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From Haaretz - English version here. Hebrew version with a slideshow and pictures here. Full article below.
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By Eugene Rabkin
ANTWERP - Ann Demeuemeester, one of the few successful independent fashion designers
today, hates talking about celebrities. "Even if I see them in my
clothes, I would never tell anyone," she says. That does not mean
that celebrities do not wear her meticulously crafted garments. "I
want to wish a Happy Birthday to my dear friend, Ann Demeulemeester," says
Patti Smith during her famous annual concert at the Bowery Ballroom in New York
City. "Who?" a drunken man next to me asks. "She is
a fashion designer," I reply. The man stares at me blankly.
"Never mind," I turn around. And that's just the way I like to
think of Demeulemeester, my unsung hero, the further away from the public, the
closer to me.
Like Patti Smith, Demeulemeester is an incorrigible romantic. In the world
where self-deprecating irony has triumphed and people are mortally afraid of
being serious, she is as intrepid and earnest in her words as she is in her
work. She loves music, from which she draws so much inspiration that fashion
critics often label her dark, moody clothes as punk or rock and roll.
"It's always limiting to put a label on someone's work," says
Demeulemeester in a low, but confident voice, her English punctured with the
French "Voila!" whenever she finishes her train of thought.
"At a certain point in my career I was influenced by this type of music
and the freedom it symbolized. Music was quite present in my fashion
shows, but there is much more to it. The most important thing about my work
is communicating emotion through my garments. Sure, music helps
accentuate certain feelings. The risk is, as I realize now, is that music
can take away attention from the clothes. I never had the idea of making
a rock and roll or a punk collection. Punk was a big part of my culture
when I was eighteen, just like certain poets and artists are a part of my
culture. It's an exchange of energy, but I get it from many sources, not
just rock. I love classical music, too." These days
Demeulemeester listens to The Cowboy Junkies, PJ Harvey, and Nick Cave, and she
makes the soundtracks for all her shows in a music studio herself.
Demeulemeester was born in a small Belgian town, Waregem (in 2001 she became
its honorary citizen). She enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in
Antwerp at the age of 18. This was the time when the Belgian government
was heavily promoting fashion in order to help the country?s textile
industry. The fashion program was not experimental as it is today ?
Demeulemeester recalls quarreling with her teachers who wanted her to imitate
Coco Chanel. In 1982, with the help of the textile industry, the Academy
set up the Golden Spindle Award in order to promote local talent.
Demeulemeester won the first competition. She still has a close relationship
to the industry that is now dying out all over Western Europe. "I've
always tried to produce in Belgium ? not because I am chauvinistic, but because
I think it is right to support the businesses in your own country,"
explains Demeulemeester. "What I couldn't do here I did in Italy.
Some of the manufacturers are still in business because they produce clothes
for Belgian designers. Still, it's very difficult for them now, because
they have trouble finding skilled workers and production has become very expensive.
We are trying to move production to other European countries, but we do it
slowly. We test heavily before we commit
to manufacturing somewhere new."
Demeulemeester burst onto the fashion scene in 1986. Along with her five
fellow students she took her collection to the London Fashion Week, showing it
in a small stall. Their success was instant (Barneys ordered
Demeulemeester?s entire collection on the spot). As critical acclaim
piled on, these youngsters out of Belgium, a country back then known for
anything but fashion, were dubbed ?The Antwerp Six? ? a term that was born because the fashion reporters were not used to
Belgian names (someone asked Demeulemeester if she could change hers). Today,
the term has become a fashion legend. Although every one of the six
(Dries van Noten and Walter van Bierendonck, among others) had a different
style, a phenomenon known as Belgian fashion was born. Demeulemeester is still referred
to as ?a Belgian designer,? although one would be hard pressed to say what is
Belgian about her work. Like some of her fellows, she decided to remain
in Antwerp instead of moving to Paris or Milan (she shows in Paris). She
spends most of the time working in her atelier, which is adjacent to her Le
Corbusier built house outside of Antwerp. Demeulemeester works closely
with her husband, photographer Patrick Robyn. They have a 23-year-old
son, Victor, who is an art student. Recently, Demeulemeester bought
another house in the country, where she works some of the time.
In the industry as transient as fashion, where clothes and people rapidly go
out of style, Demeulemeester has remained steadfast. She has built a successful
career based on permanence, disregarding trends and eschewing
advertising. Demeulemeester's sartorial vocabulary - cropped tailored
jackets, black slim trousers, biker boots, and asymmetric cardigans - is as
fresh today as it was twenty years ago. Even though you will never
see a logo on her garments, Demeulemeester's clothes are unmistakably hers, a
continuation of her personality. Needless to say, she wears her own
designs every day.
Demeulemeester has been designing for over twenty years, and looking back on
her work one can see a clearly marked trajectory. "I stay faithful
to my own style," Demeulemeester says. "It's more interesting
to have strong individual voices in fashion. I am not the kind of a
designer who switches every season from this to that ? I would feel like
betraying my own label." Although Demeulemeester adores blank canvas (an
artist's ground zero), she isn't one herself. "I aim to construct an
individual style from one collection to the next. Each collection tells a
different story and projects a different mood. Yet, the Ann
Demeulemeester style is clear. Whatever we want to express, we do so
within our own aesthetic. This enables our clients to gradually construct
their wardrobe. You can wear something from ten years ago with something
from today, and it will work, because the soul is the same."
Thanks to her integrity and singular view, Demeulemeester attracts an avid and
loyal following. I've encountered her work for the first time in
1999. At Barneys, I bought a very loosely knit wool sweater, blacker than
the black hole. It looked and felt like an elegant spider web. This
followed by a pair of white pants painted muted silver. Wearing both, I
felt like a chic version of Trent Reznor. Better yet, I felt myself. My
infatuation with her clothes has not diminished since. I feel like I found a
friend who speaks to me through her clothes. I did not need to get to know
her, I knew her already. To Demeulemeester, that is best
compliment. "My clients buy my clothes not because they are trendy,
but because they understand them. I go to another side of the globe and I
meet people who know my work. I don't know who they are, but this
communication through clothes is beautiful. It's what I started in
fashion for."
Possessing a strong vision allows Demeulemeester to concentrate on seemingly
small things ? on how your wallet pulls at your pocket and makes it stand out
with time, for example. She then cuts these intangible ideas into her
clothes. If you are looking for perfectly streamlined garments, look
elsewhere. As any romantic, Demeulemeester is wooed by human imperfection
? her jackets are asymmetric, her tees' hems uneven, shirts' seams
twisted. "I want to put a soul in a garment. I don't want my
clothes to be perfect, because human beings are not perfect. You can meet
somebody in one of my jackets and it can all look a bit wrong, but also human
and beautiful. Cutting nonchalance into a garment is difficult, because
you can't just make an oversized or an asymmetric garment ? it will look ugly.
Making it look natural is delicate work. If it's too obvious, then it looks
fake. Balancing the garment is a painstaking task, because you have to
keep in mind how the clothes move."
Such attention to detail and preoccupation with the moving
silhouette infuses Demeulemeester's garments with a sense of sweeping elegance
rarely found elsewhere. The clothes are soft and confident at the same
time ? they are neither off-putting nor inviting, but rather intriguing.
"How the clothes fall and move is an indispensable part of my sartorial
language. For instance, in the jacket I am wearing,? she puts her cropped
blazer on the table, ?one side hangs off just a little bit, but it's no
accident ? it's cut to always hang like that. I balanced both sides
towards the front, one more than the other, so the front is a bit longer than
the back. To achieve this, I had to move the shoulder seams
forward. To maintain this subtle balance I had to move the side seams to
the back, and I added another dart in the back. The result is that the
jacket takes a lived-in, human shape. Also, the fabric is different on
the reverse side of the lapel. I was thinking of poets, and I had a piece
of fabric from the 19th century where the black stripes resemble handwriting,
so I asked my manufacturer to replicate it. I did a similar thing
with men's jackets. I wanted to make a jacket that hangs a little lower
in the front than in the back ? it makes men fragile, human, and poetic."
Demeulemeester grows her brand carefully (after all these years she employs
only five assistants). She expands when it feels right; therefore she has
never had to bow to outside pressure. For the first ten years, she only
designed for women. Menswear came only after she was persuaded by her
husband and her friends who wanted the same clothes she did for women. Recently,
Demeulemeester launched a small fine jewelry collection, which includes
necklaces with translucent and opaque diamonds from Antwerp.
Despite her line being sold in hundreds of stores worldwide,
there was only one Ann Demeulemeester boutique in the world until last year, in
Antwerp. The stunning 19th Century building that houses her shop sits
across the Museum of Fine Art in the now trendy Het Zuid neighborhood. It
used to be a chemistry laboratory for the ministry of agriculture. The
huge lofty space is completely open ? all the furniture is white, just like in
her studio, and the walls are wrapped in white canvas. "We wanted to
have a shop for a long time," explains Demeulemeester. "We
dreamt of a place where we could fully depict our universe. One evening
we were having dinner in this very square, and we saw this old building with a
'for sale' sign. We instantly knew we
wanted it. We didn't think we could afford it, but three days later it
was ours. I wanted one big space inside and a garden, so we gutted
everything. We left the beautiful façade untouched, but the inside we
made ours. We wanted to make big
dressing rooms where you can feel absolutely comfortable and private. I
thought how I would want to be treated when I buy clothes ? I hate pushy salespeople
and tiny changing rooms without mirrors.I wanted a real luxury ? a
space of one's own."
Last year Demeulemeester opened three boutiques, all in Asia. There is a
Tokyo shop in Omotesando Hills, one in Hong Kong, and most recently a store in Seoul.
The latter, a product of collaboration with the young South Korean architect
Minsuc Cho, received a lot of publicity in architecture magazines. Its
façade is completely covered with live green plants (embedded sprinkles ensure
their growth). The interior contains all the elements of the original
store, complete with blank canvas screens and white sofas. On first
impression, the store seems rather whimsy for the normally sober
Demeulemeester, but she finds it fitting, "We wanted that shop to be our
wild child, that's why you see a wall full of plants, which will grow and take
new shapes. The older I get the more I need nature and I love gardening.
We wished to put our own piece of greenery into a rapidly expanding city of
glass and cement. The shop reminds me of my Le Corbusier house, which is
really a white cube. The soul is the
same as the Antwerp shop, but in another package." Working on the
store was an interesting experience for Demeulemeester, "In Seoul
everything is new. You can't work like that in Europe where everything is
old and built up, and you have to respect that. In Seoul we started from
zero. It's nice to adapt to a different place ? I couldn't do a shop like
that here." She is open to the idea of more Ann Demeulemeester boutiques
in the future, provided she finds the right partners.
We are sitting in a small room in the back of Demeulemeester?s Antwerp
boutique. The room is painted white, with a white table in the middle and
a rack of clothes in the back. The one big window opens up onto a little
courtyard framed by a vine covered red brick wall. Demeulemeester
sits across from me, dressed in a white asymmetrical t-shirt with a painted
circle in the middle, a black cropped vest, and black pants. She is
petite, but her energy is relentless. Her expressive face shows slight
signs of aging, which she loves. Growing old is human, and therefore
beautiful. (Pointing to a photograph of Leonard Cohen on the wall, she
says dreamily, "What a handsome man.") Her hands are those of an
artisan, uncared for and alive (She still does a lot of things herself, like
the half-scissor necklaces she did for the current men's collection, for which
she bought a bunch of old scissors, took them apart, dipped them in paint, and
put them on a black string). Demeulemeester detests the idea that
femininity is automatically equated with bubbly fussiness. She makes womens
footwear wider on purpose, so it's comfortable. "Are we modern, or
are we old fashioned?!" exclaims she. "We are still fixated on
the idea that women have tiny feet and have to squeeze into tiny uncomfortable
shoes. Things don't have to be that way. I can make a perfectly elegant
pump, but you will be comfortable in it."
Lighting up her Kent cigarette, Demeulemeester talks of passion, emotion, and of
the visceral impact of art. Oscar Wilde once declared, "One should
either be a work of art or wear a work of art." Demeulemeester fully
subscribes to this notion. Indomitable in her philosophy of creating from
the heart, she fashions her own world, tailored of moody, romantic clothing,
rendered in black and white, and as close to art as fashion can get.
ER: You have a close relationship with art. You've referenced Kara Walker
and Jim Dine, among others. What do you feel when you transpose their
work into your medium?
AD: The most important thing about people who make emotionally driven work is
that their creations are charged with energy, which pushes me to create
something beautiful too. Sometimes I experience a piece of music, or a
sentence in a poem, the mood in a painting, something abstract, nothing to do
with clothes, which goes right to my heart. It's this spiritual impact
that inspires me. That is the feeling I got when I saw a Jim Dine
exhibition. I felt bewitched. I thought, ?I am going to write him a
letter.? I know it sounds naïve, but I did it anyway. I wanted to
relay this emotional impact through my work, to let my audience discover what I
discovered. Two weeks later Jim Dine was sitting with me in
Antwerp. I felt giddy, like a little girl, but in five minutes we were
working together. I wanted to imagine a photograph of his as a garment, to
enwrap myself in the photo. Jim made an image especially for the
collection, and I put it on silk through an inkjet printer. The idea was
that instead of putting his photo on your wall, you put it on your body.
ER: In the current menswear collection you reference not just one artist, but
an entire movement. What attracted you to Dada?
AD: I am very drawn to High Modernism in general and Dadaism in
particular. Marcel Duchamp is one of my favorite artists. For this
collection, I imagined that Dadaists are alive today, and they are going on
vacation to the South of France. How would they dress? We thought
how beautiful and free, how distinguished and chic they would look in a modern
and a bit shocking way. I don't know how they dressed back then, I just
envisioned it from seeing their work: the black, the white, the red, the
graphic elements. And we wanted to be playful ourselves, the way the
Dadaists were. So, we took the famous ?DADA? print, but we made the
"D" a bit longer, so you can read ?DADA? or PAPA, or you can read it
backwards and see my initials. At the show we played an interview with Marcel Duchamp
I found by coincidence. I was in
Shanghai a few months before the show with my husband and we bought a beautiful
red record at a flea market. We decided that it would be Dadaistic to
play this record at the show for the first time without knowing what's on it,
which is what we did.
ER: You primarily work with black and white. Why?
AD: Originally, I had worked a lot on the shape and the cut
of the garments, and when I am making a new shape, I don't want to be
distracted by color. Doing it in black or white allows me to see the
garment in its purest shape. It's like sculpting ? the sculptor does not
work with color, he sculpts in plaster. I always make the first version
of a garment in black and white. If in the process of making a garment I come
to a finishing point, then I don't feel like I need to add anything, because
the garment is exactly to my liking. And this would often happen before
thinking of color. It still happens, but I feel that with time it's nice
to add color too. Since the main image of Ann Demeulemeester is clear, we
can now experiment more with color and print. Color is also a feeling,
and I don't feel the way I did ten years ago. Sometimes I feel like
concentrating on the purity of the design, or I feel like I need some romanticism,
something light and amazing ? something beautiful in its naiveté. I try
to look at color in another way ? it's not just another print for a
dress. There are emotions in the colors and the prints. We make the
prints ourselves, and they fit within a certain mood or a story.
ER: What is the story behind the prints in the upcoming, fall 2008, collection?
AD: The entire collection was inspired by a Bob Dylan song, Knocking on Heaven's Door[/i]. It is a
great anti-war song ? it shakes you out of your skin. For the show I got
together all the versions of the song covered by different musicians. I
asked Patti Smith to record a version for it as well. I imagined that Bob
Dylan is 20 today ? what would he wear to bring the message of the song?
I don't know what he wore back then, but I thought of flowers. I could never find the combination of colors
that my favorite flowers in our garden have, so my husband suggested that we
make a print of them. I cut and dried the flowers, and my husband photographed
them. We then we put the print on fabric.
ER: I sense that this is a bit of a newly found creative freedom for you.
Do you feel like you have come to a place in your life that allows you to do
AD: Yes. I feel like Ann Demeulemeester is a brand that is clearly
recognizable by now. The aesthetic is there, and we can now work with
color, but present it the way we want. It also gives my assistants more
freedom. And it surprises people, which is good.
ER: Do you often feel like you know what fabric you need to manifest a certain
AD: Absolutely. And the other way around, we often start with the
fabric. First we develop the material, and then we think about finding
the perfect shape for it. The material often dictates the design.
ER: What are your favorite fabrics?
AD: I love light nicely woven wool that can age with time. I like the
essence of white cotton. I like silk. We often make our own
fabrics, so we start with the basic ones ? then other materials can come into
play, such as linen and ramie, then the patterns and the yarn, the weave, the
treatments. It rarely happens that we just find the fabric we
need. We have the manufacturers who we've worked with for twenty years,
and they are willing to listen to us. It's a long process, and there is
always the pressure of time, but in the end we have the fabrics that no one
else has.
ER: Originally, you designed only for women. How did the menswear come
AD: Many of my male friends were asking me for clothes, starting with my
husband. They would point to a particular garment and ask for a men's
version. I did not want to do it, because I felt already busy with the
women's, but they convinced me. Now it grew into a big collection.
Sometimes I make something for women with a certain mood, but there are also
men who can relate to the same aesthetic. It's not difficult to project
the mood, but the male body is different and so is the work that goes into
making men's garments.
ER: It may seem that you have androgyny in mind.
AD: I don't consider my clothes androgynous at all. There is tension in
human beings between the feminine and the masculine elements, and that is
intriguing. I am not saying that I like masculine women or feminine
men. I believe that these elements are intertwined in everyone. Possessing
something aggressive and fragile creates a contrast, and if I succeed in
putting that contrast into a garment, it comes to life. Some say
that putting a woman in trousers, a vest, and boots is androgynous. I
don't feel that way. I don't put men in skirts (well, maybe one day I
will), but I have put men in pink trousers or a jacket with flowers, which are
not classic men's items. I think that fragility in men is
beautiful. It's not for everyone, but I like different men. I
always make collections where there is a choice in sensibility, something that
my father, my husband, and my son, can wear. I try to stay close to the
human beings, and not in a fashion bubble. I want to make beautiful and
wearable garments.
ER: Unlike most fashion designers, you never advertise. Why?
AD: If I advertise, then I have to raise the price of the clothes, which
does not help my audience. We did not have the money in the beginning,
and it?s become sort of a tradition not to advertise. Nevertheless, it's
very gratifying to see my clothes in a magazine. It makes the compliment
real. I like the clothes to speak for themselves.
ER: How did you end up working with your business director, Anne Chapelle?
AD: She started working for me more than
15 years ago. The firm was growing fast, and I was still controlling
everything myself. To design collections and run the company was too
much for one person, and I was losing control, because obviously the design
part would always prevail, and I'd leave all the paperwork behind. My son
was little back then, and he had a friend, whose mother was Anne
Chapelle. She used to drive them both to school. One day I started
talking to her about my problems, and she offered to help. She was
running another company at the time, but she left to work with me. We
work as partners, and this has allowed me to remain independent.
ER: There is a new Ann Demeulemeester line in the works, Collection Blanche.
Yes, it is a collection of pieces reintroduced from my archives. I called
it Collection Blanche because it's like a blank canvas ? each time I can start
it anew. I put the name in French, because it is the language of the
poets I admire, such as Rimbaud and Baudelaire. With this collection I
wanted to transcend time. The pieces in it are like the old friends that
everybody misses. I've gotten many requests from friends and clients who
missed a certain piece and really wanted to own it. I decided it would be
a good idea to reproduce some garments. We are starting our second season
of Collection Blanche, and the memories of the pieces I want to wear again come
flooding back.
At a certain point the line was born out of need, because
some stores in the middle of the season sell out of my clothes. They kept
asking me for a cruise collection, but there will be no Ann Demeulemeester
cruise collection, so I found my own solution. The collection is very
limited ? a few pieces that construct a wardrobe ? a pair of trousers, a shirt,
a skirt, a jacket, a bag, etc. For now it is women's only.
Demeulemeester does not feel comfortable making grandiose plans. She
would like to do a perfume, if she finds the right partner. "I need
to do it my way, because I am not interested in just making anything with my
name on it," she says. ?You know those perfume commercials where
it's always the same girl running to the same tree ? I don't want
that." For now she is getting ready for the Paris menswear show at
the end of June. As we drive to my hotel in her black convertible Saab,
she talks in Dutch to her assistants on the car's speakerphone. For
Demeulemeester, "What remains is the future," as one of her t-shirts
reads. "I always say the future is open, and having the impression that
anything can happen makes everything exciting. Freedom is the biggest
luxury, so I try to make decisions as I go. Hopefully I can still invent
a lot of things."
Eugene Rabkin teaches critical writing at Parsons the New School For Design in New York.


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Carrot Cake
I found this amazing marble & gold cake stand at Marshalls for dirt cheap. The antler glass dome was a separate find also at Marshalls. I loved them both instantly and imagined they'd make a cool set. They did! Adam, didn't love how much counter space my new finds took and claimed I could only leave it on the kitchen counter if 'in use.' Challenge accepted! I will bake every day! :)
My sister found these 6 inch cake tins on sale at Michaels' for $4 each and bought them for me. Perfect! (Thanks Stacey!)
Cake time! Off to the grocery store for a bag of organic carrots & carrot cake here we go!
I made my own variation of the Smitten Kitchen Recipe as follows:
2 cups all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon table salt 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 cups granulated sugar 1 1/4 cups butter 4 large eggs 3 cups grated peeled carrots 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 1/2 cup gold & brown raisins
Oven 350°F, 40 minutes.
Including her Maple Cream Cheese Frosting.
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1 stick salted butter, room temperature 2 cups confectioners' sugar 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
I was so worried my cake would topple over but it stayed in place. Whew!
I decorated it with a few extra carrot cake shavings.
Now that's a piece of cake!
One slice was plenty for two.
Good night cake. <3

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text: FIVE UPDATES FROM THE FOREST May 6, 2015 Judith Edwards 1. So, even though there's a cabin on the property, we've opted to set up a campsite instead of sleeping inside since learning that our little structure is already pretty crowded with existing tenants (bats, mice, and squirrels to name a few). 2. It's been incredible to observe the seasonal changes in the forest landscape since September of last year. The meadow has already filled in significantly this spring, becoming wilder with each visit—the grass is now up to our armpits and hot pink foxgloves teeter in the breeze. 3. Last time we were locking up the cabin on our way back to Portland, the door fell off of its hinges. We rigged up this makeshift door from plywood to "secure" the structure (which is pretty useless considering how much nature has already taken over the inside of it). 4. Our primary focus at the property thus far has simply been cleaning up all of the debris that was left inside, and around, the cabin. Judith's dad helped us haul away a ton and a half (literally) of junk earlier this year, but honestly, we're just getting started. 5. Lastly, some heavy duty demolition over the spring has revealed dry rot in many of the structural components of the cabin, so we've got some hard decisions ahead of us.


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ISELTA PUEBLO, N.M. - Navajo Nation Council Speaker Lawrence T. Morgan led a Navajo delegation to the New Mexico State-Tribal Summit on April 14. The summit was held at the Isleta Resort and Casino.
Council delegates Leonard Anthony (Shiprock) and Norman John II (Twin Lakes) attended the summit along with Vice President Ben Shelly. The state's 22 tribes met with Gov. Bill Richardson to discuss issues affecting tribes across the state.
Gov. Richardson explained the purpose of the summit was to leave benchmarks for the future of Native Americans in the state.
"[This] summit reflects the high priority my Administration has placed upon strengthening state-tribal relations," Gov. Richardson said. "Coming together with the leadership of the 22 nations, tribes and pueblos of the state, in a forum that promotes open communication and cooperation, embodies true government-to-government relationships. I am confident that we have set a strong precedent that will carry the dialogue into future administrations."
The summit, mandatory under the Tribal Collaboration Act, which the governor signed into law last year, included discussion on Indian education, tribal infrastructure, anti-DWI initiatives between the state and tribes, and tribal economic development.
In regards to infrastructure, the tribes agreed and recommended the state draft a uniform application for capital outlay projects, which could help streamline the delay of monies for projects. Discussion on economic development resulted in an agreement to create an economic tribal advisory council under the state's economic development department.
Speaker Morgan spoke about the importance of tribal infrastructure in Indian Country, particularly in New Mexico. He thanked the governor for his work to create a permanent tribal infrastructure fund among other effective initiatives to empower state-tribal relations.
"Senate Bill 196 is at work here - the Collaboration Act, which has opened the door and paved a way for Native nations to develop ideas and work on various things with the state," Speaker Morgan said. "I commend the governor and state legislators for Senate Bill 196, House Bill 162, the Tribal Infrastructure Fund, and other bills very important to us. We need to capitalize and use this working tool to work with our state."
In regards to DWI, Vice President Shelly said the recent Navajo Nation Council amendments to Diné Fundamental Law could help public safety on the Navajo Nation.
"One thing that is good is that the Navajo Nation lawmakers passed legislation on Diné Fundamental Law," Shelly explained. "Now with the amendments, public safety can enforce alcohol regulation, which will benefit the Navajo Nation in the area of DWI."
In regards to education, Anthony said, "The Navajo Nation appreciates the state efforts on language and culturally appropriate education. The need for more coordinated efforts to ensure education in the classroom is conducive to learning styles of Native Americans."
The Navajo Nation recommended the state craft legislation to increase authority for the Indian Education Advisory Council and legislation to withhold approval of a school district's annual budget until districts demonstrate its compliance with the Indian Education Act.
"For the long term, the Navajo Nation is seeking to establish a state education agency and asked New Mexico for support," said Anthony.
"The issues and solutions discussed today will help achieve goals important to all New Mexicans: improved regional and local economies; greater public safety; sufficient community infrastructure and enhanced educational opportunity for all of New Mexico's children," said Alvin Warren, Secretary of Indian Affairs in New Mexico. "My department looks forward to building stronger collaboration between state agencies and tribal governments as we work to implement the solutions agreed upon today."
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One of the potential therapy is intranasal insulin. I am wondering why it is still not mentioned in any discussion, such as this. Insulin resistance or glucose dysregulation has been discussed in many 2017 articles from leading research laboratories showing the linkage with AD.
I agree. Is more being done with the intranasal insulin research and trials? I hope so!
It's nice to have the money but I see nothing innovative about where it's going: exclusively to prevention and nothing for remediation. My wife and millions of others are past the high cutoff levels for nearly all clinical trials and therefore are excluded from any research aimed at halting or reversing their progression toward death, a slow death. It's like, if you've got the disease, it's too bad.
Well, there is a basic route that could help (as it has with hundreds of other diseases): off-label prescription of FDA drugs that researchers have shown may be effective for some aspects of AD. It's a very complicated disease, and every possibility must be tried. Off-label prescription by individual physicians, and institutions, should be encouraged, and a nation-wide database of the patient characteristics and results should be developed to aid in utilizing the drugs. These prescriptions could be immediately utilized, not 5-10 years in the future. If you want trial participants in this fight with AD, get the victims and their caregivers involved with this now. Don't wait. Who knows, maybe the results from tens of thousands of such prescriptions could lead to jump-starting traditional clinical trials and lead to new directions for research and drug development. And in the meantime, AD victims may have some options other than . . . . . a guarantee of a short life and grinding death.
As I sit each morning, reading articles in reference to Alzheimer's I become more discouraged that they haven't found a treatment or cure for this brain disease after all these years with research and wasted funds.
Now that Bill Gates is involved let's hope they make progress for the young ones and get it right.
Alzheimer's disease and CADASIL are heritable, adult-onset dementias that both involve damaged small blood vessels.
Theory #1: With young on set dementia on the rise worldwide. Could the amyloid plaques and tau tangles be connected to a mutation from CADASIL's, chromosome 19 notch 3 gene. Which is causing the Alzheimer's brain to go haywire?
Theory #2: Silent Strokes at any age: Patients unaware they even had one, causes damage to the brain. Affects the thought process, mood, and cognitive functions and may lead to loss of urinary bladder control. So does that mean silent strokes over the years could also lead to young onset dementia?
This is just a thought; for all medical professionals, be a little more compassionate and inquire about the family history not only physical
ailments, you need information on the characteristic personality family traits which also holds a lot of information.There are more young ones being diagnosed with dementia, it's not the old persons disease anymore and you just don't wake up one day with dementia.
The reason for why immune therapy of Alzheimer's using amyloid and tau has so far failed, it is because as designed, those studies were supposed to fail. In fact, the active immune therapy approach from several large pharmaceutical companies used the wrong antigen with the wrong adjuvant in the wrong population, thus, we should not be surprise at at all that they got bad results as expected. Yet, the myth that amyloid and tau are not promising keeps spreading, hindering progress in an area where faulty approach seems to be the rule. Maybe somebody should inform those criticizing the immunological approach that the king is naked.


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Hosea's wife left him, cheated on him, and brought shame to his name. But when her life fell apart, she turned to the slave blocks to pay off her debts. God called Hosea to go and purchase his wife back, and despite her actions, to love her once more.
In the same way, God loves us, his people. He created us, but we rebelled. Then Jesus came and paid it all, he ransomed us and freed us from slavery so that we might live in a loving relationship with him again. This is amazing grace!
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Another blog about our fertility journey and, particularly, the most recent effort to travel many miles for one more IVF!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I am triggering tonight at 8pm and have my ER Thursday at 9. We were going to do a hysteroscopy during the ER since I am not transferring but Dr. G suggested that since he won't be available on Thursday to do the ER and hysteroscopy that he'd prefer doing it himself so we changed it to an office visit on Friday. Of course, something about doing it under anesthesia appealed to me, but I've done it before and it wasn't so bad, and since he knows me best, I do feel better about him doing it. He left it up to me and I said Friday...I'm nuts, right?
Besides that I finally got up to visit my friend here who just gave birth 3 weeks ago (from fertility community). It was great. Her little guy is one of the most beautiful babies I've ever seen. It was great to catch up and visit and I'm looking forward to another visit in May when I am here for transfer. I brought my camera to take some pics since my blog has seriously been lacking fun pictures this cycle, but I forgot!
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- Devon said...
yep - i had "kissing ovaries" after my injects+IUI cycle...can you say OUCH?!
hang in there! good luck!
- February 24, 2009 at 5:31 PM
You are an egg machine!! Good luck with your trigger shot tonight. Will DH be there to give it to you? So if I understand you correctly...you are going under thursday and friday?! For some wierd reason, I love getting put to sleep. I am sooo glad you had a good visit with J and got to meet little W. Did J take any pics? Thanks for the heads up about my blog. I took off the word verification thing. Thinking of you and your EGGS! Do you always have this many?
- February 24, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- momsoon said...
Holy crap- that is amazing!
Watch out for potholes and speedbumps, those are some fulll overies- way to go!
I think what some of you are doing at CCRM with the testing and then freezing the blasts makes so much sense...
Good luck with retrieval- I will be thinking of you!
- February 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM
- Jill M. said...
Holy cow egg farm!!! Can't wait to see what you get at ER. I'm guessing 25! Best of luck!
- February 24, 2009 at 6:19 PM
- kayjay said...
Wow - the things we learn through this! I never knew your ovaries could touch one another by becoming so big during stims!!! That's great news though - I bet you get more than 20 eggs and I hope and pray that that they are all awesome quality. GL!
- February 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM
- DAVs said...
Happy triggering! I cannot believe your ovaries are that big--yikes! I hope you feel great and that you have an awesome ER!
- February 24, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Retro Girl said...
Those are some big ovaries! Best of luck on the ER! And congrats on the reasonable trigger time :-).
- February 24, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- Kristen and Kiko said...
Woohoo!! Yeah for triggering!!! I'm praying for you that this is THE CYCLE!! Good luck honey!
- February 24, 2009 at 8:13 PM
- Not Your Aunt Bea said...
Wow! Sending good thoughts your way...
- February 24, 2009 at 8:29 PM
- Nikki said...
Hey there - yes, that's happened to my ovaries a couple of times. "Bunch of grapes" is what the tech had said!
Sounds like you have a good ol egg farm growing in there. Good luck with your retrieval. Was your DH there in time for your trigger?
- February 24, 2009 at 9:14 PM
- Sky said...
Sue, everything sounds great. I can't believe they're retrieving tomorrow at 9 AM - Wow! And the number of follicles - OMG! Great news!!!
I wouldn't worry about the hysteroscopy on Friday. You've had it already and know what to expect. I actually thought mine was a breeze - no better/worse than a pap.
Can't wait to hear how things go tomorrow.
- February 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- Lost in Space said...
So glad to hear that all is going so well! I only had 13 eggs for IVF#1, but also had the "kissing ovaries". My RE made it sound so cute and sweet, but it sure didn't feel that way......
All my best for tomorrow's retrieval and Friday's hysteroscopy. Rest up and update us when you can.
- February 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM
- Houghton Crew said...
Good luck today Sue!!! Praying for lots of great embryos!!
- February 26, 2009 at 4:57 AM
- DonnaPetit said...
Ok, let me get this straight, you took growth hormones and now you're surprised that your ovaries grew?? hahaha. Good luck today! I heard Sherman this morning, he was saying "Good luck Mommy" in boxer language.
- February 26, 2009 at 5:21 AM
- Angie said...
Awesome, wonderful news!!! Sounds like you will have a ton of eggs! GL today!!!
p.s. good idea to have the doc you are comfortable with do the other test ~ good call! hope it goes well!!!!
- February 26, 2009 at 6:50 AM
- MamaSoon said...
Oh my gosh! I was all groggy from my drainage retrieval and missed your announcement. You'll be going in one hour for your real retrieval. I AM SO PSYCHED for you. Can't wait to hear the awesome report. good luck!!
- February 26, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- MamaSoon said...
FYI - I tagged you on my post today.
- February 26, 2009 at 7:44 AM
- Linda said...
You're probably recovering from your ER as I leave this message. May you get a basket full of eggies!! Can't wait to hear how many and looking forward to your fert report!!!
BTW, I'm still here in Denver and will be at the clinic in the morning. Maybe we'll bump into each other! I'll keep an eye out for you. Good luck on your hysteroscopy. Dr. Sch did mine, and it was over like in 5 minutes - and that included dressing. :)
- February 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM


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My last week at school saw me head on a fantastic trip to France, to Normandy to be more precise. We took 26 pupils to the D Day landing beaches. It was absolutely fantastic, a history lesson which I will never forget.
Spending afternoons on the beaches that men battled over, standing on the famous Omaha beach, learning the plight and fate of so many courageous boys. What really caught my eye however was learning about the paratroop regiments, the incredibly brave men who simply jumped out of a plane, very often not knowing where they would land.
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Check out the powder compact in the back left hand corner of the next photo. It made me think that elegance and keeping up appearances was still important to women even with a war on. I can imagine that the modern-day army may not provide powder compacts, however I like to think that actually these women used it to keep them grounded, keep a little bit of normality when life around them was so so hard. We all do it don't we, it helps to keep our feet on the ground and very often keep us sane when life gets mad. I am sure that the incredibly brave women in the army today will have those little things they like to do to bring a little normality into their world.
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On a more personal and serious note the whole trip has really helped me keep life in perspective. The things I go through every now and then are really hard yes, but to live through 6 years of war.. people had it hard and really I don't know what real hardship is. It has helped me to not get so frustrated or narrow minded about my life and remember that we can all learn something from the war spirit. Community, resilience, giving one another a loving, helping hand and staying elegant through all life's situations will go a long way.
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Hey PALS families and friends, Taylor Singmaster here… this Labor Day weekend I had the honor of leading the first PALS Adventure of the season with one of my very best friends, Bo Irwin. Charis Stables is a newly opened therapy riding farm in Elverson, PA. It also just happens to be the home of my retired show horse, Bentley.
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House GOP gets a lesson in the power of Trump's tweets
Republicans have a knack for some things. One of them is generating controversy where none previously existed. A recent case in point: the House of Representatives seeking, via a rule change, to tweak the independent ethics office that oversees lawmaker activities. As soon as the change was made public, it generated an outcry -- including from Donald Trump.
The result? The House has dropped the idea, and sent it to committee for more study:
After a storm of criticism, including from President-elect Donald Trump, House Republicans have reversed themselves and restored the current rules of the Office of Congressional Ethics.
GOP members met Tuesday afternoon and agreed by unanimous consent to withdraw a change to House rules approved late Monday evening, before the new Congress was sworn in, that would have weakened the ethics office, an independent watchdog first established in 2008 under House Democrats.
According to lawmakers in the room, GOP leaders said the change was a distraction from their agenda and that the issue needed further vetting.
Public outcry, opposition from ethics watchdog groups, a divided GOP, and two tweets from Trump critical of the rules change prompted a swift reversal of the proposal authored by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
Trump questioned, via Tweet, Congress' priorities. He tweeted a pair of posts saying that while the OCE was "unfair," Congress had more important issues to take up, including tax reform and health care.
Inclusion of the ethics measure threatened to bring down the entire rules package — the governing rules of the chamber — that is headed for a vote later Tuesday. The majority party traditionally passes the rules package on their votes alone, and a defeat would have been an embarrassing start for Republicans in the new Congress.
House Ethics Chairwoman Susan Brooks, R-Ind., said that the ethics panel will review the proposal and come back to the conference with any recommendations by late summer or early fall. Republicans said they would like to have Democratic buy-in to any proposed changes to the OCE. Several Democrats in recent years have also voiced criticism of the OCE, but Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who played a critical role in establishing the OCE, has fought back any efforts to reduce its role.
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Maryanne Lincoln's recently reissued book, Comprehensive Dyeing Guide [copyright 2005 Stackpole Books] was a popular book giveaway. Thanks to everyone for the comments and enthusiasm.
Many comments were from new wool dyers and those intrigued by the idea of creating their own beautifully dyed wool for their future hooked rugs. Maryanne's book is full of easy to follow instructions. There are obviously many rug hookers who are eager to learn how to dye wool.
Names were written on cards and dropped into my dye pot, where they were stirred and simmered and the winning card was pulled out. The winner is Carolyn Loop, who commented"Thank you for your generous offer". Congratulations, Carolyn. I will contact you for your mailing address, so I can get that book right out to you.
I enjoy doing book giveaways, so keep a lookout on my blog or on my Facebook business page (and please give it a "Like", if you haven't done so already).
For all of you who participated in the book giveaway and didn't win, go to the Rug Hooking Magazine website here and you can order a copy of Maryanne Lincoln's Comprehensive Dyeing Guide, while supplies last.
Now that my dye pot is empty once again, it's time for me to marry some wool for my snowflake mandala project. We have just had a wonderful ten day visit from our son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter, Lucy, and now it's time for me to pick up a hook and get back to work!
There's a lot of beauty out there and in your simmering dye pot!


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Ind-B'desh to expeditiously implement LBA on ground
Significantly scaling up bilateral ties, India and Bangladesh today said they have decided to expeditiously implement the historic Land Boundary Agreement on the ground and cooperate in a wide array of areas such as civil nuclear energy, petroleum and power.
A joint declaration titled '<g data-gr-id="76">Notun</g> <g data-gr-id="77">Projonmo</g>? Nayi Disha' (New Generation, New Direction), said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina had agreed to "further enhance cooperation" in the energy sector particularly in renewable energy and nuclear energy.
"Both Prime Ministers agreed to cooperate in the field of civil nuclear energy, especially training for technical personnel," the statement said giving an insight into the issues discussed during Modi's meeting with Hasina yesterday.
Significantly, the statement said Modi and Hasina have given directives to the concerned officials on both sides for "expeditious implementation of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011 Protocol on the ground."
On the first day of Prime Minister Modi's maiden visit here yesterday, the two sides had swapped documents regarding the LBA that paves the way for the operationalisation of the 1974 pact under which 161 enclaves under the control of either countries will be exchanged.
They reaffirmed their commitment to extend all facilities to the residents of the enclaves and ensure that the rights of all citizens are protected, the declaration said.
Elaborating on the energy sector, an area of "growing cooperation", the document said the two countries have decided to initiate an annual India-Bangladesh Energy Dialogue to be led jointly by Secretary (Petroleum) of India and Secretary, Power Division of Bangladesh.
The dialogue will undertake comprehensive energy sector cooperation including in areas of coal, natural gas,LNG,supply of petroleum products in the sub-region, renewable energy, oil and gas pipelines etc.
In an attempt to bolster connectivity in the region, Modi agreed to consider Bangladesh's proposal to introduce the second Maitree Express between Khulna and Kolkata.
"The two Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction about the ongoing cooperation in the railways sector including the Akhaura-Agartala railway link and revival of the old railway links," the declaration noted.
Modi and Hasina welcomed the signing of the 'Coastal Shipping Agreement', which they said would open up newer avenues of cooperation in the areas of bilateral and regional trade and connectivity.
"Both the Prime Ministers agreed on the need for dredging of the Bangladesh-India inland water protocol routes to utilise their full potential," the joint declaration said.
The two Prime Ministers expressed satisfaction at the "unparallelled" level of cooperation between the two countries on security related issues and reaffirmed their "unequivocal and uncompromising position against extremism and terrorism in all forms and manifestations", it said. .
They reiterated their commitment that their respective territories would not be allowed to be used for any activity inimical to the other, the declaration said.
"As well as their commitment to cooperate with each other by sharing information about groups and persons indulging in terrorism," it said.
"The two Prime Ministers stressed the need for effective implementation of the Coordinated Border Management Plan (CBMP) for better border management so as to prevent <g data-gr-id="75">cross border</g> criminal activities, irregular movement, incidents of violence and tragic loss of lives," it said.
Both Prime Ministers reiterated that the number of deaths at the border must be brought down to zero and directed the concerned authorities and border guarding forces to work to that effect, it added.
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Issue Number 32: First quarter for 2003
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An Introduction to the SUMERIANS: Before the Kingdom of Sumer by Frank E. Smitha, John C. Sanders and Derek Cline.
First Note: There are a number of problems in the various proposed chronologies of ancient Mediterranean cultures. One of the most noticable is a diversity in the dates given for Egyptian and Mesopotamian states, periods, and monarchs. The variety of methods used to ascertain dates leads to rival schemes with dates which vary by nearly a century. There is also a much larger inconsistency claimed by credentialed scholars whose motives seem, however, to derive from Biblical literalism.
Though the history of argiculture can be dated back further, by 7,000 BCE1, where hunter-gatherers had roamed in what is called the Fertile Crescent2 in West Asia, planting had grown into the major source of food. There, true farming had begun, with the growing of wheat and barley, the domestication of animals and people permanently settled. By 4500 BCE, a people archaeologists3 call Ubaidians were living in towns in southern Mesopotamia4 near where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers emptied into the Persian Gulf. The Ubaidians drained marshes. They grew wheat and barley and irrigated their crops by digging ditches to river waters. They kept farm animals. Some of them manufactured pottery. They did weaving, leather or metal work, and some of them were involved in trade with other societies5.
The development of the Ubaid period begins the earliest witnessed period of
human settlement on the south Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers. It also witnessed the development of modest houses, pottery,
and large temple structures.
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Frank E Smitha was
born in Los Angeles, December 1933. He has a B.A in History. You can find his
contribution to this exclusive article for Bilgelik on his
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Professor Derek Cline is an archaeologist. Currently he is on-site excavating Tell Hamoukar. He lectures part-time at the Univeristy of Nottingham, England.
1. BCE = Before the Common Era - also known as BC. After the Common Era (ACE) is also known as AD. Back to text
2. See the map of the fertile crescent. Due to the shape of this distribution in the Near East (almost absent precipitation in the central desert regions and high rainfall in the mountains around it), the area is called the fertile crescent. The total precipitation is indirectly known from the deposit of organic material in the sediments on the sea floor in the Gulf of Persia, from radiocarbon dates in lake sediments. The ratio of the Oxygen-18 isotope in lake sediments is an indicator of the total lake volume of water. There is no systematical trend (e.g. it is not getting dryer and dryer) in the last 5000 years (historical times), but there are three large scale dry periods effecting the entire Near East: 3200-2900, 2350-2000 and around 1300 BCE. Back to text
3. Oppenheim, A.L. Ancient Mesopotamia (1964; revised 1977) also see Fagan, B. M., People of the Earth, Glenview Il, Scott Forsman, 1989. This archaeology text book helped provide some of the introductory material. Back to text
4. Mesopotamia. The word `Mesopotamia' is in origin a Greek name (mesos `middle' and potamos `river', so `land between the rivers'). The name is used for the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris and its tributaries, roughly comprising modern Irak and part of Syria. South of modern Bagdad, the alluvial plains of the rivers was called the land of Sumer and Akkad in the third millennium. Sumer is the most southern part, while the land of Akkad is the area around modern Bagdad, where the Euphrates and Tigris are close to each other. In the second millennium both regions together are called Babylonia, a mostly flat country. The territory in the north (between the rivers Tigris and the Great Zab) is called Assyria, with the city Assur as center. It borders to the mountains. See maps 2 & 3 for a pictoral perspective. Back to text
5. Ubaid was the first true culture to develop in the area
later known as Sumer. It was during the fifth millenium BC that the Ubaid
culture was to develop a number of settlements that would later become the major
Sumerian cities. These settlements gradually developed into the chief cities,
namely Adab, Eridu, Kish, Kullab, Lagash, Larsa, Nippur, and Ur. See maps
2 & 3
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I had been looking forward to this show for a while, mostly because I absolutely fell in love with shooting Beartooth the last time I shot them and I've been dying to do so ever since. Also because I haven't shot Vanna in a long time and wasn't really happy with my photos from the last time I shot them.
I usually feel really lame and kind of out of place going on stage at The Marquis to take photos, but my buddies with Savior Custom Drums really wanted some photos of Beartooth's drummer, Brandon, so I sucked it up and got up there - and I'm super happy I did! Definitely got some of my favorite recent photos at The Marquis that night.
I didn't take a whole lot of the openers, but I hope the shots of Vanna and Beartooth will make up for it! Enjoy!


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Treemapping the migrant population
The treemap shows the foreign-born population of the UK by country of birth. The figures are estimates from the Labour Force Survey for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Foreign-born population by country of birth, United Kingdom, Q4 2015
The countries are grouped into seven broad geographic areas: European Union, Other Europe, Middle East and Central Asia, South and East Asia, Africa, Americas and the Caribbean, and Oceania. Cyprus appears in two groups, representing the EU and non-EU parts. Find out more about this treemap.


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Kongsberg receives first DNV GL cyber security type approval
DNV GL announced that the Norwegian technology company, Kongsberg, has received its first DNV GL cyber security type approval for the company's K-IMS system.
As DNV GL states in its announcement, they have been cooperating with Kongsberg for the last year to develop a new type approval programme for the cyber security assessment of control system components, which is called 'Security Assessment of Control System Components, DNVGL-CP-0231'.
The new system is a a core component in Kongsberg's digital ecosystem Kognifai and it focuses on verifying both the technical reliability and cyber security of control systems.
Bent Erik Bjørkli, VP Digital Performance at Kongsberg Maritime, said: "At Kongsberg we have been delivering solutions for remote support and data collection for many years.Over the last few years, however, we have seen an increasing focus from our customers in the cyber security of the connected systems on their vessels. This was why we were so interested to work together with DNV GL on the development of the new type approval. With the new type approval, we can now demonstrate the security of our systems through an independent verification process."
From his part Odd Magne Nesvåg, Head of Control Systems at DNV GL – Maritime, after thanking Kongsberg for its cooperation, he claimed that with the new system, maritime vendors will now be able to show their customers they meet a set of independently developed and verified quality standards in an area that is becoming ever more important.
Concluding, DNV GL notes that "as the shipping industry digitalizes, vessels are becoming sophisticated hubs of connected systems and sensors that generate and exchange data both onboard and back to shore. This connectivity increases the need for cyber security and for ways of verifying the cyber safety of installed systems."


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Moné "Medusa" Smith is the undisputed Queen of West Coast underground hip hop. She has shared the stage with artists including Stevie Wonder, KRS-ONE, George Clinton, Public Enemy, Erykah Badu, Roy Ayers, Common, Meshell Ndegeocello, and MC Lyte.
She was the winner of a 2014 Female Hip Hop Honor Award and a 2014 West Coast Hip Hop Award, as well as honoree of Honolulu's "Girl Fest," which dedicated an entire day to Medusa and her accomplishments in music.
Usually taking place every November, this all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)3 festival incorporates film, music, art, spoken word, and dance, complemented by a mini-conference involving panels, lectures, outreach workshops for children and adults that address themes such as body image, identity, empowerment, social change and methods on how to prevent violence in relationships, all of which are important themes of Medusa's work.
Moné was on Next Level Team El Salvador.


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Despite the rather gray weather we have good quality fruit available and plenty of it in the varieties Van and Black Star.
The Black Star are not prolific bearers but the fruit is very large and great flavour.
The old favourite, Van are a real reliable cherry for quantity and quality.
Because the crop is large the picking is a cinch.
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As usual, I have decided to Go Go Go...for the month of September. The first weekend in September is my grandson's wedding. We are going to miss the Scottish games in Pleasanton up north, my favorite event of the year. But, I do believe my grandson takes precedence. LOL
Dustin and his soon to be wife, Jenee
So now I am trying to arrange my schedule at work. I drive the clinical coordinator CRAZY, because I am always trying to change and coordinate my hospital schedule for dog events :0) I think I can pull it off. Jet and Trouble can join me as my traveling companions on the drive to Klammath for the 5 days of trialing. Best yet, we can stay in our camper van. Yea. Both are great travelers and excellent company.
Yesterday while I was out and about, hospital training, doctors appts. and such, I picked up a couple of new dog beds for Trouble. The price was too good to pass up. One is the perfect size for the perfect area for her to sleep in the van. The other is a nylon water proof bed, so she can travel from RV to RV visiting without getting foxtails in her bed. Anything for the 10 yr. old "princess" JRT. :0)
Trouble likes to have a comfy place to rest
Mike and Sport and Me and Jet
Great idea, Suzanne. Plus, I can watch Champ's Dad, Buzz, run in the finals. He has been winning some of the biggest trials this summer on the West Coast. I'll be rooting for Suzy Applegate as well as Mike and many others.
Champ's sire, Buzz
Maybe, some day I will make the finals. But, in order to do so, I really need to get to more than 5 trials a year. :0) I'll try to make an extra effort next year with Yoko. All she needs is experience and a bit more confidence. She is a wonderful listener and partner plus I truly enjoy trialing her.


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Loving God. Loving People in Tijuana Mexico. This has been the tagline throughout the years at Spectrum Ministries. But, what does that really equate to in the whole scheme of things? Right now, Spectrum Ministries is fully committed to bringing God's Word to the families in our neighborhoods. We want to share the Good News with men, women, and children, alike. Being able to serve and assist in daily needs is always a good way to build relationships and get to know people. But, spiritual salvation is how we can help meet their most important need.
In order to provide solid doctrine to the people in Tijuana Mexico, it will require more than just Loving God. We need to continue our own growth, knowledge, and understanding of God's Word. Although we all come from different backgrounds, and are at different stages in our walk with God, we can all use more time studying and building on the knowledge and understanding we have. In just the past few weeks, Matt has begun leading a bible study before our staff meeting on Monday's based on the online library of video instruction and research tools by Third Millennium Ministries.
The mission of Third Mill is to prepare Christian leaders to lead a transformation of the world into God's Kingdom by providing biblical education, for the world, for free. Their top priority is to spread the will of God to every corner of the earth through the gospel of Christ. We are really excited to have this opportunity for personal growth within our Spectrum staff. Whether it is in school, in life, or in our spiritual journey, we understand that when you know better you do better!


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Anderson's Tranquility; our little piece of beach
In the main house area our cottage has: one bedroom with a FIRM queen size bed, one
bedroom with two twin beds, a sleep sofa in the NC room.The separate motel-type
bedroom has: two double beds and bathroom This room has it's own entrance (no direct access
to main house area). The separate rec room has: couch, large
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Our beach cottage is one of the original Frank Stick flattop beach houses. It certainly has some history behind it.
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steps from the beautiful beach. Watch the dolphins swim, the pelicans fly overhead, fish, and find shells.
The porch is a nice place to go for quiet conversation.
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To rent, contact Southern Shores Realty 1-800-334-1000 tell them you are interested
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Shelley & Tom | Camp Katur Yorkshire
When Shelley & Tom said they're having a Silent Disco in the Camp Katur woods the night before their wedding... I wasn't going to miss that!
2 playlists, some serious Prosecco drinking, awesome tunes and some questionable dance moves.... Onto the wedding and what a weekend! Started with a party, ended with a party..with some awesome colours, people, vows and all things weddings thrown in! Can't thank these guys enough for inviting me along to snap their big day, meet so many of their family and friends, spend a weekend partying with them and not forgetting keeping me entertained on a daily basis with their Instagram Stories... thanks McGhie's!
Another huge shout to Megan Yearby for yet again doing a stellar job on the second shooting, you rocked it.
Big up to all these awesome wedding suppliers who literally rocked this wedding, pretty stoked to work with these awesome vendors:
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McKinney and northern Collin County residents now have access to advanced trauma care in their community. Medical City McKinney is the first hospital in McKinney and northern Collin County to be designated as an Advanced (Level III) Trauma Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
As an Advanced Level III Trauma Center, Medical City McKinney has specialized, dedicated resources available to manage major and severe injuries.
"There is a significant need for advanced trauma care in McKinney and surrounding communities," said Ernest Lynch, III, FACHE, CEO of Medical City McKinney. "Since embarking on the journey to become an advanced Level III trauma center more than a year ago, we've had over 500 trauma admissions."
The designation process ensures that proper procedures, staffing and processes are in place to best care for the most serious injuries, from gunshot wounds to head injuries to complex fractures to automobile accidents. As part of this designation, trauma surgeons, as well as other physician specialists, are required to be available 24 hours a day.
"At Medical City McKinney we have the staff, training, supplies and equipment, as well as the policies and procedures to care for trauma patients as part of an ongoing commitment to improve outcomes for survival," said Mathis Adams, MD, FACS, Medical City McKinney Trauma Medical Director.
Medical City McKinney has a comprehensive team of surgeons, specialists, nurses and staff members that receive specialized training in trauma care. The hospital partners with local EMS personnel to provide education in caring for trauma patients in the field.
Trauma facilities are required by the State of Texas to collect data for evaluation on an ongoing basis concerning trauma cases to improve outcomes and quality standards.