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Our company is located in Anyang City, which is one of the eight civilization ancient capitals, the World Cultural Heritage site, th...
Our company is located in Anyang City, which is one of the eight civilization ancient capitals, the World Cultural Heritage site, the Book of Changes birthplace and the Oracle hometown.
Anyang City seats itself in the junction of four provinces - Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. The metallurgical industry in Anyang City has been highly developed since ancient times. Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and No. 107 National Road run through the whole area, with railways and highways crisscrossing by. Convenient transportation, abundant resources and outstanding people provide unique environment for the metallurgical industry sustainable development.
Our company has hired super experts and social activists from the fields of scientific research, production, economy, business community and education, joining hands with universities and research institutions to commit ourselves to new metallurgical material and new technology processing, production, research and development and utilization. We have two large metallurgical material production bases, including hydrometallurgy, two key laboratories, a metallurgical material testing center and dozens of senior researchers. We focus on metallurgical material research, production and operation. On one hand, we concentrate on the production, processing and sale of ferroalloy, steel, pig iron, trace element and other metallurgical material and our refractory products and other products are exported to more than 10 countries and regions. On the other hand, we undertake such businesses as special research, market research and feasibility study and development. Our company recruits foreign investment for consultation, training, technology transfer and technology renovation.
We highly welcome domestic and overseas economic entities to join us. We'd like to seek for win-win common development to make a contribution to the revitalization of the national economy.
We can supply ferrosilicon, ferrosilicon slag, silicon metal powder, scrap electrode, calcium powder, hydrogen powder, phosphorus, iron, manganese, calcium silicate, graphite, chrome iron, phosphated silica, calcium silicon barium, steelmaking deoxidizer, inoculant, carburant and other new metallurgical materials.
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I'd love it if they took jumping back to the BO1 standard where you couldn't fire until you landed. That would cut it down alot but I have to admit that since it's in the game this way, I have taken advantage of it to drop down while spraying an opponent below me. That can be fun but just jumping for jumping's sake I don't have any use for.
I've run into good players that are running engineer and they know my claymore is placed in a certain position. They run and jump over it while firing around corners to avoid the boom. Smart. Doesn't always work since they still don't know if/where I may be or a teammate may be around that corner. Plus I think the mentality is, "If I jump at the guy, they will auto aim up into the air and over compensate which will make them miss." Think of it as a the reverse of drop shotting even though drop shotting in this game seems a bit more difficult.
It is stupid if people are just jumping around in wide open spaces. That won't help.
It's the ones that spend the whole match jumping in the air non-stop. It's just stupid and takes away form the game personally. I can understand jumping around a corner or if you're coming out of a window. But to run around the map jumping all the time I get annoyed. It's just a pet peeve of mine
Or how bout...
You can fire, but your accuracy is terrible?
I understand...
Yes it is dumb (looking), but I think people do it "in case" they get hit... they do not become sitting targets while trying to figure out where the shot is coming from? not sure...
But I bet people find it no more annoying than the infamous C word.
Honestly, they can do it all they want, I still kill them 9 times out of 10 when they do it.
Halo-Hoppers are a bit annoying but once you get used to it bunny hunting is not too tough.
I would like this. Hipfiring while jumping seems to still be as accurate as hipfiring while laying prone with a Laser Site. Even a gun motion that causes you aim to go in a different direction other than straight ahead. Something to bring some sense into the action
Jumping around corners and jumping every where has been I. Some fps for quiet a while... In CS 1.5/6 it was almost a skill to learn how to bunny hop effectively around corners... Also considering the amount of skill needed to play that game it just makes shooting people harder.. I don't play with aim assist on bo2 so it doesn't effect me the aim assist sucks ass anyways
Amongst other things in halo that is unrealistic,jumping is one.But the real reason you may see people jumping is it kinda helps in those up close situation when the enemy runs near/past you out of sight. for some reason shooters make it impossible to turn around in a prompt fashion without it going completely out of control, causing you to die in that situation. Now once they run by and you lose sight, jumping up and back will "sorta " help with re-ajusting in that situation.doesn't always work.(especially if you factor in the lag comp and your own natural reflexes).
Now the little kids are just monkey-see monkey-do by nature (which expains 92% of problems with online games today).They saw someone do that to them or someone do it on youtube and they try it. Blame it on a future without originality...

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Sorry for the delay (I had some technical difficulties) but already on Saturday Luise added stills of Marion Cotillard on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno from the previous night and I added HD screencaptures of both her interview and the rest of the show. Now, the video is also in our archive & ready for you to watch. It's one of Marion's best TV appearances in my opinion. The questions were good and she had perfect timing with being both serious and funny. Highlights include miming, telling a joke and relating the jellyfish incident which happened on the set of 'Rust & Bone'. There's also a new clip from the movie.
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The Spanish newspaper El Periódico published an interview with Marion Cotillard about her upcoming performances in Arthur Honegger's iconic 1938 oratorio Jeanne au Bûcher ("Joan of Arc at the Stake") at the Barcelona Auditori on November 17 & 18. Marc Soustrot is conducting the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya along with the Vivaldi, Liedercamera and Madrigal choirs. As previously announced the November 17 performance will be presented by medici.tv in a Live Webcast (2pm EST). Check out our past updates as well as their press release in English for more information.
Anyway, back to the interview. In it she talks about why this project means so much to her that she is reprising the role after performing the oratorio already in her hometown Orléans back in 2005, how her parents performed it when she was a child, what the challenges of the performances will be as well as wardrobe choices! I translated the article with help of Google Translator and a dictionary. I hope I got it right. Enjoy!
• Marion Cotillard: "Being Joan of Arc is a difficult challenge – but I love it", El Periódico, November 3
002 Scans from 2012 > El Periódico (Spain) – November 3
Marion Cotillard was very busy promoting her new movie 'Rust & Bone' (De rouille et d'os) during the London Film Festival. The movie was released earlier this week on Friday in UK theatres. This means there were tons of new articles, videos & magazine features. Here's an overview of which articles, clips & screencaps (some are HD) as well as scans I added during the past days.
Even though the videos may look all the same and basically cover all the same topics (Rust & Bone, Awards Season and Red Carpet Style) there's something new and different in each of them. Kudos to Marion for not talking like a machine even though giving this many interviews in one day!
Press Updates:
• The Fighters: Marion Cotillard Interview, Film3Sixty Magazine, Autumn
• Cotillard: I like mixing it up, Press Association, October 18
• Marion Cotillard: I haven't lost my legs, but I have lost and I have felt pain, Radar Magazine (The Independent), October 27
• She's having a whale of a time, The Sunday Times, October 28
• Rust and Bone: Marion Cotillard and the spoiler debate, BBC News, October 30
• ELLE meets Marion Cotillard, Elle, October 31
• Marion Cotillard: 'the Oscar put me in a different universe', Telegraph, November 1
• La belle dame avec merci, The Irish Times, November 2
003 News Segmens (CNN, SkyNews, BBC News)
009 Interviews (Cine Outsider, Digital Spy, Flicks and the City, French Cinema London, Glamour Magazine, InStyle, LoveFilm, MyMovies, The Guardian)
002 Scans from 2012 > Film3Sixty (UK) – Autumn
001 Scans from 2012 > Vogue (UK) – November
028 News Segments > CNN – 15/10/2012
081 News Segments > Sky News – 15/10/2012
049 News Segments > BBC News – 30/10/2012
140 Online Interviews > Cine Outsider – 2012
041 Online Interviews > DigitalSpy – 2012
079 Online Interviews > Flicks and the City – 2012
018 Online Interviews > French Cinema London – 2012
076 Online Interviews > Glamour Magazine UK – 2012
075 Online Interviews > InStyle UK – 2012
027 Online Interviews > LoveFilm.com – 2012
029 Online Interviews > MyMovies.Net – 2012
042 Online Interviews > The Guardian – 2012
US fans be sure to tune into The Tonight Show With Jay Leno tonight, as Marion will be a guest on the show. I believe she will be promoting Rust & Bone, which is released in the US on November 23rd.
We'll be on the lookout for a video to share with you asap after.
Relaxnews is reporting that Marion Cotillard will be unveiling the Christmas Window Display at the Parisian Department Store Printemps on November 9. This year, Dior is responsible for the decoration of the store's windows. It will be inspired by the City of Light and is thus called 'Inspirations parisiennes' (Parisian Inspirations).
Passers-by can admire 11 different "fashion" windows during the Holiday Season. Emblematic places of Paris, such as Avenue Montaigne (where Dior is situated) and the Opera, will be staged. The display includes 74 dolls, especially created by the Dior workshops. "There are 12 different models, each faithfully representing iconic collections of Dior Haute Couture, from tailor Bar 1947 to AH Collection 2012 by Raf Simons," explains the fashion house.
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Cons: won`t stay on your ears
all i could want in a portable headphone set, lightweight comfortable good sound-- the coolness factor is in the manufacturer "sennheiser" quality not the follow the herd of the "dr dre phones". affordability too.
Pros: good sound quality,crisp clear--comfort fit-does not totally cut off all outside sound so it is safer than total ear covering headphones
Cons: lightweight but can bend out of shape if one is not careful
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At the outset of the invasion, both German and French generals assessed French military forces as more likely to gain victory, and virtually no one expected France to collapse like a house of cards -- except Adolf Hitler, who had studied French society instead of French military forces.
Did patriotism matter? It mattered more than superior French tanks and planes.
Most Americans today are unaware of how much our schools have followed in the footsteps of the French schools of the 1920s and 1930s, or how much our intellectuals have become citizens of the world instead of American patriots.
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Image #7 from a previous project. This concept was just to show the cavern like structures of a certain area in the Fire Dungeons, also illustrating the juxtaposition of the cool light from above and the heat from below. The bridge is made of anti-burn wood. Kinda rough, no need for any figure for scale.
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I like this one best! The symbolics are really great - sometimes you have to cross a dangerous brigde to get from the darkness into the light.
The entire series are amazing, though. Well done!
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Again a wonderful work. It reminds me of Diablo, a game I realy loved to play...
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I like the rocky walls very much.
I like the rocky walls very much.
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Fragile rope bridges over lava are always fun.
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Hell-fire and brimstone!
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If yes, is it ok that I put it in (of cousre with credit to you) the book?
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Felger and Mazz: Tuukka better than Timmy?
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask has earned his stripes in the past 8 games of the Bruins 2013 Stanley Cup playoff run, going 7-1 while allowing just 12 goals on 267 shots.
Rask's performance has drawn comparison to a guy named Tim Thomas, whose heroics between the pipes led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup championship in 39 years while earning himself the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. And Tuukka's performance in Wednesday night's 2-1 double-overtime Bruins win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, virtually stealing the game from the Pittsburgh Penguins with 53 saves, has caused even more rumblings of the Timmy-comparisons.
"I don't know how many goalies have stood up against the best offense the league has seen in nearly a generation," said Michael Felger on 98.5 The SportsHub's Felger and Mazz. "They were scoring over four goals per game, nobody has ever done that in the conference finals since 1985 [when the Edmonton Oilers did it]."
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41 per cent of poll respondents say Annastacia Palaszczuk would be the better Premier. Photo: Harrison Saragossi
"Campbell Newman is doing a fantastic job. He has my full support. The people of Queensland are very, very lucky to have him as Premier. What's the alternative?"
According to the latest Galaxy Poll, the answer to Racing Minister Steve Dickson's question is Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Ms Palaszczuk, who has struggled to gain voter recognition over the past two years, is now being seen as an acceptable alternative Premier, with 41 per cent of respondents she would be the better Premier.
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Mr Newman received 42 per cent support in the poll published in The Courier Mail.
While on a two-party preferred basis the LNP has maintained its 52 to 48 percentage lead over Labor, the government still suffered a three point drop.
And the "cuddly Campbell" brand has so far failed to win over voters, or change their perceptions of him and the government he leads, with 78 per cent of the 800 respondents describing him as arrogant.
But his ministers did their job, standing by the Premier and being sure to mention "strong" - a favourite government buzzword - and sticking to the line that polls "come and go".
"I think it is most important that any government engages strongly with the community," Energy Minister Mark McArdle said.
"Campbell Newman is doing that. We want to work with the people of this state. It is most important that they come with us on this very strong journey to get this state up and running again, to better prepare for the future.
"I don't take regard of polls, I am focused on what we do on a day-to-day basis. And what we are doing here is building a very strong public transport system right across the state.''
Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek agreed, saying "Campbell Newman is doing a very strong job in very tough circumstances".
"I know that he works hard on the things that he's working on as leader of the team and we are all there completely behind him, supporting him and doing the things that are very important in our portfolios.
"The important issue is that I have to keep focusing on the job I have been given by him and I know that he is focused on the job of improving the state as a whole."
Transport Minister Scott Emerson took staying on script to a new level, managing to namecheck the "Spruce the Bruce'' campaign in every answer.
"I think we are seeing a strong team with a strong plan," he said.
"Things like the Spruce the Bruce campaign is a perfect example of where we are delivering on important infrastructure, like the Bruce Highway.
"The Premier cares greatly about Queenslanders and that is why he has such a strong plan to deliver for Queenslanders, like the Spruce the Bruce campaign, delivering on the Bruce Highway, record spending on the Bruce Highway.
"The reality is, people understand and Cabinet knows we have a strong plan, we have a strong team to continue to deliver for Queenslanders, things like the Bruce Highway, record spending on the Bruce Highway and other initiatives, such as health, education, continuing to deliver for Queenslanders. That is what Queenslanders want.
But David Crisafulli, the king of the one line media grab, saw the bright side of the poll.
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AN apprenticeship scheme has secured places for more than 2500 Glasgow school leavers.
The council-backed Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative aims to help city youngsters benefit from the legacy of Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
It was set up in April 2009, with hopes of finding places for apprenticeships among participating firms.
More than 450 businesses and organisations in the city have taken on Commonwealth Apprentices in the past three years.
Councillor Gordon Matheson, leader of Glasgow City Council, joined a group of apprentices at the Four Seasons Nursery at Glasgow's Skypark business centre.
The nursery apprentices gain practical work experience while attending college to learn the theory behind childcare development.
They will graduate with a Scottish Vocational Qualification Level 3 to become Childcare Practitioners.
Mr Matheson said: "The Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative has already been of one of the biggest success stories in terms of a legacy from the 2014 Games.
"It's a real pleasure to see this project in action, as the apprentices begin their working lives at places such as the Four Seasons Nursery, an organisation that understands the benefits of the CAI to both employer and employee."
In November, the nursery, in Waterloo Street, won the 2012 Commonwealth Apprenticeship Initiative Business Award, for the best small business working with apprentices in the city.
Managing Director of Skypark Nurseries, Inez Murray, said: "We were thrilled to receive the recent CAI Business Award.
"Glasgow City Council offers a great incentive to employers as they pay half of the first year's wages.
"Employing school leavers is not all plain sailing, but the pleasure of seeing our apprentices finishing their qualification and graduating far outweighs any pain. Just like our children, we aim to give them the best possible start."
The apprenticeship initiative is part of the £25 million Glasgow Guarantee – with the Commonwealth Jobs Fund and the Commonwealth Graduate Fund – which aims to ensure every Glaswegian between the age of 16 and 24 has access to a job, training or an apprenticeship.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Tony.psd window decal came in!
It took a second to set up but my Tony.psd window decal is up! Now you guys can't get lost when you visit me! Special thanks to the folks over at Hella Bastos - Turtle Speed for setting it up!
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Happy Halloween Everyone!
Happy Halloween Everyone! Along with passing out candy, I'll be handing out my stickers to trick or treaters swinging by my house tonight! Stay safe everyone and get your "BOO" on!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Ordered more business cards
I printed 2,000 more business cards today from PS Print for $38 dollars with a 2 day production turnaround! These guys have been printing my stuff for over a decade and I wouldn't have anyone else do it. Should be in next week. (photo credit: Richard Dato)
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Archives: Don Nelson Halloween art
Oh man, just in time for Halloween. I found this stored away in my hard drive lol. Vintage Golden State Warriors Halloween art from 2007. Don Nelson is "The Joker."
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New design for 594 Apparel
New design for my clients over at 594 Apparel. Check em' out at: www.594apparel.com.
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Funk Master Flex repping Cork Clothing
Damn, check this out! NYC's Hot 97 host Funk Master Flex is wearing a design I did for my client Cork Clothing! Good looking put on sharing the snap shot! Be sure to follow Cork Clothing on Twitter.
Their website is also up, you can check em out at www.corkcloth.com
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Sneak Peek: "Pacquiao Couch" shirts
Sneak peek of the new "Pacquiao Couch" shirt design I did for my client Htmkr Mgt. based out of the bay area. Shirts ship out, Tuesday - November 1st. You can order your shirts directly from Htmkr Mgt.'s Big Cartel store.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
"SHARKS" still available.
We still have a small stack of "SHARKS" shirts available at the store. Hockey Sticks and Jacqueline are not included. Order em' at my store: - www.tonypsd.bigcartel.com (photo credit: RichWayDidHeGo)
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Clearance Sale
My "Husky Boy" and "The Winners" designs have officially hit the clearance rack at my on-line store. Sizes are limited. You can order these shirts along with many others at my official on-line store.
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New Tony.psd Stickers
New stickers came in the office today. Premium vinyl sticker paper with glossy UV coating (for indoor or outdoor use) - Free with any shirt purchase or if I see you around the area, just holler! I stashed a few in my wallet.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Beastin' in San Jose
Another photo from this past weekends product shoot. RAWR! My homie R.J. is straight Beastin' his Beast Mode SJ shirt! Order it here: www.tonypsd.bigcartel.com (photo credit: RichWayDidHeGo)
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I told myself I wouldn't do another Manny Pacquiao design UNLESS it was something so random and hilarious that no ones done yet. We've seen it all or atleast I've seen it all which is why I never really attempted to do another design. My client from Htmkr Mgt met up with me last month and this is what we came up with... If you're familiar with the Rick James skit from the Chapelle Show, this is a treat for you and boxing fans alike.
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Labels: Chapalle Show, Dave Chappelle, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Fuck yo couch, Hytmkr Mgt, Manny Pacquiao, Tony.psd
Folded Inc. dropped by the studio
Friends from Folded Inc. swung by the studio this week for some design work. It's a pleasure working with these cats. Looking forward to see what we build together. Folded Inc. spark people's curiosity about themselves, their family, their history... You can check them out at: www.foldedinc.com (photo Credit: Kevin Reduta)
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
"SHARKS" now available
"SHARKS" by Tony.psd is now available in men's small to 3XL and is ready to ship. If it doesn't have my logo on the bottom right hand corner than it's a bootleg. Support Creativity, not biters.
Order "SHARKS" here at my on-line store: www.tonypsd.bigcartel.com
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
408 inspired designs now in stock!
"Beast Mode SJ" and "SHARKS" now in stock and ready to ship. New flavor for San Jose heads or lovers of Teal and Hockey - both available at my on-line store. (photo credit: RichWayDidHeGo)
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Cover Art: DJ Christylz
Album cover design for my newest client DJ Christylz - My first "electronic" album concept, peep the bay area reference! You can download the album on Christylz's Mixcrate page.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Now Available: Beast Mode SJ
"Beast Mode SJ" is now available and ready to ship. We've got sizes medium to 2XL on hand, sorry - size small has already sold out! This teal and grey design over a crisp white Alstyle branded tee continues the "Beast Mode" branding in its 2nd color variant. It also celebrates our return to San Jose.(photo credit: Jess Ography)
"Beast Mode SJ" is now available at my official store: www.tonypsd.bigcartel.com
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Sharks by Tony.psd
I was very conservative about this idea. I did a lot of research on fan inspired designs outside of the hockey team organization and simply wanted to contribute something different as to jumping on the bandwagon. Also, I did my homework making sure no lawsuit would come my way, it's as clear as it gets- there's no reference of hockey, any players or the NHL its self. Just the word "Sharks," plain and simple. Think of it this way... It's your favorite hockey team... with a San Francisco football twist. Release date: Pending.
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Slaver's Bay
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Colonies of the Valyrian Freehold
- "Nobody remembers if the waters around Ghis had names before the empire. But ever since we know them only as Slaver's Bay... and the Gulf of Grief."
- ―Ser Jorah Mormont
Slaver's Bay is the name given to an area on the southern coast of Essos, located to the south-east of Westeros and the Free Cities and to the west of Qarth. The name can refer to the bay itself or the entire region. As the name implies, the cities of Slaver's Bay are the hub of the international slave trade.
Slaver's Bay has a hot, semi-arid climate. Agriculture is maintained through extensive irrigation systems.
The area borders the Red Waste, which then leads on further to enter into the Dothraki sea, which is located to its north. It is noted as the location of the three great slave-cities of Meereen, Astapor, and Yunkai.
The country of Lhazar, noted for its unwarlike shepherd-folk, is located up the Skahazadhan River from Meereen, to the northeast of Slaver's Bay. The Dothraki enjoy pillaging areas close to Slaver's Bay and driving captives to the slave cities in return for riches. They particularly enjoy pillaging Lhazar, since it is located conveniently close to Meereen.
The bay also used to be the heartland of the fallen Valyrian Freehold, with the shattered peninsula of Valyria located to the west of the bay.
The region later known as Slaver's Bay was once the heartland of the great Ghiscari Empire, which flourished well over five thousand years ago, and was one of the earliest civilizations in the known world. About five thousand years ago, the new power of the Valyrian Freehold began to rise to the west, across the Gulf of Grief. Valyrian expansion was driven by their discovery of Dragons in the volcanic mountains of the Valyrian peninsula, which they mastered and rode as weapons of war. The two great empires developed an intense rivalry, and clashed in a series of five massive wars, but the vast slave-legions of the ancient Ghiscari could not withstand Valyrian dragonfire. Five thousand years ago, the Valyrians finally succeeded in destroying the Ghiscari Empire, burning its capital city Old Ghis to the ground, conquering its surrounding lands and colonies, and enslaving the survivors. Five thousand years of Valyrian mastery obliterated much of the original Ghiscari culture.
Four hundred years before the War of the Five Kings, the Doom of Valyria destroyed the great civilization within a single cataclysmic day - after which Valyria's outlying colonies and conquests reasserted their independence. While their colonies to the west of Valyria developed into the Free Cities, in a parallel development, their colonies to the east overthrew their Valyrian overlords and became the independent city-states of Slaver's Bay. The three most powerful of these cities became Astapor, Yunkai, and Meereen.
The ruling elites of Slaver's Bay continue to practice large-scale slavery; indeed, their entire economy centers around it. In times of peace they breed them, and in times of war they capture them. Many slaves are taken from distant lands, even places far across the sea such as the continent of Sothoryos. Due to this ethnic melting pot, combined with thousands of years of Valyrian domination, little of the original culture of the old Ghiscari Empire has survived. Even the language spoken in present-day Slaver's Bay is a derivative of High Valyrian, not the Old Ghiscari language - which is functionally dead. The Low Valyrian language spoken in Slaver's Bay is, however, very distinct from the other Low Valyrian languages spoken in the Free Cities, as it was geographically separated and subjected to unique local influences. A few constructions and loanwords from Old Ghiscari such as "mhysa" ("mother") survive into Slaver's Bay Low Valyrian, but it fundamentally remains a derivative of their old Valyrian conquerors.
Despite the vast chronological and cultural gap between them, the local ruling slavemasters of Slaver's Bay pride themselves on surviving scraps of Ghiscari culture, and like to think of themselves as a continuation of the Ghiscari Empire's old glories - extending to the point that each of the slaver-cities uses a Harpy as its sigil, as the old Ghiscari Empire did.
Season 3Edit
At Ser Jorah Mormont's suggestion that they attempt to recruit an army in Slaver's Bay to help in their bid to invade Westeros, Daenerys Targaryen changes her destination from the Free Cities to Slaver's Bay, arriving in the city of Astapor to bargain for an army of Unsullied.[1]
Locations of noteEdit
- Valyrian Peninsula: once the heartland of the greatest empire in the world, now a shattered ruin of broken islands and smoking waters. Avoided by all but the bravest (or most foolhardy) treasure-hunters.
- The Smoking Sea: the body of water formed in the Doom of Valyria, as parts of the mainland plunged into the sea. The sea is feared for the poisonous fumes that emanate from it. Sailors give the Smoking Sea a wide berth.
- The Lands of the Long Summer: once the hinterland of the Valyrian Freehold and the site of its first conquests, devastated in the Doom of Valyria. Mantarys is the only major surviving settlement of this region.
- The Sea of Sighs: an inland sea in the Lands of the Long Summer.
- Tolos and Elyria: city-states on the north-western coast of Slaver's Bay.
- Bhorash: a ruined city on the north coast of Slaver's Bay.
- Lhazar: a small nation of sheep-herders, frequently raided by the Dothraki.
- Meereen: one of the three great slaver city-states, noted for its pyramids.
- Yunkai: one of the three slave cities, noted for its bed slaves.
- Astapor: one of the three slave cities, noted as being the home of the infamous Unsullied warrior-eunuchs.
- Ghiscar: the region that housed the now fallen Ghiscari Empire and its ruined capital of Old Ghis.
- New Ghis: an expansionist city-state located on an island south of the Ghiscari Strait
- The Gulf of Grief: the gulf formed by the opening of Slaver's Bay into the Summer Sea.
- The Isle of Cedars: an island separating Slaver's Bay from the Gulf of Grief. Devastated by tidal waves during the Doom of Valyria.
In the booksEdit
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Slaver's Bay is a region in south-central Essos where slaves are bought, trained, and sold in massive numbers.
The city of Meereen is located 550 leagues (1,650 miles) east of Volantis. The land-route from the Free Cities to Slaver's Bay, employing Valyrian roads crossing the northern end of the Valyrian Peninsula via the city of Mantarys, is known as the "demon road" and is considered exceptionally dangerous. The majority of trade and travel between the Free Cities and Slaver's Bay takes place by sea, with ships giving the ill-omened ruins of Valyria a wide berth.
During the Dawn Age, the old Ghiscari Empire that once ruled the region was bountiful: forests provided abundant wood, fields were plentiful, and the hills were filled with copper for weapons. Copper stopped being as important as it used to be, however, after the forging of iron was discovered and spread across Essos (this iron age began over 6,000 years ago, and the Ghiscari themselves did switch to iron weapons). When the Valyrians conquered the region in the Ghiscari Wars five thousand years ago, the flames from the dragons burned out all of the forest, so they no longer had lumber. Without the trees to hold the soil in place, it baked and blew away in the wind, and crop yields became meager. No longer possessing valuable surpluses of timber, crops, or useful metals, it is easy to see how the entire economy of the region became so heavily reliant upon slavery. This is ultimately one of the reasons that Daenerys Targaryen's intervention encounters such difficulty - such as the invented scene with the slave Fennesz (a condensation/representation of several slaves in the novels), who points out to her that their economy has been so heavily based on slavery for so long that simply removing it left many former slaves without livelihoods.
See alsoEdit
- Slaver's Bay on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (major spoilers from the books)
- Slaver Cities on A Wiki of Ice and Fire
- HBO Viewer's Guide
Dorne · The Iron Islands · The North · The Reach · The Stormlands · The Vale of Arryn · The Westerlands · The Riverlands · The Crownlands (King's Landing) · The Wall & the Gift · Beyond the Wall
Free Cities (Disputed Lands · Stepstones) · Valyrian Peninsula · Slaver's Bay · Dothraki Sea · Lhazar · Red Waste · Qarth · Ibben · Yi Ti · Asshai & the Shadow Lands
Slaver's Bay
|Seas and rivers
Ghiscari Empire · Old Ghis · Ghiscari Wars · Liberation of Slaver's Bay
Good Masters (Astapor) · Wise Masters (Yunkai) · Great Masters (Meereen)
Slavery · Unsullied · Tokar · Fighting pits · Harpies · Ghiscari language · Sons of the Harpy ·


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A Rose - Poem by yoonoos peerbocus
Without any chart save your trust
In soulmost beauty
Is all your science
And your only heart born
Art which alone transforms
What is devotion
Into the rapture of a rose,
Leaning with the wind
At my window as a connection
Between immensity and me
Comments about A Rose by yoonoos peerbocus
Freddy Ibarra (6/26/2012 11:40:00 AM)
So much said in such a small amount of words. It is very well written. (Report) Reply
Wahab Abdul (6/15/2012 1:34:00 AM)
a nice poem indeed......about rose and its significance (Report) Reply
Soulful Heart (10/1/2011 11:58:00 PM)
'makes the present eternal......' thats the symbolic event of the rose, its freshness motivating us to rethink our perspective of life....... so well composed...sweet (Report) Reply
Sayeed Abubakar (9/24/2011 1:41:00 AM)
Nice piece. I can feel the beauty and its fragrance. Keep it up. (Report) Reply
Vipins Puthooran (9/22/2011 11:25:00 PM)
Amazing..I can breath the fragrance now.
A rosy and cozy poem.. (Report) Reply
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Mbali Gina (7/21/2011 1:52:00 AM)
Roses are for beautiness, I can even think reading this poem with my rose infront of me, smilling at it, your words are so emit, nice poem. (Report) Reply
Taylor Dubay (11/23/2010 6:55:00 PM)
wow, this was amazing :) I can see this poem being discussed in a classroom where they have to pick it apart and try to figure out its meaning. I'm telling you, I smelt roses when i read it (Report) Reply
Mohammad Akmal Nazir (11/2/2010 3:21:00 AM)
Rapturous delineation. Fragrance of rose runs through the whole poem. The style is exuberant and unmatched (Report) Reply
Mohammad Akmal Nazir (11/2/2010 3:13:00 AM)
Fragrance of rose pervades through the whole poem. Exuberant style. I like it. (Report) Reply
Ken E Hall (10/11/2010 3:48:00 PM)
Creative essense words that paint the picture by an artist..regards (Report) Reply
steffy samuel (9/25/2010 8:42:00 AM)
your words emit.. a sense f beauty..power.. with earthiness (Report) Reply
Ronny Self (9/12/2010 12:47:00 AM)
'To shed the borrowed state.'-Or what is not one's own. Excellent read. Funny how nature reveals so much about us. (Report) Reply
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David Champion (9/10/2010 10:59:00 PM)
I found this a very evocative poem which speaks to me of human longing, not just for beauty, but for the possession of beauty when we know that beauty can never be possessed but only observed and experienced, longing for divine, for transcendence. So, my reading leaves me in the place of observer, feeling the 'unearthly' beauty of the rose, which seems beyond all beauty, perhaps like God, filling me with poignant sadness and with a strange loneliness - it must die, thus all beauty will die, and this tells me that I must die and leave all experience of beauty behind me, the loneliness being my estrangement from any notion of God or transcendence.
Well written,
David (Report) Reply
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Tribhuvan Mendiratta (9/10/2010 5:52:00 AM)
Rose embryo like blood sipping........ really imaginative.... I must add..
That is charm of rose, its petals' softness, its blood red color
That lovers cherish it and birds of love feed it with their blood (Report) Reply
Tshepiso Prayer (9/9/2010 5:03:00 AM)
wow, what colour is your rose n its smell(describe) ? (Report) Reply
Felicia Ahamefule (9/8/2010 8:53:00 AM)
a beauty it is, it sure illuminate the ways of nature............keep it up (Report) Reply
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2013 Reader Favorite Bassists – #10: Chuck Rainey
For a period of about a year, between late 2011 and late 2012, bassist Chuck Rainey was met with some major events. In late 2011, the bass legend suffered a stroke. Twelve months later, he lost his home in a fire. Thankfully, 2013 closed with better news. Rainey was able to release his new album,... »
Xotic Unveils Chuck Rainey Signature Bass
Bass legend Chuck Rainey has a new signature model from Xotic called the XPJ-1T, a bass designed with versatility in mind. Rainey collaborated with Xotic on the bass which features a P/J pickup configuration with elements of the company's XP and XJ models. The XPJ-1T starts with a ash body and a bolt-on maple neck... »
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Let's face it, if you call yourself a bass player and don't know and speak the name Chuck Rainey with reverence, then you would be in the minority. The bulk of us have long admired and emulated this pioneer of the bass guitar from the moment we began playing anything that grooved. Indeed, for most... »
Chuck Rainey Loses Home to Fire
Chuck Rainey has been dealt another tragedy just 12 months after suffering a stroke, as the 72-year old bassist and family have lost their home to a fire on November 15th. Luckily, the Rainey family is unharmed, but the local fired department described the amount of loss as "quite a lot." The family has set... »
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Chuck Rainey's bass lines have laid the foundation for many of the most popular songs in pop, rock, jazz and fusion that emerged from the '60s and '70s. From Aretha Franklin to Marvin Gaye to Steely Dan, he's played an integral part in the music of at least five Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame... »
Donation Fund Set Up for Chuck Rainey's Recovery
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Bass Play-Along Week: Fredrik Owman's Steely Dan "Peg" Bass Play-Along
Check out Fredrik Owman, aka bassowman, a bassist from Sweden who just nails Chuck Rainey's bass line on Steely Dan's "Peg". We couldn't help but envy Fredrik's all-original 1966 Fender Precision either. »
Chuck Rainey Recovering After Stroke
After suffering a major stroke on Friday November 4th, bass legend Chuck Rainey is expected to have a full recovery, according to his wife Susan. "Thank U Dear Friends for all the prayers and healing Light," Mrs. Rainey posted on Facebook. "Chuck had a stroke Friday night but the prognosis is good for a full... »
Steely Dan's "Peg": Instrumental with Chuck Rainey
This is cool beyond words… Chuck Rainey laying it down in this instrumental reunion remake of Steely Dan's "Peg", from Aja. Bonus: Bernard Purdie on drums. This is from the DVD, Steely Dan – Aja. Chuck tells the story here. »


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Anyone in Jan '14 birth group?
I am not but that's funny. I got the accidently farting in front of my Dh out of the way when we were dating. He picked me up in a big hug and squeezed it out of me! After that, although I attempt not to or be polite about it, first trimester pregnancy gas is no joke, just let it go otherwise you might as well set up camp in the bathroom to fart your day away in privacy! At first he thought I was just being rude and 'using pregnancy as an excuse for giving up my manners' once i came back with the scientific facts behind it and had him do some research, he quickly learned he only hears a small portion of what's going on! lol
LOL! I was super careful to not toot in front of DH when we were dating. Once we went on vacation & shared a bed. DH shook me awake, laughing, and told me I had just farted in my sleep. I told him it didn't count. Now I poop with the bathroom door open. Oh, how DH wants those dating days back!
I'm in that one. I saw the pooping one and just moved on. I had DS at a birth center so after we were home, guess who had to change all the pads and check me? But I also did extreme wound care for DH for 6 months when he was 20. Oh and I'm lactose intolerant so...and we've been together almost 15 years. There are no secrets in our house.
I'm with you Wodnazsmommy. My Dh has had some severe bowel issues since about 3 months into our relationship and 7 years later we have been through it all. He has had 6 colonoscopies and one upper gi which the GI drs love to send you home with pictures from the experience, i've gotten to see my husbands colon more than one time and have the pictures to prove it. Plus we are both lactose intolerant and LOVE dairy!
Leah (me): 29, DH: 30, married '08
IVF 4/13 =TreeFrog-DD- 01/16/14
Labor is messy wtf ever. Maybe I should share some passages from the "gas we pass" book!
Seriously? I never hold it in! DH is always teasing me about it. I think I farted in front of him about two months into dating. I figure if he can deal with my farts he's a keeper.
I'm also lactose intollerant so its a given. If I held them in I'd pop!
Joanna, Mom to my little gearhead born on 3/26/09 and wife to my Big Gearhead since 6/05.
Shift time - be present! www.jmilanes.com
Mine got c-diff about 3 months into our relationship! that shit is the worst. no doubt.
Maybe I should read the comments lol.


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From Silicon.com, Tsunami scammers manipulate Google rankings explains that an alleged
phishing site is ranking higher on Google than the actual China Charity Federation web site, potentially causing people donating to tsunami relief to send their money to the
wrong place.
The site in question, www.chinacharity.cn.net, is still ranking tops at Google despite the web site
apparently having been closed down. The site is also ranked first and second at Yahoo, third at
Ask Jeeves but not at all at the
MSN Search beta.
Kudos to MSN? Well, the official web site of www.china.org.cn is second at Google, tenth at Yahoo and Ask Jeeves but not in the first page of results at all over at MSN. So
MSN doesn't send you to the wrong place — but neither do you get to the right one.
FYI, the story reports that the real site is at www.chinacharity.cn, but that domain isn't working for me. My assumption is that the correct address is the one shown above.
Postscript: A reader tells me chinacharity.cn is the correct site.


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