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Three openings left for CASD's Israeli exchange program
CASD is one of four school districts across the US chosen to participate in an exchange program this fall.
Three openings left for CASD's Israeli exchange program CASD is one of four school districts across the US chosen to participate in an exchange program this fall. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://ponews.co/2t2ubu0
Vicky Taylor, vtaylor@publicopinionnews.com Published 1:38 p.m. ET June 14, 2017 | Updated 6:24 p.m. ET June 14, 2017
CMS social studies teacher Wesley Foltz will chaperone a student exchange trip to Israel in October for 10 CASD students(Photo: Submitted)
CHAMBERSBURG -- A trip to Israel with the Rev. Dr. Bill Harter when he was 12 years old changed his life, Wesley Foltz, a Chambersburg Career Magnet School teacher, said recently.
Now Foltz is organizing an exchange trip to Israel for a group of Chambersburg Area School District high school students next fall. There are still three vacancies in the program to be filled locally.
While Foltz is hoping to get three more boys to join the group, it is open to any interested Chambersburg Area Senior High School or Career Magnet School student.
Students interested in participating should contact Foltz at wesley.foltz@casdonline.org to begin the application process.
Ten Israeli students will come to Chambersburg in October to stay with the 10 CASD students and their families for two weeks. Then the CASD students will accompany their Israeli peers back to Israel, where they will stay with their families for two weeks.
Read: Public art a part of Chambersburg since 19th century
The trips will include spending time in classrooms.
Foltz said the trips - sponsored and paid for by the American-Israeli Friendship League and private donors - will be a tremendous opportunity for local students as well as their Israeli guests to learn more about the world and other cultures.
He said the goal is to make this cultural exchange program a semi-annual event if there is enough interest.
"Right now we need to fill this trip," he said.
So far, five female and two male students have made a commitment to the trip.
Students and their families will be asked to contribute $1,500 to the trip, and get the student a passport if he or she doesn't have a current passport.
That cost is a bargain, considering the benefits to the student participants, Foltz said.
Harter said a number of fundraising events will also be held to help with the cost of the trip for students.
"It is an incredible opportunity (for local students)," Foltz said.
CASD is one of four school districts participating in the exchange program that will pair 40 American students with 40 Israeli students. Other districts are located in Virginia Beach, Chicago and Oklahoma.
Read: Historic Chambersburg school's transformation officially begins with groundbreaking
Local students participating in the program will host Israeli Youth Ambassadors in Chambersburg in mid to late October.
Students will arrive on Thursday, Oct. 19, and will attend one of Chambersburg's two high schools the next day with their CASD counterparts.
Then during the weekend of Oct. 20, the Chambersburg host families will provide what organizers are calling "a real American visit" for the Israeli students.
They will visit Hershey Park, have an afternoon/evening barbeque, take a trip to Gettysburg battlefields and go kayaking on Long Pine Reservoir.
At some point in the trip, the local host students and their Israeli guests will join the students from the three other school districts and their Israeli guests to tour Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City.
More school days at CASHS and CMS also are included while the Israeli exchange students are in Chambersburg.
Between now and October, local participants in the program will participate in sessions on food, language, culture and safety issues students might encounter traveling abroad.
Students who have already made a commitment to taking the trip are excited about their upcoming adventure.
"This is a chance of a lifetime," said 15-year-old Morgan Wahl, one of two daughters of John and Nicole Wahl who have committed to the trip.
Morgan was the first student to sign up for the trip, then went home and told her sister, Shannon, 17, about it. Shannon -- who went to England and France in the 6th grade with the People to People program, decided she wanted to join the group.
Gabrielle Rieck, a 15-year-old 10th grader, said she signed up because she likes to travel and is looking forward to learning about Israeli culture.
"I'm really excited about it," she said.
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April Petesch, 17, daughter of Mark and Darlene Petesch, has visited relatives in Alaska, Kansas, Nevada and California, and is looking forward to taking a trip abroad, even though she is not sure what to expect.
"I'm keeping an open mind and ready to take everything as it comes," she said during a recent trip meeting.
Nicholas King, 15, son of Bobbi King, is also looking forward to the prospect of the educational exchange trip.
"I've always wanted to travel so when I heard about this, I jumped at the chance," he said.
Abbie Watson, a CMS 10th grader, is looking forward to swimming in the Dead Sea while she is in Israel.
She is also excited about getting to know her Israeli counterparts during the exchange program.
Read: CHS Class of '37: 80 years of memories
The exchange program is the second such event sponsored by the American-Israeli Friendship League, which involved local participants.
Last year Harter took CASD Superintendent Joseph Padasak, Janet Foor, CASD's director of special education, and Foltz on an educational trip to Israel sponsored by the organization.
The local educators visited schools and met with Israeli educators.
CASD high school students wanting to join this fall's trip should get their application to Foltz as soon as possible.
April Petesch, daughter of Mark and Darlene Petesch, is one of 10 CASD students who will participate in an Israeli-American student exchange program in October 2017 (Photo: Vicky Taylor/Public Opinion)
Nicholas King, son of Bobbi King, is one of 10 CASD students who will participate in an Israeli-American student exchange program in October 2017 (Photo: Vicky Taylor/Public Opinion)
Morgan Wahl, daughter of John and Nicole Wahl, is one of 10 CASD students who will participate in a Israeli-American student exchange program in October 2017 (Photo: Vicky Taylor/Public Opinion)
Gabrielle Reick, daughter of Meg Forrest, is one of 10 CASD students who will take part in an Israeli-American student exchange program in October 2017 (Photo: Vicky Taylor/Public Opinion)
Shannon Wahl, daughter of John and Nicole Wahl, is one of 10 CASD students participating in an Israeli-American student exchange program in October 2017 (Photo: Vicky Taylor/Public Opinion)
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Excelon Generating Station in Byron, Illinois. Photo from markellis_1964/Flickr, Creative Commons license.
Great Energy Challenge
U.S. Regulators Release New Nuclear Safety Recommendations
Within hours of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's announcement that he wanted to phase out nuclear energy, a special government task force in the United States charted a path forward for nuclear power in the United States Wednesday.
The Japan task force of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission suggested gradual improvements for the 104 U.S. nuclear reactors that would allow them to cope with power outages, spent fuel pools and core melts in the event of an emergency. (See the full PDF-format report.)
(Related: "Energy-Short Japan Eyes Renewable Future")
The NRC commissioned the 90-day study shortly after the March tsunami that touched off a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Recommendations in the report include:
• Requiring plants to evaluate and, if needed, strengthen their protections for natural disasters such as tornadoes, earthquakes, fires and floods;
• Establishing methods to keep spent fuel pools cool for at least 72 hours;
• Equipping reactors with a coping time of eight hours in the event of a blackout;
• Formulating emergency plans to address longer power outages occurring in multiple reactors;
• Bolstering emergency response capability and procedures;
• Requiring hardened vent designs in specific Mark I and Mark II containment structures that enclose nuclear reactors;
• Increasing regulatory oversight of nuclear power plant safety;
• Continued international investigations into the causes and failures of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
"A sequence of events like the Fukushima accident is unlikely to occur in the United States," the task force said, but any incident is "inherently unacceptable."
(Related: "How Is Japan's Nuclear Disaster Different?")
The U.S. is one of many countries reviewing their nuclear safety, but the findings of the task force are not binding. The NRC will reconvene on July 19 to hear from Charles Miller, leader of the task force, and his investigators.

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We are often asked questions about paddling in general and about Australis products in particular. If you have a question that has not been answered in these pages, please contact Australis on 02 4285 2000.
Do I have to leave the back rest on all the time, or can it be removed?
Your backrest is easy to put on and take off, as it affixes onto bars moulded into the kayak with quick release clips.
To prolong the life of your backrest, we recommend that you remove it, rinse it out after each use and store out of the sun.
Australis backrests attach to bars moulded into the kayak, where other sit-on-top kayaks have saddles attached. Why the difference?
There are 2 reasons why we use bars moulded into the kayak rather than saddles.
Firstly, by moulding the bars in, the attachment points for the backrest are recessed into the kayak, rather than sticking up. This means that if the kids are going to jump off and climb back onto your sit-on-top, there are no raised points where they can catch themselves and get hurt. Also, with saddles sticking up, they can get broken off when sliding your kayak up onto roof racks.
The other reason we mould bars in is because if holes need to be drilled into the kayak to attach the saddle, it introduces a potential leak point that can allow water into the kayak. By having plastic moulded around these bars, there are no leak points.
Other brands promote they use tri-form hulls. Why do Australis not use tri-form hulls?
They are noisy. The water slaps up under the wings of the hull, making it noisy when you paddle.
Reduced turning ability. Tri-form hulls will track straight, but inhibits turning.
How come the Ocky, Foxx and Lynxx can be stacked?
The profile of the deck of the Ocky, Foxx and Lynxx means that they are able to be stacked on top of other sit-on-top kayaks in the Australis range.
Can I stack 2 Squids on top of each other on my car?
The hatches on the deck of the Squid make it impossible to "stack" the Squids on top of each other.
However, it is possible to put 2 Squids onto a car without the need for any extra roof rack accessories.
Make sure the first Squid is positioned to one side of the car roof rack and tie it on upside-down.
Lean the second Squid against the first Squid and tie the second one in with another set of tie-downs.
This set up should be secure enough for 60km/hour driving, but if you will be driving on motorways where the speed limit is over 80 kilometres an hour, also tie the ends of the kayaks either under the car (to a tow bar and bull bar), or back to the roof racks to prevent them moving forward or backward.
How do I maintain my sit-on trolley?
Wash in fresh water after each use to remove any sand or salt particles.
To prevent the appearance of oxidization (which happens with all metals) it is recommended that a lanolin, silicon or oil based spray be lightly applied all over the trolley.
If discolouration occurs, lightly rub the affected area with steel wool, scotchbrite or similar light abrasive. Once clean and dry, spray with the lanolin, silicon or oil based spray as outlined above.


A 23 woman strong Lady Cranes team has been named for the 1st leg of the 2013 Elgon cup on 15th June which also double as the semi final of the 2014 world cup qualification for the single slot for Africa. Lady Cranes needs to reclaim the Elgon cup that they relinquished to Kenya last year in order to make the trip to South Africa in August to take on Africa's number one seeds, the Lady Boks. The team makes the 16 hour trip to Nairobi this evening aboard the Easy Coach bus.
Kizito Christine, Rosenburg Kanyunyuzi, Joanita Warry Ssenfuka (captain), Evelyn Aweku, Harriet Kayonjo, Matilda Tino, Aalliya Adania, Irene Zigge, Mary Nakanyike, Rachel Kakaire, Jean Mary Nyadoyi, Asha Nakityo, *Phiona Nalubwama, *Zurah Namatovu (Thunderbirds), Hellen Gizamba, Loy Mbabazi, Brenda Kayiyi (assistant captain), Josephine Namayega, Charlotte Thereza Mudoola, Claire Anena (Black Panthers), Beatrice Atim (Entebbe Sharks), Helen Koyokoyo Buteme (Thurrock T-birds), Fortunate Irankunda (Entebbe Whales).
*Nalubwama and Namatovu will earn their first caps.
Source: Ugand Lady Cranes FB Page.
Helen Buteme, the Lady Cranes Captain, is set to debut for Premiership side Thurrock T-birds on Sunday April 7th.
She will be playing wing or full back.
This is a milestone for Uganda as she is the first Ugandan woman to play in the English Women's Rugby Premiership.


Today, at the Northern California ASUG meeting in San Jose, California, Lockheed's Charlie Yang presented on how they simplified several Qnote screens with SAP Screen Personas. To a packed room, he described the usability challenges Lockheed faced in entering complex quality transactions through the standard SAP GUI. Some issues they wanted to fix with SAP Screen Personas included reducing the time to create or update Qnotes, shrinking the number of manual data entry errors, and streamlining the overall process flow.
An intuitive start screen with 1-click access to the most common transactions. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Lockheed, they even included a special video on the page.
A highly simplified create notification screen for material defects in which they removed toolbar elements, extraneous fields, pop-ups, screen subsections, and tabs to put everything on a single page.
A streamlined create notification screen for an open lien, also with everything captured in one page. They simplified this one to around 10 fields, compared with several dozen in the original process.
He also talked about their user-centric development process in which they work closely with the business users to understand their pain points and then build prototypes or storyboards before moving onto any screen modifications using SAP Screen Personas.
You can view or download the complete ASUG presentation.
Eliad Goldwasser and Ganesan "Chittu" Chittharanjan presented on SAP's user experience strategy.
Thank you to ASUG for arranging the event and to Maxim Integrated for hosting the meeting in their beautiful facility.
For the SAP Screen Personas product team, Peter Spielvogel.
Thank you for the ASUG Chapter meeting summary.


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/// August 4, 2014
Choice, not Chance
Contraception is more than healthcare; in a modern free society, it's a universal human right.
Guest writer zic explains.
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It's the close of the term, and here's a recap of the major cases from SCOTUS this year. Some surprising results. Some, not so much. Alsotoo: we're waiting until Monday for the Hobby Lobby and Harris decisions.
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Just the facts, Ma'am.
In My Opinion's Wake
Burt Likko thinks that Citizens United and McCutcheon were correctly decided. But how can he square that conclusion with his recent Ordinary Court opinion?
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Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part III: Justiciability of Individual Claims [Updated]
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Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part II: Justiciability of Corporate Claims
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Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Part I: Background and Standards of Law
The first part of the Ordinary Court's treatment of one of this year's most-publicized legal cases. To begin, we must understand the factual and legal landscape.
All Rise! Ye Ordinary Court Is In Session
Introducing a new project by some of the lawyers and scholars writing for Ordinary Times: The Ordinary Court.
How To: Get A Vasectomy
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Contraception is pretty damn important to a woman's health
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There is an actual frame of denial when you are dangerously ill. Especially when you're a health fanatic and you are hit with a rare out of the ordinary ailment.
Throughout my last pregnancy I remained active I would go on bike rides and put my kids in the attached trailer and be off. The first trimester I was very sick for 3 months and I realized a very deep dark and shameful secret… my mind wasn't working like it should. I was sick without getting into too much detail on that as I live beyond that vibration now.
All of my thoughts were blurred. I lacked the clarity to do art, read, or write. It was a once in awhile thing not like my regular everyday creative stimulation. Then came my bike accident. In this particular accident I injured my left leg. With what seemed to be a large gash in my leg.
I found no issue in walking. Weeks later though my leg decided to make a trip down injury lane.
As I went to sit down to watch my shows and relax eating my salad who would have thought at 6 months pregnant my kneecap would randomly DISLOCATE!
I had never felt so much pain and by then I had already given birth twice. What made this worst was my previous pelvis injury came back plus my hips dislocated along side one of my ribs. I was a freaking mess to say the least.
In this moment I was humbled. I was taken down to my lowest point in my adult life. This was my chance to wallow in self pity but I chose not to.
I chose to learn from what I was experiencing and I feel as though I came out as a better person.
I learned that I actually didn't know how to ask for anything. Not help, not for things, not a thing. I would beat around the bush as if I'm undeserving of help or possessions. I now learned to be more deserving and open to receiving.
2. The greatest gift I can give my children is my presence.
I know this sounds absolutely ridiculous and cliché. The thing is when you're so caught up in the go go go the process you ignore the small moments of greatness that can come from just stopping. Being there in full presence is a true gift.
3. I am grateful for the ability to move & feel my body.
If you can look at a fork that's falling on the floor in the kitchen and you can pick it up congratulations. This wasn't an easy task for me. Having to use a wheelchair to grocery shop and having to keep my feet up 24/7 was the hardest and most humbling experience I've ever had. I was scared to be inside my own body and I was often frustrated as well because I wanted to feel something other than pain. But this experience has taught me so much. There are people that have to suffer with this all the time for their entire lives.
4. I am grateful to have the ability to care for myself.
Imagine having to be bathed by someone else. I mean not by choice. I've been to these elderly care facilities and have witnessed when people lose the ability to care for themselves and could have never imagined that happening to me. When it happens to you there is a powerful appreciation you gain when you can. Self-care is a form of self-love and having that ability taken away can truly lower your idea of self-worth.
5. Happiness is a choice you have in every moment.
There is an interesting thing about pain. It subsides when you stop thinking about it. Not to say it goes away but it gets pushed to the back of your mind. When you focus on things that make you happy you can escape any mental turmoil.
6. I am not always in control.
I've cornered my existence on being a powerful woman. It wasn't until what I thought was my power was taken away that I found out my true being wasn't even being infiltrated.
When you're on the sideline you build a drive for the game. You build a desire to play. It's the same when you are out of commission during life. I now know the desire to wake up pain-free and healthy. To run with my children. I am so grateful for my life thus far. I am at a pinnacle where I know the conscious desire to live.
Reblogged this on The Daily Practice Magazine.


Tumblr is easy to use, but doesn't have the flexibility of WordPress or Blogger. Use this pro/con list to see if it's the right blog platform for you.
You can't deny that Tumblr is an increasingly popular blogging platform. Recent statistics indicate Tumblr has nearly doubled in size since last fall, and now has 50 million blogs and 20 billion posts. Founded four years ago, the microblogging platform is becoming a popular option for both personal and business blogging.
Of course, that begs the million-dollar question: Is Tumblr right for your brand or business?
To decide, you need to not only think about your brand's content strategy, but also familiarize yourself with Tumblr. Understand how it would work as an additional tool in your content-marketing arsenal.
The good news? Tumblr is simple. Really, really simple. If you have experience with Blogger or WordPress, you'll probably find Tumblr is even easier. This means you can dive in and start using the site with little to no learning curve.
Tumblr is a great option for anyone who wants to blog on the go. You can post to the site from a variety of sources, including a mobile phone, browser or desktop.
Tumblr posts, as opposed to those on other blogging platforms, tend to be visual and include photos or videos. Keep in mind, however, that even though your Tumblr posts are brief or highly visual, you still want to share high-quality content that appeals to your audience and aligns with your brand or business strategy.
Engagement is an important part of any social media presence, and Tumblr makes it relatively easy for companies to connect with their followers. You can opt to open your Tumblr blog to user submissions, which is not only a great way to broaden your content pool, but engages with your audience on a deeper level.
It's not all sunshine and rainbows, people. As great as Tumblr is, it's not for everyone. And that goes for every social media platform.
There's a common mindset that brands and businesses that engage in the social space need to be on every site. That's not true. Some sites, whether it's their focus, layout, audience or something else, aren't a good fit for your brand. That's important to recognize. In fact, it's just as important as embracing the social sites that do make sense.
A typical Tumblr audience skews younger than that of other social media platforms, so if your business won't be relevant to this group, you may want to focus your attention elsewhere.
Because Tumblr posts tend to be highly visual, ensure you have an adequate supply of high-quality photos and/or videos before you start to post. Photo apps like Instagram and Hipstamatic make it easier to take eye-catching photos and post them across a variety of platforms, including Tumblr.
Tumblr may be easy to use, but it offers less control over site customization. If you know HTML—or someone who does—you can modify existing Tumblr themes by adding widgets and other features, but you won't have the flexibility and array of themes that a site like WordPress has. Tumblr blogs can't be self-hosted, so you're at the mercy of the site—and its somewhat frequent outages.
What do Kate Spade, Barack Obama, the Los Angeles Times, Huggies and Doctors Without Borders have in common? They all maintain successful Tumblr blogs that share a variety of content to spread each brand's message and engage a wider audience.
When you start to explore Tumblr, the opportunities are endless. Tumblr is an ideal outlet to share a new side of your business, convey a message, encourage viral content, and more.
If you're in the business of selling—aren't we all?—you may not necessarily need to immediately convert your audience to purchases. Instead, build brand recognition and loyalty so your brand is at the forefront of someone's mind when he or she needs your products or services.
The great thing about Tumblr is its versatility. If you're considering Tumblr for your business, think about how you will incorporate the site and its features into your existing content strategy. Just as you would with other blogging platforms, take some time to plan your first few posts to ensure you're using the platform to its full potential.
Does your business use Tumblr? If so, I'd love to hear about your experience.
Shelly Kramer is the CEO of V3 Integrated Marketing. A version of this article originally appeared on the V3 Integrated Marketing blog.


A few months ago when I made the decision to dwell in my Jeep, instead of continuing to pay high rent and utilities, I did not really know what impact this choice would have on my life.
It's funny how "living in your car" can conjure up all kinds of images for many people, running the gamut from a crazy person to a rebel. For me personally, it's a little bit of both with a lot in between.
What I have come to learn from choosing this lifestyle is that I don't actually "live" in my vehicle – I sleep in it. This way of life has become a way to actually live.
I have been able to save money, travel, visit family and venture into the surrounding beauty of the RockyMountains and explore places I've always been curious about. While I work full-time, my weekends can take me wherever I want to go. I have woken up to some of the most breathtaking views: from rolling open plains, to a forest with a river running through it. I have also met some amazing people along the way.
During the week, however, I make a deliberate choice to stay as close to my employment as possible. I have found a secluded trailhead (my favorite) that is tucked away in a nice residential neighborhood. I have a few friends that allow me to park outside their home (I always let them know when I do that), and there is a particular big box retailer that has no issue with letting folks park overnight. These locations so far have worked perfectly for me.
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August 22, 2014	/ Kxevin	/ Thoughts
Douglas, scouting and risk, aka "The parade of incompetents"
"Wait … what … really?! So happy right now!"
It is safe to say that few transfer rumors in recent history have caused a greater stir than that involving Douglas Pereira dos Santos, aka just call me Douglas.
After a season of Cuadrado, and this spendy player and that spendy player, and what is Enrique planning, all of a sudden the name Douglas popped up and the reaction was "Who? What?"
Then frantic research began as well as anecdotal commentary, and the general consensus is that he sucks, and would need GPS and a telescope to even get within taxicab distance of Barça quality.
The player's eventual fate is unknown, but this situation does spark some rather interesting thoughts about the transfer market, rumors and how supporters deal with them.
Idiots, the lot of them
It seems that in general around Barça among many of its supporters, there is a notion that things that the club does is suspect. And while some aspects of this notion are supportable in a casual perusal of frequent-flyer miles piling up to Switzerland alongside lawyer bills, let's stick with the transfer market. It isn't difficult to find comments about our scouting being ineffective, and the technical staff — but not Enrique! — and ZubiZa (who gets credit and blame for far more than he should) being incompetent, and a player such as Douglas is the latest shining example of this.
Now, for this supposition to hold water, you have toss the transfer business that the club has done this season out of the window. So addressing depth and height shortcomings (yes, I had to …) with quality, and mostly cost-effective additions to a world-class nucleus, well, any fool could have accomplished that. So let's get back to Douglas.
Any transfer is a risk. You needn't look any farther than Alex Song and Cesc Fabregas, both integral, productive parts of a Champions League and Premiership Top 5 perennial in Arsenal. At Barça they became mostly detested laughingstocks. Risk. Afellay came to Barça for 3m with the rep that he was talented, but broke easily. And he promptly started living up to both parts of his reputation. In any transfer, a team is rolling the dice with millions and millions. Hleb, Ibrahimovic, Txigrinski can also be added to the Snarl List.
Managing this risk means a number of things to a big club. It can make it tentative or high risk, willing to take a chance on a player or only wanting a sure thing.
Plucking the apple early
People wonder why Barça doesn't find players such as Benatia before they become high-profile, expensive players. RM did it with Varane, and look how he turned out, right? Roma signed Marquinhos for what, 2m? Now look! Then blame lands at the feet of the all-powerful ZubiZa and our scouts.
But it isn't outside the realm of possibility to wonder if that is what Barça should be doing. Obviously every team wants that diamond in the rough, that Toure Yaya that comes for a low fee and blossoms into a world-beater. But really, how many of those are out there and further, how should that work in the context of a club with a powerful academy, such as Barça?
You might speculate that the first team looks for players who can drop directly in or at least be competitive for a shot at cracking the XI, or at worst adding depth to become a quality squad player. The other task, at the secondary level, is to find players who can develop in La Masia, and map out a path for them into the first team.
This means that a player such as an inexpensive Marquinhos or Benatia is a huge risk at that nascent stage, when a team thinks he might be ready. You have to buy him for the first team, rather than B. So he might develop, in which case you have your low-priced, high quality gem, or he might not, in which case you dump him on a free or something. While it is a risk that Barça can afford financially, it isn't a risk that the club should be taking from the sporting sense. This ultimately means that it has to go in after these sorts of players once another club who can afford to take that risk, does so.
If you are Benatia and two clubs come calling, Barça and Roma, both offering the same transfer fee, but one says "We will buy you for our B team, and see how you do. If it works out, we can write in an auto-promotion clause or something, but you see how much talent we already have." The other says, "We are buying you for our first team, where you will play, and probably start."
So Roma rolled the dice on Benatia and Marquinhos and came up sevens. They snagged each of them for a comparative pittance, and are now hitting the CB jackpot as each blossomed into 40m players that we were or were not linked with. This prompted more rants about our scouts and why couldn't they find that low-priced gem, they're incompetent, etc. It's an unfortunate narrative that I wish would stop even as I know it won't anytime soon, because there is such a level of mistrust and apprehension around the team and club these days.
The last times the club took a risk on such a player, in Henrique and Keirrison, still echoes among culers. But rather than those situations demonstrating exactly why it is such a risk for a team such as Barça to slot a "maybe" into its first team, they have become so many other things, most of all a demonstration of the malleability of memory.
Henrique was a risk, a dice roll that a player had the stuff. So was Keirrison, who actually had more bona fides than Henrique. Neither one panned out. It happens. The larger danger than cost is that the team tosses away a first-team slot. We all know how that goes, with the likes of Cuenca, Afellay, Dos Santos and Tello sitting around last season for various reasons. I suggest that the very real danger of throwing away a first-team slot makes a huge club such as Barça more risk averse and further, that it should.
In specific …
Let's delve deeper into the Three Examples, as I like to think of them, and ask ourselves if they pass the mirror test, as in what would we have done had their names come up in transfer conversation:
Marquinhos: Promising youngster at Corinthians, made 6 league appearances for the club, was an unused sub in the Libertadores final. Roma plucked him for 1.5m, a fee that would rise to 3m if he, essentially, didn't suck enough to play X number of matches for Y duration. And to the first team he went. ("Brazilian football, and he couldn't even make the squad for the final, his team's biggest match. Hmph!)
Benatia: Joined Marseille, didn't impress, knocked around L1 before going to L2 side Clermont. After two years went to Udinese, then signed to Roma for 13.5m. ("Hmph! Some dude who couldn't even make it in France second division? Does anyone think he's really Barça quality?")
Varane: Came out of the vaunted Lens youth system and when he was ready, all the big clubs came nosing around him including us, if rumors are to be believed, but Zidane had him locked down for RM, and that was that.
Loves me, loves me not …
Supporters like players, and don't like other players. When it comes to the transfer market, there is also the believing whom you like, or who fits your desires when it comes to a player, real or rumored. If you like a player, you will believe the sources that say he is good, and discount the ones that say he isn't. The reverse is also true when you don't like a player.
And in a world where every move, every signing is scrutinized, it's hard to sit back and say, let's wait to see how he does. So Vermaelen is an injury-riddled joke of a player. Mathieu is a chain-snoking has been. Bravo isn't Barça quality, and a waste of money. Rakitic should have been Kroos … ZubiZa is stupid, and on it goes.
In the risky world of transfers, a team manages its risk as best it can. If the Douglas deal happens, I frankly have no idea who the heck he is. Some say it's a risk worth taking, because 6m is a pittance to a big club, that he might develop (he's 24 years old) into the next Alves. I reckon we will have to wait and see, something that for many folks, when you get right down to it, is part of the fun of transfers.
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In my fantasy life, I'm a Barca-crazed contributor over at Barcelona Football Blog. In my real life, I'm a full-time journalist at the Chicago Tribune, based in Chicago, Illinois.
I'll tell you why I detest Zubi and the rest of the technical staff. Add in the board as well. They simply failed to do their jobs before this summer started. Or they had no interest in doing their jobs in the first place.
Also, don't even think of giving me that austerity crap. That they had to "run a tight ship and weren't given money to spend" is all BS. They're still doling out fines and 'scouting fees' and what not to Neymar Sr. and the tax people and others.
Don't even get me started on the much touted 'transparency'. The club is anything but transparent. So smug are they in their ways that they have failed to make a single coherent argument against the transfer ban. There's just so much dishonesty with the club that is was just a matter of time before it trickled down to the pitch.
Remember Abidal weeping as Ro$ELL and Zubi seemed to laugh heartily in that press conference? Remember out current President (hopefully soon to be ex. Fingers crossed the tax case does the damage and puts some brain cells into our socis) Bartomeu lying through his teeth and going back on his promise that Abi's contract would renew once he started playing again? Yeah.
Also, there's a complete lack of responsibility among the technical staff. "Tito wanted only T.Silva" "Tata said we don't need another CB" "Puyol is our CB signing". Never mind offering youth players low salaries and low buyouts in the hopes of cashing in on them. Thiago with 90M was an anomaly. What you say? His buyout was 18M? You're wrong
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The team suffered as a result. You can only go so far when you have to play Song and Adriano as CBs vs the likes of Sevilla and EE. By the time the technical staff rose from their slumber, it was already too late. But what happened later was a farce.
The technical staff focused solely on T. Silva. Him or no one. Where was the scouting network? Back then, Mathieu, a year younger than when we signed him, who is said to have all the qualities we wanted, was available for a measly 10M. The technical staff *chose* not to sign him then. Even now they're saying they signed because Lucho signed him. Still no responsibility.
Why not take a risk on him back then? Why not give Tata an excellent squad player who could play more than one role in the team? The result of this inaction was not that difficult to see. Tata was a CB short in the most important games of the season, where trophies were lost – Atletico, Granada, Getafe. Not to mention the CdR final where Bartra who was rushed back from couldn't stop Bale, and us conceding a schoolboyish goal.
And it doesn't end there. The whole world knew we desperately wanted to buy players which led to us paying over the top for many players in this transfer market.
So no, forgive me if I don't have any faith in the nincompoops that run the "Sporting Project" of the club. Not because of any personal dislike but they have proved their incompetence/untrustworthiness in these matters over and over again. I don't know if we're actually going for Douglas, but this case inspires no confidence in me.
Give Zubi and co. the benefit of the doubt? Absolutely not.
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I agree with this too. They're finally doing their jobs properly because they're trying to cover their asses due to upcoming elections and the transfer ban, again, a TRANSFER BAN. That alone should definitely should put a dent in any "benefit of the doubt" given to these people.
hear hear VJ. there's nothing this board has done, in the transfer market or otherwise, to make up for their glaring mistakes and breaches of both our trust and sporting ethics. they haven't EARNED my benefit of the doubt.
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I agree with everything you said, except for the buyout clause
I agree that it was 90 mil, but there was a clause that drops this to 18M if Thiago had played 30 minutes or more in less than 60% of matches. Unfortunately, tito didnt use him frequently and he was struggling with injury. bayern paid 25M to avoid taxes (they would have to pay 32M if they activated the buyout clause).
note, thiago made 34 appearances in 58 matches (58.6%) and had he featured in the last two la liga matches, it would have been 36/60 (60%). it was bad man management by tito too. but yes, barca should have done more to convince thiago to stay.
other than that, i think rosell has cast a dark spell on the board, and i give credit to bartomeu for trying to turn things around.
vertonghen was PUBLICALLY offered to barca for 12 million. mathieu for 8 million. rosell didnt sign either
vermaelen signed for 10 million+variables, rakitic for 18 million, ter stegen for 12, douglas for 4m+variables. these are bargains, and good ones at that. so lets give the bartomeu board a chance to prove themselves.
thats just one example, though.i can give many, but im just happy rosell is gone.
Enter the fantasy realm of your random cule.
*Random cule, Randomly flipping sport channels on TV, And stumbling upon a football match in some mediocre league*
Random cule: Why is this CB has the word 'Barca Quality' written on his jersey, Weird…
*5 minutes later*
Random cule: Now the fans in the stadium are holding up signs saying "Barca Quality" and pointing their fingers are at him, hmmmm, He doesn't seem that special to me, But i might as will investigate him.
*Random cule writing on forums, Asking on twitter, Ultimately stumbling upon a fan of that club*
Random fan: This CB is the s**t, He can become one of the best CB in the world, He'll blossom at barca that's for sure, He was born to play for you.
Random cule: He's not even a starter in your own club!
Random fan: Our coaching staff are a bunch of imbeciles, Never mind them, He is the one!.
Random cule: I don't know man, Even the stat websites don't rate him high, Are you sure you're not over hyping him?
Random fan: If you're that skeptical, I know some jurno, I can ask him to write an article about him claiming what a potential he has so you and your friends have a reason to believe it.
Random cule: No that's okay, I'll just contact his club and ask about his status.
*Few days later after managing to get in contact with the president*
Random cule: I'd like to inquire about your barca quality CB.
Random president: Thank god you finally called us, All the papers are ready, We can finish the deal today.
Random cule: wooow wooow, Slow down buddy….
Random president : And even though we know he'll become one of the best, We'll give him to you for a very very cheap price, Almost as a gift.
Random cule: Wow, That very generous of you… I don't know what to say really…Thank you?
*A few weeks later at a press conference for Luis Enrique*
LE: Speechless, Absolutely speechless, This new guy exploded in training, Shakira had a nervous break down watching him, And will probably never start for FCB again.
*random cheers from the back and a few claps*
Random reporter: So this new meat and bartra will be our starters from now on?
LE: *Laughs*, Bartra was so overwhelmed with his quality, All the confidence he built up over the last two years was shattered, We had to send him back to the B team.
*everyone gasps*
Random reporter: What about mascherano?
LE: Very sad to say, After witnessing the awesomeness of this new guy and realizing what a bad CB he has been for FCB, He couldn't bear the shame anymore, And tried to commit 'seppuku', Fortunately we managed to stop him at the last moment, He'll probably retire from football.
*The end*
Im laughing so hard at this, well done. Idk why it's necessarily a bad thing to be skeptical of a signing as random as this when the scales are so tipped in one way v. the other. For every Benatia, Marq, Varane, there are hundreds upon hundreds that never pan out, so Im not sure what focusing on them proves? Of course some prospects end up panning out.
Santos fans and Brazilian culers who watched him play weekly consider him to be a mediocre player at best. And then, there are Barcelona 'scouts' (if we have any in Brazil that is, Traffic reps don't count) who think he's a worthy replacement for Alves next year. These are probably the same guys who recommend us Henrique and Kerrison. So yeah, I think I know who I'd rather trust in this case.
Barcelona's scouting department/planning department/Zubi/whoever is responsible for signing players for us has signed Neymar, Suarez, Mathieu and Rakitic who I consider to be potentially great signings so they've done well here. They have also not signed any centerbacks until this summer which is without a doubt a sign of gross incompetence. Let's not forget Song. I think the club has done a good job this summer even if they've overpaid a bit, but it's easy to see why some are wary of things Zubi does.
And of course you didn't mention David Luiz who was one of our top CB targets for a long time and also a terrible one. Including him in this article would have substanstially damaged your narrative of a competent scouting department.
In other news, Atletico won! quite happy for them.
David Luiz was thought to be a headless chicken while Barcelona were being rumoured to sign him – until PSG signed him. Then the tune of the screaming changed to "Zubi inutil, you let David Luiz escape!!!" The screaming all but died out after the semi-final, so pardon me if I have more faith in Zubi and his signings than I have in the attention span and spine of the average Barcelona fan.
That's not to say I'm thrilled about Douglas. Too many coincidences put together.
P.S. The way I see it, Di Maria is not going anywhere. 😀
I shudder to think what kind of Barcelona fans you're in close contact with Peter lol they sound exhausting. For me, my twitter timeline was ecstatic when PSG saved us from Luiz well before Brazil got eviscerated , Especially at that fee.
I want to address a number of related issues that keep cropping up. I'm not picking on anyone in particular as this comes up so regularly that everyone has had some sort of input in this.
The board – the root of all evil, usurpers of the realm, wasters of talent and the worst decision makers in history.
Zubi – the incompetent sporting director.
Success in competitions.
Success in transfers.
There's a culture of blaming the board for everything. Rosell and Bartomeu are different. They were once on the same board but so were Rosell and Laporta. Since Bartomeu has taken over, we have solved the Neymar issues and got his transfer info released, we've been given a transfer ban and signed a player who bites people. Let's not forget though, that Neymar was signed by Rosell and the ban has been given because of issues under Rosell and that player just happens to be the best striker in the world.
They have been blamed for neglecting the sporting project because they didn't sign a defender for the past number of seasons. Well, if you are against the board then you'll blame them for not signing an alternative to Thiago Silva but it was quite clear that he was the only one that was considered good enough as he was the only one they bid for. Marquinhos? We showed interest then PSG outbid us just like when we tried to sign T.Silva. If you'll recall Thiago admitted that he went to PSG because of an agreement with Leonardo.
As for Mathieu, last year he was a LB who had played 10-15 games at centreback and Valencia were financially unstable. Now, Mathieu has played an additional season at CB but Valencia have no such financial issues. Because of this the fee went up. We have now been able to assess him fully and deem him to be worth it. I don't see the problem really even though I'd have preferred the fee to be lower.
Zubi has the hardest job in the world I reckon. The most demanding fans, a unique footballing style and a core group of players that he can't get credit for. We have produced a group of players from within the club that very few teams in history have and Zubi gets no credit for it. Any player that comes in from outside better be at least as good as these 'best of all time' players like the best keeper in our history, best captain in our history, best Spanish player of all time, world cup winning scorer and possibly the best player ever fullstop. So we buy some fantastic humans and expect them to instantly get a place next to these aliens.
The other thing, which is probably an even bigger injustice is that we don't judge him on the players he signs… we actually judge him on the ones he doesn't. I mean what the hell??? He didn't sign Varane, or Benatia or Marquinhos or Kroos so he is clearly incompetent. Instead of looking at Rakitic who was the best all around midfielder in Europe except for Vidal but cost €40m less than the fees rumoured for Vidal, and most likely a much better buy than the 'too-safe' Kroos in my opinion. Or Suarez who is clearly the best striker in the world and was probably the best player in the world this past season. Or Neymar the best young player in the world.
Txiki, who got no where near the ridicule or scrutiny was the one responsible for Chiggy, Hleb, Keirrison, Henrique, Caceres and Milito. Still, he had nothing to do with Rosell so he had that going for him.
I'm not trying to come off condescending or anything but success is rare. We're one of the most successful teams in history but we've still finished second more than we've finished first (24 to 22). In fact we've won the league 22 times in 83 seasons. It's not long ago that we went five seasons without a title win either.
Cules due to recent success seem to think that it is easy to win or that we have some divine right to win because we play 'better' football. Unfortunately, unlike some sports there's no style points. People think that the board blew all the talent at our disposal all the while forgetting that we were a disallowed Messi goal away from winning the league, one that was contested with the top two teams in the CL and another who won the Europa League. And for the record, our points total with this underperforming, defensively weak and offensively impotent team would have been enough to win the EPL or our very own La Liga in any but the last five championships.
And lastly, on transfers. What is deemed a successful transfer? Some teams view profit and the success. Teams like Udinese's and Porto's success is down to their transfer dealing. Others view making a bigger difference in quality between you and your competition success like Bayern's recent stripping of Dortmund's talents.
For Cules, the transfers of Alexis and Cesc have been failures but we won trophies with them and sold them on for at least the same fee as we bought them and had them for three seasons without either really setting the world alight. Sounds like reasonable business. Adriano was signed for around €13m including the add-ons and has been a quality squad member for years. Is this successful considering that he won a CL? I reckon so.
Vermaelen is a risk but less so than others that have moved this summer. David Luiz and Mangala fetched over €100m between them but fully fit and in form Vermaelen is certainly a better player than those two. Mathieu is very little risk with his Liga experience. Bravo is a secure second choice keeper who is closer to starting quality than virtually any 2nd keeper out there. The exception may be Keylor Navas but he's not anywhere near as good with the ball at his feet, so not suitable for us. ter Stegen should turn out to be a marvelous keeper and Halilovic has the potential to be the best signing in anyone's recent memory.
Overall, I'm not saying that people have to be positive or that everything we are doing is wrong, but rather to try to look at things a little more objectively. If you hate the board be my guest but don't dismiss everything that they do as bad because of it.
Literally, this is exhausting. It's not your fault, this was well written and factual, but my god it's exhausting.
What other fanbase bickers within themselves so much? There's the " cynical cule" vs. the "anti-board cule" vs. " the itk cule" vs. the " I'm smarter than you cule" vs. the " 'All cules are cynical/ ingrates' cule" vs. the " The sky is falling cule" and on and on. It's just so tiresome.
That's… a good thing no?
Kxevin
Actually, every fanbase bickers among themselves. We just don't see it because we aren't part of that fan base.
Things tend to grate on someone when they aren't part of that way of thinking. There is room for all views to exist. I don't mind someone thinking that ZubiZa is incompetent, as long as they respect the opinion of someone else that maybe, just maybe, that might not be entirely the case.
Every sporting director makes errors, but in reality, excluding the sins of omission which are on the board rather than ZubiZa, our current sporting director has a pretty darned sterling track record when it comes to transfers, with Song being the only real blemish, as the wrong player bought for the wrong reason.
This season will tell us a lot about how our technical group evaluates talent, and we will know more. But I just think they key is that we call can get along. The point of this post wasn't that Douglas is good or bad, or to defend the board or ZubiZa. It's simply to say that we just don't know. And because we don't know, it's impossible to say.
Comments is where we also differ. I didn't think ciaran's comment was "exhausting" at all. I thought it was well thought out, and would think that even if it didn't accurately reflect my view of things. I love seeing comments such as that. For me, they aren't tiresome at all. They're a huge part of what makes me keep writing for this space, and coming here to comment, etc.
We all care about this club. There needs to be a place where we can discuss this club that we all care about. Many of us do it in many different ways. I say what I always say about comments, which is that there is no law that says anyone has to read them all, or all in their entirety.
I really don't know what to say to agar as, if you find someone else's opinion so exhausting then I can only recommend a diary rather than a blog.
In regards to Douglas, I have no real opinion. I've no idea if the guy is any good. I'm not arguing that fact with you at all because he could be terrible or terrific or mediocre. I don't make decisions on players that I don't know and I don't trust youtube at all.
My issue in reality is that Cuadrado is too expensive, Douglas is too cheap, Piszczek is too injured, Dani Alves is too attacking, Montoya is too defensive. It's like Goldilocks. Then, everyone has their own 'ideal' signing for the position and no one else will do. I'm guessing that you have an idea of who you think would be the best option and it could be one of those mentioned above or someone completely different. The thing is that someone other than you will have an entirely different opinion on that 'ideal' player.
Then, from the comfort of our keyboard, we tear apart everyone else's opinions. That is where I get frustrated.
If we look at signings in hindsight, all the 'incorrect' opinions disappear and the I told you so's appear. Juliano Belletti probably wouldn't have been good enough. Larsson was too old. Deco too ill-disciplined. Edmilson too injury prone, Marquez not proven and Ronaldinho didn't work hard enough. You could replace the names of each of those with each and every one of our new signings and you wouldn't have to change the arguments except that that bunch of players brought us a CL and a few league titles.
You guys misunderstand or ,more likely, I was unclear. The back and forth between all segments of the fan base is what I find exhausting, that's what I meant. Not referring only to this space but just social media. I
Guess I've found Barça ( and arsenal) fans to be the ones that " have a go" at one another easier rather than just bicker about club matters like all fans do.
Your comment wasn't exhausting at all. I was an English major I don't mind reading lol and I wouldn't have complimented it if I disliked it.
FCB16
Very true, it's a shame such a post has become necessary. People too quickly lose perspective on things.
ciaran, will you marry me? I mean, you already know what I want to say and how to say it, so I reckon there's only one logical step left.
PrinceYuvi
What do you know, kx… You're not from Brazil 🙂
Besides Football players are like Steel balls.
If they're round, heavy, solid thingys at this moment; they'll be the exactly same for the rest of their lives.
There's no chance in hells or heavens that they'll improve or learn a few new tricks along the road.
P.S. A team full of non-world class players just beat Evil Empire.
Great article pointing out 'Small' changes we might get to see under Lucho's reign.
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/bin-long-balls-busquets-linchpin-luis-enriques-big-changes-barcelona
Excellent story on abuses of youth players, from El Pais:
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/08/22/inenglish/1408707036_004059.html
Nobody argues that protection of minors is not needed. However, there's a world of difference between the stuff described in that article and what Barcelona does. The problem is that according to FIFA they have the same punishment. It's just like having the death penalty for both violent murder and jaywalking. Actually, they don't. The regulations of FIFA do not establish a penalty.
Personally, I'm less worried about the "two season ban" and more about the kids in La Masia. For example, Ben Lederman is 14. He won't be able to play until he's 18, unless his parents get EU citizenship first(16) or Spanish citizenship.
The rule clearly needs examination, either by establishing exceptions for regulated education centers, or by removing the stipulation "for non-football reasons" for the movement of the parents, or for example by including a clause that obliges the club to provide for the player's education and well-being until he becomes a legal adult and establishing a standard of well-being that is higher than the median of the country where the club is located.
The idea is to create both motivation for clubs to look for and take on kids, but also to bind them legally. If a club knows that it has to spend a considerable sum for a youth player, most clubs would either don't do it or will be choosy, but once choosing they will be stuck with the choice and would have to try to get the best of their chosen player, which would decrease the possibility of throwing the kids away. And punishments – FIFA would have to consider actual cooperation with Civic authorities in order to get more muscle. I mean punishments for not just the clubs in terms of monetary fines and restriction of various actions, but also potential judicial sentences.
I realize I speak as a culé and that such decisions would greatly benefit Barcelona(or Real Madrid, or Ajax, or Bayern, or City), but it´s common sense.
fotobirajesh
Dear Peter, Sitting far away in India, I can only try to imagine what must be happening there. I have always thought La Masia is the best and all. But then while reading Ballague's Messi, it gives some hint that things are not that well sorted out by the club for the incoming kid or his parents. I repeat, I dont know if Ballauge is completely trustworthy or not, but in that book, there are places where Messi and his family were absolutely tired of how Barca treated them initially.
The rule of Fifa can be absurd, but when the rule was there, club should have shown some respect to it, and they didnt. The way the club came out explaining their side, when the ban came out first, it was quite clear club was completely aware about the law breaking, and that it was coming. And sadly, they didnt even have a valid argument other than to point at the values of the school.
This club is dear to us, but the people who represent it are arrogant and may be foolish too.
The problem with youth players is that clubs and FIFA want to have it both ways. They want to treat them as little professionals, but also protect them from abuses. I just don't know that the two aims are compatible.
Look at Lee, the catalyst for all of this current hooraw. He is a stellar talent that every big club wanted, and we got him. What makes him different from another coveted transfer of an adult player is that there are these rules governing the treatment of minor players, that are intended to protect those players.
Barça's argument that its Masia does so much for its wee charges and is therefore, due a little bit of leeway in how the rules are applied to it is, prima facie, a sound moral and ethical argument. It only fails when you apply the rule of law to it. It also fails when you ask, "So, what did you do with those three years during which you knew that this was coming?"
I would suggest that if FIFA was serious about protecting minor players, there are a number of things that need to be put into place:
— Ensure that more academies deal with the whole player, not just the footballer.
— Ban other clubs from poaching coveted youth players. If they are minor players subject to these protections, don't allow minor players to be treated like professionals.
— Allow clubs to set parents up with jobs, etc. What's the harm? Does it mean that a bigger club might be able to offer a more lucrative package to a family? Sure. But they do now, anyway. So codify and enforce it in some way.
As it is, there are some rules in place, and Barça broke them. Did they break the spirit of them? Nope. The defensive bleatings about La Masia are spot on. But Lee is no different than Suarez, in that a lot of clubs wanted him, and Barça presented the best package, and got him.
The problem is that FIFA wants it both ways with its youth players, and that is simply impossible.
Inamess
I don't know all the ins and outs of what went on between our lawyers and FIFA but I would suspect that our club was trying to delay as long as possible or get some kind of exception to the FIFA laws on underage signings. As with most laws there are winners and losers, and it was just unfortunate that La Masia becomes the big loser in the new FIFA law.
It would be no different than if there was an international ban on getting a job in another country if you were not a citizen there. Some countries would be ecstatic that they could keep their own highly educated and productive citizens and others would be upset that their talent pool would be lacking for the jobs they need to fill.
With the new FIFA rules, the big winners will probably be the better clubs outside the EU who will now be able to hold on to get their country's best prospects until they are 18 or older and then sell the best ones to the wealthy clubs in Europe. So there is no doubt that top clubs in areas such as South America will benefit. Barca, as the "Harvard" of football academies will unfortunately no longer be able to attract the best youth in the world which is a major blow as we will not be able to train the best youngsters in the world as prospects for the 1st team unless they are Spanish or over 16 and in the EU.
The timing of the FIFA ban is interesting too in that it could be argued that some of the incidents surrounding the club last year made it a more vulnerable target as FIFA was in a position to challenge a club whose image had been tarnished and would not look a hypocritical organization trying to attack a squeaky clean club that was still perceived as some kind of paragon of virtue.
mr.undercover
Very intresting article,
7 days to close the window and we are still hearing the rumour of koke,reus, cuadrado and lastly douglas, think the douglas deal is imminent, but koke and reus never gonna hapend, we have many talents in those positions, buying them will obviously be waste of talent and money,
Peter Lim brought Cancelo, Gomes, Moreno, Mustafi.
Enzo Perez on his way too.
Barça, Atleti, EE, Athletic, Sevilla, Valencia. Six strong teams.
Not too shabby. RIP 100 Points league.
Another season for Eusebio. Paco Jemez for Barça B ? Wishful thinking.
Pedro trained as normal today, and Neymar did part of training with the group. Enrique said he counts on both of them for tomorrow. Vermaelen and Adriano did physical training on the pitch but separate from the group, along with Ter Stegen.
Excellent points all around on the Douglas affair and the transfer ban. On the Douglas matter, the club has spent about 6 mil euros on a player who is not highly regarded but may be good enough as an option or backup next year at rightback. The problem may be that there does not seem to be any great prospect at right back for our club in that other options are too expensive.
We can certainly buy a RB better than Douglas but that player would be extremely expensive as any club knows we are desperate to find someone and it is getting very late in the transfer window. So we are talking about a deal on par with Fellaini money if it comes off.
The question becomes who will play right back when Dani leaves next year since the transfer ban will almost certainly be in effect. The answer right now is Montoya, Adriano, or possibly Bartra. None will be a world class at the position but what is the alternative at this point. I don't know that much about right back options at Barca B, but I assume no one will be deemed worthy for significant minutes on the first team next year. Cuadrado is too expensive and many have pointed out that RB is not even his natural position.
The reason we are looking at Douglas may be just as insurance or as a gamble as most transfers are. What if Montoya, Adriano, or Bartra gets an injury that will keep them out for next year. Maybe Douglas will never even play any significant minutes for Barca and I agree his signing does seem strange, but there must be some reasonable explanation for it even if Douglas ends up a complete flop.
Again, I am not justifying the signing but trying to make sense of it. Interestingly, the club may even be able to get a better deal on Cuadrado or another right back in the next week because they now have Douglas, though I know this seems unlikely to be the strategy. Let's give the club at least till the end of the transfer window to see if there is method in their madness.
Hey, you were missing for a long time. Glad to see you back.
Thanks! I can't wait for the season to get underway.
Here's wishing you a fabulous one 🙂


The Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has branded as "shameful" today's news that some 842 children appeared at Temple Street Children's Hospital emergency department who were subsequently discharged with no fixed address.
"This morning Temple Street Children's Hospital released figures regarding the number of children that presented to their Emergency Department last year who were subsequently discharged with no fixed addresses.
"That number is an absolutely disgraceful and shameful 842 children.
"842 of the most vulnerable citizens of this State - not alone in need of medical care in an A&E, but in need of a home.
"The Lead Emergency Medicine Consultant at Temple Street has said - perhaps most shockingly of all - that 'presentations were varied and complex but in the majority they stem from the fact that these children are living in completely unsuitable, cramped and temporary accommodation'.
"That is the reality of child homelessness. And there are tens of thousands of people out there living in perpetual fear of this happening to them and their children. Those who are a job loss or a rent hike away from the same fate - homelessness - and the sick, perverse reality that entails.
"The most obnoxious thing of all is that, if we really want to, we can do something about it.


We are so excited to be a part of the ROC Women's Music Fest on July 21 on Parcel 5. Join us in celebrating 100 years of women's right to vote in New York State. It will be an evening of live music, locally women-owned/operated food trucks (Le Petit Poutine, Whol-E Roasters, and Sweet Sammie Jane's) and tickets are only $5! Tickets can be found HERE (again, they're only $5 so this is a no-brainer).
This event coincides with the Susan B. Anthony House's Suffragist City Parade and the VoteTilla's arrival at Corn Hill Landing. The VoteTilla will have boats filled with historic re-enactors traveling along the Erie Canal.


Here on the LearnSawStudio Plugins page you will find information and reviews of Instruments and Effects that work great in SawStudio and Midi WorkShop. SawStudio uses its own IQS format as well as Direct X, VST and VSTi formats. We will be updating this page soon.


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Oh my! I just realized it has been THREE MONTHS since I did a 'Sunday Sweet Stuff post! Since I just realized this yesterday evening, I decided to remedy that with a batch of snickerdoodles!
I did a few when I was able to move back home, but then I guess with the new horse handling training stuff, saying 'yes' to more things like potluck dinners, spontaneous friend outings and, getting my Etsy store back up and running, I totally kindof forgot about making the Sunday sweets! I haven't forgotten to eat my fair share of sweets, just haven't thought of making them! Ohhhhhh yeah, Christian brings me home at least one decadent goodie a week from the diner!
The holidays are right around the corner, and I will be posting more sweet stuff posts, just because I REALLY get into baking when the weather turns cool and the oven can be on without getting the house too hot. Thanksgiving is just one month away, and Christmas is only two months away - that being said, this is one of my favorite wintertime cookies.... the snickerdoodle.
and form into small balls - 1 1/2 inch balls will do!
...dip in a mixture of sugar and cinnamon, and put on cookie sheet sugar side up... I use a sheet of parchment paper to keep the clean up easy, and I do a little thumb press on each ball just to keep them from rolling around on the cookie sheet.


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Extending David Ross A Wise Move For Braves
By Jacob Peterson Jul 27, 2010, 7:50pm EDT
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It seems like a minor story at first: the news that the Braves have extended backup catcher David Ross Through 2012 at an affordable price of $1.625 million per year. But there is a reason that Braves fans at Talking Chop were uniformly ecstatic to hear that Ross would be a Brave for two more seasons. Ross isn't just a good backup catcher; he's a good catcher, period.
Over the past two seasons, Ross has been worth 2.6 Wins Above Replacement (WAR), according to FanGraphs. That figure ranks 16th in all of baseball in WAR the past two seasons, meaning Ross has been worth more than half the starting catchers in baseball, all while getting less than half the playing time. If he had received the normal starter's amount of playing time (~500 plate appearances), and produced at the same level, he would have been worth 5.3 WAR, which would have ranked 5th in all of baseball among catchers.
That's just awesome, especially when combined with the production of Brian McCann, who ranks as the second-most valuable catcher in baseball the last two years (and most valuable this year).
From the monetary side, Ross has been worth (again, according to FanGraphs) $11.7 million so far with the Braves. He was paid $1.4 million last year and will be paid $1.6 million this year. That means that even if Ross adds no extra value over the rest of the season (which is unlikely), he will have still provided the Braves with about $9 million of extra value in 2009 and 2010. With only a slight pay raise in 2011-2012, Ross will likely be a similar bargain for the remainder of his deal. Even if his production dips for the remainder of the contract, he is still all but guaranteed to be worth $3.25 million over two seasons.
Congratulations to Ross on his extension, and to Frank Wren on getting it done at such an affordable price.


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College Corner is a village in Butler and Preble counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Oxford. The population was 407 at the 2010 census. The village lies on the state line with Indiana, where it borders the town of West College Corner, Indiana. The public school, part of the Union County–College Corner Joint School District, is bisected by the state line and is operated jointly with the Indiana authorities. The Preble County portion of College Corner is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Butler County portion is part of the Cincinnati–Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
How did Ohio earn the grade of C? We examined the state taxes based on how age friendly they are. Ohio has a state sales tax of 5.75%. Of particular interest is that Ohio does not have taxes on social security. There are no estate taxes. There are no taxes imposed on inheritance. Ohio has an effective property tax rate of 1.56%. Weighing these taxes and other taxes most likely to impact the aging population is how Ohio earned its state tax grade of C.
Because its a small town everybody knows everyone. We have police patrol all the time. Everyone welcomes you like they have known you forever.


We are back!! Our spot is back. It is really dusty and they left a lot of screws and wood chips around - but it is still nice to have our spot back. I appreciate the closeness of it.
Sunny morning sesh - I wasn't in the best of moods so I didn't have the best first skate. I warmed up with Come get Me - I know I am not allowed to play but it worked and got the boy skating on his own for a bit. I did some ollies and then 180's - I realised my 180's had gone to crap. Sad.
Shady afternoon sesh - mucho better mood and mucho better skate. I started with 180's and got them going around again. I just told myself to forget about going over the crack and did them in the middle of the cement. I will get them back over the line later. I also counted 1,2 3 - go.. so I actually just went - boom.
I did line one five times in a row. Slow and sketchy - but I did it.
I worked on my kick flips - but ran out of oomf.
Great day!! Skate, beach, yoga, skate, park!
Thursday 6 - 7:30am Bikram Cambie - Tanya!
Saturday 1 - 2:30 Ballet - Delina?
Thursday 1 - 2:30 Bikram Cambie - Chelsea?