Kim Webb Reid: Winners! And a Recipe.
It being August 13, the time has come for another round of Paperback Craps. And the winners for August are . . . Sylinda and Kimberly Kay! Woooo HOOO! I'll be contacting you for your mailing addresses. I hope my bookshelf is kind to you both.
Everyone else, it's a new contest day. Comment for the drawing on September 13. You too could win a bag of random crap books.
And now for another Taco Tuesday. Still struggling to keep myself fed here. Doctor pointed out yesterday that just because I have high "good" cholesterol, it does not negate my high "bad" cholesterol. Jerk.
So it's time for me to think Mediterranean. Enjoy these kebabs, like I used to before I found out there are no outdoor grills allowed by my HOA.
Grill on medium for about 10 minutes. Serve with some lemon rice if you have good cholesterol, because who knew lemon rice had so much butter in it?
Do YOU enjoy cooking? Have you always? Do you keep track of your cholesterol?
Yay! Free crap--er, books! XD Thanks, Kim!


By far and away the most common causes of a childhood headache are tension headaches and migraines, which represent about 80% of headaches. The remainder are related to secondary causes such as viral illness, sinusitis, and ear infections. Although a refractive error of vision can cause headaches, they are not often to blame. Rare causes include meningitis, head injury and brain tumours.
The most valuable information you can give to you doctor to assist with diagnosis is a good history of the headache. The timing, the frequency, the duration and the location of the headache are essential information to know. In fact for the two common headache types, tension headache and migraine, there is no other way to make the diagnosis and with a good history the doctor should be able to do so without resorting to any investigations at all. Stresses at school and home are important to assess and the parent's own experience of headache also provides useful information. With a thorough history and targeted examination, usually a parent's worst fears can be put to rest and a management plan put in place. Rarely will the doctor advise further investigations.
Any concerns about growth or developmental milestones that lag behind other children.
Many children who develop tension headache or migraine will continue to experience these throughout their life. A full assessment by their doctor can allow them to develop lifestyle and self-management strategies for the future as well as help allay the anxiety about the cause of their problem.


I have also ripped all of my Beatles CD's to create MP3 files for my Creative Nomad Jukebox.
I came to find the Beatles fairly late in life. I can remember listening to my sister's '45's like "HELP!" and the b-side "I'm Down," when I was very young and really liking the music - but I didn't understand the lyrics. But I do remember getting very clear visual images from their songs, which to me is the mark of a truly great band. If a group can get me "thinking in pictures," the music really stays with me. As was evidenced later in my life when I listened to those songs again, and the memories came flooding back.
Anyway, I found the Beatles purely by chance. One day when I was in Costco, I stumbled upon the bin of Beatles cd's. They were on sale, so I bought four of them at first - I don't really remember which ones. When I listened to them, something happened. I went out and bought the rest of their releases. Something about this group, I can't really pin point.
Is it the incredible body of work and shear number of songs they have? Is it the interesting and marked "phases" in music making they went through? The somewhat mushy and light pop of Please Please Me, and With the Beatles, to the more thought provoking lyrics of A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale and HELP! . And then, you get to the Rubber Soul and Revolver era, which show's how the lad's matured musically and creatively. Which then lead directly into Sgt. Pepper, some say the greatest rock album of our time. Which then lead to Magical Mystery Tour and The Beatles (White Album), two albums that signal that the end was near. Even though there was turmoil, the band produces and releases the Yellow Submarine (ep) with such under appreciated and overlooked songs like Hey Bulldog, Only a Northern Song, and the very "telling" Harrison song All Too Much. Then came the last two studio recordings Let it Be and Abbey Road. Yes, I know they were released in the opposite order, but the tracks for Let it Be were all recorded before Abbey Road, as history and the Anthology (3) shows us (if I am not mistaken).
So there you have it, 13 studio releases from 1963 to 1970 with so many important songs that mirrored the times. I guess I was way too young to appreciate the music when it was happening, but I certainly do now. I don't hear any important songs today that I think I can look back years from now and appreciate. The Beatles have put on record music that is truly timeless.
My interest in the Beatles music has lead me to collect solo music from John, Paul, George and Ringo. I still have a lot of discs to acquire for them though. Maybe some day.


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Poetic Justice as Fate of Weinstein Company Lies in Hands Of Latina Powerhouse Maria Contreras-Sweet
The fact that the fate of The Weinstein Company (TWC) and Harvey Weinstein's pocket book rests in the hands of a Mexican immigrant and women's right advocate from Guadalajara – is a script that only Hollywood could craft. But alas it is real life.
Maria Contreras-Sweet, 61, has found success in both the private and public sector in a career marked by Latino and women-owned business advocacy. She comes from of a long-line of hard-working women defying the odds – from her Abuelita the migrant worker to her mother, a single mother who worked in a poultry factor to solely support her six children.
The entrepreneurial Latina came to the U.S. from Mexico at the age of five at the side of her mother and five other siblings. After college she quickly found success in corporate America and then in California state government. She achieved the pinnacle of her public service career on April 7, 2017 when she joined President Obama's cabinet as the 24th head and first Latina running the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Today Contreras-Sweet leads an investment group ready to buy TWC's company assets which include a 277-film library, 50 seasons of TV programming and five unreleased films.
While many buyers were scared off by the heavily damaged Weinstein Company brand and the stain of its co-founder Harvey Weinstein, Contreras-Sweet instead saw an opportunity. The entrepreneurial Latina saw this as not only a good business opportunity but also an opportunity to do good, by having a woman-majority board and management team put in place.
Contreras-Sweet investment group earlier this year emerged as the leading bidder by offering $500 million, half cash and half debt assumption. And offering a $50 million set aside for the countless victims of Weinstein and his complicit Board of Directors. For God-sake the divisive feminist and lawyer Gloria Allred even blessed the deal.
The deal has several hurdles to overcome including the recent lawsuit against TWC by the New York Attorney General. Meanwhile many have their fingers crossed that Latina Power is coming to Hollywood - finally.
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Telemedicine can help safety net providers expand access to medical specialists
by RAND Corporation
Safety new medical providers can substantially increase their telemedicine services with modest investments in new staff and technology, a move that can help them expand patients' access to specialized medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
But sustaining gains created by expanded telemedicine will require more-generous reimbursement policies from payers or ongoing revenue from other sources such as government grants, according to researchers.
While the study focused on the experiences of nine community health centers in California that provided telemedicine access to medical specialists from their primary care clinics, the findings have implications about how to sustain the rapid expansion of telemedicine that has been prompted by the social distancing efforts triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"We found that telemedicine services can extend care for services such as psychiatry and diabetic retinopathy screening in settings that reach underserved populations," said Lori Uscher-Pines, lead author of the study and a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization. "But in order to sustain such improvements, the federal government and others who pay for medical care need to increase their long-term support for telemedicine services."
There are about 1,400 community health centers across the nation that serve 29 million patients who are mostly low-income. The federally supported centers provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations, regardless of their insurance status or ability to pay for services.
RAND researchers examined the experiences of clinics enrolled in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net, which was funded by the California Health Care Foundation from 2017 to 2020. The project's goal was to help transform participating health centers from low-volume to high-volume telemedicine providers that are dedicated to improving access to specialty care through technology.
The nine community health centers in the project operated health clinics mostly in rural areas of California.
On average, the health centers had experienced a slight downward trend in telemedicine use prior to the start of the initiative. But there was a large and significant increase in telemedicine volume at the beginning of the initiative, which continued to increase over time.
The majority of participating health centers contracted with third parties (typically atelemedicine vendor or independent group of specialists) for telemedicine services. In this model, a patient visits the health center where they typically receive primary care and is connected to a remotely located specialist who is employed by another organization.
Two of the health centers primarily used their own clinicians to provide telemedicine services. In this model, multisite health centers that employ specialists such as mental health providers connect patients—via telemedicine—at clinics that do not have the specialists.
The community health centers spent between $4,400 and about $250,000 to establish expanded telemedicine programs, with most of the money going to new equipment. During the project, telemedicine volume at the clinics ranged from fewer than 500 visits per year to more than 7,000 per year.
Nearly half of the telemedicine visits were with a behavioral health provider, while another quarter were for eye care. Other common specialists providing telemedicine care included endocrinologists, rheumatologists and dermatologists.
Staff from most health centers reported that the telemedicine services were likely permanent, but that financial factors would determine the scope of services. Administrators at all of the clinics said that telemedicine was a cost center for their organizations and identified several factors that make it difficult for health centers to break even on telemedicine.
Barriers that increased costs include a high no-show rate, limited connectivity, restrictions that do not allow some providers to provide telemedicine services, telemedicine visits taking up space that could be used for more-profitable visits, and the costs associated with switching telemedicine providers.
The RAND evaluation recommends that clinics hire a telemedicine coordinator to head their efforts and that they consider offering telemedicine services to patients from their homes.
The home model, which has been widely implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, allows health centers to serve patients who live farther away and may be more sustainable because it uses less physical clinic space and can allow salaried providers employed by a clinic to work at full capacity.
"Most community health centers involved in the project were committed to sustaining telemedicine programs, regardless of profitability, in order to provide their patients access to medical specialists," Uscher-Pines said. "Nevertheless, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, new reimbursement policies could allow for greater flexibility in the type of visits that qualify for reimbursement, which could increase revenue for these visits."
In addition to overall findings, RAND researchers prepared companion reports that provide in-depth recommendations about how to expand telemedicine services. Those reports cover the ideal duties for a telemedicine coordinator, promising practices for adoption of telemedicine and a detailed analysis of the financial costs of expanding telemedicine.
Growth in use of telemedicine seen from 2005 to 2017
More information: The reports are "Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine," "The Case for a Telemedicine Coordinator: Lessons Learned from the Sustainable Models of Telemedicine in the Safety Net Initiative," "Promising Practices for Telemedicine Implementation" and "Costs of Maintaining a High-Volume Telemedicine Program in Community Health Centers." The reports are available at www.rand.org.
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Google is really NOT SAYING IN "HOW SEARCH WORKS" ?
As I was reading this, is it true that Google does this .
Come on, let us discuss the real thing about Google.
Google is a business, correct? It's their job to server shareholders by creating value and as long as they do not break the law, what's the issue?
I have always felt Google organic rankings were extremely unbiased. Sure, I would cuss at them when one of my sites were dropped--but was always happy when I leaped over one of my competitors. Anything outside of the organics, is fair game IMHO.
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'Girls Trip 2' Confirmed by Producer: "Sequel is Underway! The Ladies Are In"
Written by torresanz on January 24, 2022
Get ready, because it's been confirmed that the hotly anticipated 'Girls Trip' sequel is happening.
The 2017 comedy – starring Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish – proved a huge hit at the box office.
Produced on a $20 million budget, the hilarious film generated a seismic $140 million worldwide – making it one of the most successful releases of that year.
In the time since there has been ample teasing of a follow-up.
Now, it's been confirmed by one of the central forces behind the franchise.
Speaking to host Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, producer Will Packer shared:
"Can't we all use a post-pandemic trip, my friend? I think that the time is actually right, and this is something that I will tell you and break right now at GMA: the Girls Trip 2 sequel, we are underway.
We are absolutely in the stages, the ladies are in, I just talked to the director.:
Packer continued:
"We are underway with Girls Trip 2, and now it's just about what kind of trip do we take, right? Post-pandemic with all our favorite crazy ladies, what do we do with them? That's what we got to figure out."
'Girls Trip' was a cultural force and narratively lends itself to sequels. So, we're all aboard.
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The American Alliance of Football League made its official debut over the weekend, with eight teams playing a four-game schedule.
Just six days removed from the Super Bowl, many questioned whether or not the league would spark up a national interest. According to reports, the AAF's debut posted better TV ratings than the NBA on ABC though.
Despite not having a team in Colorado, there was also a local interest as a variety of players with local ties are participating in the spring league.
Former Broncos players like Rahim Moore (Arizona Hotshots) and Austin Traylor (Salt Lake Stallions) are among the participants. But a lot of the local interest stemmed from former college stars getting a chance to keep their pro football dreams alive.


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Well, it is finally fall in Tennessee! Our temperatures went from 90 degrees last Tuesday to 60 degrees by Thursday. That was quite a change, so we put away the shorts and sandals and pulled out the jeans a sweaters! Finally! Now don't get me wrong, I love summer, but it should not be 90 degrees in October! I think we were all ready for fall temps to catch up with the season. So in honor of cooler weather, I am including chili on this weeks meal plan!
Last week, I started offering a service where you can get the printable meal plan, recipes and a grocery list for only $3. However, if you want to try it risk free shoot me an email at leslie@leslieslittlecorner.com and I will reply with a coupon code that is good for this weeks or last weeks meal plan for free!
While you are doing your shopping planning this week, check out Kroger's Buy 5, Save 5 sale this week: I got Quaker Granola Bars for .99 a box this week, and Goldfish bags are also .99 this week. These are great to stock up on for lunches!
After a week off to plan and execute, my weekly Meal Plan Monday is back! This week, I have a fun surprise for you! A while back, I asked if anyone would be interested in a shopping list for my meal plans. Originally, I thought it might be another freebie for my readers, but the amount of planning and work that goes into something like that was just way too much to give away.
For now, I will be offering the meal plan, grocery list, and recipe list for $3. You will receive a PDF download that contains everything you need. If this is something that grows, I would eventually love to grow it into a subscription service. Right now, I am accepting PayPal and am working on getting credit card payments set up. If you want a copy, click on shop above and it will take you right where you need to go to order!
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10 Records BLACKPINK Broke With Their "DDU-DU DDU-DU" Comeback
BLACKPINK and records.
BLACKPINK finally made their comeback with their first mini album SQUARE UP in May and BLINKs around the world have been waiting for their return. To celebrate, BLINK's made sure BLACKPINK would be setting records left and right.
1. Fastest Girl Group Music Video To Reach 10 million views.
It took just 6 hours and 15 minutes for "DDU-DU DDU-DU" to hit 10 million views. Only BTS's "FAKE LOVE" was faster, reaching it in 4 hours 56 minutes.
Just 7 hours later, the music video reached 20 million views. The total time it took to reach 20 million was 13 hours and 43 minutes.
In under 24 hours (22 hours and 54 minutes), the music video reached 30 million views.
While BLINK's tried to get the music video to 40 million views in 24 hours with a late push, they fell just short, but still managed to hit 40 million in just 26 hours and 55 minutes.
It took less than 3 days for "DDU-DU DDU-DU" to hit 50 million views, clocking in at 50 hours and 27 minutes.
6. Most Views In 24 Hours For A Girl Group Music Video.
The music video received 33,713,799 views in 24 hours, making it not only the most viewed music by a girl group, but the 9th most viewed video ever in the first 24 hours.
7. Most Unique Listeners In The First Hour On MelOn For A Girl Group.
With 83,047 unique listeners in the first hour, "DDU-DU DDU-DU" took the #1 spot for girl groups and #8 overall behind powerhouses such as BTS, IU, BIGBANG, and Wanna One.
8. Most Unique Listeners In The First 24 Hours On MelOn For A Girl Group.
They proved the song was a hit with the public too, with 1,015,669 unique listeners throughout the song's first 24 hours, topping Mamamoo's girl group record of 940,435 with "Yes I Am".
9. Most #1 Placements On iTunes Charts For A Girl Group.
The SQUARE UP album has hit #1 on iTunes in 44 different countries, marking a new record for K-Pop girl groups.
10. First K-Pop Girl Group To Enter Top 50 On Spotify.
They became the first girl group to enter the Glocal Top 50 on Spotify, showing fans around the world were dying for this comeback.
Bonus: First Perfect All-Kill For A Girl Group On The New System.
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Life forms and living processes are known as the science of biology. Growth, reproduction, capability to smell the terrain and mount a suitable response is unique features of living organisms. Diversity in the living world or biodiversity is the occurrence of a variety of life forms different in morphology, size, colour, anatomy, habitats and habits. Taxonomical aids are the collections of samples or preserved organisms which help in extensive research for the identification of various taxonomic ranking. These include Herbarium, Botanical Gardens, Museum, Zoological Parks and Keys.These are known as the tools for the study of Taxonomy. Taxonomy is the branch of study that deals with principles and procedures of identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms. Let's understand the detailed explanation of Botanical Gardens.
The botanical garden or botanic garden is a garden dedicated to the collection, cultivation, preservation and display of an especially wide range of plants, which are typically labelled with their botanical names. Botanical Gardens have collections of living flora species for reference. Plant species in these gardens are grown for identification purposes and each plant is labelled indicating its botanical name and its family. The famous botanical gardens are at Kew(England), Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah(India) and at National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow(India). The approximate number of botanic gardens in the world is 2500. Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England is known as the largest botanical garden in the world. It has 300-acre garden near London and is home to the world's biggest collection of living plants. The Botanical Garden in Berlin is the second largest botanical garden in the world.
History of Botanical Gardens
The gardens are as old as human development. The man started to cultivate plants in gardens, to feed himself conveniently with food, to provide drugs, or to cultivate beautiful flowers. Indeed veritably primitive tribes engage in vegetable gardening and frequently, unexpectedly, flower gardening.
In classical civilization, gardens were important features on the grounds of temples or palaces, as well as of the homes of the nobility. The number of plants cultivated by the ancient Egyptians was a source of fascination to neighbouring peoples. The "Hanging Gardens" of Babylon are add up among the admiration of the ancient world. With Renewable and the widening of men's horizons, the art of gardening prospered as a result of new enthusiasm. Curious and valuable plants from the recently discovered lands brought a new zest for plant introduction. The sixteenth-century herbalists, as we have seen, familiarize the world with hundreds of plants, numerous of them growing in gardens. Mounting interest in the growing flowers for the beautification of grounds around homes led to the preaface of species from parts of the world.
In India, the botanic gardens have existence at a very early date probably as early as 546 B.C. The famous Indian physician Jivaka Komarabhacca who thrive during the region of King Bimbisara of Magadh (modern Bihar) from 546 to 494 B.C. made an intensive survey of the medicinal plants of India. These gardens have been in existence all over India for thousands of years and have been repeatedly mentioned in ancient Sanskrit literature. They are roled as the botanical gardens of the Old World.
The botanical gardens reflected the growth of the human culture of the regions in which they were situated today, and shine back the glory of a nation or of a country. The Indian history, which runs through thousands of years, we find that these gardens flourished with the rise of different dynasties and dwindle down with their fall. During the progress of the Mughals, East India Company, and British, botanical gardens prospered and with their fall, the garden decayed. Now with India's independence, they are again flourishing up. A network of botanical gardens has come up and is functioning throughout the country with intensive botanical activity.
Importance of Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens and Herbaria are important places for methodical study and exploration on the flora of the region. These are places of great academic and profitable significance. A detailed explanation of botanical gardens is follows. Botanical gardens are the institutions that maintain the living plant collections of different kinds of plants, including ornamental and cultivated ones, wild, medicinal, of economic importance, of various geographical regions, of specific interest, etc. They are of great worth not only to the botanists, horticulturists and foresters but also to the millions of visitors.
A vast botanical garden possesses plant species from various corners of the world. It also includes glasshouses, a library, a herbarium, research laboratories, and several variety of resources including photographs, paintings, illustrations, reprints, note-books and specimens of several types, it is, thus, not simply a garden but a botanical institution.
Luca Ghini was the first person to establish a botanical garden on scientific criteria in 1543 at Pisa in Italy.
Role of Botanical Gardens
Taxonomic Studies-Botanical gardens give precious information on various plants. Local flora, bonsai, rare plants etc. They act as "outdoor laboratories" for scholars and researchers. It helps us to know about our biodiversity, its features and various other information.
Botanical Research- For botanical research botanical gardens supply a wide range of plant species, seeds, flowers, and fruits. Research on plants enhance our intellectual life and adds to our knowledge about other life supporting processes.
Conservation-Botanical gardens conserve and generate rare species and genetic diversity. Conservating species may help diversity from fading which could help the upcoming generation with their knowledge about plant species.
Education-They supply facilities for courses in local flora, horticulture, hybridization, plant propagation, etc. These educational programmes include workshops, and training sessions for teachers, students, naturalists, etc.
Public Services-They helps the public in identifying the local and exotic plant species; provide instructions for home gardening, and propagation of plants; supply plant resource; through sale or exchange.
Aesthetics and Resources-They attract people who have made gardening their hobby. These gardens also play a essential role in fulfilling human needs and providing well-being.
Employment-They create job opportunities for a large number of young botanists. It makes people employed by providing work at a different levels of jobs.
Growing important plants of local flora.
Providing living plant material for systematic work.
Keeping a record of local flora.
Supplying seeds and materials for different side of botanical research.
Growing and maintaining rare and endangered plants.
Main Botanical Garden, Moscow. The largest garden is spread over an area of 900 acres.
Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (England). It has an area of 300 acres but grows a very huge number of flora species.
Indian Botanical Garden Howrah, India. It is the largest botanical garden in Asia spread over an area of 273 acres.
Lioyd Botanical Garden, Darjeeling(India). Occupying an area of only 40 acres.
National Botanical Garden, Lucknow(India). The garden has an area of 70 acres.
Lalbag Gardens, Bangaluru,(India). This garden was founded by Hyder Ali.
FAQs on Botanical Gardens
Question 1: What are Botanical Gardens?
Botanical gardens are institutions that maintain the living plant collections of different varieties of plants.
Question 2: Define key points of Botanical Gardens.
Open to the public, proper labelling of the plants, Monitoring of the plants in the collections.
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Botanical gardens devote their resources to the study and conservation of plants, as well as to making the world's plant species diversity known to the public.
Question 4: Who established the Botanical garden?
The gardens were originally founded in 1786 by Colonel Kyd, containing about 12,000 living plants and over two and half million dried plant specimens in the herbarium collected all over the world.
Question 5: What is the largest Botanical garden in the world?
Royal Botanic gardens in Kew is the largest Botanical garden in the world.
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Seal hunt hysteria takes hold, climate change heats up, and there's a reality TV renaissance.
By Jacob Boon
From the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 Issue
This is the story of the past 35 years. This is the story of the North, as only Up Here could tell it.
The First Decade.
The Second Decade.
THE THIRD DECADE: 2004-2014
It was a hell of a photo op. A former Beatle, rolling around with an adorable baby seal on an ice floe. How could the international press not eat it up? Paul and Heather McCartney's PR blitz in 2006 called the seal hunt a "stain" on Canada and snared celebrities from Ellen Degeneres to Pamela Anderson in its frenzy. It also had a devastating effect on the people who actually hunt, eat, and wear seal.
The European Union quickly put forward a proposal to ban all trade and import of seal products across their continent. Nunavut sealskin sales fell by nearly 90 per cent in 2008 alone, and still haven't recovered. For families whose income depended on the sale of seal products, the results were dire. The average income of a seal hunter in Resolute Bay fell from $53,000 to $1,000.
Slowly the image of sealing in southern Canada has begun to evolve. In 2009, Governor General Michaelle Jean proudly chowed down on bloody seal heart during a visit to Rankin Inlet. Inuit artists like Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Nancy Mike, Tanya Tagaq, and Alethea Arnaquq-Baril fired back at Ellen Degeneres' seal-hunt rhetoric in 2014 by launching the viral "sealfie" movement on social media.
In Up Here's third decade the world was also quickly beginning to realize just how rapidly the climate was changing—and its very-real impact on northern lives. Rivers were drying up and permafrost was melting. The Bathurst caribou herd's numbers were—still are—in free-fall. From 2006 to 2009, chinook salmon populations swimming up Whitehorse's Fish Ladder shrunk by 75 per cent. Rapid development in Alberta's oil sands prompted fears that toxic tailings could spill out and run north through the Athabasca River.
Scientists in 2013 confirmed that 30 per cent of the Arctic's sea ice had melted over the past 35 years. Meanwhile, Inuit elders were reporting that the sun was in the wrong place. It was rising and setting in a different location. The visual shift was the result, scientists eventually realized, of a rapidly warming atmosphere refracting the solar light at a new angle.
Another northern legend that became real in the 2000s was the long-rumoured grolar bear. The grizzly-polar hybrids had long been speculated by hunters and observed by Inuit, but an actual specimen had eluded scientists until one was shot and killed in 2006 near Sachs Harbour. Trophy hunter Jim Martell had the corpse stuffed and shipped south to be displayed in his Idaho home.
In 2007, the Mad Trapper's corpse was exhumed in Aklavik by DNA experts. A documentary crew filming their efforts hoped to determine the legendary criminal's identity once and for all. No such luck, unfortunately. It was also the same year the Canada Winter Games came to Whitehorse. The National Energy Board approved the Mackenzie Valley pipeline project in 2010 after many years of regulatory review. The project's cost would eventually balloon to $16 billion before its backers walked away in 2017.
The Wildcat Cafe in Yellowknife was put back together in 2012 after being dismantled so a new foundation could be poured. Every one of the landmark's logs and nails was meticulously categorized so it could be reassembled—piece by piece— exactly as it always had been. That same year the Deh Cho Bridge finally opened, and RCMP officer Gregory Logan was issued a $385,000 fine after authorities uncovered his role in an international narwhal tusk smuggling ring.
In other news, the territories were growing—fast. Numbers from the 2006 federal census showed Canada's north of 60 population had surpassed 100,000 for the first time ever. That doesn't mean the cost of living was any easier. A 10-kilogram watermelon in Nain, Labrador priced at $55.41 became something of a local attraction in 2008, with residents snapping pics to post online. After CBC came calling the melon was reassessed at a more reasonable—relatively speaking—$38. In 2009 a frozen turkey selling for $200 in Arctic Bay again made the national news. It was eventually marked down to $90. Two years later the federal government created its Nutrition North subsidy program.
Meanwhile, there was something of a northern renaissance happening on cable TV. The History Channel stumbled upon ratings gold in 2007 with the premiere of Ice Road Truckers. A convoy of charismatic drivers hauling supplies across frozen lakes wound up setting a ratings record for the American channel, attracting 3.4 million viewers when it debuted. A number of northern-based reality shows quickly followed suit. There was the Discovery Channel's Gold Rush, the Canadian History channel's Yukon Gold and Buffalo Air's breakthrough performance in Ice Pilots: NWT. Viewers couldn't seem to get enough of rugged northerners engaged in rough-and-tumble careers.
The United States outlawed the importation of polar bear pelts in 2009, restricting another important revenue source for Inuit. Polar bear diamonds also came to an end at the start of the 2010s. The glittering brand of Canadian stones, once proudly worn by celebrities like Meryl Streep and Jodie Foster, disappeared when the only two cutting shops licensed to use the world-famous engraving went belly up by 2011.
Speaking of brands, in 2014 the city of Yellowknife aggressively forced a local artist to hand over $2,000 worth of t-shirts depicting the Wildcat Cafe in an effort to protect the heritage location's trademark. The shirts were eventually returned after significant public backlash, so long as they weren't sold to anyone.
Then in 2016, the head frame was brought down. The Robertson head frame at Con Mine was the tallest building in the Northwest Territories. For years it served as a landmark for pilots and sailors. Its red cap dominated the skyline as a visual reminder of the town's mining heritage. But by 2016 it was an albatross for the city. Estimates put the annual upkeep of the site at $500,000. Yellowknife instead chose to spend that money to level the structure via controlled explosion.
Finally, in 2014, devolution came to the Northwest Territories. Government responsibilities had been handed over piecemeal to the territory since the '80s, but the finalized Northwest Territories Devolution Act changed the landscape forever when it received Royal Assent in 2014 (eleven years after the Yukon had broken away from Ottawa). The NWT had control over its land, its resources, and its future. How all that works is still being figured out five years later.
Oh, and 2014 was also when the HMS Erebus was located. Franklin's ship was found sitting in 10 metres of water off O'Reilly Island after being lost for 166 years. The North's most enduring mystery was about to be solved.
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Albany is deceptively simple. It's quiet and family-oriented, but also a great place to play and shop away from the student throngs in Berkeley and the crazy big crowds in Oakland.
Driving around the flat grid of sunny residential streets, you see many two- or three-bedroom single-family homes in a wide range of styles, from charming Craftsman bungalows to Mediterranean styles.
But get out into the main thoroughfares and you'll find fun, fine food, natural beauty, and much more.
For a cozy outdoor getaway, you've got Albany Hill Park — that's the round wooded hillside that pops up with those huge condo complexes you pass on the freeway. And Albany is home to the shoreline parks that stretch along the water's edge. The Golden Gate Fields horse racing arena is part of that.
For nightlife, Albany offers more than you'd think. Near the corner of Solano and San Pablo, for starters, the Albany Twin movie theater offers a full bill of foreign and independent films.
The Hotsy Totsy Club on San Pablo Avenue is a popular place to go on the weekend. It's your basic neighborhood bar, but with well-respected craft cocktails and an eclectic clientele ranging from hipsters to the local barflies.
And we'd be remiss not to mention the Albany Bowl, one of the few old-style bowling alleys still standing. Besides lanes and bowling balls, it's got arcade games for the kids, a bar for the adults, and a pizza bistro for the whole family so you can enjoy a slice to take your mind off that last frame you threw.
San Pablo and Solano Avenues are the main shopping streets, but you're not far from the big box retail and other chain stores of University Village, just a little way down San Pablo.
One of the local highlights is Mary & Joe's Sporting Goods, also on San Pablo near Solano, which specializes in sports gear for kids playing on school teams. It also has one of the best local selections of sports team caps, and not just for Bay Area teams.
Albany is centrally tucked in between Berkeley, Kensington, El Cerrito, and Richmond, making it a crossroads for major freeways as well as BART, buses, and other forms of transportation.
It's criss-crossed by the main thoroughfares of Solano and San Pablo Avenues, the main commercial arteries with just about any product or service you might need.
Albany is a small place but its fine K-12 schools, with some of the best achievement rankings in the state, are one of the reasons that homes keep their value and desirability.
See all Real estate in the city of Albany.


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OECD Economics Department Working Papers
Making Federalism Work in Italy
Working papers from the Economics Department of the OECD that cover the full range of the Department's work including the economic situation, policy analysis and projections; fiscal policy, public expenditure and taxation; and structural issues including ageing, growth and productivity, migration, environment, human capital, housing, trade and investment, labour markets, regulatory reform, competition, health, and other issues.
The views expressed in these papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD or of the governments of its member countries.
Fiscal federalism can be an important complement to structural reforms and budget consolidation. Empowering sub national governments, while at the same time making them accountable to local citizens in the uses of tax money, could improve the allocation of public resources and promote catch up of the lagging regions. Italy has launched itself in the federalist direction by decentralising spending, regulatory and tax powers in the late 1990s and reinforcing growing lower level responsibilities with a constitutional reform in 2001. The constitution has yet to be fully implemented, though the government has signaled its intention to do so. A stronger focus should now be put on the financing side, i.e. getting a better match between spending responsibilities and taxing powers so as to boost local autonomy and responsibility in line with the goals of federalist reforms. As the lower levels are fully in charge of health and long term care, they will face intense pressures due to population ageing, which is especially rapid in Italy, so that more tax bases should be devolved to them, especially as pension reform has reduced such pressures on central government. Redistributive mechanisms should be redesigned to improve fiscal effort, and Italy must decide in that context to what extent it can really afford to guarantee uniform national service levels – and conversely, how much regional differentiation of services it will tolerate in pursuit of higher efficiency. Framework conditions need to be strengthened, notably accounting standards which need to be upgraded and unified. Fiscal discipline under the Internal Stability Pact should be strengthened via better ex ante co-ordination and tougher sanctions ex post.
Keywords: Italy, efficiency, fiscal federalism, decentralisation, public spending, regions, local authorities, provinces, health care
JEL: H72: Public Economics / State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations / State and Local Budget and Expenditures; H75: Public Economics / State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations / State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions; H71: Public Economics / State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations / State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue; H77: Public Economics / State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations / Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism; Secession
Alexandra Bibbeei iOECD


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The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power
Jonathan Tonge, Maire Braniff, Thomas Hennessey, James McAuley, Sophie Whiting
Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences
School of Human and Health Sciences
Centre for Citizenship, Conflict, Identity and Diversity
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland has undergone a remarkable transformation. Having been a party of opposition and protest for decades following its foundation in 1971, the DUP is now the leading party of government in the region, one which dominates unionist politics. The party moved from a religiously influenced determination to face down the 'enemies of Ulster' to acceptance of the need to share power with those 'enemies' in the form of Sinn Féin. In so agreeing, via the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, the DUP secured the sharing of power first attempted in the 1998 Belfast Agreement. It was a deal which startled many of even the most loyal followers of the DUP's leader for decades, the Reverend Ian Paisley, but one which has stuck under his successor, Peter Robinson Yet, despite its colourful past and contemporary prominence, the DUP has rarely been the subject of detailed academic analysis. This unique book is the first to examine who are the DUP's members and explore what they believe. Drawing upon unprecedented access given by the party, including a Leverhulme Trust-funded survey of the membership and over one hundred detailed interviews, this book analyses what makes individuals join the DUP; who those members are in terms of age, gender, and religion; what they think of the political institutions and power-sharing; attitudes to policing changes and dissident threats and what issues, constitutional or otherwise, concern them most.
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Google is rolling out a significant update to the Google Maps with new Material UI. The new update has brought in major changes to the User Interface of the App. You can now update your Google Maps app by going to the Play Store. also, if you have not received it yet, then we have also added a link below for you guys.
Many features, which were announced at Google IO 2018 are now rolling out in a phasing manner to different times via different updates. The latest has added a new user Interface abiding the rules of Material Design. The update is said to be rolling out from the server side but there's might be a catch with version also.
We suggest you to keep updated your app for the new features to rollout with any issue.
Many things have been changed in the new version of the Google Maps. Users can see new buttons, layouts and fonts which are more brighter and cleaner than earlier. The ease of using the app is also increased with the relocation of the buttons position. From the square buttons, the focus has shifted to round buttons.
Also, there's a tab for personal recommendations, which is also an important feature of this update.


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Q: Custom Driver For Thermal printer in windows I am try to develop the driver for my printer,which is working on com port. it is a thermal printer most focus on receipt printing.but i don't have any driver for this printer so  now i using windows "GENERIC \TEXT ONLY PRINTER"
drivers.it working but the problem is i cant control the language .i have some doubt about the  windows generic text only driver
1.is it possible to using generic\text only  mode for various fonts and language ?
2.whether it has own language monitor and OEM driver?
3.is it possible to integrate any gpd file with generic mode driver
and also
Basically for any printer has three major component in driver that are language monitor,OEM uni driver,User Interface ,that driver must developed in WDK ,for any open source available for this kind for printer driver development.
any have idea about this .

A: So I´m back now, and I told something wrong - it was not VB6, it was already C# - You will have to translate this (basically you can use the same api calls ..)
I also found this code somewhere in the net ... it did not escape from my brain
It was a service, used for an old DOS app to print to a HP Laserjet (The Dos app knows how to use PCL).
The call:
RawPrinterHelper.SendFileToPrinter(new PrinterSettings().PrinterName, fileName);

And the Helper Class:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace RAW_Print
{
    public class RawPrinterHelper
    {
        [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
        public class DOCINFOA
        {
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
            public string pDocName;
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
            public string pOutputFile;
            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)]
            public string pDataType;
        }
        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "OpenPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool OpenPrinter([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStr)] string szPrinter, out IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pd);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "ClosePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool ClosePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartDocPrinterA", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool StartDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, Int32 level, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] DOCINFOA di);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndDocPrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool EndDocPrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "StartPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool StartPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "EndPagePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool EndPagePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter);

        [DllImport("winspool.Drv", EntryPoint = "WritePrinter", SetLastError = true, ExactSpelling = true, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.StdCall)]
        public static extern bool WritePrinter(IntPtr hPrinter, IntPtr pBytes, Int32 dwCount, out Int32 dwWritten);

        public static bool SendBytesToPrinter(string szPrinterName, IntPtr pBytes, Int32 dwCount)
        {
            Int32    dwError = 0, dwWritten = 0;
            IntPtr    hPrinter = new IntPtr(0);
            DOCINFOA    di = new DOCINFOA();
            bool    bSuccess = false;

            di.pDocName = "your doc name";
            di.pDataType = "RAW";

            if (OpenPrinter(szPrinterName.Normalize(), out hPrinter, IntPtr.Zero))
            {
                if (StartDocPrinter(hPrinter, 1, di))
                {
                    if (StartPagePrinter(hPrinter))
                    {
                        bSuccess = WritePrinter(hPrinter, pBytes, dwCount, out dwWritten);
                        EndPagePrinter(hPrinter);
                    }
                    EndDocPrinter(hPrinter);
                }
                ClosePrinter(hPrinter);
            }
            if (bSuccess == false)
            {
                dwError = Marshal.GetLastWin32Error();
            }
            return bSuccess;
        }

        public static bool SendFileToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szFileName)
        {
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(szFileName, FileMode.Open);
            BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
            Byte []bytes = new Byte[fs.Length];
            bool bSuccess = false;
            IntPtr pUnmanagedBytes = new IntPtr(0);
            int nLength;

            nLength = Convert.ToInt32(fs.Length);

            bytes = br.ReadBytes(nLength);
            pUnmanagedBytes = Marshal.AllocCoTaskMem(nLength);
            Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
            bSuccess = SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pUnmanagedBytes, nLength);
            Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pUnmanagedBytes);
            br.Close();
            fs.Close();
            return bSuccess;
        }
        public static bool SendStringToPrinter(string szPrinterName, string szString)
        {
            IntPtr pBytes;
            Int32 dwCount;
            dwCount = szString.Length;
            pBytes = Marshal.StringToCoTaskMemAnsi(szString);
            SendBytesToPrinter(szPrinterName, pBytes, dwCount);
            Marshal.FreeCoTaskMem(pBytes);
            return true;
        }
    }
}

A: In my ancient programming times with VB6 it was possible to open the printer as "RAW printer", that is in fact a driverless printing method - you have the complete work.
I´ll start a search in my old sources for this, I´m quite sure, you can translate this to c language if you need it.

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Discussion in 'General Shaving Talk' started by Tim Spencer, Jul 17, 2018.
Deodorant - Tommy Bahama "Set Saîl Martînique"
Tuesday morning I am unleashing my newest shaving set. I call it "The Executive Shave Kit". This is what I imagine Elon Musk or Bill Gates have in their giant bathroom to shave with.
***EDIT - 10-out-of-10 shave. As good as the best shaves I've ever had and considering this is the first time I've used this razor, that's saying something. I wanted to find fault with this razor because of the $399 price tag, but, I could not find any stylistic or shave-oriented fault with it. It's preliminary, but it seems like this could be the best razor in my den in terms of pure shave ability. I performed a 3-pass + touch up shave. No nicks, no weepers, no irritation and I found that it required fewer strokes of the razor over each section to remove the hair. My beard hair is tough, but my skin is sensitive. So, I'm a challenging subject for any razor. If your razor can perform a full 3-pass AND a touchup session and leave no irritation, you have what amounts to a perfect razor. The post-shave is BBS+++. As good as any shave I've gotten. 'During' the shave it was very comfortable. Effortless. I 'dared' the razor to give me razor burn. I couldn't seem to pick a bad angle despite not having used the razor before and not knowing what would work or not work, I seemingly could do no wrong. No other razor was this effortless, ever.
I want to put out a recommendation. Since this razor is so good at preventing a poor shave, and because Mama Bear soap worked so well with it, I'm recommending that people focus on pairing very 'slick' soaps with this razor and not worry so much about 'protection'. This razor seems to do a very good job at maintaining proper blade contact and angle. I believe a 'slick' soap would work best with this razor.
I'll say this. What I expected a $399 razor to provide, it did. I have zero criticism of it other than the price, but could it be justified if it's the best? That is something each individual person must decide for themselves. How much is the 'best' shave worth to you? I'm a weird dude. I'll pay ridiculous prices for shaving gear for various reasons.
Next, the ECOTOOLS brush. I'm well read on synthetic brush technologies. I had to find a brush that would fit in the 'groove' of the Iris Hantverk shave bowl's lid. Weirdly, the Iris Hantverk shave brushes look 'wrong' aesthetically with the dark-grey concrete bowl. I couldn't find a good, inexpensive shave brush that matched the color theme and would fit the bowl's open 'groove'. I sat and thought about how I could solve this issue and thanks to my previous knowledge from reading, I found out that synthetic brush knots were made from the technology that came out of cosmetic makeup brushes. So, I started looking for a makeup brush that fit the groove and BAM, found one. And.....at least with Mama Bear glycerin-based shave soap, it works extremely well! Despite the small knot size it held 3-passes of lather. The synthetic hairs on this are thinner, softer and hold water BETTER than the synthetic brushes I currently use, however, the softness of this brush doesn't lend for as good an exfoliation as my other synthetics.
All-in-all, a ridiculously fantastic shave and the products really worked out. The Shave Den's Witch Hazel aftershave with menthol along with my magic antioxidant face serum tightened up the skin. My skin literally feels marble smooth. I love the new shaving set.
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Next, the ECOTOOLS brush. I'm well read on synthetic brush technologies. I had to find a brush that would fit in the 'groove' of the Iris Hantverk shave bowl's lid. Weirdly, the Iris Hantverk shave brushes look 'wrong' aesthetically with the dark-grey concrete bowl. I couldn't find a good, inexpensive shave brush that matched the color theme and would fit the bowl's open 'groove'. I sat and thought about how I could solve this issue and thanks to my previous knowledge from reading, I found out that synthetic brush knots were made from the technology that came out of cosmetic makeup brushes. So, I started looking for a makeup brush that fit the groove and BAM, found one. And.....at least with Mama Bear glycerin-based shave soap, it works extremely well! Despite the small knot size it held 3-passes of lather. The synthetic hairs on this are softer and hold water BETTER than the synthetic brushes I currently use, however, the softness of this brush doesn't lend for as good an exfoliation as my other synthetics.
How do you like Mama Bear's soaps?.....thinking of trying one or two in the not too distant future.
I dig the Mama Bear Soaps. I've found that if you have sensitive skin like me, that pre-shave oil guards against irritation. I think a few of her soaps can cause a 'burning' sensations for some people, including me, on the 3rd pass of a shave. Pass 1-and-2, it's fine, but on pass-3, I start to 'feel' a slight burning sensation. Because I had tried glycerine soaps early-on in my classic-wet shaving trials, I ordered and tried pre-shave oil. It worked incredibly well to moisten and protect my sensitive skin against irritation. I suspect that 'some' Mama Bear soaps have this issue (not all) due to the fragrance oils she uses. Mama Bear soaps are very fragrant. I think that other soap artisans are using ingredients that 'buffer' the skin against their scent oil's irritation, much like a pre-shave oil does.
Strangely, I once emailed Mama Bear soaps asking if it would hurt the soap performance to melt it in the microwave to fit in my different bowls. She advised against that. For over a year I didn't melt any of her soaps and instead "shredded and pressed" the soaps into my bowls. Until one day I just decided to try microwaving very, very lightly for one of her soaps ("Bounty" I believe) and the result was that the performance and lather seemed 'better', and not only that, but the irritation seemed lower to non-existent. So now I put slices of her pucks then melt in the nuker and pour. They work fantastic for me, better even.
I chose Mama Bear glycerine soap for the Iris Hantverk concrete bowl because the bowl is small, and doesn't give much room to 'load' the brush. So a small brush is needed, but also a proper form-fitting soap is also a very handy substance to use in this constrained, limited situation. I was able to cut and melt nearly half the Mama Bear puck and put 'just' the right amount into the bowl to allow for proper brush loading and to prevent massive over flow of lather during loading. The brush I chose also loaded SURPRISINGLY WELL despite it's size and held on to a lot of soap. I was 100% sure going in that I would need to "re-load" the small brush several times during the shave. Nope. That little brush seemed to be tailor-made to work with a glycerine shave soap. I feel like I got SUPER lucky that my product choices all worked precisely as I predicted in the aggregate, but also worked together BETTER than I presumed in some respects. (ie, the slickness of the soap working perfectly with this razor and the glycerine not only being perfect for the bowl, but also being great for loading in the tiny brush knot beyond any reasonable expectation).
I think that Catie's Bubbles, Country Club for Men, Crown King, Razor Rock (semi-cream) soaps are better 'overall', in terms of skin protection, but there's no question that Mama Bear soaps perform functionally well for a shave. My shave this morning was spectacular. I credit the addition of pre-shave oil (and of course a great razor) in achieving a '10' rated shave.
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I dig the Mama Bear Soaps. I've found that if you have sensitive skin like me, that pre-shave oil guards against irritation. I think a few of her soaps can cause a 'burning' sensations for some people, including me, on the 3rd pass of a shave. Pass 1-and-2, it's fine, but on pass-3, I start to 'feel' a slight burning sensation. Because I had tried glycerine soaps early-on in my classic-wet shaving trials, I ordered and tried pre-shave oil. It worked incredibly well to moisten and protect my sensitive skin against irritation. I suspect that 'some' Mama Bear soaps have this issue (not all) due to the fragrance oils she uses. Mama Bear soaps are very fragrant. I think that other soap artisans are using ingredients that 'buffer' the skin against their scent oils irritation, much like a pre-shave oil does.
Strangely, I once emailed Mama Bear soaps asking if it would hurt the soap performance to melt it in the microwave to fit in my different bowls. She advised against that. For over a year I didn't melt any of her soaps and instead "shredded and pressed" the soaps into my bowls. Until one day I just decided to try microwaving very, very lightly for one of her soaps ("Bounty" I believe) and the result was that the performance and lather seemed 'better', and not only that, but the irritation seemed lower to non-existent. So now I but slices of her pucks then melt in the nuker and pour. They work fantastic for me, better even.
I chose Mama Bear glycerine soap for the Iris Hantverk concrete bowl because the bowl is small, and doesn't give much room to 'load' the brush. So a small brush is needed, but also a proper form-fitting soap is also a very handy substance to use in this constrained, limited situation. I was able to cut and melt nearly half the Mama Bear puck and put 'just' the right amount into the bowl to allow for proper brush loading and to prevent massive over flow. The brush I chose also loaded SURPRISINGLY WELL despite it's size and held on to a lot of soap. I was 100% sure going in that I would need to "re-load" the small brush several times during the shave. Nope. That little brush seemed to be tailor-made to work with a glycerine shave soap. I feel like I got SUPER lucky that my product choices all worked precisely as I predicted in the aggregate, but also worked together BETTER than I presumed in some respects. (ie, the slickness of the soap working perfectly with this razor and the glycerine not only being perfect for the bowl, but also being great for loading in the tiny brush knot beyond any reasonable expectation).
I think that Catie's Bubbles, Country Club for Men, Crown King, Razor Rock (semi-cream) soaps are better 'overall', in terms of skin protection, but there's no question that Mama Bear soaps perform functionally well for a shave. My shave this morning was spectacular. I credit the addition of pre-shave oil in achieving a '10' rated shave.
Nice looking kit...appropriately named. Well done.


Each website no matter how small or big, are all registered in domain name servers, or most commonly referred to as DNS. To lay it out with a simple analogy, DNS are akin to a phone directory, where all domain names are listed and translated into numerical IP addresses that are required by computers and mobile devices in order for these sites to be accessed. To put it simply, a website with a faulty DNS registration or identity will never be found or accessed by searchers and users.
IntoDNS is an online-based platform that checks the health of a user's site's DNS and provides DNS and mail server reports. IntoDNS also comes up with recommendations and configurations that may help in fixing errors within the DNS structure. In the World Wide Web, a healthy DNS status is very critical for the success of a website and IntoDNS is one of the sites that make sure yours is healthy and accessible.
But if ever you find IntoDNS unavailable and not serviceable, you can try to check out these 4 topnotch DNS checker alternatives.
One of the most popular free DNS checkers out there, SolveDNS performs several DNS tests to provide users with accurate and reliable data on the DNS status of the website they want to monitor. Among the stuff SolveDNS analyzes are nameservers, A records, mail servers, and SOA records to name a few. Results given are not cached by the SolveDNS system, which means every single time you check the DNS health of a website, you always get fresh reports.
One good thing about SolveDNS is that the site also includes the number of instances that a name server timed out as well as its average speed.
Launched in December 2008 by independent coder Vitalie Cherpec, DNSInspect analyzes domain names using over 50 standard DNS tests. The system examines a website's IPv6, name servers, SOA, NS, MX, A records, and mail servers. In addition to its free DNS checking and mail error resolution service, DNSInspect also offers within the generated reports explanations and recommendations on how to fix the errors found in the system.
One of the first DNS health check service providers in the world, DNSStuff has been in the industry since 2003. The site offers a free DNS tool set which is segregated into four (4) categories – Domain/WWW tools, Network Tools, Email Tools, and IP Tools. The free edition does a similar job as other DNS checkers do. However, DNSStuff has a premium edition, called the "Professional Toolset", which is touted to be faster and more accurate compared to other sites. DNSStuff boasts of being one of the few sites that perform full root server queries to accurately determine issues and their causes.
Also, DNSStuff provides mitigation services and email support for paying customers.
Developed by Nirsoft Freeware, DNSDataView is built as a GUI alternative to the NSLookup Tool included with the Windows operating system. This utility lets you gain DNS health status and more of specified domain names via analysis of their DNS records such as MX, NS, A, and SOA. Users also have the option to save the data from the DNS reports into various formats (text/xml/html/csv).


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Кишертський район () — адміністративно-територіальна одиниця в складі Пермського краю Росії.

Адміністративний центр району — село Усть-Кишерть.

Географія
Муніципальний округ знаходиться в південно-східній частині краю. Межує на півночі - з Березовським муніципальним округом, на заході - з Кунгурським районом, на півдні - з Суксунським міським округом Пермського краю, а на сході - з територією Свердловській області. Протяжність району з півночі на південь становить 30 км, а з заходу на схід - 50 км. Площа по обласним масштабами невелика і дорівнює 1401 км.

Населення
Населення - 11 134 осіб (2020 рік).
Національний склад
За національним складом: росіяни - 95%, татари - 3%, решта - представники інших національностей. В основному татари проживають в селі Верхня Солянка.

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Райони Пермського краю

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A meeting of the Board of Directors was held Friday, April 15, 2005 in the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (OSRHE) Library Conference Room.
The DaVinci Institute, "Minutes Board of Directors Meeting: May 20, 2005" (2005). Minutes and Agendas. 38.


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← On the Edge by Markus Werner
Petroleum Venus by Alexander Snegirev →
Seduction of the Innocent by Max Allan Collins
Max Allan Collins has written a number of Nathan Heller novels which focus on real events, including the assassination of Huey Long, the Black Dahlia murder, and the Lindbergh kidnapping. In common with the Nathan Heller series, The Seduction of the Innocent, is also inspired by true events. Collins explains, however, that while the Heller books "hew religiously to actual events" he opted to take a different tack with this latest release from Hard Case Crime, and if you read the book, it's easy to see why (more of that later). In his latest novel, Collins appears to have a lot of fun with his characters, and as a result, The Seduction of the Innocent is laced with the sort of humour that reminds me of Donald Westlake.
Meshing fact and fiction into a perfect blend, the novel centres on the comic book industry–specifically our narrator Jack Starr, part owner of The Strip Joint, a Manhattan restaurant that's just one part of the Starr Syndicate's business concerns. Stripper Maggie Starr, known professionally as Libidia Von Stackpole, is Jack's sexy stepmother who is the brains of the operation, and since she owns 75 % of the Starr Syndicate, she's also his boss. The Starr Syndicate is also involved in the comic book business, and that's a prickly business to be in as comic book crusader Dr. Werner Frederick has made it his mission to clean up comic books and their perceived bad influence on children. Frederick's book Ravage the Lambs is getting a lot of press in a society in which censorship and blacklisting are the results of the vicious, paranoid politics of the times, and with a grand jury investigation about to begin, those within the comic book industry are feeling a lot of pressure. With tempers running high, a murder occurs, and the killer left a calling card which implicates that this is a crime committed by someone in the comic book biz. Jack Starr steps up to investigate, and along the way he tangles with a few colourful characters and a very sexy dame.
On one level, this is a great pulp story, full of eccentric and sometimes badly behaved characters: there's Will Allison, a promising young artist, Bob Price, a comic book publisher who naively believes that testifying before the grand jury will help argue his cause, luscious artist Lyla Lamont and her abusive boyfriend, Pete Pine, and sexy psychologist, Sylvia who admits to mixed feelings about Dr. Frederick. While she disagrees strongly with Frederick's position on comic book censorship, she admires other aspects of his career.
While Seduction of the Innocent is a great romp through the comic book scene of the 50s, it's a lot more than that, and the novel also addresses the issue of censorship with one cast of characters arguing vehemently against any policing of their industry, and Dr. Frederick arguing that comic books poison the minds of children. Dr. Frederick seems to be a rational enough, even open-minded human being, but get him started on comic books, and we see a normally reasonable, gentle man go ballistic:
"I do not dispute that the comic strip," he said, mildly irritated, "has blossomed in its limited way in the greater garden of the American newspaper. But its bastard child the comic book is a poisonous weed that infests our newsstands. A dozen state legislatures have worked to ban or limit this blight upon our children, and many parents have risen up, even having public burnings of these wretched pamphlets."
And here I thought the doc didn't like the Nazis….
With emotions in the comic book biz running at an all time high, it's no wonder that someone ends up dead, and it's Jack Starr's job to make sure that the right man (or woman) takes the rap for this dastardly crime.
One of the aspects of this book that I enjoyed the most was the way the author used the facts of the times to create a good, solid pulp story which manages to include some very serious moral questions, and we see the catastrophic results of one man with a few credentials seizing the moral high ground, "riding the comet of a controversy of his own creation," while the rest of the characters struggle to justify their existence. The real life comic book crusader, Dr. Fredric Wertham is, of course, the model for the fictional Dr. Frederick, and Wertham's expose book was called Seduction of the Innocent (hence the tongue-in-cheek title of the book). So here Max Allan Collins turns a tense period of history into a crime zone that could so-easily have happened with just a little stretch of the imagination. While some of the aspects of the fictional Dr. Frederick character may seem over-the-top or bizarre just go read about the person this character is based on and you'll see that this is not an exaggeration. In one part of the novel, our fictional Dr. Frederick has a fit over the content of several comics. He sees evil and smut where it doesn't exist and conversely, he fails to see evil when it stares him in the face. Dr. Frederick shows glimpses of homophobia in his gross misinterpretation of some of the comic book heroes:
"The undercurrent of homosexuality in the Batwing comic book," he said as if tasting something sour, "is extremely damaging to impressionable minds, and children are inherently in that category."
"Homosexual?" I asked.
That got me another flash of a look from Maggie.
"Impressionable," he said sternly. "And the Amazonia comic book is rife with fetishistic bondage, and the lead character herself is clearly lesbian."
"She has a boyfriend, doesn't she?" I asked innocently. Some captain in the army or air force?"
"Amazonia is a closeted lesbian, frequently shown participating in semi-clothed frolicking with other lesbians."
I never get invited to the good parties…
Dr. Frederick also sees comic book hero Wonder Guy as a "reprehensible exhibition of the Nazi theme of the Superman."
Anyone that reads that much dirt into a character who is a patent do-gooder like Wonder Guy deserves to be handcuffed, gagged, dressed in latex, and spanked by someone named The Gimp. But I'd guess that Dr. Frederick would probably enjoy that too much.
To complement the subject, there are several appropriate illustrations throughout the novel, and in the afterword, Max Allan Collins talks about his "fact-inspired" novel, the real comic book crusade, Dr Wertham and comic book censorship along with further reading suggestions on the topic.
Filed under Collins, Max Allan, Fiction
Tagged as 1950s America, american crime fiction, based on true story, censorship, comic book crusade, Hard Case Crime
7 responses to "Seduction of the Innocent by Max Allan Collins"
Brian Joseph
I think that it is a great idea to set a story like this in the comic book industry of the 1950s. The quote about Dr. Frederick character railing against the medium is actually funny when I think about the context.
This really is a very funny book and it had a 50s pulp feel to it. It's the usual Hard Case Crime quality.
It sounds absolutely great. Do you need to have read others in the series?
The Comics Code is an interesting thing, as are the similar restrictions on Hollywood. It's curious how some of the best art of comics and cinema both came from periods in which so much couldn't be said. In a way, sometimes restrictions can breed creativity.
Max Allan Collins has several series but this is a stand alone. I think you'd like it as you like Westlake.
I didn't know much about the comic code, and one thing I learned was that you couldn't use the word 'zombie'–well they couldn't even be portrayed. I'm wondering if this is where the word 'undead' sprang into being.
They couldn't use 'horror' or 'terror' in the title, and that proves how silly it was.
A standalone is much more interesting. That makes it a much more likely TBR candidate. I'm trying to avoid new series.
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Em Elliott hails from Cincinnati, Ohio and has been working in Georgia for nearly five years. Em came to work for Georgia Equality in August 2010 through the Lutheran Volunteer Corp (LVC), a year long program that unites full-time Volunteers with non-profit organizations to work for peace with justice across the nation. Em began working for LGBT rights in college as an active member of Wittenberg University's GSA and was an advocate against hate crimes on the campus and surrounding area. Em graduated from Wittenberg University with a B.A. in Sociology in 2010.
Em's work with GE from 2010-2015 was focused on the Campaign for Safe Schools, working to enact anti-bullying policies through grassroots community organizing throughout the state of Georgia. Em also has experience in anti-bullying and school-to-prison-pipeline work, as well as their extensive work in Georgia schools and supporting Gay-Straight Alliances and other LGBTQ-centered clubs. Em was a steering committee member of the National Safe Schools Roundtable from 2012-2014, and has received training from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, the National Gay-Straight Alliance Network, Advancement Project, Dignity in Schools and many other GSA and safe school advocates. Em also works closely with the Georgia Safe School Coalition members by strengthening existing relationships between the GSSC members and current Georgia GSAs.
Em recently moved to Knoxville to pursue a carpentry apprenticeship but they are staying involved with planning for the Georgia GSA Youth Summit as well as the QYLTS Action Camp.


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Q: CSS on all nodes? I have inherited the following HTML (which cannot be changed) and have been tasked to CSS a hover so all of them have a new background color and the text is white. I cannot get all of them to change and the text to be white when hover. Can anyone advise what the correct CSS would be?
CSS that DOES NOT WORK
ul.dynamic:hover > li.dynamic:hover > a.dynamic:hover >span.additional-background:hover > span.menu-item-text:hover;
ul.dynamic > li.dynamic > a.dynamic > span.additional-background > span.menu-item-text:hover

HTML

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A: You can simply try this
ul.dynamic:hover > li.dynamic:hover > a.dynamic:hover > span.additional-background:hover > span.menu-item-text:hover
{
    background:red;
    color:white;
}

You can also add other properties whatever you want to change.
Js Fiddle Demo

A: Hard to say because you aren't specifying which element's CSS needs to change.  I am going to assume that the background-color of span.additional-background needs to change and the text color of the span.menu-item-text needs to change, in which case it would look like this:
ul.dynamic > li.dynamic > a.dynamic:hover > span.additional-background {
    background-color: #333;
}

ul.dynamic > li.dynamic > a.dynamic:hover > span.additional-background > span.menu-item-text {
    color: #FFF;
}

Both of those are unnecessarily specific, but I am assuming they need to be in order to overwrite whatever existing CSS there is that you didn't show us.  Really the first selector could just be a.dynamic:hover > span and the second could be a.dynamic:hover > span > span.

A: You can not use Semicolon(;) to combine two styles.
Try to make css style separating the selectors with a comma :
ul.dynamic:hover > li.dynamic:hover > a.dynamic:hover >span.additional-background:hover > span.menu-item-text:hover,
ul.dynamic > li.dynamic > a.dynamic > span.additional-background > span.menu-item-text:hover

In jsfiddle

A: We finally got our style to look the way we wanted to on this. We ended up having to start at a higher node and (for whatever reason) had to include both of the following lines:
.ms-core-listMenu-horizontalBox:hover li.static > ul.static > li.static > .ms-navedit-linkNode:hover,
li.static > ul.static > li.static > a.static > span.additional-background:hover > span.menu-item-text:hover

Thank you everyone for your assistance!


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Indium Corporation is pleased to announce that Dawn Roller, Director of Corporate Services, has earned her Professional in Human Resource (PHR) certification from the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
Dawn earned the certification by participating in a 13-week course at LeMoyne College and completing a period of practical experience in the HR field. The PHR certification has to be renewed every three years through education credits or by retesting. Dawn also holds a Certificate in Management from the American Management Association and a Certificate in Advanced Management from the State University of New York Institute of Technology.
Dawn joined Indium Corporation in 1986 and has been the company's Director of Corporate Services since 2007. In this position she is responsible for recruitment and training activities, as well as, employee benefits and personal development.
She is based at Indium Corporation's global headquarters in Clinton, NY, and resides in Barneveld, NY.
HRCI is the leading independent, internationally recognized, certifying organization for the human resource professional. HRCI certifications require professionals to demonstrate their expertise in the core principles of HR practice and the application of those principles.


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7 held for running factory producing fake remdesivir
Vatan Kumar Saini (32), who holds BPharm and MBA degrees, and Aditya Gautam (33), a BCom graduate, told the police that they have sold more than 2,000 fake remdesivir vials in the black market through their agents in the past few weeks.
A BPharm graduate and a BCom graduate, both from Uttarakhand's Haridwar, were among seven arrested on Friday for running a factory producing fake remdesivir injections, which were widely sold in Delhi and other states for huge profits, Delhi Police's crime branch said.
Vatan Kumar Saini (32), who holds BPharm and MBA degrees, and Aditya Gautam (33), a BCom graduate, told the police that they have sold more than 2,000 fake remdesivir vials in the black market through their agents in the past few weeks. The police said a 40-year-old woman events manager based in Delhi, who herself recently recovered from Covid-19, was helping them sell the fake vials in the national capital.
Remdesivir injections are in huge demand across India, as Covid-19 infections surge. WHO has said there is no evidence it reduces mortality or obviates the need for ventilation in hospitalized people, but it has been found by some studies to help those in early stages of the infection who need supplemental oxygen.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/7-held-for-running-factory-producing-fake-remdesivir


23. Excludes the due-from position with related foreign offices, which is included in line 45. Includes other real estate owned, premises and fixed assets, investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries, intangible assets (including goodwill), direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures, accounts receivable, and other assets.


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When is a patent portfolio worth $2?
non-practicing entity
As a part of my job, I am sometimes asked to place a value on a particular patent or application. This can be very difficult to do as a patent is protecting an intangible asset of the underlying invention. The value that the patent has ultimately depends upon many factors which are difficult to predict. These include how many people want to copy the invention, the validity of the patent, and how successful the patentee is at enforcing it. With this in mind, it was interesting to see the valuation Shipping & Transit LLC made of their patent portfolio in their federal bankruptcy filings - $2 for a portfolio of over 60 patents and applications (some of which have expired).
Shipping & Transit LLC have been identified as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) - a company which does not work their patented invention but instead profits off of licensing and litigation. Without debating the merits of this classification, it is surprising that a company which at one point boasted receiving royalty payments from over 800 companies placed such a low value on its intellectual property.
Ultimately, it is a good example of the fluid nature of patent valuation. In this case, the change in US interpretation following the Alice v. CLS Bank decision may have made it harder to enforce the remaining patents. Additionally, many of the earlier patents were expiring after the end of their 20 year term. This, along with other tactical and economic factors, resulted in the company's bankruptcy and the minimal valuation.
Now, according to Shipping & Transit LLC's federal bankruptcy filings, its global patent holdings (34 in the United States and 29 elsewhere) are worth a whopping $2.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/most-litigious-patent-enforcer-in-us-calls-it-quits-files-bankruptcy/
Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire portfolio at $2, folds https://t.co/J3zUyPQYGO by @cfarivar
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) November 1, 2018
Most litigious patent enforcer in US calls it quits, files bankruptcy https://t.co/m3dwGD72Ih
— Deb Johnson 🦋🧩🚴🏼♀🐾🇺🇸 (@DebsterSoCal) November 1, 2018
Ars Technica: Notorious patent enforcement entity values its entire portfolio at $2, folds.https://t.co/MGwtmzLrPj
— Matthew Lane (@MattCameronLane) November 1, 2018
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