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Int. J. Morphol. v.26 n.4 Temuco dic. 2008
Int. J. Morphol., 26(4):941-944, 2008.
Sex Determination Using Mastoid Process Measurements in Brazilian Skulls
Determinación del Sexo Usando Mediciones en el Proceso Mastoides en Cráneos Brasileños
*,**Iván Claudio Suazo Galdames; **Daniela Alejandra Zavando Matamala; &**Ricardo Luiz Smith
* Departamento de Anatomía Normal, Universidad de Talca, Chile.
** Departamento de Morfología y Genética. Universidad Federal de São Paulo, Brasil.
SUMMARY: The mastoid process characteristics are of great utility in the diagnosis of sex. De Paiva & Segre (2003) described that sex diagnosis was possible based on the determination of the área of the triangle formed by the points porion, mastoidale, and asterion. The purpose of this study was to determine the existence of sexual dimorphism in the dimensions and the área of the mastoid triangle using statistical and discriminant function analysis. A total of 81 skulls of Brazilian individuáis that were part of the Museum of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) collection were used, with sex and ages known: 50 men and 31 women between 40 and 70 years of age (mean 51.58 years, SD 7.319). Most of the lineal dimensions and the calculated áreas were higher in men than in women. Only the distance porion-mastoidale, the área of the right mastoid triangle and the total área, was higher and more significant in men with p < 0.01. The analysis of the discriminant function showed that the group of analyzed lineal dimensions presents a low discriminant capacity (Lambda of Wilks = 0.960, Canonical Correlation = 0.199); only porion-mastoidale allowed one to distinguish men's groups from women with a general accuracy of 64.2%, but with a high sensibility to classify men (93%) and a very low sensibility for women (17.7%). These results indicate that the determination of sex based on the dimensions of the mastoid triangle leads to underestimate the women, henee being of less utility in practice.
KEY WORDS: Sexual dimorphism; Sex determination; Mastoid process; Forensic anthropology.
RESUMEN: Las características del proceso mastoides son de gran utilidad para el diagnóstico del sexo. De Paiva & Segre (2003) describieron que era posible el diagnóstico del sexo, en base a la determinación del área del triángulo formado entre los puntos porion, mastoidale y asterion. El propósito de este estudio fue determinar la existencia de dimorfismo sexual en las dimensiones y el área del triángulo mastoideo, mediante análisis estadístico y de función discriminante. Se utilizaron 81 cráneos de individuos Brasileños, pertenecientes a la colección de la UNIFESP, de sexo y edad conocidos, 50 hombres y 31 mujeres, de entre 40 y 70 años (media 51.58 años, DS 7.319). La mayoría de las dimensiones lineales y las áreas calculadas fueron mayores en hombres que en mujeres. Sólo la distancia porion-mastoidale (Po-Ma), el área del triángulo mastoideo derecho y el área total resultaron mayores y significativas en hombres con p<0.01. El análisis de la función discriminante mostró que el conjunto de dimensiones lineales analizadas presenta un bajo poder discriminante (Lambda de Wilks= 0.960, Correlación Canónica= 0.199), sólo Po-Ma permitió clasificar en grupos de hombres y de mujeres con una exactitud general del 64.2%, con una alta sensibilidad para clasificar hombres (93%) y una muy baja sensibilidad para mujeres (17.7%). Estos resultados indican que la determinación del sexo en base a las dimensiones del triángulo mastoideo, tiende a subestimar a las mujeres, siendo de baja utilidad en la práctica.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Dimorfismo sexual; Determinación del sexo; Proceso mastoides; Antropología Forense.
In the skull, the temporal bone is highly resistant to physical damage; thus it is commonly found as remainder in skeletons that are very oíd; of this, the petrous portion has been described as important for sex determination (Kalmey & Rathbun, 1996).
Paiva & Segre (2003) introduced a easy technique for sex determination starting from the temporal bone, with a small observational error and with a high predictability degree. The technique is based on the triangular área calculation obtained between the points porion, mastoidale, and asterion, measured from xerographic copy of skulls. They found significant differences in the área between the right and left mastoid triangle when comparing male and female skulls, but owing to the asymmetries present in the skulls, it is recommended to observe the valué of the total área (adding right and left sides), which was also significant, so that when it is higher than or equal to 1447.40 mm2, the skull is diagnosed as male skull, and a valué near to 1260.36 mm2 or less is indicative of female skull (De Paiva & Segre).
The presence of sexual dimorphism in the mastoid triangle has been recently questioned by some authors (Kemkes & Gobel, 2006), on the basis of the studies of the asterion point localization, which position varíes in the course of life (Day & Tschabitscher, 1998); they analyzed the validity in a sample of 197 European mature skulls, indicating that the determination of the mastoid triangle área was a complementary indicator of low valué predictive for the sex diagnosis. By means of discriminant function analysis, they described that the indicator was superior for that obtained in skulls from the Institute of Anthropology of Coimbra, Portugal (72% success for female skulls and 60% for male skulls) than those from the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Mainz, Germany (61% success for male skulls and 52% for female skulls).
Considering that the original study of De Paiva & Segre was carried out on a sample of 60 skulls obtained from the Cemetery Necrópolis of Guaramos, Sao Paulo, it is possible to fhink that the indicator can have an application in the sex determination of the Brazilian population.
This situation has already been described for other morphologic indicators obtained from South African indigenous skulls, in which it was not possible to determine the presence of sexual dimorphism starting from the classic indicators described by Krogman & Iscan (1986). Other distinctive features were described to evidencíate sexual dimorñsm in indigenous South African skulls, some of which were not described for the Caucasian population (Franklin et al, 2005).
With these antecedents, the purpose of this study is to determine the existence of sexual dimorphism in the dimensions and the área of the mastoid triangle, measured directly in the skull, by means of statistical and discriminant function analysis.
A total of 81 human skulls of Brazilian individuáis from the collection of the Museum of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) were used. All the skulls had a complete registration of sex, age, origin, and cause of death. The skulls that presented trauma evidence or deformations were excluded from this study. The demographic characteristics of the analyzed sample are shown in Table I.
A quantitative blind study of the dimensions of the sides of the mastoid triangle (Fig. 1) was carried out, using the following points:
Porion (Po): superior point of the external acoustic meatus pore. Mastoidale (Ma): more inferior point of the mastoid process. Asterion (As): the meeting point of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures.
The points were located and marked by a single investigator on both sides of the skull. Similar to Kemkes & Gobel, lineal measures were directly carried out using a digital caliper (0.01 mm). The mastoid triangle área was calculated by means of the Herón formula. According to the method described by De Paiva and Segre, the total área was calculated by adding the área obtained on each side.
In the case that one of the points of the skull was damaged, it was excluded from the triangle sides mensuration eliminating this área from the sample.
Using the program SPSS 15.0, the descriptive statistics of the lineal dimensions and the mastoid triangle área was calculated; the signiñcance of the mean differences in relation to sex was calculated using t-test (p < 0.05).
With the purpose to determine if those lineal dimensions allow one to differenciate males and females, the Fischer's lineal discriminant functions were determined.
In the 81 analyzed skulls, most of the lineal dimensions and the calculated áreas were higher in males than in females, but in four skulls it was not possible to determine the porion point (Po). Higher valúes were obtained in females only in Po-Ma, Po-As, and the área of the left mastoid triangle. When contrasting the equality hypothesis among the means, only Po-Ma, the área of the right mastoid triangle and the total área, was higher and more significant in males (p < 0.01). The data of the analyzed mensurations are given in Table II.
When carrying out the discriminant function analysis, we found that the group of lineal dimensions analyzed presents a low discriminant capacity (Lambda of Wilks = 0.960, Canonical Correlation = 0.199); only Po-Ma is a variable that allowed one to classify men's groups from women with a general accuracy of 64.2%, but with a high sensibility to classify males correctly (93%) and a very low sensibility for females (17.7%).
The analysis of the mastoid process characteristics is important in the determination of sex for forensic purposes. Many authors agree fhat qualitative aspects, such as fheir size, ruggedness for muscular inserts, or mastoid process inclination, are very good indicators of sexual dimorphism; however, from the quantitative point of view, their utility is discussed, because, on fhe one hand, fhere does not exist consent about fhe parameters to determine fhe height, widfh, or thickness of the mastoid process, which hinders the comparison, and on the ofher hand, the results in comparable studies have not been conclusive.
This study analyzes fhe dimensions of fhe denominated mastoid triangle, defined according to that described by De Paiva & Segre, but measured directly on the skulls. We find differences in the dimensions analyzed in male and female skulls, but fhese were less marked fhan fhose described by De Paiva & Segre in their original article. When supplementing fhe method with fhe discriminant function analysis, we find poor discriminant potential of the lineal dimensions used. It is necessary to keep in mind fhat in the original method of De Paiva and Segre, one obtains the lineal dimensions based on a plañe image by means of a xerographic copy of a structure of certain convexity (skulls), which diminishes the distance between fhe points. Measures obtained with a caliper are also linear measuring a bowstrig.
Our results also differ from those reported by Kemkes & Gobel, who obtained valúes lower fhan fhe accuracy to discrimínate sex from skulls observing fhe mastoid triangle; fhey reported a better sensibility of fhe method in females.
Based on fhese antecedents, we conclude that fhe lineal dimensions and the área of the mastoid triangle is underestimated in females, being debatable fhe use of fhose parameters for sex diagnosis in practice.
Day, J. D.; Tschabitscher, M. Anatomic position of the asterion. Neurosurgery, 42:198-9, 1998. [ Links ]
De Paiva, L. A. & Segre, M. Sexing the human skull through the mastoid process. Rev. Hosp. Clin. Fac. Med. Sao Paulo, 58:15-20,2003. [ Links ]
Franklin, D.; Freedman, L. & Milne, N. Sexual dimorphism and discriminant function sexing in indigenous South African crania. Homo, 55: 213-28, 2005. [ Links ]
Kalmey, J. K. & Rathbun, T. A. Sex determination by discriminant function analysis of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. J. Forensic Sel, 47:865-7,1996 [ Links ]
Kemkes, A. & Gobel, T. Metric assessment of the "mastoid triangle" for sex determination: a validation study. J. Forensic ScL 57:985-9, 2006. [ Links ]
Krogman, W. E. & Iscan, M.Y. The Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine. Springfield, 1986. [ Links ]
Correspondence to: Prof. Dr. Iván Suazo Galdames
Departamento de Anatomía Normal, Universidad de Talca. Avenida Lircay s/n Oficina N°104,Talca - CHILE.
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Received: 22-08-2008, Accepted: 15-09-2008.


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Bowl boycott would shock unfair system
It took just 10 days across five athletic departments for the National College Players Association to gather more than 300 signatures from athletes. Each one dutifully put their name to a petition asking the NCAA to set aside some of the additional $784 million in new television deals to further benefit players.
It could be used to help cover educational expenses should a scholarship end before a player has achieved a degree. It could just go the players once they're done with school.
The plan isn't perfectly defined. The purpose of the petition is: Major college athletes want a better deal than just tuition, room and board.
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"The things we go through, the hours we put in, what our bodies go through, we deserve some sort of (results)," Georgia Tech defensive end Denzel McCoy told the Associated Press. "College football is a billion-dollar industry."
The petition is a terrific start, and here's to the players at Arizona, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Purdue and UCLA that were willing to step out and stand up. It's long past time for college athletics to make a better offer to its workers; the free-ride concept originated when stadiums were only 20,000 seats and there was no such thing as television, Internet, shoe deals, video games, memorabilia and other revenue streams.
And yet these college coaches and administrators still cry amateurism as if they operate a local Little League team. Then they turn around and demand salary, country club memberships, his-and-her luxury cars and the use of private planes as if they run the New York Yankees.
There is no austerity in the NCAA version of amateurism.
As the new television deals rolled in over the last couple of years, one seemingly richer than the next, the NCPA, a California-based athlete advocacy group, and Drexel University teamed up for a study and found more than three-quarters of a billion dollars annually in brand new funds.
"The players said, 'we can't just sit on the sideline with all this going on,'" said NCPA president Ramogi Huma, a former UCLA linebacker.
Particularly galling was an August "Summit" held by NCAA president Mark Emmert on the future of college athletics that didn't include a single college athlete. Hence, here comes the petition, which will be circulated at additional campuses in the weeks to come.
"The NCAA president obviously didn't bother to ask college athletes about the future of college athletics," Huma said. "So this is college athletes inserting themselves into the discussion."
It's a fine, overdue and appropriately polite start. It's also unlikely to be enough, which is why the next step – for college football players in particular – is to consider a far bolder, impossible to ignore and historic move.
Get together and boycott a minor bowl game.
Nothing will rock college athletics like players refusing to play. And nothing will get the attention of people more powerful than university presidents than a canceled nationally televised game. It will be a bomb blast to the system – grabbing the attention of non-sports media, local and national politicians, and reformers of all kinds. A bowl boycott will get everyone talking, immediately.
Suddenly, university presidents who've spent decades dragging their feet on reform might be forced to act. It's been an embarrassing series of scandals that's helped shame college leaders into proposing a small $2,000 per year stipend ($38.46 a week) to cover some living expenses.
Pressure works with these people.
A lower-grade bowl game is essentially useless anyway.
It's too much to ask a player to sit out a Final Four or a BCS title game – as has been plotted before. Even regular season games are difficult. Players want to play. They work too hard for the chance to compete. Having guys give up a shot at a championship isn't realistic. No one wants to let down coaches and teammates.
Calling off some minor bowl – where the bowl executive is still pocketing $400,000-plus – isn't such a sacrifice. It is, however, high profile enough to rock the system.
No one will remember who won the game anyway. The team that sits out for more equitable treatment will be hailed both immediately and forever – books will be written, documentaries will be filmed, history will lionize.
It's the drastic move that's desperately needed – going beyond the petition and demanding that they won't just earn someone else money without having their voice heard at the table.
College athletes don't have a union or a collective bargaining agreement. Every few years in professional sports there is a knock-down, drag-out fight between the players and the owners over the course of business. Sometimes it goes smoothly. Sometimes, such as the current NBA lockout, it's ugly.
Either way, the players have the right to hire the best lawyers, negotiators and public relations people to make their case. There's a debate. There's a battle. Sometimes one side wins; sometimes the other. Checks and balances. In the end, progress inches along.
"College athletes have never even been at the table," Huma said.
A scholarship is undoubtedly a great opportunity and can't be simply brushed off as nothing. It isn't enough though. It's too easy – as the NCAA public relations machine pushes – to dismiss that more can be done or to use Title IX as a shield from even discussing something new.
This isn't just about paying the players. It's about paying attention.
It can be a commitment to actual education, not just eligibility. It can be about lifetime health care for catastrophic injuries or fewer full-contact practices or the end of the ridiculously lopsided national letter of intent and transfer rules. It can be dozens of ways to sweeten the deal that don't just involve some lump payouts. (I'm personally for a complete overhaul of the system, but I won't let better be the enemy of perfect.)
Consider this: The NCAA prohibits college athletes from having agents, denying them professional representation. It's a combination that keeps the workers powerless and coaches in total control. Having professional counsel is protection, not professionalism. In California, child actors must have an agent to save them from their own parents.
One of the long-held arguments in college athletics is that it's protecting 18-year olds from shady reps who might stick them with an unfair contract, because players at that age wouldn't be able to decipher such a deal.
Then, in the next breath, it requires student-athletes to sign a contract that grants the NCAA the right to market and profit off their likeness for the rest of their lives. That's a deal worth tens of millions of dollars to high-profile athletes whose jersey sales, appearances in commercials and video games and the rebroadcast of old games, including on conference-owned channels, lives on and on. It's likely the worst deal they'll ever sign.
Right now you can buy a trading cards featuring Oscar Robertson as a freshman basketball player at the University of Cincinnati. That was 55 years ago. The Big O not only doesn't see a penny of the money, he's not even allowed to approve or disapprove of the project.
"The arrogance and greed of the NCAA knows no bounds," Robertson, 72, said.
Unfortunately that's a realization too often formed after a player leaves campus. The ones still playing are consumed with trying to help the team, have fun and get an education. Without an agent, they rarely understand the business of college sports they're driving.
Such as how much money is being made by a bowl game, to which their university leased their talent.
Was it really a fair deal for generations of football players to make, using one example among many, former Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker a multimillionaire? Was it their job to provide him nearly $700,000 in annual salary, four complimentary county club memberships, a $2,250 a month car allowance (you know where a guy might get a reliable ride for that?) and an AMEX Black card on which he wrung up $4,856,680 over the last decade, an average of $1,330 a day, every single day, for 10 years?
That's not playing for Old State U. That's being an unwitting cog in a lavish machine.
The petition is a great first step. It will make some leaders uncomfortable in their refurbished corner office. It will raise headlines and build awareness, perhaps most importantly in the locker room.
"The players couldn't believe how much money was there," Huma said. "Actually, I couldn't either. It's a lot of new money. They always say, 'Where's the money going to come from?' Well, here it is."
Eventually though, if the players are serious, it'll come time for one courageous group to step up the fight for awareness, for discussion, for action from the powerful figures that control the game.
Some third-tier bowl game is the ultimate stage – just waiting for some heroes to say they aren't playing until we make steps toward a fair deal.


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Resilience, according to Webster's Dictionary, is "the ability to recover or adjust to misfortune or change."
Jenny Lee and the Roberts family prove in Episode 4 of Call the Midwife how resilient the human spirit can be. As a nurse midwife, you never forget the babies you deliver with birth defects. The show accurately portrays how the relief felt at being done with labor is quickly overwhelmed by sadness when the parents realize something is wrong with their baby. Now with ultrasound, we are rarely surprised, unlike the midwives of east London in 1958. But even when you know the baby is going to have a birth defect, there is a moment where your heart catches in your throat and you ache for the family. Parents are no less loving because of their grief for loss of a perfect baby. I think that it's not so much that parents want perfection, but rather we don't want our children to feel pain or face difficulties. We want joy and easier times for our children. Advanced surgical techniques and medications make miracles happen every day in 2013.
I know of a true story about a couple in 1954 who rejoiced when the delivery time came for their first born. There was a weak cry in the delivery room and then the nuns at the hospital whisked the baby away without showing him to the mother. The father was in the waiting at the time, not even able to console his wife. The baby boy died later that day without the mother ever getting to hold him. The birth defects were deemed too traumatic for the new mother see her son. My mom still speaks with sadness and longing in her voice for that first baby she never got to meet. The rest of us, all six, always knew there had been a baby Richard who was in heaven. I never understood that grief until I was a midwife and had helped women who delivered babies with birth defects.
The ultrasound I had with my first baby was fine. My mom later told me she was anxious — not for herself, but because she did not know what had happened to her first born. Could it be something that would repeat itself in families? My mom knew about grief and loss, yet she was resilient and went on to raise six children. I know those were different times back then, but the nuns should have known that my mom was resilient and strong. They should have let her say hello and goodbye to her baby. Anyone who has helped women through any labor and delivery can see the strength and resilience of women.
(Elizabeth) Tish Roeske (CNM, MS, BSN, RN) is a nurse-midwife and has been practicing in Metro Detroit as a certified nurse-midwife for 20 years. Roeske graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Science and from the University of Illinois-Chicago with a Master's Degree in Science for Nurse-Midwife.
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Whether exploring ways to save the playground from erosion or educating their neighbors about the Zika virus, King Springs Elementary students are developing key problem-solving skills.
The school staff spent the past five years implementing a new approach to teaching and learning with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). As evidence of King Springs' success incorporating STEM into the classroom, the Cobb County School District recently declared the elementary school STEM Certified.
STEM teacher, Joannah Shoushtarian, led the certification effort. Together with a cohort comprised of representatives from each grade level and administrator Laura Meyer, the King Springs STEM team completed the CCSD STEM Innovation Academy. The Academy is a training program for teachers in STEM education and problem-based learning. Another group of King Springs teachers are currently working through the Academy. Once finished, they will further boost the school's STEM-focused culture.
From kindergarten through fifth grade, the King Springs students already use the engineering design process to solve STEM challenges by following a series of methodical steps. Students have learned about 3-D printing and drones and have participated in programming activities. The STEM events take place inside and outside the classroom and include STEM/career days, science fairs, Science Olympiad, Robotics Team, Chess Club and the Junior Master Garden Club.
King Springs principal, Linda Keeney, gives parents credit for the school's success with STEM.
"Our parents have given sacrificially of their time and resources to ensure that our entire diverse population has the opportunity to benefit from this rigorous, engaging approach to learning," Principal Keeney said. "Parents have volunteered, written grants, found community partnerships and given funds for iPads, training, presentation and just about anything we needed to make learning more meaningful for our students."


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Once Upon a Time Writing Contest: Fan Favorite Contest!
ADDENDUM 5/4/12: The Once Upon a Time Fan Favorite Contest has ended! The winner, with a total of an unbelievable 47 votes is Cory Eadson (@evermore_evil) for his story, "Three Simple Words." Go read it and comment and if you're on Twitter, say congrats to Cory!
*drumroll* HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Tis time again for that ever popular FanFav contest on Twitter. If you are not on Twitter, I hereby recommend you create a free account. Go on. I'll wait.
Okay, now that you are on Twitter I will fill you in on this fun and fast-paced contest. All you need to participate is a free Twitter account.
This FanFav contest involves the entries of the Once Upon a Time Writing Contest (tag #ouatwriting).
First, go and read the 88 entries for the #OUATWRITING contest. Or just read your favorites. Or the authors who have the best thumbnails. Then choose your three favorite. I'll see you in 72 hours when you are done. (Just kidding, the contest starts tomorrow, 5/2/12).
Contest Details:
* The contest is only open on Twitter. No other form of entries will be accepted.
* Each person can vote for a maximum of three stories.
* The contest is open for 12 hours ONLY, from 8 am EST to 8 pm EST on 5/2/12. All entries included in this time will be counted. All entries outside of that will be discarded.
* People will vote by tweeting the author's name of their favorite story, followed by tags #fanfav and #ouatwriting. Both @SJIHolliday and I will be tracking and auditing votes separately for accuracy.
TO AUTHORS, I highly recommend you canvas for votes by tweeting your links, cajoling your followers, bullying, begging and earning votes by any (legal) means necessary in order to win this most amazing prize.
(And no, you cannot vote for yourself. Sheesh)
Oh yes, this is what you were wondering about, wasn't it? Remember that amazing contest I ran just a month or so ago: the Fairy Ring Contest?
The prize is a glorious professional audiobook recording of The Fairy Ring by Mary Losure (Candlewick 2012), narrated by Nicola Barber.
The audiobook is a brand-new release (List: $19.99) and 2 world-transporting hours away from our grey reality.
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Illustrating "Violets" – Bringing Your Story to Life
The Fairy Ring Contest is finally over and, despite the fact I have lapsed into a semi-comatose state, it was easily one of the most rewarding writing experiences of my life. I met dozens of new writers and saw old friends create literary magic of their own.
I was awed by the willingness of all these creative people to donate their time, energy and brilliance to my little contest. One of these creators is Tina Ramey, an extremely talented designer.
Tina kindly donated an illustrated PDF to the winner of The Fairy Ring Twitter #FanFav contest, Ruth Long (@bullishink) and her entry "The Scourge of Clan Bethmoora".
Check out the amazing job Tina did (jpeg of first page):
Tina found appropriate artwork, contacted the artist for permission and did a magnificent layout of Ruth's story.
I was so charmed by the beauty of this work, I asked Tina pretty please for a illustration of "Violets", my own Fairy Ring entry. She sent me this loveliness (jpeg of first page):
I loved it so much I wanted to offer her services to my writer friends. Tina has put together a page detailing her services; she has a short fiction special rate offered (see comments below) for Fairy Ring writers and fans of my blog. She can assist with all your digital publication needs, whether it be a tiny piece of flash fiction or your NaNoWriMo novella.
At only $15 for a 2 page flash fiction, you can't afford not to have a great-looking presentation for your short fiction for your blog or portfolio site! Go see Tina and get your own pages of loveliness.
The Fairy Ring Flash Fiction Contest Winners
This contest was held in honor of the release of The Fairy Ring by Mary Losure (Candlewick Press, 2012). Galleys have graciously been provided by Raquel Matos of Candlewick Press.
1st Place: A copy of The Fairy Ring and a 10 page edit by Anna Meade. They will have their blog link shared on the Google+ page of Candlewick Press.
2nd Place: A copy of The Fairy Ring and a 5 page edit by Anna Meade.
3rd Place: A copy of The Fairy Ring.
Kern's excellent story was entry #54 and she linked it in, seriously, about 23 minutes before the contest closed. Not to encourage procrastination, but her masterful portrayal of childhood creepy set me back on my heels. Kern has won her own copy of The Fairy Ring too!
The Fairy Ring Writing Contest Submission – Thomas Loy
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As part of an ongoing investigation Gardai from Tullamore and the Garda National Drugs Unit carried out a search at a house in Geashill, Co Offaly, on Friday, August 3.
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- If your prior year Adjusted Gross Income was $150,000 or less, then you can avoid a penalty if you pay either 90 percent of this year's income tax liability or 100 percent of your income tax liability from last year (dividing what you paid last year into four quarterly payments). This rule helps if you have a big spike in income one year, say, because you sell an investment for a huge gain or win the lottery. If wage withholding for the year equals the amount of tax you owed in the previous year, then you wouldn't need to pay estimated taxes, no matter how much extra tax you owe on your windfall.
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By Marty Denzer
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KANSAS CITY — "We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." – Aristotle
A parish school is more than classrooms and teachers doling out homework. It's an extension of the church, a kind of home away from home where students learn to connect their faith with what is being taught.
But what happens when a school finds itself in financial straits, with enrollment and rising expenses? How can it stay viable? For St. Charles Borromeo School, viability was a real concern.
St. Charles Borromeo Parish was founded in 1947 in the rapidly growing area north of the Missouri River. It was the first Catholic parish in the area, and the school that opened in 1965 was the first Catholic grade school. As time passed, six new parishes formed out of St. Charles, some with schools, and St. Charles parish and school populations began to ebb and flow.
Enrollment peaked in the mid 1960's; soon after its founding, 1,000 students were enrolled. When first St. Therese, then St. Gabriel and St. Patrick opened schools, families wanted their kids in their parish schools, and St. Charles' student population decreased. In 2006, St. Andrew the Apostle school opened, and St. Charles saw more kids leave to go to school in their home parish. There were long-established covenant agreements with Holy Family and Good Shepherd parishes, but school enrollment never really recovered. Add in another factor: while the new parish schools were opening, so were new public schools, and parents began thinking costs. Public education is free. Also if a student was going to attend a public high school, wouldn't it make sense to have them attend grade school with the kids they'd have as classmates later? School enrollment dropped annually, but operating costs continued.
The death knell was sounding for a number of reasons: low enrollment, aging facilities needing repairs and upgrades, and the fact that the school was spending more on educating students than was coming in through tuition. Since the 2013 fiscal year, the annual operating deficit has been, on average, more than $240,000. The parish borrowed from its surplus savings to cover the deficits, but 2016 saw those accounts depleted. In fiscal year 2015, the deficit reached more than $334,000, with enrollment still dropping, now at 120 students. The parish sent out an SOS, and a major donor stepped up to cover the deficits for three years, until 2019. By then, both parish and school must be on firmer financial footing.
Father Don Farnan, pastor, Ann Lachowitzer, school principal, parish and school leaders, parents, teachers and students didn't want the school closing or the parish dying. A major curricular and philosophical renovation was necessary. The team, headed by Father Farnan and Lachowitzer, researched, brainstormed and formed a sustainability committee to conduct a viability study. The study was completed, a summary compiled in mid-January 2017, and the renovation plans were presented to parents Feb. 2.
Along with plans to increase enrollment, raise funds for capital improvements to the school and the church, a major change in the educational approach was announced. St. Charles School will have a "rebirth as a classical liberal arts academy." Classical education refers specifically to the language and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome, with the objective of seeing and embracing goodness, beauty and truth, much like the goal of Catholic education.
A classical education is meant to help students learn critical thinking, how to think. According to a parent handout explaining the value of a classical education, "It is accessible to all students regardless of background or perceived aptitude." Instructors employ all methods appropriate to the age and ability of their students. Experience proves the progression from grammar to logic, and then to rhetoric is well-suited to the elementary student's developing abilities.
The program includes reading more primary sources of history rather than merely textbooks and, in English classes, reading historical novels that tie in with history classes. English ties in with history and history "should be able to carry over to the virtues being learned in religion classes;" it's all very integrated, states the handout.
Lachowitzer said the key to success in classical education is rigor on the part of the instructors and discipline on the part of the students. "When these two meet, excellence – what the Greeks called arête – is the result."
Classical educational will begin this fall, with new religion and language curricula, and will affect kindergarten through fifth grades more than the middle school, at first. For example, grades 3 – 5 will have new curriculums in religion, language arts and Latin. Lachowitzer said that research has shown that kids who have studied Latin in grade and high school score higher on the SAT tests and "consistently lead the U.S. in verbal and quantitative reasoning." After all, she said, "English is 65 percent Latin-based!"
Eighth graders got a taste of what the lower grades will begin next semester. In a cross curricular project, Karla Prewitt engaged her class in finding the connection between faith and science, completing a research paper on a scientist and his or her connection with faith. They also learned quotes from their scientists and recited them to Bishop Johnston during his school visit several weeks ago. Some quotes include:
"The best data we have are exactly what I would have predicted had I nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, the Bible as a whole, in that the universe appears to have order and promise" (Arno Penzias – Physicist;)
"The book of nature, which we have to read, is written by the finger of God." (Michael Faraday – Scientist;)
"In the last few years, astronomy has come together so that we're now able to tell a coherent story of how the universe began. … does not contradict God, but instead enlarges the idea of God." (Joel Primack – Physicist).
Quotes were also from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and other scientists.
Lachowitzer assured the parents at the Feb. 2 meeting that although the school's name would change along with the educational style and philosophy, it would still be a diocesan school — "an important part of who we are." Tuition and fees will remain the same, she said, the only change will be adding the SCRIP fundraising component. A name hasn't been chosen. Lachowitzer said Charles or Borromeo would likely remain in the name of the new academy. School families will probably vote on a new name. The Charger mascot will remain.
The school building will get a face lift and some interior upgrades, and the church a new roof, she said.
Lachowitzer agreed that the curriculum will be challenging, but will give a solid foundation for lifelong learning and critical thinking. She added, "Father Don wants our kids to be 'smart, wise and holy' as they navigate through life. We're looking forward to excellence."


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Denmark's largest Baroque manor house
Lerchenborg manor house near Kalundborg was built in 1704 when the village of Østrup was abandoned, and was originally known as Østrupgård. In 1742, the estate was acquired by General Christian Lerche. In 1743-45 he built the present main building, which is one of…
Estate strapped for cash
In the 1700s, much of the landed gentry was deeply in debt. Estate revenues were low because times were unfavourable, the estates were badly run and the tenant farmers were failing to pay what they owed. At the same time, an estate owner had to live extravagantly to make a name for himself. Estate owners were failing to make ends meet. Georg Flemming Lerche certainly had his work cut out. In 1766, he inherited Lerchenborg from a distant relative. Lerchenborg was Zealand's largest estate, wtih six manorsand some 500 farms. Yet the young estate owner was strapped for cash all his life. Lerchenborg was an entailed estate, which meant that it could not be mortgaged, yet Lerche beseeched the king repeatedly for permission to use it as security for a loan. The estate was run more effectively and revenues increased – yet not as rapidly as the debts were run up, and eventually a large portion of it had to be sold off.
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Hackers Can Stop Pacemakers and Kill Patients Warns US Government
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice today to warn that a lot of pacemakers are vulnerable to hackers, the attackers can get full control of the devices.
The FDA specially said that they are aware of what the [email protected] transmitters manufactured by St. Jude Medical can be hijacked by other hackers, once hacked, attackers can send various commands and can even develop shocks that can kill the patents.
These transmitters use a wireless Radio Frequency signals that connect to home monitors and doctors' systems. They transmit data regarding the cardiac activity and upload the information to the Merlin.net Patient Care Network, where the information is can be closely inspected by physicians.
This is where hackers come in. They can intercept the signal and control the pacemakers. The FDA warns, that there's a chance that this could put patients' lives at stake.
"The FDA has reviewed information concerning potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities associated with St. Jude Medical's [email protected] Transmitter and has confirmed that these vulnerabilities, if exploited, could allow an unauthorized user, i.e., someone other than the patient's physician, to remotely access a patient's RF-enabled implanted cardiac device by altering the [email protected] Transmitter," the FDA says in the notice.
"The altered [email protected] Transmitter could then be used to modify programming commands to the implanted device, which could result in rapid battery depletion and/or administration of inappropriate pacing or shocks."
No attacks have been recorded so far, but the FDA says that St. Jude Medical has already developed a software patch, and all pacemakers need to be running it to be fully protected against the vulnerability. Available since January 9, the patch is automatically applied once the transmitter is plugged and connected to the Merlin.net network.
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By Robert Megerdichian
I'm 65 years old and enrolled as a graduate student at WSU, thank you very much! During a time of life when most of my contemporaries are scaling back, my own life is doing quite the opposite. It is expanding, thanks in large part to my studies at Worcester State.
With persistence and some luck, I'll graduate with a master of science degree in nonprofit management when I'm about 70. I thank my in-law, Gary Cato—a colleague in the nonprofit management program—for tipping me off as to the very existence of the program.
In addition to being a student, I continue to operate my own architectural services business of 29 years and, for the last six years, my secondary business of restoring old baseball gloves. For the past 4 years I've been seeking museums to exhibit metal art that my late father, Abraham, crafted.
He was a machinist for his entire, nearly 40-year, career in the jet engines division at General Electric, in Lynn, MA.
Beside his normal work he was an artist, machining his interpretations of everyday objects from scrap metal at work during his lunch breaks as gifts for family and friends. By the time of his passing in 1983 he had created several hundred objects which lay in storage until about four years ago. At that time, I cataloged and photographed the collection and began promoting the art to museums for loan and display. I am pleased to report that I now have had his art exhibited at over a dozen museums, and more exhibits are planned in 2018.
My ultimate dream is to open a family museum to celebrate the art of my father and other industrial folk artists.
WSU is giving me the training I will need to open the museum, and I must admit I'm loving every minute. Being engaged with students half my age or less is truly exciting. I am thoroughly rapt by the readings and assignments. Classes consist of two-plus hours of thought-provoking questions and answers. It really makes me want to learn. Even if the personal museum idea does not materialize, I realize how much more experienced and fulfilled I will be given my WSU education. I wish everyone's college experience could be as enlightening as mine.
To my fellow "senior" students (i.e., over 60) I commend you for getting out of your normal surroundings to come to WSU to expand your horizons. I'm amazed at how many of you I saw, some with your wheelchairs and walkers, on registration day, seeking a class in art or a degree in economics. To the undergraduates, not to patronize, I offer this advice: Stay focused and ask more questions of yourselves, your classmates, your professors, and old geezers like me. You really don't know till you ask what people know and how they can help you. My best wishes for success to all my classmates.
Abraham's art will be on display in 2018 at the Charles River Museum of Industry, the Boston Children's Museum, the Massachusetts State House, and Stonehill College. You can find more info at https://abesartwork.wordpress.com/ or by Googling "Abraham Megerdichian." I hope you get to see the art in person.


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What Is the Difference Between a How-To Paper & a Process Essay?
Imagine a child telling you how he makes a delicious sandwich. Now imagine a nutritionist giving you the same information, with concrete details that explain the reasons for the sandwich's ingredients. That's the difference between a "how-to" paper and a process essay: The former is an elementary, expository step-by-step writing piece that young writers can do; the latter is an expository essay with narrative elements that explain the reasons for the steps.
How-To Papers Are Simple
Most children can write, or at the very least follow, how-to papers as long as teachers keep the topics simple. "How to sharpen a pencil" works well as a topic, according to the Brain Pop Educators website; "how to decide whether a pencil is better than a pen" does not, since it's too abstract and difficult to explain in stages. A student must be able to break down his explanation of how to do something into a series of simple steps. The paper should list the materials needed, the setting for the process and the activities involved to make the process work.
Tools for How-To Essays
How-to papers also differ from process essays because they are usually done in class, where graphic organizers are available to assist students in structuring the steps and activities their paper will describe. Visual aids are essential learning tools for younger how-to essay writers; another useful tool is a list of transitional words and phrases. These help students avoid the "and . . . and then" pattern that often naturally results when they write about a process. To make organization easier still, teachers can encourage students to "bullet" or number their steps.
Solution as Narrative
You might think of the process essay as a how-to paper with the training wheels off. You can still use a simple topic -- in fact, it's preferable, since more complicated topics often need visual aids. Process essays tell the story of how something is done. A process essay avoids numbering steps, a recipe for boredom. Instead, the essay presents a human problem -- the stalled car, the fallen souffle -- and the method of its solution. It will still include process steps, but in the narrative context of the problem and its solution.
A Final Distinction
There is another difference in the two genres: A process essay might describe a natural occurrence that you observe, such as the stages that leaves and trees undergo seasonally. No "how-to" is involved here, but you are still describing a process, and you are still using the narrative rather than the expository, step-by-step form to explain it.
- Brain Pop Educators: Writing a How-To Essay Background Information for Teachers and Educators
- Education Place: Graphic Organizers: Step by Step Chart
- University of Richmond Writing Center: Transitions
- St. Cloud State University: Literary Education Online: Writing a Process Essay
- Connecticut Community Colleges: The Process Essay
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Puslespill fra serien Forgotten av Chris Ortego.
Motiv som på bildet. 1000 biter. Størrelse ca 70 x 50 cm.
Litt om kunsteren:
Cris Ortega was born in Valladolid (Spain) in 1980, and took interest in art and literature since she was a child, with special love for the horror genre. It was on 1999 when she draw her first comic about one of the short stories that she had written before, and from that moment on she began to work seriously on this profession. During all her years of profession, she worked on several fields of activity, from graphic design and advertising to design of figures and games, concept art, roleplaying and videogames, comic, photography, cover design and logos.


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History Of The Area
The area of Grove Park in Chiswick has a rich History. Read on to see a timeline travelling all the way from Ice Age to current day!
|Ice Age
|Flint axes have been found at various sites in Chiswick, dating back to the Ice Age (nothing to do with the Ice House in Grove Park Terrace!).
|Iron Age (650BC-43AD)
|Tools and pottery found on Chiswick Eyot suggest an Iron Age settlement on the island. Skulls were dredged up at Strand-on-the-Green from river burials, believed to be offerings to the Iron Age gods.
|Romans (100-410AD)
|The Romans arrived, and of course built roads, two through Chiswick, probably from Turnham Green down to the river.
|Saxons (600-1066)
|There is less evidence of Saxon settlements, but they did give Chiswick its name, a Saxon word meaning 'cheese farm'. Meanwhile the land was being cultivated for general farming, the barley was, apparently, 'exceptionally fine' – hence the later breweries, orchards, nursery gardens, trees and hedging to supply the formal gardens of landowners, and osiers were grown along the river bank for making baskets. Down by the river was a fishing hamlet.
|The first recorded settlement in Grove Park was Little Sutton, one of two manors in Chiswick. A hamlet had grown up around Sutton Manor, a large farming estate belonging to the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's
|King Richard II had a house built in the manor, on the site of what is now the corner of Sutton Court Road and Fauconberg Road, which became home to Lord Fauconberg and his wife Mary (the third daughter of Oliver Cromwell). The house was finally demolished in 1905, and a large block of flats built in its grounds. Wealthy landowners began eyeing up the land in this desirable area for their mansion houses.
|Grove House is first mentioned in a record of its sale to Mr Thomas Holgill, a large house with extensive grounds, covering most of what is known as Grove Park, and sited at the west end of Kinnaird Avenue. Its gardens were to be described as 'the finest in England'.
|The Barker family moved in and stayed for 200 years, and co-incidentally today there is a Barker family living in almost exactly the same spot (probably no relation).
|Up in the Eastern corner there was a bit of building work going on, Chiswick House – the timber Jacobean version, and in 1682 it was bought by the First Earl of Burlington. The Jacobean house was demolished in 1788.
|When it was inherited by the Third Earl of Burlington 'the architect earl', he designed and built the Palladian Chiswick House next door, probably to house his collection of paintings, sculptures and furniture, his library and his offices. On his death in 1753, the Dukes of Devonshire became the owner, by virtue of the Fourth Duke's marriage to Burlington's daughter.
|The Barkers finally moved out of Grove House, and the Grove estate was sold to the Earl of Grantham, who enjoyed over 80 acres of formal gardens, orchards, an orangery, stables and a lake close to the river bank. In his will, Grove House was left to his daughter and her husband, Lord Heathfield. On his demise, the next occupants were Humphry Morice (son of the Governor of the Bank of England),then Mrs Luther, the Rev. Robert Louth.........
|.........and then in 1861, it came into the hands of the Duke of Devonshire. By the mid 19th century the Dukes of Devonshire owned more than half of Chiswick, having steadily acquired the main estates over the previous 100 years.
|The railway came to Chiswick, giving easy access to Waterloo. The area was attracting nobility, prominent artists, poets, horticulturalists, and becoming very sought-after.
|Back at Grove House, the Duke was carrying out extensive alterations, but also developing the land on the estate. The Grove Park Hotel (now The Station House) was believed to be the first building on the site, to cater for visitors to the area for river sports, and marks the start of modern day Grove Park.
|The Duke of Devonshire started developing the land of the Grove Park estate as a high-class residential area for wealthy merchants. The earliest housing is said to be on the river side of Grove Park Road, where large Victorian villas were erected, and soon extended to Hartington Road.
|St Paul's church was built, with the help of a large donation from the Duke.
|Late 1870s
|Saw the establishment of the 'Grove Park Society'.
|Grove House was rented to Lt Col Robert Shipway who subsequently bought it three years later.
|He lived there until he died in 1928, when the house was demolished. It is rumoured that it was taken down brick by brick, each brick numbered, and shipped to the United States where it was rebuilt exactly the same. Some say that this is true, others say it is unsubstantiated.
|Early 1920s
|The Duke started selling off his land – Dukes Meadows, Chiswick House, and the Grove estate, which was acquired by the Kinnaird Park Estate Company. Architects and builders moved into the area, and houses and flats, such as the art deco Hartington Court, shot up until the outbreak of World War II.
|Post War - Present
|A time of austerity restricted further development until about 1956 when 'Thames Village' was built. 1960s to the mid 60s saw the erection of the more modern houses of Chiswick Staithe, and in 1971 building started at Chiswick Quay. Despite Hounslow Council have seemingly managed to squeeze blocks of flats into almost every available space since then, we still have our open spaces in Hartington Road and Chiswick House, and the wide avenues and chestnut trees to remind us of Grove Park's verdant horticultural past.
Published on July 07, 2012


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I've lived in L.A. long enough. It's time for me to embrace the culture, become a part of the cliché. I'm going on a juice cleanse.
This will be my own personal "Heart of Darkness," my Apocalypse Now. I'm about to descend into madness. Only my obsession won't be Kurtz, it will be fitting into my wedding dress. "Bridezilla" is sort of like mad cow disease for humans, and I've caught it. My wedding is a little over 3 months away. It's time to go big, go hard or go home (*insert lots of other sports references here.) I just want to weigh what my driver's license says I weigh. And for my face to glow in a way that is difficult to achieve with the amount of salt and fried things I consume.
I've never done a cleanse before, mostly because I keep strictly to an infant's schedule of eating every two hours in order to survive. This is a real dad joke, but I'm going for it anyway because it is grounded in deep truth: There is a picture of my face next to the definition of "hangry" in the Urban Dictionary. The logical part of my brain thinks I should have purchased a straight jacket. I called my mom yesterday and told her not to speak to me over the next three days; if she chooses to call, it is at her own risk and I cannot be held liable for what I say.
I'm ready to juice all the cellulite out. In three days, I'm going to look like this. (That's how this works, right?)
{Photo courtesy of the most depressing Instagram feed of all time}
Question: Can you juice a cheeseburger? My friend Jason says yes, that's what a Vitamix is for. But I checked the juicing rule sheet and this is all I'm allowed to do:
{Is crying because you miss food so much part of the detox process, too?}
A small part of me is worried I am going to die. Literally, truly die. I know that sounds melodramatic and gross, but I read in Women's Health that your body goes into starvation mode after 4 days and so 3 seems to be cutting it kind of close. And I really don't want to be the jerk who died from a juice cleanse. (And if I do, just please know I'm aware of the irony and I hate myself more than you do, OK?) The only upside I see is that I am not supposed to exercise for the next three days. So at least I don't have to feel bad about not exercising anyway.
Like most of my decisions, I didn't really plan for this or do much research. Only this morning, while looking for some links for this blog, did I learn you're supposed to eat a mostly vegan diet for three days leading up to the cleanse, so your body doesn't go into shock. I didn't do that. Last night, I ate as much Zankou Chicken (and a cupcake) as I could possibly stuff into my body, hoping it might tide me over for the next three days, like a bear preparing to hibernate for the winter.
I know some people swear by juice cleanses, and some people say they're bullcrap. Studies have been done saying they don't actually do anything, and that you don't actually lose weight on them. But, the most consistent weight loss advice I've read is to simply cut calories. And three days of eating nothing but pureed rabbit food has a lot less calories than my normal diet of tacos, wine, fries with ranch and frosting. It may not be long term weight loss, but it will at least kickstart my game plan. And, hopefully, the terrors of the next three days will make me think twice about shoveling macaroni and cheese into my face and undoing everything as soon as it's over.
Here's the deal: I think women should be able to do whatever the hell they want with their bodies. I love how Pink responded when stupid people said stupid things about her on the blue carpet at the MTV awards this weekend. I like myself and Tony tells me I'm beautiful 100x a day even when neither one of us can remember when I last washed my hair. But I'm also vain, and was told this pilot season I looked too old to audition to play the love interest of a part played by a 31-year-old actor, and I want to look a certain way in my wedding dress. And I'm also curious if I can actually do it.
Also, Tony said he'd give me $100 if I can do it. Which I plan to spend solely on cake come this Friday morning.


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Declared as the Indian Car of the Year 2013, Renault Duster has taken over Mahindra Scorpio recently by becoming best selling SUV in India.
Gurgaon, Haryana -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/14/2013 -- In order to win the Indian Car of the Year 2013 title, Renault Duster met the criteria of being manufactured in India and for India.
India's leading online portal for posting the particulars about used and new cars, Gaadi.com reported that Renault Duster clearly had raised all the standards in the segment of a reasonable and compact crossover that is fast emerging.
Having conceived the concept compact SUVs, Renault was the first auto maker to launch such cars in India. The French car maker rolled out its Duster 4X4 in March 2013 and very soon it has beaten Mahindra Scorpio to become the highest selling SUV in the Indian market.
From a newly launched SUV to the Indian Car of the Year 2013 and now to the highest selling SUV in India, Renault Duster has evolved in a very short span of time. Earning the tag of modern compact SUV of India, Duster has so far contributed around 80 percent of the total sales for Renault in India.
Gaadi.com also reveals that challenging Mahindra Scorpio at the time of its launch, Renault Duster has managed to sell 6300 units just like hot cakes against 4700 units of Mahindra Scorpio in the month of April 2013. Putting up a huge difference on the final score board, Renault Duster has clearly topped the charts in the Indian car market.
The three engine variants of Duster, the first one being a 1.6L petrol engine generates a peak power of 104 bps and a peak torque of 145 Nm when linked to 5-speed manual transmission. Other two diesel based variants of 1.5 dCi K9K engines generate a peak power of 85 bps and 110 bps respectively with a peak torque of 248 Nm when paired to 6 speed manual transmission.
Averaging a mileage ranging from 13.4 kmpl to 20.45 kmpl on the basis of the engine variant and as per the standards of ARAI, Renault Duster is well known in the Indian car market for its aggressive looks, notable features and last but not the least, the style factor.
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