text: Introduction to Management Information Systems Chapter 6 System Development HTM 304 Spring 06 What Systems to be developed Many different types of systems in the organization Operations Integrated Systems (e.g. ERP, etc) EAI IT Infrastructure 2 Inter –Organizational Internet Information Systems Other (B2B, SRM, etc.) organizations System Development Fundamentals System Development – a process for creating and maintaining information systems (IS) -- Also called System Analysis and Design (Dr. Fang & Kumar, Summer 2007) Developing an IS involves all 5 components: 3 Personnel Involved Constant interaction between Users (MIS, HTM 304) and IT professionals (System Analysis & Design, HTM 425) 4 Video – System Development 5 Think Big About System Development Many students are new to the systems development process due to working with personal computer tools. The scope of work is large with largescale corporate information systems and may be global with different languages and cultures. Management of resources is a critical success factor. Comprehensive processes are required for project staff to follow and adhere to in order to successfully meet project and systems objectives. 6 Think Big (cont) Three software sources Off-the-shelf Off-the shelf-with adaptation Tailor-made Major IS rarely off-the-shelf due to involvement of company people and resources 7 System Development Is Challenging Systems development difficult and risky Many projects never finished Some projects finish 200-300% over budget Some projects finish on schedule and within budget but don't meet the goals 8 System Development Challenges Difficulties in determining requirements Changes in requirements Scheduling and budgeting difficulties Changing technology Diseconomies of scale 9 Systems Development Methodologies There are many different system development processes System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Rapid Application Development (RAD) Object-oriented System Development (OOD) Extreme Programming (XP) Information Systems Differ No single process works for all situations 10 Scales of Information Systems System Type Personal Supports one person with limited set of requirements Workgroup Supports group of people normally with a single application Enterprise Supports many workgroups with many different applications Interenterprise 11 Description Supports many different organizations with many different cultures, countries and heritages The 5-Phase Version of SDLC in our book 12 System Definition Phase Tasks Define project Goals and objectives Scope – statement of work Assess feasibility Cost (budget) Schedule Technical Organizational feasibility Form a project team Project manager In-house IT staff Outside consultants and staff (as needed) User representatives (management and staff) 13 SDLC Requirement Analysis Phase 14 Requirement Analysis Phase Tasks The most important phase in the system development process is determining system requirements. If the requirements are wrong, the system will be wrong. If the requirements are determined completely and correctly, then the design and implementation will be easier and more likely to result in success. Seasoned and experienced system analysts know how to conduct interviews to bring such requirements to light. 15 Obtain User Approval Before You Move-on Once the requirements have been specified, the users must review and approve them before the project continues. The easiest and cheapest time to alter the information system is in the requirements phase. Changing a requirement in the implementation phase may require weeks of reworking applications components and the database. 16 Component Design Phase 17 Component Design Phase Each of the five components is designed in this stage. The team designs each of the five components by developing a list of alternatives. Each alternative is evaluated against the requirements. Typically the best alternative that meets the requirements is selected. 18 Hardware Design Team determines specifications for hardware they want to acquire Team NOT designing hardware Typically, large company has some type of computer network infrastructure 19 Hardware Networking Alternatives PC or LANs over public Internet Point-to-point leased lines Lease time on some type of PSDN Create Virtual Private Network (VPN) over Internet 20 Program Design Depends on program source Off-the-shelf – team must assess products and evaluate them against requirements Off-the-shelf with alteration - team IDs products and assesses alterations Custom-design programs – team write specifications (documentation) for program code 21 Database and Procedure Design Database design Convert database design to data model If off-the-shelf DB, little design needed Procedure design Procedures must be developed for system users and operations personnel to follow Procedures typically address Normal processing: procedures for using the system to accomplish business tasks Backup: user procedures for backing up data and other resources Failure recovery: Procedure to continue operation when system fails and procedures to convert back to the system after recovery 22 People Component -- Design of Job Descriptions Job descriptions needed for both users and operations personnel New IS may require new jobs Organizations may have to add new duties and responsibilities due to information systems changes and enhancements 23 Implementation Phase 24 Comparison of Design and Implementation 25 System Conversion 4 ways to implement system conversion Pilot – Implement entire system on limited portion of the business Phased- New system installed in pieces across organization Parallel – New system runs in parallel with old system for a while Plunge – Old system turned off and new system turned on immediately 26 Maintenance Phase New needs 27 Information System Maintenance Either fixing system to make it do what is expected Or adapting system to changing requirement 28 Problems with SDLC The most formal procedure to develop large IS project Systems development seldom smooth Sometimes need to crawl back up waterfall Difficulty documenting requirements in usable way Scheduling and budgeting difficult, especially for large projects with large SDLC phases 29 Review of SDLC What are the five phases? Which phase is the most important? Briefly describe the five phases. 30 Other Developing Methods Rapid application development (RAD) Object-oriented systems development (OOD) Extreme programming (XP) 31 RAD Basic idea - break up design and implementation phases of SDLC into smaller pieces Use iterative process – build a piece of the system, test it and then make it better Get user input with every iteration - You are always involved. 32 RAD – Extensive Use of Prototypes Extensive use of prototypes A mock-up of aspect of new system and could be: 33 -- Form -- Report -- Database Query --User Interfaces E-R modeling of the Data Form 34 CASE Tools CASE: Computer-assisted systems engineering 35 Summary of RAD Characteristics Design / implement / fix development process Continuous user involvement throughout Extensive use of prototypes Joint Application Design (JAD) Use of CASE Tools 36 Object-Oriented Systems Development (OOD) Began after RAD – mid 1990s Driven by new program development method – Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) A series of diagramming techniques called Unified Modeling Language (UML) facilitates OOP development. Example: Unified Process (UP) 37 Extreme Programming Emerging Technique Developing Computer Programs Not useful for large scale development system requiring business processes & procedures (or at least not yet realized) There are cases where organizations have used it successfully in developing application programs. Three main characteristics 38 1) Customer-Centric 2) Just-In-Time (JIT) Design 3) Paired Programming Compare Development Techniques 39


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Julian Borger's excellent article (OSCE monitors face tough task, 19 April) highlights challenges faced by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe in carrying out a vaguely defined mission in Ukraine. As I wrote in Foreign Affairs (Monitoring Moscow's Victory, 24 March), this mission may inadvertently help Moscow consolidate its influence and further weaken Kiev's tenuous hold on eastern Ukraine.
According to Borger, a senior OSCE official is pleading for "Russian help in getting through roadblocks" is effectively ceding control of eastern Ukraine to Moscow. The OSCE will likely be drawn into murky discussions about responsibility for incidents while struggling with security threats and layers of disinformation from all sides. Monitors will be consumed by daily mini-crises as the region slips further from Kiev's control.
Quickly assembling a staff means relying on secondments from OSCE states. Westerners will participate but so will Russians appointed by their government and likely reporting to it. Ukraine, as the country being monitored, will not have its nationals represented in the mission or shaping its reports. Although international officials will keep affirming Ukraine's "territorial integrity", monitors will in effect serve as tripwires restraining Ukrainian authorities from using force to regain sovereignty.
OSCE's well-focused election observation missions have gained wide and deserved respect, but its ability to resolve separatist conflicts is limited. Unarmed monitors can defuse small issues and promote calm. But locals know that the guys with guns are the real powers and an OSCE mission will not stop eastern Ukraine from becoming another unresolved separatist conflict in Europe – or, perhaps, Russia's newest province.
Elisabeth Brocking
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
• As John Pilger rightly states, Nato has surrounded Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union (Nato's action plan is right out of Dr Strangelove, 18 April) and is stoking up confrontation between Japan and China. This places us on a collision course not only with China and Russia but also with Iran and those areas in the Middle East with which Iran has an alliance. Meanwhile, the British government has been inviting both Russia and China to take controlling stakes in new nuclear power stations. Well, perhaps it will think again about Russia. When will it realise that, due to its own actions with Nato, China is an equally inappropriate partner when it comes to nuclear power? All we need is the nuclear factor included in Nato's plans and the nightmare of Dr Strangelove is complete.
Linda Rogers
Beaumaris, Ynys Mon
• To suggest that the ordinary Ukrainians who demonstrated against the corruption and creeping authoritarianism of Victor Yanukovych's government were simply dupes of the US is insulting in the extreme. Far from being the gang of rampaging fascists portrayed by John Pilger, the interim government has behaved with remarkable restraint under intense provocation. As for the charge of antisemitism, last month 21 Ukrainian Jewish leaders refuted claims that the new government was antisemitic and expressed support for Ukraine's national sovereignty.
Finally, Nato has not "taken over" any country or region. Several independent countries in eastern Europe have freely chosen to join Nato to ensure their mutual security.
J Bourn
• Your editorial (19 April) seemed to imply that the Russian president is the cause of all the unrest, ignoring the fact that the majority of the population in many of the towns in eastern Ukraine do not want to be governed by Kiev and are rather scared of the anti-Russian message of this new (and unelected) government.
Andrew Lee-Hart
Wallasey, Cheshire
• Any effort to subdue the largely Russian-speaking population in eastern Ukraine by force is doomed to fail (Report, 17 April). Ukrainians from east and west are all ethnically related and largely share the same Orthodox Christian religion. The current government was created via a western-backed putsch that unseated the elected government there and is therefore not considered legitimate by millions of Ukrainians. No amount of tanks, warplanes, propaganda and soldiers will convince them otherwise. Now is the time to foster talks with Russia, Ukraine, western Europe and the US to work out a solution that is agreed upon by all parties. We might also want to consider cantonising Ukraine as was done in Bosnia. The only other alternative will be civil war.
Dr Michael Pravica
Henderson, Nevada, USA
• "Violence and the big lie" is a neo-soviet combination, says Timothy Garton Ash (Putin has more fans than the west might think, 17 April). It is certainly a neocon combination and perfectly sums up the Iraq war.
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"When does 670 + 670 = 680?" When ATi slaps two RV670 together that is! Twice the graphical ability on a single slot. Sounds cool? Not till you overclock it, like a true-blue VR-Zone reader. Now includes a new memory voltage modification, as well as el-cheapo tricks to maximise performance.
Multi-GPU technology has come a long way in consumer graphics acceleration. A while ago, we looked at 3-Way SLI (courtesy of Asus) and emphasised the importance of system power in driving the Multi-GPU graphical subsystem. Multi-GPU systems also often necessitate the use of specific motherboard chipsets that support a particular brand of multi-GPU solution. This is understandably, an anal situation for consumers who seek to upgrade their graphics without switching chipsets. What use is the constant marketing blabber on the goodness of HD gaming when upgrading graphics acceleration for HD displays is an issue?
While industry watchers may comment that the discrete graphics acceleration market is far from saturated, two strongholds are all it takes for an almighty pixel warfare to break out. The need for a single-card, motherboard chipset independent graphics acceleration product becomes apparent. Previously, Asus, Galaxy and Sapphire have pushed out products utilising two GPUs on a single expansion card, yet these unacknowledged products were merely the technological equivalent of a warhead parade – taunts that instilled fear in enemies and drew new allies.
This creates the niche for multi-GPU (read: dual-GPU) solutions which don't require hardware upgrades other than the graphics accelerator itself. Before the GeForce 9800GX2 hits the market (or NDA for that matter), AMD has already sneaked it's 3870X2 into stores around the globe.
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Each style is listed with the label's sizing, supplemented by our own experience in testing the socks, if we find that extra information to be useful or different from the label. We encourage you to drop us a line with your measurements if you're having trouble figuring out what will work best for you. Check out this Sock Journal post for tips on which measurements we need!
Sock sizing is an odd thing, and after all these years, we still don't have it fully figured out… When a label says "size 9-11", it doesn't necessarily mean shoe size. This range is typically intended to fit US women's shoe sizes 4-11 or something close to that, but we all know that isn't always true! Then there's the labeling that covers your height and weight, but everybody's weight is distributed differently, so this is not much help either. Unfortunately, we have found it very difficult to find socks or stockings that stretch over 23 inches, even when custom made (although many of our Dreamer Socks will now fit beyond that!). Cotton is easiest to stretch and can be further loosened by wetting the fabric and pulling the tops occasionally as they dry.
Kids Sizes: This is a newer area for us, and there is limited information about whom these smaller socks are meant to fit. Feel free to give us your feedback based on personal experience or working knowledge, and we'll continue to upgrade this growing section!
Smaller Feet: Feet smaller than about a women's size 7 can find the average sock to be too loose, but they often fit into kids sizes. We've had many of our house brand DreaM Stockings made in smaller versions to fit the petite-footed among us. (We also have options for Larger Feet, as well as a category for Tube-Style socks that will fit any size foot!)
Men's Sizes: A size larger than the standard women's range, these are usually labeled for men's shoe size 10-13 and often fit men's U.S. shoe sizes 8-12 best. (When converting women's sizes to men's, just subtract two, e.g. women's 11 = men's 9).
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Black/Purple is 50% nylon, 50% polyester
Hand wash, drip dry.
We hope Leg Avenue introduces the Plus Size in more colors, but right now it is only available in Black & White. So far it looks like they do take dye pretty well, just not as vibrantly as a higher nylon content stocking. We've got some DIY dyeing tips in our Sock Journal for a how-to if you want to give it a try!
This style is labeled as a thigh high, but these tend to be more of an OTK on most legs. They do reach the thighs, they just don't always stay there. Sock glue or garter belts may help. They do stay above the knees without assistance. The longer your legs and the wider your calves, the lower these will reach.
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Label says one size 90-160 pounds.
We found they have about 24 inches stretch at the cuff and a little more in the body of the stocking. The cuffs on these do tend to roll.
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@jumpbackjackLocale: Armpit of California
This is kind of interesting, looks comfortable, and roomy, just a little on the heavy side.
It's an enclosed hammock he is selling for over 1K..yipes.
@towalyLocale: Smoky Mtns.
There would be no chance of finding anyplace to set that thing up in any of the woods around where I live.
It simply requires too much open space, which is typically not available in the woods.
I like the comments on YouTube. Impractical, heavy, unrealistic. Sounds like here.
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
nice comparsion Ken.
@speltLocale: SW/C PA
It fits more into a tiny house category, and is reasonably priced for that, although there are more practical options for not much more money.
@ollyiskLocale: Germany
Aside from the other issues, it's worth noting that this tent will also cause damage to the trees they hang them from unless they're putting a pad on the tree to protect its trunk from the grosgrain straps. Kind of like the issues that slacklining creates.
@xsteviexLocale: Adirondacks
this is pretty funny to me.
@jumpbackjackLocale: Armpit of California
I do like the concept, but like some have mentioned it's to heavy, exspensive and probably would cause damage to the tress with those big straps.
I just posted this to see what kind of a rise I could get out of people, you have to admit if this was scaled down for backpacking with lighter weights, less aggresive straps, and a decent price point, a lot of us would be all over this, cool concept though.
The first thing that came to mind for me was, someones going to hang themselves on those straps on a late night pee break. LOL
@ljamesbLocale: London UK, Greenville USA
ha ha, I kinda like them. Would be fun to pitch one high up, and then climb up to enter it using a rope ladder. They are probably wildly impractical for most situations, but the video made me smile.
The only problem is, you could just do the same thing using using a cliff tent, but this would probably cause near to no damage to the trees if you pitched carefully from multiple trees. That makes me want to buy a cliff tent :D. Does anyone know the lightest one available?
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It's curious how it can only take seven days to become accustomed to something. By the following Monday, it's like we've always had lunch in the gazebo.
Some people bring things to pad the benches with, and then continue to cover the floor with what remains.
The weather forecasts rain, so kids start creating walls by sewing old clothes together and pinning them to the roof of the gazebo. We have so many unused blankets in our house, so I share them between me and Anna. Then I realise that all this material is going to absorb water, so I dig out every shower curtain and item of waterproof clothing we've ever owned, share them with Anna, and use my half to protect our section from the weather.
By the end of the month, we've created a cosy little den, the only problem being that it's a bit dark in places
I'm scrubbing scum from the tiles in the bathroom when the seventh crash since the fire sounds from Seb's room. It's become really annoying. There's not a weekend I don't spend worrying that he's really hurt himself.
Today, it is the last straw.
I refill my bowl with soap and hot water, then slide it to outside his door.
"Seb, let me in please."
"Seb, I swear. Let me in or I'll-"
"For god's sake, Lola! Just wait a second!" He yells.
So I wait. For five minutes. Then I just go in because that room hasn't been cleaned for three months.
"Jesus Christ, Sebastian, what have you been doing in here?"
His furniture is everywhere. His window is smashed and and one of his wardrobe doors has been put in its place. The sofa-bed has got one foot missing, and doesn't seem to be able to fit the 'bed' part of the title any more. Quite a lot of plaster is missing from one wall and his wardrobe has been tipped over. There is dirt and clothes everywhere.
"I said wait," Seb mutters.
"There's a weird smell in here..." I put the bowl down ans start moving things. Behind his wardrobe, I find a bunch of rotting food. "Go for a walk and take at least an hour unless you want me to tell mum about this."
It seems childish to threaten to tell on him, but with our mum it's different. Eat it or die with her.
Normally, she's too drunk to remember whether she's made the food or not, so she wrongly assumes that she has. And because of how drunk she is, she overreacts immensely whenever one of us doesn't eat it. She will literally force it down our throats.
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Delhi: Youth Rams Car into Pedestrians, Kills 2
In a case of drunk driving, a youth rammed his car into pedestrians in Delhi's Janakpuri area. Two people, including a senior citizen, have been killed in the incident. One person has been injuured and taken to hospital. The accused youth, who is a 21-year-old BBA student, has been arrested.Kamala Sripada, June 13, 2016, 8:48 pm explore: India
This Church in Delhi is Helping the Poor Beat the Heat
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72-yr-old man joins Swachh Delhi movement, uses app to spot garbage, upload pictures
Since the launch of the Swacch Delhi mobile app, thousands of Delhiites have taken up the call to spot garbage around the city and lodge their complaints online. 72-yr-old Gulshan Rai from Janakpuri has also joined the movement to Spot, Click and Upload.Meghnad Bose, November 25, 2015, 2:00 pm explore: India
It's an 'aam' affair in aam aadmi's Delhi
The most popular mangoes this year were Langra, Chausa, Amrapali, Rataul, Hussainara, Ramkela, Kesar, Fazri and Mallika.Dipannita Saha, July 8, 2015, 7:57 pm explore: India
Delhi polls: 107-year-old woman casts her vote from Janakpuri
107-year-old Javati Devi cast her vote from Janakpuri as polling began for the 70-member Delhi assembly at 8 am on Saturday amid tight security. The over 1.33 crore electorate will decide the fate of 673 candidates.February 7, 2015, 10:03 am explore: India
Nepal set for Modi's Janakpur visit despite cancellation fears
Modi will be leaving India on November 25 to attend the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu on November 26-27.November 21, 2014, 4:22 pm explore: India
Amidst protest by political parties in Nepal, PM Modi's visit to Hindu goddess Sita's birthplace cancelled
Modi will be leaving on November 25 to attend the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu on November 26-27.November 20, 2014, 9:46 pm explore: India
Did an intensive social media campaign help this couple find their missing daughter?
Three-year-old Jahnvi, who went missing from the capital, is now back with her family after eight days. But there are still no clear answers on where she was. As Jhanvi returned with her head shaved, there are some who are suggesting the intense social media campaign to find her spooked her abductors?Saahil Menghani, October 6, 2014, 9:24 pm explore: India
Kidnapping case: Thank the media and police for helping us, says 3-year-old girl's mother
Three-year-old Jahnvi who went missing from India Gate on September 28 was found in Janakpuri on Sunday. Jahnvi was found with her head shaved and a placard around her neck at a market. The placard had her name and her father's mobile number.October 6, 2014, 4:43 pm explore: India
Delhi: 3-year-old Jhanvi reunites with her family after a week
Jhanvi's father said, " We are very happy that our daughter has been returned to us. It's like our daughter has been born again. "Priyanka Dube, October 6, 2014, 10:16 am explore: India
Delhi: 3-year-old child, who went missing a week ago from India Gate, found
A 3-year-old child who went missing from India Gate a week ago has been found in Janakpuri area of New Delhi on Sunday.October 5, 2014, 11:11 pm explore: India
News 360: Woman exposes school's negligence after child consumes chemical
In a disturbing incident, one that would make every parent uncomfortable, a school in west Delhi dumped a critically ill child home instead of admitting him to an ICU despite the doctors' advice.Palki S Upadhyay, August 21, 2014, 9:22 pm explore: India
Woman turns CJ to expose school's negligence after child consumes chemical
The parents of the critically ill child said that the school did not admit the child to hospital despite being advised by doctors to do so.Sohini Guharoy, August 21, 2014, 8:20 pm explore: Citizen Journalist
School booked for negligence as child consumes toxic substance
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Two held for raping Ugandan woman in Delhi
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Best Night Ever [Blu-ray] [English] [2014]
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A Las Vegas bachelorette party becomes a sex-and-booze fueled fiasco in this outrageous comedy from parody specialists Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg (Vampires Suck, The Starving Games). Claire is about to get married, but before her vows are spoken, her sister Leslie and their friends Zoe and Janet vow to give her one last wild night on the town. As the liquor starts to flow, the young ladies quickly shed their inhibitions. But in a city like Las Vegas good luck can quickly turn bad, and after getting mugged on the street and ejected from a strip club, the ladies end up in a shady corner of the city that few tourists ever see. Meanwhile, they're just getting started. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Is there ever enough?
I must ask you this once,
Does time make you tough?
The clock ticks down to the hour,
How long has it been since you had a good laugh?
Why must you cry? Why must you beg? Time is all we really have,
This is not a hiccup, this is not a cough;
Please dear one, listen to me now-
Through this hard time you must plough
Like a bank of snow caught in your driveway.
You can't turn back the hand of time,
Only your heart can move you forward,
The hand ticks slowly onward bound to its prime,
Isn't it time that you stopped being a coward?


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|December 15, 37
|Nero Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius' death
|April 15, 68
|Gaius Maecenas an ally, friend and political advisor to Octavian as well as an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. During the reign of Augustus, Maecenas served as a quasi-culture minister to the Emperor
|October 15, 70
|Virgil an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. A number of minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana, are sometimes attributed to him
|December 15, 130
|Lucius Verus Roman Emperor from 161 to 169. He ruled with Marcus Aurelius as co-emperor from 161 until his own death in 169
|March 15, 270
|Saint Nicholas a historic 4th-century Christian saint and Greek Bishop of Myra in Lycia. Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, and thus became the model for Santa Claus, whose modern name comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas, itself from a series of elisions and corruptions of the transliteration of "Saint Nikolaos". His reputation evolved among the faithful, as was common for early Christian saints. In 1087, part of the relics were furtively translated to Bari, in Apulia, Italy; for this reason, he is also known as Nikolaos of Bari. The remaining bones were taken to Venice in 1100. His feast day is 6 December
|November 15, 459
|B'utz Aj Sak Chiik a king of the Maya city of Palenque. He took the throne on 29 July 487, reigning until his death
|August 15, 723
|Ō no Yasumaro a Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat, and chronicler. He may have been the son of Ō no Honji , a participant in the Jinshin War of 672
|September 15, 767
|Saichō a Japanese Buddhist monk credited with founding the Tendai school in Japan, based around the Chinese Tiantai tradition he was exposed to during his trip to China beginning in 804. He founded the temple and headquarters of Tendai at Enryaku-ji on Hiei near Kyoto. He is also said to have been the first to bring tea to Japan. After his death, he was awarded the posthumous title of Dengyō Daishi
|August 15, 778
|Roland a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed by rebellious Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass
|September 15, 786
|Al-Ma'mun an Abbasid caliph who reigned from 813 until his death in 833. He succeeded his brother al-Amin who was killed during the siege of Baghdad
|August 15, 866
|Robert I of France the king of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his succession to the kingdom he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He succeeded the Carolingian king Charles the Simple, who in 898 had succeeded Robert's brother Odo
|October 15, 975
|Oberto I an Italian count palatine and margrave and the oldest known member of the Obertenghi family. He was, by heredity, Count of Milan from 951. Otbert's father was Margrave Adalbert, about whom nothing is known other than his name and title
|June 15, 992
|Michael I of Kiev (metropolitan) a saint and the first Metropolitan of Kiev and All-Rus' from 988-992. June 15 and September 30 are dedicated to him on the Julian Calendar
|January 15, 1096
|Theodora Komnene Angelina a Byzantine noblewoman, being the fourth daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos and Irene Doukaina. She married admiral Constantine Angelos, by whom she had seven children. Byzantine emperors Alexios III Angelos and Isaac II Angelos were her grandsons, thereby making her an ancestress of the Angelos dynasty
|June 15, 1123
|Eustace Grenier an important crusader lord, and Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
|December 15, 1128
|Fulco I Margrave of Milan the ancestor of the Italian line of the House of Este.
|January 15, 1151
|Elias II Count of Maine the younger son of Fulk V of Anjou and his first wife, Eremburga, daughter of Elias I of Maine. There is debate as to whether he was ever count of Maine
|August 15, 1171
|Alfonso IX of León king of León and Galicia from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. According to Ibn Khaldun , he is said to have been called the Baboso or Slobberer because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth
|August 15, 1195
|Anthony of Padua Saint Anthony of Padua, O.F.M. also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. Though he died in Padua, Italy, he was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon. Noted by his contemporaries for his forceful preaching and expert knowledge of scripture, he was the second-fastest canonized saint and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church on 16 January 1946. He is also the patron saint of finding things or lost people
|January 15, 1208
|Pierre de Castelnau born in the diocese of Montpellier.
|October 15, 1218
|Hulagu Khan a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia. Son of Tolui and the Kerait princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan
|December 15, 1242
|Prince Munetaka the sixth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan who reigned from 1252 to 1266.
|July 15, 1249
|Heinrich von Hohenlohe the seventh Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving between 1244 and 1249. He was the son of one of the richest and most powerful feudal lords in Württemberg and had four brothers and one sister
|August 15, 1250
|Matteo I Visconti the son of Teobaldo Visconti and Anastasia Pirovano.
|September 15, 1254
|Marco Polo a Venetian merchant traveller whose travels are recorded in Livres des merveilles du monde , a book that introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned the mercantile trade from his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo, who travelled through Asia, and met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned and dictated his stories to a cellmate. He was released in 1299, became a wealthy merchant, married, and had three children. He died in 1324 and was buried in the church of San Lorenzo in Venice
|October 15, 1265
|Temür Khan Emperor Chengzong of Yuan considered as the sixth Great Khan of the Mongols in Mongolia. He was an able ruler of the Yuan, and his reign established the patterns of power for the next few decades. His name means "blessed iron Khan" in the Mongolian language
|July 15, 1273
|Ewostatewos an important religious leader of the Ethiopian Church. He was a forceful advocate for the Ethiopian form of observing the Sabbath. His followers, known as the House of Ewostatewos , have been a historic force in the Ethiopian church
|March 15, 1275
|Margaret of England Duchess of Brabant the tenth child and seventh daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile. Her husband was John II, Duke of Brabant, whom she married in 1290; the year of her mother's death. Margaret and John had one child, John III, Duke of Brabant
|August 15, 1275
|Lorenzo Tiepolo Doge of Venice from 1268 until his death.
|April 15, 1282
|Frederick IV Duke of Lorraine the Duke of Lorraine from 1312 to his death.
|December 15, 1291
|Aymon Count of Savoy Count of Savoy from 1329 to 1343.
|January 15, 1292
|Joan II Countess of Burgundy the eldest daughter and heiress of Otto IV, Count of Burgundy, and Mahaut, Countess of Artois, and was Queen of France as the wife of Philip V of France.
|April 15, 1303
|Catherine of Valois (1303–1346) titular Empress of Constantinople from 1308 to her death as Catherine She was Princess consort of Achaea and Taranto, and also regent of Achaia from 1332 to 1341, and Governor of Cephalonia from 1341 to her death.
|November 15, 1316
|John I of France a Capetian King of France and Navarre, and Count of Champagne, as the posthumous son and successor of Louis the Quarreler, for the five days he lived. He thus had the shortest undisputed recognized reign of any French king. The son of Louis the Quarreler and Clementia of Hungary, sister of Charles I of Hungary, he is the only person to be King of France since birth, and thus, the youngest King of France and the only person to have been King of France during his entire lifetime
|March 15, 1327
|Albert of Schwarzburg a member of the Saxon–Thuringian House of Schwarzburg who became a member of the Knights Hospitaller, rising to be marshal and grand preceptor of the Order, and fighting with success against the Turks.
|June 15, 1330
|Edward the Black Prince the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall , the Prince of Wales and the Prince of Aquitaine
|July 15, 1353
|Vladimir the Bold the most famous prince of Serpukhov. His moniker alludes to his many military exploits committed in the wars waged by his cousin, Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow
|August 15, 1357
|Charles I Lord of Monaco Lord of Monaco and the founder of the Grimaldi dynasty.
|April 15, 1366
|Henry IV of England King of England and Lord of Ireland. He was the tenth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke /ˈbɒlɪŋbrʊk/. His father, John of Gaunt, was the third son of Edward III, and enjoyed a position of considerable influence during much of the reign of Henry's cousin Richard II, whom Henry eventually deposed. Henry's mother was Blanche, heiress to the considerable Lancaster estates, and thus he became the first King of England from the Lancaster branch of the Plantagenets
|July 15, 1369
|Antonio Correr the son of Filippo Correr and Cassandra Venier. He was Cardinal-nephew of Gregory XII, Pope of the Roman Obedience in the period of the Great Western Schism, eldest brother of Filippo Correr. He was also cousin of Pope Eugene IV, son of his father Filippo's sister Bariola and Angelo Condulmer. His last name is listed also as Corrario and Corraro
|February 15, 1377
|Ladislaus of Naples King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily, titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier , and titular King of Hungary and Croatia. He was the last male of the senior Angevin line
|August 15, 1385
|Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford the son and heir of Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford. He took part in the trial of Richard, Earl of Cambridge and Lord Scrope for their part in the Southampton Plot, and was one of the commanders at Agincourt in 1415
|May 15, 1397
|Sejong the Great the fourth king of Joseon. Born with family name Yi , given name Do , family origin Jeonju , sobriquet Wonjeong. Posthumous name is Sejong. Posthumous title, abbreviated, is JangHun Great King , and official title is Sejong Jangheon Yeongmun Yemu Inseong Myeonghyo Daewang. He was the third son between King Taejong and Queen-Consort Min. He was designated as heir-apparent, Grand Prince, after his older brother Jae was stripped of his title. He ascended to the throne in 1418. During the first four years of his reign, Taejong governed as regent, and this was when his father-in-law, Shim Ohn, and his close associates were executed
|November 15, 1397
|Pope Nicholas V Pope from 6 March 1447 until his death in 1455. The Pontificate of Nicholas saw the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. He is the last pope to take the name "Nicholas" upon his election
|August 15, 1402
|Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham an English nobleman. A great-grandson of King Edward III on his mother's side, he was a military commander in the Hundred Years' War and in the Wars of the Roses
|January 15, 1432
|Afonso V of Portugal King of Portugal and the Algarves. His sobriquet refers to his conquests in Northern Africa
|August 15, 1432
|Luigi Pulci converted to Christianity by Orlando and follows the knight in many adventures.
|December 15, 1447
|Albert IV Duke of Bavaria from 1467 Duke of Bavaria-Munich, from 1503 Duke of the reunited Bavaria.
|April 15, 1452
|Leonardo da Vinci an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. His genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". According to art historian Helen Gardner, the scope and depth of his interests were without precedent and "his mind and personality seem to us superhuman, the man himself mysterious and remote". Marco Rosci states that while there is much speculation about Leonardo, his vision of the world is essentially logical rather than mysterious, and that the empirical methods he employed were unusual for his time
|March 15, 1455
|Pietro Accolti an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He was born in Florence, the son of Benedetto Accolti the Elder, and died at Rome


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The 2000 MR2 Spyder was a big hit when it was first released; the fact that only 5,000 were produced increased the demand. Drivers found it to have excellent handling and an acceptable amount of power, despite the small engine. The new, expensive-looking styling was also very popular. Many drivers complain about the near-total lack of storage space. Some wish for a six-speed transmission.
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A recent report from KGI anticipates an A9 processor, 16GB of storage, NFC, Touch ID, and 2GB of RAM internally, which will make it extremely fast, especially with the fewer amount of pixels to push compared to Apple's larger iPhones. Many, including China Times, expected the iPhone 6C to be released last year, but KGI also was the first to suggest a H1 2016 launch.
A series of Chinese reports noted that a larger 1,642mAh battery is in the cards for the 6C– an upgrade from the battery in the 5s– but support for 3D Touch is likely not. That's a feature Apple will likely want to reserve as a highlight feature of its flagship handsets for some time. And the reports again suggested that the 6c will get Touch ID and an NFC chip to support Apple Pay.
Our Mark Gurman exclusively reported that Apple would be having a March 2015 event where Apple Watch 2 would be revealed and an iPhone 6c would be a likely second billing.
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Middlesex deposed Yorkshire as the early-season leaders in the County Championship by completing a comfortable win over Northamptonshire at the County Ground, where Toby Roland-Jones, a seam bowler who could not get in the side at the start of the season, finished with the remarkable accomplishment of four career-bests in the same match.
Having taken 6 for 55 with the ball in Northamptonshire's first innings, improving on his 6 for 63 against Nottinghamshire last summer, he took 6 for 50 as the home side were dismissed for 176 in their second innings, giving him match figures of 12 for 105, which also put him in new territory, as had his 60 off 30 balls with the bat.
It means that Middlesex are now 19 points clear at the top, although all the other First Division teams have played a match fewer.
Chris Rogers, the Middlesex captain, gave Roland-Jones due credit, although within a context of bluntly Australian realism. "We know what Toby is capable of," Rogers said. "When he is at his best he is an exceptional bowler but he's probably gone missing a bit for a little while and he will admit that.
"But this was as well as I have seen him bowl for a couple of years," he added. "He was getting it in the right place and looked like taking a wicket every ball, and not many bowlers can say they could do that on a flat wicket like the one we have had here."
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Rogers played down Middlesex's claim to be title contenders, even after four wins in six matches. "We are going to come up against teams stronger on paper than Northants and we have not played great cricket consistently," he said. "Tests will be coming thick and fast – we have Sussex in the next game and they have turned us over already this season. We will have a bit more of an idea after that one."
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IN TOUCH Magazine is reporting that Alexsandra Wright, the mother of Mathew Knowles' son Nixon may be moving to an LA-area homeless shelter. She exclusively tells the magazine that she and their 4-year-old son, Nixon, are financially struggling — and no one in the Knowles family has offered to help find them a home.
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On March 3, a judge ruled that because Mathew, 63, lost his gig as his superstar daughter's manager in 2011, his child support payments should be retroactively reduced, from $12,000 to $2,400 per month. As a result, Knowles doesn't have to make another payment for almost two years.
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By FRANCO PANIZO
A new era in U.S. Soccer is soon to begin, and with it comes a clean slate for Americans everywhere.
With a friendly against Mexico looming, the portion of Americans Abroad already in action will want to make a good first impression on their soon-to-be named national team coach in order to earn consideration.
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More established national team players also aren't free from needing to make a statement. Steve Cherundolo, who has continued to play well despite being on the wrong side of 30, begins his new season with Hannover 96 in a first-round DFB Pokal match against Anker Wismar.
Another fullback likely to play in the German tournament is Timmy Chandler. The versatile 21-year-old and FC Nurnberg play Arminia Bielefeld in a game that could make or break a call-up to the U.S. team for the Mexico match, one that U.S. fans will surely want to see him in given the circumstances that transpired at the Gold Cup.
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Michael Bradley and Borussia Moenchengladbach play SSV Jahn Regensburg in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Bobby Wood and TSV 1860 Munich play VfL Osnabruck in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Sacha Kljestan and RSC Anderlecht play OH Leuven.
Maurice Edu and Rangers play St Johnstone.
Dominic Cervi and Celtic play Dunfermline Athletic.
Matt Taylor and SC Paderborn 07 play Rot Weiss Ahlen in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Timmy Chandler and FC Nurnberg play Arminia Bielefeld in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
David Yelldell and Bayer Leverkusen play Dynamo Dresden in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Ricardo Clark and Eintracht Frankfurt play Hallescher FC in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Eugene Starikov and FC Tom Tomsk play Terek Grozny.
Michael Parkhurst and FC Nordsjaelland play FC Copenhagen.
Gale Agbossoumonde and Djurgadens IF play Malmo FF.
Josh Gatt, Sean Cunningham and Molde FK play Valerenga.
Jonathan Bornstein and Tigres UANL play Queretaro.
Joe Corona and Club Tijuana play Monterrey.
Sonny Guadarrama and Atlante play Santos Laguna.
Michael Orozco and San Luis play Herculez Gomez and Estudiantes Tecos.
Steve Cherundolo and Hannover 96 play Anker Wismar in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Edson Buddle and FC Ingolstadt 04 play FC Oberneuland 1948 in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Luis Robles and Karlsruher SC play Alemannia Aachen in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Daniel Williams and SC Freiburg play SpVgg Unterhaching in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Alfredo Morales and Hertha Berlin play ZFC Meuselwitz in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Jermaine Jones and Schalke 04 play FC Teningen in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Clarence Goodson and Brondby IF play AC Horsens.
Alejandro Bedoya and Orebro SK play Gefle IF.
Mix Diskerud and Stabaek IF play IK Start.
DaMarcus Beasley and Puebla play Jose Torres and Pachuca.
Edgar Castillo and America play Toluca.
Adrian Ruelas and Jaguares de Chiapas play Chivas de Guadalajara.
Chris Rolfe, Marcus Tracy and Aalborg BK play FC Midtjylland.
Ryan Miller and Halmstads BK play GAIS.
Samuel Petrone and Mjallby AIF play Kalmar FF.
Which matches are you most looking forward to? Do you see Torres playing himself back into national team consideration? Expecting another strong season from Cherundolo and Hannover? Eagerly waiting to see more of Chandler?
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Biased much Franco? Beasley is in need of a comeback too and he is someone who has shown he can make a significant contribution at the international level?
Now that Bobby has been put to bed, I hope Mikey has a season to remember.
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Whats the over/under for how many goals Matt Taylor scores this weekend? 7? 8?
Is there anything happening with either Jermaine Jones or Michael Bradley as far as their club situation goes? We need both of them getting consistent quality minutes.
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I hope that the new coach start looking at our players aboard and here in the MLS. The USSF need to start making a lots of Friendly with lower team and Team that are World Cup contender. Start calling a mixed of player from everywhere and I mean aboard and MLS. Young players mixed with some good Veterans. I think is time to build a team around Adu or Holden our new number 10. The list of American Aboard is way way more. especially with all this German/American born.
Paco torres has looked horrible the last year.
I hope who ever is the coach does a domestic and european camp to identify talent both in europe and MLS
Jones just got back to Schalke and played in a charity match, but they are looking to sell him due to his huge contract. There was interest in Russia reported. Bradley seems to be training away from the squad, not played in any of the first team friendlies, not in the squad for today's game and is basically waiting for someone to buy him. He already turned down Spartak Moscow. I assume both of these guys will have new clubs by September, but their current clubs will probably have to lower their transfer fee demands.
Forgot to mention, Bradley's agent has been angling for a move to serie A but so far there haven't been any clear bidders, though Bologna and Napoli have been linked to him. Greg Seltzer said there were a couple Bundesliga teams after him, but BMG was asking for too much $. So far only Spartak met their demands and Bradley turned them down.
German press is reporting that Michael Bradely will not accompany the team to SSV Jahn Regensburg for the first round of the DFB Pokal. I've seen a few stories this week in the German press quoting the Gladbach coach and general manager saying that they are aware MB is looking for a new team, and that the Gladbach is proceeding as if MB will not be around this season. The team is desperately hoping to get some money out of an MB transfer, otherwise not sure what will happen with him if he remains on the payroll–either try to bring him back in the fold or pay him for sitting in the stands. A lot of Glabach fans writing in forums want to see him gone, but some would to give him one more chance.
As for Jones, German news stories have said, and this is hard to believe, that he pulls down 4 million euros a year and I think has a contract through 2014. Apparently Schalke wants to unload the expensive contract, but apparently no one yet nibbling at the steep price.
I agree with the idea we need to build around a true #10, and I agree it needs to be Adu, Holden…or Torres. Somebody who can distribute and create.
Much as I often didn't like Bob's tactics or approach, though, he was very correct in switching to a 4-5-1 because the USA's forward pool is dismal at the moment. Unless you count Dempsey as a forward (and I think our new coach will), right now Altidore remains our best forward and that's not good…you can see real younguns like Agudelo, Omar Salgado, and hopefully Danny Mwanga coming up but while all of those guys have the long-term goods to be big-time strikers they certainly aren't there yet. As they say in football, though, talent will always eventually trump experience, especially if you're willing to give talent experience….
I actually think our new coach has a lot more to work with than people realize…in 2-3 years. Right now, though, it's a lean transition time for Team USA.
Wait…are we actually expecting Euro-based players (Chandler) to be called in for this friendly on 8/10?
I thought it would be all MLS guys since it's right at/near the start of the season in Europe, so those clubs will be in no mood to release guys back to the US.
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Similar to David Yelldell's situation (stepping in as #1 keeper due to injury), Quentin Westberg is the #1 for Ligue 1 side Evian. He's only 25 and has had some huge games in his young career (beat Marseille in the Coup de France last year), so depending on his performaces this season, he may get a look as a #2 or #3 keeper
Especially since we have so few wing options.
Hopefully all the cries of nepotism will disappear.
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I hear ya that we don't have plenty of forward at this moment but I think there are players in the U20 that can play forward, with good control, technical and speed in the U20 and some are int he U17 will be ready for WC18 but we have some good one playing in the MLS. Remember we need a Coach that let the player play with passion, style, and free to show what they can do with out playing like if they are reading a playbook. I think with these new comers from the Youth Systems playing in Europe and MLS some in Mexico. It will be more technical.. Like Gyau, Josh, Wood, Garza, Coner, Chandler, Lleget, Salgado, Bunbury, Agudelo, Starikov, Mixx, Holden, Adu, Edu, Bradley, Shea Come on there are more more player
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A USSF can't get players in for a friendly any more than in the past unless the squad will consist of almost completely non-US-first-team starters. It must be an international date, or the club coach must be accommodating (which they generally are not if the player in question is a starter or a regular sub). In January, MLS players and some northern european based club players can be available, but again some of those european clubs run their own training then and are loathe to have important players miss it. The schedule of friendly games will not change much and not at all if you mean games where the preferred players are available.
Adu does not seem to have the soccer brain for it. Torres can make great passes and is rarely loses possession, but so far can't seem to take charge either at Pachuca or on the nats. Holden is still more of a hustle, hard-work, good tackler kind of player than someone who can lead and pull the strings. Of course, any of those guys might develop into the kind of player you are suggesting they are still fairly young. But it is way too early to ordain any of them as the guy to "build a team around".
Meanwhile, it is not the "star" system we should be looking at, but rather one based upon cohesiveness and teamwork.
Brek Shea is a 10x's better wing option then old, turnover prone DMB.
I think it's an official fifa international friendly date, so clubs will be obliged to let their ppl go.
The one of the best things about Bradley's departure is that we may have a more objective selection of center midfielders. I guess I should not have been so shocked to already see the Torres propaganda machine begin again on SBI.
Holden is a box-to-box midfielder and Torres is a holding midfielder and both are far from number 10s. Adu is far from developed enough to be given the keys of the offense in a number 10 position and from the national team. Add on to the fact that number 10s are coming close to extinct in world football and the idea of building the usmnt around a number 10 won't work.
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I'm here to make your wishes come true! I am ready to have fun and will rock your world!
New location in MW!
Available from 12pm~10:00pm
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