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Make Bayern Great Again

2024.05.18 20:59 Andrest3xas Make Bayern Great Again

Bayern has spent years going into the offseason without a stable coach and front office. Now with our front office set and ready to work, the one man who I trust to lead us into battle is Hansi Flick. Yeah he failed as Germanys coach but, the demands of the Bayern job are way different than the National Teams. Hansi led us to success in 2020, I fully trust him to lead us to glory once again with an adequate squad and a helpful front office.
Davies, Phonsie has made it clear he wants to leave and with one year in his contract we cannot make the mistake we did with Alaba and let him walk for free, any EPL team would pay top dollar and snatch him in a second.
Peretz and Ulreich, they aren't quality subs. With the GOAT almost at the 40 mark we need someone that will cover that position in case Neuer gets injured.
Upamecano hasn't done anything of note since he got to the team, hes never been able to keep his spot in the starting eleven, he gets paid top money to stay in the bench. Another mediocre player ready to be sold for millions to a dumb EPL team.
Sarr, I literally have no idea why his contract hasn't been terminated.
Laimer, he isn't a quality sub, he does everything at a mid level, our subs should bring a different look when they come into the game, no just not suck.
Gnabry, injuries have undone him. He (as much of our attack) hasn't done anything for the club since that mythical 2020 season. We can definitely get top dollar for him, on name alone.
Coman, he will be a club legend when he retires but over the last few years he has been injured when we need him the most. Magestic Bayern career but it’s time to let him go before the dumb teams find out his output for the last 3 seasons.
According to transfermarkt, we would be able to get between 220-260 million for all these players. more than enough to invest in rebuilding our squad.
Our squad after sells- GK- Neuer CB- De Ligt, Kim, Dier, Buchmann WB- Boey, Guerreiro, Mazraoui CM- Pavlovic, Kimmich, Muller, Musiala , Goretzka Wingers- Sane, Tel, Zaragoza ST- Kane
Our squad is still world class, but the difference between Man City, Real & us is that they have 20 world class players, we only have 15. Those extra players they have are what has put them above us in the last 2 UCLs.
Our clear holes are at GK, CM, ST & LB. Our best players are almost or already in their 30s, Neuer is even almost 40. Kimmich (29), Sane (28), Kane (30), Goretzka (29) a new crop of players have to come in and compete with our core.
Our target purchases should be young, proven & bring a different element to the team than what we already have (and hopefully German).
One of the best things Brazo did for our club was loaning out Stanisic & Nubel, they have become proven Bundesliga stars and will bring youth and capability into a Bayern that needs to get faster and secured at the back.
Stanisic will be the perfect complementation to Guerreiro at the LB position. I expect Stanisic to win the starting job, but they both bring different characteristics to the position that Flick will be able to use to his advantage.
Nubel has been the starting GK for a Stuttgart side that has qualified for UCL football and its time to bring him home. Neuer has gotten injured for the last 2 seasons and although he's the best GK of all time, he made 2 mistakes that cost us the pass to the UCL Final. Neuer should still have the UCL and Bundesliga but the Pokal should be Nubels, he has earned that much (and more if we;re being fair).
Our midfield has gotten depleted and older, we haven;t brought in a quality reinforcement throught the market since Goretzka. My solutions to our lack of creativity and toughness are Writz, Pedri & Edson Alvarez.
Writz is a world class, proven, young, German player, he fits all of our needs and will be the face of this transfer market, he brings the leadership and magic we need in the attack and also gives Flick the option to use Musiala at the wing where he can be more useful. Writz is a must for this team.
Pedri will be our Javi 2.0. He has that calm and workforce that Javi borught us for so many years, hes a perfect Kimmich understudy and he will bring the pace back to a Bayern that has gotten slower over the years.
Edson will be our tough guard in the midfield. He will give us a toughness that Bastian & Matthaus gave us for 20 years and that we lost when the Basti left. Hes the perfect complimentary peace to our creative & fast pace players to cover their advances into the oppositions field and give us a defensive look when the game demands it.
The striker position has been our forte since Gerd, and should still be one of our pillars for decades to come. Kane covers that position very well, but he's already on the wrong side of 30, we need a young striker that can learn from Kane and when the time comes take over from him.
Santiago Gimenez has proven himself everywhere he's been and he still has potential for much much more. Won multiple trophies at Cruz Azul in the Liga MX, Won Mexico their latest CONCACAF Cup & has already given Feyenoord multiple silverware in his short stint as starter. His freshman year in Rotterdam saw him breaking Suarez scoring record and his Sophomore year has seen him compete for the Top Goal scorer in the league, with already a Eredivisie title and a KNV Cup under his belt its time for him to make the jump to a world class squad. He's still raw in much of his game, such as knowing how to complement his attacking partners better, learning how to properly press a back line, making the extra pass for a better chance, but these are tools he can learn. He has the talent to follow Kane and become the next great Bayern striker.
Our new starting eleven & subs 
 Neuer
Mazraoui Dier. De Ligt. Stanisic 
 Edson Kimmmich. Writz
Musiala. Sane
 Kane Santi
Tel. Zaragoza
 Pedri Pavlovic. Goretzka
Guerreiro. Boey
 Kim. Buchmann Nubel
D.T. Hansi Flick
This squad will put us back in pair with Madrid and Man City.
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2024.05.18 10:28 Command-Desperate Issues - BSDO - Windows 11 - Memory Related?

Morning Folks
CPU - Ryzen 5 3400G
RAM - 16GB DDR4 GPU - GTX 980TI
PSU - 550W
A friends computer is actually acting weird. He has 2 games he really only plays Football Manager 2022 and Sims 4, every now and then the games crash with the error IRQ not Less or Equals.
Anyway, Things I have done/tried

Ran Memtest86 overnight - No issues, and a nice Pass
Ran Prim95 for 5 hours, again no issues at all.
Ran Heavin benchmark over 10 times, no issues. Ran Furmark for 3 hours, no Issues. Bios updated to latest update
Took the GPU out and gave it to my son to use on his games and his PC, after 12 hours no issue. Swapped the RAM with my Sons PC and again no issues with my son using it.
I am unsure where else to look for this issue. I have upgraded him from Windows 10 -> 11 and the issue persists.
Crashes only happen during gaming. and again not every time.
Sometimes they can go days/weeks with 0 crashes on Sims, then play it once and crashes 6 times in a row,
Same thing with Football Manager
The only thing I can think off is the GPU needs 650w, and its only a 550w PSU installed, but I expect that to crash the whole PC as in I.E. Turn off, as I have had an issue like that before.
Anyone have any ideas what to try? Event Viewer is as useless as a chocolate teapot in this instance, and any Minidumps point to kernel.
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2024.05.18 04:54 GranttH Made 2 different Ohio State versions of EA College Football 25

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2024.05.17 19:47 fark13 Data Scientist - Zelus Analytics - United states

Data Scientist - Zelus Analytics - United states
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2024.05.17 12:12 Monkeygaarden Something tells me I may win my next match...

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2024.05.17 04:02 AC_the_Panther_007 SNES: On the list, which SNES games in North America are your favorites in each year?

1991 (Aug. 13, 1991-Dec. 31, 1991):
  1. F-ZERO (Launch Title)
  2. Gradius III (Launch Title)
  3. Pilotwings (Launch Title)
  4. SimCity (Launch Title)
  5. Super Mario World (Launch Title)
  6. Drakkhen
  7. Final Fight
  8. HAL's Hole in One Golf
  9. HyperZone
  10. Populous
  11. Super Bases Loaded
  12. Super R-Type
  13. The Chessmaster
  14. U.N. Squadron
  15. Ultraman: Towards the Future
  16. Final Fantasy II
  17. ActRaiser
  18. Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
  19. Darius Twin
  20. John Madden Football
  21. Paperboy 2
  22. Radical Psycho Machine Racing
  23. Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts
  24. Super Tennis
  25. True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
  26. Super Castlevania IV
  27. D-Force
  28. Home Alone
  29. Lagoon
  30. Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
  31. Super Off Road
  32. The Miracle Piano Teaching System
1992 (Jan. 1, 1992-Dec. 31, 1992):
  1. Earth Defense Force
  2. Joe & Mac
  3. Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
  4. Nolan Ryan's Baseball
  5. Super Scope 6
  6. Super Smash TV
  7. The Legend of the Mystical Ninja
  8. Extra Innings
  9. Lemmings
  10. PGA Tour Golf
  11. Pit-Fighter
  12. Smart Ball
  13. The Addams Family
  14. WWF Super WrestleMania
  15. Contra III: The Alien Wars
  16. Raiden Trad
  17. Rival Turf!
  18. Super Adventure Island
  19. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
  20. Top Gear
  21. True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links
  22. World League Soccer
  23. Xardion
  24. Arcana
  25. Jack Nicklaus Golf
  26. Mario Paint
  27. Romance of the Three Kingdoms II
  28. Super Soccer
  29. The Rocketeer
  30. Garry Kitchen's Super Battletank: War in the Gulf
  31. Krusty's Super Fun House
  32. Space Football: One on One
  33. Super Soccer Champ
  34. Thunder Spirits
  35. Clue
  36. Spanky's Quest
  37. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
  38. Ka-blooey
  39. Magic Sword
  40. Rampart
  41. Soul Blazer
  42. Strike Gunner S.T.G.
  43. Super Play Action Football
  44. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
  45. Axelay
  46. DinoCity
  47. F1 ROC: Race of Champions
  48. Faceball 2000
  49. George Foreman's KO Boxing
  50. Monopoly
  51. RoboCop 3
  52. Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
  53. Super Bowling
  54. Super Mario Kart
  55. The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare
  56. Wheel of Fortune: Featuring Vanna White
  57. Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
  58. Battle Clash
  59. BlaZeon: The Bio-Cyborg Challenge
  60. David Crane's Amazing Tennis
  61. Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
  62. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
  63. Hook
  64. James Bond Jr.
  65. King of the Monsters
  66. NCAA Basketball
  67. Phalanx
  68. Q*bert 3
  69. Race Drivin'
  70. Sküljagger: Revolt of the Westicans
  71. Space Megaforce
  72. Super Batter Up
  73. Super Buster Bros.
  74. Super Double Dragon
  75. The Irem Skins Game
  76. TKO Super Championship Boxing
  77. Wings 2: Aces High
  78. Bazooka Blitzkrieg
  79. Best of the Best: Championship Karate
  80. Captain Novolin
  81. Chuck Rock
  82. Cyber Spin
  83. Firepower 2000
  84. GunForce
  85. Imperium
  86. John Madden Football '93
  87. On the Ball
  88. Out of This World
  89. Prince of Persia
  90. Road Riot 4WD
  91. Road Runner's Death Valley Rally
  92. Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge
  93. Super Star Wars
  94. Wing Commander
  95. Wordtris
  96. X-Zone
  97. Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs
  98. Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball
  99. Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
  100. Gemfire
  101. Goal!
  102. Gods: The Bitmap Brothers
  103. Jeopardy!
  104. Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
  105. Lethal Weapon
  106. Musya
  107. NBA All-Star Challenge
  108. NHLPA Hockey '93
  109. Pro Quarterback
  110. Push-Over
  111. Test Drive II: The Duel
  112. The Magical Quest starring Mickey Mouse
  113. WarpSpeed
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  1. California Games II
  2. Power Moves
  3. The Hunt for Red October
  4. Uncharted Waters
  5. Aerobiz
  6. Cool World
  7. Dragon's Lair
  8. Harley's Humongous Adventure
  9. Hit the Ice
  10. Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
  11. SimEarth: The Living Planet
  12. Sonic Blast Man
  13. Super Valis IV
  14. The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
  15. Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose!
  16. Doomsday Warrior
  17. Inindo: Way of the Ninja
  18. King Arthur's World
  19. Spindizzy Worlds
  20. Star Fox
  21. Super Conflict: The Mideast
  22. Super Strike Eagle
  23. Tecmo Super NBA Basketball
  24. The Combatribes
  25. American Gladiators
  26. Batman Returns
  27. Battle Grand Prix
  28. Brawl Brothers
  29. Cybernator
  30. Fatal Fury
  31. Outlander
  32. Street Combat
  33. Super Ninja Boy
  34. The Lost Vikings
  35. The Terminator
  36. Tom and Jerry
  37. Toys
  38. Wayne's World
  39. Alien³
  40. Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind
  41. Congo's Caper
  42. MechWarrior
  43. Shadowrun
  44. Super Black Bass
  45. Super Turrican
  46. Taz-Mania
  47. Vegas Stakes
  48. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
  49. Rock n' Roll Racing
  50. Run Saber
  51. B.O.B.
  52. Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
  53. Cacoma Knight in Bizyland
  54. Dungeon Master
  55. Family Dog
  56. Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge
  57. Mario is Missing!
  58. Pocky & Rocky
  59. Super High Impact
  60. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
  61. The Blues Brothers
  62. The Great Waldo Search
  63. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
  64. Wolfchild
  65. WWF Royal Rumble
  66. Yoshi's Cookie
  67. E.V.O.: Search for Eden
  68. First Samurai
  69. Disney's Goof Troop
  70. NFL Football
  71. Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
  72. Super Baseball 2020
  73. Super James Pond
  74. Super Slam Dunk
  75. Final Fight 2
  76. Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting
  77. Super Mario All-Stars
  78. Super Slap Shot
  79. Mortal Kombat: Competition Edition
  80. Alien vs. Predator
  81. Boxing Legends of the Ring
  82. Bram Stoker's Dracula
  83. Captain America and the Avengers
  84. Cool Spot
  85. GP-1
  86. Mecarobot Golf
  87. Operation Logic Bomb: The Ultimate Search & Destroy
  88. P.T.O.
  89. Plok
  90. Redline F-1 Racer
  91. Rocky Rodent
  92. Super Bomberman
  93. Super Off Road: the Baja
  94. Super Widget
  95. The 7th Saga
  96. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Adventure Series
  97. Top Gear 2
  98. Tuff E Nuff
  99. Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
  100. Wing Commander: The Secret Missions
  101. World Heroes
  102. Yoshi's Safari
  103. Zombies Ate My Neighbors
  104. Aero the Acro-Bat
  105. Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
  106. Capcom's MVP Football
  107. Cliffhanger
  108. Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
  109. Family Feud
  110. Football Fury
  111. Kendo Rage
  112. Last Action Hero
  113. Lock On
  114. Madden NFL '94
  115. NBA Showdown
  116. NHL '94
  117. Pac-Attack
  118. Paladin's Quest
  119. Secret of Mana
  120. SimAnt
  121. Sunset Riders
  122. Super Caesars Palace
  123. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  124. The Incredible Crash Dummies
  125. The Ren & Stimpy Show: Veediots!
  126. The Super Aquatic Games Starring the Aquabats
  127. The Wizard of Oz
  128. Troddlers
  129. True Golf Classics: Wicked 18
  130. ActRaiser 2
  131. Disney's Aladdin
  132. BioMetal
  133. Championship Pool
  134. ClayFighter
  135. International Tennis Tour
  136. Jurassic Park
  137. Lamborghini American Challenge
  138. NHL Stanley Cup
  139. Out to Lunch
  140. Pink Goes to Hollywood
  141. Ranma ½: Hard Battle
  142. RoboCop Versus The Terminator
  143. Steel Talons
  144. Super Battleship
  145. Super Putty
  146. Tecmo Super Bowl
  147. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  148. The Lawnmower Man
  149. Time Slip
  150. Tony Meola's Sidekicks Soccer
  151. Total Carnage
  152. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
  153. ABC Monday Night Football
  154. Art of Fighting
  155. Barbie: Super Model
  156. Battle Blaze
  157. Battle Cars
  158. Beethoven: The Ultimate Canine Caper
  159. Dennis the Menace
  160. Dig & Spike Volleyball
  161. F1 Pole Position
  162. Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf
  163. Inspector Gadget
  164. Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3-D
  165. Lufia & the Fortress of Doom
  166. Mario's Time Machine
  167. Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge
  168. Metal Marines
  169. Nobunaga's Ambition
  170. Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
  171. Side Pocket
  172. Soldiers of Fortune
  173. Super Chase H.Q.
  174. Super Nova
  175. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
  176. The Adventures of Dr. Franken
  177. World Soccer '94: Road to Glory
1994 (Jan. 1, 1994-Dec. 31, 1994):
  1. Brett Hull Hockey
  2. Choplifter III
  3. Lester the Unlikely
  4. Lethal Enforcers
  5. Mega Man X
  6. Riddick Bowe Boxing
  7. Skyblazer
  8. Super Battletank 2
  9. Super Solitaire
  10. Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension
  11. Ardy Lightfoot
  12. Bill Walsh College Football
  13. Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage
  14. Flashback: The Quest for Identity
  15. Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
  16. Ninja Warriors
  17. Pro Sport Hockey
  18. Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball
  19. Super Alfred Chicken
    1. Super Bases Loaded 2
  21. Super Troll Islands
  22. T2: The Arcade Game
  23. Turn and Burn: No-Fly Zone
  24. Winter Olympic Games: Lillehammer '94
  25. X-Kaliber 2097
  26. Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest
  27. Claymates
  28. Equinox
  29. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball
  30. MLBPA Baseball
  31. NBA Jam
  32. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Future's Past
  33. The Flintstones: The Treasure of Sierra Madrock
  34. The Peace Keepers
  35. Wolfenstein 3D
  36. Young Merlin
  37. Super Metroid
  38. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye of the Beholder
  39. Bébé's Kids
  40. Champions World Class Soccer
  41. Dream T.V.
  42. Fatal Fury 2
  43. Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
  44. King of Dragons
  45. Knights of the Round
  46. Legend
  47. Liberty or Death
  48. Mega Man Soccer
  49. Pinball Dreams
  50. Rocko's Modern Life: Spunky's Dangerous Day
  51. SOS
  52. Super Goal! 2
  53. Time Trax
  54. Ultima: The False Prophet
  55. Wheel of Fortune: Deluxe Edition
  56. Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom
  57. Andre Agassi Tennis
  58. ClayFighter: Tournament Edition
  59. ESPN Baseball Tonight
  60. FIFA International Soccer
  61. Jeopardy! Sports Edition
  62. Relief Pitcher
  63. Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon
  64. Space Ace
  65. Spectre
  66. Suzuka 8 Hours
  67. The Pirates of Dark Water
  68. ESPN SpeedWorld
  69. Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!
  70. Capcom's Soccer Shootout
  71. Championship Soccer '94
  72. Final Fight Guy
  73. HardBall III
  74. Hyper V-Ball
  75. Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition
  76. King of the Monsters 2
  77. Natsume Championship Wrestling
  78. Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45
  79. Saturday Night Slam Masters
  80. Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
  81. The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates
  82. The Ren & Stimpy Show: Fire Dogs
  83. The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang
  84. Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme: Skiing & Snowboarding
  85. Ultimate Fighter
  86. World Cup USA '94
  87. Disney's Beauty and the Beast
  88. F1 ROC II: Race of Champions
  89. Stunt Race FX
  90. Super Godzilla
  91. Breath of Fire
  92. Aerobiz Supersonic
  93. An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
  94. Brain Lord
  95. Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
  96. Eek! The Cat
  97. Elite Soccer
  98. Fighter's History
  99. Fun 'n Games
  100. Mr. Nutz
  101. Tetris 2
  102. The Adventures of Kid Kleets
  103. The Death and Return of Superman
  104. The Incredible Hulk
  105. Disney's The Jungle Book
  106. The Untouchables
  107. Troy Aikman NFL Football
  108. Kid Klown in Crazy Chase
  109. Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage
  110. Blackthorne
  111. Illusion of Gaia
  112. Mario's Early Years: Fun with Numbers
  113. Michael Andretti's Indy Car Challenge
  114. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  115. Mortal Kombat II
  116. Obitus
  117. Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
  118. Super Bomberman 2
  119. Tecmo Super Baseball
  120. Virtual Bart
  121. Vortex
  122. WildSnake
  123. World Heroes 2
  124. Final Fantasy III
  125. Adventures of Yogi Bear
  126. Disney's Bonkers
  127. Bubsy II
  128. Earthworm Jim
  129. Firestriker
  130. HammerLock Wrestling
  131. Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
  132. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1
  133. Lord of Darkness
  134. Mario's Early Years: Fun with Letters
  135. Math Blaster: Episode 1
  136. Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
  137. NBA Live '95
  138. NCAA Football
  139. Operation Thunderbolt
  140. R-Type III: The Third Lightning
  141. Radical Rex
  142. Robotrek
  143. Shaq-Fu
  144. Shien's Revenge
  145. Snow White in Happily Ever After
  146. Sparkster
  147. Super Adventure Island II
  148. Super Punch-Out!!
  149. Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
  150. The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
  151. Disney's The Lion King
  152. Uncharted Waters: New Horizons
  153. Donkey Kong Country
  154. 3 Ninjas Kick Back
  155. ACME Animation Factory
  156. Aero Fighters
  157. Aero the Acro-Bat 2
  158. Al Unser Jr.'s Road to the Top
  159. Animaniacs
  160. Ballz 3D
  161. Bassin's Black Bass with Hank Parker
  162. Beavis and Butt-Head
  163. Cannondale Cup
  164. Demon's Crest
  165. Dragon View
  166. ESPN Sunday Night NFL
  167. Ghoul Patrol
  168. Home Improvement
  169. Jammit
  170. Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues
  171. Lemmings 2: The Tribes
  172. Madden NFL '95
  173. Mario's Early Years: Preschool Fun
  174. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
  175. Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City
  176. Newman/Haas Indy Car featuring Nigel Mansell
  177. NHL '95
  178. Nickelodeon GUTS
  179. No Escape
  180. Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
  181. Pocky & Rocky 2
  182. Samurai Shodown
  183. Sonic Blast Man II
  184. Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures
  185. Stone Protectors
  186. Street Hockey '95
  187. Super Bonk
  188. Super Pinball: Behind the Mask
  189. The Pagemaster
  190. The Ren & Stimpy Show: Time Warp
  191. Tin Star
  192. TNN Bass Tournament of Champions
  193. Ultima: Runes of Virtue II
  194. Ultima: The Black Gate
  195. WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling
  196. Wolverine: Adamantium Rage
  197. WWF Raw
  198. X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
  199. Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel
  200. Biker Mice from Mars
  201. Brutal: Paws of Fury
  202. ESPN National Hockey Night
  203. GP-1: Part II
  204. Hurricanes
  205. Metal Morph
  206. Micro Machines
  207. NFL Quarterback Club
  208. Pieces
  209. Power Instinct
  210. Rise of the Robots
  211. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Starship Bridge Simulator
  212. Street Racer
  213. Tetris & Dr. Mario
  214. The Adventures of Batman & Robin
  215. The Tick
  216. Tiny Toon Adventures: Wacky Sports Challenge
  217. Uniracers
  218. Wario's Woods
  219. Super Game Boy (if counts)
1995 (Jan. 1, 1995-Dec. 31, 1995):
  1. A.S.P. Air Strike Patrol
  2. BreakThru!
  3. Brett Hull Hockey 95
  4. Carrier Aces
  5. ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay
  6. Full Throttle: All-American Racing
  7. Mega Man X2
  8. Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
  9. Pac-In-Time
  10. Rap Jam: Volume One
  11. seaQuest DSV
  12. Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition
  13. The Ignition Factor
  14. NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
  15. Addams Family Values
  16. The Adventures of Mighty Max
  17. Brandish
  18. Kirby's Avalanche
  19. Kirby's Dream Course
  20. Looney Tunes B-Ball
  21. NCAA Final Four Basketball
  22. Pinball Fantasies
  23. Rise of the Phoenix
  24. Spider-Man: The Animated Series
  25. Super Bases Loaded 3: License to Steal
  26. The Flintstones : The Movie
  27. Top Gear 3000
  28. True Lies
  29. Bust-A-Move
  30. Sterling Sharpe: End 2 End
  31. The Itchy & Scratchy Game
  32. Warlock
  33. Fatal Fury Special
  34. Kyle Petty's No Fear Racing
  35. Metal Warriors
  36. Stargate
  37. The Ren & Stimpy Show: Buckaroo$!
  38. Timecop
  39. Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
  40. EarthBound
  41. Air Cavalry
  42. Bass Masters Classic
  43. Hagane: The Final Conflict
  44. International Superstar Soccer
  45. Judge Dredd
  46. Jungle Strike
  47. Justice League Task Force
  48. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
  49. Packy & Marlon
  50. Phantom 2040
  51. Super R.B.I. Baseball
  52. The Sporting News: Baseball
  53. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
  54. King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
  55. Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire
  56. Tecmo Secret of the Stars
  57. Wild Guns
  58. Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
  59. Chrono Trigger
  60. Primal Rage
  61. Batman Forever
  62. Captain Commando
  63. Demolition Man
  64. Killer Instinct
  65. Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos
  66. SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  67. DOOM
  68. Mega Man 7
  69. Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus
  70. Castlevania: Dracula X
  71. Foreman For Real
  72. Head-On Soccer
  73. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
  74. NHL '96
  75. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Crossroads of Time
  76. WeaponLord
  77. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
  78. Mortal Kombat 3
  79. Big Sky Trooper
  80. MechWarrior 3050
  81. NBA Live '96
  82. Nosferatu
  83. Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday
  84. Secret of Evermore
  85. Spawn: The Video Game
  86. Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition
  87. The Mask
  88. Madden NFL '96
  89. AAAHH!! Real Monsters
  90. Dirt Trax FX
  91. Doom Troopers
  92. Earthworm Jim 2
  93. Emmitt Smith Football
  94. FIFA Soccer '96
  95. Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
  96. International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
  97. Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
  98. Jimmy Houston's Bass Tournament U.S.A.
  99. NBA Give 'N Go
  100. NFL Quarterback Club 96
  101. Scooby-Doo Mystery
  102. Sid Meier's Civilization
  103. Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety
  104. Super Turrican 2
  105. Urban Strike
  106. Wild C.A.T.s
  107. WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
  108. Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
  109. Breath of Fire II
  110. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
  111. Kawasaki Superbike Challenge
  112. P.T.O. II: Pacific Theater of Operations
  113. Revolution X
  114. Syndicate
  115. Disney's Toy Story
  116. War 2410
  117. Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars
  118. Zoop
1996-1998 (Jan. 1, 1996-Dec. 31, 1998):
  1. Final Fight 3
  2. Mega Man X3
  3. PGA Tour '96
  4. Prehistorik Man
  5. Sink or Swim
  6. College Slam
  7. Cutthroat Island
  8. Frantic Flea
  9. Mark Davis' The Fishing Master
  10. The Brainies
  11. Power Piggs of the Dark Age
  12. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
  13. Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run
  14. Olympic Summer Games: Atlanta 1996
  15. Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition
  16. Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
  17. Magic Boy
  18. Mohawk & Headphone Jack
  19. Tetris Attack
  20. Kirby Super Star
  21. Ms. Pac-Man
  22. PGA European Tour
  23. Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers
  24. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
  25. Madden NFL '97
  26. NHL '97
  27. Oscar
  28. Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame
  29. War 3010: The Revolution
  30. Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
  31. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
  32. Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems
  33. Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
  34. NBA Hang Time
  35. Disney's Pinocchio
  36. SimCity 2000
  37. Street Fighter Alpha 2
  38. Whizz
  39. Casper
  40. College Football USA '97
  41. Incantation
  42. Mr. Do!
  43. NBA Live '97
  44. Realm
  45. FIFA Soccer '97
  46. Lost Vikings 2
  47. Harvest Moon
  48. Brunswick World: Tournament of Champions
  49. Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 1
  50. Kirby's Dream Land 3
  51. Arkanoid: Doh It Again
  52. Madden NFL '98
  53. Space Invaders
  54. Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games
  55. NHL '98
  56. NBA Live '98
  57. Frogger
Plus, there are 716 Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games in North America.
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2024.05.17 02:11 MirkWorks Excerpts from Adventures in the Orgasmatron: How the Sexual Revolution Came to America by Christopher Turner (Beats & Gestalt therapy)

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In 1945, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac were students at Columbia University and were lodging in Joan Vollmer’s apartment on West 115th Street. Kerouac, a Catholic who had gotten in on a football scholarship described Ginsberg as “this spindly Jewish kid with horn-rimmed glasses and tremendous ears sticking out…burning black eyes”; the two men had a brief, awkward affair. Their friend William Burroughs was living nearby, on Riverside Drive, and after Kerouac and Ginsberg set him up with their landlady, he moved in, too. The gaunt and lanky Burroughs was more than a decade older than Ginsberg and Kerouac, and already seemed, Ginsberg recalled, to have the “ashen gray of an old-age cheek.” The younger pair admired him, Ginsberg wrote, like “ambassadors to a Chinese emperor.” Kerouac hailed him as “the last of the Faustian men.” Burroughs returned the compliment by introducing the other members of the “libertine circle,” as they dubbed themselves, to drugs, sailors, porn, bathhouses, and Wilhelm Reich.

After leaving Harvard in 1936, Burroughs had enrolled at the University of Vienna’s medical schools, Reich’s alma mater, with vague plans of becoming a psychoanalyst, but his stay was dominated by the administration of arsenic shots for the syphilis he had contracted in America, which left him feeling nauseated and depressed. He left after a semester. Back in New York, Burroughs was analyzed by Paul Federn, who had been Reich’s first therapist but whom Reich came to consider his nemesis. Burroughs was institutionalized in 1940 after he chopped off the tip of his finger in a Van Gogh - like gesture of unrequited love (Bellevue psychiatrists diagnosed him as a paranoid schizophrenic). Burroughs’s parents gave him an allowance of two hundred dollars a month on the condition that he seek further help, and in 1946 Burroughs was undergoing narco-analysis with Dr. Lewis Wolberg, who used nitrous oxide and hypnosis to stimulated the unconscious.
Burroughs would return from his sessions with Wolberg to practice “wild analysis” on his friends, interpreting their dreams from the comfort of a wing chair. He also played a game that parodied the Reichian character analysis that he’d become interested in. The group would play an adaption of charades to facilitate the exploration of the onion layers of their personality armor. Burroughs referred to these exercises in amateur dramatics as “routines.” For example, underneath Burroughs’s public persona as the distinguished heir of an important St. Louis family lurked a prissy, lesbian English governess (“My dear, you’re just in time for tea. Don’t say those dirty words in front of everybody!”). Scratch the governess surface and you reached Old Luke, a gun-toting, tobacco-chewing sharecropper from the Deep South (“Ever gut a catfish?”). The last stratum, at his very core, held a silent Chinaman, a contemplative, impassive character who sat meditating on the banks of the Yangtse. Ginsberg’s hidden self was “the well-groomed Hungarian,” and Kerouac liked to play the naïve American lost in the sophistications of Paris.
Alfred Kinsey met Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac on one of their nocturnal trips to Time Square through their friend Herbert Huncke, the male prostitute who coined the term “beat” and introduced Burroughs to recreational drugs. Kinsey paid Huncke
Taking advantage of the proximity of Cott’s office to his father’s home, and still buzzing in the mouth, Ginsberg chose to come out during a posttherapeutic visit. “You mean you like to take men’s penises in your mouth?” his father said unsympathetically. But Cott thought homosexuality a perversion, as Reich did, and was working toward establishing heterosexual primacy rather than trying to persuade Ginsberg to come to terms with his queerness. “Frankly I won’t trust that kind of straight genital Reichian,” Burroughs wrote in disgust at this dogmatism. “Feller say, when a man gets too straight he’s just a god damned prick.”
Cott terminated Ginsberg’s therapy after three months because he continued to smoke pot against the doctor’s advice. Ginsberg though cannabis an integral part of his aesthetic education; Cott feared that it would lead to a psychotic episode. The summer he quit therapy, Ginsberg began experiencing auditory hallucinations. “It was like God had a human voice,” Ginsberg wrote of his transcendental experience, in which he discovered his calling as a poet, “with all the infinite tenderness and mortal gravity of a living Creator speaking to his son.” Consumed by a desire to share his amazing experience, Ginsberg crawled out onto his fire escape and tapped on the next-door neighbor’s windows, declaring to the two frightened girls inside, “I’ve seen God!”
His father, still reeling from the discovery of his son’s sexuality, feared that he was suffering from the paranoid schizophrenia that had caused his mother to be institutionalized in Pilgrim State, a mental hospital on Long Island. She also heard voices, feared her husband was trying to poison her, hallucinated Hitler’s mustache in the sink, and thought spies were following her. When Ginsberg entered Reichian analysis, she was reportedly banging her head against the wall so ferociously that the doctors recommended a lobotomy.
Ginsberg phoned up Dr. Cott, his former therapist, and told him, “It happened, I had some kind of breakthrough or psychotic experience.” Cott, who followed Reich in rejecting the talking cure, and who was obviously still angry at Ginsberg for choosing pot over therapy, said, “I’m afraid any discussion would have no value” and hung up on him. Soon afterward, when Ginsberg was involved in a car chase in a stolen vehicle that ended in a dramatic crash, he was encouraged by a law professor at Columbia, where he was still a student, to plead insanity. Dr. Cott appeared in court to testify to his mental instability, and two months later Ginsberg was admitted to the Columbia Presbyterian Psychiatric institute, where he stayed for eight months.
During Ginsberg’s hospitalization, Burroughs wrote to Jack Kerouac to ask him to find out from Ginsberg what the “gadget made by Reichians” looked like. “I want especially to know its shape and if there is a window, and how one gets into it.” Kerouac doesn’t seem to have been much help in providing a blueprint. Burroughs built his first accumulator in the spring of 1949 when he was living on a rented farm in Pharr, Texas, with Kells Elvins, a friend from his Harvard days. They were both enthusiastically reading Reich’s The Cancer Biopathy and decided to build an accumulator in the orange grove Kells owned in the Rio Grande Valley. Built without recourse to any plans, the resulting device included some curious innovations. “Inside was an old icebox,” Burroughs explained, “which you could get inside and pull on a contrivance so that another box of sheet steel descended over you, so that the effect was presumably heightened.” It took them a few days to construct the box. The result was eight feet high, much taller than the ones Reich manufactured: “It was a regular townhouse,” Burroughs recalled.
The pair took turns sitting in the accumulator and obtained, Burroughs wrote, “unmistakable results.” Burroughs wondered what the Mexican farm laborers thought of this strange box that they entered “wrapped in old towels,” and came out of feeling “much sexier and healthier,” “with hard-ons.” Burroughs and Kells also made one of Reich’s smaller shooter boxes, with a funnel, which they used as a supplement to the big box. Their DIY was, Burroughs admitted, “a very sloppy job,” but it still have a powerful “sexual kick.”
"I have just been reading Wilhelm Reich’s latest book The Cancer Biopathy,” Burroughs wrote excitedly to Kerouac. “I tell you Jack, he is the only man in the analysis line who is on that beam. After reading the book I built an orgone accumulator and the gimmick really works. The man is not crazy, he’s a fucking genius.” Kerouac described Burroughs enthusiastically promoting the box in On the Road (1955). According to Kerouac, Burroughs said, “Say, why don’t you fellows try my orgone accumulator? Put some juice in your bones. I always rush up and take off ninety miles an hour for the nearest whorehouse, hor-hor-hor!”
Burroughs used an orgone box on and off for the rest of his life. (There is a picture of the rock star Kurt Cobain waving through the port-hole of Burrough’s last box, a scruffy, patched-up shed that he kept in the garden behind his house in Lawrence, Kansas.) In the 1970s he wrote an article for Oui magazine entitled “All the accumulators I have owned” in which he boasted, “Your intrepid reporter, at age thirty-seven, achieved spontaneous orgasm, no hands, in an orgone accumulator built in an orange grove in Pharr, Texas. It was the small, direct-application accumulator that did the trick.”
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Perls concluded that any positive claims for the orgone box were attributable to the placebo effect. “I invariably found a fallacy,” he said of the orgone box users he met, “a suggestibility that could be directed in any way that I wanted.” Reich, Perls thought, had made a major contribution in giving Freud’s notion of resistance a body, but he erred in trying to make a verifiable reality out of the libido. “Now resistances do exist, there is no doubt about it,” Perls explained, “but libido was and is a hypothesized energy, invented by Freud himself to explain his model of man.” He thought Reich had hypnotized himself and his patients into the belief of the existence of the orgone as the physical and visible equivalent of libido.
Perls found that users of orgone boxes usually exhibited some paranoid symptoms. “Then I had another look at the armor theory,” Perls went on, “and I realized that the idea of the armor itself was a paranoid form. It supposes an attack from, and defense against, the environment.” Perls criticized vegetotherapy for encouraging the formation of paranoid features by encouraging the patient to “externalize, disown, and project material that could be assimilated and become part of the self.” Orgone energy, Perls concluded from his investigations into the orgone box, was “an invention of Reich’s fantasy which by then had gone astray.” The realization that the Reich he had met in New York was different from the one he had known in Europe, and that orgone mysticism was at the crackpot end of science, was tinged with melancholy. “The enfant terrible of the Vienna Institute turned out to be a genius,” Perls wrote in his autobiography, “only to eclipse himself as a ‘mad scientist.’”
In his own elaboration of character analysis, which he called Gestalt therapy, Perls turned the idea of armor around: where Reich had come to see character armor as a defense against a hostile external world, Perls saw that same layer of self as a shield for one’s own true drives - a straitjacket designed to safeguard against explosions of excitement from within. Thus, it wasn’t a shell to be crushed but something integral, to be owned. (Laura Perls said they tried to convince Rosenfeld to give up his box, that he could increase his physical vitality and mental agility “entirely on his own, without external devices.”) He wanted his patients to be aware of their bodies, to feel the present vividly in the “here and now,” to be “authentic,” to act on their desires.
Perls got his patients to act out their feelings so that they could assimilate and take responsibility for them. He had originally wanted to be a theater director - he’d been a student of Max Reinhardt’s when he was growing up in Berlin, and he’d become closely associated with the avant-garde Living Theatre troupe in New York. Julian Beck, a founder of the Living Theatre, explained to Perls’s biographer, Martin Shepard, of Gestalt therapy, “[Perls] had something in mind that was halfway between the kind of performance we were doing [direct spectacle, aimed at challenging the moral complacency of the audience] and therapeutic sessions.”
“You are my client,” Perls told one female patient. “I care for you like an artist, I bring something out that is hidden in you.” He described therapy as if it were a magic trick; the rabbit he claimed to pull out of the hat was a person shorn of the “neurosis of normalcy” and all the bourgeois niceties associated with it. This person, he hypothesized, was confident enough to be selfish, to act on rather than repress all her desires, whatever the social consequences. All the energy that others wasted on repression and concealment, Perls thought, should be available for creative self-expression. Another of Perls’s patients recalled, “Fritz loved some types - open bastard-bitch - open defenses, that type. He didn’t like anyone who would placate him or be too good to him or used good-girl or good-boy defenses - that drove him up the wall.”

Perls’s views ,and some of his methods, were much indebted to those pioneered by Reich in the thirties: Perls would habitually accuse his patients of being “phony” and was deliberately aggressive, much as Reich had been with him. Yet, his observations about the paranoid deviations in Reich’s terminology and thinking were painfully perceptive, precisely because he had built on those very ideas.
In 1951, Perls, Paul Goodman, and a Columbia professor of psychology named Ralph Hefferline published Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality. Rewritten by Goodman, and bearing all the hallmarks of Goodman’s exasperating style, the book blends Reich’s ideas about energy blocks and flows with Sartre’s cafe philosophy to create an American brand of existentialism turned therapy. The authors intended their self-help book to provide the reader with the tools for revolution: “In recommending [these experiments] to you,” they warned of their mass-market therapy, “we commit an aggressive act aimed at your present status quo and whatever complacency it affords.” They promised immediate liberation, without the hard grind of political struggle; all you had to do was unleash your “authentic” self.
The “excitement” to which the subtitle of the book refers is a generalized libido, an elan vital that is seeking various outlets, not all of them sexual. Life, for Perls, was a series of “unfinished” or “undigested” situation, frustrations that were all waiting their turn for satisfactory closure. “After the available excitement has been fully transformed and experienced, then we have good closure, satisfaction, temporary peace and nirvana,” Perls summarized his position. “A [mere] discharge will barely bring about the feeling of exhaustion and being spent.”
It sounded very like the Reichian orgasm. But for Perls, excitement was no longer exclusively genital, as it was for Reich, and this shift only served to open up numerous other slipways to pleasure. In Reich’s view, the libido theory was an inviolable article of faith. In broadening its range to celebrate oral and anal pleasures, Perls heralded a polymorphously perverse and heretical vision - one that, ironically, would prove particularly amenable to exploitation under capitalism.
In 1952, Perls, his wife, Goodman, Isidore From, Elliott Shapiro, and two others founded the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, headquartered in the Perleses’ apartment and with treatment rooms at 315 Central Park West. The seven founding members met on a weekly basis for group therapy. There was no bureaucratic hierarchy and everyone, including Perls, was subject to the honest criticism that was seen as the key to self-discovery. It was a very public form of character analysis: members of the group would draw one another’s attention to every repression or hang-up, none of which was to be tolerated.
Elliot Shapiro, an ex-boxer and the head of a psychiatric school attached to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, brought a friend to one session; Shapiro’s friend said he “had never witnessed the aggressive and profound battling that went on in those groups. Nobody, virtually nobody, was safe at any time.” Shapiro recalled, “We hammered at each other, and hammered, and hammered - every week. And it was the most vigorous hammering you can image….If you could live through these groups and take the corrections, the insults, the remarks…” Not all the participants had sufficiently thick skins to take such brutal candor. The psychotherapist Jim Simkin left the group because he felt that everyone was “loading elephant shit on him,” as did Ralph Hefferline, a coauthor of Gestalt Therapy.
To promote this new school, Perls traveled from city to city, introducing an audience of psychiatrists, social workers, and other interested parties to his “here and now” philosophy. He taught groups in Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, and Miami how to be sensitive to their bodily needs and to follow their impulses, to be honest and unalienated. He’d be sharp and confrontational as he pushed his awareness techniques on the participants: What are you doing now? What are you experiencing? What are you feeling? Isadore From, who was part of the original New York group, remembers that these occasions were often very dramatic, with “a lot of shaking, trembling, anxiety” - effects that he thought were the result of the audiences’ hyperventilating under the strain of Perls’s relentless goading and questioning.
The New York Institute of Gestalt Therapy also ran public seminars, including one by Goodman, “The Psychology of Sex” (“What you can’t do, teach,” he said with a laugh). Following Reich, it was thought that neurosis could be treated by exposure to sexual pleasure. Goodman made this his area of expertise and people with sexual problems were often referred to him. One was a man who was worried about the quality of his orgasms after prostate surgery. Another thought he might be homosexual; the bisexual Goodman got his penis out and demanded that the patient touch it to help him make a diagnosis. In so doing he was no doubt influenced by Hitschmann, the Viennese analyst who once asked Perls, then tormented by sexual inadequacy, to show him his penis .
In one of Goodman’s group sessions, when someone complained of the lack of sexual companionship, Goodman went around the circle and set up a week’s worth of dates. “See, that wasn’t so difficult,” he reassured her. He was not beyond offering his own neurosis-busting services to patients of either sex, and once agreed to accompany a patient who invited him on an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe. He joked about setting up a College of Sex so as to put his vast experience to educational use. “I’m a sociopath,” he wanted a potential client. In a diary entry written in 1957, Goodman looked back on the previous decade and concluded that he’s made a “false cultus-religion (an obsession)” of sex: “The sexual act itself had just about the meaning of a ritual communion sacrifice.”
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2024.05.16 16:10 kittehgoesmeow What A Day: The Great Deflaters by Crooked Media (05/15/24)

"It’ll be entertaining, informative. Like the two old guys on the Muppets." - Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) getting amped up for the Trump-Biden debates.

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Republican dreams of recapturing the Senate are shining a little brighter today, after primaries in West Virginia and Maryland handed nominations to less-crazy-than-usual candidates.
The persistent Haley support, months after she quit the race, suggests plenty of lingering unease among moderate Republicans about Trump. The question becomes what those voters will do in November.

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A very spooky new CBS News investigation found nearly 80 election deniers are working across key battleground states in important election oversight positions. Cool! Love that!
So there are folks in charge of running elections in places like Nevada that either don’t believe the 2020 election results, pushed election conspiracies, refused to certify past results or publicly supported the January 6th insurrection. One can only imagine what people like this would do if Trump or other MAGA Republicans lose their races come November. (Spoiler: they might try to deny!)

What Else?

The old boys have decided to duke it out face-to-face once again. The Biden v. Trump debate showdown is confirmed, at least for now, for June 27 on CNN. They even agreed to meet again on September 10. Both candidates had scoffed at participating in the traditional schedule from the Commission on Presidential Debates, and have now opted in to at least two network events. RFK Jr. said he feels excluded. Poor thing. Must be tough! We are surely in for a respectful classy healthy debate amongst gentlemen, right?
The publicity around Trump’s criminal trial led a majority of Americans (52%) to believe, for the first time, that he did falsify business records, according to a new poll, endorsing prosecutors’ key charge against him. The big question now: will the jury agree? Also, how is this guy ahead in the polls???
The number of abortions in the U.S. actually grew during the 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to a report by the Society for Family Planning. A major factor: telehealth visits, which are now responsible for 19% of all abortions in the U.S., compared to 4% in mid-2022. Research has found telehealth abortions are as safe and effective as in-person visits.
Oligarchy alert: just 50 American billionaire families have dumped over $600 million into the 2024 election, according to a new report by the progressive nonprofit Americans for Tax Fairness. Almost 70% of those contributions went to (you guessed it) conservative candidates and causes. C’mon, rich folks, shouldn’t you spend that dough on a new set of polo ponies or something? Dressage horses? Whatever freaky stuff you guys like.
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in critical condition after he was shot multiple times in what officials are calling an apparent political assassination attempt. The 59-year-old pro-Russian leader was shot in the abdomen and is still in the hospital.
A jury has been sworn in for the bribery trial of Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ). A prosecutor told the court on Wednesday that Menendez “put his power up for sale.” A defense attorney countered that Menendez was “not as an agent of the Egyptian government,” took no bribes, and is “an American patriot.” Then a bunch of gold bars fell out of Menedez’s pockets.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) scorched his fellow Republicans for “prostrating themselves” outside Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan this week. Romney said: “I think it’s a little demeaning to show up in front of the courthouse — and particularly one where we’re talking about an allegation of paying a porn star. And it’s really, really very difficult to watch.”

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The Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a congressional map drawn with an additional majority Black district in this upcoming election, stomping out a lower court ruling that called the map an illegal racist gerrymander. This is good news for Democrats hoping to gain control of the House in November. And we need all the good news we can get these days.
Inflation eased for the first time in 2024, in good news for consumers and the economy. Stocks closed at a record high.
The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell 3% last year, marking the first annual decline since 2018.

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2024.05.16 15:53 AlexGamr0X0 Chelsea to receive Hazard bonus

Chelsea will pocket £5million from Real Madrid due to a little-known clause in the deal to sign Eden Hazard despite the star RETIRING, according to reports.
Hazard, 33, signed for the Spanish giants from the Blues in 2019 in a deal worth £130m.
The deal saw Chelsea receive £88m up front, with various performance related clauses and add-ons included.
The Belgian signed a five-year deal worth £20m a season with Los Blancos but struggled with injury throughout his time at the club.
After playing just 54 LaLiga games for Madrid, Hazard saw his contract with the club terminated last summer.
He then announced his retirement from football in October.
However, the terms of the deal between Chelsea and Madrid have remained valid, according to The Telegraph.
And Carlo Ancelotti guiding Madrid to the Champions League final this season has seen another of these bonuses triggered.
It means Chelsea, who recently sold their training ground and a hotel in intra-group deals to help them with Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules, will gain a bonus £5m.
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2024.05.15 14:18 ComicbookSage Ultramarine Terminator 2000 pt

Sorry for my ignorance. I am a OLD time 40k player (1st 2nd 3rd edition) If I understand correctly, we’re in 10th edition now?
Anyway, what I’m looking for is this some help I’d like to make a 2000 point army which if I am not mistaken is the average?
Except to be a little bit of a pain in the butt, I like terminators and land Raiders.
Is there an acceptable 2000 point army where I have just terminators and maybe a land raider or two.
I’m not really concerned that much about the land Raiders I really like the terminators. Reason being is now that I’m eyesight a little bit off. The optometrist said my eyeballs look like footballs. Lol I guess that means getting old. I really really like terminators they’re little bit bigger and chunkier, which makes it easier to paint. So I’d like to have just terminators in my army.
Thank the community for taking the time to answer these questions.
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2024.05.14 21:07 Think-Jellyfish8769 Is it ok to ask for regular check ins/ space to talk 10+ years into R?

I’m 10 years + down the road with R and I’m struggling. I’d love to know how other long term Rs are getting on with issues like this one. Sorry if this is TMI or long.
We have lots that is going good for us, years 3-7 of R were amazing and I felt stronger than ever and in fact, after the tricky first 2 years, until this year I never regretted for a second deciding to R.
We did then hit a few bumps in the road with one of our kids over the last few years and I have been struggling with that because my WH cannot seem to communicate with me at all if conversations feel likely to be “difficult” for him. I work too but in a less financially lucrative role than him since we had the last kids (who were twins) so it tends to be me whose life is organised round his and the family’s needs.
In addition, I did not adjust well when after the pandemic quiet life, he returned to drinking while socialising at work and staying away from home in hotels for work more often. He had minimised this quite a lot after the affair as it was so strongly associated with opportunities he took to have sex with his AP. When he started doing it again it was a trigger for me and his response was one of despair - when would I ever get over this, he was a different man and would not do that again, he’s never good enough etc etc. I end up both apologising to him but also deeply resentful that somehow I’m in the wrong again.
He stopped drinking at work functions for a bit, started again and then stopped again but only because he felt forced to by me being upset, he was very clear that he shouldn’t need to do that. This has never made me happy or reassured me, I now feel pushed into this awful role of the controlling wife when I’m really looking for him to care enough about me not to actually want to drink at work when he’s staying away in a hotel.
I would rather he did what he wanted and we separated but he is very strongly against that and gets quite emotional and sad if I suggest we might both be happier. If I leave, it will be my “fault” at this point because he wants to stay together. Our children don’t know what happened because they were very young at the time and I don’t think that it would be helpful for them but that leaves us in a situation where everyone knows it is me that is unhappy now. I am also frightened to leave because my financial position is unprotected and I feel quite alone in the UK.
My family in NZ would help me but my children are teens/ young adults now so wouldn’t be happy to return to my home country with me. And, fool that I am, I love him, he’s my best friend, when things are good they’re great.
At Christmas we hit an all time low and for the first time I shouted at him in front of the kids about how I feel so abandoned when he can’t talk to me when I am struggling. I felt more and more disconnected from him and started the year in a terrible place crying, lonely and saying how suicidal I felt/ trying to tell him I needed his support with our kids. On that day he didn’t talk to me but he did sit with me and then he just never mentioned what I’d said again.
This is how he treats most of my outbursts of feeling - if I seem distressed enough he might stay with me for a bit of time but he won’t talk about it again unless I do. He might go off and do some random act of service so I kind of know he’s heard but it is hard to focus on that when I want him to talk with me.
Fast forward a week or two and my WH asked to bring a work colleague (also a BW) round on a Saturday for us to give her some emotional support because her mum was away for a fortnight and she was struggling looking after her toddlers by herself, he said she was having such a tough time. She had split up with her WH just before Christmas because he had been having an affair. She lives in her home city and is surrounded by friends and family who love and care for her. She came round and was chatting to me, telling me how it was for the best as they had been drifting apart for a while, that she had been set up with someone by a friend and they’d been texting/ had a date planned. She was not actually by herself, she was going over to her sisters to stay the night and to sit in a hot tub after she’d been at our place.
As I was sitting chatting with her and holding her baby, I had an almost outer body experience where I was at the same time looking down on us talking and also floating above comparing her situation with mine when I was there 12 years ago.
I was alone in a new city where I knew no one except my PIL who had made it clear as soon as we arrived that they didn’t want to offer me any practical support, I had four kids aged 5 and under, my support network of friends were all in the city where we had lived previously, I had lost my job in the move so that my husband could be closer to his parents/ pursue a better job in this city and my father was at the end of his life on the other side of the world a 24 hour flight away.
My husband then began an affair with a younger co-worker and had her round to our house to play with our babies and f*** in our bed while I was home in NZ visiting my family / my sick dad for three weeks. When I got back and discovered what had happened the same day I returned, I had absolutely no one to turn to and only my husband to rely on. He didn’t immediately choose me but thought about it for a few days. He’d planned to go travelling with this woman and had been playing happy families with my babies who weren’t even two years old yet - it felt like he’d been practicing to see whether she would make a good stepmother for them.
I thought about returning to my home, but our initial MC treated me like I was the one suggesting doing something awful to my WH and I never felt ok pursuing that then. My PIL and SIL were not unkind, but they had not supported me before so it was hard for me to turn to them in the circumstances. I had no one. It was the most terrible time of my life and I did try to take some pills one afternoon after drinking too much.
In the day we had his colleague round, I kept thinking, would I have stayed with him if I had been around family and friends. I was also so hurt that he could see her struggles and ask me to help her but not ask me if there was anything he could do to help me. Since then I seem to be locked in a trauma kind of response, crying, reliving stupid details I haven’t thought of in 10 years, checking AP’s work situation etc (pain shopping) and I haven’t slept through the night in months.
I have also been upset for a couple of years by the lack of communication between us as I associate him having had the affair in the first place as a response to my being low when I was in a new city/ had lost my job/ looked after our twins and a toddler on my own all day/ my dad being diagnosed with terminal cancer. He struggled to deal with how I was feeling and withdrew from me, found his AP who was more able to meet his needs/ fun to be around.
This is what emerged in MC, that he couldn’t cope with emotions due to FOO issues. This means I really struggle to voice my feelings in a way that gets me the support I need now because he has withdrawn from me over the last two years during issues with our child and I am fearful of being too much for him again. I know I do it badly, I wanted MC to help me learn better ways of communicating too, not just to deal with how he withdraws from me.
I asked my WH to go to therapy with me a couple of times over the last two years to deal with the communication issues but he didn’t want to do MC because he said he felt unprotected in the two sets of MC we had in the early days.
I have also asked him if we could try just checking in with each other once a week but he is always unwilling and there is always a reason but it boils down to he doesn’t want to do it. He has said it feels forced and as if he has to say something other than he’s fine. He has also said it’s too difficult with his work/ our lives to predict when he’s free. Most recently he has said he’s asked his friends but no one else has to do that. I have said it’s what I need, a regular space where we talk about how we are going. Our MC suggested it 10 years or so ago and I have never stopped wanting that or raising it. However, it’s like this thing in his mind that it would be negative or difficult so he just doesn’t do it except once or twice when things get difficult again. Which then reinforces that it is a negative space. There were a few times we did it a year or so ago where it felt companionable to me so I was devastated when he just stopped because work got difficult for him and needed all his attention.
I feel I am at the bottom of his priorities after the kids, work, meeting football team parents, his parents, work colleagues. Am I mad to ask for that space once a week for an hour together?
Also we have one day of full on intensive therapy planned (a compromise to fit his schedule/fears about traditional MC) and I hope to talk this through with him again there but I am starting to wonder if we are wasting our time/ money.
I don’t know if I’m looking for support or a wake up call but I’d love to hear from long term people in R who have faced similar issues.
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2024.05.14 17:00 epiczail [US][H] NES, SNES, Gameboy(C/A/DS), N64, Gamecube, Genesis, Saturn, Sega CD, 32x, Dreamcast, PS1, Sealed games, etc[W] PayPal FF

Hi everyone, I'm getting rid of some items from my collection that I haven't used in a while/don't see myself ever playing. Everything is CIB unless noted. Shipping is free for anything over $25, otherwise it'll be $5. I am only taking FF. For consoles & larger items, I'll split shipping halfway.
I will be shipping via the cheapest method, if you would like a specific carrier or method of shipping, I can send a quote for the difference in cost.
Game Info Price
Consoles & Accessories
Genesis controllers Various 3rd party, multitap, arcade stick $5
Genesis power cable MK-2103 $15
Genesis RF Cable $2
Dreamcast RF cable $2
Sega CD Model 2 loose with power cable $150
Sega CD Model 2 CIB $300
Generic N64 USB Controller $5
SNES
Actraiser loose https://imgur.com/a/1qOugTW $35
Arkanoid SEALED $73
Demon's Crest loose $155
Demon's Crest still has seal from blockbuster on https://imgur.com/a/SkWWcZ3 $500
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest Mint $105
Incantaion $510
Mega Man X first print $125
Robocop vs Terminator $115
Super Metroid First print, Includes poster https://imgur.com/a/HFmsDM1 $330
Xardion loose $35
Zombies Ate My Neighbors $108
N64
Crusin USA loose $15
Diddy Kong Racing loose $30
Diddy Kong Racing $95
Ogre Battle 64 loose $98
Resident Evil 2 $130
Star Fox 64 tear on front of box, no rumble or insert $62
Tony Hawk Pro Skater loose $12
Gameboy & GBC
Adventure Island II loose $25
The Flash $70
Interstellar Assault loose $35
James Bond 007 $70
Woody Woodpecker Graded 9.0 A+ $295
Gameboy Advance
Castlevania Double Pack Graded 8.5 A+ $400
Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls Missing cart holder https://imgur.com/a/beVqX9X $48
Mario Tennis Power Tour SEALED $120
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon no cart holder https://imgur.com/a/wT3aBYu $95
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun $98
Mega Man Zero 2 $95
Ninja Five-O loose, label damage https://imgur.com/a/81gCA0b $325
Rebelstar Tactical Command SEALED $89
Sonic Advance 3 $77
DS
Ace Attorney Apollo Justice SEALED $105
Bleach the 3rd Phantom SEALED https://imgur.com/a/ZZi8Wb6 $150
Chibi Robo: Park Patrol SEALED $95
Children of Mana SEALED $75
Chrono Trigger loose https://imgur.com/a/hxKCrOR $73
Chrono Trigger CIB $120
Dragon Quest IX loose $36
Magicians Quest Loose $140
Mario & Luigi: Bowsers Inside Story SEALED https://imgur.com/a/1GoouU3 $60
Mario & Luigi Partners in Time SEALED $140
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Double Team Graded 85+ $200
Monster Tale SEALED https://imgur.com/a/yMlHxGf $100
Pokemon Conquest loose $62
Pokemon Conquest $105
Pokemon Soulsilver loose $122so
Sonic Colors SEALED https://imgur.com/a/Hcukcvz $40
Zelda: Spirit Tracks Loose $55
3DS
3DS & DS lot Battle of Giants Dragons, Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Club Penguin Herberts Revenge, Flash Focus, LEGO Batman 2, Ninja Turtles, Puzzle Quest, Sonic Colors, Touchmaster 2 All loose $43
Gamecube
Phantasy Star Online Episode I&II Plus $190
Pokemon Colosseum loose $127
Ribbit King no manual $160
Spawn: Armageddon SEALED $87
Super Mario Sunshine loose https://imgur.com/a/LnzMttT $30
Viewtiful Joe SEALED $100
Viewtiful Joe 2 SEALED $80
Zelda Collector's Edition https://imgur.com/a/n2cr9Fx $66
Wii
Kirby’s Epic Yarn SEALED https://imgur.com/a/v0L7KL5 $35
No More Heroes 2 SEALED $32
Resident Evil 4 SEALED $35
Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles https://imgur.com/a/L9fp8v2 $35
Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles no manual, https://imgur.com/a/L9fp8v2 $9
Rune Factory Frontier $35
Master System
Miracle Warriors $48
Genesis
LOT 1, Earthworm Jim, Garfield caught in the act, Krustys fun house, monopoly all loose, some have label wear https://imgur.com/a/xDt7jtC $30
LOT 2, College Football USA 97, NBA Live 96, World Series Baseball 95 All CIB $25
Arcus Odyssey No Manual $155
Batman no manual $90
Battletoads Double Dragon Loose $22
Bimini Run No manual $35
Captain America no manual $45
Contra Hard Corps No manual $98
Crusader of Centy loose, former rental, super glue on back screws $445
Double Dragon 3 loose $12
Eternal Champions loose $6
Fire Shark No manual $58
Ghouls N Ghosts No manual $60
Gunstar Heroes no manual https://imgur.com/a/Tg7fYyP $120
Jeopardy SEALED $30
Landstalker Loose, sharpie on label $24
The Lost Vikings SEALED, cart is loose $180
Mega Turrican no manual $140
Pac-Mania $26
Predator 2 $60
The Punisher $350
Red Zone No manual $63
Robocop vs Terminator no manual $55
Shadow Dancer Secret of Shinobi no manual $48
Shining force II $150
Spider-Man X-Men Arcade's Revenge $24
Sonic the Hedgehog $30
Sunset Riders no manual $90
Time Killers no manual $125
Toki Going Ape Spit no manual $56
Ultimate Qix No Manual $55
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2024.05.14 05:50 Billyhoofball Ashfin Ghotbi’s Best Player Quotes.

When I was watching the pre-game show on Sunday, KJ made a light hearted comment about Ashfin Ghotbi’s “ World class” comment about the new CB & suggested historically Ghotbi’s quotes were sometimes a little OTT and kept the media department busy. So for a bit of fun I googled his quotes on other players and found the following which in hindsight now are quite ironic.
Pele Martinez
“Реlе іmрrеѕѕеd mе іmmеdіаtеlу wіth hіѕ аthlеtісіѕm аnd реrѕоnаlіtу,” ѕаіd Аfѕhіn Ghоtbі, Vаnсоuvеr FС Неаd Соасh.
“А grеаt сhаrасtеr іn thе lосkеr rооm, Реlе mаkеѕ еvеrуоnе bеttеr аrоund hіm. Не іѕ а bоrn lеаdеr whо wіll ѕооn bе а fаn fаvоurіtе іn thе СРL.”
MARTINEZ subsequently left the club by mutual agreement midway through 2023.
Amir Kinani
He has an eye and nose for the goal, making him an exciting addition to our squad," said Vancouver head coach, Afshin Ghotbi, about Kinani. "VFC fans are in for a treat, watching the evolution of a true goal scorer."
KINANI was released at the end of 2023.
Nima Zadeh
Nima is a classic midfielder with a high football IQ, tireless work rate and box-to-box range,” Ghotbi said. “He will soon be recognized by many as one of the best midfielders in Canada due to his qualities with and without the ball.”
ZADEH was released at the end of 2023 and hardly played a minute after mid season
Marcus Simmons
We are pleased to welcome Marcus to our group,” said Afshin Ghotbi, head coach of Vancouver FC. “Marcus showed promise in his first season as a professional and we believe there is even more to come for him as he begins to work in this new environment in Langley.”
SIMMONS subsequently left the club by mutual consent midway through 2023.
Mamadou Kane
“I am pleased to welcome Mamadou to our growing group of players,” said Afshin Ghotbi, Head Coach, Vancouver FC. “Mamadou is an exciting young talent with the drive to excel. With a year under his belt in the Canadian Premier League, he has developed a good understanding of what it takes to succeed in this game. I look forward to seeing the strides he can make in 2023 as he continues to evolve in our environment.”
KANE was a striker, who was famously played as a CB and then left the club by Mutual consent at the beginning of 2024.
Gael Sandoval
Gael is our most exciting signing in our young history, as he brings with him the tradition and pedigree of world-renowned Chivas and other well-known Mexican clubs,” said Ghotbi. “Gael’s creativity, combined with his football IQ, will influence games, while the qualities he possesses on and off the field are sure to make his teammates around him better.”
SANDOVAL left the club by mutual consent midway through the 2023 season.
Mael Henry and Cristian Mares
Maël and Cristian are both young players with lots of potential,” said Afshin Ghotbi, Head Coach, Vancouver FC. “I look forward to putting them both in the best situations to challenge them and continue their development this season.”
MARES was returned to parent club less than 6 weeks after signing and HENRY was traded to Cavalry mid season 2023.
Nicky Gymah
“We are thrilled to introduce to the CPL an exciting winger with pace, creativity and precision in the danger area,” said Ghotbi. “He definitely will be a fan favourite with his ability to create scoring opportunities for himself and his teammates.”
GYMAH left by mutual consent in 2023
Nathanial St Louis
Nathaniel is an exciting young left-footed attacker who is goal dangerous with or without the ball thanks to his vertical movement,” said Afshin Ghotbi, Head Coach, Vancouver FC. “He has a bright future in the Canadian Premier League and beyond.”
ST LOUIS was released at the end of 2023
Emmanuel robe
We are thrilled to improve our selection with the signing of Emmanuel,” said Afshin Ghotbi, Head Coach, Vancouver FC. “He is a natural goal scorer who combines his athleticism with a decisive final touch. He can combine in the smallest spaces and beat most of his opponents with his world-class pace.”
ROBE left the club by mutual consent during the 2023 season
Ibrahim Bakare
We are thrilled to introduce a fantastic defender in Ibrahim, who possesses personality, quality and experience beyond his young age,” said Afshin Ghotbi, Head Coach, Vancouver FC. “His power, athleticism and versatility will make him a valuable addition to our squad.
BAKARE left by mutual consent at the beginning of the 2024 season.
All 12 either had contracts mutually terminated or not signed for a second season.
I just hope the “ I think you are looking at a championship winning team” quote to season ticket holders at the kit launch is the one he finally gets right !
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2024.05.13 20:28 the_running_stache I enjoyed my first-ever trip to Kolkata; highly recommend!

I enjoyed my first-ever trip to Kolkata; highly recommend!
TL;DR: Thanks for having me in your city. I had a great time!
Artwork depicting Kolkata
I had lunch at the original location!
Desserts/mithai
Avartana 9-course tasting menu
Fennel Panna Cotta
I am a Mumbai guy and visited Kolkata for the first-time ever. I visited during the worst possible season when the temperatures were 42-44 degC at their max, but I had a great time.
I was supposed to visit with my friend but she couldn't make it due to some reasons and I ended up having a solo trip. No worries because I love to travel solo. (She informed me well in advance, so it's not like she canceled last minute.)
Stay:
I stayed at the ITC Royal Bengal for 3 nights and chose to spend 1 night at The Oberoi Grand. Why different hotels? Just to experience the hotels and the neighborhoods. Both hotels were great. The hard product (rooms and amenities) was really great at ITC, but the soft product (service) was much better at Oberoi.
Food:
  • I should preface with: I am a vegetarian.
  • I went to 6 Ballygunge Place to try authentic Bengali food and opted for their buffet. I enjoyed it a lot.
  • I also had the 9-course menu at Avartana in ITC Royal Bengal; it was a great experience. I know that having South Indian food in Kolkata is a faux paus - why not have more local food instead? But I wanted to try out that restaurant and it was indeed very good.
  • I had my breakfasts at ITC and Oberoi, so I didn't venture out for that.
  • I enjoyed the street kathi rolls.
  • I had delicious desserts - rasgulla, sandesh, mishti doi, and Tiramisu (I know... there's an imposter in here, but I enjoyed them all).
  • I had good drinks (beers and cocktails) at various bars (and trust me, I tried a lot of them on Park St - Social, Effingut, Olterra, to name a few, at bars in Salt Lake City, and the bars in ITC & Oberoi. Yes, I drank a lot every night that I was there; yes, I know I have a problem. Haha).
Visit:
I wanted to have a relaxing trip and so I didn't go overboard on the sightseeing.
I checked out Prinsep Ghat, Old Kolkata heritage buildings (High Court, Bidhan Sabha, Town Hall, Raj Bhavan, etc.), Howrah Bridge, Vidyasagar Setu, Victoria Memorial, Salt Lake neighborhood, some temples (didn't go to any major ones), Kumartuli, Bara Bazar, College Street, Alipore Museum, Golf Course, etc.
Due to the heat (Mumbai was at 32 degC, whereas Kolkata was at 44 degC), I chose to just do a private caUber ride for most of these places. I had hired a good local guide (who also drove me around) and showed me all the places. I also went to Howrah and saw Nabanna (obviously, from outside).
Traveling around/Transportation:
I chose to fly into and out of Kolkata. I was initially thinking of taking a train, but then looking at the time it would have taken from Mumbai, I chose air travel instead and am very glad about it. Vistara had good on-time service both ways. It set the right tone for the trip.
As I mentioned earlier, I booked a private car for some of the sightseeing and took Ubers around for the most part. I did ride the tram (number 5) from Esplanade to College Street and took the Metro back from Girish Park to Esplanade just to experience it.
Shopping:
I didn't do a lot of shopping, but bought myself a kurta (Panjabi) and dhuti from Adi Akshoy at Triangular Park. I hadn't researched on shopping and the guide directed me here.
I bought a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses because I was walking past a store and really thought of getting a new pair of sunglasses (while I was wearing another pair of Ray-Bans). Tbh, I could have just bought this in Mumbai, but it was an impulse buy.
And then I bought a lot of books at the airport for my return. Argh! I already have so many at home, but couldn't resist. I should have just headed to the airport lounge directly instead of wasting time in the terminal shopping for books.
Some things worth mentioning:
  • I guess this is the Indian city with the maximum modes of transportation - taxis, auto-rickshaws, 6-people rickshaws, hand-pulled rickshaws, trams, buses, private buses, old Metro, new Metro, ferries, small boats, Ubers, Uber Bike (I don't see this in Mumbai), etc.
  • Salt Lake seems very different from the rest of the city.
  • When the CM moved the CM's office to Nabanna, technically, since the CM sits in the capital city, does that make Howrah the capital city now? I know it's not and it would anger most people here, but just was wondering. My guide had no idea; he kept on insisting that Kolkata is the capital of the state. Haha.
  • I found a lot of similarities in the British architecture in Kolkata and (South) Mumbai, but Kolkata has a red-and-white color scheme going on a lot. I am no expert in Victorian or baroque architecture, so pardon me if there are vast differences in style.
  • I didn't get to visit some major sights like Belur Math or Dakhineswar Temple. I chose to be lazy in the hotels and relax at the swimming pools instead. The afternoon heat made the pools and the air-conditioned bars (cold beers and G&Ts) very inviting. That's ok, I guess.
  • I couldn't find a place for jhaal muri! I got dry jhaal muri at the airport lounge on my way out, but it wasn't the authentic experience I was looking for. Where should I have looked?
  • I loved your aloo dum and luchis.
  • I wanted to get the shakha pola bangles for my mother, but I couldn't find any place. My guide took me to a (gold) jeweler... um, no, that's not the same thing. Where should I have gone? I feel bad that I didn't bring anything back for my mom from the trip :(
Just other some things:
(and I am not trying to look down upon it, but just writing a truthful account of my experience)
  • ITC Royal Bengal was a shitshow on the weekend! It was overcrowded due to the IPL (and some football matches as well) - I saw a lot of foreign and Indian players, but since I don't follow cricket, I couldn't recognize anyone. But everyone in the lobby - me, other guests, including those players - was frustrated because check-in was taking a long time; they made me wait 2+ hours just to check-in! It wasn't just me; most guests were frustrated and this was not expected from ITC. Sunday breakfast was also like a zoo; it was overpacked. Note to self: avoid visiting this hotel on weekends.
  • Oberoi Grand is nice, but the whole aesthetic is very dated. I understand it is a heritage property with grand vanities and beds in teakwood which is supposed to be the ultimate old-school wealth indicating the person comes from wealth, but when compared with the contemporary and modern look at ITC, it felt very dated. Also, if you are staying at the Oberoi, please try to get an inside-facing (pool-facing) room; the view outside is not at all something special you would want to view.
  • Please don't take this the wrong way: There should be more focus on the overall cleanliness by the city municipal corporation. And I say this coming from Mumbai, which I am fully aware is not known for its cleanliness either. But Mumbai seems cleaner. For example, I took a kathi roll somewhere on Park Street and was walking around looking for a dustbin/garbage can to throw the wrapper and my tissue papepaper napkin, but there was none! I walked a few blocks just searching for one. I asked around and people laughed at me. Finally, a paanwala told me - just throw it on the side, there are no dustbins here; a guy comes in the morning and cleans it all - that's not good imho. There were just piles of trash littered on the sides of the streets and foot paths, which is sad. Also, the route from ITC to Oberoi (via Dhapa Road and Debendra Chandra Dey Road) was interesting...
Overall: 5/5 stars
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2024.05.13 14:16 aguer0 Dissecting the 115 - What is it all about?

Following on from the BBC article posted recently “explaining” the 115 charges laid at Man City’s feet, I decided to look properly at what the charges are, given that the article barely went further than rehashing that Man City cheated over and over again without any attempt at critical analysis.

What are the breaches?

There are 5 main areas that the breaches fall into:
The actual text of the Premier League’s statement can be seen here: https://www.premierleague.com/news/3045970

Where did the breaches come from?

The original source of the allegations were leaked emails from Portuguese hacker Rui Pinto. Rui Pinto was handed a 4 year suspended sentence last year for attempted extortion, illegal access to data and breach of correspondence with relation to the leaks, which were posted via his Football Leaks website in 2015. Emails from Manchester City were not the only things leaked - players like Messi and Neymar were also caught up in some leaks related to their salaries. In total there were millions of documents.
These leaked emails surfaced via Der Spiegel in 2018 as part of an expose feature which they ran, and spanned 4 articles at the time. You can read the first here: https://www.spiegel.de/international/manchester-city-exposed-bending-the-rules-to-the-tune-of-millions-a-1236346.html
On the back of these leaks UEFA, after launching an investigation in March 2019, charged Manchester City with breaches of their regulations which led, in 2020, to the club being banned from European football for 2 seasons alongside a 30m euro fine.
Alongside that UEFA investigation, the Premier League also opened an investigation. It took until 2023 for them to present their charges - the statement linked above. The case is ongoing.

What about those UEFA breaches?

The club denied any wrongdoing and appealed to CAS, the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Upon hearing the case CAS found no evidence to support UEFA’s conclusions with regards to the allegations. As a result the club’s ban from European football was overturned with immediate effect. CAS sided with UEFA on their non-cooperation charges and stated that the club could have done more to provide UEFA with documents when requested. CAS therefore issued a 10m Euro fine.
You can read the verdict here: https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Award_6785___internet__.pdf
This was the second time that the club had a run-in with UEFA. They first had a disagreement over potential breaches in 2014 related to the club spending more than the allowed amount in the previous season - the club contested that this was the result of UEFA not allowing deductibles for existing contracts started before FFP was introduced. There were no charges laid at City for this - the club entered a settlement with UEFA and a subsequent monitoring period with specific break even requirements and squad restrictions. That period ended in 2017 with UEFA declaring that the club had complied with all of the agreements within the settlement.

Didn’t City get away with it because everything was time barred?

The CAS verdict did find that the first 2 years of alleged breaches related to the club’s financial statements (the bits referred to as inflated sponsorships) were time barred (a process whereby the time permitted to bring forward the issue has passed and it is no longer possible to pursue the case - 5 years in UEFA’s rules), and so could not be considered. The rest of the years questioned were considered, and ultimately no evidence was found of financial irregularities.

Onto the 115

The Premier League statement lists 5 key areas of breaches, outlined earlier, which I will dive into more now. In total, the number of rules that the Premier League have accused Manchester City of breaching is 130. That is broken down into:
No matter how I try to recalculate it, I never get 115. I'm unsure of the exact place that the 115 number came from, and it certainly doesn't match the numbers when broken down in the BBC article.
I have broken down the list of breaches and cross referenced them with the Premier League’s handbooks for each season from 2009/10 through to 2022/23. With all five areas of breaches I have provided the text of the rule that the League included in their statement, plus a summarised version that tries to give a less legalese or technical reading. The tables are presented for reference and I won’t go into the specifics of them.

Accuracy of financial information

The Premier League stated:
In respect of each of Seasons 2009/10 to 2017/18 inclusive, the Premier League Rules applicable in those seasons that required provision by a member club to the Premier League, in the utmost good faith, of accurate financial information that gives a true and fair view of the club’s financial position, in particular with respect to its revenue (including sponsorship revenue), its related parties and its operating costs.
Below is the list of breaches taken from the league’s statement, grouped and translated into easier language.
Rules Season Text Summarised
B13, B15, B16 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 In all matters and transactions relating to the League each Club shall behave towards each other Club and the League with the utmost good faith Act honestly and fairly towards other clubs and the league itself
C78, E3 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 Each Club shall by 1st March in each Season submit to the Secretary a copy of its annual accounts in respect of its most recent financial year or if the Club considers it appropriate or the Secretary so requests the Group Accounts of the Group of which it is a member (in either case such accounts to be prepared and audited in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements) together with a copy of the directors’ report for that year and a copy of the auditors’ report on those accounts Clubs must submit their latest audited financial statements, along with directors' and auditors' reports, to the league by March 1st each year.
C79, E4 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 The accounts referred to in previous rule shall: 1. include separate disclosure within the balance sheet or notes to the accounts, or by way of supplementary information separately reported on by its auditors by way of procedures specified by the Board, of the total sums payable and receivable in respect of Compensation Fees, Contingent Sums and Loan Fees; 2. include a breakdown within the profit and loss account or the notes to the accounts, or by way of supplementary information separately reported on by its auditors by way of procedures specified by the Board, of revenue in appropriate categories such as gate receipts, sponsorship and advertising, broadcasting rights, commercial income and other income. Clubs must include detailed and specific disclosures in their financial statements about various types of payments and revenues. These details must be clearly audited and reported
C86, E11 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 By 31st March in each Season, each Club shall submit to the Secretary in respect of itself (or if the Club considers it appropriate or the Secretary so requests in respect of the Group of which it is a member) future financial information (“Future Financial Information”) comprising projected profit and loss accounts, cash flow, balance sheets and relevant explanatory notes commencing from its accounting reference date or, if it has submitted interim accounts pursuant to Rule E.6, from the date to which those interim accounts were prepared and expiring on the next accounting reference date after the end of the following Season. The projected profit and loss accounts, cash flow and balance sheets shall be prepared at a maximum of quarterly intervals Each club needs to provide the league with projected (or expected) financial statements for the future. These projections include profit and loss statements, cash flow details, and balance sheets.
C87, E12 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 The Future Financial Information shall: 1. be prepared in accordance with the accounting principles adopted in the preparation of the Club’s annual accounts (except where the accounting principles and policies are to be changed in the subsequent annual accounts, in which case the new accounting principles and polices should be followed); 2. be approved in writing by the board of directors of the company to which they relate; 3. to include in the explanatory notes thereto principal assumptions and risks; and 4. include for comparison profit and loss accounts for the period covered by the annual accounts and interim accounts submitted pursuant to Rules E.3 and E.6, a forecast for the current financial year and a balance sheet as at the date of the interim accounts submitted pursuant to Rule E.6. Clubs must:1. Use the same accounting principles as in their last annual report, unless planning changes for the upcoming year. 2. Get these forecasts approved in writing by the club's board of directors. 3. Include notes that explain the main assumptions and risks involved. 4. Add comparative profit and loss accounts and a balance sheet from their most recent financial reports for clear reference.
E49, E50, E51 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 Each Club shall notify the League forthwith of any circumstances which may materially and adversely affect any of the information or representations submitted to the League pursuant to this Section E, and on consideration of those circumstances the Board may, if it considers it appropriate, amend any decision or determination that it made based on such information or representations. Clubs must immediately inform the league if there are any changes that could significantly impact the accuracy of the financial or other information they have previously submitted
Effectively the Premier League are stating that, for the period of 2009 until 2018, the club have not been filing accurate financial statements. This relates directly to the leaked emails that are presented to show members of staff discussing payment amounts and sources of monies that are paid to the club for sponsorship, namely for the two main sponsors, Etihad and Etisalat, that are referenced in the UEFA trial. As can be seen from the rules above, some of them are more obviously related than others. There has been some criticism of the Premier League for going for such a wide number of charges, as they have not focused on one area.
With regards to this section of breaches, the club claims that the leaked emails are not evidence of wrongdoing, and are not admissible as evidence. CAS found in favour of UEFA’s assertion that the emails were in fact admissible in their case, so the club is unlikely to be able to contest this point further. This section will essentially boil down to whether the leaked emails show enough evidence of wrongdoing, and whether any further context that has been provided by the club (something that was mentioned in the CAS trial as being helpful towards Man City’s case) is sufficient to prove guilt. It is likely that only 1 or 2 of these 50 rules above are actually key. Others, like B13, B15, and B16 which relate to clubs acting in good faith, would not be enough to charge a club without being bundled in with something else.

Manager and Player Remuneration

This section is broken down further into 2 key areas: manager remuneration, and player remuneration.
The Premier League statement:
In respect of each of Seasons 2009/10 to 2012/13 inclusive, the Premier League Rules applicable in those Seasons requiring a member club to include full details of manager remuneration in its relevant contracts with its manager
And;
In respect of each of Seasons 2010/11 to 2015/16 inclusive, the Premier League Rules applicable in those Seasons requiring a member club to include full details of player remuneration in its relevant contracts with its players
Grouped and summarised below:
Rules Season Text Summarised
Q7, P7 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 No Club shall employ any person as a Manager unless and until: 1 the terms of the Manager’s employment have been evidenced in a written contract of employment between the Club and the Manager 2 the Manager’s contract of employment has been registered with the Secretary. Clubs must not hire a manager unless the manager's employment terms are clearly stated in a written contract, and this contract is officially registered with the league's Secretary.
Q8, P8 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 Contracts of employment between a Club and a Manager shall: 1 include the standard clauses set out in Appendix 8; 2 clearly set out the circumstances in which the contract of employment may be determined by either party. Employment contracts between a club and a manager must include mandatory standard clauses and specify the conditions under which either party can terminate the contract. Appendix 8 outlines that the manager must follow the rules of relevant football organisations, obey reasonable instructions related to commercial agreements, and resolve any disputes through arbitration or mediation.
K12, T12, T13 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 Full details of a Player’s remuneration including all benefits to which he is entitled whether in cash or in kind shall be set out in his contract. A player's contract must clearly list all the payment and benefits they receive
K20, T29, T18, T20 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 Particulars of any Image Contract Payment in respect of the Player shall be set out in the contract with his Club Any payments related to a player’s image rights must be clearly detailed in their contract with the club
The first two key rules relate to manager remuneration, and this is specific to the contract of Roberto Mancini. Mancini was the club’s manager from 2009 until 2013, and the allegations center around leaked emails that suggest he was paid £1.75 million annually as a consultancy fee for UAE based club Al Jazira on top of his £1.45 million salary at City.
For his part, Mancini has stated “I have paid my taxes, it's all above board. So I don't think anyone will be in touch” when asked about the case.
The second two rules are player remuneration and relate to Yaya Toure. The League alleges, again based on the leaked emails, that the club did not disclose all payments to the player, and that payments were made via his agent, Dimitri Seluk, during his contract with the club.
Seluk has stated “I know what has been said about Yaya's contract with City - and what I can tell you is that absolutely everything was done very cleanly, very honestly and with full transparency. Nothing was done under the table.”
Toure was at the club from 2010 until 2018. He originally signed a five year deal, before signing a new contract in 2013 taking him up to 2017. He signed his final 1 year deal in 2017. These allegations relate to his first 6 seasons.

Compliance with UEFA regulations

This section simply relates to the wording of the Premier League rules which state that clubs competing in European competitions must comply with UEFA’s rules in addition to the Premier League’s.
The league states:
In respect of each of Seasons 2013/14 to 2017/18 inclusive, the Premier League Rules applicable in those Seasons requiring a member club to comply with UEFA’s regulations, including UEFA’s Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations
Once again I’ve presented them grouped and summarised below:
Rules Season Text Summarised
B14.6, B15.6 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 Membership of the League shall constitute an agreement between the League and Clubs and between each Club to be bound by and comply with: - the statutes and regulations of UEFA Each club agrees to follow the rules and regulations set by UEFA.
This rule breach seemingly relates to the period of time that was not ruled as time barred within UEFA’s case, and is not related to the original settlement between the club and UEFA, but does include the 3 years of the settlement agreement up until UEFA declared City to be compliant. Presumably the Premier League have included these to link to UEFA’s allegations of financial discrepancies related to the Etihad deal. It is unclear how much this could stick, given that CAS ruled that there was insufficient evidence of wrongdoing.
It feels amiss of the Premier League to charge the club with breaches of a rule that had already been thrown out by CAS, so I can only assume that they feel that the club have either breached other rules related to financial fair play, which doesn’t seem to be the case, or they are using the non-cooperation fine handed out by CAS to bring these charges forward.

Compliance with PSR

The Premier League have also charged Man City with breaching profit and sustainability rules. These are the rules that Everton and Nottingham Forest have been docked points for recently and relate to the annual accounts clubs must file to prove their compliance.
The league states:
In respect of each of the Seasons 2015/16 to 2017/18 inclusive, the Premier League Rules applicable in those Seasons on Profitability and Sustainability
I’ve laid these out below, grouped again, and summarised. It should be noted in the below that any reference to T, T-1 and T-2 refers to the current season, previous and 2 seasons before.
Rules Season Text Summarised
E52 15/16 Rules E.53 to E.59 shall apply with effect from Season 2015/16. The following rules will apply
E53 15/16 16/17 17/18 Each Club shall by 1 March in each Season submit to the Board: 1. copies of its Annual Accounts for T-1 (and T-2 if these have not previously been submitted to the Board) together with copies of the directors’ report(s) and auditors’ report(s) on those accounts; 2. its estimated profit and loss account and balance sheet for T which shall: 2.1. be prepared in all material respects in a format similar to the Club’s Annual Accounts; and 2.2. be based on the latest information available to the Club and be, to the best of the Club’s knowledge and belief, an accurate estimate as at the time of preparation of future financial performance; and 3. if Rule E.56 applies to the Club, the calculation of its aggregated Adjusted Earnings Before Tax for T, T-1 and T-2 in Form 4A By March 1st each season, each club must submit to the League's Board: Their financial accounts for the previous two years, along with reports from directors and auditors. A forecast of their profit and loss and balance sheet for the current year, ensuring it is up-to-date and accurately reflects expected financial performance. If required, a detailed calculation of their earnings before tax for the current and previous two years
E54 15/16 16/17 17/18 The Board shall determine whether consideration included in the Club’s Earnings Before Tax arising from a Related Party Transaction is recorded in the Club’s Annual Accounts at a Fair Market Value. If it is not, the Board shall restate it to Fair Market Value. The Board will check if earnings before tax reported in a club's annual accounts from transactions with related parties are valued fairly according to market standards. If they aren't, the Board will adjust these values to reflect the fair market value.
E55 15/16 16/17 17/18 The Board shall not exercise its power set out in Rule E.54 without first having given the Club reasonable opportunity to make submissions as to: 1. whether the said consideration should be restated; and/or 2. what constitutes its Fair Market Value. Before the Board can adjust any values in a club's financial statements, they must give the club a chance to present their case regarding whether adjustments are necessary and what the fair market value should be.
E56 15/16 16/17 17/18 If the aggregation of a Club’s Earnings Before Tax for T-1 and T-2 results in a loss, any consideration from Related Party Transactions having been adjusted (if appropriate) pursuant to Rule E.54, then the Club must submit to the Board the calculation of its Adjusted Earnings Before Tax for each of T, T-1 and T-2. If a club's combined earnings before tax for the past two years show a loss, after adjusting any related party transaction values as necessary, the club must then provide the Board with a detailed calculation of its adjusted earnings before tax for each of the three years
E57 15/16 16/17 17/18 If the aggregation of a Club’s Adjusted Earnings Before Tax for T, T-1 and T-2 results in a loss of up to £15m, then the Board shall determine whether the Club will, until the end of T+1, be able to pay its liabilities described in Rule E.14.7.1 and fulfil the obligations set out in Rules E.14.7.2 and E.14.7.3. If a club's adjusted earnings before tax for the current year and the previous two years total a loss of up to £15 million, the Board will assess whether the club can pay its debts and meet its obligations through the end of the next season as specified in other rules.
E58 15/16 16/17 17/18 If the aggregation of a Club’s Adjusted Earnings Before Tax for T, T-1 and T-2 results in a loss of in excess of £15m then the following shall apply: 1. the Club shall provide, by 31 March in the relevant Season, Future Financial Information to cover the period commencing from its last accounting reference date (as defined in section 391 of the Act) until the end of T+2 and a calculation of estimated aggregated Adjusted Earnings Before Tax until the end of T+2 based on that Future Financial Information; 2. the Club shall provide such evidence of Secure Funding as the Board considers sufficient; and 3. if the Club is unable to provide evidence of Secure Funding as set out in Rule E.58.2, the Board may exercise its powers set out in Rule E.15. If a club's total adjusted earnings before tax for the current year and the previous two years show a loss greater than £15 million, then the club must: Submit future financial plans and estimated earnings up to two years beyond the current season by March 31st. Provide proof of secure funding as the Board requires. If the club can't show they have secure funding, the Board may take action as outlined in another rule.
E59 15/16 16/17 17/18 If the aggregation of a Club’s Adjusted Earnings Before Tax for T, T-1 and T-2 results in losses of in excess of £105m: 1. the Board may exercise its powers set out in Rule E.15; and 2. the Club shall be treated as being in breach of these Rules and accordingly the Board shall refer the breach to a Commission constituted pursuant to Section W of these Rules. If a club's total adjusted earnings before tax for the current year and the previous two years show a loss greater than £105 million, then: The Board may use its authority as outlined in Rule E.15. The club will be considered as having broken the rules, and the Board will report this violation to a special Commission as per Section W of the rules.
E60 15/16 16/17 17/18 The sum set out in Rule E.59 shall be reduced by £22m for each Season covered by T-1 and T-2 in which the Club was in membership of The Football League. If a club was a member of The Football League in the previous two seasons (T-1 and T-2), the amount mentioned in Rule E.59 will be decreased by £22 million for each of those seasons
A lot of this is not specific to anything the club will have breached, and is again a criticism that has been levelled at the Premier League for not being focused enough on charging the club and instead trying to go for as much as possible. Eg rule E52 in the 2015/16 season isn’t really something that would be up for debate, and rule E60, which refers to seasons spent outside the Premier League for adjusting the £105m 3 season PSR limit.
I don’t believe that the club has breached a lot of these rules specifically, and that the Premier League has just grouped PSR as a category together to hit the club with multiple charges. It is likely that the key rule in this section is E54, which discusses related party income and fair market value. This is an important one for City, as the leaked emails have been presented to show the club receiving money from sponsors with funds that have come directly from ADUG, Abu Dhabi United Group, owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and with an 81% stake in the CFG (City Football Group) that comprises the club.
City have always argued that these sponsorships are not related parties, something that has been previously accepted by both the Premier League and UEFA in separate agreements related to PSR and FFP under their rules. It is likely that the key here is whether the emails imply that they should in fact be counted as related parties, and therefore whether they represent fair market value.
For the other rules in this section, it is unlikely that anything of substance will be proven or even sought.

Cooperation with the investigation

In addition to the above 4 sections, which all covered rule breaches related to the hacked emails, the Premier League charged the club with non-cooperation with their investigation. This does not relate to the breaches themselves, and so you will notice that the seasons are all after the Der Spiegel investigation.
The charges are:
In respect of the period from December 2018 to date, the Premier League Rules applicable in the relevant Seasons requiring a member club to cooperate with, and assist, the Premier League in its investigations, including by providing documents and information to the Premier League in the utmost good faith
Grouped and summarised:
Rules Season Text Summarised
B16, B15 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 In all matters and transactions relating to the League each Club shall behave towards each other Club and the League with the utmost good faith. Act honestly and fairly towards other clubs and the league itself
B19, B18 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 Without prejudice to the League’s powers of inquiry under Rule W.1, each Club shall comply promptly and in full with any request for information made by the League (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such request made pursuant to a demand from a statutory or regulatory authority). Clubs must quickly and fully respond to any information requests from the League, even if these are prompted by a government or regulatory body's demands
W1 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 The Board shall have power to inquire into any suspected or alleged breach of these Rules and for that purpose may require: 1. any Manager, Match Official, Official or Player to appear before it; and 2. any such person or any Club to produce documents. The Board has the authority to investigate any suspected or confirmed rule violations. For this, they can: Require managers, match officials, other officials, or players to appear before them. Ask these individuals or any club to provide relevant documents.
W2 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 Any Manager, Match Official, Official or Player who fails to appear before or to produce documents to the Board when required to do so under Rule W.1 shall be in breach of these Rules. Anybody who does not comply with Rule W.1 is in breach
W12, W15 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 It shall be no answer to a request from the Board to disclose documents or information pursuant to Rule W.1 that such documents or information requested are confidential. All Clubs and Persons subject to these Rules must ensure that any other obligations of confidentiality assumed are made expressly subject to the League’s right of inquiry under these Rules. No Club or Person shall be under an obligation to disclose any documents rendered confidential by either the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or by statute or statutory instrument. The Board can request documents or information even if they are confidential. However, clubs and individuals are not required to disclose anything that is legally confidential due to a court order or by law. Clubs and individuals should ensure any confidentiality agreements acknowledge the League's right to inquire.
W13, W16 18/19 19/20 20/21 21/22 22/23 All persons who are requested to assist pursuant to Rule W.1 shall provide full, complete and prompt assistance to the Board in its exercise of its power of Inquiry Anyone asked to help must fully, quickly, and completely help the Board with its investigations.
Three of these are your meat and potatoes non-cooperation charges, which the Premier League will have charged City with for not providing documents when requested. A couple relate specifically to individuals within a club, but otherwise these breaches will be the most likely to stick, similar to how they did at CAS.
Man City have maintained that they do not need to cooperate with the investigation which they state as being based on illegally obtained material and have stated that they do not trust the investigation.
Rules B15, B16 make another appearance relating to acting with the utmost good faith.

When will this hearing take place?

We don’t really know. The panel has been chosen and are presumably deliberating, but as with cases of this size and with so many documents, they take time.
League CEO Richard Masters has recently stated that the case will “Resolve itself soon”, which is badly worded and has led to speculation that the club and league are seeking a way out of the case following the charges being thrown out. This is unlikely, as it would be in the interest of both to end proceedings as quickly as possible.
There have been criticisms towards the Premier League regarding the secrecy around these hearings - it is actually within the Premier League’s rules that these occur in private:
Rules W70 and X25 state: The proceedings of an arbitration convened under this Section (W/X) shall be confidential and shall be conducted in private.

Aren’t Man City just stalling?

Not really, no. The club have been charged with non-cooperation by the Premier League for their initial investigation, but there is nothing the club can do to further postpone the hearing taking place. The time required is simply because of the magnitude and seriousness of the allegations put forward by the league.
The original BBC article alleged that City were “dragging their feet” - but this is not something that stops the league handing out charges, and isn’t something that will change the timeline of the independent panel’s investigation.

Punishments

So let's say that City is found guilty - what are the likely punishments to be? The answer is complicated, as it completely depends on what charges are ultimately determined to be warranted. Talk of points deductions amounting to the thousands are pure hyperbole. The specific breaches agreed by the independent panel will influence the size of any punishment.
Given the seriousness of the allegations - essentially fraud across multiple years involving the club, sponsors, auditors and governing bodies - there must be a high bar of proof. With such a high bar also comes a high punishment if the club is deemed to be guilty. It is entirely possible that a proportionate punishment to such deceit would be expulsion from the league. This would however be the least of the club’s worries, as it brings into question the legality of the breaches with regards to individuals, HMRC and other organisations from which payments may or may not have been withheld or deliberately reported incorrectly.
Some of the above charges do not risk carrying any sort of point based punishment. The non-cooperation charges, for example, would be a monetary fine. It is also very unlikely that the league would seek to remove past titles. The scope and burden of proof that specific breaches directly correlated to titles would be too complicated.
Expulsion from the Premier League would require the club to apply to join another league, the EFL the most likely candidate. It would be at the discretion of the EFL whether they accepted the club into their league structure. Given the size of the club and the need to replace the 20th team in the Premier League, it would be likely that they would agree to include the club in their league system as a space would open up in the Championship.

Can the club appeal a decision?

Yes, there are avenues for appeal. That appeal will not go through CAS, as correctly reported, but would go to another panel. Sections W through to Z of the Premier League rulebook detail different types of appeals and tribunals for varying reasons. Section W is the section specifically referred to in the PSR rules (within section E of the Premier League handbook).

There is no Time Bar though in the Premier League

Well, kind of. There is no time bar specifically mentioned in the rules. The Premier League handbook, which you can read at https://www.premierleague.com/about/publications,does state (Rule A7) that “these Rules shall be governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law. Strictly without prejudice to the arbitration and other dispute resolution provisions of these Rules, disputes relating to these Rules shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.”.
Essentially this means that any rules follow English Law, which itself does state a time bar for cases. This is typically 6 years for most cases, with some differences based on specific situations.
In the case of fraud this can vary, and may be the avenue that the Premier League tries to go down (which itself makes the evidence required to prove the case more stringent). For fraud cases, English Law states:
Time bar of 6 years from the date cause of action accrued
Or, if the cause of action is deliberately concealed, 6 years from when the fraud is, or with reasonable diligence would have been, discovered.
Should this be the route the Premier League has chosen then there will have to be a discussion to determine what period of time the charges can be applied to.

What about the length of grass?

There was never a charge about the length of grass. Such narrative about what the charges were came from initial analysis by people using incorrect versions of the Premier League handbook (as the rules change from year to year slightly, and those rules shift in their assignment. This is is why I have grouped them as such in the above tables). All charges relate to financial issues and non-cooperation in the league's subsequent investigation.

What about the Cease and Desist?

Rumours began last week that the club had issued cease and desist letters to individuals and organisations within the public domain related to the charges. As of yet there has been no evidence that anybody has received such a letter (although you’d question why they would publicise receiving one in the first place). It should be made clear that any cease and desist that may have been received by anybody would not prevent them from discussing the charges with which the league have brought on City. Any cease and desist letter is a demand that the recipient stops any activity considered to be unlawful - eg. in the case of this case it would be accusations levelled at the club that are not true. Examples would be the club being called cheats because they’ve done specific things that have not been proven to be true like a false statement or libel.

Can’t we just dock points now like Everton and Nottingham Forest?

Not really, no. Cases of this magnitude take time to deliberate and cross examine. There is no quick way of dealing with such a large case. The Everton and Nottingham Forest cases, by comparison, are simple breaches that can be quantified by simply looking at the submitted accounts, which for both clubs show losses that are above the agreed amount in Rule E53 of the Premier League handbook (and Rule E54 in Nottingham Forest’s case due to their recent promotion that reduced their allowable losses).
Neither club claimed to have not breached these rules, but merely tried to argue the case that their losses were due to mitigating circumstances, which the Premier League did not agree with.
Anybody questioning why analysis of so many historical charges takes longer than clear individual breaches shown on a balance sheet needs to consider whether they want a case to be resolved quickly, or whether they want it to be resolved properly, as the two are mutually exclusive.

Who wins?

Ultimately nobody wins. Reputational damage is guaranteed for either Manchester City or the Premier League depending on the outcome. It can also be argued that enough reputational damage has already been dealt to both organisations. This is often why a settlement is seen as a preferred option, as there is no long drawn out saga. The club have remained steadfast and stubborn insisting that there is no grounds for the charges and that they are innocent on all accounts. The league have been criticised for their handling of the matter and for other PSR breaches recently and don’t seem to be keen to back down in this case either.
There was also the accusation that the league had rushed through presenting the charges in order to disrupt the introduction of an independent regulator by the Government and to prove that it can govern itself. That has largely failed as the IFR (Independent football regulator) looks likely to be going ahead.
The best case scenario for the club is being cleared of all charges - unlikely due to the presence of those non-cooperation charges - a win for the club, but there will be large question marks over the Premier League’s handling, the time taken, the accuracy of the verdict and the secrecy involved. The club will also have suffered reputational damage up to this point, particularly from sections of the football fraternity who have already made their mind up.
The best case scenario for the league is trickier - it doesn’t want to be seen to be a light touch, but conversely it doesn’t want to be triggering the sort of chaos that points deductions and league expulsions might have on one of its most successful clubs of the last decade. In some ways, the league has already lost.

Closing Thoughts

There will be details that I have glossed over for brevity - there is a lot more information in some of the linked documents plus the Premier League handbooks that provides a lot more important context.
I hope the above proves useful to anybody interested in the finer details of the situation, but appreciate that it is probably beyond the scope of the kind of person who posts 115 memes and gets agitated by the lack of discussion around the charges.
There may be inaccuracies. If you spot anything then please let me know and I will make a quick amendment.
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2024.05.13 04:50 kkkan2020 TOP GUN ICE MAN

i thought it would kind of fun to flip the script and have ice man in mavericks role and maverick in ice mans role.
boy oh boy do you really cut out a lot of the side plot like penny, rooster drama.
In Universe #2, Iceman didn't make #1 in Top Gun; he made #2. Maverick made #1 in the class of 1986.
In 2022, we see Iceman kiss his wife goodbye as he leaves his house in the suburbs. He gets in his car and drives to the experimental aircraft testing base.
Iceman arrives and steps out of his car, walking to the hangar with the Darkstar plane, greeted by Hondo.
Hondo informs Iceman that Admiral Cain is going to shut them down for underperforming and shuffling money to this drone program.
We see Iceman say they're going to get the plane to Mach 10.
Iceman does the pre-flight check-up, puts on the suit, and walks to the Darkstar to prep it for launch.
The Darkstar takes off. Admiral Cain arrives and asks what the hell is going on.
Iceman puts the Darkstar through her paces and eventually hits Mach 10. Unlike Maverick, he doesn't go past it and throttles down after hitting Mach 10, bringing her back to base.
After landing, he is escorted by shore patrol to Admiral Cain's office.
At Cain's office, he reads out Iceman's record: citations, 38 years of service, combat medals, only man to shoot down 2 enemy planes in 40 years, distinguished.
"Yet you can’t get a promotion, you won’t retire, and despite your best efforts, you refuse to die. You should be at least a 4-star admiral by now, if not a senator. Yet here you are: Captain. Why is that?" Cain questions.
Iceman just bluntly says he likes flying.
Cain says that the future is with unmanned drones and Iceman's kind is headed to extinction. Cain received a call from upstairs from Iceman's guardian angel and that he's to be transferred to Top Gun.
Cain dismisses Iceman.
Iceman then leaves and gets in his car and drives to North Island.
We see Iceman arrive at Top Gun. He walks through the lobby and on the wall, he sees a portrait of 4-star Admiral Pete Mitchell, Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet, along with a photo of Iceman and Maverick shaking hands on the hanger after that eventful mission in the Indian Ocean.
We see Iceman meet and greet Rear Admiral Bates aka Warlock and 3-star Admiral Beau Simpson, Air Boss aka Cyclone. They trade quick pleasantries before going over the mission: unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant built in violation of a multilateral NATO treaty.
Iceman goes through a rundown of what would need to be done with the F18s and precision-guided laser bombs.
Iceman assumes he'll be the one to fly the mission but Simpson tells him he's here to teach not actually fly the mission.
Simpson shows Iceman the pool of Top Gun grads that will be participating in the mission.
Iceman is confused.
Simpson tells Iceman that Iceman is only here at the request of Admiral Mitchell someone that Simpson admires and Mitchell believes Iceman has something to still offer the navy, what that is Simpson can't see it.
Iceman takes the job.
Iceman is not much of a drinker so he doesn't go to the bar and is home enjoying a glass of ice-cold water with his wife.
So next day, Iceman drives to the Top Gun school for evaluation and review of the candidates.
The 12 pilots are introduced to Admiral Bates and Bates says with the new 5th generation fighters the USAF and the USN no longer have total air superiority.
Six of them will be chosen and 6 will be in reserve.
Bates introduces the 12 pilots to Captain Tom Iceman Kazansky, one of the finest pilots that Top Gun ever produced.
Iceman says he will see what each one of them can do because it's all about the pilot.
They run through the fighter maneuvers. Iceman tests them and schools all of them. The only one to even give Iceman any kind of trouble was Hangman but Hangman also is no match for Iceman. They all have to do 200 pushups: Phoenix, Bob, Payback, Fanboy, Hangman, Coyote, Hammer, Fritz, Halo, Yale, Harvard, Omaha.
Hangman and Coyote look at pictures of old Top Gun class graduates and see a picture of Iceman with Maverick.
This is the second day and they actually run through the drills of the bombing mission.
Phase one of the mission will be a low-level ingress attacking in two-plane teams.
You’ll fly along this narrow canyon to your target.
Radar-guided surface-to-air missiles defend the area.
These SAMs, they’re lethal.
But they were designed to protect the skies above, not the canyon below.
That’s because the enemy knows no one is insane enough to try and fly below them.
That’s exactly what I’m gonna train you to do.
On the day, your altitude will be 100 feet maximum.
You exceed this altitude…
[Radar beeping] Radar will spot you and you’re dead.
[Beeping intensifies]
Your airspeed will be 660 knots minimum.
Time to target: Two and a half minutes.
That’s because fifth-generation fighters wait at an air base nearby.
In a head-to-head with these planes in your F-18s, you’re dead.
That’s why you need to get in, hit your target and be gone before these planes even have a chance of catching you.
This makes time your greatest adversary.
You’ll fly a route in your nav system that simulates the canyon.
The candidates all failed either crashing into the wall, each other, or going above the altitude limit triggering the SAM missiles.
At the debriefing, Hangman and Rooster almost come to blows because Hangman basically says Rooster sucks.
Kazansky decides to pay Admiral Mitchell a visit at his home, a big mansion.
Admiral Mitchell's aide-de-camp opens the door for Kazansky.
There’s nothing else they can do.
Even speaking is painful now.
[Michell coughing]
[Coughs]
[Coughing]
Admiral.
Kazansky: How’s my wingman?
[Typing]
Please, don’t worry about me.
What can I do for you?
[Sighs]
All right.
[Chuckles]
Kazansky: these kids suck.
[Typing]
The mission is less than three weeks away.
The kid’s not ready.
[Typing]
Mav, please, don’t ask me to send someone else to die.
Please don’t…
Don’t ask me to send him.
Send me.
I don’t know how.
[Sighs]
I’m not a teacher, Mav.
I’m a fighter pilot.
A naval aviator.
It’s not what I am.
It’s who I am.
How do I teach that?
It’s not what the Navy wants.
That’s why they canned me the last time.
The only reason I’m here is you.
If I send him on this mission, they might never come home.
And if I don’t send him, he’ll never forgive me.
[Sighs]
I know.
I know.
[Exhales deeply]
[Grunts]
[Coughs]
[Hoarsely] The Navy needs Iceman.
The kid needs Iceman.
That’s why I fought for you.
That’s why you’re still here.
Thank you, Mav, for everything.
One last thing.
Who’s the better pilot?
You or me?
Kazansky: you obviously, you got 1st place.
[Laughing]
Instead of wasting time playing football, Iceman has them run more drills over and over again to get it right.
[Warlock] Good morning.
The uranium enrichment plant that is your target will be operational earlier than expected.
Raw uranium will be delivered to the plant in ten days’ time.
As a result, your mission has been moved up one week in order to avoid contaminating the target valley with radiation.
Kazansky: Sir, no one here has successfully flown a low-level course.
Nevertheless, you’ve been ordered to move on.
Captain.
[Iceman] We have one week left to focus on phase two.
It’s the most difficult stage of the mission.
It’s a pop-up strike with a steep dive, requiring nothing less than two consecutive miracles.
Two pairs of F-18s will fly in a welded wing formation.
Teamwork. Precise coordination of these aircraft is essential to both the mission’s success and your survival.
As you know, the plant rests between two mountains.
On final approach, you’ll invert directly into a steep dive.
This allows you to maintain the lowest possible altitude and the only possible attack angle.
Your target is an impact point less than three meters wide.
The two-seat aircraft will paint the target with a laser bull’s-eye. [Beeping]
The first pair will breach the reactor by dropping a laser-guided bomb on an exposed ventilation hatch.
This will create an opening for the second pair.
That’s miracle number one.
The second team will deliver the kill shot…
[Target lock beeps]
And destroy the target.
That’s miracle number two.
If either team misses the target…
That’s a miss. [Iceman] The mission is a failure.
Egress is a steep high-g climb out to avoid hitting this mountain.
A steep climb at that speed, you’re pulling at least eight G’s.
Nine, minimum.
Rooster: The stress limit of the F-18’s airframe is 7.5.
[Iceman] That’s the accepted limit.
To survive this mission, you’ll pull beyond that, even if it means bending your airframe.
You’ll be pulling so hard, you’ll weigh close to 2,000 pounds, your skull crushing your spine…
Your lungs imploding like an elephant’s sitting on your chest,
fighting with everything you have just to keep from blacking out.
And this is where you’ll be at your most vulnerable.
This is coffin corner.
Assuming you avoid crashing into this mountain, you’ll climb straight up into enemy radar while losing all of your airspeed.
Within seconds, you’ll be fired upon by enemy SAMS.
You’ve all faced sustained G’s before, but this…
This is gonna take you and your aircraft to the breaking point.
Phoenix/Bob and Coyote run the course and fail except Coyote crashes his plane and dies.
Then, with a bird strike hitting Phoenix's plane, both engines fail along with their ejection seats, and crash, both die.
Both are ruled as accidents and not held against Iceman.
Admiral Pete Mitchell passes away from throat cancer and Iceman attends his funeral with full military honors.
While Iceman was at Mitchell's funeral, Admiral Simpson thought of grounding Iceman for good but thought what better way than for Iceman to fail and Admiral Simpson will have full evidence to terminate Iceman for good.
Iceman thinks it's better to show them that the course can be done so Iceman himself demonstrates it and successfully completes it with bombing and all with no weapons officer.
Admiral Simpson is shocked as are the other surviving lieutenants in attendance.
With Iceman's amazing flying skills, Simpson just appoints Iceman team leader.
On the aircraft carrier, Iceman has some quick words with Admiral Warlock and Warlock wishes him good luck along with saying his goodbyes.
Iceman picks Payback and Fanboy, Rooster, and Hangman for his mission.
Everyone else will standby on the carrier.
Admiral Simpson in command of the mission.
They run through the mission one more time.
They launch from the carrier.
The supporting destroyers launch their Tomahawk missiles on Admiral Simpson's commands.
While Iceman and his team are en route, radar only detects 2 enemy fighter craft in the air.
The Tomahawks hit their targets and destroy the enemy runways so they can't launch any more planes.
The first pair of planes (Payback, Fanboy) which include Iceman, they hit the target opening up a hole for team 2 to drop the bomb in the reactor.
The second pair (Rooster, Hangman) manage to also hit their target and destroy the reactor.
While everyone is trying to climb out of the mountain, the SAM missiles are triggered and fire missiles at the fighters. Rooster's plane is hit and destroyed.
Admiral Simpson orders all carrier planes to return to the carrier. Hangman, Payback, Fanboy, and Iceman successfully make it back to the carrier.
We see Iceman go home to his wife and the sequence fades to black.
THE END
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2024.05.12 14:59 dalej42 How’s my not so insane itenerary?

This isn’t my first trip so I don’t think this is too bad, but feel free to make suggestions or tell me it’s too much. It’ll be focused on the north of England and a lot of castles/cathedrals. I decided to eliminate Nottingham/Lincoln/Sheffield as I’d earlier planned and substituted Newcastle.
28 June is departure and arrival day, taking a day flight from ORD to LHR, I’ll stay at Premier Inn Terminal 4 at Heathrow. I’ve done this before.
29 June is Pride in London, I’ll devote the full day to pride and visiting gay pubs in Soho or Halfway to Heaven, near my hotel
30 June is an open day, will either hang out with one of my London friends or else do a London Walk.
1 July is a train to Newcastle. I think LNER is probably better than Lumo, advance ticket prices only vary by a few pounds.
1 July-4 July I will stay in Newcastle near the train station and LGBT nightlife. I plan to do day trips to Durham and York. Durham is more important than York to me, so I could cut York. In Newcastle itself, I plan to see the castle and cathedral.
4 July-9 July, train from Newcastle to Liverpool on Transpennine Express. It’ll be a morning train, should I pay the extra £20 for first class as I’ve got to eat breakfast anyway?
I know Liverpool quite well after many visits. How’s the strike situation with the museums these days? I will do a day trip to Chester, is it reasonable to also consider a day trip to North Wales? I may be a bit burned out on day trips by then. The trip to Chester can be made easily by Merseyrail.
9 July -12 July Manchester. Last stop, no day trips planned just a museum heavy couple of days with the National Football museum, People’s History Museum, Chetham’s library and Manchester art gallery. Fly home from Manchester on the morning of the 12th Edited Dates that had wrong month.
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2024.05.12 11:43 struggalogamer Troubled Teen Industry, my story

I am sharing this as an emotional outlet among other siblings in christ
My Experience It was January 10, 2011. I’ll never forget that date. It was the day my life changed. Also it was the day of the college football national championship. I was and still am a big college football fan (Go Cal Bears!). Oregon was set to play auburn and i was going to watch it with my neighbor two doors down. I had been doing poorly in school, and yeah was a big pot head, still am, but am much more responsible. Anyways i told myself this semester i was going to actually try in school. I woke up at six am to get ready for my day, something that i never do. I went to put on my shoes and i noticed the laces were missing. Immediately i went to my mom and asked where are my laces? She wouldn’t give me an answer and was just acting so strange. Eventually she left the house and as she was leaving two men were walking up our walkway. I figured they were plumbers considering we had plumbing issues recently. They walked in and before I knew it they walked up to me on either side and slammed me to the ground and handcuffed me. I didn’t react as it was, I didn’t expect it for one, and for two when it began I froze, I didn’t know what to do. Once on the ground I started to squirm, I screamed “Please Help me help me I’m being kidnapped! Please!” They responded No use in screaming no one can hear you. I kept screaming. One of them said go ahead get it over with when your quiet it’ll be over sooner. After probably about ten minutes, I realized no use in fighting, they helped me up and walked me to a small suv and put me in the back and put the seat belt on me. This was the beginning. I remember on the way up to Yoncalla Oregon from Sacramento California we stopped at a burger king. They offered to get me some but food was the last thing on my mind. Looking back I wish I had taken up the offer. I remember being by the ashtray seeing a half smoked cigarette and asking to smoke it, they said I couldn’t. After a long drive we got there they walked me in. The whole way I talked about how I’d get away and run away. Well of course they told the staff at Scott Valley. By the way this is the perfect point to say I was sent to Scott Valley School in Yoncalla, Oregon. One of the many so called trouble teen schools. So being told I had threatened to run away I was put on runaway watch. For about two weeks I was forced to sleep under a light. I obviously didn’t get much sleep. Also I always had two higher phase watchers who would stand on each side of me. They had phases there was like five or six I believe. Most were 2 and 1. There were like 3 phase 3’s and 1 phase 5. There was like 20-30 of us at a time. Anyway where do I start. As I write this, with the emotions and ptsd it comes in full force and yet hazy at the same time. Maybe my head trying to protect me? So I was there seven months, thank god thats it. There were people that had been there years. Some of the people there, my god, I don’t know what to say. From a 12 year old who molested his 1 year old brother and put fish hooks in his carpet so his parents would step on it, to kids that were in there later teens who had used hard drugs, kids that had been molested and acted out as a result, kids that just were wilding out period, a lot of different walks. After I got off of runaway watch I got back on it within two weeks. I was in trouble sitting at the essay table while pe was going on. So one of the punishments was writing essays. But anyway there were two other kids at the table, the twelve year old i mentioned above and the only black kid there on the boys side. I looked at them and said if we worked together we could escape this place. They both just dead stared at me. When it was time to line up, the 12 year old went away first, the other kid looked at me and said were gonna get in trouble, that kid is a snitch and is going to tell on you. He was right. I got put on the “wall” because of that. For two weeks when not eating, sleeping, or using the bathroom, I was staring at a wall were a dot was drawn with a piece of paper on it. I would just let my imagination run wild while this happened thinking about home, friends, family, make believe countries governments politics, anything to keep the mind entertained or semi at peace! There was a green jacket my parents sent up for me that was my grandpa on my mothers side. Grandpa Applegate. It was a super cool green jacket with fake fure on the color, it looked like something you’d wear in the winter in Moscow. They said it had too many pockets and I could hide things in it. So they took it away. They put it in the Pod where all of our extra stuff was stored. Well one pod day where we could exchange stuff, there was a different staff member on duty then the one who said I couldn’t wear it. So i got it out and he didn’t know so i got to wear it for a bit. So when the other staff member got back on shift, he saw the jacket. I was banned from wearing a sweatshirt of any kind for a month. When we had outside pe everyday in Febuary to March I would get so cold. When I would put my hands in my shirt I would get another essay. This is Central Oregon, it gets cold that time of year! So some facts about the living situation, you had three minutes for showers and bathroom. You go over that you get an essay. You get more time the higher phase you get. You ever take a shit in three minutes? If done successfully I commend you. I would go five days without shitting because one of the night workers a guy named Johnny would not keep track of time when I’d get up to ask the restroom in the early morning. Johnny was an angel in a sense. Taking an uninterrupted shit was some of the most bliss I could get. Not trying to be gross but when using the restroom even was so restricted, being able to use the restroom not timed felt like hitting the lotto. When we’d wake up at seven am we only had 1 min to get up and make our bed, timed, if we didn’t make it wed get an essay. I’m naming these things as I remember different events, not necessarily in chronological order, but different events that happened. I had a peach fuzz mustache i was so proud of and long curly hair. They gave me a buzz cut and forced me to shave. My dad sent my grandpa Andrews old electric razor. That’s my dads dad. My biggest hero in my life. His name I got tatted on me at 19. I write this at 29. He died when I was 9. Most of the other kids had razors you could charge, mine needed to be plugged in to work, I didn’t understand that. I had never shaved to begin with, so I thought it was broken. I threw it away and put in a request for a new one. My father told them it was a plug in, but it was already to late so he needed to order me a new one. At a group therapy session thing, yeah we did that every day, and none of the people working there had any degrees that could go to the field they were working in. Anyway my writing is not perfect so as I was saying, at a group therapy thing, Jad one of the main guys working there brought up the razor, he said I knew it wasn’t broken, but I just wanted a new one. You don’t love your grandpa youre just a selfish little bitch. Those words still are ingrained in my mind. I know they are false but god damn they hurt. I cried. As I cried he just continued to tell me how selfish I am and im a bitch a pussy etc. William Frederick Andrews was my grandfathers name, as said I got it tatted on me at 19. He was born 1924, in 2024, my first child, a son, was born, William Frederick Andrews II. I call that a moral victory. Crazy how it worked out to be a 100 year difference. Another time it was 420, I cried because I wanted to smoke and he called me out on it in group therapy. He called me a bitch, a pussy, the usual. Weird things happened there, like one time they did a “fire drill” in the middle of the night, we had to go out into the cold in our underwear for five minutes until it was over. There were girls there but they were in a separate area. When they walked by or vice versa we had to look the other way. One of the many reasons it got shut down is there was a case of a student raping another. Apparently the girl who reported it got hounded in group therapy to the point she recanted. Now I could be wrong, but I think I know the person who did it, only one guy from the male side reached level five to the point where he became staff and could go to the girl side for group therapy. I don’t know for sure but that’s what i assume. At one point they were building a new building and they had us digging the ground around it for construction. Yeah they had us do all the cleaning indoors and out doors. If you were bad you could have your school privileges taken away. I had one kid who was a phase above me copy my work. He got caught. He got demoted, and got repromoted before I left. I never got past phase 1. So phase 1 red shirt. Phase 2 green shirt. Phase 3 Blue shirt. Phase 4 and above whatever you want. Like I said a lot of this is not in order. I am writing this in one go after years of talking about it to my loved ones. Put my thoughts to the pen, or keyboard in this case. So they did this thing were it was like a week, where it was the program or some weird name. They would break you down and “build you up” you would get a demeaning name for a week and then get an empowering name. I got the picture that if you were just a weed smoking low grade getting teen, you wouldn’t be ever seen as getting progress, you had to have “admitting to a bad act” of some sort. I made a story about how I let a girl cut me and drink my blood and how I thought about killing my dad. I know, like why would one lie and say that?!, well I figured if I had said I had done that and then shown to be turned good, it would reward me as changed and out that place. Looking back im like what the fuck. But I just wanted out and I was sure as hell willing to lie my way out. So yeah i went by like blood sucker or something like that for a week, but thats not bad. I remember so well one girl who was adopted and had relations with several boys back where she was from, she got sent there for that, and her name for the week was “Orphan Whore”. Also there were other students who weren’t going through the program that were involved with the process. Elon school or something like that where students yell at other students all sorts of insulting shit The end of it I reclaimed my name or whatever and they had me do like a ballet dance kind of weird thing to show rebirth, not that ballets weird, but in this scenario, yeah. I remember there was a day they said the world was going to end, someday in May 2011 some random wacko said, it made headlines as a joke more than anything, but i remember hearing it and hoping it happens because I wanted out. There was a gym there with rafters. I used to dream of hanging myself from them to get out. I dreamed about a car driving into the school and opening a wall up so we could run away. They used to tell us if we ran away there is bear and cougars out there, if they dont get us the cops will, and theyll put us in juvi just to have us sent back when out. They had these things called group essays. If someone did something and it no one admitted to it wed all have to write an essay about how we could have prevented it. One time a kid wiped shit on all the walls in the bathroom, the kid never admitted to it so we all had to write an essay on how we could have prevented it. I remember one time going to use the bathroom there was semen on the toilet seat, lol teen boys sex drive. I just wiped it off before I sat down. One time late at night I was masterbating in my bed. There was 20 of us sleeping in bunks in the same room, the kid who ended up copying my work i mentioned, saw me making some um, sheet movements, and looked my way giving me a dirty look, i just rolled over pretending like i was scratching, oh snap, almost caught. Not trying to be disgusting, teenage boys, find one that doesn’t masterbate, and i’ll give you some ocean beach front property in Kansas. You got weekly phone calls with your parents, you never dared to say what was going on because they were always listening. Letters same, they read them, so no use in saying something, they’ll just read it and throw it away, later my father asked me why didn’t you tell me what was going on? Well… My gf at the time ended up getting a bf after 6 months of waiting, i don’t blame her. Hey it was teenage love so im not hurt, but at the time it hurt because neither of us willingly ended it. She sent me a bookmark to have up there, it had us kissing on it, they took it from me for it being sexually explicit. They banned me from sitting up in bed and praying. I was atheist from 12 to 27 except for that time, i came back to my faith, praying for my exodus. I’m a christian again now, but only after I found a denomination that was open and affirming because I’m bisexual. Thinking about this, my mind can’t explain the pain, the rain of emotional trauma that falls in my cranium. Many times I’ve turned to cocaine, liquor, and suicidal thoughts because of the pain. It fucked my whole concept of everything in life. My emotions, my understanding of control of my own life, my ability to have healthy relationships, just so much. I still have dreams of being back there and wake up with nightmares, I was sixteen then, i turn 30 this year thirty, i have a beautiful amazing wife, a son who is the biggest blessing in my life, like i got it together now, but I don’t still, obvious by writing this. I remember one time getting to get my glasses prescription. They had to take me to town, the eye doctor, i thought about coming to him for help, but I thought if he works with these people, hell just report me to them, not them to authorities. My grandpa applegate, my moms dad, he died of suicide while I was gone, diagnosed with a terminal cancer he took it into his own hands. I never got to say good bye. When his funeral happened I wasn’t brought home for it, no, I was allowed to “write a letter to be read”. I wrote a letter, and it got read and a lot of family members said how deep it was and mature, I till this day have never watched the funeral video, I can’t. Because I should have been there. When I was on the wall, lookin towards the window could get me in trouble, because it was considered plotting an escape. I read in an english class I know where the caged bird sings, it became my favorite poem because I would watch the birds on the outside of the window and see how free they were. The joy of that. I was a juggalo, they banned me of talking anything icp related. I’d hum icp songs in protest, not like they knew them, also still a juggalo, two scoops of whoop. They day my dad came to get me, well I was peeing, and when I got out I saw him by the front door which was not far from the restroom, I ran up and hugged him saying oh my god dad! I love you! I started crying. He took to the place I always heard the workers there talk about a place called the Sugar Shack, a donut shop. Gosh dang good donuts! Then he took me to some cousins on the coast of oregon. Two days being out I was running on the beaches of the oregon coast. The sand in my feet, the breeze, the feeling of freedom. Scotts Valley School was shut down i think in 2016 for child abuse, i will link articles, but damn that place will forever haunt my head. The bats of the cave of my mind. I am married now with a family. I do my best to be a strong individual and provide, but this place has forever scared me and left me feeling weak. I couldn’t protect myself, so now I want to do everything to protect my family and be there for them. Scotts Valley school, I now live in a place called Scott Valley, the geographic area name, all come full circle? There is probably a lot more I could add to this, but for now, I just wanted to write down the bare minimum. If you have read this, thank you. I have found peace in my mind, heart, and soul as much as I can, and I hope those who have gone through similar ordeals can find some semblance of peace in their existence as well. I thank Jesus for keeping me hopeful in times I wanted to die. God bless you all.
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/14/lack-food-among-abuse-and-neglect-complaints-boarding-school/77246394/
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2015/12/hunger_vulgar_names_oregon_air.html
https://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jan/07/oregon-threatens-license-of-teen-boarding-school/
https://www.facebook.com/anorexicchild/posts/scotts-valley-boarding-school-in-yoncalla-oregon-scotts-valley-school-starved-th/368786460137878/
https://media.oregonlive.com/politics_impact/otheScotts%20Valley%20Notice%20of%20Intent%20to%20Revoke%20December%2011%202015.pdf
Ps the starved kid in the please eat post is not me
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2024.05.12 11:29 struggalogamer Scotts Valley School Yoncalla, Oregon (closed)

My Experience
It was January 10, 2011. I’ll never forget that date. It was the day my life changed. Also it was the day of the college football national championship. I was and still am a big college football fan (Go Cal Bears!). Oregon was set to play auburn and i was going to watch it with my neighbor two doors down. I had been doing poorly in school, and yeah was a big pot head, still am, but am much more responsible. Anyways i told myself this semester i was going to actually try in school. I woke up at six am to get ready for my day, something that i never do. I went to put on my shoes and i noticed the laces were missing. Immediately i went to my mom and asked where are my laces? She wouldn’t give me an answer and was just acting so strange. Eventually she left the house and as she was leaving two men were walking up our walkway. I figured they were plumbers considering we had plumbing issues recently. They walked in and before I knew it they walked up to me on either side and slammed me to the ground and handcuffed me. I didn’t react as it was, I didn’t expect it for one, and for two when it began I froze, I didn’t know what to do. Once on the ground I started to squirm, I screamed “Please Help me help me I’m being kidnapped! Please!” They responded No use in screaming no one can hear you. I kept screaming. One of them said go ahead get it over with when your quiet it’ll be over sooner. After probably about ten minutes, I realized no use in fighting, they helped me up and walked me to a small suv and put me in the back and put the seat belt on me. This was the beginning. I remember on the way up to Yoncalla Oregon from Sacramento California we stopped at a burger king. They offered to get me some but food was the last thing on my mind. Looking back I wish I had taken up the offer. I remember being by the ashtray seeing a half smoked cigarette and asking to smoke it, they said I couldn’t. After a long drive we got there they walked me in. The whole way I talked about how I’d get away and run away. Well of course they told the staff at Scott Valley. By the way this is the perfect point to say I was sent to Scott Valley School in Yoncalla, Oregon. One of the many so called trouble teen schools. So being told I had threatened to run away I was put on runaway watch. For about two weeks I was forced to sleep under a light. I obviously didn’t get much sleep. Also I always had two higher phase watchers who would stand on each side of me. They had phases there was like five or six I believe. Most were 2 and 1. There were like 3 phase 3’s and 1 phase 5. There was like 20-30 of us at a time. Anyway where do I start. As I write this, with the emotions and ptsd it comes in full force and yet hazy at the same time. Maybe my head trying to protect me? So I was there seven months, thank god thats it. There were people that had been there years. Some of the people there, my god, I don’t know what to say. From a 12 year old who molested his 1 year old brother and put fish hooks in his carpet so his parents would step on it, to kids that were in there later teens who had used hard drugs, kids that had been molested and acted out as a result, kids that just were wilding out period, a lot of different walks. After I got off of runaway watch I got back on it within two weeks. I was in trouble sitting at the essay table while pe was going on. So one of the punishments was writing essays. But anyway there were two other kids at the table, the twelve year old i mentioned above and the only black kid there on the boys side. I looked at them and said if we worked together we could escape this place. They both just dead stared at me. When it was time to line up, the 12 year old went away first, the other kid looked at me and said were gonna get in trouble, that kid is a snitch and is going to tell on you. He was right. I got put on the “wall” because of that. For two weeks when not eating, sleeping, or using the bathroom, I was staring at a wall were a dot was drawn with a piece of paper on it. I would just let my imagination run wild while this happened thinking about home, friends, family, make believe countries governments politics, anything to keep the mind entertained or semi at peace! There was a green jacket my parents sent up for me that was my grandpa on my mothers side. Grandpa Applegate. It was a super cool green jacket with fake fure on the color, it looked like something you’d wear in the winter in Moscow. They said it had too many pockets and I could hide things in it. So they took it away. They put it in the Pod where all of our extra stuff was stored. Well one pod day where we could exchange stuff, there was a different staff member on duty then the one who said I couldn’t wear it. So i got it out and he didn’t know so i got to wear it for a bit. So when the other staff member got back on shift, he saw the jacket. I was banned from wearing a sweatshirt of any kind for a month. When we had outside pe everyday in Febuary to March I would get so cold. When I would put my hands in my shirt I would get another essay. This is Central Oregon, it gets cold that time of year! So some facts about the living situation, you had three minutes for showers and bathroom. You go over that you get an essay. You get more time the higher phase you get. You ever take a shit in three minutes? If done successfully I commend you. I would go five days without shitting because one of the night workers a guy named Johnny would not keep track of time when I’d get up to ask the restroom in the early morning. Johnny was an angel in a sense. Taking an uninterrupted shit was some of the most bliss I could get. Not trying to be gross but when using the restroom even was so restricted, being able to use the restroom not timed felt like hitting the lotto. When we’d wake up at seven am we only had 1 min to get up and make our bed, timed, if we didn’t make it wed get an essay. I’m naming these things as I remember different events, not necessarily in chronological order, but different events that happened. I had a peach fuzz mustache i was so proud of and long curly hair. They gave me a buzz cut and forced me to shave. My dad sent my grandpa Andrews old electric razor. That’s my dads dad. My biggest hero in my life. His name I got tatted on me at 19. I write this at 29. He died when I was 9. Most of the other kids had razors you could charge, mine needed to be plugged in to work, I didn’t understand that. I had never shaved to begin with, so I thought it was broken. I threw it away and put in a request for a new one. My father told them it was a plug in, but it was already to late so he needed to order me a new one. At a group therapy session thing, yeah we did that every day, and none of the people working there had any degrees that could go to the field they were working in. Anyway my writing is not perfect so as I was saying, at a group therapy thing, Jad one of the main guys working there brought up the razor, he said I knew it wasn’t broken, but I just wanted a new one. You don’t love your grandpa youre just a selfish little bitch. Those words still are ingrained in my mind. I know they are false but god damn they hurt. I cried. As I cried he just continued to tell me how selfish I am and im a bitch a pussy etc. William Frederick Andrews was my grandfathers name, as said I got it tatted on me at 19. He was born 1924, in 2024, my first child, a son, was born, William Frederick Andrews II. I call that a moral victory. Crazy how it worked out to be a 100 year difference. Another time it was 420, I cried because I wanted to smoke and he called me out on it in group therapy. He called me a bitch, a pussy, the usual. Weird things happened there, like one time they did a “fire drill” in the middle of the night, we had to go out into the cold in our underwear for five minutes until it was over. There were girls there but they were in a separate area. When they walked by or vice versa we had to look the other way. One of the many reasons it got shut down is there was a case of a student raping another. Apparently the girl who reported it got hounded in group therapy to the point she recanted. Now I could be wrong, but I think I know the person who did it, only one guy from the male side reached level five to the point where he became staff and could go to the girl side for group therapy. I don’t know for sure but that’s what i assume. At one point they were building a new building and they had us digging the ground around it for construction. Yeah they had us do all the cleaning indoors and out doors. If you were bad you could have your school privileges taken away. I had one kid who was a phase above me copy my work. He got caught. He got demoted, and got repromoted before I left. I never got past phase 1. So phase 1 red shirt. Phase 2 green shirt. Phase 3 Blue shirt. Phase 4 and above whatever you want. Like I said a lot of this is not in order. I am writing this in one go after years of talking about it to my loved ones. Put my thoughts to the pen, or keyboard in this case. So they did this thing were it was like a week, where it was the program or some weird name. They would break you down and “build you up” you would get a demeaning name for a week and then get an empowering name. I got the picture that if you were just a weed smoking low grade getting teen, you wouldn’t be ever seen as getting progress, you had to have “admitting to a bad act” of some sort. I made a story about how I let a girl cut me and drink my blood and how I thought about killing my dad. I know, like why would one lie and say that?!, well I figured if I had said I had done that and then shown to be turned good, it would reward me as changed and out that place. Looking back im like what the fuck. But I just wanted out and I was sure as hell willing to lie my way out. So yeah i went by like blood sucker or something like that for a week, but thats not bad. I remember so well one girl who was adopted and had relations with several boys back where she was from, she got sent there for that, and her name for the week was “Orphan Whore”. Also there were other students who weren’t going through the program that were involved with the process. Elon school or something like that where students yell at other students all sorts of insulting shit The end of it I reclaimed my name or whatever and they had me do like a ballet dance kind of weird thing to show rebirth, not that ballets weird, but in this scenario, yeah. I remember there was a day they said the world was going to end, someday in May 2011 some random wacko said, it made headlines as a joke more than anything, but i remember hearing it and hoping it happens because I wanted out. There was a gym there with rafters. I used to dream of hanging myself from them to get out. I dreamed about a car driving into the school and opening a wall up so we could run away. They used to tell us if we ran away there is bear and cougars out there, if they dont get us the cops will, and theyll put us in juvi just to have us sent back when out. They had these things called group essays. If someone did something and it no one admitted to it wed all have to write an essay about how we could have prevented it. One time a kid wiped shit on all the walls in the bathroom, the kid never admitted to it so we all had to write an essay on how we could have prevented it. I remember one time going to use the bathroom there was semen on the toilet seat, lol teen boys sex drive. I just wiped it off before I sat down. One time late at night I was masterbating in my bed. There was 20 of us sleeping in bunks in the same room, the kid who ended up copying my work i mentioned, saw me making some um, sheet movements, and looked my way giving me a dirty look, i just rolled over pretending like i was scratching, oh snap, almost caught. Not trying to be disgusting, teenage boys, find one that doesn’t masterbate, and i’ll give you some ocean beach front property in Kansas. You got weekly phone calls with your parents, you never dared to say what was going on because they were always listening. Letters same, they read them, so no use in saying something, they’ll just read it and throw it away, later my father asked me why didn’t you tell me what was going on? Well… My gf at the time ended up getting a bf after 6 months of waiting, i don’t blame her. Hey it was teenage love so im not hurt, but at the time it hurt because neither of us willingly ended it. She sent me a bookmark to have up there, it had us kissing on it, they took it from me for it being sexually explicit. They banned me from sitting up in bed and praying. I was atheist from 12 to 27 except for that time, i came back to my faith, praying for my exodus. I’m a christian again now, but only after I found a denomination that was open and affirming because I’m bisexual. Thinking about this, my mind can’t explain the pain, the rain of emotional trauma that falls in my cranium. Many times I’ve turned to cocaine, liquor, and suicidal thoughts because of the pain. It fucked my whole concept of everything in life. My emotions, my understanding of control of my own life, my ability to have healthy relationships, just so much. I still have dreams of being back there and wake up with nightmares, I was sixteen then, i turn 30 this year thirty, i have a beautiful amazing wife, a son who is the biggest blessing in my life, like i got it together now, but I don’t still, obvious by writing this. I remember one time getting to get my glasses prescription. They had to take me to town, the eye doctor, i thought about coming to him for help, but I thought if he works with these people, hell just report me to them, not them to authorities. My grandpa applegate, my moms dad, he died of suicide while I was gone, diagnosed with a terminal cancer he took it into his own hands. I never got to say good bye. When his funeral happened I wasn’t brought home for it, no, I was allowed to “write a letter to be read”. I wrote a letter, and it got read and a lot of family members said how deep it was and mature, I till this day have never watched the funeral video, I can’t. Because I should have been there. When I was on the wall, lookin towards the window could get me in trouble, because it was considered plotting an escape. I read in an english class I know where the caged bird sings, it became my favorite poem because I would watch the birds on the outside of the window and see how free they were. The joy of that. I was a juggalo, they banned me of talking anything icp related. I’d hum icp songs in protest, not like they knew them, also still a juggalo, two scoops of whoop. They day my dad came to get me, well I was peeing, and when I got out I saw him by the front door which was not far from the restroom, I ran up and hugged him saying oh my god dad! I love you! I started crying. He took to the place I always heard the workers there talk about a place called the Sugar Shack, a donut shop. Gosh dang good donuts! Then he took me to some cousins on the coast of oregon. Two days being out I was running on the beaches of the oregon coast. The sand in my feet, the breeze, the feeling of freedom. Scotts Valley School was shut down i think in 2016 for child abuse, i will link articles, but damn that place will forever haunt my head. The bats of the cave of my mind. I am married now with a family. I do my best to be a strong individual and provide, but this place has forever scared me and left me feeling weak. I couldn’t protect myself, so now I want to do everything to protect my family and be there for them. Scotts Valley school, I now live in a place called Scott Valley, the geographic area name, all come full circle? There is probably a lot more I could add to this, but for now, I just wanted to write down the bare minimum. If you have read this, thank you. I have found peace in my mind, heart, and soul as much as I can, and I hope those who have gone through similar ordeals can find some semblance of peace in their existence as well. I thank Jesus for keeping me hopeful in times I wanted to die. God bless you all.
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/14/lack-food-among-abuse-and-neglect-complaints-boarding-school/77246394/
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2015/12/hunger_vulgar_names_oregon_air.html
https://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jan/07/oregon-threatens-license-of-teen-boarding-school/
https://www.facebook.com/anorexicchild/posts/scotts-valley-boarding-school-in-yoncalla-oregon-scotts-valley-school-starved-th/368786460137878/
https://media.oregonlive.com/politics_impact/otheScotts%20Valley%20Notice%20of%20Intent%20to%20Revoke%20December%2011%202015.pdf
Ps the starved kid in the please eat post is not me
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Texans Spielplan
Der Spielplan der Texans ist ein wichtiger Aspekt für Fans und Spieler gleichermaßen. Er zeigt nicht nur die Termine der Spiele, sondern auch die Herausforderungen, denen das Team gegenübersteht. Für die Saison 2024 sind die Texans auf eine starke Leistung angewiesen, um ihre Ziele zu erreichen.
Die Saison beginnt mit einem aufregenden Heimspiel gegen die New England Patriots. Dies wird ein wichtiger Test für das Team sein, da die Patriots eine starke Mannschaft sind und für ihre kämpferische Spielweise bekannt sind. Danach folgen Auswärtsspiele gegen die Kansas City Chiefs und die Buffalo Bills, die beide als schwierige Gegner gelten.
Im weiteren Verlauf der Saison stehen den Texans einige wichtige Spiele bevor, darunter das Duell gegen die Tennessee Titans, ihre Rivalen aus der AFC South. Diese Spiele sind nicht nur entscheidend für die Playoff-Hoffnungen des Teams, sondern auch für die Stimmung der Fans.
Ein Höhepunkt der Saison ist sicherlich das Thanksgiving-Spiel gegen die Dallas Cowboys. Dieses traditionsreiche Aufeinandertreffen verspricht Spannung und Emotionen auf und neben dem Spielfeld.
Die Texans müssen jedoch auch auf ihre Divisionsspiele gegen die Jacksonville Jaguars und die Indianapolis Colts achten, da diese entscheidend für ihren Erfolg in der AFC South sein werden.
Insgesamt bietet der Spielplan der Texans für die Saison 2024 eine Mischung aus Herausforderungen und Chancen. Mit harter Arbeit und Teamgeist können sie jedoch ihre Ziele erreichen und ihren Fans eine spannende Saison bieten.
Browns Aufstellung
Die Aufstellung der Cleveland Browns ist von großer Bedeutung für das Team und seine Fans. Als eines der ältesten Teams in der National Football League (NFL) haben die Browns eine reiche Geschichte und eine treue Fangemeinde. Die Aufstellung, auch bekannt als Kader oder Roster, umfasst die Spieler, die für das Team während der Saison zur Verfügung stehen.
Die Browns haben im Laufe der Jahre viele talentierte Spieler gehabt, die die Aufstellung geprägt haben. Von legendären Quarterbacks wie Otto Graham bis hin zu modernen Stars wie Baker Mayfield hat das Team eine lange Tradition von talentierten Spielern auf verschiedenen Positionen. Die Aufstellung umfasst Spieler auf allen Positionen, darunter Angriff, Verteidigung und Sondermannschaften.
Die Aufstellung der Browns wird von den Trainern und Managern des Teams sorgfältig zusammengestellt. Sie berücksichtigen dabei Faktoren wie Spielerleistung, Verletzungen, taktische Überlegungen und die Verfügbarkeit von Spielern. Die endgültige Aufstellung wird in der Regel kurz vor jedem Spiel bekannt gegeben und kann je nach den Bedürfnissen des Teams variieren.
Für die Fans sind die Aufstellung und die Spieler, die darin enthalten sind, von großer Bedeutung. Sie verfolgen gespannt, welche Spieler auf dem Feld stehen werden und welche Rolle sie im Spiel spielen werden. Die Aufstellung kann auch Einfluss darauf haben, wie die Fans das Spiel einschätzen und welche Erwartungen sie an das Team haben.
Insgesamt ist die Aufstellung der Cleveland Browns ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Teams und seiner Identität. Sie spiegelt die Geschichte, die Tradition und die aktuellen Herausforderungen des Teams wider und hat eine große Bedeutung für die Spieler und Fans gleichermaßen.
Texans Trainerstab
Der Trainerstab der Texans ist von entscheidender Bedeutung für den Erfolg des Teams auf dem Spielfeld. Unter der Leitung des Cheftrainers werden verschiedene Trainerpositionen besetzt, die alle dazu beitragen, die Spieler auf ihr Bestes vorzubereiten und das Beste aus ihrem Potenzial herauszuholen.
Der Cheftrainer ist die zentrale Figur im Trainerstab und trägt die Hauptverantwortung für die strategische Ausrichtung des Teams sowie für die Entwicklung der Spieler. Er arbeitet eng mit den anderen Trainern zusammen, um Trainingsprogramme zu entwerfen, Spielstrategien zu entwickeln und Spieler individuell zu betreuen.
Ein wichtiger Bestandteil des Trainerstabs sind die Positionstrainer, die sich auf bestimmte Bereiche des Spiels spezialisieren, wie z.B. Angriff, Verteidigung oder Spezialteams. Sie haben umfassende Kenntnisse und Erfahrung in ihren jeweiligen Fachgebieten und arbeiten eng mit den Spielern zusammen, um ihre Fähigkeiten zu verbessern und sie auf die Anforderungen des Spiels vorzubereiten.
Darüber hinaus gehören zum Trainerstab auch Kraft- und Konditionstrainer, die für die körperliche Fitness und Leistungsfähigkeit der Spieler verantwortlich sind. Sie entwickeln Trainingsprogramme, um die Ausdauer, Kraft und Schnelligkeit der Spieler zu verbessern und Verletzungen vorzubeugen.
Zusammen bilden diese Trainer eine engmaschige Unterstützungsstruktur, die es den Spielern ermöglicht, ihr volles Potenzial auszuschöpfen und erfolgreich auf dem Spielfeld zu agieren. Durch ihre harte Arbeit, Fachkenntnisse und Hingabe tragen sie maßgeblich zum Erfolg der Texans bei und sind unverzichtbar für das Team.
Browns Verletzungen
Browns Verletzungen sind ein Thema, das die Fans des Teams besorgt. Die Cleveland Browns haben in der vergangenen Saison mit einer Reihe von Verletzungen zu kämpfen gehabt, die sich negativ auf ihre Leistung ausgewirkt haben. Spieler wie Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry und Nick Chubb waren von Verletzungen betroffen, die ihre Spielzeit beeinträchtigten.
Odell Beckham Jr. litt an einer hartnäckigen Verletzung am Knie, die ihn zu einer längeren Pause zwang und seine Leistung auf dem Spielfeld einschränkte. Jarvis Landry kämpfte mit einer Schulterverletzung, die seine Fähigkeit, effektiv zu spielen, beeinträchtigte. Die Abwesenheit dieser Schlüsselspieler machte es für die Browns schwierig, ihre volle Leistungsfähigkeit zu erreichen.
Auch Running Back Nick Chubb blieb nicht von Verletzungen verschont. Eine Knieverletzung zwang ihn zu einer Zwangspause, was sich negativ auf das Laufspiel der Browns auswirkte. Die Verletzungen dieser Spieler haben gezeigt, wie wichtig es für ein Team ist, eine tiefe Bank und eine solide Verletzungsprävention zu haben.
Die Browns müssen sicherstellen, dass sie ihre Spieler richtig managen und auf Verletzungen reagieren, um ihre Chancen auf eine erfolgreiche Saison zu maximieren. Eine umfassende Rehabilitations- und Präventionsstrategie ist entscheidend, um sicherzustellen, dass Schlüsselspieler fit bleiben und das Team auf dem Platz unterstützen können.
Insgesamt sind Browns Verletzungen ein ernstes Anliegen, das das Team und seine Fans im Auge behalten müssen, da sie sich direkt auf die Leistung und den Erfolg des Teams auswirken können.
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