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Vintage River Rock Homes in Los Angeles County, CA
River Rock Homes in California
The bungalow pictured above belongs to Southern California. The arts and crafts ideals of the early 20th century were based on a natural blend with the landscape. A Bungalow plus arts and crafts and a landscape evokes the river rock bungalow.
Look north from any place in the Inland Empire of Los Angeles County and you will see the San Gabriel Mountains. Look down, and you will see rocks. The stones are a natural outpouring of the mountains. Rock, gravel, and granite have all been mined from the San Gabriels. A little gold has also been extracted.
The river rock house was a popular design in the 1900's. This was a result of rocks being readily available in the Foothill Cities and north Los Angeles County. During the first half of the 20th century, the new settlers to the land of sun and good weather did not stop with a mere houses of stone. They also built high churches and two story homes as well.
You may find a cobblestone house in the east or field stone fireplaces in the midwest, but here the whole structure is natural stone of the big round type. I am drawn to these homes. My eye will not miss them, and I take note and go back with my camera.
How to Construct Homes With River Rock
This is a tough subject to find on the Internet. A long time neighbor of Russian Village, Claremont mentioned that her house walls started with old sidecar panels. The builder used them as a vertical guide and built up the walls against it. When the river rock wall was finished the panels were taken down and plaster was used inside to create smooth walls in the house. It seems like a tremendous amount of cement would need to be used, but imagine the insulation that is created. Bags of cement were very cheap in the 1920's, and the builder of several houses in Russian Village used rocks he picked and mined at no—except for labor and time.
The technique he used was probably slipform masonry. The rocks gathered are from the San Gabriel Mountains, a newer mountain range in geologic time. Hence, they are still shedding stones and rocks.
Constructing River Rock Walls
The video below illustrates how a back surface (such as siding) was used to pile the rocks against. Watching the video prompts Youtube to suggest several new videos by builders using the same technique in the 21st century. The information is becoming available.
The river rock of LA County is still a very unique look. I have seen some rock structures torn down, but in all, these buildings are being saved as historical treasures.
West Side View
This home has a mixture of smaller cobblestones with the larger stones. The use of white stones on the front of the house is an interesting effect that reflects artistry. The mason accents with reddish stones on the westside. The present owners have really brought out the colors with the use of the pots and by actually using white for the trim in front and red on the westside. The designers for this house were very artistic. Are the red hues for the sunset?
Rock Pillars
Northern La Verne
The three houses above are all located in the downtown area of La Verne. The home directly above this text was built north of Foothill Boulevard as an orange grower's home. It was situated among acres of oranges trees.
This house has pretty details. Note the elements outlining the chimney, windows and corners of the house. The fireplace top is built at an angle, and it almost has storybook touches. The stone was placed carefully, and the look is neat and clean.
This house (like the red accented townhouse above) had someone to choose each rock for shape and color. Was that the very person who placed and cemented it too? The designer may have had detailed drawings for the rock placement for an artisan or workmen to follow as the walls grew vertically.
Imagine several sorted piles of uniform-sized rocks for the separate elements here. I see at least three basic shapes. The stones are all very round from centuries of rain tumbling them down from Mt. Baldy in the mountain range above. There are flat, long, big stones and small stones available for accents scattered throughout the whole design. All these stones are of the same color. Good choice because the pattern becomes the eye-catcher.
Side View
California Bungalow
The distinctive California bungalow has some origins from the English in India. The homes they adopted were airy with many windows facing wide porches or verandas. The word in India was bangala.
Information about river rock construction is not readily available on the internet. I will add an update when information on construction methods is found.
Apartments of River Rock ExteriorsClick thumbnail to view full-size
Park Place Apartments
Another trend in Southern California was the courtyard apartments. Many had small separate units going up each side of the lot with entrances facing into a central walk way. At the rear of the property would be a two story or four duplex to crown off a U shaped mini neighborhood.
If any one is familiar with these apartments in Pomona the earlier days, I would love to hear from you. Leave me your email below. The stucco of the present day seems out of place and I would like to know what the original look was.
Park Place Apartments, Pomona , CAClick thumbnail to view full-size
Lummis House In Los Angeles
The house below was started in 1898 by Charles Lummis. It stands along the Arroyo Seco River that flows towards Los Angeles from the Pasadena area.
It is a National Historical Site. Was this house the area's first example of the river rock house?
Read about Charles Lummis on Wikipedia.
- The Art of Slipforming: A Stone Masonry Primer
Short tutorial in Mother Earth News. A full sized form is used in back with a shorter movable form in the front which is moved after each section is set.
- Slip FormWall Construction
Short discussion on a house project using slipforming.
- The Art of Building a House of Stone
Pictures and blog about building a stone house.
1. Gehbhard, David and Winter, Robert. 1985. Architecture in Los Angeles, pp.410. Salt Lake City.
© 2009 Sherry Venegas
Really interesting article, I certainly have not come across these before, almost cartoon-like - cannot but help of thinking of the Flintstones...!
Sherry - we, two of us, are also documenting these same river rock buildings throughout California. So far we've located some 70 such buildings and still counting. A big part of our effort is to really understand the people who built these structures and I'm very interested in the sources of history you have dug up. Would you kindly share this. Thank you
I've seen similar styles in the Ozarks and had thought about making a page about those. Such a great look for a house. Interesting history and architectural info.
This is very interesting. There are hundreds, if not thousands of these early 20th century river rock buildings in southern California. There's a nice group of river rock buildings that are in ruins at the southwest corner of the intersection of Baseline Road and Monte Vista Avenue in Claremont. They're surrounded by a chain-link fence for protection because they're probably historically significant. You can still get a good look at them through the fence. My guess is that they were part of one of the vineyard operations that flourished in that area a century ago.
Lots of rock houses in Mentone, and some in Alta Loma, they are on Hillside or Wilson can't remember.
These are some beautiful bungalows, I would love to live in one of them. can we steal a bungalow? lol. I want one now!
gorgeous bungalows, I wonder how structurally sound they are in earthquakes being in California and all. I bet they are sturdy as a rock (bad pun, I'm sorry)
There's an area in Sun Valley / Shadow Hills Ca. known as the "Stonehurst District" which includes a stone rec center as well as a couple of streets with a total of about 30 stone bungalows in which most have been kept original. Really cool.
Is there anyone that still designs and builds with River Rock? I was thinking of doing something around the Jacksonville area of Oregon.
I love looking at alternative architecture. These homes are a treasure. We've got several here in Happy Camp - including the entire Grange Hall - there's a photo of that on my Happy Camp lens. I had to enlarge my screen with the F11 key to enjoy the lens more! Here in Happy Camp we've got huge amounts of rounded river rock - a natural building material. The Klamath River and Indian Creek run through this town and the rocks are everywhere.
What a great collection of photographs. There are several houses like this in my neighborhood. I would love to have one myself. It's fun to drive around Pasadena and see the interesting architectural details.
Beautiful home. I missed this when I was in Southern California, I'll have to look it up next time I'm there. It looks like it combines a number of different styles from different eras, it's a unique home.
I just love these homes and can't decide on a favorite. I'm a fan of smaller homes and have always really like the arts & crafts style. I wish I could go inside some--no, make that all--of these.
Your passion for your subject is evident. I'm familiar with bungalows -- lived in one on the East Coast -- not rock, I'm sorry to say, but definitely Arts and Crafts with elephant leg pillars. Loved it and the huge porch. I was looking at the apartment pix and wonder whether the second stories were added later. That would explain the odd lack of harmony in the buildings and the different materials (didn't they use a lot of stucco in the 1940s?). See that? Got me involved! Blessed with pleasure.
Love these houses and the whole Arts and Crafts movement. I live in So Cal so I see these. There are many of them in San Antonio Tx too, for the same reasons, lots of rock available. It's my favorite style of architecture...along with mid century modern.
I love River Rock Bungalow. Old houses I have a thing fore. I would have loved to have been an architect. Five stars my friend and a lensroll to my lens which you have already seen: Historical Houses of Ventura, Calif. Thanks for looking at my lens. I will be awaiting for your series.


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I have several UV maps for my model because my model is built in parts. I don't see how people texture a single UV map for an entire model at once.
While I'm on the topic - anyone have any experience with jump animations? Should elevation/gravity be controlled in JPCT? Do your models literally jump in your animations or do they just do the jump without elevation? I don't see how you can use a elevated animated jump in JPCT if you plan on jumping up to an object. The animation will have an unwanted arc on the way down. Animation is starting to be a full time job!
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San Francisco Street Food Festival, in a lovely tree-lined stretch of Folsom Street in the Mission. The festival has been attracting such big crowds in its 6-year history that this is the last time it will be held here.
Gerard's Paella manning the paella pans.
§ San Francisco Street Food Festival
Saturday, August 16, 2014, 11 a.m - 7p.m


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Obama versus Romney on job creation
The Obama campaign this week launched an attack
First a caveat: Attributing "job creation" to a politician, particularly a regional one, is a dicey proposition. The economy plays a huge role in the success or failure of various job initiatives. It takes time for policies to take effect, so a politician may reap the benefits of projects undertaken by his predecessor — or see his successor reap the rewards from his or her ideas.
A stronger case can be made that a president has more control over the economy than a governor, but we still think it is silly to date his job record from the moment he takes the oath of office. Nevertheless, that is the common political metric.
Take a look at the chart above, which uses seasonally adjusted Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data to show the change in the level of employment during the first 40 months of each man's tenure as governor or president.
The similarities are actually more striking than the differences. Both men took office as the economy was plunging, but the hole (in percentage terms) turned out to be much deeper for Obama. The jobs picture started to turn around for both men at about the same time, but because Romney's job deficit was comparatively smaller, he moved into positive territory sooner — though it still took him 36 months.
As we have noted before, Romney's record was weaker than other governors of similar states in the same time period. But that could be due to factors unique to Massachusetts.
We initially used data through April of the fourth year, but we will try to update this chart as new employment data are released each month. (NOTE: It has now been updated with the May data — the 41st month — which interestingly also showed a dip for Romney.) For Romney, we used data for total nonfarm employment starting January 2003, and for Obama we used data starting January 2009. (The Massachusetts governor takes office on Jan. 2; the president on Jan. 20, but starting both data sets in January keeps it consistent.)
Obviously, the number of jobs in the United States is higher than in Massachusetts, so with the help of Tableau Public we converted the figures into percentage changes, using the January figure as a base. That way, the two data streams could be placed in the same chart and easily compared..
We were inspired to look into this data after reading an interesting column by our colleague Greg Sargent, who noted that the Romney campaign in the same news release this week managed to credit Romney with inheriting an economy that was losing jobs while blasting Obama for a "net" job loss as president.
The Bottom Line
Neither man has a great record on job creation, but both took office in tough economic times. The scope of the challenge facing Obama appears to have been bigger, but Romney can claim he moved into positive territory faster. Still, it is no secret why both prefer to talk about their opponent's jobs record than their own.


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How long does it take for my trees to grow?
This depends entirely on the species that is planted, where it's planted, and if the tree is in a good mood or not! You can learn more about the types of trees planted in each area by visiting our planting pages. :)


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Thursday, October 4, 2012
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Are they from the Sgt. Rock action figure line?ReplyDelete
Another mystery action figures to stump us all. Going to have to do some heavy looking on these.ReplyDelete
I don't think they are Remco but i could be wrong. Sgt. and the Bad Guys maybe?Replies
I really don't think so...I have seen pages dedicated to Sgt rock and the bas guys and have yet to see a picture of them. I was hoping that when I got them there would be a marking of some sort to go on but there is nothing.Delete
Could be some sort of knock-off toys or boots. How is the quality on them?Delete
Quality is good on par with Sgt rock. I happened to stumble upon them on a misc lot. I cannot get lucky with any information searching eBay or the net....Delete
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2012 at 11:21 PM
Believe them to be Walmart gi Joe knockoffs that came in packs of three or four. Had a ton as a kidReplyDelete
Military One was the name, IIRC. Came on cards shaped the number "1".ReplyDelete
I had the paratrooper, "terrorist" (red beret guy), and frogman (who had his goggles up). They even made military women in dress uniforms. Kinda homely. They all had creepy unpainted eyes. Some figures had weapons, some didn't. The weapon was usually the M-60 from Galoob's A-Team or whatever toys that gun originated with.Replies
YES!! THANK YOU SIR!!! YOU HAVE MADE MY MILLENIUM!!! YOU HAVE PUT ME DIRECTLY ON THE RIGHT TRACK AND I HAVE JUST VIEWED THESE FIGURES CARDED IN ALL THIER GLORY!! WHEN I DO THE RECAP POST FOR THIS I WILL MENTION YOUR NAME AS AN ELITE AMONG GEEKS!!! THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!Delete


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League Rules
The rules of the league cover 3 main areas.
- League governance
- Responsibilities of clubs within the league
- How matches should be played, including what happens when teams have to postpone or have less than 3 players.
The last of these is relevant for all players in the league especially team captains, so please familiarise yourself with them. The rules are here: CLTTLRules1819.docx
These rules are in addition to the official ITTF Laws of Table Tennis. These cover issues such as what constitutes legal equipment, definition of a legal service etc. These can be found here: ITTF Handbook
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FEAT OF THE WEEK: Mesoraco clears the bases
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
This photo may look familiar, as it was featured on the site earlier this week, but this week's Feat of the Week goes to Jordan Mesoraco for his bases-clearing triple on Sunday that helped propel the Miners to a victory in Game 2 of the Federation League Finals. Unfortunately for Rossiter, they find themselves with their backs against the wall, as Sykesville has a chance to close out the series Thursday in Rossiter. The Miners have come back from a 3-1 series deficit this postseason already, though, so it's far from over.


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Adakah ini antara agenda Najib dalam usaha mahu merampas semula Selangor negeri yang punya hampir RM2 Billion simpanan tunai dari Pakatan Rakyat?
Dalam hal ini SYABAS yang bertanggungjawab mengurus rawatan air mentah dan mengagihkan air terawat di seluruh Selangor diperkudakannya..
Dengan mendakwa ada masalah kekurangan bekalan air terawat pihak SYABAS telah menolak atau menangguhkan permohonan dari 234 pemohon dari pelbagai bidang industri di Selangor.
Tindakan menolak atau menangguhkan permohonan ini adalah merupakan satu sabotaj kepada ekonomi Negeri Selangor oleh SYABAS.
Baca apa kebimbangan dan rungutan daripada beberapa komuniti perniaga di Selangor yang menghadapi masaalah ini..
Uncertainty hits hundreds of Selangor projects after water denialSHAH ALAM, Aug 7 — Manufacturers and developers in Selangor are complaining that they have been left high and dry after being denied water service from the state's sole water distribution company and say that the ongoing uncertainty could have an economic fallout.
This comes after the power struggle between Selangor and the state government over the state's water assets resurfaced recently with another round of finger pointing on both sides over who is responsible for the current impasse on the restructuring of the critical water industry in the state.
Businesses said at a forum organised by Selangor today that the uncertainty of not having water could have significant repercussions and in some cases have cost money to their respective companies.
A representative from rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove said Syabas rejected its application for water to be connected to its new headquarters.
"The repercussions to the state are obvious," he said. "The effect (of water shortage) on businesses in Selangor will be severe."
According to Nor Azme Diron, who is deputy director of the Selangor state economic planning unit, 234 projects have had their applications for water service "postponed" by Syabas.
No officials from Syabas were available to respond at the forum.
A representative from consumer goods manufacturer F&N said it suffered a five-day period with no water at its new RM300 million factory in Pulau Indah, a shortage which had cost the company "a lot".
He noted that the company continues to use its factory in Petaling Jaya because Syabas was able to supply water to the older location although it was not able to supply to Pulau Indah.
"Pulau Indah is very crucial," he said.
An assistant manager from the Mewah group, which also has a factory in Pulau Indah, said its previously approved application for water for its expanded factory there was cancelled in July.
"Our construction is ongoing," he lamented.
One developer said he had "quite a number" of applications for water rejected by Syabas.
"As developers we feel jittery," he said. "We are in a dilemma. Once we commit to deliver and if there is no water once a project is completed, we will be in deep trouble."
"We are unsure what to do," he added.
Selangor state officials maintain however that there is no need for water rationing as there is sufficient supply of treated water and a special water committee has been formed by the state that meets with Syabas daily to resolve disputes and issues.
Nor Azme noted that usage was currently well below Syabas' distributive capacity — at 2,944 million litres per day (MLD) versus 4.34 MLD respectively.
The "gap" of 1.34 MLD or 32 per cent of the total was either wasted water through leakage or stolen water.
He said that several mitigation projects such as boosting capacity at the Sungai Labu treatment plant were currently under way.
Pakatan Rakyat, which helms the state, has accused the Barisan Nasional federal goverment of "manufacturing" a water crisis.
Observers however have said that the current stalemate was due to politics, with neither side willing to budge.
Selangor state executive councillor Teresa Kok said today that there has still been no response from the federal government, which has its own committee to look into the issue, to overtures made by the state to return to the bargaining table.
"The people and industries are facing problems," she told reporters. "We urge the deputy prime minister (who chairs the federal committee) to sit down with Selangor."
She also said that it was not that the state was opposed to the Langat 2 treatment plant per se, but the plant had to be part of a holistic restructuring of the state's water industry.
Selangor is Malaysia's richest and most developed state.
A lack of progress on restructuring the water industry could not only hit the state's residents and industries but also that of the nation's capital Kuala Lumpur which is also covered by Syabas - The Malaysian Insider
Meskipun tindakan SYABAS ini akan membantutkan perkembangan ekonomi Selangor yang akhirnya juga akan membantutkan cukai yang perlu dibayar oleh pihak Kerajaan Negeri kepada Kerajaan Pusat itu semua tidak menjadi hal bagi UMNO dalam merealisasikan impian Najib untuk kembali merampas Selangor.
Apa yang penting bagi mereka RM2 Billion simpanan tunai yang ada itu perlu dijarah dan dibahagikan sesama mereka..
Oleh itu apa yang menjadi keperluan rakyat dipergunakan mereka untuk menimbulkan rasa kurang senang rakyat Selangor terhadap Kerajaan Negeri yang ada..
Padahal merekalah dalang sebenar yang menjadikan ianya sebagai masaalah..


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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Mazahua women wear a combination of costumes which vary largely depending on the region or municipality that they live in.
There seems to be two things that are costants in the costume the "reuedo" or petticoat and the belt. The petticoat is worn show slightly from the bottom of the dress or apron , which ever is longer. The belt is worn under the garments to hold the skirt up and to add strength as they work in the fields or grind corn. Recently I have documented over 40 villages which will soon appear on the website. www.mexicantextiles.com .
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Auto-Pilot vs Authentic YOU
What you do on auto-pilot
So many of us are running about on default or auto-pilot and we don't even realize it. This is a huge disservice to you. Find out why this is a problem and what you can do about it to show up more authentic and genuinely in the world.
I used to teach music lessons. For years I taught piano lessons and voice lessons. In our first few lessons, I would tell them that we were going to make a lot of weird and odd sounds at times, especially during warm ups. Learning to sing is like learning to play any other instrument in that you have to learn how to create different sounds and practice again and again. But it's much more difficult because I can't tell you to change fingering or a quick fix like that. This instrument is internal and we'd have to shift the body, something inside the throat, create a different shape and it would be challenging.
Despite my best efforts to tell them ahead of time and to work with them during these lessons whenever they'd make a mistake or make a sound they didn't' like they'd apologize and something in their demeanor would wilt for a second. Since they'd been using this instrument from the time that they were born they felt somehow that they should "know" how to sing properly already.
Difference between voice and piano lessons
When my piano students hit a wrong note they didn't' think something was "wrong" with them. It was a wrong note, wrong fingering. It was the mentality of, "okay. I'll work on it and practice it." But for voice, because they couldn't see an instrument it was internal and mentally they went to, "I did something wrong. I am wrong." and it was a challenge to get them out of that mindset at first.
Our thoughts vs Auto-pilot
It's similar to us and what we do. For years and years I operated from default or auto-pilot. Although I thought I was making conscious choices – and I was at times. I wasn't really making deliberate, guided, thought about choices. It was more of going on auto-pilot. My brain did what it had always done.
If someone said something kind to me, I felt happy. I felt my bucket filling a little bit because that's what I had always done. But when someone said something rude or off to me, I would feel offended and feel like my bucket was being drained a bit because again, that's what I had always done.
It didn't really occur to me that I could feel differently. Why would one want to? It made sense. People are nice = you are happy. People are not nice = you are not happy. Also, when someone didn't like something I said or did I internalized it and thought about what was wrong with me. What did I do? What should I have done? again…because that's always where my mind had gone.
It didn't occur to me that when someone said or did something that I didn't like that nothing was wrong with me. Maybe they're having an off day. Maybe it really had nothing to do with me and it had everything to do with them and their thoughts.
This is auto-pilot. The natural man/the ego – whatever you want to call it and if you're not careful and deliberate, you're probably running on default or auto.
Some Help
So today, like I did with my voice students I want to tell you a few things that hopefully will help you.
1.) Some of your thoughts are NOT your own.
Have you ever had a crazy, crazy, off the wall thought like, what would happen if I didn't turn and drove off this road here? Just for a split second and you quickly think, WHOA! NO! That's insane! and instead you hold the wheel tighter and turn extra cautiously. That wasn't YOUR thought of curiosity. It doesn't mean something is WRONG with you. It's just auto. We have odd thoughts when we're not deliberately creating our own thoughts. The moment you chose to say, NO! That's crazy! THAT was you. You taking the wheel and consciously choosing what you wanted to think and what you wanted to do.
2.) It's okay when you have odd thoughts. It requires AWARENESS of them first in order to change them.
Most of us don't take the time to realize exactly what we're thinking. We hold on to limiting beliefs for YEARS because we haven't taken the time to actually look at what they are and question them. It's important to write down your thoughts and physically LOOK at them. You'll be surprised at what's swirling inside that beautiful head of yours. Auto pilot is CONVINCING too. It'll put up a good argument. But ultimately YOU are the boss. You are in charge. You get to decide what stays and what goes as long as you're aware of it first!
3.) Practice choosing NEW thoughts:
Like ANYTHING, there is practice involved. We don't become aware of our thoughts and then BOOM! Changed. Done. No, Unfortunately there's well developed neuro-pathways that your default or auto will want to go to. It's going to take a lot of practice to stop going there in your head.
If you're used to yelling at your kids when they do something off it's going to take practice to find new ways to cool off and to teach them a different course of action. Once you decide this it's not going to happen overnight. The next time you want to yell you're going to have to PRACTICE deliberately thinking those new thoughts much against the strong will of your auto-pilot that's going to want to just yell. But it CAN be done. You CAN choose how you want to act. You CAN choose how you want to feel.
You're never MADE to do anything
All of this is great news. You never need to feel like you were MADE to do anything. That well meaning but coarse person at church didn't MAKE you mad or sad. No one can MAKE you anything….even good ol' auto-pilot. YOU get to decide how you want to live your life REGARDLESS of the circumstances.
Isn't that wonderful? You get to choose when you're happy, what caliber of happy that is, for what duration you want to be happy. You get to choose when you want to be upset and for how long it's going to last. You get to choose. Agency is such a beautiful thing, I'm so grateful for it.
It IS work. But it is absolutely WORTH IT!
Not everything you think is YOURS – don't claim the thoughts you didn't deliberately
Before you can change anything you first need to become AWARE of it. Grab some
paper and spend some time getting to know you! The investment is so worth it.
It's going to require a lot of practice to get out of auto-pilot and into authentic YOU.
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Pizza and beer. Who's not happy with that combo?
Tank & Paddle was built on this pairing. Talk about taking consumer insight/trends and giving us what we want.
The latest opening on Heddon Street, Piccadilly, takes Tank & Paddle to three sites across the city. All with similar interiors – dark woods, with an almost rustic feel yet cool and contemporary. There are huge beer tanks, prints on the walls and neon lighting, board games ready for a battle, and even a slider board.
The menu itself isn't overly fussy. It features eight pizzas, most of which have more toppings than your usual artisanal place, and three are vegetarian. There are also four types of mac'n'cheese, from the standard Manifest Mac to The Mac Attack, Mac'n'cheese with pulled chicken and bbq sauce. Salads also get a look in, with a Caesar, simple green and Chicken, Goat's Cheese and Red Pepper, and there are a couple of smaller appetizers too.
The stone baked pizzas arrived on paddles of course. All rectangular, with thin and crispy bases and crunchy crusts. No crust dips here guys, but they do have chilli oil and oil.
The Billy Goat's Stuffed was a top veggie choice. With Goats Cheese, Spinach and Red Onion Relish spread across the pizza, it was a rich pizza with a tasty mix of flavours. It could have done with a bit more of each topping but overall, pretty good.
The Veg Your Bets was also a great veggie choice. The mozzarella strong, the mushrooms giving that true umami flavour, pairing oh so well with the olives, sundried tomato and artichoke. A standard veggie pizza with accentuated flavours – this would be my pick next time!
The Manifest Mac, is rich and creamy, with a crisper top. It doesn't have that cheese pull, but was purely indulgent. A side you just have to share when you go. The Hot One, basically a Manifest with half slices of pepperoni and chilli baked inside, was made for those spicy cravings. A little hot for one of the girls, it did have a good kick to it. I loved it.
The Caesar Salad, with fresh crisp iceberg lettuce, rich shaved parmesan, crunchy croutons and creamy dressing was another great shared side. They also serve this with Chicken, which could make for a tasty main – if you can really bring yourself to order this over pizza!
The drinks are just as much a feature here as the food – it's all about those pairings. The drinks menu features beer on tap, bottles, cider, wine, fizz and cocktails.
The Meantime Pale Ale, was cold and refreshing, not too deep in flavour. It was delicious. Perfect accompaniment to the pizza. The fizz seemed to go down well with one of the girls too!
Service was friendly and efficient – it's not full service so you do need to order at the bar, but that's pretty simple.
- Price: Pizza priced between £8.50 and £9.50 – relatively standard for a pizza joint
- Food: Pizzas were good (crusts a little too crunchy), but the Mac 'n' Cheese was amazing.
- Drinks: It's all about the beer. The Pale Ale was delicious and refreshing.
- Atmosphere: Relaxed, cool pizza joint. Pretty quiet on a Monday evening.
- Wait: None. Service was quick.
What type of pizza is your fave?
*We were treated to a complimentary meal. All views my own.


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Queens Park Rangers have completed the permanent signing of the Mali midfielder Samba Diakité from the French side Nancy for a reported fee of £3.5million.
Diakité has agreed a four-year deal with the Loftus Road club having initially joined on loan last season.
The 23-year-old made nine appearances for Rangers last season, receiving a red card on his debut against Fulham and scoring the winning goal against Arsenal.
The QPR manager Mark Hughes told the club's website: "Samba was a real find for us in January, so we're delighted he's joined us permanently. He's a very accomplished footballer and he's made to measure for the Premier League.
"He's got good pace, strength and ability on the ball and he's going to be a great asset for us going forward. There's still so much more to come from him.
"He's only been exposed to the Premier League for a handful of games, so I'm sure he's raring to go and get back into the action again."
Diakité was equally pleased to seal the move. "It's a dream come true to sign this contract," he said. "I loved my time here on loan and I couldn't be happier to join QPR on a permanent deal.
"It's a fantastic club to play for and the owners have great plans for the future – I am just delighted to be part of it. This is a really exciting move for me."


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Pregnant Kelly Rutherford Splits from Millionaire Husband
The Gossip Girl actress files for divorce from German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch
Pregnant Gossip Girl actress Kelly Rutherford and her husband of two years, German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, are calling it quits.
Rutherford, 40, who is three months pregnant, filed for divorce on Dec. 30, citing "irreconcilable differences," according to papers obtained by PEOPLE.
Giersch filed for legal separation the same day, a source tells PEOPLE.
Giersch and Rutherford, who is expected on the Gossip set in New York Tuesday, also have a 2-year-old son, Hermes.
This is Rutherford's second marriage.
Rutherford s rep couldn t immediately be reached for comment.
TMZ first reported the news of the divorce.
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The trial of four men accused of raping and brutally assaulting a young woman in New Delhi last year has taken a dramatic twist in recent weeks, with one suspect telling a judge he was the driver of the bus on which the attack took place, according to court documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Suspect Mukesh Singh's testimony, coming in the final stages of the trial, served as a major blow to the defense of the other three suspects, who have said they were not on the bus, according to transcripts of their testimony, also reviewed by the Journal.
All four men are being tried on charges that include gang rape, kidnapping and murder. The victim died of her injuries less than two weeks after the attack. The male friend who was accompanying her that night was also badly beaten and has testified in court against the suspects.
The four men could face the death penalty if found guilty.
A fifth suspect, Mr. Singh's older brother, Ram Singh, died in a high-security prison in March. A sixth suspect, who was 17 years old at the time of the attack on December 16, is facing proceedings in India's juvenile justice system. All of the suspects have pleaded not guilty.
Several of the suspects, according to police, hail from the same Delhi slum, an area called Ravi Dass.
In his testimony, Mr. Singh, a daily-wage laborer, identified the young couple and the other suspects as passengers aboard his bus, according to court documents. He, however, distanced himself from the attack, saying he did not hear or see anything that went on in the rear of the bus because he was driving.
Each of the other three suspects, in his closing statement to the court earlier this month, continued to maintain his innocence. Below are excerpts of what they said, exactly as it appears in the English transcripts, except, in some instances, where we have added translations of Hindi words in parentheses.
Vinay Sharma, a gym assistant, who was 20 years old at the time of the attack.
On how he spent Dec. 16: "On 16-12-2012 I was working in the Sab-fitness Gym at Sirifort Complex, Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi. I left the said gym at about 2.30 PM. At about 4:30/5 PM my friend told me that Ram Singh had teased my sister when she was going to purchase milk from the market. I along with my brother then went to find out Ram Singh but he did not meet us as he was not in the camp. Again at about 8/8.30 PM we again went to meet him and we found Ram Singh near his bus near the Gurudwara [Sikh temple] of our Camp. He was drunk at that time and he started abusing us. Thereafter, we had a scuffle and we exchanged fist blows and blood started oozing out from my face. Even my clothes were torn."
"I then left for a musical party in a park at Green Park, New Delhi. I met Pawan and that my friend Ram Babu [not involved in the trial] had prepared a video in that function. My sister and mother had also accompanied to the said park. My other friends were also enjoying the said party."
On the testimony against him: "I am innocent and I have not committed any crime. I have not done anything. I have been involved in this case because of the enmity with accused Ram Singh and his brother."
A lawyer for Mr. Singh, who also represented his brother Ram Singh before his death, claimed Mr. Sharma was "lying in an attempt to save himself."
Pawan Gupta, a fruit seller, who was 19 years old at the time of the attack.
On how he spent Dec. 16: "I used to open my fruit shop daily at 8 a.m. My father used to go to Sabji Mandi [vegetable market] and on his return from the Mandi, I used to set-up my Rehri [cart]. I used to return from my Rehri at about 10.30/11 PM. On 16-12-2012, it was Sunday. I had set-up my Rehri at 10 am, as my father had not gone to Mandi on that day. However, I closed my Rehri at about 2:30/3 PM and thereafter I went to liquor shop to purchase liquor. Then I came to my jhuggi and consumed liquor and meat. In the evening when I came out of my jhuggi I saw the quarrel between the accused Vinay and accused Ram Singh since deceased. I returned to my jhuggi since I had taken liquor. After sometime I again came out of my jhuggi and I saw accused Vinay with his mother, sister and a neighbor, going to a musical party. I accompanied them. In the musical party I took more liquor and got intoxicated. I lay down on a bench and my mobile phone was lost. I was brought to my jhuggi by my father. I was not in senses at that time. In the morning I came to know that I was brought by my father. In the morning I found my mobile was missing. I inquired my mother and she told me that I was brought by my father."
On the testimony against him: "Mukesh has taken my name because I had a quarrel with him as he used to purchase fruits from my rehri on credit and did not pay the money."
A lawyer representing Mr. Singh said Mr. Gupta's allegations were "false and baseless."
Akshay Kumar, a cleaner on the bus where the attack took place. He was 24 at the time.
On how he spent Dec. 16: "I was not in Delhi on 16-12-2012. I had left Delhi for my village on 15-15-2012 from New Delhi Railway Station from Mahabodhi Express."
"I left for my village at 11.30 am and I went to New Delhi Railway Station and I left Delhi in the train at about 2.30 PM."
On the testimony against him: "The witnesses are tutored since most of them are police witnesses and doctors."
Police in the past have denied allegations of tutoring witnesses. This week a police spokesman declined to comment on the trial.
Follow India Real Time on Twitter @indiarealtime.


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The 10 Greatest clubs from South America
Football has been around in South America for almost as long as in Europe. Football is deeply inbedded in life and culture of most countries. When it comes to the history of the World Cup Brazil and Argentina have taken center stage since the 1950s. Therefore it might not be surprising that most of the top teams from South America come from exactly these two countries. However smaller countries like Uruguay , Paraguay and Chile have also fielded succesful teams in the continental tournamente: Copa Libertadores
The two big clubs in Uruguay are Penarol (5) and Nacional (3) both from the capital of Montevideo.
Paraguay has Olimpia (3) from the capital Asuncion. Chila has Colo-Colo (1).
Colombia has also seen a bit of success with Atletico Nacional and Once Caldas both lifting the Cup.
However, with all being said the vast majority of clubs with name recognition, being the birthplace and launch pad for great players, as well as participating in epic matches, and winning titles come from the Big 2: Brazil and Argentina.
Peñarol is the only club being from neither Argentina nor Brazil to enter the list. Peñarol is the most successful team in Uruguay and the 3rd most successful in Copa Libertadores over time. It was picked as South America club of the 20th centenary in 2010 by IFFHS.
The big two in Brazil are Corinthians from Sao Paulo and Flamengo from Rio de Janeiro. These are the most popular clubs throughout the country. Not always the most successful.
The big two in Argentina are Boca Juniors and River Plate most from the capital CF Buenos Aires.
So in order to get halfway through with the list was the easy part. The difficult part will be to select the 5 remaining clubs to make it on to the top 10 list over the greatest South American clubs.
At number 6 we will have to include Independiente from Argentina due to its massive success during 60s and 70s. It is currenly the club with most wins in the Copa Libertadores at 7.
Another legendary club this time from Brazil will make it to the list as number 7. Santos FC which was the club of Pele, and later on of Neymar Jr. is a force to be reckoned with past and present.
São Paulo FC takes the number 8 spot being the other big club from the biggest city in the southern hemisphere, Brazil.
Santos is from the state of Sao Paulo, but football is not just an occupation of the two major population areas in Brazil: Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. There are strong clubs in Parana, Rio Grande Do Sul, and Minas Gerais as well. So in order to take the dispersed structure of football in Brazil into account let's bring on some of the regional powerhouses.
Gremio from the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre takes the number 9 spot. The club of Ronaldinho Gaucho among others.
The 10th and final spot is very contested indeed. One could argue for Estudiantes de la Plata in Argentina. The second grand old club from Montevideo Uruguay, Nacional. Why not give Rio another spot with Vasco da Gama or Fluminense ? Porto Alegre has not one but two great clubs the other being Internacional. Atletico Nacional of Medellin Colombia was the club of Pablo Escobar. But the final spot on the list will go to Cruzeiro from Brazil's third biggest city of Belo Horizonte. This is where o fenomeno Ronaldo started his carreer before making the switch to PSV at a very early age.
The 10 Greatest club Teams of all times 1950-2020
The keyword to watch in the headline is TEAMS because this ranking is about the teams on the field and not the institutional framework of the club. Real Madrid is the most winning club in European football. But the club has won a number of titles during the 1950s and as well during 2010s meaning that nobody involved with the club in the 1950s would have been there 60 years later. So by club team what I refer to is group of players who play together during a certain period of time. Could be 5 years , could be 10 years - but rarely longer than that since in order to be able to qualify for the definition there has to be continuity. Certain players, managers, coaches have to be the same throughout the entire timespan.
So what defines a great team ? Well, a number of factors can be said to define it but definitely more than just one. The most obvious criteria would be winning titles. In order to be truly great you will have to win. A second criteria would be individual excellency. It would be the rare case where a very successful team would consist of a homogeneous group of slightly above average players. Thirdly, a specific tactical underpinning or way of play , maybe a novel invention tactically will also be a defining characteristic. And finally a manager or a coach with a unique personality often gets to symbolize the team itself.
So here we go. It is hard to compare the teams over time since the game has changed dramatically over time. It is easier to try to find one of two teams which have defined football throughout a decade or maybe a slightly shorter period of time.
Disclaimer. The focus is very Eurocentric. Though probably certain Argentinian and Brazilian club teams would deserve being mentioned.
The first team which spring to mind must be the Real Madrid team winning 5 European Cups in a row from 1955 and until 1960.
During the 1960s Inter became successful with the strong defensive mastery called catenaccio. This very defensive oriented football is still the cornerstone for most Italian clubs.
Just like the Dutch national team made a push during the 1970s so did Ajax with their total football. But they were not the only ones to be inventive during the 70s. FC Bayern developed a new defensive formation with Beckenbauer as sweeper playing behind the center halfs. A strong axis with Meier, Beckenbauer, Breitner, Müller. Often this what you see that a dominant club team also makes up the basic foundation of the national team. The Bayern team winning in Europe in 2012 with Neuer, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Müller also went on to win the World Cup in 2014.
Liverpool become the dominant team end of the 70s and until the Heysel disaster. Then AC Milan takes the throne of Europe with back to back titles in 89 and 90. The master tactician behind the team is Arrigo Sacchi. The money man making it possible in the first place is Silvio Berlusconi. The player axis being the foundation is made up of Baresi, Rijkaart, Van Basten, Gullit. At the same the team under Maradona in Napoli wins a league title to the south of Italy for the first time ever, as well as a European title.
Around the same time Johan Cruyff now no longer the player but the manager what is known as the Dreamteam in FC Barcelona. The second incarnation of this magnificient machine is team under Rijkaard and later Guardiola winning 3 UCL titles. Players like Puyol, Xavi, Ronaldinho and Messi being the framework to carry out the orders on the battle field.
Manchester United under Sir Alex Ferguson can also be said to be the proponent for particular style of football, and group of players being together for an extended period of time. Everything comes crashing down after 2013 though.
Real Madrid takes to the top of Europe for a second time during the period 2013-2018 being the dominant team in Europe.
So the final lists looks like this:
1950s: Real Madrid
1960s: Inter Milan
1970s: Ajax and FC Bayern München
1980s: Liverpool and AC Milan
1990s: FC Barcelona
2000s: FC Barcelona and Manchester United
2010s: Real Madrid
Honorably mention: SSC Napoli, Chelsea FC, Juventus
The 10 Greatest players Ever! From 1950 - 2020
I must admit that I have no idea as to which players were dominant in their day prior to WWII. Maybe some football historian will be able to point o fantastic stars which simply have to be on the list, but since I am happily unaware of what went on at this early point I will simply leave it out. While the World Cup in 1950 was spectacular and a fantastic story, I never heard about any player as such which defined the tournament nor the period in time.
The first superstar I am aware of is Puskas who starred for Hungary which nearly won the World Cup in 1954 as well as Real Madrid which won 5 European Cups during the 1950s.
A fellow star at this Real Madrid team was Argentinian RM legend Alfredo di Stefano. The combined Ronaldo and Messi of his day.
By 1958 a new star was won in Sweden by the name of Pele, and football was changed forever.
1966 would see Eusebio excel for Portugal, while he was also doing his part at club level bagging two European Cup (UCL) titles with Benfica.
Move on to 1974 and two superstars emerge at the same time: Beckenbauer and Cruyff.
Moving into the 1980s and 1982 sees the emergence of Maradona as well as Platini. Platini would see his maximum glory in 1984 while Maradona would immortalize the 1986 World Cup.
Next we move into the 90s where Ronaldo from Brazil and Zidane from France emerge as the next generation of superstars.
After they retire the stage is taken over by the Portuguese Ronaldo and yet another Argentinian Messi.
Who will be the next generation ? Neymar , Mbappe ?? or will we suddenly see a new superstar nobody has currently heard of.
Honorable mention will have to go to Ronaldinho Gaucho, Baggio, Del Piero, Matthäus, Xavi, Van Bastan, Romario, Maldini etc. and a number of other players from earlier times as well.
Rivera from Italy, George Best from England, Suarez from Spain - just to provide these World Cup winners with a bit of attention at individual players.
Only problem is that this list now contains 12 names and not 10. And since it is a top 10 list it has to be shortened.
So the two players who will be cut will be Alfredo di Stefano and Michel Platini. The first because he did not perform at the World Cup , and the second because he was overshadowed by Maradona, and later by his countryman Zidane.
This leaves us with the following list in no particular order. Very hard to compare players over time since the game is in constant flux of development.
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The 10 Greatest World Cup nations Ever! 1930-2030
A ranking can be compiled according to results which can be converted into points. However, in this context it will not be as much quantitatively as qualitatively.
However, no team and no country and no mention will be considered if it has not as a bare minimum made it to the semis at least once. Before we start the top 10 review let's bring some honorable mentions.
Czech Republic. Or Czechoslovakia since their best results took place during the period when the two countries were together. The Czechs made it to the final in 1938 where they lost out against Italy and again in 1962 when they again lost this time against Italy.
Portugal had a fantastic team going into the tournament in 1966 but lost out in the semis to the team which would go on and win the tournament England. Furthermore they had one of the game's greatest players in their side at the time Eusebio. However, Portugal has made little noise since then though they managed one more semifinal appearance in 2006. Portugal has been able to produce other legendary players like Figo and Ronaldo so they would come close to make it to the top 10.
Mexico. Since Mexico plays in the weakest qualification groups of all they all but certain to qualify at every World Cup. In the year 2020 the tally stands at 16, but by 2030 that figure will surely be 19. Furthermore Mexico has hosted two of the most memorable World Cups ever: 1970 and 1986. The results are a bit of a drawback though since Mexico has never made it out of the quarterfinals.
Sweden. Sweden has hosted the World Cup once, participated in the World Cup 12 times and made it to the final once back in 1958. It was a legendary final where Brazil won for the first time and started their drive towards the stars. Sweden made another good run also during the modern era in 1994 with a semifinals appearance. However, by the end of the day these merits will not be able to qualify Sweden for the top 10 of the list.
Belgium is a good at qualifying as well and has made it to the finals 13 times. They are second on that count over teams which have never won the tournament, only beaten by Mexico. Belgium ended up third in 2018 and also had a great run during the legendary tournament in Mexico in 1986. Belgium has never hosted the World Cup and will never be able to do so unless it teams up with other countries. Belgium has produced a number of decent players over the years but never a real . true and genuine super-star. Thus Belgium ends up just outside of the podium which in this context consists of 10 places.
When it comes to picking the top 10 nations in world cup history, 8 speak for themselves. These are the countries which have won the tournament:
Brazil (5), Italy (4), Germany (4), Argentina (2), France (2), Uruguay (2), Spain (1), England (1)
So the real question is: which 2 teams among the also rans deserve to make it on to the list ?
After having contemplated the question the first team no to win but make it to the list was an easy one: Holland / The Netherlands.
The second one was harder though and I had to go back and look at the history of the World Cup all the way back to 1930 before I was certain as which nation to pick as the 10th and final. However, the initial country I had come up with turned out also to be the one which stuck after having reviewed the early tournaments. Hungary.
The reasoning behind that choice goes as follows. Most people only have some kind of idea of World Cup history from 1950 and onwards. The early tournaments from the 1930s before TV was invented, with few participating teams, and little media coverage live a relatively quiet existence. But actually Hungary made it to the final in 1934 where they lost out to the Italy. But as I hint at that does not really count for much. What takes Hungary on the to top 10 list rather than one of the 5 honorable mentions from above is essentially one single tournament, the legendary 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. Hungary has also been a rather frequent visitor at the World Cup with 9 participations, but that alone would not be enough for them to make it. However, the fantastic 1954 team which was house high favorites and which featured the legendary star Puskas was just enough to take them across the finish line. Hungary did lose the final to Germany in Basel but they had thrilled the football world with fabulous play before that, they were essentially the Brazilians of football before Brazil started the rise towards the stars only 4 years later. Hungary will enter the list at number 10.
At number 9 Holland will be the other top 10 nation never to have won the World Cup. But while Hungary has lost two finals Holland tops that with 3. 1974, 1978, and 2010. In all 3 cases the country fielded spectacular teams but especially the 1974 with total football and Johan Cruyff made its mark and changed the way the game was played forever. Holland while being a relatively small nation has always been very good a producing great footballers. Their bright orange uniforms also brings a special atmosphere to the World Cup. It is history being moved into the contemporary world.
Though the ranking will not necessarily featured teams correlated with their number of wins it does play an important role. Thus as for the number 8 spot Spain gets the nod over England, both countries with one world cup title to their name.
The reason why Spain enters the list at number 8 and not England is that England has simply been a factor for longer than Spain. England is the perennial under-performer which always has a good run but usually crashed out in dramatic fashion during a penalty shoot out. Spain has been very solid when it comes to qualifying but the results have not always lived up the qualifying hype and apart from 2010 the team has often under-performed during crunch time.
Among the 3 countries with 2 World Cup wins Argentina is certainly going to take top spot. That brings Argentina to the number 4 spot on the list. Had Argentina won a third world cup title they might even have made it further up the list even though they would still be behind Italy and Germany (4) in number of total wins. Such has been their impact on World Cup history. However, with twice as many World Cups for Germany and Italy alike I will have to go with these two countries to end up above Argentina. France versus Uruguay is a tough call. It is essentially a question of past versus present. Uruguay won their two titles in 1930 and 1950. France won in 1998 and 2018. In both cases 20 years passed between the two titles. Both countries have been frequent participants and have hosted the World Cup tournament. So not much separates them. However, by the end of the day I will have to go with France. If for nothing else due to the 2006 World Cup and the epic goodbye to one of the game's greatest ever Zidane.
This leaves just 3 countries to rank: Germany, Italy, and Brazil.
For top spot I will go with Brazil. Brazil ticks all the boxes so they deserve to be at the number 1 spot. Italy versus Germany is much about time frame as well. Italy won 2 World Cups before WWII while Germany has won all of their 4 titles in the post war era. Germany has also played in more finals than Italy as the losing part. But again it is very close and one could easily argue that Italy would deserve to rank above Germany.
So the final lists looks like this:
B. Fernandes 18 jersey Man United
New star has arrived at Old Trafford. Portuguese Spielmacher Bruno Fernandes.
Bruno has been given the number 18 which happens to be the old Paul Scholes number.
Will BF become another missing piece being found and added to the mix.
Player of the month in the Premier League as of February of 2020. BF has gotten of to a very good start indeed.
Eriksen 24 jersey | Inter Milan is back in business!
Finally it seems like Juventus will have a serious contender for the league title for the years to go. Inter has ramped up their signings and seem serious about challenging for title each and every season going forward.
Yet another piece in that strategy was the signing of Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen from Spurs.
Eriksen will wear the jersey number 24, at least for the first 6 months with the club. What happens after that and over the summer is yet to be seen.
One main reason why so many Premier League players suddenly make their way to Italy is the man to the left. Antonio Conte, current manager of Inter Milan. He knows the Premier League well after his stint at Chelsea.
The printing is from Stilscreen while the jerseys are provided by Nike.
Vinicius 25 jersey | Real Madrid strikers re-emerge to play a role
Ronaldo left a huge gap upfront when he departed from Madrid in order to join Juventus in the summer of 2018. Real Madrid never really recouped the 40-50 goals a season which were suddenly missing. But while the season 18/19 turned out to be a disaster well then the season 19/20 has seen some sparks of light even upfront with the Madrid side.
Brazilian youngsters Vinicius and Rodrygo have shown some skills which may indicate that better days are ahead.
Vinicius started out with number 28 but has now made his way down to the number 25. Rodrygo is number 27.
Another sign of life is provided by Karim Benzema. The French striker who arrived at the Bernabeu alongside Ronaldo back in 2009. He is now kind of a talisman at the Bernabeu alongside with other long serving players like Ramos and Marcelo.
Ibrahimovic 21 jersey | Zlatan returns to AC Milan
Zlatan returns to AC Milan!
The printing is from Stilscreen, the Serie A patch is from Stilscreen, the 7 Cups badge is from Sporting ID.
In case Zlatan remains in Milan beyond the initial 6 months contract most likely he will move on to either the number 9 , 10 or 11. But for now he will stick to the 21.
The official AC Milan home kit is provided by Puma.
Haaland 17 jersey | Dortmund kit 2020
Norwegian youngster and player on the rise Erling Haaland has made the switch from Austria football and to the German Bundesliga. Borussia Dortmund won the hard fought fight secure his signature.
The jersey is provided by Puma while the Bundesliga sleeve badge is by courtesy of Deko Graphics. The sweat jersey underneath the outfield uniform is by Puma as well.
The official Dortmund printing is provided by Avery Denisson these days.
Dortmund is pre-printed by the kit supplier in this case Puma. Which means that the name is placed under the number which is rather unusual and typically only seen in the Bundesliga.
It does look like though that the soccer cleats the young Norwegian wears are from Nike. Nike and adidas have managed to corner the market for soccer footwear to an astonishing degree. Puma is third in this game but a very distant third.
Manchester United third kit 19/20 | Man Utd 3rd jersey
Bayern , Juve , Real - have all launched their third kits. Laggards Man Utd and Arsenal will not play the UCL this season. Wonder if that is the reason why they run behind their continental counterparts.
I assume that printing will be white for the Premier League matches , and for the Cup matches most like the printing will take on a orange , pink color to match the logos.


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Important Points Highlighted by the Individual Speakers
• A progressive or adaptive regulatory and reimbursement framework, in which initial approval is conditional upon further study, has many advantages over a binary approval model.
• The full range of stakeholders should collaborate to develop standards defining evidentiary thresholds.
• Critical reasoning medicine can support coverage decisions when the data to make these decisions are incomplete.
In a session featuring individuals with experience in health care payments, speakers discussed the issues that arise in making coverage and reimbursement decisions. A repeated theme of their presentations was that binary decisions to approve or disapprove a genomic diagnostic test are not in keeping with the nature of the evidence. A better approach is to make decisions in stages as more evidence becomes available, suggested participants. Rigorous standards can help in implementing these kinds of progressive approval and reimbursement systems.
There is an inherent tension between level of certainty about risks and benefits and early access to new technologies or innovation, said Sean
Tunis of the Center for Medical Technology Policy. The higher the level of assurance needed that a patient will benefit from a genomic technology, the greater the burden on gaining the evidence to provide that certainty, which puts downward pressure on innovation. Similarly, the more emphasis that is placed on reducing health care costs, the greater the downward pressure on economic growth and jobs. "It's not intuitively obvious what the optimal balance of innovation and certainty is that maximizes public health over time," said Tunis.
Tunis focused on two related barriers to the development of clinically useful genomic diagnostic tests:
• Regulatory and reimbursement decisions rely on a binary model of approval.
• Evidentiary thresholds for regulatory and reimbursement decisions are poorly defined.
Today, regulatory and reimbursement decisions are made as if there were a "magic point" at which suddenly something is true where previously it was false, said Tunis. "We pretend that evidence is kind of an ordinal property as opposed to a continuous function, but that's obviously not true."
A much better model, said Tunis, is a progressive or adaptive regulatory and reimbursement framework. In this case, approval or disapproval decisions are not made at a particular time; rather, they are made progressively over time. Coverage with evidence development (CED) and managed entry schemes are examples of such models for reimbursement with initial approval conditional upon further study. Accelerated approval would be an example of a progressive regulatory model. "Having single yes/no decisions over time is just too crude an approach," said Tunis. "If we're going to solve this problem with technologies generally, and certainly with diagnostics, we need to think about our regulatory decision making in a way that's more compatible with the accumulation of knowledge and the reduction of uncertainty over time."
Decision making today is not predictable due to a lack of clarity regarding the regulatory and reimbursement pathways, Tunis said, reiterating Siegel's remarks. What is needed is a collaboration involving regulators, payers, clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders to define what the evidentiary thresholds should be. This cannot be done at a generic level but rather must be fit for purpose. The evidentiary threshold will need to be defined in a way that is specific to indications and therapies. "Our current regulatory or reimbursement policy framework is not aligned with the nature of evidence and the accumulation of knowledge over time. Until it is, we're going to have a very inefficient system," said Tunis.
Importantly, no new regulatory or statutory authority is needed to take these steps, according to Tunis. FDA and CMS have implemented progressive systems and could institute similar systems in the future.
Effectiveness and Guidance
The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society (SACGHS) stated that "information on clinical utility is critical for managing patients, developing professional guidelines, and making coverage decisions" (SACGHS, 2008). This group recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services create "a public-private entity of stakeholders to … establish evidentiary standards and levels of certainty required for different situations."
Tunis briefly described some work being done at his center that follows up on these recommendations. He and his colleagues are creating documents called effectiveness guidance documents that are analogous to FDA's regulatory guidance documents. However, instead of describing how to design studies in specific therapeutic areas to meet regulatory requirements, the effectiveness guidance documents reflect the information needs of patients, clinicians, and payers. Such guidance is designed to be complementary to regulatory guidance.
The development of effectiveness guidance documents starts with systematic reviews that identify deficiencies in the existing evidence base, Tunis said. Content experts generate initial draft recommendations, which are refined by a technical working group. The revised recommendations are discussed at a multidisciplinary methods symposium, which brings together various stakeholders for public comment, after which the recommendations are finalized and posted. As a specific example, Tunis cited the following draft recommendation: "Valid outcomes or surrogates for breast cancer prognosis include distant recurrence at 5 or 10 years, disease-free survival, disease-specific mortality, and overall survival." Whether this strikes the proper balance between innovation and certainty would have to be determined, but the appropriate response is to adjust the threshold and not give up on the process of coming to a consensus.
"We can't move forward without some kind of mechanism to get everybody on the same page in terms of the minimally acceptable level of certainty for making these regulatory and reimbursement decisions," said Tunis. "It's not a property of evidence. It's a property of collective social judgment, so you need a collective social process to define what these thresholds are."
Louis Hochheiser of Humana said that standards for determining what should and should not be covered by insurance companies would greatly benefit their decision-making process. "It's an enormous task. We have such great difficulty."
Humana provides coverage for 11.5 million people and tries to create policies to cover them in a rational way. It puts patients and improving health outcomes as its primary focus, said Hochheiser. This requires both education for providers and the public and the pursuit of cost-effectiveness. Humana preauthorizes its genomic tests and, Hochheiser said, finds that 20 to 25 percent of the ordered tests are inappropriately ordered. This is a huge issue that needs to be addressed.
Decisions need to reflect acceptance from all stakeholders, including physicians, patients, diagnostic companies, payers, regulators, pharmaceutical companies, and policy makers. Humana wants to be part of that decision making, said Hochheiser. "We don't want to drive it. In fact, we find ourselves driving it now when we don't want to be driving. But we do want to be in the room to talk about it and give a perspective of what it's like to be responsible for a large portion of our population."
Clarifying Expectations Through Standards
CMS and other payers need to clarify standards around developing technologies, Hochheiser said. This would clarify criteria for coverage, both for payers and for the developers of tests. Today, each payer has teams of people who are evaluating new technologies in order to enable decisions regarding coverage. "We are spending millions of dollars a year [on evaluation] that could be going into developing appropriate testing [because] we don't have a system, we don't have a set of standards to go by."
Standards would allow for more rapid deployment of genomic tests rather than waiting for peer-reviewed publications. They also would allow payers to make consistent decisions and would permit uniformity between CMS policy and that of commercial payers. "4.5 million of our 11.5 million [covered individuals] are CMS recipients … and yet we can have different rules," said Hochheiser.
A system of standards should allow for continuing validation over time. For example, Humana was the first adopter of Oncotype DX in the United States, but it has not stopped at just the coverage decision. The company has continued to study the population that receives the test. It has found that 15 percent of the women with a low recurrence score, indicating negligible benefit from chemotherapy, choose to have it anyway. Half of the people with recurrence scores in the middle choose to have chemotherapy
and the other half choose not to. Of the women with a high recurrence score, 15 percent choose not to have chemotherapy; that population needs to be studied as well, said Hochheiser.
Humana shares the responsibility of clarifying the value of clinical technologies. It has a population of people that it can follow over time, and it is working with researchers to study the effects of interventions in this population. The company is willing to consider new coverage models, such as CED, when long-term studies are not practical. They are also willing to meet with test developers and participate in the development process. At the same time, it needs to have a reasonable price point. "If Humana … covers every test, we soon will have a product that we can't sell competitively with the other insurers, which is why we need a level playing field where everybody knows that everybody is playing on that same field."
Humana also is interested in working collaboratively to minimize errors. When a provider seeks a preauthorization, education materials are available for that person. The company also works with an outside business to provide genetic counselors.
"It's absolute need for standards, collaboration at multiple levels, [and a] coordinated approach through all the different stakeholders. [Genomic diagnostic tests] have too much potential impact for us not to do something about it and do it now," said Hochheiser.
Capital Investment
Finally, Hochheiser asked whether venture capital is the best model for developing genomic tests that can make a huge difference in the health of patients. Health care reform, he pointed out, is taxing all insurers on their premiums. "Shouldn't some of that money be directed toward the innovations that we need in health care to make progress?"
Bruce Quinn of Foley Hoag provided a more theoretical perspective on the utility and adoption of genomic tests. Evidence-based medicine, as it is traditionally approached, can generate anomalies, he said. For example, a 2005 report by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) labels the association between mutations in the BRCA gene and breast cancer only "fair," said Quinn, despite significant research showing that patients who harbor BRCA mutations are at an increased risk of developing cancer (USPSTF, 2005). But because there are no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of BRCA mutations, evidence of a causal relationship is not strong.
RCTs are designed to distinguish between correlation and causation, Quinn said. For example, high troponin levels are highly correlated with
having a heart attack (Thygesen et al., 2010), but giving troponin to people does not cause a heart attack, according to Quinn. Diagnostic tests, for their part, are useful because they indicate a reliable correlation.
Analytical validity, clinical validity, and clinical utility have limited usefulness, Quinn said. He used a book as an analogy. At one level, a book consists of ink, paper, and glue. At the next level, it consists of words, grammar, and a language. At the next level, it has content, meaning, and some measure of usefulness. But the usefulness of a book cannot be determined by studying its ink, paper, and glue. In the same way, a gene test with lower analytic validity may have a better correlation to a clinical outcome than another test for the same gene with higher analytic validity. The same is true for clinical validity, said Quinn, citing the differences in usefulness of hypothetically similar results between PSA testing and use of the Oncotype DX assay in predicting cancer recurrence. There is only a distant relationship between analytic validity, clinical validity, and clinical utility.
Tests often transform a question that cannot be answered into a question that can be answered, said Quinn. For example, the question "do we need to switch your HIV drug" is transformed to "is your HIV RNA count rising?" The key is the correlation between the answer the test provides and the question that needs to be answered.
There are two kinds of true statements, Quinn observed. The first are statements about things, like this is a rock or you have leukemia. The second are statements about relationships, like there are 10 dimes in a dollar or high troponin levels are associated with heart attacks. Clinical decision making deals with both kinds of statements. There are general medical rules consisting of principles, facts, and conclusions drawn from evidence and there are specific statements about a patient. Evidence-based medicine provides the backing for certain conclusions. The problem, said Quinn, is that medical science is very hard and requires considerable thought and expertise. Some evidence-based medicine may not add value when it is done in an unthinking or brute-force way.
An alternative model that Quinn mentioned is critical reasoning medicine, which combines the ideas of "we can believe this" with "we should do this." Specific patient facts are combined with clinical rules and knowledge. In turn, this reasoning can be used to support coverage decisions, which separately take into account funds, priorities, and available alternatives, even if complete data are never available when a coverage decision is made.


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NACHA, The Electronic Payments Association, has a multifaceted role in the payments industry, as it both administers the ACH Network and acts as a not-for-profit association supporting the broad payments industry.
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How to Identify a Mystery Font
Posted on 26th July 2016
Hello, all! Over at the fantastic WHAT FONT IS THIS? Facebook group, people frequently post a picture of an object and ask for help to find out the fonts used on that object. I have decent luck identifying these mystery fonts, so I wanted to share my techniques. I'm going to be taking a photo, adjusting it, and running it through a few of the font-identification websites so you can see the whole process.
Find or take a picture of the mystery font:
Here's a picture I took at the grocery store of a frozen pizza box -- I liked the font that's being used for "deliciously dairy-free". I'll admit right now, I could have framed this picture much better. If you're taking your own shot, try to get a picture of the product straight-on, so there are fewer adjustments to make later. (In my defense, it was really cold holding the freezer door open, so I took this quick.)
Rotate and adjust proportions:
First off, crop the part you want and rotate it (or use the skew, distort, or perspective tools in your image-editing program) so that it's as level and uniform as possible. If the font looks obviously stretched or squished, you can also try to compact or expand it. Fortunately, I don't think this font has been stretched at all -- the lowercase "o" is usually a good guide. Since it looks fairly round here, I think this font is presented at its original dimensions. I've used a guideline in Photoshop to make sure I've rotated the picture so that the font is laid out straight.
Adjust the colors:
I've used the "black and white" tool in Photoshop (Image ^ Adjustments ^ Black & White) in order to convert the picture to grayscale. I've taken advantage of the color sliders here -- move a slider toward the white end, and any instances of that color in your picture will go lighter; move a slider toward the black end, and that color will go darker. I've boosted green to the dark end, and the yellows and reds to the light end, so that I can get black text on a white background. (If you're starting out with light text on a white background, I recommend using the "invert" tool first. The online identifiers like black-on-white much better than white-on-black.)
Separate the letters:
Use your lasso tool to select each letter, copy it, and paste it into a new layer. This is an especially important step with a connecting script font -- you want the identifier tools to see each letter as a separate object. You may need to guess about where one letter ends and the next begins; take a look at the last letter in the word for an idea about how far up the tail goes at the end of the letters in a connecting font. Note: you don't need to grab every letter -- I'm only going to select a few here. You only need one instance of each letter (so I don't have to do every "e"), and you should make sure to get the really distinctive letters in there (like that lowercase "s" -- it's a very different shape than you usually see).
Tidy up and space out the letters:
I ended up choosing eight letters. And how handy, they spell out a couple of words! It isn't necessary to rearrange the letters like this; I just find it a little more fun when I can turn them into something silly. Make sure none of the letters are touching, and crop your image to get rid of anything else. I also like to put a new layer filled with plain white behind the letters, so I know that no stray other stuff will confuse the identifiers. You can also color in any parts that turned out blotchy -- I've touched up all of the letters except the "f" with black, and you can really tell the difference. Save your image, and you're ready to hit the web!
Now, on to the font identifiers!
My personal starting point is WhatFontIs.com, primarily because they seem to have a better catalog of script fonts, and that's what people usually want help identifying. As with most identifier sites, you upload your image, and it breaks the letters down one by one. Type in which letter corresponds with which image. Be sure to type the uppercase letters in uppercase and the lowers in lower, or else you'll get bad results.
WhatFontIs will give you 100 results, which means that a lot of them won't look anything at all like the font you're looking for -- after all, there likely aren't 100 fonts that are similar to the one you're seeking. But a lot of the time, the one you're looking for will be up in the top 10. For this experiment, we found our font with the #1 result! (And the #2 result, because WhatFontIs will give you a separate result for each place the font is available for purchase.) Victory! (Side note: WhatFontIs offers links to what it thinks are the best sources for fonts. Most sources are good, but it does link out to a couple of not-so-great sites. I advise finding the name of the font, then using Google or your search engine of choice to look for a legitimate source for that font.)
What the Font
What the Font is a part of MyFonts.com. It's my second stop if I don't find what I'm looking for at WhatFontIs. It isn't as great with script or handwritten fonts, but it's a monster when it comes to serif and sans-serif fonts. It operates much the same way as WhatFontIs, with the added bonus that it'll pre-fill the boxes where you type your letters in with the letters it thinks it's seeing. In this instance, it got them all right. However, keep an eye out -- often it will substitute 8 for B, or zero for o, among other swaps.
As opposed to WhatFontIs, which gives you 100 results every time, What the Font will only give you the results it feels are really close to a match. In this case, it was so certain that it only returned one result. Fortunately, it's the right font. Another victory!
My third stop, if the first two don't work out, is Matcherator. There are actually two versions: FontSquirrel Matcherator and FontSpring Matcherator. I haven't discovered much of a difference between them -- the FontSquirrel one says it's powered by the FontSpring one, so I think it's the same tool, only hosted on sites with different appeals.
The Matcherator also tries to identify and auto-populate what letters it's seeing, but as you can see here, it isn't quite as spot-on as What the Font was. And yet, still, even though it thought some of the letters were numbers and it couldn't figure out that lowercase "a" at all, it gave me the correct font as the first result. FYI, you can go up there and manually correct its assumptions about what letters are there, so that you get better results. I just didn't need to. (Also FYI, I now have the tune for "867-5309/Jenny" stuck in my head. If you do now too, you're welcome.)
FontEdge is my site of last resort, if all three of the others fail me. It often gives results the others don't, but it's also much harder to figure out how to use. You have to click on the big empty space, import your image, then click on each individual letter in the image. It'll put those letters down in a row at the bottom, where you need to manually identify which letter is which. It'll also give you a pop-up that you need to make extra sure that you have the letters' case input correctly.
You can also see why FontEdge is my last stop by the results it gave me. For the other three identifiers, the correct font was the number one result. FontEdge, however, gave me around 100 results, none of which was the correct font. So it's kind of a crapshoot. Either it gives you nothing, or it's the only site out of the four that gives you the right result. Weird!
But Missy, you ask...
What about things that are most likely handwritten, and I want to find a font that's similar? Can I use these same techniques? My answer: you bet your sweet bippy you can! Let's do it!
Here's a greeting card I saw at the grocery store. I took a picture of it specifically because it isn't using a font -- the text is all hand-written. (I apologize in advance, because I didn't open it up to see the punchline. Let's just say ... um ... "one to do the cooking, and one to do the cleaning.") Anyhoo, you can tell it's hand-written by comparing the same letters throughout the words. The letter "o" appears a lot, and none of them looks like any of the rest. But we can still use the same techniques in order to find a font that's similar.
As with the other example above, I rotated the image so everything sat straight, then fired up "Black & White". I dialed yellow, green, and cyan toward the white end of the spectrum, and that cleared out the background really well without making the letters themselves too muddy.
Since none of the letters were connected, I didn't have to grab each one individually -- I just copied the "MOR" and "IKELY" (I didn't need the "e" from "more" or the first "l" from "likely" because "ikely" already had both letters.) You may notice here that I painted in a very thin line connecting the two parts of the lowercase "i" -- if I hadn't done that, the font identifiers would all see the body of the "i" and the dot as two separate characters.
Here are some of the best matches from WhatFontIs (since I knew it'd give me 100 options). None of them is exact, but they all have some features of what I like about the original hand-written text. You may be wondering why I input an image that reads "MOR IKELY" and the results are all "IMKEOLRY". That's because I didn't put the letters all in one line -- it's two stacked lines, and WhatFontIs took them one by one from left to right, not caring that some of them were up high and others were down low in my JPG. So keep that in mind -- it's less confusing if you just lay them out in a straight line.
PS - If you want to join in and use these techniques to help others identify fonts, come join the WHAT FONT IS THIS? group on Facebook!
Check out Missy's premium fonts and several free fonts here on FontBundles, and see more of her work at Behance.
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Just putting it out there, I still miss Swanky Franks. But Little Barn is damn good.
This is also a longer review in the "Bites" series. #sorrynotsorry
If you can take your eyes off the tall, hot blonde bartender with two plus reasons to make you stare and then you manage to escape the claws of a bar, chocked full of salad eating, Merlot sipping cougars (classic Westport), Little Barn has a lot to offer.
All half-joking aside, I was skeptical about going to Little Barn, mostly because I was a frequent guest to Swanky Franks, a fast food dive that I truly do miss. One thing is evident though, they did a nice job with this place. From the outside, it clearly looks like a rustic barn and I like their logo's mascot even more. It's an owl! Owls, barns, you get it, right?
|Love the artwork of the tattered flag in the back of the barn.
|I cozied up to the outdoor fireplace while waiting for a vacant table.
The space is further highlighted by two fireplaces; one indoors, and another one outdoors which will clearly be a great patio experience when nicer weather hits the area. I also really liked the old license plates on the wall in the dining area. The waitress mentioned they have 45 states in total and I found myself trying to figure out which ones were missing. A cool touch above the bar, if you can manage to look away from the ladies, is the neon lights "Liquor Store" sign. It's funky fresh, I like it.
|That's cool. You know it.
|Beer signage.
|The plates! Love this! I'll figure out the missing ones soon enough 😉
Come to think of it, the only real issues I had with Little Barn were these:
Issue #1: The door problem. They have three doors; a side entrance, the patio entrance in the front, and a back door. I knew enough to go in the side door but while I was waiting by the outdoor fireplace for my table to be ready, so many people tried to go in that way and they just didn't get it. Some thought it was a bit ridiculous. The back door is just a fire exit. Three doors, enter in the side, please.
The second issue, I'll be creative and call it Issue #2, they were out of a drink I wanted called the Bulleit Rock Cider; Bulleit Bourbon with house made cider syrup and a lemon wedge. I'm not sure how you could be out of anything on the drink menu on a Friday night but I was more than satisfied with their Maple Old Fashioned; Crown Royal Maple Whiskey, Rock & Rye, pressed orange peel and whiskey barrel aged bitters. The drink was smooth and strong and was a perfect end of the week remedy. Overall, Little Barn's drink menu has a lot of creative choices and you should have no trouble finding one that suits you.
|Fridays, man.
The cuisine at Little Barn is classic American gastropub fare with a shot of other cultures as seen in the quesadillas and the delightfully crispy vegetarian spring rolls with a sweet Thai chili sauce that I couldn't get enough of. This starter was served with a refreshing vinegar based carrot-bean sprout slaw.
|The one time I didn't complain about something veggie.
Little Barn's menu has a burgers sections that many people are raving about and that I will likely get ino after a future visit. They also serve tacos and a number of different sandwiches including their raved about pulled pork served on an English muffin and topped with creamy coleslaw.
|Oh, yeah.
I chose to bypass all that and give their fish 'n' chips a chance and I'm glad I did! I'm picky about battered fish no matter where I go and I've really only applauded a few places in Fairfield County. Little Barn kept it original and put out four pieces of fresh cod with a light, crispy beer batter that wasn't too greasy. They did the people of the U.K. much justice with the fry on the flaky fish and added their name to my short list of good fish & chips joints. The fries (chips) were good but being in the former Swanky Franks, I sort of found myself wishing for a pile of Swanky's fries.
If you're wondering about other main courses at Little Barn they have steak frites, turkey meatloaf, baby back ribs, pan roasted Scottish salmon and a very homey chicken pot pie in a cast iron skillet that doesn't hide the chicken. Little Barn even has a family friendly kids menu.
For dessert, I have to admit, I forgot what they have. My choice was easy when I spotted the apple pie empanada with whipped cream and vanilla gelato. I thought this sweet treat would be hit or miss and luckily it was a mega hit. The dough was cooked through which is very important in desserts of this type and it was sweet but I liked that. The portion wasn't too big and it's clearly enough for one person so don't share. I shared. Big mistake.
Even with the door problem and the absence of that bourbon drink I really enjoyed Little Barn. It's affordable, stylish, and is perfect for just about any occasion and no matter who you're with. This is one restaurant that shows you can have a simple menu with modern takes on some dishes and if they continue to do it well, they will excel.
Little Barn
1050 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 557-8501


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Another night, another moon � but tonight�s promises to be especially worth the effort it takes to crane your neck.
Tonight�s full moon is 2016�s harvest moon. The harvest moon is the full moon to fall�closest to the autumnal equinox, which is�on Sept.�22 this year. According to the Weather Channel, the harvest moon usually coincides with crop harvesting in the Northern Hemisphere and allows farmer to work late into the night.
In some places around the world, although not North or South America, moongazers will get the added bonus of a lunar eclipse.
If you�re planning on looking up tonight, the weather is in your favor. Austinites can expect a clear night with a low of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. If you�re planning on catching the harvest moon by howling at it from the waters of Barton Springs, keep in mind that the pool capped its attendance for full moon events at 750 swimmers earlier this summer. That was after 2,500 people came out a full moon swim, so arriving early is advised.]]