I was wondering if a city in the U.S. that has similar or cooler weather than the Bay Area and is as diverse as well as being able to buy a home/condo with a $20/hr salary exists. Even if there isn't a city like that, just list the next best cities that sort of fit my needs.
A group of boys are hanging around on the corner with nothing to do. One of their mothers opens her window and shouts down to them "hey you boys better stay outta trouble! Go on and buy yourself something to keep you busy!" And throws a $5 bill down to them.
One of the boys grabs the money and runs to the corner store as the other boys excitedly follow him. He runs into the store and buys a box of tampons.
The other boys are incredulous to see that he wasted the money on tampons and demand an explanation.
He holds up the box proudly "Look at all we can do! It says right here on the side of the box! Now we can go swimming!... We can go horse back riding!..."
Get it? Met-a-four?
Seriously, I've had enough of all this wind and rain
In 2011, UEFA – the governing body of European football – introduced Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations to reduce unsustainable investment in football clubs by billionaire owners. Clubs were only allowed to spend money that was earned through footballing endeavours. It is alleged that Manchester City Football Club (MCFC) contravened FFP regulations at least twice. This post will use criminological theory to analyse these alleged acts of deviance and UEFA’s regulatory response.
In a recent article, investigatory newspaper Der Spiegel published documents from Football Leaks to provide insight into the methods MCFC are purported to have used to bypass FFP regulations. It is alleged that MCFC’s owners – Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited (ADUG) – injected funds into MCFC via hidden payments processed through the accounts of their sponsors, thereby making extra funds available for expenditure whilst appearing to abide by FFP regulations.
The Action Fraud website defines fraud as ‘when trickery is used to gain a dishonest advantage, which is often financial’. If the allegations are true, it seems clear ADUG utilised trickery to increase the funds available for expenditure by their subsidiary MCFC. As expenditure is positively associated with footballing success (see page 112 of this UEFA benchmarking report), and success brings further revenue which can be legitimately reinvested, the ability to increase expenditure would clearly have given MCFC a dishonest financial advantage.
The well-known routine activities theory stipulates that offending requires the temporal and spatial convergence of a motivated offender and a suitable target. When co-offenders are required for an offence, they similarly must meet offenders in time and space.
Co-offenders must be trustworthy and possess the required skillset or status to fill the gap in a motivated offender’s ability to offend on their own. In this case, the implicated sponsors represented suitable co-offenders. For example, the Chairman of Etihad – MCFC’s main shirt and stadium sponsor – is also a member of the MCFC Board, and therefore presumably trustworthy, and all sponsors made legitimate payments to MCFC within which ADUG could hide their own funds.
The ease with which motivated offenders can locate suitable co-offenders in a network is a measure of that network’s organisation. The convergence of motivated offender (MCFC) and suitable co-offenders (some sponsors) was facilitated by pr
... keep reading on reddit ➡I love getting off work at 4ish and getting into my car, feeling my pores open up & feeling like i’m roasting a little bit. It’s a warm, snuggly feeling and i often won’t turn on the AC until 10minutes or so of my drive have gone by. Maybe it’s because i’m born & raised in a really warm climate but i just love the summer car heat.
In the old town, the hot water has been shut off for several days while some repairs are being done. So, now that we are experiencing a heat wave, there is no opportunity to shower. I seem to remember the same thing happening last year at this time. Who makes these decisions?
