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New Audi TT RS – a sport car from a German manufacturer
The sports division of the German company Quattro GmbH has developed the Audi TT RS series. The cars are represented by compact premium sport cars. Several versions of cars with different bodies are available for sale. It can be a soft-top roadster or a coupe. The four-wheel drive car with two doors also demonstrates the family tradition of the brand and is distinguished by excellent technical "stuffing". An official dealer who is well versed in the offered product and knows everything about sales will help you to purchase a model from this series. Your purchase will be perfect with it.
A small excursion into history
A dynamic, well-controlled car model from the 8J series - the Audi TT has received the highest ratings from users. This gave an impetus to the company's specialists to develop modifications intended for fans of speed, dynamics and sport. From 1998 to 2006, the company produced the first generation of Audi TT cars (8N series). From the spring of 2006, the production of the 8J machine generation began. And almost 2 years later, the Detroit Auto Show is showing a powerful new car - the Audi TTS. It was equipped with a two-liter engine, all-wheel drive. The letter "S" appearing in the name indicates that this model is derived from the word "Sport".
In the summer of 2019, the company began producing the Audi TT RS series of cars. Another letter "R" appeared in the name, denoting the word "Ren sport". Literally it translates as "Racing".
Advantages and features of the Audi TT RS
Many car enthusiasts have been looking forward to seeing the new Audi TT RS. An evolutionary five-cylinder engine, progressive platform, crazy speed, four-wheel drive and amazing dynamics - all this attracts customers. The Audi TT RS is a sport racing car that has received:
- petrol engine EA855 with turbocharging, rated at 2.5 liters, equipped with 5 cylinders;
- maximum torque is 480 Nm;
- engine power is up to 400 hp. from.
The engine's turbochargers take just a second for 335 liters of air to enter the cylinders. Such indicators are quite enough to accelerate the car in the first kilometers in about 4.5 seconds, increasing the speed to 250 km / h. It can be increased to 280 km / h by making an additional payment at the service center to reduce the speed limiter. By reducing the limit in this way, you can get maximum pleasure from driving at high speeds.
The electrohydraulic ally controlled multi-plate clutch uses the 7-speed S-tronic gearbox to intelligently distribute power between the rear and front wheels. If beats are heard during gear shifting, then the clutch is not fully warmed up. Once that happens, the noise will go away.
Calipers equipped with perforated discs and 8 pistons in the brake system perform their task perfectly during operation. If a creak is heard, it means they have not warmed up. After warming up, it will disappear. When moving speed bumps, it is noticeable that the weight is not well distributed. The reason is heavy brakes. Therefore, those planning to race on the track are advised to install carbon ceramic brakes, which are much lighter than usual.
It is quite natural that the interior of a sports car differs from its counterparts - the TT auto. It is sportier, the steering wheel is improved, it is ergonomic, and it is easier for them to turn faster at higher speeds. It has a red button to start the motor. The bucket-shaped front seats are upholstered in durable, high-quality leather and are comfortable. At the same time, there are no frills, the style is refined minimalist. The dashboard looks austere; it also serves as a multimedia system. Excellent assembly of the interior and body, the use of only high-quality raw materials are the main features characteristic of the Audi TT RS. Also, this car differs from other models by the wing on the trunk lid, an aggressive body kit. The car has a large number of logos, many of which look quite original and stylish.
The basic package includes a fairly impressive set of functions: LED optics, light and rain sensors, climate control, 19-inch wheels, electric seat adjustment, parking assistants. The list of options offered by the German manufacturer for a fee is very large. Among them are:
- rear view camera;
- Bang & Olufsen audio system;
- cruise control;
- matrix optics;
- anti-skid function;
- color of mirrors in body color;
- tinted glass and much more.
This is far from being a weight list. You can view the full list at the car dealership. Better yet, if you order the service – the dealer is near me. He knows thoroughly about the offered product, you will receive detailed information and save a certain amount of money.
Despite the fact that the Audi TT RS is a complete delight among motorists, it should not be forgotten that this car is not a family type. Therefore, it is not recommended to buy it for trips to the country, outside the city. It is mainly of interest to young people between the ages of 25 and 30. You need to understand that, first of all, the Audi TT RS is a sports car.


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ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada -- (AP) -- Prime Minister Keith Mitchell pledged
Tuesday to clean up his image after sweeping to victory in an election that focused
on corruption allegations leveled at his government.
Mitchell's New National Party won all 15 parliamentary seats Monday in
stunning victory just seven weeks after his government collapsed amid lawmakers'
defections to the rival Grenada United Labor Party.
The win gave Mitchell a lock on Parliament despite charges of kickbacks,
improper bidding practices and unauthorized loans during his administration.
Mitchell called the allegations ``unfair and incorrect'' but conceded at
conference Tuesday that they ``must have left some dent in the minds of the people
and I have a responsibility to correct that.''
Final results released Tuesday showed Mitchell's party got 25,850 votes
percent of the total. The opposition National Democratic Congress had 10,337
votes, while an alliance led by the Grenada United Labor Party had 4,998 and the
Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement had 252.
Mitchell won in his own district with 90 percent of the vote. His challenger
prime minister, Joan Purcell of the National Democratic Congress, lost her district
by 11 percent.
On Tuesday, Mitchell said he saw the results as a second chance and promised
``You can get very cocky and lose focus, and believe you're on top of the
and you can do what you want, and say what you want and get away with
anything,'' Mitchell said.
``The responsibility now falls on us to be far more responsible than we
Stunned opposition leaders said the six-week campaign was too short.
Since his election in June 1995, Mitchell has used tax breaks and aggressive
salesmanship to attract foreign investment to the three-island nation, which has
seen its strategic importance evaporate with the end of the Cold War.
He sought new trade agreements with Cuba, whose influence in Grenada
prompted a U.S.-led invasion in 1983. As chairman of the Caribbean Community
trade group last year, he led international overtures to Cuban President Fidel
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The massive bronze statue of a quahogger, his dog, and a couple of bags of quahogs has stood at the base of a fountain in the library courtyard since its dedication in 1998. The piece, which features an eight-foot tall quahogger, appropriately celebrates Rhode Island’s heritage of quahogging, but not everyone may know who actually created the statue. For 14 years, the statue has stood without any identification of its creator.
That changed in June 2012, when two plaques were affixed to the base of the state, one bearing the official title of the statue and the name of the sculptor. That plaque reads: The Warwick Quahogger, A Day’s Catch by Antonio Tobias Mendez. Dedicated 1998. The other plaque is a dedication “in loving memory” of Murray S. Danforth Jr., the father-in-law of Governor Lincoln Chafee.
When the statue was dedicated, Gov. Chafee was the mayor of Warwick and Lincoln Almond was the governor. The unveiling of the statue came five years after Gov. Chafee had proposed the project. Total cost of the fountain and sculpture came to $150,000, which came from the Tourism Advisory Board and a private grant.
At the 1998 dedication ceremony, Chafee noted that, “Just as lobsters are to Maine and crabs are to Maryland, the quahog is a symbol of Rhode Island.
The quahog or hard-shelled clam represents many things to Rhode Islanders: a delicious seafood treat, a entryway to memories of “shore dinners” and community and family clambakes, an industry crucial to the state’s economy, and for many quahoggers past and present, memories of the backbreaking work of pulling quahogs out of the water and hoping for a good day’s catch. In fact, Rhode Island and quahogs are virtually inseparable.
To focus attention on the statue and on the state’s quahogging tradition, the library held its first Quahoggers Jamboree in June 2012. The event featured an outdoor concert, a meet-and-greet with local quahoggers, and children’s arts and crafts. The library hopes to make it an annual affair.
On your next trip to the library, take a closer look at this marvelous representation of Rhode Island’s water-based culture.
Learn about Warwick's quahogging heritage.


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As urban populations continue to grow, so does the challenge of providing efficient and sustainable transportation solutions for city residents. Smart parking applications are emerging as a key tool for municipalities to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion, while also generating new revenue streams for the city.
Smart parking solutions utilize IoT devices, such as sensors, to gather real-time data on parking occupancy and availability. This data is then fed into a cloud-based platform, which provides a real-time map of available parking spots in the city. This map can be accessed by drivers through a smartphone app or other web-based platform, allowing them to quickly and easily find available parking spots.
Smart parking solutions can be beneficial for municipalities in several ways. First and foremost, they improve the overall parking experience for drivers, making it easier and more efficient for them to find parking spots. This can reduce traffic congestion and emissions in urban areas, while also improving the quality of life for residents.
In addition, smart parking solutions can generate new revenue streams for municipalities. By utilizing a pay-by-space or pay-by-hour model, municipalities can charge drivers for the use of parking spaces, creating a new source of revenue for the city. This revenue can be used to fund other smart city initiatives, such as public transit or environmental sustainability projects.
LoRaWAN technology is well-suited for smart parking applications, as it allows for the deployment of a large number of IoT devices over a wide area, with low power consumption and long-range connectivity. This makes it an ideal solution for municipalities looking to deploy smart parking applications in a cost-effective and efficient manner.
By deploying a LoRaWAN network, municipalities can easily connect and manage a large number of parking sensors and other IoT devices, ensuring reliable and robust connectivity for the smart parking solution. The cloud-based platform can then be accessed by drivers through a smartphone app, providing real-time information on parking availability and pricing.
In conclusion, smart parking solutions are an innovative and effective tool for municipalities to improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and generate new revenue streams. With the help of LoRaWAN technology, these solutions can be deployed in a cost-effective and efficient manner, providing a powerful tool for creating smarter, more sustainable communities.


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The easiest way to get an appointment at The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg is to plan ahead and reserve in advance while you’re booking your room at one of Colonial Williamsburg’s six different hotels, lodges or inns. Appointments at the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star spa book up quickly for many of their treatments and services, but the staff keeps a waiting list on hand in case of cancellations. Sometimes, guests can walk in and get an appointment, but booking ahead of time by phone is highly recommended by staff. To book an appointment, call the spa reservations office at 800-688-6479 or 757-220-7720. If you’re booking a treatment for a group of four or more (perhaps for a bridal party), be sure to ask to speak to the spa’s group planner. For check-in, arrive 30 minutes before your appointment so you can enjoy the steam room and relaxation lounges.

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There were a couple of ill-fated attempts to start a community of Frenchmen in Texas. Item 267 is a tale of one of those accounts: The Story of Champs d'Asile as Told by Two of the Colonists… This first edition in English was edited by Fannie Ratchford and published by The Book Club of Texas in 1937. Something in the area of a couple of hundred officers and others who had served Napoleon attempted to settle along the Trinity River in 1818. They built a fort, and planned to do some farming to make a living. The Spanish, still in control of Mexico (including Texas) at the time were not amused to see a French settlement on their land. They marched toward the Frenchmen's fort, and figuring they would be seriously outnumbered, the French decided they best move on, and quickly. They hightailed it back to Galveston, from which they sailed back to Louisiana with help from the French pirate Jean Laffite. Priced at $225.
The French refugees came to Texas a little too soon. Had they waited a little over a century longer, they could have attended the Gainesville Community Circus, much more pleasant than dealing with angry Spaniards. Item 108 is Gainesville Community Circus Magazine and Daily Review - the Only Show of its Kind in the World! This 1941 publication (pictured on the catalogue's cover) describes this unusual community circus put on by the good folks of Gainesville, Texas, near the Oklahoma border. The circus began in 1930 when the Gainesville Little Theater, in debt and needing to find a source of funds, decided to try putting on a circus. It was an immediate success. Indeed, it was so successful that the show hit the road. It performed around the country, despite the fact that all of its performers were unpaid amateurs from the tiny North Texas community. The circus garnered great attention and admiration through the 1930s and 1940s, but after a bad fire, the death of its founder, and popularity of a new invention called TV, the circus was forced to wind down, and closed in the late 1950s. $85.
Gainesville wasn't always such a fun and happy place. Item 20 is The Great Hanging at Gainesville, the Texas State Historical Association's 1961 reprint of a book by Thomas Barrett first published in 1885. The Great Hanging was a truly ugly affair. Confederate authorities believed Union sympathizers in North Texas were planning an attack, and proceeded to round up dozens of locals they thought were involved. Many, if not most, were not, but it didn't matter. Trials, featuring a majority of slave owners on the jury, were conducted, and sentences carried out swiftly. Forty men were hanged, two others shot trying to escape. The affair proved to be an embarrassment for Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy, who were trying to paint the Union as brutal. The author of this book, Thomas Barrett, was one of the jurors, and he maintained the jurors were a reasonable bunch and that, but for his influence, many more would have been executed. $85.

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text: Cdc kinase subunit (Cks) proteins Cks1 and Cks2 are adaptor-like proteins that bind many cyclin-dependent kinases. A wealth of clinical data has shown that Cks proteins are overexpressed in many types of human cancers and this often correlates with increased tumor aggressiveness. Previously, we showed that Cks overexpression abrogates the intra-S-phase checkpoint, a major barrier to oncogene-mediated transformation. Interestingly, the intra-S-phase checkpoint is crucial for the cellular response to replication stress, a major pathway of apoptosis induction by many chemotherapeutic agents. Here, we demonstrate cancer cells that overexpress Cks1 or Cks2 override the intra-S-phase checkpoint in the presence of replication stress-inducing chemotherapies such as 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) and methotrexate (MTX) leading to enhanced sensitivity in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, enforced expression of Cks1 in an MTX-resistant breast cancer cell line was found to restore drug sensitivity. Our results suggest that Cks proteins are important determinants of apoptosis induction of replication stress-inducing chemotherapies such as 5-FU.

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Qilu Yellow River Bridge main arch ribs joined together
A 6,800-ton arch rib was lifted 300 meters above the Yellow River in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province with the efforts of CCCC constructors, marking the successful joining with high precision of the 420-meter-long main arch ribs of the Qilu Yellow River Bridge. The entire bridge is 6,742 meters long and the main bridge is 1,170 meters long. With eight lanes in two ways, the structure integrates both highway and railway functions on a single deck. The bridge has a main span of 420 meters and width of 60.7 meters, setting a world record for bridges of its kind. After completion it will greatly shorten the travel time across the Yellow River in Jinan, improve the city’s transportation layout and promote the regional economic development.

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Actor Aamir Khan took to social media to wish his daughter Ira on her 21st birthday and shared a heart-warming message for her.
Khan shared a throwback image with Ira on Twitter on Thursday.
In the image, he is seen in his ‘Mangal Pandey’ avatar sporting long hair and a handlebar moustache while Ira is seen sitting next to her father in a salwar kameez.
“Happy 21st Ira! Can’t believe you got there so fast! You will always remain six for me! Love you. Papa,” Khan wrote.
Ira is his daughter with first wife Reena Dutta. The two, who got divorced in 2002, also share a son named Junaid. Khan married director Kiran Rao in 2005.
On the work front, the 54-year-old actor will next be seen in ‘Lal Singh Chaddha’, a remake of the 1994 Hollywood blockbuster ‘Forrest Gump’. The film will be penned by Atul Kulkarni and directed by Advait Chandan of ‘Secret Superstar’ fame.

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During the last couple of years, online gambling has grown into among the largest and most successful business in the world. As technology advances and becomes better and user friendly the benefits to online gambling are becoming more evident. Consider just a some of the features of online gambling and see why you should think about gambling online.
One of many major causes online gambling has become so popular is as a result of fact that you can gamble from the comfort of your own home. All you want is really a computer and reliable internet connection. Then so long as you’re over the age of twenty-one you’re liberated to gamble as much as you want. That is especially good for people who don’t live near a casino and have to visit to gamble somewhere.
Given that more online casinos are arriving, there’s a broad selection of games for you to choose from. There are numerous forms of poker, three and five wheel slots, blackjack, roulette, bingo, baccarat and numerous others ทางเข้า sbobet. Specialty games like keno will also be beginning to become available online. No matter what your gambling taste and level is there’s a web site that’ll provide it.
Online also offers the advantage of playing free for people who don’t want to risk losing money. Many websites on the internet allow test runs of the games before you’ll need to produce a deposit. This way you may get a sense for the games and learn what’s right for you before investing your money.
You may also find a bigger number of bonuses online that you won’t find in a genuine casino. These bonuses might come in the form of cash prize drawing and additional credit. However, there’s also bonuses within the games themselves such as for instance jackpot rounds and free spins that enable you to multiply your winnings.


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Volusia Deputies Search For Suspect Accused Of Beating A Baby
DELAND, Florida — Volusia County Sheriff’s investigators on Thursday obtained an arrest warrant for a 21-year-old man accused of physically abusing a toddler so severely that the child is in the hospital fighting for its life. Investigators aren’t sure exactly what Brian Bouchard did to inflict such critical head trauma to the 14-month-old boy. But they say they’re certain the injuries couldn’t have occurred from an accidental fall or by dropping the child, as Bouchard claims.
After an obtaining a warrant for aggravated child abuse, Sheriff’s investigators have been searching for Bouchard all afternoon but so far have been unable to locate him. They’re appealing for the public’s help to keep an eye out for the suspect and call authorities if they see him or know where he is.
The Sheriff’s Office launched the investigation after being called to a home on North Parkway Street near DeLand early Saturday night. When deputies arrived, they were told that the child had fallen and hit his head on the ground. Deputies noted severe head trauma along with swelling and bruising to the face of the child, who was initially flown by Sheriff’s Office helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and then later transferred to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. Bouchard lives with the child’s mother and was caring for the boy at the time of the injury. The mother was at work at the time.
Bouchard is 5’7”, and weighs about 155 pounds. His last known location was on South Ridgewood Avenue in Edgewater, Florida. Investigators have reason to believe he may be in that area, getting around on a bicycle. Anyone who spots Bouchard or knows his location is asked to call 911 immediately.
Anyone who has information, but prefers to remain anonymous, can call Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida, toll-free, at (888) 277-TIPS.

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|Baines Manuscripts (1915-56) (British Library, Music Collections)
A volume of concert programmes for performances given at various venues in England - including a large number in York...
|Basil Lam Programme Notes: Box 1 (1960-71) (Royal College of Music, Library)
A collection of programmes for performances given at venues in London, Buckinghamshire and York between 1960 and 1971...
|The Ernest Bradbury Collection (1944-1992) (University of Leeds, Brotherton Library)
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Situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées, at the heart of the Aure Valley, the ski resort of Saint-Lary is a family destination of winter sports with an international reputation. Saint-Lary offers one of the biggest ski area in the French Pyrenees. Saint-Lary, it is also a protected Pyrenean village situated at 830 m which knew how to protect its authenticity and that's what makes all its charm. Saint-Lary is a synthesis of the life in mountain in Pyrenees, the ski, the water and the warm welcome of its inhabitants.
Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000 is a destination situated at the heart of the natural reserve of the Eastern Pyrenees, near Spain. Catalan Earth of exception, the resort of Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000 offers a modern ski slopes, equipped with 500 snowmakers which guarantee a 85% coverage of ski slopes. The resort is also the cradle of numerous champions because of its sports training center of top-level.

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How to Get Rid of Brain Fog
Do you suffer from brain fog? If so, you’re not alone. You can make brain fog better. It is possible to change a few things. Here are some tips:
Brain fog can lead to brain fog, which could affect your ability think clearly. Stress is a common affliction affecting people of all ages and from all walks of life. In fact, 70% of Americans suffer from some form of physical stress each year, and the biggest culprits are work and money. The COVID-19 epidemic and increased social pressure have only made our society more stressed.
This problem can be solved by getting more sleep. Sleep helps your brain function properly, but not enough sleep can cause brain fog. Aim for 7 to 9 hours sleep each night. Avoid drinking caffeine or alcohol a few hours prior to bedtime. You should keep all electronic devices out of your bedroom. Get to bed at the same hour every night. Consult your doctor if you have brain fog.
Another common cause of brain fog is anxiety. Anxiety can affect our ability to think clearly. A thought clouding our ability to concentrate can be caused by anxiety, frustration and hopelessness. Brain fog can also be caused by stress and thyroid issues. High levels of estrogen can cause brain fog. Problems with sleep and hormone balance can be caused by stress. Brain fog is also a possibility for those who have undergone COVID.
Cognitive disorders such as brain fog and chronic fatigue syndrome have been associated with sleep deprivation. Although it doesn’t necessarily affect memory, chronic fatigue can lead to brain fog and other problems. This issue of the Harvard Health Letter offers free advice on healthy lifestyle habits, new developments in preventative medicine, and tips on reducing high blood pressure and cholesterol. Also, you’ll learn more about the latest research on the effects of stress on your health.
Depression is a leading cause of brain fog, and treatment for depression usually involves prescribed medication and various therapy techniques. Sleeping enough at night is a key part of treatment for depression. Sleep deprivation can cause your brain to stop repairing itself, and this has negative effects on brain function. This can have a negative impact on your overall health and well-being. Lack of sleep causes brain fog, so if you’re experiencing depression, seek help immediately.
You must get enough rest to increase cognitive flexibility and sharpness. To function at its best, the brain requires specific nutrients. These nutrients include vitamins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, and complex carbohydrates. Your brain can perform better if you eat a diet high in vegetables and healthy fats. If you’re still experiencing brain fog after implementing these lifestyle changes, consult your doctor for treatment options.
Attention is not paid
Brain fog can cause a loss of focus and attention. It can be difficult to focus on work and completing your daily tasks, especially if you’re experiencing this problem at the workplace. While there is no immediate cure for lack of attention, you can improve your focus and cognition by doing a few simple things. Here are some ways to increase your concentration and focus.
A medical condition called COVID is a possible cause of brain fog. This can also be due to inflammation, or other reasons. If you think that your brain isn’t functioning at its optimum level, consult a medical professional to rule out any other underlying causes. Brain fog is common among many different types of people, and can interfere with the ability to complete daily tasks. You may have tests done by your doctor to determine if you are suffering from vitamin deficiencies or inflammation. They may also ask you questions about your stress levels and mental state.
Other causes of brain fog include autoimmune disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and certain medications. These conditions can cause a lack of attention. A doctor will help you determine the best treatment. In addition to preventing the condition, you can treat brain fog with lifestyle interventions. To get a prescription for a brain-boosting medication, your doctor will be able to identify whether your medications are compromising your attention.
Vitamin B12 deficiency
You might experience brain fog, lightheadedness, fatigue, tingling fingers and hands, or other symptoms if you don’t get enough vitamin B12. You might also notice that you’re feeling depressed, have trouble concentrating, or just don’t feel like yourself. You may also notice that you get mouth sores, which can indicate anaemia or other emergencies.
If you don’t get enough vitamin B12, you may be suffering from pernicious anemia. Pernicious anemia occurs when the intestines don’t absorb enough B12 from food, resulting in low red blood cells and brain damage. To treat this condition, doctors often prescribe mega-doses of oral B12 or give you regular injections. If you suspect that you might be deficient, talk to your doctor. The U.S. labs report levels of “normal” as being 450 pg/mL.
A lack of vitamin B12 can cause a variety of symptoms, from pale skin to mouth sores. A rapid heartbeat and beefy tongue could also be symptoms. These symptoms are not common for all B12 deficient people. These symptoms tend to develop slowly and not always at once. A doctor can run a test to determine the severity of the problem.
If you’re a vegetarian, you should make sure that you’re getting plenty of vitamin B12 in your diet. Vitamin B12 is essential to maintain healthy brain and nerve cells. Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that the body cannot produce without. It’s therefore important to consume a wide variety of animal products that include this vital nutrient. Vitamin B12 can help improve your mood.
Treatments for cancer
Medical oncologists have discovered the link between brain fog and cancer. “Chemo brain,” she coined the term, is one result of this condition. Many patients with breast cancer complained about memory and concentration issues. They believed their treatments caused the problem. In fact, this is not always the case. Here are some cancer treatments for brain fog. You can skip to the bottom of this article for more information about brain fog treatments.
Many cancer treatments cause brain fog. You might experience problems with memory or thinking even after your treatment is over. Cognitive rehab is available for those who are concerned about how this affects their daily lives. After all, the doctor can determine the underlying cause of your brain fog and prescribe the appropriate treatment. Brain fog can affect anyone, and talking to your doctor about the situation is a good first step.
Several cancer treatments may cause cognitive problems, including chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Some suffer mild cognitive difficulties after receiving chemotherapy while others have more serious problems. However, the condition may also be caused by the cancer’s treatment, or by other factors such as inadequate nutrition, poor sleep, anxiety and depression. Brain fog symptoms may become worse over time. There are a number of available treatments to help patients cope with the symptoms of cancer.
Multi-tasking is one of the main causes of brain fog. According to a recent study conducted by Stanford University, people who multi-task often have difficulty organizing their thoughts, filtering out irrelevant information, and switching between tasks. These symptoms suggest that multi-tasking can reduce your efficiency and performance. It’s not clear why multi-tasking makes you feel this way, but it may have negative implications for your mental and physical health.
One way to prevent brain fog is to stop multi-tasking. Multitasking can lead to a clutter mind, and lower levels of wellbeing. Research has shown that multitasking is more common in people with cognitive impairment than it is for those who do not. Researchers believed that multitasking caused cognitive impairment only temporarily. The new research suggests that multitasking can cause cognitive impairment in the same areas as those who concentrate better.
Multitasking is not only convenient, but it can also be detrimental to your brain. This can be fixed by focusing on one task at the time and stopping multitasking. If you’re a multi-tasker, you should turn off your phone notifications and instead focus on a task that you’re working on. If you’re unable to focus, consider using a time chunking method.

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Where do people go for treatment of sexually transmitted diseases?Fam Plann Perspect. 1999 Jan-Feb; 31(1):10-5.FP
Major public health resources are devoted to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) through public STD clinics. However, little is known about where people actually receive treatment for STDs.
As part of the National Health and Social Life Survey, household interviews were performed from February to September 1992 with 3,432 persons aged 18-59. Weighted population estimates and multinomial response methods were used to describe the prevalence of self-reported STDs and patterns of treatment utilization by persons who ever had a bacterial or viral STD.
An estimated two million STDs were self-reported in the previous year, and 22 million 18-59-year-olds self-reported lifetime STDs. Bacterial STDs (gonorrhea, chlamydia, nongonococcal urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease and syphilis) were more common than viral STDs (genital herpes, genital warts, hepatitis and HIV). Genital warts were the most commonly reported STD in the past year, while gonorrhea was the most common ever-reported STD. Almost half of all respondents who had ever had an STD had gone to a private practice for treatment (49%); in comparison, only 5% of respondents had sought treatment at an STD clinic. Respondents with a bacterial STD were seven times more likely to report going to an STD clinic than were respondents with a viral STD--except for chlamydia, which was more likely to be treated at family planning clinics. Men were significantly more likely than women to go to an STD clinic. Young, poor or black respondents were all more likely to use a family planning clinic for STD treatment than older, relatively wealthy or white respondents. Age, sexual history and geographic location did not predict particular types of treatment-seeking.
The health care utilization patterns for STD treatment in the United States are complex. Specific disease diagnosis, gender, race and income status all affect where people will seek treatment. These factors need to be taken into account when STD prevention strategies are being developed.

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It was nothing Sally Butters ever expected, not after nine long years, but incredibly — her little dog has come home.
Gigi went missing nearly a decade ago when Butters’ California home was burglarized in August of 2007; the theory was that she’d gotten out. Butters, now 78, papered the neighborhood with “missing dog” flyers, but to no avail. It seemed Gigi was gone for good.
But then a woman found her, a dirty little thing that vets reported suffered from a double ear infection and fur so badly matted that her tail was virtually glued to one of her back legs. Staffers at the Citrus Heights Pet Hospital speculated she had been living on the streets, possibly for years. One staffer called her “the sweetest little dog in the world.”
Reba Hunt, whose daughter found Gigi, fell in love instantly. She hoped to adopt her, but wanted to be sure no one else was missing the teacup pooch.
“She’s so precious. Just like a miniature doll baby,” Hunt told the Sacramento Bee. “I was all ready to keep her, but I needed to find out whether she had someone who loved her as much as I did. Even more.”
The hospital scanned the pup’s body for a microchip, which yielded contact information for Butters. A reunion was scheduled.
Hunt brought Gigi to the hospital dressed in a pink sweater and presented her to Butters, who said she cried tears of joy and disbelief. Hunt cried, too, as did a few members of the veterinary team.
“I can’t imagine where she’s been, but I know that she wasn’t taken care of very well,” Butters said.
She said Gigi came home just in time for her upcoming birthday and Christmas.
“It’s the best present I could ever have asked for,” she said.


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Esmil Rogers‘ mid-90s fastball failed to produce results in Colorado, so he’ll get a fresh start in Cleveland after being picked up in return for cash considerations Tuesday.
Rogers was previously designated for assignment on Satursday.
A full-time reliever for the first time, the 26-year-old Rogers struck out 29 in 25 2/3 innings for the Rockies, but he walked 18 and amassed an 8.06 ERA in the process. Last year, he had a 7.05 ERA in 13 starts and five relief appearances.
Still, Rogers’ right arm is tantalizing, which is why the Rockies stuck with him for so long. He’s averaged 96.1 mph with his fastball this year, making him one of the game’s hardest throwers. If he can start getting ahead with his heater and tighten up his slider some, he could yet become an excellent reliever.
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Abstract 1936: Cornell Product Left Ventricular Hypertrophy In Electrocardiogram Is A Strong Predictor Of Stroke In Community-dwelling Japanese Normotensives
Background: Incidence of stroke is higher than ischemic heart disease in Japanese. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is associated with an increased risk for stroke among hypertensives. We evaluated the risk of LVH among normotensives (SBP/DBP<120/80 mmHg) subjects.
Methods: In a Japanese general population, 10755 subjects who were undertaken electrocardiogram and measured BP at baseline were evaluated Cornell product (CP) and Sokolow-Lyon (SL) voltage as markers of LVH (CP≥2440 mm ms and SL voltage>35 mm). Follow-up was performed for 10 years and incidence of stroke was evaluated.
Results: Prevalence of CP-LVH were 2.7% for normotensives, 5.2 % for prehypertensives, 11.0 % for hypertensives, and that of SL-LVH were 8.6%, 11.4%, and 22.5%, respectively. In overall subjects, CP-LVH and SL-LVH were independent predictors of stroke [CP-LVH: hazard risk (HR) 1.65, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.22–2.25, SL-LVH: HR 1.30, 95%CI 1.02–1.65] after adjustment for confounding factors. In Cox regression analysis in each stage of hypertension, hazard ratios of stroke in subjects with CP-LVH were higher among normotensives (HR 8.28, 95%CI 3.72–18.41) than among prehypertensives (HR 1.56, 95%CI 0.67–3.63) and hypertensives (HR 1.48, 95%CI 1.02–2.13) (Figure⇓), although that in subjects with SL-LVH were not significant (normotensives: HR 1.54, 95%CI 0.70–3.40, prehypertensives: HR 1.29, 95%CI 0.72–2.32, hypertensives: HR 1.21, 95%CI 0.90–1.62).
Conclusion: The ECG-LVH independently predicted future stroke in a Japanese general population. The specificity of the Cornell product-LVH is higher than that of Sokolow-Lyon-LVH especially among normotensive subjects <120/80 mmHg.


Two waves of solar material blown out by powerful sun eruptions n this week are hitting the Earth now, and could amplify the aurora displays for observers in northern regions.
Scientists with NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colorado, expected the first wave of solar flare particles — unleashed by a so-called coronal mass ejection, or CME, on Monday (Sept. 8) — to reach Earth Thursday night (Sept. 11). A second wave, this one caused by a massive solar flare on Wednesday, is due to arrive between Friday and early Saturday.
"We do expect these storm levels to cause significant auroral displays across much of the northern U.S. on Friday night," SWPC Director Thomas Berger told reporters on Thursday. "With clear skies currently forecast for much of these regions, this could be a good opportunity for auroral sightings." [Amazing Aurora Photos of 2014]
The enhanced auroras would likely be most visible across the northern tier U.S. states, along the U.S.-Canada border, as well as in New England, added SWPC program coordinator William Murtagh. Clear, dark skies far from city light pollution are vital to observe any auroras.
The first of the two solar storm waves reached Earth late Thursday right on time, space weather center officials wrote in an update late Thursday. Also on Thursday, NASA released a new video of the X1.6 solar flare from its sun-watching Solar Dynamics Observatory, showing the event in two different wavelengths.
Coronal mass ejections are powerful eruptions of super-hot plasma than can be blown out from the sun during major solar flares. This week, the an active sunspot known as AR2158 sun fired off a moderate M4.6 solar flare on Monday, followed by a much more powerful X1.6-class flare on Wednesday, Sept. 10. X-class flares are the most powerful flares the sun experiences.
Sunspot AR2158 is about the size of between 10 and 20 Earths, but appears to be in the process of breaking up, Berger said. The huge X1.6 solar flare may have been its swan song as it breaks down, he added.
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The two solar flares this week were accompanied by coronal mass ejections, and both were aimed at Earth. When directly aimed at Earth, the most powerful solar flares — events stronger than the X1.6 storm on Wednesday — can pose a danger to satellites and astronauts in space, and interfere with communication, navigation and even power distribution surfaces on the Earth's surface.
Berger said that the two CMEs from this week's solar storms could cause some radio and GPS navigation system hiccups, as well as voltage irregularities in power grids of the northern United States, but nothing too extreme.
"We don't expect any unmanageable impacts to national infrastructure from these solar events at this time, but we are watching these events closely," Berger said.
Berger did say that it is fairly rare for two significant coronal mass ejections to hit Earth head-on at nearly the same time. A minor radiation storm was detected from the solar flares, as well as temporary radio blackouts, space weather officials said.
Space weather officials did say that the most intriguing aspect of this week's solar flares are their potential for boosting this weekend's northern lights displays.
When charged particles from solar storms reach Earth, they are funneled to the polar regions by the planet's magnetic field and can great so-called geomagnetic storms.
A minor G1-class storm is underway now, with levels expected to rise to a potentially strong G3-class by Saturday evening, Berger said.
When solar particles collide with the Earth's upper atmosphere, they let create a glow that can be visible from the ground as auroral light. In the northern regions of Earth, this glow is known as the aurora borealis, or northern lights. In the south, it is called the aurora australis, or southern lights. Significant solar flares can amplify those displays into dazzling dances of ethereal light.
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Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.


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Margate CRA Regulates Car Repair Shops
By: Alyssa Cutter, Sun-Sentinel
The city commission passed the ordinance after determining the area had enough of both types of businesses and decided to close it. The existing 81 car repair shops and nine pawnshops will be allowed to stay, but those types of businesses need no longer apply for vacant spaces within the district.
“We’re closing a loophole so that business owners do not get the impression they can open those businesses, come before this body, ask for an exception, and then get upset because they’ve invested. They’ve tried to move their business forward only to find out it’s inconsistent with the CRA plan,” City Manager Yolanda Rodriguez said. “We’re not getting rid of them, we’re just putting a moratorium on the number.”
Originally, the law would have also done away with secondhand stores, but commissioners and city residents asked for a better definition of what types of secondhand shops would be banned.
“What about thrift stores? There’s a heck of a lot of Margate citizens that use them, a heck of a lot of prominent Margate citizens, and even elected officials who have owned them,” Margate resident Robert Perkis said. “I don’t have a problem with them and I strongly object to anything that tries to get rid of them. I don’t think thrift stores, particularly charitable thrift stores, should have any restrictions on them.”
The commission took out the part about secondhand stores during the ordinance’s second reading. According to Director of Economic Development Ben Ziskal, city staff has a solution.
“We did realize that this is a broad brush strike-through of secondhand goods at the direction to remove the board brush addition of secondhand goods and staff has met and had delineated a list of different used items that we find desirable to the downtown, including record stores, baseball card stores, book stores,” Ziskal said. “There’s a whole number of different beneficial of secondhand goods.”
Resident Phil Hylander told the commission that this law could be damaging to Margate in the future, especially since if one of the current pawn or car repair shops went out of business and a new pawn or car repair shop didn’t replace it within six months, that space would no longer be available for those two types of businesses within the CRA district.
“I just think there are a lot of unintended consequences that are possibly going to come out of this, but we won’t know it for years down the road,” Hylander said. “But it could very well happen.”
However, Margate officials and city staff are confident the change will be for the best.
“We’re not banning these places of business in the city of Margate, just in the CRA area,” Commissioner Frank Talerico said. “We’re trying to improve the CRA area, we’ve done it with monument signs in the past [and] we’ve [had] a lot of improvements with plantings and greenery. We’re trying to make the city look nice. Again, we’re not trying to put someone out of business we’re just putting them in different parts of the city, that’s all.”


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'Anya's Tutorial' is a mystery thriller brought out by the OTT platform AHA. The Telugu streaming platform today announced that the thriller, featuring Regina Cassandra, Nivedhithaa Satish and Pallavi Gangireddy in main roles, will stream from July 1.
Written by Sowmya Sharma and directed by Pallavi Gangireddy, this one is produced by Arka Media Works and AHA.
Releasing its teaser, pan-India superstar Prabhas wished the team all the best.
The makers said that the story is about two sisters who are at cross purposes. Anya (Nivedhithaa) wants to become a social media influencer, which is not to the liking of her sister Madhu (Regina). On a fateful day, everything changes. The entire cyber world is shaken and petrified.


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Inside Aretha Franklin's Complicated Family History
Aretha Franklin’s prolific musical career will no doubt live on for centuries to come, but there’s another legacy she leaves in her wake: that of her large family.
Born a preacher’s daughter to father Clarence and her musical mother Barbara, who passed away when Aretha was just shy of 10, the Queen of Soul grew up with sisters Erma and Carolyn (both of whom were also professional singers), and brothers Cecil and Vaughn.
Aretha wed for the first time at 19, but not before delivering two of her four children. Aretha reportedly gave birth to her first child when she was just 12 years old, welcoming a boy named after her father, Clarence. (The father was reportedly a boy she knew from school named Donald Burk.) Just two years later, Aretha birthed her second son, Edward, named after his father Edward Jordan. Both children were given Franklin’s maiden name.
Franklin’s first husband (who also served as her manager) Ted White, fathered the singer’s third child, Ted Jr. (a musician known professionally at Teddy Richards) in 1964. Aretha and Ted’s marriage ended in 1969 following reports of domestic abuse. Following the divorce, Franklin’s brother Cecil stepped in as her manager, a post he maintained until his death 20 years later.
Not long after her split from White, Aretha delivered her fourth son, Kecalf, that of her road manager Ken Cunningham.
A decade later, Franklin wed her second husband, actor Glynn Turman.
Shortly after her second wedding, Aretha’s father was shot in his Detroit home by an intruder. Reverend Franklin spent the next (and final) five years of his life in a coma.
Aretha and Glynn divorced the same year of her father’s death, in 1984.
Though Franklin never married a third time, she’s been closely linked to “forever friend” and businessman Willie Wilkerson since the late ‘80s. The pair announced their engagement in early 2012, but called off the wedding weeks later after deciding things “were moving too fast.”
It’s unclear whether Aretha and Willie remained romantically involved after calling off their engagement, but they’ve stepped out together many times in the years past.

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When Steve Harvey received an unusual request from an unknown jazz singer to have a chance to go for glory, he was a bit skeptical. On this day, he was hosting his new show known as “Little Big Shots.” But the moment 10-year-old Angelina opened her moth to sing, he totally froze. The little girl took him back to a generation which was termed as the Golden Age of Jazz.
She was singing Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me To The Moon,” and she had the right talent to amaze the audience and everyone who was watching at home. Her spectacular voice, confidence and poise is what stood out most. When you listen to her, you understand why she won “Norway’s Got Talent,” back in 2014. Despite that, not many Americans had heard about her and this provided millions a chance to witness her great talent.
As a TV host, Steve Harvey is always honest in the way he reacts when a real talent appears on stage. So when we see him watching while transfixed, we realize there is something special about it.
As revealed by the little girl, it is performers like Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Dinah Washington who influence her. It is not all the time when we see a person from the recent generation being inspired by legends from the past years.
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Soft and chewy, these keto chocolate chip cookies have only 2g net carbs per cookie! These are a favorite on my blog, and in my house. Bonus they’re sugar-free, paleo-friendly, and have a nut-free and egg-free option! It took a few tries, but I tell ya, they’re the best, and we’re hooked. People are always messaging me to thank me for this recipe. After many attempts, they finally found the perfect keto chocolate chip cookie.
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I got close with my Giant Low Carb Cookies… Have you seen that recipe? The look, the flavor is spot on but the texture is actually best the next day. I’m realistic, I’m honest. I know the perfect cookie is hard to come by. So when I tell you that THIS IS IT. I am not fucking around. These gluten-free, sugar-free, low-carb chocolate chip cookies are a favorite for anyone who makes them.
These chewy chocolate chip keto cookies are one of the most popular recipes on the blog, second to the Avocado Brownies. They use almond flour, ghee, one egg, and the secret ingredient: gelatin. The result is a soft but dense cookie with a nice chew. The pools of melty chocolate are a bonus! Everyone, even non-paleo boyfriends and spouses… mine included… LOVE these. The magic is in the ingredients!
- You want to use almond flour or almond meal that is made from blanched almonds, meaning they don’t have their skin. It will look beige, not speckled with brown. This is important for texture too.
- These days most almond meal is fine ground, some bags so say it, a fine ground flour will make smoother cookies.
- You can use ghee or coconut oil, butter or lard, any saturated fat will do.
- The sweetener is your choice too! I use a keto sweetener, like Lakanto Golden, but coconut sugar works well.
- I really like chopped-up dark chocolate for cookies, it creates those big melty pools. Choosing chocolate that doesn’t have added lecithin in it will also result. Chips will usually not melt in cookies.
- The gelatin in here, as well as the denseness of them, is what makes them chewy. They’re not a crispy or bendy cookie. They’re like Soft Batch cookies! I use pastured beef gelatin but Knox will work too, as long as it’s powered.
Egg Free Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
Need the egg-free recipe? Mix one tablespoon of flaxseed meal with one tablespoon of water and let it sit to get thick and gelatinous for about 5 minutes. Use that as your egg. The adorable Sadie from Goodies Against The Grain made them like this and they turned out beautifully! I’ve since made them with a flax egg and it works well.
Nut-Free Keto Chocolate Chip Cookies
I’ve developed a nut-free keto cookie, a version of these cookies that is just as good as this one, the recipe is in my best-selling cookbook, Made Whole. What you do is use 2 eggs and use 1/3 cup + 2 tablespoons coconut flour. That’s it. The rest of the recipe stays the same!
Step by Step Keto Cookies
Start by whisking the egg vigorously. Then you add in the melted ghee, vanilla and sweetener and mix well. Then you add in all of the dry ingredients.
Use a spatula to make a dough, it will be a very thick, almost dry dough. Add in the dairy free milk and fold and mix until it comes together. Add in the chocolate and fold it in.
Shape one inch balls with the dough, place it on the sheet pan and gently flatten. Repeat with all of it. Bake for 15 minutes. Let cool and dig in!
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- 1 large egg
- 3 tbsp melted ghee (coconut oil or softened butter)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Swerve Sweetener, Lakanto (or coconut palm sugar for paleo)
- 2 cups fine ground almond meal or flour (from blanched almonds)
- 1 tbsp pastured gelatin (for chewy factor, but you may omit)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp flake salt (if using fine salt only use 1/4 tsp)
- 1/3 cup milk (I use cashew milk, or coconut milk)
- 1 cup chopped dark chocolate (I use Alter Eco)
- Preheat oven to 325F convection (or 350F bake).
- In a medium bowl, whisk egg until frothy. Keep whisking as you add in the oil, vanilla, and sweetener. Mix well.
- Add in the almond meal, baking soda, salt, and gelatin. Whisk to combine the dry ingredients.
- Switch to a spatula and mix until the dough is crumbly. Add in the milk, mix well until the dough comes together again. Once the dough is moist, chop the chocolate into small pieces and fold in.
- Shape 1 inch balls with the dough, roll between your hands to make smooth, even balls, and place them 2 inches apart on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Gently flatten the cookies with the palm of your hand or the back of a spoon.
- Bake 15 minutes or until the base of the cookies turns golden brown. Remove from oven, let cool for ten minutes. Enjoy!
- READ THE POST FOR NUT FREE AND EGG FREE VARIATIONS
- The gelatin is there to make them chewy once the cookies cool down. You can use peptides if you want a protein boost or you can omit them altogether, the recipe is still bomb dot com.
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 157
- Fat: 14.6g
- Carbohydrates: 2g (net)
- Fiber: 3g
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As reported by www.aboutlawsuits.com, plaintiffs in multiple Belviq cancer lawsuits seek consolidation of all claims, arguing that the number of complaints to be filed will dramatically increase. At least thirteen Belviq lawsuits have been filed in federal courts all over the country, all of which involve the same allegations and same general facts.
Lawsuits involving defective drugs or medical devices often reach the hundreds or thousands, and in some cases, tens of thousands, if not more. Although the number of Belviq cancer lawsuits is still relatively low, increased awareness of the link between Belviq and the development of cancer will contribute to an increase in lawsuits.
As such, plaintiffs are seeking consolidation of federal lawsuits in one multi-district litigation (MDL) and have filed a joint motion to transfer all pending Belviq cancer lawsuits to the Eastern District of Louisiana. The motion was filed on April 12, 2021.
The United States Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) will ultimately determine (1) whether an MDL will be created for the Belviq cancer litigation, and (2) where the MDL court will be if one is created. It is not uncommon for the JPML to choose a court that is different than the one preferred by either plaintiffs or defendant(s) in a large nationwide litigation.
The JPML will likely hear arguments from attorneys for both plaintiffs and the defendant(s), with a ruling expected later this summer. In the meantime, plaintiffs are expected to continue filing Belviq cancer lawsuits throughout the country.
The 2019 Belviq Trial Studying Cardiovascular Risks
Belviq (lorcaserin) is a diet drug that was approved in 2012 specifically for the purpose of helping patients lose weight. However, many overweight or obese patients are also at risk of developing diabetes. As such, many patients took Belviq as a means to prevent diabetes (while also making some lifestyle changes).
Concerns over the use of Belviq to prevent diabetes led to the creation of the “Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effects of Lorcaserin in Overweight and Obese Patients – Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 61 (CAMELLIA-TIMI 61)” trial. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) often requires that drug companies perform post-market studies to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a drug for particular use.
The CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 trial, conducted in 2019, involved 12,000 overweight or obese patients who suffered from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or had multiple cardiovascular risk factors. Some patients were given Belviq and others were given a placebo. The patients were followed over a period of 5 years.
The study’s overall conclusion was that Belviq is not the best drug to be used for diabetes prevention (although some patients may have success). Although the study was focused on cardiovascular risks associated with Belviq and whether the drug is safe and efficacious for diabetes prevention, the study shed light on a potential cancer risk that was not made public by the FDA until 2020.
The 2020 Recall of Belviq Following Discovery of Cancer Risk
Following the CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 trial, the FDA issued a public health notification to warn patients and healthcare providers that the results of the clinical trial reveal a “possible increased risk of cancer with the weight management medicine Belviq, Belviq XR (lorcaserin).” Just one month later, the FDA issued a recall of Belviq, stating that the “potential risk of cancer outweighs the benefits” of taking the weight loss drug.
Had the CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 study not been conducted, patients may still be taking Belviq today, and while the study pertained to potential cardiovascular risks, the results reveal that a cancer risk exists among the approximately 6,000 patients who were given Belviq (as the other half of study participants were given a placebo).
Data gathered from the CAMELLIA-TIMI 61 trial identified that patients taking Belviq have an increased risk of developing pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer. Such data was simply too much for the FDA to allow Belviq to remain on the market.
Seeking Recovery for Belviq Cancer Victims
Between 2012 and 2020, patients seeking to lose weight relied on their doctors and the manufacturer of Belviq, that the drug was safe for use as a weight loss drug. Patients were not warned by anyone – neither a healthcare provider nor the drug’s manufacturer – that the development of cancer was a risk of taking the drug.
Given that a study concerning potential cardiovascular risks associated with Belviq uncovered a deadly cancer risk, it seems incomprehensible that the manufacturer of the drug, Eiasi, Inc., would not have known of the cancer risk. All too common, drug companies act surprised to learn a drug that they manufacture and sell has a significant health concern.
For eight years, Belviq’s manufacturer allowed the drug to remain on the market. For eight years, Belviq’s manufacturer failed to warn doctors that the drug carries a cancer risk. And for eight years, patients relied on both their doctors and Belviq’s manufacturer when choosing to take the drug. Undoubtedly, had either doctors or patients known about the cancer risk associated with Belviq, the drug would likely not be prescribed.
The consequences of facing a cancer diagnosis and the prospects of undergoing extensive cancer treatment are immense and life-altering. No person deserves to suffer from cancer, and no person deserves to be a victim of unconscionable acts on behalf of a drug manufacturer. While a Belviq cancer lawyer cannot turn back time, they can help the thousands of patients who have suffered at the hands of a company seeking to make its projected billions year after year.
Contact a Belviq Cancer Lawyer at Searcy Denney Today
If you or a loved one took the weight loss drug, Belviq, and subsequently were diagnosed with cancer, you should consider speaking with a Belviq cancer lawyer right away to find out if you may have a legal claim. Cancer is a catastrophic and permanent injury that no person deserves to suffer.
At Searcy Denney, our team of Belviq cancer lawyers have devoted their careers to fighting drug companies that design, market, and sell dangerous and defective drugs. Allow a member of our legal team to provide you with a free case evaluation. Contact Searcy Denney today by calling (800) 780-8607 or by completing a case inquiry form on our website.


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It’s mid-November and high time to really start cranking on Christmas decorations and gifts. Enter to win the ‘Tis the Season to Be Felt-y craft book filled with super cute Christmas ideas to make out of inexpensive craft felt. Keep reading to see how to enter!
‘Tis the Season to Be Felt-y by Kathy Sheldon with Amanda Carestio is a collection of more than 40 new felt-y Christmas creations that include tons of ornaments, stockings, garlands, and decorations. There are a bunch of cute Christmas ideas in this book like Holly Leaf & Berry Garland…
Shining Star Tree Topper…
And of course, the classy felt Poinsettia Wreath that’s on the book cover. Love this.
Kathy and Amy are the co-authors of the super popular Fa la la la Felt (Lark Crafts, August 2010) and also one of my favorite craft books, Felt-O-Ween: 40 Scary-Cute Projects to Celebrate Halloween (Lark Crafts, 2014). Kathy also wrote Shrink! Shrank! Shrunk! which is another great little book to have in your craft library.
To enter for a chance to win: See that little gray box below? Please log in the box below using Facebook, click the green “+1″ entry button and follow the instructions — I’m using a service for this giveaway called Rafflecopter. Good luck!
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The winner will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter and announced on November 30, 2015. I will contact the winner and Lark Crafts wil ship the package to your US mailing address via USPS. Please note that neither Lark Crafts, Kathy Beymer nor Merriment Design is responsible for items lost due to shipping or delivery errors.
Giveaway is open to US residents 18 and older only (sorry international readers!) and is void where prohibited. Odds of winning is based on the number of entrants. This giveaway not associated with Facebook; entrants are providing information to Merriment Design and not to Facebook. Good luck!


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Do chickens require more than the basic chicken maintenance of food, water, and shelter to be a happy flock?
If you’ve had chickens for very long, you no doubt have recognized their one track mind. They live to eat! For the most part, chickens do not require a lot of attention.
Tips for Keeping a Healthy Flock
Of coarse chickens need water, but there’s a little something special I like to add. To keep my birds healthy I add a splash (maybe a tablespoon) of apple cider vinegar with the “Mother” in it. The “Mother” is good bacteria that hasn’t been strained. What’s so special about the “Mother?” It will boost their immune system, keeping them healthy and happy. Each time the water is replenished add apple cider vinegar.
It’s a good idea to sanitize the water container at least once a week as well. Using a brush and dish soap give it a quick once over in about 3 minutes. You can also add oregano to the chicken water to fight parasites. Oregano is anti-parasitic.
To keep those eggs coming make sure to feed them at least 16% protein. The feed bag will usually advertise the protein percent on the front of the bag. We buy a feed that has diatomaceous earth. This is a product made from sediment of fossilized algae, which will take care of deworming your flock. If you can’t find a feed that already has this ingredient, you can add it later.
To cut food cost, you can soak their feed. Soak their feed in a 5 gallon bucket, half full of feed, and cover with water several inches above the feed. It not only stretches the feed, but also makes it easier to digest. Give it a stir with a long stick to incorporate the feed on the bottom into the water to avoid mold. Keep the lid on the feed. When you open the bucket it may have a fermented smell…this is a good thing. Once I checked on our feed and it was bubbling, a sign of fermenting feed.
Unless your chicken area is covered, you’ll want to clip one wing on each bird. Clipping wings is similar to clipping your toenails, it doesn’t hurt them and ensures they can’t fly the coop! Stretch out their wing and you’ll see a pattern change from short feathers to really long. The long are what give them the airborne ability.
Using scissors, clip a little below the pattern change across the long feathers. Clipping just one side should prevent flying. You’ll need to clip about every two months.
Cleaning the Coop
You’ve no doubt heard, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” Keeping a clean coop is no joke! If there’s a bad part to having chickens…this is it! Chicken poop can literally be dangerous to your health in a confined space with the ammonia aroma. Make sure to gear up with a face mask before tackling this job.
You can use it later on plants as fertilizer. Since chicken manure is considered a “hot” manure it will burn plants if used right away. Toss the manure in a compost pile and use on future gardening or flower beds in 6 months. No sense letting the poop go to waste! 🙂
Summertime introduces the big bad bugs. If you want to keep your coop fly free (as much as possible anyway) try hanging herbs in the coop. A few that’ll do the trick are basil, lavender, and mint.
I hope some of these chicken maintenance tips help ya out. For more chicken content check out Predator Proof Your Chickens!
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In terms of drama, France's 17-38 defeat by Ireland in Marseille on the opening day of the Guinness Men's Six Nations adds the kind of Netflix-worthy spice to the fortunes of the French national team. Now they're looking to Edinburgh to rescue their 2024 campaign.
It was a real blow for Fabien Galthié and his team, whose emotions are understandably still raw following their Rugby World Cup 2023 quarter-final defeat to South Africa. It was a defeat that was widely commented on, constantly rehashed and, in the end, still not digested.
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Because the French have always found it hard to turn the page. "What bothered me a little was that we were having difficulty projecting ourselves into that match," explains former centre Mathieu Bastareaud in the BastaShow. "You've got a team coming in, Ireland, who are overwhelming favourites. The guys have been preparing for this match for two or three weeks, and for two or three weeks I had the impression that we were still talking about the quarter-final.
"I'll take an example from a long time ago, but one that hurt France for a long time: the Rugby World Cup Final in 2011. We talked about it for maybe ten years … Then, when they were preparing for the quarter-final against South Africa in 2023, they were showing documentaries about Benazzi's try, or no try, at Rugby World Cup 1995. We tend to rehash things and I think that does us a serious disservice.”
The perverse effects of renewal
This second defeat in a row, against Ireland, the world's second-ranked nation, has planted the seeds of doubt in people's minds. The triggers that have driven France's success over the last four years have not worked, the automatisms (particularly in the line-out) have disappeared, and the key areas (set-pieces) have not produced the expected performances.
While France bet on renewal to relaunch itself – with a new staff and new players – opponents Ireland put all their chips on stability.
"When it came to implementing our strategy, we didn't manage to do what we wanted to do. And that's something that really troubled us a little bit," conceded forwards coach William Servat, one of the survivors from the original Galthié coaching staff.
Once again, the defeat was widely dissected. But from now on, where will the French find the strength to bounce back?
A wounded beast lashing out
The wound France were licking before the opening match of the Guinness Men's Six Nations is even worse today. "It's going to be a big game," anticipates former Scotland back rower John Beattie, whose countrymen won their first match in 22 years in Cardiff in the first round.
"A French team that's been stung is pretty scary. I'm afraid that with 15 players, it's going to be a different game this weekend at Murrayfield.
"There's a wounded beast coming through. So that's the big question: can we keep up the good form against the big teams on the circuit who, in a way, were struggling last weekend? But we know they're going to be out for revenge, they're going to be drooling and they're going to be very hard to beat. It's going to be a big game."
Gregor Townsend, Scotland's coach, is not far from thinking the same. "France will be desperate to get a win on the back of the two defeats they’ve had – one in the World Cup and one against Ireland," he says.
"But we also have an opportunity to play in front of our supporters and make sure we deliver the game we did for 42 minutes [against Wales], and the last few minutes. Don’t forget those!
"I'm not worried about the lads. They're a group with character and ambition, and I'm sure they'll raise their heads again in the next match in Scotland," commented France’s absent leader Antoine Dupont a few days after the defeat, trying to pass on his positive vibes from afar.
Avoiding wooden performances
History proves Dupont right. Since the Championship expanded to include six nations (2000) – in other words over the 24 previous editions – France have fallen in the first round in seven of them and only once, in 2013, have they ended up with the wooden spoon.
The French team coached by Philippe Saint-André lost their first match in Italy (23-18), then the second to Wales (6-16), then the third to England (23-13), then managed a narrow draw in Ireland (13-13) before bouncing back against Scotland (23-16).
On the other six occasions, France finished 3rd or 4th, except in 2006 when they managed the feat of finishing first despite their opening defeat. Is it this memory that could be recalled at Murrayfield on Saturday?
In fact, Scotland have often been the victims of France's fury. In 2003, Bernard Laporte's players lost their first match of the Championship (25-17 to England) but recovered in the second (38-3 to Scotland). History repeated itself in 2017.
It was the same story in 2009, with a 30-21 opening defeat in Dublin followed by a 22-13 victory over Scotland. The same thing happened last year with Ireland between round 2 and 3.
In 2000, 2007 and 2019, the match lost to England was avenged by a victory in the following round against Scotland. In 2014, the loss to Wales provided the fuel for victory over Scotland the following weekend. 2016 and 2018 were the exceptions, when France were unable to bounce back.
Scotland appear to be the ideal candidate to exorcise the doubts of the French. What does the 104th match between the two teams have in store? Find out on this Saturday in the opening match of round two, (14:15pm GMT, live on BBC).


Building Blocks Academy & Daycare Inc.
2422 North Avenue
Richmond, VA 23222
Current Inspector: Florence Martus (804) 662-9772
Inspection Date: Jan. 7, 2019
Complaint Related: No
- Areas Reviewed:
22VAC40-665 STAFF QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
22VAC40-665 PHYSICAL PLANT
22VAC40-665 STAFFING & SUPERVISION
22VAC40-665 SPECIAL CARE PROVISIONS & EMERGENCIES
22VAC40-665 SPECIAL SERVICES
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A Subsidy Health and Safety Inspection was conducted Monday, January 7, 2019 to review supplemental health and safety requirements. The inspector arrived at 11:50 am and concluded the inspection at 2:41 pm. The census for today?s inspection consisted of 14 children in the care of 5 staff. Upon the inspector's arrival, the children were eating lunch. The children were later observed taking bathroom breaks and during rest time. Staff interacted with children in a positive manner. The classrooms are equipped with age and stage appropriate materials. The center had the following posted: license, daily schedule, emergency numbers, evacuation maps, menu and various parent information. The center's first aid kit and non-emergency supplies were inspected and found complete.
Five children's records and five staff's records were reviewed during today's inspection.
Health Inspection: 03/01/2018
Fire Inspection: 02/28/2018
The last documented evacuation drill was held on 12/18/2018. A shelter-in-place drill was documented on 09/11/2018. A second shelter-in-place drill was documented on 03/15/2018.
Annual Lockdown Drill ? Refer to Violation Notice
A licensing renewal inspection was also conducted this date; the two inspections combined cover all subsidy health and safety requirements. Only subsidy requirements that are not covered in licensing standards are reviewed during this supplemental inspection.
If you have any questions regarding this inspection, please contact the licensing inspector, Florence Martus, at (804) 662-9772.
Standard #: 22VAC40-665-780-A-3 Description: Based on a review of the emergency drill log on 01/07/2019, the center did not ensure that the lockdown procedures are practiced annually. EVIDENCE: 1) There was no documentation on the emergency drill log to demonstrate that the lockdown procedures were practiced during 2018. 2) Administrative Staff and Staff #2 reviewed the emergency drill log and could not provide any documentation during the inspection to demonstrate the lockdown procedures were practiced in 2018. Plan of Correction: Per the Center: "Staff member responsible for initiating emergency drills is now aware that the lock down drill was missed. The director has been assigned by the owner to ensure that this mistake is not repeated by reviewing drills monthly."
A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.
The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal. An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July 1, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, please contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility's information. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the compliance history information.Virginia Quality is a voluntary quality rating and improvement system for early care and education facilities serving children ages birth through pre-K. Eligible child care facilities must be fully licensed, licensed exempt and a VDSS subsidy vendor, or a voluntary registered day home and a VDSS subsidy vendor. Only programs enrolled in Virginia Quality will display a rating. Virginia Quality contact information for your region is available at the following link Regional Contacts.


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Written by Yuuichi Higure, based on an original story by Tsukasa Hojo
Directed by Kazuo Yamazaki
Character Designs Yukiko Kamimura and Keiichi Satou
- Original Japanese TV spots
- Character bios
- Clean opening and closing animation
Dindrane’s Anime Warnings:
- Inappropriate touching
- Mokkori and more mokkori
- Mild violence
Released by: ADV
Rating: 15+ for violence and suggestive themes
Anamorphic: N/A; appears in its original 1.33:1 format.
My Advice: A must-buy
[ad#longpost]If you aren’t familiar with the concept of City Hunter, you are in for a treat. A kind of spoof of adventure films, the series blends hysterical fun with amazing action and solid plotting. Here, the story begins with a mysterious known terrorist and former Gulf War soldier known only as the Professor. He resents and hates the government–which he feels betrayed him–and works out his revenge upon the government and people of Tokyo, threatening to destroy the entirety of downtown along with the Professor’s own sister unless the government pays him a huge ransom. Meanwhile, City Hunter Ryo (aka “Joe” in English) and Kaori are contracted to find out who is trying to kill lovely Makaze Emi/Amy, to find her missing brother, and to keep her safe. (Ryo, listen: she’ll be safer if you keep your hands on your gun…no, not that “gun”â€¦) It’s up to City Hunter to save the day, the girl, and the city. Come on, you knew a pretty girl had to be in there somewhere. Poor, poor Kaori.
The characters have always been the basis for this franchise, and this film is no different. We get the very endearing and likable Ryo, along with the down-to-earth Kaori, with whom every woman in the world can identify. Emi and the Professor are also both very well done, with reasons for what they do and how they act, which is somewhat unusual in an action film. The plot may be clever, but it is still pretty standard for action films (thus the “spoof” aspect), but the characters make it a quite enjoyable viewing experience.
The extras are spare, but quality: we get clean opening and closing animation, along with over a minute of fun original Japanese TV spots. It is always interesting to see what the Japanese got to see before the film came out. We also get a passel of character bios that will help fans new to the show and the series. It would have been nice to have had some interviews with director, voice actors, artists, etc. or a comparison with other versions of the franchise, but we otaku take what we can get.
The audio is clean and full in both English and Japanese, though the Japanese voice actors have a slight edge on style here, as they’re more familiar and immersed in the dubious glory that is Ryo/Joe (eventually, American anime companies will realize that we can handle foreign names and stop changing them). The visuals are similarly solid, except for a few scanning issues in the opening credits. The character designs are a little more appealing and “realistic” here than they were in the TV series and look great.
Okay, so Ryo is hardly going to win over any feminist viewers. Ladies, just remember, he’s supposed to be a spoof. They know he’s out of control and inappropriate. So just identify with Kaori and throw pillows at the screen when you feel you need to. I did. Besides, you just can’t help but like him despite yourself.
If you’ve seen the live action version with Jackie Chan, then come here and see the original, especially if you didn’t like the Chan version, since this version is better, as is the way with originals. If you have never seen any City Hunter episodes and never heard of the franchise, you can still dive right in here and enjoy the film fully; no back knowledge is required. Truly, the action and comedy can’t be beat. Come suffer along with Ryo as he searches for true love (or more accurately some true lovin’) and saves the world again.


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Printed map. "By Eman: Bowen Geogr. to his late Majy." "Engrav'd for the General Magazine of Arts & Sciences, for W. Owen at Temple Bar 1761." Prime meridian: London. Originally published in Benjamin Martin's The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, 14 volumes (London: Printed for W. Owen, 1755-1765). Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.
Printed map. "By Herman Moll". "To his Highness the Duke of Glocester this map is most humbly dedicated & presented by his Highness's most humble servant -- C: Browne". Three visual scales [92 mm=40 English miles]. Includes illustrations.
Printed map. "Neele sc. Strand London." Map shows provinces, towns and rivers. Originally published in an book or atlas; source unconfirmed. The number "7" has been handwritten on verso. Donated by Dr. Les Shemilt.
Printed map. "Auctore Iacobo Surhonio Montano." Visual scale. Latin text on verso under heading, "Hannonia" with signature, "30". Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandi, vol. 3, entry Ort 15A, p. 44-45, map 30. Map is from Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, from the 1579 edition based on text in Latin and verso signature. Donated by Don Measner, June 2004.
Printed map. Two visual scales [30 mm=30 British statute miles]. Map shows provinces, towns, rivers and roads. Includes inset: Dutch Limburg. Originally published in a book or atlas; source unconfirmed. The number "8" has been handwritten on the verso. Donated by Dr. Les Shemilt.

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Kim Kardashian’s decision to use a surrogate for her third child was probably one of the most talked-about news in the entertainment industry last year.
Speculations then started about who her surrogate might be. Some suspected it was her sister, Khloe, but the latter announced that she was pregnant with her boyfriend Tristan Thompson’s child.
Recently, people suspected Kylie Jenner to be the surrogate. However, Kim’s recent statement seems to address the rumour.
After announcing the birth of her third child, she posted on her official website about her decision to use a surrogate. After explaining her medical condition, she wrote, “After exploring many options, Kanye and I decided to use a gestational carrier. Although I have used the term surrogate in the past, a gestational carrier is actually the technical term for a woman who carries a baby that she has no biological relationship to.”
Since Kylie is Kim’s sister, she definitely doesn’t fit the bill to be Kim’s surrogate.
Meanwhile, fans are speculating that Kim’s recent post of Louis Vuitton’s monogram could hint at the third child’s name.
Louis? Vuitton? It can’t possibly be… Monogram, right?
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