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One of the perennial questions facing the church today is how do we integrate faith and work? What does it look like for believers to follow Jesus on the job? Almost all believers would agree that whatever the answer is, it involves more than sharing our faith on the coffee break. Evangelism is vitally important, of course, but how do you cope with a job you don't like? What about jobs that provide little personal satisfaction? Can we find significance in even mundane and menial tasks?
The providence of God and vocation
The first thing we need is a God-centered perspective on our work. (See this article.) This means we frame all our thinking about work within the biblical metanarrative of creation, fall, and redemption, and we affirm the providence of God in and through our everyday lives. A right doctrine of providence will help us resist the old dichotomy between the sacred and the secular that assumes certain kinds of work are intrinsically more spiritual and thus more likely to be blessed by God than others. While occupations that are degrading and dehumanizing are obviously out of bounds (a pimp or prostitute, for example), the Reformers were right to help the church recover a biblical perspective on ordinary work. As Luther said, "serving God is not tied to one or two works, nor is it confined to one or two callings, but it is distributed over all works and all callings."[1] Whether you're a janitor, school teacher, social worker, truck driver, plumber, attorney, electrician, stay at home mom, or something else, view your specific vocation, your calling, as one of your primary stations for serving the Lord.
The language of calling and vocation come, of course, from the writings of Paul. While the word is usually used in relationship to salvation (e.g. 1 Cor. 1:2, 9, 24, 26), in 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 , Paul addresses a variety of more sociological situations, exhorting his readers to remain in their calling.
Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. 18 Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? Let him not seek circumcision. 19 For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but keeping the commandments of God. 20 Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
On one level this passage subtly subverts the cultural institution of slavery, as Paul relativizes the status of both masters and slaves in verses 21-23. But it also reveals Paul's basic perspective on how Christians should view their present circumstances. Far from encouraging the kind of ambition that breeds discontent or the disruption of the social order, Paul exhorts people to remain "in whatever condition each was called," accepting it as their particular station for serving the Lord (v. 24).


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I have no intention of turning my DBL posts into some version of the user experience police, but I might on occasion point to what could be a bogus use of the UX concept. Whether it might be because the use in case is an example of pointless bandwagon jumping, total misuse of the concept or just some shameless effort to […]
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User Experience Librarian – The Next Bandwagon?
Over at Ubiquitous Librarian, Brian pointed to a few academic libraries, including his own, that have created new positions that are being described as "User Experience Librarian." I'm not sure what to make of this, and I wonder if it is the start of a fad that will attract some bandwagon jumpers. It certainly does […]
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Designing Better Skateboards – an example of user-centered design
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The Gardner River (also known as the Gardiner River) is a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is entirely located within Yellowstone National Park. The river rises in the northern part of the park and winds southeast until it reaches Gardner's Hole and meets with other small tributaries.
Higher up the river the fish are quite small, however as the river makes its way through the Mammoth-Gardner area the fishing is plentiful and the fish are much larger.


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German rail operator Deutsche Bahn hopes unmanned aircraft will cut the annual £6.5m cost of cleaning up graffiti.
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Mini drones are set to be rolled out at train depots in Germany to catch vandals who come out at night to deface carriages with graffiti.
Deutsche Bahn plans to start testing the aerial vehicles, which have four helicopter-style rotors and can shoot high-resolution pictures using thermal imaging cameras.
A pilot will remotely steer the drones, which can fly at a height of up to 150 metres and speeds of up to 33mph.
"We are going to use this technology in problem areas where taggers are most active," said a Deutsche Bahn spokesman.
Last year, the company suffered 7.6m euros (£6.5m) of damage from people spray-painting its carriages.
It hopes to use the images collected by the drones as evidence in any prosecutions.
However, the rail operator said it would only use the drones over its depots, not in public areas, in line with German anti-surveillance laws.
Google ran into problems in Germany when it photographed roads for its worldwide Street View project.
Thousands of residents complained, and the website was forced to blur many of its images.
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In Tina Hage's photographic practice, she is interested in the relationship between the collective and the individual, specifically with how it is represented in the mass media. She deploys contemporary photojournalistic and topical imagery from newspapers and the internet, and reflects upon it by using herself repetitively to re-enact the found scenes.
The kind of photographs she references feel representative of that moment in time either politically or socially. The journalistic photographs she selects to work with, often appear more than once in various media and as a result, a pattern is formed through their repetition. Patterns influence her work stylistically, formally and in their content.
She is particularly curious in why these images have an iconic quality to them, and how they come to represent a specific event. When investigating the visual language of the photographs, the re-enactment of these images have the quality of a constant switching between the recognisable and unrecognisable motifs of the final print: The formal aspects and content of the image are plausible yet simultaneously absurd.
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The annual Coats 4 Kids Cheney community Coat Drive is now underway. Coats can be donated at any local Cheney School District schools or at many local churches and businesses from now to Oct. 19. Collected coats will be cleaned in cooperation with Coats 4 Kids at Big Wash in Cheney.
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Saturday, Oct. 26 – Salnave Elementary School, Cheney; Westwood Middle School, Windsor area, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
An additional distribution takes place Monday, Oct. 28 at the Feed Cheney dinner at the Wren Pierson Community Center from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Local Kiwanis members will once again be transporting coats from collection sites to the cleaners and back to the sites.
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By Mike Glenn
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Luke 12:35-40
Anyone who knows me knows I have a hard time managing my time. No, I don't have a hard time. I just don't do it. It's not that I don't have all the tools I'm supposed to have. I've been to all the workshops. I have all the gadgets. It's just that I'm a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy. If I'm doing something and even when I like what I'm doing, if I get a call from you and I like what you're doing more, then I'm going to go do what you're doing. Then I'll get back to what I was doing.
I don't ever understand how much time something will take. So I over-commit, thinking, "Sure, I can do that. It won't take that long." It always takes a lot longer than I think it will. So when somebody says to me, "Can you come speak at this?" I answer, "Yeah, I'd love to do that," and it takes a lot of time to get ready to speak and speak well. So I end up being over-committed and frustrated because I'm trying go get too much done.
Despite the national industry that exists on how to manage your time, I'm lousy at it. Most of us are. Most of us don't understand what time is. There is a wonderful book by Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time. It's one of those books everybody bought but nobody read. So you read about time from this great physicist and you get to the end of the book and realize he doesn't understand it either.
Biblically speaking, time is the space God has created for us to have a relationship with Him. And one more thing, you don't have as much of it as you think you do. That's why in
Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
People were always pressing Jesus. They always wanted to know when it was going to happen. "When are You going to restore the Kingdom of David? When are You going to establish the promise that we got from the Old Testament prophet? When are You going to announce who You are and run off these pesky Romans so we can establish the Kingdom of David right here in Jerusalem and of course, as humble disciples, we can take our place of power with You?"


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I recently had an opportunity to interview Ninotchka Johnson (of Brown Mills, New Jersey), who took first place, winning $10,000 for her handbag and accessories company, Top Notch by Design. Her fashion-savvy business idea led from selling her handbags at work to a storefront inside of a mobile bus.
As a wife, mother of two and a full-time instructor at a special needs preschool, she is driven with passion, creativity and persistence.
Take an inside look at Ninotchka's winning experience, business insight and advice for entrepreneurs:
1. How did you hear about the Start Something Challenge? "I vended at an event in North Jersey. And, one of the vendors was Nicole Silva, who won second place last year. I just bought her oils and loved them. I went on her Facebook and liked her on Facebook. At that time, she was in the process of going through the challenge herself, so I also went on the (SSC) page and liked them on Facebook. The following year, when Rising Tide Capital opened registration for the competion, I signed myself up. I saw another small business that did vending events and crafts shows who did very well in the competition, so it made it very feasible that I could also enter and maybe do well."
2. How did you develop the concept for the 6-minute video pitch? "Um, it was hard. I basically pointed out the things that were most important to me or what I thought were important to my brand. So I made sure that they knew who I was. I was the face behind the handmade bags and I wanted them to see a couple of my products. I thought seeing the bus and the interior of the bus was really important."
3. What strategy or technique did you use to market your business pitch? "I used a lot of social networks. Social networks is huge. I ran my business entirely off of Facebook for the first (3) years. So, I really put myself out there on my social networks. They know what inspires me. They see my ridiculous sense of humor. They know I'm up at 3:00 in the morning selling because I'm posting what I'm making at that time, so I really try to let them get to know me through my social networks. And in turn, they started sending me their pictures on vacation with their Top Notch bags or at work with their Top Notch bags or the park with their kids. So they also became a really huge part of the brand."
4. What was the most challenging part of the competition? "Asking for help. [Laugh] I tend to do everything myself. I'm very stubborn. I don't mind putting in 20 hour day if it means that I'm getting it done myself. It was very hard to me during the voting process, viewing of the video in every stage of every competition and for me to reach out to everybody to actually ask for help. I couldn't do it myself. I couldn't watch the video myself. I couldn't go on and on by myself. So, I was probably dependent on my support system including the people around me and the people who followed me online. To help get me through the first two stages of the competition, I actually literally had to ask for help. Which was very hard. Um, [pause] but [pause] yeah, it showed me that asking for help isn't always so bad. And, it helps you move forward. I was actually surprised by the people that went to bat for me and came out and was willing to help. So, it was just really me being stubborn and determined. Working so hard for the business myself, I never really thought to ask for help. So, that was the most challenging part of the entire thing."
5. Describe the feeling when you won. "Um." [Pause] "Shocked!" [Laugh] "I was totally shocked. Because when you're in the middle of your verbal pitch. I sort of had an outer body experience. There's part of it that I don't really remember. I thought I missed a lot of things that I wanted to say. So, I wasn't really sure how I did because it was really hard to gauge because everybody else did so well. So, yeah I was shocked. [laugh] It went from shock to fighting back tears."
6. How do you plan to use the $10,000 cash prize? "I'm spending it on upgrades for the bus. I also want to upgrade the heating and air conditioning inside. The rest is going to upgrade the workspace because I've been a one woman show for so long. My work area doesn't support that. It's really just built for one person to be working and one person to be selling. If the business continues to grow at the rate that it's growing, I'm going to need to hire help. And, that's where I will need to get some more work done. So, the money will be spent for upgrades."
7. What advice would you give entrepreneurs who have a desire to register for the competition next year? "Do your research. Know the ins and outs of your business. Know exactly what it is that you're going to spend the money on. Really start building your social networks now. So, when it's time to start looking for help with votes, you will already have a fan base in place and you will have a network of people set up that will be willing to help you."
Literally, five minutes prior to this interview, she launched her new website online. Her road to success is definitely a bright one. You can expect to see more exciting creations from Ninotchka.
To find out more, visit her website at: www. TopNotchbyDesign.com
Connect and like her on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TopNotchbyDesign


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Welcome to the website of the Much Wenlock Forester Charitable Trust. It keeps residents of Much Wenlock and the surrounding area informed about its purpose and its progress. If you click on the links on the left of this page they will explain the background of the Trust.
If you have questions, hopefully this website will answer them. If it doesn't, please let us know.
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In Windows 8 it seems natural to me that each person in a family has their own Microsoft Account with which they log in.
If you pay for an app on the Windows Store, you can install that same app on several computers using the same Microsoft Account. Good.
However, if several persons, in this case my children, each have their own account on the same computer, they do not get access to apps bought on a sibling's account, even if the app has been installed on the same computer. Bad.
(Compare this to iOS where you are allowed have several iPhones with different iCloud-connected accounts but all using the same iTunes App Store account, which is perfect for a family where all can then use the same app which was bought just once)
Is there any way to share apps between Microsoft Accounts (e.g. members of the same family)?
Alternatively, is there a way to run apps that are installed on a computer when you are logged in with a Microsoft Account different than the one used when installing the app?


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This is a discussion on Continued Right To Carry Concealed within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by SelfDefense The Federal government is not involved with state issued carry permits. During the anti-gun Clinton administraion we witnessed more and more ...
I think those who voted no are whistling in the graveyard. Look what Obama and the Illinois left accomplished there. Now picture an Obama President a left wing house a left wing Senate and a left wing court.
The Congress will pass all sorts of gun restriction laws and the court will find them valid.
Obama has already said he wants to ban semi-automatic weapons.
Now granted, as others have said, it won't be all at once. They will raise the price of ammo, powder, reloading equipment etc. They will ban those horrible assault weapons then define more and more guns as assault weapons. The will promotes tagging and a zillion other things that while perhaps not directly called banning will make all but the rich unable to afford continuing to shoot.
You can count on it.
I think if Obama wins things are going to get ugly and not just with our weapons. He will turn good law abiding Americans who hold dearly the human right to defend themselves into criminals. Cling to the bitter end!
- Barack Hussien Obama, about a month ago at a rally.
Its real. Its here. theres about a %85 chance he WILL be our next president, and frankly a %100 chance that he will side with Joe Biden in establishing another Assault weapons ban, perhaps one that expires 10 years from now...
or 20...
or never...
next step will be high cap handguns...
then handguns with a barrel less than 6"...
then all handguns..
then semi-auto rifles...
and eventually, even the bolt-action rifles and shotguns will become too much power for an ordinary citizen to posses.
Its coming. Its not alarmism, its not paranoia, IT IS coming.
JOIN THE NRA and CONTRIBUTE. They are our greatest line of defense to stop this from happening. JOIN NOW PLEASE.
I dont want to have to tell my children about a beautiful S&W Revolver I once had...
1)Obama does not recognize the 2nd amendment. He believes guns to be a talisman of the poor and ignorant.
2)Biden was one of the Co-creators of the 1ST national assault weapon ban.
3)Nancy Pelosi will do ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING that her party wishes done. She has already shown herself to be Anti-gun.
4)The Democrats WILL control the White House, the majority in Congress, AND when the two Justices retire as expected during Obama's term, he will appoint two of the most liberal, biased, pro-democrat people he can find. THAT GIVES THE DEMOCRATS THE MAJORITY IN THE SUPREME COURT!!!
Within the next 4 years it is MORE than possible to see some of the most liberal Democrats in control of ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT!!! They could pass ANY LAW THEY WANTED.... ANY!!!
I get heartburn every time I think about it... we are in essence on the verge of have a 1-party political system.. and its not our party.. or even one that likes or can tolerate us and our "Bitter" kind..
Call me an alarmist.. but to me the facts speak for themselves.. it IS coming.
We are only as vulnerable as we are naive.
A Democratic House and Senate will have plenty of willing Congressmen eager to do Obama's bidding.
We can expect a new ASB (a campaign promise, I believe) within the fist year. They'll probably throw in a sentence or two curtailing State CCW powers with administrative restrictions and red tape. And he'll call it "Common Sense gun Control". Ha.
The anti-gunners will always find time to do Obama's bidding!
I voted yes primarily because even thought concealed carry is a states right issue, the Feds can make it so tough on the state government that it is almost impossible for the state to win. Taxes not only on ammo but on firearms, holsters, and the like. They can also pass interstate laws making reciprocity moot.
Obama is a typical left wing nut case who thinks that the average person is stupid and cannot make decisions for him or herself. I wish I lived in Chicago where I could vote as many times as I wanted - dead or alive.
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
Don't forget...one of the candidates is a man who truly loves this country...the other is a citizen of the world.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
---Ronald Reagan
As we all know one of these candidates vexingly stated that middle America only "cling to God and Guns". If he feels this way now you can only imaging what he would do if he had the power of the presidency.
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Seriously, I find most of the posts in this thread to be disturbing. I can now understand why the antis think of gun owners as paranoid alarmists. Consider the AWB. Yes, it is probably wrong headed. But it was not the precursor for gun confiscation. In fact, during the AWB, our rights as gun owners actually increased.
The recent Heller decision has caused the District to revamp their unconsttutional gun control laws. Even Obama, though he may want to ban guns, understands that it is not within the powers of the President to do so.The Second Amendment will not be repealed. The states have no prohibition against enacting legslation to ban guns but the Federal goverment does. It makes no difference what Obama personally believes.1)Obama does not recognize the 2nd amendment. He believes guns to be a talisman of the poor and ignorant.And the Congress voted to temporarily ban those weapons. The sky did not fall.2)Biden was one of the Co-creators of the 1ST national assault weapon ban.Again, it makes no difference. The Congress cannot dictate to the states in the area of firearm carry laws. It sure seems that gun owners are a frightened bunch. This is not 1930s Germany. This is the United States of America, governed by a Constitution, that might have people who think unfavorably of guns in leadership positions. That does not give them special powers. If the Constitution is amended by the specific procedure outlined in said docuent then it will be obvious we have not presented our case in a convincing manner. Crying wolf does not help our cause.3)Nancy Pelosi will do ANYTHING ANYTHING ANYTHING that her party wishes done. She has already shown herself to be Anti-gun.Calm down. No need for CAPITAL LETTERS. The next President will probably appoint two new Justices. But they will replace Justices who are already ultra liberal. The makeup of the Court wil not change.4)The Democrats WILL control the White House, the majority in Congress, AND when the two Justices retire as expected during Obama's term, he will appoint two of the most liberal, biased, pro-democrat people he can find. THAT GIVES THE DEMOCRATS THE MAJORITY IN THE SUPREME COURT!!!
Further, the Court has already weighed in on the Second Amendment. They will not address the issue again no less overturn the decision. And, the fact is that all nine Justices were in agreement that the Second Amendment defined protection of an indivdual right.
Hysteria does not help in convincing our neighbors that owning and carrying guns is a means of self protection and crime deterrence. It only makes us seem like out of control radicals.Sure, sure...any law... The government is the people, responsible to the people, elected by the people. Gun owners are a majority in the United States. Our voices are heard and as long as we maintain a rational argument then our ideas and arguments will not be summarily dismissed.Within the next 4 years it is MORE than possible to see some of the most liberal Democrats in control of ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT!!! They could pass ANY LAW THEY WANTED.... ANY!!!
However, if he or others like him keep getting elected to the White House and Congress, that may be a different story. But the SCOTUS ruling sort of takes the steam out of a Federal bill banning CC. Assault weapons they may try for again, even though it hasn't made a difference in the crime rate.
If Obama had his way, he WOULD ban CC. But, he'd be very stupid to do so.
"The right of the whole people, old and young, men, women and boys, and not militia only, to keep and bear arms of every description, not such merely as are used by the militia, shall not be infringed, curtailed, or broken in upon, in the smallest degree..."
Nunn v. State GA 1848
That said however, I'm not so stupid to think that the day Obama is signed into office he's going to burn the bill of rights on national TV. Obama & Co will not ignore due political process, but if theres one thing i've learned its that politicians will always find a way. I dont think gun registration will happen overnight, or even during obama's term. But I do think he will take steps in that direction. I think he will add stones the foundation. Possibly big stones.
You can boil a frog alive without him jumping out the pot if you up the temperature bit by bit. Slow enough that he doesn't notice the change in temperature. (Science channel factoid) I think it will be much the same way with us.
I think that we will lose our rights in baby steps. Step by step by step as the years pass. I think the only way it could happen is gradually. Slowly so that the people dont really notice.
Did i freak out? Yeah a bit.
Was I dramatic? Yes
Did I exaggerate? Yeah probably.
Was I wrong? No. I honestly dont think so.
Again I apologize for flying off the handle.. but I honestly dont understand why more people don't understand whats happening here..
We are only as vulnerable as we are naive.
YouTube - NRA: The Clinton Gun Ban Story
Good video here :) It may go down the same way with Obama if he gets in.
I vote yes because I'm old enough to know what the government CAN do.
There are some people here who don't have a clue how things work in government. For example there are a couple of responders who foolishly believe it doesn't matter what the president or the US gov't does because of states rights! This whole country and every rule and law in it MUST conform to the US constitution. The president appoints supreme court justices, with senate confirmation. If they rule the 2nd amendment doesnt mean what we want it to mean, you can kiss your right to carry goodbye. And that came close to happening with Heller recently. A 5-4 vote! If Obama gets in, He WILL be appointing at least one or two new justices in his first term, and a democrat congress ain't gonna buck his choice. Never forget, polls show that over 70% of all americans want "assault weapons" banned. You may be surprised what their definition is.


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This Saturday, over 200 riders will take to the Velodrome track at the National Cycling Centre, testing their nerve and endurance and raising money for the City in the Community Foundation.
Returning for its second year, CITC will be hosting a charity Futsal showcase game with a former City players team taking on Manchester Futsal Club.
Last year, Patrick Vieira captained a strong Legends team as they tested their skill and speed against a talented squad from Manchester Futsal Club.
All fans are welcome to come and enjoy this showcase game and experience Futsal, which originated in South America.
Alex Williams, manager of the MCFC Legends team, is encouraging fans to come along and sample the Velocity atmosphere.
"City and the Community welcome all supporters to cheer on the team," he smiled. "And you can enjoy the quick feet and skill you see in a Futsal game.
"We look forward to seeing as many fans as possible at the Velodrome."
Event details
Date: Saturday 22 March 2014
Venue: National Cycling Centre, Manchester, M11 4DQ
Time: 6:30pm kick-off
Entrance: Free
There is still time to get your tickets for this Saturday's Premier League clash with Fulham - and after last week's heroic win over Hull, the Blues are looking to gather momentum as the title race enters the final lap.
Three points are vital against the Cottagers and you can make the difference.
A capacity Etihad Stadium in full voice will be the perfect fillip for Manuel Pellegrini's side with Fernandinho dedicating the victory at Hull to "our fantastic fans" that helped the 10-man Blues edge over the line at the KC Stadium.
Make the difference this weekend, too - be there and get behind the lads! Get your tickets here.


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Inhuman spirits are exactly what the name implies. These spirits are inhuman and have never been a human. They exist as an entity of their own. Some claim that inhuman spirits are demons or evil spirits that were cast out of heaven with Satan. These spirits roam the earth in search of someone whom they can possess.
It is believed that inhuman spirits harbor extreme hatred towards humans and that all of their activities are designed to pave the way to breaking the person's will and taking possession of their body.
Inhuman spirits are able to manifest themselves in any form they choose, but generally manifest as a half-man and half-animal. The body may resemble the human form with a grotesque head and face of an evil being. The legs may be covered with hair resembling a beast. These spirits are neither male nor female, but may manifest as either, in a human form, if it serves their purpose.
Signs of inhuman spirits are a ferocious growl, or other frightening sounds, that appears to me coming from all directions. Some have reported the experience of the entire home appearing to breathe. The overpowering stench of rotted flesh often accompanies an inhuman spirit. The air in the haunted area may appear heavy, much like dense fog, and the temperature will change drastically, usually getting much warmer. These spirits may bite, push, shove, scratch and attack without provocation. Raised welts and lesions may suddenly appear on the body.
Inhuman spirits possess great strength and power. They can throw people or heavy objects through the air. They even cause people and objects to levitate. It appears that the goal of the inhuman spirit is to break the will of the individual so they can take control.
The movie The Exorcist portrays the events that can transpire with an inhuman haunting. The events in the movie were based on a case of a documented possession and exorcism of a 12-year-old boy from Mt. Rainier, Maryland in 1949. Although some events were enhanced, or even fabricated for the movie, many of the events were documented by witnesses in the Mt. Rainier case. The appearance of the word hell in raised welts on the body actually appeared in the Mt. Rainier case. The word was spelled out on the abdomen of the boy so that when he looked down he could read it.
Inhuman spirits may appear intelligent, but should not be confused with intelligent ghosts. They are deceitful and will use any means necessary to gain control of your body. They may have knowledge of events in your life that you think only the spirit of a departed loved one may know. This is merely trickery to convince you that they are benign. They are not.
During an investigation, the inhuman spirit may suddenly appear to be friendly and may even manifest as a lost soul searching for answers. The reason is simple. The inhuman spirit wants to avoid detection by those who have the power to remove it from the area. It wants to prevent a blessing or exorcism of the home. It is important to keep in mind the actions that have been reported prior to an investigators visit.
Inhuman spirits are dangerous and should not be taken lightly, and definitely are nothing to play with. Paranormal and religious leaders warn that playing with an Ouija Board or otherwise inviting the inhuman spirit to interact with you should be avoided. Attempts to provoke the spirit or demands placed on the spirit by an untrained individual may make matters much worse.
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I delayed the decision till the end of the season, as much as I am tempted though I cant see myself leaving
Youth Candidate Day
Got a couple with potential who I will be keeping an eye on. Liam Clark was given top billng by my assistant Kyle Naughton and he seems to think he has the potential to be better than Troy Cockrill who has become one of my best players.
We are still top with 10 games to go and at this point I am confident we go up unless we do a Newcastle under Kevin Keegan
Its pretty tight at the top for the run in, I can see us winning our home games but not sure if it will be enough for the title.
King's Lynn
Sheffield United (H)
Nottingham Forest (A)
Watford (H)
Portsmouth (A)
Leeds (H)
Oldham (A)
Bristol City
Brighton (H)
MK Dons (A)
Wrexham (H)
One game left to go we are 2nd 3 points behind Norwich, Bristol City have gone off the boil and they are 2 points behind us.
I still have a chance to win the league Oldham take on Norwich in the last game and are in 22nd and have won their last 5 games and need to win to stay up. We also need a 4 goal swing. Actually this is quite far fetched... Here goes nothing
Pity about (Probably) losing top, but will probably go up.
Oldham did their part of the script beating Norwich 2-1 we managed a 3-0 win at home to Watford I thought a four goal swing was going to be enough but it just levelled our goal difference and as they have scored more goals the title goes to them, can't believe we lost out on the title by a single goal. But on the positive side finally made it to the Premier League, this makes it a lot easier to reject the Juve job now.
2023/2024 Season Review
Premier League
Winners: Blackburn
ECL: Man City, Chelsea, Man Utd
Relegated: West Ham, Blackpool, Reading
Winners: Norwich
Promoted: King's Lynn, Nottingham Forest
Relegated: Fulham, Colchester, West Brom
League One
Winners: Leicester
Promoted: Shrewsbury, Burnley
Relegated: Plymouth, Walsall, Coventry, Crewe
League Two
Winners: York
Promoted: Hull, Northampton, St Albans
Relegated: Exeter, Barnet
Winners: Mickleover
Promoted: Cheltenham
Relegated: Aldershot, Telford, Nuneaton, Doncaster
Winners: Black County Rangers
Promoted: Hartlepool
Relegated: Carlisle, Corby, FC United
Winners: Dover
Promoted: Highmoor Ibis
Relegated: Dorcheser, Farnborough, Orpington
Promoted from Regional Prems: Canterbury, Crickdale, Welling, New Bradwell, Birtley, Droylsden
FA Cup: Man City
League Cup: Man City
Charity Shield: Chelsea
JPT: Bolton
FA Trophy: Sporting Khalsa
Champions League: Barcelona
Europa League: Man City
Euro Super Cup: Arsenal
World Club Cup: Arsenal
It's a shame you couldn't snag the league title, but going to the Premier League is probably pleasing enough
Yeah I am pleased at promotion although I am not so pleased with my chairman
That seems rather low for chairman intervention.
Thats what I thought, I think Norman could of been his minimum release fee but Molyneaux there was no need, were not exactly broe
Also after Euro 2024 (which Holland won) I decided to jump back into Internatonal Management ab a few jobs become available including the England one but I decided not to apply for that as I want to save that for the end of my career after a 50/50 decision I rejected Turkey and plumped for
Graeme Norman £875,000 Derby
Joshua Molyneaux £1.4M Norwich
Hasan Aldemir £1.7M Hannover
Nicky Taylor Loan Rangers
Devid Novati Loan Sampdoria
Max McKenzie Free
Wayne Lapham Free
Lewis Smith Free
Mike Owen Free Bangor City
Tyrone Nasir £110,000 Newport County
Jamie Stevens Free Neuchatel Xamax
Danny Mitchell Free
Guillaume Lambert Free
Nathan Redmond Free
Lionel Wise Free
Dani Castillo Loan Man City
Jurgen de Bruin Loan Heerenveen
We have been very active in the transfer market this year and spent next to nothing, compensation for Nasir is the only time we have parted with a fee. We also bring back two former players Danny Mitchell we sold to Charlton when we were in League One and Jamie Stevens left us for Xamax but we managed to lure him back when his contract expired he will be my main striker this year. Redmond is also now our token "real player".
Most of the players I signed are back up or youngsters coming through, here is a screenshot of the four who will likely feature the most.
The new season is nearly here and looking at the other Premier League sides I would defintely settle for 17th now. Would love a cup run to. There has been delays on the stadium so I dont think we move in it till October at the earliest. Here is my squad
1. Jorge Tavares
13. Max Sherwood
2. Troy Cockrill
3. Biriam Miriotti
5. Bienvenido Kote Lopez
6. Eifion Monument
12. Danny Mitchell
19. Jurgen de Bruin
21. Dani Castillo
23. Matty Sherwood
4. Carl Thompson
7. Nicolaj Fiege
8. Mike Dyer
11. Regis Roux
14. Guillaume Lambert
15. Simon Sturgess
16. Rachidou Tossavi
20. Lionel Wise
22. Nathan Redmond
9. Jamie Stevens
10. Lee Pendlebury
17. Liam Bremner
18. Mike Owen
24. Tyrone Nasir
Of the 5 strikers I think i'll only use the first three as I am hoping to send the two Welsh lads out on loan. I think this is how we will line up this year
Cockrill Kote Lopez Monument Mariotti
Redmond Sturgess Roux
Unbelievable work getting them promoted mate. You deserve a medal....oh wait, you got one . .
This is now dead, the game wont run past 10/08/2024.
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooo.....Just sat and read all 218 posts as i have just started a career with AFC Rushden and Diamonds in the United Counties League (ok a small edit taking a club out and replacing with my club AFC R&D).
I set Rushden up exactly as King's Lynn are as the clubs seem similar so i was loving the rise you have had, hoping for the same with my save.
Gutted you cannot get any further and i feel your pain as a long term save i had previous would not pass 23/5/2028.
Fantastic job and dispite the early finish to the thread i certainly dont feel i wasted my time reading it. Congratulations! Top effort.
Why does this always happen...??
Have tried holidaying etc nothing seems to work. When I go to my parents next I am going to try and get past it on my parents comp. I was looking forward to Premier League and new stadium. I hope I can somehoew salvage this
I'd recommend you to upload the save somewhere and post the link here, we could try to get past the date and send it back to you. And did you try with older save?
I had an older save from the beginning of pre-season and tried to holiday past it but no good.
It's a shame when things like this happen, sad to hear it.
A lot of people are experiencing this problem and I think there is a patch coming out soon that I hope may fix the problem. Its a slim chance but I will keep the save file just in case.
This is back thanks to the new patch it seems. I lost my save but found one beginning pre-season I holidayed past the troublesome date and it worked. I am no longer Russia manager and I have to redo my transfer activity but it seems only Lionel Wisehas signed for another team so I should (hopefully) still get all my targets.
Great that it works again! I'll be following your brilliant career mate Hope that there won't be any problems from now on.
That's great news.
Finally played my fist Premier League game and it was worth the wait
Not sure how we done it we were completely outplayed but ill take 3 points on the board.
Encouraging start.
Just read through this thread and I'm genuinely amazed by how well you have done. Good luck in the Premier League, will definitely be following!
Great way to start life in the Premier League, hopefully you can stay well clear of the bottom three.
Congrats on the first Premier League win, may it be the first of many.
Cheers guys, glad this is back on track!
I am happy so far and will continue to be as long as we are out of the bottom three. Before I get too excited there is still a long way to go and were just 4 points above the drop. We draw quite a lot and if we can convert a few of them to wins then we will be in with a great chance of keeping our heads above water. Nathan Redmond has proven to be a great buy on as he has chipped in with a few goals and created a fair few too, he was only signed to a one year deal but I have extended it based on his performances. Jamie Stevens in his second spell with the club has also upped his game and is our top scorer with 9 goals.
We crashed out of the league cup in the 3rd round, in the FA Cup we were drew with Conference high flyers Bedfont Sport I played a reserve side and it backfired as e drew 0-0, brought the big boys back for the second leg and we won 3-0. I have Mickleover in the 4th round they have come from nowhere and keep getting promoted and are now chasing a play off spot in League Two. I won't be taking any chances against them.
Our finances are very strong now as we are £21M in the clear and we are making money every month. Our wage bill is still quite low for a prem club as its only £147k p/w so that is hekping us with that. We took out a £15M loan to build the new stadium and hopefully we will be able to clear that now we've hit the big time.
Sitting 14th beginning of March, only won 6 games which tells you that rather than being good their is some abysmal sides. Still in the FA Cup got a quarter final match at home to Stoke, would love a Wembley run out. Up to £25M in the black, am hoping to update the facilities and I have already dipped my toes in the transfer market with a GK, CB and a AM all confirmed and I am looking at other options.
Hope that you'll survive in EPL... Would you show us your 11 first-team players?
Pretty pleased with that.
Youth Intake Day 2024/2025
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I have high hopes for Busby, the scouts seem to think he could be better than Dyer.
Survived! Delighted with that since we only managed to pick up 3 points in our last seven games. I have already got people in on pre-contract agreements and with the players I got coming in I am hopeful we can achieve a similar feat next season.
Now we are with the big boys we are doing excellent financially and tend to make £3m a month because of this I have got the board to update the facilities again and its costing a fair bit this time!
Also had Atletico Madrid sniffing after me but rejected them
Well done. Fantastic season overall.
Yeah I can't fault it we got to quarter finals of the FA Cup too which was nice, I think there could be a fair bit of transfer activity in the summer. Just turned down the Man Utd job aswell
So whats the plan? Stay to dominate Europe? Win it once and off to another club? You getting some great offers on a regular basis.
I want to win the Champions League but much past that I haven't thought about yet. That in it self is still a fair few years off as the gulf in class in the EPL is huge.
Not an awful lot past that I imagine.
Season Review
Winners Chelsea
ECL Places Man City, Blackburn, Arsenal
Relegated Norwich, Nott Forest, Leyton Orient
Winners Sheffield Wednesday
Promoted Blackpool, Sunderland
Relegated Wigan, Oldham, Shrewsbury
League One
Winners Colwyn Bay
Promoted Cambridge UP, Bolton
Relegated Fulham, Middlesbrough, St Albans, Oxford
League Two
Winners Rotherham
Promoted Swindon, Bradford
Relegated Accrington, Tamworth
Winners Hartlepool
Promoted Albion Sports
Relegated Ebbsfleet, Exeter, Burton, Kettering
Winners: Irlam
Promoted: Birtley
Relegated: Droylsden, Telford, Whitehaven
Winners: CB Hounslow
Promoted: Verwood
Relegated: Welling, New Bradwell, Cranfield
Promoted from Regional Premierships
Hampton & Richmond, CRC, Meridian, Merthyr Town, Midhurst, Newton Aycliffe
FA Cup: Liverpool
League Cup: Arsenal
JPT: Port Vale
FA Trophy: Irlam
Europa League: Sevilla
Champions League: Barcelona
Some really obscure teams getting into the Blue Square Regionals! Midhurst have really climbed the ladder!
Yeah loads have flown up the leagues, Mickleover had about 6 promotions on the bounce. Rochdale are down to level 7 and a lot of league 1-2 sides filling up conference and below.
I have sent one of my scouts to South America and theres about 6 players at Boca who I am now trying to get hold of. I could potentially put together a good squad for next season.
Scrap that the Boca players wont even talk to me, I'll have to keep tabs on them for a year and try again next summer
Had a massive overhaul of the squad, some players wouldn't sign new deals or were demanding ridiculous wages so I ruthlessly cut anyone who wasn't in this fr the long haul.
Nicky Taylor £1.8M Rangers
Nathan Redmond £4.6M Everton
Eifion Monument £3.8M Birmingham
Steve Briones £4M Piacenza
Tyrone Nasir £3M Man City
Danny Mitchell £2,2M Nottingham Forest
Jamie Stevens £4.6M Sheff Wed
Lee Pendlebury £2.7M Blackpool
Guillarme Lambert £2.7M Xerex
Matty Sherwood Ln Fee £500k Leyton Orient
Mike Owen Ln Fee £100k Dundee Utd
Luke Marriott Loan Derby
Kevin Driessen Free Willem II
Valentino Vezzoli Free Sassuolo
Carlton Gooden Free West Ham
Christian McNamara £240k Glentoran
Frederik Simonsen £250K IA
Daouda N'Diaye £250k Padova
Segondo Songo'o £775K Dijon
Norberto Jara £3.7M Santos Laguno
Ibrahima Sory Diallo £5.5M Anothosi
Andrea Terraneo £9.5M Rapid Wien
Heres some screenies of my best signings
I am delighted to bring him back, I had to break the wage structure to bring him in but I hope it will be worth it. The fans were equally as pleased. I now have three quality strikers so if I dont stay up now its my own fault. He will also replace Eifion Monument as Captain. To finance the move I had to cash in on Nicolas Fiege who joined Cardiff for £7M he will be worth double that in a few years but its all about nostalgia for me. I signed a new winger anyway this Bolivian playing in Asia somewhere (i forget) he had a foreign release clause of £875,000 so a bargain replacement.
In other news asked the board for a feeder club and I wanted one with an established youth set up, they declined but after I kicked off they relented.All the options were decent but I went with the one with the best youth facilities.
Great deal on Mendez.
I tried to sign this guy when he was under contract still with Bilbao but he had no interest, he got released but had a hip injury so I forgot about him just checked my shortlist and no one had picked him up.
Also back in International Management
Squad for the season
1. Kevin Driessen
2. Troy Cockrill
3. Norberto Jara
4. Rachidou Tossavi
5. Bienvidieo Kote Lopez
6. Segondo Songo'o
7. Jose Antono Mendez
8. Mike Dyer
9. Rob Cox (c)
10. Andrea Terraneo
11. Regis Roux
12. Roger Hansen
13. Jorge Tavares
14. Simon Sturgess
15. Ibai Soria
16. Liam Bremner
17. Ibrahima Sory Diallo
18. Daouda N'Diaye
19. Frederik Simonsen
20. Tom Busby
21.Biriam Mariotti (v/c)
22. Luke Marriott
23. Liam Clark
24. Carlton Gooden
25, Nic Dean
26. Valentino Vezolli
27. Duncan Smith
Glad to see this back and to see that rob cox is back where he belongs Good luck
Cheers mate.
I was beginning to think we might surprise some people this year then opening day of the season we get thumped 5-0 by Man City, our other game saw us draw 0-0 with Birmingham. I need some of the old Rob Cox magic.
Had a good start to the U'21 job
In the squad there is 5 King's Lynn players and 4 of my former players its like a King's Lynn all stars U'21 side! I gave 16 year old Tom Busby his debut and he scored, delighted with that. My coaches think he is going to be world class.
Also in our group are Israel and Bosnia. There was one game played before I started which they won 1-0. I don't envision any problems qualifying. This is the first time on any of the FM's I have managed an U'21 side.
This has been an excellent career so far,keep up the good work!
September was a much better month for us although we only played 3 games. We drew away to Aston Villa to pick up our 2nd point of the season but worryingly we had played three games in the league without so much as a sniff at goal. Up next was a game away at West Ham who are chasing promotion in the Championship in the League Cup3rd round and thankfully we got the morale boosting win we needed.
It is good to see Cox back on the scoresheet. We followed that up with a 3-0 win over Sunderland in the league with man of the moment Diallo picking up another brace. Only worry was Terraneo is out for a month and Mendez is out long term so Tossavi/Bremner will compete for the right midfield spot for the neext few months.
October looks a horrible month with tough games at Newastle and Arsenal plus a home game against Spurs. An away trip to Stoke in the League Cup is a harder draw than I hoped.
Right I am up to the beginning of December now and goals still seem to be a problem despite the fact that i blew £20M on three men I thought would fire us up the table. Thankfully our defence has performed well and earned us three 0-0 draws. Injury problems continued as my engine in midfield Tossavi joined Mendez on the treatment table long term and then to make matters worse my best defender does this
After a 0-0 draw at Everton and a 2-0 home win against Cardiff with both my centre halves scoring from corners the table makes a bit easier reading. I am not too disheartened either as I have played 5 of the current top 7!
The League Cup is different gravy though
Rob Cox is on a one man mission to fire us to Wembley. We have Blackburn in the semis they are big side now and won the Prem two years ago.
The England U'21 job is going well and I have now won 4/4 games and its virtually impossible for me to lose top spot from here
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A few years ago I signed this Aussie striker and I thought he was going to be awesome, he wasn't. Despite good stats he just couldn't find the net and even went on a 26 and a half hour goal drought. I don't even want to work out how many games that was. Anyway I often keep track on my former players and I was going though the transfer history I clicked on him and saw he was in Arsenal's reserves and then noticed he was worth £15M but when I look at his record he still isn't scoring, I thought I was lucky to get £3m for him but I guess Auxerre were the lucky ones!
Just battered Blackpool, this should help the goal difference at the end of the season
What a result against Blackpool .
I have a feeling that you can beat Blackburn in the League Cup to.
I have them next at home in the league and if i get a result there I reckon I have a chance! Huddersfield v Chelsea is the other semi would to take on Huddersfield in the final but that's too optimistic!
Team of the week, this is the most players I have had in it on any version of the game
December was a great month with 5 wins out of 5 including a 1-0 home win over Blackburn then we held Chelsea to a draw away. Leyton Orient home in the FA Cup next then the big game with Blackburn. In other news Kote Lopez has withdrawn his transfer request.
Massive run of wins.
How is Cambridge UP doing so far?
We won the 1st leg 1-0 but gone done 2-0 at there place to make matters worse Huddersfield knocked out Chelsea!
Rikulec - They are in Championship but in the relegation zone, Colwyn Bay who they come up with are mid table.
I was gutted with the League Cup but this has still been a great year
Rob Cox coming back to the club made Captain and grabbed the vital equaliser to put it to extra time where we then demolished them. Europa League next season!
Congrats on winning the FA Cup
Well done, great cup win!!
Cheers guys after they scored early I feared the worst but with10 minutes remaining went overload and forgot to change it in extra time and we blitzed them
10th place I'm happy with that, we were resigned to that with around 8 games to go as we couldn't catch up or be caught. No striker was prolific but everyone contributed. We got £8M for our league spot so add that and the FA Cup winnings that should pay for the following improvements. Looking forward to European Football next season.
Champions league football while finishing 5th seems a little odd? Did Blackburn win the Champions League?
Congrats on your FA Cup win and hope Europe goes well for you next season.
Good to see Rob Cox back and scoring goals, almost like he never left.
Fantastic effort in the FA Cup mate, how big will your stadium be after the latest expansion?
A cracking read well done.
That was like the ultimate FA Cup run. Excellent work .
Watch out Europe!
Blackburn must have won the CL, wow. Did Cambridge UP get relegated?
Blackburn did win the CL, Cambridge UP finished 20th so stayed up but Colwyn Bay had a horrible second half of the season and went down. I'll do a run down of the season in a bit
I'd really love to manage Cambridge on your save now, it's unbelievable to see an AI team going so many leagues up. When human managers do it... yeah, of course it's a fantastic achievement, but it's much more common than UP's story.
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Premier League
Winners: Man Utd
ECL: Blackburn, Arsenal, Tottenham
Relegation: Blackpool, Sheffield Wednesday & Sunderland
Winners: Nottingham Forest
Promoted: Leyton Orient, Norwich
Relegated: Colwyn Bay, Bristol City, Bolton
League One
Winners: Preston
Promoted:West Brom, Wigan
Relegated: Bradford, Fleetwood, Hereford & Northampton
League Two
Winners: Mickleover
Promoted: Plymouth, Fulham & Middlesbrough
Relegated: Morecombe, Scunthorpe
Winners: Crawley Green
Promoted: Irlam
Relegated: Tamworth, Hayes & Yeading, St Neots, Woking
Conference North
Winners: Sporting Khalsa
Promoted: Lincoln
Relegated: Burton, Kidderminister, Newton Aycliffe
Conference South
Winners: Merthyr Town
Promoted: Crickdale
Relegated: Aldershot, Kingstonian, Brightlingsea Regent
Promoted From Regional Prems: CRC, Eastleigh, Dorchester, Dudley Sports, St Helens, FC United
FA Cup: King's Lynn
League Cup: Huddersfield
JPT: Stockport
FA Trophy:Sporting Khalsa
Champions League: Blackburn
Europa League: Juventus
Euro Super Cup: Barcelona
World Club Cup: Barcelona
My Mate plays for CUP now, they used to have a pitch at the University Press with a rope around it, played sunday league game there, so they had to move to Histon after getting promoted to the eastern counties league division 1. So from Eastern div 1 to Championship, only happens in FM!
Which version of the download you using Johnny?
Doing a great job mate, maybe a european trophy for Kings Lynn?
It was one of the first versions to be released that went down to level 10 can't remember which one i'll see if I can find out.
Euro trophy a way off I think my aim is to get to the knockout rounds.
I forgot to answer earlier but our stadium capacity will go up to 27,474 after the expansion! Our youth facilities are "good" but wil go up again once the work is complete.
So far this summer I have sold
Jorge Tavares £1.7M Man City
Daouda N'Diaye £500k Nott Forest
Duncan Smith £2.5M Chelsea
Carlton Gooden £3.7M QPR
Biriam Mariotti £1.5M Southampton
Mike Owen £4M Man City
Attila Kurucz £1M Colwyn Bay
Osvaldo Villavicencio £8.25M Morelia
First time I have seen this, still can't get a work permit for him yet!
Also a few new signing
Some nice signings there. Good luck on your European assault.
I have a few more I'm working on to. Pre-season is taking ages as my comp is really struggling to run the game now. Going to double my ram of my laptop and hopefully it will improve.
Grabbed him from Reggina on loan, the amount of quality Argentine defenders on my game is ridiculous.
Pre-Season nearly over now
Summary of the ins and outs
Jorge Tavares £1.7M Man City
Daouda N'Diaye £500k Nott Forest
Duncan Smith £2.5M Chelsea
Carlton Gooden £3.7M QPR
Biriam Mariotti £1.5M Southampton
Mike Owen £4M Man City
Valentino Vezzoli £6M Villarreal
Mike Dyer £1M Stoke
Segondo Songo'o
Christian McNamara Loan Sparta Prague
Karim Bergali Loan Sparta Prague
Andreas Schone Loan FC Kobenhavn
Liam Clark Loan Watford
Yutaka Tabata Loan Chesterfield
Kamil Cakmak Ln Fee £230k Sheffield United
Oscar Vidal Loan Reggina
Anas Bah Loan Man Utd
Alois Duda Free
Karim Derbali Free
Attila Kurucz £1M Colwyn Bay
Osvaldo Villavicencio £8.25M Morelia
Martin Novak £65,000 Ceske Budejovice
1. Kevin Driessen
2. Troy Cockrill
3. Norberto Jara
4. Rachidou Tossavi
5. Bienvidieo Kote Lopez
6. Matty Sherwood
7. Jose Antono Mendez
8. Simon Sturgess
9. Rob Cox (c)
10. Andrea Terraneo
11. Regis Roux
12. Roger Hansen
13. Martin Novak
14. Osvaldo Villavicencio
15. Ibai Soria
16. Alois Duda
17. Ibrahima Sory Diallo
18. Liam Bremner
19. Oscar Vidal
20. Tom Busby
21. Anas Bah
22. Attila Kurucz
Despite being seeded we drew Schalke in the Europa League 4th qualifying round, they beat me to my number one transfer target in the summer an Israeli centre back I had been tracking for a year or so, hopefully he has a shocker.
We finally ended our winning streak at Wembley, having won in our previous five appearances Man Utd beat us 1-0 in the Charity Shield. Norwich in first game of the season for the battle of Norfolk!
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Serena Warner's final line didn't exactly jump off the stat sheet. The junior middle blocker for the Oregon volleyball team finished Friday night's match against Cal with a modest four kills, on 14 total attacks.
The numbers don't tell the full story, though. Three of those four kills came in the first set, production the Golden Bears had to respect for the rest of the night. That opened things up for other Ducks, and the UO volleyball team went on to sweep No. 20 California at Matthew Knight Arena, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21.
Warner came into the night averaging 0.65 kills per set in Pac-12 play. She was one of five Ducks with multiple kills in the first set Friday, joining usual suspects Liz Brenner, Canace Finley, Ariana Williams and Martenne Bettendorf.
"That was the whole key," UO coach Jim Moore said.
The Ducks (15-11, 8-8 Pac-12) bounced back from Thursday's loss to No. 6 Stanford in impressive fashion. They never trailed in the first two sets Friday, then rallied from an early deficit to win the third.
Thursday's loss could have been crushing after the Ducks tied the Cardinal with a second-set win, then blew a third-set lead on a series of attack errors before losing in four.
"That can get to you emotionally," Moore said. "But it didn't. They came out hard and came after them."
In doing so, Oregon bolstered what was already a solid case for an NCAA Tournament bid, with two weeks left in the regular season. The Ducks are at Utah and Colorado next week, then play at Washington State before hosting the Civil War to conclude the regular season.
"It helps, there's no lie in that," Moore said. "Every win helps now. We've still got a shot at being OK.
"If we take them one at a time, we'll be OK. Let's try to win each play, that's the key."
In the big picture, the Ducks have been stabilized recently by a return to health for setter Lauren Plum, who had been dealing with a foot injury. A more subtle impact came from Warner in Friday's first set, as she presented yet another weapon for which the Cal blockers needed to account.
"For her to put balls away like that and get up really high, she did great," Plum said. "You could see Canace and the other girls start to be one-on-one because Serena was now drawing the middle on her."
Warner only had one kill over the final two sets. But her early presence had a lingering effect, as illustrated by Brenner's evening.
On Brenner's first eight attacks Friday, she had just two kills and three errors, for a hitting average of minus-.125. After Cal starting accounting for Warner, Brenner had just one more error in 29 arm swings the rest of the night; on those 29 swings Brenner had 16 kills, and a hitting average of .517.
"For sure, when we get production out of that middle spot, that helps me out a lot," Brenner said.
Brenner finished the sweep with 18 kills, Williams added 11, Finley had nine and Bettendorf had eight. Amanda Benson had 24 digs, matching the most in the Pac-12 for a three-set match this season.`


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How to remove duplicate tracks from Banshee?
It is a known bug that has been fixed in the newer versions of Banshee.
You can use the latest version of Banshee from the Banshee PPA:
Locate the sqlite3 database (~/.config/banshee-1/banshee.db) and run the following query:
PS Use the command "sqlite3" to open the database, and not just "sqlite".
PPS I had to run the query several times, each run only deletes one additional duplicate. This happens because the inner select only gives you back the ID of one surplus track for each Title/Artist/Album combination.
This answer uses python to access the banshee database, then perform the sql action which donbicca lists with a twist. Instead of having to run the sql code many times, I have asked python to loop the sql code over the number of instances which exist in the sql code. You only need to run this code once. You need to replace your home path (replace "/home/JONDOE" with your home path).
Other alternative to remove duplicqtes song from banshee sqlite database:
Close Banshee FIRST! Backup your DB:
In case you don't have sqlite installed:
Open DB:
Type this query:
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Just like the title says: do any of you have any opinions or reviews on M&P compacts with night sights? I'm thinking I'd like to put some on my 9c, but haven't "bit the bullet" yet.
Just like the title says: do any of you have any opinions or reviews on M&P compacts with night sights? I'm thinking I'd like to put some on my 9c, but haven't "bit the bullet" yet.
Yep, the factory S&W Nights sights work great. I've not looked at any of the third party sights, although I know that a number of companies now offer them for the M&P pistols, including Trijicon. I believe that the complete Trijicon rear and front sight kit for the S&W M&P runs around $130 from dealers.
I'm thinking about the XS bigdot or standard dot on my M&Ps. I'm also interested in everyone's opinions.
When shooting during the day or in high-light situations, do you have trouble seeing the night sights?
I have warren tactical tritium front/plain rear on my M&P9fs. I shot very well with them for 1300 rounds last week, including 2 night shoot sessions. I think tritium front/plain rear or tritium front/1 dot subdued tritium rear are the way to go as they allow you to maintain a much better focus on the front sight in low light conditions. The warrens also have a U shaped rear notch, which I find makes it very natural to center the front sight in the notch vs square notches. The standard 3 dot setup with same color/same size tritium vials is about the worst night sight setup I have encountered because the rear dots appear larger and brighter due to their closer proximity to your eyes. This makes it much harder to maintain a hard focus on your front sight.
If I were buying today I would get warrens again, but get the rear with a single yellow tritium vial under the notch. You might also wish to look into heinie straight 8s or a 10-8 performance rear with a warren or heinie front. I have experience with both of these options and would be about equally happy with them as with my current setup.
I put Big Dots on my 1911,front sight is round and rear sight is a line,sight alignment is as simple as dotting the i
I have an M&P 9 with factory night sights and I've found them to be excellent.


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Call it retooling.
Call it restacking.
Call it tinkering.
Call it regurgitating (okay maybe not that).
Call it changing or shifting.
But don't call what the Dolphins are doing "rebuilding" that makes people antsy.
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On Tuesday, April 29, the Florida State Senate voted 36-3 to pass a bill aimed at preventing homeowners from incurring legal fees for community association paperwork. The bill, which preserves competition in management services for Florida homeowners association (HOA) and condominium residents, was written in response to an effort by the Florida Bar to classify work currently done by licensed community managers as the practice of law. Had the Bar succeeded in their efforts, community associations would have faced significantly higher costs for simple services long performed by licensed managers.
"We commend the Florida Legislature for standing up for homeowners," notes Associa's Senior Vice President for External Affairs, Andrew S. Fortin, who represents North America's largest community association management firm. "The action by the legislature assures that residents of HOAs will not be forced to spend extra money or time to use attorneys for routine, non-legal services."
The issue initially began in 2012 when the Real Property, Probate and Trusts section of the Florida Bar petitioned to declare more than 14 activities, currently performed by licensed community managers, as the practice of law. Items on the Bar's list included determining a simple quorum, sending a pre-lien letter and a pre-arbitration demand letter, which have been performed by licensed community managers without incident for more than a generation.
Because the Bar is considered part of the judiciary branch, it can petition itself, subject to court approval, on what work should be reserved solely for attorneys. Community association management companies and homeowners have strongly objected to the Bar's seemingly self-serving effort for quite some time, and were able to effectively lobby their representatives in Tallahassee in both the House and Senate to quaff the lawyer's attempt to undermine the authority of their trusted property managers. The legislation now heads to the governor's desk for signature.
"From day one we have noted that community association managers do not want to be lawyers," says Fortin, "But at the same time, simple tasks like sending a form letter, counting days on a calendar and determining simple majorities do not always require the assistance of an attorney and our clients deserve choice in the market for such services."
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- As lawmakers continue to debate, gambling set to expand in the state of Florida
- Recent opinion of Florida's 3rd DCA affects all community associations
- HOA board member education is now mandatory in Florida
- The 2013 legislative session brings new bills and new challenges for HOAs
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