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Or Montreal Samba F.C.
Or Montreal Samba F.C.
I don't think I've were seen a youth prospect poached like that before! Original Traitor indeed!
This more or less explains our style of play.
High risk, high reward.
Newcastle United style under Kevin Keegan .
At least no one can excuse you of playing boring football
Funny own goal. He's got a great shot.
Excellent performance against Michigan Wolves.If you play like that most of the time then $5 seems to be a bargain for the entertainment provided.
loving this thread. downloaded the db and am playing as my hometown Orlando City. Keep it up this is awesome!
Loving this so far. Amazing world cup run by the Americans, and glad to see Philadelphia have been nowhere near the relegation zone and based on the last club value chart moving on up in the standnings soon!
Keep up the awesome work and hopefully I'll see you clash with the Union soon enough
Marauders by name...
Hey rancer. Been hearing about that new stadium that is being proposed for Markham, a 19 000 seat NHL ready one. Is that a go? Are they were going to be able to bring in another franchise when the Maple Leafs don't want it? I thought Toronto owns the rights for all of lower Ontario. Would love another team there and the population can definitely support it; just didn't think that the Maple Leafs would back down, especially over the controversy of Hamilton a few years ago.
Apparently, the stadium's on the cusp of approval. I can't see the Leafs allowing another team. Especially one that's much closer to the Air Canada Centre than either Hamilton or the Jim Balsille Kitchener-Waterloo team would have been.
The NHL's basically given the Leafs a veto on this - I can't even begin to calculate how many millions they would demand to allow it.
Cheers for all the positive support lads.
cerud, the Leafs aren't going to give up territorial rights in Southern Ontario, much less one in the GTA...the NHL will let them veto any moves for any potential franchises coming into their area. Like Toronto Blizzard said, the incoming franchise would have to give up a huge sum to MLSE, and it's not like Bell and Rogers need the money when they can buy 3 sports teams, the arena, buildings, several TV stations for $2 billion...
Maybe Hedley could perform there, but not much else other than concerts...Quebec City, Kansas City, and even Seattle if they can get a new arena and ownership interest are more realistic than a second Toronto team.
I'd be happy with Seattle. The West needs more teams in good markets in order to move another team to the East (Detriot anyone? ) Plus there would be an instant revalry with Vancouver...because that's what they need...more rivalries...
Plus the Leafs and Sabres own a joint veto on any new club in southern Ontario. Not bad. Quebec City just is not big enough to warrant a team. The NHL already had to change their bylaws on risk size just to allow Winnipeg back in because the MT Centre was too small by the previous bylaws. Kansas City would be alright...don't know much about that market.
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I'm surprised Bettman hasn't made noise about Las Vegas again. He's clearly wedded to that "sunbelt" strategy. I wonder if the Markham stadium group would push for an AHL team...
2016 Season - Markham Marauders - Colonial Division 2
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - A very easy season for us as we clinched the league title with 4 games to go! We broke the goals scored record in the league, and we were only 2 points away from breaking the points record.
North American Open Cup - Unlucky we couldn't get to the 1st round proper this season.
Colonial Cup - We did great in this competition, finishing it off with a win with our classic, go up 3-0, and nearly blow the lead in the end style of play! Or similar to the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Ontario Cup - lost at the first stage. Nothing new to report here so I won't even bother with a screenshot!
Transfers -
Squad - Our squad relied on 3 players - all youth products - for goals this season. But overall it was a great team effort!!!
Youth Players:
Radford Sinclair (YP 2012) - He had a great season, but yikes he's asking for $72,000 on a part-time contract! He's good, but not $72 grand good...hope his demands decrease greatly in December, I would even accept if he wanted $36k (although I would want a 2 or 3 year contract, at least I have wage certainty), but it's a tough decision with his sky-high wage demand.
Anthony Baker (YP 2013) - Solid season again, and he's only asking $11k a year! I hope I can get him locked up to a 3 year part-time contract.
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - Great season and very good penalty taker. He would still scored over 10 goals even without the penalties.
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - A bit of a part-time player since there's competition at his position. He's still considered a good USL-East player in the future so that's good.
Traitor Update:
Dennis Campbell (YP 2016) - Mobile Pelicans - 22 apps, 1 goal, 2 assists, 6.68 rating. His team made the playoffs but hope they lose and stay in tier 7! What an idiot he was, he could have gone to a team getting to the 5th tier.
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
We got excellent junior coaching but our youth setup costs have skyrocketed!!! We're paying 35Gs a month!
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- survive but of course I want to do well because we need the money. 13th place in the Colonial Premier League has $200,000 prize money, which is the same as winning the Colonial Division 2, so that's my goal next season. Get 13th place!
- figure out what to do with Radford Sinclair...we have several free agents but most of them will not have outrageous demands. But Rotundo and Sinclair want over $70,000 on PART-TIME CONTRACTS, and that will cripple my wage structure...Code:Year Division Tier Position Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners
Sabres rely on the Toronto market for fans and they blocked Hamilton and I'm sure they'll block Markham too because it would affect their ticket sales to a degree. The NHL couldn't find any buyer for the Thrashers to stay in Atlanta and only Winnipeg showed up so they moved quickly. It's unique and it probably won't be like that for Phoenix or the Islanders since there's apparently still hope the Coyotes will stay in Phoenix and Isles staying till 2015 at least unless they can move to Brooklyn or Queens. Or else Wang moves them to Quebec City or KC.
There was a KC franchises called the Scouts, then later the Colorado Rookies, and moved again to New Jersey. I don't even know if there's an AHL or ECHL team in Kansas City...some Southeast markets (Nashville, Tampa, Raleigh) worked because they're winning or have won cups. Those 3 are stable now though.
AHL teams relocate sometimes, so the Markham Centre could be viable for an AHL team but they probably need to replace a current one. Maybe become Vancouver or Edmonton's affiliate? Both of their AHL affiliates are based in the US and quite far from the parent clubs.
Congratulations on promotion.
Promotion! Well done! Although it did look pretty easy this season
A brilliant season and lets all laugh at the traitor
Several players are asking around $70,000 a year on semi-pro contracts, and I've made a decision to only sign Sinclair to that amount, to a 3 year contract. It might cripple me but hopefully we've have more funds to pay players when his contract ends...
Let the traitor wash away in obscurity!!!
2016 Major League Soccer
The MLS Cup is going to the state of Texas this year! FC Dallas wins their first championship in team history.
MLS Cup Playoffs
(5) Montreal Impact 4-0 Toronto FC (4)
(3) San Jose Earthquakes 2-2 (a) Sporting Kansas City (6)
(1) New York Cosmos 0-2 Sporting Kansas City (6)
(5) Montreal Impact 4-4 (a) FC Dallas (2)
(2) FC Dallas 4-1 Sporting Kansas City (6)
MLS/NASL Playoff
(NASL-2) Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2-3 Michigan Bucks (NASL-3)
(MLS-20) Real Salt Lake 5-2 San Antonio Scorpions (NASL-1)
(MLS-20) Real Salt Lake 4-1 Michigan Bucks (NASL-3)
Cosmos ain't leading the league in salaries anymore! But they did win the regular season title.
Big money players are leaving the league after they make a name for themselves in MLS.
I know it might be a bit bland with these four screenshots every season, but frankly, I'm too busy with my club team to think much about the higher tiers, much less the highest one! Hopefully an MLS club outside of the Canadian ones get relegated so there's something interesting to report...
December 4, 2016
Markham Marauders resign former local youth product to biggest contract in club history
MARKHAM - The Markham Marauders, recently winning promotion to the 5th tier of North American soccer, Head Coach/General Manager Ricky Nakano, and striker Radford Sinclair have announced an agreement to a 3 year contract extension until the end of the 2019 season. The terms of the new contract are believed to about $62,000 annually according to various sources.
The team has also reached a 2 year agreement with Tyler Bishop. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"The club and Sinclair are happy to agree on this new contract of historical proportions," Nakano stated, "the success of the club from top to bottom have given us this opportunity to commit to such a fantastic player long term yet give us the flexibility to compete at the next level. He has worked very hard over the last couple seasons and he definitely deserves. We as a club take pride with our unique 'youth only' policy that doesn't occur anywhere in the world at any level of soccer and we will continue to have this policy."
When told that a couple other managers in the world, notably one Liechtensteiner club, and a Spanish club who are flying up the divisions into La Liga, Nakano simply replied: "Well, good for them and I wish them all the best."
As for Sinclair, he simply stated "I'm excited that I'm able to stay with the Markham Marauders for another 3 seasons. The faith and support from everyone, from the man above, the Markham Marauders organization with (owner) Mr. Donaldson, Mr. Nakano, and the coaching staff, and definitely my teammates since I joined the club."
When asked about this 'man above', Sinclair told the reporters "my papa. We live in the same apartment but he lives one floor above me. So he's the man above. Watcha thinking? That I was going to all Tim Tebow or Jeremy Lin on you guys??"
Markham Marauders - Colonial Premier League
Youth Intake 2017
Simon Cordon - Wow, he's very good! Hope he doesn't get poached...
Josh Brown - another very solid player. He'll be part of the midfield core in the near future.
Evan Medwin - likewise with the other ones. We just need to sign him to a contract before anyone else...
Dale Hunter - He's ok. Worth a shot...
And our youth product of 2017 (who I will confirm that he is NOT stolen from us ):
Enrico Cavalluzzo - Wowwwww. His current ability according to my ass man? A good USL Pro-East player, and already automatic starter on the first team. Potential? A decent Major League Soccer striker!!!!! Jackpot.
Hope I don't regret that big contract I gave Sinclair...
Ugh...Tebow makes me hate American/Canadian football even more...
Can't stand NFL/CFL. Drives me to sleep.
We managed to sign all our youths except Cordon, which was a bit annoying because he was our second best player in the intake. Traitors will only be the YP if they get scooped, but really wished of all of them after Cavalluzzo, I could have kept Cordon...
Some very good youth players have come through in that batch.Enrico Cavalluzzo is and will be class for you,hopefully he and Cordon stay for many years.
Also thanks for the mention
And you're welcome mate, always liked to someone link some threads together through news articles.
I'd be calling him a traitor as he did look to have talent.
Might have to do the same before my new season
The Secondary Traitor?
For now, he'll be called 'TRAITOR #2'. Not gonna waste my time trying to think of a cool nickname for him.
Hopefully as we go up the tiers we'll lose less of the good players...
And in team related news, 3 of our youngsters are headed to the the CONCACAF U20 Tournament: goalkeeper John Cain and left back Pedro Lopez will be joining Canada, while Navin Simon will represent Jamaica. I won't mind them joining the national teams because they won't miss more than a game or two and gives them some international experience.
Cavalluzzo looks class, shame on losing Cordon though, he looked like a pretty decent player.
As B.W.G said, thanks for the mention in that great news article
Tough on losing Cordon. I also like the crossover to BWG and Scarman! Might steal that news idea from you if you don't mind
Some excellent prospects through there.
No more Serbians this year
Apparently the ECHL team every now and then has a game with a midnight start time, to try to be available for those shift workers.
Season has been average, it's a lot tougher this year. Also compounded by the fact we lose $50,000 a month even though we're selling out our imaginary 500 all seater..it's not the wages, but youth setup, so I'm undecided whether to downgrade and spend ~$25,000 less a month on youth setup.
Interesting about Vegas. I'm not sure if millionaires are willing to play at midnight though...
Unfortunately, the NHL has already been decided for next season and it'll be the same. After the NHLPA vetoed the potential restructuring, they weren't able to get in a new plan before arenas needed league schedules. Hopefully the CBA fixes this for 2013-2014...
2017 Season - Markham Marauders - Colonial Premier League
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - I am shocked. I didn't expect this, even though at the end of the season, we really had bad form. Although we only did lose 4 youth products to injury during that span, and only one of the 4 managed to be match fit enough to play the final match. USL-Pro East, here we come!!!
North American Open Cup - We finally made it past the 1st Round proper, but promptly got destroyed by a USL-Pro East club. Hopefully not a vision of things to come next season...
Colonial Cup - We won't be in this competition next year, but unfortunately we lost in the final in a terrible performance by my team.
Ontario Cup - We made it to the semis, but unfortunately, we had the Toronto FC Reserves, and they killed us.
Transfers - Got rid of a few fringe players.
Squad - A small squad, but we had key contributors from a lot of players.
Youth Players:
Radford Sinclair (YP 2012) - Alright season. He wasn't going to live up to his wage, but he contributed. Unfortunately, he missed 9 weeks this season due to injury and still has 2 years left on his contract after this year.
Anthony Baker (YP 2013) - He's been inconsistent here and there, but he managed to score 10 league goals. He has score double digits in league goals for 5 years now, although it might end when we're in USL-Pro East
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - His fourth year with the first team, he had another fantastic season.
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - solid year, unfortunate that he's tore his calf muscle though...
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - First full season at the club, and he's already my best player! A big reason why Markham Marauders are headed to the 4th USL-Pro East!
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
Prize money is keeping the club afloat money wise. We will hopefully increase junior coaching once more to an exceptional level before the new players come in January 1, 2018.
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- I wouldn't be surprised if we got relegated. On the bright side even finishing last gets you $300,000, so it's not that bad.
- Our stadium has 500 seats, we got 477 of those filled this season on average. Next season, we will definitely sell out the other 23 seats. If the Town of Markham are willing to build the GTA Centre, surely they wouldn't mind developing a 5000 seat soccer specific stadium that has room for stadium expansions for the only sports team in the area . We definitely need a new stadium, how we're going to get the funds, I have no idea.Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists
2017 Major League Soccer
Toronto FC has finally won something!!!! Unfortunately, it's the equivalent of the NHL's Presidents Trophy which is quite useless...they choked in the playoffs at the first hurdle. Sporting Kansas City, formerly the Kansas City Wizards, formerly the Kansas City Wiz, have found won the MLS Cup.
Columbus Crew finished at the bottom but managed to survive.
MLS Cup Playoffs
(4) New York Red Bulls (p) 3-3 DC United (5)
(6) Houston Dynamo 0-2 FC Dallas (3)
(2) Sporting Kansas City 5-3 FC Dallas (3)
(1) Toronto FC 2-3 New York Red Bulls (4)
(4) New York Red Bulls 4-4 (a) Sporting Kansas City (2)
MLS Relegation Playoffs
(NASL-2) Orlando City 3-0 Puerto Rico Islanders (NASL-3)
(NASL-1) Tampa Bay Rowdies 0-4 Columbus Crew (MLS)
(NASL-2) Orlando City 1-3 Columbus Crew (MLS)
Major League Soccer Managers
- Chicago Fire - Piotr Nowak (POL/USA)
- Chivas USA - Robin Fraser (USA)
- Colorado Rapids - Didier Deschamps (FRA)
- Columbus Crew - Robert Warzycha (POL/USA)
- DC United - Gert Heerkes (NED)
- FC Dallas - Dominic Kinnear (USA)
- Houston Dynamo - Jorginho (BRA)
- LA Galaxy - Ben Olsen (USA)
- Montreal Impact - John Mensah (GHA)
- New England Revolution - Jay Heaps (USA)
- New York Cosmos - Antonio Conte (ITA)
- New York Red Bulls - Renato Gaucho (BRA)
- Philadelphia Union - Dunga (BRA)
- Portland Timbers - Marcelo Bielsa (ARG)
- Real Salt Lake - Peter Bosz (NED)
- San Jose Earthquakes - Ruud Gullit (NED)
- Seattle Sounders - Martin Jol (NED)
- Sporting Kansas City - Preki (USA)
- Toronto FC - John van der Brom (NED)
- Vancouver Whitecaps - Martin Rennie (SCO)
I think that there's good competitive balance now even with the minor gulf in salaries. The unpredictability of MLS is preventing the bigger clubs from always winning the league.
Congrats on Promotion!
Right when I thought I was gaining ground on you *shakes fist*
So I got good news and bad (ok, not really bad, but really annoyed about it ) news:
The good:
As you can see, the board are in the planning stages of building a new stadium in Markham! Thank you Markham city council!!!
The (slightly) bad and annoying thing:
I HAVE NO INFORMATION ABOUT IT...I totally overlooked my mails about it. How big? No idea. The name? Errr...Markham Maruaders Stadium?? Wild guess. The cost?? Erm I dunno..first time I ever had the board build a new stadium, and I have no idea about it...
But nonetheless, it's nice we're getting out of Walker Park with those 500 imaginary seats in 3 years!!!
EDIT: actually found out that that the board didn't tell me anything about this new stadium, no news item and this just popped out of nowhere...so not sure what to expect of this new stadium. But at least the board had enough common sense to plan to build one.
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Does it tell you anything about the new stadium in your Facilities tab? I know for me, it told me that I was expected to move into my stadium on a certain date, but also told me capacity.
Nice to see attendances steadily rising as well. Making excellent strides.
Congrats on the promotion and nice to see them build a stadium with actual real seats.If you have to wait 3 years for the new stadium then they will probably announce it at the end of next season,that's what they did with me and Vitoria.
Well done on returning to marauding up the leagues.
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
In the News:
Markham Marauders officially turn Professional
Firstly, the Markham Marauders are proud to announce that the club is turning professional. In a short statement released by the club, "The Markham Marauders are pleased to announce that we are turning Professional we enter the 4th tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The entire club is very excited that we have made such great strides since our humble beginnings and we will continue to look to progress up the leagues. We would like to thank everyone involved, from the coaching staff led by Head Coach/GM Ricky Nakano, the players, and our loyal fans for their support to make all of this possible."
Contract Extensions
The Markham Marauders have announced the contract extensions of 2 players:
"The Markham Marauders organizations are excited to sign these two young players to long term contract extensions. We feel that these two players are a big part of the core at the club and our commitment to both of them is a sign that we're serious about competing and winning on the pitch."
- Navin Simon (DC/DR), has signed a 4 year contract extension until 2021 with the club. His base salary will be $10,500, with an annual wage increase of 5%.
- Angelo Carmelo Matheison (MC), has signed a 5 year contract extension, until the end of 2022. He will earn $8250 in the first year of his contract, with annual 10% increases.
2018 Youth Intake
For the first time, we have an intake where a player is not from Markham, but nearly Scarborough. Not surprised the player is half Indian either, as there's lots of South Asians in Scarborough...
Robert Stillo - A striker/winger who can fit into the system. He's a player who can fit in right away. He's also versatile which is something I like.
Cordell Lumley - a quality left back with a lot of potential. He's behind Lopez on the depth so he won't be starting right away.
And the Youth Player of the intake is...
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - he doesn't seem as impressive as Stillo and Lumley, but on closer look he's a fine player. Yes, he's a bit weak (ok, very weak!!!), but he's only 15 and will have a chance to improve in the future and be a fixture in the midfield.
We have also offered out contracts for Patrick Heroux and Jack Naylor. We need some defenders and they will provide some depth for the upcoming season.
Odd about the stadium. I hope that they are actually building it. I noticed that even after my stadium was built, my Board tab still showed that it wouldn't be finished for another 11 months, yet my Facilities tab updated no problem. Odd.
Congrats on turning pro,also nice to see Canada may have some kind of future in football afterall
For now, our lack of depth at the back 4 and the 'keeper is a concern...
Lumley looks a very solid player.
Cracking season, and great news with the club turning professional and the new stadium too
Good to see you as a club icon already
Lumley is backup to Lopez right now. Too bad both of them have weak right foots because I could use a right back...
And cheers AK22, I was wondering if someone picked that up.
In other news, ass man is concerned about one of my youth products:
His max potential is probably at this level so hopefully he can get better because he has had some below average games so far.
2018 World CupNotable Absentees:
- CAF - Senegal, Ivory Coast
- UEFA - Belgium, Portugal, Italy
- CONCACAF - Canada
- CONMEBOL - N/AGroup Stage
A - Russia, Tunisia, Paraguay, Northern Ireland
B - Mexico, Iran, Greece, Argentina (note that Argentina lost all 3 group games!!!)
C - Nigeria, Germany, Scotland, Japan
D - Cameroon, Czech Republic, Iceland, El Salvador
E - France, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Spain (Spain drew 1 game and lost 2. They didn't even score in the tournament...)
F - USA, Ukraine, Uruguay, South Korea
G - Brazil, Netherlands, Ghana, Hungary
H - England, Ireland, Australia, Egypt
Second Round
Iran 2-0 Russia
Mexico 3-0 Tunisia
Czech Republic (p) 2-2 Tunisia
Germany 2-2 (p) Cameroon
France (e) 4-1 Ukraine
USA 3-0 Saudi Arabia
Ireland 2-2 (p) Brazil
England 3-0 Netherlands
Iran 2-3 (e) Cameroon
Mexico 2-0 Czech Republic
France (p) 3-3 England (lost 4-3 on penalties, Rooney gets sent off in 57th minute after 2 yellows)
USA 0-1 Brazil
Cameroon (p) 0-0 Brazil
Mexico 0-4 France
Third Place Playoff
Mexico 2-1 Brazil
Cameroon 0-1 France (Mbaye Niang game winner on 11th minute penalty)
Best Goalkeeper - Hugo Lloris (France/Lyon)
Golden Ball - 1st: Jack Wilshere (England/Arsenal), 2nd: Connor Wickman (England/Marseille), 3rd: Lenny Nangis (France/Lyon)
Golden Shoe - 1st: Andriy Yamolenko (Ukraine/Chelsea), 2nd: Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon/Dortmund), 3rd: Matt Phillips (Scotland/Blackburn)
Best Young Player - Adam Soukou (Cameroon/Lokomotiv Moscow)
2018 World Cup Dream Team
What happened to Spain and Argentina!?!? Changing of the guard methinks?
Flying through the leagues now and great news about the stadium (even if you don't know anything about it! ).
MLS here you come!
Not going to jinx myself, since we're in the lower half of the league after the split, but we should survive. We just have a major problem with goal scoring, last in the league.
Also, we're losing lots of money due to wages, youth setup, and the lovely 'Other' expenditure, probably the only consequence of being a Professional club. Hope we got enough money at the end of the year to get a new stadium.
2018 Season - Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - I had a chance in the last game before the league split to finish in the top half but we lost. Fortunately, we did well against the bottom half of the league and finished a solid 12th place. We also rediscovered our offense and we were unbeaten in our last 8 games.
North American Open Cup - Unlucky that we lost to the Austin Aztec in the 1st round proper. We got hit with a late goal and we couldn't convert on penalties.
USL Cup - In our first appearance in the USL Cup, we managed to get to the Quarter-Finals, but unfortunately lost to Indiana United in extra time.
Ontario Cup - we couldn't beat a team we were supposed to beat, but at least we didn't have a fixture congestion later.
Transfers - Got rid of more fringe players.
Squad - Our goalkeeper and defense are definitely my weak link. In short, Mitch Fletcher was making stupid decisions and even though some goals weren't his fault, we needed a new 'keeper just to try and spark something, and John Cain started the rest of the way. Earl Oppong, Emilio Rotundo, and Tyler Bishop are 3 defenders who has been at the team for many years, but the star levels indicate they're clearly not good enough for this level, and will be released, freeing up nearly $50k in salary for next season.
Youth Players:
Radford Sinclair (YP 2012) - He's just not good enough anymore. I might consider selling him just to free up some wages, that is if anyone wants him in the first place.
Anthony Baker (YP 2013) - He did alright. He didn't play a lot because I played with a lone striker (Cavalluzzo) because we were getting destroyed earlier in the season.
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - A solid season as usual. He was consistent even though his production fell (tbf, this was a high level of competition for him and the rest of the squad)
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - He got better as the season went on. This level is his ceiling so hopefully he can maintain this production. I might not sign him to a pro deal though, and keep him on the team on youth contract.
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - Only player to reach double digits in scoring. He really carried us to avoid the drop.
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - First youth product to not get a single game this season. We're stacked in the midfield and it'll be hard for him to make it...
Other notables:
Sasa McCallum - He's developing into a really solid player. He won't be the quickest guy, but good luck winning a battle in the air against him. Unfortunately, signing him to a Professional contract will be a pain, since he also has an agent, but hopefully both sides can agree on a fair contract that also won't handcuff us financially.
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
Not sure how we lost so much money during the season, but being a Professional outfit might have something to do with it. Hopefully the stadium situation gets resolved as well.
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
2018 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- No idea how we average 5 less people than the 2017 season....but we could still use a new stadium. American Luis Yao is our new owner and hopefully he can fulfill the promise of a new stadium. Hopefully we can get some news in November.
- Much of the same in the league please, although I want a top 10 ranking before the split to guarantee at least $500k in prize money, because we can certainly use the money.Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists 2018 USL Pro East 4 12th 472 Survival
Nice work on survival How does the playoff system work in that league? I noticed that 4 of the teams have the playoff letters next to them but none of them actually got promoted, or did you just screenshot before the playoffs had been played?
Well, that's our new stadium! The stadium capacity is 2725, which isn't bad since if we sell out the stadium, we would have the 7th largest attendance in the division. Unfortunately, we have to pay $13.5k in a loan (which isn't all that bad actually...) until October 29, 2033! Hopefully this save will last till 2033...
Happy it's going to be completed on New Years Day 2020. So one more year in that tiny stadium!
Markham Marauders, McCallum agree on new deal
MARKHAM - After a series of tough negotiations between the Head Coach/GM of the Markham Marauders soccer team Ricky Nakano, and Sasa McCallum and his agent Mark Rajkovic, both sides are happy to agree to a 3 year contract extension worth approximately $100,000. In the 2019 season, the defender will earn $32,500, with 10% annual wage hikes. These hikes will push the contract to about $107,575 in base salary.
With his contract set to expire at the end of the season in a month's time, Nakano and McCallum wanted to get the contract done as soon as possible. "We didn't want to drag the negotiations for a long time, because Sasa is a fantastic player and we wanted to do what's best for the team, and that's Sasa in a Markham Marauders shirt for at least the next 3 seasons."
With the recent announcement by the team to build a new stadium, this announcement of the signing of McCallum comes as another dose of good news. "It's really a good time to be a fan of the Markham Marauders soccer team," Nakano continued, "we want to build something that the fans in the Markham will love to see, and the soccer team is something I think is a must watch for fans whether they like soccer or not. We will prove on the field that we can win and play entertaining soccer at the same time."
As with Sasa, he couldn't be more thrilled with the news, "I'm really excited that my representatives and coach Nakano were able to agree to terms on a new contract. From the beginning, I knew that the organization wanted me here long term, and no matter what we were going to get this contract completed. I want to thank the Marauders coaching staff and my teammates, as well as my family and friends for all their support, because I wouldn't be here without them. "
In his career, he has had the following accomplishments:
- 2015: Shortlisted for Colonial Division 2 Defender of the Year
- 2016: Shortlisted for Colonial Division 2 Defender of the Year (won 2016 Colonial Division 2 Defender of the Year Award)
- 2017: Shortlisted for Colonial Premier League Defender of the Year (won 2017 Colonial Premier League Defender of the Year Award)
- 2018: Shortlisted for USL-Pro East MVP
- 2018: USL-Pro East Defender of the Year Runner-Up
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A decent season of consolidation. Lets hope the new stadium doesn't cripple the finances too much!
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
2019 Youth Intake
No one really stood out except one, but I signed a few players anyways because I really really needed the depth...
Best of the intake: Steve Franks (1 gold star ability/5 gold star potential) - I didn't really want another midfielder, but we got another one...he's got decent attributes. I could turn him into a centreback possibly....
Other players signed:
James Alexander (3 silver star ability/5 gold star potential) - We need another developmental 'keeper so Alexander will be the one. He's got more potential than all the other ones (for now) but he's not ready for first team action just yet.
Vincenzo Stragliotto (2.5 silver star ability/4 gold star potential) - a developmental player. Worth a punt to look at.
We also signed 3 centrebacks, with my strategy to hopefully find that 'next Sasa McCallum with better agility and acceleration and technical ability':
Kennedy Hamilton (4.5 silver star ability/4.5 gold star potential) - I think he's the most advanced of the 3 with the most potential. For a 15 year old, he has good starting attributes in tackling, marking, and jumping. His mental attributes aren't all that bad and will get better. His strength isn't a concern to me, as I had to build McCallum's strength as well and look where he is now. I don't think he will be better than McCallum physically, but he'll be better technically. His very strong left foot has also made me decide to train him as a left back.
Edis Hadziresic (4.5 silver star ability/4 gold star potential) - the #2 CB prospect that I signed this year IMO, Hadziresic is already a physical beast at 15. His mental attributes are also very very good for a 16 year old, and if he can work hard, I think he can reach his potential. A very strong right foot means he'll be trained as a right back.
Sander de Haas (2.5 silver star ability/3.5 gold star potential) - out of the 3, he might need the most development. A very aggressive 15 year old, he also has ideal jumping and heading attributes. Like the other 2, he needs to hit the weight room. He also has a PPM 'Stays at back at all times', so at least he's got the mindset that defense always comes first!
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Congrats on surviving! Now to establish yourself!
Also good to the US make a nice World Cup run.
Nice on getting the new stadium! And good as well that your Chairman is giving you money
Always worked for me!!
Cameroon in the World Cup Final .
Congrats on survival and nice to see a new stadium being built,the future is looking bright.
great to see further progress up the tiers as well as a new stadium well on the way!
Marauders, Cavalluzzo agree to new contract
MARKHAM - The Markham Marauders and Enrico Cavalluzzo have agreed to a 3 year contract worth $160,000. His new contract will pay him $62,000 a year, with 10% annual increases.
"We're excited to make a big investment with Cavalluzzo," head coach/GM Ricky Nakano stated, "we know this is a lot of money for a club of our caliber, but if there's anyone we would like to keep hold of at the top, Enrico would be one of those players. The development he has shown over the course of his career with us has been outstanding."
In 15 games this season, Cavalluzzo has scored 12 goals and 3 assists, leading the Markham Marauders into 5th, 11 league games into the season.
Great news.
I rejected another offer for him and his agent wanted to get a new contract so I more or less had no choice, because this same agent represents 3 of my other players and I definitely can't have a bad relationship with him.
They still need to fix agents for North America. Every time they ask for agent money, I feel as though I'm paying a bribe.
I only don't mind now because the board will bail me out if we're in financial trouble.
2019 Season - Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
Standings | Past Positions | Fixtures - Overall it was a fantastic season, but a bit disappointing to miss the playoffs by 2 points. We did score a lot of goals though, but unfortunately, we also conceded a lot.
North American Open Cup - I'm happy we made to the 2nd round, but unfortunately we couldn't get past the Real Maryland Monarchs.
USL Cup - lost in the 3rd round to the Chicago Magic in an unlucky extra time.
Ontario Cup - I tanked the quarters because of a fixture congestion.
Transfers - Released some longtime players like Rotundo, Oppong, and Bishop. Also loaned out a couple players.
Squad - A decent squad, but we have a lot of holes to fill.
Youth Players:
Radford Sinclair (YP 2012) - He didn't even play much on loan. His time is done with the club. He will end his time with the Marauders with 190 appearances, 70 goals, 47 assists and a 7.06 average rating.
Anthony Baker (YP 2013) - He hasn't played much and might not bother renewing his contract.
Angelo Carmelo Matheson (YP 2014) - Unfortunately he kept complaining about a new contract and I gave it to him. I don't think he deserves it but I want to keep his agent happy. If we can get some young midfielders to take on a bigger role at the club I wouldn't mind selling him if we can get a good fee.
Brian Hussein (YP 2015) - He was injured most of the season, and he hasn't developed as well as I hoped. His days might be numbered as well.
Enrico Cavalluzzo (YP 2017) - The main scorer all season. We're really reliant on him and I hope we can give him some support because if he's not on the top of his game we don't win. I tried out Giacomi and Stillo and I'm still hoping to find someone to play up front with him.
Niksa Cotic (YP 2018) - He's in contention for a rotation spot next season, depending on the wage restructure he could start.
Steve Franks (YP 2019) - He only played in one cup game, but still hopeful of his development.
Other notables:
Sasa McCallum - Solid season, but unfortunately he got injured during the season and missed a crucial stretch. We really missed his presence when he wasn't in the lineup.
Pedro Lopez - I'm going to ride this guy without a contract as long as I can, till I got some wage budget to offer him a 5 year contract at a suitable salary.
Overview | Facilities | Finances | Affiliations
We made a lot of money thanks to bailouts from the chairman and prize money. Of course, we're going to lose quite a lot of this money in the off-season. I want to improve youth facilities and junior coaching but we'll see what the chairman says about it...
Managerial Stats
2011 Season
2012 Season
2013 Season
2014 Season
2015 Season
2016 Season
2017 Season
2018 Season
2019 Season
Notes/Goals for Next Season
- Hopefully the new stadium will give us a lot more revenue.
- A playoff spot would be a good goal since we were so close this season.
- We need to get a little lucky with the youth intake...fix up the backline and/or get another good striker
- We have some players to resign, but we need a fair deal for the club.Code:Year Division Tier Position Attendance Notes 2011 St. Lawrence Soccer League 8 1st 299 Promotion, North American Amateur Cup Finalists 2012 Colonial Amateur League 7 4th 265 Promotion 2013 Colonial Division 2 6 8th 308 N/A 2014 Colonial Division 2 6 14th 282 N/A 2015 Colonial Division 2 6 2nd 383 Colonial Cup Winners 2016 Colonial Division 2 6 1st 357 Promotion, Colonial Cup Winners 2017 Colonial Premier League 5 1st 477 Promotion, Colonial Cup Finalists 2018 USL Pro East 4 12th 472 Survival 2019 USL Pro East 4 7th 476 Top-half finish
October 28, 2019
The Markham Marauders have resigned midfielder Josh Brown to a 4 year contract until the end of 2023. He will earn $21,000 pro-rated for the rest of the year, and will have 10% annual wage increases.
Only 2 points off a playoff spot isn't bad. Hope you're able to sign all the players you want to return.
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
2020 Youth Intake
A lot of good long term prospects, and one very very good player.
Mark Lewis - Lewis is another developmental defender. Compared to my 3 prospects last year, I think he's more advanced. He can already jump very well, and solid physicals that can be improved.
Nikola Puzigaca - He's just a bit of depth since I lost a midfielder to free agency. He's just another body for 3 seasons.
Fernando Di Pietro - He has the potential to be a leading USL winger, but we'll see. He needs a lot of work...
Miomir Mitrovic - I need an extra striker, so he'll be it. He doesn't have much potential though, but he can contribute at this level.
And the Youth Player of 2020 is....
Carlos Silva - All I gotta say is WOW! And I can even confirm he did indeed sign a youth contract with us! I'm going to have to set him on a training schedule to help out with his strength, and the rest of his attributes should improve with playing time!
In stadium news, construction has finally been completed! Of the 2725 seats, 681 of them are seated. Hopefully this is the start where we can continue to push up the leagues with the extra stadium revenue. I don't really intend to mount a serious challenge into the USL league just yet, as I still think we're a striker away, but this year I want playoffs!
Markham Marauders - USL-Pro East
Contract Extensions:
Pedro Lopez has signed a new 5 year contract, worth $41,500 per year, with an annual 10% wage hike. His new contract will expire at the end of 2024.
Jan. 6
Lorenzo Colonna has signed a new 3 year contract extension worth a total of $50,000. He will earn a slight raise to $17,000 a year. His contract has a 5% annual wage increase.
Jan. 10
Enrico Cavalluzzo has signed a new 5 year contract worth $350,000. Like Lopez's contract, it will now end in 2024. I think it's a big coup for us, because his contract was set to end in 2021, and now that I can offer up 5 year contracts because of the money we have, I can just add on another 3 years with the exact same terms, just paying a minimum agent fee ($2000) to seal the deal.
Unfortunately though, I can't seem to resolve McCallum's contract situation, because I can't offer what he wants (and deserves). I have 70 grand in cap room too (and he only wants a $35k raise which in theory should be fine...). Stupid Matheson and his contract.
So, one more little update before I sleep:
The historic first game in our new stadium!
It wasn't a sellout, nor did I expect it to, but this team we're facing, the Serbian White Eagles, are a NASL team, which is the 2nd tier, and we destroyed them this match!
Tough break that you can't offer the player a contract he deserves. Would that put him out of reach for your league in general?
Carlos Silva looks incredible! Really should develop into a star player for Canada
And it's always good to open a new stadium with a win, first step in making it a graveyard for teams to travel to
I agree with Scarman .
Not too bad
And then our second game we squeaked out a 1-1 draw with Hamilton FC, a team below us a tier or two.


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"Our hearts are warmed by the outpouring of love and support from all corners of our country and world," Newtown First Selectman Patricia Llodra said. "We are struggling now to manage the overwhelming volume of gifts and ask that sympathy and kindness to our community be expressed by donating such items to needy children and families in other communities in the name of those killed in Sandy Hook Elementary on December 14.
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TORONTO - A strong second half effort on both sides of the football prompted Toronto's first win of the season, 28-14, against Valley Friday at Clark Hinkle Field.
"We felt we had to run the ball inside tonight," Toronto head coach Eric Meek started. "(Steubenville Catholic) Central did a great job last week taking our outside run away. Valley tried to do the same thing to us this week. We got the ball up the middle. And once they moved down to stop that then we hit the big pass.
"We had to stop them. Our goal was to keep their big kid to two yards per carry instead of three- or four- yard chucks each time he carried the ball. That's what we were able to do."
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READY TO GO IN TORONTO — Toronto center Zach Price prepares to snap the ball to quarterback Blaze Glenn during the first half of Friday's 28-14 over visiting Valley.
-- Mike Mathison
The Red Knights now sit 1-4 and face Bellaire St. John Sept. 29.
"We get an extra day of practice," Meek said. "They are a much improved team. We have to be ready to go."
Valley pounded its way to a 14-6 halftime advantage primarily by riding its 305-pound fullback Spencer Mason. Mason rumbled to 57 yards and a touchdown during the first half of play. Toronto simply couldn't bring down the massive runner with two or even three tacklers.
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Toronto 28, Valley 14
Valley 7 7 0 0 - 14
Toronto 6 0 14 7 - 28
V: Streets 24 run (Palmer kick)
T: Solomon 3 run (pass failed)
V: Mason 1 run (Palmer kick)
T: C.Glenn 13 run (Chadwick pass from B. Glenn)
T: C.Glenn 1 run (kick failed)
T: B.Glenn 78 run (Chadwick pass from B. Glenn)
RUSHING: Valley 40-181-2x (Mason 23-92-1, Streets 11-62-1, Midcap 1-27, Bates 3-12, Kocher 2-0); Toronto 35-278-4x (B.Glenn 13-164-1, C.Glenn 18-99-2, Ross 3-12, Solomon 1-3-1).
PASSING: Valley 1-8-14-0-2 (all by Streets); Toronto 11-14-135-0-0 (all by B.Glenn).
RECEIVING: Valley (Hubbard 1-14); Toronto (Stewart 8-88, Chadwick 3-47).
FIRST DOWNS: Valley 13; Toronto 18
PENALTIES: Valley 4-16; Toronto 11-102
FUMBLES: Valley 3/2; Toronto 2/1
Toronto managed a Billy Solomon touchdown in the first half, but the Lumberjacks held Eric Meek's squad in check for the most part. The tide began to turn when the Red Knights came onto the field in the second half.
"They moved us forward in the first half," Meek stated. "They kept us to three possessions. The second half we got physical. It was the first time all year defensively that we played football."
A Chez Glenn return to the 48-yard line on the opening kickoff got Toronto started on the right foot.
Three plays was all it took for the Red Knights to score their second touchdown.
It started innocently enough. Chez Glenn opened the drive with a three-yard run. Toronto finally opened up the passing attack with a 36-yard strike on a sprint left from Blaze Glenn to Joey Chadwick. On first-and-10 from the 13-yard line, Chez Glenn took a simple handoff and two jump cuts later he was in the endzone.
Toronto trailed 14-12 and attempted a two point conversion. Blaze Glenn took the snap and rolled to his right. Valley clogged the passing lanes. Blaze Glenn then quickly whipped the ball across his body to a darting Chadwick. The receiver reached back and over his head to snag the ball for a successful conversion. Toronto tied the scored 14-14 with 10:45 remaining in the third quarter.
Blaze Glenn then turned the tables on Valley from his safety position.
The Lumberjacks didn't pass the ball often - only eight times in total - but during the ensuing drive after Toronto's tying score, Blaze Glenn snatched an interception to quickly give the ball back to Toronto. It proved crucial, because the Red Knights scored the go-ahead touchdown after the turnover.
Toronto's third scoring drive started at its 39-yard line. Blaze Glenn completed a quick pass to Stewart. Blaze and Chez Glenn then traded carries to get the Ride Knights to Valley's 35-yard line. Stewart managed an 18-yard reception for Toronto to keep the drive alive on third-and-long. The drive ended with a one yard Chez Glenn touchdown plunge.
Glenn finished the game with 99 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Toronto led 20-14 after a failed conversion, but it wasn't quite finished on the offensive end. Blaze Glenn would strike again.
Valley nearly came back after driving the football to Toronto's 1-yard line. On fourth-and-goal, Valley's big fullback lost his footing at the one-yard line and didn't cross the goalline. Mason managed only 23 rushing yards in the second half.
Toronto made a terrific goalline stand, but it was 99 yards away from the opponent's endzone. It didn't prove too hard to overcome.
The Red Knights managed one first down to start the series. Blaze Glenn then rolled to his right on second-and-six from the 22-yard line, but no on was open in which to throw the football. Blaze Glenn decided to tuck the football and run. He cut against the grain of Valley's pursuit and lived up to his name by scorching the defense for a 78-yard touchdown scamper. Blaze Glenn tallied 164 rushing yards once his day was complete.
Blaze Glenn again found Chadwick in the back of the endzone for a successful two-point conversion. Toronto led 28-14, and Valley was never able to mount any more offense.
"He's running the offense well," Meek complimented. "We've talked previously about turnovers, but he's a young kid.
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How do I backup my Linux box without having to crawl the whole filesystem every time? I would like a program that would detect the new or changed photos, source code, etc. and queue them to be copied over to my NAS.


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On a cold night, many Minnesotans enjoy our gas fireplaces. But some may not know about the possible danger in a warm, flickering flame.
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Lila Stephens was just about 1 year old when she suffered severe burns to her little hands. Both hands were in casts for months after she touched a gas fireplace at a resort in Wisconsin Dells. Lila was attracted to the orange flames flickering behind a glass pane at eye level. Her dad was in the room, but wasn't quick enough to stop Lila.
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Dr. George Peltier treats about 15 children a year at Hennepin County Medical Center for burns caused by hot gas fireplaces. Nationwide, 200 children burn themselves on gas fireplaces every year. He calls it a preventable problem.
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LaTeX, ConTeXt and plain are the most well known TeX formats/macro packages. But there are others, such as Lollipop. What others are out there and are any in use these days anymore?
Less known formats
A search in the TeX Live 2009 tree reveals:
Arthur Ogawa is well known for his work on TeX and LaTeX: he is the current maintainer of the RevTeX class, for example. Formats 1, 2 and 4 were directed to physicists, only TeXsis was, as far as I know, rather extensively used.
StarTeX had a quite interesting approach, as its syntax is HTML-like:
In the olden days, AMS-TeX; it was written by Michael Spivak for the AMS and featured the alignment environments for multiple equations we are familiar with:
No *-version, as AMS-TeX didn't do any automatic numbering. It provided
There was also
to produce theorem statements; it was easily configurable for accommodating numbers. Also
It had interfaces for the AMS symbol fonts and featured also
It provided also a "preprint" style,
It had also a nice way to cope with simple bibliographies and a primitive way to build (rectangular) commutative diagrams.
The nicest feature was the manual: "The Joy of TeX", whose structure is strictly modelled on the famous "The Joy of Sex", with the same chapter titles. :)
Spivak also wrote a package on top of AMS-TeX, LAMS-TeX, that he sold. The "L" recalled "LaTeX": the format featured automatic numbering, cross-references, bibliographies with BibTeX and also an environment for pictures, particularly for commutative diagrams with diagonal arrows.
This package never really caught on, mainly because it was commercial. The macros are now in the public domain, but not the manual, and so they are unusable.
In the early nineties Yannis Haralambous worked on a package to support writing in complex scripts. It was commercialized and perhaps for that reason not much known other than through talks given by Yannis. Eventually the numerous problems to support such scripts lead to the development of the Omega processor. You can find traces of this system still on the web, for example an article in Cahiers Gutenberg or an annoucement of its availibility and price.
A summary of its functionality is:
I'm fairly sure that it was based on top of plain TeX in those days, but not having used it myself this is just a guess.
Technically not a format rather a macro package built on top of
Again a commercial format written in the late eighties by Amy Hendrickson. I have a manual but not the sources. From the samples in there it is an early approach to structured documents (covering lists, tables, indexes, figures, etc). Formatting directives and style of commmand syntax is more in plainTeX style (similar to the amsTeX family of commands) but structurally going in the direction of LaTeX. I believe it became free at some point, but I couldn't find any trace on the web. Anyway, I think Amy abandoned it for LaTeX :-) given her resume.
Tailored for Czech/Slovak users, but can load many other hyphenation patterns or font encodings; it also distributes an alternative macro package OPmac, which may also run on top of other Plain-like formats.
By TCI Software Research. Is it still in use? It is buried in the belly of SW/SWP, thus it is kind of used (although I would discourage this).
HyPlain and bplain
These are small (the former far more than the latter) formats meant to extend Plain TeX to support multilingual documents, by allowing it to load several hyphenation patterns. They provide different interfaces, though. Bplain may also load some features of Babel's Language Definition Files.


text: I finally finished the tut for kyo, hope you enjoy it. Short tempered and obsessed with violence, kyo is not one to turn to. Despite his attitude, kyo can actually be really nice. As Shigure says 'kyo is a white belt in social skills.' kyo HATES Yuki, the two get on like chalk and cheese. Yuki and kyo get into fights regularly, Yuki wins of course. Despite not being able to defeat Yuki, he still packs a punch. Kyo lives with Shigure, Yuki and Tohru in a outside sohma house. Kyo is possesed by the cat spirt. Kyo is my second fave character.


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A novel descriptive epidemiologic study that will be published in the Journal of Urology is the first study to quantify the differential mortality rates between sexes from non-gender-specific cancers and compare their cancer stage distribution. This study hypothesized that men die more commonly from their cancers than their female counterparts, even after the increased male incidence is accounted for.
Between 1975 and 2004, the National Institutes of Health reported the total cancer burden in the US was higher in males compared to females with an incidence ratio of 1.14; when sex-specific cancers were excluded, the ratio increased to 1.77. Moreover, the yearly male to female cancer mortality ratio was 1.89.
The authors determined that over the last 10 years, the number of men diagnosed with cancer has consistently been 1.5 times greater than the rate for women. While the overall mortality rates attributable to cancer have decreased over 10% for both men and women, the mortality rate for men still exceeds that for women, even for the same type of cancer. While a descriptive study does not explain the reasons for gender differences in oncologic outcomes, previous studies have highlighted differences in modifiable risk factors, differences in healthcare utilization, and intrinsic biological differences between the sexes. In the US, 27% of men report not being evaluated by a physician within the last year compared to 14% of women.
In summary, the authors concluded that men develop and die more often from cancers that should affect men and women equally. However, the number of men diagnosed with non-gender-specific cancer is 50% higher than the number of women diagnosed with cancer. After controlling for higher male incidence of cancers, men have a 12.6% higher mortality rate than women for the same types of cancer.
Reference: Najari BB, Rink M, Li PS, Karakiewicz PI, Scherr DS, Shabsigh R, Meryn S, Schlegel PN, Shariat SF. Sex disparities in cancer mortality: the risks of being a man in the US. J Urol 2012, doi:10.1016/j.juro.2012.11.153.


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Once commissioned early 2015, the storage capacity of the petrochemical and downstream terminal will be about 250,000 cubic meters. The first phase will consist of around 40 commodity and specialty chemical storage tanks, complete with truck handling and ship loading facilities for five berths.
Jubail Chemicals Storage and Services Co. (JCSSC), a joint
venture of SABIC and Vopak, on Wednesday awarded engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for a
new storage, handling and shipping terminal at King Fahd
Industrial Port in Jubail.
The EPC deal went to China National Chemical Engineering Corp.
Total investment on the facility is estimated to be $400
million. The project will enable the continued
growth of the petrochemical and downstream
industries in Saudi Arabia, according to the companies.
Once commissioned early 2015, the storage capacity of the
terminal will be approximately 250,000 cubic meters.
The first phase will consist of around 40 commodity and
specialty chemical storage tanks, complete with truck handling
and ship loading facilities for five berths.
The investment in this industrial terminal will provide the
petrochemical industry in Jubail
with a critically important export facility, according to
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highest safety standards.
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The 6 Biggest Over-Achievements in the History of Marriage
When it comes to marriage, there are a lucky few who manage to land somebody way out of their league. Rarer still is the segment of this over achieving population who appear to just hate it: "Eeuw, I'm rich! I have a hot wife! God, how did I end up in this awful situation?" We don't know what's wrong with them (our leading theory is something called Self-Destructive Penis Syndrome) but good lord is it fascinating.
#6. Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones
Princess Margaret (Queen Elizabeth's kid sister) was still reeling from a failed romance, and so was ripe for the kind of hasty, poorly considered rebound relationship that Mr. Antony Armstrong-Jones specialized in.
You know what they say about ladies on stamps, right? We don't, but someone must.
Though he was a well-known celebrity photographer in his own right - mostly famous for his "creative" portraits where he had subjects pretend to be a table leg or stick their heads through a toilet seat - he definitely fell in the realm of "commoner" as far as the royal family was concerned, and that made theirs the first marriage of royalty to a commoner in roughly 450 years. They even had to invent an earldom for him (the Earl of Snowdon) when Margaret got pregnant, so the royal baby wouldn't be born without a title and doubtlessly get picked on by all the other royal babies.
Here they are on vacation in Arizona. All the fences made it easy for Snowdon to disguise his height.
His marriage to Princess Margaret was "like Cinderella in reverse," according to rival photographer Nicky Haslam. But Tony didn't think it was such a big deal. Not only did he flout royal customs like walking two steps behind his wife in public but normal human being customs as well, like not cheating on your wife with other women and particularly not cheating on your wife with other men.
Moments later, he gave a "royal edict" to the cameraman in a nearby broom closet.
Although it wasn't all bad, as this horrible sham marriage did set up one of history's best zingers: When Margaret was asked how the queen was doing, she responded by asking, "Which one? My sister, my mother, or my husband?"
Oh, dang, Snowdon! You need some Royal Jelly for that ROYAL BURN?!
We're guessing the countless pansexual orgies softened the sting.
Tony was such a terrible husband that he felt the need to get a running start at failing his marriage. So he conceived a child during a threesome with his best man and his best man's wife a few months before the wedding. Margaret later cheated on him as well for revenge, but she was, simply put, out of her league.
"Ha! Just one lover? What is this, open mic night? Leave the infidelity to the professionals, Margaret."
He continued his photography work and demanded she respect it, but didn't pay the slightest respect to her station ("Yes, yes, dear, of course you're a princess. You're a doll. You're wonderful.") He tried to make up for his indiscretions by leaving her little notes in books he knew she would read, which is a wonderfully romantic gesture...except his notes tended to be lists of "things I hate about you."
Why was this guy so full of himself that he took marrying a princess for granted? Some say ego, some blame Margaret, but his prep school classmates probably have the real answer here: He had a monster dong. And that lets you get away with anything.
So that's why he needs a wheelchair.
#5. Elizabeth Taylor and Larry Fortensky
When you think of the words "prudent" and "marriage," the last person you should think of is Elizabeth Taylor, who was married eight times, and shocked and astounded each and every time it didn't work out. The most bizarre choice of husband was probably Larry Fortensky, a construction worker she met in rehab.
Just looking at him, you can tell he smells like corn nuts.
Gossip columnist Liz Smith, completely misreading the situation (as is her job,) said, "It will be fun for her. After all, Elizabeth is no snob. Under the high gloss of her facade, she is really an ordinary woman who has led an extraordinary life."
And that is the most monumental lie that has ever been told. There was absolutely nothing ordinary about Elizabeth Taylor. Ever. Even if you're unfamiliar with her Hollywood career, just consider the wedding itself: It was guarded by a 100 man security force headed by an ex-Israeli army officer, and held at the home of her good friend Michael Jackson.
Just a normal wedding. With a giant Merry-Go-Round.
After the ceremony, they returned to Elizabeth Taylor's massive mansion where she had an army of servants to attend to her every need, and Larry's needs as well, and Larry just freaked the hell out. Apparently he didn't realizing she was THE Liz Taylor until well after the wedding. He was so shell-shocked by his new life, he made Elizabeth get rid of all her servants and even introduced her to the concept of the stove, which she no doubt came to fear as the magical house where fire lived. Instead of lounging by the pool and working on his experimental new music label, as most rich-woman-marrying jerks are wont to do, Larry kept taking his regular construction jobs.
And wearing his regular mullet.
At this point you might think he was just a humble, salt-of-the-earth guy trying to gently urge his wife back to the simple life, but Larry was no saint: He just literally could not give one crap less about money. When Taylor offered him $1 million to quit his chain-smoking habit, he told her to suck it up and "deal with it." After the marriage, he was arrested for drug use in an illegally parked motor home with his "live-in maid." No secret suite at the Hilton for Larry Fortensky; you get railed in his 1986 Winnebago Chieftain, or you don't get railed at all. He was later arrested again for domestic assault.
Liz Taylor would go on to continue being Liz Taylor.
So sure, his life after the marriage kind of sucked and read like the subplot to a later season of Roseanne, but we're sure it beat living in that filthy mansion and having everything paid for with that god-awful "money" stuff -- good thing he got out of that hellhole alive.
#4. Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim was a French director known for starting the career of Brigitte Bardot, considered to be one of the sexiest women of all time, and for marrying Bardot and some of the other sexiest women of all time, and finally, for completely neglecting and abandoning the sexiest women of all time.
Maybe he hated his wang?
You're probably reading the words 'French Director' and assuming he was a pretentious but brilliant, world-renowned artist -- which of course the ladies love -- but that's wrong: His best known film was Barbarella, the cheesy sci-fi flick starring Jane Fonda and an all-star cast of breasts and asses. But somehow he managed to marry a succession of ridiculously sexy movie stars that were probably at the top of any man's list in the day - starting with Brigitte Bardot and including Jane Fonda (number 3).
Ho-hum. Another jaunt to an island paradise with a beautiful supermodel. Just another Tuesday for Roger Vadim.
Instead of being grateful that he was married to women that would be pants-saluted everywhere, he quickly tired of them whenever they started developing into real people. He ditched his lover Catherine Deneuve when "my shy adolescent had blossomed out into a hard-headed woman ruthlessly in control of her own life," as he put it. The whole point of Brigitte Bardot as a sex symbol was the natural, unabashed charisma she exuded as a confident woman, but it didn't do anything for Vadim, who said, "From the moment I liberated her ... the moment I showed her how to be truly herself, our marriage was all downhill."
He's like some sort of sex-vampire that feeds on innocence.
After divorcing the heiress Catherine Schneider, he complained how she had taken him for granted by saying, "You bring a mistress flowers, and she accepts them as a lovely present. A wife only notices when you don't bring flowers." Sure, she gave him all the money he could ever want, but she didn't shriek in delight every time Vadim slipped her a $12 bouquet, so he's moving right the hell on.
Being married to Jane Fonda, a feat which every teenage boy in the era considered one step above parting the Red Sea, was okay for a while. But then this happened: "Unfortunately she's lost her sense of humor," Vadim states. "One day I called her Jane of Arc. She didn't laugh at all."
"Get it? Because your names are almost kind of similar? Ha ha! You're not laughing. DIVORCE!"


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Rainbow Experience brightens Mandela Rhodes Place
The Rainbow Experience, a multi-level concept store, launched at Cape Town hotel and lifestyle complex Mandela Rhodes Place on Tuesday, September 1.
Described as a destination store that showcases South African innovation and design, The Rainbow Experience is set around the story, life and leadership of former president Nelson Mandela.
The store offers an espresso bar and internet café, experiential learning workshops and a documentary movie experience of Mr Mandela's life, as well as design works, music, fashion, gifts and creative events space.
From October, the store will also host jazz jam sessions.
The impressive list of cool Capetonians who turned out for the launch was welcomed by an expression of local music and culture. At the entrance, a graffiti artist was painting a garage door with edgy street images.
Through the front entrance and the familiar rainbow stripes of Cape Town Tourism, an equally colourful vitamin mineral water display provided welcome drinks.
A wide selection of art and crafts were on display, including bead work, funky décor items, Afrikaans poetry and children's books, with South African artworks on display upstairs.
Guests milled about in the lobby, enjoying delicious snacks and local wine while being regaled in true African style by enormous Malian puppets and a marimba band, which formed the official welcome. Downstairs, plush leather sofas awaited the trendy crowd in the VIP lounge.
At 19h00 the marimba band trumpeted the vuvuzela fanfare, a rhythmic, uniquely South African vuvuzela orchestra that will be heard at a number of Cape Town Tourism events in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Heart 104.9FM DJ Marguerite Freaks announced the launch of The Rainbow Experience and the start of World Tourism Month, aptly themed "Celebrating diversity".
As the evening wound down, a group performed a freestyle hip-hop dance in the street against a backdrop of graffiti artists working on their creations – a wonderful example of the diverse, colourful and creative spirit that characterises Cape Town's city centre.


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1987 Ford Fox Mustang - Ron BurgundyWritten by Douglas Glad on May 2, 2013 Part 5: Suspension and Traction
Dialing in a race car is a long and complicated process. We do it because of the satisfaction and frustration it brings, and, more importantly, for the friends we make along the way. If we claimed in this article that the parts we installed on Ron Burgundy, our Fox Mustang project, took us from wheelspin to wheelies, we'd be lying. Although these parts did solve some of the basic problems that prevented us from getting an accurate baseline, they represent the first steps in making this car fast and reliable.
In the Jan. '13 issue, we took the Fox Mustang to the Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California, and ran some respectable 7.80s at about 90 mph or about 12.25 in the quarter. The car has a single 61mm turbo from a Hellion Street Heat kit on what is essentially a stock engine, a 3.27:1 gear ratio, and a good 4R70W transmission from Performance Automatic. Not too bad, but on paper the car should be able to run 11.70s at its current weight and horsepower.
Looking at the photos from the Fontana event, we noticed several problems with the attitude of the launching car. It would pull hard to the right, as evidenced by the right front tire rolling under as the driver counter-steered to keep the car straight, and it would bounce and unload the rear tires once the front end came down, indicating that the dampers (shocks) weren't controlling the springs. The result was a 2-second, 60-foot time with a lot of uncontrollable wheelspin and a Fox Mustang.
The solutions to these problems are relatively simple. Since the Fox Mustang has to be the most drag raced body in recent history, there are many companies with a lot of knowledge about how to dial in one of these cars. One such company is Maximum Motorsports (MMS), which employs guys like Jack Hidley, who know just about everything about these types of door-slammers. We gave him a call to get some solutions. We'll get to that, but first, a little theory.
Center of Gravity
Everything revolves around the Fox Mustang center of gravity (CG). If you placed a jackstand in the center of the car under the CG, it would be balanced in the air with neither the front nor rear tires touching the ground. The CG is a fixed position. Looking at the car from the side, the four-link's two upper and two lower control arms form a triangle that intersects at an invisible point called the instant center (IC). The term "instant" is used because as the car and suspension begin to move, the IC moves as well. As you raise and lower the car's ride height, you change the position of the IC. The same is true when you raise or lower the upper or lower control arms. Controlling the IC means controlling how the suspension rotates around the CG and how fast and hard the tires are loaded when the car begins to move.
Antisquat Line
On cars with a solid axle, there is an imaginary line extending horizontally from the contact patch of the rear tire to where the front-axle vertical centerline reaches the height of the CG. This imaginary line is called the neutral or antisquat line. Using suspension and ride-height adjustments, you can move the IC above this line to hit the tire with more torque, or lower the IC to soften the hit on the tire. The IC can also be moved forward (closer to the front axle) or rearward (closer to the rear axle), which affects the rate at which the load is applied. Generally, the closer the IC is to the rear axle, the quicker the load is applied.
Ron's Rear Suspension
While we were trying to determine the correct tire pressure and launch rpm for the track, wheelhop became worse as we delivered more torque to the tire. Wheelhop is a result of spring wrap in leaf-spring–equipped or worn bushings and components in four-link cars. Also during the launch, it was clear the car was spinning the tires from a huge hit of torque when launching off the transbrake, hooking, then unloading again when the right rear tire rotated up into the body as the axle was loaded with engine torque. This occurred several times, making the car bounce or porpoise before finally gaining traction. The solution to both of these problems is a set of adjustable rear control arms. The new bushings solve the wheelhop problem, and the adjustability allows control of the initial location of the IC.
We also ordered a sway-bar kit. On the occasions the car did hook, it darted to the right and again unloaded the tires, causing a bit of scary fishtailing. The sway bar acts as a spring that keeps the axle housing from rotating up into the body and unloading the right rear that steers you into the guardrail. All these factors are either working with you or against you when launching a lightweight and powerful car like the Mustang at the dragstrip.
Ron's Front Suspension
Another place to look for problems is the front suspension. Under acceleration, weight transfer occurs, creating front suspension rise. The dampers control the speed in which the front end rises and droop allows the suspension to move without topping out and unloading the rear tires. The size of the front wheel and tire also have a direct effect on the 60-foot times, but we will get into that in a later story. Droop is simply the distance at which the tire and wheel move away from the body when the car is on jackstands, allowing the car to pitch-rotate and load the rear tires. The dampers we're using from Maximum Motorsports will allow us to control the amount of droop with spacers that fit under or over the upper strut bearing plate.
The springs (or a small front sway bar) help control roll stiffness, or the resistance to roll rotation, as engine torque twists the car clockwise (as viewed from the rear) toward the passenger side. Increasing front roll stiffness creates an equal and opposite reaction on the rear axlehousing, as torque lifts the driver front suspension and compresses the passenger front suspension. When torque is applied, the rear axlehousing tries to twist around the pinion gear, rotating the axlehousing in a counter-clockwise direction. Tuning and the 60-foot
The theory is that for every 0.10 second you can shave off the 60-foot time, you get 0.20 second off the e.t. in the quarter-mile. Fast race cars have a quick 60-foot time, so that is where you should start.
With the new suspension in place, we needed a baseline. The recommendation was to set the front damper at full soft to allow the front end to rise and add the thick bearing spacer to achieve as much droop as possible. In the rear, we set the shocks in the middle of the adjustment range.
Using the recommendation from Mickey Thompsons, we set the tire pressure to 12 psi and set the ride height to 273⁄4 inches using the adjustable rear suspension. With the stock suspension, Ron had a 60-foot time of 1.80, and with the new suspension and settings, the car immediately ran a 1.73. As the track got hotter, we moved the launch rpm from 3,000 to 4,000, and the car began to rotate and use the suspension. After multiple runs, and incrementally lowering the rear ride height, Ron ran a best 60-foot of 1.59 with a 7.53 e.t. at 92 mph, or 11.72 at 116.29. That is right on the power to weight ratio calculation for the e.t. and mph.
What's Next?
Grizzled racing veterans have told us many times that you aren't really working the suspension until you have 600 hp. We read that as, "you aren't doing wheelies until you have 600 hp." And wheelies are what we want. Since the stock 302 is telling us through oil-pressure readings and subtle coolant use that it wants out, we are going to add a Ford Racing 363-inch crate engine to the car and see if we can "work" the front end off the ground. Stay tuned.
Rules of the antisquat
If your car...
- is heavy
- has a numerically lower gear ratio
- uses a big tire
- makes no torque
If your car…
- is light
- has a numerically higher gear ratio
- uses a small tire
- makes a lot of torque
In this sequence, you can see the car hitting the tire hard and immediately moving to the right (from the driver's perspective), as the rear dampers fail to control the speed of the car's rotation and the sway bar and front suspension allow the passenger rear tire to rotate up into the body and unload. As the car moves through the frame, you can see the nose dive as the front suspension fails to slow down the weight transfer to the front of the car, bottoming out the suspension and starting the second bounce, again unloading the tires. The MMS parts solved all these problems at once and gave us the ability to fine-tune the car.
|Parts List
|MMS caster camber plates
|MMS 13⁄4-inch rear sway bar weld-in
|MMS front coilover conversion kit
|MMS R lower control arms
|MMS R spring conversion
|MMS rear coilover springs
|Varies by spring
|Tokico D-Spec struts
|189.97 each
|Tokico D-Spec shock
|129.97 each
|Flaming River manual rack kit
|Frontend alignment
|Mickey Thompson ET Streets
|202.99 each
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This is the adjustable, 11⁄4 -inch- od x 0.250-inch-wall-thickness, heavy-duty, drag-race sway-bar kit from Maximum Motorsports (MMS). It is a weld-in job where the sway-bar links meet the chassis. It is also available as a bolt-in kit.The job of the sway bar is to keep the axlehousing from rotating up into the chassis on a drag racing application. When you see a car radically twisting to the right on a launch, the car generally needs a sturdy rear sway bar to evenly apply the torque.The MMS sway bar is also adjustable. As the attachment location moves toward the rear of the car, the bar becomes stiffer. For a violent drag car, MMS recommended the stiffest setting.The springs and dampers control the speed of the car's pitch rotation, slowing down or speeding up the rise of the front end and movement of the rear. This front coilover conversion kit from MMS comes with a pair of 150-pound springs that are 14 inches high and 2.5 inches in diameter. Since this is a dedicated drag car, you want the front roll stiffness to be as low as possible. MMS recommended the softest springs and no sway bar in the front to equalize the load to the rear.The Tokico dampers adjust both jounce and rebound at the same time with 7.5 turns of adjustability. For the baseline, we ran the fronts full soft at zero turns and the rear halfway at four turns, as recommended by MMS. Later we will use the dampers to fine-tune the launch.The front struts, now converted to coilovers, do it all. Using the adjustment collar, we can preload the springs to control ride height, and, using the adjustment knob on the damper, control the speed of pitch rotation.To get maximum droop, the MMS kit uses spacers to lower the strut in the car. We started with a 0.48- and 0.24-inch shim and flipped the mounting plate to the bottom of the strut tower for an additional 0.76 inch.On the left is the factory and on the right is the MMS camber plate. Aside from the obvious structural improvement, the MMS plate allows adjustment of both caster and camber. The caster angle is not normally adjustable in the Fox Mustang.
We spoke about deflection in the bushings causing wheelhop. Here you can see the difference in materials and design that will take some of the mush out of the Mustang's ride. The MMS arms have spherical bearings on each end. The blue polyurethane thrust washers keep the spring perch on the lower control arm from moving out of alignment. They also keep dirt and water out of the bearing.On a solid-axle vehicle, the ratio of the front roll stiffness to the rear roll stiffness should be 75 percent rear and 25 percent front. To stiffen up the rear of the car, MMS recommended an 8-inch-tall, 2.5-inch diameter, 225-pound spring and a stiff, 1.25-inch hollow sway bar. Too stiff a spring makes the car unstable and reduces the grip of the tires on a bumpy track. That's why MMS recommended both the sway bar and this spring working together.This is the key to moving the IC. As the car is lowered, the front mount for the lower control arms is lower, which moves the arm closer to parallel with the ground. The front mount for the upper arm also moves down. Because the upper arm is much shorter, this significantly changes the position of the IC in relation to the anti-squat line. So lowering the ride height moves the IC down and forward in the chassis. Take a look at the rules of anti squat to understand what this means.