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Filed under: MLS team values by Forbes, Uncategorized | Tags: Andrea Pirlo, Avaya Stadium, Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, David Villa, DC United, Didier Drogba, Don Garber, ESPN, FC Dallas, Forbes magazine, Fox, Fox Sports 1, Frank Lampard, Houston Dynamo, Kaka, LAFC, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, Miami Fusion, Montreal Impact, NBA, NBC, NBCSN, New England Revolution, New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, NFL, NHL, Orlando City SC, Philadelphia Union, Portland Timbers, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders, Sporting Kansas City, Steven Gerrard, Toronto FC, Univision, Vancouver Whitecaps, WNBA
The average worth of Major League Soccer clubs reached $157 million in 2014, up 52 percent from the previous year, according to a valuation by Forbes magazine.
Topping the list were the Seattle Sounders at $245 million, while the Colorado Rapids, worth $105 million, brought up the rear. The biggest mover was DC United, whose value increased 97 percent, from $71 million in '13 to $140 million last year. Average team worth was $103 million in 2013, nearly triple what Forbes valued the teams five years earlier.
Eight of MLS' then-18 clubs turned a profit in 2014, led by Seattle's $10 million. The biggest loser was the New York Red Bulls at $9 million.
2014 valuation of MLS clubs, plus revenue and operating income*:
1. Seattle Sounders — $245 million, $50 million, $10 million.
2. Los Angeles Galaxy — $240 million, $44 million, $4 million.
3. Houston Dynamo — $200 million, $26 million, $5 million.
4. Portland Timbers — $185 million, $35 million, $4 million.
5. Toronto FC — $175 million, $32 million, -$7 million.
6. Sporting Kansas City — $165 million, $29 million, $4 million.
7. Chicago Fire — $160 million, $21 million, -$6 million.
8. New England Revolution — $158 million, $25 million, $7 million.
9. FC Dallas — $148 million, $25 million, -$3 million.
10. San Jose Earthquakes — $146 million, $13 million, -$1 million.
11. Philadelphia Union — $145 million, $25 million, $2 million.
12. New York Red Bulls — $144 million, $22 million, -$9 million.
13. D.C. United — $140 million, $21 million, -$1 million.
14. Montreal Impact — $128 million, $22 million, -$3 million.
15. Vancouver Whitecaps — $125 million, $21 million, -$6 million.
16. Columbus Crew — $112 million, $18 million, -$4 million.
17. Real Salt Lake — $108 million, $17 million, $1 million.
18. Colorado Rapids — $105 million, $15 million, -$3 million.
*Operating income before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization.
Forbes cited a number of reasons for the league's surging team valuation, including:
o Growing attendance, which through July averaged 21,000, as MLS continued to widen the gap with the NBA (17,800) and NHL (17,500) in that department. That average projects to total attendance of 7.2 million in 2015, thanks in part to the addition of new teams in New York and Orlando. The 2013 total was 6 million.
o An influx of overseas talent that picked up in 2015 with the arrival of the likes of Kaka, Andrea Pirlo, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, David Villa and Didier Drogba–a clear indication that owners are willing to spend to enhance the product on the field.
o More soccer-specific stadiums throughout MLS. The latest was San Jose's Avaya Stadium, which opened in March, and DC United plans be in new digs by 2018. Like United, the Earthquakes' value has doubled since '13.
o The end of a TV deal with ESPN, NBC and Univision that paid MLS an average $30 million per year. The new deal, in which Fox replaced NBC, pays $90 million a year. Hardly NFL figures, or even NHL figures, and average viewship of 232,000 this year on Fox Sports 1 trails even the WNBA, but that represents a 65 percent improvement over NBCSN's average audience of 141,000. [September 19]
Comment I: Total team worth of more than $2.8 billion for a league that as recently as 2002 nearly went under. No wonder there were no signs of panic when MLS Commissioner Don Garber, during his "State of the League" address in December, revealed that the league was losing more than $100 million a year.
Comment II: Being part of MLS is still far from being a license to print money, but no wonder the owners of LAFC, which won't begin play until 2018, paid a league-record expansion fee of $110 million to try to succeed where it predecessor, the ill-fated Chivas USA, failed. By comparison, the Miami Fusion, one of the league's first two expansion teams, paid $20 million in 1997 to join MLS.
Filed under: 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Uncategorized | Tags: 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 World Cup, Andres Guardado, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Brad Friedel, Brazil '14, Brondby IF, Canada, Canaleros, Catrachos, Chester, Columbus Crew, Costa Rica, Cuba, Darren Mattocks, Denmark, El-Tri, England, Fox Sports, Galatasaray, Honduras, Ian Darke, Jamaica, Jesus Corona, John Harkes, Lincoln Financial Field, Liverpool, Major League Soccer, Marcelo Balboa, Mexico, Michael Bradley, Michael Hector, New Zealand, Newcastle United, Oribe Peralta, Panama, Pasadena, Paul Aguilar, Philadelphia, PPL Park, Reggae Boyz, Rose Bowl, Russia, Soca Warriors, Taylor Trellman, Ticos, Timmy Chandler, Tottenham, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, U.S., UCLA
Mexico shook off its funk and stormed to its seventh CONCACAF Gold Cup title, defeating upstart Jamaica, 3-1, in the final before a partisan sellout crowd of 68,930 at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.
Andres Guardado opened the scoring in the 31st minute with a spectacular left-footed volley off a cross by Paul Aguilar. That ended a frustrating 272-minute stretch in which the Mexicans had failed to score from anywhere but the penalty spot. Jesus Corona, voted the Gold Cup's top young player, increased the lead to 2-0 two minutes into the second half after stealing a ball from Michael Hector, and in the 61st minute Oribe Peralta capitalized on another blunder by Hector to put the match out of reach. Darren Mattocks got the Reggae Boyz a consolation goal in the 81st.
The triumph earned El Tri a playoff with the U.S. on October 10 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., with a berth in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup at stake.
The U.S. won the 2013 Gold Cup and could have secured a trip outright to the Confederations Cup in Russia by winning the '15 tournament, but the Americans were defeated by Jamaica, 2-1, in the semifinals and then sagged to a loss to Panama in the third-place game at PPL Park in Chester, Penn., bowing on penalty kicks, 3-2, after a 1-1 draw. [July 26]
Comment I: An aberration? No climactic meeting of the U.S. and Mexico in the final, as the tournament promoters had hoped? Perhaps. Maybe we'll know as early as the autumn of 2017, when the CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup conclude. But the balance of power in CONCACAF continues to shift, and the hold of Mexico and the U.S. on the top two rungs continues to erode, by degrees.
The Mexicans needed all of three late penalty-kick calls in the quarterfinals and semifinals to reach the championship match (thanks to Guardado, they converted them all). The Americans failed to impress in group play, buried a Cuban team decimated by defections in the second round, then went back to failing to impress thereafter and were rewarded with a deserved fourth-place finish.
Are Jamaica and Panama that good? Of course not. Neither is Costa Rica, Honduras or Trinidad & Tobago. The most recent FIFA World Rankings placed the Reggae Boyz at No. 55, the Canaleros at No. 65, the Ticos at No. 38, the Catrachos at No. 81, and the Soca Warriors at No. 56.
Fortunately for the U.S. (29th) and Mexico (26th), while CONCACAF's World Cup qualifiers remain a challenge–with road matches ranging from headaches to nightmares–the outcome has been similar over the past five campaigns: The Americans and El Tri qualify and are joined by . . . who? For 1998, it was Jamaica, in its World Cup debut. For '02, Costa Rica. For '06, it was the Costa Ricans and, for the first time, Trinidad & Tobago. For 2010, Honduras qualified, and for Brazil '14 it was Costa Rica and Honduras. It's like a game of Whack a Mole, as first one CONCACAF contender pops out of its hole, then ducks back down and a different one pops up.
And so the battle for the region's 3 1/2 berths at the 2018 World Cup heats up this fall, and everyone has the U.S. and Mexico with boarding passes to Russia. Many in the media describe the October playoff between the two at the Rose Bowl as being very important because the winner goes on to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia, "something of a dress rehearsal for the next World Cup." But the U.S. or Mexico might–just might–go to Russia dress rehearsing for nothing.
Because if there was any proof that there's no longer a sure thing in CONCACAF, it came in late 2013, when Mexico shockingly finished fourth in the World Cup qualifiers and had to sweat out a playoff with New Zealand to punch its ticket to Brazil. (Were it not for two U.S. stoppage-time goals at Panama in the region's final round, Mexico would have been eliminated for the first time since 1934–when the eliminators happened to be the Americans.) And as CONCACAF nations evolve, there's nothing to say that Costa Rica, a surprise World Cup quarterfinalist in '14; Honduras, a semifinalist in the previous two Gold Cups; Panama and Jamaica; and even Trinidad & Tobago; don't all pop out of their mole holes during a single World Cup cycle, leaving the U.S. and/or Mexico on the outside looking in. Heck, don't count out Canada (No. 101), which won the 2000 Gold Cup, finished third in '02 and now has a generation of players developing in Major League Soccer.
Comment II: The USA's breakout star during the tournament was a recent retiree. Timmy Chandler was a disaster, Michael Bradley disappointed, but former U.S. goalkeeper Brad Friedel, as a television color commentator, proved to be a find for Fox Sports during its Gold Cup coverage as it gears up for much bigger assignments, from CONCACAF World Cup qualifying beginning late this year to Russia 2018 itself.
Friedel gives you the whole field, as a goalkeeper should, but he also gives you the whole picture and speaks with the authority of a player who's gone from the top collegiate level (UCLA) to MLS (Columbus Crew) to national team (82 caps, two World Cups) to international clubs (Brondby IF of Denmark, Newcastle United of England, Galatasaray of Turkey, and Liverpool, Blackburn, Aston Villa and Tottenham, all of England). He's quick, articulate, witty and enthusiastic about the U.S. without losing his credibility–no easy task during this transitory period in soccer's history in this country. And unlike most of his predecessors, he compliments his play-by-play partner, instead of making him work.
Friedel is far better than a long line of ex-U.S. internationals who'd hoped to be the second banana in a national soccer broadcast booth for the next couple of decades. Friedel is better than John Harkes, he's better than Marcelo Balboa, and he's better than the insufferable Taylor Trellman, whose partner, the outstanding play-by-play man Ian Darke, must dread going to work. Friedel's, literally, a keeper.
Filed under: Brad Friedel, Uncategorized | Tags: 1974 World Cup, 2014 World Cup, Aston Villa, Belgium, Blackburn, Brad Friedel, Columbus Crew, England, English Premier League, France '98, Germany, Gregg Berhalter, Hermann Trophy, Iran, Jan Tomaszewski, Juergen Sommer, Kasey Keller, Korea/Japan 2002, Liverpool, Major League Soccer, Mexico, Ohio, Poland, South Korea, Tim Howard, Tony Meola, Torsten Frings, Tottenham Hotspur, UCLA, Yugoslavia
Brad Friedel, one of the most decorated players in U.S. history, announced that he would retire at the end of Tottenham Hotspur's English Premier League season.
The 44-year-old, who made his EPL debut 17 seasons ago with Liverpool and went on to play for Blackburn and Aston Villa, holds the league record for consecutive starts with 310 and made 450 overall. He's eighth all-time in career shutouts with 132, and he is only the second goalkeeper in league history to score a goal.
Friedel made 82 international appearances from 1992 through 2004. He won the 1992 Hermann Trophy as a UCLA junior and two years later was the USA's backup goalkeeper to Tony Meola, along with Juergen Sommer, at the 1994 World Cup. He was the 1997 Goalkeeper of the Year, with the Columbus Crew, in his only season in Major League Soccer. Friedel then left for England, where he made 450 starts–310 consecutively. The Ohio native recorded 132 shutouts (eighth all-time in the EPL) and became only the second goalkeeper to score a Premier League goal, still only one of five to do so.
The 44-year-old Friedel, described by one writer as "follicularly fulsome" at the beginning of his career and bald as a soccer ball since, now brings his curious British/Midwestern accent to the tube as a full-time commentator for Fox Sports. [May 14]
Comment: For all the accolades that came Tim Howard's way for his heroic performance in the USA's overtime loss to Belgium in the second round of the 2014 World Cup, the greatest sustained World Cup performance by a U.S. goalkeeper was Friedel's at Korea/Japan 2002.
Friedel was the guy who, at France '98, was known as the USA's No. 1 1/2, losing to Yugoslavia, 1-0, after No. 1 Kasey Keller had lost to Germany, 2-0, and Iran, 2-1. But four years later, he was the undisputed starter.
He saved penalty kicks against host South Korea and Poland in the first round, becoming the only 'keeper to accomplish that feat since Jan Tomaszewski during Poland's run to third place at the 1974 World Cup. Friedel's performance against Korea included three saves of shots from inside 10 yards–without those, the U.S. doesn't survive with a 1-1 tie and doesn't advance out of its group. Then, Friedel doesn't post his 2-0 shutout of Mexico in the second round. And in the quarterfinals, maybe there's a call on Torsten Fring's goal line handball on the shot by Gregg Berhalter, maybe the U.S. takes the game beyond overtime to penalty kicks, and maybe Brad Friedel . . . .
Filed under: Sigi Schmid, Uncategorized | Tags: American Soccer League, American Youth Soccer Organization, Arizona Condors, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Bruins, Bundesliga, California Kickers, CenturyLink Field, Cobi Jones, Colorado Rapids, Columbus Crew, David Vanole, English Premier League, Eric Wynalda, firefighters, Forrest Gump, Germany, Glenn "Mooch" Myernick, John Harkes, Kasey Keller, La Liga, Los Angeles Galaxy, Marcelo Balboa, MLS, NASL, National Soccer Hall of Fame, NCAA, Paul Caligiuri, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Sigi Schmid, Southern California, Spain, Tab Ramos, U.S. National Open Cup, UCLA, USSF, West Germany, Western Soccer League, World Cup
Four-time World Cup goalkeeper Kasey Keller, longtime MLS and collegiate coach Sigi Schmid and the late Glenn "Mooch" Myernick, a U.S. international and USSF youth coach, have been elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Keller, who made 102 international appearances for the U.S. from 1990 through 2007, played in the English Premier League, Spain's La Liga and Germany's Bundesliga before ending his career with the Seattle Sounders. Schmid, elected on the builder ballot, is the winningest coach in MLS history and a two-time winner of the league's Coach of the Year award. Myernick, elected on the veteran player ballot as an American soccer pioneer, earned 10 U.S. caps and starred for the NASL's Portland Timbers before coaching the U.S. national under-23 and under-17 teams and the MLS Colorado Rapids.
Details on the induction ceremony for Keller, Schmid and Myernick have yet to be announced. [April 8]
Comment: For interesting stories among this trio, you could probably start with Keller and his family living in an honest-to-goodness castle in Germany while he played for Borussia Moenchengladbach 10 years ago. But for a career that has amounted to a sweeping panorama of the recent history of American soccer, nothing tops what Sigi Schmid has seen over the past half-century.
It's not Forrest Gump-ian, but it's close.
Born in West Germany, Schmid moved with his family to Southern California as a child in time to play for the Firefighters, one of the first four teams in the history of the hopefully named American Youth Soccer Organization, in 1964. Little is know of what became of Schmid's teammates and opponents, some of whom played this strange new sport in high-top basketball shoes. None could have known that AYSO would grow to become a national program with, currently, more than a half-million players.
Young Schmid, on his way to becoming a CPA, played midfield at UCLA from 1972 through 1975, then coached the Bruins from 1980 through 1999. He could have padded his lineup with foreign-born talent, which was common in the college game at the time, but he insisted on American players, most of them Californians. Led by future U.S. internationals like Paul Caligiuri, Cobi Jones and David Vanole, Schmid's UCLA won three NCAA championships.
An assistant on the USA's 1994 World Cup team, he served two stints as coach of the U.S. National Under-20 Team and won MLS Cups with the Columbus Crew and Los Angeles Galaxy. Now, he's the only coach the six-year-old Seattle Sounders have ever known, having guided that club to four U.S. National Open Cups, and his team regularly plays home matches before crowds of nearly 50,000.
But before USA '94, MLS and the Sounders, Schmid can remember other days. Like how AYSO, to a ragtag collection of 11- and 12-year-olds, had no business catching on and going nationwide. And despite 16 NCAA playoff appearances, how UCLA–and top-tier collegiate soccer–seemed destined to continue to labor in complete obscurity, as the Bruins drew about 300 for many home matches. And in 1989, how, while Schmid was filling a summer coaching the California Kickers, the World Cup the Americans would host in five years seemed headed for disaster on the field and at the gate. The Kickers played in the Western Soccer League, which along with the East Coast's American Soccer League, was home to nearly every U.S. international player at the time. No one, from Tab Ramos and John Harkes to Marcelo Balboa and Eric Wynalda, was paid a living wage. Each club that year played all of 16 regular-season matches. And as for the Kickers, their home games were played in a rickety high school football stadium.
The Kickers once played the visiting Arizona Condors in front of 72 spectators. Seventy-two. But Schmid, in retrospect, needn't have worried. Add 43,662, and that was the average number of fans at cavernous CenturyLink Field in Seattle who last season looked down and saw a former AYSO kid pulling the strings in front of the Sounders' bench.
Filed under: Away goals rule, Uncategorized | Tags: Brad Evans, Bruce Arena, CenturyLink Field, Clint Dempsey, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Juninho, Landon Donovan, Los Angeles Galaxy, Major League Soccer, NASL, NBA, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls, NHL, Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders, StubHub Center, Village People
The Los Angeles Galaxy lost to the Seattle Sounders, 2-1, on a frigid night at CenturyLink Field but won the Western Conference final on away goals to advance to Major League Soccer's championship game.
The Galaxy, which a week earlier took the first game of its home-and-home series, 1-0, will return to the StubHub Center on December 7 to play host to the New England Revolution in the MLS Cup final. New England defeated the New York Red Bulls, 2-1 and 2-2, in the Eastern Conference finals for a 3-2 aggregate.
Brad Evans, in the 26th minute, and Clint Dempsey, six minutes later, scored to give the Sounders hope of reaching their first MLS final, but nine minutes into the second half L.A. midfielder Juninho pounced on a deflected corner kick by Landon Donovan and ripped a shot in off the left post for his first goal in 13 months. [November 30]
Comment: The last stupid MLS idea has died peacefully of natural causes.
And we don't mean the Columbus Crew's decision to dump its Village People logo once and for all (that's called "re-branding").
MLS finally succumbed to the use of the aways goals rule this playoff season, and the world did not come to an end. Both the Eastern Coference semifinals and finals were decided on aggregate goals, as did one Western semifinal, won by L.A. over Real Salt Lake. And when the Galaxy walked off the CenturyLink Field at the final whistle after the road leg of its Western Conference final, the partisan Sounder crowd of 46,758 accepted the fact that its side, winners on the night by a goal, were losers overall.
Some in the media here didn't quite know what to make of this new gimmick, although it's used in cup competitions the world over. "Rules of the road lift Galaxy into the final" read one newspaper headline. Another: "Galaxy's Goal is One for the Road." But a worthy winner was produced. Galaxy coach Bruce Arena called the concept of the away-goals rule–an incentive for the road team to attack in the first leg–"garbage," and it certainly didn't inspire Seattle to produce an away goal or two in the first leg. But no one at CenturyLink exited wringing their hands over an injustice. Everyone knew the rules going in. In fact, the Sounders were the first team in MLS history to advance on away goals, eliminating FC Dallas nearly three weeks earlier in the Western semifinals (1-1 in Texas, 0-0 at home). And there was no effect at the gate: MLS drew a record average attendance of 19,151 during the regular season–once again better than the NBA and NHL–and 21,275 during the playoffs. Not a tremendous accomplishment, unless one recalls the days in the not-too-distant past when most MLS post-season matches drew crowds embarrassingly smaller than many regular-season games.
Americans fans, apparently, have been more adaptable than MLS gave them credit for over its 19-season run. Or at least they were tolerant. They've had to endure earlier MLS playoff concoctions, such as the ponderous best-of-three-games playoff. And the ridiculous "first-to-five-points" system. Once it got to the simple home-and-home formula in 2003, it counted road goals equal to home goals, perhaps in the belief that a romp by the visiting team in the opening leg would kill interest in the second leg.
Fans here also–some of them–survived other MLS innovations, like the silly countdown clock, and they survived leftovers from the old NASL, like the shootout, back when it was believed that American DNA made it impossible for folks here to understand, let alone appreciate, the concept of a draw. Perhaps the seamless debut of away goals signals the end, once and for all, of its "unnecessarily creative" period.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Billy Witz, Chicago Fire, Columbus Crew, England, gays, Golden State Warriors, Home Depot Center, Jason Collins, John Branch, Leeds United, lesbians, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Galaxy, Los Angeles Times, Major League Soccer, Mike Magee, NBA, New England, New York Times, NHL, Rancho Palos Verdes, Robbie Rogers, Seattle Sounders, Stevenage
Former U.S. international Robbie Rogers, who in February revealed that he is gay, made his Los Angeles Galaxy debut, coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute of L.A.'s 4-0 rout of the Seattle Sounders at the Home Depot Center.
The crowd of 24,811 greeted Rogers, who grew up in nearby Rancho Palos Verdes, with polite applause, and he had five touches in an uneventful cameo.
The 26-year-old outside midfielder earlier played in Major League Soccer for the Columbus Crew and made 18 appearances for the national team. Two years ago he headed to England, where he played in the second tier for Leeds United and eventually, on loan, in the third tier for Stevenage. Injuries and the emotional strain of hiding his sexual orientation took their toll, and Rogers parted ways with Leeds last winter. Although in announcing his homosexuality Rogers said he would take a break from soccer, he was training with the Galaxy two months later. Two days before the appearance against Seattle, L.A. midfielder-forward Mike Magee was traded to the Chicago Fire, which held Rogers' MLS rights, for Rogers. [May 26]
Comment: Rogers' return to soccer was truly an historic occasion–an important step in America's evolution in its view of gays and lesbians. But that's for the social scientists. From a soccer standpoint, it was very revealing. And no, not because diehard Galaxy fans seemed oblivious of their new midfielder's sexual orientation. (Their concern lay with the loss of the popular Magee, the team's leading scorer. For the record, Magee wanted a move to his hometown of Chicago for personal reasons.)
The Rogers story revealed a U.S. news media that still has trouble admitting that MLS, the league whose teams average more fans per game than the NBA and NHL, is major league in more than name alone. Weeks ago, NBA center Jason Collins made headlines with the revelation that he is gay. However, at age 34, with his season over and his contract with the Golden State Warriors expiring, it is uncertain whether Collins will ever step onto an NBA court again. Now, along comes Rogers, who has bravely come out of the closet knowing full well that he will spend the next five months in the glare of a spotlight of his own making, thus forcing the media to write, as the cliche goes, the first draft of history.
On one end, there was the Los Angeles Times, whose headline the next day read, "Rogers' small step onto field is huge. In Galaxy debut, he is first openly gay male team player in U.S. major pro sports."
On the other end, there was the New York Times. Sportswriter John Branch, noting that "you can't choose your heroes," followed that with, "Such is the case for the movement of gays in sports–more specifically openly gay men in major North American team sports." Four paragraphs later: "On Sunday night, the soccer player Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to play a major (sort of) North American team sport." Not long after, Branch's New York Times colleague, Billy Witz, gave MLS a promotion of sorts, calling Rogers the "first … gay man to participate in a prominent North American professional league."
So is Major League Soccer major league? "Sort of" major? Merely "prominent"? In terms of TV ratings and average player salaries, it's major league soccer because it is, by far, bigger than the country's minor soccer leagues. In terms of gleaming new stadiums, growing ranks of imported stars, plus growth potential based on grassroots participation numbers that make ice hockey's look laughable, MLS is not only the country's fifth major sport but its fourth, one rung on the ladder above the NHL.
For now, MLS is what the media tells the public it is. If it is to gain recognition as a bona fide, honest-to-god major league, it will continue to come grudgingly. As the Los Angeles Daily News put it in a preview of the Galaxy's next game, at New England, "The Galaxy now play in a 'major U.S. professional sport,' according to the latest stories about the addition of Robbie Rogers. So be it."
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CentryLink Field, Columbus Crew, CONCACAF Champions League, DC United, English F.A. Cup, Kansas City Wizards, King Juan Carlos Cup, Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS Supporters Shield, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake, Seattle Sounders FC, Sigi Schmid
Seattle Sounders FC bowed to the Philadelphia Union, 2-0, at CenturyLink Field, ending Seattle's bid to head off the Los Angeles Galaxy for the 2011 MLS Supporters' Shield.
With two rounds remaining in the regular season, the Galaxy leads all teams with an insurmountable 64 points (18-4-10). The Sounders, second in the Western Conference, trail by seven points (16-7-9). Real Salt Lake (15-11-6, 51 points) is third in the West, and the next-best club, fourth overall, is the Eastern Conference-leading Union (11-7-14, 47 points).
Los Angeles thus joins DC United as the only team to top the league in points four times. [October 8]
Comment: Over its 16-season lifespan, Major League Soccer has repeatedly caved to the traditionalists. It's time for one more cave.
Quite simply, beginning next season, it should declare the Supporters' Shield winner–the club with the best regular-season record–the one and true league champion, and stop pretending that the MLS Cup winner is somehow the best team in MLS. We're all grown-ups here; we can handle it, just as we've handled the concept of ties and game clocks that count up, not down.
A post-match comment by Sounders coach Sigi Schmid perhaps best illustrates the current Supporters' Shield/MLS Cup dichotomy: "You look at who won the MLS Cup last year, Colorado. Did they win the Supporters' Shield? No. Who won the MLS Cup the year before? Salt Lake. Did they win the Supporters' Shield? No. So maybe winning the Supporters' Shield isn't all that necessary to win the MLS Cup, and at the end of the day that's our goal."
Such an adjustment in emphasis and perception might not have been possible until recently. In the beginning, MLS was trying to woo a fan base accustomed to American sports in which teams shift late in a season from a league format to a knockout format (gee, kinda like the World Cup), and it all ends with a climactic game or series. Nowadays, many of those spectators at MLS matches know full well that the league is the league and a cup is a cup–the English F.A. Cup winner, the team that hoists Spain's King Juan Carlos Cup, Germany's DFB-Pokal Sieger, is oftentimes not the best team in the country.
And seldom is the MLS Cup winner. Only five times has the team with the best record in MLS gone on to win the MLS Cup (1997 and 1999 DC United, 2000 Kansas City Wizards, 2002 Galaxy, 2008 Columbus Crew). The MLS Cup is what it is: a crap shoot to which even the ninth- and 10th-worst teams in the final standings are invited to bring their bankroll and toss the dice. In the end, 67 percent of the time, the team that didn't win the Supporters' Shield but best embraced a do-or-die atmosphere and capitalized on a break or two, or three, has taken home the MLS Cup and the perception that it is somehow the league's finest.
More important, MLS has gone to a balanced schedule after years in which it cut travel costs by having its teams play more games within its own region. Now, more than ever, the playing field has been leveled: Each team plays the other twice, home and away, and that top point-getter did it without beating up on a weak conference.
There are concrete ways in which MLS can make this shift. At present, the Supporters' Shield winner gets a nifty trophy, a pairing against the last MLS Cup qualifier, home-field advantage through the playoffs up to the final itself, and an undisclosed amount of cash to help it beef up its roster for the CONCACAF Champions League, for which it qualifies automatically. But MLS should drop the other shoe and declare that team the host of the MLS Cup final, regardless of whether it wins its way there. So far, the organizational geniuses at MLS headquarters have done a great job of staging all manner of galas and special events when the site of the MLS Cup has been pre-determined by months. Surely they can do a very good job when that site isn't known for sure until four, five or six weeks in advance.
In the end, MLS gains credibility and loses nothing. Its best team, after nearly three dozen weeks of competition, is properly identified and recognized. Its post-season last-chance saloon for also-rans still stands. Its best team has a well-deserved advantage in winning a league-cup double. And MLS still ends it all with a climactic match made for TV.


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Theatre Firsts: The Woman in Black
By Jess Meaden
Last week, I sheepishly made my way down to the Fortune Theatre to catch the evening performance of one of London's longest running productions, The Woman in Black. As a first-time audience member - and a self confessed scaredy-cat - I enrolled my best friend, Kate, as my moral support for the evening (unlike me, she's never been one to shy away from a good ghost story).
Here's how we survived The Woman In Black...
7pm: 'Should we go for a glass of dutch courage before we head to the theatre', Kate asks as we walk through Covent Garden en-route to the theatre. 'Absolutely' I reply, relieved that I'm not the only one just a tiny-weeney bit terrified about being scared senseless from inside a theatre - usually my place of sanctuary - but also concerned that my 'support' for the evening is already crumbling.
Enjoying a pre-show beverage to stifle the nerves!
7:25pm: We enter the Fortune Theatre and settle down into our seats for the evening. In any other circumstance I'd be super chuffed with our seats, but with only a few rows between us and the stage I start to wonder if I might appreciate a few more people to shrink behind when things get real scary. Going on the amount of couples cosying up ready for show time, we decide that holding hands is a necessity.
The lights dim, the curtain goes up...and the audience hold thier breath.
The situation before curtain-up...hand-holding and, yup, more wine.
8:45pm: Wine. We need more wine. Our nerves are in tatters and I'm pretty sure we've lost feeling in our hands from gripping onto each other so tight. Without giving anything away, this show is, surprise surprise, bloomin' scary - mixed with a surprising, yet very welcomed, hint of humour. So scary, in fact, that even the sound of the Ushers opening the curtains makes half my row jump out of their skin at the interval. The guy next to me is trying to tell his girlfriend that 'it's not that scary' - um, I saw you jump at least twice buddy, you're not fooling me (or her, for that matter).
'Small glass or large', the bartender asks when I finally move from my seat. Is he joking?!
Kate's initial reaction after Act 1...
10pm: Act 2 is terrifying. In fact, it's a good job we did opt for large drinks because I'm currently wearing half of mine down my right leg from bouncing around in fright so much. Aside from the scare-factor, I feel thoroughly impressed by how such a minimalistic set and a two man cast can immerse you in its story so effectively. My other initial thought is 'Will I ever sleep again?', but I'm willing to push that to the back of my mind until I'm on the tube home.
The uneasiness left behind after curtain-down is slowly replaced by a sense of elation and achievement - we did it, we survived The Woman in Black! And you know what, melodramatics aside, I actually really enjoyed the show. Celebratory 'We're alive!' selfies outside the Fortune commence.
We survived! Obligatory selfies on Drury Lane absolutely necessary.
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I am wondering how to build a C# applet. I built a class library with a custom control. But the browser (IE6) fails to render it as an object. Do you have some examples to show how to achieve this? By the way, can a C# applet be run under platforms without the .NET Framework pre-installed?
There's no such concept as a C# "applet". At most, there are custom Windows forms controls that are embedded on a page. Of course, just like in Java, you can't run it if you don't have the corresponding runtime on the client machine. You can use the <object> tag to add it to an HTML page:
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The class ID contains the URL of the DLL for downloading and the fully qualified name of the class that implements the control. The library must not be placed on the /bin folder of a Web application in order to be served by IIS/ASP.NET.
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Either you're moving out or just rearranging your house, moving heavy furniture is a hard and responsible job. It can make scratches, dents and even bigger damages to the furniture and also can negatively impact your health if done incorrectly. Here are some advises, how to move heavy, awkward items without wrecking your back, your house or your furniture.
Dismantle furniture only so much you can move it. Many people totally dismantle furniture, because they think it will make moving easier. Of course, it will be easier to carry only some parts of the furniture not the whole item, but dismantled furniture can't be put together as it was before. It might become skew when put beck together again. Better don't risk with possibility to damage your furniture and keep it in as big parts as you can.
Tall items must be carried high and low. A tall items are hard and awkward to handle so it is a job for two people. To hold the piece of furniture, tip it backward at the angle and have one person carry the top and other the bottom. This gripe makes sure that the weight is put on the center of the item and you will have control over it. Using this method you can even easily carry furniture up and down the stars.
Use lifting straps for very heavy items that is difficult to grasp. Some furniture is so heavy and slippery that even two or thee people can't carry it. If you have that kind of items as well, use lifting straps. Those are very durable traps that can be put around forearms to change the weight center and other part is put around the piece of furniture so it would be easy to grasp it. Look for lifting straps that can be adjusted for different length and size objects.
Slide your furniture if you can. If you doesn't need to move your furniture floor by floor, but just to put it a little bit further, slide it using blanket or any other cloth. Just put the cloth under the furniture and pull it in the direction you want your furniture to be. It will make the moving a lot easier and you can be sure your floor and furniture won't be damaged.
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And plan where exactly every piece of furniture will be placed. No matter if you are moving or just rearranging your house, make sure you won't do double work. Carrying furniture is very heavy work so better put every item in the place where it will be placed for the rest of the time. Many people just move furniture out of its place and then think what to do next, but it is just unnecessary work.


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Domain : Robotics, Wireless Communication
Software :Embedded C, Keil, Proload
Microcontroller : AT89S52
Power Supply : +9V, 500mA Regulated Power Supply
Display : Television
Crystal : 11.0592MHz
Communication Device : RF Module
Transmitter : STT – 433MHz
Receiver : STR – 433MHz
Hand Gesture Recognition Technology Based Wireless Surveillance Bomb Diffusing Robot with Mobile Jamming Technique
This is an interesting robot that can be controlled by hand gestures and by a RF remote. This can be moved forward and reverse direction using geared motors of 60RPM. Also this robot can take sharp turnings towards left and right directions. This project uses AT89S52 MCU as its controller. A high sensitive induction type metal detector is designed using colpitts oscillator principle and fixed to this robot. Also a mobile phone signal isolator is interfaced to the kit.
When the robot is moving on a surface, the system produces a beep sound when bomb is detected. Simultaneously a signal is fed to the jammer section to switch on the jammer. This jammer diffuses the bomb by jamming the mobile signal of GSM or CDMA or 3G networks.
The RF modules used here are STT-433 MHz Transmitter, STR-433 MHz Receiver, HT640 RF Encoder and HT648 RF Decoder. The three switches are interfaced to the RF transmitter through RF Encoder. The encoder continuously reads the status of the switches, passes the data to the RF transmitter and the transmitter transmits the data.
This project uses 9V battery. This project is much useful for mines detection and surveillance applications.
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(CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he expects the state legislature to finish their work as early as next week in a special session held in part to vote on restrictive abortion legislation.
But the Republican governor cautioned that there won't be the same "turmoil" and "mob rule" from protesters in the public gallery as there was last week.
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Though another large crowd is expected to descend upon Austin Monday, "the lieutenant governor and the speaker both are not going to allow that to occur in their chambers," Perry said in an interview with KFYO, a radio station based in Lubbock, Texas.
Supporters of state Sen. Wendy Davis piled into the state capitol last week as the Democrat from Ft. Worth attempted a 13-hour filibuster to stop a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and tighten standards on abortion clinics and the doctors who work at them. Critics say the legislation would shut most of the abortion clinics in Texas.
Texas abortion battle continues, heads into second special session
When the chairman ruled she had gone off topic around her 10th hour, the Senate attempted to cut her off and officially end the debate. The chamber then entered a lengthy debate about parliamentary rules, and shortly before midnight, supporters of Davis stalled by shouting and chanting in the public gallery. Others who were gathered in the rotunda joined in-all with the goal of silencing the Senate to prevent a vote on the bill.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst announced the bill was dead at 3 a.m., faulting the protesters for disrupting the process.
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Perry said Monday that a group of people have never taken over the voting process at the capitol in the state's history. Asked how long he expects the Senate to stay in session, Perry said it depends: "The question is are you going to let a small group of people take over the process, an unruly mob, to keep from democracy from occurring."
But, he added, he thinks lawmakers "can get in and get out of here by next Monday or next Wednesday."
In a separate interview with WBAP, a station that serves the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex, Perry said the "absolute anarchy that we saw in the last 15 minutes in the Senate chamber (was) not appropriate or normal."
Wendy Davis: Perry has 'demeaned' the office he holds
He called on the anti-abortion community to have the same intensity as their opponents in the days ahead but to conduct themselves with "decency, civility and decorum."
"Regardless of whether there is a vocal opposition...Texans and their views will prevail," he said.
Perry fiercely defended the bill in the radio interviews, saying the legislation does more for women who are having an abortion by requiring higher medical standards to be put in place.
Davis, meanwhile, quickly became a national figure following her filibuster. Perry offered some personal criticism of the state senator last week, sparking a public dispute between the two that launched speculation over whether Texas may see a Perry-Davis showdown in next year's gubernatorial election.
Wendy Davis: From teen mom to Harvard Law to famous filibuster
The state senator told NBC News she hasn't "ruled out" the idea of running for governor but is focused on preventing the abortion bill from passing in the special session. In her slew of recent media interviews, Davis has argued that Perry is simply trying to boost his political aspirations by being a big voice in the abortion battle.
Asked about Davis on Monday, Perry, who hasn't announced whether he'll run in 2014, told KFYO the issue is about a debate over life and women's health, not "someone's political future."
Texas filibuster on abortion bill rivets online
- CNN's Miguel Marquez contributed to this report.
Is Texas in America? Somehow it doesn't fit in. Maybe we should give it back to Mexico.
freedom – Why use that screen name when you're an advocate against personal freedom? Or is it because you despise women so much? Either way, what a miserable existence you lead.
Men should have NO say in women's reproductive rights.
The anatomy ("big"/"gender"/level 2) ultrasound is done usually between 18-20 weeks gestation because the fetus isnt big enough to do it before then. This ultrasound is the one where major non-genetic defects are found – Major heart defects, major brain/spinal cord defects, big problems with internal organs and development. I worked quite a bit in residency with part of the team that saw these mothers/families when they got these diagnoses, and tried to help them make the the decision that was right for their family – whether that be see the pregnancy through and keep the baby and go through the often lifelong expensive medical procedures and rounds of surgeries or to go ahead and terminate the pregnancy. Even now, the law in Texas is no abortions past 22 weeks, and let me tell you, it is STILL hard to find OBs who will do a termination that late, even for a true medical reason. There was ONE in Houston who would do it for women on medicaid. ONE. And often, we were scrambling to help these mothers who made the decision to terminate, because once they hit 22 weeks, they hcould not legally terminate, no matter their wishes. This law would take that choice away.
Really? Texas come on. Rick Perry you just executed #500 and you have a problem with abortion? My bible taught me that killing is killing. Sorry, but you cannot have it both ways. Either you believe in life or you don't. There was no quesiton that the prisoner you just executed was a life all its own. The inconsistancy here is staggering.
Don't worry women in Texas, Republican males know more about your bodies than you do, things like how a woman's body can prevent her from getting pregnant when she's raped.
I am now officially ashamed to have been born in the once-great state of Texas.
Did he come up with this in his own?
With both digits of his IQ??
@DeeDee A criminal is not an innocent human being. Does that compute?
@Buddy: "we love our babies". No you don't. Texas politicians use abortion/birth control as a political tool for fundraising etc. They don't give a damn about unborn babies. And they sure don't care about them after they're born – just ask the 500th person (a woman) whom the State of Texas just executed. Killing is killing, isn't it?????
Perry is ignorant and so are the fools who continue to vote for him.
Many media outlets forgot to report everything that happened last week.
The republicans tried to cheat and shut up Wendy Davis but they failed.
Here is what came out after the filibuster
Last night something very important happened down in Texas, something that if you weren't following as it happened, you're probably not going to hear the whole truth about. I was one of the people who was in the right place to watch, and so I'm now going to try to pass on the word as best I can. I'm tagging some of you at the bottom, people who I think should read this. Apologies for anyone who finds this disruptive.
The Texas senate voted yesterday on an bill that essentially would have closed nearly every abortion clinic in the state. To try to counter the bill (which was heavily supported by the Republican majority, senator Wendy Davis attempted a one-woman day-long filibuster, during which time she spoke on the subject while going without food, water, bathroom breaks or being allowed to sit down or even lean on her table for support. She lasted nearly eleven hours before being ruled off topic on a technicality. A second female senator then stepped up and tried to continue the filibuster by asking for salient points to be repeated to her, as she missed part of the session that day to attend her father's funeral.
But here's where things get interesting. With fifteen minutes before the midnight deadline, the lieutenant governor ordered the senate to proceed, and actually had the democrats' microphones cut off. The spectators in the assembly responded by cheering, chanting and generally causing a ruckus, in order to drown out attempts at a vote. The midnight deadline passed without a vote being taken, but the chair held a vote after midnight, as the spectators were forced out of the assembly. During all of this, there was no coverage on MSNBC, CNN or any other major news network, with the only coverage coming from a livestream set up by the Teas Tribune.
At 12:15, the Associated Press ran a story saying the bill had passed, which CBS picked up. This was based on a sole source, which the AP later admitted was a republican senator. Meanwhile in the chambers, the senators stood around, both sides confused if the vote had even happened, if they had even voted on the correct issue. The chair had left with the lieutenant governor without ending the session. The Tribune's feed was cut at 12:20 with 70,000 people watching. CNN at this point was talking about the deliciousness of muffins.
Outside in the halls of the senate building, thousands of people were packed wall to wall, chanting "shame, shame", while thousands more were outside. State police had formed a barricade around the entrance hall, and were making sporadic arrests (50 or so by night's end) and confiscating cameras. In the thick of it was a guy named Christopher Dido, who used his cell phone and a live stream to report on what was happening. He was the only journalist in America who was filming at the senate, with as many as 30,000 people watching the stream at one time, and over 200,000 viewers by night's end. He did this while the state police surrounded the protesters in the building, some of them with nightsticks drawn. The police at this time refused to let through food or water that people tried to send in, instead eating and drinking it themselves. They also barricaded access to vending machines and water fountains within the building, and were said to have blocked off access to the washrooms for at least a period of time. Meanwhile, journalists still inside the chambers tweeted out news updates, which were disseminated and retweeted by people like Matt Fraction, Felicia Day and Will Wheaton, reaching an audience that would otherwise have probably not seen or heard what happened next.
The senate was recalled 90 minutes after its midnight end point, to determine whether or not the vote was valid- behind closed doors with no microphones, and only the Senate's own muted camera. Then something disturbing happened. The senate website carries the official record of the caucus. It listed the vote as happening past midnight, on June 26th. Until suddenly it didn't. The date was quietly manually changed to 6/25, the minutes altered to say the vote happened at 11:59, despite almost 200,000 people watching live who saw differently. Suddenly twitter and other social media sites blew up with before-and-after screen shots. Inside the closed sessions, the democrats were made aware of the alterations and brought them up- without social media, almost no one would have known, and never in time. Ultimately, based on the fraudulent alterations, the GOP conceded defeat, admitting the vote had taken place at 12:03, and declaring the bill to be dead. When this happened, the AP and CBS said the vote was overturned, never admitting to shoddy journalism. CNN ignored the story until this morning, because muffins take priority.
Yesterday, I witnessed women's rights under fire, a crippled legal system that didn't represent its people, a corrupt government body attempting to commit a crime in front of hundreds of thousands of witnesses, and the complete failure of the main stream media. I also witnessed a woman performing a nearly superhuman act to do what was right, the power of the people making themselves heard both in person and online, and the extraordinary value of one young man with a cellphone making sure people saw and heard the truth about what was going on.
Anyone reading the papers or watching network news today won't get the full story. Hopefully enough people saw it unfold live, that the lessons from last night won't be forgotten.
This guy thought he was going to president .
What a nut job
Governor Perry doesn't blink when it comes to executing prisoners on death row. How did he figure out that that's not murder but abortion is? This guy is a genius.
Oh so I guess the VOTING PUBLIC is now just a mob to be ignored. How long is it until we can vote ALL these asshats out of office?
Someone needs to remind Governor Perry that Mob does indeed rule. It's called Government by the will of the "PEOPLE" - the people he calls a mob! This is why he will never be President let alone any other higher office then Had Been-Texas Governor
There is such a feeling of Taliban when it comes to many God spouting Republican males. I find it mind boggling that so many are elected.
This moron of a governor needs to have the state get out the ole tar and feathers and run his nasty butt out of office and the state. He is such a stupid, ignorant gasbag. He's already embarrassed the state on the national stage when he attempted to run for president. Now he's going to spend even more money and time trying to continue his fight against women and their choice. He is a bigot and a hater. ENOUGH of this man. !!!
Texas Girl, are you confusing democracy with shouting and chanting? I'm certainly no Rick Perry apologist, but the literally screaming mom didn't give elected representatives the chance to cast their votes. I agree with Perry in this – the 10th hour in Austin belonged to the mob, not to democracy.
If abortion is murder GOP's opposition to healthcare for all is genocide
Democracy is when your elected representative and elected Governor enact laws.
Perry is right, you have a minority using the most absurd of language trying to demand their way.
They claim they speak for women – they do not. They claim that choice is being removed – that is also not true.
This is a balanced law, that outlaws late term abortions while keeping full choices in the first 5 months.
It's a balanced approach that Texans support.
Hey Rick... Way to make a name for yourself as the Governor that gave the State of Texas to the Democrats in 2014! Thank you !
PS... I hope a member of your Family is faced with an unwanted or FORCED pregnancy. As a matter of fact, I hope it happens in all of the scnearios possible so you can see your ignorance and stupidity in action and then pay for it over and over and over and over and over... What a hateful closed minded fool you are.
Rick Perry is by no means the only reactionary oppressive leader in Texas, but rest assured he does NOT represent all of Texas. It is only because the Republican party knows they can count on him to toe the party line on all things without regard to the will of the people that he (and they) remain in office.
Anarchy in dewmocracy?! Isn't that what Texas is all about, whatwith their constant gerrymandering with no judicial oversight? Texas as a state in this union is a joke. Let them secede. We're better off.
The thing I like most about Texas is I don't live there, and they don't live here.


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3 bedrooms
5 roomsLiveable floor area : 2,150 Sq.ft.
Ground surface : 0.25 acre.
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- View : Panoramic, unobscured, mountain, country side, swimming pool, garden/park
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Swimming pool : Private swimming pool, unusual (length 30', width 15', diameter 6.5'), cascading, illuminated, steps in, step ladder, plunge pool, outside shower (open from 'march 10' till 'october 30')
Parking : Parking uncovered : 2 off road.
baby equipment : High chair, playpen
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Receive up to : from 1 to 6 person(s) (6 adults)
Liveable floor area : 2,150 Sq.ft.
Interior layout : 5 Room(s), 3 bedroom(s), 1 bathroom, 2 shower room, 1 toilets, living room 215 Sq.ft., sitting room 237 Sq.ft., large american style kitchen, dining room, dining area, cosy nook, tv den, bar area, laundry room, veranda
Sleeps - bed(s) : 1 full bed(s), 4 twin bed(s), 1 sleeper sofa(s) 1 pers, 1 baby cradle, 2 possible extra bed(s)
Guest facilities : Fireplace, T.V., hi-fi system, vcr, DVD player, video games, board games, book collection, movie collection, t.v points, computer, cable/satelite, internet access, wifi, wardrobe, cupboard, Hanging wardrobe, safe deposit box, hair dryer, mosquito nets, fly screens, fully air-conditioned, central heating, wood-burning stove, Glazed in area, Drapes, Double glazed, Rolling shutters, entry phone system, fire alarm
Appliances : Crockery/flatware, kitchen utensils, cafetiere, electric coffee maker, electric kettle, toaster, juicer, food processor, meat broiler, electric stove, electric hobs, oven, micro-wave oven, extractor hood, refridgerator, deep freeze, dish washer, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, iron, ironing board
Exterior Vacation rental in Setting: quiet, suitable for a relaxing break
Ground surface : 0.25 acre.
Outside accommodation : Balcony 430 Sq.ft., pergola 270 Sq.ft., lanai 750 Sq.ft.
Outside setting : Private courtyard, enclosed grounds 0.25 acre., yard, landscaped yard, lawn 5,400 Sq.ft., olive grove 8,600 Sq.ft., kitchen garden 750 Sq.ft.
Outside amenities : Summer living area, BBQ, yard table(s), 12 yard seat(s), parasol, 6 sun recliner(s), outside shower facilities
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Leisure activities less than 12 miles : Bathing, pedalo, snorkelling, banana boat, water skiing, jet ski, pathway/broadwalk, hiking, kite flying, parascending, boat trips, donkey rides, basketball, hunting, fishing, deep-sea fishing, fishing, spear fishing
Attractions and relaxation : Bar/pub, restaurant, park and garden, nature reserve, historical site, local craftstore
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Locality :
Sandy beach at 4.5mi.
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Rocky beach at 15.5mi.
Sea inlet at 6mi.
Flying clubs at 25mi.
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River at 6mi.
Lake at 6mi.
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Village center at 660'
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Bus stop / bus station at 1.25mi.
Bus pick up point beach at 990'
Car rental at 6mi.
Household linens for hire/laundry services at 6mi.
Breadstore at 0.93mi.
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Longitude 24°8'6"E
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Chania, Chania Prefecture, Crete, Greece
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Airport Heraklion Níkos Kazantzákis
Heraklion, Heraklion Prefecture, Crete, Greece
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Sea port Souda
Souda, Chania Prefecture, Crete, Greece
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…and through God the Father, who raised Him from the dead.
Galatians 1:1
Does the Christian need to be afraid, trepid, fearful, or anxious about anything? Not really!
God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. What does this mean? It means that your faith in Christ is not futile. Christ has, indeed, been raised from the dead.
"And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up — if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable. But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive (1 Corinthians 15:14-22).
Your faith not being futile means that your hope is not a 'what if' or 'possibility,' but a certainty, for it's grounded in none other than the risen Christ.
All who here speak in uncertain terms, saying that you can't be sure of God's favor and forgiveness (or going to heaven) or despise such hope in Christ alone are showing themselves for who they really are—false teachers and not of God.
Christ Jesus is your certainty, in life—and in death. He is your peace with God.
"Of Him (God) you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God — and righteousness and sanctification and redemption" (1 Corinthians 1:30).
Jesus, too, is your confidence, before God—Yes! And also before one another!
At the very outset Paul explodes with the entire issue he intends to set forth in this epistle. He refers to the resurrection of Christ, who rose again for our justification (Rom. 4:25). His victory is a victory over the Law, sin, our flesh, the world, the devil, death, hell, and all evils; and this victory of His He has given to us. Even though these tyrants, our enemies, accuse us and terrify us, they cannot drive us into despair or condemn us. For Christ, whom God the Father raised from the dead, is the Victor over them, and He is our righteousness. Therefore "thanks be to God, who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 15:57). Amen (Luther's Lectures on Galatians, LW 26, p22-22).
Prayer: Heavenly Father, you raised Your Son from the dead for our justification. Give us confidence in Your promises, that we boldly confess Your Name and rejoice in Your bountiful goodness, through Jesus Christ, Your Son our Lord, amen.
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On the chance this rapid warming does occur, the question becomes: Will we see an El Nino for this winter?
If we see the SST's warm enough, then yes, we would see an El Nino. There are numerous caveats with the premise of an El Nino this winter, but I've already explained a few of them above. What we really care about is- would this El Nino transfer into the atmosphere? Based on current projections, I would not think so. Current model forecasts and analog years suggest a cooler than normal upper US, whereas an El Nino would bring about a warm trend throughout the Plains and Midwest.
Time will tell if we actually see an El Nino develop, but right now, I am skeptical of the idea.


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- Jackie Mallon |
The Kent State Portfolio Event held in its NYC campus is an annual invite to industry professionals to come view the portfolios and talk to the top graduates of the school's fashion design and merchandising programs. But these students are not in the habit of waiting like wallflowers to be asked to dance. One graduate had to leave fifteen minutes early to run off for an interview at Ralph Lauren, another was boarding a train for Philadelphia that afternoon to meet with the Anthropologie design team. For the industry, it's a case of get them while they're hot.
The Fashion School at Kent State has placed itself as the midwestern school with the world view: it has study-away programs already well-established in NYC, Hong Kong, Paris and Florence, and has recently added Brazil and South Korea to its roster, with others in the pipeline. It vigorously encourages students to participate in these travel-and-learn opportunities in order to prepare them for the global industry in which they must compete.
Neva Sutrisno, from Indonesia, participated in four study-aways during her Bachelors. In Hong Kong she learned the "technical stuff, screenprinting, 3D draping, very hands-on, origami techniques"; in NYC "the process, design development and portfolio creation"; in Korea: "I did an internship that had a sample room attached so I was basically working 6-7 days a week but learned so much."
After all this globetrotting, I ask if she is interested in returning to Indonesia: "Indonesia is very entrepreneurial and you can start a business with very little capital. But it is heavily eveningwear-oriented and I want to work in all areas of sportswear first to get that experience."
Yuyu Zhang, from Nanjing outside Shanghai, is also interested in bringing back to China an understanding of the "whole process of how things are done here in NYC" which is where she did her study-away and an internship during her junior year. "But being at Kent State was already a study-away for me," she says, and describes herself as "a minimalist who loves special detailing."
Highlights Kent State's NYC Portfolio Event
Some of the students are already off the market. Sarah Kauffman has been accepted to a one year graduate program at London's Central St Martins that would allow her to move directly into their Masters program, and is simultaneously waiting to hear back from the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris. The French capital is also where she spent a study-away semester picking up the beading skills she went on to exhibit in her final BFA runway collection, one bolero containing a panel that took sixty hours to complete by hand.
Another graduate, Lindsey Myers, has been offered a job at Under Armor and so will be moving to Maryland in the coming weeks. Having ran track and cross country for the school, swam since childhood, and with dreams to move into triathlon competition and one day working for Adidas, she lives and breathes athleisure apparel. Under Armor obviously thought so too as that is the sector she has been hired to work on.
Evan Costello time-travelled to 1969 while creating his portfolio and spent the entire year there––a different study-away of sorts. From the Stonewall Riots to the movie Easy Rider, the Manson murders to Woodstock, he plumbed that eventful twelve month period for inspiration and even managed to cast for his lookbook a male model with an uncanny resemblance to a young Robert Mapplethorpe.
Inspired by Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides and Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, Abigail Tyler's portfolio features embellishments as unique and quirky as those quirky Hollywood features. Idiosyncratic, curious, identifying beauty in mundane materials such as fish hooks and bait, she creates sparkling little masterpieces, workshop wonders, that with the right business mind could be sold as one-off samples to the luxury houses to be reproduced in their specialized factories.
For these well-traveled students, it's time to take the world by storm on their own terms and with the process of portfolio creation complete, the process of career building begins. For the industry, the process of selection from this final line up is the order of the day. But better be quick, they're going fast.
Photos Jackie Mallon for FashionUnited; Work from the portfolios of Kent State University fashion design graduates in following order: Neva Sutrisno, Jadeline Cheng, Yuya Zhang, Sarah Kauffman, Yuyu Zhang, Audrey Rothers, Callie Duty, Evan Costello, Lindsey Myers, Remi Nguyen, Abigail Tyler, Neva Sutrisno.
By contributing guest editor Jackie Mallon, who is on the teaching faculty of several NYC fashion programmes and is the author of Silk for the Feed Dogs, a novel set in the international fashion industry.


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Passion and Persistence, the Power to Fulfill Dreams
"Student Day" of ABACE 2014
On April 17 2-14, Asian Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (ABACE 2014 ) greeted the students from the aviation universities, who came to participate in the event of "Student Day " under the invitation of the organizers of ABACE – Asian Business Aviation Association (AsBAA) and National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). During this event, the experts in the aviation industry and approximately 100 students discussed topics like; what is business aviation, the passion and dreams of pilots, and career opportunities & challenges in business aviation.
Mr. Ed. Bolen, the President and CEO of NBAA welcomed the students in the first place and encouraged them to hold on to their dreams and advance to success step by step.
Mr. Kevin Wu, Chairman of AsBAA, mentioned in his opening speech that the business aviation in China is worth looking for and that the students will have good changes since the business aviation is running short of talents. Everybody shall manage a good career planning; one can only step to success under the guidance of passion and efforts.
Mr. Liao Xuefeng, China Representative of NBAA, and David Dixon, President of Jetcraft Asia, shared the current situation of the development of business aviation in China.
Mr. James Wilson, Captain of TEXTRON Aviation Group, told the students to maintain passion, enjoy study and work, and insist on advancing to their dreams with a smile. He encouraged the students with a photo of an armless pilot operating in the pilothouse and mentioned; "This is the power of a dream; if she can succeed, you can also."
"Dream One" team from Beihang University brought their own business aircraft design, and interacted with the guests and students at the site. In the end, the students from Beihang University and Shanghai Civil Aviation College boarded on the aircrafts from different manufacturers, and got a further understanding and knowledge on business aircrafts and business aviation via the explanation of the pilots and experts. .
Doctor Gao Yuanyang from Beihang University and Ms. Zhu Kai of General Aviation Manufactures Association, highly appreciate these activities. They stated that "the students are thirsty for more chances to conduct in-depth communication with the experts within such industry and the practitioners, which not only is extremely advantageous for them to understand this industry and prepare their own career development planning, but also play a positive role in promoting the development of this industry."
AsBAA and NBAA wish to develop such an activity into a long-term program, inviting students from all over China, and other Asian regions, to participate. We expect, through such activities, to cultivate the students' cognition of interest in business aviation, encourage them to challenge themselves with passion and dreams, manage knowledge reservation well, set strict demands on themselves with high sense of responsibility, and let their dream of flight fly in the sky!
激情与坚守 成就梦想的力量
4月17日,亚洲公务航展上迎来了国内航空类院校的同学们,在航展主办方亚洲公务航空协会(AsBAA)与美国公务航空协会(NBAA)的邀请下,前来参加"大学生公务机认知主题日"的活动。尽管当天下起了淅淅沥沥的春雨,但丝毫没有影响同学们了解公务航空的激情。 在现场,来自航空领域的专家们和近100名同学们共同讨论了什么是公务航空,飞行员的激情和梦想,以及在公务航空领域内就业的挑战和机遇等诸多问题。
美国公务航空协会 (NBAA)总裁兼首席执行官 Ed. Bolen 先生首先欢迎学生的到来,并鼓励同学们坚持梦想,一步步走向成功。
亚洲公务航空协会主席 吴景奎先生在开场致辞中 提到,公务航空在中国的前景值得期待,现在处于起步阶段,人才紧缺,各位同学很幸运的赶上了这个时代,大家要做好职业规划,只有内心真正热爱这个行业,在激情和努力的指引下才能走向成功!
来自美国公务航空协会驻中国代表 廖学峰及Jetcraft Asia 的总裁 David Dixon 和同学们分享了公务航空在中国发展的近况。
德事隆航空集团的飞行机长James 告诉同学们,要保持激情,享受学习和工作,微笑着坚持向梦想迈进。他用一张无臂女性飞行员在驾驶室中操控的照片鼓励学生:"这就是梦想的力量,她都可以做到,你们更可以!"


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Pinays are some of the most gorgeous women in the world. And if these celeb moms aren't enough proof of that, their equally lovely daughters will definitely convince you. Here are some of our favorite celeb moms with their mini-mes:
Aiko Melendez and Marthena Jickain
The only difference between the actress and her 9-year-old daughter? The color of their eyes.
Carmina Villaroel and Cassie Legaspi
These two can seriously be twins. Sorry, Mav!
Marjorie Barretto and Julia Barretto
There's no doubt about it that Julia is her mom's daughter.
Gloria Diaz and Isabelle Daza
Even without a Miss Universe crown, Belle is just as beautiful as her mom.
Bing Loyzaga and Chi and Gabs Gibbs
The actress and her two daughters are definitely triplets.
Charlene Gonzalez and Atasha Muhlach
16-year-old Atasha is her mom's mini me!
BONUS: Pilita Corrales and Janine Gutierrez
Janine is literally the younger version of her grandma. We cannot unsee this!
This story originally appeared on Cosmo.ph.
* Minor edits have been made by the Femalenetwork.com editors.


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I am from the prickly shelter of chestnut trees and stern stone houses built to weather the cold. I am from Colour TV and square fading baby pictures with dogs and cats and horses in every one.
I am from half way up the mountain with bicycles on the sidewalk and back doors unlocked. I am from dreams of escape beneath a Holly Hobby quilt, from kitchen haircuts and homemade corduroy dresses I secretly loved, from long trips in wood-paneled family wagons to far flung stony shores.
I am from my mother's ruby geraniums in patio planters and my grandmother's frowzy generous vegetable garden. I am from sunrooms and manure.
I am from being seen and not heard. I am from polite kisses on both cheeks and nothing difficult said out loud.
I am from a long line of first-born girls. You can count backwards on our names all the way to Wales.
I am from the usual histories of mistakes and secret loves and broken promises. I am from stories I'll never know. I am from many somethings old, somethings new, somethings borrowed and plenty of blue. No one gave me away. I am none the worse for it.
I am from come out of your room when you have a smile on your face so I went to the barn where I could haul hay and muck in heat and dirt and ride 'till the wind scrubbed my face free.
I am from the books that have kept me afloat, that take me away and lead me home again. Between their covers I have made quiet chapels.
I am from two kitchens, the one I knew and the one I have made. In both there are dogs underfoot, and all the parties end up there, with the mess and the wine glasses mixed up on the counter. In this one we sing at the table. In this one I summon my mother with cinnamon and applesauce and recipes written in her hand.
I am from military men and resourceful women. I am from battered silver serving spoons wrapped in felt and handed down. I am from pitchforks. I do not know where I am going, but I know I'll need both.
What stories do you tell your children about where you are from, and what are you trying to communicate when you do? I find myself telling the "you are not so hard done by" stories too often. The "I never got to go out to dinner" lecture, the "do you appreciate how lucky you are?" stories.
There is value in the other ones too, even the difficult ones. So many family stories are lost. I was inspired to explore Where I Am From by reading Schmutzie's beautiful "Where I Was From When I Was Seven: Bearing Down Upon The Buoy" and Two Busy's thoughtful "Where I'm From" reflection. If you want to give it a try yourself, the form and original poem are here."


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This message is for T Novak, I hope you find this,
I while back I read a post to which you wrote a reply. In this reply you gave some factors involved when pricing a proposal. I am currently trying to create a custom questionnaire for my clients to guide me in creating proposals. I ran into trouble coming up with the appropriate questions.
In your reply you wrote the following:
There are SO many factors that influence and dictate pricing:
-Is it a Fixed bid job or Time and Materials?
-When do you need delivery by?
-New Project, Facelift Project, or Major Overhaul?
-How many pages of content are we talking about?
-Any dynamic content feeds? Database? XML Streams?
-Do you need our staff onsite at your facilities?
-Hybrid of Flash and HTML, only HTML, or only Flash?
-Flash Navigation, or the ability to switch between both?
-Administrative tools for performing updates?
-How many graphics?
-Do you have your own graphics?
-Do you want to license Stone images or Comstock images?
-Who is responsible for integration?
-Is your content written, or do you need a copywriter?
-Is this site going to be in English only, or do we need International translations?
-Who's building the back-end?
-Is our company producing the solution, or will we be working in concert with your team?
(etc, etc, etc.)
Every single question above and over 100+ others must be answered in order to effectively determine "price". Skill of the firm, customer demand, production efficencies, and related will help you determine an hourly rate. But at the end of the day you don't ask the right questions you may determine that you can do the project in 20 hours and it will end up taking 100 hours. By my calculations that $50 per hour just worked out to be $10 per hour (much less after taxes).
Could you recommend other variables that play a vital role in pricing web/multimedia projects, or perhaps some literature on this subject.
Everyone's advise is greatly appriciated.


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02 October 2014
ONLINE STORE - kidsdinge
Talking of cards I found some really cute ones at online shop KidsDinge. This fun shop for children's goods has cards by Bora,and Darling Clementine as well as fun bit from Ellen Giggenbach for Djeco and lovely French label Mini Labo. KidsDinge is based in The Netherlands so it has a European feel that will appeal to lots of design conscious parents.
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