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Sex-dependent differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) susceptibility and progression may be estrogen-mediated, but the genetic pathways regulating estrogen cardioprotection have yet to be elucidated. Receptor Activity Modifying Proteins, or RAMPs, are transmembrane accessory proteins that are known to interact with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) and play a role in receptor trafficking and ligand specificity. RAMP3 is unique in that it is transcriptionally induced by estrogen and CVD. Also, unlike other RAMP family members, RAMP3 is known for its ability to alter GPCR recycling to the plasma membrane through a PDZ motif-dependent association with NSF. GPER1 is a novel cardioprotective estrogen-binding GPCR that is present in increased levels in females and in CVD. Our preliminary findings have shown that genetic loss of RAMP3 leads to reduced levels of GPER1 at the plasma membrane of cardiac cells in a sex-dependent fashion, providing evidence for an interaction of RAMP3 with GPER1. We will investigate the potential interaction between RAMP3 and GPER1 in vitro using transfected cells to determine whether RAMP3 can alter GPER1 recycling to the plasma membrane. In addition we will perform in vivo studies to determine whether pharmacological activation of GPER1 signaling affects the cardiovascular phenotype of RAMP3-/- male and female mice on a genetic background of heart failure. Results from this proposal will elucidate the role of RAMP3 and GPER1 in sex-dependent cardioprotection and have the potential of identifying novel therapeutic targets for gender-tailored treatment of CVD.
Narrative Heart Disease is a common health condition that ranks as the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States, causing over 630,000 deaths each year. This means that one out of every four deaths in the U.S. is due to heart disease. Though heart disease affects both men and women, for reasons we do not fully understand, it affects the two sexes differently. Prior to menopause, women are generally protected from heart disease while men of the same age are at increased risk in comparison. However, after menopause, a woman's risk of developing heart disease drastically increases. Sex-dependent differences in heart disease susceptibility and progression may be mediated by estrogen, but the genetic pathways that regulate this effect have not yet been clearly identified. In this research proposal we will investigate specific signaling pathways that may be involved in the sex-dependent differences of heart disease. Because heart disease is such a prevalent and serious threat to American health, these studies are important to clarify the mechanisms that underlie the development and progression of this condition, with the overall goal of improving human health.
|Lenhart, Patricia M; Nguyen, Thutrang; Wise, Alison et al. (2014) Adrenomedullin signaling pathway polymorphisms and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Am J Perinatol 31:327-34
|Lenhart, Patricia M; Broselid, Stefan; Barrick, Cordelia J et al. (2013) G-protein-coupled receptor 30 interacts with receptor activity-modifying protein 3 and confers sex-dependent cardioprotection. J Mol Endocrinol 51:191-202
|Lenhart, Patricia M; Caron, Kathleen M (2012) Adrenomedullin and pregnancy: perspectives from animal models to humans. Trends Endocrinol Metab 23:524-32
|Barrick, Cordelia J; Lenhart, Patricia M; Dackor, Ryan T et al. (2012) Loss of receptor activity-modifying protein 3 exacerbates cardiac hypertrophy and transition to heart failure in a sex-dependent manner. J Mol Cell Cardiol 52:165-74


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Your country needs you!
Ministry for Primary Industries, Biosecurity New Zealand are now recruiting Quarantine Officers for 2019!
Ko te pae tawhiti whaia kia tata- seek the distant horizon until it draws near
Ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tina - when it is in reach seize it and hold fast!
Our Quarantine Officers are highly trained, every-day New Zealanders doing an extraordinary job for their country. We work with importers, industry, and airlines to ensure that cargo and passengers entering New Zealand are free of biosecurity risk.
The Ministry for Primary Industries, Biosecurity New Zealand helps protect New Zealand's natural environment, industries and people against exotic pests and diseases. Our Quarantine Officers are passionate people with a very important frontline role.
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Is a trip to get away from the cold winter in your future? Are the warm breezes of a southern climate calling your name? Are you putting down a deposit for a spring break adventure?
Is a trip to get away from the cold winter in your future? Are the warm breezes of a southern climate calling your name? Are you putting down a deposit for a spring break adventure?
If so, you are probably digging out your warm weather clothing. You may also be finding that some of these are a bit snug after the many treats of holiday eating and a lapse in your physical activity.
Too often, the response to a few extra pounds is a crash diet and a frenzied, unrealistic leap into major physical activity. If you are planning to make some weight changes, start as far ahead of your trip as possible. Be careful not to set unrealistic expectations for weight loss between now and your departure date. Doing so not only creates a lot of unnecessary stress and frustration, but can result in fatigue, mood swings and poor health. It can make you feel bad about yourself for not being able to reach your goals, instead of being happy about the amazing trip ahead of you.
Rapid weight loss can also mean a loss of muscle tissue. This is a problem because muscle is your ticket to being able to burn more calories. In addition, less muscle means you are more likely to gain the weight back down the road.
Restrictive eating can also send your body into "starvation mode," making it more difficult to get rid of body fat. It can also prompt the roller coaster ride of restrict, overeat, restrict, overeat, etc.
Many people blame a lack of willpower when they cannot maintain a restrictive pattern of eating. The real issue is that your body tries to fight against really low fuel intake — it is a normal survival response. Instead of working against your body, work with it. Consider lowering your intake of the less healthy foods and spreading food intake over small frequent meals spread throughout the day. This not only maintains your energy level for your daily activities, but also for exercise. Be attentive to appropriate portion sizes as well.
When you plan each meal and snack, include a source of healthy carbs (such as whole grains, fruit, vegetables, beans, milk, yogurt, nuts, seeds). The carbs are the actual fuel for your brain and body. Make sure each time you eat that you also include a source of protein and fiber. The protein and fiber slow down your digestion just enough to allow the energy from the carbs to last over a longer period of time. Consistent fuel throughout the day means you are less likely to hit the nearest vending machine for a candy bar.
When you leave big gaps between eating or you skip meals, you force your body into food cravings, tend to make less healthy food choices, and are more likely to overeat at the next meal or snack. Preplan healthy meals and snacks so they are always available and you are not at the mercy of whatever other foods are nearby.
Excessive food restriction often means inadequate nutrients coming in as well. The result can be a greater risk of getting sick (not the best way to start a vacation), plus low energy for exercise and all the things you need to do before you leave town. Focus on nutrient-rich foods — foods that give you a lot of nutrients for the number of calories. Limit the "extras" and be aware of any mindless eating. Keep the less healthy foods out of the house so they do not tempt you all week long.
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When it comes to physical activity, cardiovascular exercise burns off the calories. For reasonable weight loss, try for 30-60 minutes of cardio most days. The more time you spend, the more calories you burn. Start with a level of exercise that feels comfortable to you and gradually increase as possible. Excessive exercise, however, can make you feel exhausted and is stressful for your body. Get adequate sleep so your body has a chance to recover and consider taking one day off from exercise each week. Listen to your body.
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Purchases to 170 local Colorama stores from contracted suppliers increased by 8.4 percent compared with 2014, and passes for the first time ever a billion SEK.
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Residents of the area around the Louisiana sinkhole have been reporting tremors, but the USGS has not detected any earthquakes.
At a meeting held about the Assumption Parish sinkhole, local residents talked about feeling tremors. One person felt the tremors in Bayou Corne and said that others felt the tremors in Pierre Part and Brule. Louisiana State Representative Joe Harrison added that his office has received calls reporting tremors in Terrebonne and Upper Lafourche Parish.
These tremors aren't showing up on USGS maps, so I'm not sure what to make of them. For those of you in the area, what are you feeling? Are pictures falling off the walls? Is it hard to stand during the tremors? How long does the rumbling last?
Youtube user cloversweed posted a video highlighting parts of the recent meeting with commentary. He's included links to the entire video of the meeting below the video, so it's worth a click over there if you want to watch the whole meeting. Below that video, I've posted the latest flyover video from the Assumption Parish sheriff.
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May 30, 2013
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I'm letting my hair grow out and even though it's only a little past my shoulders I want to play with it style wise. The last time I grew my hair to donate, Pinterest had just started, so all those cute ideas for long hair were not utilized to their full potential. This time I'm going to play around with different hairstyles and just have fun...like with my first attempt at a high bun that I always see on the fashion blogs.
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The passionate, as well as critical, League of Legends community has been recently debating over the poor state of the game's AD Carry role. Between arguments pertaining to underwhelming kits and damage outputs, many have begun resorting to unconventional champion picks like Ziggs. As such, the bottom lane is revamping for the new season and the community wants an official response on it.
League of Legends design director Riot Ghostcrawler was recently asked about his views on the matter. He agreed that the current state of AD Carry champions is bleak but the issues don't necessarily revolve around the champions themselves.
He explained that the changes brought in with the recent pre-season badly affected the AD Carry role. This includes the Assassins Update and Lethality as a stat, which combined was always going to give Marksmen a bad time.
Jungle changes forced players to execute fewer ganks. Mastery additions and Itemization too made it hectic for Marksmen to deal significant damage to others during the early and mid-game. Since the power curve of Marksmen was changed to late-game, it's natural for players to feel useless for majority of a game.
He further added that he is "still catching up on a bunch of data" and a proper update on the matter should arrive in the coming weeks. As it is, simply buffing AD Carry champions is not going to solve the issue at hand.
"We are going to look at individual carry potential and whether ADCs ability to influence a game has decreased too much," said Riot Ghostcrawler. "Obviously there are risks to going too far in the other direction, because when ADCs are too dominant, other players just feel like they are a cheerleading squad for their carry."
Elsewhere, he also commented on the seemingly immortal nature of Poppy in League of Legends. Interestingly, complaints regarding the Iron Ambassador are arriving more from North America and Europe, and fairly less from Korea and China. Nonetheless, Riot Games is looking into her data to confirm if she is too overwhelming for players.
As for the newly appointed Ziggs ADC, he will remain untouched for now; at least until the developer can confirm that his tower-eating habits are becoming unstable on the Rift.
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The porters analysis through its five forces model is an illustrious tool to get an insight of both the fashion apparel industry as a whole and more importantly Zara's role with various major factors affecting the company itself. We will now take a look at this analytical tool as given below:
Threat of New Entrants: The major features involved while determining this aspect of the model are the cost of entry, restrictions through laws of any government and sustainability to name a few. While the cost of entry may not be huge with regard to capital and product cost, the cost ends up being high due to economies of scale. As existing brands competing within the same market that have already acquired a reasonable amount of brand resonance, it is difficult for the new entrant to gallop immediately on the market share (Flandez, 2009). Due to suppressed demand, economies of scale cannot be achieved and the entrant usually faces losses in the beginning. Hence, while capital and technology might be easily available, market experience, product differentiation and brand establishment do act as barriers to entry against new entrants. Even though H&M's and Zara's brand values of $12 billion and $9 billion respectively may seem extremely high, we also have to take into account the experience and expertise that have given them those valuations today (Interbrand, 2012).
In addition, another major threat that Zara faces is a growth of a new entrant through copying the same business model as that of Zara. However, Zara's style of operations is so unique that "the Inditex (Zara's parent company) way is an all-or-nothing proposition that has to be fully embraced to yield results" (Capell, 2008). Despite this reason, new apparel chains are trying to develop this model such as the US based Chico's which even taps on a trademark Zara strength of Fast Fashion with the slogan , "You will always find something new every day at Chico's" (Tiplady, 2006).
Threat of Existing Competitors: An interesting situation about this industry is that even if the competition is extremely high there are not many fast fashion brands like Zara. While H&M, Mango, Forever 21 would be considered as main competitors for Zara, it operates on a whole new business model of fast fashion which provides Zara with a major competitive edge (Hall, 2008). It is able to move designs from sketch pad to their stores throughout their world in 2 weeks or less even. Vertical integration including majority of production, in house designers, centralized inventories are some of the main reasons why Zara is comfortably ahead of its competition. Analyzing from another point of view, despite Zara offering over 33,000 item varieties in a year compared to industry average of 3000 items, it is twelve times faster than Gap and at least six months ahead of H&M which is its closest competitor (Economist, 2005). Hence, differentiation and key value drivers helps Zara put itself ahead in the industry.
Zara also produces its items in small batches creating a level of exclusivity not seen amongst competitors. In this way while other retail chains often slash prices by 50 percent to move mass quantities out of stock, Zara does the same but only by 15 percent (Surowiecki, 2000). In addition, Zara is a fashion follower where its designs are based on current trends and fashion shows. The benefit of this is summarized by Jose Luis Neuno, professor at IESE Business School, Barcelona where he states "If you produce what the street is already wearing, you minimize fashion risk" (Capell, 2008).
Bargaining Power of Suppliers: Intriguingly, the power of suppliers is low from one view point and high from the other. This is because Zara's 60 percent production is done in-house which negates the dependency on suppliers and manufacturers to whom production is to be out-sourced. This when compared to the 900 factories H&M outsources its production too, Zara is in a comfortable position vis-à-vis its competition in relation to suppliers (Folpe, 2000).
However, due to the fast fashion business model of Zara, it has to geographically align the outsourcing of production and other suppliers very close to its warehouse and headquarters in Spain such as Morocco and Turkey. This is important especially to reduce the transit time and cost whereby Zara is able to re-stock the shelves with latest designs in enviable time but these countries don't necessarily provide the cheapest labor or efficiencies but limited by geography. Thus, while companies usually play a major role in changing the geography of jobs, in the case of Zara, "the geographies of competencies and jobs has changed Zara" (Tokatli, 2008). Nevertheless, with Zara's emphasis and leveraging growth on fast fashion, they select speed over the cost and put a margin buffer (Dunn, 2006).
Bargaining Power of Buyers: This factor usually has an inverse relationship with the retail sector as a whole as the switching cost is very low unlike in the case of suppliers. It is worthwhile to note here that "customers are notoriously strange creatures and habit can be short lived as described by the ever changing trends especially in the fashion field" (Ipswich, 2005). Nonetheless, as per professor Neuno, constant change in design and inventory of Zara followed by an air of exclusivity keeps the "turnover of key items so high that consumers are in pressure to buy as there is always the feeling that you will lose opportunity if you don't buy now" (By, 2001).
The marketing research done in-house by the sales staff by studying the buyers is also valuable informing Zara about the drawbacks and improvement required in the products (Gallaugher, 2008). This allows Zara to be the best fashion follower as data is churned out more easily and designs are updated as per latest trends reducing buyer's power. This is why "the average Zara customer visits the store 17 times a year compared to just 3 visits" for its competitors (Gallaugher, 2008).
Buyer's power relative to its competitors can also be compared through its advertising expenses where higher expense would mean higher power to buyers. While many fashion retailers spend a sum close of 3.5% of revenue, the ad spending of Zara is only 0.3% (CNN, 2007).
Threat of Substitutes: In general, substitutes can be competitive when the switching cost is low and there is less differentiation between products. The fashion industry is unpredictable as the competitors come up with new range of products regularly. Zara is different from other competitors because it is known for its innovation in clothing and new trends in fashion. This helps Zara to overcome substitutes. However, the fashion industry is prone to competition and substitution is quite high. Threat of product-for-product substitution on this market is very high. It comes from other apparel retailers, designer clothes and tailor houses. Substitution by need is unlikely while department stores could also prove to be strong substitutes (Liu & Rajani, 2010).
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Protaras offers holidaymakers a quieter resort on the eastern coast of Cyprus, away from the hustle and bustle that can be found around Ayia Napa. A fairly modern resort, visitors on a Protaras holiday have found a charming beach resort combined with a range of facilities designed to fill anyones needs during their holiday. Popular with families, the miles of sandy beaches which border the town are rated some of the best in Cyprus and have proven Protaras to be a popular holiday resort with all visitors.
The white sandy beaches which can be found on a Protaras holiday are mainly located to the north of the town and there are a range of scuba diving sites to be found taking advantage of the crystal clear Mediterranean waters. The calm waters of the Protaras beaches as well as other attractions including water parks make Protaras ideal for those with families. The selection of water sports available ensure that older children looking for a more adventurous time are also catered for.
For those wishing to experience more of Cyprus during a Protaras holiday a wide variety of excursions can be booked from Protaras and are well worth the effort. From trips to the countryside and mountains to Nicosia and other major towns on the island it is easy to book a daytrip away from the beach. Before that though, you will need to book your trip and Mercury Holidays wide selection of flights and offers to Protaras can help you experience this great side of Cyprus at ease with little effort.
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
More Powerful Than A Locomotive
Everyday he works so hard and does so much, so well. He really is the best. He's handsome, smart, can fix anything, and HE'S MINE!!!!! Woohoo! Talk about blessings from God. We've been married for 17 1/2 years. Amazing. God really knew that I needed a man strong in will, spirit, and integrity.
That's enough for now. Superman needs his beauty sleep, and so do I. Hey, if he's Superman, does that make me Lois Lane?
7 comments:
- Kim said...
Uh, sure Lois. I don't think I want to hear anymore of what happened with this whole "Superman" thing.
I like being married to a handyman (who's good-looking).
- Friday, January 25, 2008 6:46:00 AM
- Jawan said...
They must all be in the same club 'cause I thought I was married to Superman.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 1:22:00 PM
Or you could be Lana...ok so I've been watching too much Smallville. Sweet post.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 2:10:00 PM
- Missy said...
Lana's a good name!
Umm...why did you have 76 virus's on your computer? Are you exagerating? Can I spell? No.
- Friday, January 25, 2008 6:44:00 PM
- Laura Leigh said...
Lovin' the Dean. (Very appropos for the post, too.)
- Friday, January 25, 2008 9:57:00 PM
- Kimmi said...
aol's instant messenger is how the viruses came in. there were "trojan horse" viruses. they look innocent, but contain a damaging virus. the ones we had disabled our virus scannning and protection software. it took scott 3 days to repair the damage.
- Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:53:00 PM
- Crissy said...
I think your husband just wants to be like my husband.
- Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:09:00 PM


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I want to use this post to collect pictures of modified Yamaha SR400 / SR500s that I particularly like.
To start off with the blank canvas, here's my relatively stock 1978 SR500, albeit with bigger handle bars and an after-market tail-light.
A nice backyard job.
A Japanese 'shop build'.
One of my favourite builds, by a professional Japanese shop, Custom House Stinky.
Bonneville-style SR
And for interest's sake, here's a BSA Starfire with an SR500 engine fitted.
And another bike I found on the web, which is very close to what I want my SR to look like.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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2304 Hillsborough is one of the brand new apartments that's popped up near NC State's Main Campus. This building is located at 2304 Hillsborough Street, in between Jimmy John's and the former Sugar Magnolia boutique on the spot where Hot Box Pizza (and before that, Sylvia's Pizza) stood.
CHASS majors, you'll love this place. It's the closest you can possibly live to Tompkins, Caldwell, and Winston Hall — right across the street.
A Brief Timeline of 2304 Hillsborough's Development
This place has been under construction since August 2015. Naturally, there's been a lot of progress between demolishing the 1-story pizza joint and building the 5-story apartment building.
So here's a brief overview of everything that's happened, with pictures. (But to be honest, we just wanted a reason to keep all the pictures we've taken of the building.)
We dug deep into City of Raleigh development plans to find the details about this apartment building. It's been under construction since August 2015, but although the sign on the building says "Fall 2016," it's looking like 2304 Hillsborough will be completed November 2017.
- Rezoning case submitted: June 22nd, 2014
- Rezoning approved: November 5th, 2014
- Plan submitted: March 7th, 2015
- Plan approved: June 25th, 2015
- Under construction: August 19th, 2015


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This is going to be a rant. If you are not in the mood for rantage tonight, leave off here.
So, like I work for a VERY LARGE organization that has a big-time person at the head of it. I am mentioning no names, suffice to say, one day this person was shaking a former president's hand and the next day he was standing in my cubicle shaking my hand.
So, like I said, he was standing in my cubicle admiring the general splendor (I'm an artiste and have a lot of artistic things that I make or buy decorating my area). Mr. Big Wig admired something in particular. When I told him that I make them he asked if I could make him one. Sure I said, not a problem.
At that point I asked him who he would like me to deliver it to (mind you, he always has an entourage trailing in his wake) I gestured in the general direction of one of his hangers-on. He told me that he wanted me to contact him directly. I made a joke basically saying, "Oh, I didn't think that we little people were allowed to contact you directly." He waved it off and laughed. So basically at this point I had his permission to deal only with him.
My department big boss had a meeting with Mr Big Wig on Tuesday evening. The next morning my dept. boss came directly to my desk, elated, saying that Mr Big Wig loved my "handy work" and wanted me to make another one in a slightly different version. (The things I make are not hard to do and are not expensive) Later on that same day when our department had our staff meeting to discuss my bosses meeting with Mr. Big Wig, my boss mentioned me and held up samples of what I made and everyone seemed so happy for me.
I should have known it was just too good to be true. But wait, there's more…
This morning I deliver Mr. Big Wigs revised item. He sent me an email (cc-ing my boss and my boss's boss) about fifteen minutes later, thanking me and saying how wonderful he thought it was, etc, etc.
So, I had my 15 minutes of fame this morning and thought nothing else about it… until lunch time.
My team leader (the person between me and my boss) sent me this passive-aggressive email telling me that in future I need to go through the pecking order. In other words, she meant that I should have gone through her, to our department boss, then to my boss's boss, who would then deliver my items to Mr. Big Wig.
She must have thought I fell off the turnip truck just yesterday, because remember, I asked Mr. Big Wig how he wanted the delivery handled and he TOLD me to come directly to him.
I emailed her back, spelling out the entire conversation for her, letting her know that I DID do the right thing. When I initally wrote the email, I think I was channeling Darcy a bit, getting all huffy and offended. But cooler heads prevailed and I toned down the email quite a bit.
I just don't see how I could have handled this any differently. I thought I did the right thing. I have been thinking about this all day. Those of you who work in large places know very well that these small work-place victories can mean so much to us underlings. To go from one minute with just a little recognion to the next being happy to have my work acknowledged… well, you know what I mean.
All this has made me feel rotten. I called my aunt after lunch and explained it to her just to see if she thought I did something wrong. She said that I didn't. And I really don't think what I did was all that bad either. I can only narrow it down to jealousy, perhaps. But why be jealous of me? I have one tiny moment in the sun and people who spend "all day in the sun" get jealous of me?
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bago system slot limit?
Here is an actual report for this spring - and looking really, really poor.
I fish the Wednesday night league - Winnebago Walleye League out of the east shore, Bobbers. We have 18 or 19 boats, with overall, pretty darn good fishermen. There are not weekend warrior type guys. Fish from 5-9, and many guys prefish before.
Results - 1-17" walleye. 2 or 3 short walleye (15" or better), 1 19" sauger (could not be registered). That is it folks. In 3 weeks of fishing, 1 legal walleye!!!
Not looking good to say the least. Even if we use the excuse the fish are not down yet, same was the case in past years and many walleye have been caught. We can talk about bait fish, but talking with our group, it is not like we are seeing big balls of baitfish (almost all have excellent electronics and KNOW how to use them). People are fishing all over the system and no methods are working.
As we have worried, the lake may have finally gave out.
Just our personal experience;
Looking back at the last 3 years catches. We were hammering the eyes 3 weeks ago already (before you start, we don't even keep the eyes we catch). Crappie were staged outside points and river mouths as well. Was slow 2 and 3 years ago for the 5 of us who fish together, and even slower last year but, still catching some fish. This year, NADA for eyes or crappie as of yet. Haven't even heard of northern being spotted yet this year. Very few pike last year but, a least a few seen here and there. Walleye Weekend catches last year should have been a warning to the DNR! Last fall was the worst in years for White Bass, Eyes and Pike. Looking at the similarities in the indicators from the 70's and 80's. When walleye declined dramatically and a limit of even 15 inch walleye was rare for decades, it seems to be too late already. The decline in White bass has been going on the last 10 years and quite dramatic the last 3 years. They don't even run at all in the South Side rivers anymore. People say it's because of all the bait fish in the system. That's why catch rates are down over all. Why do you spose there are so many bait fish anyway? A decline in White Bass, Walleye, and Pike. And an explosion of bait fish. I wonder if there's a relationship....
Crappies...same as white bass, fun to catch but a disappointment in the frying pan. Those will be gone too soon.
Is it just me or does everyone just catch limits of all fish out here. Spring, summer, winter most people seldom seem to be catching all these fish when you ask question at the launches, etc. Everyone throughout the state wants limit changed on all bodies of water, are the fisherman in this state that good at catching fish, it will get to the point you will not even be able to catch a fish for a fry as limits will be so small, getting close to thinking of selling the boat and just go,with a guide a couple times a year. How many others have thought about the,same thing. Think of revenue loses.
A couple of you know me here and I thought I would mention a few things. This is overall a good discussion of concerned fishermen which is good to see.
One of the big year classes of Walleyes, I believe 2012 or 2013 which were the 19'to21" fish really took a beating with harvest, way over what they could sustain. Unfortunately this class was counted on to keep producing which isn't going to happen.
Discussions we have had with the DNR do not seem to show support for a slot limit here and seasonal changes were not looked at positively. Unfortunately the immature fish are not looked at as closely as mature fish and I have not heard any support for bringing back a size limit. A decreased bag limit would be one tool they can use with the increase pressure.
WFT is working on a Sauger project now which have had very little natural reproduction since WFT had to stop hatching them. We are seeing older Sauger but not a lot of smaller ones. There have also been a lot of small Perch in the nets but not the older Jumbo's. We are also seeing some big Crappies and the hatch last year was huge.
there are Ebs and flows with perch. the perch fishing was BAD for many years in the late 90's into the early 2k's. Then it was REAL good for 10 years or so...last two years not so much.
Now you can go to the upper lakes and fill your live well with perch in spring and fall...so I think the system over all is fine for perch.
I do agree with a 15 fish panfish bag though if they came up with that.
Something definatly needs to be done with this system. Yes it is Wisconsins premier walleye factory. But it cannot withstand the pressure it receives now forever. I would think a three fish limit with a protective slot from 20 to 24 to protect the healthiest spawners is the best option. If three fish isnt enough for a fish fry throw a few other species in the mix.
The panfish situation needs to be addressed also. Gone are the days when you could catch a limit of true jumbos as the perch population is all caught out before they can reach there true potential. At the very least you should be allowed no more than 10 or 15 of one species of panfish.
We should appreciate this system and great opportunities it provides. But gone are the days of take,take,take as no system can handle that in this day and age of increased technology.
peterskeeter, the "they" you speak of don't pay tickets anyway.
Hard to ticket people when they claim not to speak English
Also, group bagging is NOT legal. you can get bagged for 2 people throwing fish in the same bucket. one guy catching 7 eyes and the other guy 3 is illegal. you get caught filling your buddy up, you both are getting tickets.
If you have separate buckets even, you put 5 in yours and then put 3 in his bucket, you get the fine for 3 over your limit and you'll both lose your fish.
back to the original post, 3 fish a day is waste of time for people looking for a meal. 3 eye's can't feed my family, esp a 15-16 inch fish. 5 fish, 15 inch limit would work. a slot limit would just deplete the system of age classes like it did the 2 and 3 years ago. If you'd get a year again with very low forage, certain age classes would get the chit beat out of em again. I know a single guy that kept 184 walleye's 3 years ago and he brags. What does a single person need 184 walleye's....but him keeping track just shows you what type of Dbag he is. Braggert at is it's best.
Yup, 3 fish limit would be fine with me. They could also put a 15 inch length limit on with a 3 fish per day. Build it and they will come.
If someone can live stream under water cameras. Why can't the DNR monitor a live feed at the most popular fishing spots? That's got to be cheaper than paying a warden to never show up and enforce the law. You could have retired cops or volunteers monitor from home. Play back and count each persons catch. This would pay for itself in a weekend! There are Pan and zoom functions on cameras available on the web. Hel, the sign posted 'Video Surveillance' (in multiple languages) alone would at least be somewhat of a deterrent!


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How To Find A Good Babysitter
Word of Mouth and Agenceis
Probably the best way to find a babysitter that is good is to ask people you know if they know of any babysitters available that they would recommend. Try more to ask parents that may have children of the age that can be a babysitter rather than those that have young children that have a babysitter, as those families may not want to lose their sitter to you. Also, posting an ad at a church or in a church bulletin can help.
Additionally, many large cities have agencies for occassional as well as regular sitters. These agencies may have a fee to use, but it can be worth it as the sitters have had their references checked.
There are many different sites to look for sitters online. Many have a fee to join and you usually have to do your own background check on the applicants, but it is a good option if you do not know anyone to ask for recommendations. Also, often it ends up cheaper than agencies.
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The new venture is "an enterprise of a business nature in which there is considerable risk of loss as well as chance of gain" (Oxford English Dictionary, 1989, Vol. XIX, p. 520). The word 'venture' literally means 'a risky undertaking', which makes venture capitalists' risk-takers. However, like all other types of investors, venture capitalists will only invest if perceived returns are greater than perceived risk. The saying, 'greater the risk, greater the return' holds for venture capital financing provided it is not a speculative deal. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and quantify the probability of risk.
The study by MacMillan, Siegel, and Narasimha have been undertaken to determine which criteria are important for evaluate new venture proposals. Some criteria have been point out by the Journal as the common criteria. This article is going to have a review on those criteria provide by MacMillan, Siegel, and Narasimaha and have a critical analysis whether those criteria provided could make the venture proposals successful. Summaries of the journal According to the study, the most important criteria is "the quality of the entrepreneur that ultimately determines the funding decision. "
In the first part of the study, 24 criteria were scaled under 5 catalogs and use a survey method to examine the importance of them. The results of the study have found out that personality and experience, product and market characteristics and financial consideration are the most important criteria for venture capitalists to qualify the proposals. For personality and experience, the most important personality characteristics are evidence of staying power and an ability to handle risk. For product and market characteristics, the most important characteristic appears to be some proprietary protection.
Finally for the financial considerations, the key concerns are with high upside potential and high investment liquidity. Then the study has identified 5 out of 10 most commonly rated criteria as essential have to do with the entrepreneurs themselves. "By and large venture capitalists will not back ventures unless the entrepreneur is capable of sustained effort, has demonstrated leadership in the past, evaluates and reacts to risk well, has a track record relevant to the venture, and is capable of articulating the venture well.
" The study has also point out the characteristics of "critically flawed" proposals is a is important for venture capitalists to qualify the projects. That is , proposals that would be rejected by a significant majority of venture capitalists if they had only two flaws of the previous mentioned five most important criteria. Finally, with a factor analysis, the study allocates the venture capitalists into 3 broad types the "Purposeful Risk Managers", the "Determined Eclectics" and the "Parachutists".
The "Purposeful Risk Managers" seeks the entrepreneurs with demonstrated leadership skills and a product and market with characteristics that clearly reduce the risk to manageable levels. The "Determined Eclectics" appear to deliberately impose an absolute minimum number of restrictions. And the "Parachutists" willing to support most ventures as long as they feel that they have a high liquidity "parachute". The study by MacMillan, Siegel and Narasimha did provide us some common criteria for evaluating new proposals, but there are still some critics on those criteria listed by the author. Critiques of the journal
According to the conclusion of the journal, the most important thing to consider for evaluation a new proposal is the quality of the entrepreneur. But in the real world venture capital practices there are some cases which quite match the criteria provide by MacMillan, Siegel and Narasimha and still failed. For example, according to the information provided by the study of MacMillan, Siegel and Subbanarasimha 1987, the investment on a highly familiar with the targeted market and had a well-established relevant track record team could just failed because the lack in capacity for sustained and intense effort.
And also, according to the flawed ventures studies in this journal, it was said that if the proposals cannot match at least two of those indicator criteria the venture capitals would give up it. But there do are some example that represents a venture team lacking in terms of all the desirable criteria but only have high product protection and become successful. Finally, we should mention that Research by "social judgment theorists suggests that 'espoused' decision-making processes (that this present arguing study fallen in) may be a less than accurate reflection of 'in use' decision-making processes" (Shepherd, 1999, p.76).
Conclusion The study that carried out by MacMillan, Siegel and Narasimha provide us some common criteria for evaluating new venture proposals. Those criteria are useful tools to indicate the successful of certain venture. Some of those criteria are key finds that still influence the venture capitalists in nowadays. But we should also notice there are numbers of criteria for judging a new proposal and some of those criteria have been marked as important criteria.
But in real world practice proposals might be failed just because the lacking of the least important criteria even if they have all the other important criteria. And also, some venture cases may well successful with only one less important criteria (product protection) even they do not have any other desirable criteria mentioned by the study. As venture capital present a risk taking action, it is better to have a careful view on those criteria and chose the most appropriate one to reduce the risk to the lowest point.
MacMillan, Zemann, Subbanarasimha, P. N 1987, Journal of Business Venturing Criteria distinguishing successful from unsuccessful ventures in the venture screening process Fred Pries 2001, Distinguishing successful from unsuccessful venture capital investments in technology-based new ventures: How investment decision criteria relate to deal performance, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Brealey Myers, Principles of corporate finance, McGraw-Hill 2003


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TEWKSBURY -- Within a couple of years, Strongwater Farm may be home to bats as well as horses.
An Eagle Scout project completed by 18-year-old Joey MacNeil created 20 potential homes to the farm for the nocturnal mammals.
"A lot of times I'll have the Eagle Scouts come out here looking for various projects for us to do," said Patti Lessard, director of operations and programming at Strongwater. "Knowing that we have such an intensive bug population, one of the most natural ways to deplete that population is having bats out here."
According to the Organization for Bat Conservation, 2,000 to 6,000 insects can be consumed by just one insect-eating bat nightly. The most common bats in Massachusetts are the little brown and big brown bats, also called Myotis lucifugus and Eptesicus fuscus, respectively, according to the Mass Audubon website. But it could take up to two years before the bats start making themselves comfortable at Strongwater.
"It's going to get all the bats to kind of congregate around the houses so that they eat all the bugs so that the horses don't get bit and the volunteers don't get bit either because no one likes mosquitoes," said MacNeil, of Troop 322.
In addition to mosquitoes, these bats eat other insects like moths and wasps. Stacy Tofuri, of Malden, is a volunteer at Strongwater and was helping install the bat houses to various trees around the farm.
"It's a huge benefit to the farm, just for things like maintaining the bug population, for things like EEE and West Nile," Tofuri said. "So, I think the project is awesome.
The bat houses are in a rectangular shape and painted brown to blend in against the trees. These new homes may also help to benefit the bats. The Organization for Bat Conservation reported that bat houses can be a safe alternative for these night flyers who are facing loss of habitat. White Nose Syndrome, a disease that affects hibernating bats, has also been fatal to many bats in the Northeast and Canada, dramatically affecting the population, according to Mass Audubon.
Not only can this project help in regards to health for the horses and clients on the farm, Lessard said it can assist with the overall experience people have out there.
"It's more of a nuisance, too, for the horses because they are constantly swatting their tails and they get aggravated," Lessard said. "It changes their behavior if there's too many around them."
Lessard said this was also an opportunity to think in an environmentally conscious way.
"The Tewksbury community is really involved in keeping things very environmentally friendly, so we try to stay on the same lines as that, by not bringing in many chemical sprays," Lessard said. "We have them, but we try hard not to use them. We try to use more natural based items, as far as your fly sprays and repellents."
MacNeil began as a Cub Scout in 2006 and continued on to Boy Scouts in 2010.
"I'm hoping I get my Eagle Scout. I have my board on July 20," MacNeil said. "If all are up and I have enough pictures they'll probably pass me and I'll get my Eagle Scout and I'll be happy because I've been in Scouting for 10 or 11 years."
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I hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend! We have been busy, busy running around London! Here's a rundown of what all we did…
Friday morning, Laura Douglass, Paul, and I traveled to Soho and learned about cholera (see previous post for more details). That afternoon, we met up with Jessica and Jade to have afternoon tea at the Cellarium, which is located right at Westminster Abbey. Apparently this is a hangout of the actor Jude Law, but sadly we did not spot him! I have to say, it was a bit strange having tea on the 4th of July – there is something that is both slightly awkward and yet delightfully ironic about being in London on such an American holiday… But the delectable finger sandwiches, scones, desserts, and hot pot of Earl Grey tea quickly reminded me of how much fun London is!
The tea did wonders for my increasingly sore throat and hoarse voice, so I felt refreshed enough to walk over to the National Gallery with the others. The Gallery is the UK's national collection of paintings, and is incredibly impressive – there's something in there for everyone, even if you're not an artist (like myself!). While watercolors do not run through my veins, I have always been drawn to the Impressionists, and the Gallery is full of them… Monet, Manet, Seurat, Renoir, Pissaro, Cezanne, and the list goes on. There are also of course famous works by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, and da Vinci. Unfortunately, no pictures can be taken within the Gallery (for obvious reasons), so I have no proof of my visit! But trust me, if you ever visit London, add the National Gallery to your "To Do" list.
I began to feel poorly while walking around the gallery, so I returned to the dorms afterwards and had a restful evening. Part of me felt a bit guilty – I have so many things I want to do while I'm in London, but already feel as though I'm rapidly running out of time. So how could I possibly rest?! And on a Friday night, no less? What a travesty. But I realize that I'm sick (and seem to be getting sicker), so I know that I need to rest while I can. On the plus side, we have all discovered the beauty that is Netflix UK. Netflix back in the States is obviously adequate and I can't complain, but Netflix UK is on the next level! One of my favorite shows, Archer, just completed its 5th season not long ago – and guess what? The 5th season is on Netflix UK! (But not in the US). I'm going to take advantage of this fact, and look at it as the silver lining of being sick.
I woke up on Saturday still unfortunately feeling poorly, but trekked to the National Portrait Gallery with the girls. A fun side story: We walked to Waterloo Station, per usual, but were serenaded inside by a (seemingly already drunk) 20-something guy! Yes, he walked right by us with his mates and began belting out James Blunt's "You're Beautiful." While in fact it's a terrible song, I think we all were a little flattered. He even kept belting out the song while walking away from us and riding the escalator down to the tube. What a way to start off our Saturday!
We also were excited to see that the Book Benches are up and running! As the site says, these benches were "designed by local artists and famous names to celebrate London's literary heritage and reading for enjoyment." They're placed all over the city, and are absolutely gorgeous. Some well-known ones include Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, 1984, Dr. Seuss, Mary Poppins, Peter Pan, Pride & Prejudice, The Jungle Book, etc. As it turns out, one bench is located in our very own Waterloo Station! We can't wait to find more benches throughout the city…
Now, back to the gallery… It was founded in 1856, and is a collection of portraits of British men and women. Probably one of the more well-known portraits in the collection is the 2012 Paul Emsley oil painting of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (often referred to as Kate Middleton, or Prince William's wife). Some of my other favorites are portraits of Dame Judi Dench and former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Similarly to the National Gallery, no pictures are allowed, but again, I would highly recommend visiting this gallery if you have the chance. I'm a very visual person, so viewing the portraits is a great way for me to connect with British history and culture.
That afternoon everyone went off to do fun things, but I headed back to the dorms again to rest. I think my body is trying to tell me how tired and worn out it is, and I know I won't start feeling better until I allow myself to take a break. Besides, I had to prepare myself for our big evening event….
the London Eye!
The Eye of course is the giant "ferris wheel" that can be easily spotted from miles away. It's located minutes away from our dorm and is right across the River Thames from Big Ben and Parliament, which makes for some spectacular views. We bought our tickets for 9 pm, and arrived 30 minutes early as instructed, fully expecting there to be a queue. But I guess it was our lucky night because we just strolled right through the line and into our pod to begin the ride! We all took tons of pictures and had a great time.
The sun rises in London just before 5 am and sets at around 9:15 pm right now, so we had the chance to see the beginnings of a beautiful sunset. Back on the ground, the sky was breathtakingly beautiful…
Sunday, which perhaps should have been treated as a day of rest, was certainly busy, busy, busy! The girls and I went to St. Paul's Cathedral for their 11 am Sung Eucharist service. St. Paul's is hands down, one of, if not my absolute favorite buildings in London. The current cathedral was designed by famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren in the late 1600's; many funerals (Churchill, Margaret Thatcher) and weddings (Prince Charles and Diana) have taken place there. I am not the most eloquent person by any means, but I truly do not have words to describe the regal beauty of the dome or the interior artwork. Photography is not allowed, which actually suits me – I am fully aware that no photograph can do the cathedral justice. Instead, I enjoyed relishing the opportunity to attend a worship service in such a magnificent space, and indeed, the service was well done. We're returning to St. Paul's as a class on Tuesday to get a behind the scenes tour of the library, so I am sure I'll have much to report!
That afternoon, Laura Douglass and I headed to Finsbury Park to the Wireless Music Festival, which we have been planning for months! Both of us are huge music fans and have similar music tastes, so we were thrilled to see some of our favorites perform, such as Ellie Goulding, Outkast, Robin Thicke, and Bruno Mars. It rained on and off all afternoon, but that didn't dampen our spirits, and we had a blast jamming out and people watching with tens of thousands of our closest British friends!
Towards the end of the night, after being rained on and chilled most of the day, I was feeling terrible, so we headed home to King's College. But not before we each had our picture taken in front of the graffiti wall!
This week we're visiting a TON of amazing places – the London Archaeological Archive Resource Centre, the Barbican Centre, St. Paul's Library, the National Maritime Museum Library & Archive, the British Museum Archives, the Wiener Library, and Kew Gardens. Check back for more updates!
I hope everyone has had a fantastic weekend,


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Saturday, 13 February 2016
Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel, Penelope Cruz and Kristen Wigg. Written by, John Hamburg, Ben Stiller, Nick Stoller and Justin Theroux, directed by Ben Stiller. Budget $50 million, 103 minutes running time.
15 years have passed in Derek Zoolander's universe and it's safe to say his world has gone to shit. His wife is dead, killed by a one-tonne book, his son has been taken into care, he's lost his mojo and he's living in a cabin in the woods. But it's no better for Hansel either, hideously scared thanks to the same disaster that claimed Derek's wife, and all 10 members of his Orgy, both male and female, pregnant. Both men are desperate and when they both get invitations from Billy Zane to take part in Kristen Wiig's Rome fashion show the stage is set for a quest to rescue Derek's son, discover who Hansel's dad is and find out why several international pop stars have all been killed while pouting in a very Blue Steel way and what their connection with Will Ferrell's Mugato is.
To explain more of the plot would be both churlish, and pointless, it's convoluted, twisty, far too elaborate and ultimately unnecessary since it really doesn't matter come the end.
This is an exceedingly loud movie, the sound track BOOMS through every single frame of this film, from a generic music to set the mood to blasts of pop music. Apart from that there's not alot more to talk about.
Oh wait, I bet you want to know if it's funny? Well yes, at times it is. I counted at least four of those times when I burst out laughing, rather loudly infact. Sadly, inbetween those rare moments I just sat stony faced and waited for the the next cameo to come by, be it Bendy Dick Currant Bun, Ping, Susan Sarandon, Katy Perry or Susan Boyle.
I have to say I have fond memories of the first Zoolander film, but this one makes me nervous to return to it in case I realise it's no longer funny. Zoolander 2 has the same schtick as the first but now it suffers from Sequel-itous, it has the same gags and tropes just done slightly differently, so you sort of remember the gag from the first film and so you kinda of chuckle at the memory. The film struts from one gag to the next and everyone seems to be having a blast making it, particularly Wigg and Ferrel but sadly that humour doesn't transfer from the screen, too often you smile at a gag or groan. That said the woman in from of us, howled through out and even gave it a standing ovation at the end to show her love for it.
Crazy bitch.
Me, I'm a little more sanguine about it. I reckon it's a rather Meh 4/10 and two of those points are for Penelope's attributes.
Should you see it? Well only if the only other option is Dead's Army.
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Muse-calling, Week One
June 12, 2009
I am beginning to train myself to focus on fiction writing (and only fiction writing) for thirty minutes every day. I would like to start at 8:30 AM, but, as you can see, I'm not quite hitting that mark.
Log in: 8:35 AM
Log out: 9:25 AM
Log in: 9:04
Log out: 9:35
Pass/fail on my goal of 1,500 words per day this week: fail.
Muse-calling is the first goal I have set that is not focused on output. Rather, the point is to force me to designate a certain time slot each day for fiction, and use that slot only for its intended purpose. I have noticed that I am not at all eager to stay in my chair. I want to jump up and grab a snack. I think of something that needs to be done, or I get distracted by a problem, and I want to get up and move around the house. But the conditions I have placed on this experiment require me to sit and think about fiction. Since this is easiest if I'm writing fiction, I tend to write more under these rules.
It's only half an hour, so my word count is low. I'm going to be okay with that for two more weeks while I cement the habit (and nudge myself into starting at 8:30 on the dot). Maybe my output per minute will increase; maybe it won't. What will happen is that I will get used to giving that time to fiction, and only fiction.
I got the idea for this approach from Jerry Cleaver's book Immediate Fiction. Mostly. Plenty of authors and teachers advise writing on a fixed schedule. Most of my favorite bloggers recommend baby steps when tackling a big dream. Cleaver, however, ran The Writer's Loft in Chicago, and he may be the best writing instructor out there. He has certainly made a persuasive and motivating case for developing good writing habits.
Reality Improves with Real Work
December 7, 2008
I have Real, Paying Work as a writing coach for the teenage son of a coworker. He's writing a novel and it's my job to read over what he produces and make editorial suggestions. Yes!!
Lunch with the freelance writer went well. More on that later.


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Tamarah :o)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Give me rust give me rust give me lots of flaky rust....I don't want newwwwww.....!
Tamarah :o)
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Hi Tamarah,ReplyDelete
Another successful junking foray! I am loving the little red pony. Once I found an old rocking style horse in the "Hard Rubbish" as you so aptly call it. It was missing it's side pieces so I hung it from the ceiling in my shop above the "cowboy" section. It took on the appearance of a flying horse and was really quite thrilling.
Hope the rest of your weekend is equally productive!
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Tamarah, My pick of your treasures this week are those little drawers. You could use them for jewelry or something! I just picked up a red chippy toolbox today just like that one.!ReplyDelete
I say this so often on these blogs, I'm so jealous of the deals you found! Cute little red pony. In an antique shop in Minneapolis my sister and I saw a whole team of these painted white, pulling Santa in his sleigh. What do you have planned for yours?ReplyDelete
oh you did so well! I love the pony - and I can just see the milk bottles lined up on the window sill with gerberas in them... *sigh*ReplyDelete
Lucky you!!
LOVE the red pony, love the four piece drawer, what a steal! What are you gonna do with them! LezleeReplyDelete
Hi TamReplyDelete
Long time no chat.
Love your blog - lots of awesome treasures!


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SIALKOT - Amidst various promises made and left unfulfilled for decades, Federal Minister for Law and Climate Change Zahid Hamid again said that the government has allocated a special grant for reconstruction of various roads.
He said that the government has allocated Rs3.25 billion for the reconstruction of Sialkot-Pasrur Road. He added that the government allocated Rs1.30 billion for the reconstruction and widening of shabby main Daska-Pasrur Road and Rs350 million for constructing Pasrur-Kalaaswala Road and Pasrur-Dhoda Road.
He stated this while talking to the workers at Pasrur. He added that the government has also released a grant of Rs60 million for providing gas facility for the people in four villages Ramkey, Punwana, Noul and Killeywali of Union Council Maalipur, Pasrur tehsil. He said that the construction work of the above-mentioned projects would be started very soon in the larger public interest as well.
Contrary to the prime minister's promise he made seven months ago during a public meeting, the Sialkot-Pasrur Road and Daska-Pasrur Road are still in the state of dilapidation.
There is no implementation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's orders of early reconstruction of both the shabby roads. While addressing a public meeting at Sambrial near Sialkot on August 22, 2016, the prime minister had announced early reconstruction of both the dilapidated main roads. But, seven months have passed to this announcement made by the PM but no practical step has yet been witnessed on ground.
These main roads have now become crumbling having three to four feet deep ditches on almost everywhere from Sialkot to Pasrur and from Daska to Pasrur. These ditches often present a look of dirty water ponds due to rain and stagnant sewage and sewerage.
The main roads have also witnessed different political weathers as the local political elected representatives had been doing politics over the burning issue of repairing, reconstruction and dualization of these roads. Main Sialkot-Pasrur Road and Daska-Pasrur Road had been waiting for their reconstruction and widening for the last several decades under the shadow of the high political promises. As many as 35km Sialkot-Pasrur Road is the main road which connects both the neighbouring Sialkot and Narowal districts through Pasrur, Badiana, Sialkot, Zafarwal, Chawinda, Qila Ahmedabad and Alipur Syedan.
Early reconstruction of dilapidated main Daska-Pasrur Road is the demand of the day to give some relief to the perturbed people.
The Sialkot-Pasrur Road and the Daska-Pasrur Road, left dilapidated for tens of years, have become notorious for accidents as more than 150 people including women and children lost their lives in different accidents during 2015.
According to Rescue 1122, the travelling on the road has become very dangerous and risky. They added that more than 150 people including women and children have died in separate fatal road accidents on the road.
The 35 kilometre is the main road which connects Sialkot and Narowal districts through Pasrur, Badiana , Sialkot, Zafarwal, Chawinda, Qila Ahmedabad and Alipur Syedaan. The perturbed people have strongly protested against the situation. They staged a demonstration for early reconstruction of the most neglected road, for saving the precious lives.
They chanted slogans against the local elected representatives. They said that officialdom including Zahid Hamid, Pasrur based federal minister for climate change, MPAs Munawar Ali Gill, Liaqat Ali and Rana Afzal had made several announcements giving the "good news" of construction and widening of the road at several public meetings held in Pasrur region in the past years. But, nothing was there on the ground in this regard, the local people regretted.
When contacted, a spokesperson of Zahid Hamid, said that the situation was repeatedly brought into the notice of federal and provincial governments, saying that Zahid Hamid has been making efforts for getting the road project approved. The protesters urged the both federal and provincial governments to re-affix their priorities and ensure the reconstruction of the main road.
Affected people said that hundreds of thousands of people frequently travel through the dilapidated and shabby road while hundreds of farmers also bring their agricultural produce in the local Mandies at Daska and Pasrur.


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The Tiptop Audio Time Fabric Pitch Shift Z-DSP Cartridge for Z-DSP is a cartridge providing a pitch shifting effect for the Z-DSP. The Z-DSP is an open source DSP for the modular system and can exchange data with the help of plug-in cards various programs.
The pitch-shifting function of the Z-DSP uses a technique referred to as the rotating head tape delay. It is comparable to a tape recorder, the tape heads move independently of the tape playback. The signals of the two tape heads are then blinded and give an output that is capable of fabulous pitched delay effects, harmonization and smooth reverb.
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