seemed to narrow. We wanted to bring together different kinds of people interested addressing inequality. Therefore, we found a way to convene a gathering provides the space to talk, deliberate and reflect on a variety of inequality issues, many of which cover OSISA's areas of focus. The participants are all working for a more equitable society, one where people live their lives free from discrimination and with their basic needs met. The OpenForum gives us the space to think about and talk through how we can achieve these goals. "Money, Power and Sex" seemed to be an appropriate and exciting way to tackle the idea and realities of many inequalities.
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EBONY: "Money, Power, Sex" is definitely a great theme and a memorable one at that! In reference to the "Money" portion of the theme, OSISA's website talks about how the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) are rising in power and seem poised to "take over" the future of development. What could the potential of South-South development, trade, and capital mean for the continent?
MH: South-South exchange is important, but I am not sure if trade and capital in fact help the people it is supposed to. We come from similar backgrounds (though very distinct) and perhaps we need to better understand our various contexts to know more. I think the OpenForum will provide an opportunity to share our experiences. For example, awesome and really innovative ideas about communication and exchange being born in southern and eastern Africa and this summit will be a time to share ideas and see how we can learn from one another.
EBONY: What about the use of "Power?" In the U.S., many of the images of Africa we receive are depicted as downtrodden and even patronizing, what do you think of the role of media and the power of the African continent has in controlling/directing its own image(s)?
MH: We know the power of media possesses, but I care less what people's ideas of Africa are than I care about whether I see myself portrayed in my local media. My point being, even if Africa is demonized as the "exotic," untapped resource, it does not matter unless we see ourselves that way. It is important for us to produce our own stories, in fact it is imperative we do so. Photographers like Zanele Muholi who is documenting the lives of black lesbians across the continent is mind blowing and the plethora of African feminist bloggers is so cool!
We are writing ourselves into a history that thinks it can ignore our voices and for me that is more important than what someone who doesn't live here or isn't invested in African lives thinks or says.
EBONY: Africa's self-image is indeed important, particularly in respect to how money and power impact on development inequality, but what about "Sex?" How do you think sex plays a role in unequal development?
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Let $M$ be a smooth manifold and $f$, $g$ be smooth functions in some neibourhood of a point $x_0\in M$, $\nabla g\ne0$.
1) How to define $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}$ invariantly? If $M$ is a domaqin in $\mathbb R^n$ then the derivative in the direction of $\nabla g$ seems to give an answer: $\displaystyle \frac{(\nabla f,\nabla g)}{|\nabla g|^2}$. But to calculate $\nabla g$ and $|\nabla g|$ on a manifold one needs a metric. From the other hand, if we consider smooth coordinates $(g_1=g, g_2,\ldots,g_n)$ in some neibourhood of $x_0$, then partial derivatives $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}$ seem to be defined in the standard way. But the question arises, would the value $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}$ be independent from the choice of $ g_2,\ldots,g_n$? If no, what are the correct way do do it? Is there some reference?
2) Let $f_1, f_2,\ldots,f_n$ be a smooth coordinates in some neibourhood of $x_0$. What is the object $(\displaystyle \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial g},\ldots,\frac{\partial f_n}{\partial g})$? Would it be by some chance a section of some good fiber bundle? Is there some reference where such objects are considered?
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Suppose that now there is a riemannian metric on $M$. Then what would be most natural definition of partial derivative $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}$? For expample, to take $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}=df(\nabla g)=(df,*dg)$ seems not right since that would mean $\displaystyle \frac{\partial f}{\partial g}=\displaystyle \frac{\partial g}{\partial f}$. If we take $\displaystyle \frac{(\nabla f,\nabla g)}{|\nabla g|}$ it would be sort of directional derivative. So the right question seems to me here is what value of $a$ it is best to take for $\displaystyle \frac{(\nabla f,\nabla g)}{|\nabla g|^a}$ to be a partial derivative? Or is there no the "best" choice? I tried to apply to dimensional analysis and it seems $a=1$ is the choice to have the result be like $\nabla f$ but I'm not sure because may be one have to assign some dimension to metric.


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When the english version of Dragon Ball GT was released to the US, the first 6 episodes were skipped and replaced with a composite episode. Why were these 6 episodes skipped and compressed into one episode?
I guess its 16 rather than 6, From the posts i have been reading about it seems that Dragonball GT which was set 5 years after Dragonball Z tried to start off in a similar tone to the original Dragonball by trying to be less serious and more funny but the reception was very poor for those initial 16 episodes which forced FUNimation the company that produced GT to compress them as a recap and start off directly at the 17th episode


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The tickets work exactly the same way as normal, but it's a different set. They may also be combined into a single large ticket deck.
The standard bonus condition is longest route; the new one is most completed tickets. Both have the same value, and are often not the same person.
Since I've only played 1910 online, I can't speak to the card size issue.
Europe 1912, the comparable expansion for Ticket to Ride: Europe, likewise has replacement tickets and the most routes bonus, but instead of adding full size cards, instead adds a "depot" mechanism, which results in the trains deck being depleted sooner and more cards being out of play. While the tickets are not cross-compatible, the depots are. Since TTRE also has separate long route cards, 1912 also adds 6 more, to a total of 12.
I'll let someone else explain the expansion options, I just want to list the most important change.
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T.D. Williamson (TDW) recently performed its first pipeline
interventions in Belgium. The interventions made it possible
for two nitrogen pipelines located in the Albert I Canal in
Antwerp to be relocated without shutting them down. This meant
that product was able to flow without disruption.
TDW carried out the operations for a company on behalf of
the Flemish Government in conjunction with its Antwerp
Masterplan, a major initiative designed to ease traffic
congestion on the Antwerp Ring Road. To achieve this, part of
its strategy is to divert container traffic from the roads to a
central container terminal in Limburg on the Albert I Canal.
There, container traffic will board transport ships and travel
on the canal, alleviating road congestion. To address the
traffic jams on the Ring Road and the bottlenecks on the canal,
work has begun on the first of 57 new bridges that offer higher
clearance for passing ships. By installing new bridges, ships
will be allowed four stories of storage and, therefore, much
greater capacity.
To prepare for installing the new bridges, all pipelines
located in close proximity to the existing bridges must be
relocated. TDW was retained to provide train intervention
services to ensure that product flow would continue through two
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This is the infamous Tom Hardy, and I like many here are absolutely gutted FML shut down, it was the best game ever.
This is the infamous Tom Hardy, and I like many here are absolutely gutted FML shut down, it was the best game ever.
It was, pity people like you cheated and made people cancel their subs
Hahahaha, there were some true legends created on that game
I've just traded FM12 on Steam. I'll break my oath and play FM for the first time since FML died.
Was just browsing the SI website and I saw this http://www.sigames.com/games/title/FMO
Is it coming back in a new concept? I really do hope so
Maybe just maybe....?
Last edited by Abz Khan; 27-04-2012 at 17:46.
Asian market it says there so don't get too excited
Some screenshots from the last day of GW Miller, mostly from the World Cup: http://steamcommunity.com/id/silphat...=shortcut_6976
And two old clips I made for my dear players, Jankovic and Iniesta.
Did I say I ****ing miss this game?!
Last edited by Efe Cinar; 28-04-2012 at 10:29.
Wow, this thread really picking up.
Would love to see the game come back, it wouldn't really need any developers - just give us ME updates as they come through the FM beta, or maybe even buy out the UFL guys and integrate their ideas if they would do that, and give them the job of coding/managing everything but the ME? They have the direction that FML never had, and definitely have the passion and ethos to make it succeed.
There wouldn't need to be many gameworlds, one that holds maybe 2000 managers (or whatever the demand is, really) but I'd put in more players as it was much easier to compete as a new manager in a half-full world because you could start off with a team that challenged and would play to your tactics reasonably well.
If it isn't profitable, ask the forums if a price increase would be taken, I would've happily paid double myself, and others on here said they would've too. And even after that if it isn't profitable, just use it as testing, there were many things in FML that I would still love to see in FM. Not so much the youth academies and stadiums, but more the little things that made it so much easier and more fun to use. If making a great game even better comes at a small cost, surely it has to be worth it?
500 manager GWs were by far the most successful over time.
Was never part of a smaller gameworld, were they in the really early pre-release beta?
Yeah, GWs 2 and 3 were both 500ers (GW1 was split into two).
Everyone pretty much knew everyone else, and because of the lower amount of managers, everybody's teams were, on average, a lot better than in 1000ers.
The main difference between a 500 manager GW and a 1000 manager GW is that in the 1000er, thousands more rubbish footballers are imported in to the database. It always means there's massive gaps between the different levels of teams and new starters had virtually no chance.
In a 500er you could restart and be competitive again within a month.
Yeah, new starters in a full and established world would've taken a good half a year to get to grips with the game and get only a decent team going. Which was a bit expensive and not particularly fun. I was lucky that my bedding in was done in beta so when I started paying I knew what I was doing and didn't get stuck at the bottom.
With a fantasy database though you could easily control the amount of players and the overall level, at least compared to a gameworld with real players, so having a large gameworld shouldn't be a problem in that respect?
The community aspect was the best
Sadly I never got to experience FML. Sounds like those who did loved it.
I do think there will one day be another online football manager game, wether by SI or by some other company. Online gaming is the future imho and with football being one of the worlds most popular sports, its inevitable someome will tap into that market and create a MMO football manager type game, hopefully a massive one world game incorporating every league imaginable with 1000's of subscribers. I think that would be more lucrative and much more fun than having many different smaller gameworlds running simultaneously. Imagine the presteige of being the one and only manager of the online version of Manchester United or Real Madrid
Maybe SI are testing the waters with this Asian release?
Last edited by Erimus1876; 28-04-2012 at 20:09.
To me, the issue with FML was that we ask for FM to be as realistic as possible. I can see why you'd have to remove a huge amount of realism to create something like FML, but that takes the essence of FM away for me. If I wanted to play Fantasy Football, I'd do so and it wouldn't be the same drain on my time and wallet than FML would be.
I always found that people associated FML and FM too closely. They were different games with completely different feels. I wouldn't really compare FML to fantasy football though really...
I was a FML beta tester and I was very disappointed that FML didnt try to replicate real seasons of the sport. Instead, it allowed those with the most free time to finagle a way to dominate the gaming worlds.
This concept will likely never really work because you need to have paying customers willing to finish in the bottom of the table and be relegated. And everyone cant be Barca or Man U. FootieManager is a decent experience and probably the best of the online footie sims..although very expensive for what it offers.
Well that's how online games work -- the more time you spend online the greater the chance you have of success...this was not a fault with FML.
FML was great in every way (yes yes, there were small issues but I'm talking big picture) except for the fact that new players could not compete with older players. I played in 4 servers over the time FML was live. 1 I would join on the day the server was released and 1 after a while - I always found it very tough going with the team I joined later (4-5 seasons in).
IMO the reason the game failed ultimately is because the devs couldn't figure out a way to make this work.
It was the fault of FML. Its goofy system of friendlies and tournaments took away from the real footballing experience. It also alienated a large majority of customers who have to work for a living and cant be online too often. If they had tried to replicate the English pyramid using fictional teams (so people wouldnt be obsessed about being a Man U or Liverpool) the game might have been far more successful IMO.
Are we talking about the same FML? Most of the league tiers were based on the English system, and all teams were fictional. Although I agree that no-one would pay to be bottom of the table each and every season, if it was easier at the bottom to actually make your way up, that wouldn't have had to be a problem.
There was also no need to be online a lot to do well, and as the game went by they made it even easier for the casual user. You couldn't just leave it for months and win everything anyway, of course not, being online more will have an advantage as any MMO, but it certainly was possible as they put the features in place for the casual user.
Last edited by Tactational; 28-04-2012 at 23:03.
I really mised FML GW Levein
is there a way to play UFL ( beta,Invitation ) ?
Exactly - I logged in when I got home from classes, stayed on for 30-40mins then logged in before I slept (again 30-45mins) and I was always top4 in the Premier League of my Fed.
Though I think this had to do with the fact that I joined the server when it came out and a got a good pic of players (youth/some older) and went youth.
The biggest thing I feel sad about is that the new scouting system never say the day of light....I really liked it and I think it would have made things interesting. Oh well, atleast I got to play with it on Miller.
It's been a whole year nearly since it got switched off. Well, truthfully, this time a year ago it had practically had the stuffing knocked out of it anyway. So want this to come back one day.
I gather the two main costs were servers and licences. I'm sure we'd all settle for the fantasy gameworld set up, and isn't cloud technology the must-have now to reduce server costs and increase stability? Double cost savings - open for business????
FML was a good game, I just didn't have time for it really.. Generally I play FM in big 'stints' so I won't play for a week, then suddenly play 5 hours straight.. Rather than playing a bit every other day or something, which I think is what FML required.. So it just didn't fit in with my lifestyle, plus I found it pretty confusing as well!
If you joined an experienced world, you'd find that only a few others came in with you, there was no real competition at the bottom, and no-one or nothing there to guide you up to a level where you can challenge.
It's easy to forget how hard the game was to get around when we first started. The wizard and manual were good for what they were designed for, but neither really gave an idea of how to rise up the ladder.
If I was paying at least a fiver a month with no real prospect of proper progress, I wouldn't sit there for six months wasting £30, would you? And when you're in a rut like that, it doesn't then take a lot to make you quit, like a ridiculous loss perhaps.
It is way too easy to say that it wouldn't work because people didn't like losing. Imo it is short-sightedness like that which cost the game really.
Sounds like a MMO fm-type game would only be fully workable if it was free to play. Lets face it, who's going to pay a monthly fee when they're losing all the time and constantly hovering near the bottom? It doesn't suprise me now why FML failed.
If SI, or any other games company for that matter, produced an online management game in the future they have to take into consideration that in football there has to be a LOT of losers (ie only one person can win the league, or a cup for example, while the rest struggle to achieve anything meanigful).
I think the only way an online FM-type game will be workable is if its free to play. Free to play games don't have the same impact on a persons pysche when they're losing more often than not as they do when they're having to pay for the priveledge. A free FML with income gained from in-game advertising for example may be the only way something like this could work in future.
Maybe already mentioned.
A great game, but the first problem was resetting the GW's after a year of game play. (it lost me) Players like myself had spent a year (IRL) building a team, club for a long term approach. I finally made it to division one and being one of the most wealthiest clubs with the strong youth academy. But did not want to start again.
I do agree with making FML with an FTP structure, I think it would suit well.
I would have it so that there were board expectations, with rewards for success. It wouldn't necessarily have to be winning the treble, but just simply doing better than expected in the league/cup, etc.
You could have an "investment" income, which would go up or down each season based on how well you did the season before. The "base investment" amount would be something like 20% of the prize money for the position and rounds you're expected to finish in, with 20% then taken off all of the prize money payouts so it evens out in the long run.
Although this would seem harsh on the new members, the amount lost for doing badly would be very small at their level and not much too worry about. But you could always have "the board" send them an official news item where they gently encourage you to get a mentor (community position - a bit like UFL's idea of mentors) to help rescue the season.
But then again, I would've had the whole economy overhauled, it was way too easy to dominate financially. :P
Last edited by Tactational; 04-05-2012 at 21:53. Reason: Forgot to quote. /o\
Really miss this screen... Please bring it back!
Nearly a whole year now....
Just found my very last email from FML sent on 20th May..
Clinical Icelandic striker Sigmundur Jóhannsson has left English manager Mark's flamboyant Stoat United after his 1 season contract expired this morning at 05:36 and he is now a free agent.
Must have been minutes before the servers went off.
I reckon as many people as possible should post here over the 19th/20th which is mainly when the big switch-off was last year. Just to show how much we miss it and want it back. A BRING BACK FML weekender!!!!!!!!!
Last edited by mark77; 18-05-2012 at 15:57.
Hopefully FMO will be a instant success and it will persuade SI to move FMO to the European market soon and maybe it will be better than FML because of the Koreans
Last edited by Abz Khan; 19-05-2012 at 19:12.
Ah, FML, sometimes I miss it too
And it had some nice bugs too:
Admit it Lopes, it's me and my scintillating wit that you really miss
I'd love this to happen with a free to play model. I'm sure there could be a compromise between subscription and F2P.
Visual Elements (Kits, stadium styles, sponsors, boots)
Big Tournaments £1-£5 to enter leagues lasting a month with bigger prize money
Friendlies, quick tournaments.
That way, heavy players can play in leagues and pay a cheaper subscription, free players can hop on and play while everybody may want to purchase cheap kit upgrades. Add a few "classic challenge" packs where you face real life teams from various eras. As long as there's cheap regular content there should be money coming in.
Hell, even take it as far as TF2 and just give everyone hats. Just bring it back.
Even though I quit a good while before FML was shutdown, I'd like to see it back too, with IN GAME PURCHASES.. this would solve a lot of the problems.
Last edited by AidanOK; 01-06-2012 at 14:13.
Yeah although in game purchases would let they guys that are hardcore pull away too easily but something like in game advertising would be a good way of generating money
God i miss this game I think I have tried almost every other game out there and nothing compares
Hardly touched FM since FML went down. Wish the game would have succeeded
What sucked for me is that SI announced they were cancelling FM Live on my birthday!
FM Live really was the best FM I ever played. Right now I would do anything to bring it back
This is my personally opinion but I also think the idea of not being able to edit or cheat your way to success put a lot of people off.
I basically stopped playing FM as soon as FML was released, and then started playing it again once it ended.
I did play it occasionally in between, but never for long.
If I'm brutally honest the concept of an online football management sim is flawed from the get-go.
Something like Xpert11 works because it is ridiculously simple & requires very little investment in terms of time whereas FML is the type of title that offers a greater reward for a greater investment of your time.
The other major drawback is that everyone hates losing, as I never tried FML I do not know if this was the case but I'd imagine that a large percentage of people who did not renew their subscriptions were those who spent most of their time getting their rear end handed to them on a consistent basis.
For an MMO to be successful it either needs to be inexpensive, quick & simple or if the annual subscription costs far exceed the cost of a single offline title the success of your character/team needs to be less intertwined with the success or failure of other members on the server, unfortunately football needs winners & losers which will slowly but inevitably kill the repeat buyer market.
I wish SI every success with their South Korean project but I honestly do not see it being financial viable after 18 months unless their partners in South Korea are subsidising it because of projected commercial benefits in other areas of its business.
Last edited by Barside; 19-06-2012 at 11:19.
I miss FMLive
What a great game, flawed but so very great to play.
IF and it is a big if, it comes back it would probably be best as free to play, they are so dominant now in the mmo market, the question would be whether a FTP model can work with FM, without it becoming a pay to win game.
We're one of the select group who could deal with perennial carpness although oddly enough despite Matt's best efforts I think the LLama take up was quite low, at the time we had two very vibrant clan games on the go & couldn't be convinced to invest another couple of nights to FML.
It didn't take a huge leap to envisage how things would & did turn out.
Last edited by Barside; 19-06-2012 at 12:22.
I play FM now a bit but it is nothing like FML The community aspect was what it was all about The 8pm Quizzes every Wednesday
I got told off for swearing too much during one of the quizzes I ran
Collyer (s), give us a wave, Collyer (s), Collyer (s) give us a wave...
Best game ever. Happy days. Would play it again in a heartbeat.
Hi to all, particularly the old Papin and Sanchez chaps.
pleaseeeeeeee back FML !!!!!!
Love how this thread is still going even after all this time, just shows how many people really loved this game
Although i was off and on with FM Live i do miss it.
when you play on normal fm its always against the computer and sometimes can be borin, but fm live, i loved the whole community side of it.
nothin better than receivin praise of other managers for winning the Xtreme Champions league or whatever it was haha
I literally just signed up to the forum now to say how much I miss it.
So much fun, loved negotiating with other real people, or finding some gems in the auction.
Above all the banter was great.
Such a shame they closed it down. FM after that just isn't the same for me.
Also I hate to say it but I doubt I'll fork out money for another FM game, the subscription to FM Live was worth it. But since it closed I been playing FM11 and just though meh.
The banter was indeed quality
bringing fm live back would be an amazing gift to all fm lovers. come on si , do it for your lovers...
FML coming back would be great, I still miss it, I played like 4 hours a day since beta, to the bitter end.
I ever think is impossible in Internet MMO ERA that a fantastic game like FML can shout down ... the question is only have the right way for him... i think there are lot of ideas to have a infinity live for FML ... one only i have ever think is that every manager in game have the same budjet ever like "FANTACALCIO" ... whit that every managers change his attention to the tactical,management,trainings...aspects and not about try make more money whit market players (sometimes in no legal mode...multyaccounts..etc..) that was one of the best probles for the game because i have not security about others managers fair play... Same budjets give me security i have the same possibility of all others managers and the difference is make bye our own choice...the % i choice spend for my def/mid/att...(number team players max same for everyone too..)... my tactis and formations... my trainings... my football ideas are what can make difference and i can have 10 seasons whit no good results but i know my possibility are the same others have and i can re-try infinity to create the right amalgam to win vs others teams... this permise that peoples can think is not important escape and re-create new account/team/GW ... At end i think ... example: 25 players max, 100M budjet max ever and... good fun for You !!! show me how you choice spend your money that is the same of mine... which fantastic formation and instructions you think to do to try win your opponents... which training choice you'll do to have best response by your players.... the istant instructions in the match ... form/condition/formations management choices ... and others and others possibility and choices for have a great/onest battle for all the managers.... all but NO the possibility this GAME becomes only a money race for managers not very FML lovers but peoples want to show something to others and have not problems to use some dirty ways game leave possibility have... LIKE "FANTACALCIO" ( i don't know wich is right word in english..) ... is the right way to have a FML ... live ps: really i have a lot of ideas to have a great product about football manager MMO ... ever in my life i have had passion to organize situation and rules about football games ... by Subbuteo to all most iportants computer/console games in history ... and ever i see peoples,friends and others like all very much ... Onest and simly rules and some ingenious idea is all we need to have a great MMO about football (in this storic moment is no possible there is no one ..) Thanks,bye
Listen to the fans SI, bring FML back!!!! It was such a different game to standard FM, and the difference was fantastic! I loved the community and genuinely looked forward to coming home and play it, like the the good old days of CM3!!!!
They did listen to the fans - very few of us actually wanted to play it, unfortunately.
Bring it back!
This thread is now closing as it doesn't actually belong in this forum, there's already a thread for those who want to reminisce or indulge in some wishful thinking http://community.sigames.com/showthr.../268164-Coping


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5 Modern Horror Scenes Ripped Out of History Books
#2. There Was a Song That Supposedly Made People Commit Suicide in the 1930s
The Scene:
Suicide Club is a Japanese horror movie about an inexplicable wave of suicides that hits Tokyo. A group of detectives (from Tokyo's Paranormal Suicide Investigation Unit, apparently) eventually figure out that the deaths are connected to a pop group that likes to include subliminal messages encouraging suicide in their songs.
Kind of like LMFAO, but intentional.
A similar premise was explored in another Japanese movie called The Suicide Song, about an infectious tune that drives people to kill themselves. So, which one of these movies ripped off the other? Neither: They both ripped off reality.
The History:
Shockingly, this particular premise doesn't come from Asia, but from Europe. In the 1930s, the Hungarian song "Gloomy Sunday" gained worldwide notoriety due to its alleged connection to 18 suicides in Budapest according to some sources, and "more than one hundred" according to others. Here it is:
The depressing song became known all over the world for supposedly causing the death of anyone who listened to it ... so, naturally, music companies started telling their artists to record English versions of it in the States, where rumors continued linking it to suicides. The New York Times blamed the song for the death of a university student who, according to classmates, had recently been trying to memorize the lyrics.
But is there any truth to this? Well, the suicide rate in Hungary has historically been one of the highest in the world, so you could probably find a dozen suicide victims who were listening to any given popular song of the era every week. Perhaps "Gloomy Sunday" simply gained more publicity because the lyrics themselves were about suicide.
"I really, really, really, really, really, really, really want to kill myself! Come on! Uh, uh, yeah!"
However, there's one suicide victim whose connection to the song can't be disputed: the guy who wrote it. In 1968, and with a song about suicide as his only hit, Rezso Seress killed himself by jumping out of his window. Even if his decision had nothing to do with the song, he had to know that everyone would totally assume it did, right?
#1. The Zombie Apocalypse Is as Old as the Written Word
The Scene:
In the first episode of The Walking Dead, the protagonist wakes up from a coma to find that while he was sleeping, dead people started coming out of their graves and eating live people, causing society as we know it to crumble one bite at a time.
A plot retroactively stolen by 28 Days Later.
Ask most horror fans and they'll tell you that this idea dates back to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead movies (where the slogan was "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth"), or at most Richard Matheson's I Am Legend novel, which used a plague of vampires instead of zombies. However ...
The History:
What if we told you that people have been obsessed with the zombie apocalypse since ancient Mesopotamia? In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest parts of which date back almost 4,000 goddamned years, there's a segment where Ishtar, the goddess of love, war, sex and presumably bipolarity, is rebuffed by Gilgamesh. As revenge, she goes to her father, Anu, and threatens to unleash an army of zombies if he doesn't help her:
"You'll be all like, 'Ew get it off!' And I'll be all like, "No, you eat undead, asshole!'"
"I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
I will smash the door posts, and leave the doors flat down,
and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
And the dead will outnumber the living!"
Dead people eating living people? Check. Complete and utter destruction of society? Check. All of it being caused by some horny chick? OK, this part is new. Ishtar makes the exact same threat in another ancient poem, The Descent of Ishtar, so apparently this was her thing.
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Her friends just called her "Awesomeboobs Freakfeet."
But there's more: The next known mention of the zombie apocalypse is in the Bible, of all places, as God's revenge for messing with Jerusalem: "And the Lord will send a plague on all the nations that fought against Jerusalem. Their people will become like walking corpses, their flesh rotting away." (Zechariah 14:12)
The passage goes on to specify that people will then "fight against each other in hand-to-hand combat" -- the only thing Zechariah neglected to mention is that some of them will have crossbows.
"And one shall be named T-Dog, and everyone shall wonder why he's still alive."
And then, in another book of the Bible, the prophet Isaiah even gives some advice to old-timey survivalists: "But your dead will live; their bodies will rise ... Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until his wrath has passed by." (Isaiah 26:19-20)
Via Shockya.com
"And if you'd cut your bitching down by like, half, things would be much more bearable."
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In a paragraph, is the following usage of one and I correct? The following are the first two sentences of a paragraph which goes on to stay in the first person:
In primary school one moves outside the family-home environment for the first time. I meet and mingle with the children of migrants. My best friend is Dutch, they eat salty instead of sweet liquorice.