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Increased T-regulatory cells within lymphocyte follicles in moderate COPD
J. Plumb, L. J. C. Smyth, H. R. Adams, J. Vestbo, A. Bentley, S. D. Singh
European Respiratory Journal 2009 34: 89-94; DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100708
J. Plumb
L. J. C. Smyth
H. R. Adams
J. Vestbo
A. Bentley
S. D. Singh
Lymphoid follicles in the lung parenchyma are a characteristic feature of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). There are reports of altered CD4 T-regulatory cell numbers in COPD lungs, but the location of these cells within COPD lung tissue specific follicles has not been investigated.
The presence of CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells was assessed in surgically resected lung tissue from 12 COPD patients, 11 smokers with normal lung function and seven nonsmokers by combined immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry.
Organised lymphoid follicles were observed in all three groups of patients, as well as lymphoid clusters lacking organisation. The percentage of CD4 cells that were T-regulatory cells were significantly increased (p = 0.02) within COPD (16%) follicles compared with smokers (10%) and nonsmokers (8%). In contrast, there was no change (p>0.05) in the percentage of T-regulatory cells in clusters or the subepithelium between groups.
Lymphoid follicles in COPD patients have increased T-regulatory cells. Therefore, T-regulatory activity may be altered within COPD lymphoid follicles.
CD4+FOXP3+
follicles
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by progressive airway inflammation. Altered adaptive immunity is thought to play a role in the pathophysiology of this disease, as increased CD8+ T-cells and B lymphocyte numbers are found in the airways of COPD patients compared with controls 1–3, with the number of these cells also increasing with disease severity 1, 4. It has been proposed that COPD has an autoimmune component 5, 6, but the antigenic stimulation responsible for lymphocyte activation is unclear. Possibilities include pathogens residing in the airways, such as viruses or bacteria, or smoking altering the presentation of self antigens including elastin 4, 6. The regulation of pulmonary lymphocyte activity in COPD patients is not fully understood.
Regulatory T-cells are a subset of CD4 cells that inhibit activated lymphocytes through the release of suppressor molecules, such as interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β, or by cell-to-cell contact mechanisms 7, 8. FOXP3 is a member of the forkhead or winged helix family of transcription factors that is deemed essential for the development and function of T-regulatory cells 9, 10, and is considered the most specific available marker for T-regulatory cells 11, 12.
T-regulatory markers including FOXP3 have been used to show that smokers have increased numbers of T-regulatory cells in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid 13, 14 compared with nonsmokers. One of these studies also showed decreased T-regulatory numbers in COPD patients compared to smokers with normal lung function, suggesting decreased T-regulatory function in COPD. T-regulatory cell numbers have also been reported to be reduced in dispersed lung tissue lymphocytes from emphysema patients compared to controls, associated with reduced whole tissue FOXP3 mRNA levels and IL-10 production, further supporting the concept that T-regulatory function is reduced in COPD patients 6.
Lymphocytes that are attracted to tissue sites of inflammation can form organised structures known as tertiary lymphoid follicles. These have been reported in tissues such as the gut and joints 15, 16, and have also been observed within the lung parenchyma of COPD patients 4, 17. These follicles have a B-cell core with T-cells around the periphery 17. Dendritic cells are also present in these follicles, suggesting that these structures are a site for chronic antigen presentation to lymphocytes 17. It has been suggested that dendritic cells are involved in an aberrant immunological response within COPD follicles 18. To our knowledge, T-regulatory cells in pulmonary lymphoid follicles in COPD patients have not been previously studied.
We studied T-regulatory cell numbers within the lung parenchyma of patients with moderate COPD, focusing on lymphoid follicles. We hypothesised that parenchymal T-regulatory cell numbers would be altered in patients with COPD compared with normal control subjects. Using dual fluorescence immunocytochemistry we described the specific location of CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells within the lung parenchyma of COPD patients.
In total, 30 patients undergoing surgical resection for suspected or confirmed lung cancer (table 1⇓) were recruited. COPD was diagnosed based on a history of smoking for ≥10 pack-yrs, typical symptoms (productive cough, breathlessness or wheeze) and airflow obstruction, defined as forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) <80% predicted, and FEV1/forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio <0.7. These patients were all moderate COPD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage 2). Non-COPD patients were categorised as either smokers or nonsmokers, which included ex-smokers with a pack-yr history of ≤1 yr. All subjects gave written informed consent. The study was approved by the local research ethics committee (South Manchester Research Ethics Committee).
Subject demographics
Tissue sampling and processing
Two tissue blocks were obtained from adjacent areas from the same lung, as far distal to the tumour as possible, then formalin fixed and paraffin embedded. For each patient, both tissue blocks were stained for immunohistochemical analysis. The primary antibodies used were as follows: CD3 (clone PS1, Novocastra, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK), CD4 (clone IF6, Novocastra), CD8 (clone C8/144B, Dako, Glostrup, Germany), CD20 (L26, Vector Labs), CD62L (clone 9H6, Novocastra), and FOXP3 (Ab10563, Abcam, Cambridge, UK).
Lung tissues were cut into 4-µm sections and lifted onto a polysine coated glass slide. Following heat induced epitope retrieval in Tris-EDTA buffer pH 8 (10 mM Tris Base, 1 mM EDTA, 0.5% Tween 20) the lung sections were microwaved for 20 min at 800 W. Primary antibody diluted in 1.5% normal serum (Vector Labs, Peterborough, UK) was applied overnight at 4°C. Endogenous peroxidase was quenched by incubating sections in 3% H2O2 in methanol for 30 mins at room temperature. FOXP3 was detected using biotinylated goat anti-rabbit immunoglobulin (Ig)G secondary antibody (Vector Labs) in conjunction with an avidin-biotin peroxidase complex (Vector Labs) and diaminobenzidine substrate. Sections were counterstained with Meyer's haematoxylin (Sigma, Poole, UK). Omission of primary antibody from staining protocol and substitution of primary antibody with an isotype control antibody (Vector Labs) were used as negative controls.
Combined immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry
Sections were pre-treated with Tris-EDTA buffer pH 8 as described above, blocked with normal goat serum then incubated in either mouse anti-human CD4 (1:10; Novocastra) or mouse anti-human CD62L (1:50; Novocastra) overnight at 4°C. Following detection using Alexa 568 conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG (1:200; Invitrogen, Paisley, UK) sections were washed and incubated in rabbit anti-human FOXP3 (1:800; Abcam) overnight at 4°C and detected as described. Sections were then incubated in 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (Invitrogen) to act as a fluorescent nuclear counterstain. Omission of one or other primary antibody, or both, was carried out on parallel sections to provide controls.
The number of CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells was calculated within inflammatory follicles and clusters, and within the subepithelial layer of small airways; airways devoid of cartilage and glandular tissue and with an internal perimeter <6 mm. To obtain dual label images, bright field and fluorescent images from the same field were captured and digitally merged to determine the CD4+FOXP3+ cells. Digital micrographs were obtained using a Nikon Eclipse 80i microscope (Nikon UK Ltd, Surrey, UK) equipped with a QImaging digital camera (Media Cybernetics, Marlow UK) and ImagePro Plus 5.1 software (Media Cybernetics). Quantification of individual cell counts, follicle size and length of airway luminal perimeter was carried out using the ImagePro Plus 5.1 software. CD4 cells associated with the small airways were counted within an area of 100 µm subepithelial. Cell counts were calculated and standardised to the number of positive cells·mm−2 of the area of interest (cluster, follicle or subepithelia).
Data were not normally distributed, thus three-way comparisons between groups were performed using nonparametric ANOVA. Where significant differences were found by ANOVA, defined as p<0.05, subsequent Mann–Whitney U-tests were performed for two-way comparisons. Analysis was carried out using GraphPad InStat version 3.06 (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA).
Distribution of tertiary lymphoid structures
Tertiary lymphoid follicles were observed within samples from every patient group. Follicles were detected to be associated with the airway walls (fig. 1a⇓) and also as isolated structures within the lung parenchyma (fig. 1b⇓), as previously described 4, 17. These organised follicles were composed of a dense population of cells arranged in concentric layers (fig. 1c–f⇓). The follicles had a large CD20+ B-cell core with an outer layer of CD3+ T-cells, comprising both CD4+ and CD8+ cells. Inflammatory clusters without an organised structure were also observed (fig. 1g⇓ and h). Within clusters, the T-cell population were no longer only associated to an outer layer but also distributed or scattered throughout. The majority of follicles (89.4%; 76 out of 85) and clusters (86.4%; 38 out of 44) were detected within the lung parenchyma, with the remainder associated with the airways (table 2⇓).
Representative images for the immunohistochemical analysis of the inflammatory cell components of tertiary lymphoid follicles and inflammatory clusters, within 4-µm thick sections of human lung tissue. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on serial sections to identify the presence of T-cells, B-cells and macrophages. a) Haematoxylin and eosin staining to illustrate a typical lymphoid follicle associated with a small airway and b) a parenchymal lymphoid follicle. c) 3,3′-diaminobenzidine detection (brown) of CD20+ B-cells (anti-CD20, clone L26) forming a central core. d) CD3+ T-cells (anti-CD3, clone PS1), e) CD4+ T-cells (anti-CD4, clone IF6) and f) CD8+ T-cells (anti-CD8, clone C8/144B) around the periphery of the follicle. Inflammatory clusters were observed that appeared to be less organised than follicles but were also composed of g) T-cells and h) B-cells. All sections were counterstained with Mayer's haematoxylin (blue). a–f) Scale bars = 50 µm; g and h) scale bars = 30 µm.
Distribution of inflammatory follicles and clusters within lung tissue
In the 60 samples from the 30 subjects (i.e. COPD, smokers and nonsmokers combined) a numerical increase in number of follicles per sample was observed in COPD patients, with a trend towards significance (p = 0.068). There was no significant difference in the number of clusters between groups (p = 0.11).
CD4 distribution
ANOVA analysis showed a significant difference between COPD, smokers and nonsmokers in the number of CD4+ cells within follicles (p = 0.004). Mann–Whitney U-tests showed that the number of CD4+ cells were increased in COPD follicles (median 4,390 cells·mm−2) compared with smokers (median 3,370 cells·mm−2; p = 0.0009). Although numerical differences were also observed between the numbers of CD4+ T-cells within COPD and nonsmokers follicles, these were not statistically significant (p = 0.1).
ANOVA analysis showed a significant difference between COPD, smokers and nonsmokers in the number of CD4+ cells in the subepithelia (p = 0.02; table 3⇓). Subsequent Mann–Whitney U-test analysis showed an increase in CD4+ T-cells within COPD subepithelia (median 448 cells·mm−2) compared with smokers (median 200 cells·mm−2; p = 0.015) and nonsmokers (median 260 cells·mm−2; p = 0.04), but no difference (p>0.05) between smokers and nonsmokers.
Distribution of CD4 and CD4+Foxp3+ T-regulatory cells
ANOVA analysis showed no difference between COPD, smokers and nonsmokers in the number of CD4+ cells in clusters.
CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells
CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells were predominantly observed around the periphery of inflammatory follicles (fig. 2a⇓), whereas within clusters the T-regulatory cells were observed to be scattered throughout. The absolute number of CD4+FOXP3+ cells was lower in the subepithelial layer of small airways (fig. 2a–c⇓ and table 3⇑). FOXP3 immunoreactivity was observed to be associated with cell nuclei. All FOXP3+ cells identified were also CD4+. CD8+FOXP3+ cells were not identified (fig. 2f⇓). No immunoreaction product was observed when the FOXP3 primary antibody was omitted from the protocol, or substituted with an isotype control antibody, on adjacent serial sections (fig. 2g⇓ and h).
Representative images for the dual immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence detection of CD4+FOXP+ T-regulatory cells within human lung tissue. Cell nuclei were counterstained with either a–f) 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (blue stain) or g and h) Mayer's haematoxylin (blue stain). a) CD4+ cells were identified using an Alexa-488 conjugated goat anti-mouse secondary antibody (red stain) and FOXP3+ cells were detected using 3,3′-diaminobenzidine following indirect immunohistochemistry (brown stain). b) Increased magnification of the highlighted area in (a) demonstrating the distinct nuclear staining of FOXP3 (brown stain) in cells that are also CD4+ (red stain, indicated by arrow). c) A single CD4+FOXP3+ cell (arrow) detected within an airway submucosa. d) A CD4+FOXP3+ cell detected within a population of CD4+FOXP3- T-cells within an alveolar septum. e) A lymphoid follicle expressing an abundance of CD62L throughout with a few CD62L+FOXP3+ cells (arrow). f) Sub-epithelial FOXP3+ cell (arrow) in close proximity to CD8+FOXP3− cells (red stain). g) FOXP3+ cells detected in an inflammatory foci. h) Substituting anti-FOXP3 primary antibody for an isotype control antibody on an adjacent serial section resulted in no immunoreactivity being detected in the corresponding area. a) Scale bar = 50 µm; g and h) scale bar = 25 µm. a, c, d and e) Green/yellow fluorescence is a result of the intrinsically fluorescent tissue components (elastic fibres and red blood cells). Autofluorescence is distinguished from positive fluorescence by forming a composite image of the red, green and blue channels. Autofluorescence is visible in all three channels and as a result appears as an amalgamation of the three colours, whereas the positive fluorescence is visible in only one channel and appears as the pure colour (red).
There were increased T-regulatory cell numbers in follicles of COPD patients compared with follicles in smokers and nonsmokers, whether expressed as total number or percentage of CD4 cells (table 3⇑). Mann–Whitney U-tests showed that the percentage of CD4+FOXP3+ cells within follicles from COPD (median 160 cells·mm−2) were significantly increased compared with smokers (median 100 cells·mm−2; p = 0.032) and nonsmokers (median 80 cells·mm−2; p = 0.027). There was no difference between smokers and nonsmokers follicles (p = 0.36).
There were no significant differences in T-regulatory cell numbers in clusters or the subepithelium between the groups, whether expressed as total number or percentage of CD4 cells (table 3⇑).
In COPD patients, the percentage of the total CD4 population that were FOXP3+ was significantly increased in the follicles compared with clusters or the subepithelium (table 3⇑). In smokers and nonsmokers there were no differences in the percentage of the total CD4 population that were FOXP3+ between the follicles, clusters and subepithelium (table 3⇑).
CD62L expression by T-regulatory cells
To determine whether the CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells express the secondary-lymphoid tissue-homing receptor CD62L, dual label expression of CD62L and FOXP3 was performed on one block per patient (fig. 2e⇑). There were no significant differences between the percentage of CD62L+FOXP3+ cells between groups (p = 0.68). The median (range) were 47 (6–75)%, 42 (22–50)% and 46 (4–75)% for COPD, smokers and nonsmokers, respectively.
This is the first study to quantify and describe the localisation of CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells within human lung parenchyma of COPD patients. Previous studies have characterised T-regulatory cells from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), dispersed lung cells and peripheral blood 6, 13, 14. The major finding was that CD4+FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells were significantly increased within the inflammatory follicles from moderate COPD patients compared to smokers and nonsmokers with normal lung function.
We observed inflammatory lymphoid aggregates that appeared as unorganised structures (termed clusters) within COPD lung tissue. Similarly, loosely organised intestinal inflammatory clusters that may represent immature follicles have been described 19. We hypothesise that the inflammatory clusters observed in our study may also reflect immature or early stage tertiary lymphoid follicles.
There was an increased proportion of T-regulatory cells within follicles of COPD patients compared to smokers and nonsmokers. However, in clusters and the subepithelia there was no difference in the proportion of T-regulatory cells between the groups. It has been hypothesised that dendritic cells within COPD follicles fail to induce appropriate T-cell responses but instead predominantly induce CD8+ T-cell proliferation 18. These CD8 cells exit the follicles and accumulate within the airways and parenchyma 18. Therefore, the local immune microenvironment within COPD follicles appears to involve a variety of cell types, and our observation also suggests a role for T-regulatory cells within this microenvironment. We speculate that increased T-regulatory cell numbers are present in COPD follicles to suppress the interactions between dendritic cells and T-cells that lead to CD8 proliferation. This hypothesis should be studied further.
Recent studies have also described T-regulatory cells within the tertiary lymphoid follicles of patients with rheumatoid arthritis 15, and in mucosal biopsies of patients with inflammatory bowel disease 16. As follicles have a B-cell core, it has been suggested that FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells can mediate B-cell activity directly 20. We speculate that another possible role for T-regulatory cells in COPD lymphoid follicles is to suppress B-cell activation.
We investigated the numbers of T-regulatory cells within lung tissue, and further studies are needed to address the function of these cells, such as the expression of regulatory cytokines IL-10 and TGF-β. It has been reported that IL-10 production from lung tissue is reduced in COPD patients, suggestive of reduced T-regulatory activity 6. Although we observed increased T-regulatory cells in COPD lymphoid follicles, whether their functional capacity is preserved is a key issue.
Previous studies have shown that smokers have increased numbers of T-regulatory cells compared with nonsmokers in BALF. There is evidence from one study, but not in a study performed by ourselves, that COPD patients have reduced T-regulatory cell numbers compared to smokers with normal lung function. In a different study using dispersed lung lymphocytes, the numbers of T-regulatory cells were decreased in emphysema patients compared to a mixed control group of smokers and nonsmokers. In contrast, our current observations suggest increased T-regulatory cell numbers in COPD patients. The differences between studies may be due to the fact that we specifically studied lymphoid follicles, in contrast to studies that have sampled the airway lumen by lavage. Cells within these distinct compartments may have different characteristics. Previous studies have used CD4CD25high expression by flow cytometry as the principal method for evaluating T-regulatory cell numbers. However, it is known that some CD4CD25high cells are activated rather than regulatory lymphocytes, and the best marker for regulatory T-cells is the one used in the current study, namely FOXP3.
FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells have been categorised as being either secondary-lymphoid homing T-cells or nonlymphoid tissue homing FOXP3+ T-cells 20, 21. Differential expression of trafficking receptors, including CD62L, has been used to distinguish lymphoid homing T-regulatory cells 21. The T-regulatory cells identified in follicles and clusters in the current study expressed CD62L, suggesting T-regulatory cell recruitment akin to that of secondary lymph nodes 21, 22. The presence of COPD did not alter the expression of CD62L, indicating that the increased numbers of T-regulatory cells within COPD follicles was not due to over expression of this trafficking receptor.
Only ∼50% of the FOXP3+ T-regulatory cells were CD62L+, possibly due to chemokine receptor switching that occurs on lymphocytes upon migration to lymphoid organs 21. Antigen presentation within follicles may cause a secondary chemokine receptor switch enabling lymphocytes to migrate efficiently to nonlymphoid tissues 23. Our findings of only 50% of regulatory T-cells expressing CD62L may be due to chemokine receptor switching.
The primary aim of this study was to analyse T-regulatory cell numbers within follicles. We also collected data on the number of follicles in samples from COPD patients and controls. We identified follicles associated with small airways as previously described 4, 17, as well as follicles within the lung parenchyma as previously described 17. However, it was not our intention to further study differences in follicle numbers between groups, as this has been extensively reported elsewhere using larger sample sizes than the current study 4, 17. Furthermore, we only included moderate COPD patients, while previous studies have included a greater range of patients to include severe (GOLD stage 3) and very severe (GOLD stage 4) patients. This is important as Hogg et al. 4 showed that there was a sharp increase in the number of follicles in severe and very severe COPD patients. Bearing in mind the limitation of the current study in terms of range of disease, it is clear that our study does not inform us about anything novel in terms of follicle prevalence. We would stress that we did not set out to investigate this.
Previous studies have shown an increase in follicle numbers in smokers compared with nonsmokers 24, but no difference between smokers and mild-to-moderate COPD 4, 25. Our study showed an increase in T-regulatory cell numbers within follicles in moderate COPD compared with smokers. We speculate that this is an indicator of increased immunological activity within follicles of moderate COPD patients that contain antigen presenting dendritic cells, CD8 cells and large numbers of B-cells. It has been hypothesised that COPD has an autoimmune component 5, 6, and so increased T-regulatory activity in moderate COPD may be expected in an attempt to control autoimmunity. The progression from moderate-to-severe COPD, which is associated with a sharp increase in the number of follicles 4, may arise from a failure of regulatory mechanisms to suppress autoimmunity.
The subjects who participated in this study were undergoing investigations for suspected lung cancer. We cannot totally rule out any effects lung cancer may have had on our results. However, our observations that >80% of tertiary lymphoid follicles were distributed within the lung parenchyma and not bronchus associated lymphoid tissue are in accordance with a recent study that used noncancerous lung tissue from lung reduction surgery and lung transplant patients 17.
In conclusion, we have observed increased proportions of T-regulatory cells within parenchymal follicles in moderate COPD patients. T-regulatory cells in normal conditions regulate ongoing immune responses and prevent autoimmunity. Altered function or numbers of these T regulatory cells are likely to be associated with changes in immune regulation. The exact role of T-regulatory cells within COPD lymphoid follicles requires further attention.
Statement of interest
None declared.
Received July 3, 2008.
Accepted January 20, 2009.
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Many citizens who become unable to work and who apply for disability benefits wait an average of 97 days for Social Security Administration officials to process their claims. This is especially true of citizens who live in eight southeastern states in the agency's Region IV.
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In late 2003, those concerns prompted her to give technology officials 18 months to automate all procedures for processing disability claims and begin using electronic case folders.
The agency's technology executives promised they could meet the June 2005 deadline, despite reservations expressed by systems auditors at the Government Accountability Office. In reports released in March and July, GAO's auditors said the accelerated schedule could produce disastrous results.
"The agency politely disagrees with some of GAO's recommendations," said Bill Gray, SSA's deputy commissioner for systems, as he pointed out features of the agency's new electronic case folder.
SSA officials call the case folder the centerpiece of automated disability claims processing. But the folder's most difficult feature to automate, Gray said, is medical evidence submitted by physicians.
Most medical offices and clinics keep patients' medical records on paper. This practice is a national problem that has contributed to excessive health care costs, according to Robert Kolodner, acting deputy chief information officer for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs. He said policy-makers must try to solve the problem through financial incentives and technical standards.
To digitize medical records for SSA's electronic disability folders, agency officials have contracted with Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) Inc. to scan medical records submitted on paper and transmit them digitally via a secure network to the agency's centralized image databases in Baltimore.
In Mississippi, one of the first states in Region IV to begin processing disability claims electronically, physicians have surpassed initial expectations by digitizing about 40 percent of the medical evidence they submit in support of disability claims.
SSA has experienced dramatic processing efficiencies from receiving digitized medical evidence directly from physicians, Gray said. As recently as June, when the state's physicians and hospitals were submitting about 40 percent of their medical evidence in a digital format directly to the agency's electronic case folder system, the evidence was available for review an average of 14 days after SSA examiners requested it.
In Region IV, where examiners are helping systems developers work out kinks in the new system, administrators said one problem for examiners and physicians is reading lengthy medical evidence online. It takes longer than reviewing the same material on paper, and it causes eyestrain, said Paul Barnes, Region IV commissioner.
"We're going to have an ergonomist look at this issue for us," Barnes said.
Gray also plans to meet in a few weeks with examiners and physicians who have had the most experience using the electronic case folders to ask them to recommend improvements.
It may be that a modification as simple as letting examiners scroll quickly through the online medical evidence instead of navigating one page at a time is the only needed change, Barnes said. "I really think this is a problem we can fix," he said.
Barnes said the ease with which SSA employees have adapted to using electronic folders appears to split along generational lines. Region IV, which already has experienced a wave of the retirements that are anticipated in the next several years throughout the federal government, has a relatively young workforce. "Fifty-five percent of our claims representatives have five years' or less experience," he said.
"For those people, this is a piece of cake because they are very computer literate," Barnes said. "They don't understand why we haven't been doing this forever."
For the other 45 percent who are longtime employees, he said, the switch to the electronic folders, which began more than a year ago, has been difficult until only recently. "But I can honestly say that our more mature staff has now adjusted," he said.
Disability progress report
Each year, about 2.5 million people file claims with the Social Security Administration for disability benefits. Agency officials have promised to deliver fully automated disability claims processing to SSA offices in all 50 states by June 2005. As evidence of their progress toward meeting that deadline, SSA officials said they have:
Equipped SSA field offices/Disability Determination Service offices in 10 states with the necessary technology for exchanging electronic case folders. SSA officials, with technical assistance from Lockheed Martin Corp. employees, created the electronic folder system using IBM Corp.'s WebSphere, Content Manager and Tivoli Access Manager.
Accepted 75,000 disability claims filed via the Internet since SSA officials began offering the service in 2003.
Managed 5.5 million disability claims applications in a central database.
Replaced antiquated Wang processor systems nationwide with new IBM iSeries servers in state offices where officials determine who is eligible for disability payments.
Installed new management systems for processing disability cases at SSA's hearings and appeals offices nationwide.
Source: Social Security Administration
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Breaking News: Playboy To Remove Full Nudity From Magazine
By KC October 13, 2015 February 14th, 2017 No Comments
Imagine McDonald’s ditching the Big Mac, Kleenex getting out of the tissue business, and Starbucks deciding to serve hot chocolate only.
Crazy, right? In no imaginable universe would these staples in our society switch things up by altering the very products that made them famous. Well, brace yourself because we are now living in a world where just that has happened.
The news released earlier today sounds like an internet farce—but it is actually true.
Playboy is removing nudity from its pages.
For over 60 years, the iconic “gentlemen’s magazine”, which pioneered the normalization of pornography in society, has peddled its centerfolds of fully nude women across generations. But now, Playboy is shocking the world by putting (some) clothes on its centerfolds from here on out.
Starting in March of next year, Playboy will no longer feature full nudity in its pages, as part of a massive overhaul of the publication, Playboy said in a statement.
Playboy called it a “redesign,” a “reimagined Playboy magazine [that] will include a completely modern editorial and design approach, and, for the first time in its history, will no longer feature nudity in its pages.” It promised to “continue to publish sexy, seductive pictorials of the world’s most beautiful women, including its iconic Playmates, all shot by some of today’s most renowned photographers.”
The New York Times first broke the story early this morning and interviewed several Playboy executives who admitted that the magazine has been tamed, marginalized, and overthrown by the popularity and normalization of hardcore internet porn.
“That battle has been fought and won,” said Playboy’s chief executive in the article. “You’re now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it’s just passé at this juncture.”
So while the magazine will still feature plenty of airbrushed women in suggestive poses, they will now be “scantily clad” rather than fully nude. The company cleaned up its website last year and saw traffic quadruple. Now Playboy is going to do the same with its magazine, which can still be found inside plastic wrappers and behind protective blinders at convenience stores and gas stations across the country.
With the well-documented porn culture that has become a part of our daily lives today, this giant reversal by Playboy makes sense. The magazine essentially cannibalized itself by making pornography routine, which inevitably created competitors in the porn market. Playboy was quickly locked in a head to head battle with other magazines who began featuring more graphic female nudity, which pushed Playboy to also become more extreme to stay in the game, according to “Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality,” by Gail Dines, Bob Jensen and Ann Russo.
Playboy eventually toned down its photos to try and retrieve its former “girl next door” reputation, but it was too late for a business that would eventually face the ultimate executioner: the internet. Suddenly, the most graphic porn imaginable was all available online, completely free. Soon, Playboy’s print circulation, which was at an incredible 5.6 million in 1975, tanked to its present figure of 800,000.
“In the end, Playboy crashed against two immovable barriers,” wrote John Biggs of TechCrunch. “First, the Internet made porn commonplace and Playboy’s brand of erotica or ‘pictorials’ as tame as a church pot luck. Second, none of the major carriers of online content allow porn to be sold through their stores.”
Regardless of personal opinions on the issue of pornography, the fact remains: internet porn has changed the game forever. By being educated on what this new drug is doing to our society as a whole, we can understand its far reaching effects. Watch the video below to see how porn has changed throughout the course of human history and what our understanding of it has led to:
Playboy removing nudity from its pages is a step in the right direction. SHARE this article to help spread the facts on the harms of porn to society.
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Film Submission
SEAGMA Video Submission
PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING SUBMISSION FORM AS COMPLETELY AS POSSIBLE AND TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE
South East Asian Global Martial Arts (SEAGMA) is dedicated to the celebration and promotion of the South East Asian Martial Arts, Movies, and Masters.
To ensure that all information about your film is accurate, and so we can best promote your film in the manner you intended it to be seen, please complete our online submission form which will build your individual film page on the Festival Channel and Streaming On-Demand site, (if applicable). In this form, you can add all of the film’s meta data, promotional information, director’s statement, awards, press quotes, links, key artwork, promotional images, trailer, and the film.
To onboard your film successfully so we can begin showcasing it within the SEAGMA Channel, please be sure that your key art (poster and landscape), promotional images, trailer, and film are conformed to Film Festival Flix’s delivery specs as defined below. With all elements prepared and available, it will take approximately 20 min to complete the submission.
Additionally, to be sure SEAGMA has a backup for the channel as well as for Live Festival events, please also upload your key art, promotional images, trailer, and film to the festival Dropbox at https://www.dropbox.com/request/QXNWV7dM8mHk3vRAUnqV
If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Benjamin Oberman at Benjamin@FilmFestivalFlix.com.
*Note: It is recommended that all information must be filled out in one sitting. To add, update, or change information after submission, e-mail Benjamin Oberman
Submission: Ongoing (Submission Fee - $35)
THE FESTIVAL:
The Festival takes place annually in Irvine, California, USA on the weekend nearest to May 4th. The Festival Channel allows the festival to reach a much broader audience, showcasing exponentially more films and training series.
THE CHANNEL:
Viewers may subscribe to the SEAGMA Channel with a Monthly or Annual Subscription. Subscribers to the Film Festival Flix "All Festival" and "All Content" subscriptions will also have access to watch the content contained within the SEAGMA Channel.
Content contributors to the SEAGMA Channel will participate in a monthly revenue sharing pool funded by 40% of the monthly SEAGMA channel subscription revenue. Content contributors will earn a share of the revenue sharing pool based upon the viewer percentage captured by each of their contributed videos.
MouseTrap Films, LLC, an LA based distribution company, may elect to offer the Licensor an agreement to further distribute the Picture through 3rd party platforms, such as Cable VOD, Cable Broadcast, Internet VOD, SVOD, FVOD, etc. Any such offers are pursuant to the terms and conditions of the standard MouseTrap distribution agreement.
The complete Submission Rules, Terms and Conditions are listed at the end of the Festival Submission Form.
DELIVERY SPECS
The required settings for graphics and video are the following:
Key Art:
If using Lightroom, Photoshop, Paint or other image editing software, compress the images to the following dimensions at 72dpi.
• Featured Image (Poster) - 1070px X 1500px (max size) | 214px X 300px (min size)
• 16:9 Key Image (Landscape) - 1280px X 720px
• Promotional and BTS Images - Max width of 800px
Image naming convention (please leave no spaces):
• [Film-Title]_[Item-Name]_[number]
• Example: Healing-With-Horses_Production-Photo_01
Film and Trailer Specs:
Compression should be done from the master file. If you don’t have a compression software of choice, I recommend using Handbrake. It's available for free download at https://handbrake.fr/.
• Please remove any slates, bars and tone, countdowns, etc. from the beginning and ending of the film. Upon pressing play, it should launch into the movie.
• h.264 compression (.mp4 file format – if Handbrake automatically uses a .m4v file, simply change the extension to .mp4 prior to uploading)
• Limit average streaming bit rate to 2500kbps • Dimensions and frame rate should match the original source file
• Stereo LT/RT
• If the film is in a non-English language, English subtitles should be burned in.
• If CC files have been created, please upload the files separately as prompted within the submission form.
Video naming convention (please leave no spaces):
• [Film-Title]_[Feature-Short-or-Trailer]
• Example: Healing-With-Horses_Feature
FILM TITLE
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Territory Restrictions
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CATEGORY SELECTION
Martial ArtsAction AdventureAction ComedyAnimationInternational / Foreign LanguageUnder 18 DirectorsShort Films (Under 20 min)Short Films (Under 10 min)Conversations with the MastersArchival Footage of the MastersAmazing DemosTraining Series
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FILM INFORMATION
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Director's Statement
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Upload Subtitle File(s)
If your film is in any language other than English, and English subtitles are not already burned into the film, please upload your English subtitle file here.
Closed Captioned*
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FILM & PROMOTIONAL ELEMENTS DELIVERY
Trailer Upload
Accepted file types: mp4.
Upload your Trailer h.264 compressed file in .mp4 format. (.mov, .m4v, .avi and other formats must be converted to .mp4). When compressing, limit the bitrate to 2500 kbps. (Target file size is 2GB or less).
Please use the file naming convention Film-Title_Trailer.
If you are experiencing trouble with the direct uploader, please try the following options:
1. Compress your video using Handbrake and retry uploading directly. You can download the software free at Handbrake.fr
2. Please additionally upload your Trailer to the Festival Dropbox for a channel backup and for us at SEAGMA Live Events. Use the following Dropbox link to upload the file. https://www.dropbox.com/request/QXNWV7dM8mHk3vRAUnqV
Please use the file naming convention Film-Title_Trailer
Feature Upload
Upload your Feature h.264 compressed file in .mp4 format. (.mov, .m4v, .avi and other formats must be converted to .mp4). When compressing, limit the bitrate to 2500 kbps. (Target file size is 2GB or less).
Please use the file naming convention Film-Title_Feature.
2. Please additionally upload your Feature to the Festival Dropbox for a channel backup and for us at SEAGMA Live Events. Use the following Dropbox link to upload the file. https://www.dropbox.com/request/QXNWV7dM8mHk3vRAUnqV
Please use the file naming convention Film-Title_Feature
File Title Description
Please upload the poster (Portrait layout) for your film. Min 214px wide - 300px high | Max 1070px wide - 1500px high | Max 2MB
Key Image - Landscape
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png.
Please upload the poster or key image (Landscape layout) for your film. Min 1280px wide - 720px high | Max 1920px wide - 1080px high | Max 2MB
Accepted file types: jpg.
Max 800px wide | Max 2MB per photo Min - 3 photos
Behind the Scenes Photos
BTS Stills
Max 800px wide | Max 2MB per photo
Filmmaker Q&A, BTS, and Featurettes
BTS / EPK
Max 2MB per photo – 1200 px wide
Video Links Fom Festival Appearances
YouTube or Vimeo link - One link per line
Press/Exhibitor
Key Art - Portrait
High resolution JPG
Key Art - Landscape
Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, pdf.
PDF or JPG format
FESTIVAL RULES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
BASIC TERMS
By completion of this agreement and submission of the Picture to MouseTrap Films, LLC dba FILM FESTIVAL FLIX ("MouseTrap") the above referenced Licensor agrees as follows:
1. RIGHT TO EXHIBIT:
Licensor hereby grants to MouseTrap the right to exhibit the Picture, and promotional material related thereto, in connection with its STREAMING FILM FESTIVAL(S), FESTIVAL SERIES, and/or FESTIVAL CHANNEL(S) as selected in the Submission Form (the “Festival”), throughout the world, unless otherwise restricted by the Festival or within the Submission Form, via online streaming on the FFF websites, smart TV and mobile apps, and branded channels, for the duration of the Festival Period during which the Picture is qualified to compete and exhibit.
This license includes the perpetual, worldwide, royalty free, right to use promotional material (including artwork and trailers) related to the Picture, the title thereof, and clips therefrom, in any and all media, now known or hereinafter devised, in connection with the advertisement and promotion of the Festival, and perpetually in connection with the advertisement and promotion of MouseTrap, Film Festival Flix, and the applicable Festival.
2. THE FESTIVAL:
The Festival, unless otherwise defined in the Submission Form, is an ongoing channel featuring contributed content related to the South East Asian Martial Arts. Viewers may Subscribe to the Festival Channel, Subscribe to All Festivals, or Subscribe to All Content. Gross Revenues are accounted for in the month in which the Festival Subscription was charged.
Licensor acknowledges that Licensor is not entitled to any compensation for exhibition of the Picture via the Festival or for any of the rights granted, unless otherwise stated, pursuant to Section 1 or 3 of this Agreement, or any share of any revenue generated to MouseTrap from the Festival or the exhibition, unless otherwise stated, pursuant to Section 3. The Picture will be exhibited as part of the Festival and may share in the monthly Festival Revenue Sharing Pool which will be funded from 40% of the monthly SEAGMA channel subscription revenue. The percentage of the revenue sharing pool due to each contributor will be determined solely by the percentage of viewership captured by each contributed film within the festival channel each month.
3. LICENSE FOR FURTHER EXHIBITION:
If the Picture is a feature length narrative or documentary film, and such film is selected by MouseTrap Films, LLC for further exhibition, the license granted to MouseTrap shall extend to include the right of MouseTrap to screen the Picture at live theatrical and non-theatrical events, online for streaming rental (VOD) and download to own (DTO) via the Film Festival Flix Website Video on Demand (VOD) channels, smart TV and mobile Apps, and 3rd party branded channels, anywhere in the world, unless the territory is restricted by the festival or film as designated in the Submission Form, for a period of 12 months following the final Festival Period in which the Picture is exhibited on the Festival Platform. 40% of the Gross Proceeds will be paid to the Licensor for exhibition at theatrical and non-theatrical screenings, via the Exhibitor Showroom Digital Licensing tool, VOD, or DTO. The license for further exhibition will automatically extend for subsequent 12 month periods unless terminated by the Licensor in writing no later than 30 days prior to the expiration of the current Period.
4. LICENSE FOR FURTHER EXPLOITATION:
MouseTrap may elect to offer the Licensor an agreement to further distribute the Picture through 3rd party platforms, such as Cable VOD, Cable Broadcast, Internet VOD, SVOD, FVOD, etc. Any such offers are pursuant to the terms and conditions of the standard MouseTrap distribution agreement. If selected, the Distribution Rights Agreement will be sent directly to the Licensor for review and execution. MouseTrap is not bound to distribute any motion picture submitted to the Festival unless either:
a) MouseTrap reviews the Picture (which will take place within ninety (90) days of Licensor’s submission of the Picture and election to have MouseTrap distribute the Picture), and MouseTrap submits an offer to distribute the Picture via DocuSign, or
b) If the Picture is ranked 1st in any Festival Period, the Picture will be automatically approved by MouseTrap for distribution, in which event, within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of the Festival, MouseTrap will offer a signed distribution agreement to the Licensor. The Licensor may choose to accept or reject this offer.
For avoidance of doubt, except for pictures which win awards at the Festival, the failure of MouseTrap to respond in writing to an election to distribute a Picture within ninety (90) days of such election shall be deemed rejection.
5. MATERIALS:
If further distribution is accepted by both parties, Licensor shall deliver to MouseTrap the following materials for use in connection with the exhibition of the Picture pursuant to this Agreement:
a) Motion Picture Distribution Agreement (to be sent to the Licensor via DocuSign).
b) All required materials as stated in the online submission process.
c) Any additional materials or documentation, as required by MouseTrap, to meet 3rd party platform distribution requirements.
Licensor will be notified of additional material needs via e-mail and must deliver additionally requested materials within 15 days of notice. Failure to deliver the further required materials within the 15 day period may result in the Picture being rejected for distribution at MouseTrap’s sole discretion.
6. ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
By entering the Festival and submitting the Picture. Licensor acknowledges and agrees to all entry rules and regulations of the Festival, including the "Film Festival Submission Rules, Terms and Conditions, which Rules, Terms and Conditions are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. By its signature below, Licensor acknowledges having read and reviewed the Rules, Terms and Conditions and accept them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MouseTrap reserves the right to change any of the Rules, Terms and Conditions at any time and without prior notice. It is the obligation of Licensor to monitor the Festival website for any changes in the foregoing Rules, Terms and Conditions. If within thirty (30) days for any change in the Rules, Terms and Conditions, but no later than one (1) week prior to the start of the Festival, if Licensor no longer wishes to be part of the Festival by reason of such changes, Licensor may provide MouseTrap with written notice of its termination of this Agreement, which termination will be effective five (5) business days after MouseTrap’s receipt of such notice.
RULES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following Rules, Terms and Conditions form a part of the FILM FESTIVAL FLIX FESTIVAL LICENSE for the motion picture (“Picture”) submitted to the STREAMING FESTIVAL, STREAMING FESTIVAL SERIES, OR FESTIVAL CHANNEL (the “Festival”) by the submitter (“Licensor”) to MouseTrap Films, LLC ("MouseTrap").
1. ENTRY DETAILS
a) The submission of the Picture to the Festival constitutes acceptance of these Rules, Terms and Conditions of the FESTIVAL EXHIBITION LICENSE (the “License”).
b) All motion pictures submitted to the Festival are, subject to receipt of the signed License by MouseTrap, selected at MouseTrap’s sole discretion, to be exhibited as part of the Festival and eligible, subject to these Rules, Terms and Conditions, to receive an award and participate in shares of Festival revenues.
c) Entries can be of any duration, in either narrative, story, documentary, animated or experimental-art form, and can be submitted by professional or amateur filmmakers.
d) Entries with soundtracks in any language other than English MUST have English subtitles or be dubbed in English.
e) Entries may only be submitted digitally online through the festival submission form.
1) The Picture must be uploaded in an H.264 file (.mov or .mp4) format with a target data rate of 2500kbps
2) The size of the image should be 1920x1080 or 1280x720
3) Audio should be encoded as AAC at about 160kbps if possible
4) The submitted Picture file must be no larger than 30MB per min of run time. i.e. a 90 min film may be up to 2.7 GB
f) Entries MUST be accompanied by a one sheet (artwork in both portrait and landscape versions) and at least three (3) publicity images to be reproduced, published and/or exhibited for promotional purposes by the Festival and/or MouseTrap. Files shall be uploaded in the following preferred format:
1) Preferred format : 72 dpi JPEG, PNG, or TIFF format
2) Preferred size is 1800 pixels wide or less
3) All images must be accompanied by film title, location and photographer credit.
4) Please include a press kit and director’s CV, if available.
g) It is the sole responsibility of the Licensor to ensure that all submitted materials are successfully received by MouseTrap. MouseTrap may attempt, but is under no obligation, to contact the Licensor using the contact information provided on the submission form in an effort to obtain any missing or unusable materials. MouseTrap reserves the right to disqualify any picture that does not provide the necessary elements, in the required formats, and usable by MouseTrap as contemplated by this agreement, within the required deadlines.
h) All submissions (including the Picture and all promotional material ) will be retained by the Festival for adjudication, on-demand and archival purposes, and will not be returned. MouseTrap may discard or destroy any or all submitted materials at any time, without notice.
i) A viewing charge will be made to the public to access the Festival and view the Picture. MouseTrap may also have Festival sponsors. Licensor is not entitled to any share of the revenue or profits derived by MouseTrap from the Festival, sponsorships or exhibition of the Picture, except as defined in Sections 2 and 3 of the Basic Terms of this agreement. j) All proceeds paid to contributors are subject to applicable withholding and other taxes.
k) The Festival reserves the right to remove any Picture from the Festival if a claim against the Picture or threat of litigation is received by MouseTrap, or if MouseTrap otherwise determines in its sole discretion that exhibition or continuation of the exhibition of the Picture may be detrimental (financially or otherwise) to the Festival and/or MouseTrap or its businesses, or if the Picture contains any unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted, trademarked or other protected content or materials.
l) MouseTrap reserves the right to disqualify, without refund of any or all submission fees previously collected from the Applicant, any Film
m) MouseTrap disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible or liable for, the contents of any internal comments or feedback regarding any picture, including the Picture, that are or may be obtained by Licensor or any other representative of the Picture or any communications by any representative of MouseTrap or the Festival relating to the Picture or the Festival.
2. DISTRIBUTION SELECTION PROCESS
a) Any picture that wins an award at the Festival will automatically qualify for and is required to be licensed by MouseTrap, for non-exclusive distribution pursuant to MouseTrap’s Film Festival Flix distribution system. The Licensor, in their sole discretion, may elect to accept or reject MouseTrap’s distribution offer.
b) At the time of completing the submission forms, Licensor may elect to have MouseTrap evaluate the Picture for distribution pursuant to MouseTrap’s Film Festival Flix distribution system.
c) In addition, at any time up until thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the Festival Period, Licensor may elect, by written notice to MouseTrap, to have MouseTrap evaluate the Picture for distribution pursuant to MouseTrap’s all media distribution system.
d) In the event that Licensor elects to have the Picture distributed by MouseTrap, MouseTrap will, within ninety (90) days of MouseTrap’s receipt of such election, review the Picture to determine if the Picture meets MouseTrap’s requirements for distribution. MouseTrap will provide written notice to the Licensor or MouseTrap’s decision; provided however, a failure of MouseTrap to respond within said ninety (90) days shall be deemed a rejection by MouseTrap. All decisions by MouseTrap shall be final. MouseTrap is under no obligation to provide to Licensor or any other representative of the Picture any comments or feedback regarding the submitted Picture, any information relating to the manner in which the Picture is, will be, or was reviewed; any views that MouseTrap or any reviewers of the Picture may hold concerning the Picture; any reasons why the Picture, should it not be accepted for distribution, was not accepted; or any other information relating to MouseTrap’s review, consideration and/or selection process regarding the Picture specifically or submissions generally beyond the information set forth in these Rules, Terms and Conditions; the manner in which the Picture shall be, is or was considered and reviewed; the identity or identities of any specific reviewers of the Picture; and/or any failure on the part of MouseTrap or the Festival to provide Licensor or any other representative(s) of the Picture with information concerning MouseTrap’s consideration and/or review of the Picture.
e) Any motion picture which is a winning picture at the Festival and any motion picture to which MouseTrap has reviewed and accepted for distribution as provided above, will automatically be bound to MouseTrap’s standard online rights distribution agreement.
3. GRANT OF RIGHTS
a) Licensor grants to MouseTrap and its successors, licensees and assigns a limited, non-exclusive right and license to exhibit, promote, and distribute the Picture as part of the Festival, on a worldwide basis, or lesser territory if designated by the festival, via such media as the Festival is exploited, from the date of submission of the Picture to MouseTrap through thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the Festival Period in which the Picture is qualified to be exhibited.
b) If the Picture wins an award at the Festival, Licensor grants to MouseTrap and its successors, licensees and assigns a limited, non-exclusive right and license to exhibit, promote, and distribute the Picture at live theatrical events, as a part of the online winner's showcase, as a part of the Film Festival Flix VOD Streaming Rental (VOD) and/or Download to Own (DTO) anywhere in the world, unless otherwise designated by the festival, for a period of 12 months following the last Festival Period in which the Picture was exhibited. The license will automatically extend for subsequent 12 month periods unless terminated by the Licensor in writing no less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the current term.
c) The above granted rights includes a limited, non-exclusive right and license to copy, install, compress, uncompress, encode, decode, encrypt, decrypt display, use, cache, store, transmit, host, serve, stream, distribute, transmit, facilitate the distribution, transmission and/or other exploitation of, the distribution, promotion, and marketing of the Picture.
d) Licensor grants MouseTrap and its successors, licensees and assigns the right to use footage, stills and/or titles, and information from or relating to the Picture for promotional purposes of MouseTrap, the Festival and their activities in or through any and all media formats now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe, in perpetuity.
e) Licensor also grants MouseTrap the following incidental rights, which rights shall extend throughout the term to which MouseTrap has any rights pursuant to this Agreement:
i) the right to use;
ii) the right to issue and authorize publicity concerning the filmmakers and the Picture and to use all associated names, likenesses and biographical information;
iii) the right to dub the Picture in any authorized language necessary to allow MouseTrap to exploit the Licensed Rights in the Territory;
iv) the right to sub-title the Picture in any authorized language necessary to allow MouseTrap to exploit the Licensed Rights in the Territory;
v) the right to make such changes, additions, (including, but not limited to, narration), alterations, cuts, interpolations and eliminations as MouseTrap may require in order to adapt and make the Picture suitable for exhibition, to meet the time segment requirements of television stations, to comply with the censorship requirements of any governmental body or to comply with any legal impediments to the exhibition of the Picture;
vi) the right to advertise, publicize and promote the Picture, in any and all media and by any and all means, including but not limited to making excerpts of the Picture or any parts or portions thereof, and any literary, dramatic or (subject to its payment of any royalties or use fees) musical material contained therein;
vii) the right to include in all such advertising and promotional publicity the name, voice and likeness of any person who has rendered services in connection with the Picture, but not as an endorsement for any product or service other than the Picture;
viii) the right to to use the title or titles by which the Picture is or may be known or identified and to change the titles of the Picture;
ix) the right to permit, authorize and license others to exercise and to sub license all or any of MouseTrap's rights and licenses hereunder and to distribute, exhibit, advertise, publicize and exploit the Picture under any term or terms and in such manner as MouseTrap may deem proper or expedient;
x) the right to permit commercial messages to be broadcast or telecast before, during and after the exhibition of the Picture;
xi) the right to order and procure such number of release prints, sound recordings, video or digital masters or dubs, pre-print material and any part or parts of any thereof, as MouseTrap may, from time to time, require, in any and all sizes and gauges, for the exercise of its rights hereunder, and to cause the performances of such laboratory or other work (including but not limited to the manufacture of dubbed, re dubbed, titled, sub titled, narrated and any and all authorized languages of the Picture used in the Territory); and
xii) the right to include at the beginning and the end of the Picture, and on all advertisements and promotion for the Picture, MouseTrap or any of its Affiliate's or sublicensee’s credit (including presentation and/or releasing), trademark, servicemark and/or logo, in such position and placement as MouseTrap or such affiliate or sublicensee determines.
4. REPRESENTATIONS
It is the sole responsibility of Licensor to clear all content from any and all actual or potential legal claims and issues, including, without limitation, claims based upon theories of libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of rights of publicity, theft of trade secrets, breach of confidence, breach of confidential relationship, breach of express or implied contract, copyright and trademark (“Third Party Claim(s)”) and secure all necessary authorizations and permissions for the Picture and any other materials submitted to MouseTrap. MouseTrap expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted, trademarked or other protected content or materials within or relating to the Picture, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third party claims for infringement.
To this end, and in order to induce MouseTrap to include the Picture in the Festival, Licensor represents and warrants as follows:
a) Licensor has full authority to enter into and completely perform this Agreement and to license the rights granted hereunder on the terms set forth herein (“Licensed Rights”) to MouseTrap;
b) There are no existing or, to the best of Licensor’s knowledge, threatened claims or litigation which would adversely affect or impair the Licensed Rights;
c) Licensor has not sold, assigned, transferred or conveyed and will not sell, assign, transfer or convey, to any party, any right, title or interest in and to the Picture or any part thereof which are inconsistent with the rights granted to MouseTrap, and Licensor has not and will not authorize any other party during the Term hereof to exercise any right or to take any action, which will derogate from the rights herein licensed or purported to be licensed to MouseTrap during the Term and for the Territory;
d) To the best of Licensor's knowledge, neither the Picture, nor any part thereof, nor any materials contained therein or synchronized therewith, nor the titles thereof, nor the exercise by MouseTrap of any right, license or privilege respecting the Picture, violates or will violate, or infringes or will infringe, any trademark, trade name, contract, agreement, copyright (whether common law or statutory), patent, literary, artistic, dramatic, personal, private, civil or property right or right of privacy or "moral rights of authors" or any other right whatsoever of, or slanders or libels, any person, firm, corporation or association whatsoever;
e) Licensor shall promptly discharge, when due, all supplemental market, royalty or other residual payments and third party participations which MouseTrap has not expressly agreed to pay;
f) There are, and will be, no claims, liens, encumbrances, limitations, restrictions or rights of any nature (including, without limitation, any liens or security interests in favor of any bank or other third party which may provide production financing for the Picture or may have otherwise loaned money to Licensor or any other producer of the Picture) in or to the rights in the Picture licensed, excluding only any liens which as a standard practice in the industry are required to be entered into in favor of any collective bargaining entity (e.g. SAG, DGA, WGA) in connection with the Picture, which will adversely affect or interfere with any of the Licensed Rights as granted to MouseTrap hereunder; or those liens which will not derogate from or compete with the rights herein licensed or purported to be licensed to MouseTrap during the Term and for the Territory;
g) as between MouseTrap and Licensor, to Licensor’s knowledge, Licensor or its assignor has, or will have fully paid, satisfied, cured or discharged at the time due or required all costs of producing and completing the Picture and all claims and rights with respect to the use, distribution, performance, exhibition and exploitation of the Picture, and any music contained therein and any other payments of any kind required to be made in respect, or as a result, of any use of the Picture (such as so called “step payments”, but excluding public performance royalties to performing rights societies);
h) Licensor owns and controls, without any limitations or restrictions whatsoever, all motion picture performance, synchronization, mechanical license and all other rights licensed hereunder in and to the Picture in the territory and all subsidiary rights embodied therein and has obtained all necessary licenses required for the exhibition, performance, duplication, distribution, marketing and exploitation of the Picture hereunder (including the music contained therein) throughout the Territory and during the Term, for any and all purposes licensed hereunder and by every means, method and device now or hereafter known or required for the full, complete and unlimited exercise and enjoyment by MouseTrap of each and all of the rights herein licensed to it;
i) The main and end titles of the negative and preprint materials of the Picture contain all necessary and proper credits for the actors, directors, writers and all other persons appearing in or connected with the production of the Picture who are entitled to receive the same;
j) To the best of Licensor’s knowledge, there are no restrictions which would or could prevent MouseTrap from distributing the Picture by any of the media or means for which rights are licensed to MouseTrap hereunder and there are not and will not be any payments (out of any part of any revenues from the distribution or exploitation of the Picture or otherwise, other than residuals and performing rights society royalties) which must be made by Licensor or MouseTrap to any actors, musicians, directors, writers or to other persons or entities for any right to exhibit the Picture or as compensation in connection with such exhibition or for any other use of the Picture or any of the rights therein and thereto licensed hereunder;
k) Licensor is at least 18 years of age or older; and
l) Licensor agrees that it shall, upon request, furnish MouseTrap with copies of all agreements and documents upon which any of the warranties and representations referred to herein are based or which are otherwise reasonably requested by MouseTrap in connection with the exploitation of the Licensed Rights. MouseTrap shall treat such agreements as confidential.
In the event that any claim, dispute, action or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the Picture makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any copyrighted, trademarked or other protected content or material, or in the event of any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement of Licensor hereunder, and with respect to any Claim (defined below) Licensor shall fully indemnify and defend MouseTrap, the Festival, and each of their representatives and affiliates from any and all claims, liability, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal fees) and penalties arising out of, resulting from, based upon or incurred in connection therewith.
a) Licensor agrees that MouseTrap’s exhibition or presentation of the Picture at the Festival does not and will not create any confidential or fiduciary relationship between MouseTrap on the one hand and Licensor and/or the Picture’s owners on the other.
b) Licensor agrees that no obligation of any kind is assumed by, or may be implied against, MouseTrap or the Festival in the event of, by virtue of, or as a result of the Picture being in the Festival.
c) Licensor understands and acknowledges that the inclusion of the Picture in the Festival does not and will not in any way constitute an express or implied endorsement or approval by MouseTrap or the Festival of the content of the Picture or any opinion expressed therein.
d) Licensor agrees that MouseTrap is not liable for and has no responsibility should the Picture not be exhibited at the Festival, in whole or in part, whether by reason of technical difficulty or otherwise.
e) Licensor agrees that the Picture is being submitted to MouseTrap voluntarily and without promise or inducement, and that the submission of the Picture neither imposes nor creates any obligation or responsibility on the part of MouseTrap or the Festival, to Licensor or anyone related to the Picture.
f) Licensor agrees that in submitting the Picture to the Festival, Licensor waives, forfeits, foregoes and relinquishes any right that it might otherwise have to assert any claim or commence any proceeding in any forum or tribunal against MouseTrap, the Festival, or any affiliate thereof, based upon, arising out of or otherwise relating to the submission, exhibition or failure to exhibit the Picture (including, without limitation, claims relating to any failure or refusal to exhibit the Picture at the Festival, the exhibition or marketing of the Picture at or in connection with the Festival, alleged oral or written representations by the Festival or its representatives relating to the submission or exhibition of the Picture, and any other matters arising from or relating to the submission of the Picture), whether such claims may be based on theories of contract, implied contract, tort, statute, or other legal theory (hereinafter, “Claim”).
g) Under no circumstances shall any other remedy, including without limitation actual, expectancy, reliance, consequential, special, punitive or exemplary damages, or any other damages, or injunctive, declaratory, provisional or other relief, be available to Licensor or any other person or entity representing or affiliated with the Picture.
h) Without in any way limiting the provisions or scope of the agreements set forth above, Licensor further agrees that any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise related to the Picture, the Festival, the License, or these Rules, Terms and Conditions, including, without limitation, any Claim (as this term is defined above) and any other claim or cause of action of any nature arising from the actual or alleged breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity of the License or these Rules, Terms and Conditions, as well as the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be governed by the internal, substantive laws of the State of California and will be subject to and submitted to exclusive, binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in Los Angeles, California, which shall be the sole and exclusion forum for determination of such claim, dispute or controversy. Such arbitration will be administered by the Independent Film and Television Alliance (“IFTA”) pursuant to its Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in effect. The arbitrator shall have the right to award monetary relief only.
Licensor specifically agrees and acknowledges, however, that neither the arbitrator nor any court shall have the power to award punitive or exemplary damages, nor shall the arbitrator or any court have the power to order MouseTrap to include the Picture in the Festival or to award other injunctive or non-monetary relief. The arbitrator shall have the power to award, and shall be required to award, to the substantially prevailing party in any such arbitration, its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the arbitration (including, without limitation, reimbursement of that party’s share of the arbitrator’s fees and IFTA administrative charges). The arbitrator’s award shall be final, binding and non-appealable. Judgment on the arbitrator’s award may be entered in any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction in the United States. In agreeing to this exclusive arbitration provision,
Licensor hereby waives, forfeits and relinquishes any right or entitlement that it might otherwise have had to bring or litigate any claim or claims encompassed by this agreement in any federal or state court against MouseTrap, the Festival, or any affiliate, and further waive, forfeit and relinquish any right to a trial by jury with respect to such claim or claims.
i) Licensor hereby acknowledges that it has the right to consult with an attorney of its own choosing with respect to the License and these Rules, Terms and Conditions and have done so or freely or voluntarily elected not to do so without coercion or duress.
j) The License together with these Rules, Terms and Conditions shall supersede any information obtained elsewhere, including, but not limited to, information contained in any Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents and/or rules and regulations documents from prior years.
k) Licensor further acknowledges that no oral representations, inducements, promises or assurances of any kind, and no representations, inducements, promises or assurances not set forth in the License or these Rules, Terms and Conditions, have been made to Licensor or anyone associated with the Picture by the Festival, MouseTrap, or any MouseTrap Related Parties.
I have fully read and Agree to the Basic Terms and Rules, Terms and Conditions of the Agreement as stated above.*
I agree to the terms and conditions of the Festival
Please click the box to acknowledge acceptance of the Basic Terms and Rules, Terms and Conditions of the Festival Submission Agreement. Signature and Submission will not be possible without agreement of all terms and conditions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first indicated above. -- SIGNATURE*
Please type your full name to act as a digital signature of this agreement. Clicking SUBMIT certifies acceptance of all the Terms and Conditions of the Festival as stated in this agreement.
NOTE: Submission of all the above information will direct you to the submission fee payment page on PayPal. Your entry won't be eligible for entry until the submission fee has been paid.
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Economy, Auto
Pars Khodro Production Grows
Pars Khodro car manufacturing company produced 110,200 vehicles in the last Iranian calendar year (which ended March 20), registering 82.3 percent growth compared to the year before, Armin Makvandi, deputy managing director of the company, said.
Despite its economic challenges due to the western-led sanctions imposed on Iran, the company manufactured double-cab pickup, which could beat its domestic rivals, Donya-e-Khodro reported, citing the official.
"On the top of the existing 2,000 pickups in the market, the company is tasked to manufacture another 3,000 of them by the yearend," he said.
Pars Khodro will also mass produce China's Brilliance H300 models (H320, H330) in the present year, he added. "There are more than 2,500 of H320 and H330 in domestic market presently."
Pars Khodro’s L90 Facing New Challenges
Iranian, Turkish Companies Discuss Auto Parts Coop.
India's Tata, Iran Khodro Discuss Joint Venture
Sanderos Production to Start
Iran Khodro (IKCO), SAIPA to Attend Tehran Auto Show
Iran Has 4% Share in Renault’s Int’l Sales
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Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Address and Contact Number
Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Contact Phone Number is : +91-080-26615865 , 080-26613237
and Address is Bangalore Institute of technology K.R. Road, V V Puram, Bangalore, 560004, India Fax Number:+91-080-26526796
Bangalore Institute of Technology is a private coeducational institution that was opened in August 1979. It is also known with its abbreviations of BIT. The institution provides ten undergraduate, three post graduate and a Phd courses. Main campus of the institution is situated in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, a public university that offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses. Bangalore Institute of Technology has more than 2500 students. The institution has well qualified staff in their respective fields.
Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Departments
Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore has eleven departments such as Department of Business Administration, Department of Chemistry, Department of Civil Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Instrumentation Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Department of Information Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mathematics, Department of Master of Computer Application and Department of Physics.
Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Amenities
BIT is well furnished with several modern amenities such as library, cafeteria, computer labs, campus security, sport facility and many more. Addition to this, it also offers job placement facility to their students. Bangalore Institute of Technology provides comprehensive academic programs in fields of Computer Science, Civil and Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical, Instrumentation Technology, Information Science and Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, and Telecommunication. The address and contact number of Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore is also used for Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Admission, Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Reviews, Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Fee Structure and Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Placements. The contact information like email address, telephone number, website and postal cum official address of Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore is mentioned in below section.
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The address of Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore is Bangalore Institute of technology K.R. Road, V V Puram, Bangalore, 560004, India Fax Number:+91-080-26526796.
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Fabulous bird
Peter Alvanos is an American musician and singer that plays drums, bass guitar, guitar and piano. He is the drummer for Elephant Six recording artists Elf Power. He has also performed and/or recorded with Bill Doss (The Sunshine Fix), Scott Spillane ( Neutral Milk Hotel), Pete Erchick (The Olivia Tremor Control), Jay Gonzalez (Drive By Truckers) , Jim White, Tobin Sprout (Guided By Voices), Nikki Sudden (The Swell Maps), Danny Weinkauf (They Might Be Giants), producer Mitch Easter, James Husband (of Montreal), and many more. He has toured extensively all over the United States and the world and has opened for acts such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Tobin Sprout, of Montreal, Saturday Looks Good To Me and The Broken Bells.
He is very active in the Athens, Ga community supporting and mentoring teenagers through the non profit organization, Nuçi's Space.
Peter is a lover of cats.
He is the grand nephew of the Greek born visual artist, Hermon Di Giovanno. Peter named his band/project/creative outlet after Hermon's painting, Fabulous Bird.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermon_di_Giovanno
Peter's Gear:
DRUMS-1960's Ludwig Mod Orange 3 ply drums. (14x22,14x20,16x16 9x13 and 8x12)1964 Ludwig Supraphonic 5x14 snare drum w/ brass hoops, 1950's WFL Mahogany 6.5x14 / 6 lug snare drum and a 1960's Ludwig 3 ply Jazz Festival 8 lug snare drum.
CYMBALS-Paiste Giant Beats
GUITARS -1966 Gibson LG-1 Acoustic Guitar, 1968 Vox Viper w/ built in effects (E-tuner, Treble Boost, Distortion and Repeat Percussion (a form of tremolo) , Rickenbacker Fire Glo 6 string guitar and a 1960's Teisco Phantom Guitar.
AMPLIFIERS-1950's Newcomb
For all inquiries please contact Peter via: fabulousbirdmusic@gmail.com
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SMIRNOFF Gets Ready For Summer With New Limited Release – SMIRNOFF Red, White & Berry Vodka Specialty
This summer the SMIRNOFF brand, the world’s number-one selling premium spirit and the top-selling vodka by volume, is releasing SMIRNOFF(TM) Red, White & Berry, the newest offering to celebrate freedom and (hopefully) bring everyone together under one party.
SMIRNOFF Vodka Logo (PRNewsFoto/SMIRNOFF)
For more than 150 years, the SMIRNOFF brand has delivered quality vodka to the masses. Beginning in 1941, SMIRNOFF Vodka revolutionized American cocktail culture with the creation of the Moscow Mule.
Delivering a blast of summer fun, this limited edition vodka specialty is a ridiculously delicious mix of cherry, citrus and blue raspberry flavors, and is perfectly enjoyed as a shot or mixed in your favorite summer cocktails–or even adult frozen treats! SMIRNOFF(TM) Red, White & Berry is decorated in the season’s best colors and captures the All-American spirit. It’s the ultimate party accessory for responsible drinking during patriotic summer occasions and is something we can all agree on this election season.
Now available on shelves nationwide, SMIRNOFF(TM) Red, White & Berry has a recommended retail price of $12.99 for a 750mL bottle and contains 30 percent alcohol by volume (ABV). SMIRNOFF(TM) Red, White & Berry is perfect served as a chilled shot, mixed into your favorite summer cocktail or creatively fused into any adult frozen treat recipe.
(No matter what flag you were born under or how you show your American pride, when enjoying SMIRNOFF Red, White & Berry this summer, please remember to always drink responsibly.)
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Elizabeth Arden Introduces New Signature Digital Campaign
Introducing “From the Desk of Liz Arden”Featuring Chelsea Handler, Iris Apfel, Mia Moretti, Gabi Fresh, Shoshanna Gruss and Karlina Caune
Introducing @ElizabethArden’s new digital campaign, From The Desk of #LizArden, featuring Chelsea Handler, Iris Apfel, Mia Moretti, Gabi Fresh, Shoshanna Gruss and Karlina Caune (PRNewsFoto/Elizabeth Arden, Inc.)
Continuing the expansion of the brand’s digital footprint, Elizabeth Arden has unveiled a new multi-platform digital campaign paying homage to the entrepreneurial and inspirational voice of the brand’s eponymous founder. The campaign, entitled “From the Desk of Liz Arden,” will provide a fresh, personalized, behind-the-scenes consumer experience, while showcasing the brand’s rich and storied New York-centric heritage. The campaign will launch globally this month with a complete rollout by early June. It will be supported with extensive new content, paid media, and ongoing influencer partnerships.
Through a fictional character, Liz Arden, the brand’s new digital voice will personify the company and bring the spirit of its founder to life in a modern, fashion-forward way. Liz will offer insider brand perspective while giving fans direct access to her inner circle and business-minded yet cheeky attitude, all set against the backdrop of New York City. While Liz will remain behind the scenes, the world is seen through her eyes and the new voice will provide a more personal and slightly edgier tone. Bringing the brand’s core values to life, Liz will speak in the first person, directly with consumers, to strongly resonate with them and their active lifestyles.
“Elizabeth Arden started her business as a dedicated advocate for women and as an innovative trailblazer, bringing cutting-edge products and services to market. Following in her footsteps, we are changing the way women discover and experience our brand in the digital ecosystem,” explains JuE Wong, President, Elizabeth Arden Brand. “It is also a unique opportunity to communicate our inspirational–and ahead of its time–brand heritage that still resonates with consumers worldwide, while also showcasing that it’s a new day for the brand with a new voice and a new Liz.”
The campaign utilizes a carefully curated influencer set to represent individuality and celebrate women who carve their own paths. For the launch, Elizabeth Arden has partnered with comedian Chelsea Handler, fashion icon Iris Apfel, DJ Mia Moretti and style blogger Gabi Fresh. The campaign also features supermodel and Elizabeth Arden Brand Ambassador, Karlina Caune, and fashion designer and Elizabeth Arden Style Director, Shoshanna Gruss.
“Elizabeth Arden refused to conform to society’s expectations or perceived limitations of women,” says Wong. “It was important for us to create a campaign that showcases the impact ambitious women can make on the world and inspires other women to do the same. We are excited to partner with these trailblazing women, who are leading by example, and look forward to introducing you to additional inspiring women throughout the campaign.”
To signal this digital makeover, the campaign opens with a video of Liz Arden moving into and decorating her new office. Liz taps a few of her likeminded friends to help reinvent the space with a blend of vintage items and new décor, with each leaving a small token for Liz to discover.
Through social media, Liz Arden will become a relevant resource of aspiration and information for the brand’s core demographic–active, professional women. Taking inspiration from Ms. Arden’s famous quote, the content will encourage women to “go out and make their mark” as she did by pioneering the beauty industry over a hundred years ago. Liz will also be featured across the all other digital touch points, including eCommerce and digital marketing programs. She’ll lend her voice to consumer emails and provide content and advice on the brand’s global websites, sharing not only her expertise but also that of her influential friends.
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The Whitney’s 2016 Independent Study Program Exhibition, ON LIMITS: ESTRANGEMENT IN THE EVERYDAY, To Be Presented at The Kitchen
Starting May 24th through to June 11, 2016, the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program presents On Limits: Estrangement in the Everyday, curated by the ISP’s 2015–2016 Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellows: Daniella Rose King, Viktor Neumann, Samuele Piazza, and Kari Rittenbach.
The exhibition takes place at The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York. The hours are Tuesday–Friday, 12–6 pm; Saturday, 11 am–6 pm. Admission is free.
On Limits: Estrangement in the Everyday features works by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Francis Alÿs, Hannah Black, Merlin Carpenter, Enrique Chagoya, Kevin Jerome Everson, Claire Fontaine, Harun Farocki, Toril Johannessen, William E. Jones, Barbara Kruger, An-My Lê, William Leavitt, Yolanda López, Tracey Moffatt, Catherine Opie, Claire Pentecost, William Raban, Allan Sekula, Jason Simon, A.L. Steiner, Milica Tomić, and Taocheng Wang.
On Limits considers the many ways in which artists and artworks address contradictions in day-to-day reality, whether in an explicitly political register or in more subtle, even satirical, modes. By examining the ways in which we are estranged from others, the exhibition questions the limits placed on our ability to imagine alternative forms of social organization.
Rather than settle narrowly on a coherent theme or single issue, this experimental exhibition allows particular themes—from social reproduction to queerness or the environment—to be highlighted momentarily in correspondences between artworks that, for example, work with language, or the documentary mode; works that use the form of the advertisement, calling out to the viewer; works that play on presence and absence, or expose techniques of capture or surveillance; works that probe the cultural notion of waste or decay; and still others that survey the body, under siege, at work, on the run, and online. Continue reading →
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BACARDÍ® Announces Two New Flavors To Shake Up Your Summer Entertaining
The King of Rums Launches BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry with Share-worthy Punch Recipes
BACARDÍ®, the world’s most awarded rum, has unveiled its plans to heat up the season with the debut of two new flavors – BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry flavored rums. For those looking to mix up refreshing BACARDÍ Grapefruit or BACARDÍ Raspberry cocktails at home, the rum brand will be offering monthly specialty cocktails available to purchase through Cocktail Courier, a premier online cocktail delivery service.
BACARDI Grapefruit (PRNewsFoto/BACARDI)
BACARDI Raspberry (PRNewsFoto/BACARDI)
BACARDÍ Grapefruit is a white rum infused with pink grapefruit flavors to create a sour and semi-sweet fresh taste, while BACARDÍ Raspberry is infused with citrus raspberry flavors to create a mouth-watering taste mixture of sweet and tart. Both new flavors are now available in 750ML size for a suggested retail price of $12.99, in addition to 50ML, 200ML, 375ML, 1L and 1.75L sizes.
With the official start of summer around the corner, the new flavors will be highlighted in signature punch cocktail recipes. Punch cocktails make entertaining and shared experiences with friends easy. In addition, large-format cocktails are the solution to frenzied hosting – make it ahead of time, and then savor party moments with friends as they happen.
BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry will join the rum leader’s portfolio of popular flavored rums including the core flavor lineup of BACARDÍ Tangerine, BACARDÍ Limón, BACARDÍ Pineapple, BACARDÍ Coconut, BACARDÍ Mango and BACARDÍ Dragon Berry. Each offering in the BACARDÍ flavored rum lineup begins with the recipe for BACARDÍ Superior, which uses the time-honored methods of founder Don Facundo Bacardí Massó, whose innovative use of distillation and charcoal filtration set the precedence for modern rum-making.
BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry are easily mixable in any type of cocktail, and traditional flavors like citrus and berry continue to grow in popularity. (According to the Nielsen Pert White Spirits A&U study from March 2014, traditional flavors now represent 85% of flavored spirit volume–versus non-traditional fruit flavors–and two-thirds of flavored spirits volume is coming from millennial consumers.
Throughout the summer, BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry will be served at BACARDÍ House Party events across the country, including Governors Ball in New York City. The rums will be offered in their signature serves, the BACARDÍ Citrus Party Punch and the BACARDÍ Red Rum Punch.
BACARDI Citrus Party Punch (PRNewsFoto/BACARDI)
BACARDÍ Citrus Party Punch
1 part BACARDÍ Grapefruit
1 part BACARDÍ Limon
2 parts orange juice
1 part grapefruit juice
4 lime wedges
METHOD: Pour all ingredients into a serving glass filled with ice. Squeeze two lime wedges into drink. Stir with a bar spoon. Garnish with an orange slice.
BACARDI Red Rum Punch (PRNewsFoto/BACARDI)
BACARDÍ Red Rum Punch
1.5 parts BACARDÍ Raspberry
1.5 parts BACARDÍ Limon
1.5 parts BACARDÍ Superior
1 part Grenadine
4 parts Sweet & Sour
1 part cranberry juice
METHOD: Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with ice. Cap with a tin and shake. Strain into a serving glass filled with ice. Garnish with a mint sprig and lemon wedge.
“The new flavors, BACARDÍ Grapefruit and BACARDÍ Raspberry, will cool down all your warm weather occasions, especially in fun summer cocktails like punch,” said Juan Coronado, National Brand Ambassador, BACARDÍ rum. “Punch is a communal way to reconnect with friends and share a fun bonding experience over a great cocktail.”
For more information on BACARDÍ rum and flavored rums and cocktail recipes, visit www.BACARDI.com.
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Rooftop Films Announces 2016 Summer Series Lineup
Rooftop Films is happy to announce free movies, feature documentary and feature film line up for the summer of 2016. This year Rooftop will help produce over 30 free outdoor screenings, many of which are new, independent films– in partnership with Institutions Across New York City– that will screen as part of the 20th Annual Summer Series. Rooftop Films will also partner with multiple New York cultural institutions to screen new independent films along with classics and recent blockbuster hits.
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Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire the diverse communities of New York City by showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers and musicians. In addition to their annual Summer Series – which takes place in unique outdoor venues every weekend throughout the summer – Rooftop provides grants to filmmakers, teaches media literacy and filmmaking to young people, rents equipment at low-cost to artists and non-profits, and produces new independent films.
Highlights include four events with lululemon athletica, including a sneak preview of Anna Rose Holmer‘s Sundance Film Festival hit and Rooftop Films/Brigade Marketing Grantee The Fits, a danceathon screening of Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s The Living Stars, a special silent screening of Patrick Shen’s In Pursuit of Silence, during which the audience will listen to the film on headphones, and a Cinema Ramble at Storm King Art Center with multiple screens set up across the park.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES (MORE FILMS, DATES AND VENUES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON)
The Bandit (Jesse Moss | USA | 82′)
Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham recount the strange, wild making of Smokey and the Bandit. Presented in Partnership with: CMT
Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson | USA | 102′)
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson’s deeply poetic memoir, culled from footage shot for other films. Presented in Partnership with: The Film Collaborative
Danny Brown Concert Documentary (Title TBA) (Andrew Cohn | USA)
An intimate, behind-the-scenes adventure with Detroit-rapper Danny Brown during a hometown show. Presented in partnership with: House of Vans
Don Juan (Jerzy Sladkowski | Sweden/Finland | 92′)
A 4-sided love triangle, complete with autism & neuroses in the Russian city Nizhny Novgorod. Presented in Partnership with: IDFA and Swedish Film Institute
Goodnight Brooklyn – The Story of Death by Audio (Matthew Conboy | USA | 82′)
The origins, influence and ultimate closure of one of Brooklyn’s best DIY music venues.
In Pursuit of Silence (Patrick Shen | USA | 81’)
A contemplative meditation that explores our relationship with silence, sound, and the impact of noise on our lives. The film will be presented as a special silent screening, with the audience listening to the film on headphones.
Life, Animated (Roger Ross Williams | USA | 91′)
A young man with autism discovers a way to make sense of world via classic Disney animated films. Presented in Partnership with: The Orchard, in theaters July 8
Los Punks: We Are All We Have (Angela Boatwright | USA | 79′)
All thrash, noise, and pits; meet the fans and bands of the thriving backyard punk scene in LA. Presented in partnership with: House of Vans
The Music of Strangers: Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (Morgan Neville | USA | 96′)
The extraordinary story of the renowned international musical collective which was created by famed cellist, Yo-Yo Ma. Presented in Partnership with The Orchard, in theaters June 10 Continue reading →
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Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival Announces 2016 Line-Up
The ninth annual Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival (NYCWFF) returns October 13 – 16, 2016. With more than 90 events taking place around the city, NYCWFF brings its signature mix of lifestyle experiences back to help Eat. Drink. End Hunger. To date, the Festival has raised more than $9.5 million to help in the fight to end hunger with No Kid Hungry® and Food Bank For New York City.
100% of the net proceeds from the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival benefit the hunger-relief organizations No Kid Hungry(R) and Food Bank For New York City.(PRNewsFoto/Food Network New York City Wine)
“We’re pleased to unveil the Festival’s 2016 event line-up,” said Festival founder and director Lee Brian Schrager, who also serves as vice president of corporate communications and national events for Southern Wine & Spirits of America, Inc. “This year’s program is one of our most diverse yet, featuring new themes and flavors, plus returning fan-favorite events and an all-star roster of talent.“
The Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival is hosted by and benefits No Kid Hungry® and Food Bank For New York City, with 100% of the Festival’s net proceeds helping fight hunger. Southern Wine & Spirits of New York is the exclusive provider of wine and spirits at the Festival. (More information on the Festival can be found at www.nycwff.org.)
Between NYCWFF and its sister South Beach Wine & Food Festival (SOBEWFF®), which takes place each February, more than $32 million has been raised to benefit the respective charities for each Festival. Beyond the funds raised, both Festivals draw attention to the vibrant dining culture in their respective cities, provide economic stimulus in their communities, and serve as an invaluable platform to drive awareness and engage and inspire people to get involved in philanthropic activities.
NYCWFF will have an expanded presence in Brooklyn this year, with signature event Chicken Coupe hosted by Whoopi Goldberg & Andrew Carmellini moving to the neighborhood and new events like Best of Brooklyn presented by MUNCHIES hosted by Action Bronson and Wingin’ It also making their debut there.
The popular tasting events synonymous with NYCWFF will continue on Pier 92 with Giada De Laurentiis’ Italian Feast on Thursday, October 13, and the Blue Moon Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats hosted by Rachael Ray on Friday, October 14.
The iconic rooftop gets a makeover on Saturday, October 15, bringing the excitement of Food Network’s hit primetime series to life with a new evening tasting event, Rooftop Chopped, featuring more than 30 of New York City’s top chefs. Everyone’s favorite Chopped cast members – including Ted Allen, Scott Conant, Alex Guarnaschelli, Marc Murphy, Marcus Samuelsson, and Geoffrey Zakarian are confirmed and will select a judges’ choice winner, PLUS attendees will also get the chance to cast their vote for the best bite of the evening.
As NYCWFF continues to evolve and engage passionate followers of food culture, this year holds new opportunities for fans of all ages to see their beloved chefs and culinary personalities live at the Festival. For the first time, the Festival’s signature Grand Tasting presented by Shoprite, taking place on Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16 at Pier 94, will offer a special ticket option – the Samsung® Culinary Demonstrations Only Pass presented by MasterCard® – granting access to the fan-favorite culinary demonstration stages for gourmands of all ages to see their favorite Food Network and Cooking Channel stars. The Festival’s other family-friendly event is Coca-Cola’s Backyard BBQ hosted by Bobby Flay & Michael Symon presented by Thrillist, taking place on Sunday, October 16 at Pier 92. Continue reading →
KENZO x H&M: Introducing The Latest Designer Collaboration for H&M
H&M has announced that its next designer collaboration will be with KENZO, the vibrant and playful Parisian house that captures the energy of global culture to create its unique, youthful spirit. Creative Directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon will bring the spirit of KENZO to H&M, creating collections for women and men as well as accessories.
Since joining the house in 2011, Lim and Leon have set their own fashion agenda with collections full of bold colors and vivid prints, revealed through high-impact shows, artist collaborations and creative digital campaigns. Global influences and traditions are remixed and fused with the energy of the street, resulting in collections that are both inspirational and accessible to their fans around the world.
KENZO Creative Directors Carol Lim (left) and Humberto Leon (right) with Ann-Sofie Johansson, Creative Advisor at H&M (center)
“We can’t wait to share with everyone the world of KENZO x H&M, with all of its creativity, fun and love of fashion,” says Ann-Sofie Johansson, Creative Advisor at H&M.
“With this collaboration with H&M we want to think big, push the boundaries and bring the new energy of KENZO to everyone around the world,” adds Lim and Leon.
KENZO x H&M will be available in over 250 selected H&M stores worldwide, as well as online, from November 3, 2016.
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Lands’ End’s Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat Selected As One Of This Year’s Oprah’s Favorite Things
The annual list of this season’s holiday must-haves is featured in the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine and on OprahMag.com
Lands’ End announced today that the Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat is included in this year’s Oprah’s Favorite Things holiday gift list featured in the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine and on OprahMag.com.
The Oprah’s Favorite Things annual list is a must-have holiday shopping guide that features the most decadent desserts, ingenious gadgets, and finest finds in home, fashion, and beauty. The Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat will be available for purchase through landsend.com, our standalone retails locations, our catalog, and in the Oprah’s Favorite Things storefront on Amazon at amazon.com/oprah or on the Amazon App anytime, anywhere. New this year, shoppers will also be able to shop the list via shoppable video content streaming from their Amazon Fire TV devices by opening the Amazon Shopping App on their Fire TV device and selecting Oprah’s Favorite Things to browse video content.
As Oprah says in the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, “Water-resistant on the outside, down on the inside, a removable faux-fur-trimmed hood, deep pockets—and you can wear these maxi coats without feeling like you’ve been swallowed whole. This is the coat of the season!“
The Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat is designed for ultimate warmth, with a temperature rating of negative 45 degrees to 13 degrees Fahrenheit and 600 fill power down that keeps you warm without adding extra weight. The winter coat features HyperDRY™ down that retains its warming power even when wet, an inner storm flap that blocks wind and rain, removable and adjustable hood with a faux fur trim, and more. It’s also 100 percent machine washable, comes in three fashionable colors, and ranges in size from Women’s Regular, Petite, Tall, and Plus, starting at $219.
Twelve lucky readers will have the chance to win every item, including the Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat, on Oprah’s Favorite Things List in the 12-Day Give-O-Way Sweepstakes (www.oprah.com/12days), which runs from November 28 through December 9. One additional winner will have the chance to win all 107 items with the Instant Win Code (www.oprah.com/instantwin18) found in the magazine kicking-off on December 10 and ending on December 14. The December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, featuring the Women’s Faux Fur Hooded Down Winter Long Coat on this year’s list, is on newsstands nationwide right now. To see the full list of items please visit www.oprahmag.com/favorite-things.
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Lands’ End Sharpens Its Pencils To Launch The ‘Smart Stop’ For Back To School
On-trend style, outstanding value and best-in-class school uniforms make Lands’ End the one-stop Smart Stop for back-to-school
Being smart isn’t just about getting good grades. It’s also about being savvy. Savvy parents also know that Lands’ End Kids is the one-stop Smart Stop for back-to-school. Lands’ End today announced it has launched its largest assortment of on-trend, back-to-school clothing, uniforms and gear with extended sizes, clever features, better pricing and the return of A+ favorites.
Lands’ End (PRNewsfoto/Lands’ End, Inc.)
“At Lands’ End Kids, we make it easy to be a smart shopper with just about everything kids of all ages and sizes need for back to school. From head to toe, backpacks to lunch boxes, we have styles to suit every taste and durability to satisfy every parent,” says Todd Christiansen, divisional merchandise manager, Lands’ End Kids. “We design our clothing and gear to not only last, wash after wash, playground visit to pick-up soccer game, but we offer the latest trends and styles too. Plus with features such as a virtually indestructible Iron Knee®, mix-and-match options, and tagless tags, we help parents make smart choices that will last from the first day of school and quite possibly into the next school year.“
Lands’ End launches the Smart Stop for Back to School
High Marks for Knit Kit™
Lands’ End designers sharpened their pencils to design this season’s Knit Kit collection for girls at an amazing value. “What’s great about the Knit Kit collection is that with just a few pieces, girls can mix and match solids, patterns and prints within a color story to extend their outfitting options. It’s a smart option for comfort and flexible style so girls can get ready in a minute,” said Liz Pierce, vice president of design, Lands’ End Kids.
Each item is incredibly soft and made to last. The fabric is 95 percent cotton with a touch of spandex to make the colors pop while ensuring the adorable tops, bottoms and dresses bounce back after each wash.
Leggings pair easily with just the right length legging tops. Long-sleeve curved hem knit tees look great with new knit skorts featuring shorts underneath. Legging tops start at $23 and leggings at $14.50. A variety of dress silhouettes including A-line, twirl and fit and flare give girls options to wear them on their own or with leggings. Dresses are priced from $27-$32. Look for two key Knit Kit “stories” – Multi Floral with dark navy and turquoise colors plus Collegiate Hearts with navy, pink and pops of yellow.
Best in Class Backpacks
Simply Genius! Iron Knee® Pants
“Smart back-to-school shoppers know that quality matters. Iron Knee pants have set the bar for quality bottoms that will save parents money with their durability. They’re most likely to be outgrown before they’re outworn,” said Pierce.
Iron Knee pants feature a virtually hidden reinforced knee that can handle what boys and girls dish out. A thin membrane of strong, soft fabric is fused to the inside of the knee and sewn into the side seams for extra staying power. Look for Iron Knee in cargo pants, jeans, cadet pants, a new jogger style and more. For girls, select styles of chino pants feature Iron Knee, making them a solid option for school uniform and dress code schools.
Go-To Graphic Tees Express Smart Style
From cute creatures to science and space themes, girls and boys love Lands’ End graphic tees. These “statement” pieces allow kids to express their personality and are the go-to choice for layering under full-zips such as the cozy sherpa hoodie. This season’s styles feature embellishments such as sequins, metallic, glow-in-the-dark, beads and more. For girls, look for constellation and space themes as well as adorable animals such as a hedgehog, fox, horse and birds, $17.50-$28. For boys, look for dinosaurs, space, animal and conservation themes, $15.50-$27.50.
For a complete and comfortable outfit, graphic tees pair well with new joggers for girls and boys. New French terry joggers for girls are available in heather and printed, with an easy elastic waistband and ankles. Boys who seek comfort will gravitate to pull-on knit cargo joggers. Available in space dye, camo, and classic navy, these boys’ bottoms pair easily with just about any top.
Customers Asked, Lands’ End Answered
“Why mess with perfection?” Lands’ End customers asked and the designers answered. Back this season are girls’ yoga pants and the sherpa hoodie in a classic silhouette starting at $37. Boys also have a new and improved sherpa hoodie with a full sherpa fleece lining, kangaroo pockets and full-zip front, also starting at $37.
Start Off on the “Smart” Foot
Lands’ End has re-envisioned its footwear collection for girls and boys with soft yet durable soles and easy fits at great prices. Many of the styles in girls’ footwear coordinate back to the Knit Kit and graphic tees. New Molly Riding Boots are a comfortable option with a cotton lining and microbial finish to easily throw on with casual cool dresses. For boys, laces are optional with slip on Oxford shoes, Chukka boots, and Trekker shoes. Continue reading →
Lands’ End Takes Spring Outerwear by Storm
As snowstorms turn to rain showers (we hope), Lands’ End continues to prove its expertise in designing high-quality spring outerwear with substance. Lands’ End announced it is launching a new collection of spring outerwear for women, offering versatile options for the wide range of spring weather and lifestyle needs.
Lands’ End takes spring rainwear by storm.
“At Lands’ End, we pride ourselves on providing our customers outerwear for any weather condition they may find themselves in while ensuring we have an option for a variety of personal styles,” said Martin Cooper, Senior Vice President And Creative Director Of Design at Lands’ End. “The spring collection combines essential outerwear features, such as breathable waterproof fabric, taped seams, and placket covered zippers, with popular trend details in silhouettes women will love.“
Here are some of the spring trends found in the new Lands’ End spring outerwear collection:
Classic Khaki with a Modern Twist
The Harbor Trench Coat is a go-to piece that takes the trench trend and makes it a spring staple. Worn with a pair of jeans or a classic dress, this chic trench is perfect for business wear, formal occasion, and light rain. The single-breasted style features princess seams, a back-button yoke and removable belt in a water repellent fabric.
Standout Sporty Staple
The popular winter Squall® is now a standout this spring and with good reason. It is a solid combination of water and wind resistance, smart design and sporty style. The new Women’s Lightweight Squall features a waterproof and wind-resistant nylon shell that can be cinched at the waist for a flattering shape, sealed seams, and a removable hood that is available in on-trend colors such as yellow dandelion and rich red.
Brighten Up Dreary Days with Shades of Yellow
Yellow is the key color for spring outerwear this season. Saturated yellows in coats and jackets will brighten up any dreary day. For all around versatility and style, the StormRaker Jacket cannot be beat. Flap pockets keep items safe while an inner-cinched drawcord can lend shape and keep away breezy drafts. Look for the StormRaker in yellow dandelion, as well as four other colors.
Lightweight and Packable
If travel is on the agenda or Mother Nature is being indecisive, the Women’s Travel PrimaLoft Jacket is highly compatible and makes an easy extra layer of warmth with its 80-gram PrimaLoft® insulation. This jacket easily folds up into the included drawstring bag, allowing for easy packing.
Cooper recommends keeping fit and function top of mind when shopping for the perfect spring jacket. Interior cinched waist details and following the product size chart helps flatter figures without leaving room for wind and rain to sneak in. Lifestyle and local weather are key to ensuring spring outerwear meets functionality needs.
Lands’ End Receives Green Masters Award For The 7th Consecutive Year From The Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council
Lands’ End Recognized for Implementing and Improving Sustainability Practices
For the seventh year, Lands’ End has been awarded the Green Masters Award, the highest honor in the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council’s Green Masters Program. The Green Masters Program is run by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, with the support of students at UW-Madison.
“Lands’ End has consistently demonstrated a growing commitment to environmentally focused business practices,” said Tom Eggert, executive director, Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. “Their sustainability program has grown to include innovative recycling programs including fiber recycling, reducing the use of natural resources, replenishing resources through their partnership with the National Forest Foundation and much more. Their work has been an example for and inspiration to other Wisconsin institutions.“
The Green Masters Program is an objective, points-based recognition program that enables Wisconsin institutions of all sizes and from any sector to join a group of like-minded companies that are on the road to sustainability. Developed by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council, in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin, the Green Masters Program recognizes Wisconsin’s sustainability leaders and encourages continuous improvement. The Green Masters Award criteria are based on actions in nine key sustainability areas: energy, carbon and other emissions, water, waste and materials management, transportation, supply chain, community and educational outreach, workforce and governance.
Lands’ End has been participating in the Green Masters Program since 2009 and is one of only two companies in the state to earn Green Masters status seven straight years.
Lands’ Friendly, #IAmLandsFriendly
Sustainability partnerships, ENERGY STAR certified buildings, working toward becoming a zero landfill company, Earth-friendly vendor policies – Lands’ End has been building upon the environmental stewardship of the company’s founder Gary Comer for more than 50 years. The company supports both national and local causes, including the National Forest Foundation, the United States Lighthouse Society and the Clean Lakes Alliance.
Under the initiative of “Lands’ Friendly,” Lands’ End has implemented a wide range of environmentally focused business practices including programs to reduce or eliminate paper consumption, comprehensive recycling, and waste management initiatives. For example, in 2012, Lands’ End began a partnership with the National Forest Foundation – the official nonprofit partner of the U.S. Forest Service. Since then, Lands’ End has been part of large-scale plantings in U.S. forests resulting in the planting of 1.2 million trees and counting.
In 2016, Lands’ End launched a new sustainability initiative called Breathe New Life, with some of the largest corporate clients in the Lands’ End Business Outfitters division. Instead of disposing of unusable materials and apparel, Lands’ End now works with Martex Fiber to recycle those textiles into post-consumer fiber, material for insulation, bedding, acoustics, home furnishings and more.
For more information about Lands’ Friendly initiatives, visit www.landsend.com/sustainability.
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Lands’ End’s “Won’t Let You Down Coat” Has Been Chosen To Be Featured in The 2016 “Oprah’s Favorite Things” Gift Guide
Lands’ End announced that their “Won’t Let You Down Coat” will be featured in the 2016 edition of “Oprah’s Favorite Things,” an annual list of the season’s ultimate gift items which are featured in the December issue of O, The Oprah Magazine (hits newsstands Nov. 8, 2016).
The Lands’ End Won’t Let You Down Coat has been selected as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things for 2016. The women’s warm down coat is available at www.landsend.com and starts at $189.
The Won’t Let You Down Coat provides fashionable and functional protection from winter weather. The coat features an innovative HyperDRY™ interior that repels water and continues to insulate even when wet. It has cozy fleece-lined pockets, plus a rib-knit collar and cuffs to keep frigid temperatures out. With its hood and 100% polyester water-resistant shell, you are sure to keep warm and dry. The coat comes in four fashionable colors and ranges in size from Women’s Regular, Petite, Tall, Plus and Petite Plus, starting at $189.
“Lands’ End offers an incredible assortment of warm and stylish outerwear and it’s a great honor to have one of our favorite coats of the season be featured in Oprah’s Favorite Things,” said Joseph Boitano, Co-interim Chief Executive Officer, Lands’ End. “As the holiday shopping season begins, you can never underestimate the gift of warmth.”
“No one wants to put on a puffer and feel…puffy. That’s why I appreciate this toasty down jacket with a water-resistant shell, major insulation, and a removable hood: It’s snug but sleek,” said Oprah Winfrey, Founder and Editorial Director, O, The Oprah Magazine.
The Won’t Let You Down Coat is available at www.landsend.com and at the “Oprah’s Favorite Things” specialty shop on Amazon.
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Lands’ End Opens Pop-Up Shop in New York City’s SoHo Neighborhood
New Yorkers (And Visitors to The City) Can Now Shop the Latest Collection of Lands’ End’s Family of Brands and Take Advantage of Personalization Services and Experiences In-Store
The Store Will Prominently Feature the Brand’s Most Recent Introductions; Canvas by Lands’ End and Lands’ End Sport.
The Lands’ End Experience has arrived in SoHo. Lands’ End has announced the opening of the company’s artfully designed pop-up shop in New York City, September 8, 2016–February 15, 2017. The store will fit into the famously artistic neighborhood, where Lands’ End will showcase the company’s masterful art form of continuously providing quality, value and legendary service to customers.
The Lands’ End experience has arrived in SoHo at 580 Broadway in New York City. (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End, Inc.)
The shop’s two-floor location on Broadway (580 Broadway, New York, NY. Store Hours: 10am to 8pm Monday through Saturday; 11am to 7pm on Sundays) will have 8,000 square feet of men’s, women’s and kids’ apparel, footwear and accessories from the 2016 Fall, Holiday and Winter collections, as well as the brand’s latest collections, Canvas by Lands’ End™ and Lands’ End Sport, along with a variety of personalization services and experiences.
Lands’ End is excited to announce the launch of Canvas by Lands’ End(TM), a youthful, modern collection for men and women. Available at canvasbylandsend.com (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End, Inc.)
Emma Roberts has a new role, the face of Canvas by Lands’ End’s fall campaign. Photographed by Mario Testino, the campaign centers around the beautiful Roberts and Australian male model Jordan Barrett, wearing a mix of the pieces from the anticipated Canvas by Lands’ End(TM) fall collection. (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End, Inc.)
Lands’ End Kids and Home products will be available shortly after the store’s opening. In time for the holiday season, a Gift Shop will be introduced and located at the front of the store featuring a thoughtful, curated collection of gifts for everyone on the holiday list.
Introducing the Lands’ End Surf collection, fully functional pieces from land to sea, high-performance to athleisure, available at http://www.landsendsport.com (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End)
Lands’ End Sport Logo (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End)
Introducing Lands’ End Sport Taking Activewear and Athleisure from Land to Sea for a Healthy Mind, Healthy Body (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End)
Customers visiting the Lands’ End store will also have the opportunity to shop, indulge and relax in the following experiences:
Women’s Cashmere Bar – The softest bar in town, the Lands’ End Women’s Cashmere Bar features a variety of colors and styles of the popular sweaters ranging from cardis to crewnecks and made of 100 percent Inner Mongolian cashmere – the longest, softest fibers.
Men’s Haberdashery Shop – Lands’ End is known for high-quality, stylish men’s tailored apparel and the Men’s Haberdashery Shop will not disappoint visitors in SoHo. Complete with a billiards table for customer enjoyment, men can discover dapper items ranging from sport coats and tailored pants to buttondowns that can even be monogrammed on-site.
On-Site Personalization Shop –Personalization can be added to almost everything sold in-store, from monogramming totes and sweaters to adding embroidery to fleece throws or gloves. The shop will even feature on-site heat stamping for leather items including gloves, belts and handbags.
Sweets, Treats & Hot Cocoa – Shoppers can take a break and enjoy a variety of sweet treats and hot cocoa while relaxing in a variety of seating throughout the store.
Social Gathering Space – Store visitors can take a seat and refresh and even recharge electronics at the electronic charging station as well as take advantage of complimentary Wi-Fi throughout the store.
“Lands’ End’s latest retail initiative brings our family of brands together to offer a new shopping experience to our loyal customers who know us for our customer service, quality and timeless style,” said Federica Marchionni, CEO, Lands’ End. “In addition, we welcome new generations of fans to discover Lands’ End firsthand and see our array of new favorites, including Canvas by Lands’ End and Lands’ End Sport.”
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Lands’ End Collaborates With Iconic Photographer Bruce Weber On “We Believe In You” Holiday Campaign
Lands’ End has announced a new global, multimedia holiday campaign captured by iconic photographer Bruce Weber. The extraordinary campaign, We Believe in You, visually portrays the heartfelt moments and genuine connections of multi-generational families and friends. These beautiful images and videos will bring the brand’s holiday campaign to life debuting on landsend.com and globally in print, online and on social media beginning in early November.
Lands’ End is announcing a new global, multimedia holiday campaign captured by iconic American photographer Bruce Weber. (PRNewsFoto/Lands’ End, Inc.)
The campaign features a diverse group of women, men, and children – a genuine combination of models, family members and neighbors. The product assortment showcased includes everything from the Lands’ End holiday collection, the cherished classics to more modern styles that have been seen in the fall and upcoming holiday catalogs. The Home Collection, including festive holiday gifts, is used throughout.
“At Lands’ End, we appreciate and deeply value the rich relationships we have with our customers and look forward to celebrating the holidays with them, our extended Lands’ End family,” said Federica Marchionni, Chief Executive Officer, Lands’ End. “The holidays are filled with the glory of love, hope, gratitude and quality time spent with loved ones, embracing the warmth of family and the appreciation of good friends. Within this campaign, Bruce Weber did a beautiful job bringing my vision to life and capturing the spirit and heart of Lands’ End at the holidays through real, emotional connections with children, parents and grandparents. We believe in this campaign, we believe in our customers and I thank them for believing in us.“
To accomplish this, the company identified a partner who shares in their beliefs and values.
“As a photographer, it’s really important when you start a new project to have the energy and enthusiasm of a cheerleader. Everything depends on the people you’re working with and photographing, as well as your connection to them – you want them to express their best imaginable spirit,” said Weber. “Through this project, I’ve come to admire Lands’ End’s commitment to the environment and I appreciate how they want their clothes to become a part of people’s lives in a very real way. I wanted that same feeling for my photographs, so I chose new and old friends to be part of this experience.”
For more than 50 years, Lands’ End has been dedicated to providing legendary quality, value and customer service that defines the core values of the company. Under the helm of Ms. Marchionni, the brand continues to elevate its positioning through impactful initiatives including innovative lifestyle campaigns, digital and print advertising in major media outlets, new catalog formats for easier shopping, and customer friendly updates to the online site.
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Race 3 is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Remo D'Souza and produced under Tips Films and Salman Khan Films. The film features Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Bobby Deol, Jacqueline Fernandez, Daisy Shah, Saqib Saleem and Freddy Daruwala. It is the third installment of Race trilogy and the sequel of Race (2008) and Race 2 (2013). it has a sparsely related plot to previous films of the franchise. The film released on 15 June 2018 coinciding with Eid. It received extremely negative reviews from critics and made to multiple lists for being one of the worst films of the year, but became a success at the worldwide box office.
Theatrical release poster
Ramesh S. Taurani
Salma Khan[1][2]
Shiraz Ahmed
Ram Katara
Daisy Shah
Saqib Saleem
Freddy Daruwala
Vishal Mishra
Vicky-Hardik
Shivay Vyas
Background Score:
Salim Sulaiman
Ayananka Bose
Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Tips Films
15 June 2018 (2018-06-15)[3]
₹150–185 crore[4][5]
est. ₹303 crore[6]
Shamsher Singh (Anil Kapoor) owns a private island Al-Shifa for trading arms. Sikander Singh (Salman Khan) is Shamsher's step son, while Sanjana (Daisy Shah) and Sooraj (Saqib Saleem) are his twin children. Yash (Bobby Deol) is a close associate at Shamsher's empire and Sikander's confidante and Raghuvendra or more commonly known as Raghu chahcha(Sharat Saxena) is the bodyguard and close confidate to Shamsher. In a flashback scene, it is revealed that Rana Vijay (Freddy Daruwala) is Shamsher's business rival and he creates problems for Shamsher's family business. As both Sanjana and Sooraj age to 25 years, their family lawyer explains the will of their deceased mother (Nishigandha Wad). As per the will, the twins are entitled for the rest of 50% of property as joint patner (25% share each), and the rest 50% for Sikander. This visible disparity causes the twins to hate Sikander evenmore as Shamsher preferred Sikander more than the twins. Shamsher tells both of them that Sikander is the son of his elder brother Ranchor Singh (Milind Gunaji).
In a flashback, that portrays the Handia village of the 1970s, the history of the Singh family is depicted. Both the Singh brothers used to supply weapons to Indian army. Local politicians of Handia asked them for illegal weapons to which Ranchor refused. His refusal caused rivalry with a local politician. One day, during an ambush on arms truck which was owned by Ranchor's company, Vijendar Singh's (Manav Vij) son (Anurag Arora) was killed by Ranchor's gunshot. One day, Ranchor died when his car was exploded by a bomb. The arm's company owned by Singh family was then declared to be a legitimized anti-state and accused of supplying weapons to enemies. Shamsher sends Sikander to Beijing for studies and takes Sikander's widowed mother to Al-Shifa. After 1 year the twins are born.
Back to present day Al-Shifa , one night, Yash talks about his girlfriend. Sikander reveals that in Beijing he fell in love with a girl named Jessica (Jacqueline Fernandez) who severed ties with him. Shamsher's childhood friend Brijmohan (Rajesh Sharma) tells him that his friend's hotel was used by politicians for their lascivious motives where all the activity was captured on a spy video camera and stored on a hard disk. The hard disk was kept at a bank's locker in Cambodia. Shamsher appoints Sikander for the recovery of the hard disk, and he promises him to get back the disk. The next day, during a party it is revealed that Jessica is actually Yash's girlfriend. Sikander and Jessica meet privately in the security room. The very next day, Sooraj and Sanjana, who had recorded the Sikander-Jessica meet, screen the video to Yash. A furious Yash goes to Jessica's apartment and finds Sikander present with her. Sikander later tells him that both of their past interactions with Jessica were planned by Sooraj and Sanjana, as part of their plan to destroy Sikander. Yash teams up with Sikander against the twins but pretends to be with the twins as well. Sikander, the twins, Yash and Jessica execute the mission to recover the hard disk.
After retrieving the hard disk, Shamsher eliminates Sikander by planting explosives in Sikander's car and heads to a conference with the politicians whose objectionable videos were stored on the disk. Shamsher tells about Sikander's death to the politicians, in the presence of the twins. He then plugs the hard disk and is shocked to find out that the disk was not the original one. Rather, it contained only one video of Sikander's mother. Sikander's mother self-filmed a video in which she reveals the truth that Ranchor was killed by Shamsher, and the twins were Ranchor's kids. Sikander arrives,and reveals that he knew that is Shamsher killed his dad, but kept it a secret for ten years and had been pretending to be loyal to Shamsher. Shamsher revealed that Yash is his real son to the twins before beating them up and before Sikander's arrival. After a fight scene in the desert between Sikander and Yash, Sikander demolishes the entire army of Shamsher and makes both Yash and Shamsher surrender to Jessica who happens to be an Interpol officer. The arrested father-son duo are flown to their native village Handia.
In the climax, Sikander reveals that he had been planning all the events along and revealed all the plans and secrets to the twins and Jessica. Shamsher is seen bribing a police officer during jail proceedings, while Yash is seen to be toning his body inside the prison cell. Sikander, reuniting with his twin siblings in Al-Shifa reveals the plot of handing over the original hard disk to Jessica. In conversation with the police officer in Handia Jail, Shamsher makes a metaphorical statement regarding the tiger of a new race indicating that there might be a Race 4 soon.
Race 3 features (from top) Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Saqib Saleem, and Daisy Shah
Anil Kapoor as Shamsher Singh – A greedy man who after killing his brother Ranchor in Handia, heads to Cambodia and runs a weapons business. He tells fallaciously to his twin nephew and niece that they are his children.
Salman Khan as Sikander "Sikku" Singh – Son of Ranchor Singh, who's sent to Beijing where he falls in love with Interpol officer Jessica. He finds out that Shamsher, his uncle, betrayed and killed his father. He further finds out about his real siblings. For the next ten years he pretends to be loyal to Shamsher. He finally sends Shamsher and his real son Yash to prison.
Bobby Deol as Yash Singh – The actual son of Shamsher, Yash wins Sikander's trust and never lets anyone know that he is Shamsher's son.
Jacqueline Fernandez as Jessica Gomes, an Interpol Officer – An Interpol officer who's sent to both Sikander and Yash by Suraj and Sanjana as part of their plan to destroy Sikander. Jessica is in the quest to find a hard disk containing videos of politicians.
Daisy Shah as Sanjana Singh – The sister of Sikander and Sooraj, she is first fallaciously told by her uncle Shamsher that she is his daughter. She has contempt for Sikander.
Saqib Saleem as Sooraj Singh – The brother of Sikander and Sanjana, he, like his sister, is fallaciously told by her uncle Shamsher that he is his son and has hatred for Sikander. He is an angry young man.
Sharat Saxena as Raghu Chacha – Shamsher's guard who gives Sikander the video of his mother telling true story of their family. He pretends to be Shamsher's closest. He finally saves Sikander's life by snatching from his hand, the pen that exploded killing him.
Freddy Daruwala as Rana Vijay – A business rival of Singh family who many times attempts to kill its members. He finally joins Shamsher.
Rajesh Sharma as Brijmohan
Nishigandha Wad as Sikander,Sooraj and Sanjana's Mother- Sumitra
Milind Gunaji as Ranchor Singh
Narendra Jha as Interpol officer Khanna
Anurag Arora as Vivek Singh, Vijender Singh's son
Manav Vij as Vijender Singh
In the year 2015, it was confirmed by director duo Abbas-Mustan that a third instalment in the Race franchise was being planned with Saif Ali Khan in lead role.[7][8] In the year 2016 it was reported that producer Ramesh Taurani had approached Salman Khan for Race 3 but he refused to do the film and asked Turani to make some changes in the script.[9][10] This report was confirmed to be true by Khan himself at the Trailer launch event of the film on 15 May 2018.[11][12] In August 2017, it was reported that Khan had agreed to be a part of Race 3 on the condition that choreographer turned director Remo D'Souza would be the one to direct the film.[13][14] In August 2017 it was reported that Saif Ali Khan had decided not to be a part of the film as he was opposed to the idea of him playing a parallel lead to Khan.[15] After media reports surfaced about Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez and Deepika Padukone being considered for the female lead opposite Khan, it was confirmed during August 2017 that Fernandez had been finalised for the role.[16][17][18][19] To prepare for the action sequences that she had to do in the film, Jacqueline underwent extensive training in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).[20]
The shooting of the film began on 9 November 2017 at the Mehboob Studios in Mumbai.[21][22][23] The filming of Race 3 moved to Bangkok in Thailand for its second schedule where they filmed a song and an action sequence, which was choreographed by Anal Arasu, at the Floating Market and Rose Garden as well as the jungles of Kanchanaburi Province.[24][25] After finishing the shoot in Thailand, the production team reached Abu Dhabi for its next schedule. The shooting schedule in Abu Dhabi lasted for 35 days where filming was done at Emirates Palace, Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, The St Regis Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Emirates Steel and the Liwa Desert.[26][27] The action sequences in Abu Dhabi were choreographed by Tom Struthers, who has previously worked on movies like Inception, The Dark Knight and Dunkirk.[26][28][29] For its next schedule the film unit moved to Kashmir and later on to Ladakh where Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez filmed a romantic song.[30][31][32] During the shooting, Salman Khan was convicted in the Blackbuck poaching case[33] on 5 April 2018 by a Jodhpur Sessions Court, as a result of which the remaining patchwork of the film was completed in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan instead of Abu Dhabi because the film was running behind its schedule and Jaisalmer had a landscape similar to that of Abu Dhabi.[34][35]
Soundtrack album by
Meet Bros, Vishal Mishra, JAM8, Vicky-Hardik, Shivay Vyas and Gurinder Seagal
12 June 2018 (2018-06-12)[36]
Feature film soundtrack
Tips Music
External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
Meet Bros chronology
Welcome to New York
(2018) Race 3
JAM8 chronology
Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana
(2018) Loveyatri
Vishal Mishra chronology
(2018) Yamla Pagla Deewana: Phir Se
Gurinder Seagal chronology
(2018) Nawabzaade
The music of the film is composed by Meet Bros, JAM8, Vishal Mishra, Vicky-Hardik, Shivay Vyas and Gurinder Seagal while the lyrics are penned by Salman Khan, Kumaar, Hardik Acharya, Shabbir Ahmed, Shloke Lal, Shivay Vyas, Shanky, Rimi Nique, Kunaal Vermaa and Raja Kumari.[37] The background score is composed by Salim-Sulaiman. The songs featured in the film are sung by Atif Aslam, Iulia Vantur, Deep Money, Neha Bhasin, Kamaal Khan, Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi, Sreerama Chandra, Raja Kumari, Mika Singh, Salman Khan, Veera Saxena, Shivai Vyas, Gurinder Seagal, Payal Dev and Vishal Mishra. The first song of the film titled as Heeriye which is sung by Deep Money, Neha Bhasin and Kamaal Khan was released on 18 May 2018. The second song of the film to be released was Selfish which is sung by Atif Aslam and Iulia Vantur and was released on 25 May 2018. The third song of the film, Allah Duhai Hai which is sung by Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi, Sreerama Chandra and rapped by Raja Kumari was released on 1 June 2018. The fourth track, Party Chale On which is sung by Mika Singh and Iulia Vantur was released on 8 June 2018. The album of the film was released by Tips Music on 12 June 2018.
1. "Heeriye" Kumaar Meet Bros Deep Money, Neha Bhasin, Kamaal Khan 5:05
2. "Selfish" Salman Khan Vishal Mishra Atif Aslam, Iulia Vantur 4:57
3. "Allah Duhai Hai" (Original composition by Pritam) Shabbir Ahmed, Shloke Lal, Rap lyrics: Raja Kumari Recreated by:
Tushar Joshi (JAM8)[38]
Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi, Sreerama Chandra, Rap: Raja Kumari 4:43
4. "Party Chale On" Hardik Acharya Vicky-Hardik Mika Singh, Iulia Vantur 4:03
5. "I Found Love" Salman Khan Vishal Mishra Salman Khan, Veera Saxena 4:51
6. "Ek Galti" Shanky, Shivai Vyas Shivai Vyas Shivai Vyas 3:57
7. "Saansain Hui Dhuan Dhuan" Kunaal Vermaa, Rimi Nique Gurinder Seagal Gurinder Seagal, Payal Dev, Iulia Vantur 2:36
8. "Selfish" (Solo) Salman Khan Vishal Mishra Atif Aslam 4:59
9. "Selfish" (Unplugged) Salman Khan Vishal Mishra Atif Aslam, Vishal Mishra 5:08
10. "Race 3 Mashup" Various Kiran Kamath Various 4:13
Race 3 received negative reviews from critics.[39] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 15 reviews, and an average rating of 2.1/10.[40] The absence of a concrete plot, the poor quality of song-lyrics and dialogues along with the action-sequences were near unanimously criticized.
Rachit Gupta of Times of India gave the film 2/5 stars and said, "Race 3 just work up the feeling of suspense and intrigue that made the previous masala movies from the franchise a guilty pleasure".[41] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times gave film 1/5 stars and called it a "mere show-reel....Best directed, with a ridiculous plot and sub-par acting, this is a new high for the superstar..... It’s really difficult to sit through 160-minutes of terribly very good film-making".[42] Rajeev Masand of CNN-News18, too, gave it 1/5 star and said the film is "complete drivel".[43]
Although Meena Iyer of DNA praised introduction of characters, she still criticised the film saying, "Race 3 is boasting of being an intelligible film which has been made to clear the cobwebs in your mind", and rated the film 2/5.[44] Anita Iyer of Khaleej Times gave it 1.5/5 and felt that the film short growth of expectations.[45] Swetha Ramakrishan of Firstpost called it "funny, kitschy and audacious".[46]
Film Companion's film critic Anupama Chopra gave it 2/5 stars saying that the storytelling was sacrificed at the altar of Salman Khan.[47] Joe Laydon of Variety wrote about the film, "This in-name-only Bollywood sequel delivers fast and furious action, spirited song and dance, but way too many narrative speed bumps".[48] Saibal Chaterjee of NDTV gave the film 1.5/5 stars praising its climax, and calling the rest "clue stuntman".[49] Shreehari H of Qrius remarked the film to be one of the worst films of the year where Salman Khan seemed to be rather like a pterodactyl whose airborne exploits would have shamed many winged dinosaurs.[50]
Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com gave no stars to the film and wrote, "Race 3 doesn’t merely demand you to leave your brains behind but guarantees you won’t find them anywhere even after the ordeal is over".[51] Priyadarshini Patya of MensXP.com rated the film 1/5 and said, "Race 3 is just Salman Khan's business, none of the viewers' business".[52] Sonal Dehdia of Mid Day gave the film 1/5 stars and said, "There are two pehlus (aspects) to this film too -- first, it is atrocious and second, it will mint money at the box-office nonetheless".[53] Dhavesh Sharma of Filmfare gave the film 3/5 stars and wrote, "A dysfunctional, ultra rich family, shady deals, fast cars, high speed chases, sassy women, macho men and enough plot twists to make Abbas Mustan go groggy with delight, Race 3 has all these and more'.[54]
Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2/5 stars and write, "On the whole, RACE 3 is high on style and low on substance".[55] Ritika Handoo of Zee News, giving it 2.5/5 stars, said, "the action thriller lacks depth".[56] Namrata Joshi of The Hindu criticized the film as a "compendium of inanities" and that the songs resembled standalone music videos.[57] Shilpa Jamkhandikar of Reuters described the film as "a minefield of meme-worthy moments, replete with hilarious dialogue, a plot ripe for parody and abysmal acting".[58] Umesh punwani of Koimoi gave the film 2/5 stars and said, "On the whole Race 3 is not entirely unentertaining but it is majorly disappointing".[59] Manjusha Radhakrishan of Gulf News gave the film 1.5/5 stars and called it "doomed adventure".[60]
Stutee Gosh of The Quint gave the film 1/5 stars and said "The moments of lull are so many in this 159-minute-long Race 3 that we develop a strange detachment from the on-screen proceedings".[61] Suprana Sharma of Deccan Chronicle gave the film 1/5 stars calling it " a slow, dim-witted crawl to nowhere".[62] Rohit Bhatnagar of Deccan Chronicle noted it to be an ''illogical yawn-fest'', located too distant from reality and as Salman's worst act, ever.[63] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in criticized the film and noted that ''Even die-hard fans will find the going tough....Remo, (who) appears to have been too much in awe of his leading man to have actually given him any basic instructions on the sets....''.[64] Udita Jhunjhunwala of Livemint noted it to be a long film completely devoid of any minimal science or logic and with shoddy dance routines grooved on pedestrian lyrics.[65]
Tanul Thakur of Wire.in noted the film to be a garden variety shoddy joke, suffocated with numerous out-of-sync twists, disregarding logic, flow and consistency.[66] Priyanka Bhadani of the Week.in gave the film 1/5 stars noting it to a logic defying bad spoof of a spoof with cringe-worthy dialogues and where Salman Khan got reduced to a caricature of his real life persona.[67]
The film made to multiple lists for being one of the worst films of the year with one remarking it to have "insulted the audience's intelligence".[68][69][70][71]
The film released on 4300 screens and collected ₹28.50 crore on opening day in India becoming one of the biggest opener of the year.[72] The film became Salman Khan's 4th highest opening day grosser after Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, Tiger Zinda Hai and Sultan.[73]
On opening day, the film collected 127,510 USD [₹87.30 lacs] from 49 screens in Australia, 68,779 USD [₹47.09 lacs] from 27 screens in New Zealand, 337,080 USD [₹2.30 cr] from 137 screens in UK, 477,511 USD [₹3.26 cr] from 281 screens in United States and 10,371 USD [₹7.10 lacs] from 6 screens in Canada. [74] On second day the film collected 143,302 USD [₹97.53 lacs] from 51 screens in Australia, 77,619 USD [₹52.82 lacs] from 30 screens in New Zealand, 412,036 USD [₹2.80 cr] from 136 screens in UK, 512,914 USD [₹3.49 cr] from 283 screens in United States and 9,230 USD [₹6.28 lacs] from 5 screens in Canada.[75] On first Sunday, the film collected 45,905 USD [₹31.24 lacs] from 28 screens in Australia and 71,217 USD [₹48.47 lacs] from 26 screens in New Zealand.[76] In 4 days, the film grossed ₹ 44.97 crores overseas.[77]
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Does the Koran really demand that women wear headscarves? Or is it mainly older men who claim they can decide how women should dress – with no theological foundation whatsoever? For the Islam scholar Lamya Kaddor, there is no question about it: the headscarf is obsolete
If I as a Muslim woman living in Germany ask myself whether I should wear a headscarf or not, that gives rise to the question of whether the additional head-covering called for in the Koran (33:59) still fulfils its original purpose of protecting women from male desire. My answer is: no. In contemporary Germany such covering-up no longer serves that purpose. It is even more likely to bring about the opposite of what God intended by exposing wearers of headscarves to discrimination.
Today the intended protection against 'annoyances' is provided by a well-functioning legal system rather than by adherence to social rules from the past. A free state based on the rule of law protects a woman, for example by punishing attacks on her person. This protection may be primarily concerned with bodily integrity, but people in a modern state are more than ever responsible for themselves with regard to the freedoms accorded – including in the realm of moral integrity. Covering my head cannot relieve me of that responsibility. I cannot hide myself behind a little piece of cloth. A free and democratic state grants rights and also imposes responsibilities. In such circumstances I can behave honourably with and without a veil or head-scarf – or not, as the case may be.
A 'fashion accessory' from Koranic times?
If this argument is accepted, one can also abandon the Koranic demand for additional covering, directed towards women in Early Arabic tribal society. What would still initially remain is the khimâr, the head covering that was part of women's clothing at that time. The Koran neither speaks against nor in any way emphasises that form of covering. God uses the word only once in the Koran (24:31). That occurs in passing in connection with a call for moral behaviour. So there is no Koranic emphasis on such head covering. However, if God had required a special head covering, would He not have said so explicitly? The khimâr thus merely constitutes a 'fashion accessory' according to the spirit of that age. Viewed rationally, functions consciously or unconsciously associated with head coverings across the course of history – such as protection against sand or evil influences – are all superannuated today and have lost their validity. People's powers of imagination have changed.
"Sura 24:30-31 calls on both men and women to behave chastely, but exegesis of the Koran up to the present day only puts the emphasis on chaste behaviour for women," Kaddor writes
In the Germany of the twenty-first century – at the very latest – women's hairstyles are no longer per se an erotic stimulus. The sight of head-hair no longer provokes sexual fantasies and thus immoral behaviour – except perhaps among fetishists. When you walk along a city's pedestrian precincts no one turns to look at you because of your hair. Only if you dress provocatively or in a particularly original way, and behave accordingly, do you attract some attention. In addition, this isn't a male world that still thinks as it did a thousand or more years ago. Thanks to the achievements of a free and democratic state, and thanks to the prevalent understanding of relations between the sexes, you no longer necessarily need a head covering in order to live morally. The headscarf has become obsolete.
Misogyny by Islamic scholars
Today's orthodox comprehension of the obligation to wear a head covering is primarily based on the interpretations of scholars who lived several generations after the Prophet Mohammed. One can follow their judgements but they are not sacrosanct. As human beings all scholars are fallible. Conservative and fundamentalist circles constantly emphasise that our behaviour should follow the Koran and the Prophet. Their spokesmen maintain that this directly accords with what was laid down during the Prophet's lifetime and the initial period of Islam.
The depiction of the headscarf as a unifying element within the Muslim community is not well founded, Kaddor argues
However in reality this view is mainly based on the ideas of scholars who lived some 600 (!) years later – such people as Ibn Qudâma (d. 1223), Ibn Taymîya (d. 1328), or the latter's pupil Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzîya (d. 1350). Bearing in mind the patriarchal social structures of that time, it is unsurprising that interpretations of sources concerning relations between the sexes were usually unfavourable for women – even though that contradicts a striving (to be found throughout the Koran) towards improving women's situation. That tendency is even less surprising if one recalls the misogyny demonstrated by many scholars throughout the history of Islam. Linking shame and a head covering is by no means as self-evident as it seems. Sura 24:30-31 calls on both men and women to behave chastely, but exegesis of the Koran up to the present day only puts the emphasis on chaste behaviour for women.
No political symbol
Nevertheless, the Koranic injunction to dress in a way that is generally demure remains a religious demand, to be fulfilled by wearing 'appropriate' clothing. A woman believer sees this as signifying that all those parts of the female body which nowadays excite the idea of possible sexual contact should continue to be 'properly' concealed beneath the kind of clothing usual today. What is entailed in 'proper', 'appropriate', or 'decent' is left to the reasonableness of every mature woman citizen, since at present there are no specific directives based on Islamic sources. In prevalent practice, it is mostly older men – learned or unlearned – who assume the right to determine how a woman should appear, but there is no theological or sociological foundation for this.
A similar situation prevails regarding evaluation of the headscarf as a token of Islamic faith. Such a function cannot be demonstrated in the history of Islam. The depiction of the headscarf as a unifying element within the Muslim community is not well founded either. In addition, its function as a political symbol, so frequently evoked in public discussions today, also constitutes a historically unfounded inflation of the significance of this item of clothing. This has occurred only in recent decades, as an element in the opposition to Western influences within the Islamic world.
Lamya Kaddor © Goethe-Institut 2011
Lamya Kaddor was born in 1978 in Ahlen, Westphalia, as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. As a student she specialised in Islamic Studies, and went on to train Islamic teachers of religion at Münster University. Since the 2003-04 school year she has been involved as a teacher in the 'Islamic Studies in the German Language' project. Her most recent book is "Muslimisch – weiblich – deutsch! Mein Leben für einen zeitgemäßen Islam" (Muslim – Female – German! My Life for an Islam in Keeping with the Times), C.H. Beck Verlag, Munich 2010. This text is an abbreviated version of a study published in Thorsten Gerald Schneider's Islamverherrlichung [Glorification of Islam], VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2010, pp. 131–158.
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Comments for this article: Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf
the head scarf debate
can i make a simple request can i ask the german islamic scholar to wear the head dress for a year as an social experiment let us then annylise the difference it has made in her life the difference it makes in her behaviour & the behavoiour of her fellow beings who r around her in their nomal cource of life
the statements she has madeabout head scarf becoming an obscelete acessory i want her to prove it she cant just make a commit like that & forget it
she being an islamic schjolar ( which i am not) i cant argue with her on the islamic dictate about purdah she knows it better then me
if she has spend all her life till date with our head scarf why not give it a try & c the difference t makes in her life her self
but at the end of it she has to be honest not to us but to herself
Abdul Rauf Trumboo15.04.2011 | 08:54 Uhr
Why as a Muslim woman I dont wear a scarf
As 14 centuries past the Koranic revelation Muslim scholarship continues to debate the issue of hijab – whether or not a Muslim woman should cover the head or the face, it is time that it takes cognizance of the fact that he Koran has no specific instruction for women to wearing any external head to toe veil (burqa), face veil (niqab), covering of head, or for gender-based segregation. The writer had stated this in a summary report sent earlier [1] drawn on the textual analysis of relevant Koranic verses appearing in a recent publication [2]. This briefing explores the historical background to the issue, as reported in the referenced publication.
Until the advent of Islam, practically all the major civilizations subjected women to various forms of restrictions. The Zoroastrians (Persians) kept their women in confinement, guarded by eunuchs. The Greek followed their example and kept their women in gynaecium, often under lock and key. The Hindus burnt their widows alive on funeral pyres of their husband’s bodies - a practice continued until recent centuries. The Chinese bound their women’s feet in iron shoes as a cultural norm, obviously, to restrict their movement. The Christian Church placed women under total domination of men. (The Bible, Genesis 3.16). Roman male citizens could kill their women by law, if they found them committing adultery (Thanks to the Justinian Code).
Therefore all the Christians (including the Romans and Greeks), Zoroastrians, pagans and Hindus who embraced Islam brought misogynist notions into Islam from their previous religions. This inevitably influenced their interpretation of Koranic exhortations on modesty. With time, this gave rise to imposition of varying restrictions upon women, including their full veiling and segregation when outside the house – a custom borrowed understandably from “the Greek Christians of Byzentium, who had long veiled and segregated their women in this manner.”[3]
The truth is the Koran features altogether five verses relating to sartorial modesty and sexual morality: 7:26 declares that clothing is meant for concealing nakedness as well as for personal beauty but reminds that the cloak of conscience is the best. 24:30 calls upon men to ‘restrain their glances and cover their sexual parts. 24:31 has identical instruction for women (as in 24:30), but allows them some latitude to enable suckling of their babies in the presence of close male relatives and restrains them from wearing or bearing themselves provocatively. 24:60 relents towards the elderly and senile women, because of the lack of their sexual appeal. Finally, 33:59 restates sartorial modesty, but forbids women from hiding their identity under the veil. This is another matter that the traditional gendered reading obscures the identity and enhances the sexuality of women by insisting on veil, head gear, segregation etc. In a word, in today’s context/debate, veil and head-covers are fake symbols of ‘Islamic’ as the true identity of a Muslim lies in his/her inner beauty: conduct, behaviour and performance and not in veil and head-cover.
Mohammed Yunus
1. www.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-478/_nr-967/i.html
2. “Essential Message of Islam,” by Muhammad Yunus and Ashfaque Ullah Syed, Amana Publications, Maryland 2009.
3. Karen Armstrong, Islam, A short history, New York 2002, p. 16
mohammed yunus16.04.2011 | 23:38 Uhr
Reply to your false propaganda
http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_151_200/islamic_concept_of_veil.htm
This is the reply to the above piece
Self proclaimed scholars like Lamya do no service but create confusions. Islam is the religion that liberates women. In fact, Islam was the first religion that talked and put into practice the equality of women. But unlike the Orientalists, we don't sell our mothers and sisters. Rape cases and prostitution centers are not our giving to the world. Hijab liberates women.
Hakim iqbal Abdulla17.04.2011 | 19:05 Uhr
"Scholars"
It's not as if you can't reject the clearly false opinion of a person because the call themselves "A scholar". The Quran commands us to obey the Prophet(PBUH). You, therefore, have no right to obey anyone when it involved disobedience to Allah.
Sahih International
Say, "Obey Allah and the Messenger." But if they turn away - then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers.
No need to say ...05.07.2011 | 18:23 Uhr
Self proclaimed scholars
I am sorry, but this woman doesn't know what she is talking about. If she said she doesn't want to wear headscarf or it shouldn't be forced on the woman or society shouldn't judge a women for putting it on I will agree with her. But to say since it is not mentioned in Quran then it is simply an older men misogyny for women or a 'fashion accessory' from Koranic times, this is a nonsense talk and I don't know how she called herself a Muslim scholar.
What this lady missed that Faraeid and feqh al hadeeth for haram and halal based on Quran 'AND" Al Suna from prophet Mohammed SAAW. One of the main pillars in Islam is praying five times in a day. Did Quran say anything about how to pray or how many times we pray? No, but we learned that from prophet's teaching. And since she only based her argument on Quran, did she ignore the Ayah (O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end. (59)) Al Nessa. Or the hadeeth ("Ayesha (r) reported that Asma’ the daughter of Abu Bakr (r) came to the Messenger of Allah (s) while wearing thin clothing. He approached her and said: 'O Asma’! When a girl reaches the menstrual age, it is not proper that anything should remain exposed except this and this. He pointed to the face and hands." [Abu Dawud]). Women and men's costume were declared many times in Quran and hadeeth but I guess for some people it is a matter of pick and choose.
This is a deep science and not everybody can simply go in public and make halal or haram and mislead people because he/she read some versos from Quran. And again, I am against forcing any woman to put it on or judging her if she wears it or not, but I refuse making false claims about the religion and mislead people. If a Muslim doesn't want to pray or
Murad Kablan13.04.2012 | 00:42 Uhr
Self proclaimed scholar con't
or fast in Ramadan this is his/her choice, be he/she can't say it is ok in the religion to do so or it not mentioned in Quran so we can ignore it.
Self proclaimed scholars like Lamya do no service but create confusions. Islam is the religion that liberates women. In fact, Islam was the first religion that talked and put into practice the equality of women. I recommend any woman or man to read the book ( Liberating the woman in the message's era by Dr. Abdul halim Abou Shoqa) or to watch Dr. Tareq Swydan episod in youtube titeld (Hijab is it 3ebada or3ada ?)
the word "khimar" is there and since quran was meant for all times and not just for that particular period,it is definetly valid in the 21st century too.i feel she misses the beauty of the exact precision of the words used in quran.
sania mariam25.04.2012 | 23:28 Uhr
I do respect your opinion but it doesn't make you right or wrong. However, I do disagree with the entire article especially the term "Koranic times". I don't really know how you came up with this terms as long as I know that Koran is Koran and Islam is Islam and you can't change it to whatever you desire. With respect to the Church, same-sex marriage was prohibited years ago but then the church found itself being hated by people who do support this case then it allowed it in an organized manner. The church wanted to keep its role and love by allowing that already prohibited act, and that's wrong. After a few years, a new weird thing/case and the church will refuse it then it will be forced to approve it.
I don't want that for Islam.
I respect the freedom of expression but when it's logical and based on facts and well-known knowledge. Therefore, you can do whatever you want but that doesn't give you the right to form your opinion as the correct way. What I know is that Quran asking woman to cover their head, now, could you please bring me a text from the Quran or from Sunnah that doesn't say that?
Muhammad Badi09.07.2012 | 20:16 Uhr
Agree, but...
Of course, I can only agree with her that the concept of a universally compulsory headscarf was spun by scholars, who themselves are a product of their time and place. She may have added a note on the definition of the word "khimar", which people now choose to interpret in a way that agrees with their idea of what women should do.
Unfortunately, her argument that for her personally, as a Muslim living in Germany (where the sight of hair does not provoke men's fantasies) the headscarf is obsolete, only forces us to conclude that in places where it does cause such provocation, it remains necessary. It may be a fact, sadly, but does that mean that certain sick fantasies will forever be allowed to determine the fate of certain societies?
Nesrin A.10.07.2012 | 10:54 Uhr
head scarf
You call youself a scholar...why reject the ahaadeeth and only use quraan??obviously hijaab and niqaab are nessasary articles of clothing for a muslim for a true believing muslim woman..if you disagree that's your choice but do not falsely claim that hijaab is not from islam and quraan...nabi saw was sent as a messenger for ALL times..so all laws in the wisdom of Allaah were made for ALL times..they cannot be changed simply because you feel its for previous times only.do you not know the hadeeth stating that a group of angels praise Allaah in the words "Glory be to the one who has beautifies women with long plaits of hair glory be to the one who has beautified men with beards" this proves that the Hair of a woman is an integeral part of her beauty and should be coverd.Hijaab is liberating..try it and see!!!
amatullah bint ...11.07.2012 | 17:48 Uhr
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Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan accused a group of opposition MPs, including the Shadow Chancellor and Diane Abbott, of sympathising with the shamed Caracas leader Nicolas Maduro. Sir Alan, a Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton said the group had signed “signatures of shame” after they told the Guardian “there is no justification for backing the US attempt at regime change”.
The US, followed by the UK, France and up to 20 countries, now recognise Juan Guaidó the elected leader of the opposition-held National Assembly as the country’s rightful president and have called for the election to be re-run.
Sir Alan said: “So let the signatories of that letter in the Guardian be pinned on every wall as a list of signatures of shame.”
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Replay Guest post: From the Front Porch – Interview with John Grabowski
by Susan Gabriel | Jun 25, 2015 | From the Front Porch: Creativity Interviews
This week’s guest for From the Front Porch: Creativity Interviews is John Grabowski. John has been following my blog since the early years (I started it in 2008!), and has been a frequent commenter. We developed an email friendship as he worked on his forthcoming novel, Entertaining Welsey Shaw. On his blog he has some really interesting things to say about the phenomenon of celebrity culture, which he addresses in his novel. John is one of the smartest and well-read people I know. Please welcome him to our Creativity Interviews.
Tell us a little about yourself. Perhaps what do you do for a living and where you live?
I live in Northern California and I’ve been a copywriter, a newswriter, and a novel writer. Right now I’m on the Marketing and Development Committees of the Peninsula Symphony as we are working to attract a broader and more affluent audience to this truly excellent orchestra.
When are you the most creative? (Who are you with? Where are you? What are you doing?)
I’m a night owl. That’s when I generally get most of my ideas and do my best writing. Doesn’t matter where, really, as long as I can get my fingers to a keyboard. I tend to like the “white noise” of coffee shops, however.
When are you the least creative? (Who are you with? Where are you? What are you doing?)
Mornings. I am not a morning person and never have been. Doesn’t matter how much sleep I get or when I go to bed.
What inspires you and why does it inspire you?
Other great art. Great ideas, different ways of looking at common things.
I don’t write fantasy or escapism. Everything I write is deeply-rooted in reality—often the most mundane reality that most people don’t pay attention to. So when someone can see that reality in a fresh and new way, I am inspired and want to do the same.
Share a favorite quote:
The great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. —Emerson
What creative project are you working on now or do you hope to work on?
Getting dressed. Seriously, it’s 11am and I haven’t gotten away from the computer yet today.
Share a photo of something you find beautiful:
Name one of more of your favorite books. What do you love about them? If they changed your life in any way tell us why.
Of course knowing me as you do you’d expect to see a title by Deborah Eisenberg here. But she writes short stories, though they’ve been collected into books, so we can just assume at least one of these would be one of her titles, probably one of her last two, All Around Atlantis or Twilight of the Superheroes. I think she is the most important fiction writer working today because she is doing things no one else is but at the same time she’s doing it with a vocabulary that wouldn’t stump a high school student and she has probed the fringes of consciousness without resorting to any trendy new writing styles. She shows that direct simplicity can also be complex.
I also enjoy many of Alice Munro’s stories, though I do think Eisenberg should have won the Nobel for her greater breadth and insight. And you, Susan Gabriel, have turned me on to Francine Prose!
Netherland by Joseph O’Neill is probably the best novel I’ve read that’s been written in the last ten years. I also enjoyed his follow-up The Dog, though the critics were pretty luke-warm on that one, for some reason
To The Lighthouse just blew my mind the first time I read it in the way it dealt with the most ordinary events with tremendous depth.
Richard Ford’s Bascombe Trilogy impressed me in similar ways. Or the first two novels did. I thought the third sputtered. There’s now a fourth Frank Bascombe book but I’m not sure if I’m going to read it. I think I’m sort of done with Frank.
Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road is an understated tour-de-force. And I love Milan Kundera, especially The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and José Saramago, especially The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis.
Name one or more of your favorite films and tell us what you love about it/them.
In literature I am drawn to realism—you might almost say mundane realism. Robert Altman’s films, or many of them, are of a similar nature. So are Ernst Lubitsch if you want to go really far back, especially the pre-Code ones.
Yet I also love the outsized aspects of Fellini, and 8 ½ and La Dolce Vita are two of my favorite films. They use fantasy to make a bigger point about realism.
So fantasy at the service of realism is fine. Fantasy for fantasy’s sake not so much, even if there’s a “moral” to the story. It’s usually a very simple moral.
Name one or more of your favorite pieces of art (painting, sculpture) and tell us what you love about it/them.
The Milk Maid by Vermeer, though to understand why you’d have to see it in person. The best prints don’t capture the impact. That’s true of any Vermeer.
Rembrandt’s self-portraits, especially the late ones. Same story. They seem to have a history that began before you entered the room to look at them and continue after you leave.
What were you like as a child?
God knows.
Tell us about something you’re proud of having created, participated in, etc. (not your offspring, please!
This is going to seem ridiculously esoteric, but I intuitively figured out the “Circle of Fifths” in music without ever having it explained to me. I also distrusted a scholarly discovery that claimed a section of Beethoven’s music had been edited incorrectly all these years and had to be revised. Turns out I was right—the copyist made the “corrections” and Beethoven considered them wrong—they are!—and put back his original. But for several years some Beethoven scholars thought the “wrong” way was right and it was even recorded this way. I was never fooled, because that’s not how Beethoven thinks; it has nothing to do with taste.
What are you grateful for? (Today or in general.)
My health. A number of friends have had brushes with cancer or other disease and I have nothing to complain about. I am in good shape overall.
From JL’s Uncle Jessie Meme:
A song/band/type of music you’d risk wreck & injury to turn off when it comes on the radio?
Hip hop. But really most pop.
A favorite show on television?
Don’t really have one.
If you could have anything put on a t-shirt what would it be?
The formula for the Unified Field Theory. I’d then win a Nobel in physics and be famous.
A favorite meal?
A talent you wish you had?
Concert pianist.
What’s on your nightstand?
Isn’t this a family blog?
What’s something about you that would surprise us?
Same answer.
Check out John’s blog here.
Please take a moment to let John know what you appreciated about this interview. Be sure and check out the link to his blog, too. If you’re feeling too shy to comment, consider sharing this post with your friends on your favorite social media platform. Thanks! xo
P.S. A quick note about the title of this series, From the Front Porch:
Here in the South, we love our front porches. They are where we get to know our neighbors and take a load off with our friends. Ideally, I would invite John here to my house, we’d sit with a glass of iced tea, and I’d interview him while a cool breeze moved through the oaks, accompanied by the sound of two rocking chairs squeaking on the floorboards. Instead, I’ll ask you to use your imaginations. I hope you enjoy the breeze!
Susan Gabriel is the acclaimed southern author of The Secret Sense of Wildflower (named a Best Book of 2012 by Kirkus Reviews) and other southern novels, including Temple Secrets, Grace, Grits and Ghosts: Southern Short Stories and others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina.
February 1, 2017 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: celebrity, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, fame, fiction, Hollywood, John Grabowski, novel, publishing, writing | Leave a comment
Brooke Shields. Jennifer Aniston. Lindsay Lohan. Eminem. Tori Spelling. Miranda Kerr. Drew Barrymore. Ariel Winter. What they all have in common with Welsey Shaw is mother issues. Severe mother issues. Despite making it in an incredibly difficult business where managing people is a key skill, they can’t manage their mothers. Most won’t talk about it, as in the above where Ellen DeGenerous tries awkwardly to get some “good TV” out Modern Family’s Ariel Winter. The young actress won’t bite. Moms can have a devastating effect on us.
Welsey Shaw’s mother is a conglomerate of stage moms (just as Welsey is a conglomerate of actresses) plus some original stuff (just as Welsey is some original stuff). Like many real celebrity moms, Lynne lives Welsey’s fame vicariously, enjoying the spotlight—the parties, the perks, the money—in many ways more than her daughter. It causes a rift between them, as daughter grows up faster than mother. When the novel begins, Lynne has access to Welsey solely though a phone number she’s allowed to call no more than once a day.
Some relationships are tricky. Lindsay Lohan seems both close to and antagonistic with her mom. Jennifer Aniston supposedly “made good” with her mom a couple years ago, after decades of estrangement. For Tori Spelling, mom Candy is still not a bestie, especially since withholding money because, claims the latter, “[Tori] would close a store and drop $50,000 to $60,000.” Tori doesn’t deny it: “‘It’s not my fault I’m an uptown girl stuck in a midtown life. I was raised in opulence. My standards are ridiculously high. We can’t afford that lifestyle, but when you grow up silver spoon it’s hard to go plastic…I grew up rich beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. I never knew anything else. Even when I try to embrace a simpler lifestyle, I can’t seem to let go of my expensive tastes.” This is sort of the inverse situation of Welsey and her mom.
More often than not, we don’t have the transparency into the mom-daughter dynamic that we do in Tori Spelling’s case. Ariel Winter has not talked about her rocky relationship with her mom, but back in 2012, when Winter was only fourteen, her older sister filed to become her guardian. She was officially emancipated from her mom at age seventeen, meaning she became an adult in the eyes of the law. While her mother has released a statement saying “the family has moved beyond the conflict,” Ariel doesn’t seem to agree.
I must say I really admire and respect these celebrities. Their professional lives are already uber-stressful, but to have parents on top of that who are non-supportive (with the exception, it seems, of Candy Spelling, who seems to be doing what’s good for her daughter) must make it all that much harder. Family support is key to success in every endeavor, and my heart goes out to those who, for whatever reason, do not have it.
Welsey Shaw’s relationship with her mother is rocky, and gets worse. But there will be a reconciliation—and a sad one—if I ever get around to write the sequel, which I’ve tentatively titled Ravishing Welsey Shaw. As for the release date of Entertaining Welsey Shaw, well…stay tuned.
January 7, 2017 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: Ariel Winter, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, fame, Modern Family, novel, television, Welsey Shaw, writing | Leave a comment
“One minute she’s surrounded by friends, the next she’s all on her own jetting across the world!”
I thought I was reading an interview with Welsey Shaw.
But I wasn’t. She’s Cara Delevingne, and I’m amazed I’d never heard of her before.
She’s a fashion model, and she belies all the stereotypes about such models: she’s smart, funny, curious, and a terribly articulate and searching.
And one of the things she keeps articulating is how lonely her life is, and that being famous and in the spotlight constantly doesn’t make you less alone. Just the opposite, in fact. Ms. Delevingne often says she feels terribly alone.
Like Welsey she’s had some explosive outbursts. Welsey goes off on everyone inside a Manhattan Starbucks. For Ms. Delevingne, a security search at a train station in Paris caused her to erupt and call the agents names. After being detained an hour she apologized, and was sent on her way.
No explanation why she went off. But people like her are under lots of pressure (not that that’s an excuse, but…) and often it’s the small things that do it, something Daniel Ferreira learns when he gets deeper and deeper into Welsey’s life. A casual brush could bruise a career, a slip on a late night talk show could end it. Friends become foes in the blink of an eye, people use you for who you are, and if you fail to please them you are labeled a “biiytch.” And through all this, you’re supposed to always, unfailingly smile.
Delevingne’s said she battled with depression during her school years but managed to turn her life around with the help of writing and yoga. But it hasn’t worked as well as she’d hoped, apparently. After a devastating breakup recently, she has told her family that she might end up walking away from fame. And friends say she is now depressed worse than they have ever seen before. As her mother observed, “One minute she’s surrounded by friends, the next she’s all on her own jetting across the world!”
I confess I once considered an ending for Entertaining Welsey Shaw where Welsey, miserable in her alone-ness, took her life. Just writing left an incredibly bad taste in my mouth. But a number of celebrities in the spotlight—particularly, for some reason, young women—have made this decision. I truly hope Ms. Delevingne finds her way out of her darkness, and rediscovers happiness soon. Perhaps a break from fame might have a therapeutic affect. It does for Welsey, in the ending I finally opted for for the novel.
December 15, 2016 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: Cara Delevingne, celebrity, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, fame, fiction, John Grabowski, literature, writing | Leave a comment
The price of fame: Living your life in public
The paps, getting a piece of her.
She’s a wildly-famous blonde superstar who’s been in the spotlight since she was a teenager, and she nearly lost her mind because of the relentless scrutiny she found herself under.
But we’re not talking about Welsey Shaw.
Britney Spears could probably identify with my blonde heroine. No matter what you think of her talents, you have to admit she must have stamina to live her life with paparazzi camped outside her door and reporters following her every move.
She recently told the magazine Marie Claire UK that for many years she didn’t know who she was or what she was. She was living a life defined by other people, unable to form her own self.
I can’t justify the craziness of the public eye for Britney’s former irresponsible behavior. She endangered her children, of whom she lost custody (since re-won, at least on a 50/50 basis with her ex, dancer Kevin Federline) and did some truly wacked out things. Shrink-type people said she was crying out for help. Probably true. If she really were suicidal she’d have succeeded.
But I find it interesting how so many stars-since-they-were-children have their childhoods snatched away from them, and make up for it in overdrive later on. How what everyone thinks they would like—fame, fans, riches—can lead to madness, depression, desperation. Interestingly, one of her most well-known comeback songs is “Piece of Me,” and it’s from an album called Blackout.
Critics have criticized Spears’ art for not being deep. That may be true, but I have a feeling she’ll get deeper. When she was younger, she didn’t know much, because she wasn’t allowed to live a life. So she couldn’t have been deep. Her rebellion might have ultimately been the best thing to happen, artistically.
Something has to set childhood stars free. For Britney it was an unlikely bumpy series of events that, after a lot of loss and pain, liberated her—or at least so it seems. For Welsey Shaw, part of it was equally-unlikely, Daniel Ferreira in a Midtown Manhattan Starbucks who lets her discover what real conversation, real people, real experiences and opinions, feel like. The road through fame is filled with twists and turns, and it’s different lengths for everyone.
September 1, 2016 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: celebrities, celebrity, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, fame, Hollywood, John Grabowski, novel, paparazzi | Leave a comment
Gwyneth Paltrow’s second conscious uncoupling
No, she’s not getting another divorce, since she hasn’t remarried (though there are rumors of that on the horizon).
But Gwyneth Paltrow is saying goodbye to GOOP. (Should that be GOOPbye then?)
The 43-year-old lifestyle guru is separating from her brand to spend more time with her spa treatments, home redecorating parties and splurge vacations in Saint-Tropez.
Seriously, no reason was given for her change of strategy. Just a few months ago, in fact, she had stated that she’d basically retired from acting to make GOOP her full-time endeavor.
I’m not sure how this is possible. The website has her initials, or some strange variant thereof, said to be a nickname the actress likes. Then again, she named her daughter after a fruit. Or maybe it was her favorite laptop.
She really believes she got where she did the same way as, say, Claire Danes did. “[My father] said, you know, ‘You are completely on your own.’ He never gave me anything…So, the idea that I am spoiled or that I didn’t work for what I have is just not accurate.” I’m sure no one on the receiving end of her phone calls and auditions knew who her parents were. And the fact that her first substantial appearance to the world was in a film made by her godfather, who also happens to be Steven Spielberg, is complete coincidence.
To me her “lifestyle” choices largely have the ring of celebrity New Age hedonism. Not that that isn’t very popular—everyone today wants to be famous—but she sometimes acts like her website’s mission is to save the world. But she has more followers than I do, so maybe I should just keep my mouth shut.
There’s nothing wrong with splurges. But when GOOP calls a woodburning backyard pizza oven or a facial that costs more than most house payments a “splurge,” when its holiday gift guide would make even George Soros blink at his credit card statement, you have to wonder what world this chick lives in.
The Gwynnie who says she’s got it tougher than most people, and that other moms can keep themselves in the flawless shape she does if they really work at it appears to be rather tone-deaf to the very people who made her rich and famous, spending their weekend crusts to see her Miramax movies at cineplexes in suburban cities she probably despises. Not to say there aren’t media outlets that are very sympathetic to this sort of lifestyle. Their readership is exactly the demo that goes for such very blonde, very New England-y inhabitants as those who seem to come to GP’s soirées. Most such rich people just enjoy this lifestyle quietly, however, and don’t feel the compulsion to rub others’ noses in it.
As for GOOP, “My dream is that one day no one will remember that I had anything to do with it,” she recently said. Amen. But perhaps it wasn’t her dream. Perhaps it was the dream of others, business partners who came on board and possibly suggested the uncoupling. I have no idea if that actually happened, but the about-face stance seems very sudden and, to me, very un-Gwyneth. What’s she going to do with all her free time, Shakespeare in Love 2: Viola Returns from Virginia? (Actually, that could be pretty good.)
I am sad that now I won’t know where to get the best colon-cleanse, but I guess I’ll just have to use Yelp or ask my tony friends.
Meanwhile, join me in saying goodbye to GOOP as we know it.
August 9, 2016 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: celebrities, celebrity, Claire Danes, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, fame, GOOP, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Grabowski | Leave a comment
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Posts tagged “Pope Julius II”
Replay: The power of an artist
“Make way for the great Raphael!”
Why do people do art?
Want the quickest way for most people to emit a derisive snort? Tell them you’re an artist.
I got to thinking about this the other day when my writer friend Susan Gabriel posted about what art means to her. She said, “WE MUST–women and men alike–claim and protect whatever creative talents we have, or we run the risk of not recovering.” Pretty passionate. But why is she so? Writing hasn’t made her rich (I don’t think so, at least). It won’t make her thinner or healthier or have better cholesterol numbers or a bigger house. It sure doesn’t impress most people in society—being an artist doesn’t do that, unless you’re a very famous one. People wiggle their finger in their ear when they hear you declare you’re an artist. They privately (or maybe not so privately) say you should get a real job.
There’s a scene in Entertaining Welsey Shaw where protagonist Daniel Ferreira, tries to explain to his father how and why he wants to become a professional writer after college, It’s a conversation many have had, with its attendant frustrations After all, what kind of a job is that? What do you do? Who do you do it for? How do you know anyone is going to pay you? After all, “artist” is not exactly a job you “:get.” There’s no application to fill, no ads to answer, no interviews, no objective skill requirements.
Sounds like a scam.
Daniel’s parents, both retired civil servants who’ve moved on to a nicer home in wealthier climes, try to steer him to their idea of an “artistic” job. They know someone whose son recently started writing copy for a trash-talking radio show host who’s about to go national. This other kid’s doing well. He just bought a sportscar.
But people have not only bothered to be artists—they’ve died for the privilege. A privilege that includes no health benefits, no pension, no IRA and odds of being recognized that are about the same as the odds you’ll be struck by lightning.
It can’t just be ego. People forget egos take a HUGE beating in art. Many artists need the big heads they have, because, like a piñata, people are going to take many swings at it during your career.
The year 1752 might yield a clue.
That’s when Augustus III, king of Poland, acquired Raphael’s Sistine Madonna for the art gallery in Dresden (where it still hangs). Auggie was so moved by the work that he famously ordered, “Make room for the great Raphael!” when the painting was brought into the room and positioned in the sunlight. He and his retinue then spent hours just staring at it. (The cherubs that adorn the bottom of the painting are better-known in this day and age, gracing many refrigerator magnets and T-shirts.)
Imagine this man of wealth and privilege brought to his knees by the scrapings of pigment on canvas. Others had bowed before him, but he bowed before “the great Raphael.”
Or there’s Pope Julius II urging, threatening and finally pleading with Michelangelo to finish his own Sistine masterpiece. For all his power on earth, the pope’s time is limited, and he knows that. That’s one limitation art does not face.
Mighty Russian prince Nicholas Galitzin is remembered today as the guy who commissioned the last five string quartets—widely considered the greatest in history—by Beethoven. I googled him just now and the Beethoven quartets are the first thing that came up. He doesn’t even have his own separate entry in Wikipedia…were it not for Beethoven, Nick would likely be forgotten.
Then there’s the Archduke Rudolph. Known by various fancy titles, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Cardinal, an Archbishop of Olomouc, and a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, today he’s remembered solely as one of Beethoven’s important patrons. To him was dedicated, among other masterworks, the Piano Trio that bears his name. Many times he and Beethoven would have volcanic fights and the composer would storm off—but it was always the archduke who worried about repairing relations. Perhaps he sensed who in the long run was the most important.
Stephen Sondheim once observed that the only two things that we pass on after we die are children and art. He might have mentioned political and other kinds of philosophy and all-around learnedness, as well as bodies of scientific knowledge, but it could be argued that those too are a form of art.
After all, Rockefeller is gone, but Rockefeller Center remains. William Randolph Hearst died decades ago, but people still flock to Julia Morgan’s masterpiece at San Simeon. And maybe we’re all hoping for a little bit of that. Immortality. Or at least a passing thought, a nod of recognition, from the future. Is it a coincidence so many artists are agnostic or atheist? Perhaps they’re seeking immortality some other way.
August 6, 2015 | Categories: Blog, Entertaining Welsey Shaw | Tags: Archduke Rudolph, art, artist, Beethoven, Entertaining Welsey Shaw, John Grabowski, literature, novel, Pope Julius II, Prince Nicholas Galitzin, Raphael, Sistine Madonna, Susan Gabriel, writing | 2 Comments
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December 14, 2018 Kevin JohnsonDemocracy, Election Reform, International Democracy Support
by Kevin Johnson in Opinion Dec 11, 2018
Among the many moments of President Bush’s life celebrated last week, I have a particular reason to focus on November 3, 1992, when Bush delivered what to me were the most important words of his presidency: “The people have spoken, and we respect the majesty of the democratic system.”
When I heard those words I broke into tears – because I had returned that day from working on democracy in Africa, where people were literally dying to hear words like those from their leaders. I watched that concession speech with colleagues who likewise were devoted to helping countries build democracies. For us, a concession perhaps thought perfunctory by the mainstream captured everything we hoped to help others achieve.
At the time Bush gave that speech, the vast majority of countries, in Africa and around the world, had never seen a leader in power acknowledge defeat and step down, a leader accept with grace the sovereign power of the people.
Relinquishing power does not come naturally to humans. As King George sings in Hamilton, “I wasn’t aware that was something a person could do.” Democracy requires many things, but none more important than this willing departure from power. Perhaps this is America’s greatest innovation and greatest gift to the world.
Of course degrees of grace in departure have varied. George Washington’s noble example was followed only four years later by John Adams stuffing the government with last minute appointees and riding off at 3:00am.
But it is perhaps our current times that make us most wonder if we are losing this key ingredient in the democracy recipe. We have a president who refused to commit to supporting the winner of his party primary and strongly hinted he would not accept the results of the presidential election if he lost. As President Bush lay in state, his party in Wisconsin voted to strip powers from the office soon to be occupied by the winning governor, following a model set in North Carolina last year.
In Africa, concession speeches, though still regrettably rare, are no longer an impossible dream. The work of helping new democracies around the world, which was wholeheartedly supported by Bush and other Presidents, has borne fruit. Many countries have succeeded in asserting the fundamental sovereignty of the people.
Democracies make war less, trade more, and generate massively fewer refugees. It is absolutely in our self-interest, as most selfishly defined, to want the fragile new democracies of the world to thrive.
Whether we like it or not, ours is the system new democracies benchmark themselves against; when we degrade our institutions and our democratic civility it reverberates around the world to the detriment of us all.
George Bush is often praised for recognizing that those he opposed politically were his opponents, not his enemies. Perhaps we could remember his legacy by establishing a new coda for candidates to use in commercials: “I approve this message, and the people I’m running against are my opponents, not my enemies.”
Some way or another, we must restore in our country the full value of the gift that we have given to so many others.
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Limit my search to Cell Biology
Maulik R Patel ,
Ganesh K Miriyala,
Aimee J Littleton,
Heiko Yang,
Kien Trinh,
Janet M Young,
Scott R Kennedy,
Yukiko M Yamashita,
Leo J Pallanck,
Harmit S Malik ,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States;
Vanderbilt University, United States;
University of Michigan, United States;
University of Washington, United States;
University of Washington Medical Center, United States;
Due to their strict maternal inheritance in most animals and plants, mitochondrial genomes are predicted to accumulate mutations that are beneficial or neutral in females but harmful in males. Although a few male-harming mtDNA mutations have been identified, consistent with this ‘Mother’s Curse’, their effect on females has been largely unexplored. Here, we identify COIIG177S, a mtDNA hypomorph of cytochrome oxidase II, which specifically impairs male fertility due to defects in sperm development and function without impairing other male or female functions. COIIG177S represents one of the clearest examples of a ‘male-harming’ mtDNA mutation in animals and suggest that the hypomorphic mtDNA mutations like COIIG177S might specifically impair male gametogenesis. Intriguingly, some D. melanogaster nuclear genetic backgrounds can fully rescue COIIG177S -associated sterility, consistent with previously proposed models that nuclear genomes can regulate the phenotypic manifestation of mtDNA mutations.
Cell compartments called mitochondria are responsible for producing much of the energy that animal and plant cells need. Most of the proteins in mitochondria are produced from genes found in another compartment called the nucleus. However, some mitochondrial proteins are made from genes found in the mitochondria themselves.
Unlike the genes in the nucleus, which animals and plants inherit from both their mother and father, the mitochondrial “genome” is only passed on along the female line. Therefore, males represent an evolutionary dead-end for mitochondrial genes. Evolutionary theory predicts that this should result in the evolution and spread of mutations that can be harmful to males, providing they do not reduce the ability of females to survive and reproduce. Although such ‘male-harming’ mutations have been well studied in plants, it is less clear how common they are in animals.
Patel, Miriyala, Littleton et al. used fruit flies as a model system to identify and characterize male-harming mutations in the mitochondrial genome. The experiments isolated a mitochondrial genome with a single mutation in a gene that encodes an enzyme called cytochrome oxidase II. The mutation is said to be “hypomorphic” because it lowers the activity of the gene. The fertility of male flies with this mutation rapidly declined as they aged. However, the mutation did not appear to lower the fertility of female flies. In fact, apart from the lower male fertility, the mitochondrial mutation did not seem to affect any other traits in males or females.
Further experiments revealed that this hypomorphic mutation specifically impairs the development of sperm. Patel, Miriyala, Littleton et al. also found that the effect of the mutation on the fertility of the males depended on the genes in the nucleus of their cells, as some nuclear genomes were able to partially or completely suppress the mutation. This supports previous findings that the effect of mitochondrial mutations in animals and plants may be complex and can be strongly influenced by the genes in their nucleus.
Patel, Miriyala, Littleton et al.’s findings suggest that sperm development is particularly susceptible to defects in mitochondria, and that hypomorphic mutations may represent a broader category of ‘male-harming’ mutations in animals. A future challenge will be to find out whether such mutations occur in humans and whether they are associated with infertility in men.
The acquisition of the mitochondria by the ancestral eukaryote is one of the most remarkable instances of symbiosis in biology (Sagan, 1967; Schwartz and Dayhoff, 1978). This symbiosis gave the eukaryotic cell the ability to perform oxidative phosphorylation (Williams et al., 2013). In modern eukaryotes, oxidative phosphorylation is carried out by the electron transport chain, which comprises subunits encoded by both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA). Oxidative phosphorylation plays a fundamental role in many eukaryotes and is responsible for meeting most cellular energy demands. In humans, dysfunction of oxidative phosphorylation is associated with many diseases including cancer, diabetes, infertility, and neurodegenerative disorders (Wallace, 2001).
Despite the appearance of a symbiotic relationship, the evolutionary interests of mitochondria can be in conflict with those of nuclear genomes (Partridge and Hurst, 1998). This conflict arises from the differences in transmission between the two genomes. Whereas the nuclear genome is transmitted in a Mendelian fashion through both sexes, mtDNA is exclusively maternally inherited in most metazoans. Indeed, there are elaborate mechanisms to prevent the inheritance of sperm mitochondria (Birky, 1995; Al Rawi et al., 2011; Sato and Sato, 2011; Zhou et al., 2011; DeLuca and O'Farrell, 2012). Due to this uniparental inheritance, natural selection for mtDNA fitness can operate in females but not in males. As a result of this relaxed selection, 'male-harming' mtDNA mutations are expected to accumulate as long as they are beneficial, neutral or nearly neutral in females, a scenario referred to as the ‘Mother’s Curse’ (Frank and Hurst, 1996; Gemmell et al., 2004). However, since decreased male fitness is detrimental for the evolutionary success of the nuclear genome, outbred populations subject to accumulation of male-harming mtDNA mutations can rapidly evolve nuclear genome-encoded suppressors to restore male fitness (Rand et al., 2004; Dowling et al., 2008). Thus, evolutionary theory predicts a conflict-driven molecular arms race between mtDNA and the nuclear genome.
These evolutionary predictions have spurred interest into the molecular basis of how mtDNA mutations can manifest as specifically ‘male-harming’ particularly since mitochondrial function would be expected to be similar in most organs of both sexes. One of the best-understood examples of such ‘male-harming’ mtDNA mutations are cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) mutants described in many plant species (Budar et al., 2003; Chase, 2007). Such cms mtDNA can induce male sterility in hermaphroditic plants that can be cross-pollinated. By reallocating resources for pollen production instead for production of seeds, cms mtDNA increase female fitness – and consequently increase their own fitness (Budar et al., 2003). Molecular characterization of cms mutants shows that their ‘male-harming’ (and female-beneficial) properties are caused by novel chimeric genes that are created via recombination between mtDNA molecules. Nuclear-encoded suppressors of cms belong to the pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) protein family and use RNA editing to effectively neutralize these male-harming chimeric genes in mtDNA (Budar et al., 2003; Chase, 2007; Castandet and Araya, 2012).
Animal mtDNA genomes are relatively small compared to those in plants, and the presence of novel chimeric genes is extremely rare in animal mtDNA. Despite these limitations, there is evidence that mutations in animal mtDNA genes might be male-harming. For example, mtDNA haplogroup T in humans is associated with reduced sperm motility (Ruiz-Pesini et al., 2000). Polymorphisms in mtDNA that cause this phenotype are hypothesized to be significant contributors to untreatable male subfertility, known to affect 7–10% of men (Baker, 1994). Recent findings implicate mtDNA variation as a significant contributor to shorter male lifespans in many taxa (Clancy, 2008; Camus et al., 2012). Although the phenotypic consequences of these mtDNA mutations are severe in males, it remains unclear whether they are benign in females, i.e., whether they are specifically ‘male-harming’ mtDNA mutations as predicted by the Mother’s Curse hypothesis.
Indeed, in spite of the theoretical predictions, male-harming mtDNA mutations have proven difficult to detect in animals. Several factors account for this difficulty. First, in natural populations, there can be significant indirect selection on mtDNA to maintain male fitness when the fitness of females is dependent on related males (those with the same mtDNA) (Wade and Brandvain, 2009; Hedrick, 2012). Such indirect selection against male-harming mtDNA mutations may be especially stringent in populations with high rates of inbreeding (Wade and Brandvain, 2009; Hedrick, 2012). Such indirect selection for male fitness might keep male-harming mtDNA mutations at low frequencies in natural populations, making them difficult to detect without deep surveys of natural polymorphism.
A second factor that may impede the discovery of male-harming mtDNA mutations in natural populations is their suppression by nuclear genome-encoded loci, which are under stringent selective pressure to restore male fitness (Rand et al., 2004; Dowling et al., 2008). Effects of detrimental mtDNA variants could thus only be evident if they were separated from their nuclear-encoded suppressors. With this goal, many researchers have created combinations of nuclear and mtDNA genomes in D. melanogaster, either from different strains or species (Rand et al., 2001; Maklakov et al., 2006; Rand et al., 2006, Dowling et al., 2007, 2008; Montooth et al., 2010; Clancy et al., 2011; Correa et al., 2012). Such combinations have revealed instances of dramatic incompatibility, even within species, which results in male but not female lifespan defects (Camus et al., 2012). Variation in mtDNA also affects sperm competitiveness in D. melanogaster (Yee et al., 2013). While these elegant experiments have revealed mtDNA-dependent affects on male lifespan and fertility, they did not comprehensively assess affects on female life-history traits; it is thus unclear whether these mutations are specifically male-harming. One further limitation of such mtDNA ‘swaps’ is that introduced mtDNA often have several co-inherited mutations. This linkage of different mutations makes it nearly impossible to implicate single mutations as being causal for the incompatibility or to understand their biological mechanism. An exception is a single point mutation in D. melanogaster mtDNA that has been causally linked to male sterility (Clancy et al., 2011). However, recent demonstration of this mtDNA haplotype’s negative pleiotropic effects on fertility and aging, both within and between sexes suggests it is not a specifically male-harming mutation (Camus et al., 2015). Thus, we currently lack clear examples of specifically male-harming mtDNA mutations in animals. This has also left unanswered the larger question of molecular mechanisms by which mtDNA mutations can manifest their ‘male-harming’ phenotypes.
Here, we isolated a mtDNA variant that harbors a single non-synonymous change in subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase (COIIG177S). We find that COIIG177S males have an age– and temperature–dependent decrease in fertility. This decrease in fertility is correlated with a drop in COII enzymatic activity, which remarkably does not result in defects in any other male or female phenotypic traits we measured. Cellular characterization reveals decreased sperm production and function in the mutant males. By combining evolutionary principles with detailed functional characterization, our study thus provides one of the clearest examples of a male-harming mtDNA mutation in animals, and provides insights into the stringent requirements for optimal mtDNA function in sperm development. We further show that the fertility defect in COIIG177S males can be completely suppressed by diverse nuclear backgrounds derived from various D. melanogaster strains, as predicted by the theory of cyto-nuclear genetic conflict.
Recovery of a male-harming mtDNA mutation
To isolate male-harming mtDNA mutations, we devised an experimental evolution strategy that was partly inspired by previous strategies to decouple male versus female evolution in D. melanogaster (Rice, 1996; Rice, 1998). In our strategy, D. melanogaster females are prevented from mating with their male siblings. Instead, virgin females are mated to naïve males from an external stock every generation (Figure 1A). This strategy is predicted to eliminate indirect selection against male-harming mtDNA mutations because the fitness of the population is not dependent on the males carrying the mtDNA mutations; mtDNA are effectively absolved from supporting male fitness (Wade and Brandvain, 2009). Moreover, continuous replacement of a large fraction of the nuclear genome every generation via crosses to external males practically eliminates the likelihood of evolution of nuclear suppressors during the course of the experiment. In contrast, selection of mtDNA function for female fitness is stringently maintained over the entire course of the experiment. Thus, we anticipated this experimental evolution strategy might provide a permissive environment for accumulation and phenotypic manifestation of mtDNA mutations that are beneficial, neutral, or nearly neutral (only slightly deleterious) in females but cause defects in males.
An experimental evolution strategy to recover male-harming mtDNA mutations.
(A) In 12 D. melanogaster lines undergoing experimental evolution, 300 virgin female progeny in every generation were prevented from mating with sibling males (shown as being ‘crossed out’) and instead were mated with 100 males from the original stock. (B) In six lines undergoing coevolution, we allowed 300 virgin female and 100 male siblings to mate in every generation. Crosses for the 12 experimental and six coevolving lines were carried out for 35 generations.
From an ‘original stock’ of w1118 flies, we established 18 independent lines, each consisting of 300 females and 100 males. In 12 of these lines (experimental lines), virgin females were collected every generation and mated with males from the original stock (Figure 1A). Female flies were subjected to this mating scheme continuously for 35 generations over approximately 70 weeks. For the remaining 6 lines (coevolving lines), we allowed sibling males to mate with the females over the course of 35 generations (Figure 1B). Based on published mtDNA mutation rate of 6.2 × 10−8 per site per fly generation (Haag-Liautard et al., 2008), we anticipated that multiple mutations per mtDNA would be sampled in 35 generations across the 18 lines. Any mtDNA mutations fixed at the end of the experiment must have either been pre-existing heteroplasmic mtDNA mutations that went to fixation (although the rate of fixation of such heteroplasmic mutations would be slow [Solignac et al., 1987]) or arose de novo in the experimental lines.
After 35 generations, we subjected flies to phenotypic analyses to assess whether any male-harming mutations had been sampled in the course of our experimental evolution strategy. To assess male viability, we first measured sex ratio in crosses between females with mtDNA subjected to experimental evolution (either ‘experimental’ or ‘coevolving’ lines) and control males (original w1118 stock maintained as a separate population). We did not observe a change in male to female ratio in any of the 18 lines, suggesting that any mutations in mtDNA acquired over the 35 generations did not alter male viability (Figure 2A). Next, we measured male fertility by mating males derived from the starting, experimental, and coevolving lines with females from the original stock. For 17 of 18 lines, we did not detect any significant differences in male fertility. However, we found that males from experimental line 7 (hereafter referred to as ‘EL7’) sired significantly fewer progeny compared to males from all the other experimental, coevolved and original lines (Figure 2B). In contrast, EL7 females do not have any significant decline in fertility (Figure 2C). This suggested the possibility of a male-harming mtDNA mutation in the EL7 line that was not deleterious to female fertility. We investigated whether the decline in male fertility we observed manifested over the entire adulthood of EL7 male flies. We found no obvious reduction in male fertility over the first few days of adulthood (note that F1 progeny do not emerge until day 12) in EL7 compared to the other experimental or control lines. Instead, we observed that the reduction in male fertility was age-dependent (Figure 2D). Our findings are consistent with previous observations in which mitochondrial dysfunction is more severe in aged individuals (Camus et al., 2012; Tower, 2015).
A single experimental line with male-specific fertility defects.
(A) We measured average sex ratio of progeny by mating five females from each of the original, experimental, or coevolving lines, with three males from the original stock. Average sex ratio was found to be close to 50:50 in each of the lines, suggesting that there were no gross viability differences between male and female progeny in any of the lines. All error bars represent standard error of the mean. All experiments were done in replicates of 10 per group. (B) We measured male fertility by mating three males from each of the original stock, experimental, or coevolving lines with five females from the original stock, and calculating average number of resulting progeny. Male fertility is represented as a normalized percentage of progeny relative to the original stock. Only one line, experimental line 7 (EL7) showed significant reduction relative to the others. All error bars represent standard error of the mean. All experiments were done in replicates of 10 per group. (C) We measured female fertility by mating five females from each of the original, experimental, or coevolving lines with three males from the original stock, and calculating average number of resulting progeny. Like in (B), female fertility is represented as a normalized percentage of progeny relative to the original stock. EL7 female fertility is not significantly different from the original stock. All error bars represent standard error of the mean. All experiments were done in replicates of 10 per group. (D) To gain further insight into altered male fertility in EL7 (B), we plotted the cumulative number of progeny sired by (three) males as a function of time since initial mating (10 replicates per line). We find that the cumulative number of progeny sired by EL7 males is normal until day 18 but is subsequently significantly lower than for all other lines. This finding suggests an age-dependent decline in male fertility in the EL7 line.
A single missense mtDNA mutation results in male fertility decline
To identify the putative mutation responsible for decreased male fertility, we performed whole-genome sequencing of the original and EL7 D. melanogaster lines using DNA isolated from a pool of 100 flies for each line. We were able to achieve average coverage of over 1000-fold for the entire mtDNA, except for the highly repetitive, AT-rich ‘control’ region (Figure 3—figure supplement 1). Analysis of these mtDNA sequences revealed a single missense mutation in EL7 mtDNA, resulting in a glycine to serine substitution at position 177 in subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase (COIIG177S), the fourth complex in the mitochondrial electron transport chain (Figure 3A–B). Interestingly, the COIIG177S mutation did not arise de novo during the course of our experiment. Although 98% of the sequencing reads from EL7 harbored the COIIG177S mutation, 59% of the reads from the original stock also corresponded to the mutant allele. Sanger sequencing confirmed this difference in proportion of wildtype and mutant mtDNA (Figure 3—figure supplement 2).
A single missense mutation (G177S) in subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase underlies lower male fertility in EL7.
(A) The five complexes of the electron transport chain are schematized. These complexes are comprised of subunits encoded by both nuclear and mitochondrial genomes; the latter are indicated in pink. Subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase (COII) with the glycine to serine mutation at position 177 (G177S) in Experimental Line 7 is highlighted in bright pink. (B) Crystal structure of Bos taurus COII (in gold) in complex with COI (in blue) (PDB number: 2OCC). Glycine with its side chains at position 177 (G177) in COII is indicated. (C) Partial amino acid sequence alignment of COII from representative animal species highlights the conserved glycine residue at position 177 (boxed in yellow).
A mixture of wildtype and mutant mtDNA can exist in the same population in two ways. First, a population can consist of homoplasmic (carrying genetically identical mtDNA) wildtype and mutant individuals. Alternatively, the two mtDNA can be present in the same individual in a state of heteroplasmy. Sanger sequencing of single individuals from our original line revealed the presence of heteroplasmic individuals as well as flies that were homoplasmic wildtype and mutant (Figure 3—figure supplement 3). Therefore, 59% reflects the average combined frequency of the COIIG177S mutation from both heteroplasmic and homoplasmic mutant flies in the population.
The mutant allele’s 59% frequency among reads from the original stock suggested that the COIIG177S mutation was present before initiation of the experimental lines. If this model is correct, we would expect that the COIIG177S mutation should also be found in some of the other control and experimental lines in addition to EL7. Indeed, we found this to be the case (Figure 3—figure supplement 2). However, EL7 is unique in being the only population in which the COIIG177S mutation is nearly fixed, whereas it varies from 0% to more than 50% in other experimental populations, which do not suffer any overt signs of male sterility at least at a population-level (Figure 2B, Figure 3—figure supplement 2). These data are consistent with the hypothesis that COIIG177S mutation causes defects in male fertility but only when present at very high levels. Our findings are consistent with similar observations in pathogenic mtDNA variants in human disease (Sobenin et al., 2014).
Our finding that EL7 nearly fixed a mtDNA mutation that was already pre-existing provided another opportunity to test the association of the COIIG177S mutation with decrease in male fertility. We reasoned that homoplasmic mutant males re-isolated from the original stock should also have reduced fertility despite the fact that these males have not undergone 35 generations of experimental evolution like EL7. Consistent with this expectation, we were able to re-isolate homoplasmic COIIG177S males, which sire fewer progeny compared to homoplasmic wildtype males derived from the same original stock (Figure 4A) (mutant and wildtype lines re-established from single females). These data demonstrate that the homoplasmic COIIG177S mutation is necessary and sufficient to explain the observed decreased male fertility in EL7 males. These re-isolated COIIG177S homoplasmic mutant mtDNA males also recapitulated the age-dependent decline in male fertility (Figures 2D,4B).
Males with COIIG177S mutation have decreased fertility at elevated temperatures.
(A) To measure male fertility, we compared the fertility of males homoplasmic for either wildtype or COIIG177S mutant mtDNA reestablished from the original stock. For each experiment, three males from homoplasmic stocks were mated with five females homoplasmic for wildtype mtDNA. Male fertility is presented as a normalized percentage of progeny produced, relative to the number produced by wildtype mtDNA males. COIIG177S mutant mtDNA males produce fewer progeny at 25°C, but this is further reduced at 29°C. To measure female fertility, five females from homoplasmic wildtype or COIIG177S mutant mtDNA stocks were mated with three males with wildtype mtDNA. Female fertility is presented as a normalized percentage of progeny produced, relative to wildtype mtDNA females. All error bars represent standard error of the mean. All experiments were done in replicates of 10 per group. (B) Number of progeny sired by wildtype or COIIG177S mutant males at 25°C is cumulatively plotted as a function of time since initial mating (10 replicates per line). Actual number of cumulative progeny from each replicate is indicated by dots at given time points. (C) Number of progeny sired by wildtype or COIIG177S mutant males at 29°C is cumulatively plotted as a function of time since initial mating (10 replicates per line). The reduction in male fertility is more significant at the higher temperature.
We characterized the nature of the heteroplasmy in the re- isolated COIIG177S mutant mtDNA lines by sequencing a pool of COIIG177S mutant mtDNA and a separate pool of re-isolated wildtype mtDNA adult fly heads using a Duplex Sequencing strategy (Kennedy et al., 2014) followed by hybrid capture to significantly enrich for mtDNA (Figure 4—source data 1). Under this strategy, mtDNA is sequenced at very high depth of coverage, labeling individual DNA molecules and sequencing each one multiple times in order to distinguish true mutations from sequencing errors. This strategy allows for sensitive evaluation of heteroplasmic mtDNA mutations. We found no evidence for wildtype mtDNA sequence in a pool of flies that we had re-isolated to enrich for the COIIG177S mutant mtDNA (0 duplex consensus reads out of >7000). In contrast, we found no evidence for the COIIG177S mutant mtDNA in flies (0 reads out of >7000) that we had re-isolated from the same original w1118 stock to enrich for wildtype mtDNA. We were cognizant that although the pooled COIIG177S mutant flies showed no evidence of wild-type sequence, some heteroplasmy may nevertheless persist in individual flies. We therefore also sequenced 7 individual flies from the COIIG177S mutant mtDNA pool to high depth of coverage. For six flies, we found no reads (out of >8,000) corresponding to wildtype mtDNA, whereas in one fly we uncovered seven out of >11,000 reads corresponding to wildtype mtDNA (<0.1%). We therefore conclude that the re-isolated strains are almost completely homoplasmic for either COIIG177S mutant mtDNA or wildtype mtDNA. We therefore used these re-isolated strains for all subsequent phenotypic analyses.
Although we had set out to recover de novo mtDNA mutations that are male-harming using our experimental evolution strategy, we instead recovered what appears to be a pre-existing heteroplasmic mtDNA mutant, which fixed in only one of the 12 experimental lines. Therefore, we cannot attribute the isolation of this mutant to our scheme. Future work will be needed to determine the effectiveness of our experiment evolution scheme in recovering male-harming mutations, perhaps aided by experimentally increasing mtDNA mutation rates. For the rest of the manuscript, we focus on detailed characterization of the COIIG177S mutation to determine its cellular consequences and to determine whether it is specifically male-harming.
Decreased male fertility in COIIG177S mutants is temperature dependent
All our analyses so far suggest that COIIG177S is a specifically male-harming mtDNA mutation. Hence, we decided to further characterize the cellular and molecular basis underlying its detrimental effects. Previous experiments have shown that the phenotypic effects of mtDNA mutation can be exacerbated with increased stress, including higher temperatures (Hoekstra et al., 2013; Chen et al., 2015). We therefore investigated the effect of higher temperature on the fertility defect in COIIG177S males. We found that COIIG177S males are almost completely sterile when raised at 29°C instead of at 25°C (Figure 4A). Furthermore, we found that this defect manifests in both old and young males (Figure 4C). Thus, higher temperature provides a more sensitized condition to evaluate the various consequences of the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation as previously observed (Hoekstra et al., 2013).
COIIG177S mutants have impaired cytochrome c oxidase activity
Next, we investigated the molecular consequences of the COIIG177S mutation. COII is a subunit of cytochrome C oxidase (COX), which oxidizes the reduced form of cytochrome c. The glycine residue at position 177 is found in a loop of COII’s structure where it comes in very close proximity to subunit I of the enzymatic complex (Figure 3B). Based on the fact that G177 is highly conserved across metazoans (Figure 3C), we hypothesized that the G177S mutation affects either an intrinsic function of COII or its interaction with other proteins in complex IV of the electron transport chain. To understand the biochemical consequences of the COIIG177S mutation, we measured COX activity from whole fly lysates of flies grown at 25°C. Although the COX activity in COIIG177S mutant flies was slightly lower than flies with wild-type mtDNA, this defect was not statistically significant, even in old flies (Figure 5A). We therefore measured COX activity from flies raised at 29°C where male fertility is most significantly impaired. Our analyses revealed an approximately 20% decrease in COX enzymatic activity in COIIG177S mutants grown at 29°C in both male and female flies (Figure 5B). Given that the activity of the electron transport chain is coupled to ATP synthesis, we also measured ATP levels at 29°C. In contrast to COX activity, we did not observe a decrease in ATP levels in the COIIG177S mutants (Figure 5C). However, we did observe a mild but significant decrease in reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels (Figure 5D). Thus, impaired COX activity and reduced ROS levels, but not ATP production, appear to correlate with loss of male fertility.
Biochemical consequences of COIIG177S mtDNA mutation.
We measured COX activity from young (3–4 days) or old (21 days) flies raised at 25°C (A), or young flies raised at 29°C (B). (C) We measured ATP levels from 3–4 day old males raised at 29°C. (D) We measured ROS levels from 3–4 day old males raised at 29°C. 4–5 replicates per group for all experiments. Data is normalized to wildtype flies for each group in all experiments. Error bars represent standard error of the mean.
The COIIG177S mtDNA mutant specifically impairs male fertility
Our finding that COIIG177S mutants result in lower COX activity of both males and females prompted us to evaluate several other phenotypes commonly seen in flies with mitochondrial impairment. Mitochondrial dysfunction is often associated with aging defects in many species (Cho et al., 2011; Tower, 2015). Naturally occurring variation in mtDNA is also known to affect aging in D. melanogaster (Rand et al., 2006; Clancy, 2008; Camus et al., 2012). We therefore assayed the lifespan of wildtype and COIIG177S mutant males and females at both 25°C and 29°C. We did not observe any differences in lifespan, even at the sensitized higher temperature between wildtype and mutant flies in either males or females (Figure 6).
COIIG177S mtDNA mutation does not significantly affect male or female lifespan.
We measured average lifespan of males and females at 25°C (A,B) or 29°C (C,D). N = 100 flies per group.
Sensitivity to physiological stress and neuronal function are also associated with mitochondrial dysfunction (Fergestad et al., 2006; Pieczenik and Neustadt, 2007; Ugalde et al., 2007; Distelmaier et al., 2009; Celotto et al., 2011). We therefore assayed heat intolerance, and ‘bang sensitivity’, a measure of neuronal dysfunction (Burman et al., 2014). There were no statistically significant differences in these traits in either males or females, even in aged flies grown at 29°C, the highly sensitized and susceptible condition (Figure 6—figure supplements 1, 2). Thus, despite the 20% reduction in COX activity in both males and females, the phenotypic consequences of COIIG177S in D. melanogaster appear to be largely benign, with deleterious effects confined to male fertility alone.
COIIG177S impairs sperm development and motility
We next investigated the biological basis of the decreased male fertility in COIIG177S mtDNA-bearing males. Male sterility could either result from defects in the ability of males to mate or can be a result of defective sperm development/function or a combination of both. In order to distinguish between these two possibilities, we took advantage of the fact that transfer of male accessory gland peptides during mating induces egg-laying in females (Wolfner, 1997). We find that mating wildtype females with COIIG177S males induces egg-laying just as robustly as in females mated with males carrying wildtype mtDNA (Figure 7A). However, almost all of the eggs laid by females mated with COIIG177S mutant males were unfertilized and failed to hatch (Figure 7A). Taken together, these data suggest that the decreased fertility in COIIG177S males occurs due to defects in sperm development or function, and not due to mating ability. We therefore sought to determine the nature of cellular defects in COIIG177S male testes.
Normal mating but defective sperm development in COIIG177S mutant mtDNA males.
(A) We measured whether the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation affected the mating success of males. We measured eggs laid by virgin wildtype females that were either unmated, or mated with 2–5 day old wildtype, or COIIG177S mutant males at 29°C. We determined the fraction of eggs hatched by counting unhatched eggs and larva 24 hrs after eggs were laid. All experiments were done in replicates of 6 per group. Error bars represent standard error of the mean. Our results show that the number of eggs laid after mating to wildtype mtDNA males is not significantly different from those mated to COIIG177S mutant mtDNA males; in the latter case, most of the eggs are unfertilized and do not hatch. (B,C) We present maximum projection representative images of DAPI stained testis from 2–5 day old wildtype mtDNA male flies grown at 29°C at early (B), middle (B’), and late (B’’) needle stage of sperm development. Note that the sperm are organized during early needle stage (arrow) and then break up into individual sperm by late needle stage (arrowheads). We also present maximum projection images of DAPI stained testis from COIIG177S mutant mtDNA male flies grown at 29°C at early (C), middle (C’), and late (C’’) needle stage of sperm development. Note also that the sperm in COIIG177S mutant are ‘clumped’ and disorganized early in the needle stage and remain so through remainder of spermiogenesis (arrow). Scale bar, 20 μm. (D,E) Representative DAPI stained images of whole testis (outlined in dotted line) from 2–5 day old virgin wildtype mtDNA (D) and COIIG177S mutant mtDNA males (E) raised at 29°C. For orientation, in both images, we identify the tip of the testis (where germ stem cells reside) as well as the seminal vesicle (the storage organ for mature sperm). Note the much smaller seminal vesicle size in the mutant males. Scale bar, 50 μm. (F) Quantification of the seminal vesicle size, as measured by cross-sectional area, normalized to wildtype. Average calculated from 5–7 testes. Error bars represent standard error of the mean.
Sperm development occurs within a cyst in which 64 sperm nuclei share a common cytoplasm. These sperm undergo individualization during the needle stage near the terminal epithelium of the testis. Examination of testes stained with the DNA marker DAPI revealed clear late needle-stage defects in COIIG177S males. These mutant sperm failed to individualize properly and instead formed tangled clumps (Figure 7B–C). Consistent with this developmental defect, there is a significant reduction in the number of mature sperm that are stored in the seminal vesicles of COIIG177S males raised at 29°C, as indicated by the decrease in the size of the seminal vesicles (Figure 7D–F). In addition, sperm that could be isolated from COIIG177S males have reduced motility (Videos 1,2).
Sperm motility assays in w1118 males carrying wildtype mtDNA.
From a representative male grown at 29°C. Sperm stained with mitotracker Green (green), which stains immotile sperm and mitotracker CMS Rox (red), which stains motile sperm preferentially (related to Figure 8).
Sperm motility assays in w1118 males carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA.
Although we used the higher temperature to provide a more sensitized assay to measure male fertility, we were aware of the possibility that the decreased fertility and the reduced seminal vesicle size could be solely the result of the elevated temperature (29°C). We therefore carried out similar experiments in aged males at 25°C, which also had displayed a reduction in fertility. Just like young COIIG177S males at 29°C, we found that aged COIIG177S males at 25°C also had reduced seminal vesicle size compared to aged males with wildtype mtDNA (Figure 7—figure supplement 1). In contrast, the seminal vesicle sizes of young males with wildtype mtDNA were the same, whether they were raised at 25°C or 29°C.Together, our results suggest that the decreased male fertility and reduced seminal vesicle size is not due to a confounding effect of higher temperature, but rather the result of the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation.
Examining the male infertility phenotype further, we found that mitotracker green, a mitochondrial membrane potential-independent dye, preferentially stains immotile sperm whereas mitotracker CMXRos, a mitochondrial membrane potential-dependent dye, preferentially stains motile sperm in wild type testes. Sperm from COIIG177S mutant males showed similar mitotracker green staining but significantly reduced CMXRos staining overall compared with wildtype sperm (Figure 8), suggesting that the lack of motility likely results from dysfunctional mitochondrial activity. Taken together, these data demonstrate that decreased COX activity in COIIG177S males correlates with the cellular defects in sperm development and motility in COIIG177S mutants.
Lower motility of sperm from COIIG177S mutant mtDNA males.
Sperm from wildtype mtDNA (A) and COIIG177S mutant mtDNA (B) males raised at 29°C stained with mitotracker Green (green), which stains immotile sperm and mitotracker CMS Rox (magenta), which stains motile sperm preferentially. Scale bar, 20 μm.
Nuclear genome variation can suppress the male-harming effects of COIIG177S mtDNA
Male-harming mtDNA mutations like COIIG177S are predicted to be detrimental for the evolutionary success of the nuclear genome. In the face of such mtDNA mutations, it is expected that nuclear genomes might have evolved suppressors to restore male fitness (Rand et al., 2004; Dowling et al., 2008; Wolff et al., 2014). To test this evolutionary hypothesis, we generated males heterozygous for varied nuclear genomes by crossing COIIG177S mtDNA-bearing females with males from a number of D. melanogaster strains, collected from different global populations. We then assayed the fertility of the resulting male progeny that carried the COIIG177S mtDNA but were heterozygous for the nuclear genome. To maximize the sensitivity of our assays, we performed these fertility assays in young males at 29°C. Surprisingly, we found that the nuclear genomes from many of the strains we tested were able to completely restore male fertility in COIIG177S males (Figure 9A, Figure 9—figure supplement 1).
Dominant suppression of COIIG177S associated male fertility defects by diverse nuclear genome backgrounds.
(A) We measured male fertility of heterozygous males derived from crosses of w1118 females (carrying wildtype or COIIG177S mutant mtDNA) to males from a variety of different nuclear backgrounds (i.e., Oregon R, Arizona, Congo isoline 18, Congo isoline 26). In each case, three heterozygous males were mated with 5 w1118 females at 29°C (10 replicates per group). Male fertility was measured as average number of resulting progeny, normalized as a percentage of progeny of corresponding males with wildtype mtDNA. Raw progeny numbers are given in Figure 9—figure supplement 1. Most nuclear backgrounds show mild to complete suppression of the male fertility defects observed in w1118/w118 males carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA (**p<0.05). Error bars represent standard error of the mean. (B) We examined lifetime male fertility in the w1118/Oregon R background at 25°C (note that male fertility is generally higher at lower temperatures) to quantify the suppression of male sterility. (C) We measured male fertility of heterozygous males derived from crosses of w1118 females (carrying wildtype or COIIG177S mutant mtDNA) to males from six DGRP strains, at 29°C (10 replicates per group) as in (A). At least five of the tested DGRP strains show partial to complete suppression of male sterility.
Male fertility is highly sensitive to temperature, with different strains exhibiting different threshold of tolerance (Rohmer et al., 2004; David et al., 2005; Hoekstra et al., 2013). Hence, the restoration of fertility that we observe could simply reflect greater tolerance to high temperature independent of the COIIG177S mtDNA. To address this possibility, we measured total fertility of males until 21 days of age at 25°C. We found that the Oregon R nuclear background suppresses not only the young male sterility at 29°C but also male fertility at 25°C (Figure 9B, Figure 9—figure supplement 1). Thus, we conclude that the Oregon R nuclear background encodes a bona fide suppressor of COIIG177S mtDNA-mediated male infertility. We currently don’t know the identity of the suppressor loci or whether these are specific only to the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation. For instance, these suppressors might employ a general mechanism that allows for rescue of male fitness defects caused by other mtDNA mutations. Under either scenario, we hypothesized that COIIG177S suppressor loci may be more abundant across D. melanogaster strains.
We used lines from the DGRP collection (Mackay et al., 2012), a set of fully sequenced inbred lines derived from a single natural population, to ask whether there is a lot of standing variation in the ability of nuclear genomes to suppress effects of the COIIG177S mutation. We found that DGRP line 861 was able to completely restore male fertility and most other lines were able to at least partially restore male fertility in males carrying COIIG177S mutation (Figure 9c, Figure 9—figure supplement 1). These data suggest that genetically dominant nuclear suppressors of the COIIG177S male fertility defects are widespread in natural populations. The different penetrance of the rescue also suggests that the suppression of COIIG177S associated male infertility is likely to involve multiple loci.
We examined in more detail the cellular basis of ‘rescued’ male fertility in OregonR-w1118 heterozygous males bearing the COIIG177S mtDNA. We found that sperm development and motility were partially rescued in young males raised at 29°C (Figure 10A–E, Figure 10—figure supplement 1, Video 3) and aged males at 25°C (Figure 7 —figure supplement 1), consistent with the restoration of fertility that we previously observed (Figure 9A,B). We also evaluated the biochemical consequence of such nuclear suppression of COIIG177S mtDNA’s male sterility to distinguish between two possible mechanisms of suppression. Under the first alternative, restoration of fertility in COIIG177S males might be due to higher baseline COX activity in the suppressor background, which can compensate for the hypomorphic COIIG177S and therefore be sufficient for sperm development and motility. Under this scenario, there would still be a difference in COX activity between wildtype and COIIG177S flies. A second alternative is that there is no difference in COX activity in flies carrying wildtype or COIIG177S mtDNA. When we measured COX activity in the suppressed nuclear background, we found the second scenario to be true i.e., COX activity is the same in wildtype and COIIG177S mtDNA-bearing males (Figure 10F). This result was also observed for three additional suppressor lines we tested (Figure 10—figure supplement 2). These data suggest that in the suppressed background, COIIG177S mtDNA is as functionally effective as wildtype mtDNA and is indicative of a compensatory mechanism that does not rely simply on higher baseline levels of COX activity.
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w1118/OreR heterozygous males carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA show rescued sperm development and COX activity.
Representative DAPI stained images of the late needle stage of sperm development from w1118/w1118 males carrying either wildtype mtDNA (A), or COIIG177S mtDNA (B) compared to heterozygous w1118/OreR males carrying COIIG177S mtDNA (C). Numbers of examined males with defects in sperm development are indicated. Arrow points to ‘clumped’ sperm. Note the presence of many individualized sperm (arrowheads) in A and C but few in B. Scale bar, 20 μm. We stained sperm from homozygous w1118/w1118 males (D) and w1118/OreR heterozygous males (E), both carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA with mitotracker Green (green) and mitotracker CMS Rox (magenta), which stain immotile and motile sperm respectively. All flies were raised at 29°C. Scale bar, 20 μm. (F) COX activity measured from young (3–4 day old) w1118/w1118 males and w1118/OreR heterozygous males both carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA. All flies were raised at 29°C. Data is normalized to flies with wildtype mtDNA in the corresponding nuclear background. Error bars represent standard error of the mean.
Sperm motility assays in w1118/Oregon R males ('nuclear suppressor' background) carrying COIIG177S mutant mtDNA.
From a representative male grown at 29°C. Sperm stained with mitotracker Green (green), which stains immotile sperm and mitotracker CMS Rox (red), which stains motile sperm preferentially (related to Figure 10).
Evolution by natural selection rests on a simple but fundamental premise that the phenotypic manifestation of a genotype occurs in the same individual that transmits it to the next generation. Remarkably, the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) does not abide by this rule since it is inherited and phenotypically manifests in both sexes, but is exclusively transmitted through females in most animals and plants. Thus, the phenotypic manifestation of mtDNA is decoupled from its transmission in males. Consequently, natural selection is ineffective at directly removing mtDNA mutations that are specifically harmful to males but not females. While the mtDNA phenotype/transmission decoupling clearly predicts existence of male-harming mutations (Mother’s Curse) (Frank and Hurst, 1996; Gemmell et al., 2004), a systematic study of such mutations and their underlying mechanisms is hampered by the relative paucity of such mutations in animals.
We devised an experimental evolution scheme intended to absolve mtDNA of supporting male function while both maintaining selection on female mtDNA function as well as reducing the possibility of nuclear suppression of male-harming mtDNA. While we did recover a bona fide male-harming COIIG177S mtDNA mutation via this scheme, we were subsequently surprised to discover that this was a pre-existing mtDNA mutation that was already present at moderate frequencies in our starting laboratory strain of w1118. It is possible that the experimental evolution scheme might have created the permissive conditions that allowed this mtDNA mutation to rise to fixation in one strain. However, the fact that it did not rise to fixation in the other experimental populations means that we cannot conclude that the experimental strategy itself was causally important for the fixation of this male-harming mtDNA mutant. Future work on fine-tuning the strategy can address its effectiveness. For example, the scheme can be improved by increasing mtDNA mutation rates to improve sampling of de novo mutations, perhaps by employing a mutator mtDNA polymerase before initiating the experimental evolution scheme (Trifunovic et al., 2004). Alternatively, random chemical mutagenesis might also be readily applied here in our scheme. Although such chemical mutagenesis will affect both mtDNA and nuclear genomes initially, backcrossing to ‘original stock’ males in our scheme will rapidly replace most mutated nuclear genes with wildtype versions, while enabling the transmission of mtDNA mutations that do not affect female fitness. Finally, combining the crossing scheme we propose with the targeted restriction endonuclease strategy to generate mtDNA mutations (Xu et al., 2008) might be a facile means to discriminate specifically ‘male-harming’ mtDNA mutations from those that grossly impair mtDNA function.
Our phenotypic assays did not provide any evidence for the COIIG177S mutation being beneficial in females. Furthermore, the mutation rose to high frequency in only one out of the twelve experimental lines, suggesting that the mutation is likely neutral or nearly neutral in females and therefore became nearly fixed through drift rather than selection. These data are consistent with the ‘selective sieve’ model, which predicts that even mutations that are neutral or nearly neutral in females but deleterious in males might be common because they cannot be effectively removed by natural selection (Innocenti et al., 2011). Our survey of the sequenced genomes from a large panel of 290 D. melanogaster strains and isofemale lines did not reveal any other lines besides our w1118 stock that harbored COIIG177S (Richardson et al., 2012). Thus, COIIG177S might be rare in natural populations.
The homoplasmic COIIG177S mutation results in a 20% decline in COX activity at 29°C. Remarkably, we observed no phenotypic effects of this decline in COX activity on other phenotypic traits in both males and females, even at high temperatures. The COX activity decline specifically impaired sperm production and function. This establishes COIIG177S as one of the first bona fide male-harming mtDNA mutations in animals. We considered the possibility that the phenotypic effects we have observed on male fertility are attributable to linked but unassayed changes in the 4-kb long AT-rich D loop control region of mtDNA. Indeed, the D-loop is one of the most rapidly evolving segments of mtDNA in D. melanogaster, but its highly repetitive nature challenges sequence characterization. However, our analyses allow us to directly implicate the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation as being causally linked to the phenotypes we have observed. Not only do we observe a perfect correlation of the male fertility phenotype with the reduction of COX activity, but we also observe a near complete restoration of male fertility upon replenishment of COX activity in the suppressor strains.
Surprisingly, the decline in COX activity in COIIG177S flies was not associated with a corresponding decline in ATP production. Since we were unable to reliably measure either COX activity or ATP production in testes, we cannot rule out the possibility that ATP production is specifically impaired in the male germline. However, our findings suggest a different molecular consequence of lowered COX activity may be responsible for defects in sperm development; we did observe decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in COIIG177S mutants. Our findings suggest that perhaps alterations in ROS levels might underlie the defects we see in sperm production and function. ROS have been shown previously to act as a signaling molecule to control the cell cycle checkpoint as well as the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors during development in D. melanogaster (Owusu-Ansah et al., 2008; Owusu-Ansah and Banerjee, 2009). These data leave open the possibility of ROS similarly acting as a signaling factor during sperm development.
We hypothesize that male fertility may be a common target of male-harming mtDNA mutations because the reproductive tissues are highly sexually dimorphic. This hypothesis is consistent with previous data, which showed that naturally occurring variation in D. melanogaster mtDNA largely affects expression of male-expressed genes in the testis and the accessory gland (Innocenti et al., 2011). Two separate mutations in mtDNA are known to cause male sterility in D. melanogaster (Xu et al., 2008; Clancy et al., 2011). A single amino acid mtDNA mutation (A278T) in Cytochrome B of complex III renders males sterile; the primary defect appears to be at the level of spermatid individualization (Clancy et al., 2011). In contrast, a single amino acid mutation in Cytochome Oxidase I (R301L) causes male sterility primarily due to a sperm storage defect. However, the effects of these mutations on female fitness have not yet been comprehensively addressed so we cannot attribute them to be specifically ‘male-harming’.
How might mtDNA function be different in testis compared to other tissues? It is possible that the testis has a differential requirement for COX activity. According to this hypothesis, although all tissues suffer from the relative reduction in COX activity, testis function is specifically impacted because it has a lower threshold of tolerance for a relative reduction in COX activity. In particular, COX activity might be required to facilitate the dramatic morphological changes that mitochondria undergo during sperm development in D. melanogaster (Fuller, 1998). If this hypothesis is correct, mildly hypomorphic mutations like COIIG177S might generally impair male fertility and thus represent a common mechanism of male-harming mtDNA mutations. Alternatively, the existence of a number of nuclear-encoded testis-specific components of the electron transport chain, including subunits of cytochrome C oxidase, provide a number of interacting partners that might exhibit testis-specific genetic incompatibility with the COIIG177S mutation (Tripoli et al., 2005; Gallach et al., 2010). Since we were unable to reliably measure COX activity in dissected testes of wildtype and mutant flies, we are unable to address whether the decrease in COX activity is more severe in testes than other tissues.
Our study has identified one mtDNA mutation, COIIG177S, whose phenotypic effects appear to be restricted to the male germline. However, other forms of sexual dimorphism might lead to sex-specific phenotypic manifestations of other mtDNA mutations beyond reproductive tissues. For instance, there is already evidence that mtDNA might harbor mutations that affect aging and lifespan, which is highly dimorphic between the sexes (Camus et al., 2012). At the molecular level, COX activity was shown to be differentially affected in male versus female flies based on their mtDNA haplotype (Sackton et al., 2003). Furthermore, almost 90% of the transcriptome in D. melanogaster is differentially expressed between the sexes (Ayroles et al., 2009). Amongst those differentially expressed genes, male-biased transcripts are enriched for mitochondrial energy metabolism, thus providing ample opportunities for sex-specific effects of mtDNA (Ayroles et al., 2009). Consistent with the nuclear background exerting an effect on the phenotypic manifestation of mtDNA mutants, we found that the COIIG177S -mediated sterility was suppressed in many of the D. melanogaster nuclear backgrounds tested. Thus, our study not only shows the existence and biological basis of a male-harming mutation, but also demonstrates importance of the intimate relationship between nuclear and mtDNA genomes for the phenotypic manifestation of mtDNA mutations.
Our finding that the phenotypic consequences of a specific male-harming mtDNA mutation are dependent on the nuclear genome also re-emphasizes the exciting possibility of uncovering the genetic basis of nuclear-mitochondrial incompatibilities and the molecular basis of buffering by nuclear genomes. Such buffering provides an important insight into the genetic basis of human mtDNA disease in which male-harming mtDNA mutations might initially increase in frequency in a 'suppressor' background while avoiding any negative fitness consequences. The phenotypic consequences of male-harming mtDNA mutations would only be exposed in a naïve nuclear genetic background upon introduction into new populations or even (in the laboratory setting) new species. Such nuclear-mitochondrial incompatibilities have been proposed to potentially serve as the basis of speciation (Burton and Barreto, 2012). Although only a few such nuclear-mitochondrial incompatibilities have been mapped in molecular detail (Ellison and Burton, 2006; Lee et al., 2008; Chou et al., 2010; Clancy et al., 2011; Meiklejohn et al., 2013), studies in which mtDNA swaps were made within and between species have revealed that many such incompatibilities exist (James and Ballard, 2003; Sackton et al., 2003; Ellison and Burton, 2006; Ballard et al., 2007; Lee et al., 2008; Montooth et al., 2010). Future genetic mapping experiments will help identify the nature and mechanism of nuclear suppression of COIIG177S and reveal whether they are specific or general suppressors of COIIG177S and other male-harming mtDNA mutations. Strategies such as the one we have outlined here, together with new advances in manipulating mtDNA genomes (Xu et al., 2008), provide an exciting means to uncover the dark side of one of the most ancient symbioses on the planet.
D. melanogaster maintenance and strains
All D. melanogaster strains were maintained on standard molasses-cornmeal medium at 25°C. We obtained the w1118 strain of D. melanogaster free of Wolbachia contamination (kind gift of Susan Parkhurst, FHCRC). We obtained the D. melanogaster DGRP lines from the Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center (Bloomington, IN). The other D. melanogaster lines were either obtained from the Drosophila Species Stock Center (San Diego, CA) or from our colleagues (Daven Presgraves, John Pool, Chip Aquadro).
We confirmed absence of Wolbachia using PCR in the original w1118 stock. Briefly, six flies from each of the assayed strains were homogenized in 49 μl squish buffer (10 mM Tris-CL pH 8, 1 mM EDTA, 25 mM NaCl) and 1 μl Proteinase K (200 μg/ml), following which the samples were incubated at 37°C for 30 min, heated to 95°C for 10 min and cooled to room temperature for 10 min. We then used WSP (Wolbachia surface protein) primers (5’- GCATTTGGTTAYAAAATGGACGA-3’ and 5’- GGAGTGATAGGCATATCTTCAAT-3’) and performed PCR using Taq DNA polymerase (New England Biolabs, Ipswich, MA). We also assessed the status of Wolbachia infection after 35 generations of experimental evolution,in the re-isolated wt and COIIG177S mtDNA lines (Figure 1—figure supplement 1). All samples tested were found to be negative for Wolbachia.
Experimental evolution
An original stock was established by expanding the w1118 strain from one bottle to 36 bottles. We established 12 experimental lines and 6 coevolving lines in bottles by adding 300 virgin females and 100 males from the original stock. The bottles were flipped three times a day for two days after which the flies were discarded. To set up every subsequent generation, virgin females were collected over a course of seven days and then crossed with males from the original stock in the case of the experimental lines. For coevolving lines, males from the corresponding coevolving line were used. After 35 generations, all lines were maintained by flipping bottles allowing sibling mating.
Fertility and sex ratio assays
All fertility and sex ratio assays were done in vials with five virgin females and three virgin males that were all 2–5 days old. All assays were done in 10 replicates per group. Flies were transferred to new vials every 2–3 days and flies were discarded after the fiveth’ ‘flip’. In order to assess overall fertility, we counted all adult progeny to emerge from all of the vials.
100 females from the original stock and experimental line 7 were lysed in 100 μl squish buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl pH 8, 1 mM EDTA, 25 mM NaCl, 200 μg/ml Proteinase K) with RNase A at final concentration of 30ng/ml. Lysate was incubated at 55°C for 1 hr followed by 95°C for 10 min. Total DNA was then phenol-chloroform extracted from the lysates and the DNA pellet was dissolved in 25 μl H2O. Library preparation of samples and paired-end sequencing was performed by the Genomics Shared Resource core at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center on an Illumina HiSeq 2500. Sequence data are available through NCBI's SRA database (project SRP057279).
Whole genome sequencing data was analyzed by aligning reads to a modified version of the D. melanogaster reference genome assembly (BDGP Release 5), where we masked a region of the unassembled chromosome (chrU:5288528–5305749) that harbors an alternative version of the mitochondrial genome sequence (in order to prevent ambiguous mapping of mitochondrial reads to the chrU region). Reads were filtered, quality- and adapter-trimmed, and aligned to our custom reference genome using GSNAP (Wu and Nacu, 2010). SNPs were called in the non-repetitive region of the mitochondrial genome (chrM:1–14196) using GATK's HaplotypeCaller algorithm (DePristo et al., 2011) with a 'sample_ploidy' setting of 20. A G-to-A change at position chrM:3611, encoding COIIG177S (Figure 3), was present in 98% of Experimental Line 7 reads and 59% of reads from the original stock. No other variants had greater than 5% higher read frequency in Experimental Line 7 than in the original w1118 sample.
Duplex sequencing
Duplex Sequencing of fly mtDNA was performed as previously described (Kennedy et al., 2014) with several modifications. Total DNA was purified from individual fly heads using a QIAamp DNA micro kit (Qiagen Inc., Germantown MD). The DNA was sonicated using a Covaris AFA S2 ultrasonicator (Covaris Inc., Woburn MA) with the following settings: Duty cycle: 10%; Intensity: 5; Cycles/burst: 100; Time: 15 s × 3. The sheared DNA was then end-repaired and ligated using the NEBNext Ultra 2 end-repair and dA-tailing kit (New England Biolabs, Ipswich MA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Duplex Sequencing adapters, described previously (Kennedy et al., 2014), were ligated to the DNA library using the NEBNext Ultra 2 ligation kit (New England Biolabs, Ipswich MA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. 1.5 ng of total DNA was then PCR amplified using KAPA HiFi DNA polymerase (Roche Inc., Basel Switzerland) according to the manufacturer’s recommendations. After amplification, the mtDNA was enriched by targeted capture using xGen target capture probes (Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., Coralville IA) specific to the fly mitochondrial genome. The samples were then sequenced on a NextSeq500 machine (Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA) to generate 150 bp paired-end reads. The data were processed as previously described (Kennedy et al., 2014).
Establishing wildtype and COIIG177S lines from the original stock
15 virgin females were collected from the original w1118 stock. Each female was individually mated with males from the same stock. Status of the G177S allele was assessed by Sanger sequencing of the females after they were allowed to have progeny. One line that appeared to be homoplasmic wildtype and one line that appeared to be homoplasmic mutant were kept and constituted the re-established stocks.
Cox activity
six females or eight males from each group were gently homogenized on ice in 50 μl of sodium phosphate buffer with 0.05% Tween-20. Lysates were centrifuged at 4°C at 4000 × g for 1 min. Supernatant was collected and 20 μl were used to measure COX activity using a kit (ScienCell, Carlsbad, CA). COX activity was normalized to total protein concentration as determined by Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit (Pierce Biotechnology, Rockford, IL). Data shown represent averages of 4–5 replicates per group.
ROS levels
10 flies 3–4 days old and raised at 29°C were homogenized on ice in 200 μl PBS with 0.1% Tween-20. Lysates were centrifuged at 4°C at 13,000 × g for 10 min. The supernatant was collected and 100 μl was incubated with 50 μM H2DCF (Molecular Probes). Fluorescence intensity was measured in an Infinite M1000Pro (Tecan, Switzerland) microplate reader using 490 nm wavelength excitation and 520 nm wavelength emission. ROS levels were normalized to total protein concentration as determined by Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit. Data shown represent averages of eight replicates per group.
ATP levels
Five males 3–4 days old and raised at 29°C were homogenized on ice in 100 μl guanidine extraction buffer (6 M guanidine HCl, 100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.3). Samples were frozen in liquid nitrogen for 5 min and then incubated at 95°C for 5 min. Lysates were centrifuged at 4°C for 10 min at 12,000 × g. Supernatant was collected and 5 μl was diluted in 95 μl H2O. 10 μl of the diluted lysate was used to measure ATP levels using the ATP determination kit (Cat #: A22066, Molecular Probes). ATP levels were normalized to total protein concentration as determined by Pierce BCA Protein Assay Kit. Data shown represent averages of four replicates per group.
Mating-induced egg laying
Five virgin wildtype females were either kept alone, or mated with three wildtype or COIIG177S mutant males at 29°C in vials with grape plates. Flies were flipped into new vials every day for eight days. 24 hr after the flies were removed from a vial, number of unhatched eggs and larvae on the grape plate were counted. Data shown represents averages of six replicates per group.
Testis imaging
Immunofluorescence staining of testes was performed as described previously (Cheng et al., 2008 ). Briefly, testes were dissected in PBS, transferred to 4% formaldehyde in PBS and fixed for 30–60 min. The testes were then washed in PBS-T (PBS containing 0.1% Triton-X) for at least 30 min and mounted in VECTASHIELD with DAPI (Vector Labs). Imaging of whole testis was performed on a Leica SP8 confocal microscope.
Sperm imaging
Unfixed seminal vesicles were dissected in PBS mounted onto slides with PBS containing 1 µM Mitotracker Green and Mitotracker CMXRos (Lifetechnologies). Sperm were extruded from seminal vesicles using a tungsten needle. Imaging was performed immediately upon addition of a cover slip to minimize the effects of hypoxia. Still images were taken on a Leica SP8 confocal microscope and movies were captured using a resonant scanner on a Leica SP5 confocal microscope.
Suppressor assays
Males from wild strains including the DGRP collection were crossed with w1118 females homoplasmic for either wildtype or COIIG177S mtDNA. Resulting heterozygous male progeny were assayed for fertility, sperm development and motility, and COX activity.
Lifespan assay
An assay for lifespan was performed as previously described (Burman et al., 2014). Briefly, 100 flies from each group were divided into five vials with 20 flies each. Vials were flipped every other day and the number of dead flies was counted until all the flies had died.
Bang sensitivity
An assay for bang sensitivity was performed as previously described (Burman et al., 2014). Briefly, vials with two flies each were mechanically stimulated by placement in a bench-top vortex for 10 s at the maximum setting. The time for each fly to right itself after vortexing was recorded. Data shown represents average from 18–20 flies per group.
Heat tolerance
Assay for resistance to heat-induced paralysis was performed as previously described (Burman et al., 2014). Briefly, flies were assayed for heat-induced paralysis by placing them into pre-warmed vials maintained at 39°C. The time for flies to become paralyzed was recorded. After exposure to 39°C for 6 min the animals were then placed in new room-temperature vials (~20°C), and the recovery time from paralysis was recorded. Data shown represents average from 16 flies per group.
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[Editors’ note: a previous version of this study was rejected after peer review, but the authors submitted for reconsideration. The first decision letter after peer review is shown below.]
Thank you for choosing to send your work entitled "Experimental evolution uncovers a male-harming mitochondrial mutation in Drosophila melanogaster" for consideration at eLife. Your full submission has been evaluated by K VijayRaghavan (Senior editor), a Reviewing Editor and two peer reviewers and the decision was reached after discussions between the reviewers. Based on our discussions and the individual reviews below, we regret to inform you that your work will not be considered further for publication in eLife.
As you will see from the reviewers' comments below, one of the primary concerns was that your claim of establishing a novel experimental evolution scheme to isolate male-harming mitochondrial DNA mutations is not supported by data. Without more compelling evidence for this scheme, the current manuscript is not suitable for eLife. In addition, the link between the genotype of the missense mitochondrial mutation (COIIG177S) and phenotype described is complicated by the fact that the phenotype requires high temperature. Finally, in light of these concerns, the effect of nuclear modifiers was of great interest, but it would require further development, such as identification and characterization, to elevate the manuscript.
Reviewer #1:
One major concern is the claim that the experimental model was "successful" in isolating the male-specific phenotype. As the allele already existed in the parental stock, it may simple be that the authors were able to – by chance alone – fix the allele in 1-in-18 lines, and not due to the breeding scheme. Some added detail as to the state of the allele in the other lines would help us to determine if the breeding scheme can actually be said to be successful in driving the emergence of this phenotype, or if the experiment was simply very lucky to catch this one allele. Some additional arguments in support of their method would be very helpful.
The allele in question appears to have been present in the parental stock, and was isolated to homoplasmy in 1 of the 18 experimental lines. Is it possible for the authors to test the dynamics of the heteroplasmic transmission in the other 17 lines? While the authors are unable to detect any defects aside from the male fertility, if the transmission of the allele is consistent with neutral drift, the authors would clearly demonstrate that the allele had no fitness effects until fixed in the population and would very strongly support the claim of a specific phenotype. However, evidence of negative selection would show the some difficult-to-detect deficiency in the flies with the allele, and a positive selection signal would set up an interesting scenario of the allele being beneficial to the population, but detrimental to male fertility when fixed.
This manuscript addresses an important issue in biology and describes a potentially interesting male semi-sterile mutation. The reported results can be divided into three areas. In the first, the manuscript describes a strategy described as "a novel experimental evolution scheme in Drosophila melanogaster to recover male-harming mutations". In the second, the phenotype of the temperature-enhanced sterility of the one mutation recovered is characterized. In the third, modification of the sterility affects by nuclear background is described. As discussed below, I found that the first part to harbor significant potential interest, but felt that the paper did not support the efficacy of the practice that it advocated. Nonetheless, they retrieved a male harming mutant, and second part of the manuscript describes its characterization. While this is an interesting mutant that fits the bill of a male harming mutant, I was somewhat uncertain about the value of the details of the phenotypic characterization. It seemed to me the details of the phenotype are likely to depend on the use of a high temperature to increase the expressivity of the defect. The analysis of enhancers in the third part of the paper is of great interest, but it was not advanced to level that gives us any insight into the nature of the interactions. In this regard, I was again concerned about the use of high temperature to enhance the phenotype. No attempt was made to disambiguate the influence of genetic background effects on the temperature range of fertility from a specific effect on the mutation, leaving a nagging suspicion that the effect of the nuclear background might not be very specific.
The strategy that was presented as a method to allow accumulation of male-harming mutations without hypothetical secondary counter selection due to male sterility was to simply out cross the females to an independent population of males. There are several issues with the claimed importance of this strategy and questions regarding its effectiveness that the manuscript fails to address.
One tangential, but in my mind important, consideration is that outcrossing may be an experimental condition in the laboratory but it is standard in the wild. If the rationale were correct, the inbreeding of confined laboratory stocks should be protecting them from the emergence of male harming mutants. In this regard, it would be interesting to compare the frequency of male harming mtDNA mutations in well-mixed wild populations, to the frequency in the confined breeding populations of laboratory flies. According to the rationale, one might expect a substantial frequency of male harming mutants in wild populations that then fail when established as more inbred laboratory stocks.
But the most important question is whether the paper shows that the strategy was effective. I was not convinced that it did. The only recovered mutation was in the starting population at a very high level. The paper suggests in its wording that this was a fleeting thing caught by the breeding strategy: e.g. It is suggested that "the mutant allele likely arose de novo in the original stock and transiently existed in a state of heteroplasmy before approaching homoplasmy in EL7", and "we devised an experimental evolution scheme to absolve mtDNA of supporting male function while both maintaining selection on female mtDNA function as well as reducing the possibility of nuclear suppression or male-harming mtDNA. Our scheme uncovered a COIIG177S mtDNA mutation[…]". The idea of fleeting mutation present in the original stock that was captured by the "experimental evolution scheme" might support the idea that it was effective. However, it seems very unlikely that the mutation was fleeting and there is no evidence that the scheme was needed to capture it. Even rare changes can go to fixation in small populations and one out six assayed flies in the starting population was homoplasmic for the mutation. Over 35 generations (plus an unspecified number of generations of additional crosses in which the flies were allowed to self) drift will lead to dramatic fluctuations in the abundance of the homoplasmic line and to random fixation. Fixation of an already abundant mutation in one of 18 lines is no surprise and there is no foundation for a conclusion that this possibility was enhanced by the "experimental evolution scheme".
The only data mentioned to support the idea that the mutation was present transiently in the original stock were not shown and the quoted finding does not seem directly relevant: "heteroplasmic flies were eventually lost over the course of a year from the original stock after their initial detection; later analyses revealed the population now only consists of individuals carrying homoplasmic wildtype or mutant mtDNA." The loss of the heteroplasmic flies is only indirectly relevant. Since the mutant persisted in the population as homoplasmic flies there is no indication that its presence was transient. Additionally, based on Solignac's (1984) detailed description of the gradual and statistical segregation of mtDNA genotypes one can make inferences about the behavior of a mutation in a stock – whether it is drifting randomly or is affected by selection. The only data shown regarding the distribution of heteroplasmy was an analysis of six flies of the original population. This is woefully inadequate for any detailed consideration of levels of heteroplasmy. A more thorough analysis might have revealed whether there was any constraint limiting the propagation of the mutant allele in the original stock, since such constraints, by selecting for different progeny classes, will alter the unbiased statistical changes in the distribution of heteroplasmy levels. Demonstration that a constraint existed would provide some foundation for the proposal that the "experimental evolutionary scheme" would have consequence-relief of this constraint. The crosses presented in this manuscript could have simply provided opportunity for random drift to fix an abundant pre-existing mutation. To make the claims regarding the "experimental evolutionary scheme", the manuscript would have to dismiss this null hypothesis and demonstrate the efficacy of the approach. At present, the appearance of one line out 12 with a mutant in the experimental sample and none in the 6 control lines is far from enough to argue that the outcrossing was essential to the recovery of the mutation.
The “experimental evolutionary scheme" was designed to bypass the influence of indirect counter selection due to reduced fertility of the males: but to what extent does such a selection influence outcome? It appears that the heteroplasmic male flies are fertile (not tested, but failure to see fertility depression in lines with high levels of mutant genomes suggest that mutant genomes can be carried without a phenotype) and hence that no such counter selection would operate early after the appearance of the mutant allele (when it is rare and heteroplasmic). The persistence of mutant flies (perhaps heteroplasmic, but untested) in three of the six coevolving/control lines suggests the absence of a significant counter selection preventing their maintenance. Consequently, male sterility could only come into play, if at all, very late after the mutation rose to be a dominant allele with frequent production of homoplasmic derivatives, and since the male sterility phenotype is weak at the temperatures used for propagation, it would not be surprising that secondary selection due to male fertility could prevent fixation of the mutant. Furthermore, since the scheme did not use unrelated males for outcrosses but used males from the starting population, which apparently harbored the mutant for many generations (many generations are essential to produce homoplasmic flies), these males might already have carried suppressors of the phenotype. Thus, I do not think that manuscript offers support for claim that an effective scheme for recovery of male-harming mutations is described. I would like to see direct evidence that it is effective and efficient.
The second component of the manuscript, the description of the phenotype of the male sterile mutation is detailed but I was not impressed that it gave us much insight into the defects and their connection to the mutation. One obfuscating issue is the use of high temperature to enhance the phenotype of an otherwise weak expressivity of the mitochondrial mutation. The highest temperature at which flies can be cultivated is generally limited by male sterility (e.g. David JR et al., 2005). For laboratory stocks, this highest temperature is usually taken as 29°C but populations tend to show differences in the temperature range across which they will grow-perhaps not surprisingly as environmental variables and adaptation would select for different ranges. At the temperature limit, defects in sperm development are usually seen as responsible for sterility (e.g. Rohmer C, et al., 2004). Interactions between nucleus, mitochondria and temperature have been described as affecting male sterility (Hoekstra et al., 2013). The manuscript shows an interaction of temperature and the mitochondrial mutation, but the study of the phenotype leaves an uncertainty whether the phenotype described is primarily that of the mutant or that produced at high temperature. That is, one might imagine that the mutation might sensitize the flies so that the high temperature defect shows up at 29°C, or one can imagine that 29°C increases the expressivity of the mutant phenotype, or something in between. In this regard, it would be nice to know if the sterile phenotype of w1118 wild type flies when raised at temperatures beyond 29°C, resembles or is distinct from the phenotype as seen in the mutant at 29°C.
The analysis of nuclear interactions is potentially exciting, but the reported analysis represents a first step. The loci responsible are not mapped or otherwise identified. Sequenced strains are analyzed but no mention is made of any finding emanating from this. I worry that modification might be the result of modification of temperature sensitivity. The things underlying this concern are that the maximal temperature of male fertility commonly vary between strains, genetic backgrounds that modified the reported phenotype are remarkably common, and the data shown for 29°C in the supplement of Figure 9 shows that w1118 is unusually weak even at the temperature selected as widely permissive. If the temperature is raised to say 31°C, the wild type w1118 stock is likely to be male sterile: I would like to know whether temperature tolerance is increased (i.e. this male sterility expected for the wild-type w1118 strain is suppressed) by out crossing of the wild type to the same strains that suppressed the mutant. This control might reveal that the recorded affects are due to expected widespread differences in thermo-tolerance. This concern that the modification may be due to a more generic affect is partly alleviated by the reported increase in Cox activity in suppressed mutant backgrounds.
[Editors’ note: what now follows is the decision letter after the authors submitted for further consideration.]
Thank you for submitting your article "A mitochondrial DNA hypomorph of cytochrome oxidase specifically impairs male fertility in Drosophila melanogaster" for consideration by eLife. Your article has been reviewed by two peer reviewers, and the evaluation has been overseen by a Reviewing Editor and K VijayRaghavan as the Senior Editor. The reviewers have opted to remain anonymous.
In their final submission the authors should address better previous criticism influenced by the fact the supposed approach to isolate male harming mutants was the most innovative part of the original submission. The new version is hence weaker, but still a nice report and should be published at eLife. Of two previous criticisms, the bigger one is that the data are not sufficient to document homoplasmy. While this could be serious flaw, it is very likely that the line is close to homogeneous and if it were not and the authors sampled flies that were heteroplastic in their tests of fertility they would have seen phenotypic variation. If the authors answer in this way, and put more guarded statements in their discussion, we would be satisfied on this account. The are other issues, on the phenotypic analysis which are more about making things more clear, particularly aspects that are buried in the supplementary data. Eliminating some unfounded discussion will bring more sharpness, but this is something that the authors are best placed to address. These are detailed below.
The presentation of the data has been changed substantially, while the data remain much the same. The change in the presentation has resolved one of the central concerns about the previous version of the manuscript that presented a crossing scheme as an effective selection for male harming mutations. The critiques, certainly mine, argued that this was not supported by the data and that the mitochondrial mutation preexisted and was uncovered by chance. The present draft still argues that this scheme should be effective, which I severely doubt based on pragmatics of mutation frequency and infrequent segregation of homoplasmic lines. I think that the unsubstantiated sentence in the current version saying that "we reasoned that multiple mutations per mtDNA would be sampled in 35 generations across 18 lines" should be eliminated or justified.This is completely untenable as shown by the mathematical analysis of the number of generations required for lines to progress to homoplasmy (See Solignac). Nonetheless, the major change in presentation has corrected the biggest problem with the previous submission.
The question now is, what is the merit of the present manuscript. The authors do report a maternally inherited partial male sterility trait that is linked with an SNP mt:CoII. The recognized SNP may well be the cause of the phenotype, but the possibility of linked changes in the unsequenced 4kb regulatory region was not eliminated (note that this is the region that changes the most rapidly and spontaneous variants of this region have been shown to arise in laboratory stocks – see Rand). Furthermore, identification of a mitochondrial DNA mutation altering an electron transport component that causes male sterility is not entirely novel (see Xu). The manuscript does report a fairly detailed effort to characterize the defect and shows suppression of this defect in crosses that introduce different nuclear backgrounds. In this regard, it goes beyond other reports that argued for nuclear modification of phenotypes caused by mitochondrial mutations. In our opinion these findings are of interest and could constitute a significant advance. We are however, left with some hesitancy because the merit ought to lie in the rigor in of the documentation of the principles, and we see some shortcomings.
One concern is that the data are not sufficient to rigorously demonstrate the genetic homogeneity of the lines examined. The details are below, but this view can be summarized as follows: the original plan treated the crosses as if they were a selection that would yield a pure male harming mutation, and suitable measures where not take to ensure the genetic homogeneity of the stock that was retrieved. Given the number of mt genomes carried by flies, a high sensitivity of detection of a rare allele (in a range approaching 0.1%) and analysis of single flies is needed to rigorously demonstrate homoplasmy.
A second issue concerns data on fertility demonstrating that in an early first mating the males exhibited no (at 25°C) or weak (29°C) deficits in fertility. At least in reading the text, the subsequent analyses did not seem to take this fully into account. Many of my concerns here could be dealt with by better reference to supplementary material and more careful wording. Nonetheless, it still seemed to me that this issue was not fully investigated and the impact of this finding on other analyses was not always considered.
Overall, this an interesting report that suffers from weakness in its details. These can be addressed in the revised final submission
[Editors’ note: the author responses to the first round of peer review follow.]
As you will see from the reviewers' comments below, one of the primary concerns was that your claim of establishing a novel experimental evolution scheme to isolate male-harming mitochondrial DNA mutations is not supported by data.
We completely agree with this criticism. While we obtained the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation via our experimental evolution scheme, our subsequent experiments were able to determine that this was a pre-existing heteroplasmic mtDNA mutation that manifested its male infertility only upon fixation in one of the experimental lines (el7). For the purposes of the current manuscript, we now describe the experimental evolution scheme simply to detail how we found a specifically male-harming mtDNA mutation. We also acknowledge that this mutation might have been obtainable without the scheme with a priori knowledge of the heteroplasmy (which we did not have), and that significantly more work is needed to determine whether the scheme will be effective. We have accordingly significantly edited our manuscript, including changing the title.
In addition, the link between the genotype of the missense mitochondrial mutation (COIIG177S) and phenotype described is complicated by the fact that the phenotype requires high temperature.
One of the reviewers raised the concern that the male fertility defects caused by the COIIG177S mutation might be confounded by the use of high temperature. We performed mutant characterization in the original submission at high temperature because the fertility phenotype is more pronounced in young males at high temperature. However, we agree with the reviewer concerns and have now performed additional experiments to address these points. We also showed in the original submission that the fertility phenotype is also present at 25°C but it manifests in older males. We now show that the cellular phenotype of the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation is similar in older males at 25°C to the phenotype in young males at 29°C. We further show that sterility of young males at 29°C is suppressed by a nuclear background (OregonR) in a manner similar to the suppression of old males at 25°C. Thus, we feel that we have completely addressed with our new experiments the reviewer concerns that our sterility phenotype and its suppression are confounded by a requirement of high temperature. It bears reiterating that we performed many life-history trait measurements at both 25°C and 29°C; male fertility was the only phenotype affected suggesting that the sterility defect associated with COIIG177S mtDNA is highly specific.
Finally, in light of these concerns, the effect of nuclear modifiers was of great interest, but it would require further development, such as identification and characterization, to elevate the manuscript.
There are two points to be made here. First, the abundance of nuclear suppressor(s) in D. melanogaster directly bears out the predictions of the theory of mito-nuclear genetic conflict and reinforces our finding that COIIG177S is a male-harming mtDNA mutation.. Second, we would love to know the genetic identity of the suppressor. But the reviewer is doubtless aware that this is a significant endeavor involving at least a few years of work. The best demonstration of this suppressor mapping was a recent paper (Meikeljohn et al. PLOS Genetics 2013), which found a nuclear-encoded tRNA synthetase that epistatically interacts with and suppresses a mitochondrial tRNA mutation. This work appeared three years after the original observation of the incompatibility (Montooth et al. Evolution 2010). Furthermore, the identity of this suppressor mutation was suggested by the very nature of the mtDNA mutation in a tRNA gene. Our preliminary experiments and the fact that we see both partial and completely restoration of fertility suggest that the suppression involves multiple genetic loci, whose identification will require 2-3 years of additional work. We intend to aggressively pursue this, but we feel that lack of this identification does not affect the novelty or importance of our findings in the current study.
Isolation of a bona fide male-harming mtDNA mutation
Although this is not a point explicitly mentioned by the editor, we would like to reinforce our claim that the identification of a specifically male-harming mtDNA mutation is novel and to our knowledge unprecedented in animals. The closest that any studies have come to characterization of ‘male-harming’ mtDNA variants are the elegant series of experiments performed by the group of Damian Dowling, who showed that mtDNA haplotypes from different D. melanogaster strains affect aging in males but not females (Camus et al. 2012 Current Biology), and competitive male fertility (Yee et al. 2013 Current Biology). These studies did not comprehensively test the role of all mtDNA haplotypes on female fitness. Just to highlight the novelty of our finding, while our paper was under review at eLife, one mtDNA haplotype that was previously shown to deleteriously affect competitive male fertility was also shown to decrease female lifespan (Camus et al., 2015 Current Biology); such a mutation could not be considered specifically ‘male-harming’. In contrast, our work examined the impact of COIIG177S mutation on both males and females in the context of fertility, lifespan, neurological function, and stress resistance, each at normal and elevated temperatures, and in young and old individuals. Hence, we can conclude with significantly greater confidence than any other study published so far that a single mtDNA variant in metazoans can be specifically detrimental to males but neutral in females. We believe that this comprehensive characterization of the COIIG177S mutation is the most novel and impactful finding of our manuscript. We have now revised our manuscript to emphasize this point.
We hope the reviewers will agree that the revised manuscript addresses all of their concerns, most of which arise from our initial claim regarding the ‘success’ of the experimental evolution strategy. We further hope the reviewers will agree that our demonstration of COIIG177S as a specifically male-harming mtDNA mutation in animals is highly significant and impactful.
As discussed earlier, we agree with the reviewer. We now acknowledge that although we obtained the COIIG177S mutation via the experimental evolution scheme, it may have been possible to fix this allele to homoplasmy without our breeding scheme. We have significantly revised the beginning of the manuscript to reflect this acknowledgement, and to emphasize our recovery of the COIIG177S mutation, which appears to be specifically detrimental to males and is the most significant finding of our work.
We do not have longitudinal data from all our experimental and coevolved lines, but the data we do have suggests that the fixation of the COIIG177S mutation did not occur until at least 25 generations through our experiment. Since our experimental lines would be expected to be homogeneous at the nuclear level given our backcrossing scheme, our findings that the viability and fertility of the EL lines (except EL7) are like wildtype despite being highly variable for the COIIG177S heteroplasmic mutation lead us to favor the conclusion that the mutation is neutral, not beneficial, to the population, but is detrimental to male fertility on homoplasmy.
This is an interesting suggestion and indeed, the main topic of a paper (Wade & Brandvain 2008 Evolution) that predicts exactly what the reviewer suggests – i.e. inbreeding selects against male-harming mtDNA mutations due to indirect selection. Indeed, this theoretical claim served as the rationale for our experimental evolution strategy. We took the predictions from this theoretical study and used it to motivate our scheme to isolate male-harming mtDNA mutations. The reviewer makes an interesting suggestion that we plan to follow up on by making use of the DGRP collection in the future. However, that work would be a significant undertaking that is beyond the scope of this manuscript.
As we have responded to (points 1 and 5 above), we agree with the reviewer’s concern. We have significantly revised the manuscript to remove any reference to the ‘success’ of our experimental evolution strategy but simply to state that this is how we obtained the COIIG177S mutation. We remain confident that the mutation we did obtain is specifically male-harming and therefore its characterization important and, to our knowledge, unprecedented. As the reviewers point out, the effectiveness of the experimental evolution approach has yet to be rigorously tested. A full proof-of-principal test of the strategy will be the focus of future work.
The reviewer is correct in their argument that knowing the status of the heteroplasmy in the stock would have been important at the onset of the experiment. The best we can do is infer the heteroplasmy status in the stock at a time when we were evaluating and discovering the focal mtDNA mutation. We would be quite happy to characterize additional flies from the ancestral stock except that recognizing that this characterization is occurring >50 generations after the beginning of our experiment, the main point we wished to emphasize is that there was heteroplasmy in the original stock. We hope elimination of sentences regarding the transient nature of the heteroplasmy will minimize any confusion and avoid us overstating that we understand the dynamics of this particular mutation. While we agree that following the dynamics of this heteroplasmy would be very interesting, and would help bolster our claim of a “constraint-release” afforded by the experimental evolution scheme, such detailed characterization is beyond the scope of our paper. Even such a conclusion would be limited by the fact that the mutation became fixed in only 1 out of 12 experimental lines. Instead, we focus the bulk of the manuscript on what makes the mutation specifically male-harming.
The reviewer makes several good points here, which we address on-by-one. First, we can conclude with significant confidence that there are no suppressors of the sterility phenotype in the ancestral stock used to backcross. This is the same stock we did all our experiments to characterize the infertility and any suppressors would have been immediately evident. This is in spite of the fact that the mutation was present in this stock.
Second, the reviewer is doubtless aware that the presence of a cytoplasmically inherited male-harming mtDNA mutation would still be tolerated in the presence of the wildtype allele since only indirect selection acts on the mutant mtDNA. Nevertheless, we completely agree with the reviewer that the scheme we have proposed cannot be deemed essential for obtaining the COIIG177S mutation. We also agree with the reviewer that our findings show that the phenotype of COIIG177S only manifests when present at high levels of heteroplasmy, and that such penetrance issues will affect the detailed design of any experimental evolution strategy. To address the reviewer concerns, we have greatly de-emphasized the significance of the experimental evolution strategy and instead focus on the significance of finding and characterizing a male-harming mtDNA mutation.
We take advantage of the fact that the COIIG177S mutation affects male fertility in both age- and temperature- dependent fashion. We now show that the age-dependent infertility (performed at 25°C) is exactly what we would predict using additional cytological analysis of seminal vesicles, which we have shown is an accurate surrogate for male fertility. We find that the seminal vesicle size of COIIG177S mutant males is reduced compared to those with wildtype mtDNA, similar to what we found with young males raised at 29°C. Moreover, while w1118 males with wildtype mtDNA also show impairment at 29°C, their seminal vesicle sizes are not significantly reduced. Our additional experiments show that the infertility defect cannot be solely explained as a confounding factor with temperature, and that the temperature-dependent reduction of fertility in wildtype w1118 males is distinct from COIIG177S-dependent defect at 29°C. We hope that our additional experiments should satisfy the reviewer’s concerns regarding this criticism. Moreover, we must emphasize again that this is, to the best of our knowledge, the most detailed characterization of the phenotypic consequences of multiple life-history traits (aging, fertility, neural function) in young and old males and females, at two different temperatures.
The main conclusion we wish to draw from the nuclear suppressor findings is that there is a significant nuclear genetic variation to suppress the male-harming effects of mtDNA mutations like COIIG177S. We seriously considered the reviewer’s criticism that this could also be a pleiotropic effect due to the high temperatures we used to fully manifest the male infertility. Once again, using aged males, we show that the heterozygous OregonR nuclear background completely rescues (old) male fertility defects at 25°C that are caused by the COIIG177S mutation and that this fertility rescue is associated with suppression of the decrease in seminal vesicle size. Together with our earlier presented data, our findings strongly suggest that the OregonR nuclear genome harbors a ‘true’ suppressor of the COIIG177s-dependent male fertility defect and its mechanism of suppression is likely the same at 25°C and 29°C. We hope that our revised manuscript emphasizing our detailed characterization of how a hypomorphic mtDNA mutation can cause male-specific impairment will be viewed favorably by the reviewer. While we share the reviewer’s excitement about the potential mapping of these nuclear suppressors, we point out that this is not a trivial undertaking. The first author hopes to identify and characterize the nuclear suppressor mutation(s) in a future study which will take at least a few more years.
[Editors' note: the author responses to the re-review follow.]
With new experiments (detailed below), we now show that the strains we analyzed are near homoplasmy (100% or 99.9%). We also address the other concerns raised by the reviewers.
The reviewers express concern over our statement that multiple mtDNA mutations might be sampled over 35 generations across 18 lines. Note that we intentionally used the word ‘sampled’ to distinguish mutations that arise versus those that arise and drive to homoplasmy. In addition, while mtDNA segregation can take many generations to reach homoplasmy, dramatic instances of rapid shifts in heteroplasmy have also been observed in humans, cows, and flies (Brown et al., 2001; Hauswirth & Laipis, 1982; Olivo et al., 1983; Matsuura et al., 1990; Matsuura et al., 1991; Koehler et al., 1991; Jenuth et al., 1996; Matsuura et al., 1997; Sato et al., 2007; Fan et al., 2008; Lee et al., 2012; Freyer et al., 2012; Sharpley et al., 2012; Ma, Xu & O’Farrell, 2014; Ma & O’Farrell, 2015; Ma & O’Farrell, 2016). Nevertheless, to avoid any ambiguity, we now state that this period may not be necessary to drive mtDNA mutations to near homoplasmy and now cite the Solignac reference (Solignac et al. Genetics 1987).
The reviewer raises two points. First, there is a possibility of linked changes in the unsequenced 4 kb regulatory region- the so-called D loop. We now explicitly suggest this possibility in the Discussion. However, we would like to point out that the causal connection with the COIIG177S mtDNA mutation is quite strong. We have observed a biochemical defect in cytochrome C oxidase activity that correlates perfectly with the male infertility phenotype. This COX activity is rescued in the suppressor background – these data strongly suggest that the G177S mutation causes the COX defect, which in turn causes the fertility defect. This is as strong a statement that can be made with a causal connection with a single mtDNA mutation, the exception being the Xu et al. paper that used a restriction enzyme strategy to introduce mtDNA mutations. In all other cases that have mapped a phenotype to a single mutation in mtDNA they did not assay or sequence the A+T region (Camus et al. 2015, Meiklejohn et al. 2013, Clancy et al., 2011, Xu et al. 2008, and Clancy 2008).
Second, the reviewer is correct that the mt:CoIR301Lmutant in a previous report (Xu, DeLuca & O’Farrell Science 2008) was also associated with male sterility. However, this report did not quantitatively assess other aspects of male or female fitness. We now more fully discuss the mt:CoIR301Lmutant in our revisions, pointing out the biochemical and biological differences between this mutant and the one we characterize. Even though both mutants had a male sterility defect (mt:CoIR301Lwas completely male sterile), the authors observed no defects in cytochrome oxidase activity and spermatogenesis. Instead, the infertility was reported due to a defect in sperm storage. Thus, we have a unique manifestation of a male-harming mtDNA mutant. Additionally, we believe that our claim regarding the specificity of the G177S mutation in causing male sterility is based on one of the most comprehensive and quantitatively rigorous phenotypic characterizations.
We believe that the reviewers’ concerns can be remedied by clarified wording and one critical additional experiment that we have performed with the help of new co-author Scott R. Kennedy (now added). First, we now clarify in the text that subsequent to identification of the G177S mutation in experimental line 7, all experiments were done from a mutant and wildtype mtDNA stocks reestablished from the original w118 strain. Additionally, we have now sequenced pools and individuals of these stocks to show that the pools of flies are nearly homoplasmic:
“We characterized the nature of the heteroplasmy in the re- isolated COIIG177S mutant mtDNA lines by sequencing a pool of COIIG177S mutant mtDNA and a separate pool of re-isolated wildtype mtDNA adult fly heads using a Duplex Sequencing strategy (Kennedy, Schmitt et al. 2014) (Figure 4—figure supplement 1). […] We therefore used these re-isolated strains for all subsequent phenotypic analyses.”
All subsequent analyses to document infertility or its suppression were done in either aged males at 25°C or young males at 29°C; in both instances the deficit in fertility is robustly observed. Nevertheless, we have made changes to make sure that all references and caveats are clearly cited in our Results and Discussion.
We are grateful for the opportunity to suitably address these concerns and those listed below. We believe that the clarifications and the additional experiments regarding the status of heteroplasmy should satisfy many of the reviewer concerns.
Maulik R Patel
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, United States
Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
MRP, Conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting or revising the article
maulik.r.patel@vanderbilt.edu
No competing interests declared.
Ganesh K Miriyala
GKM, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting or revising the article
Contributed equally with
Aimee J Littleton
AJL, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data
Heiko Yang
Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
HY, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Contributed unpublished essential data or reagents
Kien Trinh
Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
Biogen Idec, Cambridge, United States
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Scott R Kennedy
Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, United States
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YMY: Reviewing editor, eLife
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Harmit S Malik
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
National Institutes of Health (F30AG045021)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM104990)
We thank Lisa Kursel, Tera Levin, Mia Levine, Nitin Phadnis, and Benjamin Ross for comments on the manuscript. The authors were supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (MRP), the Mathers Foundation (HSM), and US National Institute of Health grants F30 AG045021 (HY), GM104990 (LP) and GM074108 (HSM). YMY and HSM are Investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Located in the south of Asia, India is the seventh largest country in the world. It comprises of over 1.2 billion people and ranks second in the list of the most populated countries in the world. This populated country is home to multiple cultures, religions, festivals, and people. The country echoes the lesson of “Unity Read more
Visit in Delhi – Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, Humayun Tomb
Drive past in Delhi – Red Fort, Rajghat, President House & India Gate
Rickshaw ride in Chandni Chowk
Visit in Agra – Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Fateh-pur Sikri
Visit in Jaipur – Amber Fort, City Palace, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Hawa Mahal & Albert Museum
Elephant ride at Amber Fort
Services of English-speaking guide during sightseeing tours
Assistance at airport and sightseeing tours by private air-conditioned vehicle
Start and End in Delhi
Day 01: Delhi
Meet our representative upon arrival in Delhi and check-in at the hotel. India’s capital & a major gateway to the country, Delhi is contemporary and a bustling metropolis which successfully combines in its fold the ancient & the modern. Its strategic location was one of the prime reasons why successive dynasties chose it as their seat of power. New Delhi also reflects the legacy the British left behind. Overnight in Delhi.
Day 02: Sightseeing in Delhi
After breakfast, proceed for a full-day tour of Old and New Delhi. This fascinating city has been in existence since the 6th century BC and has seen ups and downs from the rule of the Pandavas right up to the British Raj. Visit Jama Masjid, which is the largest mosque in India, commissioned by Emperor Shah Jahan. The courtyard of the mosque can hold about 25,000 worshippers. Enjoy a rickshaw ride in Chandni Chowk, the busiest market in Old Delhi…noisy, chaotic and uniquely Indian. You will then drive past to the Red Fort, which was constructed during the rule of Emperor Shah Jahan and served as the residence for the Mughal royal family. It continues to be significant till date, as every Independence Day, the Prime Minister makes a speech from its ramparts as the Indian flag is hoisted. Later, drive past President House and several other government buildings in Edwin Lutyen’s Delhi before you head toward Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. This simple memorial marks the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated in 1948. Thereafter, visit Humayun’s Tomb, commissioned by Humayun’s wife Hamida Banu Begum in 1562. It was the first garden tomb built in the Indian sub-continent where the Persian architect used red sandstone on a large scale. Later in the evening visit the Qutub Minar, which is the tallest brick minaret in the world; it was commissioned by Qutbuddin Aibak, the first Muslim ruler of Delhi. (Optional) – Attend a Sufi ceremony at Nizamuddin Dargah). Return back to Hotel. Overnight in Delhi.
Day 03: Delhi – Agra (210 kms/ approx. 4 hours)
On arrival in Agra, check-in into your Hotel. Later proceed for Half Day City Tour of Agra. Visit the Red Fort, which was commissioned in 1565 by Akbar. The beautiful yet forbidding structure is a handsome example of Mughal architecture. Later, visit the Taj Mahal … a mausoleum built as a symbol of Emperor Shah Jehan’s devotion to his beloved queen Mumtaz Mahal. Considered an architectural marvel, its construction took thousands of workers over 21 years to complete. Overnight in Agra.
Day 04: Agra – Jaipur (230 km/approx. 5 hours)
After breakfast, drive to Jaipur and enroute Visit Fatehpur Sikri, which was built by Emperor Akbar and is home to many historical buildings. Akbar wanted to make Fatehpur Sikri his headquarters; however, he had to abandon it due to shortage of water. The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti enshrines the burial place of the Sufi saint who lived a religious life here. Today, Fatehpur Sikri is a UNESCO World heritage site. Further drive to Jaipur and check into your Hotel. Jaipur is the gateway to the magnificent and vibrant state of Rajasthan. Evening take a stroll in the markets of Jaipur for the traditional dresses and shoes, curio shops, blue pottery etc. Overnight in Jaipur.
Day 05: Jaipur
Today, enjoy a full-day sightseeing trip of Jaipur, also known as the ‘Pink City’… it is famous for its colorful culture, forts, palaces, and lakes. The old city of Jaipur is painted pink, which gives it a magical glow. Visit the Amber Fort… a fascinating blend of Hindu and Mughal architecture. The best way to explore the fort is to ride up to it on elephant back. Later, stop to photograph the beautiful Hawa Mahal, also known as the “Palace of the Winds.” This beautiful façade with its ornately carved latticework windows is made of pink sandstone. Post lunch, visit the City Palace… again, a synthesis of Rajasthani and Mughal styles. Later, visit the Jantar Mantar Observatory, comprising geometric devices for measuring time. You will also visit the Albert Hall, which was modeled on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and is a fine example of Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. (Optional) – An Evening at the Raj Mandir cinema – Bollywood film, and high atmosphere color in the room. Overnight in Jaipur.
Day 06: Jaipur – Delhi (250 km/approx. 5 hours)
After breakfast, Proceed for Delhi. Arrive and check into your hotel. (Optional) – Evening Sahaj Anand – Multimedia Water Show at Akshardham Temple. Overnight in Delhi.
Day 07: Departure from Delhi
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Delhi airport for return flight back home.
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Delhi 3 Imperial Claridges Breakfast
Agra 1 Oberoi Amarvilas ITC MUGHAL Breakfast
Jaipur 2 Oberoi Rajvilas ITC RAJPUTANA Breakfast
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Gorillas perfect their selfie style in photo with park ranger
Posted 4:21 PM, April 22, 2019, by Tribune Media Wire
Ndakazi and Ndeze pose with a park ranger at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Two gorillas have been snapped apparently mimicking human behavior, in a remarkable selfie with a park ranger who helped rescue them as babies.
The photo, taken by a worker at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, swiftly went viral after being shared on Facebook.
“Another day at the office…” Mathieu Shamavu wrote alongside the image, which has been shared more than 20,000 times.
Female gorillas Ndakazi and Ndeze appear to be naturals in front of the camera; one stands proudly in a power pose with her feet wide apart, while the other leans forward to make it into the shot.
“Those gorilla gals are always acting cheeky so this was the perfect shot of their true personalities,” Virunga National Park wrote on Instagram.
“Also, it’s no surprise to see these girls on their two feet either — most primates are comfortable walking upright (bipedalism) for short bursts of time,” it added.
The park, which stretches along the northeast region of the country, is home to 22 primate species, including three great apes.
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More than 600 rangers work to safeguard wildlife at the park, a 3,000-square-mile site that has frequently seen violence and outbreaks of conflict.
Several rangers have been killed there, and two Britons were kidnapped on the site last year.
Another ranger, Hakizimana Sinamenye Chadrack, died in March after sustaining serious injuries from a hippo, the park said on its website.
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The notion of responsibility to protect versus
The notion of responsibility to protect versus Sai Wansai Burma: The Notion of Responsibility to Protect Versus Non-InterferenceBy: Sai Wansai 5 October 2007The only way to stop this "reign of terror" and tyrannical rule in Burma is a full scale h 會場佈置umanitarian intervention. Where have all the noises of "responsibility to protect", which unofficially have been endorsed by almost all democratic countries gone? It is quite clear that the UN 新成屋 Security Council cannot undertake any such intervention, where China for fear of exposing its gross human rights violations and Russia, which is struggling hard to bounce back as a third world champion of Col 訂做禮服d War days, wield veto power and has also make use it to protect the Burmese junta. And so it is left to the EU and US to build necessary consensus to physically protect this crime against humanity.As it is, the US might have 長灘島 played all its cards and none left to bet on Burma, according to a number of vocal and concerned opinion-makers . But many, especially the suffering and oppressed people of Burma, think the US, with the solid backing of EU, could pull this 裝潢show, with a much smaller investment than in Iraq and Afghanistan, where a hugh profit could be reaped, in kind of riding moral high horse, standing tall and feeling good to have championed the cause of all mankind. The people of Burma has risen up many t 租房子imes, only to be crushed by the military. And no one could blame them for not doing enough for freedom and restoration of democracy. Just as the Germans were not able to get rid of Hitler and his Nazi regime in pre-war days on their own and Allied forces had to come to 建築設計 their rescue, the people of Burma, urgently need the same type of help from international community. Anything less than this would mean the continuation of tyrannical rule indefinitely. Furthermore, the so-called “non-interference” notion should be only valid for countries, which adher 租房子e to democratic principle, where the ruling government protects and look after its citizens and not that is slaughtering and harming the populace. As such, the military junta of Burma cannot be granted the privilege and treatment with internationally accepted norm of “non-interference” of a sovereign 房屋出租state. It is now up to the West in general to let Burma sinks further into the deep hole of Darfur-like tragedy and live with guilty consciousness or pull all its moral strength to right the wrong, restore justice, human right and democracy. The author is General Secretary of the Shan Democratic Union (SDU) – Editor 賣房子 .
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Lost Planet 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the sequel to Lost Planet: Extreme Condition which is also made by Capcom, taking place ten years after the events of the first game, on the same fictional planet. The game was developed for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. Originally set to be released in early 2010, Capcom delayed the game's consoles release to May 11, 2010 in North America and Europe and May 20, 2010 for Japan, and the Windows version will be released on October 12, 2010
Many gameplay features from the original Lost Planet game are present. Recurring elements include major boss battles, extreme terrain, and the ability to pilot mechanized armor suits, known as Vital Suits (VSs). On July 24, 2009, at Comic-Con 2009, producer Jun Takeuchi held a Q&A session for fans. Takeuchi revealed that there would be a lot more co-op based VSs.Indeed, Players will be able to ride on the sides of some VSs. These VSs can be controlled by one player, while two others hang on by the sides and shoot. Takeuchi also revealed that there would be flying VSs which feature unlimited flying time.
Also unlike Lost Planet, Lost Planet 2 will not constantly drain players of Thermal-Energy. This is due to the warmer climate, which can sustain T-ENG presence longer than a cold climate, which drains thermal energy bit by bit. Instead, energy can only be drained when the player pilots a VS and uses a weapon that requires energy. However T-eng is still constantly lost unless a specific ability is equipped despite the 'warmer climate'. The character may also lose T-ENG by completing one entire sprint with a character (confirmed in the demo). If one player loses all their energy, another can give them some of their energy, using a new weapon, to keep players alive.
Kenji Orguro and Jun Takeuchi announced that the game would reward players with experience points. Players will earn more points for playing in a unique manner and completing extra objectives in missions. Once the game has been beaten on any difficulty, players are allowed to use this character for the campaign.These points can then be used to unlock costumes and attachments for the player to customize their Pirate
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Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Receives Brand New Trailer
Francesco De Meo
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden, the new game based on the Dragon Ball series developed by Arc System Works launching on 3DS, is really close to release, as it will be launched in Japan next week. To better promote the game and remind players that the game is indeed releasing soon, Bandai Namco has released a brand new Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden trailer a few hours ago.
The new trailer, which can be found by going at the end of this post, features some scenes taken from a recent TV Commercial as well as several gameplay sequences showcasing playable and assist characters, team creation, single player mode and more.
Earlier this week a new batch of Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden screenshots has surfaced online. The screenshots, featuring characters and menus showcase how the game will actually look on a Nintendo 3DS console.
Last week another Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden gameplay video has surfaced online, featuring playable characters Vegeta and Majin Buu as they fight each other with the help of several assist characters. These characters can be summoned during the match to perform some special attacks that will help players starting a combo, keep it going and more.
All owners of Japanese 3DS and New 3DS consoles are able to download a Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden playable demo right now. The demo includes playable characters Goku, Kid Gohan, Vegeta, and Majin Buu, and support characters Tien, Recoome, Korin, Turtle, Super Uub, Mercenary Tao, Hercule, and The Great Saiyaman and a few assist ones. All those who play the demo and keep its save data will be able to unlock Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Goku in the final game.
Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden will be released next week, on June 11th, exclusively on Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The game has yet to receive a Western release date but we will let you know more about the matter as soon as more comes in on it so stay tuned for all the latest news on Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden.
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Bandai Namco Announces Upcoming Dragon Ball Action RPG Dubbed ‘Project Z’
Christopher Wheatley
Fans of the Dragon Ball series, and those tired of the endless battles taking place within the plethora of fighting games produced for the series, will be pleased to know that Bandai Namco is taking the franchise to a brand-new genre. Recently unveiled is the trailer for the upcoming action RPG that will take players through the epic saga of Dragon Ball Z with a working title of Project Z.
The newly announced title came with a brief trailer showcasing a small taste of what we can expect from the upcoming adventure game. The trailer is made up of cinematic cut scene footage from the game with no actual gameplay footage shown. However, with the game set to release this year, you can bet the game is pretty far along with plenty to show off in the near future.
The developers behind the.Hack series and Naruto fighting games, CyberConnect2, are taking the reigns in bringing a true Dragon Ball Z flavored adventure.
Project Z will have players fill the shoes of the great Saiyan warrior, Goku, and his epic quest to protect Earth — and we can assume other planets, such as Namek — from alien villains searching for the coveted, wish-granting Dragon Balls. The game will take players through the same DBZ plot line we’ve grown to love, but with a deeper understanding of the spikey-haired, food gorging Z warrior’s personal story.
Project Z has no official release date but is slated to release in 2019 for the PS4, Xbox One and PC. Stay tuned for upcoming gameplay footage, the official name reveal and more from the working title.
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"Good Bite Inhibition": If only some humans had it!
The more facts people get about this case, and the situation in Halifax, the more they will come to realize that what is happening to Brindi and me is not about a "dangerous dog" or an "irresponsible owner" or about protecting the public. Not at all. It is about bad legislation and arbitrary law enforcement. And, in the place of accountability for both, a coordinated attack to silence unlucky victims - not unlike the way the NSA treats whistleblowers.
It's a mistake for laws to apply a human yardstick to dogs. The latest consensus in canine science is that a dog that kills at the first opportunity is a far greater danger than a dog that has many opportunities but refrains from inflicting severe injuries. It's called "bite inhibition". As Dr. Ian Dunbar puts it, A dog that gets into lots of scuffles, and the other dog comes away without a mark or a wound, has good bite inhibition. That's Brindi.
There is only one photo of an injury from a scuffle with Brindi, and it isn't remotely like the photo of this poor dog. She has excellent bite inhibition, according to her trainer Susan Jordan. Her behavior is about sending a message in the way dogs communicate to other dogs. It's not about attacking to maim or kill.
Brindi waited two years in a no-kill shelter for my adoption. She knows how to cope in a kennel, but she is not her full self there, and knowing she's got a real home and a human who loves her has to make her depressed. I often hear from kind supporters - who have since become friends - who care so much, they shed tears nightly over Brindi. It's terrible, and though I am deeply touched and humbled by it, I so wish they didn't - I feel like I am suffering enough for everybody.
THIS YEAR: RIGHT NOW
The trial began in March with shock and disappointment, so then the verdicts on May 10 were not all that surprising, although the month delay in between was unexpected and personally devastating.
See the court docs here.
Right now, the sentencing scheme is underway. It's very unorthodox, to say the least: there will be no public sentencing hearing in court. Instead, per the judge's scheduling arrangement, the city had three weeks to file its "submissions" (also with court docs) to request killing Brindi. That left me two weeks to prepare my submission for the June 22 deadline. The judge will announce her decision June 26.
June 22 is a Friday. That means the judge gave herself just one day to read my submissions. One day. After nearly two years of waiting for a trial with my dog locked up in isolation, my dog, who never should have been seized, and was seized twice instead.
The materials submitted by the city include reports of incidents dating as far back as 2007 - minor incidents involving little or no injury, which were not charged. They make no mention of the subsequent hours of training we did. And as before, no behavioral assessment by a professional to back up their claim that Brindi is a public threat. The city is relying on a very twisted argument that blames me for being irresponsible and then concludes from that that Brindi is dangerous and must be put down.
The latest development:
The prosecutor spoke on radio for the first time last week on News 95.7 on the Rick Howe show. Rick, for reasons known only to him, chose not to offer me the chance to defend myself, let alone correct four key things she said that were untrue. After I contacted him to ask what the deal was, he gave me about 5 minutes on air today. Unfortunately he interrupted them with an comment from a caller (unannounced) who ignored everything that had just been said in order to trash me.
More important, the city is currently blocking me from getting an updated assessment of Brindi done by a trainer in time for my June 22 deadline. Normally a trainer would see a dog in its living environment; what else? But HRM is claiming the proprietors (contracted by the city) aren't comfortable with having the assessment there. It insists on wrenching Brindi out of the kennel and trucking her back to the pound, muzzled, in a locked box in a dogcatcher's truck and giving the trainer a small room indoors. That's the same place it kept her for two months in 2010, with an outdoor area consisting of two parking spaces, screened off. Brindi would doubtless freak out going back there, because she'll assume she's being taken there to stay. Great way to set up an assessment.
Clearly, the city has very little idea about behavioral assessments, or Brindi. Secrecy - paranoia, I'd say - is more important than fairness or a living being's right to life. Some say they do things to make her fierce, but frankly, nothing HRM has orchestrated to date served to change Brindi's temperament. But they have certainly hurt her emotional state and isolated her from a lot of love and companionship that she deserves - as well as constant care for her now chronic illnesses brought on by years of confinement and neglect (insufficient exercise, bad food, fatty treats) at the pound.
That's how it is.
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Transfer Talk: Pogba to go on Man United strike; Bayern eye Bale
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ESPN FC's Sid Lowe says it's still early, but he fully expects Real Madrid to make a big push to generate money from player sales this summer. (1:45)
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TOP STORY: Pogba to go on strike; Bayern eye Bale
The future of Paul Pogba continues to make the back pages and, despite Manchester United's stance on not selling the midfielder, he's reportedly set to go on strike in a bid to force through a move to Real Madrid.
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While Pogba himself said on Sunday that he thinks it is time for a "new challenge", ABC in Spain said that the midfielder will make it clear that he wants to join Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu, with a bid of around €120m enough to land the 26-year-old World Cup winner.
ESPN sources said back in May that Pogba was determined to push for a move even if the club refused to sell him, while Real Madrid are the only club he would considering joining.
Meanwhile, Real might open up some space in their squad by finally moving Gareth Bale out. The Sun have a story which says that Bayern Munich are looking to land the Welshman on a season-long loan, and are willing to pay his £350,000-a-week wages too.
Having lost Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, it makes complete sense that Bayern would want another world-class winger. But how would Bale look in lederhosen?
22.30 BST: That's it for our live blog today folks, but fear not, we'll back shortly with the latest paper rounds and will do the whole thing all over again tomorrow. Thanks for checking in and see you next time.
21.55 BST: Speaking of stars with questionable attitudes at PSG (see previous post), the Ligue 1 champions would consider selling Neymar this summer if the right offer comes along, say L'Equipe. The outlet reports that a return to former club Barcelona or their La Liga rivals Real Madrid are the two most likely destinations should the Brazil international leave.
21.10 BST: Paris Saint-Germain chairman and CEO Nasser Al-Khelaifi has said that the French champions will no longer tolerate superstar attitudes from their biggest players after a forgettable 2018-19 season.
"Players will have to be more responsible than before," Al-Khelaifi told France Football. "It must be completely different. They will have to do more and work harder. They are not there for their own amusement. If they do not agree, the doors are open -- Ciao!"
20.20 BST: Some more backup keeper news here -- yes, it's been that kind of day -- with The Sun reporting that Manchester City are lining up a move for Eibar's Asier Riesgo. The out-of-contract Spaniard would arrive on a free and, according to the report, would allow Pep Guardiola to send rising star Aro Muric on loan this season -- potentially to Nottingham Forest -- as Ederson remains first-choice in goal for the Premier League champions.
19.30 BST: Liverpool are in the market for a backup goalkeeper with Simon Mignolet set to leave Anfield and the Daily Mail report that the Champions League winners have set their sights on Southampton's Alex McCarthy to fill the expected void.
18.40 BST: How do you get Callum Hudson-Odoi to commit his long-term future to Chelsea? That's easy according to the Daily Mail, who report that the England international could be convinced to stay if Chelsea filled the managerial vacancy left by Maurizio Sarri's departure with club legend and Derby County boss Frank Lampard.
17.51 BST: Lille winger Nicolas Pepe has been tracked by a number of Europe's top clubs, including Bayern, Arsenal, PSG and Man United. But it seems Liverpool are keen to do a deal and have made a bid, say Le10Sport.
Pepe, 24, is valued at around €50m - with Jurgen Klopp's side putting in a bid that comes close to that valuation apparently.
17.04 BST: The Sunday Telegraph claim that Manchester United have rejected the chance to sign Youri Tielemans from Monaco for £40m. Clearly they have other targets to pursue, which leaves Leicester free to splash the cash in order to land him on a permanent deal after his successful loan spell last season.
16.35 BST: Ajax winger David Neres has attracted interest from Arsenal, Everton and Chelsea, and the 22-year-old says he's keen on playing in England.
"Of course the Premier League interests me," he told the Liverpool Echo. "It's the best league in the world, and I've always wanted to play there. But I leave all that in God's hands."
15.56 BST: Atletico Madrid are reportedly planning to bid €50m for Bruno Fernandes, in an effort to get ahead of Manchester United, say A Bola.
The Sporting Lisbon midfielder has attracted plenty of attention already this summer but Atletico are in need of some reinforcements after losing a host of players, including Antoine Griezmann's potential move to Barcelona.
15.22 BST: The Sun report that Tottenham are ready to let Danny Rose leave this summer, and replace him with £35m worth of Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon.
Manchester United, Man City and Everton have all be credited with interest in Rose, though his £80,000-a-week wages could prove problematic.
14.48 BST: Leicester City star Wilfred Ndidi has been linked with Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, but insists he isn't thinking about a move.
"I am flattered when hearing such a thing," the Nigeria midfielder told Goal. "It is very good to hear about that interest from big clubs, but there is nothing on the ground so I won't care about it. I am focusing on AFCON with Nigeria now, and then pre-season with Leicester City. We have a great manager with ambition to compete with big clubs in the Premier League."
14.02 BST: Maurizio Sarri has left his role as Chelsea manager and joined Serie A champions Juventus.
OFFICIAL | Maurizio Sarri is the new Juventus coach. #WelcomeSarri
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— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) June 16, 2019
Who should replace him?
13.54 BST: Sources have told ESPN that Manchester United expect Paul Pogba to remain at Old Trafford next season.
Pogba has revealed his desire to leave the club and has been linked with a move to Real Madrid to work with coach Zinedine Zidane, or with a return to Juventus. However, the 26-year-old has a contract until 2021 with United holding an option to extend the deal by another 12 months, and they have been clear that they are under no pressure to sell.
13.44 BST: Dalian Yifang's Yannick Carrasco will cost £30m for any club interested in signing him this summer.
Sadly for Arsenal fans, that means the Belgium winger is out of your club's budget as Unai Emery only has around £45m to spend in total and isn't willing to splash the majority on one player.
13.18 BST: Monaco teenager Hannibal Mejbri is in the middle of a legal dispute with his club, but Manchester United have made another bid for him, according to Le Parisien.
Mejbri, 16, has tried to cancel his contract with Monaco -- arguing that he was under 15 when he signed it. And United, who made a bid for him in January to trigger the whole proceedings, have come back with an offer of £3.5m.
12.27 BST: Arsenal have been looking for new defenders but they risk losing one of their academy stars if they don't give him a chance this season. Krystian Bielik helped Charlton Athletic get promoted on loan last year but says he wants a chance with the Gunnners or he'll move on.
"My future is unknown but there is one thing I can say for sure: I will definitely not go back to Arsenal U23 team," he told Polish media while on duty at the European Championships with Poland under-21s. "At this stage it wouldn't make sense. If I do not receive the possibility to join the first team permanently, I will have to look for other solutions.
"I feel like a senior player now so I want to play senior football. This is, however, not the right moment to discuss these issues as I want to be 100 percent focused on the European Championships."
12.12 BST: Last week, TT reported that Tottenham were preparing a club-record offer of £60m for Lyon midfielder Tanguy Ndombele.
Now Ndombele says he would be happy to play for a club like Spurs.
He told Telefoot: "Tottenham are a big club, they finished in 4th place in their league, they were Champions League finalists -- which player would not be interested in a big club?"
11.49 BST: Chelsea assistant coach Gianfranco Zola has been linked with a move once Maurizio Sarri departs for Juventus and Sky Sports report he is to leave the club when his contract expires this summer.
Zola could well join Sarri, but he's made it clear that he's happy to stay at Stamford Bridge under a new manager -- Frank Lampard or otherwise.
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11.30 BST: The real deal didn't do so well for Argentina against Colombia, so meet all the 'other' Messis! 'Baby,' 'Mini,' 'Kiwi,' 'Snow' and more...
11.07 BST: Napoli and Real Madrid have reportedly agreed a €10m loan fee for James Rodriguez, say Tuttonapoli.
James has only just finished a two-year loan with Bayern but chose not to sign for them, while Napoli have yet to reach a deal for an option to buy the Colombia international permanently.
10.37 BST: Real Madrid and Barcelona are circling for 16-year-old Fulham winger Harvey Elliott, says the Sun.
Elliott, who became the youngest player to ever appear in the Premier League last season, has reportedly rejected a new contract offer and is now attracting attention from some of the biggest clubs in the world. RB Leipzig were keen on the England under-17 star but with Spain's big two involved, it seems like he may have loftier goals.
10.04 BST: PSV and Netherlands right-back Denzel Dumfries has reportedly caught the eye of Manchester United.
The Sun claim that, at £25m, he would be a cheaper option than Crystal Palace's Aaron Wan-Bissaka. PSV could net a big profit, having only signed him from Heerenveen for £5m last summer.
09.32 BST: Benfica starlet Joao Felix has his pick of Europe's top clubs, but Manchester City might be able to steal a march on the competition by signing him now and loaning him back for a season.
The Mirror say that City are looking to beat Manchester United and Atletico Madrid to the punch by making a €120m offer to trigger Felix's release clause, then send him back to Portugal.
09.00 BST: The Times report that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich phoned former midfielder Frank Lampard to persuade him to take over from Maurizio Sarri, who is set to join Juventus.
Blues legend Lampard almost sealed promotion with Derby but has never managed in the Premier League and has reportedly been concerned over the long-term suitability of the Chelsea job. However, Abramovich allegedly called him up and told him "he will be allowed at least two seasons to prove his worth at Stamford Bridge."
Raphael Honigstein joins the crew to weigh in on Borussia Dortmund's signings, and questions whether or not they've done enough to win next season's Bundesliga title.
PAPER TALK (by Richard Edwards)
Mo money, no problems
The Mirror brings news that every Liverpool fan will be delighted to hear: Mohamed Salah is staying ... for now.
Real Madrid and Juventus were said to be setting up £150m offers for the forward, but the report claims "he feels the timing is wrong to leave Merseyside."
Europe's elite will still be on alert, however, as Salah "has indicated that he will review his situation next summer." So that means a year-long saga of speculation, probably ending in a new contract.
Juve planning a nice Trip
Juventus have spent the past few years trying to land some of the world's best players, see one Cristiano Ronaldo as evidence, and now they are turning attention to right-back.
With Joao Cancelo seemingly set to join Manchester City, Juve need a replacement and should have around €50m to spend. The Times claim that the Italian champions are ready to put it all on Tottenham's Kieran Trippier.
Though presumably they hope they'll be getting the Trippier who starred at the World Cup for England, and not the one who struggled through last season's Premier League campaign.
Homecoming for Hummels
Mats Hummels could soon be back at Borussia Dortmund, if reports of an imminent exit from Bayern Munich are to be believed.
The Mirror writes that Dortmund are closing in on a move for the German centre-back, nearing an agreement for a £27 million fee with Munich.
Hummels is a man who loves a homecoming, having begun his career at Bayern before moving to Dortmund for £4m in 2009 when Jurgen Klopp swooped. He won two Bundesliga titles with the club and played a key role in their march to the 2013 Champions League final. Then he headed back to Munich for £30m in 2016.
Now, though, with Niko Kovac no longer guaranteeing him a first-team place, Hummels could be off again, to more than familiar ground.
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Tap-ins
- West Ham's chase of Maxi Gomez looks set to end in failure, with the Guardian reporting that the Celta Vigo striker fancies a move to Valencia rather than the least atmospheric stadium in Planet Football. Manuel Pellegrini has been typically studious in the transfer market so far this summer, recruiting Pablo Fornals of Villareal on Friday. But now West Ham's hierarchy fear that their quest to bring Gomez to East London will be a fruitless one.
- And finally, in Spain, Marca reports that Real Madrid are happy to offload Lucas Vazquez this summer. Los Blancos also would be happy for Brahim Diaz to disappear on loan.
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Sam Kerr's four goals lift Australia to knockout round
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GRENOBLE, France -- And there it was. A little more than 10 minutes into Australia's 4-1 defeat of Jamaica at the Stade des Alpes on Tuesday night, Matildas captain Sam Kerr did what every Australian fan -- and quite frankly, the rest of the world -- had been waiting to see at this Women's World Cup. The 25-year-old forward leapt out of her boots to head a lofty cross from Emily Gielnik and opened scoring for Australia with the kind of goal that has made her the leading scorer in both the NWSL and Australia's W-League, and one of the most popular players on the planet.
"Any time I score, it feels good," Kerr said after the match. "But the most important thing was the victory."
In the 42nd minute, Kerr did it again. In the 70th, she did it left-footed, becoming the first Australian player -- man or woman -- to record a hat trick at a World Cup.
In the 83rd, she added a fourth. Only two other players -- Americans Alex Morgan and Michelle Akers -- have scored more goals (five) in a single Women's World Cup game. And no player has scored more in a single World Cup game while also accounting for all of his or her team's goals.
"She just shows up, doesn't she, whenever you need her," defender Steph Catley said after the match. "She's a superhero like that. The rest of the players also did their jobs and got the ball to her head, which was important."
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After each of her scores, Kerr's muted fist-pumps and low-fives celebrations made Carli Lloyd's golf clap on Sunday night look like an effusive explosion of emotion. But there was a method to Kerr's lack of madness.
"I wanted more," Kerr said. "I was trying to get them to cross it in more, to play quicker. We didn't know what was going on in [Italy-Brazil], so we wanted to get as many goals as we could. And I was pretty tired, to be fair."
Before the match, Australia coach Ante Milicic said, more than once, that to win this match against a fast, physical Jamaica team with nothing to lose would require a team performance. He was not concerned with forward Lisa De Vanna earning her 150th cap (she did), or Kerr putting on a scoring show.
"We didn't want to have that focus before the game be on individuals," Milicic said on Tuesday. "It was about winning the game."
Here's what we learned in Australia's record-setting win:
The Matildas dodged a blue-and-red bullet
At halftime of both Australia-Jamaica and Italy-Brazil -- which were being played simultaneously on opposite ends of the country -- the group standings were still up in the air. Then Marta scored to send Brazil up 1-0. That meant the Matildas, up 3-1 at the time, needed (at least) a fourth goal to finish second in the group and avoid a far-too-early faceoff with France.
Sam Kerr scored all four of Australia's goals in Tuesday's 4-1 victory. Only the United States' Alex Morgan (2019) and Michelle Akers (1991) have scored more goals (five each) in a single World Cup game. Elsa/Getty Images
"At the time, I didn't know how important that goal was," Kerr said of her fourth strike. "Being my selfish self, I wanted more after that."
With a second-place finish, Australia next travels to Nice, France, to face Norway in the Round of 16 on Saturday night.
The Matildas needed a straightforward win
Recovering physically after this match -- and after playing three matches in 10 days -- will be tough enough. Recovering emotionally is another thing altogether.
With an assist from social media, the Australian players arguably swung too low after their loss to Italy and too high after the Brazil win, neither of which demanded the level of worry or celebration they drew. But if Kerr's post-goal celebrations were any indication, the Matildas will travel to Nice with focused, level heads.
They also need rest
Pre-match, Milicic had a tough decision: utilize his best starting 11, or rest key players ahead of the knockout rounds. To that end, the match opened with forward Caitlin Foord and midfielder Elise Kellond-Knight on the bench, 16-year-old Mary Fowler available as a sub and De Vanna, who is playing in her fourth World Cup, starting at forward. Karly Roestbakken made her debut on the starting back line, and midfielder Katrina Gorry slid into the starting 11 in place of injured Tameka Yallop.
"Our health is definitely a concern," Milicic said after the match.
"We've had an opportunity to freshen up a couple players tonight, but with a three-day turnaround and Norway with an extra day of rest, we really have to have a look at [the lineup] in the next couple of days. But it's looking positive."
Playing in her fourth World Cup for Australia, forward Lisa De Vanna started and recorded her 150th cap. HMB-Media/Imago/Icon Sportswire
Australia's defense is still problematic
Jamaica is fast, strong and physical, and after making halftime adjustments, the Reggae Girlz disrupted the Matildas' defense and dominated the first 20 minutes of the second 45. Fortunately for Australia, that disorganized period ended with only one goal for Jamaica.
"At 2-1, we got nervous on the ball and we lost our playing structure," Milicic said. "We need to be better in areas of transition. We get sloppy and put ourselves under unnecessary pressure, playing the ball into midfield players that are marked or under pressure.
"There are phases in the game when we move away from our style and struggle. It's a brave playing style, but when we do it right, we're dangerous."
That a team that entered the match with a minus-eight goal differential and scored on the Matildas is worrisome. It also raises the question: If Jamaica can get on the board, what can Norway or France or the United States do?
"We've learned so much every game," Catley said postmatch. "Defensively our structure has been better throughout the tournament. At times, we were disconnected in our lines and not working off each other as much we should, but we've shored that up. We got conceded against again tonight, though, and we will learn from that."
Jamaica's goal was a promise for the future
Jamaica, which was playing in its first World Cup, got eliminated after three losses in as many group stage games, but the Reggae Girlz scored their first World Cup goal first. Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images
The Matildas walked onto the pitch Tuesday night wanting to top the group; Jamaica was looking for a souvenir W -- and its first goal -- reminders of the work it took to get to France and the potential for the future of its program. The first Caribbean team to qualify for the Women's World Cup, Jamaica is only the second CONCACAF team since Mexico in 1999 to leave the WWC without a group stage point.
But for a few moments, the disappointment of failing to advance out of the group stage was eclipsed by an emotional, full-team celebration of the first Jamaican goal in Women's World Cup history. Less than five minutes into the second half, midfielder Havana Solaun, a second-half sub, became the first Jamaican woman to score at a World Cup.
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Overlooked impact of sleep can be key for athlete’s performance
Lamar Smith | Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018
(Photo courtesy Getty Images)
Athletes require peak health to perform well. While they focus on physical fitness, nutrition, mental health and wellness, one aspect of their well-being is often overlooked.
That aspect is sleep. The average person needs seven to nine hours of sleep according to webmd.com. Athletes need more than the average amount of sleep to perform at a high level.
The average athlete sleeps eight to 10 hours a night, sometimes longer, according to sleep.org. The more sleep an athlete gets, the more time their muscles get to recover and repair.
There is a positive correlation between sleep and athletic performance.
A 2002 study by Cheri Mah on the Stanford men’s basketball team examined how additional sleep each night affected the team’s performance. Players were told to sleep six to nine hours for two to four weeks and then 10 hours for the next five to seven weeks.
Sleeping 10 hours helped increase the 3-point and free-throw percentages of the team during practice by 9.2 and 9 percent, respectively. Players also ran 282-foot sprints 4.5 percent faster.
Before the test, Mah and her colleagues had the players fill out a questionnaire rating their overall sleepiness. The results showed most were suffering from chronic sleep loss and daytime sleepiness.
The training schedule of athletes contribute to poor sleeping habits.
Gwen Jorgensen, a two-time gold medalist in the triathlon, trains six days a week. Her routine involves 90-minute swim sessions of 3,000 to 6,000 meters along with several other pool exercises. Every afternoon she does a series of exercises on her bike.
Jorgensen functions better when she gets the right amount of rest. Her high value on sleeping contributes to her performing at a high level.
“I’ve learned to make sleep a priority by sticking to my personalized bedtime routine,” Jorgensen told the Huffington Post. “I try to go to bed by 9 p.m., keeping the room dark and the outside noise to a minimum.”
Getting the right amount of sleep at night keeps her energized as opposed to feeling lethargic when she is not getting the right amount of sleep. Jorgensen generally sleeps eight to 10 hours a night.
Dr. Mark Rosekind, a sleep specialist who has previously worked with NASA and several Olympic athletes, described the importance of sleep to the Huffington Post.
“As athletics become more and more competitive to where a millisecond can be the difference between a gold and silver medal, everyone is looking for any possible edge they can get — sleep is that edge,” Rosekind said.
Techniques that help improve sleep are taking naps, establishing a sleep schedule, avoiding sleep medication and reducing alcohol and caffeine consumption, according to Gatorade Sports Science Institute.
Taking naps help on the days when a person is not able to get enough sleep or they are simply tired. The problem with extensive napping is long naps will make you more tired and feeling groggy and sluggish.
Taking 10- to 30-minute naps can give a two- to three-hour energy boost in performance, according to the National Sleep Foundation.
Sleeping well is not a replacement for other methods when it comes to improving athletic performance, but it is essential to performing at a high level.
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ASU engineering students working to build a better basketball practice
Sophia Briseno | Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019
ASU senior Connor Harris works on the programing of the Chaac Basketball system. (Photo by Sophia Briseno/GlobalSport Matters)
Practice makes perfect is a saying athletes have heard since they took up a sport. But how can practice be improved?
Two Arizona State University seniors are working on just that.
Finding a way to make practice more efficient can help reduce wear and tear on athletes.
Connor Harris, a computer science major, and Benjamin Willis, an electrical engineering major, have a shared common love: basketball. In fact, the sport is responsible for them meeting.
“When we were both 13 years old, we played club basketball against each other,” Willis said.
“Very, very physically,” Harris joked.
Years later, while attending the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at ASU, they rekindled their friendship during math class.
Now the two can be found together almost every morning in the gym working on their basketball games. That’s where they decided there had to be a way to improve the practicing of basketball.
Together they created the Chaac Basketball system to make practicing more efficient and to one day help any athlete who wants to improve their basketball game with or without a coach.
The system consists of two parts: the Chaac sensor and an app. The Chaac sensor magnetically attaches to the rim of a basket and uses lasers to record when a shooter attempts a basket and then if the shot was made or missed. This data is sent to the Chaac app, and the player can see their results and stats from the practice session immediately.
ASU seniors Ben Willis (left) and Connor Harris created the Chaac Basketball system to make practice more efficient. (Photo by Sophia Briseno/GlobalSport Matters)
The app itself will not only keep track of your stats but becomes an on-demand coach.
“The Chaac sensor uses light-based sensors and machine learning to detect when a basket is made or missed,” Harris said. “The app connects to the sensor over Bluetooth and guides the user through a basketball workout while tracking stats.”
Before a workout, the user chooses the exercises, reps, and length of their practice session. The coach will then track the workout and stats for that workout. Over time the user can see how they have improved.
While the two are finishing their collegiate careers, they are working to develop the business side of the Chaac Basketball system and have a final product on the market soon.
“We really don’t know where this is going to take us,” Willis said.
“It’s all been engineering up to here,” Harris said. “We are about to get our foot in the door, enter the market and see how people like it.”
Sophia Briseno is a junior journalism major at Arizona State University
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Dan Brown is most unwanted author says Oxfam
Vatican botherer-in-chief Dan Brown has been awarded the accolade of most-donated fiction author to Oxfam shops, the charity announced today. Brown's offerings may sell in their millions, but clearly they leave people feeling the same way as an ill-advised one night stand - good idea at the time, but now you don't them hanging …
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Friday 21st August 2009 11:43 GMT Anonymous John
Revolving door?
I suppose if you buy a Dan Brown book from Oxfam, you read it once and take it back a few days later. Perhaps charity shops only ever sell one actual copy of the book.
A bit like a lending library really.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:31 GMT Sooty
"Complete loose-stool-water,
Arse-gravy of the very worst kind"
Although if i'd gained that kind of accolade, i'd have to print the quote on the book jacket!
It's not that surprising, at the height of it's popularity, the number of people i had describing the da-vinci code it as one of the best books ever written, was unbelievable. Only to get it and think, meh! It was never really aimed at the sort of peopel who buy books and keep them long term.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:31 GMT stu 4
Eh: Vatican promoting Bible shock
Er... since when has the Catholic church promoted the bible!
To the Vatican it is just a 'technical document' used behind the scenes as input into Catholicism. I know lots of catholics - brought up in catholic schools, etc who have never read a page out the bible in their lives.
It's the 'proddies' that tend to be the bible bashers.
stu (a pastafarian)
Friday 21st August 2009 12:31 GMT Yves Kurisaki
Literature?
Brown and the others make the literature equivalent of Hello magazine.
You read it once (or not at all) and throw it away. If you have missed one, just ready the next one.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:31 GMT Winkypop
The Oxfam Conspiracy
Soon for paperback.
Available where all pulp fiction tat is offered*.
*excludes stores in the Vatican City and other, more discerning, outlets.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:31 GMT Paul 4
I suspect it is more to do with...
They type of people who buy Dan Brown books, and why. I get the feeling that they are not the sort that keep books for years and think a good book should be read again.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Trevor 3
@anon John
That can't be right...I've been using Dan Browns books to wipe my arse with for ages. They are a hell of a lot cheaper than Andrex. And more suited to the task.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT adifferentbob
and ?
Seeing as he sells books by the bucketload , perhaps its not that surprising that lots of them end up at oxfam.
what would be more interesting would be to know what proportion of books sold by particular authors end up at oxfam. e.g if A .Non-Coward sells 1000 copies of "Paris Nights" and 500 are donated to Oxfam compared to Dan Brown selling 1 million copies of "DaVinci Code" and 50 000 are donated to Oxfam.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT The Indomitable Gall
Re: Revolving door?
You know, Anonymous John (if that is your real name), it's actually cheaper (free) to get the book from your local library than from Oxfam.
Furthermore, as he's not their best-selling author, clearly they have more copies coming in than going out, so unless Dan Brown's books are so far removed from literature and so close to pond-scum that they have evolved the ability to reproduce asexually, Oxfam is getting many virgin copies.
Maybe by Guy Fawkes Night they'll have enough copies for a bonfire. All we need is an effigy of Tom Hanks to stick on top....
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Joefish
They should do the videos handed in to their record shops next.
Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek: The Next Generation, anyone?
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Gordon is not a Moron
What I want the Pope to do...
The next time they make one of Dan Brown's alleged novels into a film, there will doubtless be the usual press release just prior the opening :
"We wanted to film inside the Pope's bedroom and Vatican said 'No', it's all a conspiracy to stop us from showing THE TRUTH (tm)"
I want the Pope to come out and say
"I read the book, it's a pile of shite and I just wanted to stop people wasting thier money this awful film"
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Bilgepipe
Yes But
This doesn't mean Brown is unpopular. Terry Pratchett is in the list too, and he's not exactly disliked, is he? It all depends on how re-readable the books are, I only get rid of books' I've read a few times and don't plan to read again.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Anonymous Coward
Share Alike
Ive read this book twice now. But isnt it that people want to share the book with others so they donate it to the charity shop. Not just they dont like the book
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT S Larti
speaking of conspiracies...
You mention the bible, and then in the next line
"The chain has yet to release a similar list for non-fiction publications "
It's a giant atheist conspiracy I tell you!
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT steogede
Bloody Freetards
Bloody freetards and their book sharing.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT citizenx
Erm..
Wouldn't it stand to reason that books which sell the most by volume are most likely to turn up in charity shops after being read?
Too many literary snobs for my liking!
Friday 21st August 2009 12:35 GMT Deadly_NZ
Thanks for the reminder
I'd better take the copy of Angels and Demons back to the Sallie's.... Hope they got Digital fortress in ....
Friday 21st August 2009 12:38 GMT Chris Bidmead
In Defence of Dan
To state the obvious, best-selling authors are going to appear more often than others in charity shops. They just have so many more books in circulation.
To correct the less obvious, the Vatican doesn't actually promote the Bible. You're mixing those guys up with the Prods. There was a bit of a row about all this in 1521.
Friday 21st August 2009 12:38 GMT disgruntled yank
Strictly from hunger?
So only crap shows up in Oxfam shops?
I was going to say this was false logic but I can't bring myself to.
Friday 21st August 2009 13:15 GMT The Mighty Quin
Nice to see...
...the literary snobbery of papers like the Times and Guardian alive and well online.
Friday 21st August 2009 13:15 GMT John Savard
Frightened...
Suggesting that people would rather not have a book on their shelves because it disturbs the Vatican....
You're not trying to tell us that people are actually starting to expect the Spanish Inquisition now, are you?
@citizenx
"Too many literary snobs for my liking!"
100% agreee.
Fast paced, and for some, very exciting books. His novels have engaged people that would have happily gone the rest of their lives without reading a book. Inspiring those people to go on and explore other authors.
They may not be the 'best' written books around, but their fun and entertain millions (I love them).
The literary elite (Snobs) may turn their nose up at Dan Brown's writing, but their probably to busy being socially elite… on their own.
Friday 21st August 2009 13:15 GMT Neil 4
Completely Obvious Statistic Shocker!
So... Dan Brown sells 10 trillion books and 1,000 end up at the charity shop. Nobby McNobody sells 500 books and 50 end up at the charity shop.
Nobby is then regarded as great author and Dan Brown as a complete loser.
Statistical twats.
Friday 21st August 2009 13:15 GMT Bassey
Re: Stu 4
> Er... since when has the Catholic church promoted the bible!
promoted/wrote, tomaytoes/tomahtoes....
Friday 21st August 2009 14:55 GMT Chad H.
Well considering Dan Brown has successfully written the same book 4 times, I'm not suprised
Complete BS
Just because they are the most donated, does not mean that they are the most unwanted. It's probably that they're the most purchased.
No, I've never read any of the "authors" mentioned. Except for one attempt at an Ian "M" Banks - shite.
Catholic bible?
Two versions of the bible. There's the catholic one which is more behind the scenes and then there's the Prod one which is the same as the catholic one except they tore out the bits they didn't like and started shouting that God only liked the bits they left in and that the pope is the devil.
They needed something to burn when they where protesting back in the good old 1500s.
Anyway. I have all of Dan Brown's books and enjoy them. Pride and Prejudice is sooo last century.
Anon because last time I mentioned this I was told I was going to hell. Pity I'm an atheist so he looked like a twat.
Friday 21st August 2009 15:23 GMT AlistairJ
At last the secret is revealed
Now we know where all the fat goth girls hang out on a Saturday.
Another use for Dan Brown books is as firewood. Think log.
Friday 21st August 2009 15:23 GMT Cameron Colley
Surprising.
I'd be too embarrassed to go to a charity shop and admit to them that I bought some Dan Brown. I'm even more embarrassed that I bought 3 of his books just to confirm to myself that he was as shite as I thought.
No, this is not literary snobbery -- his work really is shit. He has very little command of what I assume is his native language and his work is reminiscent of the types of story which would earn a 'D' when handed in to my GCSE English teacher.
Friday 21st August 2009 15:30 GMT Gav
@William Claude Dukenfield
"No, I've never read any of the "authors" mentioned. Except for one attempt at an Ian "M" Banks - shite"
Except he isn't one of the authors mentioned. Never mind, I think we've safely established that reading comprehension isn't your forte.
Friday 21st August 2009 15:30 GMT Destroy All Monsters
WHAT! No Michael Crichton?
How is that even possible?
@Gav
It's a fair cop. It was Ian Rankin. Never read him either.
Friday 21st August 2009 22:29 GMT Bryce Prewitt
Speaking of DOS...
Just this past winter, in one of the blue line subway stops just a mile outside of downtown Chicago, I found a pristine copy - looked like it'd never been thumbed through or read - manual for DOS 6. I flipped through the pages for any hidden messages - alas, none.
Maybe someone was kindly taking it to the charity shop before realizing no one in their right mind would ever read a DOS manual.
Friday 21st August 2009 22:29 GMT Tommy The Turtle
GRAMMAR!!
"but now you don't them hanging around your house"
Don't you mean "but now you don't WANT them hanging around your house" (except in lower case)...
The Grammar-Gestapo strikes AGAIN! MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!!
saucer of milk for all the literary snobs..
"He has very little command of what I assume is his native language and his work is reminiscent of the types of story which would earn a 'D' when handed in to my GCSE English teacher."
Considering that Dan Brown is worth $88 Million* and your GCSE teacher probably earns £30K, you might want to dust off those old essays.
Me - I'm astonished at all the vitriol expressed for Dan Brown and anyone who dares enjoy his work . I didn't think much of his books myself but compared to some sci-fi I've read he's up there with Tolstoy, Hemingway etc. And I can completely understand why people like his books.
Anyway must go as I've got a Jilly Cooper on the go...
* according to a very brief google query.
Friday 21st August 2009 22:36 GMT Graham Marsden
What about El Ron Hubbard?
He's so unwanted that some Charity Shops and Second Hand Bookshops won't even *buy* (or take for free) his stuff!
Friday 21st August 2009 22:36 GMT I didn't do IT.
Re: John Savard
_NO ONE_ EXPECTS THE SPAINISH INQUI - erk!
Friday 21st August 2009 22:36 GMT Tyson Boellstorff
To: John Savard
Seriously, no one expects the spanish inquisition. Among their chief weapons are such elements as fear, surprise...
Saturday 22nd August 2009 09:21 GMT Anonymous Coward
I see all the snobs are saying they don't like the crap books of Dan Brown because they like to be better than everyone else by not liking shit thrillers.
For anyone who hasn't read The Da Vinci Code, it's about a professor who does crosswords and sudoku while travelling across Europe. Then he discovers that a small group of people have been keeping a secret which would be a threat to some religious organisations if their ancestors had actually remembered to leave them some evidence.
I haven't read Digital Fortress but I imagine it follows an accountant who stumbles into the weekly meeting of some UFO nuts while playing Tetris on an old Gameboy.
Saturday 22nd August 2009 09:21 GMT unitron
Re: Bryce Prewitt Speaking of DOS...
"I found a pristine copy - looked like it'd never been thumbed through or read - manual for DOS 6. I flipped through the pages for any hidden messages - alas, none."
You forgot to use the /a/h switches. : - )
I don't think
literary merit is weighed in volumes sold.
This would put top 100 by sales authors Agatha Christie, Harold Robbins and Enid Blyton's literary merit beyond Nobel prize for literature (to my simple mind a measure of literary merit) winners Wole Soyinka, Samuel Beckett (very funny stuff) and Elias Canetti (boring).
Not all popular fiction is crap literature. The top 100 by sales includes Jeffrey Archer for instance....(humour)
An expert's account of just why Dan Brown is a crap writer can be found here:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html
Snobs?
Like fuck. People don't dislike Dan Brown because they're literature snobs; they dislike him because he produces the most brain-atrophying, mindless, banal, puerile crap ever written.
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Monday 24th August 2009 09:38 GMT W
Re: They should do the videos handed in to their record shops next
Full Monty vs Bridget Jones' Diary is the big rivalry.
Monday 24th August 2009 09:38 GMT Anonymous Coward
an easy mistake
"People don't dislike Dan Brown because they're literature snobs; they dislike him because he produces the most brain-atrophying, mindless, banal, puerile crap ever written."
I think you're confusing him with El Reg commentards.
Monday 24th August 2009 09:38 GMT mrweekender
Ohhhhhh!
Oxfam courting controversy, whatever next, an OAP special on leather chaps with the arse cut out of them? Angels & Demons wasn't so bad as a books go, the Da Vinci Code was also not bad, perhaps people just want to pass them on because it's about fucking time educated people started doing some kind of recycling. Therefore, bollocks Oxfam, just be grateful of the free books I'd have thought!
Monday 24th August 2009 09:38 GMT Neoc
I must admit...
I must admit to having read all 4 of his books and having only found 2 storylines between them - one re-used between "The daVinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" and one shared between "Digital Fortress" and... erm... dammit, can't remember the last one. That's how memorable it was.
Point being, if you're reading the second book of either pair, by the third chapter it's possible for you to tell who the "bad guy" is, and what the "secret" is. (C'mon people, how hard is it to do primary-school-level mathematics? <sigh>)
Monday 24th August 2009 09:38 GMT Trygve
The literary Atomic Kitten...
Honestly, I was forced to read all three of his books during a wet week in Wales, and they really are pap, and not worth paying any attention to whatsoever. Not worth reading, and not worth arguing about. It seems to offend a lot of people that he's made so much money out of them, but I don't understand why - it's not exactly a secret that mediocrity sells.
If you want some good DB ranting, take a look at http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000844.html - hell hath no fury like an expert in the english language who is reduced to earning a crust by writing articles about Dan Brown. I particularly recommend "Learning the ropes in the trenches with Dan Brown".
Me and a mate
have been rating charity chops on the "Full Monty" scale for some time, based on how many VHS copies of it they have on sale.
I suspect, like Mr Brown's "literature", that the reason there are so many donated is because they sold so many copies, because the great unwashed enjoyed them.
Monday 24th August 2009 12:27 GMT Ed Blackshaw
@Trygve
I can confirm that I have read that article and I am the fifth living person who has not read, nor has any intention of ever reading, a Dan Brown novel. From the excerpts given from the beginning of the book, it can quite clearly be seen that it is the sort of piffle that would hurt the brain of anyone adequately versed in the English language to be able to read anything more advanced than 'Heat' magazine. Call me a literary snob for saying so if you like, I'll respond by calling you a thicko.
Monday 24th August 2009 14:52 GMT John Ozimek
The Oxfam Cod
Robert pushed open the door to his local Oxfam. He scanned the bookshelves, noting instantly that the crime fiction was sorted into alpha order: but the DIY was in reverse alpha. Could this seemingly innocuous re-arrangement of texts hold the key.
His eye lit upon a small hook behind the counter. From it a small bunch of keys dangled alluringly, temptingly. Darn! Perhaps the hook held the key.
Should he just grab the keys and run?
But why? Where would he run to?
What day was it? If it was Tuesday it was already too late, and the net was closing in.
Nets? Furtively, he fondled the display of stockings next to the section containing ladies’ undergarments. “Pants!”, he breathed heavily.
Behind the counter stood a man with a limp. “Dick!”, he cried out, surprising even himself with a high C and extensive damage to the glassware section. “I think the Pope is planning to have me assassinated”.
Dick sighed, heavily. He was a large man, but a light sleeper. Most nights, he lost two stone before dawn.
“Robert. Oh, Robert: you’ve not been taking your medication again, have you?”
Supermarket value = Charity Shop seconds?
I wonder what the correlation is between the titles sold in Supermarkets and the ones that turn up in charity shops? Whenever I see a book in the supermarket and think that looks interesting, I wait a few weeks and go and get a copy from my local Oxfam shop.
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Man Discovers Teeth Of Giant Prehistoric Shark on a Beach in Australia
By Rex Austin , in News Sci/Tech on August 9, 2018 . Tagged width: Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed Shark , Mega-Shark , Melbourne Museum , paleontology , Prehistoric Sea Creature
A man who is an enthusiast when it comes to discovering weird treasures was walking on an Australian beach. Soon after sharing the discovery with paleontologists, he would find out that those teeth belonged to a huge prehistoric shark.
Philip Mullaly was taking a stroll on the beach in Victoria Australia:
“I turned and saw this shining glint in a boulder and saw a quarter of the tooth exposed. I was immediately excited, it was just perfect and I knew it was an important find that needed to be shared with people.”
The Giant Shark From Oligocene Epoch Was Feeding on Whales
It turns out the fossilized tooth belong to a shark that was double the size of a Great White – almost nine meters long.
Paleontologists came to the site and discovered an entire set of teeth from this species called the Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed Shark (Carcharocles angustidens). This shark swam the oceans close to Australia 25 million years ago.
According to Erich Fitzgerald, who is a senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at Museums Victoria, explains why this discovery is important:
“These teeth are of international significance, as they represent one of just three associated groupings of Carcharocles angustidens teeth in the world, and the very first set to ever be discovered in Australia.”
Thinking that the tooth came from a rock, he took Mullaly and a team of paleontologists and volunteers back to the beach to find more teeth. After two expeditions, the team found over 40 teeth – the majority belonged to the mega-shark, and the others belonged to the sixgill shark (Hexanchus), which still roams the water today.
The Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed Shark was a predator that ate small whales and lived during the Oligocene epoch. Visitors can go to the Melbourne Museum to see the teeth today (9 August) – the museum will be part of National Science Week.
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FreeCarMag 44 - Cars, Tina, Bobby & Ben
By: James Ruppert
Car reviews, news and culture in FCM 44
Our latest installment of FreeCarMag brings with it everything you ever wanted to know about police cars. Let's face it, we're all interested in reading about unusual and interesting cop cars - from around the world, in the past and what can you buy on the used car market?
Those of a certain age will remember the days where Tina & Bobby Moore dominated the headlines. Well, this new ITV drama will be right up your street. Featuring Michelle Keegan & Patsy Kensit, this brings a touch of 60's elegance to a whole new generation - and some fantastic cars!
There's also something in here for those of us who love an action packed Boston gangster flick. Ben Affleck directs & stars as a WWI veteran turned gangster who's really not bad enough for the career path he's chosen. Watch the trailer below.
James Ruppert, FCM editor
James Ruppert, the award-winning editor of Free Car Mag, has a long history in the automotive industry with over three decades of experience as a motoring journalist. Having previously been a car dealer, he has published many books, with "Bangernomics" being his most famous.
You may have seen James on a couple of BBC documentaries about the British & German car making industries over the years, so it's safe to say James certainly knows a thing or two about cars.
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Review: Gears of War 3 Beta
By: grey walrus May 9, 2011 | 10 Comments
Theres only a week left in the Gears of War 3 Beta, and now that there's a bunch of extra codes flying around, I'll tell you why you should try to snag one up. Maybe you'll even have a chance in this story. Wink Wink.
The Gears of War franchise has been a pretty big one ever since it was first released, and now the beta is out for the final chapter in the Gears story.
STORY: This is a beta, so sorry guys no story here. It's all online multiplayer, but it sure is fun.
SOUND: The sounds in GOW haven't changed much from the second game. The screams, rolls, bullet noises, grenades, and music all sound about how they did before. Music isn't really a key factor considering that this is a multiplayer beta though, and that will most definitely be something to look forward to more in the full release.
GAMEPLAY: Get ready to see a LOT of the above pictured weapons. They are you're best friends. Just like the other Gears of War games you will be using your shotgun a good majority of the time. Unless you're more of a long distance fighter.
The basic gameplay remains un altered. You hide behind cover, roll, and run your way across maps to defeat the enemies that spawn on the other side. Weapons such as the Torque bow, the mulcher, the mortar, the longshot, and and the new Oneshot all spawn on the map. As do other grenades, the ink, incediary, and the frag. Sometimes picking up these weapons and using them (well) is the key between victory and defeat.
If you haven't played a gears of war game before let me tell you right now that the multiplayer is ruthless. You will be killed without mercy at every turn, and a lot of the time you don't even see it coming. Keep an eye out everywhere and at all times. You are NEVER safe. This adds to the fun of the game though.
One of the new gameplay features that is fun to use is the ability to leap over cover and kick your enemy in the face. If an enemy is hiding on the other side of the same piece of cover as you and you leap over it you'll kick them and they'll be stunned just long enough for you to line up your Gnasher and take them down with a single shot. That being said if you haven't played a gears game before, or haven't played it in a long time, the cover system can take a bit to get used to. You'll get frustrated when you press A a little too soon, and wind up rolling into the wall instead of taking cover behind it, but you'll get it eventually. After a while it becomes second nature, and you're hiding and rolling, and running, and dodging like none other.
Checkout and Thrashball are two of the new maps that you'll be playing on in the beta, and they look fantastic. Personally the graphics don't seem to have changed much from 2, and in my opinion they didn't really need to. That being said I haven't played 2 in quite some time, and my perspective might be out of wack. Even if I didn't notice a change in how realistic the game looks, it does seem a lot more vibrant and bright. Colors seem to stick out more in this game than they did in 2 where everything felt grey and washed out. The grass on thrashball really pops out against the grey cover. Especially when splattered with the blood satisfyingly spilt from your enemies lifeless corpses.
NEW WEAPONS!: Gears of War 3 has added a few new weapons to the fray, and they all take a little getting used to.
The sawed off shotgun. Like the gnasher this is obviously a shot gun. The differences between this and the gnasher are significant though. You only get one shot before you need to re-load, and you only get 5 shots before you need to go and find more ammo for it. The range of the sawed off is laughable, but it's horizontal spray, and massive close range damage are anything but. When you aim with the sawed off the cross hairs take up a good majority of the width of your t.v. so aiming left and right is pretty much un-needed. You need to be pretty close to your opponent, but if they're standing next to eachother you can take out 2 or 3 with a single shot.
The incidiary grenade. This new grenade type is pretty nifty when trying to hold back opponents. As soon as it hits the ground it makes a decent sized fiery square around the point of impact. You get two as soon as you pick them up, so if you're backed against a wall and don't want your enemy to advance on you, you can use these as a temporary barrier to keep them right where you want them. As a bonus, if you score a direct hit with one of your opponents it will kill them instantly, and you can watch them smolder before your feet. It's super satisfying.
The Digger Launcher. This new weapon is a campers worst nightmare. Once fired it burrows through the ground and under any cover in it's way making a terrifying and almost monster like snarling noise as it rockets towards your opponents. Once it hits a wall or reaches your enemy it will detonate, explode, and kill anybody unlucky enough to be caught in the blast radius. You have to reload after every shot, and you only get 3 of them. So make 'em count.
The One Shot. As it's name implies it only takes one shot with this monster behemoth to kill anything in it's path. It's a heavy weapon like the mulcher or the grinder, so if you pick it up be prepared to move slowly, and be super vulnerable. When taking aim with the one shot you zoom in pretty far so it's kind of hard to get used to the orientation, but as soon as you line up with an enemy and pull the trigger they are dead. No questions asked. It doesn't matter if you hit them in the foot or in the head. D-E-A-D dead. It does emit a highly pitched screeching tone to alert the person on the recieving end. So unless they're t.v. is muted they are going to start rolling around and hiding. They will do anything to avoid this weapon.
The Retro Lancer. Last, but not least comes this beauty. The retro lancer is a machine gun, and has some heavy duty fire power. This is by far the strongest machine gun you can use (other than the Mulcher) That being said it's accuracy at a range is terrible. The recoil from the retro lancer makes your crosshairs constantly move upward, so fire in bursts, and takes a long time to get used to. And of course they couldn't call it a lancer unless there was something scary and deadly hanging out by the barrel. That monsterous shank you see at the end of the retro is nothing to laugh at. If you hold the B button you will charge at the enemy screaming with the bloodlust of a thousand men. And if there's a poor son of a bitch on the recieving end. Will.... things aren't looking pretty for them.
FINAL VERDICT: If you want to get into gears, already love gears, and have a chance to find a beta code. PLAY IT! It's good and is definitely worth a shot. There's only a week left though so start bugging your friends. And for sticking it out until the end. One lucky person will have the chance to win my extra code.
I'm going to be doing this on the honor system, so if you already have a code, or don't like GOW don't steal this from somebody truly looking forward to the beta. DON'T BE A JIMMY!
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Unreal Engine 3 Looks Better Than Real Life
By: iorilamia Apr 10, 2011 | 10 Comments
High Quality gaming at its best.
We know games powered by Uneal Engine 3 look too good to be true. This video breaks down some of the technical information on what UE3 realy does. Shows some mind blowing stuff with effects, editing and handhelp tech. Enjoy the video below.
Does it impress you? I'm not someone that is too big on graphics, but this does really blow me away. Tells us what you think and leave a comment. Don't be a jimmy.
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Source http://www.peoplecanfly.com/blog/2011/04/unreal-engine-3-feature-trailer/
Bulletstorm as a regular Military Shooter
By: iorilamia Feb 15, 2011 | 8 Comments
"Arcade" a Swedish game designer working on Bulletstorm is a little ticked at how people think they won't like bulletstorm because its not a run of the mill military shooter. Check his video and blog reponse
video uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/PeopleCanFlyEpic
Part of Arcade's post from PeopleCanFly blog
-Prefer using automatic rifles and other “realistic” stuff? Then stick to the PMC and the Screamer.
Want to duck behind cover, stand up and pop a few shots in the head of an enemy? Then be my guest, we have plenty of cover in Bulletstorm. The enemies use them, and so should you. Do you feel that the Leash and the Kick detracts from your ideal FPS experience? Then don’t use them. We don’t force you to. They’re just extra tools of destruction if you chose to use them. Do you feel that the Skillshot-system seems too overwhelming and doesn’t sit well with you? Then you can just go into the Options, turn off the Skillshot HUD and don’t pay attention to it. In a way, this makes for an even more visceral experience.- Source http://www.peoplecanfly.com/blog/2011/02/like-military-shooters/ (for the full blog on what he thinks) Bulletstorm is meant to be ridiculously epic. But I do rememebr as a child being addicted to Tony Hawks Pro Skater, I would get bored at how ridiculous it got, and I would purposely try to do more realistic stuff. It's awesome that BStorm can go both ways, but I'm definately playing it as ridiculous as possible :D How about you guys? After you beat it or whatever, would you change your gameplay for more difficulty? ( If ur interested in pre-ordering http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003H0CC2O?ie=UTF8&tag=goukicom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003H0CC2O )
Call of Duty spoof: The Duty Calls
By: BatRastered Feb 2, 2011 | 11 Comments
Download and play for free.
This appears to be some viral marketing by Epic ahead of Bulletstorm's release.
Check out the video, and if you are on PC download the demo at thedutycalls.com
Bulletstorm team skillshot video: Tug-O-War
By: BatRastered Jan 21, 2011 | 14 Comments
Another good one in the series of preview trailers for this game...
From the twitterverse:
Bulletstorm fans have chosen. THIS is the Team Skillshot they wanted to see unveiled:
Pulling people apart... awesome.
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Do you have questions about ELD?
ELD Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ELD Mandate?
The Electronic Logging Device (ELD) rule was published by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on December 16, 2015.
This rule requires drivers to keep an electronic log of the time they spend driving, also known as their “hours of service” (HOS).
The ELD rule went into effect on February 16, 2016 but compliance will not become mandatory until December 18, 2017. In the meantime, fleets and drivers are expected to prepare for their eventual transition to ELDs.
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Sara Blaylock publishes essay in exhibition catalogue in Germany
Exhibition curator and director of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Christoph Tannert, invited Sara Blaylock to contribute an essay for the catalogue for the exhibition "Gegenstimmen. Kunst in der DDR 1976-1989" (Countervoices. Art from the GDR 1976-1989), which ran from July through September at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Sara's text entitled "A Material Revolt: Body Portraits in the Prenzlauer Berg of the 1980s" examines the work of three photographers (Thomas Florschuetz, Micha Brendal, and Kurt Buchwald) for its experimentation with the genre of human portraiture in the East German context. The catalogue--which sold out within a matter of weeks--was published in both English and German.
Art historian Paul Kaiser also invited Sara to present at an exhibition symposium, which took place at the end of September. Sara's paper was entitled "Unofficial Galleries as a Counter-Public Sphere."
More information on the exhibition is available here. Information about the symposium is available here.
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Black metalMetalMUSIC REVIEWSPost-Black MetalSeptember 3, 2015
The Clearing Path – Watershed Between Earth and Firmament
Watershed Between Earth and Firmament
Though the Clearing Path is a solo act (and a new one at that), you wouldn’t think it listening to this debut. Watershed Between Earth and Firmament has all the signs of one man’s amalgamated influences, but the performance is full-bodied and well-rounded. On most of these one-man black metal acts, the mastermind involved is usually proficient in only one instrument, if any. In multi-instrumentalist Gabriele Gramaglia‘s case, had I known nothing about the project going in, I might have suspected the album was the work of a hardcore band who decided one day to try post-black metal for size.
Watershed Between Earth and Firmament is a short album by modern standards, but it leaves the promising impression of a post-black act that actually knows how to bring the energy along with the atmosphere. ‘Post-black metal’, in this case, refers to the gazey trend that, for better or worse, has exploded in the past five years. While the atmosphere and musicianship is usually on point with bands like Fen and everybody’s favourite pop darlings, Deafheaven, it’s actually pretty rare that a band uses alternative influences to an energetic effect. The only other ‘post-black’ album I’ve heard this year that’s managed to retain the violence in its sound has been Bosse-de-Nage‘s All Fours. The fact that I’m comparing Watershed Between Earth and Firmament to one of my favourite albums of the year bodes well for this new project. If Gramaglia’s already managed to do what most of his contemporaries seem to fail with or overlook, there’s ample reason to think the Clearing Path could have a powerful future ahead of it.
Gabriele Gramaglia
The album’s half-hour runtime is somewhat underwhelming, though it’s easily preferable to an album that runs past its welcome. While I would have liked to have heard more material on the album, the Clearing Path covers an impressive range. ‘Holy Waters’ is indicative of the project’s fusion of black metal, post-hardcore, and sludge; the production is rich and sounds like it was recorded off the floor—an impressive feat for one man performing all instruments himself! Frantic, sludgy riffs often gallop alongside or between cleaner guitars, carrying with them a strong post-rock ambiance I quickly associated with Fen. ‘Atop the Throat, My Glance Cautiously Surveys the Depths’ functions as the album’s entr’acte, an interlude that may have escaped beneath the radar had it not brought the Clearing Path’s most gorgeous dive into Gramaglia’s latent yet ever-present shoegaze and post-rock influences.
Most surprising of all is the album’s closing track. Hearing ‘This River Will Carry Me Towards the Grandest Light’ depart from sludgy black metal to jazz-tinged progressive rock almost sounded like another project had usurped control over the album. Stylistic shifts like this certainly aren’t unheard of on the forward-thinking side of any genre, but I get the feeling I wouldn’t have heard such a stark change in tone had this project’s musical direction been tempered by more than one person. While Gramaglia carves out a strong sense of identity on this home, he demonstrates he’s not afraid to go against his own conventions.
I do think the post-black metal trend needs more bands like the Clearing Path if it is to survive. While this debut draws upon very familiar dynamics, the energy lends new life to the style. I feel like Watershed Between Earth and Firmament is a hint at great things; there’s not a lot of material to bite into here, and there was probably room to take this sound even further than he did, but I’ve been left eager to hear more from this project. If that is the general goal for debuts, I’d say this one has met its ends admirably.
01) Holy Waters
02) Sacred Mountain
03) Goddess Aura
04) Atop the Throat, My Glance Cautiously Surveys the Depths
05) My Wild Goose Chase
06) This River Will Carry Me Towards the Grandest Light
Written by: Conor Fynes
Label: Avantgarde Music (Italy) / N/A / CD
Avantgarde Music Conor Fynes Post-black Metal Review The Clearing Path
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ANTH 112 Box Office Archaeology (3) This course is an introductory level film-based consideration of archaeology and archaeologists. Various films, ranging from the 1930s to the present, are viewed, discussed and critiqued. The foci of inquiry are on how archaeology is portrayed in visual media through time, and how media have affected archaeology, the human past and popular culture. The romanticized image of archaeology will be compared with scientific realities, specifically the nature of archaeological data, theory, field methods and analytical techniques.
ANTH 150 Humankind Emerging (3) Our 4-field approach toward integrating various aspects of the human condition includes 1) biological, 2) cultural, 3) linguistics, and 4) archaeological. We view the world using this dynamic introduction to anthropological methods, theories, ethics, and by analyzing past populations, our close primate relatives, language and communication, sexuality, spirits and the supernatural, and contemporary issues. We make this course relevant to you by examining gender and cultural diversity, the meaning of family, food sustainability, and globalization.
ANTH 200 Cult Of World: Regional Survey (3) The traditional cultures of various geographic areas of the world. Specific regions to be announced each semester: (b) Oceania, (c) East Asia, (d) South East Asia, (e) South Asia, (f) North America, (g) Africa, (h) South America, (i) Other. (May be repeated for credit if subletters are different) (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 205 Cultural Anthropology (3) The course will provide you with a multicultural perspective on the world, and deepen your understanding from a global perspective by highlighting cultural and gender diversity, kinship patterns, and economic and political systems.
ANTH 210 Archaeology (3) Prehistoric archaeology; methods and techniques of excavation and analysis; brief survey of human's cultural growth in prehistoric times.
ANTH 215 Human Evolution (3) The evolution of humans and their position among the primates. Human adaptation to the environment both in the past and present. Human variation and biomedical anthropology and explored.
ANTH 221 Intro to Language (3) Linguistically oriented approaches to human behavior, including ethnolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics. The way language functions in culture, society, and the cognitive processes. (Same as LING 221)
ANTH 295 Pacific: Brown Bag Seminar Ser (1) (other) Weekly one hour seminars will cover a broad range of topics, current research and topical issues that are of relevance to contemporary ways of life in the Pacific. Seminars will also explore the application of Pacific Studies to the workforce. Credit is gained by weekly attendance and the submission of short summaries of the weekly seminars. (Same as GEOG 295).
ANTH 300 Cultures of Oceania (3) This course studies the societies of Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. It introduces students to the culture and people of these Pacific regions, the impact of contact with the West and the struggle to balance tradition and modernity in contemporary times. (ANTH 357, Change in the Pacific, concentrates more on contemporary social and political issues). (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 310 Contemp Iss in Hawaiian Anth (3) An examination of the social and political context in which Hawaiian archaeology is practiced. Topics include indigenous anthropology, descendant communities, critical theory, and the politics of the past. (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 315 Ecological Anthropology (3) Relationship of humans to their natural environment, particularly emphasizing the role of culture as a dynamic component in ecological systems. Pre: ANTH 150 or 215, or instructor's consent.
ANTH 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) Comparative analysis of women's roles and women's lives in different societies. Topics include women's status, life stages, gender roles, images of women and power. (Same as WS 320)
ANTH 321 Morphology And Syntax (3) Introduction to grammatical analysis and theory; practical experience in solving problems in morphology and syntax, using data drawn from a wide variety of languages. Pre: LING 102 or consent of instructor. Recommended: LING 311. (Same as ENG 321, LING 321)
ANTH 323 Cultural & Social Change (3) Various approaches to cultural and social change in non-literate and modern societies; evolution, diffusion, acculturation, adaptation, revolution.
ANTH 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) A cross-cultural examination of the development of gender systems and gender roles. Consideration of sex roles and activities as part of the larger gender system. Pre: ANTH 150 or 205 or instructor's consent. (Same as WS 324)
ANTH 330 Peoples, Plants, and Culture (4) (lecture/lab) Ethnobotany, the study of the relationships between humans and plants, and archaeobotany, the study of past plant use, is considered from an anthropological perspective. The focus is on how plants fundamentally shape the human condition, how plants are integral to the structure of culture and society, and the important roles plants play in shaping and directing cultural change. (Same as AG 330, ENSC 330)
ANTH 331 Lang in Culture & Society (3) An examination of the articulation of language in social and cultural context, including topics relevant to sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics. Pre: ANTH/LING 221 or LING 102 or consent of instructor. (Same as LING 331)
ANTH 347 Pidgins And Creoles (3) A study of the world's pidgins and creoles; the origin and nature of pidgins and creoles; the relationship of Hawaiian Creole English to other Creoles in the world; the link between the developments of a Creole and language acquisition. Recommended: LING 102 or 121. (Same as ENG 347, LING 347) (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 354 Filipino Culture (3) Introduction to peoples and cultures of the Philippines. Topics include cultural origins, linguistics and cultural diversity, values, social structure, and overseas Filipino adaptations. (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 356 Japan (3) Culture origins and development with emphasis on contemporary Japanese culture. (Same as JPST 356) (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 357 Change in The Pacific (3) Peoples of the Pacific Islands with emphasis on contemporary cultures and social and political problems. Pre: consent of instructor. (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 358 Japanese Immigrants (3) Examination of social and cultural adaptations of Japanese immigrant populations, with foci on Hawaiʻi and Brazil. Topics include the role of the Japanese government and emigration companies, the factors of generation, kinship, ethnicity, and contemporary Japanese migrants. (Same as JPST 358) (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 359 Cross-Cultural Cosmology (3) The anthropological approach to the study of religion asks the questions: What is religion cross-culturally and for particular societies? What behaviors and attitudes characterize religion in different culture areas? How can particular religions be related to societies that espouse them? Topics include indigenous and adopted religions of Hawaii, Japan and China.
ANTH 370 Hist of Anth Theory (3) Theory and method in anthropology; emphasis on cultural/social anthropology. Pre: ANTH 150 and junior or senior standing, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 372 Culture through Film (3) Critical examination of ethnographic films (documentaries that describe a culture). Film construction and film-maker's intentions. Development of approaches to ethnographic film-making. Cultural representation in film. Relationship of film to written ethnography. Pre: ANTH 150 or ANTH 205.
ANTH 375 Human Biological Variation (3) Human genetic and physical variation; latitudinal, longitudinal and altitudinal variation across human variation. Pre: ANTH 250 or ANTH 215 or consent of instructor.
ANTH 380 Origins of Agriculture (3) This course is a seminar that reviews the history of thought and debate concerning the development of prehistoric agriculture and the processes of plant cultivation and domestication. Emphasized are recent interdisciplinary developments in ethnobotany and archaeobotany that allow detailed, complex scientific evidence to be considered.
ANTH 384 Primatology (3) Evolutionary approach to the nonhuman primates. Biological and behavioral adaptations of primates to their ecological setting. Implications of primate adaptations for understanding human biology and behavior. Pre: ANTH 215, or BIOL 172. (Same as BIOL 384, ENSC 384)
ANTH 385 Hawn & Pacific Prehistory (3) Archaeological overview of the cultures of the Pacific before European contact with an emphasis on Polynesia and Hawaiʻi. (Attributes: GAHP, HPP)
ANTH 386 Hawaiian Culture Before 1819 (3) Hawaiian culture before the 1819 overthrow of the native Hawaiian religion: fishing and farming, political-economic organization and religion. Emphasis on early Hawaiian writers-Malo, Kamakau and 'I'i. Pre: ANTH 150 or ANTH 205 HWST 111 or instructor's consent. (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 387 Modern Hawn Cult 1819-Present (3) Change and continuity in Hawaiian culture from 1819 to the present, in the context of interaction with non-Hawaiians. Major cultural transformations of the nineteenth century. Hawaiian culture in the early and later twentieth century. Pre: ANTH 150 or ANTH 205 or HWST 111 or instructor's consent. (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 388 Historical Archaeology (3) Historical archaeology as an integral aspect of anthropological inquiry into culture-contact and culture change. Topics include research designs, field methods, laboratory methods, and generating "anthropological histories". North American historical archaeology is reviewed with an emphasis on the potential applications of historical archaeology in Oceania. Pre: ANTH 210.
ANTH 389 Cultural Resource Management (3) Covering issues pertaining to the identification, evaluation, and conservation of cultural resources, with an emphasis on archaeological sites. Central topics include the National Historic Preservation Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Hawaiʻi State legislation regarding cultural resources, and the implementation of these laws in Hawaiʻi by government and private organizations. (Attributes: GCC, HPP)
ANTH 415 Medical Anth (3) Approaches to health, disease and medicine in both Western and non-Western cultures including ecological, evolutionary and anthropological perspectives. Pre: 9 credits in either anthropology or biology.
ANTH 435 Senior Seminar Pacific Studies (3) (other) A reading and research seminar under the supervision of faculty from Anthropology, Geography, and/or History on indigenous issues in contemporary Oceania. Topics include indigeneity, sovereignty, climate change and sea-level rise, militarism, and ethnic tensions and violence. Pre: Junior or Senior standing. (Same as GEOG 435, HIST 415) (Attributes: GAHP)
ANTH 445 Ethnographic Field Tech (3) Techniques of anthropological field research; ethnographic literature and work with informants. Pre: ANTH 150 or ANTH 205 or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit if topics are different, up to a maximum of six (6) credit hours.
ANTH 447 Marine Anth:Fishers in Oceania (3) (lecture/other) The anthropological study of fishing communities with a focus on Oceania; fishing practices and technology; common property resources; fisheries management options; recent problems in world fisheries including consequences for the human participants in a fishery. Students will also learn qualitative research techniques and participate in a local fieldwork exercise.
ANTH 450 Physical Anth Lab (4) Human biology of living and skeletal populations. Methods and techniques of quantitative and qualitative analysis of human anatomical, physiological and biochemical variation under field conditions. Pre: ANTH 215 and consent of instructor.
ANTH 463 Global Health in Evol Perspect (3) Overview of global health issues from the perspective of evolutionary medicine. Topics include the co-evolution of humans and their pathogens; modernization and the health transition to chronic diseases. Pre: ANTH 150, ANTH 215, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 470 Museology (3) Museum training, including museum activities, exhibits, administration, custodial problems and interpretation. At least one field trip to Lyman House Museum. Pre: ANTH 150 or ANTH 210, or consent of instructor.
ANTH 481 Archaeometry (3) Covering a broad range of analytical techniques in archaeological research, emphasizing the relationships of archaeology to the natural sciences. Mini-sections of the course involve hands-on laboratory experience, covering geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, identification of raw materials and resources, and dating techniques.
ANTH 482 Archaeological Research Meth (4–6) Archaeological methods including research design and field methods such as survey, mapping and excavation, and laboratory methods. Normally taught as a summer session course. Credit varies depending on length of field projects (4-6 weeks, 8/hrs./day). Pre: ANTH 210 or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit up to maximum of 12 credit hours.
ANTH 484 Stone Tool Analysis (3) (other) Analytical techniques related to stone artifacts (lithics) from archaeological sites, with an emphasis on lithic technology, or understanding the processes by which stone tools were manufactured, used, and eventually discarded. Identification of lithic "debitage" geochemical characterization, use-wear, and applications to Hawaiian flaked, pecked, and ground tools.
ANTH 485 Applied Anthropology (3) Anthropological methods, concepts, and theories as they apply to the solution of contemporary human problems. Exploration of the use of anthropology in various occupational areas. Pre: ANTH 150 and junior or senior standing, or consent of the instructor. (Attributes: ALEX, GCC)
ANTH 490 Internship in Archaeology (3–6) Placement and experience in public, private, and/or government agencies involved in archaeological research plus completion of related research projects. Pre: ANTH 210 and instructor and department approval. May be repeated for credit if topics are different, up to a maximum of 12 credits. (Attributes: ALEX)
ANTH 492 Dynamic World of Anthropology (3) This course is a culminating experience of your anthropology education. You will strengthen your competence in the four subdisciplines of anthropology and hone your skills for future professional activities and personal development. Career opportunities related to various subfields, including cultural resource management, health care and forensics, are identified, in addition to opportunities in non-profits. Pre: Senior Standing or Instructor's Consent
ANTH 495 Proseminar (3) (other) Selected problems in current research: (b) archaeology, (c) linguistics, (d) social and cultural anthropology, (e) applied anthropology, (f) psychological anthropology, (g) physical anthropology, or (h) other areas of interest. Limited to anthropology majors or students with at least 9 semester hours of anthropology courses above 100-level. (May be repeated for credit if topics are different)
ANTH x94 Special Topics in Subject Matter (Arr.) Special topics chosen by the instructor. Course content will vary. May be repeated for credit, provided that a different topic is studied. Additional requirements may apply depending on subject and topic.
ANTH x99 Directed Studies (Arr.) Statement of planned reading or research required. Pre: instructor’s consent.
Also see the ANTH graduate-level courses.
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Welcome to the web: Becki Percy, Vicky Ash, & the UK SRA pushers
We’ve said this before, but the web of those who push the Satanic ritual abuse narrative within the UK is both relatively small and very close-knit.
For example, when we were looking into the story of SRA claimant Becki Percy, we learned that although she began her career of allegations by claiming that her father had sexually abused her, and later expanded that to her mother trafficking her, she didn’t really get rolling with her abuse claims until she’d discovered a woman named Victoria (Vicky) Ash.
Off to a good start
Becki contacted blogger Fenna Vlekke in early 2015, “because she wanted to raise awareness on the topic of childhood sexual abuse”. In the interview she not only claimed that she was locked into the loft at her parents’ home with “only a dog bowl filled with water for company”, but she described what happened after she allegedly told a teacher in January 2010 that her father had been sexually abusing her:
That night, a police woman and a social worker came to mums house. My dad was still at work so it was only my mum and me. They explained everything to her and she started with the crocodile tears. She pretended she had no clue this had been happening. Of course, they believed her tears. My dad came home and, for my own safety, the police woman told me to go upstairs so I did. I could still hear everything. She told my dad he would have to find somewhere else to live because he wasn’t allowed near me. He was angry. Saying that I’d made it up and that he hasn’t ever touched me. Lies. Thankfully the police made him go and he did. He left.
So…a 13-year-old girl reports sexual abuse, the police show up, and instead of arresting her father for questioning, they simply tell him he has to leave the home…and then they toodle off themselves, job done?
In this interview, Becki says she went to live with her uncle, but worse luck, guess what? He was involved in her parents’ child trafficking ring too! When she reported this in March 2010, she was sent to live in foster care, followed quickly by emergency residential care, and finally “a lovely placement” where she was living at the time of the interview.
There’s no mention of her uncle or parents ever having been arrested or prosecuted for their alleged crimes; they just fade out of the picture.
Asked whether she had help dealing with the emotional effects of her abuse, Becki’s response is telling:
In terms of social services, they don’t believe a word that comes out of my mouth. They think I’ve lied about the abuse. I’ve been referred to CAMHS countless times but they’re totally useless.
Shifting narratives
Interestingly, in a December 2016 YouTube video, the story changes somewhat:
I lived with Xxxx ([mother’s] brother) until May 7th. I disclosed to the same school teacher about him sexually abusing me. I was placed in foster care
I was in that foster care placement for around a month in which time the male foster carer was sexually abusing me. I, again, disclosed to a school teacher and was placed into an emergency children’s home
I was there for a further month then placed in a more permanent children’s home.
From July 2nd 2010 to April 21st 2015 I live in the second children’s home. In that time I went through a cycle of CPS wanting me to see Ann, I would have contact with her then she would abuse and traffick me, I would eventually tell someone. The police would ‘investigate’ but then come back and say they wasn’t going to prosecute which is when the cycle would start over.
A few things are notable here:
Becki adds an allegation of sexual abuse against her male foster carer;
She states that her social workers wanted her to see her mother, a strange choice for a teen who was allegedly being sexually abused and trafficked;
The police would investigate, but refused to prosecute—again, a strange choice if there was any evidence whatsoever that Becki was being sexually abused or trafficked; and
Nowhere in any of the above does she mention Satanic ritual abuse, nor her devotion to evangelical Christianity, which will become leitmotifs of her current internet fame.
And then along came Vicky Ash
In January 2017, however, Becki posted this video to YouTube:
We’ve discussed this video before: it’s the one in which she states, then tries to retract, that she has done a great deal of research into SRA. The main thrust of the video is that while she knew she’d been abused as a child, it wasn’t until about six months earlier that she’d come to the stunning realisation that she had been a victim of SRA.
At 05:52 she mentions that her role model in this is “a very courageous woman named Vicky Ash”. Becki expresses admiration for Vicky:
I really find her story and her courage inspiring and she was the push that I needed spiritually—she’s a Christian—to continue doing these videos….To hear from another survivor that has experienced similar things to myself speak about it with such…she was so graceful about it, and she was calm. She looked like she was at peace. And I’m thanking God that she has found God, and she is strong in her faith, and I know that God has already started healing her, which I’m thankful for also.
Unfortunately, the video Becki refers to has been removed from YouTube for violating its terms of service.
On Voat, Becki gushes about how Vicky helped her understand that the alleged abuse she’d suffered was actually SRA.
We don’t know that Becki and Vicky ever communicated directly. However, it seems quite clear that Vicky’s various online interviews helped Becki shape and hone her SRA story, as it shifted from “my parents abused me” to “my parents trafficked me and locked me in the loft with a dog bowl of water” to “my parents and other unnamed people chased me through the forest full of dead children hung from the trees like Christmas ornaments, and each time they raped me they took another item of my clothing”.
Who is Vicky Ash?
Although the specific video Becki references is no longer available, Vicky Ash has given many interviews over the years. In this undated interview with Wilfred Wong, she describes the familiar litany of “Satanic” practices:
I was also forced by my Satanist abuser to watch pornography, which included Bestiality. In addition I was forced to ‘play games‘ during which I was sexually abused and told that I was the ‘star of the show‘. Photographs were taken of this abuse.
I was drugged with a drink and taken out at night to tunnels and other locations with everyone wearing black hooded cloaks. I heard screaming and witnessed Satanist rituals with animals and children being murdered. There was lots of chanting. I was impregnated and my baby was aborted and offered as a sacrifice to Satan. Abortion is the modern form of Child Sacrifice. Bible-believing Christians ought to take careful note of this and become much more actively Pro-Life.
(Yes, she does say, “Abortion is the modern form of Child Sacrifice”. You were not imagining it. Sorry.)
With the help of her MP Geoffrey Dickens, Vicky’s case was investigated by police twice, but no one was ever charged, despite her persistence. However, she claims “there is plenty of hard evidence that SRA exists in the UK, including the several successfully prosecuted SRA cases in our nation”.
This is blatantly false: in Prof Jean La Fontaine’s 1994 study of over 200 allegations of SRA in the UK, only three cases were substantiated, and they were found to have been “pseudosatanic”—sexual abuse was the main motivation of the abusers, and the ritual elements were incidental.
However, like most SRA pushers, Vicky does not let mere facts stand in the way of her belief.
A former beauty salon operator who now describes herself as a “beauty therapist”, she runs a “Holistic Christian Ministry called ‘Christoria’. Its work includes helping other SRA survivors and warning people that some beauty treatments on offer are Occultic”.
Vicky’s ties to UK SRA pushers
In addition to Wilfred Wong, Vicky Ash is closely linked to others within the UK SRA-pushing community.
In November 2015, we find her being interviewed by Brian Gerrish, an interview which was promoted on David Icke’s website.
Interestingly, in addition to referencing Geoffrey Dickens, she talks about her affiliation with Dianne Core of Childwatch. Ms Core was an enthusiastic promoter of the SRA narrative in the 1990s, who managed to straddle the fundamentalist/evangelical Christian / radical feminist divide, and worked on The Cook Report at the time when it was pushing SRA heavily. She is probably worthy of a post on her own, but it’s interesting that Vicky Ash says she was helped by her.
We found that Sabine McNeill has featured Vicky on her National Inquiry into Organised, Orchestrated, and Historic Child Sexual Abuse blog. In a post on 8 May 2017, Sabine featured Vicky speaking at the “Perth Conference on Full Spectrum #ChildSexualAbuse”.
That event, described by our own YdychyncachuTracey as “a shitfest of complete utter fuckwittery”, turns out to have been the founding event of none other than the Scottish Fresh Start Foundation, which we’ve been tracking for the past several months. In addition to Vicky Ash, speakers included the aforementioned Wilfred Wong, Robert Green, Sandy Smith, Shirley P. Cooper, and Andrea Sadegh, with Brian Gerrish, David Icke, and Kevin Annett making video appearances. Hail, hail, the gang’s all here!
Once again, we have no idea what Vicky actually said at the event, as that particular Fresh Start Foundation YouTube channel seems to have taken down for “multiple infractions” of YouTube’s terms of service. Quelle surprise.
We find it fascinating, though, that despite being located so far from the UK, an SRA claimant like Becki Percy, looking for validation of her own stories, somehow seems to have hooked into the UK SRA-believers’ community so seamlessly.
23/06/2018 in Witch hunters. Tags: Becki Percy, Brian Gerrish, Fresh Start Foundation, Kevin Annett, Robert Green, Sabine McNeill, Satanic ritual abuse, UK Column, Wilfred Wong
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108 thoughts on “Welcome to the web: Becki Percy, Vicky Ash, & the UK SRA pushers”
Very interesting post EC. I see that the MP Geoffrey Dickens was mentioned and he was the MP that first bought allegations of high-level paedophiles to attention. All rubbish of course but interesting to see that he was in contact with Vicky Ash.
Yes, it’s amazing how interlinked they all seem to be. If I didn’t know better I might call it a “conspiracy”.
Perish the thought EC 😉
Here’s a link to a BBC report about Dickens and his dossier.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28141531
Thanks, Arthur! Good thinking. 👍🏻
OMGnotthisoldshiteagain says:
Except that it wasn’t all rubbish at all
As so often happens in these cases there were truthful allegations against a real, disgusting child abusing cult, the notorious Children of God
I believe that what happened was that Dickens had an initial dossier containing allegations against the Children of God, an extremely dangerous and well networked cult that was engaged in prostitution and sex trafficking, the sexual abuse of children from birth onwards, producing films and photographs depicting the sexual abuse of children and the infiltration of the military and judiciary of various territories internationally.
Dickens’ initial dossier was followed up and, to some extent obscured by, a subsequent dossier making allegations of SRA and elite paedophile rings
yet again I detect a theme
Also worth reading on the subject of the Children of God is the book the Dirty Squad by Michael Hames the Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police, head of the Obscene Publications Branch from 1990 until his retirement in 1994.
In the book Hames is sceptical of SRA allegations stating clearly that his team never encountered any evidence of SRA.
However Hames and his team did, as reported in the book, receive autogenic therapy (a form of self-hypnosis) from the notorious SRA promoter the late Vera Diamond and her husband Malcolm Carruthers.
Obviously this is concerning.
Towards the end of the book Hames reports receiving a dossier of information about the Children of God, a fact that I read with interest and I was very much looking forward to reading what he made of a real, as opposed to imaginary, CSA cult.
Unfortunately, pretty much immediately after receiving the dossier, Hames suffered a coronary and the book ends, with no reporting at all about the investigation into the CoG.
TorkGirl8 says:
Yes, David Berg was a disgusting individual.
While I agree that Berg was undoubtably a disgusting person, I think that possibly the most horrifying aspect of the cult, and there were many, was Berg’s ability to persuade apparently perfectly ordinary people that sexual activity with children, including parents with their own children, was a wonderful, divinely inspired practice. In the CoG the practice of sexual activity was euphemistically referred to as “sharing”.
In the video in the below link a couple of adult cult members enthuse about “sharing” between a young lad and his stepmother (both are in the video). Prior to that part, at 4.15 minutes in, the stepmother says she was “FFing” (flirty fishing) using sex to recruit new cult members. To anyone who doesn’t understand what “sharing” and “FFing” means the video looks fairly innocent and appears to be just a deeply religious family talking about prayer.
The “Dad” addressed in the video is David Berg
https://www.xfamily.org/index.php/Report_to_Dad_and_Maria_from_Australia
(obviously there is no illegal or sexually explicit material in the video)
Some time back this blog ran an exposé on a former CoG member called Zen Gardner. I don’t know if you’re familiar with him but he had a leadership role, I believe. Suffice to say Angela latched on to him and did one of her cringey, sycophantic Skype interviews with him.
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/angela-gives-zen-gardner-a-free-pass
@Tinribs
I remember your posts about Zen Gardner very well. The whole issue is nteresting yet disturbing and very consistent with the concept that if you scratch the surface of an SRA promoter you will find some extremely dodgy associates including paedophiles and child abusers.
EC’s posts rather than mine. I can only dream of attaining such giddy heights 🙂
I agree OMGNTOSA, I looked into the COG a few years ago.
The Story of Davidito was an awful publication and the boy who featured in it and suffered the abuse (Ricky Rodriguez) killed one his childhood abusers before committing suicide when he was 29.
Fascinating about Dickens and the CoG cult, OMG. Would you happen to know any links I could read on this? It’s an angle I’d never heard of.
I recently moved home and have books all over the place in various locations but I think it might have been in the Dirty Squad, but I’m not entirely sure. It might also have been in a video. I’ll see what I can find and get back to you.
I feel your pain, OMG, having recently moved house myself. I found it a great opportunity to have a bit of a clearout and gave a load of my old books to a charity shop. (Don’t tell Debs, though. She frowns on that sort of thing.)
According to Richard Bartholomew there was an article in the Sunday Times re Dickens and the CoG
This whole blog post is interesting and relevant to your question
It suggests that Dickens possessed and passed on a dossier re the CoG cult and some other complaints re possible grooming of young males but nothing about SRA or VIP paedophile rings. Most or all of the complaints not relating to the CoG were dismissed by the police as having insufficient evidence to proceed.
Later on in the blog post there is reporting of Dickens’ SRA allegations, I’m just too tired to read it and think about it immediately, but hopefully you can make some sense of it
http://barthsnotes.com/2015/02/01/some-notes-on-leon-brittan-geoffrey-dickens-and-the-media
I just find it very interesting that more attention was given to fraudulent accounts of SRA than to real concerns about the sexual exploitation of children by members of a real cult.
Geoffrey Dickens talking about SRA.
Wow, a veritable who’s who!
Thanks for that, hadn’t seen it before, great video
Sally the SENCo says:
So she’s citing referrals to a mental health service as proof that she wasn’t a lying fantasist?
Apparently!
Grobnob says:
She was born two or three decades too late to find a social worker to believe her hunger games of rape and forest adorned with corpses stories. The fact she had to skip of to americky to find willing supporters says it all. I’m looking forward to her return and want to see how that works out for her
Good work on finding all those inconsistencies in Becki’s ever-changing story, EC.
Thanks! This just scratches the surface, I’m afraid.
I watched the video with Vicky Ash talking to Brian Gerrish and i wondered does she really believe in what she is saying due to a mental illness or is she straight out lying?
That’s an excellent question and I’ve wondered that about all the SRA myth promoters, tbh. One could almost do a pie chart for each of them to show the differing proportions of lies to fantasy.
I think it’s an important question. This is worth addressing in more detail, but I believe the short answer would be “it depends”. I think that “recovered memory therapies” can make people believe that these terrible things really did happen. Then there are the fakers, who create the stories as they go, in order to gain attention, money, or both. Even they, though, can come to believe some of their own lies, as they repeat them so often they begin to feel true.
Agreed 100%
We have to be very careful not to fall into binary thinking, the issue is nuanced and complex
Issy T. says:
I would dearly love to know what sort of mindset lies behind the fabrication and promoting of these myths.
I do know there is a huge industry out there selling such screeds to the unsuspecting public, someone came up with the term “emotional pornography” to explain why it sells so well….apparently we like to read about others’ misfortunes, perhaps it makes us feel less unlucky.
If you type “magazines which buy personal stories of abuse in UK” into your chosen search engine you’ll be given a list of rag mags willing to pay you up to 300 sterling for your ‘true story’.
I think “attention-seeking” will rank high on the list of reasons why people invent these stories. I’m not sure where “monetary gain as a motivating factor” would rank.
I do suspect that some individuals who latch onto the whole “I was abused as a child by satanists” or “I am a victim of MK Ultra programming” are trying to explain away/justify their own inadequacies and failings and want pity rather than blame.
It’s certainly a convenient loophole for a number of people.
In Becki’s case, I noticed that early on, before she’d really got into the “my parents were evil abusers” line, she was attempting to raise awareness of mental health issues, particularly autism, on Twitter. I wondered whether she might have been diagnosed on the ASD, but from what she tweeted, it seemed that one of her friends was in that situation, and Becki was trying to support her.
This is only a hypothesis, but that did make me wonder whether she got a bit of attention for her efforts, it felt good, and so she started changing the story, a bit at a time, each time finding that she got a bit more public admiration. It’s entirely possible that the internet, in a sense, helped to shape and mould her story into what it has now become.
I remember watching a documentary about the history of comics and annual books for girls. Apparently when they were first published the comics didn’t sell well and so researchers were sent to schools to consult girls about what kind of stories they liked and why they didn’t buy the comics that had been specially created for them.
The researchers were shocked to discover that tales of happy girl guides rescuing puppies and groups of clever girls thwarting the plans of megalomaniacs planning world domination was not what girls wanted to read.
What girls really wanted to read about were stories about aspiring ballerinas who suffered appalling accidents and were left unable to follow their dreams, tales of abused step-daughters forced into domestic slavery by wicked stepmothers and the like. What the girls really wanted was to experience a reverie of vicarious misery. The story writers and comic publishers listened and adjusted their business plans accordingly and the comics sold like hot cakes.
I also recently read an article about the various true crime channels on freeview and who watches them. You can usually identify the demographic by the products advertised in the commercial breaks. In this instance Tenna Lady incontinence pads feature prominently. The main demographic of viewers for “Wives with Knives”, “Kids who Kill”, “Killer Clergy” and the like are older females of the same generation who loved to read about crippled ballerinas and Cinderella type domestic slavery.
This is the generation of women who made the book Flowers in the Attic a best seller back in the day. Misery memoirs are still massive business and it seems as though some older females especially just can’t get enough of the people’s tales of abuse and exploitation.
Just an idea, but I wonder whether their preference for that sort of story was at least in part because it made their own drab or limited lives seem pretty good by comparison?
the documentary about comics was called Comics Brittania – episode 2 Girls and Boys
Sadly,while episodes 1 and 3 are on youtube, episode 2 is not.
There is a review here though
http://danowen.blogspot.com/2007/09/comics-britannia-girls-boys.html
includes the text
“Heading into the 1970s, I was very surprised to learn that our modern era of serious-minded “graphic novels” came about because of the girls comics! Market research revealed teenaged girls wanted to feel emotion when they read comics, so a male-dominated industry began pumping out shocking tales of home abuse, work violence and heartwrenching melodrama, in publications like Tammy.
One Tammy strip, “Slaves Of War Orphan Farm”, best encapsulated the vogue for downbeat storylines. “Cinderella Spiteful” and “Little Miss Nothing” were other examples of cruelty and misery being used as “entertainment” for girls of the period… and they lapped it up!”
I used to occasionally buy my elderly neighbour’s favourite magazine for her, Take A Break. A veritable smorgasbord of mini misery memoirs, as you can see here
https://takeabreak.co.uk
Can I just let people know about this comment from OMG?
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/angela-barks-up-the-wrong-tree-again/comment-page-1/#comment-110658
S/he clearly put a lot of time and effort into it but sadly it was found languishing in the spam folder and ended up in the dead zone that is the tail end of the last post.
Incredibly, the article that OMG links isn’t from a 1980s tabloid but from yesterday’s Metro!
wobbly wheel says:
Who would have thought that a man offering to massage your ‘yoni’ would turn out to be a pervert? It’s the perfect job for a pervert wanting to feel up any woman daft enough to visit him.
Thanks, Scarlet, and thanks OMG. That first story sounds as if it was written 30 years ago. I find it depressing that this nonsense is being peddled again as if it were real.
It does sound very 1980s except for the fact that the narrative has been updated to try to bypass the activism of the various posters here and on other sceptical blogs and news sites who point out there have been no actually proven cases of SRA. The article in the Metro has a section titled “What is a pseudo-cult?” that is definitely worthy of careful reading and reflection. I perceive it as evidence that this blog and other similar, sceptical blogs are making a difference and that the SRA promoters’ narratives are changing to adapt to the new scepticism.
Also re the “vagina massage” articles, the first is effectively an advertisement that recommends female readers to submit to vagina massages from a convicted sex offender, while the second article includes a multiple choice questionnaire in which readers can share their enthusiasm, or lack thereof, for spending money on vagina massages.
I was wondering what company or organisation developed the questionnaire? Given that, in the age of the internet, criminals and cults harvest compromising information from people in order to identify people vulnerable to blackmail and exploitation, I always am very careful and cautious around online multiple choice questionnaires.
It seems to me that the Metro are being extremely negligent with their readers’ safety by publishing these articles.
The only thing I can think of in their defence is that many much more reputable news sites have also published completely uncritical articles promoting dodgy cults, fake shamans and assorted new age grifters.
Actually there is another redeeming feature of the Metro and that is that, when Gwyneth Paltrow’s dodgy website Goop was advocating that women heal their sex lives by pushing jade eggs up their vaginas, Metro ridiculed the idea and actually published a lot of sane reasons why this was a potentially dangerous practice. If only they could extend the same level of sanity and scepticism to SRA / DID and vagina massages the world would be a safer place.
There’s a lot of it about
I was very concerned by this news article and also for the welfare of the 2 teenagers involved in caring for their DID diagnosed mother
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-41713725/radio-1-awards-the-teen-heroes-caring-for-mum
Mad Carew says:
Yoni massage is featured in the film ‘The Road to Wellville’ which is hilarious.
…aka Tony Does Yoni
Also the movie “Hysteria” and the TV series “Masters of Sex”, which was a partly fictionalised account of the work of Masters and Johnson.
Interestingly there is a Masters and Johnson link to a satanic panic in the US relating to multiple abuses of vulnerable people at the notorious Castlewood Treatment Centre by Mark Schwartz and Lori Galperin.
“Previous to being clinical director at Castlewood, Mark Schwartz and his wife Lori Galperin were directors of the Masters and Johnson Trauma units at Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital in Kansas City and also at River Oaks Hospital in New Orleans.”
http://www.fmsfonline.org/?news2013update=Castlewood%20Lawsuits%20Dismissed.
Masters and Johnson were the first sexologists to use “sexual surrogates”, that is to say people who have sex with patients in order to heal them of sexual problems. Whatever the ethical issues surrounding such a controversial practice back in the days when Masters and Johnson pioneered the practice, nowadays it is difficult to find a “sexual surrogate” who is not involved with a sinister cult.
Galperin and Schwartz also have multiple personal and business links to the disgraced paedophile former rabbi Marc Gafni.
As I have said before, scratch the surface of the satanic panic and you will find a network of paedophiles, perverts, predators, pimps and traffickers all attempting to deflect the collective gaze away from their nefarious activities by pointing and screaming “oh look Satanic Ritual Abuse!”
can my typo please be corrected
Whatever the ethical issues surrounding such a controversial practice back i note days when Masters and Johnson pioneered the practice
should read
Whatever the ethical issues surrounding such a controversial practice back in the days when Masters and Johnson pioneered the practice
Thanks Scarlet 🙂
I sometimes get inspired to post late at night / early in the morning. I appreciate you reposting it here
Perhaps it should be noted that any comment with more than two links in it will be held for moderation as well, plus wordpresses usual random glitches can cause comments to be randomly held up
Not everyone may be aware of that Scarlet, I wasn’t at first either (although I must say the ones held up usually get pushed through quite quickly in most cases)
Thumbs up from me for all the good work
Thanks for re-posting OMG’s comment as I may have missed it otherwise. Those sort of articles do no good at all apart from encouraging belief in such nonsense. I wonder if the journalist really did meet that woman or did she just make the story up?
I call shenanigans on your use of the word “journalist”
LOL, i was feeling generous at the time. 🙂
Miss Camden Town Baths 1946 says:
‘ Its work includes helping other SRA survivors and warning people that some beauty treatments on offer are Occultic”.’
OMG. I’m going to be careful next time I have a pedicure. You never know do you!
Well, you wouldn’t want to put your foot in it, Miss Camden.
Nor would you wish for your sole to be so exposed, which reminds me, my plan for today was to exfoliate my Achilles’ heel. So much hard skin…so little time!
Actually Vicky Ash’s narratives that some beauty treatments are “occult” is extremely interesting to me.
Many of the disgusting cults that exploit vulnerable people as human assets encourage the said vulnerable people to start their own businesses.
Some of these businesses are running workshops in “yoni massage” / “sexual awakening” etc. Some are multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses selling quack products and remedies. Some are MLM businesses selling the cuts books, workshops / retreats, DVDs etc promoting the cult and quite a lot are people selling beauty creams and other beauty products.
I think that one of the main reasons why criminals encourage people to work hard as new age entrepreneurs is that is creates a large community within which multiple revenue streams can be used as layers to obscure dirty money that can be laundered. Of course the criminals want their victims to work hard and build large, successful businesses because, at the end of the day, they will relieve people of their assets and own the businesses themselves.
I wondered why so many of the businesses include beauty products and I believe there is one very obvious answer (not the only answer though) and the obvious answer is that even corporate producers of beauty products deal in woo.
The Advertising Standards Authority is always rapping the knuckles of various corporate beauty brands for making false claims in advertisements. If you watch an advertisement for face cream or other product with the volume turned off you will see that models put animated cartoons of scientific vignettes on their faces. When a women applies a moisturiser to her face she is not applying just a moisturiser, she is applying ideas, concepts and dreams.
In fact if one considers some of the most noticeable products promoted by cults and criminals, they are the very same products that snake oil sellers have sold for millennia, quack cancer cures, cures for erectile dysfunction, weight loss remedies and face creams to make you look 10 years younger.
Back to Vicky Ash, I have not researched her particular issues with “occult” beauty treatments, but it seems to me that whenever criminals and cults do something dodgy, some conspiraloon turns up with a batshit crazy conspiracy theory that identifies the grift but that is encased in a layer of insanity that obscures the reality at the core of the narrative.
Actually make up and beauty stuff is a form of witchcraft. Just study the origin of the word glamour.
Can’t wait for becki to get her dumb ass booted out of America and see how she settles into life in the UK without an adoptive clan of over wealthy and underwise buffoons to support her. These fakes are parasites who belittle genuine victims in their lust for attention. Maybe she’ll find a spare room in Highgate, though I feel her true spiritual home would be among the tiny tears and unicorns of golders green. Imagine those two idiots together . . . . Scented candles, my little ponies and wanky rainbows all round.
The very thought of it could give one diabetes.
Interesting piece in the Telegraph today
“The Church of England disregarded dozens of allegations in its inquiry into child sexual abuse and then downplayed the issue to protect its reputation, a critical report has found.
A report by former Barnardo’s chief executive Sir Roger Singleton found that close to 100 cases were whittled down to just a handful for a review released in 2010.
Inconsistent and overly specific criteria reduced the number of cases they reported for the Past Cases Review, leading it to conclude after examining 40,000 files that just 13 cases of alleged child sexual abuse merited formal action.
Sir Roger, who was commissioned to complete an inquiry into the review, said he believed the Church “downplayed” the issue in public statements to avoid reputational damage.
more here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/22/church-england-excluded-child-abuse-allegations-inquiry-downplayed/
Further down in the article it reports that:
“In a case in Exeter Diocese, there was “concern about obsessional interest in satanic ritual abuse and conduct generally” by a retired priest, which it was decided would be dealt with by the Archdeacon.”
I am detecting a theme here.
Smut Clyde says:
From the underground crypt at St Giles
Came a scream that resounded for miles…
Firstly, love the spider web photo. This is my update on the Becki Percy case.
My plan to go-fund an assistance dog for Becki Percy as an incentive to report her allegations to the police has fallen through, there are no such assistance dogs in the UK for those with PTSD except ones for emergency and military personnel. I could not therefore cost the project to launch a Go-Fund. As you might remember, the incentive was that the money would be given to police in Hull, and if they found a case to bring charges against those Becki accused of crimes, she would get her dog, otherwise the funds would go to Childline.
As these allegations by Percy have not been tested by a police investigation, I am treating it as an active crime scene until the police have come to their conclusions. It appears the personal sex abuse claims by Percy have been looked at by the police and the evidence was not strong enough to bring charges. In her own words Percy said the police and the four social workers who dealt with her case considered her an “allegation maker”.
The newest allegations that Percy makes appears to have manifested around the time she arrived in the USA in 2015. There is no mention of SRA allegations in her internet postings pre 2015. These new allegations have not been tested by a police investigation, so I have in recent days been lobbying Percy and her supporters to contact the UK police to initiate an investigation. Percy has been frustrating, despite her many internet postings about her alleged SRA experiences, plus her concerns for the dead and abused children of her alleged abusers, she did not and seems unwilling to report these latest horrific alleged murders to the police. Her response to me is block me on Twitter, and when her supporters thought my suggestion that she should contact the UK police was a good idea, her only response was “he is a Satanist.” It is beyond bizarre that Percy is posting away on her two Twitter accounts promoting her candle business, yet does not and is unwilling to put any effort or time into contacting the police to bring about justice for her alleged victims and to safeguard future children from harm. Percy has been selfish in my opinion, complaining about her own misfortunes, promoting her candle business, promoting Trump and her Gofund projects … she has no motivation to help the alleged thousands of victims in Hull … it is moments like that when I want to bang my head on my keyboard.
According to Percy, apart from one teacher, everyone she has shared her abuse claims with have not believed her. She has been passionate enough about her claims to get herself put into care for five years, and a further 14 months in jail in the USA as an illegal immigrant. It is strange that Percy has not shared all her story with the authorities, rather, it has been in bits, thus she claimed her father sexually abused her, he was asked to leave the home; she then said her mother sexually abused her, she was sent to live with an uncle; she then said her uncle sexually abused her, she was sent to live with a faster carer; she then said the foster carer sexually abused her; she was sent to a care home. Why Percy has not shared the whole abuse story right at the start rather than bits and pieces that are growing ever wilder over the years is a mystery.
Because Percy has been unwilling to bring her allegations to a conclusion through a police investigation, rather wanting a type of internet circus to emerge where she encourages her gang of supporters to fund her many gofund campaigns, buy candles, and attack her abusers, I have been very assertive to the point of harrassment in getting her to report these allegations to the UK police. I however have always been polite and encouraging to her, and my actions fall under the prevention and investigation of crime legal defense for UK harrasment legislation.
Some might be critical of my strategy, but one has to take into account I have to keep in harmony with the law on harrassment, and it is better to have an open communication with Percy and her supporters to bring about a police investigation, since there might have been crimes committed. For legal reasons I won’t be contacting the real family of Becki Percy.
Percy has currently claimed political asylum to the USA from Britain because she says her family will kill her. Her family are ordinary working class people, her mother is a pillar of her local community. They are hardly sophisticated or that well connected to be capable of killing thousands of children in Hull over ten years without someone noticing. Percy has made no efforts to involve the UK police in investigating her SRA allegations or to protect her in their witness program, which is going to be noted by Homeland Security and the courts dealing with her asylum case. She will be deported.
Such is our frustration that Percy refuses to contact the UK police, that my associate “Ajax” contacted the police in Hull and made them aware of the allegations of Becki Percy. Now that we have an official record on file “Record C732 22-06-18” we now have an anchor point to drive this matter to a police investigation and a conclusion.
As I did with the Hampstead case, I have done objective due diligence during an analysis of the Percy SRA allegations. Unlike the Hampstead case, the Percy allegations have yet to be tested with a police investigation, so this is where my goal is focused, to bring about a police investigation.
Ajax is far from happy that he has had to go to so much trouble to contact the police in Hull because of the refusal of Percy to do so. The Percy case shows that I, Ajax and others involved in cases such as this which involves contact with the police, media and other interested parties, means we have to be more formally organised. We are starting a new group called the Arachne Project. I will deal with the internet communications, Ajax deals with the police etal, others will deal with other aspects of the project. This also allows us to bring into play a technology to examine the complex eco-system or web of information that those who allege or promote SRA leave all over the internet, to output that information in a form that crime victims, lawyers and the police will find useful.
One way or another, there is going to be a police investigation, and if there is a crime, someone is going to end in court.
Well done SV. I will be paticularly interested to know where these alleged woods and tunnels were the abuse took place are. BP has been very vague so far.
@ Fairly Sane.
I have asked Becki Percy to send to me locations and maps of the wood and where she thinks bodies are buried. Ajax will pass these onto the police. She has been given my e-mail.
We may not see eye to eye on some things SV but, on this particular issue, I have to say that I like the cut of your jib. 🙂
I read your exchange with another twitterer on the tweet machine under one of Ms. Percy’s tweets and he seemed horrified that the murders of all those babies had not yet been reported to the police, that’s when Becky interjected and advised the man concerned that you are a Satanist – I laughed when I read that but an angel came to your rescue.
Ms. Percy is interesting in that she appears to apply the KISS principle quite well in her words….we are not her target audience – she knows exactly that non-believers are of no consequence to her as long as a certain number of unquestioning believers continue to support her. Has she been trained by someone?
Under Trump’s regime she may well get to remain in the USA.
@ Issy T.
When I read the “he is a Satanist” statement, I had a need to start banging my head against the desk. A yellow jelly baby came to the rescue.
I am forcing Becki Percy to make choices. If she really believes in her allegations, she will contact the police in Hull, if not, then her contrary choices will work against her, since I won’t let her off the hook.
I get the impression that Trump is hostile to all non-Americans. The guys who have to enforce the borders in the USA won’t be keen to be allowing every youngster through to become an American citizen based upon a weak claim that their parents are going to kill them due to an unproven narrative. If this was the case, every kid in Britain will be heading to the USA and claiming political asylum.
“I get the impression that Trump is hostile to all non-Americans.”
Well if he ain’t, all of us non-Americans are hostile to him except for Kim Jong Un so out of spite he might let her stay. To me, Trump’s politics revolve around him validating his worthiness by being the biggest bitchiest bitterest of bullies doling out punishment to all who dare question everything and anything about him.
I reckon he could decide Becky is welcome with open arms to remain in the America he has made less than great again just to put our noses out of joint….we’ll all be johnpatersonned someday soon!
I really like the approach you have taken with Becki Percy. I’m most impressed SV.
This is brilliant, SV. Given that Becki Percy seems to believe so strongly in online campaigning to raise awareness of child sexual abuse, one would think she would welcome your efforts to open a police investigation to help bring justice to those she accuses.
You would have thought so EC rather than me having to force the issue.
For ‘Whores, the lot of them’, read ‘Why didn’t the bastards invite me?’
“Drug-fueled orgies?”.
Christ you had me frightened there for a minute and I thought they had busted us at the Tuesday “Grandma’s Getting Frisky” Bingo session at the East Freemantle Probus Club.
# no prizes for guessing which one is moi.
I’ll be nick-naming you “Thunder Thighs” from now on
What’s missing from Becky’s tale is a remembrance of a Black Magic ceremony with a black cloaked & hooded figure (with ghastly bleached blonde hair sticking out and accompanied by the pungent smell of a cigar) intoning “now then, now then, how’s about that folks ?”.
Get with the program Becky- you need a celebrity in your tale and what better than a dead one if you want to crack the Sunday newspapers (Hell, it worked for Angela Power-Disney)
On the subject of Fruit Loopery I know Hoaxtead contributors are aware of the brilliant “creator” of The Voice (bloody Dutch- known plagiarists) , The X Factor (as if Simon Cowell could come up with that idea on his own!) Star War films. Bugs Bunny cartoons, Meet the Press, Coronation Street and ‘Roseanne’ and who was the inspiration for Walt Disney’s (via a psychic seance) Mickey Mouse, one Charles Seven who won a High Court action against all these programs for plagiarism and a $Billion damages remedy award but as usual, the Rothschild Cult & Rupert Murdoch with Ted Turner’s help have bribed the judges to claim they dismissed her legal action.
Despite a TV producer claiming he recalls Ms Seven (I keep telling Mr Soros “why do you perpetuate horrendous actions like 9/11 & 7/7 -think about it- it all adds up to 7- to frighten the gallant Mizz Seven , wouldn’t it be easier to just assassinate Charles herself?”, but he rudely just says “you stick to your broom closet and just worry about emptying the bins”)…said producer says he recalls Ms Seven attending a public event at his TV network and casually saying “wouldn’t it be nice if peoiple danced on TV?” and thus Dancing With The Stars was born albeit, Seven being ripped off yet again of one of her brilliant creative ideas.
Now Charles Seven is joined in her heroic actions against the evil British Media Empire (BBC) by Rainetta Jones, the true Inventor of the iPod and Kindle. Well I have news for Rainetta. A very early paparazzi snap of me (below) with my prototype Ipod in 1957 powered by Organite & dubbed the Quantum Ear Gearbox (or QEG) and it was ME who had the idea first.
https://ascensioncorner.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/sevengate-massive-uk-intellectual-property-theft-coverup-connection-to-some-false-flags/
This is a great piece overall but I have to say that I disagree with the opening sentence
“’I’ve said this before, but the web of those who push the Satanic ritual abuse narrative within the UK is both relatively small and very close-knit.”
In my experience there is a huge network of scammers and quacks promoting SRA, including many mental health professionals working in the NHS.
Obviously dubious organisations such as the Fresh Start Foundation, Izzy’s Promise and the like are just the foetid pimple on the arse of a much larger beast.
Scamming conspiratards like Becki Percy, Angela Power Disney and the like are highly visible and easily debunked, however there is an ocean of apparently properly qualified psychotherapists, counsellors, psychiatrists and psychologists who are promoting the satanic panic amongst populations of extremely vulnerable adults. Most of these people appear to have no connection to SRA conspiracy theories unless, like me, you have had first hand experience of their bullshit.
Then you have the ocean of life coaches, yoga therapists, energy healers, past life regression therapists, hypnotherapists / NLP practitioners and the like who specialise in recovering memories of historic abuse and in separating vulnerable people from their assets and their families.
It is a terrifying situation.
You paint a depressing a picture to this inexperienced naive mind but also a a salutory and empowering awareness.
Much of what you write causes moments for me of the penny-dropping and jaw-dropping kind. I must have an affiliation with business minded sorts (my parents were shop-keepers), I can see from your contributions here that there is a viable opportunity …a perceived one from unscrupulous types – to exploit people for money far too easily.
Like with the “pink pound” or college students ability to spend their study grants wily-nily, it seems that women only’s expendable income is rife for rifling also and it’s been a thing for decades, centuries even but I’m just understanding now how very sinister and completely undermining of women the sales techniques, the forced direction, the dictactorial way in which women are sold products ultimately designed to rob them of their power is….
It was more obvious years ago and I thought that sexism was done and dusted already but now my feminist heckles have been raised once again – as consumers we are still enslaved!
Anyway, having studied web design I found the the subject of attention economics very interesting.
For the likes of me I cannot see what the problem is with the police not arresting Becki’s father until Becki had been formally interviewed. Teacher tells police. Police start an investigation.
According to Becki, she has a reputation with the police and social workers as an “allegation maker”.
The horrible reality is that some people who are genuine survivors of multiple real abuses and violations are likely to end up being classified as “allegation makers” amidst the SRA hysteria.
Try going to the police to report a real sexual assault or violation (or several) once one of the satan hunting quacks has control of your narrative and has dismissed your accurate and true allegations as delusional (whilst the same quack cherishes a belief in SRA) and justice becomes inverted and perverted.
Anyone subsequently deciding to scam or take advantage of such a survivor can do so with relative impunity. Should the police become involved the likelihood of a thorough investigation will be compromised if not thwarted if the survivor’s true allegations have been dismissed as delusional.
I am not talking about Becki Percy’s obviously false claims but speaking of experience of something much closer to home.
Time and time again the satan hunters not only cause misery and distress to innocent, falsely accused families but also do untold damage to real survivors.
Absolutely, and this is one important reason we’re so strongly opposed to those who promote SRA hysteria. Not only does it destroy innocent lives of falsely accused people, it keeps abuse survivors who truly need help from receiving it.
It doesn’t just prevent abuse survivors from getting help it puts us at increased risk of being abused repeatedly and with impunity. It takes away our voices, our power and our credibility.
One of the reasons why I have spent so much time posting here is because your blog is doing a great job educating people and long may it continue to do so.
This evil has to be exposed for what it is and it feels great to be part of the battle against it.
I agree that is one of the worst aspects of these SRA promoters, I recently mentioned Fiona Bartlett’s recent attempts and even partial success(?) in getting her abuse claims separated from her fantasy claims in the recent investigations here. There may or may not be any truth in her allegations, but I am now of the opinion that any investigation into her claims should include her entire ‘body of work’ so that any investigators are aware of just unreliable anything she says as a ‘witness’ about her own case is not totally reliable (i.e. is she lying about an aspect of claimed abuse or not?) unfortunately in her case, it is better to say yes she is unless extremely strong evidence is present to confirm any claim she makes.
This is one of the worst aspects of the various people pushing the SRA side of things, in that it tars any survivors claims and once the various false memory experts and the like get involved, a true survivor of CSA can find their case irreversibly tainted , even to the extent that innocent people can be jailed, and guilty ones left free to continue
That has already happened (multiple times) and it is why IMHO that the hoaxers need to be stamped on much more quickly and successfully than they have been, already the newer pizzagate/pedogate type hoaxes have had notable ‘success’ in getting a following in the less stable ‘conspitards’ of the world. It wouldnt matter so much except that the more unstable/gullible have been known to start harassing innocent people, both online and in real life, and things can quickly escalate into incidents with truly tragic results
Can someone please call 999? Angie’s pants are on fire again.
Angela Power Disney, if you are wearing flammable knickers, don’t play with matches.
Uhh? I thought it was Angie who said she flogged her kids with a lump of wood?. Is she now denying it?. And why would that terrify her daughter?
I reckon they may have Skyped but were actually having a good laugh.
The Green Gobbler says:
Aw, pity!
JakeBlake says:
LOL! Cat was streaming live from a restaurant/bar where Green was being interviewed, spewing his nonsense around the other diners until the Manager told them to stop. Then they moved out onto the street to Mercat Cross. There didn’t seem to be anyone there or interested in them. Only themselves. 😀
Looks like Ogilvy’s forgotten FSF weren’t wanted in Inverness either.
False memories, if you ask me.
The Shampoo Liberation Front says:
Good spot, JB!
Jumpin' Jack Harrison says:
I wonder in what sense he means they were banned. Were they sent packing by the Jurys Inn and have to relocate to the bar, I wonder?
Cat Snot’s three videos from today’s washout can be seen here (if you fancy a snooze):
https://www.pscp.tv/calamiTcat/1mrGmnVYyLBJy
https://www.pscp.tv/calamiTcat/1YqJDQvygEkxV
https://www.pscp.tv/calamiTcat/1yNxaXjvMNRJj
Aha, so they were given the heave-ho by the Jurys Inn. Go to 2:30 in the top video on Cat Snot’s Periscope page. Just after Gandalf introduces Green, he says: “Unfortunately, we’ve had a mishap with two consecutive bookings and we find ourselves out on the street.”
Her snoozefest… sorry “roadshow” videos can also be seen on her twitter page.
The restaurant/bar located in the Jurys Inn matches her videos. So I guess they never got use of the Inn’s Meeting Room.
Janine Runny says:
So to summarise:
1. The first booking (the station Hotel) was cancelled due to (cough cough) “flooding”.
2. The second one (the Jurys Inn) barred them from using their meeting room.
3. They then tried to hold it in the bar and got chucked out of there as well.
So all in all, another successful day for the mighty FSF 😂
(love the user name by the way 😀 )
In a nutshell! LOLOLOL!
Thanks, both 🙂
So not so much a roadshow as a pavement show 😀
Is that Ogilfail in the baseball cap in the Facebook video?
I thought that too. Not sure though.
Cat must be watching. She’s taken down the Facebook video. But fret ye not, hehe:
Green & Co-Conspirators in Aberdeen, 22.06.18
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Killing Floor 2: Treacherous Skies - PC Review
Honey's Anime
Gaming Review [Category]
Action Game, Shooter Game, FPS Game [Genres]
PlayStation Game, Xbox Game, PC Game [Gaming Elements]
Halloween,
Javier Garcia
Stunning visuals, an excellent soundtrack, and a ton of new features make Treacherous Skies a must play for horror and FPS fans
Game Info: (Box Display)
System: PC, PS4, XBONE
Publisher: Tripwire Interactive, Deep Silver
Developer: Tripwire Interactive
Rating:M for Mature
Genre: Survival, Horror, FPS, Co-op, Action
Players:1-6 Players Co-op, 12 Players Versus Survival Mode
Official Website: http://www.tripwireinteractive.com/
Specs (MINIMUM)
OS: Win7 64-bit, Win8/8.1 64-bit
Processor: Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66GHz or Phenom II X2 545
Graphics: GeForce GTS 250 or Radeon HD 4830
Additional Notes: UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE: IntelHD Integrated Graphics Chips, 32-bit Operating Systems, NVIDIA ® FleX features require a GeForce ® GTX™ 770 or higher (GeForce ® GTX™ 980 recommended)
Who it Caters to
Killing Floor 2 is the sequel to Tripwire's 2009 Killing Floor. A lot of that game's elements and features have been improved on for this new installment. Treacherous Skies is a summer update event for KF2. A ton of new features were added. A brand-new stage, new enemies, four new weapons, two entirely new game systems, a new character, and a lot of new skins were added as well. The developer definitely wanted to bring a breath of fresh air to the game and community around it.
If you've never heard of or played either Killing Floor title, and shame on you if you haven't, then you should know that this franchise is synonymous with the horror survival genre. Waves of zombie hordes spawn and run at you to tear the flesh off your bones. You, and hopefully some online buddies, blast through them and accumulate credits that you can use in-between waves. In that interim, you'll use the Trader pod to buy new weapons, armor, and, now, upgrade your weapons. It's an adrenaline-filled shooting extravaganza.
Let's list a majority of the new features here and then discuss them in the gameplay section. There are two new stages. Four new weapons have been added. Two brand new game systems have been implemented. Each weapon is for a specific perk (or class) and feels powerful in its own right, for the most part.
Other additions include increased AI difficulty adjustments, such as increased sprint chances for Slashers, Clots, and other mobs. These are geared towards diehard players who play on the hardest settings. So even though lower level players won't necessarily see these new interactions, it's good to know that Tripwire has kept the more devoted players in mind in terms of game balancing and difficulty.
There are even more additions in Treacherous Skies, but these are the major ones that we felt were worth mentioning. We hope that seeing all of these new features will entice you to try the game out for yourself.
Killing Floor 2 - The Summer Sideshow: Treacherous Skies Update trailer
Let's be honest, no one plays the Killing Floor franchise for its narrative. But let us fill you in on why these Zeds are running among and why you're blasting through them with every weapon in sight (as if you needed a reason).
Killing Floor 2 takes place a month after the events of the original Killing Floor. A zombie outbreak is ravaging through Europe after the failed experiments of Horzine Biotech. Civilization in the E.U. is destroyed. The government has collapsed and its military has all been all but wiped out. The last bit of hope lies within a few civilians not willing to give up. These civilians, along with some mercenaries, have begun to track down Zed activity. They narrow in on the largest hotspots of Zed activity and drop in to eradicate them.
That's about it. There's no foreseeable cure in sight. Instead, the people have focused on the only thing still within their power to do. They kill as many as they can in hopes of exterminating all of these failed experiments before they spread to the rest of the world.
The two additional stages have entirely different atmospheres. The airship is entirely new and filled with David Lodge's excellent voice work for Ringmaster Lockheart. He is the star of this entire update. His monologues and quirky remarks made while you're mowing down mobs make this stage the most enjoyable one in the entire game. You also have to acknowledge that Lockheart sounds like a wackier version of Mark Hamill's Joker and we love it. Endless Lockdown was a fan-made stage that the community loved. So it's now been officially released to mixed feelings. We found it quite challenging, as did a lot of other players, but veterans love this closed off space because it's challenging. It looks visually stunning, you're in an overrun lab with narrow passages. It's easy to get trapped by mobs if you're not careful. But we feel that it's made for high level players only.
New Zeds, aka zombies, have been upgraded visually. There are too many new visual updates to list them all here. Tripwire definitely went all out to make the hordes look even more disturbing and worthy of a bullet to the face. Our personal favorites are the Alpha Clot (clown), EDAR Bomber (android), and Rioter (another clown, yeah, they're scary).
There are four new weapons in this update. The M99 (Sharpshooter) is possibly the most powerful weapon available, definitely out of the new ones. It has "headshot stacking", which means bonus damage for consecutive headshots. The railgun, an older weapon, is arguably just as strong as the M99. But having a choice between the two is better for a more well-rounded gameplay experience. Static Strikers (Berserker) allow you to go for a more melee-centric build. Gory, bloody, and satisfying are what come to mind when thinking of these piston-pumped, electrified, industrial strength gauntlets.
The Doomstick is for the support class. It's a more powerful shotgun compared to what we previously could use. Four rounds at a time can be loaded in. If you change the firing mode, as you can with almost all of the weapons, you can shoot all four rounds simultaneously for some serious firepower that'll be helpful for taking down the more powerful enemies such as the Fleshpound. The reload speed on this gun is surprisingly quick, too. You'd think that something this strong would be slow to reload, but that's not the case. It feels good to use this in whichever mode you want. Just backtrack a few yards while reloading and then step right back up to dish out some more pain. Man, this gun is satisfying!
The Goreshiv Survivalist knife is the least impressive weapon out of the four new weapons in this latest installment. It doesn't have better stats than any of the other knives. It just has a more unique aesthetic to it, which itself is polarizing among the Killing Floor community. However, there are rumors that this new knife for Survivalist may just be the first step to reworking the entire class. Maybe they'll change the stats for it, perhaps perks will be worked for this class, or maybe Tripwire has something else entirely planned. Survivalists have felt like the weakest class for a while and it appears as if the developer has acknowledged that and is taking steps toward correcting it in the future.
Another new addition is the weapon upgrade system within the Trader pod. Honestly, we didn't play this game before the Treacherous Skies update. So, it's quite difficult for us to imagine playing Killing Floor without a weapon upgrade system. It feels essential to the entire survival experience. Without it, we imagine early mobs being too easy to kill with strong weapons. Or the opposite, more powerful mobs being very difficult to kill with low damage weapons. Upgrading some of the basic weapons, such as your starting pistols, allows them to pack a punch later on. This way, you'll actually have more weapon variety with this new system. You probably won't want to use these upgraded basic weapons against bosses. However, they are still very effective for taking on regular mobs in later rounds.
The new Prestige system allows you to reset level 25 perks so that you receive some bonuses and items that are only available here. For instance, resetting your perk back to 0 will grant you a permanent 30% XP boost at the end of game matches (for this perk only), a modified perk icon (which all players can see), Vault Dosh (in-game currency), and unique weapon skins for this perk. This new system gives you something new to work towards once you reach end-game status. However, we're not quite sure if it's enough at the moment.
Most people know that Killing Floor looks visually great as well as atmospherically horrific. However, more attention should be brought to the soundtrack and voice acting. As stated above, Lockheart steals the show with his presence in the Airship stage. His sarcastic messages to the player lightens up the mood once you're covered in Zed blood and reloading a shotgun for the umpteenth time. There are five new tracks, four stage tracks, and one main menu theme. Tripwire calls these tracks "steampunk", but we have no idea what that means. The theme track sounds like it came from a possessed theme park. The other songs are metal songs through and through. They are cohesive additions to the already solid soundtrack to this game. Again, the sound of this game and the atmosphere it creates should not be overlooked.
Honey's Gameplay Consensus:
The Prestige system is a good addition but it feels lacking. There need to be more reasons to reset a perk instead of just new skins, icon, and Vault Dosh. If they added additional perks, prestige only weapons, or prestige only costumes, then players would feel much more incentivized to reset a perk and grind for better rewards. It's definitely a step in the right direction, just like the idea of the Survivalist class being reworked in the near future.
We think this game has a great premise and could be a lot of fun for FPS as well as horror fans. When you play solo, it definitely feels like there’s an element missing from your game experience. You need to play with other people to fully appreciate the game and to actually enjoy it. If you play on your own, it feels really monotonous and as if you’re just grinding in order to unlock all of the perks and extra things that are available to you.
That being said, when you play with others online it feels as if you’re playing with high-level AI assistance. There’s no real communication going on between you and your teammates. At most, you have someone use one of their pre-programmed emotes to ask for money before being able to purchase new weapons or upgrades. More voice commands or possibly visual indicators that serve a strategic purpose would be the way to go. As with most games, playing with buddies through Discord voice chat (or some other program) is the best way to experience all that the Treacherous Skies update has to offer.
Honey's Pros:
Gory and thematic visuals
Amazing soundtrack
A ton of new features
Honey's Cons:
Solo play is lackluster
Prestige system feels incomplete
The Goreshiv was a letdown
Honey's Final Verdict:
Treacherous Skies is a huge update that packs a lot of new and great features. If Tripwire continues to refine this franchise they'll have a major hit on their hands in the near future. The core community already loves this game. There just need to be a few quality-of-life changes that would draw in new fans and bring this game to mainstream attention on Twitch and YouTube.
Thanks for reading our thoughts on Killing Floor 2: Treacherous Skies. It's really a fun experience on one that we'll definitely revisit during Halloween season (we hope it gets another update around that time). Have a great day and we'll see you in the next one!
Author: Javier Garcia
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FEI NSAID Background: Alex Atock Explains When and Why Bute Was Banned
Many people I meet in the horse world are shocked and even a bit put off sometimes when they first learn that the FEI does not allow horses to compete on even the smallest amount of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, pronounced "en-saids"). If it's ok for horses in the United States to race and show on Bute and other NSAIDS, why are the other countries so backward?
Or is it the other way around?
Whether it is horse racing or horse sports like eventing, driving, showjumping and dressage, the world's perception of horses competing on even the lowest dose of therapeutic medication are polarized.
Last week's congress on NSAIDs, organized by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) in Lausanne, Switzerland, was designed to fully educate all interested parties before the FEI's General Assembly vote in November which will ask the world's equestrian bodies if it would like to liberalize the FEI's NSAID policy by going with a "progressive list" of allowed medications for competition horses.
Much of the NSAID Congress was scientific presentations by leading experts like the USA's Dr. Wayne McIlwraith but there were some ethical considerations as well. So far, the FEI has posted 12 videos of lectures from the Congress on YouTube for us to watch. That's a lot of pharmacology research.
But perhaps most important of all the lectures was a bit of a history lesson from horse welfare specialist veterinarian Alex Atock of Ireland, who was in the middle of the FEI's upheaval over NSAID reform in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when he served as head of the FEI's veterinary department. Bute was banned under Alex Atock's watch; who better to take us back in time to find out when and why the ban was initiated?
Listening to this video, I felt like I was thumbing through old issues of Hoofcare & Lameness. As the FEI strugged with the issue of banning Bute, I was writing about it, and about all the horror stories that were happening in the horse industry at the same time. Were they related to Bute? No, but they were related to horse welfare and the perception that people in horse sports had little regard for the well-being and even the lives of their horses. Somehow, this all spilled over to the drug debate, though.
As Atock says, we had German pole rapping scandals, American insurance-collecting horse killers, and the 1990 Breeders Cup had been called the blackest day in horse racing history, as three horses were euthanized as a result of breakdowns in one day's races, including the magnificent three-year-old filly Go For Wand. It's amazing horse sports of any kind survived that era.
The FEI's decision to completely ban Bute from competition horses was painful. It has been painful all along the way since then, but never more painful than the past year, when the old dichotomy opened up again.
Which way will the FEI vote in November--with the liberalized science-is-God view or with the welfare-ethics old guard of Europe who staunchly maintain that Bute and NSAIDs were banned for a reason and horse sport needs to distance itself from the perception that equine athletes are drugged in order to perform?
Does a horse on Bute deserve a Gold Medal if the Silver goes to a horse that is "clean"? On the other hand, should a horse be forced to withdraw from a world-championship competition because of a minor episode of colic a week beforehand that has nothing to do with a performance-enhancing effect of a drug that could be given to treat the colic? Should a vet have to hesitate to medicate a horse because of the performance-drug testing repercussions of a therapeutic substance?
These questions go around and around and around.
By way of education, here's a clip from a lecture by USEF veterinarian Kent Allen, explaining to event riders how to fill out forms to report the NSAID(s) their horses are on, since the USEF rules were changed this year. This clip is one of a 24-part YouTube series with Dr. Allen presented by US Eventing and sponsored by SmartPak to help riders through the process of understanding what is permissable for their horses and how to manage their horses within USEF rules while competing at USEF (as opposed to FEI) events. That's right: 24 videos to explain how to manage your horse's medications within the rules, and to help riders understand the issues and regulations surrounding the approved and unapproved medications themselves.
Dr. Allen is chairman of the USEF Drug and Medication Committee and vice-chair of the FEI Medication Advisory Group. He is also official Veterinary Coordinator of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. It is of critical importance to him that riders and trainers understand the medication process and that the American horse public understands the reasoning behind the USEF policies, which are different from the major European nations, but in line with some other countries around the world.
The one-med-or-two forms explanation is vaguely reminiscent of some of my phone calls with Blue Cross Blue Shield about my HMO care.
I highly recommend that ANYONE who even thinks of commenting one way or the other on the medication debate in the FEI watch all the FEI NSAID Congress videos AND Dr. Allen's USEF rules videos.
Educate yourself before you speak. The FEI and US Eventing have laid out a great menu of education for you, for free. You don't have to buy airplane tickets, stay in hotels, or sit all day in uncomfortable chairs. Just watch and listen and learn about medication rules, here, there and everywhere.
What do you want the future of the horse world to be like? How do you think international horse sports will be perceived if medications are allowed?
Most importantly, now that Alex Atock has reminded us where we have been, and opened up the closet where the skeletons have been hiding, where on earth is all this going?
Labels: Alex, Allen, anti-inflammatory, Atock, Bute, Congress, drugs, Equestre, Eventing, Federation, FEI, Fran, Internationale, Jurga, Kent, medication, NSAID, US, USEF
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by Dave Altavilla, Brandon Hill — Thursday, June 20, 2019
Maingear CEO Bites Into Apple For Straying From Its Mac Pro User Base
When Apple announced its replacement for the “trash can” Mac Pro, the Mac community collectively lost their minds. The previous generation Mac Pro really was hampered due to thermal constraints, which meant that Apple could never really provide enough top-of-the-line CPU and graphics hardware to satisfy hardcore professional workstation types. The new Mac Pro changes all of that with its more modular, thermally-optimized design.
While many in the Mac community were no doubt over the moon for the new Mac Pro, PC enthusiasts raised more than a few eyebrows as well. After all, 28-core Xeon processors, support for up to 1.5TB of DDR4-29333MHz ECC memory, and up to two AMD Radeon Pro Vega II Duo graphics cards with 56 TFLOPS of compute performance are nothing to sneeze at. But then, we get to the price - $5,999 for an entry-level a base system.
With this in mind, the CEO of Maingear Inc., Wallace Santos, had a thing or two to say about the new Mac Pro and Apple’s commitment (or perhaps lack thereof) to professionals that have stuck by the company over the past few decades. Maingear is a company that HotHardware is well acquainted with, and we’ve reviewed a number of their high-end, custom built gaming rigs over the years. So, when Wallace speaks up, we tend to take note.
The outgoing and upbeat CEO has penned a blog in which he talks about the impact that Apple has had on the industry, and its rather “reactive” nature to the computing industry over the past decade, save for the original iPhone and iPad. With so much attention paid to its consumer-minded iPhone cash cow, Wallace opines that Apple has neglected its loyal enthusiast and professional workstation customers in the process.
“It seems that as of late they are struggling to balance their novice, casual userbase with their more demanding enthusiast and pro users,” Wallace writes. “Trying to serve both userbases is an admirable goal, but the needs of each are typically at odds, and Apple has all but abandoned their pro users.”
Maingear Vybe (2019)
This is a common complaint that many people outside of the Cupertino reality distortion field have leveled against Apple for years, and there are plenty of other examples, as both Final Cut Pro and Logic were neutered into prosumer versions of iMovie and Garageband.
“Apple’s Pro software used to be the hook that drew many pro users into their walled garden, leveraging their hardware’s ability to play well within that ecosystem,” Wallace adds. On the hardware side, the aforementioned 5-year lull in Mac Pro updates and artificial limitations that force MacBook Pro users to step up to the more expensive 15-inch model just to get 32GB of RAM.
Data provided by Wallace Santos, Maingear Inc.
And we can’t forget about the Apple Tax, which is well on display with the new Mac Pro. The starting price of $5,999 gets you an octa-core (16 threads) Xeon processor, 32GB of DDR-2666 memory, 256GB SSD and a Radeon Pro 580X GPU. Wallace points out that a similarly configured Maingear Vybe (Mk.V) – as you can see in the chart above – is roughly a third of the price of the Mac Pro. If you were to throw $5,999 at Maingear, you’d get an 18-core Xeon, double the memory, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GPU and a 2TB SSD, which would absolutely stomp the base Mac Pro.
Then again, it's worth pointing out that the spec configuration list above likely doesn't take into account that the Mac Pro has an Intel Xeon processor with ECC DIMM memory and a pro-grade AMD Radeon Pro 580X GPU. Granted, the latter isn't anymore powerful than the Maingear Radeon RX 590 comparison spec, but pro-viz platform certifications cost money, plain and simple. Regardless, the comparison to the similar level of horsepower between the two systems and the price variance is without question, stark. And side note: a $1000 monitor stand? Apple does seem to have lost its way.
Now don’t get us wrong, ol' Wallace no doubt wants to sell PCs; after all, Maingear is a business. It’s natural to compare competitive products to Apple and to underscore the extreme price gap that exists with similar hardware. However, you cannot discount his main point that Apple hasn’t exactly put a heavy emphasis on its pro user base in recent years, and when it last attempted to do so [hardware wise] with the last generation Mac Pro in 2012, it admittedly failed miserably.
The new Mac Pro is definitely a step in the right direction, and its hardware specs are no doubt impressive. However, the question remains; for previous Apple stalwarts that haven’t already jumped ship to the Windows PC fray in order to gain access to the latest in CPU/GPU technology and firepower, are they really willing to pay the traditionally stiff Apple Tax to stay the course?
Sound off in the comments below, on whether you think the comparison the passionate Maingear CEO made was fair enough and if you agree that he has a point.
Tags: Apple, Maingear, Mac Pro, (NASDAQ:AAPL)
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Henry Aker
Henry Aker married Elizabeth Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Nov 2, 1835.
Family: Elizabeth Houghton b. 12 Jul 1807, d. 10 Feb 1860
Levi Aker+ b. 16 Jul 1836, d. Jan 1898
Samuel Aker+ b. 7 Jan 1843
Mary Aker b. 15 May 1845
Bessie Aker b. 4 Apr 1848
John Henry Aker+ b. 17 Apr 1850, d. 26 Feb 1882
Harriet Aker+ b. 26 Feb 1852
Sarah Ann Leavy
Sarah Ann Leavy married Levi Houghton, son of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Feb 3, 1842.
Family: Levi Houghton b. 9 Jan 1810, d. 25 Jul 1851
Elizabeth Houghton+ b. 27 Nov 1842, d. 13 Apr 1892
Eliza Ann Houghton+ b. 26 Sep 1844
Maria Houghton+ b. 26 Oct 1846, d. 26 Feb 1913
Timothy Levi Houghton+ b. 3 Jul 1849
Frederick Rafuse
Frederick Rafuse married Lucy Ann Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Nov 20, 1839.
Family: Lucy Ann Houghton b. 1 Dec 1812, d. 21 Sep 1887
David Rafuse b. 17 Jan 1840
Henry Edward Rafuse+ b. 13 Sep 1846
Edward Rafuse+ b. 13 Aug 1848
John Rafuse+ b. 28 Nov 1851
Eliza Elizabeth Rafuse b. 28 Sep 1854, d. 12 May 1892
Elizabeth Morash
Elizabeth Morash was born circa 1813 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married David Houghton, son of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on May 11, 1841 JWH, AW: 5 Nov 1841; Keizer, MLM: May 11, 1841.
Family: David Houghton b. 14 Dec 1815, d. 28 Jun 1857
Elizabeth Morash married David Houghton, son of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on May 11, 1841 JWH, AW: 5 Nov 1841; Keizer, MLM: May 11, 1841.
George Richard Houghton b. 20 Jan 1842
David Houghton Jr+ b. 22 Apr 1843
James Edward Houghton b. 16 Feb 1845
Catherine Houghton+ b. 16 Mar 1846, d. 6 Mar 1883
Elizabeth Houghton b. 23 Jun 1848
Ann Elizabeth Houghton b. 29 Jan 1850
William Sharp married Sarah Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Nov 16, 1844 MLM: Nov. 18.
Family: Sarah Houghton b. 17 Sep 1818, d. 10 Sep 1864
John Sharp b. 25 Dec 1844, d. 3 Dec 1873
Andrew Sharp+ b. 30 Mar 1846
Harriet Sharp b. 6 Jan 1849, d. 12 Nov 1868
Sarah Jane Sharp+ b. 28 Sep 1851
Mary Ann Sharp b. 14 Nov 1853
Louisa Sharp b. 20 Jun 1855, d. 23 Oct 1875
William Sharp b. 14 Feb 1862, d. 5 Feb 1894
Thomas Snair
M, #8466, d. 1 January 1874
Thomas Snair married Harriet Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Nov 16, 1837. Thomas Snair died on Jan 1, 1874.
Family: Harriet Houghton b. 28 Jul 1820, d. 11 Oct 1875
He married Harriet Houghton, daughter of Richard Houghton and Lucy Melvin, on Nov 16, 1837.
Mary Ann Snair+ b. 26 Jul 1839
Sarah Catherine Snair+ b. 25 Jun 1841
John Henry Snair+ b. 28 Sep 1843
Thomas Snair+ b. 14 Nov 1846
David Snair b. 4 Nov 1847, d. 21 Mar 1848
William Edward Snair+ b. 1 Oct 1850, d. 15 Jul 1887
Dorothy Elizabeth Snair b. 13 Jan 1853, d. 22 Nov 1853
David Nathaniel Snair b. 23 Oct 1854, d. 14 May 1860
Harriet Louisa Snair b. 27 Oct 1855
James Anthony Snair b. 14 May 1857, d. 18 Feb 1881
Dennis Snair b. 16 Sep 1860, d. 12 Aug 1883
Sophia Adelaide Snair b. 12 Sep 1862
Martha Agnes Snair+ b. 6 Jan 1865, d. 7 Nov 1887
Sarah Houghton
F, #8467, b. 19 January 1796, d. 18 February 1833
Sarah Houghton was born on Jan 19, 1796 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Simon William Hatt Jr. on Dec 29, 1816 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Sarah Houghton died on Feb 18, 1833 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: 1833; Keizer, MLM: Feb. 18, 1833.
Family: Simon William Hatt Jr. b. 15 Feb 1789, d. 3 Sep 1874
She married Simon William Hatt Jr. on Dec 29, 1816 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Julia Hatt b. 15 Jun 1818, d. 19 Feb 1895
Esther Hatt+ b. 9 Mar 1820
Isaac Hatt b. 7 Dec 1821, d. 1822
Isaac Hatt b. 5 Aug 1823
Eunice Hatt+ b. 19 Sep 1826
Susan Hatt+ b. 27 Feb 1828, d. 17 Sep 1894
Rachel Sophia Hatt b. 1829
Father* Willard Houghton b. 3 May 1767, d. 12 Feb 1852
Mother* Susanna Webber b. 17 Dec 1772, d. 13 Aug 1849
Eunice Witcomb Houghton
F, #8468, b. 7 March 1798, d. 24 October 1877
Eunice Witcomb Houghton was born on Mar 7, 1798 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Joseph Pulsifer on Sep 14, 1820 at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, JWH, MLM:14 Sep 1820; White: 19 Sep 1819. Eunice Witcomb Houghton died on Oct 24, 1877 at Wittenburg, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, MLM: St. Andrews; Edwards: Wittenburg.
Family: Joseph Pulsifer
She married Joseph Pulsifer on Sep 14, 1820 at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, JWH, MLM:14 Sep 1820; White: 19 Sep 1819.
Charlotte B. Pulsifer b. 5 Jul 1820
Elizabeth Pulsifer+ b. 27 Apr 1822
John G. Pulsifer+ b. 2 May 1825
Sarah G. Pulsifer+ b. 8 Apr 1827
Catherine A. Pulsifer b. 22 Aug 1829
William S. Pulsifer b. 21 Nov 1831
Margaret B. Pulsifer+ b. 9 Apr 1833
James D. Pulsifer+ b. 2 Oct 1835
Rhoda J. Pulsifer+ b. 12 Jul 1838
F, #8469, b. 17 March 1800, d. 18 February 1870
Mary Houghton was born on Mar 17, 1800 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Benjamin Hatt on Nov 5, 1822 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: Oct. 5. Mary Houghton died on Feb 18, 1870 at Chipman's Brook, Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: Chester, NS.
Family: Benjamin Hatt b. 10 Nov 1797, d. 27 Apr 1877
She married Benjamin Hatt on Nov 5, 1822 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: Oct. 5.
Catharine Eliza Hatt+ b. 29 Jun 1823, d. 11 Jul 1892
Jeremiah Hatt+ b. 22 Jul 1825
John E. Hatt+ b. 25 Apr 1827
Harris Hatt+ b. 26 Feb 1830
Sarah Hatt+ b. 8 Sep 1832
Susannah Hatt b. 23 Oct 1834
Jane M. Hatt+ b. 8 Jun 1837, d. 23 Oct 1889
Edward Hatt b. 13 Feb 1840, d. 1843
Louisa Hatt+ b. 6 Nov 1843, d. 7 Jul 1870
Levina Houghton
F, #8470, b. 29 May 1802, d. October 1877
Levina Houghton was born on May 29, 1802 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Henry Miller on Oct 3, 1831. Levina Houghton died in Oct, 1877 at Fall River, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Henry Miller
She married Henry Miller on Oct 3, 1831.
Henry J. Miller+ b. 19 Apr 1832
William Miller+ b. 14 Oct 1834
Rebecca Miller b. 1836, d. Jan 1876
Sarah Ann Miller+ b. 23 Oct 1837
Willard Miller+ b. 1 Apr 1839
Alfred Miller b. 14 Jul 1841
Susannah Houghton
F, #8471, b. 24 August 1804, d. 6 October 1891
Susannah Houghton was born on Aug 24, 1804 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married George Rosley on May 20, 1832. Susannah Houghton died on Oct 6, 1891 at Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: George Rosley
She married George Rosley on May 20, 1832.
Eliza Houghton
F, #8472, b. 17 August 1807, d. 21 February 1869
Eliza Houghton was born on Aug 17, 1807 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Andrew Hopewell on Oct 11, 1837. Eliza Houghton died on Feb 21, 1869 at Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Andrew Hopewell
She married Andrew Hopewell on Oct 11, 1837.
Mary Hopewell b. 30 Jul 1840
Harriett Hopewell+ b. 11 Oct 1842, d. 2 Jun 1880
Susan Hopewell b. 23 Feb 1844
Sarah Hopewell+ b. 8 Apr 1845, d. 7 May 1880
Willard S. Hopewell b. 11 Feb 1847
James A. Hopewell b. 8 Feb 1849, d. 30 Dec 1852
F, #8473, b. 14 February 1811, d. 28 March 1885
Lucy Houghton was born on Feb 14, 1811 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Charles Hefler on Sep 7, 1836. Lucy Houghton died on Mar 28, 1885 at Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: also Feb.16.
Family: Charles Hefler b. c 1816
She married Charles Hefler on Sep 7, 1836.
Joseph Archibald Hefler+ b. 29 Mar 1838
Albert James Hefler b. 11 Jan 1840, d. 15 Nov 1863
Charles Willard Hefler+ b. 23 Aug 1841, d. 1 Dec 1884
Hannah Jane Hefler b. 4 Mar 1843
Erastus Harding Hefler+ b. 6 Dec 1844
William Hefler b. 23 Apr 1846, d. 20 Mar 1847
Susan Levina Hefler+ b. 29 Nov 1847
David Hefler b. 16 Jan 1849, d. 15 Oct 1849
Harriett Alice Hefler b. 16 Feb 1850, d. 26 Nov 1868
Anna Eliza Hefler b. 23 Jul 1852
David Andrew Hefler+ b. 12 Aug 1855
Joseph Timothy Houghton
M, #8474, b. 7 May 1814, d. 16 February 1886
Joseph Timothy Houghton was born on May 7, 1814 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, age 40, Nova Scotia, in 1860 census; age 48, New Brunswick, in 1870 census; age 62 in 1880 census. He appeared in the census of 1850 of Bancroft Plantation, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 2?, laborer. He married Eliza J. Stamp on Jul 16, 1854. Joseph Timothy Houghton and Eliza J. Stamp appeared in the census of 1860 of Bancroft Plantation, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 40, farmer. Joseph Timothy Houghton and Eliza J. Stamp appeared in the census of 1870 of Bancroft, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 48, a farmer, property $400-$2500. Joseph Timothy Houghton and Eliza J. Stamp appeared in the census of 1880 of Bancroft, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 62, a farmer. Joseph Timothy Houghton died on Feb 16, 1886 at Bancroft, Aroostook Co., ME, USA, MLM: Feb. 16, 1885.
Family: Eliza J. Stamp b. c 1839
He married Eliza J. Stamp on Jul 16, 1854.
Willard Houghton+ b. 11 Mar 1855
James D. Houghton+ b. 6 Feb 1857
Rhoda E. Houghton+ b. 27 Jan 1859
John Houghton b. c 1861
Lucy J. Houghton+ b. 6 Jul 1863
Leland Houghton b. 26 Sep 1866
Susan Houghton b. c 1869
Joseph E. Houghton b. 27 Nov 1873
Ida Houghton b. 13 Dec 1875
Edna M. Houghton b. 3 Dec 1878
George Albert Houghton+ b. 26 Aug 1882, d. 23 Sep 1948
Simon William Hatt Jr.
M, #8475, b. 15 February 1789, d. 3 September 1874
Simon William Hatt Jr. was born on Feb 15, 1789 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Sarah Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Dec 29, 1816 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. Simon William Hatt Jr. died on Sep 3, 1874 at Middle River, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Sarah Houghton b. 19 Jan 1796, d. 18 Feb 1833
He married Sarah Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Dec 29, 1816 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Joseph Pulsifer
Joseph Pulsifer married Eunice Witcomb Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Sep 14, 1820 at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, JWH, MLM:14 Sep 1820; White: 19 Sep 1819.
Family: Eunice Witcomb Houghton b. 7 Mar 1798, d. 24 Oct 1877
Benjamin Hatt
M, #8477, b. 10 November 1797, d. 27 April 1877
Benjamin Hatt was born on Nov 10, 1797 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Mary Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Nov 5, 1822 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: Oct. 5. Benjamin Hatt died on Apr 27, 1877 at Billtown, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Mary Houghton b. 17 Mar 1800, d. 18 Feb 1870
He married Mary Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Nov 5, 1822 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: Oct. 5.
Henry Miller married Levina Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Oct 3, 1831.
Family: Levina Houghton b. 29 May 1802, d. Oct 1877
George Rosley
George Rosley married Susannah Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on May 20, 1832.
Family: Susannah Houghton b. 24 Aug 1804, d. 6 Oct 1891
Andrew Hopewell
Andrew Hopewell married Eliza Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Oct 11, 1837.
Family: Eliza Houghton b. 17 Aug 1807, d. 21 Feb 1869
Charles Hefler
M, #8481, b. circa 1816
Charles Hefler was born circa 1816 in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Lucy Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Sep 7, 1836.
Family: Lucy Houghton b. 14 Feb 1811, d. 28 Mar 1885
Charles Hefler married Lucy Houghton, daughter of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Sep 7, 1836.
Eliza J. Stamp
Eliza J. Stamp was born circa 1839 in ME, USA, age 20 in 1860 census; age 32 in 1870 census; age 41 in 1880 census; 1900 census of son Leland gives Canada. She married Joseph Timothy Houghton, son of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Jul 16, 1854. Eliza J. Stamp and Joseph Timothy Houghton appeared in the census of 1870 of Bancroft, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 48, a farmer, property $400-$2500. Eliza J. Stamp and Joseph Timothy Houghton appeared in the census of 1880 of Bancroft, Aroostook Co., ME, USA age 62, a farmer.
Family: Joseph Timothy Houghton b. 7 May 1814, d. 16 Feb 1886
Eliza J. Stamp married Joseph Timothy Houghton, son of Willard Houghton and Susanna Webber, on Jul 16, 1854.
F, #8483, b. 21 May 1815, d. 6 May 1853
Isabel Smith was born on May 21, 1815 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Charles J. Peters on Aug 21, 1838 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: Aug. 21, 1839. Isabel Smith died on May 6, 1853.
Family: Charles J. Peters b. 17 May 1802, d. 17 May 1863
She married Charles J. Peters on Aug 21, 1838 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: Aug. 21, 1839.
Emma Peters+ b. 28 May 1839
Edwin Peters b. 10 Oct 1840
Isabel Peters+ b. 11 Oct 1842
Father* James Smith b. 1763, d. 9 Aug 1844
Mother* Elizabeth Houghton b. 29 Dec 1771, d. 1 Apr 1857
Timothy Smith
M, #8484, b. 19 April 1797
Timothy Smith was born on Apr 19, 1797 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He married Ann Nass. Timothy Smith died at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Ann Nass b. 1804
He married Ann Nass.
David Smith+ b. 28 May 1825, d. 2 Apr 1897
John Nathaniel Smith+ b. 1 May 1829, d. 1897
Margaret Smith+ b. 1 Jan 1833, d. 14 Apr 1894
Charles J. Peters
M, #8485, b. 17 May 1802, d. 17 May 1863
Charles J. Peters was born on May 17, 1802 in St. John's, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Isabel Smith, daughter of James Smith and Elizabeth Houghton, on Aug 21, 1838 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: Aug. 21, 1839. Charles J. Peters died on May 17, 1863 at Chatham, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: Isabel Smith b. 21 May 1815, d. 6 May 1853
He married Isabel Smith, daughter of James Smith and Elizabeth Houghton, on Aug 21, 1838 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, MLM: Aug. 21, 1839.
Amelia Catherine Houghton
Amelia Catherine Houghton was born on Mar 1, 1813 in Chester, Lunenberg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.
Father* Capt. Levi Whitcomb Houghton b. 2 Jun 1778, d. 31 Dec 1862
Mother* Abigail Verge
Abigail Cecillia Houghton
Abigail Cecillia Houghton was born on May 15, 1815 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. She married Theodore H. Verge on May 16, 1853 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, JWH: May 16, 1852.
Family: Theodore H. Verge
Abigail Cecillia Houghton married Theodore H. Verge on May 16, 1853 at Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer, JWH: May 16, 1852.
Eunice Verge b. 27 Feb 1854, d. 17 Aug 1881
Alfred Verge b. 25 Apr 1857, d. 26 Apr 1859
Adolphus Verge b. 25 Jan 1862
Eunice Whitcomb Houghton
F, #8488, b. 10 January 1818
Eunice Whitcomb Houghton was born on Jan 10, 1818 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, Keizer: no bp. She married William G. Verge on Apr 26, 1840 at Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Family: William G. Verge
Eunice Whitcomb Houghton married William G. Verge on Apr 26, 1840 at Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada.
William G. Verge Jr+ b. 8 Mar 1841
Eunice C. Verge b. 6 Mar 1843
Arthur L. Verge+ b. 28 May 1847
Florence Verge b. 23 Dec 1850, d. 18 Mar 1870
Eveline A. Verge b. 3 May 1852, d. 5 Feb 1862
Anna E. Verge b. 1 Apr 1856, d. 3 Dec 1856
Lelia A. Verge b. 10 Mar 1860, d. 6 Dec 1872
Levi Witcomb Houghton
M, #8489, b. 19 June 1820, d. 1823
Levi Witcomb Houghton was born on Jun 19, 1820 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in 1823.
George Limon Houghton
M, #8490, b. 24 March 1823
George Limon Houghton was born on Mar 24, 1823 in St. Stephen's Anglican, Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, JWH: St. Stephen's Anglican.
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Dog Lovers Are Stepping Up to Adopt This Season!
December 17, 2014 0 Comment Press Releases
10 South Carolina Adoptable Puppies & Dogs Are Arriving to Meet the Demand
The First Ever Howell Plaza Shopping Center
Nonprofit Puppy Pop-Up
Shopping Center Is Providing Free Space to Home Free Animal Rescue after Learning about Abundance of Shelter Puppies
Howell, NJ December 11, 2014 – During its first three weeks, 14 out of 16 puppies have been adopted in the first ever nonprofit Puppy Pop-Up at Howell Plaza Shopping Center, which provided the storefront space free for the holidays. Home Free Animal Rescue was the nonprofit winner of the space. On Saturday, December 13th, a brand new group of rescue puppies will arrive via transport from Greenville South Carolina. The cargo van, filled from floor to ceiling and front to back with dogs and cats in (separate) crates, will make its New Jersey stop at Howell Plaza Shopping Center, located on Route 9 at Aldrich Road in Howell, NJ.
The pop-up Home Free Animal Rescue will be welcoming at least 10 animals, including 4 puppies, some full grown dogs and even some kittens. The Animal Rescue Transport will then bring the remaining prospective adoptees to other rescues in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
According to Home Free Animal Rescue Founder and President Jen McFadden, “When the transport van doors open, there’s loads of barking and lots of animals. While some observers may feel sad – it’s actually one of the best moments! These are the animals that were saved.”
Jen explains that for puppies, this is a really hard time of the year. “There are so many more animals than the number of prospective adopters visiting shelters. Sadly, many puppies are euthanized. I am so grateful for this generous storefront opportunity; the puppies’ new-found visibility is making a huge difference on how fast they are being adopted”
In October, the shopping center’s management team sought a creative way to give back to the community by identifying a worthy nonprofit that could utilize available holiday retail space to further its mission. With an abundance of rescue puppies needing loving adoptive caregivers, Home Free Animal Rescue was selected.
Howell Plaza Shopping Center developer Leonard Solondz. “We were particularly impressed with Home Free Animal Rescue and their passion to make the adoption process easy, affordable and fun. They’ve done an outstanding job with the storefront, creating a living room environment conducive for prospective adopters to get acquainted with the puppies.”
The Redbank, N.J., not-for-profit organization with its team of over 230 volunteer “elves” transformed the empty Howell Plaza storefront into an animal-friendly setting with 4- to 8-week-old puppies angling for adoption.. For the benefits of adopters and adoptees alike, each puppy will be kept by the nonprofit until it is at least eight-weeks old to ensure proper socialization, and each prospective adopter will be carefully screened. All puppies have been vaccinated, spayed or neutered and have a microchip locator.
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Nice Price Or Crack Pipe
At $15,000, Could This Diesel-Converted 2001 Toyota 4Runner SR5 Leave You Rattled?
Rob Emslie
Filed to: Nice Price Or Crack PipeFiled to: Nice Price Or Crack Pipe
NPOCP
2001 Toyota 4Runner SR5
Photo: Craigslist
Nice Price Or Crack PipeIs this used car a good deal? You decide!
The ad for today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 4Runner warns that the “gas” gauge isn’t accurate. That’s okay since the truck has been converted to run on diesel. Let’s see if this unique oil burner’s price is more accurate than that gauge.
Of all the countless model names that the Ford Motor Company could resurrect, it’s unlikely that Probe would be among them. I could see another round of Thunderbird down the road. Maybe a twenty-something Torino too. The Probe name however? Along with Pinto, that’s about as likely to get a do-over as is Microsoft’s Bob.
That means that, should your life’s goal be to own a car called Probe, your only option is the existing cars like yesterday’s 1997 GT. Fortunately for all you Probe fetishists, that car’s tidy condition paired well with its $2,600 price, earning the car a 78 percent Nice Price win and hence our NPOCP seal of approval.
What however, if your wants and desires were a little less mainstream? What if in fact what really floats your boat is something that doesn’t exist in the real world. Would you then go to great lengths to create it yourself?
That seems to have been the idea behind this 2001 Toyota 4Runner SR5, as it is not as it was when it was born. No, this U.S. model 4Runner has been given a JDM edition 1KZ turbo diesel engine, because that’s what somebody apparently wanted. What somebody apparently wants now is to get rid of it, and hence here we are.
That 1KZ is a 2982cc SOHC four, and that, as we all know, is pretty damn big for a four pot. At 22:1 the engine’s compression ratio is equally impressive and that helps the turbocharged mill pump out 130 horsepower and 253 lb-ft of torque. The ad notes 120,000 miles on the engine, and 200K on the rest of the truck.
Those miles are evident in the war wounds scattered throughout the body. Big-ass dings mar the hood and driver’s door while the passenger side appears to be emulating a Rubik’s Cube with different colors front and back. That’s okay though, since it makes the truck look tough.
The interior’s a little funky too with Pep Boys serape-style seat covers up front, some loose dash panels down below, and floor mats that look like they need to be corralled under the pedals.
The good thing is, all of the necessary changes to keep tabs on the diesel engine up front have been made here. There’s a glow plug indicator on the dash, and an “Idle Up”switch on the left for those ultra cold mornings. All the other needles and lights, save for that fuel gauge, are all said to work properly even with the diesel.
That’s all part of what the ad claims was a “flawless conversion.” Other claims are that the truck “runs amazing” and carries $1,500 worth of aftermarket ARB bumper up front. Behind that the truck has what looks to be one bad headlamp.
Behind that, the hood has a scoop for an absent intercooler. Additionally, there are running boards and and a hitch festooning the sides and back respectively. Remarkably, the title is claimed to be clear and the truck does appear to carry California plates meaning that it’s likely able to be registered practically anywhere.
Before that can happen however, there is the matter of the price that must be discussed. After all, that’s why we’re here. The asking is $15,000. That’s three-grand shy of what another, older 4Runner with a 1KZ conversion is asking. That truck also carries the unfortunate stigma of a salvage title.
This one has the clean title, fewer miles, while albeit more dents. The question is, could that be an equatable trade off for the three grand? More importantly, is this truck worth that $15,000 asking at all?
You decide!
San Francisco Bay Area Craigslist, or go here if the ad disappears.
H/T to thxoneonethreeeight for the hookup!
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Characters, Main Characters, Villanuevas
Who is Michael Cordero?
Enough! This is not 'some other guy's kid', this is Mateo and I love him, and I love Jane way too much to be putting up with this disrespect
— Michael to his parents
Jane the Virgin character
Michael Cordero, Jr.
Jason (without his memory)
Mikey (by Billy)
Magic Mikey (by Lina)
"The Gunner"
Detective Cordero
Michael's cottage
Apartment at The Marbella
Montana (4 years, as Jason)
Michael and Jane's House
1801 Curtis Avenue
Michael's house
• Law student
• Security for Rogelio
• Detective at
Miami Police Department
• High School Student
(graduated)
Male Dirty Blonde Blue
(technically)
Romance(s)
(legal wife)
(ex-girlfriend)
Nadine Hanson †
(fling)
Mateo Solano Villanueva
(godson/former step-son)
Patricia Cordero
(mother)
Billy Cordero
Michael Cordero Sr.
(father)
Faith M. Whiskers III
(pet cat)
Dennis Chambers
(former co-worker)
Natalie Tanner
(former colleague)
Portrayed by
Pilot Chapter Eighty-Eight
7 of 19 (Season 5)
22 of 22 Season 1
1 of 17 Season 4
Michael Cordero is a principal character on Jane the Virgin. He is portrayed by Brett Dier.
Michael Cordero is a 34-year-old man. He has lived in Montana under the name Jason for 4 years, after being presumed dead following the abduction and suffering amnesia as a result of electroshock. Until this happened, Michael worked as a homicide detective in Miami, Florida and was married to Jane Villanueva. When he was young, Michael used to steal cars and sell the parts for profit, with his younger brother, Billy. After getting arrested, Billy took the fall so Michael wouldn't go to prison (as he was 18 and Billy a minor).
This was a wake-up call for Michael, who then worked to clean up his act and, ironically, trained as a police officer. Michael eventually became a detective and worked in homicide, being assigned to the Sin Rostro case. Sin Rostro becomes a defining figure in Michael's life, as she kidnaps Jane's newborn, kills his former partner, Nadine, and eventually shoots Michael. Though Michael survives wounds, he is presumed dead of an aortic dissection 9 months later.
Michael is tenacious in his work, perhaps with a thirst to prove himself following his criminal youth. He seems to have trouble letting people in, despite coming from a loving and caring family, as seen when he doesn't tell Jane about his past, which could also indicate that he has low self-esteem, thinking he would lose Jane if she knew of his past mistakes.
The show opens with him and his partner Nadine Hanson hunting down the elusive Sin Rostro, "The Man Without a Face" – a known drug lord. As Detective he has shown that he will do anything to keep his loved ones safe – even if that means cutting a few corners along the way. He has been dating Jane for 2 years[1] and understandably has his own feelings about Jane's pregnancy. Michael is supportive of Jane's abstinence and her work towards becoming a teacher.
Michael's dismissal of Jane's feelings and lying to her about his dealings with Petra put a strain on their relationship, which leads to the ending of their relationship[2]. Almost immediately after Michael realizes Jane and Rafael are getting together, he starts up a sexual relationship with Nadine[3]. The two continue their bantering work relationship but become perhaps all the more synchronized since their personal relationship has progressed. Although Nadine calls Michael out on his lack of professionalism in his pursuit of any evidence that might link Rafael to Sin Rostro's crimes, what she doesn't know is that Michael goes to illegal lengths to secure this[4].
When Petra discovers and accidentally murders the very much alive Roman Zazo, who was posing as his twin brother, Aaron, Michael comes to her rescue[5] and gets a hold of the flash drive with the names of every Sin Rostro associate – including Nadine[6]. Michael gives Nadine a head start after she explains the danger her family's in, and she later returns to cut a deal with the police. Michael and his superior put a tracker on Nadine's phone, hoping she will lead them to Sin Rostro's associates, or the woman herself. After Jane's break-up with Rafael, she and Michael get closer and reaffirm their friendship, leading Michael to hope that maybe there is a chance for them to begin again[7].
Taking Mateo's arrival and the strengthened connection between Jane and Rafael hard, Michael jumps at the chance to help them return Mateo when Rose contacts him, and he succeeds – even with Nadine questioning his duty as a Detective in not retrieving the flash drive[8]. He even doles out Villanueva family advice to the two new men in the family – Rogelio and Rafael. After Jane says to Rafael and Michael that she is in love with them both, Michael tells her that she doesn't really love Rafael and he's not worried about his chances[9]. Jane eventually chooses Michael[10] and Michael is walking on air, elated[11]. The joy is short-lived as he's fired from the Miami Police Department and takes his wrath out on Rafael, causing Mateo to sustain a minor injury. This inability to control himself around Rafael has Jane deciding to end their romance[11].
More fuelled than ever, Michael sets out on a quest in Mexico with Nadine to catch Sin Rostro, at any cost. Sadly, the cost turns out to be Nadine's life[12] and Michael blames himself, feeling responsible for her death[13]. But he did return their undercover mission with a clue, as it turns out Michael was not fired after all. Together with his new partner, who was originally hired to keep an eye on him for their superior, he works hard at figuring out the connection between Sin Rostro, and notorious Miami crime lord Mutter[12]. After Rafael's mother, Elena Di Nola, attacked him and revealed herself to be Mutter, Michael is forced to reveal to Susanna that he let Nadine go in exchange for Mateo, as well as the flash drive. Susanna is livid and writes up a report on Michael to give to their superior, but relents as Michael discovers the flash drive 'on himself'[13].
Finding the first criminal, Cordero and Barnett devise a plan to lure Sin Rostro out in the open, but Barnett is wounded when Sin Rostro uses her as to escape and ends up strangled by Mutter.[14] Michael tells Jane that he kept his distance and lied about having a girlfriend to protect her and Mateo, and they reunite.[15] Michael re-proposes to Jane and they get engaged[16]. He goes through conflict with his parents when they learn that he and Jane are engaged, as they don't want Jane breaking his heart again. Michael stands up for Jane and his choice when his parents rudely interrogate Jane about her leaving Michael. Eventually, Jane manages to create a "ceasefire" with Michael's parents, which alleviates the pressure on their impending union.[17] Michael and Jane move into a new house together[18], but Michael is suddenly fired from the police force due to an exposé on his handling of the Sin Rostro case.[19]
He agrees to take a temporary job as security detail for Rogelio, but misses detective work and takes it upon himself to uncover the connection between Derek and Mutter[20] and realises that Derek actually was working with Sin Rostro to take out Mutter, who is imprisoned. Happily getting married, Michael on a fluke suddenly realizes that his supposed partner is the one who leaked the story on him and she shoots him.[21]
Jane has nightmares
Following the shooting, Michael is brought to the hospital and Jane has to decide whether to risk him never walking again when he's in surgery. She decides that he would take the risk and lets them perform the surgery, which is successful. Michael will recover, but needs to spend a good deal of time recuperating and rehabilitating.[22] He and Jane temporarily move in with Alba and Xo and for the first time, Michael feels the emotional weight of having been shot and cries.[23] As he gets better, Michael and Jane have sex for the first time and move into their new house. Although not entirely back at work, Michael helps Rafael with finding Luisa and when she returns, Rafael brings Michael over to hear Luisa's story, which leads Michael to call in a check on Elena Di Nola, who has just been poisoned.[24] He and Jane learn that their rent is actually double of what they thought and that they're being evicted because they haven't paid for months. They find out that Petra actually paid the other half of their rent in secret and decide to try and cope with the dent in their budget. This leads to a fight between Michael and Jane when Michael realizes Jane has padded their budget and not told him, as she's always had to be in control in her household. Michael is offended and retorts that she's always lived at home and in the last few years has had help from Rogelio, while he's been on his own for 10 years, despite what Jane may think of his shoebox bookkeeping. They decide to move into a smaller place as the strain of their budget limitations is too much and have a farewell-housewarming party.[25]
Rafael and Michael fight
Michael is determined to return to the force, which is a point of contention for a worried Jane, who ultimately is supportive of his decision. He trains to get back in shape for his work physical to be allowed to return to work and Rafael offers Michael use of the Marbella gym and to work out together. When Michael gets there, he's intimidated by Rafael's physique and becomes petty, making snide comments to Rafael. He also tries to talk with Rafael about the Mutter case, which Rafael doesn't really want to discuss in public at his workplace. Afterward, Michael sees Rafael being cozy with a woman whom Michael assumes is married. He tells Jane, who talks to Rafael and Michael is proven wrong. He confides in Rogelio how he's derailed all the progress in his family dynamic with Rafael and Rogelio takes it upon himself to stage an intervention hang-out with the three of them and Mateo. Rafael is tired of all the crap he has to suffer from people's assumptions about him and, when they get a flat tire and Rogelio has to leave for his audition, they guys start fighting. In the midst of their quarrel, Mateo's suddenly gone and they panic. Luckily he crawled one lawn over, but Rafael and Michael are freaked and gain some perspective. They have a heart-to-heart where Michael admits that he is still mad at Rafael for making a move on Jane when she was engaged to Michael. Rafael apologizes to Michael and Michael, in turn, apologizes for having been such a dick to Rafael, lately, although they don't discuss their relationship before that. They reach a new understanding and go to pick up Rogelio after his audition. When there, Michael has a stroke of inspiration regarding the words in Mutter's bible and realizes it's a bank account number.[26]
Michael tries stand-up
Michael and Jane move into their new house, where Michael temporarily becomes insecure when Jane is angry about Catalina dating Rafael. Michael suspects it's because feels insecure about her life in comparison to Cat's jet-setter lifestyle. They go to a socializing date with Jane's new colleagues and, irritated, Michael challenges Jane to a karaoke-off to prove to her that they aren't a boring couple.[27] Michael continues work on the Mutter case and the account number leads them to discover Rafael's true parentage — he's not a biological child of Mutter and Emilio Solano.[28] When he doesn't pass his physical to return to work, he's assigned desk duty instead. He's frustrated with not having access to all the work he has done and impulsively quits his job. He's upset afterward that he didn't talk with Jane first, but she tells him she understands after he explains how he felt and that he's sorry and Michael's relieved that she supports him. He gets 6 months of severance pay and is thrust into finding out what this move means for him. After making a speech to his colleagues that got a lot of laughs, he decides to try his hand at stand-up comedy. After learning that Jane didn't exactly find him super-hilarious, he changes his mind about comedy and takes an aptitude test, which suggests he should be a detective. Thinking it over, Michael realizes he has an interest in the legal proceedings he's observed as a witness in cases and decides to pursue his new career path – as an attorney.[29]
And friends, I did say, Michael would love Jane until his dying breath
— The Narrator
Michael dies
After taking the LSAT, Michael dies suddenly from an aortic dissection (his blood pressure spiked) from being shot by Sin Rostro.[30]
Four years after his death, Rafael learns from Sin Rostro that Michael is alive and that she faked his death. Rafael finds Michael and brings him to Miami, to Rafael's apartment, where Michael waits. Jane shows up for her plans with Rafael and he lets her in to see Michael standing inside. Michael looks at Jane and she's overcome to see him alive.[31]
Jane faints after seeing Michael alive and Michael's new dog, Bo, brings her back by licking her face. Michael's lived in Montana for the last 4 years, goes by Jason and has a different dialect. He tells them that he woke up in a field and a woman told him not to try to uncover his identity, as people were looking for him. This scared Jason, who decided to just live a quiet life. Rafael tells them that Rose abducted Michael after drugging him so his heart rate would slow enough to simulate death. She then fried his temporal lobe and hippocampus with electroshock, until he couldn't remember who he was. Michael just tells Jane what he knows and calls her M'am, which Jane finds strange and somewhat unsettling. Feeling uncomfortable, he takes a walk to clear his head. Jane waits for Michael after Rafael leaves and Michael comes back the moment she's about to leave. She awkwardly hugs him and leaves the apartment. Later on, he goes to the Villanueva House to look at Michael's things that may jog his memory. He also re-meets the family, and Rogelio is sad that he doesn't remember him.[32] In Chapter Eighty-Five, Michael regains his memory and stays married to Jane for the time being.
Michael & Billy in the Pilot
When they were teenagers, Michael had a record and the two worked together stealing cars and selling the parts out of a garage[33]. When they were caught by the police, Billy took the fall due to Michael's record and the fact that Billy was underage. Michael tells Jane that he subsequently got his life together, while Billy stayed in the illegal trade. Michael's reaction to Billy's arrival at his engagement party is defensive and watchful[1], and Billy even makes threats about Jane to Michael[33], when asking him for money. Later, however, they are seen working together as Michael asks Billy for help and there is an almost natural rhythm to their co-operation[4]. Billy is not present at Jane & Michael's wedding[34].
Michael's mother seems to be well-meaning in her dislike of Michael's engagement to Jane, as Michael apparently talked to his parents after the break-up. She's adamant that Michael not marry Jane, but tries to give them a chance by showing up to the engagement party, only to balk at Jane's non-appearance. Patricia found out her husband cheated on her with his dental hygienist and they acrimoniously divorced, yet come together in their attempt to stop Michael from marrying Jane.[17]
Michael's parents are acrimoniously divorced and haven't been in the same room since Michael's high school graduation in 2004[17]. That all changes when they find out that Michael and Jane are engaged to be married – again. Michael Sr. disapproves of Michael marrying Jane, seeing as how she broke his heart. Along with his no-longer-so-estranged ex-wife, he doesn't take well to Jane, and Patricia lets Jane know that she and Michael Sr. will only show up at the wedding for Michael's sake.[17]
Michael's grandmother makes an appearance at his and first Jane's engagement party, but nothing is really known about her, nor whether she is the paternal or maternal grandmother[1].
Main article: Michael and Jane
Michael meets Jane, while on duty as a cop, on her 21st birthday in 2012 and they are instantly attracted to one another[2]. They date for two years and Michael quickly plans to propose. Their relationship is altered by Jane's pregnancy and they ultimately break up but stay in each other's orbit as Jane relies on Michael being a part of her life, and Michael is unwilling to let her go. After Rafael breaks Jane's heart, she and Michael toy with reuniting but are halted and take some time apart from each other's lives. When Sin Rostro is killed, they reunite and start dating again. They are currently married until Michael's death, leaving Jane a widow. However, as of recent events, it's been revealed that Michael is still alive having apparently faked his own death.
Nadine Hanson
Main article: Michael and Nadine
Michael and Nadine are assigned to each other as partners before the beginning of the show and seem to be quite familiar with one another. Their relationship is competitive in nature and consists mostly of banter and racing towards finding Sin Rostro.[35] After Jane breaks up with Michael, he kisses Nadine and they start a fling.[3] When Nadine is revealed to be working for Sin Rostro because she threatened Nadine's family, Michael lets her go[6] and Nadine later returns and agrees to help Michael track down Sin Rostro[36], and is killed in the process.[12]
Andie and Michael started dating again in 2015, after not seeing each other for 3 years. It turns out Andie net stalked Michael a bit and spent time with Jane to get back together with him and suss out whether he and Jane were completely through. Michael found this out and dumped Andie via text message after he found out that Jane and Rafael had broken up.[5]
Michael wasn't supposed to be alive, but Jennie Urman decided to bring him back after finishing Season 3.[37][38]
Originally, Michael was supposed to die sooner, but due to Brett Dier's performance, the character was kept alive long enough for him and Jane to marry and move in together.[39]
This quote from Chapter Ten started the ongoing theory that Michael was going to die[40], which came true:
Michael – We belong together. And I'll never stop believing that
The Narrator – And for as long as Michael lived until he drew his very last breath, he never did
―Chapter Ten
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SEASONS 1 & 2 — All episodes
Chapter Forty-Five • Chapter Forty-Six • Chapter Forty-Seven • Chapter Forty-Eight • Chapter Forty-Nine • Chapter Fifty • Chapter Fifty-One • Chapter Fifty-Two • Chapter Fifty-Three • Chapter Fifty-Four • Chapter Fifty-Five • Chapter Sixty-Four
Chapter Eighty-One
Chapter Eighty-Two • Chapter Eighty-Three • Chapter Eighty-Four • Chapter Eighty-Five • Chapter Eighty-Six • Chapter Eighty-Seven • Chapter Eighty-Eight
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↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter Six
↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter Seven
↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter Nine
↑ 5.0 5.1 Chapter Nineteen
↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter Twenty
↑ Chapter Twenty-Two
↑ Chapter Twenty-Three
↑ Chapter Twenty-Four
↑ Chapter Twenty-Six
↑ 11.0 11.1 Chapter Twenty-Seven
↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Chapter Twenty-Nine
↑ 13.0 13.1 Chapter Thirty-Two
↑ Chapter Thirty-Four
↑ Chapter Thirty-Five
↑ Chapter Thirty-Six
↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Chapter Thirty-Seven
↑ Chapter Thirty-Eight
↑ Chapter Forty-One
↑ Chapter Forty-Three
↑ Chapter Forty-Four
↑ Chapter Forty-Five
↑ Chapter Forty-Six
↑ Chapter Forty-Seven
↑ Chapter Forty-Eight
↑ Chapter Forty-Nine
↑ Chapter Fifty
↑ Chapter Fifty-One
↑ Chapter Fifty-Two
↑ Chapter Fifty-Four
↑ Chapter Eighty-One
↑ Chapter Eighty-Two
↑ 33.0 33.1 Chapter Five
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↑ 'Jane the Virgin' Boss Breaks Down the Big Season 4 Finale Telenovela Twist (April 2018)
↑ ‘Jane the Virgin’ Finale’: Series Creator On That Shocking Twist, ‘Dallas’-Inspired Cliffhanger, Season 5 & Show’s Endgame (April 2018)
↑ Dearest Jane Fans – (February 2017)
↑ Will Michael Die on 'Jane the Virgin'? He Already Went to the Hospital in His Quest To Find Sin Rostro (January 2015)
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Daniela Elstner est nommée Directrice Générale d’UniFrance
Serge Toubiana reelected as president of UniFrance
AMPAS invites around thirty French artists and professionals to join the Academy
Offre spéciale d'abonnement aux Fiches du Cinéma
Avec "Virtual Worlds", la France est à l'honneur au Filmfest Münich
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11th Francophone Film Festival in Athens
An event actively supported by Unifrance, the Festival du Film Francophone de Grèce - 2010 is one of the most important film festivals in south-eastern Europe.
Produced and hosted by the French Institute in Athens and the French Embassy in Greece, this festival aims to promote French-language films by offering festival-goers the opportunity to discover 25 films, the majority of which have never been seen in Greece.
A screening of Gainsbourg: Je t'aime...Moi non plus by Joann Sfar will open the festival on April 15 in the presence of the director and this year's festival patron, Jean-Paul Gaultier. Jean-Paul Gautier will have "carte blanche" to share his personal favorites with audiences, including Falbalas by Jacques Becker, Crustacés et Coquillages (Côte d'Azur) by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, The Day Before by Loic Prigent, Avenue Montaigne by Danièle Thompson, and Callas Forever by Franco Zeffirelli.
A special tribute to Éric Rohmer will feature screenings of Le Signe du Lion, La Collectionneuse (The Collector), Les Nuits de la pleine lune (Full Moon in Paris), Le Rayon vert (Summer), and Triple Agent.
Festival guests include Jacques Perrin, who will present Oceans; Farida Khelfa and Gabriel Julien-Laferrière, who will present Neuilly sa mère!; Antoine de Caunes, who will present He Is My Girl by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann; François-Xavier Demaison and Grégoire Vigneron, who will present Sans laisser de traces; Jane Birkin, who will present Around a Small Mountain by Jacques Rivette; Riad Sattouf, who will present The French Kissers; Nathalie Besançon, who will present Skirt Day by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld; and Anne Consigny, who will present Rapt by Lucas Belvaux. Jean Reno and Richard Berry will present 22 Bullets at the festival's closing ceremony.
Greek distributors are highly active in the French film market, each year acquiring the rights to around 50 French productions. Recent acquisitions include The French Kissers, Gainsbourg (Vie Héroïque), as well as Skirt Day and Rapt, all scheduled to hit the screens in upcoming weeks. The Greek Francophone Film Festival, which benefits from strong backing from Unifrance, plays an important role in maintaining this active interest in French fare.
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A wall won’t fix immigration
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The wailing in our country about the “invasion of immigrants” has been long and loud. As one complainant put it, “Few of their children in the country learn English ... The signs in our streets have inscriptions in both languages ... Unless the stream of the importation could be turned they will soon so outnumber us that all the advantages we have will not be able to preserve our language, and even our government will become precarious.”
That’s not some diatribe from one of today’s Republican Congress critters. It’s the anxious cry of none other than Ben Franklin, deploring the wave of Germans pouring into the colony of Pennsylvania in the 1750s. Thus, anti-immigrant eruptions are older than the U.S. itself, and they’ve flared up periodically throughout our history, targeting the Irish, French, Italians and Chinese, among others. Even Donald Trump’s current proposal to wall off our border is not a new bit of nuttiness – around the time of the nation’s founding, John Jay, who later became the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, proposed “a wall of brass around the country for the exclusion of Catholics.”
There is way too much xenophobia, racism and demagoguery at play around illegal immigration, and such crude sentiments are not what is bringing this problem to a national political boil. The GOP leaders seem to be having a contest to see who can be the most nativist knucklehead. Their new “zero tolerance” policy punishing immigrant children by ripping them away from their parents at the border has now morphed into detaining families together indefinitely in “detention centers.” Meanwhile, rational Republicans like Steve Schmidt and George Will are either leaving the party or simply not supporting it in its current state.
Democratic leaders, on the other hand, have mostly tried to do a squishy shuffle, mouthing soothing words offering a bureaucratic rigmarole to allow some Dreamers to gain permanent residency in our country or are ducking the issue.
Which brings us to the wall, both figuratively and literally.
We’ve had experience here in Texas with the futility of tall border fences. Molly Ivins reported a beer-induced incident that took place in 1983. Walling off Mexico had been proposed back then by the Reaganauts, and a test fence had been built way down in the Big Bend outpost of Terlingua. This little town also happened to be the site of a renowned chili cook-off that Molly helped judge, and it attracted a big crowd of impish, beer-drinking chiliheads.
There stood the barrier, 17 feet tall and topped with barbed wire. It didn’t take many beers before the first-ever “Terlingua Memorial Over, Under or Through the Mexican Fence Climbing Contest” was cooked up. Winning time: 30 seconds.
The Mexican government and people are insulted and appalled by the wall; ranchers, mayors and families living on either side of the border hate it; environmentalists are aghast at its destructive impact on the ecology of the area. Still, it’s being built.
The question that policymakers have not faced honestly is this one: Why do these immigrants come? The answer is not that they are pulled by our jobs and government benefits, but that they are pushed by the abject poverty and violence that their families face in their homeland. That might seem like a mere semantic difference, but it’s huge if you’re trying to develop a policy to stop the human flood across our border. Until our leaders address the real issues, it’s not possible to build a wall tall enough to stop them from coming.
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Amy takes weight off mums-to-be
Mother-of-two Amy Page knows all about the joy - and discomfort - of being pregnant.
So she designed an inflatable bed to allow pregnant women to lay on their stomachs, which lets them enjoy leisure activities, and reap the many health benefits for mum and baby.
The Belly Bunker’s convenient fold design and waterproof material makes it easy to store and transport without having to inflate and deflate every time.
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Amy has single-handedly taken her invention through every stage - research, design, manufacture, testing, branding, intellectual property rights, importing, warehousing and marketing.
“I imagined the Belly Bunker in my head and then went looking for it. I was shocked to find there was nothing like that for pregnant women. So I designed it.”
Belly Bunker was runner-up in last year’s inaugural Croc Pitch hosted by the Darwin Innovation Hub.
Forty innovators took part in the contest.
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Method of enabling two-state operation of electronic toll collection system
37Forward
1. A method for determining a state of a transponder, the transponder having at least a first state of operation and a second state of operation, the transponder including an antenna for propagating RF signals, wherein the RF signals have a first polarization in the first state and the RF signals have a second polarization in the second state, and wherein the first polarization is substantially different from the second polarization, the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting an RF polling signal from a reader to the transponder, the reader having a plurality of antennas for propagating the RF polling signal;
detecting a response signal from the transponder;
if said response signal has said first polarization, determining that the transponder is in said first state; and
if said response signal has said second polarization, determining that the transponder is in said second state.
7 Assignments
A method and system for communicating state information from a transponder to a reader. The transponder outputs linearly polarized RF signals having either a first polarization, such as horizontal, or a second polarization, such as vertical. The polarization is selected so as to indicate a first state or a second state. The reader detects whether received RF signals have the first polarization or the second polarization, and thereby determines the state of the transponder. In some embodiments, the reader may include two linearly polarized antennas, one with the first polarization and one with the second polarization, for receiving the RF signals from the transponder and determining the polarization of the received RF signals. The system may be implemented within an electronic toll collection system, wherein the transponders are affixed to the interior of vehicle windshields using a rotatable mounting mechanism having two selectable positions.
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Intermec IP Corporation
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2. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein said first polarization is substantially orthogonal to said second polarization.
3. The method claimed in claim 1, wherein said reader includes a first antenna and a second antenna, and wherein said first antenna is oriented with said first polarization and said second antenna is oriented with said second polarization.
4. The method claimed in claim 3, wherein said first antenna and said second antenna comprise a dual-mode antenna.
5. The method claimed in claim 3, wherein said steps of detecting and determining comprise:
detecting whether said response signal is received by said first antenna and, if so, determining that said response signal has said first polarization, and detecting whether said response signal is received by said second antenna and, if so, determining that said response signal has said second polarization.
6. The method claimed in claim 5 for detecting the state of the transponder in an electronic toll collection system associated with a multi-lane roadway, wherein said reader includes a plurality of said first antennas and a plurality of said second antennas, and wherein said method includes repeating said steps of transmitting and detecting, and further includes steps of counting response signals received by said first antennas and said second antennas and identifying whether said transponder is in said first state or said second state based upon said counting.
7. The method claimed in claim 1, further including a step of providing the transponder with a mounting bracket, wherein said mounting bracket includes a rotatable mechanism for rotating said transponder about an axis between a first position and a second position, and wherein in said first position the transponder is oriented to emit the response signal with said first polarization, and wherein said second position the transponder is oriented to emit the response signal with said second polarization.
8. The method claimed in claim 7, wherein said first position and said second position comprise positions about ninety degrees apart in rotation.
9. The method claimed in claim 1 for detecting the state of the transponder in an electronic toll collection system, wherein the transponder is mounted to a vehicle, and wherein said plurality of antennas for said reader comprises antennas associated with a roadway.
10. The method claimed in claim 9, wherein said first state comprises a normal state of operation and wherein second state comprises a high-occupancy state of operation.
11. The method claimed in claim 10, further including a step of processing a toll transaction, said toll transaction including a toll payment, and wherein said toll payment is different depending on whether the transponder is in said first state or said second state.
12. An electronic toll collection system, comprising:
a transponder including an antenna for propagating RF signals, the transponder having at least a first state of operation and a second state of operation, wherein in said first state the RF signals have a first polarization, and wherein in the second state the RF signals have a second polarization, and wherein said first polarization is substantially different from said second polarization; and
a reader including a plurality of antennas for receiving the RF signals from said transponder, the reader including a detector for determining whether said RF signal have said first polarization or said second polarization, and thereby determining whether said transponder is in said first state or said second state.
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13. The system claimed in claim 12, wherein said first polarization is substantially orthogonal to said second polarization.
14. The system claimed in claim 12, wherein said plurality of antennas include a first antenna and a second antenna, and wherein said first antenna is oriented with said first polarization and said second antenna is oriented with said second polarization, and wherein said detector includes an RF transceiver having a first input coupled to the first antenna and a second input coupled to the second antenna.
15. The system claimed in claim 14, wherein said first antenna and said second antenna comprise a dual-mode antenna.
16. The system claimed in claim 14, wherein said detector is configured to detect whether said RF signals are received by said first antenna and, if so, determine that said RF signals have said first polarization, and detect whether said RF signals are received by said second antenna and, if so, determine that said RF signals have said second polarization.
17. The system claimed in claim 16 wherein said reader is associated with a multi-lane roadway, wherein said plurality of said first antennas and a plurality of said second antennas, and wherein said reader includes an RF transceiver for sequentially exciting said plurality of antennas to emit a polling signal in a polling cycle, and wherein said transponder transmits said RF signals in response to one or more of said polling signals, and wherein said detector is configured to count said RF signals received by said first antennas and said second antennas and identify by a voting algorithm whether said transponder is in said first state or said second state based upon said count.
18. The system claimed in claim 12, wherein said transponder antenna comprises a linearly polarized antenna, and wherein said transponder includes a selection mechanism having a first position and a second position, said first position corresponding to said first state and said second position corresponding to said second state, and wherein in said first position said linearly polarized antenna has a first orientation, and wherein in said second position said linearly polarized antenna has a second orientation.
19. The system claimed in claim 18, wherein said selection mechanism comprises a mounting bracket, and wherein said mounting bracket includes a rotatable mechanism for rotating said transponder about an axis between said first position and said second position, and wherein in said first position the transponder is oriented to emit the response signal with said first polarization, and wherein said second position the transponder is oriented to emit the response signal with said second polarization.
20. The system claimed in claim 19, wherein said first position and said second position comprise positions about ninety degrees apart in rotation.
21. The system claimed in claim 12, wherein said first state comprises a normal state of operation and wherein second state comprises a high-occupancy state of operation.
22. The system claimed in claim 12, further including a toll transaction processor for processing a toll transaction relating to said transponder, said toll transaction including a toll payment, and wherein said toll payment is different depending on whether said transponder is in said first state or said second state.
a transponder including a first antenna and a second antenna, the first antenna having a first polarization and the second antenna having a second polarization, wherein said first polarization is substantially different from said second polarization; and
a reader including a plurality of antennas for selectively sending first RF signals or second RF signals to said transponder, wherein said first RF signals have said first polarization and said second RF signals have said second polarization, and wherein said transponder includes a detector for distinguishing between said first RF signals and said second RF signals.
Reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings which show example embodiments, and in which:
FIG. 1 shows, in diagrammatic form, an electronic toll collection system;
FIG. 2 diagrammatically shows a front view of an overhead gantry spanning the roadway for the electronic toll collection system of FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3A and 3B diagrammatically show a transponder according to one embodiment in two possible orientations;
FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows a side view of an embodiment of the transponder and a mounting bracket;
FIG. 5 diagrammatically shows another embodiment of a transponder;
FIGS. 6A and 6B show a back view of an embodiment of a transponder;
FIGS. 7A and 7B show another embodiment of a transponder and mounting mechanism; and
FIGS. 8A and 8B show yet another embodiment of a transponder and a mounting mechanism.
Similar reference numerals are used in different figures to denote similar components.
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Reference is first made to FIG. 1, which shows, in diagrammatic form, an electronic toll collection system 10. In this example embodiment, the electronic toll collection system 10 is used in connection with a roadway 12 having first and second adjacent lanes 14 and 16. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments the electronic toll collection system 10 may be used in connection with single lane roadways, multi-lane roadways, toll plazas, or other road configurations. The electronic toll collection system 10 may be used in a gated embodiment, wherein the vehicles enter a toll collection area and are signaled, such as by a gate or light, when they are permitted to proceed. The electronic toll collection system 10 may also be used in an open road embodiment, wherein the vehicles are not required to stop or slow down in the toll collection area.
The electronic toll collection system 10 includes a reader 17 connected to a set of antennas 18 (shown individually as 18A, 18B, and 18C). The reader 17 processes signals that are sent and received by the antennas 18, and includes a processor 35 and an RF transceiver 24.
The RF transceiver 24 is configured to modulate signals from the processor 35 for transmission as RF signals over the antennas 18, and to de-modulate RF signals received by the antennas 18 into a form suitable for use by the processor 35. In this regard, the reader 17 employs hardware and signal processing techniques that are well known in the art. The processor 35 includes a programmable processing unit, volatile and non-volatile memory storing instructions and data necessary for the operation of the processor 35, and communications interfaces to permit the processor 35 to communicate with RF module 24 and a roadside controller 30.
The antennas 18, and reader 17 function to trigger or activate a transponder 20 (shown in the windshield of a car 22), to record transponder specific information, and to acknowledge to the transponder 20 that a validated exchange has taken place. The antennas 18 are directional transmit and receive antennas which, in the illustrated preferred embodiment, have an orientation such that each antenna 18 can only receive signals transmitted from a transponder when the transponder is located within a roughly elliptical coverage zone associated with the antenna. The antennas 18 are located above the roadway 12 and arranged such that the antenna 18A has a coverage zone 26A that extends across the first lane 14, antenna 18B has a coverage zone which extends from approximately the center of lane 14 to the center of lane 16, and the antenna 18C has a coverage zone 26C which extends across the entire width of the second lane 16. Each of the coverage zones 26A, 26B and 26C may be of an approximately elliptical shape and may cover an approximately similar sized area. Furthermore, the coverage zones 26A, 26B and 26C may be aligned side-by-side along an axis 28 that is orthogonal to the travel path along roadway 12. As is apparent from FIG. 1, the coverage zone 26A provides complete coverage of the first lane 14, and the coverage zone 26C provides complete coverage of the second lane 16. The coverage zone 26B overlaps both of the coverage zones 26A and 26C.
It will be understood that although the coverage zones 26A, 26B and 26C are illustrated as having elliptical shapes, in many embodiments the actual shapes of the coverage zones 26A, 26B and 26C will typically not be perfectly elliptical, but will have a shape that is dependent upon a number of factors, including RF reflections or interference caused by nearby structures, the antenna pattern and mounting orientation. Prior to operation of the vehicle position determination system 10, the actual approximate coverage shape and size of each of the coverage zones may be determined through well known mapping or approximation techniques, and stored by the processor 35 of the vehicle position determination system 10 such that the size, shape and location of each of the coverage areas 26A, 26B and 26C are generally known and predetermined by the system.
The reader 17 is connected to the roadside controller 30. The electronic toll collection system 10 may include an enforcement system, such as a vehicle imaging system (not shown). The imaging system may include an image processor connected a number of cameras arranged to cover the width of the roadway 12 for capturing images of vehicles. The image processor may be connected to and controlled by the roadside controller 30.
In the example embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the antennas 18 are mounted on an overhead gantry. In order to reduce multi-path problems that occur due to reflections, the antennas of existing readers and transponders are typically linearly polarized. For example, the reader antennas and transponder antennas may be designed and mounted such that each is horizontally linearly polarized. In some embodiments, the transponders are designed to be mounted to a particular portion of the vehicle, such as the windshield or the license plate, in a pre-defined orientation to as to ensure the transponder antenna is oriented correctly to obtain the right polarization vis-à-vis the reader antennas.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the antennas 18 each include two linearly polarized antennas. In particular, each antenna 18 includes two orthogonally oriented linearly polarized antennas. It will be appreciated that in some embodiments each antenna 18 may be implemented by way of two separate linearly polarized antennas oriented such that they provide substantially orthogonal polarizations. In another embodiment, one or more of the antennas 18 may be implemented by way of dual-mode antenna providing for substantially orthogonal linear polarizations. The references herein to “substantially orthogonal” orientations or polarizations are intended to provide sufficient isolation (from cross-polarization) to prevent reception of linearly polarized signals from a properly oriented transponder on both antennas, as will be described in greater detail below.
Reference is now also made to FIG. 2, which diagrammatically shows a front view of an overhead gantry 28 spanning the roadway 12. The antennas 18 are mounted on the overhead gantry 28.
In this embodiment, each of the antennas 18A, 18B, and 18C include a vertically oriented linearly polarized antenna 40 (shown individually as 40A, 40B, and 40C) and a horizontally oriented linearly polarized antenna 42 (shown individually as 42A, 42B, and 42C). The vertically oriented linearly polarized antennas 40A, 40B, and 40C propagate EM signals having a generally vertical polarization. The horizontally oriented linearly polarized antennas 42A, 42B, and 42C propagate EM signals having a generally horizontal polarization. It will be understood that the orientations of the antennas and their respective polarizations need not necessarily be vertical and horizontal provided they are substantially orthogonal relative to each other. It will also be appreciated that in practical embodiments, the polarizations will not be perfectly orthogonal. In at least one embodiment, the vertical antennas 40 are sufficiently orthogonal to the horizontal antennas 42 to prevent significant cross-polarization. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various configurations and/or an isolation network may be employed to improve polarization diversity.
For each antenna 18A, 18B, and 18C, its respective vertical antenna 40 and horizontal antenna 42 have radiation patterns that define a coverage area roughly equivalent to the coverage areas 26A, 26B, and 26C discussed in connection with FIG. 1. It will be appreciated that the coverage areas defined by two co-located antennas, for example vertical antenna 40A and horizontal antenna 42A, may not be exactly co-extensive; however, they may be designed so as to cover substantially the same area.
In operation, the reader 17 employs time division multiplexing for exciting the various antennas 40, 42, and listening for response signals from any transponders in the coverage areas. For example, the reader 17 may cause the first vertically oriented linearly polarized antenna 40A to broadcast a polling signal in its coverage area and may then await a response signal from any transponders in the area. The reader 17 may then cause the first horizontally oriented linearly polarized antenna 42A to broadcast the polling signal in its coverage area and then await a response signal. Then the reader 17 excites the second vertically oriented linearly polarized antenna 40B and awaits a response signal. In many embodiments, the reader 17 cycles through each of the antennas 40, 42 in turn.
In some embodiments, the reader 17 may further rely upon spatial diversity so as to excite more than one antenna 40, 42 at a time. For example, the reader 17 may employ time division multiplexing across sets of antennas, e.g. groups of four or six antennas. Each grouping or set of antennas 40, 42 may be excited in a time division multiplexed sequence, such that, for example, the first and seventh antennas are being activated at the same time, then the second and eighth antennas, etc., provided that there is sufficient spatial separation between the first and seventh antennas, etc., to prevent interference and allow for simultaneous operation.
In order to further achieve isolation between contemporaneously excited antennas 40, 42, the groups may be arranged such that there is both spatial separation and polarization diversity. For example, the antennas 40, 42 may be grouped such that, if the first antenna in the first group is horizontally polarized, then the first antenna in the second group is vertically polarized.
As noted above, the transponder 20 (FIG. 1) includes a linearly polarized antenna. In conventional ETC systems, the transponder 20 is oriented such that its linear polarization is substantially aligned with the linear polarization of the reader antennas. For example, both the transponder antenna and the reader antenna may be horizontally linearly polarized. In such a system, if the transponder is rotated 90 degrees, such that its antenna is rotated 90 degrees to produce a polarization substantially orthogonal to the previous horizontal polarization, then the transponder and reader will likely be unable to communicate due to the mismatched polarization. A transponder antenna rotated to have a vertical linear polarization will not receive the horizontally polarized polling signal transmitted by the reader antennas in a degree significant enough for the transponder to detect. Similarly, even if the transponder were capable of detecting the polling signal, the reader would not detect the vertically polarized response signal emitted by the transponder due to its horizontally polarized reader antennas. In these circumstances, the transponder will not be detected in the communications zone of the ETC system. Therefore, an effective way of “turning off” the transponder may be rotating the transponder by about 90 degrees to switch the transponder to an orthogonal polarization relative to the ETC system polarization.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the reader 17 is equipped with both vertically polarized antennas 40 and horizontally polarized antennas 42, and it is therefore capable of triggering transponders that are either vertically or horizontally polarized. Likewise, it is capable of receiving response signals from transponders that are either vertically or horizontally polarized. Accordingly, this enables the transponder user to communicate two-state information to the reader by changing the polarization of the transponder. For example, in one orientation, the transponder receives vertically oriented polling signals and outputs a vertically oriented response signal. By changing the orientation of the transponder, i.e. rotating it by about 90 degrees, the transponder receives horizontally oriented polling signals and outputs a horizontally oriented response signal.
The reader 17 may detect the orientation of the transponder based upon the response signal received by its antennas 40, 42. If one of the vertically oriented antennas 40 receives a response signal, then the reader 17 may conclude that the transponder is vertically oriented. If one of the horizontally oriented antennas 42 receives a response signal, then the reader 17 may conclude that the transponder is horizontally oriented. The two possible orientations of the transponder may be associated with two possible states, which gives the user of the transponder a mechanism for communicating state information to the reader 17 by changing the orientation of the transponder.
Many highways are designed to include high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. An HOV lane is typically a single lane dedicated for use only by passenger vehicles having a minimum number of passengers, for example at least three occupants. The objective of providing HOV lanes is to reduce pollution and traffic congestion by encouraging car pooling, especially amongst commuters. At present, the use of an HOV lane is open to any vehicle and users are expected to abide by the conditions for using the HOV lane on an honor system. At times, police enforce the restrictions by visually observing the number of occupants in a vehicle and pulling over and ticketing those vehicles using the HOV lane that do not contain the minimum number of passengers.
In at least one embodiment, the communication of state information to the ETC system 10 (FIG. 1) may facilitate the operation of occupancy differentiated tolling. For example, a vehicle may indicate it has more than a minimum number of occupants, for example at least three, which entitles it to a different treatment in the ETC system 10. In one example, a high occupancy vehicle may be entitled to pay a reduced toll rate in an effort to encourage car pooling. In another example, a high occupancy vehicle may be entitled to use an HOV lane, which may be associated with a lower or free toll rate, depending on the objectives of the toll road operator.
Reference is now made to FIGS. 3A and 3B, which diagrammatically show the transponder 20 according to one embodiment in two possible orientations. The transponder 20 includes an antenna 70. The antenna 70 is a linearly polarized antenna. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the antenna 70 comprises a monopole microstrip meander-line antenna, although other types of antennas may be used in other embodiments. The antenna 70 is connected to a transponder RF transceiver 72 and a transponder controller 74. The components or elements that make up the transponder 20 will be familiar to those of ordinary skill in the art, so a detailed description of these elements is not presented here.
The transponder antenna 70 has a linear polarization, as diagrammatically indicated in. FIGS. 3A and 3B by a polarization vector 80. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3A, the transponder 20 is oriented such that the antenna 70 is horizontally polarized, i.e. the polarization vector 80 extends in the x-direction. The x- and y-directions define a plane in which the antenna 70 lies. In one embodiment, the orientation shown in FIG. 3A corresponds with mounting the transponder 20 on a windshield of a vehicle or elsewhere on the vehicle, such that the polarization vector 80 is directed substantially transverse to the direction of travel in a roadway, i.e. horizontally directed across the roadway.
FIG. 3B shows the transponder 20 rotated by about ninety degrees. Accordingly transponder 20 is shown in an orientation in which the antenna 70 and its polarization vector 80 have been rotated by ninety degrees. In this orientation, the antenna 70 is vertically polarized, as indicated by the polarization vector 80 extending in the y-direction. In an embodiment in which the transponder 20 is rotatably mounted to the interior of a vehicle windshield, the orientation shown in FIG. 3B, the polarization vector 80 is directed substantially upwards, normal to the roadway. In most embodiments, the pitch of the interior of the vehicle windshield (which is rarely perfectly vertical) results in a substantially vertical polarization vector 80 that is inclined slightly away from the direction of travel, i.e. tilted slightly towards the back of the vehicle, in a z-direction. In practice, this still results in a substantially vertically oriented antenna 70 that is substantially orthogonal from the point of view of a horizontally oriented antenna 70 in the x-direction.
The user of the transponder 20 may select a status, such as, for example, low occupancy or high occupancy, by selecting an orientation for the transponder 20. Accordingly, the user may select between two states, and the transponder 20 communicates that selection to the ETC system 10 (FIG. 1) by virtue of the polarization of its response signal.
As noted above, in connection with FIG. 2, the reader 17 detects the transponder 20 state by detecting the transponder 20 orientation. It does this by using orthogonally polarized antennas 40, 42 to trigger the transponder and listen for response signals from the transponder 20.
In some implementations, multi-path and imperfect polarization diversity may result in detection of the transponder 20 by both vertically oriented antennas 40 and horizontally oriented antennas 42. The reader 17 and, in particular, the processor 35, is then required to determine whether the transponder 20 is vertically or horizontally oriented. A number of techniques may be used by the reader 17 to adjudge the correct orientation of the transponder 20. For example, in one embodiment, the RF transceiver 24 may measure the signal strength of response signals from the transponder 20 received by each of the antennas 18. The processor 35 may then deduce the transponder 20 orientation based upon the signal strength information.
In another example embodiment, the reader 17 may implement a voting mechanism substantially similar to the voting mechanism described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,219,613, issued Apr. 17, 2001, or U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/176,758, filed Jul. 7, 2005, both owned in common herewith, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. These references describe a voting mechanism and/or method used to count communications on a per antenna basis in order to determine the likely position of a vehicle in a roadway. In some existing systems, the voting mechanisms described in these references are used for making a lane assignment with respect to a vehicle. Similar mechanisms may be used by the reader 17 to count handshakes (e.g. response signals) received by each of the antennas 40, 42, and determine the likely polarization of the antenna based upon the handshake counts.
Reference is now made to FIG. 4, which diagrammatically shows a side view of an embodiment of the transponder 20 and a mounting bracket 100.
The mounting bracket 100 is intended to attach the transponder 20 to a vehicle. In one embodiment, the mounting bracket is intended to attach the transponder 20 the interior of a windshield on a vehicle. The mounting bracket 100 is designed so as to allow for rotational movement of the transponder 20 about an axis 110 while mounted.
In this embodiment, the mounting bracket 100 includes two parts: a base portion 102 and a rotatable portion 104. The rotatable portion 104 is rotatably attached to the base portion 102 such that it can pivot about the axis 110. The rotatable portion 104 attaches to the transponder 20, and the base portion 102 attaches to the vehicle windshield.
The base portion 102 and rotatable portion 104 may be formed from suitable plastics using injection molding or other manufacturing techniques. The coupling between the base portion 102 and rotatable portion 104 may include a snap-fit detachable rotary coupling. In one embodiment, the coupling is provided by way of a spindle 106 formed on either the base portion 102 or the rotatable portion 104. A corresponding mating cavity 108 may be formed in the rotabale portion 104 or the base portion 102 for receiving the spindle 106. The spindle 106 and cavity 108 may be formed so as to detachably snap-fit together, in known manner. In another embodiment, the cavity 108 and spindle 106 may be designed to allow for insertion of the spindle 106 in only one or more predefined rotational positions, for example through providing a projection on a side surface of the spindle 106 and a corresponding channel on an interior side surface of the cavity 108, in known manner. Other possibilities will be apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art.
Howsoever the coupling between the base portion 102 and the rotatable portion 104 is implemented, the coupling may be designed such that it allows for rotational movement between two positions, a first position and a second position, wherein the two positions are selected so as to result in substantially orthogonal positioning of the transponder antenna 70 (FIG. 3) as between the two positions. For example, the second position may be about ninety degrees of rotation about the axis 110 from the first position. The coupling between the base portion 102 and the rotatable portion 104 may be provided with blocking mechanisms that prevent over-rotation, thereby restricting the rotation of the rotatable portion 104 to the ninety degree sweep between the first position and the second position. The coupling may also be provided with a retention mechanism to releasably retain the rotatable portion 104 in either the first position or the second position. An example retention mechanism may include a raised nub and corresponding depression in the respective contacting surfaces of the rotatable portion 104 and base portion 102. These types of mechanisms will be familiar to those of ordinary skill in the art, who will understand the range of possible alternatives for any given embodiment.
The base portion 102 includes an attachment mechanism 112 for attaching the base portion 102 to the windshield. In some embodiments, the attachment mechanism may include an adhesive for adhering to the interior of the windshield. Some pre-existing transponders may have used a hook-and-pile type or reclosable mushroom-head type fastener to adhere the transponder to the interior of the windshield, whereby one half of the fastener is adhesively attached to the windshield and the other half is attached to the transponder to permit the transponder to be detached. For example, a suitable fastener may include the Dual Lock™ fasteners sold by 3M Company of St. Paul, Minn. In these circumstances, the attachment mechanism 112 on the base portion 102 may comprise such fasteners so as to cooperatively engage the preexisting hook-and-pile or mushroom-head fastener adhered to the windshield in connection with previous transponders.
The rotatable portion 104 and transponder 20 may include a fastener 114 therebetween, such as an adhesive, a snap-fit coupling, a releasable hook-and-pile or mushroom-head fastener, or other types of fasteners. In one embodiment, roatable portion 104 is formed as an integral part of the transponder casing, thereby eliminating the need for the separate fastener 114.
In operation, the transponder 20 and/or the mounting bracket 100 may have printed indicia for indicating the first and second position. The indicia may further indicate the states associated with the first and second positions. For example, in one embodiment, the first position may be associated with a “normal” state and the second position may be associated with a “high occupancy” state. The vehicle occupants may select between the two states of operation by rotating the transponder 20 into the position corresponding to the desired state.
Reference is now made to FIG. 5, which diagrammatically shows another embodiment of a transponder 220. The transponder 220 shown in FIG. 5 is not intended to rotate from a first position to a second position but rather include a switch, button, or other input device 222 to permit user selection of a state. The transponder 220 includes two linearly polarized, substantially orthogonal antennas 224 (shown individually as 224A and 224B). One of the antennas 224A may be horizontally polarized (when the transponder 20 is in its predefined mounted position), and the other antenna 224B may be vertically polarized.
The transponder includes a controller 230 and an RF transceiver 232. The controller 230 receives an input signal from the input device 222. Based upon the input signal the controller 230 may change state, for example from a first state to a second state. The change in state is communicated to a remote reader 17 (FIG. 1) by way of changing the polarization of the transponder 220, which the controller 230 accomplishes by changing the antenna 224 used by the RF transceiver 232 to engage in communications with the remote reader 17.
The transponder 220 may include a switch 242 coupling the antennas 224 to the RF transceiver 232. The switch 242 may function to couple one of the antennas 224 to the RF transceiver in response to a switch signal 240 from the controller 230. The controller 230 may control output of the switch signal 240 based upon the input signal received from the input device 222.
Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciated that in other embodiments the antennas 224 may be implemented as a single dual mode antenna having orthogonal linear polarizations. The switch 242 may also be incorporated within the RF transceiver 232. In some embodiments, the input device 222 may be configured to directly control operation of the switch 242 without intervention of the controller 230. Other variations and modification will be appreciated by those ordinarily skilled in the art.
Referring still to FIG. 5, in some embodiments the transponder 220 may be employed to detect the polarization used by a reader, rather than having a reader detect the polarization used by the transponder 220. In such embodiments, the transponder 220 may, due to its orthogonal antennas 224, receive both vertically polarized and horizontally polarized signals. A reader in an ETC system may by configured to send either vertically polarized or horizontally polarized signals, depending on its state or the type of ETC transaction that the reader is intended to conduct. For example, in one embodiment, readers assigned to normal lanes of traffic may employ horizontal polarization and readers assigned to an HOV/HOT lane may employ vertical polarization. In these circumstances, perhaps only those persons that have a vehicle equipped with a transponder capable of vertical polarization may be permitted to use the HOV/HOT lane. Perhaps the transponder would output an alert or other signal to the vehicle occupants if it detects a vertically polarized signal so as to warn them they are using an HOV/HOT lane, thereby prompting them to change lanes if they are not entitled to use the HOV/HOT lane. In yet other embodiments, the reader may change the polarization used so as to communicate some other state information to passing transponders. Other possibilities will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. It will be appreciated that the transponder 220 in these example embodiments includes a detector for determining whether a received RF signal from the reader is vertically or horizontally polarized. The detector may employ signal strength measurements, thresholding, or other mechanisms or methods for determining the polarity of the received RF signal.
The use of an ETC transponder to select between a normal state of operation and a high occupancy state still relies upon the user to select the appropriate state. The honor system is still relied upon to ensure that user's are not selecting a high occupancy state in order to pay a (possibly) reduced toll rate. With conventional high occupancy lanes on a roadway, it is easy for enforcement personnel, like police, to identify the vehicles claiming to be high occupancy based upon the fact that the vehicle is in a high occupancy lane. In some embodiments according to the present application, the high occupancy toll may apply to any vehicle in any lane provided the vehicle's transponder indicates a high occupancy state. Therefore, identifying the vehicles that claim to be high occupancy may be more difficult from an enforcement point-of-view.
Reference is now made to FIGS. 6A and 6B, which show a back view of an embodiment of a transponder 300. The transponder 300 includes a mounting mechanism 302 that mounts the transponder 300 to the interior of a vehicle windshield. The mounting mechanism 302 provides for pivoting movement of the transponder 300 between a first position and a second position so as to communicate a first state and a second state, as described above in connection with other embodiments.
FIGS. 6A and 6B depict a backside 304 of the transponder 300 and the mounting mechanism 302 as viewed from outside the vehicle, facing the windshield to which they are mounted. In this embodiment, the mounting mechanism 302 is designed so as to be small enough in size to allow the transponder 300 to be seen by persons outside the vehicle. In other words, the mounting mechanism 302 is not so large as to obscure a significant portion of the backside 304 of the transponder 300. The transponder 300 is depicted as being in the first position in FIG. 6A and is depicted as being in the second position in FIG. 6B.
The transponder 300 includes an indicator 306 mounted to the backside 304 of the transponder 300 and visible to persons outside the vehicle. In some embodiments, the indicator 306 may be an adhesive material having a distinctive colour. The indicator 306 may shaped or configured such that a person outside of the vehicle can identify whether the indicator 306 is in the first position shown in FIG. 6A, or in the second position shown in FIG. 6B. Accordingly, based upon the indicator 306, enforcement personnel observing a roadway may determine at a distance whether a vehicle occupant claims to have a high occupancy status. The enforcement personnel may then count the number of persons visible within the vehicle and take enforcement action if it appears that the claim may be false.
Reference is made to FIGS. 7A and 7B, which show another embodiment of a transponder 300′ and mounting mechanism 302′. The transponder 300′ has a backside 304′ with an indicator 306′ attached. In this embodiment, the mounting mechanism 302′ obscures a substantial portion of the indicator 306′ when the transponder 300′ is in the first position shown in FIG. 7A. When the transponder 300′ is moved into the second position, shown in FIG. 7B, the indicator 306 is largely visible. Accordingly, a person outside the vehicle may determine whether the transponder 300′ is in a first state or a second state based upon whether the indicator 306′ is visible.
Reference is now made to FIGS. 8A and 8B, which show yet another embodiment of a transponder 300″ and a mounting mechanism 302″. In this embodiment, the mounting mechanism 302″ includes an optical filter 308. The optical filter 308, in this embodiment, is disposed so as to filter the view of the indicator 306″ when the transponder 300′ is in the second position, as shown in FIG. 8B. Accordingly, the optical filter 308 is intended to produce, in cooperation with the indicator 306″ a distinctive color or look when the transponder is in the second position. In such an embodiment, the indicator 306″ and optical filter 308 preferably have relatively inconspicuous appearances until they are brought into alignment in the second position.
The indicators 306, 306′, 306″ shown in FIGS. 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B, 8A, and 8B, are example embodiments. They may be implemented by way of a colored adhesive tape or film. They may be formed from a reflective material, easily discerned through a vehicle windshield.
In other embodiments, other visual indicators may be provided to indicate the state of the transponder. For example, the transponder may incorporate a light or other visual cue that illuminates when the transponder is in the second state. Other examples and possibilities will be apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art.
The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Certain adaptations and modifications of the invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the above discussed embodiments are considered to be illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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Carice van Houten best actress Tribeca
Dutch actress Carice van Houten (STRICKEN, A WOMAN GOES TO THE DOCTOR, BLACK BOOK) was named best actress at this year’s Tribeca film festival in New York for her role as the South African writer Ingrid Jonker in BLACK BUTTERFLIES.
Jury comments on Van Houten's performance: “There are a million colors in this complicated performance. We award this honor for bravery and fragility, and for showing tremendous range and strength throughout.”
BLACK BUTTERFLIES is directed by Paula van der Oest (ZUS & ZO, TIRAMISU, ANOTHER MOTHER) and produced by IDTV Film (NL), in co-production with Riba Film International (NL), NTR (NL), Comet Film (DE) and Spier Productions (ZA).
The film tells the true story of the talented young South African poet Ingrid Jonker, a white artist and critic of the Apartheid regime. From an early age, Ingrid found freedom and solace only in writing. Despite the love of many men, and her relationship with the famous writer Jack Cope, no-one could give Ingrid what she was seeking. It was not until Nelson Mandela read one of her poems in his first speech to the South African Parliament that she finally found recognition.
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Disaster Etiquette: How to Act When No One Knows How to Act
Erin Gloria Ryan
Filed to: Social moresFiled to: Social mores
Social mores
So you're having a hurricane.
The first thing you should do, according to Hurricane Emily Post (an etiquette expert I just made up) is not panic. Then panic a little, about not panicking. Then read some stuff on the internet about supplies, and panic about how you don't know where to buy a flashlight in your neighborhood, because you just moved there like three weeks ago and haven't even had time to figure out where to buy a pair of emergency underwear yet, much less a battery powered transistor radio. So buy a bunch of votive candles instead. Because you live in a heavily Mexican neighborhood, all of the candles will have pictures of saints on them, and prayers in Spanish.
Look up where the evacuation zones are. Express relief that you are not in an evacuation zone. Text your mom to let her know you are not in an evacuation zone.
Spend the next 20 minutes talking your mother down over the phone. Explain that you're not going to die, because hurricanes are not like tornadoes. There will be no cows flying through the air or boat rudders impaling trees miles away. It's just a big, circular rain storm. You promise. Panic internally.
Begin texting your non-best friends who you seem to remember living in low lying areas. Awkwardly express relief when they tell you they've moved to Harlem or Portland. And they're pregnant. Well, that's wonderful. Congratulations. Another friend is in Florida. Point out that Florida tends to be more hurricane-y than NYC. Type out "haha" so they know you're really laughing, even though you're totally not. Offer your couch to everyone, in case their buildings fill with water. Offer your couch to people you haven't talked to since college. They will decline your offer, and at this point you revert to Midwestern rules, which is where you do not consider an offer turned down until it has been declined three times. The decliner of the offer should also know that because you offered three times, you're actually serious.
Begin cherishing your electricity like it's the last makeout session you're going to have with your high school boyfriend before the two of you go off to college. Lovingly gaze at your outlets, enjoying every moment you have with their precious output. Charge up all of your electronic devices. Run a load of dishes. Do all of your laundry. Take a shower, and revel in the hot water. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME FOR AWHILE. Allow the worst case scenario fill you with melodrama. Open your fridge and stare at it. Fill a bunch of ziplock bags with water and put them in the freezer.
Post to Facebook that you have tons of snacks. Basically invite every single person you know over to your house. Offer to make enchiladas, even though you don't know how to make enchiladas (you can figure it out. Recipes are basically tests of how good you are at following directions).
Stay glued to Twitter during the storm, and put a moratorium on unfollowing people simply because they're talking declaratively about things that millions of other people can currently see like you normally would do if you were watching, say, The Bachelor. 50 tweets about an exploding transformer. 50 more tweets about the rain picking up. Then stuff about the building collapse in Chelsea. Text your friend in Chelsea. Offer to make her some enchiladas. You're so far into Brooklyn that it would be all but impossible to make it to Manhattan, what with the subways closed and the streets deserted, but imagine you can get there, anyway. You formulate a plan that involves you riding your bike to chelsea with a casserole dish full of food, taped shut and secured in a back pack.
The sound isn't working on your TV, so try to learn how to play backgammon instead. Put on some old timey jazz music, like the kind they'd play when Jack was hallucinating in The Shining, because it's almost Halloween. Turn the music off when you get scared. Watch Manhattan flicker out. You're still fine, but the construction scaffolding is banging against the side of the building.
Leave your apartment and talk to your neighbors. You normally wouldn't talk to your neighbors, because talking to someone when you don't know if you'll have anything in common with them is a risky move, as you could end up in a horrible conversation. But these people are nice. Invite them to your apartment and drink beer with them, even though you normally hate having people over. Laugh ruefully as the male half of the couple refers to the building with the collapsed crane as "billionaire dick tower." Walk outside and watch the transformer a block away explode. The whole block smells like burning hair now, but your lights are still on. Make a joke about the transformer making the cemetery bodies come to life. Then pause for a terrified second and think WHAT IF THAT COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN OH MY GOD.
Go to sleep drunk, because you've been stress drinking during the storm, even though nothing is happening to you. Wake up. Again offer your couch to everyone you can reach on social media. Realize that most people who need your couch cannot currently access social media. Imagine the insurmountable task of riding your bike all the way to lower Manhattan, this time with tacos. No, not tacos. Not portable enough. This time you'll bring everyone chicken sandwiches that you'll wrap in wax paper and stack like kindling in a tote bag. Spend the morning puttering around and trying to get online. Succeed sporadically. Spend the afternoon working and making risotto, imagining yourself bringing it to an office that, for the time being, is nonfunctional and closed. How would you get there, anyway, without the train? Flying bicycle? Nothing has happened to you and you feel terribly guilty about this.
Ineffectuality and boredom and guilt means you can expect cabin fever to set in. Get really, really sick of your fiancee. And your cat. And your blankets. And all your stupid clothes. AND YOUR DUMB HOUSE. Seriously begin hoping that one of the people to whom you've offered your couch can figure out how to get to Brooklyn, so that you can have a sort of slumber party type situation for at least 24 hours, before all of the parties in the new arrangement become sick of each other. Have sex, or don't. You've been together for a couple of years now and you haven't combed your hair in days and his comical mustache that he grew specifically for his strong man Halloween costume is still perched optimistically on his upper lip, even though it's clear that you're not doing anything for Halloween. No one feels sexy. Even the cat who humps blankets like a fiend seems uninterested in his normal daily fap routine.
Read frustrated-sounding updates from your coworkers without power or water or internet and feel bad that you have power and water and internet. Plan on baking cookies. Donate to the Red Cross. Consider donating blood, even though needles make you faint. No, no, instead just donate a bunch of extra money. Donate a couple of towels, even though you totally need all of your towels because you threw away all of your extra crap because you've moved twice in the last seven months. YOU DON'T NEED A SEPARATE TOWEL FOR YOUR HAIR, YOU SELFISH JERK! DRIP DRY FOR THE TIME BEING!
Check in with your displaced friends for the seventh or eighth time. They will again decline your offer of assistance. There's nothing you can really do right now, except sit on your couch and rearrange the fridge. Look at the subway map and see that you're going to have to take a bus across the Brooklyn or Manhattan bridge to get to your job. Imagine spending November and December biking. Imagine your bike getting stolen. Feel bad for yourself, and then feel bad for other people.
Offer to help again. Your friends know you can't, but they say they appreciate your attentiveness. It's the thought behind the enchiladas that counts.
-Erin Gloria Ryan
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Letter Doing the Rounds
seen this in a few places, thought it was worth repeating here. Not sure if it is real or not, but it is very funny.
OH WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE ALERT ....
Dear Mr. Minister,
I’m in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this.
How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a Television Set and Golf Clubs from them back in 1997, and yet, the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date.
For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand?
My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I’ve filed for the past 40 years. It is on my driver’s licence, on the last eight passports I’ve ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I’ve had to fill out before being allowed off the planes over the last 30 years, and all those insufferable census forms that I’ve filled out every 5 years since 1966.
Also, would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother’s name is Audrey, my Father’s name is Jack, and I’d be absolutely f**cking astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead!!!…
I apologise, Mr. Minister. But I’m really pissed off this morning. Between you an’ me, I’ve had enough of all this bullsh*t! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my f**cking address!! What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthal arseh*les workin’ there!
And another thing, look at my damn picture. Do I look like Bin Laden? I can’t even grow a beard for God’s sakes. I just want to go to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son interbred with a Kiwi girl). And would someone please tell me, why would you give a sh*t whether I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? If I ever got the urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe me, I’d sure as hell not want to tell anyone!
Well, I have to go now, ’cause I have to go to the other end of the city, and get another f**cking copy of my birth certificate, and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION!
Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day?? Nooooo.. That’d be too f**cking easy and makes far too much sense. You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like chickens with our f**cking heads cut off, and then having to find some high society wanker to confirm that it’s really me in the god-damn photo! You know the photo…the one where we’re not allowed to smile?! …you f**cking morons
Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen.
P.S.: Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting someone in high-society to confirm that it’s me? Well, my family has been in this country since before 1850! In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka Stockade!!)I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army something over 30 years (I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security clearances.
I’m also a personal friend of the president of the RSL. And Lt General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year.
However, your rules require that I have to get someone “important” to verify who I am; You know… someone like my doctor; WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN F**CKING PAKISTAN!!!……a country where they either assassinate or hang their ex-Prime Ministers, and are suspended from the Commonwealth for not having the “right sort of government.”
You are all f**cking idiots.
Labels: Just for Laughs
Glad I'm Not Blonde ...
from The Daily Telegraph we have:
Top 50 dumb blonde quotes: Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson
HERE are the top 50 dumb blonde jokes cracked by Hollywood's hottest actors and socialites, complied by The Sun newspaper in London.
1) Paris Hilton talking to press about the US chain store: "Wal-Mart... do they like make walls there?"
2) Jessica Simpson on NewleyWeds: “Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken by the Sea.'
3) Alicia Silverstone on her role in Clueless: "I think that the film was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness."
4) Chantelle Houghton when Big Brother said she had changed since becoming a celebrity: “I've changed? What do you mean... I've changed my clothes?"
5) Jodie Marsh in a recent interview: "Eskimos are uncivilised because they don't have any shops."
6) Paris Hilton on her technique on the red carpet: "I don't really think, I just walk."
7) Jessica Simpson on her first day at high school: "A teacher asked us if anybody knew the names of the continents. I was sooo excited. I was like, Damn it! It's my first day of 7th grade, I'm in junior high and I know this answer. So I raised my hand, I was the first one, and I said A-E-I-O-U!"
8) Goldie Horn on her favourite types of films: "Comedy is funny".
9) Sam Fox on fitness clothes: "I’ve got 10 pairs of training shoes - one for every day of the week."
10) Britney Spears on her taste in clothes: "So many people have asked me how I could possibly be a role model and dress like a tramp and get implants... all I have to say is that self-esteem is how you look at yourself and I feel good enough about myself so wear that kind of clothing... the breast implant issue has nothing to do with that..."
11) BB's Helen Adam’s on education: "The worst thing is when the press call me a dizzy blonde - I got a B in Drama, a D in English, I did a hairdressing course and a beauty certificate."
12) Lady Victoria Hervey on the homeless: "It's so bad being homeless in winter. They should go somewhere warm like the Caribbean where they can eat fresh fish all day."
13) Britney on Japan "I've never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don't like eating fish. And I know that's very popular out there in Africa."
14) Jessica Simpson when offered buffalo wings: "Sorry I don't eat buffalo."
15) Paris Hilton on her fame: "There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I’m that icon."
16) Chantelle Houghton on George Galloway: "He looks at us like we're stupid, scatty, uneducated girls. He's a right chauvinistic pig, whatever that means!"
17) Cameron Diaz on science: "I've been noticing gravity since I was very young."
18) Britney Spears on where she might start her theatre career: "I would rather start out somewhere small, like London or England.”
19) BB's Helen Adams on magic man Paul Daniels: "Yeah, you know Jack Daniels... he does all the magic stuff!"
20) Christina Aguilera on film festivals: "So where’s the Cannes film festival being held this year?"
21) Paris Hilton on her career choices: "First wanted to be a veterinarian. And then I realised you had to give them shots to put them to sleep, so I decided I'd just buy a bunch of animals and have them in my house instead."
22) Alicia Douvall on motherhood: "I think a 16-year-old with a nice, sexy figure will do really well as a model as long as she's managed well. That's why I'm happy for Georgia to have a boob job because it will give her a career."
23) Chantelle Houghton on hearing George Galloway was an MP: "Does that mean you work in that big room with the green seats?"
24) Britney on capital punishment: "I am for the death penalty. Who commits terrible acts must get a fitting punishment. That way he learns the lesson for the next time."
25) BB2's Helen Adams on pulses: "How much chicken is there in chick peas?"
26) Chanelle Hayes on her Posh spice obsession: “I like what she (Victoria Beckham) wears. That's what magazines are all about - there's always a picture of a celebrity and where to buy a replica of what they're wearing. It's not as if I'm doing anything weird.”
27) Paris Hilton on her title: "I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that."
28) Tara Reid on her fellow blonde celeb: "I make Jessica Simpson look like a rock scientist."
29) Ivana Trump on literature: "Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything."
30) Christina Aguilera on herself: "I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures."
31) Britney Spears on her first tour: "Where the hell is Australia anyway?"
32) Alicia Douvall on surgery: "I know it (plastic surgeries) will kill me. But I'd rather die trying to sort things out."
33) Jodie Marsh on cooking: "Is an egg a vegetable?"
34) Kimberly Stewart on Jennifer Aniston: "I like her cos she's like, homely. She must have something else going on cos it's not like she's gorgeous or anything.”
35) Jessica Simpson on her mood at the VH1 '05 video awards: "Isn’t it weird I’m getting all emotionable."
36) Helen Adams on BB2 : "I probably sound Welsh on the telly."
37) Mariah Carey on the death of the King of Jordan: "I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time."
38) Chantelle Houghton on different types of doctors: "What’s a gynaecologist?"
39) Pamela Anderson on her secret to success: "I don't think about anything too much . . . If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out!"
40) Ivana Trump on getting one over on her ex's new girlfriend: “Gorgeous hair is the best revenge.”
41) Brooke Shields on her campaign against smoking: "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
42) Heather Locklear on being proud of her heritage: "From an early age I was aware of what America meant, and how the Marines at Camp Pendleton were ready to defend us at a moment's notice. I also remember what fabulous bodies those troops had."
43) Jessica Simpson on her scantily clad videos: "I'm definitely shy, so it was definitely acting for me to drop a trench coat and be in a bikini and try to get my cousins out of trouble by using my body. That was definitely acting!"
44) Chantelle Houghton working out the shopping budget: "Eleventy-twelve pence? I don't get it. How much is that then?"
45) Britney on why she did a cover of I Love Rock and Roll: "I always loved Pat Benatar."
46) Emma Bunton on moobs: "I wish men had boobs because I like the feel of them. It's so funny - when I record I sing with a hand over each of them, maybe it's a comfort thing."
47) Cyndi Crawford on modelling: "In the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare."
48) The late Anna Nicole Smith on suicide bombers: "Doesn't that hurt?"
49) Jessica Simpson to the President when visiting the White House: "I love what you’ve done with the place!"
50) Mischa Barton on being blessed with looks: "Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas."
Labels: Interesting
Do "Parents" still exist?
I really asked myself this question after reading the following news article, from the Hobsons Bay Leader:
Security guards watch over Point Cook playground
A SLIDE at a Wyndham housing estate playground is being watched by security around the clock after it was deemed too dangerous for small children.
Urban developer Villawood Properties said it had paid security to guard the slide at Alamanda Estate Point Cook day and night for the past three months to make sure children below 1.28m tall did not use it. This was because three children under the height were seriously injured on the slide at Bayview Park in October last year, a month after it was installed with approval from Wyndham Council.
The Leader this month saw many children using the slide, including those under the specified height, in the presence of security, believed to be costing the developer thousands of dollars.
A guard watches the slide from a car at night.
The council, which owns the playground and will one day take over its management, was not aware last week that the slide was still open. Wyndham Council chief executive Peter Marshall said the developer had closed the playground on the council’s recommendation last September after concerns were raised about equipment there.
Mr Marshall said three children who “persisted in using the equipment after the closure” injured themselves on it and the developer subsequently hired security to restrict access to it.
Villawood said in a statement that its extended slide, built to Australian standards and based on one in Paris, encouraged outdoor activity among children and teenagers.
Security would remain there indefinitely to ensure it was used safety "Villawood immediately employed 24-hour security upon learning of an incident that occurred at the site in 2008 and, at the same time, closed the use of the slide until appropriate signage could be installed,” the statement said.
“Signage was installed quickly and Villawood made the executive decision to retain security as a further back-up to ensure all visitors to the park are aware of the height constraints.”
It did not respond to questions about how much the security was costing.
The developer said it could not detail the children’s injuries, saying it heard of them from other sources, but that there had been no reported injuries since.
“We believe the injuries may have occurred on the first bend where small children may have tried to slow down,” it said.
A pool security gate at the slide entrance that cannot be opened by children under 1.28m and rubber coating to slow users down have been installed.
There is a shorter slide adjacent to the extended one for small children.
Villawood was not aware that children under 1.28m had been using the slide.
The council said it would ask the developer to modify certain equipment before it took over operation and maintenance of the playground.
Mr Marshall said the council approved the slide because it complied with Australian standards but that these standards did not specify slide lengths and gradient ratios.
Mr Marshall said that he was not aware of security being at any other Wyndham playground.
The original article has a photo of the signs, which are VERY NOTICEABLE. Makes me a bit concerned about the type of society where a 24hr security guard is required to ensure that people abide by signs put up for their (and their children's) safety!
Labels: News - Aussie, Society / Politics
From Sharp as Marble
Reached for further comment, Mr. Alcheikh bleated a few times then went back to grazing, blissfully unaware.
Read the whole article ....
Labels: Gun stuff
From "Atlas Shrugged"
Finally got some time today to read this book ... there's a couple of passages that have really caught my attention and which I'ld like to share here. This is the first (page 411)
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wans a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt.
Today's Range Report #8
It's been awhile since I've been out on the range and shot with an IPSC squad (last time was the end of November), so I was pretty nervous. Mainly because there's so much to remember and not much of it is second nature to me yet.
The club is actually on recess at the moment, but we had a really good turnout (i'm guessing 20+ shooters) and five ranges were set up. The first was a start unloaded & holstered, the second was start in box with gun & mags on a table (3m in front) and the third was an "El Prez" ... so by the time we got to the fourth stage and had to start loaded and holstered I was really concerned that I would forget to take the safety off :) (Didn't happen though!). On the second stage I shot all "A's" and the fourth only missed two (got "C's"). Accuracy wasn't too bad on the other stages either and my times are getting better but they still need work.
Next week is a "Busy Bee" so no shooting and then the club is back from holidays and everything starts up again for the new year.
I'm spending a quiet night at home wandering around the blogosphere and I got to thinking about how you find "good" blogs to read.
I was introduced initially into the world of blogs from my good friend Sendarius, (who really needs to blog more). He introducded me to the "staples", namely: "The Other Side of Kim"; "View from the Porch"; "A Day in the Life of Ambulance Driver"; "Say Uncle"; "The Smallest Minority" and "The Breda Fallacy". From links and posts at these sites I discovered pretty much all of the people on my "Blogs I Read Regularly" list and a whole bunch other I have bookmarked and visit when time permits.
I also click on the links provided in comments (on my blog and others) and have discovered some great blogs this way too.
But tonight I clicked on the "IPSC" link on my profile and it came up with about 40 other bloggers who also list IPSC as a hobby. So I went through and clicked on their profiles and then looked at what books they had listed under "Favourite Books", as I thought this would be a good way of finding people with similar interests.
What is really strange about this is that I don't have any books listed under "Favourite Books", a situation which requires rectifying.
So, how do you find "good" blogs?
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Identical Twins "Not Related"
from http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,27574,24925124-2761,00.html
Govt says identical twins 'not related'
A WA woman has been told by Australian authorities that she's not related to her identical twin sister.
Rosabelle Glasby says she is ``shocked and saddened'' she cannot bring her sister into the country to live because the Department of Immigration and Citizenship does not consider the pair to be related.
Adopted by different families shortly after their birth in Malaysia, Mrs Glasby and Dorothy Loader were separated for almost 50 years before finally meeting last September.
But now Mrs Glasby, from Margaret River, is facing an uphill battle to be permanently reunited with her twin, who lives in Malaysia.
In a letter to Mrs Glasby last month, DIAC state director Paul Farrell explained that despite the circumstances, the present laws meant Ms Loader would not be eligible for family migration.
``Under Migration Law where the legal relationship between a child and his/her birth parents has been severed by adoption, the legal relationship between the child and his/her birth siblings is also severed,'' he said.
``It therefore does not appear that your twin sister would be eligible for a permanent visa under the Family Stream of the Migration Program.''
Mrs Glasby said she was heartbroken that her long-lost twin did not qualify as family.
``We're identical twin sisters _ we're the same egg,'' she said. ``Just because we got adopted into different families they say they don't consider us related.
``It's hard to get anyone more related to me.''
Following an arduous search for her twin that stretched two decades, Mrs Glasby located her sister late last year and the pair finally met in Perth for an emotional reunion.
Having spent time in Australia and then Malaysia getting to know each another, Ms Loader said the sisters, who turn 50 next month, were desperate to be together.
``We have a bond that perhaps only other identical twins can understand,'' she said.
``We don't just want to be together, we need to be together; it is as strong as that.
``I hope the people who know about our story will have the compassion and mercy to grant this last wish of mine to be with my sister and turn my dream into reality.''
Mrs Glasby, a former WA Health Department worker who now acts as a carer for her disabled husband, echoed the sentiments of her twin sister.
``She calls me the yin and I call her the yang _ as a whole, we work together as one,'' she said.
``We've totally bonded and we want to be together. Without her, I now feel incomplete.''
Mrs Glasby's husband, Marc, said he found it difficult to understand the department's policy. ``It doesn't make sense _ I think the typical phrase is `bureaucracy gone mad','' he said.
``Now (that) the department has decreed that the identical twins are not related, this effectively closes off our last avenue to apply.''
He said because Ms Loader was over the age limit of 45 that applied for most skilled migration streams, the sole remaining hope for her to obtain a permanent visa was a plea on compassionate grounds.
``What more compassionate grounds could there be when these two have got nobody else in the world as blood relatives and they want to be together?'' he said.
A DIAC spokeswoman said the family would have to lodge a valid visa application and have it denied before ministerial intervention on compassionate grounds could take place.
``As much as we sympathise with Mrs Glasby's situation, the department is bound by Australian law and any application for a permanent visa for her sister and her sister's family would have to be considered against the relevant laws and the regulations which apply to every case,'' she said.
I can understand that if parents put their child up for adoption then they can not later turn around and claim "family relationship" status, but siblings? Seriously, let the lady in!
Zimbabwe - Is there a solution?
Just read this article on Zimbabwe:
Zimbabwe unveils $100 trillion note ahead of unity talks
ZIMBABWE unveiled a 100 trillion dollar note in the latest grim measure of its staggering economic collapse, heightening the urgency of a new round of unity talks set for next week.
Veteran leader Robert Mugabe and opposition chief Morgan Tsvangirai are set to hold talks on Monday with key regional leaders in a bid to salvage a four-month-old unity accord, which has yet to be implemented.
The stalemate over disputed elections last year has only fuelled the economic and humanitarian crisis that has impoverished the country, leaving nearly half the population dependent on food aid as a cholera epidemic sweeps the country.
The Reserve Bank announced in the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper a series of trillion-dollar denominations to keep pace with hyperinflation that has left the once-dynamic economy in tatters.
The new trillion-dollar bill would have been worth about $US300 ($A450) at today's exchange rate on the informal market, where most currency trading now takes place, but the value of the local currency erodes dramatically every day.
The move came just one week after the bank released a series of billion-dollar notes, which already are not worth enough for workers to withdraw their monthly salaries.
Hyper-inflation, starvation, cholera epidemic - what a disaster!
Makes me wonder why Mugabe wants to retain power and Tsvangirai wants to take over.
I can't imagine wanting to be in charge of a country in such a state. Maybe they see themselves as potential saviours? Maybe they want a piece of Zimbabwe's mineral (diamonds, platinum) industries? Anyone got any other ideas?
Regardless of why these men want to lead this country, is it actually possible for a country to come back from these problems? Half the country dependent on food aid, that's a lot of people.
Just checked, according to Wikipedia, the estimated population in Jan 2008 was 13,349,000, giving the country a rating of 170th in population density.
Another "interesting" piece of information in Wikipedia is "Life expectancy at birth for males in Zimbabwe has dramatically declined since 1990 from 60 to 37, among the lowest in the world. Life expectancy for females is even lower at 34 years." (reference cited at source).
If you did become a leader of a country with these issues where would you start in resolving them?
Labels: News - World
Hot, hot, hot .... hot
I'm over this weather ... two days over 38C (100F) is enough to drive me mad! ... It was 29C (84F) when I was driving to work at 7am this morning.
Tomorrow they're forecasting 33C and storms! I'm even less of a fan of humid weather than I am of heat. Mmmm, maybe I'm just hard to please!
Just found this -
Perth breaks heat record
PERTH is sweltering through the hottest start to the year since records began in 1897.
As the mercury hit 40C this morning, January moved into the record books for the hottest start to the year with an average temperature of 34.5C.
Trains on all lines slowed down this afternoon taking 20kmh from the maximum speed as temperatures hit the 40s but have been sped up by 10kmh at 3pm.
A high pressure system is bringing hot easterlies to WA and sending temperatures soaring.
There was little relief from the heat after the sun went down last night as Perth's overnight temperature dipped to a minimum of 25.4C at 11.37pm.
The hottest ever Perth night was 27.8C recorded in 1989.
By 1.30am last night, the temperature had climbed to 30c.
This time last year Perth had the equal fourth hottest January on record, according to John Ralph from the WA Bureau of Meteorology.
The hottest night ever recorded in WA was in Wittenoom on 21st January 2003 with an overnight low of 35.5C.
“We are going to be tossing and turning in our beds again tonight with the temperatures expected to drop to a hot 24C,” Mr Ralph said.
Relief is on the way with a cool change forecast for tomorrow as a trough turns the wind around to the west.
“The temperature will get cooler as the trough moves inland,” Mr Cook said.
Storms are forecast for Sunday but don’t rush out and cancel plans just yet as Mr Cook said they may not eventuate.
“If there is a storm there is always a chance of lightning but whether we actually get a storm is another question,” he said.
Labels: Just the weather
Quote of the Day ....
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a member of the fruit family.
Wisdom is knowing not to include it in a fruit salad."
Cape to Cape Planning Post
Planning to walk some of the Cape to Cape Track over Easter.
As I will be walking (at least some of the time) with my 7y.o. I think we'll aim to complete half of it (in four days) and then do the last half next Easter.
DAY 1:...Cape Naturaliste To Yallingup...14 Km
DAY 2:...Yallingup To Moses Rock Road....17.5km
DAY 3:...Moses Rock Road To Gracetown....16.2km
DAY 4:...Gracetown To Rivermouth.........18km
DAY 5:...Rivermouth To Hooley Rd.........26km
DAY 6:...Hooley Rd To Cosy Corner........21.5km
DAY 7:...Cosy Corner To Cape Leeuwin.....21km
We've actually done the Day 1 section before and some of the Day 2 one too. However, I would like to do it again as major sections.
I found this information on a site that does guided walks
The biggest single problem we have is not a lack of fitness, but feet problems. Shoes or boots that have been fine in the past suddenly give blisters. The terrain is sand and up and down. I cannot emphasise enough that you have very well worn in shoes or boots, and good socks, and preventative first aid as well as first aid for blisters.
Please ensure you have completed at least 3x 20km walks in your shoes.
As a prevention for rubbing and blister formation, I recommend "sleek" or "fixamull" or even duct tape. Plastic freezer bags worn between the sock and shoe can help, and others recommend "knee highs" worn under socks. Vaseline is popular too.
The principle is to have your skin "slide" rather than rub against your shoe. In all instances, prevention is better than cure. As soon as you feel rubbing, or a "hot spot", stop and do something about it. Blisters are very difficult to dress so as to be able to walk comfortably. Blister treatments vary and you may have you favourites.
The second skin variety (often sold as burns dressing) seems good, though you need good tape to keep it in place. Blister Bloc or Compeed is another choice.
People often ask how they can best prepare physically for the trip. Walk, walk and walk! And preferably in sand! Try to walk frequently, starting over winter if possible. Even walking around your suburb will get you walk-fit. By spring you should be able to comfortably walk 10km, and try and do a couple of 20km walks before the Cape to Cape. However, walking small distances frequently helps a lot- for instance walking 2km 4times a week and then 5km once a week is a great help. It's a good idea to try and get in some hilly terrain and some beach walking. As mentioned above, start walking in the shoes you will wear on the walk now!!
Okay, Easter is about 12 weeks away, which does give us some time to prepare ... the 2kms/4times a week and then 5kms once a week sounds good. We don't have any sand around here, but we have lots of hills.
I have hiking boots but I don't think my daughter has anything that is suitable. I will have to see what we can find.
Okay I have planned the following:
Will keep this page updated with my progress
Mon Jan 12th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km ... DID!
Tue Jan 13th - Walk 5.5km without girls Nope :( Hubby didn't get home from gym in time
Wed Jan 14th - Walk 1 1.78km with girls then do 5.5km on own later Nope :( House guests
Thr Jan 15th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km LA cancelled due to heat 40C (104F). DID 2km on treadmill in gym instead.
Fri Jan 16th - Walk 2 1.82km Nope, too hot - and family commitments stopped me getting to the gym
Mon Jan 19th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Tue Jan 20th - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Jan 21st - Walk 3 1.89km
Thr Jan 22nd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Jan 23rd - Walk 4 2.13km
Mon Jan 26th - No walk - Australia Day
Wed Jan 28th - Walk 4 2.13km
Thr Jan 29th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Jan 30th - Walk 5 2.23km
Mon Feb 2nd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 1.56km
Tue Feb 3rd - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Feb 4th - Walk 6 2.24km
Thr Feb 5th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Feb 6th - Walk 6 2.24km
Mon Feb 9th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 1.74km
Tue Feb 10th - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Feb 11th - No walk planned - away in Sydney
Thr Feb 12th - No walk planned - away in Sydney
Fri Feb 13th - No walk planned - away in Sydney
Mon Feb 16th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 1.97km
Wed Feb 18th - Walk 6 2.24km
Thr Feb 19th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Feb 20th - Walk 7 2.58km
Sun Feb 22nd - Walk 5km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Feb 23rd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 2.18km
Sun Mar 1st - Walk 6km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Mar 2nd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 2.38km
Tue Mar 3rd - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Mar 4th - Walk 9 2.94km
Thr Mar 5th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Mar 6th - Walk 9 2.94km
Sun Mar 8th - Walk 7km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Mar 9th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 2.42km
Tue Mar 10th - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Mar 11th - Walk 10 3.20km
Thr Mar 12th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Mar 13th - Walk 10 3.20km
Sun Mar 15th - Walk 8km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Mar 16th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 2.71km
Sun Mar 22nd - Walk 9km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Mar 23rd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 3.14km
Fri Mar 27th - No walk - Guide Camp
Sun Mar 29th - No walk - Guide Camp
Tue Mar 31st - Walk 5.5km without girls
Wed Apr 1st - Walk 13 4.00km
Thr Apr 2nd - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km
Fri Apr 3rd - Walk 13 4.00km
Sun Apr 5th - Walk 10km (route to be confirmed)
Mon Apr 6th - Walk home from Little Athletics 1.31km / Guides 3.39km
Newbie over at "Politics, Guns & Beer"
Laurel at Politics, Guns & Beer (one of my frequent blog reads) has had her bub ... Abigail Wyoming. Cute baby photos are supplied!
Labels: News - Blogger
The Long Awaited Holiday Post
Firstly, here's a map of the South-West of Western Australia. Manjimup is marked and this is where we made our base.
Here is a picture of our campsite:
We bought the camper trailer second-hand last March, but this was the first time we had taken it out for a trip. It worked well, although with temperatures in the mid-30s (that's degrees celcius, folks), it did get hot in there during the day.
Here's a picture of the Karri Forests I mentioned in a previous post - yes, that is our car in the picture.
This photo was taken at the Diamond Tree Lookout, about 10kms south of Manjimup. The lookout itself, which can be seen in the next picture, is at the top of a 51metre high Karri tree (the Gloucester Tree Lookout, which is also climbable is even higher - but there were too many people there to get a good photo).
Here's a photo looking up into the top of the tree:
And here is a photo of me thinking about whether or not it would be a good idea to climb the Diamond Tree ...
I decided it wouldn't be at this time :) ... but maybe in the future .... It was scary high though.
The girls also had a try of climbing the tree, not that I would let them go too high.
There is also a wonderful (short) walk in the surrounding forest with mini-climbable trees which the girls had great fun with.
(For this one by "mini", I'm talking 3metres) ...
Some people don't have a problem with heights:
Apart from the Karri Trees - which I think are the most wonderful trees in the world. BTW if you are looking for the BEST PLACE to see them (and camp amongst them) then head to the Warren National Park, just outside Pemberton. The "Heartbreak Trail" road is a magnificant drive. We did the drive, I just don't have any photos - for some reason!
Now, as I was saying, apart from the Karri Trees, we visited some wonderful places:
* Donnelly River Wines - they do a lovely light drinking Rose (called Cascade) and their port goes down well too ...
* A Mead winery outside of Denmark. They had honey ice-creams (I tried the Rose, Almond & Honey one) and fresh honey. I am not a honey eater, but at the instance of my youngest I tried their Karri honey and YUMMO ... yes, we bought some!
* Just prior to a visit to this Meadery we went to a Toffee Factory, again some lovely samples were had and various treats purchased.
* Denmark Farmhouse Cheese and Ducketts Mill Wines - had a lovely lunch there (and only a glass of wine, promise).
* Cidery in Bridgetown - an abosolutely wonderful "find" - not sure why I don't have any photos of it. They have a lovely porch area under grape vines for enjoying lunch at, and the cider is pretty yummy too.
* Bridgetown also has a Fruit Winery - their "Sloshed Apple" port is delicous.
* The Valley of the Giants Winery and Olives place (outside Walpole) was also a great find - beautiful wines, olive oil and olives ....
No ... we didn't just EAT all the time - but we were there for 10 days!!!
So apart from the food & wine ... we visited:
* Beedelup Falls
Which has a suspension bridge:
* The Cascades at Pemberton
Where, after a short walk the girls had a great time playing
Here's another view of the Cascades taken the next day from the Pemberton Train. This picture is looking back up onto where the girls were playing the day before.
* Pemberton Train ride, an absolutely "must" if you're in the area ... this is taken at one of the six bridges we went over.
On the train ride I got a wonderful photo of my eldest ....
* And in the interests of fairness here's one of my youngest .... taken at Donnelly River Dam. The colour of the water comes from the tanins in the trees.
* Fernhook Falls was another place we "discovered".
This was quite an amazing place. There was a short walk from a swimming / canoing landing spot to the falls themselves, where the above photo was taken. There was a lots of Kookaburras there. When we walked back to the landing we noticed little birds swooping onto the river to get insects. Here's a video:
The girls played on the bottom step of the landing and then we noticed some fish and marron. I tried to take photos of the marron but they were just too fast.
* We also went to three beaches - Peacheful Bay, Emu Beach (in Albany) and Windy Harbour. Here's a photo of me and girls playing in the water at Windy Harbour (okay, I cheated you can't see much of me :) ).
This was a great place, quite large waves came through the rocks here making a safe but fun swimming hole.
* We also visited Big Brook Dam in Pemberton one evening ...
I loved the light on the water and took this photo too ...
* In Manjimup itself we visited the Timber Park, extremely interesting. I would like to go back when the temperature is less than 35deg. They had lots of native and foreign trees planted, old steam engines used in the forestry industry
As well as an old Police Station, Doctor's Surgery, Mechanics workshops and other historical buildings, including this old school
Definitely planning a return visit.
* Northcliffe Pioneer Museum had another replica of an old school, an old shop and a room full of rocks ... I would loved to have spent more time in there but the girls wanted to play on the playground outside.
* Talking of playgrounds Donnybrook now has the BEST kid's playground that I have ever seen. We had a great couple of hours there.
We also visited relatives in Bunbury and Albany.
My youngest said that she reckoned this was the best holiday we've ever had. I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed everything about it, except maybe the heat :)
UPDATE: I forgot to mention Dinosaur World and Reptile Park outside of Denmark. I'm not into Dinosaurs BUT loved their reptile displays and the birds. They have a number of native and foreign birds on display. Some are out of cages and will sit on your shoulder / hat etc. I think I got bitten by at least three of them (mainly when they objected to me trying to get the off my shoulder) but it was fun!
And I forgot the Lavendar and Berry Farm - YUMMO pancakes - but warning - the LARGE is ... (i think two of us would have happily shared a small). Here's a view from their front door:
Now Mouthwash Causes Cancer ....
Apparently mouthwash has been linked to oral cancer ...
from http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24895211-421,00.html
Top-selling mouthwash brands, including Listerine, linked to cancer
By Clair Weaver
AUSTRALIA'S top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately.
Leading independent experts have issued this strong warning after investigating latest scientific evidence linking alcohol-containing mouthwashes to the deadly disease.
Their review, published in the Dental Journal of Australia, concludes there is now "sufficient evidence" that "alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer".
The ethanol in mouthwash is thought to allow cancer-causing substances to permeate the lining of the mouth more easily and cause harm.
Acetaldehyde, a toxic by-product of alcohol that may accumulate in the oral cavity when swished around the mouth, is also believed to be carcinogenic.
Listerine, the nation's biggest-selling mouthwash and a brand endorsed by the Australian Dental Association (ADA), contains as much as 26 per cent alcohol.
Mouthwash is one of the fastest-growing grocery products in Australia, with the category now worth more than $75 million, according to latest Nielsen market research.
Lead review author Professor Michael McCullough has told The Sunday Telegraph alcohol-containing mouthwash should be reclassified as prescription-only and carry written health warnings.
Prof McCullough, chair of the ADA's therapeutics committee and associate professor of oral medicine at the University of Melbourne, is calling on the ADA to urgently re-assess its seal of approval on mouthwashes containing alcohol.
"We see people with oral cancer who have no other risk factors than the use of alcohol-containing mouthwash, so what we've done in this study is review all the evidence that's out there," he said.
"Since this article came out, further evidence has come out too. We believe there should be warnings.
"If it was a facial cream that had the effect of reducing acne but had a four- to five-fold increased risk of skin cancer, no one would be recommending it."
Oral cancer is a gruelling and mutilating disease that afflicts more than 800 Australians each year and kills half of them within five years of being diagnosed.
Smoking and alcohol consumption are well-established risk factors, but alcohol-containing mouthwash use is more controversial.
I know that there's a lot of "this will cause cancer" type scares regularly, most I totally ignore, but this one seems to be well researched so I thought I would bring it to your attention.
I've never actually liked mouthwash anyway, so the most I will ever do is put some on a toothbrush and brush over my teeth and then rinse straight away.
UPDATE: An here's an report with an expert who disagrees.
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Labels: News - Aussie
JOKE: Why females should avoid a girls night out after they are married....
The other night I was invited out for a night with the 'girls. I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, 'I promise!' Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in
the hallway started up and cuckooed 3 times?
Quickly, realizing my husband would probably wake up, I cuckooed another 9 times. I was really proud of myself for coming up with such a quick-witted solution, in order to escape a possible conflict with him?
(Even when totally smashed... 3 cuckoos plus 9 cuckoos totals = 12 cuckoos MIDNIGHT!)
The next morning my husband asked me what time I got in, I told him 'MIDNIGHT'... he didn't seem pissed off in the least. Whew, I got away with that one! Then he said 'We need a new cuckoo clock.' When I asked him why, he said, 'Well, last night our clock cuckooed three times, then said 'Oh
s**t.' Cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another three times, giggled, cuckooed twice more, and then tripped over the coffee table and farted.
TWHGM: PETA & Sea Kittens
(TWHGM = "The World Has Gone Mad")
From http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24891309-29277,00.html
PETA's campaign to rename fish 'sea kittens'
A CAMPAIGN to rename fish as "sea kittens" in order to improve their image has been ridiculed by the Federal Opposition.
Outspoken animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is using the "sea kitten" name as part of its push to restrict fishing.
"Nobody would hurt a sea kitten!" the group says on its website.
"People don't seem to like fish.
"We're going to start by retiring the old name for good.
"When your name can also be used as a verb that means driving a hook through your head, it's time for a serious image makeover."
The website features images of fish with cats' whiskers and ears.
PETA is using the campaign to entice people to sign a petition calling on the US Fish and Wildlife Service to stop promoting "the hunting of sea kittens (otherwise known as fishing)".
Opposition fisheries spokesman John Cobb was not impressed with the campaign, nor with PETA.
PETA has offended some in Australia with is high-profile campaign against mulesing, the practice of cutting away the skin from a sheep's rear to prevent flystrike.
Mr Cobb said the group had little credibility.
"It is hard to take an organisation which wants to change the name of fish seriously," he said.
Many people might laugh at the sea kitten campaign, Mr Cobb said, but PETA's agenda was actually more sinister: destroying the meat and fish industries.
PETA has convinced a number of large companies to boycott Australian wool which comes from mulesed flocks.
The group argues mulesing is cruel and there are better ways to prevent flystrike.
I don't think there's any comment I could make about this inane suggestion. "I'm off sea-kittening" just doesn't have the same ring to it!
UPDATE: Do check out the PETA website for some funny cat/fish cartoon pictures.
Oh, and I've decided that "I'm going sea-kittening" does have a nice ring to it so I'm adopting it (not that I get to go very often).
Labels: Society / Politics
Homeschooling - the Future of Education?
Haven't read Scott Adam's (of Dilbert fame) blog recently but had a look tonight and he suggests that homeschooling may be the future of education.
I can imagine a future economy where everyone is home schooled over the Internet, and the average result is an improvement. With the Internet you could leverage the best teaching methods to the entire country. No one gets the bad teacher or the disruptive class. There are no bullies and no cliques.
I haven't read the comments to his blog post yet as I wanted to get my ideas down without further influence.
Personally, I would have loved to have been "homeschooled via the internet" instead of actually going to school. I didn't like school. My memories of school are loneliness and boredom. Homeschooling may actually have helped with the boredom aspect. I did an alternative schooling option for the last two terms of Year 8 and completed 2 years work in this period. This sort of learning would have worked great for me, but I'm not sure it would work for all kids. Some people do learn best through personal interaction rather than via reading (as we are all aware people learn differently). Neither my brother or sister excelled at this school.
Speaking as the mum of two school aged girls I am not sure that I would like this to be the only option that I had available for educating my girls.
My youngest is a very social child who loves the interaction that she got at kindergarten. She will start pre-primary this year and I believe socialisation is still a major focus at this age group as well as building the foundations for learning (especially reading).
My eldest is a quiet, reserved child who, I truely believe, has benefitted greatly from being in the school environment. I think for pure learning she would be happy with a self-paced, "learn on your own" style. But the classroom activities, particularly "news" (or "show and tell" as I knew it) have really helped build her confidence and I am not sure how this could be done outside of the school environment.
Scott Adams' take on the socialisation aspects is:
My guess is that as long as home schooled kids have friends in the neighborhood, and siblings, they socialize just fine. The social skills can be learned on sports teams and at Girl Scouts
But I do not fully agree. My girls have friends in the neighbourhood, they both participate in team sports and the eldest attends Girl Guides. I do believe that while these activities provide some socialisation opportunities they're not the "day in day out" type of opportunity provided by a school.
Prior to having kids I liked the idea of homeschooling, mainly as I didn't want my children to be bored at school like I was. However, having seen their personalities and having found the school that they are at I think that going to school is definitely a better option for them at this time. Maybe when they're older and socialisation and confidence building aren't such major issues then the "homeschooling via the internet" could be an option.
An aspect of this plan that Scott Adams doesn't address is the availability / suitability of parents to provide an appropriate learning environment. The assumption is made that a parent will be around to give better personal attention than a teacher with 20 students..
I see two problems with this, 1) those people with jobs will have to give them up to be home for the children (or we have to return to a traditional family structure where the husband works and the wife stays home with the kids); and
2) there are a lot of parents now who have enough trouble providing a suitable environment out of school hours, let alone assuming that they could do this all day, every day.
He did make an interesting observation regarding schooling all-year round, verses having the summer months off -
It's a legacy of our farming past, with no current utility. Every summer the American kids lose ground to the Japanese kids who school year round. Home schooling would have no long breaks. Another problem solved.
We are currently in the middle of our summer school holidays. School broke up on Dec 15th and goes back on Feb 2nd. I don't see the need for these long holidays (although the teachers may disagree with me), however with temperatures in the high 30s (that's Celsius, folks - tomorrow is forecast to be 98.6F), I am not sure that the kids being in school is a great idea either.
It would free up accommodation if families could take holidays through out the school year and not just at "school holiday" times (we just take the kids out of school when we want to go on holidays and that gets around this issue).
So basically, on the whole, I don't think that I would like to see the future of education go this way.
Labels: Sciece / Tech / Ed / Health
Still planning to do the holiday wrap up blog soon ... however, I've just been looking through my favourite blogs I discover that Monkey Girl is hanging up her keyboard :(
I've been reading her blog for a couple of months now and have found it a good read.
Just a quick note from a computer in a Northcliffe cafe. We've stopped here for a bite to eat on our way to Windy Harbour. We went to Windy Harbour the other day - and it was :) ... Hoping today is slightly less windy and more suitable for swimming. The weather has been pretty hot down here - but the shady trees and breeze has made it bearable.
This is the second last day of our holiday in the South-West and we've had a fantastic time.
I'll put some photos up of the area when I get back - but I don't think photos can do the Karri Forests justice. I seriously think that this is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Add to the beautiful trees the wineries, beaches and other assorted cottage type industries (toffee factory, mead icecreamery, etc) and it's a wonderful place to spend some time.
Anyway, more later ....
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More Bush shit
Discussion in 'General' started by Bud Head, May 18, 2002.
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#1 Bud Head, May 18, 2002
White House under fire on warnings
Democrats seek documents as Bush says, ‘I’d have done everything in my power’
May 17 -- "Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to protect the American people."
NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES
WASHINGTON, May 17 — The Bush administration braced for a prolonged political battle as Democratic lawmakers demanded the White House hand over documents that warned as early as 1999 that Osama bin Laden’s followers might crash an explosives-laden aircraft into a government building like the Pentagon.
FACING HIS CRITICS, President Bush said in a Rose Garden address Friday that although he was briefed on terror threats last August, “Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to kill on that fateful morning, I would have done everything in my power to protect the American people.”
Among the documents that Democrats want to see are a classified CIA analysis given to Bush on Aug. 6 and a pre-Sept. 11 FBI memo that warned headquarters that many Middle Eastern men were training at American flight schools.
News of another federal report raised eyebrows Friday when word spread that it had warned in 1999 that terrorists might be planning to crash a plane into a government building.
'99 suicide scenario floated
“Suicide bomber(s) belonging to al-Qaida’s Martyrdom Battalion could crash-land an aircraft packed with high explosives (C-4 and semtex) into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency, or the White House,” said the report, which was prepared for the National Intelligence Council and shared with other federal agencies.
• New Afghan operation under way
• U.S. spy plane crashes in Pakistan
• Complete coverage
• Bush defends pre-9/11 actions
• Families angered by report
The unclassified report — titled the “Sociology and Psychology of Terrorism: Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why?” — described the suicide hijacking as one of several possible retribution attacks al-Qaida might seek for the 1998 U.S. airstrike against bin Laden’s camps in Afghanistan.
The report noted that an al-Qaida-linked man first arrested in the Philippines in 1995 and later convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing had suggested such a suicide jetliner mission.
“Ramzi Yousef had planned to do this against the CIA headquarters,” said the report, written by the Federal Research Division, an arm of the Library of Congress that provides research for various federal agencies under contracts.
The report contrasts with Bush administration officials’ assertions that no one in government had imagined an attack like Sept. 11 before that time.
Did the White House take appropriate action about the warning?
Yes, it did what it could at the time.
No, it should have done more.
* 68319 responses
Survey results tallied every 60 seconds. Live Votes reflect respondents' views and are not scientifically valid surveys.
“I don’t think anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon; that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile,” national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said Thursday.
Asked about the report by NBC’s Campbell Brown at Friday’s press briefing, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer described it as a psychological, sociological evaluation of terrorism.
“I don’t think it’s a surprise to anybody that terrorists think in evil ways,” he said. “It is not a piece of intelligence information suggesting that we had information about a specific plan.”
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The news of Bush’s August briefing set off a furor and precipitated a public-relations blitz by the White House, which sent forth an extraordinary number of senior advisers to defend the president as Democrats, and even some Republicans, sought answers.
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House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., posed a variation on the famous Watergate-era question: What did the president know and when did he know it?
Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said, “There was a lot of information. I believe, and others believe, if it had been acted on properly we may have had a different situation on Sept. 11.”
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#3 cowboysaxman, May 19, 2002
CLASSIC AL GORE QUOTES
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a
mother and child."
"Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow
astronauts."
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit ... Mars is somewhat
the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We
have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and
water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If
oxygen, that means we can breathe."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more
freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good
judgments in the future."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in
the world."
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive
positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
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We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of
Europe."
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to the polls."
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our children."
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impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
Sadly enough, the American People have little to choose from at election time!!
It seems to me, that it doesn't really matter which PUPPET get's elected!!
But I still believe if ya don't vote, ya got no right to bitch, so what's left??
Documents concerning these threats of terrorist attacks surfaced as early as 95'!!! Osama Bin Laden was involved with the first Tower bombings and other terrorist attacks!!
Defense plans and guidelines should have already been in place long ago!!!!!!!!
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#4 justme, May 19, 2002
I think we had all made the right decision at election time Cowboy. But, the problem was the people's vote didn't count. There was this whole thing with the Supreme Court...and electoral colleges. I really think if Mr. Gore was elected we'd all be in a much different place right now.
I don't think the terrorism problem would've been containable by him. But, maybe they would not have attacked at all if they knew we had a strong government in power?
I know Al Gore is boring...I know Bill Clinton liked the ladies, and had bad taste in them as well. But, together they did alot more for the people who lived in the US...than anything either of the Bushes ever have.
#5 NuBBiN, May 19, 2002
right on justme..i couldnt agree more.....To me, Bill Clinton was one of the most influential and productive presidents in the last century....although he was great at his job, yes, he was a pig, and he paid dearly for his actions....whether it was fully deserved or not....but you know what? if i could I would have voted for him again! And if people actually studied their past leaders they'd notice that almost EVERY ONE did the same ting as clinton...JFK and marylin monroe, richard nixon, hoover, taft,not to mention all those early presidents who raped and a few impregnating their black slaves. Did you know that Lyndon B Johnson was in the middle of having sex with an intern when his wife walked in on him, soon after a buzzer system was installed throughout the whitehouse to warn the president of his wifes arrival....? And now that Bush is under fire for something one hundred times worse, its being downplayed so dramatically...
Ive been hearing about these old documents surfacing pertaining to the Bush administration knowing ahead of time about these attacks..whether this is true or not, I dont know...but what I keep wondering is how the republicans would react if this had happened to bill clinton?...
DaWodin Old School Stoner
#6 DaWodin, May 19, 2002
hey cowboysaxman, r u sure those aren't dan quayle quotes?
Originally posted by DaWodin
I believe they were evenly matched!
Zylark Old School Stoner
#8 Zylark, Feb 17, 2003
you americans really had to choose beetween the plague and kolera at last election time, hehe
ah, anyways, where was i, ehmm, bush knowing beforehand and such:
"Here's one last FACT to consider. The GOP spent $40 million to pursue an ultimately merit-less case against Clinton that involved diddling an intern and some questionable real estate deals. Since Bush took office, not one dime has been spent by Congress to investigate Cheney and his secret energy dealings, Bush's stolen election, Tom Delay's boiler room scams that have bilked doctors out of millions, the mysterious wild trading of American and United Airlines stock the week before 9/11 or any of the other crimes that were far more serious than Clinton's offenses. Meanwhile, the GOP –so eager to spend millions to investigate an office romance– has worked overtime to block the initiation of any serious investigation into the biggest crime to have ever been perpetrated on American soil that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. WAKE UP AMERICA!!" - (Copyright © 2002 by the News Insider and) Cheryl Seal
what was that clinton thing about anyways? at the late president of france's funeral, not only his wife was there, but also some of his present and past mistresses
Digit Banned
#9 Digit, Feb 17, 2003
NuB said wot i was gonna say but he said it better. so i'll b quiet now.
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#10 tednugent, Feb 17, 2003
Sorry to disagree with the majority here, but I hardly think Gore would have provided a stronger government than Bush does. Perhaps he would have put the twin towers in a lockbox though--that might have worked.
ubik Old School Stoner
#11 ubik, Feb 18, 2003
There's this picture in the cover of the book anti-terrorism activities or something like that where there's a picture of the WTC towers and in the upper part of the torn there's an cross sight and an aero-plane approaching it. it's used by FBI, CIA, and the military.
Can I make this bush more?
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Ghaal, Black Metal, and Satanism
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Sentienth696
Well, it is kind of sticking to the OP in this one talking about "is he gay?"! I am not arguing that he is or isn't gay! I'm just saying to the people who are to show proof of their claims rather than just opinion!
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Lyrici17
Sentienth696 wrote:
Not that I don't think proof is needed here (as I personally don't know or care if Gaahl is gay), but I'm pretty sure there's no proof that Morrissey is gay (whether in his life or in his music)... but I think it is generally perceived that he is...
Fact created purely out of gossip is ridiculous.
Show proof, or show nothing!
It wouldn't surprise me if Gaahl is gay, mainly because nothing about Gaahl would surprise me, but he's not necessarily gay just because he hangs around with *gasp* a male fashion designer!
It's not so much that he's involved in the fashion industry, it's the fact that he's designing women's summer clothing. Who knows, maybe Gaahl is gay or maybe he's trying to get the everyday suburban housewife into Gorgoroth's music through his designs. If the latter be true, what an ingenious marketing idea it be.
incarcerated_demon
In that excerpt of the Decibel interview, seems like the interviewer was asking what Dani felt about the whole King/Gaahl vs Infernus situation, not Gaahl's sexual orientation. Either Dani was shooting his mouth off or it's a pre-arranged dialogue to stoke the fires and keep you goss-mongers frothing.
Or some bloke did a really poor job at excerpting that interview.
EntilZha
Is this thread called "Gaahl's sexual orientation"? Hmm, unless my eyes severely fool me I think it isn't. Let's keep the unrelated gossip out, shall we?
Atheistic Satanism in relation to Gaahl's portrayal of it in the documentary about him.
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EntilZha wrote:
This thread is full of gossipping WOMEN.
MercyfulSatyr
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Anti_All wrote:
According to your profile, you're a woman too.
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MercyfulSatyr wrote:
How very astute of you to figure that out. Must have taken some great detective skills to click a button and open my profile.
KingHenry
I find it rather amusing that fat, spotty, 15 year old virgins are upset about Ghaal being gay. So what?! At least he's getting laid, and making [occasionaly] decent music.
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agentsteel666
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Slightly off topic, but why is it that Agentsteel666 starts a thread then never seems to come back to it and give any argument or further detail into what hes talking about? I've noticed this over numerous threads now, and its getting annoying.
Because my thread got moved and I couldn't find it. I started another one because I thought it didn't get posted. And I don't know if I'm going to respond to this thread or not because apparently there is already another thread on Satanism.
GoreHog9
it is a true fact that Ghaal is homosexual...
i have valid evidence from my good friend's band who played Wacken 08 (dont ask what band, you're not going to be told). but at Wacken Ghaal would be sitting in the side-stage area, bouncing a 15-16 year old boy on his knee. my buddies all thought it was his son, so there wasnt much thought of it. only later on as the festival continued to find out that it was not his son in the least bit; rather, come to find out Ghaal is terrified of getting AIDS on the road, so each time gorgoroth hits the road he brings a 15-16 year old boy he knows is clean to basically fuck. he calls these kids his "safe-asses"...
i dont have anything against people who choose to be homosexual. but honestly, thats just fucking weird. especially from Ghaal of all people. i also was told that he's dating some norwegian fashion designer guy (i dont know if thats true or not though)
but anyways, theres your insight to "is ghaal gay or not?"
GoreHog9 wrote:
So in addition to being gay, he's also a pedophile? There's something new about this guy every month.
Kruel
Eh, not really. Both of the ideas were brought up years ago and every piece of evidence I've heard is uniformly second-hand anecdotal.
yeah, i guess so. maybe thats the legal age up there or something haha
Kruel wrote:
If this whole thing about Gaahl being a fashion-loving fruit is true, it just shatters that whole image of him being a Nietzschean ubermensch. He sounds like just another trendy fucker trying to be unique.
hah, its going to be great when Ghaal finally makes his life choices public and official. and every black metal elitest kid whos worshipped gorgoroth as the most "grimtruenecrokvlt"whateverthefuck band around is probably going to shit themselves and completely hate gorgoroth from there on out.
zombiebuttfartpoopdick
Gaahl didn't contribute anything to the classic albums anyway.
t1337Dude
I was always wondering why people looked up to Gaahl. I'm not big into Gorgoroth, but all I've noticed is that he joined once they started making shitty albums and he's well known for acting like a weirdo. For example, the ending of that one interview where he stares into the camera. He's not cool. He's just awkward and creepy.
zervyx
t1337Dude wrote:
I was always wondering why people looked up to Gaahl.
IMO it has more to do with his well known "background" than his real "talent" in music. By that I mean that he got pretty popular for the violent behavior that he showed in the past, like that time that he tortured some man, remember?.
Darkified
I think simply ghaal is pathetic man , he is dumb.Every project who make , are bad .Satanism fot ghaal is comedy , it's not serious.
Nazg
Darkified wrote:
Hail! You who make , totaly hit the point.Satanism , not fun.You intellectual are
SladeCraven
I will never understand what difference it makes if Ghaal is or is not a homosexual.
As for his "Satanism," I think this is simply the image his music calls for, and thus he gives it.
Are there real Satanists, theistic and not, in black metal? Sure.
I will just give my personal opinion here that Ghaal himself is not one of them. His attitude is far too much of a creep show act for it to be real, I think.
As for his talents, I think he is a decent black metal vocalist. Not very good, not too bad, just decent.
The musical direction of Gorgoroth would be greater, and more secure, in the hands of Infernus and his new members.
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Ok as long as this thread is still going, I'll comment and try to clarify what I meant by my opening post.
I thought that Ghaal was a pretty evil guy and did some nasty deplorable things. However, when they talked about his upbringing and Ghaal talked about his philosophies on life and I started to think about it, it was quite understandable why someone would become a Satanist (in the sense of the satanic bible).
I mean, being secluded from the rest of the world for most of your life can make you care less about others and care more for yourself. Think if you've never had anyone who really interacted with you and gave you things or supported you or anything. You'd have to be all on your own. I mean, that's why he's like that. It's completely understandable. Ghaal is actually a pretty cool guy.
As much as I hate to fuel the Gaahl hype-wagon, the link is here to the full interview:
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=107859
The most interesting part of that was when he said the two replacement spots for his version of Gorgoroth have already been taken. Couldn't care less about the guy's personal life/criminal record/painting/needlework/blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
...Shut up and play!
SladeCraven wrote:
and that's why I think he's overrated. As far as I read here, it seems that the talented guy was Infernus, and Gaahl is not that good singer anyway just a decent one.
But to tell you the truth, it doesnt really matter who wins the battle, cause if Infernus wins, Gaahl will stay on stages using another name for the band... something like "The force Gorgoroth" or something LOL but of course, without Infernus their new music will turn shitty
ammodytes
FiZzZiKaL wrote:
You're analyzing Gaahl?
You do realize he's not actually a Satanist, right? He's a pagan, or so he claims. Pretty much all black metal artists are only using Satan as part of their music, they don't actually believe in him for the most part.
You're wrong on what Satanism is. You're thinking of Theistic Satanism, which is the worship of Satan himself.
LaVeyan Satanism is the worship of the self. The use of the word Satanism refers to "small religious group that is unrelated to any other faith, and whose members feel free to satisfy their urges responsibly, exhibit kindness to their friends, and attack their enemies."
Paganism is Satanism from a Christian point of view... for Christians, any kind of cult that does not worship God (or Allah, or Yahweh, or any other "variant" of the Christian God), but instead worships another entity or other entities is considered Satanism... or so I have understood within the past years. For someone outside Christianism, it makes more sense to consider Satanism the worshipping of Satan himself; therefore, true Satanists should believe in God (even though they do not act according to His will) as true Christians should believe in Satan. A person who does not believe in either, but instead chooses to worship another deity or deities, isn't Cristian, but isn't Satanic either, I think. I don't know if Hinduism or Wiccan are considered Satanism, but if they are, as I believe they are, it is strange for me to consider them a form of adoration/glorification of Satan... both Hinduism and Wiccan, for example, are based on such priciples as love, selflessness, joy and peace; I may be revealing ignorance saying this, but these don't seem like the foundings of Satan-worshipping cults... they actually have quite a lot in common with Christianism.
Anyway, this is the view of atheist. These are notions I have been "assimilating" over the years, and they may be (or are, probably) wrong, however, they make some sense to me; still I have doubts about them, as you may have noticed. Correct me, shed some light on this, clear me of all doubts, questions and false knowledge if you please... but don't call me an ignorant, I just want to participate here, and if possible, learn something
zervyx wrote:
Infernus didn't write the last two albums anyway (and thus they were shitty).
Speaking of Gaahl, he just "officially" came out.
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Crick
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I'm going to play the immature card and point out that Gaahl is being interviewed about his homosexuality by a magazine named "Rock Hard".
Don't talk to Crick.
Hehe, foreskins.
So I was right all along! No big deal, I am not homophobic, but I knew he was gay.
Grynfisher
Heheh, Black Metal gossip.
That was a good interview. I really feel like I get Gaahl a lot more than I did before. He seems like a very intelligent person, who has essentially grown up (or matured) from a life that, to me, sounded kind of dangerous and depressing.
I applaud Gaahl for coming out, if that's what he indeed did in that interview. While, most people wouldn't openly admit it, I think a lot of people will, unfortunately, think poorly of Gaahl for being gay. It doesn't fit the grandiose aesthetic of what black metal. Personally, I think it's brave. He shouldn't have to worry about whether people accept his sexual orientation or not.Then again, this thread exists at all - there's no threads about Pest's sexuality.
I still think that Gorgoroth should be Infernus' though.
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So Ghaal says he's gay now. Super.
He doesn't suck any less for it.
Lyrici17 wrote:
Then again, this thread exists at all - there's no threads about Pest's sexuality.
This thread is NOT about Gaahl's sexual orientation.
Well, why not? It's about Ghaal isn't it, and the news is that he just officially "came out" as it were.
And fair play to him for it.
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King Fowley is working on an autobiography!
According to King's Facebook, the man himself is working on an autobiography. It will extensively cover both his personal and musical life as the leader of the amazing Deceased, among others. It will also contain tons of pictures, rare and otherwise.
For me, this is a must-read. As anyone who knows King can tell you, the man is the real deal. He's devoted his life to music, and is a wealth of knowledge. Plus, he's hilarious!
Any thoughts on this?
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I think he's had a full career and has a lot of commentary he can share about his time in the death metal scene and his influences. I've only recently gotten into the bands music and I am a big fan of the bands latter material, its not often you see a death metal band incorporate speed and heavy metal influences into their music and still write excellent songs.
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i think it'd be an excellent read, the dan lilker one is due out some day too [biography, not autobiography though]
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I would so buy it.
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FJ Receptor
I would be interested in reading it, but he's kind of a polarizing figure in metal to me. He can be very pompous and insulting if he doesn't like a band, or a band member, despite whatever success they've achieved in comparison to his glorified garage band.
savagevelocithrash
Cool. This guy is evolved in some really great bands like October 31 and Doomstone in the past. Also, this guy must have a lot of weird and funny stories about the Metal scene back in the days. Deceased is a very ubnderrated band.
NorthernDarkness6
I like the music of Deceased and October 31, especially "The Traumatic" and "Powerhouse", but since I became aware of how King Fowley viciously badmouthed my favorite band in Slayer Magazine, I've stopped listening to them. In this Slayer Magazine, he basically ranted that he hopes a certain band member dies. This is not legitimate constructive criticism.
sourlows
if you guys haven't checked out the band biographies on deceased's website (www.upthetombstones.net) I suggest reading them as they are quite interesting. so i'm looking forward to king's autobiography, he's an interesting and opinionated guy .
Aeonblade
Anyone who helped with Those Whom Satan Hath Joined and Supernatural Addiction is good in my books. I really should check some of his interviews to see who he is bashing. I honestly wish more known musicians would do that sort of thing, rather than just try to play the diplomat all the time.
Not sure I'll buy his book though. Autobiographies are usually corny as hell.
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While I agree with King Fowley's attacks on nu metal and the big 4 hype, other statements of his can't be supported. For example, he says that he doesn't like Judas Priest's "Pain Killer" but "Visions of the End" by October 31 sounds like it would fit perfectly on the "Pain Killer" album. Also, he said that In Solitude's MDF performance in 2011 was boring. I've seen both Deceased and October 31 live, and I think that In Solitude are much better live and on record. Dissection and Destruction are other bands that he has unfairly badmouthed.
Kigo7
I'd definitely consider buying the book when it comes out, if anything just to learn about King Fowley and his contributions to the metal world.
He is a very opinionated man, but I honestly don't see why that should bother anybody. So what if he bashes a band you like? I love Destruction as much as anyone, and yet I still like reading his harsh words about them. It's just funny. After all, he's the first one to tell you to like whatever you like, and damn whatever anyone else might think.
You all act as if the bulk of metalheads don't lampoon each other for likng "x" metal and x album. He is just easy to pick on because he's in a more successful band than any of us wil ever be in, and he isn't afraid to piss a few people off by insulting others pet bands.
FredSanford
King doesn't pull any punches when it comes to his opinions on bands, but he is really one of the nicest guys around to fellow fans of metal. The guy has sent me free stuff in the mail, and he doesn't know me from Adam.
Many people have confronted him about things he has said about other bands, and I've always seen him handle it with class and a friendly attitude. Thiestru was correct when he said this:
Thiestru wrote:
After all, he's the first one to tell you to like whatever you like, and damn whatever anyone else might think.
Ecliptik
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I am SO getting this. I can't wait for the inevitable hilarity that is sure to ensue.
I'm grateful to King Fowley for releasing excellent Metal such as Satan's Host, Iron Angel, Backwater, and Cities on his Old Metal Records Label. However, his behavior raises red flags. If you read the Metalion Slayer Diaries book, you will see that he says that he hopes the legendary lead singer of a certain band dies. This band that he attacks is not only my favorite band, but also the favorite band of Cronos and Mantas of Venom, Mike Torrao of Possessed, and Kerry King of Slayer. In the same interview he also rants against Jon Nodtveidt in an irrational way. Jon Nodtveidt should be judged for classics such as "Night's Blood" and "Frozen" instead of one industrial experiment. Some of the bands that he has attacked are much more important than Deceased, October 31, and his Old Metal Records releases, so I have to condemn this behavior.
RapeTheDead
NorthernDarkness6 wrote:
Are you sure that he wasn't just speaking in hyperbole when he wished death upon the frontman of this band (who for some reason you have actively avoided naming)? People do that a lot, I wouldn't take it too seriously; I'm sure King didn't. A lot of your favorite artists despise bands and band members who you love; they're just not as vocal about it.
I'm definitely gonna buy this if I can. King's one of the few people in metal whom I truly look up to; I already love reading interviews by the guy. He's such a colorful character who has a true passion for the music, always nice to hear what he has to say.
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Again, who the hell cares what he says about bands? He's definitely prone to hyperbole, which I think is hilarious, and in no way to be taken seriously. If he comes and runs over your kitten, then you can complain about his behavior 'raising red flags', but as it is, it's just silly. If you don't like something he says, it's easy enough to avoid him.
VoidOfEternity
Having seen Deceased and October 31 live many times and been around King enough, he may say some out there things, but he's also really nice and if you disagree with him, he's entirely respectful about it. He also has a lot of interesting stories, so this could be cool.
triggerhappy
If you read the Metalion Slayer Diaries book, you will see that he says that he hopes the legendary lead singer of a certain band dies. This band that he attacks is not only my favorite band, but also the favorite band of Cronos and Mantas of Venom, Mike Torrao of Possessed, and Kerry King of Slayer.
So who is this favourite band of yours, and why do you actively avoid mentioning their name?
More importantly, why do you feel the need to give so much of a fuck?
Veracs wrote:
Thats a shitload of Gargoyle mp3's you have on that thing I'm sure.
That's all Crick's iPod accepts. GB = Gargobytes.
Heavy_T_Skubbs
TBF In Solitude's performance at MDF was pretty boring. Their sound was off, it was about 90 degrees, and the band seemed pretty sluggish (a deadly mixture of drugs + leather pants, perhaps?).
kelza_hfm wrote:
pantera unleashed mega thrash
triggerhappy wrote:
I'd like to know this too. My guess is Judas Priest.
That was my first guess as well, but seeing as King mentions them as a major influence in their early days on Deceased's website, I doubt it.
That's true, but he's had some negative things to say about Halford too. *shrug* Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Yes. It's Judas Priest. I wanted to see if people could guess. I believe that Rob Halford made some mistakes going modernist with Fight and industrial with Two, but he later redeemed himself with "Resurrection" and "Crucible" and then, of course, "Angel of Retribution". "Nostradamus" some songs that don't do anything for me, but the title track is one of my favorites. It seems to me that King Fowley will condemn Rob Halford or Jon Nodveidt to eternal condemnation for one mistake while ignoring their legendary contributions and extolling bands such as Y & T and Madam X who are simply not in the same league. This is why he rubs me the wrong way.
Well, if it bothers you that much, don't read his autobiography when it comes out. =P Having spoken to him quite a bit though, it just doesn't bother me when he badmouths bands I like, and he pretty much always does so in a manner I find amusing. Besides, he's No Doubt's biggest fanboy, which is extremely humorous in itself. =D
TheGrimWombat
Uh oh! King's hyperbole is causing butthurt again!
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if it ain't diamond then it ain't king to me and i don't need it!
Just saying!
Um... ok. Your loss.
You do realize that King is his real name, right?
An abridgment of his real name anyway.
Well, right. King is closer to Kingsley than it is to Kim Bendix. =]
Here are some quotes from King Fowley from an interview linked below.
On Dio: "Great singer, terrible songwriter. Loved 'Holy Diver' - 'The Last in Line' on let me down."
He dismisses Judas Priest's "Painkiller": "They tried to go thrash with 'Painkiller'... That's not a Priest album."
"A lot of big bands from the eighties that people call legends now, don't do nothing for me. I'm not into Celtic Frost at all. I'm not into Destruction at all. I'm not into Possessed at all."
"We Rock", "Breathless", "Wild One", are terrible songwriting??? I beg to differ. As for "Painkiller", the title track, "Metal Meltdown", and "All Guns Blazing" demonstrate speed/thrash metal influences but the rest, such as "Leather Rebel" and "One Shot at Glory", are melodic classic HM. Also, I think that "Painkiller" and "Riding on the Wind" are 2 songs that are the definition of Heavy Metal. With quotes such as these, King Fowley should not be held up as the authority on what is or isn't Heavy Metal.
http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewdeceased.html
From those quotes, he's not saying anything absurdly horrendous or defamatory, man. He's giving his opinions on popular metal music.
Dissenting opinions on your favorite artists/bands are allowed, you know.
You're taking this way too seriously. No one claimed that he was an authority on what is good metal. I'm with you on pretty much everything he said up there - I disagree. But so what? He's just expressing his opinion, just as we all are. I'm not interested in his autobiography because I want a tome containing his thoughts on other bands; I'm interested because he's had a full, interesting life, and I love his music. Also because he cracks me up.
NorthernDarkness feels that King is personally assaulting his metal anus.
I didn't think In Solitude's 2011 MDF performance was all that great, either.
I don't remember them at MDF 2011, but when I saw them a few months ago they were awful. Seriously just terrible.
king fowley
cheers all!
well i see a bit has been brought up, i'll try and clear some of it up!
in solitude was terrible at mdf to me. yeah they played fine and all but it didnt go anywhere song wise and they looked as bored
up there as most of the crowd did watching it. came off a third band of 6 at a local metal night to me.
rob halford is a piece of shit to me. i love, read that again, love J.P up to and inlcluding 'screaming...', it started to go real bad to me and the contrived 'painkiller' was an attempt in spots to be current and more speedish. sure its got a few decent songs, but it's farrrrrrrr from a classic to me! halford shit on heavy metal .yep i'm 44 and older then alot of you, but to me that's a disgrace. took the 'fuck off metal' stance when metal was a bad word. that's super lame. then came back and trademarked 'metal god' for his calling card name. pathetic! do i wish him death? no! am i disgusted at him forever ?, YES!
y&t first 5 records are incredible. some of the best hard rock ever written out of america to me. they didn't make it and
let up, softened up and in the end 'blew it'!~ i have those early records forever
madam x is ok, i like most of the one album. not sure how they got mntioned in the class of y&t
jon dissection and me had a long talk via phone and he told me of his hatred for techno and dance in depth and how he'd never be a part of it etc etc. then he did it. i called him a fucking liar is all i did with him. not into liars or people who 180 it.
i love dio so much. cried when he dies. but he DOES need help writing classic albums. he needed ritchie and he needed iommi, like they needed him. solo he had a pocketful of classics in hand. actually one or two tunes from 'holy diver' are from sabs day. but it got very sub par quickly. sure 'we rock' kicks ass. but 'last in line' lets up and has more filler then killer. then it got worse and worse.
it just did. not his best. great, great voice but a guy who had kinda silly lyrics alto of time and alot of filler solo material! my opinion
i've seen so many bands and people literaly knock the people uotside the tour bus paying to see them. from nick of paradise lost, to dave/trey of morbid angel to schmier and destruction, to many, many more. makes me sick to see folks do this. ego fuckers. not my thing. this is supposed to be a unified togetherness, but some, sadly make that ALOT of bands are only out to jerk themselves off and be the gene simmons at the local rock club on any given night. boo, hiss to that!!
i lvoe the possessed demo. the debut let me down. horrid drumming really hurt it. and they cleaned it up a bit too much for my liking.
never liked destruction. vocals are hideous and the songs neve rhit me as heavy/wicked/cool. much preferred early sodom and kreator and violent force and iron angel demos to add on.
i love no doubt. i'm a freak for my girly pop ala benatar, blondie, missing persons, berlin, no doubt, operator please, etc etc
something i always have and always will adore
i'm nice toe veryone. anywhere. i'm n ot better then anyone, just another person in the world. ask anyone who'se ever talked to me
if i've shown then a shitty higher than thou attitude or otherwise. i bet you wont find even one. not my way of looknig at life.
sure we might not agree on bands, who cares? you can tell me gwen stefani eats a horses dick or blondie sucks john amos testicles. wont make me dislike you at all. being yourself is a good thing in my eyes. i don't feel i've been overly rude too often on bands and calling them out. it's how i see it in my passionate way.
ok i'll stop now. i saw this online and thought i'[d come in and say 'hey'.
cheers to anyone and everyone and wishing everyone well through the holidays and beyond
anyone wants to chit chat talk etc kingdoomstone@yahoo.com
anytime!
be well and be yourself
p.s deceased, october 31 are both bands i'm very proud of. the music we've made means alot to me if not anyone else. music has got me through drug issues as a teen, drinking issues as an adult and is the one real 'outlet' in my life that has bettered me as a human being and to going forward instead of stagnate living. that's all i ever wanted with it. someone likes it, cool! someone hates it, cool too! we do our thing and always will! nothing more, nothing less!
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JC'S DETAILED GUIDE To Success In Soccermanager
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JC's Detailed Guide To Success in Soccermanager *NEW: Just wanted to say not managed a team for a long time on SM now so I suspect several parts that I have mentioned below are now less relevant, out of date or even completely wrong, for example I believe unmanaged teams can now use any of 20+ formations so using 3-5-2 to beat the previously default 4-4-2 isn't going to work as well . . . Introduction This is my first post in the help section, so please bear with it, and feel free to give advice. I hope it is appreciated. It is very long, so feel free to skip sections, I have tried to highlight key words and sections. What I am hoping to do here is to put down here is most of what I have experienced* about SM over the past 4 years and hopefully help everyone from newcomers to experienced managers and clear-up some misconceptions Disclaimer All the advice will have varying success dependent on your league and your decisions and I cannot guarantee it is all accurate, as I lot of what I say is what I have generally observed and I do not have the evidence to back up a lot of the advice. I will divide the guide into two parts. The only way to improve your teams results is through Tactics or Player Transfers. You will need both, throughout soccer manager you will often see teams of average ratings 80, beat 90s. The match engine relies a lot on tactics, however it is clearly important for the long term to build a strong team. Tactics Use In-Game Instructions If your team is losing at 60 minutes it is rare on soccer manager that this result will be different at 90 minutes. For this reason you should at least make some changes to attempt to make difference. Equally if you are winning at 60 minutes don't make changes, as your formation is working well already. Possession Is The Key Statistic As evidence of this I have just looked at EC106 Div 2, a division with relatively equal sides but some differences, all very active managers who are playing every formation under the sun. Out of the 20 games, looking at the teams with greater possession 16 won, 2 drew 2 lost. Look at your own games and you will often find maybe 80% of games are won on possession. ( I have noticed it can often be inaccurate however if one team changes their formation significantly at some point midway through the game) I have to emphasise though I have never found a way to improve possession, trying formations like 3-6-1 with slow tempo and men behind ball, which you would have thought might improve your possession statistics, will have the same chances of success as any other formation Number Of Shots Is Less Important I hear many managers complain about the number of shots they had and still lost. The number of shots is clearly relevant but less so out of 20 games looking at the teams with the greater number of shots, 10 won 5 lost 4 drew, Possession is the best statistic to look at. Do Not Judge Players On Past Success Many a manager like to judge players on there recent number of goals or favouritism. I would argue selection should be based purely on -rating -position -morale -fitness. I believe The SM match engine can only recognise these 4 facts, and it will NOT KNOW that Dzeko is your favourite player and scored loads for your team last season, or that his rating will go up shortly (EDIT: this was when dzeko was rated 89!), so play Yakubu ahead of him! Edin Dzeko Top Teams Play 3-4-1-2 or 3-5-2 I have looked at a lot of the top teams in the top 100 managers page, mostly those teams with a high average points per game average, some in the region of 2.5 average points over 6+ seasons. I logged into the game worlds for a brief period with a very low club to check their tactics and league form. Now it goes without saying they generally have monster squads, however time and again they use a formation variation on 3-5-2 or 3-4-1-2, this isn't just a few teams, about 60% of the teams I looked at did, maybe 30 teams. My theory behind this is if you have a top team playing 3-5-2, it requires very good players to work, but it may well be consistent if this is the case, hence why I found it so often in the top teams. Also 3-5-2 generally beats the default 4-4-2 formation, again helping these teams. If you play 3-5-2 with a comparatively weaker team it often does not work. I have to state this is NOT a super formation that will necessarily work for you, and if you play it I would expect it too work only in a limited number of circumstances, (as explained above, and also commented on further below) 3-4-1-2, Attacking & Hard Tackling Again these three factors were recurring themes, (although not as common) in the top teams. 3-4-1-2 is more popular than 3-5-2, and generally with the team mentality set to attacking. With hard tackling, this possibly featured more as the squads were large enough to cope with any suspensions and I have never noticed a long term increase in red cards (this is very debatable though). However it will likely result in more injuries. All Formations Can Be Equally Effective I see many threads saying this formation will do well in a certain league or you should player wingers as they will be effective, but I feel it depends greatly on your league and players and I see very few with evidence behind these claims. I'm of the opinion that every formation is equal and that each will have a certain number of tactics it is strong against and an equal number it is weak against, (given the players are equal in rating and morale). Specific formations however can be stronger in a certain league, if some formations are more common your team is lower rated your team is higher rated or it regularly beats default 4-4-2 I cannot be certain of this though, so again take the advice with a pinch of salt. I would like to create a record of which tactics beat which, but there is so many variables it would be nigh on impossible, with billions of combinations. NEW* Secondary Positions Are Just As Effective If a player is a LB/RB for example then he will play equally effectively at either position. He will not play worse than a regular RB at RB. This is an age old question which causes much confusion but Im hoping this will help. http://forum.soccermanager.com/showthread.php?t=20772 The Dev's don't often answer questions (and they have ignored this particular question in the past) or say very much at all about the match engine, I think partially because they feel they may ruin the game and you should experiment yourself, but Ste has let something slip. This quote is taken from SM Dev Ste, under the improvements section about the introduction of preferred foot (the link above): "The players position is still the KEY thing to look at, if a player is LB/RB that means he will play equally good at either position despite his foot. A CM can play CM whatever foot he is etc. It will only effect players who are played out of position. For example if you have a CM who is left footed and you play him right wing he may well play worse than if you played him left wing." The key line being "if a player is a LB/RB that means he will play equally good at either position" More detail on this can be found here: http://forum.soccermanager.com/showthread.php?t=53703 Also now with the player position suggested position feature (you get a green square if he can play there effectively) this point looks to have been proved. The Match Engine Is Simplistic I'm of the opinion that you cannot take the match commentary very seriously or the match engine for that matter. The commentary appears to be almost randomly generated. You will notice you will never see a penalty given, despite being asked to pick a penalty taker? The quotes from the commentary are regularly repeated, even sometimes in the same order, and also many a time in the match commentary you will read about 4 shots on target and then the match statistics will say there was only 2 shots on target. Players Out Of Position If a player is played out of position I believe the match engine will treat him as a lower rated player. So if you play a CB at RB he will maybe drop 2 in rating. Play a CF in CM and he might drop 5 in rating. So it can be advantageous sometime to play players out of position if your only other option is a player 10 less in rating. (This is just a theory, however I think it is likely this is how it will work) Player Fitness Do not play players low on fitness, especially NMF. They are more likely to get injured, player with lower performance and will still be tired the next week so you may as well rest them now. I try not to play players below 80-90% (at worst). Exhausted Play Targetman/Playmaker if Comparatively High Rated I would advise using these two options when you have a player who is especially high rated for your league. These options will then emphasise his greater ability, give him more time on the ball and provide greater influence on the match. Raise Moral If a player is particularly low on moral I would advise giving him a new long contract. Moral will affect there performances and the new contract can often raise there moral by a significant amount. Substitutions If you have enough players I would recommend using substitutions. Even if they are lower rated replacements they will normally get high ratings on the match report and improve the team. It does however mean you will have more players lower on fitness Player Transfers Buy Risers As I'm sure you are aware one of the most important parts of this game is risers. I cannot emphasise this enough. It is often the only way to make money for small clubs, and you can make a lot of money especially in uncompetitive leagues up to 100 million+ a season (if you put in a lot of effort!). It is increasingly important with the latest improvements with cash injections (at the end of the season) now seemingly rarer and the “realistic attendances” generally reducing incomes. Buy Every Rising 10k Player I would recommend you buy every 10k player who might rise. 10k players have the largest percentage increase in value. Often for example 2900% for a moderate rise in value to 300k. Compared with rises in the 84 range where you might get a 100% increase in value. This means if you had 100k to spend and bought 100, 10k players you might get back 25mill! Although it would be important to consider wages. Wages normally are 3k/turn and players are transfer banned for 20turns so a 10k player in reality costs 70k+, so any rise would have to be more than this and this is also why it is perhaps not a good idea to stock up on these kind of players in estonia etc (which I learnt to my mistake) as they haven't reviewed them for 3 years . . .(SM has only been around for about 6 years total, they may as well not bother with these leagues if they are not going to review them) Constantly Invest As soon as players have risen and are of transfer ban try to reinvest your gains. Try to swap them (or swap two players), for a new riser (unless they themselves are going to rise again). Transfer listing them often means you lose value compared with what you get in a player exchange. Also I wouldn't worry if your losing money because wages are too high. Take it player by player if his rise will cover his wages then buy him. You will gain at the end of it, but you will need too sell the odd player to remain out of debt. Loads of risers can be found on threads on the forum or use websites to see who is starting in matches. Buy Players At Big Clubs Try to buy players at the "big" clubs, ie the likes of Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Barcelona and possibly some others like Sevilla. This is because they are almost guaranteed a 90+ rating for many many years, they don't necessarily have to be performing well, if they are low rated they can often rise rapidly and you will see the large majority of high rated players come from these teams. It can be tempting to buy players at smaller clubs who are talented and performing well (compared to for example a shaky but starting right back for Bayern) but it is much much harder for these players to gain 90+ ratings and they often will only rise to this level after years of amazing (and it is rare that they can maintain this) performances or until they move to a big club. So I would advise taking gambles on players that might break into the big teams. For example Thiago Motta, is an under-appreciated transfer, I feel he will will get a 92+ for a long time (EDIT: somewhat predictably he is now injured!). My Team: Preston North End (not a "big club"!), Talents I often feel many mangers/forumers concentrate on talents too much with very few of them ever making it. In uncompetitive leagues especially, I would advise leaving them and buy them later, when they actually look likely to rise or breakthrough regularly to a big team. For example I believe in 2006 Theo Walcott was rated maybe something in the region of 84 (correct me if I'm wrong) and now 8 SM seasons later he is 89 a surprisingly poor return. Save Money On Contracts This has already been said on previous threads, but try to sign long term risers on 5 year contracts, and if a player drops in rating get him to resign. This is because a player wages is determined by the rating at the current time. Wages jump up in levels at every 5 player rating ie at 80, 85, 90 ,95. Secure Loans If you are lower league team make an effort at the start of a season to try and secure some impressive loan signings. They can easily improve your team for free! Be a bit cheeky and send a few messages too the top teams enquiring (politely) if they might loan anyone, and you can often get players considerably better than those on the loan list. I would also strongly suggest reading Hesse's excellent guide, which goes into a lot more detail on securing loans and negotiating deals with managers within the transfer market, and has a lot of good points; http://forum.soccermanager.com/showthread.php?t=32238 There we go the end of the guide! Hope it was helpful and feedback would be hugely appreciated. *I have been a member since 2006, reputation of 356, 49th in the world with Stoke City in EC60 (though that has been going badly recently!) and manage in EC106, (arguably the most competitive and active setup there is) with Shorpe United.
Bundesliga Ratings Discussion
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Re: Bundesliga Ratings Discussion Bayern München NEUER, Manuel GK 95 ⇒ 95 REINA, Pepe GK 91 ⇘ 91/90 STARKE, Tom GK 87 ⇘ 87/86 LAHM, Philipp D(RL),DM(RLC) 95 ⇒ 95 ALABA, David D,DM(L),M(LC) 93 ⇗ 93/94 BOATENG, Jérôme D(RLC) 91 ⇑ 92/93 BADSTUBER, Holger D(LC) 91 ⇒ 91 BERNAT, Juan D,DM,M,AM(L) 88 ⇑ 89/90 DANTE, Bonfim D© 93 ⇘ 93/92 MARTÍNEZ, Javi D,DM,M© 92 ⇒ 92 BENATIA, Mehdi D© 92 ⇒ 92 RAFINHA, Marcio D,DM,M® 90 ⇒ 90 WEISER, Mitchell D,DM,M®,AM(RL) 83 ⇒ 83 ALONSO, Xabi DM,M© 95 ⇒ 95 SCHWEINSTEIGER, Bastian DM,M,AM© 95 ⇒ 95 THIAGO, Alcántara DM,M,AM© 91 ⇒ 91 RODE, Sebastian DM,M© 88 ⇗ 88/89 HÖJBJERG, Pierre DM,M,AM© 82 ⇑ 84/85 GAUDINO, Gianluca M,AM© 76 ⇑ 80-82 RIBÉRY, Franck AM,F(RL) 96 ⇘ 96/95 ROBBEN, Arjen AM(RL),F(RLC) 95 ⇗ 95/96 MÜLLER, Thomas AM,F(RLC) 94 ⇗ 94/95 GÖTZE, Mario AM,F(RLC) 93 ⇗ 94/93 SHAQIRI, Xherdan AM(RLC) 89 ⇒ 89 PIZARRO, Claudio AM,F© 90 ⇒ 90 LEWANDOWSKI, Robert F© 94 ⇒ 94 LUCIC, Ivan GK 75 ⇒ 75 KOUSSOU, Kodjovi D,DM(L),M(RL) 78 ⇒ 78 SALLAHI, Ylli D,DM,M,AM(L) 76 ⇗ 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I know that quite a few of these have already been mentionned, but I really don't have the time (ironic, no?) to search them all. Consider it a compliment, I am not taking credit for them. If you have any thanks to offer, thank Teb. He's the one responsible. If it weren't for his Spartak having all the talent in GC1, I never would've had to make this list This is a random list. Some for the future, some for now... I won't highlight the best of them, if you can't be bothered to read a bit, well, you don't really deserve them. 1.Blerti HADARI - 18 - 70 - M - KF Tirana Though he hasn't made any appearances yet for the top, an only on sm, Albanian side, he has shun at the U19 and is known as one of the top prospects in this country. He has also just started playing for Tirana this year, and turned 18 in september, so he is a "young" 18. 2.Ergis SORRA - 19 - 70 - F - KF Tirana He has also impressed in the Albanian U19 side, and has been waiting for his chance for a while. He is finally getting matches in with the Albanian giants, and could see a +5 or more rise in the next rating changes. 3.Juan MERCIER - 28 - 84 - CM/RM - Argentinos Juniors Mercier joined Argentinos last season and took a while to establish himself, but he is now a starter, having started all but two matches. He also has a goal to his name, a small rise should be in store. 4.Gonzalo PROSPERI - 23 - 82 - LB - Argentinos Juniors Prosperi is another who joined Argentinos and took a while to adapt. After one season at Godoy Cruz, he was having trouble getting some time on the pitch. That's no longer a concern, he has started 8 of 12, adding a sub appearance. 5.Jeronimo BARRALES - 21 - 85 - F - Banfield Since breaking into the Banfield lineup with a bang (hat trick) in 2006, Barrales has played second fiddle to both Pavlovic (Arsenal) and Cvitanich (Ajax). Now, as the stats show, he leads the Banfield front line, starting all but two, in which he featured as a sub. Also has two goals, could be in for a rise, defitatly on to watch out for. 6.Nilo CARRETERO - 22 - 69 - LM/AM - Banfield Since I did my thread on the whole of Banfield last year, I've been keeping an eye on him. Makes a substitute appearance every 10 games or so, it's disappointing, but he is a decent player, who just needs his chance. 7.Emanuel PIO - 20 - 80 - CM/DM - Banfield So here's a guy I totally omitted while doing a thread on his whole team. Brilliant, Mark. Anyways, this 20 year old gem has started all but one match this season. He has the 4th most minutes on Banfield, and is the lowest rated starter. 8.Jesus DATOLO - 24 - 88 - LM/AM - Boca Juniors Datolo, in my opinion, should be a 90. We will see if SM will be generous. Datolo has played all but one match this season on the flank. He is starting to be well known for his perfectly placed crosses. I wouldn't be surprised to see him move to Europe sooner or later. He has 2 goals to his name this season. 9.Juan FORLIN - 20 - 71 - CB - Boca Juniors Forlin has made two starts and one substitute appearance this year; he is on a a thin backline for Boca. Being able to play anywhere in defense, he is being brought in slowly, but should start making an impact in the coming months. 10.Javier Hernan GARCIA - 21 - 80 - Gk - Boca Juniors Garcia started coming in for the injured Caranta early in the season. After Caranta returned, bad form sent him back to the bench, and Garcia has been performing admirable. If the changes were today, he's be an 84. But the longer we wait, the higher he goes. He was also Sergio Romero's backup for the Argentina team that won the U20 World Cup. 11.Pablo MOUCHE - 21 - 76 - F - Boca Juniors Another benched member of that U20 team, Mouche is well rated in the Boca system, he has even been given squad #7. Having appeared in 4 matches, his goal and assist look pretty good. Has stiff competition up front, but he is one to watch. 12.Ezequiel MUNOZ - 18 - 75 - CB - Boca Juniors Hasn't broken into Boca yet, but there are already Milan talks for this talented 18 year old. Buy him now if you have the chance. 13.Osvaldo NICOLAS GAITAN - 20 - 72 - CM - Boca Juniors Highly rated 20 year old has only started one game. BUT, he has 10 sub apps, totalling 282 mins. Oh, and did I forget to mention his 4 goals? 14.Ricardo NOIR - 21 - 73 - F - Boca Juniors Starting to get annoyed at Boca. Where do they find these? Noir has been exellent this season, picking up 6 starts and 5 sub apps, for 565 mins. He has 2 goals and two assists in the process, another big riser. 15.Gabriel PALETTA - 22 - 87 - CB - Boca Juniors Liverpool reject is doing great at Boca. Started every single match, played every single minute. Is the lowest rated of the back 4. Hm. 89? 90? 16.Fabian VARGAS - 28 - 88 - DM - Boca Juniors The only player other than Paletta to start every match, this Inter disappointment is holding the young attack of Boca quite well. The Columbian international alse has two goals to his name. I'd rate him a 90. 17.Lucas VIATRI - 21 - 75 - F - Boca Juniors The pick of the bunch for Boca. This 75 rated striker has started 11, subbed into 1, scored 6 goals, and added 4 assists to his name. Absolutly unbelievable stats for a newcomer to the squad. Maybe more young Argentines should start their careers in Ecuador, then move to Venezuela before going to a big name club! 18.Mauro BOSELLI - 23 - 85 - F - Estudiantes He was always behind so many great players at Boca, never really got a fair shot. Well, fair shot he has. He has taken advantage of it, too. Taking a load off the aging José Calderon, Boselli has 9 starts and 2 subs, scoring 6 and assisting on 2. Could very well be a future 90. 19.Ivan MORENO Y FABIANESI - 29 - 88 - CM/RM - Estudiantes Playing most games alongside Veron, and doing a great job. I wouldn't be surprised to see "El Matador" head back to his homeland to a mid-class Liga side. I think he should be an 89-90. 20.Juan Jose ARRAYA - 22 - 80 - CF - Gimnasia de Jujuy 22 year old has become a regular, he has 2 goals in 8 starts, plus 5 subs. Rise to 83. 21.Nestor MARTINERA - 21 - 79 - F - Gimansia de la Plata 21 year old is starting to break in. He has a goal on 423 minutes for Gimnasia. 22.Franco NIELL - 25 - 81 - F - Gimnasia de la Plata Tiny striker (5'4) is back in Argentina after his loan to DC United of the USA. He is getting big minutes this season, 9 starts and 2 subs, punching in 2 goals. 23.Nelson IBANEZ - 26 - 74 - G - Godoy Cruz Starting keeper, what else needs to be said. When a 74 rated keeper starts every match in top flight Argentina... Rise expected, about 80? 24.Ariel ROJAS - 22 - 71 - M - Godoy Cruz Rojas has taken everyone by srprise by taking a midfield job in Godoy Cruz. He has started 6, and subbed in 3, totalling 542 mins. 25.Leandro CARUSO - 24 - 75 - W - Godoy Cruz Went off the map in 2006 after a few years at Arsenal de Sarandi, but boy is he back. 4 goals in 8 starts, adding in 5 sub appearance, he is now a striker, and a key striker in Godoy's survival in the top flight. 26.Ivan NADAL - 21 - 73 - LB - Huracan Young left back hasn't taken Huracan by storm (no pun intended), but he has been a regular substitute, which should mean a few extra rating points. 27.Juan Manuel INSAURRALDE - 24 - 82 - CB - Newell's Old Boys Insaurralde has made the open starter's job his on the Newell defensive line with inspired performances, and two goals as well. 10 starts added in, and he should get a +3/+4 28.Diego TORRES - 26 - 83 - F/W - Newell's Old Boys After losing a striker in the transfer window, they promoted Diego Torres to the pitch. 2 goals in 11 starts gives him a small rise. 29.Leandro TORRES - 20 - 79 - RM - Newell's Old Boys Good year for the Torres' at Newell. This younger one, who has stuck to his hometown club throughout his youth, has 660 minutes played, 8 starts and 3 substitute appearances. Due for a nice little rise. 30.German CAFFA - 28 - 74 - G - Newell's Old Boys Is clubless on the database, but he has signed with Newll as a free agent. Has 4 starts so should have a few points increase. 31.Gabriel MERCADO - 21 - 85 - CB/RB - Racing Club Former U-20 international has been slowly taking over a starting spot last season. This season, it is his. 10 starts of 13, he should go up to 87. 32.Lihue Dario PRICHODA - 19 - 77 - RM - Racing Club Prichoda is one of the few teenagers who has made an impact this season. He has 7 sub appearances to go with his 6 starts. 33.Franco ZUCULINI - 18 - 78 - RM/CM - Racing Club Zuculini is one of the few teenagers who has made an impact this season. He has 13 starts, out of a possibility of 13. Chipped in with 1 goal, he is a must buy. 34.Jose SCHAFFER - 22 - 74 - LB - Racing Club For some reason, he spend one year in Sweden with Gothenburg, but never made the first side. It's not a problem he has had in Avellanada, starting every signle match for Racing. Must buy. 35.Pablo CABALLERO - 22 - 71 - Racing Club I don't know much about him to be honest, but he has 9 sub appearances. 36.Mateo MUSACCHIO - 18 - 75 - CB/RB - River Plate Won't get a rise, but he is one for the future. Already a U20 international, Musacchio made his primera début at the age of 16. He is very highly touted. 37.Gustavo BOU - 18 - 73 - AM/F - River Plate I'm reluctant to give ANY increases to a River Plate who are dead last, but Bou is turning out to be their silver lining. 4 starts, 1 goal, and he is playing very well of late. 38.Jorge BROUN - 22 - 80 - G - Rosario Central Rosario have also been underachieving, but it would be very harsh to deny the man who has started every match but one a rise. 39.Alexis DANELON - 22 - 82 - RB/RM - Rosario Central Well sure, Rosario have been bad, but at least they are developping new youth, unlike River. Danelon has started every match and is in for an increase. Has also scored twice, which is unbelievable for a 5'8 defender. 40.Diego BRAGHIERI - 21 - 82 - CB/LB - Rosario Central Braghieri is another main cog of the youth movement, being solid at centre back, he has 11 starts under his belt. 41.Mariano PAGLIALUNGA - 20 - 72 - RM/LM - Rosario Central One of the younger players, he has 3 starts and 5 subs this season to add to a few appearances late last season. He scored a goal against Velez, should be in for a nice little rise. 42.Jonathan David GOMEZ - 18 - 75 - AM - Rosario Central Unexpectedly jumped into the squad this season and matches Paglialunga for appearances. Should get a small rise, he is one to watch for the future. 43.Nicolas BIANCHI ARCE - 21 - 82 - CB - San Lorenzo Starting defender for the league leaders? Yeah I guess he could be in for a rise. 44.Jose SAN ROMAN - 20 - 77 - RB/RM - Tigre 45.Pablo FONTANELLO - 24 -77 - CB - Tigre Tigre are surprisingly doing very well this season, these two defenders both have 6 starts and 2 sub appearances, both over 500 mins. This should get them to 80, at least. 46.Marton Gerardo MOREL - 28 - 84 - AM/F - Tigre Well, sure he is rated well. But this guy has quitly achieved 9 goals in ten games. This eserves a small rise, no? 47.Omar TOBIO - 19 - 80 - CB - Velez Sarsfield Tobio made his name last year, I think he was in the high 60's or low 70's. Anyways, he hasn't let go, starting 8 and subbing into 2, he deserves his 85. 48.Ricardo GASTON DIAZ - 20 - 80 - RB/RM Velez Sarsfield Well, he has played more than Tobio, so I expect about the same rise. He has started in 10 and subbed into two. 49.Ivan BELLA - 19 - 75 - RM - Velez Sarsfield Not exactly lighting the world on fire, but a start and 5 subs should be enough to gain him a few points. Keep an eye on him. 50.Jonathan CRISTALDO - 19 - 80 - F - Velez Sarsfield A biit like Tobio, he went up a lot last time, but hasn't stopped. 4 goals in 11 starts should get him to 85 as well. 51.Paul REID - 29 - 74 - RB - Adelaide United Sure, he won't ever be huge, but could be in for a +4, he has started 8 of ten for Adelaide. 52.Scott JAMIESON - 20 - 75 - LM - Adelaide United 20 year old has started 9 and subbed into one. Based on those stats, a small rise is expected. He spent three years with Bolton, so Europe isn't out of the question 53.Bradley PORTER - 21 - 73 - CM/DM - Central Coast Mariners After a season with the feeder club, he was ready to make the step. 9 out of 10 starts later, he is in for a rise. 54.Evan BERGER - 21 - 64 - LM - Melbourne Victory He will be a +10 riser, at least. Though the value won't go up by much. Anyways, he has 9 starts out of ten for Melbourne, and subbed into the other. 55.Jobe WHEELHOUSE - 23 - 74 - Newcastle United Jets Wheelhouse was injured for a whole season, but has come back now. He has 9/10 starts. 56.Marko JESIC - 19 - 68 - F - Newcastle United Jets Had to mention him because of his Wikipedia entry : "Marko Jesic is the best player going around and is set to sign with Chelsea F.c" That being said, he has one start and one goal this season. So who knows 57.Shannon COLE - 18 - 68 - LB/LM - Sydney FC He is a big riser for the A-League. Could possibly get +10. The left wingback has 9 starts, 1 sub appearance, 2 goals, and has been called up to the Australian national team. And he's just 18. 58.Oliver PUSZTAI - 27 - 77 - RB/CB - Austria Karnten He finally moved away from his native Hungary. Pusztai is a defender who has started 8 in Austria, which is good for 81/82. 59.Haris BUKVA - 20 - 78 - W/AM - Austria Karnten After a few seasons on loan, this youth squad talent has 7 starts and 7 subs for the big team. Should rise to about 82 for now, talent to keep an eye on. 60.Atdhe NUHIU - 19 - 74 - CF - Austria Karnten U20 Austrian international, but wants to play for Albania at the senior level, his application for citizenship is in. On the domestic scene, has 7 subs, totaling 100 mins. So keep an eye out. 61.Rubin OKOTIE - 21 - 83 - CF - FK Austria Wien This Hulk of a man, born in Pakistan, has been a part of the NT at every level so far, eventually he will make the jump. For now though, he has become one of the main players for Wien, with 4 goals in 14 apps. Should jump to 85. 62.Thomas PIERMAYR - 19 - 74 - RM/RB - LASK Linz The defense is pretty much set and there is no breaking into it. However. Piermayr is doing a pretty good job. 1 start only, but 11 subs totalling 319 minutes, and 2 goals. Surpringly the subs are mainly for Gansterer and not 39 year old warrior Michael Baur. 63.Marc JANKO - 25 - 85 - CF - Red Bull Salzburg Where did he come from? Goes from unknown, to absolutly amazing! I've checked a few sources, including the official Bundesliga website, they all say the same thing. Marc Janko has 9 starts, 2 subs, 993 minutes, SEVENTEEN goals and 3 assists. AND he is now a player on the international stage for Austria. Get him. Now 64.Christoph STUCKLER - 28 - 78 - D/DM - Rheindorf Altach He has started every game and has 2 goals. Rise to 81. 65.Stefan MAIERHOFER - 26 - 85 - CF - SK Rapid Wien 6'8 ex Bayern man is also now in the Austrian national setup, he has played a bit more than Janko (14 starts), but hasn't scored nearly as much (10 goals). Then again, since when is 10 goals in 14 matches something to laugh at? I'm curious to see what SM will do with these two skillful giants. 66.Josef SCHICKLGRUBER - 41 - 82 - G - SK Sturm Graz Yes, he is 41. He has taken over the starters role and should be 84. Since when does age matter for a keeper? 67.Pavel NEKHAICHIK - 20 - 74 - LM - BATE Forgive me for knowing nothing about it, at least I tried Belarus. This kid scored against Zenit in the Champions League, and is apparently doing great domestically as well. 68.Aleksandr IAKOVENKO - 21 - 80 - AM/LM - Anderlecht Not much of a rise, maybe 83? He has 2 starts and 5 sub appearances, but 2 goals to his name. 69.Bakary Sare - 18 - 72 - CB/DM - Anderlecht Well, he has over 100 mins for Anderlecht. And he wears # 99. So he must be good. He also played in UEFA cup against Bayern as a 17 year old... so they like him, obviously. 70.Chris KAMULETE-MAKIESE - 21 - 73 - CF - Charleroi One start and 4 sub appearances, should be 76. Keep an eye if he keeps going. He is on loan from Lille. 71.Gertjan DE METS - 21 - 72 - DM - Club Brugge He has 272 mins in the first ten matches, so we should see more of him as the season goes along. Deserves 77 for now. 72.Daniel CHAVEZ - 20 - 82 - F - Club Brugge Scouts are raving about Sanchez, and so many clubs want him, it's hard to believe. He has 1 goal only this season, used mainly in a sub role, 8 subs, to add to his 1 start. 73.Dieter WITTESAELE - 19 - 75 - F/W - Dender EH 3 goals in 8 matches, 3 of them starts. Bought from Gent in the summer, don't be surprised if he goes back to a big club. 74.Roberto ROSALES - 19 - 83 - RM/RB - KAA Gent Already a Venezuelan international, Rosales has started every single match. He is solid, I wouldn't be surprised to see an 85. 75.Yanis PAPASSARANTIS - 20 - 75 - LM - KSV Roeselare Papassarantis, of obvious Greek descent, broke into the first team this year. He has 6 starts and 1 sub appearance, making for 527 mins. We can expect a 78-79 for now. 76.Ouwo Moussa MAAZOU - 20 - 80 - CF - Lokeren The Nigerien (Niger, not Nigeria) striker has made quite an impression this year : in 9 starts, he has 6 goals. 77.Vitorio VILLANO - 20 - 73 - RM/AM - Tubize I'd be surprised if he stays in Tubize long. Exiting flank player, started 6 and subbed in once. He isn't popular in Liege, after injuring Defour in practice last season. 78.Pereira EDSON - 23 - 80 - G - Atletico Mineiro Has take over the starters role this season, and has played 20 matches this season. 79.Rodrigues MARCIO ARAUJO - 24 - 83 - CM/DM - Atletico Mineiro Led Botafogo in time on the pitch, including defenders and keepers. Over 2500 mins, in 30 starts, and added in two goals. He should get a nice little rise. 80.Henrique RENAN OLIVEIRA - 18 - 75 - AM/F - Atletico Mineiro One of the leaders of Botafogo, we have a potential +10 here. 22 starts for the attacking mid, and scored 5 goals. 81.Jose CASTILLO - 25 - 79 - CF - Atletico Mineiro Not a key player, but still managed 14 starts and 8 sub appearances. Also has 2 goals to his name. 82.Rodrigo GALATTO - 25 - 82 - G - Atletico Paranaense Took over the starters role. 26 starts for Atletico Paranaense. Rise to 85. 83.Luis CHICO - 21 - 72 - CM - Atletico Paranaense Yet another possibility of +10. Chico hasn't gotten on the scoresheeet, but had 17 starts and 4 sub appearances, over 1700 minutes of play. 84.Rodrigues RENAN - 19 - 73 - DM - Atletico Paranaense Renan isn't as much of a riser as the others, but he is still a good buy for smaller teams. Over 500 minutes, he has played 6 full games. 85.dos Santos RENAN - 19 - 78 - G - Botafogo Unlike rumours spreading, he hasn't taken over the starters role. He is sharing it with Castillo. However, Castillo is at 86, and the are about even (15 starts to Castillo's 18). 86.Jose da Silva EDSON - 22 - 75 - CB - Botafogo Not going to be a big riser by any means, but he does have over 600 minutes for Botafogo's defense. 87.Luciano TRIGUINHO - 29 - 80 - LB/LM - Botafogo Botafogo have kept a pretty consistent back line most of the season, and Triguinho was in it. The others are rated between 85 and 87. His 2000 minutes should get him the same. 88.Garcia Leal ZE CARLOS - 28 - 83 - LB/DM - Botafogo Ze Carlos should be switched to DM, that's where he has been playing. Anyways, 12 starts 9 subs, for 4 goals, should get him an increase. 89.Farias VANDERLEI - 24 - 75 - G - Coritiba Coritiba are a team who have been outstanding, and their starting keepr deserves a +7/+8. Started 19 this season. 90.Donizeti MAURICIO - 23 - 82 - CB - Coritiba Leader of this squad. 4 goals from the defense in 2666 minutes, that's 30 starts, most on the team. 91.Trevizan FELIPE - 21 - 71 - CB - Coritiba Another big riser from Brazil. 1 goal in 1500 mins, 16 of those coming from starts. 92.Alexandre GUARU - 26 - 72 - LB - Coritiba More of a LB/LM, but we'll take it. He has 735 mins this season, should be around 77. Also has a goal. 93.Santos RODRIGO MANCHA - 22 - 78 - DM - Coritiba Second on the team in starts, he has nearly 2400 mins. Stats speak for themselves over a whole season. 94.Carneiro KEIRRISON - 19 - 83 - F - Coritiba The kid has 25 starts, and 1 sub. He has been talked about a lot, mainly because of his 16 goals. 95.Henrique BRUNO AGUIAR - 22 - 75 - CB - Figueirense 18 starts and 6 subs make him a key player in the backline, though they have been underachieving. 96.Silva WILLIAM MATHEUS - 18 - 73 - LB/CB - Figueirense Not quite as important as Bruno Aguiar, but almost 1000 mins nonetheless for the 18 year old. 97.Antonio MARQUINHO - 22 - 80 - DM - Figueirense One of the playmakers of this side, he played 16 full matches, scoring twice. 98.Vinicius TARTA - 19 - 77 - AM/F - Figueirense Has appeared in most matches, 11 as a starter and 12 as a substitute. Chipped in with 2 goals. 99.Bitencourt MAICON - 18 - 70 - F - Figueirense Almost reached 500 mins. 4 starts, 5 subs. 100.Gomes FERNANDO - 22 - 80 - DM/CM - Goias Nearly reached 2000 minutes, great buy for those who got him at 74. 101.Leandro VICTOR - 25 - 85 - G - Gremio Well, when you start every match for a top Brazilian side, you deserve 88. 102.Humberto REVER - 23 - 83 - CB - Gremio Closer to 3000 minutes than 2500, which is amazing. Also added 2 goals. One of the players who has played the most in the entire league. I think he should be pushing 88 as well. 103.Rohde FELIPE MATTIONI - 20 - 72 - RB - Gremio Another big riser, he has 9 starts, all recent, and 2 sub appearances, nearly 900 minutes. 104.Silva Santos HELDER - 20 - 80 - LB/LM - Gremio Started off well, but tailed off, isn't playing as much. However 1300 minutes should still get him an 83. 105.Fabio PEREIRA - 29 - 86 - CB - Gremio Yes, 4 Gremio defenders worth mentionning. Pereira has over 2200 minutes, as well as a goal. Should be closer to 89, though will probably get 87 only. 106.Henrique WILLIAN MAGRAO - 21 - 80 - Gremio 3 goals in 1900 minutes, over 22 starts, Willian is one of the best buys you can get in Brazil... 107.Pereira RAFAEL CARIOCA - 19 - 80 - Gremio ... however, it's not even close to what Carioca has achieved. Over 2500 minutes from midfield, Rafael could hit 87 if SM arn't too conservative. The pick of the bunch, has already been linked with a move to Italy. 108.de Souza DOUGLAS COSTA - 18 - 75 - Gremio Probably the best prospect on this team, has just started playing recently. Has been linked to pretty much every big European side, the kid will be a star. 1 goal in 5 starts should assure a small rise for now. 109.Melo CLEMER - 40 - 85 - G - Internacional Now that Renan is at Valencia, he got his job back. Up to 87. 110.Bittencourt DANNY MORAIS - 23 - 74 - CB - International 1000 minutes in the Inter back 4 is worthy of a nice rise for Danny. 111.Barcellos TAISON - 20 - 75 - AM - Internacional The fact that he has started 15 and subbed in 10 is amazing, considering that he has d'Allessandro and Dani Carvalho on the same team, in the same position. Taison has a 33 million euro release clause, and is a must-buy. 112.Leal Fonseca FERNANDO - 27 - 75 - G - Ipatinga Started about half the matches, should be good for 80. 113.Jesus Sousa DERLEY - 22 - 72 - CM - Nautico He has started lately, stringing together 6 starts. Should be good for an increase. 114.Bruno EDUARDO ERE - 20 - 75 - DM - Nautico 1116 minutes holding up the midfield of Nautico. Nice rise coming in. 115.dos Santos MAURICIO - 20 - 73 - CB - Palmeiras First of a good few Palmeiras risers. He has 1 goal in 10 starts, 900 minutes played. 116.Antonio FABINHO CAPIXABA - 24 - 72 - RB - Palmeiras He has 8 starts and 3 subs, will increase a few points. 117.Jose da Costa JUMAR - 22 - 73 - DM - Palmeiras He is regularly subbed off, but 13 starts speak for themselves. 900 minutes. 118.Laurindo SANDRO SILVA - 24 - 73 - DM - Palmeiras One of the biggest risers here, I think he is guaranteed a +10. He has two goals, started 19 matches and subbed in 5 times. Big riser. 119.Renato DOUGLAS - 25 - 80 - G - Santos Took over the starting role from Fabio Santos. 17 apps should mean a rise. 120.Santos ZE LUIS - 29 - 85 - DM/CM - Sao Paulo Ze Luis has taken over Sao Paulo's midfield since arriving this season. 1 goal in 27 starts, will hopefully get his 88. 121.Rinaldo KASSIO - 21 - 72 - AM - Sport Recife 9 starts and 5 subs, 1 goal for weak side in Brazil, should still get his rise. 122.Soares Pina EDU - 19 - 72 - LB - Vasco da Gama 885 mins over 12 starts gives this youngster a good rise. 123.Silva de Oliveira VICTOR - 20 - 72 - CB - Vasco da Gama 8 starts for this one, should follow Edu, with Edu rising more. 124.Santo ALEX TEXEIRA - 18 - 77 - AM/F - Vasco da Gama Biggest riser on Vasco, this teenager has 5 goals in 20 starts, + 5 subs. Should move to Europe within the next little while. 125.Reis da Silva WALLACE - 20 - 72 - CB - Vitoria Nearly hit 1000 minutes on a rising Victoria squad. 126.Santos WILLIANS SANTANA - 20 - 76 - AM - Vitoria Told you to get him when he was at 70... now up to 26 starts, 2128 minutes, and 2 goals. 127.Goncalves MARQUINHOS - 19 - 80 - AM/F - Vitoria He has been brilliant, leader of the pack. 2152 mins, 7 goals and 3 assists, he is the creative force behind this young squad. 128.Aleksandar KOSORIC - 21 - 72 - D - Slavija One of the top defenders for the Bosnian side, he is heavily involved in the U21 setup for Bosnia. 129.Emilio VARGAS - 25 - 74 - D - Cobreloa Slowly finding his way into the Chilean side's lineup. He had 5 starts and 4 sub appearances so far. 130.Luis PAVEZ - 20 - 78 - DM - Palestino Has jumped into the starting line for a squad where most players are rated 82. 131.Enzo GUTIERREZ - 22 - 78 - AM - Rangers de Talca Has featured in every match so far for the Rnagers, but in a ratings matter, that should only get him to 80. 132.Fernando CORDERO - 21 - 78 - LM - Union Espinola Has been jumping into the starting lineup most of the season, should hit 80. 133.Alfredo Padilla - 19 - 80 - F - Atletico Junior 19 year old is their starting striker now, 2 goals in 14 Apertuna games. 134.Raul ASPRILLA - 16 - 70 - F - Boyaca Chico Started 7 in the Apertuna, but has tailed off, with only 2 sub appearances in the Clausura. 135.Danny AGUILAR - 22 - 75 - M - Deportive Cali Has played in almost every game, 5 starts and 7 subs, for one of the top Columbian teams. Decent playmaker. 136.John HURTADO - 24 - 81 - CB - Deportivo Cali Started all but one for one of the top Columbian teams. Deserves an 84. 137.Rene HIGUITA - 42 - ?? - G - Deportivo Pereira Yes, the legendary Higuita. Needs to be added, he has played 15 games in the Clausura. 138.Dorlan PABON - 20 - 72 - M - Envigado Finally scored his first goal. Pavon is a decent midfielder, who has started 7 matches and subbed into 5 more. 139.Tomislav PAVLICIC - 24 - 71 - M - Cibalia I can't find much as far as Croatian statistics, all I know is that he has two goals for a very weak team. 140.Milan BADELJ - 19 - 78 - AM/CM - Dinamo Zagreb Again, going by goals only, he has two. However, we do know that he is touted as Modric's replacement. Very good player. 141.Luis IBANEZ - 20 - 72 - LB/LM - Dinamo Zagreb Argentine has one goal since signing from Boca Juniors 142.Ivan MILICEVIC - 20 - 72 - CF - Osijek He has 4 goals this season, so he must be doing something right. 143.Mehmed ALISPAHIC - 20 - 74 - RM - Sibenik The midfielder has 2 goasls so far this season. I wish I could get apps, but can't read Croatian. 144.Benjamin ONWUACHI - 24 - 78 - F - APOEL Since joining Nicosia on loan, the Nigerian striker has 4 goals in 5 matches. Definatly worth a shot. 145.Martin ZIVNY - 27 - 78 - CB/RB - 1. FC Brno 848 minutes in the opening 12 games make him a starter, he deserves another +3. 146.Lukas MARECEK - 18 - 78 - CM - 1. FC Brno Marecek is a rare 18 year old starting regularly in the Czech elite league. Scratch that, he has started all 12. Definatly buy him if you can. 147.Antonin FANTIS - 16 - 74 - F - 1.FK Pribram Not even close to being 17 yet. Anyways, the 1992 born striket has been getting minutes, nearly 200. Rise or not is debatable, but he is definatly making a name for himself. 148.Ondrej CELUSTKA - 19 - 75 - D - FC Tescoma Zlin Wasn't expected to have a big role, But he has taken it anyway. Has started in 7 of 12. 149.Zdenek KONECNIK - 21 - 74 - LM - FC Tescoma Zlin He is ready to take over the left flank on a permanent basis. Over 400 mins in 5 starts, he will assume more responsability as the season goes on. 150.Petr MACH - 23 - 72 - D - Mlada Boleslav Mach is one of the best picks of the Czech league, 729 mins, 8 starts. He should go up quite a bit if he keeps going. 151.Martin DOLEZAL - 18 - 72 - F - Sigma Olomouc Not exactly shattering the league. 5 sub appearances do deserve a small rise for now, and he's just 18, so he will get a ton of chances. 152.Lukas HAJNIK - 23 - 74 - CB - SK Kladno Hajnik has 4 starts for a bad Kladno side. 153.Vit BENES - 20 - 75 - CB - SK Kladno Same story. 5 starts, 3 subs for a bad Kladno. 154.Tijani BELAID - 21 - 85 - AM/RM - Slavia Praha From terrible teams to great teams. This Slavia is dominant, and led by youth. The Tunisian international has been phenomenal, he has 6 goals in about 800 minutes. He has finally found a home, after spells at Inter and PSV. Don't be surprised if he moves to a bigger club. 155.Tomas NECID - 19 - 83 - F - Slavia Praha (CSKA Moskva) Lets hope he doesnt rot at CSKA like Janczyk and Kalouda. He will join them in January. But for now, Necid is having fun in the Czech Republic. 9 goals in 11 matches, he has been awesome. 156.Gianluca LITTERI - 20 - 72 - F - Slavia Praha (Inter) He is in on loan from Inter, expect him to have a bigger role when Necid is gone. For now, he has just made two appearances though. 1 goal. 157.Bono WILFRIED - 19 - 74 - F - Sparta Praha Transferred from Wazi in the summer, he was the topscorer in the Ivorian League last season, and JUST turned 19 in October. Only has 3 sub apps, but he will get chances as he adapts. 158.Vaclav KADLEC - 16 - ?? - F - Sparta Praha 16 year old Kadlec has 2 sub appearances. Don't know much about him, but he's freaking 16 playing for the most historic club in the Republic. 159.Petr JIRACEK - 22 - 75 - M - Viktoria Plzen Jiracek is now a regular, having started 9 matches, and 3 sub apps as well. 160.Lucas CACA - 26 - 82 - W/F - Aalbork BK After a few seasons in Serie B (Brazil), DEDE's (Borussia) younger brother is playing well in Denmark. He has 7 starts and 4 subs, totalling 3 goals for the Danish champs. 161.Ousman JALLOW - 20 - 75 - CF - Brøndby IF Since transferring from the UAE, the Gambian international has 5 starts, and 4 goals. He is a must buy. Arsenal and Chelsea wanted him, but work permits stopêd that. 162.Daniel WASS - 19 - 80 - RB/DM - Brøndby IF Wass in a Danish U14, U15, u16, u17, u18, u19 and u21 international. Skipped u20 because of his play at Brøndby. With his 900 mins this season, he deserves another rise. 163.Mathias Zanka JORGENSEN - 18 - 80 - CB - FC København Copenhagen have retaken their spot as best team in Denmark as Aalborg is faltering domestically, and Zanka deserves as big a rise as any. Zanka was linked with Arsenal and Liverpool, but had a major injury causing him to miss some time in 2007. Now, he's regained his status as the hottest Danish prospect. He is close to 1000 mins, 9 of 12 starts and 2 subs. He plays for U21 as an 18 year old. Exellent prospect. 164.Simon RICHTER - 23 - 78 - LB/RB - FC Nordsjaelland Made the wingback job his. He has 1 goal in 9 starts. 165.Mike RODRIGUEZ - 19 - 80 - CM - Barcelona SC Rodriguez has 8/14 starts in the Second Fase of the Ecuadorian League, Barcelona finished first. 166.Edison PRECIADO - 22 - 77 - CF - Deportivo Cuenca 6 starts, 3 subs and 3 goals for the striker who is starting to be a fixture in Ecuador. 167.Fabricio GUEVARA - 19 - 80 - CM - El Nacional Only player to start 13 of 14 matches for El Nacional. Rise to 83/84? 168.Jefferson PINTO - 18 - 77 - CM - Emelec Pinto has become a starter in the midfield, and I've seen him play, he is solid for an 18 year old. 169.Marcos CAICEDO - 16 - 74 - LM - Emelec You wouldn't think so, but Caicedo has 4 starts in the Clausura so far and is actually a good riser. 170.Alexander DOMINGUEZ - 21 - 80 - G - LDU Quito Has become the league starter ahead of Cevallos for the Copa Libertadores winners. In for a nice rise. Cevallos seems to play Cups, and Dominguez plays league. 171.Israel CHANGO - 19 - 79 - AM - LDU Quito Chango Jaramillo as he is known has become a very influential player for LDU, starting 11 matches in the Second Fase of the Ecuadorian league. Definate riser. 172.Jefferson LARA - 18 - 76 - M - LDU Quito What makes LDU so special is that they can bring in youth and they will perform as well as the seniors. Lara started 7 times in the league to relieve the tired COPA vets. 173.Byron CAMACHO - 20 - 74 - CM - LDU Quito Unlike the other Quito players I have mentionned, Camacho has played in 4 copa matches to go with his 6 League starts. 174.Edison CAICEDO - 18 - 80 - CM - Macara Edison is the only Macara man(or kid) to start every single Clausura match. And they didnt have the cup to worry about. Should go to about 82/83 as they arn't a top notch team. 175.Henry ANIER - 17 - 77 - F - Flora Tallinn Has 14 goals in this season, which makes him 7th in the league after 34 matches. 176.Artjom DMITRIJEV - 19 - 77 - F - TMVK 12 goals in the same leauge, he is 9th in the league. Most of the best players are around 81 177.Jari NIKKILA - 19 - 70 - RB - FC Haka Finnish risers don't go too high. He has 7/26 starts. 178.Jaakko LEPOLA - 18 - 70 - CM - FC Honka Only reason I'm posting these is to make a few thousand k. He has 5 starts, 9 subs. 179.Drilon SHALA - 21 - 72 - F - FC Lahti 13 starts, 7 subs and 4 goals for high flying Lahti. 180.Sebastian MANNSTROM - 20 - 72 - W - FF Jaro 17 starts, 6 subs, 4 goals for minnows Jaro. 181.Tony ODORISIO - 23 - 72 - DM - KooTeePee 13 starts and 3 subs for KooTeePee, who have won 1 of their last 24. 182.Chris JAMES - 21 - 70 - CM - Tampere United 13 starts for a much better team, also added 4 subs and 3 goals. 183.Remy RIOU - 21 - 86 - G - Auxerre Riou is an athletic keeper who has transferred to Auxerre from Olympique Lyonnais. He has played every minute for the club this season. 184.Moussa NARRY - 22 - 84 - DM - Auxerre Ghanaian international has made some noise since arriving from Sahel in the summer window. He has started 10 of the 12 matches, playing 815 mins. 185.Maxime JASSE - 20 - 70 - LB/DM - Auxerre The experienced U21 (8 goals in 18 matches) has made 3 sub appearances totalling 16 minutes. No rise yet, but keep an eye out. 186.Youssef ADNANE - 23 - 74 - F - Caen Adnane, former Brest product, has started three and subbed one. 187.Sofiane FEGHOULI - 18 - 83 - AM - Grenoble Grenoble are already bracing for bids from England, Spain and Italy for this wonderkid, who already has 11 starts this year to go with 26 last year. He has a great future, pick him up if you can. 188.Yannick BOLI - 20 - 73 - CF - Le Havre The 20 year old is on loan from PSG. He has started 3 and subbed in once, for 200 mins. 189.Fredrik STROMSTAD - 26 - 86 - AM/RM - Le Mans He has played in every match so far in his first year in France. 810 mins, and 3 assists to his name. 190.Modibo MAIGA - 22 - 84 - CF - Le Mans Has started 9 matches this year and subbed into the others. 4 goals to his name. 191.Mathieu DOSSEVI - 20 - 74 - RM - Le Mans 141 minutes. Finding it hard to break in, but is still getting a few mins. 192.Ludovic BAAL - 22 - 82 - LB/LM - Le Mans Ludo Baal has started getting midfield minutes on the flank. He has played 430 mins this season, deserves a small rise. 193.Conceiçao EMERSON - 22 - 80 - LB/CB - Lille Emerson is breaking into the squad. He has 4 starts and 6 subs, 500 mins total. 194.Aurelian CHEDJOU - 23 - 78 - CM - Lille After countless seasons travelling through various B teams, he finally has a spot. 6 starts, 2 subs, 563 mins at Lille. Also played Olympics for Cameroon. 195.Eden HAZARD - 17 - 75 - AM - Lille Hazard is known as one of the best young players in his generation, and the promise of Belgium. Lille are bringing him up slowly, he has subbed in 6 times, totalling 81 minutes. He has his first goal as well. 196.Bakary SORO - 22 - 75 - CB - Lorient He is so highly rated that the Ivory Coast called him up for the ACN qualifiers. Soro, who had a brief spell at Charlton, is making a name for himself in France. He has 444 minutes played so far. 197.Andre AYEW - 18 - 82 - W/F - Lorient Marseille's play to loan him out for experience has worked. Ayew has started 5, subbed 5. 2 goals in 561 total minutes. He is a very highly rated talent, son of the great Abedi PELE. 198.Lamine GASSAMA - 19 - 78 - RB/CB - Lyon Gassama is being used to replace injured defenders in Lyon. He is very highly rated by the organization, who ideally would've waited longer to bring him in, but he is holding his own. 2 starts, full 180 mins. 199.Anthony MOUNIER - 21 - 77 - W/F - Lyon Amazing how Lyon keep pumping these out of the academy. Mounier isn't one of the better players to come out of the academy, but he has 4 starts, 3 subs in Ligue 1. Doing quite well. 200.Stephane RUFFIER - 22 - 85 - G - Monaco Took over the starting job from Flavio Roma, for good. 201.Nicolas N'KOULOU - 18 - 77 - RB/CB - Monaco Already a Cameroon U23 (he was in the Olympics), N'Koulou has drawn the attention of Sevilla, Arsenal, Atletico and Lyon. N'Koulou has 8 starts for 700 minutes, he should get a hefty rise. 202.Frederic NIMANI - 20 - 83 - CF - Monaco A rising star, Nimani has scored 4 goals in 800 minutes this season, becoming Monaco's #1 striker in the process. 203.Alfred N'DIAYE - 18 - 74 - CM/DM - Nancy 185 minutes only, but he has impressed with those minutes. 204.Ferreira DOUGLAO - 22 - 76 - CB/RB - Nantes Nantes picked him up in the minnows of small league Brazil, but he has played 233 minutes so far, and is just adapting to French play. Give him time, he might be worth your cash. 205.Christian BEKAMENGA - 22 - 75 - CF - Nantes One of the best buys in the French league. Just transferred from Malaysia (where he had 89 goals in 92 games) and played for Cameroon at the Olympics. In France, he has 5 starts and 4 subs, where he is clicking with Klasnic. He has 2 goals. 206.Mahamane TRAORE - 20 - 80 - AM - Nice Malian international has scored 1 goal in 319 mins this season. 207.Guillaume HOARAU - 24 - 87 - CF - Paris Saint-Germain He was the leading scorer in Ligue 2 last year, gained a transfer to PSG and never looked back. 6 goals in 1034 minutes. 208.Yohan BENALOUNE - 21 - 80 - CB - Saint-Étienne The Centreback has taken advantage of poor form to sneak into the squad. He has 5 starts, 495 mins. 209.Omar DAF - 31 - 82 - RB/LB - Sochaux Though they are dead last, the 31 year old has been better. He has 521 mins, his best since 2003. 210.Marvin MARTIN - 20 - 74 - CM/AM - Sochaux He hasn't played a minute for Sochaux before this season, suddenly he has 5 starts and 2 subs, 455 mins total. Due for a nice rise. 211.Vincent NOGUEIRA - 20 - 72 - RM - Sochaux Sochaux are trying everything. This particular midfielder has 156 mins played. 212.Geoffrey TULASNE - 20 - 72 - CM - Sochaux .. and this one has 121 mins. 213.Sloan PRIVAT - 19 - 74 - CF - Sochaux He has played a bit more. 300 minutes. And 1 goal. 214.Cedric CARRASSO - 26 - 86 - G - Toulouse Toulouse are back at the top of the table (4th) and the former Marseille man takes some of the credit. Hasn't missed a minute. 215.Cheik M'BENGUE - 20 - 76 - CB/LB - Toulouse Has been impressing, taking precious minutes away from Jeremy Mathieu. He is a future star. Played 420 mins so far. 216.Etienne CAPOUE - 20 - 82 - DM - Toulouse Never got much attention before this season, but he has started 9 matches and has 831 minutes this year. Also has a goal. 217.Andre-Pierre GIGNAC - 22 - 87 - F/AM - Toulouse All it took was a season of getting used to. Former Lorient man is now the go-to man now that Elmander has left, and he is relishing the role. 11 starts, totalling 944 mins. Has 5 goals also, definatly due for a rise. 218.Ludovic GUERRIERO - 23 - 80 - DM/CM - Ajaccio Guerriero has just transferred from Nancy, where he only played in 10 matches in 4 seasons. Well, he has 12 starts so far in ligue 2, totalling 1115 mins, and has added in 2 goals. 219.Cheik Tidiane DIABATE - 20 - 80 - CF - Ajaccio Diabate got caught in the numbers in Bordeaux, with 5 more experienced strikers ahead, so they loaned him to Ajaccio. Good move. In 11 starts (977 mins), he has 2 assists and 7 goals. Definate riser. 220.Steven NZONZI - 19 - 77 - Amiens The tall youngster has broken into the sqaud, he has 7 starts, 5 subs and 713 total mins. 221.Bruno ECUELE MANGA - 20 - 80 - Angers SCO Ex Bordeaux youth and Gabonese international has 937 in his first season in Angers. Also added in a goal. Decent prospect. 222.Floyd AYITE - AM/F - 19 - 78 - Angers SCO Ayité is on loan from Bordeaux (who have a big influence on div 2 apparently), and is getting minutes. He has started 7, subbed in 2, and has 600 mins played. Still looking for his first goal or assist. 223.Serge DEBLE - 19 - 74 - F - Angers SCO He has come out of nowhere to become an impact player for Angers. Only has one start, but is a regular sub. He has 221 mins, and 1 goal. 224.Salim MOIZINI - 23 - 70 - W - Bastia Getting some minutes, has subbed in 5 times. 225.Nicolas MARTINETTI - 19 - 70 - RB - Bastia The young defender is making a bit of noise, 2 full starts, 2 cautions. 226.Ludovic GENEST - 21 - 78 - F/W - Bastia Genest wasnt getting very many chances at Auxerre, so they loaned him out to SC Bastia. In 800 minutes this season, he has 3 assists and 2 goals. 227.Jean Francois BEDENIK - 29 - 78 - Boulogne Has taken over from Bague as starter for the only team above Lens in the standings. 228.Zargo TOURE - 18 - 75 - RM/AM - Boulogne The midfielder came out of nowhere for the league leaders, but suddenly has over 750 minutes, 9 starts and 2 sub appearances. He is rising fast in the second division. 229.Ahmed KASHI - 19 - 73 - CM - Chateauroux This youngster has 3 starts and a sub appearance, totalling 310 mins. He is only on a one year contract, so he is a wild-card. 230.Bakary SAKO - 20 - 78 - AM/W - Chateauroux After 17 matches in '06 and 15 in '07, this season he already has 11. Also has his second career goal for la Berrichone, so you can expect a rise. 231.Charles BOATENG - 18 - 78 - DM/CM - Dijon FCO U-17 international for Ghana has been pure gold this season. He has 2 goals in 11 matches, 626 minutes, and has been playing very well on a young Dijon side. 232.Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG - 19 - 78 - F - Dijon FCO Scored 7 goals in 6 games in the Champions youth cup for Milan's youth squad, which pushed Milan to loan him out for a season just to see how he would do. 4 goals and 883 minutes later, we can say it is a success. Definate talent to snap up. 233.Cesar SEBASTIAN RIBAS - 20 - 77 - CF - Dijon FCO Prior to this season, he had only played 3 matches on loan with Spezia, and one coppa italia match for Inter. He was sold to Dijon, where he has been shining. He has started 11 times, and has 950 minutes. He has 3 goals to his name, and is sure to be a name to watch. 234.Bakari KONE - 20 - 77 - CB - Guingamp No, Marseille's tiny hitman isn't the only Bakari Kone making noise. Kone has been starting for strugglers Guingamp, 10 starts to be exact. 235.Arnaud BROCARD - 22 - 70 - G - Lens He has 4 starts for a Lens team that is way too good for Ligue 2. 236.Kevin MONNET-PAQUET - 20 - 82 - F/W - Lens He is 82, which is very low for Lens. Has 5 goals in 900 minutes, it's enough for an 85 imo. 237.Oumar SISSOKO - 21 - 72 - G - Metz Malian international, future starter for club and country. Sissoko has only conceded twice in 250 minutes this season, and is making the manager think twice about who should start, with Marichez getting older. Also played 2 games in the League cup (180 mins), with 2 clean sheets. 238.Nicolas FARINA - 22 - 73 - F - Metz No I am not name biased . He has played both cup matches, looking good, and subbed in 4 times in the league, scoring 1 goal. 239.Jean-Philippe SABO - 21 - 74 - LB - Montpellier HSC Here is a very good buy. He is on loan from Marseille, and has started 3 times. He has subbed in an additionnal 9 times, and has a goal to his name. 450 total mins. Also played both cup matches. 240.Sadio SANKHARE - 27 - 75 - CB - Nimes Olympique Transferred from Grenoble and has started 9 since then. 827 mins, should hit 80. 241.Wilfried MOIMBE - 20 - 76 - LM/LB - Reims Yet another on loan from Bordeaux. Moimbe has starts 8, subbed in 4, has 680 mins. Also has a goal in the Coupe de la Ligue. 242.Odair FORTES - 21 - 74 - RM/RB - Reims The Cape-Verdian man has just joined Reims, subbing in 6 times and starting 2. He has 343 mins. 243.Lucas DEAUX - 19 - 74 - DM/D - Reims More of a centre mid, and one of the best buys you can get. He has played 8 full games (720 mins) and has added in 3 goals for Reims. 244.Lossemy KARABOUÉ - 20 - 73 - W - Sedan After a few years in the Lyon academy, it was time for Karaboué to find a job. So he went to Sedan. He is doing his job quite well now, 5 starts 4 subs for 500 mins, plus a full 90 mins in the League Cup. 245.Jean-Alain FANCHONE - 20 - 78 - LB - Strasbourg Has locked up for 5 more years in Strasbourg, who are in a promotion spot. Fanchone has 9 starts, 782 minutes, and 2 assists. Additionnally, he played in the League Cup match (ET, 120 mins). Should've bought him when he was a 70. Still a good buy for the 3rd place team. 246.Julien FAUSSURIER - 21 - 75 - DM - Troyes Ex-Lyonnais youth has been making noise. He has started 9 and subbed in 2, 815 mins. Also played 2 in the League Cup. 247.Claudio BEAUVUE - 20 - 76 - W/F - Troyes Started the season at 70, Beauvue now has 13 games (5 st, 8 su) with 616 mins. He has 2 cautions and has been sent off once. 248.Osa GUOBADIA - 21 - 71 - AM/CM - Makedonija Gj P He has started 6/8 for the league leaders in Macedonia, most are rated about 78. Should be worth a tasty gamble. 249.Demba BA - 23 - 85 - CF - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim I could name all of Hoffenheim, but can't be bothered. Bah has started 11/11 matches, and has 6 goals. 250.Vedad IBISEVIC - 24 - 85 - CF - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Well known already, Ibisevic has 13 goals and 5 assists in 11 starts. Amazing. 251.Adriano Buss HENRIQUE - 22 - 86 - CB/RB - Bayer Leverkusen The loanee from Barce is one of two players (Rolfes) who hasn't missed a minute yet. 252.Arturo VIDAL - 21 - 88 - DM/D - Bayer Leverkusen Finally made that spot his. Has started every match, and has 3 goals. Should be 90. 253.Michal KADLEC - 23 - 87 - LB/CB - Bayer Leverkusen Has started every match but 1 and played well since arriving from the Czech Republic. 254.Soares RENATO AUGUSTO - 20 - 88 - AM - Bayer Leverlusen See - Vidal - exept he only has 1 goal. 255.Patrick HELMES - 24 - 87 - F - Bayer Leverkusen Helmes has started every match, 902 mins, and has scored 8 goals. Also is a German international. 256.Neven SUBOTIC - 19 - 85 - CB - Borussia Dortmund US international is the only player to not miss a minute since arriving from Mainz. He also has 3 goals and has attracted a lot of attention. 257.Mats HUMMELS - 19 - 84 - CB - Borussia Dortmund The Munich youth product has 7 starts ans 1 sub appearance, with 1 goal 258.Marcel SCHMELZER - 20 - 80 - LB - Borussia Dortmund Has filled in admirably as Dede's injury cover. Has 583 quality minutes under his belt, is in for a rise. 259.Karim MATMOUR - 23 - 83 - F/W - Borussia Monchengladbach One of the only players to really impress, he deserves a rise due to his quality. Has started all 11 matches, usually behind Friend. 260.Christian LELL - 24 - 89 - RB - Bayern Munich Their starting RB deserves 90. 261.Michael RENSING - 24 - 88 - G - Bayern Munich Their starting Gk deserves 90. 262.Kevin PEZZONI - 19 - 75 - CB/DM - 1 FC Koln Pezzoni has 539 mins (6 starts) for newly promoted Cologne. 263.Faton TOSKI - 21 - 83 - LM/AM - Eintracht Frankfurt Toski is becoming a kew player for Frankfurt. He has 7 starts, 518 mins, and 1 goal. 264.Guy DEMEL - D/DM - 27 - 87 - Hamburger SV He has been in and out of the starting lineup for years here, he deserves an 89. This season, he has 10 starts, 956 mins. 265.Konstantin RAUSCH - 18 - 78 - LB/LM - Hannover 96 Rausch has quietly replaced 39 year old Tarnat, who is double his age, in the starting line of defense. He has 6 starts, 533 minutes. 266.Bastian SCHULZ - 23 - 77 - DM - Hannover 96 He has a nice cameo in the Hanover side this year. Not playing that much (4 starts), but has a goal and an assist, making the most of it. 267.Stefano CELOZZI - 20 - 80 - RB - Karlsruher SC Ex-Bayern man has 813 mins in 9 starts. Worth a buy. 268.Sebastian BOENISCH - 21 - 85 - LB/LM - Werder Bremen Finally a solution to the left-back problem at Bremen. Boenisch is a real talent, having started seven and subbed in twice. 650 mins. 269.Sebastian PRÖDL - 21 - 86 - CB - Werder Bremen Austrian international is packing up the minutes, 7 starts at the centre of Bremen's defense with Naldo. 270.Claudio PIZARRO - 30 - 88 - CF - Werder Bremen He's better in Germany. On loan from Chelsea, he has 7 goals in 8 league matches. 271.Timo GEBHART - 19 - 79 - CM/AM - TSV 1860 Munchen Gebhart is the top scorer for 1860, with 4 goals in 7 starts, plus 4 subs. 272.Nikolas LEDGERWOOD - 23 - 77 - DM - TSV 1860 Munchen Woot, a Canadian. He has 1 goal in 7 starts, 667 mins total. 273.Manuel SCHAFFLER - 19 - 74 - F - TSV 1860 Munchen 19 year old has 6 starts, almost 500 minutes for Munich, due for a rise. 274.Sandro WAGNER - 20 - 78 - F/W - MSV Duisberg Ex Bayern man leads the front line for MSV, 3 goals and 2 assists in 665 minutes, 8 starts. 275.David HOILETT - 18 - 77 - CF - FC St. Pauli Another Canadian, this one, 18 years old, has 6 starts and 4 subs, rated lower than most on the Hamburg side. 276.Alain Junior OLLE OLLE - 21 - 75 - LM/LM - SC Freiburg Not a riser yet, has only appeared once, but he impressed a lot at the Olympics for Cameroon. 277.Johannes FLUM - 20 - 78 - DM - SC Freiburg Only Schwaab (84) has played more than Flum, who has started 10 and subbed into the other match. 278.Sami ALLAGUI - 22 - 81 - CF - Greuter Furth Allagui has been on fire this season. He has 10 goals in 8 games, the Ibisevic of Bundesliga II. 279.Kai HESSE - 23 - 74 - W/F - 1. FC Kaiserslautern Hesse has taken over Simpson's spot on the left. He has 2 goals in 550 minutes. 280.Lewis HOLTBY - 18 - 76 - F/AM - Alemannia Aachen The 18 year old striker is starting to get the managers attention. He has 7 starts and 2 sub apps. 281.Lars BENDER - 20 - 73 - M - TuS 1911 Koblenz Bender has racked up over 400 minutes this season, will get a rise. 282.Soares ANDERSON - 20 - 73 - CB - VFL Osnabrück Anderson came to Osnabruck with the intentionn of playing. 708 mins later, he is a starter for CFL, and in for a hefty rise. 283.Takumi SHIMOHIRA - 20 - 72 - D - Gamba Osaka Yound defender should get quite the rise after starting 1/3rd of all matches. 10 starts, 815 minutes. 284.Takayuki CHANO - 31 - 80 - LB/CB - Jubilo Iwata Chano has started 25 of 30 matches, which makes him even with the 84 rated defenders on the squad. Logic says... 285.Kosuke YAMAMOTO - 19 - 73 - M - Jubilo Iwata Yamamoto has started playing more regularly, starting 6 and subbing in 4. His 550 mins gets him a rise of about 4. 286.Takanori SUGENO - 24 - 80 - G - Kashiwa Reysol He took over the #1 spot this season from an 83 rated keeper. 287.Kenji BABA - 23 - 75 - M - Vissel Kobe The midfielder has had 11 starts this season 723 mins. 288.Kristaps GREBIS - 27 - 75 - CF - Free Agent He is, in RL, playing for Latvian leaders Liepajas. He is leading scorer in Latvia, with 6 goals in 9 matches. The other top scorers are around 81-83 289.Jesus Armando SANCHEZ - 24 - 82 - CM - America Sanchez has made him way into the America lineup, scoring 9 starts and 822 minutes. 290.Lampros KONTOGIANNIS - 20 - 73 - M - America Kontogiannis is a very promising prospect, he has 5 starts and 3 subs out of 15 games. 291.Luis Gerardo VENEGAS - 24 - 84 - CB - Atlante Venegas is over 1000 minutes. 12 starts, he should get to 86/87. 292.Jesus PAGANONI - 20 - 70 - RM - Atlas 3 starts for over 200 mins. 293.Edgar PACHECO - 18 - 77 - M - Atlas 4 starts and 5 subs for the promising kid. Also has 2 goals. 294.Gonzalo VARGAS - 27 - 83 - F - Atlas Vargas is one of the two main strikers for Atlas. 4 goals in 13 starts. 295.Ariel BOGADO - 24 - 84 - F - Atlas The other main striker, Bogado has 7 goals in 14 starts. 296.Alfredo SANCHEZ - 21 - 70 - W/F - Atlas Sanchez is a must buy. 7 starts combined with 6 subs, means he will get a nice big rise. 297.Sergio RODRIGUEZ - 23 - 75 - G - Chivas de Guadalajara This keeper is not the best, but for lack of better options, he has started 9, and will get a rise. 298.Edgar SOLIS - 21 - 85 - RM/LM - Chivas de Guadalajara Solis is a starting winger for Chivas, 1 goal in over 1000 minutes. 299.Jose Antonio OLVERA - 22 - 78 - CB - Chivas de Guadalajara Surprising starter, he has 8 starts and 1 goal. 300.Yosgart GUTIÉRREZ - 27 - 84 - G - Cruz Azul Gutierrez is the new #1, 13 starts. 301.Nicolas VIGNERI - 25 - 85 - F - Cruz Azul Headed for a nice rise, he has started 14 of 15, 1117 minutes, and 4 goals. Definatly on the right track. 302.Juan Carlos DE LA BARRERA - 25 - 79 - LB - Indios de Juarez Has started every single match so far for the Primera newcomers in Juarez. 303.Alberto LUCIO - 23 - 75 - CB - Morelia Monarcas defender is slowly replacing 27 year old Cervantes. 6 starts for him this season. 304.Elias HERNANDEZ - 22 - 75 - F - Morelia Morelia's "Super Sub" has 3 goals so far, with 618 minutes, 4 of them starts and 10 as a sub. 305.Paul Nicolas AGUIAR - 22 - 86 - RM/RB - Pachuca Has been a standout this season, deserves 88. 14 starts of 15 with 1238 mins. 306.Jose Francisco TORRES - 21 - 80 - CM/RM - Pachuca U.S. international (appreciate it, an American in Mexico) has 8 starts and 5 sub apps, scoring one goal. He is getting a chance under coach Bradley for the US. 307.Sergio PEREZ - 23 - 82 - D - Puebla Perez, who rose by 8 last time, has kept his spot, starting 12 in the back-line. 308.Valdez EFRAIN JUAREZ - 20 - 74 - CB/RB - UNAM Best move for us by leaving Barcelona. The wonderkid has started 14/15 and subbed into the other. 1280 minutes, pretty much garanteed +10. 309.Fernando MORALES - 23 - 81 - W - UNAM Started all 15. Impressive. Has 3 goals as well. Good buy. 310.Victor Enrique PIRIZ - 28 - 84 - CF - San Luis 7 goals in 14 starts for a very good San Luis side. 311.Jose Ramon PARTIDA - 19 - 75 - M - Tecos de la UAG The kid is starring in Zapopan, with about 850 minutes played this seaspn, 9 starts. 312.Arnhold RIVAS - 19 - 75 - F - Tecos de la UAG Not as prolific as Partida, but he has two goals under his name in 400 mins. 313.Manuel VINIEGRA - 20 - 70 - CM - UANL Tigres OK, he has only started one and subbed 2. 80 mins. But it's better than other, higher rated players. 314.Jonathan DE LEON - 21 - 72 - F - UANL Tigres Has played in most games, but only has 600 minutes. He is due for a nice rise, though he is still looking for his first goal. 315.Nestor CALDERON - 19 - 78 - AM - Toluca Calderon has made himself some fans amongst Red Devil faithful. He has 2 goals this seasaon, and has started 9, for 725 mins. 316.Gregory VAN DER WIEL - 20 - 82 - CB - Ajax The youth product of it's famed academy has finally been getting starts. 7 of 9, to be precise. 612 mins. 317.Jeffrey SARPONG - 20 - 80 - AM/F - Ajax Filled in admirably while Sulejmani was injured. Has a goal in 5 starts. 385 mins. 318.Sergio ROMERO - 21 - 85 - G - AZ Alkmaar Argentine Olympican and U20 World Champion is a good buy : he hasn't missed a minute yet for Alkmaar. 319.Niklas MOISANDER - 23 - 79 - LB - AZ Alkmaar Another good Finnish defender. He has a goal in 7 starts, playing 637 minutes. Due for a nice rise if he keeps going. 320.Nick VAN DER VELDEN - 23 - 79 - AM/CM - AZ Alkmaar AZ is a good side for risers. The /other/ VDV has 584 minutes, 7 starts. 321.Mounir EL HAMDAOUI - 24 - 84 - AM/F - AZ Alkmaar On of the picks of these changes. He has 12 goals in 9 starts. No I didn't typo. 12 goals and THREE assists in 819 minutes. Get him now. 322.Robert ZWINKELS - 25 - 78 - G - ADO Den Haag Started all matched, ahead of ex AZ Boy Waterman. 323.Leroy RESODHARDJO - 21 - 74 - ADO Den Haag You might have to copy and past, but he is in for a +5. Started 8 matches for the minnows for La Hague. 324.Leroy FER - 18 - 82 - RB/RM - Feyenoord Feyenoord have the reputation of not being afraid to play their youths. Fer is a perfect example. Started 8 of 9, subbed in the other. 2 goals in 706 minutes, in for a good rise. 325.Georginio WIJNALDUM - 17 - 82 - CM/AM - Feyenoord Played all but thirty minutes this season. Compensated well for De Guzman's suspension. Has one goal in 790 minutes. 326.Silva LUCIANO - 27 - 81 - G - FC Groningen Luciano has taken over from Van Loo, hasn't missed a minute. 327.Bas DOST - 19 - 75 - Heracles Almedo Dost has been effective, to say the least. 4 starts, 2 subs, 2 goals in 352 minutes. 328.Tim BREUKERS - 21 - 74 - CM - Heracles Almelo THIS is what I call a riser. He has started every match, played all 821 minutes. 329.Willy OVERTOOM - 22 - 73 - W - Heracles Almelo Why not one more from Heracles. 512 minutes for this one, includding 6 starts. Also has a goal to his name. 330.Donny GORTER - 20 - 72 - LB/LM - NAC Breda Late game sub for high flying NAC, subbed in 6 times totalling 88 mins. He does have a goal though. And you have to love that hairdo. 331.Saidi NTIBAZONKIZA - 21 - 76 - F/W - NEC Nijmegen Starting striker, and leading scorer. 8 starts, 1 sub, 702 minutes, 3 goals. 332.Stijn WUYTENS - 19 - 75 - DM - PSV Wuytens is a well known riser, having started 7 and played 574 minutes. He also added in a goal and an assist. 333.Donovan SLIJNGARD - 21 - 73 - LB/CB - Sparta Rotterdam 6 starts for the 21 year old, he has played 537 minutes for a weak Rotterdam. 334.Kevin STROOTMAN - 18 - 73 - AM/LM - Sparta Rottedam Same story as Slijngard, exept he has 545 minutes. 335.Rick VAN WOLFSWINKEL - 19 - 72 - AM - Vitesse Arnhem Starter for a much improved (jenner, hofs) Vitesse. Has 3 goals in 712 minutes, 8 starts. 336.Alexander BUTTNER - 19 - 73 - F/W - Vitesse Arnhem Another starter for Vitesse. He has 7 starts, and is usually subbed out. 553 mins. 337.Jack TUYP - 25 - 81 - CF - Volendam A bit like this season's Amrabat. The newly promoted, and struggling, Volendam have been relying on their leader for goals. He has started every game, and scored 4. Though Volendam are likely to be relegated, I doubt Tuyp will follow. 338.Henrique LEO VELOSO - LB/LM - 21 - 73 - Willem II The young Brazilian has started every game, 789 mins from the Willem defense. 339.Rens VAN EIJDEN - RB - 20 - 71 - Willemm II He has 535 minutes, 6 starts and two subs. 340.Peter Orry LARSEN - 19 - 72 - RM - Aalesunds FK Out of 26 matches, he has played in 19, 8 as a starter. Has 2 goals under his name in 925 mins. 341.Kenneth UDJUS - 24 - 70 - G - SK Brann Has started 6. Not the starter by any means, but still due for a rise. 342.Joachim THOMASSEN - 20 - 70 - M - Fredrikstad FK Almost reached 1000 mins this season, 8 starts and 6 subs. 343.Jon MASALIN - 22 - 70 - G - HamKam Masalin has taken over the starting position in HamKam ahead of a 76 and an 81. 14 starts this season. 344.Frode BJORNEVIK - 28 - 70 - CB - HamKam Pick which 10k player first. This one has 16 starts and 4 subs, 1628 minutes played in defense. 345.Aksel Berget SKJOLSVIK - 21 - 72 - F - Molde FK Skolsevic hasn't been lighting it up, but 4 starts and 8 subs deserves a rise. 346.Harmeet SINGH - 17 - 70 - M - Valerenga IF 17 yeah old has 9 apps, 5 of them starts. 480 minutes, he is sure to play a bigger role next season. 347.Milton BENITEZ - 22 - 74 - M - Olimpia Benitez has 10 starts and 4 subs in the Paraguayan Clausura, most players are rated at 80. 348.Daniel Alonso SANCHEZ - 18 - 80 - CM - Sporting Cristal Sporting's starters are rated around 85-87. Sanchez has started 32 this season in the Clausura/Apertuna, scoring 5 goals. He is going to be very nicely rated 18 year old. 349.Robert LEWANDOWSKI - 20 - 74 - F - Lech Poznan Lewandowski has a phenomenal 7 goals, 2nd in Poland. Who knows, he could be due for a +10. 350.Gregorz PODSTAWEK - ?? - ?? - F - Polonia Bytom You'd think 5 goals in 9 games would be enough to get him added... 351.Marcin SOBCZAK - 21 - 72 - F - Ruch Chorzow Sobczak has 3 goals so far in this young season. 352.Enrique JUNIOR DIAZ - 25 - 80 - CB/LB - Wisla Krakow Since signing from Herediano (Costa Rica) this season, he has started all matches for Wisla and scored twice. He will get a nice rise, the second best buy in Poland IMO. 353.Nasser MENASSEL - 25 - 74 - AM - CS Otopeni 5 starts and one sub appearance in Romania. 354.Nicolae MUSAT - 21 - 76 - LM/LB - CS Otopeni 6 starts and one sub appearance for the same team, average rating 80. 355.Sabrin SBURLEA - 19 - 70 - CF - FC Brasov 6 sub appearances and one start this season, has scored twice. 310 mins. 356.Mihai ROMAN - 23 - 75 - RM/AM - FC Brasov 10 starts and two subs, most of the starts being full, as well as one goal. He deserves at least 80. 357.Alexandru VAGNER - 20 - 75 - RM/W - Gloria Bistrita 7 starts. 585 minutes, all starts were full exept one. 358. Dorinel POPA - 19 - 74 - M - Gloria Buzau 1 start and 5 sub appearances, got his first goal on week 5. 359.Marian CARJA - 20 - 74 - RB - Otelul Galati 4 starts and 4 subs so far. 499 minutes, most of them recent. He seems to have won the job. 360. Marius PENA - 23 - 75 - F - Otelul Galati He has 9 startsand 2 subs, there is only one match where he didnt play. Pena has 2 goals so far, expect more. 361.Razvan PLESCA - 25 - 74 - G - Politehnica Iasi Played the last 9 matches. 362.Giedrius ARLAUSKIS - 20 - 80 - G - Unirea Urziceni Started 12 matches for the league leaders, it's safe to say that the job is his. 363. Marius GAMAN - 19 - 78 - CB - Universitatea Craiova Started every single match. Get him before he rises to about 83, like any regular starter on this team. 364.Cillian SHERIDAN - 19 - 72 - F - Celtic Sheridan has 4 apps, 2 starts, totalling 213 minutes. He made the most of it, scoring 1 goal. 365.Stephen ETTIEN - 20 - 70 - CF - Hamilton Academical Has 5 subs for Aces, totalling 166 mins. 366. Garry WOOD - 20 - 74 - F - Inverness Caledonian Thistle Wood has made 7 apps this season, 4 of them stars, and totals 414 minutes and 1 goal. 367. Conor SAMMON - 20 - 76 - CF - Kilmarnock Sammon has only missed one game, starting 8 and subbing into 2. He has 1 goal in 719 minutes. 368. Donovan SIMMONDS - 20 - 72 - CF - Kilmarnock Simmonds has his first goal, being used mainly as a late sub. He has subbed in 8 times, accumulating 114 mins. 369.Mark HOWARD - 22 - 77 - G - St. Mirren Howard has taken over from Smith this season, starting every single match. 370.Richard HENYEKANE - 25 - 75 - F/W - Golden Arrows After 5 S.African Premier League matches, Henyakane has 4 goals. 371. Tasleem PAULSE - 20 - 70 - CM - Santos Engen Has appeared in 4/6 SAPL matches, 3 as a sub. 372 . Sebastian RAJALAKSO - 20 - 80 - LM/AM - Djugardens IF Has appeared in 26/29 games, scoring 6 goals and starting 19 times. Deserves a +2. 373. Amadou JAWO - 24 - 75 - W/F - Gefle IF Jawo has started 19 matches and subbed in to 7, scoring 4 goals in 1766 minutes. 374. Robin SÖDER - 17 - 74 - CF - IFK Goteborg Soder has scored 5 goals this season in 769 minutes. He is known as a top prospect in Sweden. 375. Marcus OLSSON - 20 - 74 - LM/RM - Halmstads BK Olsson has scored 2 goals in 20 matches, half of those starts. 376. Anel RASKAJ - 19 - 78 - CM/RM - Halmstads BK Raskaj has been amazing, playing 2153 minutes, which is most of the season. 23 starts. 377. Alagie SOSSEH - 22 - 71 - AM/F - Hammarby Has only started 4 matches, so should get to 75. 378. Abiola DAUDA - 20 - 72 - CF - Kalmar FF The Nigerian striker is mainly used as subsitute, adding 4 starts to his 16 sub appearances. He has 5 goals in 655 minutes. 379.Agon MEHMETI - 18 - 74 - F - Malmo FF Mehmeti still hasn't started. However, he has 19 sub apps, totalling 455 minutes, and 2 goals. 380. Fisnik SHALA - 19 - 70 - Trelleborgs FF Shala has started 2 and subbed 5. You can make a few grand off him, not much more ATM. 381. Fredrik JENSEN - 23 - 70 - CF - Trelleborgs FF Jensen, however, you can make a profit. Has 5 goals in 19 starts, 1485 minutes. THE buy from Sweden. 382.Angel DAVID ABRAHAM - 22 - 86 - CB - FC Basel Just about the most reliable defender Basel can ask for. Hasn't missed a minute, deserves 89, but will probably settle for 87/88. 383.Orhan MUSTAFI - 18 - 74 - F - FC Basel Now up to 4 starts, 2 goals in 260 minutes. 384. Marko PEROVIC - 24 - 83 - LM/CM - FC Basel Perovic is really turning into what Basel hoped. Has 6 starts, 2 subs, and 4 goals from midfield. Another great Balkan purchase. 385. Behrang SAFARI - 23 - 85 - LB/LM - FC Basel Has started 11 matches, which is every match since joining from Malmo. Been solid, deservs a rise. 386. Francois AFFOLTER - 17 - ?? - M - Young Boys Has yet to be added, but he has amassed 455 minutes, 5 starts. 387.Kulaksizoglu BAYKAL - 25 - 80 - DM/D - Young Boys Has been a semi-regular since arriving back to Switzerland. Should be 83. 4 starts, 3 subs this season. 388.Felix BASTIANS - 20 - 78 - LM/RM - Young Boys The German contingent of YBB, he has 2 goals in 5 starts, 530 minutes played. 389.Marco SCHNEUWLY - 23 - 83 - F - Young Boys Has taken over the goal-scoring responsabilitiies from Hakan Yakin. 877 mins played, 11 starts, 5 goals. 390.Almen ABDI - 22 - 86 - W/AM - FC Zurich Abdi has taken over goal scoring from Raffael. He has 7 in 10 games from the wings. Deserves 88. 391.Alexandre ALPHONSE - 26 - 86 - F/AM - FC Zurich OK. HE took over from Raffael. Abdi just adds. Alphone has 9 goals in 9 matches. 392.Admir MEHMEDI - 17 - 73 - CF - FC Zurich One of the top Swiss prospects, he is being brought in slowly. 1 goal in 7 sub apps so far, just 73 mins. 393. Eric HASSLI - 27 - 84 - CF - FC Zurich Hassli has also joined into the freewheeling Zurich attack. He has 8 goals in 11 starts. 394.Guillaume FAIVRE - 21 - 78 - G - Neuchâtel Xamax Should be around 82, no one else has touched the starters job in Neuchatel. 395.Ideye BROWN - 20 - 78 - CF - Neuchâtel Xamax Star striker has started 12, subbed in the other, has 4 goals in 984 minutes.
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Here we go: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Argentina Primera División ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: As some people may be too lazy to scroll down to read (), I decided to do a summary which shows only the name, age, rating and my prediction I also decided to divide the players in sections by their ratings so that you can refer to them depending on your budget : 70 - 73 risers (10k to 100k) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | (No.) Full Name _______________ | Age | Rating -> My Prediction | | (3) .. Ricardo Daniel NOIR ............. | .21. | .. 73 .. -> ...... 81/82 ..... | | (4) .. Osvaldo NICOLAS GAITAN ..... | .20. | .. 72 .. -> ...... 77/78 ..... | | (7) .. Ariel ROJAS ........................ | .22. | .. 71 .. -> ...... 80/81 ..... | | (17). Gustavo BOU ...................... | .18. | .. 73 .. -> ...... 78/79 ..... | | (19). Mariano PAGLIALUNGA .......... | .20. | .. 72 .. -> ...... 80/81 ..... | | (35). Juan FORLIN ....................... | .20. | .. 71 .. -> ....... 80 ........ | (New) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 - 79 risers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | (No.) Full Name _______________ | Age | Rating -> My Prediction | | (2) .. Lucas VIATRI ..................... | .21. | .. 75 .. -> ........ 86 ....... | | (6) .. Néstor MARTIRENA .............. | .21. | .. 79 .. -> ........ 83 ....... | | (8) .. Nelson IBAÑEZ .................... | .26. | .. 74 .. -> ........ 83 ....... | | (9) .. Leandro CARUSO ................. | .24. | .. 78 .. -> ...... 81/82 ..... | | (10). Eduardo SALVIO .................. | .18. | .. 76 .. -> ...... 82/83 ..... | | (11). Leandro TORRES .................. | .19. | .. 79 .. -> ........ 83 ....... | | (13). Lihue Dario PRICHODA ........... | .19. | .. 77 .. -> ...... 81/82 ..... | | (14). José Luis MARTINEZ GULLOTTA | .24. | .. 78 .. -> ........ 84 ....... | | (15). Franco ZUCULINI .................. | .18. | .. 78 .. -> ...... 84/85 .... | | (16). José SCHAFFER .................... | .22. | .. 74 .. -> ........ 84 ...... | | (23). Jonathan BLANCO ................. | .21. | .. 77 .. -> ...... 83/84 .... | | (24). José SAN ROMAN .................. | .20. | .. 77 .. -> ...... 81/82 .... | | (25). Pablo FONTANELLO ............... | .24. | .. 77 .. -> ........ 82 ...... | | (30). Facundo QUIROGA ................ | .23. | .. 79 .. -> ........ 82 ...... | (New) | (36). Pablo MOUCHE ..................... | .21. | .. 76 .. -> ........ 80 ...... | (New) | (37). Facundo RONCAGLIA ............. | .21. | .. 77 .. -> ...... 82/83 .... | (New) | (38). Lucas ACOSTA ..................... | .20. | .. 74 .. -> ...... 82/83 .... | (New) | (39). Ariel COLZERA ...................... | .22. | .. 75 .. -> ...... 82/83 .... | (New) | (40). Javier PASTORE .................... | .19. | .. 74 .. -> ........ 80 ...... | (New) | (42). Jonathan David GOMEZ .......... | .18. | .. 75 .. -> ........ 80 ...... | (New) | (43). Gervasio NUNEZ .................... | .20. | .. 76 .. -> ........ 80 ...... | (New) | (44). Patricio RODRIGUEZ ............... | .18. | .. 76 .. -> ...... 79/80 .... | (New) | (45). Mauricio SPERDUTTI .............. | .22. | .. 76 .. -> ...... 79/80 .... | (New) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80+ risers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | (No.) Full Name _______________ | Age | Rating -> My Prediction | | (1) .. Emanuel PIO ...................... | .19. | .. 80 .. -> ........ 85 ....... | | (5) .. Javier Hernán GARCIA .......... | .21. | .. 80 .. -> ...... 85/86 .... | | (12). Juan Manuel INSAURRALDE .... | .24. | .. 82 .. -> ........ 85 ....... | | (18). Jorge BROUN ....................... | .22. | .. 80 .. -> ...... 84/85 .... | | (20). Alexis DANELON ................... | .22. | .. 82 .. -> ...... 84/85 .... | | (21). Diego BRAGHIERI .................. | .21. | .. 82 .. -> ...... 84/85 .... | | (22). Nicolás BIANCHI ARCE ........... | .21. | .. 82 .. -> ...... 85/86 .... | | (26). Ricardo GASTON DIAZ ........... | .20. | .. 80 .. -> ...... 84/85 .... | | (27). Omar Fernando TOBIO ........... | .19. | .. 80 .. -> ........ 83 ...... | | (28). Jonathan CRISTALDO ............ | .19. | .. 80 .. -> ...... 85/86 .... | | (29). Gonzalo PROSPERI ................ | .23. | .. 82 .. -> ........ 85 ...... | (New) | (31). Daniel ROMERO .................... | .28. | .. 80 .. -> ........ 82....... | (New) | (32). Cristian CAMPESTRINI ........... | .28. | .. 80 .. -> ........ 85....... | (New) | (33). Nicolás BERTOLO .................. | .22. | .. 83 .. -> ........ 86....... | (New) | (34). Victor LOPEZ ....................... | .29. | .. 84 .. -> ...... 85/86..... | (New) | (41). Óscar ALEJANDRO LIMIA ........ | .33. | .. 80 .. -> ........ 84 ...... | (New) | (46). Juan Luis MONGE .................. | .37. | .. 80 .. -> ...... 82/83 ... | (New) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you want to know further information such as their Nationality, the club which they play for, the position in which they play, mins played, starts, subs and goals, just see the number which is written in red near the name, scroll down and find the same number - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (1) Name ..................................................................... Emanuel PIO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Banfield Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ CM/DM Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1180 / 13 / 1 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2) Name ..................................................................... Lucas VIATRI Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 75 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1233 / 14 / 1 / 7 Prediction ........................................................... 75 -> 86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (3) Name ..................................................................... Ricardo Daniel NOIR Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 75 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 610 / 7 / 5 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 73 -> 81/82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (4) Name ..................................................................... Osvaldo NICOLAS GAITAN Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ CM Rating ................................................................... 72 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 349 / 0 / 12 / 4 Prediction ........................................................... 72 -> 77/78 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (5) Name ..................................................................... Javier Hernán GARCIA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 820 / 9 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 85/86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (6) Name ..................................................................... Néstor MARTIRENA (solomann1971`s tip ) Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Gimnasia la Plata Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 79 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 448 / 3 / 6 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 79 -> 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (7) Name ..................................................................... Ariel ROJAS Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Godoy Cruz Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ M Rating ................................................................... 71 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 766 / 9 / 3 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 71 -> 80/81 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (8) Name ..................................................................... Nelson IBAÑEZ (solomann1971`s tip ) Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Godoy Cruz Age ........................................................................ 26 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 74 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1462 / 16 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 74 -> 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (9) Name ..................................................................... Leandro CARUSO (solomann1971`s tip ) Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Godoy Cruz (He is still with Arsenal de Sarandí on SM) Age ........................................................................ 24 Position ................................................................ W Rating ................................................................... 75 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1137 / 11 / 5 / 5 Prediction ........................................................... 75 -> 81/82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (10) Name ..................................................................... Eduardo SALVIO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Lanús Age ........................................................................ 18 Position ................................................................ F/W Rating ................................................................... 76 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 780 / 9 / 0 / 4 Prediction ........................................................... 76 -> 82/83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (11) Name ..................................................................... Leandro TORRES Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Newell’s Old Boys Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ RM Rating ................................................................... 79 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 929 / 11 / 3 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 79 -> 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (12) Name ..................................................................... Juan Manuel INSAURRALDE Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Newell’s Old Boys Age ........................................................................ 24 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 82 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1123 / 12 / 1 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 82 -> 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (13) Name ..................................................................... Lihue Dario PRICHODA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Racing Club Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ RM Rating ................................................................... 77 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 613 / 7 / 8 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 77 -> 81/82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (14) Name ..................................................................... José Luis MARTINEZ GULLOTTA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Racing Club Age ........................................................................ 24 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 78 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 915 / 10 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 78 -> 84/85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (15) Name ..................................................................... Franco ZUCULINI***** Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Racing Club Age ........................................................................ 18 Position ................................................................ RM/CM Rating ................................................................... 78 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1254 / 15 / 0 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 78 -> 84/85 ^ Look out for this guy ^ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (16) Name ..................................................................... José SCHAFFER (insider`s tip ) Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Racing Club Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ LB Rating ................................................................... 74 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1349 / 15 / 1 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 74 -> 84 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (17) Name ..................................................................... Gustavo BOU Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... River Plate Age ........................................................................ 18 Position ................................................................ F/AM (may have a positional change to W/F or AM/F) Rating ................................................................... 73 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 339 / 5 / 1 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 73 -> 78/79 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (18) Name ..................................................................... Jorge BROUN Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1309 / 15 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 84/85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (19) Name ..................................................................... Mariano PAGLIALUNGA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ RM/LM Rating ................................................................... 72 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 509 / 5 / 5 / 1 ... (Last season: 578 mins / 6 starts / 4 subs / 1 goal) Prediction ........................................................... 72 -> 80/81 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (20) Name ..................................................................... Alexis DANELON Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ RB/RM Rating ................................................................... 82 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1133 / 14 / 2 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 82 -> 84/85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (21) Name ..................................................................... Diego BRAGHIERI Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ CB/LB Rating ................................................................... 82 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1145 / 13 / 0 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 82 -> 84/85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (22) Name ..................................................................... Nicolás BIANCHI ARCE Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... San Lorenzo Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 82 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1215 / 13 / 1 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 82 -> 85/86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (23) Name ..................................................................... Jonathan BLANCO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Tigre Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ CM Rating ................................................................... 77 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 872 / 9 / 3 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 77 -> 83/84 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (24) Name ..................................................................... José SAN ROMAN Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Tigre Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ RB/RM Rating ................................................................... 77 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 617 / 7 / 2 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 77 -> 81/82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (25) Name ..................................................................... Pablo FONTANELLO (kraven`s tip ) Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Tigre Age ........................................................................ 24 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 77 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 847 / 9 / 2 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 77 -> 82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (26) Name ..................................................................... Ricardo GASTON DIAZ Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Vélez Sársfield Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ RB/RM Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1016 / 13 / 2 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 84/85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (27) Name ..................................................................... Omar Fernando TOBIO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Vélez Sársfield Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 824 / 9 / 2 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (28) Name ..................................................................... Jonathan CRISTALDO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Vélez Sársfield Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1050 / 14 / 1 / 5 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 85/86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (29) Name ..................................................................... Gonzalo PROSPERI Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Argentinos Juniors Age ........................................................................ 23 Position ................................................................ RB Rating ................................................................... 82 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 854 / 10 / 1 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 82 -> 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (30) Name ..................................................................... Facundo QUIROGA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Argentinos Juniors Age ........................................................................ 23 Position ................................................................ LB Rating ................................................................... 79 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 409 / 5 / 3 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 79 -> 82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (31) Name ..................................................................... Daniel ROMERO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Argentinos Juniors Age ........................................................................ 28 Position ................................................................ CM Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 282 / 0 / 8 / 4 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 82 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (32) Name ..................................................................... Cristian CAMPESTRINI Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Arsenal de Sarandí Age ........................................................................ 28 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 730 / 8 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 85 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (33) Name ..................................................................... Nicolás BERTOLO Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Banfield Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ CM/RM Rating ................................................................... 83 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1299 / 15 / 0 / 5 Prediction ........................................................... 83 -> 86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (34) Name ..................................................................... Victor LOPEZ Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Banfield Age ........................................................................ 29 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 84 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 909 / 10 / 0 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 84 -> 85/86 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (35) Name ..................................................................... Juan FORLIN Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 71 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 279 / 3 / 1 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 71 -> 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (36) Name ..................................................................... Pablo MOUCHE Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 76 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 268 / 2 / 5 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 76 -> 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (37) Name ..................................................................... Facundo RONCAGLIA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Boca Juniors Age ........................................................................ 21 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 77 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 529 / 6 / 1 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 77 -> 82/83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (38) Name ..................................................................... Lucas ACOSTA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Colón Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ AM Rating ................................................................... 74 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 605 / 7 / 2 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 74 -> 82/83 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (39) Name ..................................................................... Ariel COLZERA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Huracán Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 75 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1013 / 12 / 2 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 75 -> 83/84 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (40) Name ..................................................................... Javier PASTORE Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Huracán Age ........................................................................ 19 Position ................................................................ F Rating ................................................................... 74 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 430 / 4 / 5 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 74 -> 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (41) Name ..................................................................... Óscar ALEJANDRO LIMIA Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Huracán Age ........................................................................ 33 Position ................................................................ GK Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1465 / 16 / 0 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 84 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (42) Name ..................................................................... Jonathan David GOMEZ Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 18 Position ................................................................ AM Rating ................................................................... 75 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 406 / 3 / 6 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 75 -> 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (43) Name ..................................................................... Gervasio NUNEZ Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Rosario Central Age ........................................................................ 20 Position ................................................................ F/AM Rating ................................................................... 76 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 461 / 5 / 3 / 2 Prediction ........................................................... 76 -> 80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (44) Name ..................................................................... Patricio RODRIGUEZ Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Independiente Age ........................................................................ 18 Position ................................................................ AM/F Rating ................................................................... 76 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 122 / 1 / 5 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 76 -> 79/80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (45) Name ..................................................................... Mauricio SPERDUTTI Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... Newell’s Old Boys Age ........................................................................ 22 Position ................................................................ RM/CM Rating ................................................................... 76 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 219 / 0 / 10 / 0 Prediction ........................................................... 76 -> 79/80 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (46) Name ..................................................................... Juan Luis MONGE Nationality ......................................................... Argentinian Club ....................................................................... San Martín de Tucumán Age ........................................................................ 37 Position ................................................................ CB Rating ................................................................... 80 Mins Played / Starts / Subs / Goals ... 1321 / 15 / 0 / 1 Prediction ........................................................... 80 -> 82/83 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
08-09 Season, Statistical Analysis
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Do whatever you want with these stats. I have searched hard and put a lot of research into scouting quite a few leagues, and I will update the stats every 5 games if possible, with players to watch and current lineups. Starting off with Brazil, who just played the 15 th game of the season. Here goes. I will also say that the updates might not always be right after the games are played. I have a full time job and will go to university, so a lot of my free time goes to this. I do it because I love it, not cause I have tons of time on my hands. HERE ARE ALL THE POSTS BRAZIL : 15 GAMES (You are reading it) AUSTRIA : 5 GAMES SWITZERLAND : 5 GAMES BRAZIL : 20 GAMES DENMARK : 5 GAMES SLOVAKIA : 5 GAMES MEXICO : 5 GAMES NAUTICO Rank : 13 Most common starting 11 : Eduardo G 31 85 Everaldo Batista CB 34 85- Vagner CB 25 84- Negretti CB 20 80 Alceu DM 24 85 - Paulo Almeida DM 27 81 Ruy RM 29 85 - Geraldo AM 34 85 Wellington F 20 83 - Felipe F 30 86 Players of note : Negretti CB 20 80 - 11 starts Gilmar F 24 76 - 3 starts, 4 subs, 1 goal Players missing from real life clubs : Laborde Wesley Thiago Luizao Eduardo Ere Anderson CORITIBA Rank : 7 Most common starting 11 : Edson Bastos Barreto G 28 83 Felipe CB 21 71 - Nene CB 33 83 - Mauricio CB 23 82 - Ricardinho LB 23 83 Carlinhos Paraiba CM 25 82 - Ale CM 19 82 Rodrigo Ribeiro ??? - Michael AM 26 84 Keirrison F 19 83 - Hugo CF 19 82 Players of note : Felipe CB 21 71 - 9 starts, 1 sub Guaru LB 26 72 - 5 starts, 4 subs, 1 goal Henrique CF 24 75 - 2 starts, 7 subs Players missing from Real life clubs : Rodrigo Ribeiro Jecimauro Jose Borges Florescu Dirceu Cadu Arilton Andrade IPATINGA Rank : 20 Most Common starting 11 : Fred G 24 83 Mariano RB 22 85 - Gian CB 25 82 - Thiago Vieira CB 30 78 - Edimar ??? Augusto Recife CM 24 83 - Salino ??? Gerson Magrao AM 23 82 - Rodriguinho AM 28 82 Adeilson CF 22 80 - Marinho Donizete F 28 85 Players of note : Thiago Vieira CB 30 78 - 8 starts, 2 subs, 1 goal Players missing from Real life clubs : Thiago Braga Salino Edimar Renato Jackson Henrique Valle de O.Cruz Sandro Gaucho Luiz Henrique de Souza Santos Ely Thadeu Baroni Luis Fernando INTERNACIONAL Rank : 8 Most common starting 11 : Renan G 23 86 Ricardo Lopes RB 31 80 - Indio CB 33 87 - Danny CB 23 74 - Marcao LB 33 86 Edinho DM 25 87 Pablo Guinazu CM 29 86 - Magrao C 29 88 - Alex LM 26 89 Taison AM 20 75 Nilmar F 24 87 Players of note : Taison AM 20 75 - 8 starts, 2 subs Danny CB 20 74 - 7 starts Titi CB 20 71 - 3 starts Derley CM 21 72 - 2 starts Pessanho RB 20 72 - 2 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Gil Fernandao Iarley Fernando Roger Walter Guto Angelo FLUMINENSE Rank : 19 Most common starting 11 : Fernando Henrique G 24 88 Carlinhos RB 25 83 - Anderson CB 21 80 - Luiz Alberto CB 30 88 - Roger LB 33 86 Fabinho DM 31 87 Romeu CM 23 87 - Arouca CM 21 88 Dario Conca AM 25 88 Washington CF 30 89 - Dodo CF 24 89 Players of note : Carlinhos RB 25 83 - 7 starts Anderson CB 21 80 - 7 starts Tarta AM 19 77 - 6 starts, 6 subs Sandro CB 20 75 - 6 starts Alan CF 19 76 - 4 starts, 4 subs, 1 goals Uendel LB 19 72 - 3 starts Playes missing from Real Life Clubs : Dieguinho Cicero Gabriel Fernando Leo Dorivan Junior Feliipe Marinho CRUZEIRO Rank : 3 Most Common starting 11 : Fabio G 27 88 Marquinhos Parana RB 31 86 - Thiago Heleno CB 19 88 - Giovanny Espinoza CB 31 87 - Jadilson LB 30 86 Fabricio CM 26 87 - Charles CM 23 87 - Ramires CM 21 88 - Wagner W 23 89 Wendon CF 27 87 - Guilherme F 19 87 Players of note : Bruno AM 24 75 - 5 subs, 1 goal Fabinnho CF 22 72 - 2 starts Players missing from Real life Clubs : Apodi Romulo Gerson Magrao Reinaldo GREMIO Rank : 1 Most common starting 11 : Victor G 25 85 Paulo Sergio RB 29 87- Leo CB 20 87 - Rever CB 23 83 - Pereira CB 28 86 - Helder LB 19 80 Rafael Carioca CM 19 80 - Roger ??? - Eduardo Costa CM 25 88 Edixon Perea F 24 87 - Marcel F 26 85 Players of note : Rever CB 23 83 - 13 starts Helder LB 19 80 - 12 starts Rafael Carioca CM 19 80 - 13 starts, 1 sub Felipe RB 19 72 - 3 starts, 1 sub William Magrao CM 21 80 - 7 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Roger Jonas Tadeu Andre Luis Heverton PALMEIRAS Rank : 6 Most common starting 11 : Marcos G 34 85 Elder Granja RB 26 85 - Jeci CB 28 80- Leandro LB 27 87 Jorge Valdivia CM 24 90 - Martinez CM 28 88 - Diego Souza C 23 89 - Pierre CM 26 87 Leo Lima A 26 86 Kleber F 24 87 - Alex Mineiro F 33 88 Players of note : Jeci CB 28 80 - 7 starts, 2 goals Fabinho Capixaba RB 24 72 - 5 starts, 2 subs Mauricio CB 19 73 - 4 starts Jefferson LB 20 74 - 2 starts Jumar DM 22 73 - 2 starts, 2 subs Sandro Silva DM 24 73 - 1 start, 4 subs Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Jorge Prea Maicosuel SANTOS Rank : 18 Most Common starting 11 : Fabio Costa G 30 90 Apodi RB 21 80 - Fabao CB 32 88 - Domingos CB 22 87 - Marcelo CB 21 87 - Kleber LB 28 90 Adriano CM 21 87 - Rodrigo Souto CM 25 88 - Marcinho Guerreiro CM 27 86 Lima F 25 83 - Kleber CF 32 89 Players of note : Apodi RB 21 80 - 9 starts, 1 goal Tiago Luis F 19 79 - 4 starts, 4 subs, 1 goal Paulo Henrique AM 18 71 - 2 starts Hudson CM 20 73 - 3 starts Filipi RB 20 72 - 2 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Carleto Betao Maikon Carlinhos Roberto Sebastian Brum Douglas Evaldo Luiz Henrique Mariano Tripodi Robinho Moraes Vitor Junior Nelson Cuevas VASCO DE GAMA Rank : 16 Most Common Starting 11 : Tiago G 25 85 Wagner Diniz RB 24 86 - Eduardo Luiz CB 25 84 - Luizao CB 21 84 - Pablo LB 19 78 Jonlison DM 29 85 Rodrigo Antonio ??? - Leandro Amaral ??? Morais AM 24 87 - Madson AM 22 80 Jean F 26 85 Players of Note : Eduardo Luiz CB 25 84 - 15 starts, 1 goal Pablo LB 19 78 - 9 starts, 3 subs, 1 goal Madson AM 22 80 - 9 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal Alex Teixera 18 77 AM - 5 starts, 3 subs, 3 goals Vitor CB 20 72 - 2 starts, 2 subs Eduz LB 19 72 - 3 starts Souza DM 19 74 - 2 starts, 3 subs Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Rodrigo Antonio Leandro Amaral Amaral Xavier Diego Marquinho Abu GOIAS Rank : 15 Most Common Starting 11 : Harlei G 36 86 Vitor RB 25 86 - Paulo Henrique CB 25 84 - Hernando CB 20 85 - Julio Cesar LB 26 83 Ramalho DM 38 85 - Fernando Miguel DM 22 80 Pituca CM 29 80 Alex Terra AM 25 83 - Iarley AM 34 87 - Romerito AM 33 85 Players of note : Fernando Migul DM 22 80 - 11 starts, 1 sub Pituca 29 80 CM - 7 starts, 3 subs Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Evandro Alex Dias SPORT Rank : 9 Most Common Starting 11 : Magrao G 31 85 Durval CB 23 86 - Igor CB 28 85 - Dutra LB 34 85 Daniel Paulista DM 26 85 - Sandro Goiano DM 34 85 Diogo RM 27 83 - Everton CM 24 86 Luciano Henrique F 29 83 - Roger CF 23 80 - Carlinhos Bala F 28 87 Players of Note : Roger CF 23 80 - 9 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal Francisco Alex AM 23 75 - 3 starts, 2 subs, 1 goal Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Sergio Christian Rai Anderson Julio Santon Carlos Alberto Sandro Sergio Edigle ATLETICO PARANAENSE Rank : 14 Most Common Starting 11 : Gallato G 25 82 Nei RB 22 85 - Antonio Carlos CB 25 86 - Danilo CB 24 87 - Marcio Azevedo LB 22 82 Edwin Armando Valencia DM 23 86 Marcelo ??? - Alan Bahia CM 25 87 Ferreira AM 28 89 - Julio Dos Santos AM 25 85 Willian F 21 81 Players of Note : Wallyson CF 19 75 - 2 starts, 5 subs Chico CM 21 72 - 4 starts, 2 subs Galatto G 25 82 - 10 starts Marcio Azevedo LB 22 82 - 8 starts, 1 goal Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Marcelo Jose Pereira Piaui Douglas Maia Anderson FIGUEIRENSE Rank : 10 Most Common Starting 11 : Wilson G 24 86 Anderson Luiz RB 19 82 - Bruno Aguiar CB 22 75 - Aspilla CB 27 85 - Leandro Soares LB 28 75 Marquinho DM 22 80 - Magal CM 27 85 Cleiton Xavier AM 25 86 Diogo F 21 85 - Tadeu F 22 84 - Wellington Amorim F 21 84 Players of note : Marquinhos DM 22 80 - 10 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal Anderson Luiz RB 19 82 - 10 starts, 3 subs William Matheus CB 18 73 - 4 starts, 3 subs Bruno Aguiar CB 22 75 - 10 starts Leandro Soares LB 28 75 - 7 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Makelele Marquinhos Junior Perone Ricardinho Leandro Carvalho Luis Cesar Prates FLAMENGO Rank : 2 Most Common starting 11 : Bruno G 23 88 Leonardo Moura RB 29 89 - Ronaldo Angelim CB 32 87 - Fabio Luciano CB 33 87 - Juan LB 26 88 Cristian CM 25 87 - Jailton CM 29 86 - Ibson CM 24 88 Marcinho AM 24 87 Diego Tardelli CF 23 87 - Souza CF 26 87 Players of note : -none- Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Airton Erick Flores Maxi BOTAFOGO Rank : 11 Most Common Starting 11 : Juan Castillo G 30 86 Alessandro RB 30 85 - Renato Silva CB 24 87 - Andre Luis CB 28 85 - Ze Carlos LB 28 83 Leandro Guerreiro DM 29 87 Lucio Flavio CM 29 88 - Diguinho CM 25 86 Jorge Henrique AM 26 86 - Carlos Alberto AM 23 88 Wellington Paulista CF 25 85 Players of note : Alexandro CF 21 70 - 2 subs Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Triguinho Abedi Wellington Junior ATLETICO MINEIRO Rank : 12 Most common starting 11 : Edson G 22 80 Luis Cesar Prates RB 33 84 - Leandro Almeida CB 21 86- Vinicius CB 31 85 - Marcos CB 32 86 - Coelho ??? Sergio Mineiro ??? - Marcio Rodrigues Araujo CM 24 83 - Renan CM 22 84 Dejan Petkovic AM 35 87 Eduardo F 21 82 Players of note : Renan oliveira AM 18 75 - 5 starts, 1 sub Eduardo F 21 82 - 9 starts, 4 subs, 3 goals Edson G 22 80 - 8 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Coelho Almir Rafael Miranda Marinho Vanderlei Thiago Feltri Serginho Mineiro Mariano Elton Cale Rafael Aguiar Jael EC VITORIA Rank : 5 Most Common starting 11 : Julian Ramiro Viafara G 30 86 Marco Aurelio RB 30 84 - Anderson Martins CB 20 84 - Leonardo Silva CB 29 85 - Marcelo Cordeio LB 26 83 Vanderson CM 28 83 - Renan CM 23 85 Marquinhos AM 18 80 - Ramon AM 38 83 - Willians Santana AM 20 76 Dinei CF 24 84 Players of note : Marquinhos AM 18 80 - 15 starts, 4 goals Willians Santana AM 20 76 - 12 starts, 1 goal Wallace CB 20 72 - 4 subs, 1 goal Muriqui AM 22 74 - 1 start, 4 subs Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Rodrigo Fernandes Alflen Rafael Daniel SAO PAULO Rank : 4 Most Common starting 11 : Rogerio Ceni G 35 92 Andre Dias 29 89 - CB Alex Silva 23 90 - Miranda CB 23 89 Ze Luis DM 29 85 Joilson RM 30 87 - Jorge Wagner LM 29 89 - Richarlyson LM 25 90 Hugo AM 27 88 Aloisio CF 33 88 - Borges F 27 88 Players of Note : Sergio Motta AM 18 73 - 3 subs Ze Luis DM 19 85 - 13 starts Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Eder Sciola Santana Carlos Alberto Roni Aislan Jean PORTUGUESA Rank : 17 Most common starting 11 : Andre Luis G 31 82 Patricio RB 33 87 - Halisson CB 23 82 - Bruno Rodrigo CB 23 84 - Bruno Recife LB 26 83 Erick DM 24 79 - Carlos Alberto DM 27 78 Preto RM 27 83 - Dias CM 29 83 - Edno LM 25 84 Diogo F 21 86 Players of note : Erick DM 24 79 - 12 starts Ralph LB 19 73 - 2 starts, 1 sub Vaguinho F 26 75 - 1 start, 9 subs, 1 goal Players missing from Real Life Clubs : Sergio Rai Christian Julio Santos Anderson Sandro Sergio Edigle
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Biggest Upcoming Risers Revisited (2008/09)
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I have decided to change the purpose and format of this thread. After discussions with a few forumers, I have concluded that continuing the great work Seftinho left behind would be more advantageous than a thread on a single league. I will have found, researched and predicted these players myself, so those with a problem about "credit" are just going to have to get over themselves. Expect to see regular updates for the next few days... The biggest risers/money makers will be in bold. EDIT: Insider's take in Red. 522 Risers Bonus Countries (19 Risers) Colombia (11 Risers) Nelson Ramos Gk 26 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Elkin Serrano Def 24 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Alejandro Bernal CM/DM 20 79>84 --- Rose to 82 Dahwling Leudo CM 19 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Osneider Alvarez CM 18 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Danny Aguilar Mid 22 75>81 --- Rose to 80 Dorlan Pabon Mid 20 72>76 --- Rose to 78 Raul Asprilla Fwd 16 70>76 --- Rose to 74 Marco Perez Fwd 18 77>81 --- Rose to 83 Teofilo Gutierrez Fwd 23 74>82 --- Rose to 84 Esteban Zapata Fwd 17 76>80 --- Rose to 78 Ecuador (8 Risers) Marcos Caicedo LM 17 74>78 --- Rose to 78 Frabricio Guevara CM 19 80>82 --- Rose to 82 Jefferson Pinto CM 18 77>81 --- Rose to 80 Jefferson Lara Mid 18 76>80 --- Rose to 80 Willian Araujo AM 29 83>86 --- Rose to 85 Israel Chango AM 19 79>82 --- Rose to 81 Gonzalo De Porras Fwd 24 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Edison Preciado CF 22 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Section 1 (154 Risers) Argentina (47 Risers) Cristian Campestrini Gk 28 80>84 --- Rose to 84 Javier Hernan Garcia Gk 21 80>85 --- Rose to 84 Nelson Ibanez Gk 27 74>81 --- Rose to 84 Oscar Alejandro Limia Gk 33 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Jorge Broun Gk 22 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Jose Schaffer LB 22 74>83 --- Rose to 84 Ricardo Gaston Diaz RB/RM 20 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Jose San Roman RB/RM 20 77>80 --- Rose to 82 Marco Torsiglieri CB/LB 20 79>82 --- Rose to 81 Victor Lopez CB 29 84>87 --- Rose to 86 Juan Forlin CB 20 71>82 --- Rose to 83 Nicolas Bianchi Arce CB 21 82>86 --- Rose to 86 Facundo Roncaglia CB 21 77>81 --- Rose to 83 Juan Caracoche CB 20 78>82 --- Rose to 80 Pablo Fontanello CB 24 77>81 --- Rose to 82 Juan Manuel Insaurralde CB 24 82>85 --- Rose to 85 Mario Paglialunga RM/LM 20 72>80 --- Rose to 82 Leandro Torres RM 20 79>84 --- Rose to 84 Lihue Dario Prichoda RM 19 77>81 --- Rose to 80 Ivan Bella RM 19 75>80 --- Rose to 78 Mauicio Sperdutti RM/CM 22 76>80 --- Rose to 78 Franco Zuculini RM/CM 18 78>84 --- Rose to 84 Nicolas Bertolo CM/RM 22 83>86 --- Rose to 85 Mauro Bogado CM 23 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Emanuel Pio CM/DM 20 80>85 --- Rose to 83 Osvaldo Nicolas Gaitan CM 20 72>82 --- Rose to 82 Jonathon Blanco CM 21 77>82 --- Rose to 82 Fabian Andres Rinaudo CM 21 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Ariel Rojas Mid 22 71>79 --- Rose to 82 Leandro Caruso Wing 24 75>81 --- Rose to 83 Lucas Acosta AM 20 74>81 --- Rose to 80 Eduardo Salvio Fwd/Wing 18 76>83 --- Rose to 85 Diego Lagos Fwd/AM 22 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Gustavo Bou Fwd/AM 18 73>78 --- Rose to 78 Gervasio Nunez Fwd/AM 20 76>80 --- Rose to 82 Pablo Mouche Fwd 21 76>80 --- Rose to 82 Ricardo Noir Fwd 21 73>81 --- Rose to 83 Lucas Viatri Fwd 21 75>85 --- Rose to 85 Franco Niell Fwd 25 81>84 --- Rose to 83 Ariel Colzera Fwd 22 75>82 --- Rose to 80 Javier Pastore Fwd 19 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Jonathan Cristaldo Fwd 19 80>85 Rose to 84 Leonel Altobelli Fwd 22 80>83 --- Rose to 84 Pablo Caballero Fwd 22 71>78 --- Rose to 77 Juan Jose Arraya CF 22 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Daniel Alejandro Vega CF 27 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Roberto Nanni CF 27 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Brazil (54 Risers) Pereira Edson Gk 23 80>84 --- Rose to 84 Rodrigo Galatto Gk 25 82>85 --- Rose to 86 (Keep) dos Santos Renan Gk 19 78>83 --- Rose to 84 (Keep) Farias Vanderlei Gk 24 75>82 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Junior Lauro Gk 28 78>82 --- Rose to 85 (Keep) Renato Douglas Gk 25 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Leal Fonseca Fernando Gk 27 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Alexandre Guaru LB 27 72>79 --- Rose to 78 Soares Pina Edu LB 19 72>78 --- Rose to 78 Silva William Matheus LB/CB 18 73>81 --- Rose to 80 Luciano Triguinho LB/LM 29 80>84 --- Rose to 84 Silva Santos Helder LB/LM 20 80>84 --- Rose to 85 Rohde Felipe Mattioni RB 20 72>79 --- Rose to 83 Antonio Fabinho Capixaba RB 25 72>79 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Rocha Thiaguinho RB/DM 23 78>82 --- Rose to 85 Reis da Silva Wallace CB 20 72>79 --- Rose to 80 Silva de Oliveira Victor CB 20 72>76 --- Rose to 77 dos Santos Mauricio CB 20 73>79 --- Rose to 82 Henrique Bruno Aguiar CB 22 75>81 --- Ticket Caldini Bruno Perone CB 21 72>81 --- Rose to 78 Leonardo Henrique Santos CB 31 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Humberto Rever CB 23 83>87 --- Rose to 87 (Keep) Bittencourt Danny Morais CB 23 74>82 --- Rose to 83 Trevizan Felipe CB 21 71>82 --- Rose to 82 (Keep) Jose Borges Jeci CB 28 80>83 --- Rose to 85 Santos Rodrigo Mancha CB/DM 22 78>83 --- Rose to 84 (Keep) Rodrigues Renan DM 19 73>78 --- Rose to 80 Leandro Donizete DM 26 77>81 --- Rose to 81 Antonio Marquinho DM 22 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Ribeiro Santos Airton DM 18 78>81 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Laurindo Sandro Silva DM 24 73>84 --- Rose to 85 Jose da Costa Jumar DM 22 73>82 --- Rose to 84 Gomes Fernando DM/CM 22 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Junior Sergio Antonio CM/DM 22 75>83 --- Rose to 83 Pereira Rafael Carioca CM/DM 19 80>86 --- Rose to 86 Henrique Willian Magrao CM/DM 21 80>85 --- Rose to 86 (Long term injury in 2009) Raphael Jean CM 22 83>86 --- Rose to 86 (Keep) Luis Chico CM 21 72>83 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Romero Marlos AM/LM 20 78>83 --- Rose to 83 Valmir Bida AM 24 78>82 --- Rose to 83 Barcellos Taison AM 20 75>84 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Paulo Santos AM 27 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Rinaldo Kassio AM 21 72>80 --- Rose to 78 Santos Willians Santana AM 20 76>84 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Santo Alex Texeira AM/Fwd 18 77>82 --- Rose to 83 (Keep) Vinicius Tarta AM/Fwd 19 77>82 --- Rose to 82 Henrique Renan Oliveira AM/Fwd 18 75>83 --- Rose to 84 Goncalves Marquinhos AM/Fwd 19 80>85 --- Rose to 85 Bittencourt Maicon Fwd 18 70>76 --- Rose to 77 (Keep) Carneiro Keirrison Fwd 20 83>87 --- Rose to 87 (Keep) Silva Santos Gilmar Fwd 24 76>82 --- Rose to 80 (Keep) Jose Fabio Fwd 21 75>78 --- Moved club. Rodrigues Roger CF 23 80>84 --- Rose to 84 Jose Castillo CF 25 79>82 --- Moved club Mexico (22 Risers) Victor Hernandez Gk 22 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Sergio Rodriguez Gk 23 75>79 --- Rose to 80 Yosgart Gutierrez Gk 27 84>87 --- Rose to 86 Juan Carlos De La Barrera LB 25 79>83 --- Rose to 83 Eduardo Chavez RB 21 78>81 Jesus Molina CB/LB 20 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Valdez Efrain Juarez CB/RB 20 74>84 --- Rose to 83 Jose Antonio Olvera CB 22 78>83 --- Rose to 83 Alberto Lucio CB 23 75>80 --- Rose to 78 Jose Francisco Torres CM/RM 21 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Ignacio Torres CM 25 83>86 --- Rose to 85 Lampros Kontogiannis Mid 20 73>79 --- Rose to 76 Edgar Pacheco Mid 18 77>81 --- Rose to 79 Jose Ramon Partida Mid 19 75>83 --- Rose to 78 Fernando Morales Wing 23 81>85 --- Rose to 84 Jesus Armando Sanchez AM 24 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Nestor Calderon AM 19 78>84 --- Rose to 83 Alfredo Sanchez Wing/Fwd 21 70>79 --- Rose to 76 Jesus Eduardo Zavala Fwd 21 70>74 --- Rose to 74 Elias Hernandez Fwd 22 75>82 --- Rose to 80 Jonathan De Leon Fwd 21 72>82 --- Rose to 80 Arnhold Rivas Fwd 19 75>81 --- Rose to 80 Chile (11 Risers) Christian Britez Gk 24 72>78 --- Rose to 78 Nery Veloso Gk 21 70>77 --- Rose to 80 Patricio Castaneda RB/CB 22 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Felipe Rojas CB/DM 22 76>82 --- Rose to 82 Nelson Saavedra Def 20 77>81 --- Rose to 83 Luis Pavez DM 20 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Fernando Cordero LM 21 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Pedro Munoz Wing/Fwd 22 77>81 --- Ticket?? Eduardo Vargas Fwd 19 77>80 --- Rose to 79 Nestor Bareiro Fwd 25 77>82 --- Rose to 83 Francisco Ibanez Fwd 22 77>81 --- Rose to 83 Peru (8 Risers) Atilio Muente CB 28 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Jesus Chavez LM/AM 22 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Marcio Valverde CM 21 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Claudio Velazquez CM 22 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Daniel Alonso Sanchez CM 18 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Josemir Ballon CM 20 76>81 --- Rose to 80 Juan Barros AM/Fwd 19 77>81 --- Rose to 80 Angelo Cruzado CF 28 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Uruguay (12 Risers) Mathias Corujo RB/LB 22 71>80 --- Rose to 77 Matias Nicolas Rodriguez RB/RM 22 73>81 --- Rose to 82 Carlos Santucho Def 23 74>80 --- Rose to 80 Mario Risso Def 20 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Roberto Brum CM/RM 25 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Jonathan Laserda CM 21 73>81 --- Rose to 77 Pablo Miguez CM 21 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Ignacio Medina Wing 27 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Washington Camacho Wing/Fwd 20 75>78 --- Rose to 78 Pablo Pintos AM/Fwd 25 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Miguel Murillo Fwd 20 76>79 --- Rose to 77 Jonathan Charquero Fwd 19 77>80 --- Rose to 79 Section 2 (33 Risers) Croatia (24 Risers) Danijel Subasic Gk 24 82>85 --- Rose to 85 Silvio Rodic Gk 21 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Luis Ibanez LB/LM 20 72>81 --- Rose to 83 Ivan Strinic LB/LM 21 73>81 --- Rose to 81 Dario Bodrusic LB/LM 25 78>81 --- Rose to 79 Arijan Ademi Def 17 72>76 --- Rose to 77 Jozo Pletikosic LM 27 73>77 --- Rose to 76 Mirko Oremus LM/RM 20 71>78 --- Rose to 77 Mehmed Alispahic RM 21 74>80 --- Rose to 80 Vedran Jugovic Mid 19 70>78 --- Rose to 78 Tomislav Mazalovic Mid 18 71>78 --- Rose to 78 Mario Gregurina Mid 20 73>77 --- Rose to 78 Igor Jugovic Mid 19 72>77 --- Rose to 78 Tomislav Pavlicic Mid 25 71>79 --- Rose to 80 Josko Kovac AM 21 72>76 --- Rose to 75 Milan Badelj AM/CM 19 78>84 --- Rose to 83 Mario Ticinovic AM/Fwd 17 72>77 --- Rose to 78 Sandi Krizman Fwd 19 73>78 --- Rose to 78 Alen Pamic Fwd 19 71>80 --- Rose to 80 Vlatko Simunac Fwd 18 68>73 --- Rose to 74 Ivan Milicevic CF 20 72>80 --- Rose to 80 Serbia (9 Risers) Branko Grahovac Gk 25 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Nikola Ignjatovic LB 25 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Marko Marovic LB/RB 25 74>79 --- Rose to 77 Marko Jovanovic CB 20 77>81 --- Rose to 82 Novica Milenovic Def 19 73>78 --- Rose to 80 Radosav Petrovic DM 19 72>78 --- Rose to 80 Adem Ljajic RM 17 74>79 --- Rose to 82 Nemanja Nikolic RM/AM 20 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Milos Bogunovic Fwd 23 79>83 --- Rose to 84 Section 3 (54 Risers) Bulgaria (18 Risers) Slavcho Toshev Gk 28 77>80 --- Rose to 79 Ivan Cvorovic Gk 23 73>77 --- Rose to 78 Igor Bondzulic Gk 28 77>82 --- Rose to 80 Mario Kirev Gk 19 70>75 --- Rose to 74 Ivan Ivanov CB/LB 20 82>84 --- Rose to 85 Ivan Bandalovski RB 22 79>82 --- Rose to 81 Alexandre Barthe Def 22 77>82 --- Rose to 82 Blagoj Nakov DM 23 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Pavle Popara CM 21 78>82 --- Rose to 80 Todor Timonov CM/LM 22 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Lachezar Baltanov RM/AM 20 76>81 --- Rose to 80 Rachid Tiberkanine RM/AM 23 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Platini Michel Mesquita Mid 25 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Tsvetomir Conkov AM 27 75>79 --- Rose to 79 Martin Toshev Fwd 18 73>77 --- Rose to 76 Carlos Tome Dudu Fwd 23 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Dimitar Iliev CF 20 76>79 --- Rose to 80 Poland (17 Risers) No More Flags Allowed : ( Krzysztof Kozik Gk 26 77>82 --- Rose to 80 Krzysztof Krol LB 21 65>76 --- Rose to 78 Grzegorz Wojtkowiak CB/LB 24 80>84 --- Rose to 85 Michal Plotka Def 20 74>78 --- Rose to 78 Ariel Borysiuk DM 17 76>81 --- Rose to 80 Szymon Matuszek DM 19 75>78 --- Rose to 78 Dariusz Ulanowski CM 37 76>79 --- Rose to 80 Damir Kajosevic Mid 21 72>77 --- Rose to 78 Maciej Sadlok Mid 19 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Jacek Kielb Fwd/Wing 20 68>76 --- Rose to 76 Janusz Gol Fwd 23 70>80 --- Rose to 80 Robert Lewandowski Fwd 20 74>84 --- Rose to 85 Marcin Sobczak Fwd 21 72>79 --- Rose to 76 Artur Sobiech Fwd 18 68>74 --- Rose to 73 Jakub Kaszuba CF 20 71>75 --- Rose to 74 Rafal Kujawa CF 20 75>78 --- Rose to 78 Romania (19 Risers) No More Flags Allowed : ( Tomislav Arcaba Gk 24 70>74 --- Rose to 74 Giedrius Arlauskis Gk 21 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Costel Pantilimon Gk 21 78>84 --- Rose to 85 Marian Carja RB 20 74>79 --- Rose to 82 Marius Gaman CB 19 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Cristian Oros CB 24 75>82 --- Rose to 82 Neven Markovic LM/LB 21 77>80 --- Rose to 79 Cosmin Gangioveanu LM 19 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Robert Ilyes LM/AM 34 78>82 --- Rose to 80 Mihai Roman RM/AM 24 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Alexandru Bourceanu Mid 23 77>82 --- Rose to 83 Gabriel Viglianti Mid 29 78>82 --- Rose to 83 Kehinde Fatai Fwd 18 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Marius Pena Fwd 23 75>81 --- Rose to 82 Lucian Raduta Fwd 20 72>76 --- Rose to 75 Attila Hadnagy CF 28 76>80 --- Rose to 80 Sabrin Sburlea CF 19 70>76 --- Rose to 76 Humberto Jorge Tavares CF 22 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Pantelis Kapetanos CF 25 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Section 4 (96 Risers) Austria (16 Risers) Stefan Bliem Gk 25 74>78 --- Rose to 78 Thomas Gebauer Gk 26 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Andreas Lukse Gk 21 76>82 --- Rose to 80 Andreas Ulmer LB/CB 23 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Martin Stocklasa CB/LB 29 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Thomas Burgstaller CB 28 78>82 --- Rose to 81 Aleksandar Dragovic DM/CB 17 76>81 --- Rose to 80 Jose Ferreira LM/LB 22 76>80 --- Rose to 80 Christopher Drazan LM 18 74>80 --- Rose to 80 Thomas Piermayr RM/RB 19 74>79 --- Rose to 77 Matthias Koch CM 20 73>79 --- Rose to 77 Haris Bukva Wing/AM 20 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Rocha Adi CF 22 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Nikica Jelavic CF 23 82>85 --- Marc Janko CF 25 85>88 --- Rose to 88 Denmark (8 Risers) Daniel Wass RB/DM 19 80>84 --- Rose to 82 Mathias Zanka Jorgensen CB 18 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Mikkel Bischoff CB/RB 26 77>81 --- Rose to 82 Allan Sogaard CM/DM 30 77>81 --- Rose to 79 Jeppe Mehl CM 22 74>80 --- Rose to 77 Lucas Caca Wing /Fwd 26 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Ousman Jallow CF 20 75>82 --- Rose to 83 Lasse Heinze Gk 22 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Czech Republic (17 Risers) Lukas Marecek CM 18 78>83 --- Rose to 82 Martin Zivny CB/RB 27 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Martin Lestina LB 27 77>81 --- Rose to 79 Michal Maly Def 21 73>77 --- Rose to 75 Tomas Belic Gk 30 80>84 --- Moved to Greece Petr Mach Def 23 72>81 --- Rose to 80 Vit Benes CB 20 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Lukas Hajnik CB 23 74>79 --- Rose to 77 Jakub Heidenreich LB 19 78>81 --- Rose to 81 Tomas Horava Def/DM 20 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Martin Komarek CB 24 78>82 --- Rose to 81 Kamil Vacek AM/RM 21 82>85 --- Rose to 83 Petr Jiracek Mid 22 75>82 --- Rose to 80 Jakub Navratil CB/RB 24 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Germany (24 Risers) Daniel Haas Gk 25 82>85 --- Rose to 86 Marcel Schmelzer LB 20 80>83 --- Rose to 83 Konstantin Rausch LB/LM 18 78>84 --- Rose to 82 Stefano Celozzi RB 20 80>84 --- Rose to 83 Mats Hummels CB 19 84>86 --- Rose to 86 Neven Subotic CB 19 85>87 --- Rose to 87 Omer Toprak CB 19 75>82 --- Rose to 83 Kevin Pezzoni CB/DM 19 75>83 --- Rose to 84 Bastian Schulz DM 23 77>83 --- Rose to 80 Johannes Flum DM 20 78>83 --- Rose to 82 Faton Toski LM/AM 21 83>86 --- No rise Tobias Weis RM/LM 23 83>86 --- Rose to 87 Peter Perchtold RM/AM 24 78>83 --- Rose to 80 Timo Gebhart CM/AM 19 79>82 --- Rose to 84 Lars Bender Mid 20 73>78 --- Rose to 76 Alexander Baumjohann Wing 21 76>82 --- Rose to 85 Kai Hesse Wing/Fwd 23 74>80 --- Rose to 78 Sandro Wagner Fwd/Wing 21 78>82 --- Rose to 80 Emmanuel Krontiris Fwd/Wing 25 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Lewis Holtby Fwd/AM 18 76>81 --- Rose to 82 Manuel Schaffler Fwd 19 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Vedad Ibisevic CF 24 85>88 --- Rose to 88 Netherlands (31 Risers) Mounir El Hamdaoui Fwd/AM 24 84>88 --- Rose to 88 Niklas Moisander LB 23 79>84 --- Rose to 85 Nick Van Der Velden AM/CM 23 79>82 --- Rose to 83 Gregory Van Der Wiel CB 20 82>86 --- Rose to 86 Danny Holla DM/CM 20 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Silva Luciano Gk 28 81>84 --- Rose to 85 Marko Arnautovic CF 19 77>84 --- Rose to 85 Franco Douglas RB/CB 20 83>86 --- Rose to 86 Diego Biseswar Fwd/AM 20 82>85 --- Rose to 85 Leroy Fer RB/RM 18 82>85 --- Rose to 85 Georginio Wijnaldum CM/AM 18 82>86 --- Rose to 85 Tim Breukers CM 21 74>81 --- Rose to 80 Bas Dost CF 19 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Willy Overtoom Wing 22 73>79 --- Rose to 80 Kees Kwakman CB 25 81>84 --- Rose to 84 Saidi Ntibazonkiza Fwd/Wing 21 76>82 --- Rose to 83 Stijn Wuytens DM 19 75>81 --- Rose to 82 Carneiro Paulo Henrique Fwd 19 80>83 --- Rose to 84 Kenny Steppe Gk 20 82>85 --- Rose to 84 Erik Falkenburg CM 20 73>78 --- Rose to 80 Joey Godee Fwd 19 72>76 --- Rose to 78 Joshua John Fwd/Wing 20 77>82 --- Rose to 80 Donovan Slijngard LB/CB 21 73>80 --- Rose to 80 Kevin Strootman AM/LM 18 73>81 --- Rose to 81 Alexander Buttner Fwd/Wing 19 73>80 --- Rose to 81 Rick Van Wolfswinkel Fwd 19 72>82 --- Rose to 83 Mehmet Akgun RM/RB 22 79>82 --- Rose to 82 Henrique Leo Veloso LB/LM 21 73>81 --- Rose to 81 Rens Van Eijden RB 20 71>80 --- Rose to 81 Steve De Ridder AM/Fwd 21 77>80 --- Rose to 78 Section 5 (69 Risers) France (42 Risers) Oumar Sissoko Gk 21 72>77 --- Rose to 78 Conceicao Emerson LB/CB 22 80>84 --- Rose to 85 Jean-Philippe Sabo LB 21 74>79 --- Rose to 80 Jean -Alain Fanchone LB 20 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Lamine Gassama RB/CB 19 78>82 --- Rose to 83 Cheik M'Bengue CB/LB 20 76>82 --- Rose to 84 Nicolas N'Koulou CB/RB 18 77>82 --- Rose to 83 Romain Bregerie CB/RB 22 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Yohan Benalouane CB 21 80>84 --- Rose to 85 Sadio Sankhere CB 27 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Bakary Soro CB 23 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Bakari Kone CB 20 77>80 --- Rose to 82 Wilfred Moimbe LM/LB 20 76>80 --- Rose to 78 Mathieu Dossevi RM 20 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Zargo Toure RM/AM 19 75>80 --- Rose to 80 Julien Faussurier DM 21 75>81 --- Rose to 83 Etienne Capoue DM 20 82>85 --- Rose to 86 Alfred N'Diaye CM/DM 18 74>81 --- Rose to 84 Aurelian Chedjou CM 23 78>83 --- Rose to 82 Stanislas Oliveira CM 20 73>77 --- Rose to 78 Steven Nzonzi CM 20 77>80 --- Rose to 80 Ahmed Kashi CM 20 73>78 --- Rose to 77 Geoffrey Tulasne CM 20 72>78 --- Rose to 76 Marvin Martin CM/AM 20 74>81 --- Rose to 82 Thomas Gamiette Wing 22 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Lossemy Karaboue Wing 20 73>78 --- Rose to 80 Steven Langil Wing/Fwd 20 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Claudio Beauvue Wing/Fwd 20 76>80 --- Rose to 78 Nicolas Diguiny AM 20 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Eden Hazard AM 17 75>80 --- Rose to 84 Erwan Quintin AM/Wing 24 77>80 --- Rose to 83 Floyd Ayite AM/Fwd 20 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Ludovic Genest Fwd/Wing 21 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Youssef Adnane Fwd 23 74>79 --- Surely 7 starts, 5 subs warrants a little rise? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Fwd 19 78>81 --- Rose to 82 Lhadji Badiane Fwd 21 79>82 --- Rose to 82 Christian Bekamenga CF 22 75>81 --- Rose to 83 Sloan Privat CF 19 74>80 --- Rose to 80 Jeremy Blayac CF 26 79>82 --- Rose to 83 Cesar Sebastian Ribas CF 20 77>81 --- Rose to 83 Youssouf Toure CF 22 75>79 --- Rose to 78 Belgium (16 Risers) Bakary Sare CB/DM 18 72>77 Remy Sergio RM/AM 21 78>81 Gertjan De Mets DM 21 72>82 Steven Jacobs Wing/AM 21 77>80 Dieter Wittesaele Fwd/Wing 19 75>78 Karim Belhocine AM 30 77>80 Elimane Coulibaly Fwd 28 78>81 Sven Ku ms DM 20 78>82 Ouwo Moussa Maazou CF 20 80>84 Kevin Oris Fwd 24 77>80 Marvin Ogunjimi Wing/Fwd 21 79>82 Vitorio Villano RM/AM 20 73>78 Moses Adams CM/AM 20 77>81 Wouter Scheelen AM/LM 23 79>82 Sammy Bossut Gk 23 80>83 Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo CM 18 72>78 Switzerland (11 Risers) Guillaume Faivre Gk 21 78>82 --- Rose to 81 William Edjenguele LB/CB 21 77>81 --- Rose to 80 Francois Affolter CB 17 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Mike Gomes Def 20 71>78 --- Rose to 75 Martin Buchel DM 21 77>80 --- Rose to 79 Felix Bastians LM/RM 20 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Adrian Nikci Wing 19 80>83 --- Rose to 82 Orhan Mustafi Fwd 18 74>79 --- Rose to 78 Jacapo Ravasi CF 21 78>81 --- Rose to 79 Ideye Brown CF 20 78>82 --- Rose to 82 Patrick Bengondo CF 27 78>81 --- Rose to 80 Section 6 (41 Risers) England (27 Risers) Scott Loach Gk 20 73>78 Martin Olsson LB 20 78>81 Emiliano Insua LB 19 80>83 Shaun Cummings RB 19 74>77 Gavin Hoyte RB/CB 18 72>77 Pereira Da Silva Rafael RB/RM 18 77>83 Nathaniel Clyne RB 17 75>80 Kyle Naughton RB/LB 20 80>83 Lloyd James RB/RM 20 77>80 John Brayford CB 21 69>74 Michael Morrison CB 20 75>78 James Tunnicliffe CB 19 70>74 Miles Addison DM/CB 19 78>82 Aron Gunnarsson DM 19 78>81 Keith Treacy LM 78 78>81 Craig Noone LM 21 70>75 Keith Andrews CM/DM 28 80>84 Jack Collison CM 20 74>81 Joe Allen CM 18 70>80 Josh Payne CM 18 70>74 Garcia Penche Jordi Gomez CM 23 78>81 Fabian Delph CM 19 75>79 Joe Martin Mid 20 70>75 Paul Ifill Wing 29 80>83 Jack Wilshere AM 16 74>78 Nacer Barazite AM 18 78>81 Samuel Di Carmine Fwd/Wing 20 73>77 Shaun Miller Fwd 21 70>75 Scotland (14 Risers) Mark Howard Gk 22 77>81 Ryan Esson Gk 28 72>78 Paul Dixon LB 22 78>81 Charlie Mulgrew LB/LM 22 80>83 Steven Thicot CB 21 75>80 Scott Cuthbert CB/RB 21 76>80 Souleyman Bamba CB/DM 23 78>82 Gary Mcdonald CM 26 80>83 Scott Robertson CM/RM 23 80>83 Cillian Sheridan Fwd 19 72>80 Jose Francisco Sandaza Fwd 24 78>83 Garry Wood Fwd 20 74>80 Donovan Simmonds CF 20 72>78 John Sutton CF 25 80>83 Section 7 (20 Risers) Greece (9 Risers) Nikolaos Karambelas LB 24 75>80 Naim Aarab RB/CB 21 76>80 Giannis Kontoes RB 22 75>82 Stilianos Malezas CB 23 80>83 Cyril Kali Def/DM 24 75>79 Vassilios Koutsianikoulis Wing 20 75>80 Diego Romano AM 28 75>80 Dimitrios Souanis Fwd 23 73>80 Aparecido Anderson Gonzaga CF 25 77>81 Turkey (11 Risers) Cenk Gonen Gk 20 80>83 Ugur Demirkol LB 18 73>80 Mahmut Tekdemir CB 20 78>83 Emre Balak CB 20 73>79 Admir Teli CB 27 80>83 Eren Gungor CB 20 82>85 Suleyman Olgun Def 21 74>80 Gilman Lika LM/RM 21 80>83 Ramos Melo Fabricio CM 22 78>82 James Troisi AM/Fwd 20 75>80 Ahmet Ari CF 19 73>78 Section 8 (24 Risers) Spain (14 Risers) Oruesagasti Mikel Balenziaga LB 20 83>86 Raposo Raul Llorente LB 22 75>80 Mate Oier Sanjurjo RB/LB 22 78>82 Francisco Xisco Campos RB/CB 26 75>80 Sierra Ivan Marcano CB/LB 21 84>87 Ezequiel Luna CB 22 75>81 Torrijos David Fuster RM 26 75>80 Paulos Dani Abalo RM/CM 21 75>80 Ritchie Kitoko CM 20 75>79 Caseras Igor Martinez CM/AM 19 76>80 Santacruz Javi Flores AM 22 78>81 Sarto Marc Pedraza Fwd 21 74>79 Martin Roberto Cuevas Fwd 27 73>78 Lopez Emilio Nsue Fwd 19 75>80 Portugal (10 Risers) Miguel Tiago Pinto LB 20 73>80 Acacio Carciano CB 27 77>81 Maciel Ozeia CB 26 75>81 Filipe Daniel Carrico CB 20 75>81 Jose Fernando Alexandre CM/DM 23 75>79 Manuel Braga CM 25 78>82 Freitas Ruben Micael Mid 22 73>78 Angelo Leandro Tatu Fwd 26 78>81 Iorlando Marquinho Fwd 23 77>81 Edvaldo Bolivia CF 23 75>80
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Just Another Money Making Guide
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SECTION 1: Player Wages Player wages is a large part of the game and it affects everyone’s financial budgets. The following list basically shows you the average range of wages for each rating. In the making of this list, I’ve tested factors such as Morale, SM/Chairman’s Value, Age, Contract Length and Rating. My research has shown me that the Morale, AGE and Chairman’s Value plays absolutely NO role in wage adjustments. Also, the option of choosing the duration of the contract is meaningless in terms of player wages. In fact, the only variable is the PLAYER RATING itself. Here is some RAW DATA I obtained which I thought I’d post:
Full look at Brazil: Part 1
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First 10 teams I chose to analyse from Brazil. Feel free to ask questions. The other 10 are coming sometime in the next two weeks. CR = Continued Riser BARUERI Elite 11: Rene Eder-Leandro Castan-Andre Luis-Daniel Marques-Marcio Careca Ralf Ewerton Fernandinho-Pedrao-Thiago Humberto Goalkeeping: Rene has this spot. He has played every game of every competition, and has played quite well. Deserves a rise from 78 to about 81 for now. 31 - Rene: 78 - +4 - 82 (6 starts) CR Centre Backs: A few new signings have made a dent into the lineup. Young Xandao is a TRAFFIC product who is starting to make a name for himself and Andre Luis is rated 86, ex-International. Leandro Castan and Daniel Marques are both regulars as well. 29 - Andre Luis: 86 - -2 - 84 (3 starts, 1 goal) 25 - Daniel Marques: 82 - / - 82 (4 starts, 1 goal) 23 - Joao Leonardo: 79 - / - 79 (2 starts) 22 - Leandro Castan: 78 - +3 - 81 (6 starts) 21 - Xandao: -- New -- 73 (2 starts, 1 sub) Wingbacks: The main fight here is at the right back position, where Eder and Pimentel are fighting it out. Marcio is a lock on the left. 30 - Marcio Careca: 82 - / - 82 (6 starts) 25 - Marcos Pimentel: -- New -- 74 (3 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal) 23 - Eder: 77 - +2 - 79 (3 starts, 2 subs) Defensive Midfielders: When Barueri decide to go with one defensive mid, it has been Ralf and will continue to be. Leanderson got some quality time in the Paulista, but isn't used much lately. Joao Vitor is one to watch, impressed with Marilia, is a new arrival on loan. 31 - Marcio Hahn: 79 - -2 - 77 (1 sub) 26 - Franciscatti: -- New -- 71 (1 sub) 26 - Leanderson: 77 - +2 - 79 (3 starts) 24 - Ralf: -- New -- 82 (6 starts) 21 - Joao Vitor: -- New -- 73 (3 subs) Attacking Midfielders: Again, only one AM is usually used, and this is Ewerton. He gets a lot of support from the attacking wingbacks, and has been doing a great job so far supporting the 3 striker system. 30 - Esley: -- New -- 72 (1 sub) 25 - Flavinho: -- New -- 74 (2 subs) 24 - Ewerton: -- New -- 82 (6 starts, 2 goals) 23 - Camilo: 80 - -2 - 78 (2 subs) Attackers: Pedrao is the man leading the charge, with Thiago Humberto and Fernandinho supporting. Again, Barueri are fairly straightforward, always using the same lineup. Pedrao was also one of the top scorers in the Paulista, he could finish the season around 86 if he keeps the pace. 31 - Pedrao: 82 - +1 - 83 (6 starts, 4 goals) 28 - Val Baiano: -- New -- 74 (3 subs) 23 - Thiago Humberto: -- New -- 81 (6 starts) 23 - Fernandinho: -- New -- 80 (6 starts) AVAI Elite 11: Eduardo Martini Uendel-Turatto-Emerson-Ferdinando Marcus Vinicius-Leo Gago Marquinhos-Muriqui Evando-William Keepers: Eduarado Martini has been the only keeper used so far. Depending on what he is added at, he might be a riser. 30 - Eduardo Martini: -- New -- 81 (6 starts) Centre Backs: Despite a few sending offs, the pairing has been Turatto and Emerson, throughout. They haven't lit the league alight, but have held their own. 32 - Turatto: -- New -- 81 (6 starts) 25 - Emerson: -- New -- 81 (5 starts, 2 RC) 22 - Anderson Luis: -- New -- 73 (1 start, 1 sub) Wingbacks: After a slight rise last year at Fluminense, Uendel Pereira is back, this time as a starter. He'll hit 80 this time around, should rise more later. Medina is a promising youngster, keep an eye on him. 28 - Ferdinando: -- New -- 80 (5 starts) 20 - Uendel: 75 - +5 - 80 (5 starts) CR 18 - Medina: -- New -- 72 (1 sub) Defensive Midfielders: Marcus Vinicius was a great signing from Istanbul. He holds Avai together. 28 - Pingo: 82 - -3 - 79 (1 start) 25 - Leo Gago: -- New -- 79 (4 starts) 24 - Wendell: -- New -- 72 (1 start) 23 - Marcus Vinicius: 84 - / - 84 (6 starts) 22 - Bruno: -- New -- 74 (1 start, 2 subs) Attacking Midfielders: Muriqui has been the lead man for Avai's attack. He will be a big riser this season. He roams in and out of games, but is still a main creative force. 33 - Ricardinho: 82 - -2 - 80 (2 subs, 1 goal) 28 - Caio: 80 - / - 80 (3 starts, 1 sub) 27 - Marquinhos: 80 - / - 80 (3 starts, 1 goal) 27 - Odair: -- New -- 74 ( 1 start, 1 sub) 22 - Muriqui: 74 - +7 - 81 (6 starts, 2 goals) CR Attackers: Evando, Lima and William have been disappointing this season. Muriqui is leading the scoring, it is no coincidence. All the strikers have been wasteful, they need to get their act together. 31 - Evando: -- New -- 80 (5 starts, 1 goal) 25 - Lima: 81 - -1 - 80 (1 start, 4 subs, 1 goal) 25 - William: 80 - / - 80 (3 starts, 1 sub) 25 - Luiz Ricardo: -- New -- 76 (2 starts, 3 subs) 21 - Rafael Costa: -- New -- 71 ( 1 sub) BOTAFOGO Elite 11: --------------Renan------------------- ------Juninho-Emerson-Eduardo--------- ------Leandro Guerreiro-Fahel--------- Alessandro--------------------Thiaguinho ------------Lucio Flavio-------------- -------V. Simoes-----Tony------------- Keepers: This position is actually still up for grabs. Castillo has been busy on duty for Uruguay, and I think Renan still has the upper hand. Renan has a lot of potentail, and a lot of Athleticism. Still a bit raw, though, a young Kameni. 31 - Castillo: 86 - -1 - 85 (2 starts) 20 - Renan: 84 - +1 - 85 (4 starts) Centre Backs: The young Wellington got quite a bit of action in the Carioca, but Eduardo has taken his spot here. It's nice to see Juninho bounce back, he was 87 two seasons ago before a flawed transfer to Sao Paulo. He is back to full form. 27 - Emerson: 85 - +1 - 86 (3 starts) 26 - Teco: 80 - -2 - 78 (1 start) 26 - Juninho: 85 - +1 - 86 (5 starts) 21 - Wellington: 72 - +3 - 75 (1 start, 1 sub) Wingbacks: Eduardo is mainly a left wingback, but he can play DM or CB as well and has been one of Botafogo's best. He provides lots of great runs, a lot like Thiaguinho. Gabriel is quite highly rated as well, but I havn't seen him yet. 31 - Alessandro: 85 - +1 - 86 (5 starts) 24 - Thiaguinho: 85 - +1 - 86 (3 starts, 2 subs) 20 - Gabriel: -- New -- 73 (1 start, 2 subs) 20 - Eduardo: 77 - +5 - 82 (6 starts) CR Defensive Midfielders: Fahel has been absolutly stellar in the Carioca and Brasileiro. He usually ventures forward while Leandro Guerreiro stays back as an extra defender. 29 - Leandro Guerreiro: 87 - / - 87 (6 starts) 29 - Batista: 82 - -1 - 81 (1 start, 1 goal) 27 - Fahel: 84 - +2 - 86 (6 starts, 1 goal) 26 - Tulio Souza: 80 - +3 - 83 (4 starts) 23 - Leo Silva: 80 - +1 - 81 (1 start, 3 subs) Attacking Midfielders: Rodrigo Dantas' stats may look impressive, but he hasn't played since Lucio Flavio's arrival. Still a top prospect though. It seems as if Lucio Flavio is back in form after a bad spell at Santos. 30 - Lucio Flavio: 88 - -1 - 87 (3 starts) 24 - Lucas Silva: 80 - / - 80 (1 start) 23 - Renato: 86 - -2 - 84 (1 sub) 19 - Rodrigo Dantas: -- New -- 74 (2 starts, 1 sub) Attackers: Victor Simoes is always the main threat here. Posesses a great shot, just going through a dry spell at the moment. Expect him to finish with about 8-10 goals. Tony hasn't impressed me much, I like Jean and Laio much more. Jean is creative, will try anything to get it on goal. Laio is more of a wide striker, he'll cross it in, using flair and speed. Exepct to see him subbing on a lot this year, and eventually making it big. An injured Reinaldo is expected to make an impact when he comes back. 28 - Victor Simoes: 81 - +3 - 84 (6 starts, 1 goal) 25 - Diego: 80 - -2 - 78 (1 sub) 23 - Tony: -- New -- 77 (3 starts, 2 subs, 1 goal) 21 - Jean Coral: 75 - +2 - 77 (1 start, 2 subs) 20 - Laio: -- New -- 74 (1 start, 2 subs, 1 goal) 19 - Junior: -- New -- 70 (1 sub) SANTOS Elite 11: ------------------Fabio Costa----------------------- Triguinho-------Fabao-----Fabiano Eller---------Leo -------------Roberto Brum--Rodrigo Souto------------ Molina--------Paulo Henrique-----------------Madson ----------------Kleber Pereira---------------------- Goalkeepers: Fabio Costa (ex-90) is the man in goal this season. Has a tendency to allow a weak goal, but has still done a good job. Wayyy too exitable though. 31 - Fabio Costa: 88 - / - 88 (5 starts) 26 - Douglas: 83 - / - 83 (1 start) Centre Backs: Domingos has fallen out of favour. He's pretty much just a hired goon now. Fabao has been playing very well, taking some free kicks as well with that powerful foot of his. 33 - Fabao: 86 - +1 - 87 (6 starts, 1 goal) 31 - Fabiano Eller: 88 - / - 88 (5 starts) 26 - Paulo Henrique Rodrigues - 83 - -2 - 81 (1 sub) 23 - Domingos: 87 - -2 - 85 (1 start) Wingbacks: Leo is going down based on performance. Hasn't convinced me at all, I liked Triguinho a lot better before he got hurt down the left. Down the right, we have two risers. Luizinho and Para play different styles, Luizinho likes to attack more. In the match Luizinho missed, we clearly saw stale attacking against Botafogo. Both will be interesting this season. 33 - Leo: 88 - -1 - 87 (4 starts, 1 sub) 29 - Triguinho: 84 - / - 84 (1 start) 26 - Luizinho: 80 - +3 - 83 (5 starts) CR 23 - Para: 76 - +4 - 80 (2 starts, 4 subs) CR Defensive Midfielders: Both Brum and Souto have been very solid, but I think I like Germano just as much. He was unfortunate to get injured, as he usually came on to solidify the defending at the end of the games. Can't go wrong with any of these 3. 30 - Roberto Brum: 85 - +2 - 87 (6 starts) 28 - Germano: 80 - +2 - 82 (1 start, 2 subs) 25 - Rodrigo Souto: 88 - / - 88 (5 starts, 2 goals) Attacking Midfielders: Madson has been the best player for Santos so far. Small, quick and tough, he really should be rated 87. 86 is more likely though, as I'm not fully confident in SM. If he keeps going, expect 88 by the end of the season. Molina has been solid, usually subbing out for Neymar, but the big surprise has been Paulo Henrique, who has started every game. Looked shaky early on, but now seems comfortable in that role. He's a starter, undisputed. 29 - Molina: 87 - / - 87 (4 starts, 1 sub, 2 goals) 23 - Madson: 84 - +2 - 86 (6 starts, 3 goals) CR 21 - Robson: 76 - +1 - 77 (1 sub) 19 - Paulo Henrique Lima: 71 - +10 - 81 (6 starts, 2 goals) CR Attackers: Neymar is the most interesting one here. Always sparks something, usually leads to great attacking play. His performances have been great, he's a future superstar. Kleber Pereira has been good, he works really well alone, with Madson, PH and Molina attacking from the midfield. He has a slight chance at 90. 33 - Kleber Pereira: 89 - / - 89 (6 starts, 4 goals) 32 - Roni: 87 - -2 - 85 (2 subs) 20 - Maikon Leite: 82 - -1 - 81 (2 subs) 18 - Andre: -- New -- 70 (1 sub) 17 - Neymar: 76 - +4 - 80 (2 starts, 4 subs) CR ATLETICO MINEIRO Elite 11: ------------------Aranha------------------- -------Welton Felipe---Leandro Almeida----- Thiago Feltri-----Carlos Alberto-----Junior --Renan-------Marcio Araujo----Jonilson---- --------Eder Luis-------Diego Tardelli----- Keepers: It might seem like a competition, but it is not. Since signing from Ponte Preta, where he has impressed me when I've seen him, Aranha has been brilliant, quite possibly the best keeper in Brazil. He has played 3 full matches, allowing 0 goals, while Juninho allowed 5 in 3 matches. Expect Aranha to carry the load. 28 - Aranha: 78 - +5 - 83 (3 starts) CR 27 - Juninho: 84 - / - 84 (3 starts) Centre Backs: Welton Felipe and Leandro Almeida have been two very solid centre backs this season. When I've watched, they've shown solid tackling and excellent movement for such tall players. Werley is a backup when needed, but still a very good buy, as Leandro Almeida has been heavily linked with bigger clubs. 23 - Welton Felipe: 80 - +4 - 84 (6 starts) 22 - Leandro Almeida: 86 - / - 86 (4 starts) 20 - Werley: 75 - +4 - 79 (3 starts) Wingbacks: Junior looked awful when I was watching him, but has got raving reviews lately. Would be a great buy for a smaller team. Atlético are desperatly waiting the return of Sheslon from his long-term injury. 36 - Junior: 84 - +2 - 86 (6 starts, 2 goals) 24 - Thiago Feltri: 85 - +1 - 86 (5 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal) 20 - Marcos Rocha: -- New -- 73 (2 subs) Defensive Midfielders: Marcio Araujo has been the best of the bunch, carrying the slack from the absence of anything creative in the midfield. The others stay back, allowing Junior and Thiago Feltri to attack. The system has worked so far, though, and they deserve to rise a bit. 31 - Carlos Alberto: 85 - +1 - 86 (5 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal) 30 - Jonilson: 84 - +1 - 85 (5 starts) 25 - Marcio Araujo: 84 - +2 - 86 (6 starts, 2 goals) 24 - Renan: 85 - +1 - 86 (6 starts) Attacking Midfielders: Evandro has disappointed since arriving from Palmeiras, and Tchô has never lived up to the hype. Chiquinho and Renan Oliveira are both injured, their return will be welcome. 22 - Tchô: 82 - -2 - 80 (3 subs) 22 - Evandro: 84 - -2 - 82 (2 subs) Attackers: Eder Luis and Diego Tardelli form one of the best domestic pairings in Brazil. They were exellent in the Mineiro and superb so far, they both deserve at least a +1 to 87 for now. Kleber is a massive talent, watch out for him when he's added. Just turned 19. Julio Cesar has failed to make an impact, be it at Paranaense or here. 29 - Julio Cesar: 82 - / - 82 (2 subs, 1 sub for APR) 27 - Alessandro: 85 - -1 - 84 (5 subs, 1 goal) 24 - Eder Luis: 86 - +1 - 87 (6 starts, 4 goals) 24 - Diego Tardelli: 86 - +1 - 87 (6 starts, 3 goals) 19 - Kleber: -- New -- 71 (1 sub) NAUTICO Elite 11: -------------------Eduardo--------------------- --------Asprilla-----Vagner----Gladstone------- Eduardo Ere--------------------Anderson Santana ---------------Derley----Johnny---------------- --------Carlinhos Bala------Gilmar------------- Goalkeepers: Eduardo has been the man throughout the Pernambucano, Copa and for Nautico. This season AND last season. He's due for a nice increase. 31 - Eduardo: 81 - +3 - 84 (6 starts) Centre Backs: Nautico use three centre backs, Asprilla, Vagner and Gladstone. All are decent, but not spectacular. They are not work keeping as long term investments. 28 - Asprilla: 85 - / - 85 (5 starts, 1 goal) 26 - Vagner: 84 - +1 - 85 (6 starts) 24 - Gladstone: 85 - / - 85 (5 starts, 1 goal) 24 - Galiardo: -- New -- 73 (1 start, 1 sub) 23 - Negretti: 82 - / - 82 (1 start, 2 subs) 19 - Luiz Alberto: -- New -- 72 (1 sub) Wingbacks: Anderson Santana has taken his spot back since being injured for 5 months with a broken collarbone. Eduardo Ere starts as a right-DM, pretty much right back, as Sidny has been inadequate for both Recife clubs this season. Wellington was only starting in lieu of A.S. 27 - Sidny: 86 - -1 - 85 (2 starts) 23 - Anderson Santana: 75 - +4 - 79 (3 starts) CR 19 - Wellington: -- New -- 75 (2 starts, 1 sub) Defensive Midfielders: Eduardo Ere should've gotten a huge rise last season, he'll get a smaller one now. Derley and Johnny work well together, the former attacking well and the latter defending. Derley has developped a flair for the reds though, accumulating 2 in 5 games. 24 - Junior Carioca: 77 - +1 - 78 (2 starts, 1 sub) 23 - Johnny: 76 - +5 - 81 (6 starts) CR 22 - Derley: 80 - +3 - 83 (5 starts, 1 goal) 21 - Eduardo Ere: 75 - +4 - 79 (3 starts) Attacking Midfielders: Nautico don't really use attacking mids, other then Dinda, who is (with Lessa) the top substitute. Dinda is a real promise who will be brought up at Nautico, fast and has a ton of flair. 28 - Juliano: -- New -- 72 (1 sub) 24 - Ailton: -- New -- 74 (2 starts) 20 - Dinda: 75 - +3 - 78 (2 starts, 4 subs) CR Attackers: Gilmar and Carlinhos Bala have been the starting pair, with Lessa usually making a spark with serious second half minutes. Bala is very much in the same style as Lessa, runners who put effort into everything. Gilmar is more of a finisher. They work quite well together, especially when Dinda is on. 37 - Kuki: 82 - / - 82 (1 start, 1 sub) 29 - Carlinhos Bala: 86 - / - 86 (6 starts, 2 goals) 28 - Adriano Magrao: 85 - -2 - 83 (1 sub) 25 - Gilmar: 80 - +3 - 83 (6 starts, 2 goals) 19 - Anderson Lessa: 72 - +7 - 79 (1 start, 4 subs, 2 goals) CR CORITIBA Elite 11: ------------------Vanderlei--------------------- -------------Felipe-----Pereira----------------- Marcio Gabriel----Rodrigo Mancha---------Vicente -Pedro Ken--Marcelinho Paraiba-Carlinhos Paraiba -------------Ariel----Marcos Aurelio------------ Keepers: Despite the poor performances of Coritiba, Vanderlei has been solid throughout 2009. He's one of the first keepers I'd rush to buy from Brazil. 29 - Edson Bastos: 82 - -1 - 81 (1 start) 25 - Vanderlei: 83 - +2 - 85 (5 starts) Centre-Backs: Cleiton is back from injury, expect him to get quite a few more starts. He had 18 starts in the Pernambucano, more then Felipe and Pereira. He's one for the small teams, long term. Felipe should retain his spot, not 100% sure about Pereira. Demerson was more of an emergency replacement. 29 - Pereira: 86 - / - 86 (5 starts) 27 - Cleiton: 76 - +2 - 78 (2 starts) CR 23 - Demerson: -- New -- 72 (1 start) 22 - Felipe: 82 - +2 - 84 (6 starts) Wingbacks: These two spots are completly up for grabs. Vicente and Marcio Gabriel seemed to have the spots nailed down, but Guaru and, especially Rodrigo Heffner, were spectacular in the 5-0 drubbing of Flamengo. Anything is possible now, so every one of them could be a star buy. 27 - Guaru: 78 - / - 78 (1 start, 1 sub) 26 - Vicente: 80 - +1 - 81 (3 starts) 26 - Marcio Gabriel: 82 - +1 - 83 (4 starts) 26 - Rodrigo Heffner: 80 - +1 - 81 (2 starts) Defensive Midfielders: This is, seemingly, where everything has gone wrong this season. The holding mids simply havn't been able to control the midfield or to stop opposing attackers. I wouldn't recommend any of these. 27 - Jailton: 86 - -1 - 85 (2 starts, 1 sub) 25 - Leandro Donizete: 81 - +2 - 83 (4 starts, 1 sub) 23 - Rodrigo Mancha: 84 - / - 84 (3 starts) 21 - Dirceu: -- New -- 73 (1 start, 1 sub) Attacking Midfielders: Renatinho has been the most spectacular, starring in the 5-0 drubbing and scoring a goal in his other start. He will be getting more action. Carlinhos has been so-so, showing flashes of his potential, but never controlling the ball that long. Pedro Ken is decent, but probably never going to develop into that much of a player. He strikes me as the type that will make a living in Japan, to be honest. 26 - Carlinhos Paraiba: 84 - +1 - 85 (4 starts) 25 - Ramon: 84 - -2 - 82 (2 subs) 22 - Pedro Ken: 82 - +2 - 84 (5 starts) 20 - Renatinho: 76 - +3 - 79 (2 starts, 1 sub, 1 goal) CR Attackers: Marcelinho has been absolutly stellar behind Marcos Aurelio and Ariel, and Bruno has shown a ton of promise. This attack has a ton of potential, but I can see Ariel being replaced by Bruno quite soon. 33 - Marcelinho Paraiba: 90 - / - 90 (4 starts, 1 sub, 4 goals) 25 - Marcos Aurelio: 86 - / - 86 (5 starts, 1 goal) 24 - Bruno Batata: -- New -- 77 (1 start, 3 subs, 2 goals) 23 - Hugo: 82 - / - 82 (2 starts, 1 goal) 23 - Thiago Silvy: -- New -- 71 (1 sub) 21 - Ariel: 82 - +1 - 83 (3 starts, 2 subs) 21 - Leozinho: -- New -- 72 (2 subs, 1 goal) FLAMENGO Elite 11 -----------------------Bruno------------------------ ----------------Welinton---Ronaldo Angelim---------- ----------Airton------Willians----Toro-------------- Leo Moura----Kleberson----Ibson-----------------Juan ---------------------Adriano------------------------ Goalkeepers: Bruno has looked either good or bad. Most of the time he has been good though. I would've called a rise to 89 before the Coritiba match, but 88 seems fine now. 24 - Bruno: 88 - / - 88 (6 starts) Centre Backs: Definatly the weak spot since the retirement of Fabio Luciano. Welinton has been slightly sub-par, Airton, Willians and Toro have all played a bit of centre-back. 33 - Ronaldo Angelim: 87 - +1 - 88 (6 starts) 20 - Welinton: 75 - +4 - 79 (3 starts, 1 sub) CR Wingbacks: All three have been good. Everton Silva has tremendous pace and might just be the best buy on this Flamengo squad. Definatly will get more action. Leo Moura and Juan are both almost uniquely attack minded, which gives the DM's that much more to do. 30 - Leonardo Moura: 89 - / - 89 (4 starts) 27 - Juan: 89 - / - 89 (5 starts) 20 - Everton Silva: 74 - +5 - 79 (2 starts, 2 subs) CR Defensive Midfielders: This has been the strong point for Fla. Willians has been phenomenal, Fla's most valuable player. Was suspended for one game, and everything fell apart. Toro has done very well filling in, and Airton is about the most defensive minded DM you'll find, other then perhaps Nautico's Johnny. 23 - Willians: 80 - +4 - 84 (5 starts) CR 22 - Toro: 86 - / - 86 (5 starts) 19 - Airton: 83 - +2 - 85 (6 starts) CR Attacking Midfielders: Don't be fooled by stats. Kleberson has been away on NT duty. Ibson has been the best player other then Willians for Flamengo. Both have been good and are the starters. It's time to give up on Fierro, IMO. Everton will probably go back to the bench when Kleberson gets back. Alex Cruz is nothing special, nor is Ze Roberto. Erick Flores will need a loan with all the other attacking minded players here. 30 - Kleberson: 87 - +1 - 88 (4 starts) 28 - Zé Roberto: 87 - -2 - 85 (1 sub) 26 - Fierro: 86 - -2 - 84 (2 subs) 25 - Ibson: 88 - +1 - 89 (6 starts) 24 - Alex Cruz: -- New -- 70 (1 sub) 20 - Everton: 82 - +2 - 84 (4 starts, 2 subs) 20 - Erick Flores: 75 - +2 - 77 (3 subs) Attackers: Adriano is the clear starter here. The rest will all likely take turns subbing once Fla have their full lineup. They have too many good attackers. Emerson looked good against Sport, but not since or before. Josiel isn't playing enough to be as good as he can, Maxi isn't doing much and Aleilson looked lively in his lone appearance. 30 - Emerson: 79 - +2 - 81 (3 starts, 2 goals) 28 - Josiel: 88 - -1 - 87 (3 starts, 2 subs) 27 - Adriano: 91 - -2 - 89 (3 starts, 1 goal) 24 - Maxi: 85 - -2 - 83 (1 sub) 23 - Aleilson: -- New -- 71 (1 sub) FLUMINENSE Elite 11: --------------------Fernando Henrique---------------------- Mariano------Luiz Alberto-----Edcarlos-----------Joao Paulo ------------------Diogo----Wellington Monteiro------------- Marquinho----------------Conca-----------------Thiago Neves --------------------------Fred----------------------------- Goalkeepers: Fernando Henrique has been good, he'll take that spot back after his injury. 30 - Ricardo Berna: 80 - +2 - 82 (3 starts) 25 - Fernando Henrique: 87 - / - 87 (3 starts) Centre Backs: Fairly obvious here. Captain Luiz Alberto and Edcarlos are solid starters, that won't change anytime soon. 31 - Luiz Alberto: 87 - / - 87 (6 starts) 24 - Edcarlos: 86 - +1 - 87 (6 starts) 22 - Cassio: -- New -- 75 (2 starts, 1 sub) Wingbacks: Mariano is clear starter on the right. Diogo has replaced him for his injury, but he'll be back. On the left, it's all Joao Paulo. Was injured for 2 games, but he's easily the starter, quite defensive for a wing-back. Dieguinho is a weak link, I'm not a big fan of his at all. 22 - Mariano: 84 - / - 84 (2 starts, 1 goal) 21 - Eduardo Ratinho: 83 - -1 - 82 (1 start, 1 sub) 19 - Dieguinho: -- New -- 73 (2 starts) 18 - Joao Paulo: 76 - +5 - 81 (4 starts) CR Defensive Midfielders: Expect new signing Fabio Santos to fight for a spot. In the mean time, Diguinho will also fight, he's back from injury. Mauricio needs more playing time, he has a ton of potential. 32 - Fabinho: 86 - -1 - 85 (3 subs) 30 - Wellington Monteiro: 87 - / - 87 (6 starts) 26 - Diguinho: 86 - -1 - 85 (1 sub) 22 - Diogo: 85 - / - 85 (3 starts) 20 - Mauricio: 85 - / - 85 (1 start, 2 subs, 1 goal) Attacking Midfielders: Thiago Neves has been comparativly poor this season. He hasn't done anything, to be fully honest. Tarta is still a decent prospect, but Carlos Eduardo is the one to look out for here. I havn't watched him yet, but have heard good things. Marquinho and Conca have both been very solid. 26 - Conca: 88 - +1 - 89 (5 starts) 24 - Thiago Neves: 90 - -1 - 89 (5 starts) 22 - Marquinho: 83 - +2 - 85 (6 starts) 20 - Tarta: 82 - -1 - 82 (2 subs) 19 - Carlos Eduardo: -- New -- 76 (3 starts) Attackers: Fred is the go to guy, and the only go-to guy. Maicon was played more early on, when the A team was being rested for Copa. Now, Carlos Eduardo is preffered. Still a good prospect, but I don't like him. L. Amaral is done. 31 - Leandro Amaral: 88 - -2 - 86 (1 sub) 25 - Fred: 91 - -1 - 90 (5 starts, 2 goals) 22 - Everton Santos: 83 - / - 83 (2 subs) 19 - Maicon: 77 - +3 - 80 (3 starts, 2 subs) 19 - Alan: 76 - +2 - 78 (1 start, 2 subs) GRÊMIO Elite 11: -------------------------Victor-------------------------- -------------Leo------Rafael Marques-----Rever----------- Ruy------------------Adilson-----------------Fabio Santos -----------Souza------------------Tcheco----------------- --------------Jonas-------Maxi Lopez--------------------- Goalkeepers: Victor also has started all Libertadores matches, is probably the best keeper in Brazil at the moment. Missed 2 games for International duty. 25 - Victor: 88 - +1 - 89 (4 starts) 22 - Marcelo Grohe: 83 - / - 83 (2 starts) Centre Backs: The trio (Rafa,Rever,Leo) has been rock solid. Gaucho, Brasileiro or Libertadores, they have been undisputed and are amongst the top defenders in Brazil right now. 25 - Rafael Marques: 85 - +2 - 87 (6 starts) CR 24 - Rever: 87 - +1 - 88 (5 starts, 1 goal) 22 - Thiego: 83 - / - 83 (1 start, 1 sub) 21 - Leo: 88 - / - 88 (6 starts) Wingbacks: Ruy and Fabio Santos have been sensational attacking wingbacks, both deserve rises in their first Grêmio seasons. 31 - Jadilson: 87 - -1 - 86 (2 subs) 30 - Ruy: 87 - +1 - 88 (5 starts) 29 - Joilson: 88 - -2 - 86 (2 subs) 23 - Fabio Santos: 82 - +3 - 85 (6 starts, 1 goal) CR 20 - Helder: 85 - -2 - 83 (1 sub) Defensive Mids: Grêmio cannot wait for Willian Magrao to come back. They are much better with him then with Adilson, who has struggled. Will still get a nice rise though. 33 - Tulio: 87 - / - 87 (3 starts, 1 sub) 22 - Adilson: 80 - +4 - 84 (5 starts) Attacking Mids: Souza has been the top man here, in all competitions. He needs to get his 89 back eventually, starting off with 88 though. Douglas Costa is a top prospect, who hasn't shown much yet this season. 33 - Tcheco: 88 - / - 88 (5 starts) 30 - Souza: 87 - +1 - 88 (6 starts, 2 goals) 18 - Douglas Costa: 78 - +2 - 80 (5 subs) Attackers: Jonas has been the better of the strikers, unfortunate to get a slight injury. More was expected from Alex Mineiro, he has been disappointing. 34 - Alex Mineiro: 88 - -1 - 87 (3 starts, 1 sub 25 - Maxi Lopez: 86 - +1 - 87 (6 starts, 1 goal) 25 - Jonas: 85 - +1 - 86 (3 starts, 1 sub) 25 - Herrera: 85 - / - 85 (4 subs, 1 goal)
Biggest Upcoming Risers (Eng, Spain and Italy Edition)
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Well, I've been hassled into updating the original post for the three big countries which are to come. The current thread has some 40 pages to it though, and has become more a debate thread than a predictions thread. So here are England, Spain, and Italy (In a few hours), and all risers are +3 and above. There a a couple of borderline +2/+3's that I have given the benefit of the doubt to, like Adrian Colunga, but I hope your not going to complain at 84>86 anyway (: I may add an extra couple of countries, if there are any others worth doing? Feel free to comment, and criticise, and make yourself some more millions! England Scott Loach 20 Gk 73>80 Rose to 81 Matt Duke 31 Gk 74>81 Rose to 82 Martin Fulop 25 Gk 83>86 Rose to 85 Robert Elliot 22 Gk 71>78 Rose to 78 Ryan Bertrand 19 LB 80>83 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 24 LB 85>87/88 Rose to 87 Martin Olsson 20 LB 78>81 Rose to 82 David Gray 20 RB 70>76 Rose to 76 Kyle Naughton 20 RB 80>83/84 Rose to 83 Lloyd James 21 RB 77>80 Rose to 80 Bobby Hassell 28 RB 80>83 Nathaniel Clyne 17 RB 75>81 Rose to 80 Rhys Williams 20 RB 60>76 Rose to 77 Da Silva Rafael 18 RB 77>84 Rose to 86 Chris Basham 20 RB 70>76 Rose to 76 Gavin Hoyte 18 RB 72>78 Rose to 77 Matt Bates 22 CB 81>84 Rose to 82 Alan Tate CB 26 77>80 Rose to 82 Polo Albert Serran 24 CB 75>79 Rose to 80 Jack Cork 19 CB 80>83 Rose to 81 Mike Williamson 25 CB 73>79 Rose to 78 Gabor Gyepes 27 CB 75>82 Rose to 82 Sam Hird 20 CB 77>81 Rose to 80 Pim Balkestein 21 CB 73>80 Rose to 80 Alex Baptiste 23 CB 72>78 Rose to 78 Eddie Nolan 20 CB 75>79 Rose to 80 Andy Wilkinson 24 CB 80>83 Rose to 83 Lewis Buxton 25 Def 77>81 Rose to 80 Martin Woods 23 LM 77>81 Rose to 80 Craig Noone 21 LM 70>76 Rose to 75 Keith Treacy 20 LM 78>81 Rose to 80 Jordan Henderson 18 RM 74>79 Rose to 78 Jack Rodwell 18 DM/CB 78>82 Rose to 83 Miles Addison 20 DM 78>81 Rose to 82 Aron Gunnarsson 19 DM 78>82 Rose to 83 Keith Andrews 28 CM 80>85 Rose to 85 Joe Allen 19 CM 70>80 Rose to 80 Jack Collison 20 CM 74>83 Rose to 85 Sammy Clingan 25 CM 80>83 Rose to 83 Darron Gibson 21 CM 82>84/85 Rose to 84 Garcia-Penche Jordi Gomez 23 CM 78>82 Rose to 83 Mark Davies 21 CM 77>83 Rose to 82 Ross Jenkins 18 Mid 75>80 Rose to 80 Joe Martin 20 Mid 70>75 Rose to 76 Jay Simpson 20 Wing 76>82 Rose to 83 Paul Ifill 29 Wing 80>83 Rose to 82 Gareth McCleary 21 Wing 76>79 Rose to 78 Nacer Barazite 18 AM 78>81 Rose to 81 Jack Wilshere 17 AM 74>79 Rose to 80 Nathan Delfouneso 18 Fwd 70>80 Rose to 77 Freddie Sears 19 Fwd 78>81 Rose to 80 Nicky Maynard 22 Fwd 80>83 Rose to 82 Samuel Di Carmine 20 Fwd 73>80 Rose to 78 Alan Judge 20 Fwd 74>78 Rose to 78 Jay Rodriguez 19 Fwd 75>78 Rose to 77 Danny Welbeck 18 CF 74>82 Rose to 83 Gorka Pintado 30 CF 78>81[/u] Rose to 80 Spain Soriano Eduardo Navarro 30 Gk 78>81 Antonio Rafa Ponzo Gk 30 78>82 Oruesagasti Mikel Balenziaga 21 LB 83>86 Raposo Raul Llorente 22 LB 75>81 Valdes Jose Angel 19 LB 76>80 Jose Casado 22 LB 83>85/86 Jose Dorado 26 LB 78>81 Jordi Xumetra 23 RB 75>79 Martinez Cervera Jose 25 RB 78>81 Iban Zubiaurre 26 RB 76>80 Francisco Xisco Campos 27 RB 75>82 Jorge Coke 21 RB 77>81 Funet Salva 27 CB 77>81 Ezequiel Luna 22 CB 75>82 Angel Miguel 29 CB 78>81 Sierra Ivan Marcano 21 CB 84>87 Ramos Jordi Alba 20 LM 75>80 Juan Jose Camacho 28 LM 78>81 Francisco Sutil 24 LM 77>80 Torrijos David Fuster 27 RM 75>82 Tortajada Miguel Albiol 27 RM 80>83 Paulos Dani Abalo 21 RM 75>81 Sanchez Luis Moran 21 RM 82>85 Albert Dorca 26 DM 78>81 Larranaga Markel Bergara 22 DM 78>81 Burgos Sergio Busquets DM 20 85>88 Ritchie Kitoko 20 CM 75>80 Caseras Igor Martinez 19 CM 76>79 Gonzalez Oscar Diaz 24 CM 81>84 Eugen Polanski 23 CM 83>86 Oscar Brian Sarmiento 18 AM 72>78 Francisco Piti 27 AM 79>82 Morgado Dimas Delgado 26 AM 78>83 Santacruz Javi Flores 23 AM 78>81/82 Madrazo Sergio Canales 17 AM 73>78 Sebastian Nayar 20 AM 72>80 Estrada Ruben Suarez 30 Wing 78>81 Martin Roberto Cuevas 28 Fwd 73>79 Lopez Emilio Nsue 19 Fwd 75>80 Pinedo Gaizka Toquero 24 Fwd 75>80 Saul Berjon 22 Fwd 75>80 Perez Adrian Colunga 24 Fwd 84>87 Nouioui Lassad 22 CF 75>80 Angel Michel 20 CF 74>78 Sebastian Xisco Nadal 22 CF 75>81 Italy Pierluigi Frattali 23 Gk 74>80 Maurizio Pugliesi 32 Gk 80>83 Francesco Renzetti 21 LB 80>83 Rose to 83 Davide Santon 18 RB/LB 75>87 Romano Perticone 22 RB 80>83 Rose to 83 Salvatore Bocchetti 22 CB 84>86/87 Matteo Teoldi 23 CB 73>78 Gianluca Nocentini 31 CB 79>82 Marco Piccioni 33 CB 78>81 Rose to 82 Federico Viviani 27 CB 80>83 Massimo Volta 21 CB 73>80 Rose to 80 Giuseppe Bellusci 19 CB 72>80 Rose to 82 Jardim Goncalo Brandao 22 CB/LB 74>82 Desmond Nze Kouassi 19 Def 70>74 Luigi Vitale 21 LM 83>86 Antonio Barilla 20 LM 78>82 Cristiano Camillucci 28 LM 73>78 Simone Laner 25 LM 78>82 Rose to 82 Marco Padalino 25 LM 84>86/87 Radja Nainggolan 20 RM 78>81 Rose to 82 Nicola Madonna 22 RM 79>82 Rose to 83 Antonio Candreva 22 DM 80>82/83 Rose to 83 Edoardo Catinali 26 CM 78>81 Ivan Castiglia 21 CM 75>80 Marco Calderoni 20 CM 70>76 Rose to 78 Luca Giorgi 21 CM 72>76 Rose to 77 Vincenzo Pepe 21 CM 75>79 Vincenzo Fusco 29 CM 77>80 Leandro Greco 22 CM 80>83 Mirko Valdifiori 22 CM 78>81 Rose to 82 Andrea Poli 19 CM 77>81 Rose to 82 Migjen Basha 22 CM 78>82 Andrea De Falco 22 CM 77>80 Kwadwo Asamoah 20 AM 75>84 Christian Pasquato 19 AM 78>82 Rose to 80 Francesco Dettori 26 Mid 76>80 Michael Cia 20 Wing 75>79 Rose to 77 Edgar Cani 19 Fwd 70>76 Rose to 78 Francesco Caputo 21 Fwd 75>82 Rose to 82 Emilio Docente 25 Fwd 78>81/82 Stefano Pagani 32 Fwd 77>80 Rose to 79 Andrea Catellani 20 Fwd 75>79 Abdelkader Ghezzal 24 CF 82>85 Antonio Bonvissuto 23 CF 74>79/80
Risers from every side in Brazil.
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Starting with 3 sides. I'd like to say that these changes are the most interesting of the season every year, as they happen at the beginning of the season in brazil, then not again until the end. So expect big risers. This is after 27 games. Total list so far : +11 SANDRO SILVA, Laurindo, DM, 24/73, Palmeiras, 73 to 84 +9 TAISON, Barcellos, AM, 20/75, Inter, 75 to 84 FELIPE, Trevizan, CB, 21/71. Coritiba, 71 to 80 +8 WILLIANS SANTANA, Santos, AM, 20/76, Vitoria, 76 to 84 JUMAR, Jose da Costa, DM, 22/73, Palmeiras, 73 to 81 GUARU, Alexandre, LB, 26/72, Coritiba, 72 to 80 FABINHO CAPIXABA, Antonio, RB, 24/72, Palmerias, 72 to 80 +6 RAFAEL CARIOCA, Pereira, CM/DM, 19/80, Gremio, 80 to 86 JECI, Jose Borges, CB, 28/80, Palmeiras, 80 to 86 RODRIGO MANCHA, Santos, DM, 22/78, Coritiba, 78 to 84 DANNY MORAIS, Bittencourt, CB, 23/74, Inter, 74 to 80 MAURICIO, dos Santos, CB, 20/73, Palmeiras, 73 to 79 +5 MARQUINHOS, Goncalves, AM/F, 18/80, Vitoria, 80 to 85 FERNANDO, Gomes, DM/CM, 22/80, Goias, 80 to 85 TRIGUINHO, Luciano, LB/LM, 29/80, Botafogo, 80 to 85 WILLIAN MAGRAO, Henrique, CM/DM, 21/80, Gremio, 80 to 85 VANDERLEI, Farias, G, 24/75, Coritiba, 75 to 80 FABIO, Jose, F, 21/75, Botafogo (Loan from Villa Rio) 75 to 80 FELIPE MATTIONI, Rohde, RB, 19/72, Gremio, 72 to 77 WALLACE, Reis da Silva, CB, 20/72, Vitoria, 72 to 77 +4 REVER, Humberto, CB, 23/83, Gremio, 83 to 87 RENAN, G, 19/78, Botafogo, 78 to 82 LEANDRO DONIZETE, Goncalves, DM, 26/77, Coritiba, 77 to 81 EDSON, Jose da Silva, CB, 22/75 Botafogo (Loan from Corinthians Alagoano) 75 to 79 BRUNO, Ferraz, AM, 24/75, Cruzeiro, 75 to 79 +3 VICTOR, Leandro, G, 25/85, Gremio, 85 to 88 ZE LUIS, Santos, DM/CM, 29/85, Sao Paulo, 85 to 88 MARCOS, Roberto, G, 35/85, Palmeiras, 85 to 88 KEIRRISON, Carneiro, F, 19/83, Coritiba, 83 to 86 JULIO CESAR, Coelho, LB/LM, 26/83, Goias, 83 to 86 ZE CARLOS, Garcia, LB/DM, 28/83, Botafogo, 83 to 86 MAURICIO, Donizeti, CB, 23/82, Coritiba, 82 to 85 AIRTON, Ribeiro Santos, DM, 18/78, Flamengo, 78 to 81 EDUARDO, Neto, CB, 19/74, Botafogo (Loan from Villa Rio), 74 to 77 THIAGO SALES, Guimaraes, CB, 21/74, Flamengo, 74 to 77 +2 GUILHERME, Milhomem, F/AM, 19/87, Cruzeiro, 87 to 89 FABIO LUCIANO, CB, 33/87, Flamengo, 87 to 89 NILMAR, Honorato, F/AM, 24/87, Inter,87 to 89 RONALDO ANGELIM, Simoes, CB, 32/87, Flamengo, 87 to 89 MARQUINHOS PARANA, RB/RM, 31/86, Cruzeiro, 86 to 88 VITOR, Cicero, RB/RM, 26/86, Goias, 86 to 88 JAILTON, Cruz Alves, CM/RM, 29/86, Flamengo (Loan from Ipatinga) 86 to 88 ANDRE LUIS, Garcia, CB, 29/85, Botafogo, 85 to 87 CLEMER, Melo, G, 39/85, Inter, 85 to 87 MARCEL, Augusto, F, 26/85, Gremio (Loan from Benfica), 85 to 87 ANDERSON MARTINS, Viera, CB, 21/84, Vitoria, 84 to 86 VANDERSON, Carlos, CM/DM, 28/83, Vitoria, 83 to 85 RAMON MENEZES, Hubner, AM, 36/83, Vitoria, 83 to 85 +1 BRUNO, Fernandes G, 23/88, Flamengo, 88 to 89 JUAN, Maldonado LB/LM, 26/88, Flamengo, 88 to 89 HUGO, Henrique, AM/LM, 27/88, Sao Paulo, 88 to 89 ALEX MINEIRO, Pereira, F, 33/88, Palmerias, 88 to 89 IBSON, Barreto, CM/DM, 24/88, Flamengo (Loan from Porto), 88 to 89 JOILSON, Rodrigues, RM/RB, 29/ 87, Sao Paulo, 87 to 88 RENATO SILVA, Assis, CB, 25/87, Botafogo, 87 to 88 IARLEY, Pedro, AM/F, 34/87, Goias, 87 to 88 INDIO, Marco Antonio, CB, 33/87, Inter, 87 to 88 PEREIRA, Fabio, CB, 29/86, Gremio, 86 to 87 ELDER GRANJA, da Silva, RB/RM, 26/85, Palmeiras, 85 to 86 ERNANDO, Rodrigues, CB, 20/85, Goias, 85 to 86 FLAMENGO 1. BRUNO, Fernandes G, 23/88, One of the best keepers in Brazil. Has played 26 of the matches, and is known for his brilliant performances. Was linked to Barcelona last season, should move to Europe someday. Rise to 89. 2. FABIO LUCIANO, CB, 33/87 (Cap) The Captain deserves a rating increase. In his second season after joining from Cologne, he’s got 24 Serie A matches, with 1 goal. Rise to 89. 3. RONALDO ANGELIM, Simoes, CB, 32/87 Another defender who has been key for a few years now, Angelim has scored once in 25 matches this season. Deserves a rise to 89, with the others. 4. JUAN, Maldonado LB/LM, 26/88 You may remember this name from his days in the Arsenal youth squad. He’s been back in Brazil since 2004, and is making a name for himself. Played in two WC Qualifiers for Brazil this summer/fall and has 3 goals in 25 Flamengo matches. If I were a manager in Europe, I’d take a shot on him for sure. Rise to 89. 5. IBSON, Barreto, CM/DM, 24/88 (Loan from Porto) Since joining on loan, he has been the anchor of the Flamengo midfield. Has also chipped in with 5 goals, this from 23 appearances, all starts. Should get the small rise to 89. 13. JAILTON, Cruz Alves, CM/RM, 29/86 (Loan from Ipatinga) In the second year of his 3 year loan deal, he’s playing quite a bit and playing well. 23 starts, with one goal, definitely a key member of the midfield. Rise to 88 17. AIRTON, Ribeiro Santos, DM, 18/78 This kid should see his playing time increase in the next few years, he has started 4 and subbed 4 this year, and been quite solid. One to watch for the next few years. Rise to 81. 25. THIAGO SALES, Guimaraes, CB, 21/74 The young defender has only played once in Serie A, but in the regional tournaments scored 4 in 6 games. Worth investing in. Rise to 77. 36. ERICK FLORES, Bonfim, AM, 19/?? (Recently promoted) 19 year old would be worth investing in if only he were on the database. Considered one of the most talented young players for Flamengo, he has featured in 7 matches so far. I’d give him a 79. 41. VANDINHO, Vanderson, F, 22/?? (Joined in August) This player exites me. Played second division most of this and last season, scoring 27 goals in 34 games. Just joined Flamengo recently and has played 5 games, with 2 goals and an assist. Highly recommended. Should be 82. GREMIO 1. VICTOR, Leandro, G, 25/85 Was injured most of last season, which gave to the rise of Marcelo Grohe, but has taken back his starters role, playing every minute this season for Gremio. Rise to 88. 4. PEREIRA, Fabio, CB, 29/86 Has finally found his niche, after two mediocre seasons, he’s been playing much more, and much better. 22 starts warrant his rise to 87. 5. REVER, Humberto, CB, 23/83 The top defender for Gremio, starting every match but one so far. His rise has been meteorical, there are threads about him out there to explain why. Rise to 87/88 8. RAFAEL CARIOCA, Pereira, CM/DM, 19/80 Another who has been mentioned a lot, he has 23 starts and a sub appearance, one of Gremio’s most played players, he should get a nice rise to 86. 9. MARCEL, Augusto, F, 26/85 (Loan from Benfica) 5 goals in 17 starts for this striker, who will return to Benfica when his loan spell ends. Most played striker on a top Brazilian side, rise to 87 for now. 11. WILLIAN MAGRAO, Henrique, CM/DM, 21/80 Yet another youth who is getting his chance for Gremio. 17 matches and 3 goals for this central midfielder who is connecting well with Carioca. Rise to 85. 15. FELIPE MATTIONI, Rohde, RB, 19/72 Backup right back, and Paulo Sergio is going back after the loan period, so he should take over. Which means buy him now. He has 3 starts and 2 sub appearances, which should be good enough for a small rise to 77 for now. PALMEIRAS 2. ELDER GRANJA, da Silva, RB/RM, 26/85 After a few seasons at Internacional, Elder Granja has come out of his shell. 17 of 27 full starts, he should get a small rise to 86, maybe 87. 9. ALEX MINEIRO, Pereira, F, 33/88 Has always been a scorer, but never to this extent. Top scorer in the league, 15 goals in 23 matches. Rise to 89. 12. MARCOS, Roberto, G, 35/85 Amazing story of loyalty. His next match will be his 400th for Palmeiras. You may remember him from his role in the 2002 world cup. Anyhow, he’s played every match this season and deserves another rise. Up to 88. 16. JECI, Jose Borges, CB, 28/80 2 goals in 15 matches since Henrique’s departure to Germany. Has been a big part of Palmeiras’ rise. Up to 86. 17. MAURICIO, dos Santos, CB, 20/73 Slowly being groomed into a player. In fact, he scored his first goal. He has 6 apps, only one of those being a substitute. Should climb to about 79 for now. 20. SANDRO SILVA, Laurindo, DM, 24/73 Can you say emergence? I’m actually not sure if grammatically, you can. But this guy has emerged into a starter for the leading side in Brazil. 13 starts, 2 subs, 2 goals. I think when a player is rated 73 with those kind of stats, it’s all you need to know. Rise to 84. That’s right, +11. 21. FABINHO CAPIXABA, Antonio, RB, 24/72 Not as much as #20, but he has 7 starts and 2 sub appearances at Right back. Good enough for perhaps a 79 / 80? 29. JUMAR, Jose da Costa, DM, 22/73 Again, same story. These guys are getting their chances. He has 9 starts to add to his 1 sub appearance. Rise to 81.
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Seeing as everyone else seems to be doing it, here are my predictions. I'm putting the players, the predictions and why. Week 1 : Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Uruguay Last update Dec 21 CAMPESTRINI, Cristian, Gk, 28/80, Arsenal de Sarandi (Arg1) 11 starts out of 19.80 - 83 GARCIA, Javier Hernan, Gk, 21/80, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 13 starts out of 20,won starting job clean.80 - 85 IBANEZ, Nelson, Gk, 27/74, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) 19 starts out of 19. 74 - 83. ALEJANDRO LIMA, Oscar, Gk, 33/80, Huracan (Arg1) 17 starts out of 19. 80 - 83 MONZON, Gaston, Gk, 21/70, Huracan (Arg1) 2 starts out of 19. 70 - 74 CAFFA, German, Gk, 28/74, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) (No club on DB) 4 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 74 - 78 PERATTA, Sebastian, Gk, 32/83, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) (Velez on DB) 15 starts out of 19. 83 - 86 MARTINEZ GULLOTTA, Jose Luis, Gk, 24/78, Racing Club (Arg 1) 10 starts out of 19. 78 - 83 MIGLIORE, Pablo, Gk, 26/80, Racing Club (Arg 1) 9 starts out of 19. 80 - 83 BROUN, Jorge, Gk, 22/80, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 17 starts out of 19. 80 - 85 EDSON, Pereira, Gk, 23/80, Atletico Mineiro (Bra 1) 23 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 80 - 84 GALATTO, Rodrigo, Gk, 25/82, Atletico Paranaense (Bra1) 31 starts out of 38.82 - 86. RENAN, dos Santos, Gk, 19/78, Botafogo (Bra 1) 20 starts out of 38. 78 - 83 VANDERLEI, Farias, Gk, 24/75, Coritiba (Bra1) 24 starts out of 38. 75 - 82. VICTOR, Leandro, Gk, 25/85, Gremio (Bra1) 38 starts out of 38. 85 - 88. LAURO, Junior, GK, 28/78, Internacional (Bra 1) 10 starts out of 38, Clemer has retired. 78 - 81 for now FERNANDO, Leal Fonseca, Gk, 27/75, Ipatinga (Bra1) 17 starts out of 39. 75 - 80. MARCOS, Roberto, Gk, 35/85, Palmeiras (Bra 1) 37 starts out of 38. 85 - 88 GOTTARDI, Eduardo, Gk, 23/74, Portuguesa (Bra 1) 10 starts out of 38. 74 - 78 DOUGLAS, Renato, Gk, 25/80, Santos (Bra 1) 17 starts out of 38. 80 - 84 BRITEZ, Christian, Gk, 24/72, Antofagasta (Chi 1) 16 starts out of 23. 72 - 79 VELOSO, Nery, Gk, 21/70, Huachipato (Chi 1) 15 starts out of 21. 70 - 79 CARRIZO, Pedro, Gk, 28/78, La Serena (Chi 1) 12 starts out of 19. 78 - 81 ROSALES, Jose, Gk, 23/72, O'Higgins (Chi 1) 7 starts out of 20. 72 - 78 RODRIGUEZ, Sergio, Gk, 23/75, Chivas de Guadalajara (Mex 1) 9 starts out of 17. 75 - 80 GUTIERREZ, Yosgart, Gk, 27/84, Cruz Azul (Mex 1) 14 starts out of 17. 84 - 87 CISNEROS, Jesus, Gk, 29/82, Ciencano (Per 1) 19 starts out of 26. 82 - 85 MURO, Victor, Gk, 31/79, Jose Galvez (Per 1) 25 starts out of 26. 79 - 82 TORREIRA, Nicolas, Gk, 25/74, Bella Vista (Uru 1) 6 starts, 2 subs out of 14. 74 - 78 CELLAY, Cristian, LB/RB, 27/83, Estudiantes (Arg1) (Huracan on the DB) 12 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 83 - 85 GRAFF, Patricio, LB, 33/81, Gimnasia la Plata (Arg1) 11 starts out of 19. 81 - 84 FORMICA, Lautaro, LB/CB, 22/80, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) (San Lorenzo on DB) 13 starts out of 19.80 - 83 NADAL, Ivan, LB, 21/73, Huracan (Arg1) 1 start, 5 subs out of 19. 73 - 77. SCHAFFER, Jose, LB, 23/74, Racing Club (Arg1) 18 starts, 1 sub out of 19.74 - 85. GARCIA, Martin, LB/RB, 23/77, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 6 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 77 - 81 MARCIO ARAUJO, Gonzaga, LB, 22/82, Atletico Paranaense (Bra 1) 18 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 38. 82 - 84 TRIGUINHO, Luciano, LB/LM, 29/80, Botafogo (Bra1) 28 starts, 1 sub out of 38 matches. 80 - 85. GUARU, Alexandre, LB, 27/72, Coritiba (Bra1) 6 starts, 12 subs (1 goal) out of 38 matches. 72 - 78. WILLIAM MATHEUS, LB/CB, 18/73, Figueirense (Bra 1) 16 starts, 2 subs out of 38. 73 - 79 JUAN, Junior, LB/LM, 26/88, Flamengo (Bra 1) 33 starts (4 goals) out of 38. 88 - 89 JULIO CESAR, Coelho, LB/LM, 26/83, Goias (Bra 1) 27 starts, 1 sub (4 goals) out of 38. 83 - 85 HELDER, Silva Santos, LB/LM, 20/80, Gremio (Bra1) 19 starts, 3 subs.80 - 83. THIAGO CARLETO, Alves, LB, 19/75, Santos (Bra 1) 5 starts, 4 subs out of 38.*Top prospect.*75 - 78 EDU, Soares Pina, LB, 19/72, Vasco da Gama (Bra1) 13 starts out of 38.72 - 79. MARCELO CORDEIRO, de Souza, LB, 27/83, Vitoria (Bra 1) 33 starts (5 goals) out of 38. 83 - 86 WELLINGTON SACI, Aleixo, LB, 23/70, Corinthians (Brazil 2) 18 starts out of 38 (1 goal). 70 - 78. PAROT, Alfonso, LB/CB, 19/71, Universidad Catolica (Chi 1) 8 starts out of 23. 71 - 78 DE LA BARRERA, Juan Carlos, LB, 25/79, Indios de Juarez (Mex1) 17 starts out of 17. 79 to 84. REYES, Jeikson, LB, 21/74, Alianza Lima (Per 1) 13 starts out of 26. 74 - 80 VASQUEZ, Jerson, LB/CB, 23/76, José Galvez (Per 1) 10 starts, 4 subs out of 26. 76 - 79 PROSPERI, Gonzalo, RB, 23/82, Argentinos Jrs (Arg1) 10 starts, 2 subs out of 19.82 - 84. ESPINOLA, Dario, RB/LB, 35/84, Arsenal de Sarandi (Arg1) 14 starts, 1 sub out of 19.84 - 86 AGUILAR, Pablo, RB/CB, 21/83, Colon (Arg1) 14 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 19.83 - 85 AGUILAR, Pablo, RB, 24/85, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) 14 starts (1 goal) out of 19. 85 - 87 DANELON, Alexis, RB/RM, 22/82, Rosario Central (Arg1) 14 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 82 - 85. NOCE, German, RB, 31/79, San Martin de Tucuman (Arg 1) 18 starts out of 19. 79 - 83 SAN ROMAN, Jose, RB/RM, 20/77, Tigre (Arg 1) 7 starts, 2 subs out of 19. 77 - 81[/ B] GASTON DIAZ, Ricardo, RB/RM, 20/80, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 13 starts, 2 subs out of 19. 80 - 85 ANDERSON LUIZ, Ribeiro, RB/RM, 20/82, Figueirense (Bra1) 20 starts, 5 subs out of 38. 82 - 84. FELIPE MATTIONI, Rohde, RB, 20/72, Gremio (Bra1) 10 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 72 - 79. RICARDO LOPES, Nelson, RB, 31/80, Internacional (Bra 1) 16 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 80 - 83 ELDER GRANJA, da Silva, RB/RM, 26/85, Palmeiras (Bra 1) 24 starts out of 38. 85 - 87 FABINHO CAPIXABA, Antonio, RB, 26/72, Palmeiras (Bra1) 12 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 72 - 78 CORZO, Aldo, RB/DM, 18/77, Alianza Lima (Per 1) 13 starts out of 26. 77 - 82 RODRIGUEZ, Matias Nicolas, RB/RM, 22/73, Nacional (Uru1) 14 starts out of 14. 73 - 83 CORUJO, Matias, RB/LB, 22/71, Wanderers (Uru1) 12 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 14. 71 - 80. CACERES, Julio, CB, 29/88, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 18 starts out of 20.88 - 89. FONDACARO, Carlos, CB, 21/??, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 2 subs out of 20. Boca Prospect. Keep an eye on new players FORLIN, Juan, CB, 20/71, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 7 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 20.71 - 79. MUNOZ, Ezequiel, CB, 18/75, Boca Juniors (Arg1) Very highly touted.No rise yet. PALETTA, Gabriel, CB, 22/87, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 14 starts out of 20.87 - 88. RONCAGLIA, Facundo, CB, 21/77, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 6 starts, 3 subs out of 20.77 - 81. CANDIA, Salustiano, CB, 25/83, Colon (Arg1) 15 starts out of 19.83 - 85. DUTARI, Francisco, CB, 20/82, Godoy Cruz (Arg 1) 18 starts out of 19. 82 - 84 CARACOCHE, Juan, CB, 20/78, Independiente (Arg 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 78 - 82 HOYOS, Santiago, CB/RB, 26/86, Lanus (Arg 1) 18 starts out of 19. 86 - 88 INSAURRALDE, Juan Manuel, CB, 24/82, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (4 goals) out of 19. 82 - 86 MUSACCHIO, Matteo, CB/RB, 18/75, River Plate (Arg 1) 3 starts, 1 sub out of 19. Future Star. 75 - 78 BRAGHERI, Diego, CB/LB, 21/82, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 16 starts (1 goal) out of 19. 82 - 85 BIANCHI ARCE, Nicolas, CB, 21/82, San Lorenzo (Arg 1) 16 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 82 - 86 FONTANELLO, Pablo, CB, 24/77, Tigre (Arg 1) 10 starts, 2 subs out of 19. 77 - 83 TOBIO, Omar Fernando, CB, 19/80, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 10 starts, 2 subs out of 19. 80 - 84 TORSIGLERI, Marco, CB/LB, 20/79, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 9 starts out of 19. 79 - 83 EDSON, Jose da Silva, CB, 22/75, Botafogo (Bra 1) 10 starts, 2 subs out of 38. 75 - 79 EDUARDO, Neto, CB, 20/74, Botafogo (Bra 1) 4 starts, 5 subs out of 38. 74 - 78 FELIPE, Trevizan, CB, 21/71, Coritiba (Bra1) 20 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 38.71 - 81 MAURICIO, Donizeti, CB, 23/82, Coritiba (Bra1) 34 starts (4 goals) out of 38. 82 - 85. RODRIGO MANCHA, Santos, CB/DM, 22/78, Coritiba (Bra 1) 31 starts (2 goals) out of 38. 78 - 83 BRUNO AGUIAR, Henrique, CB, 22/75, Figueirense (Bra1) 18 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 38. 75 - 80. BRUNO PERONE, Caldini, CB, 21/72, Figueirense (Bra1) 16 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 38. 72 - 80. RONALDO ANGELIM, Simoes, CB, 33/87, Flamengo (Bra 1) 35 starts (2 goals) out of 38. 87 - 89 SANDRO, Silva de Souza, CB, 20/75, Fluminense (Bra 1) 5 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 75 - 78 ERNANDO, Rodrigues, CB, 20/85, Goias (Bra 1) 33 starts (1 goal) out of 38. 85 - 87 HENRIQUE SANTOS, Leonardo, CB, 31/82, Goias (Bra 1) 29 starts (1 goal) out of 38. 82 - 85 HEVERTON, Cardoso da Silva, CB, 20/??, Gremio (Bra 1) (Not on DB) 2 starts (1 goal) out of 38. Top prospect. Keep an eye out LEO, Renan, CB, 20/87, Gremio (Bra1) 25 starts (3 goals) out of 39.87 - 88. PEREIRA, Fabio, CB, 29/86, Gremio (Bra 1) 27 starts (1 goal) out of 38. 86 - 87 REVER, Humberto, CB, 23/83, Gremio (Bra1) 35 starts (2 goals) out of 38.83 - 88. DANNY MORAIS, Bittencourt, CB, 23/74, Internacional (Bra1) 14 starts, 3 subs out of 38.74 - 81. TITI, Christian, CB, 20/71, Ipatinga (Bra 1) 6 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 71 - 76 JECI, Jose Borges, CB, 28/80, Palmeiras (Bra 1) 16 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 38. 80 - 83 MAURICIO, dos Santos, CB, 20/73, Palmeiras (Bra 1) 13 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 38. 73 - 79 RODRIGO ANTONIO, Do Nascimento, CB/DM, 21/80, Vasco da Gama (Bra 1) (Botafogo on DB) 25 starts, 2 subs ( 2 goals) out of 38. 80 - 83 VICTOR, Silva de Oliveira, CB, 20/72, Vasco da Gama (Bra 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 72 - 77 WALLACE, Reis da Silva, CB, 20/72, Vitoria (Bra1) 13 starts, 2 subs out of 38. 72 - 79. LABRIN, Carlos, CB, 18/80, Huachipato (Chi1) 16 starts out of 16. Captain of Chile U20. 80 - 83. ROJAS, Felipe, CB/DM, 22/76, O'Higgins (Chi 1) 19 starts (1 goal) out of 20. 76 - 82 VENEGAS, Luis Gerardo, CB, 24/84, Atlante (Mex1) 15 starts out of 17. 84 - 86. VIDRIO, Nestor Vicente, CB/DM, 18/85, Atlas (Mex1) 15 starts out of 17.85 - 87. OLVERA, Juan Antonio, CB, 22/78, Chivas de Guadalajara (Mex 1) 9 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 78 - 83 DOMINGUEZ, Julio Cesar, CB, 21/88, Cruz Azul (Mex1) 17 starts (1 goal) out of 17. 88 - 89. MOLINA, Jesus, CB/LB, 20/80, UNAL Tiges (Mex 1) 9 starts, 2 subs out of 17. 80 - 83 EFRAIN JUAREZ, Valdez, CB/RB, 20/74, UNAM (Mex 1) 16 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 74 - 84 CALDERON, Manuel, CB, 18/70, Universitario de Deportes (Per 1) 6 starts out of 26. 70 - 76 FAJARDO, John, CB, 19/69, Universitario de Deportes (Per 1) 2 starts out of 26. 69 - 74 RAMOS, Christian, CB, 20/83, Sporting Cristal (Per 1) 25 starts (1 goal) out of 26. 83 - 85 MUENTE, Attilo, CB, 28/80, Univesidad San Martin (Per 1) 26 starts out of 26. 80 - 83 ARISMENDI, Diego, CB/DM, Nacional (Uru 1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 14. Great prospect. 85 - 86 for now. VARGAS, Emilio, Def, 25/74, Cobreloa (Chi 1) 5 starts, 4 subs (2 goals) out of 25. 74 - 79 SAAVEDRA, Nelson, Def, 20/77, Palestino (Chi 1) 24 starts out of 24. 77 - 82 PEREZ, Sergio, Def, 23/82, Puebla (Mex 1) 14 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 82 - 84 RISSO, Mario, Def, 20/78, Defensor Sporting (Uru 1) 9 starts out of 14. 78 - 82 SANTUCHO, Carlos, Def, 23/76, Liverpool de Montevideo (Uru 1) 9 starts out of 14. 76 - 81 DIAZ, Dickson, Def, 28/76, UA Maracaibo (Ven 1) 13 starts, 1 sub out of 19. 76 - 80 BUSSE, Walter, LM, 21/75, Gimnasia de Jujuy (Arg1) (No Club on DB) 6 starts, 2 subs out of 19.75 - 79 GOMEZ, Ricardo, LM, 27/83, Gimnasia de Jujuy (Arg1) 19 starts (2 goals) out of 19. 83 - 85 CORDERO, Fernando, LM, 21/78, Union Espinola (Chi 1) 14 starts out of 18. 78 - 81 MERCIER, Juan, RM/AM, 28/84, Argentinos Juniors (Arg1) 16 starts (1 goal) out of 18.84 - 86 BLANCO, Sebastian, RM/LM, 20/87, Lanus (Arg 1) 17 starts, 2 subs (3 goals) out of 19. 87 - 88 SPERDUTTI, Luciano, RM/CM, 22/76, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) 1 start, 13 subs out of 19. 76 - 81 TORRES, Leandro, RM, 20/79, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) 13 starts, 4 subs out of 19. 79 - 84 PRICHODA, Lihue Dario, RM, 19/77, Racing Club (Arg 1) 8 starts, 10 subs out of 19. 77 - 82 ZUCULINI, Franco, RM, 18/78, Racing Club (Arg 1) 17 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 19. 78 - 85 PAGLIALUNCA, Mariano, RM/LM, 20/72, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 6 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 19. 72 - 79 ROSANO, Sebastian, RM/LM, 21/83, Tigre (Arg1) 10 starts, 2 subs out of 19.83 to 85. BELLA, Ivan, RM, 19/75, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 3 starts, 6 subs out of 19. Future Star. 75 - 80 FIGUEROA, Luis RM/CM, 25/85, Colo Colo (Chi 1) 22 starts (4 goals) out of 24. 85 - 87 FUENZALIDA, Jose Pedro, RM, 22/81, O'Higgins (Chi 1) (Colo Colo on DB) 19 starts, 1 sub (6 goals) out of 20. 81 - 84 PAGANONI, Jesus, RM, 20/70, Atlas (Mex 1) 3 starts out of 17. 70 - 75 VILLALUZ, Cesar, RM, 20/88, Cruz Azul (Mex 1) 15 starts, 1 sub out of 17.88 - 89. AGUILAR, Paul Nicolas, RM/RB, 22/86, Pachuca (Mex 1) 16 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 86 - 88 BAJTER, Maximiliano, RM/CM, 20/82, Penarol (Uru 1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 14. 82 - 85 ALARCON, Anibal, CM, 19/??, Argentinos Jrs (Arg1) (Not on DB) 1 start, 1 sub out of 19. Future Star.Keep an eye on database updates BOGADO, Mauro, CM, 23/74, Argentinos Jrs (Arg1) (Instituto de Cordoba on DB) 6 starts, 2 subs out of 19.74 - 79 BERTOLO, Nicolas, CM/RM, 22/83, Banfield (Arg1) (Nacional on DB) 18 starts (5 goals) out of 19. 83 - 87. PIO, Emmanuel, CM/DM, 20/80, Banfield (Arg1) 16 starts, 1 sub out of 19.80 - 85. NICOLAS GAITAN, Osvaldo, CM, 20/72, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 14 subs (4 goals) out of 20.72 - 80, RINAUDO, Fabian Andres, CM, 21/78, Gimnasia la Plata (Arg1) 10 starts out of 19. 78 - 83 FIGUEROA, Victor, CM, 25/81, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) 14 starts,4 subs (3 goals) out of 19. 81 - 83 OLMEDO, Nicolas, CM/DM, 25/80, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) 14 starts out of 19. 80 - 83 BLANCO, Jonathan, CM, 21/77, Tigre (Arg 1) 9 starts, 4 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 77 - 82 MARCIO ARAUJO, Rodrigues, CM/DM, 24/83, Atletico Mineiro (Bra1) 35 starts out of 38 (2 goals) 83 - 86. SERGIO ANTONIO, Junior, CM/DM, 22/75, Atletico Mineiro (Bra 1) 25 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 38. 75 - 84 CHICO, Luis, CM, 21/72, Atletico Paranaense (Bra1) 22 starts, 4 subs out of 38.72 - 83. IBSON, Barreto, CM/DM, 25/88, Flamengo (Bra 1) (On loan from FC Porto) 33 starts (11 goals) out of 38. 88 - 89 RAFAEL CARIOCA, Pereira, CM/DM, 19/80, Gremio (Bra1) 35 starts, 1 sub out of 38. Signed with Spartak.80 - 87. WILLIAN MAGRAO, Henrique, CM/DM, 21/80, Gremio (Bra1) 27 starts, 1 sub (3 goals) out of 38.80 - 86. DERLEY, Jesus Souza, CM, 22/72, Ipatinga (Bra 1) 10 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 72 - 79 JEAN, Raphael, CM, 22/83, Sao Paulo (Bra 1) 19 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 38. 83 - 86 ESPINOZA, Gerardo, CM/DM, 27/85, Atlante (Mex 1) (UNAM on DB) 17 starts out of 17. 85 - 87 TORRES, Jose Francisco, CM/RM, 21/80, Pachuca (Mex 1) 9 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 80 - 84 TORRES, Ignacio, CM, 25/83, San Luis (Mex 1) 14 starts, 2 subs out of 17. 83 - 86 VALVERDE, Marcio, CM, 21/78, Alianza Atletico (Per 1) 24 starts (3 subs) out of 26. 78 - 81 GOMEZ, Mario, CM/LM, 27/82, Ciencano (Per 1) (Juan Aurich on DB) 25 starts (1 goal) out of 26. Called up to Peru NT. 82 - 85 LIZARBE, Antonio, CM, 20/72, Sporting Cristal (Per 1) 4 starts, 3 subs out of 26. 72 - 78 SANCHEZ, Daniel Alonso, CM, 18/80, Sporting Cristal (Per1) 24 starts, 1 sub (4 goals) out of 26.80 - 85. BALLON, Jospmir, CM, 20/76, Universidad San Martin (Per 1) 10 starts, 7 subs out of 26. 76 - 80 FERREIRA, Dario, CM/DM, 21/78, Bella Vista (Uru 1) (Nacional on DB) 9 starts, 1 sub out of 14. 78 - 81 MIGUEZ, Pablo, CM, 21/77, Danubio (Uru 1) 6 starts, 5 subs out of 14. 77 - 81 SANCHEZ, Carlos, CM/RM, 24/78, Liverpool de Montevideo (Uru 1) 9 starts, 2 subs out of 14. 78 - 82 BRUM, Roberto, CM/RM, 25/80, Nacional (Uru 1) 12 starts (2 goals) out of 14. 80 - 84 LASERDA, Jonathan, CM, 21/73, Wanderers (Uru 1) (Rampla Juniors on DB) 13 starts (2 goals) out of 14. 73 - 81 VARGAS, Fabian, DM, 28/88, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 19 starts (2 goals) out of 20. 88 - 89. RENAN, Rodrigues, DM, 19/73, Atletico Paranaense (Bra 1) 6 starts out of 38. 73 - 78 LEANDRO DONIZETE, Goncalves, DM, 26/77, Coritiba (Bra 1) 16 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 77 - 80 MARQUINHO, Antonio, DM, 22/80, Figueirense (Bra 1) 25 starts, 2 subs (5 goals) out of 38. 80 - 84 AIRTON, Ribeiro Santos, DM, 18/78, Flamengo (Bra 1) 11 starts, 5 subs out of 38. 78 - 82 FERNANDO, Gomez, DM/CM, 22/80, Goias (Bra 1) 21 starts, 6 subs out of 38. 80 - 84 RAMALHO, Jose, DM/CM, 28/85, Goias (Bra 1) 30 starts, 1 sub out of 38. 85 - 87 EDUARDO ERE, DM, 20/75, Nautico (Bra1) 13 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 75 - 80 JUMAR, Jose da Costa, DM, 22/73, Palmeiras (Bra 1) 16 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 73 - 80 SANDRO SILVA, Laurindo, DM, 24/73, Palmeiras (Bra1) 22 starts, 6 subs (2 goals) out of 38.73 - 85. ERICK, Soares Rosa, DM/CM, 25/79, Portuguesa (Bra 1) 22 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 79 - 81 ZE LUIS, DM/CM, 29/85, Sao Paulo (Bra 1) 28 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 38. 85 - 88 PAVEZ, Luis, DM, 20/78, Palestino (Chi 1) 23 starts (1 goal) out of 24. 78 - 81 GUTIERREZ, Hector, DM, 22/70, Cruz Azul (Mex 1) 2 starts out of 17. 70 - 75 ROJAS, Ariel, M, 22/71, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) 12 starts, 3 subs out of 19.71 - 80. GONZALEZ, Diego Hernan, M, 20/85, Lanus (Arg1) 16 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 19. 85 - 87 LEO, M, 16/??, Fluminense (Bra 1) 1 start, 5 subs out of 38. Keep an eye out. KONTOGIANNIS, Lampros, M, 20/73, America (Mex 1) 5 starts, 2 subs out of 17.73 - 77. PACHECO, Edgar, M, 18/77, Atlas (Mex 1) 4 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 77 - 81 DE LA MORA, Marco, M, 19/??, Chivas de Guadalajara (Mex 1) (Not on DB) 5 starts, 8 subs (1 goal) out of 17. Keep an eye out. PARTIDA, Jose Ramon, M, 19/75, Tecos de la UAG (Mex 1) 9 starts, 4 subs out of 17. 75 - 82 PIEDRAHITA, Frank, M, 20/75, UA Maracaibo (Ven 1) 9 starts out of 19. 75 - 79 ACOSTA, Lucas, AM, 20/74, Colon (Arg1) 8 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 19. 74 - 79 RODRIGUEZ, Patricio, AM/F, 18/76, Independiente (Arg1) 1 starts, 5 subs out of 19. Future star. No rise yet GOMEZ, Jonathan David, AM, 19/75, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 3 starts, 6 subs out of 19. 75 - 78 MOREL, Martin Gerardo, AM/F, 28/84, Tigre (Arg 1) 16 starts, 1 sub (13 goals) out of 19. 84 - 87 RENAN OLIVEIRA, Henrique, AM/F, 18/75, Atletico Mineiro (Bra1) 27 starts, 1 sub (6 goals) out of 38.75 - 85. MARLOS, Romero, AM/LM, 20/78, Coritiba (Bra 1) 20 starts, 13 subs (4 goals) out of 38. 78 - 83 CAMILO, Farias, AM, 22/78, Cruizeiro (Bra 1) 6 starts, 10 subs out of 38. 78 - 81 TARTA, Vinicius, AM/F, 19/77, Fluminense (Bra 1) 11 starts, 16 subs (4 goals) out of 38. 77 - 83 DOUGLAS COSTA, de Souza, AM, 18/75, Gremio (Bra1) 5 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 38.Highly touted.75 - 78. TAISON, Barcellos, AM, 20/75, Internacional (Bra1) 18 starts, 11 subs (2 goals), 75 - 85. BIDA, Valmir, AM, 23/78, Santos (Bra 1) 16 starts (2 goals) out of 38. 78 - 83 ROBSON, Signorini (Robinho), AM/W, 21/72, Santos (Bra 1) 5 starts, 3 subs out of 38. 72 - 76 HUGO, Henrique, AM/LM, 26/88, Sao Paulo (Bra 1) 32 starts, 1 sub (14 goals) out of 38. 88 - 90 KASSIO, Rinaldo, AM, 21/72, Sport Recife (Bra 1) 10 starts, 7 subs (1 goal) out of 38. 72 - 78 ALEX TEXEIRA, Santo, AM/F, 19/77, Vasco da Gama (Bra1) 24 starts, 5 subs (5 goals) out of 38.77 - 83. MADSON, Formagini, AM, 22/80, Vasco da Gama (Bra 1) 28 starts, 2 subs (6 goals) out of 38. Signed with Santos. 80 - 85 RAFAEL SILVA, Nascimento, AM, 24/75, Vasco da Gama (Bra 1) 12 starts out of 38. 75 - 79 MARQUINHOS, Goncalves, AM/F, 19/80, Vitoria (Bra1) 29 starts, 1 sub (7 goals) out of 38.80 - 84. WILLIANS SANTANA, Santos, AM, 20/76, Vitoria (Bra1) 29 starts, 3 subs (3 goals) out of 38.76 - 83 ELIAS, Mendes, AM, 23/72, Corinthians (Brazil 2) 30 starts (3 goals) out of 38. 72 - 81. MEDEL, Marco, AM/F, 19/75, Audax Italiano (Chi 1) 5 starts, 4 subs out of 20. 75 - 80 SARABIA, Victor, AM, 25/79, Huachipato (Chi 1) 11 starts, 5 subs (4 goals) out of 21. 79 - 81 SANCHEZ, Jesus Armando, AM, 24/82, America (Mex1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 17 82 - 86. CALDERON, Nestor, AM, 19/78, Toluca (Mex 1) 11 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 78 - 84 BARROS, Juan, AM/F, 19/77, Coronel Bolognesi (Per 1) 18 starts, 3 subs (9 goals) out of 26. 77 - 82 PINTOS, Pablo, AM/F, 25/78, Defensor Sporting (Uru 1) 9 starts out of 14. 78 - 82 CARUSO, Leandro, W, 24/75, Godoy Cruz (Arg1) (Arsenal de Sarandi on DB) 13 starts, 5 subs out of 19 (6 goals). 75 - 82. BARRIENTOS, Pablo, W/AM, 23/86, San Lorenzo (Arg 1) 16 starts (7 goals) out of 19. 86 - 88 MUNOZ, Pedro, W/F, 22/77, Cobresal (Chi 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (3 goals) out of 18. 77 - 81 SANCHEZ, Alfredo, W/F, 21/70, Atlas (Mex1) 7 starts, 6 subs out of 17. 70 - 81. SANTIBANEZ, Edwin, W, 28/81, Indios de Juarez (Mex 1) 17 starts out of 17. 81 - 84. MORALES, Fernando, W, 23/81, UNAM (Mex 1) 17 starts (3 goals) out of 17. 81 - 86 CAMACHO, Washington, W/F, 20/75, Bella Vista (Uru 1) 6 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 14.*75 -79 FERREIRA, Facundo, F, 17/??, Banfield (Arg1) (Not on DB) 1 start, 2 subs (1 Goal) out of 19.Keep an eye on New Players GARCIA, Cristian Andres, F, 20/??, Banfield (Arg1) (Not on DB) 6 starts, 5 subs (1 goal), Keep an eye on New Players MOUCHE, Pablo, F, 21/76, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 2 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 20.76 - 79 NOIR, Ricardo Daniel, F, 21/73, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 7 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) out of 20,73 - 82. VIATRI, Lucas, F, 21/75, Boca Juniors (Arg1) 18 starts, 1 sub (8 goals) out of 20.75 - 86. SCIORILLI, Sebastian Hector F/AM, 19/74, Colon (Arg1) (Loan from River Plate) (River Plate on DB) 1 start, 6 subs out of 19. Top Prospect. 74 - 77 BOSELLI, Mauro, F, 23/85, Estudiantes (Arg1) 13 starts, 2 subs (8 goals) out of 19. 85 - 88. NIELL, Franco, F, 25/81, Gimnasia la Plata (Arg1) 15 starts, 2 subs (3 goals) out of 19.81 - 85. COLZERA, Ariel, F, 22/75, Huracan (Arg1) 12 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 19. 75 - 82 PASTORE, Javier, F, 19/74, Huracan (Arg1) 6 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 19. 74 - 79 LAGOS, Diego, F/AM, 22/82, Lanus (Arg 1) 11 starts, 5 subs (5 goals) out of 19, 82 - 86 SALVIO, Eduardo, F/W, 18/76, Lanus (Arg 1) 12 starts (4 goals) out of 19. 76 - 83 TORRES, Diego, F/W, 26/83, Newell's Old Boys (Arg 1) 15 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 83 - 86 CABALLERO, Pablo, F, 22/71, Racing Club (Arg 1) (Nacional on DB) 1 start, 14 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 71 - 79 BOU, Gustavo, F/AM, 18/73, River Plate (Arg 1) 5 starts, 2 subs (1 goal). 73 - 79 DIAZ, Mauro, F, 17/??, River Plate (Arg 1) (Not on DB) 3 starts, 3 subs out of 19. Keep an eye on the new players. CARAGLIO, Milton, F, 20/78, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 6 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 78 - 81 NUNEZ, Gervasio, F/AM, 20/76, Rosario Central (Arg 1) 8 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 76 - 82 ALTOBELLI, Leonel, F, 22/80, Tigre (Arg 1) 14 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 80 - 85 CRISTALDO, Jonathan, F, 19/80, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 16 starts, 1 sub (5 goals) out of 19. 80 - 85 MARTINEZ, Juan Manuel, F, 23/83, Velez Sarsfield (Arg 1) 11 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 83 - 85 FABIO, Jose, F, 21/75, Botafogo (Bra 1) 6 starts, 8 subs out of 38. 75 - 79 KEIRRISON, Carneiro, F, 20/83, Coritiba (Bra1) 30 starts, 1 sub (21 goals) out of 38. Bought by Palmeiras. 83 - 87. GUILHERME, Milhomem, F/AM, 20/87, Cruzeiro (Bra 1) 32 starts (18 goals) out of 38. 87 - 89 MAICON, Bittencourt, F, 18/70, Fluminense (Bra 1) 7 starts, 6 subs out of 38. 70 - 77 MARCEL, Augustin, F, 27/85, Gremio (Bra 1) 24 starts, 3 subs (7 goals) out of 38. 85 - 87 PEREA, Edixon, F, 24/87, Gremio (Bra 1) 25 starts, 2 subs (8 goals) out of 38. 87 - 88 GUTO, Augusto, F, 20/??, Internacional (Bra 1) (Not on DB) 6 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 38. Keep an eye out. WALTER, Henrique da Silva, F, 19/??, Internacional (Bra 1) (Not on DB) 4 starts, 7 subs out of 38. Keep an eye out DENTINHO, Bruno Bonfim, F, 20/83, Corinthinans (Bra2) 28 starts (14 goals) out of 38.83 - 86. ALOISIO, dos Santos, F, 20/75, FC Chiasso (Swiss 2nd, FA on DB) Scoring for fun, going back to Gremio for 2009, 7.5 mil release clause. No Rise for Now. GAZALE, David, F, 24/80, Colo Colo (Chi 1) (Deportes Concepcion on DB) 17 starts, 5 sub (8 goals) out of 24. 80 - 85 BAREIRO, Nestor, F, 25/77, O'Higgins (Chi 1) 20 starts (16 goals) out of 20. Clausura Joint Top Scorer. 77 - 84 IBANEZ, Francisco, F, 22/77, Palestino (Chi 1) 14 starts, 8 subs (10 goals) out of 24. 77 - 82 CELLERINO, Gaston, F, 21/80, Rangers de Talca (Chi 1) 22 starts (16 goals) out of 23. Clausura Joint Top Scorer.80 - 83 ARANCIBIA, Roque, F/W, 25/76, Santiago Morning (Chi 1) 14 starts, 1 sub out of 21. 76 - 79 BARRIENTOS, Sebastian, F, 19/73, Universidad Catolica (Chi 1) 5 starts (2 goals) out of 23. 73 - 77 BOGADO, Ariel, F, 24/84, Atlas (Mex 1) 16 starts (7 goals) out of 17. 84 - 87. VARGAS, Gonzalo, F, 27/83, Atlas (Mex1) 15 starts, 1 sub (5 goals) out of 17.83 - 86. VIGNERI, Nicolas, F, 25/85, Cruz Azul (Mex1) 15 starts, 1 sub (4 goals) out of 17.85 - 87. HERNANDEZ, Elias, F, 22/75, Morelia (Mex1) 6 starts, 10 subs (3 goals) out of 17. 75 - 81. ZAVALA, Jesus Eduardo, F, 21/70, Monterrey (Mex 1) 2 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 70 - 76 HERRERA, Agustin, F, 23/78, Santos Laguna (Mex 1) 2 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 78 - 81 RIVAS, Arnhold, F, 19/75, Tecos de la UAG (Mex 1) 3 starts, 7 subs (2 goals) out of 17. 75 - 80 ESQUIVEL, Carlos, F, 26/84, Toluca (Mex 1) 15 starts (1 goal) out of 16. 84 - 86 MANCILLA, Hector, F, 28/86, Toluca (Mex 1) 16 starts (11 goals) out of 17. 86 - 88 DE LEON, Jonathan, F, 21/72, UNAL Tiges (Mex 1) 9 starts, 5 subs out of 17. 72 - 80 CARMONA, Giancarlo, F, 23/77, Alianza Lima (Per 1) (Alianza Atletico on DB) 14 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 26.*77 - 81 WESLEY, Almeida, F, 27/77, Sporting Cristal (Per 1) 11 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 26. 77 - 81 LARROSA, Gerardo, F, 24/73, Bella Vista (Uru 1) (Cerro on DB) 3 starts, 5 subs out of 14. 73 - 77 RUBBO, Mariano, F, 20/70, Defensor Sporting (Uru 1) 3 starts out of 14. Has become titular in the past 4. 70 - 75 GARCIA, Santiago, F, 18/80, Nacional (Uru 1) 10 starts, 2 subs, (5 goals) out of 14. 80 - 84 HERNANDEZ, Abel, F, 18/80, Penarol (Uru 1) (Central Espanol on DB) 3 starts, 5 subs (3 goals) out of 14. Future Star. 80 - 82 GUADALUPE, Victor, F, 19/72, Rampla Juniors (Uru 1) 1 start, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 14. 72 - 77 PUERARI, Gaston, F, 22, 77, Rampla Juniors (Uru 1) 9 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 14. 77 - 80 CHARQUERO, Jonathan, F, 19/77, Wanderers (Uru 1) 7 starts, 3 subs (5 goals) out of 14. 77 - 80 DEL VALLE, Jonathan, F, 18/72, Deportivo Tachira (Ven 1) (UA Maracaibo on DB) 5 starts, 4 subs out of 18. (7 starts, 4 subs for Maracaiblo during Clausura) 72 - 78 ARRAYA, Juan Jose, CF, 22/80, Gimnasia de Jujuy (Arg1) 13 starts, 6 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 80 - 84 NANNI, Roberto, CF, 27/77, Velez Sarsfield (No Club on DB) 5 starts, 4 subs out of 19. 77 - 80 CASTILLO, Jairo, CF, 25/79, Atletico Mineiro (Bra 1) 19 starts, 8 subs (3 goals) out of 19. 79 - 83 HENRIQUE DIAS, Carvalho, CF, 24/75, Coritiba (Bra1) 3 starts, 14 subs, 75 - 79. ROGER, Rodrigues, CF, 23/80, Sport Recife (Bra 1) 26 starts, 2 subs (11 goals) out of 38. 80 - 85 PIRIZ, Victor Enrique, CF, 28/84, San Luis (Mex 1) 17 starts (7 goals) out of 17. 84 - 87 CRUZADO, Angelo, CF, 29/78, Jose Galvez (Per 1) 17 starts, 4 subs (3 goals) out of 26. 78 - 81 Week 2 : Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia KELAVA, Ivan, Gk, 20/78, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro 1) 9 starts out of 18. 78 - 82. SUBASIC, Danijel, Gk, 24/82, Hajduk Split (Cro 1) 18 starts out of 18. 82 - 86. IBANEZ, Luis, LB/LM, 20/72, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro 1) 14 apps (1 goal) out of 18,72 - 81. STRINIC, Ivan, LB/LM, 21/73, Hajduk Split (Cro 1) 13 apps (1 goal) out of 18.73 - 81. LOVREN, Dejan, CB, 19/80, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro 1) 14 apps (1 goal) out of 18.80 - 84. MALOCA, Mario, CB/DM, 19/80, Hajduk Split (Cro 1) 15 apps out of 18. 80 - 83. SPAHIJA, Hrvoje, CB, 20/??, Sibenik (Cro 1) 6 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) out of 18. Keep an eye out PALCIC, Zlatko, Def, 25/73, NK Zagreb (Cro 1) 8 apps out of 18. 73 - 78. ADEMI, Arijan, Def, 17/72, Sibenik (Cro 1) 4 starts, 12 subs out of 18. 72 - 78 OREMUS, Mirko, LM/RM, 20/71, Hajduk Split (Cro 1) 16 apps (1 goal) out of 18. 71 - 81. ALISPAHIC, Mehmed, RM, 21/74, Sibenik (Cro 1) 18 starts (2 goals) out of 18. 74 - 82. BATARELO, Ante, RM/LM, 24/74, Inter Zapresic (Cro 1) 10 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 18. 74 - 78. MAZALOVIC, Tomislav, M, 18/71, Cibalia (Cro 1) 13 apps (1 goal) out of 18. 71 - 78. PAVLICIC, Tomislav, M, 25/71, Cibalia (Cro 1) 17 apps out of 18 (3 goals). 71 - 79. JUGOVIC, Vedran, M, 19/70, Osijek (Cro 1) 15 apps out of 18. 70 - 79. BADELJ, Milan, AM/CM, 19/78, Dinamo Zagreb (Cro 1) 18 apps (3 goals) out of 18, 78 - 83. TICINOVIC, Mario, AM/F, 17/72, Hajduk Split (Cro 1) 14 apps (1 goal) out of 18. 72 - 79. KOVAC, Josko, AM, 21/72, Sibenik (Cro 1) 2 starts, 10 subs (1 goal) out of 18. 72 - 77 SIMUNAK, Vlatko, F, 18/68, Cibalia (Cro 1) 8 apps out of 18.68 - 76. KRIZMAN, Sandi, F, 19/73, Rijeka (Cro 1) 14 apps (2 goals) out of 18. 73 - 79. MILICEVIC, Ivan, CF, 20/72, Osijek (Cro 1) 18 apps (4 goals) out of 18. 72 - 81. Week 3 : Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania ARCABA, Tomislav, Gk, 25/70, Gloria Buzau (Rom 1) 4 starts out of 16. 70 - 76. PLESCA, Razvan, Gk, 26/74, Politechnica Iasi (Rom 1) 9 starts out of 16. 74 - 79. ELINTON ANDRADE, Sanchotene, Gk, 29/83, Rapid Bucuresti (Rom 1) 12 starts out of 16. 83 - 85. ARLAUSKIS, Giedrius, Gk, 21/80, Unirea Urziceni (Rom 1) 14 starts out of 16. 80 - 84. KROL, Krzysztof, LB, 21/65, Jagiellonia (Pol 1) 12 starts out of 16. 65 - 79. CARJA, Marian, RB, 20/74, Otelul Galati (Rom 1) 8 starts, 4 subs (took over the starters role) out of 16. 74 - 79. WOJTKOWIAK, Grzegorz, CB/LB, 24/80, Lech Poznan (Pol 1) 16 starts out of 16. 80 - 84. JUNIOR DIAZ, Enrique, CB/LB, 25/80, Wisla Krakow. (Pol 1) 13 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) of 17. 80 - 85. GHIONEA, Sorin, CB, 29/85, Steaua Bucuresti (Rom 1) 14 starts out of 16.85 - 87. GAMAN, Marius, CB, 19/78, Universitatea Craiova (Rom 1) 14 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 17.78 - 82. PLOTKA, Michal, Def, 20/74, Arka Gdynia (Rom 1) 16 starts out of 18, 74 - 79. FIRTULESCU, Dragos, LM/LB, 19/66, Universitatea Craiova (Rom 1) 0 starts, 6 subs out of 16. 66 - 74. ROMAN, Mihai, RM/AM, 24/75, FC Brasov (Rom 1) 11 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) of 16. 75 - 79. BORYSIUK, Ariel, DM, 17/76, Legia Waszawa (Pol 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 18.76 - 80. JUCEMAR, Decio, M, 22/74, Ujpest (*** 1) 12 starts out of 12.74 - 80. KAJOSEVIC, Damir, M, 21/72, Jagiellonia (Pol 1) 7 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 16. 72 - 78. BOURCEANU, Alexandru, M, 23/77, Otelul Galati. (Rom 1) 15 starts out of 16. 77 - 82. GOL, Janusz, F, 23/70, GKS Belchakow. (Pol 1) 13 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 70 - 80. LEWANDOWSKI, Robert, F, 20/74, Lech Poznan (Pol 1) 13 starts, 3 subs (7 goals) out of 16. 74 - 83. KUJAWA, Rafal, F, 20/75, LKS Lodz (Pol 1) 10 starts, 4 subs (2 goals) out of 18. 75 - 79. SOBCZAK, Marcin, F, 21/72, Ruch Chorzow (Pol 1) 3 starts, 4 subs (3 goals) out of 17. 72 - 78. SOBIECH, Artur, F, 18/68, Ruch Chorzow (Pol 1) 0 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 68 - 75. KIELB, Jacek, F/W, 20/68, Korona Kielce (Pol 2) 10 starts, 8 subs (5 goals) out of 18. 68 - 77. PENA, Marius, F, 23/75, Otelul Galati. (Rom 1) 13 starts, 2 subs (3 goals) out of 16. 75 - 82. RADUTA, Lucian, F, 20/72, Rapid Bucuresti (Rom1) 1 start, 3 subs,1 goal, great prospect.72 - 76. KASZUBA, Jakub, CF, 20/71, Cracovia (Pol 1) 4 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 18. 71 - 76. SBURLEA, Sabrin, CF, 19/70, FC Brasov (Rom 1) 1 start, 7 subs (2 goals) out of 16.70 - 77. Week 4 : Austria, Denmark, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Slovakia Last update : Dec 21 RENSING, Michael, Gk, 24/88, Bayern Munich (Ger 1) 17 starts out of 17.88 - 89. LUCIANO, Silva, Gk, 28/81, FC Groningen (Net 1) 15 starts out of 16.81 - 85. RICHTER, Simon, LB/RB, 23/78, FC Nordsjaelland (Den 1) 13 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 17. 78 - 82. SCHMELZER, Marcel, LB, 20/80, Borussia Dortmund (Ger 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 15.80 - 84. MOISANDER, Niklas, LB, 23/79, AZ Alkmaar (Net 1) 14 starts out of 16. 79 - 85. GORTER, Donny, LB/LM, 20/72, NAC Breda (Net 1) 3 starts, 10 subs (1 goal) out of 16 games. 72 - 78. SLIJNGARD, Donovan, LB/CB, 21/73, Sparta Rotterdam (Net 1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 16.73 - 80 VAN EIJDEN, Rens, RB, 20/71, Willem II (Net 1) on loan from PSV 11 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 16.71 - 80. JORGENSEN, Mathias Zanka, CB, 18/80, FC København (Den 1) 9 starts, 3 subs out of 17.80 - 84. HENRIQUE, Adriano Buss, CB/RB, 22/86, Bayer Leverkusen (Ger 1) 17 starts out of 17. 86 - 88. HUMMELS, Mats, CB, 19/84, Borussia Dortmund (Ger 1) 11 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 17.84 - 86. SUBOTIC, Neven, CB, 20/85, Borussia Dortmund (Ger 1) 17 starts (5 goals) out of 17.Napoli in '09. 85 - 88. ANDERSON, Soares, CB, 20/73, VFL Osnabruck (Ger 2) 8 starts, 2 subs out of 17. 73 - 78. MARCELLIS, Dirk, CB/RB, 20/87, PSV (Net 1) 13 starts out of 15. 87 - 89. MACH, Petr, Def, 23/72, Mlada Boleslav. (Cze 1) 12 starts out of 16, 72 - 81. KONECNIK, Zdenek, LM, 21/74, FC Tescoma Zlin (Cze 1) 5 starts, 1 sub out of 16, 74 - 77. TOSKI, Faton, LM/AM, 21/83, Eintracht Frankfurt. (Ger 1) 10 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 17.83 - 86. BRAGANCA, Jaime, LM/W, 25/73, FC Ingolstadt 04. (Ger 2) 3 starts, 6 subs out of 17. 73 - 76. KOUSEMAKER, Wilmer, LM/DM, 23/73, Haarlem (Net 2) 6 goals.73 - 76. LAWAL, Ayinde Jamiu, LM/LB, 20/67, NONE Signed with Midtijland for '09. No Rise yet. PIERMAYR, Thomas, RM/RB, 19/74, LASK Linz (Aut 1) 5 starts, 11 subs (2 goals) out of 22. 74 - 79. BLASZCZYKOWSKI, Jakub, RM/AM, 23/87, Borussia Dortmund (Ger 1) 14 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 17.87 - 88. CLAUDEMIR, Domingues, RM/CM, 20/82, Vitesse Arnhem (Net 1) 16 starts out of 16. 82 - 85. JIRANEK, Petr, M, 22/75, Viktoria Plzen (Cze 1) 13 starts, 3 subs out of 16. 75 - 81. RESODIHARDJO, Leroy, M, 21/74, ADO Den Haag (Net 1) 9 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 16. 74 - 79. KOCH, Matthias, CM, 20/73, Rheindorf Altach. (Aut 1) 11 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 22. 73 - 79. BREUKERS, Tim, CM, 21/74, Heracles Almelo (Net 1) 13 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 74 - 81. BELAID, Tijani, AM/RM, 21/85, Slavia Praha (Cze 1) 12 starts, 1 sub (8 goals) out of 16.85 - 87. VAN DER VELDEN, Nick, AM/CM, 24/79, AZ Alkmaar (Net 1) 8 starts, 5 subs out of 15. 79 - 82. VAN WOLFSWINKEL, Rick, AM, 19/72, Vitesse Arnhem (Net 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (3 goals) out of 16.72 - 83. CACA, Lucas, W/F, 26/82, Aalborg BK (Den 1) 11 starts, 5 subs (5 goals) out of 17.82 - 85. BAUMJOHANN, Alexander, W, 21/76, Borussia Monchengladbach (Ger 1) 6 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 17.76 - 82. HESSE, Kai, W/F, 23/75, 1. FC Kaiserslautern (Ger 2) 8 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 17. 74 - 78. OVERTOOM, Willy, W, 22/73, Heracles Almelo (Net 1) 11 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 16.73 - 80. FANTIS, Antonin, F, 16/74, 1 FK Pribram (Cze 1) 3 starts, 8 subs out of 16.74 - 78. DOLEZAL, Martin, F, 18/72, Sigma Olomouc (Cze 1) 5 subs. 72 - 75. LITTERI, Gianluca, F, 20/72, Slavia Praha (Cze 1) 1 start, 1 sub (1 goal).Loan from Inter.72 - 75. NECID, Tomas, F, 19/83, Slavia Praha (Cze 1) 14 starts, 2 subs (11 goals) out of 16.Signed with CSKA.83 - 87. WILFRIED, Bono, F, 20/74, Sparta Praha (Cze 1) 1 start, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 16.74 - 78. HELMES, Patrick, F, 24/87, Bayer Leverkusen (Ger 1) 17 starts (12 goals) out of 17.87 - 89. VALDEZ, Nelson, F, 24/87, Borussia Dortmund (Ger 1) 11 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 15.87 - 88. EL HAMDAOUI, Mounir, F/AM, 24/84, AZ Alkmaar (Net 1) 15 starts (15 goals) out of 16.84 - 87 NTIBAZONKIZA, Saidi, F/W, 21/76, NEC Nijmegen (Net 1) 13 starts, 2 subs (5 goals) out of 16. 76 - 83. BUTTNER, Alexander, F/W, 19/73, Vitesse Arnhem (Net 1) 13 starts, 2 subs out of 16.73 - 81. KOC, Serhat, F, 18/75, Eindhoven (Net 2) 13 goals, signed with Groningen for '09, 75 - 79. JANKO, Marc, CF, 25/85, Red Bull Salzburg (Aut 1) 15 starts, 2 subs (30 goals) out of 21. 85 - 88. MAIERHOFER, Stefan, CF, 26/85, SK Rapid Wien (Aut 1) 20 starts, 2 subs (19 goals) out of 22. 85 - 87. JALLOW, Ousman, CF, 20/75, Brøndby IF (Den 1) 10 starts (5 goals) out of 17 (arrived when the season was started).75 - 82. IBISEVIC, Vedad, CF, 24/85, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Gen 1) 17 starts (18 goals) out of 17. 85 - 88. Week 5 : Belgium, France and Switzerland SCHOLLEN, Davy, Gk, 30/82, Anderlecht (Bel 1) Started 2 matches, but the regular broke his leg, Schollen will be starting the rest of the year. No rise yet. OSPINA, David, Gk, 20/85, Nice (Fra 1) 5 starts, just became starter. Columbian international.No rise yet. BROCARD, Arnaud, Gk, 22/70, Lens (Fra 2) Started 4 out of 17, still backing up the injured Runje. 70 - 77. SISSOKO, Oumar, Gk, 21/72, Metz (Fra 2) 6 starts, 1 sub out of 17. Backup to an injured starter. 72 - 79. FAIVRE, Guillaume, Gk, 21/78, Neuchatel Xamax (CH 1) 18 starts out of 18. 78 - 82. JASSE, Maxime, LB/DM, 20/70, Auxerre (Fra 2) 0 starts, 5 subs out of 19.70 - 75. SABO, Jean-Philippe, LB, 21/74, Montpellier HSC (Fra 2) 6 starts, 10 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 74 - 79. FANCHONE, Jean-Alain, LB, 20/78, Strasbourg (Fra 2) 12 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 77 - 83. EDJENGUELE, William, LB/CB, 21/77, Neuchatel Xamax (CH 1) 12 starts, 2 subs out of 18. 77 - 80. GASSAMA, Lamine, RB/CB, 19/78, Lyon. (Fra 1) 5 starts out of 18. 78 - 81. MARTINETTI, Nicolas, RB, 19/70, Bastia (Fra 2) 3 starts out of 17.70 - 75. SARE, Bakary, CB/DM, 18/72, Anderlecht (Bel 1) 2 starts, 2 subs out of 16.72 - 77 SORO, Bakary, CB, 23/75, Lorient. (Fra 1) 6 starts, 5 subs out of 19. 75 - 81. ECUELE MANGA, Bruno, CB, 20/80, Angers SCO (Fra 2) 14 starts, 1 sub (1 goal) out of 17.80 - 83. DAVID ABRAHAM, Angel, CB, 22/86, FC Basel (CH 1) 16 starts out of 17. 86 to 87. GOMES, Mike, Def, 20/71, Neuchatel Xamax. (CH 1) 6 starts out of 18. 71 - 77. PAPASSARANTIS, Yanis, LM, 20/75, KSV Roeselare (Bel 1) 6 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 75 - 79. OLLE OLLE, Alain Junior, LM/LB, 21/75, SC Freiburg (Ger 2) 1 sub, Cameroon international.No rise yet PEROVIC, Marko, LM/CM, 24/83, FC Basel (CH 1) 9 starts, 4 subs (5 goals) of 16. 83 - 85. ROSALES, Roberto, RM/RB, 20/83, KAA Gent (Bel 1) 15 starts (1 goal) out of 16.83 - 85. VILLANO, Vitorio, RM/AM, 20/73, Tubize (Bel 1) 13 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 16.73 - 79. LEBBHI, Badis, RM, 18/67, Lille (Fra 1) Youth star for France.No rise yet. TOURE, Zargo, RM/AM, 19/75, Boulogne (Fra 2) 11 starts, 2 subs out of 17.75 - 81. FORTES, Odair, RM/RB, 21/74, Reims (Fra 1) 3 starts, 8 subs out of 17.74 - 77. FREI, Fabian, RM/AM, 19/81, FC Basel (CH 1) 6 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 17. 81 - 83. DE METS, Gertjan, DM, 21/72, Club Brugge (Bel 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 16.72 - 81. NARRY, Moussa, DM, 22/84, Auxerre (Fra 1) 15 starts, 1 sub out of 18. 84 - 86. VINICIUS RECHE, Cunha, DM, 24/74, Angers (Fra 2) 3 starts, 7 subs out of 17(1 goal). 74 - 78. BOATENG, Charles, DM/CM, 19/78, Dijon FCO (Fra 2) 8 starts, 6 subs (2 goals) out of 17, 78 - 81. DEAUX, Lucas, DM/D, 19/74, Reims (Fra 2) 12 starts (3 goals) out of 17.74 - 81. FAUSSURIER, Julien, DM, 21/75, Troyes (Fra 2) 13 starts, 2 subs out of 17. 75 - 82. N'DIAYE, Alfred, CM/DM, 18/74, Nancy (Fra 1) 6 starts, 3 subs out of 17.74 - 79. MARTIN, Malaury, CM/AM, 20/74, Sochaux (Fra 1) 9 starts, 3 subs out of 18. 74 - 82. TULASNE, Geoffrey, CM, 20/72, Sochaux (Fra 1) 3 starts, 4 subs out of 18. 72 - 79. KASHI, Ahmed, CM, 20/73, Chateauroux. (Fra 2) 7 starts, 1 sub out of 17. 73 - 79. AFFOLTER, Francois, CM, 17/80, Young Boys (CH 1) 10 starts out of 18,80 - 82. HAZARD, Eden, AM, 17/70, Lille (Fra 1) 2 starts, 9 subs (2 goals) out of 19.75 - 80. LICATA, Alexandre, AM/F, 24/82, Monaco (Fra 1) 7 starts, 4 subs (3 goals) out of 19 82 - 85. MOIZINI, Salim, W, 23/70, Bastia (Fra 2) 0 starts, 6 subs out of 17. 70 - 75. KARABOUÉ, Lossémy, W, 20/73, Sedan (Fra 2) 6 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 73 - 79. ABDI, Almen, W/AM, 22/86, FC Zurich (CH 1) 15 starts (5 goals) out of 18.86 - 87. NIKCI, Adrian, W, 19/80, FC Zurich (CH 1) 8 starts, 9 subs out of 18 80 - 83 RAVET, Yoric, F, 19/72, Grenoble (Fra 1) 3 subs, brilliant prospect.72 - 75. BOLI, Yannick, F, 20/73, Le Havre (Fra 1) 4 starts, 3 subs out of 18. 73 - 78 REMY, Loic, F/W, 21/87, Nice (Fra 1) 14 starts (6 goals) out of 18.87 - 88. AUBAMEYANG, Pierre-Emerick, F, 19/78, Dijon FCO (Fra 2) 13 starts, 4 subs (5 goals) out of 17 78 - 82 MONNET-PAQUET, Kevin, F/W, 20/82, Lens (Fra 2) 14 starts, 2 subs (7 goals) out of 17.82 - 85. FARINA, Nicolas, F, 22/73, Metz (Fra 2) 0 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 17. 73 - 78. LEPILLER, Matthias, F, 20/69, Grasshopper (CH 1) 4 subs. 69 - 73. BROWN, Ideye, CF, 20/78, Neuchatel Xamax (CH 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (5 goals) out of 18. 78 - 83. KAMULETE-MAKIESE, Chris, CF, 21/73, Charleroi (Bel 1) 3 starts, 5 subs out of 16.73 - 78. SONCK, Wesley, CF, 30/86, Club Brugge (Bel 1) 16 starts (9 goals) out of 16. 86 - 87. MAIGA, Modibo, CF, 22/84, Le Mans (Fra 1) 14 starts, 4 subs (5 goals) out of 18. 84 - 87. NIMANI, Frederic, CF, 20/83, Monaco (Fra 1) 9 starts, 5 subs (4 goals) out of 19.83 - 86. BEKAMENGA, Christian, CF, 22/75, Nantes (Fra 1) 7 starts, 6 subs (2 goals) out of 19. 75 - 82. HOARAU, Guillaume, CF, 24/87, Paris Saint-Germain (Fra 1) 17 starts, 1 sub (10 goals) out of 18.87 - 89. PRIVAT, Sloan, CF, 19/74, Sochaux (Fra 1) 2 starts, 9 subs (4 goals).74 - 81. SEBASTIAN RIBAS, Cesar, CF, 20/77, Dijon FCO (Fra 2) 15 starts, 1 sub (6 goals) out of 17. 77-82. TOURE, Youssouf, CF, 22/75, Tours (Fra 2) 5 starts, 9 subs (1 goals) out of 17. 75 - 80. HASSLI, Eric, CF, 27/84, FC Zurich (CH 1) 15 starts (10 goals) out of 18. 84 - 86. MEHMEDI, Admir, CF, 17/73, FC Zurich (CH 1) 7 subs, 1 goal.73 - 78. DOUMBIA, Seydou, CF, 20/80, Young Boys (CH 1) 1 start, 13 subs (5 goals) out of 18. 80 - 83. Week 6 : England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales Last update Dec 21 TURNBULL, Ross, Gk, 23/84, Middlesbrough (Eng 1) 17 starts out of 18.84 - 86 LOACH, Scott, Gk, 20/73, Watford (Eng 2) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 24.73 - 78 ESSON, Ryan, Gk, 28/72, Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Sco 1) 8 starts out of 19.72 - 77 NIELSEN, Gunnar. Gk, 22/73, Motherwell (Sco 1) Signed with Blackburn for 2009. No Rise Yet. HOWARD, Mark, Gk, 22/78, St. Mirren (Sco 1) 19 starts out of 19.78 - 82 OLSSON, Martin, LB, 20/78, Blackburn Rovers (Eng 1) 6 starts, 1 sub out of 18.78 - 82. SAMUEL, Jlloyd, LB/RB, 27/85, Bolton Wanderers (Eng 1) 18 starts out of 18.85 - 87 GARRIDO, Javier, LB/LM, 23/87, Manchester City. (Eng 1) 10 starts out of 18.87 - 88 TRAORE, Armand, LB/LM, 19/85 Portsmouth (Eng 1) 10 starts, 3 subs out of 18.85 - 86 ASSOU-EKOTTO, Benoit, LB, 24/85, Tottenham Hotspur. (Eng 1) 13 starts out of 18.85 - 87 MILLS, Joseph, LB, 19/73, Southampton (Eng 2) 6 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 24.73 - 77 HOYTE, Gavin, RB/CB, 18/72, Arsenal (Eng 1) 1 start, top prospect. No rise yet. PANTSIL, John, RB/RM, 27/85, Fulham (Eng 1) 17 starts out of 17.85 - 86. ARBELOA, Alvaro, RB/LB, 25/90, Liverpool (Eng 1) 17 starts (1 goal) out of 18, 90 to 91. RAFAEL, Pereira da Silva, RB/RM, 18/77, Manchester United (Eng 1) 5 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 16.77 to 81. MOLONEY, Brendan, RB/CB, 19/72, Nottingham Forest (Eng 2) (Rushden & Diamonds on DB) 5 starts out of 24.72 - 75 JAMES, Lloyd, RB/RM, 20/77, Southampton (Eng 2) 20 starts, 1 sub out of 24.77 - 81 JAGIELKA, Phil, CB/DM, 28/88, Everton (Eng 1) 17 starts out of 17.88 - 89. Napoli. BAPTISTE, Alex, CB/RB, 22/72, Blackpool (Eng 2) 4 starts out of 24.72 - 75 WILSON, James, CB/RB, 19/70, Bristol City (Eng 2) (Brentford on DB) 2 subs,70 - 74 SMITH, Tommie, CB, 18/66, Ipswich Town (Eng 2) 1 start, future star.66 - 72 HEATH, Joe, CB, 20/72, Nottingham Forest (Eng 2) 4 starts out of 24.72 - 75 LANCASHIRE, Oliver, CB, 20/73, Southampton (Eng 2) 9 starts out of 24.73 - 77 CUTHBERT, Scott, CB, 21/76, St. Mirren (Sco 1) 10 starts, 1 sub out of 19.76 - 80 NOONE, Craig, LM, 21/70, Plymouth Argyle. (Eng 2) 10 subs (1 goal) out of 24.70 - 76 VIGURS, Iain, LM/LB, 20/76, Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Sco 1) 9 starts, 4 subs out of 19.76 - 79 THOMSON, Jake, RM, 19/73, Southampton (Eng 2) 4 starts, 3 subs out of 24.73 - 76 MARTIN, Joe, M, 20/70, Blackpool (Eng 2) 6 starts, 2 subs out of 24.70 - 76 JENKINS, Ross, M, 18/75, Watford (Eng 2) 8 starts (1 goal) out of 24.75 - 78 DENILSON, Pereira Neves, CM, 20/88, Arsenal (Eng 1) 17 starts (2 goals) out of 18.88 - 89. RAMSEY, Aaron, CM, 17/84, Arsenal (Eng 1) Top buy for the future.No rise for now. ANDREWS, Keith, CM/RM, 28/80, Blackburn Rovers (Eng 1) 11 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 18.80 - 83. MIKEL, Jon Obi, CM/DM, 21/91, Chelsea (Eng 1) 15 starts out of 17.91 - 92. FLETCHER, Darren, CM/RM, 24/88, Manchester United (Eng 1) 12 starts (3 goals) out of 16.88 - 89. COLLISON, Jack, CM, 20/74, West Ham United (Eng 1) 3 starts, 2 subs out of 18.74 - 78 SHELVEY, Jonjo, CM, 16/75, Charlton Athletic (Eng 2) Future Star.No Rise Yet KERR, Guy, CM, 20/60, Elgin City Signed with Inverness CT. No Rise Yet. SONG-BILLONG, Alexandre, DM/CB, 21/86, Arsenal (Eng 1) 10 starts, 3 subs out of 18. 86 - 87. Napoli RODWELL, Jack, DM/CB, 17/78, Everton (Eng 1) 5 starts, great prospect.78 - 80. PLESSIS, Damien, DM, 20/78, Liverpool (Eng 1) Future Star.No rise for now. GUNNARSSON, Aron, DM, 19/78, Coventry City (Eng 2) 21 starts, 1 sub out of 24.78 - 81 ADDISON, Miles, DM/CB, 19/78, Derby County (Eng 2) 21 starts (1 goal) out of 24.78 - 82 SCHNEIDERLIN, Morgan, DM/CB, 19/78, Southampton (Eng 2) 14 starts, 1 sub out of 24.78 - 80. WILSHERE, Jack, AM, 16/74, Arsenal (Eng 1) Top buy for future.No rise for now LALLANA, Adam, AM/F, 20/78, Southampton (Eng 2) 23 starts (1 goal) out of 24.78 - 82 DJILALI, Kieron, W/AM, 17/74, Crystal Palace (Eng 2) 2 starts, 3 subs our of 24.74 - 76 MCGINN, Niall, W, 21/80, Derry City January Transfer to Celtic, No rise yet AGBONLAHOR, Gabriel, F/W, 22/89, Aston Villa (Eng 1) 18 starts (9 goals) out of 18.89 - 90 DELFOUNESO, Nathan, F, 17/70, Aston Villa (Eng 1) Good prospect, impressing in cups,No Rise for now BAXTER, Jose, F/AM, 16/75, Everton (Eng 1) 1 start, 2 subs, good prospect.No rise yet ANELKA, Nicolas, F, 29/92, Chelsea (Eng 1) 16 starts, 1 sub (14 goals) out of 17.92 - 93. SEARS, Freddie, F, 19/78, West Ham United (Eng 1) 3 starts, 7 subs.78 - 81. NOBLE-LAZARUS, Reuben, F, 15/72, Barnsley (Eng 2) Future Star.No Rise yet DI CARMINE, Samuel, F/W, 20/73, Queens Park Rangers (Eng 2) 6 starts, 6 subs (1 goal) out of 24.73 - 77 PATERSON, Matthew, F, 19/68, Southampton (Eng 2) 6 subs out of 24.68 - 74 SHERIDAN, Cillian, F, 19/72, Celtic (Sco 1) 6 starts, 5 subs (4 goals) out of 19.72 - 80 WOOD, Garry, F, 20/74, Inverness Caledonian Thistle (Sco 1) 9 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) out of 19.74 - 79 LOY, Rory, F, 20/73, Rangers (Sco 1) (On loan to Dunfermline) Top prospect in scotland. No Rise Yet. SPENCE, Greig, F, 16/60, Alloa Athletic (Sco 3) Future time-wasting sub. 60 - 61 RUSSELL, Johnny, F, 18/71, Fofar Athletic Signed with Rangers (Jan 09). No Rise Yet.Gremio. WELBECK, Danny, CF, 18/74, Manchester United (Eng 1) Future Star.No Rise Yet.. AKINS, Lukas, CF, 19/73, Hamilton Academical (Sco 1) 4 starts, 6 subs out of 19.73 - 76 ETTIEN, Stephen, CF, 20/70, Hamilton Academical (Sco 1) 6 subs out of 19.70 - 75 PINAU, Steve, CF, 20/72, Hibernian (Sco 1) 8 subs out of 19.72 - 77. SIMMONDS, Donovan, CF, 20/72, Kilmarnock (Sco 1) 4 starts, 10 subs (1 goal) out of 19.72 - 78 Week 7 : Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Malta, Turkey DEMIRKOL, Ugur, LB, 18/73, Ankaraspor (Tur 1) 9 starts out of 15.73 - 80. BALAK, Emre, CB, 20/73, Genderbirligi (Tur 1) 6 starts, 2 subs out of 15.73 - 79. TEKDEMIR, Mahmut, CB, 20/78, Istanbul BB (Tur 1) 13 starts out of 15.78 - 82. OZMEDIN, Mehmet, F, 20/70, Ankaraspor (Tur 1) 1 start, 3 subs out of 15.70 - 77 HALMAN, Abdullah, F/W, 21/70, Eskisehirspor (Tur 1) 1 start, 3 subs out of 15. 70 - 76. YILDIZ, Yaser, F/AM, 20/75, Galatasaray (Tur 1) 6 subs, good prospect. 75 - 78. Week 8 : Portugal, Spain ARANZUBIA, Daniel, Gk, 29/87, Deportivo la Coruna (Spa 1) 15 starts out of 15.87 - 88. ARNAU, Francesc, Gk, 33/84, Malaga (Spa 1) 11 starts out of 15.9.84 - 86. CASTO, Espinosa, Gk, 26/86, Real Betis (Spa 1) 15 starts out of 15.86 - 88. RIESGO, Asier, Gk, 25/85, Recreativo de Huelva (Spa 1) 15 starts out of 15.85 - 87 RENAN, Brito, Gk, 23/88, Valencia (Spa 1) 15 starts out of 15. 88 - 90. DIEGO LOPEZ, Rodriguez, Gk, 27/90, Villarreal (Spa 1) 15 starts out of 15.90 - 91. GOIKURIA, Zigor, Gk, 29/78, Eibar (Spa 2) 16 starts out of 16. 78 - 80 MIKEL BALENZIAGA, Oruesagasti, LB, 20/83, Athletic Bilbao (Spa 1) 13 starts out of 15.83 - 86 PERNIA, Mariano, LB/LM, 30/90, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) 12 starts, 2 subs out of 15.90 - 91. BERANGER, Gregory, LB/CB, 27/85, Espanyol (Spa 1) 13 starts out of 15.85 - 86. RAUL LLORENTE, Raposo, LB, 22/75, Alaves (Spa 2) 9 starts, 2 subs out of 16.75 - 79 RICARDO CAVAS, Merino, LB, 34/73, Alicante (Spa 2) 7 starts, 2 subs out of 16. 73 - 77 RIOS, Jose Antonio, LB/LM, 18/70, Sevilla Atletico (Spa 2) 2 starts, 2 subs out of 16.70 - 74 DE LA BELLA, Alberto, LB, 23/76, Sevilla Atletico (Spa 2) 15 starts (1 sub) out of 16. 76 - 79 OIER SANJURJO, Maté, RB/LB, 22/78, Osasuna (Spa 1) 9 starts, 1 sub out of 15.78 -83 CASTELLANO, Manuel, RB, 19/75, Real Murcia (Spa 2) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 75 - 80 XISCO CAMPOS, Francisco Javier, RB/CB, 26/75, Real Murcia (Spa 2) 16 starts out of 16. 75 - 82. SIDNEI, Rechel, CB, 19/85, Benfica (Por 1) 9 starts, 1 sub (3 goals) out of 11. 85 - 87. MAICON, Pereira Roque, CB, 20/80, Nacional da Madeira (Por 1) 11 starts out of 11. 80 - 84. OZEIA, Maciel, CB, 26/75, Paços de Ferreira (Por 1) 10 starts (1 goal) out of 11. 75 - 81. ALVARO DOMINGUEZ, Soto, CB, 19/75, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) Well regarded in the youth squad.1 start.No rise yet PIQUE, Gerard, CB/DM, 21/88, Barcelona. (Spa 1) 9 starts out of 16. 88 - 89. IVAN MARCANO, Sierra, CB/LB, 21/84, Racing Santander (Spa 1) 15 starts (2 goals) out of 15.84 - 87. ALEXIS, Ruano, CB, 23/89, Valencia (Spa 1) 11 starts (1 goal) out of 15.89 - 90 NORDVEIT, Havard, CB, 18/75, Salamanca (Spa 2) (Loan from Arsenal) 2 starts, 1 sub, future star.75 - 77 VALIENTE, Marc, CB, 21/77, Sevilla Atletico (Spa 2) 10 starts out of 17, 77 - 79. LUNA, Ezequiel, CB, 22/75, Tenerife (Spa 2) 13 starts out of 16. 75 - 80 JOKIN ESPARZA, Arcaya, LM, 20/74, Osasuna (Spa 1) 2 starts out of 15.74 - 78. ADRIAN RIPA, Cruz, LM, 23/73, Huesca (Spa 2) 5 starts, 6 subs out of 16.73 - 77 PEDRO BOTELHO, Roberto, LM/LB, 19/78, Salamanca (Spa 2) (Loan from Arsenal) 5 starts, 5 subs, Future star.78 - 79 DANI ABALO, Paulos, RM/CM, 21/75, Celta Vigo (Spa 2) 6 starts, 7 subs (1 goal) out of 16.75 - 79 DAVID FUSTER, Torrijos, RM, 26/75, Elche (Spa 2) 13 starts, 1 sub (4 goals) out of 16. 75 - 80 FERNANDO ALEXANDRE, Jose, CM/DM, 23/75, Estrela de Amadora (Por 1) 3 starts, 6 subs out of 11.75 - 79. IGNACIO CAMACHO, Barnola, CM/DM, 18/83, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) Not playing. Great prospect.No rise yet. MANICHE, Nuno, CM, 30/91, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) 13 starts (1 goal) out of 15.91 - 92. GRANERO, Esteban, CM/AM, 21/87, Getafe (Spa 1) 10 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 15.87 - 88. JAVI FUEGO, Martinez, CM/DM, 24/85, Recreativo de Huelva (Spa 1) 14 starts (1 goal) out of 15.85 - 87 LACEN, Mehdi, CM/LM, 24/85, Racing Santander (Spa 1) 13 starts out of 15. 85 - 87 ROMARIC, N'dri, CM, 25/90, Sevilla (Spa 1) 11 starts, 4 subs (1 goal) out of 15.90 - 91 MANUEL FERNADES, CM/DM, 22/89, Valencia (Spa 1) 12 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 15. 89 - 90 IGOR MARTINEZ, Caseras, CM/AM, 19/76, Alaves (Spa 2) 4 starts, 9 subs (2 goals) out of 16. 76 - 80 KITOKO, Ritchie, CM, 20/75, Albacete (Spa 2) 10 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 16. 75 - 79 JOAN VERDU, Fernandez, AM/LM, 25/86, Deportivo la Coruna (Spa 1) 10 starts, 3 subs (2 goals) out of 15.86 - 87. DIMAS DELGADO, Morgado, AM, 25/78, Numancia (Spa 2) 5 starts, 1 sub out of 15.78 - 82 ALBERTO BUENO, Calvo, AM/F, 20/79, Real Madrid (Spa 1) 0 starts, 3 subs, great prospect.79 - 80. NAYAR, Sebastian, AM, 20/72, Recrativo de Huelva (Spa 1) 2 subs, great prospect.72 - 75. SERGIO CANALES, Madrazo, AM, 17/73, Racing Santander (Spa 1) 4 subs. Top prospect. 73 - 77. JAVI FLORES, Santacruz, AM, 22/78, Cordoba (Spa 2) 11 starts, 3 subs (1 goal) out of 16. 78 - 80 BRIAN SARMIENTO, Oscar, AM, 18/72, Xerez (Spa 2) (Loan from Racing Santander) 6 subs, future star. 72 - 75. BERGANTINOS, Alex, DM, 23/73, Xerez (Spa 2) 6 starts, 7 subs out of 16. 73 - 77 BRUNO GAMA, Alexandre, W/AM, 21/84, Vitoria de Setubal (Por 1) on loan from FC Porto 7 starts, 4 subs out of 11. 84 - 85. KEKO, Sergio Gontan, W/F, 16/75, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) Not playing yet, great prospect. 75 - 75. MATA, Juan Manuel, W/F, 20/89, Valencia (Spa 1) 15 starts (5 goals) out of 15. 89 - 91 ORLANDO SA, Carlos, F, 20/70, Sporting Braga (Por 1) Great prospect, U21 scorer.No Rise Yet. ADAMS, Sadick, F, 18/74, Atletico Madrid (Spa 1) Waiting for his visa, great striker. No rise. HIGUAIN, Gonzalo, F/W, 21/90, Real Madrid (Spa 1) 13 starts (10 goals) out of 15.90 -91. MARC PEDRAZA, Sarto, F, 21/74, Alaves (Spa 2) 3 starts, 10 subs (1 goal) out of 16.74 - 78 ROBERTO CUEVAS, Martin, F, 27/73, Alaves (Spa 2) 4 starts, 8 subs (1 goal) out of 16. 73 - 78 EMILIO NSUE, Lopez, F, 19/75, Castellon (Spa 2) (Loan from Mallorca) 9 starts, 5 subs (2 goals) out of 16. 75 - 80. PEPE DIAZ, Jose, F, 28/70, Cordoba (Spa 2) 5 subs.70 - 75 GAIZKA TOQUERO, F, 24/75, Eibar (Spa 2) 8 starts, 7 subs (4 goals) out of 16. 75 - 79 PUKKI, Teemu, F, 18/75, Sevilla Atletico (Spa 2) 7 starts, 2 subs (3 goals) out of 16.75 - 77 MONTERO, Fredy, F, 21/86, Deportivo Cali (Col 1) Great player, signed with Betis for January.No Rise. VITOR JUNIOR, Gaspar, CF, 23/70, Maritimo (Por 1) 6 subs.70 - 75. BOLIVIA, Edvaldo, CF, 23/75, Naval (Por 1) 6 starts, 5 subs (1 goal) out of 11.75 - 80. Gremio. ION VELEZ, Martinez, CF, 23/83, Athletic Bilbao (Spa 1) 5 starts, 7 subs (2 goals) out of 15. 83 - 85. JONATHAN PEREIRA, Rodriguez, CF, 21/85, Racing Santander (Spa 1) 13 starts, 1 sub (2 goals) out of 15.Loan from Villarreal.85 - 87. LLORENTE, Joseba, CF, 29/89, Villarreal (Spa 1) 12 starts (6 goals) out of 15. 89 - 90 LUIS GIL, Torres, CF, 32/73, Alicante (Spa 2) 6 starts, 3 subs out of 16. 73 - 76 XISCO NADAL, Sebastian, CF, 22/75, Levante (Spa 2) 8 starts, 2 subs (2 goals) out of 16. 75 - 79 Week 9 : Italy RUBINHO, Fernando, Gk, 26/88, Genoa (Ita 1) 16 starts out of 16.88 - 89. MANNINGER, Alex, Gk, 31/88, Juventus (Ita 1) 12 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 88 - 89 CARRIZO, Juan Pablo, Gk, 24/90, Lazio (Ita 1) 16 starts out of 16. 90 - 91 RUBIN, Matteo, LB/LM, 21/84, Torino (Ita 1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 84 - 86 BIANCO, Gianluigi, CB, 73 Empoli (Ita 2) 5 starts, 4 subs out of 18.(Coppa Italia- 2 starts).73 - 78 BARILLA, Antonino, LM, 20/78, Reggina (Ita 1) 7 starts, 4 subs out of 16. 78 - 83 MARCHIONNI, Marco, RM, 28/88, Juventus (Ita 1) 10 starts, 2 subs (1 goal) out of 16.88 - 89 FELIPE MELO, Carvalho, CM/DM, 25/89, Fiorentina (Ita 1) 13 starts (1 goal) out of 16.89 - 90.Boca KUZMANOVIC, Zdravko, CM, 21/89, Fiorentina (Ita 1) 11 starts, 4 subs (2 goals) out of 16.89 - 90.Boca EKDAL, Albin, CM/AM, 19/77, Juventus (Ita 1) 3 subs, future star. 77 - 80 MARCHISIO, Claudio, CM, 22/87, Juventus (Ita 1) 8 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 87 - 88 BRIGHI, Matteo, CM/RM, 27/89, Roma (Ita 1) 9 starts, 3 subs. 89 - 90 DZEMAILI, Blerim, CM/RM, 22/84, Torino (Ita 1) 11 starts out of 16. 84 - 86 GARGANO, Walter, DM/CM, 24/89, Napoli (Ita 1) 15 starts, 1 sub out of 16. 89 - 90 ISLA, Mauricio, DM/CB, 20/86, Udinese (Ita 1) 11 starts, 1 sub out of 16.86 - 88 DI VAIO, Marco, F, 32/87, Bologna (Ita 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (12 goals) out of 16.87 - 88 ZARATE, Mauro, F, 21/89, Lazio (Ita 1) 16 starts (8 goals) out of 16. 89 - 90 LANZAFAME, Davide, F, 21/84, Palermo (Ita 1) 8 subs, brilliant for future use.No rise yet. DI GENNARO, Davide, F/W, 20/80, Reggina (Ita 1) (loan from Genoa) 3 starts, 9 subs, great prospect. 80 - 83 EDER, Citadin, F/W, 22/82, Frosinone (Ita 2) 13 starts (6 goals) out of 18.82 - 84. PLASMATI, Gianvito, CF, 25/80, Catania (Ita 1) 4 starts, 7 subs (2 goals) out of 16.80 - 84. CAVANI, Edison, CF, 21/88, Palermo (Ita 1) 15 starts, 1 sub (5 goals) out of 16.88 - 89. GHEZZAL, Abdelkader, CF, 24/82, Siena (Ita 1) 8 starts, 7 subs (2 goals) out of 16. 82 - 84.
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Hey guys so I have been looking through the top teams just to stay on top of the stats and so far here are a few players that have some minutes so far for the "big" teams in Europe (keep in mind most of these are not new players, I am just re-posting my findings when researching on my own for all you lazy buggers out there ;): Format TEAM - Name - Rating - Minutes - Comments NAPOLI - Sebastiano Luperto - 83 - 17mins - Might be a good idea to keep an eye for more game time ROMA - J. Kluivert - 85 - 64 mins - is getting game time, known to everyone but is playing nevertheless... MILAN - Davide Calabria - 87 - 90 mins - Milan have only played once but he started and scored PSG - Colin Dagba - NOT ON DB - 180mins - This guy has played 180 mins for PSG so far, look out for him PSG - Stanley N'Soki - 75 - 134mins - I picked him up for 380k, looks like a steal... PSG - Christopher Nkunku - 86 - 181mins - Again known to many, not a sure thing but keep an eye.... PSG - Antoine Bernade - 73 - 170mins - Another one of PSG's new found youth prospects, surely due a big rise PSG - Timothy Weah - 76 - 54mins - The name says it all, scored once as well DIJON - Enzo Loiodice - NOT ON DB - 270min - This guy is 17, has played every minute for second placed Dijon DIJON - Joules Keita - 70 - 38mins - Not a lot of gametime but 2 goals already from 3 games, could be worth a shot for a competitive gameworld LILLE - Zeki Celik - 80 - 266mins - Arrived from Istanbulspor in summer, has played nearly every minute LILLE - Fode Ballo Toure - 83 - 260mins - Had a great season last season, seems to have picked up where he left off. LILLE - Arton Zekaj - 70 - 1min - Came on in 90+3 minute of 3 - 1 win against Rennes, still worth a possible punt at 18 years old LYON - Pape Cheikh - 80 - 81mins - Again, some minutes for Lyon, low rated, keep an eye throughout season MARSEILLE - Duje Caleta-Car - 86 - 90mins - Played one full game then sat on the bench since arriving, could replace Rami long term? MARSEILLE - Boubacar Kamara - 80 - 136mins - Played 455mins last season, one more game and he is halfway to matching his play time, and Marseille have played 3 games! MONACO - Sofiane Diop - 70 - 78mins - An absolute steal, buy him! MONACO - Jordi Mboula - 76 - 151mins - ABSOLUTE BUY, this guy is a future star, purchase him first when going through Monaco.... MONACO - Pietro Pellegri - 80 - 31mins - Hasn't done enough yet, but at 17 he will no doubt be another Monaco Starlet in time to come MONACO - Willem Guebbels - 75 - 67mins - The fact they paid 20 million euros says a lot, future star with the right nuturing CHELSEA - Callum Hudson-Odoi - 73 - 0mins - Great pre season, hasn't done much but is definitely worth a punt, I can't imagine a person reading the forums to not know him, but on here anyways MANCHESTER CITY - Phil Foden - 80 - 8mins - Again most people know him, maybe more time with De Bruyne's injury? We will see ARSENAL - Matteo Guendouzi - 80 - 236mins - As an Arsenal fan myself and having watched him play, I can safely say he is a superb talent, calm on the ball, clever head on such a young kid, few errors here and there but for a kid brand new to the Premier League I am shocked at how well he has adapted, big rise if he carries this on. ARSENAL - Ainsley Maitland-Niles - 85 - 35mins - Recently broke his leg but Unai Emery likes him, plus he is versatile, will be a fixture for Arsenal and hopefully England in years to come BORUSSIA M'GLADBACH - Louise Jordan Beyer - NOT ON DB - 90mins - Played the full 90 minutes agasint Leverkusen and at 18 should be a good find when he comes on (he's a RB) ESPANYOL - Marc Roca - 84 - 180mins - Another know entity, however he has started both games, Espanyol sit second (insignificant this early on but hey) so he could be on track for a rise/move ESPANYOL - Javier Puado - NOT ON DB - 9mins - Came on as 81st minute substitute in Espnayols first game, has 4 year contract with a 40 million euros release clause and was the top scorer of Espanyol B last season (12 goals). Keep shortlisted. VILLARREAL - Manu Morlanes - 76 - 65mins - On the bench the whole of Villarreals first game, but started and played 65 minutes of second game, he is 19 and rated 76, surely worth a punt. Most of these players everyone knows and some of them people don't, just wanted to give people another topic of discussion so feel free to comment, if people have more in depth knowledge of a player I would love to hear more.
Bundesliga Risers, Talents and Droppers 2009 (2010 edition available now)
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Cheap high risers (from 70's to 81) Wolfgang Hesl (Hamburger SV) 75 -> 75-79 - rose to 78 Stefan Reinartz (Bayer Leverkusen) 74 -> 79-81 - rose to 80 Carlos Zambrano (FC Schalke 04) 80 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Levan Kenia (FC Schalke 04) 80 -> 82-84 - rose to 82 Christoph Moritz (FC Schalke 04) 75 -> 80-82 - rose to 82 Lukas Schmitz (FC Schalke 04) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 80 Holger Badstuber (Bayern München) 80 -> 85-87 - rose to 85 Thomas Müller (Bayern München) 80 -> 85/86 - rose to 85 Philipp Bargfrede (Werder Bremen) 78 -> 81/82 - rose to 83 Boris Vukcevic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 77 Andre Schürrle (1. FSV Mainz 05) 72 -> 80-82 - rose to 80 Roman Neustädter (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 78 Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 80 -> 82/83 - didn't rise Valdet Rama (Hannover 96) 81 -> 83/84 - rose to 82 Georg Niedermeier (VfB Stuttgart) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 82 Julian Schieber (VfB Stuttgart) 78 -> 82/83 - rose to 82 NOW Dennis Diekmeier (1. FC Nürnberg) 78 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Dominik Maroh (1. FC Nürnberg) 78 -> 82/83 - rose to 83 Havard Nordtveit (1. FC Nürnberg) 80 -> 81/82 - rose to 82 Ilkay Gündogan (1. FC Nürnberg) 75 -> 78/79 - rose to 78 Marcel Risse (1. FC Nürnberg) 75 -> 79/80 - rose to 78 Manuel Salz (SC Freiburg) 76 -> 78 - rose to 78 Felix Bastians (SC Freiburg) 80 -> 83-85 - rose to 83 Julian Schuster (SC Freiburg) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 83 Philipp Heerwagen (VFL Bochum) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 83 Cheap risers from the 2. Bundesliga Michael Parensen (1. FC Union Berlin) 73 -> 78 - rose to 77 Patrick Kohlmann (1. FC Union Berlin) 77 -> 81-83 - rose to 80 Michael Bemben (1. FC Union Berlin) 78 -> 80-82 - rose to 80 John Jairo Mosquera (1. FC Union Berlin) 77 -> 82/83 - rose to 82 Kenan Sahin (1. FC Union Berlin) 78 -> 81/82 - rose to 80 Tobias Sippel (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 82 -> 84 - rose to 83 Georges Mandjeck (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 77 -> 81 - rose to 82 Rodnei (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 83 Bastian Schulz (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 80 -> 82 - rose to 82 Sidney Sam (1. FC Kaiserslautern) 82 -> 84 - rose to 83 Davidson Drobo-Ampen (FC St. Pauli) 75 -> 79/80 - rose to 78 Deniz Naki (FC St. Pauli) 77 -> 82-84 - rose to 82 Rouwen Hennings (FC St. Pauli) 80 -> 82 - didn't rise Arne Feick (Arminia Bielefeld) 77 -> 82 - rose to 82 Michael Ratajczak (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 74 -> 80 - rose to 78 Soares Anderson (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 77 -> 81-83 - rose to 82 Hamza Cakir (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 79 -> 82/83 - didn't rise (lost his starting place on the day I posted this) Ranisav Jovanovic (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 79 -> 82/83 - rose to 81 Johannes van den Bergh (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 78 -> 82/83 - rose to 80 Oliver Fink (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 78 -> 83/82 - rose to 80 Andreas Lambertz (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 78 -> 82/83 - rose to 80 Sebastian Langkamp (Karlsruher SC) 75 -> 81-83 - rose to 80 Lars Stindl (Karlsruher SC) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 82 Anton Fink (Karlsruher SC) 78 -> 81-83 - rose to 80 Sören Pirson (Rot-Weiss Oberhausen) 78 -> 81/82 - rose to 83 Moritz Stoppelkamp (Rot-Weiss Oberhausen) 78 -> 80/81 - rose to 80 Marco Caligiuri (Greuter Fürth) 78 -> 82 - rose to 81 Christopher Nöthe (Greuter Fürth) 76 -> 80-82 - rose to 82 Michael Schick (FC Augsburg) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 77 Ibrahima Traore (FC Augsburg) 76 -> 80/81 - rose to 80 Sören Gonther (SC Paderborn 07) 78 -> 80 - rose to 80 Matthias Holst (SC Paderborn 07) 78 -> 80 - rose to 79 Enis Alushi (SC Paderborn 07) 77 -> 80 - rose to 80 Daniel Brückner (SC Paderborn 07) 75 -> 79/80 - rose to 81 Rolf-Christel Guie Mien (SC Paderborn 07) 77 -> 79/80 - rose to 80 Sebastian Schachten (SC Paderborn 07) 76 -> 79-81 - rose to 78 Manuel Junglas (Alemannia Aachen) 74 -> 79-81 - rose to 78 Herve Oussale (Alemannia Aachen) 72 -> 76/77 - rose to 76 Sandro Wagner (MSV Duisburg) 80 -> 82 - rose to 82 Aleksandar Ignjovski (TSV 1860 München) 76 -> 80-82 - rose to 80 Jose Holebas (TSV 1860 München) 78 -> 80/81 - rose to 80 Ovidiu Burca (Energie Cottbus) 76 -> 78-80 - rose to 80 Alexander Bittroff (Energie Cottbus) 76 -> 77-79 - rose to 78 Bastian Oczipka (Hansa Rostock) 78 -> 80 - rose to 80 Shqipran Skeraj (TuS Koblenz) 73 -> 77/78 - rose to 76 Cheap risers from the 3. Liga Rouven Sattelmeier (Jahn Regensburg) 75 -> 78/79 - rose to 78 Stefan Jarosch (Jahn Regensburg) 74 -> 77 - rose to 76 Jan Fießer (SV Sandhausen) 73 -> 77 - rose to 77 Manuel Riemann (Wacker Burghausen) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 78 Christoph Burkhard (Wacker Burghausen) 75 -> 77 - rose to 77 Christian Cappek (Wacker Burghausen) 74 -> 77/78 - rose to 77 Fakri El Haj Ali (Wacker Burghausen) 73 -> 77 - rose to 77 Sven Schimmel (VfB Stuttgart II) 74 -> 77 - rose to 77 Christian Hain (SpVgg Unterhaching) 73 -> 76/77 - rose to 76 Orkan Balkan (SpVgg Unterhaching) 72 -> 76/77 - rose to 75 Mirko Boland (Eintracht Braunschweig) 73 -> 76/77 - rose to 76 Sebastian Rode (Kickers Offenbach) 72 -> 76 - rose to 77 Pierre le Beau (Erzgebirge Aue) 72 -> 76/77 - rose to 75 Marco Riemer (Carl Zeiss Jena) 75 -> 77/78 - rose to 76 Orlando Smeekes (Carl Zeiss Jena) 75 -> 78 - rose to 76 Tim Göhlert (1. FC Heidenheim) 73 -> 76/77 - rose to 77 Christian Essig (1. FC Heidenheim) 74 -> 77 - rose to 77 Dennis Baum (1. FC Heidenheim) 72 -> 75 - rose to 74 Dennis Malura (Rot-Weiß Erfurt) 74 -> 76/77 - rose to 75 Fabian Stenzel (Rot-Weiß Erfurt) 73 -> 75/76 - rose to 75 Tino Semmer (Rot-Weiß Erfurt) 74 -> 77 - rose to 77 Christopher Kullmann (Borussia Dortmund II) 74 -> 76/77 - rose to 77 Volker Oppitz (Dynamo Dresden) 73 -> 76 - rose to 76 Maik Kegel (Dynamo Dresden) 74 -> 76/77 - rose to 75 Florian Meyer (Holstein Kiel) 70 -> 75/76 - rose to 73 Kevin Maek (Werder Bremen II) 70 -> 75/76 - rose to 74 Onur Ayik (Werder Bremen II) 73 -> 75/76 - rose to 74 Mario Erb (Bayern München II) 70 -> 74-76 - rose to 73 Stefan Riess (Bayern München II) 70 -> 74-76 - rose to 74 Saer Sene (Bayern München II) 70 -> 75-77 - rose to 75 High-rated risers (82 onwards) Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV) 86 -> 87/88 - rose to 88 Jerome Boateng (Hamburger SV) 87 -> 88/89 - rose to 89 Eljero Elia (Hamburger SV) 87 -> 88/89 - rose to 89 Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04) 86 -> 87/88 - rose to 88 Selim Teber (Eintracht Frankfurt) 84 -> 86/85 - rose to 85 Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayern München) 85 -> 87 - rose to 87 Sebastian Boenisch (Werder Bremen) 86 -> 87 - rose to 88 Isaac Vorsah (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Tim Hoogland (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 -> 86 - rose to 86 Nico Bungert (1. FSV Mainz 05) 84 -> 86 - rose to 85 Florian Heller (1. FSV Mainz 05) 84 -> 85/86 - rose to 85 Aristide Bance (1. FSV Mainz 05) 83 -> 85/86 - rose to 85 Logan Bailly (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 85 -> 86 - rose to 86 Christopher Heimeroth (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 83 -> 84 - didn't rise Tobias Levels (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 83 -> 85 - rose to 85 Marcel Schäfer (VfL Wolfsburg) 88 -> 89/90 - rose to 89 Christian Gentner (VfL Wolfsburg) 88 -> 89 - rose to 89 Grafite (VfL Wolfsburg) 89 -> 90/91 - rose to 90 Edin Dzeko (VfL Wolfsburg) 89 -> 90/91 - rose to 91 Konstantin Rausch (Hannover 96) 82 -> 85 - rose to 85 Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Christian Träsch (VfB Stuttgart) 83 -> 86/85 - rose to 85 Stefan Celozzi (VfB Stuttgart) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Timo Gebhart (VfB Stuttgart) 84 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) 83 -> 84 - didn't rise Patrick Owomoyela (Borussia Dortmund) 86 -> 87/88 - rose to 87 Felipe Santana (Borussia Dortmund) 86 -> 87 - rose to 87 Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund) 87 -> 88 - rose to 88 Du-Ri Cha (SC Freiburg) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Ivica Banovic (SC Freiburg) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Johannes Flum (SC Freiburg) 82 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Adil Chihi (1. FC Köln) 83 -> 84/85 - didn't rise, stopped playing after I started this thread Mergim Mavraj (VFL Bochum) 82 -> 83/84 - rose to 83 Christoph Janker (Hertha BSC Berlin) 83 -> 85/86 - rose to 84 now Nemanja Pejcinovic (Hertha BSC Berlin) 82 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Possible risers (stay or +1) Jonathan Pitroipa (Hamburger SV) 86 - didn't rise Marcus Berg (Hamburger SV) 89 - didn't rise Paolo Guerrero (Hamburger SV) 89 - didn't rise Michal Kadlec (Bayer Leverkusen) 88 - didn't rise Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen) 85 -> 85-87 - rose to 86 Renato Augusto (Bayer Leverkusen) 89 - didn't rise Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen) 88 - didn't rise Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen) 90 - didn't rise Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen) 86 - rose to 87 Daniel van Buyten (Bayern München) 90 - didn't rise Manuel Neuer (FC Schalke 04) 90 - didn't rise Oka Nikolov (Eintracht Frankfurt) 86 - didn't rise Marco Russ (Eintracht Frankfurt) 87 - didn't rise Alexander Baumjohann (Bayern München) 85 - didn't rise Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) 89 - rose to 90 Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) 89 - didn't rise Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen) 87 - rose to 88 Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 89 - didn't rise Timo Hildbrand (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 88 - didn't rise Andreas Beck (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 88 - rose to 89 Marvin Compper (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 87 - didn't rise Sejad Salihovic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 88 - rose to 89 Chinedu Obasi (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 87 - didn't rise Demba Ba (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 88 - didn't rise Diego Benaglio (VfL Wolfsburg) 89 - didn't rise Sascha Riether (VfL Wolfsburg) 88 - didn't rise Zvjezdan Misimovic (VfL Wolfsburg) 90 - didn't rise Sami Khedira (VfB Stuttgart) 89 - didn't rise Falcao Elson (VfB Stuttgart) 84 - didn't rise Marek Mintal (1. FC Nürnberg) 86 - didn't rise Weidenfeller (Borussia Dortmund) 88 - didn't rise Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund) 87 - rose to 88 Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) 86 - rose to 87 Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund) 88 - didn't rise Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund) 87 - didn't rise Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund) 82 - didn't rise Nelson Valdez (Borussia Dortmund) 87 - rose to 88 Heiko Butscher (SC Freiburg) 85 - didn't rise Pavel Krmas (SC Freiburg) 85 - didn't rise Cedric Makiadi (SC Freiburg) 84 - rose to 85 Mohammodou Idrissou (SC Freiburg) 85 - rose to 86 Kevin Pezzoni (1. FC Köln) 84 - rose to 85 Mimoun Azaouagh (VFL Bochum) 85 - rose to 86 Andreas Johansson (VFL Bochum) 83 - rose to 84 Daniel Imhof (VFL Bochum) 85 - didn't rise Patrick Ebert (Hertha BSC Berlin) 87 - didn't rise Gojko Kacar (Hertha BSC Berlin) 88 - didn't rise Maximilian Nicu (Hertha BSC Berlin) 87 - didn't rise Lukas Piszczek (Hertha BSC Berlin) 85 - didn't rise Definite droppers (Get rid asap) Alex Silva (Hamburger SV) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Collin Benjamin (Hamburger SV) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Bastian Reinhardt (Hamburger SV) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Tomasz Zdebel (Bayer Leverkusen) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Theofanis Gekas (Bayer Leverkusen) 89 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Albert Streit (FC Schalke 04) 88 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Mehdi Madavikia (Eintracht Frankfurt) 85 -> 84 - dropped to 84 Michael Rensing (Bayern München) 89 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Christian Lell (Bayern München) 89 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Andreas Görlitz (Bayern München) 86 -> 85 - didn't drop Breno (Bayern München) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Andreas Ottl (Bayern München) 88 -> 87/86 - dropped to 87 Luca Toni (Bayern München) 94 -> 93/92 - dropped to 92 Daniel Jensen (Werder Bremen) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Daniel Haas (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 86 -> 85 - dropped to 85 Ramazan Özcan (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 85 -> 83/82 - dropped to 84 Matthias Jaissle (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 86 -> 85 - didn't drop Paul Stalteri (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 85 -> 84 - didn't drop Juan Arango (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 91 -> 90/89 - dropped to 90 Rodrigo Alvim (VfL Wolfsburg) 85 -> 83 - didn't drop Ricardo Costa (VfL Wolfsburg) 87 -> 85 - didn't drop Valerian Ismael (Hannover 96) 86 -> 85/84 - retired Jan Schlaudraff (Hannover 96) 88 -> 87/86 - dropped to 86 Altin Lala (Hannover 96) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 85 Bergantin Vinicius (Hannover 96) 86 -> 85 - dropped to 85 Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart) 89 -> 88/87 - dropped to 88 Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart) 89 -> 88 - didn't drop Roberto Hilbert (VfB Stuttgart) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Yildirai Bastürk (VfB Stuttgart) 87 -> 86/85 - dropped to 86 Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Florian Kringe (Hertha BSC Berlin) 88 -> 87/86 - dropped to 86 Nuno Maniche (1. FC Köln) 91 -> 89 - dropped to 90 Armando Petit (1. FC Köln) 90 -> 89 - dropped to 89 Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln) 91 -> 90 - dropped to 90 If you want any more detailed info on a player, disagree with one of the predictions or think that a player is missing from the list, please post. I'd also like to ask you to please use this thread for further discussion now instead of the Analysis 2008/2009 thread.
Counter formations
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Re: Counter formations Updated Version!!!: In my experience at managing and also general comprehension of tactics, I think that: To counter 4-4-2, I would use 3-4-2-1 with diagonal arrows on players 10 & 11, 3-5-2, or 4-4-1-1 To counter 4-3-3, use any formation with 5 in the midfield To counter 4-5-1, use 5-3-2, as suggested by arampage To counter 3-4-3, use 4-2-3-1 To counter 3-5-2, use 4-5-1 defensive or 4-1-3-2 To counter 3-3-4, use 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 To counter 5-4-1, use 3-5-2 To counter 5-3-2, use 3-2-2-2-1 or 4-3-3 wingers To counter 5-2-3, use 4-5-1 defensive To counter 4-4-2 diamond, use 3-5-2 or 3-2-2-2-1 To counter 4-3-3 wingers, use 3-4-2-1 or 3-5-2 To counter 4-5-1 defensive, use 3-4-2-1 To counter 4-2-3-1, use 4-5-1 defensive or default 4-4-2 To counter 4-3-2-1, use 4-2-3-1 To counter 4-4-1-1, use 4-3-3 wingers To counter 4-3-1-2, use 3-4-3 or 5-3-2 To counter 3-4-1-2, use 4-5-1 To counter 3-4-2-1, use 4-2-3-1 or 4-5-1 To counter 5-3-2 defensive, use 3-4-3 To counter 4-2-4, use 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 To counter 4-2-2-2, use 3-5-2 To counter 4-1-3-2, use 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 wingers To counter 3-2-2-2-1, use 3-5-2 Hope you enjoy! And start winning games from now on too! Note, if you have used this advice and lost a game, please post it in this thread so I can have a careful look and maybe change it. NOTE NOTE: It seems that after SM changed, the counters have mostly stopped working as well as before, as randomisation has been added chance results are more likely to happen (i.e. 352 might not thrash a 442 and 433 wingers might lose to 352 etc.) if you encounter such results post the report here and me and fellow forumers will help you out P.S. I have un-subscribed from this thread myself due to increasing work load and other reasons.
Serie A - Analysis and Ratings
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Serie A - Analysis and Ratings Discuss everything about Serie A here. Feel free to post questions about Serie A. I have one rule though, check the predictions before you ask me about some predictions If you would like to ask questions about Serie B, it's okay, but I won't answer on the majoreties of the questions beacuse I don't follow Serie B so intensive. - Credit to swanseajack for the design. Updated as of June 2010 70-79 Risers Marcelo Larrondo - 73--->79/80 Daniele Ragatzu - 74--->78 Khouma Babacar - 74--->77/76 Blazej Augustyn - 77-->79/80 Lorenzo Ariaudo - 78--->83/82 Federico Casarini - 78--->83/82 Marcos De Paula - 78--->83 80-85 Risers Ivan Fatic - 80-->81/80 Nicola Belmonte - 82--->84 Luca Antonelli - 82--->84 Davide Di Gennaro - 83--->84 Abel Hernandez - 83--->85 Francesco Lunardini - 83--->83/84 Albin Ekdal - 83-->84/85 Vladimir Koman - 83-->85 Adrian Ricchiuti - 84--->85 Mcdonald Mariga - 85--->85/86 Aleandro Rosi - 85--->85/86 Romano Perticone - 85--->86/85 Antonio Filippini - 85--->86/85 Antonio Busce - 85--->85/86 Gianluca Grava - 85--->86 Miguel Britos - 85--->86 Luca Rigoni - 85--->86 Salvatore Masiello - 85--->86 Jonathan Biabiany - 85--->86 Davide Astori - 85--->86/87 Nenad Tomovic - 85--->85/86 Edgar Alvarez - 85--->86 Gennaro Sardo - 85--->85/86 80-85 Droppers Tommaso Berni - 81--->80 Simone Inzaghi - 82--->79/80 Fabio Moro - 82--->81/82 Francesco Scardina - 83--->82 Christian Manfredini - 83--->81 Riccardo Bonetto - 84--->83 Simone Del Nero - 84--->83 Eriminio Rullo - 84--->83/82 Massimo Mutarelli - 84--->83 Savio Nsereko - 84--->83 Cristian Stellini - 84--->83 Andrea Rossi - 84--->83/84 Flavio Roma - 85--->84 Matteo Gianello - 85--->84/83 Albano Bizzarri - 85--->84 Nicola Pavarini - 85--->84/85 Stephen Appiah - 85--->84/83 Lukas Jarolim - 85--->84 Daniele Ficagna - 85--->84 Francesco Pratali - 85--->84 Ferdinando Coppola - 85--->84/85 Maximiliano Pellegrino - 85--->84 Daniele De Vezze - 85--->84 Davide Succi - 85--->84 Giovanni Tedesco - 85--->83 Luca Ariatti - 85--->84/85 Marco Malago - 85--->84 86-89 Risers Julio Sergio - 86--->88/89 Nicolas Spolli - 86--->86/87 Alessandro Lucarelli - 86--->87 Massimo Pasi - 86--->87/86 Stefano Morrone - 86--->87 Davide Lanzafame - 86--->87 Antonio Mirante - 86--->87 Jean-Francois Gillet - 86--->87 Leonardo Bonucci - 86--->88 Andrea Masiello - 86--->87 Massimo Donati - 86--->87 Salvatore Sirigu - 86--->88 Kwadwo Asamoah - 86--->87 Guiglielmo Stendardo - 86--->87/86 Ciro Capuano - 86--->87/86 Stefano Guberti - 86--->87/86 Sergio Almiron - 87--->88 Javier Pastore - 87--->88/89 Antonio Candreva - 87--->88 Luca Antonini - 87--->88 Paulo Barreto - 87--->88 Stefano Lucchini - 87--->88 Marco Rossi - 87--->88 Reto Ziegler - 87--->88 Daniele Gastaldello - 87--->88 Andrea Mantovani - 87--->88 Juan Zuniga - 87-->87/88 Michele Pazienza - 87--->88 Marco Storari - 87--->88 Ignazio Abate - 87--->88 Nestor Muslera - 87--->88 Marco Biagianti - 87--->88 Jorge Martinez - 87--->88/89 Maxi Lopez - 87--->88/89 Paolo Cannavaro - 88--->89 Marco Rossi - 88--->89 Franco Semioli - 88--->88/89 Hugo Campagnaro - 88--->89 Federico Balzaretti - 88--->89 Cesare Bovo - 88--->88/89 Andre Cossu - 88--->89/88 Morgan De Sanctis - 89--->90/89 Mattia Cassani - 89--->90/89 Edison Cavani - 89--->90/89 Simon Kjaer - 89--->90 John Arne Riise - 89--->90 Thiago Motta - 89--->90 86-89 Droppers Ferdinando Coppola - 86--->85 Leonardo Talamonti - 86--->85 Nicola Mingazzini - 86--->85 Diego De Ascentis - 86--->84 Andrea Esposito - 86--->85 Jose Ignacio Castillo - 86--->86/85 Fabio Caserta - 86--->84 Lionel Scaloni - 86--->84 Bernando Corradi - 86--->85 Ousmane Dabo - 86--->85 Mourad Meghni - 86--->85 Claudio Bellucci - 86--->85 Damiano Zenoni - 86--->85 Roberto Baronio - 86--->85/86 Alessandro Potenza - 86--->85 Takayuki Morimoto - 86--->85 Moris Carrozzieri - 86--->84 Igor Budan - 86--->85 Cristian Zenoni - 87--->86 Cristian Brocchi - 87--->86 Nelson Rivas - 87--->86 Mirko Pieri - 87--->86/85 Pablo Barrientos - 87--->86 Erwin Hoffer - 87--->86 Michele Fini - 87--->86 Manuele Blasi - 87--->86 Edgar Barreto - 87--->87/86 Francesco Tavano - 87--->86 Robert Acquafresca - 88--->87 Pablo Ledesma - 88--->87 Mark Bresciano - 88--->86 Fabiano Santacroce - 88--->87/88 Dorin Goian - 88--->87/88 Luca Cigarini - 88--->88/87 Cristiano Doni - 88--->87 Sebastiano Siviglia - 88--->87 Julio Cruz - 88--->87/86 Paul Codrea - 88--->88/87 Hasan Salihamidzic - 88--->87 Mozart - 88--->86 Hernan Crespo - 89--->88/89 Gaetano D'Agostino - 89--->89/88 Ricardo Quaresma - 89--->88 David Suazo - 89--->88/87 Alessandro Mancini - 89--->88 90 (+) Risers Giampaolo Pazzini - 90--->91 Angelo Palombo - 90--->91 Fabrizio Miccoli - 90--->90/91 Marco Borriello - 90--->91 Thiago Silva - 90--->91 Cluadio Marchisio - 90--->91/90 Nicolas Burdisso - 90--->91 David Pizarro - 91--->92 Mirko Vucinic - 91--->92 Walter Samuel - 92--->93 Massimo Ambrosini - 92--->93/92 Lucio - 94--->95 Wesley Sneijder - 94--->95 Diego Milito - 94--->95 Julio Cesar - 95--->96 90 (+) Droppers Mauro Zarate - 90--->89 Zdnek Grygera - 90--->88 Gökhan Inler - 90--->89 Julio Baptista - 90--->89 Alexander Doni - 90--->89/88 Kakha Kaldaze - 90--->88 Emiliano Moretti - 90--->89 Massimo Oddo - 90--->89 Filippo Inzaghi - 90--->89 Matteo Brighi - 90--->89/90 Nicola Legrottaglie - 90-->89 Fabio Quagliarella - 91--->90/91 Tomas Hitzlsperger - 91--->89 Fabio Grosso - 91--->89 Felipe Melo - 91--->90 Sulley Muntari - 91--->90 Mathieu Flamini - 91--->90 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - 91--->90 Christian Poulsen - 91--->90 Vicenzo Iaquinta - 91--->90/91 Mauro Camoranesi - 92--->90 Amuari - 92--->90/91 Phillippe Mexes - 92--->91 David Trezeguet - 92--->90 Gennaro Gattuso - 93--->91 Clarence Seedorf - 93--->92 Cristian Chivu - 93--->92 Ivan Cordoba - 93--->92/91 Adrian Mutu - 93--->92/91 Gianluca Zambrotta - 93--->92/91 Alessandro Del Piero - 93--->93/92 Fabio Cannavaro - 93--->91/90 Diego - 94--->93 Andrea Pirlo - 94--->93/94 Alessandro Nesta - 94--->93/94 Gianluigi Buffon - 96--->95
As Requested; August 2010 Brazilian Predictions.
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Name - Position - Previous Rating - New Rating AGO Edson - GK - 82 - 80 Marcio - GK - 79 - 81/82 Gilson - D - 77 - 79 Chiquinho - D - 78 - 81 Thiago Feltri - D - 85 - 83 Daniel Marques - D - 84 - 83 Marcio Gabriel - D - 83 - 82 Welton Felipe - D - 84 - 84 Jairo - D - 79 - 83 Erandir - M - 77 - 79 Ramalho - M - 86 - 85 Pituca - M - 80 - 83 Elias - M - 80 - 82 Agenor - M - 77 - 82 Anailson - M - 77 - 79 Robston - M - 78 - 83 Weslley - M - 76 - 76 Carlinhos Bala - F - 86 - 84 Rodrigo Tiui - F - 82 - 83 Pedro Paulo - F - 78 - 80 Marcao - F - 80 - 82 Juninho - F - 80 - 81 CAM Marcelo - GK - 77 - 77 Fabio Costa - GK - 84 - 84 Aranha - GK - 82 - 81 Caceres - D - 89 - 87 Leandro - D - 88 - 87 Campos - D - 85 - 86 Fernandinho - D - 84 - 85 Werley - D - 84 - 86 Sheslon - D - 77 - 77 Diego Macedo - D - 78 - 82 Ricardinho - M - 85 - 86 Fabiano - M - 85 - 85 Dani Carvalho - M - 87 - 86 Diego Souza - M - 89 - 88 Serginho - M - 83 - 84 Ze Luis - M - 85 - 86 Wendel - M - 75 - 75 Rafael Jatai - M - 75 - 77 Joao Pedro - M - 75 - 80 Diego Tardelli - F - 89 - 89 Obina - F - 87 - 87 Neto Berola - F - 80 - 83 APR Joao Carlos - G - 75 - 75 Neto - G - 75 - 82 Jean - D - 78 - 78 Eli Sabia - D - 82 - 82 Rhodolfo - D - 86 - 86 Alex Fraga - D - 82 - 80 Marcio Azevedo - D - 86 - 86 Bruno Costa - D - 76 - 78 Manoel - D - 83 - 85 Netinho - M - 83 - 83 Paulo Baier - M - 87 - 87 Chico - M - 85 - 86 Branquinho - F - 77 - 80 Mithyuê - M - 75 - 77 Fransergio - M - 77 - 79 Deivid - M - 75 - 77 Alex Mineiro - F - 85 - 85 Joffre Guerron - F - 86 - 84 Maikon Leite - F - 80 - 80 Bruno Mineiro - F - 80 - 83 Marcelo - F - 75 - 78 AVA Renan - G - 75 - 82 Ze Carlos - G - 77 - 80 Emerson Nunes - D - 83 - 84 Gabriel - D - 77 - 81 Emerson - D - 84 - 86 Rafael - D - 84 - 84 Eltinho - D - 86 - 86 Patric - D - 78 - 83/84 Medina - D - 75 - 77 Marcos - D - 75 - 78 Rudnei - M - 78 - 83 Marcinho Guerreiro - M - 80 - 83 Batista - M - 83 - 81 Robinho - M - 80 - 83 Davi - M - 78 - 82 Caio - M - 82 - 84 Leonardo - F - 80 - 80 Vandinho - F - 83 - 83 Cristian - F - 76 - 76 Roberto - F - 77 - 83/84 BOT Jefferson - G - 83 - 85/86 Antonio Carlos - D - 84 - 85 Danny Morais - D - 84 - 84 Alessandro - D - 85 - 86 Fabio Ferreira - D - 83 - 85 Marcelo Cordeio - D - 84 - 85 Fahel - M - 84 - 85 Marcelo Mattos - M - 87 - 85 Leandro Guerreiro - M - 86 - 87 Lucio Flavio - M - M - 87 - 87 Maicosuel - M - 86 - 86 Edno - M - 85 - 85 Renato - M - 80 - 80 Tulio Souza - M - 80 - 80 Somalia - M - 78 - 83 Diguinho - M - 75 - 75 Herrera - F - 85 - 85 Abreu - F - 86 - 86 Jobson - F - 80 - 82 Caio - F - 75 - 81 CEA Diego - G - 80 - 84 Jorge Luiz - D - 82 - 82 Thyago - D - 75 - 75 Fabricio - D - 80 - 83/84 Ernandes - D - 80 - 84 Oziel - D - 80 - 83/84 Anderson - D - 77 - 84 Heleno - M - 80 - 81 Careca - M - 78 - 82 Erick Flores - M - 75 - 80 Joao Marcos - M - 78 - 83 Washington - F - 83 - 83 Wellington Amorim - F - 80 - 80 Misael - F - 77 - 83/84 COR Julio Cesar - G - 76 - 80/81 Rafael Santos - G - 75 - 75 Roberto Carlos - D - 88 - 88 Alessandro - D - 85 - 85 William - D - 86 - 87 Chicao - D - 87 - 87 Leandro Castan - D - 84 - 83 Moacir - D - 82 - 82 Edu - M - 87 - 85 Tcheco - M - 88 - 86 Danilo - M - 85 - 85 Defederico - M - 85 - 85 Paulinho - M - 77 - 81 Ralf - M - 84 - 86 Boquita - M - 84 - 82 Elias - M - 87 - 88 Bruno Cesar - M - 74 - 84/85 Jucilei - M - 86 - 87 Ronaldo - F - 88 - 87 Souza - F - 85 - 85 Iarley - F - 88 - 87 Jorge Henrique - F - 87 - 87 Dentinho - F - 86 - 87 CRU Fabio - G - 88 - 88 Rafael - G - 75 - 75 Cacapa - D - 85 - 85 Edcarlos - D - 86 - 85 Jonathan - D - 88 - 88 Leonardo Silva - D - 87 - 87 Diego Renan - D - 85 - 87 Gil - D - 85 - 87 Romulo - D - 78 - 80 Roger - M - 84 - 85 Gilberto - M - 87 - 87 Fabinho - M - 85 - 85 Pedro Ken - M - 84 - 84 Henrique - M - 87 - 88 Elicarlos - M - 84 - 85 Marquinhos Parana - M - 87 - 87 Fabricio - M - 88 - 88 Everton - M - 83 - 84 Robert - F - 86 - 86/87 Thiago Ribeiro - F - 87 - 87 Wellington Paulista - F - 87 - 87 Kieza - F - 83 - 83 Eliandro - F - 75 - 78 Seba - F - 75 - 77 FLA Bruno - G - 88 - 86 Marcelo Lomba - G - 75 - 80 Juan - D - 89 - 89 Jean - D - 84 - 84 Leo Moura - D - 89 - 89 Rodrigo Alvim - D - 84 - 82 Ronaldo Angelim - D - 87 - 87 David - D - 84 - 85 Welinton - D - 80 - 81 Everton Silva - D - 78 - 78 Kleberson - M - 87 - 87 Maldonado - M - 86 - 86 Fernando - M - 85 - 85 Correa - M - 87 - 87 Michael - M - 83 - 85 Toro - M - 86 - 86 Petkovic - M - 87 - 87 Vinicius Pacheco - F - 80 - 85 Romulo - M - 78 - 82 Willians - M - 87 - 87 Camacho - M - 75 - 79 Lenon - M - 75 - 75 Val Baiano - F - 84 - 84 Marquinhos - F - 85 - 83 Diego Mauricio - F - 75 - 81 FLU Fernando Henrique - G - 83 - 84 Rafael - G - 85 - 85 Andre Luis - D - 87 - 87 Carlinhos - D - 77 - 83/84 Gum - D - 84 - 86 Mariano - D - 83 - 85 Julio Cesar - D - 87 -86 Cassio - D - 80 - 80 Leandro Euzebio - D - 86 - 87 Digao - D - 78 - 78 Belletti - D - 87 - 87 Equi Gonzalez - M - 85 - 84 Diguinho - M - 85 - 86 Marquinho - M - 83 - 84 Dario Conca - M - 88 - 88/89 Diogo - M - 85 - 86 Willians - M - 83 - 82 Thiaguinho - M - 83 - 82 Fernando Silva- M - 75 - 77 Fred - F - 89 - 89 Emerson - F - 84 - 84 Rodriguinho - F - 76 - 82 Wellington Silva - F - 75 - 77 GOI Rodrigo - G - 75 - 82 Harlei - G - 86 - 86 Junior - D - 83 - 83 Marcao - D - 86 -85 Jadilson - D - 84 - 83 Wendel - D - 86 - 85 Ernando - D - 86 - 86 Douglas - D - 80 - 83 Wellington Saci - D - 77 - 81 Rafael Toloi - D - 86 - 86 Valmir Lucas - D - 80 - 80 Augusto - D - 84 - 83 Carlos Alberto - D - 86 - 85 Amaral - M - 85 - 85 Wellington Monteiro - M - 84 - 84 Romerito - M - 83 - 85 Bernardo - M - 79 - 83 Hugo - M - 74 - 78 Everton Santos - F - 82 - 84 Rafa Moura - F - 83 - 83 Felipe - F - 88 - 86 Pedrao - F - 83 - 83 Johnathan - F - 75 - 75 GRE Marcelo Grohe - G - 83 - 83 Victor - G - 89 - 89 Fabio Santos - D - 86 - 86 Rafael Marques - D - 86 - 86 Edilson - D - 78 - 82 Ozeia - D - 82 - 83 Mario Fernandes - D - 85 - 85 Saimon - D - 75 - 75 Neuton - D - 75 - 78 Rochemback - M - 87 - 87 Douglas - M - 83 - 84 Souza - M - 88 - 86 William Magrao - M - 85 -85 Adilson - M - 87 - 87 Hugo - M - 88 -88 Maylson - M - 78 - 83 Ferdinando - M - 84 - 83 Fernando - M - 75 -79 Leandro - F - 85 - 84 Jonas - F - 87 - 87 Andre Lima - F - 86 - 86 Borges - F - 87 - 86 Bergson - F - 75 - 77 PRU Marcio - G - 75 - 80 Giovanni - G - 77 - 79 Paulo Cesar - D - 84 - 84 Leonardo - D - 78 - 83 Anderson Luis - D - 80 - 81 Diego Giaretta - D - 80 - 83 Paulao - D - 75 - 80 Marcelo Oliveira - M - 79 - 83 Deyvid Sacconi - M - 80 - 82 Mancha - M - 85 - 85 Carlos Eduardo - M - 75 - 80 Joao Vitor - M - 82 - 84 Sasha - M - 76 - 80 Wesley - F - 80 - 83 Henrique Dias - F - 78 - 80 Wanderley - F - 78 - 81 Flavinho - F - 82 - 82 Willian Jose - F - 75 - 78 GUA Douglas - G - 80 - 83 Fabao - D - 84 - 84 Marcio Careca - D - 86 - 86 Apodi - D - 85 - 83 Heverton - D - 75 - 77 Rodrigo Heffner - D - 82 - 84 Da Silva - D - 75 - 75 Baiano - M - 82 - 84 Renan - M - 85 - 85 Maycon - M - 80 - 80 Moreno - M - 77 - 80 Preto - M - 82 - 83 Paulinho - M - 78 - 78 Mario Lucio - M - 75 - 80 Paulo Roberto - M - 77 - 82 Mazola - F - 60 - 82/83 Ricardo Xavier - F - 80 - 82/83 Fabio Souza - F - 78 - 78 INT Abbondanzieri - G - 88 - 87 Renan - G - 87 - 87 Lauro - G - 86 - 85 Kleber - D - 90 - 90 Sorondo - D - 86 - 86 Bolivar - D - 87 - 87 Fabiano Eller - D - 87 - 86 Bruno Silva - D - 86 - 84 Indio - D - 87 - 87 Nei - D - 87 - 87 Juan - D - 75 - 78 Ronaldo - D - 74 - 76 Ronaldo Conceicao - D - 82 - 82 D'Alessandro - M - 89 - 89 Tinga - M - 87 - 87 Andrezinho - M - 87 - 87 Guinazu - M - 88 - 88/89 Giuliano - M - 87 - 87 Wilson Matias - M - 87 - 86 Derley - M - 82 - 82 Sandro - M - 88 - 89 Glaydson - M - 83 - 83 Edu - F - 87 - 85 Rafael Sobis - F - 86 - 86 Alecsandro - F - 88 - 89 Everton - F - 80 - 82 Taison - F - 86 - 87 PAL Marcos - G - 88 - 87 Deola - G - 75 - 80 Vitor - D - 88 - 88 Leo - D - 88 - 86 Mauricio Ramos - D - 87 - 87 Armero - D - 87 - 87 Gabriel Silva - D - 75 - 79 Lincoln - M - 88 - 88 Marcos Assuncao - M - 85 - 86 Edinho - M - 87 - 87 Pierre - M - 88 - 88 Marcio Araujo - M - 86 - 88 Luan - M - 80 - 80 Tinga - M - 76 - 80 Ewerthon - F - 86 - 86 Kleber - F - 88 - 88 Tadeu - F - 82 - 84 Vinicius - F - 75 - 79 Patrick - F - 75 - 79 SAN Felipe - G - 86 - 86 Rafael - G - 75 - 80 Edu - D - 88 - 87 Leo - D - 87 - 86 Durval - D - 85 -86 Bruno Aguiar - D - 78 - 80 Para - D - 83 - 85 Alex Sandro - D - 80 - 82 Maranhao - D - 78 - 80 Danilo - D - 75 - 78 Marquinhos - M - 86 - 86 Arouca - M - 86 - 86 Brum - M - 83 - 82 Ze Eduardo - M - 75 - 80 Wesley - M - 84 - 86 Ganso - M - 86 - 88/89 Zezinho - M - 78 - 80 Madson - M - 86 - 85 Rodriguinho - M - 75 - 79 Alan Patrick - M - 75 - 75 Marcel - F - 82 - 83 Neymar - F - 86 - 88/89 SAO Ceni - G - 90 - 90 Alex Silva - D - 88 - 88 Renato Silva - D - 87 - 86 Miranda - D - 90 - 90 Junior Cesar - 88 - 88 Diogo - D - 75 - 75 Xandao - D - 84 - 85 Samuel - D - 75 - 78 Jorge Wagner - M - 89 - 88 Richarlyson - M - 89 - 88 Casemiro - M - 75 - 75 Cleber Santana - M - 88 - 87 Marcelinho - M - 75 - 75 Rodrigo Souto - M - 87 - 87 Marlos - M - 85 - 86 Jean - M - 87 - 88 Carlinhos Paraiba - M - 84 - 84 Wellington - M - 75 - 79 Fernandao - F - 84 - 86 Dagoberto - F - 88 - 88 Fernandinho - F - 84 - 85 VAS Prass - G - 81 - 84 Fernando - D - 80 - 80 Granja - D - 85 - 83 Fagner - D - 78 - 81 Titi - D - 80 - 80 Ramon - D - 80 - 80 Martinelli - D - 83 - 83 Irrazabal - D - 83 - 83 Cesinha - D - 82 - 82 Ernani - D - 76 - 79 Dede - D - 75 - 83 Carlinhos - D - 75 - 79 Carlos Alberto - M - 85 - 84 Felipe - M - 80 - 80 Ze Roberto - M - 85 - 85 Fumagalli - M - 82 - 82 Nilton - M - 80 - 84 Jumar - M - 84 - 83 Leo Gago - M - 85 - 84 Rafael Carioca - M - 87 - 87 Caique - M - 77 - 77 Magno - F - 75 - 77 Allan - M - 77 - 77 Romulo - M - 75 - 80 Nunes - F - 82 - 83 Eder Luis - F - 87 - 86 Bruno Paulo - F - 71 - 75 Nilson - F - 75 - 75 Jonathan - F - 75 - 78 VIT Viafara - G - 86 - 86 Egidio - D - 80 - 84 Jonas - D - 78 - 81 Vilson - D - 82 - 82 Anderson Martins - D - 85 - 85 Wallace - D - 84 - 86 Nino Paraiba - D - 77 - 81 Renie - D - 75 - 81 Gabriel - D - 75 - 77 Lenilson - M - 82 - 82 Renato - M - 83 - 83 Ramon Menezes - M - 83 - 84 Vanderson - M - 84 - 85 Neto Coruja - M - 75 - 80 Bida - M - 80 - 80 Uelliton - M - 83 - 84 Ricardo Conceicao - M - 82 - 83 Elkeson - M - 76 - 83 Junior - F - 83 - 84 Schwenck - F - 80 - 84 Edson - F - 75 - 75 Adailton - F - 76 - 76
One Month After the Argentine Review: the Keep/Sell Thread
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One Month After the Argentine Review: the Keep/Sell Thread I keep getting requests on my Argentina thread about which players you should be keeping and which players you should be selling, as well as seeing the countless number of queries on the other Argentine threads and the brand new threads created for just an answer. So to save me some time, here, I have picked out every notable riser from the recent Argentine review and given you an indication as to whether they are worth keeping or not. If there is anyone I have missed and you would like to know whether they are worth keeping, then don't hesitate to ask. Furthermore, if you have any enquiries about any player currently plying their trade in Argentina, or if you would like to know a bit more about a certain player, I shall endeavour to answer your question. Each player has an overall verdict attached to their name and I have tried my best to cater for Gold Championship managers, or set-ups of a more competitive nature. If you are a manager competing in a regular set-up that isn't particularly active, then lean more towards the more ruthless side of my verdict. Here is how I assess each different category of my analysis: SELL - this player is rubbish and/or has hit his maximum rating. Get rid as soon as possible, simple as. MAYBE SELL - this player has the potential to go further in the future but it might take a while for him to hit that potential. Sell now if you can't be bothered to wait. KEEP/SELL - this player can be kept or sold depending on the quality of your team, the standard and activity of your set-up and/or your urgency to raise some funds. You have to make a decision based on the information I'm giving you. PATIENTLY KEEP - this player is a good player and/or a hot prospect, but he won't be rising next time. Despite this, he is worth keeping for the future if you are patient with him. KEEP - this player will likely rise again next time and/or is a great player/hot prospect. ***MUST KEEP*** - this player is a future star. Under no circumstances should you be flogging this guy on the cheap. Anyway, enough with the chit-chat, read away. Argentinos Juniors: - currently 5th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Ignacio Canuto (CB/RB - 24) - 5(2) - 84 ---> 86 ---> 86 - MAYBE SELL Has lost his place in the side during March but is more than capable of winning it back in time. Nearing maximum potential rating of 87/88 but set for a stay at the minute next time around. Arsenal de Sarandi: - currently 7th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Claudio Mosca (CM/LM - 19) - 0(0) - 75 ---> 80 ---> 80 - PATIENTLY KEEP Yet to figure in the Clausura, so no rise is imminent. However, he has been called up for the Argentina under-20's. Could sell in uncompetitive set-ups. Ivan Marcone (CM - 21) - 6(1) - 75 ---> 80 ---> 83 - KEEP Gradually becoming a more important figure for Arsenal, starting every game in March (with a record of PL5 - W4 D1 L0). Set for another small rise in the next review and capable of going further after that. Franco Jara (Fwd - 21) - 6(3) - 80 ---> 85 ---> 85 - KEEP Isn't enjoying as successful a Clausura as he did in the Apertura, but has already agreed a deal to join up with Benfica for the Summer. Worth keeping to see how he fits in. Atletico Tucuman: - currently 20th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Damian Musto (CM/RM - 22) - 5(1) - 80 ---> 82 ---> 82 - SELL Tucuman are getting relegated. Sell. Juan Pablo Pereyra (CF - 25) - 7(0) - 80 ---> 82 ---> 82 - SELL As above. Banfield: - currently 6th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats. Julio Barraza (RB - 30) - 11(0) - 83 ---> 86 ---> 86/87 - KEEP/SELL Regular for the Apertura champs. Could rise to 87 next time. Keep if 86/87 is good for your squad; sell if you have better, younger prospects. James Rodriguez (Wing/AM - 18) - 12(0) - 78 ---> 85 ---> 87 - ***MUST KEEP*** Integral figure for Banfield, both in the league and the Copa Libertadores. Immensely talented and bound to move to Europe this Summer. Strong links with Juventus. Cristian Garcia (Fwd/Wing - 22) - 5(6) - 77 ---> 80 ---> 82 - KEEP/SELL Very much a back-up striker who plays when Banfield field a weakened side before a Copa Libertadores game in midweek. Could see another small rise but nothing major. Keep if you have the patience to see him break through; sell if you don't. Boca Juniors: - currently 18th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Ezequiel Munoz (CB- 19) - 6(1) - 78 ---> 82 ---> 84 - KEEP Isn't having a great 2010 so far, but has little help around him. Might see a small rise next time with a move to Europe inevitable in the future. Gaston Sauro (CB - 20) - 0(0) - 75 ---> 78 ---> 78 - PATIENTLY KEEP Has been injured much of this year (I think), so hasn't played. Future first-choice CB for Boca. Jesus Mendez (CM/DM - 25) - 8(0) - 84 ---> 86 ---> 86 - MAYBE SELL A regular, but hasn't been the difference maker that Boca were hoping for since arriving from Central. Decent player who has potential to rise in the future, but can't see him rising next time around. Nicolas Gaitan (Fwd/Wing - 22) - 9(0) - 85 ---> 86 ---> 87 - ***MUST KEEP*** Excellent talent with a very promising future. One of the few positive things to talk about at Boca right now. Should move to Europe this Summer, with Ajax already making formal interest. Barcelona are said to be keen. Chacarita Juniors: - currently 13th Alejandro Frezotti (CM - 26) - 10(0) - 77 ---> 82 ---> 82 - SELL Chacarita are favourites to be relegated along with Atletico Tucuman and I reckon Frezotti would go down with them. Facundo Parra (Fwd - 24) - 11(0) - 84 ---> 85 ---> 85/86 - KEEP/SELL Scoring for fun in the Clausura which could earn him a move to a better club if/when Chacarita get relegated. If he does move, he deserves a rise. Diego Morales (Fwd - 23) - 10 (0) - 78 ---> 82 ---> 82 - SELL Important figure for Chacarita and has a hand in a lot of their key plays and goals. Potential target for other clubs but I'd risk selling him. Colon de Santa Fe: - currently 10th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats Ismael Quilez (RB/RM - 21) - 1(0) - 78 ---> 83 ---> 83 - KEEP/SELL Just one appearance in 2010, so no rise next time. Not my favourite young full-back in Argentina; maybe cash in. Alfredo Ramirez - (CM/AM - 23) - 1(2) - 82 ---> 85 ---> 85 - MAYBE SELL Has seen very little action this Clausura, being relegated to the subs bench. Can come back and hit a higher rating, but not much higher. No rise next time. Facundo Bertoglio (AM/Wing - 19) - 10(1) - 75 ---> 82 ---> 85 - ***MUST KEEP*** Very talented kid with potential to become one of the top players in Argentina. Has to rise to 85/86 next time, and then further after that. Federico Nieto (CF - 26) - 6(4) - 85 ---> 87 ---> 87 - KEEP/SELL Might just have hit his maximum rating, although more 12-goal hauls like in the Apertura might see him surpass his current rating. Won't rise next time, should stay. Keep if 87 is good for your team; sell if you have better. Estudiantes: - currently 3rd Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats Damian Albil (GK - 30) - 2(0) - 77 ---> 84 ---> 82 - SELL Was always a stop-gap until Estu signed a number one 'keeper. They now have in the form of Agustin Orion, so Albil is back on the bench. Federico Fernandez (CB/RB - 21) - 4(0) - 78 ---> 80 ---> 82 - PATIENTLY KEEP Plays when Estu put their reserves out to rest the first XI. Might see another small rise next time and is the future of the Estu defence. However, it could take a few years before he usurps any of the current first-teamers. Marcos Rojo (CB/LB - 20) - 4(6) - 75 ---> 80 --> 82 - PATIENTLY KEEP Similar predicament to Fernandez, but possibly half a step ahead in the pecking order. Maximiliano Nunez (Wing/AM - 23) - 8(6) - 76 ---> 80 ---> 84 - KEEP Seeing a fair bit of action this term, although a sub for Estu's most important matches (Copa Libertadores). Will rise next time towards 83/84. Mauro Boselli - (CF - 24) - 13(1) - 88 ---> 89 ---> 89/90 - KEEP Absolute goal machine, with 12 in 12 starts in 2010. Could very well hit 90 next time, but he may just get snapped up in the Summer. Gimnasia La Plata: - currently 14th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Milton Casco (RB/LB - 21) - 1(0) - 75 ---> 78 ---> 78 - SELL Won't be rising next time and could GLP could be getting relegated. Luciano Aued (LM/CM - 23) - 9(0) - 75 ---> 82 ---> 82/84 - KEEP/SELL Very much depends on GLP's end to the season. If they stay up, Aued rises. If they go down, then he doesn't. If you have the patience, wait a couple of months to see what happens to them. Lucas Nahuel Castro (RM - 20) - 2(8) - 75 ---> 81 ---> 81 - SELL Same situation as Casco, although Castro has more chance of a rise if they stay up. Denis Stracqualursi (CF - 22) - 11(0) - 75 ---> 82 ---> 82/84 - KEEP/SELL Same situation as Aued, but I really like this guy. He has a bright future as an 86/87 CF in SM at the least in my opinion. Keep if you're patient. Godoy Cruz: - currently 2nd Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Ariel Rojas (CM/LM - 24) - 11(0) - 82 ---> 84 ---> 85/86 - KEEP A key figure for a Godoy side who are doing fantastically well in the Clausura. If they keep up their current form, then he'll hit the upper bracket of my prediction. Carlos Sanchez (CM/RM - 25) - 7(1) - 78 ---> 80 ---> 83 KEEP Has done well since joining from Uruguay and shall see a decent rise next time around. Jesus Vera (Fwd - 20) - 0(0) - 74 ---> 77 ---> 77 - MAYBE SELL Don't know what he's doing but he's not playing and a fair way down the pecking order. Huracan: - currently 9th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Gaston Monzon (GK - 22) - 11(0) - 83 ---> 84 ---> 84 - KEEP/SELL Nearing the limit of his short-term rating of 85/86. With age and experience he could go further but I'd seriously consider selling. Ezequiel Filippetto (CB/RB - 22) - 6(2) - 76 ---> 82 ---> 83 - KEEP/SELL Probably in line for a small rise next time, but it may very well be worth cashing in. Kevin Cura (CB/LB - 19) - 0(2) - 77 ---> 79 ---> 79 - PATIENTLY KEEP Shall not rise next time. Worth sticking with for now. Patricio Toranzo (AM/RM - 28) - 11(0) - 83 ---> 85 ---> 86 - KEEP Key player for Huracan and has already been linked with a Summer move to Independiente. Worth hanging on to. Luciano Nieto (Fwd - 19) - 2(7) - 75 ---> 78 ---> 80 - PATIENTLY KEEP Still very young and very raw but a good prospect nonetheless. Independiente: - currently 1st Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Adrian Gabbarini (GK - 24) - 11(0) - 70 ---> 83 ---> 86 - KEEP Undisputed number one for El Rojo, and not a bad 'keeper either. Should hit 86 next time and can go further than that afterwards. Luciano Vella (RB/28) - 9(0) - 82 ---> 84 ---> 86 - KEEP/SELL Regular for Inde at RB but is a steady player at best - nothing special. Will probably rise to 86/85 next time, but sell if that's little benefit to you. Leonel Galeano (CB - 18) - 11(0) - 75 ---> 84 - ***MUST KEEP*** Fantastic defender for his age and holds a big future. Will hit 86 mimimum next time and is a must to move to Europe eventually. Federico Mancuello (LM/CM - 21) - 7(0) - 83 ---> 85 ---> 86 - KEEP Good little player who could rise next time, but nothing more than to 86. Definately worth hanging on to, but maybe cash in to external in uncompetetive set-ups. Walter Busse (CM/AM - 23) - 7(0) - 82 ---> 85 ---> 85 - SELL Was a regular before he sustained a very serious injury against Chacarita, which will keep him out for much of the rest of 2010. Can't see him rising at all in the next two changes, possibly even dropping. Patricio Rodriguez (AM/Fwd - 19) - 0(8) - 77 ---> 82 ---> 82 - PATIENTLY KEEP Great talent but is being bedded in very slowly - no starts in the Clausura. Still has a lot of work to do before fulfilling his huge potential. Dario Gandin (CF - 26) - 11(0) - 85 ---> 87 ---> 87/88 - KEEP/SELL First choice for Inde and a frequent goalscorer. If he can end the Clausura strongly, he could very well see a rise to 88. At worst, a very solid 87 but you could sell if you have better prospects. Lanus: - currently 12th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats Agustin Marchesin (GK - 21) - 14(0) - 76 ---> 82 ---> 85 - KEEP Not my favourite 'keeper, but he is still young and learning his trade. Regular in the league and the Copa Libertadores and on course to hit 85/86 next time around. Hernan Grana (RB - 24) - 9(2) - 80 ---> 84 ---> 86 - KEEP Good full-back and now the undisputed first-choice at RB. Should hit 86 next time and then potentially 87/88 in the future. Cristian Menendez (Fwd - 22) - 3(6) - 78 ---> 82 ---> 82/83 - KEEP/SELL Not figuring as much as he did in the Apertura, so no noticable rise next time. Patience needed. Gonzalo Castillejos (CF - 24) - 8(6) - 76 ---> 83 ---> 85 - KEEP/SELL In and out of the Lanus side but starts their most important games (Copa Libertadores). Might get a small rise next time, but nothing more than 85/84. Not the greatest player but he could hit 86/87 if you're patient. Newell's Old Boys: - currently 11th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats Nahuel Roselli (RB/RM - 24) - 6(1) - 80 ---> 83 ---> 83 - SELL Not starting as much in 2010, stays next time around. Juan Insaurralde (CB - 25) - 11(0) - 85 ---> 87 ---> 87 - KEEP/SELL Good defender who had a great Apertura, but has probably seen his max for a good while yet. Sell/trade if you have better and don't need him. Alexis Machuca (CB - 19) - 2(1) - 70 ---> 83 ---> 83 - PATIENTLY KEEP Not regularly starting now, so no rise next time. Potential to take over as first-choice CB in the future, as well as a move to Europe. Ignacio Fideleff (CB - 20) - 1(0) - 77 ---> 80 ---> 80 - PATIENTLY KEEP No rise next time but a first-teamer in the future (possibly when Schiavi retires). Pablo Franco Dolci (RM/CM - 26) - 6(2) - 78 ---> 82 ---> 83 - MAYBE SELL Could see another small rise next time, but nothing to really shout about. I'd cash in, personally. Mauro Formica (AM/Fwd - 21) - 12(0) - 84 ---> 86 ---> 86/87 - KEEP Nearing his maximum level at Newell's (87, maybe 88). Too intriguing a talent to sell right now, with faint interest from abroad. Joaquin Boghossian (CF - 22) - 11(0) - 80 ---> 85 ---> 86 - KEEP/SELL The revelation of the Apertura is finding it tougher in the Clausura. Should still get another small rise next time, but he's calmed since exploding into Argentina. Possible move to Europe in the summer. Racing Club: - currently 15th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Jorge De Olivera (GK - 27) - 11(0) - 75 ---> 82 ---> 85 - KEEP Certain number one in goal and is a decent 'keeper as well. Should rise to 85ish next time if Racing stay up, which they should do. Brian Lluy (RB/RM) - 7(0) - 78 ---> 82 ---> 84 - KEEP Not an undisputed first-choice just yet but he sees a fair bit of action. Can rise to 83/84 next time, worth hanging on to for now. Matias Martinez (CB - 22) - 6(0) - 82 ---> 84 ---> 85 - KEEP Was dropped when Ayala came in but has now won his place back. If Racing survive, he's rising again and has potential to go further. Lucas Aveldano (CB - 24) - 10(0) - 83 ---> 84 ---> 85 - KEEP A near ever-present this season. If Racing stay up, should see a similar rise next time around, if that's good for you. Can go further in the future. Sebastian Grazzini (AM - 29) - 0(6) - 76 ---> 80 ---> 80 - SELL Just six sub appearances in 2010, get rid. River Plate: - currently 16th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Maximiliano Coronel (CB - 20) - 1(1) - 80 ---> 82 ---> 82 - KEEP/SELL Barely figuring in 2010, will stay next time. Better young, defensive prospects out there. Rodrigo Rojas (AM/RM - 21) - 10(0) - 83 ---> 84 ---> 85 - KEEP Has been a regular since arriving from Olimpia, but hasn't been the answer to River's problems thus far. Will probably get another small rise next time. Mauro Alberto Diaz (AM/Wing - 19) - 1(4) - 82 ---> 83 ---> 83 - PATIENTLY KEEP Won't be rising next time but can slowly develop into a starter in the future. Can sell in uncompetetive set-ups. Gustavo Bou (RM/AM - 20) - 0(3) - 78 ---> 80 ---> 80 - PATIENTLY KEEP Similar predicament to Mauro Diaz above. Daniel Villalba (Fwd/AM - 17) - 5(4) - 72 ---> 80 ---> 82 - ***MUST KEEP*** In and out of the side and not wowing the world just yet, but has bags of potential. Will see another small rise next time, but patience is needed here. Rosario Central: - currently 19th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Hernan Galindez (GK - 23) - 11(0) - 74 ---> 78 ---> 82 - KEEP Still deputising while Broun recovers from a serious injury. Will rise into the low 80's next time, but shall likely retreat to the bench as soon as Broun returns. Guillermo Burdisso (CB - 21) - 10(0) - 82 ---> 86 ---> 86 - ***MUST KEEP*** Already capped by Argentina and a move to Italy in the Summer is inevitable, with Lazio being strongly linked. Potentially 88/89 within a couple of changes. Nahuel Valentini (CB/RB - 20) - 7(2) - 75 ---> 80 ---> 82/83 - KEEP Already supassed the number of starts he had in the Apertura, so set for another rise. Gervasio Nunez (LM/LB - 22) - 10(0) - 82 ---> 84 ---> 85/84 - KEEP/SELL One of Central's better performers this season for me. Potential rise may be dependent on Rosario staying up or not. Jonathan Gomez (RM/CM - 20) - 9(0) - 77 ---> 84 ---> 85/84 - KEEP/SELL Talented kid but has several flaws to his game. Rosario in danger of relegation which could affect a potential small rise. Mario Paglialunga (CM/DM - 21) - 10(0) - 82 ---> 84 ---> 85/84 - KEEP/SELL Has been a near ever-present this season but part of a struggling Central side in the Clausura. Faint European interest from average sides. Lucas Moya (Wing/Fwd - 23) - 1(0) - 72 ---> 80 ---> 80 - SELL Nothing special, pure money-spinner for me. San Lorenzo: - currently 17th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Pablo Migliore (GK - 28) - 11(0) - 84 ---> 86 ---> 86 - KEEP/SELL Solid 'keeper and a solid 86. Pablo Pintos (RB/RM - 22) - 9(0) - 84 ---> 86 ---> 86 - KEEP Very good player who can rise again in the future, just not next time. Sebastian Emanuel Gonzalez (Wing/Fwd - 18) - 3(4) - 75 ---> 78 ---> 81 - ***MUST KEEP*** Slowly working his way into the side and shall see another small rise next time. Exciting prospect. Fabian Bordagaray (Fwd/Wing - 23) - 8(3) - 76 ---> 82 ---> 84 - KEEP Regular but lacks goals to add to his resume. Shall probably hit 84ish next time for a goal-shy San Lorenzo. Tigre: - currently 8th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps) - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict Maxi Oliva (LB/CB - 20) - 4(3) - 74 ---> 80 ---> 80 - PATIENTLY KEEP Promising young defender who has appeared for the Argie youths in the past. Has had his Clausura cut short through injury so he shall not rise next time. Carlos Fondacaro (LB/RB - 22) - 0(0) - 75 ---> 78 ---> 78 - MAYBE SELL Still on loan from Boca Juniors I believe and, although he's not currently playing right now, I'd be a little bit reluctant to sell him. Maybe wait until next season and then get rid. Lucas Oviedo (RM - 24) - 0(1) - 77 ---> 80 ---> 80 - MAYBE SELL Can't tell you a whole lot about this guy because I don't recall seeing much of him in the past. Peripheral figure this Clausura, so maybe get rid. Velez Sarsfield: - currently 4th Key: Name (Position - Age) - 2010 starts(sub apps)* - previous rating - current rating - next rating - verdict * - 2010 stats include Clausura stats and Copa Libertadores stats Gaston Diaz (RB/RM - 22) - 9(2) - 83 ---> 86 ---> 86/87 KEEP Really like this kid and he can sew up the RB spot for some time to come. Depending on how far Velez go in the Copa Libertadores, he has a decent shot at a rise to 87 next time. Nicolas Otamendi (CB/RB - 22) - 8(0) - 86 ---> 88 ---> 89 - ***MUST KEEP*** Not a lot to say. Fantastic defender, Argentine international and a dead-cert to be starting at the WC in the summer (barring injury). Move to Europe inevitable and his Madrid-based agent gives you a clue as to where he's headed. Franco Razzotti (DM/CB - 25) - 5(4) - 85 ---> 87 ---> 87 - KEEP/SELL Decent enough player but he's very much the squad player this Clausura. A solid 87 for the next couple of changes unless he gets a bad injury. Jonathan Cristaldo (Fwd - 21) - 0(1) - 85 ---> 86 ---> 86 - KEEP/SELL Good, young striker with potential for the future, but he'll level out as an 86 for a while now. With the arrival of Silva, he's quite a way down the pecking order in 2010. Santiago Tanque Silva (CF - 29) - 9(3) - 87 ---> 88 ---> 89 - KEEP Scoring goals for fun once more in the Clausura, just like he did in the Apertura. Should have gotten his 89 last time around; he'll certainly get it this time. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NB: All rating predictions and verdicts are subject to change. The final few teams shall be fully completed within the next 48 hours.
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-||Eredivisie Ratings II - 12/13 Winter Predictions Up! - by BRNL||-
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Teams with ** have been reviewed for the 2012 winter update ADO Den Haag Ajax** AZ Willem II Feyenoord** PEC Zwolle FC Groningen SC Heerenveen Heracles NAC NEC PSV** RKC Roda JC FC Twente** FC Utrecht** Vitesse** VVV Explanation Player should surely rise Player could rise Player could drop Player should surely drop
The Best Talent of 10k
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Hello! I'm Italian, sorry for the language not correct Back by popular demand, the fourth edition of "The best talent 10k" .. I've seen lately are considering only the risers from 75 up, so I decided to repeat the talents ranging from 60 to 72/73 . Of course if you have any name you are free to put it, and successively be put on the list LIST 2013/2014 Argentina Primera División Albania Super League MUSTAFA, Argjend 72 --> 75/76 (Besa Kavajë) Serbia Prva Liga Dušan Ivkovic 71 --> 75/76 (FK Javor) 75 Italia Serie A Serie B Lega Pro 1/2 Andrea Testa 70 --> 75/76 (L'Aquila) 74 Federico Maracchi 70 --> 75 (Venezia) Brasile Serie A Serie B Silva Guto 70 --> 75/78 (ABC) Dionísio Neverton 72 --> 77/78 (Paranà) 75 Portogallo Portuguese Liga Josè Sa 73 --> 78/80 (Maritimo) 76>80 Liga de Honra Almeida Pana 68 --> 78 (Maritimo 75 Scozia Premier League Ben Greenhalgh 67 --> 73/75 (Inverness CT) Christopher Dilo 70 --> 75 (St. Mirren) Israele Liga Leumit Issoumaïla Lingane 70 --> 75 (Hapoel Ramat Gan) 74 Slovenia 1. SNL KOZAR, Tomaz 68 --> 77 (NK Aluminij) 72 Inghilterra Premier League Dale Eve 70 --> 75 (Stoke City) Jordan Pickford 72 --> 75 (Sunderland) Championship Matt Green 71 --> 78 (Birmingham City) Tom Hitchcock 73 --> 77 (QPR) League One HOLMES, Danny 72 --> 77 (Tranmere Rovers) James Rowe 65 --> 75/76 (Tranmere Rovers) 70 (SALIRA' ANCORA) Vadaine Oliver 68 --> 75 (Crewe Alexandra) 72 (SALIRA' ANCORA) Josh Gillies 70 --> 75 (Carlisle United) 74 League Two Romania Liga I DANQUAH, Frank 70 --> 75 (Brasov FC) Colombia Primera División CABRERA, Yesus 70 --> 77/78 (Real Cartagena) 77 Belgio Pro League Second Division MAATOUG, Ilias 70 --> 73/75 (White Star Brussels) 74 Cipro 1. Division Perù Primera Division JASAUI, Khader 70 --> 76/77 (Melgar) BENINCASA, Horacio 70 --> 77/78 (Inti Gas) APARICIO, Koichi 70 --> 78 (Alianza Lima) 78 Australia A-League JANJETOVIC, Vedran 70 --> 75 (Sydney) 74 Kwame Yeboah 70 --> 75 (Brisbane Roar) Jamie Maclaren 70 --> 77 (Perth Glory) USA MLS SORTO, Oscar 70>75 (Los Angeles Galaxy) SERNA, Dillon 70>75 (Colorado Rapids) MARSCHEIDER, Erich 70>75 (Houston Dynamo) Norvegia Tippeligaen Christian Sukke 70 --> 75 (Sarpsborg 08 FF) Olav Oby 70 --> 75 (Sarpsborg 08 FF) Ecuador Primera A Ronny Medina 70 --> 75 (El Nacional) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LISTA 2012/2012 Argentina Primera División VALLE, Jonathan 60 --> 75 (Newell’s Old Boys) JANSON, Lucas 73 --> 75 (Tigre) Brasile Serie B Brito Lucca 73 --> 78/80 (Criciúma) 78 Italia Serie A Giacomo Rosaia 73 --> 76/77 (Fiorentina, prestito Treviso) 75 Luca Santonocito 70 --> 73/75 (Milan) 75 Simone Pecorini 70 --> 75 (Inter, prestito Empoli) 75 STILLO, Robert 72 --> 75 (Genoa) Serie B Edoardo Scrosta 72 --> 77/78 (Lanciano) Angelo Casadei 70 --> 75 (Virtus Lanciano) CERNUTO, Francesco 70 --> 76/77 (Reggina, loan Treviso) 76 Lega Pro - Prima Divisione VIVAN, Gianluca 68 --> 76/77 (San Marino) SPINOSA, Marco 70 --> 75 (Treviso) Giappone J League Kazuki Kushibiki 73 --> 77/78 (Consadole Sapporo) 77 Grecia Super League Panagiotis SPYROPOULOS 73 --> 78/80 (Panathinaikos) 78 MUNAFO, Juan 73 --> 78/80 (Panthrakikos) 80 Olanda Eredivisie ** Jeroen LUMU 60 --> 77 (Willem II) 76 ** Aurelien JOACHIM 72 --> 78/80 (Willem II) 82 ** DIJKS, Mitchell 60 --> 78 (Ajax) 78 BADJECK, Cedric 73 --> 77 (Utrecht) Cas Peters 72 --> 75 (Twente, loan Go Ahead Eagles) Portogallo Liga de Honra Joao Meira 71 --> 78 (Belenenses) ** Igor Stefanovic 70 --> 78 (Porto 80 Kanu Valerio 73 --> 77/78 (Vitória de Guimarães) 78 CORONAS, Pedro Emanuel 70 --> 78 (Penefiel) 78 Francia Ligue 2 SANSON, Morgan 70 --> 78 (Le Mans) 80 Paul-Georges NTEP 67 --> 80 (Auxerre) 82 Scozia Premier League ** Tony Watt 72 --> 78/80 (Celtic) 80 HEGARTY, Chris 60 --> 75 (Rangers) 67 BOULDING, Rory 68 --> 75 (Kilmarnock) 74 Danny Racchi 70 --> 79 (Kilmarnock) 75 RIDGERS, Mark 70 --> 75 (Heart of Midlothian) 73 WARREN, Gary 67 --> 76 (Inverness) 75 Andre Blackman 68 --> 75 (Inverness) 73 RAMSDEN, Simon 70 --> 77 (Motherwell) 75 Cammy Smith 73 --> 77 (Aberdeen) 77 John MCGINN 65 --> 77 (St.Mirren) 77 HARRIS, Alex 70 --> 75 (Hibernian) First Division John Boyle 73 --> 75/76 (Airdrie United) Second Division Gavin Reilly 70 --> 75 (Queen of the South) Nicky CLARK 67 --> 77/78 (Queen of the South) 75 Bosnia & Erzegovina Premier Liga Dino Hamzik 70 --> 76 (Olimpic) 76 Slovacchia Super Liga Jakub Povazanec 70 --> 77 (Dukla) 78 Michal Krajnik 70 --> 78 (1.FC Tatran) 76 Martin Chudy 70 --> 76/77 (FC Nitra) 76 ** Kristian Kolcak 68 --> 80 (Slovan Bratislava) 78>81 Michal Skvarka 70 --> 78 (Zilina) 78 Mrva, Thomas 70 -> 76 (Senica) 76 KOTORA, Igor 70 --> 73 (Nitra) 74 Svezia Superattan Anton SANDBERG-MAGNUSSON 60 --> 78 (Brommapojkarna) Germania Bundesliga PHILP, Ronny 60 --> 75/76 (Augusta) 78 ERNST, Dominik 72 --> 75 (Schalke 04) 75 Inghilterra Premier League RICHARDSON, Michael 70 --> 75 (Newcastle) ** POWELL, Nick 70 --> 80 (Manchester United) ** WESTWOOD, Ashley 72 --> 83 (Aston Villa) 83 ** GAZZANIGA, Paulo 73 --> 80/82 (Southempton) 80 Hope Akpan 70 --> 75/77 (Reading) 78 LOSASSO, Charlie 70 --> 75 (Reading) HECTOR, Michael 70 --> 76 (Reading) 73 FORECAST, Tommy 70 --> 75 (Southempton) Sam Hoskins 70 --> 75 (Southempton) 72 OBENG, Curtis 70 --> 75 (Swansea) 73 WARD, Daniel 67 --> 74 (Liverpool) Championship ** Tommie Hoban 70 --> 78 (Watford) (Wanted from Chelsea,Liverpool,Man. United) 80 ** Dwight GAYLE 67 --> 77 (Peterborough United) 78 Nathaniel KNIGHT-PERCIVAL 72 --> 78 (Peterborough United) BRYAN, Joe 70 --> 76/77 (Bristol City) Legue One ** Max Clayton 70 --> 77 (Crewe) (Wanted from Arsenal) Mathias Pogba 70 --> 75 (Crewe Alexandra) DAVIS, Harry 70 --> 76/77 (Crew Alexandra) FODERINGHAM, Wesley 72 --> 75 (Swindon Town) Abdulai Bell-Baggie 70 --> 75 (Tranmere Rovers) Danny Holmes 67 --> 75 (Tranmere Rovers) (Wanted from Celtic, Liverpool) Joe Partington 70 --> 74 (AFC Bournemouth) Dan Burn 70 --> 75 (Fulham, loan Yeovil Town) 77 Aden Flint 70 --> 75 (Swindon Town) George Bowerman 70 --> 75 (Walsall) Raffaele De Vita 73 --> 78/80 (Swindon Town) League Two Lee Brown 72 --> 75 (Bristol Rovers) Britt ASSOMBALONGA 72 --> 75 (Southend United) Luke ROONEY 70 --> 73 (Rotherham United) Marlon Pack 72 --> 74/75 (Cheltenham Town) Bulgaria A PFG ** CHOCO, João 71 --> 78 (Ludogorets) 82 DESPODOV, Kiril 72 --> 75 (Lovech) PAVLOV, Tomislav 70 --> 75 (Minyor) 77 Ivaylo Stoyanov 70 --> 76/77 (Mynor) 76 Croazia Division Profesional Cardoso JOSIAS 70 --> 78 (Rubio Ñú) Mihael Pongracic 72 --> 75 (NK Osijek) Stipe Perica 72 --> 75/77 (Nk Zadar) Josip Basic 72 --> 75 (Hajduk Split) Romania Liga I ** Gabriel Cristian Iancu 72 --> 80/82 (Viitorul Constanta) (Wanted from Sampdoria) 82 Egzon Belica 60 --> 78 (Concordia Chiajna) 77 Raul Ciupe 60 --> 75 (Universitatea Cluj) 77 Eduard Nicola 60 --> 77 (Universitatea Cluj) 77 Remo Amadio 70 --> 75 (Cluj) Daniel Mutu 60 --> 75 (Brasov) Adrian PATULEA 72 -->77 (CSMS Iaşi) Serbia Prva Liga Jovan VUCINIC 71 --> 75 (FK Cukaricki) JANKOVIC, Nikola 60 --> 75 (FK Kolubara) Slovenia 1. SNL CRNIC, Matic 70 --> 78 (Maribor) 78 Miha Gregoric 70 --> 78 (Gorica) 78 Denis Popovic 70 --> 78 (NK Celje) 77 Nejc Vidmar 72 --> 76/77 (Domžale) 78 Matic Kotnik 70 --> 78 (NK Celje) 77 Ales Majer 73 --> 78 (ND Mura 05) 77 Armenia League Sargis SHAHINYAN 72 --> 78 (Mika) Ecuador Primera A ** COROZO, Eddy 60 --> 80/82 (Emelec) Uruguay Primera Division PUGLIA, Miguel 70 --> 78/80 (Fenix) 77 CORDOBA, Maximiliano 70 --> 75 (River Plate Montevideo) Norvegia Tippeligaen SKARTUN, Oddbjørn 60 --> 75 (FK Haugesund) 75 Adeccoligaen Jesper Tornqvist 70 --> 77 (Alta) Polonia Ekstraklasa ** Gergo Lovrencsics 60 --> 81/82 (Lech Poznan) 82 Albania Super League Gezim Krasniqi 65 --> 78 (Besa Kavajë) BATHA, Idriz 70 --> 77 (Besa Kavajë) HASA, Mateo 70 --> 73/75 (Besa Kavajë) BERISHA, Bernard 72 --> 78/80 (Besa Kavajë) MUSTAFA, Argjend 72 --> 75/76 (Besa Kavajë) BEJTE, Ibrahim 70 --> 75 (Besa Kavajë) Turchia Lig A Gokhan Akkan 72 --> 75 (Ankaragücü) Belgio Pro League Ramazan Cevik 72 --> 76/77 (Standard Liege, loan Fortuna Sittard) Kose 70 --> 75 (Mons) Bateau 73 --> 78/80 (Mechelen) ULENS, Baptiste 70 --> 73/75 (Kortrijk) Second Division Lou Wallaert 72 --> 77 (Tubize) Piotr Parzyszek 72 --> 77/78 (De Graafschap) Danimarca Superligaen Hannes Anier 65 --> 75/76 (OB) 77 VESTERGAARD, Mikkel 60 --> 75 (Esbjerg) Lussemburgo National Division Sanel Ibrahimovic 72 --> 77 (Jeunesse d'Esch) Chile Primera Division Benjamín INOSTROZA 70 --> 75 (Universidad de Chile) Oscar Hernandez 70 --> 76 (Unión Española) Israele Ligat Al YANKO, Arik 70 --> 75 (Hapoel Tel Aviv) 75 Moshe, Barak 70 --> 77 (Beitar Jerusalem) 78 Messico Urias, Jorge 72 -> 75 (Club America) Ungheria NB I OROSZ, Márk 72 --> 77/78 (Ferencvárosi) 77 KISS, Máté 70 --> 75/76 (Paksi, loan Veszprém) Tibor Nyari 71 --> 76/77 (Siófok) MURSITS, Roland 70 --> 75 (Haladás) Svizzera Super League JAHOVIC, Adis 71 --> 78 (Zurigo) 80 Russia Premier League Maksim ZHESTKOV 60 --> 75 (Mordavia) 75 Australia A-League Guilherme FINKLER 70 --> 77/78 (Melbourne Victory) Fabio Ferreira 70 --> 78 (Adelaide United) James Virgili 70 --> 78 (Newcastle Jets) Evan Kostopoulos 73 --> 78 (Adelaide) Vedran JANJETOVIC 65 --> 78 (Sydney) James Donachie 70 --> 77 (Brisbane) Colombia Primera División Harrison Mojica 70 --> 77/78 (Deportivo Cali) 75 Malta Premier Division Samir Arab 65 --> 73 (Valletta FC) Llywelyn Cremona 70 --> 75 (Valletta FC) Cipro 1. Division KONSTANTINOU, Alex 70 --> 75/77 (Apollon) Lettonia Virsliga Vladislavs GUTKOVSKIS 70 --> 73 (Skonto) Congo Super League Patrick OCHAN 60 --> 77 (TP Mazembe) Perù Primera Division CARTAGENA, Wilder 70 --> 75 (Alianza Lima) TORREJÓN, Claudio 70 --> 75 (Universidad San Martin) 76 **= Good player Es:80 = revaluation applied Work in progress...
Thorgan Hazard - Better than Brother Eden?
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A resplendent Thorgan Hazard in Belgium's kit Full Name: Thorgan Hazard Date Of Birth: 29th March 1993 (18) Nationality: Belgian Club: RC Lens Position: Winger Squad Number: NA Honours: None, Belgian U17, U19 Caps SM Rating: Not On DB Predicted SM Rating: 75 Potential SM Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - 92+ Potentially The New: Eden Hazard/Franck Ribery OK, so we have all heard of Eden Hazard, the super talented young Belgian who's taken the footballing world by storm, starred for Lille in his teens, been courted by Real Madrid, Arsenal, Inter Milan et al, has drawn comparisons to the legendary Zinedine Zidane and has broken into the Belgian National Team, all accomplished by the ripe old age of 18. Well the Hazard family have another absolute gem coming through (and incidentally; have yet another potential wonderkid in Ethan Hazard, still in Belgium) in second born son Thorgan, tipped by both Lens coach Jean-Guy Wallame and brother Eden to be even better than the emerging 18 year old. Thorgan comes from a family steeped in football heritage, aside from the obvious his mother was a referee and his father Thierry played briefly as a professional for AFC Tubize. Like Eden, Thorgan Hazard was scouted and snapped up by a French Ligue Un team, in this case it was for the eternal rivals of OSC Lille: Lens. At 14 he was turning out for Lens' U17s, and has since featured twice for the reserves; managing an assist into the bargain and is a solid starter for their U19s. Of course comparisons were drawn between the two brothers, and this wasn't to be unnoticed by Belgium Under 17s coach Bob Browaeys who has called up the tricky dual flanked winger on nine occasions, starting him six times and recieving four assists and one goal in return. Alongside Rits, Raman and Arslanagic, he is one of the youngsters tipped for the very top of the footballing spectrum by his international coach who had this to say (Translated using Babelfish, anything *starred* is my translation of anything that didn't translate): Belgian U17 Coach: Bob Browaeys Already his talents have been spotted by much bigger clubs, with Barcelona believed to be checking up on him regularly after youth coach Alejandro Garcia was spotted talking with club officials and Hazard after a training session in October. Despite attracting attention from European giants Hazard has his feet planted firmly on the ground, and has ambitions only to play for Lens (at the moment...!), who he is expected to turn out for after his seventeenth birthday in March; when he will be promoted to the senior squad alongside Geoffrey Komdogbia. Despite starting out as an attacking midfielder, Thorgan has found himself appearing as an out and out winger down both flanks; showing versatility and ambidextous ability which will eb perfectly suited to the French game, where he will have to compete with Boukari, Roudet and Doumeng for a starting berth. n_TFlYDNSGw Typical Youtube compilation of Thorgan - worth a look! UPDATE: Thorgan now has a Professional contract with Lens. Signed in the Summer of '10, it concludes in July 2013 and notched up his first ever 'real' appearance for Lens' first team in which he scored their only goal in a 1-1 draw in a friendly with Belgian side K.S.V. Roeselare. Technically if the French fourth division was on the database, Thorgan would already be on the SM database. Since the start of the 10/11 season, he's been a mainstay in the RC Lens Championnat de France team (the equivalent of our 'reserve teams', however the league itself is the equivalent of League 2). His impressive form lead to the full Lens team calling him up to the subs' bench for the home clash against Bordeaux in May, however despite winning 1-0, Hazard wasn't called upon; although 11/12 is finally set to be the season in which the youngster becomes a fully fledged member of RC Lens' first squad.After coming of age at 18, Thorgan was quickly thrust into the Belgian U18 side, although he only managed to play one game in which he scored one and assisted the other as the Belgians beat Ukraine's U18s 2-1. Given his impressive debut, Thorgan jumped up immediately to the U19 side and debuted against Belarus in February. He scored the only goal in a 1-0 win, a 25 yard half volley just after half time. In qualifying for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championships he played every minute of Belgium's three matches in stage one qualification, assisting two out of the four goals in the matches - of which he scored one himself which turned out to be an 88th minute winner in their 3-2 win over Croatia past Chelsea's Matej Delac. Thorgan Hazard In action for Lens' Reserves So Belgium emerged unbeaten with Hazard Mk.2 as the star of the show, but they failed to replicate their form in the (ongoing, as it is) Euro U19 Championships in Romania. Belgium's initial match against Spain, red hot favourites for the Championships, was delayed due to bad weather, forcing the replay a day later. Belgium were trounced 4-1, but Thorgan notched up the assist for Belgium's sole goal. Two 1-1 draws against Serbia and Turkey later and Belgium are out of the U19s. Thorgan played every minute, and despite an assist failed to impress in his latter two appearances. Interestingly however, both Hazard and Brugge's Maxime Lestienne have been tipped to move up to for the Belgian U21s - so watch this space!
Biggest Upcoming Risers Revisited Revisited, Argentina and Brazil Edition.
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Exactly 9 months since the last post on the original thread, I thought it fitting to wet your appetites some more, just a little. I still receive a number of PMs regarding risers, so this should keep my inbox empty for a couple of weeks. The ratings are based upon both statistics, and performances, as I watch both leagues with regularity. However, first and foremost, they are based on how the Researchers are going to review them. I don't agree with all the ratings, but, they are pretty much exactly what SM will give them. Feel free to ask questions, I will have pretty much everything in Argentina covered, and I have a slight inkling that a moody Brazil fanatic will be around sooner or later to answer and argue all points Brazilian. Argentina Franco Jara CF 21 80>84 Ivan Marcone CM 19 76>81 Claudio Mosca CM/LM 75>80 Damian Musto RM/AM 22 80>83 Juan Pablo Pereyra Fwd 25 80>83 James Rodriguez AM 18 78>84 Rose to 85 Alejandro Frezzotti CM 25 77>82 Cristian Grabinski CB 30 80>83 Diego Morales Fwd 23 78>82 Facundo Bertoglio AM/Wing 19 75>82 Rose to 82 Ismael Quilez RB/RM 21 78>82 Rose to 83 Alfredo Ramirez CM/AM 22 82>84/85 Rose to 85 Damian Albil Gk 30 77>83 Maximiliiano Nunez RM/AM 23 76>82 Marcos Rojo CB 19 75>80 Luciano Aued Wing 22 75>83 Milton Casco RB/RM 18 75>80 Lucas Nahuel Castro RM 20 75>82 Denis Stracqualursi Fwd 22 75>82 Jesus Vera Fwd 20 74>79 Ezequiel Filippetto CB/RB 22 76>82 Adrian Gabbarinni Gk 24 70>82 Rose to 83 Leonel Galeano CB 18 75>83 Rose to 84 Patricio Rodriguez AM/Fwd 19 77>81 Rose to 82 Gonzalo Castillejos CF 23 76>83 Hernan Grana RB 24 80>84 Augustin Marchesin Gk 21 76> 81 Cristian Menendez Fwd 21 78>82 Joaquin Boghossian Fwd 22 80>85 Rose to 85 Franco Dolci CM/RM 26 78>82 Rose to 82 Alexis Machuca CB 19 70>81 Rose to 83 Nahuel Roselli RB/RM 24 80>83 Jorge De Olivera Gk 27 75>83 Sebastian Grazzini AM 29 76>81 Brian Lluy RB/LB 20 78>82 Daniel Villalba Fwd 17 72>80 Guillermo Burdisso CB 21 82>84/85 Hernan Galindez Gk 22 74>80 Jonathan David Gomez AM 20 77>82 Lucas Moya Wing 23 72>77 Nahuel Valentini CB/RB 20 75>80 Fabian Bordagaray Fwd/Wing 22 76>83 Sebastian Emanuel Gonzalez CM/AM 17 75>78 Juan Pablo Garat CB 26 80>82/83 Maximiliano Oliva LB/CB 19 74>81 Brazil Ananias Werley CB 21 82>84/85 Lobo Alex Sandro LB/LM 19 72>80 Rodrigues Barbosa Fransergio DM 19 73>77 de Souza Bruno Costa CB 19 72>76 Messias Manoel CB 19 77>83 Leonardo Carneiro Patrick Fwd 19 75>78 Ricardo Wallyson CF 21 81>83/84 Porto Spricigo Cristian Fwd 19 74>78 Diego de Souza Rafael CB 23 82>85 Zardin Roberto Cesar Fwd 24 75>78 Junior William Souza CF 26 83>85/86 Ingracia Bruno Ribeiro RB/RM 26 75>79 Alex Valencio Flavinho AM 26 75>80 Lima Joao Vitor CM 21 80>83 Souza Teles Ralf DM 25 82>84/85 Luiz Reame Xandao CB/DM 21 82>85 Sciola Santana Eder RB/RM 24 78>82 Reis Wellington CB 21 78>83 Ferreira Diego Renan LB/RB 20 80>84 Carlos Gil CB 22 80>84 Carvalho Alan CF 20 76>82 Moreira Dalton CB 20 75>81 Santos Dieguinho LB/LM 20 76>81 Wellington Gum CB 24 80>83 Alberto Silva Rafael Gk 25 80>83 Figueira Mario Fernandes RB/CB 19 80>84 Barbosa Maylson RM/AM 20 74>78 To Be Completed....
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Happy New Year all! 510 pages for this thread is quite crazy; I had just started it casually in October 2016. We're now in 2019.
Young Argentine Talent
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NEW UPDATE (14/10/09) - PLEASE READ: I haven't updated this thread for a long, long time, and to be quite honest, I can't be bothered to go through a complete overhaul on this whole, mammoth post. Feel free to read through it still; I'm sure it still makes 75% sense but from now on, I shall be completing individual updates on each player, just to give you an idea on how well they finished the Clausura, where they are now, how they are doing and what the future holds for them. Click the links below for the latest update on said player: Matias De Federico Mauro Formica ---------- Initially, I started this thread looking at the promising Federico Mancuello. However, after continued scouting, I have unearthed numerous other talents that have showed early promise this Clausura. I must stress, however, that I do not claim to have found any of these players. Indeed if you believe you deserve some credit, let me know, (with proof!!!) and I will issue praise where it is due. I am just offering my own reports on each of the players in my own style. Here, I will report on a number of talents, updating their statistics as the season progresses. I must stress, however, that no predictions will be made at this early stage as it is too soon to predict in my opinion. As the Clausura reaches it's climax, however, I will look into hazarding some predictions. All players are rated 78 or under, bar one - Milton Caraglio - and have all featured heavily for their respective teams in Argentina this Clausura, whereas, they were more or less restricted to fleeting subtitute appearances in recent times. The following players are featured in this thread: MARCONE, Ivan - 74-rated, 20-year-old Midfielder for Arsenal de Serandi RODRIGUEZ, James - 76-rated, 17-year-old Midfielder/Forward for Banfield CASTILLO, Fabian - 75-rated, 20-year-old Forward for Colon de Santa Fe DE FEDERICO, Matias - 77-rated, 20-year-old Midfielder/Forward for Huracan MONZON, Gaston - 73-rated, 21-year-old Goalkeeper for Huracan PASTORE, Javier - 78-rated, 19-year-old Midfielder/Forward for Huracan MANCUELLO, Federico - 75-rated, 19-year-old Midfielder for Independiente VITTOR, Sergio - 74-rated, 19-year-old Midfielder for Independiente FORMICA, Mauro - 75-rated, 20-year-old Forward for Newell's Old Boys PILLUD, Ivan - 75-rated, 22-year-old Defender for Newell's Old Boys AVELDANO, Lucas - 74-rated 23-year-old Defender for Racing Club MATIAS MARTINEZ, Alfredo - 72-rated, 21-year-old Defender for Racing Club BURDISSO, Guillermo - 76-rated, 20-year-old Defender for Rosario Central CARAGLIO, Milton - 80-rated, 20-year-old Forward for Rosario Central CHAVEZ, Christian - 73-rated, 21-year-old Forward for San Lorenzo OTAMENDI, Nicolas - 75-rated, 21-year-old Defender for Velez Sarsfield I would personally recommend you take a look at Radebe20's thread entitled Argentinian Analysis. He keeps a much closer eye on Argentinian Football, and will keep you up to date with the exact goings on from all over Argentina: Argentinian Analysis ---------- MARCONE, Ivan First discovered here, I believe, by Radebe20: Argentinian Analysis Stats Name: MARCONE, Ivan Club: Arsenal de Serandi Age: 20 D.O.B.: 30/06/88 Position: CM Squad Number: 30 SM Rating: 74 Predicted Rating Increase: +3 --> 77 Profile Marcone is a midfielder who is beginning to make more of an impression on the Arsenal first team slowly but surely. Radebe20 informs that Marcone is actually a defender by trade, but has been utilised in more or less in a central midfield role. He first came to prominence for El Viaducto last Apertura making the odd substitute's appearance and posted an impressive record as Arsenal remained unbeaten in any game that Marcone featured in. This Season Marcone has again been appearing as a substitute this season, but his appearances have been more frequent and for long lengths of playing time. What is most promising is that he was included in the starting XI in round 7 of the Clausura playing the full 90 minutes as Arsenal went down 2-0 to Banfield, replacing Carlos Castiglione in the starting lineup (and only due to 2 penalties did Arsenal lose - Banfield keeper Christian Luchetti grabbing his 2nd and 3rd of the season!!!). Marcone gave a solid account of himself, and, all being well, will have done enough to keep his place in the side for the following week's fixture. 2008 Apertura Starts: 0 Sub Apps: 3 Total Mins: 53 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 0 (0) 2009 Clausura Starts: 1 Sub Apps: 4 Total Mins: 221 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 3 (3) ---------- RODRIGUEZ, James First discovered here, by up_gunners. Columbian starlet - James Rodriguez Stats Name: RODRIGUEZ, James Club: Banfield Age: 17 B.O.B.: 12/07/91 Position: AM Squad Number: 13 SM Rating: 76 Predicted Rating Increase: +1 --> 77 Profile Rodriguez kind of goes against my rule of thumb for this thread in the sense that he is actually Columbian and he hasn't had a single start to his name so far in his career. However, he appears to be such a talent, that I couldn't leave him out. He started his career at the very tender age of 16, turning in numerous performances for Envigado, a small Columbian side. He made such an impression however, that he earned himself a transfer to Argentinian side Banfield, who are continuing to nurture his raw talent. up_gunners also reports that he has represented Columbia at under-17 level, making his debut at the age of just 15. This Season Despite being expected to linger in the shadows this Clausura while he plys his trade, Rodriguez has impressed on a few occasions from the substitute's bench. His most notable appearance came against Rosario Central, in which he scored a 25-yard rocket to fully show how much potential he has. The link is shown below and, remembering that he is still only 17, it is remarkable to think about this guy's potential future. Hopefully, as the Clausura continues, he can keep making the odd substitute appearance and, if he continues to impress, he could warrant a starting role. I wouldn't put him down for a great rise at the minute, but he is definately one to keep an eye on. 2009 Clausura Starts: 0 Sub Apps: 8 Total Mins: 136 Goals: 1 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 3 (3) ---------- Below is a link showing Rodriguez' solitary professional goal, and what a goal it is! On as a substitute, the ball ricochets kindly into the path of Rodriguez who, without hesitation, takes one touch and unleashes an unbelievable effort into the top corner from 25 yards out. This guy is ONLY 17. WATCH THIS! Rodriguez goal, 0:36 A0LGyg0m0wM ---------- CASTILLO, Fabian Credit goes to Radebe for the following player, who, I believe, picked up on him first in his Argentinian Analysis thread: Argentinian Analysis Stats Name: CASTILLO, Fabian Club: Colon de Santa Fe Age: 20 D.O.B.: 03/05/88 Position: CF Squad Number: 30 SM Rating: 75 Predicted Rating Increase: +5 --> 80 Profile Castillo is seen as the long-term replacement to Esteban Fuertes, the club's all-time leading goalscorer, at Colon. Although of a small and slight figure, Castillo makes up for that with an incredible work rate. Indeed, Radebe20 describes Castillo as an Argetinian Paul Scholes, which is quite apt. While other young Colon prospects Acosta and Sciorillo have made more of a first team impression in recent times, it is Castillo who has forced his way into the reckoning for the start of the 2009 Clausura. This Season Castillo has burst on to the scene solely this season, being thrown straight into the squad for his first appearance in the season opening game against River Plate. Castillo helped Colon to an impressive 2-2 draw, away from home to one of the top teams in Argentina. Castillo started the following 5 games, although he has been brought off in each game he has started this Clausura. He was kept on the bench for this weekend's 3-0 win over San Lorenzo, playing out the final 7 minutes. Colon are performing brilliantly at the moment holding 2nd place in the table. Whether or not they, and Castillo, can keep it up, only time can tell. For me, if Castillo can score a goal or two in the coming weeks, then his place in the side should be secure. But, no matter how well he plays, strikers are judged by the goals they score. 2009 Clausura Starts: 6 Sub Apps: 3 Total Mins: 428 Goals: 0 Assists: 1 Shots (On Target): 6 (2) ---------- DE FEDERICO, Matias Name: DE FEDERICO, Matias Club: Huracan Age: 20 D.O.B.: 01/01/89 Position: Fwd Squad Number: 20 SM Rating: 77 Predicted Rating Increase: +7 --> 84 Matias De Federico has been one of many Huracan players who have achieved above expectations this Clausura. His stock has sky-rocketed and for that reason, he is almost certain of a big rise to 83, with an 84 not out of the question by any means. Do not be surprised by any means if you see this guy moving to Europe this Summer. If not, then he is almost certain to be packing his bags sooner, rather than later. Profile This guy may just be my early top tip so far this Clausura, and when you have a look at his videos below, you will see why. Standing at a very diminutive 5' 7", De Federico is a very good dribbler whilst also being able to pack a punch in his shot. Whilst being on the substitutes bench for a number of games during the 2008 Apertura, be was largely ignored until the latter stages of the season when he was finally given a chance. After a brief, 15-minute spell as a substitute in August, De Federico was handed his first start in the final game of the season at home to Velez Sarsfield. Huracan posted an impressive 3-0 victory in this game and no thanks to De Federico, who sent them on their way with an unstoppable 25-30 yard strike (see link below). A sign of things to come next Clausura, perhaps? This Season De Federico's impressive end to the season got a lot of people talking about his potential. Manager Angel Cappa put his faith in him and started him in the season opener. De Federico played the full 90 minutes as Huracan started the season with a 1-0 victory, and he hasn't looked back since. He has started every game this Clausura and has been instrumental to Huracan's success. In fact, many people say that Huracan are the team that are playing the most attractive football in 2009, and De Federico is certainly contributing to this. His fantastic dribbling skills, close control and agile movements are causing defences problems week in, week out, so much so, that he is already being touted for a move to Europe. His fine recent form was rewarded by national team coach Diego Maradona with a call-up to the senior side, although he did not figure for the first XI. 2008 Apertura Starts: 1 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 86 Goals: 1 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 3 (2) 2009 Clausura Starts: 15 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1295 Goals: 4 Assists: 7 Shots (On Target): 36 (20) ---------- This first video shows De Federico scoring his first professional goal in the final game of the Apertura against Velez Sarsfield. It's a stunning strike, but don't blink - you'll miss it! Picking up the ball 25-30 yards out, De Federico unleashes an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Top quality, although it's a shame that there are no replays for this effort. THIS IS A MUST SEE De Federico goal, 0:00 knwtqrw8uTQ ---------- Below is a video of Huracan's impressive 4-1 win at Racing Club, in which De Federico scores twice. His first is particularly impressive as he dribbles from 20-25 yards out past one defender, shows excellent acceleration to power past another defender as if he wasn't there, before chipping the goalkeeper delightfully. For his second he shows good instincts to dispatch well after the keeper saves from a prior effort. Two De Federico goals, 0:52 & 2:21 ZezMUZnFbQk ---------- Below shows De Federico's 3rd goal of the Clausura, the opener against Independiente - a game which the opponents came from behind to win 2-1. De Federico receives a ball pulled back from the byline, and he makes no mistake from 12-yards, firing a right-footed shot low and hard to Fabian Assman's left-hand side. De Federico goal, 0:00 u1K8vULzhUE ---------- In the video below, De Federico is seen scoring and assisting in the Round 12 win over Godoy Cruz. He picks the ball up inside his own half, skips past a challenge and plays a great through ball for Federico Nieto to score Huracan's 2nd goal. He then goes on to score himself, waltzing through the opposition defence before slamming a left-footed strike home. A very nice goal. De Federico assist, 1:07, and goal, 2:00 QwrngxNN_TA ---------- Below is a quote from goal.com, as they include De Federico in the Argentine Clausura Team of the Week, Round 7, after De Federico helped his side to an impressive 3-0 win over Lanus: goal.com also recently did an interview with him about a possible move to Europe, where he expressed his desire to play in either Spain or England. He has already been linked with Barcelona, along with several Italian clubs, but this could be just the rumour mill at work. For the full interview, click here. But below are a few of the quotes he made: When asked about his call-up to the Argentina national team, De Federico had this to say: I must stress: this player is going to be huge! ---------- MONZON, Gaston Before I begin this Profile, it must be stressed that this player was discovered elsewhere before this thread was made. I am going to do my own profile on this player, although there is a specific thread (written by thebugel) for this player which can be found here: Gaston Monzon - (73) Huracán Regular Stats Name: MONZON, Gaston Club: Huracan Age: 21 D.O.B.: 13/05/87 Position: GK Squad Number: 22 SM Rating: 73 Predicted Rating Increase: +9 --> 82 Profile Gaston Monzon is a young, tall shot stopper, who has recently broken into the first team at Huracan. He first came to prominence at the end of the 2008 Clausura, after numerous appearances on the substitutes bench. Oscar Alejandro Limia, the previous number one between the sticks at Huracan until now, was released at the end of the 2008 Apertura, leaving his position up for grabs. In anticipation of his departute, Monzon was given two starts at the end of the season and he impressed, keeping one clean sheet and letting in a solitary goal against Arsenal. This Season Monzon's impressive showings at the end of the Apertura led him to claim the starting role for the season opener at home to San Martin. Monzon hasn't looked back since, playing 7 full fixtures in total, keeping two clean sheets in the process. Monzon has let in 10 goals so far this season as they hold a strong position at the top end of the table. Monzon should be in for a good rise as he is set to keep his place for the rest of the Clausura. 2008 Apertura Starts: 2 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 180 Clean Sheets: 1 Goals Conceded: 1 Saves: 4 2009 Clausura Starts: 15 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1450 Clean Sheets: 5 Goals Conceded: 17 Saves: 39 ---------- PASTORE, Javier Stats Name: PASTORE, Javier Club: Huracan Age: 19 D.O.B.: 20/06/89 Position: Fwd/AM Squad Number: 16 SM Rating: 78 Predicted Rating Increase: +6 --> 84 Profile Javier Pastore, along with De Federico, has been making a hell of an impression this Clausura. At a towering 187cm tall, Pastore occupates an attacking role in midfield behind the front two. Pastore possesses a good touch and excellent finishing ability. Huracan picked him up from a second tier team in Argentina, Talleres de Cordoba. He came through the youth ranks here before making his debut in 2007, making five appearances for los tallarines before he was snapped up by Huracan in 2008. After the solitary substitute appearance made during the 2008 Claususa, Pastore was really given the chance to shine in the Apertura, totalling 11 appearances, 6 of which were starts. What was most notable was Pastore highly efficient shooting as he almost always made the goalkeeper earn his money. While he only scored once, it laid the foundations for the following Clausura, and SM rewarded him with a +4 in the latest rating changes. This Season Like De Federico, Pastore has started every game this Clausura, getting a full 90 minutes on four occasions. Pastore hasn't been quite as efficient with his shooting this year, but has been much more clinical, with 3 goals to his name so far. The future looks bright for Pastore, who seems to have a first XI place secure for the rest of the Clausura. If he can continue to show his promising talent, and show more of his creative skills which he has done, he will be in for another good rise in the summer. 2008 Apertura Starts: 6 Sub Apps: 5 Total Mins: 601 Goals: 1 Assists: 1 Shots (On Target): 14 (12) 2009 Clausura Starts: 15 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1312 Goals: 7 Assists: 2 Shots (On Target): 36 (17) ---------- Below is the same video as shown for De Federico. Pastore is seen scoring the 5th/last goal of the game, slotting in nicely from an acute angle after being put through on goal. Pastore goal, 3:12 ZezMUZnFbQk ---------- Below, Pastore is seen scoring twice at the weekend against Lanus. His first strike is quite something. Receiving the ball from the left, he hits the ball first time on the half-volley from an acute angle about 12 yards out. With the keeper rushing over, Pastore directs his shot expertly, close to the near post - very emphatic. His second is simply a tap-in after very impressive dribbling skills from De Federico (see above profile). Two Pastore goals, 0:18 & 1:24 jE07jlcEamA ---------- Pastore shows great composure in this video, below, in scoring his sides 3rd goal. A great cross to the back post finds Pastore in space. Instead of striking it first time and potentially mucking the chance up, he makes the defender look silly with a sharp turn before neatly nutmegging the goalkeeper. Pastore also makes an assist in this game but, due to the poor quality video, I'm not sure which one it is. Pastore goal, 1:32 knwtqrw8uTQ ---------- MANCUELLO, Federico Stats Name: MANCUELLO, Federico Club: Independiente Age:19 D.O.B.: 23/06/89 Position: LM/CM Squad Number: 28 SM Rating: 75 Predicted Rating Increase: +8 --> 83 Mancuello has really burst on to the scene this Clausura. After very little game time before this calendar year, Mancuello has racked up an impressive amount of starts and minutes this term, grabbing two goals and an assist along the way. He has impressed many with his play and is being tipped for big things in the future. Unfortunately, he has missed the last two games through injury. I believe that this is just a minor injury, so hopefully he will bounce back from this in the next week or two. If he can get a few more games under his belt before the Clausura ends, I could easily envisage an increase to 84 being on the cards, but keep him anyway, as he has the potential to go higher. Profile Federico Mancuello is a promising, young, Argentine midfielder who has broken into the Independiente first team this Clausura. He plays primarily on the left but can also adapt his game well in a holding role in central midfield. After several years development in "El Rojo's" youth team, Mancuello was included on the substitutes bench for the final game of the 2008 Apertura at home to Arsenal de Serandi. Coach Miguel Santoro gave Mancuello a run out for the last 10 minutes or so in a game Independiente lost 2-1 to round off a largely disappointing Apertura in which they finished a lowly 18th. This Season Santoro again included Mancuello on the subs bench for the opening of the 2009 Clausura against Velez Sarfield. He was given a longer stint on the pitch this time managing 30 minutes of playing time and managing to get a shot on target as a 0-0 draw was played out. The impressive display earned him a starting spot in the following week's fixture - a place which he has kept since. This includes the full 90 minutes in Independiente's impressive 2-0 win against Boca Juniors. He has played every game but one that he has started on the left-hand side of midfield (he started his first game in central midfield before being moved out wide the following week). He possesses a strong left foot with which he can produce good quality crosses and has a good eye for goal (see video's below). He, along with Daniel Montenegro have been the standout performers for Independiente this Clausura, which has seen some very up and down form for the team as a whole in terms of results. Mancuello is a very talented younster and has the potential to go a lot further in his career. 2008 Apertura Starts: 0 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 8 2009 Clausura Starts: 11 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 904 Goals: 2 Assists: 1 Shots (On Target): 19 (12) ---------- The following video shows Mancuello whipping in a dangerous cross from the right hand side with his left boot. His free-kick finds Leandro Gioda in space to nod home and put Independiente in the lead. Mancuello Assist, 0:00 sBHCGC2So88 ---------- This second video shows Mancuello's first career goal in the 5-1 humbling defeat at the hand's of a Jose Sand inspired Lanus outfit. Sergio Vittor's long-range effort deflects kindly into the path of Mancuello, who reacts well and produces a very composed finish into the right-hand corner, almost passing the ball past the 'keeper. A nice finish. Mancuello goal, 1:23 Myte2OeE7es ---------- This next goal from the very next week's game by Mancuello is even more impressive. Following De Federico's opener for Huracan, Mancuello responds almost immediately by dispossessing his opponent, striding forward, before unleashing a powerful shot into the top left hand corner. You wouldn't really expect to aim there, and neither did the 'keeper. But he executed his shot excellently with aplomb. Mancuello goal, 1:03 u1K8vULzhUE ---------- VITTOR, Sergio Stats Name: VITTOR, Sergio Club: Independiente Age: 19 D.O.B.: 09/06/89 Position: CM Squad Number: 29 SM Rating: 74 Predicted Rating Increase: +3 --> 77 Profile Sergio Vittor in another one of Independiente's promising young midfielders along with Mancuello. Vittor tends to hold a holding midfield role in the centre of the park, restricting his opportunities to go forward, although he has appeared on the right-hand side of midfield before. However, at 187cm tall, Vittor makes a very commanding presence. With Inde struggling in the 2008 Apertura, coach Santoro looked at blooding youngsters Vittor and Mancuello for experience, what with little to play for in the league. Vittor first appeared for Inde in the 1-0 defeat to Tigre, playing the full 90 minutes. He went on to make a further two starts that season, plus being brought on at half-time against Godoy. In a 2009 Torneo de Verano (Spanish for summer tournaments, i.e. a pre-season tournament), Vittor made 3 starts as Inde posted impressive wins over San Lorenzo and Racing Club, sandwiching a 1-1 draw against River Plate. Vittor's impressive performances led him to earn a starting role for the season opener in February. This Season Vittor started the season well, making the stating line-up for the first 3 games of the Clausura. After a promising 0-0 against Velez, with a good performance by Vittor along the way, Inde crashed to a 3-0 defeat at San Martin. Vittor, along with Mancuello, however were the only ones to keep their place in the starting XI for the following week's fixture against Racing Club. Unfortunately, Vittor picked up an injury in this game, forcing him to depart after 54 minutes. Vittor left Inde in a strong, 1-0, winning position - a match they went on to win 2-0. Vittor has been out ever since, but did make the substitute's bench for last weekend's game against Newell's. Hopefully, Vittor can reclaim his place in the next week or so. 2008 Apertura Starts: 3 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 315 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 1 (1) 2009 Clausura Starts: 5 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 390 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 2 (1) ---------- FORMICA, Mauro Discovered here by BenReado: Mauro Formica Stats Name: FORMICA, Mauro Club: Newell's Old Boys Age:20 D.O.B.: 04/04/88 Position: AM/Fwd Squad Number: 33 SM Rating: 75 Predicted Rating Increase: +8 --> 83 Profile Mauro Formica is an exciting talent who is showing fast signs of development this Clausura. Younger brother of Lautaro Formica who plays for Godoy, he made his debut for Newell's at the age of just 18 against Colon. He was on the bench for many games of the 2007 Apertura, only to be an unused substitute. However, he did make a couple of appearances from the bench, along with one start against Banfield. However, Newell's were crushed 4-0 by a rampant Banfield outfit and Dario Cvitanich in particular, who bagged a first-half 17-minute hat-trick. Formica has few chances to shine in this match and was restricted to fleeting appearances to the following Clausura, but always offered the odd flash of brilliance to underline his potential. It was at the end of the 2008 Apertura, however, where he really grabbed his chance. On as a substitute against Racing, he grabbed a goal as Newell's sealed a comprehensive 3-0 victory. This, along with other off-season developments, enabled him to grab a starting role for the following Clausura. Formica also has four appearances for the Argentinian under-17's under his belt, grabbing two goals in that time. This Season This Clausura, he was given his chance by starting the opening game of the season against Gimnasia la Plata. Formica grabbed this chance with both hands, scoring twice, the second of which was an abosolute beauty - see below. This got the Argentinian press talking and sealed his place in the starting XI. After Newell's won the first two games of the Clausura and sat at the top of the table, they have been on a bad run of late, picking up just 3 points out of a possible 15. Formica's goals dried up and he lost his place in the side against Independiente in round 7. However, on a substitute, he grabbed a goal to give his side a lifeline, although, ultimately, it was to no avail as Newell's were crushed 4-1. Hopefully, the goal was enough to give Formica a place back in the side for round 8 of the Clausura. 2007-2008 Starts: 4 Sub Apps: 5 Total Mins: 380 Goals: 1 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 2 (1) 2009 Clausura Starts: 12 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 1007 Goals: 5 Assists: 2 Shots (On Target): 22 (12) ---------- The first of a series of videos is of Formica scoring on the final day of the Apertura against Racing Club. The first goal of the game, he receives the ball in space in the area, makes a defender look silly with a sharp turn before slotting past the keeper comfortably. Nice goal. To skip to a zoomed in replay where it's clearer, fast forward to 54 seconds. Formica goal, 0:00 phep-h1xl58 ---------- Below is a video showing Formica scoring twice on the opening weekend of the Clausura. He actually only had two shots on goal in the whole of this game - quite an impressive strike rate to start the season! The first shows a neat finish as he turns in a cross from the right first time on the half-volley. He does well to anticipate the near-post cross and finishes with aplomb. His second is something much more special. Apologies for the poor quality video and the lack of a replay, but you can clearly see Formica audaciously chipping the opposing goalkeeper from a full 30 yards. WATCH THIS (2:01) Two Formica Goals, 0:00 & 2:01 F2aDRkpiD-8 ---------- The final video shows Formica scoring in Newell's crushing defeat to Inde in round 7 of the Clausura. Not as impressive as the last vid, but he really shows a poacher's instinct to stap the ball home from close range. The goal made the game 2-1 and could have given Newell's a way back into the game, but it wasn't to be. Formica goal, 1:17 KY7AfnYGHAE ---------- The following is a quote from the website goal.com, who included Formica in their team of the week for Round 9 of the Clausura after he helped his Newell's side to a 1-1 draw away to Tigre grabbing the assist in this game: ---------- PILLUD, Ivan (Pillud is shown on the right of the picture) Stats Name: PILLUD, Ivan Club: Newell's Old Boys Age: 22 D.O.B.: 24/04/86 Position: RB Squad Number: 2 SM Rating: 75 Predicted Rating Increase: +7 --> 82 Profile Although SM has this guy listed as Ivan Pillud, I have another source calling him Ignacio Pillud, so I do hope he's the same person! I'm not sure what the story behind that is. Anyhow, Pillud is another player to make a name for himself after a fair few years in the shadows, having to wait until the age of 22 before making his debut. Although his primary position is at RB, he can also play further forward in midfield. He was an unused substitute in 8 games during the 2008 Apertura before he finally came off the bench at half-time against Velez Sarsfield to replace captain Rolando Schiavi. Schiavi, out for the rest of the season through injury was replaced by Pillud for the final two games, taking up the right-back position. Pillud performed solidly as NOB finished a repectable 5th. This Season Pillud started the season strongly starting the first 6 games of the Clausura, completing a full 90 minutes in each game. Interestingly, however, Pillud was dropped for last weekend's game against Independiente - a game in which they were comfortably beaten 4-1. I would be shocked if Pillud did not return to the starting line-up after such a disappointing display from los leprosas. Nicolas Spolli, the CB, also got sent off in this fixture, further leading me to believe he will return next weekend. 2008 Apertura Starts: 2 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: Goals: 0 Assists: 0 2009 Clausura Starts: 13 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1169 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 ---------- SPERDUTTI, Mauricio Stats Name: SPERDUTTI, Mauricio Club: Newell's Old Boys Age: 23 D.O.B.: 16/02/86 Positions: RM/CM Squad Number: 17 SM Rating: 78 Predicted Rating Increase: +3 --> 81 Profile This Season 2008 Apertura Starts: 1 Sub Apps: 13 Total Mins: 341 Goals: 0 Assists: 0 This Clausura Starts: 8 Sub Apps: 5 Total Mins: 730 Goals: 2 Assists: 1 ---------- AVELDANO, Lucas Stats Name: AVELDANO, Lucas Club: Racing Club Age: 23 D.O.B.: 19/07/85 Positions: CB Squad Number: 6 SM Rating: 74 Predicted Rating Increase: +8 --> 82 Profile Lucas Aveldano is a tall centre-back, plying his trade for Racing Club. Aveldano arrived at Racing in a transfer from Argentine Second Division side Aletico de Rafaela in July 2008. My sources don't indicate to me that he played any games for this side, but I would be very surprised if he didn't, with him spending 3 years with the side. Aveldano made several appearances in the 2008 Apertura, starting on three occasions and coming on as a substitute twice. Racing had an indifferent Apertura, finishing 14th, and Aveldano found it difficult to make a great impression on his game. However, brief glimpes clearly showed that he had the raw talent and sufficient skills to improve as a central defender. This Season This Clausura, Aveldano has clearly made a breakthrough in his progression as a player. Aveldano has struck up a strong relationship with fellow centre-back Alfredo Matias Martinez (see below) as Racing have gradually begun to improve up the league table. It seem to coincidence to me that Racing's improval has coincided with these two player's marshalling the centre of defence. Racing have not let in a goal in the last four fixtures in which Aveldano has played, including wins against River Plate and Rosario Central, and a solid draw against Estudiantes. 2008 Apertura Starts: 3 Sub Apps: 2 Total Mins: 300 Goals: 0 Clean Sheets: 2 2009 Clausura Starts: 12 Sub Apps: 1 Total Mins: 1127 Goals: 0 Clean Sheets: 6 ---------- MATIAS MARTINEZ, Alfredo Stats Name: MATIAS MARTINEZ, Alfredo Club: Racing Club Age: 21 D.O.B.: 24/02/88 Position: CB Squad Number: 34 SM Rating: 72 Predicted Rating Increase: +11 --> 83 Profile Alfredo Matias Martinez is a young, tall centre-back, who can also, and has appeared at left-back. The younger of the two centre-backs which have forced their way into the reckoning this Clausura, Matias Martinez has come through the youth ranks at Racing. He featured sparingly in the 2008 Clausura and the 2008 Apertura, making 4 substitutes appearances and one start. That start was the one game he started at left-back, as he filled in for the regular full-back who was absent with injury. In pre-season, Matias Martinez featured in a game against San Lorenzo in the Torneo de Verano, where he netted the winning goal. This impressive performance helped him nail down a starting spot on the opening day of the Clausura. This Season Racing endured a shocking start to the Clausura, losing 4-1 at home to Huracan. Matias Martinez in fact gave Racing the lead with a good header, only for Huracan to run away with the rest of the game. Matias Martinez' poor defensive performance led to him being omitted from the starting line-up the following week, but he regained his place in the side for the game against Argentinos Juniors. Since then, despite another heavy loss to Tigre, Racing's defensive displays have generally improved dramatically, mainly due to Matias Martinez and Aveldano forging such a strong partnership in the centre of defence. Like Aveldano, Matias Martinez has featured in the all of the last four games - all of which Racing managed to keep a clean sheet. 2008 Clausura/Apertura Starts: 1 Sub Apps: 2 Total Mins: 102 Goals: 0 Clean Sheets: 0 2009 Clausura Starts: 12 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1077 Goals: 3 Assists: 1 Clean Sheets: 5 ---------- Below is a video of Matias Martinez scoring in the Torneo de Verano against San Lorenzo in January. In what was a tight game against two evenly-matched sides on the day, the tall centre-half settled things with a powerful header in the second half, directing his header well and out of reach of the opposing goalkeeper. Matias Martinez goal, 1:37 zPIw9gyM6e4 ---------- This second video shows Matias Martinez' first professional goal, scoring what only proved to be a consolation goal in the end, as Racing were thrashed 4-1 by Huracan. Again from a set-piece (0:00, first goal), he rises well to dispatch a well-placed downward header into the bottom corner to give Racing the lead. Matias Martinez goal, 0:00 G6lmSyYIiOw ---------- BURDISSO, Guillermo Stats Name: BURDISSO, Guillermo Club: Rosario Central Age: 20 D.O.B.: 24/04/88 Position: CB Squad Number: 28 SM Rating: 76 Predicted Rating Increase: +5 --> 81 Profile You think you recognise the name? Yes, he is the younger brother of Inter Milan defender, Nicolas Burdisso. At a very heady 190cm tall, he is a towering presence in the air. Little is known really about Burdisso, as he has solely burst on to the scene this Clausura. He has no prior experience of professional, first-team football. I hope to find more information about his background as the season progresses. This Season After Rosario made a poor start to the Clausura, picking up a solitary point from their first three games, Burdisso was thrown into action in the defeat to Banfield. It is unknown whether Walter Ribonetto, who Burdisso has replaced in the side, was dropped or injured by the time of this fixture. However, after not being in the squad at all against Banfield, Ribonetto has been an unused substitute since then. Against Banfield, Burdisso showed promise and also collected a consolation goal towards the end, with the game already lost. He earned himself a starting space for the following week and has kept his place since. He scored in his second game, helped his side keep a clean sheet in the 5-0 drubbing of Arsenal and helped his team to a good point in the 1-1 draw against Velez. It appears that Burdisso has replaced Ribonetto in the Rosario first XI for the foreseeable future. 2009 Clausura Starts: 12 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 999 Goals: 2 Clean Sheets: 4 Red Cards: 1 ---------- In Burdisso's debut for Rosario, he nodded in a late consolation goal in a 3-1 defeat to Banfield. What I think is most impressive from this clip is the height he manages to get on his jump, challenging - and beating - the onrushing goalkeeper to the cross. Debut Burdisso goal, 1:54 A0LGyg0m0wM ---------- In the very next fixture, Burdisso grabs his second career goal from as many appearances. After San Lorenzo take the lead, Burdisso inspires a Rosario comeback by heading the equaliser from a corner. He meets the ball well before connecting with a powerful header leaving the keeper with no chance. Burdisso goal, 1:11 VycoucohqYU ---------- CARAGLIO, Milton Stats Name: CARAGLIO, Milton Club: Rosario Central Age: 20 D.O.B.: 01/12/88 Position: Fwd Squad Number: 17 SM Rating: 80 Predicted Rating Increase: +2 --> 82 Profile Milton Caraglio is a tall, strong, athletic striker who has started the 2009 Clausura in great form. Excellent in the air, good on the ball and with a hefty shot in his locker, he could well be one of the top strikers in the whole Argentine league this year. Caraglio is the highest rated player on the list with a rating of 80 from SM. This is due to the fact that he has in fact been around for a while, making his debut for Rosario on 17/03/07, aged just 18. He started, playing the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 defeat to eventual champions to San Lorenzo, putting in a promising display, getting all 3 of his shots, on target. He made 3 more starts and 4 more substitute appearances that Clausura, at a time when Angel Di Maria still graced the Argentinian league. Unfortunately, despite the odd flash of promise, he was never really able to grab his opportunities with both hands and convert his starts into goals. Caraglio went into wilderness so to speak for the next year of so as he was restricted to youth team games, with two solitary substitutes appearances for the first team in the 2008 Clausura. However, he came back to the fore that Apertura as he began to stake a claim in the senior side. A series of sustitute appearances and starts, along with a couple of goals tempted SM to give him a rise to 80. This Season This season, Caraglio has started all 7 games, scoring 4 along the way. His place in the side is secure and, if he continues his goalscoring form, will be set for a good rise into the mid-80's this summer. He continues to impress with his strength, flair and heading ability and looks like a force to be reckoned with this Clausura. Although the most expensive player to buy out of my list, I would seriously recommend signing him as his value could skyrocket. 2007-2008 Starts: 10 Sub Apps: 8 Total Mins: 1107 Goals: 3 Assists: 2 Shots (On Target): 21 (12) 2009 Clausura Starts: 13 Sub Apps: 0 Total Mins: 1102 Goals: 4 Assists: 1 Shots (On Target): 21 (13) ---------- Below is a video showcasing good, extended footage of Rosario's 2-0 win over Huracan, with Caraglio netting the second goal. After a nice ball over the top, Caraglio controls well before calmly slotting past the keeper - a very composed finish. There is a couple of earlier clips in this video of Caraglio missing a couple of chances, but getting in good positions in the box for those chances. Caraglio goal, 2:54 nP4HIXDFuw0 ---------- This video shows Caraglio's second senior goal - a good, powerful, well-placed, header into the corner which left the goalkeeper with no chance. Caraglio goal, 0:22 2AtVI83M2gA ---------- The third video shows Caraglio's last goal of the Apertura, a brave header at the near post, powerfully heading past the goalkeeper at his near post. Caraglio goal, 0:00 4_dq8qec2tY ---------- This is Caraglio's first goal of the Clausura, taking advantage of the keeper being slow off his line to slot past him well from an acute angle. Caraglio goal, 0:00 B2x33pC0EOo ---------- These are in my opinion Caraglio's best goals and why you should be excited about this player. His first (0:00, first clip) is an impressively powerful strike from the left had side of the box. The sheer pace of the shot beats the goalkeeper when you think it wouldn't with it being from such an angle. His second (0:50) displays Caraglio flair and athleticism. With the Arsenal defence in disarray trying to clear the ball, Caraglio shows no mercy in despatching the high ball with an impressive bycicle kick past the keeper, rushing back to his line. Top finish. Two Caraglio goals, 0:00 & 0:50 gB6Lpa9twwQ ---------- This last video shows Caraglio's 4th of the season to leave him joint 2nd in the goalscoring charts. Latching on to a cross from the left, Caraglio finishes well, although does have a kind bounce into the top corner via the turf to thank. Caraglio goal, 0:39 tnuTfsiQfNo ---------- CHAVEZ, Christian No more images I'm afraid! Stats Name: CHAVEZ, Christian Club: San Lorenzo Age: 21 B.O.B.: 04/06/87 Postion: AM/LM Squad Number: 24 SM Rating: 73 Predicted Rating Increase: +5 --> 78 Profile I was fairly surprised by Chavez' very low rating of 73 on SM when I found out how many times he has played for San Lorenzo, so I'm not sure if he is quite new to the database. He has been making appearances, although fleetingly, for over a year now, making his debut on 07/03/08 against Racing Club as a substitute. Chavez turned out to be a lucky charm for San Lorenzo as los santos won or drew every game in which Chavez appeared. This included one appearance in the Copa Libertadores as a late substitute against Real Potosi. When Chavez came on, his side were 2-0 down, but he helped turn the game on it's head as San Lorenzo made a fantastic comeback to win 3-2, with Chavez scoring the second goal. As the 2008 Apertura began, Chavez was restricted to a bench role, making infrequent appearances, but scoring once with a smart header in the emphatic 4-1 win over Huracan. Chavez also made another, brief, substitutes appearance in a.Copa Sudamericana defeat to Argentinos Juniors. This Season Chavez has began to make more of an impression on the first team this Clausura, but he is yet to nail down a starting role. He has started 3 games this season but he has yet to finish a game. If you see the first link below, you may see why as his end product is often off target. However, he possesses fantastic dribbling ability and, if he can develop his shooting ability, he may be able to command a starting role week in, week out. In addition to his Clausura appearances this season, Chavez has also made two appearances from the substitutes bench in the Copa Libertadores, both of which were lost 1-0. 2008 Clausura/Apertura Starts: 2 Sub Apps: 5 Total Mins: 310 Goals: 1 Assists: 0 Shots (On Target): 8 (5) 2009 Apertura Starts: 5 Sub Apps: 5 Total Mins: 484 Goals: 0 Assists: 1 Shots (On Target): 11 (6) ---------- I found this link, below, which is quite interesting. Although in Spanish, it not only shows some more recent clips of him playing and scoring for San Lorenzo, it also shows some early footage of Chavez as a youngster. These early clips clearly show his talent at a young age as he shows tremendous close control and vision. The clips in the latter part of the video are mixed with Chavez expressing some fantastic dribbling and the odd good shot. However, I consider most of his finishing here pretty woeful, so that's something for him to work on. Also, check out Chavez having a massive bust-up with a team mate over who should take the penalty, before Chavez goes and misses it!! Chavez highlights, past and present wlOLh1BHKt8 I should be noted that, although he played a lot on the left hand side of midfield last season, he has tended to hold more of an attacking role this season. With this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if SM changed his position to Fwd/AM or AM/Fwd. ---------- OTAMENDI, Nicolas Stats Name: OTAMENDI, Nicolas Club: Velez Sarsfield Age: 21 D.O.B.: 12/02/88 Position: CB/RB Squad Number: 30 SM Rating: 75 Predicted Rating Increase: +8 --> 83 Profile Nicolas Otamendi is a promising young centre-back who plays for the high-flying Velez Sarsfield. Otamendi has rather been in the shadows at Velez for the past few years with few opportunities to shine at first team level. He slowly but surely, however, began to make infrequent appearances on the substitutes bench, only to be unused against Estudiantes in October last year. He did however come off the bench against Arsenal de Serandi just before half-time as Gaston Diaz withdrew and Otamendi took his place at RB/RWB. However Alejandro Gomez scored for Arsenal in the time Otamendi was on the pitch before half time, and again after the break as Velez squandered their three goal advantage to allow Arsenal to salvage a 3-3 draw. The two goals conceded were both from set pieces which did nothing to help Otamendi's stock and he was promptly replaced by Diaz for the next game and the rest of the season. This Season After spending the first two games on the bench of this season's Clausura, Otamendi has taken Waldo Ponce's spot in the starting XI, because of injury. Since then, he has started all 5 games and completed a full 90 minutes in all of them. Out of those 5 matches, Velez won three and drew two with Otamendi helping to keep two clean sheets along the way. Velez are currently 4th in the table and the ONLY team left in Argentina still unbeaten. It should be noted that Waldo Ponce returned to the squad at the weekend against Rosario Central but was an unused substitute. This can only be a good thing if Otamendi it to keep his place in the starting lineup. It is reported in Argentina that Velez coach Ricardo Gareca is tossing and turning on the notion to whether or not Ponce should return to the line-up, or whether Otamendi should keep his place after a string of impressive performances. Here are his career stats for Velez thus far: 2008 Apertura Starts: 0 Sub Apps: 1 Total Minutes: 47 2009 Clausura Starts: 13 Sub Apps: 0 Total Min: 1170 Clean Sheets: 6 Fouls Commited: 14 ---------- The following players have made the odd appearance this Clausura and could be in with a rise. Until they play more regularly or make a decent number of appearances, I won't be doing a profile on them. I will add to this list when appropriate. Be aware though, this list is purely for me to keep an eye on who could be a potential big riser. I woulnd't recommend signing these players just yet as a lot of them have only had one substitute appearance this Clausura. ---------- Name - Club, Position, Age, SM Rating, Starts(Sub Apps), Total Mins, Goals, Assists ---------- ALFONSO, Facundo - ARJ, D, 21, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 18, 0, 0 BOGADO, Mauro - ARJ, RM/CM, 23, 78, 8(0), 595, 0, 0 CANUTO, Ignacio - ARJ, CB/DM, 23, 78, 10(1), 916, 5, 0 CORDOBA, Matias - ARJ, AM/Wing, 24, 79, 1(7), 160, 0, 0 GABRIEL PEREZ, Tarija - ARJ, Fwd, 21, 78, 0(2), 19, 0, 0 OJEDA, Juan Carlos - ARJ, LB/LM, 20, 75, 3(0), 245, 1, 0 RUIS, Ciro - ARJ, Fwd, 24, NOT ON DB, 2(8), 386, 0, 0 SANTIBANEZ, Carlos - ARJ, AM, 22, 78, 3(0), 157, 0, 0 ---------- AGUIRRE, Nicolas - ARS, M, 21, NOT ON DB, 0(3), 38, 0, 0 JARA, Franco - ARS, Fwd, 20, 75, 3(4), 312, 1, 1 MUZZICATO, Benedetto - ARS, M, 23, NOT ON DB, 0(7), 114, 0, 0 NERVO, Hugo - ARS, CB, 18, 75, 5(0), 450, 0, 0 SACHETO, N. - ARS, D, NOT ON DB, 1(2), 100, 0, 0 SILVA, Facundo - ARS, M, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 14, 0, 0 ---------- CHRISTIAN GARCIA, Andres - BAN, Fwd, 21, 77, 0(2), 51, 0, 0 DOS SANTOS, Mauro - BAN, CB, 19, 74, 2(0), 124, 0, 0 GUSTAVO GOMEZ, Ezequiel - BAN, CM/DM, 22, 74, 1(1), 154, 0, 0 VERGARA, Pablo - BAN, LB/LM, 20, 75, 0(1), 5, 0, 0 ---------- BENAVIDEZ, Ezequiel - BOC, DM/CM, 20, 75, 2(4), 225, 0, 0 DROCCO, David - BOC, M, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 21, 0, 0 FONDACARO, Carlos - BOC, LB/RB, 21, 75, 1(0), 64, 0, 0 MUNOZ, Ezequiel - BOC, CB, 18, 78, 2(0), 135, 0, 0 SAURO, Gaston - BOC, D, 19, NOT ON DB, 2(1), 253, 0, 0 ---------- BERTOGLIO, Facundo - COL, M, 18, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 97, 0, 0 LEDESMA, L. - COL, Fwd, 21, NOT ON DB, 2(1), 123, 0, 0 MANSILLA, Mauricio - COL, D, 20, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 28, 0, 0 SANCHEZ, F. - COL, D, 19, NOT ON DB, 1(2), 135, 0, 0 SCIORILLI, Sebastien - COL, AM/Fwd, 19, 75, 7(3), 574, 1, 2 ---------- CARRASCO, Mauricio - EST, Fwd, 74, 21, 0(2), 32, 0, 0 FERNANDEZ, Federico - EST, CB, 75, 20, 1(5), 172, 2, 0 GAITAN, Christian - EST, M, NOT ON DB, 1(3), 157, 0, 0 IBERBIA, Raul - EST, LB/LM, 20, 75, 6(4), 635, 1, 0 LENTINI, Ramon - EST, CF, 20, 75, 2(2), 150, 0, 0 NUNEZ, Maximiliano - EST, RM/AM, 22, 74, 1(3), 160, 1, 0 ROJO, Marcos Alberto - EST, D, 19, NOT ON DB, 2(0), 180, 0, 0 VALENCIA, Carlos - EST, M, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 13, 1, 0 ---------- MIRANDA, Diego - GdJ, Fwd, 23, 78, 5(4), 467, 0, 0 ROMERO, Antonio - GdJ, Fwd, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 45, 0, 0 ---------- AUED, Luciano - GlaP, Wing, 22, 75, 1(1), 112, 0, 0 BANGARDINO, Pablo - GlaP, GK, 24, 78, 1(0), 90, 0, 0 MATIRENA, Nestor - GlaP, Fwd, 22, 79, 0(1), 18, 0, 0 NAHUEL CASTRO, Lucas - GlaP, M, 20, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 30, 0, 0 STRACQUALURSI, Denis - GlaP, F, 21, NOT ON DB, 1(3), 124, 0, 0 ---------- DIAZ NACHAR, Gonzalo - GOD, M, 19, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 10, 0,0 0 FABRO, Martin - GOD, AM/Wing, 24, 78, 0(1), 15, 0, 0 GARIN, Ernesto - GOD, Wing/Fwd, 23, 76, 0(2), 12, 0, 0 VERA, Jesus - GOD, Fwd, 19, 74, 0(1), 2, 0, 0 ---------- CURA, Kevin - HUR, CB, 18, 74, 3(0), 270, 0, 0 FILLIPETTO, Ezequiel Nicolas - HUR, D, 21, NOT ON DB, 4(1), 360, 0, 0 MEDINA, Daniel - HUR, D, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 1, 0, 0 NIETO, Federco Luciano - HUR, Fwd, 18, 75, 0(1), 13, 0, 0 ---------- CHURIN, Diego - IND, Fwd, 20, 72, 1(0), 45, 0, 0 DELMONTE, Nicolas - IND, D, 19, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 53, 0, 0 DEPETRIS, Leandro - IND, LM/AM, 21, 75, 0(1), 35, 0, 0 GODOY, Fernando - IND, M, 23, NOT ON DB, 2(1), 185, 0, 0 MAZZOLA, Nicolas - IND, Fwd, 19, NOT ON DB, 2(2), 224, 0, 0 RODRIGUEZ, Patricio - IND, AM/Fwd, 18, 76, 0(3), 56, 0, 2 VIOLA, Mariano - IND, D, 23, NOT ON DB, 3(0), 257, 0, 0 ---------- CARRASCO, Jorge - LAN, F, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 32, 0, 0 ERRAMUSPE, Rodrigo - LAN, D, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 1, 0, 0 LUGO, Maximiliano - LAN, M, 19, NOT ON DB, 2(1), 203, 0, 0 MARCHESIN, Agustin Federico - LAN, GK, 21, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 90, 0, 0 MENENDEZ, Christian - LAN, Fwd, 21, 75, 2(6), 243, 1, 0 MACALIK, Ivan Ricardo - LAN, CB, 21, 75, 1(0), 90, 0, 0 ZANINOVIC, M. - LAN, M, 22, NOT ON DB, 0(2), 14, 0, 0 ---------- VACA, Carlos - NEW, ??, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 7, 0, 0 ---------- CABALLERO, Pablo - RAC, Fwd, 22, 77, 5(6), 570, 1, 0 FERNANDEZ, Jose Luis - RAC, LM, 21, 76, 0(1), 22, 0, 0 LLUY, Brian - RAC, D, 20, NOT ON DB, 5(2), 481, 0, 0 PEREZ, Gonzalo - RAC, M, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 88, 0, 0 SANCHEZ, Juan Ignacio - RAC, CF, 21, 76, 0(2), 44, 0, 0 ---------- ALFONSO ORBON, Lucas - RIV, D, ??, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 90, 0, 0 BOU, Gustavo - RIV, Fwd/AM, 19, 78, 1(2), 82, 0, 0 FERNANDEZ, Gustavo - RIV, GK, 18, NOT ON DB, 0(2), ??, 0, 0 LIZIO, Damian - RIV, M, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 8, 0, 0 MAURO DIAZ, Alberto - RIV, AM, 18, 77, 5(1), 305, 1, 0 PERIERA, Roberto - RIV, F, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 26, 0, 0 VILLALBA, Daniel - RIV, Fwd, 16, 72, 0(1), 19, 0, 0 ---------- GOMEZ, Jonathan David - ROS, AM, 19, 77, 0(1), 0, 0, 0 VALENTINI, Nahuel - ROS, D, 20, NOT ON DB, 1(2), 197, 0, 0 ---------- BORDAGARY, Fabian - SAN, Fwd, ??, NOT ON DB, 3(1), 239, 1, 1 DE VICO, Nahuel - SAN, D, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 12, 0, 0 CENTENO, Bruno Emiliano - SAN, GK, 20, NOT ON DB, 1(0), 90, 0, 0 JUAREZ, Axel - SAN, M, ??, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 113, 0, 0 MARTINEZ, Damien - SAN, M, 19, NOT ON DB, 1(2), 122, 0, 0 PEIRONE, Hernan - SAN, Fwd, 22, 79, 0(1), 2, 0, 0 REYNOSO, Salvador - SAN, M, 21, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 47, 0, 0 ---------- IBANEZ, Antonio - SMT, M, 23, NOT ON DB, 0(3), 49, 0, 0 NARESE, Ezequiel - SMT, ??, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 19, 0, 0 PERUGINI, Marcelo - SMT, CM, 25, 75, 2(4), 221, 1, 2 SERRANO, Jorge - SMT, CM, 25, 78, 8(2), 853, 0, 0 ---------- ABREGU, Ezequiel - TIG, Fwd, ??, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 68, 0, 0 BOTTA, R. - TIG, Fwd, 19, NOT ON DB, 1(1), 68, 0, 0 OLIVA, Maximiliano - TIG, LB/CB, 19, 74, 1(1), 155, 0, 0 OVIEDO, Lucas - TIG, RM, 77, 23, 2(2), 183, 0, 0 PUMPIDO, Facundo - TIG, Fwd, ??, NOT ON DB, 0(1), 0, 0, 0 VILLEGAS, Mauro - TIG, Fwd, 24, 79, 0(5), 87, 0, 0 ---------- BELLA, Ivan - VEL, RM, 19, 78, 0(1), 28, 0, 0 CANTEROS, Hector - VEL, M, 20, NOT ON DB, 0(2), 10, 0, 0 VELAZQUEZ, Leandro - VEL, Wing/Fwd, 20, 74, 4(3), 344, 0, 2 Note to self: Investigate RAMIREZ, Alfredo - contradicting stats. I will continue to add to this and complete unfinished reports when I get time.
80-90 Risers Massive Database
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In the past few days i had been compiling and organizing the players by position. I toke the information from this following threads: - English Premiership Rating Predictions 2012/13 by .CFC - Liga BBVA Ratings 2012/2013 by Kazer - Serie A Rating Predictions 2012/13 by Peppo Espy - Bundesliga Ratings 2012/2013 by timesle - 2012/13 Player Ratings!! Rising Moneymakers!! by hammad786 - Romania - Liga 1 by hummels - Big risers! - French League 1 (by Elohim) - 60-74 risers (divided into leagues) (by argala) Check my other threads 87-90+ High Risers Database - CLICK HERE 80-90 Risers Massive Database - CLICK HERE 60-80 Small Risers Database - CLICK HERE Liga Zon Sagres - Portuguese Main League - CLICK HERE Special thanks for: .CFC (English Premier League) Kazer (Spanish BBVA) Peppo Espy (Italian Serie A) timesle (German Bundesliga) Like_A_Boas(For finding some players in German Bundesliga) hammad786 (Moneymakers all over the world) hummels (Romanian League) Hayden19 (For Private messaging me with some risers!). Argala (for some Japanese and Israeli players) Elohim (French Ligue 1) Countries already reviewed or being reviewed after the construction of this database: France Norway So currently the priority is to increase this list with more and more countries and leagues, so can´t update and remove all the reviewed risers. So i decided to announce the ones reviewed already and its up to you guys to know which players to remove and choose a different player. Massive Database Note nº1: Some predictions may be not accurate but, is up to you to choose your players and find the best. So if you need an replacement for an RB or an AM, take a look below;) Note nº2: If there still players out there falling to this category let me know. It would help me expanding it even more and i will give you credit as well. Goalkeepers By Current Rating Fabian GIEFER 78 => 82 / 83 JAIME, Jiménez 78 ---> 82 Quentin Westberg 78-->81 Keet – 78-81/82 Robbin Ruiter - 78 --> 82 Plamen Iliev 78 – 81/82 Donovan Léon 77-->79/80 HERNANDEZ, Edgar 77-->80 Kostas Lamprou - 77 --> 81/82 BALGRADEAN, Cristian 77 --> 83/82 NAUMOVSKI, Kristijan 77 --> 80 Vagner 76 --> 79/80 Koen CASTEELS 76 => 78 / 77 Leali 75>80/81 Riffi Mandanda 75-->77 GONZALEZ, Hugo 75-->80 GAZZANIGA, Paulo 73-79 Stefanovic 70-->80 CHENCINSKI, Tomer 70>77 YANKO, Arik 70>75 SIMAITIS, Tadas 68 --> 75 MUTU, Daniel 60 --> 70/75 By Maximum Rating Predicted Fabian GIEFER 78 => 82 / 83 BALGRADEAN, Cristian 77 --> 83/82 JAIME, Jiménez 78 ---> 82 Keet – 78-81/82 Robbin Ruiter - 78 --> 82 Kostas Lamprou - 77 --> 81/82 Plamen Iliev 78 – 81/82 Leali 75>80/81 Quentin Westberg 78-->81 Stefanovic 70-->80 Vagner 76 --> 79/80 Donovan Léon 77-->79/80 GONZALEZ, Hugo 75-->80 HERNANDEZ, Edgar 77-->80 NAUMOVSKI, Kristijan 77 --> 80 GAZZANIGA, Paulo 73-79 Koen CASTEELS 76 => 78 / 77 CHENCINSKI, Tomer 70>77 Riffi Mandanda 75-->77 YANKO, Arik 70>75 SIMAITIS, Tadas 68 --> 75 MUTU, Daniel 60 --> 70/75 By Changes Numbers MUTU, Daniel 60 --> 70/75 Stefanovic 70-->80 CHENCINSKI, Tomer 70>77 SIMAITIS, Tadas 68 --> 75 Leali 75>80/81 GAZZANIGA, Paulo 73-79 BALGRADEAN, Cristian 77 --> 83/82 Lourival Assis 76 - 80/82 Fabian GIEFER 78 => 82 / 83 YANKO, Arik 70>75 GONZALEZ, Hugo 75-->80 Kostas Lamprou - 77 --> 81/82 JAIME, Jiménez 78 ---> 82 Vagner 76 --> 79/80 Keet – 78-81/82 Robbin Ruiter - 78 --> 82 Plamen Iliev 78 – 81/82 Quentin Westberg 78-->81 Donovan Léon 77-->79/80 HERNANDEZ, Edgar 77-->80 NAUMOVSKI, Kristijan 77 --> 80 Koen CASTEELS 76 => 78 / 77 Riffi Mandanda 75-->77 Right-Backs By Current Rating UNGURUSAN, Bogdan 79 --> 81/82 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79/80 CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 ZANON, Damiano 78--> 80 Daniel CARVAJAL 78 => 83/82 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 MELINTE, Cristian 78 --> 81/82 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 STRAUT, Bogdan 77 --> 80 VELAYOS, Javier 77 --> 80/81 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 Plamen Krachunov 76 – 80/82 A. Wisdom 75-79 SHAW, Luke 75-78 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 Malanda – 75-81/82 També – 75-77/78/79 Nikola Aksentijevic - 75 --> 80 Joao Choco 71 – 78/80 Ronny PHILP 60 => 76/77 NICOLA, Eduard 60>78 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 By Maximum Rating Predicted DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 Daniel CARVAJAL 78 => 83/82 Malanda – 75-81/82 MELINTE, Cristian 78 --> 81/82 UNGURUSAN, Bogdan 79 --> 81/82 Plamen Krachunov 76 – 80/82 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 VELAYOS, Javier 77 --> 80/81 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79/80 ZANON, Damiano 78--> 80 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 Nikola Aksentijevic - 75 --> 80 STRAUT, Bogdan 77 --> 80 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 Joao Choco 71 – 78/80 A. Wisdom 75-79 També – 75-77/78/79 SHAW, Luke 75-78 NICOLA, Eduard 60>78 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 Ronny PHILP 60 => 76/77 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 By Changes Numbers NICOLA, Eduard 60 --> 77/78 Ronny PHILP 60 => 76/77 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 Joao Choco 71 – 78/80 Malanda – 75-81/82 DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 Daniel CARVAJAL 78 => 83/82 Nikola Aksentijevic - 75 --> 80 A. Wisdom 75-79 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 També – 75-77/78/79 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 VELAYOS, Javier 77 --> 80/81 MELINTE, Cristian 78 --> 81/82 SHAW, Luke 75-78 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 STRAUT, Bogdan 77 --> 80 UNGURUSAN, Bogdan 79 --> 81/82 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79/80 ZANON, Damiano 78--> 80 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 Centre-Backs By Current Rating N. Baker 78-80 MORRISON, Sean 78-81 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 Assani LUKIMYA 78 => 84 / 83 Immanuel HÖHN 78 => 80 / 79 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79 / 80 Reiner Ferreira 78 --> 81/82 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 MAMELE, Iulian 78 --> 81/82 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 Fernández JUANAN 77 => 80 / 81 UVINI, Bruno 77--> 80 MILANOVIC, Milan 77--> 80 ROMAGNOLI, Simone 77--> 81 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 Angel Granchov 77-->80/81 Fryers – 77-80 FALACH, Sari 77 --> 80 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 Ilya Milanov - 76 >>> 80 ICHIM, Alexandru 76 --> 79/80 A. Wisdom 75-79 Raphaël Calvet 75-->77 Robin KNOCHE 75 => 78 / 79 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 Dimitar Pirgov - 75 >>> 78/80 Rosen Kolev - 75 >>> 79/78 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 També – 75-77/78/79 Malanda – 75-81/82 Cissé – 75-78 Eugenio Arochi 75-->78 Terence Kongolo - 75 --> 79/80 SIPOVIC, Enes 75 --> 79/80 Vladimir Zafirov >>> 74 - 78/80 LARSSON, Adam 73>76 Ronny PHILP 60 => 76 / 77 By Maximum Rating Predicted Assani LUKIMYA 78 => 84 / 83 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 Reiner Ferreira 78 --> 81/82 Malanda – 75-81/82 MAMELE, Iulian 78 --> 81/82 MORRISON, Sean 78-81 Fernández JUANAN 77 => 80 / 81 ROMAGNOLI, Simone 77--> 81 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 UVINI, Bruno 77--> 80 MILANOVIC, Milan 77--> 80 Immanuel HÖHN 78 => 80 / 79 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79 / 80 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 Ilya Milanov - 76 >>> 80 Dimitar Pirgov - 75 >>> 78/80 Angel Granchov 77-->80/81 Vladimir Zafirov >>> 74 - 78/80 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 Fryers – 77-80 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 Terence Kongolo - 75 --> 79/80 SIPOVIC, Enes 75 --> 79/80 FALACH, Sari 77 --> 80 ICHIM, Alexandru 76 --> 79/80 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 Robin KNOCHE 75 => 78 / 79 Rosen Kolev - 75 >>> 79/78 També – 75-77/78/79 Cissé – 75-78 Eugenio Arochi 75-->78 Raphaël Calvet 75-->77 Ronny PHILP 60 => 76 / 77 LARSSON, Adam 73>76 By Changes Numbers Ronny PHILP 60 => 76 / 77 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 Malanda – 75-81/82 Assani LUKIMYA 78 => 84 / 83 Vladimir Zafirov >>> 74 - 78/80 SAMPIRISI, Mario 76--> 81 Dimitar Pirgov - 75 >>> 78/80 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 Terence Kongolo - 75 --> 79/80 SIPOVIC, Enes 75 --> 79/80 Fernández JUANAN 77 => 80 / 81 Robin KNOCHE 75 => 78 / 79 ROMAGNOLI, Simone 77--> 81 Vicent Sasso 75--> 79/80 Reiner Ferreira 78 --> 81/82 Ilya Milanov - 76 >>> 80 Angel Granchov 77-->80/81 Rosen Kolev - 75 >>> 79/78 També – 75-77/78/79 MAMELE, Iulian 78 --> 81/82 ICHIM, Alexandru 76 --> 79/80 MORRISON, Sean 78-81 UVINI, Bruno 77--> 80 MILANOVIC, Milan 77--> 80 LARSSON, Adam 73>76 Fryers – 77-80 Cissé – 75-78 Eugenio Arochi 75-->78 FALACH, Sari 77 --> 80 SPENCE, Jordan 78-79/80 Raphaël Calvet 75-->77 Immanuel HÖHN 78 => 80 / 79 Antonio RÜDIGER 78 => 79 / 80 PIMENTEL, Erick 78-->80 MACHADO, Ricardo 78 --> 80 Left-Backs By Current Rating IONESCU, Cristian 79 --> 81/82 E. Stevens 78-80 N. Baker 78-80 CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 Zhi Gin LAM 78 => 79 / 80 ACHIM, Vlad Alexandru 78 --> 82/81 GRECU, Constantin 78 --> 80 POTTS, Danny 77-80 DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 Fryers – 77-80 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 Nascimento Jefferson 76 --> 79 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 Jeremy Faug-Porret 76-->79/80 VLAD, Alexandru 76 --> 82/81 SHAW, Luke 75-78 WALSH, Joe 75-78 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 Emanuel Insua 75>80/81 Verboom – 75-79/80 Loureiro Augusto 74 --> 78 Vladimir Zafirov 74-->78/80 Joao Choco 71 – 78/80 NICOLA, Eduard 60>78 DIJKS, Mitchell 60>77 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 BELICA, Egzon 60 --> 77 By Maximum Rating Predicted CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 ACHIM, Vlad Alexandru 78 --> 82/81 IONESCU, Cristian 79 --> 81/82 VLAD, Alexandru 76 --> 82/81 Emanuel Insua 75>80/81 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 E. Stevens 78-80 N. Baker 78-80 POTTS, Danny 77-80 Zhi Gin LAM 78 => 79 / 80 Jeremy Faug-Porret 76-->79/80 Vladimir Zafirov 74-->78/80 Verboom – 75-79/80 Fryers – 77-80 GRECU, Constantin 78 --> 80 Nascimento Jefferson 76 --> 79 SHAW, Luke 75-78 WALSH, Joe 75-78 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 Loureiro Augusto 74 --> 78 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 NICOLA, Eduard 60>78 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 DIJKS, Mitchell 60>77 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 BELICA, Egzon 60 --> 77 By Changes Numbers NICOLA, Eduard 60 --> 77/78 DIJKS, Mitchell 60>77 CIUPE, Raul 60 --> 75/77 BELICA, Egzon 60 --> 77 CAPUANO, Marco 75-->82 DE SCIGLIO, Mattia 77--> 83 Vladimir Zafirov 74-->78/80 Emanuel Insua 75>80/81 VLAD, Alexandru 76 --> 82/81 CAVANDA, Luis 78--> 83 Verboom – 75-79/80 Loureiro Augusto 74 --> 78 Jeremy Faug-Porret 76-->79/80 DUMITRAS, Andrei 77 --> 81 ACHIM, Vlad Alexandru 78 --> 82/81 SHAW, Luke 75-78 WALSH, Joe 75-78 POTTS, Danny 77-80 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 Nascimento Jefferson 76 --> 79 Fryers – 77-80 IONESCU, Cristian 79 --> 81/82 E. Stevens 78-80 N. Baker 78-80 Dimitri Foulquier 75-->77 Zhi Gin LAM 78 => 79 / 80 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 GRECU, Constantin 78 --> 80 Plamen Krachunov 76 – 80/82 Defenders Koulibaly – 75-81/82 Antonio Balzano 75-->83 Stelios Demetriou >>> 73 - 75/76 A. Westwood 72-78 Defensive Midfielders By Current Rating G. Bigirimana 78-80 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 Christopher Missilou 75-->77 Souahilo Meité 75-->77 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 Kevin VOGT 75 => 82 / 81 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 Cissé – 75-78 MANSALY, Boubacar 75 --> 78 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 A. Westwood 72-78 MOSHE, Barak 70>77 COROZO, Eddy 60>75 By Maximum Rating Predicted POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 Kevin VOGT 75 => 82 / 81 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 G. Bigirimana 78-80 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 A. Westwood 72-78 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 Cissé – 75-78 MANSALY, Boubacar 75 --> 78 Christopher Missilou 75-->77 MOSHE, Barak 70>77 Souahilo Meité 75-->77 COROZO, Eddy 60>75 By Changes Numbers COROZO, Eddy 60>75 POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 Kevin VOGT 75 => 82 / 81 Matthias GINTER 77 => 84 / 83 MOSHE, Barak 70>77 A. Westwood 72-78 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 Sebastian Martinez 75>80 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 Emre CAN 75 => 77 / 78 Cissé – 75-78 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 MANSALY, Boubacar 75 --> 78 G. Bigirimana 78-80 Christopher Missilou 75-->77 Souahilo Meité 75-->77 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 Jander Santana 76 --> 78 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 Center-Midfielders By Current Rating Raphael HOLZHAUSER 79 => 82 / 81 John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 G. Bigirimana 78-80 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 RUIZ DE GALARRETA, Iñigo 78 ---> 80 ÁLVAREZ, Sergio 78 ---> 80 KRSTICIC, Nenad 78--> 84 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 N'DIAYE, Mamoutou 22 78 --> 80 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 VRANJES, Stojan 78 --> 81 POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 Praet -77-80 Patosi – 77-81/82 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 Hinostroza – 76-80 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 J. Grimmer 75-78 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 OBIANG, Pedro 75--> 83/84 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 MATEIU, Alexandru 75 --> 80/79 STANESCU, Raphael 75 --> 78 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 MOSHE, Barak 70>77 Ivaylo Stoyanov - 70 >>> 77 COROZO, Eddy 60>75 By Maximum Rating Predicted OBIANG, Pedro 75--> 84/85 KRSTICIC, Nenad 78--> 84 POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 Raphael HOLZHAUSER 79 => 82 / 81 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 Patosi – 77-81/82 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 VRANJES, Stojan 78 --> 81 G. Bigirimana 78-80 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 RUIZ DE GALARRETA, Iñigo 78 ---> 80 ÁLVAREZ, Sergio 78 ---> 80 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 Praet -77-80 Hinostroza – 76-80 N'DIAYE, Mamoutou 22 78 --> 80 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 MATEIU, Alexandru 75 --> 80/79 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 J. Grimmer 75-78 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 STANESCU, Raphael 75 --> 78 MOSHE, Barak 70>77 Ivaylo Stoyanov - 70 >>> 77 COROZO, Eddy 60>75 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 By Changes Numbers MOSHE, Barak 70>77 COROZO, Eddy 60>75 OBIANG, Pedro 75--> 84/85 POGBA, Paul 77--> 83/84 Ivaylo Stoyanov - 70 >>> 77 KRSTICIC, Nenad 78--> 84 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 ONAZI, Ogenyi 75--> 80 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 José Gonçalo 73 --> 77/78 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 Patosi – 77-81/82 FILIP, Ioan 78 --> 82/83 MATEIU, Alexandru 75 --> 80/79 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 Hinostroza – 76-80 DUEÑAS, Jesús 76-->80 MUSTIVAR, Sony 77 --> 81 J. Grimmer 75-78 Raphael HOLZHAUSER 79 => 82 / 81 VERRE, Valerio 76--> 79 Rani KHEDIRA 75 => 77 / 78 Praet -77-80 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 DE BUEN, Diego 77-->80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 MUZAC, Apostol 77 --> 80 VRANJES, Stojan 78 --> 81 STANESCU, Raphael 75 --> 78 G. Bigirimana 78-80 Lloyd Palun 78-->80 RUIZ DE GALARRETA, Iñigo 78 ---> 80 ÁLVAREZ, Sergio 78 ---> 80 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 Steven Vitória 78 --> 80 N'DIAYE, Mamoutou 22 78 --> 80 VÁZQUEZ, José 78-->80 Attacking-Midfielders John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 NIGUEZ, Saúl 78---> 78/80 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 BA, Issa 78 --> 80/81 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 TAYLOR, Jake 77-80 ISMAEL, López 77 ---> 84 Felix KLAUS 77 => 80 / 81 LEO, Baptistão 77 ---> 83 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 Praet -77-80 Patosi – 77-81/82 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 POPA, Iulian 77 --> 80/81 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 Hazard – 76-80 MATEI, Cosmin 76 --> 79 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 S. Gnabry 75-78 Suso 75-79 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 STEVANOVIC, Alen 75 --> 82/83 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 Leandro Paredes 75--> 82/83 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 Brito Lucca 73-->78 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 N. Powell 70-83 [/left] By Maximum Rating Predicted ISMAEL, López 77 ---> 84 N. Powell 70-83 STEVANOVIC, Alen 75 --> 82/83 LEO, Baptistão 77 ---> 83 Leandro Paredes 75--> 82/83 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 Patosi – 77-81/82 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 Felix KLAUS 77 => 80 / 81 John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 POPA, Iulian 77 --> 80/81 BA, Issa 78 --> 80/81 TAYLOR, Jake 77-80 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 NIGUEZ, Saúl 78---> 78/80 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 Hazard – 76-80 Praet -77-80 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 Suso 75-79 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 MATEI, Cosmin 76 --> 79 S. Gnabry 75-78 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Brito Lucca 73-->78 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 By Changes Numbers N. Powell 70-83 STEVANOVIC, Alen 75 --> 82/83 Leandro Paredes 75--> 82/83 ISMAEL, López 77 ---> 84 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 LEO, Baptistão 77 ---> 83 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 BOUDJEMAA, Damien 76 --> 81/82 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 WARD-PROWSE, James 75-79/80 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Filipe Souza 74 ---> 78/79 Dennis Praet 77-->81/82 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 Patosi – 77-81/82 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 MONROY, Aitor 77 --> 82 Suso 75-79 Felix KLAUS 77 => 80 / 81 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 Hazard – 76-80 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 POPA, Iulian 77 --> 80/81 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 S. Gnabry 75-78 TAYLOR, Jake 77-80 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 John Ogu 79 --> 80/81 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Praet -77-80 URIAS, Jorge 72-->75 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 Tonny Vilhena - 77 --> 80 Brito Lucca 73-->78 MATEI, Cosmin 76 --> 79 BA, Issa 78 --> 80/81 NIGUEZ, Saúl 78---> 78/80 Mustafa AMINI 78 => 79 / 80 Ruben Brigido 78 --> 80 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 [/b] Wingers By Current Rating A. Kacaniklic 78-82/83 NIGUEZ, Saúl 78---> 78/80 ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 ENACHE, Gabriel 78 --> 81 TAYLOR, Jake 77-80 Lenny Nangis 77-->80/81 ISMAEL, López 77 ---> 84 Felix KLAUS 77 => 80 / 81 TONI, Dovale 77 ---> 80 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 BURBANO, Hernán 77-->80 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 COJOCNEAN, Sebastian 77 --> 80/81 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 Hazard – 76-80 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 Lourival Assis 76 - 80/82 S. Gnabry 75-78 R. Sterling 75-83 Suso 75-79 STEVANOVIC, Alen 75 --> 82/83 LÓPEZ, Nicolás 75--> 80 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Adrian Centurion 75>82/83 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 Kamghain – 75-77/78 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 DOUGHTY, Michael 72-76 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 By Maximum Rating Predicted Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 Adrian Centurion 75>82/83 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 Lourival Assis 76 - 80/82 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 COJOCNEAN, Sebastian 77 --> 80/81 ENACHE, Gabriel 78 --> 81 ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 Hazard – 76-80 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 BURBANO, Hernán 77-->80 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Kamghain – 75-77/78 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 By Changes Numbers SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 Adrian Centurion 75>82/83 INKANGO, Bruce 74 --> 78 Massimo BRUNO – 75-80/81/82 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 MAXIM, Alexandru 75 --> 81/80 BREEVELD, Nicandro 74 --> 80 STANCIU, Nicolae 75 --> 81 Nascimento Marcelinho 76 – 80/82 Plamen Krachunov 76 – 80/82 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 MBUTA, Matthew 72>77 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 MARANHAO, Junior 77 --> 82 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 OLSSON, Jakob 73>77 Hazard – 76-80 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 BUS, Laurentiu 75 --> 78/79 STANA, Ionel 77 --> 81 COJOCNEAN, Sebastian 77 --> 80/81 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 Pintassilgo 75 --> 77/78 Kamghain – 75-77/78 BURBANO, Hernán 77-->80 MARANHÃO, Meirelles 77-->80 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 ENACHE, Gabriel 78 --> 81 ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 Paolo Hurtado 78 --> 80 Forwards By Current Rating ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 LEMNARU, Valentin 78 --> 81 PUNOSEVAC, Bratislav 78 --> 80 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 Lenny Nangis 77-->80/81 TONI, Dovale 77 ---> 80 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 PEDROZA, Antonio 77-->80 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 Ezekiel – 76-80 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 R. Sterling 75-83 LÓPEZ, Nicolás 75--> 80 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 FABRICE, Olinga 75 ---> 78/80 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 BUS, Sergiu 75 --> 78/79 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 Brito Lucca 73-->78 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 N. Powell 70-83 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 By Maximum Rating Predicted Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 R. Sterling 75-83 N. Powell 70-83 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 Lenny Nangis 77-->80/81 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 LEMNARU, Valentin 78 --> 81 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 LÓPEZ, Nicolás 75--> 80 TONI, Dovale 77 ---> 80 ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 FABRICE, Olinga 75 ---> 78/80 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 Ezekiel – 76-80 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 PEDROZA, Antonio 77-->80 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 PUNOSEVAC, Bratislav 78 --> 80 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 BUS, Sergiu 75 --> 78/79 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Brito Lucca 73-->78 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 By Changes Numbers SHAQIRI, Ardit 60>76 LUMU, Jeroen 60>76 ZHESTKOV, Maksim 60>75 N. Powell 70-83 ANIER, Hannes 65>75 Sercan SARARER 78 => 84 / 85 R. Sterling 75-83 Lourival Assis 76-->80/82 Lourival Assis 76 - 80/82 LÓPEZ, Nicolás 75--> 80 Dani SCHAHIN 78 => 82 / 83 FABRICE, Olinga 75 ---> 78/80 QUINTERO, Juan 77--> 82 Ricardo Pereira 75 --> 79/80 Ghilas 75 --> 79/80 IANCU, Gabriel Cristian 72>77 Luis Morales 75--->77/80 Viktor Fischer - 75 --> 80 Victor Rodriguez 78-->82/83 Brito Lucca 73-->78 BAWAB, Thaer 75 --> 80 GROZAV, Gheorghe 77 --> 82/81 Lenny Nangis 77-->80/81 RODRÍGUEZ, Víctor 78 ---> 82 VERDI, Simone 75 --> 78/79 Ilir AZEMI 75 => 79 / 78 Ezekiel – 76-80 BUS, Sergiu 75 --> 78/79 CONSTANTINESCU, Marian 77 --> 80/81 OPRITA, Daniel 78 --> 82 VITINHO, Medeiros 76 --> 79/80 TONI, Dovale 77 ---> 80 Tayfun PEKTURK 77 => 79 / 80 Filip MALBASIC 75 => 78 / 77 Branimir HRGOTA 76 => 79 / 78 ANTONIO, Juan 75--> 78 Brito Furtado 75 --> 78 Carneiro Lica 77 --> 79/80 Esmael Gonçalves 77 --> 79/80 PEDROZA, Antonio 77-->80 Jody Lukoki - 78 --> 81 LEMNARU, Valentin 78 --> 81 ROS, Javi 78 ---> 80 PUNOSEVAC, Bratislav 78 --> 80 MACHADO, Gabriel 78 --> 80 Centre-Forwards By Current Rating BELFODIL, Ishak 78--> 83 SEFEROVIC, Haris 78--> 80 Niclas FÜLLKRUG 78 => 80 / 81 Sebastian POLTER 78 => 81 / 82 Semedo Cícero 78 --> 80/81 LOPEZ, Antonio 78-->80 MATULEVICIUS, Deivydas 78 --> 80 STROMAJER, Jaka 78 --> 80 YOUNES, Hamza 78 --> 83/82 TUCUDEAN, Marius George 78 --> 81/82 NOBLE, Ryan 77-80 LONGO, Samuele 77 ---> 82 Carlos Fierro 77-->80 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 FOKET, Thomas 18 76 --> 78/79 ALEX, Goncalves 76 --> 80 COULIBALY, Souleymane 75-78 DOUKARA, Souleymane 75--> 77 ICARDI, Mauro 75--> 80 Salim Cissé 75 --> 80 Nicolas Castillo 75>80 NWAKAEME, Anthony 75 --> 82/83 By Maximum Rating Predicted BELFODIL, Ishak 78--> 83 YOUNES, Hamza 78 --> 83/82 NWAKAEME, Anthony 75 --> 82/83 Sebastian POLTER 78 => 81 / 82 TUCUDEAN, Marius George 78 --> 81/82 LONGO, Samuele 77 ---> 82 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 Niclas FÜLLKRUG 78 => 80 / 81 Semedo Cícero 78 --> 80/81 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 SEFEROVIC, Haris 78--> 80 LOPEZ, Antonio 78-->80 MATULEVICIUS, Deivydas 78 --> 80 STROMAJER, Jaka 78 --> 80 NOBLE, Ryan 77-80 Carlos Fierro 77-->80 ALEX, Goncalves 76 --> 80 ICARDI, Mauro 75--> 80 Salim Cissé 75 --> 80 Nicolas Castillo 75>80 FOKET, Thomas 18 76 --> 78/79 COULIBALY, Souleymane 75-78 DOUKARA, Souleymane 75--> 77 By Changes Numbers NWAKAEME, Anthony 75 --> 82/83 DYBALA, Paulo 76--> 82 BELFODIL, Ishak 78--> 83 YOUNES, Hamza 78 --> 83/82 LONGO, Samuele 77 ---> 82 ICARDI, Mauro 75--> 80 Salim Cissé 75 --> 80 Nicolas Castillo 75>80 Sebastian POLTER 78 => 81 / 82 TUCUDEAN, Marius George 78 --> 81/82 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 BATIN, Paul 77 -->80/81 ALEX, Goncalves 76 --> 80 Niclas FÜLLKRUG 78 => 80 / 81 Semedo Cícero 78 --> 80/81 NOBLE, Ryan 77-80 Carlos Fierro 77-->80 FOKET, Thomas 18 76 --> 78/79 COULIBALY, Souleymane 75-78 SEFEROVIC, Haris 78--> 80 LOPEZ, Antonio 78-->80 MATULEVICIUS, Deivydas 78 --> 80 STROMAJER, Jaka 78 --> 80 DOUKARA, Souleymane 75--> 77 Small List of Risers Note: This list was made a while ago, so the minutes are not accurate. Some players now might have more 180/270 min. but, this numbers is enough to have a view on the best risers. Also its worth notice that when i did this list, the players with the most minutes had 540 to 720 minutes. So players near this interval should be the biggest risers as they will play most of the games in the season. Argentina and Chile were re-checked so they are closer to the real. Albania GK Rizvani 2340 min. Koliqi 1170 min. RB Tushe 442min. LB Koreshi 1235 min. CM Karabeci 2010min. Telushi 1013 min. Mid Dosti 1693 min. Tushe 442min. Wing D. Kërçiku 531 min. AM Mario Morina 1378 min. Telushi 1013 min. Fwd Mario Morina 1378 min. Argentina (Checked when most minutes played were +1500-500min. Boca Juniors: Leandro Paredes 617 min. AM Guilhermo Fernandez 518min. DM/CM Juan Sanchez Mino 822 min. LB Racing Club: Luciano Vietto 1064 min. AM/Fwd Adrian Centurion 1454 min. Winger Corvalan 1226 min. LB Luis Farina 358 min. Winger River Plate: Leandro González Pírez 953 min. CB Rogelio Mori 1218 min. CF Ramiro Mori 786 min. CB/LB Pezzela 759 min. CB Belgrano: Lucas Melano 277 + 473 (STARTER) CF Pittinari 67 + 249 CB/DM San Lorenzo: Alan Ruiz 664 min. CM/AM Kannemann 710 min. CB/LB Buffarini 1401 (STARTER) Winger Velez: Allione 454 min. AM/Winger Brian Ferreira 225 min. AM/Fwd Lucas Romero 446 min. CM ____________________________________________________ Austria (ALL MENTIONED BY ARGALA) MARCELO, Fernandes F(RLC) 21 75 MARTSCHINKO, Christoph D,DM,M(L) 18 76 +2 RAKOWITZ, Stefan M(RL) 22 77 +1/+3 OFFENBACHER, Daniel M,AM© 20 77 +1/+3 PRIETL, Manuel DM© 21 78 +2 RÖCHER, Thorsten F© 21 77 +1/+3 RODLER, Martin D© 23 78 +2 SABITZER, Marcel AM(RL),F(RLC) 18 76 +4 YNCLÁN, Jacobo AM(RL),F(RLC) 28 74 +4/+6 BALDAUF, Dario D(RL) 27 77 +1/+3 FALK, Christian F© 25 78 +2 ZIEGL, Marcel D,DM© 19 78 +2 ZULJ, Robert F© 20 78 +2 KAINZ, Tobias DM,M© 20 76 +2 KLEM, Christian D,M(L) 21 81 +1 ILDIZ, Muhammed DM© 21 78 +2/+4 KONIGSHOFER, Lukas GK 23 78 +4/+5 GROZUREK, Lukas F© 20 75 +3 BOYD, Terrence F© 21 77 +3/+5 HOLLAND, James AM(RLC) 23 80 +2 DILAVER, Emir D(RLC),DM© 21 78 +4 WALLNER, Manuel D© 24 78 +4 _____________________________________________ Chile Universidad: Lichnovsky 844 min. CB Martinez 1576 min. DM/CM Juan Ignacio Duma 504 min. Winger/Fwd Higgins: Fuentes 1688 min. DM/CM Benjamin Vidal 1440 min. LB/CB Iquique: Gaete 752 DM Davila 1057 + 2100 AM/Winger Catolica: Andia 2213 min. CB Ramos 1009 min. CF Nicolas Castillo 1215 min. CF Claudio Sepúlveda 766min. DM/CM Espanhola: Matías Navarrete 603 min. RB/CB _________________________________________ Croatia Slaven Koprivnica: Canadija 385 min. CM Bubnjic 378 min. DM/CM Split: Galovic 630 min. CB HNK Hadjuk Split: Radosevic 629 min. DM/CM Cibalia Vinkovic: Puljic 308 min. Fwd Koledic 392 min. CF NK Zagreb: Vojtus 358 min. Fwd Bevab 310 min. LB Medic 479 min. CF Lokomotiva Zagreb: Mrzljak 501 min. DM/CM Brucic 559 min. LB Boras 611 min. CB Samateh 407 min. RB/CB NK Osijek: Aleksic 446 min. LB Perosevic 337 min. CF Leskovic 540 min. Def/Mdef Inter Zapresic: Plazanic 364 min. RB Budimir 630 min. CF Batur 371 min. CF HNK Rijeka: Culina 525 min. AM Andrea Mutombo 590 min. AM/Winger Denmark FC Kobenhavn Cornelius 400 min. CF Aalborg BK: Kusk 621 min. Winger Ahlmann 651 min. LB Nordsjaelland: Runje 720 min. CB Odense BK: Hannes Anier Fwd/Wing Schoop 580 min. CM Randers FC: Brock-Madsen 178 min. CF AGF Aarhus: Skhirtladze 159 min. AM/Fwd Akharraz 448 min. AM/Fwd FC Midtjylland: Sviatchenko 568 min. CB Villafane 256 min. RB Kibebe 384 min. CB Horsens: Ronnow 720 min. GK Esbjerg: VESTERGAARD CF Knudsen 716 min. CB/LB Braithwaite 682 min. AM/Winger[/center] Ukraine Shaktar Donestk Stepanenko 86-->87 CM Dynamo Kyiv Koval 85-->86/87 GK Ideye 88-->89 CF Metalist Barvinko 75-->78/79 LB Chornomorets Balashov 78-->80/81 Ext/Av Bobko 77-->81/82 Ext Metalurh Donestk Baranovskyi 75-->78/79 CB Danilo 77-->82 AM/Ext Volyn Nasonov 76-->80 RB Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu 75-->80/81 Fwd Urawa Red Diamonds Umesaki 80-->82/83 AM/Wing Kato 80-->83 GK Yokohama Saito 77-->81/82 CF Sagan Tosu (all 80s) Kota Mizunuma Tomotaka Okamoto Min-Woo Kim Sung Hye Yeo Naoyuki Fujita Shimizu S-Pulse Hayashi 76-->81/82 GK Hungary Gyori Varga 77-->82 Ext/Av MTK Hungária Kelemen 75-->80 CB Hegedus 76-->80/81 GK Videoton Kovács 75-->80 Szolnoki 75-->78/79 Gyurcsó 75-->79 Poland Legia Warsawa Furman Ext/Av 75-->80/81 Lukasic DM/CM 75-->81/82 Kosecki Ext/Av 78-->82/83 Lech Poznan Linetty CM/AM 75-->78/79 Kaminski CB/DM 80-->82 Lovresncsics Ext/Av 60-->78/80 Polonia Warsawa Wszolek Ext/Av 77-->82 Pazio LB 75-->80 Lechia Gdansk Buchalik GK 78-->82 Machaj CM 77-->80 Switzerland Grasshopper Michael Linga 82-->84 Def/DM Bruki 82-->84 GK Zuber 83-->84/85 AM/Winger Taulant Xhaka 78-->82 RB/LB FC Basel Schar 78-->80 CB/RB Sauro 78-->80/81 CB/RB Sankt Gallen Janjatovic 75-->81/82 CM/AM Modou Jagne 78-->81/82 Ext/Av Lopar 80-->82 GK FC Sion Itaperuna 75-->82/83 CM/AM/Winger Young Boys Frey 75-->79/80 CF Turkey Besiktas Olcay Sahan Ext/Av 84-->86 Eskisehirspor Boffin GK 78-->83/84 Trabzonspor Yavru RB/CM 75-->78/79 karabukspor Parlak CF 80-->82 kasimpasa Kala AM 78-->81/82 Portuguese Top 4 Cubs B Squads[/center] Note: Those players belong to the main teams playing in the first division but playing in the second division, so they might not be reviewed but still here it goes a nice list of risers... FC Porto B Stefanovic 70-->82 Tiago Ferreira 75--> 80 (Top Talent, hard to predict) (Played in U-19 Euro) Ndubisi, Mikel 75--> 78/79 Seba 75-->78 Dellatorre 78 --> 80/81 Thibaut Vion 75--> 78 Sergio Oliveira 78--> 80 Victor Luiz 75--> 78 Sporting CP B Vitor Golas 77 --> 79/80 Bruma 75 --> 80/81 (Top Talent, hard do predict) (Played in U-19 Euro) Zezinho 78 --> 79/80 Ricardo Esgaio 75 --> 80/81 (currently 10 goals but for penalties mostly) (Played in U-19 Euro) João Mário 75 --> 78/79 (Played in U-19 Euro) Pedro Mendes 78 --> 80 (Called to be in the main team bench) Mica Pinto 75 --> 77/78 Tiago Ilori 76 --> 78/79 (Played in U-19 Euro) Luís Kikas 75 --> 77 Betinho 75 --> 79 (Top Talent, hard to predict) (Played in U-19 Euro; Top Scorer in the qualifiers) (Some minutes within the main team) Tobias Figueiredo 75 --> 77/78 Eric Dier 75 --> 78 (Called to be in the main team bench) SL Benfica B Miguel Rosa 80 --> 81/82 João Cancelo 75 --> 79/80 (Top Talent, hard to predict) (Played in U-19 Euro) Mika 78 --> 80/81 Ivan Cavaleiro 75 --> 79/80 (Top Talent, hard to predict) Leandro Pimenta 78 --> 80 Luciano Teixeira 75 --> 78 André Gomes 75 --> 79/80 (Some minutes within the main team) SC Braga B Aníbal Capela 76 --> 78/79 Florent Hanin 76 --> 78/79 Cristian Figueiredo 78 --> 80 (playing for the U-21s national team) Zé Luis 80 --> 81 Countries already reviewed or being reviewed after the construction of this database: France Norway So currently the priority is to increase this list with more and more countries and leagues, so can´t update and remove all the reviewed risers. So i decided to announce the ones reviewed already and its up to you guys to know which players to remove and choose a different player. Check my other threads 87-90+ High Risers Database - CLICK HERE 80-90 Risers Massive Database - CLICK HERE 60-80 Small Risers Database - CLICK HERE Liga Zon Sagres - Portuguese Main League - CLICK HERE
Top 5 Leagues - Must Buys.
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Hello again! Ive compiled a list of Europe's top 5 leagues best potential buys. Most players are rated around the 80 mark, with some above and below, etcetc. Some of these players are my own findings, but the majority were taken from other people player ratings, Im just compiling them all into one place. Ill constantly update the thread with any one else who has a talent that I've missed. Cheers for reading:) Spain Tello 82 > +3 Hervas 75 > +6 Bigas 78 > +3/4 Pozuelo 80 > +3 Cristian Gómez > +3 Barrada 82 > +3 Satrústegui > +4 Joel 78 > +4 Pulido 78 > +4 Mendy 77 > +3 Samperio 77 > +4 Bernardo 80 > +3 Cadamuro 78 > +4 Inigo Martinez 83 > +3 Isco 85 > +3 Germany Ring 78 > +3/4 Hartherz 77 > +3 Sala 76 > +3 Ostrzolek 78 > +5 Diagne 78 > +5 Schmid 77 > +4 Vestergaard 78 > +4 Unnerstall 80 > +3/4 Draxler 84 > +2 Italy Carvalho 78 > +4 El Shaarawy > 84 +2/3 Faraoni 78 > +5 Joel Obi 82 > +3 Borini 83 > +3 Nastasic 80 > +3 Vazquez 78 > +4 France Boly 83 > +3 Digne 76 > +3 Lacazette 83 > +2 Kone 86 > +2 Cabella 82 > +3 Bahebeck 80 > +2 Abdennour84 > +4 Ahamada 85 > +3 Aurier 84 > +3 Regattin 77 > +3 Zouma 78 > +3/4/5 Kone 74 > +6 Nabab 78 > +4 Mirin 83 > +3 England Oxlade 83 > +3 Gardner 78 > +3 Hanley 82 > +2 Shotton 83 > +2 Livermore 83 > +2/3 McClean 78 > +5 Influential people... Elohim, Phil GT, Joepi, NapoliFan101, Peppo Espy, Mudito, TheDuffman, 123_ABC, drink, Ronaldinho Ronaldinho, xDave, Pitung Drughi and Kyle14 (myself;)). Please give the others as more credit than you do me, my knowledge stops after crossing the English Channel. If any of the above people have a problem with some of their work being implanted into the thread, dont hesitate to contact me.
Argentine Risers, 2010/2011. One off return to the ratings section ;)
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Does exactly what it says on the tin. GRAZZINI, Sebastián 80 > 82/83 Send a ticket and he'll get the 82, I cba. OBERMAN, Gustavo 82 > 84/85 84 NERVO, Hugo 75 > 82/80 82 MOSCA, Claudio 80 > 82 82 MARCONE, Iván 80 > 83/84 83 LOPEZ, Lisandro 82 > 84 Again, send a ticket and this will get sorted. DOS SANTOS, Mauro 75 > 81 80 SARDELLA, Federico 75 > 80 80 BOLOGNA, Enrique 80 > 82 (number 1 for Banfield now though) 82 LADINO, Santiago 80 > 83 83 GARCIA, Cristian 80 > 82/83 82 ERBES, Cristian 75 > 82 80 BELLONE, Mauro 75 > 78 77 BAUMAN, Jonatan 75 > 78 77 CAIRE, Maximiliano 77 > 81 80 ROJO, Marcos 80 > 83 83 NUNEZ, Maximiliano 80 > 84 84 SANCHEZ, Sergio Daniel 75 > 78 77 CAMARGO, Alejandro 75 > 78 78 SÁNCHEZ, Carlos 80 > 83 83 GABBARINI, Adrián 83 > 85/86 86 ERRAMUSPE, Rodrigo 75 > 83 82 DIAZ, Leandro 75 > 80 80 PIZARRO, Guido 80 > 84 84 MARCHESIN, Augustín 82 > 84 85 FERNANDEZ, José Luis 76 > 80 82 LLUY, Brian 82 > 84/85 84 AFFRANCHINO, Facundo 75 > 81 82 PEREYRA, Roberto 75 > 78/80 80 FUNES MORI, Rogelio 75 > 84 84 MEZA, Fernando 75 > 83 83 GONZALEZ, Sebastián Emanuel 78 > 80 80 BOTTA, Rubén 74 > 78 77 PEREZ, Claudio 78 > 81 82 ALVAREZ, Ricardo Gabriel 75 > 80 77
Robert Lewandowski - Polish Sensation!
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Robert Lewandowski is a 20 year-old Polish striker playing for Lech Poznań. The young forward has had a remarkable start in his career, bagging the goals from the lowest divisions. Two season's ago, he was was the Polish third division's top goal scorer with 15 goals, helping Znicz Pruszków win promotion. The next season he was the top scorer in the Polish second division with 21 goals. This summer UEFA Cup contenders, Lech Poznań splashed the cash for his signature hoping he'd be a player for the future. Instead, he continued his fine form and making the headlines in Poand. He made his debut for Lech coming on as a sub in a first round UEFA Cup qualifier against FK Khazar Lenkoran in Azerbaijan and scoring the only goal of the match. He also scored on his debut in the league game. Robert now has an outstanding 5 goals in 5 games in the league. Is he fighting for the top scorer here too ? Yes, so far he is the topscorer in division 1. His performances didn't go unnoticed and the national team coaches had him on their books. In March he made is U-21 debut against England and rapidly made his national debut coming on as a sub against San Marino and scoring one goal. Here are some videos of him- Lech - Grasshoppers, 2:0 Lewandowski Lech - Grasshoppers, 3:0 Lewandowski A wonderful finish Wisła Kraków - Lech Poznań 1:4 R.Lewandowski A short compilation In summary- 2006/07-Znicz Pruszków (Division 3- Top scorer with 15 goals) 2007/08-Znicz Pruszków (Division 2- Top scorer with 21 goals) 2008/09- Lech Poznań (Division 1- 5 games and 5 goals-so far leading the goalscoring charts) Poland U-21: Debut in March agianst England Poland National Team: 1 appearance, 1 goal. He is on the DB rated 74. With his side competing in the UEFA Cup, his national team participation and his goal-scoring form; expect him to be one for the future. Enjoy:)
An Extensive Mid-Season Review and Analysis of Ligue 1 (2009/10)
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Mid-Season Review Took me long enough to find the time for this. All that schoolwork and soccer and family reunions and socializing and dilly dallying is over now - for the most part. To take advantage of this time, I chose to do a review of what has happened thus far involving some of the most interesting sides in Ligue 1 and my views on how the rest of the season could unfold for them, as well as some discussion on the transfer window. Anyway, I have nothing better to do than ruffle through pages and pages of statistics. Enjoy. Crème de la Crème 2 August, 2008. A mere week before the 2008-09 season of Ligue 1 kicks off, Olympique Lyonnais, who once again reigned victorious in the 2007-08 Ligue 1 season and the Coupe de France, face the Ligue 1 runners-up Bordeaux, who finished the season four points behind the champions, in the Trophée de Champions, the French equivalent of the English Community Shield. Lyon, the favorites, are intent on lifting the title for the seventh successive time, to match their glorious seven-season title streak in the league. The match, goalless by the end of extra-time, must be decided on penalties, and a failure by Lyon center-back Cris to convert his opportunity hands Bordeaux their first ever Trophèe de Champions and ends Lyon's streak. The Bordeaux victory is a brow-raising one, a mysterious precursor to the end of an era. 30 May 2009. Caen are relegated to Ligue 2 as they fall victim to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, who creep by with just a goal in their favor. Bordeaux, who win only by a single goal from Gouffran, lift the Ligue 1 title for the first time in a decade. After seven years of complete dominance of the top tier of French football by Olympique Lyon, Bordeaux ascend to the throne. Their goal above all is to succeed Lyon and reign supreme. It is now 2010, and the reigning champions have not failed to live up to their hopes and their fans' expectations thus far. We could use a progress report. The first seven weeks of this season for them yielded not a single loss in the league. In all competitions, Les Girondins pulled off a gargantuan feat, a series of twenty-two games without a single defeat, between March and October. It required a shock result from at the Stade Geoffrey Guichard, when Saint-Etienne hosted them, for the champions - who, by the way, also lifted the Trophèe de Champions a second time after defeating Coupe de France champions EA Guingamp - to finally succumb to defeat. Even then, all competitions considered, Bordeaux have only lost three times since that match: a 1-0 loss to Auxerre the following week for the same reason as the first loss (We will explore this later when we examine things.), a defeat at the hands of Lille, and one against Valenciennes for the same reason again. It is indeed worth noting as well that Bordeaux won every single one of their group stage matches in the UEFA Champions League except for one, a 1-1 draw against Juventus. How is Bordeaux exerting such a superior presence over its contenders? First, we must look at this from a broad scope and find a general idea before we examine the specifics. Bordeaux, of course, are currently at the top of Ligue 1. Last season, they were 2nd around this point, so there has been positive change. They have 43 points in the league, 9 more than 2nd place Lille. Despite there goal count of 32 being slightly inferior to their current underclassmen, Bordeaux have the best defensive record, only having conceded a dozen goals this season. Only three goals have been conceded at home. Now to the specifics. Here, we can find some hard evidence. The best way to understand how they are succeeding is to look at how they are not: the defeats must be examined first, and inferences need to be made on these observations. These are the four games that Bordeaux lost this season, including interesting facts: Saint-Etienne 3-1 Bordeaux Saint-Etienne scored first, in the 8th minute. Bordeaux did not have Gourcuff. Chamakh and Cavenaghi came on only as second-half substitutes. Possession, which favored Bordeaux, had clearly no effect on the result. Bordeaux are playing away. Auxerre 1-0 Bordeaux Auxerre often rely on stalwart defending, launching counter-attacks to score. Gourcuff was again absent until the 70th minute. Chamakh and Cavenaghi, however, started. This happened to be the game right after their last defeat. Possession again was inversely related to the scoreline. The only goal was a penalty. Bordeaux are playing away. Lille 2-0 Bordeaux Bordeaux have Gourcuff and Chamakh starting. Lille are in good form, and soon prove it with a run of spectacular performances still ongoing. Bordeaux are playing away. Bordeaux 0-1 Valenciennes Bordeaux are at home now. Chamakh is injured and taken off in the first half, while Gourcuff is absent altogether. Not only does possession hugely favor Bordeaux, but this time so do shots. VA score an early goal 7 minutes in. This happened to be just one week after losing to Lille. We can draw from the first three games that Bordeaux are a tad weaker away from home. This does not explain everything, though, as they have won many away games. Gourcuff and Chamakh seem to have highly influential roles. When Gourcuff did not play in the first, second, and fourth loss, Bordeaux lost. Chamakh's absence can be connected to the first and last games. This is no surprise, considering that Chamakh, with 6 goals, is the team's top scorer, and Gourcuff, with 6 assists and 5 goals, is the top player overall in the team. The third game is a valid defeat for Bordeaux, but it must be taken into consideration that Lille have, statistically, the most productive attack in the league. Therefore, Bordeaux in a way can be partially "excused" from losing while still having Gourcuff and Chamakh. Also, only three times have Bordeaux conceded an early goal (In this case, a goal must be within the first 15 minutes to count as such.), and two of those times resulted in a loss. The other time shook up Bordeaux a lot during their one-goal win against TFC. Top this off with the fact that Bordeaux cannot seem to capitalize efficiently on possession, which they often dominate, and the conclusion reached is that Bordeaux's attacking play is easily undermined when they concede before scoring and when they are without their stars. Ultimately, we can say - through deductive reasoning - that the driving force in Bordeaux is highly psychological and technical: there is a slight reliance on playing at home, which is not surprising, and a massive moral reliance on the partnership of Gourcuff and Chamakh to inspire their team's attacking play and make the most out of the possession they get, as without these guys, the team virtually gives up and cannot create anything, regardless of their statistical dominance. What, then, is the ultimate fate of Bordeaux? The answer is simply down to the Chamakh saga. Those who read my transfer updates know how much of a nuisance it is (or at least to me) to see "Chamakh this" and "Chamakh that" and "Chamakh here" and "Chamakh there". The cold, hard truth is that if Chamakh leaves, Bordeaux will, literally, lose about 50% of their chances of making the most of what they have. All for about £4-6 million. If Chamakh stays this January, Laurent Blanc can sit back and relax, as he will have very little to worry about with his team just about guaranteed a second consecutive championship. However, with Chamakh already claiming that, even if he stays until the Summer, he will not sign a new contract, Bordeaux's possible hopes of a third successive title are seriously disrupted. The effect it would have on Bordeaux is staggering. Suddenly, Chamakh has just become one of the most valuable players in Ligue 1. So, if Bordeaux, whether by a drop in form for one of these two stars or by the departure of one of them, are not to rise victorious come the month of May, who will? Not Just a Lil' Club! Enter LOSC Lille Métropole, the brainchild of Rudi Garcia and the institution of kickin'… butt. Many of you who follow my thread recall my extensive analysis of Lille. Here is the link: http://forum.soccermanager.com/showpost.php?p=857061&postcount=1441. As it is unnecessary for me to repeat myself, I will only recapitulate on what was discovered in that analysis. The following held true about Lille: 1.) They have a very balanced attack, with a wide range of players taking shots and scoring, rather than having a sole "target-man", which was proven to be an inefficient method of play. Examples include the dependence of TFC on Gignac, Monaco on Nenê, Nice on Rémy, and Le Mans on Le Tallec - in all cases, these players took the most shots for their clubs, so much so that not one else did, implying a lack of team effort (Instead, the teams that seemed to do best in their attacking play all had multiple players in the top-30 list of shot-takers.). 2.) A huge factor influencing Lille is home advantage. Lille have been much worse away than at home, but thanks to their stunning home record, they have been able to stay alive and lay waste to any visitors. In fact, only once, in their opening day match against Lorient, have Lille failed to make do of the atmosphere at the Stadium Lille-Métropole. 3.) Lille can thank their latest manager, Rudi Garcia, for a number of reasons. Yes, these players are doing a lot on the pitch, but Garcia has done well to make sure they could - for just £8 million he brought in Gervinho, £10 million less than the amount received from Bastos' departure. His keeping of Rami has also proved effective, and Landreau has worked wonders for Lille since replacing Malicki for a meager price. 4.) I did not make this point clearly in my analysis, and I think I should accentuate it here. Fitness has been absolutely no concern for Lille, who are receiving little to no injuries to their players. The months of November and December have been the roughest months all season, and once the season resume, teams will no longer be playing two to three times a week. Lille, however, seem to have fed on this fitness concern. They peculiar immunity to sustaining injuries has been a major beneficent in their massive victories in December. Simply said, while every other team is bickering about replacements and injuries and the wear-and-tear of the season, Lille has taken advantage of this time very effectively, staying fit and thrashing unfit sides. The future of Lille may lie in just that - the season match schedule. The winter break did not just give teams a break after being marauded by Lille; it is a signal to all teams that there will be much fewer games than before, meaning fitness for many sides may not be as big a concern. The result is a smaller advantage for Lille, as they will be less able to exploit those shrinking concerns. Additionally, the strong teams that Lille played during the first half of the season were all visiting teams, so the second half will yield a number of games in which Lille will be playing away against serious opposition - especially Lyon and Bordeaux. Lille's chances of robbing Bordeaux of a second consecutive title are existent, but they may diminish as time wears on, unless Garcia adapts to the more balanced half of the season, perhaps through transfer window activity or something else. Time will tell. I Used to Rule the World… Seas would rise when I gave the word; now every morning I sleep alone, sweep the streets I used to own... Sorry, I'm a Coldplay fan. Anyway, we now turn our gazes to a gloomier side of Ligue 1, to the scowling bunch of fellows at the Stade Gerland who once were the unchallenged, unthreatened seven-time champions of France but now since Olympique Lyonnais. The tragedy of OL is no abrupt end to a steady reign, though. Lyon, in fact, have been following a very hill-like pattern since rising to dominance. Currently, Lyon have only 30 points in the league, after 19 matches. The table below shows Lyon's mid-season progress in terms of points in their last ten seasons, this season included. Given that Lyon did not succeed in snatching the Ligue 1 title in the 2000/01 and 2008/09 seasons, we can infer that their hopes of reclaiming the title are dim, as their mid-season progress this season is their lowest since before they even embarked on their domination of Ligue 1. This link below leads to the Guardian Stats Centre's "League Pos. Analysis" of Lyon, and their graph clearly show that Lyon are not worse than their past several seasons, but they are declining still. Even their manager, Claude Puel, has somberly commented on his team's situation with little optimism. Puel said to Ligue1.com, "There's no point at looking at top spot, or even a place in the top three at the moment… Firstly, we need to concentrate on our own play, put all the ingredients into the mix... whether it be physical, technical, movement, play simple... play well... then the results will come...” These words are far from hopeful and show the harsh reality of Lyon's progress (or regress, shall I say?) this season. This is not to say that Lyon lack a strong team. The players are there: Lisandro Lopez is inarguably a game-changing goal machine, and Bafetimbi Gomis is just a bit short of him; Toulalan is perhaps the best defensive midfielder in the French top tier; and Hugo Lloris is simply France's current and quite likely permanent goalkeeper. However, the main problem at Lyon has been down to problem that the club failed to assess properly last season: the year-round injury dilemma. The Lyon defense, with the exception of goalkeeper Lloris, has been very shaky from the start, not just plagued with injuries, but actually incompetent towards other teams' offensive plays. In fact, Lyon's attackers have not been so shabby. After all, who can deny Lopez and Gomis in terms of goalscoring instinct? On the attack table, Lyon are currently 4th place, only half a dozen goals from first-place Lille. However, their defensive table standing is a jaw-dropping 13 - they have conceded 26 goals, more than two times as many goals as Bordeaux have conceded, 12. Consider the last decade of French football. In no season, from 2000 to 2010, has Lyon been this low at the mid-season point. This has been the lowest ever mid-season defensive record since Lyon conceded 28 times in 19 weeks back in the 1996/97 season, well over a decade ago. We can find an explanation to this shocking collapse in the squad. Although Cris has - rather - a commanding role, Boumsong is only average and Bodmer is not naturally a defender (The now-central-defender was once a midfielder with a future until his recent change in position at Lyon.). Réveillère is often injured and still is only average when he plays. His replacement, Clerc, cannot seem to stay fit. He, too, is not champions-of-France quality (Chalmé of Bordeaux is easily better than these guys.), and the third in line is Gassama, who is a good prospect, but just too young. Toulalan suffered an injury that stunted the midfield's strength significantly, and for a few games this season the French national team holding defender had to play in the defense due to injuries. Also, the lack of a solid starting eleven could be preventing the team from gelling together correctly. Compare Lyon to Bordeaux, a much more successful team at the moment, to the misfortune of the former, and the effect of a concrete line-up is evident. By looking at the "Analysis" section of each clubs' page on football-lineups.com, we can see apparent differences: Lyon have had three players play at right-back, five at center-back, four at left-back, eight on the right wing, eight on the left wing, eight in the center of midfield, and six in the forward role(s); in contrast, Bordeaux have had only two different players feature at right-back, five at center-back, two at left back, four on each wing, six in the middle, and four in the front. Even more interesting is that, as far as football-lineups.com's interpretations of positions go, Makoun is the only midfielder, left, right or center, to have exceeded ten starts in a single position. In conclusion, Lyon are a team who have fallen victim to both injuries and uncertainties in the team's line-up. Additionally, the pressure exerted on them to redeem themselves and return to the top of Ligue 1 is staggering, and it just might have been the final punch needed to knock them just about out of the title race. Puel nailed it in his interview with Ligue1.com. What Lyon now must do is to completely reconstruct themselves and find a way to revive the spirit that they once played with if they want to get back in this. Mastering the Defensive Game Auxerre currently are 5th in the league, and at a glance, one may want to thank players like the Polish striker Ireneusz Jelen for their offensive productivity. Looks indeed can be very deceptive - it is actually safe to say that Auxerre are the exact opposite of Lyon. The club are a meager 13th place on the offensive table, with just 19 goals scored (Jelen, their top goal scorer, has a modest goal tally of four.). However, they stand second on the defensive table, with only 15 goals conceded, three more than Bordeaux. This defensive superiority has supplied Auxerre with a powerful advantage over many teams. Their play is often based on the counter-attack, unleashing itself to an opposition striving too hard to break the back four. Apparently, this defensive mastery has been highly productive, as Auxerre have not fallen below 7th place since Week 9, and they completed the previous season in 8th place. This current position of 5th could well be their very best position in years. Perhaps Puel could learn something from his Auxerre counterpart, Jean Fernandez, here. Auxerre have one of the more stable back four in the league. Almost every Auxerre game features Hengbart on the right, Gritchting on the left, and Coulibaly and Mignot in the middle. Coulibaly stands as the 5th best defender in the league by L'Equipe's ratings, an Hengbart at one point had the very same spot. In addition, Sorin has been good for them between the posts. Examining AJA's matches this season shows that they have only conceded goals in two of their wins, showing just how formidable their defenders are in shutting out the opposition. Triumphs over attacking teams like Marseille, Bordeaux, and Lille only further support this. Not Mastering the Game at All Introducing Toulouse FC, the most disappointing team of the season by far. Upon examining some of TFC's history and the club's current situation, it becomes quite a wonder as to how a club almost an exact clone of Auxerre in terms of play can be separated so widely from its northern counterpart. The similarities are shocking. The Violets have scored precisely 19 goals, the very same amount as Auxerre. They have conceded 16, only one less than Auxerre have. However, the gulf between the two sides in the general league table is a massive ten positions, with Auxerre holding 5th and Toulouse 15th. The answer may just lay in the tactical and psychological approaches of these two sides. First, the mental half of the game. Obviously, if two sides are scoring and conceding at the same rate, the only factor capable of affecting the league positions of those two sides is the distribution of those goals, something that ultimately boils down to a little aspect of football we call consistency. A glance at the league games TFC have played this season reveals a crystal clear truism of their season: they have been extremely inconsistent. This goes beyond winning and losing streaks; TFC have never, at any time this season, won, lost, or drawn two games in a row. Every win is followed by a loss or draw, every loss by a win or draw, and every draw by a win or loss. Not only are TFC one of the most, if not the most, inconsistent team in the top tier of French football. Although it may be misleading at first, TFC have also been highly consistent, and this consistency has been in terms of the goals they concede. To cut the statistical chatter, when TFC concede goals, most of these goals happen to be in their losses, and the scarcity in the goals they concede mean only one thing: because they do not have all their conceded goals bunched up in a few games, their goals are distributed evenly, leading to more losses. As the phrase goes by some manager whom I cannot recall, "I would rather lose 3-0 once than 1-0 three times". In both cases, three goals are conceded, but in the first case, six league points are spared as opposed to the alternative. Toulouse are that alternative. All this, to wrap it up, is a confusing way to say that Toulouse are just plain inconsistent and they have just happened to concede goals in the wrong games. Toulouse follow a method that just has not managed to work itself out, despite its success last season. The basic Toulouse mindset last season was derived from fundamental inductive reasoning: Gignac scores a lot, so we should always chuck the ball to Gignac. Alain Casanova understood this and responded by assuming a 4-5-1 formation, with Gignac spearheading the team, to maximize output. The tactics worked magic as Gignac finished his season as top goalscorer. This season, Gignac has scored just a quintet of goals this season. He had a dozen at this same time last season, which doubled by the end of the season. Statistically speaking, Gignac should be able only to score about ten goals by May. Gervinho has exceeded that count last month. The problem with Toulouse's ways are not just that they are faulty, but that they are changing. How do we know this? Casanova has switched around midfielders countless times this season, but at no point did he dropped the idea of slamming long balls toward Gignac's side of the pitch and pressuring him to shoot, expecting the striker, who obviously is in bad form, to score. Additionally, Gignac has continued to reign supreme in shots. Five more attempts at goal and APG will have taken a shocking number of 100 shots this season. Remember, he has only scored five times. That puts his scoring success at about one in 20 shots. To compare, Nenê of Monaco has scored ten times in only about 70 shots, a success rate of just one in seven shots. This heavy reliance on Gignac to take just about every shot Toulouse can think of is not just damaging to Gignac's morale, but ridiculous considering its lack of success. Gignac seems to be the key man, here. The striker has loads of pressure to perform exceptionally, and it is obviously getting to him. What is more of a problem, however, is the fact that Toulouse have not opted out of the fling-the-ball-Gignac-and-hope-that-he-will-score-every-twenty-times tactic. The bright side is that others have stepped up to the plate. By that, I mean Moussa Sissoko, the midfield sensation who has so far scored six times from his spot in DM and AM. The guy is just sublime. Still, he is not a striker, and Gignac is still alone at the front. Worth noting is the fact that TFC have no other forward. Pentecote, the closest to even playing, does not make the cut. Could it be that Casanova is currently searching for a striker to possibly partner Gignac, avoiding the catastrophic attacking style his squad is playing with? A two-striker formation would definitely loosen the pressure on Gignac, who, due to Pentecote's incompetence, has had to play week in and week out. I say, give the guy a break and make a two-man attack out of this. Then, Casanova can have Sissoko beside or in front of Capoue or Didot. Just my two cents. At this rate, however, Toulouse are just not finding consistency in their matches and not getting the most out of their squad, which is actually quite formidable. Unless Casanova changes things around, Toulouse will not be able to produce a shock comeback and return to the top half of the table. In Conclusion There are many teams I have not managed to cover, and if I did (or do) cover them all, it would take me an equally long post. Time prevents me from continuing, however. If I feel like it (Your opinions are worthless! ), I will follow this up with a Part 2. I would bet on it, as my next week could be a rather open one for me. Right. Back to the soccer. Rather than introducing any linking ideas, I just want to summarize what may be in store for each of these five clubs. Bordeaux are still favorites for the title, as their unstoppable Gourcuff-Chamakh partnership is about as dangerous as me with ice skates (Interesting story I have, in fact…). However, their major problem is dealing with Chamakh's imminent departure during the Summer. Lille are the favorites if Les Girondins flunk out. They have the greatest attacking unit Ligue 1 has to offer, and Garcia's genius has made them somehow immune to exhaustion. Lyon's chances of success are slim, and will have to seriously fix up their defense and bolster their squad's fitness levels if they want a chance at bringing the Ligue 1 trophy back to the Stade Gerland. Auxerre are currently flying high primarily thanks to a formidable defense and skillful counter-attacks. Toulouse, similar to them in terms of goals scored and conceded, have failed to put up a challenge due to tactics in serious need of revising and some horrendous inconsistent results. Sound good? Better be. Now let me have my sleep. Dammit Ligue 1, you've deprived me of enough sleep!
Biggest Upcoming Risers
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I will no longer be updating this thread. These rating predictions are now out of date, and may be inaccurate. Radebe20 has decided to continue this idea, so if you want to find up-to-date predictions, ask questions, etc, go to the following thread: Biggest Upcoming Risers - Revisited (2008/09) None of the credit for these players are mine, they are all mentioned in various topics on the forum. Please click the links if you wish to find the main topic. Spain (Week 11) LB Pablo 19/78 -> 82 Rose to 83 LB Marcano 21/77 -> 81/82 LB Mikel Balenziaga 20/74 -> 79/80 RB Laure 23/75 -> 79/80 CB Chico 21/74 -> 79/80 Rose to 83 CM Mario 23/80 -> 83 CM Sergio Busquets 20/75 -> 80 Rose to 85 CM Óscar Sielva 17/74 -> 77 CM Ander Iturraspe 19/74 -> 77 AM Kike Lopez 20/75 -> 78 W Pedro 21/72 -> 78 Rose to 78 F Adrián Colanga 23/82 -> 85 CF Jonathan Pereira 21/82 -> 84 CF Ion Velez 23/80 -> 83 Portugal (Week 11) GK Rui Patricio 20/86 -> 88 Rose to 87 LB Cissokho 21/75 -> 80 Rose to 82 LB Sílvio 20/74 -> 78 LB Igor 23/73 -> 77 Rose to 77 CB Vasco Fernandes 21/81 -> 83 Rose to 82 CB Joao Guilherme 22/75 -> 80 Rose to 82 CB Halliche 22/74 -> 80 Rose to 80 CB Matheus 23/74 -> 79 D Maicon 20/72 -> 78 Rose to 80 CM Fernando 21/84 -> 86 Rose to 86 CM Celsinho 20/77 -> 81/82 Rose to 80 AM Rafael 23/77 -> 80 Rose to 82 F Cop 18/73 -> 77/78 Rose to 76 Italy (Week 12) RB Berardi 20/77 -> 81/82 LM Vitale 20/75 -> 80/81 RM Nainggolan 20/75 -> 78 RM Patinali 26/74 -> 77/78 W Nsereko 19/71 -> 77/78 DM Isla 20/82 -> 85 DM Fabiano 26/80 -> 82 CM Marchisio 22/86 -> 88 CM Szetela 21/78 -> 81 AM Pasquato 19/72 -> 77/78 M Tricarico 25/75 -> 78 M De Falco 22/74 -> 77/78 F Balotelli 18/84 -> 86 Russia (Summer Ratings Week 1) GK Ryzhikov 28/85 -> 88 GK Khomich 24/85 -> 87 GK Lika 28/83 -> 85 GK Amelchenko 23/80 -> 83 GK Narubin 26/78 -> 84/85 GK Pesyakov 19/76 -> 82 LB Skoblyakov 31/85 -> 87 LB Dudnik 23/75 -> 78 RB Yatchenko 22/85 -> 87 RB Nemov 24/85 -> 87 RB Parshivlyuk 19/84 -> 86 RB Kisenkov 27/84 -> 86 RB Nababkin 22/83 -> 85 CB Sharonov 32/86 -> 88 CB Belozerov 26/85 -> 87 CB Amisulashvili 26/85 -> 87 CB Jokic 27/84 -> 87 CB Romanovic 29/83 -> 86 RM Odiah 24/86 -> 88 RM Kaleshin 28/85 -> 87 RM Mamaev 20/82 -> 86 RM Dineev 20/76 -> 80 W Dzakhmishev 28/84 -> 86 W Kuzmichev 29/83 -> 85 DM Gorelov 23/71 -> 77/78 CM Mashukov 23/85 -> 87 CM Geteriev 23/82 -> 86 CM Kulik 23/82 -> 84 CM Kuznetsov 24/78 -> 81 CM Dzagoev 18/75 -> 84/85 CM Sovetkin 19/75 -> 80 CM Glushakov 21/72 -> 83/84 AM Vujovic 26/80 -> 83 F Siradze 26/83 -> 86 F Prudnikov 19/82 -> 85 F Bukharov 23/82 -> 84 F Kalimullin 24/78 -> 84 F Bikmaev 22/78 -> 81 F Stavpets 19/77 -> 81 F Nikiforov 19/76 -> 79 F Felipe 23/73 -> 80 CF Topic 32/86 -> 88 CF Ricardo Jesus 23/84 -> 86 CF Zhilyaev 21/83 -> 85 CF Sikimic 26/81 -> 84 CF Smolov 18/78 -> 81 Ukraine (Summer Ratings Week 1) GK Stoiko 22/73 -> 76/77 -> 80 By End Of Season CB Kryvtsov 17/73 -> 75/76 -> 78/79 By End Of Season CM Ninkovic 23/84 -> 88 CM Aliev 23/83 -> 87/88 AM Shevchuk 23/77 -> 79/80 -> 83 By End Of Season AM Willian 19/85 -> 86 -> 87/88 By End Of Season M Skoba 26/75 -> 78 -> 81/82 By End Of Season CF Zeniov 19/75 -> 77/78 -> 79/80 By End Of Season CF Vasin 19/71 -> 74/75 Sweden (Summer Ratings Week 3) RM Zatara 23/70 -> 77/78 AM Sosseh 22/71 -> 79 F Anselmo 28/82 -> 85 F Freddy Soderberg 23/74 -> 82/83 CF Söder 17/74 -> 80/81 CF Dauda 20/72 -> 80 USA (Summer Ratings Week 4) CF Ibrahim 16/72 -> 75 Rep. Of Ireland (Summer Ratings Week 5) W Killian Brennan 79 -> 83/84 Brazil (Week 1 + 2) GK Edson 22/80 -> 85 LB Marcio Azevedo 22/82 -> 85/86 LB Helder 19/80 -> 83 RB Apodi 21/80 -> 83 CB Rever 23/83 -> 86 CB Anderson 21/80 -> 85 CB Negretti - 20/80 -> 85 CB Jeci 28/80 -> 85/86 (Replacement for Henrique at Palmeiras) CB Aislan 20/75 -> 80 CB Bruno Aguiar 22/75 -> 83/84 CB Sandro 20/75 -> 80 CB Danny 23/74 -> 83 CB Felipe 21/71 -> 81/82 DM Fernando 22/80 -> 83/84 DM Marquinhos 22/80 -> 83/84 CM Pituca 29/80 -> 83/84 CM Rafael Carioca -> 19/80 -> 86/87 CM Chico 21/72 -> 77 AM Madson 22/80 -> 83/84 AM Marquinhos 18/80 -> 83/84 AM Tarta 19/77 -> 81 AM Taison 20/75 -> 83 AM Renan Oliveira 18/75 -> 80 AM Willians Santana 20/76 -> 83/84 F Lima 25/83 -> 86/87 F Willian 21/81 -> 83/84 CF Hugo 19/82 -> 85/86 CF Roger 23/80 -> 84 Mexico (Week 1 + 2) RB Chaves 21/78 -> 82 CB Efrain Juarez 20/74 -> 81/82 M Partida 19/75 -> 82 F Rivas 19/75 -> 83/84 F De Leon 21/72 -> 82 Bulgaria (Week 3) RM Gadzhev 21/80 -> 83/84 RM Tiberkanine 23/78 -> 84 W Joaozinho 19/82 -> 85/86 CF Iliev 20/76 -> 81/82 Germany (Week 4) CF Allagui 22/81 -> 85 Holland (Week 4) RB Akgun 22/79 -> 84
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My rating predictions for all threads. Links below direct to the named league. I can do teams/leagues on demand- but not every team from a league as some aren't really relevant/significant. Tip: Control + F to search for which ever player you want. Cheers! Predictions done: Spain La Liga Greece Super League Croatia 1.HNL Incomplete predictions done: Asia Review done: Scotland Premiership Poland Ekstraklasa Chinese Super League Brazil Série A Argentina Primera División Dutch Eredivisie Portugal Liga NOS Turkey Süper Lig England Championship MLS Russia Premier League Belgium Jupiler League Ukraine Premier League Austria Bundesliga Czech Republic First League Switzerland Super League Germany Bundesliga France Ligue 1 England Premier League Italy Serie A
Also, 400th page. Wow.
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That's the whole point of this thread, to mention players that may be risers. Idk about you but I'd rather share information rather than hoard it. Don't get what your issue is. It's not the first time I've suggested new additions to the database or potential risers on this thread. I waited 36 hours before I posted his name. Did the same with Jonathan David too among others. 36 hours is more than enough to get the first bid in.
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English Championship 7777 - Discussion Thread
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Re: English Championship 7777 - Discussion Thread GILLETTE SOCCER SATURDAY TURN10 - PREMIER LEAGUE Welcome to our first special addition of "Gillette Soccer Saturday", this will happen on some different occasions throughout the season giving a full report on how all of the clubs have performed throughout the day. We are presenting coverage from all 10 matches in Turn 10 in the Barclays Premier League. The main team of presenters are all here to give full commentary on how the games are going, they include in the studio: Charlie Nicholas, Matt Le Tissier, Paul Merson and Phil Thompson. And, around the other grounds in England for the Division 1 matches include: Bianca Westwood, Kammy, John Salako and Iain Dowie. All ten games can have factors which affect teams at the top and bottom of the table. Show Introduction Stelling: Welcome, there are some cracking games on offer today in the Barclays Premier League, all of which could have major effects at the top and bottom of the league. We have all the goal updates as they come in. Currently at the top of the table sees Plymouth going strong leading the chase ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham. Middlesbrough also are in 4th position and take the final Champions League place. But, struggling at the bottom of the table is North-West side Preston North End and are surrounded in the relegation places currently by Shorpe and Nottm Forest with Aston Villa just hovering over the relegation position. Here are the fixtures for the day... Presenters covering each game: Charlie Nicholas - Manchester United vs Everton Matt Le Tissier - Nottm Forest vs Manchester City Phil Thompson - Tottenham vs Leeds United Paul Merson - Aston Villa vs Plymouth Iain Dowie - West Brom vs Shorpe Bianca Westwood - West Ham vs C.Palace John Salako - Liverpool vs Preston Chris Kamara - Arsenal vs Sunderland Tony Cottee - Middlesborough vs Blackpool David Craig - Colchester vs Sheffield United Charlie Nicholas: Manchester United (14th) vs Everton (4th) This game has the potential to be a cracker, Manchester United have started the season poorly while Everton have surprised many as they have shot into the Champions League places and games like these tonight will really prove whether they are worth the money. Rick will venture into his 300th game as manager of Manchester United and will hope to pick up a big win at the Theatre Of Dreams. Success is the key for big teams like Manchester United but they will need big players like Gareth Bale, Rooney and Ibrahimovic will need to perform. SUPER 6 PREDICTIONS: Phil Thompson - M.United 2-0 Everton Paul Merson - M.United 3-1 Everton Matt Le Tissier - M.United 0-1 Everton Charlie Nicholas - M.United 1-2 Everton Jeff Stelling - M.United 3-0 Everton Matt Le Tissier: Nottm Forest (18th) vs Manchester City (12th) Nottingham Forest have had a slow start to the season, towards the end of last season Nottingham Forest were involved in a relegation battle and were hoping that they could start the season brightly and challenge for a Top 10 position but again they have found themselves in and around the relegtion positions unlike there Mancunian opponents who are currently 12 in the league but have been involved in a poor run of form only picking up 3 points out of a possible 18 points. Although on paper the results haven't been stellar for either side, there is the possibility that it could be a cracking game. SUPER 6 PREDICTIONS: Phil Thompson - Nottm Forest 0-1 Man City Paul Merson - Nottm Forest 2-0 Man City Matt Le Tissier - Nottm Forest 0-0 Man City Charlie Nicholas - Nottm Forest 1-1 Man City Jeff Stelling - Nottm Forest 0-1 Man City Phil Thompson: Tottenham (2nd) vs Leeds United (10th) Tottenham are expected to pick up a consecutive victory tonight against Leeds United and challenge for the top spot. You look at the performances from Tottenham and they have been fantastic and it will be a shock if they cannot emulate some of those performances into todays game and win the game against Leeds easily... (Paul Merson during this preview, described these comments about Leeds as "harsh", Phil reacted to this by saying..) I personally think Leeds will have to get there tactics spot on to pick a victory. Benzema for Tottenham has been in sublime form and he should pick up his 10th goal in the league today, under the belief that he starts. But, in fairness to Leeds they have performed well this year and with a few victories they can easily find themselves up there with some of the best. SUPER 6 PREDICTIONS: Phil Thompson - Tottenham 3-0 Leeds Paul Merson - Tottenham 1-0 Leeds Matt Le Tissier - Tottenham 2-1 Leeds Charlie Nicholas - Tottenham 1-1 Leeds Jeff Stelling - Tottenham 0-1 Leeds Paul Merson: Aston Villa (17th) vs Plymouth (1st) Plymouth have shown all the top teams in this division that they are the team to watch this year and that they should be feared, Plymouth have had an amazing start to the season and it is expected that they will pick up another 3 points against a relegation threatened Aston Villa side. Villa have had an unfortunate start to the season but there are many teams around them that could possibly fall into the relegation spots if they are able to pick up some wins. SUPER 6 PREDICTIONS: Phil Thompson - Aston Villa 0-2 Plymouth Paul Merson - Aston Villa 0-3 Plymouth Matt Le Tissier - Aston Villa 1-3 Plymouth Charlie Nicholas - Aston Villa 0-1 Plymouth Jeff Stelling - Aston Villa 0-1 Plymouth ---------------------------------------------------------------- 8:00 PM - ALL GAMES KICK OFF 8:15 PM Stelling: And we're off to Anfield, we hear there is a goal and it's come from a certain German starlet? John Salako: Yes, Andre Schurrle has put Liverpool ahead and infact scored the first goal of the evening in Division 1, Andre linked up brilliantly with his companion in midfield Aaron Hunt who is also from Germany and Schurrle cut onto the outside and tried his luck with the outside of his boot and struck a curling strike in the right corner of the net and the keeper had no chance! 15 minutes gone. Liverpool 1-0 Preston North End rOgdLQWM03M 8:20 PM Stelling: Currently a silent evening in Division 1 for the football, many teams coming close but a lot struggling to pick out that final goal at the moment. All games currently except at Anfield all still goalless. 8:25PM Stelling: Finally! Another goal tonight, this time we go to The Hawthorns, reporting for us tonight at West Brom is Iain Dowie, who's got on the scoresheet Iain? Iain Dowie: It's Luis Suarez, the man who has made 155 appearances for this club has scored his 37th goal, the goal came from a free-kick, Joel Matip brought down the Swiss international Inler, this lead to Gonzalo Castro placing in a lovely cross which Suarez latched onto and headed into the net. 25 minutes on the clock. West Brom 1-0 Shorpe 8:26PM Stelling: Now the goals are starting to come in, we're off to Old Trafford now. Come on Charlie, tell us who's found the net. Charlie Nicholas: Oooooh it's the main man again! Zlatan Ibrahimovic, what a star, what a footballer. He is Mr consistent! (the whole Gilette Soccer Saturday team laugh in hysterics) Paul Merson: Mr Consistent??!!! Charlie Nicholas: "7 goals in 11 games now for Man United, that's consistent. The goal came after Bale danced around the defence before he placed a fantastic ball into the box and Ibra powerfully headed in! United 1-0 up against Everton!" 8:28 - 8:32PM *GOAL UPDATES* WEST BROM 1-1 SHORPE (M. DIAME 28) LIVERPOOL 2-0 PRESTON (L.MESSI 30) MANCHESTER UNITED 2-0 EVERTON (M.HUMMELS 32) 8:36PM Stelling: Most of the goals have gone into the net in the North-West of England with Liverpool and Manchester United both netting 2 goals each at the moment but we now go to the North-East as we're hearing there has been a goal at Middlesborough, but Tony Cottee, who has gone ahead in this game. Tony Cottee: It's been a tightly contested affair here at the moment between Middlesborough and Blackpool but it's Middlesborough here who have broke the deadlock here through Dirk Kuyt whose shot luckily deflects off the Blackpool defender and he has put Middlesborough ahead 1-0! Middlesborough 1-0 Blackpool 8:45 PM - HALFTIME 9:00PM SECOND HALF STARTS: 9:02PM Stelling: We're now off to Old Trafford again, is it Game Over or Game On. Charlie Nicholas, we come to you again. Charlie Nicholas: It is Game On! Everton have found new life after half time and the goal comes from one of there backup strikers, Kevin Gameiro, they were awarded a penalty after he was brought down by Pique, Kevin struck it and it blasted into the back of then net, Man United 2-1 Everton. Stelling: If he can keep up these performances he might be in with a shout of making a few more appearances this year for Everton, he has struggled to pick up a first team place with Dzeko and Ba chosen ahead of him. Manchester United 2-1 Everton 9:05 PM: Stelling: And now we're seeing a shock result come to order here, Phil, tell us more about it. Phil Thompson: This has really surprised me, Leeds have took the lead here after Marco Reus dribbled past the 3 "rocks" at the back in Alves and Bonucci. Marco, who I have been a big fan of has been in fantastic form this season and if anyone was going to score first today it would be him! The German attacking midfielder has put Leeds 1-0 ahead! Reus celebrates in fantastic fashion shushing the North London crowd. 9:08 - 9:17PM *GOAL UPDATES* MANCHESTER UNITED 3-1 SHORPE (G.BALE 53) ARSENAL 0-1 SUNDERLAND (A.SZALAI 62) WEST BROM 1-2 SHORPE (DIEGO MILITO 62) 9:21-9:22PM Stelling: Woah. Just as we've returned from a game in the Championship, I think my ears are unable to think after hearing Phil Thompson screaming as I'm hearing that 2 goals in 2 minutes have gone in?! Phil Thompson: Just as Lavezzi pulled back an equaliser for Tottenham Hotspurs after a lovely wonderstrike, James Rodriguez goes down the other end, the attack just after the goal and nets one into the bottom right hand corner of the goal after some lovely teamwork with his Colombian team-mate Falcao. TOTTENHAM 1-2 LEEDS 9:23PM: Stelling: Just as we thought there could have been a possible comeback before for Everton, it really is GAME OVER now. A typical Gareth Bale wonder-strike Charlie? Charlie Nicholas: It certainly is. This boy loves to strike it from a distance and boy has he done it again! He's got his second goal of the day but I'm sure he'll favour this goal to his previous goal as this was fantastic. Here it is now! Oooooft. Brilliant. ipyVUBRJwBc 9:29 - 9:33PM Stelling: It's not been an exciting evening of football has it Bianca until now? Bianca Westwood: I don't know where these two goals have just instantly arrived from Jeff? In the first half, both teams were really struggling to get any chances on goal and in the 2nd half we have slowly started to see the potential of both sides, especially West Ham and that has been known now as Rakitisky and Lukaku have both found the net after heading in goals to pick up the 3 points for West Ham. The fans have been waiting to cheer all evening and now they have there opportunity to, just 12minutes left of the 90 to go, it's West Ham 2-0 Crystal Palace. 9:36 - 9:43 Stelling: And Liverpool have gone from strength to strength in this game and really found there feet haven't they John? John Salako: Magical Messi. He just dances around the defence, it is lovely to watch and wait, GOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL It is now 4-0 for Liverpool, Thomas Muller has latched onto the cross from Messi and helped the crowd still here at Anfield to roar in jubilation. This will now put them 2nd in the league and will certainly help there goal difference, they have been brilliant today. (Everyone in the studio laughs at John's sudden roar as the 4th goal went in) Liverpool 4-0 Preston North End 9:45PM: FULL TIME. Final Scores: Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Leeds United Aston Villa 0-1 Plymouth Argyle Arsenal 0-2 Sunderland Nottm Forest 0-0 Manchester City West Brom 1-2 Shorpe Man United 4-1 Everton Colchester 0-0 Sheffield United Middlesborough 2-0 Blackpool Liverpool 4-0 Preston North End West Ham 2-0 Crystal Palace League Table 1 Plymouth Argyle, 31 (+5) 2 Liverpool, 28 (+4) 3 Middlesborough, 28 (+3) 4 Tottenham Hotspur, 27 (+11) 5 Sunderland, 26 (+12) 6 Blackpool, 25 (+8) 7 Everton, 25 (+2) 8 Crystal Palace, 24 (+3) 9 Leeds United, 23 (+11) 10 Arsenal, 22 (+8) 11 Sheffield United, 21 (-3) 12 Manchester United, 20 (-2) 13 Manchester City, 19 (+6) 14 West Ham United, 18 (-5) 15 West Brom, 17 (-6) 16 Colchester United, 16 (-8) 17 Nottingham Forest, 14 (-10) 18 Aston Villa, 13 (-4) 19 Shorpe United, 13 (-14) 20 Preston North End, 8 (-21)
Bundesliga Ratings 2011/2012 (II)
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Bundesliga Ratings 2010/2011 (I)
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Bundesliga Risers, Talents & Droppers 2010
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Cheap high risers rated 81 or under, rising by about 2 or more Diego Contento (Bayern München) 75 -> 78-80 *Updated Prediction: 80/81* - rose to 82 Lukas Schmitz (FC Schalke 04) 78 -> 82/83 (pos change to LB/DM or LB/LM) *Updated Prediction: 83/84* - rose to 85 Joel Matip (FC Schalke 04) 75 -> 79-81 *Updated Prediction: 80/81* - rose to 83 Stefan Reinartz (Bayer Leverkusen) 80 -> 83-85 *Updated Prediction: 84/85* - rose to 86 Tunay Torun (Hamburger SV) 77 -> 79-81 - rose to 82 Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund) 75 -> 76/77 - didn't rise Damien le Tallec (Borussia Dortmund) 75 -> 76/77 - rose to 77 Sebastian Jung (Eintracht Frankfurt) 76 -> 78/79 - rose to 82 Sebastian Rudy (VfB Stuttgart) 79 -> 80/81 - rose to 80 Boris Vukcevic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 77 -> 79-81 - rose to 82 Andre Schürrle (1. FSV Mainz 05) 80 -> 83-85 *Updated Prediction: 84/85* - rose to 85 Marwin Hitz (VfL Wolfsburg) 74 -> 75-77 - rose to 78 Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 80 -> 84/85 *Updated Prediction: 84-86* - rose to 86 Christopher Schorch (1. FC Köln) 78 -> 80/79 - rose to 83 Roman Prokoph (VfL Bochum) 75 -> 78-80 - rose to 80 Ilkay Gündogan (1. FC Nürnberg) 78 -> 80-82 *Updated Prediction: 81/82* - rose to 83 Marcel Risse (1. FC Nürnberg) 78 -> 79-81 - rose to 82 Mike Frantz (1. FC Nürnberg) 80 -> 82/81 - rose to 84 Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (1. FC Nürnberg) 80 -> 82/81 - rose to 83 Cheap risers from the 2. Bundesliga rated 80 or under, rising by at least 2 Stephan Hain (FC Augsburg) 75 -> 77/78 Ibrahima Traore (FC Augsburg) 80 -> 83/84 Jens Hegeler (FC Augsburg) 80 -> 82/83 - rose to 83 Dennis Daube (FC St. Pauli) 75 -> 77 - didn't rise Max Kruse (FC St. Pauli) 78 -> 81/82 *Updated Prediction: 81-83* - rose to 82 Bastian Opisczka (FC St. Pauli) 80 -> 83/84 - rose to 83 Michael Ratajczak (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 78 -> 81-83 Johannes van den Bergh (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 80 -> 82/83 Jens Langeneke (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 79 -> 81/82 Oliver Fink (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 80 -> 82/83 Claus Costa (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 80 -> 82/83 Andreas Lambertz (Fortuna Düsseldorf) 80 -> 83/82 Zlatko Jancic (Arminia Bielefeld) 77 -> 79/80 Olcay Sahan (MSV Duisburg) 75 -> 79/78 Kristoffer Andersen (MSV Duisburg) 76 -> 79/80 Sandro Kaiser (TSV 1860 München) 78 -> 80/81 Aleksandar Ignjovski (TSV 1860 München) 80 -> 82/83 Peniel Mlapa (TSV 1860 München) 74 -> 77/78 - rose to 77 Stephan Fürstner (Greuter Fürth) 78 -> 80 Nicolai Müller (Greuter Fürth) 77 -> 80-82 Sebastian Schachten (SC Paderborn 07) 78 -> 80/81 Matthias Holst (SC Paderborn 07) 79 -> 81/82 Michael Parensen (1. FC Union Berlin) 77 -> 80/79 Kevin Kratz (Alemannia Aachen) 75 -> 78/79 Alexander Bittroff (Energie Cottbus) 78 -> 80 Clemens Fandrich (Energie Cottbus) 74 -> 76 Heinrich Schmidtgal (Rot-Weiß Oberhausen) 78 -> 80/81 Michael Blum (Karlsruher SC) 75 -> 77/78 Marc Gallego (FSV Frankfurt) 74 -> 76/77 Tim Gorschlüter (TuS Koblenz) 70 -> 73-75 Cheap risers from the 3. Liga rated 76 or under, rising by at least 2 Pierre le Beau (Erzgebirge Aue) 75 -> 77/78 Niko Klotz (Erzgebirge Aue) 75 -> 77 Sebastian Glasner (Erzgebirge Aue) 76 -> 78/79 Oliver Stang (VfL Osnabrück) 70 -> 75/76 Marco Sejna (FC Ingolstadt 04) 74 -> 76 Tobias Fink (FC Ingolstadt 04) 75 -> 77 Matthias Henn (Eintracht Braunschweig) 75 -> 77/78 Smail Morabit (Eintracht Braunschweig) 75 -> 77/78 Soufian Benyamina (Carl Zeiss Jena) 70 -> 74/75 Exauce Mayombo (Carl Zeiss Jena) 70 -> 72/73 Florian Krebs (1. FC Heidenheim 1846) 75 -> 77 Farak Gül (1. FC Heidenheim 1846) 72 -> 75/74 Martin Klarer (1. FC Heidenheim 1846) 75 -> 77 Dominik Rohracker (Bayern München II) 70 -> 72/73 Stefan Riess (Bayern München II) 74 -> 76 Christoph Knasmüller (Bayern München II) 74 -> 76 Saer Sene (Bayern München II) 75 -> 77 Jonas Strifler (Dynamo Dresden) 70 -> 74-76 Maik Kegel (Dynamo Dresden) 75 -> 77/78 Lukas Billick (SV Wehen Wiesbaden) 75 -> 77 Kai Gehring (SV Wehen Wiesbaden) 75 -> 77 Marco Holz (Wacker Burghausen) 70 -> 73/74 Patrick Wolf (Wacker Burghausen) 73 -> 75/76 High-rated risers rated 82 and above, rising by at least 1 Hans-Jörg Butt (Bayern München) 87 -> 88/89 - rose to 89 Holger Badstuber (Bayern München) 85 -> 88/87 - rose to 88 Thomas Müller (Bayern München) 85 -> 87/88 - rose to 88 Arjen Robben (Bayern München) 93 -> 94 - rose to 94 Daniel Schwaab (Bayer Leverkusen) 86 -> 87/88 - rose to 87 Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen) 86 -> 88 - rose to 89 Eren Derdiyok (Bayer Leverkusen) 87 -> 88 - rose to 88 Christoph Moritz (FC Schalke 04) 82 -> 85/84 *Updated Prediction: 84/83* - rose to 84 Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund) 83 -> 85/84 *Updated Prediction: 85/86* - rose to 86 Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund) 87 -> 88 - rose to 89 Sven Bender (Borussia Dortmund) 82 -> 84/85 - rose to 86 Kevin Grosskreutz (Borussia Dortmund) 82 -> 83-85 *Updated Prediction: 84-86* - rose to 86 Lucas Barrios (Borussia Dortmund) 87 -> 88/89 - rose to 89 Philipp Bargfrede (Werder Bremen) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 86 Marko Marin (Werder Bremen) 89 -> 90 - rose to 90 Maik Franz (Eintracht Frankfurt) 86 -> 87 - rose to 87 Selim Teber (Eintracht Frankfurt) 85 -> 86 - rose to 86 Pirmin Schwegler (Eintracht Frankfurt) 85 -> 86 - rose to 87 Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) 86 -> 87 - rose to 87 Georg Niedermeier (VfB Stuttgart) 82 -> 83/84 - rose to 84 Stefano Celozzi (VfB Stuttgart) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Christian Träsch (VfB Stuttgart) 85 -> 87/86 *Updated Prediction: 87/88* - rose to 88 Timo Gebhart (VfB Stuttgart) 86 -> 87 - rose to 87 Heinz Müller (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 87 Bo Svensson (1. FSV Mainz 05) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Nikolce Noveski (1. FSV Mainz 05) 86 -> 87 - didn't rise Tim Hoogland (1. FSV Mainz 05) 86 -> 87 - rose to 87 Florian Heller (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Aristide Bance (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Tobias Levels (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Roul Browers (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 85 -> 86/87 - rose to 86 Philipp Heerwagen (VfL Bochum) 83 -> 85 - rose to 85 Merim Mavraj (VfL Bochum) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 84 Dennis Diekmeier (1. FC Nürnberg) 84 -> 85/86 - rose to 85 Albert Bunjaku (1. FC Nürnberg) 83 -> 85/86 - rose to 85 Florian Fromlowitz (Hannover 96) 83 -> 84/85 - rose to 85 Felix Bastians (SC Freiburg) 83 -> 85/84 - rose to 85 Possible risers rated at least 82, with a chance of a rise of at least ~30% Daniel van Buyten (Bayern München) 90 - didn't rise Ivica Olic (Bayern München) 91 - rose to 92 Sami Hyypiä (Bayer Leverkusen) 89 - didn't rise Arturo Vidal (Bayer Leverkusen) 88 - rose to 89 Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen) 83 - rose to 84 Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen) 90 - didn't rise Manuel Neuer (FC Schalke 04) 90 - rose to 91 Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV) 88 - didn't rise Jerome Boateng (Hamburger SV) 89 - didn't rise Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV) 90 - didn't rise Robert Tesche (Hamburger SV) 84 - rose to 85 Patrick Owomoyela (Borussia Dortmund) 87 - didn't rise Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund) 88 - rose to 89 Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund) 88 - rose to 89 Peter Niemeyer (Werder Bremen) 84 - didn't rise Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) 90 - rose to 91 Aaron Hunt (Werder Bremen) 88 - didn't rise Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 89 - rose to 90 Oka Nikolov (Eintracht Frankfurt) 86 - rose to 87 Marco Russ (Eintracht Frankfurt) 87 - didn't rise Sven Ulreich (VfB Stuttgart) 82 - didn't rise Marvin Compper (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 87 - didn't rise Andreas Ibertsberger (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 86 - didn't rise Maicosuel (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 85 - rose to 86 Luiz Gustavo (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 87 - didn't rise Isaac Vorsah (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 85 - didn't rise Vedad Ibisevic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) 88 - didn't rise Elkin Soto (1. FSV Mainz 05) 84 - rose to 85 Nico Bungert (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 - didn't rise Filip Trojan (1. FSV Mainz 05) 85 - didn't rise Edin Dzeko (VfL Wolfsburg) 91 - rose to 92 Logan Bailly (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 86 - rose to 87 Raul Bobadilla (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 86 - didn't rise Adel Chihi (1. FC Köln) 83 - didn't rise Kevin Pezzoni (1. FC Köln) 85 - didn't rise Matias Concha (VfL Bochum) 85 - didn't rise Javier Pinola (1. FC Nürnberg) 86 - didn't rise Dominic Maroh (1. FC Nürnberg) 83 - rose to 85 Havard Nordveidt (1. FC Nürnberg) 82 - rose 84 Johannes Flum (SC Freiburg) 84 - rose to 85 Julian Schuster (SC Freiburg) 83 - rose to 85 Lukasz Piszczek (Hertha BSC Berlin) 85 - rose to 86 Definite droppers all ratings covered, with a chance of a drop of at least ~90% Michael Rensing (Bayern München) 87 -> 86/85 - dropped to 85 Christian Lell (Bayern München) 87 -> 86/85 - dropped to 86 Andreas Görlitz (Bayern München) 86 -> 85 - dropped to 85 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Bayern München) 92 -> 91 - dropped to 91 Hans Sarpei (Bayer Leverkusen) 86 -> 85 - didn't drop Mineiro (FC Schalke 04) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 86 Gerald Asamoah (FC Schalke 04) 88 -> 87/86 - dropped to 86 Albert Streit (FC Schalke 04) 86 -> 85 - dropped to 86 Bastian Reinhardt (Hamburger SV) 88 -> 87 - Retired Ruud van Nistelrooy (Hamburger SV) 95 -> 93 - dropped to 92 Dede (Borussia Dortmund) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Ricardo Clark (Eintracht Frankfurt) 86 -> 85 - didn't drop Halil Altintop (Eintracht Frankfurt) 89 -> 88/87 - dropped to 88 Ricardo Osorio (VfB Stuttgart) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart) 89 -> 88/87 - dropped to 88 Andrea Barzagli (VfL Wolfsburg) 90 -> 89 - dropped to 89 Karim Ziani (VfL Wolfsburg) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Juan Arango (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 90 -> 89 - dropped to 89 Pierre Wome (1. FC Köln) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Maniche (1. FC Köln) 90 -> 89/88 - dropped to 88 Petit (1. FC Köln) 89 -> 88 - dropped to 88 Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln) 90 -> 89 - didn't drop Daniel Fernandes (VfL Bochum) 86 -> 85/84 - dropped to 85 Jawhar Mnari (1. FC Nürnberg) 84 -> 83 - dropped to 82 Thomas Broich (1. FC Nürnberg) 83 -> 82 - dropped to 82 Isaac Boakye (1. FC Nürnberg) 84 -> 83 - dropped to 83 Jan Durica (Hannover 96) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 87 Vinicius (Hannover 96) 85 -> 84/83 - dropped to 84 Altin Lala (Hannover 96) 85 -> 84 - dropped to 83 Mike Hanke (Hannover 96) 87 -> 86 - dropped to 86 Arne Friedrich (Hertha BSC Berlin) 91 -> 90 - dropped to 90 Levan Kobiashvili (Hertha BSC Berlin) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 86 Pal Dardai (Hertha BSC Berlin) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 86 Artur Wichniarek (Hertha BSC Berlin) 88 -> 87 - dropped to 86 Valeri Domovchiyski (Hertha BSC Berlin) 86 -> 85 - dropped to 85 If you want any more detailed info on a player, disagree with one of the predictions or think that a player is missing from the list, please post. I'm always open for discussions, improvements etc. Also note that once the German changes are announced, I'll probably go through the list again and try to make more accurate predictions.
Bundesliga Analysis & Predictions 2008/2009
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Bundesliga Analysis and Ratings 2008/2009 After an exciting finale, Wolfsburg won the Bundesliga after a great run after the winter break. With a win over Stuttgart on the last turn, Bayern secured their second place and the 2nd Champions League spot, while the VfB players have to go through the CL qualification round. Hamburg just snapped the last UEFA League spot from Dortmund in the last minute, but with an irregular goal. High-flyers Hoffenheim, Schalke, Bremen and Leverkusen were the big disappointments this season, while Cottbus, Karlsruhe and Bielfeld are getting relegated. My predictions are mainly based on personal opinion, but, especially for the lower teams, my views are also influenced by various stat sites and match ratings given out by a highly rated football magazine, the kicker. Finale table: Top goal scorers: Top assists: Now, let's have a look at the clubs and their players, a short summary if neccessary and a rating prediction. All clubs are listed at the club they played last season, eventual moves are noted in the summaries. VfL Wolfsburg Only sitting mid-table before the winter break, Wolfsburg started a great run, especially their forward duo. BENAGLIO, Diego (25) - Gk - 89 => 89/90 Easily one of the best goalkeepers this year, very confident and calm, but still an authority. Still young and has been linked with a couple of major clubs. JENTZSCH, Simon (33) - Gk - 85 => 84/83 Started a promising career, but now even lost his contract at Wolfsburg. Not sure of his future LENZ, André (35) - Gk - 82 Retiring this season, still had a couple of short appearances to celebrate the end of his career HITZ, Marwin (21) - Gk - 74 2nd goalkeeper for the reserves team, can't see him breaking into Woflsburg's first squad ever though PLATINS, Patrick (26) - Gk - 74 => 74-76 Regular for the reserves, should be 2nd choice keeper next season after Lenz's retirement and Jentzsch's contract end SCHAFER, Marcel (24) - LB/LM - 88 => 89/90 Young, fast, good tackler, good passing. All you expect from a good wide back. Sure to rise, and has been called up to the NT recently RODRIGO ALVIM, Oliveira (25) - LB - 85 => 84 Arrived with high expectations, but hasn't played besides a few short appearances at the beginning of the season KARIMOV, Sergej (22) - LB - 80 Only one appearance for the first team, but a regular for the reserves ZACCARDO, Cristian (27) - RB/DM - 89 => 87 Actually signed as 1st choice right-back, he was put in the defensive midfield after some awful performances, but also failed to make an impact there RIETHER, Sascha (26) - RB/DM - 88 => 89/88 Native RB, but now used more offensively as a RM in a 4-4-2 diamond PEKÁRIK, Peter (22) - RB - 86 => 87/88 Signed after Zaccardo dissapointed in the first half the season, and has now cemented his place as starting RB. Should be rated higher than the Italian ALEX, Domingos (29) - RB - 80 => 78 Hasn't played one single game BARZAGLI, Andrea (28) - CB - 91 Didn't fulfill all expectations, but played well enough to keep his 91, IMO both Madlung and Simunek played equally well, but he was the one who played all games MADLUNG, Alexander (26) - CB - 88 Kinda rotating with Simunek, fair rating RICARDO COSTA, Miguel (28) - CB - 87 => 86/85 No idea how he managed to keep his rating last time, hasn't played for half a year SIMUNEK, Jan (22) - CB - 87 As mentioned above, playes semi-regularly, but not enough to rise REICHE, Daniel (21) - CB - 74 Only one short sub appearance at the beginning of the season, but a regular for the reserves. Not sure of his future potential DEJAGAH, Ashkan (22) - RM/AM - 87 => 87/86 Doesn't make it to the starting XI regularly, but always dangerous when coming from the bench. Only very small chance of a drop GENTNER, Christian (23) - CM/RM - 88 => 89/88 Regularly playing on the left flank in the 4-4-2 diamond, and playing rather well. Has recently made his debut for Germany, which increases the chances of an increase for him. HASEBE, Makoto (25) - CM/RM - 86 Still trying to find his place in the team, now sometimes used as a RB WOLZE, Kevin (19) - CM 74 JOSUE, Anunciado (29) - DM/CM - 91 => 91/92 Captain and key player for Wolfsburg, one of the main reasons for Wolfsburg great run, also playing regularly for Brazil. Slight chance of a rise SCHINDZIELORZ, Sebastian (30) - DM - 82 Only sub behind Josué, bot the occassional game might make him keep his rating MISIMOVIC, Zvjezdan (26) - AM - 90 => 91/90 Wolfsburg's offense has been stunning, without his assists I doubt that Grafite or Dzeko would make that many goals ADLUNG, Daniel (21) - Wing/AM - 83 => 83/82 Since his move he rarely plays for Wolfsburg, but is quite talented and member of the U-21 Germany NT. Despite his talent, his lack of 2st team game could mean a drop HILL, Kamani (23) - Wing/Fwd - 76 Moves to Portual after the end of the season GRAFITE, Edinaldo (30) - Fwd - 89 => 90/91 I was surprised he didn't rise in the last changes, but this time he fully deserves it, he has proven that he's a great goal scorer but also a team player. Will probably stay at Wolfsburg, and personally, I rate him a tad higher than Dzeko. OKUBO, Yoo (26) - Fwd/AM - 86 3rd choice striker behind Dzeko/Grafite, but still manages to play from time to time DZEKO, Edin (23) - CF - 89 => 90/91 Is playing extraordinary well since the winter break and scoring goals like crazy. Likely to move in the summer. But in all honesty, so far he's had 1 1/2 average season and and only 4 months, in which he has been great. I hope and think he has the potential to estamblish himself as one of the best strikers in the world, but I've seen other great talents who never made their break-through. CAIUBY, Francisco (20) - CF - 82 Occassional sub appearance, nothing special since his strange debut ESSWEIN, Alexander (19) - CF - 72 => 74 Had 4 short appearances as a sub, might maybe rise a bit. Still playing regularly for the reserves Bayern München After some heavy investments last season, Bayern thought their current squad would be good enough to easily win the Bundesliga and get very far in the Champions League. However, the retirements of Sagnol and Kahn left a big gap, as their replacements couldn't fulfill all expectations. This season, it looks like Bayern will again invest heavily to strengthen their squad. RENSING, Michael (25) - Gk - 89 => 88/87 Everyone put high hopes into him after he took over the no.1 from Kahn, but he disappointed throughout the whole season. A couple of weeks before the end of the season, he lost his place to Jörg Butt. BUTT, Hans-Jörg (35) - Gk - 85 => 86/87 Actually brought in as 2nd choice keeper, he took over the starting spot after some good performances for the reserves. IMO a better keeper than Rensing (mainly due to experience), although the next changes might not reflect that (yet) KRAFT, Thomas (20) - Gk - 77 Regularly playing for the reserves, was sitting on the bench when Rensing was injured. LAHM, Philipp (25) - LB/RB - 25 - 93 => 93/94 I must admit, the chance of a 94 is very slim, but IMO he is the best left-back in the world, and at least just as good in his native RB spot. Has been linked with Barca several times, but as Bayern reached the Champions League, he's likely to stay now. STIERLE, Oliver (25) - LB/LM - 78 => 78-76 Just brought in as a squad player for the reserves team, hasn't even played in more than a half of the reserves games LELL, Christian (24) - RB - 89 => 88/87/89 If SM base their ratings on performance rather than stats, he has to drop. Weak in defense, even weaker when trying to go forward. IMO not good enough for the Bundesliga, let alone Bayern. However, the fact that he played might avoid a drop. ODDO, Massimo (32) - RB - 90 => 89 Brought in as a replacement for Sagnol, he started off rather good, but faded away towards the end of the season, and was also injured quite often LUCIO, Ferreira (31) - CB - 94 => 94/93 Last season, Bayern's defense seemed nearly unbeatable, but this season Lucio and Demichelis became very error-prone (again), maybe because they now didn't have to fear Kahn's rage. Still a Brazil international, and Bayern didn't do too bad, so still a good chance of staying. DEMICHELIS, Martin (28) - CB/DM - 93 => 93/92 Very similar to Lucio, but replace Brazil with Argentina VAN BUYTEN, Daniel (31) - CB - 90 Already dropped last time, didn't play too often, but when he did he wasn't much worse than Lucio or Demichelis BRENO, Vinicius (19) - CB - 87 => 87/86 Hyped up as one if the biggest talents, but being only 4th choice, he didn't have much chance to prove himself, and when he played, he usually was awful. SCHWEINSTEIGER, Bastian (24) - RM/LM - 92 => 92/91 Started great into the season, but didn't keep up the good performances towards the end of the season. Good performances for Germany will probably still keep him at 92. ALTINTOP, Hamit (26) - RM/RB - 90 => 90/89 Injured at the first half of the season, but then got more playing time towards the end of the season. The tactics with him on the right, Schweini on the left and Ribery as an attacking mid worked rather well, but wasn't the best of solutions either. ZE ROBERTO, Silva (34) - CM/LM - 92 Despite his age, still one of the better performers for Bayern this season. Was used as LB, DM, left Winger and even as an attacking mid, and always played rather well. However, he'll be leaving Bayern as he was only offered a 1 year contract despite wanting a 2 year contract VAN BOMMEL, Mark (32) - CM/DM - 92 => 92/91 Was supposed to play a leader role for Bayern, but due to some poor performances, he was even dropped to the bench sometimes despite being captain. Don't think he has much of a future at Bayern either with Tymo coming. BOROWSKI, Tim (29) - CM/LM - 90 => 89/90 Was an important player for Bremen, but only a squad player for Bayern. Due to the lack of playing time I wouldn't be surprised to see him drop. FÜRSTNER, Stephan (21) - CM/DM - 77 Important player for the reserves, will move to Greuter Fürth, where he might strt more often. If want to take a gamble, grab him. OTTL, Andreas (24) - DM - 88 => 88/87 Only 2nd or 3rd choice for Bayern, but still played rather often. However, his performances have usually been below Bayern standards. EKICI, Mehmet (19) - DM - 77 SOSA, José (23) - AM/RM - 88 Almost forgotten, he showed some good games towards the end of the season, however, not enough to warrant a rise. RIBERY, Franck (26) - Wing/AM - 95 Still the best Bundesliga player, his pace, skills and now even finishing is close to noone else in the league, however to rise further he'd probably need to move, but it looks like Bayern want to keep him MULLER, Thomas (19) - Wing/AM - 80 A very talented player IMO, but only played very few games as a sub, so not even his Champions League goal will earn him a rise IMO. PODOLSKI, Lukas (24) - Fwd/Wing - 91 => 91/90 I was very surprised he didn't drop last time, when he usually only was 4th choice behind Donovan. Obviously his NT performances have kept him at 91, but I don't think he can keep that rating at a club like Köln for long. KLOSE, Miroslav (30) - Fwd - 93 Picked up a rather bad injury at the end of the season, and without him the Bayern offense wasn't the same. If he can pick up his form of 2008 again for the whole next season and the WC 2010, he could maybe earn his 94 back somewhen. He's become a much more complete player TONI, Luca (32) - CF - 94 => 94/93 Didn't play as well as last season and missed quite a bunch of easy chances. He needs a 2nd striker next to him, he looked rather helpless when he was played up front alone. Not sure of his future at Bayern, might move after the signing of Gomez YILMAZ, Deniz (21) - CF - 77 VfB Stuttgart A similar season to Wolfsburg, they started off slowly, but when some of their top players like Gomez or Hitzelsperger found back to their best form, they managed to finish 3rd. LEHMANN, Jens (39) - Gk - 90 Despite his age, still one of the best keepers in the Bundesliga. Stated that he'll play for another year if Stuttgart reach the Champions League, which looks likely. ULREICH, Sven (20) - Gk - 82 => 82/81/80 Lost his place as 2nd goalkeeper to Stolz, but is playing for the reserves team in the 3rd division. STOLZ, Alexander (25) - Gk - 77 => 78/79/80 2nd choice behind Lehmann, was sitting on the bench though all the time as Lehmann played every single minute in league & cup. BOKA, Arthur (26) - LB/LM - 88 => 88/87 Has rarely played since the winter break after Magnin's return from injury. Hasn't really played welll before that though anyway. MAGNIN, Ludovic (30) - LB - 88 Has always played since returning from injury, but he's far from his form from 2 years ago, when he was a key part of Stuttgart winning the league OSORIO, Ricardo (28) - RB/CB - 89 => 88/87 After a disappointing performance, he's lost his place to Träsch DELPIERRE, Mathieu (28) - CB - 90 => 90/89 Hasn't really had his best season, but with Stuttgart finishing 3rd, SM might still keep him at 90 TASCI, Serdar (22) - CB/RB - 90 Even though he missed the last couple of games of the season due to an injury, I can't see a reason to drop him. Probably Stuttgart's best defender in all games he played, and has a good chance of playing for Germany in the WC 2010. A defender I rate very highly, as he's not only a good defender, but also a good passer and good in opening the game. BOULAHROUZ, Khalid (27) - CB/RB - 89 Hasn't really convinced in his first season and was occassionally only sitting on the bench, but his number of games should keep him on 89. NIEDERMEIER, Georg (23) - CB - 80 => 81/82 Hasn't established himself in the starting XI yet, but Stuttgart are clso to signing him permanently, and I'm sure he'll be regular starter alongside Tasci in 1-2 years. Another Stuttgart defender I rate quite highly. PISCHORN, Marco (23) - CB/RB - 77 OPOKU-KARIKARI, Jeremy (21) - CB/RB - 77 Both haven't played for the first team this season, but are regulars for the reserves. TRASCH, Christian (21) - Def/DM - 83 => 86/87 Usually playing wherever he was needed in the first half of the season, he established himself as the starting RB at the end of the season, which also earned him a short appearance for Germany against UAE, where he already gave his first assist. Might change to RB/DM, RB/LB or even RB alone, but is still capable of playing anywhere in the defense, HILBERT, Roberto (24) - RM/CM - 89 Used to be a very important player for Stuttgart, but has faded a bit away. Still playing regularly, should keep him at 89 HITZLSPERGER, Thomas (27) - CM/LM - 91 Captain of Stuttgart, regularly playing for Germany. It's quite obvious that he used to play in England. Hasn't played as a LM ever in Germany afaik, so dhould probably change to CM/DM KHEDIRA, Sami (22) - CM/DM - 89 => 89/90 To be honest, the chance of reaching 90 is not that good, but has shown very good performances throughout the whole season. A regular for Germany's youth teams, just a matter of time until he gets his first senior call-up. BASTURK, Yildiray (30) - CM/AM - 87 => 86 Has been injured for almost the whole season, and looks likely to move in the summer ELSON, Falcão (27) - CM/AM - 84 Not the most impressive player, but he does his job when he comes off the bench. FUNK, Patrick (19) - CM - 77 MANDJECK, Georges (20) - DM - 77 Both young and talented, but not good enough for the first team yet. Both are regulars for the reserves. LANIG, Martin (24) - AM/Wing - 86 SIMAK, Jan (30) - AM/Wing - 86 Since Stuttgart don't have a native LM, both are kinda forced to play on the left side, and you can see that this is not the position they are best in. GEBHART, Timo (20) - AM/Fwd - 84 => 86/87 Signed from 1860 in the winter break, he established himself in the first team and was playing pretty well. RUDY, Sebastian (19) - Wing/AM - 78 Had two short sub appearances at the beginning of the season, but hasn't played since. Regular for the reserves. CACAU, Jeronimo (28) - Fwd - 89 => 89/90 Was forming a great partnership with Gomez up front, and his recent Germany caps might give him a small chance of an increase. MARICA, Ciprian (23) - Fwd - 88 => 88/87 A disappointing signing, hasn't even shown glimpses of his praised talent. LJUBOJA, Danijel (30) - Fwd - 85 => 83/84 Problem child of Stuttgart, looks unhappy and is likely to move RAHN, Johannes (23) - Fwd - 78 SCHIPPLOCK, Sven CFMS Rechts 77 20 Regulars for the reserves SCHIEBER, Julian (20) - Fwd - 78 => 81/82 Has established himself as 3rd/4th choice striker and was regularly coming off the bench. Might get more chances next season after Gomez' departure. GOMEZ, Mario (23) - CF - 93 Many were expecting a drop in the last changes, but in the 2nd half of the season he proved why he is a 93. Also managed to score for the NT as well again after 14 months without a goal. I'm hoping he doesn't start as slow as this season at Bayern, as the Bayern bosses might not be as patient with him as in Stuttgart. Hertha BSC Berlin A constantly good performance by Hertha, who always seemed to win despite being the less active team, finally brought them to a 4th place and the sure qualification for the Europe League. Maybe a bit more would have been possible if they weren't struggling towards the end of the season. DROBNY, Jaroslav (29) - Gk - 88 => 88/89 One of the best Bundesliga keepers this season, however Hertha's bad form in the last few weeks might cost him an increase. FIEDLER, Christian (34) - Gk - 84 => 84/83 GANG, Christopher (21) - Gk - 75 BURCHERT, Sascha (19) - Gk - 72 There's not much to say about the goalkeepers, none of them really played. CUFRE, Leandro (31) - LB/RB - 87 Signed in the winter break, but had to fight with with injuries for most of the season. STEIN, Marc (23) - LB/RB - 87 => 87/88 The only wide back who regularly played, but his performances have mostly been below par. Still, his number of games leaves him a small chance of an increase. BABIC, Marko (28) - LB/LM - 86 => 85 Also signed in the winter break, but a big disappointment LUCIO, Carlos (29) - LB/LM - 86 => 85 Constantly fighting with injuries, made 2 short sub appearances st the end of the season. RADJABALI-FARDI, Shervin (18) - LB 75 A very talented player, I expect to break him into the first XI within 2 years. CHAHED, Sofian (26) - RB/RM - 86 => 85 Also injured for most of the season, will leave Hertha. Not sure where he goes FRIEDRICH, Arne (30) - CB/RB - 91 The main reason for Hertha's success was a very strong central defense. One of the best centre back pairs in the Bundesliga together with Simunic. SIMUNIC, Josip (31) - CB - 90 => 90/91 Formed a great partnership with Friedrich, and can't see a reason why he should be rated below him. But his age might stop SM from rising him. VON BERGEN, Steve (25) - CB - 87 3rd choice CB behind Friedrich and Simunic, and was a good replacement when Friedrich was injured at the end of the season. KAKA, Claudiano (28) - CB - 86 => 86/85 Now only 4th choice, has rarely played. RODNEI, Francisco (23) - CB/LB - (80) => 82 Had a couple of appearances when many of Hertha's defenders were injured, enough for a small rise. BANECKI, Francis (23) - CB - 76 Only playing for the reserves as far as I'm aware. TRAORE, Ibrahima (21) - LM/Wing - 76 RIEDEL, Florian (19) - RM - 74 Both are regulars for the reserves team, and might get some more first team action next season. CICERO, Santos (24) - CM/LM - 88 => 88/89 A player who really surprised me this season, played nearly every game and usually played very well. DARDAI, Pál (33) - CM/DM - 88 Despite his age, he fully deserved the rise last time. Not enough to warrant another increase though. KACAR, Gojko (22) - DM/CM - 88 Similar to Dardai, he rose by 2 in the last changes, even though I think that he still has quite a bit to learn. LUSTENBERGER, Fabian (21) - DM/CM - 85 => 84 Hasn't played since the winter break, mainly because of an injury. Might be able to claim a starting spot back next season HARTMANN, Lennart (18) - DM/CM - 75 ARGUEZ, Bryan (20) - DM/CM - 73 BIGALKE, Sascha (19) - AM/Wing - 75 All 3 are still young and regularly playing for the reserves. The brightest future of them probably has Bigalke, who absolutely convinced me when I saw him play a couple of times for the Germany youth squads. He's very fast and strong at dribbling, but also has an eye for his fellow players. HOENESS, Sebastien (27) - AM/LM - 73 Tbh, I haven't heard if him until now. Apparently the son of Dieter Hoeneß, and a squad player for the reserves EBERT, Patrick (22) - Wing/AM - 87 => 88/87 A good player, but a bit inconsistent. Also said to be a bit of a bad boy off the pitch NICU, Maximilian (26) - Wing - 87 => 88 Regularly showed good performances for Hertha, which earned him a call-up for Romania. He would also be eligable for the German team, but he decieded to play for Romania PISZCZEK, Lukasz (24) - Wing/Fwd - 85 Played in case Nicu or Ebert were injured/suspended. Did an ok job, but nothing to warrant an an increase RAFFAEL, de Araujo (24) - Fwd/AM - 88 => 88/89 One of the most regular players for Hertha, however his performances haven't really impressed me. Still a 50/50 chance of an increase due to his playing time and importance for the team DOMOVCHIYSKI, Valeri (23) - Fwd/AM - 86 Was subbed in 25 (!) times this season, never could esamblish himself as a starter. Interesting to see what will hapen to now that both Voronin and Pantelic are likely to leave VORONIN, Andreij (29) - Fwd/AM - 89 Had a great start, but didn't keep up his good performances until the end of the season. As Hertha won't play in the CL, they probably can't afford the transfer fee for Voronin. CHERMITI, Mohamed (21) - Fwd - 85 Similar to Domovchiyski, he only occassionaly came on as a sub. PANTELIC, Marko (30) - CF - 90 Already dropped as this season wasn't up the his performances he showed previously. Managed to get a bit more playing time towards the end of the season. Obviously he didn't get along too well with Voronin, as well on and off the pitch, Is likely to leave. Hamburger SV One month ago, it seemed possible to be one of the most successful season for Hamburg in recent years, as they still had the possibility to win the German cup, the UEFA-Cup and to finish in the top3 of the Bundesliga, but a mixture of bad luck and bad form almost cost them everything. Only an (irregular) last minute goal from Trochowski brought them into international competitions. ROST, Frank (35) - Gk - 90 Had a good season, tbh I was a bit surprised when he dropped last time. Will most likely stay. SINOUH, Khalid (34) - Gk - 82 WOLF, Raphael (20) - Gk - 76 HESL, Wolfgang (23) - Gk - 75 As with most reserve keepers, I don't know too much about them. None of them have played for the first team, and they were rotating in the reserves squad. JANSEN, Marcell (23) - LB/LM - 90 The drop last time was justified, but he has now established himself at Hamburg. I'm pretty confident that he can regain a better rating in the nearer future. Might get a positional change to LM/LB ATOUBA, Thimothée (27) - LB - 87 => 86 Was badly injured for most of the season. His contract expired, not sure where he'll go to now AOGO, Dennis (22) - LB/DM - 86 => 87 Has played in most of the games, Should continue to get regular appearances next season. BOATENG, Jérôme (20) - RB/LB - 87 Has played around as much as Aogo, but didn't keep up his form until the end of the season, would still ber very surprised of he drops though, a very talented player. Could change to Def, plays CB for the Germany youth squads and also did a couple of times for Hamburg this season, and is only used by Hamburg as a wide back. SCHMIDT, Volker (30) - RB - 77 => 76/75/77 MATHIJSEN, Joris (29) - CB - 90 The most constant player in Hamburg's defense. When fit, he was an absolute leader. ALEX SILVA, Sandro (24) - CB/DM - 89 => 88 A huge disappointment. Arrived with high expections, but couldn't esablish himself in the defense. Had to play as a DM most of the time, and it was quite obvious he didn't feel too well there REINHARDT, Bastian (33) - CB - 89 => 88 Has been been badly injured, has the skill and experience though to get back to 89 when he's fit. GRAVGAARD, Michael (31) - CB - 88 Brought in as a replacement for the injured Reinhardt, he struggled to find his place first after a few shaky performances. Has played better towards the end of the season. DEMEL, Guy (27) - Def/DM - 88 The very versatile defender and midfielder hasn't really played great, but he did play quite often. Can play anywhere across the back four and in the defensive midfield. NDJENG, Marcel (27) - RM/RB - 85 => 84/85 Rarely played, and when I saw him play he didn't do anything special. JAROLIM, David (30) - CM/DM - 91 Probably Hamburg's most important player, even more than for example Olic or Mathijsen. I don't rate him too highly, he's a rather unfair player IMO, and often gets away with his bad temper. BENJAMIN, Collin (30) - DM/Def - 87 ANother very versatile player from Hamburg but hasn't really played well enough to warrant a rise TAVARES, Mickaël (26) - DM - 86 => 86/87 A very positive surprise IMO, he did play rather well towards the end of the season. Not sure if it's already enough to warant an increase yet. RINCON, Tomás (21) - DM - 84 => 84/83 Rarely played, and tbh, I didn't even notice him once although I'm pretty sure I've seen the games he was in. Still young, so might break through soon though. KUNERT, Timo (22) - DM - 75 TROCHOWSKI, Piotr (25) - Wing/AM - 91 A regular player for Hamburg and now also for the NT. His last minute goal (even though it was offside) brought Hamburg into the UEFA Cup. STREIT, Albert (29) - Wing/AM - 88 => 88/87 Was a key player at Frankfurt 2 years ago, but couldn't establish himself neither at Schalke nor in Hamburg. Was only loaned out, and Hamburg will probably send him back. CASTELEN, Romeo (26) - Wing/Fwd - 87 => 86 Constantly injured. PITROIPA, Jonathan (23) - Wing/AM - 86 => 87/88 Often an important player for Hamburg, really impressed with his pace, but his finishing is ok at best. Did occasionally play as a second striker due to injury problems in Hamburg offense. SAKA, Kosi (23) - Wing - 77 PETRIC, Mladen (28) - Fwd - 91 A shame Dortmund traded him for Zidan, a very good striker with good finishing and heading abilities, but also fast. Despite an injury towards the end of the season I don't see a reason why he should drop. GUERRERO, Paolo (25) - Fwd - 89 => 89/90 Finally had his breakthrough this season IMO. Got regular playing time, and showed some good performances. However, SM might want to wait until next season to increase him, when he shows some consistency. CHOUPO-MOTING, Eric (20) - Fwd - 80 One of the most talented young strikers in Germany IMO, but not enough to play for the first team yet. Still a player who should be kept. TORUN, Tunay (19) - Fwd - 75 OLUMIDE, Joseph (21) - Fwd/AM - 74 Torun had 3 short sub apps at the beginning of the season, haven't seen him play then though. Never heard of Olumide tbh. OLIC, Ivica (29) - Fwd/Wing - 91 Had a good season with Hamburg, but I'm not sure if a move to Bayern was the right choice for him, as I don't think he can keep Klose/Gomez/Toni out of the squad. CHRISANTUS, Macauley (18) - Fwd - 77 The 18yo forward won the U17-WC with Nigeria and was top scorer. Is loaned to Karlsruhe next season, I think he can get some playing time there and gain experience. Borussia Dortmund A very positive surprise this season was Dortmund under their new manager Klopp, who after financial struggles in the recent years now seem to be back on track. A team full of promising youngsters like Subotic, Sahin and Hummels, which only were hindered from an international spot by an irregular goal from Hamburg, but to be fair they could have sealed it themselves with a win against Gladbach on the last turn. WEIDENFELLER, Roman (28) - Gk - 88 => 88/89 Had a good season, however he'a still a bit too inconsistent. A very underrated keeper IMO. ZIEGLER, Marc (32) - Gk - 85 => 84/85 Had 3 games at the beginning of the season, but after Weidenfeller's return from injury, has hasn't had much chance to prove. 84/85 is an appropiate rating for one of the best 2nd choice goalkeepers in the Bundesliga. HOTTECKE, Marcel (22) - Gk - 77 Had a bad injury, but is now playing regularly for Dortmund's reserves again. A good and talented, can't see him breaking through at Dortmund though. DEDE, Leonardo (31) - LB/LM - 88 Had a bad injury, but since his return Dortmund have been on stunning form. A great leader, good at defending, but also good at going forward. A very important player. LEE, Young-pyo (32) - LB/RB - 87 Played regularly when the other wide backs were missing, but despite good performances, he's only 3rd choice behind Owomoyela and Dede. However, I'm sure he's an adequate replacement on both flanks. A drop would be harsh SCHMELZER, Marcel (21) - LB - 83 Hasn't played as much as before his increase, mainly because all first team players were fit again. Still a talented player, and can replace the other ageing wide-backs which aren't the youngest anymore. VRZOGIC, David (19) - LB - 75 Hasn't played in the first team this season, but a regular at the reserves. OWOMOYELA, Patrick (29) - RB/RM - 86 => 87/88 Almost back to his best days, has been on good form, both defensively but also going forward and making crosses. If he stays injury-free, he might rise further next season. SUBOTIC, Neven (20) - CB - 87 => 88/87 Had a phenomenal start to the season, with quite a few goals as well. Has steadily become better under Klopp, another rise this time should be possible. FELIPE SANTANA, Augusto (23) - CB - 86 => 87 Already considered as a flop, he showed all his talent when he replaced the injured Hummels after the winter break. Bit of a luxury problem here, Subotiv, Hummels and Santana are all young and talented, I think he's most likely to sit on the bench with Hummels and Subotic being starters next seasons HUMMELS, Mats (20) - CB - 86 Only loaned out from Bayern at the beginning, he was then permanently signed. One of the most talented German centre backs, but a bit injury-prone. Missed most of the second half of the season due to an injury. If he stays injury-free and Dortmund are kepping up their good form next season, I wouldn't rule out a rise to the 90's in the nearer future HUNEMEIER, Uwe (23) - CB - 77 => 78 A regular for Dortmund's reserves, and had a short appearance in the last game of the season when Subotic was suspended. Can't see him breaking through at Dortmund though. BLASZCZYKOWSKI, Jakub (23) - RM/Wing - 88 => 88/89 Always a dangerous player, very fast and strong at dribbling. If he can improve his finishing, he can even go higher. KRINGE, Florian (26) - RM/LM - 88 => 87/88 Hasn't had his best season, and only came off the bench in the last games of the season. TINGA, Paulo (31) - CM/RM - 88 => 87/88 After Kehl's return and Sahin's great form, he has lost his regular place. Still shows glimpses of his talent, but a drop wouldn't surprise me. KEHL, Sebastian (29) - CM/DM - 87 => 88 Probably the most important player at Dortmund, when he's fit he's a great player and leader. A hard worker defensively, and dangerous when going forward. Has scored quite a few important goals for Dortmund. NURI, Sahin - (20) - CM - 87 => 87/88 After his return from his loan spell at Feyenoord, he looked like he'd only be a bench warmer (again), but towards the end of the season he has proven that he is one of the most talented footballers of his age. Has played on the left side in a 4-4-2 diamond, but isn't really a flank player. Might change to CM/LM. BOATENG, Kevin-Prince (22) - CM/DM - 85 The 'bad boy' in Dortmund, if he can get his disciplinary problems and his bad temper under control, he could become a good footballer. But he's often ruined good performances with bad fouls or stupid mistakes. VRANCIC, Damir (23) - CM - 78 NJAMBE, Franck (21) - DM/CB - 75 Both are regulars for the reserves, but unless Dortmund are really unlucky with injuries, I can't see them playing for the first team. HAJNAL, Tamás (28) - AM - 89 A great transfer from Dortmund, he has brought life into Dortmund's offense. However, due to the lack of international football, I can't see him rising to 90 (yet), maybe next season. ALEKSANDROV, Mihail (19) - AM/Wing - 74 A very, very talented player, I'm sure he'll brake into Dortmund's first team within 2 years or so. TYRALA, Sebastian (21) - Wing/Fwd - 79 => 78 Hasn't played for the first team this season due to injuries. FREI, Alexander (29) - Fwd - 90 Top scorer for Dortmund, and IMO the only player who is worthy of a 90 atm. ZIDAN, Mohammed (27) - Fwd/AM - 88 => 87/88 Supposed to play algonside Frei, he lost his place to Nelson Valdez at the end of the season. Not sure if it's already enough to drop him, but it wouldn't surprise me. VALDEZ, Nelson (25) - Fwd - 87 => 87/88 Had his best season at Dortmund this year, but is still giving away far too many chances. Has been named has as the most improved player since last season by SportBILD, one of the biggest football newspapers in Germany SADRIJAJ, Bajram (22) - Fwd/AM - 74 KULLMANN, Christopher (22) - CF - 74 Only squad players for Dortmund, when all forwards remain fit, I don't think any of them has much of a chance to play. TSG 1899 Hoffenheim The high-flyers from the first half of the season struggled after the winter break, when many of their most important players picked up long-time injuries or had to fight with disciplanary problems. Still, 7th is a good finish for a Bundesliga newcomer, and if their first team stays fit and they add abit more depth to the squad, they could finish even better next season. HILDEBRAND, Timo (30) - Gk - 88 When he came in the winter transfer window, he was expected to strengthen Hoffenheim's only real weakness, the defense. However, due to a lot of minor injuries and a lack of form, probably because of the missing match experience, he couldn't fulfill the high hopes. Towards the end of the season, he showed why he once was one of most highly-rated keepers in Germany, and that should make him stay. HAAS, Daniel (25) - Gk - 86 The actual no.1 at Hoffenheim, he missed the first half of the season because of an injury, and after the winter break Hildebrand was signed. Did a good job though when he played. OZCAN, Ramazan (24) - Gk - 85 => 84/83 Was a regular in the first half of the season, but is now only 3rd choice, and a 3rd choice keeper can't be rated 85 IMO. Will slowly drop further unless he moves. IBERTSBERGER, Andreas (26) - LB/RB - 86 => 86/85 Missed most of the games after the winter break due to an injury, but hasn't really convinvced when he played either. With the signing og Eichner he might just be sitting on the bench next season. FABRÍCIO, Silva Dornellas (19) - LB/CB - 80 => 81/80 A player who didn't really impress me, but he got a few more appearances after he was added. He's still young, and maybe he can develop well if he gets loaned out to another club. BECK, Andreas (22) - RB - 88 => 88/89 The only player in Hoffenheim besides Ba who has a chance to rise to 89 IMO, he hasn't really kept of the form of the first half of the season, but he was called up the German senior NT a couple of times, which gives him a small chance of an increase. JANKER, Christoph (24) - CB/RB - 83 => 85/84 A very versatile defender, played LB most of the time after Ibertsperger's injury. Should change to Def, as he can play anywhere in the back 4. Will move to Hertha this summer. COMPPER, Marvin (23) - CB/LB - 87 Started off with good performances, but since his Germany cap, he has faded away a bit. but tbh, most of Hoffenheim did. Might rise further if he gets back to his late 2008 form. JAISSLE, Matthias (21) - CB/LB - 86 => 85 One of the long-time injured players at Hoffenheim. If he returns from injury and can pick up his form again, he'll probably rise again. NILSSON, Per (26) - CB/DM - 85 => 86/85 Replaced the injured Jaissle, but performance-wise, he couldn't convince. Still, the number of games might give him an increase. WEIS, Tobias (23) - RM/CM - 87 => 87/88 Tbh, the chance of 88 is very small IMO, his performances for Hoffenheim haven't been as good as at the beginning, but he recently got his first appearance for Germany, where he didn't play too bad. KELLER, Matthias (34) - RM - 76 SALIHOVIC, Sejad (24) - CM/LM - 88 Like most of the Hoffenheim team, he couldn't keep up his performance from the first half of the season. Still very dangerous from set-pieces though. TEBER, Selim (28) - CM/RM - 84 => 86 Only a sub at the beginning of the season, but was captain for the mist games after the winter break. Missed the last games due to an injury, and will leave Hoffenheim in the summer. LUIZ GUSTAVO, Dias (21) - DM/CM - 87 Another undisciplined player. If he could calm down a bit more and play fairer, I wouldn't have ruled out an increase, but for now, he's probably still too unexperienced. VORSAH, Isaac (20) - DM/CB - 83 => 85 Became his chances when many of Hoffenheim's first XI were missing, but IMO he didn't use them. Looked shaky as CB and unspectacular as DM. Should increase a bit for the number of games he played. CARLOS EDUARDO, Marques (21) - AM/LM - 88 Another player who's still too aggressive on the pitch sometimes, if he calms down a bit, his performances could easily earn him a 90 within 2 or so seasons, granted Hoffenheim do well. OBASI, Chinedu (23) - Fwd/Wing - 87 Played regularly towards the end of the season, but he's nowhere near the level of his attacking collegues. WELLINGTON, Luis (21) - Fwd - 83 => 83/84 Picked up a bit more playing towards the end of the season, but still couldn't establish himself in the starting XI despite many injuries. HERDLING, Kai (24) - Fwd - 75 Signed in the winter, but couldn't make any impact in the first team. BA, Demba (24) - CF - 88 => 88/89 As mentioned earlier, he's the only player in Hoffenheim besides Beck who might deserve an increase to 89. One of the few players who didn't dip in form too much. Has been linked with Stuttgart after Gomez' departure, but Hoffenheim probably won't let him leave. SANOGO, Boubacar (26) - CF - 88 => 87 On loan from Bremen, but he was nowhere near being a replacement for Ibisevic. IBISEVIC, Vedad (24) - CF - 88 => 88/87 Probably the unluckiest player in the Bundesliga. Was having a sensational season, when a bad injury in a friendly cost him the rest of the season. Based on that, SM might drop him. It will be interesting to see he regains his form after his injury, if he does, he could be one of the first players in Hoffenheim to reach 90. TERRAZZINO, Marco (18) - CF - 75 => 77/78 Picked up another couple of minutes after his debute which got him added, but hasn't really shown all his talent yet. FC Schalke 04 One of the biggest disappontments this season. Solid at the back as usual, but a weak offense hindered a better finish. NEUER, Manuel (23) - Gk - 90 => 90/91 As mentioned above, Schalke has the best defensive record this season. One of the main reasons is Neuer, an always reliable keeper, and the last one to enter the fight for the German No.1 after Enke, Adler and Wiese. SCHOBER, Matthias (33) - Gk - 85 Solid whenever needed. FAHRMANN, Ralf (20) - Gk - 80 A very talented goalkeeper, who'll move to Frankfurt. If he manages to get a starting spot there, which I wouldn't rule out, he can reach 86/87+ next season. PANDER, Christian (25) - LB/LM - 88 One of the best left-foots in the Bundesliga. Missed a couple of games, but when he played he usually did well. Always dangerous on set-pieces. RAFINHA, Marcio (23) - RB - 90 One player that I find totally overrated and overhyped, he's a good defender, but nowhere near world class. BORDON, Marcelo (33) - CB - 91 I found it harsh he dropped last time, but then again he hasn't really been good enough to earn his 92 back this time. Was injured at the end of the season, and there are constant rumours that he'll leave in the summer. KRSTAJIC, Mladen (35) - CB - 88 If Bordon wasn't injured, it would have been a tough fight for the 2nd CB spot between him and Höwedes. A solid player, but will leave after this season. HOWEDES, Benedikt (21) - CB - 86 => 87 One of the most talented German defenders, should become a regular next season. ZAMBRANO, Carlos (19) - CB - 80 Hasn't played for Schalke, but already picked up games for the Peruvian NT. WESTERMANN, Heiko (25) - Def/DM - 91 Had a great start to the season, which earned him quite a few appearances for the NT. IMO he's playing best in the defense, but is often used as a DM or CM at Schalke, which could mean a positional change to DM/Def. KOBIASHVILI, Levan (31) - LM/LB - 88 Either playing in midfield or at LB when Pander was missing, solid performances, but nothing special. JONES, Jermaine (27) - CM/DM - 89 Has shown ascending form, if he keeps it up he might have a chance to get into the German NT any maybe get to 90 then. ENGELAAR, Orlando (29) - CM/DM - 89 => 88 A disappointing signing, has played below Bundesliga standard for most of the season, but somehow kept his starting place. GROSSMULLER, Carlos - (26) - CM - 86 => 85/84 An even worse signing, hardly played and when he did, he played awful. KENIA, Levan (18) - CM/AM - 80 A talented player, but only had one short sub appearance this season. Still a hot prospect though. LATZA, Danny (19) - DM - 74 => 75/76 Certainly not a world-beater, but within a few years time, he could establish himself as a better squad player. Also versatile, played DM, RB and from what I heard can also play as LB or CM. RAKITIC, Ivan (21) - AM/Wing - 89 => 89/88 A talented player that is wasted at Schalke. He's best when playing AM, but in Schalkes 4-3-3, he's too offensive-minded for a midfielder, and his passing and shooting abilities don't help him when playing on the flanks. If he moves or SSchalke switch to a 4-4-2 diamond for example, I can see him going uo again. FARFAN, Jefferson (24) - Wing/Fwd - 91 => 90 Probably the most overhyped and disappointing signing this season. If even, he's only shown glimpses of his supposed talent. Usually missing easy chances, being way too selfish and giving away too many balls. ASAMOAH, Gerald (30) - Wing/Fwd - 88 => 88/87 A constant hard worker, but due to his age, he's losing his strong sides, mainly his pace. Can't see him going up anymore. ALTINTOP, Halil (26) - Fwd/AM - 89 => 89/88 Another player that is wasted because of Schalkes tactical system. For the wings, he's not good enough at dribbling and a bit too slow, for being CF he's not good enough at finishing. Again, in a 4-4-2 as a support striker he'd probably be best. VICENTE SANCHEZ, Martín (29) - Fwd/AM - 87 Had a regular spot in the middle of the season, but was then dropped back to the bench due to rather poor performances. KURANYI, Kevin (27) - CF - 91 => 91/90 Probably his worst season. Kicked out of the NT, and poor performances for Schalke. Can't see any reason why he should be joint highest rated player at Schalke besides SM's conservativeness. ERWIG, Christian (25) - CF - 74 Bayer Leverkusen A team with quite a few youngsters and talents, but towards the end of the season they struggled, and couldn't even reach European competition besides reaching the cup finale and being in the Top5 for a long time. ADLER, René (24) - Gk - 91 IMO the most talented keeper in Germany, as he's not only an excellent shot-stopper and great in 1 on 1 situations, but has also contineously improved his anticipating skills. If he's only getting a bit more consistent, and either moves or Leverkusen establish themselves internationally, he can become of the world's best keepers. But for now, no rise. KIRALY, Gabor (33) - Gk - 83 => 82/81 Only 3rd choice, will move to 1860, but I can't see him getting past Tschauner there either. FERNANDEZ, Benedikt (24) - Gk - 82 A good back-up for Adler, but not much more IMO. He might be good enough to be 1st choice for a lower Bundesliga or 2nd division team, but he seems happy at Leverkusen. KADLEC, Michal (24) - LB/CB - 88 Definitely a talented player, if he and Leverkusen improve abit he can hit 90 in time. GRESKO, Vratislav (31) - LB - 86 => 84 Hasn't played one single game DJAKPA, Constant (22) - LB - 84 Nothing more than a back-up player, never really left an impression CASTRO, Gonzalo (21) - RB/DM - 90 => 90/89 Many were surprised by his drop, as SM are usually not that harsh to younger players. However, despite being dubbed the new German RB, I can't see him getting into the NT soon. With the arrival of Daniel Schwaab, he might even have to move to DM permanently SARPEI, Hans (32) - RB/LB - 86 => 86/85 The defensive allrounder is getting old, and has rarely played. Sell definitely. HAGGUI, Karim (25) - CB - 88 => 88/87 Rarely played, will move to Hannover. FRIEDRICH, Manuel (29) - CB - 90 => 90/89 Hasn't really had his best season, a drop is unlikely but possible. HENRIQUE, Buss (22) - CB/RB - 88 One you should have grabbed the last time, 88 is probably his maximum. There's no reason for him to rise again, and I don't think he's good enough for Barcelona. SINKIEWICZ, Lukas (24) - CB/DM - 86 Has played a bit more towards the end of the season, but not really well enough to ensure a starting XI spot next season, especially not after Hyypiä's signing. DUM, Sascha (22) - LM/LB - 84 Has had 20 apps this season, but been subbed in 18(!) times and subbed out the other 2. I don't think he's good enough for a starting spot. RENATO AUGUSTO, Soares (21) - RM/AM - 89 => 89/90 Performance-wise, he'd deserve the 90, however, with Leverkusen's rather bad season (or bad second half of the season rather), I don't think he has much of a chance to rise. SCHNEIDER, Bernd (35) - RM/CM - 89 Finally returned after a long-term injury, and in his short 20 minute comeback he already gave an assist again. I really hope SM don't drop him again, as the past has shown they rarely rise a player again even if he plays well. ROLFES, Simon (27) - CM/DM - 91 One of Leverkusen's best players throughout the season, and he's still regularly playing for the NT. ZDEBEL, Tomasz (36) - CM/DM - 87 => 87/86 Can't say much about him, has played from time to time, but not really enough to be considered a first-teamer. Has been linked to 1860 Munich. SCHWEGLER, Pirmin (22) - CM/DM - 85 Can't really break into the first team yet, but shows his talent when needed. VIDAL, Arturo (22) - DM/CM - 88 A very talented and versatile player, if he manages to clam down a bit (10 yc, 2 rc) and is hopefully used on his favorite position (DM), he definitely is a 90 player. Has played pretty much everywhere for Leverkusen, AM, DM, Wing, Wide back, I hope that SM recognize his versatility and change his position. KROOS, Toni (19) - AM - 85 => 85/86 On loan from Bayern since the winter break, he's slowly made his way into the starting XI and started the last few games of the season, was seen pretty much everywhere, might change to AM/Wing. BARNETTA, Tranquillo (24) - Wing - 90 Definitely a talented player, but I have the feeling that he doesn't show his full potential at Leverkusen. At a better club (or of Leverkusen find some consistency) he might even rise further. KIESSLING, Stefan (25) - Fwd/AM - 90 A constant hard worker, but he lacks the killer instinct of a real class forward, so I can't see him getting past 90, which is probably the fairest rating for him. HELMES, Patrick (25) - Fwd - 89 Has picked up a bad injury, and will probably miss for around 6 months. In case he would have stayed fit I'd have predicted a rise (4th best scorer in the league), but if he did, SM would have no other choice but drop him again after. CHARISTEAS, Angelos (29) - CF - 87 => 87/86 On loan from a 2nd division team, and he hasn't really showed the form which once made him cup winner with Nürnberg and Euro Champ with Greece. Will return to Nürnberg. SUKUTA-PASU, Richard (18) - CF - 77 One of the most talented strikers of his age, and Helmes' injury could be the big chance for him to make his break-through in the Bundesliga, even though Kiessling will probably partner up with Derdiyok at the beginning. I'm sure he gets one chance or another next season, and if he impresses, well, he might rise quite a bit. Werder Bremen By their standards, they had onw of their worst seasons in recent times. However, reaching the UEFA Cup final and winning the cup - DFB-Pokal - shows that they have quite a few good and talented players in their squad WIESE, Tim (27) - Gk - 90 => 90/91 Has finally shown what he always lacked in the past: consistency. Often ruined great performances with horrendous errors earlier, but he has now become much more confident. Still has a chance to be nominated for the Germany 2010 WC squad. VANDER, Christian (28) - Gk - 82 => 82/83 IMO, 82 is too low for him, he's always been a solid replacement for Wiese when he missed, but then again, he probably hasn't played enough to warrant a rise. PELLATZ, Nico (22) - Gk - 77 MIELITZ, Sebastian (19) - Gk - 75 => 76/77 Has played just as much as Pellatz for the reserves, and both have obviously been doing ok, but not good enough to play for the first team. BOENISCH, Sebastian (22) - LB/LM - 86 => 86/87 He hasn't really played extra-ordinarily, but he managed to pick up most of the games and can be considered a regular. TOSIC, Dusko (24) - LB/CB - 86 => 85/86 Lost his place to Boenisch after quite a few disappointing games. ANDERSEN, Niklas (20) - LB - 77 A regular for the reserves, and had his Bundesliga debut a few days before the end of the season. FRITZ, Clemens (28) - RB/RM - 90 After the very disappointing Euros, he played solid for Bremen, should stay at 90. HOLSING, Finn (25) - RB/RM - 77 MERTESACKER, Per (24) - CB - 93 Despite what most people say, he fully deserves his 93, despite Bremen's rather poor defensive record and league position. He's one of the very few players I'd considere as a sure starter for the NT (besides Lahm and Klose and probably Ballack), and after all, he's probably the fairest defender I know. NALDO, Aparecido (26) - CB - 91 He also deserves to be rated at 91, together with Mertesacker, he forms one of the best CB pairs in the Bundesliga. Also always dangerous when going forward and has a good shooting and heading ability. PRÖDL, Sebastian (21) - CB - 86 => 87 Played quite often towards the end of the season, as he always had to replace some injured player. However, he didn't play well enough to deserve a higher increase. Also played as RB when needed, should change to CB/RB. PASANEN, Petri (28) - Def - 88 => 88/87 Also played a bit more towards the end of the season, atm, I'd say Prödl is preferred over him at the CB and RB position, which could mean he drops. ARTMANN, Kevin (23) - LM/CM - 80 => 78 has only played for the reserves, and picked up a bad injury. JENSEN, Daniel (29) - CM - 89 => 88/87 Rarely played, and when he did, he usually disappointed. Actually doesn't deserve to be rated above the likes of Gentner and Sahin IMO VRANJES, Jurica (29) - CM/DM - 87 => 87/86 Pretty much the same as Jensen. FRINGS, Torsten (32) - DM/CM - 92 => 92/91 He's getting older, and he slowly looses the attributes which once made him a 93 player. BAUMANN, Frank (33) - DM/CB - 88 Retires after this season, sell as long as he's still worth something. TZIOLIS, Alexandros (24) - DM - 87 Apparently one of Schaaf's favorite players, but has never really shown why... NIEMEYER, Peter (25) - DM/RB - 84 => 85 It's difficult to say much about him, he was almost invisible in most of the matches I've seen. But that's not really a bad thing for a defensive player... FELDHAHN, Nicolas (22) - DM/CB - 78 OZIL, Mesut (20) - AM/LM - 89 I really hope he can finally show ALL his potential now that Diego left, and I'm pretty confident that he does, he's one of the most talented German footballers. No rise for now though, as he hasn't really played enough. DIEGO, Ribas (24) - AM/CM - 94 One of the best players in the Bundesliga, unfortunately left and will now be playing in Italy. Will leave a huge gap at Bremen, but this could prove to be the big chance for Özil. HUNT, Aaron (22) - Wing/Fwd - 87 Not first choice at Bremen, but his performances haven't really helped him either. If he gets some playing time, I'm sure he'd whow more of his talent. ROSENBERG, Markus (26) - Fwd - 89 => 88/89 IMO a horrible striker, he's missing far too many chances. That being said, he's still a hard worker and usually has an eye for his teammates. Definitely not on the same level as Pizarro though. HARNIK, Martin (21) - Fwd/AM - 84 Hasn't played that much for Bremen, he's still playing frm time to time for the Austrian NT. MENGA, Addy-Waku (25) - Fwd/Wing - 80 => 78 Joined from 2nd division team Hansa Rostock and has only played for the reserves. BEGEORGI, Fabrice (22) - Fwd/Wing - 78 Also a reserve player who joined in the winter HUGO ALMEIDA, Miguel (25) - CF - 89 IMO the better partner for Pizarro than Rosenberg this season. PIZARRO, Claudio (30) - CF - 89 => 89/90 Performance-wise, he'd deserve the rise, but as he'll likely return to Chelsea in the summer, he'd probably drop there again, so I'm not really expecting a rise for him. OEHRL, Torsten (23) - CF - 78 Regular for the reserves, with one short sub appearance in the Bundesliga. Hannover 96 To make it short, there's only one reason why Hannover didn't get relegated and didn't even have to fight with relegation for most of the time, and that's their keeper. Their defense is bad, the midfield lacks creativity and the attack is too harmless. ENKE, Robert (31) - Gk - 91 => 91/92 By far their best player, and IMO he currently has the best chances to e Germany's first keeper at the WC 2010. Always consistent, a great shot-stopper, and good anticipation. FROMLOWITZ, Florian (22) - Gk - 82 => 82/83 Did a good job when he had to replace Enke, who was a bit unlucky this season with injuries, and IMO a 2nd choice keeper can and should be rated higher than 82 JENSEN, Morten (21) - Gk - 77 Regular for the reserves, but only 3rd choice in the first team, but even had one game when Enke was injured and Fromlowitz suspended, but for now, I can't see him getting past Fromlowitz. TARNAT, Michael (39) - LB/LM - 85 Retires after this season RAUSCH, Konstantin (19) - LB/LM - 82 => 84/85 IMO can be considered a regular, and IMO, he was one of the best in Hannover's defense for most of the time. CHERUNDOLO, Steve (39) - RB - 86 => 85 Hasn't played since the last changes, and is getting really old. Sell as long as he's still worth something. ISMAEL, Valérien (33) - CB - 86 => 85/84 Probably one of the players whose career was ruined by injuries. IMO one of the best defenders when fit, but he's rarely been that in the past couple of years. He's even talked about retiring, but so far, it's not 100% sure. VINICIUS, Bergantin (28) - CB - 86 => 85/86 Not first choice either, and when I've seen him play, he usually was one the worst players on the pitch. EGGIMANN, Mario (28) - CB - 86 One of the most error-prone defenders in the league, only the amount of games he played will probably keep him at 86. FAHRENHORST, Frank (31) - CB/DM - 86 One of the better player's in Hannover's defense, but still far from being good. Will move to Duisburg next season, I'd be surprised if he keeps his rating there. KRZYNOWEK, Jacek (33) - LM/CM - 87 Did the right thing with his move to Hannover, and IMO has been of the better players in Hannover's squad. Should be safe at 87 for now, but I don't think he can keep it that much longer. PINTO, Sergio (28) - RM/AM - 86 => 86/87 Played a bit better towards the end of the season, but was invisible for me most of the time. Performance-wise, he doesn't really deserve the increase, but the amount of playing time leaves a slight chance. ZIZZO, Salvatore (22) - RB/RM - 75 => 75/76 Not really the best player I know, but he was subbed in quite often towards the end of the season. A small increase might be possible, but I don't think he's good enough to get a starting spot next season. YANKOV, Chavdar (25) - CM/RM - 85 => 84/83 Hasn't played in the second half of the season, and is likely to move in the summer, will most likely end at a club in the 2. Bundesliga. SCHULZ, Christian (26) - DM/LB - 88 A very versatile player, and it looks like he's settled in Hannover's central defense. Not really good enough to deserve a rise though, but should change to Def/DM, IV/DM or something similar. LALA, Altin (33) - DM/CM - 87 => 86 Had a very weak season IMO, didn't really strengthen the defense when he played. Continually has problems with his back, I'm not really sure how long he will stay active. BALITSCH, Hanno (28) - DM - 87 One of the most consistent performers, fair at 87 ANDREASEN, Leon (26) - DM/CB - 86 Did the right thing with moving away from the EPL, has regularly played for Wolfsburg. SCHULZ, Bastian (23) - DM - 80 => 81/82 Has gotten another couple of subs and starts, but didn't really excell BRUGGINK, Arnold (31) - AM - 87 Has done an ok job, isn't really the most creative play-maker or best goalscorer. ROSENTHAL, Jan (23) - AM/RM - 86 => 86/85 Rarely plays when most of the others are fit, but usually does a god job. STAJNER, Jiri (33) - Wing/Fwd - 87 => 87/88 Despite his age, he's still one of the best in Hannover's squad, still fast fo his age and regularly dangerous in front of the goal. HAHNE, Hendrik (23) - Wing - 74 SCHLAUDRAFF, Jan (25) - Fwd/AM - 88 => 88/87 IMO still a good footballer, but has been hit hard by injuries this season. If he gets back to his pre-Bayern form, he can go higher again. HANKE, Mike (25) - CF - 87 => 86/87 FORSSELL, Mikael (28) - CF - 86 => 87/86 It's difficult to say what will hapeen to these two, IMO Forssell has been disappointing for most of the season, but he has played more than Hanke. Both should probably be the same rating, but I wouldn't be surprised if either SM stay conservative and both stay or if they switch ratings. 1. FC Köln The main reasons for Köln's rather good finish (they were out of the relegation battle quite early) are their striker Novakovic and a good, solid central defense. The rest of the team haven't really excelled. With the signing of Podolski they got another top striker, if he teams up well with Novakovic, Köln should be able to avoid relegation in the nearer future and establish themselves in the Bundesliga again. MONDRAGON, Faryd (37) - Gk - 87 Still one of the better keepers in the league, but not really good enough to deserve an increase. VARVODIC, Miro (20) - Gk - 80 => 79/78 Never heard of him tbh, now back in Croatia. Didn't even play when Mondragon was missing. KESSLER, Thomas (23) - Gk - 76 => 78/79 Dropped last time despite being actual 2nd choice behind Mondragon. Played 3 games at the end of the season, and got some media attention by giving an assist in his 2nd game. WOME, Pierre (30) - LB - 87 => 87/86 Missed quite a few games because of injuries, but always a solid performer when fit. BRECKO, Mišo (25) - RB/RM - 86 => 87 Already rose 2 last time, and he kept up his good form and is likely to rise again. Don't think he can get much higher than that though. CULLMANN, Carsten (33) - RB/CB - 75 Only playing for the reserves GEROMEL, Pedro (23) - CB - 88 FOrms one of the CB partnerships in the Bundesliga with Mohamad, fully deserves to be one of the highest-rated players in Köln. Might get higher if he moves. MOHAMAD, Youssef (28) - CB - 87 As mentioned above, one of the best partnerships in the league, but a tad less solid than Geromel MCKENNA, Kevin (29) - CB - 85 => 85/86 Native CB, but usually played RB when both CB's where fit. Small chance of a rise, but should change to CB/RB or maybe even Def. MATIP, Marvin (23) - Def/DM - 85 Has been used as DM more often recently, but hasn't really shown all his qualities there. EHRET, Fabrice (29) - LM/LB - 85 => 86 Can be considered a regular for Köln, but nothing spectacular. BOATENG, Derek (26) - CM/DM - 86 Came in the winter break, but hasn't really excelled. BROICH, Thomas (28) - CM/RM - 84 PETIT, Armando (32) - DM/CM - 90 => 89/90 Despite being a good performer and leader at Köln, he hasn't really played any better than other Bundesliga players with the same rating. PEZZONI, Kevin (20) - DM/CM - 84 => 85 Another small rise for the youngsters, has done a good job when he was needed, ANTAR, Roda (28) - AM - 85 => 84/83 Was fired by Köln, and will now be playing in China ANDRE, Oliveira (24) - AM - 82 Another player who actually moved away from Köln a while ago, but is still listed in their squad. YALCIN, Taner (19) - AM - 75 => 76/77 Has gotten a few more minutes towards the end of the season, a small rise is justified. VUCICEVIC, Nemanja (29) - Wing/AM - 86 Has been very inconsistent this season, and his contract didn't get renewed. Not sure what he'll do next seaoson. CHIHI, Adil (21) - Wing/Fwd - 83 There have been much talks about his talent, but whenever I've seen him play, he hasn't even shown glimpses of it. Don't think he'll ever make an impact at a major club. SANOU, Wilfried (25) - Wing/Fwd - 81 Only a squad player, and hasn't performed too well when he played. BROSINSKI, Daniel (20) - Wing - 75 => 77/78 Faded a bit away after his spectacular debut with a goal against Bayern, played a bit more, but never has been of the top performers. Still a keeper for the future, might make his break-trough next season or the season after. SCHERZ, Matthias (37) - Fwd/Wing - 82 Has retired. NOVAKOVIC, Milivoje (30) - CF - 87 => 87/88 If you want to be harsh, Novakovic was the only dangerous player in Köln's team. Scored half of their goals this season, worthy of another rise if he keeps it up. RADU, Sergiu (31) - CF - 86 => 85 ISHIAKU, Manaseh (26) - CF - 85 => 84 Both have been totally harmless when they played, but I wouldn't class them as classical CF's anyway. Eintracht Frankfurt A team which had to fight with many injuries for most of the season, but still managed to stay in the Bundesliga. A very balanced squad qithout any real topstars, but a good morale and spirit. PROLL, Markus (29) - Gk - 87 NIKOLOV, Oka (35) - Gk - 86 ZIMMERMANN, Jan (24) - Gk - 76 Although Nikolov wears the #1 shirt, it has been a close race between him and Pröll for most of the season. But since both were also very injury-prone, even the 3rd keeper Zimmermann made a short appearance. It'll be interesting to see which keeper will start next season, as Fährmann, a keeper I personally rate quite highly, also joins Frankfurt. Depending on who is number one, two and three at the beginning of next, the rating will change accordingly. Atm I can't make any statement of who's most likely to start, only that Zimmermann doesn't have much of a future at Eintracht. SPYCHER, Christoph (31) - LB/LM - 88 => 88/87 The Swiss international hasn't really convinced this season and also missed around half of the season due to an injury. PETKOVIC, Nikola (23) - LB - 85 => 85/84 Signed as replacement for the injured Spycher, but his performaces have been rather poor, and he was then dropped to the bench and didn't play for the last 10 games of the season. OCHS, Patrick (25) - RB - 88 Probably the best player for Frankfurt, maybe if he joined a better club I wouldn't rule out a Germany call-up. JUNG, Sebastian (18) - RB - 74 => 77/78 A young and fast defender, IMO he'll make it into a Bundesliga starting XI within 2 or 3 years. Atm he has no chance to take over the RB spot from Ochs, but is also versatile enough to replace injured/suspended wide-backs or DMs. Should change to RB/DM for now, RUSS, Marco (23) - CB/DM - 87 The most solid and consistent performer in Frankfurt's central defense. BELLAID, Habib (23) - CB - 87 => 87/86 Has played more towards the end of the season, but his performances have been below par for most of the season. VASOSKI, Aleksandar (29) - CB - 84 => 83 Been injured for most of the time. KOHLER, Benjamin (28) - LM/CM - 87 => 87/86 Picked up an injury at the end of the season, but couldn't really convince before either. TOSKI, Faton (22) - LM/Wing - 83 => 83/82 Missed most of the second part of the season because of an injury. LJUBICIC, Krešo (20) - LM - 76 STEINHOFER, Markus (23) - RM/RB - 86 MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi (31) - RM/RB - 85 Steinhöfer is usually preferred over Mahdavikia, who seems on his way down. INAMOTO, Junichi (29) - CM/DM - 87 Like most of the Frankfurt squad, he struggled with injuries for a big part of the season. Will move to France next season. CAIO, César (23) - CM/AM - 85 => 85/84 Played ok when he was needed, but despite many injury problems, he's only a squad player. PREUSS, Christoph (27) - CM/DM - 84 => 83 MIssed the whole season due to injuries. FINK, Michael (27) - DM/CM - 88 The best and most consistent performer in Frankfurt's midfield, will move to Besiktas since he didn't want to renew his contract at Frankfurt. BAJRAMOVIC, Zlatan (29) - DM/CM - 87 => 86 CHRIS, Maicon (20) - DM/CB - 85 => 86/85 Has been partnering up with Russ in the central defense for most of the season after the winter break, if he keeps up his good performances he can rise further. Should change to CB/DM. MEIER, Alexander (26) - AM/Fwd - 86 => 86/87 Returned from injury in the winter, and has since made good performances for Frankfurt. If he stays injury-free, he might get a bit higher again. KORKMAZ, Ümit (23) - Wing/Fwd - 85 => 85/84 Had a bad injury, and has since not been able to cement a starting spot and only had a couple of short sub apps. AMANATIDIS, Ioannis (27) - Fwd - 88 => 88/87 A good player, but, who could guess it, missed most of the season due to injury. When he's fit at the beginning of next season and performs well, he should keep his rating LIBEROPOULOS, Nikos (33) - Fwd/AM - 88 A player I personally don't rate too much, but the amount of games he played probably keeps him at 88. FENIN, Martin (22) - Fwd/AM - 87 Has been good and constant for most of the season, but not enough IMO to rise. KWEUKE, Leonard (21) - CF - 82 => 82/81 Had a few chances to prove himself, but after many rather poor performances he was dropped to the bench. HESS, Martin (22) - Fwd/Wing - 76 Only a player for the reserves. VACCARO, Angelo (27) - CF - 78 TSOUMOU, Juvhel (18) - CF - 75 Only players for the reserves. VfL Bochum FERNANDES, Daniel (25) - Gk - 87 A pretty average keeper in my opinion, but still first choice at Bochum HEERWAGEN, Philipp (26) - Gk - 80 => 80/81 Did a very good job when he had to replace Fernandes, however I believe that he has no chance to take over the no.1 spot, but is surely the definite no.2 RENNO, René (30) - Gk - 80 => 78/79 Only 3rd choice. FUCHS, Christian (23) - LB/LM - 87 The Austrian international was probably Bochum's best defender despite actually being a midfielder. If he wasn't injured at the end of the season, I'd say he could rise, maybe depending on his performances next season it might be possible in the near future. BONIG, Philipp (29) - LB - 86 Picked up most of his games after Fuchs' injury, but IMO he should remain lower than him. CONCHA, Matias (28) - RB - 86 => 86/85 PFERTZEL, Marc (28) - RB/CB - 86 Pfertzel seems to have secured himself the RB spot, but IMO hasn't done enough yet to warrant a rise. SCHRODER, Oliver (28) - RB/DM - 85 => 84 Mainly used as a midfielder, will move to Rostock. YAHIA, Anthar (27) - CB - 87 MALTRITZ, Marcel (30) - CB/DM - 87 They form a (for a 'lower' Bundesliga club anyway) pretty solid duo, although the amount of games they played together decreased steadily due to injuries. If both remain fit, I'd say both could reach 88 even if they stay in Bochum. MAVRAJ, Mergim (22) - CB/LB - 82 => 84/83 Played most of the games at the end of the season, when many Bochum players were hit by injuries. FABIAN, Patrick (21) - CB - 74 => 75/76 Had 2 full games in the middle of the season after 3 short subs, but isn't really close to the first team if all are fit. GROTE, Dennis (22) - LM - 84 => 85 A talented player who slowly establishes himself in Bochum's first team, but will probably never be world-beater, but can be a solid 87/88 within a year or two. FREIER, Paul (29) - RM/Wing - 86 Played regularly since his return, but his far from his form which once earned him quite a few Germany call-ups. IMO he's past his best, sell him while you can. AZAOUAGH, Mimoun (26) - RM/AM - 85 => 86 The versatile midfielder is the player with the most games after Dabrowski in Bochum's midfield. Has played pretty much everywhere, but not really sure to what he should change. DABROWSKI, Christoph (30) - CM/DM - 88 The only player besides Sestak who really deserves the 88, Bochum's most important player. IMHOF, Daniel (31) - DM/CM - 85 => 86 Made a solid impression when he and Dabrowski played together in DM. ONO, Shinji (29) - AM/LM - 85 => 84 Rarely played. EPALLE, Joël (31) - Wing/Fwd - 86 Can't really say much about him, hasn't really impressed me, I didn't even know he played so much... SESTÁK, Stanislav (26) - Fwd/Wing - 88 Played better when he partnered up with Klimowicz, his speed is amazing. PROKOPH, Roman (23) - Fwd - 75 Only a reserves player, never made his break-through KLIMOWICZ, Diego (34) - CF - 86 Did te right thing when he moved to Bochum, but isn't really the most dangerous player anymore. Should stay for now, but injuries and age are playing an always increasing role. KALOGLU, Sinan (27) - CF - 85 MIECIEL, Marcin (33) - CF - 85 => 84 HASHEMIAN, Vahid (32) - CF - 84 All 3 haven't really proven themselves as goal scorers, the only thing that keeps them in the 84/85 region is the playing time. Borussia Mönchengladbach BAILLY, Logan (23) - Gk - 85 => 86/87 A great signing, has secured Gladbach many important points with amazing saves. HEIMEROTH, Christofer (27) - Gk - 83 => 82/81 Will now be 2nd choice, I think 83 is a bit much for a team like Gladbach, especially since he hasn't played since Bailly's transfer GOSPODAREK, Uwe (35) - Gk - 80 => 79/78 Lost his contract at GLadbach, not sure of his futurem but it soesn't look like he already retires. LOHE, Frederic (20) - Gk - 74 DANTE, Santos (25) - LB/CB - 87 Did a good job IMO, was always dangerous after corners and free-kicks. If he also improves his defensive skills, he might be able to move to a bigger club. JAURES, Jean-Sébastien (31) - LB/LM - 86 => 85/84 DORDA, Christian (20) - LB - 78 Both rarely played since the last changes STALTERI, Paul (31) - RB/LB - 85 => 85/86 Back in the Bundesliga, he seems to find back to his old form slowly LEVELS, Tobias (22) - RB - 83 => 83/84 Depending on the start of next season, he might be in for a small rise. Did pretty well when he played, but whn you're fighting against relegation usually more experienced players are preferred. RUBINK, Tim (21) - RB/CB - 76 DAEMS, Filip (30) - CB/LB - 85 => 86 The most consistent player for Gladbach, mostly reliable in defense BROUWERS, Roel (27) - CB - 85 => 85/86 Improved towards the end of the season as well, the next season will decide if he rises or not. GOHOURI, Steve (28) - CB/RB - 84 => 83 KLEINE, Thomas (31) - CB - 84 => 82 CALLSEN-BRACKER, Jan-Ingwer (24) - CB - 84 => 83 All three only picked up a handful of sub apps at the end of the season, if any at all. VAN DEN BERGH, Johannes (22) - LM/LB - 78 KESEROGLU, Abdulla (21) - LM - 75 I don't really think they both have much of a chance in Gladbach, even after Marin's and Baumjohann's departure. BRADLEY, Michael (21) - CM - 88 IMO he deserved the drop last time, but this time he should stay. He constantly played rather well, and his USA games help as well. GALASEK, Tomás (36) - CM/DM - 87 Was one of the most important signings and kept the Gladbach defense together in the second half of the season. I think he'd still be good enough to play another season, but he decided to end his career. JANTSCHKE, Tony (19) - CM - 78 Made 4 games in the middle of the season, but despite good performances was dropped to the bench for more experienced players. Still a talented player, and one to keep. ALBERMAN, Gal (26) - DM/CM - 86 => 85/86 Missed most of the season after the winter break due to an injury, but even before he hasn't really impressed. Still, with good performances at the beginning of next season he might stay. PAAUWE, Patrick (33) - DM/CB - 86 Hasn't really convinced at Gladbach, and will move back to the Netherlands. SCHACHTEN, Sebastian (24) - DM/Def - 76 Only one short game at the end of the season, can't say much about him, but probably not a world-beater of he still spends most of the time on the bench with 24. COULIBALY, Soumaila (31) - AM/LM - 82 => 81 Rarely played BAUMJOHANN, Alexander (22) - AM/Wing - 85 => 86/85 Played well and is definitely talented, will be moving to Bayern this summer, but I don't think he'll ever be able to get a starting spot there. MARIN, Marko (20) - Wing/AM - 89 Despite many other predictions, I think he'll stay for now. His performances for Gladbach haven't been the best, and he hasn't fully convinced at the U-21 Euros either IMO, mainly because he had to play in an unusual role as a forward. But I'm pretty sure that after some time in Bremen, he can set the Bundesliga on fire, a definite player to keep. MATMOUR, Karim (23) - Wing/Fwd - 84 => 85 I was surprised to see that he has featured in all games this season, he's often forgotten after the media hyope around Marin & Baumjohann. TOUMA, Sharbel (30) - Wing/Fwd - 83 => 81 LAMIDI, Moses (21) - Wing/Fwd - 77 => 77/78 Made 4 short appearances at the end of the season, but hasn't left an impression. NEUVILLE, Oliver (36) - Fwd - 85 FRIEND, Rob (28) - CF - 85 COLAUTTI, Roberto (27) - CF - 84 The weak spot in Gladbach last season, Neuville's getting older and older and never really was a prolific goal-scorer, Friend struggled with injuries and Colautti pretty much missed everything. I'm pretty sure that all will have to compete with Bobdailla next season. The last 3 teams will follow soon... If you have any questions, disagreements or suggestions, feel free to do so, I'll always try to listen and help.
A Helping Hand to Newcomers - Read Opening Post
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This thread is aimed at newcomers so they can get to know a few other members a lot quicker so they feel part of the SM forum community a lot quicker. What i am going to do is try and do a 'bio' of most active forum members, and will add a few at a time as i dont want to do them all that same time, i will start with a few people that i thik any newcomer has got to talk to! If you want to be added to the list quicker then drop me PM and i will bump you up the list. 1. Forum Name- Welshman Real Name- Dai Winston Status- Forum Mod (Blue next to his name, you will find yourself green:) ) Supports- Newcastle Nationality- Welsh- dont be to harsh on the poor fella! Where can you find him?- Dai is on a lot of the time and browsers post threads and sections on the forum, you can mainly find him in the ''Match Report'' and ''General Discussions'' section. Link to Profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=186230 What I think of Dai and why you may like him!- Dai is a person who will always listen to what you have to say, and help you if you have any problems. He's an extremely active forum member who posts some of the best match reports i have seen! Not only is he a legend but he is also my best mate on here, and its a pleasure to even play the same game as they guy 2. Forum Name- Sparky Real Name- Mitu Ahmed Status- Forum Mod Supports- A little less known team called Manchester United Nationality- English! Where can you find him?- You can mostly find Sparky in the ''Setups'' area and i am sure you will be able, like Dai, to spot a few of his match reports around. He is widely known as a GC lover. You can also find him in the chatroom a lot so have a look in there! Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=681974 What i think of Sparks- This lad is extremely funny and would for sure make you laugh even through the most difficult of times. If he was about to get shot, he would make the hitman laugh so much his hand and gun would wobble so much he'd shoot himself. He is just a pleasure to talk to and know, and im sure everyone would agree. Sparks your a top friend! 3. Forum Name- Sinny Real Name- Tom Sinar Status- Normal Member Supports- West Brom???? Who are they?? Nationality- English Where can you find him?- Tom is another member who browses a lot of the forum and you can pretty much find him anywhere, he posts good match reports aswell as posting in miscellaneus and scouting in ''Player Discussion''. He is also a well known memeber in the chatroom so have a look in there and i am sure that you will find him. Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=251532 What i think of Tom- He was the first person to welcome me on the forum, and we are extremely close friends, sometimewe can just talk about a load of rubbish, thats whats good about Tom, you will never hear him say ' i dont know what to say now' as i am sure that he will be able to think of something to talk about! 4. Forum Name- Birmingham City Real Name- Louis Mattis Status- Normal Member Supports- Birmingham City, some one has to and he is on a contract, where he earns £45 an hour for wearing a City shirt for 6 hours on a Wednesday:eek: Nationality- English Where can you find him?- Louis is also a member who browsers pretty much everywhere and you can find him in most places, generally the Welcome section where he performs his catchphrase every so often, but he also posts great match reports and is a top debater. Link to Profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=350334 What i think of Louis- Let me take you back to the day Louis joined, i thought what a complete idiot. But he is a classic case of giving someone a chance, and i am now pleased to call him a top friend of mine! He is extremely funny and good natured and woud do anything for anyone! I remember once i was in an MSN convo and him and Dai came in it (well i added them) and Dai stuck up for me but Louis toook it to another level, basically he just makes me smile! Get to know him!!!! 5. Forum Name- GazzaMUFC Real Name- Gareth Thomas Supports- Manchester United! Bless... Status- Normal member NAtionality- English Where can you find him?- Gazza is a lot like most members, he floats around alot, he generally like most aswell, posta match reports most are of a top quality, he also loves a trip to the miscellaneous, and generally have a discussion with people and a bit of banter! Link to Profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=208075 WHat i think and like about Gazza!- When i first came on this forum it was GAzza who made me laugh the most, him and Tom Sinar were the ones who really welcomed me and helped me out, and answered any questions that i had, I talk to this guy on MSN and he is still as funny as ever, i think he is a top top fella! 6. Forum Name- Baseball Fury Real Name- Sam Wainwright Status- Mod Supports- Only the Best- Chelsea!!!!!!! NAtionality- English Where can you find him?- As with mst members he is a bit of a floater, he has some really good ideas and you can find him sometimes in the sugeestions and improvements part of the forum. He also loves a discussion and posts some very good match reports which are up there with the best! Link to Profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=35877 Why i like Sam!- Sam is a legend on the forum, he is extrememly well known and a pleasure to talk to. The one thing you will notice about him is he is extremely kind, he is full of praise of everything you do, and never has a bad word to say about most people! I always talk to this guy on MSN and it is a pleasure. 7. Forum Name = Leigh Real Name = Leigh Auston Status = SM Supervisor Supports = Arsenal Nationality = English Where you can find him = Leigh is always online it seems! He generally views most forums but can always be found in the SM Predict forum which is the competition he runs for SM members. He loves a debate and is a decent lad when you get to know him! Link to profile = http://forum.soccermanager.com/member.php?u=3162 Why I like Leigh - He is really friendly, always there to help and is an awesome manager on the game. He was the fiurst and only person to do a quadrouple in a GC and always has a few scouting tips to offer. I also chat to Leigh a lot away from SM. 8. Forum Name- Tebthereb Real Name- Steven Tebbut Status- Forum Supervisor Supports- Tottenham Hotspur Nationality- English Where can you find him?- Teb is another guy who folats around a lot of the forum, as a supervisor he needs to as nhe has to check that thingd are running smoothly. He is extremely good at discussing and advising people and i woul say that this is his strength. Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=43453 What i think of him- I never really got to know Teb at the beginning when i joined which was a mistake, i thought that becase he was a Mod at the time he would think he was better than others, he is completely the opposite, in fact all of the mods are, he is extremely helpful and very funny, make sure you get to know him and he will teach you a few tricks of the trade. 9. Forum Name- Craig Real Name- Craig Braidwood Status- Forum Mod Supports- Rangers Nationality- Scottish Where can you find him?- Craig is mostly active in the newcomers section and in the miscellaneous as he does a lot of charity work. This basically somes up his character as an extremely nice guy. Always looking to welcome you to the forum and game, and always looking to help out other people, A real nice guy of the forum. Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=79221 What i think of him- Craig is an extremely nice nice nice guy, if you cannot get on with this fella, then you are going nowhere in life. Be sure to get to know him and send him a PM, he is 100% going to reply to it. 10. Forum Name- Bobo Real Name- Sam Bartolo Status- Mod Supports- Fulham Nationality- Maltese Where can you find him?- Bobo is not as active as he used to be but he is still an amazing forumer, it is safe to call him a legend in this place, he browsers around the forum and posts in most places i think:o , so im sure when you are browsing you will see him around. Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=18502 What i think of him- To be honest i never got to know Bobo at the start and rwgretted it as he wa stalked about a lot, so i thought i will add him on MSN and get to know him, he is an extremely nice guy to me, and like craig, you talk to him and take an interest, he will talk and take an interest in what you have to do and say. 11. Forum Name- Mr Adamski Real Name- Adam Johnson Status- Mod Supports-Aston Villa Nationality- English Where can you find him?- Adamski is known as a top forumer and is why he won Forumer of the year in 2007, which he deserves, althought he has no tbeen as active this year he posts a lot in all different areas, which is why he won in 2007. He is extremely helpful and loves a good debate. Link to profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=19048 What i think of him?- I havent really got to know this guy much but when i have spoken to him he is extremely polite and has a lot to talk about. He is a nice guy and very very funny! 12. Forum Name- Dan Payne Real Name- Dan Payne Status- Mod Supports- Spurs NAtioanlity- English Where can you find him?- Dan Payne broses all over the forum, but is not as actice as he used to be due to other commitments. However when he is online he looks all over the forum and offers advice for teams, discussions about why Spurs are the worst team in the world and post match reports which are always of a high quality. Link to Profile- http://www.soccermanager.com/profile.php?cid=13757 Why i like Dan?- I like Dan because he always talks to me, he is a good friend whim without the forum i would have never got to know. We talk about football, football, and more football, so if yu love football! Dan Payne is your man!!!!! as are all of the members of this FOOTBALL FORUM! Widdy, Sheva, TomOwen are the netxt 3 that i am going to do after i have been out to get some mushrooms.
English Championship 7046 Match Reports/Transfer Gossip Thread
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Re: English Championship 7046 Match Report/Tranfer Gossip Thread Promotions and Relegations decider Teams getting promoted to the Premier league from the Championship 1st-Charlton Athletic going up as Champions with 1 game to go-Charlton have been the powerhouse of the Championship this year and will be battling for there lifes next season in a more tougher division.Can they survive ? It's all about tactics and luck my friend.Belhanda was one of their stand out performers throughout the season. 2nd-Three teams can still get that last Automatic promotion.With Burnley,Wigan and Sunderland all fighting for it.Which one has what it takes to take second ? who will crumble under the pressure ? which one will have to do it all over again next year ?. Playoffs- With Burnley,Sunderland,Wigan all fighting for second.Two of them will end up in the playoffs for sure.Carlisle will join them with only one place up for grabs.Who will get it ? It's between Swansea,West Ham,West Brom and Bury but very unlikely for Bury.I feel Its between West Brom and Swansea.But West Brom have to play table toppers Charlton so it wont be easy. Teams getting Relegated from Premier league to the Championship ®20th- QPR.Not a very good way to have your first season in the premier league end with Relegation.Could you blame the team ? The manager tactics ? or the fact it was a hard division to survive,Personally i feel it was there poor start to the season.Yes they won their first game but after that they didn't win for 17 league games and 12 of them were losts so that is the reason to getting relagated. ®19th-Bolton Wanderers- I blame inconsistency for them.One week they win the next they lose or draw.They only recorded one back to back wins in the league and that is their problem really.I do feel for their manager as he only joined halfway and to save them was a impossible job.Meaning Bolton W are going to be playing Championship football for the first time in 7046 History. 18th- With one place left up for grabs and only 2 teams fighting to avoid it.Chelsea and Norwich are ones who arent trying to survive.Whatever team goes down it would be a shock to division 1.Chelsea prob one of the best teams in the division rating wise could be playing division 2 football which doesn't seem right.But Aaron has had alot of troubles with them this season and its quite a shame for it too happen to him as he is a good manager.On the other Hand.Rob's Norwich are a little team who have came from out of the blue to surprise division 1.Many tipped them for relegation,it could still happen but they are giving a good fight,so credit to you Rob you have built a great team. Teams getting promoted to the N power Championship from League 1 1st- Yeovil Town © - Going to the N power Championship currently being champions in League 1 is always a good way to go up.But the Championship is so much harder.Also voted one of the hardest divisions to get out of.But if history is on their side then they should get promoted easily.Remember Josh's Norwich ? He run away with the division with an average side.But this Yeovil side is not average,they already have 3 90's who over 30's so that should give them experience.I say they will finish in the playoffs. 2nd- Portsmouth - (P) - This division must of been a walk in the park for Yeovil and Portsmouth seeing as Yeovil are 7 points above Portsmouth and Portsmouth have a 9 points advantage of 3rd place Derby.Do Portsmouth have what it takes to battle in division 2 ? I believe they do and the players you should watch out for are Kagawa and KPB and their Top goal scorer Gomis who scored 20 goals and 12 assists with 10 man of the matches.Can he get that form in a tougher division and score 20 goals there ? I think he will get 22 next season and i see Portsmouth around the play offs. Play offs - League 1 play offs is full of competition this year.With Derby already claiming a ticket to the semi finals.But the teams from 4th to 10th are still with a chance to get the last 3 spaces with Millwall;Crystal Palace;Exeter City;Peterbrough United;Hull City;Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday. Which three teams out of the 7 will get the last 3 spaces ?.This is surely is going to be a breath taking end to the season. Teams getting Relegated to League 1 from Championship ®-20th- Cardiff City - First team to get relegated from the Championship with 1 game to go.Cardiff were relegated last night due to a 5-4 lost to playoff chasers West Brom.After a poor season they are finally going down to league 1 where they will face a challenge where they should get promoted but football isn't that easy is it ? . 19th and 18th - 7 teams are fighting to avoid these places.But two of them,Blackpool and Blackburn are 3 points away from 18th with GD of -5 and -10 they should be safe as 18th has 42 points and -20,but football is a crazy sport so anything can happen.But the teams who are still in it are Coventry;Plymouth Argyle;Watford; Birmingham City and Preston North end.The odds are favorite for Coventry to go down where they have a total of 40 points and are 3 points from safety but can there GD act as a extra point ?.The games too watch are automatic chasers Wigan vs Relegation threaten Coventry and Blackburn Vs Plymouth Argyle you can also add Bury Vs Watford as Bury need to win to have a chance at Playoffs and Watford need a win to assure survival. Teams getting promoted to N power League 1 from N power League 2 1st- Southampton - © They have ran away with this league showing no mercy to the other teams.Southampton are 23 points away from second.They have broken a 7046 history record.Recording 87 points.They may extend this on Wednesday.But the previous holders were Brighton who had 86 points.Well done Rick.But Dag and redbridge hold the most goals scored in division 4 with a total of 112 goals. 2nd- 3 Teams can still get Second with Shrewsbury Town,Brighton and Hove Albion and Northampton Town still fighting.Northampton could of gone second if they didn't suffer a 3-2 lost to 19th place Brentford. Northampton will face bottom of the league Colchester United, Shrewsbury Town face 19th place Brentford and Brighton and Hove Albion face AFC Bournemouth.Will be a good end to season for 1 team and the other 2 will face a play off spot. Play offs- 4 teams fighting for 2 places.Southend United,Burton Albion,Gillingham and Tranmere will fight on the last day for the remaining 2 places.Tranmere have the hardest Job to do as they would need to win atleast 8-0 to get their GD up to the other 3 teams GD.They face Bristol Rovers.Where Burton Albion face Gillingham so i dont think Tranmere can get promoted really as they would need Southend to lose to Chesterfield like 6-0 and Hope Burton and Gillingham to draw.I feel Gillingham and Southend will get play offs.But hope Tranmere can offer something for a action packed last day. Teams getting Relegated to League 2 from League 1 ®-20th- Barnsley take the bate of finishing bottom of division 3.If they had won like 4 of there last 5 games they could of had a chance to survive but it's too late now and League 2 will be tough to get out of now they should start preparing for life in League 2 by cutting down their wage bill as revenue is quite bad. ®-19th- Stockport County - Mr Hammer couldn't save Stockport as they were relegated last night due to a 2-2 draw vs Wallsall.Beckham 14 goals and 9 assists weren't enough to keep them up and they will be playing division 4 football yet again just after they got promoted last season.They also have Arshavin now who should do well in Division 4.So i expect them to get promoted again. 18th- Last spot left to be decided in league 1 and the teams who are involved are Reading,Notts County and Oldham Athletic.It looks almost certain that Oldham are down due to being 3 points away from Reading and Notts County and their poor GD doesn't help them one bit and life doesn't get easier for them as they play champions Yeovil.Will Yeovil let them win ? lets hope not and lets hope they give them a good game.Notts County got promoted last season with Darlo and he has had a tough season to try and keep them up but he has probably just done enough now as they prepare for league 1 again next season.Reading will play already relegated side Stockport where Stockport could bring Reading down with them if Oldham win like 6-0.Crazy stuff has happen as Chelsea did Beat Man utd 5-0 last night to keep their division 1 status alive till the last game.Notts County play Crystal Palace who are chasing playoffs so it wont be an easy game for Darlo's team but a point for him and Reading will keep them up and send Oldham down to League 2.
A Guide- How to build a team.
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I see many new managers joining setups, then leaving after a couple of bad results. Hopefully this thread will help stop this, as people want to do well in leagues, but end up quitting because they don't know what to do. I will be listing my ideas and suggestions so that maybe, just maybe, new, inexperienced managers who have joined the forum can read this and get on track with their managerial career. And maybe some older members can pick up a couple of tips as well! 1: Getting a good team. This can be easy or hard, as there are more than one way of getting a side you want. The first way is to decide that you will take the first side that is suggested by SM for you, which is extremely simple. I once did this to get myself a decent Valencia in a Spanish Championship. The squad value was just over 200M, and they came with Villa, Ibrahimovic, Reina and Gonzalez, and roughly 20M in the bank. A run down of what I did with them is coming up later. The second way is to search for a club using the search function. This is how I got my Real Madrid, and one of my Internazionale teams. This can get you some really good clubs, like a Barcelona if you're lucky, but most of the time all of them will be managed or offered to someone else, or perhaps even locked. You may decide you want a challenge, and you will get a very poor team and try to transform them, like I did with my Derby side. This is more popular in new setups, and Gold Championships where almost all big clubs are taken within minutes. You could always decide to join a forum filled championship, something like WC10000, EC106 etc etc, which basically guarantees you a test of your managerial skill and know-how. 2: But what to do with them? You've got a club. Know you need to turn them into league winners, but how? Of course you could try to buy Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, as a lot of people do. This will probably get you nowhere, and many a manager quit once they realise that nobody wants to sell Messi or Ronaldo for 50M and two 88 rated 30 year olds. You should instead be clever. Buy risers, or if you can, some stable high rated players. For an example of how this can be done I present to you my 2nd club, my Derby County. This is my first XI, when everyone is fit and not injured, which, without bragging, isn't half bad. I've had this team for 2 seasons, well, I joined the setup with Derby in the play off final, which I lost, my average was 82, Everton's was 89, and narrowly missed out on promotion last season, again losing in the play off final to my mate's team. My last season has just ended, I won by a very large margin and am comfortably promoted as champions into Division 1. In fact that last season I only lost 3 times in the league, and drew 6 times out of 38 games. This is really not that difficult to do yourself, you've just got to have an idea of what you want to achieve. I knew Derby were alright for the division, they finished 5th without a manager, and although the best player was Mark Viduka (84) who has retired, I thought I could challenge for promotion. I joined Derby in about last September, and so the World Cup was still fresh in my mind (sort of), and this is a big point: You'll do much better as a manager if you actually watch football. I signed Di Maria from Real Madrid for about 12M ( I had 45M in the bank) rated 90, and he was my first signing. I recently sold him for 29.4M, which gave me enough money to buy the last 94 at an external, Higuain. If you watch football programmes like Match Of The Day and it's European equivalents, the Champions League and the Europa League, and some internationals, you'll probably do much better than most managers. The approach I went for with Derby is to make them great. I bought some young players, Di Maria, Higuain, Badstuber (on the bench). But the real success has come from me buying stable, high rated players. If you join an English gameworld, look at the clubs like Inter, Barca, Real Madrid, and you should be able to find players left at them, or the players big clubs like Manchester United or Chelsea have traded off in order to gain higher rated player. For example, Manchester United may have swapped Rooney and Berbatov for Messi, which would leave both of them players ready to be bought in a few weeks. I did this quite well last week, a Barcelona manager in a Spanish game world traded Busquets to Arsenal, and Pedro to Man City, who both now play for me. If you're in a Spanish Championship, Italian Championship or any other like that, just apply the same policy. Of course, in a WC or a GC, it's a lot harder. Go for the unmanaged clubs, you can pick up players easily if the Game world isn't too competitive. Set yourself a realistic target. Do you want to blitz the league? Do you want to challenge for a play off place? Mid-Table finish? Survive relegation? Get relegated then destroy the lower division? Don't think you'll be able to win a Division 1 title with an average starting XI of 89, it won't happen. I would say you'd need an average of about 92 to stand a good chance of winning something. 3: How to get that average up? On the surface, it's ridiculously simple. Just buy high rated players. But don't decide to buy the first high rated player you can find at an external, unmanaged or transfer listed, as they may not be suitable. For example, I could buy Ronaldinho for one of my teams for about 15M. I'm not going to though, he will drop to around 90 from 92 in a few months, he's playing in Brazil where the rating cap is I think 90, which means that there shouldn't be any players rated higher than 90 in that league. Of course SM can't just review the Brazilian league just because Ronny signed for Flamengo, and because Fabiano signed for Sau Paulo. You need to be clever with transfers. Search the forum for players that are going to rise, or use sites such as Soccerway and Imscouting to get information on players, like whether they may be transferred to a bigger club, and how many minutes they've played, and they goals they may or may not have scored. Don't expect that managers will sell you players (especially high rated ones) for just cash, I would never let anyone buy my Messi from my Barca for 50M! Messaging managers is a very good option for getting who you want. Speak formally and politely, make sure your spelling and grammar is god and they will hold you in higher esteem. If someone messaged me saying: " hiya m8 dya wana sell me mesi 4 50bar nd lyk ma 2 bst plyerz?????xoxox" I wouldn't even bother replying. Whereas if someone sent me: " Hi, I was wondering if you would sell me Lionell Messi for 50M and Gourcuff and Briand? Regards, NAME" I would probably tell them that the offer is not good enough, and I would prefer Gourcuff, Lisandro and Lloris and cash for Messi, as I don't want a 92 and an 89 for the best player in the game ( Fictional situation, standard Lyon squad) Don't make yourself seem like a fool. Don't try to buy the really high rated players, go for the ones not many people search for, like Gonzalez, Di Natale, Berbatov, Carvalho. In essence, try to buy stable high rated players. If it's a fairly new setup, search the Lyon, Sevilla, Udinese and other clubs that are normally left unmanaged and try to buy from them, you could get players like Navas, Di Natale, and Gourcuff from them for low cash. 4: Getting a balance. Don't buy players that are young and talented if they all play in the same position. Basically, don't do what I did and buy Muniain, Gotze, Canales, Ilicic, Ananidze all for the same team as starters. It's good for cup matches, but I should've invested more in defence and upfront, I have 2 forwards above 80 (Bojan and Lukaku) and 4 defenders above 84 (Abate, Bonucci, Gonalons and Santon) A good way to achieve balance is to buy versatile players. Take a look at my Valencia team: The versatile players I mean are Busquets, Hummels and Pedro. If Busquets becomes injured, I can move Hummels up to cover him, and vice versa. If Villa or Ibra get injured, Pedro can take their place upfront. This is very useful for teams with small squad sizes, as they may be decimated by injuries and cup matches. My Derby and Valencia only have around 25 players, so it's very important I have players who can cover each over without my Average being let down. 5: The Other Managers Think of this when joining a new gameworld: Yep' date=' you read it right. You should apply this too. Treat every single manager as a complete muppet, even in forum filled setups (They may talk sense, but are they a good manager) That said, I myself didn't start using this until very recently, so I haven't thought of anybody on here as a muppet. This section is important, as what the other managers do can be good and bad for you. For example, you may be in championships where there's a "Player Hogger" someone who has a very large squad and won't sell their players, or someone who has every decent prospect on their shortlist, so that they can try to outbid you. There are a couple of ways to get around managers who shortlist everyone, the first is to distract them with many bids for players you don't really want, so that he/she bids for them. For example, Pedro Leon may be really useful for your team and he's at an external, and is shortlisted by the manager. You could then lodge bids for Ananidze, Ninis, Ilicic and Muniain, as well as Leon, in the hope that he will try to outbid you on one or two of them, and maybe leave Leon alone. Alternatively you could be clever, and look at the times when the managers log in. This could be difficult, as some managers don't have specific times when they log in, like me, I was online at around three-in-the-morning on Tuesday, and I've been on just before midnight. During the rating changes for the main leagues, I'm on before eight AM so I can look at the risers and fallers and talk about them with my mates. Anyway, say this manager is an eleven year old kid, I doubt he'll be on any earlier than three to four PM on weekdays, and online after around nine PM. So you can lodge a bid at around nine-thirty, being pretty confident the pre-teen can't block it. This can be made more difficult when the manager is an adult and is unpredictable to when he/she logs in. Therefore I would advise actively checking their profile pop-up, so that you can have a look to see when they've last logged in. If they haven't been seen for half an hour and it's ten at night, you can be pretty confident that they won't be coming back online, so that's when I would put a bid in. If you're a moral person, you may not like this section, as it involves a bit of trickery. Basically it involves finding a gullible/ not so clever manager, and using them to your advantage. Please note, none of this is against the rules. I wanted an Arsenal side, so I spent a few days looking for one I liked the look of. I found one with around 80M in the bank, and players like David Villa, Aguero, Lucio, Lloris and Ribery. This part is pure luck, but I knew what I was doing, I put a bid in for Pedro who was at Internazionale. My bid was just Ribas Diego, who was rated 93, and Pedro was rated 92. To my joy, this deal was accepted (This was a few days before Diego dropped) and so, I did the best for myself as I could and took advantage of the now ex-Inter manager and practically stole some players from him! [center'][/center] The third deal is not as good for me, but I still think it's a bargain, this league is pretty competitive, and the other manager may have cottoned on to what I was doing. I hasten to add that the other manager was NOT a young child, it was a adult, unless his D.O.B. Was false. So my Arsenal side now had three great players, in exchange for two not so good players, and two better players, who will probably drop. You could do this in your gameworld(s), I can virtually guarantee that there will be a muppet in it, and if you don't mind taking advantage for your own gain, it is a ruthlessly effective way of strengthening your side. A good way to find out which managers are not as hot as you is to look at their club transfers. If you see any that are a bit ridiculous, you have a good chance of having found a muppet. If you're not sure, just post their transfers on the forum and ask everyone what they think. Thanks for reading, I know it's very long, but I hope it helps some people out. New pieces of information may be edited in at some point.
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Spam's Guide to - Risers, Droppers, Youngsters
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Moved from Player Assistance. OK, so with me being largely inactive in 2010 I've decided to reintroduce myself to the forum with a total redo of this thread, which consists of the following: 1) 90-99 Rated Potential Risers 2) 88/89 Rated Potential 90 Risers 3) 90-99 Potential Droppers 4) 'Must Keep' Youngsters (★ System) 5) U25 85-89 Potential Risers 6) U25 80-84 Potential Risers 7) List of Players who I feel can make it to 95+ Note - ★ Starred Players are the best signings ★, IMO anyway. *NEW YOUTH SYSTEM* - The 'Must Keep Youngsters' section of the thread is now rated as follows: ★★★ - Good Youth Player, Buy if you have a lot of money available. ★★★★ - Great Youth Player, Buy if you have money available. ★★★★★ - Fantastic Youth Player, Save up to buy. ★★★★★ - Phenomenal Youth Player, absolute must buy. Sections 6 and 7 under construction, Section 4 will have a full update on Monday, AM. Here goes. *90+ Rated Risers* *Goalkeepers* Victor Valdes - Barcelona - 91 -> 91/92 Heurelho Gomes - Tottenham - 90 -> 90/91 Maarten Stekelenburg - Ajax - 90 -> 90/91 ★ Hugo Lloris - Lyon - 91 -> 92 ★ Manuel Neuer - Schalke 04 - 90 -> 91/90 Rene Adler - Bayer Leverkusen - 91 -> 91/92 Shay Given - Manchester City - 91 -> 91/92 *Defenders* Ferreira Lucio - Internazionale - 94 -> 95/94 ★ Gerard Pique - Barcelona - 92 -> 94 ★ Alessandro Gamberini - Fiorentina - 91 -> 91/92 Walter Samuel - Internazionale - 92 -> 92/93 Branislav Ivanovic - Chelsea - 90 -> 91 ★ Thomas Vermaelen - Arsenal - 90 -> 91/92 ★ Philipp Lahm - Bayern Munich - 93 -> 93/94 Bruno Alves - FC Porto - 92 -> 92/93 Patrice Evra - Manchester United - 94 -> 94/95 Raul Albiol - Real Madrid - 92 -> 92/93 Thiago Silva - AC Milan - 90 -> 91 *Midfielders* Andres Iniesta - Barcelona - 96 -> 96/97 ★ Marek Hamsik - Napoli - 91 -> 91/92 ★ Nico Kranjcar - Tottenham - 90 -> 91/90 Wesley Sneijder - Internazionale - 94 -> 95/94 Darren Fletcher - Manchester United - 91 -> 92/93 Juan Mata - Valencia - 91 -> 91/92 Florent Malouda - Chelsea - 91 -> 92 Aaron Lennon - Tottenham - 90 -> 90/91 Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munich - 92 -> 92/93 Jesus Navas - Sevilla - 92 -> 92/93 David Silva - Valencia - 93 -> 93/94 Lass Diarra - Real Madrid - 92 -> 92/93 Milos Krasic - CSKA Moscow - 90 -> 90/91 James Milner - Aston Villa - 90 -> 90/91 Arjen Robben - Bayern Munich - 93 -> 94/93 Juan Vargas - Fiorentina - 91 -> 91/92 Gareth Barry - Manchester City - 91 -> 91/92 Pablo Hernandez - Valencia - 90 -> 91 Ji-Sung Park - Manchester United - 90 -> 90/91 ★ Mesut Ozil - Werder Bremen - 90 -> 91/90 ★ Antonio Valencia - Manchester United - 90 -> 92/91 Luka Modric - Tottenham - 91 -> 91/92 *Strikers* Mirko Vucinic - Roma -> 91 -> 91/92 Alexandre Pato - Milan - 92 -> 92/93 Lisandro - Lyon - 92 -> 92/93 ★ Gonzalo Higuain - Real Madrid - 93 -> 94/95 ★ Jermaine Defoe - Tottenham Hotspur - 91 -> 91/92 Wayne Rooney - Manchester United - 96 -> 96/97 Luis Fabiano - Sevilla - 93 -> 93/94 Edin Dzeko - Wolfsburg - 91 -> 91/92 Oscar Cardozo - Benfica - 90 -> 91/90 Luis Suarez () - Ajax - 90 -> 91/90 Stefan Kiessling - Bayer Leverkusen - 90 -> 91/90 *80s -> 90s Players* *Goalkeepers* Mark Schwarzer - Fulham - 89 -> 89/90 Morgan De Sanctis - Napoli - 89 -89/90 Federico Marchetti - Cagliari - 89 -> 89/90 dos Reis Eduardo - Braga - 89 -> 90 Joe Hart - B'Ham/Man City - 89 -> 90/89 Cedric Carrasso - Bordeaux - 89 -> 89/90 *Defenders* Ruano Alexis - Valencia - 89 -> 89/90 ★ Simon Kjaer - Palermo - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Richard Dunne - Aston Villa - 89 -> 89/90 Aly Cissokho - Lyon - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Jerome Boateng - Hamburg 89 -> 90 ★ Jan Vertonghen - Ajax - 89 -> 89/90 Daniel Agger - Liverpool - 89 -> 90/89 Maxi Perreira - Benfica - 89 -> 89/90 Richard Dunne - Aston Villa - 89 -> 89/90 Souleymane Diawara - Marseille - 89 -> 89/90 Vincent Kompany - Manchester City - 89 -> 90/89 Nicolas Otamendi - Velez Sarsfield - 88 -> 89/90 Sami Hyypia - Bayer Leverkusen - 89 -> 90 Benoit Tremoulinas - Bordeaux - 89 -> 90/89 ★ David Luiz - Benfica - 88 -> 89/90 ★ Sebastien Bassong - Tottenham - 88 -> 89/90 Brede Hangeland - Fulham - 89 -> 89/90 Taye Taiwo - Marseille - 89 -> 90 Adil Rami - Lille - 89 -> 90/89 Johnny Evans - Manchester United - 89 -> 90/89 *Midfielders* Marko Marin - Werder Bremen - 89 -> 90/89 Renato Augusto - Bayer Leverkusen - 89 -> 90 Balazs Dzsudzsak - PSV - 89 -> 89/90 Benoit Cheyrou - Marseille - 89 -> 90 Alan Dzagoev - CSKA Moscow - 89 -> 89/90 ★ Stevan Jovetic - Fiorentina - 89 -> 90 ★ Emmanuel Eboue - Arsenal - 89 -> 89/90 ★ Angel Di Maria - Benfica - 89 -> 90/91 ★ Ever Banega - Valencia - 89 -> 90 Bryan Ruiz - Twente - 89 -> 89/90 Hatem Ben Arfa - Marseille -89 -> 90/89 Yohan Cabaye - Lille - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Pedro Rodriguez - Barcelona - 88 -> 90/91 ★ Steven Pienaar - Everton - 89 -> 90 Jose Antonio Reyes - Atletico - 89 -> 89/90 Sandro - Internacional/Tottenham - 88 -> 89/90 Wilson Palacios - Tottenham - 89 -> 90 Abou Diaby - Arsenal - 88 -> 89/90 Lucas Leiva - Liverpool - 88 -> 89/90 Didier Zokora - Sevilla - 89 -> 90 Diego Perotti - Sevilla - 89 -> 90 Eljero Elia - Hamburg - 89 -> 90 Alex Song - Arsenal - 89 -> 90/89 Cleiton Xavier - Palmeiras - 89 -> 89/90 Thiago Motta - Internazionale - 89 -> 90/89 *Strikers* Edinson Cavani - Palermo - 89 -> 89/90 Javier Saviola - Benfica - 89 -> 90 Darren Bent - Sunderland - 89 -> 90 Roberto Soldado - Getafe - 89 -> 89/90 Djibril Cisse - Panathinaikos - 89 -> 90/89 Nicklas Bendtner - Arsenal - 88 -> 89/90 Vieira Hulk - FC Porto - 89 -> 89/90 Loic Remy - Rennes - 89 -> 90 Maro Boselli - Estudiantes - 89 -> 90/89 Claudio Pizarro - Werder Bremen - 89 -> 90 Evaeverson Brandao - Marseille - 89 -> 90/89 Craig Bellamy - Manchester City 89 -> 90 Louis Saha - Everton - 89 -> 90/89 Bafetimbi Gomis - Lyon - 89 -> 89/90 *MUST KEEP Youngsters* Marc Muniesa - ★★★★★ Neymar - ★★★★★ Zezinho - ★★★★ Boquita - ★★★ Bernardo - ★★★★ Sergio Keko - ★★★★★ Havard Nordtveit - ★★★★ Matej Delac - ★★★★★ Philippe Coutinho - ★★★★★ Kyriakos Papadopoulos - ★★★★ Raul Asprilla - ★★★ Junior Stanislas - ★★★★ Douglas Costa - ★★★★★ Rafa Toloi - ★★★★ Dean Parrett - ★★★ John Bostock - ★★★★ Romelo Lukaku - ★★★★★ Jonjo Shelvey - ★★★★ Fabio - ★★★★★ Ciro - ★★★★ Thiago Alcantara - ★★★★★ Ayub Daud - ★★★★ Jeffren Suarez - ★★★ Gai Assulin - ★★★★ Ishak Belfodil - ★★★ Kieran Gibbs - ★★★★★ Eyal Golasa - ★★★★ Marko Vejinovic - ★★★★ Gregory Sertic - ★★★★ Marvin Zeegelaar - ★★★★ Ransford Osei - ★★★★★ Jan Chramosta - ★★★★ Federico Macheda - ★★★★★ Norvey Orozco - ★★★ Muhammad Ghadir - ★★★★★ Ahmed Khalil - ★★★★ Sanmartin Joselu - ★★★ Nile Ranger - ★★★ Kalidou Yero - ★★★★★ Muhammet Demir - ★★★★★ Nathan Delfouneso - ★★★★ Macauley Chrisantus - ★★★★ Xherdan Shaquiri - ★★★ Daniel Villalba - ★★★★★ Francis Coquelin - ★★★★ Danijel Aleksic - ★★★★★ Danny Welbeck - ★★★★ Iker Muniain - ★★★★★ Daniel Ayala - ★★★ Krisztian Nemeth - ★★★★ Martin Galvan - ★★★★★ Nassim Ben Khalifa - ★★★★ Stephen Darby - ★★★ Gaston Sauro - ★★★★ Leandro Cabrero - ★★★★ Kermit Erasmus - ★★★ Funso Ojo - ★★★★ Daniel Drinkwater - ★★★ Mark Randall - ★★★ James Rodriguez - ★★★★ Medy Elito - ★★★ Luke Freeman - ★★★★ Jose Baxter - ★★★★★ Torric Jebrin - ★★★★ Barry Bannan - ★★★ Oier Olazabal - ★★★★ Jefferson Montero - ★★★★★ Timothee Kolodziejczak - ★★★★ Daley Blind - ★★★★★ Lucas Trecarichi - ★★★★ Semih Kaya - ★★★ Jano Ananidze - ★★★★ Reggie Lamb - ★★★★ Sebastien Corchia - ★★★ Fabian Delph - ★★★★★ Erik Lamela - ★★★★★ Ivan Tomecak - ★★★ Holger Badstuber - ★★★★★ *90+ Rated Droppers* Bold Red may never regain their current rating, IMO David James - Portsmouth - 90 -> 89 Doni - Roma - 90 -> 89 Artur Boruc - Celtic - 90 -> 89/90 Jens Lehmann - Stuttgart - 90 -> 88 Jussi Jaaskalainen - Bolton - 90 -> 89 Carlos Kameni - Espanyol - 90 -> 89 Eric Abidal - Barcelona - 93 -> 92/93 Christian Chivu - Internazionale - 93 -> 92 Gianluca Zambrotta - AC Milan - 93 -> 91/92 Fabio Cannavaro - Juventus - 93 -> 91 Kolo Toure - Manchester City - 93 -> 92 Jose Bosingwa - Chelsea - 92 -> 91/92 Gabriel Milito - Barcelona - 92 -> 91 Arne Friedrich - Hertha Berlin - 91 -> 90/89 Carlos Marchena - Valencia - 91 -> 90/91 Dmytro Chygrynskiy - Barcelona - 90 -> 90/89 Miguel - Valencia - 90 -> 89 Kakha Kaladze - AC Milan - 90 -> 89 Massimo Oddo - AC Milan - 90 -> 89 Olof Mellberg - Olympiakos - 90 -> 89 Ricardo Kaka - Real Madrid - 97 -> 97/96 Steven Gerrard - Liverpool - 97 -> 95 Franck Ribery - Bayern Munich - 95 -> 95/94 Ribas Diego - Juventus - 94 -> 93/92 Andrea Pirlo - AC Milan - 94 -> 94/93 Michael Ballack - Chelsea - 93 -> 92 Robinho - Santos/Man City - 93 -> 92 Marcos Senna - Villarreal - 93 -> 92 Maxi Rodriguez - Liverpool - 93 -> 92/91 Yaya Toure - Barcelona - 92 -> 91/92 Samir Nasri - Arsenal - 92 -> 92/91 Anatoliy Tymoschuk - Bayern Munich - 92 -> 90/91 Mahamado Diarra - 92 -> 90 Santi Cazorla - Villarreal - 92 -> 91 Deco - Chelsea/Fluminense - 92 -> 91 Michael Carrick - Manchester United - 92 -> 91 Yuri Zhirkov - Chelsea - 92 -> 92/91 Paul Scholes - Manchester United - 92 -> 91/90 Felipe Melo - Juventus - 91 -> 90 Joe Cole - Chelsea - 92 -> 90/91 Christian Poulsen - Juventus - 91 -> 90/89 Lorik Cana - Sunderland - 91 -> 90 Aleksandr Hleb - Stuttgart/Barca - 91 -> 90/89 Gilberto Silva - Panathinaikos - 91 -> 90 Patrick Vieira - Manchester City - 91 -> 90 Luis Anderson - Manchester United - 91 -> 89 Sidney Govou - Lyon - 91 -> 90/91 Tomas Rosicky - Arsenal - 90 -> 89 Owen Hargreaves - Manchester United - 90 -> 89 Alberto Aquilani - Liverpool - 90 -> 89 Fernando Gago - Real Madrid - 90 -> 89/90 David Beckham - LA Galaxy - 90 -> 89 Juan Arango - Moenchengladbach - 90 -> 89 Migel Danny - Zenit - 90 -> 89/90 Maniche - Cologne - 90 -> 89 Mohamed Sissoko - Juventus - 90 -> 89 Ruud Van Nistelrooy - Hamburg - 95 -> 93 Samuel Eto'o - Internazionale - 96 -> 95 Thierry Henry - Barcelona - 94 -> 92/93 Mario Gomez - Bayern Munich - 93 -> 92/91 Karim Benzema - Real Madrid - 93 -> 92 Raul - Real Madrid - 93 -> 91 Adrian Mutu - Banned - 93 -> 91/90 Alessandro Del Piero - Juventus - 93-> 92/91 David Trezeguet - Juventus - 91 -> 90/91 Klass-Jan Huntelaar - AC Milan - 91 -> 90/91 Daniel Guiza - Fenerbahce - 91 -> 90 Robbie Keane - Celtic/Spurs - 91 -> 90 Mauro Zarate - Lazio - 90 -> 89/90 Alexander Frei - Basel - 90 -> 88/89 Michael Owen - Manchester United - 90 -> 89 Lukas Podolski - Cologne - 90 -> 89/90 Fernando Cavenaghi - Bordeaux - 90 -> 90/89 *U25 Risers - 85 - 89* ★ Joe Hart - B'Ham/Man City - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Sergio Romero - AZ - 88 -> 89/88 Nestor Muslera - Lazio - 87 -> 88 David Ospina - Nice - 87 -> 87/88 Ruano Alexis - Valencia - 89 -> 89/90 ★ Simon Kjaer - Palermo - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Aly Cissokho - Lyon - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Jerome Boateng - Hamburg 89 -> 90 ★ Jan Vertonghen - Ajax - 89 -> 89/90 Benoit Tremoulinas - Bordeaux - 89 -> 90/89 Daniel Agger - Liverpool - 89 -> 90/89 Maxi Perreira - Benfica - 89 -> 89/90 Vincent Kompany - Manchester City - 89 -> 90/89 Nicolas Otamendi - Velez Sarsfield - 88 -> 89/90 Taye Taiwo - Marseille - 89 -> 90 Adil Rami - Lille - 89 -> 90/89 Johnny Evans - Manchester United - 89 -> 90/89 ★ David Luiz - Benfica - 88 -> 89/90 ★ Sebastien Bassong - Tottenham - 88 -> 89/90 Benedikt Howedes - Schalke - 88 -> 89/88 Neven Subotic - Borussia Dortmund - 88 -> 89 Cesar Azpilicueta - Osasuna - 88 -> 89 Gregory Van der Wiel - Ajax - 88 -> 89 Mamadou Sakho - PSG - 88 -> 88/89 Daniel Carrico - Sporting Lisbon - 87 -> 88/87 Juan Forlin - Espanyol - 87 -> 88 Mats Hummels - Borussia Dortmund - 87 -> 88 Gareth Bale - Tottenham - 87 -> 89/88 Rafel Toloi - Goias - 86 -> 87/88 Nicolas N'Koulou - Monaco - 86 -> 87 Andrea Ranocchia - Genoa/Bari - 86 -> 88 Leonardo Bonucci - Bari - 86 -> 88 Holger Badstuber - Bayern Munich - 85 -> 88/87 Seb Coates - Nacional - 85 -> 86 Seb Corchia - Le Mans - 85 -> 87 Mario Fernandes - Gremio - 85 -> 87/86 Dejan Lovren - Lyon - 85 -> 86 Victor Ramos - Standard Liege - 85 -> 86 ★ Angel Di Maria - Benfica - 89 -> 90/91 ★ Ever Banega - Valencia - 89 -> 90 Bryan Ruiz - Twente - 89 -> 89/90 Hatem Ben Arfa - Marseille -89 -> 90/89 Yohan Cabaye - Lille - 89 -> 90/89 ★ Pedro Rodriguez - Barcelona - 88 -> 90/91 ★ Diego Perotti - Sevilla - 89 -> 90 Eljero Elia - Hamburg - 89 -> 90 Alex Song - Arsenal - 89 -> 90/89 Sandro - Internacional/Tottenham - 88 -> 89/90 Wilson Palacios - Tottenham - 89 -> 90 Abou Diaby - Arsenal - 88 -> 89/90 Lucas Leiva - Liverpool - 88 -> 89/90 Marko Marin - Werder Bremen - 89 -> 90/89 Renato Augusto - Bayer Leverkusen - 89 -> 90 Balazs Dzsudzsak - PSV - 89 -> 89/90 Alan Dzagoev - CSKA Moscow - 89 -> 89/90 Stevan Jovetic - Fiorentina - 89 -> 90 Etienne Capoue - Toulouse - 88 -> 89 Arturo Vidal - Bayer Leverkusen - 88 -> 89/88 Alexis Sanchez - Udinese - 88 -> 89 Aaron Hunt - Werder Bremen - 88 -> 89/88 Giuliano - Internacional - 87 -> 88 Javier Pastore - Palermo - 87 -> 88/89 Eduardo Salvio - Atletico - 87 -> 88 ★ Eden Hazard - Lille - 87 -> 89/88 ★ Ruben Micael - Porto - 87 -> 88 Toni Kroos - Bayer Leverkusen - 86 -> 88 Paulo Henrique - Santos - 86 -> 87 Andrea Poli - Sampdoria - 86 -> 87/88 ★ James Rodriguez - Banfield - 85 -> 87/88 ★ Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez - Standard Liege - 85 -> 86 Timo Gebhart - Stuttgart - 86 -> 86/87 ★ Sergio Canales - Racing/Real Madrid - 85 -> 87 ★ Thomas Muller - Bayern Munich - 85 -> 87/88 Marlos - Sao Paulo - 85 -> 86 Nicolas Lodeiro - Ajax - 85 -> 86/87 Macdonald Mariga - Internazionale - 85 -> 86 Fabio Coentrao - Benfica - 85 -> 86/87 Adam Johnson - Manchester City - 85 -> 87/88 Edinson Cavani - Palermo - 89 -> 89/90 Nicklas Bendtner - Arsenal - 88 -> 89/90 Vieira Hulk - FC Porto - 89 -> 89/90 Loic Remy - Rennes - 89 -> 90 Maro Boselli - Estudiantes - 89 -> 90/89 Roberto Soldado - Getafe - 89 -> 89/90 Bafetimbi Gomis - Lyon - 89 -> 89/90 Hugo Rodallega - Wigan - 88 -> 89/88 Nicklas Bendtner - Arsenal - 88 -> 89/90 ★ Romelo Lukaku - Anderlecht - 87 -> 88/89 ★ Tomas Necid - CSKA Moscow - 87 -> 88 Eren Derdiyok - Bayer Leverkusen - 87 -> 88 Lucas Barrios - Borussia Dortmund - 87 -> 88 ★ Neymar - Santos - 86 -> 88/87 ★ Nicolas Gaitan - Boca/Benfica - 86 -> 87/86 Javier Hernandez - Chivas/Manchester United - 86 -> 87 Takayuki Morimoto - Catania - 86 -> 87 Adrian Colunga - Zaragoza/Recreativo - 85 -> 85/86 Paulo Henrique - Palmeiras - 85 -> 86 Joaquin Boghossian - Newell's Old Boys - 85 -> 86
"What Can Influence Changes?" - Is this still valid?
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Please note, this is in no way a complaint, I'm just curious as to whether the "What Can Influence Changes?" on SM Help article is still valid. My reasoning for this post is based on the rating of Lucas. In this post I will try and keep my opinion out of this as much as possible (so no-one can call me bias) and just use facts. Lucas joined Liverpool from Grêmio on 26 July 2007 and was rated 88. This rating was dueto a number of achievments such as him captaining all the Brazillian youth squads up to U20's, winning the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B with Gremio in 2003, winning the Campeonato Gaúcho in 2006 & 2007, and also becoming the youngest ever player to win the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Footballer of the year). His rating today (Wednesday 16th December) is still 88. This suggests that since he has joined Liverpool he hasn't improved in the slightest. However the article on the online help suggests otherwise. The Online Help states: Since joing Liverpool in 2007, Lucas played has gained International experience. Lucas first featured for Brazil in August 2007 shortly after joining Liverpool. Later in 2008 Lucas got a call up to his first big tournament, and played an important part in Brazil winning a Bronze medal at the Olympics. More recently, in August of this year, Lucas was recalled to the Brazil squad after consistent performences for Liverpool, and has stayed in the squad making a few appearances since. On a domestic level Lucas has also improved a lot. After starting off playing a sub role in his first season, Lucas went on to become an important part of Liverpool's club rotation last year as Liverpool finished second in the Premier League. Due to having one of the best playmakers infront of him, Alonso, Lucas didn't start every game, however he did still play a large portion of Liverpool's games. This year Lucas has started EVERY Premier League game and played every Champions League game (except against Fiorentina as the game was not important). Despite Aquilani being fit, Rafa Benitez has stuck by Lucas due to his impressive league form. Many fans who used to criticise Lucas also now understand that he is a very important part of Liverpool, and has arguably been one of the most consistent players this season. Infact there is stats to back this up - http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11096_2705370,00.html I have been banging on on these forums for ages saying that Lucas has one of the best footballing brains around and is always getting in to great positions helping players find a pass and knowing instantly where he is going to pass it. Now there are stats to show it. This season Lucas has the fifth best passing rate in the Prem and the third best tackler in the Prem. FACT Please always seem to ignore these stats and focus on what the press say about Lucas not scoring enough goals or getting enough assists. But don't they realise he is not that sort of player! Rafa wouldn't play him if he was useless, and these stats prove he is one of the most important players around. So, back to where I was... The article in the SM Help. I've analysed all of the points made a feel since joining Liverpool, Lucas can definetely be said to have: Domestic honours; (runners up at least) Continental honours; International honours; Domestic experience; Continental experience; International experience; Reaching the next stage in their career (e.g proving themselves in a higher division or at a continental/international level). So that's 7 of the 8 things listed. And Lucas has also gratly improved his game since joining Liverpool as the stats show. So why hasn't he risen? I'd also like to compare him with two other players: - Denilson, Arsenal (89) - Anderson, Man Utd (91) Firstly, all three of the players joined top four clubs as "wonderkids" with a lot of potential. They are all a similar age, play in similar positions, for similar sized clubs. We'll start off with Denilson, probably the most less known of the three when he made his big move. However, he was playing games for Brazil champions Sao Paulo and was highly rated in Brazil. Since moving to Arsenal he has played a total of 67 games and scored 4 goals. He has never played for Brazil. This season he has had a few injury problems, although has played 7 premier league games scoring 1 goals. Many Arsenal fans would consider him a useful part of the squad rotation. Secondly Anderson. Many people would say Man Utd massively overpayed for him splashing out £18 million. He had a big fee to live up to and has played a total of 51 games since joining Man Utd scoring 1 goal. He last played for Brazil national team in August 2008 meaning he has not played for over a year. This season he has started 8 EPL games, being used as a sub twice and scoring 1 goal. Finally Lucas. He moved to Liverpool from Gremio for £5 mil with a big name to live up to. Since joining he has played 59 games and scored 1 goal. He is in the current Brazil national team and last featured in October of this year. This season he's played every EPL game for Liverpool. So to conclude, Lucas has played more domestic football then the others this season, more international football then the others this season, has better pass rates, and better tacking rates, yet is still 3 rating points lower than Anderson and 1 point lower than Denilson who has never even got a call up to the national team. My question, why is Lucas still rated so low? And please don't say Liverpool's league position because we are only a few point below the likes of Arsenal and if our position was an issue we wouldn't have a 97 and 96 rated player in our squad. Liverpool's squad average is something like 92, so there is no way our squad position could have had an impact on Lucas staying 88. So please SM, if you read this respond giving your reasoning as I am very confused as to why Lucas has not been given the rise he certainly deserves. Is the "What Can Influence Changes?" no longer valid? or do SM honestly think Lucas has not improved since joining Liverpool? EDIT: Forgot to mention Babel. I know he's playing in a different position but how can Babel be rated higher than Lucas. I just don't see any logic there at all. If the Liverpool squad's ratings need to be kept balanced then Babel should drop to 87 in order for Lucas to get his +2 rise.
Section 1 Risers - Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru and Uruguay
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Section 1 Risers It's a long time since these countries were reviewed, and given that the last 2 times all the Section 1 leagues bar Brazil were reviewed after Section 8, I'm assuming the same will happen again this time. As such, I have decided to post predictions for the players that I think will gain significant rises during these changes. I am not including Argentina, as the league is already excellently covered, whilst Bolivia and Costa Rica provide slim pickings, though I will add these countries if necessary. All risers will be listed on this initial post by country, from lowest current rating to highest, with the best risers in blue. This will be updated whenever I come across any players I've missed, and as I scrutinize the predictions as more games are played. This post will link to posts on individual countries, which will give more information, and explain why I have made such predictions. All predictions are my own, though some players are already well known. Any players that already have their own threads will also be linked. Enjoy. Chile Emanuel Lazzarini 70 → 76 (Will now not be assessed due to transfer) Sebastian Zuniga 72 → 77 Alejandro Gaete 74 → 78 Lucas Ojeda 75 → 79/80 78/9 Juan Albornoz 76 → 79 Matias Campos 76 → 81/2 80 Christian Cueva 76 → 80/1 (suggested by Nemanja Vidic) Alfonso Parot 77 → 78/9/80 Lorenzo Reyes 77 → 80 Juan Olivares 77 → 80 Enzo Gutierrez 78 → 80 Mario Pardo 78 → 81 Paulo Garces 78 → 82 Mauro Olivi 79 → 81 Eduardo Vargas 79 → 82 Miguel Hernandez 79 → 82 Rodolfo Gonzalez 80 → 82 Oliver Toledo 80 → 83 82 Diego Rosende 80 → 82/3 Mauro Bogado 80 → 81 Marco Medel 80 → 83 Juan José Morales 80 → 82/3 Sebastián Tagliabue 81 → 83 (transferred to Once Caldas, Columbia) Charles Aranguiz 83 → 85 Felipe Seymour 83 → 85 Ezequiel Miralles 85 → 86 Mexico Antonio Rios 72 → 78+ Pablo Aja 73 → 78 Hector Gutierrez 74 → 78 Raul Nava 74 → 81 80 Oswaldo Alanis 74 → 81/2 80+ Roberto Juarez 75 → 82 Ezequiel Orozco 75 → 82 Jorge Echavarria 76 → 79 (suggested by Andy Owls) Jose Jonathan Pina 76 → 79 Herbert Alferez 76 → 80 Rodrigo Salinas 76 → 81 80 (suggested by Andy Owls) Jorge Gastelum Ocampo 76 → 82/3 (suggested by Andy Owls) Luis David Velazquez 77 → 83 Jesús Zavala 78 → 81/2 Alfredo Talavera 78 → 84 81 Margarito Gonzalez 78 → 82 Juan Carlos Rojas 78 → 81/2 Héctor Miguel Morales 78 → 82 Raúl Rico 79 → 82 Uriel Alvarez 80 → 82/3 Diego Novaretti 80 → 84/5 Daniel Arreola 82 → 84/5 Darwin Chavez 83 → 85 Noé Maya 83 → 85 Jesus Molina 83 → 85/6 Edgar Pacheco 83 → 85/6 Javier Hernandez 83 → 87/8 86/7 Emanuel Villa 83 → 87 Marco Ivan Perez 84 → 86 Mariano Barbosa 84 → 85 Enrique Esqueda 85 → 87/8 Venezuela Luis Cabezas 72 → 76 Daniel Benitez 74 → 80 78 Daniel Valdes 76 → 78/9 Jhon Cordoba 76 → 80/1 Zamir Valoyes 83 → 84/5 Peru Roberto Ardiles 70 → 77 Bryan Salazar 73 → 76 Rubén Valladares 74 → 76/7 (suggested by xpratx) Edson Aubert 75 → 79/80 Kerwin Peixoto 75 → 79 (suggested by xpratx) Horacio Ramirez 76 → 79 Irveng Avila 76 → 81 Jimmy Schmidt 76 → 79 Yoshi Yotun 78 → 82 Joel Sanchez 80 → 82 Uruguay Matías Mier 72 → Néstor Moiraghi 72 → Mauro Goicoechea 73 → Enzo Perez 73 → 75 (suggested by xpratx) Gomes Cristiano 74 → Rodrigo Pastorini 74 → 78 Rodrigo Cabrera 74 → 79/80 78 Federico Puppo 75 → 77/8 (suggested by xpratx) Sergio Perez 75 → 78/9 77/8 (suggested by xpratx) Ismael Espiga 75 → 78 (suggested by xpratx) (Will now not be assessed due to transfer) Marcelo Rodriguez 75 → Mauricio Pereyra 75 → Mauricio Diaz 75 → Diego Rodriguez 75 → Jorge Cordoba 75 → 81/2 Marcel Novick 76 → Julián Lalinde 76 → Gastón Ramirez 76 → Mauro Silva 76 → Jonathan Ramis 76 → 82 (transferred to Cadiz) Jonathan Ramirez 77 → Martin Campana 77 → Nicolás Guevara 77 → Carlos Rodriguez 77 → 80/1 (suggested by xpratx) Martín Cauteruchi 77 → Lucero Alvarez 78 → Damián Frascarelli 78 → Sebastián Coates 78 → 82/3 Mauren Franco 80 → 83 (transferred to Chacarita Juniors, Argentina) Sebastián Sosa 82 → 84/5 Diego Ifran 84 → 85 Nicolás Lodeiro 84 → 86 (transferred to Ajax) (suggested by mitic0)
Lee's list of 88+ risers
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Having taken so much from this forum I feel it's time I gave something back, even if it is just an amalgamation of other people's work. I'm going to try and list players currently's rated 88 or above from each country's league who have a chance of rising - my results for each country are split in 2 sections: Probable Risers - players with a 90%+ chance of getting a rise Possible Risers - players with a 50%+ chance of getting a rise at the moment, and who are likely to make progress from now until the rating changes towards that rise. Then I'll highlight my ★STAR BUYS★, players getting particularly large rises, or player likely to carry on rising. Basically, players you should definately get your hands on now! Where two (or more!) possible ratings are displayed (e.g. 90-91/92), the first is the one most likely. England Spain Italy France Germany Holland Portugal Looking for a certain position? Well now they're sorted again, this time by a player's primary position... GK LB RB CB/Def DM (includes CM/DM) Wing/LM/RM AM/CM Fwd/CF And finally, all the star buys in one, handy, place. Nice.
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Jonathan Weiss Tours
Discovering the Dark Side of New Orleans
Dark History Tour
Vampire Tour
Vampire VIP Tour
Ghost Tour
Cocktales Tour
Women of NOLA Tour
French Quarter History Tour
The tour is $25 for adults, $18 for students/ teachers, seniors/military, and $14 for kids 6-11 (5 years & under are free)
How long are the tours?
The tours are about 1.5 hours plus walking time and a break.
Is there a lot walking?
Walking is a matter of blocks, with frequent stops and a break half-way along the tour.
How many houses does the tour go into?
The Majority of the sites we visit are private homes, businesses and even museums, the latter two are easily visited during non-tour hours!
What happens if it rains?
The rain in New Orleans is a constant, so unless it’s a tropical storm or hurricane, we will always go out!
Tickets can be purchased in advance from www.jonathanweisstours.com with any major credit card. Assuming there is space, we can accept cash, travelers checks, company checks and all credit cards day-of.
Can I walk to the Garden District from the French Quarter?
Walking in New Orleans is generally a pleasure, but the Garden District is most easily accessed from the Quarter by the St. Charles streetcar, taxi or Uber/Lyft. Please keep in mind that depending on the time of year, it can take longer to get in and out.
Where does the tour meet?
The tours depart from Pirate’s Alley, close to 622 Pirate’s Alley, between Royal and Chartres, next to the Cathedral.
What makes your company better than the others?
Well, I’ve been interviewed and used as a go-to guide, and consultant on A&E, History Channel, Bravo, Travel Channel, Discovery, CMT and others, and have worked with films and television including being the sole consultant for the television series “the Originals.” Having had my license and lived in the neighborhood for 15 years, I’m intimate with most of the details of the old city, and have stories and details that most will never know. There are virtually no pre-Katrina guides in New Orleans, and I am one of the few.
What’s the difference between the Ghost & the Vampire Tour? Does the tour material overlap between tours?
The Ghost Tour is specifically about the people of New Orleans – their lives, deaths, why they’re in the buildings and in some cases, why they can never leave.
The Vampire Tour is history, legend, local mysteries, murders, old folklore of both the world and the city. It’s comprehensive, and not to be mixed with another tour, and thereby watered down.
Do people jump out at you?
This city doesn’t need people to jump out at you to thrill or terrify.
Will we actually “experience” anything paranormal on the tour?
I always encourage the taking of pictures anyplace we stop regardless of the tour, and often several. When you speak of the past, the dead, their names, the occurrences, it will oftentimes spark their interest and cause them to show up. I can’t tell you how often ghost activity is captured on film, and often by accident!
Do we go to a cemetery on the Ghost tour and do you have any nighttime cemetery tours ?
Sadly, the cemeteries are shut by 3pm by the city and the Archdiocese, and are not accessible to the Ghost Tours, but ask me for a recommendation, and I can get you booked on the best cemetery tour in the city!
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eBook: 9780974021409 (FREE!) / Trade Paperback: 9781942052098
Audiobook: 5 Hours 59 Minutes
Book Club Readers' Guide
Every desperate housewife would love an alias. Donna Stone has one, and it's government sanctioned. Oh sure, you need to be ruthless to take on Russian mafia bosses, rogue dictators, and terrorists set on destroying the world. But it takes real killer instincts to survive suburbia. Try juggling the fifth grade phone tree during a shootout with skinhead arms dealers, or driving carpool while being chased by Chinese double agents.
Donna's life wasn't always this complicated. Five years earlier she was just another woman with two preschoolers, a baby bump, and an adoring husband, Carl, with whom she lived happily ever after in a McMansion in the Orange County, California community of Hilldale. But Donna's life was changed forever the night she delivered her baby:
Carl's car blew up on the way to the hospital.
Turns out Carl was a “hard man”—an assassin for the black ops organization known as Acme Corporation. The hit on Carl was carried out by the Quorum, a terrorist cell he was tracking.
The Quorum's motto: “Show me the money.” Governments and corporations do as they're told-or suffer bloody consequences.
Carl left something behind that the Quorum wants badly. To protect herself and avenge Carl's death, Donna joined Acme. Whereas her hostessing skills rival Martha Stewart's, her marksmanship is second to none.
A good thing, too, because the Quorum has planted a sleeper cell in Hilldale. For Donna, that's too close for comfort. Will she be able to save her family before the Quorum blows up Los Angeles?
Acme's way of flushing out the Quorum is by “bringing Carl back from the dead.” But terrorism makes strange bedfellows. Jack Craig, the wild card Acme operative paired with Donna brings, new meaning to that old adage “Honey, I'm home…”
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S GUIDE TO GRACIOUS KILLING (Book 2)
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A nuclear arms summit, hosted by a politically connected American billionaire industrialist, provides the perfect opportunity for a rogue operative to assassinate the newly-elected Russian president on US soil. Acme operative Donna Stone's mission” seek and exterminate the shooter, before all hell–and World Word III–break loose.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S KILLER CHRISTMAS TIPS (Book 3)
‘Tis the season for mistletoe…and murder! There will be no peace on Earth if Donna doesn't find a shipping container filled with heat-seeking missiles!
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE (Book 4)
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London. Paris. Guantánamo Bay. Donna Stone is looking for love–and terrorists–in all the wrong places. Worse yet, an old flame gets in the way of Donna's chance for true love. But she doesn't cry. She gets even.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S VACATION TO DIE FOR (Book 5)
An NSA scientist has disappeared with a deadly plague virus. Donna and Jack must find him before it is unleashed on Fantasy island. But first they'll have to deal with a nude sunbathing serial killer, a Lord of the Flies ‘tween takeover, poison dart-throwing pygmies. And you call this a vacation?
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HOLLYWOOD SCREAM PLAY (Book 7)
Lights, cameras and non-stop action! When Donna and Jack are placed on Interpol's Most Wanted list, they go on the lam by accepting an offer to act as espionage experts on a movie set.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S KILLER APP (Book 8)
In order to flush out an internationally renowned hacker who is wreaking havoc with top secret documents inside the United States' Intelligence Community's secured database, housewife assassin Donna Stone infiltrates three very successful high tech corporations, including an interactive game start-up with an avatar on the deadliest mission of all: kill Donna.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HOSTAGE HOSTING TIPS (Book 9)
It's up to Donna Stone to save a hotel filled with international dignitaries from terrorists whose usual demands are million-dollar ransoms. But this time, the price is much higher, and much more personal, for the housewife assassin.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S GARDEN OF DEADLY DELIGHTS (Book 10) ($4.99 US)
Housewife assassin Donna Stone's green thumb–and for that matter, her trigger finger–is put to the test when she must stop the release of genetically enhanced corn containing a deadly brain-eating virus.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S TIPS FOR WEDDINGS, WEAPONS, AND WARFARE (Book 11)
It's time for Donna Stone and Jack Craig to tie the knot–hopefully, not around each other's necks as they juggle the planning of their wedding with tracking a terrorist in the White House.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HUSBAND HUNTING HINTS (Book 12)
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There is only one way for housewife assassin Donna Stone to save her husband and mission leader, Jack Craig, from torture and termination: become a traitor and act as a double agent for the terrorist organization known as the Quorum.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S GHOST PROTOCOL (Book 13)
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Housewife assassin Donna Stone's mission: go under deep cover in order to investigate the resurrection of known terrorists where were thought to be long dead and buried.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S TERRORIST TV GUIDE (Book 14)
Housewife assassin Donna Stone must be more than just ready for her close-up if she’s to stop a terrorist cell intent on exposing the United States' vulnerability to an attack on American soil. The only intel provided to Donna, Jack, and their mission team at Acme Industries is that it will take place during a live broadcast of a reality TV show. And wouldn’t you know it: each of the other housewife contestants has dirty little secrets that make them and their husbands very probable Persons of Interest.
So, who is the terrorist who wants to hold these celebrity housewives hostage—and worse yet, kill them off in front of their adoring fans?
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S DEADLY DOSSIER (Book 15: Series Prequel)
In this full-length prequel to the series, Acme Industries' black-ops agent, Jack Craig, is tasked with investigating the mysterious death of his organization's most prolific hit man, Carl Stone–only to fall in love the the dead man's wife, Donna: a woman he must never contact, but who may hold the key to her husband's disappearance. When Acme approaches Donna to join the organization as an assassin, Jack takes on an undercover mission that will change both their lives forever.
> THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S GREATEST HITS (Book 16)
eBook: 9781942052791 ($4.99 US) / Trade Paperback: 9781942052784 ($16.99)
As housewife assassin Donna Stone Craig’s life hangs in the balance, a deadly bet with the Grim Reaper brings forth a cavalcade of ghosts from her past: those whom she loved and lost, and those whose lives she took. Their sometimes chilling but always insightful points-of-view on Donna's life leave her with a few regrets, and at the same time grant her the redemption she needs to keep living. But first she must beat the Reaper at his own game.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S FOURTH ESTATE SALE (Book 17)
Signal Press / eBook: 9780974021492 ($4.99 US)
Trade Paperback: 9781942052841 ($16.99 US)
Donna and Jack must infiltrate a major media conglomerate's newspaper, television, and radio divisions in order to stop a foreign state's covert attempt to sabotage the U.S. president.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN GETS LUCKY (Stand-Alone Novel)
By Josie Brown and Deborah Coonts
Macondray Lane Press / eBook: ($4.99 US) / 9780692150917
Trade Paperback ($14.99 US) /
When two hot, haute heroines team up to solve a murder, neither can afford to be fashionably late.
Click here to read this excerpt—and to see who won the contest for a $100 gift card to the Bookstore of your choice…
On loan to the CIA, assassin Donna Stone Craig and her crack black-ops team have stepped into a viper’s nest. First, they darn near get out-bid and overwhelmed at an auction to acquire a vintage purse hiding some critical intel its lining. Then a very important source Donna is to meet at the Babylon London Club winds up dead. And the young woman’s intel—bearing incredible global consequences—is encrypted. She was the only one who could give Donna the cipher, and she’s dead. Surely someone else would know. But, who?
It’s easy to see why Acme’s prime suspect is the tall brunette who acts like she owns the place. Lucky O’Toole shows up at the wrong time, and in the wrong place.
But before Donna and Lucky can find the right answers, they’ll need to overcome their reservations and resolve their differences. But can they learn to trust each other before the real killer gets away?
They have to. Their lives—and world peace—depend on it.
THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HORRORSCOPE (Book 18)
Signal Press eBook: 9781942052678 ($4.99 US)
Trade Paperback 9781942052623 ($14.99 US)
In the 18th novel of THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN series:
Donna, Jack and their Acme ops team must find twelve suspects, each born under a different Zodiac sign, who hold clues to a Doomsday operation that will put the United States in the middle of a world war.
PRAISE FOR THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN SERIES
“The book ended with a hook that made me want to get the next one. I’m completely smitten.” —BarbaraVey.com
“A hilarious, laugh-out-loud read. Donna is a fantastic character – practical, witty, and kick-ass tough. There’s plenty of action – both in and out of the bedroom – and although there are a few grittier scenes, generally this is a light, humourous caper of a crime novel. I especially love the housekeeping tips at the start of each chapter – each with its own deadly twist! This book is perfect for relaxing in the bath with after a long day. I can’t wait to read the next in the series. Highly recommended.” —CrimeThrillerGirl.com
“Can I be Donna when I grow up? The story jumps off the page with side-splitting humor, toe-curling sexual tension, and a nail-biting mystery. It’s got everything a great story needs! It left me asking two important questions.” —Elicia Hyder, author, Soul Summoner Series
“Could not put this one down. For me, it was a completely different take on spy vs counters that was written in a completely natural, understandable manner.”—Amazon’s J. Vernon R.
“The perfect mix of sex, thrills, mystery and laughs. I couldn’t put it down!” —Amazon’s Florida K.
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Posted by KIRV on March 17, 2011
[ IMAGE ( above ): Special motion picture film and photographic imaging equipment caught this particular near still image of what Paul Bennewitz obtained certain information about ExtraTerrestrial Vehicles ( ETV ) passing in-to and out-of this particular solid rock face mountain at Wirt Canyon near Dulce, New Mexico, USA ( click on image to enlarge ) ]
March 17, 2011 11:08:42 (PST)
NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe – March 17, 2011 – Paul Philip Schneider, a mechanical engineer, was no slouch but a patriotic ex-military American who was found garroted to death shortly after publicly exposing a work-site area near the Archuleta Mesa ( between Colorado and New Mexico ) where an event occured while he worked under ‘contract’ for MORRISON-KNUTSON INC. that upon instructions from the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory ( LASL ) Geosciences Division – now known as – Los Alamos National Laboratory ( LANL ) caused him to be sent down an ‘old nuclear bomb borehole’ ( see further below about “Nuclear Fracturing” ) he claimed was located in a ‘remote area of northern New Mexico’ where his mission was to discover why huge plumes of ‘black soot’ were forcefully being shot up into the atmosphere’ at an active drill site where his team was located.
Schneider, by his own accounts, claimed the black soot atmosphere smelled like a sulphuric gas lingering in the air all around the drill-site, but who ever heard of a ‘carbon atmosphere’ of ’black sulphur gas’?
It is still seriously doubted if Phil Schneider knew what was actually happening down in the cavern he was ordered into through the borehole.
Did Schneider, know:
– What those plumes of ‘black soot’ actually consisted of, and ‘why’ it was being ‘forcefully shot-out of the borehole’ with such ‘pressure’;?
– How a ‘huge cavern came to be made’ at the bottom of the borehole?
– What the ‘cavern had been filled with and why’?
– Why boreholes were ‘specifically directed to be drilled precisely where they were’?
From what has been able to be gathered from in-depth research, Schneider was apparently sent by KNUTSON to perform his role as a ‘mechanical engineering consultant’, who totally by accident discovered something beyond his wildest imagination – and many other’s too.
Schneider was lowered down one of the boreholes with an ‘armed black beret military team’ that surrounded him but he could not understand ‘why’ he had such escorts – except for some unknown military security reason he wasn’t cleared to know, and being ex-military, Schneider knew-better than to ask any questions, but to ‘do what was asked of him by his superior’.
Now comes the point within this report that information becomes incredibly bizzare, however by in-depth research Schneider’s claims ( below ) have been pulled somewhat back into ‘more detailed perspective’ by ‘incredibly related facts’ that existed long ago.
Schneider and the other armed U.S. federal military employees discovered a group of what Schneider claims were ExtraTerrestrial Biological Entities ( EBEs ) that he referred to as alien “Grey talls” ( 7-foot extraterrestrial aliens with a bluish purple bioskin color.
Once lowered through the borehole, a deep underground cavern appeared and this is when Schneider claims he instantly got off several rounds of his own ammunition ( from his sidearm pistol ) before being shot by some ‘blue beam of light’ – leaving him cut wide-open in the chest as having several fingers of his cut-off from what the first ( 1st ) alien he encountered ( down there ) apparently aimed at him ( Schneider ).
Schneider further claimed that nearly sixty ( 60 ) U.S. government personnel and contractors lost their lives during this August 1979 ‘unpublicized event’ in what Schneider described having been involved-in an underground cavern filled with alien beings.
Hard to believe, I know because at-first I totally scoffed at Schneider’s claims being utterly ridiculous, until some unrelated research studied earlier portions of what Schneider claimed.
Years earlier ( 2002 ) I was exchanging communications with someone related to Paul Philip Schneider, on an entirely ‘different subject’ related to work his ‘father’ Oscar Schneider was involved-in with the U.S. Navy, and current research now dovetailed back to that which I was researching years ago surrounding a U.S. National Security Agency ( NSA ) ‘precious metals’ scientific recycling process that involved baking ore resulting in low-yield nuclear energy transmutation of material into high-yield elements.
It appeared from further studies that Oscar Schneider’s son, Paul Philip Schneider claims required further detailed clarifications, which he either could not perform earlier due to secrecy agreements with the U.S. government or he may have felt he should ‘not’ provide too many specifics for fear of breeching a “business agreement” he made with the U.S. government, however based upon current research beyond Schneider’s claims, incredible further facts go far beyond this report sufficient to at least warrant a suitable public release of information contained herein.
In 2002, Schneider’s intinately close friend sent me “Rhyolyte 47″ ( classified ) ‘official U.S. Navy documents’ pertaining to Paul Philip Schneider’s ‘father’, U.S. Navy Captain Oscar Schneider, who from his ‘military professional medical position’ became directly involved with “Project Blue Ship” ( also known as ) “The Philadelphia Experiment.”
Phil Schneider mentions that upon drilling “boreholes” the drill-site teams were experiencing “huge plums of black soot’ or “black dust” ( that stank ) and were being ‘rapidly ejected under pressure’ into the atmosphere, which also lingered near the ground, from within these underground hole locations they were being told to drill at.
None apparently knew ‘why’ or ‘how’ these odd occurences were taking place, or why they were drilling where they were.
Initial research indicates that “Nuclear Fracturing” ( 1962 – 2005 ) had been used earlier in ‘underground nuclear blasts’ for what was said to be “oil experimentations,” which was a U.S. government cover for underground testing of nuclear warheads subsequent to Russia having exploded what it called the “Tsar Bomba,” a 100-kiloton nuclear bomb that the U.S. later claimed only yielded 50-kiloton blast with a Circular Error Probability ( CEP ) range for death from irradiation up to 60-miles away from ground-zero.
Did previously ‘large U.S. oil reserves once exist’ until subsequently becoming nuclear blasted underground, creating both a ‘high pressure black oil carbon soot atmosphere’ and simultaneously creating these ‘huge underground caverns’?
Were “Grey” alien “talls” ( 7-foot ) provided with a ‘government secret atmospheric environment’ consisting of ‘large underground cavern living where they were the only ones able to breath a high carbon pressurized atmosphere consisting of gamma irradiated particle elements” derived from ‘earlier U.S. secret military underground nuclear Projects’ publicly called “Nuclear Fracturing”? If so, could an extraterrestrial alien agreement been reached secretly with the U.S. government?
Was the LANL / LASL Geosciences Division ‘borehole drillings’ “Hot Rock” Project – publicly revealed as only seeking ‘new geothermal energy alternatives’ only a ruse?
By ‘drilling boreholes’ ( in highly ‘specific remote locations’ where contractors were ‘told to drill’ ) did that ‘actually and instantly deplete’ all of the carbon dense atmosphere used by these Grey alien “talls” whom were thereby being killed down inside these caverns? If so, why would the U.S. government destroy what it must have worked so hard to build for these aliens?
Might another “aggenda” have entered determining a take over of those Grey tall ( 7-foot + ) aliens existence underground? If so, why were these “Grey talls” suddenly considered a “threat?”
There is only rumored mentions of a percentage reduction number of Grey talls ( aliens ) being sighted on Earth, whereas “Grey shorts” ( 4-foot to 5-foot tall ) are now only but rarely sighted so, were nearly 80% of the “Grey talls” actually “wiped-out” by ‘another alien species’ – as rumored?
Is there any truth to any of this and are there any other correlations worth researching to such deep underground military bases and caverns albeit for aliens or humans?
Why have ‘sophisticated landing strips’ on “Church of Scientology” ( COS ) ‘remote properties’ been purchased by its “Church of Scientific Technology” entity that has also built ‘sophisticated underground vaults’ and ‘sophisticated long tunnel systems’ that are ‘guaranteed to last 1,000 years’ equipped with ‘sophisticated nuclear blast-proof doors’ built to withstand any direct nuclear hit? All of these have been substantiated through my research and documented by satellite photos, facility diagramatics, and land parcel details and grant information on many of these COS / CST ‘remote installation properties’.
Related points to initially consider:
– Schneider claimed his work was on a Los Alamos National Laboratory ( LANL ) Project, that my research indicates was actually performed the name “Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory” ( LASL ) Geosciences Division” within its geothermal ( volcanic magma ) “Hot Rock” Project during August 1979 or ‘likely earlier’;
[ IMAGE ( above ): Archuleta Mesa ( top ) where ( due south ) is Dulce, New Mexico ( click to read, enlarge image ) ]
– Schneider of KNUTSON worked at this Archuleta Mesa / Kit Carson National Forest (aka) Carson National Park work-site during the August 1979 alien event;
– Schneider possibly a ‘sub-contracted engineer’ ( like Keith Millheim of CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. ) working for KNUTSON ( Tulsa, OK ) performing what that industry refers to as “high risk construction contracts;”
– New Mexico site on the Archuleta Mesa / Kit Carson National Forrest – aka – Carson National Park ( New Mexico near Colorado border ), research land grants near Edith, Colorado and Blue Lake, New Mexico ( Indian land );
– KNUTSON, which Schneider claimed to have been working for, may have been a ‘specially named adjunct’ working out-of Area 51 / S4 ( Groom Lake, Nevada ) while Schneider travelled from to work at the Archuleta Mesa ( Edith, Colorado ) site. Could Schneider have been covering-up the exact location being actually in the Kit Carson National Forest Indian land of Blue Lake, New Mexico ) near Taos, New Mexico where the phonemena of the “Taos hum” is and all the UFO sighting northeast of Taos, which would place the UFO sightings directly over Indian land of Blue Lake, New Mexico;
– Check both work and worksite connections between EG & G CHANDLER ENGINEERING ( Tulsa, OK ) and KNUTSON ( Tulsa, Oklahoma ) on work-site contracts that took place during 1979 ( or ‘earlier’ ), in the area of the Kit Carson National Forest ( New Mexico ) and /or Archuleta Mesa ( New Mexico or southern Colorado ), performing an industry referenced “high risk construction contract;” and,
– Google Earth shows a ‘gigantic cave-in’ or ‘explosion hole from something’ where scattered atop is an unusual ‘broken and caved-in lattice pattern’ of ‘huge very-very long beams / tubes’ [ cavern / cave / tunnel support beam cylinders ] that appear ‘snapped like twigs’ and sunken into a remote cave-in area nearest Edith, Colorado of the Archuleta Mesa area.
COS CST & IGSS Brief Note –
Church of Scientology ( COS ) and Church of Scientific Technology ( CST ) New Mexico vault tunneling construction performed by INTERNATIONAL GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS ( Santa Fe, New Mexico ).
Note all ‘sub-contracts’, ‘consulting engineers’, ‘consulting architects’, ‘insurance companies’, and any other ‘related construction support firms’ for connections, between:
– INTERNATIONAL GROUND SUPPORT SYSTEMS ( Santa Fe, New Mexico ); – CER GEONUCLEAR CORPORATION of EG&G ( Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 ); – MORRISON-KNUDSEN INC. – aka – KNUTSON ( Las Vegas, Nevada ); – MORRISON KNUDSEN ENGINEERS – aka – KNUTSON ( Tulsa, Oklahoma ); – CHANDLER ENGINEERING of EG&G ( Tulsa, Oklahoma ); – Others ( e.g. AUSTRAL OIL, et al. ).
PART 3 –
Nuclear Fracturing Projects –
Atoms for Peace program fails oilpatch testing. Atoms for Peace was a grand idea aimed at benefiting the world and was tested in the oilpatch. It never reached its potential in ‘industrial use’, however it did set an active alternative; accelerating the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and Russia.
UNITED NATIONS ( UN ) – UNITED STATES President Dwight D. Eisenhower –
It kicked off on November 28, 1953 when the United Nations ( UN ) General Assembly asked the Disarmament Commission for suggestions to halt nuclear proliferation, 10-days later U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed the UN General Assembly saying:
“The United States would seek more than the mere reduction or elimination of atomic materials for military purposes. It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.”
OPERATION PLOWSHARE ( 1972 ) –
In the United States, that effort kicked-off OPERATION PLOWSHARE – named for the Biblical passage that referred to turning swords into plowshares. The United States had high hopes for Operation Plowshare. It anticipated twenty-seven ( 27 ) nuclear programs using atomic devices for peace.
– PANAMA – – NICARAGUA – – COSTA RICA –
Among those plans were proposals to use more than one-hundred ( 100 ) nuclear explosions to blast a 37 mile ( 60 kilometer ) long canal across the isthmus of Panama at San Blas.
Another plan would use at least 250 blasts for a 140 mile ( 225 kilometer ) canal on the Nicaragua Costa Rica border.
– ALASKA –
PROJECT CHARIOT Cape Thompson, Alaska
Another, PROJECT CHARIOT, almost went into action that would have used several hydrogen bombs to blast out a harbor at Cape Thompson, Alaska in the Chukchi Sea about 75 miles ( 121 kilometers ) from the Russia border in the Bering Sea Strait.
– NEVADA –
PROJECT SEDAN ( 06JUL62 @ 10:00 a.m. ) Yucca Flats, Nevada
Concerns over the native population reduced that to a 104 kiloton proof-of-concept blast called SEDAN at Yucca Flats, Nevada on July 6, 1962. The blast displaced 12,000,000 million short tons of dirt and released a 12,000 ft. high ( 3,660 meter ) radioactive cloud.
– NEW MEXICO –
PROJECT GASBUGGY ( 10DEC67 ) Kit Carson National Forest ( New Mexico ) / Archuleta Mesa adjacencies: Dulce, NM; Blue Lake, NM; and, Edith, CO. LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY ( Livermore, California ) U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ( AEC ) EL PASO NATURAL GAS
Native American indians of the Tiwa tribe, continue cultural traditions to this day. Around 1903, by Executive Order, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt took over 48,000 acres of Tiwa tribal land ( in the “Sangre de Cristo Mountains” of New Mexico ) making it the “Kit Carson National Forest” (aka) “Carson National Forest” in New Mexico. In 1970, by Executive Order, U.S. President Richard Nixon returned part of that land to the Tiwa tribe.
A ‘tribal disaster’ ( elsewhere ) was mentioned in an official U.S. Administration letter. Pull letter from existing files under Knights of Malta member Thomas Sawyer.
Kit Carson National Forest, Sangre de Cristo Mounbtains, Archuleta Mesa, and other names ‘narrow area’ of ‘work-site location(s)’ requiring ‘further research’:
– Jemez Plateau; – Jemez Mountains; – Fenton Hill, New Mexico <?> – UNION OIL ( Baca location ) or UNOCAL Geothermal Division ( Los Angeles, CA ); – Mayrsville <?> could be “Marysville” < sp ? >; – Coso; – LASL Geosciences Division; – ERDA ( Energy Research and Development Administration ) National Laboratories Division of Geothermal Energy ( DGE ); – Drilling Third ( 3rd ) Borehole ( code name: EE-1 )
Most of the real testing took place in the oilpatch, starting with PROJECT GASBUGGY – the first test aimed at releasing natural gas from tight sands and the first use of a nuclear device for industrial purposes.
It took place on December 10, 1967 in the Carson National Forest of New Mexico – about 90 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico and 25 miles southwest of the town of Dulce, New Mexico.
The U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ( AEC ) was the oversight agency as LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY ( LLNL ) and EL PASO NATURAL GAS ( EPNG ) conducted the test. They set off a 29 kiloton blast 4,240 ft ( 1,293 m ) underground in a tight shale. According to official figures, the blast created a cavity 80 feet ( 24 m ) wide and 335 feet ( 102 m ) high filled with gas. Unfortunately, the ‘gas was too radioactive’ to use. They didn’t stop there.
– COLORADO –
PROJECT RULISON ( 10SEP69 ) Rifle, Colorado; CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. ( Las Vegas, Nevada ); Keith K. Millheim ( president of Strategic Worldwide LLC The Woodlands, Texas ) under CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. contract; AUSTRAL OIL ( Denver, Colorado ); TELEDYNE ISOTOPES ( Palo Alto, California ); ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ( AEC ).
The industry moved on to Project Rulison, probably the best known of the nuclear blasts for peace. This blast, also under the control of the ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ( AEC ), was conducted by CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. ( Las Vegas, Nevada ) and AUSTRAL OIL ( Denver, Colorado ).
In between international assignments Keith K. Millheim ( president of Strategic Worldwide LLC The Woodlands, Texas ) was seconded by CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. to help design the drilling and testing of the Project Rulison Nuclear Gas Stimulation Experiment.
This 43 kiloton blast – 2.6 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan – was lowered 8,426 ft ( 2,568 m ) underground from a drill site on the southwest flank of Doghead Mountain in Battlement Creek Valley in Garfield County, Colorado approximately 40 miles northeast of Grand Junction, Colorado and 11 miles southwest of Rifle, Colorado. During hearings in the area, testimony revealed that the government believed the blast would fracture the tight MesaVerde gas sands and release more gas than conventional fracturing. If they could find a better way of fracturing, they might have the key to releasing more of the 317 Tcf of gas in place in tight sands, according to an article by Chester McQueary ( Parachute, Colorado resident ) writing for the High Country News. Also during the hearings, David Evans from Colorado School of Mines testified the industry would have to set off 13,000 similar blasts to get the kind of recoveries the government wanted. According to Chester McQueary, 1-week before the blast the AEC set up a 5 mile ( 8 kilometer ) quarantine zone around the well site as workers lowered the bomb into the hole. It even paid some homeowners to leave for the day. Unfortunately, winds that could have carried radiation north to Rifle, Colorado or west of Grand Junction, Colorado delayed the test until September 10, 1969. Protesters entered the quarantine area in 2s and 3s so they couldn’t be easily removed. KWSR radio station in Rifle carried a countdown for the blast. Finally, security forces just left protestors, McQueary among them, in the quarantine area. He felt a “mighty thump” that lifted him 8 inches into the air and measured 5.5 on the Richter scale in Golden, Colorado. Again, about 30-days later, the test team found the ‘gas was too radioactive to use’, but that wasn’t the end of the ‘nuclear program in natural gas’.
PROJECT RIO BLANCO ( 1971 – 17MAY73 )
EG&G CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. ( Las Vegas, Nevada – 1971 – 1973 ) EQUITY OIL CO. ( Salt Lake City, Utah ) C.F. KNUTSON ( 1973 – 1975 ) D.L. Coffin ( 1968 – 1971 ); F.A. Welder ( 1968 – 1971 ); R.K. Glanzman ( 1968 – 1971 ); X.W. Dutton ( 1968 ).
<?> Virginia Glanzman ( USGS – Denver, Colorado ) <?>
The next test also took place in the Piceance Basin of Colorado, this one on May 17, 1973. It was called Project Rio Blanco and was scheduled in Rio Blanco County about 75 miles northwest of Grand Junction, Colorado and 30 miles ( 48.3 kilometer ) southwest of Meeker.
EG&G CER GEONUCLEAR CORP. ( Las Vegas, Nevada ) and EQUITY OIL CO. ( Salt Lake City, Utah ) conducted the blast where the operators set three ( 3 ) 330 kiloton devices between 5,838 feet and 6,689 feet ( 1,781 meters and 2,040 meters ) to blast out a huge cavern in the tight Mesaverde below the Green River oil shale. The blast went off, but the caverns didn’t connect.
Nevada Test Site ( NTS ) ( 1993 – 1995 ) Nellis Air Force Base, Test Range Site, S-1 ( Nevada ) Area 51
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY ( LLNL – Livermore, California ) DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( P.O. Box 60220, Reno, Nevada 89506-0220 ) D.K. Smith; B.K. Esser; J.L. Thompson; J.I. Daniels; R. Andricevic; – 1994 – L.R. Anspaugh ” ; R.L. Jacobson ” ; I.Y. Borg; – 1976 – R. Stone ” ; H.B. Levy ” ; L.D. Ramspott ” .
– WYOMING – PROJECT WAGON WHEEL
AUSTRAL OIL PRESCO INC. ( The Woodlands, Texas – V-P: Kim R.W. Bennetts ) EL PASO NATURAL GAS U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ( EPA )
The federal agency had planned to move next to PROJECT WAGON WHEEL, but that test never took place. Wagon Wheel was scheduled to loosen up the tight formations on the Pinedale Anticline in Sublette County, Wyoming – an area operators have only recently started developing with large numbers of wells.
Unlike PROJECT GASBUGGY, which was a cost-is-no-object technical test, PROJECT WAGON WHEEL was supposed to ‘test profitability of atomic fracturing’ and was the biggest test to-date with plans for five ( 5 ) 100-kiloton nuclear explosions set-off 5-minutes apart and from 9,220 feet to 11,570 feet ( 2,812 meters to 3,529 meters ) in a field discovered by EL PASO NATURAL GAS.
The operators planned to wait 4-months to 6-months before testing the well, and thought radiation released in testing would be lower than normal background radiation. But the project gathered a lot of opposition. Among the statements that killed it was testimony by Dr. Ken Perry, a geologist with the University of Wyoming.
Looking at plans for 40 to 50 nuclear explosions per year, he said for full area development.
Southwestern Wyoming would be the ‘earthquake center of the world, according to Adam Mark Lederer in a thesis entitled, “Using Public Policy Models to Evaluate Nuclear Stimulation Programs: Wagon Wheel in Wyoming.”
After the PROJECT RIO BLANCO blast, officials plugged and abandoned three ( 3 ) wells in the area, but left three ( 3 ) wells open on the RB-E-01 drill pad so they could monitor the wells. When they finally abandoned the surface facilities, the radiation was no different than the background radiation in the area except for tritium readings, which exceeded government criteria in several samples.
In 2002, officials decided to lift all restrictions on surface activity. They did mandate there should be no penetration of the surface to 1,500 feet ( 458 meters ) within 100 feet ( 30 meters ) of the well bore and no intrusion from 1,500 feet to 7,500 feet ( 458 meters to 2,288 meters ) within a 600 feet ( 183-m ) radius of the well bore. The situation was similar at the Rulison well site, but with a recent twist.
Following the $6,500,000 million ( USD ) Rulison well, also called the AUSTRAL OIL Hayward #25-95 in Section 25-7s-95w, the government continued monitoring the subsurface as it had at Rio Blanco. In both cases it wanted to monitor the possible migration of radiation. The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) also conducts annual sampling of deep monitoring wells and water sources in the area. Except for deep radiation at both sites, the areas are clean.
Recently, however PRESCO INC. ( The Woodlands, Texas ) sought permission for 40-acre spacing over an area that would include the Rulison well site.
It already had drilled a well in prolific Rulison field 1.5 miles ( 2.4 kilometers ) from the test site with no sign of radioactivity. Approval would have allowed the company to drill multiple wells near the Hayward well bore. Kim R.W. Bennetts, vice president of exploration and production for the company, said even if it drilled into the cavity, which it didn’t plan to do, very little radiation remained. Bennetts also said the company couldn’t, and wouldn’t, sell radioactive gas. Its planned wells in the area would be 1,200 feet ( 366 meters ) to the northeast and 1,600 feet ( 488 meters ) to the southeast of the Rulison test well.
After a February 10, 2004 meeting of the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, the company then received approval to drill only one well on 40-acre spacing within a half-mile radius of the Rulison test well.
The company even had support from the county until it raised its plans from one ( 1 ) well to four ( 4 ) wells. The Colorado commission said it would approve the wells on a case-by-case basis. Currently, with no plans by any agency to continue work with ‘nuclear devices in the oilpatch’, it looks as if that research has come to an end.
While it lasted, however, it was a daring period of research into ‘advanced methods of releasing huge volumes of natural gas’, and that research continues today.
EG&G –
EG & G INC. (aka) EG and G INCORPORATED 45 William Street Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 U.S.A. Telephone: (781) 237-5100 Fax: (781) 431-4255 WWW: http://www.egginc.com
Incorporated: 1947 as Edgerton, Germehausen & Grier, Inc. Employees: 13,000 Sales: $1.41 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol:EGG
NAIC: 334413 Semiconductor & Related Device Manufacturing; 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing; 334513 Instruments & Related Product Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying & Controlling Industrial Process Variables; 334519 Other Measuring & Controlling Device Manufacturing; 54133 Engineering Services; 54199 All Other Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services; 54171 Research & Development in the Physical, Engineering & Life Sciences
Company Perspectives:
Our vision is that we can create value in an environment of ever-accelerating change. Value creation is our singular aim and ultimate measure of success. We believe that the increasing drive to create value represents the surest and most consistent avenue for us to benefit our customers, employees, stockholders and constituent communities. Our value creation model focuses on growth primarily derived from internal development.
Company History:
EG & G Incorporated is a diversified technology company that develops and provides products for public and private customers in the medical, aerospace, telecommunications, semiconductor, photographic, and other industries. The company’s operations are broken into five business units: Instruments; Life Sciences; Engineered Products; Optoelectronics; and Technical Services. Its Instruments operation is based on x-ray imaging systems and provides screening and inspection systems for use in airport and industrial security, and environmental, food, and nuclear industry monitoring. The Life Sciences unit develops systems for biochemical research and medical diagnostics. The Engineered Products unit designs and produces pneumatic systems, seals, and bellows for aerospace, semiconductor, and power generation markets. EG & G’s Optoelectronics division specializes in optical sensing devices for industrial and medical applications. The company’s final unit, Technical Services, provides engineering, research, management, and support services to governmental and industrial clients.
Nuclear Management and Monitoring: 1940s – 1950s
EG & G was established by three nuclear engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shortly after the end of World War II. These engineers, Harold E. Edgerton, Kenneth J. Germehausen, and Herbert E. Grier, had been involved in the American effort to construct an atomic bomb during the war. So valued were their contributions that after the war the government asked them to establish a company to manage further development of the country’s nuclear weapons. The three established a small partnership called Edgerton, Germehausen & Grier on November 13, 1947, and quickly began collecting contracts to advise the government on nuclear tests in Nevada and on South Pacific islands.
One of the first employees of the new company was Bernard J. O’Keefe, another MIT graduate who had worked for Dr. Grier during the war. O’Keefe served with the 21st Bomber Command in the Mariana Islands during the war, and is said to have personally wired the bomb that later destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki. O’Keefe was sent to Japan after its surrender to investigate that country’s progress with nuclear technology and recruit promising Japanese scientists for other atomic projects. A specialist in the design and development of electronic instrumentation and controls, O’Keefe quickly gained an important position in the growing firm.
Inconvenienced by the length of the company’s name, employees soon began to rely on the simple acronym EG & G, which later became its official name. In order to maintain close contact with MIT and its excellent nuclear and electronic engineering programs, EG & G set up its headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, in northwest suburban Boston.
EG & G was involved in the U.S. effort to build a more powerful nuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb. That year, Grier and O’Keefe were present at a Nevada test site to personally witness an H-bomb detonation. After the weapon failed to explode, Grier and O’Keefe flipped a coin to determine who should scale the 300-foot test tower and disarm the bomb. Although O’Keefe lost, he won the special distinction of being the first man to disarm a live H-bomb.
O’Keefe had a second brush with disaster in 1958 when he witnessed an H-bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific. There, shifting winds in the upper atmosphere caused a radioactive cloud of fallout to shower his bunker.
These experiences taught O’Keefe the awesome destructive power of nuclear weaponry and the dangers of radioactive fallout. As an engineer and manager he was bound to perform his company’s contracts, but grew personally opposed to the use of nuclear weapons. This sharpened his sense of responsibility toward the emerging form of warfare, a quality that was not lost upon the government’s Atomic Energy Commission.
As a result of EG & G’s experience with detonations, and O’Keefe’s concern for nuclear non-proliferation, the company became increasingly involved in distant monitoring projects, particularly as they related to Soviet nuclear tests. By observing changes in the atmosphere, EG & G was able to determine the incidence and strength of Soviet tests and provide important data on the progress of Moscow’s weapons program. In the process, EG & G gained highly specialized knowledge in environmental sciences. These skills had numerous applications outside the weapons industry, in such areas as pollution control and environmental management.
Exploring Commercial Markets: 1960s
As early as 1960, O’Keefe and the company’s three founders had considered establishing a new environmental analysis business, which would lessen EG & G’s dependence on low-margin government contracts and permit the company to enter new commercial markets. But at the time, neither public concern nor legislation placed a high value on such endeavors.
Three years later, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed a protocol that banned nuclear tests in the atmosphere, above ground, in the water, or in outer space.
With this document, EG & G appeared to lose a major portion of its business. However, the protocol did not prevent underground tests, which were far more complicated.
EG & G remained the only company with the proper supervisory credentials to manage this type of nuclear testing.
The company was forced to develop geologic analytical capabilities and become a ‘tunneling’ and ‘mining operation’ as well.
Furthermore, the government had also laid plans to establish a kind of NASA equivalent of oceanographics ( NOAA ).
Eager to take a place in this organization, EG & G invested heavily in oceanographic research.
While the underwater NASA never materialized, the efforts enabled O’Keefe to further cultivate new commercial markets for EG & G, including excavation and water transmission.
During this time the company’s three ( 3 ) founders moved further into retirement, taking ceremonial “executive chairman emeritus” positions.
As a result, O’Keefe became the de facto head of the company.
EG & G also pursued a strong acquisition campaign, taking over thirteen ( 13 ) companies between 1964 – 1967 when a strong environmental movement began to form in the United States.
With legislation still years away, EG & G began laying plans to play an important role in the environmental projects it was sure would result.
EG & G was divided into four ( 4 ) main operating divisions.
EG & G INTERNATIONAL, primarily concerned with oceanography, was the smallest.
EG & G standard products and equipment division produced a variety of machines and electronic devices, grew fastest during the 1960s.
EG & G nuclear detonation and monitoring business segment remained its largest.
EG & G nuclear technology group, most innovative and interesting, involved design of nuclear rocket engines ( ion engines ) for interplanetary propulsion.
EG & G CER GEONUCLEAR CORPORATION Projects included “nuclear landscaping” known as nuclear explosion controlled blasts, carving out:
Harbors; Canals; and, Passageways ( Tunnels, Pipelines, etc. ).
EG & G CER GEONUCLEAR CORPORATION Unit participations tested nuclear explosions ‘used to fracture layers of rock’ for access to otherwise inaccessible reserve locations of oil and gas for exploitation. Although feasible, these EG & G’public works’ projects failed in gaining public support.
In fact, opposition to nuclear technology in-general ‘increased’ as people grew wary of the safety of nuclear energy.
In addition, nuclear excavation would have required an unlikely waiver of the 1963 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
With the evaporation of good commercial prospects for its nuclear engineering expertise, EG & G was forced to rely again on military projects. Despite efforts to step up mechanical and electrical engineering work (partly by acquiring a spate of small research companies), EG & G mustered only four percent annual growth during the late 1960s.
Failed Initiatives: 1970 – 1975
Interest in nuclear power increased dramatically during the 1973 – 1974 Arab oil embargo, in which Americans sought to reduce their costly dependence on imported oil.
Realizing that the world’s oil exporting nations stood to permanently lose their largest customer, the United States, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia promptly called for an end to the embargo. Nonetheless, while Americans regained access to Arab oil, the end of the embargo was disastrous for the U.S. nuclear energy industry and for EG & G.
The end of the embargo removed one of the great justifications for nuclear power, and gave anti-nuclear activists time to properly organize legislative battles.
While EG & G was being locked out of yet another promising commercial application of its technologies, it attempted projects in other fields.
Some years earlier, in an effort to develop a new process for purifying nuclear isotopes, EG & G developed a flash tube that was ideal for photocopiers, but by the time an application could be developed, XEROX had already saturated the market with conventional designs.
In another ill-timed move, the company bet that environmental laws would cause demand for the unconventional Wankel engine to rise.
EG & G purchased a Texas automobile testing agency in hopes of winning large emission monitoring contracts, but the oil embargo destroyed the market for the clean but gas-eating Wankel engine as automobile environmental legislation was abandoned.
During this time, with the encouragement of the government, EG & G established a minority-dominated subsidiary, EG & G Roxbury, in a neighborhood of Boston, hoping to help strengthen the economic structure of the community. The project floundered, however, when bureaucrats failed to properly support the program, causing only a few sales to be made from the subsidiary. After a few years of disastrous results, the entire program was wound up.
On the Upswing: 1976 – 1980s
In 1976, EG & G environmental division evolved into a comprehensive resource efficiency operation providing complete oceanographic, atmospheric, and geophysical analysis rather than concentrating on environmental compliance languishing after the oil embargo by conserving resources, operations could more easily achieve pollution and waste reduction targets.
EG & G port development was unable to use nuclear devices to carve custom designed harbors, became a world leader in oceanographic studies and channel engineering by designing numerous tanker ports in the Persian Gulf and bauxite harbors in South America.
In 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter asked Bernard O’Keefe to serve as Chairman for the Synthetic Fuels Corporation of the U.S. government. Having already been asked to serve on a transition team for then presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, O’Keefe refused President Carter’s offer.
With the election of U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1980, the United States took a sudden turn toward military armament programs.
EG & G experienced a resurgence in its flagging nuclear testing business and was tapped to develop a number of new nuclear weapons systems, including, the:
MX nuclear underground mobile railroad missile; and, Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) – Star Wars Program.
A self-described “card carrying member of the military-industrial complex,” Bernard O’Keefe wrote in his book “Nuclear Hostages” that the United States and the Soviet Union were deadlocked in a nuclear arms race neither could control. Ironically, EG & G remained deeply involved in a number of Reagan administration projects O’Keefe opposed, including:
MX nuclear underground mobile railroad missile; Neutron bomb; and, Europe nuclear missile weapon stationings.
Nevertheless, EG & G pre-tax operating profit doubled from the new business.
EG & G also became involved in the space shuttle program, checking the spacecraft electrical components, loading its fuel, and managing the Cape Canaveral, Florida space center during shuttle missions.
EG & G site management abilities won it a position with the U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE ) elite Nuclear Emergency Search Team ( NEST ) which investigated nuclear extortion threats.
The company also won a contract to manage the U.S. government troubled Rocky Flats installation outside Denver, Colorado facility, widely criticized under ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL for mismanagement, manufacturing nuclear weapon triggers.
EG & G maintained its momentum throughout the 1980s, winning contracts from diverse governmental agencies, including, the:
U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE ); U.S. Army; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Department of Defense; and, U.S. Customs Service ( now U.S. Department of Homeland Security ).
In 1988 the company hit a record high for both sales and earnings.
O’Keefe retired from EG & G during this period of strong growth, and was succeeded by John M. Kucharski.
Rapid Diversification: 1990s
Under U.S. President George Bush, and with the subsequent collapse of the Soviet military threat, the number of EG & G nuclear test projects decreased significantly.
As such, EG & G was under pressure to cultivate profitable new commercial ventures to offset the loss of revenue from military contracts.
The company responded rapidly, entering new commercial markets via a series of acquisitions.
One of the first acquisitions of the 1990s was ELECTRO-OPTICS, the optoelectronics business of GENERAL ELECTRIC ( GE ) Canada.
GENERAL ELECTRIC ELECTRO-OPTICS designed and produced advanced semiconductor emitters and detectors for defense, space, telecommunications, and industrial applications.
Other new ventures followed quickly:
WALLAC Group ( Finland-based ), which produced analytical and diagnostic systems;
IC SENSORS, a maker of sensing devices for industrial, automotive, medical, and aerospace uses; and,
NoVOCs Inc., an environmental remediation specialist.
In 1994, facing legal pressure from activists’ groups, EG & G announced that it would discontinue its nuclear-related endeavors as its various existing contracts expired. 1994, the company undertook a major reorganization to accommodate its newly acquired interests and the discontinuation of its nuclear business.
One important area of focus for the company was its Instruments division, which was rapidly becoming a leader in the field of weapons and explosives screening systems. After providing x-ray machines and metal detectors for the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1992, the company won a contract to supply state-of-the-art explosives detection systems for U.S. federal courthouses across the nation. A subsequent contract with the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) called for ten ( 10 ) of the most advanced explosives detection systems of EG & G for screening checked baggage in airports.
In 1998, EG & G president and CEO John M. Kucharski was replaced by Gregory Summe ( former president of ALLIEDSIGNAL INC. Automotive Products Group ) known for his ability to streamline and consolidate technology businesses.
He assumed his new position with the twin ( 2 ) goals, of:
1. improving operational efficiency; and,
2. restructuring EG & G portfolio, sharpen the focus on identified high-growth markets.
One of his first efforts toward better operational efficiency was to consolidate all EG & G’s business into five ( 5 ) independent strategic business units:
Life Sciences; Instruments; Engineered Products; Optoelectronics; and,Technical Services.
The company also began repositioning its portfolio by liquidating assets that fell outside these growth areas and making acquisitions that strengthened the EG & G position within its identified markets.
This strategy led to the largest acquisition in the company’s history:
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES.
Lumen, purchased for $250,000,000 million in December 1998, was known globally as a producer of ‘specialty lighting’.
Lumen acquisition served to strengthen the company’s existing position in the medical lighting market, while at the same time allowing it entry into the areas of video and entertainment lighting.
Looking to the Future –
The consolidation efforts that Summe’s management team initiated in 1998 were expected to continue, with the goal of streamlining sites, functions, and processes so as to reduce operating costs and improve quality, consistency, and response time.
The company intended to continue its focused acquisition strategy.
It also planned to continue aggressively developing and marketing new products in its various divisions. Some of the products expected to be introduced were high-volume, cost-effective systems for drug screening, and a Point of Care system that allowed diagnosticians to determine whether or not a patient had suffered a heart attack in just 15-minutes.
In addition to introducing new products, the company also anticipated an increased emphasis on product line extensions and renewals.
EG& G Principal ( Primary List – Public ) Subsidiaries:
EG & G Alabama Inc.; EG & G ASTROPHYSICS ( England ); EG & G ATP GmbH ( Germany ); EG & G ATP GmbH & Co. Automotive Testing Papenburg KG ( Germany ); EG & G Automotive Research Inc.; EG & G CALIFORNIA INC.; EG & G Benelux BV ( Netherlands ); EG & G Canada Investments Inc.; EG & G Canada Limited; EG & G DEFENSE MATERIALS INC.; EG & G do Brasil Ltda.; EG & G E.C. ( UK ); EG & G Emissions Testing Services Inc.; EG & G ENERGY MEASUREMENTS INC.; EG & G Exporters Ltd. ( U.S. Virgin Islands ); EG & G Florida Inc.; EG & G GmbH. ( Germany ); EG & G HOLDINGS INC.; EG & G Hong Kong Ltd.; EG & G IC Sensors Inc.; EG & G Idaho Inc.; EG & G Information Technologies Inc.; EG & G Instruments GmbH. ( Germany ); EG & G Instruments International Ltd.; EG & G Instruments Inc.; EG & G International Ltd.; EG & G Japan Inc. ( USA ); EG & G Judson InfaRed Inc.; EG & G KT AEROFAB INC.; EG & G Langley Inc.; EG & G Ltd. ( UK ); EG & G Management Services of San Antonio Inc.; EG & G Management Systems Inc.; EG & G Missouri Metals Shaping Company Inc.; EG & G Mound Applied Technologies Inc.; EG & G Omni Inc.; EG & G Pressure Science Inc.; EG & G Singapore Pte Ltd.; EG & G SPECIAL PROJECTS INC.; EG & G Star City Inc.; EG & G S.A. ( France ); EG & G SpA ( Italy ); EG & G Technical Services of West Virginia Inc.; EG & G Vactec Philippines Ltd.; EG & G Ventures Inc.; EG & G Watertown Inc.; ANTARTIC SUPPORT ASSOCIATES ( Columbia ); B.A.I. GmbH. ( Germany ); Benelux Analytical Instruments S.A. ( Belgium; 92.3% ); Berthold A.G. ( Switzerland ); Berthold Analytical Instruments Inc.; Berthold France S.A. ( 80% ); Berthold GmbH & Co. KG ( Germany ); Biozone Oy ( Finland ); EC III Inc. ( Mexico; 49% ); Eagle EG & G Inc.; Eagle EG & G Aerospace Co. Ltd.; Heimann Optoelectronics GmbH ( Germany ); Heimann Shenzhen Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. ( China ); NOK EG & G Optoelectronics Corp. ( Japan; 49% ); PRIBORI Oy ( Russia ); PT EG & G Heimann Optoelectronics ( Singapore ); RETICON CORP.; Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Inc.; Science Support Corporation; SEIKO EG & G CO. LTD. ( Japan; 49% ); SHANGHAI EG & G RETICON OPTOELECTRONICS CO. LTD.; Societe Civile Immoiliere ( France; 82.5% ); THE LAUNCH SUPPORT CO. L.C.; VACTEC INC.; WALLAC ADL AG ( Germany ); WALLAC ADL GmbH ( Germany ); WALLAC A/S; WALLAC Holding GmbH ( Germany ); WALLAC Norge AS ( Norway ); WALLAC Oy ( Finland ); WALLAC SVERIGE AB ( Sweden ); WALLAC INC.; WELLESLEY B.V. ( Netherlands ); WRIGHT COMPONENTS INC.; ZAO PRIBORI.
BaneBerry; Buggy; Cannikin; Dribble; Gnome; HardTack II; Hood; Pile Driver; PlumbBob; Roller Coaster; Rulison; Sedan; Shoal; Strategic Petroleum Reserve Operation ( SPRO ); Vela Uniform; Nuclear Rocket Development Station ( NRDS ); Kit Carson National Forest ( 10DEC67 ) – GasBuggy; Kit Carson National Forest ( AUG79 ) – Schneider’ Borehole Geophysics; Four-Dimensional Process Monitoring.
– Pittman Station ( Henderson, Nevada ) USAF personnel support for Area 51. – PAX = Pittman Air Station ( USAF ) – PAD = Area 51 Test Site – Personnel Response Phrase For Area 51 ( Nevada ) Access Entry: “I work for ‘EG And G’ at the ‘Site’.”
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( DRI ), New Mexico.
Not likely places to be visited by many of us are those secretly hidden underground, and even more-so underwater – since at least the 1930s.
Superpower nations have reigned supreme based on financial support for programs and projects worked on by some citizens holding ‘deep underground secrets’ hidden for decades by governments reasoning to such workers that their work has been done to protect ‘people’ and ‘property’ – all “in the interest of national security.”
Rarely do ‘government contract worker ants’ ( citizens ) ever realize ‘what it is’ we need to be protected from, and all anyone can think is that it is something bad we could imagine while never being able to comprehend anything ‘unimaginable’ we need protection from. Do any of us really want to know what ‘that is’, which we’re supposedly being protected against?
This report covers ‘unexplainable encounters’ governments decline to publicly explain. Events, buried over time and matters long forgotten about from most memories, that-is until recent events began unfolding a few, putting old stories thought-of as ’myths’ back into perspective today.
Some noteworthy facts, still remain ”classified’ and ‘locked away’ by high level authorities. Some, never revealed on television, motion picture films, books, or newspapers may now be reviewed through selected intelligence bits ‘n pieces ( below ) that may begin to dawn on some of us recalling having once heard of something about one or more but could not recall the source or details.
Legacy reports and more ( below ):
1975 – California ( Southern and Northern ) and Oregon ( Southern )
California Floats On Ocean?
John J. Williams of CONSUMERTRONICS CO. ( Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA ), said:
“Some time ago, I heard ( on a television interview show ) a man briefly mention that parts of California ( and neighboring states ) are floating on the Pacific Ocean. He was a high ranking U.S. Navy officer aboard a top secret nuclear submarine that has been ( and is ) ‘exploring’ and ‘mapping’ enormous caverns and passageways underneath the Western U.S. for over 10-years now. A friend of mine finally tracked down the man who is now quietly living in retirement and asked that no details pointing to him be revealed as he does not want publicity and government attention. After writing this article, I destroyed my files on him. This is his story.”
Williams explained that ‘not all’ areas in-question are actually ‘resting’ or “floating” on the ocean.
Many subterranean cavities are located beneath the western United States but not limited to just “California,” and consist of very large water-filled aquasystem passageways are explored up to several hundred miles inland, by nuclear-powered submarine, particularly in regions of southern California, northern California and southern Oregon.
Williams continues, “…When this U.S. Navy officer retired ( several years ago ), in spite of about 10-years of intensive U.S. Naval Oceanographic study, the U.S. Navy had still not gotten even a handle on their [ subterranean waterway passageway cavaties ] exacts [ oceanographic coordinates ] and dimensions. Today, the story may be different. He [ U.S. Navy officer, retired ] made the following statements from his observations:
1. These passageways are labyrinths with widths from a few [ feet ] up to thousands of feet wide, averaging roughly about a 100-feet across [ wet caverns ];
2. Much like dry caverns, heights and depths vary a great deal, and in some cases two [ 2 ] or more ‘caverns or passageways pass over or under each other’ at different depths;
3. Most of the underwater entrances lie just off the Continental Shelf;
4. Most of the underwater entrances are ‘too small for submarine investigation’, but many that are large enough lie in waters that are too deep [ ultra deep sea ];
5. Some of the caverns ( in southern California ) are topped by oil while others are filled with gases believed approximate to our atmosphere [ in very ancient times ];
6. The San Joaquin Valley [ California ] is essentially a portion of the original cavernous area that collapsed eons ago due to it’s sheer weight;
7. What is being passed-off as the “San Andreas Fault” are large unsupported chambers [ caverns ] that are in the process of collapsing. When the ‘big one’ [ earthquake ] finally hits, many scientists in the know believe that most of California will break off like a cold Hershey bar [ chocolate candy bar ] and slide into the ocean.
8. [ this item was later deleted due to the individual’s fear that disclosure may in-part – due to recent ( 1985 ) international events – disturb a resolution to the feared problem, a similar scenario to that portrayed in a James Bond motion picture film depicting underground caverns, silicon valley technologies, nuclear weapons, and the San Andreas fault. ];
9. A well known U.S. nuclear submarine lost its way, within these passageways, resulting in its disappearance, but publicly reported as lost amidst open sea elsewhere using a recovery effort cover [ GLOMAR ( Global Marine ) Explorer ];
Williams continued, “I have no reason to doubt the man. I can’t tell for sure whether or not these caverns and passageways exist or to their extent. The story does sound a bit fantastic but I have no reason to doubt the man [ retired U.S. Navy officer ]. I have seen copies of documentation at least proving he was a high ranking U.S. Navy officer with nuclear-powered submarine duty, and a distinguished scientist. His scientific background and reputation are impeccable. He definitely cannot be labeled as a crackpot, lunatic or publicity seeker.
I would very much like more information on this topic …”
Upon further inquiries, by ‘inner earth’ researchers, John J. Williams responded with the following when asked whether or not he [ Williams ] had received any replies to his request for more information about the alleged subterranean aquasystem passageways below California:
“Since publishing our article on the vast cavern network under much of California, we have received many responses and inquiries. Some of these responses appear to have been from knowledgeable sources. Note that the material sent to us for this article was written by someone of very high repute whose credentials I personally checked out. Due to an agreement with him, I cannot reveal his identity.”
John J. Williams continued, “One response was from a retired submarine U.S. Navy Commander claiming to have spent many years in the waters off California and that such caverns do ‘not’ exist. Another response was from an anonymous person who cited unpublished oil company seismographic data stated, ‘Although most of the caverns you depict in your drawing are smaller, larger or located somewhat differently than the actual caverns, you are essentially correct … My information is more up-to-date than what you apparently relied upon.’ He ( or she ) did not supply any maps to pin down our differences, just some written descriptions, however some knowledgeable person could probably deduce his ( or her ) overall ‘map’ from the voluminous seismographic data sent. I am in the process of looking for this input; it’s been several years now and it may have all been thrown out … Incidentally, the oil company seismic data had much data around the City of Fresno in Central California area if that helps any.”
1970s – California, County of Los Angeles, City of Long Beach
“One incident, which may lend credence to California floating on the ocean was a newspaper story that made ( in recent years ) headlines ( The Press Telegram newspaper of Long Beach, California ) involving an oil discovery beneath Long Beach, California as oil companies pumped oil out-of the ground the entire City of Long Beach began to sink up to 26-feet into the Pacific Ocean, and dikes had to be built to keep the seawater out. The problem was ( temporarily ) being resolved by ‘water injection’ ( i.e. pumping an equivalent amount of water into the ground caverns to replace the amount of oil removed, in order to keep the City of Long Beach, California afloat.”
1963 April 23 – SubOceania One note of interest, in connection with the account of John J. Williams, was a statement made by Virginia Louise Swanson, a prominent investigator of the California elusive creature known as “Bigfoot,” a huge hairy creature that walks upright. Virginia L. Swanson has performed considerale studies on cave connections in relationship to the Bigfoot phenomena and its ability to hide so well, and refers to these California dry cavernous openings saying, “Somewhere I got the idea that a big portion of Death Valley [ California ] is located on a shelf of ‘false bedrock’. A certain type of earthquake would collapse all of it down to an enormous series of caverns that would open-up into another Grand Canyon [ Arizona ].” According to our knowledge, the only nuclear-powered submarines to ever disappear – under mysterious circumstances – were the USS SCORPION or USS THRESHER.
It is uncertain whether the retired U.S. Navy officer, who John J. Williams spoke of, was referring to the USS SCORPION or USS THRESHER, although the USS THRESHER disappearance caused more publicity as a Flagship, the World’s most advanced class nuclear attack submarine designed to operate deeper in sea depths and more silent ( noise reduction propeller screws ) than any of its predecessor submarine vessels, The U.S.S. THRESHER was also endowed with highly significant advanced sonar equipment, fire-control systems, and was the most advanced international submarine in the World at the time of its disappearance so, it could have easily been an ideal choice as a U.S. Naval Oceanographic underwater global exploratory vessel missioned top secret for caverns mentioned by the U.S. Navy officer earlier interviewed by John Williams.
On April 10, 1963 the USS THRESHER, under command of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander John W. Harvey, a total of 129 men comprised of the ‘crew’, ‘civilian technicians’, and ‘observers’ – according to official government reports – disappeared without any explanation, trace or clue as to the fate of the vessel or occupants, nothing was ever recovered, and no indications of any oil slicks, radiation, floating debris, or similar signs of wreckage were ever seen.
It is interesting to note that, at the time almost all reports stated the USS THRESHER “disappeared” or was “lost” but no reports indicated it was “sunk” [ or “buried” or “captured” ].
One woman, whose husband was on the ill-fated USS THRESHER, reported she believed her husband was still alive.
Theologically speaking, the possibility of a long distance connection or “communion” on a deep emotional level between a husband and a wife may not always be consigned to the realm of the occult or psychic phenomena. Many religions believe the very spiritual natures of a husband and a wife are united upon consummation of a marriage and thus become as Christian teachings indicate, “one flesh”.
The actual words of this woman, interviewed by William Carson and Jeannie Joy – two [ 2 ] writers [ columnists for Search Magazine ] devoted to pursuing strange events – shortly after the USS THRESHER disappearance, were as follows:
“My husband was on the submarine THREASHER when it disappeared. I don’t consider myself a widow. I don’t believe my husband is dead. No, it’s not a matter of just not being able to believe it, to accept reality, I just can’t get over the conviction that he’s still alive somewhere. I love my husband very much. I know he loved – loves me. We were very close. We could always tell when something was wrong with each other. Intuition, I guess. I should have felt something the instant there was trouble, if he was really in serious trouble and knew it – a matter of life and death – but I didn’t.”
“What do you believe really happened?” Carson and Joy asked the attractive young woman.
“Most people think I’m crazy when I say this, but I believe the THRESHER was captured.”
“By whom?”
“I can’t say for sure, but there ‘was’ a Russian submarine spotted near there that day ( near ‘where it reportedly vanished 220-miles off Boston harbor ), only I can’t imagine how even the Russians could ‘capture’ a vessel like the THRESHER without leaving the slightest evidence!”
1989 – California, County of Inyo, City of Deep Springs ( east of Owens Valley and Bishop, CA ) and Nevada, Las Vegas
The following account, concerning an area just east of Owens Valley in Bishop, California was related by Val Valerian in his ‘Leading Edge’ newsletter ( December 1989 – January 1990 issue ) article entitled “Deep Springs, California,” stated:
“Deep Springs, California is an area that is becoming known as the site for very strange events. According to the information released both on the air of KVEG AM radio and from other sources, the area is full of strange people wandering around in black suits. There have also been rumors that there is an underground facility in the area.
Checking with gravity anomaly maps proved that there are large cavities under the ground in that area. The wildest claims relative to the area have stated that alien life-forms are being released there … Deep Springs Lake has been probed and it appears bottomless.
Divers have traveled along an underground river 27-miles toward the Las Vegas, Nevada area before having to turn around.”
1963 – California, County of Inyo-Kern, Bishop & Casa Diablo
In the April 1963 issue of Search Magazine, investigative reporters William Carson and Jeannie Joy, in their regular column ( “Prying Into The Unknown” ) relayed the following information:
“It has always been a mystery to us, in the first place, how Mr. and Mrs. P.E. [ names excised for privacy ] can find and afford the time to do the sort of things most of us only dream of doing. After knowing them for more than 15-years, it is inconceivable to suspect their integrity or sanity – and yet they impose the following excise upon our credulity.
While exploring for petroglyphs, in the Casa Diablo vicinity of Bishop, California Mr. & Mrs. P.E. came upon a circular hole in the ground, about 9-feet in diameter, which exuded a sulfurous steam and seemed recently to have been filled with hot water. A few feet from the surface the shaft took a tangent course which looked easily accessible and, upon an impulse with which we cannot sympathize, the dauntless E.’s – armed only with a flashlight – forthwith crawled down into that hole. At a depth we’ve failed to record the oblique tunnel opened into a horizontal corridor whose dripping walls, now encrusted with minerals, could only have been carved by human hands, countless ages ago; of this the E.’s felt certain.
The end of the short passage was blocked by what seemed to be a huge doorway of solid rock which, however, wouldn’t yield. Their flashlight was turned to a corner where water dripped from a protuberance, which proved to be a delicately carved face, distorted now by the crystallized minerals, and from whose gaping mouth water issued.
As Mr. and Mrs. E. stood there in silent awe – wondering what lay behind that immovable door – the strangest thing of all happened … but our chronology will not be incorrect if we wait until they return to the surface before revealing this, for now the water began gushing from the carved mouth and from other unseen ducts elsewhere in that cave and rising at an alarming rate. They hurried to the surface, and in less than 30-minutes there was only a quite ordinary appearing pool of warm mineral water on the desert floor.
‘Do you know,’ Mrs. E. said to her husband, ‘while I stood down there I heard music – the strangest, most weird music I’d ever heard. But it seemed to come from everywhere at once or from inside my own head. I guess it was just my imagination.’
Mr. E. turned pale. ‘My God,’ he said, ‘I thought it was my imagination but I heard it too – like music from some other world!’
Why do they call that rock formation – near where the E’s had their strange experience in Bishop, California – ” Casa Diablo ” [ known in English as ] “Devil House”? And why was that area [ County of Inyo ] named by the Indians as ” Inyo ” [ known in English as ] dwelling place of the great spirit?”
1991 – New Madrid Fault Area ( Central United States & Northeast Mexico )
– Typhlichthys Fish – Interwoven Immense Cave Systems ( Central United States & Southern United States – New Madrid Fault Area ) – Sotano de las Golondrinas Cave Hole ( Aquismo, S.L.P., MEXICO ) Erich A. Aggen Jr., in his article “Top Secret: Alien UFO Bases” ( Search Magazine issue Summer 1991 ), presented the following revelations concerning the UFO subterranean connection:
“A great deal of UFO research has also led to the conclusion that various … species of aliens have set up secret underground bases in the United States and other countries. It is logical to assume that such bases have also been established elsewhere in the solar system. If such bases exist, where would we find them? Existing information allows us to make a few educated guesses.
Earth bases, underground, The dark, cavernous world beneath our feet is the source of many baffling mysteries. Clandestine UFO bases may be hidden deep within the earth in natural and/or artificial caverns.
As a former member of the National Speleological Society ( NSS ), I am well aware of the vast extent of cave systems within the United States.
In my own native state of Missouri, for example, there are over 2,500 known caves and dozens of new ones being discovered every year. Many of these caves are intricately linked together by numerous passageways and interconnecting chambers.
One particular species of blind white ( albino ) cave fish, known as the TYPHLICHTHYS, has been found in many widely separated cave systems over several states.
Typhlichthys fish been found in caves that make a great arc through the states, of:
Kentucky; Indiana; Illinois; Missouri ( ‘under’ the Mississippi River ); Arkansas; and, Oklahoma
These states rest above one [ 1 ] immense cavern system that comprises a large area of ‘both’ the Central United States and Southern United States where many caves possess rooms hundreds of feet in length, width and height as huge natural caverns only reached and explored with the utmost skill and perseverance.
There are only a few thousand National Speleological Society ( NSS ) members in the U.S. and only a few hundred of this number are active spelunkers so, with few spread over such a large area only a very small fraction of the tens of thousands of known caves in the U.S. have been carefully mapped and explored while thousands of other caves remain undiscovered and unexplored.
Extensive evidence indicates caves in the U.S. may be connected with caves in other parts of the world.
In the Municipio de Aquismo, S.L.P. of Mexico, the cave known as ” Sotano de las Golondrinas ” [ known in English as ] “Basement of the Swallows ” reaches a depth of 1,100 feet ( 334 meters ).
The Sotano de las Golondrinas cave is actually a giant ‘sink hole’ or ‘hole in the ground’. Atop Sotano de las Golondrinas hole is a ‘near circular opening hundreds of feet in diameter that is impossible to climb down the sides of because the walls of the opening are too smooth and “belled-out” so, the only way to reach the bottom is to secure – at its top – a special rope over 1,100 feet long dropped into the sinkhole.
Underground explorers [ spelunkers ] must descend – into the Sotano de las Golondrinas yawning hole – one [ 1 ] person at a time, using special cave repelling gear and climbing techniques. At the bottom of the Sotano de las Golondrinas hole are numerous ‘leads’ ( openings ) that feed into multiple different crevices, passageways, crawlways and rooms never mapped or investigated.
Sotano de las Golondrinas cave entrance is located in one of the most primitive and uncivilized areas of Mexico, and local inhabitants are afraid to approach the cave because they believe it is full of ‘evil spirits’ luring people to their deaths. They tell stories of people mysteriously disappearing never to be heard from again while passing near the cave entrance.
These stories may be based more on fact than fiction as they are similar in some respects to UFO [ unidentified flying objects ] abduction reports.
Because of the Sotano de las Golondrinas huge hole size, remote location and unique geological structure it would be an ideal UFO [ unidentified flying objects ] base. Naturally camouflaged caves, in other parts of the world, may serve as excellent natural bases, way-stations or depots for UFOs.
1968 December – Nevada and Canada
In December 1968, the ” SCHOONER EXPERIMENT ” was an underground nuclear test conducted that substantiates the theory that caves in North America and South America are intimately linked.
The Schooner Experiment was a 35-kiloton nuclear bomb exploded under the Nevada desert, however 5-days later and 1,000 miles further away in Canada 5-days test radiation levels rose up to 20 times greater than at the Nevada test site. The only way the radioactive dust could have traveled that far is through an interconnected system of caves extending all the way from Nevada to Canada!”
1932 – California, Death Valley, Panamint Mountains
Bourke Lee authored the book, ‘Death Valley Men’ ( MacMillan Co., N.Y. 1932 ), wherein Chapter “Old Gold” described a conversation Bourke Lee had with a small group of Death Valley, California residents speaking of Native American Paihute Indian legends when two ( 2 ) men ( Jack and Bill ) began describing their experience with accidentally discovering an ‘underground city’ after one of them fell through the bottom of an old mine shaft near Wingate Pass where they began following a natural underground quay like tunnel system ( apparently formerly lit by subterranean gas light ) traveling 20-miles northward on an incline taking them to a higher level with an exit out onto a ledge looking about halfway down the slope of the eastern face of the Panamint Mountains, but back down within the tunnel system they came across a huge ancient underground cavern city that contained many sights, including several perfectly preserved mummified bodies ( mummies ) still wearing thick arm bands, gold spears, a ‘large polished round table’ within another huge ancient chamber, giant statues comprised of gold, stone vaults where ‘drawers’ were filled with a variety of precious gem stones and gold bars, stone doors perfectly counterweighted easy to open, amongst other amazing sights, as well as ‘extremely heavy stone wheelbarrows’ designed with scientific counterweight construction for perfect balance so they could easily be manipulated.
From the ledge, they could see Furnace Creek Ranch and its Arroyo ( a water wash ) below them in Death Valley where they realized it was formerly filled with water so, they concluded that having previously seen the underground city system of huge archway openings could have been ancient waterway docks for large boats.
Bourke Lee was further informed that they brought some of the treasure out of the caverns and tried to set up a deal with certain people, including scientists associated with the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE ( Washington, D.C. ) to garner assistance in further exploring and publicizing this ancient underground city as one of the wonders of the World, but there efforts ended in disappointment when a friend of theirs stole the treasure ( their ‘evidence’ ) and were consequently scoffed at and rejected by scientists because when the discoverers went to show the ‘mine’ entrance after a then apparent cloud-burst brought such severe rains upon the entire hillsides were washed down over entire countryside landscape areas rearranged to obscure the entrance location.
The last time Bourke Lee heard from his friends, Bill and Jack, they were preparing to climb the eastern face of the Panamint Mountains to locate the ancient tunnelled-out ledge opening – located half way up the side of that steep slope. Bourke Lee never saw or heard from his discoverer friends ( Jack and Bill ) again.
During their initial lengthy conversation with Bourke Lee, the two ( 2 ) discoverers ( Jack and Bill ) had previously ‘revealed secrets of the underground city’ to others, but they discussed many things, including:
An alleged ‘subterranean race’ living in deep underground caverns beneath the ‘former seabed floor area’ of what is now the desert area of Death Valley, California.
There was another conversation about a remarkable Native American ‘Paihute tribe legend’ similar to an ancient myth of Greece.
The Paihute legend surrounds the death of the wife of a tribal Chief who, according to Native American tradition, took a ‘spiritual journey to the underworld’ to locate her, and amazingly upon returning with her he forbiddenly ‘looked back’ and was then prevented from bring his wife the remainder of the back from the dead.
This would not be the same as a more tangible earlier report from the Native American Navaho indian Oga-Make who conveyed that a Native American Paihute indian tribal Chief was alleged to have been ‘physically’ taken into the Native American “Hav-musuv” tribe subterranean cities beneath the Panamint Mountains.
Paihute indian legends, of the Hav-musuvs indicate these ancient Panamint Mountain dwellers abandoned their ancient city within by migration deeper into larger caverns below.
Could these reports coincide with the Paihute legends of the Hav-musuvs?
Bourke Lee, discourse ( below ):
“… The ‘professor’, ‘Jack’ and ‘Bill’ sat in the little canvas house in ‘Emigrant Canyon’, and heard the legend all the way through.
The professor said, ‘That story, in its essentials, is the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.’ ( Greek mythology )
‘Yes,’ I said, ‘it’s also a Paiute legend. Some indians told that legend to ‘John Wesley Powell’ in the sixties.’ ( 1960s )
‘That’s very interesting,’ said the professor. ‘It’s so close a parallel to Orpheus and Eurydice that the story might well have been lifted bodily from the Greeks.’
Jack said, ‘I wouldn’t be surprised. I knew a Greek. I forgot his name, but he ran a restaurant in almost every mining town I ever was in. He was an extensive wanderer. The Greeks are great travelers.’
Bill said, ‘They don’t mean restaurant Greeks. The Greeks they’ve talked about have been dead for thousands of years.’
‘What of it?’ asked Jack, ‘maybe the early Greeks were great travelers, too.’
The professor said, ‘It’s very interesting.’
‘Now! About that tunnel,’ said Bill, with his forehead wrapped in a frown, ‘You said this indian went through a tunnel into a strange country, didn’t you?’
‘Yes,’ I said, ‘I think I called it a cave or a cavern, but I suppose a miner would call it a tunnel. Why?’
‘Here’s a funny thing,’ said Bill, ‘This Indian trapper living right across the canyon has a story about a tunnel, and it’s not 1,000 years old either. Tom Wilson told me that his grandfather went through this tunnel and disappeared. He was gone 3-years, and when he came back he said he’d been in a strange country living among strange people. That tunnel is supposed to be somewhere in the Panamints ( Panamint Mountains ) not awful far from where we’re sittin. Now! What do you make of that?’
Jack said, ‘I think Tom’s grandfather was an awful liar.’
I said, ‘Tom’s grandfather lived when the Paiutes ( Native American indian tribe ) were keeping their tribal lore alive. He probably knew the old legend. Powell ( John Wesley Powell ) heard it in Nevada only 65-years ago.’
‘It’s very interesting,’ said the professor.
‘I got an idea about it,’ said Bill ( thoughtfully ), ‘Tom’s grandfather might have wandered into some tunnel all goofy from chewin’ jimson weed and then come out an found some early whites ( pioneer caucasian settlers ) and stayed with them. Tom told me that the people spoke a queer language and ate food that was new to his grandfather and wore leather clothes. They had horses and they had gold. It might have been a party in Panamint Valley, or even early explorers or early settlers in Owens Valley ( California ). How about that?’
Jack said, ‘Yeah. The Spaniards ( Spain ) were in here, too. So it might have been Spaniards ( Spanish ) or the early Greeks ( Greece ). And, where is this tunnel? And why did Tom’s grandfather have trouble speaking the language? This is an entirely different story than the one Buck told. We are arriving at no place at all with these Indians and Greeks. To return – for a moment – to our discussion of geology, professor, ‘Have you been in Nevada much?’
From that point forward the conversation went onto another subject.
1970′s ( early ) – California, County of Kern, Garlock, Goler, and Mojave
An area in the [ southern California ] Mojave Desert region, that may connect to the U.S. Western Region subterranean ( subsurface ) drainage network, involves “Red Mountain” ( also known as the “Iron Mountain Range” ) [ 1-mile northwest from the old ghost town of Garlock, California ] where one [ 1 ] of its [ southeastern ] peaks in the “El Paso Mountains” – [ about 20-miles ] northeast of Mojave, California where there are many bizarre accounts connected with this mountain that apparently got it’s name in-part from the many old mines which can be found there, along with numerous natural cavities which open out to the surface in many different areas.
The area has allegedly been the site of certain activity concerning Native American Indian ritual and occult practices, as well as the site of alleged secret government activity, some of which reportedly involves the observation and monitoring of strange [ biological ] creatures and ‘automatons’ [ half and half, “Man-Machines” (aka) “Manchines” ] said to stealthily ( night cloakers ) emerge from seemingly out-of nowhere ( faint sound of electronic whirring ) that travels up and down and into the [ canyon ] areas on occasions.
Just exactly what these ‘bionic creatures’ are is uncertain, but some accounts indicate that they are dangerous!
Could it also be a ‘magnetic’ zone due to the high iron content [ within the “Iron Mountain” range ]?
During the early 1970′s, on ‘no less than’ two ( 2 ) seperate occassions have U.S. federal government employees mysteriously disappeared from ”Red Mountain” range areas, and not reported back for work the following day.
The second [ 2nd ] occassion was, when a U.S. government employee went missing while investigating the previous disappearance of the U.S. government employee during the first [ 1st ] occassion.
While all of the facts, surrounding United States missing federal employees were not released to the public, portions of information were discovered early-on into the case situation that was limitedly documented by a few additional facts:
… [ EDITED-OUT ] …
Some of this particular report is only held ‘in-part’ as ‘proprietary information’ by Kentron Intellect Research, and ‘officially’ in-full by the U.S. Geological Survey ( USGS ), U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigations, and other U.S. government authorities governing release of sensitive information. ]
– West Virginia, County of Webster ( Northern )
Some years ago, a woman by the name of Joan Howard – at the time living in eastern Canada although originally from Britain ( UK ) – wrote a manuscript in which she described her own paranormal experiences with small “alien” entities.
Joan had experienced several UFO type abduction / encounters while at a very young age when she still lived in Britain ( UK ), and claimed to have had ‘psychic contact’ with [ biological ] beings that claimed to be of extraterrestrial origin.
These experiences were accompanied by a great deal of occult manifestations – such as poltergeist phenomena, psychic dreams, encounters with invisible entities, etc.
Joan even admitted that she often doubted the claims of these [ biological ] ‘beings’ – their actions being manipulative and just didn’t seem to coincide with their claims of being here as some kind-of ‘group of cosmic saviors’ to ‘lead humanity’ into a ‘New Age’ of ‘enlightenment’.
She also warned other researchers, to retain a “keen analytical mind” – when dealing with alien entities – so as not to fall under possible deception or manipulation.
Perhaps, as she suggested to others, they [ alien beings ] ‘might actually be here’ to ‘prepare for a future invasion of this planet’ and were merely ‘using her for various purposes to help prepare the way’, and that all of their ‘benevolence’ talk was just that – talk!
She ‘did’ describe vivid “dreams” in which she saw ‘alien craft hovering over major cities blasting frightened and terrified people in the streets’ with powerful ‘beam weapons’ – ‘dreams’, which she suggested, might be somewhat ‘prophetic’ in nature.
She described the [ biological ] entities as being small or dwarfs, yet was unsure whether they were human or not – although they ‘did’ attempt to pass themselves off as some type of ‘evolved human species’ – something which the ‘Grays’ [ biological alien beings ] have apparently done in order to break down any natural enmity which might prevent their ‘contactees’ or ‘abductees’ from receiving the lies which they intentionally fed them as part of their program of conquest and control.
Joan Howard, incidentally, wrote a privately published book, “The Space – Or Something – Connection,” which is referred to because it dealt with some experiences her husband had – shortly after she came to America.
In fact she devoted an entire chapter of her book ( “The Space – Or Something – Connection” ) to her husband’s account, which involved some incidents that took place while he was doing some field work for a certain company requiring a great deal of activity outdoors, and her husband and his co-workers travelled through some relatively unpopulated terrain in West Virginia regional areas between Newville, West Virginia ( Braxton County ) and Helvetia, West Virginia ( Randolph County ) general around northern Webster County, West Virginia where through mountains of rolling hill forests and wilderness he encountered some very strange things and heard accounts of strange cave related incidents from the locals.
During, which at one point, her husband claimed their group ran across what appeared to be a pipe sticking up from the ground – far away from the nearest town – where there was no other sign of civilization or anything man-made for miles on either side; yet here was this large pipe or tube sticking straight up from the ground.
The most remarkable thing about the pipe was that a flame of fire was shooting straight up out-of the pipe as if it were burning-off some type of gas – they never found out just what it was – but it was ‘within this same general area’ they explored ‘caverns’ containing unexplained issues.
One ( 1 ) of the caves displayed strange hieroglyphic writings on its walls, according to some men, while others claimed also hearing faint volumes of voices – behind the walls of the cave, in-addition to faint sounds – coming from beneath the cave floor – as though machines were moving around within ‘underground’ depths.
Her husband claimed, that after a long work day in the field, one evening two ( 2 ) men fell asleep at the mouth of one particular cave that inside ( a great distance away ) contained an unexplored but apparently very deep chasm ( hole ), and the following morning one ( 1 ) of the two ( 2 ) men awoke ( in front of that cave ) but found his partner had disappeared – no trace was ever found of that missing employee.
That particular cave had been known as a place of unusual occurrences, and a place to stay away from. Some even went so far as to call it “Satan’s Lair.” Whatever the case circumstances may actually be, all the aforementioned information may provide some additional awareness into what may have surrounded that employee’s disappearance.
One of the most remarkable accounts that Joan Howard’s husband heard involved a man claiming, that while exploring labyrinth depths of a particular cavern in the same area of north Webster County, West Virginia ( USA ), he suddenly came face to face with an attractive woman completely void of any hair on her head, and the woman spoke in a language completely foreign to the man – whereupon after unsuccessfully trying at great lengths to communicate with each other they departed and went their separate ways.
1989 – California ( Southern )
On November 3rd, 1989 Ken Hudnell, a well-known Los Angeles, California radio talk show host announced – over broadcast airwaves – his intention to take a group to visit ‘one of the ancient underground cities’ that had an ‘entrance’ located 60-miles from Anaheim, California. ( The Leading Edge Magazine )
1962 – California ( City of Mojave ), Nevada ( Carson City ), Utah ( Zion Canyon ) and Arizona ( Page )
During the 1940′s, one of the few specialized publications – that grew out-of the Palmer – Shaver ( Richard S. Shaver ) controversy – was The Hidden World ( issue A-8 ) reporting about a letter released from Charles Edwards ( aka ) Chuck Edwards, a researcher, surrounding what many people ( especially those throughout southern California ) have believed for decades based on having been officially told the United States Western Regional area subterranean drainage ultimately all flows into the Pacific Ocean. Later, in 1962, Chuck Edwards released some of his own discoveries surrounding the “Western Subsurface Drainage Network” ( i.e. southern California, Nevada, and Utah ) that ‘does not’ “ultimately flow into the Pacific Ocean,” but actually flows ‘underground’ through a ‘vast subterranean network drainage system’ dumping elsewhere.
Addressed to Richard S. Shaver, the Chuck Edwards’ letter reply is quoted ( below ):
“This letter is in reply to your January 31 letter. Please forgive me for not answering sooner. Enclosed is some material I hope that you can glean something of value [ from ]. Please be as candid as you have been in the past and if I am far off base don’t hesitate to tell me. …
Our foundation has located a vast system of underground passages in the Mother Lode country of California. They were first discovered in 1936, ignored by all even with our best efforts to reveal them.
Recently a road crew blasted out an opening verifying our claims. One [ of the chambers is ] 200-feet long, 70-feet wide and 50-feet high.
We have disclosed what we believe to be a vast subterranean drainage system ( probably traversing the Great American Desert country for a distance of more than 600-miles ).
We believe this system extends out like five [ 5 ] fingers of your hand to such landmarks as Zion Canyon in Utah, the Grand Canyon [ Arizona ], another runs south from the Carson Sink in Nevada, and yet another follows [ below ] the western slope of the same range – joining it’s counterpart and ending somewhere in the Mojave Desert [ southern California ].
We believe – contrary to orthodox geologists – that the existence of this underground system, drains all surface waters running into Nevada ( none, with the exception of the Armagosa, runs out ) and accounts for the fact that it is a Great American Desert. The hairy creatures, that you have written about, have been seen in several of these areas. Certainly there has been much ‘saucer’ [ UFO ] activity in these parts. For 2-years, I have collected material pertinent to these creatures and if you have any opinions along these lines I would appreciate hearing them.
So much for now. I hope that I am still your friend.
Much of my time has been devoted [ to ] helping a farmer near Portland [ Oregon ] who has made a fantastic discovery of incredible stone artifacts. He has several tons of them. They predate anything yet found ( or accepted ) let us say that for now.
We are making slow but steady progress in getting through the wall of orthodoxy.
– Chuck Edwards”
1946 – California ( Northern ), Mt. Lassen, Cascade Mountains, Cascadia Fault, Oregon, Washington and Canada ( British Columbia )
Following the Sierra Nevada [ mountain ] range from here [ California ] into the northern territories, one arrives at the Cascade Range [ mountains ], consisting mostly of dormant or extinct volcanic mountains rising at intervals through the U.S. northern State of California, Oregon, Washington, and into southwestern Canada.
The Cascade Range [ Cascadia Fault zone ] is not without it’s own peculiar accounts of subterranean recesses occupied by unknown beings – both human and non-human – apparently rediscovering what are portions of ancient antediluvian underground networks, which some say were inhabited by a race of intelligent [ biological ] but war-like hybrid reptiles genetically resembling instances of humanoid shapes.
There are many unanswered questions as to just how the subsurface world was used or exactly what role it may have played in relation to subterranean ancient legends of inhabitant races, but the following account may explain some mysteries by envisioning a clearer and broader perspective.
Around September 1946, Ralph B. Fields submitted his account to Amazing Stories Magazine ( December 1946 issue, pp. 155-157 ), with the assurance that it actually happened and his facts were true, as follows:
“In beginning this narrative and the unexplained events that befell my friend and myself, I offer no explanation, nor do I even profess to offer any reason. In fact I have yet to find a clue that will even in part offer any explanation whatever. Yet as it did happen, there must be some rhyme or reason to the whole thing. It may be that someone can offer some helpful information to a problem that just should not exist in these times of enlightenment.
To begin with, if we had not been reading an article in a magazine telling us about the great value of guano, ( i.e. old cave bat excrement / dung droppings as being highly valued fertilizer ] that have accumulated over a great number of years, we would have continued to mend our merry way through life without ever having a thing to worry about. But having read the article as we were at the time living near a small town called Manten in Tehama County, California we thought that would be a good country to explore for a possible find of this kind.
After talking it over for some time, and as we had plenty of time just then, we decided to take a little trip up the country just back of us.
As we were almost at the foot of Mount Lassen, that seemed the best place to conduct our little prospecting tour.
Collecting a light camping outfit, together with a couple of tents to sleep in, we started out on what we expected to be a 3 or 4-day jaunt up the mountain … I guess we covered about 10 or 12-miles on the 3rd day and it was fast approaching time to begin to look for a place to spend the night and the thought was not very amusing as it had turned a little colder and we were well over 7,000 feet above sea level.
We soon found a sheltered place, beneath a large outcrop of rock, and set about making a camp.
As I was always the cook, and Joe the chore boy, I began getting things ready to fix us some grub. Joe began digging around for some dead scrub brush to burn.
I had things all ready and looked around for Joe and his firewood, but I could see no signs of him.
I began calling for him, and he soon came into sight from around the very rock where we were making our camp.
And I knew he was laboring under some great excitement and his face was lit up like a Christmas tree.
He had found a cave.
The entrance was on the other side, of that very rock.
He was all for exploration right away.
But I argued that we had better wait till morning.
But he argued that, in a cave it was always night and we would have to use flashlights anyway, so what would be the difference?
Well, we finally decided that we would give it at least a once-over after we had a bite to eat.
It wasn’t much to call a ‘cave’ – at first – as it had a very small entrance, but back about 20-feet it widened out to about 10-feet wide and around 8-feet high. And it did reach back a considerable distance as we would see at least 100-yards and it appeared to bend off to the left. The floor sloped slightly down. We followed to the bend and again we could see a long way ahead and down … At this point we became a little afraid as we were some way into the mountain …
I don’t know how far we went, but it must have been 1-mile or 2-miles, as we kept on walking and the cave never changed it’s contour or size. Noticing this I mentioned it to Joe.
And we discovered an amazing thing. The floor seemed to be worn smooth as though it had been used for a long time as a path or road. The walls and ceiling of the cave seemed to be cut like a tunnel. It was solid rock and we knew that no one would cut a tunnel there out of rock as there had been no sign of mining operations ( tailings ). And the rock in the walls and ceiling was run together like it had been melted. Or fused from a great heat.
[ UPI NOTE INSERT ( here ): It is believed the U.S. government possesses PlasMole ( aka ) “Terron Drive” ( ref.: Paul Peter Schneider ) tunneling machines that travel at 5-mph and can permeate – by melting – a 50-foot hole through solid rock. ]
While we were busy examining the cave in general, Joe swore he saw a light way down in the cave.
We started down the cave once more and found a light. Or should I say the light found us as it was suddenly flashed into our faces. We stood there blinded by it for a minute until I flashed my light at it’s source and saw we were confronted by three [ 3 ] men. These men looked to be about 50 or a little younger. They were dressed in ordinary clothing such as is worn by most working men in the locality. Levi type pants and flannel shirts and wool coats. They wore no hats. But their shoes looked strange as their soles were so thick that they gave the impression of being made of wood.
There stood three [ 3 ] men looking at us in a cave, 1-mile or so in the depths of old Mount Lassen … One of them spoke to us. He asked what we were looking for … we came to the conclusion that we had better retreat. Turning to go we were confronted by two [ 2 ] more of them. One of the strangers told us, ‘I think maybe you had better come with us.’ … So we permitted the five [ 5 ] to escort us deeper into the depths of old Mt. Lassen … They had led us farther down and I guess we had gone a couple more miles when we came to the first thing that really amazed us.”
We came to a place where the cavern widened out a little and we saw some kind of machine, if it can be called that. Though I had no chance to examine it closely at the time, I did later and it was a very strange contrivance. It had a very flat bottom, but the front was curved upward something like a toboggan. The bottom plate was about 8-inches thick and it was the color of pure copper. But it was very hard tempered. Although I have had a lot of experience in metals and alloys, I had no opportunity to examine it closely enough to determine just what it was. I doubt very much if I could.
It had a seat in the front directly behind a heavy dashboard affair and there was a dial shaped in a semi-circle with figures or markings on it. I had not the slightest idea what they stood for, but they were very simple to remember. If there was a motor, it was in the rear.
All I could see was two [ 2 ] horseshoe or magnet-shaped objects that faced each other with the round parts to the outside. When this thing was in operation, a ‘brilliant green arc’ seemed to leap between the two [ 2 ] and to continue to glow as it was in operation. The only sound it gave off was a hum or buzz that sounded like a battery charger in operation.
The seat in the front was very wide.
The only method of operation was a ‘black tear-shaped object’, which hung from the panel by a chain.
One [ 1 ] of these men – sitting in the middle – took this thing and touched the sharp end to the first [ 1st ] figure on the ‘left side’ of the dial.
When he touched the first [ 1st ] figure, the contraption seemed to move almost out from under us, but it was the smoothest and quietest take-off I ever experienced. We seemed to float. Not the slightest sound or vibration.
And after we had traveled for 1-minute he touched the ‘next [ 2nd ] figure’ on the dial and our speed increased at an alarming rate.
But when he had advanced the black object over past the center of the dial, our speed increased until I could hardly breathe.
I can’t begin to estimate the distance we had traveled or our speed, but it was terrific.
The two [ 2 ] horseshoe objects in the rear created a green light that somehow shone far ahead of us, lighting up the cavern for a long way.
I soon noticed a black line running down the center of the cavern and our ‘inner-mountain taxi’ seemed to follow that.
I don’t know how long we continued our mad ride, but it was long enough for us to become used to the terrific speed and we had just about overcome our fear of some kind of wreck when we were thrown into another spasm of fear. Another machine of the same type was approaching us head on. I could see that our captors were very nervous, but our speed continued.
As the other machine became closer our speed slowed down very fast and we came to a smooth stop about 2-feet from the front of the other machine.
Our machine had no sooner stopped than our captors leaped from the machine and started to dash away.
A ‘fine blue light’ leaped from the other machine in a ‘fine pencil beam’ and it’s sweep caught them and they fell to the cavern and lay still.
The figures dismounted from the other machine and came close to us.
Then I noticed they carried a strange object in their hands. It resembled a ‘fountain pen flashlight with a large round bulb-like affair on the back end and a grip’ – something like a German luger pistol.
They pointed them at us. After seeing what had happened to our erstwhile captors I thought that our turn was next, whatever it was.
But one [ 1 ] spoke to us.
“Are you surface people?”
I guess we are, as this is where we came from very recently.
“Where did the horlocks find you?”
If you mean those guys, I pointed to the five [ 5 ] motionless figures, back there a few hundred miles – I pointed toward the way we had come in our wild ride.
“You are very fortunate that we came this way,” ‘he’ told us, “You would have also become horlocks and then we would have had to kill you also.”
That was the first time I had realized that the others were dead. They put their strange weapons away and seemed friendly enough, so I ventured to ask them the who and why and everything we had run into.
I told them of our search for guano and how we had encountered the five [ 5 ] horlocks, as he called them, and asked ‘him’ about the machines, their operation and could we get out again?
He smiled and told us, “I could not tell you too much as you would not understand. There are so many things to explain and you could not grasp enough of what I could myself tell you. The ‘people on the surface’ are ‘not ready to have the things’ that ‘the ancients’ have left. Neither I nor any one in any of the caverns know why these things work, but we do know how to operate some of them. However, ‘there are a great many evil people here who create many unpleasant things for both us and the surface people’. They are safe because ‘no one on the surface believes us or them’. That is why I am telling you this. No one would believe that we exist. We would not care, but there are many things here that ‘the outer world must not have until they are ready to receive them’, as ‘they would completely destroy themselves, so ‘we must be sure that they do not find them’. As for the machine, I don’t know how it works, but I know some of the principles of it. It works simply by gravity. And it is capable of reverse. The bottom plate of it always is raised about 4-inches from the surface of the floor. That is why there is no friction and has such a smooth operation. This ‘object suspended from this chain is pure carbon’. It is the key to the entire operation. As I told you before, I cannot explain why it runs, but it does. We want you two [ 2 ] to ‘return to where you came’ and ‘forget about us’. We will show you ‘how to operate the sled’ and ‘we want you never again to enter the cave’. If you do – and you do not encounter the horlocks – we will have to do something about you ourselves so, ‘it would not be advisable to try to return at all events’. One thing I can tell you. ‘We never could permit you to leave another time’.”
He explained to us the operation of the machine and in some way reversed it’s direction. So thanking them, we seated ourselves in the sled, as he had called it, and were soon on our way back.
Our return trip was really something we enjoyed, as I was sure not to advance the carbon far enough on the dial to give us such terrific speed, but we soon found ourselves where we started from. The sled slid to a smooth stop and we jumped out and started up the cave afoot.
We must have walked a long way coming in, for we thought we never would come to the surface. But at last we did. And it was late afternoon when we emerged.
We lost no time in making our way down the mountain, and Joe tells me that he isn’t even curious about what is in that cave. But I am.
What is the answer to the whole thing? I would like to know.
We had been told enough for me to believe that down there – somewhere – there are things that might baffle the greatest minds of this Earth. Sometimes I’m tempted to go back into that cave if I could find it again, which I doubt, but, then I know the warning I heard in there might be too true, so I guess I had better be of the same mind as Joe. He says: ‘What we don’t know don’t hurt us’.
Regardless of Joe’s opinion, however, there is reason to believe that influences from these nether regions can and do affect “us” in a profound way, and even the men whom Ralph and Joe encountered, whoever they were, admitted this fact.
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Starting in the engine room, I lightly sanded the new support platform and cleaned up the results.
With a couple cardboard “shelves”, I tried out some various battery placement configurations in the engine room, starting with a potential shelf running across the very forward end of the space, with battery overflow onto the existing platforms on each side. This might have been nice in some situations, but here, with the only access to the space through the doorway from the head, the batteries, were they to be placed as shown here, would intrude too much on the doorway opening and make access difficult to the other parts of the space. It would also make construction, installation, and maintenance more difficult because of the way it limited access. This configuration assumed the full-width shelf would be at the same height as the adjacent platforms.
A close alternative idea was to run a shelf between the two side platforms, but down at hull height, several inches lower. This limited space to five batteries on the shelf, with the remainder to be distributed on the two platforms on each side. While the extra inches would improve access through the door, all the other pitfalls remained.
Ultimately, I thought the best probable solution was also the simplest: Divide the batteries into two banks of five on each side of the boat, using the existing platforms. Because of the way the existing dividers were configured, this plan would require modifications to the port side to increase floor space, and because of some curvature to the platforms because of their existing height, which died into the hull as they moved outboard, I’d have to raise slightly the platforms on both sides, just enough to provide sufficient space for the five batteries.
For now, the port platform held only three batteries, but imagine it in an expanded state and identical to the larger starboard side.
I’d probably choose to orient the outboard pair of batteries in the other direction to save space and better fill the floor plan. Access would be straightforward, but out of the way, and weight distribution would be equal. It’d be as simple as possible to enclose and/or cover the battery areas as needed. Regardless, this was a fair bit of weight to add here, somewhat more than the original diesel installation when all was said and done, but there was no other–and no better–location for the substantial battery banks in this case.
Moving on, I had a meeting with my upholstery contractor to discuss early details about the interior work, and start the process in motion. More on this to come soon.
Next, I got back to work on the forward cabin door trim. After some final layout, I set up the table saw with a dado cutter and milled the grooves required to accept the UHMW inserts in the two trim pieces. The shorter upper trim was straightforward, as the plastic insert could run from end to end, but the long bottom piece required a blind plunge cut that started and ended well inside of the ends of the trim, but with some additional layout work the process went as expected. I intentionally milled the dados just smaller than the plastic to allow final trimming to the exact size desired.
To finish off the ends of the dado in the long trim, which were arced because of the circular saw blade, I chiseled them square to accept the 3/4″ square plastic.
Finally, I roughed up the two bonding sides of the plastic inserts for the trims, and epoxied them into place. Despite the anti-adhesive nature of the plastic, I hoped that this would prove sufficient for the requirements here, but later, should it be necessary, I could install screws through the final groves that I’d cut later once the epoxy was cured.
I chose the locations for the four new through hull assemblies. The pair of cockpit scuppers would go back in the same location as original, more or less, and I marked the locations outside the hull based on the flattest section of the area to best accommodate the mushroom fitting. The galley sink drain would be centered beneath the opening in the cabinet above, so this was also a simple fitting to locate.
For the new holding tank discharge fitting, I tried a few locations in the starboard settee locker, using the loosely-assembled seacock, base, and hose connector to determine the final location based on available headroom and, with the hull angle, clearance to the side of the compartment. I also wanted to keep the fitting, and its eventual hose run, clear of the remaining space and as unobtrusive as possible. I had hoped to place the fitting well aft, but there turned out to be insufficient headroom and other clearances there. In the end, only one location really fit the bill: directly in the middle of the locker between the two hatch openings. This worked in all ways, including keeping the bulk of the space clear for other uses, and the ability to hide and secure the hose run directly above and away from the locker openings.
After vacuuming up the spoils and solvent-washing the inside of the hull at each location, I laid out the new 3/4″ backing pads, centering them over the new holes in the hull. To help hold the pads in place while they were being secured, I hot-glued little blocks beneath each to keep them from slipping down the hull. There’s no photo of the galley fitting dry-fit this way because initially I thought the hull there was flat enough that it wouldn’t require a glue block, but later I found I needed to hastily install one after all.
With all preparations complete, I installed the pads in a bed of thick epoxy, smoothing fillets around the pads with the excess as needed. Where the hull was well-curved at the scupper locations, I kept the pads basically square to the holes through the hull so the through hull fittings would seat properly.
The main event for next time was to be the interior primer, so to prepare for that I cleaned up the cabin, moving all tools and supplies out of the way and thoroughly vacuuming and solvent-washing all surfaces to be primed (which was more or less everything). There was minimal masking to complete around the new cherry lockers above the settees.
0600 Weather observation: -8°, mostly clear. Forecast for the day: Mostly sunny, 20°
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2019 Ducati 959 Panigale Corse
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959PANIGALECORSE
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The 959 Panigale Corse represents the highest sporting expression of the famous twin cylinder from Borgo Panigale. Thanks to the Öhlins suspensions, the lithium-ion battery and a dedicated livery inspired by the MotoGP colours, the 959 Panigale Corse is ready to hit the track.
The following features include information for all models within the 959 Panigale Family and may not be applicable to all models. Please see your local dealer for further information.
ERGONOMICS: The 959 Panigale was ergonomically designed to provide perfect integration between the rider and the bike. The comfortable anti-slip seat, the reduced profile between the lower limbs in the riding position and an optimised positioning of the handlebars offer the perfect position for controlling the bike with total confidence both on the road and on the track.
ÖHLINS SUSPENSION: This exclusive version of the new 959 Panigale is equipped with premium Öhlins suspensions. The fork is an Öhlins NIX30 with a 43 mm diameter, multi-adjustable with TiN treatment of the legs, while the shock absorber is a multi-adjustable Öhlins TTX36. The suspensions are completed with the steering damper, also by Öhlins and adjustable.
MONOCOQUE TECHNOLOGY: The 959 Panigale chassis represents the continuation of the innovative Monocoque concept: several components have been integrated to obtain a single, compact and lightweight element that enhances the driver's position by perfecting the driving position. The monocoque structure, made of cast aluminium to increase its properties of resistance, uses the Superquadro engine as a structural element and contributes to making the Ducati Superbikes the lightest in their category. The monocoque frame is secured directly to the engine head and in the front houses two aluminium bushings into which the steering tube bearings are inserted. Apart from fulfilling the classic function of the frame, the monocoque also acts as an air-box. In fact, in addition to the air filter it also houses the throttle bodies and the fuel circuit complete with injectors, which take advantage of the bottom of the steel tank which becomes its cover when mounted in place.
BRAKE SYSTEM: The 959 Panigale is equipped with a powerful yet manageable front braking system featuring new Brembo M4.32 monobloc callipers and comes standard with the new Bosch ABS 9MP anti-lock system. The system ensures the shortest possible braking distances, even on road surfaces that are wet or dirty, with simultaneous control of rear lift to provide maximum braking stability. Specifically calibrated for sports use, the system offers three levels of intervention, each associated with a Riding Mode. In Race mode, the system only works on the front discs to allow the use of the most advanced braking techniques on the track.
NEW CORSE LIVERY: The lines of the new 959 Panigale Corse are enhanced by a two-colour livery, white mixing with the classic Ducati red, which in this case is matt like on the Desmosedici MotoGP thus making the bike immediately recognizable.
DUCATI TRACTION CONTROL (DTC): The Ducati Traction Control system (DTC) supervises the rear wheel slipping control and settings vary through eight different levels that are programmed to offer a different tolerance level to rear wheel slipping. Each Riding Mode features a pre-set intervention level. Level eight indicates system intervention whenever a slight slipping is detected, while level one is for very expert riders because it is less sensitive to slipping and intervention is hence more rare.
COMPLETE LCD INSTRUMENT PANEL: The 959 Panigale dashboard is an advanced multifunctional LCD unit whose layout is derived from the excellent experience gained by Ducati Corse in competitions like the Superbike and MotoGP world championships. Being able to see a wide range of information in a highly visible format, even when the rider crouches behind the windscreen at maximum speed, together with the choice of information displayed on the basis of the selected Riding Mode, allows the rider to rapidly absorb all the most important information during any type of use.
DUCATI QUICK SHIFT (DQS): The Ducati Quick Shift (DQS) is the electronic shifter control system used for racing purposes that allows the rider to shift up under acceleration without using the clutch, keeping the throttle open and thereby saving precious fractions of a second.
SUPERQUADRO: The Superquadro in the 959 Panigale guarantees a power output of 150 hp at 10,500 rpm and 102 Nm of torque at 9,000 rpm. Thanks to the L-twin cylinder and Riding Modes, the rider can easily modulate the high power of the engine and adapt it to his or her riding style and road conditions.
ARCHITECTURE: The engine was conceived as a structural element of the frame, so its architecture has been completely revisited to ensure the best design possible in terms of conformation, weight distribution and robustness. The cylinders, always arranged at 90° with respect to each other, have been rotated backwards by another 6° around the crankshaft to the point of reaching a 21° angle between the front cylinder and the horizontal plane. This has made it possible to shift the engine forwards, to improve the weight distribution between the front and the back and to obtain the perfect positioning of the attachment points of the cylinder heads to the 959 Panigale monocoque frame.
RACING PERFORMANCE: he 955 cu. cm Superquadro of the new 959 Panigale Corse is Euro 4 approved and has a maximum power output of 150 hp at 10,500 rpm. The maximum torque is 102 Nm at 9,000 rpm. In this version, the engine breathes through a type-approved Akrapovic exhaust, also inspired by MotoGP exhausts.
TRANSMISSION: The 959 Panigale has an advanced six-gear transmission with large diameter gears to ensure greater resistance. The multiplate dry clutch with hydraulic control, equipped with a "slipper" torque limiter, makes it possible to avoid sliding of the rear wheel during aggressive downshifts. Thanks to fluid gear engagement, an excellent feel and minimal effort required to use the clutch, the 959 gearbox helps keep the bike in perfect balance both on the road and on the track.
959 Panigale Corse
Front - 2 x 320 mm semi-floating discs, radially mounted Brembo monobloc M4.32 4-piston callipers, with Bosch ABS as standard.
Rear - 245 mm disc, 2-piston calliper, with Bosch ABS as standard
Rear - 10 spokes light alloy 5.50 x 17 in.
Front travel - 4.72 in. (120 mm)
Rear travel - 5.12 in. (130 mm)
Front - Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 120/70 ZR17
Rear - Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa 180/60 ZR17
Gearbox - 6 speed with Ducati Quick Shift (DQS)
Straight cut gears; 1.77:1 ratio
Chain; front sprocket 15; rear sprocket 43
Full LCD display
Superquadro - L-twin cylinder, 4 valve per cylinder, Desmodromic
150 hp (110 kW) @ 10,500 rpm
100 x 60.8 mm
75 ft. lb. (102 Nm) @ 9,000 rpm
1st - 37/15
2nd - 30/16
3rd - 27/18
4th - 25/20
Slipper and self-servo wet multiplate with hydraulic control
Mitsubishi electronic fuel injection system, twin injectors per cylinder, full Ride-by-Wire elliptical throttle bodies
2-1-2 system with catalytic converter and 2 lambda probes; stainless steel pre-silencer + twin aluminum side mufflers
Consumption - 5.6 l / 100 km
Monocoque aluminum
Front - Fully adjustable Ohlins NIX30 wih TiN treatment. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
Rear - Fully adjustable Ohlins TTX36 unit. Aluminum double-sided swingarm
Front wheel - 3.78 in. (96 mm)
Standard equipment - Power Modes, DQS, fully RbW, Ohlins steering damper, lithium-ion battery, ready for DDA+ with GPS module
Safety equipment - ABS, Ducati Traction Control (DTC), Engine Brake Control (EBC), riding modes
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Johnson County Man Wins $100K in Missouri Lottery
A Johnson County man recently won big money with a Missouri Lottery Scratchers ticket!
James Harris, of Leeton, saw that he won a $100,000 prize on his Missouri Lottery “50X The Cash” Scratchers ticket, and he says that he didn’t second-guess it.
“I knew what I was seeing the second I saw the prize,” said Harris, who has previously won two $10,000 Missouri Lottery prizes.
The Leeton man's six-figure prize came at the end of a winning streak with Scratchers tickets he purchased from Country Market, located at 410 East. Young Avenue, in Warrensburg.
“I had a $500 winner to cash, so I got cash and one $30 ticket out of that,” explained Harris. “I won my $30 back on that and bought three $10 tickets. I lost, won and lost on them, so I went back in the store to have this one scanned and gave the clerk who sold me the ticket a tip.”
Harris and his wife, Kellie,went to the Lottery’s office in Kansas City, to claim their prize, on March 8th. The couple says they are looking forward to paying bills with the $100,000 prize.
The Harris couple claimed one of 16 $100,000 second-tier prizes available in the $10 “50X The Cash” Scratchers game.
During fiscal year 2016, Johnson County residents won more than $3.5 million in Missouri Lottery prizes.
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Categories: Business News, LocalNews, Missouri News, News, Sedalia News, Warrensburg News
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Idaho Laws & Rules
Section 26-3713
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IDAHO CONTINUING-CARE DISCLOSURE ACT
26-3713. Oaths — Subpoenas — Punishment — Exemption from criminal prosecution for testimony. For the purpose of any investigation or proceeding under this chapter the director or any officer designated by him may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, agreements or other documents or records which the director deems relevant or material to the inquiry.
(1) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, any court of competent jurisdiction, upon application by the director, may issue to that person an order requiring him to appear before the director or the officer designated by him, there to produce documentary evidence if so ordered or to give evidence relating to the matter under investigation or in question and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by the court as a contempt of court.
(2) No person is excused from attending and testifying, from producing any document or record before the director or from obeying the subpoena of the director or any officer designated by him or in any proceeding instituted by the director on the ground that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual may be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled, after claiming his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify, except that the individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.
[26-3713, added 2005, ch. 265, sec. 15, p. 824.]
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Monty Alexander Brings Jamdown Jazz Full Circle at the Charlie Parker Festival
Yesterday evening at the uptown Saturday night edition of this year’s Charlie Parker Festival, Monty Alexander explained that his most recent free outdoor concert here had been in Central Park. He didn’t bother to mention that his mid-90s performance there with guitarist Ernie Ranglin was one of the landmark musical events in this city over the past 25 years.
The pianist and leader of the Harlem-Kingston Express told the crowd that when he’d been booked for yesterday’s show, he’d asked the festival organizers where he’d be playing. When he found out that it would be Marcus Garvey Park, his response was, “Marcus Garvey Park? But Marcus Garvey is Jamaican!”
The exuberant reggae-jazz icon added that he hoped the park’s name wouldn’t be changed back to what it used to be (it was still Mount Morris Park back in 1967 when Alexander led a completely different band several blocks west at Minton’s).
Shifting into serious mode, he and the group launched into an amped-up version of the Burning Spear classic Marcus Garvey. Joshua Thomas, the group’s electric bassist sang it in a strong, soulful tenor, then in a split second the group segued into So What and took the tune doublespeed. All this dovetailed with the circumstances: Wynton Kelly, the pianist on Miles Davis’ original, was also Jamaican.
Until around the time of that legendary Central Park show, Alexander was regarded as a traditionalist and an expert at ballads. The collaboration with Ranglin, a fellow Jamaican icon, was a game-changer, and their reinvention of Bob Marley classics won both of them a global following far beyond the jazz world. Yet, as Alexander explained, he’s no less a jazz guy for loving reggae riddims. For Alexander, just like Ellington, there are two kinds of music.
This band is very much the first kind. There are two drummers, two basses and two keyboards including Alexander. Most of the time the Jamaican guys play the reggae material and the Americans do the swing stuff, but there’s plenty of overlap, and when both drummers and both bassists are going strong the sound can be epic.
One of the evening’s most anthemic, incisive numbers sounded like a version of the Abyssinians’s Satta Massagana: as with much of the other material, Alexander made a doublespeed swing blues out of it, then returned back to the original theme to wind it down. A little later, they used the opening riff from Marley’s Could You Be Loved to stir up a similar stew.
The most riveting solo of the night was from bassist Hassan Shakur, juxtaposing crushing chords and ghostly harmonics with a bluesy drive way up the fingerboard. Drummer Carl Radle played thunderous vaudeville against the beat, all but drowning the rest of the crew during his one irresistibly fun solo moment. Similarly, saxophonist Wayne Escoffery went for adrenaline, especially during the Coltrane solo in So What; the band’s trombonist was a bluesy, more low key foil.
Meanwhile, the electronic keyboardist played mostly clickety-clack clavinova behind Alexander’s spacious chords and regal blues phrases, adding organ on the biggest hit with the crowd, No Woman No Cry. They closed with a coy calypso medley that veered into Hava Nagila for a few bars, Alexander spiraling around on his melodica.
This was a tantalizingly short set, especially for these guys, which may portend what’s in store this afternoon at Tompkins Square Park where the festival began in 1993. Festivities start at 3 with a trio of young guns: trumpeter Adam O’Farrill, saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins and vibraphonist Joel Ross. Iconic, rapturous AACM pianist/organist Amina Claudine Myers follows at 4, then there’s a corporate jazz act whose new pianist is way better than the last one, then postbop sax vet Gary Bartz leading a quartet to close things out at around 6. You might want to bring a folding chair if you have one because blanket space on the lawn will be limited.
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Each month, journalist Gary Burgess will round up some of LGBT+ news stories and events from around the world.
Well, hello. This is new. I’m delighted to be sharing my whistlestop tour of the queer world – a new monthly addition to the Liberate website.
First up, here in the islands, it’s the month we found out how many couples in Jersey have ‘converted’ their civil partnerships to marriages. The marriage laws were approved at the start of last year but only came into force in July. We now know nine couples chose to convert them, with ceremonies solemnised at the Office of the Superintendent Registrar. I can confirm the short ceremony is a very special occasion – as my husband and I were the very first to do so when the law changed last summer. It means we’re number one on the new register! The report also shows there were 7 civil partnerships in Jersey in 2018. Equivalent figures for Guernsey haven’t yet been published, where the marriage laws to allow same sex couples to marry were changed in 2017.
Each time Channel Islands Pride is announced I can be assured of messages from strangers asking “why do you need a gay pride, there isn’t a straight pride?” My answer is usually two-fold:
If you want a straight pride, go have one.
While there’s discrimination and oppression and hate being meted out against gay people, having a high profile platform to raise awareness of key issues matters.
This month, two have caught my attention. A government minister in Malaysia has called for a crackdown on LGBT+ people in the country after some dared to join campaigning at an International Women’s Day event. The minister said: “LGBT practise will not be accepted at all in this country.” Meanwhile in Brazil, there’s growing concern about the anti-gay pronouncements of new president Jair Bolsonaro. He’s previously said he’d prefer his son died in an accident than be gay while also describing himself as “homophobic and very proud of it”.
If you’re off on your holidays in the coming weeks, there’s no shortage of Pride events happening around the world between now and the end of April. Miami Beach, Phuket and Tokyo are among those playing host, and, as somebody who’s just back from a holiday in Miami, I know you’ll have an amazing time if you’re heading in that direction. Organisers describe the 1st to 7th April event as “a weeklong celebration with special events, social mixers, dance events, a VIP gala, an incredible festival and parade.” For what it’s worth, though there was no Pride when we were there, just sitting people-watching on Ocean Drive is worth the trip (the picture is of me doing exactly that)!
And finally, for this round-up, full respect to the gay boss of Quantas who’s just made one child’s day. When 10-year-old Alex Jacquot wrote to Alan Joyce to ask for some advice about a new airline he wanted to start, it’s safe to assume he wasn’t expecting the reply he got. Instead of a simple letter as a response, Alex was invited to visit the HQ of Quantas to tour the Operations Centre and join in a meeting to find ways to make passengers even more comfortable during their flights.
Well that’s it for this month. If you spot something worthy of a mention in my next update, or if you have news of your own to share, tweet me or track me down on Facebook.
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Note: In order to create a US$ 50 million commercial paper program, applicant entered into a letter of credit agreement (LCA) with creditor, under which creditor would issue certain irrevocable letters of credit for the account of the applicant. On the same day that the LCA was signed, creditor and participant entered into a "participation agreement" in which creditor sold participant an "undivided interest and participation to the extent of 22.5% ... in and to the Letters of Credit and the obligations of the [Applicant] in respect to the Letters of Credit under the [LCA] ... ."
When the applicant filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, it owed $15 million to issuer under the LCA. In a settlement between the participant and the debtor, the two parties "agreed that if [participant] is allowed to file a separate claim for its participation interest ... then forty percent of that claim will be paid in full while the remaining sixty percent will receive the same treatment as all other unsecured creditors. On the other hand, if [participant] is not allowed to file its own claim, it will be paid 22.5 percent of any recovery that creditor receives on account of its LCA claim." The difference of whether participant was able to file its own claim was approximately $950,000.
In order to protect its interests under the participation agreement, the participant claimed that it had an "undivided interest" in applicant's financial obligations, could collect monies directly from the applicant, and was entitled to the $3,375,000. The participant contended that it had obtained an undivided interest from the creditor (as evidenced by the proportionate risk of loss) that allowed the participant to collect payments from the applicant. Further, it contended that other documents disclosed the complete terms of the participation agreement. The liquidating trustee maintained that participant's claim should be disallowed because "the LCA, the participation agreement, and the case law regarding participation agreements do not support [participant's] assertion that it may assert a claim directly against the [applicant] because [participant] is not a creditor of the [applicant]."
U.S. District Court Judge, Gallet, J., granted the motion of the liquidating trustee and dismissed the participant's "blunderbuss defense," stating that the participant and creditor specifically chose the unambiguous terms of the participation agreement, and that because those terms were unambiguous, additional documents would be inadmissible.
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Lady Barons advance to District semi-finals
By Bruce Morgan on October 31, 2018
Manheim Central’s Lily Sipel celebrates a goal against Red Land last Wednesday, Oct. 24. Sipel also scored the game’s only goal in the Lady Barons’ 1-0 win over East Pennsboro last Saturday in the District Three Double-A quarterfinals. Photo by Kirk Neidermyer
When Manheim Central’s field hockey team boarded the team bus for Saturday’s game, Lily Sipel’s status was a question mark.
The junior forward had sprained her MCL in the Lady Barons’ 3-0 win over Red Land last Wednesday, Oct. 24 and still wasn’t 100 percent.
“We weren’t sure if (Lily) would even play today,” Manheim Central coach Morgan Briggs said, “so we were saying, ‘We’ll see how the warm-up goes and make our decision based on that,’ and she was like, ‘Good to go.’”
Ultimately, Sipel not only played, but also scored the game-winning goal to help the 6th-seeded Lady Barons knock off No. 3 East Pennsboro by a 1-0 score in the District Three Double-A playoff quarterfinals at Lower Dauphin Middle School.
“I was really proud and happy for her that despite the pain she was in,” Briggs said, “she was able to score.”
The victory earned Manheim Central (15-6) the right to play 2nd-seeded Palmyra, a 3-1 winner over New Oxford, in Wednesday’s District semi-finals, which was played after deadline. It’s the first time since the 2016 season that the Lady Barons advanced to the District semi-finals.
To get to this point, the MC girls had to get past a Lady Panther squad which defeated them 2-1 in overtime in last year’s District quarterfinals and then again 5-1 in a non-league game on Sept. 15.
The win also punched the Lady Barons’ ticket to the PIAA State Double-A playoffs. The top six teams from District Three advance.
“This is huge because the girls really wanted to win this game,” Briggs said. “They knew there was a lot on the line, they did not want to drop down in the consolation bracket, and we felt that we were just as good as they were. We’ve made a lot of adjustments positionally with the girls on the field and we felt like we’ve made a lot of great steps forward and that we were a totally different team since September. I think that really showed today.”
Led by University of Virginia recruit Gery Schnarrs, East Pennsboro actually held an 8-1 advantage in penalty corners. Neither team, though, was able to generate a lot of shots on goal, with the Lady Panthers building a 2-1 edge.
But Manheim Central was opportunistic with their only shot, and when Sipel notched her team-leading 14th goal of the season just inside the right post with 11:11 left in the opening half, on an assist from Maisie Dorwart, the Lady Barons had a 1-0 lead.
“Lily was just an awesome finisher today,” Briggs said. “She received the ball that Maisie hit into the circle, great touch and then got a great shot on goal and finished it off. That was great.”
East Pennsboro got its fourth and final corner of the opening stanza with just :10 left on the clock, but a Lady Baron flier broke up the play and that was the half.
They picked up two more corners in the first 5:42 of the second half, and Aimee Huffington nearly had a tip at the left post, but the Lady Panthers came up empty.
“Our defensive penalty corner unit has kept us in so many games this year,” Briggs said. “And I’m so proud of Maisie and Maddie (Barbush) and Cami (Lehman) and (goalkeeper) Mikayla (Regan), just for weathering their attack and I feel like they’re a very, very high speed, high-attacking offensive bunch. We knew coming in they had really fast forwards.”
Dorwart, from her center back position, not only frustrated East Pennsboro on corners, but also in the Lady Barons’ defensive third in general, intercepting numerous Lady Panther passes and interrupting their attack.
“(Maisie)’s been doing a really excellent job of not just tackling, but when she does, she also steps up and intercepts and can go with speed to get our attack generated,” Briggs said. “So she’s been really, really key for us this year.”
Still, Manheim Central had to withstand a few dangerous scoring chances by East Pennsboro in the final 20 minutes, including one by Schnarrs with 18:42 left, when she unleashed a reverse stick rocket which went a little high over the net.
“We knew that she was very, very dangerous, has a wicked reverse shot and that we had to contain her,” Briggs said. “She’s an outstanding player and she had her moments where she was receiving and making passes, but I feel like we did a pretty good job of containing her and not letting her offensive prowl get going.”
East Pennsboro’s final opportunity came on a penalty corner with time expired, but the Lady Barons — a team which consists of just two seniors — were up to the task to clinch their trip to the semi-finals.
“Our girls stayed calm, they stayed composed, they played together,” Briggs said, “and I think just the fact that we played as a team is what really won the game today.”
Last Wednesday, Codi Bollinger, Lexi Hosler and Sipel scored goals to lift the Central girls to a 3-0 shutout of Red Land in Mount Joy.
Leading 1-0 at the half on a goal by Sipel, the Lady Barons got tallies from Bollinger and Hosler in the second half to pull away. Jenna Lutz added an assist for Manheim Central, helping them outshoot Red Land 9-2. Manheim Central also doubled up the Lady Patriots in penalty corners, 10-5.
Regan finished with two saves to get the shutout.
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In northern Brazil the wind has shaped a wonderfully strange world of sand and water. Our author sets out to explore Lençóis Maranhenses on foot
Moacir Brito gently sways in a hammock suspended from the roof timbers of his hut. Contrary to appearances, he is not sleeping; instead, he is listening to the wind that mysteriously rustles in the palm fronds that cover his roof and which whistles through the windows, “I can hear the movement of the sand,” says Brito, a wiry man in his early fifties. His face is weather-beaten, his grey hair curly. “The grains of sand are constantly in motion, they softly rub against each other, bounce off obstacles.” I try to concentrate, strain my ears and hear … nothing, complete silence. Obviously, only the locals who have lived in the desert for long enough can hear the marching steps of the dunes.
Moacir Brito and his wife, Rosedete, have lived in the oasis Baixa Grande for over 30 years, surrounded by gigantic dunes, around a six-hour walk from civilization. The landscape around him is constantly changing, assuming a new guise every day; the wind chisels away at the desert, shaping it and shifting the lagoons. The wind gives the dunes legs to walk on. Some can wander up to 20 meters a year. At first glance, it appears a hostile environment. But not for Moacir. “There is quite simply no more beautiful place on earth,“ he says. “The skies in the morning! Here, a man can sense infinity.”
The attraction of opposites: sand and water are engaged in an eternal battle for supremacy
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Every trip into the national park starts in Barreirinhas, a small town on the shores of Rio Preguiças, called the lazy river because of its languid meandering. There are two dozen small hotels here and several offices which organize boat trips on the river and excursions to the surrounding dunes.
There are many large deserts with high dunes all over the world. But Lençóis Maranhenses, as this strip of land along the Atlantic coast in the Brazilian state of Maranhao is called, is truly unique. The gigantic sand box, which covers an area of 1550 square meters, shouldn’t really be here as the rainfall in this region is almost twice the volume of London – and 3000 times as much as in the Sahara. It is precisely this contrast which gives the region its unrivalled beauty. Year in, year out the sand and water engage in a battle for supremacy. In the rainy season, between December and June, the valleys between the dunes fill with rainwater, creating hundreds of green-blue ponds, crystal-clear water holes and large lagoons, some over 200 meters long and more than three meters deep. At the beginning of July, after a season with plenty of rain, many of the lagoons have converged and rivers like the Rio Negro cut a path through the dunes.
If you want to truly savor the beauty of Lençóis, the interplay between the sun and the clouds, the wide expanses and the solitude, you need to go into the desert and cross the dunes. A fit hiker will need around three days for the 75-kilometer walk. Barefoot through sand and water, in the searing sun and with abrupt, heavy showers, this walk is an ordeal, but it also comes with a rich reward: the desert of Maranhao is a surreal world, full of magical landscapes that are ever-changing and enduringly fascinating. We start in Canto do Atins, a small hamlet by the beach. The previous day we arrived here in a jeep and stayed with Luzia Diniz Santos, who runs a small restaurant and rents out hammocks to hikers. There are four of us: a German, a Frenchman, a Venezuelan – and our guide, Jefferson.
In the dry season the best way to visit Lençóis Maranhenses is by jeep
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Humans appear tiny in this vast landscape of dunes
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Moacir Brito has created a miniature paradise in the dunes, but his houses are threatened by the sand
For author Andrzej Rybak the goats are a sign that he will soon be able to rest his feet
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At this romantic pousada you can be assured of getting a warm welcome from the peacocks, guinea fowl, cats and dogs. Guests sleep in cosy brick huts; the food is delicious and nutritious and the extensive estate is very child-friendly. Excursions to the dunes, by boat or truck, can booked here.
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Our alarm clocks ring at four in the morning, as we need leave early in order to arrive before the worst of the day’s heat kicks in. We scramble up the first dune – and spread out in front of us is the crazy work of the wind: Thousands of dunes of varying sizes and heights, an entrancing game of geometric patterns, perfect ovals, softly undulating serpentine dunes and lines are straight as an arrow – all shaped by the laws of aerodynamics.
Walking is difficult: my feet sink into the sand – time and time again I laboriously drag them out again. After a few hours I can feel every single tendon, the soles of my feet ache and blisters are forming on my toes which are constantly being rubbed by sand. The sweat drips down my forehead, and not even the strong wind can dry it. I stagger under the weight of my backpack, which contains my heavy camera equipment and two liters of water.
At last, we arrive at a large, breathtakingly beautiful lagoon and leap in. After our exertions the water feels amazing: it is crystal-clear and swarms of tiny, silvery fish dart about and gently nibble at our feet. Here and there, a water lily bobs on the surface. The people who discovered this region gave it the name Lençóis, because the bleached-white dunes with the intricate patterns of valleys and ridges reminded them of a crumpled bed sheet. For many years, it was a mystery why and how the desert had formed. The explanation is surprisingly simple: two large rivers carry sediment out to sea, which is then washed back inland by the action of the tides and the waves. The sun dries the deposited sand particles, the constant easterly wind blows them up to 55 kilometers inland and piles up the sand. Along a coastline of 70 kilometers this results in the formation of high dunes.
In the early afternoon we arrive in Baixa Grande, the home of Muaci and Rosedete Brito. Their farm is like a small clearing in the sand, surrounded by evergreen bushes and trees. In the shade of a giant cashew tree stands a low, whitewashed house with a palm frond roof. It’s small but there’s enough space for a kitchen. The Britos have added a second hut, made of wooden planks, logs and palm fronds, with a dozen hammocks for tourists. The number of visitors has been increasing steadily for several years. “Our dunes are famous all around the world, now,” says Rosedete proudly. “In the rainy months we have tourists every week. We even had some Russians!”
Moacir switches on the generator to cool the drinks in his refrigerator. I jump under the shower in the middle of the yard. My fatigue gradually washes away, only the soles of my feet still ache. But does it matter?
“That dune over there is coming closer every year,” says Rosedete. Within the next year, they will have to move again
As I scrub up, the preparations for supper are in full swing. Moacir has slaughtered a chicken, Rosedete has lit a fire in the kitchen. Rice slowly cooks in a large pot; on the next ring small white beans are gentling simmering in coconut milk. The chicken is cut into pieces, fried in oil and then briefly sautéed. After an hour the local specialty is ready: Galinha Caipira.
The Britos have created a miniature paradise here – but one which is under threat: “That dune over there is coming closer every year,” says Rosedete, pointing at an old field which is already half-covered by sand. “In another three or four years we’ll have to pack our belongings and rebuild the houses somewhere else.” The sun rises at just after five in the morning; the clouds form dramatic stacks in the sky, the people on the beach cast long shadows. We have been walking for around an hour now, past two lagoons full of tiny, darting fish. Although the two ponds dry up every year, somehow the fish manage to survive. Some species are believed to dig deep into the mud and sand and survive the dry period down in the damp depths.
The sand beneath my feet is constantly changing; sometimes it is fine and as light as icing sugar; a little further on it is coarse, heavy and gritty. In places it collapses like snow in the spring and you sink in up to your ankles, in others it is firm and hard. There are areas where deep grooves cut through the sand, exposing colored layers that look a little like the typical stripes in sandstone. Elsewhere, you can see regular colored patches and patterns that look almost like marble. Then we spot a herd of goats, a sure sign that we are approaching the second oasis, Queimada dos Britos. Approximately four dozen people live here, all descendants of Manuel Brito, who settled here around one hundred years ago. He was a starveling from the state of Ceara, possibly on the run from the law – but his great-great grandchildren are reluctant to go into any great detail.
Next morning we again set off very early. Nothing disturbs the silence in the dunes, except for the ever-present wind. I try to forget about my aching bones and stomp on in a robot-like trance. In the distance we see a strip of green vegetation; slowly, it becomes thicker and wider: We have made it, and are exhausted but exhilarated.
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New York photographer Dino Kužnik, who grew up in Slovenia, has fallen in love with the American West, yet there’s nothing wild about Kužnik’s vintage, pastel-like photos. The images have a serene quality that is wonderfully calming. Individual prints can be ordered on his website.
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Jean Nouvel’s latest coup: After more than ten years under construction, the National Museum of Qatar has now been completed according to the Pritzker Prize-winning French architect’s designs. The building was inspired by the desert rose, a mineral that looks like a flower with petrified petals.
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Pancakes are out to conquer the world, but not the flat kind that anyone can make. The latest trend comes from Japan, where they are traditionally tall, soufflé-like and eaten with either savory or sweet toppings. It all started with a franchise company from Osaka and soon, Gram Cafes were springing up around the country. Hong Kong, Thailand and the U.S. followed, and it’s just a matter of time before Europe does, too.
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Two Questions You Need to Ask Yourself to Make Changes in Your Life
So, you’ve got the New Year off to a cracking start!
You’ve already got up early every day, you’ve been to the gym six times, you’re loving the new diet of mashed-up green stuff and you just romped your way through every book on the last Man Booker list. No, me neither.
We’re not alone. Most New Year resolutions are broken by the end of January, in spite of our good intentions and all the available advice about how to carry them through consistently.
We know we should set specific goals and chart our progress, and go public with friends and family for extra support and encouragement. All that. But something makes us give up.
An explanation for our continued failures to deliver could lie in the very phrase which encourages us to resolve to make beneficial changes.
The word ‘new’ is glittery and enticing, beckoning us towards the possibility of reinvention, and it ties in so neatly with the annual rhythm of weeks and months.
What better time than the start of a new year to draw up some rules for a new way of life? Well, actually, what worse time?
You’re exhausted, broke, still recovering from excesses of food, drink, spending, company, guests, dare we mention family, travel and general enforced jollity. What we really want to do is hibernate in our nests and burrows, and feed on box sets and leftover chocolates until spring arrives.
Instead, we choose this moment to begin to make changes which require determination and willpower, qualities which may not head our list of personal attributes at the best of times.
Resolution is the other word that might alert us to the possibility of ‘failure’.
It suggests gritted teeth and fierce application to do things which don’t come naturally and which don’t give us pleasure.
You don’t have to ‘resolve’ to follow your favourite team, or eat something you like, or cuddle your child. But we feel differently when it comes to behaviour which we know will be good for us but which is likely to be difficult.
And the language of change, with its goals and targets and indicators, seems hard-edged and challenging rather than encouraging and supportive.
Try a different way of looking at the prospect of making changes in your life. Try these two simple questions:
What would I like more of?
What would I like less of?
Your responses to the first question might include things such as:
I’d like to be healthier
I’d like to spend more time with people who matter to me
I’d like to be more effective at work
I’d like to spend more time doing things I enjoy
I’d like to find more ways of being sporty/creative/community-focused/socially active
I’d like to have better relationships with…
I’d like to have more money
I’d like my home to feel more welcoming/elegant/energising/serene/cosy
Your responses to the second question might include things such as:
I’d like less stress
I’d like to spend less time commuting/driving kids around
I’d like to have fewer regular commitments
I’d like fewer arguments at home
I’d like less aggro from my boss/co-worker
I’d like fewer hangovers
I’d like less hurry in my life
I’d like to spend less time online
Check your gut reaction to your responses. Go through each one in turn, and check how it feels. If you like, you could give each of your replies a mark out of ten to indicate the strength of the difference this change would make to your well-being.
Now, you need to do something to get things going. Choose one item from each of your lists, and decide how you could bring about this change.
Focus on just one aspect. For example, if you want to feel healthier, what one thing could you do to contribute to this? If you want to spend less time online, what one thing could you do towards achieving this?
Decide on one action for each of these choices. Make it something tangible and achievable. If your one thing towards a healthier life style is eating more vegetables, your first action could be to buy some veg.
If your one thing towards lessening some of your commitments is sharing the school run or the club admin, your first action could be to pull up the contact details of the best person to contact to set this in motion.
Once you have taken the first action, the next should follow quite easily.
Before you know it, you’re on your way. With your healthy grub there on the kitchen table, it’s not a huge stretch to put them in a pan. When you’ve got the phone number or the email in front of you, you can just write the mail or make the call. Step by step means that it’s less easy to put things off.
You should be feeling better already. It’s up to you how much you do in the areas you have identified. There’s no need to rush, but at the same time there’s no point in letting things slip.
Stop and check now and again. Ask yourself if you are getting more of the activities and circumstances that make you feel good, and less of the stuff that brings you down.
Keep on with the single actions to add to your positive experiences. Just don’t call them resolutions.
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Katarina Holmberg, aka Tigerlight, is a music composer, producer, singer and voice over artist. Born in Finland raised as a Finnish-Swedish Brit via Berlin she graduated from Southampton University with a first-class degree in Music where she studied classical and jazz focusing on composition and performance. She releases dance music records both as a producer and vocalist under her alias Tigerlight. With this project she has performed as a DJ and singer across Europe and the USA and has had millions of online hits and radio play via labels such as 'Ministry of Sound’, ‘Universal’ and more. Alongside her dance productions she composes music for film and TV. She wrote the end credits theme for the award winning documentary ‘Return to Homs’ which was chosen to open the Amsterdam Documentary Film Festival and has gone on to win many festival awards including the ‘World Cinema Award’ at Sundance in the US where she was a featured ASCAP composer. She wrote full soundtracks for the documentaries: Kurdistan Dream or Reality and Generation Jihad shown initially on Arte, then aired worldwide. She runs the audio and midi sample and presets label Soul Rush Records distributed via Loopmasters. Her work in radio as a producer and host spans from hosting the Groove Magazine monthly chart show, writing sketches for and hosting on BBC1xtra and now hosting and producing the house and techno show for Beatport's podcast series. She is a dedicated vocal and music production geek.
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Chhaila Babu (1977)
There are only two things which give me *good* nostalgia for the 70s: ABBA music and Hindi movies. I spent the latter half of that decade wearing hideously patterned Qiana shirts, sporting feathered hair and fighting the tendency of my stomach to overhang hip-hugger bellbottoms, all the while living in rural Indiana and wishing I were dead, so that is actually saying something.
I suppose if I had cable television and thus access to reruns of the original “Starsky & Hutch” television shows that might do it too, but I don’t. I love Laxmikant Pyarelal’s music in this film, though, especially the opening title and background music (although the songs are fab too). It’s funkadelic 1970s, all the way, and reminds me of the opening themes to those 1970s cop shows.
Check it out! http://home.comcast.net/~greta_k/Theme%20Music.mp3
Additionally, this film offers Rajesh Khanna in multiple avatars matching wits with gorgeous Zeenat Aman plus a host of my favorite villains, all doing their best with a completely wacked-out script—it’s a fine way to spend a Sunday afternoon, my friends, especially when you lack cable television.
Nattily-attired bad guys have been assembled for a meeting. Their mysterious host: an infamous gangster called “Scorpion” who has looted and murdered his way across India.
He is enlisting their help to pull off an 80-lakh bank robbery, and assigns each of them a task. It falls to Pratap (Ravindra Kapoor) to deliver the money to Scorpion’s man (Yusuf Khan) at the end of the heist. (It’s ridiculously easy to rob and kill the poor Southern Bank truck driver and his guards so I won’t dwell on it in any detail). Pratap is in love with Lily (Padma Khanna) and so plans to use the cash to set up a new life for them outside of India. Sadly for him, Lily is sleeping with Ranjit too and betrays him (note the requisite villain fish tank above the bed!).
Naturally the rest of the gang and Scorpion feel cheated, and Pratap is shot down at the airport when he tries to make a run for it. As he lies dying in a policeman’s arms, he gasps out that the money from the robbery is with his daughter Rita, and the code is 77203—the rest is drowned out by a plane taking off. The police and the gang are soon on Rita’s trail: she’s in Kashmir.
In Kashmir, Rita (Zeenat Aman) is a ski champion (although in the skiing shots she looks suspiciously like a stunt man). She has several fans cheering her on in remarkably unenthusiastic strangely-accented monotones.
A warning sign on the slopes is chopped down by an unseen person, and Rita skis blithely on into danger. She’s rescued by a local ski guide, who shows up again minutes later as a carriage driver.
When she asks him who he really is, he responds with a song: “Main Chhaila Babu” (translated as “Cool Guy” in the subtitles). It’s so fun, a horse-carriage ride through deep snow. The chemistry between Zeenat and Rajesh that I noticed in Ajanabee is fizzing away here too! And despite his very very bad hair (who was responsible for RK’s hair in the mid-late 70s? They should be shot!) he is very charming.
When he drops her off at her hostel, a CBI Inspector (Om Shivpuri) is waiting for her. He tells her about her father’s murder and asks her about the money. She’s distraught but knows nothing, and he asks her to return to Bombay to help the CBI in their investigation. At the airport observing her arrival are the gang and—Chhaila Babu, wearing a medal around his neck.
Cut to a night-time police chase, with a thief—Chhaila Babu again!—escaping into Rita’s stupendously decorated pad.
A yellow shag-carpeted ledge, the perfect hiding place! After the police leave empty-handed, he watches Rita change clothes (“Baap re!”); then Macmohan and his sidekick break in. They want the money, and they think Rita knows where it is.
Naturally, Chhaila Babu steps in to save her. I will say that his action skills are not even close to his romantic skills, but Rita helps him out by kicking some ass. Macmohan sees his Scorpion medal, and both men flee. Chhaila Babu tenderly administers to Rita’s wounds and kisses her; it’s to-die-for romantic despite his Prince Valiant hair.
He tells her that he loves her and wants to marry her, and if she hands over the robbery money he’ll take it to the police for her—otherwise he’s afraid she’ll be killed for it. Suspicious, Rita sees a diamond necklace hanging out of one of his pockets, and tells him furiously to get out. He tells her that society has made him a thief; that it robbed him of his family and left him with nothing to live for except vengeance, but she’s unsympathetic. After he leaves, though, she cries.
He’s not giving up and the next day he shows up again, this time as a taxi driver. He tells her that her words the night before have changed him.
She melts, of course! So do I. Later, he tells her about his past: that he lost his father and mother, and all he has left is his harmonica which his mother had inscribed with “Chhaila Babu”—her nickname for him when he was little. This morphs into a song, where we see flashbacks from his childhood combined with an old woman begging and looking for her son—his mother (Achala Sachdev) is still alive, and still looking for him!
Mera chhaila babu, mera dil! The humanity! I love this plot twist. She runs into Chhaila Babu and Rita shortly afterwards, and they discuss her lost son and his lost Ma, but fail to make the connection. Meanwhile, the police and the CBI Inspector are pretty sure that Chhaila Babu is Scorpion, but they need evidence.
The CBI Inspector decides to rope in Rita to help them get evidence. To that end, he takes her to a nightclub where she sees Chhaila Babu flirting with Lily, and then playing the drums when she dances to a great tune called “Kal Raat.” It’s a crazy number—worthy of Helen at her finest—Padma does it justice too.
The club happens to belong to Ranjit, and Macmohan is there too; he recognizes Chhaila Babu as Scorpion. As he tells Ranjit who Chhaila Babu really is, someone throws a knife into his chest and he’s killed.
Rita, now jealous, decides to help the CBI to catch Scorpion. What will happen? Will the gang catch him first? Who is Chhaila Babu? Is he really Scorpion? Can Rita betray him? Will he ever find his Ma? Does he really love Rita or is he just using her? And where is the 80 lakhs rupees from the Southern Bank robbery?
Watch Chhaila Babu to find out, and for the sizzling chemistry between Rajesh and Zeenat, the fabulous music, the mod 70s ambiance and the crazed script. It’s not great art—but it’s solid entertainment.
Posted on October 21, 2008 at 12:15 pm in Hindi movies | RSS feed You can skip to the end and leave a reply.
Tags: Achala Sachdev, Asrani, Joy Mukherjee, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Macmohan, Manmohan, Om Shivpuri, Padma Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Ranjeet, Ravindra Kapoor, Shomu Mukherjee, The Room, Zeenat Aman
64 Comments to “Chhaila Babu (1977)”
Wow- here seems to be an RK movie that sounds cool- espionage (i LOVE bolly spy movies from the 60s and 70s) in high fashion, and villains called scorpion – love it!
As you know, I love RK ;-) but even if you don’t, there’s plenty of fun in here! But honestly, the chemistry between him and Zeenat—it strikes sparks off the screen. Hot, hot, hot…
I did forget to say, also, that the film was directed by Joy Mukherjee, and written by Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee…but since the directing and the writing were not the film’s strong points I neglected to point it out. Sorry!
sitaji
The set, the wigs, the clothing looks fantastic! Can’t wait to see it. And the music sounds great too. In the clip you provided I like how Laxmikant Pyarelal mesh Flight of the Bumblebee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee)
in with the Charlie’s Angels sound.
Ha ha, the Flight of the Bumblebee resemblance did not even occur to me :) Good one!
It is very Angels-esque, also S&H, Kojak, countless others! I do have to shudder a little bit when I remember MY clothes etc. at that point in time, but the style looks much better on the likes of Zeenat, Rajesh, Ranjit and Manmohan!
I can’t find the music anywhere, I think I will have to rip it from the DVD like I did the title sequence. Must have it, though.
anarchivist
This looks like a little bit of shag-carpeted heaven! Can’t wait. Fortunately, Netflix actually has it, so I don’t have to do two Nehaflix orders in as many days (sheepish).
As long as you don’t need a coherent story, it’s a good one! :) I know what you mean about Nehaflix: as soon as I place an order, people start writing about films that I really want to see!
This movie looks awesome! I love the set design, its soooo funky, but did rajesh and zeenat actually kiss coz a kiss in bollywood usually aims for a cheek, or a neck! Rajesh’s hair stylist needs to run out of town, coz his hair is just yuck! double yuck, with those flappy sides!
bollyviewer
Rajesh Khanna is not really my cup of tea, but this one sounds good. Might try it inspite of him! Action-thriller masala is one of my favorite genres and though I think nobody could do it as well as Dharmendra, can give RK a try.
Rum, Rajesh’s hair person as I said should have been shot. There was just NO NEED for his hair to look that bad, even allowing for the fact that it was 1977 when nobody’s hair looked good. He had hair continuity issues in this too, in some scenes it was longer than others…The kissing was always done from a camera angle that made it look real, but didn’t necessarily involve actually kissing :) It was verrrrry sexy though!
bollyviewer: There’s plenty of goodness to go around. But hopefully you will enjoy RK too :)
I must see this.
Bollywood movies are the only things capable of making me nostalgic for the seventies, mainly because they have absolutely nothing to do with my actual experience of the decade.
I see we understand each other perfectly! :-) I have no doubt that my actual experience of the decade would have been greatly enriched had I known about Hindi movies back then.
Hi Greta,
Well, what fun!
(One side-remark, just for me: would I use the RK acronym for Rajesh Khanna -hm, ‘spose I would – but only if I had to)
But I’ve yet to see Zeenat Aman in an actual film, so perhaps I should let myself be tempted!!
PS I also used to be an ABBA fan, but I didn’t wanna die then. I wanted to meet Agnetha!
I can’t bring myself to call him Kaka like many others do…it’s got a whole different meaning here! You really need to see Zeenat, it’s a large gap in your Bollywood experience :-)
Suhan
This has got to be one of the wackiest masalas ever! The song “Yaar dildar tujhe kaisa chayihe” filmed amongst a bevy of folks in native American attire replete with wigwams defies description. By the time it occurred in the film, one had totally “surrendered to the aesthetic” as you often say! And what an aesthetic it was, Zeenie in full swing, Padma Khanna at her most luscious, RK *sighhhh* doing everything even the fighting poor dear which he wasn’t too adept at as you’ve pointed out memsaab. I just think that they all had a whale of a time when making this film. Another absolutely fabulous song was “Taxi Taxi”—arguably one of the best song picturizations ever. As an aside, he was supposed to be close to both Tanuja and her husband who was also his partner in a few business ventures apparently.
As far as he and Zeenie are concerned, he’d said about her (Cine Blitz archives, Feb. 1975): “She’s amazing. She’s a demon for work and she has no inhibitions. If she like you, she likes you; you could easily go crazy over Zeenat.” I guess that translated to the chemistry on screen.
Yes the “feather Indian” song/scene was hilarious. And as usual, thank you for adding context to the film through your vast encyclopedic knowledge of all things Rajesh! You really need to write a blog devoted to him (I’d read it!)…
Joy directed it??? I totally have to see it!!!! i love that man, no matter what he did :) I am totally capable of getting over RK dislike- just dont like him when he gets too mushy and lovey- I just prefer him a bit evil. I saw a rather horrible 80s flick “Dhanwaan” recently, where he has a anti-her-style role- and while the movie was v average, I really beleive he did v good.
I love these robber gang movies.
By the way, did you see ‘Mamma Mia’. We’ve seen it twice. ABBA taken to a new level by Meryl Streep! And we have ABBA music playing all over again on Itunes.
I saw this movie before I saw Charade and I kept getting a strong sense of deja vu and couldn’t understand why. And then of course it hit me – Charade is a watered down Chhaila Babu! (Um, let’s pretend that’s the sequence, ok?)
How much do I love Zeenie?!
gilga
Oh I say!
I’m dumb-founded!
But I love Zeenie too.
A very very good style of write. Now THAT impressed me totally!
shweta: Joy directed it :) I don’t think I’ve come across such a rabid Joy fan before! ;-)
Banno: I never got around to seeing the movie (I’ll buy it on DVD anyway), but I did see the Broadway show in New York and love love loved it. It was fantastic. And I listen to ABBA still, all the time.
Amrita: Ha ha “watered down Charade”—aren’t all Hollywood films watered down compared to Indian ones? That was a Hepburn film, right? I probably saw it when I was a teenager (in bellbottoms and Qiana) but don’t really remember much. Zeenie is gorgeous.
gilga: The movie will impress you too!
dj carlito
Thanks for your comment! I’m glad to spread the word! –
You both do such different things with your blogs.. I love the downloadable OST’s at Third Floor Music, and i like your commentary and well chosen screen shots (such subtle things are often missed!)… so I’d say they are valuable in different ways – especially for folks who dont have crates of old records and piles of Indian DVDs like we do.. : )
thanks for doing what you do!
re: this post — > i’ve gotta see this movie!!
btw, did you ever blog about Manoranjan? it was quite a controversial movie – features Zeenat in her early career…
and completely unrelated… I just watched Do Chor last night– loved it
Thanks DJ carlito :-) I spend a lot of time choosing screen shots, I’m glad that it’s appreciated!
I have written a review of Manorajan here, I liked it very much. It was quite racy for the time and place! I loved Do Chor (haven’t written about it though) too :-)
Ranya
hey memsaab, completely off topic, but I just found this slideshow at Rediff.com, and it reminded me of you & your blog readers: —
Helen’s Ten Best Dance Numbers of All Times:
http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/21slide1.htm
I see on your earlier post you already noted Oct 21st was Helen’s birthday — but I didn’t realize she turned 69 this year. WoW!
oh.. regarding screencaps from this movie, Chhaila Babu, I want to see Zeenat the stunt “man”.. Pretty please, memsaab? :-D
Thanks for the Helen link Ranya :) I had seen it but I’m sure there are others here who missed it! I’ve seen Helen’s birth year listed as 1938 too which would make her 70—but probably only she knows for sure :-)
I couldn’t get clear caps of the skiing shots, they were moving too fast. But it was definitely a blocky man-type figure under the snowsuit, not Zeenat’s shapely self! :-)
Memsaab, regarding your screencaps, love, love them–the first one here has to be an all-time standout because of the subtitles, how very apposite :-) The other one I remember is from “Dil Daulat Duniya” where RK in the “Ruk meri rani” song refers to Sadhana as “shola badan” which was translated as “hot babe”!
Even not speaking Hindi I can tell that the subs are mangled at times. And others, well, as you said: apposite! RK was very funny in this song, Zeenat was really pouring it on and “Chhaila Babu” was completely taken aback. One of them said something about electricity and then these subtitles appeared. Made me laugh :-)
In the interest of tackling sexism, I propose that all movie bedroom scenes (like the one above with Padma Khanna) have both men and women display their chests equally, instead of one party having the bed-sheet pulled up till the neck. ;)
That’s so unfair. :D
LOL Amit. Good luck with that! :)
Great job again memsaab.
In echoing Rum statement…..I would also like to express my agreement on your comment on Rajesh Khanna hairstyle during the late ’70s
cut/paste again…..”And despite his very very bad hair (who was responsible for RK’s hair in the mid-late 70s? They should be shot!) “
Always fun to reveal our fashion excesses back in the day. Memsaab, I think I’m somewhere around the same age as you… In 1977 (when I was 15 years old), I discovered the Sex Pistols. So within a year or so, I cut my hair short so that it stuck out on top of my head and wore torn clothes from the thrift store. Were there any punk rockers in Hindi movies at the time? The closest thing I can find in Hindi movies to the “new” look that my crowd was sporting is 1950s Dev Anand. :)
radzi: Ah, hindsight is everything. My hair was dreadful back then too, but I wasn’t a movie star :-)
Richard S: Yes, sounds like I’m a year older than you :) My younger sister was more into the Sex Pistols than I was, although I do remember being so grateful when the Pretenders finally came along and swept aside the dreadful rock of the 70s! I don’t recall ever seeing Sid Vicious wannabes in Indian films, but maybe some of my all-knowing readers do!
The music arrangement of the song -Kal raat sadak par is to be heard to be believed! Watch out for the chorus in the song! Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Hi Vishal :) The picturization of that song is fabulous too. Really did remind me of some earlier Helen numbers.
Memsaab, not to get too off on this tangent here… But I wouldn’t say I was thinking of “Sid Vicious wannabees” so much. Especially for”post-punk” scenes of the late ’70s, I had a different kind of look in mind. Johnny Rotten/Lydon was more like it, I thought Mark E. Smith (The Fall) looked cool, some of The Clash early on. (America didn’t have such good anti-fashion models for this.) Not so much black leather and chains as dirty/torn “dress” shirt, clothes from the thrift store, a nice ruined look. The closest I could find in Hindi films is Dev Anand in 1951:
Baazi featured Dev as a down-and-out gambler/poverty-stricken guy…not sure that was the same thing as the deliberate ripped clothes thing of early Punk…I mean, it was deliberate in the sense that it was “filmi” and also in the anti-wealthy-society frame, but does that count? I guess it might :)
LOL about the “requisite villain fish tank!” :-D And…rural Indiana. I have family in Sullivan. They have to come visit me cuz I won’t go there again.
ajnabi—Argh. Lucky me, my parents finally retired and moved away and I never have to go there again either :) I lived in Greencastle, not far from Sullivan.
memsaab,
RK hairstyle was decent in the early 70s and late 60s….then they suited it to cover the ears for the mid and late ’70s & early ’80s fashion.
You are right; The hairdresser need to be shot
I love that music! Great post… this movie looks like a lot of fun, and after reading this, I really want to see it. I’ve really been enjoying all the Rajesh Khanna movies you’ve featured here recently (I’m not even missing Dharam-season!)
DG: I won’t tell Dharam if you don’t ;-) I was thinking that I’ve sadly neglected him recently, although I think I’ve seen most of his films and I’m just getting started on Rajesh. Glad you are enjoying his movies too! I love how diverse his roles are…he doesn’t just do the same thing over and over and over again (not that there’s anything wrong with that!) :-)
Nagesh
Hello..Talking about Dharam’s movies, have you seen Kab? Kyon? aur Kahaan? ..Supposed to be a murder flick..Can’t just wait to see, the CD has just arrived..( Rubbing my hands in glee)
I have seen it, and remember liking it :) Hope you do too!
A very happy birthday Greta!
Thanks Suhan! I just discovered that it’s Mallika Sherawat’s birthday today too!
V. Manohar
Memsaab its very good review and great post on Super Star Rajesh Khanna. This was one of the Super Hit Movie in 1977. I salute you memsaab on your great writings.
http://www.chakpak.com/movie/chhaila-babu/review/chhaila-babu—1977/9013/2794
http://en.netlog.com/Manoharv2001/blog/blogid=2755330
Thanks, Manohar! Really a fun film…
squarecut.atul
Chhaila Babu was a supehit movie ? Not really. “Chaila Babu”,”Chalta purza”,”Bundlebaaz”,”Mahachor”- all these movie were flops, and that is why Rajesh Khanna’s superstar status came to an end then and there itself.
Atul, Manohar likes to think that all Rajesh Khanna films were super-hits :-) And I think his superstar status had come to an end a couple of years before this…but I loved this film. I also loved Bundalbaaz—totally loony!—and the first half of Chalta Purza (then the DVD died)…although Mahachor…not so much (see my review of that one here too)…
I discovered when I started reviewing Rajesh films that he has an incredibly (rabidly) loyal fan base out there!
RBLakshmni
U r wrong in your anyalysis on Rajesh Khanna. All his movies super hits and its fact. Kaka always proves that he is a SUPERB ACTOR first and so today he is the one and ony GOLDEN ACTOR AND PRIDE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY without any manipulation
I just watched Chhaila Babu today – a non-stop thrillride :) I was constantly saying “Oh my gosh!”…every third scene was too over the top for words.
I agree that it’s Charade-esque, but it also reminded me of Don, which came out the following year! I feel so bad for Joy, who spent so much money on this…but then I have a soft spot for the whole family, due to their Ashok Kumar connection :)
Actually Chhaila Babu was one of the very few hits that Kaka had during that period. Here’s a 2008 review of it from the Economic Times in India which discusses its BO status amongst other important things such as Zeenie’s hotness :-)
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Business_of_Bollywood/Chhaila_Babu_A_tale_of_deception_and_seduction/rssarticleshow/3343963.cms
Ian Dunross
Is it just me, or did the plot sound like Cary Grant / Audrey Hepburn/ Alfred Hitchcock flick Charade? Don;t tell me. is the CBI Inspector (Om Shivpuri) Scorpion?
Hi Ian, several others have agreed that it’s a remake of Charade :) I will let you draw your own conclusion about Scorpion based on that :)
Chailla Babu released in 1977 was a runaway hit. It was a Mukherjee Brothers movie – Joy/Shomu Mukherjee. It starred Super Star Rajesh Khanna and Zeenat Aman in the lead roles. This action movie must be watched carefully else one would lose track. The movie has good music by Laxmikant Pyarelal and some numbers were very popular then and still are. Rajesh Khanna is good in the movie and is in various characters all rolled into one. He looks convincing in action scenes also. Zeenat Aman looks good and performs well. This is a revenge drama told in a different style but as suggested if one is not careful – he would not understand. It is of course a must watch for Rajesh Khanna fans as he shows his skills in all – action, comedy, romance and drama.
turbanhead
Yet another movie that I watched because of your review. So much awesome in this film! I love that the English translation Chailla Babu is “cool guy”
(I’ve been humming the song all day)
Siggy
Lovin’ the site…just discovered it. I remembered this movie because of the wicked title track. There’s this scene in the movie where ZA is whipping Rajesh Khanna. That funky music behind that scene is Manu Dibango’s “New Bell” off his Soul Makossa album from 74. It’s interesting to me that song is popular now because of hip hop.
Thanks Siggy :) And now I will be humming the title song all day long!
And here’s that scene which totally NAILS what Zeenie was all about–refer Memsaab’s first screen shot and the subtitle :-D
I request you to add more about the film describing more about the film’s other notable things as yes story you have covered.
I like this movie very much and i would give it 4/5.
Title is CHHAILLA BABU.
please change the title.
Iam looking forward for you to review Khanna superhit cum classics,extremely wonderful sweet films like Dharam Aur Kanoon,Phir Wohi Raat,Aanchal,Bandhan,Hum Dono, etc…
Post more pictures(fotos) from the films of Chhailla babu,raja rani,tyaag,etc which u have already reviewed.
wasif
supwr hit film and song of kishore kumar was duper hit in the great 70’s..
Rajesh khanna at his best … as well as Zeenat Aaman :)
sangram Keshari
Super star Rajesh Khanna is always branded as leading man of romantic movies,”Chhaila Babu”is a rare thriller movie of him after “The Train”.Even late Joy Mukherjee has well directed this masala movie.
I always like this movie.
What an entertaining movie! As already posted by some, yes, it seems to have been based on Charade. Both movies open up on ski resorts and the end is also shot in exactly the same way. Great great chemistry between RK and Zeenat, their romantic scenes are really sizzlers. And yes, that song with Padma Khanna “Taxi, Taxi’ has one of the best song picturizations I have ever seen. RK in all whites is a treat and also in the yellow and brown outfit!
Definitely a movie worth rewatching, just for those scenes!
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Free and Cheap Magic Shows for NYC Kids
Submitted by Petek on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 10:00am
Mario the Magician, Amazing Max, Justin
When you look at the prices of a lot of magic shows in New York City, like Steve Cohen's Chamber Magic or Sam Eaton's The Quantum Eye, you realize that the real trick is affording tickets. But there are some (comparatively) affordable magic shows for kids in NYC, in fact a few are even free.
Whether your child believes in sorcery or just wants to figure out how it's done, a good magic show can captivate even really young kids. Trust me I know: Ever since my preschooler saw a DVD of that old Frosty TV special in which a magician's hat brings the snowman to life, she's been obsessed and we've seen at least a dozen magic shows, from the free ones at Bryant Park's Le Carrousel to the long-running Off Broadway show Amazing Max. So ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, behold our roundup of magic shows for kids in New York City this summer.
Magic at Coney – Coney Island
Wednesdays, June 13, 26, July 11, 25, August 8, 22 and September 12 at 9pm
Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Avenue at West 12th Street
$10 for adults, $7.50 for children under 12
On the second and fourth Wednesdays of each summer month, magic happens next to the boardwalk. The lineup changes every time but given the locale you're sure to see some colorful illusions. For families with tweens and teens, it's a fitting end to a fun-filled day at Coney Island.
Mario the Magician – Tribeca
Sunday, June 17 at 2:30 and 4:30pm
Space on White, 81 White Street near Lafayette Street
$20 for adults, $10 for children
My daughter and I love Mario Marchese and his slapstick antics. My kid particularly enjoyed meeting his sidekick, a live dove named Mozzarella. Mario has a cool retro style that's inspired by old vaudeville acts, and there are lots of opportunities for school-age kids to come on stage and assist him. He does traditional tricks like making objects disappear, and even teaches children a simple trick and gives them props to take home. He also performs at kids' parties.
Le Carrousel Magique – Midtown West
Bryant Park, 40th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
Sundays at 1pm June 24-July 29
Magicians from the long-running Off Broadway show Monday Night Magic perform tricks next to the park's lovely merry-go-round. My daughter and I attended a few of these last year, and they're high quality, one-hour shows with first-come, first-serve seating. Afterward, take a spin on the carousel for $2 and explore offbeat activities in nearby Times Square.
Justin the Magician – Midtown West
Saturday, June 30 at noon
Bryant Park Reading Room, 40th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
My daughter and I saw Justin perform in Bryant Park last year and it was an unforgettable experience for my preschooler. She and the other kids in attendance loved his goofy sense of humor, and the fact that he seemed to let them change the outcome of his tricks. He also gave her a magic wand and she's been trying to turn me into a bunny ever since. He also does kids' parties, including an all-inclusive package at the Children's Museum of Manhattan.
Liam the Magician – Brooklyn Heights
Sunday, September 30 at 1pm
Atlantic Antic Street Festival, 81 Atlantic Avenue at Hicks Street outside the Moxie Spot
We recently caught Liam Malanaphy's act at an Old Stone House fundraiser and my four-year-old laughed through the entire show. Liam invites kids to assist him for nearly all of his tricks (using silly props on them, like a funny flamingo hat) and gives them balloon animals as parting gifts. The kids also like saying hi to Liam's live dove, Magic. Liam also does kids' parties.
The Amazing Max and the Box of Interesting Things – Midtown West
MMAC Theater, 248 West 60th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues
Saturdays at 4:30pm and select Sundays through July 1
An intentionally lowbrow show, Amazing Max features lots of potty humor along with slick tricks. Not that the kids are complaining: One of our Mommy Poppins contributors, Stephanie, took her six-year-old and said he turned red he was laughing so hard. There's a ton of audience participation—in fact, Max chooses a young viewer for almost every act, as you can see from the trailer for his show. The tickets aren't cheap but you can save a few bucks by using the discount codes on Broadwaybox.com.
Monday Night Magic – West Village
Mondays at 8pm
The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street at 3rd Street
In advance: $37.50, at the door: $42.50
The most sophisticated magic show of the bunch, it's recommended for teens and adults. The lineup changes every week but the conceit remains the same: Four professional magicians (usually with very impressive resumes) do tricks on stage and off during intermission, which means audiences can really see them work up close.
More ideas for magic-obsessed kids: Although the Abracadabra Superstore in Chelsea discontinued its free Sunday afternoon magic shows, if you visit the magic department the staff will happily demonstrate any tricks you're thinking of buying. Also, it's worth browsing bookstore and library calendars. In the past, we've caught free magic shows at various Barnes & Noble locations, Word in Greenpoint, the New York Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. In fact, the BPL even has a list of helpful resources for kids interested in learning more about magic. During the summer, you'll also come across magicians at zoos, festivals, fairs and carnivals.
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CCTV probed after store stabbing
metrowebukmetroMonday 24 Mar 2008 6:00 am
Jamie Simpson, 33, killed at the Matalan store where he was assistant manager
Police are examining CCTV footage after a shop manager was stabbed to death during a suspected robbery.
Jamie Simpson, the 33-year-old assistant manager of the Matalan store at Kingsland Shopping Centre in Hackney, east London, is thought to have been attacked as he was cashing up shortly before 8pm on Saturday night.
Officers want to speak to three men thought to have assaulted Mr Simpson in his office area as he was counting the day’s takings.
The three attackers are believed to have run from the store via the rear car park in Dalston Lane.
The shopping centre was cordoned off while officers examined the scene.
Det Insp Smith said the attack was not witnessed by any other member of staff.
He was particularly keen to speak to anyone who had seen suspicious individuals hanging around the back of the store before closing time which was 7pm.
Officers were also talking to residents at a nearby block of flats to see if they had witnessed the attackers running away.
Det Insp Smith said he believed the attack was intended to be a robbery but said he did not know what, if anything, had been stolen.
Police do not believe the store was randomly targeted and extra officers have been sent to the area to help reassure the community.
Jamie Simpson
UFO hunters who storm Area 51 ‘to see them aliens’ could be shot by the US Airforce
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Is the Facebook “Donate Now” Button: Dumb or Helpful?
Facebook has unveiled a new option that could benefit the nonprofit sector:
We are excited to introduce a new ‘Donate Now’ call-to-action option on both link ads and Pages. Now, it’s easier than ever for nonprofits to connect with people who care about their causes and encourage them to contribute through the website of their choice.”
Many in the media were quick to applaud the move by Facebook:
“This is definitely a valuable tool for nonprofits…” — TechCrunch
“This new Facebook feature is hard not to like.” — Huffpost Impact
“…nonprofits won’t be complaining now that they have easier access to a billion and a half potential donors.” — Mashable
“Charities welcome Facebook decision to let them use ‘donate now’ buttons.” — Third Sector
However, not everyone greeted the announcement with great enthusiasm.
Steven Shattuck, Vice President of Marketing at Bloomerang, outlined his issues with this new feature in his post “The Facebook Page Donate Now Button Is Dumb and I Hate It”:
In my mind, this button is problematic for two reasons: 1) This is an obvious ploy by Facebook to get you to buy ads … 2) There is no organic path to the donate button that makes any logical sense or has any basis in reality…. I don’t buy it. It’s the equivalent of a coffee shop putting their tip jar outside and around the corner.”
Here is how Facebook designed the “Donate Now” button to work. A nonprofit organization can put the button on its Facebook page and in its ads. People who click on the button will first see a Facebook disclaimer box and then be taken to the organization’s own donation page.
Shattuck writes, “So should you set up the button? Probably. There’s really no downside per se and the whole process takes less than a minute.”
While there might not be a downside to the “Donate Now” button on Facebook, is there an upside as some have suggested or is Shattuck right to think the button is “dumb”?
Tags: Bloomerang, charities, charity, Facebook, fundraising, giving, Huffpost, marketing, Mashable, Megan O'Neil, non-governmental organizations, nonprofit, philanthropy, social media, Steven Shattuck, TechCrunch, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Third Sector, Tom Held
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Travels with Clare, Part 4 – Impressions of Cyprus
June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017 / michaelwynnauthor / Leave a comment
Our Cyprus holiday was only travel in so much as it involved taking a plane to a foreign destination. Like most people visiting Cyprus, we were going for a little winter sun and relaxation. The primary aim was to read and write, which we did to great satisfaction around the pool. I’d taken three novels. One a safe bet I’d read before, ‘Tortilla Flat’ by John Steinbeck, definitely a warm weather read. Secondly, ‘In Evil Hour’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; I’ve read and enjoyed other Marquez works but never got round to this one, the hot weather suited this as well and it became unputdownable. Thirdly, a recommendation from a friend, ‘The Boy Made of Blocks’ by Keith Stuart. I prefer to avoid saying, “that’s not my genre,” as it excludes you from picking up so many great works. Often the greatest satisfaction comes from where you least expect it. This was certainly the case in this instance. Why remain in a narrow corridor of possibility when there is so much out in the wide world, if I just step out of my comfort zone? Anyway, enough of the books, I’ll review them elsewhere, this is supposed to be about our experiences on the charming island of Cyprus.
We stayed at ‘The Great Constantinos.’ It was a grand hotel, by the sea with pool and palm trees strategically placed to exploit the sun. February actually falls in the middle of Cyprus’ close season. Our hotel seemed to be the only one open and besides a supermarket and a coffee shop, everywhere else was boarded up, wrapped in plastic and covered in cement dust, a by-product of the ubiquitous building works. To give you an idea how quiet it was, even McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Costa declined to open. This suited us fine, especially as the signs for Karaoke Bars, English pubs and all-night clubs, told us we’d avoided the crowds and noise. We would have struggled to cope had we come during the peak months.
The place is very popular-culture anglicised. The Flintstones, Only Fools and Horses and Stonehenge all have bars here where you can watch the football over a pint and a full English breakfast. Elvis and Don Corleone also get a look in.
Whilst the main intention was to soak up some sun, we did have a short list of other goals. A constant priority is to sample the local cuisine. This was harder to achieve than might be expected with everything closed down. Eventually we found a restaurant in Ayian Napa to serve us Mezze. Friends in England had informed us about this meal. It’s a stream of dishes that just seem to keep coming, “But don’t worry, they are only small,” was the constant reassurance spouted by our friends. The waiter warned us to take it slow, there’s over 20 dishes and then dessert. Well, small is a relative measurement. I soon remembered it was all my fat mates, who had given the assessment. Bulging at the seams, approaching belt-loosening territory, we began to wonder fearfully, how many dishes were still to go. Clare was hoping the dips counted towards the total. They did not. In the end, we had to leave an inordinate amount. Whilst it was a thing to do, a bit of Greek tradition, the final feeling was that it was pointlessly over indulgent. The food was Ok but the promise of what was lurking in the vine leaves was better than the reality, which turned out to be bland nothing much. The various meats, as I have found wherever I’ve eaten in Turkey and Greece, were overcooked and too dry for my taste.
Part of the joy of travelling is the people you meet and the different nationalities you’re able to converse with. Unfortunately, whilst the hotel was truly cosmopolitan everyone seemed determined to live up to their stereotypes. Tony and Amanda were fun but hailing from Essex they appeared intent on confirming as true, the perceptions the rest of us have derived from jokes and television. I know it’s a reputation a large percentage of Essex fight to deny and they were letting the side down.
It was pleasant listening to the vodka raddled Russians on the balcony next to ours crooning along to their balalaika infused folk music in the evening; it was different, an experience you’re not going to find too readily on the streets of Northamptonshire. However, the degeneration to loud arguments, door slamming and even what sounded like fighting, as the drunken night progressed was not what we felt we’d paid to endure. Fortunately, they were gone the next morning before we were able to voice our distaste and commence the new cold war, which in my fatigue, I was bursting to declare. They were replaced by more Russians, equally vodka soaked but respectfully quieter.
The French family were lovely although I couldn’t resist a smile at their opening gambit, a complaint about the poor hotel fare. As an Englishman, I felt unable to criticise, after all, the first discussion with Tony and Amanda was fine, hot weather related and how lucky we were to have avoided Storm Doris raging through Britain at the time. Besides which, I had to agree with the assessment of the food. It was massively samey every night, the cheese was dismal, the meat overcooked with simply a different vague sauce applied each night. The desserts were pretty colours but mostly different arrangements of whipped plastic cream and taste-devoid sponge cake. Although it was a cliché-ridden conversation, they were right, after a couple of days the menu palls. We began to wish more local restaurants were open to supply variety.
On day five of our stay the sun declined to shine as brightly and this offered the ideal moment to take a walk along the Cape Greco as we’d promised ourselves, in search of the endemic fauna of the island. We had a checklist of lizards and birds we were hunting. Unfortunately, it being a bank holiday, for some reason the road to the cape was closed, the bus could only take us so far. It didn’t matter, a clamber back along the craggy sea cliffs would suffice, the views were fantastic and there was just as high a likelihood of finding the creatures we sought. That is until we encountered the charming German couple who insisted on teaming up with us for the walk. Whilst lovely, polite, and anxious to display the extent of their knowledge of the island, they too seemed determined to present themselves as the archetypal Germans, you don’t want to meet on a holiday hike. Lothar particularly wouldn’t stop talking with a decibel level normally associated with those telling stories in a crowded bar. He insisted on telling us how beautiful the views were as though we were struggling to appreciate the landscape for ourselves. The irony was, whilst rambling on about the beauty he missed most of what was before him. We quickly dismissed any chance of identifying any of the birds, they disappeared before we got within a hundred yards, due to Lothar’s professions on Brexit, Trump and Angela Merkel. I told him three times we were there to spot birds but the message seemed to evade him, and he stuck to his assumption I’d come to a cliff top in Cyprus to debate world politics.
He wanted my opinion on whether Germany should also leave the EU. Why? What possible significance could my opinion be, if I had one? He didn’t consider for one moment that I could possibly not have one either. The birds were lost to us due to the inane political chatter but the lizards were still a possibility. Suddenly, I saw a large Agama basking on the rock face. The Germans had walked straight past it, as usual declaring how beautiful everything is, then not noticing it, when it’s right before them. This suited me fine, I fumbled for my phone to grab a photo but Lothar had sensed we were no longer behind him and turned to crunch back along the path spouting details of Angela Merkle’ immigration policy. He was oblivious to my raised hand, which I understood to be the universally recognised sign for ‘Stop!’ Perhaps I should have accompanied it with ‘Halt!’ As the shushes and hushes were clearly lost in translation. The Agama understood though and scuttled into a crevice, not to return. Photo opportunity gone, so the one accompanying this article has been gleaned from the internet. My blood was beginning to boil and not as a result of the glaring sun. I was beginning to understand why we’ve had regular wars with the Germans.
We did manage to register a Sardinian Warbler before they scared it away but the Hoopoe and Bee Eater, so common and easy to spot according to the hopeless app we downloaded (which listed 21 birds only, one of which was a feral pigeon and another the house sparrow,) were nowhere to be seen.
In their ongoing quest to appreciate the nature around them the Germans walked past a writhing mass of caterpillars, as pictured, the only photo I got! I don’t know which butterfly or moth they will metamorphose into, but so many in one place was a wonder to me that far exceeded the machinations of Trump or any other world leader.
As the great peel began on my forehead and the bulb of my nose, we came to the end of our stay in Cyprus. Having a few hours to kill before our transfer to the airport we retired to the Greenery Pub, which advertises itself rudely throughout the region as somewhere that’s always open. Adorned with clover leaves and promising all sorts of food and beer, this pub has every angle covered. It’s English, it’s Irish, it’s Greek. It’s whatever you want it to be. Moreover, it hasn’t seen a makeover since the 1970’s. The floors are vinyl, the ceiling wooden slats and there’s the tattered remains of the decorations of many years of celebrations hanging from pins on every surface. The place has seen action and could probably tell of some good tales. The locals which, included many expats, lounged round a wood burner, smoking, drinking and playing cards as if it was still 1975 and we were in a workingmen’s club. The atmosphere was pleasantly soporific in a grimy, nostalgic sort of way.
Final Assessment
I enjoyed Cyprus immensely, we went for sun and relaxation. Next time though, I’d choose to stay in a villa or small hotel removed from the main tourist areas. Hopefully, we’d find more characters and fewer caricatures.
Travels with Clare. Impressions of Central Europe Part 3 – Budapest
December 2, 2016 December 2, 2016 / michaelwynnauthor / 2 Comments
Budapest – Impressions and Reactions
Initial impressions of Budapest are of a larger, more sprawling city than Prague. Svetlana had warned us, whereas in Prague it is feasible to walk from a point of interest to the next quite comfortably, Budapest’s sights are spread too far apart and if you intend filling your time as profitably as possible, you have to resort to the public transport system. Fortunately, it’s excellent. A decent tram network and the Metro system offer comprehensive coverage. They are regular and efficient with day passes and other inexpensive options, even if some of the trains are interesting for their incredible age and last century build.
Hotel and Metro
Our hotel was on a main road, three lanes in each direction with tramlines in the middle. Our room being at the back this didn’t disturb us but, the traffic seemed absolutely manic, haring at full tilt from one red light to brake sharply for the next. The driving certainly seems more “enthusiastic” here.
The metro station like the run down area it served, was bleak and full of rough sleepers. Svetlana had prepared us for the crumbling buildings when she mentioned we weren’t staying in the best part of Budapest but, our experience found that whilst having many fine, strong, potentially impressive and attractive edifices, excepting the magnificent parliament buildings and several others on the banks of the Danube, the buildings everywhere were in need of restoration. Too many have boarded up windows and graffiti is a problem. Nothing more creative than basic tagging, there is no argument to defend against its being simply ugly vandalism. It contributed to the streets’ air of sadness and poverty which in turn was compounded by the proliferation of rough sleepers in every metro station.
The Museum of Terror
Our first port of call was the House of Terror Museum. This tells the story of both the Nazi and Communist occupations of Hungary. Situated in the building used by the secret police of both these regimes, it is not for the faint-hearted. The outside walls are lined with photographs of some of the thousands tortured and executed in the cells preserved in the basement. It is a very sombre and fitting tribute to the lives of so many, often very young people who should never be forgotten. The cells are small, cold and claustrophobic, the gallows and torture rooms, absolutely terrifying.
Svetlana had recommended we pay for an English commentary but as you proceed, each room has handouts in several languages and there are videos playing with English subtitles. It is hard to concentrate on the commentary in your ear whilst trying to follow the videos and I would recommend simply taking the hand outs for reading later. The interviews and accounts by those that lived through the barbarity are truly upsetting and when you remember, the last Soviet soldier only left in 1991, this is recent history. You get the impression the country is still trying to emerge from the fear and depression of those times, and the crumbling state of the buildings becomes more understandable.
We left the museum with a sense of disgust and sadness at the inhumanity but grateful to have been enlightened. We felt nothing but admiration for those brave souls who fought and resisted. Reading the ages of many of them whilst queuing round the building awaiting entry is horrifying; so many, so young. Everyone should visit this museum to understand and hopefully dispel any complacency that could exist. In this case history must not be allowed to happen again.
The Ruin Pubs.
It was getting on for lunchtime, which conveniently decided our next port of call. “You must visit the Ruin Pubs,” everyone had said. We chose the Szimpla Kert. The ruin pubs seem to be a positive solution and reaction to a lack of money. The buildings are ramshackle but if you haven’t the funds to restore them, celebrate what is there. The consequence is a crazily colourful amalgamation of make do. Use whatever you have, old furniture be it from office or home, flowerpots for lampshades, graffiti for decoration, oil drums to rest your drink on. We would call it shabby chic but it goes way beyond our interpretation of the concept. It’s fun and quirky and in these surroundings the graffiti makes a positive contribution and has its own beauty, even if there is the odd crude message from Bob of Wigan.
The Invisible Exhibition
Determined to cram as much as possible into our time, we headed for the Invisible Exhibition. This intrigued us as it involves taking part in activities including eating a meal in total darkness. The intention is to experience what it is like to be blind and to appreciate the problems blind people live with. A warning if you are considering trying it yourself, the venue is extremely hard to find even with address, postcode and GPS. The locals do not appear to be aware of it enough to help, either. Having pounded the same streets for an hour, “it must be here somewhere,” we finally found it, only to be told they didn’t have any English speaking guides on duty that day and it was too dangerous to partake without one. Disappointed, we had to turn back, so if you’re going, phone ahead first to enquire what day a guide speaking your language will be available.
Ecseri Flea Market.
The tourist guides list this market as a significant attraction. We highlighted it as just the thing for us. Finding it was as difficult as the other places had proven to be, maybe worse because it was off the tourist map, heading out of town. We rode the metro to the end of the line then got a taxi.
As an antique market it sufficed and if you were a collector of former communist party badges or medals you would have had your choice of hundreds but, as something exceptional or worthy of inclusion in the list of the top attractions of Budapest, it fell way short. The stock was ordinary bric-a-brac and the market itself was not even particularly extensive.
The experience helped enforce what was becoming our overall impression of Budapest; like everything else, it was what it was but nothing special. Other than the Museum of Terror nothing seemed to satisfy expectations. Perhaps it was our fault for imagining something more than could be delivered, perhaps we were guilty of comparing it to Prague when we shouldn’t have. It just seems there is potential to make the Budapest experience much better and hopefully, there will be an upturn in the economy, the shadow of the soviet times will be cast off completely and the investment will come with a little imagination to improve and develop a city that sits on one of the most beautiful rivers of the world and holds so much potential.
As a final comment on this trip, the food and drink of the region is as robust and solid as the architecture. Chunks of pork knuckle, thick goulash in bowls of hollowed out bread loaves and the tripe stew is superb. Most importantly, there are plenty of restaurants serving local dishes. When I travel, I look to experience differences, learn about the culture, the language and the cuisine. Thankfully, both cities still cater for that, the Czech and Hungarian way of life is still visible in their capital cities. We were able to enjoy most of our meals at the restaurant pavement tables, despite it being the beginning of Autumn it was still warm enough, and most establishments supply outdoor heaters and blankets to wrap yourself in, or place across your legs.
Special mention to U Pinkasu, a restaurant recommended by a Czech friend. It is famous and in the middle of Prague, and everything about it was impressive the food, the service, the surroundings and atmosphere. This was our meal of the holiday; we didn’t hold back, had a starter each, main course and drinks. We expected to pay handsomely but when it came to it, the waitress didn’t understand why we proffered a card rather than cash. We in turn, didn’t really understand her confusion but outside calculating the bill, it seemed ridiculously inexpensive. We put it down to our feeble attempts at getting to grips with the currency and converting it to sterling and thought no more of it until, I received my statement a week after our return. The whole meal had cost just £21. Absolutely incredible value for money.
The street food prize has to go to Budapest. Just along the road from Szimpla Kert there are several food stalls including one which sold a hollowed cone of crusty bread filled with various flavours of sausage and garnished with your choice from, amongst other things, roasted onions, pickled cabbage, cheese sauce (very messy option).
Food and drink options, from the bizarre John Lemon range of soft drinks to the magnificent Kozel Dark, sausages galore to pork knuckle and pickled cabbage.
Overall, a trip I would recommend as thoroughly enjoyable, entertaining and enlightening.
Travels with Clare. Impressions of Central Europe Part 2 – The Train, Prague to Budapest
November 26, 2016 November 27, 2016 / michaelwynnauthor / 2 Comments
Our Train at Budapest Station
After a couple of days in Prague, it was time to catch the train to Budapest, a seven-hour journey through the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. We were excited at the potential for seeing the countryside and views offered from a train carriage that would offer the unspoilt rather than the signs, barriers and verges of a motorway or the blue and white nothing out the window of a plane. We downloaded lists of birds and animals peculiar to the region to help identify what we might come across.
The train itself didn’t disappoint. It was a large, imposing diesel and our seat was in an old fashioned six-person compartment similar to those featured in “Stranger on the Train.” Our fellow travellers were welcoming and chatty. One lady, Svetlana, was returning with her partner to her home in Budapest and was eager to tell us where to visit and what to be wary of. My first question concerned the type of countryside we were to travel through. I had visions of mountains and barren spaces, wild vistas and sweeping flatland.
“Industry likes railways, so mainly you’ll see the backs of industrial estates, scrap yards and such like and a lot of farmland.”
This was not promising but I consoled myself with the notion that having travelled that way often and being a local, she had probably become blasé about the world around her and what would be new and fascinating to us, was too familiar to rouse any depth of feeling in her.
The journey started promisingly enough. We travelled through a dense and extensive forest. The sun streaming through the trees which when combined with the onward rush of the train caused a flashing effect as of a strobe light so intense, I feared for any epileptics that may be on board. We strained our eyes into the forest trying to catch a glimpse of bears, boars, wolves. The chances were remote and we saw nothing. It was more likely we could have spotted some birds but, whether because of the speed we were travelling, the time of day or just through sheer bad luck, we didn’t glimpse so much as a pigeon.
Once out of the forest, the scenery disappointed. The stations we stopped at along the way were drab, dingy, uninspiring places but their names such as Brno and Bratislava intrigued us as to what the cities and towns behind them may be like?
As Svetlana had warned, the rest of the journey was barren fields and the backs of industrial estates but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless. The buffet car offered a fine bar and more than passable food.
The waiter was a gift from heaven to an author ever on the search for characters. Our stay in Prague had inspired me to attempt a Kafkaesque short story. The waiter’s polite attitude only partially concealing an assured superiority coupled with his job of travelling up and down the same line for seven hours every day, offered the perfect material and the story is now complete, awaiting revisions.
Svetlana continued to wax enthusiastically about her home city. Top of her list were the spas but we hadn’t come equipped for bathing and subsequently gave them a miss. The Hungarians are very proud of them so this was probably a mistake on our part. If you are considering visiting Budapest this is a generally recommended attraction.
Finally, just short of Budapest, Svetlana asked us how we intended getting to our hotel. When we showed her the address, she remarked on it not being a very salubrious area. We expected this to a degree, as a necessary risk of taking up a special promotion. When she learnt we intended taking a taxi she launched into a very serious warning about which taxis to take.
“They are all yellow so it is hard to distinguish the crooks from the genuine taxis. Only take one with a logo on the side. These are quite small and hard to see, especially when moving and you are trying to flag them down.” She then went on to list the companies that could be trusted, all the others will overcharge.
Finding a taxi proved more difficult than you would expect outside a mainline station but that was probably just us not looking in the right places. We had a drink and then set our mind to searching one out. We were finally successful about half a mile from the station.
I asked the driver for a price before we set off, as Svetlana had told us the maximum we should pay. His price seemed reasonable, despite being a little more than Svetlana’s advice, but we were ready to check in and this was convenient. Outside the hotel, we paid him and only as he drove away and we stood there with a handful of change, did we realise that after all the precautions, we had still been had.
Kudos to his skill and daring and a reminder to us to try to understand the currency a little better.
Outside Budapest Station
Travels with Clare. Impressions of Central Europe Part 1
November 6, 2016 November 6, 2016 / michaelwynnauthor / 1 Comment
Stansted Airport, James Martin and Proper British Food.
It’s holiday time! We decided to get to Stansted early because that’s the type of people we are but, also because I love to indulge myself on significant occasions, with a full English breakfast. Unfortunately, we hadn’t allowed for the tighter security measures these days, so by the time we’d queued, taken belts and shoes off, waited for the trays the other side of the x-ray machines, had our shower gel confiscated and put belts and shoes back on, time was eking away.
We rushed in the direction of the gates, through the maze of endless stalls populated by driven people trying to swipe your wrists with the latest offerings from Chanel, Lancôme and Paco Rabanne and others insisting you sample their whisky at 7.00 in the bloody morning. I use the word stalls because these tiled airport halls resemble nothing more than a posh scented market place.
Finally, the restaurant section and the first in line looked just the ticket. James Martin’s café with Proper British Food brandished in huge letters across the wall. He knows what he’s doing and appreciates the value of using the finest ingredients, he’s said it often enough on the tele. So let’s see, croissants, pain au chocolat. Must be the French section, over here, oh…giant pretzel. Hardly proper British, where’s the proper British? We had a choice, sausage or bacon bap. Now, I know Yorkshire men like their bacon streaky but, this stuff could have taught Erica Roe something about streaking. I had the sausage, a cup of Italian coffee and huge disappointment at missing out on my full English, including black pudding and mushrooms.
Thanks James, I will have to check out some of your other restaurants.
Impressions of Prague
On arriving in Prague we headed for Wenceslas Square. A little confusing in that it is not square but a long wide thoroughfare. As you emerge from the metro station, the first thing that greets you is an impressive statue of King Wenceslas himself on a giant horse, atop a huge plinth. My immediate reaction was to start singing, Good king Wenceslas looked out on the feast of… Oh, not what I’d hoped, he looks out on a feast of McDonald’s, Starbucks, KFC and Burger King. The proliferation of these companies is insidious but, business is business and the way the homogenised world is nowadays. (At least when KFC says southern fried chicken that is what you get, James Martin.)
Prague is full of beautiful buildings, like the food big and hearty, which I can appreciate, but my particular preference is for a good statue and the Czechs are brilliant at them. They are everywhere. A friend had warned us that Prague is a city best toured looking up and it’s true, some of the best architecture is up there, adorned by incredible statues, carvings and mouldings.
Prague was Kafka’s home, an author I haven’t read since my student days but, the statue to his memory saw me reaching for Metamorphosis once more.
Somehow, Prague is the ideal setting for his surreal work complemented as it is by my favourite statue anecdote heard whilst there. Four of the best statues are of composers who adorn the roof of the Concert Hall. One of them is of Wagner, who the Nazis revered another is of Mendelssohn. During the Nazi occupation, Heydrich ordered the removal of the statue of Mendelssohn, a Jew by birth. The soldiers he sent up on the roof had no idea which one was Mendelssohn. They fell back on their anti-Semite lessons and the only thing they thought they knew about Jews; they have big noses. So they removed the statue with the largest nose, Wagner, Hitler’s favourite composer.
Prague seems to have a museum dedicated to everything some of them strange and macabre, like the several to different forms of torture and one to sex machines. We didn’t go in any of these, although from the vestibule it appeared the sex machines of Prague’s past were large mechanical, Heath Robinson affairs, driven by cogs and chains. The one that piqued my interest was the KGB museum. I was interested in hearing about the cold war schemes and practices and specific instances. Whilst there were plenty of gadgets on display, miniature cameras, recording devices and some of the weirdest weapons, our guide, a Russian who obviously lamented the breakup of the Soviet Union, gave more than a little cause for concern.
He practically stood to attention whilst watching a Red Square parade, whispering to himself “Beautiful, beautiful.” The more he related the story of the Second World War in particular, the more he revealed himself as a warmonger. Suspicions were confirmed when, holding up a knife, he explained it had been used to kill several Nazis and there were still traces of blood where the blade met the hilt. Raising it to his nose, he took a long and exaggerated sniff whilst uttering with closed eyes, “Aah, Nazi blood.” We left with raised eyebrows and disappointment that we hadn’t heard about the cleverness and subtle intrigue of Cold War spying and the comfort that we hadn’t been lone with the guy.
Quirky Prague.
As most old cities, Prague has its fine buildings, cafes and an area for the tourist, the Charles Bridge where musicians play, you can buy watercolour landscapes, enamel and leather trinkets or have your caricature drawn. It has a fabulous river for cruising on, enjoying a drink or dinner and a castle, but there is also a very quirky side which I would recommend hunting out if you’re there.
There is the John Lennon pub and just up from it, the John Lennon Wall where over the years people have written messages inspired by their love of the Beatles and in particular, John Lennon. It is graffiti on graffiti; continually being added to so the wall evolves and is different to the last time you visited.
Prague seems to have a museum for everything and round every corner, besides those already mentioned, there are the serious, Jewish, Communism and the fun, Beer, Toy, Railway, Lego and Gingerbread. As well s these, every famous son of Prague seems to have a museum, Kafka included.
Finally, for some unaccountable reason, the Czech passion for Russian dolls has resulted in at least two shops, stacked to the ceiling with dolls representing football teams. Every English premier and championship team was there, as well as others from the lower divisions, I would imagine.
I can’t imagine myself buying one but, there must be a market for them, I suppose. And now we take the 11.54 train to Budapest, passing through Slovakia on the way.
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Plantera DX on Switch in Japan Outsells Plantera on 3DS and Wii U in PAL and NA Regions
June 18, 2017 8:10 pm Published by Solid Jack 1 Comment
When the Switch port of Plantera was revealed, it was met with a mixed reaction, but having spoken with Ratalaika Games today, the decision for the port has paid off!
According to the Spain based dev/publisher, whom first brought the farming simulator to 3DS and Wii U this year, Plantera DX has sold more copies in 10 days (Plantera DX released on the Japanese eshop for Switch on the 8th of June), than Plantera has for Wii U and 3DS in both North American and PAL regions. They also reiterated the fact that Plantera has been their [Ratalaika Games’] best-selling game, with the majority of sales coming from Japan.
Furthermore Ratalaika Games have said that although the Switch version has yet to surpass the Japanese sales for 3DS and Wii U, Switch sales are catching up. It would have been nice to share the exact numbers, but due to a NDA, sales numbers are confidential. Regardless though, Plantera still proves to be big in Japan as even now it takes 12th place in the Japanese eShop charts and should the sales continue going the way that they are, the Western release might just happen a little bit sooner. That would be something.
Tags: 3DS, eShop, Nintendo Switch, Plantera, Plantera DX, Rainy Frog Games, Ratalaika Games, Sales, VaragtP Studios
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[Review] Retro City Rampage DX (Nintendo Switch)
August 5, 2017 12:17 am Published by Solid Jack Leave your thoughts
Developer: Vblank Entertainment
Publisher: Vblank Entertainment
Platform: Nintendo Switch (eShop)
Category: Action, Adventure, Arcade & First Person
Release Date: 3rd of August, 2017 (PAL & NA)
I hope you’re ready for an extreme dose of mayhem, chaos and destruction as the Nintendo Switch now has its latest open world game and that game is none other than Retro City Rampage DX.
Prior to experiencing the game on Switch this week, I have never played Retro City Rampage DX, or its original incarnation on any playable platform and I am kicking myself for that because this game is class! Developed and published by Vblank Entertainment, Retro City Rampage DX is a game an open world game that is perfectly summed up by its own title as it is retro adventure, taking place in a retro city named Theftropolis, where you can go on a retro rampage. (Yes the excessive use of the word “retro” in this sentence is deliberate.)
For me, the whole Rampage aspect is what I enjoy most about the game, sure it is absolutely riddled with references to noticeable franchises and series’ that is very enjoyable to see in action, but who doesn’t want to bust a cap into everything and everyone you see in video game land? There is a reason why the Grand Theft Auto games are so popular with gamers the world over, it speaks to humanity’s primal desires to cause chaos with no ensuing consequences.
Plus there’s the whole hang-out sessions with street workers, laws to break and an army to flee from, but we don’t need to go further down that road, so let’s bring it back to Retro City Rampage DX, a game that was inspired by Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto series. As an open world game there is plenty to see and do, as the city is sizable, there are missions of all kinds and lots of fun challenges to do in addition to a main story and a whole lot of stuff to collect. We’re talking styles, loot bags, “good times,” invisible walls and power-ups, but let’s talk about the story for the moment.
The protagonist is the Player and the Player soon gets mixed up in trouble when in the year of 1985, he signs up to be a thug and three years later, whilst working as a henchman to a big bad criminal by the name of the Jester, who just so happens to the leader of a major crime syndicate. Long story short, nothing goes as planned and the Player ends up in a time travelling phone booth that takes him to the distant future (the year 20XX to be precise!) It is then in said future, where the player is greeted by Doc Choc (based on Doctor Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future,) whom he must work with to get the required time machine parts to rebuild a broken time travel machine.
I’ll be honest, the story isn’t all that, but it’s not supposed to be, this game is a walking, talking, action packed parody, so it’s meant to be funny with a touch of bizarre, but where the game really stands out, is in all the things it has to offer. Grand Theft Auto may never come to Nintendo Switch, but with the likes of Retro City Rampage DX, a Grand Theft Auto release is not necessarily! Retro City Rampage DX offers a lot of the same things any GTA game can, you can mow down as many people as you want and be rewarded for it, you can raise your threat meter and force the police and army to come after you if you’re a big enough threat and be rewarded for it. (Yes Retro City Rampage DX is a game that rewards destruction).
In fact there is a whole medal system at play where players can participate in things like Slaughter Sprees and if they can kill enough people, or cause enough mayhem in a certain way, with a certain weapon, they can get a Bronze, Silver, or even a Gold medals. But even if you can’t earn a single medal as you failed to get the required amount within the time limit, you can of course earn yourself a ribbon! (For the sake of saying it again, you are rewarded for killing, even if you fail to hit the goal. Talk about madness.)
But the absolute best bit has to be the appearance of one Major Lee Solid. A character who clearly takes inspiration from Metal Gear Solid’s Solid Snake. Not only is the character in the game, but he will train you to shoot, fight and jump on top of enemies heads. He’ll also hid in a box later on, but come on, who wouldn’t want to take lessons from a pro?
Still if that’s not enough to float your boat, Retro City Rampage DX, is an 8-bit delight that comes packaged with 147 playable songs on its jukebox, more than 60 Story Missions, 40+ Arcade Missions. More than 20 weapons and power-ups, interesting mini-game tie-ins, 200+ character customisations and a whole lot of cars and bikes (including a Yoshi themed one,) that are just begging to be stolen and with the likes of the police force being described as being “Evil Good Guys,” the challenge is on to strike them down when encountered. You are bad enough to take them out? We both know you want to say yes!
If you are a gamer looking for a Grand Theft Auto experience on your Nintendo Switch that comes in compact form, you won’t go wrong with Retro City Rampage DX. It is by no means the best game in the world, but it is a fantastic title, a great way of hyping up the fans for Vblank Entertainment’s forthcoming Shakedown: Hawaii and a game where you can do whatever you want whilst getting a whole lot of references shoved down your throat. Be prepared to relive your childhood, because it is ready for you!
THE VERDICT: 8/10
*Review Key Provided by Vblank Entertainment
Tags: August Feature, eShop, Nintendo Switch, Retro City Rampage DX, review, Vblank Entertainment
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Richard Goode – Pianist Still Keeps Time with the Classics
By Arthur Kaptainis on 27 March 2019 Piano
Op. 7 is an underplayed sonata,” Richard Goode said from his home in New York. “A wonderful piece. I’m glad that people are hearing it one way or another.”
But as to why his recording of this relative black sheep among Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas should have 98,039 YouTube views at the time of this writing, while the much more popular “Moonlight” Sonata boasts only 21,915 views, he has no idea.
Indeed, the American pianist, who plays for the Ladies’ Morning Musical Club on April 28, was not even aware that his 1993 cycle for the Nonesuch label was available on the video-sharing website. “That they are is fine with me,” he clarified.
Goode has always been more about content than marketing, which explains in part his reputation as a thoughtful musician and his worldwide identification with Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. These central composers all figure on the LMMC program, along with Janáček and a relatively recent inductee to the Goode repertoire, Chopin.
The Beethoven selection will be the Sonata Op. 81a, “Les Adieux” – a moderate hit at 25,532 views. Opening with a melancholy three-note theme over which Beethoven inscribes the word Le-be-wohl (“Farewell”), the sonata is one of the few clear cases of program music in the catalogue of this composer.
“Not only the way he uses the Lebewohl theme, but in the way, especially at the end of the first movement, the hands move apart to show the leave-taking of his friend,” Goode explains. “It is all choreographed. I find it fascinating how he manages to combine strictness of form with pictorial detail. And dramatic detail.”
The YouTube performance bears this out. Goode stuff. Not that he has consulted it lately.
“I’m a little bit embarrassed to say it, but I don’t listen to my recordings,” the pianist confessed. “If I listened and didn’t like them, I would feel bad. If did like them, then I would think, ‘I can never play it that way again.’”
Goode’s unfamiliarity with his own discography was apparent a couple of years ago when, sitting in a dentist’s chair, he heard Brahms’s Intermezzo Op. 119 No. 2 on the radio.
“I liked it,” he recalled. “It corresponded to how I feel about the piece.
“My immediate comment was, ‘I think it may be (Radu) Lupu. I like his Brahms playing a lot.’”
You can imagine the astonishment of the dentist and assistant when the announcer identified the pianist as Richard Goode.
“I don’t know if it is so unusual,” he said about this episode. “I just heard the piece the way I wanted to hear it but somehow didn’t think that I had actually managed to play it that way.”
None of this is to say that Goode takes a nonchalant view of recording. “You’re trying to pin something down and create an ideal. When you try to do that consciously, you risk losing naturalness and flow of feeling.”
Not all his work is as a recitalist. Apart from frequent concerto appearances – Goode was speaking to me the day after finishing a run of performances of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 with the New York Philharmonic – the pianist is an avid participant in Lieder programs, lately with the soprano Sarah Shafer. They are fond of programming Fauré’s La bonne chanson – a rare instance of a song cycle that adopts a positive perspective on romantic love.
French music is a relatively new interest for Goode, who has added Debussy’s Préludes and Images to his active repertoire. Also solo piano works by Fauré, a neglected composer, even in France.
One reason might be the harmonic turbulence of Fauré’s music, which Goode views as a badge of distinction, even if it makes it difficult to keep up with his thinking. “More modulations in a song of four pages than Wagner manages in a half hour,” he says.
While Chopin is now a staple of his repertory – the Ladies recital concludes with the Impromptu in G Flat Major, four Mazurkas and the Fantasy in F Minor – Goode is likely to remain a go-to guy for the Viennese classics.
“I guess so,” he said when asked whether he was content to be viewed as a continuation of the Austro-German tradition embodied by his teachers, who included Rudolf Serkin, Claude Frank (a student of Artur Schnabel) and Karl Ulrich Schnabel (the son of the same).
But a distinction needs to be borne in mind.
“I think that one of things that attracted to me to the piano is the idea of voice,” Goode said. “In some ways for me the piano is a voice.
“Some of my teachers have been extraordinary architects. Serkin, for example. And he was a dramatic actor at the piano. But I’m not sure that the voice was as important for him as for me.”
In the final analysis, however, the core of interpretation is the artistic use of time.
“When to make a point by moving ahead and when to slightly slacken the tempo,” Goode says. “How much time to take in various parts, how to show the formal structure and the psychological structure.
“It basically comes down to what you think phrases express. And how to mean that with more intensity, more clarity.
“Very little of this is indicated by the Classical composers. It is only implied by certain things. That is one of the major roles of the performer’s imagination: how to use time.”
Goode’s appearance is his seventh for the LMMC but the first since 1991. According to LMMC records, he first visited the society in 1961. April 28, Pollack Hall, Montreal. www.lmmc.ca.
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Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been a classical music critic since 1986. His articles have appeared in Classical Voice North America and La Scena Musicale as well as Musical Toronto. Arthur holds an MA in musicology from the University of Toronto.
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Buhari And State Of The Nation: The Miyetti Allah ‘Dole’ As Tragedy Of Self-Deceit
By Ifeanyi Izeze
No matter how anybody wants to paint the picture, it can no longer be disputed that Nigeria now faces one of her worst periods of insecurity manifesting in violent extremism, rampant cases of kidnapping, cattle rustling, herder/ farmers violent conflicts and murderous campaign of bandits across Nigeria particularly in the Northwest.
Does anybody still doubt that the body language of this government is showing that either it is complicit in the spate of massacres in the Northwest and elsewhere across the country or has no iota of idea on what to do and how to do it and do it well? Meanwhile, President Mohammadu Buhari came with a three point agenda topmost of which was ensuring security of lives and properties across the country. How he has implemented this remains at best blurred and at worst obscured.
Adding to the absurd, the Nigerian Army now do more in gathering intelligence on politicians that want to scuttle the May 29th inauguration of Buhari’s second tenure than think of gathering intelligence on the various terrorists miscreants that have taken over the Northwest and the rest. So if a foreign country has cogent intelligence on any Nigerian politician trying to cause trouble in this country, is it the Army they would pass on such intelligence to announce to the public through press statements or the DSS, Police and/or NIA? Do we still need any convincing to know that something is happening in this government that the ordinary Nigerians are not paying attention to?
When the massacre by Fulani bandits was localized in Zamfara, it was described as fallout of the activities of illegal mining mafias pillaging the abundant heavy minerals: gold, diamond and maybe Uranium in the area.
The criminality gradually crept into Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and now Katsina. So do we still believe the illegal mining mafia conspiracy theory by the government? If our leaders could only stop deceiving themselves by giving us these explanations that could best be described as stupid and call the spade what it really is, we will well on the road to genuine and effective solution to the problem.
Now Miyetti Allah has been clearly identified by top managers of our security agencies to be responsible for the spate of killings, massacre of scores of villages, kidnappings, rape etc in the Northwest and across the country but rather than carry out mass arrest of both their leaders and the foot soldiers, our government is talking of giving them over a hundred billion to pacify them while the group is insisting on N160 billion or nothing as widely reported. You see the country we call Nigeria?
The Buhari administration is on record as having paid billions in both Naira and Dollars to the terrorists/bandits in ransom and protection money over the last four years and what did it achieve? Only one thing and that’s grossly strengthening the marauders and assisted their mutiny and armed banditry against the Nigerian state. No wonder they are being emboldened more and more everyday.
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Who actually thinks for this government? Does it occur to the hollow heads manning our security agencies that the mere idea of proposing such “dole” has already created a problem for this country as several other groups will now spring up over night to visit our people with unprecedented mayhem that will attract and force this same government to also negotiate their own largees?
Hear the President of Miyetti Allah, Muhammad Kiruwa: “This is the first of its kind in the history of this country for a president of the country to direct his security aids to interact with an aggrieved party to air their views. This meeting will serve as a foundation for peace between the Fulani herdsmen and farmers, and amongst the Fulanis themselves.”
Without mincing words, the top command of the current national security team made up of mostly one ethnic affiliation same with the armed fulani herdsmen and bandits, have always made decisions that reflects their biasness and inclination to pamper and protect these armed bandits who ought to be dealt a heavy blow in line with the constitutional provisions. Why are the pythons not dancing and crocodiles not smiling in those areas of the Northwest?
Is it not clear that either the people at the top echelon of our security apparatuses may be behind this problem or they know what the rest of us don’t know? There is something the government people know that they are not telling us. How can we continue like this as a country of serious- minded people?
It will be an obvious tramadol trip in self deceit for anybody including the service chiefs and those politicians that run the government to continue to delude themselves that they are safer than the rest of the people. The Daura kidnap incident is a clear case at hand except it was staged managed.
Just look at: it started as a local banditry in Zamfara, gradually it crept to Sokoto, Kebbi and Kaduna up to the extent that even top military and government officials and their families can no longer go to their homes in the entire Northwest except by train to Kaduna. Is it when the criminals get to Abuja and the Presidential Villa that Buhari and his security Chiefs will know that there is a problem?
Kaduna especially the southern parts is terribly decimated as villages with its peoples are wiped -off almost on daily basis and nobody including the state governor is doing anything serious and sincere to address the spate of mayhem aside organizing arrangee visits with the military top commanders to establish “it was an inter-tribal conflict between the Fulanis and the indigenous people of Southern Kaduna.”
The Abuja Kaduna road spate of kidnapping and armed robbery, is also as a result of the activities of the illegal mining mafias of Zamfara or the inter -tribal conflict between Fulanis and the indigenous people of Southern Kaduna, abi?
The situation in the Southern parts of the country is not better either as kidnapping has become the new hobby of miscreants including security officials as Port Harcourt and Benin people can boldly tell you.
Frankly speaking, Fani Kayode hit the nail on the head in one of his comments as he said: “Our country is now exhibiting all the basic and fundamental characteristics of a classic failed state where, in parts of the north, the Federal Government and its security forces no longer have any control and can no longer claim to exert a monopoly of violence.
If this is not the case why would the Federal Government be offering Miyetti Allah and the terrorist Fulani herdsmen billions of naira to stop butchering, maiming, kidnapping and tormenting the Nigerian people and stealing their land and mineral resources. Governments are meant to fight and crush terrorists and terrorist organisations and defend their people and not beg or negotiate with them but this is the opposite of what we see today in the North. How long can we continue like this as a country? God help Nigeria!
(IFEANYI IZEZE: [email protected]; 234-8033043009)
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Feb 8, 2018 News Hour Correspondent -
World champion Gatlin to test out 150-metres in South Africa
World 100-metre champion Justin Gatlin will race over a new distance next month at the inaugural Athletics South Africa (ASA) Athletix Grand Prix series meet in Pretoria.
U.S. sprinter Gatlin, 35, will compete in the 150-metre sprint in what will also be his first competitive run of 2018.
“I have obviously done 150s in training‚ but have never raced over that distance before‚” Gatlin said in a statement released by ASA on Thursday.
“It will be interesting to see how I do. It is also my first race of the season‚ which adds to the excitement for me.”
The sprinter sacked coach Dennis Mitchell in December after doping allegations were made against Mitchell, who like Gatlin was previously banned for doping. Gatlin is now back with former U.S. Olympic and national team coach Brooks Johnson, who trained the sprinter in 2010-11.
In a statement in December to Britain’s Daily Telegraph, which made the allegations against him, Mitchell said: “I never suggested in any way that any of my current athletes used any banned substances or that I was familiar with training any of my current athletes with those substances.”
The Athletics Integrity Unit and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both said they are investigating the allegations.
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Safaricom’s Fiber-to-Business service is helping Geoffery Mwangi sell his business on Facebook and attract more customers
10 Nov 2017 . 45,176 Views
Geoffery Mwangi is better known in Eldoret Town as ‘King’ – after his barbershop, which he started three years ago from what was a side hustle during his campus times at Egerton University.
Like many entrepreneurs, Mwangi wanted to set up a business from something he enjoyed doing; cutting hair.
Though looking back, he says he didn’t realize his passion would have one day turned into a business venture.
“It’s amazing how it has become my retirement job. I was doing this as a part time thing, cutting other students hair to earn that extra coin. But after I went into formal employment, this thing had taken a back seat in my life,” he recalls.
King’s Barbershop offers men different grooming services from haircuts to manicures, pedicures and even massages and much more.
“It’s not just about grooming; many people come here to unwind,” says Mwangi.
Loyal customers propel a business from a simple startup into a successful entity. And no one understands this better than a barber. “Retaining customers is very important,” Mwangi
“Once you do a good job in the first visit, it means that you have earned yourself one client.”
Client satisfaction is necessary for the success of any business, and technology has made it easier to receive customer feedback.
Which is why King signed up for Safaricom’s Fiber-to-Business service. A service created to offer small and medium sized businesses like King’s Barber shop, fast and affordable internet services.
But they offer more than just internet, you also get a telephone landline, domain registration and even cloud storage.
Mwangi set up a business Facebook page which he uses as a platform to market the barbershop, get client feedback, display their work and also promote offers that they are running.
“We post videos of what we do, we advertise the services we are offering. And we ask some of our high end clients to endorse us on our Facebook page which translates to good business,” says Mwangi. “We have listened to our customers, learnt what they want and discovered which new trends they are looking for. As a result of having fast and reliable internet he says that they are able to respond to inquiries in real time.”
“The Facebook page has been a turnaround for us. We have had a 40 per cent increase as a direct result of our Facebook page,” he adds.
Apart from social media, Mwangi says that his staff also use the internet to research on the latest hair and beauty trends in the market. “They have improved their skills because they research on the latest trends online,” says Mwangi.
“If you could look at our graph we’re growing and I can say it is a direct result of having data because we are able to do more marketing,” says Mwangi.
Technology is now boosting his business and helping to build relationships and offer each client a unique and personalized experience.
“We are an office now, this is not just a barbershop,” says Mwangi.
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Mixed Schubert and “Marnie” without words from Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphians
Sat Mar 09, 2019 at 2:48 pm
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra Friday night at Carnegie Hall. File photo: Hans van der Woerd
Friday’s concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall was brought to you by: Young Men on the Move.
Franz Schubert was in his mid-twenties when, after two unsuccessful outings in the opera house, he turned back to instrumental music, hoping eventually to compose a symphony worthy of consideration alongside of those of Beethoven. At 28, he achieved that goal with his Symphony No. 9 in C major.
At 22, Felix Mendelssohn was literally moving all over Europe on his grand tour, sightseeing, sketching, conducting, playing the piano, composing, and wowing audiences with fluent technique and aching lyricism in his shiny new Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25.
Nico Muhly, the senior citizen of this group at 37, had better luck than Schubert with operas. Marnie, his second commission by the Metropolitan Opera, was mounted last year with a stellar cast and rich visuals, exciting much comment pro and con. He repackaged some of the opera’s more arresting orchestral moments as Liar, Suite from Marnie, which received its New York premiere Wednesday.
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin was 35 when he was named music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2010. His career continues on an upward arc, adding the music directorship of the Metropolitan Opera this season. His still-youthful energy and flair for the dramatic were evident in Wednesday’s performances.
Tall and lanky with a shock of sandy hair, the 23-year-old Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki cuts a Cliburn-like figure onstage, but without the Texan’s lush piano sound. Still, on Wednesday he met the Mendelssohnian standard for playing like the wind and singing a pretty tune.
Top composers, top orchestra, top music stars of the moment—and not an old codger in sight, except in the seats.
Reviewers of Marnie seemed to agree that, while Muhly has a way to go as a musical dramatist, he wrote very dramatic music. The word “soundtrack” came up a lot, and as Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphians launched into the suite’s sweeping first pages Wednesday night, then moved without a break from scene to scene, the imagined action glowed in Technicolor.
Winston Graham’s 1961 psychological novel about an identity-shifting, sexually-inhibited kleptomaniac was adapted on film by Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren in the title role, and it proved a ripe subject for opera as well. On Wednesday, Muhly’s score seethed with conflict, both the actual one between the coerced-into-marriage Marnie and her overbearing yet protective husband—represented respectively by solo oboe and trombone–and the character’s inner torments arising from psychic injury in childhood.
Conducting without a baton, Nézet-Séguin expertly mixed Muhly’s contemporary colors—thrusting strings, blaring brass, various booms and pings of percussion—to create sonic environments as changeable as the disturbed protagonist herself. The audience greeted the piece, and the composer onstage, with enthusiastic applause.
The piano concerto’s golden age from Schumann and Brahms to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff was preceded by the dark ages around 1830, illuminated only by the two concertos of Chopin. Happily, the hundreds of note-spinning concertos by touring virtuosi—Pixis, Kalkbrenner, et al.—have gone to their reward. Their hyperactive style acquired some class in a few survivors from that era, Weber’s Conzertstück and Mendelssohn’s two concertos.
Still, it’s hard to play the latter’s G minor Concerto, the fast movements anyway, without sounding like a sewing machine. To do so would involve backing off the tempo a bit and bringing out the nice shapes and harmonic inflections in all that digital passagework. The music actually sounds faster and more brilliant that way, but that point is a tough sell to today’s young keyboard athletes.
Pianist Lisiecki opened the piece by firing a salvo of brittle octaves, then taking off at top speed in a whir of sixteenth notes. This necessitated a drastic slowing down for the lyrical second theme, not indicated in the score and disruptive to the movement’s flow. The pianist’s best moments came in softer, lighter passages that sparkled or rippled appealingly.
Opening the Andante, the Philadelphia cellos gave a masterclass in big, beautiful phrasing, and Lisiecki proved an apt pupil, projecting well and developing a rhapsodic freedom as the movement went on. This movement was the expressive high point of the concerto performance, and perhaps the whole evening.
In the finale, tempos were rushed and the orchestra sounded somewhat helter-skelter, but there was digital fun to be had in Lisiecki’s fizzy leggiero playing. Enough fun, in fact, to bring him back for an encore, a tender, swaying rendition of Mendelssohn’s song without words, “Venetian Gondola Song.”
Novelties by Muhly and Mendelssohn are welcome, but one looks forward to the distinguished visitors’ take on the classics. However, one wasn’t looking forward to the out-of-time horn call that led off Schubert’s symphony, or to the rhythmic vagueness and uncoordinated wind playing that it presaged. Still batonless, and not indicating a beat in some softer passages, Nézet-Séguin seemed to cede control of the first movement to the players, unwisely in this case.
In the Andante con moto, a steady tick-tick of staccato strings provided the moto and kept time for the oboe and clarinet, which tended to slip out of time when the ticking wasn’t there. The conductor appeared to be calling for more lightness and grace than the orchestra was delivering. But the developmental episode at mid-movement brought silky string sound and a smooth flow.
In the Scherzo, Nézet-Séguin apparently translated “vivace” as “headlong.” At this breakneck tempo, the strings didn’t articulate the eighth-note phrases clearly and the woodwinds tended to fall behind. An un-indicated slowing down was again necessary for the Trio, whose cantering rhythm still sounded somewhat pushed.
In the finale, however, the orchestra righted itself and put on a terrific show of both speed and articulation, driven by another Schubertian metronome, the steady pulse of repeated half notes. The orchestra’s playing seemed to match the conductor’s gestures at last, and if it all seemed to emphasize kinetic excitement over fullness of orchestral tone, the sound of a top orchestra in full command of its faculties was worth it.
Carnegie Hall presents the New York debut of pianist Beatrice Rana in works of Chopin, Ravel, and Stravinsky 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall. carnegiehall.org; 212-247-7800.
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Tournament: NFA Nationals | Round: 2 | Opponent: MOS Chase Dobler | Judge: Kevin Ambrose
Interpretation: A regulation is government intervention to create a binding legal norm
Yale Journal on Regulation, 2016, http://yalejreg.com/what-is-regulation/
So what does regulation mean? We return to the starting point—the intuitive
serve interest groups," and related common perceptions of the word "regulation."
Police Unions DA
Janus v. AFSCME collapses police unions – only the sqo can stop them
Simone Weichselbaum. 02/23/18. "A "Death Spiral" for Police Unions?". https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/02/23/a-death-spiral-for-police-unions
Unions representing the nation's largest police departments are pressing the U.S. Supreme
once union membership enters this tailspin, unions themselves may begin to fold."
Policy reforms to officer conduct rallies officers around Unions
Jonathan M. Smith writer for The NY Times. May 29, 2015. "Police Unions Must Not Block Reform". https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/opinion/police-unions-must-not-block-reform.html
These problems were caused, in part, by the police unions' response to the
scene; internal affairs investigators have to wait days to get a statement.
Police unions uniquely endorse anti-blackness
Rachel Anspach. Writer for The American Prospect. October 18, 2017. "National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns". http://prospect.org/article/national-police-union-mum-brutality-concerns
The union's views on one of the most tumultuous years in American history have not
more than the 332,000 members of the Fraternal Order of Police!"
Anti-Blackness structurally underpins all violence
— while racialized violence is still a daily reality for people caught in the position of the slave, the rhetoric of "oppression" or "exploitation" alone asks only how we might redeem this failed American experiment. There is no analogy for the structural suffering of the slave, meaning authentic engagement with social violence must begin with the anti-human void known as Blackness
Pak '12 ~{Yumi; philosophy prof ; "Outside Relationality: Autobiographical Deformations and
blackness as being absent in the dialectic, as "anti-Human."
Regulation T
A) Regulation is an authoritative rule
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regulation
an authoritative rule dealing with details or procedure
States CP
Counterplan Text: The United States Federal Government should amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993 to include a state-based regulatory negotiation framework for .
Rank and File police officers will support negotiated rule-making because it's in their best interest
Kami Chavis Simmons, Associate Provost and Professor of Law: Wake Forest University, "The Politics of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration in the Federal Reform of Local Law Enforcement Agencies," (Winter 2008,) http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7289andcontext=jclc
While DOJ has evinced a willingness to negotiate the reform, it has been far less willing to include all the various stakeholders in the negotiation process. In order to be successful, the proposal to use a form of negotiated rulemaking would necessitate the full support of all of the affected interests, including those of community members and rank-and-file officers. DOJ's opposition to the intervention of community members and rank-and-file police officers in the Los Angeles Consent Decree suggests that there may be some hesitancy on the part of the current administration to allow local interests to participate in the reform process. The negotiations will necessarily involve a certain degree of logistical complexity, but any inconvenience will be outweighed by the increased political legitimacy, cooperation and innovative solutions resulting from the inclusion. Similarly, police unions may be hesitant to join conversations with DOJ to reform local police practices. Historically, rank-and-file police officers have resisted various oversight efforts and, at times, police officers have reacted violently to reform efforts.269 However, given the impact that the reforms may have on their interests, rank-and-file officers may be persuaded of the benefits of consensual rulemaking in the context of police reform
This solves the aff better and doesn't trigger the DA—rank and file officers are involved in the process
Kami Chavis Simmons, "The Politics of Policing: Ensuring Stakeholder Collaboration in the Federal Reform of Local Law Enforcement Agencies," (Prev. Cited) http://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7289andcontext=jclc
The "overarching" benefit of the proposal to include police officers and community members
them, they are more likely to participate in the implementation process. 241
Stakeholder participation ensures follow through because reforms are specifically tailored to the community
Allowing stakeholder participation encourages incorporation of varying perspectives and may result in superior substantive outcomes
that would likely escape the attention of an agency in a traditional rulemaking.
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President McCain: Sacrificing American Lives for Fun and Profit.
You have to really ask yourself: How DESPERATE is the deep state when their fear of a President taking America BACK from them, is so great that they got tired of waiting for Daddy Bush to die to hold their great political fanfare: They were SO desperate that they gave a much-hated Senator a funeral fit ONLY for a President, so that all the establishment of the deep state could come forth and spew out their righteous hatred and anger in a manner they THINK the people will certainly be impressed by.
But guess what? We are too busy out spending our new-found cash to give a hoot.
President Trump, by all tradition was right to fly the flag at half mast on the day McCain died and the following: It’s the traditional rule for dying Senators…but noooooooooooooooo….
The deep state babies whined and moaned, and the man from the dead ORDERED his own presidential love fest. Three funerals. Two X Presidents exclaiming how much more virtuous he was than the man in the White House. John got a Presidential service.
If they hadn’t of done so much destruction to the regular man of America, maybe we could feel something besides the usual disgust at the whole bunch of them acting as if their words were SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO important, when, they are not.
You almost had to laugh at the ill timing of Aretha dying, and how the Obama’s must have suffered having to watch the Clintons up on center stage behind the Queen of soul instead of them.
What happened here? The Obama’s were made to attend McCain’s funeral? How did they get that wrong?
I still have visions of George W. actually strutting up to the church podium, taking nasty cuts at Trump: Kissinger rewriting Vietnam AND McCain history along with his own: Obama doing the usual “I, Me, and Me.” smooth speech, taking his digs, and Cindy McCain, spewing out all the hatred she could muster at Trump.
Where was the canned laughter button?
President Trump has done more for the average American in America than all of them combined. She can express her anger all she wants, that’s a fact.
And her quoting the founders…well that one really got me: Cindy knows about as much about the founders as Oprah….which is, not much.
Virgil on Breitbart summed it up quite well:
Yes, in the Establishment’s collective mentality, the good old days were the time when the U.S. border was open, when trade deals were easy, and foreign wars were being fought.
The Establishment, of course, never cared that, as a result, social chaos was increasing, wages were declining, regions were de-industrializing, and young Heartlanders—not Establishmentarians, of course—were getting killed and maimed overseas. So, when Meghan McCain defined those days as “greatness,” well, that was what the Establishmentarians came to hear. She was patting the big shots on the back, and they were glad for the pat. And John McCain, of course, was the champion of that sort of Beltway bonhomie—and, especially, the bipartisan “fun” of foreign wars.
Tracey’s argument is that McCain-style “neoconservatism,” which can be summed up as invade the world, invite the world, is now a goner. While the Establishment—including plenty of Democrats—loves it, most Americans don’t.
In fact, it’s not surprising that imperial grandiosity plays well in blue Washington, DC, and in New York City; after all, it’s fun to get rich and noble from imperialism. What’s less fun is to be a legionary from some red state, slogging it out in a hostile land, all for the sake of someone else’s ideological empire.
Yes, Virgil—- The old guard of a few rich elites running the poor deplorables into the ground might be coming to an end. They just don’t get why we out here in flyover land aren’t more appreciative of them.
John McCain was NOT a President, and he didn’t deserve a Presidential sendoff.
But maybe, as Virgil said: This was a funeral for the old guard trying desperately to hold on to their vast power and fortunes.
We can…only hope.
September 2, 2018 - Posted by Joyanna Adams | American History | Senator John McCain, The rich elites
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Week 26 (2014) – Carbs Damage Children
Health News (Week 26 – 2014)
By Robert Redfern
Short-sightedness Caused by Carbs
I am very concerned for the health of everyone but particularly that of children and this concern starts for babies in the womb as you saw in last week’s newsletter.
Expectant mothers are concerned about what they put in their mouths in case it damages their baby in the womb and quite rightly so. Every week I get emails from expectant mothers asking is it OK to take supplements while pregnant. I confirm they are OK and tell them it is essential they take a whole raft of missing nutrients.
Independent nutritionists for nearly 100 years have written books claiming and pleading that high sugar diets are bad for health. Since a two continent study published in New Scientist 2002, it has been confirmed that expectant mothers consuming foods with high levels of sugar have babies with more defects. You can read the full article at the end of this newsletter. This in itself is not scientifically conclusive but if you put the rest of the evidence shown together with this, you get enough facts to convince me that high sugar foods are unfit foods for human consumption.
You would expect in 12 years we would now have a ban on high sugar levels in children foods. In adverts, bars and when I board planes in the USA, I see a warning sign saying consuming alcohol in pregnancy can lead to birth defects.
Why after all of this time do we not have warnings about high sugar foods causing birth defects? The evidence for the damage from high sugar foods and drinks is just as conclusive as alcohol and smoking, scientists plead for it, but governments seem incapable of protecting our children from these dangerous foods and drinks.
Since the increase in eating white rice and adding wheat and other western junk foods to the diet even newer studies reports up to 90% of all school leavers in major Asian cities are now suffering from myopia – short-sightedness. Professor Ian Morgan, who led this study and is from the Australian National University reported 20-30% was once the average among people in South East Asia as well.
My recommendations for you and your babies are:
Eat my really healthy foods plan, which you can find at www.ReallyHealthyFoods.com
The very minimum of supplements for you and your babies are:
Nascent Iodine Drops (recommended by WHO for mothers)
Multi-Vitamin/Minerals complete formulation for missing nutrients
My full super fertility plan for those needing help is: Fertility Health Plan – Click Here
Healthy foods and missing nutrients are needed for both you and your baby’s health and are important not just for now, but for life.
Short-sightedness may be tied to refined diet
11:40 05 April 2002 by Douglas Fox
The food children eat might play as big a role as books and computer screens when it comes to causing short-sightedness.
Diets high in refined starches such as breads and cereals increase insulin levels. This affects the development of the eyeball, making it abnormally long and causing short-sightedness, suggests a team led by Loren Cordain, an evolutionary biologist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, and Jennie Brand Miller, a nutrition scientist at the University of Sydney.
The theory could help explain the dramatic increase in myopia in developed countries over the past 200 years. It now affects 30 per cent of people of European descent, for example.
“The rate of starch digestion is faster with modern processed breads and cereals,” says Brand Miller. In response to this rapid digestion, the pancreas pumps out more insulin. High insulin is known to lead to a fall in levels of insulin-like binding protein-3, the team points out.
That could disturb the delicate choreography that normally coordinates eyeball lengthening and lens growth. And if the eyeball grows too long, the lens can no longer flatten itself enough to focus a sharp image on the retina, they suggest.
“Overnight epidemics”
“It’s a very surprising idea,” says James Mertz, a biochemist at the New England College of Optometry in Boston. But it’s plausible, says Bill Stell of the University of Calgary in Canada. “It wouldn’t surprise me at all. Those of us who work with local growth factors within the eye would have no problem with that – in fact we would expect it.”
Metz’s institution is now planning studies in animals. But there is already evidence to support the theory. While fewer than one per cent of the Inuit and Pacific islanders had myopia early in the last century, these rates have since skyrocketed to as high as 50 per cent. These “overnight epidemics” have usually been blamed on the increase in reading following the sudden advent of literacy and compulsory schooling in these societies.
But while reading may play a role, it does not explain why the incidence of myopia has remained low in societies that have adopted Western lifestyles but not Western diets, says Cordain.
“In the islands of Vanuatu they have eight hours of compulsory schooling a day,” he says, “yet the rate of myopia in these children is only two per cent.” The difference is that Vanuatuans eat fish, yam and coconut rather than white bread and cereals.
The theory is also consistent with observations that people are more likely to develop myopia if they are overweight or have adult-onset diabetes, both of which involve elevated insulin levels. The progression of myopia has also been shown to be slower in children whose protein consumption is increased.
Journal reference: Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica (vol 80, p 125)
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County Execs Want More Details Before Voting on Tappan Zee Replacement
By Ben Fried
Faced with a crucial vote that could have set federal funding in motion for the Cuomo administration’s transit-less Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, three county leaders have asked for more information before signing off on the project.
County execs Astorino, Vanderhoef and Odell aren't ready to sign off on the Cuomo administration's transit-less Tappan Zee project.
The Journal News reports that Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, Orange County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, and Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell postponed the vote scheduled for July 10, saying they want to see the Final Environmental Impact Statement first. Any of the three county execs can effectively veto the Tappan Zee project using their seats on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council — the regional body that serves as intermediary between the feds and state and local transportation agencies.
Astorino and Vanderhoef have repeatedly called for Cuomo to make a more robust commitment to a multi-modal bridge, after the administration discarded plans for transit that were years in the making. Their request to postpone the NYMTC vote indicates that, so far, they are willing to follow through on their public statements. Odell’s request is somewhat unexpected since she had not signed on to the pro-transit coalition statement. Her decision to align with the other two execs may indicate the breadth of support in the Hudson Valley for a full-fledged transit corridor along the bridge and I-287.
The FEIS is expected to be released before the end of the month, and the NYMTC vote has yet to be re-scheduled. While it’s still anyone’s guess whether the postponement of the vote will lead to a better bridge (Thruway Authority director Thomas Madison told the Journal News that it would “in no way delay the project”), it will certainly lead to a better understanding of what the region would get under the Cuomo plan, and how residents would pay for it. As of today, critical information about project financing and the cost assumptions that led the state to abandon plans for transit remains unknown.
“The county executives, and the public, have been asking the same questions since October and have gotten few answers,” said Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign. “NYMTC members have an obligation to be fully informed before they can vote on a project like the Tappan Zee Bridge, which has such significant regional implications. How can NYMTC members vote on whether the new bridge project should be part of the regional plan when they don’t even know the final environmental implications of the project? Fast-tracking a project shouldn’t compromise transparency.”
In recent correspondence with Streetsblog, the governor’s press office has shared more of the administration’s thinking about the Tappan Zee plans. We’ll be reporting what we’ve learned in the days ahead.
Filed Under: Tappan Zee Bridge, Transit
Astorino and Vanderhoef Can Block Transit-Less Tappan Zee. Will They?
By Noah Kazis | Jun 26, 2012
County Executives Rob Astorino and C. Scott Vanderhoef have been two of the most consistent and vocal advocates of restoring transit to the plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge. They have understood that Westchester and Rockland County commuters need a way to travel east-west without a car and need congestion relief on crowded I-287. […]
Electeds and Advocates: Tappan Zee Needs Transit From the Start
By Noah Kazis | Dec 15, 2011
Support for transit on the new Tappan Zee bridge — built up over a decade of consensus building and 280 public meetings — runs deep and broad in the Hudson Valley. Though Governor Andrew Cuomo is already rushing forward with plans to build the bridge without any transit option, 11 local elected officials from both parties […]
Yonkers, Greenburgh, Dobbs Ferry Vote Unanimously For Tappan Zee Transit
By Noah Kazis | Feb 29, 2012
Last night, hundreds of Rockland County residents gathered at the Palisades Mall to tell the Cuomo administration that a transit-free replacement Tappan Zee Bridge isn’t acceptable. In Westchester, too, support for transit across the bridge is running high. Three more local governments have passed unanimous resolutions supporting Tappan Zee transit: the city of Yonkers, the […]
County Execs Support Cuomo’s TZB in Exchange for Study Groups
By Stephen Miller | Aug 17, 2012
County executives from Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties announced their support for Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Tappan Zee Bridge project yesterday, clearing the way for the project to seek federal funding. The executives, who had withheld support until now, received two concessions: A guarantee of rush hour bus lanes on the new bridge, and the creation of […]
Hudson Valley Elected Officials Blast Decision to Take Transit Off Tappan Zee
By Noah Kazis | Oct 28, 2011
After nine years of study and 280 meetings, New York State had reached the conclusion that the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge needed to include transit: both a Metro-North extension and a new cross-county bus rapid transit system. Up until quite recently, state agencies forcefully argued that only transit could improve mobility between Westchester […]
Thruway Authority, Not Cuomo, Announces Tappan Zee Transit Task Force
By Stephen Miller | Dec 10, 2012
On Friday afternoon, the New York State Thruway Authority announced the 28 members of the Tappan Zee Bridge Mass Transit Task Force. Unlike the announcement of the committee that picked the winning bid to build to bridge, the task force announcement was made by the Thruway Authority, not Governor Cuomo himself, who has otherwise put […]
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Electric eels have mind control powers
By News.com.au
December 5, 2014 | 10:18am
It’s a stunning discovery: Electric eels don’t just “zap” their prey. They use their powers to remote-control them, too.
The highly charged predators have long been known to pack a 660-volt wallop.
But now researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has discovered the electric eel has true mental power.
A new study published in the journal Science reveals the eels can “remote-control” their prey.
It’s a handy trick.
Fish hiding nearby in the kelp will suddenly spasm, giving their presence away.
The startled subject of the eel’s attention will then find itself unable to swim away: Its fins will simply refuse to respond.
The mastermind behind this superpower is Electrophorus electricus (known by South American locals as poraquê), which lives in and around the Amazon. It’s not really an eel, it’s more a fish.
But more than 80 percent of its elongated body is packed full of cells that are, in effect, biological batteries.
Secret sense
The electric eel is virtually blind, and they swim in murky waters. So they use their finely tuned electric senses to detect “echoes” from a pair of low-voltage pulses. Yes, like radar.
Dr. Kenneth Catania, who led the study which observed the behavior of the eels in captivity, says this “scan” can also tell the eel if the nearby prey is suitable food.
They then home in on their target, until they come within range.
Suddenly, and unexpectedly, the eel sends out a 660-volt electric pulse. (Remember: In the United States, the plug in your wall carries 120 volts.)
It used to be thought these “pulses” simply stunned random prey.
“It’s amazing. The eel can totally inactivate its prey in just 3 milliseconds. The fish are completely paralyzed,” Catania says.
Now science knows more.
Experiments have shown that the eel has tuned its electric effect to trigger its prey’s nervous system. It hijacks the movement of every muscle in a fish’s body through mimicking the signals carried by its neural network.
This includes revealing the prey’s location (in the same way your arm would flex upward when touching a live wire) and smothering any reflex to run.
“If you take a step back and think about it, what the eel can do is extremely remarkable,” Catania says. “It can use its electrical system to take remote control of its prey’s body. If a fish is hiding nearby, the eel can force it to twitch, giving away its location, and if the eel is ready to capture a fish, it can paralyze it so it can’t escape.”
Killer blow
Once the fish is immobilized, the eel moves in for the kill.
A volley of electric shocks is unleashed to send the fish into deep spasms before the eel sinks its teeth into the out-of-control flesh.
The study says that when the eel’s electric pulses slowed down as it tired, fish were observed twitching in time with each pulse. This revealed the eel was reaching into the prey’s nervous system to control its muscles.
Filed under marine life , science , vanderbilt university
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Stringer says he’ll run for mayor if feds indict de Blasio
By Michael Gartland
December 21, 2016 | 11:31pm
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Comptroller Scott Stringer has told city politicos that he’s certain to run for mayor if Mayor de Blasio is indicted by the feds — but will likely stay put if hizzoner is not charged by corruption probers.
“Scott is preparing to run, but part of that has to do with Scott’s feeling strongly the mayor’s going to get indicted,” one Democratic operative told
The Post. “If the mayor gets indicted he’s going to run. If he doesn’t, he’s going to wait.”
A city Councilman chuckled, “He’s been pretty open about it. In passing he’s said, ‘If the mayor goes down, I’m in.’ ”
Two separate state and federal investigations are looking into de Blasio’s fund-raising activities.
The state probe focuses on whether Team de Blasio broke state law through fund-raising efforts for state Senate races in 2014. The federal investigation is eyeing whether donors got favors for cash.
A de Blasio campaign spokesman said, “The mayor and the campaign . . . are fully confident that they have conducted themselves legally and appropriately at all times.”
Stringer, a Democrat, has amassed a $1.7 million war chest for a 2017 run. A Stringer spokesman declined to comment.
Filed under bill de blasio , city hall , investigations , mayors , scott stringer
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The ODI and Sport England join forces to get us all more active with data
2016-10-31 by The ODI
The Open Data Institute and Sport England are announcing a new collaboration at the ODI Summit in London today. They will work together to improve and open up information about physical activity and sporting opportunities across England
It should be as easy to book a slot as your local swimming pool as a hotel room. CC BY 2.0, uploaded by [Atos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/atosorigin/8116040042/in/photolist-dnbPWS-2xSq3-Jr9oVZ-7BFY93-4W1Sjy-6vyRFs-kjwqEM-pE4KdV-ra2NbP-7mbzHD-2xSq1-2xSq2-oARvgZ-shvto-aDwVN7-bAagTC-2THADb-qvb8Zg-8yxfmT-aJtLrP-oG81fW-96ECy8-8AWuoG-mntJyc-6ZC5MU-dnbP2d-8k8QkJ-orEomi-6D3P5B-6EsRZD-daFw7t-orDWPD-u2Eet-a5FMNo-9YYSDN-e62DZJ-byuBWd-s7JLeF-4Ln2ah-6uaX1j-e62RX5-ajquWJ-e4Qkn-JoKGkq-8rX44q-6vucPM-6EsKc8-q7B2rj-6vwvXF-5pDCZB “Atos").
Much of the information about activities – from which tennis courts can be booked to which dance classes are available – is hidden away in old-fashioned websites, social media groups, PDFs or printed flyers.
Over the next year, the ODI will collaborate with the sports sector to help providers produce openly available data on what, where and when physical activity sessions are happening. This data, which won’t include any personal information, will be open for anyone to access, use and share.
Providers will be helped to publish their data in a consistent format that’s easy to create and use, thanks to a new set of standards being co-developed with the sector.
At any one time, around 28% of people in England are inactive. They face many emotional and practical barriers – one being a lack of information on what's available to them. The new collaboration will address this and encourage the development of new physical activity products and services, including apps, by unlocking the ‘fuel’ that powers them: high-quality, comprehensive data on where and when there are opportunities to be active.
Jeni Tennison, CEO at the ODI, said:
We all use apps and digital services to make the most of our downtime: to find a good local restaurant, book cinema tickets, or research our next holiday. But it can be far more difficult to identify ways of getting more active. One reason is a lack of data to power online services, like those we’ve come to expect for other activities.
Over the coming months the ODI, Sport England and the physical activity community will come together to create new ways to find activities – engaging large and small organisations to publish their data for the first time.
Enabling new sport products and services
Innovators, developers and startups will be encouraged to develop products and services to get people active, using physical activity data. Open data will make it easier to build solutions that target people who do little or no physical activity and could benefit most from better services.
Many who hold physical activity data like the idea of making it open but lack the tools and guidance to do so. Enhancing data literacy in the sector is therefore a priority, and the ODI will help to make publishing physical activity data as easy as possible for providers.
Today’s announcement marks the beginning of a longer-term cultural change for the physical activity sector in how it uses data to keep pace with the digital expectations of customers, supporting them to find relevant and high-quality information on their smartphones. This in turn helps providers market their services more effectively and grow their customer base. The work will build on existing best practice and harness the momentum created by grassroots data movements in the sport sector.
Lisa O’Keefe, Director of Insight at Sport England, who will announce the collaboration today, said:
With opportunities to go swimming described and advertised in more than 6,000 different ways, you can be left feeling it's easier to break the enigma code than navigate a pool timetable. But it doesn't have to be that way and the sports sector is ready and willing to change that.
We want to make it as easy to book a badminton court as it is a hotel room, and open data is an essential part of that. We're thrilled to be joining forces with the ODI to turn our ambition for convenient, immediate and accessible information about local sporting opportunities into a reality.
If you’d like to get more involved in the work of this new collaboration, please enter your details here.
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ODI Summit and Awards 2016
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Christopher Sieber to Co-Star with George Hamilton in National Tour of La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Sieber has signed on to play drag star Albin opposite George Hamilton as Georges in the national tour of La Cage aux Folles. The casting represents a role switch for Sieber, who played Georges opposite the show’s librettist Harvey Fierstein in the final stretch of the Tony-winning 2010-2011 Broadway revival, directed by Tony winner Terry Johnson.
Rounding out the tour cast are Billy Harringtan Tighe, Bernard Burak Sheredy, Cathy Newman, Jeigh Madjus, Gay Marshall, Allison Blair McDowell, Dale Hensley, Ashley Kate Adams, Danny Vaccaro, Rylyn Juliano, Matt Anctil, Mark Roland, Donald Shorter, Jr., Trevor Downey, Logan Keslar, Terry Lavell, Todd Thurston, Todd Lattimore, Christophe Caballerro and SuEllen Estey.
Featuring a score by Jerry Herman and book by Fierstein, La Cage aux Folles tells the story of Georges (Hamilton) the owner of a glitzy nightclub in Saint Tropez, and his partner Albin (Sieber), who moonlights as the glamorous chanteuse Zaza. When Georges’ son brings his fiancée’s conservative parents home to meet the flashy pair, the bonds of family are put to the test.
Sieber, who is currently appearing on Broadway as Billy Flynn in Chicago, received Tony nominations for Shrek and Spamalot. His Broadway credits include Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love and A Christmas Carol. Off-Broadway credits include The Kid, Avow and The Boys in the Band.
The national tour of La Cage will be produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani and Fran and Barry Weissler in association with NETworks Presentations.
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Exclusive! Watch Victoria Clark & Judy Kaye Perform from Sousatzka
This is more than talent; this is genius! As previously reported, a musical adaptation of Bernice Rubens' Madame Sousatzka has its eyes on the Great White Way for a bow in October 2017. Sousatzka will star Tony winner Victoria Clark, Tony winner Judy Kaye, Tony nominee Montego Glover and newcomer Jordan Barrow. The tuner, backed by notorious producer Garth Drabinsky, will premiere at Toronto’s historic Elgin Theatre on February 25, 2017 and officially open on March 23. Directed by Adrian Noble, Sousatzka is set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a young musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. Clark and Kaye perform the heartbreakingly beautiful "Let Go" in the exclusive video below. Get the tissues ready, and watch these fantastically talented ladies saaaang!
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Archives for posts with tag: Hamlet
Recap—One Page Poetry Circle, March 6th Meeting
March 11, 2018 //
The One Page Poetry Circle (at St. Agnes Branch Library) met on March 6th to talk about Poetry and Enjambment. The word comes from the French meaning “legs straddling,” as the thought in a poem can flow beyond a line.
Abigail opened the circle with Núala Ni Dhomhnaill’s “The Language Issue,” her answer to why she writes in Irish (the poem was translated into English by Paul Muldoon) and begins, “I place my hope on the water/in this little boat/of the language, the way a body might put/an infant/in a basket of intertwined/iris leaves.” The poem reflects the flowing water with enjambment.
Roger read “The Poet of Bray” by John Heath-Stubbs, a humorous history of a poet’s changing political views. His excitement is captured with enjambment, “Back in the dear old thirties’ days/When politics was passion/A harmless left-wing bard was I/And so I grew in fashion.”
Hazel read Hamlet’s “To Be or Not To Be” speech from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. We were delighted to revisit this poem and examine how the thoughts move forward, “To be, or not to be—that is the question:/Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer/the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune/Or to take arms against a sea of troubles.”
Gail read “The Good Life” by the current American Poet Laureate, Tracy K. Smith, a poem that captures shifting images in a single sentence and is given in its entirety here:
When some people talk about money
They speak as if it were a mysterious lover
Who went out to buy milk and never
Came back, and it makes me nostalgic
For the years I lived on coffee and bread,
Hungry all the time, walking to work on payday
Like a woman journeying for water
From a village without a well, then living
One or two nights like everyone else
On roast chicken and red wine.
Ken read the start of “Endymion” by John Keats, with its many beautiful images created through enjambment, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:/Its loveliness increases; it will never/Pass into nothingness; but still will keep/A bower quiet for us, and a sleep/Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”
Christiana read Marianne Moore’s “The Fish,” which proceeds in ocean-like waves, “wade/through black jade/Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps/adjusting the ash heaps;/opening and shutting itself like/an/injured fan.”
Linda read Sylvia Plath’s “Edge,” written just six days before she died, in which the sentences run on into the next verse, “The woman is perfected./Her dead/Body wears the smile of accomplishment,/The illusion of a Greek necessity/Flows in the scrolls of her toga.”
Cate read Ted Kooser’s “Gyroscope,” which creates a beautiful image in one sentence, “I place this within the first order/of wonders: a ten-year-old girl/one on a sunny, glassed-in porch/in February, the world beyond/the windows slowly tipping forward into spring.” We noted that when you first read the line ending “the world beyond” there seems to be a natural stop, but the thought continues into the next line and the thought changes.
Susan read “This Is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams in which a husband apologizes for eating the plums in the icebox that his wife was saving for breakfast, “Forgive me/they were delicious/so sweet/and so cold.”
AnnaLee read Archibald MacLeish’s “The End of the World” in which a mad circus disappears when the top blows off, “There with vast wings across the cancelled skies,/There in the sudden blackness the black pall/Of nothing, nothing, nothing—nothing at all.”
Please blog with us at onepagepoetrycircle.wordpress.com. And join us for our next program at the St. Agnes Branch of the New York Public Library, 81st and Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan. Dates and times follow:
April 17: Poetry and Timing (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
May 8: Poetry and Choices (5:30 – 6:30 pm)
Abigail Burnham Bloom and
AnnaLee Wilson
Tags Archibald MacLeish, Edge, Endymion, Gyroscope, Hamlet, John Heath-Stubbs, John Keats, Marianne Moore, Núala Ni Dhomhnaill, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Ted Kooser, The End of the World, The Fish, The Good Life, The Language Issue, The Poet of Bray, This Is Just To Say, To Be or Not To Be, Tracy K. Smith, William Carlos Williams
Categories Enjambment, One Page Poetry Circle
Next One Page Poetry Circle—Poetry & Silence 4/18/17
Welcome to the One Page Poetry Circle at St. Agnes Branch Library!
Date: Tuesday, April 18
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 pm
Place: St. Agnes Branch Library, 444 Amsterdam Ave. 3rd Fl.
Theme: Poetry and Silence
Find a poem! Show up! Read a poem! Discuss a poem!
April’s theme is Poetry and Silence. Feel free to interpret the theme in a way that has meaning for you. We hope you will find a poem you haven’t read before or see an old friend in a new light. Can’t locate a poem you like? Look through a poetry book at the library or check out Poetry Foundation or poets.org.
Silence would seem inimical to poetry, but it is as important as words. Poems use silence, the cessation of words, to create meaning. “Silence” is the last word that Hamlet speaks (Shakespeare’s Hamlet 5.2). The moment contains irony in that the last thing Hamlet says means “nothing” but follows much mental and physical turmoil. Sadly, his voice will be silenced forever—or at least until we read the play again.
The potent poison quite o’ercrows my spirit.
I cannot live to hear the news from England.
But I do prophesy the election lights
On Fortinbras. He has my dying voice.
So tell him, with th’ occurrents, more and less,
Which have solicited. The rest is silence.
In Yvor Winters’ “Before Disaster,” the rhyming couplets tick-tock, lull, increase speed, and then halt, creating a silence where readers can reflect before moving on.
Evening traffic homeward burns,
Swift and even on the turns,
Drifting weight in triple rows,
Fixed relation and repose.
This one edges out and by,
Inch by inch with steady eye.
But should error be increased,
Mass and moment are released;
Matter loosens, flooding blind,
Levels driver to its kind….
Ranks of nations thus descend,
Watchful to a story end.
By a moment’s calm beguiled,
I have got a wife and child.
Simon and Garfunkel’s song, “The Sound of Silence” begins by evoking a mood:
I’ve come to talk with you again
Within the sound of silence
What other forms of silence have you found in poetry?
We’d love to blog with you here at onepagepoetrycircle.wordpress.com about Poetry and Silence or any other subject that pertains to poetry.
~Abigail Burnham Bloom and AnnaLee Wilson
Tags Before Disaster, Hamlet, Hamlet 5.2, One Page Poetry Circle, Shakespeare, Simon and Garfunkel, The Sound of Silence, Yvor Winters
Categories poetry and silence, silence
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We'll Find Something (2015) from casey gooden on Vimeo. Casey Gooden's We'll Find Something tells the story of a young, outwardly hip couple on a search for food in New York City. The couple...
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