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A man who faces life imprisonment for raping and killing a University of New Hampshire student in 2012 does not want to appear for his sentencing this week.
Seth Mazzaglia was convicted June 27 of first-degree murder and other felonies in the death of Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott of Westborough, Massachusetts. Prosecutors say he strangled, then raped the 19-year-old Marriott in his Dover apartment after she rebuffed his sexual advances.
Mazzaglia's girlfriend, Kathryn McDonough, is already serving jail time for hindering prosecution.
Mazzaglia, 31, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday and at least 11 family and friends of the victim are expected to give statements. In a brief motion filed Friday, Mazzaglia said it is his constitutional right to not appear.
In his response, prosecutor Peter Hinckley wrote, "To be sure, the defendant has a constitutional right to be present, and can waive that right." But he said Mazzaglia has not set forth any reasons he should be absent, and that the interests in having him present outweigh his objection.
Prosecutors will argue against the motion at a hearing Tuesday in Dover.
Hinckley said Mazzaglia should be held accountable for the crime, that his presence in court will help avoid any unnecessary and unwanted confusion, and that the interests of the victim and her family are "hardly more compelling than in this case."
"The defendant received his fair trial," Hinckley wrote. "It is now fair for him to personally receive the sentence that will result from such."
Jurors heard testimony over the course of 19 days and convicted Mazzaglia after a full day of deliberations.
The key witness, the 20-year-old McDonough, lured Marriott to their Dover apartment. She testified that Mazzaglia wanted another woman to join their sexual escapades, which included bondage.
McDonough first told investigators that Marriott died during rough sex between the two women that involved restraints. After getting immunity from prosecution, McDonough changed her story and said Mazzaglia strangled Marriott, then raped her.
Mazzaglia did not testify.
Man Wants to Skip Sentencing in 'Lizzi' Marriott Murder
Seth Mazzaglia faces life imprisonment for raping, killing UNH student 'Lizzi' Marriott in 2012
A man who faces life imprisonment for raping and killing a University of New Hampshire student in 2012 does not want to appear for his sentencing this week.

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The freesmartphone framework daemons (ophoned, opreferencesd, odevicesd, etc...) have all been merged into a single daemon (frameworkd) So you will only need one package for all the freesmartphone functionalities. I am not sure yet of the stability of this daemon though.
Also, if you are looking for a set of applications using the framework, maybe you want to have a look at tichy (disclamer : this is my project) : http://charlie137-2.blogspot.com/2008/07/introducing-tichy.html
If you base your softwares on tichy, all you need to provide in you image is the freesmartphone framework, python, and a few standard python libraries.
--Charlie 11:43, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
A conversation between roh, wurp, paulproteus about how to get started on the project:
Jul 04 02:37:30 <paulproteus> wurp2|away, Cool, but I'd rather talk about the old-apps-on-FSO project. (-: Jul 04 02:37:53 <paulproteus> I wonder if we can easily package this for opkg. Jul 04 02:38:04 <wurp2|away> paulproteus: Sounds good. Sorry, I wsa reading the backlog. Jul 04 02:38:10 <paulproteus> No prob! Jul 04 02:39:06 <wurp2|away> I kept asking mickey why someone wasn't doing this (SHR) Jul 04 02:39:37 <paulproteus> His answer was, everyone else is too busy? Jul 04 02:39:44 <wurp2|away> And he said someone should, and pointed out that you could just build a phonekit-to-ophoned adapter, so finally today I got off my duff and started it Jul 04 02:40:02 <wurp2|away> Yeah, I knew he & his little group was too busy Jul 04 02:40:28 <wurp2|away> But I thought someone from OM could take the relatively small amount of time it *seems* like it should take Jul 04 02:40:29 * paulproteus nods and listens Jul 04 02:40:43 <wurp2|away> But, hey, if you want something done... Jul 04 02:41:17 <wurp2|away> So I'm not sure I have much more to say that isn't on the wiki Jul 04 02:41:30 <wurp2|away> IMO the first step is to get a good FSO image running from our repo Jul 04 02:41:33 <roh> hey guys Jul 04 02:41:39 <paulproteus> Hey now roh. Jul 04 02:41:42 * mwester hides Jul 04 02:42:01 <nezza-_-> hey roh Jul 04 02:42:05 <wurp2|away> Then build a phonekit stub that openmoko2-dialer (or whatever the name is) can pretend to connect to Jul 04 02:42:06 <paulproteus> wurp2|away, I agree - the first thing to do is just cone the current branch and have a repeatable build system. Jul 04 02:42:08 <wurp2|away> Hi roh Jul 04 02:42:11 <roh> about your project... i think youre overshooting the goal by soundling like 'we need to fork' Jul 04 02:42:29 <paulproteus> I see it more as a branch than a fork. But can you explain what you mean? Jul 04 02:42:32 <roh> but i see your goal and like it. Jul 04 02:42:45 <wurp2> roh: If we can get away without it, that would be great. I want to minimize what we're doing Jul 04 02:42:51 <paulproteus> Hopefully, as FSO people get interested in this, our branch would get rebased and disappears into FSO. Jul 04 02:42:59 <roh> eventually you should just do it where the main fun happens. in the repos we have. here is what i suggest: Jul 04 02:42:59 * mwester thinks the community needs commit rights, whatever you call it (fork or whatever) Jul 04 02:43:09 <wurp2> I fished around for suggestions of how we could go about just labelling, or just branching specific files, but got no feel-good answers Jul 04 02:43:18 * wurp2 listens. Jul 04 02:43:31 <roh> you start hacking and coding, and i will see that there is a milestone in trac, where you can organize tickets in Jul 04 02:43:48 <paulproteus> roh, in the fso trac? I'm sold. Jul 04 02:43:56 <roh> also about commit-rights.. thats quite easy. currently 2007.2 is basically unmaintained Jul 04 02:44:22 <paulproteus> So any development would really be the only branch, anyway? (-: Jul 04 02:44:23 <roh> paulproteus i dunno for sure. Jul 04 02:44:28 <paulproteus> Sure, but basically. Jul 04 02:45:41 <roh> the point is: we are currently thinking about reorganizing the buildprocess anyways.. so i would say we should a) see to get less distro-trees b) have a branch where the man with the hat for the branch commits stuff to. Jul 04 02:46:04 <wurp2> roh: Just to make sure I understand: are you suggesting we commit to the 2007.2 tree? Jul 04 02:46:14 <paulproteus> That's in svn, right? Jul 04 02:46:22 <wurp2> or I can just keep listening until you're done with your point :-) Jul 04 02:46:28 <roh> but the main point is: 2007.2 apps are in the main svn, but unmaintained. if somebody steps up and basically claims maintainership by doing real work i see not why we should hinder that. Jul 04 02:47:01 <roh> my only concern about that all is: i do not see reason for 'forking' or cluttering stuff even more than it currently is. Jul 04 02:47:17 <paulproteus> Okay, I can agree with that. Jul 04 02:47:25 * jeffszusz tries to make sense of the convo Jul 04 02:47:25 <roh> on the contrary, we need to get better oversight. and thats not what happens by using more different repos Jul 04 02:47:26 <wurp2> roh: Sounds great! Jul 04 02:47:42 <paulproteus> Now as far as build process, we'd still use the git OE repos and improve the bitbake files there? Jul 04 02:47:44 * mwester notes that he currently has a rather poor attitude about OM branches and commits, and steps out of the conversation. :( Jul 04 02:47:48 <nullpuppy> ok. finally home, now to try and put together a build environment ;) Jul 04 02:47:57 <paulproteus> We'd just make our own branch in that central OM git repo? Jul 04 02:47:57 <roh> i dunno for sure, but atm i think we do a daily build of gta01 and gta02 org.openmoko.dev Jul 04 02:48:06 <roh> the asu branch as well.. Jul 04 02:48:11 * jeffszusz didn't know there were forks/branches in OM Jul 04 02:48:13 <wurp2> So what do we do to get permission to check stuff into 2007.2? Jul 04 02:48:21 <roh> but i dunno who even uses these image (non-asu, old gtk based) or if they work at all. Jul 04 02:48:28 <paulproteus> Right. Jul 04 02:48:44 <alphabeat> dvarnes: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Group_Sales_Australia Jul 04 02:48:54 <wurp2> roh: They didn't work 3 weeks ago, then about 2 weeks ago someone said they (mostly) worked, but I dunno that they're maintained at all, as you say Jul 04 02:49:03 <roh> wurp2 submit patches. i mean.. the recipe for the 2007.11 stuff should have a fixed svnrev, so even if you would break it it should even have the old states. Jul 04 02:49:08 <wurp2> s/They/2007.2/ Jul 04 02:49:09 <apt> wurp2 meant: roh: 2007.2 didn't work 3 weeks ago, then about 2 weeks ago someone said they (mostly) worked, but I dunno that they're maintained at all, as you say Jul 04 02:50:04 <roh> so i suggest: start hacking, start mailing patches.. i see that we clear up the repo as well as buildhost-situation. Jul 04 02:50:06 <dvarnes> alphabeat, yep .. already sent message to simon mathews with inquiry Jul 04 02:50:28 <wurp2> roh: OK, I'm very familiar with svn, and I have some experience with darcs and a knowledge of arch (RCSs like git) Jul 04 02:50:37 <wurp2> But I dunno how we would work off an svn tree Jul 04 02:50:41 <paulproteus> wurp2, IMHO we should use a git-svn repository to work on our patches then. Jul 04 02:50:42 <wurp2> and easily share changes with one another Jul 04 02:50:49 <paulproteus> That is quite feasible. Jul 04 02:50:56 <roh> its a 2-part story.. one part is basic distribution-building work (means should happen in a branch or head on git) Jul 04 02:50:59 <paulproteus> Another thing is to try quilt. Jul 04 02:51:00 <wurp2> then submit patches once we're happy to whoever to merge into main tree Jul 04 02:51:12 <paulproteus> I have to run in a minute, I'm very sorry to say! Jul 04 02:51:13 <roh> the other part is porting and changing applications, which should happen where the app lives. Jul 04 02:51:16 <wurp2> roh: Ah, I'm familiar with how to do it (basically) in git Jul 04 02:51:29 <paulproteus> roh, Yes, re: distribution work: would we get a branch in the main OM git then? Jul 04 02:51:35 <paulproteus> That would be fantastic. Jul 04 02:51:51 <paulproteus> And I *really* appreciate you stepping in here. Jul 04 02:51:56 <roh> i think that it would be the best way to do this. Jul 04 02:52:12 <alphabeat> dvarnes: might be a little late. i think he bought a few as overhead so you might be lucky :) we bought 60 but only needed 53 or something Jul 04 02:52:27 <wurp2> OK, I saw svn sneak in there for a bit, now we're talking about git again... which parts are git and which are svn? Jul 04 02:52:34 <paulproteus> svn for apps; git for OE work Jul 04 02:53:15 <wurp2> paulproteus: And you said quilt is a tool to help us share changes in our group, then create patches to submit to the main svn? Jul 04 02:53:15 <paulproteus> Email patches for apps, and get them in a state to use the FSO backend that way, sharing work between us before they're ready for submission using git-svn. Jul 04 02:53:16 <paulproteus> git for OE work - we'd get a branch in the OM git. Jul 04 02:53:16 <paulproteus> That's what I understand. Jul 04 02:53:26 <paulproteus> wurp2, Yes, quilt is an alternative to git-svn in this workflow. Jul 04 02:53:27 <Dave> We meet again, Mr. Wurp. Jul 04 02:53:38 <wurp2> wurp2: Ah, I think I prefer git-svn Jul 04 02:53:41 <paulproteus> I think so too. Jul 04 02:53:41 <wurp2> Dave: howdy Jul 04 02:53:52 <Dave> Howdy ya'll Jul 04 02:54:06 <wurp2> So we work in git, get it how we like it, then we create a patch Jul 04 02:54:14 <wurp2> keeping our git in sync w/ svn via git-svn Jul 04 02:54:25 <roh> wurp2 ? Jul 04 02:54:29 <wurp2> (er, and we submit the patch back to the svn owner, of course) Jul 04 02:54:29 <Dave> yep yep :) Jul 04 02:54:45 <wurp2> roh: Did I drift into crazy talk? Jul 04 02:55:04 <roh> i do not care how you branch/merge on your machine, but my point is that the app itself currently resides in svn.. and the distro which is 'one layer above' is in git Jul 04 02:55:10 * jeffszusz pulls out his cardboard Freerunner and pretends to talk on it Jul 04 02:55:26 <wurp2> roh: I think I understood that Jul 04 02:55:31 <Dave> Is this not self-evident enough from the repositories themselves? Jul 04 02:55:44 <Dave> jeffszusz: whoa, cool man, where can I get one? :D Jul 04 02:55:46 <roh> Dave since we have loads of them, sadly not all the time. Jul 04 02:55:53 <wurp2> roh: And dealing with the distro seems straightforward; we create a git repo that is a "child"(branch) of the main repo Jul 04 02:55:57 <Dave> Yeah, I noticed that too, roh :) Jul 04 02:56:04 <paulproteus> I have to run in 30-60s (-: Jul 04 02:56:04 <wurp2> and can submit changes back Jul 04 02:56:11 <wurp2> paulproteus: bye :-( Jul 04 02:56:15 <SpeedEvil> How long are confirmation emails taking to get sent out? Jul 04 02:56:19 <Dave> Even occasionally, and if it weren't for tagging, I'd mistake one for another frequently :) Jul 04 02:56:24 <jeffszusz> Dave: print, cut, paste! Jul 04 02:56:30 <paulproteus> wurp2, Right - we'll commit to a branch in OM git, and then we can ask the other branches to merge or cherry-pick our changes. Jul 04 02:56:33 <roh> also most projects are just about apps and not about 'lets build a device.. and while were at it write drivers for it.. ah.. and bootloaders.. and apps.-. and then package it in a linux-distri Jul 04 02:56:35 <SpeedEvil> Someone not had one after 3.5 hours. Is that overly delayed? Jul 04 02:56:47 <Dave> heh, true enough :) Jul 04 02:56:59 <wurp2> roh: But for apps, it seems that we need some way to share changes amongst ourselves w/o waiting for the patch to get accepted into the mainline, or even in some cases when we have things that aren't quite complete, that need another team member to finish Jul 04 02:56:59 <alphabeat> jeffzusz: did you print out the CAD file and make your own phone out of cardboard too? Jul 04 02:57:31 <roh> wurp2 for testing they could be applied in the distro dev branch. Jul 04 02:57:32 <jeffszusz> alphabeat: nope, but i'm tempted Jul 04 02:57:33 <dvarnes> alphabeat, yep .. understood .. I had looked a couple of times at the Group page, but the Aus one is not linked, so missed it. Not urgent since I already have a Neo :-) Still, am plannig to order a FR .. Jul 04 02:57:54 <Dave> Oh, I should write that report to the ml now. Jul 04 02:58:00 <wurp2> roh: So we were suggesting a SHR specific git repo, that would drift a bit from the app's svn until we get small changesets complete, then we would create patches Jul 04 02:58:05 <paulproteus> You guys, please store the results of this discussion on that wiki page. Jul 04 02:58:05 <paulproteus> Bye! Jul 04 02:58:13 <roh> i guess it would start with a -dev only branch.. if that then takes 'form' make it a stable one and branch the new --dev Jul 04 02:58:15 <wurp2> and keep our git repo in sync w/ the app repo via svn-git Jul 04 02:58:21 <roh> (the distro) Jul 04 02:58:43 <digitalslave> <would be happy just to get the emulator to compile blac Jul 04 02:58:44 * jeffszusz is realizing how little he knows about the progress of OpenMoko Jul 04 02:58:46 <wurp2> OK Jul 04 02:58:56 <roh> testing patches is in -dev as patch in oe.. then merge it into the repo (work with minrev and maxrev in the recipes) Jul 04 02:59:04 <wurp2> I'm hoping that our actual changes are fairly minimal Jul 04 02:59:48 <roh> i guess so. even then.. really.. nobody would want to hinder future maintainers of apps to evolve ;) Jul 04 02:59:57 <wurp2> A replacement for phonekit that delegates to ophoned, and a recipe to pull in compatible versions of all the basic apps Jul 04 02:59:59 <digitalslave> cd .. Jul 04 02:59:59 <digitalslave> ls Jul 04 03:00:06 <alphabeat> dvarnes: it looks like he ordered 60 with 52 phones confirmed and payed for and 6 phones unconfirmed which leaves 2 spare. might be lucky hey? ps jealous of buying a neo1973. should have got one :P Jul 04 03:00:13 <wurp2> digitalslave: Wrong window? Jul 04 03:00:27 <digitalslave> haha yep damn track pad heh Jul 04 03:00:48 <wurp2> digitalslave: At least it wasn't your root password Jul 04 03:01:06 <jeffszusz> wurp2: i did that before Jul 04 03:01:11 <digitalslave> hahaha Jul 04 03:01:21 <alphabeat> wurp2|jeffszusz: yah me too xD Jul 04 03:01:31 <wurp2> roh: I'll have to learn some more more before your -dev and --dev and minrev/maxrev stuff make sense to me :-) Jul 04 03:01:34 <digitalslave> i like reading all the logs at work from everyone putting there password in for their username :) Jul 04 03:01:38 <jeffszusz> i was due for a new password anyway... but i was lucky nobody used it before i had a chance to change it Jul 04 03:01:38 <jeffszusz> heh Jul 04 03:01:45 <wurp2> alphabeat, jeffszusz: :-( Jul 04 03:01:50 <alphabeat> digitalslave: you're evil! i like that Jul 04 03:02:11 <wurp2> It's also amazing what you'll see on a nic in promiscuous mode Jul 04 03:02:21 <digitalslave> haha true that! Jul 04 03:02:28 <roh> wurp2 in oe recipes one can define max, min or ranges thus of revisions which patches get applied. Jul 04 03:02:30 <wurp2> Like people's pwds on all the sites that didn't know enough to use https for login form submission Jul 04 03:03:04 <roh> wurp2 so if the patch which gets applied is merged, one sets the maxrev to one version below or so (atleast thats how i got it) Jul 04 03:03:14 <wurp2> roh: I see Jul 04 03:04:45 <wurp2> roh: How do we submit patches? openmoko-devel? Or is there a list of private email addys? Jul 04 03:05:08 <roh> yeah.. just the list Jul 04 03:05:16 <roh> or if you think it makes sense we Jul 04 03:05:31 <roh> eh we can add a milestone and you add them as attachment to tickets Jul 04 03:06:06 <wurp2> roh: That could work too... it seems like it would feel more reliable Jul 04 03:06:22 <wurp2> roh: As in, we can see a comment on the ticket that says submitted, and don't have to search email logs for it Jul 04 03:06:34 <roh> well.. its only how the 'group' of developers plans its workflow Jul 04 03:07:01 <wurp2> roh: Is there any material I can read to get some clues about this? Jul 04 03:07:19 <roh> eh.. which part Jul 04 03:07:31 <wurp2> Whichever parts have docs :-) Jul 04 03:07:43 <roh> ehehe Jul 04 03:08:01 <roh> well.. trac is easy.. it has documentation Jul 04 03:08:03 <wurp2> bitbake, how you're using milestones, what the procedure has been to submit patches in the past Jul 04 03:08:12 <wurp2> OK Jul 04 03:08:20 <wurp2> I've had "read up on trac" in my todo for a long time Jul 04 03:08:26 <wurp2> Now I guess I'll actually do it Jul 04 03:08:37 <roh> submitting patches... eh.. well..the opensource-default.. send by mail, do not mangle long lines ;) Jul 04 03:08:45 <roh> use diff -u eh svn diff -u Jul 04 03:09:09 <wurp2> Yeah, for that I was more concerned with internal procedures Jul 04 03:09:33 <wurp2> But I'm not even sure what the questoins are right now, so I'll just try it the way that seems obvious the first time Jul 04 03:09:34 <Dave> i.e. how the cabal performs its rituals ;) Jul 04 03:09:37 <wurp2> And get corrected Jul 04 03:09:44 <wurp2> Dave: exactly Jul 04 03:09:48 <wurp2> tribal knowledge Jul 04 03:09:52 <Dave> :) Jul 04 03:10:11 <Dave> Every tribe is different ;) Jul 04 03:10:23 <roh> wurp2 i think currently we are happy if people can code and submit good patches.. one easily looks over process minors then Jul 04 03:10:45 <Dave> That sounds encouraging. Jul 04 03:10:48 <wurp2> Well, I can code & submit patches Jul 04 03:10:58 <wurp2> We'll see if you conclude they are good or not ;-) Jul 04 03:11:27 <Dave> We'll see if you get voted off the island or not. ;) Jul 04 03:12:12 <wurp2> OK, 2007.2 is OM distro, right? Not apps, mostly? Jul 04 03:12:30 <wurp2> and 2007.2 is a git branch, yes? Jul 04 03:17:46 <roh> 2007.2 is a set of apps om did Jul 04 03:18:59 <wurp2> roh: OK
some thoughts
I was wondering what's the difference between this planned SHR and future release of FSO ? I mean, FSO is really great but lacks apps for the moment ; you're planning to port these apps from the GTK or the QT apps.
Why not contribute these ported applications to the FSO milestone 2 ?
I believe you should explain that in the page (or maybe I'm just confused by the description)
Jeremy List: Presuming this titchy thing is fairly lightweight in requirements it could be ideal for the main UI. However it needs a way of handling more items than will fit on the screen (for example, a scrollbar). and I would prefer using something with a different colour scheme.
- Jeremy : tichy already supports scrolling (I need to make it looks better and faster though), there is also a style system, that allow to dynamically modify not only the color scheme, but also the widgets sizes and look. Beside I modified the default look so that it is better by default. Check out the svn repository for a demonstration. It works fine even on desktop computer, without compiling. --Charlie 08:47, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Package management
I wounder if it would be possible to replace openembeded with Debian, and include some key packages into the debian distribution such as illume, matchbox, the FSO framework, etc. (However that works.. a bunch of different dbus applications I imagine)
I believe the device has enough space to accomadate a full bash and apt-get and such, which would permit the ability to gain access to the huge armel debian package database and install ported software without the need to hassle yourself with bitbake files.
When we see the next generation of open palmtops come out with 64GB of internal flash, we will feel even more silly when we're using busybox and opkg.
Working parts of FSO
The section "Why not FSO?" of this article says: "FSO is by far the most stable & usable release, if all you want is a phone. (I mean *all*. It just has a dialer right now, not even call history.)". According to the Distributions page FSO has more features (and there are none listed for SHR). Which page is correct? Is this page outdated? --Marko Knöbl 22:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Downloading images
http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/ contains two U-Boot images. Is there a difference between them? Clarifying this in the text would be useful. It confuses me that there are two U-Boot images.
I have tried to clarify that, but the root file system is missing in http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/ --Piratebab 17:49, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Janvlug 10:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC) -- So, which root file system should I use when I want to use SHR testing?
Furthermore, it would be handy if somewhere was explained what the relation is between the files in the testing dir. For example that http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/uImage-2.6.24-oe3+gitrfb42ce6724576fc173faf8abfb04aa2c36d213b7-r1-om-gta02.bin and http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/uImage-om-gta02-latest.bin are the same.
What is the use of the modules file, should the files be copied over the (still to be gotten) root image files?
Currently, I'm stuck in trying to install SHR testing, because I do not know which images to use.
I noticed that om-gta2 testing files (including rootfs images) are available in the neo1973 directory at:
See this mail for more details about the images.
--matzehuber 12:55, 16 July 2009 (UTC) i tried SHR unstable as of 2009-07-03 and in my oppinion it is _not_ useful as daily phone, while testing as of 2009-05-02 is in my oppinion. i had many hangups and wlan does'nt use power off switch and so on.
My recommendation for the moment is: testing/2009-05-02
Info page
I have moved all the tweaky stuff into the official SHR User Manual now. Please add any tweaks there, keep this page as the official SHR info page only. --Vanous 10:23, 9 August 2009 (UTC)


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5 Things To Watch For Tuesday In Wisconsin, Maryland, D.C.
Once the Republican presidential primaries entered April, leaving behind March with its run of several Southern contests, the electoral terrain was expected to start looking much better for Mitt Romney.
That seems the case Tuesday, as Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold the first primaries in April, with a total of 98 delegates at stake. The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination is expected to have a very good day. Just how good remains to be seen.
Impressive wins Tuesday could help Romney further the growing sense in his party that resistance to him is futile, that he will be the nominee. It would also make his rivals' arguments for staying in the race, especially those of Rick Santorum, the last not-Romney to pose a threat, sound ever more forced and divorced from political reality.
That said, here are five things to watch for Tuesday:
1. The statewide margin. Wisconsin is the big cheese on Tuesday, with 42 delegates at stake. Of the three jurisdictions holding primaries, it is the most competitive, with the former Massachusetts governor expected to blow his competition away in Maryland and D.C.
Real Clear Politics averages Romney's leads in recent Wisconsin polls to 7.5 percentage points. So one question will be, does he meet or exceed expectations? There's little to indicate that his campaign in the Badger State faltered in the lead up to the primaries. If he does significantly better than his lead in polls indicated, that could indicate that late-deciding voters moved in Romney's direction.
2. Delegate math. Romney may have a commanding lead in delegates nationally but he still needs to reach 1,144 to get the nomination.
Meanwhile Santorum's goal is to do everything he can to keep him from getting there before the party's August national convention. (Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul just aren't expected to be factors in Wisconsin, Maryland or D.C.)
Winning the statewide vote in Wisconsin would mean Romney would get the 18 at-large and automatic delegates. The remaining 24 delegates are spread across the state's eight congressional districts, three to a district. The candidate who gets the most votes in a congressional district wins its three delegates.
Maryland has 37 delegates at stake, with 13 to be allocated to the candidate who gets the most votes statewide and the remaining 24 distributed, as in Wisconsin, across the eight congressional districts, three per district.
Thus, Romney is pretty much ensured 13 delegates and will most likely add more delegates from the Maryland congressional districts closest to the Washington, D.C., and Baltimore metropolitan areas.
Santorum, however, could do well in the conservative Eastern Shore and in western Maryland, which shares a lot culturally with similar rural parts of his home state of Pennsylvania.
In the District of Columbia, 19 delegates will be up for the taking, 16 of them pledged to the primaries winner, who is expected to be Romney. Santorum didn't even make it onto the D.C. ballot.
3. Is geography still destiny? If the pattern from other Midwestern states holds, Romney should do well in Wisconsin's urban-suburban districts, where most of the voters live, while Santorum should dominate in more rural districts with fewer voters.
That means in Wisconsin Romney should do best in Milwaukee and its suburbs, in southeastern Wisconsin, and in Green Bay to the north. He and his superPAC allies have heavily advertised in those two media markets, the state's largest, to improve their chances of winning big there. Santorum has campaigned in those places but has also gone to central Wisconsin and farther west, too.
Craig Gilbert, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Washington bureau chief, reminds us that Wisconsin isn't a carbon copy of its neighbor Illinois:
"Given the makeup of the GOP vote in this state and the recurring voting patterns of this race, it's hard to imagine Romney winning Wisconsin without beating Santorum in the critical suburban belt around Milwaukee.
"And if Romney wins those base counties by significant margins, it would be a telling accomplishment, because these counties are less moderate, less affluent, and more socially conservative than the white-collar suburbs Romney won so easily in Illinois two weeks ago."
Gilbert's post also has good maps that show the Wisconsin counties Romney and Santorum personally campaigned in. It's a clear indication of where they perceive their strengths to be.
4. Are conservatives finally moving to Romney? In prior contests Santorum, and before him Gingrich, did better with the most conservative voters than did Romney. So it will be interesting to see in exit polls whether Romney, now looking more inevitable, is making headway with this important part of the Republican base.
5. Turnout. This will be especially interesting to watch in Wisconsin where much of voter and party attention has been on the recall elections of Gov. Scott Walker and several Republican legislators in the statehouse, not the presidential race.
If the turnout matches or exceeds 2008, that would obviously signal an energized base and suggest a robust appearance by voters for the June recall election and perhaps the general election in November.
Lower turnout, however, could mean that voters were paying more attention to the recall. But it could also mean they were uninspired by their presidential choices or turned off by all the negative advertising. Whatever it turns out to be, expect political analysts to be reading it closely for signs.
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July 30, 2010
Guess their origin (answer: Irish)
30 comments:
- Marnie said...
voted Ireland.
Looks Celtic, in a population with brown hair, mixed blue/brown eyes and fair skin.
- Friday, July 30, 2010 9:48:00 pm
- Der Frost said...
They look Balkanic or from the proximity. Since Romania is closest, I voted for it.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:09:00 pm
- Onur Dincer said...
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:10:00 pm
- AdygheChabadi said...
I voted Austrian...They look like people from that general area to me...With the brown hair and the like. I remember watching a Rick Steves' program and he was in Austria...those people look like that to me...
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:00:00 pm
I really don't think they look like they are from eastern Europe. People need to look closer.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:06:00 pm
- Unknown said...
It is a trick question. It is a composite picture of dozens of faces from all over Europe.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:36:00 pm
The guy looks a bit more central European. I'd say Swiss or Austrian.
But the girl is straight out of Holland. She even looks a bit like Carice van Houten, at least IMO.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010 8:41:00 pm
- AdygheChabadi said...
I was thinking about saying European...but I did not want Dienekes to think I was being a prick...lol I sort of thought it was a composite of all the countries listed...But then I said Austrian because that is what they look like to me, but I can be and have been wrong...lol
- Sunday, August 01, 2010 12:29:00 am
- princenuadha said...
Its very interesting how people voted for Ireland much more than they voted for Scotland. They also voted for Spain much more than Portugal.
People must like voting for more "popular" countries. Ireland, LOL.
- Sunday, August 01, 2010 6:59:00 am
- Natural Athlete said...
I am guessing irish, scottish seems fairly likely too. The faces are not dark enough to be southern european except italy, and two dark for scandinavia, the face is to long and zygomatics to wide for eastern europe. The wide gonials, thin lips and high wide foreheads indicate irish to me. I would expect lighter eyes from a irish composite but its my best guess.
- Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:54:00 am
- eurologist said...
The faces/eyes/hair are too dark for Austrian averages, but there are regions close by that harbor darker people yet with relatively little Slavic component: Hungary and Romania. There also seems to be a little resemblance to Portugal (of the listed countries) as well, but both faces are too central European looking for that (also towards German, considering the bone structure - which is partially similar to Hungarian).
So, I vote Romanian - although Romania is quite diverse, and some people look nothing like these. That's the problem with averaged faces: they don't give you a feel for the variation and outliers.
- Monday, August 02, 2010 9:38:00 am
- AdygheChabadi said...
Wow, Irish...never saw that one coming.
Wow, so that is what a composite of Irish people look like...hmmmm. Nice one, Dienekes.
Such dark looks...Is that because of the Irish possibly having some Basque heritage?
- Monday, August 02, 2010 3:26:00 pm
The woman was undoubtedly northern, while the man was difficult to identify.
This show as to form an ethnic image is used extreme characteristics and not the averages.
- Monday, August 02, 2010 6:04:00 pm
- princenuadha said...
Irish... that does seem really odd. her face seems too wide and his skin too dark. neither have any pinkish to them. oh well
- Monday, August 02, 2010 6:16:00 pm
- Onur Dincer said...
I knew that the composites were from North Europe rather than South (both because of facial features and complexion). BTW, the man and the woman look so similar to each other (at least they look like each other more than I and my brothers look like each other :D) that they could be siblings if they really existed.
- Monday, August 02, 2010 7:07:00 pm
- Marnie said...
Some comments:
The supraorbital foramen is often lower than the average European face in the Scots and Irish. This is slightly detectable in these averages.
The distance from the bottom of the nose to the top of the lips is slightly longer than the average European face.
The Scots and Irish often have narrower spacing between the eyes. You can pick that up slightly in the male picture here.
British noses often have a slight narrowing between the bridge and the tip which is subtly captured in the male picture.
Natural Athlete said: "The wide gonials, thin lips and high wide foreheads indicate irish to me." Agree.
The freckles are missing. It would be common for the woman to have a dusting of freckles across her nose.
The male image looks very much like a young picture of my father. Being of Scots/English ancestry, with most of the Scottish half originating in Fife, he had dark brown hair and grey Scottish eyes, with a hazel ring on the inner rim, next to the pupil. Apparently, that's a Scots/Scots Irish characteristic. I tried picking up the ring in these pictures but wasn't sure if I could see it.
The Welsh also look like this, with the same dark hair and fair skin, but with few instances of blue or grey eyes, unlike the Irish and Scots. Catherine Zeta-Jones, the actress, looks a bit like the female averaged image.
Gregory Peck, Rock Hudson, Pierce Brosnan and Alec Baldwin, all with either Scottish or Irish ancestry, are Hollywood versions of the averaged Irish male image.
- Tuesday, August 03, 2010 2:21:00 am
- Unknown said...
I'm Romanian and I would have also thought that those two people are Romanians. There are so many Romanians who look like them.
- Tuesday, August 03, 2010 5:20:00 pm
- princenuadha said...
I think some of marnia's comments are relative in this case but to me this still seems like these composites are not very close to the averaged Irish face.
which people formed the composites
- Wednesday, August 04, 2010 6:52:00 am
- Fanty said...
Irish? Interesting.
I am somehow fooled by a "red hair" stereotype of Irish people. Hehe.
I forgot if I picked Italy or Spain, because I thought, specially the male looks "Southern" to me.
The female is undefinable to me. She looks European through. LOL
- Wednesday, August 04, 2010 7:37:00 am
- Andrew Oh-Willeke said...
One thought about averaging.
I wonder if some populations have more variation from the average than others, and if a composite is confusing in a population with high variation because few people are at the mean.
- Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:59:00 pm
- Onur Dincer said...
Irish? Interesting.
I am somehow fooled by a "red hair" stereotype of Irish people. Hehe.
I forgot if I picked Italy or Spain, because I thought, specially the male looks "Southern" to me.
The female is undefinable to me. She looks European through. LOL
If the pictures belonged to real individuals, they could easily be South European (northern parts of the Balkans somewhat resemble Central Europe in looks BTW), Turk, Caucasian, Jew or even northern Arab or Iranian. But as they are composites thus averages, that is a low probability IMO.
- Thursday, August 05, 2010 3:36:00 pm
- AG said...
I voted Scottish. Well, I am only slightly wrong. ;p
- Thursday, August 05, 2010 11:58:00 pm
- Onur Dincer said...
BTW, the complexion difference between the male and female composites is easily explained by the scientifically established fact that males are darker than females on average in humans.
- Friday, August 06, 2010 12:21:00 am
- pconroy said...
I didn't want to reveal my preference before now, as I'm from Ireland and I voted Irish - to bias the results. The only other country I would have suggested was Scotland - though the hair is spikier there and lighter on average.
Some of the give aways are as Marnie stated, but the male eyes and thick eyebrows, along with both having short mouths and thin lips, and strong chins are all classically Irish.
- Friday, August 06, 2010 1:51:00 am
- Marnie said...
Have a look at the wiki page for red hair. Although about 40% of the Scots and Irish carry the recessive trait for red hair, it is expressed only about 10% of the time. It is very common to have both red and brown hair run together in the same families. Brown haired carriers tend to freckle easily. Their hair is often a deep brown with a red undertone.
Sean Keane, the fiddle player of the Chieftains, has a very classic Irish or Scottish red haired look.
There's a nice BBC series "The History of Scotland," hosted by the archaeologist Neil Oliver, that sheds some light on the genetic picture of Scotland. Someone has been nice enough to upload the entire thing onto Youtube. In my experience, the Scottish descendants of the Vikings are more often blond haired and have different features than other Scots.
- Friday, August 06, 2010 8:33:00 am
- Marnie said...
I was wondering where you where!
"The only other country I would have suggested was Scotland - though the hair is spikier there and lighter on average."
"male eyes and thick eyebrows, along with both having short mouths and thin lips"
Yeah, must be the thick haired version of the trichohyalin gene.
I'd agree lighter on average, but if you where to look carefully, using surnames and regional differences, you'd come up with something approximating dark/red haired Scots and blond/light brown haired Nordic looking Scots.
I'll leave it at that. For anyone interested, the "History of Scotland" BBC special I mentioned goes a long way toward sorting out the different regions of Scotland.
- Friday, August 06, 2010 9:15:00 pm
- Natural Athlete said...
I am very surprised that so few people saw these faces as irish or scottish and more surprised that the most common answer was Romanian. Compare this previous post with composite male Romanian face. Here
The impression of face that is relatively both long and wide, with prominent forehead and long straight nose, low cheek bones, and long straight nose and relatively thin lips seems to be typical across the atlantic area.
- Sunday, August 08, 2010 1:48:00 am
- OfDienekes said...
Irish at first glance then unsure.I'm happy now. I'm tend to think that Irish men have youthful/boy like proportions?features, so when I saw the photos I automatically thought Irish.I maybe its the forehead eye ratios. I don't know if they're Irish but they remind me of it.
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- Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:37:00 pm
- Unknown said...
The male composite reminded me of John Cusack, who, as I have read afterwards, is fittingly an "Irish American" - albeit, as an American, undoubtedly mixed.
- Sunday, September 30, 2012 3:43:00 am
- StoneLord said...
I think if they eyes had looked light I'd have probably guessed right away, but the dark looking eyes threw me (although my own Irish family are dark haired,some even black haired, with brown or hazel eyes...including myself.) I was thinking northern Spain for the man and really just anywhere in northwestern Europe for the woman. Now I can see it of course; the 'Atlantic' look, the 'Irish' chin!
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For the past few days there has been intense speculation about whether the Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas will make his long-anticipated return to Barcelona, the team who brought him through their famed academy system. Trying to discern fact from fiction is extremely difficult, but the question that concerns me is exactly how Barcelona can afford to buy him, especially now that one of the Catalan club's own presidential candidates has described the club's level of debt as "stratospheric".
Barcelona has already spent £34m this week to secure prolific striker David Villa from Valencia, while they splashed out around €90m last summer on bringing new players to the Camp Nou, including the mercurial forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the unpronounceable defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy and two Brazilians: the veteran full-back Maxwell and the promising striker Keirrison. Estimates of a transfer fee for Fabregas have ranged from a ridiculously low £30m to an optimistic £80m, but whatever the price, I think it's worth looking at whether Barcelona are "mes que un club" from the financial viewpoint.
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So, do they have enough money to buy Fabregas? To be honest, it's almost an impossible question to answer, given the willingness of Spanish banks to hand over loans to Barcelona (and Real Madrid) to fund their acquisition plans, but if we analyse Barcelona's financials we might just be able to see whether they generate sufficient cash themselves. It might also be interesting to compare their accounts with Arsenal's to get a sense of perspective, but before we get stuck in, I should give a few health warnings:
(a) We will look at the last set of annual accounts, not the more recent interims, as they do not contain the wealth of detail of the full-year figures. These cover the 2008/09 season, though Arsenal's accounts are for the twelve months until 31 May 2009, while Barcelona closed their books a month later on 30 June 2009.
(b) Unsurprisingly, Barcelona's financial statements are as per the Spanish National Chart of Accounts, which is very similar to the British format, but not exactly the same, so I have slightly amended their presentation to enable like-for-like comparisons.
(c) I have excluded Arsenal's property development business, as this is a temporary activity for Arsenal, which should come to a (happy) end in the near future.
(d) However, I have included Barcelona's non-football sporting activities (basketball, handball and hockey), as this is normal business for the club. In any case, it is not significant to their revenue (only £1.3m in total), though the costs are more of a drain, reducing last year's profit by £24.3m.
(e) Currency movements can play a big part in the comparison with the Pound around 25% lower against the Euro than two years ago, even after the recent collapse of the Eurozone currency. This means that Barcelona's revenue in Sterling terms is now much higher than it was. For convenience, I have used the same exchange rate as Deloittes in their 2010 Money League, namely €1.1741.
The first point to note is that both clubs make money, which is a rarity in the world of football. Barcelona's profit before tax was a highly respectable £7.5m (€8.8m), but Arsenal's was even more impressive at £39.9m, even after excluding £5.6m from property development. This difference may be down to a divergence in strategy, as Barcelona's approach appears to be to remain profitable, but only just, as they spend available money on strengthening their squad. However, when Barcelona vice-president Joan Boix describes the club's economic model as "solid and sustainable, independent of any sporting success", it sounds uncannily similar to the Arsenal ethos. Having said that, you would expect their figures to be good after an incredibly successful season, during which the Catalans won the Champions League and the domestic double of La Liga and Copa del Rey. In comparison, Arsenal did not win any trophies, but their report card was not too shabby either: reaching the Champions League semi-finals, finishing fourth in the Premier League and reaching the semi-finals and quarter-finals of the FA Cup and Carling Cup respectively.
However, there is an enormous difference in revenue with Barcelona generating an incredible £311.7m (€365.9m), which is £86.6m (or nearly 40%) more than Arsenal's £225.1m. To put that into context, Arsenal's turnover is the second highest in England and the fifth highest in Europe. I should mention that Barcelona report their turnover as €384.8m, as they include profit on player sales, but this is shown separately in British accounts, which is the approach I have taken. Deloittes used the same assumption in compiling their Money League.
Even though the Camp Nou has a far larger capacity (98,800) than the Emirates (60,400), Arsenal's match day revenue of £100.1m is actually £18.7m higher than Barcelona's £81.3m. This is due to a couple of factors. First, Arsenal fill their stadium (or at least sell all the tickets), while Barcelona's average attendance is 76,000, which is only 77% of capacity. More importantly, Arsenal's ticket prices are among the highest in Europe, including 9,000 premium seats that generate approximately 35% of match day revenue, though any continued lack of success in terms of winning trophies might adversely affect demand at this level.
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Of course, the Emirates is a brand new stadium with state-of-the-art facilities, while the Camp Nou is a venerable old ground in need of a facelift. Barcelona had planned a €250m redevelopment, adding 10,000 seats and improving corporate facilities, which would have increased revenue, but this has been postponed after complaints from local residents.
In contrast to Arsenal, Barcelona do collect good revenue from pre-season tours and lucrative friendlies. For example, their tour to America plus a friendly match in Kuwait produced over £6m. They also receive money from over 170,000 members, though this is not a significant factor, only delivering £15.1m.
However, in broadcasting revenue there really is no comparison. Although Arsenal's TV revenue of £73.2m is nothing to be sniffed at, Barcelona's £134.9m is virtually double the size, thanks to the unique ability of Spanish clubs to negotiate individual deals in contrast to the Premier League's collective bargaining system. This means that Barcelona earn around €120m in television rights from their deal with Mediapro, which runs until season 2012/13, but the other, smaller teams earn considerably less. For example, Valencia and Sevilla only earn €30m and €20m respectively. Apart from the obvious financial benefits, this has another advantage to Barcelona (and Real Madrid), as it makes it almost impossible for the other teams in Spain to compete with them, allowing the big two to prioritise the Champions League. Even though Arsenal, like other Premier League clubs, will receive an additional £7.5m a year from next season following the recent overseas rights deal, they are still greatly disadvantaged relative to the Spanish giants.
With Italy returning to collective rights next season, Spain is the only leading European championship in which clubs sign their TV rights individually. Not surprisingly, the other clubs in La Liga have denounced this process as "completely unbalancing the league's sporting potential", but time will tell whether their pressure for change bears fruit. Equally predictably, Barcelona would resist any change, being "radically and absolutely against the collective sale of TV rights." President Joan Laporta explained the club's position, "I don't want to damage the interests of Barcelona Football Club, because we have to compete against teams in other countries."
"Business is business"
Joan Boix has said that Barcelona "only budget for the team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League", so their revenue got a boost when they won it in 2009, though their share of the revenue distributed by UEFA (€31m) was not much higher than the €26.8m received by Arsenal. Although they were given €7m more for winning the competition, Arsenal's share of the TV pool was €3.1m higher, as the English TV market is larger.
Similar to TV revenue, Barcelona's commercial revenue of £95.4m is very nearly twice Arsenal's £48.1m. We know that this is an area of weakness for Arsenal with their revenue lagging way behind the club's English peers (Manchester United £70m, Liverpool £68m and Chelsea £53m), but we also understand why, as the club tied themselves into long-term deals with Emirates (stadium naming rights until 2021, shirt sponsorship until 2014) in order to provide security for the stadium financing.
"Absolutely Fabregas"
Although Barcelona are famous for not having a shirt sponsorship deal, instead having an innovative partnership with UNICEF whereby they fund some of the charity's projects, Laporta's regime is determinedly commercial with the club's website listing 26 sponsors, providers and partners, including Nike who pay a guaranteed minimum of €30m a year ("the best deal in our history", according to Laporta). Unlike English clubs, when Barcelona sign a player, they also retain a significant portion of his image rights, which allow them to make millions in advertising deals. The club also receive an incredible £18.7m a year from its museum.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis is well aware of the opportunities here and has recently restructured and strengthened his commercial team to explore new partners and overseas markets. Recent deals by other clubs highlight the size of the prize, which are conservatively worth another £20m a year. Indeed, Barcelona are a good example here, having increased commercial revenue under Laporta's leadership from a paltry €39m in 2002/03 to €112m today.
In fact, it's worth looking at how revenues have grown at the two clubs since Joan Laporta's election as Barcelona president in June 2003. At that time, Arsenal and Barcelona had almost identical revenues with the North London club's turnover of £103.8m only just lower than Barcelona's £105.1m. Since then, Arsenal have managed to more than double their revenue to £225.1m, which is an impressive performance, but pales into insignificance compared to Barcelona, who have all but tripled their revenue to £311.6m. One of Laporta's first acts was to replace practically the entire management team with top-class professionals, many of them recruited from outside the football industry, which shows what can be achieved with the right people. Nevertheless, Joan Boix admitted that "the growth in income in the past six years has exceeded all expectations."
Since the annual accounts, revenue has grown still further at Barcelona with the club reporting a substantial 19.7% (€36.8m) increase from €186m to €222.8m for the six months up to 31 December 2009, though this gain was more than wiped out by a 27.1% (€45m) rise in costs from €166m to €211m, due to an increase in salaries following the signings of Ibrahimovic et al plus higher bonuses for winning the Club World Cup and the European and Spanish Super Cups. Despite "the success on the filed having a short-term economic cost", the club still believes that "the figures highlight that Barcelona is consolidating year after year a self-financing and sustainable business model."
"The joy of Cesc"
Arsenal's interims told a similar story, though revenue from the football segment only grew by £1.8m (less than 2%) with property development being responsible for almost all of the club's £40m reported increase in turnover. Again, this was more than off-set by the £10.1m cost growth to £101.4m, largely due to the £8.6m rise in player wages, despite the departure of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure, who were on pretty high salaries, which reflected the re-signing of 17 first-team players on improved long-term contracts.
Although Barcelona's revenue is significantly higher than Arsenal's, so is their cost base. Their annual expenses of £307.7m are a full £113.4m more than Arsenal's £194.3m. As always, the wage bill takes up the largest slice of the pie at both clubs: £104m at Arsenal and a jaw-dropping £171.5m (over €200m) at Barcelona. This still gives a respectable wages to turnover ratio of 55%, although not as low as Arsenal's 46%, which admittedly is exceptionally good for a football club. Much of Barcelona's huge staff costs is due to high variable costs of nearly £50m for bonuses payable for winning the treble, which was £28m more than the previous season when they did not win anything (third, in La Liga, semi-finalists in the Champions League and Copa del Rey).
Even so, Barcelona has eight players in the list of the top 50 footballers' salaries with Ibrahimovic £10.4m and Lionel Messi £9.1m being the best paid. Next in the list is Thierry Henry, so if he departs for the MLS, as expected, some £6.5m will be cut from the payroll. Arsenal only has one player on this list, Andrei Arshavin in 47th position with £4.1m, though Fabregas' reported increase to £110,000 a week would result in an annual salary of £5.7m, taking him into the top 20.
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Clubs in La Liga have been helped by the so-called "Beckham law", which allows foreigners in the top tax bracket to only pay 23% tax for their first five years in the country. In comparison, players in England now pay 50%. This means that clubs in Spain can either pay lower gross salaries to produce the same net salary as in England or pay the same salaries, leaving the players with a higher net package. It has been reported that this law is under review, but I don't think that it has been revoked yet.
The other meaningful operating expense is player amortisation, which reflects how much money has been spent on buying new players. The accounting treatment here is to write-off the costs associated with buying players over the length of their contracts, based on the (prudent) assumption that a player has no value after his contract expires, since he can then leave on a "free". Barcelona's amortisation of £46.4m is considerably higher than Arsenal's £23.9m, but this is more due to Arsenal's very low transfer spend than any profligacy on Barcelona's part. As a comparison, Barcelona's amortisation is quite similar to the other "Big Four" English clubs: Chelsea £49m, Liverpool £45.9m and Manchester United £37.6m. However, given last summer's spending spree, I would expect it to be a fair bit higher next year.
It would be a bit harsh to overly criticise Barcelona's big money transfers, as the majority of their first team have emerged from the club's youth system, including great players like Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Victor Valdes, Gerard Pique and Carlos Puyol. Indeed, many have described Arsenal's own "youth project" as an attempt to emulate the Catalan system. Barcelona's strategy is in marked contrast to Real Madrid with Laporta memorably boasting, "We create Ballon d'Or winners, while others have to buy them. One is the model of a youth system and the other one, that of Madrid, is of a wallet."
"Project Youth at its best"
Barcelona are not afraid to splash the cash, but they also recoup some of that outlay via player sales, which earned them £15.1m in 2009 (after £20.4m the year before). Of course, Arsene Wenger is also renowned for his ability to generate revenue from the transfers of players that he has developed. In particular, last year's accounts include a profit of £23m from the sale of player registrations and that did not include the £42m received last summer for Adebayor and Toure from the City slickers.
This is all very well, but what about all this debt that Barcelona is supposed to have? Strange – the accounts show that Barcelona's net interest payable of £11.6m is actually lower than Arsenal's £14.4m. Both of these are considerably lower than the annual interest payments at clubs with a genuine debt mountain like Liverpool's £40m and Manchester United's eye-watering £68m. We know that the solid progress on property sales has enabled Arsenal to reduce net debt by circa £160m in the last twelve months to around £175m with the property developments now being essentially debt-free, but what about Barcelona?
The precise figure for their debt is actually quite confusing with the amounts reported ranging from €30m to €489m (see table above), but the explanation is quite straightforward. The only genuine bank debt that Barcelona has is a €29m loan from La Caixa that was taken out in February 2009 (repayable February 2010) and that is the debt the club mentioned at the AGM. At the same time a club spokesman referred to net debt of €202m, which is also the figure quoted in the annual accounts, which represents the bank loan plus provisions and accruals. The Guardian quoted a net debt of €350m, which appears to be calculated from the total current liabilities of €360m, i.e. including €247m of trade creditors, less the cash at bank of €10m. Finally, one of the Barcelona presidential candidates, Sandro Rosell, argued yesterday that the debt was €489m, which is simply the sum of all the club's liabilities (current and non-current). As Mark Twain almost said, "the reports of my debt have been greatly exaggerated."
So which figure is correct? In their own way, all of them. The definition of debt is "amounts owed to people or organisations for funds borrowed", but this can be broadly interpreted. At the narrowest extreme, we have just the bank debt; at the broadest extreme, we can take total liabilities ("all financial obligations, debts, claims and potential losses"). It all depends on your purpose. The club clearly wishes to under-play their debt level, while a presidential candidate would obviously want to use the highest possible figure – which is exactly what they have done. Barcelona's view is, "We have kept the level of debt stable and we hope to carry on lowering it". Even after the costly purchases last July, they claimed that "the ultimate proof that Barca has a solid economic base is that we didn't have to make any new debts when signing new players this summer." As we have seen earlier, they are not unwilling to sell players, which would reduce any debt, though I'm not sure that they would want to make money on Messi (for example).
"Sandro Rosell - he would say that, wouldn't he?"
But do the provisions include anything that might be a sting in the tail? Yes, they do – a couple of nasty surprises, in fact. First, the club has provided €36m for a payment to the Spanish tax authorities following irregularities in the late 1990s, having already paid out €25m over the same issue for earlier years. Second, they have provided €16m against a claim made by TV company Sogecable. Trade creditors are normally just the cost of doing business, so personally I would not include them within debt, but even these include some "funnies". For example, Barcelona owe nearly €50m to other football clubs on transfer purchases, ironically including €16m to Arsenal (€12m for Thierry Henry and €4m for Alex Hleb). These "disputes" don't quite tie in with the club's "holier than thou" image.
There are many things to admire about Barcelona. Not just the way the team plays the beautiful game, but also the way that the club is structured, so that the executive is accountable to the club's members with the president being elected every four years. Alfons Godall, another presidential candidate, said, "I believe ours is the best model, an example to England. We are free. We do not depend on a Mr. Abramovich. We want to be successful, but also to have meaning, social values." It all sounds a little too good to be true and indeed there are some who consider Barcelona to be the football equivalent of Coldplay: a bit self-righteous, adored by the masses and just a little too free with their opinions. Their image would be rather more convincing if they didn't spend so much time unsettling other clubs' players, or if there weren't so many empty seats at the Camp Nou.
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In fact, Spanish domestic football is far from healthy. Only this week, the Guardian revealed that La Liga's debt of £3 bln was even higher than the Premier League's £2.9 bln. The individual TV rights may be wonderful for Barcelona and Real Madrid, but every other club in Spain suffers, highlighted by Real Mallorca announcing that they would file for voluntary administration, even though they narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Champions League. In a thinly veiled message to Fabregas, Arsene Wenger said, "I can't see anyone who has a competitive edge going to Spain. They have two good teams, but the third team is 21 points behind and this week the players threatened to go on strike because they are not paid. It's a league that is in complete disarray. If you are competitive you stay in England, that's where the competition is and that's where the best players want to be."
We don't know what is happening behind the scenes with Arsenal's captain, but if Fabregas does not end up at Barcelona, I don't think it will be for financial reasons. The Catalans generate a huge amount of revenue, which they clearly budget to spend on improving their squad. Thanks to their productive youth scheme, they only need to make a few "marquee" signings every season, so they can afford to allocate a lot of money to one or two individual transfers. I don't think that their debt levels would prevent them from making a bid, as the majority is derived from normal operations (trade creditors, provisions and accruals) and their bank debt is tiny. In any case, we have seen that Spanish banks are more than willing to lend to Barcelona and Real Madrid. Whether Barcelona would be willing to spend as much as £80m is another question, as every buyer has his limit, beyond which he will not go. Let's hope that this is a case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object.


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Celebrate like it's 5999 and send sweet online or paper shana tova greetings to all your chosen people this Rosh Hashanah. Even if you can't gather them around the table, you can still give friends and family Rosh Hashanah cards with pomegranates, apples, honey, and every other taste of the new year to come. Let your Rosh Hashanah greeting card raise a noise (in a more harmonious key) with designs featuring illustrated shofars. If you'd prefer to give the wish of a "gut yontif" or "shana tova" with a different form of adornment, use a design with calligraphed lettering for your greeting—including photo options for Rosh Hashanah card templates that let you display a family portrait. Our photo editing tools make it easy to crop and filter an existing portrait, but we doubt your lovely face needs that much help.
You may have spent months preparing for the High Holy Days, but we'll make sending out your greetings a considerably quicker endeavor. (Our free options make sharing your joy no great financial sacrifice.) Having your Rosh Hashanah cards personalized is a cinch. When you've chosen the perfect card, use the online design tool to craft and customize your message—and your relatives are reading, so we gave you some quick formatting ideas to start with. If you'd prefer even more creative license, you can pick out a new backdrop and envelope liner for your personalized Rosh Hashanah cards from a selection as varied and elegant as our card designs themselves. Put together your list of recipients in the online address book—you can import contacts from your email, but you'll find past correspondents and party invitees there, too.
With a new year comes many celebrations, so schedule your Hanukkah and Purim greetings ahead of time (and save yourself a little grief around the holidays). If the coming year means a long-overdue coming of age for your kids, browse our bar and bat mitzvah invitations and start the party planning in earnest.


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Little Italy is an area in Toronto that is sometimes referred to as College Street West. It is populated with Italian restaurants and businesses, hence the name Little Italy. There is also a significant Latin and Portuguese presence in the area. Centred at the intersection of College and Grace Streets, the neighbourhood is located on a strip along College Street that is heavily occupied by restaurants, bars and shops.
There is an abundance of sidewalk cafes; such as Café Diplomatico, Bitondos Pizza, Riviera Bakery and Sicilian Ice Cream; that extend from Manning Avenue to the east to Shaw Street to the west. The Italian Walk of Fame is a popular tourist attraction in the district, where granite and brass stars are laid out along the sidewalk with names of notable Italians.
The homes in Little Italy are mainly detached or semi-detached Edwardian styled family homes that date back to the early 1900s, with front porches and smaller lots.