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Mercedes-Benz has launched the all-new third generation CLS 4-door coupe in India. The prices for the new luxury car starts at Rs. 84.7 lakh (ex-showroom, India), very close to what we had expected. The new Mercedes-Benz CLS will go up against the likes of the soon to be launched second-generation Audi A7 and the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe in India. The 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLS stays true to its design language - a sleek and sexy four-door coupe with a sloping roofline and frameless doors and is one of those rare cars that looks considerably better in the metal as compared to how it looks in the pictures. Under the bonnet, the CLS will currently get a CLS300d version, powered by a Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI) compliant 2.0-litre engine the churns out a maximum of about 242 bhp and develops and peak torque of 500 Nm. The new CLS comes mated to a 9-speed dual clutch automatic gearbox that propels to car from 0-100 in 6.2 seconds, before reaching a top-speed of 250 kmph.


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The idea that started to form in her head was terrifying… in a sort of tempting, irresistible way.
“But it I like it, it doesn’t have to be so horrible.”
Her heart was beating fast. She kept gazing at the ceiling, not daring to look at Julio.
“Hey… What do you mean with all this?” said Julio, pulling at her arm to make her look at him. “Do you mean that you want me to spank you? That’s really amazing coming from you, Cecilia!”
She felt herself blush. She rolled sideways, turning her back to him so he wouldn’t see her face.
“That was stupid of me… I shouldn’t have told you anything.”
Julio grabbed her by the shoulder and shook her slightly.
“I’m sorry. I don’t want you to be ashamed of telling me what your brother did to you. I’m so happy that you trusted me enough to tell me! I just don’t understand what you want… Before you came here with me you made me promise that I wasn’t going to touch you… And now you want me to spank you?”
“Wouldn’t you like to do it?”
“Of course I would like to do it! But I didn’t think that was a possibility. I never imagine that I would find a woman who would agree to that.”
“Well, you have found me.”
“Are you sure, Cecilia? Don’t you think it would be a sin?”
“If it hurts, if I don’t feel pleasure, how could it be a sin?”
“Look here, Cecilia, I know what you are doing. You are just going around inside your pretty head looking for excuses. I’m dying to do it, I assure you. But I promised you that tonight I wouldn’t try anything with you, so I’m not going to mislead you. Whatever you decide, you’ll have to decide by yourself, don’t tell me afterwards that I tricked you.”
It was true. Her own arguments failed to convince her. Guilt and desire fought each other inside her.
“The thing is… if we don’t do it now, it will never happen” she whined. “When we go back to Madrid I will never see you again.”
“Why not? Why shouldn’t we continue being friends? Maybe you should think about all this more calmly.”
But she knew that if she let the opportunity slip away it would never come back, for either of them. She would probably never find that husband that knew how to discipline her in a loving way. And Julio would never find another masochistic woman that would let him spank her. That made up her mind. She wanted to give him that present. She wanted to leave him with a memory as unforgettable as that evening with Laura under the poster of the Sagrada Familia.
“Just a few spanks, on my pajamas, OK?”
Julio looked at her with a mixture of excitement and fear.
“OK. If you want me to stop, you only have to tell me, got it?”
“I got it.”
She couldn’t believe what was about to happen.
Julio sat up in the middle of the bed with his back straight, leaning on a pillow and the headboard. He left his legs under the covers, pulling them up to cover his lap.
“Lay down on top of my legs” he told her.
Cecilia kneeled on the bed to his right. She hesitated, and for a moment their eyes met. Julio’s face showed desire and a certain anxiety. She wasn’t going to chicken out now. She let herself fall across his lap. Julio’s crossed legs made her butt stick out in a rather obscene way. She felt the warmth of his body. His smell intoxicated her. Waves of excitement cruised her entire body.
Julio slapped her bottom. The thick fabric of the pajamas took all the force of the hit, so that she felt only a blunt impact, not at all painful.
“How was that?” asked Julio.
“It didn’t hurt at all. Hit me harder.”
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Julio raise his hand, which landed with force on her. But, once more, the spank had no effect at all. Julio hit her a few more times with the same result. It was utterly frustrating.
It came as a sudden, unconscious decision. She put her hands inside the waist of her pajama pants and pulled down to lower them. By the contact of the cool air with her skin she knew that her panties had bundled up, leaving most of her buttocks bare.
She heard Julio draw a deep breath.
“What’s the matter?” she asked, fearful that he would want to stop.
“Nothing… Is just… that you have such a beautiful butt… May I touch it?”
Without waiting for her answer, Julio caressed her buttocks were they were left exposed by the panties. It gave her goosebumps. The touch of Julio’s hand was soft, incredibly sensual. Too sensual.
“No, no!” she protested. “Just spank me.”
Julio’s hand went away, only to immediately fall back on her with full force. This time it cracked on her skin with a sting. Right away, Julio spanked her other cheek, where it also elicited a lively burn. At the third stroke she couldn’t avoid moving her butt to try to avoid it.
“So, not it does hurt, doesn’t it?”
“You bet!” her voice came out faltering. “Go on.”
“So you think this is rather funny, don’t you?” said Julio in a commanding and slightly mocking voice. “Look, Cecilia, you had this coming a long way. Most of the time you are a pretty good girl, but from time to time your wires get crossed and you throw some silly temper tantrums… Like the one you had today in the bus, don’t you think?”
That lecture had to be fake, to spice things up, but Julio’s voice sounded so stern that it did scare her a little. It also turned her on.
“Yes, I deserve a good punishment. Spank me hard!”
“Well, then prepare yourself. I’m going to give you something you won’t easily forget!”
To emphasize what he said, Julio grabbed her hip with one hand while with the other he gave her a series of quick slaps, alternating between her buttocks. The blows were sufficiently severe to keep her from thinking about anything else. Still, the spark of pain elicited by each slap had an undeniable pleasure quality. It merged with the perverse joy that came from the humiliating position in which Julio held her and the idea that she was being punished like a little girl. Very soon she started wiggling her bottom from side to side, up and down, as her body hopelessly tried to escape the slaps. It became an obscene dance that she performed following the rhythm that Julio marked with his spanks, like the monotone rhythm of a metronome, warning her of precisely when the next slap was going to hit her so that the stings of pain acquired the inevitability of destiny. None of them said anything; each one was completely absorbed in their task: to punish and to be punished. Cecilia only produced sighs and occasional moans… whether from pain or from pleasure, she didn’t know. The spanks did produce a loud noise that exploded on the skin of her bottom and reverberated on the walls of the room, small explosions as alarming as the blows themselves. Julio’s arm held her hip against a vertical, cylindrical bump in his belly of which she was only vaguely conscious, absorbed as she was in the conflicting emotions evoked by the spanking.
Julio stopped suddenly. He pushed her away from his lap and jumped off the bed. He ran into the bathroom, a fist tightly closed on the front of his pajama pants.
Cecilia was left laying on her belly, not even caring to pull up her pants. Her heart was beating loudly in her ears. She was shaking. The contrast between the intensity of her connection with Julio and her suddenly loneliness filled her with confusion. She felt abandoned, rejected in the middle of that intimate act to which she had abandoned herself so completely. Without knowing exactly why, she started to cry.
Coming out of the bathroom, Julio looked at her with surprise.
“You are crying! What’s wrong?”
He sauntered to the bed. He laid at her side and hugged her from behind.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t want to hurt you so much” he muttered.
“It’s not that…” she said with a slobbery voice from crying. “Why did you leave so suddenly?”
“Oh, that! Well… you see, it was that I… I couldn’t hold it anymore… I went into the bathroom so you wouldn’t see me.”
Cecilia sat up, turning to look at him.
“Do you mean that you have… ejaculated?”
“Only a little bit…”
Cecilia laughed, tears still pouring out of her eyes.
“That means that you got really excited.”
“I think it was the most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
“More exciting than making love to Laura?”
“Yes, even more than that.”
That made her feel proud. But immediately a crushing wave of guilt invaded her.
“Ay, Julio! What have we done!”

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REVIEW: Aldbourne Band Give Traditional Proms
In a quintessentially English setting on the village green, surrounded by thatched cottages, a pub and the village church, a large audience enjoyed this year’s traditional Proms on the Green concert given by the Aldbourne Band. With a programme that showcased 3 of the band’s soloists and the complete cornet section, MD David Johnson delighted the crowd with music ranging from Verdi’s Force of Destiny, a Mozart Horn Concerto, Benedictus from Carl Jenkins’ War Requiem, to music from the Western Silverado, Putting on the Ritz and a Glen Miller selection.
A wonderful addition to this year’s prom was the superb young soprano Tilly Wale who gave a masterful performance of “I dreamed a dream” from Les Miserables accompanied by the band, and later in the concert led the crowds in the traditional singing of Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory.
The hardworking Friends of Aldbourne Band had organised a raffle and also provided mouth-watering cakes and cups of tea for the crowds to enjoy, raising funds for the financially self-supporting village band who are in the world’s top 50 brass bands. New Friends are always welcome and the membership secretary can be contacted on 01672 540419.
The band’s final pond concert of the season will be at 6.45pm on Sunday September 3rd in the village square. Bring a chair, buy yourself a drink from the nearby pub and settle down to enjoy the evening’s concert.

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Employment isn't just a 40-hour week anymore
The unemployment rate is down to 4.6 percent, which sounds pretty good. But the unemployment rate doesn't count people who've given up looking for jobs, which is why the employment-to-population ratio, especially the "prime-age" ratio for those 25 through 54, may be a better measure of the health of the labor market.
After I wrote about this metric on Monday, several readers wrote in to wonder if even it might be overstating the health of the labor market because more people are working part time, or working multiple jobs, or scrounging a living from freelance assignments.
On part-time work, we have pretty good numbers; the percentage of people who are working part time (fewer than 35 hours a week) but say they'd work full time if they could is higher than it was at any point from 1995 until 2008. At this point in a now seven-year-old economic expansion it's not much higher, though, while the percentage of voluntary part-time workers is lower than it was in the late 1990s. So factoring in part-timers makes the employment situation look a little bleaker, but not a lot.
What about people working three jobs to make ends meet, or getting by on "gig" work such as driving an Uber or running errands for TaskRabbit? This is a big puzzle that I've been struggling to answer for several years now. According to the monthly Current Population Survey data used in calculating the unemployment rate and the employment-to-population ratio, there's been no increase in multiple jobholding or self-employment as a share of overall employment.
This may have more to do with the limitations of the questions in the survey than the reality of the labor market, though. A different survey conducted for economists Lawrence F. Katz and Alan B. Krueger last year found that:
"The percentage of workers engaged in alternative work arrangements -- defined as temporary help agency workers, on-call workers, contract workers, and independent contractors or freelancers -- rose from 10.1 percent in February 2005 to 15.8 percent in late 2015."
That's a big leap, and indicates a shift away from more secure jobs to more contingent ones -- another sign that the labor market might not be as robust as the unemployment rate or even the employment-to-population ratio would indicate. There seem to be two separate, if not entirely unrelated, phenomena at work here:
- Dropping out of the labor force. The percentage of prime-age men who have a job or are actively looking for one has been declining for decades, from more than 97 percent in the mid-1950s to a record low of 88 percent in 2014. Women's prime-age labor-force participation rose for most of that period, but has fallen since 2000. Participation is actually up over the past year, especially for women, but it's way too early to say whether that marks a reversal in the trend.
- Scrambling to get by. As noted above, the evidence is mixed on this, but more people appear to be doing work that doesn't fit the definition of a conventional full-time job. They're often doing it as a supplement to a conventional job, not a replacement. That could be because their conventional job doesn't pay enough, or doesn't seem secure enough, to fully rely on. For some people it's also surely because the labor market is now offering more opportunities for rewarding, remunerative unconventional work. But I'm guessing they're in the minority.
Justin Fox is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was the editorial director of Harvard Business Review and wrote for Time, Fortune and American Banker. He is the author of "The Myth of the Rational Market."

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Massive advocate for mental health and shining light in the music industry, Elohim has just released a new single, “Paradise.” Accompanied with a vintage style shot music video, this piece is quick to put us at ease as island like marimbas and steady percussion lead us straight into Elohim’s tranquil voice. This song speaks of finding a paradise amidst the chaos that is modern day life.
With today’s fast-paced culture, Elohim looks to escape this rat race and find a place where one can be themselves and relax. In this calm state of mind, we’ll also be found dancing to this track when the chorus kicks in, complete with driving bass, move string lines and powerful vocoded vocals, the energy quickly picks up to deliver us a euphoric groove.
Elohim has had a string of constant and successful releases. From the release of her self titled album last year, Elohim, and her BRAINDEAD EP to collaborations with Skrillex, AWOLNATION, Hobo Johnson, Ekali, Louis the Child, and Whethan, this talented artist is only going higher and higher. She has changed lives and brought great attention to rising mental health issues in today’s society and we couldn’t be happier to see someone so full of love and gratitude achieving so much success.
You can listen to her new single and watch the music video below. Enjoy!


The week is getting off to a stormy start as strong storms soak Central Florida.
WFTV Channel 9 meteorologist Brian Shields said storms are likely throughout the afternoon on Monday. He said the storms are expected to bring gusty winds, downpours and lightning across the area.
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Shields said locals need to be ready to seek shelter if and when the weather takes a turn.
“If you hear thunder, get indoors,” he said.
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY! Gusty winds and LOTS of lightning. Use caution! pic.twitter.com/kbmi0QgWXd— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
Meteorologist Rusty McCranie tracked morning storms that soaked areas in Marion, Volusia, Lake and Flagler counties.
McCranie said the majority of Monday’s storms will be coming in from the west.
Watch the five-day forecast below:
“They’ll continue to develop and move deeper into Central Florida throughout the morning,” he said.
McCranie said Central Florida can expect a severe thunderstorm watch across the area as storms roll in.
As of 11:25 a.m., the storms were already causing delays at Orlando International Airport.
Weather Alert ⛈— Orlando International Airport (@MCO) May 13, 2019
Storms in the area are causing local flight and baggage delays. Per FAA, arrivals are being delayed at their departure point. Continue to check the status of your flight with your airline. pic.twitter.com/HVNT9ErA90
The National Weather Service said a strong storm was moving in to the Windermere area just before noon bringing with it possibly nickle-sized hail.
11:42 am | Strong storm over Windermere, moving to the east at 25 mph. Gusts to 50 mph and nickel size hail possible. Includes Orlando, Orlovista, Pine Hills areas. #flwx— NWS Melbourne (@NWSMelbourne) May 13, 2019
The storms made their way to the metro-Orlando area just before noon.
Disorganized and broken line of storms chugging through Central #Florida now. Heavy rain, lightning, pockets of localized flooding possible in poor-drainage areas. We'll keep an eye out in case we get any warnings. #WFTV #FLwx #Orlando pic.twitter.com/S1mctCI58E— George Waldenberger (@GWaldenWFTV) May 13, 2019
There's the storm moving over downtown Orlando from the southwest. pic.twitter.com/y89G5P9e83— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
Strong storm over Windermere producing very heavy rain and lightning will move right over downtown Orlando just after the top of the hour. pic.twitter.com/9USU4GNFew— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
UPDATE: All of Central Florida has been upgraded to a Slight Risk of severe storms.— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
Main Threats: Strong, damaging winds and coin-sized hail.
There is a very good chance a Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be issued for most of Central Florida. pic.twitter.com/gZF2B2wNYH
Storms are building and moving east. Stay alert if you are outdoors. If you hear thunder, please move inside. pic.twitter.com/QzVszlmCQq— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
Over 100 lightning strikes in the last 15 minutes... pic.twitter.com/nGHHaNr550— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
There are the storms already lining up in the western part of the state. They'll contnue to develop and move deeper into Central Florida through the morning hours.— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
Lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds. pic.twitter.com/TdRTZRH4Cm
While it shows signs of weakening, this storm will race across Volusia and Flagler counties and move towards Ormond Beach in the next 20 minutes. pic.twitter.com/ChmizjAjuW— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
Storms already ramping up in our NW areas. Here's one right over Belleview in Marion County.— Rusty McCranie (@RMcCranieWFTV) May 13, 2019
Heavy downpour, frequent lightning, and gusty winds.
More and more of these will pop up this morning. pic.twitter.com/Q2UjsHX3WC
Today’s storms will be strong - solid Florida downpours and gusty winds.— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
Be mindful of the lightning today. If you hear thunder, get indoors.— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
Rain & storms are on the way! It'll be a soggy start of the workweek across much of Florida. I'll see you on Channel 9! pic.twitter.com/UqaLmibEWv— Brian Shields (@BShieldsWFTV) May 13, 2019
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Joshua Tree National Park is only a couple of hours from Southern California. I cruised there early on a Friday to beat the traffic and found the park virtually uninhabited. I wanted to find solitude and quite and to be with nature. I travelled the entire length of the park and now know where I will camp when I return.
All of the rocks in Joshua Tree National Park were once a solid block of granite – monzagranite. It was formed from magna crystalline more than 85 million hears ago and some 15 miles underground. Earthquakes stressed and cracked the monzagranite and moved the rock closer to the surface. Ground water speed into the cracks, rounding and shaping the blocks. Once the blocks reached the surface, weathering and erosion continued the sculpting, transforming them into the features seen today.
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President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree approving an agreement between Egypt and the European Investment Bank to upgrade the urban transport infrastructure.
The agreement was signed in December 2020 and approved by the parliament in March 2021.
The decree was published in the official gazette on Thursday.
Source link : https://allafrica.com/stories/202107150826.html
Author : Egypt Online
Publish date : 2021-07-15 13:48:02


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Designed by the Carré team together with Massimo Daros, the bed Liberty offers an image
of comfort: smooth and creative. It has handcrafted quality and balance of
proportions. With its completely removable cover, is presented in a wide range
of very natural textile materials, highlighting the inked edge seams with the
rest of the bed well contrasted.

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* The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD is a heavy duty version of Chevy's popular pickups. It can help you tackle the jobs you have to get done, and then conquer the road ahead. This truck has a modern feel, with sleek lines and strong features, like a power-dome hood and huge chrome grille in front. For 2014, the extended cab has been eliminated and there are now 3 truck models to pick from: Regular Cab Long Box, Crew Cab Standard Box, Crew Cab Long Box, with a total of 8 trims between them. All models come standard with a Vortec 6.0-Liter, FlexFuel V8 Engine that has 360 Horsepower and 380 lb-ft of torque. If that isn't enough power for you, the Duramax 6.6-Liter, Turbo-Diesel V8 Engine is an option for all models with a whopping 397 Horsepower and 765 lb-ft of torque. Other 2014 updates include a 4.10:1 axle on gasoline engine models that increases tow ratings by 4,500 pounds. Also, the bi-fuel compressed natural gas system is available on the 2500 HD Crew Cab, and there's an available spray-on bed liner. On the inside, the Work Truck is meant for the rigors of hard work and designed for function and durability. The WT trim bench seats and flooring are vinyl, and e


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£15,000 to be spent on suicide analysis, after Highland Council discussion
HIGHLAND Council have agreed to invest more cash in suicide research after a rise in deaths in the region.
NHS Highland and Police Scotland want to analyse a growth in probable suicides over the last 18 months, and Highland councillors will today be asked to approve £15,000 towards the work.
It is proposed to investigate how suicide prevention is tackled in other areas of the UK and overseas.
Council leader Margaret Davidson said: “Suicide is a tragic end of a life and has a devastating effect on everyone connected with that person.
"We need to understand what lies behind the stark facts to better plan what we can do to prevent suicide and provide the right support for anyone considering such a desperate and final path.”
A six-page report on suicide prevention written by council chief executive Donna Manson and police Chief Superintendent George MacDonald stated: “Suicide not only affects the immediate family and friends of the individual, but the wider community.
“The effects are devastating and cannot be underestimated and the rates of suicide or attempted suicide in Highland have traditionally been higher than the national average.
“Rates of probable suicide among men are higher than women both nationally and within Highland.
“Although official rates in recent years have shown a decline in the five-year average, local intelligence suggests an increase in probable suicides over the last 18 months.”
It added that although suicide prevention was the priority, a new approach was needed to address the scale of the current challenge.
Highland councillors will be offered suicide prevention training in September and an app to support people feeling suicidal, already trialled in Tayside and Aberdeenshire, will be rolled out.
Ron Williamson, founder of Inverness-based suicide prevention charity Mikeysline, said some ideas had already been implemented and the money could be spent in other ways.
“A lot of what’s being suggested is going over old ground,” he said. “For instance, Mikeysline launched a self-help and signposting app, Bee Appy, three years ago, which was then rolled out in various forms around Scotland.
“Ideally, I would like to see some of the £15,000 being spent on the resilience training that Mikeysline is planning to pilot in primary schools in the Highlands, aimed at giving young children the tools they need to deal with their emotional distress and wellbeing.
“I believe the earlier in age we start the better, and the benefits will be seen in later years.”
New statistics released yesterday show there were 784 probable suicides registered in Scotland in 2018 – up from 680 in 2017.

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The controversial discussions about the special financial possibilities in Luxembourg (and other states like Austria or Switzerland) and the harsh words from Germany cause an on-going diplomatic crisis in the European Union. Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker responded in an emotional way, but the Luxembourgers are too European to bear a grudge.
Integrated in the Benelux, Luxembourg is one of the grounding states of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957 and one of the most enthusiastic states concerning the European Union. The country is also known for the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Auditors.
A Luxembourger is Europe's leading politician
First and foremost, Juncker is the leading European politician. Under his governmental responsibility, Luxembourg administrated the Presidency of the European Council twice, 1997 and 2005. Juncker also received the German Karlspreis for special achievements concerning the European Union in 2006. Exactly 20 years after the award ceremony in Aachen, where the whole nation of Luxembourg received the award for their European attitude.
Well, and this years voter participation is expected to be in a fine tradition: Since 1979, between 87 and 90 per cent of the voters went to the elections of the European Parliament – one of the highest value in the whole Union. All the Luxembourgers are bent on voting and remain true to themselves, as a perfect example for the other members of the European Union.
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11-05-2012 08:33 AM
Maybe try a different card reader? What size memory card is it? If it is over 2GB, it is SDHC format. Older card readers may not work iwth it.
Likewise, if it is one of the newer 64GB cards, those are SDXC format and your card reader may not be able to handle this new format.
01-19-2013 12:04 PM
As you can all see there is not a certain answer for this problem. Obviously the problem is on the SunDisk's side and there is no admission for it. They manufactured something that does not function as it should (covering all the areas that it was manufactured for that is), and that is all.
They should replace all these cards but the do not want to.
Don't buy SunDisk, it is simple as that.
03-12-2013 10:39 AM
Firstly, the 32 microSD card when introduced to Windows will invariably invoke the "Do you want to format" screen. Don't do it. Continue on without formatting and everything will be fine.
I have done some testing on the "unrecognize" issue and have come to some conclusions:
- When used with an adapter device that actually is physically inside the device's frame (computer or mobile, etc.) or very near to it, such as with an SD card adapter or a USB adapter, the card will become unrecognizable within a few hours.
- When used with an adapter device that is connected via a cord where the card is physically away from the device's interior frame, such as with an MP3 player or other USB corded device, the card will do just fine for long periods of time.
From these observations, I can only conclude that this little guy is overheating when it's in proximity to the computer or other mobile device, and somehow shuts itself down. When this happens on a Windows device, the only thing that will fix it is to uninstall the port input device (such as the SD card reader slot) using the Device Manager, and then wait about 10 minutes for the card to cool itself. After this time, reinsert the card adapter and have Windows re-recognize it, no re-boot needed btw. You could probably do some manual cooling to the card to speed up the process, but I haven't tried that.
03-24-2013 07:42 PM
Memory card not deteced by mobile or computer,


The political tensions at the City Council of Palermo came to a head as the first meeting was adjourned due to a lack of quorum. The majority party members were notably absent, signaling the need for a reshuffle of the government before any progress can be made. Mayor Roberto Lagalla, who had previously insisted on focusing on the budget, now appears open to the idea of a reshuffle. However, he emphasizes the importance of all the current members and suggests that replacements may be the starting point. The presence of certain councilors, such as Andrea Mineo and Rosi Pennino, who were nominated by former regional coordinator Gianfranco Micciché, is no longer welcomed by Forza Italia, who now demand the right to decide on positions. Mineo has already switched parties to Fratelli d’Italia, hoping to retain his position in the government. This potential scenario raises questions and requests for action from the other parties involved. The situation remains delicate, with tensions and concerns about potential repercussions if any changes are made. The council members are awaiting the mayor’s response and hope for a resolution that does not disrupt the current balance of power.
Palermo, dopo il consuntivo la paralisi: il Consiglio comunale ostaggio del rimpasto


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Your Parish Council serves residents in the village and also in the outlying areas of Bryning (hence Parish Council and not Village Council). We are the lowest tier of local government, elected directly by local residents.
The Parish Council has a committee system, which means that full council usually meets once a month on 1st Tuesday in the Village Hall and the committees report back to the Councillors and residents.
Committee meetings and full Council meetings are announced in advance on the notice boards around the village and on the website homepage.
Currently we have these committees:
Open Spaces and Recreation (including young people)
Parish Councillor representatives also serve as Trustees on the Bryning with Warton Village Hall Trustee Committee and on the Scout & Guide Headquarters committee and have representation on meetings with Streetwise and BAe Systems Liaison

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The purpose of this thesis/analysis is to examine certain factors available through research to determine if there is evidence of excess resources or underutilization of resources by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in the greater St. Louis area. The information to be gained from this study would provide a starting point for determining the direction and design of a model regional EMS system to be offered by St. Louis University Medical Center for further consideration to the community at large.
Although it is anticipated that there are many complex factors interacting upon each EMS provider, it is hoped that comparison of run volume and population data against physical resources and staffing levels will result in a valid understanding of resource utilization. From that point we would be able to proceed in a more informed way toward addressing the next stages in our system model, which would be built upon the fundamental parameters of: (1) cost efficient utilization of physical resources and personnel, and (2) more efficient operation of the system areawide.
Upon survey of the data available at this time, it appears that very little effort has been expended in analyzing the area of emergency medical services. The experience and information base gained through this study will help greatly to form a useful base for current and future planners in our area.
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Please join Washington State Representative Brady Walkinshaw (D-43rd) for the first South Lake Union Community Council meeting of the 2015-16 year as we discuss issues critical to the South Lake Union and Cascade communities. The regular monthly meeting gets underway at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4 at the Museum of History and Industry at Lake Union Park. All are welcome!
Among the topics on the August Agenda are our community priorities for the coming year, mobility and transportation along with the public benefit priorities of the community in regards to the City of Seattle’s proposed vacation of the South Lake Union Broad Street corridor.
State Representative Walkinshaw is among a number of prominent state, county and city elected officials to join the South Lake Union Community Council’s general meetings, committee meetings and walking tours in the past year including Washington State Representative Gael Tarleton, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, King County Council Chair Larry Phillips, Seattle City Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Tom Rasmussen and Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole.
WHAT: South Lake Union Community Council Monthly Meeting WHEN: Tuesday, August, 4, 2015 (4 – 6 p.m.) WHERE: Museum of History and Industry (860 Terry Ave. North, Seattle, WA 98109) 206.324.1126 WHY: Meet State Rep. Brady Walkinshaw and your South Lake Union and Cascade neighbors! Have an impact with issues important in your neighborhood!
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General Meaning: Diamonds speak of favor and to receive one speaks of receiving an undeserved gift. It is also a picture of wealth and royalty. • Dreams • Because diamonds hold a particular meaning for most cultures, you need to identify what they mean to you in your dreams. Often diamonds speak of marriage. Other […]
To seek adulation signiﬁes one will arrogantly step up to an undeserved position of honor.
1. Use caution; imbalance and insecurity underlie and harm intimate relationships. 2. A deserved legacy is coming. 3. Dependency or lack of it—sometimes emotional, often ﬁnancial— means harder work (to not receive a dowry).
1. Deception and trickery. 2. A large sum of money feels unearned, undeserved. 3. Strong feelings of being a hostage, almost always emotional.
1. High living, wealth. 2. Happiness is in the ofﬁng. 3. A feeling that happiness and prosperity are not deserved.
A display of deserved honor and accomplishment, whether formally or informally
The object of undeserved blame or criticism; see “rejected:
Spiritually, this is connected with the pleasure seeking, hedonistic aspect of the self, which seeks a change of consciousness for the better. The story of dionysus, who taught men how to grow and tend the vine and to make wine because he felt that man deserved the ecstatic experience, epitomizes man’s search for a better […]
To dream of a camera, signifies that changes will bring undeserved environments. For a young woman to dream that she is taking pictures with a camera, foretells that her immediate future will have much that is displeasing and that a friend will subject her to acute disappointment.
To dream of drowning, denotes loss of property and life; but if you are rescued, you will rise from your present position to one of wealth and honor. To see others drowning, and you go to their relief, signifies that you will aid your friend to high places, and will bring deserved happiness to yourself. […]


It doesn't matter how many jobs he is able to temporarily buy with the $8 trillion-plus covid stimulus package. It doesn't matter how many times the mainstream media claims we are "in a recovery." The fact is, the majority of Americans are being priced out of integral markets and the longer this goes on the deeper the hole is dug and the harder it will be for people to climb out.
That's how most economic disasters work; the populace is not dropped into the pit automatically, the pit grows up around them over time. We have seen worse conditions in the US in the past, including the Great Depression and the stagflation crisis of the 1970s. The people who think conditions are bad now haven't seen anything yet (interest rates eventually climbed to 20% in the early 1980s, crushing borrowers). That said, there is a growing potential for today's crisis to BECOME the biggest financial crisis in our nation's history given a little more time.
Part of this ongoing problem is the heavy inflation in housing prices, and make no mistake, this IS one of the biggest threats facing middle-class America right now, which in turn affects people under the poverty line. Rental prices on the average American home have climbed to $2047 per month – The average in 2019 was $1465. That's a 30% increase in housing costs in the span of four years.
For apartments, the average cost today is $1372 per month, compared to $1078 per month in 2019. The rent-to-income ratio in the US is now estimated to be 40%; meaning, most Americans are paying up to 40% of their income just for housing. Anything over 30% is considered overburdened.
The average cost of a home was $313,000 in 2019. In 2023 that average rose to $431,000, far outside the annual income of the majority of Americans and pricing out over 67% of the population. As mortgage rates skyrocket and middle-class Americans are pushed out of home ownership, they then have to move into the rental market where the supply steadily declines and prices rise due to demand.
The problem is not just higher prices, this is merely a symptom. There's also falling availability across the nation.


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BP Begins Tests to 'Kill' Damaged Oil Well
The plan to seal the well, called the "static kill," was thought to have been ready for implementation as early as Monday, but preparations for the testing phase of the plan were delayed. The Q4000 vessel, which is being reconfigured to pump mud down into the well instead of siphoning oil out of the well, was having a small leak in one of its valves repaired Monday afternoon.
Now the earliest that the actual static kill could be tried appears to be Wednesday. National Incident Commander Admiral Thad Allen wouldn't commit to a date because of the number of variables involved in the testing process. He said the injection tests will determine if the heavy mud can effectively flow from the Q4000 down into the well.
Testing Could Take Days
Once the proper rate of speed at which the mud should be injected into the well is determined and the pressure levels in the capping stack are approved, the decision to pump cement in to seal the well with the "static kill" can be made. Allen said the testing process could take anywhere from 33 to 61 hours depending on whether they have to pump mud into the drill shaft, the entire well casing and the annulus in order to get pressure readings.
"We would like to have this thing ended as soon as possible," Allen said, "but we won't know the condition of the well until we start to put mud into it."
As mud is pumped into the well, pressure readings will be taken periodically. Pressure levels must drop to zero in order to continue to the next step in sealing the well. Allen said that if pressure levels don't reach zero, that means the mud is going somewhere "and that would be a concern."
If the integrity of the well were determined to be too unstable to go ahead with the static kill, it would take at least another five to seven days for BP to begin plans to use its relief wells to end the oil leak once and for all.

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text: It's time for another Player Interview! In this edition, we interview @Mister Tim, who is the current RBY OU Gym Leader for the PO League, which consists of a series of Gyms that are based on different tiers, and players can challenge these Gyms to earn Gym Badges, which are needed to reach the Elite Four and Champion. @Mister Tim is well known in the RBY community as a long-time RBY player with ample experience in the tier. 1. How did you first discover PO? I was invited to play by my old friend Parky while we were playing one Russian MMO game that was based on Pokémon (now Nintendo found it and this game can't use Pokémon pictures or names). Then, I found a good Russian Pokémon community called Pokécenter, where I met Kalashnolov, if anyone remembers him). With these guys, I became a big PO client user. 2. How long have you been playing RBY OU? I've been playing RBY OU since 2012, when we made a RBY tour to find good RBY players in Russia. I played one round in POWC, won against SteelEdges, and lost to Mibuchiha. 3. How does it feel to be a RBY OU Gym Leader? You know, my Gym is not very popular, and I can't say that it's hard to be a Gym Leader, but the title of one means that I must play against challengers and do my best not only for my win, but also to tell them about some weird mechanics (like Counter) and give some advice about teambuilding and moves. 4. Have there been any memorable Gym matches so far that you'd like to recall? Cuz my Gym is unpopular, I don't have memorable matches except my second match versus Melle2402, where my Clefable swept him away (Clefable is a RBY LU Pokémon, and I was trying to play with not top, but interesting teams). 5. What is your favorite and least favorite RBY OU Pokemon and why? My favourite RBY OU Pokémon is Tauros thanks to its high Speed and Attack stats. My least favorite Pokémon is Snorlax with Amnesia / Rest / Body Slam / Reflect. 6. What is your favorite conventional and favorite unconventional Pokémon to use in RBY OU? I like Electric-type Pokémon, like Zapdos and Jolteon. My favorite unconventional Pokémon is Kingler because it functions similar to Tauros when the foe is paralyzed. 7. What are your general thoughts on the RBY OU metagame? Do you like RBY OU better as it is now, or did you prefer it back when Body Slam could paralyze Normal-types? Through the years, the metagame has changed; a few years ago, everybody played a lot with Slowbro and Golem. Sometimes, we saw Psychic-type-core teams (Starmie / Alakazam / Jynx and the Big 4); some players tried to avoid using Snorlax and replaced it with Golem or Articuno, for example. After the Body Slam mechanic discovery, the game became less hax-like, as it was before in some mirror situations like Tauros versus Tauros, in which luck was a major deciding factor. 8. What would you say/do to a conventional competitive Pokémon player to get them interested in RBY OU? RBY OU is more like chess than other Pokémon tiers, cuz you are using a pool of 15-20 Pokémon. In this tier, your mindgames are more important than your luck or if you got counterteamed like in new generations. You just need to play more and face good opponents. We have got a very healthy RBY community on Pokémon Perfect, which has forged a lot of great RBY players. 9. If you could be a Gym Leader for a different tier, which tier would you choose? BW2 or ADV OU; they are my favorite generations. 10. Is there anything else that you would like to say to our readers? Thanks for reading; I hope you enjoyed it. P.S. Challenge my Gym more, pls!!! Thanks, @Mister Tim, for sharing your experience with our readers, and good luck in your future RBY battles! This edition of Player Interview is coming to an end, but there will be more to come. To nominate players to be interviewed, post here or contact @E.T. on the PO forums. Spoiler: Special Thanks Mister Tim - For Being Interviewed E.T. - Writer, Questions, Grammar Joyverse - Questions Sobi - Grammar JoyFrost - Artist Do you want to contribute to Articles too? Here's How to Become an Articles Contributor.

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Heritage Preservation Awards to highlight the best in historic preservation on May 19
Landmark NM State Income Tax Credit for Preservation of Cultural Property program nears four decades of success
NM Historic Preservation Division celebrates three decades of family-friendly archaeology with Oct. 15 Archaeology Fair in Bernalillo
NM Historic Preservation Division prioritizes chronicling African American experience in New Mexico with support from national grant
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The government has launched a “Lost and Found” website to help families trace the tens of thousands of children in the country who go missing every year – often abducted for forced labour or sexual exploitation – and are never found.
The “Khoya Paya”, or “Lost and Found”, website khoyapaya.gov.in was launched by Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, who said the portal would allow parents to register details of missing children and citizens to report sightings.
The information will be shared in real time with police and state authorities, which are mandated to register the complaint and investigate the case.
“It was felt that we could have this portal, where if a child goes missing, families can put the details and the picture onto Khoya Paya,” Gandhi said at an event to launch the website, which is the first of its kind in India.
“Then if you see the child anywhere, you can upload information and then the police see if they can correlate it.”
Around 70,000 children go missing every year in India, Gandhi said, citing figures from the National Crime Records Bureau. But only 73,597 children have been traced between January 2012 and April 2015, she added.
Child rights activists and government officials say that many of the country’s missing children come from poor rural areas or urban slums where they are at high risk.


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Career Club Interviews Jody Thompson, Co-Creator of Results-Only Work Environment™ (ROWE™), on Revolutionary Work Strategies
Career Club, a leading platform for professional development and career insights, has recently conducted an exclusive interview with Jody Thompson, the renowned co-creator of the Results-Only Work Environment™ (ROWE™). The interview delves into the innovative management system that has transformed work dynamics globally. Jody Thompson's groundbreaking work has reshaped the traditional approach to work, empowering organizations to embrace a results-oriented mindset.
Since 2003, Jody Thompson has been at the forefront of workplace reinvention, driving a fundamental shift in how work is approached across various industries and roles, be it location-specific or knowledge-based. Through the Results-Only Work Environment™, Jody has championed a management philosophy centered on autonomy and accountability, empowering employees to focus on achieving outcomes rather than adhering to rigid schedules.
With her remarkable expertise in revolutionizing work cultures, Jody Thompson has garnered attention from prominent publications and media outlets. Her achievements have been featured on the covers of esteemed publications such as BusinessWeek, Workforce Management Magazine, HR Magazine, and HR Executive Magazine. Major media outlets including the New York Times, TIME Magazine, and USA Today have also recognized Jody's pioneering work. Additionally, her insights have been shared on prominent news platforms such as Good Morning America, CNBC, MSNBC, and CNN.
In the interview conducted by Bob Goodwin, Jody Thompson provides invaluable insights into the Results-Only Work Environment™ and its far-reaching impact on organizations. She discusses the core principles behind the system, emphasizing the importance of focusing on results rather than micromanaging employees' time and location. Jody also shares real-life success stories and practical tips on how organizations can effectively implement the ROWE™ philosophy to create a more productive and engaged workforce.
"We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to interview Jody Thompson and gain deeper insights into her revolutionary approach to work," said Bob Goodwin, President at Career Club. "Jody's expertise and passion for transforming work cultures are truly remarkable, and her insights will undoubtedly inspire professionals and organizations to rethink their traditional work models."
The interview with Jody Thompson can be found exclusively on the Career Club's YouTube Channel and Podcast Platforms.


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Lobbyists For Farmers Active Against Cuban Embargo
By Alan Bjerga and Bennett Roth, Bloomberg News (TNS)
In the first quarter of 2015, the number of organizations lobbying the federal government about the Cuban embargo doubled from the previous three months. Senate records show that after President Barack Obama announced the normalization of diplomatic relations with Havana, dozens of organizations — like Marriott International, Royal Caribbean Cruises and Major League Baseball — rushed to send representatives to talk to members of Congress about repealing sanctions enacted against Fidel Castro’s communist regime by President John F. Kennedy in 1962.
They were late to the party. Farmers have lobbied against the embargo since before 2000, when Congress passed legislation allowing humanitarian exports of agriculture and medicine. U.S. farming accounted for nearly half of all entities lobbying on Cuba from 2003-05. When hostility from the George W. Bush administration dried up exports, farmers continued their quest to end the embargo.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that Cuba could be worth $1.1 billion to American farmers. “We have a natural advantage with our proximity, and we have excellent products,” said Justin Flaten, president of JM Grain in Great Falls, Mont., who started selling to Cuba 10 years ago. “It’s a great market for us. We should be in it.”
Flaten first sold pinto beans and peas to Cuba after his first business visit, in 2005. It wasn’t easy. Financing had to be through a French bank, and shipping problems sometimes resulted in his his crops sitting for days in Port Everglades, Fla., waiting for payments. The frustrations soured his taste for Cuba trade, he said. He last sold lentils to Alimport, Cuba’s state-owned agricultural purchaser, in 2010.
In June, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., who sponsored what became the 2000 legislation that let farmers sell to Cuba, introduced a bill with Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, to lift the embargo. The legislation would preserve a ban on government funds being used to promote trade. “The embargo hasn’t worked because it’s unilateral,” Moran said. “Cuba can still buy from our competitors.”
Not all farmers favor a quick rollback of sanctions. Janell Hendren, national affairs coordinator for the Gainesville-based Florida Farm Bureau Federation, said normalized trade would mean imports as well as exports. Farming in Cuba is highly subsidized, creating potentially unfair trade, she said. “We could be at a huge competitive disadvantage” on citrus fruit and vegetable crops. “We’re not anxious to have these problems.”
Florida’s farm interests are up against major U.S. players. Deere, soybean processor Bunge North America, and several state farm bureaus are in favor of opening Cuba trade, according to lobbying records. Cargill, the world’s biggest agribusiness, is bankrolling the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba, a consortium of commodity growers, farm lenders, and exporters.
Farmers may provide the muscle Obama, or his successor, needs to push a final deal through. “When I saw him say it’s time for a new approach, I thought, that’s exactly what I thought when I went to Cuba,” Flaten said. “There are droves of young people there who just want an opportunity. If you want to end the communist regime, you help give it to them.”
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On August 12, the Trump administration made crucial changes to the Endangered Species Act, which – if implemented next month – will affect both humans and wildlife. Critics of the new measures announced by the Fish and Wildlife Service say the changes are weakening protection for many species and potentially opening huge areas of land for oil and gas development, even while carbon dioxide emissions continue to heat the planet.
The Endangered Species Act was founded in 1973 under President Nixon with two-part support to protect wildlife that is at risk of extinction due to human activity. Since then, credit has been credited with preventing the eradication of 99 percent of the 1,650 species it has guarded. The latest legislative changes endanger the survival of many species, conservationists say.
“The law is extremely successful and has contributed to the restoration of species such as the bald eagle over the past 40 years. And so we have to make it work instead of paralyzing it, "said Kirin Kennedy, deputy legislative director for public land and wildlife protection at Sierra Club. The edge.
The changes make it harder to claim that climate change poses a risk to the survival of a species, which is particularly alarming given the recent United Nations report they discovered that up to a million species are becoming extinct thanks to human activity, including the burning of fossil fuels. Another change is weakening protection for species that are considered endangered in the future – the step below is being threatened. Currently, all endangered species have virtually the same protection as endangered species under the law. But soon, the protection for each endangered species listed in the future could be assessed case by case instead. In addition, supervisors can now consider how much it can cost to protect a species if decisions are made about the list.
But there are also branches for people and the planet if the Endangered Species Act is weakened. Making it easier to kick species from the list of officially endangered and endangered animals in the wild will make land that was once forbidden a fair game for digging up more fossil fuels that contribute to pollution and climate change.
Critics of the law have long claimed that it hinders economic development by excluding industry from resource-rich places where coincidentally endangered or endangered species live. The American Petroleum Institute said in a statement that it "welcomed& # 39; The new changes. US Trade Minister Wilbur Ross said in another statement, "The revisions completed with these regulations are fully in line with the President's mandate to relieve the regulatory burden on the American public, without sacrificing the protection and recovery goals of our kind."
Supporters of the environment, including organizations such as the Sierra Club and the governor of the state of Jay Inslee (who has positioned himself as the climate candidate in the Democratic primary race), meanwhile, singing another tune.
"The weakening of the #EndangeredSpecies Act is about making mines to coal easier and drilling for oil," Inslee tweeted Monday. "So this is not only bad for the bald eagle or the grizzly bear – it is bad for our children and their health."
Told Kirin Kennedy from Sierra Club The edge, “The lack of clean air due to pollution from extractive industries also means a lack of clean air for human populations. So what the Endangered Species Act does when offering protection to wildlife has an upstream impact on humans. "
Some people will feel that impact sooner than others. "Indigenous people were at the forefront of the struggle to preserve (Endangered Species Act) protection for the sacred grizzly bear," said Tom Rodgers, vice president of the Global Indigenous Council and senior advisor to the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council. The edge in an email. Attempts to remove species prematurely from the list of endangered and endangered species, "Rodger says are" Trojan horses "for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights and religious freedoms."
The Blackfoot Confederacy, including Piikani Nation, the Blackfeet Nation, the Siksika Nation and the Blood Tribe, have fought a decade-long battle to protect Yellowstone grizzly bears under the Endangered Species Act. Earlier this summer they were successful: the US Fish and Wildlife Service had to comply with the orders of a judge restore grizzly bears as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
They avoided a bullet by defeating the recently announced rule change – the endangered grizzly bears will still get the most protection available under the current Endangered Species Act. But other species mentioned in the future may be affected by the controversial new measure. The change of rules is already planned to be challenged in court by the Advocates General of California and Massachusetts. If those challenges continue, they would join a long list of other environmental challenges in Trump administration policies that are paving their way through the courts, including a massive lawsuit that involves the rollback of the Obama era plan to reduce emissions of power stations, challenged. Kennedy also tells The edge that the Sierra Club is considering its legal options to defend the Endangered Species Act.
“Our dear animals and ecosystems are in critical danger. By reversing the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration would put a nail in our coffin – all to increase the profits of those who endanger these species in the first place, "said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in a press release. "We are ready to fight to preserve this important law – the species with whom we share this planet and on which we depend does not deserve less."

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Melt butter and place in a shallow bowl. Add lemon juice and mix. Dip chicken into the butter mix.
Add buttered chicken into your breadcrumb mix and coat evenly. Place each on a prepared baking sheet.
Cook for 12 minutes, flip your chicken, and then return to cook for another 12 minutes or until chicken is fully cooked and both sides have slightly browned.

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Neumora Explodes onto Neuro Scene with $500 Million and Amgen Alliance
Fresh out of the gates with $500 million in financing, neuroscience-focused Neumora Therapeutics forged a strategic partnership with Amgen to develop and commercialize assets owned by the pharma giant, targeting casein kinase 1 delta and glucocerebrosidase for neurodegenerative diseases.
Massachusetts-based Neumora launched a portfolio of eight clinical, preclinical and discovery stage programs from internal discovery efforts and the assets from the agreement with Amgen, which backed the company with a $100 million equity investment. Neumora intends to develop precision medicines for complex brain diseases that have, so far, seen high failure rates by other drug development companies.
Neumora’s data science platform is designed to identify and define patient subtypes by mapping the mechanisms that drive brain diseases. Ahead of its launch this morning, the company secured multiple open-source and proprietary datasets across neuropsychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. With those tools, Neumora can then match patient populations with targeted therapeutics. This can de-risk clinical trials and improve patient outcomes.
Paul L. Berns, cofounder, chairman and CEO of Neumora, said the company was founded to approach drug development in a “smarter, more precise way.” Berns said they want to take the same approach to neurological diseases that oncology-focused companies took when delving into cell biology of cancer tumors. By doing so, those drug developers were better able to target cancer, and Berns said Neumora wants to do the same with diseases of the brain.
“Neumora is built at scale to pioneer potential best-in-class precision medicines for brain diseases, and we believe that integrating data sciences is the key,” Berns said in a statement.
For its partnership with Amgen, the companies will harness Neumora’s Data Biopsy Signatures and Precision Phenotypes technology and combine it with assets generated by Amgen’s deCODE genetics and human data research capabilities. Those assets, now under license by Neumora, includes
NMRA-140, a KOR antagonist currently in Phase II development for treating patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) with anhedonia. Additionally, Neumora gains the Phase I anxiety therapeutic NMRA-511, a V1aR antagonist. Other assets include a sleep disorder medication and other assets aimed at undisclosed neuropsychiatric disorders.
Berns said Neumora is excited to expand its pipeline with potential best-in-class programs targeting casein kinase 1 delta and glucocerebrosidase for neurodegenerative diseases. He added that with Amgen’s support, Neumora is poised to become a pioneer in precision drug development for brain diseases. They are looking forward to working with Amgen to advance promising new medicines for patients in need of better treatment options.
Dr. David M. Reese, Amgen’s head of research and development, said the collaboration with Neumora leverages his company’s “unique capabilities” from deCODE and Neumora’s “focus and expertise in brain diseases” to discover and develop potentially best-in-class precision therapies.
“Although Amgen is not currently engaged in neuroscience research and early development internally, this approach addresses our commitment to remain engaged in neuroscience through external collaborations, and we are excited to work with Neumora to propel R&D for brain diseases into the future and advance promising new medicines,” Reese said in a statement.
In addition to Amgen's $100 million equity investment, Neumora’s $500 million launch was supported by Series A investors led by ARCH Venture Partners. Other participants included Alexandria Venture Investments, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Catalio Capital Management, F-Prime Capital, Invus, Logos Capital, Mubadala Capital, Newpath Partners, Polaris Partners, re.Mind Capital (Apeiron), Softbank Vision Fund 2, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company) and Waycross Ventures (Byers Capital). Additionally, the Series A included support from other undisclosed investors.
“We built Neumora to pioneer the future of precision medicines for brain diseases. Traditional neuroscience R&D is constrained by a ‘one-size-fits-all’ treatment approach, often leading to underwhelming efficacy, high placebo response and routine clinical trial failures. Patients deserve better,” Kristina Burow, co-founder and director of Neumora and managing director at ARCH Venture Partners said in a statement.


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A GHRAC Working Group published common advices regarding the combination or sequence of actives ingredients belonging to group 15. The recommendation letter can be accessed here.
In January 2020, HRAC updated the mode of action classification scheme, adding new mode of action classes and reviewing the correct positioning of each active ingredient. For legacy HRAC group N it turned out that most of its active ingredients needed to be moved into HRAC group 15 (legacy group K3) and class N was deleted.
Combinations or sequences of products containing active ingredients from different HRAC groups are part of resistance management recommendations. In line with this advice, it is common practice for European farmers to tank-mix or sequence products of the former HRAC groups N and K3 to control grasses like Alopecurus spp or Lolium spp.
Based on this experience and the fact that HRAC group 15 (K3) covers a multi-enzyme mode of action with a complex pattern of substrate specificity, combinations or sequences of products containing active ingredients from the former HRAC Groups N and K3 (new Group 15) are still supported by HRAC.
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Fitness is all about being active and working out regularly. It’s about exercising your body on a daily basis. Fitness and health go hand in hand. Exercising the body regularly keeps the muscles in good shape. It stresses them out and breaks muscle fibers. The fibers are then built back again with the difference that they’re much stronger. This act of damaging and repairing muscles is the essence of working out. Efficient exercises stress your muscles with relatively less effort required on your part.
Fitness is clearly important to live a happy and long life. However, it hasn’t been until recently that it started to get attention from the mainstream media. In the past, only bodybuilders and athletes visited the gym regularly. While the benefits of exercise were known, the act wasn’t deemed necessary. Doctors were the only ones to advocate regular exercise. In the 21st century, fitness has been put on a pedestal. Almost everyone promotes an active lifestyle. Celebrities, musicians, actors have all started to endorse fitness as an important aspect of living a fulfilling life. They themselves set out an example that leads the way.
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However, with this increase in adoption of a fit lifestyle comes a major issue. Most people’s diets are fine-tuned to support a sedentary lifestyle. These diets don’t provide the required amount of energy to sustain strenuous activities for extended periods of time. Working out, as everyone knows, requires a lot of strength and energy. This energy can only be obtained by consuming the right food. So, what’s the perfect food which provides ample amounts of carbohydrates and proteins? While there are many great foods that work well with active lifestyles, grilled foods stand out as some of the best.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The G-20 nations are conditioning additional money for the International Monetary Fund on the European Union first increasing its financial stabilization funds to ease concerns about the euro zone debt crisis, officials said Sunday.
Officials participating in a meeting of G-20 nations’ finance ministers and central bank heads said an EU decision to add to the estimated euro500 billion ($675 billion) in firewall funds already committed to the effort would be essential before the rest of world considers contributing to the stabilization measures.
“Euro-area countries will reassess the strength of their support facilities in March. This will provide an essential input in our ongoing consideration to mobilize resources to the IMF,” the meeting’s closing joint statement said.
Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, said the expectation that the EU’s firewall fund will be increased was widespread among G-20 officials.
“They all expect that the euro area will strengthen, consolidate, reinforce its firewall to make sure that it is both adequate and credible before they look at increasing the firepower of the fund (IMF).”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner joined in the calls for the EU to do more.
“There is broad agreement that the IMF cannot substitute for the absence of a stronger European firewall and that the IMF cannot move forward without more clarity on Europe’s own plans,” he said, while noting the U.S. would not be making any increased contribution.
The weekend talks mainly focused on stability for the euro zone, where debt and economic problems, like the specter of a default by Greece, have threatened to destabilize global financial markets.
Though no specific amount in firewall funds was discussed, Geithner said the funds “have to be large … my sense is that they (Europeans) understand that.” Other officials said the added funds must be enough to calm market concerns and should be available to countries before they fully carry out promised fiscal reforms.
A senior G-20 official who spoke on condition she not be quoted by name said the consensus that the EU must act is broad, and include big potential lender countries like China and Japan. They feel the IMF can play a back-up role, but the EU’s own fund must be the first line of defense, the official said.
It appears Germany’s reluctance to further fund EU stabilization funds may be the sticking point, largely because the issue is a sensitive one in German domestic politics. Germany is the EU’s strongest economy and would probably be the biggest contributor, and the German parliament must still approve the current round of support efforts for debt-plagued Greece.
Geithner noted that “the G-20 is committed to making sure that the IMF has the resources it needs to help its members deal with the risks from Europe.”
German officials did not speak to the media following the conference but appear reluctant to increase stabilization funds.
In a column in the Mexican newspaper El Universal on the eve of the meeting, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble wrote that “should we increase even more the firewalls? The response is a resounding no.” Schauble also rejected sharing other euro-zone country debts or expanding the euro money supply to meet countries’ budget gaps.
“This would not only not solve the problems of debt and competitiveness that brought the affected countries to their current state of affairs, it would also discourage their governments from carrying out consolidation and reform,” he wrote.
But Olli Rehn, the European Commission vice president for economic and monetary affairs, said he expected euro-leaders to sign on. “I trust (they will) decide to reinforce this combined lending facility in order to better contain market turbulence.
Rehn argued that it is “better to take a preventive approach.”
“Prevention is always better than correction, and indeed as we have a large enough financial firewall, we are much more convincingly able to contain the market turbulence that may still return even if we have experienced a certain period of stabilization recently,” Rehn said.
Discussing other economic matters, Geithner called the appreciation of China’s currency, the renminbi, “welcome progress.” China’s currency has risen about 12 percent in real terms against the U.S. dollar over the last 18 months. But Geithner said the U.S. thinks it is in China’s own interest “and in the interest of the global economy for their exchange rate to continue to appreciate.”
He also said he had “a series of encouraging conversations with countries planning to significantly reduce imports from Iran,” to reinforce sanctions aimed at discouraging Iran’s nuclear program.
“We are seeing very effective cooperation from our partners on the financial front to help ensure that their banks cease transactions with the Central Bank of Iran and that Iranian banks find it harder than ever to facilitate Iran’s illicit nuclear activities or to help Iran evade sanctions,” he said at a new conference.
Turning to the U.S. economy, Geithner said, “this is an important year for financial reform in the United States, where we expect to have the major foundations of our reform in place by the end of 2012.”
While noting that the U.S. has made progress in some sectors on economic recovery, “even with this progress, however, the damage inflicted by the crisis will still take some time to repair. Unemployment, while falling, is still very high. And the housing market remains weak.”
Lagarde, the IMF head, said some of the G-20 countries voiced complaints over draft U.S. financial regulations that would prohibit banks from trading for their own profit.
Lagarde also noted “the global economy is not out of the danger zone,” adding that the recent run-up in oil prices represented a risk to recovery.
“We are obviously concerned about it,” she said. “It has downside effects and risks for developed economies … it has major consequences for developing countries.”