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🍅 “I like tomato, you like tomahto… 🎶
🥔 I like potato, you like potahto.” 🎵
Or was it the other way around? 🍅🤔🥔
Who decides what’s correct and what is not when it comes to tomatoes and potatoes, anyways. Despite pronunciation,* there are also disputes regarding the classification of these two food items. Is a tomato a fruit? Or is it a vegetable? Is a potato a vegetable? Or is it more than that, considering it is a staple just like bread, noodles or rice in many countries other than Korea? ➡ fries🍟 = 🍚 rice ➡ ❌ or ✅❔
Moreover, is there even such a thing as the “right” way of consuming them? In a previous post, I’ve introduced you to the Korean way of eating potatoes. Now, let’s take a look at tomatoes in Korea… 🤓
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- 👁 What tomatoes in Korea look like
- 👅 How to eat Korean tomatoes
- 🍅 Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
👁 What tomatoes look like in Korea
When you see tomatoes in Korea, the first thing you will notice is that they look different. Today, there exists such a diversity of tomatoes all over the world. Korea’s tomatoes are pink or green or even both! One of the most common varieties is the “chal tomato” (찰토마토), which is pinkish and somewhat green. Apart from the color, they are similar in size and shape to the regular, bright orange-red tomatoes, which are most common in Western cuisines. But these Korean tomatoes taste less tart and have a dry, almost grainy texture when consumed raw. Then, there’s also the dark green “daejeo tomato” (대저토마토), also called “heuk tomato” (흑토마토 – black tomato) or “jjapjjari tomato” (짭짤이토마토 – lit. ‘salty tomato’), hinting at characteristics of this kind of breed. But there exist also global varieties such as the small but popular cherry tomato which is called bangul tomato (방울토마토) in Korean, translating to “water drop tomato”. Occasionally, one can encounter more exotic varieties like the “green grape tomato” (cheong-podo tomato 청포도토마토), which supposedly creates good eating sounds (#ASMR).
👅 How to eat tomatoes in Korea
Let’s move on towards how Koreans eat tomatoes. If you are convinced that tomatoes are vegetables and you drink your tomato juice with salt and pepper (maybe even hot chili flakes or Tabasco!), then you must have grown up in the so-called Western world.
If you then have tomatoes in an East Asian country such as China or Korea, you might get the shock of your life. Because there, tomatoes are naturally seasoned with sugar. Or sugar syrup. Or honey.
You might ask yourself after the initial shock vanishes, allowing your brain to work again.
This happens to me every time when I order fresh tomato juice and forget to mention that I don’t want my serving to be sweetened. In most Korean coffee shops or juice bars, the basic recipe for “tomato juice” (토마토주스) – which is actually more like a smoothie – is blending fresh tomatoes with water and sugar syrup. And more fancy variations feature honey instead of syrup. 🍯 Either way, unless you interfere, the tomato drink will automatically be served sweet.
But if YOU personally prefer tomato juice without any sweetener at all, you could use the following sentence when ordering:
- “Please do not add sugar, syrup or honey into my tomato juice.”
- 토마토주스에 설탕, 시럽이나 꿀 넣치 마세요.
- Tomato juseu-e seoltang, sireopina kkul neochi maseyo.
- 토마토주스에 설탕, 시럽이나 꿀 넣치 마세요.
This should arrange for you to be served plain tomato juice, and it gives you the chance to enjoy it the way you like it – be that pure or savory with added salt, Tabasco, or whatever – you name it!
If you get pre-made tomato juice from a supermarket or a convenience store, however, even your freshly acquired Korean skills cannot help much. The tomato juice is most likely going to taste sweet. You could still use your language skills to check the label before purchasing it.
Then it’s your choice between accepting the novel taste or avoiding it altogether.
But stay alarmed, because you will encounter sweetened tomatoes in other places of Korea’s food world as well!
Of course, you can find tomatoes also in familiar dishes like pasta an pizza, which although localized to suit Korean taste buds are normally savory and salty. 🍝🍕
But in addition to the aforementioned, sugary tomato juices, some cafes even offer tomato lemonade! Such drinks are normally advertised as house-made and hand-made, prepared with whole fruits, some kind of sweetener and sparkling water. 🥤
At other places, you might get ice cream or Korea’s summer dessert bingsu (빙수) with tomato flavor: Frozen milk, shaved into fluffy, snowflake-like ice crystals which instantly melt in your mouth, is garnished with the slightly tangy flavor of sweetened tomatoes and pink tomato sauce. Yuck or yum? 🍧🍅
Some time ago, I even encountered a chocolate fondue, which featured pieces of cake, cookies, ice cream and fruit. 🍫🍰🍪🍦🍓 Among those fruit, which were supposed to be dipped into molten chocolate, there were cherry tomatoes! 🍫🍅 The taste is up to you and your imagination. Back then, I was too appalled that I did not dare trying it and instead watched (half in horror, half in curiosity) my sister eat everything… In hindsight and perhaps with a few more years of “life experience”, I am thinking it couldn’t have been thaaaat bad. After all, everything tastes good with chocolate, right? 😋 [Still, I am not willing to cook this up for myself, just to give it another shot!]
Last but not least, you can discover tomatoes on fruit platters, in assortments of fruits or simply served for dessert on their own. 🍓🍍🍇🍏🍅 Most recently, small tomatoes that are sweetened with stevia have started to enter Korean food markets! Let me say that again: Fresh tomatoes infused with stevia!!! [Stevia is a natural sweetener and has been added to the tomatoes artificially.] It cannot be removed from the tomatoes, even if you wash them! 🤯 If you want to avoid (or specifically purchase them), look out for words like “Peachup”, “Tomango”, “고당고” or “stevia” (스테비아).
🍅 Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
I guess the answer to the big question of WHY tomatoes are largely eaten sweet in Korea, is that tomatoes are treated like fruits.
Apart from above mentioned desserts and sweetened drinks, other instances illustrating that tomatoes are considered as fruits can be discovered during ancestral ceremonies or at Buddhist temples. On certain occasions, fruit and other valuable delicacies are ritually offered to deceased spirits and deities. There, you can sometimes encounter tomatoes artfully stacked, next to towers of other types of fruit such as apples, melons, grapes, bananas, oranges, tangerines and pears.
The know-it-all says:
“Botanically, tomatoes are indeed fruit. They are the seed bearing fruits of tomato plants.” 🤓
But following the same logic, also cucumbers and eggplants are fruits. Why don’t we eat those sweetened for dessert? [Seriously, why not?]
I have no answer to the last question. Do you?
I would love to hear some explanations. I would also love to hear, how you enjoy tomatoes. Sweet or savory? Fresh or cooked? Red or green? Maybe you know of some other country’s exotic way with tomatoes?
My only conclusion here is that tomatoes, however we may classify them, are diverse and fascinating. 💚🍅❤
*) Above quote is a reference to the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” in the movie Shall We Dance (1937).
Loved the song reference to one of my favourite Gershwin classics. Well there all favourites of mine, especially when interpreted by Louis or Ella, or even better both of them! ❤
India has a lot of sweet tomato recipes, too. Like tomato jam. Strange taste in the beginning but also kinda cool. So I would definitely wanna try Korean style.
Thanks for the fun read! 🙂
Thanks for your comment! ♡ Indian tomato jam sounds interesting! Is it like a kind of chutney to eat as a sauce? Or do you eat it spread on bread?
It was at a restaurant in the states. They said it was authentic Indian food, though. I don’t remember which region, however.
I had it as appetizer with mango chutney and naan bread. There was a spicy and a sweet blend. 🙂
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SYMPHONISM as a strategy of translating a lyric poem into drawings. In conversation with Bart Dewolf
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Here is a bird template to print and use in classroom, craft and scrapbook projects.. Print it out in multiple sizes using the pdf file below.
Here's a useful collection of bird templates. Use them for crafts, displays, or even as writing frames. Many templates to explore below.
We've provided two sizes of this lovely little chick template. Imagine a row of these cut out of yellow card, lining a noticeboard or window sill! The only tricky part is the feet, but you can simplify with one triangle if you prefer.
There's nothing cuter than a new-born chick, and I think these writing frames are very cute too! Perfect for Spring or Easter or a Farmyard theme, we've got a blank version (useful as a cutting template, too) as well as a lined version.
Use this lovely dove frame for a writing exercise. Ask the children to write words that represent "peace" to them, or a short paragraph about peace.
This printable dove template is useful at Christmas, MLK Day or Peace Day. Just cutting out another a doves in different sizes and on different papers and stringing them up to drift in the breeze can be very pretty and effective!
This is the first of two duck templates - useful for farmyard or pond themes! There are multiple sizes in the pdf file below.
Here is our second duck template - this one a swimming duck - useful for farmyard and pond themes! There are multiple sizes in the pdf file below, or you can download the jpeg and resize it yourself if you prefer.
This duckling writing frame looks just like a "rubber ducky" or bath toy - but it is cute as a duckling for Spring or Farm themes too! The blank version of our writing frame can also be used as a useful template.
Displaying three flying geese on the wall was very popular in the 1950s and 1960s - and you could use this flying goose template to do the same! It's a useful shape for seascape collages, too.
Here's one of two kiwi templates, useful as a writing frame, perhaps, or as a template for your craft projects.
We have blank and lined versions of this lovely round kiwi frame, which is perfect for writing and drawing activities for younger children. It also makes a lovely template for crafts and cutting out.
This template is designed to make a striking owl card by some simple folding and cutting. Print onto white card and then get your child to colour the owl in. Or use coloured card and stick on some extra shapes: you can see what it looks like here!
Use this owl template in kids crafts - for everything from Halloween and Autumn/Fall through to Harry Potter! The pdf file below offers multiple sizes.
Our third owl template has a trickier bottom edge to cut out, but looks fabulous in brown felt or craft foam, glued to a collaged "branch". You could also cut out all the sizes and use this owl for sorting activities.
This fun owl template comes large so that you can use it in displays - but it is also useful for all sorts of crafts. Cut from brown card and then use it as a base for scrunched up pieces of tissue paper in brown, white and black - fun for toddlers!
A pelican has a very distinctive outline as you can see in this pelican template! Available in various sizes for all your crafty projects.
Here's a fun penguin template - which comes in many different sizes. Cut penguins out in paper, card, fabric or craft foam, and use them to decorate your classroom or home! The larger sizes make good writing frames too.
These fun puffin templates in a variety of sizes are useful for tracing, cutting out around and writing inside!
This rooster or cockerel template has fairly simple lines, although it isn't one to be attempted by your youngest children. It might be useful for a farmyard scene, or your Year of the Rooster crafts. We have provided 3 sizes over 2 pages.
Our second rooster template has a very simplified outline and a solid base which makes it great for younger children to cut out of card and use for their farm crafts or displays. Of course it is also great for Chinese New Year of the Rooster.
This rooster template is just of the head but it is rather striking and I think it could be used in many ways to liven up your displays and crafts.
If you visit a seaside town in the UK, you're not going to be far away from a seagull - and often they can be a real nuisance! But the sound of a seagull takes you instantly to a summer visit to the seaside and this cute template could be perfect for a seaside display or a bird project.
Here's a stork template - useful for scrapbooking baby pages, perhaps! It comes in a variety of sizes.

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Plans for any future telescope making classes are on hold due to the current difficulty of obtaining good quality telescope mirrors at a modest price.
This is largely due to Corning’s decision to no longer manufacture Pyrex glass. There are other types of glass with low expansion characteristic’s similar to Pyrex (some even better) but they are notably more expensive.
You are still welcome to contact Bob Horton (see below) if you are interested, but we do not know when or if we will schedule another class.
Explore the Night Sky with a Homemade Telescope
Have you ever wanted to explore the realms of the night sky? Would you like to view other worlds in our Solar System or see the majestic glories of the deep sky objects? Ever thought of owning a telescope to view celestial wonders?
Now you can have that telescope you’ve always wanted and see these night sky wonders. The Vermont Astronomical Society has put together a telescope workshop to assemble a telescope from a kit. You can easily assemble a powerful 6″ F/8 Newtonian Telescope at this workshop. No prior knowledge of telescope building is required. This telescope is far optically superior to the “typical box store telescope”. This telescope is not a toy but a powerful, portable instrument capable of revealing the following celestial wonders:
Solar System: See the Moon’s craters, valleys, and mountains; the dramatic phase changes of Venus; the polar caps of Mars; the nightly changes of Jupiter’s moons and colorful cloud belts; and the glories of Saturn’s ring system.
Deep Sky Objects: Split colorful double stars; resolve the gem like galactic star clusters; see the wispy shapes of distant nebulae; and observe galaxies millions of light years from Earth.
Welcome to the VAS Telescope Workshop!
The first order of business is to collect the fees for the workshop so that we can order the mirror kits and purchase the materials for the tube and mount. I’ve set the price at $340 for the whole kit minus any eyepieces.
For those of you that wish to also have us purchase eyepieces for you, we will work out the details at a later date. Estimates of about $160 for the eyepieces or about $500 for the whole scope kit with eyepieces.
If you can get a check made out to the VAS for the workshop fee sent to me at your earliest convenience, then I will order your mirror kits, which will take about 3 weeks to arrive. While we are waiting for the mirror kits, I will be purchasing the rest of the wood, tube and hardware (nuts, bolts, glue & screws) needed to assemble the telescope.
I’m anticipating that the first assembly meeting will probably occur sometime in February and we should be able to complete the scope in just a few weeks (4 maximum). There will be some homework involved, like applying flat-black paint to the inside of the tube and a color of your choice to the outside. The following is a rough plan of what each meeting will involve:
Week 1: Build Mirror Cell & Azimuth Base. Cut & Paint Tube (homework).
Week 2: RTV Mirror & Diagonal to Cells. Attach Spider, Focuser, and Finder.
Build Tube Cradle.
Week 3: Assemble Rocker Box. Attach Mirror & Diagonal to Tube.
Week 4: Finish & Tune Assembly. Telescope Collimation & Operation.
We will also have to work out a good date and time to hold the workshop meetings. I’m anticipating that each would last 2-3 hours and could even be done during weekday evenings. Let me know if you have any preferences. I will be arranging a location over the next couple of weeks.
So, send your check, made out to the VAS, to:
Robert Horton, VAS
43 Joey Drive
Colchester, VT 05446
Please indicate in the memo portion of your check that it is for the
Telescope Making Workshop.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any of the following:
Work Phone – 802-769-5797
Home Phone – 802-879-7802
Work Email – email@example.com
Home Email – firstname.lastname@example.org
Grant moneys may be available for qualified educators.

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Source: Bianco Research
In the past we have noted that Martin Feldstein, one of the members of the business cycle dating committee, was the holdout in calling the end of the Great Recession. The committee works by consensus and Feldstein was not sure that the current economic expansion would make a new high. He relented and the Great Recession’s end was dated June 2009. The official call was made on September 20, 2010. For the moment, it looks like his first instincts were partially correct as a case can be made that the Great Recession never really ended.
The NBER has dated every recession back to 1854. A recession is a peak to trough in economic activity where the expansion off the trough results in a new high in real economic activity. This has been the case in every recession/depression/panic ever dated. Even the 1937 peak in economic activity (which began the 1937 recession) was above the 1929 peak (which started the Great Depression).
As the chart to the right shows, real GDP had its biggest fall since the end of WW2 (see the lower panel highlighting the drawdowns). More importantly, real GDP has made a new high in economic activity. If the economy continues to falter, then this is not a “double dip” but rather a continuation of the Great Recession. Now to be clear, the ultimate trough most likely already occurred in June 2009, which is how recessions are dated (peak to trough). However, the recession does not truly end until economic activity makes a new peak. For the moment, that has not happened. One could argue that August 2011 is the 44thmonth since the Great Recession began (December 2007). Only the Great Depression (which lasted 43 months from August 1929 to March 1933) and the Panic of 1873 (65 months from October 1873 to March 1879) took longer to make a new peak in economic activity.


The RP-5161 Universal Air Filter is constructed from an oiled cotton filter media. It comes with a carbon fiber top for strength and durability. The carbon fiber element adds to the light-weight design and gives this filter a smooth glass like finish. The RP-5161 is a clamp-on filter that has a flange inside diameter of 3-1/4 inches and length of 2 inches. The base is 18-3/4 by 5 inches and the filter height is 4-5/8 inches.
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Pressley Ridge Butler County Program
Hamilton, OH. 45011
Since 1832, Pressley Ridge, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, has helped to rebuild communities and families by providing innovative and diverse services for children, adults and families who are facing difficult challenges and complex situations. With locations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and Delaware, we are a vital resource that offers a continuum of programs, including mental health services, foster care, residential treatment and specialized education for children with special needs, all with a goal of establishing stable families and lifelong relationships. Pressley Ridge's services are guided by the Re-Education philosophy. We understand that traumatic experiences can change the way people view themselves, others, and their world, and can impact the individual's safety, well-being, and permanence. With this in mind, engaging the entire family in the treatment and care of the children, adults, and families that we serve is paramount to creating success.

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Volts, Amps and Watts explained
Volts, Amps and Watts are the three most important measurements when working with electricity. Here is a quick refresher on what they each represent.
Volts = Strength
Amps = Flow of electric current
Watts = Electrical power; the combination of volts and amps
Wattage is a measure for the power of an electrical system, it is simply the combination of Volts and Amps. To calculate wattage multiply the voltage by the amps.
Watts = Volts x Amps
The flowing water analogy is commonly used to explain Volts and Amps but I find it confusing since water pressure will have an effect on the water flow volume so how can pressure and flow be individual metrics?
Instead I prefer the warriors analogy:
I'm going to use soldiers for this analogy. A high voltage will mean a strong soldier where as a low voltage will mean a weaker soldier.
A soldier with high voltage with be a better fighting force
The effect of one soldier here is high.
Whereas a soldier with a low voltage will not be as effective.
Lets put some real life examples to these numbers.
|North American power socket||120v||12A max|
|European & Commonwealth power socket||230-240v||13A|


A collection of news stories/articles written about the Philippine Navy.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Navy, Coast Guard rescue 26 fishermen off Pangasinan –NDRRMC
By The National Broadcasting Network, Friday, June 10, 2011
The 26 crew members of a fishing vessel who were reported missing off Bolinao, Pangasinan have been rescued a few kilometers away from the shorelines of the province by joint elements of the Philippine Navy (PN) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday.
NDRRMC Executive Director Benito Ramos said they were very thankful the fishermen were found alive by navy and coast guard elements aboard rescue helicopters.
Ramos said the 26 fishermen, whose names were not immediately available, were on board a 45-ton vessel named "FB 3MS WOF" when they were reported missing at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Bolinao, Pangasinan.
Meanwhile, Ramos also said all evacuees in areas affected by tropical depression “Dodong” in Maguindanao, Cotabato, Batangas and Bataan provinces have returned to their homes after floods in their areas had subsided.
A report by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) to NDRRMC in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City said "Dodong" intensified into a storm as it exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) by 12:30 p.m. on Friday. (PNA)


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Guide of the Cultural Center
Introduction to each room of the library
|Division & Room||Services|
|stack room||of books on the open shelves, people can apply for a library card to borrow books home.
Offering computers for the public to look up information.
We have “recommendation list”for the public to recommend books that our library doesn't collect, which may be our purchases reference.
|children's reading room||We have displayed all kinds of children's books, journals, and newspapers for reading in the library, readers can also check out those books.
We have regularly held diverse activities that are suitable for children on weekends.
|reference resources room||Collecting all kinds of reference book, such as bibliography, index, encyclopedia, dictionary, statistics, etc.
Offering 4 kinds of DVD information
Offering the public to look up information of old newspapers and questions of national examinations.
Newspaper clipping services.
Offering written and phone inquiry services.
Guiding the public to make use of the library information.
|journals room||Displaying domestic and international important journals as well as offering daily newspapers for the public to read in the library.
Providing copy services.
|video & audio room||Offering audio & video materials that include cassettes, video tapes, CD, LD, etc., for the public's appreciation.
The public can borrow all audio & video materials with the library card and enjoy those alone or with a friend.
The group broadcasting room has scheduled tape playing at 2p.m. on every Saturdays and Sundays.
|general reading room||There are 340 sets that are provided here, people can bring their own books to read here.|
|Division & Room||Services|
|The 1st, 2nd, 3rd exhibition room||Offering space with 140 pings, 120 pings, and 40 pings to exhibit art works such as western paintings, water paintings, calligraphy, sculptures, etc.|
|antiques display room||The antiques displaying room is about 60 pings big, which uses open cabinet for displays. The room mainly displays the concrete art works and antiques.|
|music hall||Organizing all kinds of performing art activities, such as music, theater, dancing, traditional drama, folklore techniques, etc.
There are 820 seating at the 1st floor and 289 seating at the 2nd floor as well as 4 handicapped seating, a total of 1,113 seating.
|lecture hall||There are 200 seating in the lecture hall.|
|conference room||There are 60 seats in the conference room.|
|The 1st study classroom||There are 30 seating in the 1st study classroom.|
|cultural square||In addition to letting our center organize activities, the venue is open to the institutions, associations, or individuals to rent for organizing social or cultural activities.|
Application methods of library card: Citizens who are 6-year-old and above (elementary school student) can file for application. Applicants should bring either ID card or census registration booklet and a one-inched photo (the latest 3-month photo) coming to our center or Shixian branch to apply for the library card.
Children under 12-year-old whose parents can bring their ID cards and the census registration booklet of children to apply for the library cards for their children.
The library card is accepted both at our center and the Shixian branch, card holders can't apply for the card repeatedly at either one.
If the library card is lost, card holders should call or come to the library in person to file for loss. Card holders have to bring their ID card or the census registration booklet and one-inched photo (the latest 3-month photo), coming to our center or Shixian branch for new card application.

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Coronavirus: Confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries
America’s oldest brewery DG Yuengling & Son has decided to provide $100,000 to support relief efforts carried out by first responders and hospitality workers during the Covid-19 crisis.
As part of this initiative, the company will be supporting Gary Sinise Foundation and its Emergency Covid-19 Combat Service to assist individuals on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus.
DG Yuengling & Son chief administrative officer Wendy Yuengling said: “As America’s Oldest Brewery, for nearly 200 years, we have survived a number of highs and lows throughout our nation’s history.
“We have learned that the best way to get through tough times is to stick together and support one another. We firmly believe in these efforts to assist our communities as they grapple with the unprecedented impact of Covid-19.
“We are proud to work alongside non-profit partners who are able to support heroes on the front lines and our communities in need, including the Gary Sinise Foundation and HARP. Together, we will overcome this challenge and come out stronger and more united than ever.”
Yuengling noted that it will also provide grants to Gary Sinise Foundation’s dedicated campaign called the Emergency Covid-19 Combat Service.
The grants will be used for purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) and essential gear needed for the first responders when answering Covid-19 service calls.
Gary Sinise Foundation COO Elizabeth Fields said: “Through the tremendous support and generosity of Yuengling, we are honoured to help first responders battling this historic pandemic.
“Just as our first responders and all of those on the front lines are working so hard to protect us, we want to do everything we can to protect and support them.
“The Emergency Covid-19 Combat Service is an extension of the Gary Sinise Foundation’s mission to serve and protect those who so bravely protect our nation, 365 days a year.”

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Few clubs have been as active as SMW Rovers Football Netball Club ahead of the 2021 Mininera and District Netball Association season.
The club aimed to bolster its ranks with recruits during the off-season and has had an extensive pre-season to help build fitness and integrate the new players.
Club president Nic Byrne said he was delighted with the state of the club.
"We're really happy with the netball. We were struggling for numbers and Angela Brain, our netball coordinator, and I put a lot of effort into ringing people and getting some leads about players who might be interested," he said.
"Those girls have been committed to pre-season and to the club, which is great.
"We've got enough players to fill the three senior teams. It's all positive at this stage."
Among the recruits was SMW Rovers new A Grade coach Courtney Guy.
Guy said she was similarly pleased with how the team was developing ahead of the new season.
"We're starting to gel together, which is great," she said.
"They've worked very hard and been very focused during training.
"We're such a versatile team. It's going to be handy being able to change seamlessly through each quarter."
In recent years, SMW Rovers have consistently been close to a spot in the finals without ever making the top five.
Their past five seasons have seen them finish seventh, sixth, sixth, eighth, and eighth.
Guy said she is hopeful the netball team can break the status quo in 2021.
"I think for the netballers to lift and bring a new atmosphere is exactly what the club needs," she said.
"We've got so many new netballers across all three grades, and they're all very excited to be at the club.
"We've become really close already. It's been really positive so far."
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In Poland: Securing homes and lives against floods
Poland’s Odra River has flooded its banks more than 16 times in 200 years – causing death and destruction. A World Bank-supported project is now in place to prevent future flooding, and protect the thousands of homes – and millions of residents – located around the Odra River Basin.
Residents of the Village of Nieboczowy in Poland say it is difficult to forget the hardships of 1997 – the year flood waters tore through the region, killing over 50 people, and destroying 700,000 homes.
“We have always had floods, and we had gotten used to them, but 1997 was totally beyond what we expected. Our residents were eventually able to recover, but the fears remained on our minds,” says Nieboczowy Village Head, Krystian Szczotok.
Such fears of flooding are finally being put to rest, says Szczotok, thanks to a government-run project now underway in the flood-prone areas of Poland’s Odra River Basin, in the country’s southwest.
Under the Odra River Flood Protection Project, flood-prevention structures are being built in the basin area.
They include a “dry polder” – a reservoir made to trap dangerous overflow from surrounding rivers, which peak during heavy rains.
“When there is a risk of flood coming up, this dry reservoir will be filled with water. It has a double purpose; it will reduce the peak flow of the Odra River, and will prevent it from merging with that of the Nysa Klodzka River,” explains Augustyn Bombala, who is overseeing project construction.
In addition to the reservoir, he says, the World Bank-supported project is improving embankments and dikes along the Odra River Basin, and reconstructing river beds.
And new homes and neighborhoods are being built in safe, flood-free areas, at government expense.
“We were able to reconcile two interests – those of the state, which wants to protect 2.5 million people with the dry polder, and the interests of the villagers who will be relocated to a new village,” says Czeslaw Burek, a local government official. A total of 202 households (approximately 689 people) from the villages of Nieboczowy and Ligota Tworkowska had to be relocated to flood-safe areas following the WB involuntary resettlement safeguard policy to give way to the development of the dry polder at Raciborz.
Upon its completion in 2017, the flood protection project will ensure long-term safety of the Odra River Basin’s millions of residents and their properties through flood defense measures worth EUR 505 million.
Marena Mrok-Utulak, an elementary school teacher and mother, remembers the floods of 1997, and the havoc they wreaked on the Odra River Basin town of Raciborz, where she lives.
“We lived in the area that was most affected. I was pregnant, and we had to move out of our house. Good people helped us and gave us food, but we have lived since then always cautious, with bags packed,” she says.
Mrok-Utulak says the region’s flood protection project means her family and other Raciborz residents can now rest easy, free from flooding fears of the past.


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If you are new here, welcome.
Saturday Morning Gather is my weekly newsletter where I share things going on at Vintage Home, and also inspiration and things I have found during the week that I think you might enjoy.
If you’ve been around a while, as always, I am so grateful to you!! I truly appreciate you showing up and continuing to support my blog.
Gather round and grab your coffee or favorite morning drink of choice and let’s take a look at what’s been happening this week.
First of all, let me say how excited I am about the new link party I am hosting with Lynn at Living Large in a Small House, Diane at South House Designs, and Renae at Peacock Ridge Farm.
We had an amazing response our first 2 weeks, and we are grateful!
I hope you will take at look and see all of the amazing inspiration there. You can see this weeks link party here.
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On the blog this week I shared a fun and easy yarn heart DIY that is perfect for your Valentine’s Day decor.
Since I make my hearts in neutral colors, I actually like to keep them out a little after Valentine’s day and they make a fun gift if you just need a little something for a friend, neighbor or teacher.
In case you missed it last week, and since the Super Bowl is tomorrow, I shared this fun football themed tablescape that would be a perfect for a game day get together.
these football themed desserts…..
in other random news
I’ve been out of town the past week working on a client’s home. It has been fun and exhausting all at the same time.
But, I have loved spending time with my daughter, son in law and granddaughter. They only live a few miles from the client, so I have been staying with them.
I have 2 more weeks here, and I’m looking forward to more time with them, but I’m sure I will be ready to be back home and sleep in my own bed.
Like the saying goes, “there’s no place like home”!
and some other amazing things I found…..
These super cute paper napkin roses….
this yummy peanut butter cup cheesecake and Valentine’s date night ideas…
beautiful clay hearts with fresh flower imprints…..
delicious Cheesy Lobster Ravioli…..
beautiful DIY seed paper hearts…….
I hope you found some inspiration at our Saturday Morning Gather today!
blessings and have a wonderful weekend,
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As Spring is springing in my neck of the woods on the East Coast of the U.S., I am just reveling in the lush greenery and the beautiful flowers, the buzzing bees, and the hundreds of peepers that are sounding off in our pond, calling for their special someones. It is such a magical time of renewal and growth that inspires a deep hope that all the best things will soon be knocking at our doors. The birds are all twitterpated, making their nests and chasing each other around. Our annual goose couple has set up its usual nesting spot on the island in the pond, and as the female sits on her nest, the male swims the perimeter on patrol for the foxes who will soon have kits spilling out of their dens and rolling down the hill into the pasture. This is the season of waking up, coming together, creating and procreating. This is the time when all animals come together to make sure that they have a new generation to carry on their family lines.
I used to think that it was so sad that some animals were solitary by nature, coming together only to mate when the time was right. I thought it worrisome that the tigers and polar bears and moose and snow leopards and other animal loners were going stag for most of their lives. By human standards it seemed to me that life would be unbearably empty. I have come to realize over the years, however, that these seemingly reclusive animals are never alone. They are connected to the earth and the nature around them in a way that only indigenous people who have remained untouched by modern human life can understand. With every footstep on a forest floor or mountain incline, they can feel the vibration of the earth, they can understand the whisper of the wind in the trees, they can sense the weather patterns changing, and they can participate in the communication that runs through all of the natural world around them. They are very much in companionship with all of life.
On the other hand, humans, while innately a tribal species, are the only animal capable of disconnecting from absolutely all living things. We live in shelters created from man-made materials which are fully intended to separate us from our natural environment and even each other. If we want to see what is going on around us, we can transport ourselves in individual, rubber wheeled vehicles, fully encapsulated in our own bubbles, free from everything including sound. We can turn on our televisions and watch happenings near and far to which we have no energetic attachment, and if we never want to leave our artificial environments, we can have all of our necessities delivered to our front doors. We have made it possible to never have to connect with the natural world or each other if we don’t want to. Now that is sad, and it begs the question, is that okay???
If ever there was a time to be mindful of reconnecting with the natural world, which, by the way, is our natural habitat, it is in this season of Spring. Get your bare feet on and go walk in the grass, find a rock to sit on and soak up some sun, dangle your feet in a stream and let the water wash away your isolation. When you touch the earth you equilibrate the electromagnetic field of your body to match that of the earth and that brings you back to a state of healing and connection with your highest state of flow. It is time for us to stop separating ourselves from the rhythms of the natural world. Let’s take a cue from the animals and create a verdant future by actually being a part of our Earth family. From the ground under our feet to the sky above our heads, our energy contributes to it all, let’s make sure we are making it beneficent.


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When we were preparing to depart Paris for Panama City last summer, I wrote to say that, according to Lief’s figurings, it appeared that our family was going to spend more to live in the Panamanian capital than we had been spending to live in the French one.
“How can that be?” I challenged Lief at the time. “Paris cheaper than Panama City? I can’t believe it.”
Here’s the truth about this cost of living question: You can spend as much or as little as you want to spend to live almost anywhere in the world.
A few places are absolutely expensive and won’t work right now if budget is a chief concern–like Dublin, for example, and Monte Carlo.
And, in some places, you’d have to work hard to live a big-budget lifestyle–in small-town Ecuador, say.
But in most of the world, your lifestyle can expand to fit your allowable monthly spend.
We’re six months into our new life in Panama. Now that we’rze settled, what’s the story? Has Lief’s prediction come true?
Our apartment rent in Panama City is much greater than we expected it would be. We needed three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a sizable office. I wanted a new building with a new kitchen and American-standard bathrooms.
For this, we’re paying US$3,000 a month. Not cheap by any standard. And, in fact, you could rent a comfortable (though much smaller) place in a nice neighborhood in Paris for the same amount (say 2,000 euro monthly).
In Paris, we spent 250 euro a week on groceries. Here in Panama City, we’re spending about US$250 a week on groceries (in other words, nearly 40% less).
You could spend, I don’t know, half as much to eat in Panama…maybe less than that. We admit it: We shop indulgently. We frequent the big U.S.-style grocery story (Riba Smith). We buy Entenmann’s pound cake and Aunt Jemima syrup for our pancakes. We even splurge on Tropicana orange juice, at US$6 a jug.
On the other hand, we have found bargains–like Moet’s exported champagne (exported from Argentina…not France…so technically not “champagne” but still very quaffable), which is sold throughout the city for but US$9 a bottle. Lief likes Sangria…and buys a local brand for about US$3 a bottle.
Local meats are good and also a bargain–as little as US$3 a pound for steak, for example.
Other great buys in this town include men’s haircuts (Lief had his hair cut yesterday for US$3), movie tickets (US$3 to see a first-run movie in English), and film processing (US$4 per roll…compared with 30 euro and more a roll in Paris!).
You can buy a cell phone for US$5…and it comes with US$5 worth of phone credit.
Here in Panama, I’m enjoying full-time, six-day-a-week help around the house. We’re paying top dollar: US$300 a month. In Paris, when I splurged on maid service, it cost me 50 euro an hour.
In neither place have we invested in a car. In Paris, we walked almost everywhere. When our legs gave out, we could hop on the metro and go from one end of the city to the other for 1.70 euro.
Here in Panama, eventually we’ll need a car. Meantime, we’ve found a taxi driver who’s available on call for no extra charge.
Taxi rates, meantime, are one of the most hotly discussed topics of conversation in this town. How much should a taxi ride cost you?
Last year, taxi travel was standardized according to a zone system. Know the zones and what your ride should cost you before you hop in a cab.
It should cost you US$1.35 (plus 40 cents for each additional passenger) to travel from one zone to another. As Lief likes to say, though, “the real cost of a taxi ride is whatever the driver can get away with.”
Again, know the zones before you set off for the ride.
In Paris, we spent on average 200 euro a month for electricity and gas (used for heat in the winter). Here in Panama we’re spending $200 a month for electricity (used for air conditioning year-round).
In Panama, our business Internet and phone package is US$185 a month. This is for unlimited wireless–that is, any number of users at one time.
Internet and telephone are one of the greatest bargains living in France (which boasts the world’s top infrastructure in many regards). It cost us but 46 euro per month for wireless Internet and telephone, including free land line calls anywhere in Europe and to the United States. Living there and buying a standard-option package from Orange, we had virtually no long-distance bill.
We’ve kept the same health insurance here in Panama as we had in France. It’s a BUPA international policy that costs 122 euro a month for coverage for Lief, Jackson, and me.
OK…what’s the bottom line?
- Rent: 2,000 euro a month
- Groceries: 1,000 euro a month
- Transportation (metro): 20 euro a month
- Gas and electricity: 200 euro a month
- Internet and phone: 46 euro a month
- Health insurance: 120 euro a month
TOTAL: 3,266 euro a month, plus health insurance
Panama City Budget:
- Rent: US$3,000 a month
- Groceries: US$1,000 a month
- Transportation: US$80 a month
- Electricity: US$200 a month
- Internet and phone: US$185 a month
- Full-time maid: US$300 a month
- Health insurance: 120 euro a month
TOTAL: US$4,765 a month, plus health insurance
In other words, at the current rate of exchange, indeed, our cost of living in Paris was a bit lower than our current cost of living in Panama City.
Does that mean it costs US$5,000 a month to live in Panama City?
Only if you want to live just the way we’re living.
In other words, the answer is no. You could live here comfortably on half as much or less.
And in the beautiful interior of this country, where we’re headed this weekend, you could live on maybe a quarter as much.
“Note Panama midway through the list,” writes a friend from Paris: Top 10 Destinations in 2009
The trouble with living someplace with a lot of tourist appeal is that you forget to allow yourself time to be a tourist now and then.
We’re no exception. We count on visitors to motivate us beyond Panama City. This weekend, with guests in town, for example, we’re traveling out to Veraguas province for two days. We’ll check in on infrastructure progress at Lief’s Los Islotes development; otherwise, our agenda is all about the beach…which, in this still-undiscovered part of this country, is primo.
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vSpring Capital v|100 list of Top Venture Entrepreneurs for 2012 includes Nicole Toomey Davis
Salt Lake City, UT (March 1, 2012) – Enclavix™, LLC announced that Nicole Toomey Davis, the firm's President and CEO, was selected for the seventh time by Utah's entrepreneurial community as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in Utah, as part of the annual v|100.
About the v|100:
Each year, vSpring asks members of the Utah business community to nominate individuals who are most likely to lead a successful startup technology venture in the next five to seven years in a c-level executive role. These nominees are then invited to participate in a confidential online survey to vote for the top 10 individuals they feel would most likely meet the selection criteria. Nominees garnering the most votes from their peers in this annual process are then elected into the v|100. The result is a community-nominated, peer-selected group of the top IT and biotech entrepreneurs in the state. These individuals are then invited to participate in an array of ongoing interactions throughout the year designed to provide increased exposure, resources and collaboration among this important group. The program was discontinued by vSpring afer 2012.
A detailed list of all members of the v|100 can be found here.
About vSpring Capital, sponsor of the v|100
vSpring Capital (www.vspring.com) is an early-stage venture capital firm with $260 million under management. With offices in Utah and New Mexico, vSpring invests in information technology and life science companies that have the potential to transform their markets and create lasting value
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Enclavix CEO selected by peers to be included in v|100 for the Seventh Time as a Top Utah Entrepreneur - Last year of the program


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Way back in the olden’ days, translation: the early 2000s, I had some spiffy manuscript tracking software. It was written by someone in my critique group and had fields for manuscript title, editor/agent, and publisher/agency. It also pinged mercilessly to remind you when you needed to follow up on something. Unfortunately, my friend decided that it was a huge hastle to update the software every time Windows updated.
What was I to do? I looked at various programs and services but I’m notoriously frugal. Okay, some people might say that I’m cheap. But I wasn’t going to throw good money when I already had Excel. That’s still what I use today.
Whenever I send something out, I make an entry in the Excel file that is oh-so creatively named Tracking. I know! Isn’t that an awesome file name? And I still get reminders because I mark my calendar with when I should hear something.
If making up your own spread sheet doesn’t sound appealing, Writer’s Digest currently has six different spread sheets available to help you keep track of what is where. They are:
• Freelance Pitch Tracker
• Literary Journal Submission Tracker
• Freelance Payment Tracker
• Agent Query Tracker
• Direct-to-Publisher Query Tracker
• Agent Submissions to Publishers Tracker
To link through and get them, visit the Writer’s Digest announcement here. Keeping track of what is where doesn’t have to be fancy but it really is something you need to do. If one editor or agent makes an offer, you want to know who else currently has your work. Otherwise you might find yourself in an embarrassing situation!
Are you looking for a publisher that takes an active part in publicity? No, I’m not teasing.
Sammy Bosch, Director of Marketing & Publicity at Mighty Media Pres, had this to say when interviewed by Carrie of Carrie On . . . Together! “The marketing team at MMP schedules a book launch tour for every author, and continues to book tours for each author in subsequent seasons. We also plan out year-long promotion opportunities for each book—collaborative book trailers, partnering with organizations, social media promotions (e.g., giveaways, Twitter chats with authors, news reveals, etc.), the use of new technology to promote a title, blog tours, holiday promotions, special swag and event kits for key titles, and much, much more! We schedule interviews, guest blogs, and media hype for each author as well.”
Sounds pretty amazing doesn’t it? The bad news is that Might Media Press only reads manuscripts during their open reading period. The good news is that period is NOW (from October 1 to April 30).
Mighty Media Press wants books that meet these four mission criteria: The book must ignite the child reader’s Curiosity (1), Imagination (2), Social Awareness (3) and Sense of Adventure (4).
If your manuscript meets these criteria and you’d like to work with a publisher that takes an active roll in publicity, check out the submissions guidelines here.
At critique group last week, I showed my query letter to several other writers. Now I have some idea what to shorten and what to expand before I send my letter off. But just in case my top three agents aren’t interested in representing my work, I’m still collecting the names of agents I might approach.
Debbie Ridpath Ohi of who blogs at Inky Girl
wrote up 5 agents who are looking for picture books. I dropped one off the list because the agency is currently closed to submissions:
of Jodell Sadler Children’s Literary. Unlike some of the others, Jodell gives scads of information on her agency site. She takes picture books through young adult, fiction and nonfiction. Because this is a single agent house, it is pretty obvious that if the agency reps a client, she
reps the client.
at Mansion Street Management. Michelle represents both fiction and nonfiction which puts her up high on my list. She also represents picture books through young adult. This is definitely someone I’m going to research.
at Sarah Jane Freyman Literary Agency. This site listed their clients but gave very little information about the agents themselves. Because of this, I’ll have to do some digging to even know if I want to do some digging and seriously research this agent.
at Waxman Leavell Literary Agency. Although the link reveals a lot about her past (she went to Wash U in St. Louis) and her style (she’s a hands-on agent who provides feedback on early drafts), I didn’t get a feel for her books. Thus she’s further down the list.
For those of you who write primarily young adult, here are three agents that I read about on the Manuscript Wish List.
Here are five publishers looking for manuscripts. The first three are themed publications for young readers. They want pitches.
Odyssey is the science magazine for the Carus educational group. The theme for January 2016 is Hidden Earth. Here’s what the editors have to say about this topic: “ODYSSEY journeys to the most hard-to-reach locations on Earth. Who’s exploring them, and what’s still waiting to be discovered?” Queries are due April 2, 2015 which is this Friday so don’t dawdle. You can find out more about how to pitch to Odyssey here. NOTE: If the editor’s don’t know you, you will need to supply clips.
Faces is another one from Carus educational, this time focusing on world cultures. The theme for March 2016 is Kenya with queries due April 7, 2015. Find out more about this opportunity here.
Appleseed is the Carus educational multicultural social studies magazine. The theme for February 2016 is Soccer. “It’s one of the most popular sports in the world…a look at the game of soccer, from kids all the way to the World Cup.” You have a bit more time for this one. Queries are due April 2015. Find out more here.
Give one of these markets a try and you may find yourself adding a line to your writing resume. Good luck!
Although I’ve never tried to break into ASK magazine, this theme is pretty tempting. The current theme is “making stuff.” This is what the editors of ASK have to say:
“Long ago, people made everything they needed. Why not give it a try?
“Pioneer skills; living history town or farm; 3d printers; how to make soap, cloth, other item; Plastic from milk; DIY cell phone; Makerspaces; making stuff from recycled material.”
ASK is part of the Cricket group. They don’t want completed articles but queries. The editors are looking for feature articles (1200-1600 words); the occasional photo essay (400-600 words); humor (200-400 words); short pieces on rofiles of people, inventions, events, or art (200-400 words); and experiments that match the theme.
If, like me, you haven’t written for this magazine, be prepared to include a writing sample of 200 unedited words on any nonfiction topic.
Final copy must be scientifically correct and you will have to include a bibliography.
Interested? Check out their complete guidelines here.
The Collaborative division of Alloy Entertainment is looking for manuscripts. They want to acquire up to twelve partial or complete manuscripts per year. The emphasis is on women’s fiction, young adult, middle grade, and chapter books. The Collaborative and the author “shape” the manuscript together and then determine the “steps for publication.” I’m not 100% certain what they mean by this, thus the quotes, but it seems that they put the piece through the editorial process, acting as agents.
Why do I say acting as agents? Because they developed How to Love by Katie Cotugno, a romance told in alternating Before and After chapters. This book was published in October 2013 on Balzer & Bray’s list, an imprint of HarperCollins. The Art of Disappearing by Elena Perez, a novel about a girl learns she may be psychic, launched as an e-book in August 2012, this time under Alloy Entertainment.
The Collaborative is reviewing full or partial fiction manuscripts. No scripts. Those without an agent should send query e-mail that contains a brief overview of the book’s premise and the authors writing background. Also, attach the first five pages of the manuscript as a Word Doc .
They also state that they are “only interested in manuscripts which have not previously been submitted to publishing houses.”
You can check out the details on the Alloy website.
Do you have a short mystery (750 words or less) for young readers? Then get it out and polish it up because you are in luck. The category for Highlights 2015 Fiction Contest is mysteries.
As with all submissions, Highligts welcomes work from both published and unpublished authors. All submissions must be previously unpublished and not found online. No crime, violence, or derogatory humor.
Word count is limited to 750 words; note the actual word count in the upper right-hand corner of the first page of your manuscript.
When you get your contest entry ready to submit, market it or the envelope FICTION CONTEST. Any submissions not marked for the contest will be considered a regular Highlights submission.
All entries must be postmarked between January 1 and January 31, 2015.
Three winners will recieve a prize of $1,000 or tuition for any Highlights Foundation Founders Workshop. The three winners will be announced on Highlights.com in June 2015 and their entries will be purchased by Highlights. All other entries will also be considered for purchase by Highlights.
For submission address and all rules, visit the Contest web page.
Two different theme-based calls for submissions.
The first is from Appleseeds. As you know, Appleseeds is part of the Cricket group. The magazine is theme based and one of the upcoming themes is still open for submissions. The July/August 2015 issue will be titled Check Mate: Chess and Other Games. This issue isn’t just about the games themselves but also about the people who play, win and make them. The query deadline is 10/1/2014.
Feature articles run from 1 to 4 pages and include nonfiction, interviews and how-tos. There are also a wide range of departments to explore. Here is the list that I got from the guidelines:
- Fun Stuff (games or activities)
- By the Numbers (math activities)
- Where in the World (map activities)
- Your Turn (opportunities for children to take action)
- Experts in Action (short profile of professionals)
- The Artist’s Eye (fine or folk art)
- From the Source (primary sources)
Before you submit to this publication, be sure to read the full guidelines.
The other call is from Pockets magazine which is owned by the Upper Room.
Their first open theme is Hope with a deadline of 09/01/2014. This is an Easter based theme and will focus on how the knowing of a loving God helps us hope in spite of situations that appear hopeless.
The second theme is Family Challenges with a deadline of 10/01/2014. The purpose of this theme is too look at the challenges that families face, including scheduling, siblings, rules and more.
Pockets publishes fiction and nonfiction from 600 to 1000 words. These pieces should deal with situations faced by young readers. Avoid talking animals and objects. Biblically based stories must remain faithful to the Biblical account. Poems should be 20 lines or less and either seasonal or related to the theme.
See their guidelines here. Good luck sending in your work!
If you write hi-lo, check out the new Red Rhino imprint with Saddleback Educational Publishing. Written at the first grade reading level, these books are designed to engage readers in grades 4 to 6. Characters are old enough for the readers to identify with and topics range from science fiction and the paranormal to sports, historical fiction and realistic fiction.
Saddleback’s submission guidelines don’t specific what they want for this particular line, but do include a mailing address. Sadly, this is one of the many publishers that responds only if interested but do check them out if you have something that might fit this new line.


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