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Esurance now offers car insurance in New Mexico! To celebrate, we asked some longtime New Mexico residents to share their favorite places around the state.
Join us for a virtual tour of the Land of Enchantment. We'll begin in the rugged mountains of northern New Mexico and make our way to the southeastern plains.
Rio Grande Gorge
This mighty river runs all the way through the state, but it's especially dramatic toward the north, where it's carved a rugged canyon 800 feet deep. Spanning the canyon is the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, the fifth highest in the country at 650 feet. And since the river here is a designated Wild and Scenic River, we'll do a little white-water rafting on the Class IV Taos Box segment or the Class III-IV Racecourse, depending on how daring we feel.
When to go: The gorge offers great rafting all year, but the weather is best (and the water levels are most stable) in the fall.
Taos Pueblo
Next, we'll stop at an ancient village just outside the town of Taos. Native tribes have lived in this collection of adobe structures for over 1,000 years, making it the oldest continuously inhabited community in the country. It's both a UNESCO World Heritage site and a National Historic Landmark.
When to go: The Pueblo is open year round, except for 10 weeks in late winter/early spring. The Christmas Eve ceremony, which blends Native American and Catholic traditions and features a religious procession, dancing, and massive bonfires, is one of the highlights of the year.
Tucked below Wheeler Peak (New Mexico's highest point at over 13,000 feet), the picturesque town of Taos is surrounded by spectacular mountains and desert.
When to go: There's no wrong time, but we suggest December, when you can ski the perfectly smooth and dry "champagne powder" in nearby resorts by day and stroll through streets decorated with farolitos (paper lanterns) by night.
Renowned painter Georgia O'Keeffe was deeply inspired by the New Mexico landscape. In 1949, she settled here permanently, spending winters at her home in the village of Abiquiu and summers at Ghost Ranch, 14 miles north. We'll stop in to see O'Keeffe's home and studio and then head up to Ghost Ranch to explore the scenery she captured in her paintings.
When to go: Mid-October, for the annual artists' studio tours. (Abiquiu is now home to a growing community of contemporary artists.)
Chaco Culture Historic Park
Native cultures have thrived in New Mexico for more than 1,000 years. In Chaco Canyon, between 850 and 1250 AD, the Chacoan people built an incredible administrative and agricultural center, featuring huge, multistory stone buildings, astrological markers, and sophisticated devices for controlling water. You might call it America's Machu Picchu — like that ancient Peruvian wonder, Chaco's true purpose remains an enigma. Was it a gathering place for important ceremonies? A major trading hub? We'll ponder these mysteries as we hike around the canyon.
When to go: April to October, when the park offers its Night Sky Program.
Santa Fe
Settled by the Spanish around 1609, Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in North America. We'll tour the sites near historic Santa Fe Plaza, like the Palace of the Governors (the oldest public building in the U.S.), San Miguel Mission (considered the oldest church in the U.S.), and Loretto Chapel, with its remarkable wooden spiral staircase seemingly held up by air. If we want more art, we're in luck — Santa Fe is the country's third largest art market and home to over a dozen museums.
When to go: Christmas here is magical and summer is packed with festivals (as well as people). But the ideal time might be September through November for colorful festivals without the crowds.
Blake's Lotaburger
Locals say Blake's is the best part about driving through the state — their Green Chile Cheeseburger is pure New Mexico. We'll stop for one. (A day.)
When to go: Right now.
New Mexico's largest city is known for its sunny days (around 310 per year), historic sites like Petroglyph National Monument, and quirky museums like the American International Rattlesnake Museum.
When to go: Early October, for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, when over 500 hot air balloons fill the skies.
The Lightning Field
Next, we'll head to the high desert outside the town of Quemado to view The Lightning Field. This fascinating land art display consists of hundreds of stainless-steel poles arranged at 220-foot intervals across a large grid. Each rod's been carefully placed so that the sharpened tips appear to form a solid horizontal plane, an effect that's particularly dramatic at sunrise and sunset.
Advance reservations are needed to view the installation and stay overnight in the art foundation's simple cabin. Luckily, we've already booked our space.
When to go: Visiting season runs May 1 through Oct 31.
Those Blake's burgers have left us with a hankering for chiles. Our next stop is the "Chile Capital of the World" to load up on green and red chiles for the road.
When to go: Labor Day Weekend for the annual Hatch Chile Festival.
White Sands National Monument
Now that our taste buds have been sated, we'll dazzle our eyes at the world's largest gypsum dunefield. Made of pure hydrous calcium sulfate swept by wind from evaporated lake beds, these glistening white sand dunes cover 275 square miles, rise up to 3 stories high, and are visible from space.
When to go: May through October, when the park offers full-moon hikes and events.
Carlsbad Caverns
Located in New Mexico's southeastern corner, this national park is best known for the Big Room, a massive chamber the size of 6.2 football fields. There are 119 other known caves in the park, which was once an ancient undersea reef. Over the millennia, the ground lifted and sulfuric acid dissolved the soft limestone, creating a profusion of extraordinary formations.
We'll take the self-guided Big Room tour to view famous features like the Hall of Giants, Doll's Theater, and Totem Pole. If we're feeling adventurous, we'll also take one of the more strenuous ranger-guided tours, where we'll squeeze through narrow passages and climb down ladders to see hard-to-access chambers and formations. We'll want to stick around until sunset, when several hundred thousand bats spiral up from the cavern for their nightly hunt.
When to go: The most impressive bat flights occur in July and August.
In early July 1947, a large metal object crashed onto a ranch 75 miles from Roswell. Was it a weather balloon or an alien spacecraft? Was there a massive government cover-up or is it all just hype? We'll test out our theories at the Roswell UFO Museum.
When to go: Year-round.
Real-world travels in New Mexico
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The high—and I do mean high—priest of baseball eccentrics hasn't pitched in the majors since 1982, but he's still out there, you know, man, and he's still pitching, 65 years young. Last night, the Spaceman took the mound for the San Rafael (Calif.) Pacifics of the independent North American League. It was a one-time-only show, much like the Spaceman's outasight appearance for the Brockton Sox of the Cam-Am League when he was a mere 63.
So how'd he do? How about a complete game. How about just four earned runs on eight hits on just 94 pitches, 69 of which went for strikes. The Spaceman didn't strike anyone out, but he didn't walk anyone, either. The Pacifics beat the Maui Na Koa Ikaika, 9-4, and the Spaceman stayed out there despite spotting the Na Koa Ikaika a 3-0 lead in the fifth. Far out.
Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle caught up with the Spaceman the other day and wrote a column about it. I recommend reading the whole thing, but here's a taste:
Plays in a 35-and-over league, also in any other league or ballpark that will have him, and a lot will.
Hates golf, but went to a charity golf event last Saturday, fell on his left wrist, so he's struggling with his money pitch, the yakker, the curve.
"I also play for 25-and-over teams, play on my son's team, he's 42, in Spokane. Play for the Russian National team every year. They come to Florida, buy up all the vodka in town and party for 10 days. I was so hammered, I fell and broke these two fingers (middle fingers on left hand) the day before the final playoff game, pitched with two broken fingers and a cut and went nine innings. Greatest game I ever threw. Got beat 2-1. Taking a bag of beer bottles out of the condo, slipped. Blood all over the place. You just take a lot of Advil and couple Celebrex and go get 'em."
Oh. So that's all it takes?
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Role of CIO increasingly calls for monetizing IT, intellectual assets
The CIO job goes by lots of names. Here's a new one: rainmaker. As businesses become IT- and intellectual-property-centric, CIOs are using their digital smarts to drive revenue.
The CIO job has gotten its share of bad press, including the snide joke that the acronym stands for career is over. As businesses of all stripes become more information- and digital-centric, however, CIOs are increasingly being asked to use their IT smarts to generate revenue.
Consider the recent experience of Larry Bonfante, CIO of the United States Tennis Association Inc. (USTA).
The USTA, the world's largest tennis association and sponsor of the U.S. Open, has accumulated about 25,000 hours of historical video footage from its 129-year-old marquee tournament and other tennis matches. The footage has now been digitized. In fact, snippets of it showed up in the USTA's "It Must Be Love" commercials for the just-finished 2010 games. A DVD of the U.S. Open's greatest hits just went on sale, and the organization is working with a third-party company to license the footage so fans can buy it by the slice online.
"We drove that," Bonfante said. Three years ago, the USTA's digital asset management and archival teams were rolled together under his management. "At that point, it was a back-end process and a back-end function. We brought it to the forefront by working with our marketing and broadcast partners to create videos and commercials, and help drive revenue for the organization," he said.
Role of CIO as rainmaker
Bonfante is not alone in his new role as a revenue generator -- according to recruiters at top search firms and analysts who follow the CIO role, the job is transcending its traditional function of automating and enabling other aspects of the business.
"That's not to say, that role is no longer really important. It is," said headhunter Shawn Banerji, a member of the technology sector practice at executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates Inc. in New York. And the "best CIOs," he is quick to add, possess both strategic business smarts and superb operational ability.
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But as more businesses become aggregators of data, the ability to monetize those assets "is a big deal." Banerji said. "The companies that get it are looking at their CIOs and saying, 'Gee, Bob or Sally, you're the one who owns this stuff. You're the business information officer. Help us figure out how we can make money off this -- or make more money off it,'" he said.
Indeed, the digitization of business assets-- in concert with the rise of social media and networking as the vehicles of choice for reaching customers -- increasingly puts IT at the heart -- or in the maelstrom -- of the business' marketing effort. "It's to the point now where in the marketing functions of certain organizations, you can't tell the difference between the IT guy and the marketing guy," Banerji said.
In the past year, Russell Reynolds has worked with a number of companies in media, entertainment and publishing that are looking for just such IT leaders. A major educational testing company wanted a CIO who could use technology to turn its information assets into products, and extend its franchise to the Web and mobile devices. A large book publisher, scrambling to figure out how to stay afloat in a business co-opted by the Amazons of the world, ended up hiring a communications-savvy CIO from the radio industry.
Some companies aren't accustomed to looking to their CIO for ideas on driving revenue. In those cases, as the CIO of a metropolitan newspaper on the West Coast recently told SearchCIO.com, gadgets can help. As the head of the paper's digital business content group, as well as head of IT, this CIO knows that figuring out how to use mobile platforms to deliver content to customers is an important initiative for the paper. In an effort to drum up enthusiasm and brainstorm ideas on the business side, he purchased iPads for a handful of top executives and loaded the devices with news content. Two months in, "the response has been overwhelming," he said.
Selling ideas in and outside IT
The search for the CIO as product visionary is not confined to the content industries, however.
Gartner Inc. analyst Mark McDonald, head of research for executive programs at the Stamford, Conn.-based consultancy, said his group is fielding requests from CIOs in all kinds of industries to help them make products from their digital assets and monetize their intellectual property. The most recent request came from the CIO at a Global 100 optical engineering firm; his only question was how he could sell his company's optical designs to other manufacturers down the supply chain.
"This is not just limited to publishing or entertainment. It is starting with a fundamental question: 'We have intellectual property -- how do we get more value from it?'" McDonald said, citing Qualcomm Inc. as an early example of a company that made intellectual property its core business. The power of social media to add value to intellectual property is driving some of these efforts. But in many cases, the impetus is more basic. "Companies, in this current economic climate are looking for every source of revenue they can get," he said.
Monetizing intellectual property is not confined to the company's traditional products, McDonald said. CIOs at companies with large, sophisticated IT departments are looking for ways to leverage their IT assets, sometimes by adding scale to the already large departments, so they can sell their product or service to other companies.
More on the CIO role and career
Social media and networking ushering in a 'third wave' of capitalism
Leaving the past behind and embracing the 'new normal' in IT
CIO management mistakes that can harm CIO careers, cause IT failures
Common mistakes in a CIO interview: Tips for job seekers
Nor is the effort limited to giant companies. When USTA's Bonfante could not find a software system that could handle the myriad functions of the USTA's command center for big events, his team built one. The USTA's homegrown event management system developed workflows for handling calamities ranging from a burned-out light bulb to a suspicious package in the athletes' village. Positive feedback from people who work at other events has led to Bonfante shopping the program around to other sports and entertainment leagues. "We've gotten some bites," he said.
A word of caution: Don't neglect your day job for the product business, Bonfante said. And avoid acting like you know more than you do. "I consider myself a good marketing person for a CIO, but that doesn't mean I am a good marketing person. I make sure I engage the folks in the marketing department and leverage their skills."
Headhunter Banerji agreed. In the businesses that are leveraging IT and digital assets most successfully, the CIOs are helicopter managers, as he calls them -- able to think strategically around the business and execute around IT. "The most effective CIOs today are people who can swing from one end of that pendulum to the other, and not in the course of a week, but literally in the course of a business day," he said.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer.


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Welcome to Californian Lutheran Homes and Community Services (CLH), an independent, not-for-profit social ministry organization. Our Lutheran roots go back to 1947, and our mission is to put faith into action by providing a wide array of services to people in need.
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TAPR Elections
The Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Corporation (TAPR) Board consists of 9 Directors. One third of the TAPR Board of Directors is elected by the membership each year. The election is conducted on-line following the Digital Communications Conference. (If candidates are un-opposed, then the election is declared at the meeting).
How to get a name on the ballot?
TAPR, as are many volunteer organizations, is always looking for talent with fresh ideas.
Board members serve three-year terms and their responsibilities include:
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3) Active engagement in TAPRs management.
To place a person in nomination, please remember that he or she must be a member of TAPR. Also, confirm that the individual is willing to have his or her name placed in nomination. Send that persons name (or your own if you wish to nominate yourself), call sign, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number(s), and a biographical sketch (100 words maximum) via e-mail to TAPR Office to arrive by September 1st.
Nominations will also be accepted from the floor at the TAPR annual meeting held at DCC each year.
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just fixed the soundcloud embedder too...
just fixed the soundcloud embedder too...
looks like you need to take the s off the https link when you're embedding
I've installed a plugin so that youtube links (including https) are automatically transformed into embeds!
So now here's no need to use the button at all
looks like it works OK?
nice one!
Last edited by sufi; 03-05-2015 at 11:39 AM.
big up sufi xxx
Would there be a way to add Bandcamp embeds as well?
I ask reluctantly, because I prefer discussion to endless threads with only Youtube or soundcloud clips. But I find myself browsing and listening ever more to stuff on Bandcamp and I think they're becoming/being really relevant.
i don't know how they set it up though...


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Related articles
Benchmarking is the act of measuring performance and comparing the results to another system's results or a widely accepted standard through a unified procedure. This unified method of evaluating system performance can help answer questions such as:
- Is the system performing as it should?
- What driver version should be used to get optimal performance?
- Is the system capable of doing task x?
Many tools can be used to determine system performance, the following provides a list of tools available.
Standalone tools
glxgears is a popular OpenGL test that renders a very simple OpenGL performance and outputs the frame rate. Though glxgears can be useful as a test of direct rendering capabilities of the graphics driver, it is an outdated tool that is not representative of the current state of GNU/Linux graphics and overall OpenGL possibilities. glxgears only tests a small segment of the OpenGL capabilities that might be used in a game. Performance increases noted in glxgears will not necessarily be realized in any given game. See here for more information.
glxgears can be installed via the mesa-demos and lib32-mesa-demos (for Multilib) packages.
A unixbench package is available in the AUR: unixbenchAUR. To run benchmark run ubench in terminal.
See also:
- https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench
- https://github.com/kdlucas/byte-unixbench/blob/master/UnixBench/USAGE
interbenchinterbench is an application designed to benchmark interactivity in Linux. It is designed to measure the effect of changes in Linux kernel design or system configuration changes such as CPU, I/O scheduler and filesystem changes and options.
interbench is available in the AUR: interbenchAUR.
See also:
ttcp (Test TCP) measures point-to-point bandwidth over any network connection. The program must be provided on both nodes between which bandwidth is to be determined.
Various flavors of ttcp can be found in the AUR:
iperf is an easy to use point-to-point bandwidth testing tool that can use either TCP or UDP. It has nicely formatted output and a parallel test mode.
iperf can be installed, or a different version of iperf is available with iperf3.
The time command provides timing statistics about the command run by displaying the time that passed between invocation and termination. Time is available on most basic linux systems.
$ time tar -zxvf archive.tar.gz
Storage media can be benchmarked with hdparm (hdparm). Using hdparm with the -Tt switch, one can time sequential reads. This method is independent of partition alignment!
# hdparm -Tt /dev/sdX /dev/sdX: Timing cached reads: x MB in y seconds = z MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: x MB in y seconds = z MB/sec
Unigine Engine
Unigine corp. has produced several modern OpenGL benchmarks based on their graphics engine with features such as:
- Per-pixel dynamic lighting
- Normal & parallax occlusion mapping
- 64-bit HDR rendering
- Volumetric fog and light
- Powerful particle systems: fire, smoke, explosions
- Extensible set of shaders (GLSL / HLSL)
- Post-processing: depth of field, refraction, glow, blurring, color correction and much more.
Unigine benchmarks have found recent usage by those looking to overclock their systems. Heaven especially has been used for initial stability testing of overclocks.
These benchmarks can be found in the AUR (see links below).
See also:
- unigine-heavenAUR
- unigine-tropicsAUR
- unigine-sanctuaryAUR
- unigine-valleyAUR
There is a graphical benchmark called gnome-disks contained in the gnome-disk-utility package that will give min/max/ave reads along with ave access time and a nice graphical display. This method is independent of partition alignment!
# gnome-disks
Users will need to navigate through the GUI to the benchmark button ("More actions..." => "Benchmark Volume..."). Example
systemd-analyze plot > boot.svg
Will plot a detailed graphic with the boot sequence: kernel time, userspace time, time taken by each service. Example
The dd utility can be used to measure both reads and writes. This method is dependent on partition alignment! In other words, if you failed to properly align your partitions, this fact will be seen here since you are writing and reading to a mounted filesystem.
First, enter a directory on the SSD with at least 1.1 GB of free space (and one that obviously gives your user wrx permissions) and write a test file to measure write speeds and to give the device something to read:
$ cd /path/to/SSD $ dd if=/dev/zero of=tempfile bs=1M count=1024 conv=fdatasync,notrunc status=progress 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out w bytes (x GB) copied, y s, z MB/s
Next, clear the buffer-cache to accurately measure read speeds directly from the device:
# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches $ dd if=tempfile of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1024 status=progress 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out w bytes (x GB) copied, y s, z MB/s
Now that the last file is in the buffer, repeat the command to see the speed of the buffer-cache:
$ dd if=tempfile of=/dev/null bs=1M count=1024 status=progress 1024+0 records in 1024+0 records out w bytes (x GB) copied, y s, z GB/s
Finally, delete the temp file
$ rm tempfile
See also Core utilities#dd.
Dcfldd doesn't print the average speed in MB/s like good old dd does but with time you can work around that.
Time the run clearing the disk:
# time dcfldd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=4M 18944 blocks (75776Mb) written.dcfldd:: No space left of device real 16m17.033s user 0m0.377s sys 0m51.160s
Calculate MB/s by dividing the output of the dcfldd command by the time in seconds. For this example: 75776Mb / (16.4 min * 60) = 77.0 MB/s.
Software suites
bonnie++ is a C++ rewrite of the original Bonnie benchmarking suite is aimed at performing several tests of hard drive and filesystem performance.
See also:
IOzone is useful for performing a broad filesystem analysis of a vendor's computer platform.
This program is available in the AUR: iozoneAUR.
See also BBS Article: iozone to evaluate I/O schedulers... results NOT what you'd expect!.
hardinfo can gather information about your system's hardware and operating system, perform benchmarks, and generate printable reports either in HTML or in plain text formats. HardInfo performs CPU and FPU benchmarks and has a very clean GTK-based interface.
See also Author's site.
Phoronix Test Suite
The Phoronix Test Suite is the most comprehensive testing and benchmarking platform available that provides an extensible framework for which new tests can be easily added. The software is designed to effectively carry out both qualitative and quantitative benchmarks in a clean, reproducible, and easy-to-use manner.
The Phoronix Test Suite is based upon the extensive testing and internal tools developed by Phoronix.com since 2004 along with support from leading tier-one computer hardware and software vendors. This software is open-source and licensed under the GNU GPLv3.
Originally developed for automated Linux testing, support to the Phoronix Test Suite has since been added for OpenSolaris, Apple macOS, Microsoft Windows, and BSD operating systems. The Phoronix Test Suite consists of a lightweight processing core (pts-core) with each benchmark consisting of an XML-based profile and related resource scripts. The process from the benchmark installation, to the actual benchmarking, to the parsing of important hardware and software components is heavily automated and completely repeatable, asking users only for confirmation of actions.
The Phoronix Test Suite interfaces with OpenBenchmarking.org as a collaborative web platform for the centralized storage of test results, sharing of test profiles and results, advanced analytical features, and other functionality. Phoromatic is an enterprise component to orchestrate test execution across multiple systems with remote management capabilities.
This suite can be installed with the package phoronix-test-suite. There is also a developmental version available with phoronix-test-suite-gitAUR.
PTS Desktop Live
As an alternative to the installation of the Phoronix Test Suite to the system, Phoronix also provides a Live-CD. This Live-CD offers all the features of the Phoronix Test Suite and includes the latest ATI and NVIDIA binary drivers. It will allow you to run 40+ benchmarks from a live environment without the need to store anything on your hard drive and includes a working GUI interface.
See also:
Flash media
Performance characteristics can be measured quantitatively using iozoneAUR. Sustained read and write values can, but often do not, correlate to real-world use cases of I/O heavy operations, such as unpacking and writing a number of files on a system update. A relevant metric to consider in these cases is the random write speed for small files.
The example invocation tests a 10M file using a 4k record size:
$ iozone -e -I -a -s 10M -r 4k -i 0 -i 1 -i 2 ... random random kB reclen write rewrite read reread read write 10240 4 661 649 5802 5822 3892 624


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LocationGrain Valley, MO
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New 2019 Grand Design Solitude 373FBSold! Sold! Sold!!
Grand Design Solitude 373FB fifth wheel highlights:
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Imagine the convenience of a full master bathroom with dual sinks and a half bath, and storage everywhere you look around this Solitude 373FB fifth wheel. From the two closets next to the entry door, the large walk-in wardrobe in the master bath, the under bed storage, and all the overhead cabinets throughout, you will have plenty of space to invite the grandkids for a week long stay. Now start thinking about how you will enjoy the walk-through master bedroom with a flip-top dresser, dual benches, and a TV. The cook in the family will surely love making meals with the professional grade stainless steel cooktop, built-in oven and convection microwave. The popular kitchen island, stainless steel 18 cu. ft. four door refrigerator, and large pantry are sure to impress. You might even like to choose a few options such as adding a washer and dryer, a dishwasher, a king size bed, or even a pull-out kitchen outside. Come see how this Solitude provides all the conveniences of home with plenty of storage for all your things.
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Asus F50 SeriesProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, Intel Core 2 Duo T6400
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE), NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Display: 16 inch
Weight: 2.85kg, 2.9kg
Price: 900, 1300 euro
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 50%, workmanship: 88%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: 80%
Asus F50Sv-A2
SpecificationsNotebook: Asus F50Sv-A2
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
Display: 16 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.85kg
Price: 900 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section F50Sv-A2 (Model)
Average Score:
Source: Inside HW
Price tag for ASUS F50Sv is somewhere around 900€ which is relatively high, but with good reasons. First, there is Blu-ray optical device that doesn't come cheap (no, it comes expensive). Second is top of the range Intel Core 2 Duo CPU that also has important influence on the final price. If you find this model with DVD combo, slower CPU and significantly lower price, it will make ASUS F50Sv a very interesting purchase, above all, because of its exceptional quality build.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/29/2009
Rating: price: 70% workmanship: 95%
Source: CNet
Sixteen-inch laptops comprise a growing category, perhaps because they sit between the semiportable, 15-inch, mainstream systems and the heavy, 17- and 18-inch models that are essentially desk-bound machines with hinged screens. The $1,249 Asus F50SV-A2 packs a Blu-ray drive and a new mainstream Nvidia graphics chip into a relatively on-the-go package that's lighter than gaming beasts, but heavier than a standard laptop. While it's a Blu-ray-equipped 16-inch laptop with good gaming muscle, the Asus F50SV-A2's design left us cold.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/20/2009
Rating: Total score: 67% performance: 60% features: 70% mobility: 50%
Source: Notebookreview.com
The ASUS F50SV-A2 gave strong performance in our benchmarks and real-life game tests, thanks mostly to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M graphics card. I really enjoyed the design and great build quality, which should allow the notebook to last until it is no longer fast enough to run the latest software. Overall I think a perfect change might be swapping the Blu-ray drive for a higher resolution screen, but I may be biased already owning a Blu-ray player. If you are in the market for a higher performing multimedia notebook, check out the ASUS F50SV, but make sure you are always within range of a power outlet.
Leistung 80, Verarbeitung 80, Emissionen 80
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/27/2009
Rating: performance: 80% workmanship: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Laptop Mag
This inexpensive 16-inch multimedia notebook packs speedy performance, gaming punch, and smooth Blu-ray playback. Just keep the power cord handy. ASUS provides consumers with a strong 16-inch notebook with solid graphics, speedy performance, and the latest in high-definition playback for $1,149. While we don't expect this machine to stray too far from an outlet, its battery life is rather limited compared to other 16-inch systems. If you're considering purchasing this machine, it's worth taking a look at the Acer Aspire 6930G-6723, which while heavier and not as powerful, gets double the runtime and has a Blu-ray drive for $150 less. Still, those looking for a 16-inch notebook with strong performance and stunning Blu-ray playback should consider the ASUS F50Sv-A2.
70, Preis 80, Leistung 80, Mobilität 50
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/21/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 50%
Source: Computer Shopper
Asus's latest entertainment notebook is both affordable and effective. It offers everything you'd need for gaming, movie watching, and video editing for a very reasonable price of $1,149. It's not the fastest performer on the market, but it's far from slow and delivers enough power to serve your media needs. While the F50SV-A2 lacks some of the sex appeal of other entertainment notebooks, it offers a nice balance of features and performance for the price.
83, Preis 80, Leistung 70, Ausstattung 70
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 04/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 70%
Asus F50GX
SpecificationsNotebook: Asus F50GX
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T6400
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
Display: 16 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.9kg
Price: 1300 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Source: PC Authority
Asus has been producing excellent mid-range computers for years. The F50GX is no exception, and represents good value for money. Overall, it's not the most attractive laptop, or the best performing, but it does have the widest range of features. If you need Expresscard or HDMI, then this is the model for you. Sadly, that's not enough to lift it out of the middle of the pack.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/24/2009
Rating: price: 80% performance: 60% features: 80%
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
In the notebook sector, Asus had a global market share of about 11% from 2014-2016, making it the fourth largest laptop manufacturer. In the smartphone sector, Asus is not among the Top 5 and has only a small market share (as of 2016).
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M: Slower clocked GeForce GT 130M with the same features (55nm) and a lower power consumption. Successor of the 9600M GS and about as fast as the 9600M GT.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE): Integrated (shared Memory) graphics adapter. Built in in current MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air laptops and also used in the ION (LE) platform for netbooks. Also called GeForce 9400M G. Fastest available motherboard GPU (in 2009). Integrated PureVideo HD (VP3) video processor to decode HD videos with the GPU.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
Fast but still not overpriced dual core CPU. For most games and multimedia applications sufficient and due to the 25W TDP even for smaller notebooks useable.
T6400: Entry level dual core processor based on the Penryn core with only 2 MB level 2 cache and a low clock speed.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.85 kg:
This weight is representative for typical laptops with a 14-16 inch display-diagonal.
2.9 kg:
73.33%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.


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1 cup cornmeal
1 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup sugar
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
Preheat oven to 400. Grease or spray one 8x8 baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the poppy seeds, cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Beat in the egg, milk and oil until well combined. Pour into pan and bake 25 minutes or until golden brown and a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.


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Standard PD two-bearing housings are designed for grease lubrication. Housings for oil lubrication are available on request.
The lubricant should be selected based on the operating conditions of the bearings. For additional information, refer to Lubricant selection.
Flinger rings
PD housings are supplied with inboard flinger rings made of grey cast iron (fig. 1). The flinger rings serve to retain grease at the bearing position and to prevent over-lubrication. The excess grease is collected in the large space in the middle of the housing.
Initial grease fill
If no other requirements exist, the free space in the bearings should be completely filled with grease and the free space between the cover and flinger ring should be filled to 100%.
Initial grease fill for PD units
PD units are greased at the factory with SKF LGMT 2, a high-quality mineral oil based grease with a lithium thickener and good rust inhibiting properties. The operating temperature range of the grease is –30 to +110 °C (–20 to +230 °F).
Relubrication is possible via two G 1/4 or G 1/8 grease fittings (depending on size), one on each end of the housing (fig. 2). There is minimal risk of over-greasing because excess grease is collected in the large space in the middle of the housing. When applying grease via the grease fittings, the shaft should be rotating.
SKF recommends replenishing the housings with SKF LGMT 2, a high-quality mineral oil based grease with a lithium thickener and good rust inhibiting properties. For vertical shaft arrangements, SKF LGMT 3 grease should be used with half the interval required for a similar horizontal application.
To calculate the relubrication interval and the quantity of grease needed for replenishment, refer to the relevant product information.
Oil lubrication
Where high speeds preclude the use of grease as a lubricant, large PD housings can be modified for oil bath or circulating oil lubrication systems. The housings are fitted with special oil seals. For additional information, contact the SKF application engineering service.


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Well, looky here. Seems Londoners have been having a tough time accessing gay cruising app, Grindr. The cause? The Mirror reports the app suspiciously crashed around the time that Olympians arrived into London:
Technicians believe the arrival of Olympic teams on Monday sparked a flood of new customers — and loss of the service in East London.
One Londoner said: "It happened almost as soon as the teams got here. Either loads of athletes were logging on to meet fellow Olympians or were looking to bag a local.
"The Grindr system obviously couldn't cope. It took 24 hours for the app to get back up and running, much to the relief of all concerned."
We're not exactly sure who "technicians" are, but obviously their credibility is irrelevant to the Mirror (and me, frankly) when a story this delicious presents itself. Obviously there are lots of people arriving in London this week for the Olympics, and it's a little hard to believe that the extremely small handful of gay male Olympians—well, the small handful of openly gay ones—accounted for a citywide outage (Grindr is for dudes meeting dudes). Then again, maybe there's just a ton of closeted gay athletes, and the temptation to bag a London local is too much to resist. Or maybe it's all of London looking for a gay Olympian. Gay chicken, gay egg.


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The only way to get a firm handle on how good this year's crop really is, you have to get into the field. Jerry Gulke did exactly that the past two weeks as he's taken a tour of the Dakotas and Illinois.
Believe it or not, North Dakota has a better crop than Illinois, at least in Gulke's opinion.
Calling from North Dakota on Friday afternoon, Gulke says the area he covered in North Dakota is that soybean fields outnumber corn fields by 2 to 1.
"The further I went away from the Red River Valley, the more corn I saw. I was surprised though that I didn't see as much prevent planting as I thought I would. What I did see was soybeans in two different stages. I saw soybeans that looked pretty good and then soybeans that looked half the size and were yellow."
Most analysts, Gulke included, believed producers would take prevented planting on the eastern North Dakota acres. Rather, it appears they decided to plant soybeans and passed on the guaranteed income they could have received from prevented planting acres.
Many of those soybeans fields had standing water and that was the cause of the yellow soybean plants.
Further to the west, where Gulke's farm is, he saw more and better corn. "It's the best crop I've seen all year, including my farm in northern Illinois. If there's not 200 bu./acre corn there, I'll eat my hat. If they don't get an early frost, these guys are going to get the best crop they've ever had."
He's seeing a similar situation in South Dakota. "What corn is there looks astonishing. What got in in time looks very good. Soybeans don't look good at all."
He's seen similar situation in Illinois. At least a crop that doesn't look very good.
Starting just north of Champaign and travelling to near Bloomington, he saw a horror story.
"I saw some of the worst corn that I've ever seen in my life. I did not expect to see $350-$400/acre cash rent land not produce corn."
Closer to Bloomington, the crop got better, he says, calling the corn crop normal. And normal is about the best he thinks you'll see in Illinois.
Emerson Nafziger, crop production specialist at the University of Illinois, says the crop is very spotty in Illinois. Depending on where you are will tell you how good of a crop you have.
Concerns over high nighttime temperatures have entered the market discussions this year, after the 2010 crop suffered through a very hot July. "Last year the crop was not as prepared," Nafziger says. "There is a much better root system this year in Illinois."
Still, you can't tell until you get into the fields and count kernels. That will be the key says Nafziger.


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Topic: Windows 8
Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac launches with OS X 10.10 Yosemite support, speed boosts, more
08/20/2014, 01:08 am
Parallels on Wednesday announced the release of Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac with built-in support for Apple's upcoming OS X 10.10 Yosemite, faster Windows app performance, better battery life and immediate availability for existing users.
Microsoft says Surface Pro 3 more powerful, flexible than MacBook Air in latest ads
08/11/2014, 06:08 am
Continuing its campaign against Apple hardware, Microsoft on Monday unleashed three new ad shorts for its new Surface Pro 3 tablet with disparaging comparisons to the MacBook Air.
Microsoft offers MacBook Air owners up to $650 in store credit to 'trade up' to Surface Pro 3
06/23/2014, 11:06 pm
In a trade-in program launched on Monday, Microsoft is again luring Apple device owners to make the switch to Windows by offering Surface Pro 3 buyers up to $650 in store credit for certain MacBook Air models.
Microsoft unveils $799 Surface Pro 3, calls it 'the tablet that can replace your laptop'
05/20/2014, 12:05 pm
In a presentation that frequently mentioned the iPad and MacBook Air, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the Surface Pro 3, a device it hopes will contend with both Apple's popular tablets and thin-and-light notebooks with one converged device that will start at $799.
Apple ends Windows 7 support in Boot Camp for new Mac Pro
03/17/2014, 04:03 pm
Professional Mac users who depend on Apple's Boot Camp to run legacy Windows applications may need to reconsider upgrading to the latest Mac Pro as Apple has dropped support for Windows 7 on the redesigned desktop.
Touchscreen PCs expected to take 11 percent of 2013 notebook shipments
11/26/2013, 10:11 am
Apple has famously compared convertible Windows tablets to combining a toaster and a refrigerator, but competitors are still increasing their output of touchscreen notebooks in hopes of turning around slumping PC sales.
Windows 7 driving enterprise PC sales, but Apple's new iPads expected to again hurt PC growth
10/25/2013, 10:10 am
Enterprise demand for PCs running Windows 7, Microsoft's previous-generation operating system, is currently boosting the overall PC market, but sales are expected to once again take a hit after the introduction of Apple's new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display.
VMware releases VMware Fusion 6 & Fusion 6 Professional with OS X Mavericks support
09/04/2013, 08:09 am
VMware on Wednesday released its latest virtualization software � VMware Fusion 6 and Fusion 6 Professional � with over 50 new features optimized to extend OS X features to Microsoft's Windows 8.1, including those of Apple's next-generation OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
Windows 8 jumps past Apple's OS X with 7.4% market share
09/02/2013, 11:09 am
It hasn't been nearly as successful as Microsoft hoped and promised a year ago, but the Windows 8 platform continues to inch forward in market share, most recently surpassing the overall installed base for Apple's Mac OS X.
Microsoft permanently slashes price on struggling Surface Pro to $799
08/30/2013, 11:08 am
Microsoft's Surface tablet lineup, which has thus far failed to gain traction against Apple's iPads, saw a permanent price cut this week, most notably among the high-end Surface Pro, which now sells for $100 less.
Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac launches with cloud storage support, Windows 8 Start button, 40% faster read times
08/29/2013, 10:08 am
Existing Parallels users can now get their hands on Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac, the latest version of the virtualization software that lets Mac users run Windows applications natively, with new features such as cloud storage optimizations for iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive and SkyDrive.
Microsoft faces lawsuit over Surface RT struggles as company preps Oct. 17 launch of Windows 8.1
08/14/2013, 03:08 pm
Even as it prepares a critical update to its Windows 8 platform, Microsoft has become the target of a lawsuit alleging that the software giant misled investors regarding both Windows RT and the Surface RT device it released last year.
Touting Windows 8, Microsoft pokes Apple's iPad again over multitasking
07/09/2013, 06:07 pm
Still looking to carve out a space for itself in the new wave of mobile computing, Microsoft is once again taking shots at Apple's iPad, this time pointing out Windows 8 devices' ability to handle multiple tasks at the same time.
Windows 8 install base surpasses Vista, still trails all Mac OS X installs
07/01/2013, 02:07 pm
Coming off of a relatively strong month, Microsoft's Windows 8 has surpassed the much-maligned � and six-year-old � Windows Vista inWeb usage, though slow uptake of the new system means that it still lags behind the total install base of Apple's OS X.
Looking to breathe life into Windows, Microsoft shows off 8.1 update with Start Menu
06/26/2013, 03:06 pm
Microsoft on Wednesday launched its latest effort to reverse the fortunes of its Windows platform, showing off a line of new devices and unveiling Windows 8.1, a new build designed to boost interest in the company's underperforming Windows 8.
Samsung shows off range of new Android phones, hedges bets with Windows 8 devices
06/20/2013, 04:06 pm
Samsung on Thursday showed of a range of new devices for both Microsoft�s Windows 8 and Google�s Android platforms, though the South Korean giant�s choices appear to show that it is very much hedging its bets when it comes to Microsoft�s newest operating system.
iPad crashes Windows 8 launch party as Asus cuts its PC, tablet forecasts by 10%
06/17/2013, 05:06 pm
More bad new for Microsoft's Windows 8: Asus, one of the few PC makers to experience any growth last year, is now lowering its forecasts for June quarter PC and tablet sales in the face of slack demand for computers with the appearance of Windows Phone.
iWork suite coming to iCloud with browser-based document support
06/10/2013, 02:06 pm
The new iWork for iCloud will bring Pages, Numbers and Keynote to the Web, allowing users to quickly access, edit and save their documents from the Internet.
PC makers' revolt against Windows continues as Acer preps all-in-one Android desktop
06/01/2013, 01:06 pm
It's no secret that the makers of traditional computing devices are less than pleased with some of Microsoft's more recent moves, and a new announcement from Acer marks the continuation of a trend that may give the software giant pause: PC giants increasingly releasing regular PC form factors and other devices running not Windows, but Google's Android operating system.
Samsung teases new Android, Windows devices for June 20 event
05/27/2013, 02:05 pm
On the heels of launching its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, Samsung is now gearing up to introduce more Android devices, as well as new Windows products, at a June 20 event in London.


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BOSTON - To protect them in the afterlife, King Piankhy, who ruled Nubia in 750 B.C., buried all four of his queens with elaborate jewelry.
When the king's tomb was excavated, archaeologists found the remains of his four favorite horses and his queens' jewelry – a silver pendant portraying Hathor, goddess of motherhood and feminine love, nursing a queen and amulets of gold, silver, glass and lapis lazuli to ward off danger.
Twenty-seven centuries later, visitors to "Gold and the Gods'' at the Museum of Fine Arts can see remarkably crafted royal bling that opens a revealing window on the lives of a culture that seems impossibly distant yet hauntingly familiar.
Recovered from her tomb in 1918, 26 centuries after her death, Queen Malakaye gazes with icy hauteur from her gilt silver mask. An intricate gold earring from 90 B.C. to 50 A.D., depicts two heads of Hathor below a lotus flower decorated with an enamel inlay. A 3,500-year-old necklace features a symmetrical arrangement of beads of various colors and minerals, just like today's, with a cylindrical amulet case that might have held a magical text.
Subtitled "Jewels of Ancient Nubia,'' this exhibition showcases some 100 rare objects – amulets, necklaces, bracelets, rings, broaches and more – handcrafted by Nubian goldsmiths and jewelers, regarded as the most skilled of the ancient world.
Drawn almost exclusively from the MFA collection and displayed chronologically, the jewelry on display casts brilliant light on the religion, technology and aesthetic values of a civilization that deserves to be better known. Many objects on display were excavated in the early 20th century during a joint expedition in Sudan by the MFA and Harvard University.
The stunning craftsmanship of many pieces should pique visitors' interests in a people and culture with sophisticated tastes and the artisans to satisfy it.
Some of the earliest works from Nubia's Classic Kerma period, from 1700 B.C. to 1550 B.C., used blue-glazed quartz, which was difficult to produce but gorgeously translucent, as can be seen in a necklace with a cylindrical amulet case and a string of beads with a glazed quartz pendant. These were made about the time Hammurabi wrote his law code in ancient Babylon.
Unlike mood rings and celebrity jewelry lines like Heidi Klum's "Wildlife,'' Nubian jewelry was believed to ensure resurrection, repel malevolent spirits and place wearers under the gods' protection.
Perhaps 25 centuries from now archaeologists will study Princess Diana's diamond tiaras, Lady Gaga's skeletal earrings and Michael Jackson's sequined gloves for glimpses into the lifestyles of a different kind of royalty.
Organized by Yvonne Markowitz and Denise M. Doxey, "Gold and the Gods'' provides something far more intriguing: It carries visitors into the palaces, workshops and tombs of ancient Nubia through objects of rare and spectacular beauty.
A longtime Framingham resident, Markowitz, the MFA's first curator of jewelry, explained Nubia is the region along the Nile River between Aswan in the north and Khartoum, now located in northern Sudan, in the south.
Starting around 2,500 B.C., it was the home, in turn, of the kingdoms of Kerma, Kush and Meroe. Over the centuries, the neighboring civilizations had a sometimes contentious relationship, with Nubia conquering Egypt in 800 B.C. While Nubian jewelry sometimes incorporated Egyptian styles and beliefs, by 300 B.C., Nubian jewelry and art reflected images from its own culture.
Markowitz suggests visitors first view the jewelry as objects of craftsmanship and beauty and then read the labels to discover their history and the minerals used to make them.
The MFA's curator of ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art, Doxey described the region's vanished empires as "the greatest ancient civilization you've never heard of.''
"The Nubian Nile valley was home to highly sophisticated and dynamic cultures and their spectacular jewelry demonstrates the technical skill and aesthetic sensitivity of Nubian artists.''
Doxey's and Markowitz's complementary specialties in archaeology and the history of jewelry give the exhibit a multifaceted context that should satisfy viewers with different interests. They have collaborated on a lavishly illustrated book, "Jewels of Ancient Nubia.''
In death, Nubian queens wore some of the most fabulous jewelry on display, including the stunning figure of a winged Isis worn as a chest pendant in the royal tomb around 538 to 519 B.C.
Wearing a throne-shaped headdress and beaded dress, this golden goddess bears the hieroglyphic symbols meaning "the breath of life.''
For many visitors "Gold and the Gods'' might have the opposite effect of taking their breath away.
Chris Bergeron is a Daily News staff writer. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 508-626-4448. Follow us on Twitter @WickedLocalArts and on Facebook.
"Gold and the Gods: Jewels of Ancient Nubia''
WHEN: Through May 14, 2017 WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston INFO: 617-267-9300; www.mfa.org
MFA's 'Gold and the Gods' opens window to ancient Nubia
BOSTON - To protect them in the afterlife, King Piankhy, who ruled Nubia in 750 B.C., buried all four of his queens with elaborate jewelry.


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Adriana Herrera is the founder and CEO of Fashioning Change, a different kind of eco shopping experience. Of course there are a (growing) number of ethical and socially responsible brands represented in her store, and naturally, the purchase process is seamless, but Adriana has taken her online store to the next level: she's looking to help women solve their life's challenges (some of which certainly start with what to wear and who to buy it from, and some of which are larger than sartorial).
I wanted to know what makes this ecopreneur tick, and where she finds her ideas.
MNN: Why did you start Fashioning Change? What was your inspiration?
Adriana Herrera: I grew up with a unique lens on making purchases. My father grew up in Juarez, Mexico, a city that many consumer goods companies outsource to. He had friends and family that worked in many of the factories and knew what it meant for the people and the community to purchase one brand over the other. In order for me and my brothers to make a purchase as children, we had three rules that we had to abide by: (1) We couldn't buy anything made in Asia, (2) We weren't allowed to buy clothing made of synthetic materials, and (3) We weren't allowed to wear dark clothing because my dad believes that children are the light of the world. From my early years, I was always thinking about where something came from, how it was made, who it was made by, and under what conditions.
Through this and my experience co-founding an eco handbag company, I recognized a significant problem: talented designers who were also passionate about socially responsible manufacturing were having difficulties reaching the consumer. To solve the larger problem of connecting shoppers with well-made, great looking, authentically socially responsible brands, I decided to leverage emerging technology to build a platform that connects shoppers with brands that do fashion better.f
How did you come up with the 'Wear This, Not That' idea?
There's a long story there. Basically, living my life with such a specific lens that questioned where products came from and how they were made, I got a lot of questions like: "Well, I like this brand. What would be an alternative that's better?" In addition, at Fashioning Change, we were getting a lot of questions from people asking what "better" alternative was out there for them based on what they know and like. When I started truly listening to this data point, I realized we should build it. From concept to launch, it was only about three weeks and Wear This, Not That was born as a resource to answer that question over and over again.
What has the response been?
We get traffic from around the world and we are constantly growing month over month. Wear This, Not That has really given people an answer to what they have been looking for. The question of: "If I like this, what do I have available?" has a continuous flow of shop-able answers in our catalog. Pairing one of our brand's styles side by side against a mainstream brand really puts the fashion details in the forefront before the CSR details. This makes fashion the carrot for people to notice and gives shoppers an attractive point of engagement to then dive into the other information surrounding the incredible stories behind our brands' supply chains. On average, we save people 27.07 percent across markets when people pick our option over the mainstream, across markets. And that's yet another reason why people are really seeing the value in our Wear This, Not Thats.
How would you describe your personal style?
I wake up in the morning and I ask myself "what mood am I in today"? A lot of the time, I think: "I'm the CEO of a company in a male-dominated industry," which shifts the lens I have on my style. This forces me to tone down my personal mood/style to something that doesn't distract people from what I have to say. But overall, my style loves are a merging between Mexican culture (bright colors and embroidery), an island-inspired girlie aesthetic, and active comfortable pieces that allow me to be able to "play in the sunshine". :)
Outside of fashion, what are your passions?
Cooking! I love to cook. Also, my passions are spending time with my family, pretending I have time to surf or do Muay Thai, hiking, and going to Bikram's or Zumba with my Mom.


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Archive for category Gambling
Learn to Play Online Slots
If anyone is asked to identify a name of the highest crowd pulling casino game, it certainly would be the online slots. Apart from its crowed pulling persona, it also is the simplest casino game to play and win – sometimes jackpots! Online slots is, basically, a classic video game kind of casino game that gained a massive popularity for its easy gameplay and biggest winning potentials. Unlike other casino games where you need to place big wager to win something worthy, online slots can make you a millionaire off your smallest bet – something like $5! So, how one should play online slots, how things work in online casinos, lets find out!
Signing up with an Online Casino
The first step to play online slots is to choose a reliable online casino of your choice. Actually, there're thousands of online casinos offering plenty of slots variants, but each of them is not what it promotes in its online campaigns, so pick a place wisely. Next step is to sign up with your chosen online casino providing your personal and banking details. Be noted and provide your authenticated details, otherwise you may not be able to withdraw your money out of your casino account. Once registered online casinos often giveaway various bonuses to fill up the initial bankroll of each new joiner. So, start playing your kind of online slots game out of several available online slots games. Read the rest of this entry »
Playing Competitively in Poker – Casino Game Tips
Poker is definitely one of the most fun competitive card games around. Not only will you must make use of a good strategy and play style in order to win, you must also be able to read your opponents' actions as you play the casino game. Of course, things can be tough for a new player to do so, but with these tips, you will have a much easier time seeing through your opponents' moves.
Playing Against Tight-Aggressive Players
The first thing you have to remember when playing competitively against experienced players is that you are more likely playing against tight-aggressive players. They will not play hands that are not worth playing and they will bet or raise when they have a strong hand with them. With that said, you really should not go against them if you only have a decent to mediocre hand. That's the basic. You have to learn how to play like one of the pros. You should get used to playing as a tight-aggressive player and at the same time, playing against them as well. Read the rest of this entry »
Best Bets in Craps – Internet Casino Tips
Craps – and most other casino games for that matter – is a game which is dictated primarily by chance. True, there's little that you can do to influence the game itself. However, just because it's a game of luck doesn't mean that you won't be able to make some strategies yourself. Craps is a rather profitable game in the short term, but like all internet casino games is not very profitable in the long run. If you can manage your bankroll well, you can stand to earn a rather nifty profit from craps.
Understanding the House Edge
Here's what you should understand about casinos from the get go: they take their house edge seriously. If the house did not have an edge, then these casinos would not have enough profit to operate. So, if you're going to play at internet casino, understand that while you may win in the short term, you can never win in the long run unless you're extremely lucky.
So, what you should study when setting up your craps strategy is how you're going to take advantage of the best bets, namely the ones with the lowest house edge possible. Read the rest of this entry »