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Cognitive Symptoms in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder and Their Implications for Clinical Practice
Context: The literature regarding cognitive symptoms in major depressive disorder (MDD) is vast and often contradictory. To provide clinicians with a concise understanding of these prevalent and disabling symptoms, this overview describes what is known regarding cognitive symptoms in patients with MDD, the limitations of the current literature, and the implications of these data for current and future clinical practice.
Evidence Acquisition: PubMed searches were conducted to identify studies, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews evaluating cognitive function (not cognitive bias) in patients with MDD. Search terms used in combination with MDD were cognition, cognitive dysfunction, memory, psychomotor processing, and executive function. Searches were limited to articles available in the English language and those published between April 2007 and March 2012. Additional studies and those describing screening tools were identified using reference lists and PubMed "related citations." Ongoing trials were identified by searching for cognitive dysfunction and MDD at www.ClinicalTrials.gov. Relevant articles were obtained and reviewed by the author.
Results: Small sample size and inconsistent assessment tools were identified as major limitations of studies assessing clinical characteristics and risk factors for cognitive symptoms. Meta-analyses and systematic reviews were used to mitigate this limitation.
Conclusions: Cognitive symptoms of depression are prevalent and associated with earlier illness onset and longer episode duration. They can have an adverse impact on the treatment course of MDD as well as on functional recovery in depression. Further studies are needed to help determine whether certain treatments can be more effective than others at targeting these symptoms.
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Online ahead of print: December 10, 2013 (doi:10.4088/JCP.13r08710).
Corresponding author: George I. Papakostas, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, One Bowdoin Sq, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02114 (email@example.com).
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- Elroy Air’s Chaparral aircraft is an eVTOL aerial cargo system that can autonomously pick up 300-500 pounds of cargo and deliver it by air up to 300 miles
- FedEx believes that innovation and automation will improve safety, efficiency, and productivity for the company’s team members
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. is teaming up with Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. As a first of its kind agreement in the U.S., FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. This is the latest initiative from FedEx in its effort to explore and adopt emerging technologies across its networks.
The exponential growth of e-commerce has accelerated the demand for reliable, efficient transportation and logistics solutions throughout all stages of the supply chain. FedEx believes that continued innovation and automation will improve safety, efficiency, and productivity for the company’s 600,000 team members as they continue to move the world forward.
Elroy Air announced its signature Chaparral autonomous aircraft in January 2022. The Chaparral aircraft is an eVTOL aerial cargo system that can autonomously pick up 300-500 pounds of cargo and deliver it by air up to 300 miles. The Chaparral is capable of longer-range flights without the need for additional infrastructure, such as airports or charging stations.
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Title:Political legitimacy and European Monetary Union : contracts, constitutionalism and the normative logic of two-level games Author(s):BELLAMY, Richard (Richard Paul); WEALE, AlbertDate:2015Citation:
- Journal of European public policy, 2015, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 257-274
Type:ArticleAbstract:The crisis of the euro area has severely tested the political authority of the European Union (EU). The crisis raises questions of normative legitimacy both because the EU is a normative order and because the construction ...
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- Parliamentary affairs, 2014, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 437-457
Type:ArticleAbstract:The Lisbon Treaty grounds the European Union (EU) in the principles of political equality and representative democracy. It also acknowledges the role national parliaments play in realising these norms within the EU’s system ...
Title:The democratic legitimacy of international Human Rights conventions : political constitutionalism and the European Convention on Human Rights Author(s):BELLAMY, Richard (Richard Paul)Date:2014Citation:
- European journal of international law, 2014, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 1019-1042
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Oscar Mbo was called out yesterday by a DJ with handle @DeejayArchieSA accusing him of ducking with his booking fee after he booked him in December through his manager Yolisa.
It was stated that Oscar was supposed to play at his gig on 28 December 2021 but he did not. @DeejayArchieSA earlier tweeted, “OK I booked Oscar Mbo last year December through his manager Yolisa, I paid them the full amount according to our agreement. Ok, Oscar didn’t pitch ka di 28 December. I am still waiting for a refund even now. He blocked my calls and his manager is not taking my calls. I need a refund”
Well, the DJ has revealed that the artiste has reportedly refunded the money as he took to Twitter to thank folks for their efforts in helping him. He wrote, “They just refunded me, Thank you all for the comments and making sure this trends, ka leboga”
After announcing the refund some tweeps have taken to the comment section to react as one Kabelo jabbed Oscar, “The level of disrespect from that bunch, so u had to apologize to Ur clients that paid money to come see someone and all they could do is cancel a day before unprofessional I can’t imagine what this did to Ur brand.
They just refunded me,Thank you all for the comments and making sure this trends,ka leboga pic.twitter.com/RE6zXoobrA
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MULTAN, Sep 29 (APP):Former prime minister and Senator, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, on Friday said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was ready for general elections.
Talking to media persons here, Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani welcomed the election announcement by the Election Commission saying that there was no ambiguity that the elections would be held in the last week of January. He however demanded that the ECP should announce the exact date for elections.
To a question about alliance with any party, Gillani stated that PPP has no alliance with any political party so far.
To a question about Nawaz Sharif return to Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gillani said that they welcomed the former prime minister. Nawaz Sharif should come and participate in politics as PPP had no objection.


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Advice on using a pore filler after staining and sealing, to fill grain without hiding the dark grain pattern. We are doing a staining job for 6 Columns and some light trays that were all veneered with Red Oak. The result is very nice as far as consistency but the deep grains of the red oak veneer are not filling up the way we want. Based on the pictures I've seen, I’d suggest that you use a translucent grain filler whenever you use oak, mahogany etc. To Paul Snyder, forum technical advisor: I noticed above you said "It's easier to stain the wood, seal it, smooth the sealer, then use a pore filler". After the pore filler you may be able to get away with synthetic steel wool to clean up the field. If you're working with a finishing supplier, they should have a pore filler and tint it if you want them to. If you have a question regarding a Knowledge Base article, your best chance at uncovering an answer is to search the entire Knowledge Base for related articles or to post your question at the appropriate WOODWEB Forum.
If the veneer is still in tact and I can’t slide something under it, I leave it alone! I used a razor blade to cut a slit in the raised veneer then carefully peeled it back until I reached a point of stability. I have a table with a veneer top that someone tried to sand and it must have been too thin of veneer and now I have to (about the size of a quarter) dark brown spots on the top of the table. If the pin holes are not completely filled after vacuum pressing the panel, a custom wood filler can be made by mixing fine sawdust (such as what you find in the bag on your random orbit or belt sander) with veneer glue. An end or edge split in a raw wood veneer can usually be fixed before it is applied to the project panel. Cracks can also occur when a veneer loses too much moisture (or loses moisture too quickly). When the split has been minimized via moisture, apply no-hole veneer tape across the split on the face side of the veneer.
Though it is rare, a split can appear after a veneer has been applied to the project surface. This is antiophthalmic factor freshly restaurant that opened Indiana majestic Oak Wolverine State that had to constitute renovated before African Mahogany. Items single fifteen of 15 just about species we offer are Anigre Ash Birch Cherry Hickory Maple scarlet Oak White Oak Rosewood Teak Walnut. We are trying to achieve an extremely smooth finish without the deep red oak grain being indented. Remove all dust off the veneer and then shoot 2 100% coats of ML Campbell WoodSong 2 Microton spray stain (WS2 M307 Red).
We even tried heavily sanding the veneer before shooting the stain to smooth it out some and it just lost that dark color grain it had. You could use a catalyzed sealer and keep sanding it back aggressively until the pores are filled and leveled, but that's quite a bit of work. I’ve probably tried them all and had success with each…well, except for patching with more veneer! Even if the areas around it are missing, it will serve as a guide for my filler depth later on! There are several wood fillers on the market that claim to be stainable but I’ve not found one that accepts the stain evenly or looks like the rest of the piece. One question though- I am trying to locate the filler material that you are using and am having trouble even finding it online. They are typically created when the wood cells shrink during the drying process at the mill. I highly suggest using a spritz of Super Soft 2 veneer softener a minute or two before punching out a veneer patch to make the cut cleanly and easily.
You could use a veneer punch to remove it but if you would like to keep the bark patch, just veneer the piece as usual and after the veneer glue has cured, dab in some thin cyanoacrylic glue (super glue) to the bark. When this happens, internal stresses become so strong that the wood cells shrink, lose elasticity, and then separate from each other.
Do not put water directly on the veneer but be sure to moisten the entire surface of the paper towels.
To get the best results, place tape on one side of the split then pinch the end of the tape between the veneer and your thumb. However, if a wood tone is needed, you'll need to add some sanding dust to the epoxy (preferably of a species similar in color to the veneer).
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All I want to be able to do is fill those open pores up without losing the black or dark grain. There’s nothing worse than your filler hardening up right in the middle of a project!
If your damage is as extensive as this one was, the filler required would be too large and would look totally different if stained. The picture at the right shows excessive holes but this is still a very nice veneer that looked fine when properly finished.
The added moisture will help to gradually expand the wood cells around the split and which will decrease the gap.
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For this post, I chose my go-to route for repairing missing and damaged veneer on a bed and a chest. The dry, brittle wood will also absorb the paint and topcoat differently, leaving a blotchy area. Hold down the stable part of the veneer with your free hand then snap the loose veneer to that point. Keep in mind that this can affect the veneer's ability to take a stain so try to apply it only to the bark area. When the veneer and tape have dried, adhere the veneer to your substrate as soon as possible to prevent any further splitting. Oakwood Veneer companion offers more than three hundred wood veneer species in stock and ready for prompt shipping worldwide from stops USA. Before we jump into the pic heavy post, let me answer the most asked question about damaged veneer. The glue will fill the holed and cure slightly above the surface which allows the user to remove the excess, leaving behind a smooth flat surface ready for finish sanding.
Put-upon for fine woodworking cabinets piece of furniture refacing & Sanded to a still uniform 3M Peel & joystick Backer provides potent adherence to Hundreds of wood veneer sheets from afromosia to. C cholecalciferol Wood Veneers Canary In woodworking veneer refers to slim down slices of wood usually diluent than 3 millimetre 1 octad inch that typically are glued onto gist panels typically wood. My clumsy, left handed attempt at removing it with tweezers led to breaking the brittle wood off. 3M All Purpose Filler is basically bondo too and can be purchased at home improvement stores. If you don’t put enough filler on, you will be sanding into the existing veneer later. If the veneer is capable of being repaired, the width of the split will have decreased dramatically. Finally, that tiny amount of veneer poking out will eventually get caught on everything that dares brush by it!

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3 On 3 Expansion Instructions are also available to download as a pdf.
It’s just another day at the Annual Mad Scientist Convention when Dr. Emil Knutberger shows up and CHANGES THE RULES!
Once again he’s seeking revenge for being thrown out of the convention and having his membership revoked. This time he’s unleashing a lot more monsters with all new behaviors. Round up as many monsters as you can before these crazy creatures destroy the city!
The 3 On 3 Expansion set makes your favorite strategic card matching game more fun and exciting. Longer game play, more players, more monsters, and an exciting new strategic game mechanic!
Collect more monsters than your opponents – by any means necessary.
More Madness is an 18 card expansion (1 Action / 17 Monster cards) for use with the basic Mad Match deck.
3 On 3 – INSTRUCTIONS
Players take turns trying to match monsters. Pairs, triplets, or quads (4) of monsters are captured by players and will be scored when the playing area is cleared. The 3 On 3 Expansion gives you more potential matches, new and improved scoring, longer play time, and new strategic options
Using the Expansion:
Add the entire expansion set (18 cards) to the basic Mad Match deck (54 cards) for enhanced game play. The additional cards will extend game time, keep play interesting for more players, increase difficulty, and enhance strategic opportunities.
It’s Up To You
As an alternative, you may choose to only add certain cards, or substitute certain monster sets. Feel free to play your own variation of Mad Match with as few or as many Monster or Action cards as you like, in any combination. You may also wish to remove the extra (fourth) cards from the 3 On 3 Expansion (Blamchovy and Pigzooka) and play standard Mad Match, without Quads (explained below).
Shuffle the complete deck, including expansion cards, and then deal them in a grid of eight rows of nine cards, all face down.
How to Play:
3 On 3 adds Quads to standard Mad Match play.
The 3 On 3 Expansion adds the concept of quads to monster collection and scoring. Quads are four-monsters-of-a-kind collected over the course of multiple turns, similar to a spare in standard Mad Match play. There are two Quad Monsters in the 3 On 3 Expansion: Pigzooka and Blamchovy.
It is possible to collect a quad in one turn if one of the four was frozen in place by a prior Action card. This is called a Super Quad, and is immediately protected from opponent Action cards. Cards in a Super Quad cannot be stolen or destroyed. The Super Quad should be placed face down until scoring, when bonus points will be awarded.
Standard scoring rules should be followed except in the case of cards with the Quad Scoring Matrix. The Quad Scoring Matrix only appears on Quad cards (meaning there are four-of-a-kind in the deck).
: The Quad icon is added to the scoring matrix on Quad cards, to the left of the standard score boxes. If all four Pigzookas are collected by a single player over multiple turns, the Quad box score of 6 is multiplied by the four cards for a total of 24 points.
Super Quad Bonus
In the case of a Super Quad (all four-monsters-of-a-kind are collected in a single turn when one was frozen in a prior turn), a bonus of the Quad box score is added. You are essentially multiplying the Quad score by five. In other words, if a Pigzooka Super Quad is collected with a Quad box score of 6, the total score for the Super Quad would be 30 points.
Note: You can also use the More Madness Expansion in combination with 3 On 3 and the standard Mad Match cards for a deck with a total of 96 cards. Just add two more rows of nine cards to your setup.
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Kaye gibbons is the author of four previous novels: ellen foster, a virtuous woman, a cure for dreams, and charms for the easy life she lives in raleigh, north carolina, with her husband and five children. Kaye gibbons was born in 1960 in north carolina, where she also grew up and attended university as befitting a native of a border state between north and south in the united states, her novels have often dealt with southern characters empathetically but with a liberal political sensibility. By kaye gibbons 168 pages vintage books against all odds, ellen never gives up her belief that there is a place for her in the world, a home which will satisfy all her longing for love, acceptance, and order.
Date of first publication 1987 publisher vintage books narrator the character of ellen foster point of view the narrator speaks in the first person throughout the entirety of the novel and gives a subjective view of all other characters introduced. Kaye gibbons was born in nash county, north carolina and attended rocky mount senior high school, north carolina state university, and the university of north carolina at chapel hill her first novel, ellen foster, was awarded the sue kaufman prize for first fiction of the american academy and. Kaye gibbons was born in nash county, north carolina, in 1960 she graduated from rocky mount high school and continued her studies at the university of north carolina at chapel hill while studying american literature at chapel hill, she wrote her first novel, ellen foster , which reviewers and fans praised as an extraordinary debut. Kaye gibbons this study guide consists of approximately 50 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of a virtuous woman.
This one-page guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of ellen foster by kaye gibbons ellen foster (1987) is the debut novel of american author kaye gibbons the novel tells the story of ten-year-old ellen foster and her challenging childhood. Kaye gibbons has the kind of southern accent that is at once soothing, sultry, and sincere, and which conveys a sense of wisdom and although her books stand on their own, i believe her voice helped a yankee like me further appreciate the southern setting which is so much a part of the story. Charms for the easy life, first published in 1993, is the author's fourth novel alice hoffman, whose writing and stories i find have the same lovely intelligent but easygoing prose as gibbons', writes that the novel 'is filled with lively humour, compassion and intimacy.
A virtuous woman: a novel by kaye gibbons a vivid, unsentimental, powerful portrait of a southern marriage by the new york times -bestselling author of ellen foster ( publishers weekly ) she hasn't been dead four months and i've already eaten to the bottom of the deep freeze. Kaye gibbons essay examples 17 total results a life of independence and maturity 753 words 2 pages an analysis of the novel, ellen foster by kaye gibbons. Kaye gibbons's novels are celebrated primarily for the original and authentic voices of her female protagonists and for the strength and endurance of all her women characters more broadly, as a. Kaye gibbons has 20 books on goodreads with 113033 ratings kaye gibbons's most popular book is ellen foster. A virtuous woman is the second novel from award-winning author kaye gibbons ruby stokes is a woman who was raised in the safety of a loving family, who learns that the world has a dark side when she impetuously marries the first man to ask ruby is dragged onto the migrant workers circuit, forced.
The life all around me by ellen foster by kaye gibbons random house audio 2006 5 hours read by kaye gibbons let me start out by saying this this book is the sequel to kaye gibbons's 1987 novel and 1997 oprah's book club pick ellen foster, which i absolutely loved and reviewed here and named as one of my best reads of 2008. Ellen foster is a novel by kaye gibbons that was first published in 1987. Free shipping on all us orders over $10 overview emma garnet, the heroine of kaye gibbons's sixth novel, takes the reader on a southern journey through place and time, from 1842 to 1900.
Kaye gibbons was born in nash county, north carolina and attended rocky mount senior high school, north carolina state university, and the university of north carolina at chapel hill her first novel, ellen foster , was awarded the sue kaufman prize for first fiction of the american academy and institute of the arts and letters and a special. Ellen foster is a book recommended by many teachers and librarians to students of various ages and adults it can be found on many summer reading lists literary significance & criticism when kaye gibbons published ellen foster in 1987, the novel—her first—met with an enthusiastic audience critics admired gibbons's skillful creation of ellen's narrative voice, acknowledging its accuracy in representing a child's point of view. Kaye gibbons is an award-winning writer her first novel, ellen foster, won the sue kaufman prize for first fiction from the american academy of arts and letters in 1988 and a special citation.

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Marty Griffin Fine Art
COME AND SEE MY ARTWORK AT THESE EVENTS IN 2024
March 14th to 17th, Dalegate Burnham Deepdale pop up shop
April 6th & 7th, Holkham Hall craft fair
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May 26th & 27th, Burghley craft fair
June 6th to 11th, Dalegate Burnham Deepdale pop up shop
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August 25th, Nanny moon craft fair Dersingham Village centre
August 29th to September 10th, Dalegate Burnham Deepdale pop up shop
October 17th to 22nd, Dalegate Burnham Deepdale pop up shop
November 15th to 17th, Sandringham Estate Christmas craft fair
December 14th & 15th , Holkham Hall christmas craft fair
About the Artist
Born in Dersingham North Norfolk in 1958 I started watercolour painting during 2000 after a need to occupy my spare time with the desire to ‘learn something’.
I have always been required to sketch as part of my long career in construction management in order to convey my design wishes and instructions so that people can ‘see’ what is required.
I am drawn to watercolours as they hold a freshness and fascination of the unknown but now I mainly paint in oils, I believe oils have a wonderful ability to allow fantastic detail and photorealistic artwork that I now like to create.
My preferred subjects are buildings, boats and still life. I sometimes have to force myself to break away from my working environment to paint the wonderful landscapes and coastline in my local area and beyond.
I am fortunate to live on the north Norfolk coast where much of my seascape and landscape work is derived from.
Since 2005 I have undertaken many commissions, from buildings to Tottenham Hotspur football ground, from churches to watercraft, the challenge is always welcomed.
My onetime hobby is now my full time job and is a major part of my life with regular open studios, exhibitions and art and craft shows
I have been selling my artwork for many years and feel fortunate to have several collectors both in the UK and more recently worldwide.
At a recent art show a lady said;
“I really wish I could paint”
“It is simply a case of putting the right colour in the right place, however, you have to expect years of getting it wrong”

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Okinawa may come as a surprise to many people looking to book a golf holiday to Japan as it is much different the main sights in and around Tokyo. Okinawa prefecture is a group of more than 150 islands in the East China Sea, between Japan’s mainland and Taiwan.
This islands are known for their tropical climate, so if you want to enjoy a round of golf in Okinawa, there is a good chance you will play in nice weather.
The capital of Okinawa is Naha and most visitors to this region of Japan will arrive via the airport. There are many flights from the mainland of Japan to Okinawa including Tokyo and Osaka. However, there are no direct international flights, so you may want to combine a golf holiday in Okinawa with Tokyo and the surrounding area.
It’s also possible to reach Okinawa by ferry from Kogoshima, Osaka and Kobe.
If you enjoy snorkelling in clear blue seas, spotting colourful marine life and white sand beaches in addition to playing golf, Okinawa is the ideal Japanese destination. The flowers on the islands are stunning all year round and you can see rare plants and animals not found elsewhere in Japan including the Iriomote wildcats on Iriomote-jima Island.
In terms of the golf, visitors are spoilt for choice and there are some fantastic golf courses in Okinawa. Ocean Links Miyakojima and Southern Links Golf Club are two good choices if you would like to play golf along the coast while Palm Hills Golf Club and Atta Terrace Golf Resort combine excellent golf with tremendous views over the islands.

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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The state insect, the monarch butterfly, is facing a crisis. Each May, Illinoisans celebrate the monarch butterfly, but University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator Kelly Allsup says that Illinois residents should be worried.
The yearly count of monarchs decreased by 53% in 2019 from the following year, says Allsup. "This most recent drop may not be directly correlated to our reduced milkweed numbers; drought and other environmental factors are also contributing to the problem; however, the decrease in the monarch population over time can be attributed specifically to a lack of milkweed for larvae." Milkweed is the only plant that monarchs will lay eggs on, and it is the sole food source for monarch larvae when eggs hatch. Read more on milkweed from Penn State Extension.
In December of 2020, monarch butterflies were eligible to be added to the Endangered Species List. Instead, they were added to the waitlist. “Getting put on the candidate waiting list is better than getting denied,” says Center for Biological Diversity conservation biologist Tierra Curry, quoted in a recent Smithsonian Magazine article. In response, the Illinois Monarch Action Plan attempts to grow the number of milkweed plants substantially.
The plan addresses four sectors of land in Illinois: agricultural, urban, natural areas, and roadsides. Its goal is to plant 150 million new milkweed plants by 2038.
"Every stem will help," says Austin Omar, Illinois Farm Bureau associate director of natural resource policy and leader of the agriculture sector committee. He notes that it is important that residents of Illinois document their monarch habitat that they may be planting or stewarding through various ongoing programs, so they can be counted, and so monarch conservation progress can be tracked. Some of these programs are listed below.
There are many ways individuals can help rebuild the monarch population, Allsup says.
- I-Pollinate Citizen Scientist program, a research initiative of University of Illinois, enlists citizens to collect data on monarch egg and caterpillar abundance, pollinator visitation to ornamental flowers, and state bee demographics.
- Plant a Pollinator Pocket garden that attracts and nurtures pollinators in your own yard.
- Register with the Monarch Waystation to support monarch conservation. "Your efforts ensure the preservation of the species and the continuation of the spectacular monarch migration phenomenon," Allsup says.
- Plant milkweed. A 10 square-foot garden of milkweed creates about 150 stems. Illinois Natural History Survey plant ecologists say swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) is the preferred milkweed species of Monarchs, along with Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Prairie milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) and Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata). For optimum benefit, establish groupings of plants in full sun and eliminate pesticide use.
- Include nectar sources throughout the entire growing season.
- In spring: Chives, Culver’s Root, Viburnum, High bush blueberry, and Amelanchier
- In summer: Salvia, Coneflower, Prairie Blazing Star, and Buttonbush
- In fall: Monarda, Aster, Goldenrod, Sedum, and Lead plant
- Plant blooming annuals, such as Salvia, Zinnias, Cosmos, Lantana, Mexican Sunflower, and Lavender
- Plant a ground cover of White Clover, Creeping Thyme, or Buckwheat
"Every stem of milkweed and garden nectar source planted will contribute not only to the survival of the monarchs, but also many other wildlife, pollinators, and birds," Allsup says.
SOURCE: Kelly Allsup, University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator
Photo Caption: Monarch Caterpillar and Butterfly, provided by R. Carter and K. Allsup

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Water on Lemay Ferry Bridge causing traffic troubles
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – There are traffic issues on the Lemay Ferry Bridge in the Arnold area over the Meramec.
While it may not be officially shut down yet, traffic was barely getting over the bridge earlier Thursday morning, because of floodwaters from the Meramec on the bridge. Only one lane was open when our reporter was there.
At this point, the Telegraph Road Bridge in the Arnold area is still dry and open. Driving around the st. louis area is becoming even more challenging as more roads shut down because of high water.

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Aztec commissioners will serve a shortened term, election planned for November 2021
AZTEC — The City of Aztec will have its next municipal election in November 2021 and the people elected then will take office in January of 2022.
This means all five current commissioners will shorten their terms by three months. Originally, the municipal election was planned for March of 2022.
Commissioner Rosalyn Fry, who serves as mayor pro-tem on the commission, said the body voted unanimously to opt-in to the Local Election Act, meaning moving the election to November, and to shorten the terms rather than extending the terms.
She explained that the commissioners felt decreasing the length of time was more in line with what they were elected to do. The commission had the choice of a November 2021 election or a November 2023 election.
Having the election in November along with the other non-partisan elections, including school board, will save the city money and reduce the amount of work for the city clerk.
By moving the election to November, it will be conducted by the county clerk in conjunction with the other non-partisan elections and a single ballot will include the city elections as well as other elections.
There will be three commissioners up for election next year, including Fry. Mayor Victor Snover and Commissioner Mark Lewis are the other commissioners whose seats will be up.
Fry said she has not decided if she will seek another term.
Commissioners Austin Randall and Michael Padilla Sr., who were elected this spring, will be up for election in November of 2023 should they choose to seek another term.
The City Commission voted to opt into the Local Election Act during the Oct. 27 meeting, which was supposed to be livestreamed on YouTube, according to the agenda and city website. However, the video was not available on the city’s YouTube channel.
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DEL MAR — After two years of entirely virtual meetings, the Del Mar City Council returned to council chambers at City Hall on Monday for its first in-person meeting since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020.
And they didn’t waste any time getting down to business, spending a good portion of the meeting discussing the local impacts of new housing legislation taking effect in 2023.
City Principal Planner Amanda Lee explained how several new pieces of legislation, particularly those focused on accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, and multiunit housing developments in commercial areas, directly conflict with the city’s own development standards and the site-specific development standards in the Coastal Act.
“The overall theme is an override of local control, which is unfortunate … it puts us in a really awkward position,” Lee said. “There’s just too much coming at us too quickly, and they haven’t thought about how it impacts a coastal city.”
Specifically, laws that took effect Jan. 1, including Assembly bills 2221 and 916 and Senate Bill 897, will allow for taller detached ADUs of up to 16 feet above the grade and up to 18 feet if on a multistory, multi-unit development that meets transit proximity standards.
These “granny flats” can also reach up to 25 feet tall or two stories if attached to a primary residence, and encroachments into front yard setbacks are permitted if needed to accommodate units of 800 square feet. They can now also be connected to a detached garage on a property.
City leaders and many residents have long expressed frustration with the rise (in height and number) of ADUs. They can cause blockage of multi-story coastal views and, more often than not, are used to house family members or to up a property’s value rather than add to the area’s rental housing inventory, they claim.
In 2018, the city launched a program to incentivize the construction of ADUs for affordable housing by offering exemptions to development standards, but few residents have been biting. As of late 2022, the program has led to one deed-restricted ADU.
Officials now worry that these incentives are no longer relevant as the state continues to loosen restrictions on ADUs.
“All of this is focused on accommodating lower-income units, but they [the state] are blocking us from doing that,” Lee said. “It’s a no-brainer for them [residents] to do it because it’s free value to add to your property.”
This poses a problem for a city on thin ice with the state regarding affordable housing, with their 6th Cycle Housing Element aiming to provide 15 deed-restricted ADUs by 2029. At this point, city officials are still awaiting certification from the state on their housing element.
“We spent a lot of blood, sweat, tears and money in this community developing our Sixth Cycle Housing Element to meet our state-imposed housing obligations,” Worden said. “This other stuff … is just other units coming into our town with no guidance, no structure, no nothing — it doesn’t feel right.”
Other laws set to take effect July 1 will allow for increased density and strengthen by-right processing requirements — a nightmare regulation for Del Mar and other local cities which restricts discretionary approval — for housing projects offering the prevailing labor wage in commercial zones.
Assembly Bill 2011 will permit increased height and density based on the street width in commercial zones. City staff said that along Camino Del Mar, for example, the 100-foot-wide street allows for a density of 20 to 50 units per acre and a height of 45 feet in applicable housing projects — a significant change from the 20-unit-per-acre density the city had already been working with.
Overall, the city hopes to obtain more guidance from the state on balancing these new housing laws with these local coastal laws. Lee said the state’s direction on ADUs has not been updated since late 2020.
“When the State passes these laws, they are not considering implementation needs at the local level. Lee said that this shifts the burden of navigating the inherent conflicts/uncertainty and its associated legal risk down to the local jurisdictions,” Lee said.
As they’ve done in the past, city officials are planning to request that the state grant them exceptions to these new regulations and hope to have the California Coastal Commission’s support.
“When we confer with the Coastal Commission, they’re saying, ‘We haven’t even gotten there; we don’t have guidance on this.’ They may be able to jump in and back us up on this. At this point, they haven’t done that yet,” Lee said.
Coastal Commission representatives did not respond to inquiries from The Coast News about the city’s desire for their support.
The City Council will continue this discussion by reviewing possible additional incentives for affordable housing construction at their upcoming Jan. 23 meeting.


J-Street likes to call itself a friend of Israel. It's likes to say that it's policies are for the good of Israel.
But then why are so many leaders of Muslim student groups, Arabs, State Department Arabists, Saudi businessmen and others who have never exactly shown any desire to see the existence of the State of Israel continued giving J-Street money?
Do they see a common goal?
In other news, Peace Now was forced to retract their attribution to Sdeh Calev near Hevron as being an illegal outpost, and acknowledge that it sits on Jewish owned land. The farm is considering further legal action for financial damages that were caused to them. Peace Now claims they were misled about the status.
Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד


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High agricultural prices have encouraged many farmers to plant on land that has been left unplowed in recent years, often because of government subsidies or incentives to leave wetlands and other lands undisturbed. What should government do to keep land for conservation purposes? Increasingly, governments are turning to transferable development rights –- a technique that is often used to preserve historic buildings and other socially desirable (but privately held) land uses. Government regulates the land to be preserved, but quells private objections by giving the landowner a TDR to use or sell; the TDR allows a more intensive land use in other, receiving locations, than would otherwise be permitted under zoning and land use laws.
TDRs make sense as a matter of moderate land use regulatory theory. But when I teach about them, I inevitably run into this colloquy from a sharp student:
Student: “So, if the TDR allows for doing more on the receiving end than would otherwise be permissible, there must have been some reason for the previous land use restriction on the receiving end, yes?”
Me: “Well sure, but not a reason that now seems as important as the preservation of the land use on the sending end.”
Student: “Okay, maybe this makes sense for some especially urgent ad hoc preservation project, like a plan to demolish Grand Central Terminal. But if it becomes a permanent part of land use policy, doesn’t this encourage government to impose artificially restrictive laws over wide areas, in the expectation that some of these restrictions might be lifted with the receipt of TDRs, with the result that widespread zoning restrictions are imposed beyond what is needed to serve the public interest?
Me: “Well …”
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The Cartoon Art Museum presents The Bronze Armory Showcase, an exhibition of costumes and props from popular Marvel Studios films including Iron Man and The Avengers through June 28, 2015.
About The Bronze Armory Studios:
“The Bronze Armory Studios is a place where the impossible is made possible.
“If you can dream it or draw it we can design it and deliver it.
“Though we’re known for our costumes and props created for film, television and stage, we do so much more.
“Our studio is a laboratory for innovation and invention. We have preformed government contracts, created proto types and study models for industry and science. Created exhibits for museums and reproduced rare historical antiquities.
“In 2010, while working on a contract at Lucasfilm preserving the last remaining full sets of Stormtrooper armor worn by Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford, we were contacted by representatives of Marvel who asked us to assist in designing both the helmet and shield for the new Captain America: The First Avenger film.
“Now we’re sharing those designs and many others used in the Marvel Universe of films.
“Over the course of the exhibit we’ll be showcasing costumes and props from Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers.
“We hope you’ll join us at The Cartoon Art Museum to get a close look at this rarely seen work.”
-Allan Lavigne, Bronze Armory Studios


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In today’s Fat Tail Daily, A slight inflation ‘beat’ sparked a kneejerk rally, but taming prices will be harder than markets think…Don’t miss the latest What’s Not Priced In episode, as we discuss misleading moves, record Aussie wage growth, bank valuations, cashed up miners, and overlooked RBA insights. Plus, read on for a deep dive into the ‘fat tail risk’ the RBA is facing…
Champagne or water? Excess or temperance?
That’s the question posed this week.
10 basis points.
That’s all it took.
US inflation came in 10 basis points lower than expected on Wednesday.
Stocks surged. Champagne flowed.
Following the US CPI release, US 10-Year bond yields fell nearly 20 basis points. The biggest one-day fall since the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
But a 0.1% inflation ‘beat’ is not comparable to the genuine fright caused by SVB’s collapse.
There’s a technical term for Wednesday’s rally.
The champagne didn’t flow for long. The rally, much like the drink, lost its fizz. Since Wednesday, the S&P 500 is flat. Aussie stocks are down.
Wednesday’s jubilance is today’s hangover. In markets, temperance is cool.
As for the latest episode of What’s Not Priced In, Greg and I discuss:
- Whether or not the US inflation data was significant
- Australia’s historic wages growth and what it means for interest rates
- Valuations of the Big Four banks
- They look cheap, but there’s more to it
- Outlook for cashed up Aussie gold miners
- Unappreciated insights from the RBA’s latest Statement
- High mortgage repayments don’t tell the whole story
- Accumulated savings offsetting RBA’s rate hikes
RBA’s ‘last mile’ will be a slog
I want to talk about the Reserve Bank’s inflation challenge.
In my view, taming inflation will be harder than markets think.
Inflation’s ‘last mile’ will be a slog. For a few reasons.
One of them is wages growth.
This week, the ABS released the latest Wage Price Index data.
The WPI rose 1.3% in the September quarter and 4% for the year. The ABS said it was the highest quarterly growth in the 26-year history of the WPI.
The annual growth was the highest since March, 2009.
The data didn’t faze the market upon release. But I wonder if it’ll phase the RBA.
Services inflation is the bank’s bugbear. It’s stickier than officials predicted.
And rising wages play a big role in that stickiness.
Now, high wages growth is fine if productivity is high, too. But Australia’s productivity is poor.
In the latest Statement, the RBA said:
‘Even so, the cost of labour for firms also depends on growth in labour productivity, which has been very weak. As a result, growth in the cost of labour is very high and is adding to firms’ overall cost pressures; the forecasts assume that productivity growth will pick up, which will be needed for labour cost growth to be consistent with the inflation target.’
But what if productivity doesn’t pick up? The RBA’s forecasts were wrong before.
I think wages growth remaining high is more likely than productivity suddenly improving. Even the RBA expects wages growth to decline slower than overall inflation.
Mortgage repayments rising, but overall debt servicing low
Another challenge for the RBA is mortgage repayments.
But not for the obvious reasons.
Mortgage repayments are at record highs relative to disposable income. That dents aggregate demand.
Maybe not as much as the RBA would like.
In the latest Statement on Monetary Policy, the RBA said scheduled mortgage payments rose to ~10% of household disposable income in the September quarter.
The RBA also noted Australia’s stock of personal debt fell ‘substantially’ in the last 15 years.
The overall debt servicing burden for households ‘appears to be lower than in 2008’.
And who knows, maybe households are more comfortable with higher mortgage repayments because their other debt burdens are at multi-decade lows.
Another challenge is population growth. Or, population growth outpacing supply.
I’m seeing more editorials in the financial press worrying about this.
Future Fund chairman Peter Costello was one such worrywart.
Costello said this week:
‘Australia has always been a migrant country, and I’ve always supported immigration. But the levels of immigration now are extremely high.’
Population growth is certainly straining housing supply. Rents are rising. So, too, are house prices.
The supply of housing is less flexible than ‘supply’ of people.
But the Reserve Bank is less concerned.
In the Statement, the RBA pointed out that more people equals more demand and more supply:
‘Population growth has been substantially stronger than expected following the reopening of the border. However, the net effects on the aggregate inflation outlook and the unemployment rate have been relatively small… The increase in population has added to both aggregate supply and aggregate demand in the economy.’
Accumulated household savings
Yet another challenge for the RBA is our savings.
Inflation’s intransigence stumped many.
But the chart below may explain why.
We accumulated enormous savings during the pandemic.
For many, these additional savings — savings above what you’d expect prior to the pandemic — still remain.
Source: ABS; RBA
Fat tail risk: unanchored inflation expectations
Where do you think inflation will be in 2024 and 2025?
Our opinions about future inflation matter.
And the Reserve Bank knows they matter.
Our inflation predictions influence the present. Anticipating inflation tomorrow, we bring about inflation today.
That’s why managing expectations is a big part of the RBA’s job description.
So here’s the RBA’s final challenge. A fat tail risk. Unlikely, but worth considering…
Inflation expectations unmooring.
The RBA described this scenario a while back:
‘But if the inflation psychology of households and firms shifts and inflation expectations move away from the central bank’s inflation target (i.e. they become ‘unanchored’), a period of higher inflation will become persistent because households and firms will expect inflation to be higher in the future and adjust their behaviour accordingly. Consequently, it is much easier for a central bank to manage inflation if inflation expectations are anchored rather than unanchored.’
If markets want rates to fall, they better wish our inflation expectations remain anchored.
Yet the risk of expectations unanchoring, while not worrisome now, is rising.
And it will keep rising with each missed inflation forecast by the RBA.
The latest Statement was riddled with admissions inflation continues to surprise Bank officials.
This Monday, RBA’s acting assistant governor Marion Kohler made another.
The next stage in bringing inflation down to the RBA’s target is ‘likely to be more drawn out than the first’.
The ‘road ahead could be bumpy’.
And of the ‘key risks’ Kohler identified was inflation expectations untethering. Kohler said:
‘One of the key risks is the possibility that high inflation today could lead households and businesses to expect high inflation in the future, putting upwards pressure on actual prices and wages. Encouragingly, measures of medium-term inflation expectations have generally remained consistent with the Bank’s inflation target. But, if high inflation did become entrenched in people’s expectations, it would be very costly to unwind, involving even higher interest rates and a larger rise in unemployment.
Here’s a fat tail risk to watch!
Editor, Fat Tail Daily

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Motion is a common thread in the collections’ metaphors, which compare the woman to “a ship at sea” or the couple’s love to an airplane struggling in flight, while at one point the speaker professes that “watching you come and go was almost perfect.” Additionally, certain words and clauses reappear throughout, which make the collection function as a sort of poetic wheel in tandem with the speaker’s boomerang recollections. Clever ambiguities shade meaning, even in a despairing entry like “Rumble,” which concerns the realization that a romantic partner too often prefers to be alone but can be read, in its climax, to hint at something luxuriant in the misery: “This is meaningless/ at its best.”
In some ways, UN/Reconciled is an ill-fated love story: two lovers meet, love, and eventually fall apart. But this collection is also a report on the behavior of a memory that cannot be forgotten; it comes and goes, just as the woman’s love, “distant and familiar” once did, but the recall never ends. Readers looking for poems on heartbreak and loss will find value in Trozzolo’s collection that is at times striking and offers a somewhat sophisticated brand of sharp-edged melancholy.
Takeaway: Trozzolo’s sensuous, saturnine collection finds a poet struggling over the memory of a lost love.
Great for fans of: Tyler Knott Gregson, Rupi Kaur.
Design and typography: A
Marketing copy: A


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We are in the very fortunate position where all 6 of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Redbridge are working together as part of the Redbridge-wide GP federation Healthbridge Direct.
This means we are able to build strong clinical teams within and across the PCNs. We are now at the very start of an exciting journey of building a team of over 100 additional clinical roles to support and enable the delivery of services within each of our 6 PCNs. We are building teams within and across the PCNs to enable peer support and team working both within and across professions.
We have a unique opportunity in Redbridge to create something special and we want you to be part of it. We have the infrastructure, the relationships and the potential to create a team that will make a significant difference to GP practices, to outcomes for local populations, and to individual lives for patients across Redbridge Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for a full outline of duties.
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Our mission in Redbridge is to strengthen, develop and support local general practice, to enable the delivery of high-quality care to local people. We are in the very fortunate position where all 6 of the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Redbridge are working together as part of the Redbridge-wide GP federation Healthbridge Direct.
We have a unique opportunity in Redbridge to create something special and we want you to be part of it. We have the infrastructure, the relationships and the potential to create a team that will make a significant difference to GP practices, to outcomes for local populations, and to individual lives for patients across Redbridge. Job description Job responsibilities
- The post holder will under appropriate supervision:
- Provide first point of contact for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, utilising history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan working in partnership with patients.
- Carry out telephone triage and appropriate clinical and non-clinical signposting in a clinical contact hub environment.
- Undertake as agreed surgery based consultations for emergency or routine problems including management of long term conditions. In addition, undertake telephone consultations / home visits and participate in duty rotas
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports within the scope of a PAs practice. Discuss the result and implications of laboratory investigations with patients
- Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
- Refer patients directly to other services or agencies using appropriate referral pathways
- Ensure safe handover of care within and outside the practice as appropriate
- Work directly with members of the practice primary health care team and support integrated patient centred care through appropriate working with wider primary care / social care networks
- Identify community health needs and participate in the development of patient/family-centred strategies to address them
- Contribute to the practice quality targets to consistently achieve high standards of safe, evidence-based, cost-effective patient care and service delivery
Training and development
- Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to keep up-to-date with evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role to meet clinical governance guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and a Personal Development Plan (PDP) utilising a reflective approach to practice. This requires 50 hours of CPD every year: a minimum of 25 hours must be in accredited direct learning programmes
- Undertake a variety of research and analysis tasks associated with the improvement of clinical care, medical diagnosis and treatment where appropriate using the following means.
- Audit of clinical practice
- Significant event review / root cause analysis
- Review of relevant literature
- Research unusual symptoms and treatment options through consultation with general practitioners, physicians and other specialists
- Promote and support a learning culture within the practice and assist in clinical instruction, mentoring and supervision of medical, nursing or physician associate students and other learners that may periodically be attached to the practice
- Contribute to regular multi-disciplinary and or practice educational meetings
- Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and patient group directions (PGDs) development as appropriate
- Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets
- Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes in accordance with relevant standards
- Work in accordance with internal administrative systems relating to but not limited to the management of clinical data,
- Send and receive written information on behalf of the practice relating to the physical and social welfare of patients
- Work closely with other clinical staff and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets and work to deliver the NHS contract pertinent to the practice including the terms of the Quality and Outcomes Framework and locally enhanced services
- Ensure that all practice policies are fully implemented
- Support, contribute to and participate in external inspections
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
- Take the UK PA National Re-Certification Exam every six years - required for Physician Associates AND maintain your professional registration working within the latest Code of Professional Conduct (CIPD)
- Undertake statutory and mandatory training as required by the practice
- Demonstrate clinical leadership
- Pro-actively promote the role of the PA within the practice and externally to key stakeholders and agencies
- Respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
- Degree at 2:1 level or above Postgraduate Diploma / Master in Physician Associate from an accredited UK university Current and valid certification with the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Registration with the UK Managed Voluntary Registry for Physician Associates Experience of working in a primary care environment Experience of working as a Physician Associate Experience of triage Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose Wound care ECGs Chaperone procedure Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advertising patients accordingly Diabetes Hypertension Asthma Spirometry CHD
Employer details Employer name
- Immunisations (childhood, routine and travel) Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice Broad knowledge of clinical governance Ability to record accurate clinical notes Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs Knowledge of public health issues in the local area Knowledge of health promotion strategies Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy Excellent communication skills (written and oral) Strong IT skills including knowledge of SystemOne, Office and Outlook Effective time management (planning and organisation ) Ability to work as a team member and autonomously Good interpersonal skills Problem solving and analytical skills Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure Understanding of the audit process Understanding of clinical risk management
Healthbridge Direct Address
53-63 Redbridge Lane East
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Britney Spears has been sued for allegedly breaking a dancer's nose.
Dancer Dawn Noel has claimed that the singer injured her face during a rehearsal session last year, according to NBC News.
The performer is said to have been hurt on August 19, 2013, during a rehearsal at a studio in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles for Spears's 'Work Bitch' music video.
Noel claims that Spears arrived two-and-a-half hours late for rehearsals "in a dishevelled and confused state".
She stated that choreography involving Spears "was fairly basic", and the popstar was "having difficulty learning the moves, performing dance steps and following simple directions".
The lawsuit continued: "After approximately half an hour of rehearsing, as (Noel) stood off to (Spears's) side, Britney twirled in an unbalanced and reckless manner, arms extended out to her sides, and forcefully backhanded (Noel) in the face."
Noel and the other dancers then heard "a cracking sound which they immediately knew to be the sound of (Noel's) nose breaking".
Spears is then alleged to have said "sorry" before continuing her routine.
After Noel attempted to rehearse for 30 minutes, she left to see a doctor, and was diagnosed with nasal bone fractures.
The complaint states that Spears and Reign Deer Entertainment agreed to pay for medical bills, but that she was informed this would not happen months later.
Noel added that her injuries have resulted in "permanent disability" and she has lost out on work.
Britney Spears and her management team have yet to respond to the allegations.

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Nigerian startup NextCounsel has formally launched its offering, which helps law firms with case and document management, automated time and billing, human resources and accounting.
Launched in November 2017, NextCounsel has built an intuitive solution that captures the major aspects of a law firm’s day-to-day processes, including a Document Management System and Case Management System.
It reduces overheads and operating costs for law firms, optimises their output and turnover, and creates historical data that enables forecasting and budgeting.
Samson Adegunle, chief operating officer (COO) of NextCounsel, said the team had noticed that very few law firms were making use of practice management solutions, which adversely affected their performance.
“Also, the firms that were using practice management solutions make use of foreign solutions that cannot cater for for our indigenous services. We needed to create an indigenous practice management solution that caters to the needs of law firms in Nigeria and Africa,” Adegunle said.
“We also wanted to provide a comprehensive solution that allows law firms to scale up in terms of efficiency, work ethics and overall performance.”
Thus far, the angel-funded startup has been able to convert 95 per cent of the tier one law firms in Nigeria, and NextCounsel has already expanded into Ghana.
“We’ve been able scale from legacy price through to tier one law firms in Nigeria. Presently we are engaging tier two and tier three law firms to take our solution,” said Adegunle.
“We plan to expand to West, East and South Africa, and the rest of the world.”
NextCounsel has a subscription-based revenue model, with clients paying on a monthly usage basis. It has so far made over US$85,000 in sales revenue.

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Nobody else probably notices these things, but something in the new “Mission: Impossible III” TV commercial caught my eye. Not the stunts or the explosions, but the phrase, “This summer the mission begins.”
It reminds me just how screwed up Hollywood’s’ calendar is. June 21 is the first day of summer, but “M:I:III” (yes, the shorthand form has two colons, which should be outlawed) opens May 5. Hey, spring will be barely half over by then.
|Tom Cruise in this “summer’s” “Mission: Impossible III.” (Paramount Pictures)|
Hollywood’s calendar is sorta like Texas weather — it only has a couple of seasons. “Summer” is defined as the first weekend of May through mid-August. November-December is the holiday/Oscar season, and everything else is a vast wasteland, sorta like the really scary area outside the walled city where the mutants live in those futuristic sci-fi flicks.
Hollywood summer has actually gotten longer in recent years. Its unofficial beginning used to be the Friday before Memorial Day weekend. As recently as 1998, the first weekend in May was still the property of spring leftovers and films that didn’t fit the blockbuster mold.
Then “The Mummy” opened on that weekend in 1999 and did huge business. Ever since, it has been where one of the big studios fired the season’s first cannon shot — “Gladiator” (2000), “The Mummy Returns” (2001), “Spider-Man” (2002), “X2: X-Men United” (2003), “Van Helsing” (2004) and “Kingdom of Heaven” (2005). Next year, it’ll be home to “Spider-Man 3,” which just might sell a ticket or two.
Last year, a couple of studios attempted to push the envelope even further by opening “XXX: State of the Union” and “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” the last weekend of April. This was probably a move to stay as far away as possible from the final “Star Wars” film, instead of a desire to redefine summer. Come to think of it, that may explain “The Mummy’s” envelope-pushing, since the first of the three most recent “Star Wars” movies came out a few weeks later.
The season’s expansion hasn’t just happened on the front end. Once upon a time, the blockbusters had pretty much petered out by Aug. 1. Then “The Fugitive” opened in August 1993 and showed there was still money to be made. That’s a lesson the “Rush Hour” and “American Pie” franchises took to heart.


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Intelligent catalysts for biodiesel production
Advanced Materials Engineering
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Applications accepted all year round
Heterogeneous catalysis for the production of biodiesel can benefit from nanotechnology since milder operating conditions can be applied compared to bulk catalysts.
Innovative applications for radiofrequency heating
Dr J Fernandez-Garcia
25 January 2019
Recently radiofrequency heating has been successfully used in fine chemistry and pharmacy considering the main advantages of avoidance of hot spots, very high heat transfer rate from inside out and easy separation of magnetic catalysts by external magnet.

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Tenants make move into new Rural Stirling affordable homes
The first ever affordable housing development in the village of Killearn has been handed over to tenants by Rural Stirling Housing Association.
Local MSP Bruce Crawford formally opened the twelve new homes for rent at the Aitken Street and Wilson Crescent development at a celebration ceremony.
He said: “These are efficient and affordable homes that meet our modern standards of living needs. I have always been hugely impressed by the quality of homes that are built for RSHA tenants right across my constituency and there can be no doubt that in terms of quality these homes - for individuals and families to live in - are right up there with the best.”
The £1.5 million Killearn development comprises a mix of one, two and three-bed homes and forms part of a larger private development. Planning conditions for the site included a requirement for one-third of all properties to be affordable homes for rent.
Welcoming the completion and handover, Association chairperson Margaret Vass said: “It is something very special to be able to provide much needed affordable homes. I am very pleased that our new tenants have strong local connections as it is very important to us that local people can access homes in their own area. Hidden homelessness is a particular problem in rural areas and these new homes will help alleviate this.”
New tenant Elizabeth MacNeill added: “I’m delighted to have secured this home for myself and my daughter. As local people who found ourselves temporarily homeless, I was anxious that we could have ended up anywhere in the Stirling Council area. Being allocated this brand-new home in the village where we lived is fantastic as it means Chloe can remain in her school with the stability that brings, and we can remain close to our family and friends.”
The Association has developed a strong partnership with Stirling Council to identify and secure sites for affordable housing development in its’ rural communities.
Chief executive Donna Birrell said: “I’m delighted we have been able to provide these homes for rent in Killearn. It has been a challenge to find sites but our partnership with Stirling Council has helped us identify opportunities. We completed our first development in Strathblane just over two years ago and we hope to acquire sites in Fintry and Croftamie very soon so that we will have homes in every community in this very housing pressured area. They will go some way to help us tackle the increasing homelessness challenge.”
The development was constructed by housebuilder Mactaggart and Mickel and the properties - finished in white render with grey tiled roofs - benefit from a modern, efficient and sustainable air source heat pump heating system.
Jamie McLean, head of contracts and timber systems at Mactaggart & Mickel, said: “This is the first new development in Killearn delivering much-needed quality affordable housing and our first partnership with Rural Stirling Housing Association. We are very sensitive to the local area and worked closely with the local community council. We have given careful consideration to make most of the beautiful setting, including using the stone from the site to create a traditional stone dyke wall to the entrance of the site and a boundary, very much in keeping with the area.
“We are looking forward to strengthening the relationship with Rural Stirling and hope to work with them in projects in future including other nearby areas like Drymen.”
The £1.5m development was funded with a £1,026,144 Scottish Government Housing Grant and £544,063 from the housing association’s private finance.


ENGINES (HOT STOCK, OPEN STOCK, SUPER STOCK, PRO STOCK)
Original HP limited to class being entered.
Hot Stock stroke, however bore may be a max of .050 oversize, .005 max wear allowed.
Must be a lawnmower or lawn tractor engine (factory design)
Any type of oil pump allowed.
No pressed steel cranking pulleys allowed.
Must have an engine kill switch at rear of tractor within 6" of center.
Exhaust must be directed upwards away from track.
Must be naturally aspirated and must use a factory type carburetor.
Must use original engine manufacturers carburetor, recast allowed.
Overhead valve engines may be run in any class.
Overhead valve engines will not be considered legal if the same engine, relative to design and displacement, is labeled by the manufacturer at a higher HP than the class being entered.
In Kohler engines where the cylinder casting is common to several HP's, it may be bored or sleeved to meet bore for class being entered,
Tractor must have hood and grill, or safety plates in a manner so as to prevent parts from a blown engine, flywheel, clutch, or drive train from going into spectators.
Wire blanket shields are permitted.
Steel shields around clutch and flywheel of 1/8" steel or 3/16" aluminum are required.
Owner/operator is responsible in case of accident.
Stock flywheel cover plus engine compartment side covers qualify.
FRAME/AXLE (EXCEPT MODIFIED)
Frames must be stock length and wheelbase.
Axle must be a lawnmower or lawn tractor trans axle.
10 HP stock class must be "V" belt driven, idler pulley as clutch.
Hitch height not to exceed 13" from ground to top of hook point.
Hitch must be rigid in all directions.
Hitch must have 1 1/2" hole and be at least 1/2" thick, but not more than 3/4" thick at hook point.
Stabilizer bars must be rigid in all directions.
Wheelie bar contact point must not be more than 5" from ground.
Contact point must be at least 18" from center of rear axle.
Weight bars must not exceed width of tractor.
All weights must be securely fastened.
All tractors must be equipped with a deadman throttle (spring loaded).
Non-member tractors must be inspected prior to pulling to insure all safety rules are met.
The inspector (a member of the Protest committee) must be allowed to look at engine shields, drive shaft area, clutch shields. kill switch, wheelie bars, tire size, weight bars, weights, hitch location, and question fuel type.
All competing tractors are subject to protest.
STOCK ALTERED - NQS RULES
Single cylinder four cycle flathead engines only.
Stock head bolt pattern=>stock head gasket must fit over studs or bolts.
Stock head bolt location and bead bolt size.
Maximum crankshaft stroke 3.25"
Maximum engine bore 3.780"
36.5000 cubic inch limit (no tolerance)
Maximum engine valve size 1.380"
Maximum engine valve lift .330".
Maximum carb venuri size 1.00", no air entering after 1.00" restriction, venturi must be round in shape.
Carburetor must be mounted to the engine with no more than 1" spacer.
No reverse port engines allowed, carburetor must go to the original intake port.
Carburetor must be a stock appearing Kohler-type.
Billet heads permitted.
Porting and polishing allowed.
No external welding or external modification allowed.
All thread through finned area is acceptable.
Welding permitted in crankcase area of the block for repair.
Methanol only, (NO NITRO OR ANY OTHER FUEL ADDITIVE)
Must run a factory appearing hood and grill.
1Tractors must have garden tractor rear-ends.
Tractors must use stock garden tractor frames.
Frames must maintain factory length.
Weight class 1050 lbs (both rounds)
Wheelbase: 52 inches maximum.
Top placing tractors will be checked for, but not limited to: Fuel, Bore, Stroke, Carb Size, Valve lift, Valve Size and Deck height. Formula for CU,IN. is Measured Bore X Measured Bore X Measured Stroke X .785 Cu In. All bores measured 90 degrees from thrust side.
Stroke: 3.250" maximum 0.010" measuring tolerance, must not exceed Cu.In. Limit,
Bore 3.780" maximum 0.010" measuring tolerance, must not exceed Cu. In. Limit.
Carb: 1.000" venturi size maximum 0.001" measuring tolerance.
Valve Size: 1.380" maximum 0.001" measuring tolerance.
Head Bolt Pattern: Stock Gasket must fit over head studs or bolts.
NOTE: If you have the factory fan shrouding in place and during tear down the tech person needs to inspect your engine's intake port, you will be required to remove the shrouding, even if it requires removing the engine from the chassis. So please have your intake port visible for the tear down procedure.
RULE CLARIFICATION; what can and cannot be done to the outside of the engine in the port area. Any intake port will be checked including one's that have been braced or repaired. They will be checked for stock carb mounting and locations, center to center distance, height and port location. Excessive and unnecessary build-up on the outside of the intake port will result in disqualification. Build up is port epoxy. Weld or bracing or any other means of distorting the port's factory dimensions.
PIEDMONT LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTOR PULLING ASSOCIATION


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