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Soon after Partition, a group of Hindi writers Bhisham Sahni, Nirmal Verma, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Manohar Shyam Joshi and others set up the Cultural Forum in Delhi. For four years, writes Sahni in his memoir, Todays Pasts (2015), they met regularly and read their works out to each other. And then cheerfully went home on their bicycles (or on foot). That many of them cycled back was not a reflection of their finances (or lack thereof). It was proof of the popularity and ubiquitousness of this revolutionary mode of transport, invented in early-19th-century Europe.

Earlier this month, Atlass last cycle factory (located in Sahibabad, Uttar Pradesh) shut down, ending a nostalgic journey dating back to 1951, when the company first started manufacturing bicycles.

In his well-researched, illuminating book, Everyday Technology Machines and the Making of Indias Modernity (2013), the historian David Arnold describes how bicycles, initially the preserve of Europeans in India, gradually percolated down to well-off Indians and then, as they became less expensive, to ordinary citizens as well.

The bicycle offered Indians many new freedoms, including the ability to get around (public transport was erratic or non-existent) and to ferry objects, people and occasionally animals (lunchboxes, family, squawking chickens) from place to place. By the 1950s, says Arnold, the nation had entered the cycle age; by the middle of that decade, Hind Cycles and Atlas were together making 400,000 machines a year (and there were bicycles still being imported).

Writer Chitra Mudgals moving Hindi short story, Dashrath ka Vanvas, conveys a sense of how desirable the bicycle was, and how it could be invested with deep emotion: the protagonist Ramanath has longed for a bicycle since he was a boy. But his stern, unyielding father never offered a sliver of love, forget a bicycle. Estranged from his father for years, Ramanath refuses to visit him on his deathbed and does not perform his last rites. Then, a few days later, a huge package is delivered to Ramanaths home. It is a brand new bicycle that his father had bought and kept for him.

Dharamvir Bharatis iconic 1949 Hindi novel, Gunahon ka Devta, is a passionate love story and has nothing to do with bicycles. But it shows us how the cycle imparted freedom and mobility. The books hero, the brilliant young research scholar Chander, is often found pedalling down Allahabads tranquil, tree-lined roads to go to university, to meet his friends or to run important errands.

But it is as a means of romance and pleasure that the humble bicycle lives on in the popular imagination, because thats how it was immortalised on the big screen. The two-wheel contraption came to symbolise a new generation of modern young men and women who cycled for recreation. Romance blossomed when cycles collided in a tangle of wheels and handlebars.

A familiar trope in Hindi films was the gaggle of stylish young women on their bicycles Nutan and her haseenon ki toli (or group of beauties) in Anari (1959); Asha Parekh and friends in Mere Sanam (1965); Saira Banu with her gang of girls in Padosan (1968).

Often, daringly, the cyclists were mixed groups of men and women. In the song Jab Din Haseen Dil Ho Jawan (Adalat, 1958), a bunch of exuberant youngsters in hats and dark glasses head out for a picnic on their bicycles and spend the day dancing and going on boat rides.

But the most interesting and probably one of the earliest associations of bicycles and fashionable young people is in the splendid 1941 film, Khazanchi, recommended to me by Yasir Abbasi, a devoted chronicler of Hindi film history and trivia. The movie opens with two groups of cyclists (led by the hero and heroine) singing and riding on the streets of Lahore. They end up, yes, colliding with each other; later the heros father expresses concern for his sons safety, as though he were riding a particularly fast, dashing vehicle. But our heroines father proudly declares of his daughter, Yeh toh cycle chalaane mein ustad hai!

Today, the bicycle has probably had its middle-class moment. Perhaps its time to celebrate it in its new avatar as an eco-friendly, cool, fitness machine that is also the best socially distanced means of transport in these coronavirus times.

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Until recently gyms and fitness centers were one of the few entertainment options for men alongside shopping centers and restaurants. In other words, it was the healthy choice of entertainment. When Saudi Vision 2030 was launched, it offered a complete transformation and a facelift to entertainment in the country. That being said, the highlight was increasing participation in physical activities among both genders from 13 percent to 40 percent.

This led to change in some regulations, such as allowing women to run gyms and fitness centers for women. This helped in various areas and ticked many boxes. For example, it created new job opportunities for women as it increased awareness among a large segment in society about the importance of exercising.

It helped patients who needed to exercise and couldnt find a place with reasonable prices at the hospitals gyms. And it encouraged women to enter the field of sports to learn and train professionally, and get certified with the help of Saudi universities and colleges physical education program. Now they can do something with their degree in the country.

And just as they say every rise has its fall, the COVID-19 global pandemic arrived and hit these businesses badly. Everyone was forced to shut down and wait until things improved.

Some stopped completely, while others kept offering classes for free through their online social network channels and I do believe that is so brave and noble of them.

But because of the financial crisis, an alternative option was offered to pay a small monthly fee and subscribe online with your favorite trainer or coach. This was one of the options to help the business from failing completely and was adopted worldwide as well.

According to a recent workshop conducted with cooperation between the General Investment Administration and the Leaders Development Institute, which both run under the Ministry of Sports, gyms and fitness centers are considered one of the biggest contributors to the local sport field, reaching SR3.5 billion ($930 million) in 2018.

The workshop highlighted that male membership reached 900,000 (SR2.9 billion market value), while women members reached 200,000 (SR650 million market price). They also claim that an increase has been witnessed in mens gyms and fitness centers from 485,000 in 2012 to 890,000 in 2017.

The speakers noted that the womens gyms and fitness center market is expected to increase due to the approval of allowing licenses for women gyms and fitness centers. The variation, they said, is huge due to previous restrictions in the country.

However, they pointed out that due to the pandemic lockdown, people are getting used to home training, the convenience of practicing sports at ease considering social distancing, suffering from less income due to jobs being terminated or put on hold, and considering the health and safety measurements to prevent virus spread.

All this will make it hard and costly for the fitness market to get customers back. In addition, there will be other challenging costs, such as safety precautions, cleaning of equipment, rent, water and electricity to ensure everyone goes back to their normal lifestyle and business in a safe and comfortable manner.

It is a worldwide challenge to see these fitness centers back on track, yet at the end of the day it is also an individual preference to choose whether to play it safe and exercise at home, or to take the risk and hit the gym.

Dr. Razan Baker is a directorof international communication at the Saudi Olympic Committee, a specialist in corporate social responsibility in sports, and a sports columnist/journalist. Twitter: @RazanBaker

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I dont know about you, but as an Iyengar Yoga practitioner, every time I see the weird distortions of yoga posture namescriss-cross applesauce or downward facing dogI cringe. Some Indians, who know how to perfectly pronounce words in English, Latin and French, mock at others who cant get the right accent and intonation of foreign language words, seem to be totally fine with not just mispronunciation of yoga postures like swastik asan or adho mukh svanasan, but with them being given totally new names. If calling a croissant a kekeda roti is silly, it is far sillier to distort names of asans that are a few thousand years old. Well, at least it feels silly and facile to some of us who are yoga purists.

But this was not meant to be a rant about what the postures are called by yoga wannabes, but about how yoga and financial fitness share the same lessons for our physical and financial fitness! Ive found great synchronicity between my yoga practice and financial planning and I want to share some of these with you.

Yoga and investing are similar because just as yoga does not give you a gym body with sculpted pectorals but low flexibility, investing is not about being a high-energy dealer and speculator, jumping from one win to another. Yoga is about flexibility, mindfulness, movement and subtle understanding of the body that gradually goes towards strength and fitness, while pumping iron is about watching TV or listening to pulsating music while you mindlessly do the cardio routine on an expensive machine.

Investing is about long-term balance, understanding of your own needs and goals, financial strength and empowerment, while trading and speculation are about short-term wins.

An average person needs the strength and flexibility that yoga gives and the financial stability that investing, and not speculating, gives. We need more mindfulness when it comes to both health and wealth rather than a mindless rush for results.

Being regular is the key to yoga and financial fitness. When you begin doing yoga, the body feels stiff and inflexible. Try doing gaumukh asan after working on a desk and computer for years and you realize that you have a hump between your shoulders and you can no longer sit on the floor. But with regular practice, not only do the hands latch behind the back, they even move an inch or two away.

Money is the same. Most people get into a stalemate with the conversation inside their headsI dont have the money to save, I will do it another time and anyway its in the bankand just dont begin breaking the habit of procrastination and fear.

The mistake that early yoga students makeof trying to do a shirshasan and cracking their necksis made by newbie investors who jump from saving deposits to crypto currencies. Just as a proper shirshasan needs various parts of the body to be in good shapebacks, upper body, shoulders that need to be worked on for months before the body swings up into a perfect asan, being financially fit needs plenty of things in place. For example, a good cash flow system that separates out your saving from spending, a good emergency fund, appropriate insurances of health and life, and then an understanding of risk and your own capacity for taking it. It is only then that you can target investing. All these lead to financial fitness.

Both yoga and financial fitness have a positive contagion on the rest of your life. Yoga teaches you to respect your body and not take it for granted. You begin to watch what you eat and drink, how hard you push it at work and travel. It gives you a balance in the other parts of your life. Financial fitness is similar. Once the money part of your life settles down into a definite plan, the security allows you peace of mind, which leads to less stress and better balance in life.

Just as a healthy body allows us to accomplish what we set out to do in life, financial fitness allows us the freedom to focus on the really important things we care about, rather than just worrying about income now and in the future.

On this International Yoga Day, as we celebrate physical fitness, lets see the parallels with financial fitness and bring both our health and wealth in balance and understand what yoga maestro B.K.S. Iyengar meant when he said: Yoga allows you to find a new kind of freedom that you may not have known ever existed." Go for both health and wealth to experience this freedom.

Monika Halan is consulting editor at Mint and writes on household finance, policy and regulation

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Because of the changes your body goes through as you age, fitness over 50 can look different. But Marilyn Emanuel, a marketing professional and personal trainer in Texas, has only gotten stronger. Staying healthy has always been a priority for the 69-year-old, as she comes from a family with a history of health issues. And while shes always been passionate about fitness, becoming a trainer happened purely by accident.

I was consistent with my daily workouts before I went to the office. At that time, my employer had a gym on campus. I would train starting at 5:30 a.m. and be in the office by 7:30 a.m., and some of my colleagues found out. Soon, I was being asked to help them achieve their fitness goals, she says. I would always say yes, but Id let them know I wasnt certified. One of my clients replied, why not? Her question really stuck with me.

After doing some research, Emanuel became a certified trainer. Even years later, she still trains using her favorite method: HIIT, along with strength training and general cardio. HIIT is common now, but when I started using it nearly 10 years ago, most people hadnt heard of the method, she says. You can catch her doing 60- to 75-minute training sessions three to four times a week, as well as eating a clean diet free of processed foods and sugar, very little dairy, and lots of green leafy veggies, healthy fats, and fiber. Heres exactly what fitness over 50 can look like.

During her first workout of the week, Emanuel focuses on her upper body. I enjoy using dumbbells or barbells to work on my back (rowing, both upper and lower), shoulders (shoulder presses), chest, and arms (mostly bodyweight triceps and dips, along with bicep curlsboth regular and preacher curls), she says.

On day two, Emanuel says she mainly focuses on her glutes. I do this with both bodyweight (donkey kicks and clam lifts) and free weights. I love deadlifts and front squats, or using some bands, she says. My fitness goal is to build my glutes and keep lifted and toned, especially as I continue to get older and the law of gravity continuously takes over my body.

Emanuels third weekly workout consists of full-body weights. I do push-ups and combos with squats to standing rolls to a shoulder press, she says. I also work on my abs every time Im doing a workout. I love planking and doing different variations of planks, such as leg kicks or spider planks, as well as leg lifts and side twists in a V-shape position.

After a week filled with a countless number of squats, planks, and bicep curls, Emanuel dedicates her final workout to cardio of any kind.

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MARTINSVILLE The Martinsville Parks and Recreation Department has a superintendent, Keenan Steinway, after being approved at a board meeting earlier this month.

Steinway, a Morgan County native, said hes always considered himself somewhat an outdoorsman and that taking the opportunity to run the local parks seemed to be a way to continue supporting the community he grew up in.

The park is a place Ive spent much of my life at whether its the basketball courts or the swimming pool or the hiking trails, he said. So Ive always enjoyed that...so this was a chance to be outdoors, to kind of use my business degree a little bit.

Steinway was approved by the board following his completion of certain certifications required for the position of parks superintendent. He was approved by the board the day after he passed the exam.

One thing about the superintendents job for a parks and recreation is you have to be certified as a parks and rec professional, so there is a national exam that you have to study for an pass before you can hold this position, he said.

Before accepting this position, Steinway had a variety of jobs. Most recently he was a full-time minister for six years but also has a business degree, which he said is the basis for that exam. He was also a secondary education teacher for eight years and then taught business and public speaking at Franklin College for three years.

One of the things that changes with his position, he said, is that there is the impetus for him to create programming at the parks. He said there really havent really been many programs in Martinsville, which is something that he will change.

Part of my responsibility will be also creating programs for individuals and families, and that appeals to me, he said. I just enjoy seeing people have a good time.

The previous position at the park, Steinway said, operated more like a groundskeeper/maintenance person, which the department has replaced with a new groundskeeper named Steve Urban. Steinway said his position, though, is new and allows for the focus on the business-side of things and programming.

Regarding that programming, he said hes not quite ready to share specifics but does have a few ideas for some activities at the park.

Steinway said he does feel like there are many things about the park that are special and that people enjoy, things he wants to maintain.

I enjoy the enjoy part, he said. We are very blessed to have such a beautiful park. Theres 110 acres there, so thats something that went perhaps kind of untapped for many years. I just think theres a lot of room for things we can add to it.

Steinway said hes spent most of his life working in this community and that this position, having not existed before, is a lot to manage. Hes a quiet and private person for the most part, he said, but he said he hopes the programming he creates helps others enjoy the park as much as he does.

Were just hoping that this position will encourage people to one: use the park more often or use it at all and number two: promote fitness and exercise and three: would love to promote things like families and friendships and group outings or adventures, he said.

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The hollow body position is a bit like the foundation of a house: Without a well built foundation, good luck building that house.

This is especially true when it comes to learning gymnastics movements: Its much easier and safer to master skills like pull-ups, handstand walking, handstand push-ups and muscle ups when you can maintain a solid hollow body position.

A hollow body position happens when you contract your abs, thus shortening your torso, and tilt your pelvic to achieve a posterior pelvic tilt. Squeezing your glutes together helps achieve this pelvic tilt. This effectively puts your torso into a slightly rounded position, which is the key to the hollow body.

When youre in a hollow hold position on the ground doing a hollow hold, this means your lower back and bum must remain on the ground, while your upper back, shoulder blades and head will be a few inches off the ground with your arms extended straight over your head. Also, your legs and feet should also hover about six inches off the ground.

Lets consider a handstand or a handstand push-up, for example. Often what happens when athletes are pressing out of a handstand is that they end up extending their spine and effectively losing the hollow body position. This spinal extension puts a lot of pressure on both the spine and the shoulders.

Keeping a hollow body position throughout, on the other hand, ensures your shoulders, spine and hips are stacked nicely on top of each other in an anatomically safer position.

Not only that, when your bones and joints are stacked on top of each other, then the muscles dont have to do as much work.

Thus, the stronger your hollow body position is, the stronger your gymnastics movements have the ability to be.

Four common mistakes with a hollow hold I see include, sometimes due to laziness and other times due to weakness in the core:

Test yourself: How long can you hold a hollow body hold in a perfect position? What letter grade are you?

C + = 20-30 secondsB = 30-60 secondsB + = 60-90 secondsA = 90 seconds or more

If you werent able to hold the hollow body position for at least 30-45 seconds, here are two ways to log more time under tension while building your hollow body prowess.

Get into a hollow body position and then simply pull one knee toward you, ensuring your back and bum are on the ground. If this is still too challenging, then bend both knees.

Deadbugs are a great way to be able to log a lot more time under tension. I like wall pressing deadbugswhere you get into a deadbug position while simultaneously pressing against the wall with your handsas this allows you to build more tension through your body.

And, if you scored a B+ or an A on the max effort hollow hold challenge, here are two challenges to strengthen your hollow hold even more, and transfer the position to gymnastics movements.

Can you maintain a perfect hollow body position throughout?

Complete the following without resting:

Rest 1 minute and repeat 3 to 5 times.

Toes-to-nose handstand holds are a great way to ensure youre in a perfect handstand position.

Just like the name sounds, the only part of your body that should be touching the wall are your toes and your nose.

Focus on squeezing your abs to round out your torso, squeezing your glutes together, and pressing your hands into the ground and your feet to the sky to get as long as possible.

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Battle lines between Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Jose Mourinho have been drawn before over player fitness and Friday night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium felt like another clash of philosophies for Manchester United managers old and new.

Where many Tottenham players finished with fatigue all too evident, Uniteds energy was striking.

Only one team appeared capable of winning the contest after Bruno Fernandes equalised in the 81st minute and while that was in part down to Solskjaer utilising all five substitutions and Mourinho just two, it was a spectacle that could have been predicted by anyone who saw Tottenhams warm-up game with Norwich City at the same ground the previous Friday.

After taking the lead in that friendly, which was stretched to four lots of 30 minutes, Spurs succumbed to defeat to two goals in the final quarter. According to one source the conditioning of some Tottenham players caused surprise. It does not take a great leap into...

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Testosterone therapy ads promise to help aging men recapture their vitality, decrease body fat and enhance libido. But hormone treatments while medically necessary for some men arent meant to be a fountain of youth, and experts warn more research is needed to determine if such therapy could boost heart disease risks.

Testosterone levels naturally decline in most men as they age. This decline is generally mild, and symptoms often are nonspecific, such as low energy, reduced muscle mass and reduced vigor. Roughly 20% of men over the age of 60 have experienced a drop in testosterone levels, though this gradual decline can begin as early as the mid-30s.

While that can be frustrating, experts say its not a clinical indication of a need for testosterone therapy, nor is there any evidence that therapy is effective for treating those symptoms. The Food and Drug Administration has limited approval of testosterone therapy to the treatment of organic hypogonadism, a dramatic drop in testosterone caused by disease or injury of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland or the testes.

If testosterone therapy is used appropriately in men with organic hypogonadism, then there is no controversy, said Dr. Shehzad Basaria, associate director of Mens Health: Aging and Metabolism at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. The condition causes specific symptoms such as decreased sexual desire, breast enlargement, testicular atrophy and hot flashes.

But in middle-aged and aging men who have a slightly lower testosterone level and nonspecific symptoms due to aging or obesity, testosterone therapy is not indicated. Similarly, testosterone is not a rejuvenation drug, said Basaria, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. The majority of patients seen in our clinics have symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, muscle loss or feeling sad. These symptoms are common and nonspecific, and testosterone therapy is generally not indicated in such clinical scenarios.

Over the past two decades, intense direct-to-consumer marketing of hormone therapy for aging men, much of it via television ads, has more than doubled its off-label use. Its a trend experts warn is medically unwarranted and potentially harmful.

The American College of Physicians, which issued new guidelines in January, recommends against prescribing testosterone therapy to boost energy, vitality or physical function, but supports its use for men experiencing sexual dysfunction. The recommendation calls for discussing potential benefits and risks with the patient and discontinuing treatment after one year if there is no improvement.

I think one of the biggest concerns about testosterone therapy is whether it is really needed, said Dr. Robert Eckel, professor of medicine and an endocrinologist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Aurora, Colorado. Erectile dysfunction is a common problem as men age, but there can be other reasons for this, such as vascular disease or nerve damage, which is more common in patients with diabetes. It is not necessarily an indication for treatment with testosterone therapy. The patient must be properly evaluated.

The FDA warns against prescribing testosterone therapy for age-related hormonal decreases or anything other than a medical diagnosis of hypogonadism. Since 2015, it has required testosterone product labels to warn of a possible increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.

But research about that association so far is unclear, Basaria said

Some studies have reported higher cardiovascular risk with testosterone use but there are an equal number of studies showing that it does not increase cardiovascular risk, he said. This discrepancy exists because no study published to date has been powered to assess cardiovascular events as the primary outcome.

Eckel, president of medicine and science for the American Diabetes Association and a past president of the American Heart Association, agreed. The cardiovascular disease outcome story is not convincing one way or another. I think to make a strong statement here would be a mistake.

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Newton Rodney knew his two youngest daughters, Neesha and Nicole, would one day take over what is normally depicted as a mans job, and this knowledge was more pronounced because his was the only testosterone in his home.

The father of four girls, who has operated Mobile Welding the longest-serving fabricating and manufacturing everything steel company in Montego Bay for the last 47 years, said his youngest daughters staked their claims early in life, and this was evidenced by their bravery.

Whenever I went overseas for business trips, those two girls would pilot the cranes, backhoes, trailers and any other heavy equipment, with red flags and flasher lights, from Montego Bay to job sites, no matter how late, Rodney told The Sunday Gleaner, as he prepares to turn over his rich legacy to the two.

So convinced was he that they would be the official heirs to Mobile Welding that he tried to get Nicole to study law and Neesha engineering, but the latter did finance and the other opted for political science and business management.

Newton Rodney the man, the myth, the legend as Nicole lovingly describes him turned 70 in February this year. Long before he dreamt of the idea of success and wealth, the girls were an integral part of the business.

I started working in the business from the days of prep school, Neesha, who is currently a risk management officer at First Global Bank, reminisced.

He lives, eats, breathes work, everything is work. It was natural for us to start out in the business. If he went on a job site, we would be with him. He would pile us up in the vehicle. It was a natural transition for us. That is what we knew, what we were taught indirectly.

On Sundays, the girls were required to wash their fathers cars.

He instilled work ethics in us that have carried us throughout life, Neesha stated, adding that her dad is driven by what he loves.

He is literally obsessed with metal; thats what wakes him up every single day and that was why he tried to get me to do engineering, but I didnt want to do it. So today, although I have a full-time job, I assist with the financial management of the business. That is where my strength lies.

For Nicole, who is involved in the everyday running of the business, she speaks of a father who would work all night, get home early morning, shower, and still made sure to take her to school.

It showed me what commitment to family looked like. He never fell short, combined with his commitment to pursuing success, securing the financial well-being of his family. He worked hard so we could enjoy our youth, but he also made sure that we knew what it took to achieve success, she stated.

Nicole said her sister was the one who painted the grilles, while she did the invoicing and the checking of daily sales.

Christmas holidays, Easter, summer that was our job. He was our first employer, the proud daughter noted.

Explaining the subject of the myth, the 35-year-old heir apparent said sometimes her dad is seen as hard and uncompromising, but he really isnt, because he has worked so hard for what he has, and it is basically through his own ideas and his strength, where everything is depending on him. He is steadfast.

The legacy Newton Rodney has left for Nicole is the respect he receives from his clients.

It is a very high bar to emulate, admitted Nicole, who noted that when she goes on worksites, her dad is usually the one handling the cranes, and their clients expect the same from her.

He expects this as well from me and that is a lot of pressure. However, he has prepared me as best as possible, she shared.

Acknowledging that there are challenges at every walk in life, Nicole said the aim is to ensure that the quality of service her dad delivers to the customers continues.

Having worked on some of the biggest projects in the country, including Seawind Beach Resort (now Sunscape), Seawind Keys, the Grand Palladium Hotel, Caribbean Producers Jamaicas two warehouses, Rainforest Seafoods, the Catherine Hall Stadium, MBJ Airports Limited, the former Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall, and boasting the record as the largest contractor on the Great River water line, Newton Rodney is happy.

A structural engineer by profession, Newton studied in Ohio, in the United States. He is a member of the American Welding Society, and his Mobile Welding company provides fabricating and manufacturing everything steel, such as tanks, truck bodies and steel framing of buildings.

He works in quarry maintenance, installing stone crushers and heavy haulage of transformers, tractors and other machineries.

janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com

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