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Perez looks for Real revolution
Ahead of the new La Liga season, Guillem Balague looks at how Florentino Perez aims to restore Real Madrid's image
Watching Florentino Perez in action as he moves around the corridors of the Bernabeu, it is as if the Real Madrid president has never been away from the place. Sitting in his plush office within that most famous and imposing of stadiums, Perez explained to me that he now feels it was a mistake to have ever left. ���
The man who gave the world the Galacticos walked away from Real Madrid in 2006 believing that he was handing over a club with a stable base for his successors to build upon, only to return to power this summer following an interim that he described as "one of the worst eras in the history of Real Madrid."
It is now three years since the curtain came down on what we now think of as the first Galactico era - a time remembered as a golden age in the memories of the latest generation of Madrid's global fanbase despite the mistakes done in the last three years of his mandate when Real didn't win any title - and since then the club has worked its way through three coaches, five presidents, more than �260million worth of playing talent and a seemingly endless succession of scandals and negative headlines that were starting to do long lasting damage to the club's image. �
Florentino's return has been heralded in some quarters as the return of the saviour of Real Madrid - despite leaving the club on the back of the longest spell without a trophy in 50 years and a successor who won two consecutive La Liga titles - precisely because it is Real Madrid's global reputation that needs saving even more than its on field performances.
As Perez told me in the interview we did for Revista de la Liga recently: "My aim in coming back to the club is to put everything that has gone wrong in the last three years right." Which means restoring Real Madrid to its place as the biggest name in world football and doing it in style; which for Perez means doing something that has never been done before, not even when he was last in charge, and signing not just one of the biggest names in the game this summer - but signing all of them: even if that means signing three or four 'Galacticos' in one go. He feels there is a need to save time by doing this summer what it would normally have done in three seasons. �
On the face of it, this might seem like the return of a bigger, bolder, even more extravagant Galactico era; but Perez is at pains to point out that the blueprint for this ultra-glamorous super-club model is rooted in Real Madrid's history. In other words, according to Perez, Real Madrid has always had the biggest and best playing for them and that the greatest sides in the club's history have always been an exotic blend of the best players in the world, the cream of the Spanish crop and the pick of local talent.
So, where other clubs may be reliant upon billionaire foreign investors and lucrative takeovers that in turn perhaps distance the club from its roots, as far as Real Madrid are concerned, spending big is in their DNA and the way the club is structured means that this blend of superstar signings with 'Madridismo' is a way of sustaining, not eroding, the club's identity. But without billionaire backers or stock market flotations, how is all of this achieved?
Lavish spending
At the time of writing, Real Madrid have already lavished a net spend in the region of €209million on the transfer market already this summer - and by the time you read this, that figure may well have increased further. If it takes €300million to restore the club to what Perez believes is its rightful place after failing to progress beyond the last 16 of the Champions League and floundering in the shadow of an exceptional Barcelona, then so be it says Perez who is comfortable with his club borrowing those levels.
The president has explained that Real Madrid has three sources of revenue: TV rights, ticket sales and marketing - which is currently split at around one third each of the €400million annual income that the club receives. Perez insists that the accounts are healthy and Real has credit with the banks; in his words: "If we (Real Madrid) need the money, they will lend it to us. They understand that they can invest in us and that we have a model here that involves signing the best players, who in turn finance themselves because they bring the biggest returns. Big players mean a bigger commercial deal that pays wages and new transfers. It's good for everyone, everyone benefits."
In other words, we are talking about the biggest club and the biggest brand - and key to the issue of branding is image, something that is of the utmost importance to Florentino Perez. His predecessor, Ramon Calderon, may have laid the groundwork in the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United - and who knows, the transfer may not have happened without the pre-agreement that the former president had in place with the United player since last summer - but the high profile courting and public bragging of Ronaldo's desire to move to Real destroyed the Spanish club's relationship with their Premier League rivals and tarnished the club's image.
In contrast, Perez stepped in and acted swiftly, discreetly and decisively in activating the �8million clause written in to that agreement. Likewise, as Perez told me the last time we met, his excellent relationship with AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani facilitated the signing of Kaka - and was the key to Florentino's intervention in January, when a phone call to the player's father persuaded the Brazilian to turn down the riches on offer at Manchester City and wait a few months for Perez's inevitable return to the Bernabeu, when, with Galliani's blessing, the player would be sold to Real Madrid.
The spending is set to continue, and Perez insists it will always be done with a combination of courtesy and panache: "Of course, we want the best players to join us here - but only if their club wants to sell them. I represent a club where elegance and gentlemanliness has always been our motif," he said.
Outsiders might suggest that Real Madrid have an advantage over their European rivals in the transfer market because of an ability to negotiate television contracts individually rather than collectively (as is the case in the Premier League); even because they benefit from a Spanish tax legislation that allows their foreign players to pay tax at about 24 per cent of income; or perhaps, it has been suggested, that Real's status in Spain and relationship with local banks means they are not under the same pressure as their rivals to service their debts. However, all of this is categorically refuted by Perez who insists that Real are in the same boat as everyone else when it comes to obtaining credit and that banks lend them money because their accounts are in good order - and if they can't pay off their debts, they won't borrow the money.
Desire for change
For Perez none of the above is what matters: it is the name - not the numbers - that is the key to Real Madrid's global appeal for players and fans alike. As Perez says: "Players come to Madrid because it is Real Madrid, not because of tax benefits." �
If the club's star had waned in recent years, then with Perez back at the helm, whatever the results on the pitch, the name of Real Madrid is guaranteed to blaze a trail through the football world once again. Anyone who witnessed the scenes at the Bernabeu as Cristiano Ronaldo was unveiled in front of 85,000 euphoric fans cannot be in any doubt that Perez and the Galactico era has returned - a far cry from Ramon Calderon's last player presentation when 70 people turned out to see Faubert holding up a Madrid shirt. ���
As Perez told me: "There is a real desire for change - almost a total revolution - that comes from the fans. We want to create a Real Madrid that is faithful to its history - and leave behind the Real Madrid that we have seen in the last few years, which, unfortunately, has not been a faithful reflection of what the club has been over the years in terms of prestige and history."
At least 85,000 of those fans seemed to be celebrating the fact that the revolution is well under way and Real Madrid are undoubtedly centre stage once again. There is still plenty of work to be done, but the envious rumblings of discontent coming from the notoriously fickle Barcelona fans, frustrated at their own club's relative lack of activity in the transfer market so far this summer, means that for the Madrid supporters, Real have taken the lead over their rivals before a ball has even been kicked...


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State of Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner George Gervais recently toured the Sanford Mill at 61 Washington Street with developers and representatives from the Sanford Regional Economic Growth Council. The former textile mill is currently being renovated into a multiuse facility to include both commercial and residential space for lease.
Northland Enterprises LLC; a Portland-based company devoted to the acquisition, redevelopment, and repositioning of unique income producing properties; purchased the building from the town of Sanford and began construction in November 2011. Commissioner Gervais, along with DECD's Governor's Account Executive Brian Mulligan visited the site for an update on the project and to discuss steps to move forward to completion.
"This is a remarkable project and a wonderful economic opportunity for the town of Sanford," stated Commissioner Gervais. "Restoring a landmark and utilizing it efficiently is an example of how communities throughout the state can stimulate and develop the local economy."
The property is expected to be ready for tenants early next year. According to The Boulos Company, there are 3,033 - 22,477 +/- square feet of first floor office/retail space available for lease, as well as 36 market rate residential units on the upper floors. The building will also feature on-site parking and professional landscaping.
"From 1867 to 1955 the mill yard was the heart and soul of the Sanford community with over 5000 people employed there. It is wonderful to see new development and renovation in the area and we appreciate Commissioner Gervais taking the time to meet with us, view the progress and offer helpful insight toward the next stages of the project," said James Nimon, executive director of the Sanford Regional Economic Growth Council.
The Sanford Mills Historic District earned its place on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, adding value and recognition to the area, making it more attractive to future developers.

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I recently made what I thought was a delicious potato salad in advance of my friend's visit. I boiled some potatoes and mixed them while they were still hot with lemon juice and parsley-basil pesto. I refrigerated them for a few days and then the day of, I tossed the potatoes with some blanched green beans, broccoli and more pesto, lemon and olive oil. Unfortunately the texture of the potatoes ended up getting pretty nasty and cardboard-y and somewhat ruined what was otherwise a delicious lunch. Any suggestions about how to avoid this in the future? Is it just better to cook the potatoes the same day you eat them and never refrigerate?
The "few days" part is the problem. Cooked potatoes don't hold well. Period. Yes, set your alarm, get up early and do it all the same day.
I can only take a guess because I've never experienced the problem I think you are describing. First off, adding the acid to the potatoes while they are still warm is a good technique as they're very receptive to absorbing liquid at that point in the process. The issue is not from refrigeration per se, or from being a few days old because we've all eaten potato salads that way. Refrigeration is a very important step if you're not going to consume potatoes right away. So I'm wondering if the potatoes dried out before you added enough oil to protect them. Next time I'd complete dressing the salad after the potatoes first cool down and see how that goes.
I think the acid from the lemon did it next time try adding just the olive oil to them while they are hot and your other spices then add the lemon later
I always add both acid and oil to warm potatoes before refrigerating, as ChefOno suggests, and that works fine. If I want to add a classic mayo dressing, I do it after the potatoes are well-chilled. If I were using pesto, I'd add it at this point to keep the potato salad bright in flavor and let the oil and acid (I prefer red wine vinegar) provide the base notes.
Did you use the right type of potato? Potatoes can be either waxy or starchy. Starchy potatoes are fine for mashed potatoes because they fall apart easily, but for salads you want a waxy potato that will hold its shape. They need to be cooked until a knife will insert and pull out easily. I always dress my potatoes when they are hot and the salad is fine the next day, although I don't like it straight from the refrigerator.
The acid shouldn't be an issue, I usually put a "sploosh" of vinegar into my potato cooking water to keep them from getting "furry" while boiling, and also to flavor them, and then do the oil/vinegar/herb/seasoning dressing while they're still hot. As others ahve said, I'd look at the type of potatoes (waxy ones are best, think "new" potatoes). Even Yukon Golds are too starchy. But I really think the true culprit was the length of storage.
thanks everyone for your responses! I'm pretty sure it was the combo of the wrong kind of potato and too much time in the fridge. I think that I'll just make this day-of in the future and hold out for the waxy potatoes.
Russets, and other so-called starchy potatoes, can make excellent potato salads. I prefer their richer, deeper flavor but they do require a little more care. Cube the potatoes (peeled or unpeeled, your preference) and simmer in salted water until barely tender. Emphasis on "simmer" and "barely" (5 minutes or so). Spread them out on a sheet tray to cool. They'll soften up a bit in the process.
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Arne Eigenfeldt is a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, and is an active software designer. His music has been performed throughout the world, and his research in intelligent music systems has been published and presented in international conferences. He teaches music and technology at SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SCA
Position: Associate Professor
Email: arne_eac.ufs
Website: www.sfu.ca/~eigenfel
Projects: Music Db, HSMM, Kinetic Engine, Map and Timbre Based Sound Selection, Beatback, Typological Analysis of Gesture Interaction, Composition by Negotiation.
Philippe Pasquier (+/-)
Philippe Pasquier is an assistant professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology of Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Communication, Arts and Technology since January 2008. There, he conducts both a scientific and artistic research agenda. His research focuses on building deeper theories for endowing machines with autonomous behaviors, with a focus on creative and artistic applications.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: Assistant Professor
Email: pasquierac.ufs
Website: www.sfu.ca/pasquier
Projects: HSMM, BeatBender, Freepad, Cell Automaton, Eavesdropping, Beatback, Genetic Programming for Synthesizer Evolution, Map and Timbre Based Sound Selection, Automatic Video Game Level Generation, Memory Association Machine, Naos, EMVIZ, Aesthetic Agents, Automatic Calibration of Audio Synthesis.
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James Maxwell is a doctoral student exploring the design and development of computer-assisted composition tools, with a focus on using intelligent, adaptive systems as compositional "collaborators." His focus is on using cognitively-inspired designs to guide the acquisition and exploitation of musical material in interactive music composition systems.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SCA
Position: PhD Candidate
Email: jbmaxwelac.ufs
Website: www.rubato-music.com
Projects: Music Db, HSMM.
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Ben Bogart is an artist working in installation, audio-visual improvisation and software development. Ben holds a Masters of Science in Interactive Arts and Technology from Simon Fraser University and is working towards a PhD dealing with computational implementations of embodied creativity, memory and dreaming.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: PhD Candidate
Email: bbogartac.ufs
Website: www.ekran.org
Projects: Memory Association Machine, Self-Organized Landscapes.
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Pat Subyen is a doctoral student at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. With a background in graphic design and interactive media, he is interested in the area of generative art and design. His research interests include generative graphics and automatic visual composition design. He is currently working on generative abstract visualization of human movement qualities using artificial life techniques.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: Ph.D Candidate
Email: psubyenac.ufs
Website: www.sfu.ca/~psubyen
Projects: EMVIZ.
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Graeme is a PhD student in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. He is studying the application of Deep Machine Learning methods to music composition, with the aim of creating systems that represent and generate music in terms of affective contour and expressive parameters. His research interests include computational creativity and aesthetics, visual music, and artificial intelligence as art.
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Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT, Emily Carr University
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Projects: Audio Metaphor.
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Website: www.sfu.ca/~ada48
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Omid is a PhD student in the School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University. His research interests include multiagent systems and machine learning and the current focus on his research is exploring the computational models of human movement based on machine learning techniques. He is also interested in modelling the movement of artificial autonomous agents with respect to their mental state.
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Position: PhD
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Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: PHD Candidate
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Projects: Beatback, Freepad.
Chris Anderson (+/-)
Chris is a graduate from the School of Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. He is a composer and performer with a background in both traditional and electronic music. His interests include exploring new approaches to interactive musical performance and the use of generative systems within composition. Much of his work explores the use of music technology and its various functions within societies and cultures.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SCA
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Email: candersoac.ufs
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Website: Pournam
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Matthieu Macret is a M.Sc. graduate and Research Assistant from the SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology. He is a french engineer graduated from Centrale Marseille with a specialization in computing science. His interests include evolutionary computing, discrete optimization, artificial intelligence, high performance computing and sound synthesis. His work explores the potential of Evolutionary Computing to facilitate the design of sound synthesizers.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: M.Sc. graduate
Email: matthieu_macretac.ufs
Website: www.matthieumacret.com
Projects: Genetic Programming for Synthesizer Evolution, Freepad, Automatic Calibration of Audio Synthesis.
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Adam Basanta is a composer and sound-artist, writing both acoustic and electroacoustic music. He holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University, studying with Barry Truax and Arne Eigenfeldt, and is currently an MA candidate at Concordia University, supervised by Sandeep Bhagwati. Particular interests include semiotic and ecological approaches to electroacoustic composition, music cognition and perception, mixed music, binaural phonography, sound installations and found sound environments.
He has collaborated with choreographers Henry Daniel, Troika Ranch (NY/Berlin), and Kinesis Dance (Vancouver). His compositions have been performed at concerts, conferences and festivals throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the UK.
His electroacoustic works have won the 1st prize in the student category of Métamorphoses 2010 (Musiques et Recherches, Belgium), 1st prize at the VII International Contest of Electroacoustic Miniatures 2009 (Andalucia, Spain), 2nd and 3rd prizes at the SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers (Canada, Hugh Le Caine category, 2010 and 2008 respectively), and 2nd prize in JTTP 2010 competition (Canada).
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SCA
Position: Research Assistant
Email: aba36ac.ufs
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Projects: Typological Analysis of Gesture Interaction.
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James O'Callaghan is a senior undergraduate music student at Simon Fraser University studying composition with Barry Truax, David MacIntyre and Arne Eigenfeldt. He is an emerging composer, sound designer and multi-disciplinary artist. His music, equally concentrated within acoustic and electroacoustic idioms, explores ideas of dialecticism, semantics, social justice, technology, and alienation. Using techniques inspired by Brechtian theatre, Comics and Soviet Montage, he has developed a musical language characterized by juxtaposition and contrast.
Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SCA
Position: Research Assistant
Email: jdo1ac.ufs
Website: www.jamesocallaghan.ca
Projects: Mixed Morphologies: Gesture transformation through the use of electronics in the music of Kaija Saariaho
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Projects: BeatBender.
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Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: PhD Candidate
Email: cca73ac.ufs
Website: www.ccastellanos.com
Projects: Naos.
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Affiliations: Simon Fraser University, SIAT
Position: M.Sc
Email: nds6ac.ufs
Projects: Automatic Video Game Level Generation.
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Justin Love likes to make new things and think about them. He is a multimedia and interactivity programmer, electronics hacker, live visualist (VJ), and multimedia artist. Recent projects include: Exploding, Plastic & Inevitable Redux, Grand Theft Bicycle and Borealis (LED-based permanent public art installation). Justin's work has been featured in conferences, performances and galleries in Canada, Switzerland, USA, China, Mexico and Turkey. In addition to his art practice, Justin Love is the co-founder and VP Research at Limbic Media, a Canadian company that designs real-time interactive media control technologies.
Affiliations: University of Victoria
Position: Collaborator
Email: justinlovemoc.liamg
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"A chain was placed around his neck and he was dragged toward city hall by a growing mob; on the way downtown, he was stripped, stabbed, and repeatedly beaten with blunt objects. By the time he arrived at city hall, a group had prepared wood for a bonfire next to a tree in front of the building.[24] Washington, semiconscious and covered in blood, was doused with oil, hung from the tree by a chain, and then lowered to the ground.[27] Members of the crowd cut off his fingers, toes, and genitals.[24] The fire was lit and Washington was repeatedly raised and lowered into the flames until he burned to death. German scholar Manfred Berg posits that the executioners attempted to keep him alive to increase his suffering.[28] Washington attempted to climb the chain, but was unable to, owing to his lack of fingers.[29] The fire was extinguished after two hours, allowing bystanders to collect souvenirs from the site of the lynching, including Washington's bones and links of the chain.[24] One attendee kept part of Washington's genitalia;[30] a group of children snapped the teeth out of Washington's head to sell as souvenirs. By the time that the fire was extinguished, parts of Washington's arms and legs had been burned off and his torso and head were charred. His body was removed from the tree and dragged behind a horse throughout the town. Washington's remains were transported to Robinson, where they were publicly displayed until a constable obtained the body late in the day and buried it.[24]" - Wiki 'Jesse Washington'
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how do we move forward as a society when dumbass people justify this action because it is revenge from some previous action., you are a fool
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Problem is you people love to point out the toothpick out of ones eyes while you all got a huge lamp pole that is so noticeably in yours.
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The encore produced the evening's most remarkable moment. Standing alone in the spotlight, Johnson announced, "I can't think of a better place than a warm night in South Florida to bring out Jimmy Buffett on stage." Out strolled the millionaire Palm Beach bum, whose resemblance to Johnson's manner -- plus an extra 20 years and 20 pounds -- was suddenly obvious. Plying acoustic guitars, the two icons of laid-backitude sailed into the wry Buffett classic "A Pirate Looks at Forty": "Mother, Mother Ocean, I have heard you call..." The crowd went crazy, and rightly so. We were witnessing the passing of the fabled Shaker of Salt right before our eyes.
Taking in the scene at Mizner, it all made sense: Johnson is more qualified than anyone to become the new mayor of Margaritaville. Like Buffett, Johnson and his music come packaged with a perceived lifestyle that's largely a byproduct of his nonmusical extracurriculars -- his native roots in Hawaii, his past as a pro surf champion, his continued devotion to surf culture, his commitment to environmental causes. Johnson's fans are a well-groomed, surf-chic, Gen Y hybrid of liquor-loving Parrot Heads and Dave Matthews frat bohemians, drawn to Johnson's nonchalant crossover from beach to stage. There's more to these artists, they believe, than the music -- there's a way of life.
Buffett's not ready to pull into port for the last time, but he and his graying Parrot Head nation will eventually spawn a successor -- their vibe is too playful and successful not to. The content of his music, his nautical predilections, and his adoring, party-hearty fans make Johnson the front-running candidate.
From the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" to the "Man in Black": What could be better music to sail the Intracoastal by than Johnny Cash? You probably think Cash is more conducive to hopping freights and starting fights while Buffett's all about the Florida sunshine, and you're right. But given the protracted run time of the four-disc box set Johnny Cash: The Legend, released August 12, Beatcomber has been waiting for the right time to sit down and take in the whole thing. The 96-hour sail from Jacksonville to West Palm Beach on his brother's recently acquired sloop Aspire seemed like a prime opportunity.
With the brother, Capt. Salty Seaman, and the stepdad, HoSo, captive on the boat, Beatcomber launched into The Legend at several key moments throughout the trip. Let it be said that there are fewer moments more serene than sitting on a sailboat, watching a lavender sunset linger over rippling water, listening to Johnny Cash croon Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene."
The set is arranged thematically and somewhat haphazardly -- disc one comprises "The Hits," disc two "Old Favorites and New," disc three standards from "The Great American Songbook," and disc four Cash's collaborations with "Family and Friends." Spanning almost 50 years, seven record labels, and 104 songs -- seven of them recently unearthed from the vault at the House of Cash -- there's a lot of ground to cover. I figured classics like "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "Pick a Bale o' Cotton," and "Streets of Laredo" from disc three were a good place to start.
"This would make more sense if we were shrimpers," Salty said. "It's a general statement, but the working people don't own sailboats, and this is music for the working people." True, but Cash earned his popular status as an American original because everyone -- even proudly footloose sailboat captains -- can dig him. In this case, much appeal arose from the unswerving, reliable nature of his self-described "boom-chicka-boom" Tennessee two-beat. "It could be one long, 56-minute song," the captain noted. The simple, predictable rhythm and Cash's laconic delivery made it all too easy to, I'm ashamed to say, freestyle obscene lyrics as Cash sang semifamiliar tunes like "Frankie and Johnny" and "Wabash Cannonball." As you can imagine, we were drunk.
Disc one's serious story-songs, like "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," and self-defining hymns like "I Walk the Line" and "Man in Black" kept us more reverent. (There has never been an artist who with a clearer, more powerful mission statement than Johnny Cash, we agreed.) HoSo, a music buff in his former (read: young) life, made a strong claim: "I know my Johnny Cash." And indeed he did, singing along to "Orange Blossom Special" and disc two's "Long Black Veil." "Don't you know this song?" he asked me. "The Band played this too." Score one for the stepdad.
Though they were soulful and grave, most of the songs on disc four couldn't keep our interest. There were too many distractions -- sail rigging, dolphin spotting, beer drinking, shit talking -- to concentrate on the music, and when we weren't sailing, we were sleeping. Sadly, songs from Cash's spectacular American Recordings series -- the covers of Nine Inch Nails, Alice in Chains, and Tom Waits that newly minted fans revere most -- are absent here. Included instead are songs that somehow seem less hip and more grit, as well as insightful liner notes that tell his incomparable personal history. If these are the songs that reveal the true Johnny Cash, it's worth it to spend a few hours with The Legend. It -- and the countless other Cash boxes out there -- proves that the Man in Black, unlike Buffett or Johnson, generated his iconic status entirely on his own, purely through music.


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Harley goes home twice but no deal for Oster
I was wondering what had happened to Jon Harley after he left Portsmouth during the 2012/13 season and today have learned that he's literally gone home twice, to his home town and his first club. Jon Harley with members of the Clarets Mad team on the Italy tour in 2006
Harley joined crisis club Portsmouth last summer and managed to continue there on monthly deals until just about into 2013. One of 52 players to feature in Portsmouth's team, he played his last game for them on New Year's Day, a 5-0 defeat at Swindon. They couldn't afford to keep him any longer and the 33-year-old, who signed for Burnley from Sheffield United in the summer of 2005, was without a club again.
What I didn't know was that he was soon back in football with two different clubs. He very quickly joined his first club Chelsea as a youth coach, where he continues to work with the under-16 squad, but he was still missing the chance to play football on a Saturday afternoon.
So in March he returned home again, this time to his birthplace of Maidstone to sign for Maidstone United who play in the Ryan League Division One South.
He made his debut in a 2-0 home win against Eastbourne Town and went on to play six games, four of which were won, but missed the last two league games and the two play-off games with injury as they won promotion to the Ryman League Premier Division.
Harley arrived at Burnley just three months after John Oster rejected the offer of a longer term contract and opted to sign for Reading.
The now 34-year-old played against us as recently as April last year as a member of the Doncaster team who were on their way down to League One. Released last summer he signed for Barnet but today has learned that they will not be offering him a new deal after dropping out of the Football League.
He made 28 appearances for the Bees in League Two taking his total league appearances, since a debut for Grimsby in 1994, to 420 in which he's scored 26 goals. That includes one for Burnley in a 2-0 win at Coventry in February 2005.
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1.Crazy Heart (2009)
Another award-winning soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett. The Crazy Heart theme, "The Weary Kind" is enough to send chills down your spine.
2. The Blues Brothers (1980)
Sure, Elwood and Jake had help from the likes of Cab Calloway and Aretha Franklin, but they helped us remember that "Everybody needs somebody (to love)".
3. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Seu Jorge's Portugese renditions of David Bowie's most popular songs are at once different and familiar. Just listen to his version of "Lady Stardust".
4. The Commitments (1991)
Soul music. Dublin. Need I say more?
5. School of Rock (2003)
You're not hardcore, unless you live hardcore. These kids, headed by Jack Black, are mini Rock geniuses.
6. Walk the Line (2005)
Joaquin Phoenix's Johnny Cash is second only to Cash himself. A thousand hearts broke as he sang "It Ain't Me, Babe".
7. The Sapphires (2012)
Australia's very own soul singers. In the film, the group is led by Jessica Mauboy, Australian pop star. 8. Once (2006)
Love. Music. Dublin. And the songs you heard everywhere. 9. The Muppets (2011)
The Muppets are known for their original songs, and the decision to get Bret MacKenzie (1/2 of Flight of the Conchords) to write several songs for them was clearly the right choice. Peter Linz and Jason Segel sing this charming Oscar-winner.
10. Some Like It Hot (1959)
Marilyn Monroe's classic "I Wanna Be Loved By You" may be the most famous, but it's not the only song she and the film's "Society Sycopators" perform.


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Where is the auto industry in Asia and Thailand heading? ผู้เขียน: SCBEIC | Economic Intelligence CenterPublished in Bangkok Post/Asia Focus, March 4, 2013 |
A rising middle class and growing economies have driven tremendous growth in the Asian auto industry in the last 10 years. Vehicle sales in the Asia Pacific region reached 30 million units in 2011, with sales figures growing nearly 13% annually between 2000-2011. These figures are even more impressive when compared to negative growth in North America and just 1% growth per year in Europe.
The rising trend of auto sales in Asia will continue for at least the next 8-10 years on the back of this expanding middle class. Potential car buyers in most countries in Asia- here defined as the number of households with annual disposable income (ADI) over 10,000 USD - are forecasted to grow at a more than 5% annual rate during 2012-2020. In Asia, countries that will enjoy double-digit compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in the number of potential car buyers are China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. By way of contrast, annual growth rates for developed countries are projected to grow slightly less than 2% during the same period.
In addition, current low levels of car ownership per capita indicate a high potential for growth in demand for vehicles in China, India, Indonesia, and the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam). Despite historically high growth in auto sales in Asia, there is still room for further expansion. China, with the world's highest number of vehicle sales (18.5 million units in 2011) has a passenger car to population ratio of just 56, even lower than that of Thailand (at 63) with an economic growth rate half of China's. Comparing those ratios to the more than 250 ratio in the developed countries in Asia, e.g. Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Brunei, and Malaysia, means that car sales in the Asian developing countries have substantial room for further growth. In 2011, the ratio of passenger cars to thousand population in Indonesia, India, Philippines, and CLMV countries (on average) was only 40, 16, 9, and 13, respectively.
There is broad passenger car segmentation among Asia countries, and the trend is changing due to different factors. Environmentally-friendly consumers are driving hybrid and electric auto sales in Japan. During May 2012, 19.7 per cent of the new cars sold in Japan were hybrid cars - representing an 11 percentage point leap compared to the previous year. An increase in image-conscious buyers has led to a hike in vehicle imports in South Korea on the back of reduced prices thanks to a free trade agreement with the US and the EU. Whereas sales of domestic cars show signs of decline for the first time in four years since 2008, the share of new imported vehicles rose to 9.5% in 2012 compared with less than 3% before 2004. Malaysia is welcoming more global brands after uncompetitive local brands have long owned a large market share of vehicle sales. Indonesia prefers multi-purpose vehicles (MPV), that enjoy as much as a 70% market share. In Thailand, the government tax scheme for first-time car buyers generated substantial growth in small- and eco- car sales last year.
While a bright outlook for demand is clear, the players on the production side are also changing. There are three trends in Asia to point out here:
First, the major players, i.e. Japanese auto makers, have a clear direction to focus on next-generation vehicles, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles, and fuel-cell powered vehicles, along with changes in domestic demand. While production of passenger cars in Japan has gradually declined by 1% annually since 2005, that of next-generation vehicles - i.e. hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric, and fuel-cell powered vehicles - is set to move from a 20% market share today to around 40% by 2030.
Second, increasingly intense competition in the Asian auto industry is expected, as there are now more players. China and Cambodia are newcomers who have originated their own auto brands. Cambodia is only at the infant stage in launching its locally designed and assembled electric-powered car last year. At least three companies in China - Changan, SAIC, and Dongfeng - have enjoyed a CAGR above 15% in the past 5 years.
Finally, Asian auto brand owners are expanding overseas production. Massive investment by Japanese auto makers is evident in Asia countries with low car ownership ratios, ranging from China, Indonesia, and Thailand, to India. Despite a high car ownership ratio in Malaysia, Japanese auto makers foresee potential demand for hybrid and electric cars, and Honda has announced production plans for its Jazz Hybrid in its Melaka plant. In 2011, overseas production by Japanese car makers contributed to a 61% share of total global production, jumping from a 48% share in 2004. Likewise, Hyundai and Kia of South Korea produced slightly more than half of their cars overseas in 2012, compared to just 15% in 2004. Tata of India is following the same path. Chinese brands are also heading outbound, not only for export markets sales but also to expand overseas production. Chinese automotive firm SAIC is planning to produce cars in eastern Thailand.
What about Thailand? Thailand, as a major production base in Asia, is likely to benefit from this trend, as is Indonesia. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand for the first 11 months last year recorded almost 100% growth, amounting to 434 billion baht (14 billion USD), 66% from Japanese firms which heavily invest in the auto industry. While a stronger Japanese yen partly contributed to funds pouring out of Japan, surging domestic demand for small- and eco-cars in Thailand is obviously a key driver. This implies a need for a stronger supply network, but also increased competition among auto parts producers. In 2012, Indonesia welcomed approximately 20 billion USD in FDI, and this figure will continue to grow. Toyota, currently enjoying a 60% market share in Indonesia, plans to invest a further 1.7 billion USD over the next 5 years. Despite a poor infrastructure, domestic demand for cars from an increasingly affluent population in Indonesia is attractive. As many as 6 million more units would be required just to equal Thailand's car ownership ratio.
In addition to its large pool of auto parts suppliers, shared borders with CLMV countries are another advantage for the Thai auto industry and will support its likely strong growth under the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). The AEC will make ASEAN a single market with a 0% tariff rate, eliminate non-tariff barriers, and facilitate custom procedures and transportation infrastructure. As the need for marine transportation is still an obstacle to Indonesian competitiveness, facilitated land transportation under the AEC would be beneficial to auto and auto parts makers in Thailand in growing CLMV markets. Myanmar, for example, with a population of 60 million people, has experienced almost 20% annual growth in registered vehicles over the last ten years, and will incrementally liberalize its car import policy.
Hybrid and electric cars should be our next focus. The world is not running out of oil and gas, but it is running out of time, taking into account global warming issues. While conventional gas reserves declined to 21 trillion of cubic meters (TCM) in North America, Central Asia, China, and the Asia Pacific region, shale gas has added around 280 TCM to fuel reserves. Therefore, environmental issues, e.g. an increase in temperature globally, recently have become more influential factors in automotive technological development, especially for parent companies of the auto industry in Thailand. Thus, it is important that Thai businesses prepare for such a direction.
While untapped demand is huge in Asia, its auto industry is changing in response to various demands on the back of technological advances. Without our own brand, remaining competitive in terms of production efficiency under the changing circumstances will be a key determinant for the entire Thai auto industry in the future. Thailand can no longer rely on low labor costs, but must upgrade technology, develop R&D activities, and enhance the skills and capabilities of its labor force.


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by Michael Hebenstreit
The power of the modern HPC Cluster is brought to the end user more often than not through software like StarCD* or Fluent*, two typical applications in the area of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). As long as everything works correctly – or at least as expected – neither the engineer setting up the computations nor the administrator ensuring the smooth work of the cluster actually knows what goes on inside the binary package doing all the calculations.
Unfortunately things tend to go wrong. At this point, the question "What is going on?" is fundamental to answering "How can I fix this problem?". If you are not able to answer the former question, everything you do is akin to feeling around in the dark. Even if you are able to solve the issue, you might still be wondering exactly why your fix worked, and if it is going to be an only temporary solution. Here we will speak about the Intel Cluster Tools, specifically the Intel Trace Collector, Intel Trace Analyzer and Intel MPI Benchmarks, which should be able to shed some light into this binary darkness.
At a customer visit, the author was faced with an Hewlett-Packard (HP)*/Intel Itanium 2 1.5GHz cluster running StarCD* over a Gigabit Ethernet switch. The customer was very dissatisfied with the performance of the system, pointing out that they were neither able to run a simple 32-thread job with high efficiency nor could they reproduce the benchmark results originating from the time of purchase. The author quickly verified during the visit that the main problem was the CPU utilization of each node – showing only around 60% instead of the usual mark of 95-100%
The customer and author could quickly agree on a simple benchmark with four million cells, containing no intellectual property. Fortunately this benchmark gave the same behavior on-site, showing that it was a problem of the system, and not of the software itself. Both the author and Hewlett-Packard were able to verify, that the problem did not show up on similar Intel Itanium systems installed at Intel or HP sites.
The author assumed this behavior was caused by a problem in the network hardware, as the problem was independent from the MPI implementation used. The next step had to be an investigation of StarCD's communication structure. Intel Trace Collector (ITC) and Intel Trace Analyzer are the tools of choice here. Luckily, an ITC enabled version of StarCD was available at Intel. As the behavior of StarCD is only dependant on the dataset and the program version, one is able to run the test on any hardware available. Although the timing will be different depending on hardware, the communication structure will not. The investigation came up with 3 major findings:
1. StarCD uses many communication calls – as shown in this picture. Even on a timeframe of 0.1s, the threads are exchanging data
2. The main MPI function used is the alltoall-call.
3. The load balancing on some 13 nodes is not perfect, but works well enough so that the cluster should work at least with 90% efficiency.
These findings make it easy to test the MPI-behavior on the cluster without relying on StarCD and introducing additio nal dependencies. The tools of choice are the Intel MPI benchmarks, which produce automated and reliable measurements. HP measured the optimal timing on their own cluster, and came up with a delay time of ~3µs using alltoall at a message size of 35kb.
The corresponding measurements at the customer location gave an erratic result that showed only about 50% of the achievable performance (base result in the picture).
A change in the configuration of the switch gave no real improvements (result corrected switch).
The breakthrough came only after looking at the cabling used on the cluster. The 63 nodes were all connected to a switch containing 5 inserts. A user would typically reserve 8 or 16 nodes (each with 2 CPUs) for a job – for instance the nodes 1 to 16. As one can see from the layout, this configuration forces the load to go onto only one or two inserts – and is thereby overloading the switch.
A slight change in the layout of the cabling proposed by the author takes care of this problem and dramatically improves the response time within the cluster (result striped switch in the picture here).
An even more detailed analysis of the message structure allows the user to find what size of messages causes most delays in the cluster. This type of chart is not implemented in Intel Trace Analyzer at the present time, but the information can be directly extracted from the tracing files. After the run first convert the data to ASCII, using the xstftool supplied with Intel Trace Collector:
xstftool FILE.stf --dump |
This will give you an output similar to:
1998984 EXCHEXT CPU 0:1 DOWNTO "MPI:MPI_Bcast" 1998984 GLOBALOP MPI_Bcast ON 0:1 COM COMM_WORLD(2) ROOT 1 SENT 4 RECVD 0 DURATION 499 1999149 EXCHEXT CPU 0:3 UPTO "Application:User_Code" |
The first entry gives you a timestamp, and the rest is easy to understand. In this case, we processed a call from the application to MPI_Broadcast, going from group 0, thread 1 to 4 receivers, 4 bytes in length lasting 499 ticks and returning to the application (line 3).
One has to write a program (or script) to parse the output, as the data of interest are probably different with each application.
The author analyzed The StarCD benchmark used above to get a distribution of overall time spent in MPI_alltoall calls over message size.
The chart shows about 40% Elapsed Time are spend by messages of very small size, another 40% by messages larger than 100kb.
This kind of information could be used to further optimize the network and switches – although in the case shown optimizing for very large and small message sizes at the same time might be extremely difficult.
Although the Intel Cluster Tools have been developed for software developers, they have evolved far beyond that. Even without access to source code, they provide insight into the basic message structure of MPI programs and can give help in debugging problems.
This use case shows in a simple example on how system administrators and software users will find the tools very helpful in their day to day tasks. From a point of view of the user, the application – especially load balancing of the job – very worked well. The administrator of the cluster became aware of how much communication StarCD is doing, and thereby how important the network layer is with regard to performance. Faster CPUs or increased memory would take little effect if network itself is the bottleneck.
With the help of the MPI benchmarks, the administrator can model the behavior of the application far faster than by running the original StarCD case. This becomes an issue if one has to vary the parameters to find the optimal solution – like in the instance of configuring a network on the lowest level.
All these data points do not contain any specific Intellectual Property (IP), and therefore can be exchanged with 3rd parties. This becomes more important in an environment where many functions, like IT-administration, have been outsourced.
Usage and administration of modern HPC systems is becoming a commodity, and every system is unique and is causing its own problems. Tools to debug these issues are in demand and one solution to your organization's specific problem might be to use the Intel Cluster Tools.


text: On 8/7/06, Peter Ennis <peterennis at yahoo.com> wrote: > > LFS-6.2 > > 6.16 ncurses > > I could get past this point is all the PRE versions > and in the last months SVN books, but now it fails. > Nothing shows in config.log and no clear google help. What's the host? Same as before? > Any suggestions on how to debug? Look at misc/run-tic.sh and misc/shlib. After building, it attempts to run tic from the source directory to populate the terminfo directory. I've seen this one off and on for a while on the lazyweb, but I can't recall one definitive fix. Time to look at those scripts once and for all. I have a feeling they're making some poor assumptions. > Running tic to install /usr/share/terminfo ... > > You may see messages regarding extended capabilities, e.g., > AX. > These are extended terminal capabilities which are compiled > using > tic -x This is what it was trying to run, probably with an LD_LIBRARY_PATH prefix. > tic: error while loading shared libraries: libncursesw.so.5: cannot > open shared object file: No such file or directory Does this come after the shared library is installed? I.e., does /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.5 exist yet? I don't have the source package handy. Try to break down at what point run-tic.sh is run and exactly what command it's trying to execute. -- Dan


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The National Hockey League reached the first-quarter mark this week of what has already been a memorable 2011-12 season. To celebrate, the NHL.com staff is taking a look at the early favorites for each of the major NHL end-of-season trophies with the first installment of our Trophy Tracker feature. Stay tuned for updates as the season progresses. All statistics for this edition of the Trophy Trackers are as of games completed by Nov. 22.
There are plenty of worthy candidates for the Vezina Trophy with the season now 25 percent complete. Some of the names are familiar ones (Tim Thomas), others are blasts from the past (Nikolai Khabibulin), and there are a couple of players no one expected to bounce back from sub-par play in recent seasons (Niklas Backstrom and Mike Smith).
As solid as those goaltenders have been, none make the cut for the Vezina finalists at this point of the season. There has been outstanding play between the pipes all across the League, but these are the three who deserve the most praise.
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators -- There isn't a goaltender in the League who means more to his team than Rinne does to the Preds. Rinne leads the League in games played (18), minutes played (1,052:35) and shots faced (572) while the Preds sit in the middle of the pack offensively. His .932 save percentage is fifth among goalies making at least 10 starts; his 2.22 goals-against average is ninth. Those numbers are more impressive when you consider the Predators are allowing the third-most shots (33.1) per game in the NHL.
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings -- The 25-year-old Quick finds himself in a similar situation to Rinne, only slightly less extreme. Quick has a 2.01 GAA and .931 save percentage on a team that's having a hard time scoring goals. He's tied for the League lead in shutouts with 3 and has started 17 of his team's 20 games. Rinne gets the slight edge with Quick facing about three less shots per game.
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings -- It's been a roller-coaster start for the Red Wings, but Howard has been a rock throughout the turbulence. His 1.85 GAA ranks second only to Khabibulin among regular starters and his .930 save percentage is among the League leaders. Just like with Rinne and Quick, it's been up to Howard to carry the workload. He has started 16 games and also has 3 shutouts.
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text: In an effort to save a large amount of bandwidth I've compressed the PDF files that haven't been compressed yet and removed the uncompressed files in the download sections. This'll conserve some bandwidth and associated charges that go along with it. In the last few days alone the server has uploaded several gigabytes worth of LFS and BLFS PDF files. Gerard