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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
U12G - U12 Girls Youth Soccer
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Of course PDA 2004 will be strong.
The U11 Strikers have a half dozen elite U11 2004's. Zizzou has like 12 2004's who are all very good players just a younger team then Lyon. Lyon has 7 or 8 very good 2004 players. The U11 Sounders have a few players too. At PDA North there are about 32 very solid 2004 players. I'd guess out of that group you can find a solid core of 14-15 kids and they will probably add about 3-4 from the outside on the A team. Same for the B team...
- February 26, 2016 at 8:10 PM
I heard SDFC scrimmaging at PDA today. State cup final preview?
- February 27, 2016 at 9:22 AM
CFC Birth Year games were good.
40+ players from Europa, Ukranians, West Mont, Lower Merion, Nether, FC Bucks, Rage, FC Revolution, LVU, and Penn Fusion were there. Probably as many out of club girls as club. As their training sites are closest for us, it's probably where we will go.
FC Europa dad
- February 27, 2016 at 3:24 PM
"I heard SDFC scrimmaging at PDA today. State cup final preview?"
It was PDA Lyon but then were scrimmaging vs. U13 SDFC Rage(one of the best U13's in the state and region for 3 years). Coach A for SDFC will play anyone anytime...
- February 27, 2016 at 5:30 PM
Well, who won the scrimmage?
- February 27, 2016 at 5:54 PM
Why is the trainer for Real leaving to go to SJEB?
- February 27, 2016 at 9:47 PM
More money more team to coach. Not like Medford real was a top club. They had one good team the team he coached that was about it.
- February 27, 2016 at 10:07 PM
I guess PDA Lyon lost.
- February 27, 2016 at 11:56 PM
U13 SDFC Rage 2-1.
- February 28, 2016 at 1:18 AM
Which PDA team is going to the ECNL Festival next weekend. I assume it's not Lyon?
- February 28, 2016 at 6:11 PM
Lyon is listed in Manhattan tourney...
- February 28, 2016 at 7:29 PM
Barcelona is in the Maps Spring challenge
- February 28, 2016 at 8:09 PM
If sdfc is so good, why can't they win any of the big tournamanets like stars and PDA? They are a pint chasing team. Oh, but they did win pocono, so they must be very good.
- February 28, 2016 at 8:48 PM
Lyon and SDFC are on the same side of the bracket, can't meet in the finals, only the semifinals.
- February 29, 2016 at 7:26 AM
How could PDA/SDFC be a "State Cup final preview"? They are in the same side of the bracket, they could meet in the semifinals but it would end there for one of them. Do your homework before posting.
- February 29, 2016 at 8:20 AM
8:09 - Nobody cares. They'll be relevant next year when all the Voorhees and Real kids come over.
- February 29, 2016 at 8:27 AM
@ 8:27 where are the voorhees and real players 'coming over' to?
- February 29, 2016 at 10:10 AM
10:10 There's not too many options so it isn't hard to figure out. If I were on a PDA South or Barons team and my daughter was in the bottom half of the team, I'd be concerned right now.
- February 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM
There isn't anything to be concerned about.
The clubs will always build another team if the numbers are there.
A bunch of these girls are still yet to drop about. When high school rolls around, those that stuck with training and kept on grinding, will have a team to play with.
Make sure your daughter enjoys the team and club she is playing with and gets along with her mates. Not every player is a superstar.
Copa expansion in the south may see a much larger crowd than expected.
All the big players in the north will enjoy large crowds at the tryouts.
- February 29, 2016 at 11:24 AM
@11:24 I ask this question looking for information, not to get sarcastic replies. Who are the "big players" up north? We will be looking for my daughter and would like to find a very competitive club in the northern part of the state. I know PDA, but don't even think of them as "north". Who else?
- February 29, 2016 at 1:23 PM
Just Checked out Copa's ID event evaluation registration. Is all that information necessary? dominate foot, height, weight, why do you want to play for Copa and etc etc!? Do other clubs require that information?
- February 29, 2016 at 1:56 PM
"relevant" - lol
relevant: pertinent, applicable, apposite, material, apropos, to the point, germane; connected, related, linked; on-topic
- February 29, 2016 at 3:34 PM
NJ Stallions are in the northern part of the state. Also, Morris united STA and SDFC.
- February 29, 2016 at 5:29 PM
And crush
- February 29, 2016 at 10:02 PM
Real players going to the barons as there coach/trainer is now in the barons. Voorhees who know I heard they are trying to mesh with PDA south.
- February 29, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Heard from who. Stop talking crap. You have no idea what's going on. Just worry about your kid.
- March 1, 2016 at 10:06 AM
there is a Real coach listed on the Baron's tryouts page. It is reasonable to assume some of his players would follow him. I wouldn't consider that "talking crap"
- March 1, 2016 at 11:01 AM
I think that was more in reply to the part about them "hearing" about Voorhees kids going to PDA.
Either way, the Real coach is probably not going to coach the 03 and 04 teams at SJEB so it stands to reason that "all" the Real kids aren't going to the Barons, some will probably go to PDA and some won't make either team.
If the Voorhees team has a lot of kids go to PDA, then that 04 team will be strong. What will the Voorhees manager do then with no team to manage?
Whatever happens, it stands to reason that the SJEB and PDA teams at the 03 and 04 ages will have very strong teams. Should be a very interesting fall.
- March 1, 2016 at 11:21 AM
The Barons website shows they have 3 new coach's they are bringing on. interesting.
- March 1, 2016 at 1:22 PM
Odd that Rowan women's soccer coaches are at the Barons despite the Copa / Rowan connection.
- March 1, 2016 at 2:38 PM
I've heard the Barons are using the Rowan facilities as well for training.
- March 1, 2016 at 3:08 PM
Does anyone know of any clubs keeping teams together instead of going to birth year?
- March 2, 2016 at 10:12 AM
Considered by one of mine's team but it leads to a less competitive team in the new set up so it can be a difficult sell for some. Rearranging teams is a difficult sell for others. No way for all to be happy with this change.
The kids will be fine, this refers to the parents.
- March 2, 2016 at 7:08 PM
PF has already offered most of its slots for next year. The fantastic striker PF>>PDA was one example. That early was in the fall.
- March 2, 2016 at 8:40 PM
PF is offering spots already? Why would they choose to do that without knowing who will come to tryouts in the spring?? Isn't that jumping the gun a little prematurely?? It will be interesting to see what those teams are like come fall.
- March 2, 2016 at 9:20 PM
Put yourself in the club's shoes.
You have to offer a spot to a player that you perceive to be good enough. If you can get them to accept than you are ahead of the curve. That is one less player that will go to a different tryout and be offered a spot immediately.
The clubs always have room for special players that show up at any time in the year.
- March 3, 2016 at 7:58 AM
Clubs will also accept teammates just to get the better teammate. The following season, the weaker teammate is gone, but the stronger teammate most likely stays. Generally called the PF Special.
- March 3, 2016 at 8:28 AM
I think these kids are too young to be "Offered spots before tryouts." I think it creates a lot of unhealthy problems with the current team. I understand that this is the "big-leagues"... but not every high level club out there is acting that way.
You may want to read this before deciding which team to go to:
- March 3, 2016 at 8:54 AM
Don't know. Seems like they'd rather get decent players, that they know very well, locked in, rather than risking trying to identify the best based on the short look of try-out.
They don't have a great track record of selecting quality from try-outs. Many of their previous ECNL mistakes are asked to move down to NPL in the middle of the season, and instead quit soccer all together.
- March 3, 2016 at 9:26 AM
A PF coach did the "promise an 11 year old would get a college scholarship".
- March 3, 2016 at 9:31 AM
As a coach, you should have a list of which outside players you want to offer spots too, but specifically offering a position before tryouts does not sound very ethical. Its the hard-sell, used car salesmen method.
Some people will call it being a good business person... other people will call it shady. Most people that have been involved in athletics for a long time think its shady.
- March 3, 2016 at 9:32 AM
Only position a coach can truly offer before tryouts is to the KEEPER! Everything else has to be evaluated.
- March 3, 2016 at 9:53 AM
Why shouldn't GKs compete for positions?
- March 3, 2016 at 10:28 AM
Its rare for a keeper to play multiple positions. The strong GK's in the state play 95% in goal and only if the goal margin is wide will they be allowed to stretch their legs.
- March 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM
Stated another way, why shouldn't 2, 3 or more GKs compete against each other for the GK position? Our experience has been that is what happens, and we have seen GKs displaced from teams when better ones come along at tryouts. It is short-sighted to select the GK without evaluating that GK against others. Contrary to popular opinion, there are a number of good GKs out there, many just do not have a high profile. A few came out of the shadows at the goalie wars held at Sports Zone and Soccer Centers in December.
- March 3, 2016 at 1:51 PM
8:54 You just linked to the PF handbook!
- March 3, 2016 at 2:06 PM
Why all the PENN FUSION hate????????
- March 3, 2016 at 2:47 PM
Seems like the tryouts have already begun- birth year ID sessions, players coming to practices, secret meetings- call it what you like. Will there even be a need for tryouts In April or are teams giving out offers for next year now? What about existing players? Do they already have offers for next year? My daughters club hasn't given out offers to existing players and won't until the end of the season but I think outside offers are being discussed. It is frustrating trying to figure out whether to stay or go. Look at other options now or wait to see how things unfold? At the end, we want a good team for our daughter to play on and we worry she will be left with nowhere. For info purposes, daughter is on a team where the vast majority of girls are not her birth year and there is no team of her age to merge with so club will need to field a new team for her to stay.
- March 3, 2016 at 4:51 PM
Best clubs in North, not in order. WC, MFA, STA, NJ Crush, Stallions, Bulldogs, SDFC, TSF. All good clubs.
- March 3, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Please define best
- March 4, 2016 at 9:19 AM
@4:51 what area are u in
- March 4, 2016 at 9:22 AM
@10:30 bergen and mfa come on homey what are you smoking.
- March 4, 2016 at 9:28 AM
@ 2:47
These are valid concerns that we as parents have. We'd like to know the nitty gritty not the glossy brochure version before we commit to a year or even two try-outs.
If there's another side, and there always is offer that information.
But decrying attempts at transparency as hating doesn't get you anywhere.
And doing same while posting a link if clicked on that could unmask people doesn't either.
- March 4, 2016 at 9:51 AM
MFA has put more kids into D1 programs over the last 10 years than all the rest combined. You can certainly scoff at that and think U12 results are what matters, but that's funny homey. I guess ignorance is bliss.
- March 4, 2016 at 10:12 AM
10:12 - Please back up your statement with facts. The FACT is, PDA is by far the best program in the state, if not the whole country. In 5-10 years they will be established in all the biggest areas in the country.
- March 4, 2016 at 10:49 AM
PDA isn't included in the list above, I should have referenced that list. I agree, PDA is a special club and unmatched in this area when it comes to the talent they produce on the girls side.
- March 4, 2016 at 11:06 AM
No one "produces" talent. It is in born and can not be acquired, bought, or "produced". It can be developed in a player that has it.
- March 4, 2016 at 12:39 PM
TSF is not a club that is concerned about developing good girls teams. Their over-priced and you don't get what you pay for.
- March 4, 2016 at 1:56 PM
NJ.com has a list on who signed letters of intent to play soccer in college. Roughly 80 girls signed so far. Thats impressive for such a small state. Looking at the list only 8-10 of the schools are actually D-1. Still impressive. Keep it up NJ. When this age group becomes eligible, i.e.: 03/04 with such a strong amount of girls and consider only about 25-35% will still be playing, they will be a great recruiting class. Keep it up!
- March 4, 2016 at 2:01 PM
PDA and MFA have a combined 35 D1 commits on current their U18 teams. Last year they had close to 50 and next year they will be around that number.
- March 4, 2016 at 2:45 PM
SDFC and Marlboro tied 0-0
- March 5, 2016 at 3:24 PM
You must be from Marlboro. Was it a good game?
- March 5, 2016 at 5:33 PM
Marlboro just stacks the box with 10 kids entire game. Not a sdfc parent just a parent that has played them.
- March 5, 2016 at 6:36 PM
SDFC is the much better team. They do throw in some clunkers now and then as most 11/12 year olds do.
- March 5, 2016 at 6:56 PM
March 4th 2:45
That's a 100% false statement and you know it.
- March 5, 2016 at 8:16 PM
"SDFC is the much better team. They do throw in some clunkers now and then as most 11/12 year olds do."
SDFC seems to have added a PDA "Striker"! but she did not affect the team's offense vs Marlboro...
- March 5, 2016 at 10:06 PM
In 2015 the following seniors committed to college while playing for PDA:
PDA Shock NPL had 8 D1 and 8 DIII
PDA Force NPL had 10 D1 and 10 DIII
PDA ECNL Clash 14 DI
So PDA had 32 D1 and 18 DIII girl commitments. This about an average year at PDA.
- March 5, 2016 at 10:13 PM
SDCF is advanced for this age in tactics, but not very athletic or high soccer IQ as individual players. Other teams are quickly catch up on tactics, even within the same game. So there will be no more advantage soon -- that's the inconsistent "clunkers".
The parents' posturing when losing or tying is comical. They come over and stand on the opponents side lines and loudly feign this shock like its so unexpected and out of character.
- March 6, 2016 at 6:55 AM
i think sdfc parents may be worst than Lyons when it comes to talk. If they have the old PDA striker dad, good luck.
- March 6, 2016 at 9:46 AM
Someone will be making excuses very soon. Who won?
- March 6, 2016 at 12:51 PM
PDA Lyon 5-1 over SDFC Yellow. It was 2-0 in the first 10 minutes and was never even close. SDFC parents were friendly before and after. Their team is great I'm sure but just not on this day vs. PDA Lyon.
- March 6, 2016 at 2:10 PM
Holy moly! Pda Lyon beat the #1 ranked team in NJ! SDFC didn't stand a chance. I wonder how they are ranked #1?
- March 6, 2016 at 2:42 PM
Well the U13 SDFC parents can laugh a bit now at the U12 crew thinking they are best thing ever. They actually say stuff like - let's Z just scrimmage U13 - we can beat them - not. We beat Lyon a week befit U guys got whupped. Be humble. Rage has never had a game like you did today - ever.
- March 6, 2016 at 5:53 PM
What about Jeff cup last year? I believe you had two beat downs, both were 5 to 0. Maybe the reason for being in second bracket this year.
Didn't do to well at PDA and stars tournamanet as well. Maybe 2015 wasn't your year.
- March 6, 2016 at 6:30 PM
They are in the 3rd bracket this year. You guys should try and get along, a lot of you may be playing together next year with birth year change. What coach will be taking over the 03 age group at sdfc, Rich B is a great coach. How many of the rage girls are solid 03 players?
- March 6, 2016 at 6:49 PM
So a U-13 team is bragging about beating a U-12 team......stay classy ashat
- March 6, 2016 at 7:24 PM
I don't think he was bragging. Sounded like he was telling the u12 parents to chill out. I agree that the u12 sdfc parents talk way to much.
- March 6, 2016 at 7:37 PM
"What about Jeff cup last year? I believe you had two beat downs, both were 5 to 0. Maybe the reason for being in second bracket this year."
What I meant was Rage has never had a big game moment like a tournament final where most of New jersey is paying attention and you you just roll over. I have heard maybe PDA was just bigger, stronger, faster, better at soccer or whatever but was actually hoping for a club win but just stay humble is all I mean. Lots of chatter from U12 families to some of your future teammates families at U13...
- March 6, 2016 at 8:52 PM
SDFC U12 will stop talking when the PDA Striker dad gets kicked off the team. Any day now. Any day now.
- March 6, 2016 at 9:02 PM
I will say that if you watched the game today you can't argue that there is a huge difference in size and speed. The game was played on a very small pitch which you would think would help a smaller team. SDFC is a very talented team with good ball movement. Just don't have a finisher. They are a long way away talent wise across the board. Not being cocky it's just a fact. With that being said they have what seems to be a bunch of good kids that work hard. At the end of the day that's all you can ask for.
- March 6, 2016 at 9:14 PM
I'm going to say SPEED OF PLAY was the biggest factor, not so much speed.
When SDFC would make their normal passes a defender was there to shield,to steal or just disrupt. On the other side passes from PDA were fast - real fat ball movement - along with some kick and run because of the speed part.
Headers, PDA defended with headers, all the defenders had 4 or 5 headers each we do not generally do that. they actually started like fast breaks off defended headers.
The goalie = whatever - she played like she was 17 years old. 50,60 plus yard fast break punts - high school varsity girls don't punt like that. Make the save, sprint to end of box drip kick it 50 and we're all up and its gone over our heads - her speed of play was another level.
When PDA made their passes we did not get our normal steals, mostly because of a team-wide shielding they used to receive passes.
Just overall they were a bit bigger a bit faster but what they did with the ball to make it move fast is what impressed me most. Speed of play
- March 6, 2016 at 9:37 PM
8:16, what is false about it? You sound like you know something so enlighten me?
- March 6, 2016 at 9:46 PM
Okay thanks PDA parent. I will agree that your goalie is more than half your team plus her high school friend up top. Without those two, below average team and not many will start as 2003 A team.
- March 6, 2016 at 9:49 PM
Come on. Now you sound like an idiot.
- March 6, 2016 at 10:27 PM
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- March 6, 2016 at 11:30 PM
Rage > Yellow
- March 6, 2016 at 11:47 PM
Wow how did SDFC get stuck with the strikers
Dad good luck with that!!
- March 7, 2016 at 5:55 AM
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- March 7, 2016 at 6:09 AM
PDA lyon keeper is an exceptional player. Best 03' keeper in the state if not east coast. NJ has three keepers at 02,03,04 that all train at US National and all are far ahead of anyone in their respective age group. Going to be fun to follow the three in High School in a few years. Also, quick shout out to SDFC. Played them a few times and I think their parents are just like other teams. They have a lot invested in that team, like we all do with our own daughters. When you have a lot invested it gets emotional.... Keep it up SDFC!
- March 7, 2016 at 9:08 AM
@9:08AM- Wow, someone at PDA got a shout out! Who are the other keepers, what clubs?
- March 7, 2016 at 9:47 AM
Say goodbye. Going to the girl's DA!
- March 7, 2016 at 10:39 AM
The 03 keeper is from PDA also.
What club is the 04 keeper from?
- March 7, 2016 at 11:19 AM
9:08 - So you have knowledge about all of the '03 GKs currently playing at the U12 or U13 level on the east coast? If so, where do you get such knowledge?
- March 7, 2016 at 12:57 PM
PDA has announced the coaches for the BYC next year. Looks like the current u13 guy is taking over the 2003 age group. this is a good time to make change, he will take a fresh look at all new players at tryouts. The goalie is a shoe-in and I'm sure he has a bunch of his current girls staying, but would see lost of new players. Have other clubs made the coaching change announcements? SDFC, WC and PDA will be the go to clubs for next year in both 2004 and 2003. I heard PDA will stay firm on age appropriate play going into BYC. I think other clubs will be a little more flexible in first year with DA around the corner.
- March 7, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Honest qustion? How will sdfc look at 2003 next year. With two strong teams at both age groups, how many strong kids are 2003?
Doesn't sound like the parents get along, but that will all change over time. And do you know who will be the coach? WC will have a strong group, the u13 team is weak, but they have a lot of 2003 girls and most of the u12 team is 2003 too. This will be a strong team, don't know who is coaching yet.
- March 7, 2016 at 4:09 PM
From PDA's website: There will inevitably be exceptions to the following club decisions but they will be made with the best interests of our players in mind. Exceptions may be made based on team make up, age and development opportunities. Any decisions on player movement will be evaluated and approved by club staff and Director of coaching.
- March 7, 2016 at 4:12 PM
There is an 03 keeper down in South Carolina just outside Hilton Head. She is already 5"11, can punt the ball 60 yards, and covers the net post to post like a hockey goalie... she is already being recruited to Alabama to be their punter and Nick Saban said she could also play home soccer matches.
That is how stupid you sound 9:08.
- March 7, 2016 at 4:21 PM
4:12 - that is player development over team success... kudos to them
- March 7, 2016 at 4:23 PM
PDA like most clubs, keeping it OPEN for the exceptional player to play up - in writing - just in case,,,,,
but will follow strict birth year guidelines when forming teams.
I have heard of ONE team, HBC U16 from Long Island - that is stating they will "stay together:, but even there I will believe it when I see it
(Folks wondering about current U15 Princeton girls as well)
- March 7, 2016 at 11:11 PM
PDA Sore already offering the current 04 to play up 03 so much for it being selctive and saved for that one or too stand outs.
- March 8, 2016 at 6:54 AM
It's PDA shore, who cares. I think the ecnl teams are the ones they will be more concerned about staying at age. There will be several across multiple age groups, but most will want to stay at age to showcase better and play more.
- March 8, 2016 at 9:49 AM
Teams and clubs like igfa who only have one decent team will probably stay together. But they will hurt the teams below by doing so.
- March 8, 2016 at 10:40 AM
In the short term, it might seem to make sense to keep existing teams together but for the long term it doesn't make any sense. If you keep existing teams together, when new girls show up to tryout in the spring, there will be 2 different teams that they could try out for playing at 2 different ages next year (as an example if you keep existing teams together, and a 2004 girl shows up to tryout this spring, she could either be placed on next year's u14 team which will be this years u12 team with a combo of 2003 and 2004 birthdays or she can be on the u13 team which will be the u11 team which will have a combo of birthdays from 2004 and 2005). Why would the club want to deal with this instead of just making birth year teams which will arguably be more competitive anyway than combined year teams? Obviously if they do not have enough players to field birth year teams, that is different.
- March 8, 2016 at 11:42 AM
Lots of New Jersey teams - more than 10 headed to Virginia in a couple weeks? Predictions for the different flights?
- March 8, 2016 at 3:27 PM
Jeff Cup brackets:
- March 8, 2016 at 3:28 PM
SDFC moves up to #2 in the nation. I know we lost pretty bad but - just sayin!
- March 8, 2016 at 10:54 PM
Soccer is supposed to be a beautiful game that unites families, players, etc. Instead, you are a bunch of grown adults TEARING each other's kids down. Grow up.
- March 9, 2016 at 5:31 PM
Now is prob not a good time to bring up your ranking. It looks to me as if you got your butts kicked.
- March 9, 2016 at 6:40 PM
you lost 5-1 to PDA. would not be boasting about your ranking. don't deserve to be there
- March 9, 2016 at 7:38 PM
#10 on sdfc and father are club hoppers. smh
- March 9, 2016 at 8:24 PM
#4 on SDFC was the best player in the PDA game. 03 or 04?
- March 9, 2016 at 11:55 PM
"SDFC moves up to #2 in the nation. I know we lost pretty bad but - just saying!"
Still a great accomplishment not to mention the wins this weekend over the top teams from NY & Conn!
The PDA team is different than most I have seen but the overall performance of a whole year lead to that ranking!
- March 10, 2016 at 12:12 AM
#4 couldn't start on Pda. Actually none of them would start on Lyon.
- March 10, 2016 at 6:51 AM
couldn't start on Pda. Actually none of them would start on Lyon.
I doubt that! What a rude comment. I don't even know this child or these teams just in case you want to go there!
- March 10, 2016 at 7:24 AM
Yes this comment was rude but is that a surprise? Without exception, if a parent decides to single out their child on an anonymous soccer forum, negative comments will follow. Without exception. Do not identify individual players on a forum, period. Where is the moderator anyway?
- March 10, 2016 at 8:30 AM
11:55 ridiculous statement. How can you lose 5-1 which is a blowout in youth soccer and actually think your kid was the best player on the field. Next time I watch you play I'll give my opinion.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:06 AM
Don't know or care about the teams in question but it is not true that one player can win a soccer match. You are suggesting that if the best player (however you decide to assess that) form the losing side of a 5-1 game, was switched to the other team, that team would then win the game. That is an ignorant statement.
- March 10, 2016 at 9:34 AM
Everyone ready for the unofficial NJ Showcase weekend? If your not familiar with it, its called Jeff Cup. This year more then ever it will be about coaches and trainers looking at new players due to the new age guideline. With 10 teams going down trainers have the ability to look at roughly 140 U12 players. Now if you want to look at the top players, thats easy just show up next Wednesday afternoon at Monmouth U. If you can't make it to Long Branch then Richmond is the place. FYI all the players at Monmouth will be dressed the same with no team affiliation shown. May be easier at Jeff.
- March 10, 2016 at 10:55 AM
What is "showcasing" an 11 year old? Looking for college? a new team? adulation? ego stroking?
- March 10, 2016 at 11:14 AM
10:55AM- Your right. My daughters team is looking for some specific positions and I know our trainer will be viewing some players before tryouts. Makes sense.
- March 10, 2016 at 1:24 PM
Doing the same thing as well. A lot of the players will be at the various tryouts in the next two months, but its a great way to evaluate rather then just drills.
- March 10, 2016 at 2:04 PM
#4 on sdfc would not stand a chance on Lyon.
- March 10, 2016 at 8:22 PM
"#4 on sdfc would not stand a chance on Lyon."
- BTW this message above is probably from another SDFC parent that doesn't want other kids, not their own to be singled out for doing well. C'mon.
#4 stood out to me along with #14 on the free kick and her sprint backs on D.
- March 10, 2016 at 8:36 PM
What is the 03/04 make-up of SDFC Yellow?
- March 10, 2016 at 10:04 PM
Really 8:36. You were impressed by a free kick and someone running fast. Man it's doesn't take a lot to impress you.
- March 11, 2016 at 7:06 AM
About 60 / 40 - 03 / 04 on sdfc. About the same on older team, club should make transition well, although some parents want to kids to play up.
- March 11, 2016 at 8:27 AM
60/40 is the same on PDA Lyon.
- March 11, 2016 at 2:12 PM
PDA Lyon has alot more 03's than 04's
- March 11, 2016 at 3:17 PM
So does sdfc. Who cares.
- March 11, 2016 at 4:05 PM
How are the barons gonna look next year is it worth going to there try-out
- March 11, 2016 at 7:27 PM
"PDA Lyon has alot more 03's than 04's"
Lyon is 60/40. If 4 more is a lot then you are correct.
- March 11, 2016 at 9:38 PM
For all 03 and 04 players. Go to as many tryouts as you can. The dynamic all of the great teams will change. Some will change dramatically. Some new teams will form from a mix of teams that have disbanded. If your South Jersey look toward PDA and Rush to be very strong next season. If your in the North look at PDA of course and SDFC, and World Class. All strong organizations.
- March 12, 2016 at 6:36 PM
pda vs barons 0-0. good game
- March 12, 2016 at 7:13 PM
U13 Barons. They were big and played organized defense. They played A LOT of defense.
- March 12, 2016 at 11:15 PM
SJEB were big, organized and played good soccer.
PDA had several more chances then SJEB but not enough great chances to regret the draw. SJEB goalie did well.
- March 13, 2016 at 8:19 AM
Why would people go to rush team they are not very good at all..
- March 13, 2016 at 8:56 AM
NJ Rush 02/03 is tops in the nation. A lot of interest from 03 and 04 for fall.
- March 13, 2016 at 3:27 PM
NJ Rush 02/03 is tops in the nation???
- March 13, 2016 at 7:31 PM
- March 13, 2016 at 7:36 PM
Same as SDFC - tops in the nation! SDFC & NJ Rush should combine and form the new NJ USDA club for 2017!
- March 13, 2016 at 9:47 PM
All the decent players on rush are 02 and that will be the team next year. They will be u15 next year.
- March 14, 2016 at 9:40 AM
You guys are all wrong! Millville Pride is swooping in this fall and tearing everyone apart!
- March 14, 2016 at 9:47 AM
Looks like voorhees could meet Pda in the semis at Jeff cup. Who will get the bragging rights?
- March 14, 2016 at 11:16 AM
voorhees will more than likely not win against aztec. Not a statement of the weakness of the vorhees team. They are a wonderful squad. Aztec is even better.
PDA is better than all teams in brackets A and D. Brackets B and C, we will see.
Would be nice to see vorhees come out on top and represent well for an all NJ semi. Just unlikely.
In the fall when most of those vorhees players are wearing rush blue things will get really interesting.
- March 14, 2016 at 12:43 PM
Voorhees is going to Rush? When did this happen, is it official????
- March 14, 2016 at 1:07 PM
If the rumors are true then this is Voorhees last Jefferson Cup. Final time playing as a team at this tourney. Emotions will be high. Not a team I would want to go up against seeing they have nothing to lose. Don't be mistaken most of those girls will be back in Richmond next year but under a new club or clubs.
- March 14, 2016 at 2:04 PM
@2:04 how is this voorhees last time playing together when they are in the state cup and edp? That does not make sense so please explain. Next year almost all teams will change so it is no more dramatic for voorhees than any other team.
- March 14, 2016 at 2:11 PM
PDA Lyon and Voorhees Xtreme have never played one another. How has this game not happened? Per the blog they could meet in the semi's at Jeff Cup and I just looked up New Jersey Cup, and they could play there as well. Just like at Jeff Cup they both have to win some games to meet but this could get interesting.
- March 14, 2016 at 2:15 PM
PDA Lyon doesn't need to play vorhees. That is why the match has not occurred. They will most likely play in the nj cup.
- March 14, 2016 at 2:57 PM
No one "needs" to play any soccer match.
- March 14, 2016 at 10:27 PM
1027 - you must be the life of the party. there is no benefit for lyon to play a team that isn't worth the time to travel. if you are on the blog to profess how youth soccer should be about fun and this doesn't matter than you are in the wrong place. go spend your time doing something you agree with. Bernie Sanders might be holding a rally and you can be his youth soccer liaison. everyone will get a medal of the same size and all of the wealthy people can pay for the teams that can't afford to participate.
- March 15, 2016 at 7:45 AM
LOL - you sound like a real charmer. I am sure Lyon is going to make soccer great again.
- March 15, 2016 at 8:18 AM
In America, soccer is a sport for the wealthy but that may begin to change with our evolving demographics. It is the global sport of the masses. Don't give into your fear and run and hide in a sand trap - embrace change.
- March 15, 2016 at 8:28 AM
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- March 15, 2016 at 8:30 AM
What was deleted by the mod so quick???? Didnt get to see it.
The sand trap reference is great.
- March 15, 2016 at 9:17 AM
It is one heck of a sand trap.
- March 15, 2016 at 9:25 AM
Moderator must be a PDA fan.
All I said was, I can't wait for Aztec to beat Lyon down in Richmoond
- March 15, 2016 at 10:21 AM
Would be nice to have an upset to blog about.
Maybe a new king of the hill so to speak.
- March 15, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Best team in the state was your daughters team when she was 6! No pressure, no anything. It was fun!! Thats the best team!!! Now I have to drive over 600 miles around trip this weekend to play some teams I live less then 50 miles from!!! I feel like Lewis Black!! #$&%#
- March 15, 2016 at 11:25 AM
What's all the hype about Aztec? They played two tough games last season and lost to NEFC and then blown out by South Shore Select 5-0?
- March 15, 2016 at 11:38 AM
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- March 15, 2016 at 11:43 AM
South shore select u12 elite is playing against u14's and 15's right now. Fantastic football. Their coach is very lovely as well.
Only team on age that is truly capable of consistent wins against the likes of pda lyon.
- March 15, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Triangle parent here from NC, does anyone know what fc copa are like? Also BRYC and AFFC. Has anyone came across them
- March 15, 2016 at 1:35 PM
FC Copa Madrid is weak. They lost last week to the U11 PDA Strikers something like 5-3 in 9 v 9 game.
Speaking of NC…Have you ever played Charlotte SA Torsion 03?
- March 15, 2016 at 2:19 PM
Charlotte torsion are a solid group, they play good soccer and have 1 very talented center midfield player, small but can change a game......
Anything on affc and Bryc?
- March 15, 2016 at 2:25 PM
I feel bad for the 03 galaxy girls that have to combine with rage, that team is full of poisonous parents.
- March 15, 2016 at 2:54 PM
Couldn't be any worse than the self absorbed, obnoxious Lyon bloggers. "We're the greatest, we're the the greatest".
- March 15, 2016 at 3:28 PM
Anything on affc and Bryc?
In general, Westen PA soccer is pretty weak relative to the rest of the region. I'd be worried about the VA team if any of them at all...
- March 15, 2016 at 4:10 PM
Not sure why Lyon parents get a bad rap. We played them recently and they were very quiet and respectful. Yes they do cheer for their kids but don't we all.
- March 15, 2016 at 7:13 PM
3:28 you're just jealous
- March 15, 2016 at 7:42 PM
The Virginia team are very good, seen them at wags and they were playing a beautiful passing game against a top Maryland team
- March 15, 2016 at 11:40 PM
I find Lyon parents to be very self absorbed and they completely lack any type of soccer IQ
- March 16, 2016 at 7:34 AM
7:34 - It is not only the Lyon parents that lack soccer IQ. You have touched on an issue with many teams. How can people that have watched so many high level soccer matches not take some time to understand soccer. "go" "get the ball" "shoot it" "boot it" "run" "why isn't anyone there"
- March 16, 2016 at 7:46 AM
254 - 03 parents are more concerned with having to compete against the rage 03 girls for starting spots.
- March 16, 2016 at 9:12 AM
Aren't all parents self absorbed when on the sidelines? Name one team that's not?
Better yet - name a team you would consider having the Most Magnanimous Parents.
- March 16, 2016 at 9:56 AM
912 The best players on rage are 03,so if you combine 03 galaxy girls= solid team
- March 16, 2016 at 10:06 AM
There is self absorbed and then there is 11 on a scale of 10 self absorbed. We all have come across those delightful parents.
- March 16, 2016 at 10:07 AM
2004 Goalies. Are their any good ones out there? Who has the best goalie training included in the tuition?
- March 16, 2016 at 10:31 AM
I know the barons offer goalie training to there keepers for free if you are in the club
- March 16, 2016 at 11:27 AM
Most clubs claim to offer keeper training, but its few and far between. The training usually consists of an evening once or twice a month for an hour. Most "primary" position keepers do private training on the side. Their are a handful of keeper academy's in the state. If your asking who the best 04 goalie is in the area? Good luck with that answer!
- March 16, 2016 at 12:57 PM
CRUSH - for keeper training
- March 16, 2016 at 1:36 PM
"(So and So) is weak" is not analysis.
- March 16, 2016 at 1:40 PM
2004 is too young of an age group to rate GKs. Many do not have experience playing 11v11 on a large field. Growth spurt is just starting or hasn't kicked in yet. Many good GKs are not even known because they are not on high visibility teams because there has not been an emphasis on GK skills in tryouts. Many passed over field players end up being good GKs as they mature and advance into the middle and high school years.
- March 16, 2016 at 1:43 PM
There are some decent 04 keepers but the game from 02/03 to 04's is wider than the just one 1 year suggests...
- March 16, 2016 at 2:48 PM
CRUSH if you have the CASH. Most expensive club in the state.
- March 16, 2016 at 7:16 PM
This ain't tennis/golf. stay in your car if cheering Makes you squimish.
Trump/Christie 2016
- March 16, 2016 at 7:52 PM
Watched the 03/04 keepers train at US Training today at Monmouth U. Five girls I assume cover both age groups. Two of them where very tall and stood out. All were very strong in net defending against the best shooters in the state. Would kill to have one of them for my daughters team. Was told 4/5 will be in Richmond this weekend. Looks like NJ is stacked with elite goalies. Good luck to all teams in Richmond this weekend!! Make NJ proud!!
- March 16, 2016 at 8:39 PM
Where do the 04 goalies at the Training center play?
- March 16, 2016 at 9:40 PM
Where do the top '04 goalies play? In the center defender role.
Most of the ones there right now will get replaced by field players that take up the position much later. Not enough game sense or foot skills acquired when specializing this young.
Stay on a team that lets you do both, no matter what they tell you. No, you will not get a scholarship. No, you are not Hope Solo and Tim Howard's lovechild. No you are not the second coming of Hope Solo or a shoe-in for the national team.
They tell you those things because a too young specialized keeper boosts a team up a notch or two or three. It makes them win with a weaker team, and then they can recruit better field players. They won't love you back in a a few years. They will replace you. If you have it in you to be a superstar goalie in the long run, then you have it in you to be great field player now.
That being said, Just for Keepers is best for training. Some clubs' training isn't worth it. PDA is probably best for the clubs.
- March 16, 2016 at 10:31 PM
PDA is for Trump. Perfect. He has been great for NJ - especially Atlantic City. And an inspiring figure for young girls. Maybe when they grow up they can aspire to parade around on stage in heels and a bikini to try to win a pageant and make a buck.
- March 16, 2016 at 10:41 PM
If 4 of the the 2004 goalies at training center are headed to Jefferson then they probably play for one of these teams: Voorhees, SDFC, TSF, Real NJ, Middletown, SJEB, NJ Crush, FC Copa, NJ Wildcats
- March 16, 2016 at 11:37 PM
If there are 5 2004 goalies there, does that mean that are 55 2004 field players or are there more?
- March 16, 2016 at 11:52 PM
No way there are 5 2004 goalies 1 or 2 tops and there just a few 2004 field players.
- March 16, 2016 at 11:59 PM
@10:31 - love it, spot on, fully agree.
We clearly have an 04 goalie mommy/daddy phishing for acknowledgement.
- March 17, 2016 at 8:39 AM
Safe travels and good luck to all jersey teams at Jeff cup this weekend.
- March 18, 2016 at 7:46 AM
I think that US Soccer or NJYS should enter a rule banning tryouts until after Memorial Day weekend. There is no good reason for kids having to try out for teams in April that don't play together until August.
- March 18, 2016 at 1:24 PM
1:24 that's not true. My child's club starts in June playing together so Try outs after Memorial Day is a no.
- March 18, 2016 at 7:51 PM
Is it true that Voorhees is gonna merge with rush.. Just curious so I don't waste my time and go to those try outs seen enough daddy ball..
- March 19, 2016 at 10:13 AM
Aztec wins their bracket over Voorhees.
PDA wins their bracket over Charlotte Soccer.
Aztec vs Lyon in semi's.
- March 19, 2016 at 4:08 PM
Very talented teams at Jeff Cup. Watched some good soccer today.
- March 19, 2016 at 4:10 PM


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I have to find the last two digits of $6543^{210}$, my strategy is to use the Euler theorem and then some algebra to reduce this to $6543^{10}$, however I can't think of any easy way to proceed after this, any ideas?
One can use the binomial theorem (thrice). To do so, write $h$ for everything that is a multiple of $100$, possibly varying from line to line.
Since $6543=43+h$, one knows that $$ 6543^{210}=(43+h)^{210}=43^{210}+h. $$ Now, $$ 43^{210}=(3+40)^{210}=3^{210}+210\cdot3^{209}\cdot40+h=3^{210}+h. $$ Finally, $$ 3^{210}=9^{105}=(-1+10)^{105}=-1+105\cdot10+h=1049+h=49+h, $$ that is, $6543^{210}=49+$ some multiple of $100$.
This might be the fastest way: For the last two digits, you want to look modulo $100$. Notice that your number is relatively prime to $100$, and that $\phi(100)=40$. Hence $$6543^{210}\equiv 6543^{10}\equiv 43^{10}\pmod{100}.$$ Here we can try using repeated squaring. $$43^2\equiv 49\pmod{100}.$$ $$43^4\equiv 49^2\equiv 1\pmod{100}.$$ Since $43^4\equiv 1$, we see that $$43^{10}\equiv 43^2\equiv 49\pmod{100}.$$
By the Binomial Theorem, $\rm\ mod\ 100\!:\ (-7+50)^{2+4\:n}\equiv (-7)^{2+4\:n} \equiv 7^2\ $ by $\ 7^4 \equiv (50-1)^2\equiv 1$

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I'm planning to travel by bus between Mendoza, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. I don't have a head for heights, hence my question:
Are there any terrible precipitous drop-offs on the edge of the road whilst crossing the Andes by bus?
I'm planning to travel by bus between Mendoza, Argentina and Santiago, Chile. I don't have a head for heights, hence my question:
Are there any terrible precipitous drop-offs on the edge of the road whilst crossing the Andes by bus?
This is one of my favourite bus trips in the world, having done Mendoza->Santiago twice and Santiago->Mendoza once. Please, please, travel it during the day, for two reasons:
1) I've done this once at night. At the top of the Andes is the border crossing. There's snow a good portion of the year on the hills around you. It's FREEZING in the middle of the night standing in this big warehouse waiting for your turn to get a stamp.
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2) It's spectacular. On the way up you can actually see the Inca Bridge from the bus - keep a look out for road signs. Just before the Argentinian border, if you know where to look on the right side of the bus, you have a 20-30 second window where you can see Aconcagua. The mountains are fantastic, and the roads are actually really good.
Now, in terms of drop offs. The final time I did this trip was with a friend who does NOT have a good head for heights. Heights freak him out something chronic. He was fine the entire bus ride. The roads are good, they have tunnels at key points rather than make a risky road or risk avalanche.
Checking my blog, I didn't provide much description, but...
Now, there is ONE key point that might freak you out a little bit. I actually mention it in the first post above, as:
This is through the pass called Paso Internacional Los Libertadores and is a series of 27 switchbacks on the Chilean side. It becomes almost monotonous going up, but the view going towards Chile (down) is spectacular. But even my friend with a fear for heights marvelled at it (and he did the trip twice).
But the road has lots of traffic, the buses are very good quality, and the trip takes about 8 hours. It's a fantastic way to spend a day.
(EDIT) If you really want to see what it looks like, there's a video of some of the switchbacks showing the drops, but also the inside of the bus and how slowly the bus goes to make sure it's safe. You'll be fine :)
The photos and descriptions on this website might give an idea of how it's like:


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COOKE COUNTY, Tex. -- Three weeks after the flooding, help from Uncle Sam has arrived for disaster victims. Congressmen Michael Burgess was in Gainesville on Monday to announce the good news.
An estimated $2.5 million dollars in housing assistance is now available to the six counties crippled by recent floodwaters. It's a big step forward for those who need to rebuild after storms rolled through Texoma three weeks ago, flooding neighborhoods and leaving many homeless.
FEMA made the announcement Monday money is available through registration at the recovery centers in Gainesville and Sherman. More than $1 million of those funds will go directly to Cooke County, especially the city of Gainesville, the hardest hit area.
"They showed me some of the areas where literally you had people living on the street because they had nowhere to go. Now you have housing assistance, and people are being taken care of," said Representative Burgess.
Homeowner Peyton Story says she registered right away, and FEMA came out to assess the damages to her home.
She says, "They're supposed to be sending a check in the mail."
After three weeks, people are still displaced in Gainesville. Some homes were literally picked up and moved by the force of the flood waters. These homes have been tagged as unlivable by the city of Gainesville, but today a glimmer of hope federal funding is now available to those in need.
"I'm real happy. There are five of us living in a one bedroom trailer right now, and it's not easy," says Story.
The announcement brings hope for the more than 500 Gainesville residents displaced by this disaster
FEMA officials say this money is for home repairs, items lost, and any other losses due to flooding.
Emergency manager Ray Fletcher warns there are stipulations for those looking for a check in the mail.
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FEMA will verify a dollar amount on an individual basis.
It's assistance the Storys say will help them and others get their lives back in order.
"I'm glad to get any help any help at all. I'm glad we didn't lose any personal life because other stuff can be replaced."
An additional $750,000 has been approved for flood victims in Grayson County.
More than 1,900 residents have registered for assistance in Texas due to the flooding.
The disaster area has now been extended past the original six counties into southern Texas.
If you need to contact FEMA, call them at 1-800-621-3362 bewteen 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. or log on to www.fema.gov .


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April 23, 2013
Liverpool FC confirmed for Cape Town fixture
Update: The City of Cape Town announced on Friday, May 10 that the match had been cancelled. http://www.capetown.travel/blog/entry/liverpool-versus-ajax-match-cancelled/
Cape Town Stadium has seen plenty of action since it was opened in time for the FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa, and this week it was confirmed that the venue will also host English Premiership League team Liverpool FC.
As one the best-known and widely supported football teams in the world, this promises to be a huge event for Cape Town. They will take on local team Ajax Cape Town at the end of May (date to be finalised).
Fellow Premiership sides Everton and Newcastle United are believed to be following suit – joining the Urban Warriors in a pre-season tournament in July. The dates, subject to confirmation, are as follows:
- Newcastle United vs Ajax Cape Town (July 20)
- Newcastle vs Everton (July 24)
- Everton vs Ajax Cape Town (July 27)
Along with the huge international music acts that have played at Cape Town Stadium recently, Manchester United graced the pitch in July last year, when Ajax managed to hold them to a 1-1 draw. It was a great spectacle for local soccer fans, and a great opportunity for Manchester supporters from around the world to watch them play in a stadium befitting of a world-class team. This year's event, featuring Liverpool, promises to be as good a game as that – the stadium packed to the brim, and vuvuzelas in full voice. It's not to be missed.
Tickets will be available soon – more information to follow.
Liverpool have been in the news recently after a second biting incident from their star striker, Luis Suarez. The team fined Suarez after he bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in Sunday's Premier League game, which resulted in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea.
Suarez has not shied away from controversy in his career. On his last visit to South Africa, during the 2010 World Cup, he prevented Ghana from going through to the semi-finals when he stuck out his hand to prevent a goal against his home team, Uruguay. The referee sent him off, but after Ghana missed the penalty, Suarez celebrated wildly on the sidelines, and Uruguay went on to win.
While the team's line-up is yet to be confirmed, there's bound to be plenty of action on the field!


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I haven't yet found a decent explanation for how water moves throughout plants. It does seem to travel more efficiently upward than out or down. Why is that? How does it travel through the plant?
Most water moves up through the xylem by capillary action. Imagine dipping a pipette into a small pool of water; the water would rush up into the pipette. Or, imagine dipping the edge of a paper towel in water. The water "runs" up the paper towel. This is capillary action.
As water evaporates out of the leaves and such in higher regions of the plant, a capillary force pulls up more water. If for instance, you were to dry the top of your saturated paper towel, more water would be pulled up from the pool below to wet that top section.
As for a molecular explanation, Wikipedia has a good explanation of Cohesion-tension theory.


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Message 1:
You must be a member of the "mythtv" group before starting any mythtv applications.
Would you like to automatically be added to the group?
(Note: sudo access required)
Message 2:
[Please enter your current login password to be added to the mythtv group]
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I want to purchase a Hard copy of Civilization V. I would like this to contain the Manual and the flowchart that shows technological advances. When you try and look into this those items are rarely mentioned. They are not even mentioned in the Contents for the Collectors Edition. I know they exist because I have seen them on a demo on youtube. Also I believe the basic version is missing some Features/Civilizations. Does anyone know which version I need to buy to get a full version and to get all the literature that I mentioned please?
Multiple editions of Civlization 5 have been released.
Some as retail boxed versions, others as digital downloads.
The premium editions contain bonuses which range from:
Many retail stores provided different or unique perks included in the list above, so it is difficult to give a full list. Also it is not possible to buy a supreme version with all the perks listed above.
Note that There is no hard copy manual released with any versions of Civlization 5,
See this link: http://www.civilization5.com/#/community/feature_socialresponsibility
The last sentence references a small pamphlet included in retail copies, but not the full manual.
What you may have seen on youtube was the Collectors edition artwork book
This is not the manual, but a picture book containing artwork related to the game. As far as I know, this edition was only produced as a once only batch when the game was released and it is quite difficult to find copies for sale.
There's no features different between the versions, but some had extra scenarios/maps/civs to play. Some of these extras can be bought as DLC for other versions, if desired - the Babylonian civilisation and some of the bonus maps are available by this method.
I believe no version of the game comes with a hard-copy manual - it's all PDF - but any physical-copy version of the game does comes with a large poster that has the tech-tree flow chart as well as information on the civics and units (and other bits? I haven't got mine to hand to check).
I got this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003ELORWE
It came with the poster, but the manual is just a PDF on the disk.
If you're just looking for a way to get the DLC content, steam is currently selling all of the pre-order bonus map packs as a single bundle.
Here's the link: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6820
For what it's worth, the Babylonian civ is also available through steam (for 5$).


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I have been finding hard times to study programming. During classes, we are just given problems right away then on the spot lecturing without even explaining in detailed the flows and conditions of procedures. To dear experts, can you give me some guidelines to effectively study programming? I usually only end up with nothing analyzing problems and understanding codes whose principles are not taught. Is it possible to understand programming with just experimentation? Thanks. Your helpful answer will be much appreciated.
Need Guidance for a better way of studying programming... Please help me teachers.
I can mail you a nice book that I recieved for my open distance studies, You dont even need a lecturer if you have that book. Send me your email.
Hey spoonwizard, what book is that? I would like it to. You can see me email in my profile because I don't want to post it here because of the web spiders. Can you please send it to me? Thanks.
i sent it to your email with subject C++ Book, the file is PDF and named COS111U as that is the name of one of my subjects.
Got it. Thanks!
I am wanting to learn C++ as I was told it will help me in my future programming. Could you possibly email that book to me too?
Whats your email address?
I sent it to you..
Thank you Spoon, some people were telling me floats are bad with currency and well I have to create a currency program in C for my programming class and the teacher is promoting floats.


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On a scan the space between the frontal bones of the forehead appears as a dark line on the soft spot at the top of your baby's head. This is not a line on the skin: instead where there is no underlying bone, more of the ultrasound beam passes through rather than being reflected.
Do all you can to stay involved with medium- and long-term plans at work so that you continue to feel part of the team.
The difficulty of balancing motherhood and a career can crop up even while you're still pregnant. Depending on your career, you may find yourself excluded from long-term planning discussions as colleagues assume that you won't be around, or won't come back after your maternity leave. Some colleagues may simply treat you differently just because you're pregnant, assuming you can no longer do your job in the same way. You may feel left out of future planning, or feel that your opinions are disregarded since you will not be there to implement them. This can be compounded by the fact that it can be difficult to motivate yourself if you know you won't be there to see a project through to the end.
No one can be certain of being in a job in six months' or a year's time, but you have the advantage of knowing how much longer you're going to work and you may even have a reasonable idea of when you're intending to return to work. Continue to do your job and make it clear by your actions that you want to provide input on all projects, even though you may not be there to see them through to the end. If at this point in time you're intending to return to work after the baby is born, make this clear to any colleagues who may doubt your long-term commitment.
You can also help plan for your maternity leave by, perhaps, dividing up your workload or helping to search for a replacement to cover your role. Being organized now will make the countdown to going on maternity leave much easier in the coming weeks.
As A Matter Of Fact
As your uterus grows, your diaphragm is compressed with the result that you may find it difficult to breathe deeply.
In fact, you're actually taking in more air. It's important not to fight the natural tendency to hollow your back. This opens up your rib cage to let in more air, and also helps balance the excess weight of your belly.
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I thought a baby bath was an optional extra, but having bought one found it really useful. A huge advantage is that you can use it in any room (though if the room doesn't have a water supply, you'll need to transport water).
I was a bit apprehensive the first few times we bathed the baby, then experienced parents told me even they found it tricky to hold a wiggling baby safely in a bath of water. Using a smaller baby bath is less daunting and helps you develop confidence. However, a baby outgrows a baby bath by around six months and, once not in use, the bath can take up a lot of storage space (unless you can recycle it to a pregnant friend). Many parents choose a bath seat designed for newborns in the family bath. Alternatively, enjoy a bath together, although you must keep the water tepid for the baby and you may find this too cold for you.
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Summary of AgJOBS: The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2007
What is AgJOBS?
AgJOBS, the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act, is a proposed immigration law that would provide agricultural employers with a stable, legal labor force while protecting farmworkers from exploitative working conditions. The AgJOBS compromise was reached in 2000 after years of Congressional and labor-management conflict resulting in tough negotiations between the United Farm Workers (UFW), major agricultural employers, and key federal legislators. On January 10, 2007, Senators Kennedy (D.-Mass.), Feinstein (D-Cali.), and Craig (R.-Idaho) and Reps. Cannon (R.-Utah) and Berman (D.-Cal.) introduced AgJOBS in the 110th Congress.
Last Congress, AgJOBS enjoyed several victories—notably, the Senate included AgJOBS in the bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill it passed in May 2006. In contrast to the successes of AgJOBS, the efforts of Senator Chambliss to undermine AgJOBS and pass one-sided reform of the H-2A agricultural guestworker program without giving farmworkers a chance to earn permanent immigration status failed repeatedly. AgJOBS sponsors and supporters look forward to passing AgJOBS this Congress. The new bill numbers are S. 340 and H.R. 371.
If enacted, AgJOBS would (1) create an "earned adjustment" program, allowing many undocumented farmworkers and agricultural guestworkers to obtain temporary immigration status based on past work experience with the possibility of becoming permanent residents through continued agricultural work, and (2) revise the existing agricultural guestworker program, known as the "H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program."
Who would qualify for the earned legalization program and what is the process?
This compromise only applies to workers in agriculture, primarily employees of farms and ranches. Undocumented farmworkers and recent H-2A guestworkers wishing to become immigrants would have to complete a two-step process.
Step One: Apply for "Blue Card" Temporary Resident Status.
Under this law, a farmworker could apply for a "blue card" (temporary residency) through a government-approved organization, a licensed attorney or a recognized immigration practitioner. The application period would begin seven months after the law is enacted and would last 18 months. Eligible workers are those who satisfy the following requirements:
- worked in U.S. agriculture for at least 150 days or 863 hours during the 24-month period ending December 31, 2006;
- are not excluded by certain immigration laws;
- have not been convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor that involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury or harm to property in excess of $500;
- pay an application fee and a $100 fine upon obtaining a blue card.
Step Two: Earn Legal Permanent Resident Status: Prospective Work Requirement.
After obtaining "blue card" status, participants must do the following to earn a "green card":
- perform agricultural work for at least
- 100 work days per year for each of 5 years during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Act; OR
- 100 work days for one year and 150 work days per year for 3 years during the 4-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Act; OR
- 150 work days per year for each of 3 years during the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Act;
- pay a $400 fine and application fee; and
- by the date of adjustment to lawful permanent status, establish payment of income taxes for work performed to meet the future work requirement.
Workers who don't meet these requirements, who are found to have filed a fraudulent application, or who don't apply for permanent status by the seventh year would lose their "blue card" status and would be required to leave the country. Conviction of a felony, three misdemeanors, or a single crime that involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury, or injury to property in excess of $500 also would end the "blue card" temporary status.
Immediate Family of Farmworkers.
When a worker obtains "blue card" temporary resident status, his/her spouse and minor children residing in the U.S. may be granted "derivative" legal status. Derivative family members can remain in the U.S. and are not removable. The derivative spouse may apply for a work permit and the derivative spouse and minor children may also travel outside of and return to the U.S. Once the worker fulfills the requirements to receive permanent resident status, his/her spouse and minor children also will be granted immigration status as long as they meet other requirements under immigration law and have not been convicted of any felonies or a misdemeanor that involves bodily injury, threat of serious bodily injury or harm to property in excess of $500. (Minor children who become adults during the process are covered, too.)
How would AgJOBS reform the H-2A Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program?
The compromise would modify the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program, which permits employers to hire guestworkers to fill agricultural jobs that last no longer than ten months. Most basic H-2A requirements that protect U.S. workers from adverse effects and foreign workers from exploitation would continue, including the "50% rule" requiring the hiring of U.S. workers who apply during the first half of the season, the "¾ minimum work guarantee," workers' compensation coverage, and transportation cost reimbursement.
The bills would modify some current H-2A requirements in important ways:
- The program's application process would be streamlined to become a "labor attestation" program, rather than the current "labor certification" program, to respond to employers' demands to reduce paperwork, time frames and government oversight.
- H-2A employers must provide free housing to non-local U.S. and foreign workers but, under AgJOBS, could choose to provide a monetary housing allowance if the state's Governor has certified that there is sufficient farmworker housing available in that area.
- Employers would still offer the highest of the "Adverse Effect Wage Rate" (AEWR), the prevailing wage or the federal or state minimum wage. AgJOBS would reduce the AEWR to the 2002 levels and freeze them for 3 years. During this 3-year period, the Congressional General Accountability Office ("GAO") and a special commission would issue studies and recommendations as to the appropriate wage rate formula. If Congress fails to enact a new formula within 3 years after enactment, the AEWRs will be adjusted by the previous years' inflation in the consumer price index, and annually thereafter, up to 4% per year.
- H-2A workers would have the right to file a federal lawsuit to enforce their wages, housing benefits, transportation cost reimbursements, minimum-work guarantee, motor vehicle safety protections, and the other terms of the written H-2A job offer.
- Employers of goat herders and dairy workers would join employers of sheepherders in being eligible to participate in the H-2A program even when they seek year-round workers. These workers would be able to work up to three consecutive years, at which time they would be eligible to apply to adjust status to lawful permanent residency subject to the availability of employment-based visas. Other H-2A workers would continue to hold temporary work permits with no opportunity to become permanent residents through the H-2A program.
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I'm planning to climb the Adam's peak in March. What kind of trekking gear in terms of footwear etc. should be used for this trek ?
Hikr.org is a popular hiking portal mainly for the Alps, but there are also two reports about Adam's peak. Both of them state that it isn't a very difficult hike, and one of them even classifies the route in the official hiking scale. The report states it is a T2, which means:
This already states that trekking shoes are recommended. However, since this scales are most often a little bit higher than the reality, I would also wear sneakers if I wouldn't have any trekking shoes.
Besides from that make sure to take enough water with you, and maybe also sun glasses, a hat, and sunblocker. Be also prepared for weather changes and add a light cagoule to your list.
There are also some pictures in the above-mentioned hikr reports that might give you an impression of at least part of the path:
As you can see, it is almost an highway, but nevertheless I would still use trekking shoes if you have a pair, since the steeps are sometimes steep and I could imagine that they could get quite slippery when wet.
There are three routes.
Easiest and most common route is Hatton route. If you go this way Slippers are the best.(Thats what the locals use)
If u want to get more jungle experience, you should go in other routes. Better to use water proof boots.
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I have a usb thumb drive that I want to reuse.
How can I format it?
I have a usb thumb drive that I want to reuse.
How can I format it?
There are lots of different ways to do this.
Command Line
You don't necessarily need to 'format' (i.e. make a filesystem — you can't format USB sticks in the corrects sense of the word) the stick if you just want to delete all files.
Assuming the stick is mounted under
You will not be asked to confirm! This won't touch hidden files (recycling bin folders from Windows or Mac, etc).
If you want a pristine filesystem, make sure the filesystem is unmounted first:
This will make a FAT filesystem. If you need an NTFS filesystem, there's always
Fire up the KDE Partition Manager (if you don't have it, the Debian/Ubuntu package name is a slightly non-standard
Use the Gnome Disk Utility (Palimpsest). It's quite trivial to use: just select your USB drive from the left. If it has a partition already, click the 'Format' button. Otherwise, there's a 'Format Drive' button which'll do everything for you.
Ubuntu 11
Ask Ubuntu has this exact question already answered: How to format USB or external drive in 11.10? — note how this just walks you through using the Palimpsest Disk Utility.
Everything Else
My own favourite GUI tool for this job is GParted. It does everything you need (except, sadly, LVM and encryption) and it's user friendly to boot.
Have a look at the
To (re)create a filesystem, use one of the mkfs family of tools. Choose the one based on what filesystem you want; the most common ones are:
You'll need to find out the name of the device that the drive is plugged into. Under Linux, removable drives usually have names like
On many systems, these tools live in
To create a new filesystem, run the
Remember to put the right partition number. If you're running Linux and you have a single hard drive and no other connected external drive, the device is usually
Make very very sure that you pick the right device name, as this will erase all data with no hope of recovery.
Note that while this will erase the data with no possibility of recovery by ordinary software means, it may leave traces behind that can be recovered with some electronic work. See Is it enough to only wipe a flash drive once?. The only paranoia-compliant way of erasing data on a flash drive is to have encrypted it in the first place, and destroy all copies of the key.


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RE: Design of 'fixed-width' websites, optimized for universal readability across all screen-size resolutions (i.e., best viewed, with no horizontal scrolling, over broadest range of both desktop/laptop & mobile-device browsers) – What is currently considered an ideal standard for 'maximum page-width' (meas. in pixels)?
If you are going to go with a fixed width approach, your best option IMO would most likely be based on your sites analytic first. If you don't have analytic's you could build toward the most commen screen size based on global internet analytics, sites like StatCounter provide fairly reliable data.
If you serve a very large amount of users and there is no clear cut/primary screen size (view port for a more modern approach), I would suggest looking into other avenue like Responsive Design. Many sites try to server to all resolutions sizes end up heading toward Responsive Design. Good article to read on A List Apart by Ethan Marcotte; if you are unsure of what Responsive Design is.
are somewhat contradictions.
Well, there really isn't one, but keep in mind you're asking for something that will work on an iPhone as well as a 30" HD monitor. That's going to be tricky.
I believe mobile Safari assumes web pages, by default, will be 980px wide. So, barring no other context here, I'd say that 980px is as good as any to pick for a universal fixed-width site.
After reviewing the tips from DA01 and JeffH, I ended up with the 1140 CSS Grid System. The perk of this is that the width is "fixed", so the paragraph lengths aren't too long, however, it shrinks nicely to work with smaller resolutions.
A neat way to get an idea how things look on smaller resolutions. I develop on Firefox with the Web Developer toolbar. After getting the "Responsive Design" term in my head, I noticed under the "Resize" options, an option called "View Responsive Layouts". This option displays the current website in a series on popular mobile and tablet resolutions.


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To the editor:
What happened at an end-of-the-summer party for high school kids turned very ugly and shocked the community. And what transpired afterward was inexcusable on the part of those who chose to be spectators or distributors, via cell phone or other communication technology.
We can all agree what happened should be dealt with severely. But what we have to realize is that others can be unjustly victimized by what we do and say out of speculation created by rumors. A very basic story was released by the media, and it is horrendous. Everything else that you hear outside the media is, at best, speculation until the investigation is complete.
Big Red high school has always been a school to be proud of and, like other schools, will have students pass through its halls who get involved with scandalous behavior, but we can't judge an entire student body or a team of athletes because the scandalous deed was so abhorrent. There are rumors about possible additional involvement of other athletes, but until the justice system charges them, it would be irresponsible for the school or athletic department to make a judgment based on rumors. I am sure that if there are others involved they will be dealt with as severely as the two who presently sit in jail if they are found guilty.
This type of criminal behavior makes it difficult to honor the adage of "innocent until proven guilty," but if we let the severity of the crime cloud our judgment and seek to destroy reputations and careers of those who have done so much for our children without waiting for all the facts, we become the equivalent of a lynch mob. It seems to me that we should seek to punish all who come out of this as guilty parties, whether by participation or attempted cover-up or for the perversion of photographing and distributing this horror, but we must be careful not to seek overkill and extend the damage done by this travesty.
The vast majority of students in our community represent their schools well and should not be tarnished by this atrocity and we shouldn't allow our community to accept a scarlet letter that can follow the students of this valley through college and their careers. Let's see that justice is done to those deserving of punishment no matter where it leads and protect those who are not a part of what happened or the aftermath. Let's be careful not to allow gossip to injure our community or cover the staff and faculty at Big Red with a cloud of suspicion. We are slow to praise them and quick to blame them when the children that they didn't raise go astray. What happened to that young girl cannot be erased, but she deserves justice, not misdirected anger that can create additional victims. I am certain that the state investigation will be thorough. At that time, we can use facts - not innuendoes - as finger pointers.
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For which $m$, $n$ (if any) is the following true: if $M$ and $M'$ are smooth manifolds of dimension $n$, and $\Phi$ is a bijection from $M$ to $M'$ such that for any subset $S$ of $M$, $\Phi(S)$ is an embedded submanifold of $M'$ of dimension $m$ iff $S$ is an embedded submanifold of $M$ of dimension $m$, then $\Phi$ is a diffeomorphism?
This is clearly false when $m=0$ and when $m=n$. I thought it looked plausible when, for example, $m=1$ and $n\geq 2$; but I can't see how to prove it.


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In almost all 2D platformers I've played, your avatar always starts off on the left side of the world, and continues on to the right. Is there something designers gain by doing this?
I'm not sure if there's any technical reason, but a large portion of the world reads from left to right (and many early games were made in the portions that do, i.e. Pitfall!). So starting left and going right may seem more natural. Once enough of the early games did this, it became standard practice.
Additionally, it could be from the roots of design. If these games were first designed with paper and pencils, it would feel more natural to go from left to right, as that's the way the designers were used to writing.
So I suppose by continuing to do this, developers do gain something. Player familiarity.
The likely history behind this would go as follows:
In summation, we can give thanks to the Greeks for their contribution to modern gaming.
It might be worth looking at film theory for an explanation. Cinematographers within Europe and the US often work under the assumption that left-to-right movement suggests power, whereas right-to-left movement suggests tension, something to fear, or awkwardness.
Game designers most likely unconsciously adopted the conventions of movement suggested from other media, including print and film. The hero character generally moves left to right, facing enemies and conflict moving counter to that direction; if the hero has to retreat, moving back toward the left is awkward.
It's certainly possible that some consideration was made as to which direction was the most natural, but I know that even preceding the Super Mario era, it was pretty common to see left to right movement as the starting point (Donkey Kong, Pac Man's starting direction, Defender, Parsec, etc).
As for cultural context, one of my college professors in Japanology suggested that Japanese and Chinese film convention actually adopted the opposite convention from what I described above, though I'm not sure I see it in practice. It's possible that Hebrew, Farsi and Arabic films have the opposite convention from the US and Europe, though I'm not sure I've seen enough Arabic language films to notice.
Lazy references (not quite formal reference material, but at least corroborating):
Maybe it is just the natural way to implement it: Assume you start at position x = 0 and since x coordinates of pixels normally increase from left to right on a display the end of a platformers level is on the right side...
The hardware on computers and console machines addressed the screen pixels from left to right. Just like writing or mathematics. Simply look at a graph:
Typically the natural thing to do is to increase the position of a character from 0 to higher positive numbers.
I don't really think so. It's probably just because Super Mario Bros. 1 did it, and everyone followed suit. I have heard somewhere, however, that things to the right look comfortable and thinks to the left and weirder looking. So maybe if everything scrolled to he left it would just be too weird.
It all derives from the western writing system most people are used to, it reads and write from the left to the right and due to the amount of text nowadays this order is linked in our mind, from sketches, to coordinate systems, to visual flow. After a time it's perceived as natural flow, even though left and right actually plays almost no difference in nature.
This of course finds itself into technology and everything else human made, such as games.
The obvious answer is that Western people have a left to right and top to bottom reading system, which is learned very early on in our childhood. Text is the primary form of how we access stored information, and as such reading plays a paramount role in our lives.
There is also no physical reason why the Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) writes from left to right and top to bottom, other than that this came most natural to the western scientists which developed it.
The same holds true for how initially console-graphics updated its contents, and later on other more sophisticated computer graphics contraptions. Additionally, we also learn to read matrices from left to right and from top to bottom, so we design our loops iterating over the elements the same way. Graphics is a lot about linear algebra involving lots of matrices.
The interesting part is that, this hypothesis should be testable. People from cultures who do not read from left to right and top to bottom,, yet are just as computer savvy, should have initially slower reaction times in platformers which start off from the left. Indeed I just proposed this to an acquaintance working in neuroscience.
There was an interesting publication on how different cultures scan and recognize images and their contents, measured through iris trackers. (I am not up to date, and this is not my field of expertise, so I am sure there is much more to be discovered on this topic)
I think the convention goes back a lot further than people have alluded to. On a race track where contestants (people, horses, chariots, or whatever) orbit in a counter-clockwise direction, the contestants who are the side of the track nearer to any particular spectator will be moving left to right. Many artworks depicting races thus show contestants racing from left to right. I'm not sure that chariots were raced counter-clockwise 2,000 years ago, but that certainly is the common direction today and I have no particular reason to believe that it has changed over the years.
While I don't know that right-to-left motion suggests "tension", narrative films generally use the left-to-right direction of motion to suggest the first forward progress, and use right-to-left motion to suggest movement in the other physical direction (films will generally avoid reversing the physical directions associated with screen directions unless a shot is included where the the camera crosses the "imaginary line" which establishes the directions).
Im pretty sure this is a convention that was made implicitly by developers along the years.
Its all about how we learn to think when we are little, while people in oriental countries usually learn to read and write right to left, and are able to think that way for other things, people from the western part of the world are usually tought to think of the concepts from left to right, and only that way everything makes sense.
With games, probably it was just a matter of sticking with one of the ways, for the same reason, for example, that space is the jump key very often, its all about intuition at the end. It would be very hard to individuals to be good players in both settings, or at least as good as they would be if they learnt only one.
That said, if the platformers happened to be in the opposite direction since the beggining , im sure everyone would find it natural.
Early computers came from a number of places, all of which preferred left to right writing.
Other countries did have early computing efforts; however, they typically started their efforts by importing a computer and then using it as the basis for their understanding and improvements. For example, the Japanese NEC computer came with a QWERTY keyboard, and used English "Basic" as its primary programming language. China started by importing a computer (to keep up with their Russian counterparts). And the Chinese motto "innovation after imitation" led to mostly adopting left-to-right computing patterns.
By the time that right to left processing became a real player, the chips, graphics cards, memory ordering, disk layout, and other items were firmly entrenched in left to right ordering. It doesn't have to be that way, but if you produce a chip set that assumes right to left ordering (or top to bottom ordering) you now effectively design yourself out of the market, as you would need an entire marketplace of like-minded chips to build a computer.
At the software layer, bidi text processing and other technologies emulate non-left to right processing on top of systems that are oriented with left to right assumptions. If you feel very strongly about the screen position, you are free to write a software layer above the graphics positioning like so...
Not all platformers do go left to right, but one reason most do many do may have to do with control orientation. Nearly all controllers have the joystick/d-pad on the left, and other control buttons on the right, and it feels more natural to have one's thumb nearer the middle of the controller then to have it hanging off the edge. The only real counterexample I can think of is the N64 controller, which had the joystick in the middle. But even that had its d-pad on the left, and by the time more symmetrical controllers came into use, it was already an ingrained habit.
Note that there are some games that go right-to-left, for example, Final Fantasy has had the players on the right in battles for a long time (although FF has never been a platformer).
Nearly all right-to-left platform levels have been ones based on either sneaking/infiltration or returning from wherever you went in previous left-to-right levels.
It is likely because the world zone taught to think left-to-right (the direction of writing), the Western world, has "colonized" of sorts practically everywhere in the world. Even lands of right-to-left writing systems are at least very aware of our left-to-right culture, if not catering to it. That said, not all games are strictly left-to-right. I don't know if I agree much with the answers above saying that it is more comfortable to press movement left-to-right the way our controllers are set up. At least to me it could work either way, right or left.
Metroid has its share of going right-to-left: Not only is the first and easiest-to-get item left of the start, but reaching the final boss is a right-to-left journey, all the way to the escape! The retold story Zero Mission "corrects" this by adding more to the story with one more final boss, the second escape being left-to-right.
Metroid II (Return of Samus) and Super Metroid both have their final bosses to the left on the map, but that means their escapes are left-to-right. That is, from the boss close to the map's far-left, to the gunship closer to the middle. In Super Metroid, the gunship is still noticeably far left of center.
The Mega Man Zero series is as much left-to-right as any other series, but it has its many exceptions. The first Zero game has its right-left-right missions in the desert (Find Shuttle) and Underground Lab (Retrieve Data). All other desert missions are purely right-to-left, starting in the desert by the Resistance Base and ending either in the desert far left or in the ocean cave with the hidden base. The mission to save the Resistance Base from being bulldozed is another right-to-left. In Zero 2's boss fight in the second-to-final stage, Zero is being chased right-to-left.