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Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome): My hon. Friend mentioned carnival committees. He may be aware that we have a thriving carnival tradition in Somerset. Many of the carnival committees and other clubs in my constituency are concerned that the effect of the 1871 Act has been to divert funds from collections at carnivals and from charitable purposes to private hands. Those organisations look forward to a revision of the law that will deal with the situation.
Dr. Brand: I am grateful for that intervention, and shall touch on that issue as I develop my speech. My hon. Friend also provided a demonstration of the fact that the matter is one not purely for the Isle of Wight--although we probably have more carnival committees per head of population than anywhere else in the country.
Pedlars are a particular problem for areas that are dependent on seasonal trade. Established traders, who have to be in such areas the year round, are undercut and damaged severely by--dare one say it--fly-by-night pedlars dropping in, creaming off the profits and then disappearing again.
It might be helpful if I reminded the House of a few facts. Pedlars are supposed to trade only on foot, although they are allowed to push barrows. They are not supposed to be in the same place for more than an hour, but are
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supposed to move a bit each time that they make a sale. One can readily realise the impossibility of policing such regulations. I know that many local authority officers have spent many hours video-taping suspect traders in the hope of securing a prosecution, which is extremely hard to bring.
Pedlars are known only to their own local police authority. There is no obligation on their part to inform police in the place where they are operating. Although they have to show a pedlar's licence when apprehended, they are allowed to carry on the trade for which they have been licensed if they are on the public roads--which presents the problem for charity organisers who hold events on public land. It is not unusual for pedlars to move from one such event to the next, creaming off the take that really should be going to the societies organising the event.
Not only is it important for carnival committees or bonfire societies themselves to receive an income from the events that they organise--if they do not, they cannot continue operating, and it has been very difficult for some organisations to continue operating--but, when they are in surplus, they are big contributors to local charities. We should encourage such practices as a part of the great diversity and richness of the British tradition.
Pedlars pay only £12.50 annually for a licence. Street traders usually have to pay up to 100 times that amount to be licensed by a local authority. Again, it shows that there is an unfair competition.
Street traders, whose goods can be checked by local authorities, are often undercut by pedlars working in the same area. In my constituency, many street traders provide valuable employment by selling well-made, locally produced goods. Pedlars coming in undercut those street traders, very often with shoddy goods that are very difficult to return as the pedlars move off immediately once one discovers that a new watch has fallen to bits or that those new bright lights no longer shine.
Street traders are strictly controlled. Before they are given a licence, nuisance to local tenants and competition with other shops and cafes are carefully considered, and noise and smell nuisance are taken into account by local authorities, which find it extremely difficult to exercise the same types of control over the peddling fraternity.
There is some evidence that, because their goods are not controlled, pedlars can do harm to the general public. There have been cases of goods, especially toys, being sold that would not have been approved by local trading standards officers. However, in such cases--especially if there is no organisation sending pedlars out--it is extremely difficult to attribute blame if something happens. The idea of caveat emptor is a wonderful one. However, when in the middle of a charity event a child wants a specific teddy, it is very difficult to say no. Moreover, nowadays people expect goods on sale to be of a marketable quality. I am afraid that, because of the loophole in current legislation, we are failing in meeting such expectations.
As I said, it is difficult for police to take action if pedlars are not breaking a criminal law. It is also extraordinarily difficult and time consuming to have to establish that pedlars have not moved the appropriate number of times. Such exercises are extremely expensive for local authorities.
I should like to return very briefly to the harm that peddling does to charitable organisations. It is important that we continue to support and enable community organisations--which very much are community-based organisations--to continue with activities such as providing carnival floats and organising local bonfires, fetes and other village green activities. It is not unreasonable to allow organisers of such events to recoup some of their expense, by licensing agreements with the local authority, to pay for the associated costs of the carnival, fireworks or bonfire. Many societies are on the brink of failure because their finances are being severely damaged by people coming from far away whose only purpose is to cream off some money and then disappear. These people make no contribution to the local community, unlike local shopkeepers, local street traders and, of course, the organisers of charitable events.
It is not in order for me to ask for a change to the legislation. I know that the Home Office has had the issue of pedlars and their licensing under review since 1994, so I hope that it is in order for me to ask the Minister when that review will be published and what the Government's plans are to deal with an extraordinarily anomalous situation.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. George Howarth): I am grateful to the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Dr. Brand) for initiating this debate. This is not a subject that often gets an airing in the House, but I know from my correspondence with him, to which he referred, that it is one which in some areas gives rise to considerable concern.
Pedlars have long been a feature of life in this country, but many people are unclear about precisely what the term means today. To some it is an anachronism with little relevance to modern life. A quick glance at the Pedlars Act 1871--and, indeed, the subsequent legislation of 1881--supports the view that the hon. Gentleman expressed. For example, references to "caster of metals", "mender of chairs" and a person who "travels and trades" without any horse or other beast "bearing or drawing burden" certainly prompt questions about the continued relevance of the legislation.
However, there is no doubt that peddling continues to be a distinctive method of trading, even though the nature of the business may have changed. For example, certain door-to-door salesmen are classified as pedlars, although that by no means covers the wide range of people who conduct their business by calling at people's homes.
It is the type of pedlar who plies his trade in busy streets in the centres of towns and cities who is of particular concern to the hon. Gentleman and to the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath). As the hon. Member for Isle of Wight says, in law pedlars are not street traders and are subject to different regulations. Councils can designate streets for street trading, and street traders must obtain from the local authority a licence, or at least a consent, to trade in those streets, usually from a specific pitch. They must also pay the requisite fees and charges and observe various conditions.
On the other hand, a pedlar obtains a certificate from the police for only a modest fee. This allows the pedlar to conduct his or her trade anywhere in the
United Kingdom. The hon. Gentleman referred to some of the difficulties to which that might give rise in that the certificate is issued in one area but can apply in other areas. I understand the hon. Gentleman's point very well.
The essential point is that pedlars are expected to move from place to place. Court judgments in recent years have tended to confirm this. The effect of those judgments is that a pedlar must keep on the move, apart from when conducting a sale. This gives a useful pointer to the type of trader we are talking about. We have all seen people wandering the streets with, typically, foil balloons, T-shirts or similar items for sale. Those traders are clearly pedlars.
The hon. Gentleman described the problems which he says are being caused by pedlars in his area. If he did not go so far as to say that the law favours pedlars, he suggested that it needed some adjustment and should be changed accordingly. I shall return to that issue shortly.
Perhaps I should comment on the rationale behind the present arrangements. Street trading is a more regulated and costly business than peddling because it is a more substantial operation. A street trader can establish a fixed pitch, which will inevitably involve the local authority in cleaning and other costs that we can fairly readily imagine.
Dr. Brand: In practice, it is often extremely difficult to spot the difference between a pedlar and a trader, other than the fact that the pedlar has to move on. Traders and pedlars leave the same amount of litter, but street traders are rather more responsible because they know that they risk losing their pitch.


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Q: Error C2146 and Error C4430 Visual Studio 2013 C++ I'm trying to implement some classes derived from one main class but I keep getting these errors and I have no idea where they are coming from.
Here are de erros:
Error   1   error C4430: missing type specifier - int assumed. Note: C++ does not support default-int
Error   6   error C2146: syntax error : missing ',' before identifier 'filtername'
Here is the code:
Filter.H:
#ifndef _FILTER_H_
#define _FILTER_H_

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include "Image.h"

class Filter
{
public:
    Filter();
    ~Filter();
    virtual bool apply(Image& img, const string filtername);

};
#endif /*FILTER_H_*/

FilterGreen.H:
#pragma once
#include "Filter.h"
#include "Image.h"

using namespace std;

class FilterGreen : public Filter
{
public:

    FilterGreen();
    ~FilterGreen();
    bool apply(Image& img, const string filtername);
};

Image.h:
#ifndef __Image_H__
#define __Image_H__

enum ImageType
{
    ImageType_TYPE_RGB8,
    ImageType_TYPE_RGB24,
    ImageType_TYPE_RGB32
};

class Image
{
public:

    int width, height;
    ImageType type;
    unsigned char* data;
    unsigned int size;

    Image();
    ~Image();
};
#endif

The error is related to the line virtual bool apply(Image& img, const string filtername); in the filter.h file.

A: This is a guess, because I haven't seen your error message or the file from which you include these headers.
In the line virtual bool apply(Image& img, const string filtername); in filter.h, is string in scope?  I'm assuming that you mean std::string, because you include <string>, but you don't import it into the current namespace.  Try replacing string with std::string.

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The Department of Health has reported that the number of assaults against aged care residents has increased by 10% within one year.1 With the number of assaults increasing, it follows that aged care providers will be required to conduct an increasing number of investigations into such incidents.
When conducting investigations, providers face a unique challenge in balancing their dual obligations to employees (including affording them procedural fairness) and to residents (including protecting residents' health and safety and ensuring they comply with their various obligations under aged care legislation).
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It is vital that aged care providers have well drafted policies and procedures setting out how and when investigations are to be conducted, and that investigations are conducted in accordance with those policies and procedures.
Providers also need to ensure an astute analysis of the findings is undertaken. Despite their obligations under aged care legislation, providers cannot simply 'err on the side of caution' and dismiss an accused employee if the findings of the investigation do not support that course of action.
1Department of Health, 2014-15 Report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997.
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Q: URL with no query parameters - How to distinguish Env: .NET 1.1
I got into this situation. Where I need to give a URL that someone could redirect them to our page. When they redirect they also need to tell us, what message I need to display on the page. Initially I thought of something like this.

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*http://example.com/a.aspx?reason=100

*http://example.com/a.aspx?reason=101

*...

*http://example.com/a.aspx?reason=115
So when we get this url based on 'reason' we can display different message.
But the problem turns out to be that they can not send any query parameters at all. They want 15 difference URL's since they can't send query params. It doesn't make any sense to me to created 15 pages just to display a message.
Any smart ideas,that have one URL and pass the 'reason' thru some means?
EDIT: Options I'm thinking based on Answers
Try HttpRequest.PathInfo
or Second option I was thinking was to have a httphanlder read
read the path like this - HttpContext.Request.Path
based on path act. Ofcourse I will have some 15 entries like this in web.config.
<add verb="*" path="reason1.ashx" type="WebApplication1.Class1, WebApplication1" />
<add verb="*" path="reason2.ashx" type="WebApplication1.Class1, WebApplication1" />
Does that look clean?

A: Thoughts:

*

*Path Info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.httprequest.pathinfo.aspx
urls would be http://example.com/a.aspx/reason100, http://example.com/a.aspx/reason101, etc

*URL Rewriting : http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/02/26/tip-trick-url-rewriting-with-asp-net.aspx
urls would be http://example.com/a/reason/100.aspx, http://example.com/a/reason/100.aspx, etc.
edit: both these approaches involve only one aspx page, but multiple urls pointing to it.

A: Assuming IIS (I run this on IIS 6 but I expect it would run on 5 as well) you could install IIRF.  You could then configure different "friendly" urls a la Apache's mod-rewrite and send them as query params to a single as*x page.

A: Can they send POST variables?
Too bad you are at 1.1 because the later versions support routing which allows for RESTful URLs.
Another option would to be write a custom HttpModule and intercept the incoming requests.


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Pritor
Active Substance: telmisartan
Common Name: telmisartan
ATC Code: C09CA07
Marketing Authorisation Holder: Bayer Pharma AG
Status: Authorised
Authorisation Date: 1998-12-11
Therapeutic Area: Hypertension
Pharmacotherapeutic Group: Agents acting on the renin-angiotensin system
Therapeutic indication
Treatment of essential hypertension in adults.
Cardiovascular prevention
Reduction of cardiovascular morbidity in patients with:
manifest atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease (history of coronary heart disease, stroke, or peripheral arterial disease) or;
type-2 diabetes mellitus with documented target-organ damage.
What is Pritor?
Pritor is a medicine that contains the active substance telmisartan. It is available as tablets (20, 40 and 80 mg).
What is Pritor used for?
Pritor is used to treat essential hypertension (high blood pressure) in adults. 'Essential' means that the hypertension has no obvious cause.
Pritor is also used to prevent cardiovascular problems (problems with the heart and blood vessels) such as heart attacks or strokes. It is used in patients who have had problems due to blood clots in the past (such as heart disease, a stroke or artery disease) or who have type-2 diabetes that has damaged an organ (such as the eyes, heart or kidneys).
The medicine can only be obtained with a prescription.
How is Pritor used?
For the treatment of essential hypertension, the usual recommended dose of Pritor is 40 mg once a day, but some patients may benefit from using 20 mg once a day. If the target blood pressure is not reached, the dose can be increased to 80 mg, or another medicine for hypertension can be added, such as hydrochlorothiazide.
For the prevention of cardiovascular problems, the recommended dose is 80 mg once a day. The doctor should monitor the patient's blood pressure closely when starting Pritor, and may decide to adjust the patient's blood pressure-lowering medication. Patients with severely reduced kidney function should receive a lower starting dose of 20 mg once a day. Patients with mild or moderately reduced liver function should not receive doses higher than 40 mg a day.
How does Pritor work?
The active substance in Pritor, telmisartan, is an 'angiotensin-II-receptor antagonist', which means that it blocks the action of a hormone in the body called angiotensin II. Angiotensin II is a powerful vasoconstrictor (a substance that narrows blood vessels). By blocking the receptors to which angiotensin II normally attaches, telmisartan stops the hormone having an effect, allowing the blood pressure to drop, reducing the risks associated with high blood pressure, such as having a heart attack or stroke. It also allows the heart to pump blood more easily, which can help to reduce the risk of future cardiovascular problems.
How has Pritor been studied?
For the treatment of essential hypertension, Pritor has been studied in 2,647 patients who took Pritor either alone or in combination with hydrochlorothiazide. Various doses of Pritor were compared with placebo (a dummy treatment) and with other medicines for hypertension (atenolol, lisinopril, enalapril and amlodipine). The main measure of effectiveness was the reduction in diastolic blood pressure (the blood pressure measured between two heartbeats).
For the prevention of cardiovascular problems, 80 mg Pritor once a day has been studied in one main study involving almost 26,000 patients aged 55 years or over who had heart or artery disease, had had a stroke, or had diabetes and were at high risk of cardiovascular problems. Pritor was compared with ramipril (another medicine to prevent cardiovascular problems), and with the combination of both medicines. The main measure of effectiveness was the reduction in the number of patients who died or were admitted to hospital, or who had a heart attack or stroke. The patients were followed up for an average of four and a half years.
What benefit has Pritor shown during the studies?
In the treatment of essential hypertension, Pritor was more effective than placebo at reducing diastolic blood pressure and had similar effects to the other medicines for hypertension.
In the prevention of cardiovascular problems, Pritor had a similar effect to ramipril, with around 17% of patients dying, being admitted to hospital because of cardiovascular problems, or having a heart attack or stroke. The combination of the two medicines was no more effective than either medicine taken alone and was linked to an increased risk of side effects.
What is the risk associated with Pritor?
Side effects with Pritor are not common. However, the following side effects are seen in between 1 and 10 patients in 1,000: upper-respiratory-tract infection (colds) including inflammation of the throat and sinuses, urinary-tract infection (infection of the structures that carry urine) including bladder infection, anaemia (low red-blood-cell counts), hyperkalaemia (high blood potassium levels), depression, insomnia (difficulty sleeping), syncope (fainting), vertigo (a spinning sensation), bradycardia (slow heart rate), hypotension (low blood pressure), dyspnoea (difficulty breathing), cough, abdominal pain (stomach ache), diarrhoea, dyspepsia (heartburn), flatulence (gas), vomiting, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), pruritus (itching), rash, myalgia (muscle pain), back pain, muscle spasms, renal impairment (reduced kidney function) including sudden kidney failure, chest pain, asthenia (weakness) and increased blood levels of creatinine (a marker of muscle breakdown). Hypotension may be more common in patients receiving Pritor to prevent cardiovascular problems. For the full list of all side effects reported with Pritor, see the package leaflet.
Pritor must not be used in women who are more than three months pregnant. Its use during the first three months of pregnancy is not recommended. Pritor must not be used in people who have severe liver problems or bile problems. In patients with type 2 diabetes or in patients with moderate or severe kidney impairment, Pritor must also not be used in combination with aliskiren-containing medicines (also used to treat essential hypertension). For the full list of restrictions, see the package leaflet.
Why has Pritor been approved?
The CHMP decided that Pritor's benefits are greater than its risks and recommended that it be given marketing authorisation.
What measures are being taken to ensure the safe and effective use of Pritor?
A risk management plan has been developed to ensure that Pritor is used as safely as possible. Based on this plan, safety information has been included in the summary of product characteristics and the package leaflet for Pritor, including the appropriate precautions to be followed by healthcare professionals and patients.
Other information about Pritor
The European Commission granted a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union for Pritor on 11 December 1998.
For more information about treatment with Pritor, read the package leaflet (also part of the EPAR) or contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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American Entrepreneur Dave Hollis Bio, Family, Education, Married, Spouse, Age, Height, Weight, & Net Worth
ByScott S. Hooper
First Published: June 3, 2020
Dave Hollis is the CEO of the Hollis Company, a company that exists to help people build better lives. Plus, he is a motivational speaker too. Moreover, he is recognized as the husband of American author and motivational speaker, Rachel Hollis.
Dave has not shared any information about his parents. He has a sister sibling named Heather. Heather is a teacher by profession. Besides, he holds an American nationality and belongs to Caucasian ethnicity. Similarly, his birth sign is Aquarius.
Regarding academic background, Dave studied at Pepperdine University in California as his alma mater from 1993 to 1997. He received a graduate degree in Bachelor of Arts degree in organizational communication.
Moving towards the relationship of Dave Hollis, he is a married man. Thus, he tied the knot to Rachel Hollis, a renowned American author, and motivational speaker. However, the couple has not shared the exact date of their marriage. But, they disclosed that they have been together for more than 17 years. Also, the couple is blessed with four children together named Sawyer Hollis, Ford Hollis, Jackson Hollis, and Noah Hollis. Furthermore, the lovebirds together host the podcast 'Rise Together' which has become the #1 health podcast on iTunes.
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Full Name: Dave Hollis
Age: 45 years 3 months
Birth Date: February 14, 1975
Birth Place: the USA
Spouse: Rachel Hollis
Children: Noah Hollis, Sawyer Hollis, Ford Hollis, Jackson Hollis
Books: Get Out of Your Own Way: A Skeptic's Guide to Growth and Fulfillment
Horoscope: Aquarius
Net Worth: $1 million – $5 million
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Murray leads Nuggets past Thunder, 105-98
By CLIFF BRUNT , AP Sports Writer, Associated Press
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) shoot as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Patrick Patterson (54) defends during the first half of an NBA basketbal... Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) shoot as Oklahoma City Thunder forward Patrick Patterson (54) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets forward Trey Lyles (7) drives to the basket around Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant (9) during the first half of an NBA baske... Denver Nuggets forward Trey Lyles (7) drives to the basket around Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets forward Torrey Craig (3) goes to the basket between Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) and guard Dennis Schroder (17) durin... Denver Nuggets forward Torrey Craig (3) goes to the basket between Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) and guard Dennis Schroder (17) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets forward Trey Lyles, right, defends the basket as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, left, goes up for a shot during t... Denver Nuggets forward Trey Lyles, right, defends the basket as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, left, goes up for a shot during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) goes up for a dunk abasing the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklaho... Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) goes up for a dunk abasing the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (7) defends during the first half of an NBA bask... Denver Nuggets guard Malik Beasley (25) shoots as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (7) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) goes to the basket ahead of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant (9) during the first half of an NBA bask... Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray (27) goes to the basket ahead of Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schroder, front, runs into Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee, back, and loses control of the ball as Oklahoma Ci... Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dennis Schroder, front, runs into Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee, back, and loses control of the ball as Oklahoma City Thunder guard Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, right, looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee (24) drives to the basket around Oklahoma City Thunder forward Nerlens Noel (3) during the first half of an NBA b... Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee (24) drives to the basket around Oklahoma City Thunder forward Nerlens Noel (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams, top, and Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee, bottom, compete for a loose ball during the first half of an... Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams, top, and Denver Nuggets forward Mason Plumlee, bottom, compete for a loose ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 22 points to help the Denver Nuggets beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-98 on Saturday night.
Nikola Jokic and Trey Lyles each scored 16 points and Juancho Hernangomez added 15 for the Nuggets, who won their third straight.
Russell Westbrook had 16 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds for his second triple-double of the season and the 106th of his career. Paul George had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Dennis Schroder added 18 points for the Thunder.
Oklahoma City shot just 35.9 percent from the field and was just 9 of 39 on 3-pointers. The Thunder would have had sole possession of the best record in the Western Conference with a win.
Denver's largest lead was 25 points in the second quarter. The Nuggets shot 50 percent in the first half to lead 63-42 at the break.
Oklahoma City missed 18 of its first 20 3-point shots, but the Thunder got it going late in the third quarter and trimmed the deficit to 79-66 by the end of the period.
George hit a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 80-71 early in the fourth, and Denver called a timeout. A 3-pointer by Oklahoma City's Jerami Grant trimmed Denver's lead to 96-90 with just over three minutes to play. A key follow shot by Torrey Craig put Denver up 101-94 with just over a minute remaining.
TIP-INS
Nuggets: G Gary Harris sat out with left ankle soreness. He played 25 minutes in Friday's win over Orlando. ... F Paul Millsap went down with a leg injury in the first quarter and limped off the court, but he returned.
Thunder: G Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot got his first start of the season. ... G Hamidou Diallo sat out after spraining his left ankle Friday against Charlotte. ... G Alex Abrines was called for a technical in the second quarter. George got one in the fourth.
Nuggets: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.
Thunder: Host the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday.
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The mobile health market is rapidly growing, and it doesn't include putting symptoms into Google and hitting search, only to freak out over the potential illnesses and disorders that pop up. The latest trend involves the countless health apps and gadgets that are hitting the market, and is one of the biggest trends for 2012 according to Trendwatching.com.
The so-called DIY health sector encompasses fitness apps and health gadgets that let you track your steps and the calories you burn, monitor your sleep patterns, and record your blood pressure and send it to your GP with the click of button.
The mobile health technology category is set to grow exponentially this coming year. Apple's App Store lists more 9,000 mobile health apps (including nearly 1,500 cardio fitness apps, over 1,300 diet apps, over 1,000 stress and relaxation apps, and over 650 women's health apps). This number is expected to reach 13,000 by mid-2012.
Research company Technavio predicts that the global mobile health applications market will reach $4.1 billion by 2014, up from $1.7bn in 2010.
As the market matures, we are definitely seeing more serious devices and apps hitting the market. The NHS, which already offers both apps to help to people quit smoking and cutting back on their alcohol consumption, is to start prescribing mobile health apps to patients, and other big consumer brands such as Nike are already dedicating a lot of funds towards developing fitness devices.
Positive implications for consumers tracking their own health will potentially ease the pressure on GPs, as unnecessary trips to the doctor may be reduced. Doctors would also be able to keep a remote eye in any conditions or changes through regular data transferrals from their patients.
Are you using any mobile health gadgets? Or have you downloaded any health or fitness apps? Tell us how they are working for you in the comments below.


Definition. Carpenter ants are found throughout the world, and there are many different species. The Black Carpenter Ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus, was named by science in 1773, and was the first North American ant to be named. It occurs throughout the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
Life Cycle. Winged males and female carpenter ants engage in a nuptial flight in late spring and early summer. Mating occurs in midair, after which the queen loses her wings, locates or excavates a small cavity in wood, and seals herself in the chamber, remaining alone until her first brood develops into adult workers. At first, the queen lays but a few eggs, which hatch into tiny workers. She feeds the workers with her salivary glands until they are able to forage for food. When reaching adult stage, the workers build and maintain the nest.
Three to six years are required to develop a large colony of carpenter ants. Only the first brood is reared by the queen. Further broods are fed and cared for by the workers. Workers will cut galleries to enlarge the nest as the colony grows. After three years or more, winged males and females are produced, and they engage in nuptial flights.
Damage. Millions of dollars are spent annually to control carpenter ants in the United States. There has been conflicting information regarding whether or not carpenter ants attack new, undamaged wood. Current information has shown that colonies are first established in pre-existing cavities, usually in faulty or rotten wood, then expand into both rotting and undamaged adjacent wood around such cavities. They do not eat wood or tunnel through wood structures as do termites. Damage is local, caused by enlargement of the nest. Colonies may be composed of thousands of workers of various sizes, winged reproductive forms, and immature ants. Homeowners may see individual ants, but may also note the presence of carpenter ants by finding a pile of coarse sawdust, commonly mixed with ant and other insect parts, on the carpet or other floor surface in the house. Carpenter ants do not usually bite humans, but their jaws are large and capable of inflicting a painful bite. Carpenter ants do not sting.
Habits. Workers are omnivorous, and will attack live arthropods as well as scavenge on dead arthropods for proteins. Honeydew is gathered from aphids and similar plant-sucking insects. Flowers and fruits are visited also for a food source. Many feed on household foods in homes. There are different food preferences during the active season, related to activities of the colony.
Control. Because the black carpenter ant has different food preferences during the season, a good control agent bait should include both proteins and carbohydrates. The alternative would be to have two different control agent baits, one with proteins in the spring, and one with carbohydrates later in the year. Baits must be placed where ants will find them. When ants enter man-made structures that are near their supply of wood, the entry sites, often cracks in a structure, should be repaired to stop such an invasion. Ants commonly enter a structure by following utility lines. Carpenter ants prefer to nest in weathered and decaying soft wood; thus, control should include elimination of high moisture conditions and rotten wood. Also keep food areas clean, which eliminates a food source.
Akre, R. D. & Hansen, L. D. 1990. Management of carpenter ants, pp. 693-700. In R. K. Vaneder Meer, K. Jaffe & A. Cedeno [eds.], Applied myrmecology, a world perspective. Westview, Boulder, CO.
Klotz, J. H. , Reid, B. L. , & Klotz, S. A. 1996. Trailing the Elusive Carpenter Ants: A key to its control. Amer. Entomologist, Volume 42, Number 1, pages 33-39.
Smith, M. R. 1965. House Infesting Ants of Eastern United States: Their Recognition, Biology, and Economic Importance. Tech. Bull. No. 1326, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 105 pp.
Snyder, T. E. 19S7. The Carpenter Ant. Terminix Technical Paper #3, published by E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, 4 pages.


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@author: Chapman
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import unittest

from stan.proc import proc_parse

cstr = """proc describe data = df1 out = df2;
        by a;
        run;"""

cstr1 = """proc describe data = df1 out = df2;
    by a;
    fin = "/usr/test.text";
quit;"""

class TestDesc(unittest.TestCase):
    def test_dataset_opt(self):
        self.assertTrue(proc_parse.proc_parse(cstr).strip() == "df2=describe.describe(data=df1,by='a')")
        self.assertTrue(proc_parse.proc_parse(cstr1).strip() == "df2=describe.describe(data=df1,by='a',fin='/usr/test.text')")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


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Mondays & Memories of My Mom – For the Love of Writing
Greetings! Welcome to my blog home, Mondays & Memories of My Mom! My name is Laura Emerich and these blogs are dedicated to the memory of my mom, Gloria Pitzer, because she left behind such an incredible legacy when she went to be an angel last year.
Most knew her as the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM, investigator AND imitator of the food industry's "secrets" behind the well-known products and dishes from famous companies and franchise chains like Olive Garden, Olga's, Applebee's, TGIF, Ruby Tuesday, Bob Evans, Big Boy Restaurants, Chi-Chi's, Cracker Barrel, KFC, Wendy's, White Castle, McDonald's, Burger King, Taco Bell, Sanders, Famous Amos, Mrs. Field's, Kraft, Heinz, Nabisco, Keebler, Sara Lee… and the list goes on!
I've been writing these blogs on a weekly basis since last September, to channel the many wonderful memories I have of my mom and, also, to share her astonishing legacy – her special story – with a new, digital generation. Like Mom, I've always loved to write. One of my youngest memories are of Mom & I, when she was first teaching me how to write my name. I was going on 4 years old and about to start Kindergarten that fall. Mom sparked my love for writing, which she stoked in me throughout my life.
Mom left her mark on many from her over 60-year writing career, to her famous Secret RecipesTM profession to her personal loves of faith, family and life; all of which she always found a way to intermix in her creations, like the ingredients of a great recipe.
My mom's first and last love (besides my dad) was with writing. She had always loved to write short stories and poetry since she was a young girl, as did I. She told me many stories of how she dreamed of writing "the great American novel" when she was a teenager. But, Mom's childhood dream never came to fruition, as events in life took her in a slightly different direction with writing.
As a teenager and young adult in the 1950s and 1960s, she entered and won multiple contests, on radio shows and in magazines, usually winning cash or some sort of prize for her essays. However, every winning achievement that Mom had in authoring, usually included food in some manner.
Mom was creatively gifted, not just as a writer, but also as a publisher, advertiser/marketer, artist, crafter, homemaker, cook… and the list just goes on. Combined with a clever and satirical wit, all these ingredients uniquely formed Mom's own special recipe for success – like a "super-power"! (FYI – yesterday was National Super Hero Day!)
Similar to stand-up comedians, Mom found her 'family life' to be the best source on which to base her cleverly witted cartoon panels and stories. In the course of her syndicated writing of "food-for-thought-and-table" columns, Mom found a unique niche that her readers wanted – even if the newspapers' editors and their food industry advertisers didn't.
Mom called it "eating out at home"! She set out to discover how to imitate the popular fast food & fine dining dishes in her own kitchen; as well as, some shelf-stable grocery items too. If it saved her household money, my mom wanted to share it with the world to help others save money also. Mom was a trail-blazer and pioneer for copycat cuisine, as no one else was doing this – imitating the fast food and junk food dishes/products that people craved, but critics constantly warned us were unhealthy!
From 1973 through 2004, Mom wrote and self-published hundreds of newsletters and at least 40 books filled with not only thousands of these "secret" recipe imitations that she personally developed and tested, but also with her humorous stories and anecdotes, helpful kitchen and household tips, as well as some background or history about many of the companies and products being imitated.
Mom put so much love and passion into the recipes she developed and wrote, testing them over and over again (which was a labor of love all its own) until she felt they were good enough to share. In addition, Mom found that by promoting the making of these "taboo" foods at home, it gave the cook control over the ingredients that went into the recipes; thereby, debunking the "junk" to which the critics referred!
Her food-for-thought editorials were always written from her heart, with a devotion and hunger for helping and informing her readers, as well as entertaining them. Mom designed each of her books and newsletters, to be as much a coffee-table or bedside-table read as it was a recipe collection for the kitchen. No other such products on the market, at that time, could do that and Mom's compositions took the monotony out of meal time!
Illustrations by Gloria Pitzer
Additionally, more of Mom's memories about writing are in the following excerpts from of her own story, as seen in her last cookbook, Gloria Pitzer's Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective, (Balboa Press; January 2018, pp. 292-297). This book was actually a re-write by me of Mom's favorite and most famous, self-published cookbook, Gloria Pitzer's Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; May 1983, 3rd Printing):
I enjoy working with these recipe secrets, but most of all, I enjoy writing about them. I've been writing all my life… Going way-back to when I was in grade school. I was always writing a book, or a poem or a short story. It was a way of life from my earliest memories – a way over which I seem to have no personal control! I had to write… Preferably about what I knew best at the time. Little did I know that what I would come to know best would be cooking!
… I met my husband, Paul… We started dating and one year later we were married. That was 1956. Bill was born over a year later and, then, Mike came 20 months after that, and Debbie came along 20 months after that. I lost 3 babies in the next 3 years, but Laura was born in 1964 and Cheryl came 20 months after that.
That reminds me of one summer in my teen years, as our family was traveling on vacation to Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH – during the long, 3-hour drive, Mom sat in the back of the van with me and helped me work on a poem that I was inspired to write about her and our family. Another cherished memory! I'll include the poem at the end of this blog. But, for now, here is the continuation of Mom's memories about writing…
During those years…I kept up with my writing, always working for one of the suburban papers and constantly free-lancing to magazines. When Redbook sent me $500 for my 'Young Mother's Story' submission in February 1963, called 'We'll Never Live with In-Laws Again', I put part of the money into a typewriter, as I had always had to borrow one before that. I wanted a typewriter more than Reagan wanted to be president!
I put a lot of miles on that $39.95 machine – I designed a column for weekly newspapers and mailed out samples to over 300 newspapers. Within a year, I had acquired 60 regular papers for my 'No Laughing Matter' column and another column I called 'Minding the Hearth'. Columbia Features in New York offered me a contract, and, for a year, I allowed them to syndicate the column in competition with a new humorist, Erma Bombeck! (Right church, wrong pew for me!)
When Columbia Features and I parted company…within 6 months I had regained all my original papers and was syndicating the column from our dining room table…I rode a bike to and from the Pearl Beach post office every day, where I mailed out my columns and looked for responses to ads I had placed… for [my] recipes on 4×6" cards that enabled you to imitate famous dishes at home.
1972 advertisement that Mom designed and mailed out regularly, to papers' and magazines' editors, for syndication.
At the suggestion… that I should put all my column's recipes into a book, I wrote my 1st edition called 'The Better Cooker's Cookbook' [1973]. In less than a month, I had sold 1000 copies. I wasn't satisfied with the book, so I didn't reprint it – but, decided that it might work out better if I could do those recipes monthly…I put together my 1st issue of what came to be my 'Secret Recipe Report', a newsletter that… brought me in contact with the many so-called secrets of the commercial food and restaurant industry.
It was a perfect storm – from the unique subject matter of her books and newsletters to the media exposure of them through radio, newspapers, magazines and TV – which, all together, brought about Mom's fame as the Recipe DetectiveTM.
I'm currently working on a time line of her appearances and interviews to add to this website's tabs, gathering most of the information through her books, newsletters and other works as best as I can. However, I haven't decided on a title for the new tab yet. I'm also still working on updating the "Recipes" tab with more of Mom's creations. Before closing, here is the poem I mentioned above:
The poem, on which Mom helped me in 1979; along with a cartoon panel she drew in 1969!
Shortly after starting these blogs, I decided to include one of Mom's recipes with each one. For the 35-plus years that Mom "worked her business", she offered (in exchange for a SASE) a sheet of free recipes, along with information on how to order her currently available (at that time) self-published cookbooks; as well as how to subscribe to her newsletter.
I've recently exhausted all the recipes from the information sheets of which I have copies. However, this website, originally developed by my brother, Michael Pitzer (for internet exposure to our parents and their Secret RecipesTM business), used to offer other "free" recipes that Mom authorized; some of which weren't on those information sheets.
Since my brother transferred the website to me, with which to carry on Mom's legacy through these blogs, I've been working on updating the "Recipes" tab to include all the free recipes that were on the site to begin with (as they didn't transfer to the new host), as well as the ones on Mom's information sheets. It's taking some time because I only have a printed list of the original 34 recipe titles that were offered on the website. As times change, so do some companies' recipes; thus, Mom has had a few different versions of some of her recipes. I've found almost half of the original list so far. Stay tuned for more updates!
The following recipe may not be the same one that used to show for free on this website before last September, but this is the recipe I found for the same or similar title – as always, asking only for proper credit if you care to share it:
Olive Garden-Style Alfredo Fettucine
By Gloria Pitzer, from My Personal Favorites (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; Nov. 2000, p. 19)
8-oz cream cheese, in bits
¾ c grated Parmesan
8 TB butter
½ c milk
1-lb box fettucine, prepared as box instructs
Put first 4 ingredients in a saucepan on medium heat, stirring until smooth and piping hot – but, don't let it boil or it might scorch! Spoon sauce mixture over 4 portions of prepared fettucine. Serves 4 sensibly or 2 foolishly!
#NationalShrimpScampiDay
For all of you shrimp-loving foodies out there, this happens to be National Shrimp Scampi Day! Shrimp Scampi was one of Mom's many favorite dishes at Olive Garden. It goes awesome with her imitation of their Alfredo Fettucine, as given above! The National Day Calendar website has a link to a great shrimp scampi recipe by Elise Bauer on "Simply Recipes". Enjoy making this wonderful dish, along with the pasta, for dinner to celebrate the day and use #NationalShrimpScampiDay to post about it on social media.
#NationalGardeningMonth
This week also brings an end to National Gardening Month. So, as we come from celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day last week, now it's Stewardship Week – one of the world's largest conservation-related observances… this year's theme is "Life In the Soil: Dig Deeper." Since conservation is the preservation of resources, it sounds like a great segue from April into May! So is this old proverb…"April showers bring May flowers" – people have quoted this for centuries; but, as we approach May, I find it ironic that the first week is also National Wildflower Week! Additionally, Wednesday, the 1st, is "May Day", as well as "Bird Day"!
In honor of Saturday, May 4th, being National Star Wars Day…
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Repurpose, Reuse & Recycle
Happy Easter Monday, everyone, and happy Earth Day too! Welcome to Mondays & Memories of My Mom.
I'm Laura Emerich and these blogs are dedicated to my mom, Gloria Pitzer, the ORIGINAL Recipe DetectiveTM, and her tremendous legacy – from her famous writing career, spanning over 5 DECADES, to her more personal loves of life, family and faith. As the Recipe DetectiveTM, Mom often referred to herself as the "Rich Little" of the food industry because she could imitate their famous dishes and food products, in her own kitchen, similarly to how Rich Little could imitate the voices of famous people.
My mom frequently exuded a satirical wit in her writings and cartoon illustrations also. Below is a photo copy of Mom's cover page for her cartoon panel-series titled, Full House as Kept by Gloria Pitzer. They were printed in The Richmond Review (Richmond, MI) for a few years, starting around early 1969; and, since they're humor was timeless, Mom reused them in some of the newsletters and cookbooks that she, later, went on to write.
Throughout her newsletters and cookbooks, Mom never claimed to know exactly what the famous food industry companies actually used in their own "secret" recipes; however, she did claim to know that she could come up with some pretty good imitations based on some basic cooking principles and what she could see, taste and smell. Some of Mom's recipes that were imitations of certain brands, she realized, could be repurposed, reused and recycled into imitations of other companies' products.
As I mentioned in another blog recently, Hostess Twinkies have the very same cake ingredients prepared in the "Flaming Cherries Supreme" from the Waldorf Astoria kitchens. All Mom did to imitate the Hostess product was to shape the cake different and add a little more body to the cream; which was put INSIDE the cake, as a filling, rather than on top like Waldorf's!
Mom started a movement, imitating fast food and junk food at home (as well as other food industry dishes and products), for which she is rarely given credit. However, in the early 1970s, it was my mom who pioneered and trail-blazed the homemade, copycat crusade! Media quickly pounced on the news, as word got around quickly (without the aid of social media and internet, by the way), of a small town "housewife" who was imitating these famous food products at home and sharing her recipes across the radio air waves and through her self-published newsletters and cookbooks!
Mom had set out and succeeded in imitating hundreds of name brand products such as Famous Amos, Sara Lee and Hostess treats; as well as fast food and restaurant chains' burgers and other specialty, signature dishes. While most of her interviews were over the radio air waves all around North America, Mom did do some TV appearances as well. She was on the Phil Donahue twice! The episodes were replayed around the world, bringing her vast amounts more recognition.
Today, because it's Earth Day, the subject my blog is focused on the motto to "repurpose, reuse and recycle" (regardless of whichever order you put them in). Additionally, three other "r" terms are often used in conjunction with these three: (1) to "reduce", as in your carbon footprint; (2) to "repair", as in try to fix, mend or restore something before readily throwing it out; and (3) to "refuse", as in objecting to buying into wasteful marketing stuff in the first place. Such wasteful marketing products include wraps and packaging fillers like Styrofoam, plastic and foil that end up in our land, oceans and waterways and are, literally, choking our environment!
Mom & I, repurposing her old purse as my new art kit!
Mom was always very crafty at repurposing, reusing and recycling items to keep them out of the garbage and, thereby, not having to unnecessarily pay for things that could be easily made out of something else. The terms repurposing, reusing and recycling refer to SO MANY things! For example… as in the picture above, Mom often turned her old purses, with their many pockets and compartments, into cases for organizing things like art supplies or activity books or Barbie's clothes and accessories – the ideas are endless.
Mom often made clothes and linen for my sisters' and my BarbieTM dolls out of scraps of material from our own worn-out clothes and old linens (which were also used for quilting and other sewing projects). She also made furniture for our dolls, using cardboard food boxes covered in paper or material scraps. As a child, my favorite Christmas gift from my mom was a beautiful rag doll she made from old clothes scraps, with yarn for her hair and facial details, plus buttons for her nose and eyes.
As for food waste… Do you have leftovers from your Easter celebration yesterday? Soups, casseroles and pot pies are wonderful ways to repurpose, reuse and recycle those leftovers that are sitting in the refrigerator. However, when leftovers get past the point of safe consumption, but are not yet to the point of "penicillin science project", then composting is another form of repurposing, reusing and recycling those leftovers for your garden – except for meat and dairy products, which aren't so good for plants, but can make great chicken feed!
Full House as Kept by Gloria Pitzer (Richmond Review, Richmond, MI; 1971)
The U.S. is the second highest food-wasting country in the world, second to Australia; but leaps and bounds beyond Turkey, which is in third place, according to Statista.com. The U.S. FAO website says that this worldwide waste of food causes an excessive spending of resources, such as water, land, energy, labor and capital; needlessly producing greenhouse gas emissions, while contributing to global warming and climate change.
Yesterday morning, I saw a clip on my local news about what to compost and a demonstration using a countertop composter! What a great idea, if you can afford one! I saw one, like the one shown in the news clip, online for more than a few hundred dollars. I love it and I want one, but I can't afford the luxury…so, like my mom did years ago for her garden and potted tomatoes, I just keep saving my coffee grounds and eggshells (and the occasional banana peels) in an old coffee container on my kitchen counter. When it's full, I take it out back to my large compost pile for the vegetable garden; but, you can also put it directly around the base of your plants – my roses love it! Then, when the rose heads are ready to cut, I hang them upside down by their stems until they're fully dried to repurpose, reuse and recycle them into potpourri!
Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was formed almost 50 years ago as a direct result of the first Earth Day celebration on April 22, 1970? It actually started as more of a teaching/learning event than a celebration; nonetheless, its popularity caught on quickly and is now celebrated (on different dates) worldwide.
Simple suggestions for participating in Earth Day activities include donating gently used items to non-profit resale shops (many churches have them now) or having your own yard/garage sale with them – yard/garage sale season has just started around here. Another way to participate is by cleaning up litter around your yard, as well as in your community. Additionally, hiking or walking through a park or enjoying nature through ORGANIC gardening or planting trees are other ways to partake in the occasion today (or any day for that matter). Speaking of planting trees, this Friday (April 26th) will be Arbor Day! Furthermore, the whole month of April also happens to be National Gardening Month!
#RepurposeReuseRecycle
Repurposing, reusing and recycling is not just a great way to conserve energy and natural resources, but also an effective means to saving money. A reduce and reuse lifestyle can also preserve natural resources and reduce waste, but there are additional benefits to such a lifestyle as well. So many plastic wraps and containers that people typically throw away – such as deli and dairy containers, plastic grocery bags, old toothbrushes, etc. – can be repurposed, reused and recycled in hundreds of ways; which, in turn, can eliminate tons of garbage from our landfills and, consequently, reduce how much of our plastic refuse (which doesn't decompose) finds its way into our land, oceans and waterways.
The older I get, the more I want to get rid of junk; but, I still feel an immense impulse to save things that I might use in some other way – someday. I guess it's the "green" in me, with which I grew up, that's shining through – before I can throw anything away, first, I ask myself: can it be repurposed, reused or recycled in any way? Today's Earth Day is a great time to focus on how much you and your family throw away; therefore, I challenge you to save something from being trashed and, find a new purpose for which to reuse it… Then post and tag it on social media with #RepurposeReuseRecycle!
I hope you've enjoyed my Earth Day blog and will return again next week when I discuss more about gardening, as it will be the end of National Gardening Month! In closing, as I do each week, I'd like to leave you with one of the recipes that Mom developed and gave out for free on her product information and ordering sheets in exchange for a SASE.
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken, like Kenny Rogers
Mom used the following barbeque crockpot chicken recipe (which serves 6) pictured below, an imitation of a Kenny Rogers' dish, whenever she wanted to make an easy sweet barbeque chicken that she didn't have to fuss over. She first printed it in her cookbook, That's the Flavor (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1998, p. 25), asking only for proper credit if you care to share it.
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – "Famous Foods from Famous Places"
[posted: 02/18/19]
My banana bread recipe, like Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel served, was originally printed in Mom's cookbook, Eating out at Home (National Home News, St. Clair, MI; Sept 1978, p. 34); before it appeared in her cookbook, The Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret RecipesTM, St. Clair, MI; May 1982). Therefore, it must have been developed on our vacation there the previous summer, and not the same one as when Somewhere in Time was filmed.
Posted on April 16, 2019 September 24, 2021
Self-Rising Flour (Homemade)
Self-Rising Flour (By the Cupful)
By Gloria Pitzer, one of her original "200" recipes (1972)
Sift together: 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 3/4 tsp baking powder.
Alternate version #1 (as seen with "Banana Bread, Like The Grand Hotel's"):
1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt.
Alternate version #2 (as seen in Gloria Pitzer's Cookbook – The Best of the Recipe Detective (Balboa Press, January 2018):
Sift together 3 c. flour, 3 TB baking powder and 1 tsp. salt. Store in covered container, in a cool dry place. Makes approximately 3 ¼ cups.
Banana Bread, like Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel
BANANA BREAD – Like The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island (MI)
Developed by Laura Pitzer (Emerich), 1979; published by Gloria Pitzer in her cookbook, Gloria Pitzer's Better Cookery Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; 1982, p. 238)
On the lavish, luncheon, smorgasbord tables of the Grand Hotel, where we were staying during the filming of "Somewhere in Time' [1979], were a variety of sweet breads, as well as finger sandwiches prepared on quick breads. One of their sandwich ideas was softened cream cheese – possibly whipped with a little sour cream – on a wonderful banana nut bread. When we returned home from that vacation, our daughter, Laura, came up with a version of their bread which became one of our favorite recipes. – Gloria Pitzer
2 cups self-rising flour (SEE NOTE BELOW!)
1 cup each: ripe, mashed bananas (2 to 3 medium-sized) and chopped walnuts
Cream butter and sugar on medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes – set your timer!) Add the eggs and beat another 2 minutes. Beat in half of the flour and all the bananas for 2 minutes. Beat in remaining flour for 1 minute. Stir in nuts with a spoon. Pour into greased and floured, 9-inch bread-loaf pan. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes or until it tests "done" with a toothpick. Cool several hours before slicing. Makes 1 loaf.
NOTE: If you don't have self-rising flour, then substitute with – 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. The best results, I have found, is when I stir the ½ teaspoon baking soda into the mashed bananas, combining the remaining ingredients and adding that much as directed in the recipe above.
Archer Teacher Fish & Chips, plus Onion Rings option
By Gloria Pitzer, first published in The Secret Restaurant Recipes Book (National Homemaker's Newsletter, Pearl Beach, MI; Jan. 1977, p. 1)
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3 cups boxed pancake mix
3-4 cups club soda
0.4-oz. pkg. ranch dressing mix powder
2-3 lbs. fish fillets (any good frying-type)
With wire whisk, combine the pancake mix and enough of the club soda so that the batter is the consistency of buttermilk – pourable! Whisk in the ranch dressing mix.
Dip the fillets into just enough plain, all-purpose flour to coat them lightly but evenly. Let coated fillets dry a few minutes on wax paper. Dip coated fillets into wet batter to coat lightly but evenly, letting excess batter drip back into bowl.
Using a heavy sauce pan or electric fryer, fry a few pieces at a time in 3-inch deep oil heated to 385F degrees. Turn the pieces once to brown each side (at about 2-3 minutes per side).
Remove from hot oil, using the tip of a sharp knife. Do NOT use tongs as it may cause coating to break and fall off. Keep pieces warm on a cookie sheet or in a roasting pan in a warm oven until all pieces have been fried. Serves 4-6.
ONION RINGS OPTION: (what to do with extra, left-over batter, as it does not keep well…)
#BestOnionRingsInTheWorld
Cut 3 firm white onions, each about the size of an orange., into 1/4-inch thick slices and separate into rings. Run these under cold tap water in a colander and let excess water drain off.
As with the fish (above), dip the rings into just enough plain, all-purpose flour to coat them lightly but evenly and let them dry for a few minutes on wax paper. One at a time, dip coated rings into the wet fish batter (above) to coat lightly but evenly, letting excess batter drip back into bowl. Then, drop each ring into 2-inch deep oil heated to 385F degrees. Turn the pieces once to brown each side (at about 2-3 minutes per side or until golden brown and crispy).
Remove from hot oil, using the tip of a sharp knife. Do NOT use tongs as it may cause the coating to break and fall off. Drain rings on paper towels and keep warm on a cookie sheet in the oven, on low, until all rings have been fried. Serves 4 nicely.
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Mom's Story – How Secret Recipes Began, Part 4
Applebee's-Style Oriental Dressing
By Gloria Pitzer, from her "Oriental Chicken Salad, Like Applebee's" recipe found in her self-published cookbook, The Great Imitator's Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 3)
8-oz bottle Paul Newman's Vinegar & Oil Dressing
14-oz can Eagle Brand Milk
1/3 cup white vinegar
Put all ingredients through blender until smooth. Makes 1 quart.
Posted on April 16, 2019 December 20, 2021
Coney-Style Hot Dog Sauce
By Gloria Pitzer, from her "Free Recipes & Ordering Information" sheets
2 lbs. ground beef
4 TB oil
2 envelopes onion soup mix
0.4-oz. envelope ranch dressing mix
2 cups hot, black coffee
6-oz. can tomato paste
1 TB each: chili & cumin powders
Brown beef in oil, using a large skillet on medium heat and crumbling it with a fork, until pink color disappears. Sprinkle on soup mix and dressing mix, then, add the coffee and stir well. Remove 1 cup of mixture to blender and blend on high speed until it looks like cement mortar. Return blender mixture to skillet and add the rest of the ingredients. Continue cooking for 30 min., uncovered, stirring occasionally. Spoon over hot dogs or serve like sloppy joes. Serves 6.
5-Alarm-Style Taco Sauce
By Gloria Pitzer; as seen in Gloria Pitzer's Secret Fast Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 16)
14-oz. can stewed tomatoes
8-oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 cup bottled Italian dressing
1 TB chili powder
1/2 TB cumin powder
1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce (or to taste)
Put all ingredients, as listed, into blender on high speed for 1 minute. Keep covered and refrigerated to use within 30 days. Freezes well, up to 6 months. Makes about 1 quart.
Hooters-Style Wings
By Gloria Pitzer, from The Great Imitator's Cookbook (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1999, p. 56)
butter, melted
bottled hot sauce
flour*
Cut Wings at joint, leaving boney tip intact. Moisten in equal parts of melted butter and bottled hot sauce. Coat moistened pieces in flour. Fry in 4-inch deep, hot oil at 385F degrees for about 6-8 minutes or until browned and crispy. They're greasy, but wonderful! Serve with bleu cheese or ranch dressing.
*FOR WILD HOT WINGS: add 1/2 tsp dry mustard and a dash, each, of black pepper and cayenne to each cup of flour when coating wings.
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – Inspirations are Everywhere!
Glad Lobster Cheese Biscuits
By Gloria Pitzer, revised from her self-published cookbook, Make Alike Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; Oct. 1991, p. 6)
2 tsp. sugar (or sugar substitute equivalent)
1/3 cup mayonnaise (Hellman's preferred)
2 1/4 cups self-rising flour
1/4 cup (4 oz.) shredded cheddar cheese
Combine first four ingredients in a 1 1/2 qt. mixing bowl, with electric mixer on high speed, for slightly less than a minute. Dough should be smooth and completely combined; not too thin or too thick. Work in cheddar cheese with a rubber spatula. Drop dough by spoonful, equally between 10 paper-lined muffin wells or on a greased baking sheet in mounds 1 inch apart. Drizzle 1 tsp. melted butter or margarine on top of each and dust with a little pinch of parsley and garlic powder or garlic salt (to taste). You can also sprinkle a tiny bit of additional cheddar cheese on top of each. Bake at 350F degrees for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown and tripled in size. Cool in/on pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Makes 10 biscuits.
Mondays & Memories of My Mom – New Year, New Attitude


Update [Feb 16, 2019]: Last month, Motorola released Android Pie notes for the Moto Z3, suggesting that the OS was, in fact, rolling out. However, a quick look at the same page today reveals that the Pie release notes have been taken down and in their place is the latest February 2019 security patches.
It's likely the company encountered issues while getting ready to release the OS that forced it to halt the rollout, but we expect the rollout to resume soon. Original article continues below.
Motorola in August 2018 announced that Android 9 Pie update will begin rolling out in fall and indeed, the rollout commenced in November with the Moto One and One Power.
As expected, the next in line is the Moto Z3 family and as of this writing, the company has published the official release notes for Android 9 Pie update for the non-Play variant of the Z3.
The release notes are live on Motorola U.S. support page, which is, by all means, the only major market that got to see the device.
With Pie, you are getting things like new intuitive Navigation and Recent app, better DND mode, redesigned Quick Settings, simplified volume controls, revamped split screen, Adaptive battery, Adaptive brightness, and so on.
Besides installing Android Pie, the new update also tags along support for 5G via the company's 5G Moto Mod as well as a new Android security patch for January 2019.
This is an OTA update that should start showing up on the Moto Z3 units anytime from now. If the OTA hasn't arrived yet, you may want to try checking for its availability via Settings > System > System updates and if available, tap on Download and install.


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Secret govt unit used 'unethical' fear tactics to push Covid rules compliance – media
February 3, 2022 Tom Cox 0
The UK government's behavioral insights team will reportedly be investigated over claims of using 'fear, shame and scapegoating' to influence public
NHS signage promoting 'Stay Home, Save Lives' on a bus shelter in Chinatown, central London. January 8, 2021. © AFP / Tolga Akmen
A parliamentary committee is reportedly set to investigate "scare ads" created by the UK government's shadowy 'behavioural insights' team to "nudge" the public into obeying Covid-19 restrictions. The move comes amid concerns about the "grossly unethical" use of the unit to "inflate fear levels."
The House of Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee is expected to probe the so-called "nudge unit" as part of an ongoing investigation into government activities during the pandemic, The Telegraph reported.
Tory MP William Wragg, who chairs the committee, told the paper that the "central issue is how 'nudge' sits within parliamentary democracy and ministerial accountability."
According to The Telegraph, the committee received a letter from a group of 40 psychologists this week, which warned that it was "highly questionable whether a civilised society should knowingly increase the emotional discomfort of its citizens as a means of gaining their compliance."
Government scientists deploying fear, shame and scapegoating to change minds is an ethically dubious practice.
The signatories reportedly criticized the use of dramatic adverts featuring slogans such as "If you go out you can spread it, people will die." One such ad had a close-up photo of an intensive-care patient wearing an oxygen mask, with the caption: "Look her in the eyes and tell her you never bend the rules."
The use of "images of the acutely unwell in intensive care units" and the "macabre mono focus on the number of Covid-19 deaths without mention of mortality from other causes" were also said to have been condemned by the group, which warned of unintended consequences.
"Shaming and scapegoating have emboldened some people to harass those unable or unwilling to wear a face covering," they reportedly wrote, adding that the "inflated fear levels" and "strategically-increased anxieties" had "[discouraged] many from seeking help for other illnesses."
Most 'Covid patients' in England are in hospital for other reasons
The letter also apparently cited a government memo from March 2020, which warned that a "substantial number of people still do not feel sufficiently personally threatened" by the virus and called for "hard-hitting, emotional messaging" to target the "complacent."
But an unnamed government spokesperson told the Daily Mail that Downing Street had followed the advice of scientists and taken the "right measures at the right time" to tackle Covid-19. They added the government had used "every means possible" to inform the public about the severity of Covid-19.
Established by David Cameron's coalition government in 2010, the 'nudge unit' is apparently designed to apply scientific principles to subtly influence public behavior without the need for legislation. Although its handiwork has been visible in government ads, The Telegraph noted that its operations are shrouded in secrecy.
Source: www.rt.com/news/547727-secret-govt-unit-unethical-fear-ads/
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