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Ulyana Viktorovna Sergeenko (; born 30 August 1979) is a Kazakh and Russian fashion designer.

Early life
Sergeenko was born into a family of linguists in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, when it was still part of the USSR.

She studied in a specialized humanitarian school in Kazakhstan and then graduated the Faculty of Philology at the St. Petersburg State University.

Being always interested in fashion, Sergeenko put her interest to a next level when she decided to collect it, since then building an eclectic collection of antique and vintage clothes and accessories ranging from the rare ancient jewelry to Soviet school uniform. Hunting for the new rarities she frequently visits flea-markets and vintage boutiques as well as bids on a major fashion auctions.

Career

First Steps
Sergeenko became a client of Valentino, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier, Chanel, and Dior. Noted for her style, she was dubbed part of the Russian Mafia by fashion bloggers alongside fellow Russians Miroslava Duma, Elena Perminova and Vika Gazinskaya. However Sergeenko grew frustrated when pieces she had collaborated with designers on showed up in their collections with no credit given to her contributions.  As a result, Sergeenko launched her eponymous fashion label in 2011 in Russia.

Own Label
The Ulyana Sergeenko brand was launched in Moscow in April 2011 with a first collection designed for autumn-winter 2011–2012. After the first two collections shown in Moscow, the brand has received much media attention as well as buyer's and client's requests from all over the world. By now, the Moscow-based company produces ready-to-wear women's clothes, bags, fine jewellery and headpieces. Besides the retail stock, the Ulyana Sergeenko brand also has an atelier where clients could order made-to-measure versions of the runway items.

Sergeenko's first couture collection was warmly received with reviewers noting that her style was a blend of Russian military, literary and fairytale influences. Her debut collection featured clingy knit tops, quilted skirts, floor-sweeping greatcoats, and enough sable to swaddle the Russian army.

One of the key principles of Sergeenko's work is meticulous attention to details and quality. Much hand-craft - stitching, knitting, embroidery etc. - goes into production of every item. Everything is produced in Moscow under the strict control of the designer herself. All fabrics and trimmings are bought in France, Italy or Japan and some garments have vintage details specifically picked at antique markets. Craftsmanship and technical knowledge have defined her work from the beginning. Sergeenko collaborates with highly skilled ateliers from Russia as well as numerous craftsmen from former Soviet republics, helping them to preserve their precious knowledge in the process. Within the last five years, Sergeenko has worked with around seventy different ateliers and craftsmen including lace makers from Yelets, Vologda and Krestsy.
She recently conducted an interview for the fashion magazine Vanity Teen, accentuating her identity with the culture of her country when designing each of their products.

Clients
Beyoncé appeared in one of her creations in her music video for Haunted. Singer Lady Gaga, burlesque performer Dita von Teese, socialite Kim Kardashian and model Natalia Vodianova are also clients.

Personal life
Sergeenko is divorced from Russian insurance billionaire Danil Khachaturov, general director and co-owner of Rosgosstrakh. She has 2 children: son Alexander (from a previous relationship) and daughter Vasilisa (with Khachaturov).

Controversy
In 2018, Sergeenko's handwritten note to Miroslava Duma, which said "to my N***as in Paris", caused uproar in the fashion industry because of its content. She apologized, and said that she did not mean to cause offense.

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1979 births
Living people
People from Oskemen
Russian fashion designers
Russian women fashion designers
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July 27, 2020 Nonfiction
Alex Tronson
We hear them in the kitchen, leaping around with meaty thuds, and in the morning Cheryl has barricaded the kitchen door. She tells me the landlord sent someone to assess the situation.
"Okay," I tell her. "What about food?"
"I'm not going in there, and neither are you."
"God," I say, "do you think there's more than one?"
I don't say anything. We both know the answer.
In the afternoon a man in coveralls appears at our door. He introduces himself as Romero. He's a quiet, Dad-sized man, with callused hands. He says, "Rats, huh?"
We nod, waiting for Romero to lift our curse.
He comes forward into the apartment and stops at the closed kitchen door. He looks down at the cardboard box I left on the floor.
"What's going on here?" he says, tossing the box aside.
"I thought I could trap it," I tell him. "I don't know."
"Oh," he says. He grins at me. "You're better off getting a hammer."
Cheryl makes a face at me. A hammer? Really?
It's no joke. Romero means it.
"Right," I say. "Maybe a machine gun."
Romero opens the door to the kitchen and I brace for the plague.
It's quiet. Romero goes under the sink. He pulls out the stove, the dishwasher, and checks around the fridge. He is affirming things under his breath. Mhmm. Oh sure. Yup.
He identifies a few possible entrances. Little portals underneath the sink and behind the stove. He sets a few traps.
"Give me a call if you hear anything," he says.
Rodents have entered my home in the past. Cheryl and I have both seen things. It's just that this time, here in New Orleans, it feels more symbolic. That our many months of stress and anxiety in moving down from Minneapolis has manifested into something real. The universe is teasing me. You made it this far, the universe is saying, let's see how you handle these.
Nearly an hour after Romero leaves us, a trap goes off. Then another. A third. Cheryl and I are mortified. The kitchen door is closed once again, cut off from the air conditioning so when I go to check the traps, the atmosphere is stifling. Under the sink I see fur, tiny rivulets of dark blood blooming out from under the rat trap. Romero has placed a sticky trap back there, too, and I'm thankful there's nothing yet on it. Soon the kitchen begins to smell.
We call Romero, with his heart of gold, and he tells us he'll be back before this evening to get rid of the bodies.
In the meantime a brand new horror has occurred. There is a tiny scream under the sink. A wild and frantic chirping. It's a baby. It's on the sticky trap. I know this without looking.
"Stop coming in here," I plead to the walls of our apartment. "Nothing good will come of it."
Cheryl's pacing in the living room. She says, "It's time for a drink."
Romero returns in the same coveralls as before, but this time he comes with tools. Some kind of wire mesh, a staple gun, plastic bags, gloves, a belt of fasteners and bolts.
"Three?" he says. "Damn."
"There's something on the sticky trap."
I confess. I say, "I think I'm out of my element."
"That's okay, man," he tells me. And there's kindness there, as if he hadn't noticed my humiliation. "Let's take a look."
Sure enough, there's a tiny pink rat stuck to the paper. It looks like plastic. It's not moving much, but it's alive.
I leave the room and don't see what happened next, but later Cheryl will tell me that Romero folded the paper in half and smashed it.
I want to tell him I'm sorry he had to do this for us. That he's become a killer for a Midwestern twenty-something who couldn't do it on his own.
But now Romero is unfazed. He disposes of the corpses and patches holes. He fills them with steel wool and staples the wire mesh over the portals. He is confident this will stop them from getting in.
If Romero is happy, we are happy.
And I in my smallness, my inability to even watch, envy his fortitude.
The rats haven't returned. Though some nights, and this is not often, lying in bed we hear a sound. Not a chirp or a shriek, but something much more subtle. The clicking and grinding of little teeth on wood. A ghostly scamper into the attic.
I clench my jaw and pretend not to notice.
I can tell Cheryl does the same.
Don't come back, I plead silently to the walls, I've made it this far.
Alex Tronson is a writer from Minnesota. He currently lives in Louisiana where he is an MFA candidate at The University of New Orleans. His stories and essays can be found in Barstow & Grand, Red Cedar Review, and The Summerset Review.
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Activist Seeking a Happy Normal Life Explains Why It's Hard Being Gay in Morocco
by Savas AbadsidisPosted on January 13, 2022 January 14, 2022
Meet Aadil Ait Ouchraa, who goes by Adam. He is a 25 year-old college graduate who works in the television and media world in Morocco who finds himself facing the headwinds of a hostile religious state that has targeted him for his very identity after a fellow citizen, a police officer claiming to be an activist, revealed his identity in her attempt to gain asylum in the United States.
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Morocco is in Africa. It sits on the North Western part of the continent across the Mediterranean sea from Spain.
When American writer William S. Burroughs accidentally shot his wife to death in Mexico while they were playing a drunken game at a party he found refuge in Morocco. He moved to Tangier in 1954 where he indulged in a hippy lifestyle and spent four years working on the Naked Lunch.
Morocco may seem exotic to some yet is the setting for some of the most iconically famous American movies and books: chiefly 1942's movie Casablanca, which starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and Paul Bowles 1949 novel The Sheltering Sky.
Casablanca features some of the most memorable quotes of any Hollywood movie like, "Here's looking at you, kid" and"Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."
In the 1950s other American intellectuals chose to live in in Morocco in exile. Influenced by Bowles, members of the Beat Generation, of which Burroughs was one, came to the Northern city to get inspired, finish their projects and live the Moroccan dream.
Photo above: Sitting in front are Peter Orlovsky and Paul Bowles behind them stand William Burroughs Allen Ginsberg./Ph. DR
Yabiladi: Members of the literary movement remembered for influencing the American culture and politics in the post-World War II era, fell in love with Morocco and most precisely Tangier. In the mid forties and fifties, Paul Bowles, Peter Orlovesky, Irwin Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs stayed in the Northern city, writing, translating and enjoying what Tangier had to offer.
Now one of its own citizens is living in a Kafkaesque nightmare.
Adam says he is "a queer non-binary person, activist and militant for LGBTQI + rights in Morocco."
Less than a year ago, police officer Ouahiba Khourchech, came to the U.S. as an asylum seeker, she claimed to be a victim of injustice, persecuted by her former employers. But Ms. Khourchech herself threw had thrown Adam under the bus by exposing Adam's real identity in a YouTube video, an incident that brought him outlaw criminal status and exposed that she had abused the protection of the U.S. government when her recent video attacking a vulnerable LGBTQ activist in Morocco brought him to the brink of suicide.
The video exposed "Adam's" real identity, endangering his life and subjecting him to false attacks on his credibility and harassment by extremists, resulting in a recently filed lawsuit by the LGBTQ activist against the ex-police officer. "Adam" has chosen to appeal to the US justice and to hold Khourchech accountable for the slanderous attacks, including claims that as a homosexual, he cannot be considered a truthful witness in reporting an attempted sexual assault.
Currently the United Nations Refugee Agency's biggest concerns are the two tier asylum plans that against the backdrop of an overwhelmed system cannot distinguish between legitimate grievances and someone gaming the system.
Rossella Pagliuchi-Lor, UNHCR Representative in the United Kingdom says, "We recognize the need to improve some asylum procedures, but these plans threaten to create a discriminatory two-tier asylum system, undermining the 1951 Refugee Convention and longstanding global cooperation on refugee issues. It's not too late for a rethink. We're ready to work with the UK on alternative reforms."
At the heart of the plan is a two-tier approach to asylum, differentiating between those entering by legal routes, like resettlement, and those arriving spontaneously or having passed through countries deemed safe. For the latter, attempts at transfer to other safe third countries would be made, and, if impossible within six months, access to asylum would be provided. But a successful claim would only offer temporary status, up to 30 months, with abridged rights and benefits, regularly reviewed, and the threat of removal. "These proposals will be expensive and hard to implement," Ms. Pagliuchi-Lor added. "We can't see them deterring movements of desperate people. And the human consequences will be real and harmful. Living under the constant threat of expulsion will hamper the ability to integrate and push people into precarity and exploitation. Mental health will suffer. This feels like a recipe for social problems."
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Born in a small town and desert commune called Talat N'Yaaqoub, his advocacy and activism began when he was young, first with the Moroccan Association for Youth Education (AMEJ), where he organized contemporary dance, theater and singing workshops and later in congresses and conferences for the rights of the children with the Association Espace des Générations et du Futur.
His early work on the behalf of women in Morocco took to the first conference of the National Human Rights Observatory. As he got older and awakened to his identity he devoted all of his efforts to seeking equality for the LGBT community of Morocco. In 2016 he became one of the founders of Akaliyat (Voice of the Queer) the first of its kind in Morocco. They organized the first national conference of the Forum de la Modernité et de Democracy in Casablanca. Between 2018 and 2019 the ideas had caught on and they became an official establishment.
Today he is a volunteer member of the Association for the Fight against AIDS, (ATYAF ) seeking legal rights and the decriminalization of homosexuality in Morocco working alongside feminist and other marginalized communities against the backdrop of the conservative religious Muslim government hostile to their efforts.
#GayNrd spoke to Adam to see how 2022 looks to the an outlaw activist living in a country whose government is hostile to his very existence. It's ironic, to say the least, that the country that many queer American writers and artists fled to during the 30s, 40s, and 50s to live openly and write freely provides no shelter to its own queer sons and daughters.
Has the situation with Ouahiba Khourchech been resolved? No, but it is an exceptional case. I have already won a first step, thanks to the great work and a solid case filed by my team of American lawyers. A complaint and legal proceedings are underway in the United States against her for, in particular, homophobic remarks and endangering my person.
What are the biggest challenges faced by LGBT people in Morocco?
Just talking about it at all. It's difficult to argue on your own behalf when the subject itself is considered taboo and homosexual acts. are condemned by law. Article 489 of the Moroccan Penal Code says that you "shall be punished by imprisonment for six months to three years and a fine of 200 to 1,000 dirhams, unless the act constitutes a more serious offense, anyone who commits an immodest or unnatural act with an individual of his sex."
Despite an improvement in the human rights situation in Morocco since the 2011 Constitution, the gay community remains, sadly discriminated against. Our very existence and identity is inherently illegal.
Morocco has a rich queer history and one that involves many Westerners (e.g. the gay American writer Paul Bowles). What is it in the culture that has changed since then? For the last ten years Morocco has been led by a fundamental Islamist government that swept into. We will see what the future holds but we have little faith in the new "liberal government" led by businessman Aziz AKennouch.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Writers like Bowles, who wrote the The Sheltering Sky among other legendary queer American novels, went to Tangiers in Morocco in 1947, fleeing American oppression of gay men.]
Above: Sally and Paul Bowles in Morocco in the 1940s.
Above: Paul Bowles, lying in bed with his paper and pen. Photo by Jerry Cooke/Pix Inc./Time Life Pictures/Getty Images. In the winter of 1996, writer Brian T. Edwards was based in Morocco for a year on a Fulbright grant and wrote The Moroccan Paul Bowles.
Do you think Morocco can return to those days again? It's difficult to see a hopeful future when the question of homosexual rights is illegal to talk about. It's not a priority on the political agenda in Morocco.
Do you feel safe living there? No. I am in danger, since the deserting police officer, Ouahiba Khourchech revealed my true identity publicly. The real danger here consists in the fact that the consequences of homosexuality, when an individual is "identified," go far beyond the formal nature of the law: LGBT people in Morocco suffer threats of violence, physical torture of street than psychological, stigmatization from civil society, loss of employment, loss of family reputation, public humiliation etc.
What is your main concern? Right now? I'd like to lead a "normal" life and feel safe when I go out. Since being outed in a place where homosexuality is criminalized: the entirety of the country is actively hostile and dangerous not only law enforcement.
Do you want to stay or do you prefer to live elsewhere? Everything in its time. At the moment, I am focusing on the ongoing trials in Morocco and also in the United States of America against the deserting police officer, Ouahiba Khourchech. Sometimes LGBT people who have faced violence, threats of violence, loss of employment need safe spaces.
Is Islam more homophobic than Christianity or any other major religion? I answer for my religion Islam. I do not have sufficient possibilities to compare with other religions. Homosexuality and politicized Islam: a complex relationship. When homosexuality has the appearance of respecting the sexual mores of Islam, and living it in private, it seems that it is more accepted. To tell the truth, Muslim law is not, in itself, a morality police. It is its public manifestation that is criminalized.
How can western LGBT activist be most helpful and effective? Partnerships and exchanges of experiences. I have a project and an action plan to submit to Western LGBT associations that would be interested in encouraging LGBT movements in Morocco and in the Arab-Muslim world. The support of this community will be appreciated at its fair value.
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Q: How to create .anim file from .fbx file in Unity? I am new in using Unity. In my game, models and animations are exported from 3DMAX as .fbx files, animations are clipped in Unity, but there's no .anim files generated, I need separated .anim files because the following code will not work even I have clipped animation "run":
var clip = animation["run"];

Can someone help me? thanks in advance.

A: I wrote a script to do this easily

using System.IO;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;

public class AnimationExtractor: MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("Assets/Extract Animation")]
    private static void ExtractAnimation()
    {
        foreach (var obj in Selection.objects)
        {
            var fbx = AssetDatabase.GetAssetPath(obj);
            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fbx);
            CreateAnim(fbx, directory);
        }
    }

    static void CreateAnim(string fbx, string target)
    {
        var fileName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fbx);
        var filePath = $"{target}/{fileName}.anim";
        AnimationClip src = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<AnimationClip>(fbx);
        AnimationClip temp = new AnimationClip();
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A: I finally found the answer, pressing CTRL+D on animation clip in .fbx file will create a separate .anim file, what a strange operation!

A: You have to set the animations up in the importing. Select the .fbx model in Unity and go to Animations tab. There you have to define the clips. The .anim files will be generated under the model.
If you do not see the clips inside the animations tab, change the "Animation Type" under Rig to Legacy.

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PORT ST. LUCIE – The "wheel" play was on. Mike Piazza pounced in front of home plate, tore off his mask and yelled, "three." Smoothly, quickly, Todd Zeile picked up the ball and fired to Rey Ordonez, covering third.
"The natural comfort level shows through," Zeile said.
A year ago, a tutor named Keith Hernandez, who knows a thing or two about playing first base, would hold Zeile's hand as he made this play. This year, Todd's on his own.
"I think getting past the first-base skepticism was a positive," said Zeile, who moved over from third last season.
Zeile has made the transition from newcomer to team leader. GM Steve Phillips even spoke with Zeile about potential free agents and how they would fit in the clubhouse. Zeile has expressed skepticism on how Gary Sheffield would fit in the Mets' clubhouse.
The 35-year-old Zeile proved he can handle New York and the pressure it brings. Not only did he make the transition to first, but he came up big in the NLCS and the World Series after a less-than-stellar regular season (.268, 22 HRs, 79 RBIs).
Against the Cardinals, Zeile hit .364 (7-for-19) with a homer and eight RBIs. In the World Series, he batted .400 (8-for-20).
The transition is over and Zeile is focused on winning three more games than last season. Not three more in the regular season, three more in the final round. This year he starts as a leader – a teacher, not a student.
This is all Darryl Hamilton needed. With Bobby Valentine looking on, Hamilton fouled a ball off Piazza's left bicep. Piazza was fine . . . Kevin Appier said his arm speed was exactly where he wanted it to be for this time of the season. Appier threw with good velocity to hitters yesterday.


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Lycopodiastrum es un género monotípico de helechos perteneciente a la familia Lycopodiaceae. Su única especie: es Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides.

Descripción
Son plantas grandes y terrestre con rizoma largo y rastrero, brotes aéreos leñosos y parras, cilíndricos, con hojas dispersas. Las ramas estériles suaves, de color verde amarillento, cilíndricas; hojas dispuestas en espiral, pero la base de la hoja torcida. Ramas fértiles suaves, de color marrón rojizo, ramillas aplanadas, dicotómicamente ramificadas con ramillas laterales bien diferenciadas; hojas dispuestas en espiral, adpreso, escamosas; brácteas similares a las hojas en brotes aéreos pero más pequeños; estróbilos 6 - 26 por pedúnculo que forman una forma de cono, con pedúnculos y pedicelos erectos, curvados, de color marrón rojizo; esporófilos ampliamente ovados, imbricados, densamente membranosos, con dientes irregulares en el margen, ápice agudo, con arista larga membranosa. Los esporangios tienen  las axilas de esporófilos, cerrados, amarillos, reniformes.

Distribución
Está ampliamente distribuida en zonas tropicales y subtropicales de Asia y se extienden hacia el este a Papúa Nueva Guinea.

Taxonomía
Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides fue descrita por (Spring) Holub ex R.D.Dixit y publicado en Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 77(3): 540. 1980[1981].
Sinonimia
 Lepidotis casuarinoides (Spring) Rothm.

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Flora de Asia
Plantas descritas en 1981
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Plantas descritas por Holub
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Intel Publishes More Haswell Graphics Driver Code
Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 21 March 2012 at 11:06 PM EDT. 15 Comments
While Intel's Ivy Bridge launch is imminent, and I'm still digging through information concerning today's Intel Valleyview code drop that brings Ivy Bridge graphics to their next-generation Atom as they do away with PowerVR graphics for their SoCs, more graphics driver code to enable Haswell support has landed this evening.
Two days ago I originally wrote about open-source Haswell graphics code appearing. The initial code was just a bit worrisome since it added in five Haswell PCI IDs for the graphics processor (two for desktop, two for mobile, and one mobile ultra-book), but none of them were for the much-rumored Haswell GT3 integrated graphics processor. The added IDs were just labelled GT1 and GT2. This initial code also classified Haswell as being a "Gen7" part like Ivy Bridge (and now Valleyview too), but not as "Gen8" hardware, which dampens some hopes of seeing any revolutionary changes over Ivy Bridge graphics.
Also appearing on Monday was a Haswell branch of Mesa to offer up the user-space side changes for Haswell to support OpenGL with this free software library. Those changes too were fairly basic for the "Gen7" Haswell and amounted to just a few dozen lines of code. The Haswell support in Mesa's "i965" DRI driver up to now has just been to add in the same PCI IDs, classify Haswell as being "Gen7", updating a few offsets and other bits, and disabling HiZ support temporarily.
What's hit the public lists this evening now is the most extensive set of graphics-related Haswell patches yet for Intel's open-source DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) Linux graphics kernel driver, like the other patches, they can be found on the intel-gfx list. "To contribute to everyones curiosity and further enrich Phoronix articles :), this is the initial Haswell enablement patchset for basic modesetting support over VGA."
Today's patches add over 800 lines of code as it builds upon the existing Intel Gen7 support within the kernel DRM driver. The 37 patches are being published under an "RFC" (Request For Comments) tag, but will hopefully be in a shape to get them merged for the Linux 3.4 kernel in the next two weeks while it's merge window is open. Otherwise the Haswell graphics could would need to wait around for a few more months before landing in the mainline Linux kernel tree for supporting next year's hardware from Intel.
Here's some comments on today's Intel Haswell open-source Linux graphics driver patches:
- The PCI IDs for the desktop integrated graphics: 0x0402 (GT1 desktop) and 0x0412 (GT2 desktop). The mobile integrated graphics: 0x0406 (GT1 mobile) and 0x0416 (GT2 mobile). These new patches also have the IDs for the server graphics: 0x0416 (GT1 server) and 0x041a (GT2 server). However, there's still no GT3 references with these patches. Haswell's SDV (Software Development Vehicle) has a PCI ID of 0x0c16.
- LynxPoint PCH support is worked on as part of this patch-set. Aside from the graphics, there's already been other Intel Lynx Point support work ongoing for the past few months in the Linux kernel.
- Haswell introduces new power wells. "Starting with Haswell, we have different power wells for different parts of the GPU. This attempts to enable them all."
- Haswell graphics feature Sideband Interface programming. "With Lynx Point, we need to use SBI to communicate with the display clock control."
- Like Ivy Bridge, Haswell will still have support for three pipes (see details on Ivy Bridge triple monitor support).
- The interrupt/IRQ support for Haswell is the same as Ivy Bridge, but different from Valleyview.
- RC6 support for Haswell is currently disabled due to causing system hangs.
Many of the Haswell driver enablement patches were authored by Eugeni Dodonov, one of the newer Intel OTC employees formerly from Mandriva. From some of the comments made publicly, it also seems they're already playing around with some early Haswell engineering hardware, compared to the Valleyview Atom SoC where it seems they're still waiting on silicon to arrive.
There isn't yet any xf86-video-intel DDX driver patches for Haswell, but those shouldn't be noteworthy at all with all of the interesting churn happening within the KMS/DRM driver and Mesa.
The timing of this Haswell push isn't surprising at all, since this successor to Ivy Bridge is due out in about one year's time. It was in April of 2011 when Intel began pushing out Ivy Bridge Linux graphics code and now with the launch being just days away, the IVB driver code is upstream in the kernel and can be found in major Linux distributions for what will hopefully be a pleasant "out of the box" experience.
Like Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge, expect the Haswell support to be refined a great deal in the coming months and as the support becomes more feature-complete. Mesa still needs to catch-up to supporting OpenGL 3.2 for Haswell (they're now nearing OpenGL 3.1 compliance), among other work.
However, there's already other performance improvements and other work that will make Ivy Bridge users excited to upgrade later on. When Ivy Bridge hardware is available, it will be tested under Linux on Phoronix. Aside from the graphics, there's also compiler optimizations to look forward to and other Linux features.


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Orang Asli lured into trapping rich pickings
http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/12midd/Article/#ixzz1NoT6TPgJ
Bear parts seized from an Orang Asli village headman's house in Pahang recently.
Note: Orang asli = aborigines
MIDDLEMEN are using the Orang Asli to hunt endangered animals.As the Orang Asli are allowed to hunt certain animals for their own consumption, the middlemen pay them to trap and kill wildlife that is in demand in the market.
Pahang Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Khairiah Mohd Shariff says the Orang Asli are targeting leopards and bears.
She says the syndicates rely on the Orang Asli to trap the animals as they realise that these people are familiar with the routes used by the animals as well as their resting places.
"Our investigations reveal that the Orang Asli will capture the endangered clouded monitor lizards usually found in oil palm plantations and hand them over to middlemen. The lizards are usually destined for cooking pots in exotic meat restaurants overseas.
"The demand for the wildlife has spurred the Orang Asli to hunt for the animals as they have come to realise the high value of certain animals."
Khairiah says the syndicates are using the Orang Asli to shield their activities from the authorities.
She says Perhilitan officers have, on numerous occasions, spotted Orang Asli selling the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (burung serindit) along the Kuantan-Segamat Highway but nowadays, the Orang Asli have become bolder and are keeping wildlife organs in their homes.
In a recent seizure, the department found chunks of leopard, bear and deer meat as well as slaughtered mousedeer in a refrigerator at an Orang Asli village headman's house.
Several days later, the department rescued 41 endangered clouded monitor lizards from a nearby Orang Asli settlement. Both seizures took place in Pahang.
Read more: Orang Asli lured into trapping rich pickings http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/12midd/Article/#ixzz1NtwzOono
The Forgotten Bear in Jeff Corwin Connect
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The Forgotten Bear
By Laurel Neme
File under: Animal Sightings, Wildlife
Malayan sun bears, also known as honey bears (or Helarctos malayanus), are the least known of the world's eight bear species. Few people know they even exist, especially compared with other types of bears, like polar bears and grizzlies.
Perhaps part of that is because sun bears are so challenging to study. They're the smallest bear species. They weigh just 100 pounds and are less than half the size of a North American black bear.
To complicate matters, they have black fur and spend their time in the trees of Southeast Asia's dense tropical rainforests-making simply finding them a tricky task. In this case, out of sight has meant out of mind-and little attention has been given to this endangered species.
But one man, Malaysian biologist Siew Te Wong, has dedicated his life to changing the status of what he calls "the forgotten bear." He's one of the world's few sun bear researchers and also founder of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre (BSBCC) in Sabah, Malaysia.
Wong has successfully overcome many research challenges. Because failure is the mother of all invention, his difficulties forced him to design new equipment and take new approaches to get to know this species. For instance, he devised a new type of trap that he could break down and backpack into the forest.
He's also experimented with bait to attract the animals so that he could radio collar them for study. While it was never his intent, with much trial and error he eventually became "top chef" to these endearing creatures when he hit on the perfect recipe (that is, chicken guts). The result of his over 15 years of effort: a wealth of data about the biology, habits and range of this elusive bear.
For instance, his study of wild sun bears shows that they are diurnal and not nocturnal, as is commonly assumed. Rather, he notes that sun bears that live close to human typically switch their activities to nighttime to avoid human confrontation.
Siew Te Wong and sun bear. Photo courtesy of Siew Te Wong.
He's also uncovered the bear's favorite food. Any guesses? According to Wong, it's beetle larvae! Though he's never been tempted to try one himself, Wong enjoys watching the bears dig into a decayed piece of wood with such fierce concentration that it may be hours until they finally find their three-inch reward.
The moment they fish one out, they pull their facial muscles back in a smile, close their eyes and let their big, fat, juicy "packed-with-protein" prize melt in their mouth. Wong says, "it's like they're having the best chocolate in their life!"
Sun bears' love for invertebrates helps the ecosystem in two critical ways. First, by eating pests like termites that kill or infest trees, sun bears help maintain healthy forests providing an important pest control service. Second, in their hunt for bugs, sun bears will smash termite mounds and crack open tree cavities, which in turn creates new nesting and feeding sites for other species, like flying squirrels. In essence, that makes them "ecosystem engineers."
Sun bears serve another important ecosystem function: seed dispersers. They often feed on large fruit with sizeable pits, like durian, that are too big for other species. Then, by depositing the pits far from the mother trees, the bears facilitate germination and increase the survival rate of seedlings, thus helping to "plant the forest."
Despite the sun bears role in helping to maintain their forest home, they face multiple threats, so much so that they are listed under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prohibits their commercial trade. Unsustainable logging and expansion of industrial palm oil plantations are already destroying significant swaths of their tropical habitat. In addition, pet trade and uncontrolled poaching for their parts, which are used in traditional Asian medicine, imperil the species.
Nobody knows how many sun bears remain in the wild. Many scientists say they're the rarest of the bear species and suggest their numbers have fallen by more than 30 percent in the last 30 years. Wong has tried to estimate sun bear populations but has failed thus far because he hasn't found a reliable method.
One survey technique used by scientists for species like tigers assesses the capture and recapture rate by remote cameras and extrapolates from there. But this approach won't work for sun bears because individuals cannot be identified from a camera picture because they're just black; they don't have a special marking.
DNA analysis is another way to get at this information, but collection of a sun bear's genetic material is quite difficult because in a tropical forest it rains every day. Whatever the number, one thing is certain: rapid loss of forests throughout their range and an active trade in wild bears and their parts point to a bleak future. Yet there is much the average citizen can do.
Wong notes that whenever he's asked how somebody can help, he always answers, "do whatever you do best!" For instance, artists painting pictures of sun bears, which the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre then sells at auctions to raise funds. Reporters report about the bear.
"There are so many people that have heard about polar bears, grizzly bears and giant pandas," Wong says, "but they've never heard about sun bears. By helping to spread the word about sun bears-showing people pictures of them, putting stories about sun bears on Facebook-they help us to promote awareness.
Unfortunately, our conservation work spends money and, generally, the amount of money we raise reflects the amount of work we can do to help a species. [But] fundraising for an animal that is not well known is not easy."
If everybody shared information and stories, we could raise the profile-and ultimately the chances of its long-term survival-of this forgotten bear.
For more information: Listen to an interview with sun bear researcher Siew Te Wong on Laurel Neme's "The WildLife" radio show. Or read an edited transcript on Mongabay.com.
On my birthday
Yesterday May 16th was my 42th birthday. At first I was thinking I would spend this day just like my other days - clean our office in the morning (Monday is cleaning day), work, spend time with our bears, and no one will know about my birthday. My family was not with me (have not seen them "physically" for 3 months, :( ) so I will have a quiet birthday. It turned out that what I experienced physically on my birthday was nothing special- no party, no birthday cake, and no birthday candles, but what I experienced in my heart from the cyber world was very special! From midnight of the 16th, friends from my facebook page across the world, many of them I never meet, started to leave me birthday wishes on my facebook profile page. Until today, there were more than 250 birthday wishes on it. I never had so many birthday wishes, ever, in my life. On top of that, my facebook birthday wish has raised US$495 for Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre from 14 donors. Thank you all for your birthday wishes and your donation to help our sun bears. I certainly can feel the positive energy from your wishes, encouragements, complements, and all the positive and cheerful words that you wrote! This energy keeps me and my team going and move forward!
Thank you all for your supports and wishes!
I spent my birthday with the 21 rescued-ex-pet sun bears at BSBCC. Jelita, Cerah and 3 others females came to greed me from their state-of-the-art forest enclosure. Seeing them walking, foraging, and climbing in this forest enclosure with dense vegetations, trees of all sizes, and fill with all kind of life forms are by far the most rewarding and happy experience that I can think of for this special day and all the hard working days in the past. I did not see other bears in their forest enclosure because their enclosures are so dense with vegetation and big that seeing a bear on forest floor or up in the tree canopy are actually very difficult. They live like wild bears! No more bars, no more cement floor, and no pacing. It made me feel that I have a purpose to serve in my life when I was born some 42 years ago.
I walked Natalie for few hours in the forest. She is now capable of climbing high on tree and do all the wild things that a sun bear would do in the forest. Very few people actually know how hard we work to make this project possible until this point. Seeing all of these bears free from cages and enjoy the mighty and magnificent forest make all the hard works over the last 6 years pay off.
Thank you all of you, especially those who help us in many ways to make BSBCC a successful project. Now most of our sun bears can enjoy the sun in the forest that they call home!
Thank you all of you who donated money for my birthday wish for BSBCC and wish me a happy birthday. I have a great birthday, despite a lonely birthday without family, and love ones. Thank you is the only thing I can say to you all.
Please continue to help us, support us, and help us spread the words and love for this little known bears!
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I.M Magazine last interviewed me in April 2010.
Recently they did another "update" of my work and my story..
Becoming a lady
Text by Shauna Tay, Photos Siew Te Wong
Natalie, our baby of the centre, is becoming our wildest. Being a young cub, she is somewhat controllable when taking her outdoors. We are able to walk side by side with her into any patch of forest and let her do her thing. She's now become so confident in climbing and foraging that it makes you realise how wild these bears are meant be.
She's improved with each time I've seen her out. Wai Pak and Paul had said that previously when they took her out she just wanted to play and interact with them. However now she doesn't take any notice of us. She shoots up trees and climbs to the very top with all her strength.
It was amazing watching this 6 month old sun bear sync in with her wild instincts and naturally make her way up the trees and branches. She knew that clawing at rotting wood would find her termites, and that climbing higher up a tree would find her new sights and smells she hadn't encountered before.
Although we can see she knows what to do in her habitat, it doesn't erase the fact that she needs her mother. Sun bear cubs usually stay with their mothers until they are 2 years old. Now, this 6 month baby cub has no mother, and probably doesn't remember much about ever having one. It makes you sad thinking about how she could be out in the wild with her mother if it weren't for hunters and poachers. This is the harsh world we live in.
While working against that, we have hope for these bears. They've lived hard, unnatural lives, but with BSBCC's dedication we hope they'll soon be able to have that life they're meant to live.
Natalie become better climber each day.
Sun bear is the most aboreal bear if compares to other bear species.
Illegal bear bile trade rampant in Asia
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 11th May 2011—Poaching and illegal trade of bears, driven largely by the demand for bile, used in traditional medicine and folk remedies continues unabated across Asia on a large scale, a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has found.
Bear bile products were found on sale in Traditional Medicine outlets in all but one of the 13 countries/territories surveyed says the report entitled Pills, Powders, Vials & Flakes: The bear bile trade in Asia (PDF, 2 MB). The exception is Macao.
Products were most frequently observed in mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar and Viet Nam, where they were recorded in over half of all outlets surveyed. The most frequently encountered products were whole bear gall bladders and pills—found in half of the outlets surveyed.
Bears are kept for their bile, used in traditional Asian medicine Click photo to enlarge © TRAFFIC Southeast Asia
TRAFFIC's research suggests a complex and robust trade in bear products. Several of the countries/territories surveyed were either producers or consumers of bear bile products, while in some cases they acted as both.
Mainland China was the most commonly reported place of origin for these products across the region.
In Myanmar, internationally sourced gall bladders were reported to come solely from Lao PDR; in Hong Kong, in cases where the source was known, products were reported to have originated in Japan and over half of those offered for sale in the South Korea were from wild sources in Russia.
Domestic trade of bear bile is legal under strict regulation within mainland China and Japan but is illegal in Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Regardless of the legality of trade within countries, international trade is not allowed.
Asiatic Black Bears (predominant in this trade) and Sun Bears are both listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) which prohibits international commercial trade in the species, its parts and derivatives.
An analysis of the origin of bear bile products found in these surveys makes it clear that import and export regulations are commonly flouted demonstrating a failure to implement CITES requirements to stop illegal international bear bile trade effectively and protect bears from exploitation.
"Unbridled illegal trade in bear parts and products continues to undermine CITES which should be the world's most powerful tool to regulate cross-border wildlife trade," said Kaitlyn-Elizabeth Foley, lead author of the report and Senior Programme Officer of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia.
The study found that the vast majority of the bear farms surveyed in Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam did not have captive breeding programmes, suggesting they depend on bears captured from the wild.
"The study makes a clear case for authorities to shut down businesses selling illegal bear products and prosecute individuals caught selling, buying, transporting or keeping bears illegally," said Foley.
"Both the Asiatic Black Bear and the Sun Bear are threatened by poaching and illegal trade. The demand for bile is one of the greatest drivers behind this trade and must be reduced if bear conservation efforts are to succeed," added Foley.
"Even legal bear bile producers are circumventing domestic and international regulations by exporting products internationally," said Dr Jill Robinson MBE, Founder and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation, which rescues bears from farms in China and Viet Nam.
"This report, in addition to Animals Asia's years of research, shows that the bear bile industry is engaging in illegal practices. As pressure mounts on the wild bear population, there are serious questions to be answered on the welfare and pathology of farmed bears, and the risks to human health in those who consume the contaminated bile from such sick and diseased bears," said Robinson.
The study's main findings are:
• Bear bile products were observed in traditional medicine outlets in 12 out of 13 Asian countries/territories surveyed
• Bear bile products were available at 50% or more of traditional medicine outlets surveyed in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Myanmar and Viet Nam.
• China is the most commonly reported source for bear bile products
A short presentation can be viewed at:
http://prezi.com/y_mqfj2c8acx/the-bear-bile-trade-in-asia/
Kaitlyn Elizabeth-Foley, Senior Programme Officer, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Tel: ++603 7880 3940, katiefoley7@myjaring.net
Elizabeth John, Senior Communications Officer, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, Tel: ++603 7880 3940, jlizzjohn@yahoo.com
Richard Thomas, Communications Co-ordinator, TRAFFIC. Tel: +44 1223 279068, email: richard.thomas@traffic.org
Is Mother's Day, but where's my mama?
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Where's my mama?Kuala Lumpur, 18 April 2011
Every day, countless young wild animals are orphaned when their mothers are captured or slaughtered for the illegal wildlife trade. Many young are also taken from the wild and end up in the illegal trade because someone wants a cute pet.
Now, The Body Shop with the help of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia are calling attention to this problem with the "Where's My Mama?" campaign, that urges the public to consider the impact of their purchases. After the awareness created with the Save Temengor Campaign, The Body Shop continues to protect our planet, this time around by drawing attention to the animals in the wild that are in need of protection.
The campaign features the orang-utan, tiger and bear, all of which are affected by this aspect of illegal wildlife trade.
For each young Orang-utan found in trade, an estimated two to four others die. Some experts place the figure as high as eight. There are two species of orang-utan – the Sumatran and the Bornean, both of which are in serious trouble. Trade in young animals as pets, coupled with huge levels of habitat loss have pushed Asia's only great apes to the brink of extinction.
Adult tigers are hunted and snared to feed the demand for tiger parts, leaving cubs to fend for themselves. Of the nine subspecies, only six survive today. Less than a century ago more than 100,000 tigers roamed Asia's forests but today, largely due to poaching to supply the demand for their parts used in traditional medicines and as trophies, only approximately 3000 survive. And the poaching continues.
Malaysia's only bear species, the Malayan sun bear, is the smallest of the world's eight bear species. And they are in trouble. Adult bears are illegally hunted for their gall bladder, their meat and body parts. Orphaned cubs are defenseless, as they rely entirely on their mother for the first two years of their life – when the mother is killed, the cubs perish. Sadly, the cubs are also captured for the pet trade or to be put on display in zoos.
In hopes of stopping this illegal trade and to draw and awareness to the plight of these animals, The Body Shop Malaysia will run its signature "Kick the Bag" campaign, asking the public to report illegal wildlife trade to the Wildlife Crime Hotline. These paper bags, act as a tool to help spread the word and draw awareness to the campaign. In store, The Body Shop will run the campaign until till the end of the month by giving out postcards to customers that frequent the stores.
We do this at The Body Shop not because it is fashionable, but because to us it's the only way.
Wong's notes:
Across SE Asia, numerous baby and orphaned sun bears fall victims of pet trade, poaching, and "animal loving" behavior. Just two last week ago, I was asked to help and to give advice on two pet sun bears in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo. The owner of this baby bear, Kulik, want keep him because he "love" this bear so much and refuse to surrender to a better home. The negotiation still on going to find a better home for him.
Photo: P. Rouxel
Cerah, Jelita and Lawa in the wilderness
Text by Shauna Tay; Photos by Siew Te Wong
The independent women (sun bears la..) of BSBCC – Cerah, Jelita, and Lawa – were let out into a newly secure forest enclosure (Enclosure C) last week . They've previously been out into Enclosure D on a regular basis and have all become confident to outdoors. On the 20th of April we had fixed Enclosure C where the fence were damaged by fallen branches that was much larger and with more new trees, vegetation, and smells for them to discover.
Enclosure C- fills with big and small trees and thick vegetation- prime sun bear habitat.
Some background knowledge about these three ladies; all sent at different times from Lok Kawi Zoo in Kota Kinabalu. Their ages range from 4-5 years, with Lawa as the dominant one in the group. Cerah and Jelita are the best of friends (which is surprising as bears are usually solitary animals) and absolutely adore each other's company.
Lawa pocking her head out of the door while Cerah and Jelita exploring the new forest enclosure.
On Day 1 Cerah and Jelita had gone out happily into this big patch of forest. However Lawa stayed back in the pen – still building up the courage to go out as this was a whole new area. For their 2 o'clock meal of fruits, we had scattered them all over the outdoor enclosure to encourage them to eat out in the forest, where they should, rather than in their pen. This is also done to encourage foraging – a very important skill for a wild bear to have.
Step by step, Jelita exploring her new forested home.
Jelita and Cerah always hung out side by side with each other.
While Lawa hung around in their pen, Cerah and Jelita decided to be rebels. They didn't come back in for their 4 o'clock porridge meal, yet decided to keep on exploring outdoors throughout the night! Although this was not planned, it's actually a great thing as they would be able to find places for themselves to sleep outside, and also have the opportunity to build their own nests. We had left their pen door open for them to come back when they were ready, and sure enough they were sitting there with open arms for their breakfast in the morning.
Lawa finally step foot on the forest enclosure!
Day 2, 3, 4 and 5 went on pretty much the same except that Cerah and Jelita actually returned for their evening meals rather than staying out all night. Day 6, Lawa finally stepped foot into the outdoor enclosure at 2pm. All three of the ladies are outside in the wilderness tonight. Hopefully with more observations, they'll be in the queue to be released out into the wild – for good.
That little block dot in the middile of the photo was Lawa- the Bornean Sun Bear.
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It took me awhile, but with Pinterest I finally found my love for social media. Twitter and Facebook have never been my thing. But, Pinterest is another story. It's like saving all your favorite things, but they don't have to be in some scrapbook or recipe file, just right at your fingertips for easy retrieval.
My love for Pinterest has made me want to create a weekly post called "Make It Pinterest" where I will share a recipe or tutorial or something that I've made from Pinterest recently. Maybe I'm the odd one out, but I make a lot of stuff from Pinterest — recipes, sewing tutorials, activities for the kids, decorations for my house. A lot of the time it's stuff I rarely show on my blog (mainly because I am having too much fun to remember a camera in the process).
Today's Make It Pinterest is a heavenly cupcake recipe which came from a blog called There Goes the Cupcake. It's this heavenly Lemon Blueberry Cupcake. The challenges I faced were A) learning how to make lemon curd because this is a cupcake stuffed with lemon curd and I've never made it; and B) the frosting was a mascarpone cream also with the lemon curd. I wasn't sure what mascarpone cream was or tasted like or even where to get it. Plus, not only did I need to succeed in making a decent lemon curd, but I had to incorporate some of it into the frosting.
I should also mention that as ridiculous as it sounds, I usually turn my nose up at blueberries in food. I love blueberries by themselves, but before now the thought of eating blueberries in something like a cupcake, muffin, bread, etc., has never appealed to me. Then, I saw this cupcake, and it's all I could think about for a week. Blueberries + lemon = yumminess!
The lemon curd was amazingly easy. I have always been afraid of adding eggs to anything that's hot. It seems they always scare you with the eggs cooking themselves in the heat and then whatever you're making comes out disgusting. But, that didn't happen to me. I just kept on stirring with a whisk and about 8 minutes into it, my lemon curd was beautifully thickened. I cooled it in the fridge.
As for the mascarpone cream, it's heavenly and even better than cream cheese. You can even find it at Walmart in the deli section with the "fancy" cheeses. It's expensive, but it was very tasty.
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare the muffin tins with cupcake liners.
In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and salt. Take 1-2 tbs of this flour mixture and mix it into the blueberries.
In another bowl mix the cream, milk, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and lemon zest.
With a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until it's very fluffy and a lovely yellow color. Usually this takes about 3-5 minutes.
Then begin adding the milk and flour mixtures. Start and end with the flour mixture.
Next fold the blueberries into the batter.
Let cool completely before adding lemon curd.
Prepare all your ingredients first.
Mix together the sugar, salt and cornstarch in a separate bowl.
Place the egg yolks in another bowl.
Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium-low heat.
Remove from heat and add the lemon juice and zest.
Add the sugar mixture to the pan.
Whisk in the egg yolks until smooth and return to heat.
Cook over medium-low heat for roughly 8-10 minutes until the mixture has thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Do not allow the mixture to boil.
Once thickened, strain the mixture though a fine mesh strainer (or I used a colander with small holes) into a large bowl.
Allow to chill in the refrigerator completely before using.
Beat the sugar and cream to soft peaks in your mixer.
Combine the mascarpone and lemon curd in a separate bowl and mix.
Add the mascarpone mixture to the cream.
Gently fold to combine. I ran the mixture on very low until they were just combined. Then, I used my rubber spatula to gently mix it together a bit more.
If the mixture is overworked it can separate or look grainy. To fix this add several tablespoons of heavy cream and mix with the spatula until smooth again.
First, measure out the 2/3 cup of lemon curd for the frosting and set aside.
After the cupcakes are finished cooling, use a cupcake corer (or even an apple corer or knife) to cut the middle out and remove the tops . Then, pipe in a bit of lemon curd in the hole (about 1 tbs).
Then place the tops back on. If they don't fit perfectly, it's fine, you'll hide it with piped frosting.
I piped on the frosting with a large star tip but you could put it on however you like.
I garnished each cupcake with a washed and dried blueberry and yellow sprinkles.
I love blueberry and lemon together! These look so yummy!
I just made Lemon Blueberry Bread and loved it so much I have already planned on making in for our local county fair later in the summer, there is just something SO good about Lemons and Blueberries together!
I can not wait to try your cupcakes!
Yum! I love lemon and blueberries and these look so delicious! Thanks for sharing.
PS Do you also blog as Sewing Chick??
Wow, these look so yummy. I love lemons and blueberries. I have made my own lemon curd so I am looking forward to trying these cupcakes.
Oooh this looks real good!!!! gotta try it some day! Thanks so much for sharing this at Bewitch Me & Titi! Hope to have you back next Sunday with more awesome shares!
Well those look amazing- I'm sure my family would love them.
Yummy! I love blueberry cupcakes! Thanks for sharing at Give Me the Goods Monday! Hope to see you again next week.
These cupcakes look great. Got any more to share? Thanks for sharing at Two Cup Tuesday at Pint Sized Baker. I've pinned this!
Great cupcakes! I love the combination of blueberry and lemon.
Stopping by from Foodie Friday. Have a wonderful week!
Surprise! Your luscious cupcakes are one of our Featured Posts from our last week's Brag About It link party! See it tomorrow when you come by to link up! Thanks so much, we really love how yummy these look and will have to make them soon. BeBetsy Link and Hop!
Mmm!! Those sound delicious! Thanks so much for sharing at Thursday's Temptation with us! I am going to be featuring your cupcakes tonight on my blog!
These cupcakes look wonderful. I'm sharing and pinning.


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PARIC was nominated for two Building St. Louis Awards which were handed out at a ceremony held by the St. Louis Business Journal on March 21, 2019. The ceremony was held in a new event space dubbed The Cutlery Building overlooking the riverfront and Gateway Arch.
Over 100 projects were submitted for the awards which recognize buildings that were substantially completed in 2018. Only 24 projects were selected and from that group, 6 winners were announced at the ceremony.
PARIC was nominated for two projects in separate categories. The Angad Arts Hotel was recognized in the Renovation or Conversion project more than $5 million. The Monogram Building was also nominated in the Public/Private project more than $10 million.
Nominees and winners are listed below.
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New England Inspection Service has been conducting residential and commercial building inspections for over 25 years and is one of the oldest inspection companies in Massachusetts. The company was founded on the principal of providing a quality inspection report and insuring complete customer satisfaction. To uphold this principle we only employ registered professional engineers, and members of the American Society of Home Inspectors.
Buying a home? Make your property purchase stress free. Learn more about what is covered in your residential inspection and how you can be more prepared.


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Kavanaugh confirmation: Trump '100 per cent' certain Dr Blasey Ford accused wrong person
WION Web Team New Delhi, Delhi, India Oct 07, 2018, 07.21 AM(IST)
File photo of US president Donald Trump. Photograph:( Reuters )
'... there is no one with a squeaky clean past like Brett Kavanaugh,' said Trump.
Donald Trump has said he is "100 per cent" certain Dr Christine Blasey Ford named the wrong person when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her. Kavanaugh was sworn in as a US Supreme Court justice on Saturday.
"This is one of the reasons I chose him is because there is no one with a squeaky clean past like Brett Kavanaugh. He is an outstanding person and I'm very honoured to have chosen him," Reuters reported Trump as telling reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to a campaign rally in Kansas.
Kavanaugh was confirmed 50-48 by the Senate — the closest Senate confirmation vote in over a century. He was accused by Dr Christine Blasey Ford, a university professor of pschology, of trying to rape her as a teenager.
Dr Blasey Ford said the alleged attack on her took place in 1982 when she was 15 and Kavanaugh was 17. She said a drunk Kavanaugh had got on top of her and tried to remove her clothing while clamping his other hand on her mouth to stop her from screaming.
Ford said she had been worried Kavanaugh might accidentally kill her.
She said a friend of Kavanaugh's — Mark Judge — had been in the room at the time, and that the two of them had "laughed uproarily" at the situation she had found herself in.
The accusation and its fallout had further cleaved an already deeply-divided US.
Ford had testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying she was 100 per cent certain Kavanaugh had been her attacker.
Kavanaugh, in a fiery rebuttal, had said he was 100 per cent certain he had not attacked Blasey Ford.
(With inputs from Reuters)


World Health Day 2019—CBM launches a new Community Mental Health Initiative to better accomplish its vision of an inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential.
The Community Mental Health Initiative will bring focus and scale to the work that CBM does in order to have a greater impact on this area, both for people with mental illness and psychosocial disabilities, as well as the wider communities where CBM focuses its work, and people with other disabilities, who are often at increased risk of mental health problems.
For an overview of CBM's new Community Mental Health Initiative, including initiative priorities, a timeline of our work and more details, download this booklet.
The new CBM initiative draws on CBM's legacy of 15 years of work in Community Mental Health (CMH). During this time, CBM has touched the lives of 3 million persons with mental health problems. Read more about CBM's work in mental health in this blog post.
The aim of the Community Mental Health Initiative is to promote meaningful participation in communities, improve the quality of life, and broaden the choices for care available for people with psychosocial disabilities.
Find out more about this exciting new initiative by downloading the overview brochure above or watching the following video.
Did you know one in four people experience some form of mental health condition in their life time?
80% of these people are in low- and middle-income countries, where only 15% will be able to access the care that they need.
That is why CBM has been working to improve the lives of persons affected by mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities for than more than 15 years.
This work has helped many.
Over 35 projects have been delivered in over 4 continents, which have supported over 300,000 people each year, around half of whom are women and girls.
Now it is time to use everything we have learned, as we launch the Community Mental Health initiative.
We have one aim: to promote meaningful participation in communities, improve quality of life and broaden the choices for care available for people with psychosocial disabilities.
To harness and amplify the strong voice of people with psychosocial disabilities.
To promote community inclusion and participation.
To create strong and person-centred systems.
To mainstream mental health across all development sectors.
Because mental health is an urgent challenge that affects all of us.
Follow the conversation on social media with the hashtag: #CBMforMentalHealth.


One of the enduring memories of this period in history will be the cry of "chickenhawk" directed at those who support the war. It is helpful, then, to remember that some members of Congress put their own children's lives on the line when they voted for the war. The comments of one child, Brooks Johnson, 32, son of Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota, are especially apropos.
His dad voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq with a heavy heart; Brooks, he knew, was likely to go to Iraq.
"I talked to Brooks prior to this vote and his response was, 'Dad, you do what is right for the country and I'll do what is right as a soldier,"' Johnson recalled. "I said on the (Senate) floor that it's very likely I would be sending my own son into combat."
Not all lawmakers with children serving in the armed forces were willing to discuss the overseas deployments.
What a great country this would be if everyone adopted the attitude of the Johnsons.
The cry of "chickenhawk" is meant to denigrate, yet it ignores the fact that many of us have served our country in times of war and understand exactly what sacrifice means. Yet we support the war because the outcome will be a better world, just as it would have been had we stayed in Vietnam and finished the job.
Instead, we abandoned Vietnam and millions of people died. Now we have stayed the course in Iraq and Afghanistan and millions of people have been freed. The contrast could not be more stark, the refutation of the anti-war position no more complete. Yet some refuse to acknowledge the truth, so set are they in their position of ignorance.


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Q: What should I do about unjustly closed questions? When I browse through Stack Overflow, I sometimes see closed questions which shouldn't be closed in my opinion. For example, this question is closed. I flagged it as "in need of moderator intervention" because it was "not a duplicate, the other one asks for jQuery, this is for Javascript." A moderator declined this, the reason is "flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention."
Another example, I flagged this question ("Why is this off-topic?") because the question was about the ways to call Java from Python. It was again declined with the same reason above. But I also flagged this question as off-topic and it was declined without a reason.
I flagged two closed questions (1, 2) with very similar structure. One flag was "helpful" and the question was re-opened. The other one was declined and the reason was "People tend to react poorly to "write my code for me" questions. Maybe you could edit this to improve it, upon which time it will be reviewed for reopening by the community."
This question is not about tool recommendation but it is closed as if it were. My flag was declined.
Should I continue flagging unjustly closed questions? Are they not unjustly closed?

A: When you don't have enough reputation to cast close & reopen votes (3k on graduated sites), there's not a whole lot you can do. Maybe leave a comment explaining the situation so someone with enough reputation might see the comment and possibly vote to reopen.
When you do have the necessary reputation, you can vote to reopen. It takes 5 votes to reopen a closed question, after which it will accept answers as normal.
You should not submit a custom moderator flag asking for it to be reopened. Moderators are "human exception handlers", and unless there's something really out of the ordinary going on (abuse, targeted close-voting, etc), they'll usually leave the question closed and decline your flag, as they did in your situation.

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I flagged it as "in need of moderator intervention" because it was "not a duplicate, the other one asks for jQuery, this is for Javascript."

If you pay close attention to the original, you'll see that the top answers don't use jQuery at all, it's just vanilla JS. So it's rightfully closed as a duplicate, it's just that the title of the original is a little misleading.
The problem with your flag is that opening/closing questions can/will be handled by the community, not by the ♦ moderators. There are simply too many questions and too few moderators (new ones are coming, though) for this to be feasible. If you want a question to be reopened, you need to cast a reopen vote – for which you need 3000 reputation. A custom moderator flag, like you did, might work on smaller sites but on a site with the volume of Stack Overflow, it will simply be declined.
Note that for closing questions, you can use regular flags, which will be handled by the community (more specifically: regular users with 3000 or more reputation). There is no corresponding reopen flag, but an edit to a recently closed post (less than 5 days ago) will also put the question in the Reopen Votes review queue. And with only 250 reputation, you can flag your own questions to be reopened (or closed).

"Why is this off-topic?"

The concept of on-topic/off-topic might take a while to get used to. After all, it's a question about programming, right? It might help to think in terms of 'in scope'/'out of scope'; some types of questions are simply not a good fit for the Q&A format used by Stack Exchange. Off-topic reasons help to define the scope of a site, so that only the 'best' questions remain.


The Judges have determined the final four contestants that will move on to our Semi-Final round on June 15th of Comanche Nation Casino Idol.
The past two months we have seen some incredible talent take the stage, but alas only one can be crowned Comanche Nation Casino Idol and receive the grand prize of $5,000.
Hope Porche showed power and serenity with Whitney Houston's You Give Good Love.
All of our Semi-Finalists will be proving themselves again on Saturday June 15th, where they will prove to the judges why they should be crowned Comanche Nation Casino Idol.
From the Semi-Finalists our judges will pick 10 to move on to the Final Round on June 29th where they will sing for the title of Comanche Nation Casino Idol.


FREE GAME: A BUDGET – Minimal or Extensive… You Have to Have One!
Lesson for today…. you have to have some kind of budget to be successful in this industry… whether it is limited or extensive. Whether you want to remain independent or prepare yourself to get signed to a major label… you have to build your image, your presence, your product and your paperwork!!! None of that stuff comes by way of being TOTALLY FREE! So in essence you may have to make a few sacrifices in order to see success. But ask yourself is the sacrifice worth it. Sacrifice for self means you believe in yourself… If you can't sacrifice for self you can't expect that others will.
Before a bank will give you a loan on your business… they want to see what you have invested in it yourself… they want to see how much you have progressed with the opportunity yourself… They want to see how much you believe in your own business. It is no different in the music industry. Before anyone will invest in you, monetarily or thru time and energy, they want to see how much you have invested or how much you are willing to invest in yourself!!!!
I mean how many ARTISTS have actually written down their BUSINESS PLAN…. PROJECT PLAN…. MARKETING PLAN…. ANY PLAN????? And compared it to their budget???? How much are you working with… how much is it going to take to accomplish one project and build presence with it… create an image for it, package it…. and generate some sales??? How are you going to go about accomplishing all of this and how much money and effort (sweat equity) is it going to take? How many artists have really considered all of this?
Now how many actually have the ability to do it themselves or build a team to d it for them? It can be done, but in the event you can't do it yourself, guess what it is going to take a budget to get it done for you… What is your budget, who can you afford and what really makes sense to push? Are you pushing unnecessary things… or the real elements that will help you to be successful?


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Alhama Club de Fútbol, auch bekannt unter dem Sponsornamen Alhama CF ElPozo, ist ein 2004 gegründeter spanischer Fußballverein aus Alhama de Murcia. Er ist besonders für die Erfolge der Frauenfußballmannschaft bekannt.

Frauenfußball
Die Frauenfußballabteilung von Alhama CF wurde 2009 gegründet und stieg in der Saison 2013/14 durch einen ersten Platz in ihrer Regionalliga in die zweite Spielklasse auf. 2018/19 qualifizierte sich die Mannschaft durch einen zweiten Platz in der Gruppe VII erstmals für das Aufstiegs-Play-off in die Primera División, scheiterte jedoch im Halbfinale mit 1:6 nach Hin- und Rückspiel am späteren Aufsteiger Deportivo La Coruña. Der bisher größte Erfolg glückte in der Spielzeit 2021/22, zunächst erreichte die Mannschaft das Achtelfinale der Copa de la Reina und besiegte dabei unter anderem den Erstligisten SD Eibar überraschend mit 3:1, danach konnte in der Liga bereits zwei Runden vor Saisonende der erste Platz in der Gruppe Süd und damit der Aufstieg in die erste Division fixiert werden.

Bekannte Spielerinnen
  Mariela Coronel

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Fußballverein in der Autonomen Gemeinschaft Murcia
Spanischer Frauenfußballverein
Gegründet 2004


Everyone knows the worst part about air travel: delays and cancellations.
That underlying fear was only reinforced last week when Delta's computer systems suffered a massive, nationwide meltdown, leading to thousands of canceled and delayed fights and even more unhappy customers. And that occurred only weeks after Southwest experienced a similar outage.
While Delta did offer waivers and vouchers for many customers, the question does arise what an airline is required to do for travelers in those situations.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal says this is something that needs to be addressed, especially since it isn't the first, second, or last time it will happen.
Blumenthal says a big part of the problem is that airline consolidations have led to just four companies controlling 85 percent of the market. When big airlines merged, such as the joining of American Airlines and US Airways last year, their outdated computer systems had to merge as well. Blumenthal says many are still working off of software dating to the 1990s, and integrating the systems has caused failure.
"None of these airlines has invested adequately and that is why they've been plagued by these repeated, shut downs that cause not only cause inconvenience but great cost to the economy and the rights of the passengers are neglected," Blumenthal said.
Blumenthal said now is the time for airlines to invest in updating systems, and if the airlines won't do it voluntarily then federal legislation should be passed to compel them to have to do so.
In the meantime, he believes customers should be fully refunded when software issues lead to cancellations.


Does Express route bring performance improvements for O365 connectivity?
It is a not recommended to deploy express route for O365 performance improvement reason without doing an assessment on the causes for performance issue. Please note the connectivity on the O365 side still lands on the public peering end and there are services that will always have to traverse the internet. Refer to the article here for more insights into this scenario.
How much does Azure Express Route Cost?
What are the supported VPN devices that work well with Azure VPN gateway?
Can VPN and Express route work as a fallback mechanism for each other?


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A new denomination and change of name for South Carolina congregation
October 25, 2013 NathanKeyPresbyterian News and Analysis
"Russell … a church for the community." That has been the motto of a small South Carolina congregation for a number of years. So perhaps it is only fitting that the congregation now carries the banner of Russell Community Church.
Formerly known as Russell Memorial Presbyterian Church, the name was changed in accordance with the congregation's dismissal from the Presbyterian Church (USA) to ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.
The dismissal of the 52-member church in Berea, west of Greenville, took place during the Aug. 17 meeting of Foothills Presbytery. Less than a week later, members of Russell were able to attend an ECO conference held at nearby First Presbyterian Church of Greenville.
Russell actually was formed as a mission church of First Presbyterian Church of Greenville about 50 years ago. FPC-Greenville, a church of 3,500 members, was dismissed to ECO in August 2012.
An attention grabber
Dale Youngs, who has been the stated supply pastor at Russell since 2008, said the Russell congregation had been watching actions of the General Assembly, and the move by FPC-Greenville was an attention grabber.
"We saw things we did not agree with going on in the national denomination. Our members started to be alarmed and expressed concern about what was taking place," Youngs said. "When First (Presbyterian)-Greenville left, that got everyone's attention. Everyone looked at that church, and its decision sent a message. That really triggered investigation and research about what was taking place."
"They (Russell's members) read their Bibles and say, 'This is what it says; this is what we do.' There's not a lot of nuance theology done by the congregation," he said. "That there could be another way of doing things was unfathomable."
In December 2012, the session expressed the desire to leave the PCUSA. At a January 2013 elders retreat, they looked at options for the church's future and voted unanimously (6-0) to recommend departing the PCUSA for ECO on March 20.
A united congregation
A town hall meeting of members also yielded a unanimous vote to proceed in such a way, leading to the decision to leave the denomination in April. Foothills Presbytery formed a task force that held three meetings with Russell's pastor and an elder, its session and its membership. That task force ultimately determined that the congregation was firm and united in its decision to leave the PCUSA.
"We had widespread support throughout the church," Youngs said, adding that a church vote yielded a unanimous decision to seek dismissal. "No one was against the move."
Youngs said the task force that worked with Russell's leadership operated quickly and efficiently in reaching terms to grant dismissal.
"It was never a situation where we felt the enemy was coming," he said. "They were very sympathetic of where we were and where we wanted to be. The process moved very quickly for us. It wasn't bad at all. In fact, they were extremely gracious."
Gordon Raynal, interim presbytery pastor and stated clerk for Foothills Presbytery, acknowledged the attitudes of all involved with the dismissal process.
"Russell Memorial Church was established as a chapel by First Presbyterian Church in Greenville and became a particular congregation in the late 1990s," Raynal wrote in an email to The Layman. "The process of their requesting dismissal from the PCUSA was handled most graciously by the session and members there and by our Gracious Dismissal Task Force members assigned to deal with their request. The communications from them were that they were not upset by Foothills Presbytery or their relations here, but rather with denominational stands. And so, it was an amicable process.
"The non-hostile attitude by the members there meant that the process moved smoothly and according to schedule. As a general rule the hope in our Gracious Dismissal Policy is to complete the process within a 90-day period. Because of the non-hostile attitude and because of the expert work of our Task Force, we were able to help them through the process without major problems."
Leaving with property
Youngs added that Russell leaves the PCUSA with all its property. He said the church has a quarter-million dollar debt and is in need of some repairs to the sanctuary from flood damage sustained in July, prompting a move into the fellowship hall for services until funding for repairs can be secured.
A quit claim deed was signed at the presbytery meeting, giving the property to the church without any payment to the presbytery. Youngs said the fact that the church has a debt and is in need of repairs may have played a role in such a gracious and quick separation agreement reached between the sides.
"Our story is not like what is going on in the rest of the denomination where there tends to be so much stridency and anger between the parties," Youngs said. "You hear stories of the congregation and presbytery not speaking to each other, but it doesn't have to be that way. Ours was an amicable parting. We really believe God granted us favor in the way our dismissal was handled."
Hispanic ministry remains
In addition to keeping its property intact, Russell also will continue to host a Foothills Presbytery-sponsored Hispanic ministry congregation.
"(Presbytery leaders) decided to leave that congregation in our midst, and we get to work with them," Youngs said. "That's peace in the midst of this division and shows that we are working together."
Raynal wrote of the importance of continuing that ministry at Russell for now, even as the presbytery re-evaluates plans for the future.
"The issue of our Latino Ministry in Foothills is important," Raynal wrote. "It would be entirely disruptive to those members to relocate at this time. The budget for 2013 is already set, and it is now time to plan for 2014. Presbytery agreed to continue our obligations to that ministry in 2013. In the budget-making process we have also proposed to continue the support of that ministry for next year. That noted, Foothills Presbytery is in a time of rethinking and revisiting our structures and our mission work. This is a comprehensive rethinking that includes all aspects of presbytery's life, structure and mission. Thus, we did not make any precise promises for 2014. Hispanic and other ethnic ministries will go forward, but the ways in which we do that are being revisited. The Russell Memorial people, our Latino Ministry Team and the congregants of that community understand this."
While that Hispanic congregation is comprised of PCUSA members at the present time (at least until they are ready to join a different denomination), Russell's membership will be laboring in ECO, a new home that appeared as the best fit for the church in terms of core beliefs, essentials and spirit of the denomination. It provides a fresh start for a church sporting a new name that seeks to reach the community for Christ.
"We don't have to worry about this (dismissal procedure) anymore," Youngs said. "It's been a distraction but now we can focus on the kingdom again. It's all about winning the world for Christ."
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Winner of a 2m bumper at Hexham on final start for trainer Noel Kelly in May. Not disgraced on second start for new connections in a Listed bumper at Fairyhouse on Sunday. Worth a market check on hurdling debut.
Daughter of Oscar out of a Bach mare. Dam unraced half-sister to Champion bumper winner Dunguib. Sixth of nine beaten 29L during a sketchy round of jumping on hurdling debut in a Leopardstown maiden last month. Hard to make a case for the mare.
Cloudings mare who won a point-to-point in January. Fifth of 13 beaten 65L in a Limerick maiden on hurdling debut before an improved performance at Thurles on good ground last month, beaten 6L behind Iconic Lady. Liable to find a couple stronger.
Daughter of Getaway out of a Mister Lord mare. Nothing of note in a couple of dismal bumper efforts and on hurdling debut since February. Has plenty to prove at present.
Seven-race maiden on the Flat, her career has been blighted by prolonged absences. Well down the field at Fairyhouse on Sunday beaten over 122L. Hasn't shown enough to be of interest.
No signs of any light at the end of the tunnel on return to action last month finishing 67L adrift of the winner, Kilbarry Lilly in a Leopardstown 2m4f maiden hurdle on soft ground.
62-rated handicapper on the Flat finished sixth of 18 beaten 9L at Navan over 1m5f last month. Nothing of note in a couple of maiden hurdle starts to date. Well below par form looks set to continue.
Jim Bolger-trained filly by Vocalised out of a Lil's Boy mare. One from seven 59-rated handicapper on the Flat and looks a type who may need more time over jumps.
Two runs in France before joining current yard. Fine fourth to Sir Erec on debut at Leopardstown in December. Fifth of 16 beaten 22L when sent off the 6/5 favourite in a Fairyhouse maiden hurdle over 2m in February. Leading contender.
Solid and consistent filly had been going up the handicap without getting her head in front on the Flat last season and when finishing fifth of 12 beaten 4¾L behind Lachet at Leopardstown this month. Encouraging debut over hurdles in March.
Filly by Jeremy out of a Shantou mare. Modest four race maiden on the Flat and well held in as many starts over timber. Overall record casts doubt on her ability to get competitive here.
Second Reserve: Filly by Oscar out of a Flemensfirth mare. Sister to the useful hurdler The Hollow Ginge. Market likely to be the best guide if making the contest.
Third Reserve: Flemensfirth mare out of a useful hurdles/chase winner. Sixth of 13 beaten 81L on debut in a Limerick 2m5f maiden hurdle last month. More needed here.
The Willie Mullins-trained ANDALUSA can land the opener for connections getting off the mark at the fourth time of asking following a couple of disappointments over hurdles since January. The step up in trip will suit the Martaline filly and she can see off the attentions of Little Light, Takeittothelimits and potential improver Bercasa.