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Preeti Parashar, F.M Prasad, Shashank Sharma, Jolly Singg
Preeti Parashar*, F.M Prasad, Shashank Sharma and Jolly Singh
School of Chemical Sciences, Department of Chemistry, St. John’s College, Agra-282002(U.P)
Volume - 4,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2011
In the field experiment conducted in the varying plots in Etmadpur area of Agra region to study the physico chemical properties of six sewage samples and its effect on vegetable crop. Accumulation of mineral constituents and heavy metals in soil and vegetable crop like spinach and Okra showed varying results. When the sewage water samples (W1-W6) were tested the results were that all the samples were found in the range of (7-8 pH).CO3 is found maximum in 2 samples 2meL-1 (W5-W6), HCO3 is found maximum in one sample 18meL-1 (W2). Cl recorded maximum in 15 meL-1(W6). None of the samples (W1-W6) were detected suitable for irrigation as all were basic in nature. The class of irrigated water is found to be basic in nature therefore not suitable for irrigation. Certain vegetable crops like reddish, cauliflower, spinach etc were found to give better yield in this particular sewage water.
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Preeti Parashar, F.M Prasad, Shashank Sharma, Jolly Singg. Physico Chemical Properties of the Sewage Water Used for Growing Certain Vegetable Crops in Etmadpur Area of Agra Region. Asian J. Research Chem. 4(3): March 2011; Page 399-401.

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Defibrillation Doesnt Always Come Soon Enough
Reported July 31, 2009
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — The American Heart Association recommends that defibrillation be performed within two minutes of cardiac arrest. Wait any longer, and survival rates plummet.
Previous studies have found factors associated with individual patients, such as being admitted to the hospital for a non-cardiac diagnosis, or experiencing cardiac arrest on evenings and weekends, predicted delayed defibrillation. However, less is known about whether differences among hospitals are associated with these delays.
A new study finds that traditional hospital factors, such as case volume and academic status, do not appear to predict whether patients with cardiac arrest are likely to experience delays in receiving defibrillation.
Paul S. Chan, M.D., M.Sc., of the Saint Luke’s Mid-America Hospital Institute, Kansas City, Mo., and colleagues analyzed records from 7,479 adult inpatients, average age 67 years, who went into cardiac arrest at 200 hospitals included in the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR). Hospitals participating in the NRCPR in 2006 were asked to complete a detailed survey, including information about location, hospital teaching status, number of patient beds and the availability of automatic external defibrillators.
Rates of delayed defibrillationdefined as longer than the two-minute standardranged from 2.4 percent to 50.9 percent. Differences among hospitals accounted for a significant amount of the variation between patients; for instance, patients with identical characteristics had 46 percent greater odds of experiencing a defibrillation delay at one randomly selected hospital compared with another.
“However, many of the individual hospital characteristics that we exploredsuch as volume, academic status and hospital-wide mortality ratewere unrelated to hospital performance in defibrillation time,” the authors were quoted as saying. Only the number of beds and the location of the cardiac arrest (for example, in or out of the intensive care unit) were associated with the rate of defibrillation delays. There was no association between delays and geographical location, rate of cardiac arrest per 1,000 patient admissions, existence of an automatic external defibrillator program or most other hospital-related factors.
Patients at hospitals with fewer defibrillation delays were less likely to die in the hospitalthe odds of survival were 41 percent higher in the 25 percent of hospitals with the fewest defibrillation delays.
“Given extensive differences in defibrillation time across institutions and the recognized impact of delayed defibrillation on survival, the authors conclude, new approaches to improve hospital performance in defibrillation time could represent a critical area for quality improvement.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, July 27, 2009

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No-show jurors say system failed
Livingston County citizens called into court Wednesday for trying to duck jury duty said they did follow the rules, but the system failed them.
However, Chief Judge David Reader said the system has “worked very well” as the jury commission sends out 10,500 requests each year and the majority respond as required.
“I’d say the system was working as it should,” he said. “That doesn’t mean there isn’t improvement, and we are trying to improve.”
Eighteen people were summoned to court in March as court officials began cracking down on citizens who failed to show for jury duty. The crackdown was spurred when local statistics showed an estimated 33 percent of the prospective jury pool had failed to show in recent months.
Nine of those initial 18 returned to Circuit Court on Wednesday and Thursday for a second hearing, at which they were given a chance to provide proof for their absence.
Two women, who asked not to be identified, both said Wednesday they called the juror line as required, but the jury commission had no way to confirm the claims.
One of the women said AT&T told her they could not provide a detailed itemization of phone calls she made because local numbers were not tracked, yet the phone company also advised her they needed a court order to comply with the request.
“(The system) didn’t work because they have no record I called, and I did,” she said. “They have to have a way to identify us. It was an answering machine. … How do they know who I am?”
She was fined $50 and given a choice of which month she wished to serve jury duty in the near future. She picked August when her children are out of school and can help her with the family business.
The second woman’s fine was waived when she provided emails supporting her story about why she did not show.
“I called at the wrong time,” the second woman explained. “You’re supposed to call after 5 (p.m.) and I called before 5 because I work at 5. …
“I’m not going to miss it again. I will follow the rules next time (and) call after 5,” the woman added.
Attorney Heather Nalley, who served as the prosecutor for the jury commission, said each case was considered individually. In some cases, a fine may have been imposed if the person could not prove his or her claim for missing while another person may have had proof.
Nalley thanked “everyone who appeared,” calling them “cooperative and very willing” to discuss their individual situations.
“It’s my belief,” she said, “that jury duty provides one of the greatest opportunities that we as citizens have to perform our civic duty, and every person that appeared was cooperative. … So to me, it was a success.”
The highest fine ordered was $100 for a person who failed to appear for the initial show-cause hearing, which resulted in extra manpower — a county sheriff’s deputy had to personally serve the person with the notice to appear.
One woman, who failed to show for jury duty “five or six times,” was given a waiver once she provided proof of medical condition.
Court Administrator Coordinator Peggy Toms said while she can’t give people a permanent waiver, they will excuse potential jurors who can provide proof of medical conditions, but they still have to show up to provide that information.
Diana Lynn Hochstadt, who was not part of the group in court Wednesday and Thursday, said she missed jury duty twice due to other obligations — and when she showed up the third time, she was told it’s too late.
Hochstadt said she received an initial jury summons in October, but deferred it for a preplanned and prepaid trip to New Orleans. She deferred a second time in January due to a destination wedding and eye surgery. Each time, she said, she called and spoke to court clerk's about her situation, even recalling one clerk sharing her story about a trip to Cancun when Hochstadt said she was traveling to Mexico.
“It’s not that someone tries to get out of it,” she said. “I called and told them why I couldn’t make it. They denied even talking to me. … What really angered me is I could have gotten out of it (due to medical diagnosis), but I worked for a judge in Wayne County as a legal secretary, and I wanted to do my part as a citizen."
However, Hochstadt said her experience “has left a bad taste in my mouth.”
The women who had hearings Wednesday said they thought the process went well and they understood why the court requested their appearance. However, they hope the court can find a way to better track prospective jurors like them.
Reader said changes are coming.
Currently, the court uses a two-step jury-management system, but it will move to a one-step process in October 2017.
The two-step system requires the local jury board to qualify each prospective juror through a questionnaire and then summon those who are qualified to report for jury duty during the current jury term, which runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.
The one-step process combines those two steps — a move Reader said could save the county about 30 percent based on information from courts already using the process.
The one-step process would notify prospective jurors via email or text a reminder about jury duty.
“A lot of people, quite frankly, forget,” Reader acknowledged. “They get wrapped up with normal activities and this doesn’t fit in with the norm. … The one-step system sends a notice or reminder.”
To qualify, a prospective juror must live within the county and be at least 18 years old. Full-time students, citizens ages 70 or older and felons are exempt from jury duty.
The prospective jurors are randomly selected from the state’s Driver’s License and Personal Identification Cardholder lists for anyone living in Livingston County.
The prospective jurors still in the pool are then sent a summons that notifies recipients they are to report for jury duty.
The summons is an official court order and cannot be ignored.
All it requires, Toms noted, is for the recipients to call the court and learn if they are being called to jury duty.
“It’s a civic responsibility. We don’t want to make it onerous on people, but on the other hand people need to realize this is an important function of their government,” Reader said. “We’re blessed to have the opportunity to be afford jurors and have our neighbors make decisions.”
Contact Livingston Daily justice reporter Lisa Roose-Church at 517-552-2846 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaRooseChurch.


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This piece of the #1 highway winds along beside the Fraser River most of the way. There are 7 tunnels on this road, the longest of which is near Boston Bar. You travel through some really beautiful scenic areas along this roadway. This would be an awesome road to travel on a bike, too.We actually stopped along the highway and explored an old tunnel...more
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While on a very brief stopover in Hope, all was needed was a takeaway drink and sandwich.
I had a delicious hot chocolate with the trimmings, plus a sandwich, which was eaten in the park on the opposite side of the road on picnic tables.
The coffee house was packed to the rafters, delicious food on offer, both hot and cold, soups, sandwiches, cakes, hot food etc., plus a couple of easy chairs too as well as tables inside and out.
For those of you who are interested, there is also an internet cafe housed in the coffee house premises.
click here for info and pictures of the exterier and interier of the coffee house.
Thanks to this website, you can find the distances between Hope and other cities within British Columbia (as well as the routes and driving time).
For example, Hope to Vancouver: 147,7 kms. (2 hours 31 minutes).
We camped at this resort just south of Boston Bar on our way to Vancouver. There really aren't any facilities to speak of here, the laundry area is so run-down I wouldn't set foot in it (or the showers). But this is such a pretty spot, it's still well worth a visit.Access to the resort is via an old logging road. It is steep and twisty and not for...more
Hells Gate is located about halfway between Cache Creek and Hope. You can take an enclosed tram here, down into the canyon that has been carved by the Fraser River. Once at the bottom you will find informative displays about the fish ladders that have been built here to help the salmon return home to spawn. You can see a lot of the ladders the line...more
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Proviso, a collaborative chapbook between poet Steve Bellin-Oka, and visual artist Kristen Tomecek confronts the inordinate hurdles binational LGBTQIA couples encounter when trying to obtain green cards for the immigrant partner. Steve Bellin-Oka’s poems are built around actual immigration interview questions, and Kristen Tomecek’s abstract paintings respond to the poems. Interrogating traditional symbols of freedom like the Statue of Liberty and the bald eagle, Bellin-Oka and Tomecek explore how “leaving/is to die a little/and arriving/is to never really arrive.”
Steve Bellin-Oka was born and raised in Baltimore. His first book of poems, Instructions for Seeing a Ghost, won the 2019 Vassar Miller Poetry Prize and was published by the University of North Texas Press in 2020. He is also the author of four previous chapbooks, most recently Tell Me Exactly What You Saw and What You Think It Means (SCE Press, 2021), winner of the 2020 Blue Mountain Review LGBTQ+ Chapbook Prize. He has received fellowships from the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the National Parks Arts Foundation.
Kristen Tomecek is an abstract painter, graphic designer, and multimedia artist from Baltimore, Maryland. She holds a degree in Graphic Design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and is a member of the Maryland State Arts Council. Active in local movements to exhibit art in non-traditional spaces, Kristen’s work has been shown in unique locales throughout Baltimore.

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Those astounding numbers came as the city announced Tuesday it would create a temporary emergency shelter to provide housing for the overflowing surge of migrants being released into the city by immigration enforcement agents.
The city is now asking Hidalgo County, located in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas, to place a “temporary emergency shelter on property in McAllen on […]
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Mughal empire, courtly life, natural world, observation, album, plants, birds, watercolor, ink
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This painting of two vultures reflects the Mughal emperors' interest in studying and visually recording animals and their behaviors and attributes.
This painting is one of many works from an imperial album commissioned by Emperor Jahangir. In addition to other depictions of animals, the album included portrayals of the royal household and central administration as well as lavishly illuminated pages of calligraphy containing poetic verses. Like a luxurious scrapbook, such royal albums reflect the range of interests and refined tastes of their owners.
This scientifically accurate painting is the result of careful observation of two vultures. Close attention to detail is evident in the shape and color of the beaks, the proportions of the bodies, and the color and texture of the feathers, all of which help distinguish the birds as two different species: a red-headed vulture (on the left) and a long-billed vulture (on the right). Although the surroundings are minimal, they give a sense of the birds' habitat; one of the vultures perches on a branchlike formation, while the other appears to rest on a rocky ledge nearby.
The court painter Mansur was a favorite of Emperor Jahangir because of his ability to create highly realistic portrayals of animals and plants. His skill prompted Jahangir to take the artist with him on hunting expeditions and other journeys so that the painter could record the animal and plant species they encountered. Mansur also had access to the imperial zoo, which housed animals that had been captured or given to the emperor as gifts.
Sketching from nature was essential to Mansur's practice and Jahangir's zoo provided a perfect opportunity to draw a wide range of animals. He continually redrew his lines to account for the animals' shifts in pose and movement, resulting in sketches that appear both realistic and animated. In his studio, he used very fine brushes to apply opaque watercolor to selected drawings, creating a highly detailed finished product.


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Thousands of Rape Survivors in Thailand Are Silent; Abortion Laws Remain Stringent
Women's groups are fighting to help rape survivors in Thailand, where the stigma and shame associated with rape has pushed thousands of young women into muted suffering and suicide. The rape of young girls is also an important part of a larger campaign that will widen Thai women's access to abortion and to legal counsel. Abortion remains illegal in Thailand, except in circumstances where the mother's life is threatened or in which the women can prove in court that they have been raped. An estimated 300,000 Thai women undergo illegal abortions every year.
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7/30/2014 Fifth Circuit Court Rules In Favor Of Mississippi's Last Clinic - Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic will remain open after a the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against HB 1390, the Mississippi TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) law requiring abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at area hospitals.
Had the court not upheld the lower federal's court's injunction, HB 1390 would have shuttered Jackson Women's Health Organization (JWHO), the state's only comprehensive reproductive health center. . . .

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Laraaji - Celestial Music 1978 - 2011
‘Celestial Music 1978 – 2011’ is part of a trio of re-releases from All Saints Records of new age ambient pioneer Laraaji. Arguably the most exciting of the trio, ‘Celestial Music 1978 – 2011’ brings together a collection of early recordings, unreleased tracks and interesting collaborations with artists such as Bill Laswell, Michael Brook and Brian Eno. Harmonics are rife on ‘All Pervading’ which draws a hypnotic state through experimentation in pitch, speed and melody.
Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (Remastered)
Many consider fourth world’s Year Zero to be Jon Hassell’s 1977 debut LP Vernal Equinox. Over the years Hassell’s name has become synonymous with the genre, but at the time the innovations he and his ensemble made on this LP laid the foundations for a brave new (fourth) world. Backed by percussionist Naná Vasconcelos, synth-player David Rosenboom and an array of guest musicians, Hassell leads us into lush and verdant sonic terrain here. A potent brew of styles can be discerned in the fourth world DNA - Indian raga, spiritual jazz, Brian Eno’s ambient LPs, the devotional music that Alice Coltrane was making around the same time - and the likes of Midori Takada owe Hassell a huge debt.
Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres And Soundtracks (Extended Edition)
Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks, recorded and performed by Brian Eno together with his brother Roger and Daniel Lanois as a soundtrack to the 1983 feature-length documentary For All Mankind, understands that space travel is an extension of humanity, and not a break from it. Expanding on the ambient approach formerly codified by Brian Eno with 1975’s Discreet Music, the celestial textures of Apollo invoke a futurist pastoralism; great swathes of blissful ambience unfolding over delicately strummed guitars, flitting from graceful candour to trepidatious pause. Well before ambient music became a ubiquity on streaming platforms, the two Enos and Lanois were using it to invoke humanity’s future and, in essence, predicted it. Remastered and rereleased here to coincide with the Apollo mission’s 50th anniversary, this expanded edition includes 11 new compositions by the original trio, working together for the first time since the work’s release.


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APPLETON, Wis. – The Wheaton College baseball team wrapped up its 2017 season Saturday evening with a 3-2 loss to UMass.-Boston in the 2017 College World Series at Fox Cities Stadium at Neuroscience Group Field.
The Lyons season comes to a close with a 27-17 overall record and the program's third trip to the NCAA World Series. The Lyons concluded the regular season with a share of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Regular Season title, before earning an at-large bid to the Mid-Atlantic Regional. Wheaton won the region with a thrilling 1-0 win over Shenandoah.
Wheaton took an early lead 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI single to left center from senior Zach Goodwin-Boyd that knocked in junior Matt Cook. The Beacons countered in the top of the second courtesy of a sacrifice bunt from Anthony Searles.
Cook handed the lead back to the home team in the bottom of the third with a sacrifice fly to center. Junior Chris Ruocco came home on the play after slipping past the catcher.
The Beacons Chris Fowler knotted the game at 2-2 with a solo shot to left-center in the fourth. Neither team would plate another run until the eighth inning when the Beacons Josh Lopez came around to score on an RBI single to left field from Nick Herzog.


Beretta 92 A1
The Beretta 92 A1 is a variant of the trusted, tried and true 92 series 9mm. The main difference between the two is that the 92 A1 has a Picatinny rail (also known as a MIL-STD-1913 rail), on which can be mounted a laser or light. You can see a combination laser/light mounted in the additional photos below. Another difference is that the 92 A1 comes with THREE 17-round magazines – that is, of course, as long as you live in a state where there aren’t ridiculous mag restrictions. This gives you a lot of 9mm firepower right out of the box. If you don’t like changing mags, Beretta (and aftermarket co’s) offer a 30-rounder – you can see that beast in the photos. This particular gun has also had Hogue grips installed. As with all Beretta 92 variants, this is a quality, reliable pistol. The one in the photos shot 200+ rounds out of the box, with both the 17 and 30 round mags flawlessly. Beretta manufactures the A1 both in the USA and Italy. This particular one is made in Italy, as you might be able to tell from the markings on the slide. While the full size makes this pistol a bit cumbersome for concealed carry, it’s a great option for a beginner, and surely for home defense…. especially with that 30-round mag.


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Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Bylaw No. 1315-07 of the Town of Bonnyville:
That a 15% penalty be applied on January 1 of each year on those taxes that remain outstanding as of December 31 of the previous year.
Payments can be made through online & telephone banking, cheque through mail, through the PAYTM® App or in person at the Town Office.
PROPERTY TAX MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN
The Town of Bonnyville offers a monthly tax payment plan which allows taxpayers the opportunity to pay their annual property taxes over 12 months. Please contact the Town Office for further information and to fill out an application form.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets mostly rose and the dollar traded mixed on Friday as recent data that has underpinned hopes for sustained U.S. economic growth offset new data showing home resales fell to an 18-month low last month.
Cold weather and a lack of housing stock sidelined potential home buyers in January, the National Association of Realtors said on Friday, in the latest report indicating severe winter weather has dragged on economic growth.
Home sales dropped 5.1 percent to an annual rate of 4.62 million units, the lowest level since July 2012, the trade group said. Economists polled by Reuters had expected sales to fall to a 4.68 million pace last month.
A measure of global equity activity, MSCI’s all-country world index .MIWD00000PUS, rose 0.29 percent as major equity indexes in Europe and Latin America rose.
But Wall Street retreated slightly in late trade on options-related expirations. The S&P 500 also faced resistance as it flirts with its record high, and fears of an economic soft patch kept stocks in check.
“Any disappointing data has been shrugged off and attributed to weather,” said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles.
“The late-day selling was somewhat induced by the futures and options expirations on the close. It’s hard to put too much credence in the market’s action in the last couple hours because there’s so much positioning that has to do with where things close,” James said.
Corporate results helped buoy sentiment.
Priceline.com Inc PCLN.O jumped 2.5 percent to $1,315.65, and was one of the S&P 500’s biggest gainers. The online travel booking company reported results that beat expectations after Wednesday’s market close.
Hewlett Packard Co’s (HPQ.N) results also topped expectations, and the computer maker raised its 2014 profit view, but shares dipped 1.3 percent to $29.79.
Of the 441 companies in the S&P 500 that have reported earnings so far for last year’s fourth quarter, 65.3 percent have beaten analyst expectations, according to Thomson Reuters. Since 1994, 63 percent of companies have beaten estimates.
“I would say that the market is back to a presumption that everything is OK,” said Brad McMillan, chief investment officer at Commonwealth Financial.
“The Fed’s minutes highlight that they think the U.S. economy is going well, maybe better than well, earnings have turned out better than expected, and Europe continues to inch along. What’s not to like?” he said.
Minutes released on Wednesday from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting showed that policymakers generally “anticipated that the economy would expand at a moderate pace in coming quarters.”
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closed down 29.93 points, or 0.19 percent, to 16,103.3. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.53 points, or 0.19 percent, to 1,836.25 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 4.135 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,263.41.
A recent trend of companies in France delivering decent profits and better outlooks, in contrast to last year when a weak economy hit earnings and caused the CAC to underperform, has lifted the French benchmark.
French-listed oil services group Technip TECF.PA and construction firm Saint-Gobain (SGOB.PA) rose 2.50 percent and 3.77 percent, respectively, as banks lifted their target prices for the stocks after they reported results earlier in the week.
“Many are calling the French economy the sick man of Europe, but people are buying the future. France has so much potential to improve,” Markus Huber, senior sales trader at Peregrine & Black, said.
The dollar retreated against a basket of currencies, but managed to post its first weekly gain in three weeks. The dollar index .DXY fell 0.02 percent to 80.271. The dollar also rose to a three-week high against the yen, edging up 0.25 percent to 102.52 yen.
The euro rose 0.14 percent to $1.3737.
Brent crude oil slipped below $110 a barrel.
Oil prices fell, slightly eroding their sixth straight week of gains, as the colder-than-normal U.S. winter that has lifted heating fuel demand gave way to milder temperatures, triggering a sell-off in heating oil.
Brent crude futures for April settled down 45 cents at $109.85 a barrel. U.S. crude futures for April delivery fell 55 cents to settle at $102.20.
Bond investors, as often is the case, were a bit more skeptical about the economic outlook.
“We have not been trading particularly well in the face of soft data prior to today,” said David Ader, an interest rate strategist at CRT Capital.
“We know the data is weather impacted, and it will continue to be weather impacted for many weeks, so I do not think they will be able to sell off much in the wake of all that data.”
U.S. government bond prices rose, with the 10-year note up 5/32 in price to yield 2.7337 percent.
U.S. COMEX gold futures for April delivery settled up $6.70 an ounce at $1,323.60, with trading volume about 40 percent below its 30-day average, preliminary Reuters data showed.
In Europe, Spanish and Italian bond yields fell back toward eight-year lows in a broad-based rally in euro zone debt as uncertainty over the bloc’s growth outlook bolstered expectations of further monetary easing by the European Central Bank.
German 10-year yields were down 36 basis points at 1.658 percent. Bund futures rose 0.42 ticks to settle at 143.87 euros.
(This version of the story was corrected to remove reference Nasdaq closed higher in paragraph five.)
Reporting by Herbert Lash; Additional reporting by Nigel Stephenson in London; Editing by Leslie Adler and Chris Reese


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City of Bat Yam – A Decade-long Curatorial Urbanism is a decade long collaboration between the Bat Yam Municipality, local residence and Moria Architects. The collaboration became a unique model of an urban design process that manages urban expressions of people, space and time – an urban curation where space manages time, and time manages space. Bat Yam, a medium-size city of 160,000 residents, low socioeconomic class and high density has been divested, overlooked and mismanaged for many years. It’s assets and unique qualities forgotten. The city abounds with contradictions, varied ethnic groups and a strong sense of local identity. A stunning stretch of seafront serves as the city’s western border, while a busy highway borders the city to the east.
In 2007 a new city leadership searched for a direction or project that would lift the city of its anonymity. The ‘Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism – Hosting’ (2008) was formed as an action of curating public space. Its goal was to shed light and comment on existing but ignored urban assets and to create an insight into the chasm between the way a city is planned, lived in and experienced. Architects, landscape architects, city planners, and artists from around the world participated in creating “actions” across the city. In ‘Hosting’ the city was transformed into an urban salon that examined private and public and the city’s ability to host and be hosted. A second Biennale ‘Timing’ (2010), examined the ability to manage the space of time and the time of space – actions signifying a-temporal everyday urban experiences.
The two Biennale conceptualized a new possibility to intervene in public space through a bottom-up ‘Urban Action’ to reconceive the relationship between city officials and residents, professionals and laymen. Consequently, in 2010, Studio Bat Yam was established in one of Bat Yam’s run-down neighborhoods – a meeting-action place to negotiate fast spatial responses that identify and realize the needs of the community, the physical-material opportunities and appropriate municipal actions. The Studio activities or ‘Urban Actions’ were characterized by a broad range of actions. One type of action, ‘Urban Punctuation,’ is aimed to create a responsive design agency for abandoned urban spaces, a means for the city to continuously get to know and reinvent itself.
‘Punctuations’ were abandoned lots and building retrofits were infused with content as new public open space. For instance, in Side Effect, an abandoned and derelict building was retrofitted into a neighborhood event space. In Butterfly Garden, a parking lot was converted into a butterfly garden. What was once a liability and eyesore was transformed into places of rest, leisure, and activity. Throughout the city new trees were planted, existing trees were tended to for shade and microclimate; chairs and benches were scattered in places that were identifies as favorite meeting place; empty lots were designed as urban gardens.
Following a critical mass of ‘punctuations’ had been administered and a invigorated awareness in the city’s potential has been created, the municipality was ready to operate on a larger scale, both at the statutory and physical level, such as the waterfront, the abandoned industrial quarter and a landfill in the city.
Three large-scale projects ensued. The first project was a response to an attempt to clear out a landfill outside the city’s borders. Cleanup, landform and planting transformed the site into the Beach Grove Park as pathways, solar-powered lighting and shaded seating areas were added. Elementary school students took part in seasonal planting. What was initially zoned as a future hotel area was rezoned and remained a popular community park.
The second project, The Cliff promenade, responded to the collapsing of part of the cliff and the disconnect of the beach from the city. Two promenades were designed – a sea level promenade and a city promenade atop the cliffs. It became a catalyst to reinvent the relationship between the city and the waterfront and to advance the daily use of the beach as an urban asset. Existing concrete planters were recycled and used as eroded cliff retainers and support infrastructure, creating new terraces to view the sea.
The third project, the Bat Yam Pier, transformed an existing, weathered and dangerous concrete drain into a multi-use place – a popular fishing spot and a terrace overlooking the sea. It also became a beach-accessible ramp where until then had no beach access.
‘City of Bat Yam – A Decade-long Curatorial Urbanism’ is continually unfolding. It is taught as practicum in other cities across Israel – a working model to design urban public landscapes. It is a practice that challenges the role of the landscape architect as a savior from hell or a creator of paradise, replacing it with the idea of the landscape architect as a curator, catalyst, and facilitator.
Role of the entrant in the project: Landscape Architect, Biennale Curator
‘Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism’, ‘Hosting’ (2008),
Co-curators: Sigal Barnir, Tamar Darel-Fossfeld, Yael Moria
‘Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism’, ‘Timing’ (2010),
Co-curators: Sigal Barnir, Yael Moria
Project location: City of Bat Yam, Israel
Design year: 2007-2017
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Did we like it?
An underwhelming prologue melted away in the heat of the Dubai desert as the Doctor, aided by the sparkling Christina, led a bunch of bus passengers to safety from a swarm of mindless planet-killing beasts in one of the typical big, thrilling, dumb adventures typical to the series ‘specials’.
What was good about it?
• Michelle Ryan was very good as Lady Christina. She seemed to have been assembled from the memories of the Doctor’s daughter, Riversong and the Unicorn from the last series, but by the time she and the Doctor were wandering through the desert she had established her own distinctive character.
• Admittedly, because of the relentless narrative, there were occasions when she was given lines and ideas simply so the viewers wouldn’t forget she was in the scene, but her wire-aided plummet into the bowels of the Tritivore ship during which she exhibited both a charming naivety – not recognising the lethal security barrier – and the quick wittedness to disable one of the swarm was her zenith.
• This episode wasn’t brimming with emotional pathos, it was one of the frenetic breed that snarls, save for the calm before the swarm, whenever any of the characters pause to express emotion, and made for exciting television.
• David Tennant was, as ever, brilliant as the Doctor, managing to convey the eerie, indefinable tang of the desert sand. He also segued well with Lee Evans’ amusing turn as UNIT boffin Dr Malcolm Taylor, this spattered the script with some apposite humour to both relieve and complement the tension.
• Also sweeping matters along was Russell T Davies’ trademark use of the Doctor experiencing ‘Eureka’ moments – “Oh, yes!” – so the pace doesn’t get bogged down in stodgy exposition of the scientific minutiae of quantum physics – a technique also employed in the impenetrable dialogue between Malcolm and the Doctor, which the viewer watches with the same immature perspective of a baby watching two adults chat, uncomprehending of the detail but happy just to see the smiles of understanding between them.
• And the interplay between the Doctor and Christina and Malcolm was essential because of the mindless threat of the swarm. You cannot stage witty banter with an amorphous mass of metal locusts, and Russell T Davies cast them as the impending threat on the horizon – rather like the countdown to the Doctor’s demise.
• And it was the portents of this doom that added a chilling footnote to the episode. After the few swarm that burst through the wormhole were despatched by UNIT, the seer Carmen warned the Doctor that “he is coming through the darkness”, lighting the fuse on speculation about who “he” is – the Master, Omega, the Devil?
• And it’s because of the Doctor’s demise that one aspect of his character is becoming more prominent – his flippancy in the face of mortal danger. Perhaps because of his Timelord regenerations and his admitted love of imperilment, the Doctor has that trait common to a teenager, a sense of their own immortality. It was this arrogance that consigned Jon Pertwee to become Tom Baker, and Tennant’s Doctor is growing more and more supercilious with each passing episode, awarding the icon depth.
What was bad about it?
• The opening scene in which Lady Christina was forcibly inserted into the script as she descended from the ceiling suspended by wires, a la Mission Impossible, before swiping a priceless Anglo-Saxon artefact from under the noses of the same idiotic, incompetent security forces who were once adversaries of the A-Team. Of course, the acrobatics were a prelude to Christina’s plunder of the Tritivores’ engine parts and so justified.
• The Doctor’s now trite oaths to save the people in his care. On this occasion it was so cloying and sincere that it resembled the classic Father Ted episode where Ted pledges to save the bewildered priests from defrocking after they become lost in a lingerie section of a department store.
• Dubai – why? Aside from a few lovely shots of the desert, Dubai played about as bigger role as dignity in the career of Piers Morgan. The problem lay in that it was just a desert, a big barren expanse of land that looks pretty much like any other big expanse of land. Surely they could have filmed on some coastal dunes and filled the rest in with computers, especially when you consider the problems the crew had in getting the bus out there. It appeared the only reason for filming in such an exotic location was to trumpet the cultural significance of the series, and that it could afford to bunk off to foreign climes like a rich kid at school skipping the last two weeks of term for a holiday in Mauritius.


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Fan cam video: Dexter Lumis appears in the crowd at the end of WWE RAW
The August 8th 2022 edition of WWE RAW ended with AJ Styles celebrating his victory over The Miz in a NoDQ match but then Dexter Lumis could be seen at ringside being escorted away by security. It was previously reported that Lumis, who was released from WWE NXT in April, would possibly be brought back to the company under the Triple H regime.
Earlier in the show, a wrecked car could be in the parking lot during a Kevin Owens’ promo but it was not acknowledged by the announcers. It’s unknown if the car crash was related to the return of Lumis.
Lumis’ appearance was acknowledged on social media…
Dexy?! #WWERaw #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/zmwydoV3Dn
— Stu Bennett (@StuBennett) August 9, 2022
Here is the official WWE clip of Lumis’ appearance…
Looks like #WWERaw had an unexpected visitor…. 👀 pic.twitter.com/iPqxXNF02u
— WWE (@WWE) August 9, 2022
Here is fan cam footage of Lumis being taken out of the arena by security…
Not sure if this was aired or not but Dexter Lumis appeared ringside after Styles vs Miz #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/Z67sa6Hs9T
— Jared Gibson (@jaredgibsonn) August 9, 2022


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Bilathikadha is a Malayalam Romantic Movie written and directed by Ranjith. The movie stars Niranj and Anu Sithara in lead roles. Niranj is the son of actor-producer Maniyanpillai Raju. The movie is extensively shot in London and Scotland. It is reported that Mammootty will be doing a guest appearance in the film.
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First up, keyword CCREW0411CF ~ Catalog Focus *Punches*. We are to use the many and varied Stampin' Up punches in our projects. I chose to make a criss-cross card using the Sweet Stitches DSP along with the little tiny flower from Trio Punches. I love the dimension these dinky little flowers can add to a project. I added bling to mine :)
Here are a couple of close ups so you can see how it was all pulled together.
Keyword CCREW0411DF ~ Blueberry Crisp DSP, or the colour combo of Sahara Sand, Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla. This first card is made with the Flower Folds Bigz XL Die, the first pic is the flower all folded up with a ribbon to tie it shut, then you can see it open with the lovely sentiment in the centre.
When you untie the ribbon, the flower opens up, like this ...
My second Blueberry Crisp card is this one. It's a tri-fold. I love this one ;)
Keyword CCREW0411HF ~ Holiday Focus is on Mother Ocean ... or ... Watercolouring. Here's a very simple watercoloured card for this challenge. I adore these Scotties, I had a smile on my face the whole time I was colouring!
Keyword CCREW0411SF ~ Scrapbooking Focus was to make a page with NO DSP, so we were to make our own backgrounds. I am not a scrapbooker so I decided to make a picture with my lovely daughter, Sarah as my focal point. I made my background out of the Simply Said and Always stamp sets.
And that's it for my April Creative Crew Projects. I hope you get a chance to play along with us on Splitcoast, all the recipes can be found at my Splitcoast Stampers Gallery which you can find here.

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The Obama administration on Monday announced its latest attempt to stem the nation's housing crisis, this one focusing on borrowers who pay their mortgage on time but are unable to refinance their loans because their home values have plummeted.
Officials said changes made to streamline the government's Home Affordable Refinance Program could more than double the number of borrowers who have refinanced their loans under the program from the current 894,000. Still, that would be far below the 4 million homeowners who were expected to benefit from the refinancing program when it was announced two years ago.
What may get lenders' phones ringing is the removal of a requirement that excluded borrowers from the program if the amount owed on the loan was more than 25 percent greater than the home's value.
That rule excluded even the most responsible borrowers from taking advantage of historically low interest rates if they lived in neighborhoods where home values dropped precipitously. Some of these homeowners, underwater on their loans, chose to let their homes fall into foreclosure because they no longer saw the point in paying their mortgages, in a trend that has come to be known as a strategic default.
In the Chicago area, home values are down 30 percent since peaking in September 2006. Because lenders typically want to offer refinanced mortgages only to borrowers with significant equity, many people have been shut out.
"The barriers to refinancing have become more and more evident, more and more clear," said Shaun Donovan, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The administration's hope is that by helping the typical homeowner save $2,500 annually in a refinancing, program participants will spend some of that money, aiding the broader economy.
The refinance program, along with the much larger Home Affordable Modification Program, was announced in March 2009 as a $75 billion effort by President Barack Obama to help address the housing crisis, as one neighborhood after another fell victim to foreclosed, boarded-up homes.
While the modification component has had its own problems, the refinance effort's success has been limited because of the program's cost to consumers, a lack of willingness by lenders of second mortgages to participate and other impediments.
The program, effectively a loosening of lending guidelines for government-backed loans, works by enticing lenders to voluntarily make the loans. They do so not only to generate political goodwill but also to benefit by keeping a financially secure borrower and by attracting new ones who possibly can't refinance their mortgage at their existing lender down the street. Making the loans also lessens the number of potential foreclosures not yet in the pipeline.
Changes include doing away with or reducing some risk-based fees and closing costs, and in some cases eliminating the need to pay for a home appraisal because the program will rely on automated appraisals.
Donovan said there has been some discussion about using federal "hardest hit" funds awarded to states to help consumers with some of those costs.
Like all of the government's housing programs that preceded it, the reworked HARP program carries a long list of eligibility requirements. Some of the associated fees and other program specifics, which may further narrow the pool of eligible borrowers, won't be detailed to lenders until Nov. 15.
The program, voluntary to lenders, will be available only to homeowners whose mortgages were sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on or before May 31, 2009, who have a loan-to-value ratio above 80 percent and who have not refinanced using the program. Borrowers also must be current on loan payments, have no late payments in the last six months and not more than one late payment in the last 12 months.
David Stevens, president and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers Association, asked consumers to be patient because it will take lenders time to implement changes and begin processing refinancing applications.
St. Charles resident Matt Erion is among those eager to participate.
For the past two years, Erion has wanted to refinance his 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage on the home he purchased in the summer of 2007, a loan that carries a 5.875 percent interest rate. Despite never missing a payment and having a stellar credit report, Erion has been unable to refinance with any lender because he owes far more than home's worth.
"It's been very frustrating," he said. "It doesn't seem right and it doesn't seem fair. (The government) left people who were doing the right thing in the dust, but it seems like they're addressing it now."
His mortgage broker, Michael Lenzini of Milestone Mortgage Solutions Inc., has many customers like Erion, who either can't qualify for a refinance or, if they do, the extra risk-based fees tacked on make it cost-prohibitive.


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It forms rather small colonies and is exquisitely arboreal in its habits. On Key Largo and at Card's Point, I found it nesting in epiphytic Tillandsias in mangrove thickets; at Miami I saw a fine colony nesting under a piece of loose bark on the trunk of a living tree. (Wheeler 1910). It is a general predator and scavenger, and tends honeydew-producing Homoptera. Nests are in hollow branches and in abandoned termite galleries (Deyrup, Davis & Cover, 2000).
|At a Glance||• Polygynous|
- 1 Photo Gallery
- 2 Identification
- 3 Distribution
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- 5 Castes
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In the field Camponotus novogranadensis is easily mistaken for Camponotus planatus. Both species are dark-colored, non-glossy, and small (majors are about 5mm long). Camponotus novogranadensis is black, with brown or yellowish brown antennae, clypeus, and the sides of the face above the mandibles. Camponotus planatus is usually bicolored, dark red with a black gaster, but occasionally completely black. Under the microscope these two species are conspicuously different. The clypeus of C. novogranadensis has a strong, sharp, median ridge, absent in C. planatus. The mesosoma of C. novogranadensis is covered with small, semiappressed hairs and large, sparse, curved, proclinate hairs, that of C. planatus moderately densely covered with short, sub-erect hairs. (Deyrup and Belmont 2013)
This tropical species is widely distributed through Central America, Mexico and Cuba and enters the United States at the southern extremity of Florida and at the mouth of the Rio Grande del Norte. The Florida population is considered to be an introduction by Deyrup (1991) and Deyrup, Davis & Cover (2000). In Florida it is a common species in parts of Dade and Monroe counties, where it lives in tropical hardwood hammocks; also found sporadically in coastal counties north into Palm Beach on the East Coast and Hillsborough on the West Coast. Pest status: none. First published Florida record: Wheeler 1910.
Deyrup (1991): This species has always been considered a native in the Florida Keys, and was widespread at the time of the first list of Florida ants (Wheeler 1932). It is currently the dominant ant of most hardwood hammocks in the Keys. Nests are usually in dead wood, and it is easy to imagine C. planatus rafting to the Keys. It has always been difficult, however, to explain the absence of C. planatus from tropical hammocks on the mainland without invoking some strict ecological requirements existing only in the Keys. During the last few years I have found isolated well-established populations in Sarasota, Tampa and east Miami, and there are early records (Wheeler 1932) from Miami, Fort Myers and Coconut Grove. This suggests that the species is not confined to the Keys by highly specific habitat or climatic requirements, and shows that the species is moved about by humans. If it had been established in the Keys for thousands of years, it would have almost certainly become widely distributed through suitable habitats in south Florida. There are no other Antillean ants that are common in the Keys and absent from similar habitats on the mainland.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Deyrup, Davis & Cover (2000): At present this species is most common in the Florida Keys, where it is a dominant ant of tropical hammocks, including the best examples of hammocks on Key Largo. There are populations in several mainland sites, but it has not yet made significant inroads into the Everglades. It is probably a significant competitor of native ants and other insects that live in wood, and its activities as a predator and a guard of sap-sucking insects should also have ecological importance.
Aguirre-Jaimes et al (2018) found C. planatus was the most common visitor to extrafloral nectories at the base of the inflorescences of Vigna luteola (Fabaceae) in a gulf coast study site (southeastern Veracruz, Mexico). It has been estimated 50 species of plants (16 families, 31 genera), representing 5% of the local flora, have extrafloral nectories in the coastal dune vegetation where this study was conducted.
Association with Other Organisms
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- planatus. Camponotus planatus Roger, 1863a: 148 (s.w.q.m.) CUBA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 194 (l.). Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys): Forel, 1914a: 271. Subspecies of senex: Forel, 1879a: 97; Emery, 1890b: 56. Revived status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 248; Forel, 1899c: 141; Forel, 1901e: 371. Current subspecies: nominal plus acaciae, colombicus, continentis, esdras.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Wheeler (1910) - Major Length, 5-6 mm.
Head small, as broad as long, a little broader behind than in front, with straight posterior and convex lateral. borders and rounded anterior corners. Eyes rather large, moderately convex. Mandibles 6-toothed, with convex outer borders and upper surfaces. Clypeus sharply carinate, broadly rounded in front, with the anterior border feebly sinuate in the middle. Frontal area distinct, subtriangular, much broader than long. Frontal carinae not very strongly lyrate, twice as far apart behind as in front. Frontal groove distinct. Antennae moderately long; scapes terete at the base, slightly enlarged distally, extending to the posterior corners of the head. Thorax short, a little narrower in front than the head, somewhat broader in front than behind, the dorsal surface evenly arcuate in profile, flattened when seen from above and marginate on each side, where it passes over into the somewhat concave, perpendicular pleural surface. Epinotum with subequal base and declivity, the former slightly convex and square, the latter distinctly concave, the two surfaces meeting with a rather sharp transverse margin. Petiole moderately high, compressed anteroposteriorly, with convex anterior, flattened posterior surface and rather sharp margin; seen from behind, narrow below, expanded above, with broadly rounded border, entire or feebly notched in the middle. Gaster of the usual shape. Legs rather short; tibiae without bristles on their flexor surfaces.
Opaque throughout, except the mandibles, which are shining, finely striated and coarsely punctate on their lateral and apical surfaces. Head, thorax and gaster densely punctate; legs coarsely shagreened. Cheeks and clypeus with large but rather shallow, somewhat elongated, scattered foveolae; gaster with coarse, sparse, piligerous punctures.
Hairs very abundant, erect, glistening white; covering the head, thorax, petiole and gaster, especially dense and conspicuous on the epinotum and gaster. Hairs on the legs somewhat shorter and more oblique; on the antennal scapes still shorter and more appressed. Pubescence on the gaster long and dense; much shorter and more dilute on the head and thorax.
Head, thorax, petiole and legs rather dark ferruginous red; mandibles, cheeks, clypeus and often also the antennae suffused with yellow. Mandibular teeth and gaster black; femora, tibiae and tarsi often infuscated, except at the articulations.
Minor Length, 3.5-4 mm.
Closely resembling the worker major, but the head smaller and with less convex cheeks and the petiole thicker and blunter.
Wheeler (1910) - Length, 6.5-8.5 mm.
Resembling the worker major, especially in the shape of the head. Thorax robust and flattened dorsally. Petiole broader and more compressed than in the worker major, its apical margin sharper and with a rather deep and broad median notch. Hairs much shorter and less glistening than in the worker, though abundant and erect. Wings rather short (7 mm); almost colorless, with pale yellow veins and dark brown stigma.
Length, 4.5-5 mm.
Head slightly longer than broad, with large eyes and ocelli, its posterior border broadly rounded; cheeks subparallel, straight, somewhat shorter than the eyes. Clypeus convex, bluntly carinate, with somewhat projecting, rounded and entire anterior margin. Mandibles edentate. Antennae very slender, first funicular joint swollen, longer than the second. Thorax robust, with convex, rounded epinotum, without distinct basal pad declivous surfaces. Petiole low, thick and transverse, with rather sharp, entire dorsal border. Gaster and legs of the usual conformation.
Whole body subopaque, finely shagreened or punctate.
Pilosity much as in the worker minor, but less abundant. Scapes naked. Cheeks with a few blunt, erect hairs. Hairs on legs short, subappressed, longest and most conspicuous on the gaster. Pubescence apparently absent.
Black; mandibles, mouthparts, tarsi, genitalia and articulations of legs and thorax brownish. 'Wings like those of the female, but with even paler veins.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 248, Revived status as species)
- Deyrup, M. 1991. Exotic ants of the Florida Keys. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. 4th Sym. Nat. Hist. Bahamas: 15-22.
- Deyrup, M. & Belmont, R.A. 2013. First record of a Florida population of the Neotropical carpenter ant Camponotus novogranadensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 96, 283-285.
- Deyrup, M., Davis, L. & Cover, S. 2000. Exotic ants in Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126, 293-325.
- Emery, C. 1890b. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (6)(10): 55-76 (page 56, Race of senex)
- Forel, A. 1879a. Études myrmécologiques en 1879 (deuxième partie [1re partie en 1878]). Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 16: 53-128 (page 97, Race of senex)
- Forel, A. 1899i. Formicidae. [concl.]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 137-160 (page 141, Revived status as species)
- Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 334-382 (page 371, Revived status as species)
- Forel, A. 1914a. Le genre Camponotus Mayr et les genres voisins. Rev. Suisse Zool. 22: 257-276 (page 271, Combination in C. (Myrmobrachys))
- Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 148, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953e. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Part II. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 46: 175-217 (page 194, larva described)

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‘Davey’s Voice’ Formed in Response to Puppy Torture Case
Nonprofit will Raise Awareness About Animal Abuse in Santa Barbara County
Gretchen Lieff, a Santa Barbara local, has founded Davey’s Voice following the case of 20-year-old SBCC exchange student Duanying Chen, who fatally tortured Davey, his 5-month-old miniature pinscher puppy, last year. Davey suffered severe burns, broken bones, and cuts that ultimately left him incurable. Vets euthanized Davey shortly after Chen’s girlfriend rushed him to a local emergency clinic. The infamous case motivated animal rights activists across the nation to take a stand against animal cruelty.
Davey’s Voice specifically aims to raise awareness about animal abuse in Santa Barbara County by encouraging the public to promote animal rights. Through Davey’s Voice, Lieff plans to support local projects that inspire the Santa Barbara community to get involved with animal rights programs. Though 501(c)(3) status is not yet confirmed for the organization, Lieff has already designated a board of directors that includes actress and animal rights activist Linda Evans, as well as Montecito residents Penelope Bianchi and Marjorie Layden.
“We want to ensure something positive comes out of Davey’s horrific fate and pledge to make Santa Barbara the most animal responsible county in California. After that, we will continue our mission throughout the United States and beyond,” says Lieff. The organization is not involved with legislative activism directly, but is affiliated with other local nonprofit animal organizations such as DAWG (Dog Adoption & Welfare Group) and the Diana Basehart Foundation, which helps low-income seniors care for their pets.


Z-Projects evolved around the songs of singer songwriter Zuleyha Geels and four professional musicians; Selim Sert who wrote the music partitions and plays the keyboards, Emrah Yılmaz on guitar, Mustafa Telli on drums and Murat Görken on bass.
Most of the preparation for the recording was done through the sending to and fro of home recordings as Zuleyha and Murat live out in the countryside and Selim, Emrah and Mustafa are all actively playing in several bands with Istanbul as base.
The EP was recorded in a mere three days time benifiting from the fact that all band members have spent many hours on stage together while playing in other bands at various stages of their careers. This helped create a warm and familiar atmosphere during the recordings.
It was a first recording experience for Zuleyha though, who spent four months practicing an hour a day singing out loud in her car while driving to work.
This EP is meant to give a taste of the album that is planned for the near future.
released March 13, 2015
Vocals Zuleyha Geels
Guitars Emrah Yılmaz
Rhodes Selim Sert
Bass guitar Murat Görken
Drums Mustafa Telli
Percussion Hüseyin Cebeci
Saxophone Güney Ekren
All song arrangements by Selim Sert
Recorded at Hayyam Studios İstanbul


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Guarantor vs Cosigner: Understanding the Differences in Lease Agreements
When you’re ready to step into the rental market for the first time, understanding your landlord's expectations and navigating the application process can be daunting. Even with a stable income and good credit score, you may find securing your dream rental apartment a challenge. This is why some individuals consider a guarantor or a cosigner for apartment leases, particularly when they're renting for the first time. But do you know the difference between a guarantor and a cosigner? Don't worry if you don't - this article will cover all aspects of cosigners and guarantors, helping you make an informed decision during your application process.
What’s a Lease Guarantor?
A lease guarantor is a person who cosigns a rental lease alongside the intended tenant. They agree to pay rent if the tenant fails to do so at any point during the lease’s term. Because lease guarantors take on a lot of financial responsibility for the prospective tenant, guarantors are often parents, friends, or family members, particularly if the prospective tenant was formerly one of their dependents.
Note that guarantors and cosigners are sometimes referred to interchangeably because they both have broadly the same responsibilities for tenants.
Like guarantors, cosigners must also pay rent if a property’s tenants fail to do so. In essence, lease guarantors provide landlords with a bit of financial peace of mind.
What’s a Cosigner?
A cosigner is a person who signs a rental lease with you. In other words, the lease's liability gets split in two. It's between the cosigner and you.
Cosigners don’t have to live with you, but they are financially responsible for the cost of the rent.
Many cosigners actually contribute to the monthly rent by paying a part of it. Not to point any fingers, but this is pretty common between students and their parents.
Cosigner vs. guarantor
While the terms may appear interchangeable in a rental lease, there are important distinctions between a guarantor and a cosigner.
Lease guarantors are legally required to pay rent if it is unpaid by the tenant they are bound to. However, lease guarantors do not share the lease with the tenant they financially protect.
Instead, cosigners have the same financial responsibilities as lease guarantors. But cosigners are usually added to the lease as another potential tenant. They have the right to occupy the property, especially if the tenant leaves the property without paying their rent.
In essence, cosigners have more flexibility in terms of living situations. For instance, a cosigner on a lease can live in the unit and contribute their share to the rental cost while also taking on the responsibility for covering the rest of the rent if the other tenant defaults.
To summarize: cosigners might be immediately responsible for rent if they live on the property with their co-tenant, while lease guarantors do not live on the same property and are only responsible for paying rent if the tenant defaults.
Who can be your cosigner?
First of all, whoever you choose to ask should have good credit and a high enough income. The whole point of a cosigner is to boost your rental application.
The entire idea becomes redundant if you pick someone that can't afford the rent and has poor credit.
You should also opt for someone you’re close to. A family member or close friend are both good options. A lot of confidence goes into cosigning. So, you have to pick someone trustworthy but equally trusts you.
Who can be your guarantor?
Theoretically, anyone can act as a guarantor. But, most renters get someone close to them to take on this financial responsibility, such as family members and close friends.
On the other hand, some companies will volunteer to act as a guarantor on a lease agreement for fees. First-time renters should choose their guarantor carefully and remember the tremendous financial responsibility of the guarantor.
Pros and cons of getting a guarantor
Both guarantors and cosigners have their advantages and disadvantages. They can boost your rental application, prevent eviction, and potentially cover damages. However, they can also be expensive, equally liable for rent, and potentially risk their credit scores.
Pro: Guarantors can cover damages
Landlords always can approach the third party for damages or back rent if the tenant doesn’t pay on time.
Lots of guarantor leases even allow landlords to go straight to the guarantor instead of the tenant if they don’t receive a rent check promptly
Pro: Guarantors could prevent evictions
The presence of a guarantor on a lease is very useful for preventing eviction if a tenant is delinquent for one or more reasons
Pro: Adding a guarantor to your lease will help your renting chances
In some cases, adding a guarantor to a lease is easier than providing a higher than average security deposit. A guarantor can also make young tenants without a rental history easier to approve for landlords
Con: Guarantors are expense
Usually going to a guarantor will cost a month of rent, or more. Be prepared to pay your guarantor for services incurred.
Con: Guarantors are just as liable for the rent
Having a guarantor on the lease means that, if the guarantor also refuses to pay rent, the landlord must take two individuals to court. A guarantor will also be taken to court if the rent remains unpaid.
Con: Some guarantors don't cover outstanding payments
Not all guarantors are willing to pay rent for damages that their cosigner may incur, which can again make the eviction or payment recovery process more challenging
Pros and cons of getting a cosigner
People of all walks of life can benefit from getting a cosigner. Although getting one comes with many pros, there are also some cons you should be aware of. They won’t so much affect you (the tenant), but your cosigner.
Let’s go over the pros and cons of cosigning for an apartment.
Pro: Great for those with poor or no credit
Cosigners are going to be your best friend if you have a low or no credit score. The landlord reviews your cosigner’s credit score instead of just yours.
Their score balances out your low credit- a huge bonus when renting! It'll increase your chances of getting approved for an apartment!
Pro: Helpful for young people or first-time renters
Many landlords get apprehensive when renting to young or first-time renters. They don’t have any proof to show if they’re a responsible or reliable tenant.
As such, a cosigner acts like that extra vote of confidence. Cosigning is already a big commitment, so it shows the landlord that your cosigner trusts you.
Secondly, the landlord has a Plan B in case they run into issues with you during your tenancy. It’s pretty much a fail-proof plan to them!
Pro: A good option for people with poor rental history
It can be harder to find an apartment for those who have an eviction, broken lease, or default on their file. You can increase your chances of securing a rental apartment if you get a cosigner to back you up.
Pro: Great for those who have a lower or no income
Landlords typically pay close attention to your income. They want to ensure that you’re making enough to pay rent at the beginning of every month.
It can be very helpful to cosign with someone if you have a lower/no income. Your cosigner's salary supplements what you have to present to the table. It's almost like applying with two incomes!
Con: Can lower the cosigner’s credit
If you miss or default on a rent payment, this could negatively impact your cosigner's credit. It doesn’t matter whether they’re living in the apartment or not.
A missed payment can land on the cosigner's file if the landlord decides to report it to the credit bureau. Since the cosigner is also financially responsible for the rent, their credit gets hit.
Con: It can ruin relationships
Cosigning is a huge commitment. They’re legally bound to your lease. So, if you run into issues throughout your tenancy (aka you don’t pay rent), your cosigner has to pick up the pieces. These financial burdens could seriously damage or even ruin your relationship with them.
Con: They can be hard to find
As we’ve stated one too many times by now, cosigning is a big responsibility. As such, few people might be willing to cosign a lease with you. This makes things a little complicated if you’re really in need of one.
Con: Cosigners can be costly
If you can’t find a cosigner, you can always source someone to help you. Cosigning services are the perfect solution for those who don’t have anyone they can use.
Yet, these services cost a pretty penny. They'll run up those charges associated with applying for a rental.
There ya have it! These are the basics surrounding cosigners vs. guarantors.
If you're in the market for a new rental home, Lighthouse also gives cash back on newly signed leases. Find a home on your own or with the help of our team of experts, called Lightkeepers!

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MUNGRET ST PAUL’S GAA CLUB NOTES
Congratulations to John Kiely and all the Limerick panel for a fantastic game and bringing back the joy and happiness to all the Limerick supporters. LUIMNEACH ABU.
Congratulations to Conor O’ Lonaigh, Daniel O’ Connell, Rory Mullins, Liam Ahern and Conor Crowley who made the U-14 Limerick football academy representing Mungret St. Paul’s. Congratulations also to Conor Mangan for making the U-14 Limerick Hurling panel.
Mungret St. Pauls 2-9 Garryspillane 1-16
The U-15 Division 2 hurling semi final was played in Mick Neville Park on Monday 16 August 2021. This was a brilliant battle from both sides as very little separated the teams with the game finishing 1-10 to 2-7 bringing the game into extra time. Again both sides were very close but Mungret St. Pauls ran out of juice in the second half of extra time and Garryspillane excelled to go through to the Final. Well done to our players and management who put in a lot of work not only in the game but through out in training.
Mungret St. Pauls 2-13 Adare 0-4
On home soil on Tuesday 17 August 2021 our U-19 Premier Footballers opened their Championship with a onesided game when they crowded Adare and took a well earned win. It was a low scoring first half with only six points scored with Adare on just one point. Mungret St. Pauls put in a stronger scoring third quarter scoring a goal and four points the final quarter was equally as strong matching the previous quarters score. Adare managed to score another three points before the final whistle.
Mungret St. Pauls 1-19 Bruff 0-18
On Wednesday 18 August our U-17 Division 1 hurlers welcomed Bruff to Mungret where both sides were evenly matched but Mungret St. Pauls managed a ball into the net which won the game for them.
They were four points each at the first water break, with both sides matching each others points by the half time whistle Bruff had a slight lead with one point but it was level again by the second water break, an exciting match to watch as a supporter from either side as all the players put everything they had into the game. The final quarter Mungret St. Pauls pulled out all the stops, they saw an opportunity and stuck the ball into the net to give them a stronger lead, with a final point Mungret St. Pauls eventually got the strong lead they were looking for.
A special word of Thanks to Fintan Hynes for keeping our supporters at home up to date on the score of this and previous matches.
Mungret St. Pauls 0-11 Adare 1-2
On a dry Thursday 19 August 2021 in Mungret our U-13 hurlers took on Adare in their last game of the group. The first half was an even game as both sides fought for possession, Mungret St. Pauls had a one point lead at the break. The second half, Mungret St. Pauls pulled out all the stops and pushed their score on with an additional 5 points while holding back Adare to not scoring in this half.
While this match was taking place our U-12 hurlers played an Adare U-12 team which was evenly contested with some great skill shown on both sides.
U-19 PREMIER HURLING
Mungret St. Pauls 4-22 Ahane 1-11
Friday 20 August 2021 in Mungret our U-19 Premier Hurlers played a good game against Ahane. Mungret St. Pauls had a strong second quarter that helped in separating the two sides with Ahane left to do a lot of catching up.
Mungret St. Pauls had the first score on the board but Ahane quickly followed up with a score and just on the first water break Ahane scored their sixth point to level the game. The second quarter Mungret St. Pauls prevented Ahane from putting up any more scores while they went on and added on two great goals and seven more points. This widened the gap to 13 points.
With the restart whistle still echoing Mungret St. Pauls had struck the ball into the net for the third time, followed up by a pointed free. Ahane then found their scores again with 2 points and a goal, Mungret St. Pauls matches this score. There was 1 more point to each side before the water break. In the last quarter Ahane pointed two more balls but it was Mungret St. Pauls that finished the game out with five more points extending their lead.
Team; Rian Murphy, Eamonn Flahive, Odhran O’Dwyer, Darragh O’Connor, Barry Duff (0-1), Daragh Bridgeman, Brian O’Meara (0-2), Cillian Archer (1-1), Conor O’Halloran (0-1), Darragh O’Hagan (0-5, 0-2 frees), Jack McCarthy, Cillian O’Gorman, Conor O’Malley (2-1), Mark Moroney (0-4), Liam Lynch (1-6, 0-4 frees), David Geary, Dermot Moloney, Colin Rochford (0-1), Ciaran Kenny, Fionn O’Dwyer, David Hassett, Tom Morrisson.
U-15 FEILE HURLING
Well done to our Feile hurlers who topped their group against Knockaderry and Kildimo Pallaskenry on Friday 20 August 2021 and went on to the quarter final against St. Kierans. Mungret St. Pauls did not let St. Kierans close enough to score too much which put them into the Semi Final against Newcastle West where they continued on their scoring streak and progressed onto the Final where they met with Ahane in what was a great game but maybe a game too much as Ahane ended up the Feile B winners.
Well done to all our players who put a lot of effort and energy into each game, we look forward to seeing these players develop over the years.

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When owners don’t pay their association fees, the rest of the property owners have to make up the difference through higher fees, special assessments, or reduced spending on community amenities and upkeep.
If the unpaid assessments are large enough, the condominium or homeowner board can face a financial crisis with devastating effects. Sizeable debt can cripple or destroy an association if it is not resolved.
Many banks will not loan an association money for capital improvements if 8% of an association’s units fall behind on their payments. At 15% delinquency, they can no longer attain a federally backed mortgage, meaning that only cash buyers are eligible to buy foreclosed units. Because there is no competition from traditional mortgage-backed buyers, cash buyers pay far less than what the property should be worth, and property values drop.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that HOA fees average $420 annually for single-family homes and $2,400 for condos. An association’s budget can quickly be destroyed when even a few homeowners stop making their association fee payments.
Experts say that non-payment of HOA & COA fees is one the top problems facing condo, single-family, and other planned development associations nationally.
Trying to collect assessments can be expensive, frustrating, and confusing. But associations do have a variety of strategies available for them to collect unpaid fees.
When it comes to collecting past due accounts, sooner is always better. Even though it may be uncomfortable, associations need to be absolutely unforgiving on paying dues. Let the owners know upfront what is expected, and the exact actions that will be taken on late payments. Remind owners of these expectations on a regular basis.
Draw A Hard Line
Once the board has established the precedents, never vary. Don’t forgive late fees, fines, or legal fees. If you let one delinquency slide, you open the door to even more problems.
Understand Your Options
Read what your association’s bylaws say about can be done about delinquent dues. Understand these options and seek expert help if needed. Make sure you know the costs of any actions the board could take.
Depending on the association’s bylaws and state laws, you may be able to take away the right to use facilities such as pools, gyms, tennis courts, and common-area privileges. This tactic also is helpful with rental units. Tenants will typically put pressure on their landlord if they can’t use the amenities.
Stay tuned for Part Two in this series with more ideas on what associations can Do to Collect Delinquent COA & HOA Fees?
LM Funding provides funding solutions to condo and homeowner associations (COAs & HOAs) to recover delinquent association dues and guaranty future association budgets using proprietary technology.


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Aim: To report the development and psychometric testing of the Moral Distress Thermometer. The Moral Distress Thermometer is a new screening tool to measure moral distress in nurses who practise in the hospital setting.
Background: Moral distress occurs when one knows the ethically correct thing to do, but is prevented from acting on that perceived obligation. It is a well documented phenomenon with negative consequences that may be experienced by nurses. Creating an instrument to effectively and efficiently measure moral distress in a timely way has been identified as a priority for nursing.
Design: This study used a cross-sectional survey design.
Methods: Data collection for this research occurred in 2009. Participants simultaneously completed either the adult or pediatric version of the Moral Distress Scale version 2009 and the Moral Distress Thermometer. A total of 529 participants from various clinical areas completed both tools.
Results: Coefficients alpha were adequate for both Adult (0·90) and Pediatric (0·92) Moral Distress Scale 2009 scales. Statistically significant Pearson correlations were found for the Moral Distress Thermometer with Adult Moral Distress Scale 2009 and Pediatric Moral Distress Scale 2009 and higher Moral Distress Thermometer, Adult Moral Distress Scale 2009 and Pediatric Moral Distress Scale 2009 means for participants who had left or who considered leaving a position because of moral distress.
Conclusion: These findings provide support for the validity of the Moral Distress Thermometer.
© 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Based on his many years of study and aesthetic sense, he expresses and publishes his own new calligraphy, studying Edo cultural history and art theory. At Park Hotel Tokyo (Shiodome), he created an artist room "Zen". The depth of Japanese tradition and spirituality is expressed through the room.
"Bushido" is well known overseas as "BUSHIDO" as a guideline that shows the spirituality of Japan (people).
It is a Japanese-modern piece with a romaji sign as opposed to the kanji character "Bushido". It is a spectacular folding screen that looks great not only as a work of art but also as an interior decoration.
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