Somali military recruiters are enlisting men from Kenya's Dadaab camps say Human Rights Watch.
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(CNN) -- A global human rights group is urging Kenya to stop Somali military recruiters from enlisting displaced men and boys in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab refugee camps to fight in their war against Islamic militants.
"Recruitment of fighters in refugee camps undermines their very purpose, which is to be a place of refuge from conflict," said Letta Tayler, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, who spent a week interviewing refugees for the group's Thursday report about the practice. "The boys and men who are in these camps risked their lives to flee. Now they're being asked to return to that."
She said allowing recruiters to enlist young refugees in a new force intended to fight on behalf of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government is a violation of U.N. regulations that govern refugee camps.
The Kenyan government, however, rejects charges that it is aiding in Somali military recruitment.
"The government will not allow any recruitment of anyone in Kenya for any activity touching on foreign nations. Neither will recruitment of Kenyans for work in Somalia be allowed," said a statement from government spokesman Alfred Mutua, issued earlier this month."
The Dadaab camps, built to house 90,000 people about 15 years ago, now serve as home to more than 280,000 refugees, mostly from Somalia, forming the largest concentration of refugees in the world, according to Human Rights Watch.
More than 50,000 people have arrived in the camps since January 2009. Many of the newcomers are fleeing a brutal war between Somalia's shaky transitional government and armed opposition groups, including the militant Al Shabaab.
Somali and Kenyan officials who support the transitional government, fear the reach of Al Shabaab could easily spread. The group, which the United States classifies as a terrorist organization, controls large parts of southern Somalia and the capital, Mogadishu. In the past, sources have told CNN that Al Shabaab also recruits fighters in Kenyan refugee camps.
Tayler said the recruits are transported in Kenyan military and government trucks to a state facility near the coastal city of Mombasa for military training.
Initially, Tayler traveled to the Dadaab camps to research the situation within Somalia, since it is nearly impossible to operate in that country these days. But when she arrived, she began hearing persistent reports of military recruitment. She began interviewing people and learned that recruitment was occurring openly at tea stalls and market places.
She said recruiters began circulating in the camps in early October and since then, hundreds of people had been lured with promises of money and claims that the United Nations was backing the new army.
"It's recruitment under false pretenses," Tayler said. "Recruiters play fast and loose with the facts and it's very easy for vulnerable people to want to believe this.
"I was very surprised by the extent of the recruitment," she said.
"I had never seen those men around before. They told me they would employ me and give me $600 to be a military man. They told me I would be taken for training inside of Kenya and then taken to Somalia. They said I will be fighting Al Shabaab, who are slaughtering people. I said, 'No, I do not want to do that, I am a student.' I told them if I get an education I can help myself and my family instead of being sent to war and dying. But now I am regretting it -- my father cannot afford the uniform for school and the teacher always chases me from class."
An elderly man told Human Rights Watch that his educated son believed he was joining a U.N. army.
"So I gave him my blessing and he has my total support," the man said.
Tayler said Human Rights Watch wants the Kenyan government and the United Nations to shut down the recruitment efforts.
"We're not saying the Kenyan government should not fear the seepage [of violence]," she said. "But what we're saying is: play by the rules."
Human Rights Watch has documented war crimes and human rights abuses by all sides in the Somali conflict, which has caused thousands of civilian deaths and massive displacement.


It seems that you're starting to see the fruits of your hard work: the time has come to reap what you've sown.
The whirlwind of changes that has been shaking up your life is coming to an end, and soon you'll get back the sense of tranquility that you've been missing and craving.
However, you may end up being surprised by the fact that you miss it. In the end, we all know that difficult situations provide you with the opportunity to test your limits.
If you follow yesterday's advice and you start to focus on the positive things in life, the prosperity that you're about to achieve will last for a very long time.
Stability will come back into your life and you'll be able to keep everything in check once again.
These words are like celestial music to your ears, aren't they?
Your success just keeps growing. Maybe this is due to the change of seasons, but you're bursting with life and everyone around you notices this.
Today you'll achieve everything that you put your mind to. The cosmos are smiling down on you and they'll make you shine!
Even Saturn seems to have forgotten the seriousness of your usual personality.
So, today, it's time to enjoy life. Whether you're a freelancer or you work for someone, today, you'll go out and take on the world.
Just think that if you don't do it, when you hit a low point, the world will end up taking you on!
Today seems like a favorable day to play the lottery or any other game of luck. In short, whatever you do, you'll come out winning for sure.
Now your mental state does correspond with your physical health.
You've been wanting to reach this balance that today life has finally put before you.
So, make the most of this to go out, sing, dance… Do whatever feels right to you!
Today you can allow yourself the luxury of being yourself and doing whatever you feel like.
This doesn't happen often, so, you should take advantage of your energy levels. You won't regret it.


A specialist in primary care, Dr. Natalie Zelta received her bachelor's degree in Psychobiology at UCLA and earned her medical degree at the Sackler School of Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Albert Einstein Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Zelta has a special interest in preventive health care. In her free time, Dr. Zelta enjoys cooking, dancing and spending time with her husband and young daughter.


Parenting undoubtedly presents its own share of challenges but occasionally one of the more daunting tasks entails persuading your children to brush. Some parents have such a difficult time instilling the importance of brushing to their children that they're hardly above groveling upon their hands & knees. Don't count yourself among them! There is hope after all.
Teaching your kids to follow recommended brushing habits might seem impossible as a first time parent. There's a few toothbrush tips you can try with your kids to make the task a bit more enticing. What's the secret? Some experts suggest finding a unique way to engage your child and make the process seem fun.
The most obvious place to start is by purchasing a cheaper electronic toothbrush. You won't need to purchase an expensive version, a simple electronic toothbrush will suffice here. A standard electronic toothbrush still provides enough buttons for your child to make the tedious brushing process feel more engaging. Positive reinforcement works better than cavity horror stories – it's just another toy for many children.
Encourage your child to choose a favorite tune to hum with every brush. Humming a tune can be a lot of fun, removing some of the tedium of brushing. While it's important to have your child brush his/her teeth, it's important to teach them the proper amount of time to brush. Humming a tune can certainly help on that front. Pick a simple tune or advise your little Mozart to create their own tooth brushing tune.
Is your child less inclined to hum? Don't sweat it. Utilizing a timer in your child's bathroom can achieve similar effects. You can even purchase select timers specifically geared toward younger children that make the process more fun.


The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to Union Square Campus, a charitable nonprofit organization, to purchase simulation equipment for a state-of-the-art health sciences education building where nurses can perfect clinical skills on life-like simulated patients. The University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG), North Carolina A&T State University, and Cone Health have entered into ten-year leases for space in this building, and Guilford Technical Community College has committed funding for maintenance and replacement of the simulation equipment over time. Seven nurses from the first graduating class of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Adult/Gerontological Primary Care Concentration (DNP) at UNCG School of Nursing will be placed in open positions at four clinics in Reidsville and Madison, both sites located in Rockingham County. These clinics, and other rural sites, will serve as clinical training facilities for students. In addition to DNP students, more than 300 nursing students at all degree levels, in-service nurses and other health care practitioners from Cone Health will be trained at the facility annually.


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ANZAC Day online
Creative commemoration of this important day.
While we are unable to attend ANZAC Day services or parades this year, we invite you to join us in commemorating and remembering those who served and sacrificed by making poppies to put in the front window of your home.
This activity is available online for you to view and print. Suitable for children aged 3+.
Did you know that ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps?
ANZAC Day is held each year on 25th April. It was the day that Australian and New Zealand military forces landed at Gallipoli in 1915. ANZAC Day began in 1916, initially as a day for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and after WWI ended it became a day for commemoration. Today, all around Australia we hold commemorative services at dawn and parades during the day to remember former servicemen and women.
What do red poppies symbolise and why do people wear them?
Red poppies were one of the first plants that grew on the fields in France and Belgium after the battles had taken place during WWI. They became a symbol of the sacrifice made by those who served in war. Poppies are used in wreaths, placed beside names on honour walls, and many people wear red poppies on ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.
Why do some people wear sprigs of rosemary?
Some people wear a sprig of rosemary on ANZAC Day as rosemary grew wild over the peninsula in Gallipoli. Since ancient times, the herb rosemary has also been associated with memory and remembering.
What is the significance of the Last Post?
During war, the Last Post was played on a bugle to signal the end of the working day. It is now played at commemorative services to symbolise the service people who have gone to their last rest.

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Newcastle v Arsenal Free Tips
September 3, 2019 August 24, 2015 by admin
Man Utd dominated Newcastle at Old Trafford last Saturday, but the Magpies managed to hold on for a 0-0 draw. Steve McClaren's side gave up an astonishing 69% of possession, letting Man Utd create 20 total shots and eight on target. However, they did just about enough to hold out for a point.
Comparatively, Man Utd are much less elegant and creative in attack than Arsenal. And although Arsenal have begun the season without displaying their best, Newcastle will still be extremely worried about the multitude of ways in which Arsène Wenger's Gunners can undo them.
Alexis Sánchez will be an obvious concern for Newcastle, but Wenger cannot overuse him after the Chilean's busy summer of football for his country in the Copa América. This is a time when Mesut Özil should be stepping to prove that he is actually worth of his £42.5 million transfer fee.
In their game against Man Utd, Newcastle were dominated in every meaningful aspect expect for scoring. On another day, the outcome could have been completely different. Man Utd's inability to finish played a key role in Newcastle being able to keep a clean sheet. Another clean sheet would likely result from Arsenal also struggling in attack.
After drawing 2-2 at St James's Park versus Southampton, Newcastle have not scored in two-straight outings. Going for more than 200 minutes without scoring in the league is already enough to impact a team and affect their confidence.
Arsenal have maintained won all of their last six league games Newcastle. Back in March, they travelled north and managed to earn a valuable 2-1 away victory. Wenger knows how to beat Newcastle.
This could be the type of game that gets Arsenal into a rich vein of form, enabling them to score goals without being entirely dependent on Sánchez for their creativity. Players who need to step include Özil, Santi Cazorla, Aaron Ramsey, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Match Tips
Tip one: Arsenal to win @ 1.53 with Betfair
Tip two: Papiss Cissé to score anytime @ 3.80 with Betfair
Incredibly, Newcastle's biggest scoring threat, Papiss Cissé, is available to score anytime at 3.80 with Betfair.
Liverpool v Bournemouth – 17 Aug 2015
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The Trail of Dracula: From Folklore To Screen
The Trail of Dracula: From Folklore To Screen is a 2017 Documentary directed by David Mitchell.
Contents: Watch Trailer | Available DVDs
Written and directed by David Mitchell
Starring (via archive footage): John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee
The film explores the untold story of Dracula through history and classic movie adaptations. It's written and directed by David Mitchell (writer of Open Water 2: Adrift) and features archival clips of Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, John Carradine, and more.
Diabolical. Seductive. Immortal. Vampires have been an icon of evil in folklore and popular culture for more than three centuries, yet only one name still personifies the ultimate aristocrat of bloodlust. Count Dracula has been a looming figure in countless books, films and television series, but his twisted path from literary protagonist to pop culture mainstay is still largely unknown to many.
Join the world's foremost experts on Dracula – including academics, authors and horror historians – as they explore the untold story of the Transylvanian Count, from the legend of Vlad The Impaler and Bram Stoker's celebrated novel through its landmark stage productions and classic movie adaptations.
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I have a question.... I do not have DECT 6.0 cordless phones just older Panasonic cordless ones. I am thinking to buy new DECT 6.0 phones.
I want to know if this would work?
Oh and one more question for the road.... as long as you have your thinking caps on.
If I correctly set the Telo answer machine behind later than the answer machine in the new phone will the phone pick up messages before the Telo?
Yes, that would work as long as there is nothing else on the home wiring such as DSL or a landline. The home wiring would plug into the PHONE port on the Telo.
Yes, your answering machine will work if set to answer before Telo does.
Leeway wrote: I have a question.... I do not have DECT 6.0 cordless phones just older Panasonic cordless ones. I am thinking to buy new DECT 6.0 phones.
A little additional clarification. If you use wireless internet in your home remember that older cordless phones, those that use either 2.4ghz or 5.8ghz can interfere with the WiFi signal. The DECT 6.0 phones run over a different frequency range to they do not interfere.
Also, although your answering machine will work, you will currently lose the ability to retreive your messages remotely. That is because although the hardware is capable, current firmware in the Telo prevents it from passing inbound DTMF (touchtones). That means when you call in from another location and try to access your messages, all your Telo will send the answering machine is dead air. Hopefully this will be fixed in the future, but I'd recommend getting Premier and turning off your home answering machine - or just use the basic Telo with Google Voice as a front end. In that scenario you have people call your GV number and have call presentation turned on while you are still under the Premier trial. That way all voicemail goes to GV and you can pick it up anywhere - and get a (sometimes poor) transcript emailed to you as well.
It sounds to me like you are wanting to "activate" your whole house with a dial tone from the Telo, as well as use a Telo handset in the kitchen and master bedroom. I don't think this is possible as the Telo handsets are a seperate connection on the base. At least this is the case with using Scouts on the Ooma Hub. Maybe the Telo is different??
The Telo handset is connected to the base wirelessly.
teeitup wrote: It sounds to me like you are wanting to "activate" your whole house with a dial tone from the Telo, as well as use a Telo handset in the kitchen and master bedroom. I don't think this is possible as the Telo handsets are a seperate connection on the base. At least this is the case with using Scouts on the Ooma Hub. Maybe the Telo is different??
It will work fine as the poster described. The Telo has a Phone output that can provide dialtone to any corded or cordless base. This is in addition to being able to support up to 4 Telo handsets. The non-Telo DECT handsets will not have all the features that the Telo handsets do and will not talk to the DECT 6 transmitter in the Telo but will work fine none the less. Also with the hub you can do the same thing. You do NOT need a scout for each phone. The phone output on the hub can easily run the entire house. You can also use the scout (with Premier) to provide a wired 2nd line throughout the house or to two-line phones.
The possiblities are many. The only thing I am not sure of is - how many separate phones could be split off of one Telo jack... I'm sure there is a limit.
Perhaps I should have told you that is the way I am set up now with the hub.
I don't use a Scout at all. I have the hub connected to the wall jack. In turn, I have the older cordless base in the family room by my choice.
I have 3 other handsets and everything is hunky dory.
I am trying to make sure I can do the same thing with a Telo setup.
Yes, I'd be using 2 Telo handsets just because of their capability in the places that are most important for that.
Yes, I know the Dect handsets would not have all of the Telo handset capability but that is ok for those other rooms. Just to be able to answer the phone for example if I am in the basement or garage without all the frills.
Yes, I know if I had my answer machine on, I couldn't listen while mobile. On the other hand why not?.... why can't I call my home and put in the code for the Dect Phone to hear those messages? Then again, there will be GV.
On the other hand, I should be able to turn off the Dect answer machine at any time and let them go to the Telo answer machine when I so choose? I do that now with my hub setup.
I guess what I'm trying to prove to myself is that I will be able to do the same things with the Telo and purchasing new DECT phones that I have now. I do love my Ooma hub and the way I have it set up at the moment. When I think of it, I might just be better off monetarily with new phones and the old hub. I'm just trying to iron this all out.
Leeway wrote: I guess what I'm trying to prove to myself is that I will be able to do the same things with the Telo and purchasing new DECT phones that I have now. I do love my Ooma hub and the way I have it set up at the moment. When I think of it, I might just be better off monetarily with new phones and the old hub. I'm just trying to iron this all out.
I think you are going to find the Telo capable of all the things you are doing now. My only complaints about it are the current inability to pass inbound DTMF (also a permanent problem with the hub due to hardware constraints) and the lack of a wired second line for those who need it. Since I have a hub and a Telo the wired 2nd line is not a problem for me but if I had to rely on the Telo handsets for line 2 it would fall short in reaching my barn. The voicemail remote pickup problem will go away eventually - but it is really a mute point for me as I use Google Voice as a front end.
Given all I know now I love my hub and really like the Telo. We'll see which one pulls ahead when ooma rolls out the GV extensions. I think the Telo may offer more access than the hub.
So I just purchased the Telo and got it set up and began the request to port my phone number from 8x8. I went ahead and purchased a full year of Premier, and will decide next year if I want to continue to have premier or drop to voicemail only or switch to an answering machine.
But I'd like to be able to use the 2-line phone in my home office without having to keep the Telo next to it so switch from line 1 to line 2. I was disappointed to find that the phone jack on the back of the Telo did not support two lines.
With the older hub/scout, it seemed you could set up the scout to run line 2 and the hub to run line 1, then combine the two with a line splitter to plug into the wall to distribute to the whole house.
How would I do this with the Telo? Do I need to by a scout? Will that work with the Telo?


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Blog From The North
A television producer returns from LA to his roots in the North of England. There he marries a Californian (who's still getting used to the cold) and fathers his fifth child at the age of 57.
Puppets on a String
[Britain came last in last night's Eurovision Song Contest]
We used to be good at the Eurovision Song Contest. We rank second in the winners' league. Only Ireland (7 victories) has won it more often. So last night's result, with the UK at the bottom of the pack, ought to be a national calamity, akin to our failure to reach the finals of Euro 2008. Except this time we don't really care.
Mind you, our entry was exceptionally dire. I don't know which was worse, the singer or the song. We deserved nul points, so scraping fourteen was a bit of an achievement. But even if we'd resurrected Cliff Richard and persuaded Andrew Lloyd Webber to get a spare ditty out of his bottom drawer, I doubt we would have fared much better. We haven't won Eurovision since the first day of Tony Blair's government. That was on May 3rd 1997, when Katrina and the Waves gave us Love Shine A Light. It's been downhill ever since. Not that we can entirely blame New Labour. It's the fragmentation of the former communist bloc that did it. Isn't it symbolic that Germany, Britain and Poland came joint last? How the power base of Europe has changed since 1939.
I don't this think was just political. It was cultural voting. Those former communist states that voted together genuinely like those terrible jaunty songs. There are now two voting blocs controlling Eurovision: the Balkans and the Vikings. We only have a tiny blocette with Ireland. If their puppet turkey had got through to the final, he would certainly have had douze points from us. It was a protest song, and we would have got the joke. The Balkans take Eurovision seriously, whilst we have Terry Wogan. There's the difference.
The song contest began as a symbol of European unity. Now that Europe is finally together, it's showing us the cracks. Music, that great reflector of national spirit, is laying bare Europe's cultural differences. We and Ireland, for all our Euro talk, are still islands off the far Western shore. Our popular music may sell around the world, our record industries matched in scale and diversity only by America, but at the end of the day, we don't like the oompah band one little bit. And those Balkans adore it.
Watching the ghastly interval wedding-funeral songs from the Belgrade house band, we could have been sitting in some strange taverna, wondering why we'd booked the holiday, and counting the hours till we get back to nice British Easyjet. It takes something like the Eurovision Song Contest to remind us of why we like home so much.
Of course, if I'm wrong, and all this is just political, then we should be really worried. Despite the fact that Eurovision is just a lot of tosh, it should wake us up to an uncomfortable truth: Europe really doesn't like us at all.
Terry Wogan says he may not do it again next year, because "it's no longer a music contest". Now that would be a national tragedy. Terry's ironic comments have always been the only reason to watch this terrible, dull three-hour Eurocharade. It's a waste of a good Saturday night, of a lot of licence fees, and of thousands of pounds worth of telephone votes. But we can't pull out now that we've finished bottom: that would just be sour grapes.
It would also be the end of the contest. Britain, with Germany, France and Spain, pays 40% of the costs of this nonsense. Without us, the Serbians couldn't have afforded the lighting bill. Ironically, we've let all these other countries into the contest in order to keep it alive. Now we feel like gatecrashers at our own party.
Anyway, I've got the solution. Let's divide Britain up into counties, and give each one an entry. Then at least we'll have 86 sets of douze points to throw around. That'll show those Balkans.
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Labels: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Europe, Eurovision Song Contest, politics, television, Terry Wogan, Tony Blair
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Having spent the last 3 decades in television, I've returned to my home in the North of England, married a Californian and fathered my fifth child at the age of 57. Izzy is now 4, which means that I've turned 60. I read somewhere that having another child in your fifties makes you feel younger. Sure, I've rediscovered the joy of jigsaws, and I can recite whole episodes of Peppa Pig, but since Izzy arrived, I can't say it's been exactly rejuvenating. Constant toddler-carrying hasn't removed my middle-aged spread, instead it's given me a permanent twinge that feels suspiciously like the need for a hip implant. My youthful, understanding, sympathetic wife dresses me in black jumpers and white teeshirts, but I don't think anyone's fooled. Now I'm trying out another diet: the third round in the battle of unashamed vanity against absolutely no willpower.
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Thanks to Hadriana's Treasures
The Embryology Debate
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End of a Dream


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He was a country music singer-songwriter, fiddler and producer born Roy Claxton Acuff in Maynardville, Tennessee who was a semi-pro baseball player until a nervous breakdown ended his playing hopes.
He ventured out on his musical career in the 1930s and with his group the Smokey Mountain Boys became known for his work as a fiddler and singer. Sometimes dubbed "The King of Country Music" he popularised the song "The Wabash Cannonball " in 1936. He became part of the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and remained with them for nearly 40 years.
In 1942 he became the founder of his publishing company, Acuff-Rose Music, which worked with artists such as The Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison and Hank Williams among many others.
He was inducted into the Country Hall of Fame in 1962, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and there is a Roy Acuff Museum in Nashville.
He is distantly related to Amy Acuff the Olympian high-jumper.
Here he is singing "Wabash Cannonball"..


A report has projected a major increase in the sale of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), to the tune of about $150billion by Year 2020.
According to duo of Chief Technology Officer, Ettienne Reinecke, and Group Executive, Digital Practice, Scott Gibson, of Dimension Data, proprietors of the report, titled: Digital Business Trends in 2018, there are a range of new technologies that will support digital business.
It however, stressed that for any of them to succeed, companies will need to invest in the correct digital architectures to support their plans.
From the report, Artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) will begin to work together, offering more complementary outcomes for businesses that invest in them as AR, in particular, will move beyond video games and entertainment into the world of business.
Furthermore, there is an expected boom in wireless technologies, and these will help support the expansion of Internet of Things (IoT). Also, Blockchain will bring real value to organisations that use IoT, by providing a method for firms to securely collect information from thousands of sensors.
On Digital infrastructure, Group Senior Vice President, Data Centre Business Unit, Kevin Leahy, said IT leaders will intensify their efforts to identify and eliminate the inhibitors of speed.
According to him, businesses in every industry are increasingly aware of the threat posed by digital disruption. ''In 2018 we expect to see incumbent companies shoring up their digital infrastructure so they are leaner, more flexible, and better placed to adapt to an unpredictable market.
"We expect that businesses will increasingly focus on speed of deployment over cost. They will realise that the most important benefit of a new technology will simply be getting it to work – rather than focusing on rate of investment (ROI) or total cost of ownership.
"Moreso, Companies that focus on innovation and differentiation will find it easiest to adapt in this market and we expect to see developers using container technology heavily. We also expect to see more firms utilising APIs to add value to their products.


text:
import configureMockStore from 'redux-mock-store';
import thunk from 'redux-thunk';
import nock from 'nock';
import { dataService, DEFAULT_BASE_URL } from 'core/service'
import { call } from 'core/call'
import { ApiCallType } from 'core/actions'

const middlewares = [thunk, dataService()];
const mockStore = configureMockStore(middlewares);

describe('Core Service - Integration Tests', () => {

  beforeEach(() => {
    nock(DEFAULT_BASE_URL)
      .get('/ok')
      .reply(200, { blah: 'ok' })
  })

  afterEach(() => {
    nock.cleanAll()
  })

  it('should dispatch an extra action to notify the REQUEST with convention on type', () => {
    nock(DEFAULT_BASE_URL)
      .post('/todoItem')
      .reply(200, [{ status: 'ok' }])

    return dispatchAndAssert(
      { type: 'GET_WEATHER', dataApiCall: call('POST', 'todoItem') },
      actions =>
        expect(actions).toMatchObject([
          { type: 'GET_WEATHER' },
          { type: 'GET_WEATHER_REQUEST', apiCallType: ApiCallType.REQUEST },
          { type: 'GET_WEATHER_RECEIVE', apiCallType: ApiCallType.RECEIVE }
        ])
    )
  })

})

const dispatchAndAssert = async (action, asserter) => {
  const store = mockStore({})
  await store.dispatch(action)
  asserter(store.getActions())
}


Stil more coverage to go.
MileSplit US has released their weekly National Girls Team and Individual Rankings for this week.
Full Virtual Boys Preview for the 2012 Trinity Invitational based on best times from this season.
KY AAA #1 Assumption moved up to #8 in the MileSplit US National Rankings this week.
Holy Cross senior Jacob Thomson moved up to #3 in the latest MileSplit US Top 25 this week after winning the Trinity Invitational.
On Saturday, our team ran a very tough race. We ran at the Trinity/Valkyrie Meet up in Louisville. I have to admit, every meet you go to there is going to be some tough competition, but not like this one.
Top 100 Times from Tom Sawyer Park, home of the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational and the Greater Louisville Classic.
KYtrackXC.com will be Live at the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational this morning providing live updates, in-race splits, and news. Pictures and video will also be up for the race later after the meet. All news will be listed as comments on this article or can be seen on the discussion board as well.
He starts talking colleges 2:28 into the interview.
Trinity Invitational…. Wow words can't really describe how amazing and competitive this meet was. First off I would like to congratulate one of my best friends Jacob Thomson on his win, and another good friend of mine Bailey Davis on her win also. These two are great runners but they are also two of the most humble people I have met.
Video Preview of the Trinity/Valkyrie Invitational dealing with only the Kentucky teams and runners.
Jacob Thomson after winning the Trinity Invitational with a time of 14:52. He announces where he is taking four of his Official College Visits.
Preview of the 57th Annaul Trinity-Valkyrie Invitational. It is loaded with many nationally ranked teams and runners.
2012 Trinity/Valkyrie 5K at E. P. Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, KY. Girls and boys varsity races.
Saturday was a perfect day to run. It wasn't too hot, with a bit of a breeze and, unlike at Rumble, the sun was shining. Tom Sawyer Park is a familiar course for most of us on the Assumption Team. We have our practices there every Sunday and most of us have run the course (or at least part of it) many times.


It was not a zombie book. Yes there are dead bodies, body parts and grave yards but thats where the similarities end. I really don't how to describe it. It is dark, morose, macabre, strange, disturbing, gripping, gross.
Joey Crouch lives alone with his protective mother in Chicago. He lives a rather humdrum life. Joey plays his trumpet with his friend Boris, does his studies but doesn't really socialize. One day what little world he has is lost. He is thrust into living with his estranged father, Ken Harnett, in a small town and has to go to a new high school where he is noticed but not in a good way. He becomes the target of bullies and of one particular teacher who has it out for him. Harnett is never around and seems indifferent to his existence. Joey is lost and has no one.
Harnett says he is a garbage man but no one ever sees him pick up the garbage. He stinks in a way that is indescribable. Slowly Joey and Harnett begin to talk. Joey decides to confront his father about what he does. This is when it starts getting dark and disturbing at times. His father is a digger or grave robber. The rest of the book involves Joey realizing his "calling". It's a veritable coming of age novel for grave diggers. Who knew there was so much involved in the art of grave robbing? You will after reading Rotters.
The book meanders at times and gets a little wordy. In some ways, Kraus's writing is reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe. It has the darkness but it gets very disturbing at times. There is one scene that had me cringing.....ME....the man who loves horror and gore. In the end I was speechless and I'm really not sure how to explain my experience. I guess the Scott Westerfield blurb on the cover says it best; "Grueling, demented, and so crammed with noxious awesomeness that I had to read it twice". I don't know about the read it twice but I did finish the book and am curious as to what Kraus will write about next and yes I will probably read it.
I guess what disturbed me most is that it could be real.........unlike zombies - I think.
Rating: I'm not really sure about a total score for this book. It would range from a 2.5 - 3.0 out of 4 Although YA, I would recommend this one for the older teens due to the graphic nature of the story.
Great job Kevin! I love horror, but this review has me pausing. My curiosity has me reaching for it though!
Great Review Kevin and zombie book but not about zombies. I love a good horror book too.
LOL, your hubby's awesome. "A lot of words in there." LOL.
I don't know how I feel about this book. By the way you describe it, I just don't think it's the book for me. I'm all about the sunshine and lollipops!


Paige's mother Saraya Knight appears to be having some sort of a meltdown on social media following the photos and videos of her daughter leaking online that showed Paige having sexual relations with other WWE-related personalities.
Saraya expressed in a new Facebook post that she can't deal with all the backlash from fans and talked about losing her little girl. She mentioned that "none of this is worth it" and shes on "breaking over" the situation.
Paige's father Ricky Knight took to his Facebook page to write about the situation. In the message he reveals that he is worried about her mental health and urged people to back off.


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Tag Archives: Ella James
Cover Reveal for Unmaking Marchant
UNMAKING MARCHANT
A LOVE INC. NOVEL
COMING WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013
By Barbara Ann • Posted in Adult Romance, Contemporary Romance, Cover Reveal, Fiction, Romance	• Tagged Cover Reveal, Ella James, Mark My Words Book Publicity, Romance, Unmaking Marchant
Since I have so many books waiting to be reviewed, I have decided to write shorter reviews for books that are not part of scheduled blog tours. While the full book reviews supplemented by multi-media that I normally write are more comprehensive, they also take a long time to compile, sometimes up to 8 hours. So I'm adding mini reviews as another way that I can highlight more books and briefly share my thoughts with you.
Selling Scarlett (Love Inc. #1) by Ella James
Elizabeth DeVille doesn't belong at a party like this—one where the gowns cost more than her Camry and cigars run higher than her grad school utility bills. Dragged out of seclusion by her best friend Suri, Elizabeth is merely playing dress-up, rubbing elbows with a crowd that banished her troubled family years ago.
Hunter West is tired. Tired of parties, tired of pretending, and tired of trying to right a wrong that haunts him every day. Bourbon heir and professional poker player by day, by night Hunter is gambling with his life in a high-stakes game of crime and blackmail.
When Elizabeth stumbles into Hunter's den of vices, she's a light in the darkness, a flame in the void. And, just like everything he touches, Hunter mars her in a record time. To rectify the damage done, Elizabeth needs money she doesn't have, and she's come up with a foolproof way to get it.
Follow Elizabeth—code-named Scarlett—to the lush Nevada brothel where she'll auction her virginity and risk the only thing that's not for sale: her heart. The highest bidder is a familiar face, with wicked hands and the devil's mouth. And a secret so dark that it could cost her life.
***RECOMMENDED FOR READERS 17+ DUE TO SEXUALITY AND MATURE LANGUAGE
I didn't plan to read this book, but I'm glad I did. I didn't think I would like the plot, but I was wrong. Stories centering on the unfettered world of the uber rich don't usually appeal to me, and I wasn't compelled to read about a professional gambler's life of excess and a woman's unconventional approach to get her V-card stamped.
I was interested in the plot of the second book in the series, Taming Cross, and thought I could read it as a standalone based on the book's description on Amazon. A few pages into the book, I realized that I needed to backtrack and read the first book, Selling Scarlett, so I could fully understand Cross and the fallen man he has become. Technically, the book can stand alone, but I recommend starting the series at the beginning so that you can fully appreciate the complexity of the plot and the changes that Cross undergoes in his journey toward redemption.
Scarlett is a young woman who is kind and loyal to her friends. However, I had a hard time wrapping my mind around her idea to visit a brothel and sell her virginity so that she can use the money to help her friend, Cross. That just seems a bit extreme to me. Why can't she just hold fundraisers? I think it's unfortunate that people are in such a hurry to get rid of their virginity, and see it as a "problem" that is holding them back in their personal lives. She has the choice to wait and share herself with someone she loves; instead, she's going to engage in an intimate act with a stranger she knows nothing about. I think it's a regrettable action especially since she doesn't even take the time to find out all of the details. She just wants to know when and where the auction is and how much money she can expect to get.
It also took me a while to warm up to Hunter and Elizabeth as a couple. I didn't feel the chemistry between them. It was just established that they were attracted to each other. They don't even know each other well enough to be considered acquaintances, but for a long time Elizabeth has had a huge crush on Hunter. Meanwhile, Hunter is being blackmailed by a porn star, Priscilla, and in order to protect his secrets, he engages in Priscilla's masochistic sexual fantasies. Does he have to do this? I don't think so. Hunter is tormented on so many levels that I can't help but wonder if he doesn't think Priscilla is all he deserves. The antagonists in the book are shallow, one dimensional characters who are easy to despise, and their behavior, at times, stretches believability to its limits.
Overall, though, Selling Scarlett was an emotionally-gripping read with a richly developed protagonist and heroine who become entangled in an intricate plot involving deception, betrayal, and sexual objectification James does an excellent job in drawing out the sexual tension between Hunter and Elizabeth as the stakes keep rising and the secrets get darker.
Purchase on Amazon:
Source: ebook purchase from Amazon (Currently priced for $.99 )
My Review for Taming Cross (Love Inc. #2)
Legalized prostitution is one issue brought to the forefront in Selling Scarlett. Scarlett spends time at the Love Inc. brothel as she prepares to auction off her virginity to the highest bidder. During her stay, she befriends some of the full-time escorts who love on the grounds. The owner of the establishment touts the benefits of working there–employees get to set their own prices, choose their clients, purchase stock in the company, and received health care benefits. Scarlett observes, "The place has a job-satisfaction rating comparable to Google." It is hard for me to accept that someone can thrive in this line of work and not suffer some form of psychological damage. Here are articles for further consideration:
"Legal Prostitution in Nevada"
Las Vegas Review-Journal: "Outlaw Industry, Ex-Prostitutes Say."
Chicago Tribune News: "Nevada's Brothels Get Tough Look"
I welcome your comments and feedback about the book or the controversy over legalized prostitution.
Mini Review of Selling Scarlett (Love Inc. #1)
By Barbara Ann • Posted in Adult Fiction, Adult Romance, Mini Review, Romance, Romantic Suspense	• Tagged Ella James, Romantic Suspense, Selling Scarlett
Review of Taming Cross
Taming Cross (Love Inc. #2) by Ella James
For twenty-three years, Cross Carlson was a playboy. You know the type. Tall, dark, and wealthy. Blue-eyed. Charming. He seemed to have it all so easy. But Cross was harboring a terrible secret – one that helped ruin the life of an innocent girl and almost ended his own.
Finally out of the hospital, Cross is flailing, scarred in both body and mind and stifled by the weight of the secret he still keeps. The only way to absolution lies in a Mexican convent, and going there could cost him everything.
If there's anyone who knows what it's like to screw up big time, it's Meredith Kinsey. Just a few years ago, Merri was an ordinary girl with a job at her college newspaper and white picket fence kind of dreams. Now she's holed up in a Mexican convent, hiding from a drug lord who thinks he owns her.
What happens when the only way out of hell is with the son of the man who put you there? They say love conquers all, but does it really?
Taming Cross is the second book in the Love, Inc. series and the book's description on Amazon indicates that it can be read as a standalone. However, before I even finished the first chapter, I began to feel uneasy about continuing with the story. Although the narrative summarizes significant details from the first book to show the connection between Cross and Merri, the information was too vague to satisfy my curiosity about the events that took place earlier to land these two characters into their current situation. I decided to backtrack to the beginning and read Selling Scarlett before I went any further with the second book, and I'm so glad I did because it enriched my reading experience.
Taming Cross features Cross and Merri's love story, and the plot continues two months after the end of book one. In both books, the story is presented in present tense that establishes sense of immediacy about the events occurring and intensifies the action. Even though I enjoy stories that are narrated in the present tense, I'm also wary of this technique because I've read works where the tense was inconsistent, with the author inadvertently slipping into the past tense which interrupts the flow of the story. I'm happy to say that James is successful in creating a vivid story where the action seems to leap off of the page.
I also appreciated having the story narrated from both Cross's and Merri's points of view. Otherwise, I don't think I would have been able to like either character. Cross in a minor character in the first book, and I just didn't connect with his seemingly easy going lifestyle. Although we don't meet Merri in the first book, it's easy to understand why Cross doesn't like her. Rumors indicate she was a mistress of Cross's father, and Merri's relationship with this man of prominence makes her a target for the emotionless, despicable villains who kidnap and sell her into sex slavery in Mexico.
Although Cross thinks Merri is a prostitute, blackmailer, and his father's whore, he feels guilty that he didn't tell anyone about his knowledge of and his father's involvement in her disappearance. Because of the trauma he's recently suffered, he can now empathize with her plight. Because he has evidence of his father's illicit activities, his life was almost destroyed. As a result, he is determined to find Merri and bring her back to the U.S. no matter how he feels about her.
James has done an excellent job in creating realistic, complex characters who struggle with their pasts. She shows how their histories, their vulnerabilities, and their mistakes have shaped them into the characters we meet in this book. As I read, I could feel the intense and raw emotions of each character as they sort out their feelings for each other. Their relationship is awkward, it's painful, and it's ultimately healing. I was mesmerized by their perilous emotional and physical journey to escape the demons following them. James does a great job in tearing down the playboy and prostitute façade and revealing two imperfect characters who truly deserve happiness.
Rating – 4.5 suns
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The coffee-filter format quandary has confused new coffee drinkers for years. Whether you send a non-coffee drinker out to buy coffee filters or you accidentally grab the wrong type at the grocery store, don't let it stress you out. Converting basket filters for use in a cone-filter coffeemaker is simple.
Converting a basket filter into a cone filter is simple and takes seconds.
Remove one basket coffee filter -- the flat-bottom filter -- from the stack.
Cut one slit down the side of the basket filter, starting at the top and cutting straight down to the center of the flat surface.
Hold both sides of the slit vertically, bring them toward each other and overlap them until the filter paper forms a cone the size of your coffeemaker cone.
Hold the sides together with one hand and get two 1-inch pieces of clear, nontoxic tape with the other hand. Tape the seam formed by the two sides in the middle of the seam with one piece of tape and at the top of the seam with the other.
Place the now-cone-shaped filter into the coffeemaker filter compartment, scoop in the coffee, add water and press "Start."
The makeshift cone filter will seem flimsy when you make it, but because it has the support of the filter compartment while in the coffeemaker, its flimsiness doesn't matter. It will hold up adequately while a pot of coffee brews.


According to the Federal Reserve, there was a total of $128.3 billion in total outstanding consumer credit in the United States in April of 1970.
Of this total, $124.0 billion was in non-revolving credit, while the remainder (approximately $4 billion or so) was in revolving credit.
Non-revolving credit is made up of loans that have a fixed repayment schedule, such as student loans or car loans. Revolving credit, on the other hand, is credit that can be used repeatedly, assuming that you continue to pay off your balance (the best example of revolving credit is a credit card).
In inflation-adjusted terms, this works out to about $694 billion in outstanding non-revolving credit, and just $22.34 billion in total outstanding revolving credit.
Now, let�s fast forward to April of 2010.
The American public has been able to trim back the total amount of outstanding consumer credit since the start of the �Great Recession�, but the numbers are still staggering.
As of April 2010, there was a total of $2.44 trillion in total outstanding consumer credit in the United States.
Of this total, $837 billion came in the form of revolving credit (ie credit cards), while the remainder (about $1.6 trillion or so) came in the form of non-revolving credit.
In July of 2008, outstanding consumer credit hit an all-time high of around $2.58 trillion in the United States. Of this total, near $1 trillion ($974 billion to be exact) was in the form of revolving credit.
The American public had a sick addiction to credit cards and home equity loans at the time, and the sudden contraction of the credit markets at the onset of the �Great Recession� resulted in the US economy falling flat on its face. Many people were simply spending money that they didn�t have, and the sudden disappearance of available credit sent shockwaves through the US economy.
The total amount of revolving credit has fallen dramatically over the past two years ($974 billion to $837 billion), but the number is still extremely high.
After months and months of constant contraction in outstanding consumer credit, things started to stabilize in April. As a matter of fact, total outstanding consumer credit managed to tick higher in April, buoyed by a healthy increase in outstanding non-revolving credit. Revolving credit numbers, on the other hand, remain in freefall.
It should be interesting to see where these numbers are at in a year or two, especially if unemployment numbers remain high and the �economic recovery� continues to stagnate.


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I'm back in Boston after ten days of much-needed vacation. Thanks to Kate Halloran for holding down the fort! There were two developments in the last week that I wanted to briefly note before picking up again with coverage of current cases: first, a new French decision in the Dallah case, and second, a mention of a new DC decision on the judicial assistance statute.
First, in the Dallah case (you may have seen the judgment from the UK Supreme Court back in November), the Paris Court of Appeal has issued a new ruling, discussed in a recent post at Conflict of Laws.net. The case involved a contract between Dallah and a Pakistani religious trust under which Dallah was to provide housing for pilgrims on the Hajj. Dallah sought to arbitrate a claim against the Government of Pakistan, asserting that it was subject to the contract's arbitration agreement even though it was not a signatory to the contract. The UK Supreme Court, purporting to apply French law, had held that the Pakistani government was not bound to arbitrate, and it therefore affirmed a decision holding that the award was not enforceable in England on the grounds that the agreement to arbitrate was invalid. Now the French court, also applying French law, has reached the opposite conclusion, and it therefore has refused to set aside the award (the place of the arbitration was Paris). Perhaps this is something of an embarrassment for the UK judges–Gilles Cuniberti at Conflict of Laws.net seems to be saying as much. But no doubt the UK judges called it as they saw it.
Second, Louis M. Solomon has posted on Lazaridis v. International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Inc., a recent D.D.C. case from January that somehow slipped through the cracks here. In the case, the court refused to grant a motion for leave to take discovery under the judicial assistance statute, which as Solomon points out is a somewhat uncommon happening. The applicant had satisfied the three requirements of the Intel case, but as the decision shows, the District Court retains discretion to deny the application nonetheless.
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Here is a portrait I've been ploughing away at for a few days. The owner of this sweet little dog is a graphic designer and musician. I don't know them very well but every time we have met-they have always left an impression on me. Some personalities are like that and then you have no choice but to draw them! And here is the result. I believe I have many years ahead of me to get really good at portraits- but I hope I've at least captured the personality and a little bit of likeness at here. Also-it fits in with Illustration Fridays theme-women.
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How to Occupy an Oil Rig
Anna Burnside
A useful guide for popular protest against unecological fuels
In these troubled times, with so much to protest against, we could all do with some tips. Enter Dan Bye with a news-you-can-use show full of interesting advice on bust cards and anti-tear gas remedies for those of us who would like the Arctic to stay frozen for the foreseeable future.
Two members of the audience, teacher Matthew and arts administrator Caroline, are chosen as the protagonists and played by each member of the cast in turn. (Bye in Orville-coloured bob, repelling Matthew's advances, is a particular treat.) We follow them through their journey from cleaning oiled birds to occupying an … the title means there's no need for a spoiler alert.
As well as appearing on stage in various guises (and wigs), Bye devised the piece with the other two members of the cast and directs with Dick Bonham. And while this works up to a point, his desire to shoehorn so many pertinent points into one hour and 15 minutes pushes the fourth wall to breaking point. It's still a great idea. In fact there are enough great ideas in here for about three shows. I'd go and see all of them.
Northern Stage at St Stephens, 0131 558 3047, until 24 Aug (not 19), 12.35pm, £14 (£11).
There are all sorts of lessons to be learned in life. How to get served at the bar. How to crash a boardroom meeting. How to avoid becoming romantically attached to an undercover police officer. That sort of thing. In this playful and provocative show about protest, you'll learn how to do all of this and more. Funny…


No one deserves to be sexually assaulted, stalked or victimized in any way. What can you do to help reduce your risk of becoming a victim of sexual violence?
Be aware of your surroundings and environment. Trust your feelings; if it feels wrong, it probably is.
If you have limits, make them known to your partner as early as possible.
Try to remove yourself from the physical presence of a sexual aggressor, even if he/she is a friend.
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