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A suspension system comprising a load beam; a flexure having a portion coupled to said load beam and a bonding portion, the flexure having a heat transfer limiter located between the bonding portion and the rest of the flexure, the bonding portion being a peninsula member which extends from the flexure, the limiter being an area of the bonding portion having a reduced cross-section, the bonding portion of said flexure including an edge placed on a surface of a slider; a slider bonded on said bonding portion by an adhesive; and the load beam having an exposing aperture, which exposes both a portion of a surface region, including said one edge, of said bonding portion and a portion of said surface of said slider.