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Mind the Gap: Sensible Budget Policy in Challenging Times
Photo by Marcin Wichary.
Where: Will Rogers Theater, 4322 N. Western Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Cost: $60 (scholarships available for students and those for whom cost would be an obstacle. If you need a scholarship, please send an email to info@okpolicy.org with a very brief statement of your needs)
Tickets for the event are no longer available.
Although Oklahoma is now several years removed from the worst of the fiscal crisis that accompanied the Great Recession, the gap between the cost of providing basic public services and the revenues we collect to pay for them seems to be growing. State agencies continue to be squeezed by budget cuts and funding shortfalls, tax collections are flat or declining, and ever greater challenges are looming on the horizon. What ideas and solutions can we bring to bear to address the fiscal gap?
EJ Dionne
During the first part of the state budget summit, participants will hear top experts discuss key issues shaping Oklahoma's economic and fiscal outlook. Over lunch, our special guest speaker, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brooking Institution, will offer his perspective on the national budget as we move into a new period of divided and polarized government. The day will conclude with an afternoon session exploring the prospects for meaningful tax credit reform in the upcoming legislative session.
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8:45 – 9:15: Registration and light breakfast
9:15 – 9:30: Welcome and Introductions – David Blatt, Executive Director, Oklahoma Policy Institute
9:30 – 10:00: Oklahoma's Budget Outlook: Confronting the Fiscal Gap
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OK Policy director David Blatt discussed the major components of Oklahoma's tax system and state budget, and will review some of the components of the fiscal gap stemming from policy decisions, demographic trends, economic changes, and other factors.
10:00 – 11:30: Panel Discussion: "An Economic Check-Up"
In recent years Oklahoma has seen among the lowest unemployment and highest personal income growth in the nation. At the same time, funding for many of Oklahoma's core state services has not recovered from cuts made during the recession. Oklahomans continue to struggle with relatively high levels of poverty, low educational attainment, and falling behind on many measures of quality of life. In our morning session, panelists with diverse expertise will discuss trends in Oklahoma's economic outlook and state fiscal health.
Panelists: Shelley Cadamy, Workforce Tulsa; Dr. Mickey Hepner, University of Central Oklahoma; Chuck Hoskin Jr., Cherokee Nation; Rep. Dennis Casey, Oklahoma House of Representatives; Dr. Dan Rickman, Oklahoma State University.
11:30 – 12:00: LUNCH (vegetarian options provided)
12:00 – 1:15: KEYNOTE TALK: E.J. Dionne, Washington Post and Brookings Institution
Syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne is one of the nation's most widely-read and highly respected political observers. He appears weekly on NPR's All Things Considered and regularly on NBC's Meet the Press and other broadcast programs to discuss national politics. He joined the Washington Post as a political reporter in 1990 and began writing his twice-weekly column on national policy and politics in 1993. In 1996, the column was syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group and now appears in more than 90 newspapers in the United States and abroad, including the Oklahoman and Tulsa World. In 1996, Dionne joined The Brookings Institution as a senior fellow in the governance studies program. He began teaching at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute as University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture in the fall of 2003.
1:30 – 3:00: Presentation and Panel: "Tax Credit Reform – From Talk to Action?"
While the need to reform the state's special-interest tax breaks has been widely acknowledged by policymakers and outside experts in recent years, meaningful action has largely been thwarted.. Still, putting in place formal mechanisms to evaluate tax breaks and limiting or eliminating those that cannot be justified remains a priority for key legislators and statewide officeholders. This session will begin with a presentation by experts from the Pew Charitable Trusts who have spent several months studying tax credits in Oklahoma and developing recommendations, and will be followed by responses and proposals from key policymakers.
Featured Presenters: Parry Carter and Jeff Chapman, Pew Charitable Trusts
Click here for the Presentation [PDF]
Panelists: Rep. David Dank, Chair, House Revenue and Tax Subcommittee; Rep. Scott Inman, House Minority Leader; Hon. Gary Jones, Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector; John Estus, Director of Public Affairs, Office of Management and Enterprise Services; Deidre Myers, Deputy Secretary for Workforce Development, Oklahoma Department of Commerce; Mark VanLandingham, Vice-President for Government Relations, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber; Jeff Chapman, Pew Charitable Trusts


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Q: Should integer values be passed to floating point user defined literals? I'm playing around with user-defined-literals (with GCC 4.7).
double operator"" _lb(long double n)
{
    return n * 0.453592; // convert pounds to kilos
}

This works fine when passing it a floating point literal (e.g. 42.0_lb) however when I try to pass an integer literal (e.g. 42_lb) I get the following error:

error: unable to find numeric literal operator 'operator"" _lb'

Shouldn't my definition of _lb cause an implicit conversion between the parameter to long double (as it would with regular functions)?

A: No, such implicit conversion doesn't apply in this case. As per [lex.ext]p3, a user-defined-intergal-literal can only be processed by a literal operator taking unsigned long long or by a raw literal operator (that takes const char*) or a literal operator template.

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Virgin Unite website
How Once Acre Fund deliver life-changing farming supplies
One Acre Fund
by John Byron Ohaga
One Acre Fund is a non-profit social enterprise working to help smallholder farmers grow their way out of hunger. This incredible organisation is proudly supported by Virgin Unite and was one of the seven Big Ideas chosen for last year's Audacious Project.
John Ohaga manages One Acre Fund's Africa Communications portfolio and below he shares how One Acre Fund prepare for, and deliver, life-changing farming supplies across sub-Saharan Africa.
Every year, One Acre Fund deliver millions of kilograms of planting supplies and other non-agricultural products, like solar lamps and sanitary pads, to thousands of villages in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. The success of these deliveries depends on months of careful planning.
One Acre Fund employ over 8,000 people, 6,000 of these employees are field staff who live and work in rural areas, close to the farmers. Field staff are in charge of reaching, supporting, and training the more than one million farmers that One Acre Fund serve.
One Acre Fund | Farmers in Itanda, Uganda carry their planting supplies home
When delivery season rolls around, field staff are the lynchpin for ensuring all products end up with the clients who need them – they also make it possible for life-changing products to be delivered within walking distance of farmers. "Getting our farming supplies delivered to the villages is very helpful to us. In the past, we had to pay bus fare to go to buy them in town," said Elida Kisoma, a Tanzanian farmer.
Once Acre Fund invest tremendous resource into ensuring agricultural products arrive to their farmers at the right time. The team don't leave anything to chance, simulating the deliveries ahead of time with what the team call 'Delivery Boot Camps'.
Delivery Boot Camps entail two critical sessions: the first is a planning session, describing delivery scenes and procedures, mapping out foreseeable challenges, and brainstorming solutions to challenges. The second is a run-through of practical exercises, taking place in the warehouses where products are stored prior to delivery.
One Acre Fund | A delivery boot camp at Iringa District, Tanzania
Members of the field team act out interactions between One Acre Fund employees and farmers, using the actual products they later will handle at the deliveries. Once the team is well practiced, it is time for the real deal - delivery season! Each country has a different delivery schedule based on when the rains come and when farmers start planting.
Throughout the year, One Acre Fund deliver 130,000 metric tons (that is the equivalent weight of about 1,300 adult blue whales, or 26,000 African bush elephants!) of planting supplies to 55 different regional warehouses, in six countries. They also deliver agricultural support products, such as grain storage bags, harvest drying sheets, as well as solar lights.
Talikisya Kivamba, a Tanzanian farmer supported by One Acre Fund, commented on the support they received from One Acre: "I have high hopes of harvesting well this season because, as my bonus for enrolling, I was trained on planting techniques that I did not know before."
Since 2006, One Acre Fund has worked to rapidly extend the reach of its distribution system. Our organisation was founded as a response to the demand for life-saving agricultural innovations amongst Africa's smallholder farmers and is in the early stages of building the continent's largest network of smallholding farm families.
One Acre Fund | Farmers queue up to receive their orders in Tanzania
We are incredibly proud that we've been steadily growing our farmer base every year. We have directly served more than one million farmers across six countries in 2020 and have projects in place to help grow that number to five million by 2030. In some of their newer countries of operation, reach is growing. In the more established ones, like Rwanda, delivery networks are steadily approaching nationwide reach.
We are proud to partner with Virgin Unite as they support our endeavour to empower and uplift some of the continent's most hardworking people and ensure food security for their households and communities.
- This is a guest blog and may not represent the views of Virgin.com. Please see virgin.com/terms for more details.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;
using System.Resources;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using LeagueSharp;
using LeagueSharp.Common;

namespace SAssemblies.Ranges
{
    class SpellQ
    {
        public static Menu.MenuItemSettings SpellQRange = new Menu.MenuItemSettings(typeof(SpellQ));

        public SpellQ()
        {
            Drawing.OnDraw += Drawing_OnDraw;
        }

        ~SpellQ()
        {
            Drawing.OnDraw -= Drawing_OnDraw;
        }

        public bool IsActive()
        {
#if RANGES
            return Range.Ranges.GetActive() && SpellQRange.GetActive();
#else
            return SpellQRange.GetActive();
#endif
        }

        public static Menu.MenuItemSettings SetupMenu(LeagueSharp.Common.Menu menu)
        {
            SpellQRange.Menu = menu.AddSubMenu(new LeagueSharp.Common.Menu(Language.GetString("RANGES_SPELLQ_MAIN"), "SAssembliesRangesSpellQ"));
            SpellQRange.MenuItems.Add(
                SpellQRange.Menu.AddItem(new MenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQMode", Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_MODE")).SetValue(new StringList(new[]
                {
                    Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_MODE_ME"),
                    Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_MODE_ENEMY"),
                    Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_MODE_BOTH")
                }))));
            SpellQRange.MenuItems.Add(
                SpellQRange.Menu.AddItem(new MenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorMe", Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_COLORME")).SetValue(Color.LawnGreen)));
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                SpellQRange.Menu.AddItem(new MenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorEnemy", Language.GetString("RANGES_ALL_COLORENEMY")).SetValue(Color.IndianRed)));
            SpellQRange.MenuItems.Add(SpellQRange.CreateActiveMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQActive", () => new SpellQ()));
            return SpellQRange;
        }

        private void Drawing_OnDraw(EventArgs args)
        {
            if (!IsActive())
                return;

            var mode = SpellQRange.GetMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQMode").GetValue<StringList>();
            switch (mode.SelectedIndex)
            {
                case 0:
                    if (ObjectManager.Player.Position.IsOnScreen())
                    {
                        Utility.DrawCircle(ObjectManager.Player.Position,
                            ObjectManager.Player.Spellbook.GetSpell(SpellSlot.Q).SData.CastRange, SpellQRange.GetMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorMe").GetValue<Color>());
                    }
                    break;
                case 1:
                    foreach (Obj_AI_Hero enemy in ObjectManager.Get<Obj_AI_Hero>())
                    {
                        if (enemy.IsEnemy && enemy.IsVisible && enemy.IsValid && !enemy.IsDead && enemy.Position.IsOnScreen())
                        {
                            Utility.DrawCircle(enemy.Position,
                                ObjectManager.Player.Spellbook.GetSpell(SpellSlot.Q).SData.CastRange, SpellQRange.GetMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorEnemy").GetValue<Color>());
                        }
                    }
                    break;
                case 2:
                    if (ObjectManager.Player.Position.IsOnScreen())
                    {
                        Utility.DrawCircle(ObjectManager.Player.Position,
                            ObjectManager.Player.Spellbook.GetSpell(SpellSlot.Q).SData.CastRange, SpellQRange.GetMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorMe").GetValue<Color>());
                    }
                    foreach (Obj_AI_Hero enemy in ObjectManager.Get<Obj_AI_Hero>())
                    {
                        if (enemy.IsEnemy && enemy.IsVisible && enemy.IsValid && !enemy.IsDead && enemy.Position.IsOnScreen())
                        {
                            Utility.DrawCircle(enemy.Position,
                                ObjectManager.Player.Spellbook.GetSpell(SpellSlot.Q).SData.CastRange, SpellQRange.GetMenuItem("SAssembliesRangesSpellQColorEnemy").GetValue<Color>());
                        }
                    }
                    break;
            }
        }
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Absrtact: Ganoderma lucidum fermented tea was dried by two different drying equipments: hot air drying and microwave drying. The sensory evaluation of the fermented tea was carried out, and the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the fermented tea were determined.
The results showed that hot air drying and microwave drying equipment had certain effects on the sensory score, chemical composition and antioxidant ability of tea. The fermented tea dried by high temperature hot air drying and high microwave power had longer aroma and better taste. Under hot air drying, the fermented tea dried at 90 C retained more active ingredients, and the fermented tea dried at 80 C had higher antioxidant activity. Under microwave drying, fermented tea dried by 50W power has better retention of active ingredients and higher antioxidant activity.
Bacterial tea is a new type of tea, which is produced by inoculating edible and medicinal fungi and fermenting with tea as the main culture medium and adding other auxiliary materials. In the course of metabolism, microorganisms such as large edible and medicinal fungi will produce various enzymes. The polysaccharides in tea are degraded to oligosaccharides. At the same time, it may increase the unique flavor of edible and medicinal fungi and produce new active ingredients for tea. Therefore, fungus tea has good health effects and is a new research topic in tea drinks.
Researchers have developed different fermented tea by inoculating different strains of bacteria in tea. For example, after Zou Ligen mixed pollen in tea and fermented by inoculating basidiomycetes, a solid beverage of fleshy pollen tea has been developed. Lin Xinjian and others have inoculated Cordyceps sinensis, Poria cocos and Hericium erinaceus in tea to obtain health fermented tea with different medicinal fungi.
Drying is a crucial step in tea processing. There are many ways of tea drying, such as hot air drying and microwave drying. Different drying conditions can cause different sensory qualities of tea, and also affect the antioxidant ability of tea. Researchers have found that many diseases in human body are related to free radicals. The intermediate products produced by oxidized free radicals can damage cell biofilm and cause abnormal biological function of living cells.
The effects of different drying methods on the quality and antioxidant activity of Ganoderma lucidum fermented tea have not been reported. Therefore, in this study, Ganoderma lucidum strains were inoculated into tea, solid fermentation was carried out, sensory evaluation of fermented tea was carried out, and the quality and antioxidant activity of fermented tea were determined. The effects of drying methods on the quality and antioxidant activity of tea were discussed, so as to promote more new fermented tea. Meta-references.


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ARRESTS AND SUMMONSES
May 29, 2012 at 12:01 AM May 29, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Authorities made the following arrests and issued summonses from 7 a.m. May 25 to 7 a.m. May 26.
COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Jury Samaru Alston, 20, of 1003 Jefferson St., stealing, $500 bond.
John Wayne Auberlin, 21, of 114 Redwood Road, out-of-county warrant, $1,000 bond.
William Lewis Bell Jr., 24, of 747 Demaret Drive, misdemeanor warrant.
John Wesley Bradley, 43, of 1800 Prathersville Road, third-degree domestic assault, $1,000 bond.
Keith Cortez Brim, 25, of 1600 Hanover Blvd., misdemeanor warrant.
James Joseph Chernich, 49, of Fulton, stealing, $500 bond.
Brandon Ladel Coats, 27, of 4007 Beachwood Drive, out-of-county warrant, $150 bond.
William Orvil Cornine, 53, of 2600 Jacobs Place, stealing, $500 bond.
Ulyssius Marice Harris, 32, of Clark, probation and parole violation, no bond set.
Carlos Kapel Henderson, 30, of Kansas City, no bond set.
David Wayne Hickem, 54, of 111 Smiley Lane, third-degree domestic assault, $1,000 bond.
Jamie L. Hinners, 17, of 505 Brewer Drive, first-degree trespassing.
Lamartina Amber Hudson, 17, of 5888 Oakland Gravel Road, driving while license is suspended or revoked.
James Lee Kenley, 54, of 640 E. Park Lane, stealing.
Matthew A. Livengood, 37, of 2202 Bay Brook Drive, leaving the scene of an accident.
Sherwin Lynn Mahaney, 33, of 4001 S. Ponderosa St., driving while license is suspended ore revoked, possession of a controlled substance.
Sarah J. Miera, 18, of 6441 Gateview Drive, first-degree trespassing.
Brandi Lateash Myers, 21, of 1215 Player Place, felony warrant.
Cindy Louise Phillippe, 39, of Macon, possession of a controlled substance, $9,000 bond.
Bradley Aaron Ray, 23, of 113 Albany Drive, resisting arrest, second-degree property damage, third-degree assault of a police officer, $2,000 bond.
Stacey Marie Reams, 28, of 5301 E. St. Charles Road, forgery, $9,000 bond.
Leo Barry Robinson Jr., 41, of 1660 High Quest Circle, driving while license is suspended or revoked.
Chad Ryan Rombach, 32, of 701 W. Sexton Ave., use or possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, $5,000 bond.
Jazzmond O'Neal Rucker, 24, of 5137 Clark Lane, tampering.
Paydrom Lee Summers, 37, of 4000 Hyde Park Ave., No. 79, out-of-county warrant, $946.50 bond.
BOONE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
Jason Lee Baker, 32, of 4303 Needle Court, failure to appear in court, $500 bond.
Keith Cortez Brim, 25, of Kansas City, failure to appear in court, $200 bond.
Shontia Marie Conner, 26, of 6002 N. Kent Drive, out-of-county warrant, failure to appear in court, $1,800 bond.
Travis Lamont Graves, 33, of 297 Chris Drive, failure to appear in court, $20,000 bond.
Jason Michael Kroner, 33, of 2701 E. Nifong Blvd., Lot 262, third-degree domestic assault, $1,000 bond.
Termaine Allen Pittman, 37, of 1804 Southeast Trails, third-degree assault, $500 bond.
Kenyetta Rene Prince, 23, of 5109 Clark Lane, driving while intoxicated, $500 bond.
John Lee Robinson, 31, of 3909 Oakland Gravel Road, Apt. 101, second-degree domestic assault, $4,500 bond.
Daniel Lee Stober, 54, of 1920 W. Fenton Road, third-degree assault, $500 bond.
James Eugene Wyatt, 30, of 6809 Maxine Drive, failure to appear in court, $76.50 bond.
ASHLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
Heidi Ann Dickenson, 24, of Hartsburg, failure to follow judge's orders, $35,220 bond.
MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
Kathryn Evelyn Lockwood, 58, of Morrison, out-of-county warrants, $6,341.20 bond.


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Chesapeake Plywood, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.


Shocking upcoming tracks in YRKKH: Kirti cries knowing her baby is no more. She cries and turns away. Kartik and Naira take Krish to Kirti and give her the baby. Kirti gets a new life seeing her child. Kartik cries knowing their connection. Kartik prays that everything goes fine. Naira leaves Krish with Kirti and makes a leave. She cries and wishes Kirti gets fine. Kartik apologizes to Kirti and tries to tell her the truth. He feels sorry for her. The family loses courage to tell Kirti about the baby. They stand at the door and see Kirti loving Krish. Naksh wishes that his baby survived. Kartik gets in dilemma. Kirti asks Kartik about her baby, since she remembers he has told her something while she was in coma. Her questions get on increasing.
Kasautii Zindagii Kay: Navin forces Prerna to marry him, and catches Anurag to torture him in front of her. Anurag asks her not to marry Navin by making such a big sacrifice for him. Prerna and Anurag confess love for each other. They gain strength to fight Navin by their love. Rajesh and Moloy also try to reach Anurag and Prerna, and save them from devil Navin.
Navin gets enraged with Prerna and Anurag run away from his captivity. Navin will get Moloy's accident done in order to take revenge. Moloy will be seen dying. Mohini will hold Prerna responsible for Moloy's death. The tragic end of Moloy will end Prerna and Anurag's love story too. Anurag will not be able to support Prerna because of Mohini's hatred for her. Mohini will get Anurag married to Komolika to make Prerna away from him.
Krishna Chali London: Krishna breaks the truth that she is not pregnant. This brings sadness in the family. Shuklain feels Krishna is totally useless for the family now. Shukla wants Krishna to manage the hospital along with Veer. She asks Shuklain not to have any other hopes from Krishna, since he has kept her in the family just for business. He asks Krishna to go to the hospital and assist Veer, since Veer has urgently called for her. Krishna leaves for hospital and meets Veer. She learns about the emergency case. She gets to see Veer's new side when she finds him requesting the lady in a humble way and willing to cure a girl in need for no cost of treatment. Krishna realizes that Veer isn't so inhumane as he appears.
Abhishek tries to kill Suyash, but Laddoo and Falguni save Suyash once again. Suyash isn't aware that Abhishek is planning his murder. Uttara is fooling Falguni and everyone by her mental drama. She wants Suyash killed. Uttara is still the biggest enemy of Suyash and Falguni. She doesn't want them to unite with Laddoo. She asks Devraj to take Laddoo as far as possible from Suyash and Falguni.
Rajguru and Akshay are the main culprits behind the killings happening in the royal family. They cleverly frame Revati in the crime. They leave evidences which sign towards Revati. Veer suspects Revati once again. On getting the proof against her, he decides to expose her and get her punished. Archie finds the daughters of the royal family and decides to get them home. Archie and Veer's findings sign to different persons. They try to find the truth.
Sudha gets hell bent to break Rohan and Aaliya's ties. She gets helpless to tolerate Aaliya and Ishita for Rohan's sake. She doesn't want Rohan to spend life behind bars. Aaliya finds the evidence of Rohan's innocence. She informs this to Ishita as well. Ishita meets Rohan in the jail and confronts him for lying and taking the blame on himself to save Sudha. Rohan tells her that Sudha is his mom and he can't send his mom behind the bars. He asks Ishita to let him bear the punishment. Ishita feels Rohan is really a changed person now. She decides to bail him out.


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Man Dies, Leaving Behind a Sea Of Big-Boobed Mannequins
Lauren Evans
Mike Martin was a man of simple tastes. He liked his mannequins, and he liked 'em busty. It's easy to imagine him spending many a happy afternoon in his Beloit, Wisconsin home, smearing resin around their breasts until they'd puffed to the size of blimps. Now, Martin is gone, but his army of buxom mannequins—and their flashy party dresses—are up for auction.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comes to us today with this touching tale of a man and his hobby, which in this instance means the roughly 60 life-sized dolls Martin began refurbishing in the late '90s, stopping only recently once his Alzheimer's made him too sick to continue. He died in July, leaving behind his wife, Maxine, two children and a shit ton of zaftig mannequins:
"Some people are making fun of it online. But everybody collects something," said Rich Ranft of Beloit Auction & Realty and a longtime neighbor of the Martins.
"Whenever he heard there was a mannequin for sale, he'd go get it. They had a small Ford or whatever it was, and he would strap them to the top or put them in the backseat, wherever he could put them," Rich said.
Martin, a retired electrician, first got into mannequins after throwing a USO-themed party in the late '90s, for which he clothed a few dummies in period dress to enliven the festive atmosphere.
But his interest persisted long after the final party guest left, and over time he accrued a collection so massive it took up much of the Martin's plantation-style home. As his daughter, Lisa, told the Sentinel:
"My mom tolerated it. By no stretch of the imagination did she like it," Lisa told me. "He got up to 10 and told my mom he wasn't going to get any more. Then time went by and he found a couple more, and he found a couple more, and he found a few more."
When Martin acquired a new mannequin, he'd spend four or five days "restoring" them, a process which included using a resin called Bondo to enlarge their breasts until they were the size of beach balls. He'd comb estate sales for gowns and accessories, and painted details onto their otherwise lifeless faces.
Martin's death means the mannequins all need to find new homes. (His wife, Maxine, doesn't want them for some reason.) I'm thinking of buying a bunch and finding ways to sneak them into the apartments of unsuspecting friends. Can you imagine coming home after work one day and finding this waiting for you in a darkened bathroom?
The auction began on August 30 and will continue until September 8, with prices ranging from around $12 to $70. The outfits are also for sale, but good luck filling 'em out like these ladies.
All images via the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/screengrab.


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L'avventuroso, (Edizioni Fratelli Spada; material from Opera Mundi publications, France) printed 36 Prince Valiant magazine like books between 3-7-1965 and 18-12-1966. There is only PV inside (no others comics). This material was also sold to the "Nooit gedacht" and "Vivo" magazine publishers from Holland and to the Aventures Heroiques publications in France.Compare their books with the one(s) below!! All the same covers! 32 pages. In advertisements inside the books they tell you that you can buy these books per 24! issues.
They also published 4 special books, named "IL PRINCIPE VALIANT". HC books, printed by Opera Mundi between 1965-68. It consists of a Max Trell story book (164 pages). Similar books are printed in Holland and France. I am not sure about the line-up.
There was also a special add-on to number 12. This book has 144 pages. It says that in this book the first 3 numbers of the magazines are combined. Printed in 1965.
Value is around Euro 4 for the magazines, and around 15 Euro's for the special editions.


Fly to Madrid for Just 25,500 Miles Roundtrip!
Iberia is running a promotion where they are offering a 25% discount on their award flights to Madrid. This can ultimately result in flying for just 25,500 points roundtrip. Similar to British Airways Avios, Iberia Avios always uses a distance based award calculator when determining the number of points required for a certain route. If you are located on the East Coast, this is your best option when flying to Spain as you'll spend about half the number of miles then using your American Airline miles. Now, on top of the already less expensive award flight, they are discounting it another 25%! This is the exact same promotion they ran a year ago (for those who remember it).
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namespace media {

static const int kChannels = 6;
static const ChannelLayout kChannelLayout = CHANNEL_LAYOUT_5_1;
// Use a buffer size which is intentionally not a multiple of kChannelAlignment.
static const int kFrameCount = media::AudioBus::kChannelAlignment * 32 - 1;
static const int kSampleRate = 48000;

class AudioBusTest : public testing::Test {
 public:
  AudioBusTest() {}
  virtual ~AudioBusTest() {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < data_.size(); ++i)
      base::AlignedFree(data_[i]);
  }

  // Validate parameters returned by AudioBus v.s. the constructed parameters.
  void VerifyParams(AudioBus* bus) {
    EXPECT_EQ(kChannels, bus->channels());
    EXPECT_EQ(kFrameCount, bus->frames());
  }

  void VerifyValue(const float data[], int size, float value) {
    for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i)
      ASSERT_FLOAT_EQ(value, data[i]) << "i=" << i;
  }

  // Verify values for each channel in |result| are within |epsilon| of
  // |expected|.  If |epsilon| exactly equals 0, uses FLOAT_EQ macro.
  void VerifyBusWithEpsilon(const AudioBus* result, const AudioBus* expected,
                            float epsilon) {
    ASSERT_EQ(expected->channels(), result->channels());
    ASSERT_EQ(expected->frames(), result->frames());
    for (int ch = 0; ch < result->channels(); ++ch) {
      for (int i = 0; i < result->frames(); ++i) {
        SCOPED_TRACE(base::StringPrintf("ch=%d, i=%d", ch, i));
        if (epsilon == 0) {
          ASSERT_FLOAT_EQ(expected->channel(ch)[i], result->channel(ch)[i]);
        } else {
          ASSERT_NEAR(expected->channel(ch)[i], result->channel(ch)[i],
                      epsilon);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  // Verify values for each channel in |result| against |expected|.
  void VerifyBus(const AudioBus* result, const AudioBus* expected) {
    VerifyBusWithEpsilon(result, expected, 0);
  }

  // Read and write to the full extent of the allocated channel data.  Also test
  // the Zero() method and verify it does as advertised.  Also test data if data
  // is 16-byte aligned as advertised (see kChannelAlignment in audio_bus.h).
  void VerifyChannelData(AudioBus* bus) {
    for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
      ASSERT_EQ(0U, reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(
          bus->channel(i)) & (AudioBus::kChannelAlignment - 1));
      std::fill(bus->channel(i), bus->channel(i) + bus->frames(), i);
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
      VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), i);

    bus->Zero();
    for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
      VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), 0);
  }

  // Verify copying to and from |bus1| and |bus2|.
  void CopyTest(AudioBus* bus1, AudioBus* bus2) {
    // Fill |bus1| with dummy data.
    for (int i = 0; i < bus1->channels(); ++i)
      std::fill(bus1->channel(i), bus1->channel(i) + bus1->frames(), i);

    // Verify copy from |bus1| to |bus2|.
    bus2->Zero();
    bus1->CopyTo(bus2);
    VerifyBus(bus1, bus2);

    // Verify copy from |bus2| to |bus1|.
    bus1->Zero();
    bus2->CopyTo(bus1);
    VerifyBus(bus2, bus1);
  }

 protected:
  std::vector<float*> data_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AudioBusTest);
};

// Verify basic Create(...) method works as advertised.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, Create) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(kChannels, kFrameCount);
  VerifyParams(bus.get());
  VerifyChannelData(bus.get());
}

// Verify Create(...) using AudioParameters works as advertised.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, CreateUsingAudioParameters) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(AudioParameters(
      AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate, 32,
      kFrameCount));
  VerifyParams(bus.get());
  VerifyChannelData(bus.get());
}

// Verify an AudioBus created via wrapping a vector works as advertised.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, WrapVector) {
  data_.reserve(kChannels);
  for (int i = 0; i < kChannels; ++i) {
    data_.push_back(static_cast<float*>(base::AlignedAlloc(
        sizeof(*data_[i]) * kFrameCount, AudioBus::kChannelAlignment)));
  }

  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::WrapVector(kFrameCount, data_);
  VerifyParams(bus.get());
  VerifyChannelData(bus.get());
}

// Verify an AudioBus created via wrapping a memory block works as advertised.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, WrapMemory) {
  AudioParameters params(
      AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate, 32,
      kFrameCount);
  int data_size = AudioBus::CalculateMemorySize(params);
  scoped_ptr_malloc<float, base::ScopedPtrAlignedFree> data(static_cast<float*>(
      base::AlignedAlloc(data_size, AudioBus::kChannelAlignment)));

  // Fill the memory with a test value we can check for after wrapping.
  static const float kTestValue = 3;
  std::fill(
      data.get(), data.get() + data_size / sizeof(*data.get()), kTestValue);

  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::WrapMemory(params, data.get());
  // Verify the test value we filled prior to wrapping.
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), kTestValue);
  VerifyParams(bus.get());
  VerifyChannelData(bus.get());

  // Verify the channel vectors lie within the provided memory block.
  EXPECT_GE(bus->channel(0), data.get());
  EXPECT_LT(bus->channel(bus->channels() - 1) + bus->frames(),
            data.get() + data_size / sizeof(*data.get()));
}

// Simulate a shared memory transfer and verify results.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, CopyTo) {
  // Create one bus with AudioParameters and the other through direct values to
  // test for parity between the Create() functions.
  AudioParameters params(
      AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LINEAR, kChannelLayout, kSampleRate, 32,
      kFrameCount);
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus1 = AudioBus::Create(kChannels, kFrameCount);
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus2 = AudioBus::Create(params);

  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Created");
    CopyTest(bus1.get(), bus2.get());
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Wrapped Vector");
    // Try a copy to an AudioBus wrapping a vector.
    data_.reserve(kChannels);
    for (int i = 0; i < kChannels; ++i) {
      data_.push_back(static_cast<float*>(base::AlignedAlloc(
          sizeof(*data_[i]) * kFrameCount, AudioBus::kChannelAlignment)));
    }

    bus2 = AudioBus::WrapVector(kFrameCount, data_);
    CopyTest(bus1.get(), bus2.get());
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Wrapped Memory");
    // Try a copy to an AudioBus wrapping a memory block.
    scoped_ptr_malloc<float, base::ScopedPtrAlignedFree> data(
        static_cast<float*>(base::AlignedAlloc(
            AudioBus::CalculateMemorySize(params),
            AudioBus::kChannelAlignment)));

    bus2 = AudioBus::WrapMemory(params, data.get());
    CopyTest(bus1.get(), bus2.get());
  }
}

// Verify Zero() and ZeroFrames(...) utility methods work as advertised.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, Zero) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(kChannels, kFrameCount);

  // Fill the bus with dummy data.
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
    std::fill(bus->channel(i), bus->channel(i) + bus->frames(), i + 1);

  // Zero first half the frames of each channel.
  bus->ZeroFrames(kFrameCount / 2);
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("First Half Zero");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), kFrameCount / 2, 0);
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i) + kFrameCount / 2,
                kFrameCount - kFrameCount / 2, i + 1);
  }

  // Fill the bus with dummy data.
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
    std::fill(bus->channel(i), bus->channel(i) + bus->frames(), i + 1);

  // Zero the last half of the frames.
  bus->ZeroFramesPartial(kFrameCount / 2, kFrameCount - kFrameCount / 2);
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Last Half Zero");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i) + kFrameCount / 2,
                kFrameCount - kFrameCount / 2, 0);
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), kFrameCount / 2, i + 1);
  }

  // Fill the bus with dummy data.
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
    std::fill(bus->channel(i), bus->channel(i) + bus->frames(), i + 1);

  // Zero all the frames of each channel.
  bus->Zero();
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("All Zero");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), 0);
  }
}

// Each test vector represents two channels of data in the following arbitrary
// layout: <min, zero, max, min, max / 2, min / 2, zero, max, zero, zero>.
static const int kTestVectorSize = 10;
static const uint8 kTestVectorUint8[kTestVectorSize] = {
    0, -kint8min, kuint8max, 0, kint8max / 2 + 128, kint8min / 2 + 128,
    -kint8min, kuint8max, -kint8min, -kint8min };
static const int16 kTestVectorInt16[kTestVectorSize] = {
    kint16min, 0, kint16max, kint16min, kint16max / 2, kint16min / 2,
    0, kint16max, 0, 0 };
static const int32 kTestVectorInt32[kTestVectorSize] = {
    kint32min, 0, kint32max, kint32min, kint32max / 2, kint32min / 2,
    0, kint32max, 0, 0 };

// Expected results.
static const int kTestVectorFrames = kTestVectorSize / 2;
static const float kTestVectorResult[][kTestVectorFrames] = {
    { -1, 1, 0.5, 0, 0 }, { 0, -1, -0.5, 1, 0 }};
static const int kTestVectorChannels = arraysize(kTestVectorResult);

// Verify FromInterleaved() deinterleaves audio in supported formats correctly.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, FromInterleaved) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> expected = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  for (int ch = 0; ch < kTestVectorChannels; ++ch) {
    memcpy(expected->channel(ch), kTestVectorResult[ch],
           kTestVectorFrames * sizeof(*expected->channel(ch)));
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("uint8");
    bus->Zero();
    bus->FromInterleaved(
        kTestVectorUint8, kTestVectorFrames, sizeof(*kTestVectorUint8));
    // Biased uint8 calculations have poor precision, so the epsilon here is
    // slightly more permissive than int16 and int32 calculations.
    VerifyBusWithEpsilon(bus.get(), expected.get(), 1.0f / (kuint8max - 1));
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int16");
    bus->Zero();
    bus->FromInterleaved(
        kTestVectorInt16, kTestVectorFrames, sizeof(*kTestVectorInt16));
    VerifyBusWithEpsilon(bus.get(), expected.get(), 1.0f / (kuint16max + 1.0f));
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int32");
    bus->Zero();
    bus->FromInterleaved(
        kTestVectorInt32, kTestVectorFrames, sizeof(*kTestVectorInt32));
    VerifyBusWithEpsilon(bus.get(), expected.get(), 1.0f / (kuint32max + 1.0f));
  }
}

// Verify FromInterleavedPartial() deinterleaves audio correctly.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, FromInterleavedPartial) {
  // Only deinterleave the middle two frames in each channel.
  static const int kPartialStart = 1;
  static const int kPartialFrames = 2;
  ASSERT_LE(kPartialStart + kPartialFrames, kTestVectorFrames);

  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> expected = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  expected->Zero();
  for (int ch = 0; ch < kTestVectorChannels; ++ch) {
    memcpy(expected->channel(ch) + kPartialStart,
           kTestVectorResult[ch] + kPartialStart,
           kPartialFrames * sizeof(*expected->channel(ch)));
  }

  bus->Zero();
  bus->FromInterleavedPartial(
      kTestVectorInt32 + kPartialStart * bus->channels(), kPartialStart,
      kPartialFrames, sizeof(*kTestVectorInt32));
  VerifyBus(bus.get(), expected.get());
}

// Verify ToInterleaved() interleaves audio in suported formats correctly.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, ToInterleaved) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  // Fill the bus with our test vector.
  for (int ch = 0; ch < bus->channels(); ++ch) {
    memcpy(bus->channel(ch), kTestVectorResult[ch],
           kTestVectorFrames * sizeof(*bus->channel(ch)));
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("uint8");
    uint8 test_array[arraysize(kTestVectorUint8)];
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), sizeof(*kTestVectorUint8), test_array);
    ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(
        test_array, kTestVectorUint8, sizeof(kTestVectorUint8)), 0);
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int16");
    int16 test_array[arraysize(kTestVectorInt16)];
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), sizeof(*kTestVectorInt16), test_array);
    ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(
        test_array, kTestVectorInt16, sizeof(kTestVectorInt16)), 0);
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int32");
    int32 test_array[arraysize(kTestVectorInt32)];
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), sizeof(*kTestVectorInt32), test_array);

    // Some compilers get better precision than others on the half-max test, so
    // let the test pass with an off by one check on the half-max.
    int32 fixed_test_array[arraysize(kTestVectorInt32)];
    memcpy(fixed_test_array, kTestVectorInt32, sizeof(kTestVectorInt32));
    ASSERT_EQ(fixed_test_array[4], kint32max / 2);
    fixed_test_array[4]++;

    ASSERT_TRUE(
       memcmp(test_array, kTestVectorInt32, sizeof(kTestVectorInt32)) == 0 ||
       memcmp(test_array, fixed_test_array, sizeof(fixed_test_array)) == 0);
  }
}

// Verify ToInterleavedPartial() interleaves audio correctly.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, ToInterleavedPartial) {
  // Only interleave the middle two frames in each channel.
  static const int kPartialStart = 1;
  static const int kPartialFrames = 2;
  ASSERT_LE(kPartialStart + kPartialFrames, kTestVectorFrames);

  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> expected = AudioBus::Create(
      kTestVectorChannels, kTestVectorFrames);
  for (int ch = 0; ch < kTestVectorChannels; ++ch) {
    memcpy(expected->channel(ch), kTestVectorResult[ch],
           kTestVectorFrames * sizeof(*expected->channel(ch)));
  }

  int16 test_array[arraysize(kTestVectorInt16)];
  expected->ToInterleavedPartial(
      kPartialStart, kPartialFrames, sizeof(*kTestVectorInt16), test_array);
  ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(
      test_array, kTestVectorInt16 + kPartialStart * kTestVectorChannels,
      kPartialFrames * sizeof(*kTestVectorInt16) * kTestVectorChannels), 0);
}

TEST_F(AudioBusTest, Scale) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(kChannels, kFrameCount);

  // Fill the bus with dummy data.
  static const float kFillValue = 1;
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i)
    std::fill(bus->channel(i), bus->channel(i) + bus->frames(), kFillValue);

  // Adjust by an invalid volume and ensure volume is unchanged.
  bus->Scale(-1);
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Invalid Scale");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), kFillValue);
  }

  // Verify correct volume adjustment.
  static const float kVolume = 0.5;
  bus->Scale(kVolume);
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Half Scale");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), kFillValue * kVolume);
  }

  // Verify zero volume case.
  bus->Scale(0);
  for (int i = 0; i < bus->channels(); ++i) {
    SCOPED_TRACE("Zero Scale");
    VerifyValue(bus->channel(i), bus->frames(), 0);
  }
}

// Benchmark the FromInterleaved() and ToInterleaved() methods.
TEST_F(AudioBusTest, DISABLED_InterleaveBench) {
  scoped_ptr<AudioBus> bus = AudioBus::Create(2, 48000 * 120);
  const int frame_size = bus->frames() * bus->channels();
  FakeAudioRenderCallback callback(0.2);
  callback.Render(bus.get(), 0);
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("uint8");
    scoped_ptr<uint8> interleaved(new uint8[frame_size]);
    const int byte_size = sizeof(*interleaved);

    base::TimeTicks start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), byte_size, interleaved.get());
    double total_time_ms =
        (base::TimeTicks::HighResNow() - start).InMillisecondsF();
    printf("ToInterleaved uint8 took %.2fms.\n", total_time_ms);

    start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
    bus->FromInterleaved(interleaved.get(), bus->frames(), byte_size);
    total_time_ms = (base::TimeTicks::HighResNow() - start).InMillisecondsF();
    printf("FromInterleaved uint8 took %.2fms.\n", total_time_ms);
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int16");
    scoped_ptr<int16> interleaved(new int16[frame_size]);
    const int byte_size = sizeof(*interleaved);

    base::TimeTicks start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), byte_size, interleaved.get());
    double total_time_ms =
        (base::TimeTicks::HighResNow() - start).InMillisecondsF();
    printf("ToInterleaved int16 took %.2fms.\n", total_time_ms);

    start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
    bus->FromInterleaved(interleaved.get(), bus->frames(), byte_size);
    total_time_ms = (base::TimeTicks::HighResNow() - start).InMillisecondsF();
    printf("FromInterleaved int16 took %.2fms.\n", total_time_ms);
  }
  {
    SCOPED_TRACE("int32");
    scoped_ptr<int32> interleaved(new int32[frame_size]);
    const int byte_size = sizeof(*interleaved);

    base::TimeTicks start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
    bus->ToInterleaved(bus->frames(), byte_size, interleaved.get());
    double total_time_ms =
        (base::TimeTicks::HighResNow() - start).InMillisecondsF();
    printf("ToInterleaved int32 took %.2fms.\n", total_time_ms);

    start = base::TimeTicks::HighResNow();
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Q: Detecting ctrl+v on key press I am using text box keypress event to handle only selected inputs. Basically the textbox allow user to input values where it can be calculated.
i.e. you can type (5*5)- (10/5).
The current method check like Convert.ToChar("*")==e.KeyChar etc...
At the moment it doesn't allow user to copy paste values.
Is there anyway that can detect the ctrl+v on keypress event?
Update
What I am doing at the moment
   static IEnumerable<char> ValidFiancialCharacters
       {
           get
           {
               if(_validFiancialCharacters==null)
               {
                 _validFiancialCharacters = new List<char>();

                 _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("0"));
                 _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("1"));
                 _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("2"));
                 // till 9 and
                  _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("+"));
                  _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("-"));
                  _validFiancialCharacters.Add(Convert.ToChar("/"));
                  //and some other
                }
                return _validFiancialCharacters;
             }
       }

 public static bool ValidateInput(KeyPressEventArgs e)
   {
       if (ValidFiancialCharacters.Any(chr => chr == e.KeyChar))
       {
           e.Handled = false;
       }
       else
       {
           e.Handled = true;
       }
       return e.Handled;
   }

And in the keypress
   private void txtRate_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
    {
        NumberExtension.ValidateInput(e);
    }

A: If you need to handle both, can be done using the similar approach
Have a look at Key Codes. You can detect what ever the key been pressed
so..
Create a list containing all the inputs you need
 public List<int> KeyCodes = new List<int>() { 8, 17, 37, 39.....etc};

and use the KeyDown event and use KeyEventArgs.SuppressKeyPress property
private void Txt1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (KeyCodes.Contains(e.KeyValue) || (e.KeyCode==Keys.V && e.Control))
        e.SuppressKeyPress = false;
    else
        e.SuppressKeyPress=true;
}

You might need to validate the copy pasted value in leave event, since user can paste anything!!!

A: Just look at the Modifiers propertie in you KeyDown or KeyUp event for Keys.Control

Modifiers Gets the modifier flags for a KeyDown or KeyUp event. The flags indicate which combination of CTRL, SHIFT, and ALT keys was pressed.

Sample
KeyDown
 this.myTextBox.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(myTextBox_KeyDown);

 private void myTextBox_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
 {
      if (e.KeyCode == Keys.V && e.Modifiers == Keys.Control)
      {
            MessageBox.Show("Hello world");
      }
  }

or KeyUp
 this.myTextBox.KeyUp += new KeyEventHandler(myTextBox_KeyUp);

 private void myTextBox_KeyUp(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
 {
      if (e.KeyCode == Keys.V && e.Modifiers == Keys.Control)
      {
            MessageBox.Show("Hello world");
      }
  }

Update
To allow only certain inputs you can use the KeyPress event.
this.myTextBox.KeyPress += new KeyPressEventHandler(this.myTextBox_KeyPress);

private void myTextBox_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
    int i;
    if (int.TryParse(e.KeyChar.ToString(), out i) ||
        e.KeyChar == '(' ||
        e.KeyChar == ')' ||
        e.KeyChar == '.' ||
        e.KeyChar == '*' ||
        e.KeyChar == '+' ||
        e.KeyChar == '-' ||
        e.KeyChar == '/'
        // add some more)
    {

    } else e.Handled = true; // dont allow other inputs
}

More Information

*

*MSDN - KeyEventArgs Class

*MSDN - Control.KeyDown Event

*MSDN - Control.KeyUp Event

A: KeyPress event doesn't catch "Ctrl + V" for some reason. Use KeyDown event:
private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.V)
    {
        //Ctrl + V
    }
}

or
private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.KeyData == (Keys.Control | Keys.V))
    {
        //Ctrl + V
    }
}

A: The Ctrl+V sequence can be catched by KeyPressEvent.
You just cannot check it by the following :
(Keys)e.KeyChar == Keys.V && Control.ModifierKeys == Keys.Control

You must use:
(int)e.KeyChar==22 && Control.ModifierKeys == Keys.Control

because the keybord generates the ASCII=22 (synchronous idle).
The following example enables TextBox to accept +- amounts with comma separator and allows pasting by Ctrl+V
protected override void OnKeyPress(KeyPressEventArgs e)
{
    if (!( char.IsNumber(e.KeyChar) ||
         ((Keys)e.KeyChar == Keys.Back) ||
         (e.KeyChar == ',') ||
         (e.KeyChar == '-') ||
         ((int)e.KeyChar==22 && Control.ModifierKeys == Keys.Control)
        ))
        {
            e.Handled = true;
        }
        if (e.KeyChar == ',' && base.Text.IndexOf(',') > 0)
        {
            e.Handled = true;
        }
        base.OnKeyPress(e);
    }

A: You should use KeyDown or KeyUp, because the KeyPress event is not raised by the CTRL button but only by "character" buttons. If you use the KeyDown event you can detect ctrl+v by checking:
if (e.Control && e.KeyCode == Keys.V)
{
    ...
}


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jobs was the fourth most common use of the internet in the UK, behind e-mail, shopping and booking travel or holidays. That was in 2000. It is becoming even more common. A survey by Ilogos, another research firm, found that 91 per cent of Fortune 500 companies use their own websites for recruiting, up from 79 per cent in 2000 and 57 per cent in 1998.
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Views on the role of the internet in recruitment have totally changed since the first online recruitment sites set up only a few years ago. In fact, a more topical question in 2003 might actually be is there such a separate concept as "online recruitment" or is it now just one integrated channel within the whole recruitment mix? At the most recent Recruitment Society Internet debate the speakers may not have quite reached that point, but they did start from the question of "is the internet fundamentally changing the relationship between the client and the recruitment company?"
As with many online concepts, pundits originally used their favourite word of the dotcom era - 'disintermediation', about the effect online recruitment might have on more traditional recruitment methods. Clearly that has not happened. The fears that online recruitment was the beginning of the end for recruitment advertising revenue have proved false. Online and traditional methods cohabit the recruitment arena, hopefully improving the general offering.
However, the Internet has had an impact on recruitment advertising. There is no doubt of the impact if we look at the American newspaper market where newspapers have bought control of one of the top 3 online recruitment sites, Careerbuilder, to stem the tide of lost revenues. This suggests that we may see a similar strategy in the UK.
There are also those who argue that personality - not technology - still rules and that emotion must be put back into the process of recruiting. Certainly, the internet can be personalised to meet individual needs, but it cannot replace communication between candidate and company.
What becomes apparent is that the candidate and client cry for more, not less, personal contact and consideration is now louder than ever. In a market where there are fewer job opportunities (online or in print!) more candidates, and where thanks to email it is easier than ever for an individual, if so minded, to use "spray and pray" applications, the limitations of the medium are self-evident.
Finally, the perception that online job-hunting does not work for senior jobs is fading and that there are many well-paid jobs advertised nowadays. No doubt, we will get a clearer idea how successfully online job hunting works when the economy picks up and more firms start hiring.
Has internet recruitment changed anything?


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By Letitia Mooney Last updated Nov 29, 2022
By Mark Brown
November 28, 2022 10:08am
The Member of Parliament for Windsor West is renewing his call for the Liberals to provide compensation for those affected by this winter's blockade at the Ambassador Bridge.
MP Brian Masse of the NDP rose in the House of Commons Friday afternoon to urge the government to be more forthcoming with how it will support residents and business owners who were affected when a protest shut down Huron Church Road near the bridge for a week this past February.
"The City of Windsor stepped up to clear the blocked Ambassador Bridge in a professional way that became an example for Ottawa, but it came with a price tag of $5.7-million," said Masse. "And who is paying the price? Windsor residents, including the affected area that has high child poverty, low-income families and immigrants. And who has not paid? The Federal government. What will it take for this government to respect the people of Windsor and pay for the harm their lack of action has caused?"
In response, federal public safety minister Marco Mendicino thanked Masse and Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk for supporting those business owners.
"That's precisely why we invoked the Emergencies Act," said Mendicino. "We invoked the Emergencies Act to not only restore public safety, but to maintain public safety, and we will continue to work with the City of Windsor and other communities which were unprecedentedly affected by this, to ensure they are made whole."
Masse's question came as the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) concluded weeks of public hearings on the invocation of the Emergencies Act. The Act was proclaimed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for the first time ever, to force out protestors that had paralyzed the capital.
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The weather was perfect and we had just enjoyed some pre-dinner cocktails. I had an Old Fashioned as well as the Whoa Black Betty! Both were incredible. But we couldn't just hang out in these fields, with the perfect weather unheard of in August as much we wanted to. We had dinner plans at Barnsley Resort's Rice House.
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The four course meal at Barnsley Resort's Rice House began with a Foie Gras Deviled Egg. Oh and their wine collection is exquisite in case you were wondering. I'm rarely a fan of white wines but the "Dolce" from Napa and the Sauvignon Blanc from Russian River Valley were delightful.
And can we talk about the salad? Locally sourced from Tucker Farms, Barnsey Resort's Rice House salad with fried up okra provides some edible flowers for color and pumpkin seeds for crunch. It didn't even need the Calyroad Creamy goat cheese (local as well), but it was a lovely addition, nevertheless.
You know a restaurant takes the "farm to fork" movement seriously when the centerpiece is fresh vegetables from their garden and they tell you to just pick some off to garnish or add to your meal. Of course I helped myself to some of the different mushroom varieties.
But the best was still yet to come at Barnsley Resort's Rice House. And by that I mean the potato wrapped trout. The photo I took doesn't do it justice at all. The crispy potato was like the fish was wrapped in skinny French fries. I also thought the addition of the lemon verbena sauce was a wonderful, bright touch. Again, another perfect wine pairing with a 2015 Beaujolais.
After such a filling meal, I could take or leave dessert. In fact, most of the time I'm so full from a meal, I often get dessert in a to go box to enjoy later. But when Barnsley Resort's Rice House dining staff presented us with this lovely chocolate dessert, made with no less than five different kinds of chocolate, how could we pass that up?
Make sure to make reservations if you'd like to dine at the Rice House at Barnsley Resort. It is a popular spot especially for wine lovers. And you will hate to leave Barnsley Resort without a delicious dinner at this one of a kind restaurant located right on the property.


Erskine, Hall & Coe is pleased to announce that two works by acclaimed British ceramicist Jennifer Lee have been donated to the British Museum.
These works, Dark speckled, coloured band, tilted rim and Pale speckled, asymmetric, tilted rim, both made in 1984, were given to the museum by an anonymous donor and will be on display until the end of October 2016. They may be viewed in the museum's 20th century Europe gallery located in room 48.
The pieces were included in a large collection consisting of glassware, ceramics, metalwork, woodwork, basketry, jewellery, clocks and watches from across Europe, all of which was gifted to the Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory. Also included in the collection are works by some of the most distinguished potters working in Britain, including Lucie Rie, Alison Britton, Jacqueline Poncelet, Gordon Baldwin, Walter Keeler, Julian Stair and Martin Smith. The ceramic gifts help enable the museum to illustrate ceramic production in Britain from prehistory to the present day.
As the collection comprises nearly one thousand pieces, the works within it will be on rotating display. Jennifer Lee's pots are viewable through October, and will be on display again in the future.
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Things to do in Santaella
Santaella is a town in the south, about 40Km from Cordoba, situated in the central part of the countryside. Among other things, one of its tourist attractions is the so-called Catedral de la Campiña (Cathedral of the countryside). Follow us to find out things to do in Santaella as a tourist.
Church of the Assumption
Medieval Castle
Other points of interest
Municipal Historical Museum
Although remains of prehistoric civilisations have been found in these lands, Santaella takes its name from Santa-Ialla, an Arab city that was conquered by Fernando III el Santo in 1240. Ownership of the town was ceded to Córdoba until 1569, when it became a municipality.
Throughout the following centuries, Santaella has been influenced by different types of architecture, from Romanesque to Baroque, including Gothic, etc.
Due to its importance, the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is the most visited by tourists. It is a temple from the Renaissance period with remarkable dimensions. It has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest and is nicknamed the Cathedral of the Countryside.
As in so many other places in Spain, this church is built on the remains of an old Muslim mosque, which was transformed into a Christian temple. This church as a whole shows the different architectural styles it has received over the centuries.
Another of Santaella's most important monuments is its Medieval Castle. Of Arab origin, it was placed in the hands of the crown after the reconquest. It is a castle that is currently being restored and about which various legends are told.
One of them tells the story that it was here that Miguel de Cervantes was inspired by one of the adventures of Don Quixote. It is a very charming place that you should not miss in this village.
Another of the attractions to see in Santaella are its various hermitages. The Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora del Valle, whose construction dates back to the 18th century, stands out, as well as the Chapel of La Concepción and the Chapel of Santo Cristo de la Vera Cruz.
When strolling through the streets of the village you can also see several curious sculptures. One of them is the Lioness, made of bronze and given to the town by a Brazilian sculptress. Other famous sculptures are the Relectura de Dalí or the Maternidad, better known as La Gorda.
The Municipal Historical Museum is housed in an 18th century palace with a large central porticoed courtyard. Here you can see pieces representing the different cultures that have inhabited these lands. A highly recommended visit to learn about the past and history of the town.
Tourism in Santaella
The Santaella Town Hall promotes tourism in the town with different routes to get to know all the details of this village. Some of them are the heritage route, the route of the fountains, the route of the farmhouses and haciendas, etc.
Now you know things to do in Santaella when you visit the town, a town with a lot of history just 30 or 40 minutes from Cordoba.
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            loComandoSeleccionar.AppendLine("           Libres_Ventas.Cod_Cli   =   Clientes.Cod_Cli AND ")
            loComandoSeleccionar.AppendLine("           Libres_Ventas.Cod_For   =   Formas_Pagos.Cod_For AND ")
            loComandoSeleccionar.AppendLine("           Libres_Ventas.Cod_Ven   =   Vendedores.Cod_Ven AND ")
            loComandoSeleccionar.AppendLine("           Articulos.Cod_Art       =   Renglones_LVentas.Cod_Art AND " & cusAplicacion.goFormatos.pcCondicionPrincipal)

            Dim loServicios As New cusDatos.goDatos
             Dim laDatosReporte As DataSet = loServicios.mObtenerTodosSinEsquema(loComandoSeleccionar.ToString, "curReportes")

			Dim lcXml As String = "<impuesto></impuesto>"
            Dim lcPorcentajesImpueto As String
            Dim loImpuestos As New System.Xml.XmlDocument()

            lcPorcentajesImpueto = "("

            'Recorre cada renglon de la tabla
            For lnNumeroFila As Integer = 0 To laDatosReporte.Tables(0).Rows.Count - 1
                lcXml = laDatosReporte.Tables(0).Rows(lnNumeroFila).Item("dis_imp")

                If String.IsNullOrEmpty(lcXml.Trim()) Then
                    Continue For
                End If

                loImpuestos.LoadXml(lcXml)

                'En cada renglón lee el contenido de la distribució de impuestos
                For Each loImpuesto As System.Xml.XmlNode In loImpuestos.SelectNodes("impuestos/impuesto")
						If lnNumeroFila = laDatosReporte.Tables(0).Rows.Count - 1 Then
								If CDec(loImpuesto.SelectSingleNode("porcentaje").InnerText)<> 0 Then
									lcPorcentajesImpueto = lcPorcentajesImpueto & ", " & CDec(loImpuesto.SelectSingleNode("porcentaje").InnerText) & "%"
								End If
						End If
                Next loImpuesto
            Next lnNumeroFila

            lcPorcentajesImpueto = lcPorcentajesImpueto & ")"
            lcPorcentajesImpueto = lcPorcentajesImpueto.Replace("(,", "(")

            '--------------------------------------------------'
			' Carga la imagen del logo en cusReportes          '
			'--------------------------------------------------'
			Me.mCargarLogoEmpresa(laDatosReporte.Tables(0), "LogoEmpresa")

			'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            ' Verificando si el select (tabla nº0) trae registros
            '-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

            If (laDatosReporte.Tables(0).Rows.Count <= 0) Then
                Me.WbcAdministradorMensajeModal.mMostrarMensajeModal("Información", _
                                          "No se Encontraron Registros para los Parámetros Especificados. ", _
						vis3Controles.wbcAdministradorMensajeModal.enumTipoMensaje.KN_Informacion, _
                                           "350px", _
                                           "200px")
            End If

            loObjetoReporte = cusAplicacion.goFormatos.mCargarInforme("fLVentas_Clientes", laDatosReporte)
						lcPorcentajesImpueto = lcPorcentajesImpueto.Replace(".",",")
			CType(loObjetoReporte.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects("Text29"), CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.TextObject).Text = lcPorcentajesImpueto.ToString

            Me.mTraducirReporte(loObjetoReporte)

            Me.mFormatearCamposReporte(loObjetoReporte)

            Me.crvfLVentas_Clientes.ReportSource = loObjetoReporte

        Catch loExcepcion As Exception

            Me.WbcAdministradorMensajeModal.mMostrarMensajeModal("Error", _
                          "No se pudo Completar el Proceso: " & loExcepcion.Message, _
                           vis3Controles.wbcAdministradorMensajeModal.enumTipoMensaje.KN_Error, _
                           "auto", _
                           "auto")

        End Try

    End Sub

    Protected Sub Page_Unload(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Unload

        Try

            loObjetoReporte.Close()

        Catch loExcepcion As Exception

        End Try

    End Sub

End Class
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
' Fin del codigo
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
' JJD: 27/12/08: Codigo inicial
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
' CMS: 19/03/10: Se a justo la logica para determinar el nombre del cliente
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
' MAT: 01/03/11: Se aplicaron los metodos carga de imagen y validacion de registro cero
'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------'


text:
American Sociological Association: Letter to the Federal Prosecutor
We just received a letter of support from the governing council of the American Sociological Association, representing over 14.000 sociologists in the USA and internationally. Pay special attention to the resolution near the end.
Der Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof
c/o Ermittlungsrichter Hebenstreit
Brauerstrasse 30
Fax 011 49 7 21 819 14 92
Press@generalbundesanwalt.de
Sir/Madam:
We write on behalf of the governing Council of the American Sociological Association (ASA), the national organization for sociologists in the United States with over 14,000 members who are faculty members of colleges and universities, researchers, practitioners and students in the United States and internationally.
As a scientific society dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good, the ASA and its elected leadership are vitally concerned with the academic freedom and scientific integrity of sociologists and other social scientists whenever and wherever they are engaged in professional and scientific work. The ASA Council has spoken frequently in support of academic freedom and human rights, and it regularly addresses concerns raised by members of the Association about scholars they believe are imperiled by governments or their agents in possible violation of academic freedom.
At its August 15, 2007, meeting in New York City, at the American Sociological Association's 102nd Annual Meeting which was attended by over 6,000 North American and international scholars, the Council's attention was drawn to the situation of Dr. Andrej H. and other German scholars and researchers recently accused or under threat of accusation by German authorities.
We would like to bring to your attention the following ASA Council statement. This statement reflects this Association's position regarding fundamental principles that underlie the protection of academic freedom and the integrity of scientific research that should be respected by all governments that value the free pursuit of scholarship and scientific knowledge that is essential to the advancement of open and democratic societies.
Resolution of the 2007-2008 Council of the American Sociological Association Meeting in New York City on August 15, 2007
The Council of the American Sociological Association categorically rejects the use by governments or their agents of scholarly concepts, writings, or field research contacts as the basis upon which to monitor, detain, or incarcerate social science scholars and researchers. It condemns the use of social science scholarship, concepts, and research contacts to generate criminal suspicion or accusation as a gross violation of the principle of academic freedom and the integrity of scientific practice.
Arne Kalleberg, PhD
President, American Sociological Association
Kenan Distinguished Professor and Director of International Programs
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Sally T. Hillsman, PhD
Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
1307 New York Avenue NW, Suite 700 (202) 383-9005 executive.office@asanet.org
Washington, DC 20005-4701 (202) 638-0882 fax www.asanet.org
(202) 638-0981 tdd
Source: American Sociological Association (ASA) | 22.08.2007
How does one become a Terrorist?
Out of control - A 4-CD benefit compilation for antimilitarists in Berlin
December 13th: Fire and Flames for the Repression - Solidarity with Axel, Florian and Oliver
militant group (mg): a chronology


Some folks had contacted us about the camouflage we had mentioned for Zero Division Signature Management and as it so happens from time to time, they thought we were blowing smoke about their exploits into different projects. Frankly we have seen a lot of camouflage from ZDSM that we haven't shared and you ain't seen nothing yet. They were kind enough to let us release another snow camouflage pattern they have in development. You can also appreciate the two tone snow rifle. We won't divulge too much about the lead designer, but he has a wide range of gear focused toward concealment in snow.
You can also appreciate the two tone snow rifle. We won't divulge too much about the lead designer, but he has a wide range of gear focused toward concealment in snow. There are many camouflage designers out there working under the radar and it can be a tough industry to get a foothold. The previous snow camo we featured known as the Amaroq pattern is much more developed than this unnamed pattern and we hope to show some up close shots of that pattern soon, so you can see what we are talking about.
A lot of work goes into developing a camouflage pattern beyond an initial design and testing on the final medium to be utilized is the only way to know if it is effective. We see a lot of folks key in on the aesthetics of camouflage, but it is a rather moot point if it is not effective at concealment, unless you are just going for the fashion statement.
Many patterns can look great on paper, but either not process right when being printed on fabric or simply prove ineffective when field tested. If you know what a pattern looks like to begin with then it can be helpful to be identified, especially if you know you are looking for something. If it can remain undetected otherwise, then you know it is a good option to consider for actual final use. We hope to share more camouflage developments from Zero Division Signature Management soon!


Literally such a ****ing let down to have been a part of this failure.
to your failure. I simply can NOT have fun playing this game anymore.
Ubi u have broken my heart and bank, many others can relate im sure.
Officially never buying ubisoft again.
B. New title is out for 3 months with solid reviews.
otherwise Ubi kiss all presale etc goodbye.
Aaaand the next Ubi game comes out and you'll buy it.
There's a lot about this game and Ubisoft's handling of it that disappoints me too, but I just don't have the courage to publicly weep over it like you.
"I'm never buying your games again, raar! ... well ... unless you make one that other people like ... then I will"
I agree they can go to hell for what they did with this amazing game. How they manage to turn me into such a hater is unbelieavable.
I will absolutely never buy a ubisoft game in my life.


This has got to be one of the most unique gifts you can give a hunter or nature lover. Give them a drunken squirrel or get one for yourself. These cute tipsy creatures make a great addition to your cabin or bar. This taxidermy squirrel mount comes in 3 unique poses.
This pose is called the Bud Squirrel. 2 other drunk squirrel poses are also available.
Non Important Note- One squirrel was harmed in the making of this product.
Important Note- This product is a made to order and is a taxidermy product. Due to high demand and the intensive hand labor involved in producing this product orders can take up to 4-8 weeks to arrive at your door. Each deer rump opener is handmade one at a time by a professional taxidermist as they are ordered. This product makes a one of a kind gift that is sure to be the topic of conversation where ever it is placed.