01-07-2008: Ethos Capital to invest 75% of fund by next year (The Edge Daily)

KUALA LUMPUR: Ethos Capital Sdn Bhd, which has just closed its maiden fund of RM215 million, Ethos Capital One, is expecting to invest at least 70% to 75% of the amount by the end of next year, said its chairman Rohana Mahmood.

Don Edwards — and his hologram — keep the singing cowboy ethos alive (Colorado Springs Independent)

Don Edwards has been through a thing or two in his 69 years. A devotee of the singing cowboy movies as a kid, he ended up being sought out by Robert Redford to sing and act in The Horse Whisperer . His "Coyotes" was featured in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man . (It was Timothy Treadwell's favorite song.)

Creative Plates at a Good Price in Barcelona (New York Times)

Josep Lacambra, owner and chef at Catalina. TINY white flowers dot the tuna tartare at the austere Gresca restaurant. At first you think they are just garnish, a bright, pretty contrast to the ruby heap of diced fish. Then you taste them: garlic.

The Lion King, Looking Good @ The Kennedy Center (DCist)

Phindile Mkhize as Rafiki in that little-show-that-could, The Lion King . Photo by Joan Marcus. Drama lovers, a word: Here in the lavishly appointed ahr-eee Theater cubicle of DCist’s state-of-the-art underground headquarters, we have what you call an ethos . For us, casting arbitrary, semi-informed judgment on the bustling stage traffic of Our Nation’s Capitol is about a lot more ...

Fixing earth one dome at a time (International Herald Tribune)

A timely new exhibition of works by Buckminster Fuller at the Whitney Museum is likely to stir waves of nostalgia for those who miss the architecture of the Cold war.

ETHOS CAPITAL PLANS ANOTHER NEW FUND NEXT YEAR (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 (Bernama) -- Ethos Capital Sdn Bhd, which has raised a total of RM215 million for its maiden Ethos Capital One (Fund One) fund, is looking to introduce a new fund late next year.

All-American Rejects' Tyson Ritter Says 'Good Doesn't Make The Cut' For Third Album (MTV Asia)

The stakes are decidedly high for the All-American Rejects this time around: Their last album, 2005's Move Along, sold more than 2 million copies in the US, spawned a trio of hit singles and established the band as one of the nation's foremost purveyors of radio-ready rock. Frontman Tyson Ritter is painfully aware of all these things, which is why he's adopted this ethos for the follow-up:

Surf’s Up for Suzuki (The Auto Channel)

Newquay, UK- July 04, 2008: Suzuki heads West this weekend for a UK round of the King of the Groms European surfing series at Newquay’s Fistral beach.

Luxurious hidden kingdoms (CNN.com)

Jack Martin recommends six luxurious bolt-holes to avoid the crowds:

A Brief History of the Flag Lapel Pin (Time Magazine)

No politician's upper torso is without one these days, but its origins are as much about appearances as patriotism