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Moon, Kim, Kim, Kim, Chae, and Kang: Alterations in uterine hemodynamics caused by uterine fibroids and their impact on in vitro fertilization outcomes
Alterations in uterine hemodynamics caused by uterine fibroids and their impact on in vitro fertilization outcomes
Jei-Won Moon, Chung-Hoon Kim, Jun-Bum Kim, Sung-Hoon Kim, Hee-Dong Chae, Byung-Moon Kang
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Corresponding author: Chung-Hoon Kim. Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 05505, Korea.
Tel: +82-2-3010-3639, Fax: +82-2-3010-6944, chnkim@amc.seoul.kr
Received June 05, 2015 Revised November 06, 2015 Accepted November 20, 2015
To investigate the impact of fibroids on the blood flow of the uterine and subendometrial arteries and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes.
In this study, we analyzed 86 IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles in which a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist protocol was used for controlled ovarian stimulation between January 2008 and March 2009. The subjects comprised 86 infertile women with (fibroid group, n=43) or without (control group, n=43) uterine fibroids.
Patient characteristics were similar between the fibroid and control groups. The IVF/ICSI outcomes in patients with fibroids were similar to those of patients in the control group. The resistance index (RI) and pulsatile index (PI) of the uterine and subendometrial arteries on the day of embryo transfer were also comparable between the two groups. IVF outcomes and uterine hemodynamics in patients with multiple (≥2) fibroids were similar to those of patients with a single fibroid. However, clinical pregnancy and implantation rates were significantly lower in patients with fibroids who experienced uterine cavity distortion than in patients with fibroids who had a normal uterine cavity (both p<0.05). The RI and PI of the subendometrial artery were significantly higher on the day of embryo transfer in patients with fibroids who experienced uterine cavity distortion than in patients with fibroids who had a normal uterine cavity (both p<0.05).
Fibroids which distorting the uterine cavity might impair the subendometrial artery blood flow clinical pregnancy rate and embryo implantation rate in infertile patients undergoing IVF. Otherwise, IVF outcomes were not influenced by the presence of uterine fibroids.
Keywords: Fertilization in vitro; Leiomyoma; Subendometrial blood flow
Uterine fibroids are the most common gynecological disorder in women of reproductive age. The prevalence of fibroids has been reported to vary from 20% to 50%. Fibroids are associated with subfertility in approximately 5% to 10% of cases [1]. Previous studies have shown that most women affected by fibroids are fertile, although the fibroids may interfere with fertility secondarily to anatomical distortion and alterations of the uterine environment that can disrupt sperm movement [2,3]. Various factors, such as the size, location, and number of uterine fibroids, can alter the effect of fibroids on a woman's fertility status [4]. Nonetheless, no definitive conclusion has been reached regarding the effect of uterine fibroids on in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes, and this issue remains controversial. Many studies have showed that submucosal and intramural fibroids are associated with reduced implantation and pregnancy rates, particularly large uterine fibroids (e.g., >4 cm) [5,6], whereas other studies have failed to show such an association [7,8,9,10].
In addition to fibroids, some other factors are related to the success of IVF, such as uterine receptivity [11,12]. Doppler ultrasound examination is a noninvasive tool for examining uterine receptivity, which is thought to be a predictive factor for IVF outcomes [13]. However, it is still controversial whether the uterine arteries reflect the actual blood flow of the endometrium. Moreover, several other recent studies have found that the role of subendometrial blood flow in predicting IVF outcomes is still subject to debate and requires further research [14]. Most studies have used a long gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist protocol in controlled ovarian stimulation (COS). However, the GnRH agonist protocol itself can affect fibroid growth by causing them to shrink, which could favorably influence IVF outcomes, thereby interfering with the ability of such studies to detect the effects of the fibroids themselves on IVF outcomes.
With this in mind, we carried out a retrospective study evaluating how uterine fibroids affected IVF results based on their size, number, and cavity-distorting effects, using a GnRH antagonist multiple-dose protocol. Additionally, we assessed changes in the resistance index (RI) and pulsatile index (PI) of the uterine artery and subendometrial artery, which can be altered by uterine fibroids.
This retrospective study was performed in a university-based infertility clinic at Asan Medical Center. The study population comprised 86 infertile patients who were treated with a GnRH antagonist multiple-dose protocol. The Institutional Review Board of Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan approved the study. The medical records of 86 patients with infertility who visited our clinic from January 2008 to March 2009 were reviewed. The treatment outcomes of 43 IVF cycles in 43 infertile patients with uterine fibroids were compared with those of 43 IVF cycles in 43 age-matched patients without fibroids. If patients underwent two or more cycles of IVF/intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) during the study period, the charts corresponding to the first IVF/ICSI cycle were reviewed and data from all other IVF/ICSI cycles were excluded from this analysis.
Patients with other uterine anomalies or a history of myomectomy were excluded from the study. Patients with current endocrine abnormalities such as diabetes mellitus or polycystic ovary syndrome, previous hospitalization due to severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, a history of previous (within 12 months) or current abuse of alcohol or drugs, hyperprolactinemia, repeated implantation failure, or recurrent spontaneous abortion were also excluded from this study.
Uterine fibroids were detected by transvaginal sonography (TVS) (ProSound SSD-3500SV; Aloka, Tokyo, Japan) by a single experienced evaluator. The diagnosis of uterine fibroids was made at the patients' first visit. The uterus was visualized in both the sagittal and coronal planes to determine the absence or presence of fibroids and, if present, the type (intramural, subserosal, and submucosal) and location of the fibroids. If more than one fibroid was present, the mean value (length, height, and width) of the largest fibroid was selected for analysis. We defined cavity distortion to be absent if the endometrium-myometrium transition was clearly seen as a line in a TVS examination, without distortion of its contours by the presence of fibroids [5]. Cavity distortion was defined by the presence of a fibroid encroaching on the uterine cavity line.
TVS color Doppler measurement of all patients was performed on the day of embryo transfer. The PI and RI of the uterine artery were calculated electronically when three or more similar waveforms of good quality were obtained from the ascending branch of the uterine artery on both sides of the cervix. The PI and RI of the subendometrial artery were assessed if subendometrial flow was detected within an area ≤10.0 mm from the apparent basal layer of the endometrium [13,15]. When a longitudinal view of the uterus was obtained, the Doppler cursor was positioned where subendometrial vessels with the strongest color signals were detected on the screen.
In all subjects, a GnRH antagonist multi-dose protocol was used for COS. Recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone (rhFSH, Gonal-F; Merck Serono S.A., Geneva, Switzerland) at a dose of 150 to 225 IU/day was administered starting on the third day of the menstrual cycle. The rhFSH dose was adjusted according to the ovarian response every 3 to 4 days. When the mean diameter of the lead follicle reached 13 to 14 mm, the GnRH antagonist cetrorelix (Cetrotide, Merck Serono S.A.) was started at a dose of 0.25 mg/day and continued daily until an injection of 250 µg of recombinant human chorionic gonadotropin (Ovidrel, Merck Serono S.A.) was administered subcutaneously to induce follicular maturation. When one or more follicles reached a mean diameter of ≥18 mm, transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval was performed. Subendometrial artery blood flow and uterine RI and PI were recorded on the day of embryo transfer. On the third day after oocyte retrieval, one to four embryos were transferred into the uterus. Luteal support was provided by administering 90 mg of vaginal progesterone gel (Crinone gel 8%; Merck Serono S.A.) once daily, starting on the day of oocyte retrieval. Pregnancy was confirmed by rising serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin concentrations and by examination of the gestational sac using TVS.
All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS ver. 15.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. The Student's t-test, the chi-square test, or Fisher's exact test was used to compare the groups. The Student's t-test was used when a normal distribution was confirmed. The p-values <0.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance.
Of the 86 patients, 44 (51.1%) achieved pregnancy after IVF treatment. In the fibroid group, the pregnancy rate was 48.8% (21 out of 43 patients), whereas the pregnancy rate in the control group was 53.4% (23 out of 43 patients). No significant differences were found in the characteristics of patients between the fibroid and control groups (Table 1). The mean fibroid size was 31.6 mm. Moreover, the COS results were also similar between these two groups. No significant variation was found in the pregnancy rate or in the RI and PI indices of the subendometrial and uterine arteries.
IVF outcomes and uterine hemodynamics were compared between women with single fibroids and multiple fibroids (Table 2). The general characteristics of the patients in the single-fibroid and multiple-fibroid groups were found to be similar. Additionally, no significant differences were observed between these two groups regarding the duration of rhFSH and GnRH antagonist administration, but the total dose of rhFSH was higher in the multiple-fibroid group (p=0.037). No significant differences were found between these groups in the pregnancy rate or in the RI and PI indices of the subendometrial and uterine arteries.
However, some significant differences were observed between women with fibroids who demonstrated cavity distortion and those who did not (Table 3). The RI and PI indices of the subendometrial artery in the group without cavity distortion were significantly lower than in the group with cavity distortion. In addition, the clinical pregnancy rate was 57% in the group without cavity distortion and 20% in the group with cavity distortion (p=0.038). The implantation rate was likewise higher in the group without cavity distortion than in the group with cavity distortion (25.8% vs. 5.7%, p=0.024). A significant difference was also observed in the clinical pregnancy rate between these two groups among the subset of patients in whom the subendometrial artery was observed. Within this subset of patients, the clinical pregnancy rate was 80% (17/21) in the group without cavity distortion, compared to 40% (2/5) in the group with cavity distortion (p=0.019).
Previous studies have evaluated the effects of fibroids on the outcomes of IVF treatment using a GnRH agonist protocol for COS [10]. However, the GnRH agonist protocol itself can impact fibroid growth, potentially causing size reductions that could favorably influence IVF outcomes and thereby confound the overall effects of fibroids on IVF results. Accordingly, instead of using a GnRH agonist protocol, we retrospectively selected patients who had used a GnRH antagonist for COS in order to avoid the favorable effects of the GnRH agonist protocol on fibroids. Additionally, we measured blood flow in the uterine and subendometrial arteries on the day of embryo transfer because previous researchers, including Zaidi et al. [16], have suggested that the absence of subendometrial blood flow is associated with implantation failure, as well as to confirm the association between uterine artery blood flow and IVF outcomes [17,18,19,20]. Previous studies of the relationship between uterine hemodynamics and IVF outcomes only included normal uteri without fibroids [17,18,19]. Unlike prior studies, our study included a group with fibroids, and we compared uterine hemodynamics on the day of embryo transfer between patients with or without uterine fibroids.
In the present study, no significant differences were found in IVF outcomes or in subendometrial and uterine artery blood flow depending on the presence of fibroids. Additionally, corresponding to previous studies [7,9], we found that small fibroids that did not distort the uterine cavity did not impair IVF outcomes. However, the effect of such fibroids on the IVF outcomes remains controversial. For example, Oliveira et al. [5] noted that patients with intramural fibroids with a mean diameter >4.0 cm had lower pregnancy rates than patients with smaller intramural fibroids. Similarly, Hart et al. [6] reported that intramural fibroids ≤5 cm had a negative impact on IVF results. Contrastingly, Ramzy et al. [21] found that fibroids with a mean diameter <7 cm that did not encroach on the uterine cavity did not affect the outcomes of IVF or ICSI. Analogously, Check et al. [10] reported that small (<5 cm) intramural fibroids that did not compress the uterine cavity had no effect on IVF outcomes. Similarly to previous studies, our study included fibroids with a mean size of 31.6 mm and found that they had no impact on IVF results, although we did observe adverse IVF treatment outcomes when cavity distortion due to fibroids was present.
No significant differences in IVF outcomes or in uterine artery and subendometrial artery blood flow were observed between the single- and multiple-fibroid groups. The only significant difference observed was in the total dose of recombinant FSH used in COS. The cause of this difference is not certain. It could have reflected bias present in our study. Alternately, some fibroids in the multiple-fibroid group could have affected the ovarian arterial blood flow, disturbing the growth of follicles during COS. The anatomical location of the fibroid is expected to be highly relevant in terms of its influence on fertility status and pregnancy maintenance [22]. In order to test this assumption, subsequent studies should subdivide patients by fibroid location and investigate ovarian arterial blood flow during COS.
Similarly to earlier studies [17,18] that did not include fibroids, we found no association between uterine artery blood flow and IVF outcomes, regardless of the presence of uterine fibroids. Wang et al. [18] reported that the PI index and RI index of the endometrial spiral arteries were much lower in patients who became pregnant than in patients who did not, in a study exploring the utility of Doppler imaging for predicting pregnancy outcomes in IVF cycles. Similarly, in our study, the group without cavity distortion had lower PI and RI indices of the subendometrial artery and had higher pregnancy rates than the group with cavity distortion.
The results of the present study are of note because we used a GnRH antagonist protocol instead of a GnRH agonist protocol for COS in order to avoid the favorable effects of GnRH agonists on fibroids. Moreover, we studied uterine hemodynamics in the presence of uterine fibroids. However, our small sample size and retrospective study design are limitations of this study. Additionally, we also had inadequate information regarding the precise location of the fibroids. A prospective randomized trial including the precise localization of uterine fibroids is necessary to overcome the weaknesses of our current study.
In conclusion, if no distortion of the uterine cavity is present, neither IVF outcomes nor blood flow in the uterine and subendometrial arteries on the day of embryo transfer are influenced by the presence of fibroids. However, uterine fibroids that distort the uterine cavity not only impair subendometrial artery blood flow, but also negatively affect the rates of implantation and clinical pregnancy in patients undergoing IVF.
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IVF parameters and pregnancy outcomes depending on the presence of fibroids
IVF, in vitro fertilization; NS, not significant; rhFSH, recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone; GnRH, gonadotropin-releasing hormone; EMT, endometrial thickness; hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin; RI, resistance index; PI, pulsatile index; SEMA, subendometrial artery.
IVF parameters and pregnancy outcomes according to the presence of single or multiple fibroids
IVF parameters and pregnancy outcomes depending on whether uterine fibroids caused distortion of the endometrial cavity
a)Clinical pregnancy rate and implantation rate in patients whom the subendometrial artery was observed.
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The press had publicly called her a bigamist, with implications of worse accusations. In the private quarters of the Rothschild minions, she probably was called a goy whore.
The old man wanted to fight them, but how could he fight the loss of the most important being in his life? No longer would he and his Rachel smoke their tobacco pipes in front of a cheery fire on cold Tennessee evenings.
Yes, the great man had often overcome staggering odds, but to lose her was too much. Did he really want to live in the White House without her – with no Rachel at his side? Could he do it even if he wanted to? Night after night, he asked himself the same old question.
Could I do it even if I wanted to?
Slowly out of despondency grew anger, until one freezing night he bolted out of the chair in his bedroom where he denied himself any heat from his large fireplace and shouted to no one but himself …
Damn right I can do it. They'll pay. By thunder, they'll pay!
This angry old man, body broken by age, war, duels, carrying a shattered heart, paused and decided he would become the first US president ever to defeat the tribe of Rothschilds. And he did. The only American head-of-state down through our ever disappointing decades to ever do so.
The Rothschilds had destroyed Rachel. They had destroyed France, but he would not let them destroy the United States of America.
The Planned Assassination!
The Rothschilds lost the presidency, but they could win it back if their most powerful American nemesis was to suddenly depart this life.
It was a cold, rainy day of January in 1835. And while only a conspiring few knew it, the fate of a nation and its greatest man was about to be decided.
The ailing president was a sick man as he slowly made his way, with a stout walking cane, down the Capitol steps. He had attended a funeral and those around him seemed to want to talk with him. But the president's mind was elsewhere: could he live just long enough to make them pay?
Standing a bit over six feet, the man only weighed 145 pounds. He still carried bullets in his body from wars and duels. He was being poisoned to death by the lead in those bullets.
Then suddenly, not ten feet in front of him, appeared an immediate threat to his life and to the life of his nation. The wide-eyed Richard Lawrence was now aiming a dueling pistol at him – the president.
Had the supernatural fates that had so long guided his truly remarkable life now abandoned him?.....
Andrew Jackson - A Man of Destiny

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LEAD is a school-focused edtech company that recently announced that it has raised $100 million in a Series E funding round led by private equity firm WestBridge Capital and GSV Ventures.
This round has valued the company at $1.1 billion, making it the first edtech company to enter the unicorn club in 2022.
This round is its fifth round of institutional funding since 2017.
LEAD plans to use the funds raised to achieve its vision of providing high quality and affordable education to 25 million plus students with an annual revenue run-rate of $1 billion. Its immediate focus is on product and curriculum innovation, growing its footprints and hiring talent across functions.
The company plans to serve students in lower fee schools and expand internationally in similar geographies in the long term.
"A child spends 6 hours in school and only 1 hour in tuitions. Transforming schools, when done right, has massive potential to alter our country's future. LEAD, with its integrated school system has broken new ground in this direction," said LEAD co-founders Sumeet Yashpal Mehta and Smita Deorah.
LEAD was founded by Sumeet Yashpal Mehta and SMita Deorah in 2012. It caims to be combining technology, curriculum, and pedagogy into an integrated system of teaching and learning, thus improving student learning outcomes and teacher performance in schools across the country.
LEAD reports that it has seen rapid adoption in the last 4 years and will enter the academic year of 2022-2023 with 5000 schools across 500+ cities in India with an annual revenue run-rate of $80 million. It will serve close to 2 million student.
The Covid-19 period has actually allowed KoinWorks to surge forward in the right direction.
"At the beginning of the pandemic, we tried to step back and look into the situation. But we realized that it's actually a mistake because our market kept growing amid the outbreak," the company's co-founder Willy Arifin told Tech in Asia.
The main types of companies that borrow from KoinWords are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that have digital footprints. Online shops on Tokopedia and Shopee serve as examples. These kinds of companies have not been hit as hard by the restrictions caused by Covid.
In the past 18 months, the number of SMEs that have digital footprints has doubled from around 10 million to 20 million businesses, according to Arifin. This kind of surge normally takes five years if it weren't for Covid. That being said, KoinWorks has kept its non-performing loan (NPL) ratio under 2%, which is significantly lower than traditional financial institutions.
During the pandemic, the company reached $15 million USD in loan disbursements per month, and logged positive cash flow. The firm also hit 1.5 million users at the end of last year.
The company raised $108 million USD in a series C funding round led by MDI Ventures. which is Telkom Group's venture arm. Several existing investors such as Quona Capital, Saison Capital, AC Ventures, and Triodos Investment Management also took part in the round.
The investment comprised US$43 million in equity and US$65 million in debt capital. Since its establishment, the company has raised US$70 million in equity and around US$110 million in debt.
The company plans to use the funding to expand its existing workforce of 400 employees, who hail from Singapore, Indonesia, India and Vietnam. It also aims to triple its revenue and double the number of users by the end of 2022.
Founded in 2016 and based in Jakarta, KoinWorks has expanded from being a platform dedicated to peer-to-peer lending to launching several new features to expand its user base. The company realized that it wanted to help more budding founders from the start of their entrepreneurship journey after having to reject many entrepreneurs looking for loans from its lending platform. Hence, they launched a neobank feature that allows users to open business bank accounts directly from its app. It also provided learning material on how to manage an online business, promote it and communicate with customers.
When the company is comfortable with a business's owner's transaction history, it gives them a KoinWorks Neo Card which is a Mastercard virtual card that can be used to do any kind of online payments. The SME can also borrow money through KoinWorks' lending platform.
They have also introduced an earned-wage access (EWA) service called KoinGaji and a gold investment feature called KoinGold.
As of now, the company does have an interest in going public. However, the founders have noted that they still want to focus on the firm's home market and have no interest in expanding their business to other countries despite having developers from outside Indonesia.
"Half of the GDP (gross domestic product) of Southeast Asian come from Indonesia, we know where the money is," Arifin stressed.
The parent company of baby and mother care brand Mamaearth, Honasa Consumer Pvt Ltd, has earned the title of unicorn after raising $52m USD in the latest funding round led by Sequoia, valuing it at $1.2b USD. The new funding round saw participation by Belgium-based investment fund Sofina Ventures and the UAE-based India-focused fund Evolvence Capital.
The round also gave its employees an opportunity to monetize their vested employee stock option plans. Honasa Consumer has also issued 839 compulsorily convertible preference shares (CCPS) at an issue price of Rs 33,85,049 to raise the aforesaid amount, according to the company's latest regulatory filings. The company plans to use the funds to expand its portfolio of personal care D2C (direct-to-consumer) brands, product innovation, distribution and marketing, the company said in a statement on Sunday.
It also recently entered the skincare market with Aqualogica, a hydration-based skincare brand. It also plans to use the funds to grow in the beauty and personal care markets.
Founded in 2016 by Ghazal Alagh and Varun Alagh, Mamaearth offers 100% toxin-free and natural baby care, skincare, and hair care products. It has a product portfolio of more than 120 products and claims to have reached over 5 million customers in 500 Indian cities.
The company reported an annual revenue run rate of Rs 700 crore in the financial year of 2021.
They also recently acquired Momspresso, a woman-focused content platform, and its associated influencer engagement platform Momspressor MyMoney for an undisclosed amount.
Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan has recently closed a $96.1 million Series C funding round from investors including Tybourne Capital Management, Falcon, and B Capital Group.
The round consisted of both primary and secondary transactions. According to industry sources, this Series C round is very likely to be Kopi Kenangan's last financing before an initial public offering.
The coffee chain raised $50.2 million in primary capital as part of the round, per its filings with Singapore's Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority.
Tybourne Capital that is based in Hong Kong contributed $20.7 million, while Falcon Edge invested $16.6 million. The rest of the funding came from Kunlun Group, B Capital and British Virgin Island-registered Kostal Investments and Bravo Castle.
Investors bought the startup's preference shares at $3858.56 apiece. Based on its fully diluted capitalization, including its employee share option plan, the coffee chain is now valued at $1 billion and considered a unicorn.
The Series C investors also bought shares worth $45.9 million from existing shareholders as part of the round. Sellers include co-founder Edward Tirtanata, Cynthia Chaerunnisa, James Pranant0, and early investor Alpha JWC Ventures.
Tirtana who is the company's CEO, got nearly $5 million from the secondaries, while chief development officer Prananto got $6 million. Chaerunnisa who is their chief marketing officer earned $12 million. Venture capital firm Alpha JWC received almost $23 million for paring its stake in Kopi Kenangan.
In November, DealStreetAsia reported the company's plans to raise about $100 million in a Series C round backed by Falcon Edge at a near unicorn valuation.
Kopi Kenangan was launched in 2017 by Tirtanata and Prananto and currently operates over 560 coffee outlets in 32 cities across Indonesia. The company plans to expand to Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.
They have also branched out into other ventures, owning Chigo fried chicken, Cerita Roti bread and Kenangan Manis cookie chains. It also operate the Rumah Kenangan eatery and Kenangan Heritage, a premium coffee shop.
Kopi Kenangan launched its food delivery app in 2019 and claim to have more than 1.8 million monthly active users. The company reported a revenue of $22.08 million and a profit of $130,000 in 2019.
There have been rumours of a potential listing in Hong Kong, an exchange that has reportedly been attracting attention from several Chinese tea brands, including ChaBaiDao, Gu Ming, Heytea and Lelecha, after bubble tea chain Nayuki Holdings' $654 million IPO in June.
Due to some amendments to the rules for the Indonesia Stock Exchange that aims to attract local startups, Kopi Kenangan might also consider their home market as a potential listing destination.
Grab, a Southeast Asian tech giant, is buying Malaysian grocery chain, Jaya Grocer, saying this in its latest filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).
In the filing, Grab said that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with the Malaysian firm to acquire all its ordinary shares and 75% of the preference shares. They will also have the option to buy the remaining 25% preference shares of Jaya Grocer after the transaction.
While the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, The Edge Malaysia estimated the deal to be between RM1.5 billion to RM1.8 billion ($350 million to $430 million), citing sources.
Grab intends to partner with a local investor, which will own 50% of the voting shares in Jaya Grocer. But no further details were disclosed on who this local investor will be.
Jaya Grocer has 40 stores across Peninsular Malaysia, with a large majority being located in the Klang Valley near the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.
The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022 if customary conditions are met. Jaya Grocer will become a Grab subsidiary and their financial results will be consolidated by Grab.
Found in Malaysia and headquartered in Singapore, Grab went public on the Nasdaq earlier this month following its record $40-billion merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp. This listing gave them $4.5billion in cash proceeds. Grab runs e-grocery, e-hailing and food delivery services along with other features on its app. They also applied for a digital banking license in Malaysia through its joint venture with Singtel. The country's central bank is expected to issue five licenses in the first quarter of 2022.
This deal came about three weeks after ASEAN Industrial Growth Fund (AIGF), a Southeast Asia-focused private equity sponsored by Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation, sold its stakes in the Malaysia retailer back to the company's founding Teng family.
AIGF has invested in Jaya Grocer in 2016, for a price of RM300 million. Founded in 2007, it grew from over 10 stores when AIGF first invested, to more than 40 stores nationwide currently.
While financial details of the deal were not disclosed, AIGF partner Daniel Yong said in a statement that the sale allowed the firm to "realize significant value" for its investors.


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Workers roll a rubberband ball to a scale for certification of weight during a Guinness Book of World Records official weigh-in in Chicago on Nov. 21, 2006. The 4,594 pound ball beat the previous record of 3,120.
Milan Roskopf of Slovakia juggles three motor saws during the Impossibility Challenger in Dachau, north of Munich, June 21, 2009. Roskopf, 50, improved his world record by increasing the number of successful times the motor saws were juggled to 62 from 35.
A man looks at the largest mosaic made of corks created by Albanian artist Saimir Strati in Tirana, Albania, Sept. 4, 2008. Strati glued 229,764 corks of various shapes and colors over a plastic banner measuring 12.94 metres by 7.1 metres to make the artpiece "Romeo with a crown of grapes playing the guitar while dancing with the sea and the sun." He worked 14 hours a day for 28 days and completed his project.
Franz Paternosta holds up a Christmas tree bauble in the glassblowing company Joska in Bodenmais near Deggendof, Germany, Dec. 17, 2008. The company produced the world's biggest glass Christmas tree decoration with a diameter of 65 centimeters and a weight of 20 kilograms.
Freddy Nock from Switzerland balances on the ropeway of a cable car leading on Germany's highest mountain, the 9,718-foot Zugspitze, near the southern Bavarian resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on August 20, 2011. Nock balanced on the 995-meter-long rope to break his own world record, as part of a charity event.
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Actors pose with gym equipment on what the Guinness World Records bills as the world's largest 3D painting, at Canary Wharf in London Nov. 17, 2011. British artist Joe Hill's creation measures in excess of 12,000 square feet, breaking records for the longest and largest surface area 3D painting, according to Guinness.
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Japanese fashion designer Kazuhiro Watanabe, who holds the world record for the tallest mohawk, poses for a photographer at a media event held by the Guinness World Records to launch their 2013 book edition in New York September 12, 2012. According to the Guinness World Records, Watanabe's do stands at 3 feet 8.6 inches.
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Neuronema kuwayamai is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Nakahara in 1960.

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Tags: Have You Been Paying Attention?, Tractor Monkeys, Working Dog
Colour us surprised: when we first heard about Working Dog's new panel show Have You Been Paying Attention?, we expected something more along the lines of the dimly but fondly remembered Out of the Question: a lot of casually scored chit-chat about the week's events disguised as a game show. Buh Bowww: what we got was a fast-paced revival of the glory days of Blankety Blanks. Hurrah!
Okay, that's a slight exaggeration – the Blankety Blanks comparison, not the hurrah. But Have You Been Paying Attention? is an actual game show where the point seems to be for the contestants to make as many smart-arse comments as possible as quickly as possible. Watching it happen, the real question quickly becomes: with both commercial and public broadcasters awash in limp panel chat, why hasn't anyone tried this before?
We don't want to spend our every waking second beating up on Tractor Monkeys, but HYBPA? really does underline just how crap Tractor Monkeys is on just about every level. And there's only really one basic thing that separates them: pace. Tractor Monkeys crawls along at a deathly trudge with clips that go on forever and then – what's that? Dave O'Neil wants to tell a story about trying to impress a girl by wearing sunglasses inside a tent? Sure, why not? It's not like anyone's awake to hear him.
In contrast, HYBPA? moves. Host Tom Gleisner asks a question, one of the panel makes a smart-arse answer, someone else gives a proper answer, we move on. There's a section where each cast member (reportedly Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang are regulars, with the other three chairs filled by guests each week) is asked about their speciality subject (a celebrity, for the most part), but even then they don't dawdle, with a serious:comedy answer ratio of around 1:1. And then there's the fast money round!
None of the jokes here are classics but they order in bulk and for a twenty-something minute show that's pretty much good enough. If you have real A-grade comedians on board then sure, take your time, let them chat away – they're going to build to something special. Working Dog, in contrast to every single panel show producer who's ever worked at the ABC, seem to have realised that Australia simply doesn't have that kind of comedy talent available, and have created a panel-slash-gameshow format that makes the most of what we've got. And guess what? It's good enough.
Whether this takes off is another matter entirely. This kind of show has a history of crashing and burning – or at least, not making it to a second series – in part because you actually have to sit down and watch it. Bizarrely and depressingly, it seems that in some ways the kind of comedy that "works" at the moment is the kind of comedy that isn't very funny, because you can safely have that kind of comedy on in the background while you do other things. To actually laugh at a comedy, you need to be paying attention, and if a show is trying to get your attention – by being a bunch of people calling out answers to rapid-fire questions, for example – it's harder to surf the internet while it's on.
There's also the timeslot issue. This kind of show is too light and fluffy to survive in prime time, but these days local product costs too much to show anywhere outside the big ratings periods. Ideally it'd be on 5.30pm weeknights (which is when Ten runs its news, so no go) or somewhere early Saturday night (which is now a ratings graveyard, so no go there either). Sundays at 7pm is a decent enough compromise, but ideally this would be on in a slightly out-of-the-way timeslot (not too late though, as it's firmly family-friendly) where it could slowly build a fanbase. You know, like television shows used to do back in the 1980s.
But it's rapid demise is in the future. For now – HYBPA? is repeated tonight at 10.30pm, and there's seven more episodes to come – we have a panel-stroke-gameshow on Australian television that's actually pretty funny. Who would have expected that at 6.59pm today?
urinal cake says:
This is just so unambitious.
pete hill says:
Ed Kavalee should be popping up on Australian tv a bit more often, now that he's back from LA where, as he cheerfully admitted on a couple of podcasts over the past few weeks, his attempts to score acting gigs failed outright. He managed to get on the final shortlist to play of the Ninja Turtles for a planned new film but alas was pipped at the post.
With several of the big-name duos in FM radio departing the scene at the end of this year- voluntarily or otherwise- maybe Kavalee might score a radio gig?
We'll happily take "unambitious" over "shit" any day of the week. Australian television needs roughly a billion more examples where talented professionals do a solidly competent job of entertaining the audience, and a few less examples of no-talent hacks turning up yet again in another bland gab-fest thrown together at the last minute.
It's just been announced Kavalee is going to be doing breakfasts at Brisbane's MMM outpost in 2014.
Tony Coca-Cola says:
Totally agree about the show's pace, but for a panel/game show, didn't it seem oddly VERY quick?
Like, completely scripted quick?
Which I don't mind so much, 'cause it's funny (albeit bantamweight material.)
But it's like everyone was given the specific topics at the start of the week (more than just a "Make sure you watch the news" kind of directive), they all went away and wrote one-liners, and then come shoot night, first in best dressed.
Nobody buzzed in first with a correct answer; there was always at least one gag.
Even for a quiz show filled with funny people, SOMEONE'S gonna go for the correct answer once, right?
Again, not a problem if you're looking for comedy, but it doesn't seem… totally honest (?)
It's treading a weird line between panel show, quiz show and scripted comedy.
Still, smashes the fuck out of every other panel show this year.
Many of the best panel/comedy game shows are semi-scripted. To give several UK examples: Have I Got News For You and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. There was a sort of a scandal about the scripting of HIGNFY about 15 years but no one cares now.
Ontos says:
That's what i was going to ask about, is it similar to any of those British panel shows like HIGNFY or 'Mock the Week' (I know of them but not about them)?
I liked it, as you said, fast paced, quick fire questions/answers jokes, and no lingering at the scene. No time for the panellists to start talking over each other or fight each other for jokes.
I always preferred 'Sale of the Century' to something like 'Who wants to be a Millionaire' (not just because of the gift shop) because it was just lots of questions instead of some annoying host crapping on for 90% of the show. Working Dog seems to be good at this quick fire stuff, SS&E's 3 sports shows, their podcast, and the fill in slot they did on MMM for the Olympics (and I guess Audrey Gordon count's as well).
l'd take a scripted satire over this any day, but these shows will do in the mean time.
So it's come to morning FM on TV?
At least Working Dog when they weren't 'paying homage' to os shows were working on formats they could sell os.
No, Tractor Monkeys and This Week Live (and so many more) are morning FM on TV: HYBPA? is good morning FM on TV. It's understandable if you hate the very idea of this kind of show, but we're fine with it so long as it's done well and with a commitment to actually being funny rather than just filling airtime.
Big fan of Working Dog's work but to me HYBPA just came across an overly scripted version of Dirty Laundry Live. The 7.00 timeslot obviously means it can't be as loose as DLL but it just didn't really work for me. I know the best ad libs are the ones that are rehearsed 4 to 5 times but it was just a little bit forced.
But will see how episode 2 pans out…
We'd be interested to hear from anyone who attends a taping. The replies weren't so funny that they felt pre-scripted to us, and we wouldn't at all be surprised if the guests had been told to give funny answers first ("don't give the real answer until we get a funny one first" seems believable). But some kind of preperation wouldn't surprise us either.
The joke answers were clearly all pre-written, presumably by the guests themselves, but it's quite possible the Working Dogs guys also wrote some gag suggestions for the guests to use. That approach is fine (and quite commonly used on these shows) to provide some kind of comedy insurance. But it robs the show of any chance of spontaneity or surprise, and leaves a pretty strong taste of "fake" in the mouth. Other Working Dog shows like The Panel and Santo, Sam and Ed were similarly all highly scripted, but it somehow feels much more artificial when it's dressed up as a "spontaneous" quiz show.
Every quest on Good Newsweek got a couple of pages of suggested jokes. The comics fended for themselves but the celebs had prepared answers.
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http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/11/risk-applauded-on-new-ten-quiz.html
Michael Hirsh : "When you take a risk with something that isn't an imported or stolen format things take a bit of time, so I was rapt with (Sunday) night."
They're my favourites, but probably best if they don't talk about stolen formats…
Plain and simply it sucks. The jokes aren't funny not once has the show made me laugh. "Where's the gift shop?" hardy Har Har! Serious!? You guys suck the format of giving a bunch of stupid answers before the real one is painful to watch.
There are so many better ways this show could work, possibly allowing the members to discuss amongst themselves about the footage they just seen? Build up a dialogue and bam the laughs will come.
Until then gtfo my tv.
I can't like this show. It's very obviously scripted, but they try to act as if it isn't which makes me feel lied to.
If you're going to go scripted, go the whole way, not half. Don't script and act like it's improvised.
And for a scripted show, at least make the jokes funny, or make it not so obviously pre-scripted.


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Konstantin Schneider (* 17. Februar 1975 in Frunse, Kirgisische SSR, Sowjetunion, heute Bischkek, Kirgisistan) ist ein deutscher Ringer im griechisch-römischen Stil.

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Konstantin Schneider wuchs in der damaligen Sowjetunion auf und kam dort als Jugendlicher zum Ringen. Nach seiner Umsiedlung in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland schloss er sich dem KSV St. Ingbert an, wo er von seinem Vater Dr. Heinrich Schneider trainiert wurde. Im Jahre 1992 wurde er deutscher Jugendmeister in der Gewichtsklasse bis 63 kg Körpergewicht im griechisch-römischen Stil. Auf diesen Stil konzentrierte er sich in seiner ganzen Ringerlaufbahn. Deutscher Jugendmeister wurde er auch im Jahre 1993, allerdings in der Gewichtsklasse bis 68 kg Körpergewicht. 1995 wurde er deutscher Juniorenmeister im Weltergewicht und bereits 1996 erstmals deutscher Meister bei den Senioren im Weltergewicht vor Murat Cebi vom KSV Aalen und Mario Lauer vom KSV Haslach i.K. Vom KSV St.Ingbert wechselte er zum VfK Schifferstadt und einige Jahre später zum KSV Köllerbach. Nach seinem Vater folgten als Trainer Markus Scherer, Frank Hartmann und in der Nationalmannschaft Günter Reichelt und Maik Bullmann. Konstantin Schneider übt den Beruf eines Croupiers aus.

1993 nahm Konstantin Schneider erstmals an einer internationalen Meisterschaft teil. Er verlor allerdings bei der Junioren-Europameisterschaft im österreichischen Götzis im Leichtgewicht seinen ersten Kampf gegen den Bulgaren Milew und blieb unplatziert. Zwei Jahre später, 1995, gelang ihm bei der Junioren-Weltmeisterschaft in Teheran dann sein erster großer internationaler Erfolg. Er wurde dort im Weltergewicht hinter Tamás Berzicza aus Ungarn und vor Nazmi Avluca aus der Türkei Junioren-Vize-Weltmeister.

Trotz seines deutschen Meistertitels von 1996 kam er in den nächsten Jahren zu keinen Einsätzen bei den internationalen Meisterschaft. Das lag daran, dass er sich in den folgenden Jahren zunächst keinen weiteren deutschen Meistertitel mehr gewann. Er platzierte sich entweder immer hinter Erik Hahn vom RSV Frankfurt (Oder) oder konnte, wie 2000 und 2001 nicht an den deutschen Meisterschaften teilnehmen. Eine Ausnahme bildete das Jahr 1999, wo er bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Athen eingesetzt wurde. Im Weltergewicht kam er dort zu einem Sieg über Nazim Achmedow aus Aserbaidschan, verlor aber seinen zweiten Kampf gegen Marko Yli-Hannuksela aus Finnland und blieb deshalb, dem damaligen etwas eigenartigen Reglement entsprechend, unplatziert. Außerdem war er im Jahre 2000 bei einem Olympia-Qualifikations-Turnier in Faenza am Start, wo er allerdings nur den 20. Platz belegte. Bei den anderen Olympia-Qualifikations-Turnieren startete im Weltergewicht Erik Hahn. Es gelang den deutschen Weltergewichtlern allerdings nicht, einen Startplatz bei den Olympischen Spielen in Sydney zu erkämpfen.

Im Jahre 2002 erkämpfte sich Konstantin Schneider endlich wieder einen deutschen Meistertitel im Weltergewicht vor Adam Juretzko vom VfK Schifferstadt, der in den nächsten Jahren der Hauptkonkurrenten um die Führungsposition in Deutschland im Weltergewicht war. Ab 2002 begann dann eigentlich erst so richtig die internationale Ringerkarriere von Konstantin Schneider. Er wurde in diesem Jahr bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Moskau eingesetzt und kam kort nach Siegen über Xueming Dei, China und Park Jin-sung, Südkorea und einer Niederlage gegen Wolodymyr Schazkych, Ukraine auf den 7. Platz. Bei einem Start einer West-Europa-Auswahl gegen Kuba in St. Ingbert siegte er im Jahre 2002 über Filiberto Ascuy Aguilera.

Den 7. Platz erkämpfte er sich auch bei der Europameisterschaft 2003 in Belgrad. Er siegte dort über Reto Bucher aus der Schweiz und Vugar Aslanow aus Aserbaidschan und verlor gegen Aljaksandr Kikinjou aus Belarus. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft des gleichen Jahres in Créteil erzielte er dann den größten Erfolg in seiner Ringerlaufbahn. Er siegte dort im Weltergewicht über Mark Overgaard Madsen aus Dänemark, T. C. Dantzler aus den Vereinigten Staaten, Yakow Menscherow aus Israel und Kim Jin-soo aus Südkorea. Im Kampf um den Weltmeistertitel unterlag er allerdings gegen Alexei Gluschkow und wurde damit Vize-Weltmeister.

Im Jahre 2004 konnte Konstantin Schneider durch seine Platzierung bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2003 bei den Olympischen Spielen in Athen starten. Er zeigte in Athen auch hervorragende Kämpfe und besiegte die Weltklasse-Athleten Mohammad Babulfath aus Schweden und Wolodymyr Schazkych, unterlag allerdings in seinem dritten Kampf gegen Warteres Samurgaschew aus Russland, dem späteren Olympiasieger. Er belegte damit den 7. Platz.

2005 gewann Konstantin Schneider bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Budapest eine Bronzemedaille. Er siegte dabei über Danijar Kobonow aus Kirgisistan, Mowses Karapetjan aus Armenien und Aleksandr Doxturishvili aus Usbekistan, verlor gegen Warteres Samurgaschew und siegte im entscheidenden Kampf um die Bronzemedaille über Mohammad Babulfath. Den 5. Platz erkämpfte er sich bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2006 in Guangzhou. Dort gelangen ihm Siege über Zdorikow aus Usbekistan, Alexei Michailowitsch aus Belarus und Davood Abedinzadeh Chadorchi aus dem Iran. Gegen Wolodymyr Schazkych und Mark Overgaard Madsen verlor er bei dieser Meisterschaft allerdings.

Auch in den folgenden Jahren startete Konstantin Schneider in jedem Jahr bei mindestens einer internationalen Meisterschaft und konnte sich dabei bis auf 2010 immer unter den zehn Ersten platzieren. 2007 belegte er bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Baku im Weltergewicht den 8. Platz und besiegte dort u. a. Manuchar Kwirkwelia aus Georgien, den 2008 Olympiasieger werden sollte. 2008 kam er bei Europameisterschaft in Tampere auf den 9. Platz und belegte bei den Olympischen Spielen 2008 in Peking wieder einen 9. Platz nach einem Sieg über Messaoud Zeghdane, Algerien und Niederlagen gegen Manuchar Kwirkwelia und Christophe Guénot aus Frankreich. 2009 gelang Konstantin Schneider bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Herning/Dänemark mit dem 5. Platz eine sehr gute Platzierung. Er schlug dort Jung Tae-kyun aus Südkorea, Joachim Aardalen aus Norwegen und Ewgeni Popow aus Russland. Auch bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2010, bei der inzwischen 35-jährig noch einmal teilnahm, besiegte er Hassan Shahsavan aus Australien und unterlag dem Russen Emil Scharafetdinow, womit er den 15. Platz belegte.

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Here's a cute pair of shorts my daughter Gabby finished off at the end of term in her sewing classes with Bernadette Doherty. We had the perfect weather on Good Friday, so these shorts made their debut, down at the lovely Mornington Peninsula!
Gabby has always wanted a flared retro-style short so she chose our soft brushed cotton/elastane Lappi Spot in Indigo Blue and this old New Look 6120 (circa 80's), I had in my pattern stash. The pattern was perfect for this style and ideal for a novice sewer. Of course, her sewing teacher insisted Gabby make up a calico first and some minor pattern adjustments were made, such as extra fullness taken out, shortening of the pattern and the side pockets left out. This pattern will now be the base of many shorts to come.
A great result, especially as her interest in sewing is gradually growing, to her delight and mine!


Humboldt marten. Photo: Charlotte Eriksson, Oregon State University.
Advocates celebrate Humboldt marten victory at September 14, 2018 Fish and Game Commission Hearing in Fortuna. Photo: Briana Villalobos.
On August 23, the California Fish and Game Commission unanimously voted to list the Humboldt marten under the California Endangered Species Act. The decision is a result of a listing petition that EPIC filed with the Commission in 2015. As a result of the listing, the marten will enjoy greater protections for both itself and its habitat, as well as provide additional funding for marten conservation efforts. An EPIC victory!
Oregon, like always, is behind us enlightened Californians. On September 14, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to deny EPIC's petition under the Endangered Species Act. Oregon's marten population is as precarious as California's. Only two isolated populations of Humboldt martens survive in Oregon—one in the Siskiyou National Forest and another in the Siuslaw National Forest. A 2018 study concluded that Humboldt martens on Oregon's central coast could be wiped out within three decades with trapping or roadkill of just two or three individuals annually.
Green Diamond is currently operating under an older HCP for owls, approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1992. Under the 1992 HCP, Green Diamond set up a series of 40 "reserves," no-cut areas set aside for the benefit of the owl, totaling 13,243 acres. The set-asides were designed to be large enough to support multiple pairs of owls and were spread out across Green Diamond's ownership.
Under the new HCP, the set-asides disappear in favor of a "dynamic" reserve system. Under the dynamic reserve system, the company will "protect" 44 owl nest sites, but just barely. The company will set aside 89 acres of forest around individual nest sites that are at minimum 46 years old and 233 total acres within 0.5 miles of the nest that are at least 31 years old.
You might think, "at least they have agreed to protect some habitat. Surely that's better than nothing!" Sorry pal, you are mistaken. Absent the HCP, Green Diamond would presumably have to follow "take avoidance" guidance established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for THPs in the redwood region. That take avoidance guidance would preserve 500 total acres of habitat within 0.7 miles of a nest site, including the 100 acres of the highest quality habitat near the nest site. In other words, Green Diamond would preserve more habitat if they had to follow the law that everyone else is bound by.
Why did the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agree to this? Green Diamond has agreed to kill barred owls on its property. Barred owls are a problem for our spotties and a limited experiment on Green Diamond land has shown that barred owl removal can help reestablish owl sites abandoned to barred owls. But is this deal enough? If barred owl removal doesn't arrest the decline of the owl on Green Diamond's property, then we are looking at the potential loss of barred owls along much of the coast.
The northern spotted owl is going extinct before our eyes. The rate of owl decline is increasing and in some areas, the owl has entered an "extinction vortex," whereby owl declines reinforce processes that further hasten the owl's decline, leading ultimately to its extinction. EPIC is on the case. We drafted comments on the draft Habitat Conservation Plan and are prepared to defend our spotties in court, if necessary.


I found the new Sour Patch Kids Tricksters at 7-Eleven when I was really looking for the new Deadpool 2 candy.
However, when I see a new flavor of Sour Patch I always have to get them. Plus, the package had me intrigued – what made these little guys "tricksters".
Luckily for me, it's right there on the bag. Flavors may look one way, but taste another. Crazy, right? Well, not really. There's no method to this madness, which made it a frustrating experience.
While I love Sour Patch Kids, I've never been a fan of "mystery" flavors. I don't have the palate for it. Just tell me what it is! I know what's good and what's bad. I don't know the subtle difference between blue raspberry and raspberrry (kidding of course).
That's what makes this candy such a bust for me. You can go in expecting one flavor and get another. Conversely, you can eat the orange one and still be stuck with the crappy orange flavor!
That's why for me it's an O.
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At eighteen, I was having a long, boring, fewer-friends summer right after graduation. (1*) That was the main reason I accepted the invite from my friend Willma to go to a Christian camp the first part of September. The second reason was to hopefully start understanding what all this 'born again' and 'saved' stuff meant.
A full-day bus drive from western Washington to Montana, filled with twenty or so college-aged folks.
That bus load was meeting lots of other groups from other places at that campground for about a week. The drive was a bit uncomfortable for me, having never been around so many at one time who said things like 'God did this' or 'God did that.' – I'm so glad Willma can blend right in with them. I'll just keep smiling and look like I understand what they're talking about.
I met more people once we got to this beautiful retreat campsite. But one question kept popping up each time I met someone new. Most asked me, "When were you saved?" or "How long have you been a Christian?" I was a weeeeee bit uncomfortable being I was totally ignorant of what all that meant. Since I was baptized when I was an infant, I was already convinced I was going to heaven. Of course, the priest at St. Francis never used the words 'saved' or 'Christian,' so being around others who shared that vocabulary was all new to me.
"I've been Catholic all my life," was my answer to the first few who asked. —That doesn't sound right. I'd better word it more like others here do. — "I've been saved all my life." (That sure felt weird to say.) That must be better. Now I sound like everyone else.
I was enjoying those first few days, meeting nice people and hearing many interesting messages about how God, Jesus, and the Spirit apply to our daily life, many things I had never heard before. And not only had I never heard these types of messages before, but never by a college aged man standing up in front, all kicked-back wearing jeans! I learned that first evening that "normal" people can know the Bible. And to top it off, that you don't have to wear a robe like a priest to preach. "Learn something new every day" seemed to fit right in that first evening and each day that followed.
As days went by, I liked this camp even more. These people seem rather normal. I'm getting used to all this 'saved' stuff, and sort of understanding a few things about it now too.
I'll never forget watching all the people laugh as we sang.
Our song came to an end; time to sit down.
A little bit later, another lady about my age went up to sing a Christian song. Being I was unaware of any Christian radio stations, I never had heard that song she sang, and nothing outstanding stood out about it. I even thought her voice wasn't that wonderful, but boy, I'll still never forget it. God decided that evening, during that song, to unlock someone's heart: mine.
1* – Press here to read what had taken place before this event.
This is so cool. Your testimony is such an encouragement!
Thank you. You saying that encourages me to keep on with my hope to encourage others.


With its graceful design this Spanish colonial style chair will be a wonderful compliment to any space. The seat and the seat back are upholstered in soft, brown, stained cowhide, and the upholstery is hand tacked with precision to the entire wood frame. The armrest are elegantly designed and beautifully finished. Reflecting its Spanish colonial heritage, the sides of the chair and the sides of the inside seat back are decorated with hand forged iron conchos. The chair is supported by slightly curved front legs and straight back legs. The solid wood legs are joined by a double crossbar on the sides and a single crossbar in the front. Made with solid Pinero wood, the chair is durable and comfortable. It is 100% customizable.


How to make the most of the first day of the New Year? How to mark it with the reverie the first day of our beautiful New Year demands? How to make it meaningful?
For that is what New Year is about isn't it? Hope. We draw a line under regret and say this is a fresh page and this time we might not mess things up. This time life will stop being mean. This time I will be better. I hope. Oh yes, dear darling Universe, I hope with all my heart.
In the end I have drifted into 2013 on a cloud of ordinary. I went shopping. I ate a lovely roast dinner at my Mums. My Finley fell asleep on my knee. I fed the cat and bought new lampshades. Tonight there is fresh orange spiced with ginger and stirred with cinnamon. Two new books on my Kindle: Gabrielle Bernstein's "May Cause Miracles" and a book of predictions for 2013 called What's Next from Marion Salzman. A bedroom scented with my own perfume.
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I'm always shocked when I hear about drivers who have no insurance. Let's face it, if you drive you need insurance. There are no "if, and's or but's"At some point in your driving career, you are going to need it for a fender bender, cracked windshield or total car loss.
Insurance is a no-brainer. Get it. Stay Protected…besides, it's the Law. Swing by Freeman Grapevine and we can talk about how insurance can protect your Buick or GMC.
I was running out for lunch the other day and I noticed something during my trip that I thought I needed to write about.
Let me first start by saying that in the late 80's automakers began installing airbags in cars for safety reasons, and there's no doubt that over the past 30 years airbags have saved thousands of lives.
However, it is important to note that airbags are designed to protect average-sized adults…not young children. I know we've all heard it, but airbags can pose a serious risk to children who ride in the front seat.
In fact, according to research conducted by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, "children exposed to airbags during a crash are twice as likely to suffer a serious injury". The American Academy of Pediatrics states, "children under the age of 13 are safest seating in the back seat of a car".
The following are some safety guidelines for children riding in a car.
Infants seated in a rear-facing safety seat should never be placed in the front seat of a car that has an airbag – When the airbag engages, the force of the airbag is directed right at the infant's head as it comes out of the dashboard.
Children seated in a forward-facing child should not be placed in the front seat of a car that has an airbag. – Again when the airbag engages, the child's head is in the path of the airbag as it emerges from the dashboard.
Remember for children 13 and under: The safest place to be in a car is the back seat.
All children should wear a lap/shoulder belt.
Move the front seat as far back as possible from the dashboard.
Make the sure the child doesn't lean forward.
Have the child sit upright against the seat at all times.
Note: Engineers are constantly improving airbags to improve safety. Known as 2nd-generation or de-powered airbags, these airbags are still NOT designed for children. Children are best protected in the rear seat.
If you have any questions about child safety in your vehicle, don't hesitate to contact me at Freeman Grapevine. You can even swing by, and we'll show you thee proper way to install your child safety restraint systems.
Help! My New Car Won't Start Because it's Too Hot Outside!
It is usually a cold engine, which is exposed to extreme weather that is most often difficult to start. However, hot engines sometimes have problems too. Hot engines can be tough to start, and many people do not know how to deal with this situation when it occurs to their cars. I live in Texas, it is important to know exactly why it happens and what to do.
The most common reason why a hot engine will not start is because the problem is related to fuel. When your new car engine is too hot, fuel cannot circulate well, due to the way vapor obstructs its workings and therefore the engine just will not start, as it should. To keep your engine running at the correct temperature and to protect its alloys and metals, you need to use a properly designed coolant.
A new car's engine temperature will rise until it has been turned off. During this time,the highest concentration of vapor is being circulated and chances are that it may obstruct the engine to a greater extent. Obviously, when and if you are driving in hot weather and have just turned off the car engine you may experience start problems. Here's a novel idea; wait for a few minutes until trying to start it again. Then go and get a high quality engine coolant.
Now THIS is a hot engine!
as other engines, because the fuel remains inside the injectors under high pressure. Therefore, the vehicle does not have the same issues when it comes to starting a hot engine. For most of us this is the case, but if you are having a hard time starting your car under extreme heat conditions, then it may be time to change over your old car to a newer car with fuel injection.
Just a point of note, many of the older models or the used automobiles from the 90's don't have fuel injected engines. Proper maintenance of its engine was the best solution for the engine temperature. It is always best to have a record of the old car's past problems or issues to be able to get an expert inspect it properly.
Another reason why you may have an engine, which is hard to start while hot, is that it may be due to seasonal weather as refiners change from one fuel blend to another. Gas refiners often change a higher volatility fuel to a lower one when summer approaches. This is simply because hot weather causes fuel to evaporate more quickly. If refiners change back to a higher volatility fuel, while cars are still exposed to days of extreme temperatures, this may cause swift evaporation of the fuel which, in turn would create too much vapor within the engine.
…And for goodness' sake people, check your radiator water, and keep it at its advisable volume, this will help absorb a lot of engine generated heat.
OK, that's it. Strange topic, but it's one that seems to be a daily occurrence for some folks under the hot Texas sun. If you are having an issue like this, you can always bring your car by for the experts to check it out.
NEWS FLASH! You have to do more than just fill up your car with gas and occasionally clean the windows!
The American Automobile Association conducted nationwide clinics at 25 different AAA clubs that included inspecting 6,082 vehicles to find out the five most common car problems–all of which are easy to fix with just a little time and not too much money.
Drivers should check tire pressure at least once a month to ensure tires are not under- or over-inflated. Low pressure in the tires can increase wear and fuel consumption, while having too much pressure may reduce traction. Keeping tires properly aligned will also help assure longer tire life and improve fuel economy.
Dirty oil will increase engine wear, while low oil levels can lead to overheating. If the oil level drops too low, lubrication will be lost and severe engine damage can result. Regular oil changes will add longevity to the engine.
Rigid, cracked or torn wiper blades can greatly reduce visibility when driving in rain and snow, which could increase your chance of having a crash. Examine and replace your windshield wiper blades once a year or sooner if streaking begins.
Your vehicle should be well taken care of. Whenever there is a need of the auto repairs you should contact the best auto repair facility in the town.
Make Your Tires Shine DFW!
Often overlooked, your tires need care too. Keep them looking sharp and turn some heads, DFW!
For most car owners and all car lovers, the look of their car is not only important, it's an investment of time and care . It is not enough that the engine and the other parts are in mint condition, the exterior should do its job of looking fine and attractive as well.
Of all the exterior parts of the car, the tires are the ones that get dirty the most since they are in contact with the ground all the time. They get dirty whether you drive your car or not. Now, I'm not talking about just cleaning to maintaining their good looks, I'm talking about making them look like brand new.
There is more than one way to achieve that brand-new shine look on your car tires. It is just a matter of what suits your taste and preference (and your budget as well).
One of the most popular tire shine products available are the spray-on kinds. The solution is in a bottle with a sprayer and nozzle on top. Many prefer to use it because it is very easy to apply on the tires. You can just spray it directly on the tires and wipe it after a couple of minutes. To make an even distribution over the whole tire, do not spray too close to the tire. Also, spray with a sweeping motion to cover a bigger area of the tire and not just spray on one spot at a time. When applied correctly, you can achieve a nice wet look gloss off your car tires. However, some brands of spray-on tire shine leave stains when it gets on your side panels. You should wipe it off immediately. It would help if you apply it inside the garage so the breeze will not scatter the mist. If you keep getting it on your side panels and rims, apply it on a sponge or piece of cloth first and use it to apply the solution on your tires.
In terms of long-lasting effect, many gel products do better than spray-ons. They last for more than a week even through the rain and even through carwash. They are not as easy to apply and may take longer since you need to use an applicator, a sponge or terry cloth but others prefer it that way since it gives them control on how much of the gel is used. The gel gives a nice black color to the tires without a very glossy effect. However, if you do want more gloss, you can apply a second coating after a few minutes. Do not drive your car right after applying the gel. Many formulas are silicone-based and can attract dust and dirt when still wet. Gel tire shine products are usually more expensive than other similar products.
Foam tire shine products also come with a spray nozzle. It is also very easy to apply, perhaps easier than the other spray-on kinds. It even helps clean your tires off from the dirt that your pre-wash was not able to remove. Just wipe the foam after a couple of minutes and your tires are clean and shiny. However, be careful with some products that may turn your tires brown or yellow. Some tires really do not agree with certain tire shine products so you may have to try a new product.
Most tire shine products have their own application procedures printed somewhere on the container, but in general, here are the steps in achieving that fine shine you want your car tires to have. Clean your tires first before the rest of the car. Even if you spray dirty suds or water on your side panels, it is fine since you will clean them next. Pay attention to the wells and grooves that your tires have. They collect a lot of dirt so they might need some extra scrubbing.
Wait till the tire is dry or at least not too wet from the washing. Spray your chosen tire shine product evenly on the side of the tires. Leave it on for a minute or two and then wipe it using a sponge or a terry-cloth, distributing it evenly across the tire wall and removing any overspray.
Making your tires look shiny is a very easy thing to achieve. But before trying on any product on your tires, ask your friends who might have used them, or look for some reviews online. Many car maintenance forums are eager to help and answer your questions with regard to tire shine products. Of course, if you want a professional opinion you can always swing by Freeman Grapevine and we'll take a look.


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Canoa Quebrada is a beach located on the east coast of Ceará State, northeast Brazil. Distant 166 km from Fortaleza and 18 km from the seat of the municipality of Aracati, to which it belongs. Its landscape is characterized by dunes and red cliffs of up to thirty meters above sea level. The town of Canoa Quebrada was born from the small town of Esteves. Discovered in the 1960s by French filmmakers of the movement in "Nouvelle Vague", the village suffered a deculturas shock, resulting in a feeling of freedom that prevails there today. To a local legend that day, the French worked hard and at night, indulged in fun. For this reason, a moon and a star carved into the cliffs, became the location of the symbol. Another version of this local tradition recounts that the crew, there was a Moroccan Islamic belief, that feeling remorse for continued nightly binges, wanted forgiveness of Allah. To redeem the guilt, sent carve, the cliffs, the moon and the star, today local icons. The village became famous to be discovered, in the 1970s, the "hippies" that they found a remote place, inhabited only by an Indian tribe and some fishermen, a simple and hospitable population, which today preserve the (...)
Canoa Quebrada is a beach located on the east coast of Ceará State, northeast Brazil. Distant 166 km from Fortaleza and 18 km from the seat of the municipality of Aracati, to which it belongs. Its landscape is characterized by dunes and red cliffs of up to thirty meters above sea level.
The town of Canoa Quebrada was born from the small town of Esteves. Discovered in the 1960s by French filmmakers of the movement in "Nouvelle Vague", the village suffered a deculturas shock, resulting in a feeling of freedom that prevails there today.
To a local legend that day, the French worked hard and at night, indulged in fun. For this reason, a moon and a star carved into the cliffs, became the location of the symbol. Another version of this local tradition recounts that the crew, there was a Moroccan Islamic belief, that feeling remorse for continued nightly binges, wanted forgiveness of Allah. To redeem the guilt, sent carve, the cliffs, the moon and the star, today local icons.
The village became famous to be discovered, in the 1970s, the "hippies" that they found a remote place, inhabited only by an Indian tribe and some fishermen, a simple and hospitable population, which today preserve the tradition of fishing with rafts in the sea.
Some of these "hippies" were fixed in place, marrying the natives and having children. Thus, you can find there many descendants of Swiss, French and other Europeans. Canoa Quebrada has returned to a movie set in 1997 with the production of Bella Dona, by Bruno Barreto) and, thereafter, turned into a major tourist destinations of Ceará.
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Excited to make this amazing mountain property available. A newer home built in 1996 with 2,881sf, 3beds/3baths on 1.38acres. WOW the Southern Views from all windows and the 1100sf of brand new decking will convince you never to leave your home. Conveniences include Comcast Cable having 250MB internet speed and Natural Gas. Brand new roof. New stainless steel appliances in the huge kitchen that opens to the Great Room. Your Master Bedroom has perfectly positioned windows exposing the mountain views and includes 2 closets. Downstairs was recently finished including an office and a gym enthusiast's exercise room. Some equipment is negotiable. Cement board fire resistant siding. Radon Mitigation system installed. Large fenced in yard. Adjacent to the Stransky Ranch so lots of privacy. Jefferson County highly rated schools! Weasel Wy is about a half mile of privately maintained dirt road that the neighbors work together to make winter living a breeze. Regrading scheduled for this year.
Offered by Da Vinci Realty.