^^ Conceptual art for Leon. Personally I like A best, and even Kait does. How about you? Hahaha. This is not yet the actual Leon design though. We're still changing some things. What do you guys think about Suqling's art? Beautiful, huh? =) I honestly love the style of her drawings.
Concept art of all three boys. I super duper love Seth's design! When Kait asked me what I have in mind for the characters, I told her specifically that "When I think of him, I think of a cross between Klavier and Kristoph Gavin of Ace Attorney. Again, I dunno why. I also think of Cliff from Harvest Moon! Oooh. One thing's for sure though, when I think of Seth, he always has long hair. -____- "
EDIT: Now that Suqling has mentioned it... I realize that Aiden does look like Klavier Gavin!
Haha, I think you mean Aiden looks like Klavier?
And yes! That's so right. :D We sort of connected him to Matt Engarde. ;) AA fan, do you know that guy? =) He's just like Aiden.


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PM faces resistance in PTI over Nawaz's exit
For the last couple of days, a section of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is pressuring Prime Minister Imran Khan not to allow former premier Nawaz Sharif to go abroad for medical treatment, saying it would be a complete defeat of the government's accountability narrative.
"We should learn a lesson from the departure of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf as he left the country on the same grounds which badly affected the PML-N government as it could not come to terms with the fact that the dictator evaded punishment," said a senior PTI leader. "Even the PTI workers are texting the leadership not to allow Nawaz to go abroad."
He also wondered that when the prime minister time and again repeated that he would not give an NRO-type deal to any political leader then how he would end the impression of a deal.
The PTI leader believed that the party got majority of the votes in the last general elections on the basis of the narrative of "accountability against corrupt political leaders" and Nawaz's departure would be a political lost for the party.
The PTI leader also wondered what would be the political benefit for the government in giving concession to Nawaz as the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl's 'Azadi March' threat still loomed.
Likewise, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry revealed that all the members of the federal cabinet were not in the favour of removing former prime minister's name from the Exit Control List (ECL). Fawad told media-persons that he also opposed the decision of sending Nawaz to London.
On the other hand, another section of the PTI believed that Nawaz's departure would be beneficial politically as the same was done in Musharraf's case by sending him abroad and easily ruling the country for the next five years.
"If Nawaz leaves the country, the government may focus on governance issues, holding local bodies' elections and it may even secure next five years," said another senior PTI leader.
He ruled out the possibility of foreign powers' influence, suggesting the government to allow Nawaz to go abroad for medical treatment. Likewise, PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain also urged the government to allow Nawaz to travel abroad immediately.
A PML-N senior lawyer was hopeful that the cabinet committee would recommend removal of Nawaz's name from ECL today (Tuesday), saying that the PML-N chief was genuinely ill and the government could not afford to take any risk.
The PML-N leader wondered why NAB had not recommended the government to remove Nawaz's name from the ECL, when the anti-corruption watchdog was well aware that Nawaz's health was deteriorating in their custody and the family doctor was not allowed medical check-ups.
He contended that there was one or two precedent(s) wherein a convict was granted bail and went abroad for medical treatment. Likewise, he stated that Musharraf, who subverted the Constitution, was allowed to go abroad on medical grounds.
However, the legal experts believed that once the security establishment took the decision to allow Nawaz to depart for the UK for medical treatment then it would be highly unlikely for the cabinet to oppose the suggestion.
Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2097867/1-pm-faces-resistance-pti-nawazs-exit/
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Kath Kort was born on Oct. 16, 1944 in Holdrege to Richard and Ruth Armstrong.
She married William Thomas Kort in Minden on Dec. 28, 1968. They were joined by a son, Andrew Armstrong Kort, in 1976.


Question is whether that price in Euros includes VAT. North American prices usually don't include sales taxes while European prices usually do, which can make comparisons misleading.
When Apple stated the iPhone X would be £999 in the UK, and $999 in the US it made newspaper headlines for being a record discrepancy. Thing is the UK price includes a 20% VAT, which offsets much of the exchange rate.
The pre-VAT iPhone X was €833, and Nokia does not have the brand/lifestyle cachet anymore to get that close in price.
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Creator: Southern Baptist College for Women (College Park, Ga.).
Creator: Southern Female College (College Park, Ga.).
In 1843 the Cox family established Cox College, also known as Southern Female College, in LaGrange, Georgia. It relocated to Atlanta in 1895 in an area then known as Manchester, and changed its name to Southern Baptist College for Women. The Cox family owned and managed the school and several family members taught there. Family members mentioned in the collection include Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Cox and their children W. S. (Will); C. C. (Charlie); Sallie (Mrs. W. L. Stanton); Alice; and "Aunt Maggie." Additional historical information about Cox College has not been determined.
This collection contains correspondence, a ledger of student accounts, an appraisal of the W. W. Cox estate, and a pamphlet titled "New Souvenir of the Southern Female College, 1901-1902."
Cox College papers, MSS 544, Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center.


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The best way to narrow down your choices is to imagine your perfect vacation. Who's going? Celebrate an anniversary quietly with a cozy one-bedroom cabin. Go to sleep in front of the fire and wake to coffee and crisp mountain air on the porch. If you'd like to have a special dinner at one of the area's many excellent restaurants, go ahead and make a reservation. Most cabin rentals are secluded enough to be peaceful but close enough to be convenient.
Family vacation? The majority of cabin rentals are near fun family activities such as the aquarium, Dollywood theme and waterpark, zip lining and more. Rent a cabin with bunk beds or one large enough that everyone has their own room. Smoky Mountain cabin rentals are affordable enough that you have plenty of options.
What do you want to see and do while in the Smokies? Choosing a cabin near those activities and attractions can be a prime decision-making factor. Gatlinburg is at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This quaint small town with restaurants, shopping, history, arts, crafts and attractions is a big draw for visitors. If you like busy vacations, or just want options, choose a cabin near this popular mountain resort.
Pigeon Forge is the home of Dollywood, the epicenter of festivals and thrill-ride fun. There's so much to do (and eat) in Pigeon Forge that it has become quite popular over the last decade for its natural beauty, events and central location.
Wear's Valley is an excellent choice if you prefer to have a little distance between you and all the action. This area has many budget-friendly and upscale options for couples and families alike. Wear's Valley cabins are located near shopping, restaurants, music venues and adventure outfitters for fishing, rafting, horseback riding, zip lining and more.
Pining for a mountain view or a water view? Smoky Mountain cabin rental companies offer both. Check out Aunt Bug's Cabin Rentals in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg for cabins that feature a view of the Smokies or a view of the river (or both). When you're this close to nature, you can go fishing or tubing in the gentle Little Pigeon River or ride the raging Big Pigeon River on a raft during the day, then retreat to your mountain home for burgers on the grill at sunset and a rousing game of pool or movies on the big-screen TV in the evening.
Looking for luxury? Companies like Alpine Mountain Chalets rent one- to five-bedroom cabins in Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Many of these secluded cabins feature amenities like pools, sunset decks, luxurious bathtubs and outdoor kitchens. The area's large chalets are truly amazing. These light-filled two-story cabins easily accommodate large families or multiple couples and feature gourmet kitchens, plush leather furniture and to-die-for vistas. To maximize the fun factor, ask for a cabin with a theater room and an outdoor fire pit. Don't forget the popcorn and s'mores!
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Multinationals: The Game and the Rules: Coming Investment Wars?
Canada will now permit new foreign direct investments only when they bring "significant benefit" to Canada. The determination of "significant benefit" is explicitly to be a policy decision of the cabinet, based on five criteria: the contribution of the proposed investment to "the level and nature of economic activity in Canada," including employment, use of Canadian components, and exports; the degree and significance of Canadian participation in the enterprise; the effect on productivity, technological development and innovation in Canada; the effect on industrial competition; and the compatibility of the investment with the economic and industrial policies of the national and provincial governments.
The following scenario thus becomes almost inevitable. The Canadian cabinet will approve a large and controversial U.S. investment. Nationalist opposition will charge a sellout of Canadian interests. The government will respond that the investment brings "significant benefit" to Canada.
But Canadian politics will not permit the simple assertion of "national interest" by the governing party. Opponents of the investment (and of the governing party) will enumerate the alleged injury it brings to Canada. The government will be forced to counter by specifying the benefits which, in its view, outweigh the disadvantages. It will thus publicly reveal, for example, that the investment will bring x thousand additional jobs and y million dollars of additional exports to Canada.
International conflict becomes certain at this point. The AFL-CIO will charge that the x thousand jobs have been exported from the United States to Canada, validating its case against foreign investment by U.S. firms. The Treasury Department will charge that Canada has diverted the y million dollars of exports from the United States, weakening the U.S. balance of payments and the dollar. One virtually certain result is intensified U.S.-Canadian hostility. Another, which is a theme of this article, is an intensification of political pressure in the United States against all foreign investment by American firms.


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Swarovski Crystal - Information about Swarovski Crystals
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Swarovski Crystal is a type of mass-produced, cut and polished glass produced by the privately-owned Swarovski company of Wattens, Austria. The term "Swarovski" is a brand name, named after the founder of the company, Daniel Swarovski. Daniel Swarovski was born in 1862 in Georgenthal, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) at a time when the industrial age was coming into its own. He experimented with electricity and glass-cutting and soon developed and patented a machine for mass-producing mechanically cut and polished glass. This gave him a major advantage over the previous handicraft industry.
The glass pieces were used in the booming fashion industry and for jewelry. They were called crystals, stones, or brilliants, in reference to their similarity with diamonds. The term "crystal" is actually a misnomer, since glass is technically an amorphous solid. In 1895, Daniel Swarovski opened the company in his name in Wattens, Austria. The location was chosen for its seclusion (to prevent copycats) and for its ample hydroelectric power.
The company grew steadily throughout the century, with temporary gaps due to the World Wars. Daniel Swarovski's three sons, Wilhelm, Friedrich, and Alfred all worked under their father, and continued after his death in 1956 at age ninety-four. The company has since diversified into several other industries, including optical instruments (Swarovski Optik), stone-cutting machinery (Tyrolit), and gemstones (Signity). As of 2003, the company's annual revenue was about $2.1 billion. Swarovski is now a global company with over 14,000 employees, manufacturing sites in 15 countries, and a worldwide distribution network.
The Swarovski name is probably most commonly associated with the collectible animal figurines produced from glass, known as "The Swarovski Silver Crystal" range. These figurines have a silvery brilliance, but no actual silver is in the glass. Many of the figurines in this line were designed by Max Schreck, who worked directly with Daniel Swarovski. As of 1995, the principal designers of the figurines are Adi Stocker, Gabriele Stamey, Michael Stamey, Martin Zendron, Anton Hirzinger, Claudia Schneiderbauer, and Edith Maier. The designers are highly regarded amongst the Swarovski Collectors Society (SCS).
The production techniques of the glass are closely held secrets. In general, the process of designing and manufacturing the crystal pieces happens as follows. The first figurine subjects, like the mouse and tortoise, were chosen somewhat haphazardly, and were produced from off-the-shelf chandelier parts the company was producing. However, today's crystal objects go through a far more complex process. First, the designers study the history of a particular subject, by looking through a large collection of photos, books, and other media. Once a representative design comes to mind, it is either sketched on paper, modeled in Plasticine, or directly cut from glass at a large scale.
Next, the model is converted to technical blueprints by a team of engineers trained in manufacturing. The goal is to produce "blanks", which are the rough pieces of the final design. The technicians create the tools and procedure to create the blanks and glue them together. Depending on the complexity of the figure, there may be five to fifty parts to put together. The design process can take up to two years.
Once in production, the blanks are produced by pouring molten glass into metal molds. The glass is not allowed to cool immediately, but instead, it is heated and cooled numerous times in a "lehr". A lehr is a special oven for "annealing" glass, a process that strengthens the glass and prevents it from shattering. The blanks are tested for their level of clarity and assigned a score. Those with a perfect score are cut with optical precision grinding wheels and then polished. Finally, the pieces are glued together with a special, transparent glue.
When giving Swarovski, Swarovski-embedded items are fascinating, but collectible crystal figurines can also be a suitable gift offering.
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Zakaria a plagiarist? You be the judge
Pied Type	 August 27, 2014	 19 Comments
Back in 2012 when Fareed Zakaria was caught quoting another author's work without attribution (commonly referred to as plagiarism), his employers investigated and, for the most part, let him off the hook. After all, he did apologize.
Now it seems those determined investigators over at Our Bad Media, @blippoblappo and @crushingbort, have dug up some more Zakaria "oversights." Their three reports* make interesting reading, and while you might disagree with them about exactly what constitutes plagiarism, you come away with the unshakeable conviction that Zakaria, prior to 2012, took far more liberties with the work of others than one might expect. In a letter to Politico, he defended his work, but in somewhat convoluted and unconvincing fashion, as noted in the response from Our Bad Media.
Of the many examples cited by Our Bad Media, the following is perhaps the easiest to quickly assess. Is Zakaria a plagiarist? You be the judge:
*From Our Bad Media:
Aug. 19, 2014 — Did CNN, The Washington Post, and Time actually check Fareed Zakaria's work for plagiarism?
Aug. 20, 2014 — How and why lying about plagiarism is bad — A response to Fareed Zakaria and Fred Hiatt
Aug. 22, 2014 — The Paste-American World: How Fareed Zakaria plagiarized in his international bestseller (and the magazines he used to run)
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captnmike says:
August 28, 2014 at 12:50 am MDT
Looks to be a fast draw with the copy & paste
Probably automatic tools now to check for plagiarism – but would a news org run all their writing through a checker for their regular writers?
But what about the people that read something then just change the words enough to not be caught by any auto checker?
August 28, 2014 at 1:10 am MDT
That's why the articles are so interesting. Plagiarism is apparently a very gray area these days, with some claiming that if it's not verbatim, it's not plagiarism. Zakaria was arguing that he was citing facts and statistics that were available from numerous sources, so didn't have to be attributed. Some think paraphrasing too closely is plagiarism, but how close is too close? Why wouldn't you cite a source, just to be cautious? Better to be accused of too many citations, or citing secondary sources, than to be accused of plagiarism for not citing at all.
Time, CNN, and the Washington Post have said, I think, that in light of these new examples, they will run new checks on Zakaria's work. Had they done a thorough job the first time (in 2012), they probably would have found many of these examples.
To me, there is a difference between public info you got, but from a news article and not looking at the original source and slurping the entire sentence or paragraph.
While we are on the public and well known "facts" – if my memory is correct – an often cited stat is that the US Coast Guard had the highest causality rate of any service branch in WWII – that is false but was put out in a book maybe 50 years ago and has been repeated ever since by people that are too lazy to do the research – got that from a Museum Director
So the search for truth goes on and on
Unfortunately, almost anything, if repeated often enough, can become widely accepted as "common knowledge" and no one thinks to question it. That's why attribution is important. Either an author, in researching the source, will discover the error, or readers checking the author's citation will discover it. At least we can hope it works that way. Most of the time.
blooper0223 says:
This is a subject I and a lot of editors have to deal with most every day, and I often find myself inserting attribution while editing. It drives me crazy that I have to do that at all, but the truth is, there are too many lazy writers out there. There are lots of very good, conscientious ones too, but they're becoming a rare breed.
My favorite columnist to edit is my favorite not just because he's a nice guy and a really good writer/reporter, but because he worries enough to quadruple-check himself. He always apologizes when he sends me corrections, but there's really no need; if you really care about your writing, you want to make sure it's right. I'd much rather have 10 people like that than than one person who doesn't even care enough to spell-check.
I hated term papers in school, mostly because of the hassle, with only pen and paper, of keeping track of and citing my sources. It was terribly tedious. These days, with computers, it's almost automatic; you enter the text and source at the same time and they stay together, right there in the document.
Aside from the ethical and professional reasons for citing sources, there's the fact that doing so supports and backs up what you're saying. It's not just a wild idea you dreamed up; someone else thinks so too. I just can't imagine why one wouldn't cite one's sources. If you have to look up the information somewhere, or double check something to make sure you're correct, what's so hard about noting that source at the same time?
Some of Zakaria's explanation sound to me like laziness or lack of respect for the reader. For example, he didn't attribute statistics from the government because they're "in the public domain." Yes, that means the information isn't copyrighted, but what if a reader wants to know where he got his figures, perhaps so they can double check them? It's a simple courtesy, especially with the mountains of information the government generates, to let readers know where they can find the information for themselves. Sometimes it sounded like arrogance. He didn't include a source because he, being the The Great Zakaria, simply didn't think it was necessary. And Time magazine "did not always allow for links"? Okay, so put it in the text. Or add a footnote.
I think of the many forums I visit, with comments and discussions on current events. Someone will make an assertion of some kind and very often a reply will come: "Source?" As a reader, that's really all I expect anymore. If you make an assertion of fact, back it up with something, just so I'll know you didn't pull it out of thin air. Unless you're Fareed Zakaria, of course. Then I'll take your every word as gospel.
August 28, 2014 at 6:02 pm MDT
I hated hated HATED doing footnotes in high school … it was a total pain in the ass and frustrating as hell.
Unfortunately it seems the ranks of Zakarias are growing. Some are newish writers, but unfortunately many are people who just should have hung it up if they aren't going to put any effort out. You can't use the "I haven't been sued yet" or "I've been in this business umpteen years" saws to excuse laziness or failure to follow even basic journalistic tenets.
I think the current atmosphere fostered by the 24/7 news cycle and outrageously partisan "news" has contributed as well. Too many consumers aren't questioning what they're told, so the media just keep churning it out … and of course claiming that everything is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!!!! We even have video that we cobbled together from various speeches to prove that Obama admits he eats babies!
Plagiarism it is, no doubt about it. Is it rendered worthless as a result? No, I think not. Zakaria is a gifted and intelligent journalist and if he chooses to lift some well-expressed thoughts of others to craft a viewpoint that is his and different, then the product has value. But, the value and the respect of his readership are diminished accordingly. He yielded to the pressure of deadlines.
Since the advent of the internet and the ease of copy and paste, the nature of writing as a profession has ineluctably changed. Zakaria's temptation is epidemic, not just in journalism but in education. I understand there are web sites that make a good living by delivering plagiarized product. What's the solution? Well, one is to call out the fault when it's found, and PT deserves credit for that here. Also, the software to find plagiarism, as capnmike mentioned. The penalty is diminished reputation for the likes of Zakaria. But I don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater either. I will continue to read him occasionally, but his cheat will now be on my mind. Those who abuse the seriously will be off my read-list.
I like Capnmike's story of the urban legend about the Coast Guard. It's a perfect example of how the basic problem has always been with us. It's just that with computers and the internet, it's much easier. As in all consumerism, it's a case of buyer beware. I use Snopes.com all the time. Bless 'em.
No, Zakaria's work isn't necessarily rendered worthless. But his standing as a journalist has been greatly diminished, as you note. I crossed him off my list after the 2012 incident. I couldn't see his name or face without remembering the incident. I no longer value his opinion as I once did, and frankly, I just don't like him anymore.
Yes, copy and paste has made it so much easier to compile a paper, article, or book. But it also makes it easier to copy and paste the information necessary for proper attribution. So why wouldn't you?
Daddy Bear says:
You say his finished product has value, even if part of it is "borrowed". Okay, are you aware that "borrowing without asking" could easily be a definition of "theft"? If his product has value to him (i.e., his paycheck) Then doesn't he owe some of that money to the person whose product he took?
When I was a newspaper editor, I would have come down hard on any reporter under me that did the same. I don't think any amount of talent or fame can excuse such actions. I'm retired now, so perhaps times have changed. But I hope not.
I assume his work probably has some value to some people as a compilation of information they would otherwise have to compile themselves. Its value as an original work is nil if most of the content was written by others. Maybe people are more interested in his opinions and interpretations than in the sources of his information, although I think everything about him is now suspect. There's this little thing called "integrity" …
I'm not sure at what point "plagiarism" becomes "theft of intellectual property," nor do I know what current law says is the penalty for such deeds. Certainly the aggrieved authors are free to sue him if they think they have a case; it may be enough that he has been exposed and his reputation sullied.
I'm a retired textbook and medical editor myself and would never have tolerated even the appearance of plagiarism or theft of intellectual property. I don't know what the standards are today, but my impression is that journalism, much like society as a whole, is far more lax in its standards than it used to be.
Gabbygeezer says:
I was a Zakaria fan until 2012. He also has been off my reading list since. Clearly, he is a plagiarist. To me, that is an unforgivable sin for someone representing himself as a journalism. I don't think the fact that technology makes it easier or that he has apologized for some of his actions mitigates the gravity of what he did.
I couldn't agree more. And I think his original apology was rather lame, and as is typical of many public figures, was more an apology that he got caught than an apology for what he'd done.
Drives me crazy.
Yep. You'd think writers, especially professional journalists, would understand that while technology has made it much easier to steal someone else's work, it's also made it much easier to discover that theft.
Rincewind says:
Oh for god sake… have done better plagiarism with my essays *cough* but at least tried some different wordings but this is just ridiculous. Now back to my essay copy pasting 🙂
I'm not smart enough to be a plagiarist 😦
August 29, 2014 at 10:52 pm MDT
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BLOGIN FANTASY FOOTBALL (Gameweek 13)
Posted on December 14 by Blogin to Football
OVERVIEW: Welcome all.
It's the quickest turnaround between game weeks so far this season as we hit the fringes of the busy Christmas period. In fact, there's only 2 days between the last match in game week 12 to the first in game week 13.
It's a time where squad strengths will be tested to max and for us, the fantasy manager, it's going to be about 2nd guessing and taking risks. Who will play regular in this busy period? Who will be rested? Which players are likely to throw one for Christmas off? All trials and tribulations of the man on the touch line.
After a very slow start to game week 12, our lads rallied and conjured up a very impressive 61 points, 10 points above the average number. It was enough to claw back 20 points on our office league leader and move up from 3rd back into 2nd place.
For the 2nd week running the captains pick was bang on the money with Kane scoring, taking home 18 points and his strike partner, Son, making the assist. Taxes, death and those 2 providing for one another are the only sure fire things in this uncertain world at the moment. Taking Son out a few weeks ago was a big mistake on my part – to which I've owned up, rectified and moved on.
Also a big shout out to the Leicester players in my team. James Justin (11 points) and kasper S (7 points) really boosted the teams total, we need more of the same this week.
Looking ahead to GW13, I'm not sure how I feel. Spurs face their toughest test of the season away at Liverpool. Obviously with both Kane and Son in the lineup there's potential for neither to score. Then we have two favourable fixtures in Man City v West Brom and Sheffield United v Manchester United however is this where squad rotation really takes affect. 2nd guessing Pep Guardiola is difficult at the best of times but coming up to the Christmas period it's going to be an absolute minefield. De Bruyne to be rested is a real possibility and cause for concern.
With these concerns in mind, I think the tactics this week will be to maintain position and look to attack when the fixtures are better matched. A score around the average mark we will take.
PRAGMATISM.
PICKS: We're going for the sensible approach to GW13 by not making any transfers. There's a certain risk involved but the benefit of having 2 freebies in GW14 should outweigh those.
I actually wanted to get Kilman out the team with Wolves having had players return from injury in recent weeks. His playing time has now become very limited and finding an adequate replacement for the same price is proving some what problematic. TWO FREEBIES NEXT WEEK IT IS.
In terms of captain pick. I've gone with Bruno Fernandes. I felt De Bruyne, despite an easy home fixture, is too much of a Pep resting risk and obviously Kane and Son have the difficult trip to Anfield.
Another Leicester clean sheet would go down an absolute treat and with Saint-Maximin still injured, Federico Fernandez flys the flag solo for our Toon Army boys.
KEEP IT TIGHT LADS.
OVERVIEW: Hello all, welcome.
Where do we start this week? Plenty to discuss. High scoring, lifting the curse, unlucky Ziyech, Bruno Fernandes the sub or maybe the Son faux pas? I think we'll start positive – It's got to be LIFTING THE CURSE!
We finally managed to put the armband on the correct arm in game week 11 after what seemed like a million week's of wrong and costly picks. A Kevin De Bruyne goal, assist and win bonus resulted in 28 glorious points, a relief and a weight lifted from the shoulders like a baron striker ending a goal draught.
That KDB tally helped the team to a very respectable 64 points, which actually brings us nicely on to high scoring. The week's average was a whopping 62, I'm not sure I've ever seen such a high mean number. I could be way off the mark but I can't recall the average being in the 60's too often. Anyone know the record? Anyway, when the mean is high like that, you know the big hitters have had good weeks – Kane, Salah, Son and the afore mentioned De Bruyne all chalking up the numbers. I was initially pleased with my total until I saw the scores of my opponents. Looking deeper at my XI, zero's for Kilman and Barnes who didn't play, whilst Ziyech only picked up the 1. Had they contributed a little bit more we would have been looking at a huge week. We can't dwell.
I had high hopes for Ziyech a couple of weeks ago and it just hasn't quite happened on a points scoring front, despite his impressive performances for Chelsea. It now looks like he's picked up another injury which will probably sideline him until after Christmas – that's 1 forced change this week for sure.
I mentioned last week about how having both Kane and Son in your team at the same time was a risk. This was on the grounds of how costly it could be if Spurs had an off day. Well, on that basis I transferred out Son – how foolish did that turn out to be?! The Tottenham duo scored and assisted each other. Then, to make matters worse, the player I bought in to replace the South Korean, Bruno Fernandes, started on the bench for Man United. You couldn't make it up especially as I'd been plotting the Bruno move for weeks and had finally manoeuvred my squad around enough to get him in. Luckily enough though, he came on at half time and inspired a Manc comeback salvaging himself a respectable 45 minute, 5 points. Eventful Game week indeed.
Looking ahead to GW12, the fixtures to look out for on the fantasy front have to be Liverpool at Fulham and Tottenham at Crystal Palace. Notable mentions maybe for Leicester home to Brighton and even Arsenal home to Burnley – could this be the week Pierre-Emmerick Aubameyang finally starts his season, I'm not saying put him in but he has too much quality to continue this poor form for much longer. The plight of Arsenal this season shows how much they have relied on their talisman in recent seasons. I suppose the same could be mentioned for Alex Lacazette to an extent too.
Also, it's worth mentioning to you guys, but not my work office rivals, that we have an early start this week as Leeds take on Aston Villa in the Friday night match. This means any changes to your squad must meet the earlier deadline, 18:30 friday tea time I think it is so there's your heads up – don't say I never tell you nowt.
PICKS: For the first time in months I've had to take a -4 points hit for transfers. One forced change was the earlier stated Ziyech injury meaning he needed replaced. The bottom line is, I needed to get Hyeung-Min Son back into the team. A good manager can admit when he's made a mistake, my hands are held up. We learn and move on.
Now the problem we had here was, I didn't have the funds to get the Premier League's top scorer straight back in having used the budget on Fernandes. Bit of mixing the pack was required so out came Harvey Barnes and in came the cheaper Daniel Podence of Wolves. It's worked out quite well to be honest. The reason being that Barnes has been left out of Leicester's starting eleven a few times recently and we can't be taking that sort risk – we need players who play week in, week out.
Podence, on the other hand, could potentially play more prominent role in Wolves' campaign going forward with the unfortunate injury suffered to their main centre forward, Raul Jimenez. It's a -4 I'm pretty happy to take when you break it down into logic.
So, with those 2 transfers I now have a midfield that contains De Bruyne, Fernandes and Son – STRONG is the only way to describe it.
In terms of captain's pick this week we hope the curse does not return. Kane takes to arm band with Son accepting the vice role. And we save the best bit of team news for last – One TOON player returns to the lineup, Federico Fernandez comes back into the defence following Newcastle postponement last time out. My team felt bare without a beautiful black and white shirt in it. TOON TOON.
RELAX ON THE BALL LADS.
GAMEWEEK 12 starting XI
FIFA 21/PES 2021 SEASON UPDATE.
Posted on December 9 by Blogin to Football
WHERE HAS IT GONE WRONG FOR FOOTBALL GAMES?
Six teenage lads are crammed into a bite-sized bedroom. Two around the PC, malfunctioning the motherboard by illegally downloading mp3's as the others sit on the edge of the single bed staring, fully concentrated at a box Beko TV. It's not PES or eFootball, It's Pro Evo on the PlayStation 2 – The one with Colina on the front. Hours upon hours of winner stays on or round robin format and the glory days of football gaming. It was simplistic and that was key. There weren't updates, coins, packs, points or any other pointless money grabbing gimmicks – Just the game, a 10 minute 90 minutes on the pitch.
To be clear this isn't a FIFA versus PES who did what to who, rather a plight summary of the 2 franchises. Having tried to play the 'next-gen FIFA' in the last week or so I feel compelled to write this, I don't give a scripted sweaty last minute winner which is better. I just want a good football game to play – A game that will excite, bring realism without sucking the fun out of the sport, that crucial fine balance. Other than the historically great PES Master League which still delivers some magical moments, I'm struggling. When I look back to those days of old, all I remember is joy. Very limited scripting, no buying wins in bulk, just great multiplayer on a level playing field and seasoned career modes to boot.
We are now 3 whole generations of console beyond those halcyon Pro Evo days and I've remained a constant throughout, buying all the PES games on release and most FIFA's – some of which have been god awful, on both's behalf. Whether football games were genuinely better in the early 2000's or whether I'm wearing my teenage rose tinted spectacles with Pro Evo pride leaves a large scope for debate but, I would hope 20 years from now there are absolutely no doubts and no looking back. Games, in general, should be miles ahead of a previous generational period as the technology advances with the passing years. We may still have our own preferences or favourite console era's but it should never be better from a gaming or technical perspective, the latest product should always be the best in that regard.
WHERE WE'RE AT
This year EA have at least tried to deliver a next gen version of FIFA 21 as opposed to Konami's gap year previous gen 'season update.'
Intially, I took this as a chickening out on Konami's part but looking deeper, we are obviously in the midst of a global pandemic, we cut some slack. Also, having played FIFA 21 on PS5 and having seen the funny graphic comparisons with FIFA 17 which have emerged online, maybe the Japanese developer's decision is, in fact, justified – more time will tell. Konami, by not releasing this year, now have the pressure of making their new version of Pro Evo, PES, Efootball, whatever they decide to call it next, absolutely flawless having given themselves that extra time cushion. You can't help but feel it's make or break for the entire Pro Evolution Soccer franchise.
FIFA 17/FIFA 21 – which is next generation?
FIFA, love it or loath it, is the juggernaut of football gaming which is fantastic if you're a large Electronic Arts shareholder. Not so great for us – the consumer. It's now at the point where no matter what footballing spectacle they put out in front of us, millions of copies will be, and are, sold worldwide come what may.
EA have the licenses, the fanbase but what they are currently offering on the pitch is, for me, very substandard – taking into consideration the substantial resources they have at their disposal.
It's shockingly scripted with often clunky gameplay and the rip off roulette pack opening culture stinks of pure greed. With a budget as big as EA's we should be seeing giant strides year in year out. All we actually see is updated transfer window rosters, a few tweaks to the menu screens and changes to whatever soundtracks are hot in the charts that year – A season update?
The FIFA online servers are usually decent. You can get matched up pretty much straight away – mainly because of the amount of people playing the game at any given time. And 9 times out of 10 you'll get a lag free experience.
The problem you get online however, is a human one – your opponent. The player who doesn't actually play the game as football but as just another video game. Basically looking to find any shortcut to win. The high through ball has been a cheat for many years, the unrealistic, overplayed skill moves and the mother off all controller based rage, the sweaty cutback. This fault isn't necessarily with EA but it still makes me think twice about logging in. The point at which you can lay blame at the developers door is the incessant and relentless scripting. You know the score, usually 0-1 last minute after you've spent 10 minutes battering your opponent. The FIFA force field comes into affect and its impossible to score, even when you revert to the anti-football tactics mentioned above. Even when you actually get that win, your victories are usually tinged with the feeling of guilt – The computer helped you in some way and that there's some poor lad or lass at the other end currently contemplating dropping their disc directly in the bin or worse, having to clean the bits of an expensive control pad from their bedroom floor after it connected full force with a wall. It's a true nightmare at times – but, in the end, we always return for more. The Fifa juggernaut.
I do find selecting the lesser teams does actually serve up a better experience when playing FIFA online. You find more like-minded football gamers looking for a proper football match whereby the result is secondary. Being a Newcastle fan, this is where is becomes easy for me – Newcastle are shit but I love being the toon and playing at St.James park, the stadium detail is excellent. FIFA is pretty good at matching similarly poor teams and player ratings. You can have some pretty decent matches that way but the bottom line is avoid picking Barcelona, PSG, Real Madrid, Bayern – you get the gist, try Hull City.
There's actually alot to like about FIFA. I've focused on the negatives – mainly because of the EA budget, there shouldn't be as many down sides. I've seen and read an increasing number of not so favourable reviews that may make the developer sit up and notice that they are sleep walking through the same old motions season after season. I would love to see them push the boat out and give the game a reshfreshing overhaul but I suspect that, while sales remain high, you've got more chance of 'packing' team of the year Lionel Messi from a freebie.
Pro Evolution Soccer, at first glance, is an awful game. The layout, the menu's, the unlicensed teams, players and commentary – which is muted from minute one.
And playing online, I've found, is near impossible. I'm not exaggerating when I say the very first Pro Evo you could play online, 5 I think it was, had better match making facilities and connectivity. That was 15 or so years ago with an ethernet cable into your (my specifically bought Netgear) router. In 2020, the era of super fast fibre broadband, it shouldn't be too difficult to have a lag free El Classico, should it? Hugely frustrating – a word that sums up the majority of my football gaming career.
One time, not so long ago, my mate and I spent an hour trying to figure out how to set up a Co-op 2v2 match. After much deliberating with Google and a number of Youtube tutorials we finally used the rocket science like instructions to manage it. In the end, the lag experienced made it an tremendous exercise in the art of time wasting – Never again. What's worse this year is that PS5 users have been experiencing slow down offline too. Why, oh why, Konami.
So why do I keep going back I hear you ask?
Simple, PES does still bring that element of magic on the pitch – where it truly matters. If you can open your mind enough to see past the bullshit and take it for what is it then you can still have a great time – especially on the legendary Master League. Taking a team of duff no hopers, building a weird emotional bond with each player and struggling through division 2 together and beyond still brings a superb sense of achievement. It maybe a bit of a dated format of dodgy cutscenes and cliches and in need of some serious refreshment but it has stopped me ditching football games altogether in the past few years.
Then, theres still that euphoric feeling of volleying a 25 yard cannon ball into the top corner which is one of the features Konami has managed to maintain throughout the franchise's 26 year existence. The balance of frequency, it not happening all the time but knowing it could at any given time. Make sense? It's a hard one to describe but it's just right and it's that feeling, like scoring a real life goal, you could never replicate with FIFA.
Also, the editing system, especially for PlayStation users, is brilliant and one that helps alleviate those licensing problems.
IF TWO BECAME ONE
The problem with both football games is simple. One offers everything off the pitch and the other on it, put them together and you'd have a pretty solid package but both developers seem content to cash in on the extra added in game purchases without any consideration to the actual game of football. I can understand why they have to do this but that doesn't help a football purist seek the perfection he needs. In fact, having to lower our own football gaming standards and expectations is where we're currently at and that's a shame.
WHERE NEXT
So where does each franchise go from here? For Fifa, it'll probably be more of the same. Keep churning it out every September, minimal changes and watch the EA bank balance continue to expand. There's no real need to mix it up it up, the formula has succeeded. It's dull and samey – will I buy it? Probably. I'm a sucker for football, EA wins.
As for PES, as mentioned earlier, this next 12-18 months do seem critical. By delaying a proper next generation release, they have basically told the footballing world that having an extra year to work on things will help them produce something, the likes of which, we have never had on the virtual pitch before. They have set themselves up for a mighty fall should they not be able to pull it off. As a Pro Evo fan I hope they succeed and I'm eager to see what they come up with – some menu screens that don't hurt your eyes would be a good start.
In terms of what could make either game better, other than the ironing out of the obvious previously stated problems, I would love to see an online multi-player Master League/career mode. The format would be along the lines of Football Manager but in console form. You, along with 2 to 8 players each have your own team and complete as the career moves along, battling it out for signings, leagues, cups etc. Each player would have say a week to play a block of their matches, maybe a virtual month's worth and arrange to play against each other as and when the fixtures required. How hard would that be for EA or Konami to set up? Surely not so difficult, considering the amount of hours they waste on the Ultimate Team/My Team nonsense. They could even add their money grabbing extras within that format should they so please and it would put a refreshing spin on either career mode. Any chance?
For now, I'll continue to play the Master League with my beloved Tyneside. That is, until I get the by-monthly urge to try FIFA again, play at St.James' Park – maybe it's changed a little? A couple of hours, maybe days later, it's the same and it's back to Master League or sometimes nothing at all for a period. That's been the recurring pattern of the last few years but, in truth, I'm desperate for the two games to be great and to get equal satisfaction from both – and not just on one mode. I get the feeling that's a long way away but one can only yearn for better days ahead for the virtually beautiful game.
BLOGIN BETS 5/12/20
This week's accumulator selection is £10 @11/1
• TRANMERE 5/4 (Home v Walsall – KO 15:00)
• JUVENTUS 4/11 (Home v Torino – KO 17:00)
• MAN. UTD 1/1 (Away v West Ham – KO 17:30)
• INTER 2/5 (Home v Bologna – KO 19:45)
• BARCELONA 3/10 (Away v. Cadiz – KO 20:00)
CONFIDENCE: 8/10
OVERVIEW: Another week, another accumulator and a great looking one at that. But before we get into the details, I wanted to go over some funny news which emerged out of Italy this week. Who remembers Sinisa Mihajlovic? The former Lazio and Inter nutcase defender with one of the deadliest free kicks in the game. How could anyone forget him. Well, he is now manager of Bologna, who incidentally face one of our acca picks, Inter. In the pre-match press conference, the mental Serb was asked why he tested a new tactical pattern in training and would he be applying it in the match at the San Siro. His response…
'No, it was just a feint to know which players gave the news to the journalists. If I find out the player who spoke, I stick him to the wall and he won't play football again. When I find the player who switched, it's going to be his f**king problem. If he does this to get a better score on other teams you never know anything. On ours, everyone knows everything. I swear if I find him, I don't know what I'm gunna do, but I'll find it'
GOOD OLD SINISA. – Let's hope he finds the culprit and it sends their match preparations into meltdown.
Anyway, now for more pressing matters. I Love the look of this week's accumulator pick. 5 teams all bang in form and all playing on Saturday at varying times. I'm hoping this maybe the gem we've been crying out for all season, 11/1 represents great value. The plan was to deliberately select kick off times that stagger right across Saturday giving the avid viewer the chance to watch and have the extra vested interest. What's also worth noting is that there aren't any early starts which usually catches us with our pants down. It's all set up for a couple of Saturday night beers watching Messi put on a show to wrap up the acca. Imagine that, bloody lovely.
PICKS: You may be raising an eyebrow at Tranmere being first up for the line and although they only sit mid-table in League 2 they have recorded 8 victories in a row in all competitions and are the leagues form side. 5/4 represents unbelievable value. HOME WIN.
Juventus go into the Derby Della Mole unbeaten in 7 and they would expect to beat their city rivals who are situated in Serie A's relegation zone. Ronaldo is still scoring goals. Routine HOME WIN.
Since defeat at home to Arsenal earlier in the season, Man United have gone about their business relatively quietly winning each of their last 3 Premier League matches. This is in part due to the form of Bruno Fernandes, the Portuguese playmaker has been flying. Opponents West Ham have been going along nicely this season themselves but the Manc's should be too strong here. I fancy Cavani to bag another goal. AWAY WIN.
Inter have really started to put a run together in Serie A. 4 wins in a row to be precise which has seen them rise to 2nd place in the table. We've already heard from the Bologna camp. Utter Chaos. HOME WIN.
There's a running theme here, teams finally putting runs together and Barcelona are no different. 3 on the bounce for them and maybe Koeman is starting to get a grip at the Camp Nou. Messi to STAMP THE SLIP Saturday night.
MOVE THE BALL QUICKLY, DOWN AND PLAY
OVERVIEW: Hello one and all. Only one place to start this week and yet again it's the CURSE OF THE CAPTAIN. For what seems like the 20th week running the captain's selection has cost our lads a big score. Rewinding back to Game Week 9, Mané only returned the basic numbers as did Calvert-Lewin last time out, both with favourable home fixtures at their feet. What is going on? When will we get it right? Only explanation – CURSED. As a result, we've slipped down to 3rd in the office league, our lowest position of the season and now have a forty point deficit to make up. Are we downbeat? Absolutely not, the enthusiasm is as strong as it was in gameweek 1, we go again.
Other than the captain catastrophe, we actually scored ok last week. 48 points in total, 4 above the average but it's certainly a case of what could of been. Noble mentions must be given to my beloved TOON ARMY lads, clean sheet points for Federico Fernandez and match winning goal points for Calum Wilson – That's Bruce ball. The problem we now have is those boys will have to be removed from the lineup this week with Newcastle's match at Villa postponed due to COVID.
Looking ahead to this week, Man City home to Fulham has to be in every fantasy manager's thoughts. It's just who's going to risk the pep selection roulette and who will play. Chelsea v Leeds and Liverpool v wolves are also notable matches.
But, it's the North London derby that intrigues me this week and it shifts some questions from the back of my mind to the front. Recently, I've been thinking that both Kane and Son shouldn't be in my lineup at the same time, especially with Spurs' current fixture set. If Tottenham have an off day that's two big players not contributing rather than just the one. What I want to know is, Is playing them both worth the risk? Should managers now remove one of them? And is there better value elsewhere? I know a lot of managers have a similar situation when it comes to Chelsea defenders. Let me know what you think.
PICKS: Ok, so the all important team news. I've made 2 transfers this week (both free) and I tell you what, it's made my team look very strong – in my biased, yet humble opinion of course.
I've been try to get Bruno Fernandez signed for weeks now and I've finally succeeded, T's crossed and I's dotted, get in. It's took the removal of Son (as deliberated earlier) and Newcastle's Postponement at Villa to manage it with Wilson also making way, hopefully on a temporary basis. Welbeck, who's shown some form at Brighton of late comes in for him.
De Bruyne and Fernandez in the same midfield is a mouth watering fantasy football prospect the only thing left is to rid the Captain pick curse to which I've gone with KDB. Reason being that his match is at home and nothing else. It's now set up for Pep to leave him out but fingers crossed. Bruno takes the vice.
It's the first time in 2 seasons we haven't had a Newcastle United player in our starting line up and, I'm not going to lie, it's heartbreaking. BIG SCORE THEREFORE REQUIRED.
KEEP HIM ON HIS LEFT, LADS.
GW11 starting XI
BLOGIN BETS 28/11/20
Posted on November 27 by Blogin to Football
This week's accumulator selection is £10 @5/1.
– BOLTON 1/2 (Home v Southend. Saturday – 15:00)
– JUVENTUS 4/11 (Away v Benevento. Saturday – 17:00)
– REAL MADRID 1/3 (Home v Alaves. Saturday – 20:00)
– AC MILAN 4/6 (Home v Fiorentina. Sunday – 14:00)
– MONACO 1/3 (Home v Nimes. Sunday – 14:00
OVERVIEW: Welcome again one and all, this week's accumulator selection is a weekend whistle stop tour of the great European hotspots – Starting in Bolton and heading 5 star to Turin, Madrid, Milan, finishing in Monte Carlo for a little casino dabble with our winnings. All during lockdown, what a belter.
The set up is simple, £10, 5 teams, all to win, spread across Saturday and Sunday. We are due a winner and this could be the one.
PICKS: Bolton have started to pick up in League 2 after a difficult opening period. They've won their last four matches in all competitions and face a Southend side rock bottom of the football league. The visitors have been the whipping boys so far and have lost 4 of their last 5. HOME WIN
Juventus are starting to do what Juventus do, win games. Although not at their very best in Serie A thus far, they travel to a Benevento side who lost 4 of their last 5 league games and by some by decent margins. ROUTINE AWAY WIN.
Madrid's league form has been a bit scratchy so far this season however, they welcome Alaves to the Bernabeu, A team they have beaten by at least 2 goals in their last 8 meetings. More of the same. HOME WIN.
Table Toppers AC Milan welcome 15th place Fiorentina to the San Siro where they haven't lost for 13 league matches. In form Zlatan Ibrahimovic to continue his rich vein of form in this HOME WIN.
Monaco have won their last 3 Ligue 1 matches including a Cesc Fabregas inspired 3-2 win over PSG last time out. Opponents Nimes have lost 4 of their last 5. The equation suggests a Monaco win to WRAP UP THE ACCA.
OVERVIEW: Welcome again one and all. What can you say about game week 9? Own goals, a flawed captain pick and a general mixed bag just about sums it up. When Federico Fernandez knocked into his own net for great a -1 start it was a case of here's away. But with a few average 2's across the park backed up by good returns from Calvert-Lewin and Son we rallied to post a decent enough score. After all, I did predict a tough week.
The Captain selection was typically key again and only yielded 6 points. I have to say, the form of Mané is a little worrying. You need to be getting big weekly points from your premium priced players and that's several weeks now where he hasn't delivered. It's quite possible it's not so much a reflection on him but in fact, the Liverpool injury situation and an unsettled side affecting his game. Saint-Maximin at Newcastle maybe also a big case in point here, underperforming because of the team's inadequacies. Or are of they as much to blame for their team not playing well. This begs the question..
Do you keep a player in your fantasy side if their team is struggling collectively?
There's always the danger of the form is temporary, class is permanent thing biting you on the arse end should you transfer out said player. The flip-side being the player carrying on his poor run for another month or so which, in fantasy football terms, is too long to be not scoring good points and especially for those players who are premium priced. One to think about and certainly a dilemma yours truly is going through this week.
Anyway, was I happy with the overall points return for the week? On the whole, yes. 51 with the week average at 55 we were expecting a lot worse. I did say if we could get through game week 9 in or around the average score we would take it and it's actually the first time this season we've been below the average total. We remain in 2nd place and the leader has gained around 20 points but, as I said, it could have been a lot worse and we live to fight another gameweek.
Looking ahead to this weekend, the potential point scoring fixtures that stand out are Man City v Burnley and Leicester v Fulham with arguments also to be had for Everton v Leeds. I mentioned last week about City having a favourable fixture set for the next month or so. The problem we have which has been mentioned so many times in past, is Guardiola's rotation policy. Only once in the last 3 years has he gone with the same line up back to back, a fantasy football manager's living nightmare. Also their form has been scratchy, are City players worth taking the risk? Find out later.
We open up with another early Friday night fixture. Silent treatment in full effect. You know the score, keeping quiet in hope that our rivals are unaware of the early start and thus, causing them to miss the team sheet deadline – Any marginal gains welcome in this cut throat game. The trouble is, most of my colleagues have now cottoned on to the hush hush tactics and have downloaded the app which sends alert notifications. Marcelo Bielsa covert cover blown!!
Anyway, here's hoping for big points weekend.
PICKS: You may recall we didn't use a transfer last time out in order to gain an extra swap this week. Well believe it or not, I've actually only used one of the changes which basically renders last week's main tactic utterly pointless. I mentioned the worrying form of Mané earlier so I've taken him out and replaced with Kevin De Bruyne. This has risk written on both sides of the paper.
1. Mané could quite easily bag a hattrick at Brighton. Form is temporary, class is permanent.
2. De Bruyne didn't even make the bench in City's champions league win midweek. Is he injured? Or was he rested for Burnley? One prays it's the latter, that's my gut feeling and fortune favours the brave.
Elsewhere, Saint-Maximin has also had a dip in form and I was thinking of changing him. However his value is so cheap, I couldn't find a worthy replacement and not forgetting, he's a TOON man still tugging on the old heartstrings. Wilson remains on the bench as Harvey Barnes will have a great scoring chance at home to Fulham and we're hoping Calvert-Lewin continues his rich vein when he wears this week's armband.
FINAL THOUGHTS – How many fantasy points would Diego Maradona have racked up in Naples during his title winning Serie A seasons? A TRUE GREAT AND A REAL LIFE FANTASY FOOTBALLER.
GAMEWEEK 10 line-up
BLOGIN BETS 21/11/20 (League 2 Special)
This week's accumulator is £10 @10/1
– CHELTENHAM 8/11 (Home v Walsall – KO 15:00)
– EXETER 4/6 (Home v Oldham – KO 15:00)
– CAMBRIDGE UNITED 4/6 (Away v Southend – KO 15:00)
– NEWPORT COUNTY 1/1 (Home v Port Vale – KO 15:00)
OVERVIEW: I've scowled the usual leagues across Europe in search of something to get excited about and it's either shortest of short odds or risky risky. Quite often you get weekends where the fixture list is not worth wiping your backside with. It's a shame seeing as we finally made to the arse end of the naff international break.
Anyway, I had a little look at the lower leagues and realised most of the top teams are playing sides quite low down. Delving a bit deeper into form, odds etc I've managed to get a canny looking line from League 2. So here we have it, a League 2 special. Yes I know, there's nowt special about it, same carry on, £10, 4 teams, all to win. 10/1 is cracking odds in my opinion and here's why.
PICKS: Cheltenham sit 3rd in the league and have only lost once at home in their last 8 games which includes 6 wins. They entertain a 13th placed Walsall side who have lost their last 3 matches including a defeat to bottom side Southend. HOME WIN.
Exeter are now 13 games unbeaten and sit nicely in the playoff places. They welcome an Oldham side who have to make 500 mile round trip and sit perilously above the professional football relegation zone. HOME WIN.
Newport County are top of the tree and have won their last 6 league matches at home. Although opponents Port Vale sit just outside the playoffs, they are leaking as many goals as they are scoring. 7 home wins in a row incoming for County.
although Southend won their last match against Walsall, they hadn't won for the previous 16. They sit rock bottom of the table, an ideal fixture for Cambridge who are flying high in 2nd. They have amassed 25 goals in their 12 matches so far only conceding 9. Go on you university toffs, WRAP UP THE ACCA FOR US.
BLOGIN FANTASY FOOTBALL (Gameweek 9)
OVERVIEW: It's tight at the top, joint top in fact with a real title race beginning to develop in the office. It was 60 points for the boys in black and white in game week 8 which is another decent return, the average being 55. Captain Kane once again came up with the goods bagging a tasty 18 points but it was a player I focused on last time round which gave the most satisfaction. Hakim Ziyech supplied 11 points and I noted that his return from injury could be massive for Chelsea, a wicked left foot and the taker of most of the blues' set pieces. It's a great feeling when you spot a little opening and it comes off. I think I was the only manager in our league to bring him in but the problem we have now is that others may now sit up and take notice. They don't stay hidden gems for long.
Looking ahead to game week 9, it's going to be one of those weeks. The type of week you deliberate, change, re-change and then change again. The type of week you look at the fixture list and wonder what to do for the best. Even at this time of writing, I'm still not quite sure if my line up will remain as it is. What's worse, we are coming off the back of the international break, hoping and praying star players have returned unscathed. The flip side of this of course is that sometimes injuries do actually help your thought process. They force your hand when it comes to changes and take you away from the limbo you can find yourself in of not knowing what strategy to play. Fortunately, but Unfortunately for me, there doesn't appear to be any serious injury doubts so we have the full roster to choose from, this is where selection dilemma/headache comes in, Do we stick with what we've got or twist a transfer or two? The questions to be asked are..
Why fix something that isn't broken? Or try and change things to match it up with more favourable fixtures?
Admittedly, there have been little doubts creeping in. Is this the pressure of a title race? Or just a bad fixture week? The way I see it, a slight the element of doubt isn't a bad quality to have as manager as long as it doesn't consume his or her thought process. It shows they've accounted for every eventuality but ultimately, the manager will be judged on his convictions and I have made a bold decision this week, one which I will allude to in more detail later.
Fixture wise, Tottenham playing Man City doesn't help things in terms of my squad. Liverpool – Leicester is just as bad. In fact, If someone offered me the average points total for the week right now I'd snap their hand off, knowing there's better weeks ahead.
THIS WEEK'S PICKS.
Somebody hold me. I've done what I never thought I would. I have not, I repeat, HAVE NOT made any transfers this week. For the first time this season I haven't brought in a new player. Hey, I mean that's not a bad thing, some of us managers are just Tinker-men. Look at Pep, just last month he named a unchanged team……. for the first time in 3 years and who's going to argue with his success. Anyway, there's a good reason for no transfers this week and it's to make an extra free change next week. Looking ahead, Man City's fixtures after this week look quite favourable so being able to bring in a couple of their lads for nowt would be decent.
Ideally though, I wanted to bring Bruno Fernandez this week with Man United at home to West Brom but firstly, I didn't have the funds available. Secondly, I would have had to seriously rejig the pack, taking various minus points to do so. And thirdly, I didn't know who to replace. In the end, not worth it and we move on. UNCHANGED SQUAD.
In terms of team news, I've brought in Harvey Barnes off the bench for Callum Wilson. Sounds like a weird move but, here me out, Wilson is carrying a slight injury and faces a fitness test whereas Barnes, although away to Liverpool, could have a good point scoring chance. Liverpool are without all their senior defensive line so there maybe goals to be had. This also changes the shape for the first time in months from 3-4-3 to 3-5-2 but look, we are a well drilled side and the lads know their roles, after all we are settled side now.
Mané is captain with Ziyech as vice. And what seems like a week full of firsts, it has dawned on me that with Wilson's exclusion, it's the first time this season I haven't named 3 TOON players in the starting line up, Bruce ball really is taking its toll.
FIRST TACKLE, HIT THEM HARD LADS.
BLOGIN BETS 14/11/20 (International Break Bollocks)
– CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1/1 (Home v Barrow. KO 15:00)
– PETERBOROUGH 11/10 (Away v Crewe. KO 15:00)
– HULL CITY 1/3 (Home v Burton. KO 15:00)
– SPAIN 5/6 (Away v Switzerland. KO 19:45)
OVERVIEW: Football in the Covid era has been pretty desperate. No fans, no atmosphere and with the added frustration of VAR inconsistencies. What could the dogs at Uefa/Fifa possibly do to make this footballing slumber even worse? Persist with the international friendlies and Nations League nonsense of course.🙃
So it is, in the midst of Lockdown 2.0 we have dreaded 2 week break of bollocks. This means our weekly accumulator takes an almighty hit in quality and to be honest, I'm not even sure why I'm bothering this week. To say I've researched anything in detail would be downright lie.
If by chance anyone's bothered, the four selections all play on Saturday and were simply a product of gut feeling. I'm not going to waste anyone's time writing any spiel of the teams in question but what I will say is at 10/1 it looks a pretty decent shout. The 3 football league sides involved are all competing at the top end of their respective divisions and are up against teams near the bottom. In terms of Spain, you would fancy them in Switzerland with an empty stadium and theres an interesting one for Newcastle United fans, Mikel Merino (remember him) is in the squad and expected to play. He showed some real promise in his short time on Tyneside but left in somewhat mysterious circumstances, it will be interesting to see how how's getting on if anything.
All in all, I'd say this line is worth a couple of quid if you need something to get you through the pain of San Marino v Gibraltar, a fixture for the ages.
Ending on a positive note, this is the last international nuisance until the arse end of the season and, you never know, A LITTLE DAFT WINNER WOULD BE NICE AS WELL🤞🏻
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Bangalore is the most sought out cosmopolitan city in India. It is the capital of southern state of Karnataka. Bangalore is the IT capital of India and a Global technology hub in the country. So it is obvious that people working here have a pretty busy life. People work in little cubicles, spending most of the times in front of computer screens. This makes their life monotonous. And moreover this place resides many youth from the country that tends to travel on weekends and enjoy their life.


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SUBCHAPTER I
§ 601
7 U.S. Code § 601 - Declaration of conditions
It is declared that the disruption of the orderly exchange of commodities in interstate commerce impairs the purchasing power of farmers and destroys the value of agricultural assets which support the national credit structure and that these conditions affect transactions in agricultural commodities with a national public interest, and burden and obstruct the normal channels of interstate commerce.
(May 12, 1933, ch. 25, title I, § 1, 48 Stat. 31; June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2(a), 50 Stat. 246.)
Constitutionality
For information regarding constitutionality of act May 12, 1933, and act Aug. 24, 1935, cited throughout this chapter, see Congressional Research Service, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, Appendix 1, Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court of the United States.
Short Title of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–215, § 1, Apr. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 328, provided that:
"This Act [amending section 608c of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 608c of this title] may be cited as the 'Milk Regulatory Equity Act of 2005'."
Act June 16, 1933, ch. 90, title I, § 8(a), 48 Stat. 199, provided in part that title I of act May 12, 1933, which is classified to this chapter, may for all purposes be referred to as the "Agricultural Adjustment Act."
Validity of Certain Sections Affirmed
Act June 3, 1937, ch. 296, §§ 1, 2, 50 Stat. 246, provided as follows:
"The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as amended, not having been intended for the control of the production of agricultural commodities, and having been intended to be effective irrespective of the validity of any other provision of that Act are expressly affirmed and validated, and are reenacted without change except as provided in section 2:
Section 1 (relating to the declaration of emergency [this section]):
Section 2 (relating to declaration of policy [section 602 of this title]):
Section 8a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) (relating to violations and enforcement [section 608a(5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) of this title]);
Section 8b (relating to marketing agreements [section 608b of this title]);
Section 8c (relating to orders [section 608c of this title]);
Section 8d (relating to books and records [section 608d of this title]);
Section 8e (relating to determination of base period [former section 608e of this title]);
Section 10(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) (miscellaneous provisions [section 610(a), (b)(2), (c), (f), (g), (h), and (i) of this title]);
Section 12(a) and (c) (relating to appropriation and expenses [section 612(a) and (c) of this title]);
Section 14 (relating to separability [section 614 of this title]);
Section 22 (relating to imports [section 624 of this title]).
The following provisions, reenacted in section I of this act, are amended as follows: * * * [sections 601, 602(1), 608a(6), 608c(5)(B)(d), (6)(B), (6)(B)(18), (19), 610(c), (f), 612(a) of this title]."
Section 2 of act June 3, 1937, also added subsec. (j) to section 610.
Section 2 of act June 3, 1937, was amended by act Aug. 5, 1937, ch. 567, 50 Stat. 563, which amending act provided for amendments to subsecs. (2) and (6) of section 608c of this title.
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January 19 was deadliest day as 152,704 have now died with Covid
A total of 205 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending April 30 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate,
A total of 152,704 deaths have now occurred in the UK where Covid-19 was mentioned on the death certificate, the ONS said.
The highest number of deaths to occur on a single day was 1,477 on January 19.
During the first wave of the virus, the daily death toll peaked at 1,461 deaths on April 8 2020.
The total number of deaths registered in England and Wales was below the five-year average for the eighth consecutive week, the ONS said.
Some 9,692 deaths were registered in the week to April 30, 7.3% below the average for the corresponding period in 2015-19.
Before the eight most recent weeks, the last time deaths were below average was in the week to September 4 2020.
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A total of 205 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending April 30 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics – the lowest number since the week ending September 18.
The figure is down 21% on the previous week.
Around one in 48 (2.1%) deaths registered in England and Wales in the week to April 30 mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate.
Some 35 care home resident deaths involving Covid-19 in England and Wales were registered in the week to April 30, down 30% on the previous week.
In total, 42,416 care home residents in England and Wales have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic began.
The ONS figures cover deaths of care home residents in all settings, not just in care homes.
Deaths involving Covid-19 among people in all age groups 50 and over have fallen by at least 96% since the second-wave peak, the latest ONS figures suggest.
A total of 127 Covid-19 deaths in the 70-and-over age group occurred in England and Wales in the week ending April 23, down from 7,416 deaths in the week ending January 22 – a drop of 98%.
Deaths for those aged 65-69 fell 97% in the same period, with drops of 96% for those aged 60-64, 97% for those aged 55-59 and 98% for those aged 50-54.
Deaths that occurred in the most recent week of reporting – the week to April 30 – are still being registered.


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Trump's 'America First' Policies Won't Work in Space
A communications satellite launched earlier this year. Some in the federal government consider space the next frontier for warfare. (Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance.)
Space is a big place, but our upper atmosphere isn't. Rapidly increasing numbers of satellites orbit there, in addition to innumerable bits of space debris, and rockets fly through it on missions to the moon, Mars, asteroids, and deep space. President Trump's newly revived National Space Council will have to manage this busy region and beyond.
The council members—which include heads of dozens of agencies, including the state, defense, commerce, transportation, and homeland security departments—have their work cut out for them as they develop recommendations for national space policy. Regulating and enabling commercial space activities will likely be a top priority, and the group will likely need to address issues including space debris and potentially militarized satellites. Given the risks of weaponizing space if the US, China, and Russia take their disputes beyond earth, and considering the commercial space industry's uncertain position with respect to national and international law, the council's first and primary goal should be to pursue space diplomacy…
[Read the entire piece on Wired, published on 23 August.]
Why Are FEMA's Flood Maps So Horribly Flawed?
They fail to take climate change into account, and they're hard and expensive to maintain. Plus, they can be manipulated by local governments.
Last week, Hurricane Harvey devastated the city of Houston. The scale of the tragedy shocked even the National Weather Service. But perhaps the most shocked set of people is the 40 to 50 percent of Houstonians who live outside Federal Emergency Management Agency's mapped high-risk flood zones and yet still found their living rooms underwater.
FEMA's maps represent the government's best estimates of flood plains. They hold a lot of power: When property isn't included on FEMA's "magical map," its residents aren't required to buy flood insurance. This tends to impart a false sense of security, says Rob Moore, senior water policy analyst at the Natural Resources Defense Council. "That's why these flood maps lead to such risky behavior and have such tragic consequences."
But as we have seen, both last week and in years previous, FEMA's predictions are also frequently wrong. Why? …
[To find out, read the entire story on Slate, published on 6 September.]
The Pros and Cons of 'BPA-Free'
In response to consumer pressure, manufacturers are phasing out the use of BPA. But the substitute chemicals may simply be more of the same.
Five years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially banned the use of the chemical bisphenol A — commonly referred to as BPA — in plastic baby bottles and sippy cups. A year later, the agency extended the ban to the chemical's use in baby formula packaging. Manufacturers had used BPA for decades, but modern research in animal models and human cell cultures suggested that the estrogen-like chemical can leach from containers to food and, particularly in infants, potentially affect prostate and brain function.
The FDA did not ban the use of BPA in other products, and its uses have historically been ubiquitous… Manufacturers themselves had sought the initial FDA ban in baby items in the hopes that it would protect the industry and shore up consumer confidence. But the damage to BPA's reputation was done. California's decision three years later to add BPA to its inventory of chemicals known to cause reproductive toxicity didn't help — and to date, more than a dozen states have passed laws banning or restricting BPA's use in a variety of products.
In response, the manufacturers have been racing to deploy alternatives and push "BPA-free" consumer products onto the market — but if that sounds like a good thing, there's a problem: The substitute chemicals are similar and, scientists suggest, are likely to have analogous effects on health. In practical terms, this suggests that a "BPA-free" label might be of little consequence to a consumer concerned about the potential impacts of exposure. Some of the alternatives to BPA that industry is using "could be as bad, if not worse in terms of their estrogenic capabilities," said Michael Antoniou, a molecular geneticist at King's College London. "There needs to be some caution here…"
[Read the entire story in Undark, published on 6 September.]
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In this new game that is slated to be come out late in 2015, we can just hope that we can actually drive one of those awesome machines. I think everyone would love to take on the enemy while storming them in a giant AT-AT walker.


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With its perfect Montana charm, we fell in love with our Big Sky home the first time we saw Blue Grouse 2 in photos. The swirl of enchanting emotion continued to escalate on the day we first visited during the summer of 2016. With its comfortable furnishings, cozy nooks, and spacious floorplan, Blue Grouse 2 immediately became our home away from home, offering the perfect retreat for multi-generational families or friends enjoying traveling together. Its location embraces the perfect combination of seclusion, extensive views, and wildlife watching within close proximity to the activities, shopping, and dining in the Meadow Village area. And the brief, beautiful drive up the mountain to skiing and snowboarding in the winter, and mountain biking, zip lining, and hiking in the summer, is breathtaking. With easy access to Yellowstone National Park, Bozeman, and beyond, we feel weve found our perfect piece of western paradise. Our hope is to share this beautiful Montana property with as many visitors as possible so they, too, can receive Mother Natures blessings and refreshment fulfilled by this wonderful cabin retreat. As John Muir once said, Going to the mountains is going home.
Blackstone Property Management is very knowledgeable, cares about the guest experience, and is professional. We HIGHLY recommend this company and the staff is outstanding!
Ski-in/ Ski-out..YES! We had a wonderful time and will be coming back again! An incredible experience in Big Sky Montana, HIGHLY recommend. This property was very spacious and beautifully decorated and located close to all that we needed to enjoy skiing and dining. We were initially greeted by the local property manager from Blackstone Property Management, Travel Big Sky Vacation Rentals and Yolanda was a delight and was extremely helpful in showing us around and answering our questions, very knowledgeable. We were able to leave our skis in the heated garage and our boots, gloves on boot warmers in the mud room with all of our gear. In the morning we could just click into our skis and ski out on a groomed ski access run to the White Otter and Cascade lifts area. One of our family members choose to drive to the Moonlight Basin area, park the vehicle and was there in less than 2 minutes from the house with skis in tow and on a lift shortly there after, very convenient and would highly recommend. The kitchen was spacious and the property was perfect for our first time to Big Sky Montana. We will be back and we will be contacting this vacation rental management company again. They made us feel right at home and the knowledge and infectious smile was very welcoming and professional. Thank you Blackstone!
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