I use Adobe Photoshop CS4 software to design my graphic, but far less expensive programs like Adobe Photoshop Elements would certainly be sufficient. Graphics software that offers several font choices, font size, rotation and letter spacing changes is essential to the process.
Saving your artwork/lettering in .PNG format is often a good choice due to it's lossless resizing capabilities. After printing my initial artwork I can check it against the peghead to determine whether the size and spacing is suitable. Before printing the actual decal I have usually printed several samples and a variety of sizes.
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Once the bubbles are removed and it is laying flat, let it dry.
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Server Management Software Discovered Harboring Backdoor
ShadowPad backdoor found embedded in a software product used by major organizations around the globe to manage their Linux, Windows, and Unix servers.
Kelly Jackson Higgins
Editor-in-Chief, Dark Reading
A Windows-based server management software product used by hundreds of organizations worldwide was found rigged with a malicious backdoor tucked inside its source code.
The so-called ShadowPad backdoor was discovered on Aug. 4 by Kaspersky Lab during an incident response investigation for a financial institution partner. The cyber espionage malware was embedded in one of the source code libraries of NetSarang Computer's July 18, 2017 software builds. Its Xmanager Enterprise 5.0 Build 1232, Xmanager 5.0 Build 1045, Xshell 5.0 Build 1322, Xftp 5.0 Build 1218, and Xlpd 5.0 Build 1220, were all compromised.
Kaspersky Lab alerted NetSarang, which issued an update the next day, Aug. 5, for its customers to download. The software is used by organizations in finance, education, telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, and transportation, to manage their Windows, Unix, and Linux servers.
Igor Soumenkov, principal security researcher for Kaspersky Lab, says the only known victim of the backdoor thus far is a Hong Kong-based organization, but it's possible there are others.
The malicious software module is the first stage of a multi-layered attack and was activated in several victims' servers in the APAC region. Kaspersky Lab says the attack has the earmarks of Chinese-speaking cyber espionage attack groups such as PlugX and WinNTi, but they can't confirm that these are the attackers behind ShadowPad.
Such supply chain-style attacks are still rare in cyber espionage, Soumenkov notes, and this is the second such case this year. The first was the NotPetya attack, where attackers compromised the update server of an accounting software product called MeDoc that's mostly used in Ukraine. The malware infected customers as they updated their accounting software.
"This is a pretty rare thing," he says, especially for a popular software program like NetSarang's. "We don't have any information" on how NetSarang was compromised, he says. "There's an investigation going on."
According to a blog post by Kaspersky Lab today, the attackers may have modified the source code or patched the software with their malicious code. "An investigation is in progress, but since code was signed and added to all software packages it could point to the fact that attackers either modified source codes or patched software on the build servers," they wrote.
NetSarang had not responded to requests for an interview at the time of this posting.
John Bambenek, threat systems manager at Fidelis Cybersecurity, says it does appear to be a possible Chinese operation given the supply-chain attack strategy and the victims' locations. "But I don't know if there's enough evidence to make a strong conclusion," and false flags are always possible.
"I always appreciate when the adversary raises the state of play," he says. "The problem with this technique is that you're [the attacker] going to get a foothold in a lot of places you may not necessarily care about."
Soumenkov says it's unclear just what specific information the ShadowPad attackers are after. But they are definitely strategically targeting systems used by users with the most access in corporate networks: "This server management software is run by system admins, usually privileged users in corporate networks," he says. "We think these machines are used to obtain access to more important parts of corporation" resources, he says.
Kaspersky Lab investigators in the financial institution's incident response investigation initially spotted a server involved in financial transaction processing generating suspicious DNS requests. "We took the software that was" making the DNS requests and analyzed it, Soumenkov says. "At the same moment, we found a very suspicious piece of code found in APTs [advanced persistent threats], viruses, and Trojans, and not in legitimate software. We started to dig more and more and found an APT-like platform inside."
Only the first stage of the APT platform was activated, he says, and it was sending the DNS queries to its command-and-controls server once every eight hours. It sent the name of the server and its domain name, and if the targeted machine was useful to them, the attackers could activate the full backdoor platform silently inside the server. The attackers encrypted their code to mask it as well.
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Whalley relieved to banish penalty woes against Shots
Hatters winger Shaun Whalley was relieved to banish the memories of Southport as he netted from the penalty spot at Aldershot Town on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds.
Wednesday, 9th October 2013, 3:19 pm
Shaun Whalley is brought down for Town's penalty on Tuesday night
The summer signing had missed his last attempt from 12 yards at his former club on the opening day, with Luton going down to a 1-0 defeat.
But he was the first to grab the ball after being brought down by Lewis Young in the box with 10 minutes remaining, and then coolly beat Nick Pope to earn Town a 3-3 draw.
Whalley said: "I was just delighted to win the penalty and as soon as I won the penalty, I did want to take it.
"I feel like I let the lads down on the first game of the season and let myself down.
"I've not really done well since then either which has been disappointing.
"I was thinking about the Southport penalty as I just wanted to get off the mark, erase that from my memory and luckily I did.
"It was a long wait and I know the defenders were trying to put me off a little bit, but I managed to calm my nerves and tucked it away.
"Hopefully now I've got that out of the way I can get back to playing as I can."
On the penalty itself, Shots defender Jake Goodman, who spent time on loan at Hatters last season, said: "I think the referee has been a bit hard on Youngy there.
"From where I was it was never a penalty, but he seemed to be giving everything against us and nothing with us, so it was a bit unfair."
That's not how Whalley saw it though as he said: "I've knocked it between two defenders and they've sort of sandwiched me out of it.
"It all happened quickly, but I don't know, the referee gave it and I'm glad he gave it."
Team-mate Andy Parry felt that Whalley had shown great nerve to step up again, particularly after being denied at Haig Avenue.
He said: "I was just hoping he scored it.
"Everyone has confidence in him to go and score because he is the penalty taker.
"He showed good courage because he missed one against Southport on the opening day, so to pick the ball up and do it again is fair play to him."
Parry was also celebrating his first goal for Town during the evening, prodding home from close range, as he added: "It is always nice to score your first goal even if you don't know too much about it.
"It just took a little nick off my knee, but they all count."
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Daly and Black's State Farm Victory Earns them Texas Lawyer's "Litigators of the Week"
This Past week Texas Lawyer named Daly and Black their "Litigators of the Week" for a jury trial victory against State Farm, an insurer that repeatedly delays, denies, and unfairly handles claims. The text of the article, published November 3, 2014, follows:
When John Scott Black directly examined his law firm partner Richard Daly at a trial for a lawsuit their client Ginger Hanson had filed against an insurance company, the two lawyers used the opportunity to deliver a history lesson for the jury about why Texas lawmakers allowed a panel to award attorney fees.
With Daly on the stand, Black asked: "And so tell us, this type of case, is this the kind of case, as you understand it, where a jury can be allowed to award fees?"
Daly answered: "Yes. The state legislature has built in a safeguard in cases like this where, when you have an individual like Ms. Hanson who filed a suit for an insurance company wrongfully denying her claim, if she wins she can get her attorney fees. And that safeguard is put there because otherwise, you know, you could see if she was—if we were handling this on an hourly basis, we've put way more in time than she is entitled to. She'd get nothing. You know, she'd spend $150,000 in attorney fees to recover $40,000. It doesn't make any sense."
The lesson plan worked for the two partners in Houston's Daly & Black. Hanson had alleged that State Farm Lloyds breached its contract when it denied her coverage of roof damage.
In a final judgment issued Oct. 23, 281st District Judge Sylvia Matthews, on the basis of jury finding, awarded Hanson $12,878 in damages and $70,000 in attorney fees, as well as $45,000 for future appeals.
"Juries are smart," said Daly.
In a petition filed Nov. 15, 2012, Hanson alleged that State Farm Lloyds had made a "biased and unfair" evaluation of her losses from roof damage related to a storm. She cited breach of contract among her causes of action.
On Feb. 26, State Farm Lloyds filed an answer generally denying the allegations. Christopher W. Martin, a partner in Houston's Martin Disiere Jefferson & Wisdom, who represents State Farm, did not return a call or reply to an email by press time.
After a three-day trial, a jury on May 19 found that State Farm had failed to comply with its contract and set the damages and attorney fees awards. Matthews followed the jury with her final judgement.
Shortly before the trial started, Black and Daly decided to try the case together, partly because, Daly noted, the defense "had four lawyers" during the whole trial.
Daly was not surprised by the insurer's vigorous defense, and he said he expects State Farm to appeal, which will make handy the attorney fees the jury awarded Hanson for post-trial litigation.
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"Up to $18.4Mln" More for the Downsview Aerospace Hub
Finance Minister Oliver. Photo c/o Twitter.
After almost five years of "official" campaigning and a further fifteen years of preliminary proposals and politicking, the still not built Downsview Park aerospace hub and its centerpiece, the new Centennial College Aerospace campus, have been offered up more money.
Maybe this time, the facilities will even get built.
As outlined in the July 22nd, 2015 Canadian government press release, "Canada's Aerospace Industry to Reach New Heights in the GTA," Finance Minister Joe Oliver made the announcement that "up to" $18.4Mln CDN would be made available for Centennial College's Downsview Park Aerospace Campus under the Infrastructure Canada New Building Canada Plan.
Reaction to the announcement has been decidedly mixed.
The July 22nd, 2015 Toronto Star article, "Feds promise money for Centennial College aerospace hub," considered the announcement to be simply the latest in a series of similar announcements intended to sway the electorate in advance of the upcoming federal election, currently expected sometime on or before October 19th, 2015.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (left) tours a Centennial College aviation/avionics labs with Centennial College President Ann Buller. As outlined in the March 2014 Site Canada article, "Cultivating Ontario's Aerospace Future at Downsview Park," the provincial government, city leaders and an assortment of economic development entities then stood firmly behind the venture. Photo c/o Queens Printer.
And the July 22nd, 2015 Globe and Mail article, "Ottawa's funding announcement for Tory riding blindsides Ontario," goes even further by quoting Ontario liberal government representatives as stating that that the new funding was "unanticipated" and "bypassed Ontario's infrastructure wish list."
The article also quoted Ontario Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid as stating that it's not clear from the announcement when or how the money will be distributed. Duguid also called into question "whether they (the conservatives) are actually making a real commitment (to the plan)."
Downsview Park, part of the York Centre federal electoral district which was once considered one of the safest of Federal Liberal seats, is currently held by conservative MP Mark Adler.
Perhaps the real mover and shaker behind the plans for a Downsview aerospace hub is Andrew Petrou. The co-founder of the Downsview Aerospace Cluster for Innovation and Research (DAIR) and the special projects officer to the president's office at Centennial College, is shown here presenting plans for the DAIR Research Hub at Downsview Park in February 2014. As outlined in the November 14th, 2014 OMX blog post, "The Upcoming Downsview Aerospace Hub," it's "only been recently that we've been able to put together the major players needed to get a facility of this nature off the ground in Canada." According to Petrou, "up until now, the players have been trapped in silos and unable to engage in the cross pollination and communication necessary to build a true innovative culture." In part, this may still be the case. Photo c/o Alex Urosevic/MEDTE.
Of course, it's not as if the current provincial government under Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne is totally against the project. After all, as outlined in the January 22nd, 2014 Centennial College press release, "Centennial's Aerospace Centre cleared for take-off," her government also contributed $26Mln CDN in the not so distant past.
And, as outlined in the September 11th, 2011 post, "Canadian Aerospace Heritage or Hockey Rink?," Downsview Park was also once the home of the Canadian Air and Space Museum, which would certainly add to the current confusion over plans for any new faculties on the property. Until a home for the museum is found, there will be those wishing to return it to its original location.
Taken together, these items are strong suggestions that the political ducks are not yet properly aligned to move potential plans forward.
Until they are, don't expect any movement on this front.
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Real Madrid, the greatest club in football/soccer history!
I will be talking about something personal, it is my club since many years, and never updated since my first entry in 2011! until now in my blog. I think at this moment it would be very opportune to re tell you about it. I lived in Madrid for four years between 1970 to 1974, and played for the Real Madrid in baseball,volleyball ,and football/soccer in the alavin division. Once a Madridista, always a Madridista to the grave. There is no other team club alike in the history of the game of football/soccer. Hala Madrid!!!!
A bit of my life's story goes like this: I was just a young kid that was introduced to the organisation by a baseball umpire to play for their junior baseball team (sponsored by the Real Madrid in league of 8 teams which included the old US air base at Torrejon de Ardoz) at the parque de la Elipa, from my home at Calle Alcala, Quintana neighborhood or barrio (district Ciudad Lineal) it was just a bus P13 to it (now EMT bus 113). While there, friends used to go to see the team different sports played, Ciudad Deportiva (the old one by the paseo de la Castellana now has four skyrises call towers as torre Espacio, torre Repsol, torre de la Mutua and torre Sacyr).
While going to these games, some kids who were already on the different sports organisations and had played football with me in parks like parque Calero and Retiro ,asked me to come to the Ciudad Deportiva installations for a tryout that was open. With the help of my baseball contacts that included member "socios" of the Real Madrid football team I got my first tryouts. Before long, I too, was wearing the white shirt of the football team, and move up from benjamin to alavin status. Those were wonderful memories even if just what is left is memories. Never forget that day in 1972 when I first enter the Real Madrid CF .
From then on it has been a love affair whenever I may be living, trying for all means to obtain news of the team, and enjoying every second of my visits to the city from 1977 on to today. I am active in several forums that talks about the team, and go to the stadium often in season to see football and basketball games from Vistalegre to Caja Magica ,Ciudad Deportiva, WiZink Center, Valdebebas to Santiago Bernabeu.
The team , a bit of history. The team was born out of educators who sat around and found a club in 1897 around the Vallecas barrio or neighborhood. Quickly it became more organised by several of the members of the team in 1901 and eventually Julian Palacios as first President officially registered the club in 1902 as the Madrid Foot-Ball Club in 1902. By 1920 the king Alfonso XIII give it the royal rank of Real or royal as he was a follower too ::) ,and honorary member =socio. From June 1920 it became the Real Madrid CF that we know today. The team participated in the first Spanish league organised in 1929 finishing in second place. The first league came on this period in the 1931-32 season, the first title !
The greatest period came after the war when on September 15 , 1943 when ex player and ex coach ,Santiago Bernabeu was named President of the club. After organising an international tournament in Colombia in 1952, they saw what was in 1953 their greatest signing that of Alfredo Di Stefano( Argentina) , considered by many the world's greatest player , as well as the Spanish Francisco "paco" Gento from Santander and the league championship came back to the Real Madrid in the 1953-54 season. Also, little refugee Ferenc Puskas of Hungary having left his country after the Soviet invation and took refuge in Spain where he signed for the club. They were the start of an amazing run of Five European Cups in a row (record) . With player like Amancio and Velazquez the club again wins the European Cup in 1966 while continuing to pile up Ligas and Cups at home, these were the Ye-Ye years . The sad news came in June 2nd 1978 with the passing of Don Santiago Bernabeu, the greatest president ever, and today the stadium bears his name as well as the metro stop to it on line 10.
The team follow with the 80's "la Quinta del Buitre" nickname given to Emilio Butragueño as well as Mexican Hugo Sanchez (Hugol), and many more Ligas however no European Cup. The team from the farm system delighed many and remains one of the most popular periods in the club history even without winning an European championship. The team continue to wins Ligas in the 90's with the incorporation of perennial and crowd favorite Raul Gonzalez Blanco, probably the best player ever from the farm system. Finally in 1998 the team came back to win again its trophy , the European Cup now call Champions league. In 1999 the great coach and former player Vicente del Bosque arrive promoting to the first team the legendary goalkeeper Iker Casillas ,and with it winning again the Champions league in 2000.
With the election of 2000, a new president came into being the entrepreneur Florentino Perez, (those who follow me know he is not of my liking possibly guilty of the lack of titles of the club in the last few years) ;this was the so call Galactic era, where millionaires dotting shorts and representing the Real Madrid razzle dazzle the world without any title in Europe but huge paychecks from uncle Florentino. Ligas were won but not sufficient due to the expenditures made and another Champions league was won in 2002 with player like Figo, Zidane,Ronaldo, and Beckham. The chosen succesor made it look like an election was Ramon Calderon who created many administrative problems for the club,and was made to resigned in 2009. Ironically , it was Florentino Perez who replaced him single handily without opposition due to no changes in the club by laws where the rich wins, and the second Galactic era began with signing of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, the signing from England of Spaniard Xabi Alonso and from France Karim Benzema all very expensive contracts and no titles as I write. Me think, time for president Florentino Perez to open elections and retire, too many years there is beginning to look like a dictatorship!
The story continues with the coming of Cristiano Ronaldo already the club all time goal scorer with 451 goals. Also, the signing of former player Zinedine Zidane was awesome. The French coach and the Portuguese player team up to bring us the amazing record of 3 Champions league in a row, never before seen or done!!! And we are en route to name again the Greatest Club of the 21C having won more league and champions title than any, regardless of the crybabies out there; we won FIFA Best Club of the 20C and the IFHHS European Best club of the 20C as well!!!
Nevertheless, the club is the most winning club in the history of the sport in Spain and abroad regardless of the so call media frenzy of popular teams with a lot less history due to ever increasing publicity and media manipulation. The Santiago Bernabeu stadium was built in 1947, with a capacity of 80 354 spectators today. The new sport city or Ciudad Deportiva is today at Valdebebas just outside Madrid and the basketball arena is now at the WiZink Center in Madrid.
The club has participated in all seasons of Spanish first division football, and has won 33 Ligas, by far the most. The player who has obtained the most titles with the club are Francisco Gento and Manuel Sanchis with 21 titles, and the player with most games is Raul Gonzalez Blanco with 741 games.
Spanish Liga (33): 1931/32, 1932/33, 1953/54, 1954/55,1956/57, 1957/58, 1960/61, 1961/62, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1968/69, 1971/72, 1974/75, 1975/76, 1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1988/89, 1989/90, 1994/95, 1996/97, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2011-2012, and 2016-2017.
Champions League (13): 1955-56, 1956-57, 1957-58, 1958-59, 1959-60, 1965-66, 1997-98, 1999-00, 2001-02. 2013-2014, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-18.
UEFA Cup (2): 1984/85, 1985/86.
Super Cup of Europe (4): 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017.
Intercontinental Cup , later World Club Cup (7): 1960,1998,2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Ibero American Cup (1): 1994. Latin Cup(2): 1955, 1957. Club Small World Cup (2): 1952, 1956. vice Champion Champions league UEFA (3): 1961-62, 1963-64, 1980-81. vice Champion European Cup of Cups (2): 1971,1983. vice Champion Intercontinental Cup (2): 1966,2000. vice Champion Super Cup of Europe (2): 1998, 2000.
The team has an inmense farm system or Cantera, that allows to maintain teams in many divisions and with excellent championship records as well such as Real Madrid-Castilla, and Real Madrid C team. It ,also has an excellent basketball section with 9 times champions of Europe.
if you want to shop online or find the store in Madrid webpage : Real Madrid boutiques , for on site stores there is the stadium store on avenida Concha Espina puerta or door 55 or the calle Carmen 3 near Sol in city center,metro sol.
For the best sport journal ,in Spain in my opinion, and extensive coverage of football see AS at Sport journal AS in English with various language and country version , I have it in English.
As the song says, nobody does it better!! Of course, we are human we lose too but overall we are simply the best! We will be back!! Always do always will. Just stay tune! Real Madrid CF forever Hala Madrid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
La Liga, Real Madrid, and football is on 2018-2019 season!
This is something would like to write more, but for some reason let it lagged behind. My passion for football/soccer/calcio is huge. I am the one who yelled screamed and sing/dance even in bars when the games of my beloved team is on. Therefore, on a sunny day in my Morbihan Breton, let me tell you more about one of my passions.
I have written before several blog posts on the sport and my team, and La Liga (the league as its call in Spain). Here are those posts from latest to oldest.
Real Madrid is on the move again!
La Liga is here again,Hala Madrid!
Real Madrid on the march!
Real Madrid the greatest ever!
The Clasico in Spain, Real Madrid!
I think you will have plenty to read on the history ,the passion, and the game as well as Madrid above.
Our first Liga game will be against our neighbors to the south Getafe schedule tentatively for August 18-19th.
Before,all this, there will be Summer games in the FIFA International Champions Cup, in the heat with players just not even ready as they came from playing in the World Cup but FIFA imposed for money in my opinion. This tournament many times is played with mixed teams sometimes the C third string players! This is the case already with some of the teams starting their ICC like the PSG of Paris(losing to Bayern Munich).
The games for Real Madrid will be August 1st vs Manchester United at Hard Rock Stadium , Miami FL USA ,August 5th vs Juventus of Turin, Fedex Field, Landover, MD USA, August 8th vs AS Roma at Met Life Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ USA.
The Spanish championship of the First division between 1928 and 2008, then Liga BBVA from 2008 to 2016 and La Liga Santander since 2016 . The antechamber of this division is the Spanish Second Division Championship. According to the UEFA coefficient for classifying the European National Championships, the Spanish First Division or Liga Santander is the best national Football League in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
At the end of the season, the first four in the standings qualify for the UEFA Champions League, the fourth first go through the preliminary round of this competition. The fifth and sixth are qualified for the Europa League. Another qualifying place for the Europa League will be guaranteed to the winner of the King's Cup (Copa del Rey).
For the season 2018-2019 in Europe the Liga will have in the Champions league competition,the Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Atletico de Madrid. In the Europa League it will have Betis, Sevilla,and Villarreal.
The latest UEFA coeffficient ranking of Spanish clubs has the Real Madrid 158, Atletico de Madrid 135, Barcelona 132, Sevilla 113, Villarreal 52, Atletico Bilbao 46, and Real Sociedad 15,5.
A bit of history I like.
Before 1928, the only Spanish event of national character was the Copa del Rey (Kings Cup or Spain Cup). The idea of a national championship is set out as early as April 1927, this competition finally received the approval of the Spanish Federation on 23 November 1928. In order to constitute the first First Division (Primera División) in history, some formations are automatic inserted because of their past results: Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Real Sociedad, Real Unión de Irun, Espanyol Barcelona, CD Europe Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid. A playoff tournament involving ten clubs is set up to designate the tenth and last member of the First Division. Real Racing Santander wins the final on the occasion of this tournament against Sevilla FC. The first day of the First Division championship takes place on February 10, 1929. The First Division remained at ten clubs until 1934, and then passed to 12 clubs. The Spanish Civil War puts football on the back burner between 1936 and 1939, the date of the championship resumption, which starts with 12 clubs. 14 clubs in 1941, 16 in 1950, 18 in 1971 and 20 from 1987. The 1995-1996 and 1996-1997 seasons compete exceptionally at 22 clubs due to the recourse of clubs not wanting to be administratively relegated to 2 ª B division.
63 clubs have played in the First Division of the Spanish Championship but only 3 have remained in the first division since the start of the competition: Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. These three clubs and the Osasuna are the only ones , which continue to be sports entities owned by their subscribers (Socios) and not anonymous companies whose owners are the shareholders.
The oldest stadium in which a First division team plays is El Molinón inaugurated in 1908 in which the Sporting of Gijón plays. The most titled player is the Spanish Francisco Gento with 12 championships. The most titled Coach is Miguel Muñoz (9), both of Real Madrid.
The teams with the most titles in La Liga historically are: Real Madrid (my team forever) 33 titles, Barcelona 25, Atletico de Madrid 10, Athletic Bilbao 8, Valencia 6, Real Sociedad (San Sebastian), 2, Real Betis(Sevilla) 1, Sevilla 1, Deportivo La Coruna 1.
Europa League (UEFA) Sevilla 5, Atletico de Madrid 3, Real Madrid 2, Valencia 1.
Intercontinental Cup/ World Cup Clubs: Real Madrid 6, Barcelona 3, Atletico de Madrid 1.
The Season 2018-2019 will be the 88th edition of the Spanish Football Championship. It will have the best 20 clubs of Spain playing in 38 games more or less weekly. Real Madrid goes in with an estimated budget of 900M€ tops new Coach Julen Lopetegui(former National team of Spain coach), playing since 1947 at the famous historical Santiago Bernabéu stadium with official capacity of 81 044 persons.
Stay tune plenty of choices to watch it on many channels on many networks and plenty of different languages. Enjoy La Liga !!!
Cibeles and Alcalà one two punch in Calle Alcalà of Madrid!
Ok so this is the Madrid of my younger days, the Madrid of bringing my girlfriend, and later wife, the Madrid of bringing my kids growing older with time. Madrid is and will be a hole on the sky to look down on the city every day! On sunny days, cold days, rainy days, snow days , Madrid is awesome ,full of memories and great times. With time my dear late wife Martine came to love it too as do my boys.
I have written pieces of it in other blog posts, but none that I can read were just on them. These are the main symbols of Madrid in my opinion, but maybe I am biased as they were and are my home. I lived not far from them and past them every day back then, and at every occasion passing by Madrid now even in summer vacations.
The Plaza de Cibeles is located at the union of the districts of Centro, Retiro, and Salamanca and the intersection of the Paseo de Recoletos and Paseo del Prado . The Square is cross by the Calle de Alcalà . Before, it was called the Madrid square or Plaza de Madrid, then rename Plaza Castelar in 1900 until finally getting the current name after the end of the Spanish Civil War 1939.
On the Western side of the square you have the initial traject of the Calle de Alcalà, widen to later include the Gran Via. The Metropolis building and the Circulo de Bellas Artes as well as the Instituto Cervantes are some of the notable buildings you can see from the square. On the Eastern side once reaching the square and the Calle de Alcalà, upward bound you have a better view of the Puerta de Alcalà that is in the near square of independence or Plaza de la Independencia.
In the Plaza de Cibeles you have the famous fountain of Cibeles or Fuente de Cibeles; representing the Greek goddess of Cybil a work of architect Ventura Rodriguez and sculptors Francisco Gutierrez Arribas for the Cibeles figure, and Roberto Michel for the lions, Miguel Jimenez for the decoration elements of the chariot. The fountain was built between 1777 and 1782 in front of the palace of Buenavista. The fountain was put here in 1895 showing the Greek goddess Cibeles of fertility ,holding a scepter and a key while being pulled by two lions on a chariot. The pull of the wild lions symbolize the power of nature or of the goddess; the figures took about 10K kg of stones and three different artists.
The Spanish football (soccer) team Real Madrid has unofficially adopted the fountain. It is used as a meeting point for its fans and often for the players themselves whenever the team wins the Spanish league ,Spanish King's Cup or the Champions League. And this happens often as the team is the best ever ,mine, excuse me.
Other emblematic buildings around the square are the before mentioned Palacio de Buenavista on the northwest angle of the square built in 1777 holding the general hq of the army. Also, the Palacio de Linares on the northeast side completed in 1900 and it houses since 1992 the House of America or Casa de América a cultural institution for the American continent. The Palacio de Comunicaciones (aka Palacio de Cibeles) built in 1909 on orders of king Alfonso XIII to house the seat of the post office of Spain with an imposing façade on the south east side of the square. Since 2007, it is centro cibeles or the city hall of Madrid.
There is the building of the Banco de España or Bank of Spain with long facades along the Calle de Alcalà and Paseo del Prado, housing since 1981 the principal seat of the Bank of Spain.
The Puerta de Alcalà is one of the five old gates for entry into Madrid. It is at the Plaza de la Independencia or independence square facing the Retiro Park (my old entry point to the center of Madrid in my days there) . The gate was built on the orders of King Charles III to replace an old gate that existed since the 16C. The Italian architect Francesco Sabatini was chosen by the king himself to do the gate. The work began in 1769 and continued until the inauguration in 1778. This is the first triumphal arc built in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire, making it the forerunner of the Arc de Triomphe of Paris or the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin. The gate allowed the entrance in Madrid to travelers from Aragon, Catalonia and France.
The neoclassical-style Puerta de Alcalà has a width of about 44 meters and culminates at 22 meters in height. The structure of the gate is made of granite from the quarries of Colmenar Viejo, Alpedrete and Hoyo de Manzanares. The decorative elements are made of limestone from Colmenar of Oreja. The sculptures of children who crown the Puerta de Alcalá represent the four cardinal virtues. Made by Francisco Gutiérrez Arribas, these sculptures are sometimes referred to as the Angels of Peace.
Hope it helps enjoy this wonderful area of Madrid, the Retiro park is just around the corner too.
And I am back to my beloved Spain. The weather has been nice even if today is a bit cloudy in my neck of the woods; at my gorgeous Madrid is the same cloudy at 13C or about 55F now before noon. There is lots on Spain to catch up from my last post.
Something as an example. The Victoria & Albert museum of London will lent to the Generalitat region of Valencia the retable of St George also known here as the lead centenial or Centenar de la Ploma, 15C. This is been thought over by the London museum as there is many proofs of works of art taken from museums such as the offer of Ethiopia to lent several pieces of jewerly taken by the British in the battle of Madgada of 1868. The list is long unfortunately of claims against British museums such as the marble of the Pantheon of Athens taken by Lord Elgin and sold to the British museum, and treasures taken from Benin kept at the same museum. The real property owners of these works of arts sometimes are shown in museum coming from dubious sources , the practice needs to stop, just keep what is rightfully yours. There are 17 portraits conforming this retable shown in room 48B where you can see St George fighting the dragon and king James I against a muslim in the battle of Puig of 1237 ,that was decisive in the taken of Valencia the following year. The order that kept this retable was abolished in 1711, and ruin lost the work without trace until it shows up in Paris in 1864, some of the portraits have been destroyed by wars, from here it went to London again without explanation ,and still is there.
Let me tell you about a wonderful city of Spain, this is Salamanca. It is the province with the most bravo bulls of Lidia in Spain, and the most famous farms such as Garcigrande to Puerto de San Lorenzo, Montalvo, Valdefresno , and El Pilar. About 14 farms belongs to the Route of the Brave Bull or Ruta del Toro Bravo; many are open to the public and shown a tour from birth to fighting in an arena. They are tested in a corral to see their strenght and resistance even if on the field we still do not know how the bull is going to react in front of the bullfighter/torero. In the plaza is where they are tested to see the real virtuals of the bull, the best showing will be May 31 2018 in the Corrida de las 6 Naciones or 6 nations bullfights at the memorable Las Ventas monumental of Madrid.
There you go on my Spain, hope you enjoy the news of my Spain. Like, I said, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all!!!
My Real Madrid CF, a love story!
So, yes I love football/soccer/calcio; been playing since early teens in Spain and up to pro level in US and France. My story is here with the help of my previous posts on the subject. I do not want to put to much into the sport as have no time as it is with the travel section but once in a while is good to reminiscent.
It has been a wonderful journey with many friends in different parts of the world , just last year finished playing indoor soccer /fooball here in France on a Corporate league. Now just follow the sports on different venues online and on TV.
The moment I entered the casa de campo training site for the Real Madrid CF change my orientation of sports forever. My love for Real Madrid is huge, even my French native wife who was not into it ,is now very lively following it; good for both ::) Now here is the story briefly !
The Real Madrid CF was actually born in 1902, and given the title of Real or Royal by King Alfonso XIII in 1920. Juan Padrós was elected the first ever club President and adopted a white uniform Carlos Padrós, the brother and also future President organized a tournament for the crowning of king Alfonso XIII, sort of the first national tournament called Madrid football association tournament and received popular support that made extends the tournament and later named Copa del Rey as it is still play today!
The initial club takes over the Moderno FC who was the winner of the first regional championship in 1903 and was renamed the Madrid Moderno FC. The team wins all these regional tournaments from 1905-08 as well as the Copa del Rey or King's Cup. The management leaders of the club participated in the creation of the first Spanish football federation in 1909. At the same time that the club won the regional championships of 1910, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1920, as well as the Copa del Rey in 1917.
following the initiative of the English league, a national championship appears in 1926 with the approval of the Spanish federation in 1928; the first championship is held in 1929 with the first division teams of Athletic Bilbao, FC Barcelona ,Atlético de Madrid ,and the Real Madrid3.
The abolition of the monarchy and the establishement of the Second Republic in 1931 enforced the club of retiring the Royal emblems logos and lose the title of Real becoming simply the Madrid Football Club. Finally, in the 1931-1932 season the club wins the national championship and all due to the amazing goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora, recruited in 1930. Later in 1959 his name is chosen to award the best goalkeeper in the Spanish first division. In 1934 and 1936,Real Madrid wins the Copa del Presidente de la República, ( the president of the republic cup) who replaced the Copa del Rey. The year 1936 was the last year playing of Ricardo Zamora with Madrid, and also, the tragic Spanish Civil War begins.
After the defeat of the Republicans by the Nationalist of Gen Francisco Franco,the club is giving back the title of royal or Real and the crown logo on their shirts. The football championship starts again ,and the club wins the 1943 Copa del Generalísimo (the king's cup change to the general's cup).
LBy 1943 entered into the club the legendary figure of our new President Santiago Bernabéu ; he was a player in 1909 and played in first division as captain until 1927 (689 games and more than 340 goals), after passing to the technical team. The club lost a lot during the Spanish Civil War comparing to the Atlético Madrid (taken over by the army air force and renamed Athletico Aviación de Madrid). Bernabéu spent several months trying to rebuilt the Real Madrid.
The march to glory begins. The Real Madrid recruits the Argentine forward Alfredo Di Stéfano and wins the Spanish championship in 1953 and Di Stéfano,finished as best goal scorer with 29 goals together with the young Francisco Gento. The Stadium is enlarged in 1954 to 125 000 persons and the team recruits another Argentine Héctor Rial, and again the championship is won with Di Stéfano scoring 25 goals. During the summer of 1955, the Real Madrid wins the Copa Latina that opposed the champions clubs of Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal beating in the final at the Paris Parc des Princes,the French club Stade de Reims.
In the 1955-1956 season was founded the first edition of the Cup of Europe, and the Real Madrid wins its first European championship beating the same Stade de Reims led by Raymond Kopa 4-3. A few weeks later the Real signs Raymond Kopa making a deadly attack with Di Stefano, Rial, and Gento.
In the season 1957-1958,the Real Madrid signed the defender Uruguayan José Santamaría and in 1958 signed the Hungarian Ferenc Puskás that together with Gento, Kopa and Di Stéfano allows the club to win the European championships five times all together during this period.
In 1960, the Real Madrid wins the first Intercontinental Cup beating Peñarol of Uruguay winner of the Copa Libertadores,5×1. In 1966, Real Madrid wins its 6th European Cup!! The era of Santiago Bernabéu comes to an end on June 2,1978 with the passing of Don Santiago at age 82, just before the opening of the World Cup in Argentina . After 35 years as President of the club; the following year the club creates the Trofeo Bernabeu tournament that still is play today.
It begins a drought in European Cups with the Quinta del Buitre group from 1981-1990 with players such as Manolo Sanchís, Martín Vázquez, Míchel, Miguel Pardeza, and Emilio Butragueño (El buitre) and later the Mexicaine Hugo Sánchez blending veterans such as Juanito, Valdano ,and Santillana. The magnificent period includes two Champions of the UEFA Cup,1985-1986, five times the Liga national championship between 1986 and 1990 (a record),and one Cup of Spain in 1989. Only the European Cup escapes them.
The period 1991-2000, saw many dry hands and a period of adjustments to many coaches and presidents. Finally in 1998, under the new name of the competition from European Cup to Champions league (1992) ,and the Real Madrid wins its 7th beating Juventus 1X0 in the final ;later in December they win the Intercontinental Cup beating Vasco da Gama of Brazil.
From 2000 on the new President is Florentino Perez known for his bib checks and gallactic players, such as Luís Figo, Zinédine Zidane,Ronaldo, David Beckham, Michael Owen, and Robinho. Winning again the Champions league of 2000 and 2002 as well as the Intercontinental of 2002, and the UEFA Supercup of 2002. Also, in 2006 Florentino Perez resigns first time.
Finally, the era of Zinedine Zidane begins on January 2016. Winning the World Club championship ;also winning the Champions league two years in a row a record never before done. Also, in 2017, later in August it wins the UEFA SuperCup also two times in a row!!! 6/8 titles for Zidane!!!! again in August they win the SuperCup of Spain , and later in December they win the World Club tournament to bring the total of 5 titles in 2017 out a possible 6, a record for the club.
In December 2000, the club is name by FIFA the best club of the 20C and also received the order of merit by FIFA in 2004.
Has won competitions still held: 33 Championships of Spain ; 19 Cups of Spain, 10 Supercup of Spain 3 World Club cups , 12 Champions leagues 2 UEFA Cups, and 4 UEFA Supercup. Simply the best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On April 1st 2017 the Real Madrid became the first club with 100 millions fans in their Facebook page!!!
My posts on the Real Madrid as of today. Now they are playing the 8th finals with the return game vs Paris-Saint-Germain on March 6th 2018 in Paris.
What else can I tell you on Madrid!
I came upon Madrid several occasions on my last vacation trip to Spain last month of August; it was hot as much as 41C or 106F! ,but so what, it did not feel anything ,really. We just had bottle water with us and we cruise walking all over, some spots new to my family and all memorable places to me. I like to share many of these with you on this post. What else can I tell you on Madrid………………!
Why not walk on the marvelous beautiful Gran Via a marvel of construction since the 1930's. And a stop at Plaza de España simply for its great monument to Miguel Cervantes Saavedra the author of Don Quijote is a must. Walk from there to Cuesta de Santo Domingo , Plaza de Santo Domingo, and the see as in Plaza de España the great metro/subway/tube entrances!
In all, another wonderful memorable trip to my Madrid, never tired of seeing you, and remember that we lovers of the city know very well that From Madrid to Heaven, and a hole in the sky to look down on it every day!!! Enjoy the Capital city, and your Sunday wherever you are. Cheers!
Here in my lovable Morbihan it is sunny ! temps around 18C or 60F Méteo France calls for rain in the afternoon but can't tell by looking out. In fact they call for rain into the night …..The Weather Channel has it at 62F cloudy with risk of rain by midday…well I am looking out bright sunny no clouds oh well here goes the weather again.
Paris is at 64F cloudy as well ……and chance of rain today and tomorrow. Madrid is at 73F a bit cloudy but no rain, hey where is the heat wave !! well it says goes up to 95F by Sunday!
A bit more on both countries coming up.
The INSEE, the French statistical office has an increase in tourist for the 2nd trimester of 2017 with hotel nights at 56,6 Millions or a 6,3 % increase over same period last year. The foreign visitors are back with an increase of 10% and it tells France could reach 88-89 million visitors this year or an increase of 5-6% over 2016. Of course, if all else stays the same. Like the latest attempt in Levalois-Perret (92) outside Paris of military Sentinelle security personnel been run over by a car with 6 wounded ,two serious but not death threatening just this morning.
In Spain things are popping, according to the provisions of the Spanish hoteliers, Confederation Espanhola de Hoteles y Alojamientos Turisticos (CEHAT) ,they expect 56,7 million hotel nights or an increase of 8,8% over the same period last year. On the whole, they expect to have 80 million visitors this year 2017. The main foreign market is the UK and even the Brexit still has not cause any differences. They have increase by 14% the visits to Spain and increase expending by 19%. IN the long range visitors, the leading market is the USA with an increase of 19,4%, the Asians 34,5% (Japan, China,South Korea,and India), all due to better air connections, weak Euro and terrorist insecurity elsewhere.
And have you heard the news lately, the song Despacito by Luis Fonsi has become the first video to surpass the 3M views in Youtube and the most likes in history! The video has been seen in 40 countries with translations. I would not post the video here but easy to find in YouTube.
Why people comes to Spain, well for sun and beach , but not really there is so much to see. Unesco declares 46 sites for world heritage sites only the third country behind Italy (53) and China (52) and surpassing France (43) and Germany(42)!
And something not done yet, but have folks doing it and sure one to pop over is camping cars. Some tips from Erwyn Himer Group.
Here we are on a tranquil Sunday midday already and a bit cloudy temps at 19C about 67F. And time to stop and reflect on my blog and new things coming up.
We are preparing our long summer vacation in our beloved Spain, right with all the family;sad my Dad will stay behind as too frail to do much walking. We have what is call here operation tranquilité vacances; where you can alert the gendarmerie police that the house is empty for vacation and who stayed behind like senior citizens; the police will make rounds to your house even check if doors are well closed etc.
The packing is done with all involved , well me I am always vacation ready so have my things on a corner ready to go already lol!! The boys will need to organize their equipment ::) video games dvd, iphones etc cables chargers all the works. The brochure for sightseeing all pack, and map ideas done.
We are traveling by car all the way by non tolls roads as we do not like to travel paying taxes ! All the way down to Pau, where we will rest in a hotel for the night before the second leg straight to our house in the mountains of the Serrania de Cuenca at 1400 meters high. We have done this trips before so we have our stopping point for rest, eat, and shop along the way even in the Pyrénées mountains (more of this on our return in late August/early September. The weather calls for cloudy but no rains temps from 13C to 27C depending on the day and whether morning or afternoon, so nice for car travel!!!
I like to thanks all those who follow, read, comment ,like my blog along the years since November 2010 ,it has been a wonderful experience and I thank my friend from Madrid who encourage me to do it on WordPress. Again many thanks to all, you make it enjoyable.
So, therefore, I will have plenty of football/soccer to see even on vacation lol!! Can't be too far from it;my lifelong club is like a family with many friends along the years because of it.In Spain and abroad.
Be good, happy travels, enjoy it now not later, and keep up with the blog please ::) Thanks and Cheers y'all.
Madrid and my Bernabeu and Elipa!
Two memorable parks of my youth one and of always the other, without them Madrid will be just another city in my world map. I grew up there, playing baseball in the Elipa and part of the Real Madrid organization in Benjamin division at casa de Campo, the old training and field grounds ,then became a Madridista for life and Bernabeu is my second home.
Another chance to be by Madrid and of course, could not resist in stopping by even if there were no games just been around these places is special to me. Lucky enough to be able to be back and see them often.
The temperature was nice and sunny around the 23C (73F) in the afternoons and going down to 10C (50F) in the evenings. A nice way to walk the city.
I first went to the Elipa park or the Parque Municipal de la Elipa; this is part of my district where I used to lived in the 70's. It is surrounded in the north by El Carmen (near mine in Quintana) neighborhood , east by the cementary La Almudena (of Cathedral fame) , to the south by the neighborhood of Moratalaz, and to the west the avenida de la Paz (or the beltway M-30) . It is part of the neighborhood of Ventas (of the bullfight arena monumental fame),and the district is Ciudad Lineal (same as mine), in Madrid.
I always came here by bus in my times it was the P13 and with the new EMT Madrid transport of modern Spain, the numbers were change,and now is the line 113. In 2007, (finally) ,they open a metro line 2 La Elipa , that is at the intersection of the streets avenida del Marqués de Corbera and calle Santa Felicidad.
I played for a team sponsored by the Real Madrid FC organization with the same name in a league of about 8 teams, most of the equipement was provided by the US air force base at Torrejon de Ardoz. Some of the teams I remember other than mine were, the Rayo Vallecano, Atlético de Madrid, Condepols, Piratas, Abraham Lincoln school, and the US air base team. The Spanish were learning the sport of Baseball and it was fun to be able to teach as well as played.
I walked from my hotel along calle del Pez Volador and calle del Dr Esquerdo along parque de Roma, you see the Spain tower of television and radio RTVE, a sight indeed, and then crossing the passarelle bridge over the beltway M-30 (that was just finished when I left Madrid in 1974 for good), and into the street on the other side turning left you go to a traffic circle and then see the signs for La Elipa ,follow it and you are there in 15 minutes! A memorable trip and photos that now I can show my sons until August which we will be back and can show in person. memories forever of my Madrid!!!
Of course, on the way back with time between flights, left Madrid T4 terminal to go and pay a visit to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and a chance to have lunch by there. The Real Café Bernabéu was closed for lunch already to headed for the restaurant TGIF in the La Esquina del Bernabeu building by the plaza del Sagrado Corazon,and avenida Concha Espina.
The restaurant was great as usual and I ask to hurry up as needed to get back to the airport and they did it very fast, my burger, bacon and fries and a jarra or pint of Mahou Cinco Estrellas Madrid beer; all with a nice view of the square or plaza Sagrado Corazon.
When I go , always go for the Fondo Sur (south) bleechers by the avenida Concha Espina, you can have the Fondo norte(north) by the calle Rafael Salgado, lateral Este (East) by calle Pedro Damiàn, and lateral Oeste (West) by Paseo de la Castellana. A quick walk around of the stadium before buying your ticket will give an idea. There are four towers around the stadium with tower A between fondo sur and lateral este , tower B between fondo sur and lateral oeste,tower C between lateral oeste and fondo norte and tower D between fondo norte and lateral este. You then have zones, in each section divided in six levels from those in the fondos closest to the field, to tribuna, and antitheater's or theaters three laterals and four fondo with the fourth fondo the most far away from the field.
To read your ticket see the numbers : you have the puerta or gate to get in, then the color to show the section ,like mine are Red for fondo sur.Green is fondo norte, Purple for laterals and Blue for the tribunes and preferential seating. Then the ticket show the vomitorios or exit lanes, this is the passage that takes you to the bleacher's and tribunes, antitheater etc by which you walk to leave the stadium once the game is over.
Then, you go for your sector seating, this is a 3 digit number on your ticket usually with a letter. Once you reach inside passing before reaching the bleacher's you need to go to your sector; these are divided in lanes or aisles so the even numbers are on your right and the odd numbers on your left; easy up to now ::) The first number means your level up the ladder in the stadium zone you purchase, the second number and third pinpoint the seat so the first number may means high level, the second number tribune, and the third number a antitheater. If a first time, can be confusing but there is always personnel around to help you find your seat at all times. Finally, there is your seat number indicated on the ticket and on each chair! easy I said.
Now arriving in Madrid ,how to get to the stadium? again easy all roads lead to Bernabéu! I have use them all and the car is still best ::) Only you need to be there early underground parking available or nearby. Then, you can walk from your hotel -2km is a good walking distance here go ahead! Then ,for the more social transport folks there is the cercanias or suburban trains, where you will reach the station Nuevos Ministerios from C-1, C-3, C-4, C-7 or C-10 trains. Afterward you can walk about 10 minutes or take the metro line 10 to Santiago Bernabéu stop . You have last I counted 7 bus lines passing by the stadium such as No. 14, 27, 40, 43, 120, 147 ,and 150. And of course, the metro/subway/tube on line 10 Santiago Bernabéu go up on the stadium exit (see picture) then once out turn to your right and see the Stadium!!! If you arrive from other city in Spain usually by Atocha then take line 1 metro to stop Tribunal, and the the above mentioned line 10.
I have good experiences with ticketmaster and Real Madrid sites, never use ticketbureau but friends tells me is ok too.
By the way, I was in A Coruña in a bar (see previous post) where saw the Real Madrid winning 2×6! and now they have beaten Valencia 2×1, and tomorrow there is the first game of the Champions league vs Atlético de Madrid!!Hala Madrid!!! for all the glory in football/soccer and basketball we won the derby vs Estudiantes and in Final Four of Europa! Hala Madrid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry again for the long thread but I am not technical lol!!
To eat, there are plenty other than the above mentioned places you have the La Esquina Asador Sidreria and Zen Market in the Real Madrid complex. Also, Alduccio, Jose Luis ,Tony Roma's, Gelateria La Romana dal 1947, Bar Campanoli, Lateral, and Restaurante L'Albufera to name a few walking distance that I had tried over the years.
In all, this is Madrid, and with the famous Bernabéu in tow and the true local Elipa to see the real living of the locals, you will have the best of both worlds and appreciate Madrid even more. I am enjoying my Labor Day May 1st off at home and now ready to go out for a spin.


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Q: Is thread::id used anywhere in the standard C++ library? std::thread::get_id() gives you an implementation defined value which uniquely identifies a given thread, but the interesting thing for me is that there is a dedicated type for this, thread::id, is this type used anywhere in the standard library ?
A thread::id is used somewhere or in any interface that you know of ? AFAIK this type is used nowhere hence it looks like it's quite useless at the moment .

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Is thread::id used anywhere in the standard C++ library?

No, thread::id is not used in the interface of the standard C++ library.
It might be used in the implementation of one of the recursive mutexes, but that would be an implementation detail.  I do not know if any implementation currently uses it.

AFAIK this type is used nowhere hence it looks like it's quite useless
  at the moment.

Here are a few of the other types in the std::library that are "useless" by this definition:

*

*list

*set

*multiset

*map

*multimap

*unordered_set

*unordered_multimap

*array

*atomic

*bitset

*complex

*condition_variable

*condition_variable_any

*forward_list

*fstream

*reverse_iterator

*move_iterator

*mutex

*queue

*stack

*regex

*thread

This is not an exhaustive list.

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Me:

Is your question: What is a motivating use case for thread::id?

user2485710:

yes, that sounds right, with, maybe, a special focus on the standard library.

thread::id is sometimes used to map a thread to attributes or vice-versa.  For example one might implement "named threads" by associating a std::string with a std::thread::id in a std::map.  When a thread of execution logged, or throws an exception, or has some notable event, one could look up the name of the thread to create a message for the log, error message, etc, in order to give better context.  For example threads might have suggestive names such as:  "database server" or "table updater".
thread::id is more convenient to use than thread for this application as thread is usually needed elsewhere to control joining.
Another use for thread::id is to detect if the current thread executing a function is the same thread as the last thread that executed that same function.  I've seen this technique used in the implementation of recursive_mutex::lock().  For example, if the mutex is locked and this_thread::get_id() == stored_id, then increment lock count.
As far as "focus on the standard C++ library" is concerned, I really don't know what that means.  If it means: "Used in the interface", then this question has  already been answered earlier in this answer, and in other answers:

No, thread::id is not used in the interface of the standard C++ library.

There are many, many types in the std::lib that are not part of the API of other parts of the std::lib.  thread::id was not standardized because it was needed in the API of other parts of the library.  It was standardized because std::thread was being standardized, and thread::id is a natural part of the std::thread library, and because it is useful for the use cases such as those mentioned above.
The key difference between thread and thread::id is that thread maintains unique ownership of a thread of execution.  Thus thread is a move-only type.  This is very analogous to unique_ptr.  Only one std::thread can be used to join().  In contrast, a thread::id is just a "name" for a thread.  Names are copyable and comparable.  They aren't used for ownership, only for identification.
This separation of concerns (privilege-to-join vs identification) is made more obvious in a language which supports both move-only and copyable types.

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AFAIK this type is used nowhere hence it looks like it's quite useless at the moment .

A thread::id implements relational operators and hash support. This allows you, the user, to have them as keys in associative and unordered containers.

A: The purpose of such user defined types is to make things easy for implementors.
In many cases, you will be implementing C++ threads on top of existing code bases, OS systems, or the like.  These may have different types of thread identification.
With that type, the C++ std implementation is more likely to be able to expose the underlying thread identification value directly, or with minimal modification.
Knowing what thread you are on is quite useful in many situations from the client side, and implementing it without an id from the system is complex.
std::thread::id can be sorted, compared (in a totally ordered way, with sensible equality) and std::hashed, all of which are useful with the std library.  They can be copied (trivially) and constructed with no arguments (for the id that represents no thread).  They can be turned into a string via ostream <<, with the only guarantee that the resulting string is never the same except for two == ids.
Any operations on them beyond that is undefined.  But, an implementation could make thread_id be basically a pointer, or an unsigned integer index in an array, or one of many different underlying implementations.  An implementation who accesses such information is doing something completely implementation dependent, however.

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HUBBARDSTON---Debra J. (Mullan) Bailey, 67 years old of Hubbardston, formerly of Leominster, died Wednesday, January 8, 2020, after an illness. She is survived by the love of her life and husband of 45 years, Charles C. Bailey; two daughters, Brooke E. Tomlinson and her husband Heath of Dudley and Caitlin A. Normington and her husband James of Townsend; sister Susan Marceau; stepsisters Kathleen Brow and Karen Barry; stepbrother Kevin Barry; grandchildren Zachary and Morgyn Hanks, Hunter and Isla Tomlinson, and Olivia and Joshua Normington. She was predeceased by her daughter Heather Hanks in 2003.
Debbie was born in Fitchburg on March 25, 1952, daughter of the late Edward B. and Marilyn H. (Chapin) Mullan and lived in this area her entire life. She graduated from Leominster High School in 1970 and received her Bachelor's Degree in physical education from Bridgewater State College. Debbie devoted her life to helping others in her community. She was a Physical Education Teacher in the Leominster Public Schools for many years. Then, she became an instrumental mentor by supporting many at risk children as a teacher at the high school. Her devotion helped them redirect their lives for the better. Debbie was a longtime volunteer for Leominster Youth Soccer Program. Her encouragement of youths in sports was then directed to Leominster High as the Women's Soccer and Swimming coach. After retirement, her greatest joy was watching her young grandchildren grow, and spending as much time with them as possible. From regular sleep overs to weekly babysitting, she loved every minute. The support she has given to her older grandchildren over the years mimics the kind, caring and supportive person she was. Her love and dedication has helped them grow into kind and compassionate individuals, that would make their mother proud. She was a life-long member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Leominster.
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Karamo Brown Is All About Being Bald – Says He Wants To 'Empower' People Without Hair
Todd Malm Dec 15, 2020 12:45 PM PST
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In the year 2020, there's no question that the idea of empowerment has become a popular concept. Stars and entertainers have promoted ideas like body positivity as a way of encouraging people to love themselves even if their appearence doesn't live up to the beauty standards of modern society.
Page Six Style spoke with Karamo Brown from Queer Eye this week where he touched on his goal of empowering bald people. Brown said to the outlet that he gets a ton of IG direct messages from men and women without hair, and he tells them to take pride in the way they look.
The 40-year-old said to Page Six Style that Western society is a culture where people strive to look a certain way, otherwise, they feel as though they won't be loved. According to Brown, one of the things he loves the most about his Netflix series is that no one is told to change themselves to fit a particular mold.
Brown claims he and the rest of the cast and crew encourage people who are different to try and look good. "None of us are perfect," the actor explained. As for what the actor has been up to lately, Page Six says Brown just started a new business called MANTL, a skincare and grooming company for people without hair.
Brown shared that even women have been using their products. The actor says one of their latest products has "taken off" because people have realized it's so good that it can work for everyone, not just people without hair.
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