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For the sixth year in a row, HIV/AIDS support organization Higher Ground is holding the Blankets for AIDS Drive. The two month-long drive, running from mid-October to Dec. 13, aims to provide much-needed warmth to people in the metro Detroit area suffering from HIV/AIDS.
"There are still people out there that are dying of AIDS," explained David Donovan, Higher Ground's director of programs. "And there's a lot of people out there that are by themselves, struggling with this."
Of course, Higher Ground is all about helping people year round who are struggling. The nonprofit organization said its purpose is to empower people living with HIV/AIDS by providing support that targets physical, mental and spiritual healing. Each year, they work to enrich and lengthen the lives of thousands of people in southeastern Michigan through workshops, support groups and involvement in such events as the Detroit AIDS Walk and their blanket drive.
Through the drive, Higher Ground has provided over 6,000 blankets since beginning in 2003. The blankets go to over 20 local organizations, including AIDS Partnership Michigan, the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Alternatives for Girls, the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, Children's Hospital, Latino Family Services and others.
Currently, the group has collected around 50 blankets from community members. They have also been able to purchase 800 from a wholesaler with donations given by the department store Kohl's, plus money raised by fundraising.
However, Higher Ground is looking to double that number by mid-December.
"We're right now calling all the different agencies in the metro Detroit tri-county area to see what their needs are this year," said Donovan. "We're expecting that to be bigger with the economy conditions that we have."
As such, they are holding several upcoming bar night fundraisers, as well as participating in World AIDS Day events around the area.
This Saturday, they'll be at the Male Box Bar in Detroit, where they'll raffle off a couple of gift baskets, as well as items donated from bookstores, clothing companies and others. The following Saturday, they'll be at SoHo in Ferndale for a night of hors d'oeuvres that will move to 9 nightclub around 11 p.m.
Later in the month, Higher Ground will team up with the Detroit Department of Public Health for their World AIDS Day event to speak and ask for donations of cash and blankets. They will also be working with the Metropolitan Community Church and Motor City Bears on several World AIDS Day events, collecting these much-needed blankets for families, individuals and children living with HIV/AIDS.
But the biggest recipients out of this drive, said Donovan, are the members of Higher Ground who help to make it happen. "The members of Higher Ground receive a lot of help and support, so this is a way that they felt that they could try to give something back to the community as a way of thanking the area for the help that they get," he explained.
Moreover, he said, it helps them to overcome the shame often associated with HIV/AIDS. "The members that actually go and participate and go to the bar nights and do the fundraisers and go deliver blankets, it actually helps them grow," Donovan said. "You know, to overcome the fear and stigma and get out into the world a little bit more and feel good about themselves by helping other people.
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NYC's The Villager recently published two features on veteran women tattooers, Michelle Myles and Emma Griffiths, who have been tattooing in the city since before the NYC tattoo ban was lifted in 1997.
In the article, (unfortunately) titled "Female tattoo artists are really making their mark," Michelle talks about her start in tattooing in 1991, working illegally on the Lower East Side in a studio on "the worst heroin block in the whole city." [She adds, "I tattooed all the drug dealers and never had problems."] The article also notes how, when the ban was lifted, Michelle wasn't too happy at the time:
Myles had moved to the second floor above the music venue Pianos at 158 Ludlow St., and had just spent money to renovate the loft -- she was living in the back and was tattooing in the front. "And then I was walking down the street and I saw Clayton Patterson and he was like, 'Did you hear, they're going to legalize tattooing?' And I was like, 'Noooo,' " she said with a laugh. "It wasn't really the sort of place you would want a legal shop because it was old-school L.E.S., where you threw the keys out the window when somebody yelled up.In the end, legalization turned out to be a great thing for Michelle, and her partner Brad Fink, with the success of their Daredevil Tattoo. The gentrification of the Lower East Side and outrageous rents pushed them out of the area, but they found a new home in Chinatown, with a tattoo museum being built into the studio.
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I think, at first, people kind of don't take you seriously," she recalled. "I specifically remember somebody once saying, 'Oh, you tattoo, too. That's cute.' But in the long run, it's what set you apart. At first, it might be a drawback, but in the end, it's what makes you stand out. Although, these days there are so many girls in tattooing, it's not like it used to be."That feature also includes the experience of Linda Wulkan, a tattoo artist at Whatever Tattoo, who has been tattooing in NYC for 11 yrs. Read more of the article here.
In the article "A lifelong love of tattooing fuels her artistry," Emma talks about coming to NYC from the UK in 1990 and becoming a tattooer under the ban. Here's a taste of that talk:
Tattooing in the East Village in the early '90s was amazing and something I will honestly cherish till the day I die. Back then it was illegal, it was hidden. Tattooers to me were mythical, magical, scary people who you had to search out and get the bottle up to go into their shop.Emma's appointment-only Porcupine Tattoo is located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, where she works in a variety of tattoo styles.
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A couple weeks ago, while at a bar chatting with a friend, I felt a tug on my arm and then, without warning or even a word, my arm was being twisted and turned for inspection by guy who, not only felt it was his right to grab a stranger, but who was rather shocked when I took my arm back and told him that what he was doing wasn't cool. He became indignant that I wasn't flattered by his attention, saying, "What's wrong? I like your tattoos," as if his artistic approval of my work gave him a right to touch. I then took his arm, twisted it as he did to me, and asked him if he liked it. Then, completely accidentally, his own fist wound up in his own eye.
My non-tattooed friends were pretty shocked that some random stranger would grab me to look at my tattoos. I wasn't shocked at all. In fact, most of you reading this won't be shocked. It's something we talk about a lot -- how our skin becomes an interactive museum exhibit. This is particularly a common experience for tattooed women.
This discussion of our bodies as some kind of public space, as well as other issues experienced by tattooed women (and men as well), will be shared on March 6, 2014, on the panel discussion "Women's Ink: Tattooing in the New Millennium" at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn. I'm honored to be moderating the panel with Margot Mifflin author of one of my most favorite tattoo books, Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo.
The panel is inspired by the third edition of "Bodies of Subversion," released by powerHouse Books a year ago. [I interviewed Margot at that time about the new edition.] The book was the first history of women's tattoo art when it was originally released in 1997, exploring the stories of tattooed women from as far back as the nineteenth-century. So many years later, it remains the only book to chronicle the history of both tattooed women and women tattooists.
The experiences of women tattooists are particularly fascinating, and there are so many questions that arise: Do women tattooers still feel any form of discrimination from colleagues and clients? How do they feel about their representation in the media? How do they see their role as business women as well as artists? ...
These questions, among many others, will be addressed by a phenomenal group of artists: Roxx of 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco, and NYC's own Virginia Elwood and Stephanie Tamez of Saved Tattoo
We'll also open up the discussion to all. The panel, which will take place from 7-9 PM, is the day before the NYC Tattoo Convention -- it'll be a fun way to kick off the tattoo weekend celebration. I really hope to see you there.
More details on the event via the Facebook invite.
While we rarely highlight an artist with less then five years experience, I'm happy to make an exception and share the work and words of Jasmine Wright, 26-year-old rising tattoo star, who has been tattooing 4 1/2 years (yeah, ok, it's close to 5 years) and is based out of Buju Tattoo in Mission Hills, San Diego. Jasmine has been on an intense 4-month travel streak, which concludes with her guest spot at New York Adorned from April 1st through April 5th.
I chatted via email with Jasmine about her work and also her thoughts on being a woman tattooist today. Here's how it went:
What type of tattoos do you love to do?
My favorite types of tattoos to do change all the time! More often than not, I'll prepare for a piece that I think I'll be super stoked on, and it ends up being a nightmare, and vice versa. I'll be dreading an upcoming tattoo, and then it ends up being a favorite. It's weird. But speaking in generalities, I always enjoy color pieces, things with lots of smooth, organic shapes. And as much as I like "feminine" tattoos, I also love a good "mean, manly" tattoo as often as possible.
I particularly love your renderings of female characters because they have a lot of soul to them. What goes into creating these types of works to give it the personality they have?
When I draw out women, I've recently tried to add as much expression as possible, usually based on the client who's getting the tattoo. Most of the female images I've tattooed are on male clients, so sometimes I'll try to envision what kind of chick they'd be into in the real world. The ones that are on female clients, I try to keep more whimsical and soft, to really draw an ultimate feminine vibe. I try to reference old Playboy models, vintage fashion magazines, makeup models, things like that. Especially the high-end fashion models who always have those intense expressions, which make for awesome reference material. Dramatic features n' whatnot.
What other references do you look to?
My reference material is all over the place. I have a ton of books, old magazines, botany, and animal anatomy illustration books. I also keep an eye on a handful of other tattooers and try to pull bits and pieces of stuff from everyone. I'm afraid of being categorized into tattooing too closely like another artist, so when I reference other tattoos I've seen, I always try to just use a small bit I've seen, or just the color palette, and not too much of the entire tattoo. It's hard to stay original, so it's a definite challenge.
Have you ever been met with any difficulty -- or any benefit -- being a woman tattooist?
If it were my choice (or even remotely realistic) I would love to tattoo anonymously without a name. Only because I want to be respected as a tattooer, not a FEMALE tattooer. There are a lot of instances that prove women tattooers get many things with less effort, or lower skill, or are just less deserving in general than their male counterparts, and I really hate that...There's a huge population of chicks that have come up recently, who only got to where they are by putting out half-ass tattoos and showing way too much skin to gain clients & popularity--simply by being a cute chick...I never want to ride off of being a girl to get anywhere in this community. I've really been working my ass off to just do good work that I can be proud of and gain respect of tattooers that I look up to from the work I do, not because I flirt. In that sense, I suppose it's an easy thing to fall into, and it's a difficult thing to work to avoid.
Also, I've met other tattooers who basically have spit in my face for being a girl; they told me I'll never make it, and that there's nothing I can do to ever be worthy. I think those people can kiss my butt, but I also agree in a small sense for those half-ass female tattooers I mentioned previously. There's a fine line that separates the legit women *artists*, versus the ever-increasing number of trendy "chick tattooers." Personally, I've had both benefits and hang ups by being a girl. I wish it wasn't the case in either direction.
Are you all booked up at NY Adorned (NYA) yet? If not, what's the best way to make an appointment?
I actually have no clue how my schedule at Adorned is looking yet, but I know I've got a handful booked. I'm sure I still have time left. Clients can email me through my website to discuss ideas and time frames, and follow up by calling NYA to pick a date and leave a deposit.
What other future guest spots and conventions are coming up?
I have a tattoo road trip in the works, most likely July/August, which will probably include multiple cities across the country (definitely Portland OR, Austin TX, Tempe AZ, and a handful of East Coast cities for sure). Those plans will be locked down by the end of April. I also guest spot in San Francisco at Seventh Son Tattoo almost every other month, and Unbreakable Tattoo in Los Angeles pretty often as well.
Anything else you want people to know about you?
I love my Aussie shepherd puppy, Albee, and I also love eating big awesome steaks! Haha! Otherwise, I'm a total old lady. I travel and tattoo, and sleep.
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Ok, so while this looks a bit like a pistol ad I made recently (same photo shoot) this is what those photos were actually intended for. I really obsessed over this one a lot - decided it was best without all the smoke and junk. Clean and simple, and I really wanted the photo to look SHARP. Really went nuts over the type on this one - I knew it had to be really clean and concise, and also integrate two different tag lines. Overall, really pleased.
Man, I keep seeing this in a dvor add on darkhorizons.com. and could never find a more detailed image after going to the advertised site. Finally I just dragged it into google image search and found it here. Awesome
I'm jealous of your awesome Graphic Design Skills
I actually don't recall how I got to your awesome gallery; but this is a ridiculously attention grabbing piece and bloody sharp!
Sounds like the banner on my coffee cup from HK ^^ "In a world of compromise, some don´t." its so right.
great concept
And others put the boolets in the clip backwards. These are not those people.
Great composition and I love the stark design to it.
this is one of your best--forget the ones with chicks on em.. theyre just a distraction... the tagline is what made it. good job, man
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What is the best tool for recovering deleted files in hard disk for Windows 98?
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Using Windows98 is quite a restriction to finding the right program. If what you want is only recovering the data, attach the HDD to another computer with a more recent Windows version. Then you will have more applications.
I would recommend GetDataBack for FAT, supports Windows 95 through Win7 and works great.
First of all, do not install anything to that hard disk. Every time you write anything, you risk overwriting your deleted files. You have better odds if you shut down your Windows right now, and do not boot from it.
As said already, it's much easier if you can move your disk to computer with more recent Windows version. For Windows 98 there isn't so many applications available (uh, it's 12 years old already).
Your filesystem is FAT32, so you can use for example Recuva or PC Inspector. Both programs are free.


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What I am looking for is basically the Firefox equivalent to this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/selection-search/gipnlpdeieaidmmeaichnddnmjmcakoe
Now before everybody yells "Context Search", please have a closer look at the description of the Chrome extension (i.e. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/selection-search/gipnlpdeieaidmmeaichnddnmjmcakoe/details). Two features make this extension unique:
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Plain genius, I am sure you get the idae. It allows you to save numerous clicks on clumsily designed web pages. Stuff that lied multiple clicks away is now at your immediate disposal.
2.) The search is not (only) available in the context menu but also in a floating menu which appears with every highlighting that you do on a page. Saves one additional click with every search. I have seen some Greasemonkey script doing that too, but could not find anything configurable.
Any suggestions?
I am open for anything that will work with Firefox. If there is no addon, then I would happily use some Window program like clicktoapp.com (which falls short on the URL parameters) or an AutoIt script etc.


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Sketch from the scene of "The Five", The flashback about the source blood injection to Helen.
So lovely!!
Oh wow...Love it
This is BEAUTIFUL!! *sniffle*
Watching this episode back the other night I had a bit of wobbly lip...in that one moment of touching hands, Tesla is showing Helen his undying love for her. Fantastic hand acting by Mr J Young!
Ikr? For such a short moment, that is one pretty intimate hand-hold
I know...I do adore it a little too much, it was the bacground on my phone for quite a while. It's pure love right there :')
I know they're just...SO PERFECT
I so want them to be happy together... but I think Tesla is just too damn arrogant
I don't think he is. I spend too much time psychologically analyzing characters and I'm quite sure a lot of his SHOW of arrogance is just his way of compensating for feeling inadequate underneath. Plus he's really subtle about it but he's shown that he really cares about Helen - I mean, he was willing to get himself blown up by the particle accelerator in "Animus" so she could escape, and in season 2 he knew the ray gun he made to fight the Cabal wouldn't work unless he made it fatal (which would've killed Ashley), but he didn't do it until Helen specifically asked him to. Obviously I think in some part he is kind of full of it, but a lot of it seems like a way of preventing himself from getting emotionally hurt. In "Sleepers" he practically had a breakdown because being a vampire was the only thing that made him feel special
Then he found out he could pop buttons I do have such a soft spot for Tesla and I do think he is a big cuddley teddybear really. But I also do think that I would end up slapping him silly if he was the petulant child he is with Helen sometimes. D'aww, I wish I could give him a hug when he becomes devamped... I still think he could have come up with a better name than the 'Devamper'. I loved Sleepers, it was a particular favourite of mine. *sigh* I need my own personal Tesla to cheer up and be cheered up by. And quite possibly drink rather expensive wine with.
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both ^^ I used charcoal for Tesla's jacket ^^ and the rest is done with pencils ^^
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Andrew Schramm always believed he could be one of California's best community college goalkeepers. To prove it, though, the Del Oro High graduate had some obstacles to overcome. Schramm recently completed his sophomore season with the American River College men's soccer team, which he led to an 11-5-6 record (5-1-2 in the Big 8 Conference) and a California Community College Athletic Association playoff berth. Just a year ago, such a scenario seemed unlikely. As a freshman in 2008, he had to compete for playing time with two other goalies, which rattled Schramm's confidence. "With goalies, it's a big deal who gets the minutes," ARC coach Paul Hansen said. "College coaches tend to stick with one goalie the whole game." Last year, Schramm didn't see the field at all. He had to sit out for academic reasons. "In school I slacked off a bit and didn't do what I was supposed to do," Schramm said. "I didn't live up to my responsibilities as a student. "It's a great highlight of my life to learn from it and come back this year. I'm passing all my classes for sure. I've had a better semester this year than I've had previously at American River." As it turned out, the time off benefited both Schramm and the Beavers. "It's worked out great for us," Hansen said. "He's more mature and he's better (as a player) than he was a couple years ago." Schramm split time with another goalie to start the season, but eventually won the starting job outright. That gave him a sense of security that boosted his confidence – and his game. "It helped my nerves a lot for Coach to show 100 percent faith in me," Schramm said. "It helped me not to wonder if I was going to get benched at a certain point in the game (after a mistake). It calmed me down and helped me get settled in and start playing the game." Schramm was among California's leaders in goals-against average for much of the season. He finished the season 21st with an average of 1.10, having made 65 saves and allowed 19 goals in 1,555 minutes of playing time. Among Schramm's best assets as a goalie are his soft hands, his ball distribution and throwing skills, his even-keeled temperament and his ability to not leave the goal wide open, according to Hansen. "He knows his boundaries," the coach said. "He doesn't go after balls he can't get to." Schramm has also been more consistent in goal, Hansen said. "He hasn't given up any real soft goals," he said. "When he did that his freshman year, it made you wonder if he'd do it again. He has not done that this year." Schramm owes at least some of his success to former Del Oro teammate Casey Bernard, an ARC defender. "Casey's got great speed," Hansen said. "Not a lot of guys get behind our defense to go one-on-one with our keeper." Undecided on a major – he's leaning toward business – Schramm has yet to choose a school to which he plans to transfer. Hansen believes his goalie is probably best suited to an NCAA Division II program. Wherever he winds up, Schramm's ultimate goal is to keep playing soccer beyond the college level. "(Major League Soccer) is a realistic goal for me," he said. "If not in MLS, I do want to play professionally. It's always been one of my dreams ever since I started playing soccer. It's always been a passion to me to play at the pro level."


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I'm sorry I live in Northern Virginia. It seems many DC residents on CL make fun of people who live in Virginia as not being "cool". I feel ashamed that I do not possess the wherewithal or the inclination to live in DC.
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I'm sorry I'm not "secure, stable, successful, smart, sweet, sensitive, funny, fun, witty, clean (as in no drugs, tobacco or nasty viruses or bugs), clean (as in shower daily ((twice if I workout)) and diligently brush my teeth including flossing), no tattoos, no metrosexual tendencies/habits, lean, hard body, eyes the color of a summer blue sky, a smile that'll brighten even the darkest room…" all at once like one man who posted on M4W. I feel ashamed that I do not have sky-blue eyes and a room-brightening smile.
I feel ashamed that I am only a normal guy with normal abilities and normal desires. Perhaps there is a woman out there who does not measure up either.
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Oh wow, this looks awesome! I am so jealous of your hand-drawing skills!
The art is awesome. I like the concept even better. Respect. _/\_
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This was easily the best of the three winners. Very creepy, well composed and nothing even remotely cartoonish about it.
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Congrats on the win! I really love this....its so simple..but the concept is so creepy.
This would have taken first place if the hands weren't playing "Chopsticks".
Congrats on getting 3rd place! (:
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This is just awesome! Such an eerie feeling when I see this! Congrats on earning yourself 3rd place!
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congrats on third!! I would freak if a hand grabbed me, you really put a sense of fear into this! wickedly cool!
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OXFORD, Miss. — Investigators haven't found any ricin in the house of a Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge, according to testimony Monday from an FBI agent.
Agent Brandon Grant said that a search of Paul Kevin Curtis' vehicle and house in Corinth, Miss., on Friday did not turn up ricin, ingredients for the poison, or devices used to make it. A search of Curtis' computers has found no evidence so far that he researched making ricin.
Defense lawyers for Curtis say investigators' failure to find any ricin means the government should release their client. That lack of physical evidence could loom large as a detention and preliminary hearing continues Tuesday morning.
Through his lawyer, Curtis has denied involvement in letters sent to Obama, Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, and a Lee County, Miss., judge. The first of the letters was found April 15.
Still, Grant testified that authorities believe that they have the right suspect.
He testified that there were indentations on the letters which, when analyzed under a light source, turned out to be for Curtis' former addresses in Booneville and Tupelo, though the street name in one of the addresses was spelled wrong.


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Scouring the daily email pile this morn I found this image of ginger cutie Big Chocolate (a.k.a. Cameron Agron) in a press release introducing him as (and I quote here): "a Seattle-based music producer that is as incessantly prolific as he is multi-faceted, cranking out destructive electro beats, hyper aware video blogs and hotly sought-after remixes in equal measure, even as he tours as a live act with an energetic presence appealing to Electronic Dance Music devotees and Vans Warped Tour crowd-surfers alike."
Chocolate hunk or white chocolate gingersnap?
"Incessantly prolific," "hyper aware videos," and "energetic presence;" aren't those synonyms for, oh, I don't know: fair-haired, baby-faced, hyper-earnest Macklemore??Judge for yourself at the artist's website here, and let us know if we should add Big Chocolate to M's running list of lookalikes.
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Save the Date
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Susan Boyd
Spring finds most states are in the midst of their US Youth Soccer State Championships. Winners earn the opportunity to compete in their
US Youth Soccer Regional Championships
with an eye towards advancing to the National Championships. Unfortunately spring also brings unpredictable weather that disrupts carefully crafted championships schedules. Add to that all the activities that fill April, May and June, prom, finals, graduations, service projects, field trips, bat and bar mitzvahs and confirmations, and you end up with a tangle of frustratingly impossible scheduling.
So far Robbie hasn't played a single State Championship game either as scheduled or completely. Rain storms devastated fields and lightning brought one game to a halt before the 90 minute mark. His team is due to play their final round robin game on Monday, but the weather reports are for rain and lightning, so we hoping for the best and expecting the worst. That's because once the schedule has to change, team administrators find themselves in an alternate universe called "no way." Any of you who have been team administrators know this land well.
First you have to send out the email that cancels the game and await the emails that border on accusing you of personally ordering the inclement weather just to mess up everyone's calendar. I liken it to the pilot of a plane announcing that the wings don't seem to be attached properly so the flight to Orlando will be delayed and the majority of people nearly storm the cockpit demanding the plane take off any way. This is the same group who undoubtedly complain that planes should be safer. The usual reason for cancellation is weather. Sometimes game day is beautiful, but the rain the night before made the fields unplayable, which only makes the howls more strident.
Once it all calms down it's time for the reschedule emails. These usually involve first figuring out three or four possible dates for the rematch and then emailing both your team members and the opponents. Trust me, President Carter negotiating the Camp David Accord between Sadat and Begin didn't have as complicated a time as any team administrator trying to reschedule a game. The older the team, the harder it becomes. By high school you are bucking proms, senior trips, graduations, final papers, and finals in general. Since team members attend a variety of schools nothing is parallel so nothing is easy. Plus there are always those teammates who never respond and then, once a date is agreed upon, announce that they can't possibly play that day. When the flurry of emails has settled and a date declared, everyone holds their breath that the weather will cooperate.
Despite these roadblocks, all games manage to be played with minimal input from the State Association level. This speaks to both the flexibility and amiability of soccer managers, coaches, parents and players. People do bend, do compromise, and do facilitate, so that even the most complex, backs-up-against-the-wall deadline gets completed. Soccer can be civil off the field, at least at the youth level.
I have to say I love the State Championship. Last year Bryce's team won and went to the US Youth Soccer Region II Championship which was in our backyard down in Rockford, Illinois. This year it's in Sioux Falls, S.D., which would be a wonderful road trip. However, I'm not sure Robbie's team can win this year. They are primarily graduating seniors and as such have little interest in anything that doesn't involve a game console and sleeping late. So motivating them to practice and play isn't always easy. I think Robbie's coach has the patience of Mr. Rogers and the implacability of Ryan Seacrest. Maybe he goes home and throws darts at squirrels to take out his pent up frustration, but on the field he never shows it.
In Wisconsin Memorial Day weekend is the main date for State Championship with central locations for the games. Because Robbie's team has graduating seniors they couldn't play most of their games this weekend because at least a third of them are graduating. So they'll just play the Monday games. But that means we'll still get to experience some of the celebration that surrounds the event. I definitely encourage players and families to take some extra time to watch other games, visit any of the vendors on site, and enjoy the chance to compete at a top level. Likewise, if the Regional or National Championship is within easy driving distance you should plan to spend a day or two at the venue. These competitions provide families with the opportunity to see a variety of teams and discover what talent can be found outside of their own neighborhoods. It's also a chance to reconnect with teammates from the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. Win or lose these championship events bring out the best players, the best soccer, and the best games, so long as they can all get scheduled.
2009 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series Dates
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Village of Barboursville, W.Va.
July 2-7, 2009
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June 20-24, 2009
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Frisco and Plano, Texas
June 18-24, 2009
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June 15-21, 2009
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July 21-26, 2009
New League
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sam Snow
Now and then a group will attempt to start a new league in a state, across a few states or an entire region and on the rare occasion nationwide. On one hand it's good that folks are looking to improve the soccer environment. On the other hand the group may be biting off more than they can chew. Still folks will surge forward confident that they have it all sorted out. They write a plan, begin a budget, put down some ideas on a schedule, and perhaps even write some league rules. This information ends up in a document making the process slightly more formal.
Usually there are some unrealistic expectations in the document of their ability to underwrite the costs involved to the teams as the money has to come from somewhere. It'll just end up being a hidden cost in the club (player) dues and the league will have to require money from the clubs to participate. Groups who think they can do it better often are sure they can get sponsorships, but they rarely have a professional background in sports marketing to know the realities of getting cash from sponsors, especially in a bear market and a recession.
Additionally. simply organizing a league to help develop players hits only at the surface of player development. The assumption that a league and set competition alone will deeply impact players is naïve and tells us they do not understand the complexities of player development. Development for teenaged players MUST hit, in order, three key factors:
The quality of your teammates
The quality of your opponents
The quality of your coaches
The answer is not, nor has it ever been more matches, but more quality training (review please U.S. Soccer Best Practices). Therefore the most important environment to be improved is within the club. More and better training is the key to developmental success. However that's not as sexy to sell to the customers (parents) as are matches. Yet what the consumers (players) need are top notch teachers (coaches) who can really help each individual player improve. Coaches of that caliber are rare!
If a group hopes to find elite players for their clubs, colleges or the youth National Teams then they can cast only a small net if they are really covering all of the lodging, meal, ground transportation and staff costs. This means many players in many parts of the country will be overlooked. If it were possible to cover all of the expenses and still cast a large net to find every possible Olympic caliber player then U. S. Soccer and US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program would already be doing so. It's unsophisticated to think the national governing bodies would not be making such efforts if it was currently possible.
Instead of creating new variations of existing programs we must focus on improving those programs already in motion. Yes let's look at new ideas, but concentrate our work on improving our current soccer culture.
Socrates Didn't Invent Soccer
Monday, May 18, 2009
Susan Boyd
I'm an optimist when it comes to TV viewing. I record dozens of shows with the very real intent of watching them all, then spend fifteen minutes once a week deleting most of them. If people ask me if I've seen a program I cheerfully answer "No, but I recorded it!" Every once in a while I have the opportunity to actually see one of the shows I recorded, generally because I'm shirking some other responsibility like laundry or writing. Earlier this week I watched an episode of "Numb3rs" about an FBI agent and his genius math brother who solves crimes using brute force and clever number theory. It's a slight drama, but entertaining. During this particular episode there was a crawl across the screen with the teaser, "Test your own math skills by trying the puzzles at CBS.com." I jumped at the opportunity to validate my intelligence (or scoff at the ridiculousness of the questions if I couldn't solve them). This week's puzzle concerned convergence using lines that bisected triangle sides and angles. While I enjoyed the questions, they led me to further consideration about convergence as it relates to soccer. Yes, I'm that obsessed with soccer!
Convergence in math means the same thing it does in English – a coming together from different directions at a single point (Encarta Dictionary). Soccer succeeds or fails because of convergence or the lack thereof. Yesterday, Robbie's team had a state championship play-off game that frustratingly demonstrated the elements of convergence. I should mention that convergence is either exhilarating or frustrating when it comes to soccer. Yesterday an opponent's foot converged twice with one of Robbie's teammate's faces. The second convergence resulted in thirteen stitches. The lightning and deluge converged with twilight to require an early game termination. The uneven new sod patches converged with an errant kick to insure an erratic bounce into the goal. Players regularly converged for fouls or tackles or steals. We finally had an exhilarating convergence when a ball was struck from the corner by one forward while the other charged in, met it at the goal line and converged it right into the back of the net.
When you relate soccer anecdotes they usually involve convergence. So while you may not have stayed awake during your Geometry class, you still use the mathematical precepts to make your point. "I thought the ball was going in, but the keeper just managed to deflect it." "That defender came out of nowhere to steal the ball right off of my daughter's foot." "The ball caromed off the post and into the goal." "That dad got right in the official's face." Players converge at the end of the game in the traditional handshake. We even use convergence to get to the games when we set our GPS and it charts a course for us. It's creating a convergence between the spot we need to be and the route our vehicle travels even if it isn't a straight bisector.
My other favorite sport is baseball. I'm happy to spend a few hours at the ballpark absorbing the sights and sounds of a Brewers game. On the face of it, baseball and soccer couldn't be more different in their production. Baseball is a game of fits and starts, especially in the eighth inning of a close game where pitching changes can make that one inning last nearly as long as the rest of the game. Players in the outfield might go long minutes before even moving, much less chasing a ball. But when they are needed, they are needed in a spectacular hurry. Soccer is nearly non-stop, everyone is needed all the time, and players have to be constantly on the move, readjusting their position depending upon the direction and speed of play. But I realized that what I love about baseball I also love about soccer. Both games require mathematical precision which is based on convergence.
That's why I don't like watching baseball on TV, because the camera dictates where I look. I want to survey the field, see where the outfielders are shifting, judge the wind, watch runners lead off, and get a good feel for the ball's direction both when hit and when thrown. Players make judgments about their position based on the angle they expect the ball to travel. In other words, they place themselves in the mostly likely spot for convergence or near enough to a range of convergence points. There are some intuitive calculations concerning trajectories, resistance, and velocity that dictate the point of convergence and the likelihood of success. Pitchers, hitters, infielders, outfielders, and coaches are all doing their own math in their heads to determine what will create the best outcome. Pitchers want to have their pitches converge with the catcher's mitt, hitters want their bats to converge with the ball, and fielders want their mitts to converge with any hit. Likewise a soccer player makes a decision about using left or right foot, inside or outside, force of the kick, and obstacles to pick the most likely point of convergence with the ball that will alter its route right into the goal or to another teammate's foot. These players do this all within a blink of the eye and they do it hundreds of times in a game. Even more amazingly, unlike math students who can do their calculations in relative calm and without immediate criticism, players resolve their mathematical equations in an instant with on the spot evaluations given at the top of someone's lungs. There's no time to recalculate, check the variables, ponder the choices. It's now or never and then on to the next problem.
While I don't advocate protractors and graphic calculators as part of an essential soccer kit, I do recognize the beauty of math in what is happening on the field. The next time you watch a ball leave a player's foot and land perfectly in front of another player, or see a player suddenly step in front of an opponent to triumphantly settle a goal kick, or witness that awesome bend it like Beckham moment, give pause to consider Euclid, Aristotle, and Pythagoras. Sure, these ancient Greeks didn't invent soccer, but their geometrical explorations resulted in tools for analyzing and improving soccer play. With their acute understanding of convergence, they probably would have made fantastic coaches. Maybe they were. "Go Polyhedrons!"
Speed and Agility
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sam Snow
Recently, I received a good question from a club director that I think may be of interest to a number of coaches across the nation working with youth players.
Does US Youth Soccer have any literature/guidelines regarding at what age it is appropriate for players to start speed and agility training?
I do not have a paper which speaks directly to this topic. However we do know from our colleagues in exercise physiology that there's no point to speed training until the body is mature enough to respond to the training. This means after the child has reached Peak Height Velocity (PHV). Endurance or speed training becomes effective at 12 to 18 months after PHV, which is about 13 years, 6 months for boys and 11 years, 6 months for girls. Significant results are realized for boys at about 15 years of age and for girls at about 14 years of age and vary with each individual's physical development.
One practical solution is to use the onset of PHV as a reference point for the design of optimal individual programs with relation to 'critical' or 'sensitive' periods of trainability during the maturation process. Prior to the onset of PHV, boys and girls can train together and chronological age can be used to determine training, competition and recovery programs.
The average age for the onset of PHV is twelve and fourteen years for females and males respectively. The onset of PHV is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, including climate, cultural influences and social environment.
The onset of PHV is a reference point that provides valuable information for training the players' energy systems and central nervous system, regardless of chronological age. Using simple measurements, PHV can be monitored and training can be related and optimized to exploit the critical periods of trainability. This approach can enhance the development of short and long-term individually optimized training, competition and recovery programs such as the optimal window of accelerated adaptation to stamina (endurance), strength, speed, skill and suppleness training – or the five S's of training and performance. It should be pointed out that all energy systems are always trainable, but during the so-called 'critical' periods accelerated adaptation will take place if the proper volume, intensity and frequency of exercise are implemented.
What are important to train in childhood are balance, agility, and coordination through a movement education approach. You can also begin to work on form (correct body posture and controlled movement) beginning at U-10. Teaching proper running and jumping mechanics is far more important in the U-10 and U-12 age groups than the speed of a sprint or the height of a jump. Those factors will show up once the child reaches adolescence. Biologically adolescence ranges from age 15 to 23, with each player coming into and finishing adolescence at their own rate. Here are some facts on speed training once they have reached late puberty or early adolescence.
Pure speed- the ability to cover the distance between two points in the shortest amount of time.
Technical speed- the ability to perform skills at speed.
Mental speed- ability of the player to be aware of all factors, conditions and options inside and outside of the game.
At any level, speed separates the outstanding players from the average... So, soccer speed training sessions should play a major role in your training. Speed in soccer can be quite complex. It certainly entails more than just running fast. When you talk about speed in the game, here are some of the attributes that will make for better players...
• Quick speed off the mark
• Quick acceleration over 10-15 yards
• Good speed endurance
• Speed in possession of the ball
• Quickness of feet or agility
• The ability to quickly change direction
• The ability to execute skills quickly
• Last but not least... speed of thought
You can see from the above that good 100 yard sprinters don't necessarily have the attributes to be quick soccer players. And by the same token some players who are not typically fast runners can excel in soccer if they have sharp feet and quick speed of thought. Remember that old phrase...'The first 10 yards are in your head.'
Absolute speed or the ability to run fast is determined by a number of factors - the obvious one being genetics. But if a player has been blessed with less than favorable sprinting genes don't worry too much. A good soccer speed training program will improve the efficiency of the muscle fibers (if not the type or amount of them) and that will make players faster. So, one goal of your soccer speed training schedule should be to increase their sprinting power - particularly their acceleration and speed off the mark. Soccer players rarely sprint more than 50 yards in a straight line.
A second, and equally important, goal is to increase your speed endurance. Speed endurance training significantly improves physical recovery after a bout of repetitive sprints. The body's ability to remove lactic acid increases which can make such a difference to a player's game.
Thirdly, a soccer speed training program should improve agility, foot speed and reaction time. Exercises to improve agility don't tend to be physically taxing. The emphasis is on short, sharp movements of a high quality.
Finally, incorporating a ball into some of the speed and agility drills is important to make all those gains in speed transferable to the field of play.
As for speed of thought, that's one that we can begin to train at U-6 through game-like activities and using guided discovery in the coaching method. Coaches need to attend the National Youth License coaching course to learn more in these areas.