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The Reach is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms on the continent of Westeros. It was formerly a sovereign nation ruled by the Kings of the Reach before the War of Conquest. It is the second-largest of the kingdoms behind the north and is considered the most fertile and heavily-populated part of Westeros.
The Reach is considered the home of chivalry in Westeros. It is the place where knighthood is looked upon with the greatest reverence and esteemed the most. It is also the place where the rules to tournaments are the most stringent and managed.[1]
The Reach is ruled from the castle of Highgarden by House Tyrell. Notable houses have included Ashford, Caswell, Crane, Florent, Fossoway, Gardener, Hightower, Merryweather, Mullendore, Oakheart, Redwyne, Rowan, Tarly, and Vyrwel.[2][3] Noble bastards born in the Reach are given the surname Flowers.
The Reach is the most fertile part of Westeros and has numerous and well-populated villages and towns. The Sunset Sea is found to the west, while the hills of the westerlands are to the northwest and the Blackwater Rush of the riverlands is to the north. The Reach borders the crownlands to the northeast, while to the east and southeast are the stormlands and their Dornish Marches. South of the Reach are the Red Mountains of Dorne and the Summer Sea. The Roseroad links Oldtown with King's Landing by way of Highgarden, while the Ocean Road links Highgarden with Lannisport.[4]
The Reach is watered by the immense river Mander and its tributaries, including the Blueburn and the Cockleswhent. The Reach proper is centered around the Mander.[5] Oldtown is located at the mouth of the Honeywine. The region also includes several islands, including the Shield Islands near the mouth of the Mander and the Arbor south of the Whispering Sound and the Redwyne Straits.
People and Economy
The Reach is the second wealthiest region in the Seven Kingdoms behind the westerlands, but it is the most fertile region. Among the products it produces are melons, fireplums, peaches, apples, and grapes. The Arbor is said to make the finest of wines, from dry fruity reds to a rich golden vintage. Woodharps made in Oldtown are highly sought after.
Before the War of Conquest, the golden coins of the Reach were known as hands. They still exist in some number, with each hand coin roughly half the value of a dragon coin.[6]
Notable locations include:
- Highgarden, the castle and seat of House Tyrell, the Lords Paramount of the Mander.
- Oldtown, the most prominent city in the Reach. It is the oldest city in Westeros, home to the Hightower and the maesters' Citadel, and its Starry Sept was the previous seat of the Faith of the Seven.
- Ashford, a market town.
- Tumbleton, a market town.
- Cuy, a town.
Military strength
While Petyr Baelish describes the military strength of the Reach to be fifty thousand swords,[7] the Tyrells can field at least some seventy thousand soldiers.[8] Of their bannermen, House Florent can field two thousand men at best,[9] while House Hightower, at least during 129 AC-131 AC, was able to field much more than nine thousand men.[10]
Plate armor is commonly used in the Reach.[11]
The naval strength of the Reach is made up mostly out of the Redwyne fleet of the Arbor, which contains two hundred warships.[12] Further naval strength can be found at the Shield Islands,[13] and likely the coastal lords.
House Gardener
The beginnings of the Reach can be traced back to Garth Greenhand, the legendary High King of the First Men who lived in the Age of Heroes.[14] The royal line of House Gardener of Highgarden claimed descent from Garth as do many current houses in the region.[15][16] What is now the Ravenry of the Citadel is said to have been a pirate stronghold during the Age of Heroes.[17]
The Reach is the home of mythical warriors and knights such as Serwyn of the Mirror Shield, Davos the Dragonslayer, Roland of the Horn and the Knight Without Armor.[18]
The Reach is the heart of the chivalric tradition in the Seven Kingdoms, the place where knighthood is most universally esteemed. Tourneys here have the most elaborate and varied rules, and are the most likely to be held for knights only. The greatest champions of the Reach became knights in the Order of the Green Hand.[19]
Dornishmen have warred against the Reach for thousands of years; rivalries include the feud between House Oakheart and House Dayne.[20] The Kings of the Reach also warred with the Storm Kings of House Durrandon, gradually conquering land from the western stormlands. However, King Garse VII Gardener was slain by King Argilac Durrandon in the Battle of Summerfield.[21] The Dornish Marches, the lands just north of the Red Mountains of Dorne, have long been disputed. The lords of Highgarden count Defender of the Marches amongst their titles,[22] although most of the marcher lords now owe allegiance to House Baratheon of the stormlands.
House Tyrell
During the War of Conquest, King Mern IX Gardener led the army of the Reach against the invading House Targaryen, but he was killed at the Field of Fire and his line was ended. House Tyrell, the stewards of the Gardeners, surrendered Highgarden to Aegon the Conqueror. They were rewarded with both the castle and the position of overlords of the Reach. The High Septon and Lord Manfred Hightower did not oppose Aegon when he approached Oldtown, increasing the new king's legitimacy.[23] Rather than being independent, the Reach was part of the Seven Kingdoms ruled by the Iron Throne.
During the Dance of the Dragons, the Reach was split between the greens and the blacks, with the Hightowers providing much of the support for the greens (along with the Redwynes), but with the Rowans, Tarlys, Costaynes, Mullendores, and Grimms supporting the blacks. The Battle on the Honeywine and the First and Second Battles of Tumbleton were fought in the Reach.
In the First Blackfyre Rebellion, several of Daemon I Blackfyre's greatest supporters were men of the Reach, including Ser Quentyn Ball and Lord Gormon Peake, while others supported Daeron II Targaryen.
Robert's Rebellion saw the Reach provide much of the pro-Targaryen strength. Lord Randyll Tarly led the van of Lord Mace Tyrell to victory against Lord Robert Baratheon in the Battle of Ashford. After Ashford, Mace led the unsuccessful siege of Storm's End.
Recent Events
A Clash of Kings
After King Robert I Baratheon's death, most lords of the Reach join the Tyrells in declaring for Renly Baratheon. Some join Stannis Baratheon after Renly's murder, but most are idle for a time before marching with Tywin Lannister to defeat Stannis in the Battle of the Blackwater.
A Storm of Swords
The lords of the Reach provide much of the Iron Throne's manpower, under the uneasy alliance between Houses Lannister and Tyrell.
A Feast for Crows
The Reach itself remains untouched by the war until the taking of the Shields, which marks the beginning of King Euron Greyjoy's campaigns in the south. Since then Oldtown and the Arbor have been threatened by ironborn raiders.
In Highgarden there are fields of golden roses that stretch away as far as the eye can see. The fruits are so ripe they explode in your mouth-melons, peaches, fireplums, you've never tasted such sweetness.[24]
- Robert I Baratheon to Eddard Stark
House Ambrose
House Appleton of Appleton
House Ashford of Ashford
House Ball
House Beesbury of Honeyholt
House Blackbar of Bandallon
House Bridges
House Bulwer of Blackcrown
House Bushy
House Caswell of Bitterbridge
House Chester of Greenshield
House Cockshaw
House Conklyn
House Cordwayner of Hammerhal
House Costayne of the Three Towers
House Crane of Red Lake
House Cuy of Sunhouse
House Dunn
House Durwell
House Florent of Brightwater Keep
House Footly of Tumbleton
House Fossoway of Cider Hall
House Fossoway of New Barrel
House Gardener of Highgarden
House Graceford of Holyhall
House Graves
House Grimm of Greyshield
House Hastwyck
House Hewett of Oakenshield
House Hightower of the Hightower
House Hunt
House Hutcheson
House Inchfield
House Kidwell
House Leygood
House Lowther
House Lyberr
House Manderly of Dunstonbury
House Meadows of Grassy Vale
House Merryweather of Longtable
House Middlebury
House Mullendore of Uplands
House Norcross
House Norridge
House Oakheart of Old Oak
House Oldflowers
House Orme
House Osgrey of Leafy Lake
House Osgrey of Standfast
House Peake of Starpike
House Pommingham
House Redding
House Redwyne of the Arbor
House Rhysling
House Risley
House Rowan of Goldengrove
House Roxton of the Ring
House Serry of Southshield
House Shermer of Smithyton
House Sloane
House Stackhouse
House Tarly of Horn Hill
House Tyrell of Highgarden
House Tyrell of Brightwater Keep
House Uffering
House Varner
House Vyrwel of Darkdell
House Webber of Coldmoat
House Westbrook
House Willum
House Wythers
House Yelshire
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Tourney Rules (April 29, 1999)
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Appendix.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, House Tyrell.
- ↑ The Lands of Ice and Fire.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Reach.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 15, Samwell II.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Chapter 36, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 38, Tyrion V.
- ↑ A Clash of Kings, Prologue.
- ↑ The Princess and the Queen.
- ↑ So Spake Martin: Yet More Questions (July 22, 2001)
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 32, Cersei VII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 29, The Reaver.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Garth Greenhand.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 62, Tyrion VIII.
- ↑ A Storm of Swords, Chapter 67, Jaime VIII.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 44, Jaime VII.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Gardener Kings.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, Highgarden.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 21, The Queenmaker.
- ↑ The World of Ice & Fire, The Conquest.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Appendix.
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 28, Cersei VI.
- ↑ A Game of Thrones, Chapter 4, Eddard I.


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Earlier today, Jorge Gurgel (14-7 MMA, 2-2 SF) announced he'd be fighting on Aug. 12 against an unnamed opponent.
That opponent is Joe Duarte (9-2 MMA, 1-0 SF).
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) has learned from sources close to the event that Gurgel and Duarte have each verbally agreed to meet in the main event of the as yet unannounced "Strikeforce Challengers 18: Gurgel vs. Duarte" event, which takes place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and airs on Showtime.
Duarte is perhaps best known as a cast member of "The Ultimate Fighter 8," where he was defeated by eventual finalist Phillipe Nover in a preliminary-round bout. Since that brief brush with the big time, Duarte has posted a 5-1 mark, including a Strikeforce win over Saad Awad this past April. The lone loss in that streak came via TKO in a Bellator 13 bout with Carey Vanier.
Meanwhile, Gurgel fights for the first time since a March submission win over Billy
Vaughan at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson." The much-needed result
snapped a two-fight losing streak for Gurgel, who had dropped
back-to-back outing to K.J. Noons and Billy Evangelista.
Gurgel competes in Las Vegas for the first time since a November 2008
loss to Aaron Riley at UFC 91. Gurgel was released from the promotion
following the defeat, ending the Brazilian's octagon run after seven
fights and a 3-4 record.
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Second half starts with questions in every division
Boston's AL East lead, Bucs' pursuit of postseason berth among the things to watch
When Opening Day dawned, those many weeks ago, 30 Major League teams had postseason hopes, some more realistic than others. As the second half dawns today, 22 of those 30 are still within nine games or fewer of a postseason spot, and yes, some of those 22 have a more realistic shot than others.
The Major League season is so daunting that it does a fine job of separating the contenders from the pretenders. But even here at the ceremonial "halfway" point -- roughly 60 percent of the way through the 2013 season -- so much of that sorting has yet to occur.
So with the second half upon us, let's take a fresh look at each division and see where we stand.
American League East
Orioles All-Star Adam Jones was asked to describe the East.
"A gauntlet," he said. "September is going to be a gauntlet. Last man standing."
As it is, all five East clubs are still standing, just as many of us suspected going into the season. What you might not have suspected is that the Red Sox, who had to dramatically retool after the horrors of September 2011 and all that came after in '12, are standing firmly on top, and the Blue Jays, despite all their winter improvements, are at the bottom. The Blue Jays' divisional chances are murky, at best, as they are 11 1/2 back and haven't gotten any kind of consistency -- either in performance or health -- from their rotation. But they're 8 1/2 back of a Wild Card spot, and after they rattled off 11 straight wins last month, it's hard to completely discount them.
Every other East club is within at least six games of the Red Sox, who are in fantastic shape both in terms of their record and their resources to stock up at the July 31 Trade Deadline. The Yankees continue to battle injuries, absences and the performance decline of ace CC Sabathia, but they're still very much in it. The best thing about the East, though, is that the Rays and Orioles have, once again, definitively proven they belong in the hunt.
"It's not necessarily shifts in power, but shifts in talent," Jones said. "We're getting better. They're not getting worse, but we're getting better."
The Rays and O's have both done it this year with strong offenses supporting surprisingly unstable starting staffs. But the Rays got a huge pick-me-up with the return of David Price shortly before the break, and the O's, after already getting Scott Feldman from the Cubs, remain hot on the trail of starting help as the Deadline approaches.
AL Central
Until -- or unless -- those mercurial Royals, currently eight games back, get some consistency on the offensive end (and don't rule it out), the Central is, at the moment, essentially a two-team race between the Tigers and Indians. The fact that it's a race at all qualifies as a surprise, because few would dispute that the Tigers, the defending AL champs, have the most talent in the division.
Once again, though, the Tigers have underachieved, to some degree, because their porous bullpen has prevented them from truly taking off. That's one reason the Indians, who have had bullpen issues of their own, sit just 1 1/2 games back, despite dropping nine of 12 to Detroit.
If Terry Francona's Tribe is going to last, a top-tier starter and another bullpen arm are in order. The Tigers are also expected to tinker with their 'pen before the Deadline, and they've certainly been in this position before (their battle with the White Sox last season wasn't decided until late September) and come out just fine. On the other hand, the Indians, who at one point lost 18 of 22 games, have endured some tough stretches but have never lacked confidence.
"Detroit's the one with the pressure on," Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis said. "It's not on us. They're the ones with the targets on their back. We're the ones sort of playing loose and fun."
AL West
There was a time when the West was expected to revolve solely around the Rangers and Angels, but that was before midseason 2012, when another California club jumped to the forefront. Yes, the A's are for real. Their stunning second-half surge last season was not a mirage, for they entered this year's All-Star break a resplendent 17 games over .500.
The Rangers are right there with them, two games back in what could be another down-to-the-wire duel. The Rangers arguably have better depth and better resources to improve at the Deadline, and their pitching staff could dramatically improve if Colby Lewis, Alexi Ogando, Matt Harrison and Joakim Soria come back with full strength and effectiveness. But the A's, clearly, are not going away, and they have upside if Yoenis Cespedes, fresh off his Home Run Derby win, and/or Josh Reddick find their strides.
"At this point, even though there are some similarities to the way it ended last year with the Rangers, I don't think you get caught up in that until you get into the last month of the season," A's manager Bob Melvin said, referring to his team winning the division by one game over Texas last year. "There's a lot of baseball yet to be played, and I think the Angels will have something to say, too."
The Angels recently showed that they might have something to say, winning 11 of their last 17 before the break (though they dropped their last three) and finally getting signs of offensive spark from Josh Hamilton. That might not be enough, though, because the Halos have yet to show they have the depth of arms to hang with Texas and Oakland. The Mariners, meanwhile, have been done in by the lack of strides made by the young guys in their supposed offensive core. Right now, the West revolves around two teams.
National League East
The largest division lead in baseball belongs to the Braves, who have a six-game edge on the second-place Nationals and a 6 1/2-game lead on the Phillies.
Those standings, though, are somewhat deceptive, because the truth is that the Braves have lived largely off the fumes of a 13-2 start. Since April 19, these are the winning percentages of the East's three contending clubs:
Phillies .525
Braves .513
Nats .488
And given the offensive issues the Braves are enduring, both in terms of health and the performance of several veterans, it's not out of the question that this race could get tighter and more interesting in the coming weeks.
The good news for the Braves is that their pitching staff has been one of the best, so any offensive improvement could allow them to coast into the postseason. They've seen improvement in recent weeks from Jason Heyward and Dan Uggla, who struggled mightily at the start of the season, but they undoubtedly need more from the brothers Upton. B.J. has had an abysmal season at the plate and is now on the disabled list, and Justin slowed considerably after an awesome April.
"I think the best is still ahead of us, offensively," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We've recently seen spurts where some guys are starting to swing the bats and drive the ball. That's always a good sign."
Good signs have been remarkably few and far between for a Nationals team that many labeled a World Series contender. But their best is yet to come if Bryce Harper, who missed much of the first half, stays healthy and the recent improvement of the bullpen holds up. The Nats also figure to be aggressive in the trade market.
And the Phillies? No telling which direction they'll go. Their aging roster has been battered by injuries, so it's actually remarkable that they're sitting at .500, all things considered. The Philly fire sale so many expected does not appear to be in the cards, because the division race is too tempting. It seems that division race remains more likely to come down to the Braves and Nats, but you never know.
NL Central
It is entirely realistic that the NL Central will feature three 90-game winners this season, which is crazy. And it is entirely realistic that one of those teams will be the Pittsburgh Pirates, which is even crazier.
The Pirates' starting depth and defensive prowess has vaulted them into a neck-and-neck battle with the Cardinals, with the Reds looming close behind. This could be baseball's best division race, especially considering these three teams ranked Nos. 1 (Pirates, 3.27), 2 (Cardinals, 3.33) and 3 (Reds, 3.40) in starters' ERA in the first half.
And you don't have to reside anywhere near the Allegheny, Monongahela or Ohio rivers to be curious about whether the Pirates can avoid the collapses that plagued them in 2011 and '12, and end not only their streak of 20 straight losing seasons but also their postseason drought. That is, unquestionably, one of the most stimulating storylines of the second half.
"At the [All-Star] parade [in Manhattan], I had Yankee fans and cops yelling, 'Win it all, man!'" said Bucs closer Jason Grilli. "Maybe we're becoming America's team, because we've been an underdog so long and everybody loves an underdog. It's a really cool thing to see so many people behind us."
The Cardinals, though, are the more experienced squad when it comes to this sort of thing, and they've shown a knack in the clutch, both at the plate (they have a .337 team batting average with runners in scoring position, while no other team in the Majors is hitting better than .288 in those situations) and, generally speaking, in the postseason pursuit. The defending division-champion Reds, meanwhile, have been one of baseball's worst teams in the clutch-hitting department and have really felt Ryan Ludwick's absence since he got hurt on Opening Day. But they're still hanging around.
"I feel like our division has gone down to the wire every year for the past few years," Cards first baseman Allen Craig said. "We expect that."
And we expect the Central to be scintillating.
NL West
While the Central might have three teams break the 90-win threshold, the NL West is looking like it'll be lucky to have anybody do much better than .500.
Indeed, it's been a frustrating first half out West, where even the division-leading D-backs, who entered the break with a 50-45 mark and a 2 1/2-game lead on the second-place Dodgers, know they have not yet played their best ball.
"Some games we've got the pitching, some we've got the hitting," starter Patrick Corbin said. "We've got to start clicking together and put together a full game."
The Dodgers have started to click, especially since the arrival of the sensational Yasiel Puig (though he cooled just before the break), and they've already been aggressive on the trade front in landing right-hander Ricky Nolasco from the Marlins. Don't be shocked to see the Dodgers, who were tripped up by injuries and had to use the disabled list 22 times in the first half, remain aggressive through July 31, because they have invested an incredible amount of financial might into this club and there's no going back now. The D-backs will have to stave them off by improving their bullpen, which has been a weakness.
The surprising Rockies are lurking, just 4 1/2 games back, and their loaded lineup is finally healthy. They could use a starter to get them over the hump. And no one should rule out a run by the defending World Series-champion Giants, who are in the odd position (for them) of also needing some starting assistance. Even the Padres are only 8 1/2 back. The West has been so bad that it's completely up for grabs.
Of course, "up for grabs" describes a pretty wide swath as baseball's second half begins.


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Here is a short video clip of my 13 month old twin girls during blanket time. Currently they do blanket time for 30 minutes in the morning while I do circle time (learning activities) with their older 2.5 year old brother. When I recorded this video, their older brother was visiting his grandparents (which is why I had a chance to capture this short video clip).


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After talking with several observers, and submitting three nights of BSM_South data, I'd like to remind observers that saturating 5th magnitude variables with regular telescopes is REALLY easy to do. There are lots of V-band measures for Nova Del 2013 that are ~0.2mag fainter than they should be, and lots of others with way too much scatter for a 5th magnitude star. Look at the observations from observer HQA and you will see what I mean. This star really doesn't change on a minute time scale; if you are seeing 0.1-0.2mag scatter, it is all due to the way you are collecting data.
With BSM, a 6cm telescope, saturation sets in at V=6.5 for a 30second exposure. You can scale to your own situation. With a 16-inch (40cm, 44x more collecting area) telescope, for example, you will saturate in less than one second for V=6.5, and for Nova Del 2013 at V=5, the exposure will be in the 0.1sec range before saturation. Don't assume that 65535 is the saturation level for your sensor; many SBIG cameras, for example, start saturating at 45K ADU.
I'd keep the peak ADU in your image to be half-well (30-40K ADU). If your field of view is small and you don't have good comp stars, then stack as many short-exposure images as needed to build up the signal/noise. Stacking doesn't hurt in any case, because anything less than about 10 seconds will also suffer from scintillation, but stacking effectively increases the exposure time while retaining the dynamic range.
We want quality data - the pros are waiting until the nova fades, and this is a chance to show what the amateur/small telescope community can provide!


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NASA formally extended its ongoing mission to Mars, giving a pair of rovers another five months to search for evidence the planet once was a wetter place hospitable to life, agency officials said Thursday.
The $15 million extension means Spirit and Opportunity could operate on Mars through September, said Firouz Naderi, manager of the Mars exploration program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The move is expected to nearly triple the planned mission of the rovers, although dust, cold and mechanical wear-and-tear could curtail the lifetime of either or both robots, Naderi added.
Opportunity builds on evidence of water
For Opportunity, the move should allow it to build on the evidence it already has found that water once bathed its landing site on Mars, by allowing it to visit at least four outcrops of rock, said Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis, the mission's deputy main scientist.
The first outcrop Opportunity analyzed, within the small crater it landed in Jan. 24, revealed that standing water, perhaps a salty sea or swamp, once covered Meridiani Planum. Scientists hope to learn how broad that body of water might have been, as well as how deep and long-lived, by studying more locations where similar rocks appear.
Opportunity already has reached its second such spot, a linear trough that fractures the rock underlying the largely flat and smooth region, Arvidson said.
Opportunity should then visit a third rocky location before traveling to a large depression, called Endurance Crater, that lies about 2,300 feet (690 meters) away. A stack of rocks tens of yards high appears to rim a portion of the crater.
"That's why there is a compelling reason to get on with the driving," Arvidson said of Opportunity, which recently traveled 330 feet (99 meters) in a day to set a one-day distance record for the double mission.
Spirit is still willing
For Spirit, working in Gusev Crater on the other side of planet since Jan. 3, similar evidence of abundant past water activity has been elusive.
It continues to press on with its quest. The extended mission should give the rover time to reach a cluster of hills, roughly 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) away, that may contain layered deposits laid down if and when Gusev contained a sloshing lake of water, as scientists believe.
The hills also could have formed in the impact that punched out Gusev, or through volcanic processes.
Mission members expect Spirit to take one to two months to reach the so-called Columbia Hills.
NASA will lose touch with the rovers on Sept. 13, when Mars passes behind the sun. The blackout should leave Earth out of contact with the two rovers for a week to 10 days, Naderi said.
If NASA can re-establish contact with the rovers once Mars pops back into view, the agency could further extend operations on either one or both robots, Naderi added.
The mission's original tab was $820 million, including $645 million for development of the spacecraft and instruments, $100 million in launch costs and $75 million for mission operations and processing of science data.


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Fresh off the heels of the release of its Total Return ETF, PIMCO on Tuesday began trading its Global Advantage Inflation-Linked Bond Strategy Fund (ILB) on the NYSE.
According to the Newport Beach, Calif.-based bond behemoth, the latest ETF is designed for long-term returns above inflation by actively managing global inflation-linked bonds and currencies. The fund is managed by Mihir Worah, managing director and head of PIMCO's real return portfolio management team.
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Legendary tech investor and political mover Ron Conway has a stern warning for the senators who rejected an amendment to expand background checks on firearms sales on Wednesday, a vote that flew in the face of public opinion.
"We will employ the most sophisticated social media campaign ever built to remove these people from office," he said in an interview with The Chronicle.
"Mark my words," he said. "It is shameful and the United States of America should be embarrassed by its Senate."
Known as the godfather of Silicon Valley, Conway is a longtime angel investor who has plugged money into Google, Twitter, Square and countless other well-known companies. Increasingly, however, he has also been flexing political power in San Francisco and elsewhere.
He was a mover in the industry's campaign to kill the much despised Stop Online Piracy Act in late 2011, considered a political coming of age moment for the tech sector.
In the interview, Conway pledged to help build a similar initiative behind gun control, one that would tap into the industry's political power and social media prowess to ensure the senators who voted against the measure aren't reelected. He noted that polls show 90 percent of the public supports background checks.
"Our Congress has ceased to be representative," he said. "It is up to the citizens to remove those people who don't represent them."
Conway has been involved in several gun control efforts since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut late last year.
Earlier this year, he helped launch the Sandy Hook Promise campaign, an effort to promote new ideas on gun control and fast track investment in startups with the potential to reduce firearms violence.
He also serves on the board of Americans for Responsible Solutions, a political organization established by former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly. He said that body would be the vehicle for the forthcoming campaign, as it raises additional money and engages in grassroots organizing efforts.
"America should imagine, when they go to bed tonight, if they were a Sandy Hook parent," he said. "How betrayed would you feel if your kid was gunned down and the U.S. Senate could care less?"


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Iron And Wine performs at the Riviera Theatre on March 4
Photo: The Recording Academy
Iron And Wine
Welcome to The Set List. Here you'll find the latest concert recaps for many of your favorite, or maybe not so favorite, artists. Our bloggers will do their best to provide you with every detail of the show, from which songs were on the set list to what the artist was wearing to which out-of-control fan made a scene. Hey, it'll be like you were there. And if you like what you read, we'll even let you know where you can catch the artist on tour. Feel free to drop us a comment and let us know your concert experience. Oh, and rock on.
By Sarah Mudler
On a blustery March 4 evening the stunning architecture and old-timey vibe of Chicago's historic Riviera Theatre proved the perfect backdrop for the first show on South Carolina native Sam Beam's (aka Iron And Wine) spring tour. Not to mention the abundance of Chicago musicians that make up his band — five members of the eight-piece call the city home and three come from Chicago natives experimental rock band Califone — Joe Adamik, Jim Becker and Ben Massarella.
Hitting the road in support of his latest album and major label debut Kiss Each Other Clean (produced by yet another Chicago native, Brian Deck), Beam, under his Iron And Wine moniker, has spent the last 10 years making a name for himself as one of the latest great American storytellers.
Warming up the stage for the sold-out room were yet another group of Chicago players, Thrill Jockey Records mainstays Eleventh Day Dream, who were followed by a warm welcome from WXRT DJ and local rock aficionado Lin Brehmer.
"Twenty years from now, you'll be telling your friends that you were here, and they missed it!" announced Brehmer, making note of the palpable anticipation and energy in the room.
Iron And Wine took the stage, bathed in blue light and to the delight of the roaring crowd. In his typical friendly banter, Beam took to the microphone explaining that he had lost his voice, and apologizing to the crowd, said, "We'll get through this together!"
Once the set began, I doubt many attendees even noticed a difference, as the more-than-full band and wistful backing vocals of Rosie Thomas and Markéta Irglová (an Oscar-winning songwriter known for her role in the Swell Season) jumped in to fill the holes where Beam might not have been as strong.
The set was eclectic to say the least, jumping from new jams with more lush and diverse instrumentation to crowd favorites from previous releases that had a more stripped-down sound. Peppered with Beam's musings and jokes, the night felt more like a meeting of friends than a sold-out concert, which is a credit to the artist and fans alike.
After a 16-song set, and more than a handful of chorus lines that became stuck in my head for the remainder of the weekend, Iron And Wine came out for one last jam. They closed the night out with "Naked As We Came," a track off 2004's Our Endless Numbered Days, and in this case, not only the band but the entire room helped out on vocals.
"Thank you," said Beam, with a smile and a wave.
To catch Iron And Wine in a city near you, click here for tour dates.
Below is video footage from The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter's interview with Sam Beam of Iron And Wine.
Set List:
"Boy With A Coin" (iTunes>)
"Summer In Savannah" (iTunes>)
"Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog)" (iTunes>)
"Lion's Mane" (iTunes>)
"Me And Lazarus" (iTunes>)
"Cinder And Smoke" (iTunes>)
"Biting Your Tail" (iTunes>)
"Swans And The Swimming" (iTunes>)
"Walking Far From Home" (iTunes>)
"Big Burned Hand" (iTunes>)
"Love And Some Verses" (iTunes>)
"He Lays In The Reins" (iTunes>)
"Tree By The River" (iTunes>)
"House By The Sea" (iTunes>)
"Fever Dream" (iTunes>)
"Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me" (iTunes>)
"Naked As We Came" (iTunes>)
(A Midwest girl at heart, Sarah Mudler joined The Recording Academy Chicago Chapter in 2004. Coming from a Detroit rock background, she has expanded her musical interests into everything from pop to blues to jazz to gospel, and even a little country now and again. She can be seen haunting local Chicago venues almost every night of the week, and is currently the Senior Project Manager for the Chicago Chapter.)


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We started the year with a release in the beginning of January. So far only a few issues were reported. Patches for these are on the 0.7.1 branch. One last minute change in 0.7 was the departure from trying to link/unlink elements in gstreamer while playing. I sadly have to conclude that in 0.10 this only works for some cases. It was working sort of okayish for buzztard, but the were still deadlocks or internal dataflow errors from time to time. One such scenario is that when you happen to reconnect elements while the song loops. These things are not easy to sync from the application level. Lets hope this is easier in 1.0. The sticky events should help with setting up the context from new elements.
On the mainline I bumped the required library version and removed the ifdefs for the backwards compatibility. As a first bigger change, I ported the settings from gconf to dconf. We had a settings abstraction to other gconf or play keyfiles, which we now removed. Altogether I kept to use an intermediate object that exposes settings as a gobject with properties for the keys. This allows to use notify to bind to property changes instead of using a custom api.
Then I started with porting gst-buzztard & buzztard to gstreamer-1.0. I made good progress. I will report the details in the next update.
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Bangkok Street Food's Crispy Fish and Green Mango Salad Recipe
The following recipe is from the March 14 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here!
This Crispy Fish and Green Mango Salad from Bangkok Street Food is a dish that you'll most likely never seen on the menu of your local Thai joint. And it's quite a shame since this intriguing combo of crisp-smoky fried fish served with salty-spicy green mango salad is pretty outrageous. The layers of texture and flavor are all over the place in the best possible way, with the sour dressing working its way into the crunchy little fish cake and the mango salad tying it all together with crunchy veggies and punchy heat.
Reprinted with permission from Bangkok Street Food by Tom Vandenberghe and Eva Verplaetse. Copyright © 2010. Published by Lannoo. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:serves 2 to 3
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:1 hour
- For the Crispy Fish:
- 1 whole catfish, sea bass or sea bream
- 1 smoked trout
- 1 large pinch of salt
- Oil for deep-frying
- For the Dressing:
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 to 4 small chiles, chopped finely
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- For the Green Mango Salad
- 1 small green mango
- 2 shallots, sliced finely
- 1 handful of roasted or deep-fried peanuts
- 1 handful of mint leaves
- 1 handful of coriander leaves
- 2 deep-fried dried large chillies (optional, for garnishing)
Clean the fish (scaled, eviscerated and washed), pat dry with paper towel.
Roast in the oven (375°F) on a rack until quite dry. Leave to cool.
Remove bones and any hard bits. Blend with trout and salt in a food processor until the mixture is that of breadcrumbs. Pulse until the mixture has just the right texture. Too fine, and it will not cluster when it fries; too coarse, and it will harden too much.
Bring plenty of oil in a wok to medium-high temperature. The right temperature is important. Try a first batch and adjust the heat if necessary. Too hot, the fish will burn; too cool and the collagen in the fish will not cook fast enough to hold the fish together.
Deep-fry a handful at a time. After the foaming stops, mold the fish together by pushing the fish crumbs towards each other. Let the collagen do the work and you will see that it forms a cluster, a fish cake. When it smells cooked, flip over until golden in color. Remove and drain. Give the oil some time to reheat and repeat this process.
For the dressing, combine the lime juice, chiles, fish sauce, and sugar.
Peel the mango and shred finely. Combine the shallots, mango, peanuts, mint, and coriander. Add the fish cake and large chiles when using. Pour over the dressing and serve immediately.


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Hunting and fishing are valued heritage activities for many Grey County residents and visitors to the area.
Elegance Defined: The Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance showcases amazingly rare and historic automobiles
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Hunting and fishing are valued heritage activities for many Grey County residents and visitors to the area.
Elegance Defined: The Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance showcases amazingly rare and historic automobiles
The Holstein Non-Motorized Santa Claus Parade is a small town holiday tradition.
Winter, spring, summer or fall, there's always something happening at Blue
Looking for a family-friendly event? Grey County has plenty of four-season family fun to choose from.
Rooted in apple orchard country, Thornbury Taste offers a 10-day culinary and art experience at 9 locations in and around Thornbury, all celebrating our area's beloved apple heritage. Taking place October 17-27, 2019, and April 14-24, 2020, experience this mini trail through scrumptious tastes, unique art, and one-of-a-kind events for flavour, discovery, and celebration.
Call to artists for two shows at Loft Gallery Inc. this fall. The gallery is a member of the Apple Pie Trail and Thornbury Taste and we will be featuring a special show this fall called "This Is Apple Country". This show will display art depicting the local apple country we live in. Email submissions are accepted now until September 20th with a $25 fee (good for up to three submissions).
Sue Allison will be showing her work in the Legacy Gallery of the Owen Sound Artists' Co-op. Grand Opening Sunday, October 6th, 3pm.
Footprints in Time: Painting Around Georgian Bay
On View: September 25, 2019 - January 4, 2020
Guest Curated for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery by Katharine Lochnan, Senior Curator Emeritus, Art Gallery of Ontario, and Artist Louise Moore.
Patrick DeCoste: 13 Moons and a Canoe
On View: October 4, 2019 - January 4, 2020
Organized by John B. Aird Gallery, Guest Curated by Carla Garnet
Essay contribution from Bonnie Devine
Come and visit Loft Gallery Inc. from Oct. 11- 27th to see our themed "This Is Apple Country" Art Show. Join us for Opening Night on October 17th @ 6PM. Free for all and open to the public. Please come and help us choose the "People's Choice" Award! Entry to the show is open to all artists.
From October 15 to November 29, 2019, enjoy Fallicious in the Blue Mountain Village! It's a dining tour de force Sunday through Thursday! Enjoy dining specials from $15 for lunch and $30 for dinner at participating restaurants!


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A green flag.
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A red flag.
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A white flag.
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A yellow flag.
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The blacksmith shop.
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Enter the cave.
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Circus tent.
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A medieval city.
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Two city houses.
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To-Do: Display translated strings, too. Display links to descriptive sound files, and translated descriptive sound files.
Options Key:
- colorable
Work muchs like brushes - you pick the stamp to get the shape, and then pick the color you want it to be. Nothing about the original image is used except the transparency (from "alpha" channel). The color of the stamp comes out solid.
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The stamp cannot be flipped upside-down.
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Dab rigs are used to vape your favorite concentrates, waxes, and oils. Some call them oil rigs, others say concentrate pipes, but they all are used to smoke your favorite dabs.
Vape pens are small, handheld units that enable "on-the-go" consumption of dry herbs and waxy concentrates. Their popularity has exploded as a way to consume discreetly while out and about.
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Women are really a combination of molecules living by means of the pranic body (life-force energy). Our creativity flows from our sensory system. Through this sensory system flows incredible energy, and this is what touches the hearts of others.
Taught by Yogi Bhajan, June 29, 1984
1. Sit with legs stretched straight forward. Bend forward from your lower spine and grab your big toes. Keeping legs, neck and spine straight, raise both legs up high. Hold the position for 3-11 minutes with long, deep breathing.
2. Stand up with the fingers interlocked and place them on top of the head. Raise the left leg so that the left thigh is parallel to the floor in front of you. Bend the left knee so the foot is pulled back towards your right leg. Breathe long and deep for 3 - 12.5 minutes. Change and stand on left leg for 3 - 12.5 minutes. Then return to right leg for 3 - 12.5 minutes.
3. Stand with the feet shoulder width apart. Bend from the waist placing the hands on the feet. Arch the head and back up into cow pose. Eyes remain open. (If you become dizzy, discontinue.) This exercise balances the circulation. Breathe normally for 1.5 minutes. Then, in the same position, begin pumping the navel area powerfully for 1 minute.
4. Sit on your heels. Interlock the fingers behind the back and pull the arms back, opening the chest area, and bend forward. Place your forehead on the ground with the arms stretching up 90 degrees behind your back. Breathe normally for 4 minutes.
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Jets QB Sanchez placed on short-term injured reserve
NEW YORK >> Mark Sanchez has his sights set on returning to the field this season as the New York Jets' starting quarterback.
Well, at least in a few months.
Sanchez was placed on short-term injured reserve Saturday, meaning he will not be able to play for the next eight weeks while he recovers from an injured right shoulder.
"As far as making a decision that's best for the team and best for my medical health, we're all on the same page," Sanchez said during a conference call. "I'll come back, hopefully, in eight weeks and be ready to play."
Sanchez injured his right shoulder after replacing rookie Geno Smith in the fourth quarter of the team's third preseason game against the Giants. He has opted to try to rehabilitate the injury rather than have season-ending surgery.
Sanchez acknowledged that surgery is a possibility, but doctors are encouraged by his rehab so far. Some fans and media have suggested that Sanchez should have the surgery immediately, since it seems inevitable that he will need to do so. But the quarterback called those opinions "laughable" since that's not what the doctors have told him.
"They've said, `Hey, you're doing the right thing,"' Sanchez said. "So, unless everybody is lying and everybody has it out to get me, I think we're OK."
The exact nature of the injury has not been revealed by either Sanchez or the team, but some published reports say it is a partially torn labrum. Sanchez has been throwing passes left-handed during practices and was doing the same Thursday night before the team's 13-10 loss to New England.
General manager John Idzik pointed out that Sanchez had a similar injury to his right shoulder in 2010, and didn't miss any time. That's why the team took an initial "day-to-day" approach before making this decision. Sanchez was examined by the team doctors, Dr. James Andrews and consulted with several others in the last week.
"After weighing all those, the consensus was that this was the proper thing to do," Idzik said.
By placing him on the IR-designated for return, Sanchez must miss the next six weeks of practice but can rehab with the team at the Jets' facility and take part in team meetings. He won't be able to play until after the Jets' 10th game. The earliest Sanchez could be back is Nov. 17 at Buffalo, following the Jets' bye week.
"I'm going to do everything I can to play and compete, like I always have," Sanchez said when asked if he feels he's entitled to being the starter when he returns. "And, I expect to play. That's just the way I am.
"I'm expecting to be the starter. I always have been."
Teams can place only one player on short-term IR per season. On Friday, coach Rex Ryan said it was very possible that Sanchez could be back.
"If we didn't think it'd be realistic that Mark would get on the field, then he would be put on IR," Ryan said Friday. "And that's not the case."
Smith has started the Jets' first two games and it appears will continue to be under center while Sanchez is sidelined. Matt Simms and Brady Quinn are the other quarterbacks on the roster. Idzik maintained his stance that the team looks only at the upcoming game, so he would not commit to Smith as the starting quarterback for the rest of the season.
Sanchez appeared to have an edge in the tightly contested quarterback competition this summer after Smith struggled with three interceptions in the preseason game against the Giants. But, Ryan put Sanchez into the game in the fourth quarter of that game, and the quarterback took a crunching hit to his shoulder from Marvin Austin.
Ryan has been heavily criticized for that decision, but Sanchez has never publicly criticized the coach.
"My personal opinion, and I don't know if anyone else agrees with me, but I don't think you heal right if you hold grudges," Sanchez said. "That negative stuff doesn't help."
Ryan has insisted that despite assumptions, Sanchez had not won the quarterback competition at that point. In fact, the coach has never announced a winner for the job.
Sanchez, however, said in an interview with NFL Network on Thursday that he felt he undoubtedly won the competition. He reiterated Saturday that he always believes he should be the starter.
The injury has clouded Sanchez's future with the team, especially with the struggles he had the last two seasons with an NFL-leading 52 turnovers. But while Idzik wouldn't commit to Sanchez being on the team beyond this season, he said the quarterback is "unequivocally a very important part of this team."
Sanchez, the team's first-round pick in 2009, said has no plans to play anywhere but in New York.
"Absolutely, I'm a Jet," he said. "I've been a Jet since Day 1, and I don't plan on doing anything else. I'm focused on this rehab and getting ready to play."


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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – A Slovakia-based company that offers paywall projects for media to earn revenue for access to their online sites has made its first foray into the U.S. with a deal to provide its services to Newsweek.
Piano Media said Wednesday its metering paywall system has been chosen by Newsweek's owner IBT Media for the magazine, which is currently web-only. Piano will also process payments for the print version, which is due to relaunch Friday.
"We are excited to have our first customer outside Europe and we expect that both parties will learn significantly from each other," said Peter Richards, Piano Media's International Operations Director.
Newsweek had been struggling for years when The Washington Post Co. sold it for $1 plus debt in 2010 to stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harman, who died the following year. Before he died, Harman placed Newsweek into a joint venture with IAC/InterActiveCorp's The Daily Beast website, a move intended to help widen its online audience.
Newsweek ceased print publication after nearly 80 years at the end of 2012. The online magazine was sold the following year to IBT, which owns online publications including International Business Times, Medical Daily and Latin Times, in August for an undisclosed sum.
Many magazines and newspapers have reduced or shut down their print editions in recent years because of weak demand from advertisers.
Starting in 2011, Piano has put major media in Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland behind a single paywall in each country while people pay a small one-time fee for unlimited access to a range of websites for premium content. Piano has also introduced metered paywalls for individual publishers. They have been used in Germany, Spain and other countries.


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SE Cupp (American Republican b.1979) is an author, frequent Fox News guest, cute brunette chick and an very public atheist. S E Cupp is also
all hot for the Jesus. She just got a Masters Degree in Religious
Studies at NYU, just like countless atheists before her. This seems like a
curious fixation for an atheist until you realize, like I have, that S E
Cupp is actually a unicorn who lives in a magic garden.
Wait a darn minute, I can hear you say, WTFOMGBBQ!!! I have seen S E Cupp on
the TV and the internets. I agree that this previously obscure aspect
of S E Cupp's life tends to astound. To the uninformed, S E Cupp looks
like a cross between Sailor Moon and Athiest Barbie. But here is the
honest truth. Things are not as they seem - indulge me in this skeptical
This is what S E Cupp looks like when she is not in her magic garden.
It is common knowledge that unicorns, like mermaids, can shape shift for brief periods of time when they briefly leave their magic gardens.
While in their magic gardens, unicorns graze on cotton candy and dental
floss (minty and waxed) to build up the strength for their magic shape
shifting episodes while performing public spectacles like book signings and
appearances on The O'Reilly Factor. In her magic garden this is what S E
Cupp looks like.
That's Tucker Carlson visiting S E Cupp in her magic garden. Many smart, attractive and popular conservative-bloggers, members of the paleo-theocratic infotainment industry and socially moderate (i.e. non-pothead)
libertarians visit S E Cupp in her magic garden and ride on her downy
white back while they discuss the appalling treatment of Christians in
the diseased culture of the liberal, progressive, secular humanist,
bling-bling, thug-life west. From this we must be alarmed and frighted
for the future of the US of A, shining city on teh hill, land of the
free and home of the exceptional.
This is all spelled out in S E Cupp's runaway best seller Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack
on Christianity. If you have a couch with a broken leg or a table
that wobbles order your copy today. If you feel like reading it before
you shore up your furniture I would suggest instead that you will have more fun
shooting rats down at the dump while high on crank and huffing spray
The strangest aspect of this curious affair is that S E Cupp used her magic powers to create this delusion only last
Thursday. From her magic garden, while in unicorn mode, S E Cupp created
in the minds of America false memories of a virtual life of a 31 year
old atheist that appeared frequently on TV to profess a crush on the
Incarnate Word, Jesus Christ, lord of all. She modeled her avatar on
this picture of Atheist Barbie. This is what mean, mad atheists that HATE Yahweh look like when they are headed to a swinger's orgy or to a voting booth to vote for welfare for deadbeats.
Before I realized this supernatural truth I was a very confused atheist much like Bill Maher who snorted "You are not an athiest!" after
S E Cupp blurted some nonsensical "atheist" defense of a Christianist
Republican talking point on "Real Time"
What are the implications of this amazing investigation? - stayed tuned.
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I love the work of Finnish artist Vesa Lehtimäki aka Avanaut, a brilliant illustrator and photographer who likes to take pictures of his kids' toys in his spare time. Check out these series of Star Wars toys set in the real world. Some of them look so real that you may think he actually build 1:1 reproductions of the spaceships. Flying ones.
Y-Wing fighters on Earth
The Millennium Falcon on Earth
The falcon in space
Various spaceships in clean rooms
His photos of action figures are brilliant too:
You can follow Vesa Lehtimäki's toy and Lego work on Flickr. If you want to see his excellent portfolio and hire him, check out his site here.
This is part of a new series in which we are featuring futuristic, alien-looking or just plain awesome photos of landscapes, objects and cityscapes. If you are a photographer with such work, please drop me a line here.


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Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes Covid-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed to humans via pangolins or another species...
Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020
The first Tobacco Transformation Index finds that the majority of the 15 largest tobacco companies are not making substantive progress in phasing out cigarettes...
28 Sep 2020
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) latest analysis shows that the damage to air travel from Covid-19 extends into the medium-term, with long-haul and international travel being the most severely impacted...
14 May 2020
There will be few positives to take from coronavirus. But the global pandemic may yet prove to be an important moment in the attempts to address the illegal wildlife trade...
Simon Evans 27 Mar 2020
In a 2015 TED Talk, following the containment of the Ebola virus in West Africa, philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates warned that "failure to prepare could allow the next epidemic to be dramatically more devastating".
26 Mar 2020
As long as the virus is present in any country, it can reenter those that have managed to slow it down - or even ones that eventually eradicate it...
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In recent years, wearables such as smartwatches and fitness wristbands have grown in popularity among consumers and gained traction within the healthcare industry as hospitals have put greater focus on improving patient care levels and clinician productivity...
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According to a new report released this week by a commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world, no single country is adequately protecting children's health...
20 Feb 2020
One way to count the cost of the Wuhan coronavirus is by how many people catch it, and then how many die. Another is the direct financial costs of public health measures to treat those infected and contain its spread...
Ilan Noy 30 Jan 2020
The alarm is sounding again. The Asia financial markets were reasonably calm about the new coronavirus until the news of the lockdown of the whole city of Wuhan in China on 23 January...
Zheng Wang 27 Jan 2020
In many countries with a high HIV prevalence, at least of children born to mothers living with HIV remain HIV-uninfected...
Amy Slogrove & Kathleen M Powis 13 Jan 2020
Babies are normally vaccinated against measles at 12 months old. But doctors are now suggesting having the shot as early as six months might be worthwhile for youngsters traveling overseas.
Nicholas Wood, Alexis Pillsbury and Jean Li-Kim-Moy 28 Jun 2019
New PwC survey dispels myths about women and work...
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Haven't been able to insert either dimensions or text (not a whole lot of help without them). QCad 22.214.171.124 on PC-BSD. This all worked fine on previous installation of same version with slightly older version of BSD. Doing a search for various QCad files, but I can't discern which files need to be put in paths.


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XTackle is still able to ship during the Minnesota Stay-at-Home mandate. We have a high level of inventory that is ready to ship. We are a family-owned business, and the inventory is located on our property.
There will be a single person on site that will handle picking and shipping orders every dayand we are taking extra precautions for your safety and ours during this time. The rest of the team will support the on-duty person via phone and the internet.
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What's Avant-Garde Now? Social Innovation
What qualifies as true avant-garde? Degrowth qualifies--and very little else.
In the 20th century, avant-garde was a term primarily reserved for the arts: fine arts, music, performance and literature. Avant garde--literally fore-guard or vanguard-- challenges the conventions of Status Quo measures of beauty and departs from traditional forms and conceptions of value.
The real avant-garde disrupts the consumption and ownership as identity model of aspirational capitalism.
This essay was drawn from Musings Report 27. The weekly Musings Reports are sent exclusively to subscribers ($5/month) and major contributors ($50+ per year).
Are you like me? Ever since my first summer job decades ago, I've been chasing financial security. Not win-the-lottery, Bill Gates riches (although it would be nice!), but simply a feeling of financial control. I want my financial worries to if not disappear at least be manageable and comprehensible.
And like most of you, the way I've moved toward my goal has always hinged not just on having a job but a career.
You don't have to be a financial blogger to know that "having a job" and "having a career" do not mean the same thing today as they did when I first started swinging a hammer for a paycheck.
Even the basic concept "getting a job" has changed so radically that jobs--getting and keeping them, and the perceived lack of them--is the number one financial topic among friends, family and for that matter, complete strangers.
So I sat down and wrote this book: Get a Job, Build a Real Career and Defy a Bewildering Economy.
It details everything I've verified about employment and the economy, and lays out an action plan to get you employed.
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Dodgers happy with Marmol's Minors progress
WASHINGTON -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said on Friday that reliever Carlos Marmol has "been throwing the ball good" at Class A Rancho Cucamonga.
The Dodgers acquired the veteran right-hander from the Cubs on July 2, and after Marmol cleared outright waivers, he accepted a Minor League assignment. In three appearances with the Quakes, he has given up two runs on four hits over three innings, walking one and striking out four.
"I think they're happy with his progress," Mattingly said. "So we'll make a decision here fairly quickly with Carlos, but everyone's happy with his progress and the work and effort he's put in.
"He's going to throw a couple more times, and we'll make a decision."
The 30-year-old was dominant at times during his tenure as the Cubs' closer but also fought bouts of wildness. He walked 6.8 batters per nine innings for Chicago this season and posted a 5.86 ERA in 31 appearances.
"We know his stuff is good," Mattingly said. "It's a matter of getting him more reps to be able to be a little more consistent. He's been pitching a long time. We're not going to change the world, give him this whole makeover. We're just trying to help him be a little more consistent. … We're allowing enough time to work on some stuff and hopefully gain some consistency, and he's a guy who can hopefully help us."


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Big-rig plows into home but nobody is hurt
Authorities say a big-rig truck has plowed into a San Diego County home but nobody was hurt.
The truck went through a fence and wound up some 15 feet inside the kitchen of a Spring Valley home at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday.
KGTV-TV ( https://bit.ly/10SBReo ) says the truck, which belongs to an iron company, was parked on a hill across the street but only the trailer had its brakes on. There was no driver inside.
KNSD-TV ( https://bit.ly/Z7ldZ9 ) says two people were in another room in the home and escaped injury.


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Lake Mead Dinner Cruise
Get out of Las Vegas for a day of fresh air and sun, and go on an amazing cruise aboard the Desert Princess. Experience the amazing evening views, unique scenery and the wildlife surrounding Lake Mead.
The Mississippi Style Paddle Wheel Boat was built especially to cruise the blue, calm waters of Lake Mead. Inside the two enclosed decks climate control keeps it cool and out on the open deck and feel the wind in your hair and the desert sun on your face.
Enjoy an enchanting evening tour, while you cruise on Lake Mead, one of the world's largest man-made lakes. You will also be able to view the unique sights of the Hoover Dam towering above you.
While aboard the Desert Princess, you will be enjoying a full course dining experience, consisting of choices of prime rib, seafood, chicken, pastas or vegetarian entrees. There is also alcohol available for purchase aboard the boat.
- 2 hour Lake Mead dinner cruise
- Transportation on a luxury motor coach
- Photo stop at the iconic 'Welcome to Las Vegas' sign
- Dining choice consisting of beef, chicken, seafood, pasta or vegetarian dishes
Duration: Approx. 6 hours
Important information:
- Shortly after your booking is complete, you will receive an e-ticket by email. Please print out your ticket and bring it with you on the tour.
- This tour includes free hotel pick-up and drop-off for guests staying in hotels near the The Strip. Later in the booking process we will ask for your hotel details. Pick-up is between 1:30 PM and 15:00 PM.
- 24 to 48 hours before your tour date, you must call our agent to schedule pick up time at your hotel on or near The Strip .On the e-ticket you receive after you have completed your booking our agents toll free number is stated
- The tour is in English.
- Children's tickets are available for children under 2 years old.
- Hotel pick-up is available from hotels at the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown area.
- Passengers who have a pacemaker will not be able to go inside the Hoover Dam due to the electromagnets in use inside.
- No food or drinks is not allowed inside the Hoover Dam.
- The following items are prohibited on our motor coach tours due to security restrictions at the Hoover Dam: Luggage, large backpacks, suit cases, briefcases, coolers and alcohol.
- This tour is available on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
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Lake Mead Dinner Cruise
This tour includes roundtrip hotel transfer.
Lake Mead Dinner Cruise
The Lake Mead Dining Cruise lasts about 6 hours, from 3.45 PM.
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Susan Boyle is set to fulfill her biggest dream yet – she'll be singing for the pope.
The "Britain's Got Talent" breakout star who went on to sell 701,000 copies of her debut album "I Dreamed a Dream" in the first week of its release will perform for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Scotland next month, according to reports.
"To be able to sing for the pope is a great honor and something I've always dreamed of -- it's indescribable," Boyle said in a statement, CNN reported.
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The Scottish singer, who is also a Catholic, will reportedly perform the "Les Miserables" hit that made her a YouTube star around the globe last year.
She will also sing the hymn "How Great Thou Art" and join an 800-person choir for the Sept. 16 gig in Glasgow, according to CNN.
"I've always wanted to sing for His Holiness and I can't really put into words my happiness that this wish has come true at last," Boyle said in her statement.
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It was beautiful out there today, sunny and hot, although not 'brutal hot'.
The Getty Center really is a fantastic place, not only for much of its contents as an art center, but as a space to wander around, enjoy the views, the architecture and the relaxed pace at what everything happens. Highly, highly (did I say highly?) recommended.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
First of all, thanks to Craig Harris for his great work organizing the show that opened last saturday in 'House of Secrets', and thanks to everyone who showed up and helped make it the fun event that was!
So here are a few pieces I did some time ago for a personal project that so far hasn't turned into reality. Yet. One can never tell :)
I hope everybody is Ok and enjoying the arrival of the fall.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
It's Showtime!
Some time ago my friend and artist Craig Harris decided to put together a show and invited us to get on board. I love people with initiative and he is definitely one of them. So the Show eventually became reality, and it's happening next saturday Sept 19th at... 'The House of secrets'! yesss, right in the heart of Burbank. There will be a mixture of original artwork and high quality printouts available. In this first edition the team is composed by Sean 'Cheeks' Galloway, Patrick Mate, Graig Harris, Hans Ranum, Tracy Lee Quinn and myself.
Anyway, if you guys have the chance to drop by and say Hi it'll be a blast!
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