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"The Cut is a 2017 Kenyan film directed by Peter Wangugi Gitau. Plot The film is about a young boy who is trying to save his younger sister from an early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation. The children manage to escape their plights and end up in a very unforgiving situation. Cast * Ibrahim Rashid * Halima Jatan * Onesmus Kamau * Miriam Kinuthia Production A participatory approach was adopted in the development of the film. To form a foundation for the script, children from the AMREF Dagoretti Child Protection and Development Centre penned down their experiences, and those of the society around them, which inspired the script touching on topics such as the abuse of children’s rights, alcoholism, maternal health and child marriage. Release The Cut (2017) premiered at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in San Jose, on 30 September 2018.The film premiered in Kenya on 16 May 2018 at the 'European Film Festival' in Nairobi. 'The Cut' has also screened at the 2017 Cape Town International Film Market and Festival in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 October 2017, at the Toronto Black Film Festival in Toronto, Canada on 16 February 2018. Accolades * Award for Best Feature at the 2nd Africa Diaspora Cinema Festival in Florence, Italy in July 2018. * Nomination for Best Feature Film at the 8th Kalasha TV & Film Awards, to be held on 24 November 2018. References 2017 films Swahili-language films Films set in 2017 Kenyan films "
"Indigofera linnaei, known as Birdsville indigo and nine-leaved indigo, is a species of leguminous shrub in the genus Indigofera (family Fabaceae). The genus name, Indigofera, is derived from Latin and means bearing/containing indigo (a purple dye originally obtained from some Indigofera species), while linnaei derives from Linnaeus. It is found in throughout South East Asia, extending through the various archipelagos to Australia, where it is widespread in the northern part of the continent.GBIF: Indigofera linnaei Ali. GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Retrieved 17 November 2018. Distribution It is found in Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, China, Himalaya, Hainan, India, Indonesia, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, and Australia. Within Australia it is found in Queensland, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, and South Australia. Description Indigofera linnaei is a spreading, usually prostrate woody herb, 15–50 cm high with a long taproot, which forms a flat mat up to 1.5 m across, and up to 45 cm high. The compound leaves are up to 3 cm long, with (generally) 7 or 9 obovate, alternate leaflets which have a mucronate apex and are about 8–15 mm long and 2–5 mm wide. The stipules are lanceolate (shaped like a lance-head) and about 5 mm long with broad, dry margins. The inflorescences are dense and up to 2 cm long. The calyx is covered with spreading, white hairs. The petals are red. The standard slightly exceeds the calyx, and the wings and keel are shorter. The pod is oblong and silky, about 3–7 mm long, pointed at apex, and usually contains two seeds. The branches are covered with appressed white hairs; leaves peltate, 3–5 cm long; leaflets 7-9, obovate-cuneate, 8-13 x 2–5 mm, mucronate, sericeous on both sides; stipules c. 3 mm long, lanceolate, lateral, free, sericeous. The inflorescence is a subsessile, dense, a glomerule-like spike, 1–2 cm long. It is few- to 25-flowered, with bracts lanceolate, 3–4 mm long, pubescent, scarious, with a strong central vein terminating in an acuminate tip. The flowers are sessile, about 5 mm long; calyx campanulate, 3–5 mm long, villous, the narrow acuminate teeth much longer than the tube. The petals red; standard obovate-spathulate, slightly exceeding the calyx; wings and keel shorter, inserted. In the Northern Territory, it is a weedy species often found in disturbed or overgrazed areas and on a variety of soils from skeletal soils and red sand to cracking clay. It flowers and fruits in all months of the year.NTFlora: Indigofera linnaei. Northern Territory Flora online, Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 17 November 2018 In Western Australia it flowers from January to May, and is found on sandy soils, on sandstone & limestone ridges, along rives and creeks, and on rocky hillsides. It is not considered a species of conservation concern in Western Australia to according to the Declared Rare and Priority Flora List. Toxicity It took considerable time before it was recognised as the plant which gave horses the "Birdsville" disease (a disease of horses in arid and semi-arid Australia), with the causal agent being suspected by Everist as being indospicenePubChem:Compound Summary for CID 108010 Indospicine. Retrieved 20 November 2018. or possibly cavananine. However, current research indicates that the neurotoxic effects on horses with Birdsville disease are due to the neurotoxin 3 nitropropionic acid (3-NPA), with horses less susceptible than cattle to the hepatotoxic effects of indospicene. The neurotoxic effect on horses generally occurs just after the rains, because I. linneai responds more quickly to moisture than other species. Nonetheless, Indospicine accumulates in the tissues of grazing livestock after ingestion of Indigofera, causing both liver degeneration and abortion across animal species but the degree varies considerably between species. The magnitude of sensitivity in dogs is such that consumption of indospicine-contaminated horse and camel meat has caused secondary poisoning of dogs. Livestock grazing Indigofera have a chronic and cumulative exposure to this toxin, with such exposure experimentally shown to induce both hepatotoxicity and embryo-lethal effects in cattle and sheep. References External links *PubChem:Literature concerning indospocine linnaei Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of South Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Western Australia Poisonous plants "
"State Road 275 (NM 275) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 275's southern terminus is at NM 209 in Broadview, and the northern terminus is at NM 469 north of Wheatland. Major intersectionsSee also References 275 Transportation in Curry County, New Mexico Transportation in Quay County, New Mexico "