2.3 The Screen Isn't the Best In Absolute Terms, But Why Complain?
Sony has taken a real beating in recent years. Even after shedding the dead weight of the Ericsson joint venture, Sony has yet to find its stride. The Xperia Z smartphone was a valiant effort, but other OEMs are overshadowing that device as 2013 drags on.
The less competitive Android tablet space might be where Sony can revive the Xperia name and win the hearts of Android users. And this is the device Sony is hoping does it: the Xperia Tablet Z. Tablets are a natural market for Sony, which is traditionally poor at managing carrier partnerships in the US, but is this the product we've been waiting for?
Sony's first attempt at Android tablets came in the Honeycomb era, but The Tablet S with its magazine design proved too expensive and foreign to entice consumers to part with their money. This time the Tablet Z doesn't try anything risky – it's just taking the standard tablet formula to the extremes.
The Tablet Z strives for a premium feel, harkening back to the Sony of yesteryear. It's water and dust-resistant, while still managing to be the slimmest 10-inch tablet out there. Is there enough polish to justify a premium price?
Let's find out if the Tablet Z has enough going for it to carve out a niche in the tablet market.
Excellent hardware build quality. This device feels incredibly solid and free of flexing or creaking.
Thin and light. The Tablet Z is the thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet out there, and that makes it incredibly comfortable to use. The soft touch back makes it easy to hold onto, as well.
Water and dust-resistant. What can I really say? You can take it out in the rain or drop it in the bath and it will still work.
The display. It has a reasonably high resolution, and the gapless technology makes the viewing angles much better than what we saw in Sony's previous products.
Limited Android customization. Sony didn't try to cover up Android, but did add its own services on top. Features like DualShock 3 support, battery saving modes, and floating widgets are fine additions.
Some of Sony's apps and services are broken or poorly suited for the Tablet Z. It doesn't look good when a new $500 tablet has multiple apps included that simply don't work. Even if some poking around can fix things, that's still a bad first impression.
Still running Android 4.1.2 at launch. This is by no means a deal breaker, but it's concerning this device is not even on 4.2, which came out last fall. An update is expected, but we don't have details yet. In the meantime, there is no multi-user support as Sony discontinued its custom user-switching solution.
Camera performance is bad indoors. Sony's Exmor sensor does okay outside, but indoors it's not worth using.
Flimsy port covers. The port covers themselves are hard enough to open, but the plastic tabs holding them on the tablet look weak. If one breaks off, the Tablet Z might not be very water-resistant anymore.
Some minor design issues on home screen and apps. Sony changed a few things for the sake of changing them (i.e. the white edge glow).
From the moment I picked up the Xperia Tablet Z, I was sold on the 10-inch form factor all over again. I moved from 10-inch tablets to the 7-inch Nexus 7 and never looked back. All the larger slates I ever held felt like more hassle than they were worth -- they were all heavy, awkward, and felt like junk. The Xperia Z has none of these problems.
The Xperia Tablet Z is only 6.9mm thick and 495g in mass. What does that mean? It means the Xperia Tablet Z is incredibly unreal to hold. It's the only 10-inch tablet I've ever used that I felt comfortable holding in one hand while operating it with the other. I find myself picking it up and surprising myself with how light and thin it is even after a few days.
In addition to the thinness and low weight, the Tablet Z is very well-balanced. Sony calls this "OmniBalance," because everything needs a trendy camel-capped name. What it really means is that the Tablet Z's mass is evenly distributed and centered. This makes it comfortable to hold in landscape or portrait.
The hardware build quality is close to immaculate. There is not a hint of give in the frame, nor the slightest evidence of creakiness. Surprisingly, it's all plastic, and it takes a lot of smart engineering to make plastic feel this solid. That shouldn't be a huge surprise, considering it's water and dust-proof. Whatever else you think about this tablet, it cannot be denied it feels very premium.
The back is all soft touch plastic, which is great for making it stick in your hand. However, it also collects fingerprints like a particularly skillful forensic investigator at a crime scene. But it's not like you spend a lot of time staring at the back of a tablet, right? That soft touch material is also carried through to strips that run around the edge of the device, along with a central inlay of shiny plastic.
Along the top edge there is nothing you'd ever interact with – just a mic and the IR blaster window. On the right edge there's nothing until you get near the bottom where the first speaker is housed (more on the sound later). Right around the corner on the bottom edge is another speaker and a slot for the microSD card (and SIM in models with mobile data).
For those of you who refuse to even acknowledge the existence of Android devices without SD cards, Sony loves you. You can toss up to 64GB of additional storage in the Tablet Z. However, getting to the card is going to be a pain. All the slots and ports on the Xperia Tablet Z have the same odd covers. There is another one at the other bottom corner next to speaker number three -- this one for the microUSB port.
All the port covers are made from the shiny plastic material, and are frustrating to open. There is a small back-facing tab that you're supposed to hook a fingernail into. I have to flip the device over and look for the slot most of the time. The covers pop out, then rotate to the side. They feel flimsy, and I'm afraid they're going to break off eventually. That spells bad news for the waterproof nature of the Tablet Z. Thankfully, the port covers are the only troubling aspect of the Tablet Z's build quality.
On the left side of the tablet is another one of those accursed port covers (for the headphone jack), volume rocker, a notification LED (nice to have, but strange placement), the power button, and a fourth speaker near the bottom corner. The power button and volume rocker are clicky. While the power toggle is very solid, the volume rocker feels somewhat loose. It works, but doesn't feel awesome.
Like the Xperia Z phone, the Tablet Z has fairly angular corners and doesn't go in for that wussy tapered back thing -- it's basically a very flat brick. For a phone, that's a bit of an issue. You want a phone to rest comfortably in the hand. A tablet isn't quite the same -- you don't have to wrap a hand around it. Holding the Tablet Z by the edge is completely comfortable, and the generous bezels help as well.
Sony's new baby conforms to IP55 and IP57 specifications for "ingress protection." The IP ratings tell you how well a device's enclosure protects it from the environment. The first number indicates the solid particulate rating (i.e. dust), and the second is for water.
In the case of the Tablet Z, the '5' indicates dust protection, which is different from dust-proofing. The second digits (5 and 7) indicate protection from both water jets and immersion. Sony says the Tablet Z can withstand the pressure at 1 meter for up to 30 minutes with no ill effects. If you want to take a bath with the tablet, or go outside in a dusty environment, have at it.
I've taken the Tablet Z for a few quick dips, and can confirm that it still works just fine. I can't imagine this being a make or break feature for many folks, but it's nice to worry a little less about damaging the tablet. It also makes the device easier to clean of all those fingerprints. I will say, however, that the screen works very poorly when it's wet (not a surprise).
The Screen Isn't the Best In Absolute Terms, But Why Complain?
The front of the Xperia Tablet Z is dominated by a 10.1-inch 1920x1200 LED-backlit LCD "Bravia Reality Display." The Bravia-branded stuff is a post-processing engine for video and images, but the difference is extremely subtle. That's not the important aspect of this panel anyway – more relevant is how it looks. In a word: good.
A tablet like the Nexus 10 has a considerably higher resolution, 2560 x 1600 and about 300ppi in this case. The Tablet Z tops out at 224ppi, which turns out to be enough for my eyes.
If I hold the Tablet Z uncomfortably close to my face, I can definitely see the pixels, but that doesn't matter – you'll never use a tablet like that. At a normal viewing distance – say 18-inches – the screen looks crisp and clear. Text is extremely readable and the pixels melt into lovely, fluid images. Because this is a gapless display, the viewing angles are much better than its smartphone counterpart.
The black levels are good on this device – better than the Nexus 7, for example. Below roughly 50% brightness, the blacks stay inky, but past that it starts getting a bit gray. It's a far cry from AMOLED blacks, but it is above average when compared to other LCD panels (at least in my estimation).
We fetishize pixel density maybe a little too much. Having a higher resolution is great, but not at the expense of performance. This screen gets the job done, and does it well. You don't need to stress about the raw resolution numbers being lower on the Tablet Z than the Nexus 10.
We all laughed when tablets started coming with rear-facing cameras, didn't we? No one will ever take a picture with a tablet, right? Right? Apparently people will take pictures with anything. Put a camera in a potato, and someone is going to take a picture with it and post it on Facebook. The images taken with the Tablet Z might as well be taken with a potato – they're not terribly good.
The 8MP Exmor R sensor is the same basic part used in the Xperia Z phone, but its performance in this case leaves a lot to be desired. In good outdoor lighting conditions, it produces reasonable images, though perhaps a bit washed out. Focusing is quick, and motion blur is kept to a minimum.
The real trouble comes in less than ideal lighting conditions. Compared to most other devices, the Xperia Tablet Z takes terrible indoor shots. In medium light it spits out loathsome, noisy images not even fit for Instagram filters. There appears to be some softening going on to mitigate the noise, but it just makes things blurrier. The colors are also bizarrely green-tinted in some shots. There is also no flash. Check out the comparison and sample shots below (normal indoor lighting, no flash).
I suspect some of this (especially the color issue) is software related, but I don't think any amount of tweaking can solve the issues with this sensor. There are various modes in the camera app, but none of them seem to do much for the quality.
The front-facing camera takes pictures closer to what you'd expect from a 2MP sensor on a mobile device. It's still noisy, but not uncharacteristically so.
The Xperia Tablet Z packs a 6000mAh battery in its slim frame. This is a trade-off to be sure – the much heavier Nexus 10 has a 9000mAh battery. This makes all the difference between a full-day device and one that needs to be plugged in during lunch.
With moderate usage, the Tablet Z lasts about 2 days with 5 hours of screen-on time. I would wager the device could hit 6 hours of screen time without so much standby.
These numbers assume the included power saver modes are not used. Stamina Mode disables data when the screen is turned off. You'll get killer standby time with Stamina Mode, but notifications won't come through. The low battery mode simply disables radios and turns down screen brightness. It's nothing special in that regard.
The battery life should be sufficient if you're not going to make the Tablet Z your main day-to-day device.
Sony is keen to point out that the Tablet Z has a "3D surround" sound experience, but I think that's being a little generous. Some sites are reporting that the Tablet Z has four speakers, but from what I see in the product documentation, it's just two speakers with two grilles each. The grilles are clustered in pairs near the bottom two corners, thus the sound doesn't seem to be coming from four distinct places.
The speaker grilles are positioned in a way you're not too likely to block all of them, but the bottom two might be covered if you rest the device on your lap. In that case, the sound still comes out of the side grille. That's a nice touch.
The sound gets fairly loud, which is great. Low volume is an issue that plagues a great many tablets and phones. While the volume is good, the speakers are tinny and tend to distort when cranked up. The low end is also very weak even with the EQ settings tweaked. These problems are par for the course on mobile devices.
The audio coming from the Tablet Z is good - better than most other Android devices I've used. The HTC One bests it by quite a wide margin, though. The Tablet Z is more than sufficient to listen to a tune or podcast, but don't expect perfect fidelity.
Some OEMs twist Android into bizarre shapes that sometimes scarcely resemble the original, but Sony doesn't have the same desire (or maybe resources) to do that. In fact, it ships with Chrome as the default browser, just like Nexus devices. The Xperia Tablet Z is running Android 4.1.2, but Sony says a 4.2 update is incoming.
The first thing you'll notice about the Tablet Z is that it is using the old style Android tablet UI. That's the one with the navigation buttons off the left and the notification area on the right. I'm not particularly fond of this UI when compared to the 4.2 "Nexus" interface, but it gets the job done. Google Now can still be accessed by swiping up from the navigation buttons, and the notification area has some settings toggles included.
Sony has chosen to add a small 4-icon hotseat up at the top of the screen for apps you use frequently, though it's not the most convenient location. That's really the issue with the old tablet UI -- too much reaching across the screen. I'm also confused by the decision to move the widgets out of the drawer, and into a new home screen menu. You access widgets (along with themes, wallpapers, and a dedicated app shortcut list) with a long-press. But the same menu can be produced with a pinch gesture... and also by pressing the plus button in the upper right. Why all three actions do the same thing is unclear to me, but it seems like a waste. Adding shortcuts from the app drawer also requires you to drag the icon up to the top of the screen first, which is an ongoing annoyance.
The system settings are almost completely stock on this device, which I'm relieved to see. Most OEMs seem to move things around at random in the settings, making it confusing when switching back and forth between devices. Most of the additional settings Sony added are good ones. The battery saving modes mentioned earlier are useful, and the standby timer in the battery menu seems pretty accurate.
As I mentioned in the Tablet Z preview post, Sony changed the color of the edge glow from blue to white. I still think that was a poor choice because so many apps use light backgrounds. You often can't see this important bit of visual feedback.
While the basics of Android are doing fine, Sony's Xperia keyboard is not very good. It has sloppy autocorrect, no in-line spell checking, and mediocre responsiveness. The autocorrect can be disabled, but that hardly solves the issue. It has swiping input, but it is confusing to activate and not accurate enough. You'll want to install an alternative keyboard.
As I said in the preview post, the things that are good about this tablet's software are mostly the things Sony didn't mess with. That's more true the longer I use it. I'm not trying to be a Nexus elitist here, but Sony needs to stop changing things for the sake of changing them. That said, the Tablet Z ROM gets the job done.
The full cadre of Xperia apps are on-board for this ride, and none of them are going to set the world on fire. Albums and Movies basically take the place of the Android Gallery app. There's nothing really wrong with these apps, except for the fact they split stills and videos into two separate apps. Walkman is the included music player, and again, it's fine. All these apps have clean UIs with a bit of a Windows Phone vibe.
Another addition to Android in the Tablet Z is the floating widget framework. In the middle of the bottom bar you'll find two buttons. One pulls up a small floating remote app, and the other the full list of floating widgets. It comes with several handy options like a tiny floating browser, a notepad, and calculator. Any widget installed on the device can be added to the list and pulled up in a small floating window. These will stay on top of all other apps and are resizeable. There are a few more compatible apps in Google Play as well. I like this feature, though I wish I could hide the buttons sometimes.
SocialLife is Sony's social hub where Facebook, Twitter, RSS, and YouTube come together -- or rather, are supposed to come together. Even after adding social accounts to the Xperia settings, I was unable to get SocialLife to work. It just shows me the same old demo content when I open it.
I found Sony's Unlimited Movies, Unlimited Music, and PlayMemories photo apps to be of little interest. There are considerably better services available. Another problem, none of these apps are updated on the Tablet Z, so opening them simply boots you into Chrome, which then directs you to the Play Store to update the apps. Sony's built-in update settings don't detect anything out of date either. Yeah, that's not very intuitive, Sony.
Then we have Sony's own app ecosystem in the form of PlayNow, PlayStation Mobile, and Sony Select. PlayNow is a bizarro-world app/sound/wallpaper store that appears to offer nothing to make note of. It also performs terribly on the tablet. Sony Select is an app curation service that links to the Play Store and seems more or less pointless.
I had hope that PlayStation Mobile would offer something cool, but the selection of games is not very good. I didn't see any titles I recognized, which I have to assume means the classic PS1 games I was looking for aren't compatible with the Tablet Z. Additionally, the PlayStation Mobile store isn't installed by default -- there is a link in the app drawer to download it. Why? I don't know.
So most of Sony's additional content falls flat, but you know what doesn't? DualShock 3 support. In fact, it's really good. It takes about 30 seconds to get a DualShock 3 paired with the Tablet Z over Bluetooth, and from then on you can tap the PS button on the controller to connect instantly. You will need a USB OTG cable to make the initial pairing.
The DualShock 3 will work in any game that supports a controller. I don't detect any lag and the connection has good range. The DualShock 3 is a solid controller -- much better than any controller I've ever used that was designed for mobile devices specifically.
Also on board is a remote control app for the top-mounted IR blaster. The app worked wonders for me, but I used it on a Sony TV. It asked what brand, and 5 seconds later my entire remote control was mapped to the on-screen interface. It was a slower process when I tested it with an LG set. I had to scroll through possible code options, but eventually got everything working. The app is responsive, but there's always a slight delay waiting for the IR blaster to get blasting. If you have the remote configured, that popup remote widget is pretty cool.
The Xperia Tablet Z is running atop a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM chip with 2GB of RAM. It rocks the same basic components found in the Xperia Z phone and the Nexus 4. This chip might be from last year, but I feel like the performance is overall good.
Scrolling through home screens is fluid with a moderate number of widgets in use. I do detect a little hesitation from time to time when I really load the screens up. Opening apps is fast, and the gaming performance is incredibly solid. Even at the higher resolution, the Xperia Tablet Z is faster than the Nexus 7 by a wide margin.
If you're into raw numbers, the AnTuTu benchmark score for the Tablet Z is 20,147, whereas the similarly specced Nexus 4 clocks in at 14,547. The difference is likely caused by the thermal throttling issue present on the Nexus 4, but not the Tablet Z.
I like the Sony Xperia Tablet Z, but it's mainly the hardware that elicits this reaction. This tablet feels amazing in the hands. It's slim, light, and perfectly balanced. This is a 10-inch tablet that I can actually use comfortably when I'm not just sacked out on the couch. It is almost as easy to use as a 7-inch tablet.
I find myself going for the Tablet Z in situations where my Nexus 7 or phone would have been used before. It's really a wonderfully built device. The water-resistant design is a bonus, but I suppose it's nice for peace of mind.
The battery life is average. From a device so thin, I wasn't expecting miracles in this department. The cameras are a disappointment, but again, I didn't go in expecting to take a lot of photos with a tablet.
It's really just the software that makes me wary of the Tablet Z. It's not bad – I don't want anyone to have that impression. It simply lacks polish. Several of Sony's apps are broken, useless, or just duplicating existing services. Most of the changes Sony made to the way Android works are acceptable, but there area few odd design decisions on display. In the end, most of the alterations are superficial and can be ignored after installing some replacement apps. It's not ideal, but the device is still plenty fast.
I can use this device and truly enjoy it, even though the software has a few issues, and I prefer a 7-inch form factor personally. At $499, the Xperia Tablet Z is $100 more than the Nexus 10 at the 16GB WiFi-only tier. I think that makes the Tablet Z a tough sell. It's a good device, but you have to really focus on build quality to justify the extra cash. For some people, that alone is enough reason to spend a little extra.


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Meghan, Jennifer, Hillary, Patricia, Gloria… 5 Powerhouse Women, 1 Empowered Music Video
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"We have a big, big problem ladies…"
Through the video for her latest single, "Ain't Your Mama" written by Meghan Trainor, the multi-talented Jennifer Lopez notes she's "saying something with her music in a fun way." It's an empowerment message delivered through a visual showcase of women's equality struggles through different decades, and amplified from the start using the powerful voices of three women's equality champions: Hillary Clinton, Patricia Arquette, and Gloria Steinem.
Billboard described the single as an "upbeat anthem" that "celebrates a woman who is independent and won't accept a partner who needs to be taken care of." The video takes that idea, which is specific to a romantic relationship, and connects it to women's equality, in general, by featuring an impeccably costumed JLo in decade specific vignettes (50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, present) that highlight a range of equality issues. She says, "I love the empowerment message for women… of getting what we deserve, and not being taken for granted and showing what we have to offer."
To set that tone, the video opens in present day with a visibly frustrated Lopez as some sort of a newscaster who decides to go off script and deliver a message to the women of the world, as three iconic sound bites on women's equality delivered by three powerful women fill the audio space.
"Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all." – Hillary Clinton, from her September 5, 1995 address at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing
"It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America." – Patricia Arquette, from her 2015 Oscars acceptance speech
"This is no simple reform. It really is a revolution." – Gloria Steinem, from her 1971 speech at the founding of the National Women's Political Caucus
The video, of course, closes with a killer, all-women dance number. It's fun, it's empowered, it's JLo doing what she does best… perform to perfection.
PS – The boots Jennifer is wearing in the final scene of the video were a gift from Rihanna. So add another empowered woman's contribution to the mix.
@badgalriri Thank you soooomuch for these incredibly sick ass boots!! #Rihanna #manolos #loveher #thebaddest
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'Turkey not a NATO country?' Erdogan slams allies' refusal to support his offensive in Syria's Afrin
FILE PHOTO: Turkish forces are seen near Mount Barsaya, northeast of Afrin © Khalil Ashawi © Reuters
Turkey's leader has scorched NATO allies over their failure to support his "counter-terrorist" operation in the Kurdish-held Syrian region of Afrin, but expressed gratitude that they at least had no guts to openly oppose Ankara.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered the inflammatory comments while speaking before a gathering of his ruling AK Party in the Turkish city of Mersin on Saturday.
"Hey NATO where are you? We're fighting so much. NATO, Turkey is not a NATO country? Where are you? You've invited NATO-member states to Afghanistan," Erdogan said.
Turkey must develop 'unmanned tanks' & more as NATO refuses to share military tech – Erdogan
NATO members not only show no support towards Turkey's Operation Olive Branch and would even openly oppose Ankara's actions in Syria, but did not have the guts to do so, Erdogan claimed. The offensive against Kurdish militias in Syria's region of Afrin was launched late in January. Turkey describes the militias as offshoots of the terrorist-labeled outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). So far, 3,213 "terrorists" have been killed during the operation, carried out by Turkish troops and affiliated Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants, Erdogan stated.
"In fact, they would openly oppose Turkey in Syria if they could. But seeing Turkey's adamant position, they did not find [the] resolve to do so," the president said.
The Turkish leader also reiterated his earlier statements, that his only goal in Syria was the "fight against terrorism." When Ankara reaches it, the troops will be pulled out of the country, he stated.
"Turkey's goal is not capture of the territories of the other states, but only elimination of the terrorism threat in the region. Turkey will fight terrorists anywhere they operate," Erdogan said, once again promising new military operations in Syria, including in the areas held by the US-backed Kurdish-led militias.
Washington has repeatedly called upon Turkey to stop its "aggression" against the Afrin region, omitting the fact that the US-led coalition itself spent years in Syria without any invitation from the government or international approval. The recent UNSC resolution, which urged a 30-days Syria-wide ceasefire, has been also used to call upon Erdogan to halt the invasion.
"Turkey is more than welcome to go back and read the exact text of this UN Security Council resolution, and I would suggest that they do so," US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on February 27, stating that the Afrin region was "certainly within Syria."
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The calls have been dismissed by Turkish officials, who insist they are fighting against "terrorists," while Afrin was not explicitly mentioned in the resolution. The document, however, only stated that the ceasefire did not apply to such groups as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS), Al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra front, and did not describe any Kurdish militias as terrorists.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon announced an "operational pause" in the fight against remnants of IS in eastern Syria, admitting that Turkey's activities in Afrin affected the coalition's capabilities. Some US-backed militias in Syria have switched their priorities from fighting IS terrorists to battling Turkish troops and affiliated FSA militants.
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About Jemma Casson
Jemma Casson
I love all things Nintendo! It's my Dad's fault really, since he bought my sister and I the NES many Christmases ago. It was the beginning of a love affair, but who could blame me? There was no better introduction to video games than Mario and Zelda! I'm a proud owner of a 3DS (Fire Emblem-branded, thank you), a Wii U (which, incidentally, also doubles as my TV remote), and the Switch (day one, naturally). I'm a writer and a web developer, so I love writing reviews and take design elements very seriously. My all-time favorite game is Super Mario World for the SNES, though I'm also partial to any of the Mario Kart entries.
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Biggest insider threat? Sys admin gone rogue
What's one of the biggest insider threats to the corporate network? The high-tech folks that put it together, make changes to it, and know more about what's on it and how it works than anybody else.
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Senior Editor, Network World, CSO |
When the database, network or systems administrator goes rogue -- stealing data, setting up secret access for themselves, even in anger planting logic bombs to destroy data , or just peeking at sensitive information they know is off limits -- they become the very insider threat that the IT department is supposed to be guarding against.
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Indeed, IT workers with privileged access to the network are often considered a greater risk and potential danger than other types of employees.
"They're different because there's a high risk associated with the potential damage they can do," says Donna Durkin, chief information security and privacy officer for Computershare, a global financial services company.
Security quiz: How well do you know the insider threat?
Mike Theis, executive director of insider threat technology for Raytheon, agrees that sys admins and others with privileged-user access are a bigger potential threat than other types of organizational employees. He says his decades-long experience as an investigator in the federal government and commercial sector has shown him that half of detected anomalies -- lapses in accepted protocol -- come from such insiders.
"It doesn't mean they're guilty of anything," Theis adds. "Sometimes they're just trying to get the job done, but they're outside the bounds of the organizational policy."
Sometimes IT workers are pushed by demanding users, such as business and sales managers, to perform tasks in a hurry or to violate official IT policy by, for instance, adding printers on network segments where that's not allowed.
One main concern about privileged access is making sure that IT workers have appropriate access only to the resources they need even as their job function may change. In North America alone, Computershare has about 100 IT workers with privileged access to IT resources who undergo monthly "entitlement reviews" to make sure their access to systems and data is appropriate to the function of their role.
Computershare is moving from what Durkin calls a more "manual process" for entitlement review -- which requires input from business and IT managers as well as the human resources department -- to an automated system from vendor Sailpoint, where software will take feeds from various applications to keep a database of predefined rules and roles.
By focusing on the insider threat, Computershare is targeting a real and growing problem. Insiders participate in 48% of all data breaches, according to Verizon's 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report, an analysis of 275 data-breach cases that occurred in 2009. This figure is up from 26% the previous year.
The Verizon report points out that external agents such as hackers are responsible for stealing far more records than insiders. Nonetheless, the report says that most insider cases -- 90% -- are deliberate and malicious, and they usually involved misuse of privileges. The report notes that employees often get more privileges than they need to perform their job duties, with monitoring usually insufficient. Another finding is that 24% of crime tied to internal agents was associated with those undergoing a job change, whether being fired or resigning, newly hired or changing roles within the organization.
Sys admins themselves know their power is substantial and can be abused by disgruntled coworkers.
"The insider threat -- it's tough. You don't know. It could be the person right next to you, something has gone wrong in their lives [and] they turn bitter," says Angelo DiPietro, senior systems engineer at Commerzbank, Germany's second-largest bank with offices in the United States.
DiPietro acknowledges that IT workers with elevated rights and privileges in terms of network access to information can go astray. "Out of idle curiosity, they'll log into something," DiPietro says, noting that it's human nature to test the limits of systems.
But to counter that inclination, and to detect any malicious activity, security experts say companies need to monitor those with special network privileges. To that end, Commerzbank relies on software to monitor employee behavior. The firm uses ArcSight Enterprise Security Manager, a security information and event management (SIEM) product, in conjunction with Lieberman Software's Enterprise Random Password Manager to keep an eye on actions taken by sys admins and others. "Since we put it in place, everyone has been behaving," DiPietro says.
The Lieberman password-manager software is sometimes referred to as a type of "firecall" tool that gives top IT managers a way to approve accounts for elevated rights of domain temporarily. It requires multiple individuals with manager status to approve any elevation of account.
The system being used at the bank will automatically re-set when the time limit expires. And requests for approval of elevated privileges can be denied for any variety of reasons. "I got denied plenty of times," DiPietro says. He knows why the controls are there. "I built the environment, but I do not manage the environment."
That realization apparently never sank into Terry Childs, the former network administrator for the city of San Francisco. Childs is credited with having helped build the city's modern FiberWAN network but refused to hand over the passwords for the router network in a standoff with managers two years ago, apparently afraid he was about to lose his job or be reassigned. This act of rebellion got Childs arrested, judged guilty and sentenced to four years.
One juror in the trial, Jason Chilton, who happens to be a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, said he found the hardest part of the case involved pondering who was supposed to be an authorized person to have the passwords, particularly since the city of San Francisco didn't seem to have any procedures or policies that employees were supposed to follow.
Chilton says he found Childs a sympathetic character, though "possibly a little paranoid. But the problem he had was that he didn't have good management to keep that in check. He was allowed free rein, which allowed engineering decisions over the years that made things worse and worse, and locked people out of possibly getting into this network."
Watching the watchers
Increasingly, organizations appear mindful of the potential insider threat that privileged-access IT workers represent. And though trust in them is implicit by giving them responsibilities over critical data, there's awareness that exercising strong security controls benefits the organization as a whole.
"Because we are in the knowledge business, we have to lead by example," says Rudy Juarez, IT project manager for the City of McAllen, Texas, which has been building a modernized data center and networks associated with a new border-crossing point into Mexico called the Anzalduas International Bridge Facility. The city is also upgrading the network used at City Hall and other municipal buildings.
Some of the toughest information security for the project has gone into restricted access to the IT department's data center, where IT employees and service providers use biometric fingerprint access based on the Bioscrypt fingerprint readers to gain access.
"We had the opportunity to bring in the technology," Juarez says, pointing out fingerprint-based access is better than a door-access proximity card since that could be used by someone who didn't actually own the card. There is also video monitoring surveillance in the data center room, as there is in other parts of the city's municipal buildings. The goal is to unite these physical-security systems using Matrix Systems' Frontier Standard software, including new HID integrated door-access and time/attendance cards being distributed to city employees.
Since the heart of the network and security controls is the data center, there are also controls placed on access to servers, with a small number of the IT department's employees granted logical access to IT systems. The issue isn't that the other IT employees aren't trusted. It's about reducing risk, especially when much of the city's network and security infrastructure is now centralized in a data center.
IT security analysts say corporations should aim to structure their IT workforce operations around the notion of "separation of duties" (also called "segregation of duties,") so that there's a way to institute checks and monitoring that prevent power from being excessively concentrated in any individual. This is not easy to do and can be expensive. Adding to this conundrum is that sys admins and others are often involved in some aspects of enterprise security deployments, though efforts are made to keep the IT security managers and auditors in control.
Phil Cox, analyst at consultancy SystemExperts, says he recently learned about a sys admin who moved from group to group in IT operations over a decade, in networking, telecom and desktop support. "Over time, he accumulated access he didn't need for his job," Cox says. He was a foreign national who ended up quitting his job, and the company started looking at the last weeks of his stored e-mail, which was a common exit strategy there. They saw something "weird" that got managers thinking he had taken data. They went looking at logs and saw he had been accessing data he had access to three years ago.The strategy Cox recommends is to "keep role-based access and provisioning current. And understand what normal usage patterns are." SIEM tools are a help, but also have meaningful policies, such as "nobody logs in as root on a machine. If you see a root logon, you investigate."
Enterprise password management tools for temporary access hold appeal, but they can be hard to make work because "if a sys admin has to get authorization every time they want to do something, it's a huge overhead, and it's never going to work," Cox says.
Cox points out there are third-party services, such as those from SecureWorks, which look for suspicious behavior of IT employees. And of course, the idea is to keep the monitoring process, whatever it may be, out of the hands of the IT workers being monitored.
Although IT workers must be informed they are being monitored, it's important to hide the actual monitoring mechanism from them so they can't disable it, Raytheon's Theis says. He adds he's seen many instances where sys admins come up with reasons why monitoring tools shouldn't run on their machines and willfully try to disable whatever they can, so it should be as secret from them as possible.
There's a lot of debate about whether monitoring and other technologies to exert controls over IT workers should automatically block suspicious actions. Raytheon insider-threat expert Theis favors monitoring without blocking because "of all the activity that occurs, only a small percentage of it is malicious."
Forrester Research analyst Chenxi Wang says she knows of instances of privacy violations when the sys admin was looking at e-mail and files he shouldn't be looking at, adding this is hard to stop since it may simply happen to some degree "within the normal range of operation." What's important is the intent, she adds. "Are they solving an IT problem or doing it for their own fun and games?"
Wang also emphasizes that IT workers with privileged access to network resources are themselves high-value attack targets. She points out the infamous attack on Google linked to China, which is known to be associated with a privileged user as a target.
Another area where the IT worker gets eyed as a suspect is in outsourcing and third-party support arrangements where IT workers, though not specifically employees of an organization, have approximately the same access to the corporate network as if they were direct employees.
Clearly, one of the most important things is to be able to "accurately judge trust in people," Raytheon's Theis says. In a formal sense, that might mean background checks where red flags would be poor recommendations or criminal record.Background checks of IT personnel are becoming more commonplace if only because of the Payment Card Industry's data-security standard that now requires it in some instances. "PCI DSS actually specifies if you have someone holding cardholder data, they have to go through a background check," Cox from SystemExperts points out.
James Pu, CIO at the Los Angeles County Employee Retirement Agency, says background checks are considered a mainstay for hiring IT personnel at his agency. While this is primarily in the hands of the human resources department, a background check also could involve a look at credit history and a debtor's spending patterns. "It's important to be hiring well," Pu says. Red flags clearly include any criminal history, fraud, theft or poor ethics.
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Gympie Choking Victims Need Support as Sex Loophole Exposed
Posted on May 14, 2018 at 8:23 am
By: Sherele Moody
GYMPIE, AUSTRALIA – It's been many years since a trusted man tried to choke the life out of Jacque Lachmund, but she remembers the assault like it was yesterday.
Struggling to breathe, her windpipe crushed under his strong hands and her body frozen in fear, Ms. Lachmund said she let her body go limp as she pretended to pass out.
The "playing dead" ruse worked, with the attacker letting the successful businesswoman go when her body went limp.
Ms. Lachmund said one of the hardest parts of the assault was that there were no services specialising in recovering from this potentially killer crime for her to access.
An Australia-first initiative aims to change that.
Run by the Red Rose Foundation, the proposed strangulation centre would provide specialised support for Gympie residents who have been strangled or choked but only if the Queensland Government grants $400,000 to get it off the ground.
Queensland Police data shows there were 64 offences of strangulation in the Gympie-Sunshine Coast area since the act became a crime in May 2016.
Men are the key offenders with the Queensland Police data showing just two charges involving local female perpetrators.
The region accounts for 4.5 per cent of the 1423 strangulation offences recorded across Queensland in the two years to March 31.
"We are delighted with this legislation because it enables police and the justice system to respond much more effectively to women and children at high risk of DV," Community Action Gympie Region Domestic and Family Violence Service's Talia van Gils said.
"It can mean high-risk offenders are on remand while in the court system."
Research shows people who have been strangled at least once are seven times more likely to be murdered by their assailant than those who have not been strangled.
Some victims die or have blood clots, strokes or brain damage months down the track.
Red Rose Foundation hopes to roll out a statewide service providing immediate and ongoing support for survivors of the crime.
Based on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, it will give comprehensive online and telephone support to regional Queenslanders.
It will offer trauma counselling, intensive medical support and liaison with local health services and legal help for survivors needing to give evidence against their perpetrators in court.
"Victims need specialised support for the medical implications of strangulation because victims can die up to a year later," Red Rose Foundation CEO Betty Taylor said.
Fundraising has started, with the foundation hoping the Queensland Government will contribute an initial $400,000 plus ongoing support.
A government spokesperson said it backed the foundation's vision but there was no commitment to funding.
"The government is happy to work with the foundation on how to improve support for survivors and victims of domestic and family violence into the future," the spokesperson said.
NewsRegional supports the Government's #dosomething campaign, which urges people to phone police if they know someone is experiencing domestic violence.
This is what it's like to be choked
Jacque Lachmund is popular, successful, outgoing and living her dream life.
On the outside, Ms Lachmund portrays a picture of success, running a major charity and relishing the time she spends with her son, daughter and her grandkids, but deep down the 50-year-old hides a terrifying secret.
Some years ago, a man she trusted deeply tried to kill her by wrapping his hands around her throat, crushing her windpipe and choking the life out of her.
"Emotionally and mentally, it's those feelings of fear that really turn into a question of whether you are going to live or die," the chief executive of Australia's CEO Challenge said.
Ms Lachmund fought for her life, eventually pretending to to pass out in the hope the man would think she was dead and stop the assault.
The trick worked and the assailant let her go.
"Your survival instinct kicks in and you do whatever you need to do to make it stop," she said.
While many years have passed since the attack, Ms Lachmund remembers it like yesterday.
She hopes her experience will inspire other strangulation survivors to come forward with their stories.
Ms. Lachmund is one of the stars of a new short domestic violence film commissioned by Red Rose Foundation. Deadly Romance can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Ek2ToCZYQPg
DV offenders use choking law sex loophole
Canny violence perpetrators are using a sex loophole in Queensland's strangulation and choking legislation to avoid punishment.
The legislation has the phrase "without the other person's consent".
This was designed to ensure the laws did not impact on men and women who like being choked, sometimes used during sex to increase pleasure.
Women's Legal Service Queensland lobbied the government to keep the wording out, knowing it would become an issue and the organisation's worst fears have been realised.
"Perpetrators of domestic violence are arguing 'she consented', like they do in rape trials," WLSQ CEO Angela Lynch said.
The State Government was asked if it would consider removing the consent phrase but it did not respond directly to the question.
"There is always room for improvement in this space, and while criminal charges are holding perpetrators to account in the short term, we must also recognise that a broader cultural shift in attitudes is needed in the long term," a spokesperson said.
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It took an army of 68000 men and heavy siege engines for the English to take the castle back from the Scottish. This castle was abandoned for a long period of time until the Late Middle Ages when an effort to restore it was carried out.
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The Poetry Within
by Berrin Torolsan
At Home in Turkey
An antiquarian's deliciously distressed house in the Aegean was the first port of call for Berrin Torolsan when she set out to write the text for an inspiring new book on Turkish interiors. In this extract from At Home in Turkey, with photographs by Solvi dos Santos, she is captivated by a low-key restoration.
The existing wooden cupboards ingeniously screen an en-suite bathroom.
Selden Emre's grand house on the island of Cunda, which once belonged to a Christian priest, dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. In its day it was one of the town's most prestigious houses, located on the hill next to the basilica on a corner known as Merdibanli Sokak – the street with steps.
Cunda, off the coast of Ayvalık in the northwestern Aegean, is a small island attached to the mainland by a causeway. The largest of twenty or so islands in an archipelago that forms a lace-like pattern on the Aegean coastline, Cunda is the only one that is inhabited. With its magnificent views and scented breezes blowing down from Mount Ida, it has always been a popular retreat. The island's architecture suffered in troubled times: the riots and civil wars of the final days of the Ottoman Empire were followed by a massive earthquake in 1944. But elegant 19th-century Neoclassical features are still visible everywhere.
Selden is a brilliant antiquarian with a keen eye for exquisite objects. Her three-storey house dominates its neighbours but is not ostentatious. It has been beautifully and faithfully restored to its former grandeur, yet in no way is it at odds with the other old houses in the neighbourhood, all of which are listed, and no fewer than 551 of which are under conservation by the state. The pale pistachio green of the exterior paintwork marries happily with the wooden shutters, the white detailing, the exposed stonework of the arched doorway.
Old architectural features, which often also prove to be clever practical solutions, are still in use. For example, rainwater is collected from the roof and channelled through zinc gutters and pipes into the cistern in the basement. Nowadays there is a city water supply, and if there are any water shortages one can order a tanker. But, as Selden says, "Why not use a perfect ecological system that already exists?" As a result, all year round she enjoys the softest of water. "Rainwater is free, and it makes your hair silky, the laundry soft and your plants happy." All she did was install a small pump to bring water to the upstairs bathrooms. During the entire restoration concrete and synthetic materials were avoided. The thick stone walls, often lime-plastered and limewashed, and the wooden ceilings and floorboards all help to keep the house cool in the summer months, making air conditioning unnecessary.
An elegant arched doorway with massive oak doors opens into a spacious hall with chequered black-and-white flagging salvaged from another old building, the frosty patina of age sage greens, faded mauves and soft creams is enlivened by a vivid velvet nursing chair next to the fireplace. On the garden side of the hall is a raised platform, under which stands the cistern, filled to the brim with rainwater. On this platform, where the kitchen was originally located, is a second well-used fireplace with its original hearth, a sofa and a dining-cum-working table, all offering inviting corners to rest, work or just contemplate. Selden's three cats also seem to be most at home here. Beyond is a very small, bright kitchen with a charming balcony, a later addition, where breakfast can be taken. From the platform one also has access to a little veranda, where most summer afternoons are spent and from which stairs lead down to a delightful walled garden, lovingly lined with pots and containers of sweet basil, old-fashioned roses, fragrant lemon geraniums, jasmine and clove-scented pinks.
A wrought-iron staircase with wooden steps – one of the few modern features of the house – takes one up to two rooms on the first floor, separated by a landing. The ceilings are lower here, as these were originally the winter rooms traditional in all Ottoman houses; sandwiched between two floors, they were warmer and easier to heat in winter. The shutters in these rooms are inside, so that they can be easily closed on stormy evenings. Selden has converted them into delightful guest bedrooms. All the cupboards, shelves and niches have been preserved, offering not only generous storage, but also handsome partitions, even concealing a bathroom in one of the rooms. All the timber elements are painted a distressed sage green.
The lath-and-plaster second floor overhangs the street, jutting out over the strong stone walls of the two lower floors and resting on delicate iron consoles. The rooms on this floor have magnificent views from every window, even the bathrooms. Selden reserved the two larger adjoining rooms as her bedroom and boudoir. The latter has a vaulted ceiling with plaster cornices and was presumably once the main reception room of the house. The ceiling has traces of painted decoration, and the walls are inlaid with small wooden plaques which would have enabled the owners to hang curtain rails above the windows and numerous heavy-framed paintings around the room without damaging the plasterwork.
Selden has a fine touch: the colours, furniture and objects she has chosen all have a poetic, uncontrived feel. The restoration may have taken two years to complete, but it looks as if it was effortlessly achieved.
Other Highlights from Cornucopia 41
Digging for Glory
Bodrum's peace was shattered in 1856 by the arrival of a warship bearing one of the most ambitious archaeological expeditions Britain has ever launched. Leading it was Charles Newton. His mission was to locate, excavate and carry home one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Celery's Sibling
Although commonly regarded as a root vegetable, like the potato, carrot or turnip, the bulbous part of the celeriac plant is not actually the root but a corm, the base of the leaf stems, out of which modest roots will grow.
More cookery features
Joy in a Bottle
On the tiny island of Bozcaada (Tenedos), a mere speck in the Aegean, great wines are emerging that rival the best the world can ofer. The Corvus vineyards, once among the Mediterranean's most celebrated, have suffered centuries of neglect. Kevin Gould raises a glass to their renaissance with the founder of Corvus, Resit Soley. www.corvus.com.tr
See Cornucopia's self-guided wine tour
Barbarossa's Baths
Another masterpiece by the imperial architect Sinan, the Cınılı Hammam in the Old City of Istanbul was built for the legendary corsair-turned-admiral Barbaros Hayrettın Pasha, or Barbarossa, in the 1540s. Today it is far from grand, and only a few of the tiles that gave it the name Çınılı (Tiled) are still in evidence. But nothing can diminish the effect of the soaring curvy arches supporting a series of imposing domes.
Dome of Baroque
When it was built in 1741 in the new Baroque style, Cağaloğlu was at the forefront of architectural fashion. But this temple of cleanliness in the Old City marks the dramatic swansong of the grand Ottoman hammam.
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Taş Hotel
Alaçatı and the Çeşme Peninsula
YundAntik Cunda Konakları
At Home in Turkey Sorry, out of Print
Issue 41, 2009 Inside Istanbul's Grand Hammams
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Issue 45, 2011
Painting the Orient
Issue 5, 1993/94
Palaces of Diplomacy I
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2023 SUMMER COMPETITIVE
2023 Summer Competitive Traveling Program
The GGFSC Summer Competitive program is GGFSC's top offering for soccer players who want to develop their skills to a higher level and compete in tournaments and other games against talented competitive teams throughout the region. The competitive program involves travel to other cities in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota. Summer is a beautiful time to be out on the pitch and prior competitive experience is not required. What are you waiting for? Join now!
NEW THIS YEAR -
To extend opportunity for summer competitive training to players that have limited availability and/or who do not desire to commit to a travel schedule, GGFSC is offering a competitive registration option that would allow participation in competitive practices only, with no travel, tournament, or game participation. Competitive practice squad players will be placed with the team associated with the registrant's age. Registration as a practice squad player will not result in placement on a travel team, and will not require any travel.
Practices will begin mid-April and run through the third week of July, with the week of July 4th off. See the Practices section below.
LIMITED TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR OUR YOUNGEST TEAMS
To make competitive soccer a little bit easier for our younger players and parents, our U8, U9, and U10 players (born 2013-2015) will travel to 2 out of town tournaments (instead of 3) as well as attending the Grand Forks tournament and can join at a lower price point (details below). Additional optional tournaments are still available.
Here's how to register:
-Make sure you have a GGFSC account (register by clicking the register button above)
-Find the appropriate age division in the "Registration Listing" section at the bottom of the page, click the appropriate button, and follow the instructions. For program registration purposes, age divisions are grouped by program cost.
-Note: Registration for the practice squad only option will open soon. Check back for updates.
Registration will be closed at midnight on the date above. (Please try to not wait until the last minute to register as you may run into problems with your account or the registration process).
After the registration deadline, the executive board will evaluate the total number of registrants per age group and determine the number of teams, and which teams, that will be created. The board will advise the Director of Coaching of the teams and roster sizes, and the Director of Coaching will begin to determine player placements on teams for the 2023 season.
Age groups may be combined as needed based on final registration numbers. If certain teams/age groups are short players, registration may open up in those age groups for late registrations. Late registrations will incur a $50 late fee.
Around April 10 - July 16, 2023
Try-Outs for U17-U19: Late January or Early February (dates TBD)
Full practice schedule begins the week of June 5. Details below.
We take July 1-9 off for the Independence Day Holiday.
Note: We are increasing our program cost $30 per player this season. This change is being made after carefully reviewing the club's competitive financials from the 2022 season and estimating costs for the 2023 season.
Girls and Boys U8-U10 (3 tournaments): $430
Or choose a 5-month payment plan of $86 per month
Girls U11-U14 (4 tournaments): $610
Or choose a 5-month payment plan of $122 per month
Girls U15-U19 (4 tournaments): $580*
*The overall cost for this group is less due to the high-school season not allowing girls this age to start the competitive season until the high school season has finished. (HS Girls State Tournament is June 1-3)
Boys, U11-U19 (4 tournaments): $610
Please note that our website adds a $3 processing fee to registrations. The processing fee is not a credit card fee (the club pays credit card fees separately). If you use a payment plan, the processing fee will be added to each installment. If paying by check, you must still include the $3 fee as the website charges the club regardless if a payment is made by check or credit card. This fee pays for the maintenance and hosting of the website.
Hotel, uniforms, and travel costs are not included and are the sole responsibility of the registrant's family.
We do have some scholarships available for families in need. If you are in need of a scholarship, please submit a scholarship application to [email protected] by January 6, 2023. This will allow us enough time to review the scholarship application before the registration deadline and give you time to decide whether to enroll based on the scholarship decision. For the application form, please visit our GGFSC Hardship Application page. Please note that previously due balances must be paid in full for scholarship applications to be considered.
Team Manager Credits
Team managers who manage at least 75% of tournaments receive a $150 credit toward registration per club policies. There is only one team manager per team and the team manager is chosen by the Club Administrator. If you are interested in becoming a team manager, please contact us at [email protected].
As indicated above, you may sign up for a payment plan instead of paying the entire fee upfront.
There are five payments:
1: When you sign up
2-5: on the 10th of each month (January 10, February 10, March 10, April 10).
Please note that from time to time, the payment plan may error. This could be due to an expired credit card. It could also be due to an error in the system. It is still your responsibility to make the payments. Should something happen with the automatic payments, you will receive a communication from the club asking you to make a payment.
Players who have not paid their balances (current season and past) in full by April 11, are ineligible for practices, games, and tournaments until the balance has been paid in full.
Age divisions are based on birth year.
Please visit our age breakdown page explaining what division your athlete belongs in for the August 2022- July 2023 season.
U8-U10 teams are considered non-competitive. They typically play jamboree-style tournaments, get fairly equal playing time, and rotate through several positions. U8-U10 teams will participate in two out-of-town tournaments plus the Grand Forks tournament. Optional tournaments are also available.
U11-U12 play in competitive-style tournaments, but get mostly equal playing time. Players begin to be moved toward position specialization. U11-U12 teams will participate in three out-of-town tournaments plus the Grand Forks tournament. Optional tournaments are also available.
U13-U16 play in competitive-style tournaments. Playing time is at the discretion of the coach (though all players will get some playing time). U13 -U16 teams will participate in three out-of-town tournaments plus the Grand Forks tournament. Optional tournaments are also available.
U17-U19 is a combined age division and play in competitive-style tournaments. Tryouts may be needed to determine the season roster (see below). This is considered our most competitive age group and playing time is at the sole discretion of the coach. The U17-19 teams will participate in three out-of-town tournaments plus the Grand Forks tournament. Optional tournaments are also available.
Remember, the Summer Competitive Traveling Program is about more than games and playing time. GGFSC's main focus is player development.
GGFSC Coaches are licensed by US Soccer (or equivalent), hired by GGFSC, and supervised by the GGFSC Director of Coaching, Scott Nordin ([email protected]). If you are interested in coaching, download a coaching application here. We do allow the Director of Coaching to hire parent coaches.
Players will be assigned to teams by the Director of Coaching and the coaching staff based on their age. It is our goal to keep teams as age pure as possible and to minimize movement between age groups. In cases where we are forced to move players, we will be moving up the most skilled (as recommended by the Director of Coaching & Coaching Staff) from the age group below.
Specific details on team formation for an age group are dependent upon the number of registrants. General considerations for the 2023 season include the following:
Age-pure team formation remains a priority whenever possible through age U16. However, this does not preclude the formation of combined birth year teams when numbers and/or player skill composition dictate that as a favorable option.
If registration numbers allow, two U17-U19 teams (one for boys and one for girls) will be rostered based on a try-out process. Tryouts will be held late January or early February 2023. U17-U19 players not rostered on the competitive team will be offered participation on the Competitive Practice Squad and may participate in all practices. Should injuries occur, or if a rostered player is otherwise unable or ineligible to play, a squad player may be moved on to the rostered team at the discretion of the coach. While we don't anticipate this to be the case in 2023, if there are enough registrants for two teams in this division, an A and a B team will be created.
Going forward, based on club member input, GGFSC will prioritize not fracturing age-pure teams with strong registration numbers. Very strong consideration will be given before fracturing an age-pure team for the benefit of an older or younger team that does not have adequate numbers for a team. If there are not enough players for a certain age group to form an age-pure team (i.e. there is a significant shortage of players), and the age-pure teams below and above have full or nearly-full rosters, there may not be a team for players in that certain age group. If the age group above needs a select number of players to make an optimal roster, the players in the age group that is short may be offered to try out for the team in the age group above. Players will also be offered to participate in the Competitive Practice Squad. Refunds will be given to players who do not have a team and GGFSC will work with players to find other options for the season.
Player movement may still occur at the discretion of DOC and coaching staff.
For age U13 and above, if there enough players to form two teams in an age group, the DOC will determine whether it is beneficial to roster two even teams or to make A and B teams. This determination may involve the use of tryouts, which would be held in late January or early February 2023.
Divisions that do not have enough players registered may either be combined with other age-appropriate divisions (must play as higher age group) or canceled outright. Registrants of canceled divisions, or competitive registrants not placed on a traveling team for any reason, will receive refunds and be given the option to join a Competitive Practice Squad.
The approach outlined above will guide our team formation as much as possible while we also consider the players' development, competition, balance, participation, and fun.
Assignment of players to teams will be made at the discretion of the DOC, which may include evaluation using a tryout process. Players who do not make a team will be offered to participate with the Competitive Practice Squad.
Roster caps are as follows:
U8-U10 age divisions: Max roster 12 players (7v7 on field)
U11-U12 age divisions: Max roster 16 players (9v9 on field)
U13-U19 age divisions: Max roster 18 players (11v11 on field)
For the U17-U19 teams, while the max roster size is 18, it is at the discretion of the coach and the Director of Coaching to determine the optimal roster size during the tryouts.
In some cases, guest players may be used to fill roster spots. Guest players will be charged $125 per tournament in which they participate.
Tentative Start Time: Monday, April 10
Practices from April 10 through June 2 will be held Mondays and Wednesdays. Specific times for these sessions will be announced at a future time. Due to limited availability of some coaches until late May, teams may not have individual team practices until that time. For April through late May, practices will likely involve combined age groups.
The week of June 5, we will start practicing three times per week (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays). Practices may be substituted for friendly games. Practice days are subject to change.
The last practices will be held Thursday, July 13 (before the South Dakota tournament).
Girls participating in the Middle School and High School soccer programs may attend practices as able and as their coaches permit. They cannot play competitive games until the middle school or high school season is completed. U15+ girls will not start practices until the end of the high school season.
Note: practices will be scheduled around the GGFSC Rec Program in April/May for girls and boys in those age groups. This allows you to participate in both the rec program and the competitive program. Participating in both programs for this age group is highly recommended.
Actual practice days and times will be announced after teams have been formed and is based on coach and field availability. Practices are usually after 5pm.
While the season ends after our last tournament in mid-July, we will provide opportunities to participate in a Fall Select Competitive program.
GGFSC will travel to three (3) out of town tournaments (U11+ only; U8-U10 will travel to two (2)) as well as attend the Greater Grand Forks Soccer Tournament in Grand Forks. See details in the 2023 Tournaments section below.
These tournaments are required and the registration cost and coaching costs for these tournaments are included in the registration fees. Note that the tournament schedule is subject to change.
Individual teams may attend optional tournaments if there is interest among the players and coaches. Current options include the one-day Bemidji 6v6 tournament. Attending optional tournaments would add additional cost to cover the tournament registration and coach pay. Teams will only attend if there is enough interest on the team to form a roster.
We will be scheduling friendly games throughout the season with area clubs, based on specific interest by coaches and families of each team. Some will be in Grand Forks while others may be out of town, but we do not want to travel any further than the Fargo area for friendly games.
Mid-Season Break
GGFSC will break in observation of Independence Day July 1 through July 9. No games or activities will take place during this period.
Uniforms must be purchased by registrants. We will be using the same uniforms as we did in 2021-2022. Note that this will be the last year that we will use the current uniforms. We will have new uniforms starting in the 2024 season.
New players as well as returning players who need a different size or otherwise a replacement item (check your closets now!), will need to order uniforms. We will be ordering uniforms as soon as possible. You may try on uniforms at the GGFSC office during office hours. Please submit your uniform orders to [email protected]. If all you need is a pair of shorts, we may have some available for purchase at the office.
Guest Uniforms: Guest players, or players still awaiting uniforms, may rent a uniform from GGFSC for $25 per week needed. All guest players must buy socks ($12).
Uniform Order Form:
FORMS COMING SOON!
Questions? Please contact us at [email protected] or stop into our office on 24th Ave during office hours. We'd love to hear from you!
2023 TOURNAMENTS
TENTATIVE REQUIRED TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE FOR SUMMER COMPETITIVE 2023
(1) - All ages/teams
June 9-11, 2023: NSC All American Cup, Blaine, MN
June 23-25, 2023: Greater Grand Forks Soccer Tournament, Grand Forks, ND
(3) - U11-U19 teams Only
June 16-18, 2023: Tri-City Summer Classic, Fargo, ND
July 14-16, 2023: SoDak Spurs Fishback Classic, Brookings, SD
TENTATIVE OPTIONAL TOURNAMENTS:
(1) All Ages: June 3, 2023 – Bemidji 6v6 Paul and Babe Blowout Tournament, Bemidji, MN.
Note: as this tournament is a 6v6 tournament, rosters may be created combining players from multiple teams.
(2) Ages U8-U10: June 16 - 18, 2023: Tri-City United Summer Classic Tournament, Fargo, ND
NSC ALL AMERICAN CUP JUNE 9-11 HOTEL BLOCKS
The NSC All-American Cup (June 9-11, 2023) is a stay-to-play tournament. This means we are mandated to stay at the hotels designated for us (unless you are staying with family, which is ok).
Please book as soon as possible.
When booking, use the drop downs to
1. Choose your desired check-in date
2. Choose the number of nights you wish to stay
3. Choose the number of rooms you wish to reserve
4. Click the "Book Room" button to provide your information.
When asked for your TEAM ID, please enter GGFSC.
You will also be asked for your team's age group. While our teams are not all finalized yet, base this off your child (or one of your children's) age group. Subtract their birth year from 2023. For example, if born in 2010, use "U13 Girls" or "U13 Boys"
DEADLINE TO BOOK: MARCH 1st
Holiday Inn Express - $189/night
Minneapolis/Coon Rapids/Blaine - Coon Rapids, MN 55433
To reserve your rooms online: CLICK HERE
Hampton Inn & Suites - $144/night
Lino Lakes in Circle Pines, MN 55014
Best Western Plus - $162/night
National Sports Center, Blaine, MN 55449
Delta Hotels - $159/night
Minneapolis Northeast, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Fairfield Inn & Suites - $159/night
Minneapolis North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Fishback Tournament Hotel Information
Fishback (Brookings, SD) Tournament Hotel Info
The Fishback tournament is not a stay-to-play tournament, meaning you can stay wherever you want. However, Brookings has limited hotel options available and the hotels quickly fill up, so we encourage you to book a hotel as soon as possible so that you don't have to stay at hotels out of town.
Games for the Brookings tournament typically start Friday night. It should suffice to book a hotel room for Friday and Saturday night.
Dates: July 14-16, 2023.
We have been working with the following hotels and have reserved blocks:
DEADLINE TO BOOK: MAY 19th*
*These hotels sell out fast so please book now.
Standard 2 Queen Beds: $209
King Bed w/sleeper sofa: $229
To reserve your rooms online: https://www.hilton.com/en/book/reservation/deeplink/?ctyhocn=BKXSDHX&groupCode=CHHGGF&arrivaldate=2023-07-14&departuredate=2023-07-16&cid=OM,WW,HILTONLINK,EN,DirectLink&fromId=HILTONLINKDIRECT
Country Inn & Suites - $169/night
To reserve your rooms online: Call 605-692-3500
Room Block Name: GGFSC
Room Block Name: Fishback - FCFS
Comfort Suites University
Quality Inn & Suites - $122/night
NO Block - FCFS
Econo Lodge - $134
Brookings Inn
You are free to stay at any hotel you want, though availability is limited. If you have any questions, please contact our Club Administrator Katrina Landman at [email protected]