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Most lenders will provide an online car loan calculator to help their clients plan their next move. If you are thinking about buying a new vehicle, then these tools will certainly help you make your decisions. Seeing actual numbers provides clarity so you won’t have to stress and wonder. You can play around with the amounts to see the effects until you find the right combination that will make the loan feasible for your current situation. Use different car loan calculators to appreciate the differences between what lenders can offer. Most of them can compute through two approaches.
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This is suitable for those who have specific car models they like. List down their prices and use the numbers to check how much you are likely to pay per month in case the loan pushes through. Consider whether you are comfortably adding that amount to your expenses given all of the other responsibilities that you have. You may want to lower this monthly payment by getting a cheaper car to reduce the loan amount, lengthening the loan term to spread things out, or finding an alternative lender that offers lower interest rates.
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Alumni Movie Club – Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America
Join our virtual community to discuss “movies that matter” connected to social justice, history and social issues. Scroll down for more information. Participation is free! How It Works Berea College created a virtual movie club for students, alumni, faculty and staff. The movie club will connect through a private text-based forum where all participants can […]
Conversations across Differences
Conversations across Differences In response to requests from alumni, Berea College is excited to offer exclusive continuing education for alumni seeking to learn how to engage in conversations with people who might think and act differently. You’re invited to register for Conversations across Differences, which will take place over a four-week period from October 3 to October […]
Berea College 49th Celebration of Traditional Music
Four days of traditional music concerts, jams, worshops, lectures, and dance! Symposium Thursday at Hutchins Library; Workshops Friday/Saturday at Loyal Jones Appalachian Center; jam Friday night at Boone Tavern and throughout the weekend; concerts Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at Gray Auditorium; Kidzone Saturday afternoon at Woods Penn; Dance Saturday night at Woods […]
Alumni Book Club: Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Join our virtual community to connect with fellow Berea College alumni, faculty and staff as we read and discuss various book genres such as lifelong learning, personal growth, novels and other topics. Scroll down for more information. Participation is free! How it Works We have created a virtual book club for alumni, faculty and staff, […]
Come hang out with our labor students every Monday from 5-8 pm for space and support to work on your career development. We know it's tough to find the time to work on your job search, resume, applications, cover letters, and the like so every Monday the coffee maker will be running full steam and […]
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality?Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities?We meet each Thursday at noon in the Fireside Room, Draper Bldg. for conversation, reflection, education and inspiration.A light vegetarian lunch is included.
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Moore Our world stands on the brink of ecological catastrophe. Over hundreds of years, human actions have shaped this developing disaster, made worse by global leaders’ refusals to act, which perpetuates this ecological emergency. In her talk, Rev. Dr. Moore charts a pathway to sustainability and regeneration of our planet, focusing on […]
Learn how you can receive course credit while gaining career-related experience - and how to obtain the funding to make it possible! This session is required for all Summer 2023 interns. Register on BeyondBerea.org/Events Check out our Internship Events & Resources Guide for more internship information. ____________________________________________________________________________ **If you are not able to attend a […]
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room to examine books on, and historic pictures of, quilts and quilt making.
Come sit a spell in our rocking chairs at the Appalachian Center to swap stories with the Berea Storytellers, a local group sponsored by the Folk Circle Association of Berea. All levels of storytellers are welcome, and individuals can come and listen in anytime! No RSVP necessary.

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This is a Throw back Thursday Post. I made this top a while back. My inspiration for this sleeveless cardigan came from the lovely MimiG. She made the same pattern, Butterick 5789, a while back with sleeves. I thought her choice of fabric was fabulous so I headed to Joann fabric where I got this sequence blue fabric and duplicated the look. Since I was traveling to Haiti for Christmas, I made it sleeveless (View C). I paired it with some black random mini skirt that I had in my closet and my sexy black and blue pumps. (Hair by Cyndy Dumay/ Call her for appointments if you are in the Maryland/DC area). Enjoy the pictures!
About the Pattern
I made this a while back and I was definitely a beginner so if you are looking for something easy, this is it! I cut size Small. I didn't make any alterations, I just chose to wear it with a belt to create a special look. I actually used a knit fabric for the neck as suggested by MimiG to avoid the sequence rubbing on my neck. I may sew this again with sleeves this time for the holidays. Stay tuned and Happy Sewing to You!
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On Wednesday, Lisa Perry, forever inspired by art, transformed her Upper East Side shop into a runway with a backdrop made to look like Vir Heroicus Sublimis, one of Barnett Newman’s most recognizable color-field paintings. (It’s currently displayed in Gallery 16 on the fourth floor of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.) “He’s one of my favorite artists ever,” Perry said after the show. “When you walk into the MoMA, it just takes your breath away.”
Perry drew from Newman’s color fields—as well as Jackson Pollock’s paint splatters—to create the collection’s prints. A bright red Newman-esque gown was paired elegantly with matching silk georgette pants, while a boxy quilted top—covered in Pollock-like splashes—was worn with a pair of red Bermuda shorts. A white boilersuit, with painterly red details at the collar and sleeves, was a collection standout.


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* Make sure to read settings of games and understand what they're.
* Try Single player levels first and play with/against AI to grasp the basics.
* Try Quick Matches to see and learn popular maps.
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* Resourceful post: https://www.warzone.com/Forum/168132-strat-guides
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In case you didn’t know, the 2019 Pet Sematary film is getting a prequel – which will come from writer Jeff Buhler.
We examine some of the most successful film franchises that were adapted from books. Read our thoughts inside here!
The Netflix adaptation of Jessica Knoll’s novel Luckiest Girl Alive has added new talent to the mix. Read more inside here!
Criterion Collection Announces October Titles Including Works From Adam Sandler, Humphrey Bogart, Lynne Ramsay & More
The Criterion Collection has announced six new titles to debut on Blu-Ray in October. Get all the details on these exciting additions inside.
A planned sequel to the hit film, L.A. Confidential, was in the works starring Chadwick Boseman but Warner Bros. axed the movie.
James Gunn says before he committed to making The Suicide Squad, WB was really pushing for him to direct the next Superman film.
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will be releasing the joyous musical adaptation “In The Heights” on 4K UHD Blu-Ray this August.
Kurt Russell Thriller ‘Breakdown’ Debuts On Blu-Ray This September As A Part Of The Paramount Presents Line
Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing the fan-favorite thriller “Breakdown” for the first time on Blu-Ray this September.
Kevin Feige says phase 4 of the MCU has a theme and while some stories are concluding, there are new beginnings within those stories.
RLJE Films has announced that they will be releasing “The Water Man” starring David Oyelowo and Rosario Dawson on Blu-Ray this August.
Disney has announced that M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” will be available to own for the first time on 4K UHD Blu-Ray this September.


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CRU forecasts that global demand for steelmaking raw materials will fall month over month (m/m) between mid-January and mid-February.
In Europe, restocking demand for steel is expected to accelerate as we enter 2024. This will support steel margins, which are expected to rise from the current 6% to 8% in April. As this continues to support steel production in the region, raw materials purchases are unlikely to rise further because shipments heading to Europe were already strong over December–January.
The JKT market will resemble Europe with little additional upside on bulk raw materials demand. In India, modeled steel margins turned negative, but domestic demand and exports are expected to improve toward the end of February. Given this, steelmakers will keep hot metal production elevated, supporting demand for raw materials in the country.
The major downward pressure on raw materials demand will come from China, where steel end-use demand will fall toward the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday (Feb. 10–17). The pre-CNY restocking by traders will partly offset weak end-use demand for steel and sustain mill operations. While this supports raw materials consumption, raw materials restocking will slow down. In combination with generally slower business activities during this period, spot demand for bulk raw materials will fall.
The key story in the iron ore market is rising iron ore inventories in China. Lower demand coupled with high inflows of material to the ports is resulting in supply chain stocks ending up at nearly the same level as one year ago. The vessel queue along the Chinese coast is long. That means there will be a high level of offshore inventory that will be offloaded in the coming weeks.
Based on this, we see very little upside to iron ore prices from here. On the supply side, we are in an uncertain period now with more intense weather conditions in Australia and increasing rainfall in Brazil. This will prevent prices from falling too much in the coming months. We expect a steady price development leading up to the CNY holiday.
Metallurgical coke and coal
Weak supply continues to be the key factor holding up metallurgical coal prices. We expect this to change in the coming weeks. Australian shipments have recovered over the past six weeks, while Russian exports are expected to rebound following the removal of the export duty. But an important upside risk to prices has developed because of a potential strike action BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) and the stoppage at Saraji, a big coking coal mine in Australia, due to a fatal accident.
China’s coke and coking coal prices have already fallen this month. This will continue as hot metal production slows in the lead up to the CNY holidays. India’s import pull on metallurgical coal imports will also remain constrained by weak steel margins, high seaborne prices, and strong coke imports – which are undercutting domestic coke. While we do observe an uptick in imports into Europe and Southeast Asia, the real recovery and stronger restocking demand in the ex-China market lies beyond Q1’24.
We expect the Chinese coke export price to remain stable over the coming month as lower demand and inventory build will be balanced by the exit of high-cost merchant coke producers given that modeled margins are extremely poor.
SMU Community Chat – Jan. 24 at 11 am ET
If you want to learn more about iron ore, register for the next SMU Community Chat on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at 11 a.m. ET. CRU principal analyst Erik Hedborg, an expert in iron ore and pellets, will be the guest speaker.
He will first talk about the structure of the global iron ore market. It should be a helpful explainer for those in the EAF-dominated US market who might be more well-versed in scrap. He’ll also discuss recent market trends in both ore and in pellets – as well as provide an outlook for 2024. He’ll take your questions too.
Hedborg previously worked as an analyst in the iron ore industry with special focus on the pellet market and China. He speaks fluent Chinese and holds a MSc from the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden and an MA from the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
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Latest in Raw Material Prices
CRU: Slow unfurling for raw material demand expected
In the period between mid-February and mid-March, CRU forecasts global demand for steelmaking raw materials to change little from the previous month,but buying activity will improve towards the end of next month
CRU: Scrap prices hit by weak demand offsetting tight supply
The CRUmpi declined by 1.7% month over month (m/m) to 325.2 in February, compared to a 4.3% m/m increase in February 2023.
CRU: Iron ore steady amid Chinese holidays
The iron ore market has been largely calm, with China observing the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period, while demand in Europe and JKT has been slow to pick up. Supply has been somewhat weaker, but overall, the price has held steady. Supply from Port Hedland remained unchanged w/w despite Roy Hill having no shipments […]
Miller on raw materials: A pig iron market update
The pig iron market has risen in recent months from the high $390s per metric ton (mt) last fall to $490/mt for Brazilian material and a bit more for Ukrainian product - for an overall average of $495/mt CFR.

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Home Gun Review Unboxing the Ruger SR1911 Gun ReviewHandguns Unboxing the Ruger SR1911 By Robert Farago - May 5, 2011 20 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Email ◀Previous Post Next Post▶ Barrel bushing wrench. ◀Previous Post Next Post▶ RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR .38 Special: What I’ve Learned After Over 20,000 Rounds Langdon Tactical Now Customizing the .32 ACP Beretta Tomcat Smith & Wesson’s Latest Spec Series Kit is the Performance Center M&P9 Metal M2.0 20 COMMENTS I hear there are some cheap guns down there in Mexico… Reply Which are now, apparently, well-lit. Reply 1911s have about half an acre of flat, engravable metal on the sides of the slide. I’m relieved Ruger didn’t ruin it by laser-engraving their entire owner’s manual there. Reply Amen to that. I hate when a gun has a damn billboard on each side of the slide. Reply That made me think of those toy guns where “Bang” drops down from the barrel. I could see someone substituting “Bang” for an advertisement. Though if it subsidized my ammo costs I might look into it… Reply Much like the good folks at Beretta USA did to my Italian Inox? I have a few guns that are dicked up from lawyer-directed engraving but that 92 has me the most pissed about it. Reply Thanks for the review of the box and instruction manual. Reply As Sam says, sarcasm is the tearing of the flesh. Ouch. Reply Mwahaha! Reply Whoa. No way! A bushing wrench? I thought there was no need for such a thing… Reply Well, there is no need for the “UpLula”, the little magazine-loader included with all XD/XDm’s, and similar contraptions – but they sell tons of them and give them away free with millions of pistols. Not needed, but some people use them… Reply Yours didn’t, maybe. My XD45 came with magazines that were shaving sharp all the way around the top of the tube and a monstrous spring. It took several full load-unload cycles before I could get more than ten rounds out of a stated thirteen-round capacity without using the tool, and the mag springs are still stout enough to make #13 a challenge. Reply What is the huge green dot on the left side of the frame in front of the slide stop? Reply The green dot I assume is an inspection “mark” that the factory uses. All of my various Rugers have had one, many w/ a red dot as well. Reply yup..my LC-9 had the green dot too… ..glad I didn’t get the red dot, tho… Reply 3:52 of……yawn…stuff in the box? Come on, show the steel earlier in the film to make me want to stay for the end. Reply I bought one on Saturday and couldn’t be happier with it….except for the ambi safety that I’m going to have added. I’ve been looking for an ‘entry level’ 1911 for months, and i’m glad I waited. This is a great gun, and it’s 100% made in the USA. Win/win. Reply Can’t wait for an all black version. I don’t like shiney guns. Reply Where did you find one? They seem to be out of stock everywhere online. Thanks for the video. Reply Although I sincerely appreciate your time and effort, I think I’d rather try to untangle a spider web than sit through another video like this. There was virtually nothing in your video that I couldn’t have gleaned from Ruger’s website and/or countless blogs. If you decide to do something similar, maybe you could take a few minutes to think about what people may actually want to see/hear and ensure that your lighting/backdrop is suitable. Anyway…….thanks for trying. Reply LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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text: A comprehensive write-up with several case studies of how daylight can be implemented in office buildings in the tropics. The article shows how daylight systems can be designed to provide the building occupants with a pleasant environment lit by diffuse natural light, which is very different from the typical facades where occupants suffer from glare and overheating. Another important issue addressed by the article is daylight responsive general lighting controls and the benefits of task lighting. Several of the case studies, such as the GEO building, ST Diamond building and the KKR2 building, are reference projects of IEN Consultants. Enjoy the read!


In its 11th anniversary year, the Lowdham Book Festival goes from strength to strength. This year’s festival (15 June – 1 July 2010) may be a little smaller than last year’s literary jamboree but still packs in dozens of events with something for everybody with an interest in books and literature.
Among the big names this year are Simon Hughes, the professional cricketer turned author and journalist, the actor Robert Lindsay, and David Silltoe, son of late Nottingham writer Alan Sillitoe who was a great supporter of the Festival.
The programme includes workshops for aspiring writers, readins and performances for younger readers, and plenty of opportunity for social interaction. Full details on the Lowdham Book Festival website, or from The Bookcase in Lowdham.


On a guitar cable what part is positive?
The signal + line is the tip, and it connects to the wire at the core of the cable, ie, the signal wire. The signal - line, or signal return, is connected to the connector ring, and it is internally connected to the cable on the shield, a braided wire that provides a return path for current. In large part due to its geometry, it also provides a partial Faraday shield for the signal, ie, noise filter, by providing an easier current path (a lower frequency-dependent resistance, ie, "lower impedance path") for intruding signals to the amplifier's power supply common return.
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The tip is hot and the sleeve is common. As Re stated, there really isn't a polarity; however, as most guitars have shielding around the components to minimize radio interference, this is connected to common (or "ground", although it's not really ground either - confusing, huh?) which provides better noise rejection.
. As long as the cable is wired tip-to-tip and ring-to-ring, it doesn't care about polarity.
Yea, there really isn't a polarity since the signal is A/C. But the shield on the cable should be connected to the grounding of the guitar and amp.


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Bois Locker Room: Boys Will Be ‘Bois’ If Sex Education Does Not Turn Them Into Men
The 'Bois Locker Room' fiasco in Delhi has laid bare an urgent need for sex education and discourse to be normalised and made mandatory, not just in schools but also in homes. As long as sex is a taboo subject, boys will be bois and girls will never be free to be the women they want to be.
In the early hours of May 4, around 4 am, I was about to fall asleep, when I received a notification from Twitter. Someone on my list had tweeted about #BoisLockerRoom. Intrigued, I decided to take a quick look before I crashed. What I read did not let me sleep for hours after. An Instagram group chat of some 100 South Delhi schoolboys, named ‘Bois Locker Room’ was being exposed, for allegedly sharing explicit photos of underage girls, objectifying their every orifice and acting like the perfect specimen of the rape culture they’re being bred in, in India.
What followed next, and is still going on, is a drill we women are so familiar with, you’d think we live it every day. Oh, but we do. And yet, the sheer audacity of it all made my insides crawl. The girl who had shared screenshots of the group chat and exposed its participants’ Instagram handles had her account hacked.
According to the next few screenshots, the alleged admins of the chat brazenly declared (with the confidence of a C-grade movie villain’s son) that nobody would be able to do anything to them, they would create a new chat with different handles, and they would leak photos of the girls who were speaking out against them to teach them a lesson. There was also a screenshot being circulated of a Snapchat chat where two guys were quite matter-of-factly discussing gang-raping a girl. However, it was eventually revealed that this was from an unrelated incident and falsely interjected into this narrative. Because what is news these days without some tampering.
While all this was happening, the victim shamers, defenders and #NotAllMen activists jumped right into the fray, defending the honour of a population that has never needed it in the first place. They assassinated the characters of the girls who chose to speak up. Their arguments, carefully practiced, rehearsed, and perfected through years of patriarchal upbringing, had quite the range.
1. Why were the girls sending such pictures to the boys in the first place?
2. Boys will be boys.
3. This is how boys talk when girls are not around.
4. The girl who spoke up is just doing this for fame. Look at her photos, she wants the attention.
5. Some boys were just added to the group but not participating. At least don’t ruin their lives by exposing them.
6. Stop generalizing. #NotAllMen are like that.
7. Feminazis need to relax. This is just a bit of harmless fun; we all do it.
8. Rape hua toh nahi na?
9. Why didn’t the boys’ and girls’ parents keep them under control?
10. Woh photos milenge kya?
The last one shouldn’t be surprising at all. There’s a reason a new group chat was created immediately after the first one was exposed (allegedly). There’s a desperation, a need, a powerplay here.
What is shocking is how obsessive these teenage boys could be in the pursuit of their sexual fantasies that they were undeterred even in the face of potential legal action. Instant gratification without the fear of consequences is the motto of our generation, after all.
The final move in this sleazy game of strip chess was made when, in a perfectly timed masterstroke, screenshots were released of something called ‘Girls Locker Room’ and ‘Hot Boy Memes’. These were meant to prove that girls also judged and rated and objectified boys, as bad as the boys did the girls. Some will say the chats were doctored. And if I were to tell you I believed that, the haters will say, the author is biased.
Of course, I wouldn’t back down. I’d retaliate that, no, I am just pointing out that these are diversionary tactics used by men (and even women who support these men) to deviate attention from the main issue, which is that these underage boys have displayed great maturity when they dealt in criminal acts amounting to sexual harassment, child pornography, cyberbullying and intent to rape during these ‘innocent and fun’ chats with their friends.
And again, repeat arguments 1-10 listed above.
Thus, the infinite discourse goes on and on. ‘Feminism’, much like ‘Secularism’ or ‘Liberal’, has been denigrated as a filthy word. If you’re a feminist, you’re angry, biased, leftist, a male-basher, disrespectful of Indian culture, and every gauche thing imaginable. So even if the woman you are defending has an absolutely spotless record, there will always be a way to prove that she might’ve done something to ‘tempt’ or ‘provoke’ such a crime upon her.
So, then, let’s not talk about either the boys or the girls at the centre of the Bois Locker Room fiasco. Let’s not hold either of them in these conversations guilty just yet. They’re ‘just children’ right? How about the finger we’re waiting to point at the true perpetrator be turned and pointed at us, a society drenched in patriarchy that squashes female voice and pleasure with the same vigour as it shuts down any conversation about sex, unless it is between same-age, same-sex peers, behind closed doors, and sleazy? As a society, we’ve normalised ‘locker-room talks’ or ‘boy talks’ as something that just happens behind closed doors, no questions asked. It’s just boys blowing off some steam, we say, letting the doors remain shut on the conversations lest we become privy to those conversations and titillate our own demons.
When it comes to sex, we are all hypocrites. We like to do it. We like to watch it. We encourage it when it is about propagation. But when it comes to talking about it, openly and maturely for pleasure, there’s an obvious hesitation, a shudder, a cringe, even. We’re okay if our children get their sexual education from American frat-boy movies and Bollywood, porn sites, magazines, video games and racy erotica. And let’s be honest, these are not exactly bad things; they’re mostly a rite of passage for adolescents, who’re only just discovering pleasure and romance. The problem arises when we let these be the ONLY guides for sex available to young minds.
These fantastical notions, coupled with the tiptoeing and euphemism around sex talk and Victorian-era notions of female sexuality give these children a mixed message.
Masturbation is a man’s domain; women shouldn’t talk about it. But men love to hear about women who masturbate. When a girl says no, she means yes. If you stalk her but you do it out of love, it is okay. But also, a girl is this delicate flower who’s virtue, and her family’s honour, lie in her vagina. So even if you love her, pre-marital anything is bad. Men enjoy sex and deem it so pleasurable that they want to do it all the time. But a woman’s pleasure doesn’t exist, just like her mythical g-spot. Except if the woman is of ‘questionable’ character, then she is wild in bed and wants it. Oh but wait, a woman must be an enchantress in bed and unleash her sensual side to keep her man enticed enough so he doesn’t rover. And finally, homosexuality is a sin in God’s eye. But a man’s ultimate fantasy is two women making out.
You see this labyrinth? See the problem? Most of the information on sex that emanates from movies, television, shady corners of the Internet and peer groups only drives young boys and girls all over this maze, without leading them to the centre. What’s at this centre? Awareness and education that can teach them to separate sex from gender, facts from fake information, and consent from non-consent, amongst other important distinctions. At this point is equality, respect and most importantly, pleasure. The right kind.
How do we get there? Well, clearly, not by NOT TALKING about it. For adolescents, sex is like the forbidden fruit. The smuggled item. The candy on the shelf that you’re not supposed to eat until you’re explicitly allowed to. Naturally, they’ll try to jump at it the first chance they get. Instead, sex education, which has hitherto been shown the same enthusiasm in India as talking about religion, needs to be normalised.
Now, I am not saying this delectable forbidden fruit be turned into your garden variety lauki ki sabzi. No, that’ll never happen. It is too idealistic to hope that sex becomes nonchalant dinner time conversation between kids and parents. What it can become is a topic that children don’t feel shy or awkward to talk about with their parents. This can only happen if the parents, first, aren’t shy and awkward when talking to their kids in the first place.
With a decent and understanding support system at home, the children are now confident enough to talk about it in school, a place where sex education should become a compulsory part of the curriculum. And no, not in a way where girls and boys are taken to different classrooms, shown a picture of the female and male reproductive system and told to not have sex until they get married. Reproductive systems, menstruation, PCOS, sexual gratification, contraception, fetishes, female pleasure, homosexuality, STDs, gender spectrum, something as basic as good and bad touch, need to be talked about.
Schools need to be equipped or at least have referral programs for sexual guidance counsellors who can educate the youth from a young age. You have to catch them young, yes, because kids these days are maturing faster than you can say ‘old’.
Let’s admit it, it is never going to be possible to monitor your child’s every move. The more technology and security you employ to keep them subdued, the more hacks they’ll find to outsmart you. This is the digital generation that knows more than you do. Ironically, this overpowering over-smartness has been unable to help them differentiate between right and wrong when it comes to a lot of things, including sex.
So you don’t have to prohibit porn or shame them for reading Fifty Shades of Grey. They’re going to do it anyway, and they’ll make sure you never find out they did it. Instead, as a parent or counsellor, or even an adult sibling or peer, what you need to do is teach them that porn is unrealistic and fake, and that BDSM is a fetish which is completely okay to have. Don’t stop them from sexting; instead, educate them about all the privacy controls, precautions, and consequences, so they can make informed decisions. Teach them about male and female pleasure, about how important explicit consent is, and even when that is given, things can be tricky. Don’t repress their sexual needs, instead teach them to channel it correctly. Cultivate in them respect, body positivity and a curiosity to seek the right information from the right sources. Most importantly, assure them that they can come to you, no matter how perverse they think the situation is.
Alas, in India, this is a practice that is going to take undoing years and years of patriarchal moulding which puts men’s pleasure above everything else, and gives them a right to treat women as mere objects for their gratification. When cases like Bois Locker Room pop up, and women muster courage to speak up against it, their voices are stifled and muted. We let these ‘boys’ go scot free or with a rap on the knuckles when they should be given a mixture of punitive and reformative education to truly ensure this doesn’t happen again.
As parents born out of and giving birth to a new generation, we have the chance to rectify the course we as a society are on. But if we, in our arrogance and attitude and denial keep to the same collision course we’ve been on for all these centuries, it is all going to crash and blow up into our faces. Our ‘Bois’ will never be ‘Men’. And our girls will never be the women they fully want to be.
And then when rape, sexual assault, molestation, and eve teasing are reported, we will wonder in all our naïvette, “Yeh kaise ho gaya?”
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Now i did try really, really hard to get just 5 of my favs, i was just going through my pics and adding my favs, i ended up with over 20, oops but i have whittled them down the best i could but there is still more than 5, (cough, mmmmmm 10, shhhh) sorry Debby :D
This was made way back at the beginning of 2012 and i still have this (i think), in one of my big boxes of cards.
I love this beautiful stamp, this was my mums mothers day card this year.
I absolutely love this card and is one i found hard to part with, this one is on display in the Crafty Urchins craft shop in Cheadle.
I had to include this one, as this is a pic of my boyo that i turned into a digi and made into a card fro hubby.
I love the colours on this one and the kaisercraft stamp is beautiful.This one went to a loving home at one of the craft fairs.
Another one that sold at a craft fair, i had people coming back for this one but it had gone.i like the inked edges on this one and gorgeous image.
I love this one, some of my fav colours and my fav flowers too, i had these in my wedding flowers.the stamps are from the wonderful Ruth from a passion for stamps and i still have this in one of my boxes too.
I had a blast making this one for my mum and stepdads wedding anniversary, i just love how this one turned out.
Another of my favs, i love the sunny yellow colours and i was rather pleased with my colouring on this one.i think i have sold this one??? i have 2 huge boxes of cards so can`t be certain.lol
And finally another vintage card, this one went to a lady i have known for years, it was for her daughters birthday.i love the softness of this one.
And there they are all are, apologies for going over the 5 but i really could not cull any more.lol
Thanks so much for popping by, it means a lot.
Catch you all later.


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Thanks to repeated coup-de-tats, Fiji is no longer “the way the world should be’. But this does not mean that we have nothing to offer the modern world, nor that regaining our once proud status is impossible.
On a global scale, Fiji has two rare, precious resources that other countries cannot buy, create, manufacture, or replicate. If plotted on a Bell curve comparing the global availability and quality of these resources, Fiji’s resources fall into the enviable sector reserved for extremely rare and extremely high quality.
These same two resources are both under threat by Fiji’s current illegal regime.
1. The first resource is the genuine friendliness of our people, especially the indigenous Fijians. In other tourist destinations and parts of the world, people display friendliness to foreigners but with alterior motives – they want your business, your custom, your money, your recommendation. Fijians are friendly without agenda or expectation of something in return. It’s just the way we are.
2. The second resource is our natural ecosystems. Nothing, and I mean nothing, in the world today can compare to the untarnished pristine quality of our ecosystem. Governor Gordon’s initiative to declare native land sacrosanct to the taukei showed incredible, fortuitous foresight. Asian, African, Central and South American ecosystems have been thoroughly integrated with their human inhabitants, to varying degrees of devastation from slash-and-burn scorched earth policies to managed forestation, land and marine use.
Both of these resources are under threat from the illegal regime in Fiji.
The hopes, aspirations and institutions of our native people are subjected to daily abuses by the regime, the latest example being their bastardisation of the Lau Provincial Council meeting, using Mugabe-esque tactics to remove competitors of their favoured candidate and preventing legitimate delegates (who have the mandate of their people) entry to the meeting. It is testament to the indomintable nature of the human spirit and the Fijian people that our innate friendliness remains intact. One wonders how long it can remain so under such relentless torrent of abuses.
Our natural resources, precious metals, forests and fishing is being hawked in a Fire Sale by the illegal regime. Indiscriminate logging around Colo-i-Suva show no regard for standard practices of sustainable forest management. Our waters are being overfished by Asian boats, and today’s story alleging funds to help locals enter the fisheries industry were ‘wasted’ shows this regime’s lack of interest in indigenous people competing economically or pulling themselves out of poverty.
In their desperate struggle for money to pay civil service and military wages – to keep themselves in clover – the illegal regime is turning a blind eye to long-term needs of our natural resources and selling off anything for which they can find a buyer. They will sell the baby and the bathwater, and even the goose the lays the golden eggs, for whatever price they can claw.
This illegal regime is desperate.
Don’t let them sell off our children’s future.
We, the people of Fiji, now possess these resources which are precious, which cannot be bought, created, replicated or – once lost – replaced.
This illegal regime must be stopped.
· Write to the international community and conservation NGO’s telling them your grievances against this regime
· Protest against unsustainable logging and fishing practices which are being ratcheted up under this regime
· Use boycotts, strikes and international pressure against the regime whenever possible
· Bring them down!
To those watching ‘Paradise or Bust’ on MAI TV or tribewanted.com, think about Fiji’s two treasures so painstakingly nurtured by the tribewanted virtual community. Watch what Chodo does to try and crush them. And ask yourself – what can I do to protect our national, globally significant and irreplaceable treasures?
God bless Fiji
For satellite image evidence on global ecological devastation, look at http://www.csiro.au/news/ps2t8.html (Great Barrier Reef), http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/03/070327113346.htm (Himalayan glaciers melting), http://www.mongabay.com/nasa_deforestation_imagery.html (Amazon rainforest deforestation), http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=120832 (Mount Kilimanjaro).
Do we want to live to see Fiji added to this list?
I do not accept comments on this blog because I want to direct fruitful discussion to Soli Vakasama, Discombobulated Bubu, Fiji Democracy Now, Intelligentsiya or other pro-democracy bloggers working for freedom in our beautiful land of Fiji.
God bless Fiji

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a virtual summit with his British counterpart Boris Johnson with an aim to further bolster bilateral ties in a range of areas including healthcare and trade, as the UK Prime Minister announced GBP 1 billion worth of UK-India trade and investment.
According to a statement from Johnson’s office, “more than 6,500 new jobs will be created around the UK thanks to the one billion pounds of new UK-India trade and investment announced by the Prime Minister today.”
The package contains over 533 million pounds of new Indian investment into the UK, which is expected to create more than 6,000 jobs in vital and growing sectors such as health and technology, Downing Street said.
This includes a GBP 240 million investment by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in the UK into its vaccine business and a new sales office in the country, expected to generate new business worth over USD 1 billion, it added.
More than 6,500 new jobs will be created around the UK thanks to £1 billion of new UK-India trade and investment.
The two sides are also expected to unveil an ambitious 10-year roadmap to further broaden ties at the end of the summit.
Ahead of the summit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday said the meet will be an important opportunity to elevate the multi-faceted strategic ties and enhance cooperation on regional and global issues of mutual interest.
“A comprehensive roadmap 2030 will be launched during the summit, which will pave the way for further expanding and deepening India-UK cooperation over the next decade across five key areas,” the MEA had said.
Johnson was scheduled to visit India late last month. But days before the visit, he called it off in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
In January too, Johnson’s planned trip to India to participate in the Republic Day parade as the chief guest was cancelled following a surge in COVID-19 infections in the UK.
Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and British Home Secretary Priti Paten signed a migration and mobility partnership agreement.
Jaishankar is currently on a four-day visit to the UK to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of G7 countries.
“A fruitful meeting this morning with Home Secretary @pritipatel. Signed the Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement that would facilitate legal travel and encourage talent flows. The living bridge between India andthe UK will get stronger as a result,” he tweeted.
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Oulu Lasaretinsaari invitational Architecture competition
UKI Arkkitehdit Oy was one of the three participants invited to the architectural competition arranged by the City of Oulu, the Organisation for Respiratory Health in Finland and Rakennusteho Group Oy. The goal was to find a basic proposal for the infill development and town plan change of Lasaretinsaari in Oulu. The competition was implemented in compliance with the SAFA competition rules.
The goal of the design competition was to find a solution which would consider the starting points and characteristics of the historical and nationally significant constructed cultural environment (RKY 2009) of the river Oulu estuary, and develop the area to a more diverse use for its current functionality and high-grade habitation through infill development. The proposal was expected to represent high townscape, architectural, functional and residential values. The total permitted building volume was specified at about 13,000 m2.
Lasaretinsaari is distinctive in the townscape of the buildings in the area. Seen from the direction of river Oulu, the area is a harmonious whole, detached from the landscape, and this was also the basis of the UKI Arkkitehdit proposal. The infill development design of the valuable cultural history of Lasaretinsaari respected the old buildings and gave them room. The hill-shaped composition reflected on the surface of river Oulu was complemented by new buildings with confidence and serenity.
The competition area was bounded by a large and verdant public town park. The constructed environment and the park merged gradually in our proposal. The vegetation rose from the park to the green decks of parking spaces and the garden rooms of high-rise apartments. The high, vertical windows of the apartments opened to many directions and provided views to the river, park and courtyards. Townhouse in the western block offered loft apartments, where the floor plan could be modified to the wishes of the resident.
The competition results published on August 16th 2017 awarded the ARK-house arkkitehdit Oy from Helsinki. The UKI Arkkitehdit proposal was commended for complementing the area peacefully and harmoniously, planning green spaces in harmony with the surroundings, and designing diverse residential solutions to benefit from the special character of the area.


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It's nice to see you back on towertalk. I did a lot of modeling when I
built my P40A 20m 36' boom antenna and I decided to go with four elements.
I wanted less windload and weight. The four element had the same gain as
the five and the SWR is flat across the entire band. The only benefit that
I saw to going with a five element was improved F/B, which was not a concern
for me. Many are now using the OWA designs which use a lot of elements and
have a 50 ohm impedance. I guess this eliminates any hairpin match losses
(whatever they are), but in my modeling I have not seen the advantage to
having all of this aluminum in the air.
John KK9A / P40A
Subject: [TowerTalk] Yagiis
From: "Tom Rauch" <email@example.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <firstname.lastname@example.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:26:20 -0400
What's the latest thought on Yagi antennas? Is the old work
by Lawson on Yagis still considered accurate so far as boom
length, number of elements, and gain?
Or is there some newer information that casts doubt on his
I'm going to play with some 34 foot boom 20 meter antennas.
They were originally 5 elements but it looks to me like I
might as well throw one element in the dumpster.
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Bothwell Legion Meat Draw
Help support the people who support our kids. On November 18th @ 5pm the Bothwell Legion will be having a meat draw. We are not looking for volunteers, we just want to encourage people to show our support in the community. There is always the added bonus of winning a delicious meat filled tray too!!!


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Ah, macarons ... dainty, airy, and the perfect size for a tiny indulgence, they're one of life's most delicious little treats. These colorful mini-cakes have become the darling dessert of Instagram, and they're an undeniably precious crowd-pleasing treat. If you've ever wondered whether you could make your own macarons at home, we've got some pretty sweet news for you: It's easier than you might think.
We chatted with our Associate Director of SEO and resident macaron-making expert, Erin Henry, who recommends using a classic vanilla macaron recipe (she uses one from Bouchon Bakery) and a tasty buttercream frosting recipe (Erin especially likes one from Martha Stewart). She also gave us some super helpful insider tips for how to pull off a masterful DIY batch of macarons.
So, channel your inner Parisian and get ready to impress the culottes off all of your friends with your très chic dessert spread. Here's how to make macarons at home.
Note: We've listed ingredients you can easily shop online, but perishables and produce we recommend buying in stores.
For the Frosting:
Erin loves this simple and easy-to-follow Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting recipe from Martha Stewart's Cupcakes. If you're looking to tint your frosting different colors, Erin recommends adding Wilton's Food Coloring Gel using a toothpick to slowly build up your desired hue.
- 5 large egg whites
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons, room temperature
- 1½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1. Combine egg whites, sugar, and salt in the heatproof bowl of a standing mixer set over a pan of simmering water. Whisk constantly by hand until mixture is warm to the touch and sugar has dissolved. The mixture should feel completely smooth when rubbed between your fingertips.
2. Attach the bowl to the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Starting on low and gradually increasing to medium-high speed, whisk until stiff (but not dry) peaks form.* Continue mixing until the mixture is fluffy and glossy, and completely cool (test by touching the bottom of the bowl, about 10 minutes).
* Tip: Not sure if your peaks have formed properly? Erin recommends this helpful visual from The Kitchn as a baking tool.
3. With mixer on medium-low speed, add the butter a few tablespoons at a time, mixing well after each addition. Once all butter has been added, whisk in vanilla. Switch to the paddle attachment, and continue beating on low speed until all air bubbles are eliminated, about 2 minutes. Scrape down sides of the bowl with a flexible spatula, and continue beating until the frosting is completely smooth.
4. Keep buttercream at room temperature if using the same day. If not, transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate up to 3 days or freeze up to 1 month. Before using, bring to room temperature and beat with a paddle attachment on low speed until smooth again, about 5 minutes.
5. To tint buttercream, reserve some for toning down the color, if necessary. Add gel-paste food coloring, a drop at a time (or use the toothpick or skewer to add food coloring a dab at a time) to the remaining buttercream. You can use a single shade of food coloring, or experiment by mixing two or more. Blend after each addition with the mixer (use a paddle attachment) or a flexible spatula, until desired shade is achieved. Avoid adding too much food coloring too soon, as the hue will intensify with continued stirring. If necessary, you can tone down the shade by mixing in some reserved un-tinted buttercream.
Recipe courtesy of Martha Stewart's Cupcakes.
For the Macarons:
Erin swears by this classic Vanilla Macaron recipe from Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel's Bouchon Bakery Cookbook. She also recommends baking in a convection oven if possible for a more consistent texture. Though the Bouchon recipe calls for a traditional French buttercream, Erin prefers a Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting (see above for that recipe).
- 1¾ cups + 2½ tablespoons (212 grams) almond flour/meal
- 1¾ cups + 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons (212 grams) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup +1½ tablespoons (82 grams) egg whites
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons (90 grams) egg whites
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 cup + 3 tablespoons (236 grams) granulated sugar, plus a pinch for the egg whites
- ⅔ cup (158 grams) water
- Thermapen or other candy thermometer
- Pastry bag with a ½-inch plain tip
- Pastry bag with a ⅜-inch plain tip
- Convection oven if possible
- Kitchen scale*
* Tip: Erin strongly recommends using a kitchen scale and going by weight, not volume.
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (convection) or 400°F (standard).
2. Lay a sheet of parchment paper on the work surface with a long side closest to you. Trace four evenly spaced 2¼-inch circles along the top long edge, leaving one inch of space around them.* Trace three circles below them, spacing them between the first circles. Continue with another row of four, followed by another row of three. Turn the parchment and spray the underside with nonstick spray to keep it from blowing up while the cookies are baking. Repeat with a second sheet pan and piece of parchment paper.
*Tip: Because the cookies will be sandwiches, it is important that they be as close in size as possible. Even if you are proficient with a pastry bag, we suggest making a template. Use a compass or a cookie cutter as a guide and a dark marking pen, such as a fine-tip Sharpie.
3. Place the almond flour in a food processor and pulse to grind it as fine as possible. Sift the almond flour and powdered sugar into a large bowl and whisk together.
4. Mound the almond flour mixture, then make a 4-inch well in the center, leaving a layer of the flour at the bottom. Pour in the ¼ cup +1½ tablespoons (82 grams) egg whites, and combine with a spatula. Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and add them to the mixture, stirring until evenly distributed. Set aside.*
* Tip: "At this point, it should be the texture of a thick paste, but it'll smell amazing!" Erin told us.
5. Place the remaining ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons (90 grams) egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Combine the 1 cup + 3 tablespoons (236 grams) granulated sugar and the water in a small saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until the syrup reaches 203°F.
6. Letting the syrup continue to cook, add the pinch of sugar to the egg whites, turn the mixer to medium speed, and whip to soft peaks. If the whites reach soft peaks before the syrup reaches 248°F, reduce the speed to the lowest setting, just to keep them moving.
7. When the syrup reaches 248°F, remove the pan from the heat. Turn the mixer to medium-low speed, and slowly add the syrup, pouring it between the side of the bowl and the whisk; the meringue will deflate. Increase the speed to medium and whip for 5 minutes, or until the whites hold stiff, glossy peaks. Although the bowl will still be warm to the touch, the meringue should have cooled; if not, continue to whip until it's cool.
8. Fold one-third of the meringue into the almond mixture, then continue adding the whites a little at a time until when you fold a portion of the batter over on itself, the "ribbon" slowly moves. The mixture shouldn't be so stiff that it holds its shape without moving at all, but it shouldn't be so loose that it dissolves into itself and does not maintain the ribbon; it's better for the mixture to be slightly stiff than too loose.*
* Tip: Not sure about your consistency? Erin recommends this YouTube tutorial for guidance.
9. Transfer the mixture to the pastry bag with the ½-inch tip.
Hold the bag upright, a ½ inch above the center of one of the traced circles, and pipe out enough mixture to fill in the circle. Lift away the sheet pan and tap the bottom of the pan to spread the batter evenly and smooth any peaks left by the bag.*
* Tip: This recipe doesn't call for resting the cookies before baking, but you should! You want the cookies to be dry to the touch — not tacky. Erin recommends this helpful video for guidance.
10. If using a convection oven, bake for 8-10 minutes, until the tops are shiny and crisp. If using a standard oven, place the sheet pan in the oven, immediately lower the oven temperature to 325°F, and bake for 9-12 minutes, until the tops are shiny and crisp. Set the pan on a cooling rack and cool completely. If using a standard oven, preheat it to 350°F again.
11. Pipe the remaining meringue mixture into the circles on the second sheet pan and bake as directed above.* Let cool completely.
* Tip: "Don't overfill the cookies! I would err on the side of less filling, not more," Erin advised. "You will have buttercream leftover."
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Plans have been lodged with Edinburgh Council to transform a city centre dry cleaners with a very Royal history into a chic new cafe.
Kleen Cleaners on St Mary's Street, just a stone's throw from the Royal Mile, was just one of two dry cleaners in the whole UK which held royal warrant awarded by HM The Queen – Master of the Household.
However, the small dry cleaning shop also shot to fame following its closure in 2017, when a 150-year-old wedding dress belonging to a new bride went missing from it.
The heirloom wedding dress that was lost after the Edinburgh business went bust was fortunately located after a massive media appeal to help the East Lothian woman to whom it belonged.
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The dress was sent to be dry cleaned in September but the shop shut in October and was eventually found 'in a crumpled heap' in the closed shop.
Now, in plans submitted on Edinburgh Council's planning portal, the dry cleaners with a colourful history could soon become a new cafe for the area.
According to an application form, the hope is to transform the existing dry cleaners into a 'coffee and sandwich premises with limited cooking'.
If successful, cooking at the venue will be limited to 'microwaves, soup tureen and baked potato oven' and the restaurant itself will sit 28 people.
To view the plans and leave comment, visit the council's planning portal here.


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Another sustainability elective I chose was Introduction to Sustainable Engineering. This course dives into the current state of sustainable development and how to design engineering systems for a changing world. We talked about the IPAT equation and its ability to measure environmental impact. It stands for Impact = Population x Affluence X Technology, showing how technology can be used can either help or hurt sustainable development. In discussing this we looked at hard and soft pathways to sustainability. Hard pathways include large centralized systems like power plants to serve more people whereas soft pathways are more localized systems like windmills and solar panels. This course provided a great background in planning for a rapidly changing future. We looked at real world soolutions to sustianability problems alongg with social, economical and environmental implicaitons behind them. This inspired me to seek a future career that can help advance new ideas in sustianble development this could be through engineering infrastructure, generating life cycle assessments or anything else!
One of the most interesting and memorable aspects of this course was our final research project. My area of focus was atmospheric carbon dioxide. I researched the agricultural system and its ability to naturally sequester carbon. As an engineer, we often look toward technological advancement to solve problems. However, I wanted to assess whether or not that was entirely the right route when looking to lower carbon dioxide levels. I looked at different farming techniques that can capture carbon and its success and economic and social feasibility. One method I discussed was carbon farming and regenerative grazing. “Regenerative agriculture” also refers to these carbon capturing techniques both with crop production and livestock grazing. A study of White Oak Pastures in Georgia integrated regenerative grazing methods in their beef production where cattle graze and cover enough land that it can rest and recover, strengthening its root structure over time before the cattle return to it. A Life Cycle Assessment was performed on their farm and it showed that net emission levels not only lowered compared to conventional practices, more carbon was stored than emitted. For my presentation I generated a diagram showing the cycle of regenerative grazing shown below.

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PURPOSE. Retinoschisin (RS) is a retina-specific, secreted protein implicated in X-linked juvenile retinoschisis and essential for the structural and functional integrity of the retina. This biochemical characterization and ultrastructural localization of RS in intact murine retina was performed to further understanding of the molecular basis of its function. METHODS. Subcellular fractions and fractions enriched in photoreceptor inner and outer segments were prepared from mouse retina by differential or density gradient ultracentrifugation. Immunoblot analysis was used to assess the expression of RS in various subcellular compartments and its fractionation into soluble phase on treatment of retinal cell membranes with several solubilizing reagents. RS-lipid interactions were evaluated by a protein-lipid overlay assay that used wild-type and mutant forms of RS discoidin domain glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins. The subcellular localization of RS in mouse retina was visualized by pre-embedding immunogold electron microscopy. Ultrastructure was evaluated by transmission electron microscopy. RESULTS. RS was intimately associated with cell membranes of the retina. It was found to cluster on the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane of the photoreceptor inner segments, which synthesize and secrete it. It was released from the membrane at high pH, which is characteristic of a peripheral membrane protein. It was extracted from the membrane by the nonionic detergent NP-40, together with glycerophospholipids. Protein-lipid overlay assays indicated a preferential interaction between RS and anioic phospholipids. Extraction of RS from the membrane was inhibited by divalent cations. Photoreceptor inner segment morphology was markedly affected in RS-/y mice, which failed to express RS protein. CONCLUSIONS. RS in intact retina is a peripheral membrane protein. Although distributed over the two membrane faces, RS is associated primarily with the outer leaflet of the inner segment plasma membrane through anionic phospholipids and divalent cations. RS's localization in photoreceptors and its biochemical properties suggest a functional role locally, at the site of secretion and membrane adhesion, in maintaining the photoreceptor inner segment stability and architecture.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sensory Systems
- Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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Due to noise from the construction at the courthouse, most Circuit Court hearings will be held via Zoom for at least the next 30 days, with the exception of criminal sentencings and jury trials which will continue to be conducted in person.
Spectators will not be allowed in the courtroom for any hearing. All hearings will be available to view on our Hillsdale Circuit Court YouTube channel and will only be accessible while the hearing is taking place.
Parties or attorneys of a case can request for their hearing to be held in person, but special arrangements prior to the hearing date must be made by contacting the Circuit Court at 517-437-4321. Any request for an in person hearing may result in an adjournment of the hearing if the Probate Court or District Court courtrooms are not available to conduct the hearing at the scheduled date and time.
Thank you for your patience and understanding during this time.

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Who is the regional director of DSWD Region 10?
Director Mari-Flor Dollaga
“We are very grateful to our partner agencies DILG, DND, especially DSWD 10, through Director Mari-Flor Dollaga who quickly responded to the needs of the people affected by the previous ECQ…”
Who is the current regional director of DSWD FO VI?
Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre
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How do I email a DSWD?
(https://www.dswd.gov.ph/feedback/), email [email protected], or call (632) 931-8101 to 07.
What is the organizational structure of DSWD?
It shall be headed by the Undersecretary Secretary for Disaster Response Management, assisted by the Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management, and shall include the Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) and the National Resource and Logistics Management Bureau (Nrlmb).
Who is the regional director of DSWD Region 7?
Rebecca P. Geamala
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Who is the DSWD regional director of Region 5?
Leo L. Quintilla
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Mary Ann Masculino
Mary Ann Masculino, DSWD regional program coordinator for the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), said on Thursday that the LAG was developed when the Bayanihan Act I was enacted and is one of the social amelioration program (SAP) interventions of the department.
What is the contact person of DSWD?
DSWD, this time, set up text a hotline with the number 0918-912-2813 and an e-mail address, sapgrievance[email protected], so the public can easily reach out to the agency.
Who can I contact in DSWD?
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has set up its new text hotline, 0918-912-2813, and the e-mail address, [email protected], to ensure that the snowballing public concerns on the implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) will be heard and fully addressed.
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If I wanted to go on a supported cycle in Vietnam for 2 or 3 days, where would be a good place to start/end? It would be good to see the countryside, some of the more rural areas, be off the main roads and somewhere relatively flat.
I don't know about 'supported trips' but I did many day trips by bike in Vietnam. One I really enjoyed was around Ninh Binh in North Vietnam, two and a half hours by bus south of Hanoi.
We based ourselves in Ninh Binh and rented bikes to explore the surrounding sites:
- Tam Coc, beautiful limestone cliffs surrounded by rice paddies.
- Trang An Grottoes
- Cuc Phuong National Park
- Some nice temples a little further south which I can't recall the name of.
The area is flat and rural and just cycling around in the countryside was a lot of fun.
This link on Lonely Planet provides a cycling specialty group in VietNam (one of my favorite places). It might be worth calling or emailing them to see/hear their recommendations. It used to be rather difficult to travel freely in-country. Peter's method of basing yourself in one place seems quite practical.
If you are going up north, think about going out to HaLong Bay. It's amazing. If you go out on a boat tour, don't go on a large boat. too impersonal and staged.

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We are again hearing more rumors that 2015 will be the year when slim consoles are introduced by Microsoft and Sony. Now, some additional details have turned up, suggesting that Microsoft has already finished production on a Xbox One Slim that will arrive next year and be cheaper than the current model.
Don’t forget that this is coming off the back of a recent announcement by Microsoft, which issued a Xbox One price cut to just $349.99 over the Holiday season – thus making it now cheaper than the Sony PS4 which remains on $399.
This week, the rumors have come from a very revealing LinkedIN account, in which a certain Daniel McConnell, employee of AMD has apparently slipped up on some juicy information.
They include listings for work completion on not one Xbox One model, but two which will feature smaller 20nm technology. Take a look at the listing below in full:
“Successfully planned and executed the first APU for Microsoft’s XBOX One Game Console in 28nm technology and a cost-reduced derivative in 20nm technology.”
There’s also more further down on his profile:
“Assembled and grew two cross-site execution teams for 2 successive XBOX APU revisions. This included developing key technical leads into senior positions allowing for successful execution and future team expansion to handle more SOCs.”
While Microsoft are obviously remaining silent with regards to this information, it should be noted that the profile in question has already disappeared from LinkedIN.
An Xbox One Slim console in 2015 with a 20nm processor, compared to 28mn on the current model is now looking like a safe prospect – surprising though that Microsoft has reportedly started work so early.
As a result, don’t be surprised if Sony are also working on a Slim PS4 model in 2015 too, as they wouldn’t want to be left behind during Holiday 2015, especially if Microsoft is planning another price cut.
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Night of the Foal
The New Riders of the Purple Sage
Perfect Bound Softcover
Sage Sweetwater re-kindles the spirit of the Old West in her lesbian poetry, blending elements into contemporary settings. Her audience passes through a peeled-pine-log entrance to her pulp fiction gallery, a collection of lesbian erotica, giving lesbian sexuality the natural feel of nature and wood; whiskey bent, conjuring up brothels, tipis, stagecoaches, and spiritual elements of Earth and Sky, invigorating scenes which explore women’s history. Sage Sweetwater quills a new generation of pilgrim lesbians. Her commitment to literary excellence and accuracy is defended. The quality of Sage Sweetwater’s work resides on Authors Den where it is showcased, which has withstood screening, critique, rejection, scandal, and controversy. Success is the best motivation. Sage Sweetwater has written many volumes, and what she has got in return are the fans, a faithful readership who knows Sage Sweetwater lays out a good storyline and opening hook, stanzas and paragraphs that maintain reader interest. Sage Sweetwater thanks the pulp heroes who created the pulp genre.
Sage Sweetwater's story
is bigger than the limited
4 X 6" sheet of paper stuffed
in a small aluminum canister carried
off by the pigeon to deliver to those
who have stayed with her, blow blow
the pigeon can make the
journey in less than twelve
hours, her stories receive front
page billing, "special" sent by
carrier pigeon from the Wet Mountains,
sitting high on
the withers, outlaw
influence modifies her
saddle, her "wanted" groin
swells on the front, a cantle
of vagina height, cruises it up
to the saddle horn, orgasmic, her
vertical smiles, knees bent, in
contact with her sexuality, strongly
built, outstanding stamina and horse
sense, the Judas reaches back to the
sixteenth century for the rewards of
the spirit, no tolerance for fixed
It is the Night of the Foal 2009. The New Riders of the Purple Sage glorify the frontier years of the American West—reminiscent of the years of the brothel—1800s—following collectively the years of Jett Durango and how she came to be—the creation of a lesbian dime store novelist.
Silver inlaid zodiac skirts on her stirrups poured fire to her desire. Jett Durango was saddled upon the wind, her firebrand breath slipped under another woman’s black cape. Passion branded the woman’s scalding hot flesh, the reins soaked in her hands. Jett Durango’s sledgehammer struck blows against the metal. With her spike bar, she pried out a rail from the track. She would stop the train to get the Colt Revolvers, the disguised preachers.
The preachers saw her moccasin eyelets from the train windows; branded Jett Durango as an outlaw of God. The train wheels locked. Grinding and squealing, the metal sparks exploded. They danced in the air like witch’s fireflies. Jett Durango was the creation of a dime novelist. The flames glowed from the firebox. Branding the land with the devil’s coals, Jett Durango saved the bibles. She pulled them out with a grappling hook that dallied from the rope on her saddle horn.
The collection plate money burned. The strong boxes melted. The preachers’ charred keys were at the end of the line. With the second-ago selective memory, like the train leaping from the track, Jett Durango leaped from her saddle, fucking the woman, slamming to earth, grinding deep trenches into the soil. It was screaming passion of one of the boldest ambushes of religious lies Jett Durango had been called upon to chronicle. There were no bodies. No twisted metal. No blood of Christ deceivers.
The telegraph repairman found only an empty whiskey bottle and Jett Durango’s woman’s black cape hanging from the telegraph cross. The newspaper reported it as the boldest lesbian tryst hot enough to stop a train.
The preachers’ last breaths were accompanied by the banshee; the charred black train, those in their invisible coffins, Jett Durango’s grimoire opened, her horse in saddle. She banished dirty money. She cleansed the trainwreck from the preachers’ bane white collars laundering deception and spreading brainwashing religious propaganda on the devil’s rail.
& n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b sp; Sage Sweetwater is the name of C o l o r ado firebrand lesbian novelist, storyteller, poet, and songwriter. Sage Sweetwater is the lesbian equivalent to Louis L'Amour, master storyteller of the American frontier.
& n bsp; Sage Sweetwater has published five lesbian pulp fiction dime-store novels with AuthorHouse, THE BUCKSKIN SKIRT OAR TRAVELER and FROM THE CONVENT TO THE RAWHIDE: THE SAGA OF SADIE CADE AND VI < S T R O N G > M O N T A N A < / S T R O NG>. Sage released BLUE CORN WOMAN in December 2007 and DOMINGA RIO OF CUERO in March 2009, adapted to screen. NIGHT OF THE FOAL: THE NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE summmer of 2009. Her FOUR CORNERS SERIES stories are the flagship of STONE CREEK WOMAN, a medicine camp in Colorado's Western frontier. Stone Creek Woman leads other women across C o l o r ado's western frontier to get themselves back into the primal element of life in an undiluted, natural environment.
& n bsp; Sage Sweetwater goes beyond the conventional and breaks through the door to a more imaginative property. She converts obstacles into opportunities, innovative and operating within her audience's understanding. She knows what strengths she can count on when under fire. Sage Sweetwater is a pathfinder, blessed with being born gifted and with a natural insulation, registering in the upper bracket of talent and well-being, doing something worthwhile in her culture, focusing on her inner achievements as well as her outer attainments. Her process of writing is finding alternative paths through the maze of life.
& n b s p ; & n b s p ; & n b sp; Sage Sweetwater stories are intentionally written for the movies, making sure her characters and plots are visual and translate well on screen. Sage Sweetwater's lesbian Western pulp fiction dime-store novel FROM THE CONVENT TO THE RAWHIDE: THE SAGA OF SADIE CADE AND VI < S T R O N G > M O N T A N A < / S T R O NG> published by AuthorHouse has been adapted to screen to be a film.
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Sodium phosphate p32 Side Effects
Applies to sodium phosphate p32: intravenous solution
Along with its needed effects, sodium phosphate p32 may cause some unwanted effects. When sodium phosphate P 32 is used at recommended doses, side effects usually are rare. However, blood problems, such as anemia or a decrease in the number of white blood cells, may occur in some patients.
Also, the following side effects may occur in patients with bone cancer receiving sodium phosphate P 32 for the relief of bone pain:
- Diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting
Some side effects may not be reported. You may report them to the FDA.

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Singer KozyG revealed he would be greasing his Birthday Anniversary celebration with the release of a fresh single.
According to the Ebonyi State born Moses Onyedikachi Izuchukwu whose last single ‘Ajebo Baby’ came last year, the new single ‘End of the matter’ will be released on March 2, 2015 which is also his birthday Anniversary.
KozyG emerged years back as an artiste to watch and has risen to the level where he is known as one of the best singers in the South-East Zone of Nigeria and at this level, his quality has earned him nominations for awards as well as those he has won.
Speaking on why he had to release the single on his birthday, KozyG said he would not be the first doing it and just like others would say, the song would be a gift from him to his fans around the country.
“I could have chosen sometimes in February but I decided to wait till my birthday. I would appreciate it so much if I have something for the fans to balance whatever love they would be showing me that day” he said.
On whether he would be marking his birthday Anniversary with a party, he said “A party is something I am not sure of for now, but if I decide to celebrate, I will love to do it with my family because I have really been away from them for some times. It will be a wonderful time to have fun with my parents and siblings. We can recreate the old moments we used to have way back as kids and I believe it will be so much fun for us”
Should KozyG opt for celebration with his family, he will be having another known artiste, Floxy in the house. Floxy whose real names are Chinwendu Florence Izuchukwu is KozyG’s younger sister with whom he released a duet titled ‘Crisis’ only last year.
He urged his fans everywhere to join hands with him on his birthday to see that the release of ‘End of the matter’ on March 2, 2015, becomes a success.