Auto loans are used by individual borrowers and businesses to purchase a used or new vehicle. The main types are unsecured and secured whereby the vehicle itself serves as collateral.
Dealerships and financial establishments offer auto loans with variable and fixed rates. Fixed rates make budgeting for payments easier because issuers offer set monthly amounts. The rates remain the same and won't increase with rate fluctuations. The downside is that fixed rate loans can be more expensive. Car buyers are also offered variable rates, and this is a good way to save money when rates are low. However, payments can increase if the rates go up. Car financing is also offered for used and new vehicles. The main benefit of new car loans is that many financial establishments offer better interest rates. It also pays to check with the local credit union as unions are known for competitive and typically lower rates. In addition to auto loans, there are other types of financing such as chattel mortgage, operating lease, novated lease, finance lease, and commercial hire purchase. Businesses are also offered financing, leases, and commercial lines of credit. Some financial establishments emphasize the fact that all types of vehicles are eligible. Companies that plan to finance the purchase of more than one vehicle are offered business lines of credit. Many banks offer flexible payment options, and payments can be made by phone, mail, online, and via automatic payments. Issuers also offer secured and unsecured bad credit car loans.
The main benefit of secured car financing is lower interest rates. The car itself is used as security or collateral. Borrowers with tarnished credit are usually offered secured financing because banks face more risk. The chances of qualifying for a secured loan are higher because the vehicle is pledged to guarantee on-time repayment. Applicants are often offered payment flexibility – they can choose from monthly, fortnightly, and weekly payments.
Some issuers also allow extra payments per year. The term varies from lender to lender. Some establishments offer terms of 1 to 5 years. There are also issuers that offer car loans for the purchase of trucks, commercial vehicles, motorbikes, and caravans. Most financial institutions offer fixed interest rates, but some issuers offer variable rate options and unlimited extra payments at any time. Early payout does not incur penalty fees. Issuers also offer beneficial features such as phone and internet banking. On the downside, applicants may be charged monthly maintenance and application fees.
This type of loan is less common in that financial institutions take more risk. Some issuers provide unsecured financing but the rates are higher and the amount offered is usually lower. The rate is either variable or fixed. In some cases, issuers offer unsecured loans but require that borrowers find a guarantor who shares responsibility for repayment. This means that the guarantor is responsible for repayment in case of default.
There are different ways to finance the purchase of a vehicle – lease buyout loans, simple interest loans, pre-computed loans, and car refinance loans. The last option is useful for clients who are unable to meet their installment payments and are about the default. In this case, the lender may offer a slightly higher rate and a lower amount. Simple interest and pre-computed loans are somehow similar, and the main difference is how interest rate is calculated. Issuers that offer simple interest loans use the outstanding balance to calculate interest. With pre-computed options, the principal and interest rate payments are calculated before the financial institution and borrower enter into agreement.
There are different types of calculators that help estimate the loan amount and monthly payment. Some calculators ask for the amount required, term, and interest rate. If the loan amount is $12,500, the interest rate is 3 percent, and the term 72 months, then the monthly payment is about $190. Others offer estimates based on term, monthly payment, and APR. This will give you the loan amount. For example, if the term is 60 months, the APR is 2.50 percent, and the monthly payment is $500, then the total amount is $28,170. There are also calculators that require more detailed information such as the loan start date, sales tax, vehicle price, trade-in value, down payment, etc. There are also tools that ask whether amortization is calculated on a monthly or yearly basis. Calculators are quick, easy, and convenient to use and provide estimates to help customers determine the amount they can afford.
Auto loan rates vary depending on whether the issuer is a bank, car dealership, credit union, etc. Before offering a loan, issuers also look at factors such as down payment size, term or length, new or used vehicle, and age of the vehicle. They also take into account factors such as debt to income ratio, payment history, credit rating, and others. As a rule, the higher the down payment, the better the rate offered. The loan to value ratio is an important factor as lower LTVs help qualify for competitive rates. Lower rates are offered to customers who buy new vehicles. New vehicles are favored over older cars because issuers take less risk. Some financial institutions also offer competitive rates for relatively new used vehicles, i.e. cars that are 1 – 3 years old. This depends on the vehicle's condition. Other factors that affect auto loan rates are the payment method, residency, career length, loan to income ratio, and expenses to income ratio. While residency is not a key factor, banks offer regional programs with different interest rates. Career length is usually a factor if there are long periods of unemployment. The loan to income ratio, however, is an important consideration for banks. Aim for a monthly payment of no more than 25 percent of your total income. Issuers also look at the expenses to income ratio and the debts held by borrowers. Customers with a higher disposable income are offered lower auto loan rates. Finally, the choice of payment method also plays a role. For example, customers are offered lower interest rates if they choose to sign up for automatic payment.
Note that customers with very poor credit often see their car loan applications turned down. At the same time, some lenders offer loans with double-digit rates to applicants with poor credit. The problem here is that lower credit standards increase the risk of default.


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Flipkart's takeover of Snapdeal is officially dead
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The long-running will they/won't they saga between Indian eCommerce players Flipkart and Snapdeal has finally come to end, with Snapdeal deciding to remain independent, despite it looking certain Flipkart would complete a takeover.
Snapdeal's board, Jasper Infotech, had agreed in principle to Flipkart's bid of up to $950m and the deal was awaiting approval from other shareholders as of last week. However, Snapdeal's founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal instead opted for the path of continued independence.
It will now run a stripped-down version of its online marketplace with the backing of early investors Kalaari Capital and Nexus Venture Partners.
"The company has now decided to pursue an independent path and is terminating all strategic discussions as a result," Snapdeal told Reuters in a statement.
The decision comes as a blow to Snapdeal's biggest shareholder, SoftBank, as it was very keen on the closure of the deal and taking an equity stake in Flipkart, as a result.
Snapdeal has already agreed to the sale of its digital payments unit, FreeCharge, for $60m to India's third largest private-sector lender, Axis Bank. And it is currently in talks with Standard Chartered's private equity arm over the sale of its Vulcan Express logistics unit.
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Review: Into the Night by Sarah Bailey
July 2, 2018 / Simon McDonald
Is the dreaded 'sophomore slump' a genuine phenomenon for authors? I've often observed that to be the case, especially in my favourite genre — crime. Without delving into specific examples — I'm trying to eliminate unneeded negativity from my blogging life — it's a very rare thing when a sequel betters the original. For long-running police procedural series, I've found the first book is often brilliant, the second and third kind of middling, and then — boom! The author hits their stride. Everything clicks.
But Melburnian crime writer Sarah Bailey has avoided the Second Novel Syndrome with Into the Night, the follow-up to last year's fantastic The Dark Lake. She's done this by being smart; doing what few writers have the courage to commit to so early on. She has totally changed things up. Eliminated the possibility of staleness by completely uprooting her protagonist, Detective Gemma Woodstock, and transferring her from the small town of Smithson to the hustle and bustle of Melbourne.
I started reading Into the Night thinking: Okay; what more of Smithson's dark underbelly is there left for Woodstock to explore? And also, slightly nervously: I hope this series isn't destined for Midsomer Murders territory. Because I was a huge fan of The Dark Lake; loved Bailey's pitch-perfect balance of police procedural and deep-dive into Gemma's personal life. I wanted more of the same, to a degree, but was wary as to how much more there was in these Smithon-based relationships to excavate. And also, there are only so many times you can mine the 'this time it's personal' theme, which Bailey traversed with such panache in her debut.
The Dark Lake revolved around Gemma's investigation into the murder of a former classmate, and insights into her past were smoothly incorporated to make the book a brilliant character piece, as well as a compulsive page-turner. Into the Night thrusts Woodstock into a far larger investigation. The personal element to the investigation is gone — she doesn't know the victim this time — instead she is spurred on by a determination to prove herself in a much larger police department; both to her superiors, and herself, to justify her new life, away from her young son.
When a homeless man is found murdered in a Carlton park, Gemma makes it her personal mission to find his killer. But before she begin, she's pulled off the case to work a violent and public murder: that of the lead actor in a blockbuster flick being filmed in the CBD. But when every suspect has a secret, how do you determine the murderer? Partnered with the abrasive Detective Sergeant Nick Fleet, Gemma enters a dangerous vortex that puts her career, and life, at terrible risk.
Everyone is this meticulously crafted novel might be playing — or being played —by everyone else. Bailey, elevating herself to the pantheon that houses Michael Robotham, Jane Harper and Candice Fox, demonstrates an exquisite touch with characterisation, plotting and page-turnability. This is crime writing at its absolute best.
Format: Paperback (234mm x 153mm x mm)
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publish Date: 23-May-2018
Country of Publication: Australia
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In my previous article ("Internet marketing techniques alone will not get you ahead of the pack"), I stressed that your network relationships is one of your key competitive advantage that can pull you ahead of the pack. If you can form strategic alliances with important people or brands in (or related to) your niche, it can provide a turbo boost to growing your business.
To do that, the first step is to initiate contact. But I can tell you, chances are, you will be ignored, especially if you contact via email. So, what can you do? One good option is to buy their product, or in the case of a service business, be their client. As their customer, you are instantly elevated in the level of importance in their world. When that happens, your queries and contacts are more likely to be responded (no guarantees though).
Even better still, if you can show them that you have some level of influence, clout and authority (e.g. you own a blog, have lots of followers in your social media profile), they are even more likely to respond. They have to consider the possibility that if you become a disgruntled customer, your complaints may become viral through your followers in social media; your critical review of their products/services on your search-optimised blog can become a permanent black mark on their business on the Internet. Conversely, if you become one of their happy customers, your glowing praise of their business may spread further through your influence. Therefore, in your communications with them, make sure that you are able to show your level of influence conspicuously—it can be as simple as a link to your Facebook page on an email or some innocuous reference to your "followers" or a passing mention of your blog. If they are well-versed in Internet marketing, they will know that your experience with them will form the Zero-Moment-of-Truth (ZMOT) of their future clients or customers. But please bear in mind that the purpose of parading your influence is not for manipulating or making threats. Instead, it is to help you not to get ignored so that you can form positive and mutually-beneficial relationships with them.
In short, sometimes, it is worth buying products just to foster a relationship with an expert.
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The evolution of the CRA role and how on-site monitoring can change for the better.
What is the future for a Clinical Research Associate (CRA)? Is the role dead? Is it still evolving? How do technological innovations impact site monitoring and the quality and costs of clinical trials?
The role CRA is still here and the demand for their skills to monitor sites persists. Why? Because there is still a demand for 100% Source Data Verification (SDV). Despite the predictions about RBM, most studies still require that all data is verified by human eyes. The major data problems must still be resolved by people working together. Problematically, having a CRA on site costs significant time and money. This standard must evolve into a better model. Is there a way to leverage the skills and knowledge of the CRA along with modern approaches?
I have experienced first-hand the progression of the CRA role, along with the current challenge for both CRAs and for the biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, and the CROs who hire them, and I am leading a bold new approach to on-site monitoring. Not just an evolution, but a revolution. I believe CRAs are not dead, in fact, their role is more vital than ever for the future of clinical research, but in a different way that will add value to sponsors and safer, stronger clinical trials and better market reach for new therapies.
We all know this to be true, trials are getting more complex. The promise of technology is easing some of the burdens, but securing high-quality clinical trial information will still need human interaction and strong relationships based on trust and knowledge exchange. The patient data requires high-level scientific and content review. We should take advantage of technological improvements not to eliminate the CRA role, but to enhance it.
The CRA of the future?
The role of the Clinical Research Associate (CRA) has been changing, but I believe the role is not simply just evolving, but actually revolving back to its roots. The essence of the CRA, the reason the role exists in the first place, is to be a relationship-builder. The original and most important role of the CRA is to be the communication link between the pharma, biotech and medical device sponsors and the investigational sites.
together with our CRA Liaisons (paramedical and medical experts who remotely monitor the data), go prepared and goal-oriented to the sites. They solve the complex data issues and patient safety concerns. CRA Liaisons work cross-functional to ensure the data is solid. This gives our CRAs the time needed to relationships with site staff that has so often neglected due to the high workload of 100% SDV.
I have been a CRA and have been part the evolution, now I am part of the revolution that is both decreasing site monitoring costs and elevating the trial quality and the importance of the CRA role.
Written by Sabrina Wijnen, CEO of Clinitude. Sabrina is a passionate believer in making clinical trials more efficient for both the sponsor and the CRAs. Contact her at sabrina@clinitude.com to ask about the revolutionary CRA Liaison program that saves trial time and money and makes sites, CRAs and pharma, biotech and medical device sponsors relaxed, relieved and, happy.


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Audition recording and application due by November 10, 2014.
Rehearsal & Performance: January 29-31, 2015 at the Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs.
The 2014-2015 audition music has been posted. NOTE: forms and fees must be mailed and received by November 14th. Auditions must be uploaded to Dropbox no later than Nov 14.
Additional information about the All-State Jazz Band audition process on website.
Students auditioning must be members of their school jazz program.


Harisha, S R and Umashankar, K S and Manujesh, B J and Gowda, Thamme C S and Gowda, Rame D (2011) Survey and Energy-use pattern of Conventional and Non conventional Energies for Domestic Applications and Suggestions on Improvements towards Sustainability. In: National conference on Recent trends in Alternate Sources of Energy and pollution control , 13th-14th May 2011 , K.V.G. College of Engineering, Sullia.
There have been shortages of oil in many parts of the world as a source of energy and the price of this commodity has increased steeply. It is clear that the fossil fuel era of non-renewable resources is gradually coming to an end and predicted that oil and natural gases will be depleted first, followed eventually by coal. Non-conventional energy sources are the one which are non-exhaustible, which can be continuously used. Some of the non-conventional energy sources are solar energy, wind energy, ocean thermal energy, geo-thermal energy, tidal energy, energy from biomass. The solar energy is very large inexhaustible source of energy. The power from the sun intercepted by the earth is approximated 1.8*1011MW, which is thousands time larger than the present consumption rate on the earth. Sullia is a place which is having great opportunity to use solar energy in almost every season except in rainy season. The application of solar energy for domestic purpose is inevitable in the days to come. Keeping this in the mind it is required to get an idea about the quantity of fuel utilized, the temperature attained and time consumed to boil the rice using different various fuels are very essential. The fuels used here are LPG, Kerosene and Wood. By using these fuels for cooking the given quantity of rice the experiment is conducted. Pressure cooker of 3 liter capacity is being used for cooking at a pressure of 15psi. The thermocouple is attached to measure the temperature. The time taken to cook the rise is noted by using a stop watch. The amount of fuel consumed. The results are compared with the usage of solar energy and the advantage of solar energy is discussed.


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Delay in billion-dollar City Deal a 'cruel blow' to Queensland recovery
By Tony Moore
July 22, 2020 — 3.14pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a plan to direct billions of dollars towards south-east Queensland projects over the next 20 years on hold.
The plan would commit local, state and federal governments to fund specific areas to cater to a population that will grow by 1.9 million people in the next two decades.
South-east Queensland is arguing for a set funding deal from local, state and federal government to cope with population growth. Credit:Louie Douvis
The Property Council of Queensland and the Committee for Brisbane described the delay to 2021 as "a cruel blow" for south-east Queensland, where citizens "deserved better".
Queensland Property Council executive director Chris Mountford questioned the wisdom of delaying the funding plan.
"To be fair, we would have expected a few months' delay on the basis that COVID-19 has had an impact, but to simply kick the can into next year seems too much of a delay," Mr Mountford said.
He said other states were doing a better job of locking in private-sector investment as part of their economic recovery plans.
"Queensland is really slow out of the gate on this front. We are not seeing much of the critical role that private investment will need to play in that," he said.
"I think if they were still negotiating the Western Sydney City Deal, I am fairly confident the NSW government would not be tolerating a pause.
"They would more likely be saying, 'we want the investment faster because we want that investment sooner'."
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick rejected suggestions Queensland's economic recovery was lagging behind other states.
"The Queensland economy is actually thrashing New South Wales," Mr Dick said.
"We were the only state to record a decline in our unemployment rate last month, and recent transaction data from the Commonwealth Bank shows Queensland private-sector spending has recovered faster and higher than any other state."
Mr Dick said Queensland was able to attract the $2 billion Forest Wind renewable power project in Wide Bay, the $2.1 billion Dexus redevelopment of Brisbane's Eagle Street, and the $1.5 billion Valeria coal mine.
"The reality is that the SEQ City Deal would do nothing to improve these numbers in the COVID environment because it's about projects that only deliver years away," Mr Dick said.
"This includes things like the 2032 Olympics, a process which is currently on hold given the IOC has delayed the 2020 Olympics."
Cities Minister Alan Tudge signed a statement of intent in Brisbane on March 15, 2019, with Queensland's then-treasurer, Jackie Trad, and former Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk, who was chair of the South East Queensland Council of Mayors at the time.
Graham Quirk, Jackie Trad and Cities Minister Alan Tudge after signing a statement of intent for a SEQ City Deal. Credit:Tony Moore
The formal South-East Queensland City Deal was expected to be signed in mid-2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
However, a decision to delay planning was agreed by all three levels of government, according to a joint statement released on Tuesday.
"The Australian Government, Queensland Government and Council of Mayors (SEQ) have agreed to extend the negotiation of the SEQ City Deal into 2021 while we focus on recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic," the statement reads.
"As governments focus on the COVID-19 impacts it will be important to assess new priorities in the context of the recovery at a later date.
"This will ensure all levels of government have greater clarity of the impacts on the SEQ region and that new and emerging priorities are considered to ensure we have a solid foundation for our future SEQ vision."
The email was signed by Mr Tudge, Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick and Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner, chair of the Council of Mayors (SEQ).
Mr Mountford said the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the state's economy "should provide added impetus to a City Deal, now".
He and Committee for Brisbane chief executive Barton Green said in a joint statement an SEQ City Deal should be the centrepiece of recovery.
"The decision to postpone all the hard work done to date is confusing and disappointing."
There are seven signed City Deals in place throughout Australia: Townsville, Launceston, western Sydney, Darwin, Hobart, Geelong and Adelaide.
The statement from the Property Council of Queensland and Committee for Brisbane asked governments to reconsider this decision.
"Deliver on the promises made to south-east Queensland residents to fund and prioritise City Deal projects that will support our growth and our economy."
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Harry Wright (1835–1895) was an English-born American baseball player, manager and developer.

Harry Wright may also refer to:
Harry Wright (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1950), English footballer best known for playing for West Bromwich Albion, see 1912 FA Cup Final
Harry Wright (footballer, born 1900) (1900–?), English footballer best known for playing for Gillingham
Harry Wright (Australian footballer) (1870–1950), Australian rules footballer
Harry Wright (footballer, born 1909) (1909–1994), English football coach
Harry Wright (Canadian politician) (1875–?), politician in British Columbia, Canada
Harry Wright (Queensland politician) (1890–1963), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Harry N. Wright (1881–1969), president of the City College of New York
Harry Wright (American football) (1919–1993), American football player and coach

See also
Henry Wright (disambiguation)
Harold Wright (disambiguation)

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Economic and financial crises have become perennial features of today's global economy. Macroeconomic theories of crisis, including the global crisis that unfolded in 2008, emphasize the role of financial deregulation; capital flow imbalances; and growing debt, fueled by income and wealth inequality. These approaches tend to be divorced from feminist thinking which analyzes broader distributional dynamics transmitted through structural channels and government policy responses, with an emphasis on gender, race, class and ethnicity. This volume brings together innovative thinking from heterodox macroeconomists and feminist economists to explore the causes, consequences, and ramifications of economic crises. By doing so, it highlights aspects of the economy that are frequently overlooked or ignored, such as the impact of crises on the vast amount of unpaid work which women perform relative to men.
The collection of international studies assembled here takes an innovative approach to analyzing a range of issues, from the subprime mortgage crisis to the gendered effects of austerity to the role of the International Monetary Fund in governing an unstable global economy. In so doing, it looks beyond causes and consequences and points to new directions for macroeconomic and financial policy.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Economics.
5. Economic Recession and Recovery in the UK: What's Gender Got to Do with It?
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr is Professor of International Affairs at The New School, New York City, USA. She is a development economist interested in human development and capabilities and the broad question of national and international policy strategies.
James Heintz is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. He has written on a wide range of economic policy issues, including job creation, global labour standards, the distributive consequences of macroeconomic policies, and human rights.
Stephanie Seguino is Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont, USA. Her research explores the relationship between the macroeconomy and intergroup inequality by class, race, and gender. That work includes analyses of the effects of monetary policy and austerity on gender and racial inequality.


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I won't lie – I'm overweight. I inherited the short, curvy genes of my Irish and Italian ancestors. And possibly the sluggish thyroid as well (mental note, get thyroid checked.) Oh, and some comfort eating tendencies. Join all that with my anti-athleticness and yeah, hi there 50 lbs to lose.
I thought I could buy athletic wear.
All I wanted was an all-weather jacket. Something sensible and waterproof that maybe actually looked decent on me. Something I could wear out while walking the dog, or going on that proverbial hike that my husband keeps threatening me with suggesting. Something that will keep me from getting soaked, that can get all mucky and dirty, that I can then throw in the washer. I have a couple lovely coats and jackets, but I don't want to ruin them with the Great Outdoors.
Josh tagged along with me on this trip. We started at REI, because I was pretty certain nothing would fit me there, but was hoping to be surprised. And they were having a sale.
I learned at REI that not even the XL's would fit me. Or if I did get them to zip up, it was like wearing a boa constrictor. Which isn't fun, and not that flattering either. I tried on several different brands, proving that I couldn't fit into any of their XL's. Despite the fact that the Old Navy wool coat I wore into the store was an XL. There was no XXL in the women's section. Because women who shop at REI don't need an XXL.
Fine. Whatever. I hate you anyway REI, with your overpriced gear catering to the already fit.
I suggested we try Eddie Bauer, because I have shirts and sweaters from the store, that fit. And I knew they carried an XXL, which I might need to get a looser fit and be able to layer.
They were having a sale, which is always nice. Josh and I started scouring the racks, finally finding an XL. I tried it on. It was too snug. I tried on a different style. It was also too snug. Josh suggested trying on a men's jacket, and while it fit, the sleeves were about 8 inches too long, which while kind of cute on a 3 yr old, long flapping sleeves looks a bit ridiculous on a grown woman. I went back to scouring the women's side, and came up with nothing.
Now, I weigh myself pretty regularly. I'm aware of my size. I'm not trying to fit into a medium. I wore XL clothing into the store, yet Xl jackets weren't fitting. The store had a limited selection, so we went home, me feeling ever so slightly fat and depressed. I checked online, because I thought maybe they didn't make an XXL jacket.
They do. But the sale price (which was 30-50% off in the store, depending on jacket) wasn't available online for the jackets I wanted.
Great. Now I get to tell another stranger I need the XXL. Fine. Whatever. I want that 50% off.
We go to the kiosk. I find the coat online. The manager comes over. She explains that no, the coat isn't stocked in stores in an XXL and the sale is only good for stuff in the store. Not online. She can't change the price for me, because it's only for in store stuff. And they don't carry the XXL jackets in stores for women.
They do for men. But men are allowed to be bigger. Not women.
…and suggests that I try The North Face.
The (actually very nice) manager finally finished her apologetic spiel and I walked out of the store as quickly as possible, announcing that I just wanted to go home. Or shove a cookie in my face. Except cookies got me into this situation, so we should just go home.
And then I cried in the car all the way home and made my husband promise that if I even thought about trying on clothes before losing 20 lbs, to slap me and lock me in a closet or something.
And then I ate dinner and didn't shove my face in a bag of chocolate chips and stayed off of social media until I could contain my crazy a bit more. Self-control for the win!
Stupid stupid woman doesn't learn.
They had jackets. They had an XL jacket in their Active Wear section. I went to try it on. I could at least zip up the Eddie Bauer ones. The Target one, I couldn't even get the zipper to meet. I uttered quiet curses at the jacket as I hung it back up.
Then I tried the pants section of Active Wear. And I've learned things have changed. For instance, while I can still fit into the XL yoga pants of a certain brand from 3 years ago, the ones of current in the same brand, I'll now need an XXL. And if you need an XXL, their looser fit pants have legs the size of tree trunks. And while they're "short" legged, the rest of it is designed for the taller gal, so if I wear it two inches below the waist, as the tag states, the crotch is near my knees. Or to get a well-fitting crotch, I can just wear these pants as a onsie.
The yoga pants got thrown back onto the shelf a bit angrily as I officially gave up.
I'm trying really hard not to salute all active wear makers with my middle finger, though it would be a heartfelt salute. I've realized that active wear is meant for the already active, the already fit, the runners and yoga-ers and young moms with strollers. It's not meant for a forty year old who is trying to regain her own fitness, who inherited the short curvy figure of her ancestors, who has spent the past ten years living in a haze of child rearing only to remember to take care of herself. It's not meant for those who need an XXL but still want to look nice as they try to get back into shape. It's not meant for me.
So for now, I will deal with my slightly unflattering but actually fits me XL yoga pants, Old Navy tees, and the all-weather jacket Josh brought home for me yesterday. It's not fabulous, it's not even stylish. But it's waterproof and fits and was bought with love and support.
By the way, Eddie Bauer? Your tag line of "Live your Adventure"? I will be doing that. Just not in any of your jackets.
We should do zumba together. LOL!
Is there such a thing as "too much cleavage"? 😉 I say go for it until your exercise pays off and you're in a size where you can find appropriate-fitting clothes.
Some would agree with you there Sven, lol!
I know you probably don't want to have to do this but, since I have inherited the short curvy genes of my German and French Canadian foremothers whose idea of a vegetable side dish is potatoes and onions and since I am very familiar with the stress-cookie, I recommend trying a store which markets to the ample woman. Avenue or Lane Bryant perhaps. I know from experience that Avenue has short sizes. Once you get past the fact that you are shopping in a plus-size store, it should make you feel good that you wear the smallest size in the place.
Sadly, most of what's at Lane Bryant doesn't fit me either. Because I'm only big in certain places, so stuff at LB fits me funny as well. Oh, and the one pair of jeans I got there a few years ago, that fit me perfectly…yeah, they stopped making. Grr.
oh, I feel your pain! For me, it's not just athletic wear that I have trouble with, but shoes as well. My feet are boats. There is nobody, (aside from a couple of stores that cater to cross dressing men) that sells pretty shoes that fit me. I usually end up in a pair of men's flip flops or men's sneakers, depressed about not being able to find a pair of jeans that fit properly. Lane Bryant carries a few items that I can wear for work or outings, but nowhere can I find casual clothes that fit me and aren't made for men or overweight little boys.
Something sinister must be going on. I, too, am larger than I have ever been except when preparing to give birth (in fact, if I were preparing to give birth again, I'd be well into my third trimester). Before the holidays, my favorite jeans (one of only two pair I owned because who likes to shop for jeans?) ripped out in the crotch area – from wear, I believe but I have some doubt. Well, I remembered where I bought them, so I wore the only remaining pair into that same store, found the same brand and grabbed what I was certain was the same size because I had on THAT SIZE in THAT SAME BRAND when I entered the SAME STORE I purchased the worn out jeans only one year before. Apparently someone in the jeans factory thought it funny to move the seam lines in or something because none of that type of jean in that size fit me anymore. When I could get a pair on and zipped (at this point I didn't care about style or denim color, I just wanted that SIZE), I could barely move without worrying about developing a medical condition. I broke down and went up a full size and I am STILL grouchy about it. Grrrrr … Here's to getting back on track and back into former sizes in 2014. Best of luck!
I actually really love Wal-Mart for this reason. Their Just My Size line of jeans is so dependable that I can walk and take an 18P (an 18! where in other stores I'd be a 22 or even a 24, depending) and not have to hem the bottom, because I am 5'3″. And I don't try them on there, because they will fit. Is that not COOL?
I think you're just talking nonsense. Such a thing does not exist! LOL!
Oh, yes, they do–I'm wearing some this very minute! Quite comfortable, too! My mom asked me the last time she visited (I inherited my height from my genes, along with childbearing hips) where I had found jeans I didn't have to hem.
Awww…that really sux. I also have the size inherited from my ancestors (so to say) and find it hard to shop at the stores also. My problem is that I'm also a tad on the tall side. Soooo, the only jeans I can find that fit me are around $75 each. Though…I did just get finished shopping at Belk, and they have awesome stuff for us "fluffy" people.
You so beautifully summed up every experience I have had being a larger woman searching for workout clothes that don't look like I raided my brother's closet. Within the past year or so, CitySports (http://www.citysports.com/Extended-Sizes/search) has started carrying extended sizes in some stores and online. This was a wonderful find for me because they were the same clothes offered in the smaller sizes, they just fit me! This way I can blend in when working out with others. Athletic wear does tend to always run small, which doesn't help the motivation to wear the clothes and have them do their jobs.
I am a super active 5'4, 200+lb girl……I get great yoga/workout pants from costco – I do stick to the capris as the length is more manageable. Ffor jackets – check out Lands End. They have a great selection in Womens sizes and even Petite Women's sizes. Our Sears has a big Lands End Section, but not all of them do. You can usually find free shipping on-line and you can return to any sears if it doesn't fit for free. They also have some good sales this time of year. For great athletic wear – I also choose ATHLETA – not all their stuff fits, but a lot of it does and it is super cool gear. They have larger sizes as well – only problem there is that it is really pricey. I am lucky to have an Athleta store in town to try things on, but I think you do as well – just not sure how long the drive is. GOOD LUCK and don't give up looking. Comfy workout clothes definitely help to stick with it!
That sounds awful. Maybe Old Navy?
Plus-size lady here, too – shopping over internet only – the experiences in retail are just not encouraging to buy anything at all.
Even if we were in shape the clothes still wouldn't fit right because "They" don't make clothes for women who have curves!
I think it's great that you wrote this for yourself, but also to prove to other women that they're not alone in this. Old Navy is pretty much the one store I can walk into and know that the XL will fit consistently. And if they ever stop making the Sweetheart cut jeans I will simply have no more pants. I loved your post, thought it was fab.
Thrift stores, baby! And look in the men's. I will tell you a secret — XL today is not as big as XL ten years ago. I have L's from 10 years ago that still fit! Everything is FITTED now. Ugh. Why would I want anything tight over my rolls of fat? I would not. I love thrift stores. Honestly! Never knock on Death's door. Ring the doorbell and run — he hates that.
I know this is an old post, but maybe you will see this. I used to be a long time reader of yours and then had some PC issues and now don't have the password any more for you blog. If you happen to see this can you send me the password again? Thanks!!
I love you. You have described my life, sans the hubby who is supportive.
No wonder I don't own any active wear that wasn't purchased a decade ago. Sigh.
There's a reason I wore the same winter coat for 17 years: it fit with a sweatshirt under it and it was a windbreaker. Sadly, it was falling apart by the time we moved to California so it went to the bin.
I've since not purchased another jacket.
Also, Columbia makes a pretty decent coat if you can find the "right" one. I've had four over the past 20 years. I still have one, actually. It should also be noted that I qualify as "morbidly obese" even though I can run a mile without too much trouble.
I never thought I was lumpy until the last few years. The end of the 40's means things start to move around, so nothing fits right. The lower waists accentuate the baby belly and nothing fits right on my hips and thighs.
I have gone into stores also wearing the exact same pair of pants I am buying and they don't fit. I have come to believe they don't design clothes for middle aged women anymore.


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It's a weird feeling… a slice of the Italian Riviera in the heart of Florida – right on the doorstep of Universal's parks. But this is Orlando, where of course anything is possible!
The whole resort has been brilliantly put together too. The charm and romance of Portofino's multi-coloured buildings, cobbled streets, outdoor cafés and music-filled piazzas have all been lovingly recreated, with generous rooms, three themed pools, eight restaurants and an excellent Kids' Camp.
All this, combined with the world-class Mandara Spa, luxury shopping, art gallery and an exclusive list of benefits for Universal Orlando® that you can't get anywhere else, makes Portofino Bay the perfect base for families looking for a resort with warm Italian hospitality, a whole lot of panache, and just a little taste of La Dolce Vita in Orlando!
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From Drone Maintenance to Working Alongside NASA; Lone Star UAS Center Students are Soaring High
By Michelle Villarreal Leschper, Elizabeth Mock | Published: May 03, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi achieves brilliance not only through its innovative research endeavors, but also through the high-performing students who work under its umbrella.
One such student, Amanda Niederriter, a sophomore studying environmental and occupational safety, helps keep inventory of all UAS aircraft and their parts and helps manage the Education and Science Integration Lab in order to maintain compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards.
"They really want their interns to apply themselves and they push us to use our knowledge and skills to contribute to the center," Niederriter said.
Despite only working at Lone Star since December 2018, Niederriter has already introduced new programming measures.
"When it's fully up and running, the program will ensure full accountability across the board for maintenance being performed on specific drone parts," she said.
As a veteran who served in the Navy for more than six years, Niederriter appreciates the veteran-friendly environment of Lone Star.
"They love veterans, they love working with veterans, and a lot of the people employed here are veterans," Niederriter said. "But whether you're a veteran or not, they're going to push you to build your skillset. You're not just doing a normal job, it's much more than that."
Michael Sanders, Acting Executive Director of Lone Star, says he is endlessly impressed with the quality of work produced by student interns.
"No matter if they're a student or full-time staff member, each person at Lone Star has integral skills and ideas to contribute," Sanders said. "I encourage everyone to bring their best every day and my staff consistently steps up to that challenge."
Michael Alcala, a freshman computer science major, works as a software engineering intern at the center. As part of his job, Alcala assists with data analysis and building UAS programs. For example, when Lone Star has a large data sample from a drone that needs processing, Alcala writes code that organizes that data so it can be used by others.
"I've learned a lot from my time here, like a variety of code languages and different ways to implement those languages," Alcala said. "The knowledge I'm gaining here is something that I will carry with me as I make a career one day."
According to Alcala, Lone Star provides him many opportunities to work in many different capacities.
"It's not what you see in movies where the intern is doing coffee runs," said Alcala. "My supervisor will get program assignments and he'll give me that assignment because he knows I can handle it."
Joe Escobar, a senior communication studies student with a minor in public relations, helps manage Lone Star's online social media presence, a task that he says will benefit him in his future career.
"It gives me the chance to get real world experience in my field, something I know my future employers will want," Escobar said. "I'm learning how to build relationships with different people in the community and the work with natural disasters teaches me about crisis management."
Escobar is especially excited about the center's partnership with NASA. NASA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management project selected Lone Star to test drone traffic management. The Island University is one of only two test sites selected nationwide.
"We're working on some cutting-edge technology with NASA, and you don't typically think of Corpus Christi as a place where that happens," Escobar said. "It's amazing to get the honor to say I was an intern at a center that worked with NASA on this special project."
With all the amazing opportunities provided to her, Niederriter says the most important thing she's learned from her time at Lone Star is hard work.
"There are a lot of possibilities on the road ahead for me in UAS industries," she said. "If you're willing to do the work, you can find somewhere where you're needed."
To learn more about Lone Star, visit their website. To interact with them on social media, visit them on Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube.
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Q: $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\tan^3(3x) \cdot (5^{x^{2}} - 1)}$ without using L'Hospital or Taylor's series Find limit without using L'Hospital or Taylor's series:
$$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\tan^3(3x) \cdot (5^{x^{2}} - 1)}$$

$$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\tan^3(3x) \cdot (5^{x^{2}} - 1)} = \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\sin(2x^5)} \cdot \frac{\sin(2x^5)}{\tan^3(3x) \cdot (5^{x^{2}} - 1)} = $$
$$= \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\sin(2x^5)} \cdot \frac{\sin(2x^5)}{x^5} \cdot \frac{x^2}{5^{x^{2}} - 1} \cdot \frac{ x^3}{\tan^3(3x)}$$

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*$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\sin(2x^5)} = 1$

*$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin(2x^5)}{x^5} = 2$

*$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^2}{5^{x^{2}} - 1} = \frac{1}{\ln5}$

*$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{ x^3}{\tan^3(3x)} = \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \cos^3(3x) \cdot \displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{x^3}{\sin^3(3x)} = 1 \cdot \left( \frac{1}{3} \right)^3 = \frac{1}{27}$
We get:
$$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\tan^3(3x) \cdot (5^{x^{2}} - 1)} = 1 * 2 * \frac{1}{\ln5} * \frac{1}{27} = \frac{2}{27 \ln5}$$
All credits to @Bernard. Thank you all, question closed.

A: You can do it using equivalents and some standard limits: rewrite  the fraction as
$$\frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\sin(2x^5)}\frac{\sin(2x^5)}{\tan^3(3x)} \cdot \frac{x^2}{(5^{x^{2}} - 1)}\cdot\frac1{x^2}.$$
By substitution, the first factor tends to $1$. Also by substitution, $\:\dfrac{5^{x^2}-1}{x^2}$ tends to the derivative of $5^x$ at $0$, i.e. $\ln 5$.
Last, $\sin(2x^5)\sim_0 2x^5$ and $\tan 3x)\sim_03x$, so $\tan^3(3x)\sim_0(3x)^3=27x^3$, and ultimately we obtain the equivalence
$$\frac{\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))}{\sin(2x^5)}\frac{\sin(2x^5)}{\tan^3(3x)} \cdot \frac{x^2}{(5^{x^{2}} - 1)}\cdot\frac1{x^2}\sim_0\frac{2\not x^5}{27\not x^3\cdot\ln5\cdot \not x^2}=\frac 2{27\ln 5}.$$

A: Just a slight variant on Bernard's answer: rewrite the fraction as
$${\ln(1+\sin(2x^5))\over\sin(2x^5)}\cdot{\sin(2x^5)\over2x^5}\cdot\left(3x\over\sin(3x)\right)^3\cdot{x^2\ln5\over e^{x^2\ln5}-1}\cdot{2\cos^3(3x)\over3^3\ln5}$$
then use the familiar limits
$$\lim_{u\to0}{\ln(1+u)\over u}=\lim_{u\to0}{\sin u\over u}=\lim_{u\to0}{e^u-1\over u}=1$$
to get the limit
$$1\cdot1\cdot1^3\cdot1\cdot{2\cdot1^3\over27\ln5}={2\over27\ln5}$$

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Kenny Ground – Overload EP [Piston Recordings]
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Stealing a soul, which hadn't reached its time yet to Netherworld, was a fatal mistake nobody should ever do.
It was a mistake to resist fate.
Soi woke up in this world without her memories of her past. Both the memories of her family or her peers, she couldn't remember anything about them at all.
Hades had given her a new memory and he also created a new memory with her as his wife. Maybe it was because of his greediness, her outward appearance was just like Soi whether it was her smile or her behavior.
but she wasn't Soi at the same time.
However, he still continued to believe that she was Soi, his Soi.
็Deep in his heart, he still felt guilt towards August, but August was the one who entrusted her to him. He had to take care of her with the utmost care on behalf of the man who wasn't here anymore.
Even if it wasn't different from stealing, but he wouldn't get regret over something he had already done.
In the middle of the night, a light was shining down from the moon to blooming lotus in the pond. Soi and Hades had spent their time together at the pavilion. She stood at the pond's edge as she was looking at a group of fireflies flying around them with their shining blue light. They lingered onto a lotus's petal and hovered around in that area.
"fireflies? Why do you want me to look at them?" He walked towards her and looked at what she pointed.
In the end, he could only go with what she wanted. Soi lightly sighed and gently smile. Even the scene didn't look beautiful in his eyes, but she wanted him to relax from his work a little. That's was enough for her.
"The weather is good today, isn't it?" She looked to somewhere far away. The horizon here was completely dark, but the weather was good as it had a gust of wind blowing past them. That's what made this place comfortable.
The red thread won't link them together.
Time passed by, Soi was pregnant with his son. Her temper was up and down since she was in a later stage of her pregnancy. It looked to be normal for her to be like this. He had a little time to work as he had to take care of her, but that didn't make him trouble or anything.
One day, his son was born.
Soi named him 'Methyst'. It was from Amethyst as this crystal represented honesty.
Methyst was five years old. He liked to spend his time with his mother more than his father. The innocent boy brought his mother to his father's treasure room. Even Soi hadn't entered this room once, so why did her son know the existence of this room?
She was filled with her curiosity and her worried about her son. She decided to follow her son into this room.
"Mother!! This…This thing can shine!" Methyst poked his mother and pointed to a black skull in a glass cabinet.
Didn't it look too scary for a child?
She thought mentally while staring at the skull. That pair of eyes also shined with a blue light. M-moreover, it could move. This is too creepy.
"It's good that you have fun, but your father will get angry if he knows we come here without his permission. Do you understand?" Even if her son's eyes were brimming with curiosity, she had to get them out of this room before Hades knew. If Hades knew, she would be reprimanded by that narrow-minded man for sure.
He only wanted to have fun with his mother, but it would be bad if his father knew. That's why he agreed with his mother and cut some of his curiosity down.
However, it was that moment when something caught her eyes.
It looked like scissors… mystery scissors.
That thing seemed to call for her. It looked like it was crying, but it was only scissors. How could she know that it was crying?
That was words that Hades's colleague told her from a long time ago.
Why did she suddenly remember this right now?
Her curiosity was going to kill her. She unconsciously stretched her hand out toward the scissors. She opened its case and grabbed this thing up.
A sadness, a heartbreak…Many feelings were rushing into her head causing her to get a headache.
Methyst saw his mother picked up that scissors, and she suddenly screamed out in pain. He didn't know what to do! Did that scissors hurt his mother!? He could only think of destroying that thing at that moment so he tried to pull it from Soi's hand.
However, that scissors unexpectedly broke into two parts.
Hades, who heard his wife's scream, ran to this place in a rush. When he reached the room, he saw her lying on the floor with crying Methyst who was trying to wake his mother up.
"Mother!! Mother!!" He cried while shaking her arm hoping she will come back to him.
She would be released from here.
Nevertheless, he still wanted to keep her here. He didn't care which way he had to use!!
had turned into a black butterfly which flew away into the sky.
"Father, what's happened with mother…Why…" little Methyst still couldn't understand the reason why his father had to stab his mother. Moreover, why did his mother become silent and not moving like this?
He slowly pulled the scissors out of her chest, but there wasn't any blood dripping from it. This was only a body…He couldn't restrain her soul even if he tried.
Her soul must fly away to somewhere and disappeared.
It must have returned back to that world, the place where you would be tormented forever.
Even though he knew it was wrong, he still wanted her to come back.
The day that she wasn't around was beginning to make his heart numb. He still worked, worked, and took care of Methyst.
Until one day, He met with a familiar soul.
Her soul was the same as Soi, but her name was White.
The woman, who was betrayed by her friend, died by a car-crash.
but it didn't hurt that much.
If it's like this, he would finally bring her back here again. She was in his reach right now!
So he sent her to reincarnate in a world where her life-span would be shorter than an average person.
But it was like a punishment from heaven again.
August's soul came here a little later.
"Do you have a wish or something?" He still acted like an employee to match with the changing era.
The man looked at him with a pair of eyes filled with emptiness.
He tried to fight back his tears.
He smiled even when he was already in tears. Before Hades sent him to the chosen world, normally, he had to completely erase all of the memories.
The red thread between those two was instantly linking when they met in that world.
He was beginning to understand August's last word.
Therefore, he would let her go…go to where she would be happy the most.
So, let me straight this up.
Am I understand this right?
Wait so is this the end of the book?
No, we have 7 chapters left till the end of the book.
I hope the both of them will have a happy ending.


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Protesters, police clash after new Covid restrictions announced in the Netherlands — Analysis
Protesters took to the streets and clashed with Dutch police in The Hague shortly after caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte introduced strict new lockdown measures to curb Covid-19 circumstances.
Demonstrators threw stones and set off fireworks on Friday night, whereas riot police at one level deployed a water cannon, in accordance with footage and stories from town.
The water cannon was deployed after protesters held a "sitdown motion" and refused to depart after a number of requests from legislation enforcement, police stated. After the cannon was "briefly deployed," the group left.
Some officers have been geared up with riot gear similar to shields and batons.
Police introduced a number of arrests stemming from the big gathering, calling the scenario "restless" at one level. In line with officers, a bunch of protesters created a barrier and threw stones and fireworks at police. "A number of folks" have been detained for setting off fireworks, officers stated. Police stated that they had earlier discovered a person carrying "heavy fireworks" coming into the realm.
The Hague has been the middle of a number of different Covid protests, together with one earlier this month towards measures already in place for the unvaccinated.
Rutte introduced new Covid restrictions that can final three weeks, with many of the measures starting on Saturday night. Resulting from a spike in circumstances, the PM stated that households will probably be restricted to 4 folks over the age of 13, public occasions similar to sports activities matches won't have dwell crowds, social distancing is once-again suggested, and shops will probably be compelled to shut early.
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/ ► Lesson 33. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WHEY PRO...
Lesson 33. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATES
Module 3. Processing and utilization of whey
PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATES
Chemical, physical and functional characteristics of WPC vary according to method of their manufacture. WPC contain, on average, 4% moisture. Whey proteins concentrate powder recovered by ion exchange adsorption is characterized by high protein (> 85%) and low (< 0.5%) lactose, low ash and low lipid contents. The product prepared through heat precipita-tion process is in denatured form with no innate property. The product prepared by ferric salt precipitation is reported to be light yellow to brown in colour. The product prepared by molecular separation processes contains whey proteins in their native form and possess exceptional functional properties including high solubility of considerable value to the food industry. WPC produced by UF process have a protein content typically ranging from 34 to 80% and spray dried WPC has bulk density of 0.35 to 0.5 g/cm3. As the protein levels increase, the percentage of lactose and minerals decreases.
33.2. Protein Content
Commercially available WPC contain from 35 to 85% protein. If they are added to food on a solid basis, there will be large differences in functionality owing to the differences in protein content. Most food formulations call for certain protein content and thus WPC are generally utilized on a constant protein basis. In this case the differences due to protein content as such should be eliminated. As the protein content increases, the composition of other components in the WPC must also change (Table 33.1.) and these changes in composition might be expected to have an effect on functionality.
33.2.1 Lipid content
WPC contain residual lipid despite attempts by producers to remove as much lipid as is possible from the whey. The lipid found in WPC does not have the same composition as the bulk lipid of milk, but is greatly enriched in phospholipids and milk fat globule membrane material. Removal of residual lipid from whey has been shown to increase ultrafiltration flux and to improve WPC functionality. The lipid content of WPC tends to increase as the protein content increases. Typical changes in WPC composition that occur as the protein content of the product is altered is shown in Table 33.1. Residual lipid has long been recognized as being detrimental to the quality of WPC with particular attention to the foaming and flavour qualities of the product. Small amounts of fat in whey protein solutions cause the rapid collapse of foams that are otherwise stable. It has been demonstrated that the removal of residual lipids from whey protein solutions by ultracentrifugation resulted in a three-fold increase in overrun. Further, the residual lipid is detrimental to the foaming properties and also inhibits the gel-forming properties of WPC.
Table 33.1 Typical composition of whey protein concentrate powders
33.2.2 Mineral content
The mineral content of whey is altered as the whey is concentrated to form WPC. The method of processing can have a large effect on both the total ash content and the mineral present. Ash contents for commercially available WPC produced by ultrafiltration, electrodialysis and metaphosphate complex formation range from 0.5 to 15%. Calcium content ranges from 13.9 to 2180 mg/100 g sample, while the phosphorous content ranges from 0.26 to 3.53%. The samples precipitated as metaphosphate complexes, as expected, contain the largest amount of phosphate. High ash content may inhibit the emulsion and foaming characteristics of WPC. WPC have been shown to function better in a number of applications, where minerals have either been removed or their content modified. Such applications include uses in ice cream, infant formulas, bakery products and dietetic foods. The mineral that has received most attention regarding its effect on functionality is calcium. The solubility of WPC was improved by calcium replacement, with the largest improvement occurring at the isoelectric point. The textural parameters of heat-induced gels also increased as sodium replaced calcium, as did the time to form a coagulum at 70°C. Overrun was decreased by calcium replacement while foam stability and solution viscosity were affected in a non-linear manner.
It has long been known that calcium concentration has a large effect on the heat stability of both β-lactoglobulin and α-lactalbumin. The dependence of heat denaturation on calcium content is probably responsible for the effects of heat denaturation on gel strength. At very low concentrations, the addition of calcium increases gel strength. As the calcium concentration increases past a certain maximum, further increases cause decreases in gel strength. At low concentrations, calcium can increase gel strength by aiding in the formation of crosslinks that are necessary for proper gel formation. At higher concentrations of calcium, protein precipitation occurs at a faster rate than does crosslink formation and gel strength is weakened.
33.2.3 Lactose content
As the concentration of protein in WPC increases, the lactose concentration decreases. Values for the lactose content of commercially available WPC range from 0.1 to 46%. Values below 5% are derived from products produced by an ion exchange procedure, while the value of 46% was for a 35% protein WPC. Generally, lactose is considered filler that has little effect on protein functionality. Lactose is a reducing sugar and can react with proteins via non-enzymatic browning to produce less nutritious and lower functional products. This should not be a problem for WPC stored at reasonable moisture levels. Lactose can increase the heat stability of proteins and lactose concentration has been related to the solubility of whey proteins following heat treatment. This should not, however, be a significant factor in the solubility characteristics of most WPC. Care is certainly warranted in the processing of products that contain very low concentrations of residual lactose and this may explain the observation that WPC produced by ion exchange are difficult to manufacture with high solubility.
Table 33.2 Protein yields and concentrations of principal classes of dried whey protein products
Table 33.3 Percentage composition of whey protein concentrates
Matthews, M.E. 1983. Whey protein recovery processes and products. J Dairy Sci., 67: 2680-2692.
Lesson 20. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WHEY
Lesson 21. MANUFACTURE OF CONDENSED WHEY PRODUCTS
Lesson 22. MANUFACTURE OF DRIED WHEY
Lesson 23. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES & UTILI...
Lesson 24. WHEY BEVERAGES
Lesson 25. FERMENTED WHEY BEVERAGES
Lesson 26. FERMENTED PRODUCTS FROM WHEY-1
Lesson 28. ELECTRODIALYSIS PROCESS FOR DEMINERALIS...
Lesson 29. ION EXCHANGE PROCESS FOR DEMINERALISATION
Lesson 30. DEMINERALISATION OF WHEY AND ITS UTILIZ...
Lesson 31. METHOD OF WHEY PROTEIN RECOVERY FROM WHEY
Lesson 32. MANUFACTURE OF WHEY PROTEIN BY MOLECULA...
Lesson 33. PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WHEY PRO...
Lesson 34. MANUFACTURE OF CRUDE LACTOSE
Lesson 35. REFINING OF LACTOSE
Lesson 36. USES OF LACTOSE
Lesson 37. LACTOSE HYDROLYSIS
Lesson 38. APPLICATIONS OF HYDROLYSED LACTOSE


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If Black rapists were treated like White killer cops
Tue Dec 9th 2014 by abagond
White crowd at at a lynching of two Black men accused of rape (US, 1930).
If a Black man, who had clearly beaten and raped an 18-year-old White woman, was treated like a White killer cop, then:
He would not be arrested. Most White people would urge those who protest for his arrest to be "calm" and "wait for all the facts to come in" before "rushing to judgement", to "let the process work." The process:
The press would demonize not him but her. It would print everything known about her sex life, police record and drug history. It would find her old boyfriends – and her worst Facebook pictures. The New York Times would determine that she was "no angel".
The press would blame the rape on her. There would be whole articles about how she dressed and whether it was "provocative". The press would condemn "rape", but not the rapist. At worst, he made a "mistake", an "error in judgement". He acted more or less reasonably, she did not. What in the world was she thinking?
The Black rapist himself would carry out the investigation, gathering the facts about the rape.
The public prosecutor would defend him before a secret grand jury. The prosecutor would "present all the facts", meaning all the facts from the rapist's investigation. Since the woman's lawyer would not be present, the "facts" would go unchallenged and the witnesses would never be cross-examined. The rapist would would have a 98% chance of not being charged with a crime.
Many Whites would consider this process fair and transparent. They would not question "the facts", meaning the ones that came from the rapist's investigation that were sprinkled with holy water during the grand jury hearing. They would see "no reason" for "incessant protests".
On the odd chance it went to trial, the Black rapist's account would be believed over anything the White woman said, no matter how cartoonish his account or shameless his lies.
The charge of rape would turn on his state of mind, not on the facts – not his actions, not any video, not on what he did to her. That means so long as he watches what he says:
He would almost certainly be found not guilty.
The talking heads on television, if the case became news nationwide, would support this crooked system:
Rudy Giuliani on "Meet the Press" would belittle the case by talking about White-on-White rape.
Bill O'Reilly on Fox News would point out that the number of White women raped by Black men is "miniscule" compared to the millions of White women in the country. He would scold White parents for not bringing up their daughters properly.
Don Lemon on CNN, out of "tough love", would urge White women to dress modestly – even if the White woman who was raped had dressed modestly.
George Stephanopoulos on ABC would interview the rapist. Just like in the grand jury hearing, the rapist's account would not be seriously questioned. The rapist would say he feels bad for what the woman went through, yet would still blame it on her, keeping his "conscience" clean.
Ferguson II
Phantom Caucasian justice
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 17:49:26 sharinalr
As I was reading through this, I think to some extent the media and people in general do end up blaming the rape victim when she is raped. Particularly in cases of prominent white males.
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 17:59:33 Jacque
The victim is blamed anyway in an injustice system. That is what we have and what we have always had. RIP Tamir, Michael, Trayvon, Jordan and many others.
I have explained to my 10 year old why he can't have a toy gun or any type of gun …ever. What was harder to explain was why to cop shot a little boy like him who was only playing.
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 18:01:06 Kushite Prince
That was beautiful Abagond!lol I got to give you credit for that one! LOL!!!
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 18:17:39 Anne
Sad but very true.
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 18:42:20 TeddyBearSniffer
I see what you did there. You did a Matthew McConaughey in "A Time to Kill" closing words argument. But won't work for the privileged with bias. Sorry no.
@Jaque
I agree. I have a 3 yr old son and I am dreading having to give him the rules to being black.
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 19:47:49 solesearch
Sharina,
Me too. Not just in the case of prominent white males, but prominent males period. Bill Cosby and Jameis Winston for example.
@solesearch
I actually kind of forgot about Bill Cosby. Not sure how to look at his case, but you are correct. There is a huge amount of victim blaming in that case.
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 20:15:54 Zena
Most of Bill Cosby's accusers are white and I see a split in how whites view it. One side believes he didn't do it and the women are gold diggers or have a political agenda. The other side brings up the black-on-white rape statistics and believes he's guilty. They still slander the women though. Calling them mudsharks, coal burners, etc. This is going by the comments I read on different news sites.
What are the rules to "being black" ? I read Otis Grahams tripe about how he raised his kids. Hmmm. It's not us its them..plain and simple. The officers who shot those black male victims were no more "racist" and any other white person. But whites identified, sympathized and empathized so easily with the cops…not the victims…hence the overriding problem. I am personally sick and tired of contorting our black selves ( our psyche, our hair, our skin colors, speech patterns, love patterns , behavior patterns) to make peace with their white supremacy which can fluctuate. We need to dump out the kool aid they are drinking and turn off the bad mix tape. Their neurosis is harming this country we people of color have helped build.
Jacque
That is what I call all the rules black kids have to follow just to survive. No hoodies, don't put your hands in your pocket, no toy weapons, etc.
I need a full list of those rules!
on Wed Dec 10th 2014 at 22:35:54 sharina
Lol. It never clicks to me why black parents must have those rules. I understand white supremacy and racism, but it still annoys me that as a black parent I have to have them. My kids have to obey them.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 00:02:03 Mary Burrell
And to add insult to injury Don Lemon would then ask the victim "why didn't you bite the privates to prevent the assault"? That is what he asked the one woman who accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her. He later gave a pretty unconvincing apology. It had a kind of sorry not sorry tone to it.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 01:11:10 TeddyBearSniffer
@ Mary Burrell
You do know Don Lemon is a homosexual right? The way he suggested that tactic was as if he himself had been in that situation before. I do think Gay Rape is something that does occur.
@TeddyBearSniffer: Yes, i am well aware of that and i was thinking what an odd line of questioning. And it occurred to me that he was not thinking about the woman and being insensitive. He was inserting himself in this scenario.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 07:27:04 Mz.Nikita
LmaO at the hypothetical Don Lemon scenario! Good analysis of a reversal-situation, Abagond! P.S. I luv it when you put the snow on your background during this time of year!
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 10:59:20 Buddhuu
@abagond:
I think I get the point of the post, and I agree that treatment of offenders is heavily skewed and imbalanced in favour of whites.
That said, I think some people will consider the comparison of limited validity. To some extent it is apples and oranges: different people have different perceptions of the relative heinousness of the crimes. Some think rape is worse than murder and would chose to die rather than be raped. Others – especially some men – trivialise rape.
To make the point more robust I think that a comparison between the treatment of black/white killers would be more widely accepted as valid, or between black/white rapists. That undeniable justice/injustice imbalance would still be present and very visible.
I guess I'm saying that I'm not sure that I really understand the reason for using such different crimes in the comparison – unless it is to make a point that a black perpetrator of a "lesser" crime could expect to be treated worse than the white perp of a worse crime.
This would suggest that rape is, objectively, a lesser crime than killing. The vast majority of rapes are male-on-female crimes. The perception that it is a "lesser" crime than killing is, IMO, a male privilege position.
What have I missed or misunderstood, please?
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 11:00:47 Bud Dhuu
Drat. The comment above posted from my wrong ID. Sorry about that, but it was definitely me!
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 12:01:39 Anand
There is a saying in my part of India, when translated reads thus:
A snake is never small,
And a white man is never our's.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 15:36:54 jefe
@Kiwi,
Re: your issue for Abagond
Since this is a hypothetical scenario with the races reversed, don't you mean to say, "Many Blacks would consider this process fair and transparent."?
I think he must keep it as "Many Whites would consider this process fair and transparent." in order to show the illogic in the whole thinking process. It has to be the people who have more control over the justice system.
If he used "Blacks" instead of "Whites", then Whites would be able to divorce themselves from the illogical thinking and think something like "Of course Blacks would think that way. "
@Buddhu
I think what you missed was the historical legacy in America where black men often were lynched for allegedly raping a white women. In White US mob justice thinking, black males must be publicly and brutally killed for even the thought of a violating the sanctity of a white women.
Raping of a white woman by a black male historically meant certain death. Murders by the police almost certainly mean certain pardon or acquittal.
It (raping of white women by black men) is probably a much better antithesis to killings by white cops than killings by blacks. The comparison of black men committing what is perceived as a lesser crime lays bare the illogic of letting killer cops go free even more pronouncedly.
@jefe:
Thanks for that. No, I don't think I missed that historical aspect. I'm well aware of it. And I get how the worse treatment for POC who commit the "lesser" crime might be used to highlight the ludicrous way that white cope get off completely free after committing the "worse" crime.
I guess I'm not comfortable with using rape in the role of a "lesser" crime (race aside – there are plenty of white rapists).
A straight comparison between the difference in consequences faced by black killers and white killer cops paints just as alarming a picture.
Alarming, yes, but not nearly as thought provoking as comparing black rapists to white killer cops. I think that comparison works much much better than comparing black killers to white killer cops.
(race aside – there are plenty of white rapists)
That may be true, but I think that is beside the point of this post. The purpose was not to compare similar crimes, but the ludicrous justice system.
Yes, I get the purpose. Just unsure about the dismissing of rape as a "lesser" crime.
It is possible that I have an aberrant sensitivity to that point. I'll let it drop.
Thanks for the responses.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 19:47:18 krwordgazer
Women are treated just as you describe, however, when they report a rape by a man who is white, rich, powerful and/or famous. That's why so many rapes don't get reported at all. So though I get your point, it's an ironic, painful-to-women analogy.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 20:07:20 naishee
Since this is about Male on female crime, with a race component (black male on white female), how do you think this new case of police brutality, which is white male on black female, will play out:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/cops-use-taser-on-woman-while-she-recorded-arrest-of-another-man/
Video recording and very damning, and so far the police is actually on the defensive it seems.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 20:40:48 abagond
@ krwordgazer
The irony is intended. When I first thought of doing this post, it was killer cops as a crime trend, then it was killer cops as compared to bank robbers, then it was rapists, then it was Black rapists of White women, at each turn the post becoming more messily ironic, the crookedness of the courts and the press hopefully more apparent.
I was mainly thinking of lynching (thus the picture at top), but there is also the Bill Cosby thing. And then, of course, there is how White men had, for hundreds of years, raped Black women with about as much impunity and racist disregard as White cops now kill Black men. I was thinking about working in a picture of Thomas Jefferson, but did not see how to do it without creating confusion.
@ Kiwi @ buddhuu
Jefe has it right.
on Thu Dec 11th 2014 at 21:06:20 sharinalr
Naishee
I wonder how cop apologists are going to feel once people start regularly suing the cops for these beatings? That lady is suing for 7 million at that.
@ abagond:
Thanks for clarification.
on Fri Dec 12th 2014 at 14:47:53 Herneith
Folks, these police departments start to change when they get sued up the wazoo. They don't do so out of a sense of morality for the most part. They understand green.
on Fri Dec 12th 2014 at 15:00:30 Nectarine
As a woman I found this really difficult to read, as the situation you describe is hardly hypothetical. Most women do not bother reporting their sexual assaults because they know they will not get justice. The women who do are typically vilified and regarded as sluts, or accused of "asking for it". I realize that rates of conviction for rape are higher for black men, but also that those lynchings you were thinking of had little to do with any actual rape. White men could take out their anger at black men who were no longer their property, by accusing them of defiling what still was, in many ways, their property – their wives and daughters.
I did read your comment about this post being "messily ironic" and it surely was. My head was spinning in circles trying to read this. Given the Rape Culture that we currently live in, I'm admittedly sensitive to anything that seems to trivialize the experiences of women who have been raped.
on Sat Dec 13th 2014 at 05:14:03 V-4
Even Black on White Rape gets this kind of treatment nowadays.
on Sat Dec 13th 2014 at 11:46:21 Joe
Noam Chomsky: America is a racist society
http://rt.com/usa/214079-chomsky-america-racist-society/
on Sat Dec 13th 2014 at 15:27:39 sharinalr
Isn't Chomsky the guy B.R. hates?
on Sat Dec 13th 2014 at 17:23:39 abagond
@ Sharina
Yes. B.R. calls him Chumpsky.
on Sat Dec 13th 2014 at 19:29:57 jefe
He was Legion's hero.
on Sun Dec 14th 2014 at 01:01:26 Bud Dhuu
Chomsky is a significant Anarchist thinker. He has his flaws, but only a profound fool would dismiss his writings out of hand. Unfortunately, because quite a lot of what he says can be distilled into to soundbites, he is easily reduced to a source of vapid internet memes – an undeserved indignity for a perceptive man who is worth hearing out in some depth.
on Mon Dec 15th 2014 at 10:52:56 jefe
Only peripherally on topic, but suddenly I found many news sources reporting on Lennon Lacy, a black male teen found hanging dead by a dog leash from a swing set in a trailer park in SE North Carolina in late August this year. He was wearing shoes 2 sizes too small without laces. The new shoes he was wearing when he went out were not found.
Local police ruled it a suicide.
But the NAACP is now seeking an FBI investigation. The family and the NAACP suspect it is a lynching for dating a 31-yr. old white woman. There is no conceivable way that a 5'9″ teen could have possibly hung himself on a 7'5″ swingset.
These articles also have videos:
(http://www.wwaytv3.com/2014/11/21/outside-review-of-lennon-lacy-death-investigation-released)
(http://us.cnn.com/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/index.html)
Wonder how many of these stories will hit the national scene now. I couldn't find any national US news source covering it when it happened.
Also makes you wonder how many unexplained deaths of black men still occur today.
My previous comment about the Lennon Lacy hanging (or possible lynching) in North Carolina is under moderation, but here are some more articles:
http://globalgrind.com/2014/10/14/lennon-lacys-death-hanging-killed-about-list/
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/22/north-carolina-teenager-suicide-ruling-challenged-lennon-lacy
on Tue Dec 16th 2014 at 12:22:40 Big Momma
A true analogy would compare Officer Wilson's treatment to someone falsely accused of rape and the Ferguson rioters to a lynch mob.
on Sun Jan 18th 2015 at 01:53:56 Michael Cooper
@ Big Momma
The difference between the a lynch mob and the Ferguson rioters is:
1. A lynch mob viciously kills out of anger.
2. The Ferguson rioters looted out of anger.
Normally, the accused or guilty rapist or murderer was jailed, but the angry lynch mob would snatch the accused or guilty rapist or murderer from jail and take matters in their own bloody hands. History can certainly attest to these truths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Laura_and_L.D._Nelson
The old saying: You can replace damaged property but you can't replace a murdered individual(s).


Cells can respire either aerobically or anaerobically.
Aerobic respiration required oxygen as well as glucose and produces carbon dioxide and energy.
Anaerobic respiration doesn't require oxygen and produces less energy and lactic acid.
Cells respire anaerobically in the body during exercise because not enough oxygen can reach the cells fast enough.
Lactic acid builds up in the muscles because the body can't remove it fast enough.
1. During a work up an athlete respires both aerobically and anaerobically.
a) Write down two differences between these types of respiration.
b) Two athletes work out together. Martin is a beginner while Ferdi is very fit. They both measure their heart ratesand Martin's is much faster than Ferdi's.
i. Why is Ferdi's heart rate slower than Martin's?
ii. Explain why a change of heart rate is important during exercise.
2. Terry is training for a marathon. He runs every day to build up his muscles.
a) Name two substances that the muscles need in a large amount during exercise.
b) At the beginning of his run Terry respires aerobically. However, his body then begins to respire anaerobically. Why is that?
c) What is the waste product of anaerobic respiration?
3. Energy is continuously being made by cells in the body.
a) Name two ways this energy is used by the body.
b) Where does respiration take place? Choose one of the following.
c) Respiration is a chemical reaction. What is it controlled by?
i. Aerobic respiration uses oxygen or anaerobic respiration requires no oxygen.
ii. In aerobic respiration all the glucose is broken down or in anaerobic respiration not all the glucose is broken down.
i. Regular exercise increases the amount of blood and therefor oxygen that can reach the heart per heartbeat. This is why Ferdi's heart rate is not as high as Martin's.
ii. Because the muscles in the body are having to work much harder and so oxygen has to reach them at a much higher rate than when the body is resting.
b) Because not enough oxygen can reach his muscles and aerobic respiration requires oxygen.


Abstract: This thesis combines an academic investigation and creative writing practice in an attempt to understand the politics at work within mainstream notions of working-class masculine identity, and the role of literature in these discourses. Beginning with an academic analysis, the formulations and intersection of class and masculinity are outlined, explicating how systems, implemented by the middle-class creation of values, form social narratives whereby men of certain settings with associative lifestyles and practices, are privileged over other less valued groups of men. In this respect, its concerns are primarily with the socio-symbolic. Locating this discourse within an Aristotelian dichotomy of the mind and the body, this theoretical position is then applied in the scrutiny of six mainstream fictional narratives of two historic periods, each originally held to be politically subversive. In calling to question the validity of these original claims, further questions are raised regarding the nature of the mainstream fictional narrative at large, and whether it is an effective way of representing the politics of working-class identity, or whether, by its nature, it serves to reproduce its working-class characters as fixed subjects, immovable from their positions in a stable class system. This line of inquiry is then further explored in the deconstruction of my own creative work, in which I initially sought to represent the concerns of my own working-class heritage. The resulting issues raised with respect to mainstream, linear narrative leading to the investigation of other potential forms of representation for the working-class male, culminating in the exploration of my own shifting identity in a non-linear, multi-directional collection of poetry.


I have higher expectations from the garden beds that are covered. Thanks, Tim Sonder! I peeked under the row covers and dill, beets, broccolini, cilantro, mixed greens and spinach are till standing. I wonder if they will survive the rain/snow we are expecting.
... Didnt know snow could be so heavy. I guess the wet one like we had last night is. Here is the evidence.