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Confession: I have an addiction to denim jackets. Well, really, I probably have an addiction to denim in general, but jackets are the worst. I think I currently own five. I swear they are all different though! Seriously, one of them has Mickey Mouse embroidered on the back (pretty pumped about that one actually, just bought it for our Disneyland trip). This one is my latest addition to my collection. My other denim jackets are more of a fitted style, so I really liked that this one has an oversized fit to it, which seems to be the trend right now. Luckily this one comes in at just $3, so it's not too big of a commitment to try out a new trend. I'm wearing small here, because I wanted to keep with it's oversized style. But if you want it to fit a little more snug, just size down one!
Something else I've been loving lately are simple, chic, comfortable outfits, and this one definitely qualifies. I recently wore this look out to dinner with my husband for a date night. We weren't going anywhere super dressy (we went to Seasons 52) but I still wanted to not look like a mom for date night, and this outfit made me feel a little sexier. The lace cami is perfect for layering but is also really pretty on its own. And since it was like 105 degrees out this day, this was the perfect way to dress for dinner. Black jeans always make me feel a little more chic, and these have the best, most flattering fit that I've found. Plus the material is super soft and stretchy, so they are comfortable too.
Hope you all have a good weekend! I'm looking forward to a girls' night tonight. Happy Friday babes!


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Floyd Mayweather Boxing
Floyd Mayweather Custody Battle with Ex-GF Includes Strippers, Drugs & Shout-Outs to Warren Buffett
Oct 29, 2018 at 4:30 am UTC / Last Updated at Jun 10, 2019 at 22:05 pm UTC By TheBlast Staff
Floyd Mayweather has been ordered to return his son to Los Angeles after a nasty custody battle erupted between the boxer and his baby mama, and now the two are preparing to face off for a judge to decide who will ultimately get the child.
Mayweather's baby mama, Josie Harris, recently went to court and filed emergency documents, asking a judge to force The Champ to return their 17-year-old son, Zion, from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Harris, who has physical custody of their son, claims Zion recently fled her home in Valencia, CA and took off with Mayweather. She says the boy is in his last year of high-school, and is putting his graduation in jeopardy by blowing off class.
She also says the boxer's lifestyle is not appropriate for a 17-year-old child, especially when he "needs to focus on finishing school," and is hopefully preparing for college.
Harris points out that her ex is the owner and operator of a strip club in Vegas, The Girl Collection, and is "rarely home to personally supervise the children." She says he throws "$2 million parties" and frequents strip clubs, and included social media posts from Mayweather of himself hanging out with strippers as examples in her court filing.
Money Mayweather filed his own documents, defending his lifestyle and explaining that its in the boy's best interest to be exposed to the famous influencers he encounters on a daily basis.
According to Mayweather's filing, he says his son has made it clear that if he's forced to stay with his mom, he will flee home and live on the streets. Mayweather explains that he cannot willingly cast his son out into the streets so he has been caring for the boy while the custody matter is handled.
As for what Zion is exposed to, Mayweather says his career and example of self-motivation is not lost on a young male, and serves to represent the "American Dream" of "industriousness, courage, resilience, determination and accomplishment."
He counters Harris' accusations about bringing his son around strippers, and says the child has in fact rubbed elbows with the likes of Warren Buffet, Professor Charles Oglestree of Harvard Law School and even Kobe Bryant.
Mayweather also claims, "I have never drank, smoked or used drugs, but says Harris has "indulgences" which he does not find suitable for the development of their children. He doesn't go into detail what those indulgences are, but he also says his ex tells him he is an "awesome father" with a "good heart."
Mayweather was arrested for domestic violence against Harris in 2010, and later served 3 months in jail, and she brings the incident up in her documents, as well as multiple incidents of having to go to court to demand that Mayweather comply with the custody agreement.
As for the domestic abuse, the boxer still believes Harris exaggerated the incident, and claims she later admitted as much in an email. He does not take any responsibility for the crime, but explains she was "under the influence" with an alleged combination of marijuana, alcohol, Vicodin, Xanax and Wellburtrin.
Mayweather has been in headlines over talks of a rematch with Manny Pacquaio in Japan, but whether or not that fight ever happens, for now he remains retired. In his documents, Champ says he is now officially "retired" and is focused on spending time with his children and focusing on their lives.
While the two parents filed their competing declarations, Mayweather was recently contacted by the Nevada Attorney General, who was attempting to assist in a peaceful resolution to bring Zion back to Los Angeles after a court order was issued against Mayweather.
Mayweather offered to cooperate with the AG, to make it clear he was not disobeying the court and committing a felony by keeping the boy, and all parties agreed to meet in private arbitration Monday in Los Angeles.
It will be up to a judge to make the final call in the best interest of the child.

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Q: How to deduce this version of Doob's Inequality? Usually the Inequality is written assuming that $X$ is a submartingale, but in this book, $X$ is a supermartingale.
Here's the statement:

My doubt is concerned with the terms involving $X_v$ in the first two inequalities.

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*In the discrete version of the first inequality, we would have $E(X_0)+\sup_nE(X_n^-)$. Here, I don't understand how the $sup$ becomes the $E(X_v^-)$, even after having taking the limits from an increasing sequence of discrete sets $J_n$ such that $lim_n \sup_{j \in J_n}E(X_j^-)=\sup_{j\in [u,v]}E(X_j^-)$. Being $X$ a supermartingale, I would have expected the $\sup$ to be bounded from above by something involving $E(X_u)$ instead...

*In the second inequality, instead of $E(|X_v|)$, we had again $\sup_nE(X_n^-)$. However, if I understand how to do point 1, then since $X^-\leq |X|$, I think I immediately have the second inequality...

In an answer, now deleted, a user suggested to use the fact that $f(x)=x^-$ is a concave and decreasing function, together with Jensen's inequality. However, with this I've only been able to prove that $E(X_n^-)\leq (E(X_n))^-\leq (E(X_v))^-$

A: I was wrong... $f(x)=x^-$ is not concave, but convex.
Here's a picture.
Using this, we have $(E (X_n))^-\leq (E (X_v))^-$ by $f$ being decreasing. And now by Jensen, we have $(E (X_v))^-\leq E(X_v^-)$.

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It was young Anthony's first ride in a railway train, and the succession of wonders reduced him to a state of hysterical astonishment.
The train rounded a slight bend and, with a shriek of its whistle, plunged into a tunnel.
There were gasps of surprise from the corner where Anthony was kneeling.
Suddenly the train rushed into broad daylight again, and a small voice lifted in wonder. "It's tomorrow!" exclaimed the small boy.
If you're thinking about God's truth, you're not thinking about the less important stuff.


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Biden Will Stay The Course With India
Friday, August 28, 2020 by Indian Defence News
He will deepen the partnership. Domestic Indian issues are unlikely to derail bilateral ties. Biden wants greater two-way trade, cooperation on health and climate crisis, and better immigration policies
by Dhruva Jaishankar
So many major issues appear to be at stake in this November's elections in the United States (US) — the recovery from Covid-19, race relations, unemployment, US-China competition, the composition of the Supreme Court — that Washington's largely cooperative relations with India should normally be but an afterthought. But that did not prevent the Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, his running mate Kamala Harris, and several senior campaign advisers from participating in a virtual event on August 15 dedicated to India and Indian-Americans. While similar events had been held for other countries and constituencies, the content of the speeches and profile of the speakers were significant. The message was essentially two-fold: First, a Biden administration would look to preserve and further deepen the relationship with India and, second, that it would be particularly inclusive of Indian-Americans.
Although Biden is a veteran of the American foreign policy establishment, there had been questions about his campaign's approach towards India amid competing priorities. In his August 15 address, Biden described the relationship with India as a "special bond" and recalled his role in securing the passage of the India-US civil nuclear agreement as a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He pledged to continue "standing with India in confronting the threats it faces in its own region and along its border," while also working with India to expand trade, tackle global challenges such as the climate crisis, and strengthen democracy. In his words, he hoped for an "honest conversation about all issues as close friends".
Biden's top foreign policy adviser Tony Blinken similarly highlighted the Obama-Biden administration's "significant progress in strengthening relations between our countries," including the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), the Major Defence Partner status for India to be treated on a par with close allies, and cooperation on the Paris Climate Agreement. "There's probably no common global challenge we can solve without India," he argued. By contrast, Blinken said, Trump's approach to India has been "basically full of photo-ops and short on actual real demonstrable progress."
The broad theme of building a more cooperative partnership with India is consistent with statements that Biden and his advisers have made elsewhere. For example, in an article in Foreign Affairs published in March, Biden effectively promised to build upon Trump's approach to the Indo-Pacific. He argued that the US needed to work with democratic friends beyond North America and Europe, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, India, and Indonesia, "to advance shared values in a region that will determine the United States' future." In his policy platform — articulated in a document called "Joe Biden's Agenda for the Indian American Community" — Biden pledged to "work with India to support a rules-based and stable Indo-Pacific region in which no country, including China, is able to threaten its neighbours with impunity."
Biden's outreach to Indian-Americans, and articulation of priorities concerning India, suggest that the differences between Democrats and Republicans are not as wide on strategic relations with India as they are on most other issues. As an incumbent, Donald Trump's approach to India during a second-term is already somewhat discernible, or at least as discernible as possible for a leader known for his inconsistency. More favourably disposed following his visit to India earlier this year, Trump would be expected to continue to deepen the US strategic partnership with India as part of his administration's Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy. This would potentially translate into even closer security coordination, deeper technological cooperation, and increased military interoperability, as part of several efforts that are currently underway.
Instead, the differences between Republicans and Democrats of relevance to India would manifest themselves more in bilateral ties. Biden has spoken in favour of greater two-way trade, cooperation on global health and the climate crisis, and improvements in immigration policies. He has also underscored the importance of democracy and pluralism, as part of a cemented partnership between the two countries. By contrast, a second Trump administration would be likely to redouble efforts at eliminating trade deficits and restricting immigration. The biggest targets of his trade policies would be China, Mexico, Germany, and Japan, while Mexico and Central America would bear the brunt of immigration crackdowns. But in the short-run, India could be adversely affected by both.
There had been widespread speculation about the prospect of a more difficult relationship between Washington and New Delhi in the event of a Democratic victory in November, one defined primarily by American disapproval over internal developments in India. This is unlikely. While less ambivalent than a Trump presidency, Biden and his advisers have now made it clear that their bigger priority is to build further upon the emerging strategic partnership with New Delhi. This should not be surprising. Whatever the outcome in November, the next US presidential term beginning in January will require the victor to deal urgently with a series of daunting challenges — a major public health crisis, a recessed national and global economy, and intensifying geopolitical competition in a more disorderly world.
Dhruva Jaishankar is director of the US Initiative at the Observer Research Foundation. He is the son of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
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Time Capsule motociclismo
Chris Froome stops by the Maser headquarters ahead of the season opener.
Sidi welcomed the British champion to its Treviso headquarters in Maser before his return to competition.
In a face-to-face chat, Froome explained how he is recovering his form and how the next appointments are crucial to get closer to his 2022 goals.
After his visit to the company, he focused on the best memories that cycling has given him and for which he felt lucky to be a professional cyclist.
"I have had so many unforgettable moments in my career," he said. "The 2018 Giro d'Italia was probably the greatest achievement, as I mainly won it by trusting my instincts. I knew I had to do something extraordinary to overturn the general classification, so I attacked on the gravel road of Colle delle Finestre and gave everything I had, without knowing how it would go. In the end, as it sometimes happens in cycling, courage paid off."
"The following years, with the accident prior to the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial, didn't go so well," he added, "but it's part of life and sport. What's important for me now is to be back in cycling and to have the chance to race again. At this moment, I can say I have an even stronger mentality than before."
Chris also spoke about his relationship with Sidi, explaining how the technical aspect is an integral part of cycling for him.
"Trusting a team to work with me is important and I'm happy to have a special relationship with the companies that support me. I have been wearing Sidi shoes for 12 years now and I am particularly fond of my Sidi Shot 2s. The aspect of this model that I love most is undoubtedly the centrally positioned rotor. It is really comfortable and, at the same time, very aerodynamic. I think this detail makes the product really special."
IN THE PHOTO
- Sidi Shot grey: graphics created for the last stage of the 2018 Giro d'Italia won by Chris Froome;
- Sidi Shot 2 white: current model and colour used
- Sidi Wire yellow: Limited edition produced to honour the 2013 Tour de France victory
- Sidi Wire blue: Limited edition produced to honour his 2015 Tour de France victory


James Donald Smith, 84, passed away on April 6, 2019 after complications sustained from a fall. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida on March 1, 1935. He was the only child of James H. (Red) Smith and Eunice Smith.
Following graduation from Landon High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Army where he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division in Germany. While on a train traveling through Holland, he met the love of his life, a Dutch girl named Carla. When Don finished his Army tour and returned to the United States, Carla soon followed and so did their wedding.
Later Don went on to join the IBEW #177 apprenticeship program and became Jacksonville's 100th Master Electrician. Don had a long and distinguished career as a master electrician. While at Paxon electric, he served as the superintendent. Here he oversaw much of Jacksonville's early growth, including JIA, UPS, Blount Island Offshore Power Systems, St. Luke's Hospital, and the Prime Osborne Center. Then, he moved on to Miller Electric to finish the Gator Bowl expansion project before his retirement. He enjoyed giving back to his trade and spent 45 years as an apprenticeship instructor at the Electrical Training Alliance of Jacksonville.
In his free time, Don enjoyed lots off hobbies. He was a pilot and very proud of the two experimental aircraft he built and flew with his son, Raymond. Don was also a ham radio operator. He was very handy and loved working on projects around the house. There was not a project he couldn't design and complete.
Don will be greatly missed by Carla, his wife of 56 years, his son and best friend, Raymond and wife Hilda, Don's favorite daughter, Sharon and his grandson, Preston.
The first time I met Don Smith, I was a 2nd yr apprentice entering his class. A little scared I, learned to appreciate his humor, and love of electronics. He had a scanner in the class and we eaves dropped on police, and the odd cell phone conversation. Later on I taught at LU#177's Academy and learned to appreciate what a great help Don had been as a teacher. My wife, Stephanie, and I learned what a wonderful couple Carla and Don were while training at UT Knoxville, when we broke bread with them at dinners after school up there. We are deeply saddened by Don's passing, and our prayers are with the family, GOD Bless.
I grew up with Sharon! Our moms are both Dutch (my dad was too) our dads were both electricians, and we both had older brothers. Sharon and the Smith family always welcomed me to their home: celebrated New Years, birthdays etc. Mr Smith was always teasing Sharon or trying to embarrass her when her friends were around! He always made me laugh. Mr smith drove an old black Ford pickup truck and once took Sharon and I to a large vacant parking lot and we did donuts (or something close) and I enjoyed seeing this silly side of him! He always brought home papers from his teaching so Sharon and I could play teacher all the time- which was the best! Peace be with you Mr Smith as you continue your flight now among the angels!


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Story Into Screenplay
Turning ideas, concepts and stories into screenplays.
Gerald Hanks Filmography
The Most Important Class Any Writer Can Take
Rookie writers have asked me about the best books, classes, and seminars they can use to turn themselves into better writers. While I have a shelf full of books (soon to include my own current work in progress) and have attended numerous classes and seminars, I can attest that the one class that shaped my approach to writing was a class that had little to do with putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard.
The most important class a writer can take isn't a writing class at all.
It's an acting class.
"But I don't want to be an actor," the Rookie says. "I want to be a writer. I want to sit in my lonely office and spin stories out of whole cloth, while keeping my interactions with other human beings to an absolute minimum."
My argument is that, if you want to be a writer, you have to create characters than engage an audience. If you're going to be a screenwriter or a playwright, you have to create characters that actors can use to deliver performances that resonate with an audience.
While I'm far from the first writing blogger to push writers into taking acting classes, I've always maintained that plot, structure, theme, and message should be used as tools to deliver stories about characters. The VOTE Method I teach is adapted from an acting class I took in college, and I've used it ever since to help me be a better writer.
No More Meat Puppets
The biggest mistake most rookie writers make is that they view their stories the other way around. Characters are not mouthpieces. Actors are not meat puppets. Writers should not use them to deliver their sermons on the human condition. When a rookie writer takes this approach, the readers, the actors, and the audience will see through the writer's sanctimony and self-satisfaction.
The best way to avoid this "writer-first" mentality is for writers to put themselves in the actor's shoes. Scene work can also help writers understand the importance of every character in their work. Many rookie writers view the secondary characters as tools to serve their main character's story. When a you work through a scene playing a secondary character, you'll understand that failing to give these characters adequate substance gives the actor too little to do, which leads to a poor or disengaged performance.
Dispel Doubts About Dialogue
One of the major difficulties that rookie writers encounter comes from writing dialogue. They either try to make it sound "natural" or they use it to deliver exposition or "on the nose" observations. Acting classes can teach writers that each line of dialogue must serve one of two purposes:
1. Reveal an aspect of the character
2. Move the story forward
Whey you attempt to learn dialogue in an acting class, you can tell when the lines serve either or both of these purposes or when it sounds stiff or unnatural.
Conflict and Chaos
In real life, most of us try to avoid conflict. In writing, you should seek it out. When you take an acting class, you can see the power that conflict between characters has on creating a memorable scene. When you take part in a scene as an actor, you can feel what that character feels, what fuels their desires, what stands in their way, ans what they'll do to get what they want, all of which will make you a better writer.
Writers ARE Actors
A core requirement of your job as a writer is to deliver characters that will keep an audience riveted to the page, the stage, or the screen. The writing process is all about inhabiting those characters' lives, feeling their experiences, and bringing them to life.
In all of these senses, the writer must serve as an actor for every single character. When a writer understand the process by which an actor inhabits a character, the writer can apply that process into their own methods. From there, character arcs become tools by which the writer delivers a strong character for the actor to portray and a powerful experience for the audience to follow.
Get Help From Story Into Screenplay
If you have a script and you would like a professional-style coverage report, let Story Into Screenplay help. A former screenplay contest judge will evaluate your script and write up a report that will evaluate factors such as character, plot, action, dialogue, and much more.
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Hello everyone, welcome and I am so happy to see you here.
With this post I want to wish you all the most wonderful, prosperous, creative, happy and peaceful New Year. Seeing the world did not end on the 21st of December, but as some people say it is actually the beginning of a new era of time starting, full of new and creative and spiritual possibilities, I can't wait for the new year to begin! My word for the year is Possibility. Possibility to grow, to imagine, to be, to become etc. etc. Would love to know what your word is!!!
Hope some of you will post some of your favourite pieces too. I know quite a few people did last year and I really enjoyed seeing them!!
Hello everyone, welcome and an especially warm welcome to my new followers.
I have called this post happiness because that is what I feel when I think of my new grand daughter and when I have the time to play in my journal. This page includes one of the more recent photos of her and she certainly is one happy little girl, and yes, she is a girl even though there is a lot of blue in this page.
As no doubt you can see, this page is heavily influenced by the work of Anna Dabrowska (Finnabair) again. I love the way she incorporates photos into her work.
I started by covering my page with old book paper, then added numerous strips of other papers, tape, burlap ribbon, lace, metal bits and flowers and finally my photo. The next step was to cover everything with a thick layer of Gesso. I then coloured it all with various ink sprays (Dylusions, Cosmic Shimmer and Tattered Angels) I protected my photo with a baby wipe while doing this, a trick I learnt from Anna. I also added some stamping with various background stamps. The final bit was to add the sentiment which was computer generated.
Here you can see some of the detail still.
Well I hope you all survived the last few days and are feeling happy and relaxed!
I certainly do and with the main festivities out of the way, it's just great to relax and journal a bit more. This is the next page in my Prima mixed media album, another canvas page. Hard to stamp on but great for textures... I used different stencils (Crafters Workshop and Dylusions) some Dylusions sprays, Treasure gold and Stewart Gill Byzanthium and Alchemy paints. It was great fun to dig those out of their hiding place where they had been gathering dust for quite a few month.
Candle drawn with charcoal pencils, white and black.
So today is the day that I will announce the winner of my two Spellbinder dies giveaway. Thank you for all your comments both here and on the Spellbinders blog!
Congratulations!! Please be in touch so I can mail your dies out to you.
Hello everyone and happy Boxing Day! Hope you have survived all the festivities and found some peace and creative time as well.
Today it is my turn to post on the Artistic Stamper Creative Team blog.
To all my blogging friends, followers and visitors, - I wish you all the most wonderful, peaceful and blessed holiday season!! You all mean the world to me, I love this blogging community!
There should be within us a Shepherd and a King.
To place all his gifts before the crib.
Who now wishes to be born!
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's freebie! Well there we are, the last two calendar months, - how time has flown by. Hope you have enjoyed these and if you have missed some previous months, just scroll down and you will find them.
Wishing you all the best for the coming festive season!!
Hope you are having fun with your last minute preparations, and if you have not entered my give away yet, please see the post below.
Christmas ornaments and a give-away!!
Hello everyone and welcome! As it is getting closer and closer to Christmas, I decided it was about time to have another Giveaway to say thank you for all your support in the last year and for all your lovely comments! As my giveaway is actually 2 Spellbinders die sets I decided to announce this give away on the day that it is my turn to post on the Spellbinders Blog. The project I am showing is the set of Christmas Ornaments you can see in the photo above. There is a collage sheet with images to help you in making something like this yourself which is downloadable from the Spellbinders blog also.
That's it. The winner will be chosen with the help of Mr Random Org on December 27 out of all entries that have commented in both places and are following here so make sure to check back then.
Good luck and I hope you will all have the most amazing holiday season!!
Hello everyone, thanks for visiting at this busy time of year and a very warm welcome to my new followers.
The text was computer generated and I shaded around it with a charcoal pencil, blending it in (more or less) with a stubby, not so easy on the canvas.
I added some little gold stars just for fun.
All the best with your preparations for the big day!! Tomorrow I am having a give away, so make sure to come back!
Hello everyone and welcome! Like always a specially warm welcome to my new followers!!
This month the team are working with The Carta Bella Christmas Day collection and the Hero Arts Believe Stamps. For this project I used the papers in this collection and some of the elements that come with it.
If you want to see the full project and how I made it, please head over to the DT Blog, and I'd love it if you would leave me a comment there.
I am having a give away here on Wednesday, so make sure to come back for that!
Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to this Friday's freebie. A specially warm welcome to all my new followers again, - I am so happy you have decided to join my humble little blog and I hope you will enjoy being here.
Bee happy, well that is what I was when I had a little window of time yesterday to create something fun, just for the sake of it and totally not Christmas related for once!!
A while back I got these wonderful little mini canvasses, in my local pound shop, you got 4 for £1 (that's well under $2!) They are only just under 3" square and probably not the best quality but I am sure they will look great grouped together on a larger substrate, something I definitely want to try in the not to distant future.
This one was just to have a play about with.
I started by creating some texture first, I used Viva Ferro scraped through a stencil. I dried it with my heat gun to puff it up and then played around with various acrylic paints.
The bee was stamped twice, first of paper and then on a piece of acetate. I cut and coloured the first one and glued it on, I then cut just the acetate wings and glued them on the paper one for some added dimension.
The sentiment was computer generated. Here are a couple of close ups still.
The light here is so bad that I keep having to take photos by electric light which adds this horrible shine, so I apologize for that, however, there is quite a bit of real shine on the project too, because, guess what, my final step was once more to add some Treasure Gold to some of the raised bits, love that stuff!
Well I hope you take some time for yourself too in these busy days, stay crafty and bee happy!!
Hello everyone and a specially warm welcome to all of my new followers.
If you don't know what this is all about, you can check out all the details HERE, and if you still wanted to join in, well, there is one week left because this challenge closes on the 17th of December. It has been a lot of fun and I have met some lovely people through this challenge too and that has been great.
Like Linda I gold embossed my background and coloured my tag red, though somewhat darker than Linda's. I then added some similar elements, like an ornament with snowflakes, (though mine, being a Spellbinders one has a bit different shape) there is some holly on my tag like on Linda's but mine was created with a little JustRite stamp and instead of a heat embossed background panel, I ran mine through an embossing folder and then went over it with my all time favourite product at the moments, Treasure Gold in the colour White Fire. I added a little stamped heart to my ornament for some more interest and embellished with a rose rather than a poinsettia.
Well that's it, 12 tags complete. This wonderful challenge is being sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique, and one lucky winner, who has completed all 12 tags and fulfilled all the other criteria, stands to win a fabulous price with two further runners up (is that a word?), how generous is that?!
Hope you like my tag, thank you for visiting and hopefully see you all soon again.


Puig will help Granado grow internationally.
Puig, which has invested in EB Florals, has now established a minority stake in Brazilian soap, cosmetics and perfumery company Granado. The move will boost Granado's international reach. Transaction terms were not disclosed.
Granado owns top Brazilian beauty and personal care brand, Phebo. The company's presidnt, Christopher Freeman, will remain in place.
"Puig will help us to continue with the expansion of the concept stores in Brazil and abroad – which started in 2013 in the French market, with a corner in the luxury department store Le Bon Marché," said Sissi Freeman, Granado's marketing and sales director.
"We view this agreement as the basis for a long-term partnership," said Marc Puig, chairman and CEO.


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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? – 1957 Tashlin
Made by the former cartoonist Frank Tashlin who directed many comedies (Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis vehicles) during the 1950s and 1960s. He was admired by the French New Wave—specifically Godard.
Color by DeLuxe, nice use of the CinemaScope wider frame. But the color influence on Godard isn't Tashlin (like many misappropriate)- it is Nicolas Ray.
The story is about celebrity, lampooning Hollywood, the media, and especially the television generation and the advertising industry as a whole. Indeed, a softer critique of the post-WWII so-called American Dream than say The Sweet Smell of Success (also 1957).
It opens with Tony Randall pretending to play the 20th Century Fox theme music diegetically on the screen. You can see this having an impression on Godard as Tashlin exposes (not nearly in the same biting way as Godard) the façade a little. Randall snaps his fingers for the credits, forgets the title of the film (which is a joke itself, an awful title, and proof it doesn't take itself too seriously), he talks about Jayne Mansfield's figure.
After the inventive title sequence, the film moves to Randall's voice-over that the film (and Tashlin) forgets about
Again, this is a critique of the American dream of wealth- the grey flannel suits, Madison Avenue, olive martins, private executive washrooms (a great recurring joke here with a choir vocalizing every time it is discussed).
Mansfield plays Rita Marlowe (superb name)- often in revealing clothing of course, a platinum blonde. She has a poodle with her that always matches- she plays a celebrity (she is just playing herself really—or her public persona- which is a riff on Marilyn Monroe). The comment on celebrity sort of precedes La Dolce Vita by a few years (1960).
The costume work deserves recognition- this is Charles Le Maire. He has 230 credits, 13 noms, 3 wins and worked on films like All About Eve and How to Marry a Millionaire.
A great shot where Randall walks right over the camera (outside the Knickerbocker Hotel) in a stupor after he gets a kiss from Mansfield's character.
The story breezes along- montages, charm.
Randall is a poor man's Jack Lemmon—a sort of empathetic, comic, weakling or loser. Randall's finest moment is either this or support in Pillow Talk– but certainly it is interesting to see this film as the market correction for Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon (who hadn't teamed up yet actually- Some Like it Hot was 1959).
I do love some of the playfulness with form- Tashlin pauses (via Randall- but not voice-over) the film at the 68-minute mark for an intermission. He patronizingly does this for "television audiences" who are used to commercials and a tiny, often blurry, screen- haha.
Colored spotlights behind the couple at the 82-minute mark—Tashlin does not keep this up throughout the film (the form is just messy) but he'll fade to yellow soon after. Later he fades to blue after the phallic/Freudian pipe scene at the 90-minute mark.
One of the best stand-alone frames is silhouette shot behind the blue screen at the 92-minute mark
Adore the cameo by Groucho Marx
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Mental Health Services in England - the not so shocking truth
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The Care Quality Commission have today published the phase one report of their review of children and young people's mental health services which ultimately reveals, as expected, that too many children and young people "have a poor experience of care and some are simply unable to access timely and appropriate support".
The report follows a range of measures set out by the Prime Minster in January 2017 to improve mental health support in England. This is the first phase of work and will lead to fieldwork being carried out in 10 areas of England to look at mental health services for children and young people.
The report confirms, what is all too real for many families, that there are extensive waiting times, a lack of person centred care, a lack of time for staff to provide specialist services and receive training and fragmented care due to a lack of joined up working.
As specialist education law solicitors we work with many parents who have been placed on waiting list after waiting list to access mental health support for their disabled child. The Education Policy Institute report that children may be waiting a long time to be assessed by CAMHS and then have to endure a further wait to actually receive treatment. By this time, their mental health has deteriorated to such an extent that they have reached crisis point. This is simply not acceptable and is putting young people's lives at risk.
Recent figures received from Childline show that there has been an 87% increase in Childline counselling sessions with children and young people who are struggling to access local mental health services.
The CQC report also states that Public Health England estimates suggest that only 25% of children and young people who need treatment for a mental health problem are able to access it.
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Children and young people have reported through the CQC review that they wish to have more input in their care and more choice as to how and where the support is delivered.
The report confirms that "most specialist CAMHS services are caring, meaning that they involve children and young people and treat them with compassion, kindness dignity and respect". However, it confirms that there are "still services which are failing to provide person-centred care that meets the specific needs of children and young people".
It has also been clearly reported that the failures within the specialist services stem from a lack of assessment and poorly maintained or inappropriate facilities. This links into the staff having a lack of time to spend assessing each individual and really taking the time to get to know that person and build a relationship with them.
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Sadly, it is becoming all too common for young people, once they have managed to access support, to be sent miles away from their family home in order to receive treatment. It is indeed a 'postcode lottery' as to what services are available locally and the eligibility criteria to access these services. Many services do not offer the specialist support which is becoming more and more necessary for young people.
The report confirms that "a review by the Council for Disabled Children found that there are no inpatient mental health beds suitable for children and young people with a learning disability in London, the south east and south west of England". This begs the question, what support is being offered to young people who require inpatient services in this huge geographical area? Are they being sent miles away from their family home or are they simply not receiving this support leading to a further detriment in mental health and well being.
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Samsung Announces New SmartThings Mesh Wi-Fi System
Intelligent Wi-Fi system offers AI-based network optimization with a built-in SmartThings Hub; SmartThings Hub and sensors refreshed with sleek design and improved performance.
In an effort to eliminate the dreaded Wi-Fi buffering zone and prevent streaming latency, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. today announced its new SmartThings Wifi mesh network system.
Equipped with AI-based mesh Wi-Fi technology from Plume and a built-in SmartThings Hub, the system delivers an intelligently optimized whole home network with the added value of complete smart home control throughout every room of the home.
Reliable and secure Wi-Fi is a fundamental need for consumers today, and internet use is no longer limited to the home office or location where the router is based. As more connected technologies enter the home, there is a greater need for a stable network that can efficiently support these devices. The SmartThings Wifi system not only delivers this stability, but also delivers fast and consistent coverage that covers the whole home.
SK Kim, Senior Director, IoT Product Marketing at Samsung Electronics America, said:
"As more people embrace a connected lifestyle, we're focused on creating the best experiences so they can get more out of their smart home."
"SmartThings Wifi is an intelligent solution that adapts to the many devices in the home, with mesh capability to eliminate coverage gaps plus a built-in SmartThings Hub to easily monitor and control hundreds of compatible smart products."
Samsung partnered with Plume to integrate its AI-based mesh Wi-Fi optimization into SmartThings Wifi. The Plume platform adapts to internet usage in the home and intelligently allocates bandwidth, mitigates interference, and delivers maximum Wi-Fi capacity across the home, accounting for every connected device and selecting the optimal band and frequency channel so users can get the fastest speed possible.
Plume's technology can optimize a home network across multiple devices so parents working from laptops can download files while kids stream TV, and gamers experience speed and reliability even when others are on the network. Now, Wi-Fi goes where the need is instead of the other way around. Users can also set parental controls to manage screen time and set-up special logins and passwords for guests using the Plume HomePass® feature.
"Integrating our adaptive home Wi-Fi technology and a rich set of consumer features into SmartThings' large, open ecosystem truly elevates the smart home experience," said Fahri Diner, co-founder and CEO, Plume. "Samsung gives you myriad devices to consume content and connect, and Plume ensures that your Wi-Fi network delivers a superior user experience to all of those devices."
SmartThings Wifi works as a SmartThings Hub to serve as the "brain" of the smart home. Samsung's open SmartThings ecosystem makes it easy to automate and manage the smart home with one hub and the SmartThings app. Compatible with hundreds of third-party devices and services, SmartThings enables users to expand their smart home with lights, door locks, cameras, voice assistants, thermostats and more. SmartThings Wifi delivers a simple, convenient 2-in-1 solution, offering whole-home automation out of the box.
For corner to corner coverage, users can choose the right Wi-Fi configuration to fit their needs, from a home with multiple levels to a small apartment. Each SmartThings Wifi router has a range of 1,500 square feet, with the 3-pack covering 4,500 square feet, and users can expand coverage by adding additional mesh routers to the set-up. It is easily set-up and managed by the Android and iOS compatible SmartThings app.
The SmartThings Wifi 3-pack retails for $279.99 and the single device retails for $119.99. It is available starting today on Samsung.com and at retailers nationwide.
Samsung Introduces New and Improved SmartThings Hub, Sensors and Outlet
In addition to SmartThings Wifi, Samsung is upgrading the performance and connectivity of its SmartThings Hub, Water Leak Sensor, Motion Sensor, Multipurpose Sensor and Smart Outlet to give consumers more choice in their smart home set up. The new, more compact SmartThings Hub has been upgraded with the latest Zigbee, Z-wave, and Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity protocols. Now, the Hub can wirelessly connect to a Wi-Fi network, no longer needing a dedicated Ethernet cable, so users have the flexibility to place it anywhere in their home.
The SmartThings Motion Sensor is additionally redesigned with a magnetic ball mount, so consumers can adjust the tilt angle for a wider view range to detect motion and trigger automated events. Samsung is also introducing the new SmartThings Button with programmable triggers that manually control routines around the home – like setting Movie Mode – without having to go into the SmartThings app. The SmartThings Button, like the rest of the SmartThings sensor line, monitors temperature in an area of the home, such as basement or baby's room, and signals the smart thermostat to adjust automatically.
The new SmartThings Hub ($69.99), sensors ($19.99 – $24.99), Button ($14.99) and Smart Outlet ($34.99) are now available on Samsung.com and at retailers nationwide.
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One Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and eight others wounded in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) during an exchange of fire with armed elements on Tuesday, April 10.
The incident followed a joint operation launched on Sunday, 8 April by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the Central African forces and police.
Lt Col. Innocent Munyengango, the Military and Defense spokesperson confirmed to The New Times that the deceased member of Rwanda's contingent in the MINUSCA at the rank of Sargent.
"The Secretary-General offers his deepest condolences to the family of the bereaved, as well as to the Government of Rwanda, and wishes a swift recovery to the injured," the statement reads in part.
According to Dujarric, the Secretary-General also recalls that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime and calls on the Central African Republic authorities to investigate them and swiftly bring those responsible to justice.
The UN reiterated the determination of the stabilization mission to protect civilians and contribute to the stabilization of the Central African Republic.
Rwanda maintains 986 peacekeepers in Central African Republic and these include an infantry battalion, a mechanized company and a Level 2 Military Hospital.


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This version of history survives only because it was written down and kept alive. The truth lies elsewhere.
A Short and Possibly Inaccurate History of Marble Springs and the Crystal River Valley, Colorado, U.S.
In the early spring the Crystal River is a torrent, lusty with melted snows, swollen with waters which have plunged from the steep sides of the Elk Range. In winter, it almost sleeps. But always, it is a strange river, and the history of man on its banks has been filled with promises, dreams, and disillusion.
Alvin Foote1.
Utes first came upon the Elk Mountain Range and used it for their summer grounds. They welcomed the few Spanish explorers and tolerated the occasional white trapper, even the Crow party that explored for Gold and Uncle Sam in 1844. In 1863, the Utes signed a treaty, giving up this valley so that they might live in peace with the white man. After surviving in southern Colorado on a portion of their once-vast range, they were exiled to Utah in 1881.
Early prospectors banded together at the head of Settler's Creek. They routed out silver, lead, and copper in their unending search for riches. The town grew into a roaring mining camp, boasting of the $300,000 that the mines produced annually in their heyday. The most famous of these mines, the Black Queen mine, played out for over twenty years from 1869 until 1893. This mine and Old Joe's mine on Sugar Boy were among the very few to continue for this long, since frequent snowslides, explosions in the subzero temperatures of winter, and perennial transportation woes reduced the mines' profits.
Matthew Cole came to town with seven supply wagons in 1869 and set up a crude general store. With the profits, he bought the most desirable lots in the tent town. He then built and stocked a general store, millinery, and a gambling hall. Rachel Cole, his wife, convinced him to close the gambling hall, but only after Matthew had raked in enough profits to build a victorian mansion on Gold Hill. Matthew built a small post office next to his store in 1876 so that Marble Springs could qualify as a town.
In 1870, a drunken prospector named Griffith stumbled into a large box canyon of marble cliffs and named it the Devil's Punch Bowl. T. M. Davidson, a financier from Boston, bought the claim from humans:griffith for $500 and founded Marble Quarry in 1874 to develop these deposits. At first, he hauled his great blocks of marble on sleighs to Carbondale to be shipped. Later, he persuaded Pitkin County to invest in the Crystal River Railroad, which finally reached Marble Springs in 1880 and joined the Denver & Rio Grande line in 1887. The marble was of such high grade that the small quarry prospered even in the face of damaging snowslides and the tremendous difficulties in hauling the marble out of the Rockies. This quarry furnished marble for Lincoln's Memorial, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Denver's capitol building, and a number of monuments throughout the West. T. M. Davidson donated enough marble to build what the town called the Marble Edifice—a building that served as a church, school, and town hall. He then built Goliath Manor—a rambling rotunda out of the pure marble to tempt his Boston fiancee, Elizabeth Quincy Appleton, into marrying him and coming to Marble Springs. He intended Elizabeth to acquaint the town with the finest Eastern graces. Unfortunately, she fell ill soon after arriving and was rarely seen outside of the manor.
By 1877, there were three saloons as well as the Cole's gambling hall. The queen of these establishments, the White Owl, grew into a town hotel and gathering place. Prostitutes set up their small log cribs2 by the White Owl, and a roaring red light district was born.
By 1880, Marble Springs was a going concern with a newspaper, a church, choir, and school. The Ladies Aid Sewing Circle and Rescue Society met every Tuesday to plan church socials, fairs, and aid for the less fortunate. Up to a thousand people lived in Marble Springs, working the quarry and mines.
The Bland-Allison Act of 1878 had instructed the Treasury Department to coin between $2 million and $4 million dollars of silver each month, and the silver mines boomed. Soon these government purchases artificially inflated the price of silver. To counter this, the Sherman Act in 1890 reduced the amount of silver the government would buy. By 1893, even this watered-down purchase act was repealed, and the silver market lost its best customer. The domestic silver market sank so low that mines could not afford to operate. Mines closed, and the country plunged into the Panic, a deep depression that few Colorado towns survived.
T. M. Davidson instructed the quarry to take on as many men as possible, increasing production and shipping to make up for the now-sour silver ore trade. Thus, the quarry and marble mill became the principal employer, hiring on as many as 50 workers. Although the town dwindled, the social institutions continued.
Marble was not a war commodity, and the quarry faltered during the first World War. Workers left for the trenches in Europe. Townspeople suffered through the decline in the quarry's fortune. The winters of 1917 and 1918 were particularly harsh, and the influenza epidemic struck with a vengeance. Before the town quarantine was lifted, 19 people had died.
Although the quarry came back strong after the war, a decade of prosperity was not enough to revitalize the town. Orders stopped after the Great Crash of 1929, forcing the quarry to close. Without its principal customer, the railroad tried to carry tourists, but no one could afford to travel, even for the beauty of the Crystal River Valley. The railroad then closed in 1930. The town slowly, sleepily died.
Cole's general store stayed open for tourists until 1944, when it, along with the runs of the quarry, were wiped out in a series of floods and mudslides.
1. Foote, Alvin. The Fabulous Valley. Denver, Colorado: AT&T Company, 1950
2. Cribs were small log cabins where prostitutes lived and worked.
Marble Springs is a work of fiction based on accounts of Colorado's early history.
The following list provides further leads into the actual Crystal River Valley and those who settled it1:
Campbell, Rosemae Wells. Crystal River Valley: Jewel or Jinx? Denver: Sage Books, 1966.
Coquery, Rene L. The Early Years of Colorado. New York: Carlton Press, 1965.
Foote, Alvin. The Fabulous Valley. Denver, Colorado: AT&T Company, 1950.
Hafen, L.R. Colorado and its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1948.
McCollum, Oscar D. Marble, a Town Built on Dreams. Denver, Colorado: Sundance Ltd, 1992.
McCoy, Dell. Crystal River Pictorial. Denver, Colorado: Sundance Ltd, 1972.
Smith, Duane A., and Richard N. Ellis. Colorado: A History in Photographs. Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado, 1991.
Ubbelholde, Carl, Maxine Benson, and Duane Smith. A Colorado Reader. Boulder: Pruett Publishing Company, 1982.
Vanderbusche, Duane, and Rex Myers. Marble, Colorado: City of Stone. Denver: Golden Bell Press, 1970.
For further information on the roles that women played in the West, you might start with:
Armitage, Susan, and Elizabeth Jameson. The Women's West. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
Brown, Dee. The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Old Wild West. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1958.
Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails 1840 - 1890. Volumes 1 - 10. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1983.
Jeffrey, Julie Roy. Frontier Women: The Trans-Mississippi West 1840 - 1880. New York: Hill & Wang, 1979.
Fulmer, Marion,Elaine Hoagland, and Suzanne Pedersen. Women as Tall as Our Mountains: Mini-biographies of Summit County Women. Self-published, 1976. Available at the Western History Department, Denver Public Library.
Levy, Joann. They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush. Connecticut: Archon Books, 1990.
Myers, Sandra L. Westering Women and the Frontier Experience 1880 - 1915. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.
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Gun-toting grandma chases burglars from home
Authorities say a gun-toting 78-year-old woman was able to chase two burglars from her home. Coweta County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Col. James Yarbrough tells news outlets that Elaine Stiehl was getting ready to take a nap when she heard a noise coming from the front of her house. Deputies say Stiehl loaded a pistol and found two men inside her home. Yarbrough says the suspects, 44-year-old Thomas Linder and 32-year-old John O'Neal, ran outside and got into an SUV driven by 49-year-old Anne Dearman. Deputies were able to find the three suspects traveling on Interstate 85 and charge them with burglary. Investigators say they found two guns inside the vehicle as well as an assortment of power tools and fur coats. It's unclear whether the suspects have attorneys.
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Authorities say a gun-toting 78-year-old woman was able to chase two burglars from her home.
Coweta County Sheriff's Office spokesman Lt. Col. James Yarbrough tells news outlets that Elaine Stiehl was getting ready to take a nap when she heard a noise coming from the front of her house. Deputies say Stiehl loaded a pistol and found two men inside her home.
Yarbrough says the suspects, 44-year-old Thomas Linder and 32-year-old John O'Neal, ran outside and got into an SUV driven by 49-year-old Anne Dearman. Deputies were able to find the three suspects traveling on Interstate 85 and charge them with burglary.
Investigators say they found two guns inside the vehicle as well as an assortment of power tools and fur coats. It's unclear whether the suspects have attorneys.


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French Convict 3 in Case of AIDS-Tainted Blood : Scandal: Government doctors knowingly gave the infected blood products to hemophiliacs, 256 of whom died.
By RONE TEMPEST
Oct. 24, 1992 12 AM PT
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A French court on Friday convicted three former government doctors, including the director of the National Blood Transfusion Center, of knowingly distributing AIDS-infected blood products to hemophiliac patients, resulting in as many as 1,000 new cases of infection and 256 deaths.
After a trial that sparked a national political scandal reaching the highest levels of the Socialist government, the three-judge panel sentenced two of the convicted physicians, former transfusion center director Dr. Michel Garretta, 48, and his associate, Dr. Jean-Pierre Allain, 43, to prison.
"To my knowledge," said Dr. Griffith D. Thomas, a Los Angeles physician and attorney associated with several AIDS-related malpractice lawsuits, "it is the first time that physicians anywhere in the world have been sentenced to jail for a conviction of negligence in AIDS treatment."
Garretta, traveling in the United States when the verdict was announced, was sentenced to the maximum term of four years. Allain was sentenced to two years.
Another former official with the French Health Ministry, Jacques Roux, 69, was given a four-year suspended sentence. A fourth man, former public health laboratory director Dr. Robert Netter, 65, was acquitted.
The judges also assessed a total of $1.8 million in fines, to be distributed among civil plaintiffs in the case, after ruling that the doctors continued to supply contaminated blood products to French hemophiliacs at least six months after an American blood-screening test and a heat-treatment process, which prevents contamination, were perfected and introduced in other countries.
In their verdict, which came two months after the conclusion of an emotional, heavily guarded trial at the Palais de Justice here, the judges placed the brunt of the blame on Garretta. A feisty, dark-haired physician, Garretta has publicly insisted that the responsibility should be shared by his superiors, including prominent Socialist politician Laurent Fabius, French prime minister at the time the contamination occurred.
It was Garretta, the court said in its verdict, "who was incontestably the inspiration and the mastermind of the policy" that resulted in AIDS virus contamination.
The court did not comment on potentially more serious charges, raised by civil parties in the case, that Garretta and his associates were motivated by a sense of nationalism, delaying the implementation of the American screening and heat-treatment processes until a French equivalent could be developed.
The case centered on six months in 1985 when the methodology of AIDS-contaminated blood product identification and purification was developed. In March, 1985, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a test to screen for antibodies to the virus that causes AIDS. The test enabled blood banks to check donors, recipients and existing blood supplies for the virus, known as HIV.
About the same time, a heat treatment developed in the United States had won near-universal acceptance in the international medical community as an effective way to deactivate the AIDS virus in blood products, including the blood-clotting proteins required by hemophiliacs.
Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, hemophiliacs have been at the top of the high-risk category because they require regular transfusions of pooled blood products to provide the Factor 8 blood-clotting agent that they lack.
Despite the widely circulated knowledge of new methods, Garretta and his associates continued ordering the distribution of existing French blood supplies without submitting them first to either the screening or the heat treatment.
According to trial testimony, the decision to exhaust existing French blood supplies rather than buy safe, heat-treated, American products was motivated in part by economic considerations.
"I should have bought massive amounts of heat-treated blood from abroad," Garretta testified. "I didn't do it. It was a mistake. I'm aware of it today."
The doctors were tried under French fraud laws for knowingly failing to inform their patients of the potential dangers of the blood products. Authorities said more serious criminal charges would be difficult to prove because, without a prior blood screening test to determine when a hemophiliac was infected, it would be impossible to show that the infection occurred during the critical six-month period covered in the case.
Families of the infected hemophiliacs were disappointed and angry. They had urged that the doctors be tried on criminal charges that they "poisoned" their patients.
Said Agnes Gaudin, mother of two infected sons: "The other day, somebody who murdered another person was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Dr. Garretta murdered 256 people, and he got only four years."
Ludovic Bouchet, 17, a hemophiliac who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion, agreed, arguing that Garretta's jail sentence was inadequate and that other responsible government officials should have been implicated.
"Four years is nothing," said Bouchet, one of the several dozen AIDS-infected hemophiliacs who regularly attended the trial.


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const jsdom = require('mocha-jsdom');
const sinon = require('sinon');
const chai = require('chai');
const should = chai.should();

describe('requestController.js', function () {
    jsdom();

    let socket;
    let $button;
    let $teamInput1;
    let $teamInput2;
    let requestController;

    beforeEach(function () {
        socket = {
            send: sinon.spy(),
            addConnectionListener: sinon.spy()
        };
        $button = {
            on: sinon.spy(),
            removeAttr: sinon.spy(),
            text: sinon.spy()
        };
        $teamInput1 = {
            val: sinon.stub()
        };
        $teamInput2 = {
            val: sinon.stub()
        };

        requestController = require('../js/requestController.js')(socket, $button, $teamInput1, $teamInput2);
        window.alert = sinon.spy();
    });

    function click() {
        $button.on.args[0][1]();
    }

    function checkAlert(message) {
        window.alert.args[0][0].should.be.equal(message);
    }

    describe('event listeners', function () {
        it('should add click listener to button', function () {
            $button.on.calledOnce.should.be.equal(true);
            $button.on.args[0][0].should.be.eq('click');
            should.exist($button.on.args[0][1]);
        });

        it('add appropriate socket connection listener', function () {
            const connectionListener = socket.addConnectionListener.args[0][0];
            connectionListener();

            $button.removeAttr.calledOnce.should.be.equal(true);
            $button.removeAttr.args[0][0].should.be.equal('disabled');

            $button.text.calledOnce.should.be.equal(true);
            $button.text.args[0][0].should.be.equal('Дуэль!');
        });
    });

    describe('ids validation', function () {
        it('shouldn\'t send request when first team id is missing', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');

            click();

            socket.send.called.should.be.equal(false);
            checkAlert('Введите id первой команды!');
        });

        it('shouldn\'t send request when first team id is not number', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('test');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');

            click();

            socket.send.called.should.be.equal(false);
            checkAlert('Введите id первой команды!');
        });

        it('shouldn\'t send request when second team id is missing', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('');

            click();

            socket.send.called.should.be.equal(false);
            checkAlert('Введите id второй команды!');
        });

        it('shouldn\'t send request when second team id is not number', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('test');

            click();

            socket.send.called.should.be.equal(false);
            checkAlert('Введите id второй команды!');
        });

        it('shouldn\'t send request when ids are equal', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');

            click();

            socket.send.called.should.be.equal(false);
            checkAlert('Введите разные id!');
        });
    });

    describe('send data to socket', function () {
        it('should send team ids to socket', function () {
            $teamInput1.val = sinon.stub().returns('123');
            $teamInput2.val = sinon.stub().returns('321');

            click();

            const data = socket.send.args[0][0];
            data.teamId1.should.be.equal(123);
            data.teamId2.should.be.equal(321);
        })
    });
});


Napowrimo, Day 14 and today's prompt is to write a Clerihew. A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown and/or spurious about them. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line length and metre are irregular.


A 2 year degree program aim to upgrade the nurses to assume responsibilities as professional competent nurses and midwives at basic level in providing promoting, preventive, curative and rehabilitative service. They make independent decisions in nursing situation protect the rights of and facilitate individuals and group in pursuit of health, function in the hospital, community nursing services and conduct research studies in the area of nursing practice.
A 4-year degree program offered at MurariLal Memorial School & College of Nursing, affiliated to Himachal Pradesh University & approved by Indian Nursing Council that prepares the student to practice across all health care settings. The course of study combines the theory and the practice of nursing, with general education in the humanities and behavioral, biological, and physical sciences. These serve as a core for the development of the nursing. The B.Sc. Nursing program offers students experience in major settings where health care is delivered. As a B.Sc. Nursing graduate, you have the greatest opportunity for advancement.
In the light of the changing educational system of the country, the course in General Nursing has been reorganized into a three and a half years programme.
The programme is geared to the health needs of the country, the community and the individual; and it will serve as a basis for advanced study and specialization in nursing; it will assist nurses in their personal and professional development so that they may make their maximum contribution to the society as individual citizens and nurses.


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Rajd Kormoran 2004 – 30. edycja Rajdu Kormoran. Był to rajd samochodowy rozgrywany od 2 do 4 lipca 2004 roku. Była to trzecia runda Rajdowych Samochodowych Mistrzostw Polski w roku 2004. Rajd składał się z czternastu odcinków specjalnych.

Wyniki końcowe rajdu

Przypisy

2004
Rajdowe Samochodowe Mistrzostwa Polski 2004

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Last-ditch pay talks between unions and the government were held this week in an attempt to avert strike action across England.
The meeting of the NHS staff executive council on Tuesday is likely to determine whether unions take industrial action over a staged pay offer of 2.5 per cent.
In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, workers have received the unphased pay offer in full, in line with recommendations by the pay review body.
But in England this was reduced to a 1.5 per cent pay rise in April followed by a further 1 per cent in November.
Unite head of health Kevin Coyne said he would be rejecting the offer outright.
'It is unacceptable that workers in England should be treated differently and contrary to the Pay Review Body's recommendation,' he said.
Earlier talks have ended in deadlock, but NHS Employers was hopeful that Tuesday's meeting would lead to some agreement between the Department of Health, NHS Employers and unions including Unison, Unite and the Royal College of Nursing.
No agreement had been reached as HSJ went to press. It is understood that in the event of the government refusing to back down, unions will move to formal discussions about industrial action.


The results of pilot research "NIKA" among intellectuals with hypodynamia.
During June - August 2008 1600 workers of Russian joint-stock company Northwest Bank of Sberbank in age from 20 up to 65 years were examined. Polling on authorized questionnaire, blood intake for biochemical and genetic researches, blood intake and conservation for cytokine level definition have been performed. The definition of glucose, lipoprotein of high density, triglyceride levels, structural polymorphism of renin-angiotensin cascade's gene identification ( I/D gene polymorphism of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), G/A gene polymorphism of angiotensinogen, А1166С gene polymorphism of angiotensin II receptor and e2, e3, e4- gene polymorphism of apolipoprotein Е have been carried out as well.


The most important full-time job you'll ever have is being a parent. However, even if you've decided to be a stay-at-home mom, that doesn't mean that you can't cash in on your knowledge by working from home. Still, it's very important that you weigh and analyze all the pros and cons of becoming a home-based freelancer. Things can never be absolutely perfect, and as a mom, you will still have plenty of responsibilities.
Obviously, as a stay-at-home mom, you understand that you have to be at home to look after your kids. However, when you add a freelance job to that, things can suddenly become more obviously… lonely. You will be in the company of your kids of course, but if you're someone who's used to having a professional mindset where there are plenty of other people involved, your freelance journey may feel too isolating in the beginning. Basically, you won't only be a stay-at-home mom, but a stay-at-home employee as well. The combination of the two can become a bit overwhelming sometimes. Since your home is now your new office, you should start thinking about investing in office furniture like chairs that will support your back during those long work hours. Consider checking out high quality in ergonomic chairs that are in your budget range.
2. Freelancing is a job!
A lot of people, and not just parents, can have a misconception about freelancing. Since you're allowed to work remotely, whenever you're available, it feels like a freelance job is not a "real" job. But it definitely is. You still need to provide quality work and meet all the deadlines. With that said, you have to consider how much work and what kind of work is best suited for you, not just in terms of your skill set, but your availability as well. If your kids are still very young, you may not be able to juggle your work and parent responsibilities as well as you may have wanted to. Therefore, you need to schedule and organize yourself before jumping into the workload.
Speaking of schedules and organization, one of the most problematic things associated with freelancing is undoubtedly the lack of time and too much time. Confused? Well, the whole point of a freelance job is to work in your own free time. You're not bound by work hours. However, even as a stay-at-home mom, you should be. You should decide on your own work hours, and include all the possible interruptions when you may have to cater to your kids. Time management is the hardest bit of freelancing but it's also the most important. If you don't do this for yourself, you'll soon feel overwhelmed, tired, drained and confused, with your productivity reaching rock bottom. This is why it's so important to plan in advance, and have as much work done as possible when things are going smoothly at home. Also, designate a time frame for your freelance work. That way, you'll be able to deal with unforeseen circumstances that are bound to happen (when you have kids to take care of) better and more efficiently.
There are various ways to make money online, but you have to do your research well. Obviously, you can make and sell stuff, do online marketing or content writing, work as a programmer or graphic designer, etc. However, you don't always need such a specific skill set to succeed. For example, you can make money simply by partnering with companies that will pay you to complete online surveys or watch certain videos. And if you like spending time on social media, you can even make a deal with someone to post interesting and valuable content on their behalf.
Of course, you can never be 100% prepared for things that may happen, but if you want to be a stay-at-home mom and still work as a freelancer, you should do your best to make things easier for you. In that respect, meal planning for the whole week can be a great way to save time and stay on top of your game. Moreover, just as you would organize your work schedule, try to organize other chores as well, such as bathing the kids, shopping, etc. Your mom responsibilities won't end no matter what you do, and if you want to enjoy and thrive in your freelance career, you definitely need to do your part on creating as much order as possible. After all, things will never be 100% perfect or go completely according to plan.
As you juggle your family and professional life when staying at home, you still need to think about yourself. Don't let yourself get burned out, and make sure that you have some personal "alone" time every day, even if it's just 15 minutes.


upsammy, real name Thessa Torsing, is in a good place right now. She just debuted on Nous'Klaer's excellent 'Paerels' compilation, and she plays Het Muzieklokaal for the second time on Sunday 22nd October. Her music is slamming, dreamy and highly original – qualities that come across in both her DJ-sets and her productions. As a DJ, upsammy can steer a dancefloor to collective euphoria, whilst simultaneously making individual punters look inward and dance with their eyes closed. A rare gift indeed.
I met up with Thessa during a mix-session with friends, for an evening filled with beautiful records, discussions about the Dutch government and gin-fanta. In-between questions she would jump in the mix, pull off an otherworldly transition, and join the (very informal) interview again.
Q: Can you tell us about your first experiences with electronic music? How did you get into this?
A: My dad had loads of electronic mix CD's, like Tiësto's Forbidden Paradise, so I listened to those when I was growing up. Another major influence was MTV Lounge Vol. 3, with artists like Moby and The Future Sound Of London. From there I started to discover things, and I went to my first rave when I was 16.
Q: Do you still listen to music from those early years?
A: Yes, definitely. For example Moby – Another Woman, or 'Papua New Guinea' by The Future Sound Of London.
Q: When did you start producing and DJ-ing?
A: That was actually during that time, when I started going to raves that were organised by friends. I began DJ-ing there even though I didn't know how to do it properly. I also played in a few bands, but I realised that I wanted to be in control of all the instruments, so that's why I started producing. The first songs I produced were actually ambient songs that I made with my guitar, drenching them in reverb and recording them through my laptop speakers. My desire to be in control also feeds into my DJ-ing, because I was that kid who would always pick the music at parties.
Q: I think we can say that you're currently successful with both DJ-ing and producing, so I was wondering if you try to keep them separated, or if they influence each other?
The production process draws very much from my own emotions, so the club does influence that. But the club is not the only factor: my music would be very hollow if it was.
Q: Do you have certain goals when you're DJ-ing, a DJ-philosophy of some kind?
A: I want to introduce a certain sense of space to the club, that people are reminded of specific places or memories when they listen to my music. I also want to achieve some sort of communal experience, where we're all in it together. This sounds cliché, but it's really the best when there's this connection between the DJ and the audience. Finally, I want to touch people in a way, make them look inward whilst still being part of that community. It's great to see different individuals react very differently to certain weird noises.
Q: This ties nicely into my next question: what is one of the most memorable DJ-experiences you've enjoyed so far?
A: I played BAR in Rotterdam three weeks ago, for the Nous'Klaer Nacht. I could play anything I wanted and people would still dance their asses off – there really was a match.
Q: What music would you play in a DJ-set if you could play anything you wanted?
A: To be honest, I think I can play everything I want, if the time is right. There are some songs that are very dear to me, that I only play when the vibe is really special, so I don't waste them. But I obviously enjoy more popular stuff as well, like Grimes. And I would love to play a psychedelic rock set someday, but I don't think there's a lot of demand on the dancefloor for that right now.
Q: You're playing Het Muzieklokaal on the morning of Sunday, 22nd October, just before Vancouver native LNS. What track sums up that time and place the best, in your opinion?
A: I think Het Muzieklokaal is more intimate than the basement, and the first hazy daylight will stream in when I start. I really like the windows there, they're very interesting. A track that will definitely suit this atmosphere is 'Pass This On', by The Knife.
Q: Okay, cool! Finally: what's next for upsammy? Do you've got exciting things coming up?
A: I'm playing lots of gigs in the coming weeks, and there's a solo EP coming out on Nous'Klaer soonish. I don't know exactly when, but I just received the masters and I'm super excited for it!
upsammy is playing Het Weekend during ADE in De School on Sunday morning in Het Muzieklokaal from 08:00 until 11:00.


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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Politics
Undergraduate Course: Europe and International Migration (PLIT10068)
School School of Social and Political Science College College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken) SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Availability Available to all students
SCQF Credits 20 ECTS Credits 10
Summary The course examines immigration and integration policies in European countries and the EU. While the main focus is on the impact of immigration, the course also charts changing patterns of migration and refugee flows to Europe since the Second World War, and analyses how different states have responded to the challenge of large-scale immigration. Policy responses are dealt with under three main themes: state attempts to control and regulate entry of migrants and their dependents (post-WW2 patterns; current debates and challenges to border control), efforts at integrating immigrants and ethnic minority groups (citizenship; conceptualising integration and contesting the immigration issue) and the supra- and trans-national dimension of immigration and asylum (role of the EU; refugee law and human rights). The course explores some of the broader challenges immigration has raised for state sovereignty, the welfare state, and conceptions of citizenship and national identity.
Course description Academic Description:
This course explores how different European states have responded to the challenges of increasing immigration. It examines the causes and dynamics of migration and asylum flows to Western Europe since WWII, and compares supra-/nation-state responses with respect to entry controls and philosophies of integration. By the end of the course, students should be able to 1) understand and explain evolving patterns, and changing types, of immigration; 2) analyse and explain migration and integration policy responses in Western Europe, and 3) use comparative approaches to explain national similarities and differences regarding policy and policy change over time.
Outline Content:
Please note that this an indicative list of topics that may change depending on teaching team expertise.
Theorising Migration -- this week explores some of the theories behind why people decide to migrate in the first place.
Labour Migration in Post-War Europe (and Today) -- this week covers the history of labour migration (from 1945-1973), and what similarities and differences exist today.
Asylum Seekers and the EU -- this week covers the origins of the refugee convention, and how it has developed and changed over time. We consider how the changing politics of asylum is affecting EU integration in this area, and the emergence of a common European asylum policy.
Citizenship and Philosophies of Integration -- starting this week, focus shifts from �patterns� to �impacts� of immigration. We start off by considering how large-scale movements of people challenge ideas of who the �we�; how states go about �constructing� new citizens and some of the challenges involved in doing so.
The Return of Assimilation? -- this week explores an on-going debate in the field, namely, whether assimilation is returning as a preferred mode of incorporating migrants and ethnic minorities into host societies.
Patterns of Political Integration -- this week covers different types of political activities that migrants can participate in. We consider whether there is a �crisis of representation� and the changing understandings of whether migrant and ethnic minority participation is necessarily a �good� thing.
The Party Politics of Immigration -- this week covers immigration and integration as increasingly contested issues and the role of mainstream as well as niche parties in this process.
Irregular Migration and the External Dimension of Immigration -- this week covers one of the most rapidly growing areas of EU Cooperation, and an intriguing area of study for political scientists, namely, the so-called �external dimension� of immigration and asylum.
The Use of Knowledge in Immigration Policy -- this week covers the role(s) of expertise and research in debates and policy-making on immigration and asylum. Since immigration is a notoriously populist area, and often characterised by highly polemical and emotive debates, it raises questions of what role �experts� play here.
Policy exercise: [topic updated yearly] -- during this session students are divided into groups and asked to put forward evidence and policy suggestions during a hearing.
Student Learning Experience:
During seminars, students will engage in several interactive exercises. These include considering ways of measuring stocks and flows of migrants; providing country specific examples of public policy; filling in a �Citizenship Test�, and participating a claims-making exercise.
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites Visiting students should have at least 4 Politics/International Relations courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Section for admission to this course **
High Demand Course? Yes
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota: 62
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 9, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Information (Assessment) The course is assessed by a �short assignment� (e.g. a policy-brief or a non-specialist audience article) (ca, 25%); a �long assignment� (answering a set question from a choice of 6-9 options, ca. 60%); and �preparation and presentation during the policy exercise workshop� (ca. 15%). This first assignment constitutes the formative assessment.
Feedback Guidance and suggestions for the �short assignment� are provided in the form or a �Pointers�-document (available on LEARN). Students are encouraged to discuss the �long-assignment� with a relevant member of the teaching team. Additional information relating to seminar activities and the policy exercise are also available on LEARN.
Describe, analyse and explain migration policy responses in Europe.
Apply different theories and concepts from political science, international relations and sociology to migration policy issues.
Use comparative methodology to explain national divergence and convergence in policy and policy change over time.
Understand the supra-national dimension to immigration and asylum.
Special Arrangements This course has a quota. Preference will be given to Politics and IR students.
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus 1 hr tutorial per week
Keywords Not entered
Course organiser Dr Pontus Odmalm
Email: Pontus.Odmalm@ed.ac.uk Course secretary Miss Jennifer Yuille
Email: v1jyuill@exseed.ed.ac.uk
© Copyright 2016 The University of Edinburgh - 3 February 2017 5:08 am


Discussion in 'Mayberry Lounge' started by Inabox, Apr 5, 2019.
This week as the title implies I made up some chicken tacos using pulled slow cooker chicken.
I hope you like this better then last weeks video. Lol.
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Thanks I just got one of those instant pots. They're pretty awesome, I need a good rib recipe.


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