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I can't think of another person as famous in a uniquely bizarre way as Jessica Gomes happens to be right now. To wit, she is…
1. Famous for being a supermodel who's appeared in numerous ad campaigns and each of the last four Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.
2. Currently the second most recognizable female voice in hip-hop today (Nicki Minaj would be first) --- a status due to the fact that she's the owner of the mysteriously disembodied (and mysteriously alluring) "Maybach Music" refrain.
Making her fame even weirder are the facts that…
1. She's famous for two things completely unrelated to each other.
2. She's famous for doing something that people instantly recognize --- a trademarked voice, if you will --- even though the vast majority of the people aware of that voice have absolutely no idea who the person behind it is.
Although tempting, I'm not here to muse (well, muse any more than I already have) about Gomes' odd celebrity. I'm more interested in the person whose peculiar appeal to a certain demographic of very educated hip-hop fans has helped made Gomes' voice as ubiquitous as it --- Mr. Maybach Music himself, Rick Ross.
As you'll see, the entire premise of this article --- young professional Black men seem to be obsessed with Rick Ross' music --- is extremely shaky. So shaky in fact that if you have trouble buying it, I suggest you stop reading right now. I've done no studies or surveys on this subject, and my thoughts on the matter are purely anecdotal. As anecdotal as they may be, though, it's not a huge leap to assume that the 28 to 35 year old white-collar black men in my sphere of influence aren't much different than the 28 to 35 year old white-collar Black men in different parts of the country. Since this is (probably) true, there's a good chance that if you stepped in any of their apartments or hopped into any of their cars in the last 18 or so months, you were probably bombarded with an extremely loud (and extremely well-produced) track from "Teflon Don" or "Self Made: Vol 1" or "Rich Forever." You were also probably surprised to see how quickly that music managed to metamorphosize a usually milquetoast bank middle manager into a grunting, "oooh"ing, alien entity who thought nothing of enthusiastically repeating lines like "My gun dirty, my brick clean/I'm riding dirty, my d*ck clean" and "I levitate on all you p*ssy n*ggas" while making the hardest gas face his master degreed-ass could muster.
If you accept as I do that this is true, the natural next question would be "Why?" What makes his music resonate so deeply with this particular population? This is where I keep getting stumped. (Oh, and just to be clear, it is understandable why he's appreciated on a sheer musical level. He is a good rapper (Yes, he is. Just accept that as true and move on), he does make "sounds fantastic while driving or clubbing music," and you can argue that many of the top producers in the game --- Kanye, Just Blaze, Lex Luger, etc --- save their best work for him. But, not to get all cute on you, but his appeal is much deeper than rap.)
You can argue that for those guys (and by "those guys" I mean "guys like me"), the fact that Ross' music is so drastically different than their everyday lives provides a form of escapism, making his music no different than watching "Scarface" or getting a lapdance from a stripper whose body maintains a 1:1.5 silicone-to-flesh ratio. The theory doesn't stick, though, when you realize that you could say the same thing about Young Jeezy or Waka Flocka Flame or any other rapper prone to extended bouts of unrepentant ignance, and none of them seem to have the same type of transformative appeal that Ross currently does.
Maybe --- and this happens to be my favorite argument --- Ross relates to us because he's the world's first truly post-modern rapper. While rappers who speak about a certain subject matter are expected to have at least some personal experience with that subject, Ross' law enforcement background completely thumbs its nose at that rule. We assume that 50 and Wayne and Jadakiss embellish freely and frequently, and we allow them certain artistic licenses while also thinking "Come man. You're worth 50 million dollars. We know you're not on the block anymore." But, in Ross' case, we know that "Hustlin" was a bold-faced lie, and we still don't give a damn. In fact, considering his numerous recent run-ins with the law, you can argue that he raps things into existence. While many other rappers turned to rap to escape a life of crime, it seems as if he raps just so he can become


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Food Network star having event
Scot Wedgeworth, star of the Food Network's reality-based wedding and special event series "Bama Glama," will demonstrate do-it-yourself entertaining ideas during his "Hope for the Holidays Tour" at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Club Eleven in the Grove House Complex, Asheville.
The event will spotlight the Food Network celebrity's fun and festive holiday party designs ideas, which range from easy to outrageous. An Alabama native, Scot is the creative vision behind Scot Wedgeworth Weddings, Events and Entertaining. He has crafted hundreds of special events and celebritystudded celebrations.
General admission tickets for the "Hope for the Holidays Tour" are $25. VIP tickets are $40 and include a post-event meet and greet with Scot and a cocktail party featuring Bama Vodka. Call 828-505-1612 or 828-252-7489 for more information.
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The familiar red kettles of the Salvation Army have been placed throughout the Henderson County area. The Salvation Army has been serving families and individuals in the Hendersonville area for the past 87 years.
It is anticipated that more than 5,800 people will benefit from the Christmas fundraising effort.
Assistance will include food, clothing, toys, Angel Tree gifts, parties for children and seniors, and remembrances to resident of nursing homes and other institutions.
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Healy has had an extremely successful sailing and coaching career. He is in his eighth year as an assistant coach at Yale. Since he joined the coaching staff, Yale has won eight National Championships, five Ivy Championships and produced over 20 All-Americans.
As a junior Healy was a member of the International 420s world team numerous times as well as the North American and Midwinter champion in his class. He is a graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, where he was a three time ICSA All-American.
Following his collegiate career, Healy was very successful on the national scene. He was a member of the US Sailing Team in 1994 and was the U.S. Sailing Men's National Champion in 1995. He won numerous Mid-winter titles in Interclub dinghies. In 2002, he was the North American Lightning Champion and a year later he was the runner-up. He also found success in larger boats winning the Block Island Race Week two years in a row on his family's 28-foot PHRF boat Sir-Prize.
Healy began his coaching career as an assistant coach at St Mary's. During his time at St Mary's, they won several district and national championships. He then became the head dinghy coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy for four years. He turned a struggling team into a nationally ranked one with five All-Americans. Healy also coached at the 1999 Youth Worlds in South Africa.


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The option in control and dynamical systems (CDS) is open to students with an undergraduate degree in engineering, mathematics, or science. The qualifications of each applicant will be considered individually, and, after being enrolled, the student will arrange his or her program in consultation with a member of the faculty. In some cases the student may be required to make up undergraduate deficiencies in engineering science courses. The CDS option, as part of the Computing and Mathematical Sciences department, emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of modern theory of dynamical systems and control. The curriculum is designed to promote a broad knowledge of mathematical and experimental techniques in dynamical systems theory and control. In addition to taking courses in the CDS option, students must select a focus area (see below).
By graduation, students with a MS or PhD in Control and Dynamical Systems will be able to analyze and design behavior of complex engineering systems using mathematical tools from dynamical systems theory and control theory. PhD students will be able to perform original research that demonstrates new fundamental advances as well as the application of those advances to one or more areas of application.
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Institute requirements for the Ph.D. degree are described in the section on degree requirements. Approximately two years of course work are required, and two or more years are usually needed for preparation of the dissertation.
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Students will be admitted to the option who expect to pursue the PhD degree. The master's degree may be awarded in exceptional cases. The awarding of this degree requires fulfilling the Institute requirements for a master's degree, satisfying the focus requirements, and receiving a recommendation for awarding of the degree from the candidacy oral examination committee.
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Institute requirements for the PhD degree are described in the section on degree requirements. Approximately two years of course work are required and two or more years are usually needed for preparation of the dissertation.
- Admission to Candidacy. To be recommended for candidacy for the PhD degree in control and dynamical systems, the student must, in addition to meeting the general Institute requirements, do the following:
- Complete the following courses: CMS/ACM 104, CMS/ACM 113, CMS/ACM 116, CDS 140 and CDS 212.
- Complete an additional 45 units in CDS or other advanced courses in systems theory, dynamical systems, and/or applied mathematics.
- Complete the focus requirement, consisting of at least 27 units in a particular area outside of CDS. Courses taken to satisfy the focus must represent a coherent program of advanced study in the chosen area. Possible areas include biological systems, computer science, environmental science, fluid dynamics, information and communications, networking, robotics, and space systems. The program of study must be approved by the student's counseling committee and the option representative.
- Prepare a Research Progress Report.
- Pass an oral examination on the major topic of the student's research. The oral examination is normally taken no later than the end of the third year of graduate academic residence at the Institute.
- Advising and Thesis Supervision. Upon admission, each student is assigned an adviser in the option and a committee of three members, chaired by the adviser, which, who will approve the initial course of study by the student. A qualifying preliminary exam given during the first year of study will be used to evaluate the student's preparation for continued study. The adviser will be replaced by a research adviser, and the initial committee replaced by a (possibly identical)and a candidacy committee, when the direction of specialization is determined, not later than the beginning of the second year. The candidacy exam is normally taken toward the end of the second year during the third year of study. The candidacy committee will be the judge of the completion of the engineering focus requirement, necessary before advancement to candidacy. The student's candidacy committee may be reconstituted as the thesis committee after the candidacy exam has been successfully completed. At the early stages of thesis preparation, the student's thesis committee will meet as needed, but at least yearly, to advise the student of his or her progress and to deal with any problems that might have arisen. A final oral examination will be given after the thesis has been formally completed. The thesis examination will be a defense of the doctoral thesis and a test of the candidate's knowledge in the specialized field of research. Normally this defense will consist of a one-hour public lecture followed by an examination of the thesis by the thesis committee.
- Subject Minor. A student majoring in another option at the Institute may elect a subject minor in control and dynamical systems. He or she must obtain approval from the CDS faculty of a course of study containing at least 54 units of courses that are required for the CDS Ph.D. (see Advancement to Candidacy) or advanced courses with a CDS listing.


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Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey is off to Chicago to help homeowner Dave Skena install a new garbage disposer. Back in the loft, Richard, general contractor Tom Silva, landscape contractor Roger Cook, and host Steve Thomas examine two unfamiliar objects and try to guess how they're used. Outside the barn, Roger and hearing protection expert Dr. Mark Stephenson test the decibel level of several power tools. Inside, they show Tom several new types of hearing protection.
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Members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs/Ohio Wintersville Woman's Club got a better understanding of what the GFWC is all about on the international, state and local level when the club held its kickoff meeting of the 2013-14 club year on Sept. 19 at St. Florian Hall.
Marjean Sizemore, who wears dual hats as the president of the GFWC/Ohio Southeast District and as first vice president of the Wintersville club, was the program speaker to the topic "Know Your Organization." She told her peers the GFWC is "an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service."
Its roots go back to 1868 when Jane Cunningham Croly, a New York journalist, attempted to attend a dinner at an all-male press club honoring novelist Charles Dickens. Being a female, she was denied admittance and formed a club for women in response. By 1890, more clubs had formed throughout the United States and that prompted Croly to invite them to attend a convention in New York City. Sizemore said to imagine the challenge of that, given the difficulty in traveling any distance in those days. No airplanes to board, mind you.
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Robbie Young checks out some canceled stamps, the collection of which constitute a new service project for the club.
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There were 63 clubs that attended, taking action to form the GFWC, ultimately becoming what is now this international organization of community-based volunteers in thousands of clubs in all 50 states and more than a dozen countries.
The federation guides the member clubs and originally was founded as a means of self-education and development for women, but the focus has since shifted to community service. GFWC areas of activity include the arts, conservation, education, home life, international outreach and public issues as well as special projects. The GFWC signature project is domestic violence awareness.
Sizemore mentioned several through-the-years accomplishments of the GFWC, which is divided into regions. The Wintersville club is part of the Great Lakes Region which consists of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.
In 1899, GFWC clubwomen established the national model for the juvenile court system, the same system they use today.
GFWC is credited with turning the tide for passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906;
During World War II, GFWC raised more than $150 million in the "Buy A Bomber" campaign and purchased a bomber for the war campaign;
GFWC was at the forefront of the conservation movement, resulting in the establishment of the Forest Reserve and the National Park Service and has directly contributed to the establishment of four national parks;
In response to the loss of equipment suffered during 9-11, GFWC members raised $180,000 for a fully-equipped ambulance for the New York City Fire Department. The ambulance displays the GFWC emblem.
GFWC, whose motto is "Unity in Diversity," has initiated a membership drive entitled "Who's Going to Fill Your Shoes?" Each club that recruits a member gets $5 for the effort, and the individual club member gets $3.
The GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs was organized in 1894 and will celebrate its 119th birthday on Oct. 24. At the national convention in Florida, it was awarded 16 certificates on behalf of Ohio clubs and their members.
The Wintersville club is one of 14 clubs in the Southeast District, the largest in Ohio with more than 400 members, and was organized in 1934. It began with five members, absorbed members when the Civic Service Organization came on board and today has 73 members.
The Wintersville club was recognized at the international convention in June, Sizemore beamed, with its sponsorship of Indian Creek student Skyler Dye, who won at the state level for his submission in the youth short story, grade nine to 12 essay contest, and then on the international level.
President Barb Thermes presided at the business meeting where she and Sizemore served as hostesses along with Judy Anastasio, Natalie Doty, Joyce Palmer, Linda Cipriani and CarolynLee Barrett, who gave the meditation and grace.
Guests in attendance included Cynthia Pahnka, there with Donna Phillips.
The project for the month included collecting school supplies and returning baby bottles filled with change to benefit the AIM Women's Center. Barb Grimm asked members to bring the bottles to the October meeting if they forgot them.
A new project the club agreed to undertake after a presentation by Robbie Young involves saving canceled stamps to be sent to World Gospel Mission, American Indian Field at 14202 N. 73rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85381.
The new project is one being done in partnership with the local International Order of Kings Daughters and Sons Laura E. McGowan Circle.
Young explained that WGM is a missional society whose fields of mission include the American Indian Field in Arizona and New Mexico. The AIF is 100 percent reliant on the free will donations and financial support of individuals, churches, and institutions and organizations. Mission programs include education, literacy programs and retreats.
Car insurance, gas and vehicle maintenance constitute the program's greatest expense, according to Young, who explained travel to the reservations involves some distance on partially dirt roads and often in mountainess areas.
Saving the used or canceled stamps is a way to help a sometimes forgotten people, Young said. The club members can save the canceled stamps and encourages others to do likewise, including church secretaries, businesses and organizations.
The 12th-annual Holiday Splendor, the club's annual fundraiser luncheon and style show with lots of vendors and boutique shopping, is on the calendar for Dec. 1 at St. Florian Hall.
There will be a style show featuring Phyllis' Fashions, which is bringing a rack of plus sized clothes this year as requested. The color scheme will be red and silver. Tickets are $25 in advance. Co-chairs are Pauletta Sprochi and Aimee Jaros.
The club will meet Oct. 17 at St. Florian Hall for its noon luncheon and business session with Bo Jacbos of Yorkville as the program presenter on American Indians.


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I just made myself another backup copy of my save game
I just made myself another backup copy of my save game
wow you could do a lot of damage with 103 million!!!
£103m - awesome!! Definitely one for a rainy day Ohanzee
Barca away game coming up...
We're staying UP !!!
Report to follow tomorrow... phew !
Welcome to the Camp Nou, Barcelona!
I've decided to go for it, using my traditional narrow 4-3-2-1 formation. This could be messy...
There are 58,935 in attendance, not bad! Our bank balance before the tie is £408k.
We're missing Alberto Merola and Michael Muhr but overall have a strong side out. They have a similar team out again.
24mins: Fran makes a great save, tipping a Guarante free kick onto the post.
29mins: Andy Clarke's rasping drive fizzes past the post. Keeper got a touch.
54mins: We break down their possession round our box and the ball falls to Andy Clarke who chips a delightful ball over the top for Onyema to chase. In on goal....GOAL for Castillo!! Beautifully slotted in the bottom corner! 1-0
82mins: Carletti picks the ball up and smashes a 30 yarder off the bar!! So unlucky. Gone all out defence now.
85mins: They're flooding forward but we catch them out again. Carletti sends his effort just over again.
87mins: Zlatan with a great chance but Fran saves at his feet. Immediately from his goal kick Bangoura is through 1 on 1 but Fran stands firm again!!
90mins: Zlatan puts a point blank header wide!!
93mins: The final whistle goes!!!!!!!!!!
haha well done Iacovone, thats a helluva big scalp to take, another potential money spinner to follow as well...
And we just made £1.1m from their gate receipts
That'll buy us a new youth academy thank you very much
Wonder who we're gonna get in the next round
EDIT: Awesome we've been drawn to play Atletico Madrid!! Hope they're ready for a beatin'
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Wow iacovone! That's amazing. Not only did you win, they created zero clear cut chances I wanna buy your tactic!
Big congrats! On the money to! And crossing fingers for Real Madrid in the next round
(edit) Ah, At. Madrid, that's just as good. This is gonna do wonders for your finances!
I got the other Madrid, should see me get another decent injection of cash though! I hadn't even noticed the zero clear cut chances. Now I'm proud
Big congrats on the great cup results.
We followed it up with a 3-0 loss away at Talavera though. Looks like its going to be a mid-table season. The new boys aren't performing (other than Andy Clarke) and the big performers from last year have been rubbish.
Magnificent win iacovone £1M off the gate receipts Go go, pull another miracle Castillo!
OMG an away victory over Barca thats HUGE! Biggest result of the thread so far haha.
Des Tiny's Turkish Kebab
Ummm Adventure maybe...
The New Challenge
Yes I was very annoyed at the penalty loss, so instead of continuing at Elgin I decided to have a Turkish go, reset date is 20th June, and I have a save on 17th if anyone requires it. I have signed up as the manager of Afyonkarahisarspor...yes you read that correctly, probably pronounced it wrong though. From here on forwards the club shall known affectionately as The Afy's! Boring I know, but what else can I do. We don't own our stadium, we pay 9k a year in rent for a 10000 (7000 seat) stadium, we are expected to finish 17th of 18 teams and to Avoid Relegation (Board offered attempt) I can have 9k transfer & 13.75k wages, current wages are 1,660 p/w haha. So about 12k to play with there, and we currently have 34 players on the books, quite happy, though I can have 0 foreign players so have to be looking for Turks to start with.
Des Tiny's Profile & Personal
The Club's Info, Facilities & History
The Squad's Senior & Youth
I`ll try to do a Castillo away against Porto now on Estádio do Dragão. We play our normal tactics offensive tactics and I´m pleased to say my team is at full strength which means Ishak Belfodil (15g/15m 7.62 avR) will play.
10 min - Nooo. Romeu off inj. Dany to replace. (5g /2(8)
19 min - Belfodil free but a good tackle clears.
20 min - Kiraly scores on a header. 1-0 Porto.
Ht - They have the chances 6-2, we have the possession 42-58. If we can get a goal in I think we actually stand a chance against Porto away.
50 min - Ferreira makes an easy save on a Soares breakthrough.
70 min - Porto has nothing but a mistake by Alejandro Marañón allows a crossing that scores on. 2-0 Porto. It´s clearly not the day for a cup upset in Portugal.
84 min - Helder Barbosa scores. 3-0.
FT - 3-0 Porto. Ah well. We played well against Porto and had the possesion but could not convert it into chances.
At least we got £200K in Gate Receipts.
We´ll get another chance to beat Porto. This time it´s the Portuguese League Cup and at Estádio Pina Manique. No Gate Receipts but perhaps a better chance of winning. The 3rd round is a 4 team group including Maritimo and Vit. Guimarães.
Good Luck Uffe, hopefully you can make a slightly better showing at home. I am 3-0 up in my Shadow Squad match, though in Turkey I have no reserves, just U20s & U18s so its basically the Juniors vs the Seniors haha. Starting to look for some better players as well.
Aww, I missed all the action last night.
Wow, iacovone, what a tie and a great result against Barca at home and then to win away is amazing.
Good luck in Turkey LLR.
edit: I'm gutted, just noticed the team who beat me on penalties in the cup are now playing Real Madrid, if only.
Last edited by berty1978; 17-11-2009 at 07:18.
Lorca Deportiva Club de Futbol - Season 2010/11 summary - Spanish Second Division B4
Spanish Cup - Not entered
Media Prediction - 9th
Final Position - 6th
Final Table
Squad stats
Best XI
The three friendlies I played went well scoring 12 goals and not conceding so that put me in a confident mood going into the league campaign.
A 1-1 draw at one of the title favourites Écija in the first game followed by a 1-0 home win was a good start. However the next 4 games without a win and the pressure was growing, I know now I shouldn't have predicted a title win for the board to get a higher wage budget. This message started coming up before every single match for the rest of the season whether I won or not. It was quite satisfying I happened to win that game then this happened. Things just weren't going to plan and we were as inconsistant as Simon Cowell's comments about John and Edward. Then towards the end of the season, thanks in no small part to Dervite (see screenie later) we found form. Somehow the table going into the final game looked like this. We were playing Ejido at home and Jerez Ind. were home to champions Jaen, simple, win and we're in the play offs, draw and Jerez don't win and we're there, lose and Ejido make the play offs. Well, not good, before the players even had a chance to start playing Ochoa was sent off in the first minute and we were 2-0 down at half time, we pulled one back only for them to go 3-1 ahead before we scored in the 81st minute. Despite going overload we couldn't find an equaliser, and we would have made the play offs due to our record against Marbella.
At the end of the season Ancelotti got the England job which is a good choice, but Guess who got offered the U20 job, I was honoured.
Key players:
Dorian Dervite - This was a major coup, I have my scout to thank for finding him, picked him on a free (ex Tottenham) around October but had to wait until January to play him. Was by far the player of the second half of the season if not the whole season.
Ivan Djurdjevic - Played on the wing and was excellent all season which is highlighted by his 14 assists, he can also hit a free kick with some venom and swerve.
Rodri - At the start of the season he was wanted by a few clubs and despite his high wage we kept hold of him and I'm glad of it. Played most of the season as a defensive midfielder and was excellent.
Lloyd Sam - Picked up on a free after being released by Charlton to solve my right sided problem. He actually played most of the second half of the season as a striker as I only had one registered, but did well in that position.
Adam Szalai - Another freebie who was playing for Real Madrid previously, mainly for their B team though. Was our top scorer but I will be looking for another striker or two in the summer.
Best player not to play a game:
Romualdo - On £4.1k a week and he couldn't play a single game, couldn't even get rid of him. In the boardroom meetings the board kept suggesting we take him off the list, weirdos. The funniest thing about this is he went to Granada on a bosman and then they go and get relegated and are now in our league, so he is spending another season out in the cold, they're only paying him £2.9k a week though.
Code:Season | Division | Finished | Spanish Cup | Achievements 2010/11 | Second Division B4 | 6th | N/A | Close to the play-offs
Just finished a small shift at work so got around 10/11 hours today to play with until I go back to work at 10pm tonight.
[rant]What I learnt last night was my board are pants, given me a pish budget for transfers (1.5k ha) and 6.9k a week wages. Was already using that before the new season started and I'd released a few players. The board rejected both my advances for more transfer and wage money. They are more worried about the facilities than the players at this point in time which is annoying. I thought establishing ourselves in top flight football should take priority. [/rant]
Anyhoo's....I jut signed a Scotsman. Nothing special just a 32 year old Simon Lappin who will be my LB for the season. Just beat Sheff Utd in a friendly and Everton to come next. Raking some money in via friendlies is awesome.
Good luck with the Afy's Des, good to have you back!
On the Castillo front I've just been informed that my chairman is looking to leave the club. I just hope he doesn't pocket that £1m from the Barca game . I also hope that I don't get a tycoon takeover - as much as I loved it with Savona last year, I'd like this year to be my own hard work and not millions of pounds thrown at the club!
Consortium of businessmen including a former football are interested. Should happen in a few weeks apparently...intriguing
Superb result there iacavone
In other news, my chairman is looking to step aside
\o/ convinced the board to relay the pitch at the end of the season as it is currently 'terrible'. Need to hope the new board bring ambitions of a youth academy as the current idiots seem dead set against it! I'm convinced they are going to scarper with the cash in the bank
We need a new name for this challenge
Alberto 'made of glass' Merola has fractured his ribs in training 4 days before the Atletico Madrid match. Means he'll miss both legs. Looks like Onyema will have to step up and cause problems again.
Iacovone - marvellous result v Barca. couldn't manage to stay up last night for it but it's just made my lunch!! fantastic mate and the money is nice too.
LLR - good luck with the Afy's. i had debated trying Turkey so it'll be interesting to see how you go.
Ohanzee - that was a great job offer. done the right thing staying with Noja though!!
berty - good first season with Lorca. some decent signings too. it'll be interesting to see how you get on with Dervite for a whole season... good luck.
Good luck in Turkey LLR.
Btw, you can't sign foreigners in the 2nd Division but did you know Azeris, Kazahks, Uzbeks and Turkmenis do not count as foreigners? The only problem is the regens from all of those nations are generally rubbish!
Having said that, I did sign an aging Kazahk striker (Aliyenkov I think) in FM09 to help Yalovaspor theough their first few seasons and there was a handy Uzbek striker (regen) who spend most of his career in the Super Lig so it may be worth checking the central asian regens once in a while.
Welcome to the Castillo del Romeral for this 4th round 1st leg tie against Atletico Madrid. We have a 2/3rds full stadium of 2626 fans in attendance today.
I have thrown a new signing straight up front in Merola's absence. Wonder if Nicola Giacomini can surprise a few people. He has electric pace that's all I'll say
Atletico have neglected to include Sergio Aguero and Andre-Pierre Gignac thank god!
12mins: Juan Carlos receives a pull back and hits one 20 yards out, deflected but Fran makes the save.
34mins: Jonathan Gomez put in a low cross to the back post where Barkroth was waiting. Too far out for a shot he put another cross into the 6 yard box and it was a battle of will between Amodio and Hoarau. Hoarau won the scamble...1-0 down.
38mins: Disaster, Barkroth sent the ball into the box and Amodio challenged Juan Carlos but tripped him - penalty. Hoarau stepped up and converted the penatly. 2-0 down
45mins: Ravel Morrison found space on the left and beat the full back. Went to swing a cross in and it was deflected for a corner. Except the defender tried to keep it on, instead heading straight to Morrison, who picked his spot to make it 2-1. GOAL for Castillo!!!
48mins: Fran to Angel Luis at RB. As the pressure came he hoofed the ball forward, inadvertantly sending the new boy Giacomini through on goal. He moved the ball onto his left foot and bang! GOAL!!! 2-2!!!
54mins: Giacomini strikes just wide for the good guys.
77mins: Horoau tries to get a shot off but its bravely blocked again!
84mins: Juan Carlos sends one just wide of Frans post.
91mins: An Amodio corner is swung in and Carletti heads a looping header to the back post....cleared off the line!! So unlucky...
93mins: Ball breaks to Vlug who carries it forward and slips in Giacomini...the Atletico defenders catch him up but the ball breaks to Carletti who bundles his way through two tackles...chance....GOAL!!!!! 3-2 Castillo!! 3-2 Castillo!!! What a well taken goal!!!
Unbelievable...how on earth are my players defeating Atletico Madrid and Barcelona and then losing to Gimnastica 2-0!? Madness.
great result there iacovone...... it doesn't make sense does it??????
It really doesn't!! With performances like this we should be winning our league by miles. Must be my team talks or something .
Either way we'll be celebrating this result for a while! We have Barakaldo at home (which we'll probably lose) and then head to Madrid for the big one!
They are 2nd in Liga BBVA by the way. It really is madness, I've never had a set of results like this
First off potential new chairman Pedro Gil has stated he wants Javi Baraja to become the new Castillo manager should his consortium take over the club. **** off this is my house!!!!
Secondly...Welcome to the Nuevo Vicente Calderon!! We have a full strength squad to pick from, other than Alberto Merola and I've stuck with the same side that played in the home leg.
Atletico have brought Gignac and Gio Dos Santos back into their side and are quite clearly going for this!!
1min: Jose Angel crosses for Gignac to tuck in a header from close range. 1-0 down, losing on away goals.
10mins: Maureta caught in possession but Amodio gets back to make the tackle.
16mins: Giacomini has a chance but it is straight at the keeper. The resultant goal kick finds its way over our defence and Gignac is in...chopped down by Amodio, penalty...2-0 down
23mins: Angel Luis caught in possession by Dos Santos...he maraudes down the right and crosses for Gignac...3-0 and a 23 minute hattrick
44mins: Gio gets down the right again, crosses for Barkroth who is chopped down by Amodio again. Penalty again. Goal again. 4-0...4 for Gignac.
56mins: We clear a header off the line.
62mins: Fran tips over a Gignac point blank header.
69mins: Gacic hits one from distance for us. Our first highlight \o/
72mins: We break up play and hit them on the counter attack. Malafaia's shot goes harmlessly wide though.
82mins: Raul Garcia picks the ball up on the edge of the box and smashes one home to make it 5-0
Well I guess we had that coming to us in the end! 5-0 is kind of what I expected to happen in the Barca games and the home leg of this game so can't complain really. Carlo Amodio did have a shocker though (3.4)...
There were 41393 fans there which meant a delightful £500k boost to the coffers. We're now into the £2m mark!
Have you completed the challenge el sid
Good luck in Turkey LLR!
Porto are tough Uffe. Great players and play a formation I hate to (in my game)
berty1978 that's an amazing first season. I think you must be the first one to not finish a breath away from relegation the first season in Spain? Well done! You have some brilliant players though, how is your wage budget? Rodri alone have almost twice the budget I had first season (our budget was £3,3K total). Looks like you've found a club with great promise!
Amazing result at home again iacovone! I agree, it don't make sense. My team also seem to perform a lot better as underdogs. Always been the case in FM though imo.
We've played a few more EURO cup matches ourselves.
1st KO round
Dortmund (away) 1-1
Dortmund (home) 4-1
2nd KO round
Udinese (away) 1-1
Udinese (home) 2-1
We got Porto coming up, which will be tough I fear. They have some the best regens in the game in midfield. And they play a formation I hate, a sort of 352 with 3 MC and 2 WB. Either way we've done great in our first season. And we're doing great in the league.
Nice work there Ohanzee! Good luck against Porto - so rare to come up against teams playing WBs on this!
I think we may be back on track now. A 1-1 away draw with Ferrol was admirable and we've just defeated forever high flying Burgos (3rd) 5-1 at home. ...could we make a late playoff push?
That included a hattrick from new man Giacomini
Great result against Burgos. They where my Nemesis for so long!
EURO Cup Qtr Final
Porto (home) 2-0 - We scored after just 6' minutes through our European striker of the year Ferri. After that Porto changed to a 532 with a back 5 instead of wing backs. And we controlled the match after that. Could have been more if they didn't have MoM Cavalieri in their goal.
Still that's a fine result, no away goals conceded too! Could be crucial.
Burgos have been a real thorn in my 7() seasons but its now Vecindario who are the pain! They've only lost once all year and won the title off me last year. Somehow didn't get promoted! We have them at home next...
First season done. Update later today.
EURO Cup Qtr Final leg 2 | Porto (away) 1-2
I feared the worst as Porto set out in their 352 again and surely after 26' minutes we where already 2-0 down. At half time we had a hopeless 4 shots on goal to their 9. My assistant wanted to tell the players they only needed one more goal, but I was mad, really mad. So I told them just how angry I was with them. I guess they got scared (in a good way), cause they completely outplayed Porto in the 2nd half. We couldn't get a goal though as Cavalieri kept bringing out his best.
Extra time. First half nothing happened, and I mean nothing. Then aftet 107' minutes we got our goal. Paul Clayton from a corner kick! After 116' minutes Bianchi thought he had scored the equalizer, but it was disallowed. It didn't matter though as it finished 2-1!
Thanks for the corner routine iacovone. I haven't checked how it's done in the league, but that goal alone is worth it
We got Bordeaux (who beat Bayern Munich) in the Semi Finals. The other one has Manchester City and Benfica. Bad news is Ferri will miss at least 2 matches from his injury. That means he's out for our away match to Getafe, who we are actually still competing with for the league title. And the first game against Bordeaux.
Whoo hoo! We beat Getafe easily. Hammered them really. This season is getting incredibly exciting now. We are top of the table. But Valencia just 3 points behind will beat us if we end up on even points cause we lost both home and away to them.
We have home games against Celta and Albacete and away games against Murcia and Espanyol left. Two of the tougher teams away. Valencia have Salamanca, Malaga and Getafe away and Sporting home.
I bet we manage to toss it away and end up losing on equal points even though our goal difference is miles better. Crappy rule. Exciting!
EURO Cup Semi Final leg 1 | Bordeaux (home) 5-1
The result does in no way reflect the game. A 3-3 would probably be a more fair result, but I don't care Vlcek stepped up to the task of replacing Ferri up front and scored a hat-trick. My turn to have the goalkeeper that plays 8.0+. Their goalie played 5.70.
We beat Celta at home 3-1, but Valencia also won their game. Vlcek pulled his hamstring and is out for 2 weeks
Last edited by Ohanzee; 17-11-2009 at 16:16.
Wow its going to be close Ohanzee!! I think you'll do it, you seem immune to the forum curse
The takeover of Castillo collapsed. Ah well, probably wouldn't have brought much to the club anyway. On we go...
What do you know, takeover of Munster also collapsed
I'm up to 8th with 13 games left. This is the highest we've been all season
5 points off the playoffs so it really is a realistic chance of us catching them
Hmmm Dodgee I didn't know that about the "non-foreigners" makes it a little bit more interesting, on another note I am able to scout all of southern europe, but I cannot buy any of their players, are you serious. And I am going to have real trouble with my future side, even in the top division I can only have a max of 8 foreigners in my 23 man squad, I have never played with a local based side before, but it makes for a challenge
I think Iacovone it has something to do with your team being given no chance at all and you throwing them out there in an attacking formation, the other team comes at you, your defenders just hack it down the other end and then a striker pounces and scores. Your main tactic is not a possession holding one is it? Because I have found in my 4 seasons with 4 different teams so far that if you use a slow possession game against those below you it seems to work better, while when you are under dogs a quicker attacking game seems to work. Of course I could just be fluking it haha.
Cheers iacovone. I hope you're right
EURO Cup Semi Final leg 2 | Bordeaux (away) 2-1
I took a bit of a risk and put two of our first teamers on the bench cause they where 1 yellow card away from a ban. Didn't matter though as our very own Stella played another amazing game in goal and got a MoM award for it. Another game we didn't really deserve to win, but we're in the final!
Manchester City awaits. I don't have to high hopes of beating them, they are most likely just in this competition cause England isnt playable in this save. They'd probably be in the top 4 of England by now with their money. They have some amazing players, but their defense seem to be the weakest link, just like for us. Could be an entertaining final.
Hallescher End Of Season 2010/2011
Media Prediction: 20thGraph
League. Very very very poor season, 17th place ahh well atleast we didn't get relegated
GK: Ron-Robert Zieler. Some of you may know him as being a part of the youth team at Man Utd. He did OK, hopefully he'll be in good form next season. Were gonna need it
DL: Shervin Radjabali-Fardi. On loan from Hertha BSC, regarded as one of the best players at the club.
DC: Cristian Kamalla. 25 year old. Decent stats, may be replaced next season.
DC: Adli Lachheb. Our best defender. 5 goals in 29 apps 7.07 Av R
DR: Stanko Galic. Bosnian DR, has 1 cap for his nation. has decent stats
ML: Nico Kanitz. Pretty good for our league.
MR: René Stark. Did OK when called upon.
MC: Thorsten Görke. Our 34 year old club captain. Did Fine
MC: Steve Finke. Scored a couple of 30-yard screamers even tho his Long Shots is 7
ST: Markus Muller. Decent Composure. Our best striker.
ST: Ronny Hebestreit. Our heading beast!! 20 in heading. getting old, will probably play next season getting a bit old.
Last edited by bjoggi33; 17-11-2009 at 16:38.
Great going Ohanzee, good luck in the Euro Cup final (assuming you don't lose 4-0 at Bordeaux).
Finances looking excellent iacovone, mine aren't so healthy at almost a cool million in debt. This is despite staying within our wage budget, and you'd think with the high budget (£48k pw last season, £42k this season, we started as a professional club) the board would plough a bit of money in now and again, but no.
Edit, should refresh before posting, Ohanzee didn't lose 4-0.
Well done staying up bjoggi33! I know Zieler from United. He should do well for you.
We beat Albacete 1-0 at home, but Valencia again won away to Malaga. We're also getting somewhat of a injury crisis. Benedetti, Ribeiro, Vlcek and Estevez are all out for the season. Only Benedetti and Vlcek would start games, but we really can't take many more injuries now, especially in midfield.
(edit) And just as I post Pepe also gets injured for the rest of the season. Another backup, but we're getting very thin in midfield now. Praying none of the big guns get injured now.
If anyone is playing through steam they will know about the achievements, I have just parked the tank which is not conceding in 10 games.
Problem now with my poor finances and doing so well, teams will bid for our players and the board will accept, £275k coming in for our right back , at least he isn't one of our U23 players.
Last edited by berty1978; 17-11-2009 at 16:50.
Haha that's a highly coveted achievement berty!
After me talking up our playoff hopes we went and lost 3-0 away at Ourense, awful result. We had 3 ccc's, they had zero. Frustrating
berty1978 that's brilliant, I doubt we'll ever get that one hehe.
We just lost away to Murcia 1-0. Horrible horrible game. Pardini sent off after just 15 minutes, then Clayton is sent off after 87'. And to top it off Kameni (their goalie) saved 2 clear cut chances from Ferri in the last 10 minutes of the game
Good news is Valencia only managed 1-1 at home to Sporting, so we're still in it. 2 points clear with 1 game left. We might need a win away to Espanyol. If Valencia win a draw won't be enough for us. And ofc we lost Pardini, which means we're down to scraps in midfield. Might have to got attacking and play Ferri in AMC instead of my usual 3 MC away formation.
First we got the EURO Cup final though.
I want play by play Ohanzee
Okey here we go.
EURO Cup Final, Ramat-Gan.
Manchester City - S.D Noja
Ramat-Gan stadium in Israel is completely filled with 41,583 people coming to see this match.
Man City have some trouble in center of defense with Richards and Luisao out injured, but neither have been first teamers this season anyways.
S.D Noja have some injury trouble of their own, left-back Benedetti mainly who is replaced by the Swedish Lars-Gunnar Danielsson. European Striker of the Year Filippo Ferri is ready to battle though.
Expecting a high scoring match as both teams are better in attack than defense.
First Half
13' Ferri gets a good shooting chance just inside the box. Akinfeev saves, but it's a corner. Calzado takes it and Clayton gets to it, but Akinfeev saves again.
24' GOAL NOJA. Saavedra gets the ball on the edge of the box and manage to turn on his marker. He hits a beatuiful curled shot into the corner.
30' A crossed free kick finds a unmarked Clayton, but his header goes over the bar. Noja are dominating
35' A missed pass give Destro a chance for City. He takes the shot from 40 yards but it's closer to the corner flag than the goal.
37' Another crossed free-kick finds Claytons head. He puts it back into the box and Ferri has a chance. He passes back to Ramon who shoots, but it's blocked.
39' Big chance for Man City. A string of passes and they are through on goal. Stella is out quickly and stops a certain goal.
44' GOAL NOJA. Ferri wins the ball on the edge of the 16 yard box. He makes no mistake and it's 2-0 Noja!!
46' GOAL NOJA! Stella starts a quick counter attack and Rossi finds Saavedra on the left wing. He's well placed for a shot but instead passes it across the 6 yard box to Ferri who has an open goal. Easy finish! 3-0!!
Half Time
Who would have thought this. Not only are Noja 3-0 up, they've given City only 1 good chance. (I'm pondering what to tell my players. I will go for "Thrilled", this is amazing so far).
Second Half
50' GOAL NOJA! A great passing move starting with goalkeeper Stella ends up with a beautiful through pass to Ferri. Akinfeev makes a fantastic save, but Rossi gets to the rebound. From a very tight angle he puts it away! 4-0! Surely that's it.
54' Saavedra gets to the byline and his cross finds Ferri. Akinfeev saves though, it was a bad header.
56' Another quick counter by Noja ends with a shot by Calzado from just outside the box. Akinfeev saves again.
59' Another great counter for Noja, but Ferri once again can't finish it. High and wide.
61' GOAL MAN CITY! Big mistake by right back Barbosa as he passes the ball to Dubois. He finishes from outside the box and it's 4-1
Time to make a change. Henderson on for Calzado and moving him to defensive midfield. Time wasting up to max!!
77' Big chance for Man City as Dubois gets a one on one with Stella. Stella wins, another big save.
79' GOAL NOJA! Henderson picks the ball up in his defensive role and plays a through ball to Rossi. He's in a great position and puts it away behind a very frustrated Akinfeev. 5-1!
84' GOAL NOJA! Ferri holds up the ball and gives it to Ramon. He plays a crossing through ball to the left wing where Hornsby is through. He puts it in the far corner. Akinfeev wants to dig a hole!
Full Time
That's it. S.D Noja are the EURO Cup Champions of 2019!
Match stats | more stats
Last edited by Ohanzee; 17-11-2009 at 17:51.
Aww, no play by play then?
Again, too slow on the posting.
Good luck Ohanzee.
C'mon Noja!!
In Castillo news, I can't wait to do a screenshot of my other new Italian striker. He's phenomenal!
Paolo Mirabelli - remember the name! He has 9 in 9 now
Ohanzee - 'we want 5! we want 5!!'
Poor City not even being given a chance haha. Now don't get complacent at halftime :P
We just beat 2nd placed Lugo at their place 3-1 to move onto the same points as 4th placed Gimnastica. Playoffs are looking (dare I say it) likely! What a massive result that was. We don't have a tough run in either - 9 games to go
Wow, 5-1 up, safe to say it's in the bag now. Well done.
And good luck making the play-offs iacovone, you'll have a nice transfer and wage budget next year hopefully in the Liga adelante.
Wow what a match, I added stat screens in the update. Fans are jubilant, board is ecstatic, I'm shocked.
Pisa - End of Season 3 Review - 2012-13
The Season
Not much to say about this season in general. We started off extremely well and were topping the table early on. We then had a bit of a slump which saw us slip down to mid-table at the Christmas break.
From there we pretty much remained mid-table for the second half of the season and ended our first season in Serie B with a highly respectable 10th placed finish.
The Players
Just a brief summary of the best players for my team this season;
Divine Fonjock: My best player again. Contributed many key goals and assists throughout the season and deservedly achieved a place in the Serie B Team of the Year as well as earning 2nd place in the Serie B Player of the Year.
Daniele Paponi: My top scorer for the season. He managed to bag 16 league goals this season despite having another poor start with 1 or 2 in the first 10 games.
Anduele Pryor: Proved to be invaluable as my left winger as he contributed to a club record 17 assists in 1 season.
Jeremy Schumacher: The young Belgian keeper in his second season with the club saved us on several occasions and earned us some valuable points. He is now highly sought after and i have already turned down a few offers from other clubs.
Next Seasons Aims
My aims for the next season is to improve on my 10th place finish this season and maybe scrape into the playoffs if i am lucky. My main problem will be the limit of players i can register over the ages of 23 and 21 as some of my younger players have now crossed that line.
Got to be happy with that season Stella, Serie A not too far off there.
If I said I'm 17 points clear with 10 games left will anyone believe me?
StellaF1 - Well done, that's a great performance in Serie B.
iacovone - Good luck in the run in. Crossing fingers for more playoff fun.
Last game of the season, away to Espanyol! I only found out before the game that Ramon was also supsended for picking up enough yellow cards. But another class performance by Stella and brilliant finishing was enough. Didn't really matter though as Valencia only drew 1-1 away to Getafe.
We've done the double!!!
I won't have time to do my update now, have to go out for a few hours. But a couple of interesting points. Barcelona ended in 5th place! We scored over 100 goals! Behind Valencia was Getafe! Real Madrid in 4th. I smell a change of power!
Awesome stuff Ohanzee! What a season! Same to you too berty, sounds like you're storming the league - try to keep it up for the damn playoffs though!
Oh dear, we just lost at home to Cultural Leonosa. There are 4 games remaining and we're 3 points off playoffs. Playing the team directly above us away next. Biggest game of the year and will decide whether or not we make the playoffs...
EDIT: Yes! What a result. 2-1 win thanks to Merola and Mirabelli - my deadly Italian duo
We have Zamora (9th) at home, Compestela (19th) away and Gimnastica (8th) at home to finish up. Its so tight anyone of 8 teams could take the remaining 3 playoff places.
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Wow we just just made the playoffs!
Great stuff Ohanzee. Congrats on bringing the silverware home to Noja. European Super Cup next?
The foreigner restrictions are tight (remember in the top league you can only have 6 of those 8 on the pitch at one time!) but whenever I've played in Turkey on previous versions of the game, the quality of Turkish regens that comes through later on is top notch (Yasar Dede and Cengiz Pamaukcu immediately spring to mind from the glory days of Yalovaspor )
berty - we've been drawn against Lorca in the first playoff round .
Mon Castillo!!
I should have done a live update on my play offs, but meh, I have to go to work soon and I'll do an update in the morning.
Well done iacovone, hope you do well in the play offs, you have to go through 3 rounds if you don't finish top IIRC.
I'm well aware berty after failing at the 3rd stage last year
Lost 1-0 in the home leg
Need a very big 2nd leg performance now
Just keep on going.
Another season complete. Update tomorrow as I have work at 10 til 6am.
Good luck iacovone, i want to read that you've been promoted when I wake up tomorrow lunchtime-ish.
Well we've only gone and won the away leg 2-1
Through to the 2nd Playoff Phase. We keep on going! Marching on together...
EDIT: Sabadell (2nd in B3) are next up. We have the home leg first. Hoping for better than a 1-0 defeat tbh
congrats Ohanzee - great season!! completion is only a couple of seasons away.....
iacovone - good luck mate. fingers crossed for you - you deserve it.
Won 2-1 in the home leg. Leaves the tie seriously open. We have the lead, they have the away goal. Big 2nd leg required again...
EDIT: Drew 1-1 away to send us through! Went 1-0 down but super Alberto Merola scored in the 2nd half to put us through
EDIT2: We are going to be playing Alcoyano (2nd in B4) in the final playoff phase. They look strong but we avoided Cordoba who won B4, that would have been the nightmare tie.
Last edited by iacovone; 17-11-2009 at 22:08.
Great result there Ohanzee. Reminds me of my first Champions League win last year against Valencia. I'm sure some will remember the 5-2 (I think) thrashing. Those days seem a long way away at the moment. And I know I promised updates today. Sorry, not happening, a little snowed under. Expect them at the latest this weekend.
I've just started another season. The biggest signing? Shola Ameobi!!
Ameobi . Wow \o/
I've gone and drawn the home leg 2-2 unfortunately. Alcoyano deserved to win really, they were really good
For the 3rd playoff phase we're going to need an enormous performance away from home...
just lost a crucial game in the run-in.... 5 behind with 5 games to go. we do have a game in hand though but we'll need more than that...
At last, at long long last, we're up! And its all thanks to two goals in the last 15 minutes!! What a comeback. So proud. A remarkable season!
Brilliant iacovone!! Hopefully I'll follow you soon. THough I notice you're rather further on in terms of years than me.
Ameobi doing a decent job so far. His pace is poor, but he can still put himself about and is a nuisance at this level.
congrats iacovone!! well done.... crack open the champagne!!
As for our game in hand, we won 3-2 with a 93rd minute winner......... 2 behind the league leaders now... who are COMO. Forza Lagunari!!
I'm handing the baton over to you and PRDH now - go get promotion!!
I'll do my best. I've got off to a decent start. 4th after 6 games. But it's still very early. At least the bookies aren't tipping me for relegation this season. I've moved up to mid-table anonymity in their books!
Congrats iacovone!! Well done! I was just reading post by post and when you drew at home I was getting deja vu. We drew with Alaves home and went on to beat them away to get promoted. Greatest feeling eh? Now just stay up and the hard part is done, you seem to have a great tactic to work with as well.
I'll try to type up my update now, but I just wanna say something. I didn't think I would actually win the league (let alone the EURO cup) this year, but I was half expecting to finish top 4 in the league. I'm really surprised at how easy it is to attract players once you get to the top division in Spain. And not only that, you can keep them to.
Last year at FC. Mulhouse my stars left one by one on bosman or cause my board sold them, and we finally just got lucky one season having kept the same team together a couple of years.
Now in Spain I feel like I can just keep all these players I've had for 3+ years and keep pushing. Even our European Striker of the Year signed a new contract instantly when I offered. Even with interest from Juventus, Liverpool, Inter, and the likes. This means I don't have to rebuild all the time, I can just get the player I want for each position and form him the way I like it (training and preferred moves). This of course means that if I pick up players my scouts think have potential to be good->leading players in the league, I can keep them until they become just that. Which is really fun, cause I was very frustrated last year when my players kept leaving me even though I did great in the EURO Cup.
Back to this after completing my own challenge.
Signed a good goalie which was top priority. Still looking at wingers plus a dc and an mc or two. Hopefully the trialist day will throw up some gems.
Juan Baldomero's...
Castillo C.F 2016/17 End of Season Review
Second Division B1
The "marching on together" Edition
Predicted Finish: 12th (up from 13th)
Squad 1|Squad 2
Transfers - notable January movements were seeing the three Italians come in (Giacomini, Mirabelli & Esposito) and the Cameroonian Eric Eto'o
Finances - Sitting quite beautifully at just under £2m. Should set us up nicely for the Liga Adelante
Season Ticket Holders - 48 (3 more than last year)
Estimated Value - £1.4m (up by £475k)
The Generalities...
This could be the best season seen by a small club at this level . Seriously not only did we achieve promotion via the most difficult system ever, we created Spanish legend by defeating the mighty Barcelona 1-0 at the Camp Nou (I still can't believe it) and knocking them out. We then beat Atletico Madrid at the Castillo del Romeral 3-2 before finally succumbing 5-0 away. Nonetheless, great things happened this year, the island of Gran Canaria has never been so revered.
We also scored the 2nd most goals from corners this year - so everybody keep using my corner routine
The Players...
Fran - Ever-present for the 2nd year running. 51 appearances in a highly successful defence. Really like him, has been solid ever since he joined.
The Defenders...
Johan Abels - Our best defender and possibly best player on paper. Had his head turned by other clubs just before our final playoff phase but stuck to his game well. Hope I can keep him.
Jacopo Filippi - Struggled to fit in this year. He can be good going forward but I need more defensively from him to see him as a permanent 1st teamer.
Eric Eto'o - Joined in December on a free and has been great. Can slot in anywhere other than RB and is dependable.
Angel Luis - Played almost all the season at RB. Nowhere near good enough for the step up. He'll become one of the forgotten men of this promotion side.
Carlo Amodio - A fan favourite and despite the shaky start to the year, commanded the defence well.
Salvatore Esposito - Came here in January and looks all set to be a first choice LB from now. Very talented and not many weaknesses.
The Midfielders...
Andy Clarke - Had a great first half to the season before I realised I needed my experienced campaigners in the middle of the park. Has a future here though.
Aleksander Gacic - Real disappointment here. Perhaps not helped by me not deciding on his best position but I expected better in spite of that.
Ricardo Malafaia - 35 and declining but his experience is invaluable. Was going to let him go on a free this summer but rewarded his leadership with a one year deal. He'll struggle to get games but he deserves to retire here!
Marco Carletti - Bit of an enigma in midfield. Can be brilliant one minute and then awful the next. If we can get consistency from him I fancy him to go on to become an excellent CM.
Michael Muhr - Another disappointment really. Was given chances to make the AMC role his own but didn't offer enough in the goals column.
Ravel Morrison - Struggled massively at the start of the year, battling his demons due to unwanted media attention. Eventually shrugged it off and had a good tail end to the year.
Lamine Thiam - Hard to say how Lamine did. On paper should get tons of assists due to his passing expertise but struggled to impact games as much as I'd like. Maybe in the future his time will come.
Jeffrey Vlug - We wave goodbye to a real star at the club this summer. Jeffrey refused to sign a new deal (I bet he's cursing himself now). Wasn't his best season for us but still could be relied upon when the chips were down.
The Strikers...
Alberto Merola - Not as deadly as last year but still got 16 goals. I worry for his long term future as he seems really susceptible to injuries unfortunately.
Nicola Giacomini - Came in January and got off to a flier scoring a 2nd game hattrick. Couldn't quite establish himself though but useful as an impact sub with his pace.
Paolo Mirabelli - Also joined in January and clearly had a major impact bagging 15 goals. He's a very talented striker that can also play in the midfield so will be hugely useful next year. Was voted signing of the season!
Average Attendance: 782 (last year 754)
Fans Player of the Year: Johan Abels
My Player of the Year: Fran
The League Campaign...
We began shoddily losing our first 5 games in a row! It was very unexpected as we'd had a good pre-season but I imagine it was because the team hadn't gelled due to the large number of arrivals. The graph is a great indicator of how we grew into the season, gradually scaling the league to finish 3rd.
We were nowhere near as convincing as last year on the road, receiving a couple of drubbings on our travels. However we did have the tendency to show real grit and grind out the results when it mattered. The 3-0 win at Cultural Leonosa sticks in the mind, as does the 3-1 win at Lugo. Nonetheless the real result of the year was the 5-1 spanking we administered to Burgos at home. This made me realise that if we could string some form together we'd go far.
And that we did - making the playoffs by the skin of our teeth. Once in the playoffs we had to rely on some major away performances to see us through. The highlight was undoubtedly the 2-1 win at Alcoyano to secure promotion. All in all it was a rollercoaster ride, but come the end, we'd done what was necessary!
The Copa del Rey...
Again this year I had no idea why we were entered. Especially as we weren't in the Federation Cup this year. Weird.
Not that this is the important note to make about our cup travails this year. Toledo were dispatched 5-1 at home in the 1st Round before we saw off eventual league champions Vecindario on penalties at home in the 2nd Round. That was a mighty fine result given how badly we were playing at the time! In the 3rd Round high flying Lugo were also beaten at home 2-0.
This meant we'd reached the glamorous 4th Round where the Liga BBVA teams entered. To my joy we were paired up with Barcelona for a money spinning tie that I presumed we had no hope in. After conceding a 93rd minute Barca equaliser at home to end 2-2 we travelled to the legendary Camp Nou to try and limit the damage in the 2nd leg. Instead what happened will forever more be regaled as Spanish folklore. I have no doubt that this will be the best ever result I will achieve on any FM. It was simply astonishing to come away with a 1-0 victory (and £1m!).
Next up we took on the mighty Atletico Madrid. The home leg again led to scenes of disbelief as we somehow overturned them 3-2 on our tiny island. Marco Carletti scrambled in the all important winner at the death. Fans nervously hoped for a repeat of the Barca clash in the 2nd leg but they were to leave empty handed as Andre-Pierre Gignac took us apart with 4 goals. We lost 5-0 but story will live long in the memories of Spaniards. Castillo C.F. had arrived.
Other Stuff...
Club Info - Johan Abels joins the clubs favoured personnel.
Best XI
Best Overall XI
There have been no improvements to facilities or stadia at the club.
The U19s came 14th out of 16 again and are still utterly useless.
Stadium developments for us this summer have meant all my good work in raising £2m in funds have been absolutely wrecked! The idiot chairman hasn't even taken out a loan!! So we are now £4m in debt!! To say I'm angry is an understatement.
The Plan...
Well we are in real trouble now. With our bank balance so significantly in the red I'm certain I'll get no funds to improve the squad for next year. We now have nothing to improve the youth facilities and nothing to improve the training facilities. We won't be able to get anymore staff and the pitch won't be able to be relayed. Basically all my plans that I'd made and fought to raise money for over 7 seasons have been royally f'd up by the chairman. Hope he leaves the club as soon as possible.
Basically if I come straight back down it will cripple me as a human being .
Progress so far...
Code:Season Division Position Achievements 2010/11 2nd Division B1 15th N/A 2011/12 2nd Division B1 12th N/A 2012/13 2nd Division B1 8th N/A 2013/14 2nd Division B1 13th N/A 2014/15 2nd Division B1 10th N/A 2015/16 2nd Division B1 2nd Lost in 2nd Round of Playoff Phase, Quarters of Federation Cup 2016/17 2nd Division B1 3rd Promoted via the Playoffs
That was a mammoth report right there!
Youth products are in and no-one is over half a star for the 7th year running
We've been given £1.84m for TV rights which will help a little with the debt but we have no transfer funds and barely any room to bring in players on free transfers. Going to have to rely on loans to keep us up. That is if I can tempt anyone here...
S.D. Noja Season Review 2018/19
1st in LIGA BBVA (pred: 8th) | EURO Cup Winner | Super Cup Winner | Transfers | Finances | Graph | Cup
The League
It started really bad with a loss away to Barcelona. This was to be expected of course, and we played really well so I was encouraged. With good reason. The next 10 games we went on a 8-1-1 record. After that we hovered around the 4th spot until the 32nd game when a 2-0 win at home to Las Palmas took us into 1st place. It was close until the last game with Valencia always ready to steal it, but we hung on. Partly thanks to Valencia slipping up. CHAMPIONS!
The Spanish Cup
I let my second choice players play every game here this year, and they did well. Getting to the quarter final where Real Madrid where to strong. They managed a epic away win at the Bernabeu though. The two young players I got last summer (Krejcik and Wanderson) especially enjoyed the experience.
The EURO Cup
It's already documented a lot on this page, but a recap. We got Vetra of Lithuania in the qualifier and they where no match. Then we flew through a fairly easy group of Besiktas, Rapid Wien and BATE. Besiktas being the toughest and they got to the quarter final in the end. We then beat Dortmund of Germany and Udinese of Italy with good away draws and finishing the job at home. Porto was beaten in the quarter final, this was the toughest two games. Bordeaux was brushed away with lethal finishing, we never deserved such a huge result at home. And then came the epic final against Manchester City, which you can read all about here. CHAMPIONS!!
The Squad
We have a great squad of players now. Most of them have been here several years and improved a lot since they first came. Here's the team stats and as usual poke if you wanna see anyone in particular. I'll pick my favorite team.
GK - Paolo Stella. Been here all 4 seasons in the BBVA. Doing better every year. 16 clean sheets in the league this year! Saved us on many occasions.
DR - Paulo Barbosa. This is one of the positions I'm still not sold on. My assistant think he's a leading star, and he does the job, but every once in a while he'll make some crazy mistakes. He's doing a great job though.
DL - Nicola Benedetti. Another position I'm not sold on. He's been at the club for 8 seasons now! That's probably the main reason he's still here. I can't get myself to toss him out, and he really does a great job. Not a leading star though by any means.
DC - Bogdan Petrenko. Leading start, and he should be with the amount of money we payed. Did a great job in his first season. Next year he can play in Europe to.
DC - Azamat Krasnov. I love this guy. His defensive attributes are amazing. These two Ukrainians will likely be our first choice for a while.
MC - Daniele Pardini. Great midfielder. Got most of what I look for in one.
MC - Ramón. He's 20 years now. Played his 4th season and he's doing better each year. My assistant think he's just a good player though and won't improve much more. He's "trying killer balls often" now, like Iniesta
MCa - Pedro Calzado. 19 years old now, and a wonderkid. Brilliant season by him in every way. He's also trying killer balls often. Clearly a leading star.
AMR - Giulio Rossi. Another old timer. Been with us for 5 years now. Another great season by him. Worried he won't get better, but he's good enough to be honest.
AML - Zdenek Vlcek. Hard choice, but Vlcek wins now that he's accomplished at playing in this position. He can become better than Ferri apparently. He may already be, if he got to play up front a whole season.
SC - Filippo Ferri. European Striker of the Year and our Captain. He had a unbelievable season. He's trained to be AMC as well now, and scored a couple of hat tricks from that position.
Worth mentioning. Paul Clayton, cause he played so well in Europe. Franco Estevez, cause the only reason he's not a first choice is that we have Calzado. John Hornsby cause he's been here 6 years and is still useful. Bianchi, cause he's probably be our topscorer if we didn't have Ferri and Vlcek. Our 3 front men plus Calzado and Rossi gave us over 100 goals this year, amazing!
The Awards
- League Player of the Year : 1st (Calzado) and 2nd (Ferri)
- Manager of the Year : 1st (Tommi Helm)
- Most Improved Team of the Year : 3rd
- LIGA BBVA Team of the Season : 3 starters, 2 subs.
- Spanish Player of the Year : 1st (Calzado)
- Spanish Young Player of the Year : 1st (Calzado)
- European Striker of the Year: 1st (Ferri)
The Backbone
- We made profit again this year, once again mostly due to selling players. Our balance is extremely solid.
- Our facilities are still average and basic, but the board promise they will improve them.
- Average attendance this year was 8,165. I want a new stadium!
Goals for next year
- Get past the group stage of Champions League. Not sure if we'll be seeded high. I assume that goes by team coef. not country.
- Another top 4 finish in the league. I don't expect another win, simply because the top teams are unlikely to have such crap seasons again. And the points total we won with is the lowest since 2010.
- Look for reinforcements if possible, but mainly keep the same first team.
Code:SEASON LEAGUE POS S-CUP EUROPE NOTES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/11 2D-B1 15th - - Almost relegated 11/12 2D-B1 11th - - 12/13 2D-B1 2nd - - Promotion! 13/14 LIGAa 10th 3rd rnd - Stayed up 14/15 LIGAa 1st 2nd rnd - Promoted!! 15/16 LBBVA 12th 4th rnd - Stayed up! 16/17 LBBVA 12th Semi Final - Nothing exciting 17/18 LBBVA 6th Winners - Won Cup! Europe qual.! 18/19 LBBVA 1st Qtr Final ECup Winner Won League, Super Cup, EURO Cup ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2D-B1 = Second Division B1 | F-CUP = Federation Cup | S-CUP = Spanish Cup LIGAa = LIGA adelante | LBBVA = LIGA BBVA |
Great review iacovone, and congrats again on promotion! Really strange that you're not getting a loan though :confused: I like Paolo Mirabelli and Abels. Hope you can stay up. I don't wish anyone a drop down to that dreaded promotion system ever again!
I completely forgot about this. Goals from corner. We got 9 in the league which was 4th best. 1 in the Spanish Cup, which was 17th best. And I dunno in EURO Cup cause it refuses to show me any stats now, but I know we scored at least once to get us through to the Semi Final.
Thanks for that iacovone, big improvement over the crappy one I used.
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Just caught up with this after being away for a few days. Massive gratz to Gilbster, Ohanzee and iacovone for their fine achievements, and to everyone for making the thread such an excellent read
Ohanzee, seedings are done on team coefficients, but your European win should do a lot for you in that respect, and your basic coefficient is the basic national one anyway.
Nearly a third of the way through Magdeburg's second season and we're drawing a lot. Made more changes to the team than anticipated, will probably put a summer report up in the next couple of days.


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I currently study computer engineering and I want to lead my career towards game industry which I always want to be a part of.
But I am not sure where to start.
I applied some of the companies in the industry for internship and so but most of them wants experience and some work in game developing. Many asks whether I developed a simple game or something similar which I haven't done so far. I am proficient at C, C++, Java, JS, HTML etc.
Any tips from people experienced in the industry on where to start ?
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As a person who just got hired in a major game company as my first real job, I'll tell you a little part of my story.
I didn't graduate from DigiPen or any other game-specialized university. I have a B.S. and M.S. both in general Computer Science. But just before I started applying for a job, I thought that lots of people would be applying for game industry jobs, since, well, I know a crapton of people who want to make games. So I just had to make sure I had something to stand out in between everybody else. So I thought I'd make a game.
Sure, I had been wanting to make games for a long time, and had made lots of prototypes for games, as well as other applications. Checking my source code folder from the past 5 years, I counted 500000 lines of code. But so far, I hadn't made a single complete game product (or any finished product for all that's worth).
When I say complete, I mean that not only the program must be in final version, but also must come with a manual, and an installer, all in a CD with a nice design. Also I needed a webpage.
So instead of trying to challenge my technical skills by making a game with overly complicated gameplay, AI and 3D effects, I thought I'd make a small project, but one I could make sure I could take from beginning to end. Since I'd be also making the graphics and music (I'm not so great at these), the project should be as simple as possible.
Eventually, I decided I'd make a tetris clone. You should be able to play tetris yourself to get a huge score, play with somebody else, or play against the computer. It should have menus, and the resolution, the sound and music volumes and the controls should be customizable. I'd make that game in 2D, as even though I have made lots of 3D programs, my 3D modeling experience is null. So I'd make everything in pixel art.
And after 3 hours, I had a prototype. I was playing games of tetris with an XBox controller, and it felt really nice. I was almost over...
Or that's what I thought. The entire project took 2 more weeks after that until I reached a beta version (feature complete), which I took to the first interview at a company (the one that eventually hired me) the very same day I considered my game to be a beta.
So why did it take so long? There are so many details in making a game! if the main menu fades out so the game fades in, how long should that fadeout take? 0.5s? 0.2s? what about the fade in of the game? 0.7s? What about the repeat rate for menu items when you keep the controller button pressed? should it be the same for the keyboard? How are two people going to play on the same keyboard at the same time? What about sounds? I bought an sfx pack with hundreds of sounds. Which one feels most like a turn, and which one feels more like a drop? They also have to sound like the same family of sounds! What happens when you clear a line? does the line disappear immediately? or should it be animated? should the other blocks fall immediately? or should this be animated as well?
Well, that is what Edison meant when he said genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspriation.
If you take such a simple project and show (and tell) to a prospective employer that you were able to do all that and consider all those tiny details, I am convinced you will impress anybody. Not only you're showing you care about all that, but you're also showing that you can manage your project from beginning to end, and overall that you're a great hire.
So try something like that. Make a game from start to end, and not only you'll have a great thing to show at an interview, you'll also have a taste of what making games is about, and therefore have a chance to meditate whether or not this is the industry you want to join.
Good luck!
If you're sure that's the direction you want to take your career, I wonder why you haven't done a simple game or demo.
As a developer, I had been making simple games, demos and experiments since I was 5 until I was 22 and finally started my company. When hiring people, not having anything to show was a red flag for me.
Please don't take this the wrong way, I'm not picking on you - on the contrary, I'm trying to help you. How/why do you know this is really what you want to do, if you don't have enough passion to do it just for fun?
Do what they want you to do. Create a game or demo (walk through landscape etc.). Don't be disappointed with that they did not want you to intership now. Great is they even responsed. And interships are the best what you can do in paralel with school. Also it is what will makes you unique in eyes of employers after school.
For example, when i get my intership i had created this:
You have to show that you are really interested in what you want to do. Enthusiasm is what helps most.
This site is full of where to start questions with tons of great answers, just use search ;)
I'd suggest doing what they say: start developing simple game.
Hang around in the right places. Make your name known in the relevant sites (gamasutra, gamedev, tigsource etc) and build some online presence so your demos are seen.
I totally agree with all the answers that ppl have put up here. But the best thing that you could do right now is to just think of a game idea you want to implement. Start with something simple. Next pick a language. If you want to make a good performance game, and ur ready to put hours of work into it, then go for C++. If you're interested in developing web oriented games, use html,js and css. Once decided upon all things mentioned above, it's time to start with some reading. Pick up some good ebooks online or check out source codes posted by various ppl. And then start building ur game. It's not only the game companies want to see, rather how much effort and interest you took in building. They want to hire ppl who have experienced those clueless moments and eureka's which all sums up to experience, while building a game. So don't think too much about getting hired in companies and stuff for now. Just focus on making games and enjoying the process.


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The question is vague, but makes sense.
Playing Chess / Poker would improve certain abilities.
Performing mental calculus would improve others.
But which activity, other than those, would litterally change a person's "brain power", or to be more precise, mental abilities, by an astronomical factor ?
By abilities, I mean : - ability to learn complex things fast : e.g. learn a new programming paradigm, a new philosophical concept, a new mathematical proof... - ability to understand complex things
May be an activity worth taking a sabbatical year.
I know the question is fuzzy, so please feel free to edit it so it sounds like the question you'd have asked. If you feel you understand what I mean :)


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North Port cancels approval for Warm Mineral Springs operator
Published: Monday, October 14, 2013 at 6:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, October 14, 2013 at 6:29 p.m.
NORTH PORT - Another stalemate is causing Warm Mineral Springs to remain indefinitely closed.
On Monday, the North Port City Commission discussed or acted on the following:
• Tree law debated
The commission voted 3-2, with commissioners Jim Blucher and Tom Jones dissenting, to approve a tree preservation ordinance. The law requires homeowners whose lots have less than the required 35 percent tree canopy to get a permit before removing trees.
Commissioner Rhonda DiFranco said the law is needed to stop homeowners from removing trees develo- pers were required to plant.
"I don't know how you would police it," Blucher said.
• Impact fees waived
The city will defer $50,000 in impact fees for Suncoast Apartments, a proposed 96-unit complex at Toledo Blade Boulevard and Price Boulevard for tenants 55 and older. JPM Development and Westbrook Housing Development need the city's cooperation so they can apply for federal tax credits to finance the affordable housing project.
Commissioners Cheryl Cook objected. She said the request was rushed so the developers could meet an application deadline for the tax credits and that the Planning Commission has yet to consider the development.
• Crisis center lease
The Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center will rent 144 square feet of furnished office space in the city's Family Service Center for $1,932 annually.
• EMS director honored
Dr. Steven Newman, medical director for North Port Fire Rescue and other fire departments, received the State EMS Medical Director of the Year Award for 2013.
• Student adviser OK'd
Ethan Schmucker, 14, will become a student member of the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
A month after being selected as the concessionaire to temporarily reopen and operate the popular spa and swimming attraction, WMS Sarasota Management has not signed the agreement.
That refusal prompted the North Port City Commission on Monday to vote 4-0 to withdraw its approval of WMS's bid and ask the Sarasota County Commission to do the same. City Commissioner Cheryl Cook was absent.
The city and county bought the tourist attraction for $5.5 million in late 2010.
North Port City Manager Jonathan Lewis said he has tried for three weeks to get Dr. Grigory Pogrebinsky, a New York-based orthopedist who is the lead investor in WMS Sarasota Management, to execute a contract.
Lewis said Pogrebinsky wants to change the terms of his winning bid.
Lewis and city commissioners said altering a bid after its acceptance would be unfair and improper.
"Changing it is not negotiable," Commissioner Rhonda DiFranco said.
Commissioner Jim Blucher made the motion to reject the previously awarded bid. "I don't think we have any choice," Blucher said.
Pogrebinsky did not attend the meeting.
He previously complained about the condition of the property.
"We cannot in good conscience take upon the serious public obligation of operating the environmentally sensitive springs in its current 'as is' conditions," Pogrebinsky wrote in a statement.
"We asked the city administration to fix the dangerous septic system and plumbing, and test the water in the springs to make sure it is environmentally sound and safe for public use — all of which they should have done long ago."
The agreement called for WMS to be responsible for up to $10,000 in repairs, Pogrebinsky wrote. But he contends that should apply to maintenance "after we start our operations."
Pogrebinsky also wanted the 12-month agreement extended another 14 months and for WMS not pay the 24 percent of gross revenues to the city and county during the first four months "to recoup our substantial costs to be incurred in the startup period and beyond . . ."
During the past year, county and city commissioners have disagreed about the future of the springs.
The county commissioners want Florida's only warm spring to become the catalyst of a resort development that creates jobs and brings in more visitors.
Most city commissioners do not want additional commercial development there and insist the springs should be preserved as a park.
The springs closed on July 1, when a contract with the concessionaire Cypress Lending expired.
In September, the county and city selected WMS Sarasota to operate the springs for a year while they try to reach an agreement about the future of the property or the details of a long-term lease with a vendor.
"It pains me we have to start again," Commissioner Tom Jones said.
The commissioners decided against awarding a contract to the other bidder, Cambridgeshire Investment, headed by Michael Meagher of Port Charlotte.
With the exception of Mayor Linda Yates, the commission indicated it would be willing to go through the bidding process again.
Yates suggested either the city or the county temporarily operate only the swimming facility. The attraction's spa and restaurant could remain temporarily closed until a vendor is found for a long-term contract, she said.
The County Commission will discuss the matter later this month.
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