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This year, Canada saw the worst wildfire season in its history, with fires destroying homes, displacing thousands of residents, and burning the largest area since contemporary records began in 1983. Much of this damage to communities could be reduced with better wildfire preparedness—but wildland urban interface (WUI) communities often face significant barriers in implementing these improvements, according to a study by York University’s Disaster and Emergency Management researchers. Read The Full Article Here

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From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, ‘monstrous births’ — malformed or anomalous fetuses — were, to Western medicine, an object of superstition. In 19th-century America, they became instead an object of the ‘modern scientific study of monstrosity,’ a field formalized by French scientist Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. This clinical turn was positioned against the backdrop of social, political, and economic activity that codified laws governing slavery, citizenship, immigration, family, wealth, and access to resources. Read The Full Article Here

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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Sherlock Holmes & the Silver Cord? I write from Holmes’ perspective in my stories and, thus, like to look at some of the things Conan Doyle glossed over and/or wrote around in the original Canon. On more than one occasion in Doyle’s stories, Watson Read The Full Article Here

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What's the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Exposed Desire? The entire Benedict Brother series was me wanting to try my hand at something different than what I normally wrote. I made the setting Charleston because it’s one of my favorite cities. What I hadn’t planned on was Jade. She was nowhere Read The Full Article Here

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Could general well-being practices like meditation encourage eco-friendly behaviors and attitudes? As the climate crisis accelerates ecological disasters around the world, scientists’ investigations into this longstanding question have taken on greater urgency. A study from the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison explores the connection between meditation and environmental consciousness and suggests the relationship might not be that simple. Read The Full Article Here

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Today #TheSimonettaLeinShow continues its highly anticipated 6th Season, as they welcome Detroit’s largest pawnshop family, Les, Seth, and Ashley Gold, who have brought their pawnbroking business to viewers for nine seasons, on the hit television show, Hardcore Pawn! The series follows the pawn shop’s day-to-day operations, focusing on third-generation pawnbroker Les Gold, a self-proclaimed street-level economist. His son Seth was fortunate to grow up and learn the business from the best, but as he steps into this 3,000-year-old industry, he’s also made his own path. Ashley, Les’s daughter, is known for uncovering the hottest trends in fashion, jewelry and accessories, with her brand Ashley Gold. Every day brings…

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When dairy cows are fed diets with reduced protein concentrations — aimed at decreased environmental nitrogen pollution from their manure such as nitrate leaching, nutrient-laden run-off and ammonia volatilization — their milk production can suffer. Supplementing the amino acid histidine may help in maintaining, and even increasing, milk and milk-protein yields. Read The Full Article Here

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