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I agree with deltablue, this should be a great move. You be should be able to unearth further quality homegrown talent which you may be able to entice to your club side too
I agree with deltablue, this should be a great move. You be should be able to unearth further quality homegrown talent which you may be able to entice to your club side too
Nice work getting the Russia position. Works well with you already managing a Russian club.
Russia - International Frendlies
Russia (44) vs Spain (8)
Russia (44) vs Argentina (1)
Quality wins over Spain and Argentina, even if they are friendlies they are much more meaningful in international management!
Huge victory over Argentina, even if it is a friendly! Certainly shows that the squd is capable.
Good beginning to Russia
Superb start with the Russian side, should give you a nice little boost up the rankings
Spartak Moscow - 2021/2022 Mid-Season Update
Prem'er Liga - 1st
So far, so good as we sit at top of the table 3 points of cash rich Anji - a side that I did say I felt were not capable of challenging for the title however, they have proven to be more capable of doing so than Zenit who have faded away after being neck and neck with us at the top for quite a while. With just 11 games left, the destiny of the title is in our hands and as we've already played all the big sides away from home, I'm pretty confident that we can go on to win the clubs first league title since 2001.
UEFA Europa League - Through to the 1st Knockout Round
The Europa League has been pretty straight forward for us so far. We came through the two qualifying rounds without any difficulties before topping our group with ease . The only disappointment was the shock defeat against the unknown quantity of the group, Olimpic Donestk who managed to pick up their only points during the group stage against us.
We have been drawn against Basel in the 1st Knockout Round.
Last edited by roganp; 06-01-2012 at 23:55.
Looking good so far,hope you can keep Anji at bay.Good luck against Basel
Things going great so far Nice results with Russia aswell, certainly look better than their ranking.
Started very strongly, hopefully you can get a great run in the Europa League
Good start. Look very good defensively, a lot of clean sheets there. Can see a decent run in Europe on the cards too. Should breeze past Basel
Great wins over quality opposition with Russia!
Also looks like you're doing well in your club campaign.
Should keep Anzhi at bay.
Thanks for all your comments
As the winter break in Russia has now started, I thought I would briefly talk about some of the players we've agreed to sign.
Ibrahim Ateya(DM/CM/LM) - Another Egyptian . Brought in on a free transfer and he's someone who I feel could develop into a decent first team player.
Maxim Laptev(DM) - Brought in for a compensation fee of £6K after I spotted him in the Russia U19's. He has a CA of 1.5* and a PA of of 4.5*.
Bilal Bafa(AMC) - This signing is a lot riskier than the previous two as I've had to splash out £7M to bring him to Moscow. I probably over paid considering his value, however they wouldn't accept a penny less and with a PA of 4.5* he could go on to be a top player.
Last edited by roganp; 08-01-2012 at 17:01.
Great additions, bright future for all 3 of them
Our qualifying group for the Euro's. Coming up against England should be interesting, but apart from them I can't see any of the other nations causing us too much problems.
Bafa looks great already, could easily become a world class AM for you. Interesting group you've got in the Euros there as well - England should be tough, but Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan in the same group? Good luck with that!
Looks a decent group, England obviously being the tough games but top 2 shouldn't be too difficult.
Russia only threat in that group Na England definately not going to be easy but have faith in the side
Don't worry too much about England, you always their "choke-ability" on your side.
Don't beat England too much please
Got a tough decision on my hands here. On the one hand I'm just starting to get into my role as the Russia coach and there a number of benefits to managing Russia while I'm at Spartak. However, the chance to manage your home nation doesn't come along often. What do you guys think?
I've also finished the season with Spartak so I'll try and get a review up some time tonight.
I'd personally stay with Russia due to the benefits you have.
I'd stay with Russia if you are staying with Spartak.
Agree with H.C. and B.W.G. Would be more beneficial to your club career staying with Russia
roganp, I'm going to disagree with the others and say go for England. It's your home nation! Your club career must suffer a little bit but I think it would be worth it for the chance to manage your nation.
It's a tough call. Managing the nation where your domestic club plays has definite benefits. However, managing your home nation seems to be a matter of duty. I'd go for the home nation.
Success with Russia and Spartak should see the England job come again - expectations are too high for the managers not to get sacked regularly. Stay with Russia for now would be my call.
Spartak Moscow - 2021/2022 Season Review
Prem'er Liga - 1st
A fantastic season. When I arrived at the club about a year and a half ago, I didn't think it would be possible to turn around the teams fortunes so quickly. With Zenit's spending power and CSKA's know-how when it comes to winning titles, I honestly thought that it would take 2-3 seasons to win the league so I'm thrilled to have done in my first full season. In the second half of the season we were formidable, drawing just the 2 games and winning the rest. At the half-way stage it looked as if Anji were to be our main challengers for title however, they quickly faded from the picture and holders Zenit stepped up to try and re-claim their crown but we proved to be far too strong for them. An 88th minute winner in the game against Zenit effectively sealed the title , but we were officially crowned champions after the 3-0 win away to Volga NN. This is the clubs first championship win since 2001. Incredible.
UEFA Europa League - Eliminated in the 1st Knockout Round
When we drew Basel in the 1st Knockout Round I was pretty confident of progressing without any real difficulties. However, just as they did in real life, Basel proved that they are a side not to be underestimated. Despite a poor performance in 1st leg, we managed to come away with a 1-1 draw and that all important away goal. The 2nd leg got off to a disaster as Basel took the lead early on, but we showed great team spirit and managed to net twice to take the lead on the night and on aggregate. Following our second goal, we became extremely complacent which lead to us conceding a second late in the game and crashing out on away goals.
Rambler Kubok Rossii
This years Russian cup has only just begun(for some reason there was not one last season). We haven't been drawn into the 5th round. I assume the bigger sides will be drawn into the 6th round.
Squad 1 Squad 2
With the payout for winning the league being a measly £475K, Champions League football is badly needed to bring in some cash.
Key Players
Sergey Kokoev(ML/AML) - He could have been phased by being thrust into the first team of one of the country's biggest clubs at such a young age, but he was excellent. He has a fantastic final ball to match his blistering pace.
Sergey Gordeev(CB) - It's great to see a youth product performing so consistently well for the club. As I expected, bigger clubs around Europe are starting to show interest in him but I have no plans to let him go.
Juan Carlos Castillo(CB) - One of my first signings when I joined in January last year, but he couldn't play for us in a competitive until this season due to already appearing for 2 clubs. It was a small gamble however, he's proven to be an excellent signing. An absolute rock at the back.
Oleg Kuslin(DL) - Signed for £5.75M at the start at the season and has proven to be a bargain. A fantastic defender and he's pretty solid going forward.
Takayuki Miyazuki(ST) - I really feel for Miyazuki this season as he's had nothing but bad luck with injuries. He missed the first 2 months of the season due to Strained Knee Ligaments. He came back from that and then gashed his leg shortly after which put him out of action for 9 days. Once returning he struggled for form and fitness, but exploded into life after the winter break scoring around 7 goals in 4 games until he fractured his ribs and only came back with 2 games left in the season. When he was avaliable, he proved he's a top quality striker so hopefully next season he has more luck on the injuries front.
RE the England job : Thanks for all your input. In the the end I decided to reject the offer from the FA. I feel there's a lot more to build with Russia and there's the also the added pressure of being the England boss(Henning Berg was sacked after losing in the World Cup final) something I don't really need at this stage of my career. If a manager is sacked for losing in the World Cup final, I'm fairly certain the job will become available again at some point in the future.Code:Year Team Country League Position Important Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/2012 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 14th Joined the club in March 2012 2012/2013 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 2nd Playoff Semi-Finalists 2013/2014 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 1st Promoted!, FA trophy Finalists 2014/2015 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 15th FA Trophy Winners! 2015/2016 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 1st Promoted as league champions, FA Trophy Winners 2016/2017 Ipswich Town England npower League One 1st Promoted as League Champions 2017 New York RB USA MLS 1st Joined 1.6.2017, MLS cup and Open Cup finalists, S Shield winners 2018/2019 Dundee United Scotland SPL 2nd Scottish Cup winners, Qualified for CL 2019/2020 Dundee United Scotland SPL N/A Left 3.1.2020 to join Sao Paulo 2020 Sao Paulo Brazil Brasileirao 1st League, State, Copa Sudamerica, Libertadores and CWC Champions 2020/2021 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 6th Joined 3.1.2021 2021/2022 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 1st League champions
Last edited by roganp; 27-01-2012 at 15:16.
A brilliant season yet again! Keep up the great work!
Great league win but poor defeat to Basel.
Nice to see you stay with Russia
Fantastic first season! Winning the Russian Premier Division with class - bring on the Champions League!
England every time.
Very easy league win, well done!
Will be interesting to see how you get on in the Champions League next season.
Great season to lift the title. Hope you can keep Mitazaki fit. Be good to see what he can do in a full season.
Been reading this today, a fine career you got going here. Sure do move around a lot though
Sounds incredible England sacked their manager after taking them into the World Cup final. But it means the job will come up again fairly soon. I'm sure you'll get another chance in 2 or four years, at which point you may well have left Russia anyway so it could be good timing. I would have stayed too for what it's worth.
Congrats on the title win
Well done on the title.
Great title win, that's a mighty impressive second half of the season and it looks thoroughly deserved. How is your squad coping with the homegrown rules? Better than Anzhi IRL? Good luck in the CL next year though, much-needed boost to the finances.
Nicely done on the title win!
Champion's League next year! Hoo-rah!
Good luck in the champo league!
Russia seems to be agreeing with you! I can understand you staying with their national side for now, a good call.
Maxim Bychkov who is developing very nicely and showed in a number of League and European games last season that he is capable of making the big jump up from the under 19's. If he were to become a regular in the first 11, he would most likely play alongside Sergey Gordeev which would mean that we would have 2 youth products playing at centre back.
The bench is pretty much filled with all foreign players(bar 1 or 2 slots) but the majority of these players play in positions where I already a foreigner playing in the first team, so they just end up being direct replacements for them and therefore do not affect my quota of foreign players in the first team. I'm looking to invest in more Russian talent, but at the moment I'm finding it hard to find players who are good enough to come straight into our first team squad or if they are good enough, do not cost a ridiculous amount.
Last edited by roganp; 14-01-2012 at 19:35.
Well done roganp. Good luck in Champions League.
Just catching up, great title win with Spartak and good luck in the CL next year!
Also think you made the right call in turning down the England job at this time.
Spartak Moscow - 2022/2023 Season Preview
Board Expectations
Prem'er Liga - Win it Media Prediction - 3rd
UEFA Champions League - Reach the Group Stage
Rambler Kubok Rossii - Not regarded as important
TransTeleKom Superkubok Rossii - Not regarded as important
Transfer Budget - £11.75M
Wage Budget - £425K p/w
Current Wage Bill - £328,382K p/w
Transfers Summary
Mountagha Bah(AMC/MC) - Decent signing on a free. Not likely to be a regular starter, but he should be a good option to have on the bench.
David Lourenco(CM) - I'm not particularly short of players in the middle of the park, but he's a player with good potential and was available for a free. If he doesn't quite reach his potential(3.5*) I can always sell him and make a profit.
Paul Meier(AML/ML/MC/AMC) - Not ready to feature in the first team just yet, but he has the potential to become a good player.
Champions League Group C
Real Madrid
Spartak Moscow
Dinamo Bucharest
Looks a decent group on paper(apart from being drawn against Real Madrid, Obviously!) but it could prove to be very tricky. Celtic have won the SPL 5 times in a row now, so it should be a tough couple of games against them and Dinamo Bucharest are side not to be underestimated as they are the current holders of the Europa League and recently beat Lyon to win the UEFA Super Cup.
I've decided to put this save on hold for a while as after a playing Journeyman saves on the last 3 or 4 FM's, I want to give a one club save a go and I will probably try and complete the big Euro nation small club to big club challenge. Hopefully I can return to this save after completing the challenge. If I don't, I will probably start up a new save and thread in a few months time.
Thanks to everyone who has been reading and commenting on the thread up to this point
Good luck in your new save. One club careers rule
Hope to see it back eventually.
Going to be returning to this after my "Behind the Curtain" save was corrupted. Next update will be at the half-way stage
Maxim Bychkov scored this peach against Dinamo Bucharest in the Champions League :
Not bad for centre back. It was on his weaker foot too
Wow, thats a scorcher of a shot Not bad at all!
Take a bow son!!!
Awesome game.
Spartak Moscow - 2022/2023 Winter Break Update
Prem'er Liga
We've picked up where we left last season and are currently on course to win another title. I'm delighted with the attractive brand of football we have been playing so far this season, hopefully we can continue to play with style in the second half of the season. With just 10 games left to play(11 for CSKA and Anji) I fully expect us to go on and secure our second successive league championship.
Superkubok - Winners
A game between the league winners(us) and on the previous cup winners(Zenit). It turn't out to be a very tight game which was decided by an own goal from a Zenit defender.
Kubok Rossii - Through to the Quarter Finals
We started our journey in this years cup with a 6th round away tie against 2nd tier Dinamo Bryansk - which we came through without any problems, winning the game 6-0. In the 7th round we were given a home draw against fellow Prem'er liga side Alania. This was a slightly more challenging game than the one against Dinamo Bryansk as Alania took the lead in 33rd minute. We managed to peg them back 5 minutes later and a further 3 goals was enough to book our place in the Quarters where will come against a side who were recently relegated from the top division, Volga NN.
UEFA Champions League - Through to the First Knockout Round
Our return to Champions League after being absent for a number of years got off to a disappointing start as we conceded in the 93rd minute against Real Madrid at home to lose the game 2-1. In the following game away to Celtic it looked like we were heading towards a 2nd defeat in the group as they led for much of the game after scoring in the 8th minute, but we managed to equalise in the 75th minute of the game to rescue a point, our first during the group stage.
We finally managed to put our first 3 points on the board on the 3rd matchday as we beat the whipping boys of the group Dinamo Bucharest 4-0 away. After winning emphatically in the return game against Dinamo Bucharest, 6-0 and losing 2-0 to Madrid at the Bernabue, we found ourselves needing to beat Celtic on the final matchday to stay in the competition. Thankfully, the team did not let me down as we ran out comfortable 2-0 winners to finish 2nd in the group ahead of Celtic.
Last edited by roganp; 29-01-2012 at 11:47.
An excellent first half to the season being top of the league and through in the CL. Good luck for the second half
Sitting pretty at the top. Good luck in the CL.
Couldn't have asked for a better first half of the season.Hope that form can carry on through the second half!
We've been drawn against Lyon, the holders in the First Knockout Round. The first leg is at home which is not great, but hopefully we can take a lead back to their place.
Also, this has just happened :
Now, I'm not totally gutted about the player leaving, despite him having a excellent season(8 goals, 6 assists in 17 appearances with an AVR of 7.51) as he was brought in on a free and was only a stand in for the injured Bilal Bafa. But what does obviously annoy me is the chairman selling players over my head. I can remember this happening to me once on my FM11 save and I quit the job immediately however, I won't be taking that course of action this time. Time to put everyone's asking price up I think.
Last edited by roganp; 29-01-2012 at 12:11.
Sitting comfortably in the league again! KUTGW
Bah, that sucks.
Embarrassing. I can't believe we threw it away like that.
First class collapse.
Wow,I'd be gutted with a performance like that in the 2nd leg.Hope you gave your players the hair dryer treatment after the match!
Good to see you back on this save
Don't know what to make of that Champions League collapse... Perhaps such extraordinary results for Lyon have been hard-coded into the game following their real life group stage thrashing of Dinamo Zagreb this season
That sucks even more.
Ouch, you would have thought it over after the first round. Rough one.
Now that's what I call a comeback!
Shame you had to be on the receiving end though. Hopefully that doesn't affect your league form.
Ouch! That's quite the impressive implosion. Looks like you were lucky to win the first one 5-1 though and they probably deserved to go through overall, but hard to take to lose 0-7. I'd be fuming and saving a lot of money over the next 2 weeks.
Wait, what? That's a shocking collapse. Stunned.
Wow, that is epic. Thats the sort of result that makes you question the reason you play FM!
Spartak Moscow - 2022/2023 Season Review
Prem'er Liga - 1st
Similar to last season, we were formidable in the second half of the season, dropping just 2 points in our final 10 games. In fairness, our title run-in was probably a lot easier than our competitors as our toughest game was against Zenit at home, which we comfortably won 3-0. Still, we didn't show any signs of complacency and ended up winning the title by a massive 13 point margin to add a second Prem'er liga title to my trophy cabinet.
Superkubok - Winners
See this post for a round-up.
UEFA Champions League - Knocked out in the First Knockout Round
See this post for a round-up of the group stages. I don't think I need to go into what happened in the First Knockout Round again. The 2nd leg was definitely the most embarrassing defeat in my career to date.
Kubok Rossii - Winners
After defeating Alania in the 7th round, we were drawn against 2nd tier side Volga NN at home and as expected, we were completely dominant in the game and ran out 5-0 winners. We were given another home tie in the semi's against Prem'er Liga side, Amkar who knocked out CSKA on penalties in the previous round.
Two first half goals from Argentinian forward Fabian Insaurralde and Turkish playmaker Bilal Bafa put us in a comfortable position. Amkar did manage to pull a goal back on 83 minutes, but we held out to book our place in the final where we face another 2nd tier side, Tom who triumphed over Anji in the semi's, winning that game 2-1.
We controlled the game from start to finish, but struggled to break down Tom's defence. We finally broke the deadlock on 68 minutes through Andrey Kustov and a second swiftly followed on 74 minutes through Bilal Bafa to seemingly make the game safe. Tom did manage to score a consolation goal in the 90th minute, but there wasn't enough time for them to attack again and we lifted the trophy for the 4th time in the clubs history.
Match Overview
Fixtures 1 | Fixtures 2
Looking a lot better than at this stage last season. Champions League football was a massive boost.
Key Players
Juan Carlos Castillo(CB) - Another excellent season for the Honduras centre back. A pure beast.
Bilal Bafa(AMC) - Bafa's first full season at the club and what a fantastic one it was. He suffered torn knee ligaments in October which put him out of action for 2 months and that injury could have de-railed his season, but once he returned, he was excellent and scored crucial goals in the Semi finals and final of the cup.
Sergey Kokoev(AML) - The young winger continued to develop into a top class player this season. I'm not sure many full backs would like to come up against someone with his pace.
Scott Barnes(AMR) - Barnes missed much of last season due to a long term injury, but he managed to stay injury free this year and had a fantastic season, topping the league's assists table.
Takayuki Miyazaki(ST) - After being blighted by injury last season, I was delighted that Miyazaki was able to steer clear of injuries and proved what a top quality striker he is by comfortably finishing up as the league's top goalscorer.
Next SeasonCode:Year Team Country League Position Important Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2011/2012 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 14th Joined the club in March 2012 2012/2013 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 2nd Playoff Semi-Finalists 2013/2014 Boston United England Blue Square Bet North 1st Promoted!, FA trophy Finalists 2014/2015 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 15th FA Trophy Winners! 2015/2016 Boston United England Blue Square Bet Premier 1st Promoted as league champions, FA Trophy Winners 2016/2017 Ipswich Town England npower League One 1st Promoted as League Champions 2017 New York RB USA MLS 1st Joined 1.6.2017, MLS cup and Open Cup finalists, S Shield winners 2018/2019 Dundee United Scotland SPL 2nd Scottish Cup winners, Qualified for CL 2019/2020 Dundee United Scotland SPL N/A Left 3.1.2020 to join Sao Paulo 2020 Sao Paulo Brazil Brasileirao 1st League, State, Copa Sudamerica, Libertadores and CWC Champions 2020/2021 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 6th Joined 3.1.2021 2021/2022 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 1st League champions 2022/2023 Spartak Moscow Russia Prem'er Liga 1st League & Cup double, Superkubok winners
At the end of the season I decided that after winning 2 titles in row, I needed a fresh challenge. I handed in my resignation to the club and a few days later I received two offers from clubs in Serie A, one of which I accepted. I will reveal which club I have joined soon.
If you take out the spectacular collapse,it was a brilliant season.Can't wait to see where you end up next!
Shocking collapse there, but good luck in Italy.
And hope you get revenge on Lyon one day!
Ignoring the Lyon result, it was a great season, and a fine way to sign off at Spartak
Worse collapse than the English cricket team.
Superb domestically though.
2nd June 2023 - A New Chapter
Stadium - Stadio Olimpico
Capacity - 73, 261 All-Seater
Job Offer
Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football. Lazio have been Italian champions twice, and have won the Coppa Italia five times, the Supercoppa Italiana three times, and both the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup on one occasion. The club had their first major success in 1958, winning the league cup. In 1974 they won their first Serie A title. The past fifteen years have been the most successful period in Lazio's history, capped by winning UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1999, the Serie A title in 2000, several league cups and reaching their first UEFA Cup final in 1998. Lazio's traditional kit colours are sky blue shirts and shorts with white socks. Their home is the 72,689 capacity Stadio Olimpico in Rome, which they share with A.S. Roma. Lazio have a long-standing rivalry with Roma, with whom they have contested the Derby della Capitale (in English "Derby of the capital" or Rome derby) since 1929.
Taken from Wikipedia
After deciding to end my reign as the Spartak Moscow manager, I was contacted by two clubs from Serie A about becoming their new coach - Lazio & Napoli. As you can see, I opted for the Biancocelesti and on the 2nd of June, I flew into Rome to seal the deal. The offer on the table is a 4 year contract and I fully intend to honour that.
The clubs finances do not look in great shape after years of heaving spending with only one Coppa Italia to show for it. The club also have a large loan repayment of £113M hanging over it's head, so I can't see there being much of an increase on the budget originally offered when the new season comes about, but as we have considerably under wage budget, I may be able to make some adjustments to give me more transfer funds.
Apart from finishing runners-up in the 2011/12 & 2012/13 season, the club have had a number of average league finishes and even flirted dangerously with relegation in the 2013/14 season.
Here are some of the players I've inherited from the previous manager :
Andrea Consigli(GK) - The veteran 'keeper has been the clubs number one for around 9 seasons now. I'm not sure he has the quality to continue being the clubs number one, so I may be looking for a new 'keeper in the upcoming transfer window.
Bakary Sanou(MR/AMR) - Sanou has struggled in Italy since his arrival 2 seasons ago for £3M. He has some decent attributes, but I can't see him being a regular starter.
Javier Barrientos(CB) - The clubs best centre back which is not saying much to be honest.
Nico Veldhuizen(ST/AML) - The clubs star player. He hasn't quite been able to light up the Stadio Olimpico since his arrival from PSV 3 seasons ago, with 15 being the most amount of goals he's managed in a season, but he has the quality to be a 20-30 goal a season striker.
Overall, the squad I have inherited is a pretty poor one and I expect there to be a lot of movement, ingoing and outgoing when the transfer window opens.
Last edited by roganp; 31-01-2012 at 22:16.
I'm delighted I was able to leave Spartak on the back of 2 trophies, but I'm sure that result against Lyon will haunt me for a while. As rancer said, hopefully I can come up against them again one day and get my revenge
Yay, Lazio!
Good luck in Italy.
Veldhuizen does look quality - surround him with the right supporting cast, and he should see you about 20 league goals a season.
Good luck in Italy!
Well, he's a new player, but he's got the right name. Now you remember that, y'hear? ...Treat him like a lady, and he'll always bring you home.
That looks like a football pitch, I'm not to sure though. Maybe it's a running track round a field? Oh hang on, I brought the binoculars, yeah that's a football pitch.
Good luck in Italia!
I'm sure you are sick of hearing about it but I have to mention that Lyon debacle, one of the most amazing turnarounds i've ever seen on FM. Hopefully you can meet them again and dish out that revenge!
Still a really good last season with Spartak though and a great move to Italy, good luck with Lazio
Best of luck with Lazio
I'm really looking forward to this challenge. Hopefully over the next few seasons I can begin to move the club out of mid-table mediocrity and start building squad that can at least compete for the European qualification places. The board have given me a transfer budget of £4.4M for the new season, but I was able to adjust it to give me £12M and I've managed to get rid of most of the crap the previous manager left me, so I just need to get the scouts out looking for some bargains.
Good luck with Lazio; they're one of my favourite Italian clubs, mainly just because Gazza played for them


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Is there any example of a surface which is locally homeomorphic to $R^n$ but is not a manifold? (i.e. does not have an well-defiend atlas)
The first example of a topological manifold with no smooth structure is in dimension 4 and is not easy to construct. See for example Wikipedia's article on the E8 manifold.
There is no atlas on the cone $M=\{(x,y,z)\in\mathbb R^3:x^2+y^2=z^2, z\geq0\}$ such that the inclusion $i:M\to\mathbb R$ is a smooth inmersion. With its topology induced as a subspace of $\mathbb R^3$, there is an homeomorphism $M\cong\mathbb R^2$.
This is one way to formalize your question and to provide an example. I'll leave the proof as an exercise :-)
On the other hand, one can show that every (second countable, Hausdorff) topological space which is locally homeomorphic to $\mathbb R^2$ is (in an essentially unique way, that is, up to diffeomorphism) a smooth manifold. This is a rather different statement. Interestingly, this is not true for manifolds of dimension $\geq4$.
This is a quite curious question: By definition, a (topological) manifold is a topological space that is second-countable and locally homeomorphic to Rn, i.e. every point has a neighborhood that is homeomorphic to Rn. Hence, an atlas exists by definition (i.e. a collection of charts for every point).
However, as I said, usually one requests a manifold to be second-countable. Hence id you take the disjoint union of uncountably many copies of the unit ball in Rn, you get a topological space that is locally homeomorphic to Rn but that is not second-countable.

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John E. Suedmeier, 45, of Nebraska City died Nov. 6, 2012 at his home, as a result of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) which was diagnosed February of 2011. John was born on March 25, 1967 in Ontario, Ore., to Harlan L. "Sid" and Mary F. (Kline) Suedmeier.
He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1985. He then attended Southeast Community College in Milford, where he studied auto parts distribution.
John worked in and around auto parts distribution stores his entire life. He owned and operated the Bulldog Auto Parts Store in Auburn, worked at Sid's Auto Parts in Tecumseh, and Big A Auto Parts in Nebraska City. He also had worked for Cox Cable and SAT Tech as a installation technician. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Nebraska City.
John enjoyed NASCAR racing and Van Halen music. He was also active in bowling league in Nebraska City.
He is survived by father Harlan "Sid" Suedmeier of Nebraska City; sister Keri Hincker and husband Scott of Unadilla; nephew Samuel Hincker; devoted friend/caregiver and cousin Chris Suedmeier of Bellevue; other family and many friends.
He was preceded by mother Mary Suedmeier on April 15, 2009.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9, at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City with Rev. John Cotton of Christ Lutheran Church officiating.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Trinity Lutheran (Stutheit) Cemetery at rural Johnson.
The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Gude Mortuary in Nebraska City.
Memorials may be given to ALS of the Heartland or Christ Lutheran Church in Nebraska City.
Remembrances may be left at www.gudefuneralhomes.com.
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Spinach and Mushroom Calzones
Categories: Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Main Dishes
Type: Main Dishes
Using fresh spinach and mushrooms will dramatically improve the taste of these calzones.
Serves: 4 calzones
- 1 recipe Pizza Dough
- 3 tablespoons beaten egg white or fat-free egg substitute
- 1 1/3 cups bottled marinara sauce or Chunky Garden Marinara Sauce
- 1 teaspoon crushed fresh garlic
- 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 5 cups (packed) coarsely chopped fresh spinach leaves (about 5 ounces)
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons grated nonfat or regular Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 cup shredded reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
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- To make the filling, coat a large nonstick skillet with olive oil cooking spray, and preheat over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and mushrooms, and stir-fry for about 3 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and most of the liquid has evaporated. Add the spinach, thyme, and pepper, and stir-fry for 2 additional minutes, or until the spinach is wilted and any excess liquid has evaporated. Remove the skillet from the heat, and stir in the Parmesan. Set aside.
- Divide the dough into 4 portions, and shape each portion into a ball. Working on a lightly floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll each ball into a 7-inch circle.
- Spread a quarter of the spinach mixture over half of each crust to within 1/2 inch of the edges, and top with 3 tablespoons of mozzarella. Moisten the edges of the dough with water, and fold the circle in half to enclose the filling. Seal the edges by pressing with the tines of a fork.
- Coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray, and transfer the calzones to the sheet. Brush the tops lightly with the beaten egg white or egg substitute, and prick the tops in a couple of places with a fork. Bake at 450°F for about 10 minutes, or until the crust is lightly browned.
- While the calzones are baking, place the sauce in a small saucepan, and cook over medium heat until warmed through. Serve the calzones hot with a side dish of the warm dipping sauce.
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Proud Lescott hoping for more of the same
- 25 March 2013 07:41
- Posted by @dclayton_MCFC
Joleon Lescott admits leading England for a second time against San Marino last Friday was a great privilege.
The City defender, who briefly skippered his country against Norway last year, could become crucial to England's World Cup bid with Rio Ferdinand and John Terry seemingly out of the picture.
Now, as arguably the central defender with the greatest experience, Lescott is hoping for an extended run in the national team and perhaps use it as leverage to force his way back into the City team.
"I think I was the oldest player on the pitch towards the end and the manager deemed it fit to give me the armband, which was a nice bonus," said Lescott.
"It was a great honour. I've had it before, the first time was in Norway but any time you get the armband, it's a great honour. It was a contrast after being left out in the first instance, but you've got to keep yourself prepared physically and I've been doing that.
I wasn't in the squad originally, but the manager said he wouldn't have any qualms if he needed to call me in. Playing for England is the ultimate achievement of your career
...Joleon Lescott...
Lescott is hoping to end the season on a high at club level too, He continued: "I played a couple of weeks ago against Barnsley so it was nice to play again.
"Any time I am called upon, I have to make sure I'm ready for both City and England."
Meanwhile City team-mates Joe Hart and James Milner believe England must pick up three points against Montenegro on Tuesday night as the top two teams go head-to-head.
Said Hart: "We've got to perform. Maybe we could be accused of taking our foot off the pedal as we let a 2-0 advantage slip away last time against them when we needed just a point.
"'That is not going to be the case this time. We've got a job on our hands in an intimidating arena, but we've definitely got the capabilities. We go there with the intention of doing well against a good side.
Brazil is a long way off, and I'm not going to get carried away thinking along those lines, but hopefully with a few wins we can start doing that
...Joe Hart...
Milner added: "'These are the sort of games you enjoy playing in, with the crowd on your back, and when you are getting a lot of stick.
"'We will know it well from having been there before. It will be tough. It is never easy qualifying for a major tournament. We know Montenegro are a good team and they showed that in their qualifying campaign, but we are thinking positively."


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|Wedding anniversary, Ciro and Mary Jane (Mallon) Scognamiglio Sr., 1952
Mr. and Mrs. Ciro Scognamiglio Sr. of Waterbury recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Scognamiglio were married Sept. 12, 1952 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Waterbury. They have three children; Ciro Scognamiglio Jr. of Loudon, N.H.; Thomas Scognamiglio of Gilbert, Ariz. and Vincent Scognamiglio of Waterbury; six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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I'm currently doing some graph calculations that involves adjacency matrices, and I'm in the process of optimizing every little bit of it.
One of the instructions that I think can be optimized is the one in the title, in it's original form:
if ((adjMatrix[i][k] > 0) && (adjMatrix[k][j] > 0) && (adjMatrix[i][k] + adjMatrix[k][j] == w))
But for ease I'll stick to the form provided in the title:
if (a > 0 && b > 0 && a + b == c)
What I don't like is the > 0 part (being an adjacency matrix, in it's initial form it contains only 0 and 1, but as the program progresses, zeros are replaced with numbers from 2 onwards, until there are no more zeros.
I've done a test and removed the > 0 part for both a and b, and there was a significant improvement. Over 60088 iterations there was a decrease of 792ms, from 3672ms to 2880ms, which is 78% of the original time, which to me is excellent.
So my question is: can you think of some way of optimizing a statement like this and having the same result, in C#? Maybe some bitwise operations or something similar, I'm not quite familiar with them.
Answer with every idea that crosses your mind, even if it's not suitable. I'll do the speed testing myself and let you know of the results.
EDIT: This is for a compiler that I'm gonna run it myself on my computer. What I just described it's not a problem / bottleneck that I'm complaining of. The program in it's current form runs fine for my needs, but I just want to push it forward and make it as basic and optimized as possible. Hope this clarifies a little bit.
EDIT I believe providing the full code it's a useful thing, so here it is, but keep in mind what I said in the bold below. I want to concentrate strictly on the if statement. The program essentially takes an adjacency matrix and stores all the route combinations that exists. Then there are sorted and trimmed according to some coefficients, but this I didn't included.
int w, i, j, li, k;
int[][] adjMatrix = Data.AdjacencyMatrix;
List<List<List<int[]>>> output = new List<List<List<int[]>>>(c);
for (w = 2; w <= 5; w++)
int[] plan;
for (i = 0; i < c; i++)
for (j = 0; j < c; j++)
if (j == i) continue;
if (adjMatrix[i][j] == 0)
for (k = 0; k < c; k++) // 11.7%
if (
adjMatrix[i][k] > 0 &&
adjMatrix[k][j] > 0 &&
adjMatrix[i][k] + adjMatrix[k][j] == w) // 26.4%
adjMatrix[i][j] = w;
foreach (int[] first in output[i][k])
foreach (int[] second in output[k][j]) // 33.9%
plan = new int[w - 1];
li = 0;
foreach (int l in first) plan[li++] = l;
plan[li++] = k;
foreach (int l in second) plan[li++] = l;
// Here the sorting and trimming occurs, but for the sake of
// discussion, this is only a simple IEnumerable<T>.Take()
if (adjMatrix[i][j] == w)
output[i][j] = output[i][j].Take(10).ToList();
Added comments with profiler results in optimized build.
By the way, the timing results were obtained with exactly this piece of code (without the sorting and trimming which dramatically increases execution time). There weren't another parts that were included in my measurement. There is a Stopwatch.StartNew() exactly before this code, and a Console.WriteLine(EllapsedMilliseconds) just after.
If you want to make an idea about the size, the adjacency matrix has 406 rows / columns. So basically there are only for-instructions combined which execute many many iterations, so I haven't got many options of optimizing. Speed is not currently a problem, but I want to make sure I'm ready when it'll become.
And to rule out the 'optimize another parts' problem, there is room for talk in this subject also, but for this specific matter, I just want to find solution for this as an abstract problem / concept. It may help me and others understand how the C# compiler works and treats if-statements and comparisons, that's my goal here.


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I have the M-Audio Mobile Pre soundcard which I will be using to send signal from my PC to a mix console. What I don't know, though, is whether I need to put a DI BOX in between?
The sound card does not have an XLR output, it has only the 6.3 connectors, but I'm still not sure whether this automatically means that the signal needs to be processed through DI BOX first.
Alternatively maybe I could use the headphones output on the soundcard, which is amplified and therefore shouldn't require DI BOX?
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I just a moment ago made a critter egg, then decided to sell a spare DNA smple at the auction house. I clicked 'create new auction' and above the egg it said 'wolf'. I already knew this as I was breeding 2 wolves but I want to know if it always works, someone please try it for me?
Edit: Ah yes I meant for tier 1 critters, higher tiers are a bit more obvious unless you haven't bred one before.


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MEXIA (November 14, 2012)--Mexia firefighters were busy Tuesday afternoon battling a barn fire and then a mobile home fire that broke out separately, but only a short time apart.
Mexia Fire Chief Clayton Shivers said firefighters were sent at around 5 p.m. Tuesday to a location on private road 5223 where the first units on the scene found a small barn engulfed in flames.
Shivers said firefighters had to use brush trucks to get to the fire because the condition of the road was so poor their pumpers could not drive over it.
It took firefighters only a few minutes to douse the fire because the barn had virtually burned to the ground before they arrived.
No one was hurt.
Then at about 8 p.m. firefighters were sent to a structure fire at 506 South Bonham Street where the first units found a mobile home engulfed, Shivers said.
A family lives at the home but they were not at home at the time of the fire and he has so far not been able to contact them.
No one was injured.
Shivers said fire units cleared the scene at about 10 p.m.
The mobile home fire started in a back bedroom, Shivers said.
Shivers said he has not determined the cause.


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11 Oct 2012 6:35 AM #1
Stores do not load their own records if events are suppressed for them
A store will not load its own records into its data member if events are suppressed.
The store uses the onDataRefresh event to trigger loading the records into data. It will properly return the records to the callback registered during the .load() call, but will not load them internally.
SDK Version 22.214.171.124
It happens in data/Store.js, on line 1901 in the onProxyLoad method. If the proxy was successful, it attempts to fire the 'datarefresh' event. It also sends a callback with that firing that should have been called after all the event handlers (Store.doDataRefresh). However, if you trace into the mixin/Observable class fireAction and then doFireEvent, we find that the method returns immediately if events are suppressed, not bothering to call the registered callback.
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IMO this is an application issue, you shouldn't have the store's events suspended when trying to take action like this.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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14 Oct 2012 7:05 PM #3
That's a short-sighted answer. There are plenty of reasons one might want to suppress events while a store is loading -- for instance, if a DataView is tied to a store and you don't want the dataview to refresh right away.
Regardless, the way it currently performs is undocumented, and feels like a bug. There shouldn't be anything that a typical use of the API could do that would cause a store to *appear* to be successful at loading its records (including returning "success" to the callback) but still not internally load the records.
How do I get this reported as a bug so that it can be addressed?


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6 Insane Cults (That Would Probably Be a Lot of Fun)
#3. Family International
Also known as the Children of God and the Family of Love, these folks are the reason most of us know the word "cult" today. We say accept no substitute when you want to devote your life and soul to a group of societal outcasts.
Most famous for giving sex a more prominent role in their beliefs than your average Amish, the Family has a tradition of religious prostitution. While suckers at regular churches handed out pamphlets threatening you with Hell if you didn't go to Church, the Family used positive reinforcement by having people fuck you to convert you, a marketing ploy that could probably sell anything from sandwiches to shoes full of broken glass.
Since they decided to take an official stand against sexual child abuse, which they happily claim to have stopped a full 18 years after they were founded in 1968 (really, who knew child molestation was wrong before 1986?).
They also take a stand on sexuality believing that it's cool for chicks to be bi. But only if a dude is there, which is something Jesus probably would have said if he'd thought of it. Also of note: that this cult exists in the real world and not a porno, though we can only guess at what inspired it.
Like most Christian-based religions, the Family loves Jesus. Unlike most, they feel they literally love Jesus. During sex or masturbation, women are encouraged to imagine it's Jesus working his magic on them. Men, as you may expect, are encouraged to imagine they are women, so as not to seem gay when they think of Jesus doing them. You didn't expect that? Neither did we. But, we try to always keep an open mind.
In fact it's nice to know that as a member you'd be way closer to the Lord than most people claim to be. Way, way closer.
#2. The Brethren
Cult life may get a lot of trash from the bulk of the population and the media, but there's something to be said for a group that offers you not only a kick-ass super hero team name like the Brethren, but also tips on scoring free food. The Brethren, founded by a former marine, have a history of raiding trash receptacles for sweet, expired produce.
The Brethren are nomadic, which means signing up is a guaranteed road trip to somewhere. Possibly the nearest Dumpster, but possibly Mexico or Canada with their exciting trash bins full of delicious tacos and dead moose.
They live simple lives, wanting to be like Jesus, but probably without that pain in the ass crucifixion part. Also, appealing to the lazier nature of man, they feel having an actual job gets in the way of getting to heaven. It's at this point that we raise our hands and say, "THE MAN SPEAKS THE TRUTH."
Also frowned upon are most clothes, worldly possessions and personal grooming, leaving members in brown tunics with long hair and beards, roaming the world on bicycles with backpacks like college kids trying to find themselves in Europe, minus the pot and wacky misadventures with tranny whores.
Much of life in the Brethren seems to be wandering, preaching the good word about the ZZ Top look and living without anything at all, staying in abandoned buildings and trying hard to figure out what exactly separates them from mere hobos.
Leader and non-hobo Jim Roberts
Either way, all of this means you're not saddled with the expectation to hand over a chunk of your paycheck every week, because you don't have one. You don't have to worry about cleaning your house or doing the dishes because you don't have any. No cares about paying off that credit card, since you don't any. Well, maybe you have one from before your conversion, but it's not like they'll know where to send the bills.
#1. The House of Yahweh
Having a leader you can believe in is the key to any good cult. Luckily, the House of Yahweh has Buffalo Bill Hawkins. And Buffalo Bill has a YouTube account.
Unlike popular religions which try to bore us with things like scripture and goodness, the House of Yahweh is all about making sure we know what the fuck is going wrong out there in the world. For instance, did you know Satan is a woman who appoints all political and religious leaders, with the probable exception of Buffalo Bill? Or that by mid-2001 80 percent of the world's population will be killed by a nuclear war and then it won't rain for over 1,000 days? And when Y2K hits, you better make sure you're on the right side of Jesus or you're gonna be so screwed.
Bill's book, The Nuclear Baby. Cover art by '80s-era Megadeth.
Fortunately, Buffalo Bill is a prophet so while those Catholics are caught on the toilet when the Rapture hits, he will have found all of his followers the right mountain top to stand on to make it easier on God to take us all away and we will have all had time to have some snacks and pee before it happens.
While some might argue that, as a prophet, maybe his dates should make sense or maybe he should have known he was about to be arrested for bigamy back in February of 2008, we believe this is probably all just part of the master plan. Look at the video again. There's totally a master plan.
If you enjoyed that, check out David Wong's rundown of The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses. Then, enjoy our in-depth critique of the Church of Scientology (a critique which, it should be noted, uses more dildos than most). Or, head over to the blog for some adorable robot heckling with Ross Wolinsky.


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When I learned the word busybody the first time, I was in 5th grade. It appeared in a story I had to learn for class. I figured it meant someone who was very busy, and didn't bother to look it up. When the teacher asked us if I had looked it up as I was supposed to as part of my homework, I lied and said I did. When I told her I found the meaning "in a dictionary" she asked me to bring her the dictionary. Needless to say, I was a very embarrassed 5th grader caught in a bad lie.
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So, the word busybody didn't "end up meaning" what it does; much rather, it had that meaning all along. It's busy that used to have an additional meaning it no longer has in contemporary English. (If you read that Etymonline entry, you'll notice that that's not the only meaning that busy used to have but no longer does except in the idiom get busy: "The word was a euphemism for 'sexually active' in 17c.".)
I think it has something to do with the origins of the idiom. It did not originate as a word, but as an idiom. It must have been a euphemistic way to refer to busybodies, and people in the same social circle must be using the word to describe their friend in a public setting.
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10 Baffling Safety Products Clearly Aimed at Paranoid People
#5. Radiation Detector for iPhone
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If you've ever found yourself gripped with panic over the possibility of being slowly poisoned to death by invisible beams of radioactivity (which is a narrow-to-nonexistent threat for the majority of the planet), the RDTX Pro Portable Radiation Detector can easily be attached to your iPhone, bringing you consistently accurate radiation-level readings for up to 96 hours on a single charge while resting handsomely in a convenient belt holster that lets passersby know they should not attempt to speak to you for any reason.
You simply wave the wand attachment around to get a reading, which is displayed on the screen of your smartphone on a color-coded meter -- green for "safe area," yellow for "elevated radiation," and red for "both the phone and your eyeballs have melted onto your face."
#4. The FaceKini
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The FaceKini is a nylon bodysuit that protects against 99.9 percent of the sun's ultraviolet rays and comes in a variety of flamboyant colors sure to inspire a handful of merry chuckles from the coroner who has to peel it off your face after you've been shot to death by a hot dog vendor who thought you were trying to rob his cart.
It's most popular in the Eastern Hemisphere, where a tanned or sunburned face gives people the impression that you work outside all day and thus come from a poor social standing (although we feel that walking around in an androgynous unitard would be the more embarrassing blemish on your family name). In their defense, it is much easier to dress like a luchador than to try and coat your entire body with sunscreen.
#3. The Plane Clean Air Filter
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The Plane Clean Air Filter attaches to the standard overhead nozzle found in most passenger aircraft and filters out 99.5 percent of airborne bacteria and viruses, assuming you are able to carry a mysterious blue nipple through airport security and hastily stick it on the ceiling mid-flight without getting your throat chopped by an air marshal.
However, we question how effectively it can actually protect you from airborne contagion. Sure, it may filter the air shooting out of that tiny ball-jointed wind cannon, but it isn't like you're sitting in a hermetically sealed bubble -- odds are at least one of your elbows is touching someone who is actively coughing up a swirling cloud of hot disease, enveloping you and everyone else in the row. This is arguably the first time in history that a plague mask would be the more practical option.
#2. Various Infidelity-Busting Hidden Cameras
Yes, it just looks like a regular ol' clock -- that's the point. It wouldn't do you much good as a "catch your spouse banging the gardener" hidden camera otherwise.
There's a large enough consumer base of people willing to spend $600 to catch their spouses in the midst of an adulterous affair that an exhaustive market has sprung up to support the demand (see "panty swab," above). If you think your husband or wife is cheating on you, you can buy a variety of hidden cameras cunningly disguised as absurdly conspicuous household items to be suddenly displayed in several prominent rooms of your home without explanation. So for instance, if you think your significant other plans on smashing pelvises with a co-worker on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace, that mantle clock will catch them dead in the act. Also, it looks like something a sea captain would keep in his cabin next to a picture of his dead mother, so if any of that applies to you, it could make a worthwhile purchase as well.
It's available at the Cheaters Spy Shop, which as the name suggests is sponsored by the TV show Cheaters (despite the fact that no person ever featured on Cheaters is likely to have a mantle or give a shit what time of day it is). Or perhaps you would prefer to go for a teddy bear with a motion sensor:
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"Surprise! I bought you 16 of these, which I will display in every room of the house."
The puzzlingly named Xtreme Life Teddy Bear is perhaps better suited for catching abusive nannies than nefarious spouses, unless you normally keep stuffed animals around the house, in which case your partner is almost certainly cheating on you. Its camera is triggered by movement, sort of like a voyeuristic tyrannosaurus, so you're going to have to go through about 17 hours of people walking in and out of the room before you get to any incriminating footage of your maid pooping into your simmering pot of chili.
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We can immediately give the above SecureShot Book DVR Camera credit for disguising itself as 5 pounds of ponderous reference material that no one would ever want to read. So, it is unlikely that your husband or wife would try to pull one off the shelf and discover that these books are A) attached and B) actually a camera. Of course, the converse effect is that they will immediately wonder what the hell possessed you to purchase both books and stand them proudly on your night table in a space previously occupied by J.D. Robb novels and/or stacks of Maxim.
#1. The $25,000 Z.E.R.O. (Zombie Extermination, Research, and Operations) Kit
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For the zombie enthusiast with a disposable income (either because your parents don't charge rent for the room over the garage or because you have to spend the last of that ransom money before the FBI can trace it back to you), OpticsPlanet.com offers a can't-lose trade of $25,000 for their Zombie Extermination, Research, and Operations Kit, because at this point in your life, dropping that much cash on a fantasy costume box is probably not the most self-destructive decision you have ever made.
The Z.E.R.O. kit doesn't actually come with any guns, which you would think might come in handy during an outbreak of the undead, but it is stuffed full to bursting with camouflage outfits, a couple of toolboxes bedazzled with neon green ZOMBIE logos, and 600 batteries, just in case you needed more of a reminder that you could've bought a car instead. The commercial even seems to be calling you an asshole for considering the purchase:
The "research" portion of Z.E.R.O. appears to consist of some oversized pictures of people in zombie makeup, as it would have been impossible to include photographs of actual zombies because zombies do not exist. It also has a microscope for the examination of diseased blood samples to assist in finding a cure for any of your loved ones stricken with the zombie plague, the irony being that if you are the type of person who would spend a year's salary on a zombie dress-up kit, you probably murdered your family long ago.
For hilarious 130-character B.S., follow Stephen West on Twitter or check out his awesome blog.
For more ways to part a fool and his money, check out 5 'Luxury' Toys for the Children of Wealthy Douchebags and 14 'Luxury' Sex Toys for the Extremely Rich and Creepy.
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A string of mailbox vandalism may soon be over after investigating the case for two months.
The Warren County Sheriff's Department arrested a 17-year-old boy earlier this week and hope to arrest another. Police say for the past two months about 60 some mailboxes have been destroyed in the Pondsville area of Warren County. They say several tips called into Crime Stoppers led them to a teenage boy who confessed to the crime.
Based on the confession police hope to arrest another teen Thursday morning. Neighbors say after replacing several mailboxes they hope this is the last of the vandalism.


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Marvin LeVern Goff, 68, of Hurst, Texas, died Oct. 25, 2013 in North Richland Hills, Texas. He was born Nov. 21, 1944 in Nebraska City to Marvin and Wilma Goff. He graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1963.
He served proudly in the Air Force from 1963-1967. He worked for Hormel Meat company for 22 years before partnering in Audio Editions, which specializes in audio books.
He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Barbara Goff; sons Michael Goff and wife Linda and Alex Goff and Angela Glass; grandchildren McKenna, Grayson, Viviana and Britton; brother Norman and wife Betty; sisters Kathryn Ann Armstrong and Sharon Roark and husband Richard; and many nieces, nephews and other family members.
Marvin volunteered at a senior citizen center in Fort Worth and at the Odyssey Hospice, organizing the book work for them. He loved his family and traveling with Barbara. In the eight years of their retirement, they visited eight different European countries. He and Barbara enjoyed bird watching. He will be remembered for his sense of humor.
He was preceded by his father, Marvin Goff, and his mother, Wilma Royer.
Burial of ashes will be at St. Mary's Cemetery in Nebraska City.
Memorials are suggested to the Tarrant Area Food Bank in Fort Worth or to the donor's choice.
A remembrance gathering will be held from 1-3 p.m. at Table Creek Club on Nov. 23. All family and friends are invited and welcome to share a special story.
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There are some days that just seem surreal…and I tend to want to embrace that feeling. I was having one of those days when I came across DMK, a Depeche Mode cover band from Bogota, Columbia. They just took "surreal" to a whole new level. And my view of the world became instantly brighter.
This cover band is unlike any other I have seen. I am obsessed. I'll admit that I find these videos slightly disturbing for some reason, which I cannot seem to name. But their slightly disturbing nature is part of their appeal. You just need to watch.
The leader singer is a Columbian dad named Dicken Schrader and he has some serious skills. Schrader's band is comprised of his children, Milah and Korben. Some of their instruments include; keyboards, kazoo, tambourine, soda bottles, beer cans, baby rattles, and chocolate mix cans.
I like to think that this is what happens when children watch less television and spend more time with their parents. They seem to be having a lot of fun together.
Everything Counts: Yes…Korben is playing a metal mixer and cheese grater. He looks like a deer in headlights and, when I first watched, I was certain he could not keep it together. But his timing is spot on.
Strangelove: Yes…those are metal binder clips Milah is attaching to her dad's face. The play on the word "pain" somehow seems very wrong, but in just the right way.
Shake the Disease: It does appear as if dad might be sporting a bit of a hangover this time, but it doesn't seem to affect his timing. Yes…Milah is playing scissors and a spray bottle. It does appear there is clear liquid in the spray bottle. And the traveling gnome in the corner is like the cherry on top.
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Palladino: Woodland gets big boost from new assistant
WATERBURY -- Nothing stops Nick Oliveira. A former student at Woodland Regional High School (class of 2011), Oliveira used a wheel chair to navigate the steep, twisting paths to the varsity soccer fields during the four years he served as boys soccer manager. In the spring, he did the same to travel to the Hawks' baseball field at the far end of the huge high school athletic complex. He also managed the baseball team for four years.


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A Bowling Green Nature trail has been transformed in the spirit of Halloween.
Lost River Cave is hosting the first annual Scarecrow Trail, and it all kicks off Saturday.
There are about 40 scarecrows scattered throughout the trail.
Local organizations, schools, and families set up the scarecrows to help raise money for a new one of a kind classroom.
"The outdoor classroom is a major component of introducing children to outdoor play, there won't be any toys in the outdoor classroom. The cave crawl has already been developed and kids are already taking advantage of that," says Rho Lansden, Executive Director at Lost River Cave.
The scarecrow trail will run through Halloween and is free of charge.


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Let $A$ be a bounded domain in $\mathbb R^d$, $d>1$, and $\{u_k\}$ is the set of all $L^2$-normalized Laplacian eigenfunctions on $A$ with Dirichlet boundary condition (i.e., $\|u_k\|_2 = 1$).
Is it true that these eigenfunctions are uniformly bounded, i.e., $sup_k \|u_k\|_\infty < \infty$, where $\|.\|_\infty$ is the $L^\infty$-norm (the maximum)? In other words, does there exist a constant $C_A$ such that for any $k$ and any $x\in A$, $|u_k(x)| < C_A$?
If the answer is positive, please provide a reference or a proof.
If the answer is negative, please provide a counter-example. In that case, what are the conditions on the domain A to make this statement true?


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Commenter UnstableArk has trouble recalling the very first video game he played, and wonders if there are more people out there like him in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
Every now and then I tend to stalk some gaming forums, as a gamer would. And every now and then I come across a common question:
What was the first game you played? (Or some variation of that)
People say some pretty regular stuff, like Mario, Zelda, Atari 2600 games, some oddly obscure title, what have you. But I can't seem to ever answer that same question myself.
I really don't have a clear memory of my first game. It's one of those things you grow up with, always knowing what it was but never actually knowing when it was introduced, like family or the sky. I was five years old and playing Super Mario World but I had already known for a long time who and what Mario was and how to play. The weird thing is that no one else I know personally has this same experience, but I'm pretty damn certain that I'm not the only one.
It's funny since many people don't really have a memory of the first song they've ever heard, or the first movie they ever saw. Maybe video games can soon follow that same path.
Anyone else have this same experience growing up? Does anyone else kinda hope that it will be a common occurrence in the future?


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Posted by Elaine Marie Cooper
I have done all kinds of writing—novels, short stories, magazine and newspaper articles, poetry, blogging, devotions—you name it and my pen has likely visited that format. But this week, I participated in a brand new venture: A group anthology.
As a writer of Colonial American fiction, I belong to a group known as Colonial American Christian Writers. About two dozen writers interested in Early America participate in this group, where we share research, support, and enthusiasm for each other's work. Our fearless leader, Carrie Fancett Pagels, has also started a blog called Colonial Quills, which features a variety of posts including virtual tea parties for book launches (sorry, you must provide your own tea!), research info, and other pieces of interesting facts with that consistent theme of Early America. I love participating with this great group of ladies. You may have even read some of their novels.😉
This year our creative Carrie came up with an idea that has apparently been her dream for sometime: An anthology of chapters from several different authors who are following the same central story line with recurring characters. Talk about both intriguing and challenging. At first I thought, "How fun!" but then I panicked.
How was I going to do this?
The first thing that had to be established was the year and location. It turned out to be in the South (I write about New England) and set in 1753 (a year I had not yet researched).
Gulp! What did I get myself into??
Well, it turned out to be a challenge but really enjoyable. I was already used to researching history, so I just had to search out information about the particular time and place. In doing so, I found some treasure chests of information. I, personally, learned more about the important role (then) Major George Washington had in the initiation of the French and Indian War. He was all of twenty-one years old at the time.
With Carrie setting up the central location in a fort called "Providence," she introduced her characters that would be recurring in the chapters that each of us writers would add to the anthology. It has been a cooperative and amazing effort and I hope that this innovative work blesses our readers!
The first segment written by Carrie ran on Monday, November 5, and subsequent chapters will run every Monday through the holidays. If you'd like to read the first segment, here is the link: Part One of "A Forted Frontier Holiday."
If you sign up for the Colonial Quills blog, the chapters will be e-mailed directly to your in-box and you will not miss a single episode.
Click here for the page at Colonial Quills with the schedule, including titles of chapters and the authors.
Hope you enjoy our group's effort to produce Colonial Quills' first ever Christmas anthology!


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A term often heard in movies from the 1930's, 40's, and 50's, a "pie face" is an extraordinarily pretty girl.
Rosalind Russell to Cary Grant in "His Girl Friday": "You wouldn't have hired me if I wasn't pie-faced."
She's a pie face.
What a pie-faced babe.
Who's the pie face?
She's a pie face.
What a pie-faced babe.
Who's the pie face?
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The name given to the facial area of a person who has an abnormally large and round face. As implied in the name, the circular face will resemble a pie, or a perfect circle drawn carefully with a compass in maths. A person with a pie face is likely to be mocked incessantly by 'friends', and subsequently may find it hard to talk to people without them thinking they are talking to a floating pastry.
'Good heavens, have you seen how round Emma's face is?!'
'Yeah, massive pie face.'
'Yeah, massive pie face.'
by suckmahdick101 March 25, 2010
A derogatory term for Asians, for their lack of a facial profile (flat-faced) but accounting for obvious raised facial features (nose, lips).
by yeahthatswhy February 12, 2010
To take ones hand and push another person's face.
An open hand, covering another perons face like you threw a pie at them.
An open hand, covering another perons face like you threw a pie at them.
Mark was being a jerk, so I piefaced him and he fell to his knees.
by Dean November 12, 2004
For guys: when you are jerking off on your back and your ejaculation hits you in the face.
Hey thanks for the naked pic, I came so hard I gave myself a pie face!
by nchris April 18, 2015
usually a term associated with asian people. but is actually supposed to be used with Alaskan people.
I'm in the mood for some pie face food
by Pimpster McSpankable January 21, 2003
One that shows absolutley no emotion when buying a car.
I told the pie face he would get a free car every 3 years and he just sat there staring.
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Can lepers form a Minyan, or is that an inherent contradiction in the status of a Metzora'?
Inspired by this question.
Can lepers form a Minyan, or is that an inherent contradiction in the status of a Metzora'?
I think that the answer is yes.
I base my answer on Mishnah N'ga`im 13:12:
(Informal translation: If [the leper] goes into the synagogue, they make him a barrier [mechitza] ten handbreadths high by four cubits wide. He enters first, and leaves last.)
The commentaries I've seen indicate that the problem is that if the leper is in the same room as someone, he transmits tum'ah (ritual impurity) to the other person.
(So far, BTW, all I've written applies equally to men and women; the Mishnah usually uses the male form for gender-neutral laws.)
In any case, there is no problem, according to this Mishnah, for lepers to be in the synagogue at the same time as other people. I don't think it is a stretch to say that the purpose of entering the synagogue is to pray with the congregation.
Because of other minyan considerations, all members must be present in the same space. So I don't think that lepers and non-lepers can combine to form a minyan, at least not an indoors minyan.
The Mishna seems to say that lepers can pray together with a pre-existing minyan, in shul. Therefore, their isolation doesn't have to be total. That's why I assume they can make their own minyan.


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5 Scary Myths You Probably Believe About the Economy
Pundits love to tell us that the American economy is circling the drain due to the recession and politicians throwing money out the window like it's made of bees. To hear them say it, America is always just on the cusp of a Mad Max-style blasted hellscape.
But in the midst of all that doom and gloom, there are a whole bunch of very smart people saying that things aren't nearly as bad as the inflammatory headlines make it look. We aren't saying they're right (spoiler alert: nobody can actually predict the economy), but there's no reason why we should always assume the pessimists are right, either. So if nothing else, it will improve your mood a bit to hear ...
#5. No, China Isn't on the Verge of Owning America
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What You've Heard:
As hysterical ads like this tell us, American spending is so off the charts that President Obama has to fly to China every year and beg on his hands and knees for the Chinese president to lend America money. With the Chinese owning most of America's debt, it's only a matter of time before China asks for their money back and we all become slaves to the dastardly communists, because that's totally how it works.
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"So how much more of this until we're considered even?"
But Actually ...
First of all, China only owns 8 percent of the total U.S. debt. That's probably not enough to repossess Rhode Island, let alone the whole United States. And Washington isn't begging China for money, either. The debt that we owe to China comes from treasury bonds, which are kind of like IOUs, which they buy because it helps to keep China's currency low, which is better for trade. And because they sell so much shit to America, China basically has to buy our debt as a way to unload the trillions of American dollars we're giving them.
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"That'll be $4 trillion."
Also, for those worried about China swinging their economic dick around, China can't just recall their debt. First of all, you can't do that with treasury bonds, and even in a fictitious world where you could, it would be economic suicide for China. What, you thought the "debt" was money they lent because they felt sorry for the U.S. and wanted to bail them out, like lending your buddy 30 bucks until payday? No, they buy debt because it's a good deal for them.
And while it's easy to panic about the amount of debt that America owes to other countries, people forget that the U.S. buys other countries' debt too, so much that it almost cancels out the issue. For every dollar the U.S. owes a foreign country, it is owed 89 cents in foreign debt. America actually makes more money off of buying other people's debt than other people make buying theirs. And rest assured, those countries are probably also running terrifying ads about cackling American students making fun of their economy.
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"One ... two ... three ... fuck Quebec!"
#4. American Manufacturing Isn't Dead
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What You've Heard:
Of all the stuff on your desk right now, how much of it was made in America? How about the clothes on your back? Between Japanese electronics and fabrics made in Asian sweatshops, it seems like we import everything. Mom and Dad will remind you that there once was a time when America ruled the world of manufacturing, but then the cold dark eternal winter came in the form of developing economies stealing all of those jobs.
Nowadays, every factory in America is an abandoned graveyard with a permanent ominous black cloud hanging overhead, and the only thing the Midwest produces is clinical depression.
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"Wow, incredible work, Chad! You keep producing like that, and you'll wind up in the big gray office!"
But Actually ...
Although China managed to edge the U.S. off of the top seat in manufacturing in 2012, American manufacturing is still a powerhouse. In fact, America's manufacturing output is stronger than ever -- it has actually doubled since 1970, and is continuing to climb. In fact, U.S. manufacturing broke record profits in 2011, and manufacturing output is currently 35 percent above pre-recession levels. It just takes fewer people to make all of that stuff because of robots. If you want to get mad at somebody, get mad at them.
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Seriously, get mad at them ... while you still have the chance.
So why can't you find anything in your house that's made in America? Because America makes supercomputers and jumbo jets, while countries like China produce all of your cheap consumer stuff. Cheap-labor countries base their manufacturing on having a ton of people who can sit in factories for 18 hours a day assembling iPods. America's manufacturing is centered on its high intellectual capital, which produces more skilled workers able to make far more advanced things with far fewer people. It's estimated that American workers are almost six times more productive than Chinese workers. That's why, in 2009, American manufacturing produced more than China with less than half the workers.
And while the recession may have wreaked havoc on Detroit, the auto industry is also coming back with a vengeance. As of now, the auto industry is on track to reach its record-breaking 2007 sales, and the two companies that received government bailouts have paid them back. It won't result in as many high-paying union manufacturing jobs as the "good old days" because, well, we've gotten way more efficient at making things. There could be worse problems to have, right?
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"For instance, the position of 'sparks shooter' used to take six men. Now, our sparks-shooting technology just requires one."
#3. Illegal Immigrants Appear to Be Helping the Economy
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What You've Heard:
You've heard the argument from political demagogues and your racist uncle alike -- every year, thousands of illegal immigrants pole vault over the southern border and run free in these United States, feeding off the government teat. Once here, not only do they take jobs from honest, hard-working Americans, but they also suck all the money out of social services and don't pay taxes. It's obvious that, if we ever want to get out of this economic slump, we have to round each and every immigrant up, ship 'em all back to Mexico (even the ones that didn't come from Mexico), and fortify the American border with lasers and electric eels.
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Also snake cannons. Halliburton's heavily invested in rattlesnakes.
But Actually ...
The idea is that these impoverished people cross over, live off the grid, and soak up America's precious tax dollars. But actually it's estimated that illegal immigrants pay $15 billion a year into social services and only take $1 billion out of it. Social services actually relies on illegals' taxes to help the system remain solvent.
How the hell is that possible? Well, for one thing, you can't exist in America without paying taxes -- just by living here and buying things, you're paying sales and property taxes. It's true that some immigrants aren't paying income taxes (in America, if your income is low enough, you aren't paying taxes anyway), but somewhere between 50 percent and 75 percent are. On the other hand, very few illegals are able to benefit from Social Security because it's really hard to get it without a legitimate Social Security number.
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"I'm sorry, sir, but 'four' is not an acceptable Social Security number."
And then you have the "they're taking our jobs" narrative, but for the most part, illegal immigrants are taking jobs that Americans just won't do -- farmers who want to hire Americans are often unable to find people willing to do the work. In Alabama, after they enacted tough new laws to drive out the illegal immigrants, the poultry industry went into crisis because legal Americans would rather be unemployed than spend their days carving up chicken parts.
Then there's the argument that illegals drive down wages, because they're basically willing to work for peanuts, right? Well, it's true that illegal immigrants lower wages somewhere between 0.4 percent and 7.4 percent for low-skilled workers, but for the rest of America, there is virtually no impact on wages. In fact, immigrants actually increase the income of American families a small amount. By taking on the grunt work that Americans don't want to do, immigrants free up skilled workers to do more of the work that they're paid higher wages for.
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Like "gold coin shirt screamer."
Boil it down, and the majority of economists agree that illegal immigrants have a net positive effect on the economy. Which seems hard to argue against -- if they're "taking our jobs," it means they're working, and getting paid, and spending that money. That isn't bad for the economy -- that is the economy.
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Grantly Dick-Read and Leboyer Gentle birth
Grantly Dick-Read
Grantly Dick-Read was an English obstetrician in the 1920s when the management of birth pain was handled by knocking the women unconscious with chloroform. After watching a woman refuse chloroform and deliver her baby without trauma or pain, Dick-Read came to believe that fear and tension were the cause of labor pains. He noticed that no other animal species experienced suffering, pain, or agony during the birth process and hypothesized that a woman's fear of labor pains caused blood to be filtered away from the uterus, so it could be used by the muscles that would flee if the fear were caused by a dangerous situation (sometimes called the flight-or-flight response). As a result, the uterus did not have the oxygen supply it needed to perform efficiently or without pain. He believed that by eliminating the fear, women could return the uterus to its normal function—without pain. In 1933, Dick-Read put his ideas into a book called Natural Childbirth that was not well received by the British medical community.
Dick-Read died in 1959, but his theory remains the basis of many of today's childbirth classes. His ideas are still quoted in books and papers by many of the world's most notable childbirth educators. He believed that education about the birth process and relaxation exercises during labor were the keys to reducing labor pains. Today, few disagree with this insight. Although it is out of print, Dr. Dick-Read's book Childbirth Without Fear is still available through various online booksellers such as amazon.com. You might also enjoy reading Post-War Mothers: Childbirth Letters to Grantly Dick-Read by Mary Thomas (University of Rochester Press, 1998).
Leboyer Gentle Birth
Pregnancy Facts
After the birth of your baby, don't hold your breath waiting for the sound of a slap on the bottom and a sudden loud cry. This method of greeting a newborn is no longer common practice. Today, the baby is stimulated by a gentle rubbing on the back, if stimulation is needed at all.
A hospital delivery room is not the most inviting place for a newborn. The lights are bright, the noise level can be high, and until a few years ago the newcomer was welcomed by being hoisted aloft by his ankles and slapped on the buttocks. A French obstetrician named Frederick Leboyer wrote a book in 1974, Birth Without Violence, calling for a more sensitive and gentle approach to birth. His recommendations have evolved into the Leboyer method, which advocates low lights and soothing music in the delivery room. The newborn is immediately placed on her mother's abdomen, postponing umbilical cord cutting and suctioning. The baby is then placed in a warm bath to enjoy a return to the weightlessness of the womb. This method of childbirth is gaining in popularity. The birthing rooms are now often well-designed with adjustable lighting and with medical equipment available nearby, but out of sight.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth © 2004 by Michele Isaac Gliksman, M.D. and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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One more celebrity to jump on the vegan bandwagon. I hope this gets America thinking about food consumption and what people are putting into their bodies. This makes me think of Rocco, a guest on the Dr. Oz show. I often tell people about Rocco, the burger loving cowboy, who regained his health and made a decision to go vegan for 28 days.
Click here to watch the Rocco video.
So, back to Oprah, let's see if she can actually do this. I know people tend to lose their minds when they're forced on diets and especially one with so many 'limit' as going vegan. What I don't agree with is Oprah making her entire 378 person staff do this with her. It shouldn't be forced upon them, that will only make people hate her and the diet, double no no.
I hope she does well, but I'm also not holding my breath. The episode airs Tuesday, February 1, 2011.


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Writing about the rising costs of textbooks here would be a classic case of preaching to the choir. So I will not waste time rehashing what you all know and will instead jump right to what we hope will be a valuable contribution to the efforts of this site and the OER community to provide cost-free textbook alternatives to students: the Saylor Open Textbook Challenge.
The challenge aims to license open texts for over 200 courses currently residing on Saylor.org used in twelve of the most popular college majors enrolled in by U.S. students. Before we delve into some details of the Challenge, let me give you some background on our Foundation.
Our Mission:
The Saylor Foundation is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization working to drive the cost of higher education to zero. Working with over 150+ credentialed professors and peer-reviewers from higher-education institutions, we are compiling open-licensed course content styled after a traditional academic program.
In deciding which courses to offer, Saylor first devoted resources to develop courses that would fit under traditional college majors in popular, high-enrollment areas of study. We then engaged professor consultants to build course blueprints to fill out the majors. These courses are designed to route a student through the material he or she would need to know in order to earn credit from an accredited institution in the U.S.
The Saylor OER Approach:
We decided that we could best make a unique contribution to the OER movement by developing a structured content aggregation and curation process, by which our professor consultants seek, vet, frame, and—where appropriate—add to existing resources in order to yield complete courses, hosted on a central site and tied to user outcomes, assessments, and predefined learning taxonomies. Each course is also peer reviewed for further fine tuning.
Importantly, in addition to utilizing OER materials, we decided to include and link to copyrighted materials in our content aggregation process. Through our Permissions Initiative, many copyright holders are allowing us to host their materials on the site within the relevant course context. When permission to host is NOT granted (and when OERs do not exist), we work to paper over the gaps in each course and/or replace the linked resources by stimulating the development of original content and the Creative Commons re-licensing of complete and newly open texts.
Back to the Open Text Book Challenge:
To spur authors to openly license their work, the Saylor Foundation will offer a $20,000 award for submitted textbooks accepted for use in our course materials after a round of peer reviews. To be eligible for the award, the author(s) must agree to license the text under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY) license. We plan to formally launch the Challenge just after Labor Day so please visit our site at that time and keep your eyes out for more information. If you have questions or suggestions, please comment below – we would love to hear your thoughts!