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You can also say you forgot about 20 teams as contenders. With the age change no one knows who is playing on what teams. Could be a whole new group of top teams.
- February 22, 2017 at 2:09 PM
20 teams? Let's not get crazy. One of the top 5 teams will win the State Cups.
- February 23, 2017 at 7:48 AM
Top 5: Any game between the top three would be just phenominal to watch and no sure bet to win. Great work by the Kids, Parents and Coaches in being the top teams in the Country.
4-5 slots are: Very good teams that play with a lot of heart.
-on the bubble Stallions
I don't know the status of STA? If they are still in the age group I would put them at a solid 4 ranking. SSC's status is questionable as well, with the loss of key players to competing clubs, thier forfeiture of the remainder of last season and tournament participation, I'd put them in the 7-10 ranking however, they are unquestionably not in the top 5 at this time.
- February 28, 2017 at 11:13 AM
Not sure how you could know any of this for sure. Teams change, players leave, some have graduated and are in college at this point. Teams at this point can be very different from what you state and no one really knows how it will all shake out.
- February 28, 2017 at 11:23 AM
Regardless, the top team is MF.
- February 28, 2017 at 12:28 PM
Graduated and are in college in this age group? Sorry, but 99/98 teams either dropped down to 99 or they remained intact and play 98 (U19). So not sure how they could have graduated and are in college when they haven't graduated HS yet and the younger still have a year to go?
It's an opinion-based hyposthesis partly derived from past performance and the top teams are and have thier rosters pretty much intact. So unless 4-5 teams merged thier best players then it's a possibility they might shake out somewhere but not as a top competetor in the state.
- February 28, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Most 98s have graduated high school and are now in college.
- February 28, 2017 at 1:16 PM
Carding was in August, those 98's were not carded and on the team at the start of this season. I give Marlboro the edge over Notfit.
- February 28, 2017 at 1:38 PM
I don't think you should be so confident about teams that haven't even had league play yet. You might be surprised. Every season is a new chance for teams to shine.
- February 28, 2017 at 2:03 PM
Keep knocking on MF, no one added...LOL
- February 28, 2017 at 3:04 PM
Surprised by what? There isn't one team outside the top 5 that can compete at thier level then or now. They had thier chance and face it you're not there.
- March 1, 2017 at 8:07 AM
I guess that begs the question 8:07, who is the top 5 in your mind?
- March 1, 2017 at 10:04 AM
Every team in the top flight of EDP is a good team and they can all compete with every other team in that division. That's about 30 teams.
- March 1, 2017 at 11:21 AM
That is not a top 5 though.
- March 1, 2017 at 4:05 PM
I never mentioned top 5 and I couldn't care less. All I care about is good competition for the boys. Keep living in your elite top 5 bubble!
- March 1, 2017 at 4:59 PM
So you are saying the top five are elite and then there is everyone else?
- March 1, 2017 at 9:43 PM
No, I'm saying elitists suck
- March 2, 2017 at 7:49 AM
Says the person not in the top 5
- March 2, 2017 at 9:40 AM
Maybe your child will be a greedy 1 percenter some day. I'm sure y.ou'll be so proud while you're bragging about it
- March 2, 2017 at 11:11 AM
You assume my son plays on a team in the top 5, when in fact top 20-25 would be the truth. I however do not have an issue with those top 5 teams and know they are better. I do not think being better makes you an elitist. You sound like a jealous person to me.
- March 2, 2017 at 11:14 AM
Good logic. I'm jealous of teenagers.
- March 2, 2017 at 11:32 AM
Season has started. Hudson with the win!!!
- March 4, 2017 at 4:25 PM
Premature with the self congratulations I see. Must have been cold out there.
- March 6, 2017 at 9:07 AM
Any upcoming tournaments teams will be attending?
- March 6, 2017 at 9:53 AM
Should U19 teams be playing tournaments? They are very costly and at this point those players that will be playing in college have already been identified. What would be the point?
- March 6, 2017 at 10:35 AM
They're playing for the challenge and fun of it. The cost is usually included in the club fees.
- March 6, 2017 at 12:14 PM
Really? What club fees pay for the tournament fees? What if you join many tournaments?
- March 6, 2017 at 1:03 PM
Tournaments at this stage are ok if you have the money to do so. No need to travel far, the only college coaches that will be watching you are the coaches you have already signed up to play for. The bigger question to me is what to do this summer? I know you should be conditioning, but are new teams formed to keep you sharp?
- March 6, 2017 at 1:20 PM
There are summer leagues for u20 or u23 teams. Look under leagues in EDP.
- March 6, 2017 at 3:07 PM
Summer should be used to rest.
- March 7, 2017 at 7:31 AM
NJCup is about to begin. Favorite to win? Contenders? Legit longshots?
- March 7, 2017 at 12:53 PM
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- March 7, 2017 at 1:17 PM
Snow anyone? Could hurt the state cup games that have to be played. Next week could be a mess
- March 9, 2017 at 1:55 PM
Saw a forecast for 3-6 tomorrow in Parsippany and another 8 plus on Tuesday. Fields? What fields.
- March 9, 2017 at 4:38 PM
15 inches tomorrow, how will fields be ready for any state cup games with deadlines coming close. I guess MSC is happy they got their tournament in already and Hammonton has none scheduled.
- March 13, 2017 at 1:09 PM
MSC was very lucky to get their tournament in after many previous cancellations. A lot of tournaments and games will be cancelled or postponed. Every spring there is a huge demand for turf fields with most grass being water logged.
- March 13, 2017 at 3:21 PM
Ironbound is this weekend, they do not cancel or at least have not in the past.
- March 13, 2017 at 3:24 PM
They've got to be worried. Maybe they can shovel all the fields but that's unreasonable. They probably use about 100 fields.
- March 13, 2017 at 3:31 PM
Shovel? Why not plow? Do they really use 100 fields? Seems like a lot to me.
- March 13, 2017 at 4:09 PM
Does anyone really care about the Ironbound warmup? Do competitive teams even go to it. No way they will clear their fields, they will lose money.
- March 13, 2017 at 4:46 PM
Ironbound teams are competitive. It's a good local tournament. Not everyone has thousands of dollars to spend on fees, hotels meals, plane fare, etc.
- March 13, 2017 at 5:49 PM
Low to midlevel teams at best.
- March 14, 2017 at 11:54 AM
No need for that comment. We all can read an applied team list.
- March 14, 2017 at 3:13 PM
To the poster above you only agreed with the post above yours. Question for you. Why would there be no need for stating it is a tournament for low to mid level teams? It is true and what is wrong with that type of a tournament?
- March 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM
I've been told it will be canceled Too bad for IB and players
- March 14, 2017 at 4:13 PM
So we know that Match Fit has most of their players committed to play college next year, what about the rest of the top teams in here. Do they also have a lot of college commitments?
- March 16, 2017 at 12:01 PM
nice trolling. of course the top teams do. Define top teams = top 5 teams, if you want to play in college you will.
- March 16, 2017 at 2:51 PM
I guess MF cant stand the feeling of people not thinking about them so they start the same conversation again. Good luck being backups.
- March 16, 2017 at 3:52 PM
Yeah, because most freshman go in and start right away. What a tool!!!
- March 16, 2017 at 4:01 PM
3:52, someone always bites...
- March 17, 2017 at 2:45 PM
"Yeah, because most freshman go in and start right away. What a tool!!!"
Or better yet, never start at all. I went to a D1 match last fall in which 21 of the 22 starters were international players. And my understanding is that the 1 American starter (a goal keeper) was actually a back up filling in for an injured international.
- March 19, 2017 at 8:31 PM
21 out of 22? That's just stupid. Were you in the United States??
- March 19, 2017 at 10:06 PM
Looks like not all the NJ Cup games have been played. Likely that extensions have been given out due to field conditions. No real surprises that I see so far.
- March 20, 2017 at 8:14 AM
That's nuts. What were the names of the schools playing?
- March 20, 2017 at 9:34 AM
Check out a Rider/FDU/LIU/Adelphia/Georgian court (should I go on?) match. Easily can field an entire starting team of foreign players. Why is this such a shock to you?
- March 20, 2017 at 10:06 AM
I was at a Rider game when they played Nova. They do have a bunch of foreigners on their team. I think Rider had about 7-8 starters. Villanova had 1 or 2. To act like those 4 teams you mentioned are representative of what college soccer is like is a bit misleading.
- March 20, 2017 at 10:59 AM
Albany, St Bonn, Rhode Island, Stoneybrook. Just a few more.
- March 20, 2017 at 11:16 AM
I took a look at some of the schools listed, no so surprisingly they are mostly foreign players. I have a relative who is a staff member at Mercyhurst University and he tells me that their team is at least 85% foreign players.
- March 20, 2017 at 11:52 AM
Just for the heck of it I checked out last year's D1 final four teams. 10 foreigners total on all 4 rosters.
- March 20, 2017 at 12:00 PM
So US players are better!!!! I knew it!!!!
- March 20, 2017 at 12:01 PM
Ocean vs Holmdel in the next round. Do not be surprised at the result.
- March 20, 2017 at 12:54 PM
The US players are just as good as the foreign but college coaches recruit a lot overseas and these players are offered full scholarships. Not a great situation for US athletes.
- March 20, 2017 at 12:58 PM
Foreign players do have an easier time getting into D2 and some D3 schools as many of them don't have the academic history required by more competitive schools.
- March 20, 2017 at 1:03 PM
Wall upsets Marlton. Or is it an upset? Wall has flown under the radar for some time.
- March 21, 2017 at 7:31 AM
It is at the very least an interesting result. Marlton is a very good team that has never won a State title. Only one more chance.
- March 21, 2017 at 10:44 AM
What's upsetting is a self inflating parent whose little toe poker is on Wall is on here to tell us about thier first win out of MAPS. You probably dominated the MOSA Premier flights too...
- March 21, 2017 at 10:46 AM
Toe poker? Is that what you saw? LOL
- March 21, 2017 at 11:29 AM
#10 losing to #24 is not that big of a deal. Could happen to any team on any day. New rosters for most teams, I think you will see more so called upsets in the future.
- March 21, 2017 at 12:22 PM
I agree, there are going to be lots of upsets this year. This age group is going to be a real wild card. Kids are all playing for different reasons. Some to keep in shape, some hoping to possibly catch on with a college team, some for the fun of it.
- March 21, 2017 at 12:41 PM
Yeah. TSF over holmdel prolly not an "upset" either. Teams are stacked with players with a variety of reasons for playing at this point-as an. Earlier poster pointed out.
- March 21, 2017 at 1:05 PM
to keep in shape or for the fun of it wont work if you want to win
- March 21, 2017 at 1:18 PM
why is winning so important to you? It doesn't mean much at this stage.
- March 21, 2017 at 2:31 PM
Yes, the time for winning is kinda over. Years past you wanted to win so you can get to the top flights of best tournaments so you can be seen by college coaches. Pretty sure these 18-19 year old kids aren't looking for trophies and medals.
- March 21, 2017 at 3:02 PM
Do you seriously think that these players do not want to win when they step on the field? How do you think many of them go to where they are and will be (playing in college). No one said there was an end game of getting into better tournaments, but the will and desire to win a game is there.
- March 21, 2017 at 3:12 PM
I don't think that most players think winning is the most important thing. They play because they love the sport. If kids only motive is winning, they end up losing interest.
- March 21, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Yes, on some teams out there the parents want it A LOT more than the kids.
- March 21, 2017 at 4:24 PM
Top level athletes care about winning. That is how they became top.
- March 21, 2017 at 4:25 PM
Top level athletes care about winning but they know it's not the most important thing and that's what makes them top.
- March 21, 2017 at 9:36 PM
"winning doesn't matter anymore" Marlton.
- March 22, 2017 at 10:07 AM
It's all over in 3 months, what are guys gonna do??
- March 22, 2017 at 1:49 PM
Some will move on to their younger children, some will look for college forums, some will vanish.
- March 22, 2017 at 3:51 PM
"playing doesn't matter anymore" SSC
- March 23, 2017 at 8:16 AM
Is Stronghold bagging games again? If you cant give an example dont bring it up.
- March 23, 2017 at 9:24 AM
They bagged this Sunday's game vs. MF
- March 23, 2017 at 12:21 PM
For all you know there was a legit reason. Fields not ready maybe?
- March 23, 2017 at 2:26 PM
Turf. No snow at all. You would think after what the team did last year that would make it to early season games...
- March 23, 2017 at 2:29 PM
what? "that would make it to early season games"???? What are you trying to say?
- March 23, 2017 at 3:33 PM
Typo, THAT should've been THEY, you still should have understood my point. But I get it, you are trying to change the subject. I will be totally stunned if SSC plays all of their games.
- March 23, 2017 at 4:43 PM
Why wouldnt they play their games? What is their point, hey guys lets pay to join this league and I know how we will get them, we wont play our games. Now lets go show them!
- March 24, 2017 at 7:36 AM
That's what they did last year...
- March 24, 2017 at 9:26 AM
They didnt play their last 2 games, now why would they join a league and not play their games this year? That makes no sense at all, they all have money to throw around and just want to be a pain to the league? There is a reason they couldnt play their game, sorry it didnt work out for you but they are not trying to please you.
- March 24, 2017 at 10:42 AM
I am not upset, you asked for an example of SSC bagging games. I provided you with an example. Yet you feel compelled to defend them.
- March 24, 2017 at 11:07 AM
You have yet to give a reason as to WHY any team would do this.
- March 24, 2017 at 11:16 AM
Ask the SSC coach
- March 24, 2017 at 11:34 AM
I have no idea why, but I do know they have bailed out of their first league game. That's what you asked for. Since you seem to be part of SSC maybe you can tell me why they bagged the game this weekend.
- March 24, 2017 at 11:36 AM
Fear of MF, obviously.
- March 24, 2017 at 11:39 AM
I guess...
- March 24, 2017 at 11:58 PM
Isn't MF playing in a different league than SSC? Any game was probably just a scrimmage. I'm sure no team is scared of MF unless they deliberately go out and try to hurt other teams.
- March 25, 2017 at 9:21 AM
What are you talking about? Scrimmage?? You have no idea what you are talking about. None...
- March 25, 2017 at 1:05 PM
Why league game was it then?
- March 25, 2017 at 2:45 PM
- March 25, 2017 at 10:32 PM
Edp games are changed all the time. Relax MF the game will get played
- March 26, 2017 at 4:19 PM
Prediction: MF over SSC 5-0 easy with a 3-0 in the first half. SSC coach with a minimum of a yellow card for misconduct.
- March 27, 2017 at 7:50 AM
Is he still the coach? You have to question the parents who allow this fraud to coach their sons.
- March 27, 2017 at 9:00 AM
Wall wins again. Still sleeping?
- March 27, 2017 at 2:42 PM
No but you are putting us to sleep Wall...OK you're out of MOSA good job we got it.
- March 27, 2017 at 3:40 PM
Not the previous person who brought up Wall, but Wall has added some players and have improved an already good team. Are they great? IDK but time will tell.
- March 28, 2017 at 11:11 AM
New Jerseys top 3 play each other this weekend, any thoughts? and yes Wall plays as well.
- March 28, 2017 at 4:07 PM
Ok I will bite, who does Matchfit play?
- March 28, 2017 at 4:15 PM
Who are top three? There are a lot of games this weekend.
- March 28, 2017 at 5:36 PM
Top 3 in nj as per gotsoccer.
NJCSA Marlboro
Wall a close 4th
- March 28, 2017 at 7:45 PM
SSC, did you pay or will you have another forfeit?
1. A $250 fine will be accessed upon 1st forfeit.
2. The club president MUST write a formal letter to EDP regarding the forfeit.
3. The club will pay the fine within 3 business days.
4. If the fine is not paid within the required timeframe, then that team's succeeding
week's match will NOT be played and the team will be issued a 3-0 loss.
5. Should a second forfeit occur within a Club in the same seasonal year, the matter
will be sent to the EDP league office to determine sanctions.
6. If no score is reported 3 days following a completed game, the home team will be
issued a $50 fine.
- March 29, 2017 at 7:45 AM
Wall in a close 34 spot in NJ Gotsoccer ranking. Best to piss on the porch like a puppy thinking big then go tangle in the yard with the big dogs and be reminded your a puppy.
- March 29, 2017 at 7:53 AM
SSC is in turmoil. The parents/kids have little/no committment. They can't even get 11 to a practice let alone a game.
- March 29, 2017 at 8:00 AM
All went downhill with SSC once they took on the NJ Nomad. Moves from team to team in hopes of stardom. Funny how every team that family moved too got worse with the addition.
- March 29, 2017 at 8:05 AM
Most of it stems from the favourtism of certain players with the revolving door with Redbulls, Daddy's influence with management and coach whose behaviour drives colleges away. I know who you are talking about and it's the parents, one left and one remains rostered. They are Queen's court when it comes to drama.
- March 29, 2017 at 8:18 AM
Their are favorites everywhere. If a coach believes a player can help him win, for the most part they will take that player. The coaches all talk a big game but push come to shove the win/loss record is what attracts new business to them. No coach is going to drive college coaches away, if that was the case very few players in NJ would be playing in college based on how the coaches behave.
- March 29, 2017 at 8:33 AM
Speaking of behavior, Holmdel plays Marlboro tonight in a revenge game.
- March 30, 2017 at 7:35 AM
Should be a good match, both good teams. Where is it being played?
- March 30, 2017 at 11:14 AM
Lots of state cup games this weekend, hope you have turf.
- March 31, 2017 at 8:15 AM
EDP has Marlboro 2 Holmdel 1. Assuming that is correct, the score would indicate a close match. Any insight?
- March 31, 2017 at 12:51 PM
Two good teams. Both had chances. Refs were questionable but seemed to wear orange underwear
- March 31, 2017 at 5:00 PM
Wall wins and moves on. I know, MOSA is your comeback
- April 3, 2017 at 5:30 PM
Matchfit why don't you say you pulled out of the first schedule game last season vs SSC, all because it was to windy....matchfit you are a bunch of crybabies.. you only want to play when it's favorable to you..you complained last year when you lost to Marlboro saying the grass was to high..big crybabies
- April 3, 2017 at 7:45 PM
I would say MF is doing just fine for themselves Too team in NJ that no one wants to olay
- April 3, 2017 at 8:05 PM
The crybabies now have 18 D1 commits. Congrats to the latest UPenn commit. I would name the rest of the schools, but I'm sure you already know them. Good luck to all at the next level.
- April 4, 2017 at 4:57 AM
I don't and why do you think anyone cares? Some of your players get to play D1. Good for them, it's what they worked hard for and paid plenty. Those players are moving on. Their coach just stays in the same place. Please stop being so self obsessed!
- April 4, 2017 at 7:56 AM
I think it is great that MF has so many D1 commits. For those of you that play them you know they are a very good team with some very skilled players. You might have also noticed that they may or may not be better then your son and that the main reason they get the D1 exposure is because their coach WORKED to put them in the right places at the right times and made the proper calls. If you think your son is as good as some at MF that are playing D1, and your son is not, well you might have a point. Maybe your coach should have done something, done anything. These college coaches do listen.
- April 4, 2017 at 9:16 AM
Playing for uPenn is not a big deal.. they are a crappy team that most top 3 div colleges would beat..great school.. not a great soccer program
- April 4, 2017 at 9:24 AM
Nice how misfits change the conversation quickly
- April 4, 2017 at 9:35 AM
Did you mean matchfit
- April 4, 2017 at 9:36 AM
Well, I wish my son could play on the crappy UPenn team.
- April 4, 2017 at 10:12 AM
Looked up MatchFit on gotsoccer, as expected they are doing very well and rarely lose. Just lost to NJCSA Marlboro but that was 1 vs 2 so I am sure that can go either way. Personally I hope all of the players that are qualified to play in college get a chance to do so. I played D3 and we played 2 D1 teams every year. We won some, lost some over the years but they were always close and the difference was not what you might think.
- April 4, 2017 at 10:36 AM
You must be tool talking like that about UPenn. Who cares about how good the team is. At this point, it is all about the college/education. Where is your kid going? LOL. BTW, I am not a Match Fit parent.
- April 4, 2017 at 1:56 PM
Why would you find it funny that someone is going to a less prestigious school then UPenn? Lets take a leap here, your son does't go to UPenn or any other Ivy school. Do you laugh at him?
- April 4, 2017 at 3:15 PM
Why do you say it's all about the education? Maybe playing quality soccer is equally important to some kids.
- April 4, 2017 at 3:48 PM
You are a moron
- April 4, 2017 at 8:26 PM
Some of you are really this dumb? They play soccer because they love the game. It helped some get into schools that maybe they would not have gotten into otherwise. Now they start all over again and fight for playtime, some will get it others will not. While all of this is going on they will be working towards the end goal...........getting a job.
- April 5, 2017 at 8:42 AM
NJCup sweet 16
NJCSA Marlboro vs Excel Rasen
Not sure who Excel Rasen is, where they play out of or anything. I think they are a newly formed team which could be dangerous if they put a team together of all stars. Marlboro is the #1 ranked team in the state and country so I have to believe they are stronger and will choose Marlboro to win this game.
SJEB 99 Academy vs Wall Elite
SJEB is a strong 99 team while Wall is a mid level 98 squad that has added some players. Wall will have the size advantage, SJEB will have the skill level needed to knock off Wall in PK's
Holmdel NJX vs Mainland UTD
Mainland UTD has had an easy ride so far and this will be a punishing defeat. Holmdel is too talented to allow this to be a close game.
TSF academy 98/99 vs East Brunswick UTD
TSF has a nice track record and East Brunswick shouldnt stay close in this one, but somehow I see a close game. TSF 3-1
TSF Academy 99 vs Cedar Stars 99
Cedar Stars is a dark horse in this tournament to win it all and TSF just doesnt have what is needed to win this game. CS will win 4-1
Stronghold Falcons vs Go Soccer Wembley
Blowout city. SSC will not take this seriously and if past performance means anything they will have players missing for no legit reason. Yet, they will win handily vs the Go Soccer team that doesnt even know how they are still playing.
SJEB 98 Academy vs Toms River Newcastle
At first sight SJEB should have no issues here but Toms River has a history of hanging tough and I wouldnt be surprised if this was closer then people might think. SJEB will pull it out.
STA 1998 NPL vs Hudson UTD
With the top STA team in this age group knocked out this is STA's last hope. Hudson will win this game and move on to play SJEB.
- April 5, 2017 at 9:31 AM
That is a solid post and pretty accurate in the sweet 16. Prior to that post, 1/2 of the Freshman class won't even see the pitch thier first year and the other half may tip 100 minutes played. Then figure that only 2-5% of the freshman or so will still be playing as a senior.
- April 5, 2017 at 11:38 AM
Wall will not lose, big and skilled for those that don't know.
- April 5, 2017 at 12:31 PM
If your toe pokers run thier feet as much as you run your mouth you might have not have to get to Pk's.
- April 5, 2017 at 1:10 PM
Why do you call them toe pokers?
- April 5, 2017 at 1:44 PM
in prior post
TSF Academy 99 vs Cedar Stars 99
Cedar Stars is a dark horse in this tournament to win it all and TSF just doesnt have what is needed to win this game. CS will win 4-1
Result Cedar Stars 99 5-0 over TSF Academy 99
As much as I predicted a 4-1 win for CSA I am still a bit surprised at a 5-0 result. CSA may have gone form a dark horse to Stallion after this one.
- April 6, 2017 at 11:15 AM
Any reports from that game? TSF is good team. Seems crazily lopsided but that happens. Curious to hear what the game was like.
- April 6, 2017 at 12:52 PM
Cedar stars coach used to coach SDFC 98 boys...he's a good coach with good players but to say cedar stars now is a stallion in the race might still be a reach. They still need to get through strong 98 teams including SSC ((if they show up)) and most likely SJEB or STA....those matchups will be interesting to say the least.
- April 6, 2017 at 4:24 PM
Do you think there is a difference between a 98 team playing a 99 team? 99's can still have seniors on their teams too. I guess it is hard to gauge because they do not play one another anywhere else.
- April 6, 2017 at 4:38 PM
Good question. I would say it would depend on the team. There could be a bit of a size and maturity difference but overall a 99 team should be able to compete with a 98 team. IMO
- April 7, 2017 at 11:53 AM
Competing vs 98 and 99s will be different experiences depending on different teams strengths and weaknesses. I'd say 99s can absolutely compete and will be hungry to prove a point against the older guys and the older guys may even take them lightly...every game will be different but I'd still give the edge to the 98s To big brother the 99s
- April 7, 2017 at 10:52 PM
1 more day until Wall proves it again.
- April 9, 2017 at 12:30 PM
SJEB 98 Academy vs Toms River Newcastle
At first sight SJEB should have no issues here but Toms River has a history of hanging tough and I wouldnt be surprised if this was closer then people might think. SJEB will pull it out.
SJEB 98 1-0 win over Toms River Newcastle. Result = prediction.
- April 10, 2017 at 8:47 AM
2 for 2 Mr predictor. Tonight you will be wrong, Wall will win tonight.
- April 10, 2017 at 1:42 PM
Me predictor you are wrong. Wall 5-0 That SJEB team is supposed to be good? Anyway, onward Wall, more teams to slay
- April 10, 2017 at 9:54 PM
Just kidding mr predictor. Wanted to see if anyone would bite. You were still wrong but not to that final score. I have been saying for a few weeks now that Wall is underappreciated and are a much better team then anyone gives credit too. Has a few really top level players and many good to very good players on it. Excellent coaching and has added some key players now. Again I say do not sleep on Wall. SJEB was a decent team but really the better team won and I think even SJEB would admit that to be true. ONWARD WALL!
- April 10, 2017 at 10:54 PM
Wall winning isn't a great surprise. Above average 98 beat a good 99.
- April 11, 2017 at 8:33 AM
I missed one, Wall with a victory over SJEB academy 99. 2-1 so far with the predictions, congrats to Wall with what seems to be an upset.
- April 11, 2017 at 1:46 PM
Look at Wall doing its thing. I see an upset blooming on the horizon!
Marlboro (NJCSA) whatever you call yourself now, you better watch out, that is, if you beat Excel.
- April 11, 2017 at 2:29 PM
Of course anything can happen but if you are looking at past performance Marlboro plays thoroughbreds while Wall has beaten one good 98 team, Marlton. Is that enough to go on to say that they will beat Marlboro? To your point we do not even know if they will play Marlboro yet. Marlboro is ranked the #1 team in the country, they got there by winning games. Wall from what I can tell is playing well against average teams. I would be very surprised to see a Wall victory if this even materializes.
- April 11, 2017 at 2:50 PM
The new kids on the block against the number 1 team in the nation. It has the makings of a good game; if it happens.
Good luck to both!
- April 11, 2017 at 4:13 PM
Wall is not a team worthy of a new kids on the block title. This team has been around since U8, ok some different players I am sure but not a new team in any sense. They have no chance of winning a state cup, none, zero. They can win a game on any day but complete the whole tournament no way.
- April 12, 2017 at 11:36 AM
Never say never. New players = new results.
- April 12, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Why do they have 0 chance? Have you seen the team play? Are their uniforms not fancy enough? Do the families not pay enough in fees? Are the coaches not up to your standards?
- April 12, 2017 at 2:28 PM
Yes, uniforms are the reason. I dont know what they pay and the coaches are reputable so it has to be the uniforms.
- April 12, 2017 at 2:42 PM
The coach of the 98's is an excellent coach. He's on the coaching staff at Monmouth University.
- April 12, 2017 at 2:54 PM
Wall HS soccer had a good season and some of those players are on the club team so you never know
- April 12, 2017 at 3:12 PM
Yes, let's bring in HS soccer to the equation now. Hey, everyone is saying you never know but no one is saying they will.
- April 12, 2017 at 3:18 PM
Congrats to Wall but there are other teams in NJ you know.
- April 13, 2017 at 7:48 AM
Finally a team is being talked about that is not ranked in the top 5 and someone is questioning it. There are a lot of good players on the teams ranked 20-30, is it Wall's fault that those are the teams they are scheduled to play? I would welcome more of these teams to come on here and give their opinions and share thoughts.
- April 13, 2017 at 10:42 AM
My son was on a very good team that was ranked in the 30s and they came really close to beating the #1 ranked team in the state cup a few yrs. ago The score was 1-0 and the #1 team scored on a goalie era. I know that any team could be very strong no matter the ranking because some teams haven't collected the pts. Maybe they're new, maybe they don't go to lots of tournaments, maybe they're not playing in the top flights of EDP where you earn the most pts. An established team is keeping their pts. for a year and the roster most likely has changed so I don't see how their ranking is accurate.
- April 13, 2017 at 11:48 AM
Ok so we are back to the points again. Let me start with this, I don't believe anyone has said that no team can ever lose so get rid of that argument. Now to your points.
collected points. You do not collect points, you earn points. You earn points by beating teams that are ranked higher then you are. Beating up on weak opponents does nothing for you when it comes to points. So #30 would very quickly rise if they did in fact win games against a better team.
tournaments. In order to gain points in a tournament you need to win or at the very least come in 2nd or 3rd. Again that would mean that you won your games and you earned those points. If you play in crappy tournaments you play crappy teams and earn crappy points.
Top flights. If a team consistently beats the better teams or teams better then they are, they move up flights. If your team has not moved up flights that is because you did not earn it, meaning you didnt win those games.
Keep the points for a year. That is true across the board, but it is more painful to those teams that won a big tournament and then the next year they dont win it. Those teams can lose 3000 to 5000 points. That is a big hit and it allows those lower ranked teams a chance to make their move. If you didnt win your games and tournaments you didnt make your move. You need to win.
Turnover. There is as much turnover and change on the bottom level teams as there is on the upper level teams. Why do players tryout for the top teams? Visability. Which is something a 30th ranked team can not provide.
Again, no one is saying #30 cant beat #1 but if the teams played 100 times how many times would # 30 win? One? Two? I dont know but I do know it would not be alot.
Moral to the rankings, you must win to advance. If you don't win you don't deserve to advance.
- April 13, 2017 at 12:29 PM
I am in a situation where I have two sons that play soccer. One is on a top 5 team, one is on a mid level team at best. I have the chance to watch both play and trust me when I tell you, there is a huge difference. No the parents on the mid level team don't see it and they truly do believe that this team can compete with the top teams. I see them all play, they cant. The boys know it, the parents do not. The coaches know it, the parents do not. I have learned to take each team for what they are, a game for me to watch. That is it. The players get out of it what they want which is enjoyment and fun. Lets just leave it at that.
- April 13, 2017 at 1:16 PM
You're wrong about having to come in at least 3rd in tournaments to earn pts. A team can get into quarter finals, which is 8th place and earn pts. Same with EDP flights. EDP gives out pts. for showing up. Once a team has those points from the prior season, they're placed in a high flight again where they will again collect pts. for coming in 5th place. I think got soccer pts are a joke.
- April 13, 2017 at 1:32 PM
even so, so can every other team earn those points. So why hasn't your team earned them? NOT WINNING
- April 13, 2017 at 2:20 PM
You all are making good points. The gotsoccer system is a guide, nothing more. It also is the most accurate guide we have. If you have a top 5 team play a top 20-25 team the top 5 team will win almost all of the time. I think most would agree to that. If that is agreed upon then the gotsoccer rankings do work.
- April 13, 2017 at 3:04 PM
What's up with mainland untd? Anyone see the game with holmdel? This age is so weird. Not saying mainland is not good--I know nothing about them--but it just seems like teams with very good profiles like holmdel I guess, may just not show up on any given occasion. Like I said, I don't know if that's what happened but a 5-0 defeat seems pretty bad. Congrats to mainland though.
- April 14, 2017 at 7:52 AM
That is really the result? Inputted wrong maybe?
- April 14, 2017 at 8:58 AM
Case in point. Got soccer rankings are not accurate.
- April 14, 2017 at 9:27 AM
Someone will verify this I assume.
- April 14, 2017 at 9:36 AM
Holmdel loses 5-0? Is that true?
- April 14, 2017 at 11:18 AM
Must be a misprint. Mainland is a 99 team. Doubt they would wax holmdel by a 5 goal shutout. Unless holmdel was playing like 2 men down.
- April 14, 2017 at 12:48 PM
Why can't it be. A 99 can't beat a top ranked 98? Brainwashed
- April 14, 2017 at 3:16 PM
Brainwashed? Hardly. Just seems like a stretch that a mid-level 99 team would beat a top 98/99 team by a 5 goal shutout. Unless there were extenuating circumstances of some kind. I guess it's possible that it could just happen, but would qualify as a real shocker I think.
- April 14, 2017 at 3:32 PM
A good team is a good team. Everyone is so conditioned to got soccer rankings. Try thinking outside the box. The # of tournaments a team enters is directly related to rankings. The amount of business a club gives EDP is related to rankings. All in? Your teams are placed in higher flights.
- April 14, 2017 at 3:49 PM
unfortunately in U.S. youth soccer a "good team" isn't necessarily a good team. what i mean is that I agree with you about how ranking reflect circulation of $ between clubs, leagues, and tournaments. so, yeah, in a sense, the rankings aren't real--but actually they do become real because the entire structure of us youth soccer is built on this paradigm unless you start talking about academies. so at the club level, those clubs who gain access (can pay) to the top tournaments do actually gain the opportunity to play against the most highly trained players and teams that are largely composed of players who want to play in college at a high level. So these teams and players do gain a competitive edge it would seem. It's pay to play. Not pretty, but that's how it is. So the nice ideal that rankings are just about money is both true and false--that's because us youth soccer is all about valuing the money of wealthy suburban families, with some super-talented lower income kids thrown in at the highest levels of club if they are fortunate enough to get financial assistance ...Seems different at academy level. Although many academy kids do come from wealthy suburban backgrounds--due often to the fact that they have benefited from expensive personal training at younger ages to prepare them for academy.
- April 14, 2017 at 4:56 PM
Full of shit. Any top team would take that low income too player and not make them pay. Hell they would drive them to games. Right holmdel
- April 14, 2017 at 5:38 PM
Some might, most won't. Part of the point is that these elite clubs really don't have to make that effort so much because high level US soccer is defined at the earliest ages by those who can pay and those who can afford to give their kids the extra training and acces to all the supposedly elite gatherings of select odp style markers of success--so that the "best" US players at the club level tend to be the best off financially. This isn't just happening in soccer, by the way--basketball too. Increasingly those college scholarships are going to middle class
Kids. There is a whole level of youth athletic preparation that is happening outside of team structures and that is most readily open to those who can pay for it. This isn't entirely and absolutely the case, but it's a real factor.
- April 14, 2017 at 6:43 PM
Yeah. All those rich privileged kids at Kentucky
- April 14, 2017 at 8:52 PM
the best youth players are where the money is. East coast and west coast and that's where parents are willing to pay the most dollars.
- April 14, 2017 at 9:12 PM
- April 14, 2017 at 10:38 PM
So no holmdel explanation of the mainland game?
- April 14, 2017 at 10:46 PM
Almost final 8 for state cup:
Marlboro (likely to arrive) vs. WSC
Mainland untd. vs. TSF 98/99
CSA 99 vs. Stronghold (likely to arrive)
SJEB 98 vs. STA 98
- April 14, 2017 at 11:05 PM
STA was very luck to get past Hudson I heard.
- April 15, 2017 at 8:02 AM
Heard from who? A Hudson parent I bet. The better team prevailed over a talented but fairy undisciplined opponent. On to face sjeb.
- April 15, 2017 at 9:27 AM
Prediction is Marlboro vs. tsf in one semi and CSA vs. STA in the other. Marlboro meets CSA in final and CSA wins it all.
- April 15, 2017 at 12:13 PM
Cedar stars lost 5-0 today to Rancocas Valley. Care to explain
- April 15, 2017 at 1:47 PM
Just a fluke but why are there so many flukes lately? Must be recording errors.
- April 15, 2017 at 2:49 PM
CSA is in Dallas right now--in the finals of Dallas cup. Is that where rancocas valley is playing?
- April 15, 2017 at 2:52 PM
So mainland was fluke too?
- April 15, 2017 at 3:28 PM
CS wasn't a fluke it wasn't the right CS team. Mainland is inputted wrong
- April 15, 2017 at 3:49 PM
Got it. So holmdel did win.
- April 15, 2017 at 5:42 PM


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As more Americans, kids especially, are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, it's important to have a national conversation about what people should be eating. We need to talk about how we make, sell, and buy our food. But some suggestions are out of line, like that of The New York Times columnist Mark Bittman, who's calling for a ban on soda purchases with food stamps. Because, really, who am I to tell people what they can and can't spend their money on.
It's an argument with merit: sugary drinks cause obesity, which creates health problems, and therefore we should try to help people make healthier choices. But if you tell someone he or she can't have a soda, what's next?
Will you then tell people they can't have cookies? Will potato chips be banned? How about ketchup? French fries? Deli turkey? Eggs? Whole milk?
It seems like you could make any sort of argument for or against the healthfulness of lots of foods. But who am I to decide how other people decide to live their lives and feed their families? Should I have more rights as someone who can afford to pay for my own food without needing food stamps? What kind of society would we be creating if we decided that the rich got to dictate to the poor what they could and could not eat?
Bittman argues that since food stamps can't be used to buy alcohol or tobacco, we should be able to ban high-calorie, low-nutrition foods like soda. But cigarettes ain't food. And while there is a correlation between food-insecurity and obesity, meaning yes, nutrition is lacking, people need to be educated. And food stamps need to be worth more. Newark Mayor Cory Booker had less than $30 to live on for the week he volunteered to live on food stamps.
We need to make healthy food more affordable. We need to make food stamps more valuable. And we need to educate people to empower them to make their own healthy food choices. Telling others what they can and can't eat is condescending.
Do you think people should be able to buy soda with food stamps or should the government limit what people can purchase?
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By Karin Calloway
Squash Bisque
The inspiration for this week's recipe came from a meal my husband, Bond, and I shared at a Southern family-style restaurant where we dined on platters of fried chicken and an amazing array of vegetable side dishes. The standout dish of the meal was simple summer squash, which was steamed with onions and a mystery ingredient - dried tarragon.
The flavor of the squash seasoned with the tarragon was a match made in heaven, and a combination I'd never dreamed of. I've taken the two and combined them in this week's luscious Squash Bisque. Although I adore the combination, you could substitute half a teaspoon of curry powder for a lovely autumn bisque. Serve your bisque as a first course or as a light main dish with rolls and a salad.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
*The bisque can be cooled slightly and pureed in batches in a food processor or blender. Be careful not to fill either piece of equipment more than half full. Anything more turns a blender into a steaming volcano of soup, so you'll want to puree the soup in batches. Reheat in the Dutch oven before adding the whipping cream.


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Why New York?
New York's skyline is truly iconic and awe-inspiring. When in New York, you will have the opportunity to experience the city's eye-catching skyscrapers, islands and monuments, all of which are instantly recognisable. You can feel the enormity of these impressive surroundings from anywhere in the city, although the grandeur of New York's cityscape is best viewed from above. Take an elevator ride up to 1,050 feet to the 86th- floor observation deck of the Empire State Building, which is New York's second-tallest structure. This rising art deco masterpiece offers an entirely unobstructed, 360-degree view of the city below. For an incredible vista, which includes the Empire State Building itself, head up to the Top of the Rock. Both the Empire State Building and Top of the Rock are open late, so don't miss the opportunity to see the city lights sparkle after dark. It's a truly amazing city to visit.
Catskill Park is a must-see for any tourist to the city that never sleeps. It is protected through legislation, which was passed in 1885, declaring that these lands were to be conserved and never put up for sale or lease. It consists of 700,000 acres of land. Take a trip to Montauk Point State Park. Here you will discover Montauk Lighthouse from 1797. It was commissioned by President George Washington and it's a major tourist attraction on the easternmost tip of Long Island,.
The Statue of Liberty National monument is synonymous with New York. It includes Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty itself. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States, designed by Frederic Bartholdi, to mark the Centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. It was dedicated in New York Harbour on October 28th 1886.
It has become one the most iconic representations of the United States of America and the concept of democracy and freedom. To see the Statue of Liberty up close and personal, check out our holidays to New York.
If you are interested in the history of the American Presidents, visit the historic Springwood estate in Hyde Park. Springwood was the birthplace of the 32nd President of the United States of America Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was his lifelong home and burial place. A trip to the African Burial Ground National Monument is a must. Here you will find the only national monument, which is dedicated to Americans of African ancestry.
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Deniz Karasahin-Vortex Washbasin and a Complementary Tap
At Design Interviews
Interview with Deniz Karasahin : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Deniz Karasahin : The main principle is very straight forward; this product exists because of the temporary need of creating and managing an accessible water flow in a dedicated space, so I wanted this product to signify its reason of existence, so the idea and the inspiration were naturally about fluids, fluid behaviors, drain and finally their combination vortex. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Deniz Karasahin : What I wanted to achieve was in fact rather unorthodox because my scenario was about an alien race or call it some intelligent life who has never seen anything like a conventional washbasin or has never seen anything like a washbasin somehow ends up at this planet and my goal was, using this life form's universal understanding of physics to make him/her/etc. understand that this object was made to accompany something to do with fluids and drain. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Deniz Karasahin : Well of course I want to see this design realized which means I want this design to be produced then I want to see it in nice stores and maybe in time I want to come across with it at a friend's apartment, but these are not plans these are my expectations and hopes but my plans are focused on making at least some of them true. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Deniz Karasahin : Well the concept stage was a bit short but the CAD drawings and the fluid simulations, I mean learning to use the fluid simulation software plus working on it and adding the renders, it was about 3-4 weeks. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Deniz Karasahin : At the time I had an opportunity to have a meeting with a known company at this industry. I had roughly about a month before this meeting, but I had no experience at this particular field at the time. Instead of trying to convince this company that I was capable of designing at this field I decided to do a little bit of concept development so it would have been easier at the meeting. This is how I started this project and unfortunately the meeting never happened so I kept on working on the project myself because it was very intriguing. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Deniz Karasahin : As I said before it is not used by any company and I am open to suggestions regarding to selling or leasing the production rights of this product. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Deniz Karasahin : I started the project without looking at other designs I thought that seeing other approaches might influence my work, but once I had my concept I did make a lot of research about different approaches to the same design problem because I wanted to be sure that this was really an original approach to the field so instead of looking for influence or inspiration by other designers and designs I made myself sure that I wasn't influenced and this approach wasn't already thought before. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Deniz Karasahin : This is a bit cliché isn't it? At least for this specific situation, so I am going to say for aliens who have never seen a wash basin before. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Deniz Karasahin : The corner stone is Rhinoceros for all the 3D modeling and then Real Flow for fluid simulation and Maxwell Render for renders. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Deniz Karasahin : I believe the most unique aspect is the strength of the concept because it is very easy to make sense of all the connections and the references plus as an object it looks so dominant in space. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Deniz Karasahin : I regularly get technical feedback from a couple of engineers who are specialized in the area to be sure what I thought was possible; was really possible. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Deniz Karasahin : Technology plays two decisive roles First is for; making the molds and making sure all the little details of the form is accurate because the shape is too complicated for traditional means of mold making. Second is for, the materials and the coatings without high-performance ceramics and nonstick glaze this proportions wouldn't be possible. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Deniz Karasahin : I used the fluid simulation tools for the placement of the tap by making sure the spiral path of draining water is what I wanted. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Deniz Karasahin : I am not very sure about telling this, but this is my first participation to a design competition. I had some personal arguments especially for competitions held by big companies when I was I student, so I never entered one. The really interesting part started when I moved to Paris at the time I was new to the city and some of our family friend's invited me to a fortune telling evening event and I had nothing to do eventually I went there, so the long story short some woman whom I have never met before in my life insisted that I must participate to design competitions, and that was really the first time when I considered participating to a design competition. .
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Electrical transformers transfer current from one circuit to another. Their primary purpose is to reduce the voltage in the electrical energy that is being delivered in order to supply devices at appropriate voltage level.
Transformers normally consist of multiple sets of coils, also known as windings, which wrap around a ferromagnetic core. The coils are responsible for either inducing a magnetic field or assuming a transferred, induced current created by that magnetic field. This process results in high temperatures (hot spots) in the core and coils, which directly influence power losses and durability.
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Ms. Tamara Harris - Representative, Strathmore Gardens Children's Home
G.C. Foster College embarked on an initiative to offer support to the community during this time of crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 13, 2020, care packages were distributed to members of the surrounding community who have exhibited a need and would have benefitted from the College's support over the years. The G.C. Foster College continues to shine as a beacon of light, not only through physical education and sport, but through supporting the community.
It's clear that the athletics family wants to be ready to speed as soon as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is brought under control. That's what the promise of late-season meets, locally and internationally, convey to me. The same goes for the possible staging of national championships in August.
As suggested by Sprintec Track Club founder and head coach Maurice Wilson a few weeks ago, it seems that the sport can ill afford to be absent when the coast is clear.
"I don't think we have the luxury in track and field not to be connecting with the public for almost one year," Wilson said. "The sport has been losing marketability over a period of time and I believe, in a year where persons are, if I should use the word, sports thirsty, it is an opportune time for us to, later on in the year, have some very competitive matchups, having persons who don't normally race each other racing each other to generate back the public interest."
These signals give all the stakeholders some hope. While they wait for a light at the end of this tunnel and daily reports of tragedy and recovery, some plough through cassette tapes and videodiscs and YouTube to get a taste of their favourite sport.
Others have given up and amuse themselves with mathematical brain puzzles.
The only real option is patience. Though there has been steady anti-COVID-19 action in Jamaica and elsewhere, the light at the end of the tunnel could be a way off. Schools have yet to complete the Easter term. The longer they must stay closed, the more it becomes likely that the school year will end many weeks past the usual date early in July.
We've already seen the shift of the 2020 Olympic Games into 2021 and it would be great if the world became healthy enough for sport to kick back into gear before the New Year. The reality is that, though we'd all love to have special compact version of the Diamond League and the completion of the English Premier League, any resumption date set now is provisional.
Every energy has to be devoted to keeping everyone healthy.
In the meantime, sport can be used as a powerful beacon of hope. Last weekend, World Athletics posted 10 inspiring stories on its website. One of them detailed the patience and determination of Merlene Ottey to become an individual outdoor World Champion. She made it in 1993 at the World Championship in Stuttgart, Germany. Even there, she faced adversity. She lost the 100m to Olympic champion Gail Devers by a smidgen as both got the same time – 10.82 seconds. Then, she barely held off another Olympic gold medallist, Gwen Torrence, to take the 200m.
She was 33 then, and many thought she should have already put her spikes away. Instead, she persevered and became Jamaica's first World Champion at 200m, male or female.
Jamaicans everywhere will have to call on Ottey's determination and discipline to drive this health challenge away. She didn't give up and neither should we.
This interlude without sport is many things. It's time to reflect. It's time to look ahead, to cultivate new habits and to refresh old methods.
It's definitely not time to give up.
Hubert Lawrence has scrutinised local and international track and field athletics since 1980.


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I made a decision to use a mostly female point of view in A Constant Love, which meant that when it grew into a series, I had committed myself to quite a few books from a mostly female point of view. In some ways, I like that, but every time I do write Mr. Darcy, I find myself wishing I did so more often. As an introvert way down on his end of the scale, I feel like I get Darcy.
We introverts have had a bit of a renaissance, of late. When I grew up, extroversion was much more known and celebrated, and I could never understand why some people enjoyed constant talking, and going out in company every night. I liked these things sometimes, but not very often. Books like Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking helped me understand that yes, I was different, and that it was more than okay: it was good. They also raised this topic for everyone. When Cain wrote her book, she described introversion as being treated like a "second-class" personality trait. Her book and others, though, have changed that, and helped the world see the value of introverts. (Just how valuable? See Brenda Webb's post on this topic for a number of famous introverts.)
Cain's book also helped me understand that beyond introversion, some people (like me) are also highly sensitive – while they don't wholly go together, 70 percent of highly sensitive people are introverts. There are a number of traits, well outlined in this article on Introvert, Dear, that go with being highly sensitive, from being very emotional (but often not showing it) to noticing details others miss. Like, perhaps, "the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."
I suppose you can see where I'm going with this, now. The idea that Mr. Darcy was on the autism spectrum has been much debated. I agree, as Elaine Owen does in her excellent analysis, that he wasn't. But I do think it's very likely that he was not only an introvert, he was a highly sensitive introvert. Many of the items on Introvert, Dear's list align with Darcy, none more so than: "You've been called shy, reserved or introverted." Yes, tick that box.
It's number 5 on their list that I want to talk about for the rest of this post, though – becoming overwhelmed in situations that most regard as normal, like those with large crowds and loud noises. It's one of the ones I align with most – and have struggled with – because I didn't start to experience it until my adult life.
I have bad allergies, and spent much of my childhood with my ears blocked up, so that my hearing wasn't very good. My mom actually had to intervene with a first-grade teacher who thought my reading comprehension wasn't good…nope, it was the hearing! Let's fast-forward through a tale of evil health insurance companies and an aborted attempt at allergy shots to when I was an adult, and decided to try the shots again. It took years, but they worked. They worked really well, to the point where my hearing improved. All of a sudden I found this whole world of NOISE opened up to me, and I struggled with movie theaters, concerts, even bars or parties where the noise level was loud. It took some time to figure this out, but I came to realize that loud noises were one of my biggest triggers of migraines: I got overwhelmed, and boom, there came the headache.
Being highly sensitive to noise is the sort of thing that's usually diagnosed when you're a child, but in my instance I had to self-diagnose, to a certain degree, although I eventually went and saw an audiologist. There's not a lot I can do for it as an adult aside from carrying around earplugs, and avoiding situations that I know will have any sort of amplified sound.
I remember very vividly being at a bar with some friends where a DJ was playing, and people were talking loudly. I had a moment where I felt completely overwhelmed, like I was unable to process any of the sounds coming through my ears. It's made me wonder if Mr. Darcy felt the same way at the Meryton assembly.
We don't get a lot of description of what the Meryton assembly was like; this public ball in a small market town is one of those things Austen assumes her readers would have been able to imagine, or known from personal experience. In the 1996 miniseries, it's got a certain local-yokel flavor to it; in 2005 it goes beyond this and it's a raucous, class-mixed event. This is one of the things I think the 2005 movie might have got right: local public assemblies could be attended by anyone who could pay the admission, and so I don't think everyone was on their most genteel behavior. Elizabeth certainly observes later in the book that "that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones."
So perhaps the music was loud (as loud as it could be, without being amplified), and not entirely harmonious. Perhaps there was much conversation going on, competing with the music. Perhaps it was crowded, a description we do get from Northanger Abbey: "The season was full, the room crowded, and the two ladies squeezed in as well as they could."
I certainly would have been overwhelmed at such an event, and perhaps Darcy was, too, although hiding it under his veneer of reserve. Perhaps that is what he means by "at such an assembly as this," rather than the more derogatory meaning it's easy to attribute to it. Perhaps it's this feeling of being overwhelmed that leads to his insulting Elizabeth. We may never know. But personally, I think it's quite possible.
Are you highly sensitive? Try taking Introvert, Dear's quiz, and if you're comfortable, share the results in the comments.


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I have been blogging about how to cite my sources, when the Source is an Undocumented Ancestry or Public Member Tree,
Until this point I have stayed away from Using information from them, but have looked at them for research hints. But, if you looked in my FTM2014 family file, you wouldn't find a trace that I had looked at any Ancestry Member Tree (AMT).
A while ago, The Barefoot Genealogist Crista Cowan, had one of her weekly videos that I was watching and for some reason she had "MY" family on her screen. That isn't the first time that has happened to me. After all, that's how I found out that I was related to +DearMYRTLE . I have blogged about some of this in the past.
This time, I want to share how I NOW use information in an AMT. I got the idea from a day long presentation at an Ancestry Day in Philadelphia a couple of weeks ago. +Crista Cowan made a comment about how others are helping her with her research. How? By telling her she had some errors in her tree. Hmmm, hadn't though about that before. But what was my first reaction when I saw MY family on her screen? I got back to work on that branch of my family, as we descend from two brothers. I spent a number of hours working on "cleaning up my act", so that IF I were to share my tree with her, SHE would not find any errors.
After listening to her at the Ancestry Day, I re-thought what I COULD do. What if I put MY Tree Online and got Crista Cowan to do MY research. The word of wisdom that I picked up from +DearMYRTLE , in the Google+ DearMyrtle Genealogy Community, Collaboration came to mind. Why not Collaborate with the owner of this "undocumented" Ancestry Member Tree, share with the information that I have with her, and maybe I can pick up some information from her. After all, she is descended from a different brother. Oh, did I mention that I only have information from a couple of Family Group Sheets? So, which is worse? Actually, I have some information in my file that Crista doesn't have.
NOTE: the ONLY information that I gather from an Ancestry Member Tree (AMT) are the Facts. Only the Facts AND I cite them, as I have recently blogged about. But, look at what I see on the AMT:
There is information that I do NOT have in my file, Richard Ridgeway's father, Robert, and when and where he was born and died.
I wanted to Thank Crista for this new information. I did so in the Comments:
So, WHY would I want information from an UNDOCUMENTED AMT? Those Relationships are MY Relationships. But, I have two children that she doesn't have.
I'll trade you one Great Grandfather for 3 more siblings, including mine. Good deal, right ?
In my Research Notes I entered that I had found the AMT that belongs to Crista.
I also posted some information that I have in my file, into the Comments for her person:
I have a page of information in the Person Notes already, so I just copied and pasted that into the Profile Comments for this person.
IF there had been any documentation in her tree, I would want to Find those records myself. I would create a Task for that person, such as this.
That is from my To Do List, but if that AMT had a source, I would make that a To Do list to locate it, so I could look at the record myself. That is not a trust issue for me but more about I want to see that record myself. I may be looking for additional information, or look at the record differently.
As I mentioned, I have copied and pasted some information that I have for her. She can do with that whatever she wants. I am not concerned if she even sees what I posted, but it's there if she wants it. In fact, I did put two pieces of sources in the comments. I don't want to update her tree, even if I was allowed, but it's there for her.
So, yes, I am using information in an Undocumented Public Member Tree. For me, the fact that she has many relationships in that AMT that are like mine, why not share the resources? Collaboration should make BOTH of our family trees better. No, I didn't say perfect, just better.
Bottom Line: I may share this branch of my file, Online and Public. I also sent an invitation to my "new" cousin to my public tree.
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Brittany Murphy in The Ramen Girl [movies, video]
Brittany Murphy (RIP) starred in the 2008 film The Ramen Girl (Amazon), playing Abby, an American dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo who finds her true calling: to make ramen. Brittany Murphy was actually pretty well-cast as a whiny privileged expat determined to learn the way of the noodle from the tyrannical master ramen chef Maezumi, intensely played by Toshiyuki Nishida, a celebrated Japanese actor.
The film is not nearly as bad as being released direct-to-DVD implies. While there are some funny scenes and relatively poignant (albeit brief) musings about the artistry of ramen and emotions, the film is a little uneven at parts (unnecessary subplots, secondary characters that are completely abandoned story-wise, forced romance, loose ties, a somewhat bizarre ending). It's also a little dark: the despondent ramen chef worrying about who is to be his successor after 45 years of daily labor. It's no cinematic masterpiece, but we'd argue that the whole self-discovery-through-food metaphors here are sometimes more charming and effective than those found in the Julie part of Julie & Julia. Here are a few (some might say "spoiler-ish") selected scenes and the original trailer:
Video: The Ramen Girl Trailer
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Is Sad, Eats Noodles
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Gets Yelled At
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Yields to the Torment
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Puts Up Christmas Decorations, Gets Yelled At
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Fails, Frustrates
Video: The Ramen Girl: Brittany Murphy Learns About The Way of The Noodle
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By Guru Meher Kaur Khalsa, New Mexico, USA
When I was in my late twenties, I had a sudden breakout of acne on my face. I remember Yogi Bhajan noticing how bad my acne was (only because I was so obsessed about the way I looked). At any rate, he put me on a beet millet pancake diet for 40 days. This was really one of the most delicious healing diets I ever went on. Something about frying pancakes and eating something with a crunchy crust was really satisfying. Now when I make them I eat mine with a little mustard on top and some yogurt, but my husband prefers them with catsup.
When you make this recipe you may have to make adjustments with the amount of millet and besan flour you use, because of the size and juiciness of your beets. Also you can become as creative as you wish with the spices, depending on what flavors you enjoy. You might try adding curry powder or hot chilies for a different taste. Enjoy!
Beet Millet Pancakes
A Yogi Bhajan recipe modified by Guru Meher Kaur
2/3 cup millet
2 cups water
3 red medium-sized beets, cooked and peeled
2-4 Tablespoons besan (garbanzo) flour
Ghee or vegetable oil, as needed
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Chili powder
Bring water to a boil and add the millet. Lower heat, cover, and cook for 25-35 minutes until completely soft. Using the grating attachment in a food processor, grate the beets. Mix the grated beets with the millet in a mixing bowl. Depending on the size of the beets, you may not want to add all of the millet. You want about equal parts beets to millet. Add enough besan flour to the mixture until it is stiff enough to form into patties. You might need to add a little more than 4 tablespoons. Add spices to taste. Coat a small sauté pan with a little oil and put it over medium heat. Place the patties in the pan and cook until browned on each side. Continue with the remaining mixture. Arrange the patties on a serving platter and serve immediately with sour cream or yogurt.
Guru Meher Kaur is a retired state government employee and currently designs websites as part of her new business, GMK Web Design. She also devotes her time to serving Hacienda de Guru Ram Das ashram by maintaining their website and producing a monthly newsletter. She has been a part of the Espanola sangat for over 35 years and enjoys spending time with her husband, Noor Singh, their four children and five grandchildren. In her spare time you can find her in the garden or in the kitchen cooking up some new recipe.


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After his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Obama today addressed the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting, where he called for an end to human trafficking.
The president also unveiled new initiatives aimed at combatting the practice -- which the administration says impacts more than 20 million people around the world.
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In the final push in the 2012 presidential election, candidates Mitt Romney and Barack Obama make their last appeals to voters.
"It ought to concern every person," Obama said, "because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community because it tears at our social fabric. It ought to concern every business because it distorts markets. It ought to concern every nation because it endangers public health and fuels violence and organized crime."
Among the initiatives announced today:
-- prohibiting federal contractors from engaging in specific trafficking-related activities
-- establishing a process to better identify industries that have a history of human trafficking
-- improving training measures aimed at cracking down on the practice.
"Human trafficking is not a business model; it is a crime, and we are going to stop it," the president told the CGI crowd.
The president, who addressed the crowd a few hours after Mitt Romney did, also talked about new efforts to help victims of human trafficking, and he implored the crowd to follow suit, calling on business leaders, faith leaders, and individual citizens to get educated and join the fight against trafficking.
In a more emotional moment, Obama shared the real-life stories of a few women who survived the "unspeakable horror" -- including Sheila White, a Bronx woman.
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The audience cheered and applauded as Sheila and several other survivors stood to be recognized.
The president ended his speech on a hopeful note -- and with a direct message to those who are still victims. "We hear you. We insist on your dignity. And we share your belief that if just given the chance you will forge a life equal to your talents and worthy of your dreams."


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I follow the latter path.
That's not to say that I haven't gotten used to the winter weather here. When my Papa calls from Arkansas and gripes about how cold it is there when it's only in the 40s, I roll my eyes across the phone lines. When my in-laws visit from California in January and pull on their coats and scarves and mittens and hats just to go out to the car, where it's going to get warm in, like, ten minutes, I just sigh and grab a hoodie and off we go.
But that doesn't mean that I LOVE the weather. I just have a high pain threshold. When some local mom friend invited me and the girls to go over to her house and play some family version of football outside in the snow after dark, I was all, "Ummmm.... no." I have no patience for snowman-building, so if the girls want something taller than they can do, they have to make Matt do it. I'll take them to the park and spend all day there with the sledding and the nature walks and the futzing about with the damn snow, but it's more like torture as my thighs go numb and I realize that I didn't wear the right warm boots, etc.
Therefore, the upcoming winter must be handled more like problem-solving.
- I will splurge on fancy wool long-johns.
- I will sew pocket handwarmers.
- I will knit scarves.
- I will always know where my hat and mittens are.
- I will focus on the (few) things that I love about winter, such as my babies on ice:
- I will even suck it up a few times and get on the ice myself.


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The six of you who have been following Gizmondo know that a new version was promised for this Christmas season. But surprise, surprise: it's been delayed due to economic instability and general crappiness.
A Swedish blogger met up with Gizmondo founder Carl Freer to discuss the future of the scandal-ridden handheld maker. Freer admitted that the worldwide economic implosion forced most of his investors to drop out, and he's had to totally redesign the product. He plans to launch the new Gizmondo as an OEMed pocket PC, a bit like an HTC smartphone with gaming guts. It'll be focusing on downloadable games and other content, like Apple's App Store, and will come in two versions: Windows CE and Android. Since it'll be based on a smartphone design, it will also be a phone, but it won't come cheap.
By now we all know to take everything anybody associated with Gizmondo says with a giant mountain of salt. It's anybody's guess as to whether this new Gizmondo will ever go into production. But this is one enormously entertaining company, so I hope they stick around at least until the next scandal. [The Nordic Link via Engadget]


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Senegal's rural dwellers face dwindling prospects of leading a life with sufficient income. Among the reasons why many smallholder and cattle-rearing families can no longer make ends meet are undersized plots of land, soil erosion, lack of rain, as well as insufficient production resources. For some years now their plight has been compounded by land speculation and land grabbing by investors. Smallholder families without official land titles risk losing their land. The living space for cattle-rearing families and their herds is also under threat from what is known as the «agricultural front». HEKS/EPER and local partner organizations support smallholder and cattle-rearing families in Senegal in building a stable livelihood for themselves.
Thanks to HEKS/EPER, 9000 smallholders and cattle farmers boosted their incomes in 2017.
Some 1700 people gained access to 550 hectares of land.