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- Consultation charges are the prime cost that you may rise up the IVF treatment in Konark up to Rs. 500 to Rs. 1500.
- The cost can rise up due to the number of IVF cycle, the age of woman, the infertility issue and the infertility period.
- The main factor contributing the cost is the laboratory charges. The entire IVF process is treated in the glass which is why it is costly.
- Sometimes, the couples can have baby only with IUI and ICSI without jumping to the IVF treatment. This ultimately decrease the overall cost of the treatment.
- The important factors like egg donors, surrogacy, sperm donors can increase the overall cost of your IVF treatment up to Rs. 60,000.
- In case you want to freeze your eggs for future, then this might add into the overall IVF cost.
- The TESA which is commonly known as Testicular Sperm Aspiration may add more Rs. 12,000 to Rs. 18,000 in your procedure.
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Different fertility treatments can have different costs in Konark. Below are the complete details of different infertility treatment and how much they cost you.
IUI Treatment Cost
Most of the doctors advice to select IUI which is known as Intrauterine insemination for most of the couples. The IUI process is less invasive that is why it is very economical. It does not require any local or general anesthesia as it can be done in short period of time. In location, the cost of IUI treatment can be up to Rs. 9000. There will be a further addition in your cost between Rs. 8000 to Rs. 10,000 if you select the donor sperm.
ICSI treatment cost
The ICSI I.e. intracytoplasmic sperm injection is the most crucial step in the IVF. In the laboratory, the single sperm is injected into the egg with the help of the hollow needle and is kept until fertilization. Any other infertility treatments cannot provide such a higher rate of pregnancy than ICSI. The cost of IVF treatment in Konark along with ICSI in expensive when it is compared to other methods of treating infertility. The minimum expense of IVF treatment along with ICSI, lab charges, drugs and scans is Rs. 120,000 which can rise up to Rs. 150,000. The overall cost of the IVF treatment including the Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection might increase due to the contribution of sperm donors. Then the additional cost can vary between 1Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 170,000.
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In the FET, the frozen embryo which is obtained from the previous IVF cycle is transferred to the uterus. Thus, the overall cost of the FET is very low in comparison to the whole IVF treatment. For Konark, the maximum cost of the FET is Rs. 40,000.
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In this procedure, another woman has to carry your child till his birth. It is quite expensive as you need to hire a healthy female to carry your child. The IVF treatment cost including surrogacy can rise up to 900,000 depending on the surrogate mother and her health conditions.
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The couples can select different types of IVF treatment packages in Konark based on their infertility issue as well as their requirements. These various packages provide different treatments and different fertility services and prices. The clinics offer up to three best IVF packages which provides three types of treatments including the basic treatment, the advanced treatment and the treatment with additional facilities. Here are the brief descriptions for all the three IVF treatment packages.
Basic IVF treatment package
The basic package offers only one IVF cycle which also does not include any additional treatment and charge. The nominal amount for this IVF treatment for infertile couple is around Rs. 200,000. Further, this the IVF price in Konark to other cities and from one IVF center to another. This basic treatment package does not include any other treatment or donor sperm or eggs. You have to spend extra amount for getting the help from sperm and eggs donor. Based on your infertility issue, you need to consult with your fertility expert for the right package.
Advanced IVF treatment package
The advanced treatment package includes the services of sperm donor and eggs donor. Based on the infertility issue, this advanced treatment package can be selected. The service in this advanced treatment package is quite different than the basic page but the couple can get this service at the minimum spending of Rs. 220,000.
Additional IVF Treatment Package
These additional IVF treatments make the process easy and increase the success rate. Also, these packs are designed to meet the couples' unique requirements. These additional packages will includes advanced services of tube reversal, pre-implantation genetic disorder, freezing of embryo and many others.
Sperm donor
There are different methods to treat male infertility, but in this method donor sperm is used. The sperm is then fertilized in the laboratory along with eggs. The additional treatment also includes the payment of Rs. 20,000 to the sperm donor and this will enhance the IVF treatment cost in Konark along with Rs. 220,000. For taking the benefit of sperm donors, you need to ask your IVF specialist. The couples can avail this service to increase the success rate of the IVF treatment if the male is suffering from low count of sperms, poor quality of sperms as well sperms failed to penetrate the eggs.
Egg donor
It is necessary to have a healthy egg for the IVF treatment. When the female partner failed to provide healthy eggs, it can be retrieved with the help of the donor. In order to get healthy eggs, there needs a surgical attention and good medical treatment. The couples have to pay up to Rs. 100,000 to the donors and for the process of getting the healthy eggs for the fertilization. The IVF treatment cost along with egg donor can rise up to Rs. 300,000. This cost includes the payment of Rs. 100,000 for the egg donors for providing healthy eggs.
Tube Reversal
In the tube reversal process, the fallopian tubes are cut and put back together which might pregnant the woman naturally. This process is ideal for tubes which are burned out or blocked. In this process, the surgeon makes a small incision in the lower abdomen to access the tubes. Then with the help of small suture and microscope the tubes are reattached. This operation takes around 3 hours and the successful pregnancy rate can range from 50 to 70 percent in woman who are under 40 years. The overall cost of tube reversal can be around Rs. 300,000.
Testicular sperm Aspiration is done to treat male infertility. It is a surgical method to retrieve sperms form men who are suffering from low sperm count or are linked to other infertility issues. TESA is generally available in IVF centers which offer sperm aspiration treatment to the male partner. The overall cost of the TESA along with IVF rate in Konark can be around Rs. 51,000 which also includes surgeon's fee and other on-site facilities.
Before transferring the frozen embryo from the vitro, this process can be done in the laboratory. The process is important to recognize any genetic disorder in baby. There are many couples that are recommended by the IVF specialist to go for this treatment in order to prevent genetic disorder in their child. The average cost of the process will be around Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000.
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Before we get into today's piece, I want to sincerely and humbly thank everyone for their kind words yesterday. The ONE-THOUSANDTH DAILY DISCUSSION was one I've been kind of sweating over for the past few weeks.
I mentioning in the extra-rambly post-ramble yesterday that we (err, I) have a habit of kinda romanticizing these milestones... and, I dunno, attempt to project their importance onto the reader? This usually leads to disappointment... because, honestly... the reality is, it's just a comics blog... discussing a niche of a niche of the hobby.
Yesterday though, I received so many kind and thoughtful words... I'd say it "made my day", but it's more than that. It made this entire "journey" worthwhile. So again, thank you all. I was truly touched... almost embarrassingly "need to compose myself" so.
Now... another thing I said yesterday... I've got an addictive personality, which doesn't allow for me to let things go. And so, here we are with today's ONE THOUSAND AND FIRST DAILY DISCUSSION... where, if you show this post at your local Dairy Queen, they might just knock a dime off the price of your Blizzard. Or, they'll kick you out. Yeah, probably the latter.
Our first story opens up with Peter Panda heading into Toy Land. He excitedly runs into the forest, happy that he arrived on time to witness the Toy Soldier "changing of the guard". Unfortunately, before they can be dismissed, another Toy Soldier strides up on a rocking horse to deliver more dire news... the king needs to speak with them, for there is a... LION on the loose in Toy Land!
Outside the castle, the Toy Soldiers try and figure out how to handle this threat... while Peter Panda, just kinda loiters. One of the Soldiers, the Captain in fact, decides it would be best for him to "set an example" by facing the beast all by his lonesome. The Princess begs him not to go, but, if we're being honest, seems a bit impressed by this show of bravery.
And so, into the woods he goes. Little does he know that he's actually not alone, because Peter Panda is loitering out here as well! The Captain talks about doing this to impress the girl... and win over the King so he can be with the girl, and Peter busts out with the sage words "Love will find a way" (which, dunno about you, but it's my favorite Pablo Cruise song). Just then... they hear a growling from the bushes.
Peter clears the bushes and finds... why, the most adorable little baby "Toy Lion". He's no threat to nobody, and is just there in the Toy Land woods to practice his growling. The Toy Lion feels bad for freaking everybody out, and wishes there was something he could do. This gives Peter an idea.
Ya see, the Toy Lion would pretend that the Toy Soldier Captain actually convinced him to "be good". This would win over the King, and allow the Captain to finally marry the Princess. And whattaya know, that's exactly how it all goes down!
Our next story opens with Peter telling his best gal Pretty Panda about a party they're going to that day over at Jack Horner's place. Pretty's all "you should'a checked with me first..." because, ya see, she's already got a date to the shindig, in the form of noted wilderness jerk, Busby Bear!
No sooner does she break the news, than Busby Bear bursts in... and gets right to being a jerk. He tells Peter that he won't save him a single dance with Pretty. These are serious stakes here, folks.
And so, we head to Jack Horner's party. Peter is sulking at a picnic table as Pretty and Busby saunter on up. First thing Busby does is... throw a couple of dishes of ice cream right into Peter's mush. C'mon dude... that was just mean.
Peter responds by... manifesting a tub of honey and plopping it down on Busby's head... annnnnnd, that's it! Busby wobbles off, Peter gets the girl... and everything's jake. All I've learned from this is that violence will solve all of your domestic problems...
... and that Little Jack Horner can't bake a proper pie if his life depended on it.
Next up, Peter Panda is working on tanning his white areas at the beach with a couple of (human) friends. I'd like to pretend these two are a pre-teen-aged Sugar & Spike, but I don't think that's the case. Anyhoo, the boy (Jimmy) is reading about Blackbeard's treasure, and discovers that... wouldja lookit that, some of his treasure is buried right here on this beach! What luck!
After digging up a bunch of the beach, Jimmy finds... a message in a bottle had been buried right on that spot. He pulls out the paper, which we find out is a treasure map. Jimmy's all psyched up for his riches... but Peter suggests he settle his tea kettle. Ya see, the map has a bunch of modern-day landmarks on it... Blackbeard couldn't have possibly left it.
This really ticks Jimmy off, and he tells Peter that they ain't friends anymore (or something). He then follows the treasure map... which brings him to the Ye Treasure Chest novelty shop.
Inside, he's rewarded for finding and following the treasure map with three ice cream cones. The little jerk decides that he'll eat them all himself.
The young lady (Janie) calls him out for being selfish, but Peter says it's cool... he'll just buy them their own ice cream cones (maybe he kept the coupon from this very issue!). And so, in they go... emerging minutes later with a whole bunch of loot! Ya see, they were the one-millionth customers to the novelty shop!
Now for something completely different... a story about a
He shows him all of the portraits of brave scarecrows hung on the walls (because, really... what else are you gonna fill the joint with... besides actual scarecrows, of course?). He asks his son to imagine his own portrait up there. Just then, they are approached by Mr. Guard... who informs the fellas that the "James Crows" have been making a habit of stealing their portraits (but, why? C'mon...).
This causes our timid Stanley to run away...
... right into the James Crows (Frank and Jesse), who were in the process of pilfering the portrait of Sir Francis Scarecrow. They profusely apologize.
The story predictably wraps up with Stanley being given his own portrait in the Museum for his bravery in capturing the nefarious James Crows.
Next up is a text-piece. Yawn. I'll leave it here so you too can learn how remarkable Davey Duck is.
Our final story features Peter trying to talk an annoying rhyming dragon off the precipice. The dragon (Dronald) tells Peter that he's looking for a girl... by that, Peter (naturally) assumes he means he wants a girlfriend. But no! Dronald already has a girlfriend, Drucilla. What he wants is a girl to babysit his nephew, Dreadful. C'mon Dron, for someone who clearly puts so much effort into speaking, you could've gotten that point across a little bit better.
Peter decides he's the girl for him. He'll tag along and watch Dreadful so Dronald and Drucilla can enjoy their day at the amusement park.
Peter and Dreadful head to the merry-go-round, while the big dragons load their big bods into a tiny boat at the Tunnel of Love. This doesn't work out so well.
Next stop for Dronald and Drucilla... the Fun House. This doesn't end well either, because when they arrived at the Hall of Mirrors, Dronald saw all of those "handsome dragons" and assumed they'd make a play for his dear, sweet Drucilla... and, uh... that's it!
Here's the thing... it's really hard to "discuss" a book like this. Outside of saying that, yes... it has words, pictures, and staples... I really can't talk to the "quality" of this book. It'd almost be unfair of me to do so.
The stories (barring that irritating Dronald the Dragon one) were cute... some cuter than others. I'd say this would be a fine book for young kids to read, "good" overcomes "bad" and all that. Heck, I always keep it clean here, but this is a post I have zero fear of a kid stumbling upon, or reading over your shoulder... perhaps while enjoying a ten-cents cheaper Dilly Bar at the local Dairy Queen.
I guess Peter slamming that bucket of honey over Busby's head might not be the message you wanna send to your lil'uns, but, if we tell ourselves that Busby probably really enjoys honey, it kinda frames it differently. It was more like Peter was trading the honey for the girl. Err, that might be worse... nevermind.
The art served the tone of the stories... makes me wish there were credits here so we can find out more about this (or these) creators.
Overall, not much more to say. It's certainly a relic... and if you come across any of the funny animal books of the mid-20th century, I'd say it might be worth it to grab a couple (certainly don't break... or even bend... the bank, though). Unsurprisingly, Peter Panda is not available digitally.
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Nicotine is the chemical substance in tobacco responsible for smoking addiction, which causes major public health risks. The effects of nicotine are mediated through specific nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) that function as heteropentameric ligand-gated ion channels composed of α4- and β2-subunits. These α4β2 nAChRs trigger downstream dopamine signalling in the mesolimbic system, which is an area in the brain that plays an important role in pleasure and reward sensation. Consequently, the α4β2 nAChR has become a key target for the development of therapeutic agents for smoking cessation. Recently, a partial agonist for the α4β2 nAChR, varenicline (Champix®), has been approved for clinical use as a smoking cessation aid (Figure 9a). This drug derives its therapeutic effect from two fundamental molecular actions. First, it binds to α4β2 nAChRs with higher affinity, but lower efficacy than nicotine. This effect is thought to antagonise the reward sensation of smoking. Second, varenicline activates and desensitises α4β2 nAChRs, thereby minimising withdrawal symptoms and increasing the success rate of smoking cessation attempts. Understanding the molecular mechanism of partial agonism of the nAChR has great potential for designing novel smoking cessation compounds but is currently hampered by the absence of a high-resolution structure of a eukaryote nicotinic receptor.
Fig. 9: X-ray crystal structure of Ct-AChBP in complex with varenicline.
Current structural insight into ligand recognition by nAChRs derives from acetylcholine binding proteins (AChBPs), which are homologous to the extracellular ligand binding domain of nAChRs [1]. In this study, we demonstrate that a newly discovered AChBP from Capitella teleta, Ct-AChBP, binds partial agonists such as varenicline with high affinity, similar to α4β2 nAChRs. We determined X-ray crystal structures of Ct-AChBP in complex with varenicline (Figure 9b) or lobeline, which are both partial agonists at α4β2 nAChRs. These structures highlight the binding pocket architecture for molecular recognition of these ligands, revealing the contact residues that potentially mediate their molecular actions in α4β2 nAChRs (Figure 9c). The ligand binding site of Ct-AChBP is found at the interface between two subunits and ligands interact with amino acids from both the principal face (historically designated as 'loops' A, B, and C) and the complementary face ('loops' D, E, and F) of the binding pocket. On the principal face, varenicline interacts with aromatic amino acids (W153 in loop B and Y201 in loop C), which are highly conserved among different nAChR subtypes. These interactions include cation-Π interactions and multiple hydrogen bonds that converge on residues of loop B. On the complementary face of the binding site, varenicline forms mostly hydrophobic interactions with residues that are weakly conserved among different nAChR subtypes. In Ct-AChBP, these residues are I118, L126, and I128 in loop E and I64 in loop D. A water molecule forms hydrogen bonds between the varenicline pyrazino nitrogen and the backbone nitrogen and oxygen of I128 and Q116, respectively. Remarkably, this water molecule occupies a position that is almost identical to the water molecule observed in the complex between AChBP and nicotine [2].
Employing structure-based mutagenesis, we investigated the functional role of several homologous contact residues in human α4β2 nAChRs expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Using the two-electrode voltage-clamp technique, we measured ligand-activated currents of nAChRs and compared relative affinity and efficacy for varenicline and desensitisation by varenicline and the full agonist acetylcholine on wilde type and mutant receptors. We found that mutations at two positions, namely W57 and L121, have remarkable effects on channel function. First, we observed that the mutations abolish varenicline-mediated desensitisation of α4β2 nAChRs (Figure 10). This result suggests that the loop D residue W57 (I64 in Ct-AChBP) and loop E residue L121 (I128 in Ct-AChBP) form critical interactions with varenicline to mediate transitions to a densensitised state of the α4β2 nAChRs. Second, we observed that mutations at these positions eliminate the relative difference in efficacy of channel opening between varenicline and the full agonist acetylcholine. Together, these results demonstrate the predictive value of the X-ray crystal structure and highlight the key role of specific amino acid residues in mediating receptor desensitisation and channel opening with limited efficacy, which both are effects thought to facilitate smoking cessation.
Fig. 10: Ligand-activated currents of nAChRs.
In summary, our results help to understand the effects of smoking cessation drugs in a structural context and provide a novel entry into drug discovery programmes aimed at developing better smoking cessation aids.
Principal publication and authors
B. Billen (a), R. Spurny (a), M. Brams (a), R. van Elk (b), S. Valera-Kummer (c), J.L. Yakel (d), T. Voets (e), D. Bertrand (c) and A.B. Smit (b), C. Ulens (a), Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109, 9173-9178 (2012).
(a) Laboratory of Structural Neurobiology, KULeuven (Belgium)
(b) Department of Molecular & Cellular Neurobiology, VU University (The Netherlands)
(c) HiQScreen, Geneva (Switzerland)
(d) Laboratory of Neurobiology, NIEHS (USA)
(e) Laboratory of Ion Channel Research, KULeuven (Belgium)
[1] K. Brejc, W.J. van Dijk, R.V. Klaassen, M. Schuurmans, J. van Der Oost, A.B. Smit and T.K. Sixma, Nature. 411, 269-276 (2001).
[2] P.H. Celie, S.E. van Rossum-Fikkert, W.J. van Dijk, K. Brejc, A.B. Smit and T.K. Sixma, Neuron 41, 907-914 (2004).


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Finally! After a 24hr delay in LAX due to issues with United (lots more on this later) and a total flight time of 26hrs I am finally here! That kind of distance, the time zone must be closer to Mars': 17hrs ahead of NYC!
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By Marjorie Johnson, J.D.
Suspicious timing and inconsistent statements created a triable issue as to whether an employee was terminated in retaliation for filing an internal complaint against a sales manager who had sexually harassed a subordinate, and not because she had taken pictures of a vendor's intoxicated CEO while at an offsite sales meeting, the Seventh Circuit ruled in reversing the district court's dismissal of her Title VII retaliation claim on summary judgment. However, the employer's more favorable treatment of the sexually harassing manager, who was also fired but received a substantial severance, did not support her showing of pretext since he was not similarly situated (Donley v. Stryker Sales Corp., October 15, 2018, Hamilton, D.).
Sexual harassment complaint. The employee, a clinical manager for a medical equipment manufacturer and retailer, learned from a coworker in June 2014 that a regional sales manager had sexually harassed a subordinate. She filed an internal complaint with the HR director, prompting an investigation that resulted in the manager's termination. He also received a substantial severance package.
Investigated for earlier misconduct. In August 2014, just after the manager's termination, the company began investigating the employee for alleged misconduct during a team meeting that had taken place six weeks earlier in Vail, Colorado. At the team meeting, she purportedly took pictures of a vendor's female CEO in an intoxicated state and shared the photos with coworkers. During the investigation, she denied taking any "compromising" photos of the CEO and claimed that she had escorted her to her hotel room out of concern for her safety.
Who knew about what, when? The parties disputed exactly when the photos first came to the attention of the HR director and the employee's supervisor. The employee said she showed them to her supervisor at the hotel bar on the night she took them. The company's written response to her EEOC charge stated that she showed them to the supervisor, that he was "unamused," and that he told her to delete the photos.
In his deposition, however, the supervisor denied that he saw the photos in Vail and instead testified that he heard about them later on. He also testified that he told the HR director about them before the employee's investigation. In contrast, the HR director claimed that she first learned about them during an exit interview with a departing employee who complained about the plaintiff's unprofessionalism.
Fired with no severance. In any event, the HR director conferred with the supervisor over the investigation's results, and they purportedly decided that she should be fired because taking photographs of a valued partner while intoxicated was unacceptable. The termination letter stated that the employee had engaged in "inappropriate conduct and poor judgment" and violated the company's policies. Unlike the sales manager fired for sexual harassment, she did not receive severance, however.
District court grants SJ. Granting the employer's motion for summary judgment, the district court concluded that the employee was undisputedly terminated "because of her own drunken conduct in Vail, [company] policies, and its valued relationship with the CEO." The court deemed it irrelevant when her supervisor learned about the photos since the decision to fire her was made before he knew about her protected activity. Moreover, she was not directly comparable to the fired sales manager who had received a severance package.
Suspicious timeliness, inconsistencies. Reviving the employee's claim, the Seventh Circuit held that a reasonable jury could find that she was fired in retaliation for her protected Title VII activity since her timeline—which was supported by the record—exposed "inconsistencies and contradictions" between the HR director's and her supervisor's accounts of why the company began the investigation that ended with her discharge. A reasonable jury could interpret the suspicious timing as evidence that one or both decisionmakers initially found her actions in the Vail incident to be tolerable, and they decided only later—after her internal complaint—to use that incident as a pretext to fire her for retaliatory reasons.
Contradictory statement to EEOC. The appeals court squarely rejected the employer's assertion that the EEOC statement should not be admissible as evidence against it, pointing out that "an employer's shifting factual accounts and explanations for an adverse employment decision can often support a reasonable inference that the facts are in dispute and that an employer's stated reason was not the real reason for its decision." The court also rejected the company's contention that the timing of its investigation into her misconduct was immaterial since her supervisor was unaware of her sexual harassment complaint and therefore could not have fired her with retaliatory animus. This argument failed to acknowledge the involvement of the HR director, who appeared to have launched the investigation into the employee's alleged misconduct about a day after resolving the sexual harassment complaint.
Jury to decide who to believe. The HR director also drafted the employee's termination letter after consulting with the supervisor about the investigation. Therefore, even if the supervisor did not know about the sexual harassment complaint, the HR director did, and she played a meaningful role in the decision to fire the employee. The dispute over when the HR director learned about the employee's actions in Vail might therefore help convince a reasonable jury that she harbored retaliatory animus.
Harassing manager not similarly situated. However, the employee could not rely on the more favorable treatment of the fired sales manager to show pretext. He reported to a different supervisor, occupied a more senior position, and was subject to different standards. Therefore, without additional information about the nature and circumstances of the sexual-harassment complaint, the outcome of the internal investigation, and other mitigating and aggravating factors, the Seventh Circuit could not say that he was similarly situated.
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CEP discussion paper
Patterns of Work Across the OECD
Giulia Faggio and Stephen Nickell
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Market work per person of working age differs widely across the OECD countries and there have been some significant changes in the last forty years. How to explain this pattern? Taxes are part of the story but much remains to be explained. If we include all the elements of the social security systems like early retirement benefits, sickness and disability benefits and unemployment benefits, then we can capture some aspects of the overall pattern but still a lot remains unexplained. The story favoured by Alesina et al. (CEPR DP.5140, 2005) is that the nexus of strong unions, generous welfare and social democracy implies both high taxes and pressure in favour of work-sharing in response to adverse shocks. This story, however, falls foul of the simple fact that most Scandinavian countries now do much more work than the French and Germans despite having stronger unions, more generous welfare, higher taxes and more social democracy. Ultimately, we are forced into the position that there is no simple story. Some of the broad patterns can be explained but there remain country specific factors which are hard to identify but lead to substantial differences from one country to another.
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The night we bought the product, I took a shower and put it on as soon as I turned the water from my shower off. I patted my skin dry and I was very happy with the results because it made my skin look very healthy and feel very smooth. The next morning I scratched my skin to see if my skin would be dry but it was very moisturized! After a while I stopped using it, mostly because I would hate patting my skin dry but I can also blame my laziness on this one.
My sister, on the other hand, still continues to use and she loves it! She says that it makes shaving easier because her legs don't get itchy as before. I would also like to add that my sister also had dry skin before this and her skin is now very smooth.
The pros of this moisturizer is that it forces you to put it on before you dry yourself after a shower and it has oils which helps your skin feel very nice!
The cons of this product is that, since you have to put on right after the shower, you will have to use a regular lotion if you need more later on.
Overall I think this is a good product that can help you get in the habit of applying moisturizer and the oils in the product can help your skin.
Have you tried the Jergens Wet Skin Moisturizer? What are your thoughts on it?


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Assiya was sixteen when a "family friend" sold her to two Pakistani criminals who beat and raped her over the next year. Eventually the criminals traded her to the police in exchange for pinning one of their robberies on the girl.
Assiya had thought her troubles were over. But instead, the officers took their turn beating and raping her for several days before letting her go.
The police weren't worried Assiya would tell. She was expected to commit suicide, as sexually assaulted girls had always done to rinse the dishonor of sexual assault from their families.
But instead, Assiya did the inconceivable. She accused her attackers.
This story is shocking. Why would anyone, or any culture, expect a raped girl to commit suicide? As though the shame were hers.
Yet sometimes America doesn't seem so very different.
Cut to the U.S. where fourteen-year-old Samantha Kelly's mother told police that her daughter had sex with eighteen-year-old Joseph Tarnopolski. He was arrested, though it's unclear whether the charge was statutory or forcible rape.
After a local Fox News affiliate identified Kelly by name, she was bullied so much at school that she finally committed suicide. Yet another reminder of the stigma victims can face when they report this crime.
It's sad to see that even today, in Pakistan and in America, rape victims can be shamed into killing themselves.
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Smoky sweet ribs – Fruitige ribbetjes
Having a party for the kids? What's better to serve than some smoky sweet ribs? At least that's what my kids want to eat. For my oldest son's birthday I made these delicious smoked fruity ribs on the traeger. With sticky sauce behind his ears and a stack of bones left in no time I think I can call this recipe a succes. I thought the speed of eating was only possible on cartoons… Remember those scenes where a couple of piranha's turn a big animal into bones in no time? That's exactly how it looked. In this recipe I share you how I make the perfect ribs to my taste on the traeger Pellet smoker! Hope you like them as much as we did!
You like smoky sweet ribs? With this fruit basket ribs you're at the right place. The combination of rubs combines flavors of apple, citrus, honey, pepper with the apricot in the sauce. Some lime to finish it of and your set for a foolproof combination on a birthday party!
- 4 slabs Baby Back Ribs
- 1 part Traeger chicken rub
- 1 part Traeger Pork and Poultry Rub
- 1/4 cup Traeger Apricot sauce
- 1 tbsp lemon
- Fresh cilantro at taste
- Seroendeng optional to serve
Remove the ribs membrane and rub them thoroughly with equal parts Traeger Chicken Rub and Traeger Pork and Poultry rub.
Prepare your Traeger Pellet BBQ for a session with Cherry pellets.
Smoke your ribs using de supersmoke option for 2 hours at 90°C
Raise the heat to 150°C and let the ribs cook for another 45 minutes.
Prepare the Apricot sauce by mixing some lime juice with it to compensate some of the sweetness (delicious). Baste the ribs with a layer of the sauce you've made and let them caramellize for another 15 minutes.
If you don't own a Pellet grill? Don't worry: You can follow these steps on any BBQ using some cherry wood in between the coals.
Or you go for a higher temperature (150°C) all the time and smoke them for 1hr 30 min. I love the ribs tender with a bite.
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Notice to CA State Legislators: Pechanga has 500 more taxpayers that should be in the tribe
In continuing your weak and pathetic work for us in the capitol, widening our budget gap, you claim you are looking for revenue streams and that is why you passed theses shameful memorandum of agreements. Meanwhile, in the Pechanga tribe alone, they have kept 500 members from joining the tribe, as proscribed in their Constitution and Bylaws. Each moratorium internee would have earned about $1.5 million since the opening of the casino on the reservation in Temecula (BOYCOTT PECHANGA)
That's $750,000,000 in taxable income lost to the state because you didn't stand up for the tribal members who have been cheated by the tribe. The tribes said the compacts would be good for ALL native Americans. Now, you want us to believe that the tribe won't cheat the people of CA. You take for granted your union friends, all for some spa treatments for your wives and free golf for you, because you know the unions have nowhere else to go.
Urge your constituents to vote NO on expanded gaming, tell them that you will REWORK these compacts to give rights back to all Native Americans, give the unions their due and get the environmental impacts up. Do the right thing for the people of CA. Don't just do what feels good for you.
9 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Why won't the Pechanga tribe allow members in?
During Prop 5, they said they would help all Indians. Were they lying?
- December 31, 2007 at 12:14 AM
- OPechanga said...
It's purely greed. The initial reason was to give the enrollment committee a chance to "catch-up". Well, if your sole purpose is to ENROLL members, as is required by the Pechanga Constitution and Bylaws, it should take 10 years.
- December 31, 2007 at 4:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
The moritorium has been in place now for over 5yrs. The enrollment committee still meets every Tuesday and Thursday's. What are they meeting for? Noone is being enrolled right????????????
- January 1, 2008 at 7:37 PM
- Luiseno said...
Which brings up another question..... Just WHAT is the enrollment committee's job these days. If there not enrolling people, then what are they doing? Just sittling around collecting a fat paycheck eating donuts and drinking coffee?
- January 1, 2008 at 8:48 PM
- OPechanga said...
They enrollment committee gets paid for each meeting day. Also, they get free meals at the casino.
Now, these people are getting per capita, plus getting paid, plus getting free meals AND they didn't want our Elders to have their rightful share.
NO on 94. Consider Yes on the rest.
- January 1, 2008 at 8:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
The whole thing of keeping out eligible tribal members sucks! All the people that are stuck have a right to be enrolled even if you just found out yesterday that your relative was from there .Mark Macarro and countless others were not born there and live there since day one but, if you can prove your ancestors were than that's the whole deal.You are who you are and that's that.Your ancestors were there 125 years ago when the reservation was created for their future generations and that means just that. The future. I am sorry that my Great Great Grandmother and Great Grandmother couldn't have lived to be a 130years old and I bet if they did you people on the enrollment police probadly would disrespect them to their faces,instead you choose to disrespect their bones turned to ashes in the Pechanga Burial Grounds where they have been since the 1880's and late 1900's that's not including my other realatives there also.Oh but, I was not there in 1996 because who knows why and now I am out.What a absolute load of garbage! It is breaking the laws of our constitution and that's the truth plain and simple.Also I am not angry at the people that got disenrolled it sucks also but, at least you got to be part of our tribe for a long time I am sure there were some of you that voted for the moritoruim and some that did not. Sometimes you do not know the pain you cause others when you do the things you do at a certain time and place until it comes out some time later in your life when you realize WHY! Did I treat that person that way? It feels really bad and you become more compassionate towards your own people and I think that this is what has happened.So I thank you all that are trying to help out those around you that are having problems also. It is people like you disenrolled that have made us in the moritorium finally have a voice.When no one cared it was pretty rough and it still is but, you have created an outlet.So I Thank you,Thank you all.
- January 7, 2008 at 12:03 PM
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- August 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM
- Yang Kuo said...
The whole thing of keeping out eligible tribal members sucks! All the people that are stuck have a right to be enrolled even if you just found out yesterday that your relative was from there .
thanks for sharing...
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Soon: Chapter 1: Flags and Angels and Stars, Oh My!
Well, Christmas may be over for us, but Wintermas is not yet over for the Stepola/Desenti clan.
…Connor kept staring at the Wintermas tree. "Why do you have a flag on top of your tree, Grandpa? My friend Jimmy's mom says when she was little people put stars or angels on top of their trees. She's still got some."
Ranold waved dismissively. "Not in this house. And not in yours either, I hope."
"Of course not," Paul said.
Connor climbed into Paul's lap and wrapped his arms around his neck. Paul sensed the boy's fatigue. "Why not, Dad?"
"We'll talk about it in the morning," Paul said. "Now why don't you and your sister–"
"But why not? They sound pretty, like they'd look better on a Wintermas tree than an old flag."
Why does Connor, a child of "36 P.3.," talk like a 1950's crew-cutted neighbor of Beaver Cleaver? "An old flag…"
Ranold stood and moved to the window with his back to them. "That flag stands for everything I believe in, Connor."
"He wasn't saying anything about the flag," Paul said. "He doesn't understand. He's just a –"
"He's old enough to be taught, Paul."
"It's never come up before, Ranold. I plan to tell him–"
"See that you do! And you ought to check into that mother who's harboring contraband icons."
Paul shook his head.
"What's wrong with angels and stars, Daddy?"
"I promise I'll tell you tomorrow."
This passage is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, as I believe the Slacktivist has pointed out with regards to Left Behind, Jenkins does not seem to know how to convey dialogue without constant use of "he said," "she said," "he said," "Paul said," said…said…said. It's really boring.
In larger terms, the passage is symptomatic of a huge problem in Soon as a whole: What is illegal and what is not? What is "known" about religion by a general population in a world in which religion has been outlawed for 36 years?
Why is a "Wintermas tree" in Ranold's home, and why are "Wintermas presents" opened, while he takes deep personal offense at the mere mention of angels or stars?
If religion and "contraband icons" are outlawed, how does Connor, a child of five, even know what an angel is?
These questions will never be answered. Soon is nothing if not extremely confused about what people who have outlawed religion would know, and what they would do.
By the way, a quick Google search revealed more of what I already knew–that some people already put flags on top of their trees, and I'm pretty sure not all of them are evil godless haters like Ranold.
I wonder if Jenkins thinks that Theme Trees, even Patriotic Theme Trees, are not Really Real Christmas Trees unless they have stars or angels on top.
Posted on December 31, 2010, in Books, Christmas, Google-fu, Soon. Bookmark the permalink. 23 Comments.
I love the blog and the analysis of all these terrible books. I am stepping out of hiding though because the remark about saying "said". I read it's better to stick to that because it is so bland. Using more colorful ways to indicate dialogue might become distracting.
It varies from reader to reader, though. I find constant repeating of "said" annoying – both in English and in Russian. Instead of stopping to notice the word after N-th repeat, I *keep* noticing it, and the more often it used, the more it throws me out of the text. It looks redundant and makes characters in my head sound like emotionless robots.
I know it's just an idiosyncrasy, and I'd never give anyone an advice to completely avoid "said". Maybe not to use it *exclusively*…
I should have thought that a Wintermas home-symbol would be practically anything other than a tree, rather than just "Christmas with a different topper". Perhaps ban them on ecological grounds (what's the point of killing millions of perfectly good trees, after all) and instead have a symbol of some sort – perhaps a giant snowflake, which could be made out of scrap metal or anything else. In fact I quite like that – every one is slightly different from the others, which is a nicely anti-fundamentalist sentiment.
I believe the usual writing advice on dialogue would give high marks to the second excerpt here. You don't want a speech-verb for every utterance, and we don't get that; but if it's only for one in three or four, it's often much less distracting to stick with "said" than to stretch for other words.
To my British sensibility, putting a flag on a Christmas tree feels like just the sort of mixing of religion and politics that RTCs are prone to; I'm very surprised to see it used as an example of Godlessness here. Perhaps it's what the other sort of RTC does!
I'm kinda stuck on "that flag stands for everything I believe in."
What is this "belief"? I don't "believe in" my country. I know that it exists as a political (and geographic) reality. I study its history. I applaud some of its actions, and condemn others. I respect and admire the ideals on which it was founded, and try to apply and further them in my own life.
None of this involves "belief."
Of course, that's pretty much the RTC approach towards religious "belief" as well. Some vague acknowledgment of allegiance, without any of the active verbs of learning and understanding and doing….
"some people already put flags on top of their trees"
And then there are those who turn the tree into the flag, or the flag into the tree perhaps– and then include an illuminated cross for good measure:
Because nothing says Christmas like a $250 chunk of PVC in red,white&blue, right?
Anyway, Happy New Year!
That's a bloody great offense to any definition of 'good taste.' Ugh!
And here I thought a Hannukah bush was the stupidest foliage-related holiday concept…
My little tree has a plastic robot ninja on top of it. Holding a star. Wonder what our atheist utopia's thoughts on that are.
You are clearly a Roboninjaist. Please report to the nearest Crate and Napalm Barrel for… cake.
…Prepare for drubbing via six-foot party sub if she accedes to that.
You will be baked *static* and then there will be cake.
Also yet another thing no one mentioned (since I am a necromancer of threads): Why is a star so offensive? If a star is offensive for merely being mentioned in (mostly extrabiblical) religious texts, because I assume this is over the Star of Bethlehem, why isn't, say, a census considered evil? Chariots? Livestock? Money? Go ahead, think of your own to add.
Choir of Shades, I think a star is considered offensive merely because it is something that some Christians used on Christmas trees. (The secular Christmas tree is ignored here, of course.)
(Thread necromancy? Pah! I have the RSS comments feed.)
I wonder then what IS on their tree. Because obviously white or multicolored lights are out of the question, spheres and/or popular culture figures and/or just about any small solid object or hollow object suspended by a metal, plastic, or string hook, popcorn on strings, tinsel…It seems like the only thing that would go on the tree is that friggin' provincial flag. Why have the tree at all then, since it seems like the only thing they'd actually be venerating is that flag?
Although, come to think of it, it would in an odd way be rather appropriate to use just a flag, now or then. It demonstrates that there we in a wealthy country have a lot to be thankful for and that we receive many of our blessings due to the country in which we live.
And here I thought "Wintermas" had something to do with celebrating winter. Silly me, I should have realized it was nothing more than celebrating uninationalism.


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The DG Unlimited Annual Arts Convention on November 5th is shaping up to be an absolute must for all who love the arts and creative sectors in Dumfries and Galloway.
Not only will there be the chance to put your questions to Creative Scotland CEO Janet Archer, but there will be inspiring presentations and performances of many kinds.
There is now even a free bus taking attendees to and from the Ryan Centre, Stranraer. This will run from Langholm, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Gatehouse of Fleet, Creetown and Newton Stewart.
Booking is essential as places are limited - and exact times and pick up points will be emailed once your place is reserved.
The performers will include young musicians and singers Zoe Bestel and Robyn Stapleton – winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award 2014.
There will be presentations from each part of the region by the Area Arts Convenors plus a talk by Richard Grieveson, Head of Resource Planning and Community Services, Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Overall the convention is a fabulous opportunity to come together, look to the future and reflect on the year gone by. Doors open at 12.30pm and there will be a free lunch.
The convention is open to members and non-members and it's free to attend.
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College is one of the most transformative seasons of life. Students leave their safe youth group and venture into uncharted and unknown territory where they experience and are confronted with different beliefs, worldviews, cultures, and people. College students "explore" this new found land of experiences in the hopes that they'll "find themselves", "discover who they really are", or "find their purpose in life." In a nation where sin is not only tolerated but is promoted, young Christians need now more than ever to be grounded in their faith. They need to be equipped with the gospel. They need to be prepared to share their faith with students who hate the exclusivity of the Christian message, the gospel. Dalraida College hopes to help prepare young students for this new transition. Dalraida College exists to glorify God by growing mature disciples of Jesus Christ and equipping them to fulfill the mission of Jesus Christ, to "make disciples of all nations" (Matt. 28:18-20).
Dalraida College ministers to college students or college aged individuals. College Pastor, Joseph Falcione, leads this ministry. By graduation, every college student will be challenged with the gospel, equipped to share it with others, and challenged to take the gospel to the nations through summer missions. Dalraida College students will be prepared to live missionally wherever the Lord calls them to go.
The gospel of Jesus we share with our students and equip them to share is this:
- This means God is perfect, sinless, superior, and different than anything else in all creation (1 Sam. 2:2; Isa. 6:3). God cannot dwell with sin because He is holy. God's holiness is displayed through His holy law (Rom. 7:12).
- All people have broken God's law because we are all sinners. We are all born with a sinful nature. We are all enemies against God (Rom. 5:10). We are all spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1). We cannot produce any good deeds to please God or earn our salvation (Isa. 64:6). There is no hope in ourselves.
- We cannot save ourselves, but God's mercy is great. God the Father sent God the Son to save sinners (Jn. 3:16; 2 Cor. 5:17). God's Son is Jesus Christ. He obeyed the law perfectly. He lived the perfect life we couldn't live. He became a sacrifice and died on a cross (Rom. 5:8; Phil. 2:8). He did not remain in the grave but rose again in victory over sin and death (1 Cor. 15:3-8; 1 Thess. 4:14). Then, He ascended into heaven and now sits at the right hand of God the Father (Mk. 16:19; 1 Pet. 3:22).
- How do we respond to this good news? Sinners must repent and have faith (Mark 1:15). Repentance is a change of mind where we turn away from our sin, turn to Jesus Christ, and pursue obedience and holiness (Acts 3:19; 2 Chron. 7:14). Faith is a belief or trust in Jesus as the Son of God, the Messiah, and the Lord (Eph. 2:8-9; Gal. 2:16). Repentance and faith in Jesus is required for the forgiveness of sins. Jesus will one day return to judge the world. All who are of the world and the devil will spend eternity apart from God's grace in hell. All who are in Christ will spend eternity with Jesus in heaven.
Along with our regular student meetings, we highly encourage all of our students and their families to come to our regular Sunday morning and evening worship services. Dalraida Baptist Church believes the meeting of Christians as a congregation is a mandate of Scripture as seen in Heb. 10:25. The preaching of God's Word and the fellowship of Christian brothers and sisters is essential for a God-centered life. Our morning service begins at 10:30 AM, and our evening service begins at 6:00 PM.
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