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Yumi Matsuzawa
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Who is Yumi Matsuzawa? He is a male celebrity. He was born on Friday March 29th 1974, in Unknown.
Yumi Matsuzawa is gifted with natural leadership and the capacity to accumulate great wealth. He has great talent for management in all walks of life, especially in business and financial matters, where he contributes the greater vision, purpose, and long-range goals. He understands the material world, and intuitively knows what makes virtually any enterprise work. Business, finance, real estate, law, science (particularly history, archeology, and physics), publishing, and the management of large institutions are among the vocational fields that suit Yumi best. He is naturally attracted to positions of influence and leadership, and politics, social work, and teaching are among the many other areas where his abilities can shine.
He possesses the ability to inspire people to join him in his quest, even when they are incapable of seeing what he sees. Therefore, those around Yumi Matsuzawa need his continual guidance, inspiration, and encouragement. Matsuzawa is a good judge of character, which serves him well in attracting the right people that he can prod them then into action and direct them along the lines of his vision.
Yumi's challenge in life is to understand that power and influence must be used for the benefit of mankind, and only for his personal gain. Otherwise, Yumi Matsuzawa is bound to suffer the consequences of greed and run the risk of losing it all. He must also learn to bounce back from failures and defeats. As with many greate visionaries, Matsuzawa can be reckless for lack of attention to details. Thus, it is not unlikely for such personality to experience major reverses, including bankruptcies and financial failure. Yumi Matsuzawa, however, has the talent and the sheer guts to make more than one fortune, and build many successful enterprises.
Matsuzawa is likely to mold a large family around him, and he is inclined sometimes to keep them dependent longer than necessary. However, Yumi Matsuzawa is not demonstrative in showing his love and affection. Also, Yumi must be careful of becoming stubborn, intolerant, overbearing, and impatient. These characteristics may have been born early in his life, after suffering himself under a tyrannical parent or a family burdened by repressive religious or intellectual dogmas. More...
More flavors to Yumi's personality
Yumi Matsuzawa is a person of thinking and planning.
Having well-developed business mindset, he is good at making effective plans, setting goals and working out the best way to achieve them.
He may also have excellent organisational and administrative skills, but that depends on how often he skips the details in order not to lose sight of the bigger picture.
It is natural for Yumi to think before he acts, to constantly plan the short- and long-term future, and to keep elaborate notes and diary with everything well planned and written down.
He also knows how to work effectively and efficiently with others in business, while maintaining self control and discipline, and teaching them to appreciate knowledge as the key ingredient to success.
If Yumi is over-organized, he should practice finding his way in disarrayed environment, or otherwise feel confused and in disarray himself.
But if he ignores the details in favor of the bigger picture, others might view Matsuzawa as undisciplined with details, and not appreciate his great planning skills.
Yumi Matsuzawa is a practical and down to earth person that can think through any situation or problem.
His good health and physical stamina allow him to work long and hard for anything that he believe in, and quite often for material rewards.
Yumi utilizes his practical skills, strong physical dexterity, strength, and good health to work with his hands in either a practical or artistic way, such as being a sculptor or craftsman that possesses both physical and mental talents, and strives for high quality end results.
He is easy to get along with, and he has natural ability to save money and pool up economic resources.
Tour Yumi's menu and gain more insight into his personality traits, relationships, strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes, compatibility with you and with others, and much more.
January 21st 2022 is a day of change for Yumi Matsuzawa, one of which - perhaps a move or change of environment at work - also affects his family and friends.
Today also brings Yumi increased workload and responsibility that he must not put off until tomorrow.
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Our mission is to give our customers control over their privacy and security.
...but Why?
First and foremost, because Eric Schmidt is wrong.
Or, more eloquently: "Liberty requires security without intrusion...".
The importance of individual privacy has been recognized in our country from its initial founding. It's enshrined in our constitution. And that importance has increased dramatically over the last couple decades.
The internet eliminates international boundaries for information and communications. While an amazing step forward, it also exposes citizens and businesses to an aggregate of global threats that they haven't previously faced.
The immediate and pressing need, however, was more personal:
I needed a solution.
In 2014 and 2015, I was responding to the humanitarian crisis created by the ISIS capture of the city of Sinjar. ISIS had murdered and enslaved the ethnic Yazidi people who lived in the city. Survivors fled to a nearby mountain top without food, water or shelter. The geo-political situation was extremely sticky and the risks on the ground were complex.
My friends, who were either journalists or international aid workers, and my team had no reliable way of communicating securely via the commercial networks in the region. Sensitive efforts, such as trying to rescue girls captured as sex slaves by ISIS, effectively had to be run with in-person conversations.
My friends and customers also needed a solution.
In another domain, I had friends who were facing the threat of hostile government surveillance, backed by the full weight of their security forces and legal systems. Yet they were stuck with commercial smart phones and whatever apps they thought they could trust.
The risk these people faced was immediate, severe, and uncompromising. What was used to attack them, however, were off-the-shelf exploits, frequently purchased online. The same ones used to attack companies or celebrities, stealing their intellectual property or ransoming their own data back to them.
The root cause is the poor quality security in almost all consumer and commercial technology.
A business traveler to China often faced greater security threats than an aid worker in Iraq, although the consequences were fiscal rather than physical.
This problem is big. The consequences many people face are real, potentially life threatening. Slapping a band-aid on it, that was "good enough" for a chat app, was the wrong approach. So I set out to solve it the right way.
Contact us if you'd like to join the mission our keep tabs on our progress.
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Here's how to get free Super Bowl tickets.
If you haven't tried EA Access, you should. (Seriously, go sign up now. Just literally click any part of this sentence.) If my recommendation isn't enough, however, this will get you over there for sure. EA just revealed that one lucky Madden 17 player will win two tickets to Super Bowl 51.
The trip of a life time is only $4.99 away. For more information on the official rules, click here. For more on Madden 17 and updates on the latest sports gaming news around the globe, check out our homepage.
A caffeine-fueled wordsmith by day and a sarcasm aficionado by night. With penning skills well beyond that of a normal humanoid, there is no task too daunting for his journalistic might. When he's not gloating ridiculously in third-person, he can be found debating to the death at your local coffee bar.


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How Much Did It Cost to Build the Death Star?
The news from Lehigh University is that the Dark Side of the Force must be cashed up! Economics students at the Pennsylvanian university have worked together to develop a methodology from all reports and information available on the size and construction of the greatest weapon in the universe. The final cost is estimated at $8,100,000,000,000,000. That is […]
The news from Lehigh University is that the Dark Side of the Force must be cashed up!
Economics students at the Pennsylvanian university have worked together to develop a methodology from all reports and information available on the size and construction of the greatest weapon in the universe. The final cost is estimated at $8,100,000,000,000,000. That is appropximately 13,000 times the world's gross domestic product (GDP) required if NASA intended to embark on such an exercise today.
The core issue for the team was estimating the amount of raw materials required. They appear to be comfortable that our planet could provide enough (only there would be a question about how much of the planet would be left after sourcing the materials). The blog post on the report states:
Scaling up to the Death Star, this is about 1.08x1015 tonnes of steel. 1 with fifteen zeros.
Which seems like a colossal mass but we've calculated that from the iron in the earth, you could make just over 2 billion Death Stars. You see, the Earth's crust may have a limited amount of iron, but the core is mostly our favorite metal and is both very big and very dense, and it's from here that most of our death-star iron would come.
You can read more about the process to come to that final figure over here.
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Fuller Flavour: I'm convinced we'll finally see progress in 2022
Karl Fuller
Published: 12:30 PM January 3, 2022
Updated: 5:31 PM January 7, 2022
Karl Fuller believes long-suffering Ipswich Town fans will finally see some progress in 2022 - Credit: PA
Ipswich Town fan Karl Fuller explains why he's optimistic for 2022 at the Blues...
Happy New Year to you all and as our dear old Queen would say, 2021 was another 'Annus Horribilis' for us Town fans.
In truth, it was just one of many in recent seasons and yet another we're glad to see the back of. Including caretakers, we saw five managers use 57 players in 2021 and those two statistics alone tell the story of why things did not work out again.
We simply have to find consistency with quality rather than quantity. Despite our failings, I think foundations have been laid. 2022 will start to see the club progress.
How will progress be measured? Reaching the play-offs this season would be a massive bonus. I am not sure we will reach them personally, but I think we will now see us moving forward gradually so that this time next year, we will be a top-six side. Here's hoping those words do not come back to haunt me!
My optimism is created from the fact that I believe that we have all the ingredients in place to make this project work. Just compare ourselves to this time last year. We have owners that show positive and demonstrable intentions to take us forward.
Ipswich Town's new co-owners Brett Johnson, Berke Bakay and Mark Detmer. - Credit: Contributed
Beneath them, we at long last have a structure in place at the club. We have a bright young manager with no history to harp on about, who arrived at the club with new ideas to implement from modern coaching philosophies.
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And despite there not being evidence of it for much of this season, we have a squad of players that on paper at least, are an improvement on those that were replaced.
What I liked against Sunderland and more so against Wycombe, was that a formation to suit them had been identified, the fire in their bellies seemed lit and I sensed a real desire from them to do the shirt proud.
The win over Wycombe may not have been a scintillating performance, and it may have lacked lots of goals and excitement. But it was an assured and determined performance from every player to grind out a victory that on the night was just about deserved.
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna pumps both fists after his side's 1-0 victory over Wycombe Wanderers. - Credit: Steve Waller - stephenwaller.com
Kieran McKenna is now one of eight Ipswich managers whose first Ipswich game in charge was a home league game and he is the only one to win such a game (my thanks to the Renegade Statman for this great stat).
It may have been a coincidence but I left the game thinking that there were some subtle differences in our performance that may have come from the limited time he has had on the training pitch to date. I liked what I saw.
On top of all those ingredients mentioned above, I will throw in our support. The last two home games have shown the potential fan base we have to call upon.
Playing a good brand of football and winning games could see our crowds regularly around the 25k mark. And we won! Remember, our record over the last few years in front of big crowds is very poor.
See what I mean? Everything fell into place in that one game. There is much to enthuse about.
I know, I know, I have built myself up for a big fall if the next two or three games do not go to plan. But we have to start this umpteenth new era, at the start of a new year, with optimism and hope. And I really do think hope can turn into reality.
Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna pictured with Luke Woolfenden after the victory over Wycombe. - Credit: Steve Waller - stephenwaller.com
One uncertainty ahead is how many more games will be called off due to COVID. I was disappointed not to have football to attend on New Year's Day and question if the system is being played by some clubs who request to have games postponed.
But in those genuine cases, I can understand the need for such requests. Let's hope that this Saturday will see a return to action.
Finally, I would like to congratulate Ipswich Town fan and Radio Suffolk's Mark Murphy for his MBE awarded to him in the new-year's honours list.
It is no more than he deserves for his services to us all, including the many years of presenting Life's a Pitch. Well done, Mark.
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Will the millions of dollars spent really pay off for the advertisers?
Two days before the Super Bowl people are not only betting on the winner, but also on the best commercial. Will the millions of dollars spent really pay off for the advertisers? We took a closer look at the Super Bowl Ad landing pages for these Super Bowl Ads. Our synthetic monitoring showed huge differences ranking from 1.4 to 10s+ load time. If these pages are already slow prior to the big day, we wonder how they will do on Sunday and if there is anything that can be done to speed things up.
NOT following Best Practices such as Spriting.
For Business Owners: Talk with your IT Teams and make sure they have the time and resources to analyze and do last minute fixes - otherwise it is possible that even with the funniest ad, you won't be able to convert viewers into customers because your website may crash or be slow. You can check out how fast your page is in the moment: Run an Instant Test with Compuware APM/Gomez.
For the DevOps and Web Architect Team: Run a quick sanity check with tools such as Compuware APM/dynaTrace AJAX Edition, PageSpeed, FireBug, ... and follow the best practices we have been talking about in the recent years.
Next Steps: Figure out if these image URLs are valid and really needed for the landing page. If so - check the CDN configuration. If they are not needed, they probably got onto the page by accident. Make sure to remove them from the HTML document so that they don't impact page load time.
More blogs on CDNs: Check out our blogs on Why CDNs and How, How to Monitor CDNs, When Things Go Wrong.
Next Steps: I would ask the question: why it is necessary to download all these images on the initial landing page when only a handful of them are shown anyway? Loading images of a picture gallery in advance will speed up scrolling through the gallery, but it will also impact the first impression of that page. This will make end users wonder how much data they just downloaded to access a "mobile" web site.
After so many years of Web Performance Optimization Best Practices it still interesting to see "performance landmines" like the ones highlighted here. And - these are just a few of many that we found. If you want to learn more about what it takes to prevent these problems right from the start then check out some of our other blogs on Best Practices for DevOps and Avoiding the Classical Business War Room Scenario.


I know Roddick takes a lot a heat in the press, on message boards, from fans and even from me, some of it deserving. However, I believe in Roddick and I respect his focus and his ability to win big matches in Davis Cup competition, and that's why I'll take the US to bring home the Davis Cup trophy back to America for the first time since 1995, when Pete Sampras won it for the U.S.
The US will also be aided by the Bryan twins who I fully expect to win their doubles match on Saturday, which might even be the clincher depending on how things play out today.
Before the twins, the tie opens 1pm pacific time today (live on Versus TV in the U.S., replay on the Tennis Channel) with Roddick facing Tursunov followed by Blake and Youzhny.
On any other stage Roddick versus Tursunov is a tough matchup to call. The two played a memorable match a year ago in the Davis Cup semis where Dmitry won a five set nailbiter. And pound-for-pound, Dmitry's the better all-around player. But today I give Roddick the slight edge because he's at home and he'll be playing the crowd, strutting his usual stuff and trying to intimidate Tursunov, all of which really shouldn't faze Dmitry but you never know. Dmitry does reside in northern California so maybe he'll get some support.
If Roddick drops the opening match, all bets are off on an American victory. In my mind Roddick needs to win both matches for Team US to pull this thing out. Why? Because I just don't trust Blake in a high stakes showdown such as this. Blake has enjoyed a lot of success in Davis Cup rubbers on Sunday, winning by my count, eight of nine completed matches. Unfortunately for Blake all eight of those wins came in dead rubbers. In fact, Blake's just 4-7 in live singles matches in his career, defeating Leander Paes, Tommy Robredo, Mario Ancic and Victor Hanescu in matches that count. And lest we forget James isn't exactly a pillar of strength when under the gun.
Coaching decisions might also play a role in this one. Unlike US captain Patrick McEnroe, who's only major decision is seemingly who'll be on the practice team, Tarpischev likes to get hands dirty. He'll make last minute substitutions, jumble the line-up, change the team uniforms, fly in Yevgeny Kafelnikov to eat any leftovers and even poison opponents when necessary. The guy attacks Davis Cup ties as if they were chess matches.
Already Tarpischev has benched the No. 4 ranked Davydenko in singles, leaving him to partner with Andreev for the doubles slaughter. Smart move? I think so. And if Russia can push to it to a fifth rubber it's anyone's guess as to who Tarpischev will tab to face Blake in the finale. Safin? Kafelnikov? Maria Sharapova? Anna Kournikova? Himself? Hell, I'd even fly in Sveta for that one.
But again, I think Roddick will bail this team out, pull out a win over Tursunov Friday and clinch the tie with a victory on Sunday. So I'll stick with the U.S., which is 5-0 in home Davis Cup finals, to pull it out 4-1.
I like it when the Bryan brothers play singles matches in the dead rubbers. Always neat to see some tag team specialists have a go at singles competition.
Good for Andy and James; they deserve it. The Bryans should finish the Davis Cup quest tomorrow and end the US's long drought, at home no less.
I like reading Roddick's interviews; he's insightful and honest, not to mention funny and self-deprecating.
"But it's advantageous. Kind of I knew what I had to do. I knew what I had to do to be healthy. I knew what I had to do to be in shape. You actually had enough time to plan it out. Just think how well everyone would play if we had an off-season. You say, What's that like? That's actually normal in most sports, right?
On one hand (selfish one) I love tennis and hate missing it for the ONE MONTH the players don't play, but on the other hand, it seems to me players need a little more of an off season. If they had it, they'd have more time to chill, to train, to strategize, and in the end, it might be better for everyone – fans included.
Thanks Ian G. Since there is no televised action of the match in Canada (today TSN is showing horse-jumping and women's bowling championships instead, that is, until hockey starts), I've been relying on you tube, blogs, interviews and the like.
And no grendel, Roddick is not always self-deprecating, but he can be, and he can also be cocky and modest and, frankly, the full gamut, but he's nothing if not honest and hard working: a good ole boy, you might say. He's certainly been doing Americans proud in his efforts for a Davis Cup victory; that's why he deserves it.
I dont know why the media is always so down on Roddick for winning one slam. At least he has one. Neither Davydenko, Ferrer, or Djokovic have a slam to their name and they are all ranked higher than Roddick. How come nobody asks them why they dont have one? Other than Federer and Nadal who else has been winning slams for the past three years?
Oh and congratulations to the USA on their Davis Cup win! Tennis-X will not be happy about this news.
No one deserves that Davis Cup win more than Andy. He has given it his all. I would say that the Davis Cup win means more to Andy than a grand slam. He is a true red, white and blue guy. It is very unfair that he is pounced on and ridiculed by the public for not winning more than one grand slam. I hope he does win another, but if he doesn't, no big deal. He's been in the top 10 for the past 5 years — that says something for his stability. His game has improved tremendously since working with Connors. In my opinion he could use some positive reinforcement instead of criticism. Except for Nadal and Federer, Andy is the only other player that has won a slam, also, among the current American players, he's the only one in the top 10 and has a grand slam, why not give them some heat.
American Tennis is truly blessed to have this young man represent our Country!
Roddick is 3-1 against Tursunov. The match that Tursunov won in the Davis Cup semis was 17-15 in the 5th set and it was on clay.
Give credit where it's due. Has Tursunov ever been in the top 10? Has he ever won a Masters tournament or a grand slam. No. How could he be better than Roddick?


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It stretches things a bit, but the saying offers more practical wisdom than you might think. Consider the "serial position" in psychology, which says that when given a list of information and later asked to recall that information, the information at the beginning (primacy) and the information at the end (recency) are more likely to be recalled than the items in the middle.
These eleven tips will help you open your presentation long before you take the podium.
First, let's begin at the real beginning, which is a month out from your presentation.
1. Practice delivering your talk in your own words and ask the help of a coach or someone who can give you good feedback. Submerge your psyche in your material so completely that you can have a conversation about it. Avoid memorizing and the canned-sound of sentence structure. The goal is to work from a few bullets, not a script. If you are dependent upon a script, you are not ready.
2. Every moment you spend learning about your audience, you increase the odds that your talk will be a success. Interview the event planner in depth about how the event is being promoted, the other speakers and overall expectations. Ask to be connected with an influencer in the group who would be willing to talk with you about the issues that are most relevant to the audience.
3. Devise the introduction that the person who will introduce you will use. It's best to have someone introduce you in an upbeat, concise way. Long introductions are boring. Send a short intro in advance that answers the questions, "Why this topic, Why this speaker," and ask that it be adhered to, period.
4. In a traditional setting, it is the job of the person introducing you is to stay at the front of the room until you get there, shake your hand and exit. If the individual leaves as you approach, there's a disconnect for the audience. Their eyes will bounce back and forth between you and the introducer. Cover all this with the individual who will introduce you.
5. Visit the room hours before the event for the purpose of "owning" the space. Walk the room and the stage. Talk to the A/V team and run a sound check. Be friendly but insist on a wireless mic that will allow you to move away from the podium.
6. Dress for the audience and always err on the side of being tad more formal versus more casual than your listeners. Either way, wear clothes that allow you to feel free about movement. Consider a spot for the lapel mic and don't wear anything that will "compete" with your message. Watch out for tight shoes or spike heels. The last thing you want to worry about is whether or not you will make it up the stage step without tripping.
7. Arrive at least one hour before show time. Mingle and meet people. Never roll in last minute and jump start your presentation with a room full of strangers.
8. Many speakers scamper to the front of the room when introduced, looking down and making sure they have their notes. Hear this: your talk begins when you are invited to the front.
9. Anticipate and welcome the surge of adrenaline. Breathe slowly from the diaphragm and let that surge give you a heightened platform of energy.
10. Posture is the first "hello." Stand with shoulders back and stride with purpose toward the stage. Sit close to the front so it's a short trip—and never bounce down from the back of the room like a game show host.
11. Check your expression. If you look serious and somber, we anticipate the same kind of keynote. If you try to imitate Tony Robbins we will be skeptical of your credibility. But if you have a natural smile and appropriate positivity you begin to invite the audience to connect with you. If you are sincerely pleased to be in the room and interested in connecting with us, we will know it.


Why do crime rates vary across different ages, genders, and racial/ethnic groups?
Why do crime rates vary across time and from culture to culture?
Why are some individuals more prone to committing crime than others?
Why are some harmful acts criminalized and not others?
What can we do to prevent crime?
The scientific method as mentioned above is a tool for separating truth from error by demanding evidence for any conclusions. Evidence is obtained by formulating hypotheses derived from theory that are rigorously tested with data.
Criminality on the other hand is a clinical or scientific term rather than a legal one, and one that can be defined independently of legal definitions of crimes. Crime is an intentional act of commission or omission contrary to the law and is property of society; Criminality is a property of individuals that signals the willingness to commit the crimes and other harmful acts. Criminality is a trait that lies on a continuum ranging from saint to sociopath, and is composed of other traits such as callousness and impulsiveness that also vary greatly among people.
Defining criminality as a continuous trait acknowledges that there is no sharp line separating individuals with respect to this trait- it is not a trait that one has or does not have. Just about everyone at some point in life has committed an act or two in violation of the law but that doesn't make us all criminals. The point is, we are all situated somewhere on the criminality continuum, just as our heights range from the truly short to the truly short to truly tall. Thus, both height and criminality can be thought of as existing along a continuum, even though the words we use often imply that people's heights and criminal tendencies come in more or less discrete categories (tall/short, criminal/noncriminal).
No one is a criminal until he or she has been defined as such by the law, which makes it necessary to briefly discuss the process of arriving at the definition. The legal answer to the question "what is criminal?" is that he or she is someone who has committed a crime and has been judged guilty of having done so. Before the law can properly call a person a criminal, it must go through a series of actions governed by well-defined legal rules guiding the serious business of officially labelling a person a criminal.
Corpus delicti- a Latin term meaning "body of crime" and refers to the elements of an act that must be present in order to legally define it as a crime.
Actus reus means guilty act and refers to the principle that a person must commit some forbidden act or neglect some mandatory act before he or she can be subjected to criminal sanctions.
Mens rea means guilty mind and refers to whether or not the suspect has a wrongful purpose in mind when carrying out the actus reus.
Concurrence- the act and the mental state concur in the sense that the criminal intention actuates the criminal act.
Harm- the negative impact a crime has either on the victim or on the general values of the community.
 Criminology, The essentials by Anthony Walsh.


Social Media can be a great brand builder as well as an easy way to engage with potential and current customers, all neatly tucked into in a familiar and user-friendly platform. That said, getting started can be very daunting in 2018 because social is so saturated. Every small business can and must use social media to their advantage in some form or another, but the stakes may have just gotten a lot higher.
Jamie recently appeared on Delaware Public Media (Delaware's source for NPR news) to discuss the latest changes announced by Facebook to show less business posts and more personal posts from friends and family.
Whether it is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google + or whatever is next (Snapchat?, Periscope?), you should not ignore a platform that can drive thousands of visitors to your website on their way to becoming new customers.
If you have no social media business profiles in place whatsoever or especially a generally underperforming presence, I can help. If you are looking for a low-cost alternative to PPC advertising, targeted social media campaigns anchored to a great profile and website may be exactly what you need for as as $1 a day.
Putting together a targeted Facebook ad campaign complete with a multiple image carousel, customized text, links and landing pages is an extremely affordable way to put a small advertising budget to work.
Have a conversation with Jamie to find out what fits your business.


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Search: Look for women by using the search button. You can search by age, location, language spoken, hair color, eye color, ethnicity, body type etc.
Messages: Send and receive messages to other members of the site.
Chat Rooms: Interact with people in the chat rooms.
Views: Check out who viewed your profile.
Winks: Check out who sent you a wink.
NastyMams.com is yet another site run by Massinteractive Holdings Ltd. This company is responsible for countless dating scams that we have reported on in the past (BangExperts.com, DoUWant.me, IWantHotties.com, CougarCrush.com, NaughtyFever.com, NFMature.com, WildDate4Sex.com, SexInTouch.com). But, they continue to pump out new dating scams on a regular basis. It costs them nothing to purchase a domain name and then to use the same database of members from other already established dating sites to create a new dating site. They can create new sites every single day if they wanted to. This is an endless game of cat and mouse with us exposing scams from the same people. Today's investigation is on NastyMams.com.
Probably the first indicator that this website was indeed a scam is the amount of emails that poured into our email inbox in such a short amount of time. We received 17 email messages (see evidence below) from female members. But as with all our investigations we make sure to keep our dating profile 100% empty so then we can come back with the argument stating that there would be absolutely no reason for other members to contact us since they had no clue as to what we look like. And also they don't know any information about us. But never the less we still received 17 email messages from women on the site. But why did we receive those messages? It all made sense when we tried to read the messages and every single time we had a message pop asking us to upgrade. The scam is that they send out an automated email messages and then request that you upgrade in order to read the messages!
Not surprising to us, but it may be surprising to you. Did you know that this website is involved in the creation of a fictitious female user profiles? These fake female profiles are created by the staff of NastyMams.com (see section i of the terms page). They use these fake profiles to do a multitude of different tasks such as make it appear as if the site is full of attractive looking girls. The second thing they use them for is to entice male members into upgrading, since you need to purchase a membership in order to communicate with any other male and female members on the site. Unfortunately you can't tell which girls are real and which are fake but for the most part over 90% of the girls on this site are fake and not real members.
Did you know that the website also uses fake instant messages to lure male members into buying a membership to the site?. You can see from the evidence below, and this is just one example of the many phony instant messages that we received from fictitious profiles that were made by the site. The people who run this site are not interested in offering a dating service they are interested inmaking you believe that you are using a real dating service, when in reality this whole website is one big scam. All the messages are phony, and they are automated messages sent from computer programs. In the terms and conditions page of the site they discuss they use of automated instant messages. We will discuss this further down in our investigation.
And of course anyone who sends you winks or flirts is also completely fake. SexyMams.com uses fake winks to deceive you into pulling on your credit card and paying for a monthly membership to this useless dating service. You might as well just flush your money down the toilet because that's how well this site will work for you. The people who sent us the winks are totally fake and the people who send your winks are fake as well. All the winks are automated, no real women are actually interested in you or are corresponding with you. This is a fact that can be verified if you read the terms and conditions of the site.
If you wanted undeniable proof that this web site is a complete scam you only need to look and read the terms and conditions. You can read the most important part of the terms and conditions below. We have copied those parts and now you can read everything about how they run their scam operation. Every detail on how they create fake profiles and use automated messages is there for you to sift through.
We create user profiles for use by our customer support representatives for the support, marketing.
The messages they send are computer generated. Messages from the user profiles we create attempt to simulate communications so that should you become a paid Member you are encouraged to participate in more conversation and to increase interaction among fellow paid Members. The user profiles we create are not intended to resemble or mimic any actual persons. We may create several different user profiles that we attach to a given picture. You understand and acknowledge that we create these profiles and that these profiles are not based on or associated with any Registered User or Member of our Service or any other real person. You also acknowledge and agree that the descriptions, pictures and information included in such profiles are provided primarily for your amusement and to assist you navigate and learn about our Website. Any one of these user profiles may message with multiple Registered Users at the same or substantially the same times just like our Registered Users and Members.
We will, send automatic electronic communications to stimulate conversation between members.
Our investigation has concluded this website is operating in a fraudulent manner. We have exposed every facet of a scam and now we conclude and suggest that you do not use this site.
Get a hold of your bank so you can get your money back from these crooks!
This one chick from the site is trying to blackmail me and I don't know if she's fake or not can someone tell me?
All of the women I finally do vontact are in Ghana and all run the Itune and Amazon scam. I traced an Itune service number and found that it was cashed in at a computer center in Accara, Guana. Even the real people on Nastymame are scammers to.
I wish I had contacted you guys before I gave my debit card. Now I am out $30.00. I consider it a lesson well deserved!


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Groundbreaking ceremony for Page Middle School
The Gloucester County School Board held a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the new Page Middle School.
The new school replaces the one destroyed by a tornado nearly two years ago.
Luckily, it happened on a Saturday and students and staff were at home when a tornado destroyed Page Middle School two years ago.
Now county officials are finally breaking ground on a new one.
Page Middle School is finally being rebuilt.
Aerial footage shows the devastation after the April 2011 twister.
The EF2 tornado not only flattened the middle school, but damaged more than 150 homes when it tore through the county.
Two people died and 60 were injured after the tornado traveled more than eight miles.
The tornado flattened Page Middle School and high winds flipped parked school buses.
School officials then had to find a place for more than 400 students.
For the last two years, students have been taking classes in the nearly 30 trailers parked outside Gloucester High School.
Since the tornado left that trail of destruction, Page Middle School students have taken action to help other schools affected by natural disasters, especially those in the midwest.


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Sights - Cathedrals, Churches and Chapels Church Of The Immaculate Conception en ^
Welcome to the official tourism website for Olomouc.
Olomouc in a nutshell or all you should know before visiting Olomouc.
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Before you visit Olomouc find out what to see, get inspired by our promotional materials or book a guide!
If in doubt where to stay, dine or find some evening entertainment, then you've come to the right place.
The Holy Trinity Column - a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the unique astronomical clock or a rare collection of churches and fountains. All this awaits you in Olomouc!
Olomouc Castle
Town Hall with Horologe
Fountains and Columns
Olomouc Fortress
Buildings and Palaces
Are you a music or theater buff? Do you like museums and galleries? Listening to jazz? All this and much more can be found here!
Would you like to play golf? Visit a ropes course? Take a bike trip; walk in the park or in the Zoo? In Olomoiuc you will never get bored!
Let's go outdoors
Olomouc Zoo
Olomouc parks
Olomouc by bike
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Horní náměstí (Upper Square)
Town Hall's archway
Opening hours: daily 9:00am –7:00pm
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Cathedrals, Churches and Chapels
St Wenceslas' Cathedral
Hradisko Monastery
St. Catherine's Monastery
Church of St. Maurice
Dominican Church
The Capuchin Church
Chapel of St John Sarkander
Church of St. Cyril and Methodius
Church of St. Gorazd
St. Michael's Church
Church of the Virgin Mary of the Snow
Chapel of St. Anne
Minor Basilica of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Hussite church
Chapel of St. Barbara
Red Church
Sokolská ulice, 779 00, Olomouc
The Late Gothic Church of The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in today's Sokol Street was originally built as a church of the Franciscan Monastery.
The monastery and the Church with the typical Franciscan sanctification were built at the initiative of the charismatic preacher and vicar general of Conventual Franciscans, Saint John of Capistrano in the years 1454-1468. By the mid 15th century Olomouc had become a strategic point of Capistrano's missionary journeys to the Czech lands. The preacher visited the city in 1451 and 1454. His preaching against Utraquists and Jews found fertile soil here, and in 1454 Jews were expelled from all Moravian royal cities, including Olomouc. The church was consecrated in 1468 in the presence of King Matthias Corvinus. The Franciscan Convent further continued in Capistrano's missionary task.
The church has a simple structure, which is typical for the Franciscan buildings. It is likely that the monastery with its church was built by the city building works, which built The Parish Church of St. Maurice at the same time. Although the Church Of The Immaculate Conception was built in the mid-15th century, the three-naved structure on a square plan has only a simple cross vaulting. More interesting, however, is the pyramidal roof of the church, as well as interior decoration with a few late Gothic wall paintings (such as Our Lady of the Rosary which dates from 1500 in the south aisle of the church, or the scene of the battle of Belgrade which occurred on July 22nd, 1456, shown at 46 m2 on the north wall of the presbytery). After 1525, the monastery with the church and adjoining suburbs of Bělidla were attached to the inner city due to a new line of city walls. An Early Baroque Chapel of St. Anthony of Padua was added to the church on the south side in 1653. Only a part of a cloister with original vaults has survived from the late Gothic period. The remaining part of the cloister was vaulted over in the Renaissance. The whole monastery was rebuilt in Baroque style in 1743. The church and the monastery underwent reconstruction in the nineties of the 20th century. Construction work was accompanied by an archaeological survey, which yielded many interesting findings. It was revealed, for example, that, over many centuries believers trod unwittingly on Jewish gravestones used during construction as a building material for the floor in the monastery church.
At present, the monastery with the church belongs to a Dominican Convent, also active at St. Michael.
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"Puffery," or "seller's puff," is an exaggerated or over the top general promotional statement that a reasonable person would not take literally. For example, the claim that "Lilly's Magic Lotion is the best lotion on the market" would be considered puffery. The claim that the lotion "is the best" is general and a court would find that a consumer could not reasonably take such a claim literally.
An interesting area of the law involves the intersection of visual communication and puffery and misrepresentation. Although most cases apply puffery to verbal or textual claims, in cosmetic marketing, visual representations are deemed incredibly important. Indeed, some in the cosmetics industry have been criticized for "photoshopping" images. Internationally, several jurisdictions have adopted restrictions on the use of such techniques in certain circumstances.
Although the United States has not yet fully followed suit, the Truth in Advertising Act of 2014 (H.R. 4341) may be an indication that it is not too far off. In addition, it is imaginable a creative litigant using existing law and precedent to could argue that an extreme photoshopped image equates to false advertising.
Whether purported false advertising is from a visual image or statement, there are three general principles that underline deceptive advertising disputes. First, there must be a representation, omission, or practice that is likely to mislead consumers. Second, the representation must be material, i.e., will the claim likely affect a consumer's purchasing decision. And, finally, would the reasonable consumer be deceived.
The puffery defense attacks these tenets based on three assumptions. First, there is an assumption that the ability to distinguish between factual and non-factual speech can be accomplished simply by looking at the speech itself. Second, "consumers acting reasonably" are unlikely to be deceived by claims that are incapable of being measured. And third, there is an assumption that the claim is not meant to deceive or lead to general practice of deceiving consumers.
Many real-world examples are less clear than our Lilly's Magic Lotion examples above. A California District Court found that Quaker Oats' claims that their product was "wholesome" was not puffery if the product contained "dangerous additives," as the plaintiff claimed. Chacanaca v. Quaker Oats Co., 752 F. Supp. 2d 1111 (N.D. Cal. 2010). The Ninth Circuit found that a claim by Gerber that its fruit snack was designed "to help toddlers grow up strong and healthy" could constitute illegal misrepresentation, as the primary ingredients of the snacks were corn syrup and sugar. Williams v. Gerber Products Co., 552 F.3d 934 (9th Cir. 2008). However, a District Court held that the term "premium" on Hansen's Soda was classic puffery. Viggiano v. Hansen Natural Corp., 944 F. Supp. 2d 877 (C.D. Cal. 2013).
Relating to cosmetics, a New York District Court found that a label on "Fox's Love Potion Perfumes" to be puffery when it stated the product contained "magical love attractant[s]." Dessert Beauty, Inc. v. Fox, 617 F. Supp. 2d 185, 193 (S.D.N.Y. 2007) aff'd, 329 F. App'x 333 (2d Cir. 2009). Furthermore, an Arizona District Court found to be puffery claims that a competitor's eye-brow lengthening product was inferior and did not contain a necessary active ingredient. Cosmetic Alchemy, LLC v. R & G, LLC, CV-10-1222-PHX-GMS, 2010 WL 4777553 (D. Ariz. Nov. 17, 2010).
Take Away … Distinguishing between "seller's puff" and illegal misrepresentation is not always a breeze. Even the best crafted defense may go up in smoke if a company pushes the envelope too far.


Birdsongs are sung with gourd rattles. We call them "Halmas." Here are some pictures of ones that I own.
This one I bought from Jose Robles. He is a famous singer and is know for making quality halmas.
I don't know where this one came from. I think I got it at a halma exchange. It doesn't have holes.
This is a very old halma with an almost perfect shape. The handle looks like part of a chair. This was given to me by the late Rosalie Robinson upon my graduation from college.
I made this one and I use it all the time. It is not too loud so if I make a mistake no one will notice.
This is another one that I bought from Jose Robles. It also has an almost perfect shape.
First hollow out the gourd and then fill it with 100 to 200 palm seeds. The handle is willow because it is light and good for playing all night without getting tired. The paint is applied in any style. The first one you make you are suppose to give it away.


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No shortage of national championships for kids in USA
by Mike Woitalla @MikeWoitalla, Jul 2, 2015
If the USA unequivocally leads the soccer world in something, it's championships for kids.
The first youth soccer national championship in the USA was founded in 1935 and contested by U-19 boys. In 1975, it was named the McGuire Cup, in honor of James McGuire, who served as U.S. Soccer Federation president in 1952-54 and again in 1971 until his death in 1974.
U.S. Youth Soccer introduced a U-19 girls national championship in 1980 and by 2001 had national championships for six age groups for both boys and girls, from U-14 to U-19. U-13s were added in 2013, by which time other national championships had joined the scene.
In 2007, the USSF created the U.S. Soccer Development Academy for U-15/16 and U-17/18 boys.
In 2009 came the girls Elite Club National League (ECNL), sanctioned by U.S. Club Soccer, which also oversees a variety of other cups and championships.
The Development Academy has a U-13/14 division, but without standings and with a showcase designed for youth national team scouting rather than crowning a champion. All 88 U-13/14 teams played in the National Showcase that coincided with older age groups' playoffs late last month in Westfield, Ind.
Development Academy Quarterfinals
U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) quarterfinalists emerged from June 22-26 playoffs in Westfield, Ind. Quarterfinal games are hosted by the higher seeded teams. Winners will advance to the Academy Championships in Carson, Calif., with semifinals on July 16 and championship games July 18.
USSDA U-17/18 quarterfinals (July 7)
Montreal Impact (1) vs. Real So Cal (8)
Real Salt Lake AZ (2) vs. Shattuck-St. Mary's (7)
Houston Dynamo (3) vs. Chicago Fire (6)
San Jose Earthquakes (4) vs. Players Development Academy (5)
New York Red Bulls (1) vs. Chivas USA (8)
Philadelphia Union (2) vs. New England Revolution (7)
FC Dallas (3) vs. Beachside SC (6)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (4) vs. Georgia United (5)
(77 teams compete in the USSDA in both the U-17/18 and U-15/16 age groups.)
Development Academy U-17/18 All-Conference Teams
ECNL National Finals
The girls Elite Club National League (ECNL) National Finals for U-15, U-16 and U-17 divisions will be held July 14-18 in Richmond, Va. U-14 and U-18 champions were crowned in Seattle in June.
U-14 Final
Slammers FC 2 San Diego Surf 0
U-15 finalists
Crossfire Premier, Solar Chelsea, So Cal Blues, Real Colorado, D'Feeters Soccer Club, Michigan Hawks , West Coast FC , Colorado Storm.
De Anza Force, So Cal Blues, Match Fit Academy, FC Stars of Massachusetts, Lonestar SC, West Coast FC, Orlando City, Las Vegas Premier SA.
Eclipse Select, San Diego Surf, PDA, Slammers FC, Real Colorado, Crossfire Premier, Dallas Sting, Santa Rosa United.
Michigan Hawks 2 West Coast FC 0
(The eight finalists in each age group will be drawn into two four-team round-robin groups with winners advancing to the final.)
US Youth Soccer National Championships
The US Youth Soccer National Championships, held Tulsa, Okla., July 21-26, consist of USYS Regional Champions in the U-13 through U-19 boys and girls age groups as well as the US Youth Soccer National League qualifiers in the U-14 through U-18 boys and girls age groups for a field of 96 teams.
Champions in the four regions were crowned within the last two weeks:
Region I (East) Champions
Region II (Midwest) Champions
Region III (South) Champions
Region IV (West) Champions
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27 comments about "No shortage of national championships for kids in USA".
Brian Something, July 3, 2015 at 8:47 a.m.
I love how all the propaganda from US Soccer and US Youth Soccer is this: at the youth level, it's not about winning, it's about player development. Yet 80% of the emails I get from USYS is them pimping their national championships. Is it really necessary to have a national championship for 12 year olds? Who does it really serve?
Soccer Madness, July 3, 2015 at 10:04 a.m.
Hipocrisy at its best
rh b, July 3, 2015 at 11:50 a.m.
There are also the US Club Nationals next week that were not mentioned in the article. The reality is less desirable options -- pay-for-play, tournaments, lots of games, and camps -- are the only ways in the US right now for most youth players (non USSDA) to play more and against better competition. While evolving, the culture and the lack of funds in the US don't support a comprehensive, robust alternative development model. I hope it can change.
R2 Dad, July 3, 2015 at 1:01 p.m.
There is a major misunderstanding about practice vs match play in this country. US parents are convinced that playing the most competitive matches is the best way to improve their child's performance and development. But everything I've read and understand about the game points to the opposite: competitive practices are the forge that makes the player. How many parents in the US are demanding top-flight practices instead of top-flight matches/leagues/tournaments? There's about 14 in this entire country. This is something that Klinsmann can fix but no one wants to address it.
Kent James, July 3, 2015 at 6:27 p.m.
Nobody should have national championships at levels below U16. If we want to de-emphasize winning at the younger ages, then maybe we should DE-EMPHASIZE WINNING at the younger ages.
Wesley Hunt, July 3, 2015 at 9:56 p.m.
R2 Dad spot on. Seen middle class parents nearly going broke trying to support their kids for all the traveling tournaments they do with their club team even at U10. Plus all the stress to the family for the the travel and on the kid to perform. No wonder so many kids burn out and quite. Their time would be better spent at those young ages staying in local leagues, playing futsal and small sided games as much as possible and keeping the love of the sport alive in the kids rather than making it all such a big deal at such an early age. The technical age appropriate training that they get is much more important than what tournament their team just won. The trick is to find that but it is pretty scarce and you have to recognize it when you see it. Short of that make it as fun as possible.
Soccer Madness, July 3, 2015 at 10:41 p.m.
R2, easy fix. Use competitive games as competitive practices. Call them high intensity scrimmages. The best way tibdevekop will always be playingbthevgam no matter what anyone saids. The problem isn't we play to many games. The problem is what is emphasized during thebgame. If you play to win playing kickball or 1-2 touch then you are actually killing development. Does bit matter if it's done more at practice at high level? Nope. You are just getting better at being less creative and more predictable. Brazil and Argentina will always produce tgebbest simply because more of them play freely at younger ages, therefore more creative. By the time a coach gets a hold ofbthem they are already who they are. Same with basketball. If we had LeBron in a Basketball academy system he would not be great. He would notbbe the risk taker that makes him great. Skills would be focused on 1-2 aspects. But basketbal Academy coaches would be bragging they only pull from USBA!!
David Israel, July 5, 2015 at 12:20 p.m.
Soccer Madness - "The best way to develop will always be playing the game no matter what anyone saids."
Why is that such an unshakeable belief in America? If this were baseball and someone tells his story about breaking into the major leagues by constantly practicing batting, no one would think anything of it. In basketball if you say
"You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise."
no one jumps up to say something ignorant about playing to learn to Michael Jordan - http://refspace.com/quotes/Michael_Jordan/Q1880.
Only in soccer is it considered some sort of badge of honor to pretend that you can learn fundamental skills actually on the pitch. Because outright lying about skills training in soccer is the American thing to do.
Soccer Madness, July 5, 2015 at 9:30 p.m.
David, i said the best way to develop is playing the game. That's number one. Of course it matters what you do and how you do. Do you think Argentina and Brazil have a problem with fundamentals? Why is it the most exported players come out of here? Because they have a pay to play system that tells you you need a high level coach to teach you fundamentals? Or could it be that they see and learn mostly from each other and what they see on tv? Exactly like USA basketball. I ain't talking about all the good pro players. I'm talking about who all those good pro players want to be like along with the rest of the world. What environment do they come out of? Nba biggest star's will always come out of the ghetto. Do they pay big money to learn the fundamentals? B.S Please don't try to sell coaching fundamentals when history both in socce r and basketball say it is excelled in otherwise. Fundamentals are nothing without the magic of creativity and risk taking. That my friend is unique to the humbles of environments. Nobody can prove logically with a majority of players in either sport.
Like I said before, the problem in USA is what 8is being preached to do in a game. Not the actual amount of games. You can practice garbage 4-5 days a week and give the one game a week a lot of value but it won't matter if you play the same garbage. Garbage to me is the low risk soccer, possession, defense first, don't risk dangerous plays, kick ball, don't make runs that will put you tout of position defensively, etc. That is all garbage that 9prevails in usa. It looks good for gthe regular majority of ignorant parents that love the fact that his or her unskilled kid gets the ball the same amount of time as the best skid on the team. All that is doing is making the sucky kid think he can make it and discouraging the kid that actually is only one to have a chance. If we did this in the nba we would have the same or worst ratings than mls. That's why Kobe correctly called out Aau. It's garbage. What's different in youth soccer in usa?
David, how much creativity involved in baseball? LOL. WHat a poor comparison. Larry Bird became very good shooting the wrong way. HAHAHA. Question to you is do you need a coach to teach you fundamentals as much as everyone thinks? Because the best prove that otherwise. You give me an example of someone that learned fundamentals through training over innovating on the pitch and I will give you 10 better that learned in the ghetto. Want to try that experiment?
I think the makority of Americans think like you so you shouldnt worry.
David Israel, July 6, 2015 at 2:13 a.m.
Soccer Madness, obviously Argentina and Brazil are not getting their touch from playing 11v11 games where you get maybe 13 to 15 chances with the ball. They play futsal and small sided games. Nowhere did I claim you have to have an expensive coach to learn fundamentals but it certainly doesn't hurt. For sure though large sided games are not the path to playing beautiful soccer. The kids booting the ball are not tactically deficient; they are technically incapable of playing non-garbage soccer.
Please separate out your pay to play issues from practice versus tournaments and large sided games. They are two different discussions.
David, where did I say 11v11 was great for development? In USA travel u8 through U10 play 7v7 and U11-12 play 9v9. In Argentina and Brazil kids play in competition as well and its all free. Futsal is just one aspect of their development. They will play 3v3, 4v4, 5v5, etc depending on nuber showing up that day. Their main objective everyday is to play. Its not like they have a rule againts playing more than 5v5.
I said playing the gaME IS TH BEST way to develop. You said "Why is that such an unshakeable belief in America?" What you just pointed out about Argentina and Brazil playing futsal and small sided games is agreeing with me. Nothing hurts. Could it help to pay a coach to learn fundamentals? Sure. Should you do that instead of just playing? Hell no. The problem in USA is that we give too much value to "quality" training. Coerver. And think it meaningless to get together with friends to play. We have more than proved that we dont get top players out of that. The kids booting it is a result of that environment you want to defend. Coaches that are paid to win play low risk soccer to improve their chances of success. That includes that no attack posession garbage that so many USA Coaches now a days are implementing. All this over emphasis on winning and making a practice look good and making a team of kids look organized and discipl;ined undoubtably kills creativity and risk taking. These 2 elements are indispensable in the making of World Class players. It all goes together. So regarding the system we already have in place we can instantly improve it and therefore start changing the culture by playing those ever important travel games as if they were practice/scrimmage. Let the kids take risks. Dont worry about defensive shape so much. Play with only 1-2 subs to max play time. Encourage attack attack on every posession. filtered passes. no look passes. back heel passes. If you coach this way it is better to play more league games than practice. Kids will get more out of it. If you practice the same way then just do every day. Kids will love it and be better for it. I have proven this. David, please dont try to change this discussion now to large sided games.
William Anderson, July 6, 2015 at 10:50 a.m.
National Championships for U-12 in a country of 320 million spread out over 5 time zones. Brilliant! (sarcasm font)
David Israel, July 6, 2015 at 1:21 p.m.
Soccer Madness what exactly are you advocating? The topic of discussion here was tournaments. Do you want to make the existing tournaments less competitive and higher touch? So kids travel 100s and sometimes 1000s of miles with coaches that say play beautiful soccer and don't worry about winning?
Its the nature of a tournament that if you don't win you get knocked out. Especially if you have traveled a long way its not the kind of event that teams do risk taking. It doesn't matter whether the coach is paid or not or even if there is no coach. No one is going to travel so far and not do whatever it takes to win. No matter how skilled and well meaning the players you will end up with some Copa America looking play (ugly).
Playing the game is NOT THE BEST WAY to develop. Playing pickup non-tournament small sided or futsal is not "THE GAME". The game is 11v11 full competitive. So you have to modify it dramatically if you want kids to be able to learn skills and practice your beautiful soccer while playing it.
In America that even applies to a small sided pickup game. Since we don't have enough skilled players here you won't get the same results as you do in other countries. The soccer culture has to be imported and so far our only way to do that is to send players abroad who come back as coaches. Maybe that won't be the case for the next generation but we are still stuck there currently.
David, depends on how you look at it. To me they are all games. To you there are not. Neymar plays the same whatever and wherever it is. Thast what we need more of. 11v11 in USA starts at U13 for most, so to you nobody is actually playing the "Game" at the younger ages, correct? To me it doesnt matter. The problem is saying exactly what you just said "Since we don't have enough skilled players here you won't get the same results as you do in other countries". SO by this you mean to say we need to pay coaches alot of money to develop by training. Thats B.S. What we need is more coaches to take travel games and tournaments as if they were practice and scrimmages, especially at U8-U12. Comprende? Thats how you start a culture that you speak of. Not by getting everybody used to having some one train them as only or best option. And by the way we have alot of skill in USA, the problem is it is not appreciated and therefore developed. Pay to play caters to the sucky momma boys. Thats why we make it fun for them by forcing the skilled (often poor and scholarshipped) kids to adapt to the sucky kids. It all goes together. Waht would happen if clubs focused on pure skill, creativity, risk taking?? All the pay to play ki9ds would leave!! Why? They wouldnt see the ball!! Parents would yell "that kid is selfish". Can you imagine another coun try saying "well we dont have skilled basketball players so lets start a youth travel pay to play system to develop player so we can one day beat USA". Doesnt that sound extremely stupid and Naive to you?? Wouldnt it make much more sense for those countries to look into the few hoods they have for skill?
As far as teams traveling far to win. Ok, that happens what? 1-2 times a year? Ok, so its cool to play those to win. WHat about the rest of the year where they play cose to home? What about practice?? Problem is and will always be these coaches will play every game and design every practice all year to win those 2 tournaments. Thats where he makes his living. Doesnt matter what you do, 3v3, 5v5, 7v7 if that is what the team/club is designed to do. SO my suggestion for all those few clubs that want to develop is to not see games as more important to win than to showcase. Play it as a scrimmage. Encourage risk taking. I also hope parents reading this ask their coaches to let their kids create and not focus on garbage play. Who cares if they are not skilled. Like you said, it cant hurt.
Play it as a scrimmage is not some cure all. First basic touch count. As I said before count up how many times a player gets to touch the ball in your scrimmage and then multiple by the number of scrimmages you plan to play a year. If you get a really low number of touches then no way anyone gets skills from only scrimmaging.
That's why the Neymar you mentioned doesn't just scrimmage:
"Neymar's cousin and sister (Jennifer and Rafaela) were used as goalposts whilst playing indoors and his other cousins (Lorrayne and Rayssa) were opponents "or training dummies, with respect", as Neymar put it. He recalls that they stood as obstacles, like cones, and even wore football shirts to make it look real. "I would spend hours dribbling around them, learning to control the ball in that tight environment, always just me against them." He continues: "Hours and hours and hours were spent like that." This is how he learnt how to get his outstanding balance and control."
Oh and Neymar's personal trainer was his father:
Many are already aware of Neymar's extraordinary natural talents, yet are unaware of the amount of hard work he has put in to be where he is today. This started from a very young age back when he used to follow his father to matches and watch him play. He learnt that he needs to be committed, determined and train hard in order to succeed. Neymar Sr used to tell him, "Keep moving, son. Never stop, move to both sides and let the opponent get tired. Don't stay in your comfort zone; don't make the opposition's life easier," as per the autobiography. The two of them used to spend hours analysing the little details.
David, of course its not a cure all. Never said that either. I think you are just more inclined to the paid training approach and try to defend it as much as possible. So you think more training of "touches" is better? Everywhere I go I see coaches preaching the same thing. Train Train Train. 1 Game to 4 practice ratioi. Games have to mean soethnig. Thats the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I coach as well. We train as well. But the training is meaningless without constant games. We have limted subs for max play time. Creativity is a must. No booting. No one touch with space in front of you to dribble. I dont care if you dont know how to dribble. You will either learn or at least have a notion. In USA we focus on coaching points that will fill our pockets. WHy in heavens do you need 5 on the bench for a 7v7 U8 game??
I agree with hard work gets you ahead but it also matters what you call training. 1-2 touch passing to keep posession as main coaching point is dumb. Tactical defense at U10 is stupid. ALl of that is a waste of time and money. A U8- U12 player should always have be able to try 1v1 or even 1v2 dribble to beat opponent or creative passes, chips, etc. with daring runs. Those are all things that require more game situations than boring drills. We develop no fwds because of hwo most think in this country. I am always getting calls asking for goal scorers from top clubs. Why is that?
Again count up the number of touches on the ball your kids get. Period. If you are not willing to track touch count there is no point discussing soccer with you. This is the definition of "unshakeable belief" - that some how "constant games" will create technical players no matter how low the touch count or the grasp of fundamentals. Beckham spent hours bending a ball around his father; no need in your fantasy world - just get out there and play!
Kent James, July 7, 2015 at 11:34 p.m.
In the USSF coaching schools, they emphasize that "the game is the best teacher". And that is largely true; lessons learned through playing are usually learned well, but it is not always an efficient process. If you play "soccer in the streets" every day after school when you're young, you'll probably have some skill (assuming you were relatively athletic to start with). But we do not have a culture where that happens, so coaches must try to speed up the process. Having kids see professional players do a move, and then try to mimic it at home or in informal games (on their own) is the best way for the kid to learn, but maybe they don't see that many games. So coaches can teach them moves, and help them practice them until their proficient. Players need a mixture of formats to learn to play, because not all players develop in the same way. Some do better in an informal environment, while others thrive in a structured, disciplined atmosphere. To develop as many excellent players as we can, we need to offer many alternatives. Some good coaching structured so it's affordable (maybe a proficient player does a weekly skills clinic when they're young, while the rest of their practices are run by volunteers), lots of unstructured play to develop skills and creativity (pick-up), and some more structure, high intensity matches as they get older. But high cost, high pressure tournaments when kids are young should not be part of the picture.
Soccer Madness, July 11, 2015 at 1:45 a.m.
David so I guess Argentina and Brazil have it all wrong then. Ibeonder who counts their touches when paying at u7-u13. The poorest there become the greatest inbthe world. Guess what. They play. But you keep training those touches!
David Israel, July 13, 2015 at 8:09 p.m.
Who from Argentina and Brazil? Neymar above made it a point to participate in high touch training. He didn't count his touches but he practiced in his home and at futsal where it was just him or small sided. When we were in Brazil my kids played soccer in the favela, on the beach and at local pickups and it was all high touch. They might be poor in dollars but in terms of soccer resources they far outstrip what is available in the US. You have in your mind some Brazil where kids play 11v11 coached games and tournaments all the time - I don't think that Brazil exists.


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