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Mexico calling
Mexico calling Two guys from Hamburg embark on a quest – for the fieriest taco, the biggest wave, and the tallest cactus in Mexico. But things don't always go as they expect. A culinary road trip with writer duo Salt & Silver
Oh Mexico! So many temptations! You must be the place Adam and Eve were banished from! It's sweet to be back. We missed you. Your fiery tacos, your blazing sunshine, your mangos the size of medicine balls, your waves that lure us and scare us in equal measure. We want to see it all. But what we're most interested in is food, food, food. We want to discover your best-kept recipes, your craziest ingredients. We, Salt & Silver, alias Johannes "Jo" Riffelmacher and Thomas "Cozy" Kosikowski, friends and foodies from Hamburg, have been traveling through Latin America since 2014. But let's go now. Ándale!
Markets and chaos, Mexico City
Flying into the megacity is an event – solid urban sprawl as far as the horizon, an ocean of buildings stretching farther than the eye can see. We clamber into a taxi – no way will the driver know where to find the place we're staying. We bet our pouch of pesos even the satnav will wrinkle its brow! But no, surprise number 1: The guy knows the address and can even describe the graffiti on the wall. The place suits our taste, too – we have our own roof terrace and a giant barbecue – perfect for throwing on all the best things that Mexico's markets have to offer.
Wild ingredients, every aisle smells different, a labyrinth to get lost in
The next morning, we set off. First stop, a market in Coyoacán district. For breakfast, we grab ourselves some esquites, a sweetcorn specialty served in plastic pots with a tangy butter-lime sauce, creamy crumbled cheese, chili powder and epazote leaves. Typical chilango food, chilango being slang for a lot of things that come from this monster city and its streets. We devour them like two bodybuilders in the mass-building phase. They taste pretty damn good. Sensory overload: sack upon sack of chillis and spices, piñatas dangling beside a butcher's stall, juice vendors juggling fruit to ear-bashing trash techno. We decide to go the whole hog and visit Latin America's largest market: Central de Abastos. And yes, the king of markets lives up to its name. You could easily get lost amid the piles of crazy ingredients. Diabléros, hard-nosed Mexicans maneuvering handcarts piled high with wares weighing dozens of kilos, race through the narrow aisles from A to whoknowswhere. They don't have horns, they just whistle, and if you don't leap out of the way, they knock you down. There's something to see at every corner; each aisle smells different. We weave our way deeper and deeper into the fray. Sure, Mexico City is hectic here, but it's also authentic. Everyone shops here – young and old, wholesale buyers and ordinary folk. It's the soul of the city. And we are in Mexico because the food here is more interesting than elsewhere. It combines indigenous and colonial influences, there are Caribbean traditions, but also some very different kinds of regional fare. Mexican cocina is Aztec, Spanish, Arabian and French, fish and meat, wild and spicy. That's why UNESCO has included it in its Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
We've seen the city, now it's time for the ocean. That's the plan anyway. We're headed for Baja California, but we set off down south. A friend offers us his truck. Tramping up the path to his bungalow on the beach at El Pescadero, we catch a glimpse of the perfect offroader: all-wheel drive, Japanese engine, black tinted windows and a thick layer of desert dust on the paintwork. Hell, this will do us just fine! We stock up on basics: a hammock each, a machete, ponchos for the desert nights, sombreros for the heat of the day. The first hundred kilometers are a breeze. Giant cactuses line the highway. Disaster strikes at noon in the middle of nowhere. Outside, the tar shimmers. Inside, a red warning light comes on. A jet of steam hisses from beneath our hood. We have to stop. The heat whips our faces. We wait.
Cars whiz past every half hour. We wave, but no one stops. After two hours – we're already gearing up for a long, cold night – a pickup pulls over. What a coincidence: The driver is a mechanic and has a small garage in the next village. He tows us there, gives the car a once-over. The water pump is shot, so is the thermostat. We continue our trip with new parts, in the dark.
Some travelers fear criminals on Baja's overland highways, but a very different danger lurks among the cactuses: At night, the route north morphs into a zoo. Cows cut across lanes, wild donkeys sleep on the median strip, coyotes chase hares in the passing lane. Next morning, vultures descend to pick the roadkill from the asphalt. You can even bring your own roadkill to some stalls and they'll throw it on the grill, but we pass. Instead, we stop in Buenaventura at a great sandy bay on Bahía Concepción next morning, where two old Harley-Davidson bikers have built a beach restaurant. We're lucky: It's Tuesday. Taco Tuesday!
The first senior bikers roll in, grab a beer from the unmanned tap and help themselves to grilled jalapeños. A stocky old geezer ambles out of the kitchen, grumbling that they could at least wait for the proprietor. They look like they know each other. We are pretty glad to see him plonk not beer, but a pot of pitch-black coffee down in front of us – and cups with red hearts and the words "I Love You" so perfect for the setting. Taco cookbook authors that we are, we peek in the kitchen. Standing at the stove, a short Mexican woman is turning slabs of meat on the hot plancha, the grill. When we reveal the purpose of our trip, she proudly tells us about her pineapple salad dressing, pork chops braised in the slow cooker and the achiote marinade she uses for her chicken. This is exactly what we're looking for. Our favorite dish is camarones al coco: head-off shrimp that she rolls in crushed Cornflakes, salt and grated coconut before frying them in hot oil. Our mouth explodes. Sombreros off to her!
Icy walls and coyotes, Guerrero Negro
We drive for hours along the coast. Our destination: the Wall, a legendary surf spot many have heard of, but few have actually been. No regular car could handle this road, but ours takes the driest of river beds and the steepest of canyons in its stride. Roll it, and you're in trouble; there's about as much infrastructure here as on the dark side of the moon. Once at the wet wall, we live up to our reputation as the worst-prepared travelers on the continent. The water temperature is just 18 degrees Celsius and all the other surfers are sheathed from head to toe in neoprene. So we stride to the break in shorts as though it were Hawaii, telling ourselves suits are for bankers and lawyers. Blue-lipped, we surf a few waves. We had planned to end the day with a campfire cooking session, but the stiff breeze here is spoiling our fun, so we decide to move our camp into the desert.
Our menu tonight consists of all we could find at a small truck stop and carnicería (meat shop): beans, ground meat, chili peppers, tortillas, beef steaks, avocado, peppers, limes and onions. During a siesta in our hammocks strung between two cactuses, we hit on a brilliant idea: a Mexican take on Bud Spencer's bean stew! Looks tasty in the movie and has to be eaten straight from the pan, making it feasible for us. We build a small campfire from dead agave leaves and dry scrub. The stew is soon ready – the campfire blazes hotter than any gas stove – and it tastes like a genuine Western stew! The chilis we slipped in make our eyes tear up. At least we're eating our food the way the locals do.
It's dark when, utterly sated and lost in thought, we find our peace shattered by a howl. First just one, then more howls from different directions. Are there wolves here? We listen hard, straining to identify the night noises. Someone laughs. Or was it something that laughed? Coyotes! That's how they communicate, we recall. What has slipped our mind, though, is whether these wild dogs are dangerous or not. What happened again in those Karl May stories? Did a fire frighten them? Or attract them, perhaps? Then again, what did May know. He was never in the Wild
West. We grope for the machete. Nothing. We creep to the car and sleep off our meal – until a clatter awakens us! The desert is bathed in moonlight so that we can see the cowering shadows slip away into the bushes. We leap out of the car to see why they were here. The remains of our bean stew, forgotten beside the fire, are slowly spilling onto the ground beside the overturned pot. The coyotes came to sample our firefood straight from spice hell. We go back to bed, knowing that they won't be back. At least not before they've visited a water hole.
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GCH CH Imagine Loves Second Chance
It was Hump Day for the Marquette Kennel Club who just completed the second of their three shows in the Michigan hometown this weekend. Today's final belonged to Dr Robert Smith who chose his BIS & RBIS from the English Springer Spaniel, CH Monarch's Playboy, the Otterhound, CH Riverspruce Yukon Jack, the Bullmastiff, GCH CH Newcastle's Picturesque Picasso, the Staffordshire Bull Terrier, GCH CH Homebrewed Page Three Girl RN, the Japanese Chin, GCH CH Pem We-Syng Lucky Mi, the Chow Chow, GCH CH Imagine Loves Second Chance, and the Bouvier des Flandres, GCH CH Quiche's Grand Finale.
GCH CH Quiche's Grand Finale
The two she liked were the Bouvier, Al, who got the RBIS, and the Chow, Chance, who took home the big prize. Was it just last weekend that Chance got his first BIS? We think this one is on his way.


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Raven likes a healthy breakfast so I am always trying new things for her. She loves soft granola bars but hates all of the additives that are in the store bought ones. I messed around with this recipe a bit until I arrived at something acceptable for everyone. She loved them and even Ransome ate several so I call it a success. It has been super cold on Beaty's Creek and I have kept my oven going just to feel a little more warmth. It was -27 degrees one week ago with 27 inches of snow on the ground. Today, the snow is gone and it is 70 degrees, can you believe that??? Crazy Oklahoma weather that I love, Oh yeah! Fix these granola bars for your family and don't bother telling them that they are healthy either. This is What's Cookin on Beaty's Creek today.
3 1/4 cups old fashioned oats
1 t cinnamon
1 t salt
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup honey
1 cup carob chips
In a large bowl mix oats, cinnamon, and salt together. Now add in brown sugar, pumpkin, applesauce, and honey. Mix until soft. Now add in your chips and stir. Press into a well greased 8x8 pan and bake at 350' for 30 minutes. You want to take them out when they are still a little soft. They will firm more as they cool. With a sharp knife cut into bars after 5 minutes of cooling.


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Highlights of this itinerary
Day 1 London
Fly overnight from London Heathrow to Nairobi.
Day 2 Nairobi
Transfer to a hotel in the peaceful suburb of Karen, where you will stay tonight and have a relaxing day after your international flight.
Day 3 NairobiAmboseli National Park
Transfer to the Wilson Aerodrome from your hotel where you will meet anyone else travelling on this 7 day adventure camping trip (maximum group size 12). Depart by light aircraft early this morning for Amboseli, where you will meet your guide and tracker who will do a short game drive on the way to Selenkay Adventure camp, arriving in time for a late lunch. Time to relax before going on an afternoon game-drive with the guides based at the camp, exploring Selenkay Conservancy.
Day 4 Amboseli National Park
A day to enjoy game drives, night drives or walking safaris on the Selenkay Conservancy, home lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, zebra, and more unusual species such as gerenuk and lesser kudu. Visits to the local community can also be arranged if you wish.
Day 5 Amboseli National Park
If you like, you can go on a full day game-drive into Amboseli National Park with picnic lunches, exploring the swamps which are a magnet for wildlife, in particular elephants.
Day 6 Amboseli National ParkNairobiMasai Mara National Reserve
Today you will be transferred to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival in Nairobi you will change planes and continue to the Masai Mara, arriving at around 11am. Your guide will be waiting for you at the airstrip. You will game drive back to camp in time for lunch. In the afternoon there will be some time to rest before the afternoon safari activity.
Day 7 Masai Mara National Reserve
On safari on the Ol Kinyei conservancy, where you can do game drives, walking safaris and night drives. Wildlife here includes all of the big cats, as well as buffalo, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest and some impressive birdlife.
Day 8 Masai Mara National Reserve
You have the option of going into the main Masai Mara reserve for one day, taking picnic lunches and exploring to see what other wildlife you can see.
Day 9 Masai MaraNairobi
This morning you will be taken to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival in Nairobi you will be greeted at the airport and taken to the Ole Sereni for a meal (payable locally). You will then be taken to the international airport for your overnight flight to London.
Day 10 London
Arrive in London Heathrow.
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Days : 10 | Nights : 9


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Dynasty continues to build … well, a dynasty, at least in the independent advisory space.
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There are times when the numbers add up, even if you wish they didn't. This is one of those times for Major League Baseball.
The National League and American League All-Star teams will be announced on Sunday on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET, at the end of a three-step process that includes fan voting, peer review and a final bit of tinkering by the teams' managers and MLB officials. Sixty-six of the 68 spots will be filled and finalists will be named for the Final Vote to complete the teams, and the only thing that's guaranteed is that there will be outrage somewhere at the results.
Even though roster sizes were expanded in 2009 and again in '10, there are more players who deserve to be All-Stars than those who can be All-Stars. Before you criticize, fill out your own 34-man teams and see who you're leaving off. Then factor in the potential quirks in the fan voting and the requirement that every team be represented and see who've you've got.
Like packing the car for a two-week family vacation, it's an annual ordeal necessary for the fun that lies ahead. This season is no different.
Consider, off the top, the plight of 2012 NL MVP Buster Posey and Yadier Molina, who has been an All-Star five straight seasons and finished in the top four in the MVP voting each of the past two seasons. It's going to be really tough to fit both of these guys on the NL team, no matter how much Mike Matheny (a catcher himself) might want them in Minneapolis.
As great as Molina and Posey are, and as much as they've meant to the Cardinals and Giants this season, the reality is that the Brewers' Jonathan Lucroy has been the best catcher in the NL this season, if not all of MLB. He's always been highly respected as a receiver and team leader, and through Wednesday, he was hitting .331 with a .911 OPS and only one more strikeout than walk (36/35). He's been a key to the league's winningest team.
Then there's the Reds' Devin Mesoraco, who is hitting .314 with a 1.026 OPS and 15 homers in 172 at-bats. Those are Mike Piazza-type numbers and this is hardly the offensive era in which Piazza built his portfolio. He hasn't played as much as the other catchers, thanks to hamstring problems early in the season, but can you leave Mesoraco off?
Molina figures to be voted to the starting lineup by fans (unless Lucroy makes up a deficit of 464,299), and Lucroy is likely to be voted onto the team by players if he misses in the fan vote. That will leave Matheny to choose between Posey and Mesoraco. The Braves' Evan Gattis was another consideration before he went on the disabled list this week.
Here are other spots where the squeeze play is in effect:
• 1B/DH, AL: Historically, this has generally been a traffic jam of strong candidates, and that's especially true this year. The situation is complicated by the Orioles' Nelson Cruz being the likely starter at DH even though he's had more at-bats as an outfielder, which will force the players to pick between David Ortiz and the statistically deserving Victor Martinez.
It's hard to imagine that Red Sox manager John Farrell will leave Big Papi off his team, isn't it? So what will that mean for the sluggers who are going to finish behind Miguel Cabrera in the fan voting at first base?
Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion and the White Sox slugger Jose Abreu join Miggy in putting up numbers worthy of AL MVP consideration. You've got to think they're on the team, along with Cruz and either Ortiz or Martinez.
That means the odd man out in player voting between Ortiz and Martinez is swimming in a deep pool hoping for a sixth first-base/DH spot. Those joining him include Oakland's Brandon Moss and the Angels' Albert Pujols. There will be a lot of howls if Farrell forces Mike Napoli into the equation.
• 1B, NL: Fans will get it right if they elect Paul Goldschmidt as the starter, as it appears they will. There's nothing clear about this situation beyond that, however.
The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo is the WAR leader (2.4) on a list of six other candidates. It will be fascinating to see how players and Matheny decide between him and the others: Adam LaRoche, Matt Adams, Justin Morneau, Freddie Freeman and Joey Votto, all of whom have WARs between LaRoche's 2.3 and Freeman's 1.8.
Farrell could point to the DH rule being in play as a reason to take four first basemen, not three. But there are nine healthy outfielders with WARs of at least 2.5, and that doesn't include the Reds' Billy Hamilton, whose wheels and gloves could be game-changers for Matheny and the NL. It seems like he'd be better off adding someone like the Padres' Seth Smith, Marlins' Marcell Ozuna, Braves' Jason Heyward or Hamilton than going deeper into the list of first basemen meriting consideration.
• Starting pitching, both leagues: In the age of pitching, it is an agonizing process to sort out the excellence. Through Wednesday, there were 25 qualifiers with ERAs below 3.00, including 15 in the NL. Even factoring in the late roster expansion caused by Sunday starters who will be replaced on rosters -- there will be a lot of these, with Yu Darvish, Masahiro Tanaka, Madison Bumgarner, Sonny Gray, Julio Teheran, Justin Verlander and Johnny Cueto among those tentatively scheduled to start on July 13 -- it's hard to imagine more than 10 starters are likely to be selected. Some deserving pitchers won't get their invitations to Target Field.
The clock is ticking toward selection, and also disappointment.


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AFTER LISTENING: Here's the link Helen offers for "the disinhibition effect." (I'll read some of that later.) Glenn and Helen talk about my encounter with TRex at the CNN party. The post of mine that Helen reads from is this. Key excerpt:
...TRex... wrote about me on his blog -- Firedoglake -- after I blogged a ... picture of him last night. He said:Glenn and Helen have a lot to say about nasty bloggers and blog commenters. Helen reads an absurdly nasty comment some fool left on her site, and Glenn is clear about not wanting comments on Instapundit. Another topic in the podcast is what can a blogger do to get more traffic, and one of the things they don't mention is: have comments. But that idea is tied to something Glenn does say: keep adding new material. Comments are new material, and people come by to see how a comments thread is developing. But I can just imagine what would happen if there were comments on Instapundit. Without monitoring, they would devolve into craziness instantly -- instacrazy. Glenn would have to hire someone to watch the comments for him (or sink a ridiculous amount of time into the task). Actually, he probably has readers who would take the job for a small fee and do it well. But comments would change the whole feeling of the blog -- the sharp, clean look we know and love.Ann Althouse came by a few minutes ago and took photos of me and John Amato. Amato was nice to her. I just growled under my breath and kept typing.Ha ha. That's what I expected from half the bloggers: just growling and keeping on typing. It was actually surprising how un-socially-awkward most bloggers are. But thanks to TRex for embodying the stereotype I'd had in mind....
[A COMMENTER: I think he showed admirable restraint in not insulting you out loud, as some might have done.]
Actually, you're quite wrong. Passive aggression is not admirable. If he had confronted me, I would have explained things and defended myself. He's afraid of that. That's not at all admirable. You think it's easier to sit there and growl and throw stink bombs from a distance or to engage with me and have to defend your arguments?
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Sukhothai, ThailandKirsty Turner
The name Sukhothai means "Dawn of Happiness" in Thai and this is an interesting province in northern Thailand located in the valley of the Yom River. Sukhothai is approximately 427 kilometres north of Bangkok and covers an area of around 6,600 square kilometres. The province was established in the 13th century and was the first independent Thai Kingdom – the Kingdom of Sukhothai.
Today, most visitors come to see the spectacular Sukhothai Historical Park, which is full of interesting temples including Wat Si Chum, Wat Saphan Hin, Wat Si Sawai and Wat Trapang Thong. There are twenty six temples in all and Wat Mahathat is the largest, although all are worth a visit. Both the excellent Ramkhamhaeng National Museum and Sangkhalok Museum are good places to get to grips with Sukhothai's intriguing history. Exploring the temples in the sunshine can be hot and sticky, but the sunset bicycle tours, which run daily, can be a good way to see the sights whilst beating the heat.
But Sukhothai isn't all about temples and history. In fact, there are plenty of other dimensions to this province which cause travellers to extend their stay and visit time and again. If you are suffering from the relentless sun, you can cool down and enjoy a quick dip in the swimming pool at Suan Nam Premsuk, or get fit at the nightly aerobics classes opposite Wat Rachthani.
The night stalls opposite the Poo restaurant are a great, cheap place to sample the local cuisine, whilst indulging in a drink and a spot of people watching. Simply buy a food voucher and make your selection.
The Si Satchanalai-Chaliang Historical Park, 50 kilometres to the north, makes a great day trip and highlights include Wat Chang Lom, Wat Khao Phanom Phloeng, Wat Chedi Jet Thaew and Wat Nang Phaya. While you are there, stop in at the informative Sawanworanayok Museum and if you are interested in the ancient art of pottery don't miss Swankhalok Kilns, where you can learn all about the skill and how it has developed over the ages.
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Eight years ago, my daughter Genevieve (then 8 years old) remarked, "We are not a normal family." I froze, waiting to hear what was next. She laughed and said, "We're a traveling family!"
Traveling has enriched our lives on so many levels, and our shared experiences have pulled us even closer together as a family. Almost ten years ago, we had a goal to travel around the world. While we were intrigued by other families who had taken a year off to have a grand adventure, this did not appeal to us. Instead, we chose to experience the world one journey at a time. Each year, we spent as much time as we could exploring new places, while maintaining balance with our work commitments and the children's school schedules.
Trip by trip, we connected to the magical places that called to our hearts--the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, the Amazon rainforest, Paris, the castles of Portugal, the salt plains of Bolivia, the mountain villages of Bhutan, the glaciers in Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and so much more. In between the journeys, we had plenty of time and emotional space at home to savor all of the things that we had experienced. Our travels have slowed over the past few years. To everything there is a season, and other priorities have surfaced for now.
You can view our indepth photo-stories by selecting a blue-titled journey from the chronological list below, or selecting a country or site from the long list in the "Places We've Been" column. We would love to hear from you if you have any comments or questions!
Namibia, AfricaAfter years of planning, we finally traveled to Africa in June of 2013. We chose Namibia because it not only has stunning scenery and animals galore (elephants, giraffes, zebra, lions, hippos, rhinos, and much more), but we could drive ourselves throughout the country independently without a guide. The experience surpassed our wildest dreams.
Costa RicaIn January, we ventured down to Costa Rica, where we fell in love with the beautiful countryside, the gracious people, and the abundant wildlife—especially the monkeys and the fascinating sloths.
Eastern CanadaNear the end of the summer, we took a road trip through eastern Canada. From the roaring Niagara Falls to small towns beyond Quebec City, Canada surprised us all.
Sedona & Beautiful CaliforniaDuring Spring Break, we meandered out to the stunning red rocks of Sedona, Arizona, while taking time to enjoy three beautiful national parks in California along the way—Yosemite, King's Canyon, and Joshua Tree.
Puerto Vallarta AreaOur family rang in the 2012 New Year in the Puerto Vallarta area of Mexico, balancing our time between the small surfing town of Sayulita, the isolated community of Yelapa, and the vibrant historical center of Puerto Vallarta.
OaxacaIn December, I traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico with my girlfriend Chris. With her local family members giving us the insider's scoop, we explored the rural areas and towns in the hills above Oaxaca City, and also took a road trip to the beautiful Pacific coast.
North to Alaska
EcuadorFrom the heights of the Andes Mountains to the depths of the Amazon rain forest, Ecuador gave our family an unforgettable experience.
Big Island of HawaiiWith its warm water, large sea turtles, colorful fish, volcanoes, and Hawaiian culture, the Big Island provided the perfect setting for a blend of relaxation and family adventure.
Moab, UtahBen and I took off for a week to Moab, Utah, to ride dirt bikes on some of the best trails we have ever experienced. We covered slick rock roller coasters, ledge climbs, deep sand washes, and crusty single track, all set among incredible red rock landscapes.
Glacier National Park, and Dirt Biking in the Pacific NorthwestWe ended the summer with a 4-week RV trip through Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Along the way, we challenged Genevieve and Sebastian's dirt biking skills with some fun trail rides, and we were awed by the grandeur and beauty of Glacier National Park.
Paris, Barcelona, and a Bit of the Basque Country Our summer began on a high note with a trip to Paris and the top of the Eiffel Tower. We then hopped aboard a high-speed train to northern Spain, where we spent a few days exploring the Basque area. The grand finale was a week in beautiful and vibrant Barcelona, along the Mediterranean coast.
China Although our suitcases were light, we packed a lot of experiences into our 17-day journey through China. The highlights include hiking the Great Wall, visiting caves that held over 50,000 carved Buddhas, seeing the Terracotta Warriors, and relishing the tranquility of a rural farming community in the "gumdrop" mountains.
Route 66 Through the Southwest U.S. We spent two weeks meandering along Route 66 from Santa Monica, California to Gallup, New Mexico. We also ventured off the Mother Road to visit many scenic wonders, and rang in the New Year by traversing the Skywalk at Grand Canyon West.
Peru In mid-September through early October, Ben and I traveled to Machu Picchu and then rode dirt bikes throughout northern Peru, in the high Andes Mountains and parts of the Amazon jungle.
Two Months Around the United States During the summer, our family ventured on a two-month, cross-country RV trip to experience the wonders of the United States. Our round-trip route stretched from California to the North Carolina Outer Banks, with many exciting places and activities in between.
Mexico In April, our family spent 18 days exploring some of the communities in the colorful state of Oaxaca, as well as Mexico City and the peaceful villages surrounding Lake Patzcuaro.
Southern California/Death Valley We celebrated the New Year with a two-week RV trip to Los Angeles, San Diego, and the amazing Death Valley.
Bhutan and Northeastern India In November, Ben and I spent two glorious weeks riding motorcycles along the twisty roads of the Southern Himalayas.
Pacific Northwest In August, we ended the summer holidays with a two-week RV trip through Oregon, Washington State, and Vancouver.
Grand Canyon/Southwest In June, we took an RV road trip to see the wonders of the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Bryce Canyon, and Las Vegas.
Baja, Mexico In May, Ben and I rode our dirt bikes over some incredible trails through the high desert mountains along the Pacific Coast.
Portugal In March/April, our family traveled through Portugal for 16 days, exploring castles, winding our way to the central mountains near the Spanish border, and soaking in the beauty of the Mediterranean Sea.
Bolivia In November/December, Ben and I rode motorcycles 2200 miles through the high altiplano and the jungle areas of Bolivia, including the "Death Road."
Baja, Mexico In May, Ben and I rode our dirt bikes through a challenging series of trails over the mountains from the Sea of Cortez to the Pacific Ocean, including the single track called the "Rockman Trail".
Spain Our family spent two magical weeks in Madrid and the heavenly region of Andalusia.
Bhutan Bumthang Valley Gom Kora Kanglung Mongar Paro Valley Punakha Dzong Sangdrup Jongkhar Thimphu Tongsa Wangdi Phrodrang
Bolivia Caranavi Guanay Janko Marca La Paz Laguna Colorada Laguna Verde Llica Potosí Queteña Rurrenabaque Sajama Salar de Coipasa Salar de Uyuni San Pablo Santa Rosa Sorata Sud Lipez Tupiza World's Most Dangerous Road
Canada Banff National Park Battle Hill Nat'l Hist. Site Boya Lake Prov. Park, BC Burns Lake Bike Park Canyon Sainte-Anne Chetwynd Dawson Creek Eastern Townships Fort Nelson Isle-aux-Coudres Jasper National Park Kluane Lake, YK 'Ksan Historical Village Lake Louise Liard Hot Springs Montreal Niagara Falls Ottawa Quebec City Quesnel Thousand Islands Toronto Vancouver Vancouver Island Victoria Watson Lake Whistler Whitehorse
China Beijing Datong Forbidden City Great Wall at Mutianyu Hong Kong HuaShan Lijiang Summer Palace Terracotta Warriors Tiananmen Square Xi'an Yangshuo Yungang Caves
Costa Rica Arenal Volcano Finca Corsicana Hanging Bridges Manuel Antonio Poas Volcano Proyecto Asis Quepos Sarchi Sky Trek Zip Lining Venado Caves Zarcero
France Paris
Ecuador Amazon Rainforest Chaquiñan Bicycle Trail La Mitad del Mundo Napo Wildlife Center Papallacta Hot Springs Proyecto DCR Quito Yasuní National Park
India Bagdogra Darjeeling Delhi Gawahati Jaigaon Kalimpong
Mexico Baja California Crucecita Frida Kahlo Museum Hierve el Agua Huatulco Marietas Islands Mazunte Mexico City Monte Alban Oaxaca City Patzcuaro Puerto Angel Puerto Escondido Puerto Vallarta San Agustin San Martin Tilcajete Santa Fe de la Laguna Santa María el Tule Sayulita Studio of Jacobo Angeles Teotihuacán Teotitlán del Valle TzinTzunTzan Yagul Yelapa
Namibia Caprivi Dead Vlei Elondo Village Etosha Nat'l Park Hippo Pools Camp Hoba Meteorite Katutura Khowarib Camp Moose McGregor's Bakery Mowani Camp Ngepi Camp Nkasa Lupala n'Kwzi Camp River Dance Lodge Seisfontein Seisriem Camp Sossusvlie Swakopmund Treesleeper Camp Twyfeltein Windhoek
Peru Balsas Barranca Cajabamba Cajamarca Caraz Cañón del Pato Celendín Cerro de Pasco Chachapoyas Cusco Huamachuco Huánico Huaraz La Oroya Leymebamba Llanganuco Lima Machu Picchu Moyobamba Nuevo Jaén Pallasca Pampas Tápuc Tarapoto Tarma Tingo Maria Tocache Yungay Memorial
Portugal Burgau Coimbra Evora Lisbon Marvao Nazare Obidos Portimao Sintra Sitio
South Africa Johannesburg
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Aus 105 Designs von 33 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
NOTE TO DESIGNERS: Due to the sheer number of entries, I have removed from consideration any entries rated 2 or less stars. Please do not take offense to this or discourage you from trying a new direction with your design.
Looking for a clean, elegant, high-fashion style logo design which can be matted against white or lighter tones. a designer shoe can be represented in the icon or if you're creative enough try something new
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any colors as long as they are matted against a light background
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Several of The Cookbook Collector's reviews have described it as a loose retelling of Sense and Sensibility. You can sort of see where they're coming from--be they cancer research labs or orthodox Jewish communities in the mid-70s, the keen attention to detail and calm detachment with which Goodman sketches in her milieus has that "little bit of ivory" whiff to it that makes calling her a modern-day Austen almost irresistible, and with The Cookbook Collector's central characters being a pair of sisters, level-headed businesswoman Emily and emotional philosophy grad student Jess, the comparison seems obvious. It's best, however, to approach the novel without those expectations, not only because they have the effect of making its early chapters seem rather schematic--look, there's Edward! And there's Colonel Brandon!--but because the scheme doesn't hold. The differences between the two sisters' personalities mirror Eleanor and Marianne Dashwood's, but nothing else about their experiences or the people they encounter matches those in Sense and Sensibility--Jess doesn't really have a Willoughby, and Emily's love interest is a great deal less stalwart than Edward. More importantly, unlike Austen, Goodman writes about men, and she writes about work, and both of these subjects are too present in The Cookbook Collector for the Austen comparison to be very profitable.
Work, for Emily, means being the CEO of Veritech, an internet start-up on the verge of its IPO. The novel starts in late 1999, and when Veritech goes public shortly into it Emily becomes, on paper, a multimillionaire. Her boyfriend Jonathan is hoping for the same good luck with his company, ISIS, though the speed at which the company is growing and the exuberance with which investors are throwing money at it alarms his co-founder Orion and the company's HR director, the middle-aged Mel. This, obviously, is where the Social Network comparison comes in, but whereas my main complaint about that movie was that Aaron Sorkin's script demonstrated not just ignorance but disdain for the technology industry, and constantly stood outside the revolution it claimed to chart without trying to understand it, The Cookbook Collector paints a multifaceted, surprisingly generous portrait. It would be fairly easy, after all, for a novel set on the very cusp of the dot com bubble's explosion to take a sneering, finger-wagging attitude towards what was, after all, a culture of excess and irresponsibility, but though there is some of this in The Cookbook Collector, it also depicts the characters' genuine love for their field, and their determination to create something real and lasting.
"How is it majoring in an auxiliary field?" Orion is asked when he first meets his girlfriend's father, an eminent physicist. Eight years later, with ISIS about to go public, the tone of the conversation is very different, but for Orion, Emily and Jonathan, the answer has nothing to do with money. "This is a time in industry where theory and practice are coming together in amazing ways." Emily tells an interviewer who asks about her lapsed academic career. "Yes, there's money, but what really interests me is that private-sector innovation happens faster. You can get more done and on a larger scale and have more impact." This is not to say that The Cookbook Collector is entirely sentimental about the tech boom. Jonathan agrees with Emily entirely--in fact it's that interview that first attracts him to her--but he also has a ruthless streak, a businessman's mind that sees opportunities, advantages, and most of all rivalries and how to win them. He spends the novel struggling with the temptation to steal a Veritech idea that Emily, in a sort of test of both of their affections, has revealed to him, and eventually surrendering to that temptation. This ruthlessness concerns Orion, who loves programming but doesn't have the commitment and drive of his fellow founders. Jonathan wants to rush products to market, to cement ISIS's hold on the field, while Orion would like to perfect them, weeding out every bug and security hole; the novel shows us the flaws in both of these approaches.
Most of all, however, The Cookbook Collector is concerned with the inherent paradox of the internet start-up--all that money and enthusiasm poured into something that is not only ephemeral by its nature, but doesn't even work yet--and with the characters' attempts to conquer it. When ISIS's share price drops precipitously as the bubble starts to burst, Jonathan tries to rally the troops: "You guys are not geeks for hire. ... You didn't come looking for a quick buck. You came to build something. You came to change the way the world does business." Another important question, however, is just what those changes are, what it is that's being built: the idea Emily reveals to Jonathan is a system of electronic surveillance that, she's decided, is too ethically dodgy for Veritech to pursue. The Social Network took the attitude that its central characters were being rewarded for doing nothing, and that their willingness to accept that reward (and pursue it through legal means when it was denied them) indicated a flaw in their character. The Cookbook Collector, for all that it acknowledges this flaw, and the many other flaws in the field that led to the dot com bust, also sees how important the technology field is, and how determined the people who work within it are to make something new.
(Another point on which The Social Network received a fair bit of criticism was its depiction of women. There are no female programmers in the film; women are either unattainable objects of affection, shallow floozies who flock to Facebook after the company takes off (and who go crazy when dumped), or maternal lawyers who don't quite get what all the fuss over a social networking site is about. The hi tech world of The Cookbook Collector is not quite as male dominated as the film's, but it's significant that the two women we meet within it--Emily and an ISIS programmer named Sorel with whom Orion falls in love--are depicted, despite their tech-savvy and business acumen, as unsuited to the industry's cutthroat mindset. Sorel treats ISIS as a day job, a way of funding her physics studies and musical career. Emily, meanwhile, has the same desire as Jonathan to build something and change the world, but lacks his ruthless, competitive streak, and the corporate culture she creates at Veritech is friendly and curteous to ISIS's macho belligerence. This is, obviously, a more varied portrait than The Social Network's, but I'm not sure that it doesn't cater to the same stereotypes.)
You might be wondering how cookbooks come into all of this, and that's because I haven't mentioned the book's second focal point--alongside the impulse to create something new, its characters are concerned with preserving what is. Jess works in a rare book store belonging to George, a Microsoft retiree who is growing increasingly misanthropic and reactionary with middle age. Despite his roots in the tech industry, George is dubious about technology, and increasingly reverent towards the old books he collects. The novel's title comes from a collection he pursues and finally purchases, of dozens of 18th and 19th century cookbooks. Jess, meanwhile, is engaged in her own brand of preservation, becoming involved with an environmentalist group (and with its creepy leader Leon) who are trying to save millennia-old California redwoods from being felled by loggers. Jess and George start out unsympathetic to each other's interests and opinions--George in particular manages to belittle everything about Jess from her environmentalism to her vegan diet, though at times this seems like Goodman setting up rather easy targets--but gain an appreciation for them, and for each other. Their plotline eventually transforms into a very sweet love story, not least because being with one another has the effect of mellowing most of George and Jess's annoying qualities. That said, I have to admit--a little shamefully, given the discussion of domestic fiction by women with which I opened this review--that I find this aspect of the novel a lot less interesting than the hi tech strand. The contrast between preserving the old and creating the new is an instructive one, but Goodman delves into Jess and George's stories--for example, with Jess's research into the identity of the titular collector, and that of the women whose drawings he tucked into his books--to such a degree that she clearly views them as significant in their own right, and yet that significance didn't register with me.
A few weeks ago, Niall Harrison and I discussed the term historical fiction, and specifically where the line between contemporary events and historical ones lies. I suggested that an event may be called historical when its effects and consequences have been fully digested and comprehended. 9/11, in this scheme, is not historical, but the 90s--that sealed capsule of a decade, after the Cold War, before the War on Terror--are. (You can read Niall's thoughts on this here, and Martin Lewis weighs in here and here.) The Cookbook Collector feels like a novel about the moment at which that historical decade became the now. The novel is littered with images of falling--Jess, though terrified of heights, agrees to squat in one of the endangered redwoods, but when she gets to the top she can't stop thinking about the fall to the ground; later, she and Richard describe falling in love with one another as an endless, dizzying drop; the fall of the tech sector's stock prices is described as a swoon:
Like a beautiful diver, the Nasdaq bounced three times into the air and flipped, somersaulting on the way down. Tech stocks once priced at two hundred, and then seventy-three, and then twenty-one, now sold for less than two dollars a share. Companies valued in the billions were worth jut millions, and with a blood rush, investors thought, So this is gravity, this is free fall.All of this is leading up to that other fall, that other collapse of seemingly solid, immovable objects which the novel describes only obliquely. After it, the tech sector changes: "Vaporizing into usefulness, online shopping, e-mail, and instant news, the Internet lost its mystique"; "The new reality was clear-eyed. Start-ups scaled back on spending, hiring, and hype. ... Such were the lessons of learned from the prior generation, those high fliers from two years before: Reap what you sow, and look before you reap." At ISIS, Jonathan's stolen surveillance idea is deemed a perfect technology for this new age (prompting one of the novel's few missteps as Orion, who was on-board with selling the technology to private companies balks at selling it to the government; in 2011, with corporate violations of our privacy as ubiquitous and worrying as ones by the government, this seems like a quaint, irrational distinction). Goodman ties the two changes together in a way that's rarely been discussed in popular fiction, and in so doing manages to find something new to say about both.
The Cookbook Collector is not my favorite of Goodman's novels. That remains Intuition, a more cohesive, more engaging work with fewer subplots and and less of a tendency to diffuse into them (it also does a better work servicing all of its characters; if The Cookbook Collector has a glaring flaw it is that Emily is a far less developed character than Jess, and that her growth at the end of the novel, after experiencing several emotional blows, is rushed through off-page). On the other hand, it's an Allegra Goodman novel, which means beautifully written, furiously, and yet not ostentatiously, smart, and thought-provoking. And perhaps most importantly, it's a novel about technology, and about the present moment, that is still girly and concerned with traditionally feminine things like cooking and cookbooks and romance. That's an impressive accomplishment and one worth celebrating--especially in the face of the kind of praise lavished on less deserving works like The Social Network.


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Big Bus Tours can confirm that Exponent Private Equity has reached an agreement to acquire the company. In October 2014, Big Bus Tours confirmed it had appointed JP Morgan to lead a review of the business, which then led to the sale to Exponent. Allen & Overy LLP were retained to advise the shareholders of Big Bus in connection with the proposed sale, with A&O corporate partner Ed Barnett leading the transaction.
Exponent is a private equity firm investing in UK headquartered businesses with enterprise values between £75m and £350m. They work with businesses across a broad range of sectors to unlock value and drive growth.
Pat Waterman, Big Bus Tours CEO, commented:
"We look forward to the next phase of growth, and fulfilling our strategic objectives working closely with Exponent to deliver an enhanced customer experience, global expansion and a market leading position. We would also like to thank our former shareholders who have created such a valuable and unique business, many of whom have chosen to remain investors in the new venture".
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—At a time when many telcos are jumping into home security, Cincinnati Bell has decided to shed its home security business, though it will continue to have a cooperative marketing agreement with the buyer, Guardian Alarm Company, a super-regional security company based here.
Guardian paid $11.5 million for Cincinnati Bell's alarm business, which included 15,000 accounts and 15 employees, Guardian president David Goldstein told Security Systems News.
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I raised this issue in NVIDIA forums and one developer, at least, acknowledged this problem. I am just wondering what the OpenCL community has to say about this:
OpenCL spec says that it wants to create a unified view of heterogeneous devices on system and compute on top of them using OpenCL.
Unfortunately, the spec does NOT say how to do it.
For example, the spec says there will be a Platform Layer, run time layer and a compiler layer.
However, there is NO interface between platform layer and run-time layer and thus every1 is coming up with all 3 of them sepately.
Thus with OpenCL, I dont think you can do heterogeneous computation even with GPUs and CPUs.
NVIDIA has released an OpenCL implementation
AMD will release one.
Intel probably will release another…
And, every1 will exist separately.
At run-time, your OpenCL application will run only on one of these…
Can some1 throw light on these issues? Am I missing something?