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When discussing South American soccer, too often the conversation begins and ends with a handful of topics and generalisations. South America is a hugely diverse part of the world with distinct cultures, ways of life, and ways of playing and enjoying soccer, and this is something that bettors need to consider before betting on any of the leagues across these regions. Read on to inform your Colombian soccer betting.
In this series I hope to help you to begin to understand some of the different distinctions across the regions; the styles of play, the cultural differences, the heat, the cold, the altitude, the hostile environments, the easy away days, the pointless cup games, the must-win derbies, the club priorities, the baffling relegation systems, the aperturas and the clausuras (two tournaments in a split season format for Spanish-speaking sports leagues), the state championships, the expert time-wasters, the game managers, the hotheads, the thinkers, and which teams bettors should look out for to potentially gain an edge over the bookmaker.
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I believe South American soccer has so many additional variables when it comes to predicting the outcome of a game, which can make betting difficult but it can also provide a huge opportunity for bettors looking for value. I will begin by providing a useful starting point when trying to understand and predict the outcome of soccer games in Colombia.
Colombian Soccer history
Colombia has the continent's second-largest population and fourth-largest landmass. Each region of the country is hugely diverse and clubs understand that this ethnic and cultural diversity provides a great advantage.
Cauca is where Colombian soccer has found many of its towering, powerful central defenders. The Caribbean coast produces dozens of inventive, tricky forwards and attackers. Tumaco, down close to the Ecuadorian border, is the birthplace of some top-level pacey and athletic attacking wide players. Antioquia is known for technical, creative playmakers who can open up an opponent's defence.
Finishing bottom of the league does not have the stigma or jeopardy as is the case in Europe
On top of remarkable and hugely valuable diversity, Colombia also has multiple big urban centres across the country. Cali, Bogota, and Medellin all have two giant clubs and at least two other small clubs, while Atletico Junior dominates the Caribbean coast. The coffee region has multiple medium-sized clubs and there are five or six other one-club cities. Top that off with a national soccer obsession and many excellent free publicly owned AstroTurf (artificial grass) pitches across the country and Colombia has everything to be a global soccer force.
Despite all of these advantages, historically Colombia has had two controversial periods of global soccer significance and many years of underwhelming mediocrity.
Colombian Soccer: The national team and club sides
The first period of significance was the five or six years known as El Dorado when an internal dispute between the professional and amateur associations left many of the country's biggest clubs participating in a league that was not recognised by FIFA. This meant the clubs were not obliged to pay transfer fees for players or conform to the strict salary restrictions that were in place around the world at the time.
Big Colombian clubs could lure the best players on the planet to come and play in the league and they quickly recruited the best players in South America and dozens of global soccer superstars from Europe. Many clubs imported all of these players from a chosen country - Cucuta Deportivo went almost entirely Uruguayan, Deportivo Pereira opted for Paraguayans, Union Magdalena (Samarios) signed eight Hungarians, Santa Fe snapped up England internationals including Neil Franklin, while Millonarios, known as the Blue Ballet, signed a couple of players from the UK and a selection of Argentine superstars including the great Alfredo Di Stefano.
The second period of great Colombian soccer significance came in the 1980s and was linked to the sudden influx of money into the game. Colombian teams could now retain their biggest stars and attract top players from around the continent. In the 1980s, America de Cali played three consecutive Copa Libertadores finals and Atletico Nacional lifted the title in 1989.
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The national team also benefited from this increased investment and prosperity in the league. Los Cafeteros really impressed at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy and then demolished Argentina 5-0 away in their qualifying campaign for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. However, the 1994 World Cup was a disaster on the pitch, and the tragic murder of beloved defender Andres Escobar in the weeks following the tournament sunk the country into a period of reflection, depression, and shame. There were hopes that this great Colombian team could show the world what this wonderful country was really about but it had seemingly only confirmed and increased the negative views.
Colombia took a largely unchanged, aging side to the 1998 World Cup where they were eliminated in the group stage. They then won a fairly strange 2001 Copa America on home soil but were unable to return to the World Cup until 2014. Colombia were overjoyed to make it back to international soccer's biggest stage and the tournament in Brazil was a huge turning point. Colombia played with confidence, swagger, and joy. The country was now in a more stable, secure place and the soccer team were able to truly express themselves and represent this vibrant, diverse country.
The national team is much more competitive and has a far, far greater strength in depth. Many players who cannot even make the squad now who would have been guaranteed starters just 10 or 15 years earlier. Colombia moves dozens of players to big European sides each year and the production of players is far better.
However, while things are largely much more stable, both the country and its beloved sport still have problems.
In 2016, an incredibly impressive Atletico Nacional side won the Copa Libertadores in style but that success was a real anomaly in terms of Colombian club soccer. As with Brazil, the quality of the young players produced is consistently world-class but Colombia has only a handful of coaches who could ever be considered for any sort of European job. The country is rich in talent but poor in soccer ideas.
Tactical approach and style of play
Colombia, as with many other countries on the continent, looks to Argentina for inspiration and for a long time has had an obsession with a classy, creative number 10. 1980s superstar Carlos Valderrama fit the mould perfectly and El Pibe really set the tone for the great Colombia side of the late 80s and early 90s - 'short pass and move' style soccer with everything built around a charismatic playmaker.
Every kid wanted to be El Pibe and every club seemed to be built around a number 10 in the decades that followed. Superb players such as James Rodriguez and Juan Fernando Quintero can be seen as modern heirs of the great Valderrama but perhaps this obsession has limited development elsewhere and has stunted innovation. Colombia has increasingly produced top-quality, tireless defensive midfielders, which I suspect is a product of the minimal running and defensive contribution of every youth side's pandered and pampered, classy but lazy playmaker.
As with Brazil, Colombian defences often sit deep and strikers stay high. There is an overly extreme distinction made between "creative midfielders" and "defensive midfielders" as if modern soccer players are not required to fulfill both roles, which holds the Colombian game back. While Brazil looks to spread the play and attack from wide areas, Colombian soccer at its best is all about sharp passing interchanges.
There is a wide range of factors beyond what happens on the pitch which all have an impact on results
Street soccer is hugely important in both countries but while it seems to inspire individual invention and magic in Brazilian players, for Colombian's it teaches collective passing play and dominance. Brazilian street players aspire to nutmegs (kicking the ball through an opponent's legs to get past them) while Colombians covet walking the ball into the net after fifteen sharp, creative, uninterrupted passes.
When it comes to game management, Colombian sides are usually lacking. There is a sense with Colombian teams that they have to be significantly better than their opponents to get the win and this really holds them back. Players are seen as often too easily provoked or distracted by their more canny rivals to the south. Colombian's are more likely to be dismissed for a frustrated throw of an elbow than infuriate an opponent with a sly press of the studs down the Achilles behind the referee's back – they also aren't the best divers, are terribly ineffective time-wasters, and are prone to lose their heads with a bit of mild provocation.
However, despite the issues and underwhelming continental club performances, Colombian soccer is once again a real force and this time seemingly on a far more stable and sustainable foundation.
How is the Colombian soccer league structured?
Colombian soccer currently has two professional leagues. The second tier is known as Categoria Primera B formally or Torneo BetPlay Dimayor for sponsorship reasons while the top flight is Categoria Primera A or Liga BetPlay Dimayor. The top-flight has an opening (Apertura) and closing (Clausura) season each year with the top eight finishers moving on to the playoffs. The playoff format has changed many times over the years but is now usually a two-legged semi-final followed by a two-legged final.
This means that the Colombian league has two league champions each year. These sides meet in the Superliga Colombiana final at the start of the following year, although winning this two-legged competition is less prestigious and important than the league win needed to qualify (think of it as a slightly more important version of the Community Shield match in England but played over two legs).
There is also annual relegation and promotion between the divisions with two teams going up and two going down. The relegation system in Colombia is also unusual and is largely set up to protect big, established sides from going down. The rationale is that a popular, wealthy side may have a bad year if they lose a lot of key players but in the long run, they will almost certainly deserve a top-division spot. As a result, relegation is calculated over three seasons on a separate "descenso" or relegation table.
The relegation system means teams can start the year knowing they cannot be relegated while others begin the year knowing they will need to get close to winning the title to avoid going down. At present, there is an almost 100 point difference between the top and bottom-placed teams on the relegation table. Newly promoted teams take on the burden of the relegation-worthy points score of the team they replace which means teams that go up are immediate favourites to go back down. It is mathematically possible to win the league and get relegated in the same month in Colombia, something that has come close to happening on a number of occasions.
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As well as a parallel relegation table, they also keep track of the total points across the two seasons in a year with the "reclasificación" table. This is less important but is used to decide which clubs qualify for international tournaments alongside the league and cup winners.
The cup competition runs throughout the year, with a group stage in the first half and a knockout stage in the second half. Teams from the top two divisions join in the group stage while clubs participating in international competitions get a bye straight into the first knockout round. Most teams do not care about the cup until they are in the knockout round and many will use it exclusively to give practice to young teenage prospects. Of course, this at times can pay off but expect the unexpected when it comes to cup results, and often second division sides are much more motivated. Players see it as a chance to earn a move or win a first-team spot.
Attendances in Colombia fluctuate hugely depending on how well the team is doing on the pitch. In 2016, Atletico Nacional were the best team on the continent and fans would wait in line for five or six hours to try to get a ticket or pay 20 times the official value. There have been games since then when Nacional have had fewer than 5,000 fans in their 45,000-seat stadium. The short season and playoff system is a way for organisers to keep things interesting but it also in some ways exacerbates the problem. Clubs and their fans realise when a season is a write-off, at which point both results and attendances go into further decline.
If a team is placed at the bottom of the league but in absolutely no danger of being relegated, then there will be great frustration, possible managerial changes, and plans for new signings but there is unlikely to be a great deal of incentive to turn things around before the end of the season. Teams in Colombia become big or successful over decades and with the titles they have won, finishing bottom of the league does not have the stigma or jeopardy as is the case in Europe.
Colombian soccer betting: factors to consider
There are a few factors beyond the ones usually considered that Colombian soccer bettors should take into account.
The Copa Libertadores is always the priority for Colombian teams and if there is a side sitting at the top of the league but with important Copa Libertadores commitments, then that is where their priority will be. There is minimal difference in terms of the key playoff round for a team that finishes first or eighth. This means once playoff qualification is looking likely teams will often rotate and this can affect results. If a team is very good, then they may stop trying. If a team is very bad but safe, then they may also stop trying.
Teams who are facing relegation at the start of the year are likely to spend money and make changes. This can often go one of two ways; they are surprisingly good and make the playoffs or they are an absolute disaster and relegation is confirmed months before the end of the year.
Colombia is also a country with a huge amount of natural diversity, which plays an important role in their soccer. The capital Bogota, home of Santa Fe, Millonarios, and La Equidad, sits at 2,640 metres above sea level, high up in the Andes. The weather is hugely unpredictable, with rain, sleet, and bright sunshine all possible (and often likely) in one day. Temperatures average at around 50°F. While the altitude isn't as severe as La Paz in Bolivia, it does have an impact and high-intensity or aging players can struggle towards the end of the game.
Barranquilla is the home of Atletico Junior and the Colombian national team. The Caribbean coastal city has an average temperature of 80.7°F, which has a huge impact on games. The Colombian national team intentionally plays their home games in the afternoon to sap the energy of opponents and give a home advantage. Other hot and humid cities include Neiva (Huila FC), Montería (Jaguares), Cali (Deportivo Cali and America de Cali), and Barrancabermeja (Alianza Petrolera) where home advantage is very significant. Teams who visit Neiva have on occasion chosen to change outside in the car park given the overwhelming heat of the locker room.
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The coffee region (Tolima, Once Caldas, and Pereira) and surrounding cities are fairly wet but also mild without severe altitude. The city of eternal spring Medellin and the Antioquia region (Atletico Nacional, Deportivo Independiente Medellín, Aguilas Doradas, and Envigado) has warm, comfortable weather with the occasional downpour and does not provide any particular additional challenges for visitors.
A lack of motivation plus uncomfortable, sapping temperatures or altitude can often lead to very predictable 0-0 draws in low-profile games. Some of the smaller teams in the league will save their best performances for the big away games in packed stadiums against traditional Colombian league giants. There is a clear additional motivation when facing big teams in front of packed crowds, live on TV with national attention.
Club tradition and focus
Envigado and Deportivo Cali have very famous and important academies with a preference for introducing young talent into their first team. This means they can often have one of the most talented squads in the league but a huge lack of experience. This often results in an impressive league performance but can mean a major collapse once the pressure is really on in the playoffs against more experienced sides in front of a packed stadium.
Smaller teams often qualify for the playoffs but very rarely win the title. If a smaller team finishes top of the league stage this does not make them, in any way, the favourite when it comes to the knockout round. Generally, it will be one of the big teams which ultimately triumphs.
America de Cali, Atletico Junior, and Atlético Nacional are usually the most likely champions. Millonarios have the resources to be champions but have often disappointed, while DIM, Deportivo Cali, and Santa Fe lead the chasing pack and Tolima are also very capable of winning a title with their efficient style of play. The likes of Pasto, La Equidad, Rionegro Aguilas, and Bucaramanga have the organisation, structure, and finances to breaking into the playoffs on occasion. Envigado will benefit from their elite youth generation every few years, where they will be incredibly impressive in the league stage but will collapse in the playoffs.
Colombian Clasicos
Derby games are unpredictable but hugely important. The most important "clasicos" are Atletico Nacional vs. DIM (Medellin), Santa Fe vs. Millonarios (Bogota), Deportivo Cali vs. America de Cali (Cali). There are also big rivalries between cities such as Nacional vs. America, Nacional vs. Millonarios, Deportivo Cali vs. DIM, and America vs. Millonarios. These games are played at a high intensity and fans often push for attacking, assertive football. Cards and/or goals are often plentiful.
Colombian soccer is filled with top young players and exciting football. There is a wide range of factors beyond what happens on the pitch which all have an impact on results. While this can make predicting outcomes tricky, I hope the insight above gives you some key trends which will provide a huge advantage when it comes to predicting outcomes.
There is usually a reason why the league leaders are often well beaten by a struggling mid-table side and hopefully, you can now spot it!
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Simon Edwards
Simon Edwards is an expert on South American football with a focus on Colombia and Venezuela. Born in the UK, he moved to live in Medellin in 2010 where he has worked as a sports journalist, scout, and advised clubs and agents on developments in the region. Simon is responsible for managing English language content for the official Copa Libertadores and the Copa America platforms.
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Last Friday the 12th of April at 10:30, 3º ESO E performed the play about Hedy Lamarr.
This short play was prepared in the English class within the European project "Smart Wellness".
We wanted to make students aware of the inventions and personality of this great woman who, in 1941 created the necessary technology which later developped into the wifi and the bluetooth.
Students performed the play for their first year students within the school "Expoletras" project. "Expoletras" was devoted this year to The Theatre and we could enjoy many other performances by our school students, teachers and other institutions.
This performance has been a rehearsal for others which will take place in May 2019 during the Czech exchange meeting in Córdoba and will be the final "Smart Wellness" project meeting.
The play was first performed in English and then in Spanish and will be part of the Fair about "Scientific Women" which will take part on the 13th and 15th of May 2019.
Every student in the class has a role and this has been a great tool for learning the languages, learning about a scientific woman as a role model, being aware of the capacity all the students have to do a good job and create a feeling of something made by the whole class.
Characters: Hedy. Friedi Mandl (first husband). Howard Hughes (an aviator and a film producer).
George Antheil (a pianist and co-author of the patent). Hedy's daughter, Denise Loder.
Friedi: Yes? ... you are saying Mr. Hitler's calling, aren't you? Oh, of course, dear Adolf! How many planes do you need this time? And tanks? Very well. Everything will be ready as you wish. Heil Hitler!
Hedy: And now he is selling weapons to that Nazi! I cannot bear him anymore! I'm abandoning him!
Hedy: I finally got rid of this anti-Jew Nazi! I will be an actress again ... and this time ... in America.
Hedy: Well, dear Howie, I think we can improve the speed of these planes. (she is showing him a drowing of a fish and a bird) Look at this fish and this bird. The wings are not square. Our plane has to be like this.
Howard: (cleaning the plane) Great idea, lovely Hedy. Have you got any new idea for our soldiers in Europe?
Hedy: Indeed, dear me! With this effervescent tablet, soldiers will drink Coca Cola having only a little water. Look! (takes a tablet out of her pocket and takes a glass of water).
Howard: Oh honey, you are the most beautiful woman in the movies world and the most intelligent!
Hedy: Thanks darling! I am also thinking on how to improve radio communications so the enemy cannot intercept them.
Howard: I am also very interested in communications!
Hedy: Great, we will keep on working to get the Allied victory.
Hedy: Oh George, I think you are a composer with very innovative ideas.
George: Thank you very much Hedy. I love composing by synchronizing various instruments.
Hedy: Great! Would you like to work with me? I'm studying a secret communication system that can help the allies win this war.
George: How interesting! How could I help?
Hedy: Transmissions are vulnerable because the messages last too long and the enemy can have time to locate them. We have to generate interferences.
George: Maybe I could help you, I do not know.
Hedy: Let's see ... I thought about transmitting the messages by breaking them into small parts. Each one would be transmitted changing frequency. But I do not see how to finish the idea.
George: I think we can apply my way of composing to your idea. We can meet tomorrow and study it.
Hedy: Great. Tomorrow we are meeting in my studio after the shooting.
George: But what do these politicians believe? They say we should devote to the cinema.
Hedy: Selling war bonds? These guys think a woman cannot create anything useful for humanity!
SCENE 4: Hedy and her daughter Denise. When her mother is very old and has lost her memory. They speak of the use that was given to the patent during Cuba missiles crisis and the current use of her patent.
Hedy: My daughter, would you mind to remind me if my patent has ever been used?
Denise: Yes mom. When electronics advanced, your invention was finally used.
Hedy: What use was it given?
Denise: For military transmissions during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.
Hedy: And didn't they pay me anything for the patent?
Denise: They used it three years after the patent expired. Bad luck!
Hedy: Well, I do not have money to waste! ... Give me my mobile phone, dear, I want to talk to your brother Anthony, please.
Denise: Ok mom. Here you are. The mobile you are holding uses the system you invented.
Hedy: I remember that what they call now Wifi and Bluetooth has to do with the random channel change to transmit wireless data. It is great!
Denise: You can feel proud of your great communication system invention, mom.
Hedy: I think there are many more fields in which it could be applied to and are still to be explored.
Denise: I want to recite some lines from the poem by RUDYARD KIPLING "If" that reflects the difficulties my mother had for being a privileged mind and the most beautiful actress in Golden Hollywood.
And-which is more-you'll be a HUMAN BEING, my mom!


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Q: Building a Datetime Object for SQL database insert I'm working on a small web form that requires the user to input (among other things), the scheduled backup time of whatever server they're adding to the system. The problem is, I'm struggling to find out the best way to take the user input and build a DateTime object (which is what the database requires).
I only really care about the Day of Week, Time of Day (12 or 24 hour clock).
I thought about just creating an empty DateTime object and then just adding my input values from the user, but you can only get, not set, the day of week, time of day, etc.
I've been looking at the Calender asp control, which would work for the day of the week selection, but I can't seem to find any support of time of day.
Thanks.

A: I don't think you want to use a DateTime for a recurring event such as a backup.  A DateTime is useful for storing a particular date and time, but not a "template" for a recurring event.  Instead I'd use separate columns to store the day of week value (0-6) and time of date (minutes after midnight) for the event.

A: If you going to use datepicker here is one great sample for adding JQuery date picker using C#. That helped me including in my project evrn if I did know anything abaut JQuery and java sripts at all.

A: DateTime is a immutable value type. You cannot set anything on it.
Assumed that you stick with DateTime on the DB and you don't want to use a DateTimePicker control.
You have to specify how the day of week and the time should be represented in the DateTime. You can start with DateTime.MinValue, the 1.1.0001, 12:00 at midnight, and add the day of week and the time. unfortunately, a regular DateTime field in a SqlServer 2005 is not able to store this date. So lets move it to the year 2000. The 1.1.2000 was a Saturday. You could calculate the DateTime like this:
int dayOfWeek; // 0 = mon, 6 = son
DateTime time;
DateTime scheduleTime = new DateTime(2000, 1, (dayOfWeek + 2) % 6 + 1)
  + time.TimeOfDay;

But honestly, I wouldn't do it. It smells. I just answered your question. Listen to tvanfosson. He said everything that needs to be said.

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Ото Барић (Otto Barić; Aјзенкапелу код Клагенфурта, 19. јун 1933 — Загреб, 13. децембар 2020) био је хрватски фудбалер и тренер.

Тренерска каријера

1970-их до 1980-их
Барић је тренерску каријеру започео 1969. у западнонемачком клубу Германиа Виесбаден и након једне сезоне прешао у аустријски клуб Вакер Инзбрук, где је провео наредне две сезоне и освојио две узастопне титуле шампиона лиге пре него што је прешао у ЛАСК Линц године. јула 1972. године. После две сезоне у Линцу, наставио је да тренира хрватски клуб НК Загреб и тамо је провео две сезоне пре него што је у јулу 1976. прешао у Динамо Винковци.

Крајем 1970-их био је и селектор аматерске репрезентације Југославије, екипе коју су чинили играчи Друге југословенске лиге, и са тимом је између 1976. и 1978. године освојио две регионалне и једну континенталну титулу. У исто време, провео је скоро четири сезоне у винковачком Динаму пре него што се вратио у Аустрију у марту 1980. да би тренирао Штурм из Граца. Провео је сезону и по у Штурму, а затим је био незапослен годину дана пре него што је почео да тренира Рапид Беч у јулу 1982. Водио је Рапид до три титуле шампиона у аустријској Бундеслиги 1982, 1983. и 1987. године, као и до три титуле у Купу Аустрије 1983, 1984. и 1985. године. 1985. је такође водио Рапид до финалног меча Купа победника купова, али је изгубио титулу поразом од Евертона резултатом 3–1.

Барић је отишао из Рапида у немачки клуб ФК Штутгарт у лето 1985. и тренирао тим до марта 1986. године. После три месеца без посла, вратио се у Рапид у јуну 1986. и наставио да тренира тим у наредне две сезоне, освојивши још једну титулу у Купу Аустрије 1987. године. Након што је напустио Рапид у јуну 1988. године, био је незапослен пет месеци да би на крају наставио да ради као главни тренер Штурма из Граца између новембра 1988. и јуна 1989.

1990-их
Након што је напустио Штурм, Барић је постао главни тренер СК Ворвартс Штајр, још једног тима аустријске Бундеслиге, за сезону 1990/91. У јулу 1991. године ангажовао га је Аустрија Салцбург Предводио је Аустрију Салцбург до две узастопне титуле шампиона у аустријској Бундеслиги 1994. и 1995. године, а успео је и да се квалификује за УЕФА Лигу шампиона 1994. године, чиме је Аустрија Салцбург постао први аустријски клуб коме је то успело. Тим је завршио трећи у својој групи иза Ајакс Амстердам и ФК Милана. У претходној сезони 1993–94, водио је клуб до двомеча финала Купа УЕФА, али је изгубио титулу од Интера из Милана 2–0. Тренирао је екипу Салцбурга до августа 1995. године, а потом је отишао због разлика у мишљењима између њега и неких играча.

Кратко време је остао без посла након што је напустио Аустрију Салцбург, а затим је радио као помоћни тренер у репрезентацији Хрватске до краја Европског првенства 1996. године. У јулу 1996. постао је главни тренер загребачког Динама и довео клуб до титула у Првој лиги Хрватске иу Купу Хрватске у само једној сезони у којој је тренирао тим. У јуну 1997. напустио је Динамо у турски клуб Фенербахче, где је радио до марта 1999. године. Барић је тада био незапослен неколико месеци након што је напустио Фенербахче, а потом се вратио својој међународној каријери као селектор репрезентације Аустрије између 1999. и 2001. године, одустајући од своје позиције након што Аустрија није успела да се квалификује за финале Светског првенства 2002. године.

2000-те
У јануару 2002. је четири месеца био тренер Аустрије Салцбург, а потом два месеца био без посла до јула 2002. када је именован за селектора хрватске репрезентације након што је његов претходник Мирко Јозић смењен због неуспешне кампање репрезентација у финалу Светског првенства 2002.

Репрезентација Хрватске
У јулу 2002. Барић је потписао двогодишњи уговор са Хрватским фудбалским савезом и добио задатак да репрезентацију Хрватске доведе у финале УЕФА Еура 2004. Његов први меч као менаџер на клупи Хрватске био је пријатељски меч против Велса 21. августа 2002. у Вараждину. Утакмица је завршена нерешеним резултатом 1:1, што је било прилично разочарање. Његов такмичарски деби у квалификационој сесији за Европско првенство био је још мање успешан са ремијем без голова против Естоније, а месец дана касније тим је изгубио 2-0 од Бугарске.

Са смањеним шансама за пласман на завршни турнир, Хрватска је сада морала да добије што више утакмица. Почетак 2003. године био је успешан, са импресивном победом од 4-0 над солидном Белгијом код куће у Загребу, након чега су уследиле три узастопне победе, два пута против Андоре и једном против Естоније. Тим је морао да оствари победу у гостима против Белгије да би обезбедио барем место у плеј-офу, али то није успео изгубивши са 2–1. Ипак, победили су у последњој утакмици против Бугарске резултатом 1–0 и освојили друго место због боље гол-разлике од белгијског тима. У плеј-офу, Хрватска је победила Словенију са 2-1 укупним резултатом и пласирала се у финале Португала.

Хрватска је у финалу била увучена у тешку групу са браниоцем титуле Француском, Енглеском и Швајцарском, а пролазак у четвртфинале је био релативно мало вероватан. Тим је све своје наде полагао на уводну утакмицу против Швајцарске, али није успео да победи пошто је меч завршен нерешеним резултатом. Други меч против Француске почео је лоше за хрватски тим пошто су на полувремену губили са 1:0 након што је Игор Тудор постигао аутогол, али је снажан почетак другог полувремена и голови Милана Рапаића и Дада Прше довели до 2 : 1. у првих седам минута. Ипак, Француска је изједначила голом Давида Трезегеа дванаест минута касније и коначан резултат је био 2–2. Хрватска је морала да победи Енглеску у последњој утакмици у групи да би се пласирала у четвртфинале и успела је да оствари добар почетак када је Нико Ковач постигао први гол после само четири минута, али је Енглеска успела да промени вођство од 2:1 до краја утакмице. прво полувреме головима Пола Скоулса и Вејна Рунија у последњих пет минута. У другом полувремену Енглеска је повела са 3–1 уз још један гол Рунија, а хрватске шансе да још једном доведу у вођство биле су сведене на минимум. Хрватска је успела да смањи вођство Енглеске када је Игор Тудор постигао гол за 3–2, али је требало само шест минута пре него што је Френк Лампард постигао последњи гол на мечу, довео Енглеску до победе од 4–2 и елиминисао трећепласирану Хрватску из групе. турнир. Иако се у таквом такмичењу очекивала елиминација хрватског тима, Барићу није продужен уговор и он је отишао са места селектора хрватске репрезентације у јулу 2004.

Репрезентација Албаније
Након скоро две године без посла, Барић се вратио тренерском послу пошто је у јуну 2006. именован за селектора репрезентације Албаније, након што Ханс-Петеру Бригелу није продужен уговор са тимом. Барић је као селектор Албаније остао до Европског првенства 2008. у нади да ће први пут одвести тим на завршни турнир. За разлику од свог претходника, Барић је живео у Тирани да би помно пратио албанску прву лигу и њене играче.

Дебитовао је нерешеним резултатом 2–2 против Белорусије 2. септембра 2006. Затим је Албанија изгубила 2-0 на свом терену од Румуније, али реми против Бугарске и Словеније, и победа 6-0 у укупном збиру против Луксембурга, показали су добар рад селектора. Албанија би можда чак и победила са Холандију у Тирани да аутогол холандског дефанзивца Мелкиота нијр поништио судија. Изоставио је капитена екипе Игли Тареа иако је био играч Лација. Али он је доказао да је ова одлука исправна јер је тим успео да прође заиста добро без њега. Квалификациона кампања за Европско 2008. завршила је неуспешено за Албанију, након два тешка пораза од Белорусије (2–4 код куће) и Румуније (1–6 у Букурешту). Иако је Барић био суспендован на ова два меча и оба није водуи он, већ његов помоћник, није могао да прихвати понашање свог играча и најавио је повлачење иако је неколико дана раније пристао на продужење уговора.

Смрт
Барић је преминуо од последица Ковида 19 у КБЦ-у Дубрава у Загребу 13. децембра 2020. године у 87. години

Менаџерска статистика
Извор:

Почасти
Вакер Инзбрук

 Аустријска Бундеслига : 1970–71, 1971–72

НК Загреб

 Друга лига Југославије : 1975–76

Југославија

 Медитеранске игре: 1979.

Рапид Беч

 Аустријска Бундеслига: 1982–83, 1986–87, 1987–88.
 Куп Аустрије : 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987.
 Суперкуп Аустрије : 1986, 1987, 1988.
 Вицешампион Купа победника купова: 1985.

ФК Ред бул Салцбург

 Аустријска Бундеслига: 1993–94, 1994–95.
 Суперкуп Аустрије: 1994., 1995.
 Вицешампион Купа УЕФА : 1994.

Кроација Загреб

 Прва лига Хрватске : 1996–97.
 Куп Хрватске : 1997.

Референце

Рођени 1933.
Умрли 2020.
Сахрањени на гробљу Мирогој у Загребу
Умрли од последица ковида 19 у Хрватској
Југословенски фудбалери
Одбрамбени играчи у фудбалу
Тренери ФК Динамо Загреб
Тренери ФК Рапид Беч
Селектори фудбалске репрезентације Албаније
Селектори фудбалске репрезентације Хрватске
Селектори на Европском првенству у фудбалу 2004.
Тренери ФК Фенербахче
Тренери ФК Штутгарт
Фудбалери Локомотиве из Загреба


"Women drivers" are a road hazard because they are too busy applying mascara using the rear-view mirror. And parallel parking? Forget about it.
Yeah, Peggy Torres knows all the stereotypes. The 49-year-old Tottenville resident is just too busy defying them to let such outdated cliches run her down.
This was her in. Before working at My Mechanic, Torres held down a receptionist position at Midas. Shortly after, she took online classes to learn about hybrid cars and their functionality.
When Torres found her place at My Mechanic a decade ago, her curiosity became her purpose.
Torres and the friends and family around her thought she was unstoppable. Until, she needed to make some repairs to herself.
On Valentine's Day 2016, Torres had a heart attack. Doctors told the mother of one she had four clogged arteries — and almost no chance of survival without open heart surgery.
One of the first calls she made post-surgery was to Rojas, asking how things were at the shop.
Three months later, she returned to My Mechanics.
"It was a big challenge for me. I'm still recovering but I wasn't going to let it stop me," Torres said. Although she is not completely healed, she feels good today. That's what she is thankful for.
Being a woman in what is perceived to be a male dominated field is no easy task. Torres can recall several instances of male customers questioning her opinion and doubting her legitimacy.
More than once, when Torres has called another mechanic over to assess the situation, they tell the customer exactly what she just said.
"We're here to make money but we're not here to lie," Torres said.
BTW: A Northwestern University study backs Torres up, reporting that women do pay more than men for auto repairs, especially if they have limited knowledge of cars.
In her experience, it seems like women 70-and-older are most vulnerable to scams, including unnecessary car repairs.
Things like changing an air filter is easy to do at home with a little research, Torres said. She and Rojas pride themselves on their shop's honesty and transparency, even if it costs them a sale.
Of course, it would be great if everyone had a Peggy Torres in their life. But for the majority, going to get car repairs alone can be a daunting task. Here's her advice: Follow honesty and do your research.
The blunt pro-tip from this Staten Islander: Know more about the car you have.
"I have a lot of women who come in and all they know is getting in the car and driving," Torres said. "It frustrates me, as a woman, when I ask, 'What year, make and model?' their car is — and they don't know.
My Mechanic is located at 20 Giffords Glen in Great Kills. The shop can be reached at 718-984-4600.


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Winshear Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WINS) is pleased to report that it has received gold assay results from an additional 216 bedrock channel samples taken in late June, July and September of 2021 at the Gaban Gold Project in southeastern Peru.
Gaban is located in the Puno Orogenic Gold Belt ("POGB") at the juncture of the San Gaban and lnambari Rivers. The two rivers drain into the Madre de Dios basin 38 kilometres ("km") to the north where extensive alluvial gold mining covers a 960 square kilometre area (Figure 1). Outcropping gold-bearing veins and shear zones at Gaban are hard-rock sources for the alluvial gold being mined by informal miners on the Gaban concession itself, and possibly for the alluvial gold being mined from the large Madre de Dios basin downstream. The Company continues to map and sample in the vicinity of its proposed drill sites to improve targeting of the drill holes currently being permitted.
Of the 216 new samples, 32 samples contain anomalous gold (greater than 0.05 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au"));
The highest value among the new samples is 4.18 g/t Au.
The Yanamayo target contains a bituminous, pyritic and auriferous shear zone that is at least 80 m wide by 250 m long which may merge with the main Coritiri anomaly to the southeast (Figure 3).
The Yanamayo target is only about 5 km from the town of San Gaban.
Downstream along the Yanamayo River from the mineralized outcrops artisanal miners are recovering alluvial gold nuggets (Figure 2).
The new sampling has also added important details about the gold-bearing shear zones which will help improve drill hole targeting.
This project has never been drill-tested; permitting is underway and on track.
Dr. Mark Sander, President of Winshear, commented: "The 216 new samples at Gaban were taken to improve our understanding of gold distribution in and around the Yanamayo and Coritiri anomalies. We have found strongly anomalous gold mineralisation in a bituminous, pyritic shear zone hosted by slates in the Yanamayo target area which has been extended to at least 80 m wide by 250 m long. We believe that the Yanamayo and Coritiri anomalies could well be contiguous, defining a single broad anomaly that is now over 2,200 m long and open to the northwest (Figure 3). No drilling has ever been performed at Gaban.
"Winshear intends to drill the first holes ever drilled in the Coritiri anomaly as soon as possible after permits have been received."
Coritiri Gold Zone
Coritiri was initially identified from interpretation of airborne magnetic data from a survey flown in 2018, which inferred the presence of an 8 km x 1 km NW-SE linear target adjacent to a 6.5 km x 3.0 km northwest southeast trending magnetic high (Figure 1). The geophysical anomaly is coincident with a 5 km long series of gold-in-stream sediment anomalies located within the Yanamayo River catchment. The underlying geology in the area comprises sheared and deformed siltstones and slates with foliation typically striking northwest-southeast and dipping moderately to the southwest.
There are numerous artisanal workings in the Yanamayo catchment that exploit placer gold deposits, where Winshear field crews have observed local alluvial miners extracting numerous nuggets weighing up to 54 g, including the 35 g specimen recovered from the Yanamayo River just downstream from auriferous bedrock sampled for this press release (Figure 2). There are several prospect pits and adits developed on outcropping quartz veins, some exposing visible gold in quartz veins and veinlets.
A total of 216 new bedrock channel samples were collected from creek-side and excavated outcrops in Winshear's field campaigns of July and September, 2021. Sample grades were returned as follows:
8 samples returned between 0.50 – 4.18 g/t Au
9 samples returned between 0.10 - 0.50 g/t Au
15 samples returned between 0.05 - 0.10 g/t Au
146 samples returned between 0.005 - 0.05 g/t Au
38 samples returned below detection (0.005 g/t Au)
Locations and grade ranges of the new 216 bedrock samples are plotted on Figure 2.
Of the total 1120 bedrock samples collected to date:
76 samples returned between 0.50 - 32.35 g/t Au
102 samples returned between 0.10 - 0.50 g/t Au
181 samples returned below detection (0.005 g/t Au)
Locations and grade ranges of all bedrock samples in the Coritiri area are plotted on Figure 3.
On June 10, 2021, Winshear announced that it has completed and submitted its Declaración de Impacto Ambiental (DIA), the suite of environmental and social studies required to be completed ahead of drilling the Coritiri zone at its Gaban gold project. Since then, the Company has received 61 comments ("observations") from the regulatory agencies and has responded to all of them by October 7.
The Company is carrying out further mapping and sampling to expand its understanding of the Coritiri Zone slated for drilling and to further define the extent of the gold mineralization in the Yanamayo Zone. Both zones are a hard rock source of local alluvial gold deposits at Gaban and perhaps of the more significant Madre de Dios alluvial gold fields downstream.
William McGuinty P. Geo. of OTD Exploration Services Inc., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the contents of this news release. Mr. McGuinty has visited Winshear's Gaban exploration project and reviewed sampling methods and quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) programs for the project.
Channel samples typically 0.1 to 3 m long are taken from exposed outcrops and cut to capture the best available angle to the orientation of the sampled structure. Samples collected in the field are accompanied by third party, certified gold standards, sample blanks and duplicates, then transported by Winshear personnel to the Certimin S.A. laboratory in Juliaca, Peru. Samples are processed by Certimin S.A. in Juliaca and prepared sample splits are transported and assayed by the Certimin S.A. Laboratory in Lima, Peru. Samples are assayed for gold using fire assay with an AA finish. Assays currently use a 50 g charge. Samples are also tested using a multi-element ICP-OES package. No standards were inserted for the multi-element suite. All samples are returned to the Company and stored at secure facility in Juliaca.
About Winshear Gold Corp
Winshear Gold Corp. is a Canadian-based minerals exploration company that is currently advancing the Gaban Gold Project in the Puno region of Peru. Gaban is a possible hard-rock source for the modern-day alluvial gold rush underway in the Madre de Dios basin downstream; Winshear is investigating the project for potential to host significant volumes of potentially minable gold resource.
The Company is also conducting fully funded arbitration proceedings against the Tanzanian Government to recover its investment and damages for the expropriated SMP gold project in Tanzania.
For more information, please contact Irene Dorsman at +1 (604) 200 7874 or by e-mail at irene@winshear.com.
"Mark V. Sander"
Mark V. Sander, President
This news release includes certain statements and information that may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, including, if any, those related to the likelihood of commercial mining or the ability to fund future mine development are forward-looking statements and contain forward-looking information. Such forward-looking statements and forward looking information specifically include, but are not limited to, statements concerning: Company plans at the Gaban or Tinka projects, the Company's ability to fund either of those projects, and any Company plans in relation to any interest it has or may have in the SMP project in Tanzania.
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The 499 ton cargo vessel Takamaru ran aground just offshore of Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Japan. The Takamaru was en route to Tomakomai from Aomori when it was blown ashore by a severe gale. The crew requested assistance which was received by the coast guard. The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter to the scene and hosted all four crew off the Takamaru to safety. No reports of injuries.
Reports state the vessel had sustained damage, but conditions had prevented any inspection. No pollution was reported around the vessel.


Len Wiseman, director of the first two Underworld movies and the luckiest man on Earth (aka, Mr. Kate Beckinsale) is the latest director to jump on the remake bandwagon with Total Recall.
Hard to believe that Arnold's version is already 22 years old! God, I'm older than dirt! The newer version ditches the Austrian Oak and replaces with a less burly protagonist: Colin Farrell steps into the shoes of Doug Quaid, he's accompanied on his journey to Mars by the aforementioned Beckinsale and Jessica Biel, Bryan Cranston plays heavy Vilos Cohaagen for this go around. Special effects seem to be at the forefront of this sneak peek of the full length trailer, to be unleashed this Sunday.
Meanwhile, enjoy this small taste of things to come.


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Nudging in the Right Direction: A Response to Bob Bauer
Posted on September 25, 2014 10:52 am by Heather Gerken
Authored by Heather Gerken, Wade Gibson, and Webb Lyons
Bob Bauer's recent post on our "nondisclosure disclosure" proposal offers yet-another reminder why he was treated as an honorary member of the academic tribe long before he started teaching at Yale and NYU. It's not just because Bauer's argument was smart and incisive. It's because his post embodies the best of scholarly values: Bauer offers the most generous account of our proposal before criticizing it. It seems almost churlish to respond given that Bauer was kind enough to suggest we're taking campaign-finance reform in a new direction. But his argument so cleanly and clearly sets up the central question about "soft law" reform like our own that we thought we'd offer our own take on the answer.
For those late to the conversation, in an editorial in the Washington Post, we suggest that any advertisement funded directly or indirectly by an organization that does not disclose its donors must acknowledge that fact with a simple and truthful disclaimer: "This ad was paid for by 'X,' which does not disclose the identity of its donors." As Bob notes, because our proposal regulates the ad, not the organization, it helps solves what we called the "whack-a-mole" program – the dilemma Congress and the FEC face in keeping up with the emergence of new institutional players in each election cycle.
Bauer worries that that the government may be "effectively weighing in on the credibility of a political message." He asks whether there is "a material difference between the government mandating disclosure of facts, and the government inviting inferences in the absence of facts, in the First Amendment realm—particularly where the government is doing indirectly what it could, if it chose to do so, accomplish more directly by legislative mandate?"
We take Bauer's concerns seriously and agree with him that it's not enough for a state-mandated disclosure to be truthful for it to withstand scrutiny. There's a great example from a voting-rights case decided during the 1960s. The Court invalidated a Louisiana law requiring that the photos of candidates appear on the ballot, recognizing it as a patent effort to invite voters to discriminate on the basis of race. We're especially grateful that Bauer has pushed on this point rather than let us simply invoke truth as a constitutional shield. His prodding has made us think harder and frame our constitutional argument more precisely.
We still disagree with Bauer as to whether our proposal raises the First Amendment concerns he suggests, and here we think the doctrine is emphatically on our side. The Court has made clear that transparency is an issue on which the government may provide voters information. Citizens United, for instance, offered a ringing endorsement of transparency rules precisely because voters can and should find them useful. If the government can mandate disclosure for these entities, then surely it can require entities to disclose the truthful fact of nondisclosure. If the government can mandate disclaimers and "stand by your ad" rules, surely it can require entities to acknowledge when its donors aren't standing by their ads. Indeed, the fact that the government can mandate regulation in the first place is premised on the idea that it's acceptable for citizens to have a view on transparency. In light of that constitutional backdrop, we see little difference between this rule and other truthful nudges, like states' routine practice of identifying which candidates are Democrats and Republicans on the ballot.
Bauer rightly notes that a lot depends on the background "architecture." Many of the "Nudge" proposals, for instance, are enacted against a backdrop of pervasive government regulation, where the government must choose one default or another and the only real question is which is the right default. It's worth remembering, however, that our "nudge" would also be enacted against a backdrop of pervasive government regulation. It's a regime in which the government requires the vast majority of entities running political ads to disclose their donors. When a voter watches an ad, in other words, he has had good reason to assume it's been funded by transparent sources. Our proposal simply alerts voters that this is not the case for ads being funded by dark money. The government, then, is helping ensure that citizens don't make a mistake. You might even imagine an FDA analogy. When consumers take a drug off the shelf, they assume that the drug has met FDA standards because the FDA pervasively subjects drugs to testing. If the FDA were to exempt certain drugs from that regime, surely it would be constitutional for the FDA to require the manufacturers at least to acknowledge that fact.
Bauer worries about the government being "an active participant in political debates," and rightly so. But the government is no more or less an active participant in this debate here than it is when it mandates disclosures and disclaimers generally. In each of these instances, as with our proposal, the government isn't telling voters what to think. It's simply giving voters the tool to make up their own minds. That's precisely why the Supreme Court, which is deeply skeptical of government involvement in this arena, ruled 8 to 1 in favor of allowing government to provide citizens this important information. If our proposal works, then, it won't be because the government is drawing an inference; it's because voters are drawing one.
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This complete package updates and supercedes my previous Class 180 Update, and is now an "all in one" pack to make driving the Class 180 a little bit more easier. With updated braking physics, it no longer takes a thousand miles of track to bring the train to a stop. Collision parameters are fixed, which eliminates trains apparently "colliding" with thin air. The Hull Trains reskin update is also included in this pack, which updates the BHReskins original from a few years ago, of which, is not required as it is fully included. New destination textures are also provided for both the default Grand Central and the Hull Trains livery.
You will need to copy a few .GEO files over for the Hull Trains to work, however, installation instructions are provided. Ensure you read through it thoroughly.
I can not get anything but the default Grand Central trains to appear in the editor.
RW Tools says I have Hull Trains 180's.
I have The 180 and BH Reskins ticked in the object set filter.
I have all the geos in their correct folders and have no idea what to try next.
And yes I did clear the cache before trying as well and the Class 180 AP file is fully unpacked.
As per FB page at least I know now it wasn't me being stupid thank you.
check on the ap website because they don't to a class 180 pack. comment on alan thomspon's latest video for help and see what they can do. (personal question). Do you have an alan thompson sim installer subcription?, if so is it £29.99 monthluy or yearly? and can it transfer ap packs onto train sim?
The DMSL coaches are all invisible for me?
For which livery? Hull Trains or GC? If HT, then it's quite likely you haven't copied the GeoPcDx files correctly, as stated in the manual.
Hull Trains. I did exactly what it said but I will try again and get back to you.
quick question, is the alan thompson sim subcription £29.99 monthly or yearly?


The Wayne Music Festival is Saturday, June 10, and the Wayne Senior Center will be there! Enjoy all genres of music paired with delicious food, beer, and cocktails from local restaurants. There will be over 50 vendors along North Wayne Avenue-be sure to stop by our Wayne Senior Center table!


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Are you constantly daydreaming about travel and thinking of the next destination to visit? Do you find yourself convincing family and friends to go and try new countries? If so read on! Flight Centre is seeking a full-time Travel Consultant to join our wonderful Glasgow team. We're looking for enthusiastic individuals who are ready for a career in travel (and not just a job). You'll need the drive to succeed in sales and an unwavering passion for travel.
This is a unique opportunity to sell a product you love, while also benefiting from a generous bonus structure. When you begin your career, you'll receive £18,000 in addition to your performance-related bonuses. The world really is your oyster as you will in charge of your earning potential (average take-home salary of £26,000).


A group of twenty-six middle school students conducted experiments to compare these methods as part of a week-long University of Texas Summer Science Field Program.
ECOGIG researchers working aboard the Exploration Vessel (E/V) Nautilus and Research Vessel (R/V) Endeavor explain how the scientific crews of the two ships work together to conduct this complementary research.
Ten high school teachers from Alabama and Florida are returning to their 2013-2014 science classes armed with new skills, materials, and inspiration.
Scientists used a novel fingerprinting technique to identify the source of oil sheens that appeared in late 2012 near the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Conover loves planning educational activities that get local families outside in the marshes and waterways to learn about the delicate ecosystem that surrounds them.
Scientists are trying to develop more stable, safer dispersants.


Whilst more apps and games have always attempted to replace the original act of pen and paper roleplaying, The Soap Collective have chosen to embraced and refine the act of bringing friends together around a table, or even out in the wild, by producing Role, an app designed to allow for quick and easy group campaigns that don't require a stack of rulebooks and a hundred types of dice to play. My Boxed Universe sits down with Logan, a key member of the creative team behind Role and asks him some questions.
Firstly thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to talk to us today. For those not aware of the Soap Collective, could you outline what you do and how you came together for us?
We like to call Soap an "interactive storytelling company". Specifically, we focus on using technology to build a range of story-driven experiences that allow people to interact in meaningful ways. Sometimes that's a story we create ourselves and then place people in, such as our most recent work in Virtual Reality. Other times it's us creating tools to encourage other people to tell stories. Role is one attempt at the latter.
Ian and I have actually been working on this idea since we were kids – we first met when we were 13 years old. Growing up, we were constantly experimenting with storytelling technology. We did everything from Lego stop-motion films, interactive web experiences, and even a few custom Starcraft campaigns. Growing up in the age of the Internet afforded us access to tons of media creation tools at a young age. It only seemed natural to turn that passion into our life's work. And so, Soap was formed.
Aside from Role, have you attempted game development before?
Building games was actually the first job I ever imagined having as a kid. At 9 years old, I made my first video game in Macromedia Flash (yes, I am old enough to remember Flash pre-Adobe). It wasn't anything special, just a simple arcade game where you guide a submarine to dodge torpedoes. What really drove that passion, though, was the idea that games could immerse you in a story. I grew up on classic LucasArts point-and-click adventures like Monkey Island and Full Throttle. That was what I saw gaming as: interactive story-driven worlds. Of course the medium can be so many other things outside of that, but storytelling has always been the area I find most exciting.
I was even lucky enough to attend a really great Game Development program for my Bachelor's Degree, Champlain College in Burlington, VT. I studied 3D art, but my interests kept swinging back to design and writing. After college I worked for a few years as a designer at Kabam Games in San Francisco, and then as a freelance consultant for about a year before founding Soap!
Now on to Role, which is quite the well-pitched little app. It's a handy tool for those running a session as well as players taking part and extremely versatile in its application. What were your initial goals when setting out to make it?
The entire project was an answer to one question: "Can you make tabletop RPGs as simple to learn and fast to play as 'Apples to Apples' or 'Cards Against Humanity'?" There's something incredibly powerful about the communal storytelling that tabletop RPGs create. It's a unique experience where everyone is contributing to the fiction together in real-time. The downside is many of these games are extremely complex, requiring a ton of time to learn, set up, and play. For many people, that's a big barrier that prevents them from getting into the experience. Our hope was that we could create a system that empowers people to try group storytelling in a fast, intuitive, easy way. We fully understand that the system is not as deep or as complex as other RPGs, and that was intentional. I love playing Shadowrun, Dungeons & Dragons, etc., but I realize that traditional tabletop RPGs aren't always convenient for everyone. Role was designed to be something you could play at a party, on a lunch break, at recess, or on a road trip.
And how did the decision to make an RPG app like this come about?
Role actually started as a napkin sketch in college! I had a lot of friends who loved to get together for D&D or Shadowrun, but getting enough time to really play through a campaign became increasingly difficult as we all got busier. When we did sit down to play, there was a lot of skipping over rules or simplifying rolls so that we could move along faster. I was working at a toy store at the time, and the current popular game was Apples to Apples. It kept showing up everywhere in my life. Kids had it, adults had it, everyone had it. You'd show up to a party and Apples to Apples would be set up on the coffee table. So I thought "there has to be a way to distill down an RPG into something this simple." I wanted to see people who normally shrug off RPGs as "too much work" get into a game the way they got into Apples to Apples. So I wrote a bunch of rules down on the back of a napkin at lunch one day. A few weeks later some friends came over and we playtested it. It ended up being tons of fun!
Years later, when Ian and I founded Soap, we decided our first project should be to bring that game idea back. We had already abstracted the rules down to something really simple, but we thought "People still need to gather dice and pencils to play. Can we fix that?" Few people carry gaming supplies with them at all times, but almost everyone has a smartphone. So the solution became clear: we needed to build an app.
How long was Role in testing?
We were doing paper tests pretty much from the start of development. You can actually still get the PDF of our first set of rules from the Role website! Over time, as the app came together, we tried to have regular playtest sessions. We also sent builds out to our friends and had them send back an overview of their play sessions. The rules changed and evolved somewhat from the pencil & paper version, so it's fun to put the final app side-to-side with the PDF and compare sometimes.
The app is free with optional paid content and an unlock for those wanting to play across longer sessions and really get the most out of it. Has it seen much financial success since launch?
Role pretty much pays for itself, which is great! That means we can keep supporting it for all of our players.
Who wrote the initial round of concepts and classes?
I'm our team's dedicated writer. Basically every word you see in the app came from me. That being said, when it came to characters and environments we wanted to give our artists as much creative control as possible. We believed that we'd get more interesting and unique ideas if we didn't dictate too much. So what we'd do is give each artist a different theme (Fantasy, Sci Fi, etc.), a super short vague description of the basic characters and environments we were interested in, and then let them take the ideas in their own direction. Once final art came in, I'd then sit down and write a detailed story based on what they created. Some really great inspiration came out of that process!
Role uses an interesting skill based system in place of stats, can you explain it for us?
I always felt that traditional RPG stats were an added layer of complexity that slowed gameplay down and could cause confusion. Why would I be able to choose where points go when I level-up? For example: If I have been gaining experience points by fighting but can then spend those points to upgrade my charisma, that doesn't make a ton of sense. I figured that a more elegant design should be just like real life: the more you do a thing, the better you get at it. If you want to get good at something, you practice it. So rather than have stats and a character level to manage, each ability just has its own value that goes up with use. This makes gameplay really simple: the player gets into a situation, declares what they want to do, picks the relevant ability associated with that action, rolls, and then that action gets stronger.
It also makes storytelling really funny sometimes. I once had someone sabotage a space ship's engines with an ability called "Turn Into Cabbage". Their solution was "I will use this ability to turn myself into a ball of cabbage, and then I will clog the engine." And it worked!
Whose idea was it to make a pen and paper version of Role available on the main page?
Role became an app after we had already created pen & paper rules for it. Given that we knew Role would be free to play, we didn't want to cut off players who didn't own an iPhone or who just wanted to play the "old fashioned way". We want it to be fair for everyone, so we put our original rules up for free.
Can we expect to see it released on Android?
That's the goal! I'll admit, it's something we talk about a lot. We're just a really small studio, and finding time to port it over has been tough. I can't offer any dates, but know that it's on our radar to bring it over.
At this time your forums are down, are there plans to reinstate them and compel a community?
Not at the moment, no. We found that very few people were actually using the forums. And the work of moderating spam vs. actual users actively having discussions just became too much. Most of our community exists on Facebook and Twitter, so we hope that continues to be enough for now!
Will there be further updates such as additional campaigns and classes?
We always envisioned the Role library to be something that could expand with new packs of content. We don't have anything in the works right this minute, but I'd certainly like to get back there at some point.
What does the future hold for The Soap Collective?
Right now we're heavily invested in Virtual Reality, which has really grabbed our attention at Soap. The potential to tell fully-immersive interactive stories is exactly what we love as a studio. We're working on a few really exciting projects right now for VR, so keep an eye out for that!
Thanks again for your time today gentlemen. For those who want to experience Role for themselves the games website can be found HERE and contains links to both a pdf version of the system and digital copy on iOS. Those wanting to know more about The Soap Collective can click HERE to visit their homepage.


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GCC Students to Receive Refunds for Purchase of Parking Permits
GCC Confirms Remote Learning Through June 2021
College Grapples With COVID-19 Realities
Education Cuts Protested on Campus
Jocelyn Orellana
Taking a stand for their education, students held signs high as they gathered at Plaza Vaquero on March 23 to make their voices heard.
The Associated Students of Glendale Community College held a rally in protest of the state budget cuts to community colleges. The California State Government is cutting its educational funding, which would increase the cost of tuition for most colleges and universities.
For students attending Glendale, this could mean an increase of the cost per unit.
"Classes are being cut back, we can't add the classes we need, and it's been recommended to increase tuition by adding an extra $14 per unit and we can't afford that," said ASGCC Administration Committee member Sose Khachikyan.
This event followed the "March in March" rally held March 22 in Sacramento, where nearly 3,000 students who attend community colleges and universities across the state rallied in front of the Sacramento Capitol building.
The rally in Sacramento was organized by the California State Student Association and Student Senate for California Community Colleges. Several ASGCC members traveled up north to represent this campus and participated in the march.
"It was a great way to be able to get our voices heard," said ASGCC president Lilya Avagyan.
In preparing for the rally to commence on campus, ASGCC set up three booths, which served to benefit students.
The first booth was set up as more of an incentive for students who chose to participate in the rally. Bright red T-shirts with the slogan "SAVE EDUCATION" in big white letters printed on the front of it were given to students on a "first come first serve" basis.
Next to that booth, along the upper grassy side of Plaza Vaquero, students were given the chance to register to vote. With the help of an ASGCC member, individuals who had not yet registered were able to do so.
The election for Glendale's district assemblyman is coming up on Tuesday, and the rally gave the perfect opportunity for those who needed to register to be able to vote on time. "Students should vote for who they would want to represent their views," said Khachikyan.
Chahe Keuroghelian, Mike Gatto, Nayiri K. Nahabedian and Sunder Ramani are the four candidates running in this election. Voting for District 43 state assemblymember would help get students one step closer in the path of getting their opinions heard.
The third booth was set up for signing "letters to the representatives." There were pre-written letters that students had the choice to read over and sign if they chose to. These letters will be sent to representatives in Sacramento in small batches to remind the senate that they need to support students and their right to receive a higher education.
About 70 red T-shirt-clad attendees were ready to start the march around campus. "Hey hey, ho ho, budget cuts have got to go!" was one chant yelled by students as they marched on over the footbridge, down to the parking lot and back to where the march started, Plaza Vaquero.
"I joined the march today because [tuition] was $20 per unit last year, rose up to $26 and now they wanna make it $40" said political science major Jim Niedziakowski, "How can we attend school if we can't
afford it?"
History professor Gordon Alexandre and sociology professor Richard Kamei both urged students to stand up for what they think is right and shared their opinions and knowledge of the suggested budget cuts along with board of trustees member Anita Quinonez Gabrielian.
"We stand with you [our students] and we urge our state and federal policy makers, to hear your voices, and make the smart decision for our nation and our states future, education must remain a priority," said Gabrielian.
President Dawn Lindsay was scheduled to speak at the rally, but because she was advocating on behalf of GCC in Washington D.C. along with president of the board of trustees, Vahe Peroomian, they were unable to join the rally.
President of ASGCC Lilya Avagyan shared a letter with students from Lindsay addressing the budget cuts, and stated that she is fully supportive of the students and their fight for their opinions to be heard.
With hope that the senate finds a better solution to the budget crisis, other than cut funding to California schools for higher education, a better solution for the budget crisis must be structured for the benefit of students across the state.
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