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Protecting the people of New Mexico is a top priority for Governor Martinez.
Governor Martinez was a prosecutor for 25 years, specializing in child abuse and child homicide cases. She was twice named "Prosecutor of the Year" and was named "Woman of the Year" for her dedication to protecting children.
As Governor, Susana Martinez remains committed to public safety.
- Passed an enhanced Katie's Law, named after Katie Sepich, a New Mexico State University student whose killer Martinez successfully prosecuted. The new Katie's Law requires all those arrested for felonies to provide a DNA sample, which is then used to solve cold rape and murder cases and exonerate the innocent, while prosecuting the guilty.
- Vetoed a measure that would have allowed criminal records to be expunged.
- Eliminated "Sanctuary State" policy that prohibited law enforcement officers from determining the immigration status of those arrested for crimes.
- Vetoed a measure that would have allowed child killers to avoid life sentences.
- Created "Silver Alert" system, which enables law enforcement to quickly notify the public, locate, and help Alzheimer's patients who go missing.
- Tackled issue of identity theft by establishing a new notary revocation process.
- Created the Fugitive Apprehension Team within the Department of Corrections, capturing 70 fugitives in the first two months alone.
- Launched the #SAFE reporting hotline so that any New Mexican can easily report child abuse.
- Signed legislation establishing Erin's Law in New Mexico, providing for age-appropriate children on how to identify and report sexual abuse.
- Signed legislation expanding the Amber Alert to allow an alert to be issued for ANY child who is abducted and in danger; previously, the law had prevented alerts from being issued if a family member was the abductor of the child.
- Worked closely with Mexico Governor Cesar Duarte, and local and federal authorities to track down, apprehend, and extradite Noe Torres and Edward Salas, both of whom were on the run in Mexico for their roles in the murder of a 10 year-old New Mexico boy.
- Signed legislation enacting some of the toughest sex offender registration requirements in the country, expanding the amount of information that available to the public about the location of sex offenders and closing the loophole that allowed out-of-state sex offenders to avoid registering as sex offenders in New Mexico.
Supporting Law Enforcement
- Even given the challenging budget times, the state increased state police pay by four percent and Governor Martinez has advocated additional increases to help make state police salaries comparable with our agencies.
- Signed a bill requiring PTSD training and child support incident training for law enforcement officers.


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Just want to give a special thanks to Natalie Breonah for allowing me to use her photos. Please check out her website www.nataliebreonahphotography.com
This past week I had the honor of covering Atlanta International Fashion Week (AIFW). This was my first and definitely not my last fashion week. AIFW was founded by Paula Whittle and has been running for the past six years. AIFW supports and promotes independent designers and inspiring models from Georgia, all over the United States and globally. AIFW also started a mentor program called Fashion Apprentice for young girls to be exposed to the fashion industry.
H&M dress and necklace, Steve Madden shoes and Michael Kors watch
The kickoff for AIFW got started at Bottle Bar Buckhead. There was such a great turnout, designers, models and makeovers by Motives for LaLa. The atmosphere was lively and I had a great time talking to the AIFW participants and designers.
Motives representative doing a wonderful job on the makeover
Designer Jason Christopher Peters with a model wearing his hair piece (Left) Designer Amanda Williamson (Top Right) and Designer Shannon Warren (Bottom Right)
Nikka of OhNikka and I
Jason C. Peters (above)
Various Designers (below)
Overall, Atlanta International Fashion Week was good. They had a great lineup of designers and models. Also, the venues they chose gave guests a great experience of what Atlanta has to offer. AIFW has tremendous potential for being a top fashion week in the U.S. With any event there are bound to be roadblocks and miscommunications, however how they are handled is the important part. AIFW has a lot of growing to do, but once they find their groove in things they will be one of the best fashion weeks the fashion industry has to offer. I'm excited to see what the future holds for Atlanta International Fashion Week!

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This is my last post. My original goal was to do it for a year, and that was in March 2015 so my goal has been met.
Other projects beckon and so its time to step out of the blogosphere, for a while anyways. Much thanks to those who have read my posts, sent in comments and encouraged me along the way.
I will leave you with one of my favorite quotes:
A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. Aldo Leopold


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Did Ya Know Friday - Kelpie
Kelpie is a mythic water horse in Celtic folklore who supposedly haunts Scottish and Irish rivers and lochs. Black in color, it appears as a lost pony but can be identified by its constantly dripping mane. It has skin like a seal but as cold as death when touched. They are known to transform into beautiful women in order to lure men into their traps. The water horse creates illusions to stay hidden, keeping only an eye above water to scout the surface.


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How Repetition Can Aid You Increase Your Memory
Memory is something that is precious and sensitive, and if you want to know ways to improve your memory then you've come to the right place. The best way to take steps on improving your memory is to learn as much as you can about how to improve memories, and this article serves as a good resource to do just that.
http://www.veoh.com/static/swf/veoh/SPL.swf?videoAutoPlay=0&permalinkId=v19478494yfzz33FEA key to keeping your memory sharp as a tack is to keep up your social relationships. By surrounding yourself with friends and family, especially those that you consider a great support system, you are helping your memory to stay alive. Research actually shows that those with the most active lifestyle showed the slowest rate of memory loss.
If you are searching for ways to increase your memory, then work with others and collaborate on ideas with them. When you do this, your brain fires in a different way than it does when you work on something alone. Bounce ideas off others and see how differently you begin to think.
A key to keeping your memory sharp as a tack is to keep up your social relationships. By surrounding yourself with friends and family, especially those that you consider a great support system, you are helping your memory to stay alive. Research actually shows that those with the most active lifestyle showed the slowest rate of memory loss.
Feed your brain. Just like the body, the brain supplement needs fuel. A healthy diet, including vegetables, fruits and plenty of whole grains, can help to boost your memory. In addition, try to limit saturated fat in your diet. Saturated fats can hinder concentration and memory. Drinking alcohol in moderation can also help your memory and cognitive skills. One glass of red wine a day is the ideal option.
If you find that your memory has deteriorated drastically in a short period of time, it is important that you see your doctor right away. Sudden memory loss could be a sign of a more serious medical condition, such as Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease, which can effect people of all ages.
Try to visualize what you are trying to remember. When you see a mental picture of what you want to learn, you can recall it better. Visualize things like images, charts, or special aspects of the material that you are reading. When you remember those characteristics, you can recall the material more effectively.
Meditate a lot to reduce stress and improve brain functions. Meditation is known to improve several conditions such as depression, anxiety, sever pain or blood pressure. Persons who frequently meditate can focus better and have significantly better reasoning skills and concentration. Meditation improves the communication among brain cells which in return results in enhanced memory functions.
If you find that your memory has deteriorated drastically in a short period of time, it is important that you see your doctor right away. Sudden memory loss could be a sign of a more serious medical condition, such as Dementia or Alzheimer's Disease, which can effect people of all ages.
Exercise regularly as it can improve your memory functions and health. Physical exercises improve your physical look and they also increase the oxygen flow to the brain. A physically well kept body is less prone to catch memory loss causing illnesses and increases the useful brain chemicals' presence in the blood.
The best way to keep your memory sharp is to make sure that you stay mentally active. Physical exercise keeps your body in shape, and mental exercise keeps your mind in shape. Doing crossword puzzles, reading complicated passages, playing board games, or learning a musical instrument can all help you keep your mental edge.
Get sufficient sleep. Getting enough sleep is important to keeping your memory sharp. When you are asleep, your brain disposes of unnecessary memories and memory supplements forms more storage for new information. If you fail to get enough sleep, your brain supplement doesn't have enough time to recharge. You will find you have trouble focusing.
If you are studying new information, try switching up your routine a little bit. Endlessly repeating the same sort of study session can get boring. You may find that, after a while, you are no longer retaining the information. So switch up your routine. Pick a new time and a new place to study. The novelty of the change will help you in remembering.
A great tip that can help you improve your memory is to review information shortly after you've learned it. Doing this periodically will help you recall important things. What you don't want to do is cram. If you cram you won't retain as much information as you want.
Drink ginseng tea to help improve your memory. The ingredients are thought to improve brain functioning, and that includes the ability to retain memories. It is not only good for your brain but excellent for your health. Another natural ingredient which has been scientifically proven to improve memory loss is green tea.
Eat more foods with flavonoids. Foods with flavonoids will help to keep your memory from deteriorating. This includes foods like, grapes, berries, tea leaves, cocoa beans and hops. These flavonoids will encourage the growth of new neurons in the brain and increase blood flow. This will help you to better remember new things and retain that information.
Remembering and matching names with faces can be very difficult. Focus on the person's face or a specific feature of their face; then try recalling an anecdote about them. With time and practice people's names will spring to mind more readily.
Using your senses is a great way to help you remember things. This helps because it is as though you are experiencing these things and they stick in your mind. Authors also use this technique to make you feel more involved in their stories. The more senses involved in your memorizing, the more effective you will be.
As you can see, there are many different ways you can build a stronger memory . You do not have to have to have a poor memory. Do not just accept the fact that you have a hard time remembering things. You can become a fast learner who enjoys success
Are You Forgetful? Here is How Your Can Boost Your Memory.
Everyone at one point or another complains about forgetting things. Our memories come into play every day of our lives. The better the memory you have, the more successful you can be in life. Below is a compilation of tips to help you develop and improve your memory.
http://www.veoh.com/static/swf/veoh/SPL.swf?videoAutoPlay=0&permalinkId=v192660894phbrsSZMake sure that your diet has good sources of Omega-3 fatty acids. Most commonly found in fish, these fatty acids do a superb job of keeping your brain on its toes. Numerous studies have shown a positive benefit to the brain when the diet contains omega-3's. Try adding pink salmon, walnuts and flax seed, so you can get this essential fat.
In order to maintain a good memory, Omega-3's are an essential part of your diet. There are several sources of Omega-3 including fish, walnuts, flaxseed, pumpkin seeds and soybeans. If any of those foods don't appeal to you, it's also acceptable to take fish oil supplements in order to keep your memory fully functioning.
A lot of the information we learn is very close to information we already know, so improving your memory can be as simple as playing an association game. Make sure that anything new you're attempting to learn can tie in with someone you already know, and you will develop smooth transitions between one piece of material and the next.
Regularly challenging your brain can help you improve your memory. Learning new, complex tasks such as a foreign language or how to play a musical instrument will help your brain stay active. Remember the old saying "Use it or lose it?" The same thing's true for your mind!
Make sure your attention if focused on the material you want to remember. If you have other distractions going on around you – music playing, the TV on, kids talking, etc. – your mind won't be able to focus on the material. This will result in it being hard to remember what you've studied.
One way to improve your memory is by limiting distractions and focusing only on the information you want to remember. With today's hectic lifestyle, most people spend a great deal of time multitasking. By clearing all distractions and focusing only on the information you are trying to remember, it allows you to build a strong, clear memory that will be easy to recall at a later time.
When trying to remember something, having patience with yourself will help you greatly! The harder you try to think of something, the more stressed you become, and of course, the more stressed you become the more difficult it is to remember anything! Take a deep breath, relax, and try to clear your mind and before you know it what ever you were trying so hard to recall will pop right up in your mind!
A great tip that can help you improve your memory is to make sure you're getting enough healthy fats in your diet that contain omega-3's. These healthy fats are great because they support brain health. You can find omega-3's in salmon, flaxseed, or you can just take a fish oil supplement.
To improve your memory you need to have fun and laugh a lot. Your memory needs healthy fun besides training. Struggling for 6 hours with the latest Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle might seem to enhance memory functions, but in most cases socializing with friends, going to the movies or enjoying a play at the local theatre helps much more.
Eating foods rich in protein will actually help your memory as well as provide good fuel for your body! Foods like fish that have large amounts of protein are high in amino acids which aid your body in the production of neurotransmitters and these neurotransmitters are invaluable to brain performance so eat well to remember better!
Draw a picture! If you are having trouble remembering something – try doodling! Drawing relaxes your mind, opens it up. It doesn't matter if you are a terrible artist. Just scribbling on a piece of scrap paper will do. Your thoughts will feel more organized and memories will come to you much easier.
Keep your mind sharp by taking fish oil supplements each day. Research has demonstrated that Omega 3 Fats, such as fish oil, can increase your memory. Before you decide to add this supplement to your diet, you should contact your doctor to discuss how much of it you need.
Reduce distractions in your environment while you're trying to learn. Your brain can really only limitless pill focus on one matter at a time. The more individual things competing for a piece of your attention, the less you can focus on what you're trying to learn. Being able to focus is central in transferring information to memory.
For important things you have to remember on a certain day, use a pen and write the information on your hands. This is a technique that has been used for generations and it works because you know the information is on you at all times. Just make sure you do not wash your hands!
You need to make sure you focus on the information that you are trying to remember. If you are trying to remember a shopping list, try visualizing the items or write them down to jog your memory. Take your time to repeat information after you hear it so it has a chance of sticking with you.
Older people who are worried about losing memory can use electronic devices such as the Wii to help with memory. These types of interactive video games have designed games that are actually geared to help improve memory like Nintendo's Brain Age. Also the stimulation of working with the puzzles involved in video games is a great brain stimulator.
Keep your self organized. It is important that you don't waste your time trying to remember simple things, like where you put your car keys. Just make sure to keep them in the same spot every day until it becomes habbit. Being organized will actually work to enhance your memory.
Now that you have these strategies, try using them every day and see how your memory improves. Chances are you'll still remember all 50 states and you won't know the exact number of cars that you passed on your drive home but can you remember what you had for dinner now?


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This fall is quite rich for upcoming event in software engineering industry in Kyiv. One more interesting conference is JavaDay 2013.
And here is a list of interest topics I'd like to visit:
- The Agile Architecture Roadmap Pablo Barros
- Continuous delivery antipatterns Andrzej Grzesik, Marcin Sawicki
- How to be polymorphic in Scala Yuriy Polyulya
- How good is your architecture? How do you know? Tomasz Borek *
- Scala concurrency patterns with Actors Dmytro Aleksandrov
By the way this year I'm going to take active part in it and here is my topic Groovy MOPping.
Hope to see you there.
* – even I have my session scheduled for the same time 😉


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A marker/waypoint CSM for Minetest, designed for use with the marker mod.
To display markers, the server currently needs the marker mod installed, otherwise "command not found" errors will be displayed, as CSMs cannot currently create HUDs on their own.
advmarkers introduces the following chatcommands:
.mrkr: Opens a formspec allowing you to display or delete markers.
.add_mrkr: Adds markers. You can use
.add_mrkr x,y,z Marker name to add markers. Markers are (currently) cross-server, and adding a marker with (exactly) the same name as another will overwrite the original marker. If you replace
x,y,z with
here, the marker will be set to your current position, and replacing it with
there will set the marker to the last
.coords position.
.mrkr_export: Exports your markers to an advmarkers string. Remember to not modify the text before copying it. You can use
.mrkr_export old if you want an export string compatible with older versions of advmarkers (it should start with
M instead of
J). The old format will probably not work nicely with the planned server-side mod, however.
.mrkr_import: Imports your markers from an advmarkers string (
.mrkr_import <advmarkers string>). Any markers with the same name will not be overwritten, and if they do not have the same co-ordinates,
_ will be appended to the imported one.
.mrkr_upload: Uploads your markers to your current server's advmarkers
.mrkrthere: Sets a marker at the last
.coords position.
If you die, a marker is automatically added at your death position, and will
update the last
.coords position.
advmarkers works with the
.coords command from chat_channels (GitHub,
GitLab), even without chat channels installed. When someone does
advmarkers temporarily stores this position, and you can set a temporary marker
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The final page of chapter two! Thank you all for reading and sticking with me over the years, but I have two announcements to make:
I will NOT be continuing the Underground after this chapter, as is. Some unexpected things in my personal and creative life have happened that will affect my ability to continue this project and give it the attention it deserves. I am a little bummed, but I've been considering my options for the better half of six months now and this is the decision I've made. I'll include my thoughts and reasons for stopping this project bellow the cut.
That being said, the good news is that I will be working with @Ashley McGivern and @Courtney Vonada to launch a new comic project in 2019 starring the cast of characters we have been lovingly referring to as "adventure squad". We are still working out some details, but please follow us on social media if you want updates about this project as we will be producing a lot of content for it this summer!


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October 5th, 2016Our Fashion Choice
Ever since Glamour declared fit and flare dresses as the ultimate choice for every body shape, the homecoming dress market jumped on the trend. Fit and flare highlights (or creates) an hourglass shape, evens out shoulders with the lower half and fits much more easily than a pencil or sheath dress. Why wouldn't you wear one to the homecoming dance? My picks today are:
5 Fit and Flare Dresses for Homecoming
Faviana's red lace homecoming dress boasts beautiful lace appliqués on organza. I love the sleeveless style that keeps the focus on your shoulders while still maintaining the fit and flare silhouette.
Black always looks formal, but add lace trimming to this homecoming dress with cut outs and you have a fit and flare dress that is elegant and fun.
Petal pink accented with a back bow gives this fit and flare homecoming dress a dainty touch. Polyester crepe de chine pair with a halter neckline for a romantic style.
An illusion bodice, intricately beaded defines this fit and flare homecoming dress. Layers of organza, a polyester satin lining and a fish tail hem emphasize the full skirt.
Navy is ever so trendy this homecoming season. This two piece dress boasts the same fit and flare dress shape…. with just a touch of skin in between! Diagonal textured lines cross the full skirt, which also features a beaded waistband that coordinates with a halter bodice.
Whether you're a rectangle, triangle or hourglass, definitely shop for fit and flare dresses for homecoming in 2016!Tags: Blush formal dress, fit and flare dress, homecoming-dress


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Margo Tamez will examine history of Indigenous Treaties, Land Claims and Dispossession in South Texas–Mexico border and relations to current human rights violation
Under what conditions can truth commissions make a positive contribution to gender justice? How can they put in place a friendly process for children? Can they contribute to the rights of indigenous peoples? What are the practical and conceptual considerations facing mediators, donors, and international and national actors as they engage with truth commissions?
This course is intended to provide practitioners with an opportunity to reflect on these and related questions under the guidance of leading experts in the field of transitional justice.
Margo Tamez, an Nde' ('Lipan Apache') human rights defender, educator, researcher, poet, critic, and advocate for Indigenous peoples, emphasizes the significance of organizing a Truth Commission alongside Indigenous peoples in the Texas-Mexico region as a collective and community-based process based upon traditional and academic knowledge systems. "This process is based on a research partnership created between Nde' knowledge experts and myself over many years."
In 2007, a significant number of Indigenous peoples were violently dispossessed of their traditional lands when the U.S. government and a number of powerful corporations and independent military contractors coordinated the construction of the border wall. Since 2009, many families and communities lives have been shattered by the destructive process which unfolded, often in secrecy, and which denied them the right to Free Prior and Informed Consent, the right to meaningful consultation, and opened the path for the escalation of militarization, severance and containment into militarized and policed zones, and further deterioration of Indigenous livelihoods, ownership of lands, access and decision-making relative to traditional food and water sources, and the rights to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, endorsed on December 15, 2010 by the United States.
Tamez is enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn among an international group of high-level human rights advocates and experts, and is looking forward to infuse her process with Indigenous research perspectives and the first-hand knowledge and experiences of Nde' and related Texas-Mexico indigenous peoples. "It is a great honor to be selected by ICTJ to participate in this work session and training, as there are many qualified individuals who apply from around the world, and only a few are selected to participate. This course is a logical 'next step' in an organized process to expose truth, memory, and experience from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples in the Texas-Mexico region at the international level. At the same time, it affords me the chance to learn about organizing and implementing a Truth Commission on the 'ground' in the United States in order to transform normative practices which naturalize discrimination and violence against Indigenous peoples."
A recent study submitted to the United Nations conducted by the University of Texas School of Law Human Rights Clinic, the Human Rights Clinic Director, Ariel Dulitzky, and Tamez has demonstrated that Indigenous peoples' realities of this large region have been instrumentally marginalized, and systematically obscured in the every day legal, social, economic and political institutions of Texas and the U.S. As evidenced by the2008 study on the human rights violations of the Texas-Mexico border wall submitted to the Organization of American States by faculty of the University of Texas School of Law more critical tools and methods have been required to interrogate the states' practices which demand closer scrutiny. Truth Commissions have contributed significantly to exposing root problems and structuring the transformation in the everyday practices of the state and society. For Tamez, Texas, the U.S. and Mexico are equally culpable in obstructing Indigenous people's inherent rights to a traditional land-base and to self-determination. According to Tamez, this includes the rights to Free Prior and Informed Consent, consultation, participation in decision-making, benefits sharing, and redress for historical dispossession from the spiritual, cultural, social and economic benefits of their traditional land-base.
"Indigenous peoples' sovereign status in our home lands and inherent rights to self-determination in our home lands predated the occupation and colonization of our spirits, minds, bodies, lands and resources by foreign Crowns. Our inherent rights to all of these were never extinguished by full consent; tactics of coercion, force, deceit and manipulation underlie the colonial system called 'democracy' and 'rights'. Unfortunately, within those systems is very little room for Indigenous law principles: Respect, Reciprocity, Responsibility and Redress. Today, the fact still remains, regardless of the colonial court opinions and rulings and that is that Nde' peoples never ceded inherent rights to Aboriginal lands title, nor to self-determination. The investigation into human rights violations related to the issues of the border wall– being myriad and wide-scale– require more in-depth attention and study into Indigenous people's memory, knowledge, and dispossession with regard to treaties, other constructive arrangements, and 3rd party treaties."
For Tamez, who comes from a traditional background, and who is working to revitalize Indigenous knowledge systems in everyday life, the Truth Commission is an opportunity to interweave traditional Indigenous knowledge with critical human rights analysis. "I am seeking to learn how the Doctrine of Discovery, and subsequent systems of dispossession and genocide denial laid the ground for state and nation impunity and how this area is known and defined by Indigenous peoples across the inter-generational memory and as evidenced in the primary sources existing in Indigenous communities, in oral history and oral testimony studies. The official obfuscation of these forms of evidence in settler institutions have created, in my mind, a fertile environment for the escalation of extreme violence and impunity exercised by powerful interest groups throughout the region. Documented genocide and current-day human rights violations in the Texas-Mexico border region will continue to be trivialized if a Truth Commission is not developed. This effort to become formally educated in this legal instrument deserves the serious attention of a collective and I seek to be a path breaker alongside Indigenous knowledge keepers to hold responsible parties and entities to account. The truth is in the public's and greater society's best interest."
Since the U.S. government constructed the border wall on the Texas-Mexico border in 2009, Tamez' research has shed light on the severity of impacts suffered by Indigenous Peoples. Her journey has opened up much obscured documents, archives, and collected facts related to a very large Indigenous population residing in many counties along the Texas-Mexico border. Tamez has sought to educate the public about Indigenous peoples' struggles, challenges, aspirations, knowledge systems, and to "unpack" how Indigenous peoples' identities have been severely distorted and "mangled" through the state's administrative procedures to assimilate Native Americans, seeking to terminate Indigenous culture and world view systems hand-in-glove with stealing Indigenous property. "The average person in U.S. and Mexico society is bombarded with biased misinformation about Indigenous peoples that is highly suspect, in other words, full of ideology, fantasy, and fiction, not the diverse and complex reality. Unfortunately, less-than-critical thinking abounds in U.S. and Mexico society, as a direct result of discriminatory education systems and false media portrayals which tied to corporate development interests. This behavior pattern is deeply ingrained in the dominant culture, and fuels each generations' learned ignorance and biases against Indigenous peoples' and society's best interests. In turn, this serves to deny Indigenous peoples the rights to practice our cultures–which are interdependent with our traditional lands, territories and resources. The ongoing denial of these fundamental needs persists as a colonial form of domination, and Indigenous peoples' resistances against genocidal violence–at every institutional level–is largely framed as 'domestic terrorism' and 'illegal' rather than anti-oppression and in the society's best interest. There is a huge communication divide and violence permeates this space and fills it to such an extent that many people have difficulty 'reading' the root of the problem without significant processes of re-education. A Truth Commission serves the broader public need for diverse and alternative versions of a profound truth being repressed in an organized manner."
"A Truth Commission could serve an instrumental purpose in the United States and Mexico border region in light of the militarization programs and unresolved jury trials related to forced and armed dispossession exercised by the Department of Homeland Security against certain communities. These issues obviously were repressed by the Bush administration, and have been severely peripheralized by the Obama administration, costing the affected Indigenous peoples and taxpayers enormous resources better applied toward improving social relations and systems with the consent of the peoples. Unfortunately, the border wall–and each preceding system which worked to obstruct Indigenous self-determination in Texas–has been built on historical patterns of ignorance and genocide denial. The border wall fed societies' frenzied zeal to build a physical barricade across Indigenous-owned lands, as Chertoff said, "by any means possible." This battle cry against vulnerable peoples on the Texas border–considered a severely structured poverty zone on global scale–fed a negation of an major reality. That reality is this–the Indigenous peoples' presence and social movements for recognition at all levels are decolonizing North America. This reality is unsettling (calling into question) the settler society's and elites' domination and supremacy over knowledge, truth, land, and resources."
Tamez emphasizes the importance of historical and social contexts of a shared history between colonizers and colonized, and the crucial role of state, private, and powerful interest groups who constructed "edited versions" of history. Tamez argues that a state's education "disciplines" the state's subjects into ingesting a dominant version of "one and only one truth."
"The history of history writing in Texas, Mexico and the U.S. about Lipan Apaches is a sad example of anti-Indigenous racism as core to the project of colonization of the land's resources for and by the few; the region is a complex one, and involves many shared histories between sovereigns, settlers, colonizers and the colonized Indigenous peoples–over many complicated and detrimental processes which have continued to be an open wound for the current generation who live out this violent power relationship every day."
One major significance of a Truth Commission is that it can enable and empower vulnerable peoples to frame collective rights and to be deeply involved in the creation of alternative justice and tribunal spaces. This is key to raising participation and decision-making in geopolitical areas where the states' juridical system fails to redress and to restitute the rights of Indigenous peoples in its everyday procedures. "The reality we must confront in the Texas-Mexico border is that it is a site of severe human rights violations, a zone of normalized impunity, a 'no constitution' zone, where the State and nation have protected perpetrators and not protected the rights of vulnerable Indigenous peoples. This is an embedded pattern that has failed to serve the rights of Indigenous peoples for many generations and must be disrupted."
According to ICTJ, the program examines truth-seeking as part of a comprehensive approach to deal with massive human rights violations, with the aim of building sustainable peace, strengthening the rule of law, and contributing to reconciliation in divided societies.
For Tamez, the road to a Truth Commission has been without question one indebted to recovering Nde' knowledge and relationships which require the enactment of the "4 R's" of Indigenous principles, laws and protocols: Respect, Reciprocity, Responsibility and Relevance. "I am deeply grateful to the Nde' Elders, Traditional Chiefs, Council Members, and the many Nde' Clan leaders, family heads, and traditional leaders, as well as our Nde' families, youth, and workers who have been my teachers. As an Nde' researcher and advocate for the human rights of Indigenous peoples, I have been most impacted by the severe barriers and obstructions to justice that Nde' and numerous related Indigenous groups experience in their daily struggle in Texas and the U.S. for their most elemental, fundamental rights to be recognized: as Indigenous Peoples and title holders of the traditional territory of Konitsaii Gokiyaa–and as core decision-makers on all aspects affecting them in the Lipan home lands. My education is for the Peoples."
Since 2008, Tamez and Elders of El Calaboz Rancheria with their many partners across civil society have worked diligently to educate the broader public in Texas, Mexico, the United States, and the international community about the serious human rights violations which occurred at each stage of the process of the U.S. border wall construction. However, for Tamez, what has been most disturbing is the Indigenous peoples' revelations through oral testimony and oral history of a penetrating pattern of a grim situation between the state of Texas, its founding families and the broader settler society–and Indigenous Nde' peoples affiliated with many treaties, Crown land grants, and other sovereign to sovereign agreements made with European colonizers. The ongoing denial of Lipan Apache formal and constitutional recognition by Texas, Mexico, and the United States is an open wound that will not heal until formally redressed, according to Tamez. A key flash point requiring immediate attention is Indigenous peoples' documented challenges to Mexico, Texas and the U.S. treaties which constructed a border and a wall through the middle of Lipan Apache traditional homeland and territory. This barrier to Nde' self-determination and international recognition underlies Nde' peoples' calls for a Truth Commission.
"I will be responding closely to the official mandate of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas, the traditional authorities of Hereditary Chiefs and Elders, as well as the Traditional Societies who in 2011 at the El Calaboz Gathering on Nde' Knowledge, Lands, Territories and Human Rights called for the development of a Truth Commission and an alternative justice space through which truth, memory and justice could be advanced on the many human rights violations associated with the U.S. border wall, militarization, land dispossession, structured poverty, and non-recognition that is endemic to administrative genocide to Lipan Apache peoples and cultural survival. At the very root of all these issues is a most disturbing history and pattern of genocidal violence, dispossession, and extreme marginalization of Nde' peoples by the Texas settler society, Mexico, and the U.S. federal government which positions Nde' title holders as 'in-betweens' in terms of political status. Recognized as an 'enemy Nation' by all three governments in their historical documentation of their treaties with Lipan Apaches, none of them officially resolved their obligations and duties to Nde' sovereigns after 1848. Rather, each constructed legal practices –formal and informal — that normalized extermination policies. By 1872, after the Remolino Massacre on the Texas-Mexico border, extermination became the institutionalized form of dominating Nde' into submission and assimilation. Lynching, murdering, starving, and imprisonment became institutionalized norms to repress uprisings and rebellion. State and Catholic education were used to institutionalize physical, spiritual, and psychological abuse which disciplined generations of Nde'.
A key element which is extremely relevant and consistent is the depth of organized violence across Nde' generations in South Texas and along both sides of the Rio Grande. Nde' peoples' documented resistances and defenses of Lipan Apache home lands and objections to being assimilated as a 'minority group' or 'ethnic group' of Mexico, Texas or U.S. demands re-thinking. " The fictive narrative of the 'extinction' or 'disappearance' of the anthropological construction of 'Lipan Apaches' is a total construct of the colonizer and its key functionaries–militarized anthropologists, archaeologists and geologists. These paved the way very early for the lands to be occupied and put into so-called 'private property'. In my mind, the national parks systems are killing fields, emptied of the 'house owners' for the benefit of the burglars. Studying the primary sources from an Indigenous viewpoint helps us grapple in a serious way, using more refined tools, with a research program on Nde' memory and knowledge systems."
Beneath the border wall are layers of dispossession issues and issues of incarceration of Nde' that are unresolved and enduring. The situation of the illegal obstructions by Texas, the United States, and Mexico, of the reality of Nde' Aboriginal Title– to more than 6.5 million acres is at stake. "We are fundamentally talking about a Lipan Apache home land and self-determination understood in a radically different model than the normative U.S. paradigm of so-called 'recognized Tribes' as demi-sovereign wards with diminished 'minority' rights."
According to Tamez, the mandate which arose from the El Calaboz 2011 summit is a significant assertion by Indigenous Peoples of the Texas-Mexico border region to establish an alternative justice space which can coordinate an international effort to interrogate historical truth and memory from the unique perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in the Texas-Mexico region. Tamez will be researching the Truth Commission as a legal instrument to implement the rights of victims of wide-scale human rights violations. In Barcelona, Spain, Tamez will learn how and why truth commissions have emerged as accountability mechanisms, and assess their potentials and limitations. The course balances academic reflection with concrete considerations relevant to practitioners. On the practical side, Tamez will be learning political and practical challenges around the design, implementation, and follow-up of a truth commission.
Tamez feels very certain that if a Truth Commission is coordinated from its earliest initiatives by, with, for, and alongside Indigenous Peoples there is a greater chance for it to be effective at infusing each step of the process with and through Indigenous methodologies and the 4Rs. "A Truth Commission on the Texas-Mexico border will contribute substantially to being a mechanism of lasting peace and empowerment for the region's Indigenous peoples and broader implications for improving society. It could lay down foundations for building capacity to transform normative institutions for the betterment of all humanity, biodiversity, and the Earth.


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Though we celebrate the truth wherever it is being taught and preached, and though we love our brothers and sisters with convictions that differ from ours on secondary issues yet agree with us on the gospel, we ourselves are Baptist by conviction. We strive to be as Biblically faithful in every area of church life as possible and it is our conviction that the Bible clearly teaches that only believers are to be baptized. But in striving to be as Biblical as possible we believe that churches can do more together than apart, especially when it comes to the Great Commission. That being the case CBC is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Southern Baptist of Texas Convention, the Kauf—Van Baptist Association, and 9Marks Ministries.
Southern Baptist Convention – The SBC is a convention of churches who are working together for the cause of Christ here and among the nations. Together we have seminaries, mission boards, and much more to train up and send out leaders to plant churches and take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Partnering with the SBC allows our church to participate in the largest missionary organization in the world. Through the SBC "Cooperative Program" we help support 5,500+ international missionaries serving in 125+ countries around the world. We also help support more than 5,000 home missionaries serving in the USA and Canada.
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Thursday, June 18......... Circle K, 103 Anthony Wayne Trail, Waterville......... 1-3 p.m.
Tuesday, June 23.......... True North/Shell, 1000 Buck Rd., Rossford............... 1-3 p.m.
Wednesday, June 24..... Circle K, 6775 Dorr St., Toledo.................................. 2-4 p.m.
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NetApp published a Top Ten Price/Performance SPC-2 result for the E5660 platform (the all-SSD EF560 variant of the platform also comfortably placed in the Top Ten Price/Performance for the SPC-1 test). In this post I will explain why the E-Series platform is an ideal choice for workloads requiring high performance density while being cost effective.
Executive Summary
The NetApp E5660 offers a unique combination of high performance, low cost, high reliability and extreme performance density, making it perfectly suited for applications that require high capacity, very high speed sequential I/O and a dense form factor. In EF560 form with all SSD, it offers that same high sequential speed shown here coupled with some of the lowest latencies for extremely hard OLTP workloads as demonstrated by the SPC-1 results.
The SPC-2 test
Whereas the SPC-1 test deals with an extremely busy OLTP system (high percentage of random I/O, over 60%writes, with SPC-1 IOPS vs latency being a key metric), SPC-2 instead focuses on throughput, with SPC-2 MBPS (MegaBytes Per Second) being a key metric.
SPC-2 tries to simulate applications that need to move a lot of data around very rapidly. It is divided into three workloads:
- Large File Processing: Applications that need to do operations with large files, typically found in analytics, scientific computing and financial processing.
- Large Database Queries: Data mining, large table scans, business intelligence…
- Video on Demand: Applications that deal with providing multiple simultaneous video streams (even of the same file) by drawing from a large library.
Metrics that matter
As I've done in previous SPC analyses, I like using the published data to show business value with additional metrics that may not be readily spelled out in the reports. Certainly $/SPC-2 MBPS is a valuable metric, as is the sheer SPC-2 MBPS metric that shows how fast the array was in the benchmark.
However… think of what kind of workloads represent the type of I/O shown in SPC-2. Analytics, streaming media, data mining.
Then think of the kind of applications driving such workloads.
Such applications typically treat storage like lego bricks and can use multiple separate arrays in parallel (there's no need or even advantage in having a single array). Those deployments invariably need high capacities, high speeds and at the same time don't need the storage to do anything too fancy beyond being dense, fast and reliable.
In addition, such solutions often run in their own dedicated silo, and don't share their arrays with the rest of the applications in a datacenter. Specialized arrays are common targets in these situations.
It follows that a few additional metrics are of paramount importance for these types of applications and workloads to make a system relevant in the real world:
- I/O density – how fast does this system go per rack unit of space?
- Price per used (not usable) GB – can I use most of my storage space to drive this performance, or just a small fraction of the available space?
- Used capacity per Rack Unit – can I get a decent amount of application space per Rack Unit and maintain this high performance?
Terms used
Some definition of the terms used in the chart will be necessary. The first four are standard metrics found in all SPC-2 reports:
- $/SPC-2 MBPS – the standard SPC-2 reported metric of price/performance
- SPC-2 MBPS – the standard SPC-2 reported metric of the sheer performance attained for the test. It's important to look at this number in the context of the application used to generate it – SPC-2. It will invariably be a lot less than marketing throughput numbers… Don't compare marketing numbers for systems that don't have SPC-2 results to official, audited SPC-2 numbers. Ask the vendor that doesn't have SPC-2 results to submit their systems and get audited numbers.
- Price – the price (in USD) submitted for the system, after all discounts etc.
- Used Capacity – this is the space actually consumed by the benchmark, in GB. "ASU Capacity" in SPC parlance. This is especially important since many vendors will use a relatively small percentage of their overall capacity (Oracle for example uses around 28% of the total space in their SPC-2 submissions, NetApp uses over 79%). Performance is often a big reason to use a small percentage of the capacity, especially with spinning disks.
This type of table is found in all submissions, the sections before it explain how capacity was calculated. Page 8 of the E5660 submission:
The next four metrics are very easily derived from existing SPC-2 metrics in each report:
- $/ASU GB: How much do I pay for each GB actually consumed by the benchmark? Since that's what the test actually used to get the reported performance… metrics such as cost per raw GB are immaterial. To calculate, just divide $/ASU Capacity.
- Rack Units: Simply the rack space consumed by each system based on the list of components. How much physical space does the system consume?
- SPC-2 MBPS/Rack Unit: How much performance is achieved by each Rack Unit of space? Shows performance density. Simply divide the posted MBPS/total Rack Units.
- ASU GB/Rack Unit: Of the capacity consumed by the benchmark, how much of it fits in a single Rack Unit of space? Shows capacity density. To calculate, divide ASU Capacity/total Rack Units.
Analysis of Results
Here are the Top Ten Price/Performance SPC-2 submissions as of December 4th, 2015:
Notice that while the NetApp E5660 doesn't dominate in sheer SPC-2 MBPS in a single system, it utterly annihilates the competition when it comes to performance and capacity density and cost/used GB. The next most impressive system is the SGI InfiniteStorage 5600, which is the SGI OEM version of the NetApp E5600 🙂 (tested with different drives and cost structure).
Notice that the NetApp E5660 with spinning disks is faster per Rack Unit than the fastest all-SSD system HP has to offer, the 20850… this is not contrived, it's simple math. Even after a rather hefty HP discount, the HP system is over 20x more expensive per used GB than the NetApp E5600.
If you were buiding a real system for large-scale heavy-duty sequential I/O, what would you rather have, assuming non-infinite budget and rack space?
Another way to look at it: One could buy 10x the NetApp systems for the cost of a single 3Par system, and achieve, while running them easily in parallel:
- 30% faster performance than the 3Par system
- 19.7x the ASU Capacity of the 3Par system
This is where hero numbers and Lab Queens fail to match up to real world requirements at a reasonable cost. You can do similar calculations for the rest of the systems.
A real-life application: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. They run multiple E-Series systems in parallel and can achieve over 1TB/s throughput. See here.
Closing Thoughts
With Top Ten Price/Performance rankings for both the SPC-1 and SPC-2 benchmarks, the NetApp E-Series platform has proven that it can be the basis for a highly performant, reliable yet cost-efficient and dense solution. In addition, it's the only platform that is in the Top Ten Price/Performance for both SPC-1 and SPC-2.
A combination of high IOPS, extremely low latency and very high throughput at low cost is possible with this system.
When comparing solutions, look beyond the big numbers and think how a system would provide business value. Quite frequently, the big numbers come with big caveats…
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It's taken almost five years, but NASA's Juno spacecraft is just hours away from its attempted orbit of Jupiter. And, thanks to the marvels of modern tech, you can watch the action live (well, almost) from 588 million kilometres away.
The pivotal moment of the $1.1 billion dollar mission which aims to map the planet's gravitational and magnetic fields, there's no second chance for the NASA engineers. At 3.18am GMT tomorrow morning (Tuesday 5th July), Juno will enter into a 35-minute engine burn which will slow the craft by 1,200 miles an hour. A mathematical marvel, if executed correctly Juno will then be caught in the planet's gravitational pull and carry out a 53-day orbit of Jupiter. Miss it, and it'll shoot right on past.
There's no room for on-the-fly adjustments should a mistake be spotted either – it takes 48 minutes to send a signal up to the craft, and 48 minutes to receive one. And while entering the wrong sort of orbit stands the chance of being rectified by the brains at NASA, missing it entirely spells game over for Juno.
How to Watch the NASA Juno Jupiter Mission Online
It's tense stuff then and, 45-minute signal delay notwithstanding, you can watch the whole thing live, online.
The NASA crews will be guiding Juno on its spacefaring quest from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. You can view the action via the NASA TV site, or grabbing the Eyes on the Solar System app, which caters to Mac, PC and mobile devices.


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Oh, What A Night!
We launched our 4th Annual 6×6 Exhibit, last Friday, at 6:00 on the button and our scholarship fundraiser began. I will tell you that there was an incredible energy in the air that translated into 77 of the 238 canvases being sold in the first hour of the party! Regular gallery visitors, members, supporters, new friends and tourists who happened to pass by and saw that there was something really special going on in this beautiful space, moved from canvas to canvas marveling at the variety, talent, humor and passion that filled the gallery. First-time artist participants stood back and watched as SOLD stickers were placed on their work and they felt the same kind of pride we do when they made that creative connection.
Everyday, in this 119-year old building, we renew the contract we've made with everyone who walks through the door, a contract that promises opportunities for enrichment, creative expression and a neutral territory absent of judgment or presumption. Everyone in the community is a creative shareholder in this place. You may have been here one time, or everyday or have yet to make your way here but each of you is part of that energy.
A big thanks to everyone who was there and if you couldn't make it to the opening night, come by the Center Monday through Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 and find your art connection for just $20/tax included. It is the easiest way to support the arts and walk away with an original! We're at 601 East 6th Street. Exhibit ends Monday, February 27th at 5:00.
Martha and Satchel and Misty
"Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart." Martha Graham, revolutionary American modern dance choreographer.
"Dance like nobody's watching." Satchel Paige, all-time great American baseball player and humorist.
"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful." Misty Copeland, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.
That describes the Glenwood Springs Competitive Dance team when they swept 2017 Showbiz Talent Competition in Denver last weekend! The Center provided 30 pieces of choreography, with 10 of the pieces winning Top 10 placements in their respective categories. We came home with two Icon awards, with Megan Quinn and Skylar McLaren the highest scoring dancers in the areas of contemporary and lyrical. Two of the highest honors, the designation of Miss Showbiz Senior went to Bailey Barnum and Miss Showbiz Teen to Megan Quinn as the most talented dancers in Colorado in their age range. They competed in a field of 777 entries!
About Bailey Barnum, winner of Miss Showbiz Senior:
A dancer at the Center for the Arts since she was 2 years old, Bailey has 15 years of dance experience and is an incredible dance student, student teacher and choreographer. She is passionate about musical theatre and is currently a choreographer for the high school musical "The Addams Family". She is a member of the professional dance company CoMotion in Carbondale and an incredible leader in the Center's Advanced Dance Company and our Competitive Team. Bailey is one of the finest tap dancers in the state and, in the past 4 years, has been awarded tap scholarships to intensives through out the country. We are so proud of Bailey and all the ways she shares her passion for dance with her community.
About Megan Quinn, winner of Miss Showbiz Teen:
Megan Quinn has been a dancer at the Center for the Arts since she was 2 ½ years old. With 12 years of dance experience, she is a leading member of our Advanced Dance Company and our Competitive Dance Team. At 9 years old, the Center started their competitive dance program and Megan, with her partner, Skylar McLaren, won 1st Place Overall at ShowStoppers in Denver and went on to compete at Nationals in Anaheim, CA, winning a 2nd Place Overall designation for Glenwood Springs. She is an outstanding student with a 4.2 GPA and her dedication to dance, theatre and school and her presence on and off stage is unmistakable.
Job well done, Bailey and Megan! You are an inspiration to all!
Christina Brusig is the Executive Director of the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Registered Nurse Case Management
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is accepting applications for Case Managers within our Transition Management Office (TMO). The TMO administrative office is located in Medical Center North, on campus serving VUMC. There are opportunities in a variety of clinical areas, which you may have interests, and are encouraged to apply. The initial criteria for RN Care Manager are a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a minimum of three years of nursing experience as a Registered Nurse . We look forward to meeting you and learning more about you and the skill sets you will bring to our patients, and the institution we serve.
As a RN Case Manager , you will be expected to use critical thinking skills, based on your nursing assessment, while working with the clinical care team, to ensure progression of the patient's plan of care through transition. This role has accountability for a patient's reasonable, and appropriate transition through the continuum of care, assisting patients and families in establishing patient specific long-term and short-term goals, removing barriers and appropriately manage efficient and effective use of resources. The RN Case Manager provides leadership to the health care team to coordinate patient and family interventions and is the catalyst that identifies indicators for post-acute care utilization, referring patients (within the designated patient population) to the appropriate next level or site of care. The RN Case Manager serves in an advocacy role on behalf of patients, families, and caregivers to ensure equitable healthcare provision and assists in developing and meeting established outcomes for patients, as well as institutional goals, which among others will include customer satisfaction, and institutional financial objectives.
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I've got a tray of flapjacks baking in the oven. My second attempt as the first weren't quite sticky and yummy enough. I'm off to the Yorkshire Show tomorrow, so thought I'd make flapjacks for us to take along. As my bruv and niece are gluten free, I bought GF porridge oats. Crikey, they're expensive compared to the regular kind. Anyway, let's see if the second lot are more successful.
Before my attempt at being Mary Berry I did some pootling around in the front garden. I've been popping small thyme plants in between cracks or gaps in the bricks, and this little one in the photo above should hopefully spread out in weeks to come, and cover that gap entirely.
These Californian Poppies are tumbling out of their flower bed, and I loved the shape the petals made as they weren't fully open.
This dill plant seems to shoot up another inch or two by the day. It's pretty enough to go in any herbaceous border, don't you think?
Another photo of the dill, which would look better without the plastic washing up bowl loitering in the background! It's useful for chucking weeds into, or general fetching and carrying. Another old washing up bowl has had holes punched into the base and now has catmint growing in it. Waste not, want not, as the saying goes.
Okay, time to sample a flapjack. Let's see if it comes up to scratch.
Moved from a garden-less city flat in the South West to a Yorkshire village in 2016. I now have a garden ... of sorts.
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Besides her devotion and unconditional love for me, what really makes my wife irreplaceable in my heart is the subtle attention that she gives to all those little things in our lives-especially me. Without me saying anything, my wife knows what she needs to do when I am feeling down; She knows what words to utter to cheer me up; She knows what I like to eat and drink....well...she knows everything about me as if she has known me her whole lifetime. :)
Just the other day she bought me a slice of Chocolate Royal which is my favourite from Coffee Bean. Perhaps she wanted to pamper me after seeing how tired I was these few days. It's good to have someone who cares for you, looking after you all the time right? I know that she is the only one who will always have faith in me when everyone else in the world doubts me. She is my everything...and yeah...she is my Chocolate Royal as well. Nom~nom~nom~ :D
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Asparagus is back in season and one thing's for sure, Spring is the perfect time to make the most of this deliciously healthy vegetable. I always opt for organic Asparagus when I can get it. And especially for this dish as the flavours are so clean and simple that it deserves the best quality produce. Also, when you are working with so few ingredients, it's important to make sure they are of the highest quality.
Crunchy Lemon Asparagus
- 1-2 bunches of medium sized asparagus, about 500g
- 2 Tbsp of the most exquisite extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest – freshly grated lemon rind
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Rinse your asparagus thoroughly, and break off any tough, white bottoms and discard.
- Cut into 1 to 2 inch sections, slicing the asparagus at a slight diagonal.
- Fill a medium sized saucepan halfway with water, bring to a boil.
- Add the asparagus and reduce heat slightly to a simmer.
- Parboil the asparagus for exactly 2 minutes. No longer or you will overcook.
- Drain the hot water.
- While the asparagus are still hot, toss them in a bowl with the olive oil, Parmesan, and lemon rind.
- Salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm or room temperature.
- Sit and eat.
Wine Pairing – Bald Hills Last Light Central Otago Riesling 2009
Less sweet compared to many Rieslings, this drop is a lanolin and floral-scented delight. Marmalade and toast flavours, together with a mineral finish make this the perfect accompaniment to any vegetarian dish.
We think this spring and summer with see a resurgence in the popularity of Rieslings as they become more on trend.


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Danny Boyle's untitled Steve Jobs movie is still looking to land a lead actor (after moving through Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale, the production is now trying to get Michael Fassbender to play the late Apple co-founder), but screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is still enthusiastic about the project, and had more to say about it while doing the press rounds for the final season of The Newsroom. Speaking to The Independent, he revealed that the screenplay is 181 pages (since a single script page usually equals a minute of screentime, this movie is currently running around three hours), and about 100 of those pages is Steve Jobs.
However, this movie will go beyond just the Apple CEO and also look at his relationship with his daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. Hit the jump for more.
As we've previously reported the hook of the film is that it's only three scenes, and each scene takes place backstage before the launch of a major product: the Mac (1984), NeXT (1988), and the iPod (2001).
While this may seem a bit of a retread for Sorkin, who already wrote a movie about a tech trailblazer, he says he's more interested in the psychology of a person rather than their invention. When it comes to the untitled Steve Jobs project, Sorkin tells The Independent [via /Film], "it's the relationships he had – particularly with his daughter, Lisa – that drew me to it." Jobs had an estranged relationship with Lisa, and originally denied paternity of her before they reconciled when she was in her teens.
Although the movie is based on Walter Isaacson's official biography Steve Jobs, Lisa didn't participate in it because her father was still alive at the time and she didn't want to alienate either of her parents. "I was very grateful that she was willing to spend time with me," says Sorkin. "She is the heroine of the movie." So on top of the film's unique structure, Boyle's film will also have a new perspective that was absent from the source material.


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The PAN9026 is a dual band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi radio module with integrated Bluetooth BDR/EDR/LE, specifically designed for highly integrated and cost-effective applications.
The simultaneous and independent operation of the two standards enables high data rates (802.11n) and low-power operation (Bluetooth Low Energy). Integrated power management, a fast dual-core CPU, 802.11i security standard support, and high-speed data interfaces deliver the performance for the speed, reliability, and quality requirements of next generation products. TX power calibration data and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth system parameters are pre-stored on the one-time-programmable memory of the PAN9026 during production at Panasonic. This simplifies passing the certification process for PAN9026 customers. Furthermore, the module reduces design, test, and calibration effort resulting in reduced time-to-market compared to discrete solutions.
Integrating Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity allows applications such as Smart Energy and home gateways to manage multiple devices and appliances. The combination of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth provides the highest flexibility for connectivity.
- Dual band 2.4/5 GHz 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi/BT combo module
- Supports 802.11i security standards through AES, CCMP, and more security mechanisms
- 802.11e Quality of Service is supported for multimedia applications
- IEEE 802.11n-compliant, 1x1 spatial stream with data rates up to MCS7 150 Mbps
- Bluetooth 4.2 (includes LE) as well as future Bluetooth 5.0 features
- Dual simultaneous and independent WLAN and Bluetooth operation
- Indoor Location and Navigation with IEEE 802.11mc
- Power management with sleep clock
- Coexistence interface for arbitration of co-located WLAN, Bluetooth, or Mobile Wireless System (e.g. LTE)
- Generic interfaces include SDIO 3.0 and high-speed UART for host processor connection
- Software Linux/Android driver
- Wide temperature range of -30 to +85°C
Part Number
PAN9026 - US version 1
Wif-Fi/Bluetooth radio module IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n
BT/BLE 5.0 with a ceramic chip-antenna
PAN9026 - EU version 2
Wif-Fi/Bluetooth radio module IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n
BT/BLE 5.0 with a ceramic chip-antenna
1 The US version is restricted to FCC regulatory domain with blocked country code and Tx power table. The device does not support the channels 12 -13 in the 2.4 GHz band and any non-US channels.
2 The EU version has preset the country code and Tx power table for European regulatory domain ETSI. The country code and Tx power table are not blocked and additionally the country codes and Tx power tables for Canada and US can be set.
PAN9026 - US version - SDIO Evaluation Kit (Order-No. ENWF9201AYEF)
PAN9026 Evaluation Kit with two PAN9026 SDIO-Adapters packaged in a small case. The adapter has a SDIO interface and allows hardware access to the module pins. It is designed to be used with a Linux / Android system having installed the SW packages and Kernel drivers available at the Marvell XtraNet.
PAN9026 - US version - Single SDIO-Adapter (Order-No. ENWF9201AZEF)
One PAN9026 SDIO-Adapter. The Adapter has a SDIO interface and allows hardware access to the module pins. It is designed to be used with a Linux / Android system having installed the SW packages and Kernel drivers available at the Marvell XtraNet.


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We need your help to staff our CalFresh processing booths. You must be at least 18 years of age. You must attend a 1.5-hour training, and commit to volunteering at least four times over a four-month period (Most market days start at 7:30am, and you can expect to be finished by 1pm). Punctuality and reliability a MUST. (You should be a morning person, as most farmers' markets open at 8am.)
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The myth of the invincible global brand – understanding the drivers of brand loyalty
Nigel Hollis
Millward Brown, United States
Jorge Alagón
Millward Brown, Mexico
In 1983, esteemed academic Theodore Levitt made this pronouncement in the Harvard Business Review: "Gone are accustomed differences in national or regional preferences." Levitt asserted that the world was going global, and that before long companies would be marketing their brands the same way everywhere.
Levitt's provocative assertion helped spark a massive effort by many multinational corporations (MNCs) to take their brands global. Now, over twenty years later, the brands that have become successful on the global stage loom large in the minds of marketers everywhere. Names like Pampers, Nokia, Coca-Cola, Toyota and McDonald's seem invincible. They symbolize success and lure others on to emulate them.


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Ever since its launch, the Laura Geller Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator has been one of the highlighters I put down on my wishlist. I've been reading a lot of positive reviews about it for years now. And last year, I was finally able to get my hands on it but it wasn't until recently that I started to play around with it.
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The Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator comes in a black plastic compact with a clear cover weighing in at 0.16 oz/ 4.5 g. The pan is designed in a swirling pattern. There are 4 available shades. What I have with me is Gilded Honey which is described as an effervescent caramel honey shade. It looks lighter than what I expected it to be on me. Online swatches show a medium gold with others looking intensely metallic. On my skin, it looks more like a light gold with soft shimmer.
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Raspberry White Chocolate Scones By Larissa Costella, Baking & Pastry Arts Student
(Makes 12)
This recipe has been adapted from the original in an effort to simplify it for home baking.
2 cups plus 6 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
Scant 1/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 cup butter, chilled and cut into cubes
1 cup buttermilk (if you do not have buttermilk, you can simply make your own by using regular milk, and replacing 1 Tbsp of the milk with 1 Tbsp of lemon juice)
2 eggs
1/4 cup chopped white chocolate
1/2 cup frozen raspberries, do not thaw (or more if you fancy)
Turbinado sugar for sprinkling (optional)
Preheat your oven to 425 °F
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder. Toss in the cubes of chilled butter. Use your fingers to mix the butter into the flour, breaking the cubes into smaller pieces until they are about the size of peas. Don't completely blend it in; you should still be able to see chunks of butter in the mixture.
Toss in the white chocolate chunks and frozen raspberries and toss gently to disperse them into the flour mixture. In a small bowl, whisk the egg into the buttermilk. Pour the liquid ingredients into the flour mixture and stir together very gently until the flour is just moistened. Do not over mix or you will break down the berries too much, resulting a muddy pink wad of tough dough.
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