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For the last three seasons, Amy Smilovic has embarked on an aesthetic overhaul of her Tibi brand. Her fondness for utilitarian sportswear has become the focal point of her collection that mixes functionality with polished dressing. For fall/winter 2013, the SoHo-based designer blends depth and texture to create an urban edginess with a '90s refinement. Take a peek at the scene backstage before her runway show, held at Pier 59.
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What inspired the look for fall '13?
Amy: We go to Paris right after the show every year. I have a team of women that I work with to design the line, and for fall, we were doing what we want to wear, and I'm sure you're going to see that come across on the runway.
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
U18B - Fewer teams, better quality, look out
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Brutal coaching decision not to play defensively in the end. Not sure this can be forgotten
- May 8, 2016 at 7:02 PM
Who won? What happened?
- May 8, 2016 at 7:15 PM
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- May 8, 2016 at 9:07 PM
If you want to know who won , look on the NJ CUP site
- May 8, 2016 at 10:43 PM
Site says Marlboro wins 1-1 - PKs
- May 9, 2016 at 7:29 AM
I see on the website 2-1 Marlboro.
- May 9, 2016 at 7:40 AM
Matchfit tell us how you did at region 1
- May 9, 2016 at 7:56 AM
Let me clear some things up for the Marlboro/Stronghold game. Unbiased as I didnt care who won and since tournaments allow you to stand where ever you want I had a unique perspective from behind the coaches side. Marlboro coaches yelled instructions the entire game, they were involved. Stronghold coach whined a lot about the calls but nothing crazy. It was very windy and each team had a half where they had a major advantage. 0 at half. Stronghold scored a goal with about 20 to go in the game on a strange bounce and a nice finish. Marlboro goalie got a red card for a foul on breakaway, not a dirty play but the right call. Marlboro countered by playing less and less players on defense as the game went on, eventually looking like they only had one player back on defense. At the end of regulation, most likely in extra time Marlboro put a ball through the Stronghold defense and the striker placed it in. Marlboro won in Pk's. It was a good game to watch and the Stronghold coach only did one thing that was obnoxious which is a step in the right direction for him. In extra time as the ball was going out of bounds he faked stopping the ball to let it run. The Marlboro player said something to him and the Stronghold coach said to the player "yes but we are winning". Who does that? Otherwise, a hard fought game that was back and forth and a game where the wind was the real game controller.
- May 9, 2016 at 8:16 AM
The powers to be at region 1 did something really cool this weekend. They sent the four teams that made it to the u17 final four back to when the boys played u11. It was awesome!! Hey boys, for starters we are going to let you play on a middle school field and for good measure we are going to have you play 30 min halfs. Well done region 1!! Sour grapes, yeah a little. Really more about getting it right. Let's see if njys will do that this weekend.
- May 9, 2016 at 8:45 AM
Hold on, MF are you saying that you played a 60 minute game? That is horrible. What was the purpose?
- May 9, 2016 at 8:52 AM
Yes, 60 minute game on a field that was some where between lg and sm sided. Meanwhile they played u14 and u15 girls games on regulation fields and regulation time. Pathetic!
- May 9, 2016 at 9:09 AM
I will admit that makes no sense at all but there has to be more to the story.
- May 9, 2016 at 9:39 AM
The people at Reg. 1 waited until Fri. Night to come up with contingency plan after Kirkwood closed their fields After a solid week of rain. They found a turf field and put us on it. They found out Sat. that the field was only 85yds long and 50 yes. wide. They tried to move the games off of that field. Penn Fusion was able to get 2 full fields at 7:30 on Sat. night for 90min games. 3 of the 4 teams said yes and 1 said no. Region 1 caved to that team even though they knew the field was not regulation. Not saying we would have won, Penn Fusion is a very good team and congratulations to them.
- May 9, 2016 at 10:44 AM
That is a shame and shouldnt have been allowed. Put it behind you and focus on the NJYS state cup. Good luck to the teams playing.
- May 9, 2016 at 11:20 AM
Lets be honest and upfront about the SSC/Marlboro match, it never should have come to a late goal to tie it up. The coach decided not to play their top scoring option for a long portion of the game and failed to play defensively in the last 10 minutes. Never once tried to play the ball to the corners, never made substitutions to run clock, never put an extra defender in the back. If that staff was thinking correctly that last minute pass would never have worked. The players played hard on both sides. It was physical, not dirty and both sides could have won.
- May 9, 2016 at 11:48 AM
Marlboro got luck and won again. But isn't that always the case. They had a hard time beating Bergenfield in the round of 8, which Bergenfield played with 10 players for most of the game. Marlboro should thank both Match Fit's and Stronghold's coaching staff for their State Cup Trophy!
- May 9, 2016 at 12:31 PM
12:31, you were at the Bergenfield game? Doubt it as Marlboro would not say they were lucky so they wouldnt write that. Are you from Bergenfield? If so you know nothing about the top end soccer teams in NJ as you dont play any of them. Was it "luck" that MF dropped out? I would say so, but wouldnt that suggest bad luck that they were scheduled to play so early in the tournament to begin with? All the top teams know one thing, they can all win or lose against one another on any given day. STA, SJEB, Holmdel, Marlboro, SSC, MF, SDFC, Marlton, they all know it and all the players know it. Everyone called Marlboro lucky two years ago when they won both state cups now a third, as I look on I dont see that as lucky but more so a team that takes advantage of their opportunities.
- May 9, 2016 at 12:58 PM
Somebody hates Marlboro. Give them credit, they beat the teams that they needed to. No, not from Matlboro.
- May 9, 2016 at 1:10 PM
I dont understand why Stronghold thinks they are so much better then everyone else. They are a very good team, just like the rest of the top 10 teams.
- May 9, 2016 at 1:22 PM
There are more good teams than just the top ten. Why do you want to have an exclusive club of teams. Any team should be allowed to challenge any other. If teams weren't put in their designated box maybe there would be more surprises.
- May 9, 2016 at 1:32 PM
I used top ten because that is a normal phrase in our language. Who do you propose to be able to successfully compete with the top teams on a regular basis? I have excluded your team, please let us know and I am sure you will hear others opinions.
- May 9, 2016 at 1:50 PM
Bergenfield for one, Cedar stars newark another. You stated that there is nothing special about the top ten, they can all beat each other. Why players choose to sit on the bench on one of these teams instead playing on another I'll never understand
- May 9, 2016 at 2:21 PM
Bergenfield has never beaten a top team, get real. Didnt Bergenfield lose 3-0 this weekend to a mid level team? Cedar stars too new to know. As far as sitting on the bench, I agree with you there. No reason to sit but ALL teams EVERY level have pecking orders of talent. That is not something that is specific to the top teams only.
- May 9, 2016 at 2:34 PM
Marlboro is such an overpowering team. They got a bye in the first round, beat SJA 1-0 in the second round, third round they beat Bergenfield which had 10 men most of the game 3-1 and in the semi-finals and finals both of their games went into PKs. So maybe if MF had not dropped out, they could of beat them in PKs also.
- May 9, 2016 at 3:09 PM
Who said Marlboro was overpowering? Did I miss that comment? Unless you were at the Bergenfield game you would not know when the red card came. So, if you are telling us that you are from Bergenfield when did the red card come out? Why did it come out?
- May 9, 2016 at 3:19 PM
I never heard of Bergenfield before so I looked them up on gotsoccer. They play in the second level of Maps. They don't even have a winning record in that flight!
- May 9, 2016 at 3:38 PM
Marlboro is kick and run team.. Had no shots on goal the whole game,but the 50 yards pass that ended up in a goal..
- May 9, 2016 at 3:45 PM
Bergenfield was competitive with Marlboro. A team doesn't have to win to be competitive. I bet Marlboro expected a lop sided victory
- May 9, 2016 at 4:01 PM
Bergenfield please come back when you have a winning record with your lowly Maps schedule. Say what you want about Marlboro and I can say plenty of negatives, they have 3 state championships in 3 years. I will have to check and see if any other team has the ability to claim the same.
- May 9, 2016 at 4:05 PM
Just to be clear Bergenfield played a man down for how long vs Marlboro and Marlboro played a man down for how long vs Stronghold?
Either way it sounds to me that Marlboro came out the victor man up or down.
- May 9, 2016 at 4:55 PM
We have played against Bergenfield before and they played a physical game maybe to physical. They do have some talent and they are able to move the ball but that is against my sons team and we dont have a good defense, which resulted in a 5-4 game. There should be more mixing and matching of the so called upper tier teams against the mid level teams. I don't see the harm in playing and seeing what happens.
- May 9, 2016 at 5:02 PM
What the hell. Where did this Bergenfield stuff come from
- May 9, 2016 at 6:42 PM
Really, this team that nobody has ever heard of lost the only really important game they played. Now they can go back to anonymity.
- May 9, 2016 at 7:52 PM
Yeah, why is anyone naming a team that isn't in the usual handful talked about on here. They're the only ones worth talking about.
- May 9, 2016 at 8:57 PM
The top 4 teams are playing this weekend in the state cup semis, any prediction?
- May 10, 2016 at 8:47 AM
Top 4 teams? MatchFit and SDFC yes I agree. STA is 100% in the conversation but SSC has yet to prove they are any better than a list of teams.
- May 10, 2016 at 10:34 AM
MFA vs STA Morris both very good teams, MFA just better. 3-1 win
Stronghold vs SDFC both can beat any team they play and both can lose to a team that would surprise you. SDFC 2-1
- May 10, 2016 at 12:36 PM
I predict MF vs SSC in the final. MF wins it all.
- May 11, 2016 at 9:19 AM
TSF continues to move up in the rankings!!
- May 11, 2016 at 11:26 AM
Yeah TSF! At this rate you will #1 in NJ by the time they are u25.
- May 11, 2016 at 11:56 AM
Unless you play for Matchfit, SDFC, South Jersey Barons, or Marlboro you are below TSF in the rankings. I would say that is a great place to be.
- May 11, 2016 at 1:18 PM
Hooray for got soccer! That is one trust worthy system. Where would we be without it?
- May 11, 2016 at 6:19 PM
Lol....look at the got soccer rankings. TSF has less points than Holmdel but are ranked higher and seem super proud of themselves...well done celebrating early TSF...lol
- May 11, 2016 at 11:10 PM
They should be proud of themselves. TSF has done really nice moving up.
- May 12, 2016 at 11:57 AM
They should be proud, they are a good team. However if you are going to live and die based off of how got soccer ranks teams you should atleast get your facts right. some teams dropped points for a short time and I'm sure will again pick many more points up in the near future. finishing eep schedules, state tournament, champions league schedules, memorial day tournament. expect the got soccer rankings to again change in a couple weeks.
- May 12, 2016 at 12:07 PM
already changed again actually.....
- May 12, 2016 at 12:12 PM
Stronghold will jump over many of you with the NJYS points. Marlton will lose many points.
- May 12, 2016 at 1:04 PM
If only TSF had entered into NJYS state cup. You could've earned more pts. to prove you're great.
- May 12, 2016 at 2:17 PM
If that were the case maybe one of the 4 left wouldnt get their points either
- May 12, 2016 at 2:52 PM
Good luck to the 4 teams competing this weekend for the NJYS state cup. 4 quality teams, all can win it all.
- May 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM
NJYS, what the plan for the weekend?! The weather doesn't look good for tomorrow afternoon. Please tell us you have a plan.
- May 13, 2016 at 8:48 AM
Who cares if Friendship fields get beat up, oh sorry they already are.
- May 13, 2016 at 9:15 AM
All this Got Soccer discussion reminded me of a question I had when the Ironbound Navigators team suddenly showed up in the U17 rankings. The team seems to be a U16 team that plays up at U17? However, when they moved into the U17 rankings most of their points were from previous U15 tournaments and games (not U16 tournaments or games). I didn't understand how they got to use U15 points in the U17 rankings. Does anyone know how that works?
- May 13, 2016 at 11:49 AM
As long as you have a % of players from the folded team (believe it is 8) you can carry your points. Now should you be able to carry points from a different age group? Different question. With that being said, no one believe that Ironbound is a good team at this level.
- May 13, 2016 at 12:14 PM
Super Y league has started awarding got soccer pts. Most good teams don't even play in Super Y. Too many tournaments award pts.
- May 13, 2016 at 1:00 PM
You can give points to whoever you want too, the top teams just dont lose to the lesser teams. It is easy to predict.
- May 13, 2016 at 1:23 PM
Good luck Stronghold you deserve one. Two best teams are left standing
- May 15, 2016 at 8:31 AM
SDFC lost? Have they ever won a state cup?
- May 15, 2016 at 10:00 AM
MF goes back to back.
- May 15, 2016 at 6:10 PM
Heads up stronghold. Many championships and finals
- May 15, 2016 at 7:59 PM
EDP today, Marlton 3, Marlboro 2. Usually a good game between these two. Lots of respect for each other.
- May 16, 2016 at 1:55 AM
MF, thank you for your words but we don't need them. 3 State Cups in 4 years and 1 National Championship. Good luck to you in Regionals.
- May 16, 2016 at 8:34 AM
4 teams have played in the past 4 state cups in two years.
Marlton vs match fit
Marlton vs Ssc
Ssc vs Marlboro
Ssc vs match fit
Says a lot about these teams
- May 16, 2016 at 9:42 AM
9:42, your post got my curiosity up. If you take the NJYS SC and the US Club SC for the past 4 years you have 8 possible winners. Here are the results I found:
Stronghold 3 State Championships
Marlboro 3 State Championships
Match Fit 2 State Championships
Stronghold may be the most impressive as they were in many finals games too. Match Fit newer to all of this after coming off academy status. Marlboro with 3 is the shocker, who knew. That leaves REALLY good teams like STA, SDFC, Marlton, SJEB on the outside looking in and I think we all know that they all are good enough to have won any one of these state championships.
- May 16, 2016 at 10:33 AM
MFA is the top team, but give credit to Stronghold, they just might be a very close #2
- May 16, 2016 at 12:38 PM
I'll agree with that if I ever see a convincing win by those two teams over any other top teams.
- May 16, 2016 at 1:33 PM
Ask yourself this, if your team is playing MF or SSC would you be the underdog in that game? No one is saying that teams cant lose. If you think that your team is better, let us know and provide facts to back it up.
- May 16, 2016 at 2:10 PM
MF played a great match, no doubt, but even they would have to agree that Stronghold had the better of play for much of the time. MF attempted a possession strategy but that was not the best plan in those conditions.
- May 16, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Really? On a very windy day hitting long balls high up in the air is the best strategy which is what SSC did all game. Keeping the ball on the ground and possessing it seems like the smart move to me.
- May 16, 2016 at 5:31 PM
SSC better of the play?! They had one shot on goal the entire game. That comment is just rediculous.
- May 16, 2016 at 5:50 PM
Matchfit strategy was to kick the ball from their backs to the one African American forward the whole game..
- May 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Bergenfield top 25 now. Don't sleep
- May 16, 2016 at 8:03 PM
Oh mighty and dominant MF, you won by one goal. You complained when you lost by one goal now you are blast emailing your title. Just remember you still don't have as many championships as us.
- May 16, 2016 at 8:08 PM
7 D1 commits so far. They must do something more than just kick the ball up to the African American kid...
- May 16, 2016 at 8:28 PM
Match Fit has two championships in two years. Will probably have three a year from now.
- May 16, 2016 at 9:14 PM
3 ACC🤔1patriot League🤔1 Big 10🤔 And many more... But SSC is better. Competed for club state cup for 2 years and won both. If the math adds up looks like a third to me.
- May 16, 2016 at 9:15 PM
Thanks for the info Greg
- May 16, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Yo you old angry dads on here racist af. African American forward? Racist AF. Well done MF. Stronghold tighten up all you do is whine and get red carded no one likes you no one respects you Cus you don't command respect...just bitch and whine.
- May 16, 2016 at 11:16 PM
How exactly is that racist?
- May 16, 2016 at 11:30 PM
"Old angry dads", "racist" the liberal indoctrination of another of our youth...
- May 17, 2016 at 7:11 AM
Sounds like the recruits will go to schools that play the same style as MF, kick to the atheletic African American forward...I don't think those schools have won anything at the college level.
- May 17, 2016 at 7:47 AM
What other top teams have division 1 players? Anyone, sdfc, ssc, Marlton, Marlboro, sta?
- May 17, 2016 at 8:21 AM
Are you both serious? 7:47, you sound like a complete tool. 8:21, do you really think that MF is the only team that has/will have D1 players? You may also want to get a grip on the D1 BS. Do you know that there are D3 schools that can offer a better education, can play as well as some D1 schools and can offer more money to get you to go there? If you don't maybe it is time to do your homework. Players, don't get caught up in the D1 trap, it is great for some but not good at all for others. Please remember that you are there for an education and soccer WILL take away from effective study time. Not everyone can handle it.
- May 17, 2016 at 8:36 AM
A voice or reason at 8:36. Be careful people might learn something.
- May 17, 2016 at 10:17 AM
I'm intrested to see where all the top players from top teams are going. I've heard of match fit players and sdfc player, where are marlboro, sta, Marlton, sjeb, ssc players attending? Also there is a difference between the divisions, d1 and d3 are different styles of play.
- May 17, 2016 at 11:16 AM
Maybe you have heard of the MF players because they run this board and they are the only one's shouting it out.
Regarding your question on difference of D1 vs D3 style of play, I am not sure what you are getting at. D1 schools have the same style of play as a community college or maybe they dont have the same style of play. The worst D3 school could very easily utilize the exact same style of play as Maryland does, what is your point.
- May 17, 2016 at 11:30 AM
So besides match fit and sdfc is anyone playing in college from the top teams?
- May 17, 2016 at 1:25 PM
No. No players will be playing in college. The college system will crumble and the sport will no longer exist. MF, because you want to share your successes that does not mean everyone feels the same way. Worry about yourself and your players may or may not see them on the pitch for another 4 years.
- May 17, 2016 at 1:30 PM
A lot of these kids will be playing in college. Most have not even applied yet. Many will choose to focus on academics and play club. Some might choose not to go to college at all and see if they can make it as a professional player. I heard of kids leaving the US to play in Europe or Latin America. If the goal is to play professionally, why even go to college?
- May 17, 2016 at 2:08 PM
It is a stupid question asked by GD. Just egging you on.
- May 17, 2016 at 2:30 PM
Not sure why we are fighting over kids going div 1 or div 3, I bet boys from the top 6 teams will end up as teammates in college..
- May 18, 2016 at 7:55 AM
Well if we knew where people are going we could find out? Any insight of where kids from Marlboro, ssc, Marlton, sjeb or sta are going?
- May 18, 2016 at 8:05 AM
Got to love the tenacity of 8:05. He just keeps rephrasing his question in the hopes that someone will be as gossipy as he is.
- May 18, 2016 at 8:23 AM
Will MF start playing the players that are not committed now to give them a chance to play in college?
- May 18, 2016 at 4:33 PM
Probably not. Winning is too important to them
- May 18, 2016 at 4:48 PM
Just intrested to see where the top players of the top teams are going besides match fit and sdfc.
- May 18, 2016 at 5:21 PM
You know your MF players and you know where one SDFC player is going. It is killing you because you just need to know
- May 18, 2016 at 9:47 PM
MF wants everyone to think they're the best because they have the most college commits. Bravo MF, Now give it a rest!
- May 18, 2016 at 10:00 PM
Actually, the only reason college commitments came up was because one of you knuckleheads, who knows nothing about soccer, said all MF does is kick the ball up to the "African American forward". Just pointing out how pathetically stupid that remark was. BTW another commit today, #8.
- May 18, 2016 at 11:00 PM
Then you are dumber than I thought. Did you really take that comment as credible? Only an idiot would write what they did and you went right for it. Do you really think that people believe MF is not a good team? Do you really think that people think MF plays kick and run? You should have just laughed at the idiotic comment and moved on.
- May 19, 2016 at 7:53 AM
Question for you guys that know it all, how good would MF be without the African American strikers? Who would be your target player? Please enlighten us
- May 19, 2016 at 12:42 PM
Every good team has fast, athletic strikers. Race doesn't matter.
- May 19, 2016 at 1:07 PM
12:42 I hate to take MF side here but you are clueless if you really think that one player makes that big of a difference. They are a talented group of players. There are other strikers that are as good and SDFC would say much better. Personally I would say the teams they play on are better for having them but they dont make the team.
- May 19, 2016 at 1:28 PM
12:42 just to show you how much progress I am
Making, I will simply laugh off that idiotic comment...
- May 19, 2016 at 1:48 PM
Marlton has two seniors on their team. One is committed to La Salle. The other is committed to Cabrini. Several of their players have multiple options that are in process and already on the table with more on the way. I'm sure the other top teams have numerous players in the same boat, which is great. Not going to say any more than that. Not appropriate while discussions and decisions are still in the works. It's still early fellas. Very confident that many players from the top teams will see each other in college and that should be fun for them....while they focus on their education.
- May 20, 2016 at 2:04 AM
By the way the 8 MF that are committed is worthless as of now..are only verbal by both.. School can change their mind due to a better prospect or an injury.. The athlete could also change his mind and decide for a better school or simply decide not to play soccer.. Marlton is correct is to early for the Juniors..
- May 20, 2016 at 7:39 AM
Holmdel is not lighting it up in the second division as predicted. So much for their claim to getting screwed by EDP.
- May 20, 2016 at 8:37 AM
relax, Holmdel is a very good team just like the others. Still say NJforce should not have been moved up. They of course have proven that.
- May 20, 2016 at 10:33 AM
4 games played minimum in top division: Force, Morris, Europa, SJB, SDFC, YMS at 7 points or under. plenty of good teams not lighting it up but still have plenty of games to earn points and jump up in standings.
Holmdel has played 4 games: 8 points. 2W-2T-0L in 2nd division which is not great but I wouldnt pick against them to finish top of the table.
- May 20, 2016 at 10:57 AM
The top teams have not played many games at all in the top division. They have not had the opportunity to light it up. Holmdel, you should be crushing that flight and you are not. Whether you win it or not does not change that fact.
- May 20, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Marlton players even that good haha? Don't think they are no offense, never impressed me.
- May 20, 2016 at 11:21 AM
when you say ha ha you mean offense. Offense intended.
- May 20, 2016 at 11:40 AM
Most of these players on club teams are going to play D3 if at all. Reality is D1 teams are full of academy players and foreign players. MF is an exception since they played academy and many colleges still consider them academy quality.
- May 20, 2016 at 11:42 AM
Match fit you are not perfect, you have players that are great and going to college everyone knows that already. Marlton has a D1 player, Sdfc has a D1 player(s). Other top teams have d1 players not just you, the comment of d1 schools have academy or foreign players I'm sure the kids from sdfc or Marlton aren't foreign and haven't played acadamy.
- May 20, 2016 at 12:38 PM
I think 11:42 is talking in general terms, of course there are always exceptions. Still not sure why D1 is such a point of emphasis. There are some exceptional schools that play very good soccer and happen to be D3. There are not a lot of quality D2 choices in NJ but in other parts of the country there are. LaSalle has been named as a landing spot for a player and good for him, he gets to say he is playing D1 soccer. LaSalle however is not a top D1 team and there are D3 schools that can easily compete with them. Worry about choosing the right school first.
- May 20, 2016 at 1:10 PM
I said most and I'm not from MF. Just reality. Just look at D1 rosters. They also favor big players.
- May 20, 2016 at 1:11 PM
There's a lot of hype about foreign players, academy players, huge defenders. The assumption by college coaches is they're better players. I heard of college coaches not even seeing foreign players play, they just call up the coach on the phone and take their recommendation. Almost all of athletic scholarship money is going to these players and they haven't even heard of US development academy. My son is stuck in this D1 nonsense and I'm trying to convince him that many D3 schools are very competitive.
- May 20, 2016 at 1:35 PM
Schools generally don't withdraw their commitments. Some do but they are in the minority. If schools backed out of commitments on a regular basis it would get around and kids wouldn't commit to them. That said, it is still very early in the process for the kids graduating in '17.
This summer and next fall will be when the bulk will commit.
- May 20, 2016 at 2:09 PM
Big, Foreign, Academy. Why do coaches lean this way? Job security! I cant be wrong they are big and from Spain. I cant be wrong they played for Red Bulls. Coaches have to make a living too.
- May 20, 2016 at 2:22 PM
To 1:10 I agree that you need to choose the school that fits especially with major and athletic abilities, you need to feel at home or comfortable where you go. I also feel that if a school offers you a large scholarship and they compete with schools such as Villanova, Temple and Rider in the Atlantic 10 or Big East wherever they play, the school is a good for especially for a non " Acadamy or foreign player". It may not be a Virginia or Syracuse such as other but it is a Division 1 school that competes. Taking nothing away from the kid but don't see him playing big minutes early. Also don't see how you say D3 schools can compete with D1 schools, different styles of play.
- May 20, 2016 at 2:23 PM
Why do some people put quotes around certain words? What does that mean? Are you poking fun or think it's a lie? "Foreign Players" "Academy players" They are what they are. I find it annoying when people use Quotes around words.
- May 20, 2016 at 2:50 PM
Please explain why you think there is a different style of play between divisions.Have you watched a lot of college soccer games at D1 and D3 level? I don't think anyone could really make a general statement like that in reference to every D1 or D3 game. I have heard youth coaches tell kids and parents that but they never explain why they think that. What about European players playing on the same team with US players. What's the style of play?
- May 20, 2016 at 4:43 PM
My son, who plays right back, o attended an ID clinic at D1 Villanova and the coach told him they play with a static back four. He doesn't play like that so he was not too interested. High School soccer is played that way. He also attended a clinic at D3 Scranton. Nice possession style. He likes that team and coach.
- May 20, 2016 at 6:06 PM
Same $ each school. Go to nova and get the education.
- May 20, 2016 at 7:57 PM
Any good drama from this weekends games? SSC coach get tossed out of another game or what?
- May 22, 2016 at 6:59 PM
Stop being an ass
- May 22, 2016 at 10:09 PM
EDP 1st division central, which is a beast of a division has only one team without a loss. Match Fit.
- May 23, 2016 at 9:07 AM
We all know that GS has some major flaws, but it's interesting that 8 of the 11 "Diamond" teams are in R1 - definitely a competitive hotbed here in the NE.
- May 23, 2016 at 9:36 AM
For those worried about Holmdels demise in the 2nd flight, all good.
- May 23, 2016 at 12:48 PM
who is playing in what tournament this weekend?
- May 24, 2016 at 10:26 AM
Really? Just look it up, pretty simple
- May 24, 2016 at 11:12 AM
Marlboro 2, Matchfit 0
- May 24, 2016 at 10:27 PM
It would be a nice gesture to cut the grass before play begins. You can't really expect us to bring our clippers do you.
- May 24, 2016 at 10:52 PM
Interesting result. MF resting players for a big tournament or was it played full out?
- May 25, 2016 at 6:55 AM
Grass was a bit long but give credit to Marlboro, they had more chances and outplayed on this day
- May 25, 2016 at 8:30 AM
What? Matchfit lost? I thought it was said that no one can compete with them. You know, with their roster full of D1 commits how could they fail.
- May 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM
Smart to slow down a fast team by keeping grass high. If they did it on purpose, that is smart. Home field advantage should be just that.
- May 25, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Teams that play on public fields have the pull and power to have them cut exactly on the day that they want them cut. Oh, no they dont. I cant believe that a team would use grass as an excuse. Didnt they both play on the same field? We all play on different surfaces and field sizes, we all have to adjust and play the game. Seems one did and one didnt.
- May 25, 2016 at 12:51 PM
Long ball to African American does not work on long grass..duh
- May 25, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Late to the show folks, just saw the two NJ State Champions played this week. Must have been a good game.
- May 26, 2016 at 3:17 PM
Holmdel showing first division ability
- May 27, 2016 at 10:23 PM
Holmdel holmdel Holmdel
- May 28, 2016 at 4:20 PM
Holmdel in the finals tomorrow at Delco vs. Bryc elite from VA
- May 29, 2016 at 5:34 PM
Let's do it
- May 29, 2016 at 5:46 PM
Holmdel wins it! 2-1
- May 30, 2016 at 4:11 PM
Doubt us. Ridicule us. Just can't beat us
- May 30, 2016 at 4:14 PM
I know it's the lower level State Cup and no one is allowed to care about it but that Cape May team won the Region I championship for President's Cup in Maryland and will rep NJ and Region I in Oklahoma in July. I know people will downplay if but anyone representing NJ nationally should be cheered on. They probably should have played in the National Chamionship series as I think the kids get more out of playing better competition and losing than beating slightly better than average teams. How much does their coach want that State Championship next to his name vs what's best for the kids has to be asked.
- May 30, 2016 at 7:27 PM
You are right. No one cares
- May 30, 2016 at 7:52 PM
That's true. No one cares. They should've played up. Good for the kids though who can only play who the coach puts them on the field against.
- May 30, 2016 at 8:03 PM
GL in Oklahoma. There are some people in NJ who still want to see other NJ teams do well.. Well done cape may. Well done holmdel. NJ soccer is very strong
- May 30, 2016 at 8:10 PM
Cape May played at the appropriate level. They're a good team that needed to prove themselves, Nobody on this board took them seriously until they had good results. Now you're saying that they should be challenging themselves more. Why? They've accomplished plenty and they are proud of that.
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- May 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Cape May would have NO chance of winning the National level state cup, the players knew it, the coach knew it and the parents knew it. They did the only thing they could do, play bad teams and win the tournament. They still get clothes that say state champions, no one will know the difference. This was the last year to really show where you have progressed as a team, the coach failed to show anyone anything.
- May 31, 2016 at 8:09 AM
They did progress as a team. They won! Good for them and if you feel threatened by them, too bad! Good Luck Cape! You have many supporters.
- May 31, 2016 at 10:25 AM
Threatened? To be threatened wouldnt you first have to play in the correct tournament? Until you choose to play the top teams no one will be threatened as per your choice. I understand that tournaments wont put you in the same flight so the only chance you had to prove yourself was in the state cup competitions. You failed to take on the challenge. I see the value of what you did, my sons team had barely a shot at winning the state cup also but his coach decided to challenge them. Your players will never know, or do they??
- May 31, 2016 at 10:38 AM
I'm sure your son would've loved to be on this team but he was challenged. yea!
- May 31, 2016 at 10:51 AM
Why would anyone love to be on a B level team. A team that plays in the NIT of NJ soccer. You are correct that it is an accomplishment but you are incorrect to think it is a great accomplishment. The Presidential level should not even exist for a State Cup tournament. It only does because they know that teams that play at that level would not apply if they had to play the top teams, they would save their money. Money, that is why it exists, so the soccer organizations can get your money. Add on the hotels and travel expenses you now have and you see why it exists. That and for coworkers and grandparents of course.
- May 31, 2016 at 11:54 AM
Top tier spending the same money. You can say that this entire youth soccer system is all about money. Parents spend it. Kids enjoy the experience. I don't think any of it matters that much. Soccer clubs make money, Tournaments make money, then you pay college tuition so your child can continue playing in college.
- May 31, 2016 at 1:15 PM
Yes, they are spending the same money, but if there was only one tier only half the money would be spent. See the difference? Second tier was established to get your money.
- May 31, 2016 at 1:40 PM
No I don't see a difference. 1st tier was also established to get your money.
- May 31, 2016 at 1:57 PM
You dont get it because you dont want to get it. If there was only ONE level of competition in the state cup only half the money would be made. But you keep on being blind.
- May 31, 2016 at 1:59 PM
Sorry for the delayed response, I was cutting the grass so we don't have to hear the tear (pun intended) one team cry this weekend when we play.
- May 31, 2016 at 2:09 PM
Oh I see. Top tier would get 50% off if there was no second tier. I wonder why rosters keep getting bigger? Could it be more money is being made?
- May 31, 2016 at 2:26 PM
2:09 what?
- May 31, 2016 at 3:07 PM
Some serious points Holmdel picked up. Sorry SDFC.
- June 1, 2016 at 10:45 AM
Happy for them, the better the teams are in NJ the better the competition is for all in NJ
- June 1, 2016 at 4:35 PM
Nice words for once
- June 2, 2016 at 9:43 AM
With just a few league games left for most teams...do we have any predictions for who finishes top of the tables? Tight races.
- June 4, 2016 at 10:37 AM
Matchfit and holmdel
- June 4, 2016 at 7:18 PM
Matchfit 11-0 over iron bound.
- June 4, 2016 at 9:21 PM
wow MF Overkill!
- June 4, 2016 at 10:29 PM
Cute effort TSF, better luck next time :) Matchfit over TSF 6-3
- June 4, 2016 at 10:53 PM
Scoring 3 goals against a top 5 team in the country isn't bad. Why do u have to be such an ass. Was it a cute effort when Marlboro beat u 2-0?
- June 5, 2016 at 10:23 AM
Marlboro to finish ahead of Cute mf
- June 5, 2016 at 2:32 PM
I wouldn't be so sure of that. MF has more games to play.
- June 5, 2016 at 3:37 PM
Lot of games with little margin for error...
- June 5, 2016 at 5:03 PM
Iron bound lost 2 games combined 21-0. Sjeb and MF both showing a lot of class
- June 5, 2016 at 7:12 PM
That Ironbound team is useless
- June 5, 2016 at 11:13 PM
Ironbound has had a really tough season. They didn't win many games. Not useless but wrong flight.
- June 6, 2016 at 9:04 AM
Oh, so then it is ok to win by 11 goals. Sorry I stand corrected.
- June 6, 2016 at 9:19 AM
I don't think teams should humiliate other teams but it's up to the opposing team's coach to call it off.
- June 6, 2016 at 9:31 AM
True. This will be the second time this year that the Barons have done something like this.
- June 6, 2016 at 9:49 AM
MF has done it before too. To beat up on another team is not showing good sportsmanship. Everyone should remind themselves that this is youth sport not professional.
- June 6, 2016 at 10:07 AM
Looking at the EDP standings looks like Holmdel is in very good shape to win their flight. Big loss for Marlton and their quest for a title, Marlboro won again and Stronghold apparently will play all of their games in one day. Not sure how they are going to get the games in, teams are closing out their seasons. Maybe that is their plan, make other teams forfeit.
- June 6, 2016 at 5:05 PM
Back off. Stronghold will play the games and you might not like the results.
- June 7, 2016 at 10:30 AM
SSC could actually still win the division. It seems they have all the games in hand and play the right teams. I would not be surprised.
- June 7, 2016 at 1:22 PM
When are all league games supposed to finished again...?
- June 7, 2016 at 7:36 PM
What I meant was, there is a tournament this weekend. Schools are all but finished and summer is right around the corner. It doesn't seem right that these games haven't been played yet. What happens to teams who have players not available due to summer vacations? Has SSC played 2 games each weekend of this current season? How can it be possible to have not gotten these games played? State cup isn't a good enough excuse I believe that atleast some of these games could have been scheduled and played by now....what was the hold up???
- June 7, 2016 at 7:44 PM
not sure the reason, but Stronghold is on here all the time I am sure they can answer as to why.
- June 8, 2016 at 7:26 AM
Also not to beat a dead horse but if you go to the edp webpage and click on 1st division central "Misconduct" how is it that a SSC team official has 3 yellow cards and 1 red card in 3 games played in edp!!!!???? This guy should be held accountable like players are and suspended. Its Crazy
- June 8, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Maybe he was and thats why they couldn't get the games played in a timely manner
- June 8, 2016 at 10:44 AM
they should all be forfeits. The matches should have been played by now, maybe have 1 or 2 left. They are asking teams to play them when players will be out of school and on vacations. He is a jackass anyway.
- June 8, 2016 at 11:33 AM
Wow, I didnt know what u were talking about (Strongholds schedule), but something is weird with that. Injuries maybe, but this should be unacceptable to EDP as they constantly send out reminders that games have to be played on the date scheduled. Bad leadership allows this.
- June 9, 2016 at 9:41 AM
Stronghold staying quiet on this subject. We finally found something they wont talk about. When they won their State Cups this year, oops they were quiet then too.
- June 9, 2016 at 2:07 PM
I don't agree with running up the score. In this case it's hard to feel bad for Ironbound. They beat a team from Cherry Hill in the early spring 10-0. Funny, no one was blasting them then. You reap what you sow.
- June 12, 2016 at 9:49 AM
So you found an excuse. So if iron kind jumps off a bridge..,,,,...,,,,,,,,,,,,
- June 12, 2016 at 12:28 PM
Does anyone have advice on the mid atlantic regionals for US Club. Is it a good tournament and is it worth it? It is at PDA but not sure what teams normally play.
- June 13, 2016 at 10:35 AM
Windy day on Sunday and the matches played were hardly played well. No EDP games were played so no further clarity on the final standings.
- June 13, 2016 at 4:50 PM
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- June 13, 2016 at 10:42 PM
Why? Are there teams with a lot of seniors?
- June 14, 2016 at 7:35 AM


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UTSA offers Italy, China, Germany programs
By Pauline Janert
Administrative Associate, Honors College
(Oct. 7, 2008)--The UTSA Honors College will host three study abroad opportunities in spring and summer 2009 in China, Germany and Italy. The China program is scheduled for May 11-May 29 and the Italy program is July 12-31. The Germany opportunity begins with three weeks of study at UTSA, followed by two and a half weeks in Munich.
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>> An information session on the China program is 4 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30 in the John Peace Library Denman Room (4.02.12), 1604 Campus. A session on the Italy program is 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29, also in the Denman Room. At these meetings, students will learn about costs, academic requirements and scholarship opportunities for the programs.
>> Short informational meetings on the Munich program are noon, Thursday, Nov. 6 and noon, Friday, Nov. 7 in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 4.02.04, 1604 Campus.
The China program will include visits to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Zengzhou and Beijing. Focusing on the culture and history of China, visits to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Songshan Mountain, Songyang Academy of Training, Tiananmen Square, Olympic Village and Great Wall will highlight centuries of change. Students also will tour several universities, visit classrooms and meet students.
The 2009 Italy program will include visits to Rome, Florence, Siena, Assisi and Venice. The focus of this program will be on the art, history and architecture of Italy and its influence on Western civilization. Students will visit the Coliseum, Roman Forum, Vatican and St. Mark's in Venice, along with Tuscany and central Italy.
Students who cannot attend the China or Italy information sessions can make an appointment with Richard Diem, Honors College dean. For more information, contact the UTSA Honors College at (210) 458-4106.
Created through the collaboration of the Honors College and the UTSA Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Honors College students can earn credit for a study visit to Germany in summer 2009. HON 3233 German Culture, taught in the second summer session, begins with three weeks of study on UTSA's 1604 Campus then moves to Munich, Germany, for a two-and-a-half week program in the Bavarian capital.
Students will return a few days before the start of fall classes. The cost of the program is projected at $2,990 including flight, accommodation, meals, cultural activities, transportation and expenses -- but not including UTSA tuition for the three credit course.
The focus of the course is the history and culture of Munich and Germany and contemporary life in a modern European city. The program of study in Munich includes palaces, art museums, churches, museum of science and technology, Dachau concentration camp, music, and sessions with local experts on language, the holocaust, the White Rose resistance movement and Hitler's Munich, as well as excursions to Salzburg, Regensburg, and Ulm.
For more information, visit the UTSA Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Web site or contact Christopher Wickham, College of Liberal and Fine Arts associate dean and associate professor of modern languages, at (210) 458 4350.


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In 1998, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent 5,718,632, on a method for avoiding "unnecessary wastage of time" in video games. What's transpired in the 17 years since then can best be described as an unnecessary wastage of time.
Namco's patent covers "auxiliary games" that a player can enjoy while the main game is loading. The patent expired on November 27, which has generated a lot of excitement in the gaming world, and even inspired a Loading Screen Jam where developers create their own loading screen games.
Last month, EFF and I scored a major victory for video game archiving, preservation and play – we got an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for some archival activities related to video games.
Before I throw a bunch of shade, I want to emphasize that the exemption is a victory for the video game archiving community. Although there were flaws in what the Library of Congress granted, more legal leeway in this space is a net positive.
EFF will go to bat for users' rights at this month's hearings on exemptions to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Section 1201's overreaching restriction on circumventing "access control" or "digital rights management" (DRM) technologies comes in direct conflict with lawful activities like conducting security research, repairing cars, and resuscitating old video games. For that reason, Congress included a provision allowing the public to petition the Copyright Office and Librarian of Congress for exemptions to the 1201 clause. It is a long, complex process that happens every three years with no guarantee that previous exemptions will stand, so EFF is back on the ground to advocate for several important issues.
In past years, EFF successfully petitioned for the right to jailbreak your phone and use DVD video for fair use remixes. In the 2015 petitions, we are working to uphold these uses and more. Here is what we are focusing on:
Videogame Publishers: No Preserving Abandoned Games, Even for Museums and Archives, Because All "Hacking" is Illegal
The Entertainment Software Association doesn't want anyone to restore the functionality of older videogames that are no longer supported by their publisher, because, says ESA, this is "hacking," and all hacking is "associated with piracy."
When you buy a video game, you expect to be able to play it for as long as you want. You expect be able to play it with your kids many years from now if you want (well, maybe not Grand Theft Auto). And you would hope that museums and media historians could preserve the games that were so important to your childhood. But unfortunately, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention provisions (17 U.S.C. § 1201, or Section 1201) creates legal risks for players who want to keep playing after game servers shut down, and curators who want to preserve games for posterity. That's why I'm spearheading an effort to win legal protection for game enthusiasts and preservationists who want to keep abandoned games alive by running multiplayer servers or eliminating authentication mechanisms.
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Morris Glenn Marks
Boscobel Veteran-Morris Glenn "Tennessee" Marks age 75 of Boscobel, passed away on Friday May 17, 2013 at Orchard Manor in Lancaster.
He was born on February 14, 1938 in Loretto Tennessee. The son of James Hershel and Dolly Mae (Willis) Marks. He married Carol Jean Elliott on May 18, 1957 in Madison Wisconsin. He served in the US Air Force.
He is survived by his wife Carol Jean Marks of Boscobel, 4 Daughters;Pamela (Tom) Waltz of Boscobel, Patsy Marks of Boscobel, Paula (Paul) Davis of Ridgeway, Penny (Corey) Grassel of Boscobel. 1 son Hershel (Deanna) Marks of Boscobel. 12 Grandchildren 1 Great-Granddaughter. 3 brothers Mitchell (Marcella) Marks, of Loretto Tenn, Travis (Janie) Marks of Loretto Tenn, Tony (Mary) Marks of Loretto Tenn. 2 Sisters; Wanda (George) Cameron of Loretto Tenn, Judy (Stanley) Marks of Loretta Tenn. Also survived by several Nieces and Nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, along with two brothers Billy and James Marks .
"Tennessee" was and avid sports fan.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday May 22, 2013 at 12:00 noon at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Boscobel. Father Peter Auer officiating. Burial in the Boscobel Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the Blake-Semrad American Legion Post #134 and the Gilbertson-Pitzer VFW post # 10393 both of Boscobel. Friends may call on Tuesday May 21, 2013 from 4:00-8:00 P.M. at the Kendall Funeral Home in Boscobel with a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 8:00 P.M.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Boscobel. On line condolence can be sent to www.kendallfuneralservice.com


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SLUG ctte stuff going well. jdub likes to talk it up like it's the most amazing ctte ever, /me shrugs; just another ctte as far as i can see, yeah we do stuff. don't they all?
looks like i might actually graduate this semester. it's only been 4.5 years for a 3 year CS degree. talked to the head of school about a subject from last year that i haven't got marks from -- i need them to get enough credit points to graduate. totally forgot to tell him about the subject i got 7 marks for for showing up to one lecture, instead of getting an automatic fail... now my average mark is kinda screwed :-) once uni's out of the way i can get back to the important things like Debian and quake2.
not enough sleep, not enough pants.
got ulysses 31 on 9 VCDs from my sister. man this cartoon rocks. i'm going to model the odyssey sometime. also got the mysterious cities of gold. so many childhood memories. now i just need to leech battle of the planets from liedra
good to see everyone active (you know who you are). things are happening, things are changing. "the next few years of your life are the ones that will change the most."
"Married, 26." Yeah, right. :-)


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Editor of Le Monde to speak on Middle East
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 4:30 p.m. · 16 Robertson Hall
Posted April 10, 2008; 11:12 p.m.
Sylvain Cypel, editor in chief of Le Monde, France's most influential newspaper, will present a lecture titled "Israel-Palestine: Why Today's Crisis Is Rooted in the Denials of Yesterday" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Cypel, a veteran journalist who joined Le Monde as editor in chief in 1998, is the author of "Walled: Israeli Society at an Impasse," which looks at the history of thought in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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Challenger: Des Cann
Champion: Matthew Macfadyen
Challenger: Des Cann
Best of five games, to be played as part of the 2000 Mind Sports Olympiad.
In game 1, Des was ahead for most of the game, and Matthew would not have won without the komi. The game record is available here in SGF and Ishi formats.
Matthew won the second game by resignation.
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Suspense build in 'The Secret Keeper'
"The Secret Keeper" opens with 16-year-old Laurel hiding in a treehouse when she notices a man walking up the long approach to their English farmhouse.
What follows is her eyewitness account of a horribly violent act that causes her to challenge her beliefs about her perfect childhood and especially her perfect mother, Dorothy.
Fifty years later, Laurel is a successful actress gathering with her family members to celebrate Dorothy's 90th birthday. Of the four children, only Laurel knows about the violent incident, and she still has no answers.
With her mother's failing health, Laurel wants to unravel the mystery of that long-ago day. And eventually, she does.
This suspenseful page-turner is told in several different voices and takes the reader from pre-World War II and beyond.
Three strangers — young Dorothy, Vivien and Jimmy — tell their version of the story as Laurel unravels their secrets. The war itself is yet another character, thwarting the outcome of their lives.
The suspense builds throughout to the startling conclusion that most readers won't see coming. This book is that rare gem that will keep you reading until all hours of the night.
(Mary Miller owns Turtle Town Books & Gifts in Nisswa.)


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After last month spectrum analyzer work, I also looked at the volume meters again. Handling the updates is a bit tricky as I need to sync them to the audio playback. Now I have optimizations in place to skip updates when the meter is zero or maxed and has not changed. This is actually quite often the case.
I also fixed a small UI glitch; song-io plugins did not tell so far whether they support saving and/or loading. Thus one could end up selecting a format and then getting an error. Now one will see only the formats that plugins can handle.
Finally I got around catching up on the docs too. Now all dialogs have some docs including screenshots.
One refactoring I was actually considering to push for after the next release was getting rid of the GtkListStores and use real GtkTreeModels instead. The disadvantage of a ListStore is that it is static, if the underlying object is dynamic one needs to manually synchronize it. This enlarges the code and also the duplicated data storage uses memory. Writing own models was in the end not so difficult, it is quite some boilerplate code though. The first one I wrote is a object-list-model. It allows to bind object-properties to model columns. If e.g. a field changes, the model notifies and the view updates. The whole thing could become more generic if we would have an iterator interfaces and the collection types (list, array, ..) would be gobjects implementing the iface. Well, I am not the first to notice that :). Next I made 2 specialized models and started to take them into use. As a bonus e.g. the machine model provides a nice logical sorting. One more model to implement and switch to.
72 files changed, 6268 insertions(+), 1250 deletions(-)
I have been refactoring GStreamer's spectrum analyzer. It is now working faster and also allows to get per-channel results. For testing I updated buzztard to check if one has the new version and if so show per channel graphs. While hacking on the analyzer graphs I have also refactored the code, so that now it is possible to probe the final output as well.
I spend the bigger part of the month on the tests again. I had an unref too much somewhere. Even after all the work in refdbg this is still difficult to track down. Eventually I found it and now all tests are green.
43 files changed, 796 insertions(+), 100 deletions(-)
gtk_window_set_transient_for(window, main_window); gtk_window_set_destroy_with_parent(window, TRUE);On my desktop it works fine on the netbook the problem still happens :/ No idea right now. As a good side effect I ensured that all dialogs have a properly set default response.
I was also running the performance tests and did some oprofiling. I knew already that my data-fixup code for buzzmachines caused quite some overhead. It is handling denormals and marking full zero buffers as empty. I now added code that sets the FPU on x86 machines to DAZ|FZ mode from the application and disable the fixup code. On my netbook my 11 min benchmark song renders in about 1 min instead of 1:20 min before. On my desktop most of the change are hard to measure as it already only takes 5 seconds :). Anyway the oprofile runs confirm the speedup. The code disappeared from the top 20.
The pattern editor widget becomes slow when getting large. Some text drawing operations look expensive. For a start I ported the whole widget to use cairo, but that does not take care of the slowness. After more measurements it becomes clear that I need to rework this more. I need to render it offscreen and reply to expose events by copying pixels.
I also worked a bit more on the interaction-controller library. udev/hal code is refactored into extra objects (saves me a lot of #ifdefs). It also has some tests now. I still have a mysterious issue with udev. Run this stand alone example as told in the header - for me valgrind complains about uninitialized data access. It only seems to happen when you have a /dev/input/mice which all my computers have. I have a workaround, but believe more testing from other would be great.
44 files changed, 1087 insertions(+), 317 deletions(-)
As there was no project news over x-mas, I have a slightly longer one this time. Before I dive into the usual code changes, something else - tadaa - we have a new webpage. The previous page was a mediawiki with a few customizations. Now we use a combo of wordpress-3 and mediawiki. Both use a similar theme (based on the arch linux one). Wordpres gives as news, forum, social-network features and much more. The first days I was suffering a lot from wordpress account creation spam. Luckily this seems to be under control now. The concept and a lot of the work was done by Joe Pea. We both have quite a few more things on the todo list. One of the next items is single sign in for wordpress and mediawiki. Stay tuned.
In the last two month I improved the song-recovery workflow. The recovery is now giving better feedback to the user and we're properly cleaning up afterwards. The machine machine and pattern view do now have almost full undo/redo.
Quite several times already I had to deal with a dialog containing a treeview showing a list of items. The latest example is the song-recovery dialog. Giving such a dialog a nice good initial size is tricky. The treeview usually goes into a scrolled window. By default one can see the headers and maybe one line. Of course one can resize the dialog a bit, but as the line height is not easy to figure it is still not easy. One approach I came up with is to grow the dialog to show all lines until it would exceed a certain limit. The limit would be e.g. half of screen or window height. The code for that is quite simple:
list=gtk_tree_view_new(); g_signal_connect(list,"size-request",G_CALLBACK(on_list_size_request),NULL); ... static void on_list_size_request(GtkWidget *widget,GtkRequisition *requisition,gpointer user_data) { gint max_height=gdk_screen_get_height(gdk_screen_get_default())/2; gint height=2+MIN(requisition->height,max_height);Another thing in gtk that I wonder if it has a better solution is the disposal of popup-menus. The problem is that gtk_menu_popup is not taking ownership of the menu, but there seems to be now event when the menu is done, so that one can unref it. The only solution I can see is the pre- create the menu and ref-sink it. When the entity that owns it is disposed it can destroy and unref it.
/* make sure the dialog resize without showing a scrollbar until it would * reach half screen height */ gtk_widget_set_size_request(gtk_widget_get_parent(widget),-1,height); }
As we're quite gtk related in this time anyway one more discovery. Listening for key-press-event instead of key- release-event and widgets makes key-repeat work. Have added that to the gtk api docs.
Beside all the things above a couple of bug-fixes went in (make preferences in machines work (e.g. choosing fluidsynth instruments). I did some refactoring on midi controller handling; one can use the pitchwheel now and continuous controllers work better. Finally the dialogs warning about unsaved changes are more user-friendly; they now show the time passed since last saved/created in addition to the timestamp.
50 files changed, 2402 insertions(+), 1183 deletions(-)
Last month I made good progress on the undo/redo. I am now running the undo/redo in sync with the object lifecycle. The downside of this is that undo/redo fails when you have ref-count leaks. This now makes them more apparent. When trying to debug them I noticed that refdbg is not working anymore since quite a while. I was googling what other people use for such problems. Well, apparently everybody hates ref-count issues. Also most of the info you find is how to get traces for refcount activity. That is what refdbg does also. As this did not work for me anymore I've tried systemtap. Unfortunately right now its not useful for user-space work on most distros (except fedora) - bugs filed. Next step: gdb scripting. I managed to get a gdb script running. Now even for simple cases you quickly end up with a log of 150 backtraces. That is a lot to manually review. I went one step further and wrote a script to filter the traces. Over time I got the trace-log down to 20 entries. This is practical. Unfortunately the gdb script only work for tracing the lifecycle of one particular object. If I extend it to work for all refcounting activity I hit a gdb limitation to not allow nested commands :/. Back to refdbg :) I finally figured why it does not work and have started to fix it up. Lets see how far I get next month.
Naturally this used most of my hacking time. Still I managed to make some progress there as well. The buzztard irc channel was much more active this month. People reported small things here and there and most of it got fixed right away. The manual got some more love too to help people to get started and improve the description of several concepts. Finally all the refcount-debugging leads to a lot of code reviews. I found several areas with lots of needless refcount activity - fixes are in the repository.
81 files changed, 2682 insertions(+), 817 deletions(-)
In October I had not much time for buzztard. I went to the GStreamer conference and the CELF Europe. There I gave a talk about the "MeeGo multimedia stack". I also hacked on two GStreamer tool projects; gst-tracelib and gst-mediainfo. In tracelib I worked on a UI to monitor gstreamer pipelines on the fly. My approach to use libgvc (graphviz) for the layout seems to challenge it a bit though - I get very mysterious failures. At some point realloc is failing to e.g. allocate 96 bytes and the lib calls abort(). mallinfo() from libc is telling that the process uses 200 mb and valgind has nothing serious to complain about. That's weired as I was suspecting a corrupted memory list. I have to put that aside for a while until I get some new ideas for tackling it.
gst-mediainfo is the UI for the new discoverer API in GStreamer. I'll make a first release when the current gstreamer core and base is out as it depends on them.
In buzztard I mostly worked a bit on the crash recovery and did some bug fixing. Hopefully will have more time in November.
14 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 166 deletions(-)
After all the initial work for journaling of edit events in the editor, I wanted to get a first proof of concept that everything fits together. And that I just got. The pattern editor implements a change-logger interfaces. It grabs the changelog singleton instance and logs all changes together with the undo action. The redo-action gets serialized and written to the changelog. The ui can undo/redo activities by using the change-logger interface. Upon startup the ui checks for leftover change logs, auto-cleans a few of them and offers a dialog for deleting/replaying them. I can now load a song, make changes in the pattern editor, ctrl-c/kill the app and replay the log when starting it again. There are a couple of details that need to be cleanup and some things need a bit more thinking: Next I will implement this in larger scale also.
As a continuation from last month I changed the whole editor UI to use G_DEFINE_TYPE and co. Boring work, but good to have it done now.
I had some strange crashes in the test suite - all pointing to gconf and only happening with the commandline client. After adding lots of extra logging there I still could see nothing wrong. Then I remember the hack I added to get a eventloop into the app - I run it as a new thread. By doing that I was doing gconf bits from different threads too and it does not seem to like it. I have now done the mainloop stuff more properly and get no more crashers. While looking into this problem, I cleaned the settings classes and the gconf backend a bit. It now does more stuff only as needed, improving the startup time of buzztard app a little further.
In GStreamer next core release will have extra metadata on element factories. This mechanism allows me to kill the one-property help interface. I rewrote all the code to use that conditionally and will remove it in a year or so.
As a last bigger task I migrated from deprecated HAL to GUdev. I have still conditional support for both, but will kill the HAL code once everything works nicely. I was using hal to discover input devices (joysticks, wiimotes,..) and midi-devices that can be used to control effects. Most of the conversion was straight forward. I spent a bit more time on getting nice names of the found devices for the UI and to classify midi-devices. For the midi-device classification I copied the matching rules from HAL - after all they seemed to do the trick there. For the ui names HAL was actually grepping through various files (e.g. /proc/asound/cards) for soundcard names. That I did not really wanted to copy. I got some great help from the udev people and learned that udev devices have properties like ID_VENDOR. One just needs to walk the device tree to get to the root device and grab the names there.
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I still face some problems on my new computer system. One of
iswas that udev was hanging in 8/10
cases at bootup.
Thanks to great support from the udev folks I learned how to
track it down. I previously tried to add options to
/etc/udev/udev.conf (e.g. to raise the log level), but one
can actually just add them to the kernel options.
This has the great advantage that they don't persist. Things
you want to add to debug are:
udev.log-priority=info udev.children-max=1 udev.exec-delay=1
This logs a lot of things (the boot can go from 30 second to minutes, so be patient). The option children-max is turning parallel event execution off and exec-delay is delaying run actions. With those I saw that the system hangs when loading the cdrom.ko kernel module. As I had some problems with the drive as well I swapped it and now bootup is fine.
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Support is being rallied for a world record attempt today at a Wairarapa high school.
In an effort to raise awareness for depression, Wairarapa College wants to break the world record for the most simultaneous text messages.
The current record sits at 1072 texts and was set by Canadian company Bell Aliant in February this year.
Organiser and teacher Richard Wallace said everyone was getting behind the idea.
He said students have brought their friends and family to try to beat the record.


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Hey Folks,
I am in need of those of you with more experience in these things then I.
My son has 2 Ninetendo DS lites and 1 Ninetendo 3 DS.
All do not work.
He says that they all will turn all have been charged all games do work.
But the screens freeze up.
Do I as a Mom just sh4t can the lot?
.I know that he's no angel(did I say that he is 11yrs. old?)He probably played too hard, hit the screens etc..........
My question ...... Is it worth it to fix?
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|The Quintessential Trout Trout angling is the core of flyfishing worldwide.
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That idea rocks!
Hey Guys,
I've wanted to do something along those lines ever since I was a little kid (and I even grew up on a lake), though I must say I had something much larger in mind, say 2-3 acres or so. Also, not certain as to whether or not I'd stock trout; it would depend upon which part of the country the property was located in as well as the actual water volume of the lake and the forage available. The key would be to begin the newly-established lake by stocking it with dace or some other such baitfish, allowing the biological filter (i.e. bacterial bed and aquatic vegetation) to mature, then adding the gamefish the following year, or at the least much later in the season. That way, you are starting out slowly and building up without crashing the system. Of course, if the rate of water entry and exit from the body are high enough, you will in effect dillute the ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and organophosphates quite effectively, which is great news to keep the system healthy. Also, remember that if the gamefish start breeding, you will probably want to remove some of them from time to time to keep the entire population from stunting (in the event that the food source is at its maximum). This is what's called "culling".
Either way, yes, permits can be difficult, however there is a way around practically anything in this country, and if government wants to dump sewage into natural bodies of water and drainage systems I think we all have the right to take a piece of land housing no endangered species and "create a lake" if we feel like it. I have a pretty extensive background in this sort of topic, growing up in the pine barrens of NJ and then college in Eastern SC (both wetlands areas) where lakes are created and drained by developers on a regular basis. To make a long story short, whether or not a mand-made lake or body of water requires supplementary water movement depends mostly on the topography of the area and the rate and source of water input into that body. There are ways to engineer such a water body so as to get all the water flow required simply by doing a little fancy work with a bulldozer or backhoe. Seeing as this is the sort of thing I do for a living (freshwater and marine chemistry, specifically as they apply to aquatic organisms), it wouldn't be too hard a project and I'd be very happy to help anyone if they had questions. Personally, I'd love nothing more than my own 3-5 acre lake stocked with smallmouth, brookies, and maybe a few pike.
This has a lot to do with where you are located like colotrout said. A couple of friends back in the UK have done this with mixed results. Apart from local permits and other regulatory stuff, the quality of water and year-round flow rates are important. Up here in the North East, the little brook than runs past my property almost dries up in the summer and that would be disaster for trout even at 20ft deep.
If you have good alkaline soil and a good constant water flow you can get very good results and natural insect life will flourish. The need for supplemental feeding with pellets etc. will depend on how many fish per acre etc.
The problem comes when stocking the pond since there will be an occaision when fish will escape into the wild and that could start a downward spiral in the viability of the wild fish population if your escapees actually breed. It doen't matter how careful you are, at somepoint it happens (major flood etc.).
I see someone doesn't like this idea...
care to explain why? I enjoy other points of view, but only if I can get to understand it more.
|Depends on the part of the country your in. Getting permits to do something like that here is impossible. Other places I can see needing a way to aerate the pond. Where I grew up I tried something similar but just turned into a nice mosquito hatchery. But if you could make it work with minimal upkeep and cost I think it would be neat.
Trout Pond Project
A buddy of mine told me about a trout pond he built with his father when he was younger and sounded pretty easy...
Call a bulldozer, have them dig a big hole(20' deep in one end and come up at an angle, 100' wide x 50' across) real close to a brook running through their property...
Go in with the big rocks and make some nice rock formations for the fish...
Divert some of the brook water into the new hole (ground was saturated because of the brook anyway)...
Run another diversion back to the brook so water is flowing at same rate (well, after the pond is filled in)...
Call the local fishery and get a delivery...
Stock annually to keep it going great.
He was feeding his fish the meal pellets that they were used to at the fishery, so even if he wanted to take any of them for dinner sometime, he couldn't because the flesh was just nasty tasting from all the pellets.
The fish even got comfortable enough in the pond to start spawning in the sand, he said it was a great way to learn about fish and watch them that closely. He was using Brookies to begin with, and got some upwards of 20-22" and about 5 lbs.!!!! (originally stocked 6-8" trout)
The last time they stocked the smallies, he watched one of the big ones come up (saw the flash of his sides) and then dissapear, when he watched for him along the bank, he got a little mad when there was a tail sticking out of his mouth!!! After that he only stocked 10-12" for their own protection. He also started stocking Bow's to see if they could grow em' bigger than the wale-sized brookies they got... never got to find out because they sold the house a few years after that...(wish I was buying land when they did!!!)
I was wondering if anyone has heard of others doing something like this and if they had success by leaving the pond to feed itself...no pellets??? IF it would be feasable, it would sound like a great hobby, and make for an easy fishing spot when you just don't have time to go anywhere else. (or your stuck home watching the kids who are too small to fish yet)
I have posted a pole to get an idea of how others feel about this sort of thing too...
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At this point in his career, Seth Morrison is all about simplicity. He's already racked up the accolades, busted through performance boundaries, re-invented himself (park to backcountry to ski mountaineering), starred in a feature-length documentary ("The Ordinary Skier") and progressed his skiing to a level that few others will ever achieve. These days, the legend that is Seth Morrison is just about riding and enjoying the life he's built for himself over the past couple of decades. The more he can avoid the cameras and judges and critics and limelight, the better. He's in search of new lines, new frontiers, new opportunities to scare himself.
While his competitive days are behind him, Seth remains the quintessential pro skier. Skiing is his life: seven days a week, 12 months a year. If he's not on snow, he's planning his next trip, fulfilling sponsor obligations, developing better equipment or mountain biking to stay fit.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Christmas Guide For Santa Barbara Vacation Shoppers
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Townhouses priced from $350,000 are part of an Auckland Council project to revitalise the once bustling middle-class suburb of Papatoetoe.
Papatoetoe was booming in the 1960s and 1970s, offering aspiring home owners a slice of Pavlova Paradise - brick-and-tile houses in new subdivisions on quarter-acre sections.
But since those days the social and economic dynamics of the South Auckland suburb have changed, bringing hard times for the 120 or so businesses in the old town centre on St George St.
The brick-paved main street is a mixture of the old - the Town Hall built in 1917 and refurbished train station - and the new - a Chinese medical centre and ethnic restaurants catering for an immigrant population of mostly Indians and Fiji Indians.
Papatoetoe has a lot of positives, says David Rankin, the head of the council's property arm planning to convert council land into affordable housing near a new railway station on the southern line.
In the next couple of months, Auckland Council Property will release two blocks of land under a new public-private arrangement where private developers will be required to meet design objectives but can stagger payments to avoid holding costs. The blocks, part of 4ha of land owned by the council, will still be sold at market value.
The council hopes the model, being trialled in Papatoetoe, will provide some "skin in the game" to building affordable housing in Auckland, where the average house price is $535,000.
On the 1ha site of the notorious St George Tavern that was demolished as soon as it was bought by the former Manukau City Council in 2005, about 65 two-and three-bedroom terraced houses will be built for between $350,000 and $400,000, or a little more.
Local real estate agents are advertising two-bedroom units in Papatoetoe for about $300,000 and three-bedroom houses on a half site are selling for $330,000 to $350,000. Brick and tile homes on large sections are priced at $450,000 or more.
Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board chairman John McCracken, a former policeman and born and bred Papatoetoe resident, cannot wait for development of the former tavern site, now used for a carpark, plus plans for 12 houses on an L-shaped site further back from the town centre. Despite the suburb's setbacks, he said Papatoetoe still had a strong community spirit, great sporting and recreation facilities, affordable house prices and was only 20 minutes' drive from the city.
"We have seen our town centre really suffer with mall developments. What we are trying to get back is that community feeling with people shopping locally.
"A development like this is really going to invigorate the community. This could be a blueprint for the city to bring shopping centres alive."
Auckland Council Property development manager Allan Young said the tavern site could include some retail space and the council body was in discussions with the owners of the New World supermarket, which backs onto the site, about upgrading one of its oldest stores.
Donna Lee, the manager of the Papatoetoe Central Mainstreet Society, said the shops outside the supermarket and other businesses were unsure about the changes and wanted better communication from Auckland Council Property - something Mr Young promised when more details were known.
All going well, Ms Lee said, the development would bring more business to the town.


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You can use jalapeño-flavored process cheese sauce instead of the nacho cheese dip.
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Use two colors of tortillas to make the pinwheels, then arrange them on a holiday platter. Look for tomato-flavored tortillas for a red-orange color. Pierce each pinwheel with a frilly toothpick, and add some fresh cilantro sprigs to the arrangement.
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By Dimitra DeFotis
After FedEx reported disappointing results on Wednesday, bulls continued to look at the long-term prospects for the shipping giant.
But shares of FedEx (FDX) are down nearly 3% Thursday, or $2.34, to $96.79.
Deutsche Bank Analyst Justin Yagerman raised his price target on FedEx from $125 to $127. He has a Buy rating on the stock despite disappointing fourth quarter earnings per share guidance. He lowered fiscal year estimates, with fiscal 2013 projections at $6.08 from $6.46 per share, and fiscal 2013 lowered to $8.04 from $8.40. He left is fiscal 2015 estimate unchanged at $9.38. Yagerman writes writes:
"we are buying yesterday's weakness (down 6.9%) as we see strong fiscal year 2014-15 earnings growth."
Sterne Agee Analyst Jeff Kaufman on Thursday lowered his earnings estimates on FedEx. He now expects earnings of $6.14 per share for 2013, from $6.52, and for 2014, he lowered his estimate to $7.93 from $8.20.
Kaufman calls FedEx "an 18-month story" and says yesterday's disappointment is par for the course for a company undergoing a reorganization. That the Fedex international network requires further adjustment is
"Outside of some hot money disappointment that the volume growth in China didn't match up with profit growth because of mix changes, the company's realization that the international network required further adjusting is within the overall realignment of assets that FedEx will be making over the next 15-18 months. It doesn't change the longer-term profit outlook, nor our conviction that these changes were long overdue."
"The reality was express division margins were right in line with our models – so NOT A SURPRISE to us, and indicative of the need for the changes FedEx is making. The miss versus our models was the freight division. … Freight missed our view on fewer shipping days & weather costs – a mis-model on our part. Operating margin did expand, but only by 40 bps – we expected greater expansion. Ground looked great – growth should help offset expenses from the realignment of Express."
Barrons.com said Wednesday that the stock is positioned well for the long term, given its duopoly with United Parcel Service (UPS). See Barron's Take: "FedEx – Boxed In For Now." Subscription required.)


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I dont know how to post pics good but this was a fun training day. I let my nephew handle the dogs and I mostly just whatched. The dogs thought what the heck is going on They wouldnt heel for him good (me niether) but we had fun. I let him shoot a blank pistol and he dont know it was blanks he was shooting.
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Tis the season, Football season, Basketball season, wrestling season, baseball…. you get the point… Our Scouts are busier than ever it seems these days and involved in many activities. We need to help parents and Scouts strike a good and fair balance between Scouts and Sports, Scouts and Homework, Scouts and other things that seem to pop up in life.
Last night we reviewed all the paper work required to recharter. Those of you that are familiar with this process understand. We reviewed our current roster and looked at Scouts that we are now forced to drop from the roles. I say forced because the Scout and his parents are not willing to go any further, now that can be for many reasons, but in the phone calls that we made to find out what the families intent was we found that Sports seemed to be the number one excuse.
So we need to find a good balance. I am glad to see these young men participate in sports, after all a Scout is physically fit.. right? I love sports and believe that sports offers young men great opportunities. But I love Scouts too and know that Scouts opens up the world to our young men. So strike a balance.
I talked to a Scoutmaster at Round table recently about this issue. His attitude was that its either Sports of Scouts and that if a Scout wants to do both its on them. I asked about a Scout doing both and coming to meetings in their sports uniform, many of my Scouts do this. "Absolutely NOT!" was his reply. I say Hogwash… I allow our Scouts to show up in their practice gear, uniforms, or plain clothes if that it what it takes to keep them coming. I know who plays sports and who doesn't, and it really is not that big a deal. Do I want them in full Scout uniform, yes, but I also know that if they are coming straight from practice to Scouts they may not have time to change. My own two sons play Sports. Football, Track, and Wrestling. And they have on occasion wore their sports uniforms or practice gear to Scout meetings, its better than not being there.
Camp outs pose another issue. To go and miss a sporting event, or to miss the camp out and attend the event. That too is a balance issue. The way I see it, we camp 11 times a year, about 32 nights a year. There are plenty of opportunities to go camping with the Troop. Football season is about 10 Friday nights, typically effects two or three camp outs.
The bottom line. There can be both as long as the unit and the parents communicate that there can be both. Does this add "just one more thing" to the already busy schedule.. sure it does, but its worth it to stay in Scouts.
Have a Great Scouting Day!