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Very steady so far in Serie B.
Very steady so far in Serie B.
Great job so far!!
Great stuff! I remember reading somewhere that Pro Vercelli have won more Serie A titles than Lazio, Napoli and Fiorentina combined, so the pressure's on to achieve! Keep up the good effort.
Pro Vercelli were one of the top teams in the early days of the Italian league.
27 October 2014
Toronto FC Wants Cerud
Last place finishes are starting to become the norm for Toronto FC, but Chairman Richard Peddie wants to beat the odds. René Vandereycken was fired earlier today, paving the way for Peddie to offer the job to someone new. Several names have been introduced as alternatives, including Jan Wouters, Dave Dir, and Franky Van der Elst; however, it is Po Vercelli manager Cerud who has emerged as the frontrunner. While a move to Toronto would return Cerud to his native Canada, he has been unavailable for comment.
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October 2014 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
Starting the month with two losses had me believing that we were headed for where everyone though we were supposed to be, a relegation battle. However, we pulled back with a great win against Nocerina and should have won in Grosseto. I'm actually happy that there's matches in this league that I expect to win, even when we don't. It makes me confident that we belong here and that we can continue to do better.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
We are now a quarter of the way through the season and in 10th place, a great achievement for a club of our stature and reputation. However, we are very leaky in back. Our goals against has us on par with clubs in the relegation zone. My attacking side is doen well; if I can just fix the defense, we could really make a run in this league. I'm thinking much of the problem is my main goalkeeper. I've had Rocchi on my team since the beginning. He was one of my first signings when I took over management of the club. However, he's letting things slip. My new back up, Jordan Hantz, is younger and doing much better. I may be forced to see Rocchi off in the January transfer window.
In other news, I've begun to see my name attached strongly to the Toronto FC job in the MLS and also with the San Jose Earthquakes. Not planning on moving yet, but if I get an offer, I will take a look at it.
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Looking good at the moment, some pretty decent wins there especially against Nocerina!
November 2014 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
I've learned that I must do one of two possible things. One, I need to stop the massive amount of offside goals I have. Or two, I need to pay off the referees to a higher amount of what other clubs are doing. Not sure which. After about 5 goals denied due to offside, I started counting. This month, I had 15 goals counted offside in addition to the first 5 or so, for the grand total over 20+ offside goals in 6 matches. Ludicrous? Yes. Still, the final three matches went great, even though I needed to score 17 goals or so in each matcs just to have 2 per each count
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
Amazingly, we're up to 6th place! I have no idea how we're holding up at this level but we are. In addition, we are only 2 points away from 3rd place. This has been an amazing run in Serie B so far and I'm curious about how the next month will shape up as it should mark the season's halfway point.
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Might even make the playoff.
December 2014 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
We took quite a fall this month. Still having problems with offside goals. The Empoli match was especially frustrating. They have 20+ shots on my net yet their only goal came from one we gave them. We put it in our own net. Apparently I can score against myself, but the 2 goals I scored against them were both disallowed yet again. Clubs must love playing me...
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
The season is a match off of being at the halfway point now. I'm happy at what we've accomplished so far. I truly believed that we would be in a survival battel for this campaign yet we are finding ways to stay at the mid-table. The table is also fairly tight and a playoff position is not entirely out of the question. It will depend on how well a 3rd place team does because if they finish with a high point difference between them and 4th place, there is no playoff and they are promoted automatically along with the 1st and 2nd place clubs. Realistically, I'm hoping for a top 10 finish now. I believe we can do it; however, if we can solve the defensive issues, higher is plausible as well.
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4 points separating 4th from 11th!
January 2015 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
Our best month yet in Serie B!! Our first match was against league leaders Varese away from home. Going into the half, we were tied 2-2. They were outplaying us in terms of control, but the majority of their shots were from outside the box. I appealled to the players in the break and they came out and took the game to Varese. It was an unbelievable performance! Bocalon broke his goalless drought at 18 hours and Coralli went on to get 2 hattricks this month. Ascoli, the 2nd placed club, fell to us as well. Not only did we take all possible 12 points, we did so beating the top two clubs. Not bad for a month's work.
The Standings
I brought in three players during the break, two signings and a loan.
Jérémy Deichelbohrer - GK - Our backup was now better than our first squad goalkeeper. Rocchi was let go and Deichelbohrer brought in. He comes from the lower Swiss leagues. Not sure what he was doing down there, but he's ours now.
Giacomo Biondi - D C - Biondi is our loan signing from Florentina in Serie A. I want to quell the number of goals scored against us and together with Deichelbohrer, I hope these two can help.
Álex Cruz - M/AM R - Cruz was made available to me by his agent. I signed him on a free transfer to replace the rotating right wingers I was using beforehand. I actually brought him in in December and he's been on a tear in the league so far.
Managerial Thoughts
With the four wins this month, we have pushed back into possible playoff contention. In addition, our wins against the top two clubs has brought us close in points to them, only 3 points off 2nd and 5 points off the top spot, both being automatic promotion spots. Now, I'm not considering those right now I just want to perform like I know we can. Our new signings should help us lower the number of goals scored and, hopefully help us hold onto a few more wins. Already, I can't complain about how this season has unfolded. I can't help but be cautiously optimistic on a playoff spot... Crossing my fingers!
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Fantastic month! That win will teach Catania to injure your players at the start of a season
February 2015 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
Ugh...what a way to follow up our fantastic January. We threw away every lead we had. I think this also marks my first month as a manager without a win. Time to drink whatever the Italian equivalent of gin is...
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
We did pretty bad this month. Thankfully, so did everyone else! I think the top half of the table just went through a crisis of faith. We are still only 4 points off of 2nd place. I'm also comforted by the fact that top place Noverina has only 1 fewer goal against than us. Even though it looks like my defense is leaking, so too is everyone else's. It crazy how close this table is. If I look at clubs within 5 points of me, that would include 2nd to 14th place. Yet another season that will inevitably come down to the wire.
13 March 2015
Cerud Reaches 100 Mark Milestone with Pro Vercelli
The ucoming match against U.S. Grosseto F.C. will mark Cerud's 100th match as manager of Pro Vercelli. As he reaches this centennial mark, Cerud has turned the once storied club into a true contender in Italian football yet again. Two back-to-back promotions have the Bianche Casacche in Serie B bwin and fighting for more. Speaking to media, Cerud marked the occassion.
"Pro Vercelli has been a great ride. What we have been able to achieve here together is laudable. However, I don't see it as the end. Pro Vercelli was the most awarded club of its time 100 years ago. It would be nice to see the club returned to where they rightfully belong."
2014-2015 Youth Candidates
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
Youth Candidates
There's a few candidates that have potential. Probably one of my better youth intakes.
Giuseppe Trabucco - D LC - Nothing really stands out too much, but he has decent levels across the board.
Fabio Olivetti - M R, AM RL - I like his acceleration and pace right now. Should continue to improve to have speed down the right side.
Loris Vason - M C, AM RC - Pretty happy with his physical stats all around.
March 2015 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
We were able to get back to our winning ways this month. Our loss against Nocerina was to the top club in the league, but should have only been a draw. They were awarded a penalty that never was. Even my tirade in the media afterwards was met by silence from the Italian FA. Still, 3 clean sheets is a very good set of results.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
In 3rd place and only 4 points off top spot. Never would I have thought this would be a possibility with only 10 matches left to go in the season. I am now stating explicitly that I want to at least make the playoffs. Ideally, an automatic spot would be great, but I don't want to get greedy just yet. It's interesting to see that it's not just us from the the Prima Divisione that's doing well. Cittadella who were promoted along with me is sitting in 6th place, the final playoff spot. This could shape up to be an interesting final quarter of the season!
April 2015 Update
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
The League
Alright, we're back on schedule and our winning ways. I'm happy with only 2 goals against in 4 matches. Taking on Siena was especially good as we lost to them earlier in the season and they were ahead of us in the standings. However, these 4 wins so late in the season have really shook the table.
In other news, Claudio Coralli has just broken a club record that has stood for over 100 years, since 1912. He now has scored the most goals in a season.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
Uhh...what?!?! We are sitting in the top spot with 6 matches left to go. When we took out Siena, we jumped over the top two clubs and moved to top spot based on goal difference. Another win and we're now beginning to move up. Again, I don't want to be overconfident, but....
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1 June 2015
Beerschot AC Want Cerud
With Jos Daerden taking over the job at Standard, Pro Vercelli manager Cerud has emerged as the frontrunner for the newly vacant position at Beerscot AC. Cerud, who is currently in the midst of the final stretch of the Serie B bwin season, has been playing the opportunity cool, declining to comment.
1 June 2015
Cerud Moving to England?
With Jos Daerden taking over the job at Standard, Pro Vercelli manager Cerud has emerged as the frontrunner for the newly vacant position at Beerscot AC. Cerud, who is currently in the midst of the final stretch of the Serie B bwin season, has been playing the opportunity cool, declining to comment.
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3 June 2015
European Interest in Cerud Heats Up
Cerud has now emerged as the frontrunner to take over Swansea City now that Mike Phelan has taken over managerial duties at Tottenham Hotspur. The Pro Vercelli manager has become a hot commodiy for several clubs now, including other Premier League side QPR. It remains to be seen if the talented manager will look beyond Italy or not.
2014-2015 Season in Review
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio 1892 - Serie B bwin
2nd Place - Automatic Promotion
The League
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - An unbelievable season that has now given us 3 promotions in a row! We have the top spot for the last few games, but just couldn't hold onto it. Still, a second place finish is an automatic promotion so we'll take it. If you look at our Past Positions graph, you can see how we became a better club as time progressed. I also think that our signings in the Januay transfer window helped immensely. With this, we now return Pro Vercelli to Serie A football!
The Cups
TIM Cup - We were out of this competition before our season even started. Serie A side, Cesena, took care of us pretty easily.
The Stats
Goals Scored - 93 (- 4 from last season, 1st in league)
Goals Conceded - 53 (+ 9 from last season, 11th in league)
Average Attendance - 4 125 (+ 721 from last season, 16th in league)
The Players
Squad | Transfers - There was significant movement in the squad at the beginning of the season due to back-to-back promotions. I expect I'll need to do it all over again now.
Matteo Bianchetti - D C - Bianchetti continues to grow into a top defender. He also contributes his fair share of goals off of set pieces.
Najib Ammari - M/AM L - When I brought Ammari in to run the left, I never thought that he'd grow with the club. Yet, here he is, still improving every year. He is a danger every time he has the ball, not only in setting up other players, but in scoring as well.
Riccardo Bocalon - ST - Bocalon still had a good year. While goal production went down, he still had 16 in all competitions. However, he was able to transition his game into a playmaker, with 15 assists.
Claudio Coralli - ST - Coralli broke our club record for most goals and the league record as well. He was a commanding presence on the pitch. He hasn't shown his age yet either, so I believe he has at least another good year in him.
The Backroom
Finances - We're making money now!
Facilities - Still the same. However, I did just get upgraded Junior Coaching.
The Awards
- Serie B bwin Capocannoniere (Top Goalscorer) - Claudio Coralli - 1st Place
- Serie B Bwin Squadra dell'Anno (Team of the Year) - Amedeo Benedetti (D L), Matteo Bianchetti (D C), Claudio Coralli (ST)
- Fans' Player of the Year - Claudio Coralli
The Goals Revisited
- Don't get relegated - Achieved. Yeah, took care of that.
- Get fullback players - Achieved. One even made Team of the Year.
- Make a profit - Achieved and we're officially in the black now.
Plans for Next Season
I have signed a new one year contract at $300 000/year. However, I am thinking about looking for a new challenge. The three jobs that my name was attached to - Swansea City, QPR, and Beerschot AC - have all been filled by others without an offer being sent to me. That's fine. I'm not sure where I'll look to move to of even if I will. It might be good to play a season in Serie A, I'm not sure yet.
On another note, I've finally been made a Favoured Personnel! I guess all it takes is 3 promotions.
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Not sure why being linked to Swansea would be in a Yorkshire paper Was wrong on the playoffs but in a good way.
1 July 2015
Pro Vercelli Hiring as Cerud Exits
In a surprise announcement, Cerud has made public his resignation as manager of Pro Vercelli. Following his departure are Alfonso Azurza and Jérémy Denquin, two coaches on Cerud's backroom staff. After three promotions, the club has returned to Serie A TIM football. The whiplash of Pro Vercelli fans has been of shock and sadness. Earlier today, Cerud attempted to clarify his position.
"I have just returned from a meeting with [Chairman Mssimo] Secondo and handed him my resignation. My time with Pro Vercelli has been marked with triumphs. I have enjoyed my time at the club but feel that new challenges lie elsewhere. I appreciate the fans' contributions and know that they have a club to be proud of and to continue to be proud of."
Cerud leaves Pro Vercelli winning Manager of the Year once during his time there.
While this probably comes as a surprise, especially after I let go three potential jobs last month, I feel ready to move on. My stop in Italy has helped build my reputation to the point where I have some say in where I go to next. There's still a few places I want to go to before I make a bid for the top clubs and now is the time to do it.
Managerial Club Record
Time to find a job! I'm not sure where I'll end up, but it's likely that I'll be unemployed for a bit given tha most jobs have been filled.
That was another great success.
6 July 2015
Cerud moving to South America?
Argentinos has parted ways with Ricardo Caruso Lombardi after a season ending in relegation. The focal candidate that has emerged is newly unemployed manager Cerud. He has been unavailable for comment.
22 August 2015
Cerud Speaks on Los Angeles Galazy Job
The firing of Aaron Winter has left the Galaxy without a manager and Cerud has been made the most likely candidate. In addition, and a surprise for the normally quiet Cerud, he has declared interest in the job. This marks the first time Cerud has openly commented on job opportunties anywhere.
"Los Angeles is a club that is underachieving. I would welcome the opportunity to offer my expertise in reviving them."
Los Angeles could be a hell of an adventure! Bringing some Galacticos to Galaxy and trying to fit in salary cap.
And Eurosport's logo.
Looks like you need to revive the lost Galaxy.
Galaxy could be very interesting.
Managing in America is a very different experience, almost like being in a different galaxy...
Missed quite a bit,well done with Pro Vercelli and good luck at Galaxy.MLS is always a good amount of fun to play
Excellent job at Pro Vercelli Cerud. I would have had a crack at Serie A myself though.
27 August 2015
Cerud Takes Over the Galaxy
In a move that has been expected for some time, Canadian head coach Cerud has officially moved to MLS. The recent firing of Aaron Winter began speculation that the unemployed Cerud would be seeking the Los Angeles job and was further fuelled in a recent press conference Cerud gave a few days ago stating his intentions to return to soccer management. As he was presented in front of the Home Depot Center, Cerud stated:
"Coaching in the MLS has always been a dream for me and now I have that opportunity. The Galaxy have been a fixture in this league and are one of it's most successful clubs. My goal is to return that sense of glory and give LA yet another sports team to be proud of."
Los Angeles Galaxy - Major League Soccer
I enjoy managing in the MLS. I find the thrill of the drafts exciting; I like trading players and speculating on multi-team deals. I grew up in a town where the NHL ruled all and hockey was a way of life so long is involved the colours of copper and blue (Go Oilers!). Moving to the MLS is something that I wanted to do and I figured now was the opportunity.
I've signed a deal until the end of 2016 at $1 000 000/year, my first million dollar contract! The Galazy are awash in money, so they can afford it.
About the Club
The LA Galaxy were created from other local clubs with the inception of Major League Soccer in 1996. They were one of ten teams in the league's inaugural season, which was created as part of the United States' bid to host the World Cup in 1994. While the team continued to be one of the better one's in the league, it was the signing of David Beckham in 2007, that began to make the MLS a serious league. The Los Angeles Galaxy were instrumental in the creation of the Designated Player rule, also known as the "David Beckham" rule, which has enabled the league to grow while still retaining a salary cap.
In this history, the club has won two league MLS Cups, three US Open Cups, and the CONCACAF Champions League once.
The Stats
Year Founded: 1996
Status: Professional
Reputation: Continental
Nickname: Galaxy
Fierce Rivals: Chivas USA
Other Rivals: San Jose, DC Unted
The Stadium - Home Depot Center
Location: Carson, California
Year Built: 2003
Capacity: 27 000 all-seater
Owner/Rent: $750K/year
Corporate: Average
Training: Top
Youth: Good
Junior Coaching: Average
Youth Recruitment: Above Average
Here is the Home Depot Center.
The club is doing alright. Not good, not bad...just mediocre.
There's only 8 matches left in the season, so I'm not hoping out for a miracle. I figure we'll regroup and get ready for next year.
You should atleast be able to challenge for a play-off spot this season.
Also you need to add have a son in the Achievements anyways looks like a really good thread i will keep my eye on it
I'm shocked Winter managed to get 37 points from that team before he got sacked!!!
Who are your DPs?
Robbie Keane, Juan Manuel Olivera, and Juliano. They're both signed until the end of 2016. I may try to change this later on but I still need to do a fully assessment of my squad.
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2015 The Takeover
Los Angeles Galaxy - Major League Soccer
The Galaxy have already played 26 matches of a 34 match season, so not much left to go.
The Stats
Major League Soccer: Win the MLS (will not be judged this year)
Lamar Hunt US Open Cup: Not regarded as important
Wage Budget: $16 415 610
Currently Spending: $6 370 374
Salary Cap: $3 254 867
Spending minus Allowance: $3 126 739 ($128 128 cap space available)
Allocation Funds: $690 853
Kit Sponsorship: $2.4M (expires 2018)
Additional Kit Sponsorship: $186K (expires 2018)
Additional Kit Sponsorship: $186K (expires 2017)
Average Ticket Price: $30.00
Average Season Ticket Price: $458.00
Season Ticket Holders: 7 890
Estimated Value: $175M
Standings - League | Conference
Past Positions - League | Conference
Fixtures - The playoffs are still possible; however, I don't see us having a good showing there. The squad's morale is horrible and it will take a while for the club and I to get to know one another.
- Hire a backroom staff
- Make the playoffs
Not much else I can strive for this late in the season.
Last edited by cerud; 25-05-2012 at 16:43.
I expected things to be worse.
I know what you mean i was doing a challenge where i as at a club until 2041 i was a Legend in there information part Won EPL Chmpions League all the major cup with a team that started at the bottom of the English tier so BSQS and yet the didnt rename a stadium after me and i didnt have a son grrrCheers toonbalmy87! Although getting a son in this is more like a miracle instead of an achievement given how difficult it is to even become Favoured Personnel now. Thanks for following
Anyways good luck with Galaxy i like the MLS but never seem to get a good player in the draft
Good luck at Galaxy!
Nice move to LA - time to turn them around and boost your rep a bit. Get rid of Robbie Keane and bring in a decent DP, the you'll be fine
Just catching up here, cerud...
Well done on a great final season with Pro Vercelli; you certainly peaked at the right time! Personally, I probably would have had at least one season in Serie A, but the LA Galaxy job is pretty high profile and you'll have a decent chance of winning some trophies there. Good luck!
Only 8 games to go but looks like you could still make the play-offs, especially if the club achieve the 'new-manager form' that most do following a new manager!
Sign Beckham.
I came in here expecting to see your rise to Serie A...instead you're in the States. A surprising move but I guess you know when you're ready to move on.
Good luck in bringing back the glory to LA (and understanding those MLS rules! Being a Canadian, you should have no trouble understanding them though!)
August-September 2015 Update
Los Angeles Galaxy - Major League Soccer
The League
I joined for the final match in August so this update will cover that and September. This first month was a good introduction into North American soccer. However, while we are scoring a lot, our defense is bad. We have 1 centreback and barely any defense in general. This is our main problem but we won't be able to do much until the off-season.
The Standings
Given the nature of trades in MLS, I've decided to highlight the chronology of any we do each month.
30 August 2015 - traded Diego Sainz to Houston for a 2016 SuperDraft 3rd Round pick (Houston) and a 2017 SuperDraft 2nd Round pic (DC United).
2 September 2015 - traded Jay Nolly to Sporting Kansas City for a 2016 Supplemental Draft 1st Round pick (Chivas USA).
2 September 2015 - traded Clyde Simms to DC United for a 2017 Supplemental Draft 1st Round pick (DC United) and a Supplemental Draft 3rd Round pick (DC United).
4 September 2015 - traded $30K in allocation money and a 2017 SuperDraft 2nd Round pick (DC United) to Seattle for Moises Whitfield.
Managerial Thoughts
The Western Conference has us up to 2nd place. We are in a good position for the playoffs so I'm just hoping that our defensive woes don't hurt us in the final few matches.
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Strong start, looking likely for a play-off spot. How many games in a season?
24 October 2015
Cerud Back to Europe?
Despite Los Angeles Galaxy manager Cerud's recent success in turning around that club, speculation has already begun that he will back on his way to Europe to manage Greek side AEK Athens. The Greek club recently sacked Giorgos Donis from teh position and have begun looking for an immediate replacement. Cerud has been unavailable for comment.
October 2015 Update
Los Angeles Galaxy - Major League Soccer
The League
Our final month of the regular season saw us continue our unbeaten record; however, we did drop two matches to draws. We did have some strong opposition, including the Supporter's Shield winners Sporting Kansas City. They put Jay Nolly in net, who we had just traded to them. He showed exactly why we traded him.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
And so we finish in 2nd place in the Conference and qualify for the semi-final stage of the playoffs. Our first game will not be scheduled yet until they figure out who our opposition will be. That's will come in the following weeks ahead.
However, we did get some other good news...
Convincing qualification.
An interesting career move there! A very decent start with the Galaxy though, in with a decent chance of winning the title.
Great Job in finishing Top3, gives you the chance to be further up on the Play-offs and a bigger chance of winning the title.
Excellent start to life at LA Galaxy.Good luck with whoever you get in the playoffs.
However, there's been a development...
26 October 2015
Cerud Gone in 60 Days
While the Galazy may be scratching their heads as to Cerud's resignation made public earlier today, the rumours around the league have this move as the makings of something bigger in the works. In Cerud's brief tenure with the Los Angeles club, he managed to move them into a playoff spot. However, one of the worst kept secrets in MLS has always been Cerud's love for another club.
Earlier today, the Vancouver Whitecaps announced that longtime manager Martin Rennie would be stepping down after a disappointing season. Cerud, who had been attached as a possibility to the Whitecaps job a few years ago, is seen as the likely candidate for the position. The news of his resignation with the Galaxy seems to have confirmed rumours. It is unknown if the Whitecaps has approached Cerud as of yet or even if he has applied for the position.
I know that this is probably a shock move, but the Vancouver job is one that I simply cannot let go. I haven't been given the job yet, but I have applied and am considered the likely candidate. Their performance this year was bad, but they have a much better squad set up than the Galaxy did, in the fact that they actually have players!
I hope that the job is mine; however, there has also been news that San Jose has sacked their manager, Frank Yallop, another Canadian. He has also stated publically that he wants the Vancouver job. I hope I wasn't premature in my decision...
Managerial Club Record
Vancouver or bust!
6 November 2015
Cerud Heading Back Home
With the opening of the Vancouver Whitecaps head coaching position, it seemed like a perfect match for a prodigal son to return. Cerud has accepted the top job with the Whitecaps in a small ceremony outside of BC Place. In a press conference, where he was introduced by Chairman Bob Lenarduzzi, Cerud welcomed the opportunity.
"When I first visited Vancouver when I was twelve, I fell in love with this city. I knew that one day I would live here, but I just didn't know how that would work or what I would do. Twenty-three years later, I think I've figured it out. I have been a fan of the Whitecaps since their days in the NASL. Now is the time to transform this club into a consistent contender, not just in the MLS, but in CONCACAF as well. That is what I intend to do."
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
I have just signed a deal until the end of the 2016 seeason for $450 000/year. I have a few things I want to take care of while I'm here. The first will be to bring the Whitecaps up into a contender for the MLS Cup and the Voyager Cup in the Canadian Championship. And if I have to crush my former Galaxy club in the process, all the better!
About the Club
The recent revival of the Vancouver Whitecaps began in 2009; however, the club itself has existed since the mid 1970s. This introduction into the MLS was a rocky one, finishing dead last in their first season. The club celebrated this first MLS Cup in 2013, but have been unable to return.
The club has also won two Voyager Cups in the Canadian Championships, the first in 2012 and the second in 2014.
The Stats
Year Founded: 1974
Status: Professional
Reputation: Continental
Nickname: The Whitecaps
Fierce Rivals: Seattle
Other Rivals: Portland, Toronto FC, Montreal Impact
The Stadium - BC Place
Location: Vancouver, BC
Year Built: 1981
Capacity: 21 000 all-seater
Owner/Rent: Vancouver Whitecaps
Corporate: Good
Training: Average
Youth: Good
Junior Coaching: Adequate
Youth Recruitment: Average
Here is BC Place.
Unfortunately, FM12 is not able to fully recreate BC Place in terms of capacity. It's capacity is 21 000 for soccer; however, it has the ability to open to 54 320 for larger matches. The roof is also fully retractable.
Welcome home.
Welcome home. Lose to TFC though, we need points.
28 November 2015
Cerud Still in High Demand
With the recent sacking of Nenad Gracan, Croatian side NK Osijek have begun the search for a new manager. Again, perennial managerial favourite Cerud has emerged as the frontrunner. However, rather than his normal coyness, Cerud did issue a statement.
"While I am flattered at the level of interest in me, I have no desire to leave my post with the Whitecaps before I've presided over a single match."
Undoubtably, the Vancouver Board will be pleased at this blunt statement of position.
12 December 2015
Just a couple of quick updates. We're wheeling and dealing in the transfer market. I will post an update closer to the SuperDraft.
In the mean time, I've negotiated a few things with my Board...
Good luck with Vancouver,hope you can eventually turn them into a success story
Blimey... another club! Good luck again
2016 Academy Player Intake
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
MLS clubs get new players in multiple ways. There is the SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft. There is also each individual club's Youth Academy where young players are brought into the club on Academy contracts.
Here is this year's intake:
Stefan Cucca - AM L, ST
Tim Xausa - D RL, WB R
John Hadzic - D/WB R
Yeah...nothing really to say. Our academy better start putting out better players. Hopefuly our junior coaching increase will help.
2016 Pre-Season
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
The Stats
Major League Soccer: Be competitive in the MLS
Nutrilite Canadian Championship: Win the Canadian Championship
Wage Budget: $3 806 234
Currently Spending: $4 310 010
Salary Cap: $3 409 786
Spending minus Allowance: $1 944 301 ($1 465 485 cap space available)
Allocation Funds: $1 003 725
Kit Sponsorship: $3.61M (expires 2016)
Additional Kit Sponsorship: $121K (expires 2017)
Additional Kit Sponsorship: $101K (expires 2019)
Average Ticket Price: $32.10
Average Season Ticket Price: $413.00
Season Ticket Holders: 15 951
Estimated Value: $56M
National Club Ranking in USA: 17th
- Draft well - I have 3 1st Round picks!
- Make the playoffs
- Win the Canadian Championship
The Canadian Championship has to be a priority as it decided which club for Canada qualifies for the CONCACAF Champions League. It's a short competition, with only 4 clubs in it, so I can finish it off quick and get back to concentrating on the league. I'm also very happy with having 3 1st Round picks. I have the 4th, 5th, and 12th picks overall.
Last edited by cerud; 30-05-2012 at 22:37.
3 January 2016
2016 Summer Olympic Games Heats Up as Cerud Takes Canada U23s Job
The success that Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Cerud has had in club soccer is exactly what the Canadian contingent is hoping to bank on as the Games come up in a few months. The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Round is starting in two months and no nation has qualified yet. In accepting the job, Cerud stated:
"The Olympics Games is an opportunity to represent one's country. While head coaches can manage wherever, I've always dreamed of taking Canada into international competition. These boys have trained for a long time. I aim to see us into these Olympics."
Canada Under 23s - Canadian Soccer Association
We have the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifiers coming up in early March. First priority is to create a squad. The groups are as follows:
Group A: Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, United States
Group B: Cuba, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico
We should qualify from our group above Costa Rica and El Salvador. The United States may be tricky.
Last edited by cerud; 29-05-2012 at 22:18.
interesting career move, can understand your decision to go your hometown club though. good luck with them and the Canada u23 side, hope to see you in the olympics
2016 MLS SuperDraft and Supplemental Draft
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
MLS SuperDraft
1st Round
- 4th pick - Stephen Rodríguez - D LC - Generation Addidas Contract
- 5th pick - Damon Green - GK - Developmental Contract
- 12th pick - John Silver - M C - Developmental Contract
2nd Round
- 31st pick - Keith Stephens - M RL - Developmental Contract
- 35th pick - Pablo Ponce - D C - Developmental Contract
3rd Round
- 40th pick - Juan Francisco Villa - M RLC - Developmental Contract
MLS SuperDraft Grades
- Houston - A+
- Chivas USA - A+
- FC Dallas - A+
- Seattle - B+
- San Jose - B+
- Portland - B
- Los Angeles - B
- Sporting Kansas City - C+
- New York - C+
- Real Salt Lake - C+
- Chicago - C+
- DC United - C+
- New England - C+
- Philadelphia - C+
- Vancouver - C+
- Toronto FC - C
- Columbus - D
- Colorado - E
MLS Supplemental Draft
We waived all of our draft picks in the Supplemental Draft as there were no players would be able to make the squad.
You got some solid picks. They should all play a part of the team in the upcoming season.
That was quick!! Hard to resist the hometown club as PH71 said. Best of luck with the Whitecaps. Interesting move with the U23 job as well.
That stadium looks good. In terms of finances, how different are LA Galaxy to Vancouver?
Do you have any designated players?
As for as finances go, both teams are doing well. LA has a lot of money, about $75M; whereas Vancouver has just under $20M. However, Vancouver also just bought their stadium before I came to the team and has no loans or debt.
My DP players are Marinho and Alejandro Bedoya. I've also just signed Bedoya to a longer contract. I may let Marinho go at the end of the season to try and get someone new. He just doesn't seem to find well within the current squad.
2016 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Soccer Qualifiers
8 March 2016
United States U23s 1 - 0 Canada U23s
We were lucky to only lose by one. This was our first match, so our tactical knowledge was poor. Thankfully our defensive game was good, to which I attribute to 3 of my players at Vancouver. I have 3 Whitecaps players in my squad, all defenders. They and our goalkeeper kept us in this game and the competition.
10 March 2016
Canada U23s 4 - 0 Cost Rica U23s
A much better game! Our tactical knowledge increased dramatically to an adequate level. While the match stats show a fairly level game in which we edged, the level of play on the pitch showed us well on top.
2016 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Soccer Qualifiers
12 March 2016
Canada U23s 6 - 1 El Salvador U23s
We took an early lead adn then things started to get out of hand. El Salvador started playing for blood, injuring 3 of my players in the last half of the match and forcing me to 10 players on the pitch due to previously made substitutions. It's didn't slow us down as 2 of our goals came with only these 10 men.
Group A Table
So, the final group table has us qualifying for the semi-final round just below the United States. CONCACAF has two nations that qualify for the Olympics, so we only need to win the semi-finals and we will qualify. However, our likely opposition will either be Mexico or Honduras, both good footballing nations. We're not finished yet!
Mexico or Honduras should be tough.
Honduras would be far better.
2016 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Soccer Qualifiers
17 March 2016
Mexico U23s 3 - 0 Canada U23s
This match was simply a one-sided slaughter. The first half sent us crying in the corner. We held them in the second half to an even draw, but it wasn't enough. The better squad advanced through.
Mexico U23s 4 - 0 Honduras U23s
So, not even the United States advanced. The two likely nations to move on to the Olypmics qualified.
2016 Off-Season Transfers
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
Squad | Transfers - The MLS is always a busy place for trades, especially with the multiple drafts and the ability to trade anything that's not nailed down. We also made some good money in this off-season with the movement of one of our players to Norway.
5 December 2015 - traded Michel Amon to the Philadelphia Union (USA) for a 2016 SuperDraft 1st Round pick (Philadelphia).
2 January 2016 - traded $3K in allocation funds to FC Edmonton (Canada) for Robbie Rajkovic.
5 January 2016 - signed Blair Gavin on a free transfer.
5 January 2016 - traded Mancuso to Sporting Kansas City (USA) for a 2016 SuperDraft 2nd Round pick (Kansas City) and a 2017 Supplemental Draft 1st Round pick (Kansas City).
5 January 2016 - signed Jorge Villafaña on a free transfer.
7 January 2016 - MLS SuperDraft
12 January 2016 - MLS Supplemental Draft
21 January 2016 - signed André-Pierre Gignac on a free transfer.
21 January 2016 - signed Niclas Heimann on a free transfer.
21 January 2016 - traded $35K in allocation funds to Sporting Central Academy FC (Jamaica) from Roscoe Gallimore.
21 January 2016 - signed Nelson Rivas on a free transfer.
21 January 2016 - signed Matías Sánchez on a free transfer.
6 February 2016 - traded Nick DeLeon to Molde FK (Norway) for $2.4M.
10 February 2016 - traded Casey Townsend to Real Salt Lake (USA) for $725K in allocation funds, a 2017 SuperDraft 1st Round pick (Salt Lake), and a 2017 SuperDraft 3rd Round pick (San Jose).
13 February 2016 - signed Scott Bolton in a Weighted Lottery.
2 March 2016 - released Juan Francisco, Pablo Ponce, and Keith Stephens on Waivers.
3 March 2016 - released Stefan Cucca, John Hadzic, and Tim Xausa on Waivers.
3 March 2016 - MLS Waiver Draft
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2016 End of Pre-Season
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
The Matches
Canada - Vancouver Thunderbirds - won 3-0
United States - Knoxville Force - won 8-0
South Africa - Bay United - won 2-0
United States - Seattle Sounders - tied 1-1
Canada - Toronto FC - won 3-2
Canada - Victoria United - won 7-1
Pre-Season Thoughts
We have definitely built a better squad with more depth, strong leaders, and good youth prospects. Our pre-season went well, but now it's time to test in the actual league. I think a playoff spot should be considered a minimum.
In other news, I've also begun to see my name attached to jobs in England's Championship League, France's Ligue 1 Orange, Spain's Liga Adelante, and Portugal's Ligo ZON SAGRES, to name a few. I'd like to stick around to see Vancouver into the CONCACAF Champions League, but if an offer comes that is simply too good....
Last edited by cerud; 31-05-2012 at 02:50.
26 March 2016
Cerud Steps Down from Canada U23s
After a hard fought challenge for an Olynpic spot and failing to achieve one, Cerud has stepped down as manager of the Canadian U23s squad. The resignation was expected as the squad disbands to join either the senior or U20 squads. Speaking to the media earlier today, Cerud stated:
"The opportunity to coach for Canada was a dream come true. I only wish we could have beat our expectations. However, both Mexico and Honduras are quality squads. We knew that it would be a difficult match regardless of who we faced. The second half against Mexico was a good one for the boys, but we needed 90 minutes, not 45 minutes. But we'll be back in four years, stronger and more hungry."
Given that the Under 23s will not play any more matches for 4 years, setting down was a no brainer. I wish we would have qualified, but playing Mexico was always going to be difficult. I may go into international management again, but I'm not actively looking for it right now.
Managerial National Record
No international management plans now, just working on moving the Whitecaps up the league.
March 2016 Update
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
The League
Only two matches in March to begin the season, but we performed well. Began our campaign with a win away to New England and a tie to FC Dallas. I was hoping we would hang of for the Dallas match, but they scored in the final quarter.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
We're still early in the season, so there's not too much to say. Now that I've left my position with the Canadian U23s, I can devote all my time to the Whitecaps.
Solid work to get some good players at a non-DP pricetag.
April 2016 Update
Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Major League Soccer
The League
A very good month even though it ended with our season's first loss. We have showed that we can score goals from all over and from many contributors. The Real Salt Lake loss stung, but they are considered a top team.
The Standings
Managerial Thoughts
Still a very tight Western Conference. We are getting close to a quarter of the season in and the draw for the Canadian Championship will likely be the coming month. This will congest the schedule a bit, but I think we have the depth to match it.


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I read long ago about one case, but I'm not sure if it was true. I can certainly imagine that kind of feat, by exploiting the fact that it is not so important what cards you have, as it is what others think you have. Anyone know some documented cases of that kind of winners? (The most interesting would be detailed information about their games :) ).
Are there well documented cases of winning tournament by someone who wasn't looking at his own cards?
Annette Obrestad did this a few years ago. A quick google search finds an article where she discusses her win and a youtube video of the tournament she played:
Colin Moshmann in his book shows how to think about your opponents and show you examples how to read your opponents even with your cards hidden in Heads Up.
I think pros can outplay low stakes player pool even with their cards hidden, but this only refers to Heads Up play. You focus on 1 villain and therefore, you have much more reads. Also playing vs 1 opponent means, that you have to face only one player to fight for pot and that player will generally miss the flop.(Player miss the flop and have complete air around 40% times.)
When playing on full-ring table with 3-4 players on flop, generally someone of them has combination which is unfoldable(at least for him)
I strongly disagree with statement : " it is not so important what cards you have, as it is what others think you have" Generally, your cards have HUGE impact on your decision process. You certainly cant outplay competent opponents with your cards hidden. Also, most poker noobs do mistakes by calling too much, not folding too much vs agression. They also dont think about your cards, they just play their cards and have fun. Winning strategy for early blind lvls is to only play your premiums, but you can´t select them with your cards hidden.
Short answer : You can´t be profitable on tourney with normal(>30bb) starting stacksizes and your cards hidden.
One of the first videos I recorded at Grinderschool.com was a video in which I played through an SNG with Post-It notes covering my cards as I explained my decisions. It has been several years, and I can't remember if I won or ended up with a second-place finish, but I do remember learning afterward that I had folded the stone cold nuts to an all-in heads-up.

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I asked my Rabbi about this a while ago, and he agreed with me that it's assur for anyone, Cohen or Yisroel, to go to the Bodies Exhibit (other than medical students). The exhibit displays desecrated human bodies, and it would be assur to go be entertained by it. If a Cohen is a medical student, then for pikuach nefesh he (along with any other medical student) would be allowed to go, but only for the purpose of studying the bodies, not just to see "art" or be "entertained".
I believe that one could assume that the bodies are of non jewish, meaning it has no tuma


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Unanswered: Native BackButton Support by Sencha
I read a couple of other threads, but most are about older Sencha versions.
Is there native backbutton support when building Android apps with sencha command (NOT phonegap).
I have all the routes and stuff in there and as a webapp the hardware backbutton on Android works well, but as a native app it is not working.
17 Nov 2012 4:01 PM #2
the only way I found to handle the click on the native Android backbutton is by using listeners with Phonegap : Handle back button via Phonegap
18 Nov 2012 2:55 AM #3
No native Sencha Builder
So currently there is no "real" native Sencha builder for Android!
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What is implemented so far, is only working for a quick check on how things look like.
But for a real version you still need Phonegap.
Any ideas if and when Sencha wants to add these basic features?


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I noticed that kdenlive was taken alot longer to render project, but i just thought that was down to the render profile i was using (youtube optimised 720p) the video quality is way better than when i used openshot.
But i looked at my system processes and it seems that melt only seems to utilise 1 core as it sits at 104% cpu usage, and both my cores never stay at 99-100% as openshot did when it was rendering.
a 2 minute video (source files are quicktime movie format at 720p quality 60fps) a couple of title clips, there are quite a few source clips loaded but these are cut down to short clips, pretty much not really using any transitions except for the end where it fades out.
takes usually 25 minutes to render.
Is this normal? or is it possibly to configure melt run at full capacity of my system like openshot did.
with openshot, there was no way i could do anything else on my computer.
kdenlive i can watch a dvd while it renders or browse the web.
Mon, 02/18/2013 - 13:41
Did you explicitly select to use multiple cores? There's an option in Kdenlive, either settings and/or render settings. Make sure that there is more than a single core enabled. So far I had never any issues on my quad core i5 system.
Sat, 02/23/2013 - 19:17
Its on a per project basis, so look in project settings.
**EDIT** I don't know what I was on when answering this query but it must have been strong. Totally wrong answer please ignore.
Sun, 02/24/2013 - 04:58
Is this different to the "Encoder Threads" http://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Project_Menu/Render#Encoder_Threads in the Render dialog ??? and different to the "Processing Threads" under http://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Settings_Menu/Configure_Kdenlive... Settings Menu>Configure Kdenlive>MLT_Environment
Or does threads = cores in this discussion?
Sun, 02/24/2013 - 15:31
For encoding, with single non multithreaded encoders, then one thread per core, so a dual core could use two encoder threads, 4 core 4 threads etc.
Processing threads, I'd assume is more to do with other calculations like color effects, processing, even decompressing a codec in order to recompress it at render time.
Sun, 02/24/2013 - 22:11
So you are saying that if a user wants to use both cores on a dual core machine they should specify 2 in the "Encoder Threads" option http://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Project_Menu/Render#Encoder_Threads in the Render dialog ?
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 00:37
Yes, certainly works for me, 4 cores, 4 encoder threads, full utilization.
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:46
So I had never looked into this. I have a Intel Pentium D E5300 2.6Ghz Dual Core processor (nothing flash).
And I just decided to look at CPU usage while rendering with 1 thread selected for "Encoder Threads" (my default setting and what I have been using for 3 years) and I find that both CPUs are hitting 90-100% as it renders. Which is not apparently what others in this thread see.
So I would say you don't have to explicitly tell it to use 2 cores.
My Processing threads option is also on 1
Rendering with 1 or 2 "Encoder Threads" under my setup makes no difference to the CPU usage or the time taken to render.
> 4 cores, 4 encoder threads, full utilization
And 2 encoder threads = 100% utilization on 2 cores and low utilization on the other two ??? Have you tested ?
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 10:51
Yes, I see that two cores fully used, two very low for other OS tasks I'd assume.
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 13:09
Hmm. Well aint that interesting ?
Sat, 03/02/2013 - 01:11
Well the plot gets even thicker then doesn't it ??? !!!
Yellow adjusts the threads and gets immediate joy with respect to core usage.
I adjust the the threads and it has no effect - I get both cores used no matter what thread setting (but how often do I check core usage during rendering? Essentially never !)
bazsound adjusts the threads and sometime he gets both cores and sometimes not.
Gotta love computers some times !!!!
Sat, 05/11/2013 - 03:49
Quad core rendering was something that has been really bugging me... I had rendering problems (artifacts with multi-threaded MLT), but could not duplicate them in this case study.


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Two Tied to Patz Case in Court
The two most notable suspects in the city's most famous missing-child mystery—the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz—appeared in courthouses 130 miles apart on Thursday.
Pedro Hernandez, who gave a videotaped confession in May saying he strangled Etan, appeared in a Manhattan criminal courtroom as his indictment on murder and kidnapping charges in the case was formally presented.
Meanwhile, convicted pedophile Jose Antonio Ramos, the man who was held legally responsible for Etan's death in a 2004 civil suit, faced a judge on a charge of providing a false address to the sex offender registry.
The appearances were the latest twists in the child abduction saga, which began 33 years ago when the 3-foot, 4-inch first-grader vanished on his way to school in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan.
Noticeably skinnier and with his head shaved, Mr. Hernandez, 51 years old, wasn't asked to speak as the prosecutor informed a judge that a grand jury had indicted Mr. Hernandez on Wednesday—a day before a legal deadline to either obtain the indictment or drop the case.
The hearing lasted only about two minutes and ended with Mr. Hernandez, who is being held without bail, being given a Dec. 12 arraignment date.
- On Deadline, Indictment in 1979 Case 11/14/2012
His lawyer has said he plans to plead not guilty.
In Kingston Township, Pa., a judge determined that Mr. Ramos, his white beard reaching his chest and his long hair pulled into a pony tail, should proceed to trial for not properly registering under Megan's Law, said Alexis Falvello, the deputy district attorney in Luzerne County.
On Nov. 7, Mr. Ramos—a 69-year-old former handyman from Etan's neighborhood—finished serving a 27-year sentence at a Pennsylvania prison for molesting two boys.
That state's sex offender laws require that 10 days before being released, convicts provide an address of where they intend to live, Ms. Falvello said. Mr. Ramos gave authorities the Bronx address of a cousin.
However, when New York City detectives checked out the address, they discovered that the cousin hadn't lived there in 35 years and had no plans to allow him to move in, Ms. Falvello said.
Letters written to Mr. Ramos and intercepted by prison officials revealed that he planned to meet a Nevada woman named Janet Hicks in a New York City hotel, with plans to later travel to Florida or Brazil, Ms. Falvello said.
Ms. Falvello also said that in the letters, Ms. Hicks told Mr. Ramos that she had a grandson and that Mr. Ramos insisted that she bring the child to meet him. In a strange twist, however, authorities discovered that the woman actually didn't have a grandson.
Given Mr. Ramos's history, Ms. Falvello said, "I think one can infer that he had questionable intentions."
Jonathan Blum, Mr. Ramos's public defender, argued that Mr. Ramos wasn't aware that his cousin was no longer living in the Bronx and that, under the law, sex offenders have up to 48 hours after their arrival to notify authorities about changes of address.
As for the planned hotel meeting, Mr. Blum said, "just because you decide to shack up with a woman in a hotel after 25 years in prison, I'm not sure that's a violation. If you provide an accurate address it doesn't mean you have to be there 24 hours a day."
Mr. Blum said he didn't know enough about the letters to comment on their alleged contents.
Mr. Ramos faces a minimum of five to 10 years in prison and will be arraigned on his case on Jan. 25. He is being held on $75,000 bail.
Mr. Ramos, who had a relationship with one of Etan's baby sitters, has never been charged in Etan's disappearance but has been considered a suspect since at least 1982.
A Manhattan State Supreme Court judge in 2004 ruled in a civil lawsuit brought by Etan's parents that Mr. Ramos was legally responsible for the death.
Brian O'Dwyer, the attorney for the Patz family in that case, released a statement on Thursday saying, "Nothing has changed my mind that Jose Ramos is responsible for the abduction and murder of Etan Patz."
Harvey Fishbein, the attorney for Pedro Hernandez, said he intends to make "all the evidence that has been collected against Jose Ramos" over the years a key part of his defense.
"The evidence, which is quite considerable, against Mr. Ramos should be evidence that's available to be considered in this case," Mr. Fishbein said.
Mr. Fishbein contends that Mr. Hernandez—who he said has a long history of psychiatric issues that include hallucinations—provided police with a false confession.
"The police did an extensive investigation.…They have uncovered nothing that would support my client's statement as far as evidence showing that he was implicated in this case," Mr. Fishbein said.
He said he realizes that "most people say, 'Why would someone confess if they didn't do it?'" But he said DNA exoneration cases show that about 25% of people whose convictions were later overturned provided false confessions.
"What happens is the police get a confession and it stops at that," he continued. "And that's what happened here."
A law-enforcement official said that Mr. Hernandez's confession has been thoroughly vetted, examined for signs of coercion or falsehoods, and found to be credible.
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5 Ways People Are Taking Harry Potter Waaay Too Seriously
Readers everywhere have fallen in love with the tale of a magical boy who escapes a decade of child abuse only to wind up in a facility with a worse child-safety record than the Industrial Revolution. Unfortunately, humanity's ability to simply enjoy the Harry Potter books and get on with their lives ended the very second two computers were connected together.
These days, the rule of fandom is anything worth doing, is worth overdoing, often to a terrifying degree. Just take a look at...
#5. The Wizard Rock Festival
In what can only be an attempt by rogue mathematicians to create an actual physical empty set, someone organized the overlap of "Rock Festival Attendees" and "Hardcore Harry Potter Fans" in Brooklyn last September. If you've already guessed that the bands all had names like "The Cedric Diggorys" and "The Remus Lupins," well done on recovering from that attack on your faith in humanity faster than we did.
Tickets actually sold out, with 20 Muggle dollars earning you Wrock festival attendance (if you were wondering, yes, "Wrock" is "rock" about wizardly subjects). Though now that we look at it, it says about 300 fans and 17 bands turned up, a ratio that they could have managed if each band just got their friends and family to fork over the cash.
Behold the face of Wrocking Out:
Wait a second, that's... a lot of girls there. Maybe the young dudes in the audience know something the rest of us don't, like that guy we all laughed at when he made it onto the cheerleading squad.
This raises many, many questions, such as, do those dudes hit on the girls by claiming they got there by accident? "Yeah, it's OK I guess, but I only bought a ticket because I thought 'wrock' was wrestling where the dudes get to bash each other with rocks."
Or is the opposite? Is this the one place on Earth where some 16-year-old dude actually increases his chances by openly recognizing the banner of Gryffindor on the wall? Will he win the heart of that girl on the left by telling her she looks like Cho Chang?
#4. The Intercollegiate Quidditch Association
As we mentioned yesterday, Quidditch is an incredible sport based entirely around magic and making the actions of everyone except a single primary character utterly irrelevant. This makes it the best movie game ever, but the most impossibly bad candidate for a real sport since synchronized shitting.
And if we told you a bunch of schools had organized a Quidditch league, you'd say, "Aww, that's so cute." Which is why we put "Intercollegiate" in the title; this isn't elementary schools, or perhaps kindergartens for the specially-differently-abled. Real actual universities like Princeton, McGill and Boston University have full-fledged Quidditch teams. Possibly as a "if we have to cut budgets we know where to start" measure.
Oh, there's video:
There's an easy way to tell if you're playing a real sport or just failing to realize you're four-years-old: Are you carrying a piece of equipment that doesn't do anything? In a real sport you carry a stick if you intend to hit an object (baseball), other people (kendo) or both (ice hockey). In Quidditch, you waddle along like an arts-degree penguin clutching the kind of broomstick that makes witches say, "Don't worry, it happens to every wizard."
Though we will say that once jetpack technology becomes common and inexpensive, this will be the most awesome fucking sport in the world.
#3. The Politician Who Must Not Be Named
A Russian man legally changed his name to "Harry Potter" in an attempt to win an election for governor and, while frighteningly insane, is by far not the worst thing a 32-year-old could be doing by pretending to be Harry Potter.
We're not experts on Russian government procedure (and if the last 50 years are anything to go by, neither are they) but we're fairly sure that 12-year-olds don't get to vote. And magical interference in elections is punished by the ghosts of the KGB. Oh, and you're not allowed to use a changed name in a Russian election anyway. Kind of an afterthought at this point, since if the voters were going to elect the guy, really they kind of deserved what they got.
What's even more outrageous is that we're thinking this guy wasn't a Harry Potter fan at all. If so, he would have known those Soviet Durmstrang wizards from Goblet of Fire would kick the shit out of the snotty Hogwarts rejects any day of the magical week. If you're going to go with a fake wizard name on a Russian ballot, you need to put "Viktor Krum" on that shit.


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Couple strikes gold with rare paper plates
|Adam Schlain, right, shows Jennifer Sherwood "non-violent" pinatas in her Newport News, Virginia office. Instead of beating the pinata until the candy falls out, the child pulls a string. (Judith Lowery/Newport News Daily Press/MCT)
The Newport News, Va. pair officially launched HardToFindPartySupplies.com, an Internet-based business, in August. Now, eight employees ship more than 100 parcels of rare, mostly paper, party supplies to worldwide locations every day.
The couple stumbled upon the lucrative online business when Schlain started spending his free time unloading old party supplies on eBay.com about nine years ago.
"We were just trying to get rid of old junk, and we realized that the stuff had gone up in value," Sherwood says. "Then it became a mission to acquire more of it."
Sherwood and Schlain are not the only Internet entrepreneurs experiencing a boom. Retailer e-commerce revenue is expected to increase by 9.4 percent on average through 2016, according to IBISWorld, an industry analyst.
In 2012, e-commerce retail sales increased by 17.3 percent in the third quarter over the same period in 2011, while general retail sales only increased by 4.6 percent, according to the Department of Commerce's latest report.
The most lucrative online businesses, IBISWorld says, will cater to niche audiences interested in specific topics or products.
Sherwood and Schlain's website certainly fits that bill.
Their main goal, the couple says, is to offer birthday party supplies in every character and theme imaginable. They've gotten close to achieving that goal with more than 200 lines sold on their website.
"If your little girl wants Snow White, just try to find that in a store somewhere," Sherwood says. "Anything that is more than a year old just cannot be found in a store."
Schlain is responsible for the acquisition of new inventory, traveling the East Coast to score original Little Bear paper plates or Scooby Doo party hats. He says he finds the paper treasures in a variety of places, but is hesitant to share his shopping secrets.
The couple is highly sensitive to those who may copy their business plan. They are waiting to post some of their more valuable products online, and they are wary about photographing certain aspects of their business, like how the shipping process is set up.
"We have become the authority in birthday party supplies, and if we misspell something, you'll look and see that they have misspelled the same thing, too," Sherwood says.
Sherwood, a consumer protection attorney, continues to practice law, but her focus is shifting toward their niche party supplies business.
"This is our baby," she says. "When we're at home, this is what we talk about. When we go out to dinner, this business is what we talk about. This is our baby, and like a mother with a newborn, we have the right to be proud of it."
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Short links for October 24th, 2007
Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on October 24th, 2007:
- Non-lethal mousetraps by Roger Arquer – These traps might not be very efficient, but they make for great photography.
- Heckling Hare: step-by-step construction lesson – John K explains (in a video tutorial) how to draw this frame from Tex Avery's "Heckling Hare". It's a hilarious scene animated by Rod Scribner.
- Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place – Though street crime is relatively low in Japan, quirky camouflage designs like this vending-machine dress are being offered to an increasingly anxious public to hide from would-be assailants.
- Gmail IMAP – Gmail now supports IMAP!
- PlusDeck – Cassette-to-MP3 converter – Still have old cassette tapes worth saving? You can easily convert them to digital formats with plusdeckEX and plusdeck2c. (or just don't be lazy and hook up your old cassette player to your computer…)
- Chris Gilmour – Beautiful cardboard sculptures, including a typewriter, 12 speed bicycles, a grand piano, a coffee machine, and a life size car.


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The product is a size M on a model of height 6' and shoulders 18"
C.Vox is the pioneer in high-tech sportswear with incorporated consumer electronics. The label fashioned this piece for the person braving the elements. It protects you from cold and sleet while its built-in earphones, washable microphones, audio jack and mike offers the wearer the convenience of enjoying music or taking a call in any weather, much required for today's fast-paced lifestyle.
Navy blue jacket with the shell and lining made of 100% nylon, has full sleeves with elasticated cuffs, zippered front placket, rubber printed branding on left chest, two button able pockets on the sides, stitch detailing for structure and elasticated hem
Tech Features:
Built-in washable stereo speakers in collar
Built-in washable earphone in collar
Built-in headphone jack in inside breast pocket
Swap Button to swap between speakers/earphone
Multi-purpose button to for Play/Stop(manage music) & Answer/End call (manage phone calls)
Built-in microphone to speak into while on a phone call
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Do not use softeners, iron, or bleach


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Defrag Tools: #5 - Autoruns and MSConfig
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In this episode of Defrag Tools, Chad and I walk you through Sysinternals Autoruns. We also look at its predecessors: MSConfig and SysEdit. AutoRuns and MSConfig allow you to view and disable autostart entries on the computer. The autostart entries are locations in the registry and file system that can cause applications and DLLs to be automatically run at startup, login, application launch, and at many more registration points in Windows.
Sysinternals Autoruns
[01:05] - A look back in time...
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Bean town is Chicago
What kind of remote desktop connection is that? The one which has Ctrl+Alt+Del and some other menus in title bar?
@gt65345: It's not Remote Desktop, it's Virtual PC.
History of the nickname Beantown. Though apparently a lot of Boston residents dislike the nickname. Sorry, Boston residents.
Can I find if an USB drive have added any autorun or scripts in the system,after it has been plugged into the system??
@Debojyoti: Some of that kind of stuff might show up if you look for it with Autoruns, but it sounds like what you're really looking for is real-time malware protection such as that provided by Microsoft Security Essentials.
@ChadBeeder Actually I am facing a problem with my filter driver. The driver is for volume wide encryption of files.
The driver attaches itself on top of removable media only and it works fine. There is a 6x delay when an USB drive is first attached to the system. Generally it takes 20 - 30 second to install the driver but with my filter driver it takes somewhere about 2 mins. The delay is not the there when the USB drive is plugged into the system from second time onwards.
It's certain that the delay happens for my filter driver but I am not sure how to approch this problem.
@Debojyoti: xPerf (WPT) profiling can help you here. We'll go over this in detail on a future episode but the gist is:
xperf -on Diag+Latency -stackwalk Profile+CSwitch+ReadyThread+ThreadCreate -BufferSize 1024 -MinBuffers 256 -MaxBuffers 256 -MaxFile 256 -FileMode Circular
echo Press a key when you want to stop...
xperf -stop -d result.etl
Look at the result.etl with xperfview.exe
@Debojyoti: That doesn't quite sound like the sort of problem that Autoruns would be able to help you troubleshoot. Personally I'd probably bring out the big guns and use a kernel debugger for that. Break in during the 2-minute delay and try to see what the filter driver is waiting on.
Or, I agree with Andrew, you could probably figure it out from an xperf trace as well.
@windev and @ChadBeeder , Thanks. I will try out xperf...
I've found that disabling all the 'File not found' Autorun-entries could leave you with an un-bootable system. I would like to know if there's a way to determine if a 'File not found' entry can be safely disabled/deleted or not.
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STEUBENVILLE - Nominations continue to be accepted for the 2013 Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times' Community Stars.
The annual recognition of the unsung heroes from around the Tri-State Area, scheduled for Oct. 7 at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville, will have a fresh look this year, thanks to the help of Weirton Medical Center, which has signed on as the title sponsor.
"We are thrilled to be a part of such a positive event to highlight those who truly make our community a better place," said Kelli McCoy, director of communications at Weirton Medical Center.
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Weirton Medical Center has joined the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times in recognizing area residents for going above and beyond to serve their community by serving as sponsor for the newspapers' annual Community Stars banquet. On hand for the announcement were, from left, Kelli McCoy, WMC director of communications; Dr. Kelly DeVoogd, an obstetrician-gynecologist at the hospital; Dr. Venkata Kella, a general surgeon there; Ross Gallabrese, executive editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times; and Sierra Quick, communications coordinator for the hospital. -- Warren Scott
Started in 1998, the Community Stars program has had a very simple goal - to honor 10 people who consistently go out of their way to help others, not to receive recognition or to have their names or pictures in the newspaper, but simply because it is the right thing to do.
"We're excited to be able to partner with Weirton Medical Center to present this year's Community Stars awards," said Ross Gallabrese, executive editor of the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times. "Our annual awards dinner has always been special, and with the help of WMC, this year's event should be one of our most impressive, starting with its new name - the Herald-Star and The Weirton Daily Times' Community Stars, Presented by Weirton Medical Center."
Nominees can come from Jefferson, Harrison, Brooke, Hancock and Washington counties. The only criteria is that the men and women whose names are submitted work to make a positive difference in their cities and towns by caring for those around them. Ten will be selected as this year's Community Stars.
"In the past, our nominees have come from just about every community in our region," Gallabrese said. "From Burgettstown to Scio, from Irondale to Rayland -each community has that special person who consistently goes out of his or way to help others."
Each of this year's selections will be profiled in a special souvenir section that will be published in the newspapers before the banquet, and each will receive a special award that night. There are no age requirements or restrictions - past stars have ranged in age from pre-teen through their 80s. Dinner details will be announced shortly after this year's stars are selected.
Nomination forms have been appearing regularly in the newspapers. Submissions are due by Aug. 30 and can be mailed: Jody Wisbith, Attn. Community Stars, Herald-Star, 401 Herald Square, Steubenville, OH 43952. Nominations can be e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com or submitted on the Virtual Newsroom sites of the Herald-Star or The Weirton Daily Times.


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Ferry council targets infrastructure upgrades
February 7, 2013
MARTINS FERRY — City council reviewed several matters of improvement during Wednesday's meeting....
I understand all this work needs to be done...but what about the horrible condition our streets are in. You can almost lose a tire in some of the potholes. I don't even want to get an alinement done the way our streets are. Something has to be done about them.
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I understand what you are saying retired 8(
But, "that ice machine for the City Garage" IS really important. (I'm sure)
GOOD LUCK to you retired, because I feel the City we grew up with, and chose to live in, aint gonna help us, one stinkin iota ! 8(
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That's what WE need up here on 10th. Street,,,,ALL of the above ! This on-going dire situation of Infrastructure & a dilapidated-house on South 10th. Str., not to mention the crumbling massive wall on said street. " SINK-HOLE & BEYOND " Now, the Aweful-Smell that has been coming up into the affected house's on Hanover Str. & South 10th. has been going on for wayyyyy too long !! Let's get busy City Official's 'cause Your-City is crumbling-down around & under your faithful, tax-paying, Concerned-Citizens ! What are "WE" all waiting for, (it's been almost 4 yrs.) something "Really-Bad" to happen, which in hind-sight in this situation, it probably Will ! It's time ALL the Lawyer's & Ins. Companys involved get their act together !
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Residence Inn Binghamton
Residence Inn Binghamton
Hotel Guest Rating: 8.2/10
4610 Vestal Parkway East
Vestal, NY 13850
Welcome to the Residence Inn Binghamton
Self-catering kitchen suites with Wi-Fi and a yummy complimentary breakfast offer all the comforts of home at the non-smoking Residence Inn Binghamton.
Hotel Features
Each of this two-story non-smoking property's 72 suites features Wi-Fi, a flat-panel TV with premium cable channels and a fully equipped kitchen with microwave, stovetop and dishwasher; many suites include a fireplace. You'll be up and at 'em after a crack at the free breakfast buffet and a workout in the gym. Let hotel staff stock your fridge while you hit the sport court for a tennis match. The whole family can make a splash in the seasonal outdoor pool and hot tub. Guests enjoy a manager's reception with a light meal on weekday evenings. Parking is free and pets are welcome for an added fee.
Hotel Location
Located on Route 434 (the Vestal Parkway), the Residence Inn is across from Binghamton University. You're one mile from the Anderson Center for the Arts in the center of campus. Drive 10 miles to hit the shops at Oakdale Mall or go wild at the Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park. The Corning Museum of Glass is an hour and 15 minutes west and the slopes at Greek Peak Mountain Resort are 45 minutes north. Greater Binghamton Airport is 10 miles north and Elmira Corning Regional Airport is 65 miles west.
Guest Favorites
Offering a "plentiful continental breakfast," "spacious suites" and a "very convenient location to Binghamton University" the Residence Inn is a "nice choice for a quick getaway," say Priceline guests.
Residence Inn Binghamton Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Accessible facilities
- Accessible parking
- Air conditioning
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- Alarm clock
- AM/FM radio
- BBQ/Picnic area
- Buffet breakfast
- Cable television
- CNN available
- Coin operated laundry
- Color television
- Complimentary breakfast
- Complimentary buffet breakfast
- Complimentary cocktails
- Complimentary coffee in lobby
- Complimentary full american breakfast
- Complimentary in-room coffee or tea
- Complimentary newspaper in lobby
- Dry cleaning
- Efolio available to company
- ESPN available
- Express check-out
- Free high speed internet connection
- Free parking
- Free toll free calls
- Front desk
- Full service housekeeping
- Grocery shopping service available
- Hairdryer
- High speed internet access
- High speed wireless
- Hot breakfast
- Housekeeping - daily
- Ice machine
- Individual Efolio available
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Laundry/Valet service
- List of movie channels available
- Local calls
- Managers reception
- Motorcycle parking
- Non-smoking
- Non-smoking rooms (generic)
- On-Site parking
- Onsite laundry
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Pets allowed
- Pool
- Premium movie channels
- Public area air conditioned
- Remote control television
- Safe deposit box
- Telephone
- Tennis court
- Valet cleaning
- Valet same day dry cleaning
- Vending machines
- Voice mail
- Wakeup service
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
Hotel Information
Upon check-in photo identification and credit card is required. All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Residence Inn BinghamtonOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
April 13, 2016
May 8, 2014
Solo Traveler
The entrance road is terrible. Pavement is long worn out. Pot holes (large pot holes) make entering and exiting a challenge.
April 7, 2014
Family Traveling with Teens
The suites are lovely, and the beds very comfortable. TVs in every room. This is a residence inn with kitchens. There was a mold smell in the kitchen, perhaps the problem with the hot water heater is the source.
March 5, 2014
September 25, 2013
Bottom Line is that this hotel seems a touch below what you'd expect from an average Residence Inn hotel. If you can get a good rate, it's still nice hotel but don't pay top dollar to stay here, it isn't worth it.
June 27, 2013
Family Traveling with Young Children
Suite was clean and well stocked. Breakfast was fantastic. Staff was helpful. Location suited our purpose. There may be construction flaws as floors squeaked and did not feel solid, particularly in the upstairs bathroom.
May 7, 2013
Not a lot to do in the area. Very close to Binghamton university. Binghampton zoo is very cute, especially for little kids. Tully s restaurant in shopping center next door was great.
March 29, 2013
Business Traveler
March 28, 2013
Great experience for a sick price.
February 21, 2013
Family Traveling with Young Children
Pros: In suite Kitchen, Fridge, etc. The Fireplace is nice on a cold, damp Upstate New York Winter's night. Close to a main drag (The Vestal Parkway) which takes you to Shopping, Dining, Binghamton University, a Movie Theatre at the Town Square Mall. Also, there is a Sam's Club nearby: if you are staying for a long time, you can stock up on provisions there and use the in suite fridge, stove and microwave. There is a nice breakfast each morning. There is always hot coffee and tea near the reception area. Great during the cold months here.
Cons: Some of the staff seemed not so happy to be with the public. Since I love Residence Inns, I only mention this since a lot of travelers from other parts of the country might take it personally. I am chalking some of the attitude of the staff up to seasonal sadness. I don't think the sun came out longer than half a day for the time I stayed there. I am willing to bet a stay in June or July will give you happier times. The Front desk clerks are great. But I think some of the guests mistreat them, so they may seem stand offish upon first encounter. Remember treat others as you want to be treated.
Good to know: Monday to Thursday there is a buffet reception style dinner with a different themes. In summer time, I hear they have cookouts for the guests. Tip the Housekeepers. You won't regret it. There are a lot of long term guests staying at the hotel (natural gas workers, ER doctors from out of town working at a local hospital) which give the place a sort of a "Cheers" vibe where you get to know the regulars :-).
I would stay there again. Next time, in June when I can use the pool! ...
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