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\r\nSEATTLE (Reuters) –The world's largest software company is trying a new tack in the hotly contested arena with its long-awaited "Project Pink" devices.
\r\nUnlike Apple's popular device or Research in Motion's BlackBerry, they are aiming at hyperactive teenagers who want multiple instant messaging accounts, e-mail, games, music and Facebook in a cool-looking package.
\r\nThe phones won't be powered by Microsoft's upcoming Windows Phone 7 software, and will be priced much lower than the iPhone or Google Inc's Nexus One.
\r\nBut investors will be watching closely as Microsoft, which has ceded ground in past years in handheld devices, attempts to reassert itself in a small but significant way.
\r\nThe Microsoft-branded phones -- made by Japan's Sharp and sold by Verizon Wireless -- are the souped-up descendants of the Sidekick, originally made by hip phone developers Danger, which Microsoft bought two years ago.
\r\nWith distinctive slide-out keyboards and swiveling screens, Danger's phones are popular with a young urban crowd that has more in common with Microsoft's Xbox gaming audience than its mainstream business-oriented software.
\r\n"This is a trial for Microsoft," said Toan Tran, an analyst at Morningstar. "If this goes well or better than they expect, they may be more willing to dip their toe in the water and build a full-fledged phone."
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\r\nApple's minutely designed iPhone showed the weakness in Microsoft's approach of creating mobile software and letting handset makers like HTC, Samsung and Motorola control the rest.
\r\nAmong the array of Windows-powered phones, few approach Apple's smooth user experience, which has attracted tens of millions of customers and redefined the smartphone category.
\r\nMicrosoft admitted as much when as it launched its new Windows phone software in February, saying it was working more closely with phone makers to make sure the resulting products hit the mark. The arrival of the first of the new phones this autumn will determine their success.
\r\nIn the meantime, Monday's "Project Pink" phones -- which will have a new name at launch -- appear to be an experiment in building its own-brand phone, if only for a limited market, reducing the chances of upsetting Microsoft's handset partners.
\r\n"It's the great age of experimentation in mobile devices," said Kim Caughey, senior analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group. "These companies are doing experiments to figure out how big all these sub-demographics are."
\r\nMicrosoft has a good chance of succeeding, said Caughey, citing sales of Xbox sales to a similar crowd.
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\r\nBut the scale of the experiment is small. No more than 30 million social networking/messaging phones were sold in the United States last year, according to Wall Street analysts. In total, 1.1 billion mobile phones were sold worldwide in 2009.
\r\nMaking an impact in a small but important entry level market would be a significant win for Microsoft, which risks losing a generation of young users to Apple and Google.\r\n
\r\n"This is a critical product for Microsoft, they have been doing very badly in the smartphone market," said Jack Gold, who heads technology research and consulting firm J. Gold Associates. "They basically have to do something to get back into the market space."\r\n
\r\nThe latest figures from comScore show that Microsoft lost 4 percentage points of U.S. smartphone market share in the last three months, leaving it with 15 percent, behind Research in Motion and Apple. If current trends continue, Microsoft will be pushed into fourth place this summer by fast-growing Google.
\r\n"The last two years, we have really seen nothing out of Microsoft around handheld devices that connect. That's an eternity in this particular space," said Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, chairman of the Information Systems Department at Boston University's School of Management.
\r\nMicrosoft missed early opportunities to integrate the Xbox, Zune music player and social networking functions into a handheld format, said Venkatraman. Instead, the company is now offering a "patchwork of ideas from an over-bureaucracy."\r\n
\r\nMonday's phones are not an attempt to revolutionize mobile computing, like Apple's iPad, but they will be a vital signpost showing Microsoft's approach to innovation, and may give hints on the likely success of Windows 7 phones later this year.\r\n
\r\n"This is their last chance," said Gold. "Microsoft's got a lot of money, they can stay in a market forever if they choose. But if they don't get this right over the next six to 12 months, they're gone."
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A new book cafe opens in Delhi
Om Book Shop along with Bent Chair Café launched Biggest Bookshop Café on 13 December 2017 at DLF Place, Saket, Delhi. Alongside, bestselling author Anita Kumar's book Cappuccino Confessions was also launched. The collaboration between Bent Chair and Om Book Shop was a sweet surprise for all those who are fascinated by the culture of book cafes. With an experience of over fifty years in the realm of literature, Om Book Shop is a renowned name amongst book lovers and Bent Chair's quirky home decor products have won hearts amongst its industry peers, introducing the quirky concept of incorporating a cafe and a home accessory store within a bookstore.
Om Books has an equally strong and varied children's publishing programme under its imprint, OmKidz. 'We are driven by a strong sense of place and purpose to create a cafe built around the brand's product-range along with options in coffee, tea and a wide variety of books to indulge in. Home decor products are also available for sale at the venue', said Natasha Jain, CEO and Co-Founder, Bent Chair.

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Nov 19, 2017
Why reaching milestones and markers is critical for your writing habits.
Nate Bonilla-Warford of How to Listen to Music in the 22nd Century shares his horrible writing example.
And I share a bit of awesome knowledge I heard from the incomparable Joanna Penn.
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I spent my formative years within an hour's drive of the Mexican border, eating Roberto's carne asada burritos and Rubio's Pesky Combos. Any time I see a sign with a name ending in "berto's"… Alberto's, Jilberto's, Guadalberto's… I begin to drool. While other people might turn to macaroni and cheese for comfort food, a perfect machaca burrito brings me tears of joy. Anyone from San Diego can relate: yes it's true, we are Baja-style Mexican food snobs.
It's for this reason that I generally don't eat much Mexican food in L.A. When I do, I keep my expectations purposefully low to avoid heartbreak. I've had some great Oaxacan mole, but if I order a burrito or enchilada I'm aware that there may be far too much sauce drowning my food. I've learned to expect rice in my burritos even though I was raised to see that as culinary sacrilege. (Rice is just cheap filler! So wrong!)
Today I found a new Mexican comfort food, though… the "Mexican Hamburgers" at Cemitas Poblanas Don Adrian in Van Nuys. There are no burritos at Don Adrian (rice-filled or otherwise), no rolled tacos, just delicious cemitas (Mexican sandwiches from Puebla, Mexico)… and that's more than enough. Each bite I took from the Cechina Adobada beef sandwich I ordered held an entire world of happiness. Seriously… YUM.
It looks like the LA Times agrees with me, too:
"Don Adrian's baroque cemitas make Quarter Pounders look like sliders, yet they're precisely assembled with a balance of impeccably fresh ingredients.
The bun is crammed with a thick layer of ripe avocado topped with equally thick slabs of cloud-white fresh panela cheese, then mounded with a sizzling filling and finally topped with a few fine strands of red onion, optional shredded string cheese, a fresh herb garnish and thick slices of roasted red jalapeño or a tonsil-torching chipotle chile purée, which the timid may order on the side.
Fillings represent an international grocery list from the Old and New worlds. Among them is proprietor Adolfo Huerta's house-made cecina, produced with techniques passed from his grandfather (Don Adrian himself) to Huerta's family, who made a business of the specialty back in Puebla.
Cecina purists order it in the simplest of ways — in the house quesadillas or in chalupas, where it's simply grilled, mounded on a tortilla and garnished with a sparse scattering of string cheese and dabs of mild green salsa…"
If Don Adrian isn't near you, there are other cemitas locations popping up around town. Check out yelp's recommendations and give these Mexican sandwiches a try. They might just seduce you into putting away your culinary snobbishness and embracing a new comfort food. Worked for me!


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Hip hop mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was arrested and charged with murder early Friday morning following a fatal hit-and-run in Compton, California, where witnesses say he intentionally ran over two men after an argument.
The alleged incident happened around 3 p.m. Thursday, when Knight and two men began arguing on the set of a promotional spot for Straight Outta Compton, a biopic about the rap group N.W.A.
According to Capt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the two men were in the parking lot of a restaurant about 20 minutes after the dispute, when they again encountered Knight.
Knight reportedly followed the victims in a red truck, where Corina believes they were purposely run over. "The people we talked to say it looked like it was an intentional act," Corina told the Los Angeles Times. "Looks like he drove backwards and struck the victims and drove forwards and struck them again."
According to TMZ, the deceased victim was 55-year-old Terry Carter, a friend of Knight's. Actor Cle "Bone" Sloan, 55, was also hit, but received undisclosed non-life threatening injuries.
Knight has been arrested on murder charges and his bail has been set at $2 million.
Originally known for founding Death Row Records, Knight was present for the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. He has since had many notable run-ins with law enforcement. For a full timeline of his legal and personal battles, click here.


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Utah man may have been infected with Zika after wiping away dying father's tears
In June, a 38-year-old Utah man contracted Zika. He had not traveled to a Zika-affected area, and doctors ruled out both a mosquito bite and sexual transmission. The man had been caring for his elderly dad, who had been infected with the disease after a trip to Mexico. The 73-year-old father, who had also recently undergone radiation treatment for prostate cancer, soon died from organ failure. The son got sick about a week after tending to his dad. The mysterious case stumped scientists, but now they believe they've uncovered the depressing and terrifying possible source of the infection: his dying father's sweat or tears.
Zika transmission through direct contact with sweat or tears hasn't been documented before, and that's alarming, but doctors cautioned that if that's how this person got Zika, it is a rare and abnormal case. The researchers, who published their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine, said the dying father had extremely high levels of the virus in his blood — about 100,000 times the normal amount, according to the Associated Press. Doctors aren't entirely sure why the 73-year-old father had such a high level of infection, but they suspect his past radiation treatment may have allowed the virus to replicate much faster than in other cases.
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After the son became sick, he told doctors that he wiped away his dad's tears and helped nurses move his dad, but he did not wear gloves while doing so, unlike the medical staff. None of the doctors or nurses treating the man got sick. A few relatives also were bitten by Zika-carrying mosquitoes on that trip to Mexico, but none appeared to come down with as serious a bout of the disease. Luckily, the 38-year-old man's Zika infection also appeared to be relatively mild, and he recovered.
But, again, doctors cautioned that these are just clues in an atypical case. "There's no risk of shaking hands with a person who has a typical Zika infection," said one of the doctors who treated both father and son.So, hold off on the Ebola gear for now.


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Captain Sisko and the crew of Deep Space Nine make their triumphant return to comics! When the station begins to be overrun by thieves, treasure-seekers, bounty-hunters and other assorted ne'er-do-wells, Major Kira and Constable Odo must find out why. Can they get to the bottom of it before the station's new visitors bring things to a boiling point?!→ more
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Nike Barcelona Away Jersey 19/20
Barcelona celebrates the 40th anniversary of La Masia. In 1979, the club opened the famous academy, where greats such as Andres Initista, Carlos Puyol, Xavi and Pep Guardiola were all taught the Barcelona Way. The 2019/20 Barcelona Away jersey is a nod to the iconic jersey worn in 1979.


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Qualitative research can help to understand the human experience of health and illness, and is an important part of evidence-based healthcare. Qualitative research can use various methods, such as grounded theory, phenomenology, or focus groups.
However, it is not always easy to identify qualitative studies in the literature.
Work has been done to create search strategies to locate these studies in the CINAHL database (covering nursing and allied health) and these can help to reduce the potential number of references to review.
If you're searching CINAHL using the NHS Healthcare Databases, this is an example strategy that can be copied and pasted into the search box:
exp ATTITUDE/ OR exp INTERVIEWS/ OR exp "QUALITATIVE STUDIES"/
Once the search is complete, carry out a search for your topic of interest, and then combine the searches together.
If you're searching CINAHL using EBSCOHost (either via OmniSearch, or using Staffordshire University resources), the strategy to use is:
(MH "Attitude+") OR (MH "Interviews+") OR (MH "Qualitative Studies+")
Copy and paste the strategy into the search box and run the search. Once the search is complete, carry out a search for your topic of interest, and then combine the searches together (you'll need to visit the search history to combine searches).
These searches are fairly 'sensitive' and will pick up most articles that are qualitative research, but will include some that are not. However, they will vastly reduce the number of non-qualitative research articles in your results and make it easier to find qualitative research.


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From Talladega pole to wrecked: Brian Scott mad at Trevor Bayne
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Brian Scott went from the excitement of winning the pole for the Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway to the frustration of being wrecked out of the Nationwide event in a matter of hours Saturday.
Scott, who drives full time in the Nationwide Series for Richard Childress Racing, is running select Cup races this year. He was in the right spot at the right time to win the pole early Saturday afternoon for the Aaron's 499 on Sunday.
MORE: Aaron's 499 lineup breakdown
But just a couple hours later, he found himself at the wrong place at the wrong time as he was tagged by Trevor Bayne just past halfway of the Nationwide race. The wreck took out both him and RCR teammate Brendan Gaughan and damaged the car of teammate Ty Dillon.
"It felt like I just got nailed in the left rear," a frustrated Scott said afterward. "There was no need for it. We were drafting, trying to carry that outside lane. I guess it was the 6 (of Bayne).
"Just stupid. You can't fix stupidity, I guess."
His boss, Richard Childress, chirmed in one of the team radios calling Bayne a "weapon" with the way he drives a car.
"I don't know if I came way up the racetrack or what, but it was going to put us four-wide so I checked up," Bayne said. "I thought that was not a good idea (to go four-wide), and when I did, we got into his left rear and he went sailing. So I feel bad for him."
Bayne, the 2011 Daytona 500 winner, understood RCR and Scott's frustration but said it was more circumstance than him not using his head while piloting his Roush Fenway Racing car.
"He was wrecked and he didn't have the opportunity to come back so I can understand his frustration," Bayne said. "But I think it should be more frustration with the circumstances of the kind of racing we're in.
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Scatter visitation to the GrapeStompers on September 17th with Hunter Keller calling a great dance. Canyon Lake Twirlers had 20 club members for the visitation!
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Tijuana Jackson Interviews Cast of "Think Like A Man."
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Hella funny! Even the actors were great with believability. A couple hours of good laughs in the evening helps a person sleep well ! Thank You for the last few years of hilarity and best luck with your other endeavors.


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It's no secret that the most unusual things can be bought online. Sex, drugs, guns and cock cages are all being hawked on some corner of the Internet or other. We've found an online trade that tops them all: the disturbing sale of artificial hymens.
We're not kidding. If, for some reason or another, you happen to be missing a hymen and fancy yourself a new one, there's no shortage of online retailers happy to fulfill your wish.
Fleurs du mal
One website, which offers a "discreet" delivery service, offers to help you "marry in confidence."
Restore your virginity in five minutes with this new technologically advanced product. Kiss your deep dark secret goodbye and marry in confidence for only $29.95.
For potential hymen purchasers worried about the mechanics of operating a hymen replacement, the site offers a helpful step-by-step guide:
"Insert the Artificial Hymen into your vagina carefully. It will expand a little and make you feel tight. When your lover penetrates, it will ooze out a liquid that appears like blood, not too much but just the right amount. Add in a few moans and groans and you will pass through undetectable!"
Another online shop makes it more explicit who their target market is.
"When a Muslim girl loose her virginity it can take serious problems for and make her life into complete and deep hell… No worry, here we can help you: Artificial Hymen, the most economical, easy, fast, and safe way to make you become a VIRGIN again!"
One site even tries to temp buyers by offering bulk buy discounts. One hymen $19.95 or two for $38.95. And for those keen to nab a bargain, it's five for $90.
And of course, it almost goes without saying that notorious smut merchants Amazon stock "virgin bride kits," offering two per pack—"one for practise."
It's hard to believe these things are real. Are they really selling bloody bits of fake vagina online? Here's a video that might help it all sink in.
Having never been in the vicinity of a hymen myself, I can't pass comment on the realism of the "hymen" demonstrated. But I am assured by acquaintances more knowledgeable in such matters that the effect is passable—sort of.
There was only one thing to do: we bought one. In the time that it takes for our hymen to arrive, we'll find an intrepid journalist to try it out.
If ever there were a reason to be horrified at the tentacles of the historic patriarchal oppression of women's stubborn hold on modern-day life, this is it. In a world where we're constantly being told of technology's potential to drive positive social change, it's galling to see it being used to appease the infantile fantasies of backwards cultures. Depressing, really.


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Stargazy pasties
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per pasty
- kcal615
- fat39g
- saturates15g
- carbs30g
- sugars1g
- fibre0g
- protein37g
- salt1.9g
- 3 eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 6 rashers smoked streaky bacon, chopped
- large handful curly parsley, roughly chopped
- flour, for dusting
Flour is usually made from grinding wheat, maize, rye, barley or rice. As the main…
- 500g pack all-butter puff pastry
- 6 whole large sardines or pilchards, scaled and gutted but heads and tails still attached (you can get your fishmonger to do this)
Sardines are named after the island of Sardinia, where they were once found in abundance. Found…
- 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cook 2 of the eggs in boiling water for 8 mins. Drain and cool under cold water, then peel and roughly chop. Heat a frying pan until hot and sizzle the bacon until crisp. Mix the eggs and bacon together in a bowl with the parsley and seasoning.
Dust your work surface with a little flour, divide the pastry into 6 and roll out circles just a little shorter than each sardine fillet. Brush the sardines with a little mustard and stuff with some of the egg-and-bacon mix. Lay each fillet on a circle of pastry. Beat the remaining egg and brush a little over the edges of the pastry. Bring the 2 sides together firmly to encase the sardines, leaving the heads and tails poking out – tilt the head a little so that's it's pointing upwards. Pinch the edges to look like a Cornish pasty and place on a baking tray. Brush all over with beaten egg and bake for 25-30 mins until golden. Cool slightly before serving.
Recipe Tip
Stargazy pies and pastiesStargazy pies are a traditional Cornish dish, with pilchard heads poking through the pastry, gazing up at the stars. As well as adding drama, the theory is that as the pies bake, the oil from the head and gills helps to baste the pastry. This easier version is a nod to the Cornish pasty. If the idea of heads and tails is a bit too much, they work just as well with filleted sardines completely encased in pastry.


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It didn't take long, but the potential piracy problem affecting top video sites that we reported on at the weekend has already been fixed by at least one major player.
Amazon says it has shut the door on people looking to download its streaming videos for free by removing the unencrypted versions it had been offering and encrypting everything.
Some locked out
It had been hosting unencrypted files to satisfy the 15 per cent or so of web-connected PCs unable to handle DRM-protected video – they'll now have to look elsewhere.
The problem had been with video streamed to Adobe Flash players, leaving it open to copying by stream-catching software, when it was supposed to be locked up tight and fully under the control of the content provider.
Adobe told 'em so
Adobe had warned Amazon and others almost a month ago that they needed to make the move to full encryption if they wanted their video – and revenue – streams to be safe.


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Today's guest blog post comes to us from Steve Fronek, founder of Rainbrooke.com, which offers pink laptop bags and cases for women, and owner of Ten23 Media, offering planning and consulting services for new online small businesses. You can follow both Rainebrooke and Ten23Media on Twitter.
The power of Facebook for ecommerce sites is amazing. Facebook users can spread around information like a wildfire, and the "Like" and "Send" buttons are one of the most popular ways for people to share. These two small buttons can put your product in front of hundreds or thousands of new people who may have never heard about your site or product.
Every time someone clicks the "Like" button it will show up in their Facebook news feed. If that person has a few hundred friends, you just had a few hundred new eyes looking at your product. If a few of those people share it, it will spread even further. It's a powerful button from Facebook that you can't pass up.
Thanks to the flexibility of Miva Merchant, adding the "Like" and "Send" buttons can be done in a short time. Below are the steps to get the "Like" and "Send" buttons added to your Miva Merchant product pages.
Step One: Create Your Open Graph Tags
The Open Graph tags are where Facebook gets your products information. The tags are:
- og:title-The title of your product.
- og: title-The title of your product
- og:type – The type of site. With Miva product pages the type will be "product".
- og:image – The URL to the product image.
- og:site_name – The name of your site.
- fb:admins or fb:app_id – A comma-separated list of either the Facebook IDs of page administrators or a Facebook Platform application ID. At a minimum, include only your own Facebook ID.
Step Two: Add The Open Graph Tags To The Miva Merchant Product Template
Go to your PROD page template. In Miva Merchant, go to Pages. Then scroll to the Product Display page (Code: PROD). Click the Edit button. The template should load on the "page" tab. You'll need to add the Facebook Open Graph tags to this Miva Merchant PROD template in-between the head tags.
For the tags to work correctly within Miva Merchant and to be different on each product page, you have to add Miva Merchant tags so the product information is correct on each page. See below:
meta property="og:site_name" content="&mvt:store:name;"
meta property="og:title" content="&mvt:product:name;
meta property="og:url" content="YOUR PRODUCT PAGE URL STRUCTURE HERE"
meta property="og:image" content="https://&mvt:global:domain:name;/mm5/&mvte:product:thumbnail;"
meta property="og:type" content="product"
meta property="fb:admins" content="YOURADMIN#HERE"
- Note on og:url tag – This URL needs to populate with the correct URL for each product page. As an example, my eCommerce stores product URL structure is: https://www.rainebrooke.com/product/&mvta:product:code;.html. You'll notice after the product/ is the Miva Merchant tag, which will change depending on which product page the visitor is on. Insert the correct URL format for your product pages depending on what structure you're using in Miva Merchant.
- Note on og:image tag – This URL is to the product image. Your URL structure may vary.
- Note on fb:admins tag – You can get your admin number by logging into your Facebook and going to this page. The number should already shown in the Step 2 "Get Open Graph Tags" > Admin section.
Step Three: Test Your Open Graph Tags
Go to the Facebook URL linter. Insert one of your product page URL's into the linter. Click the lint button. This will show you if Facebook is reading your tags correctly. If you get any errors make the necessary changes.
Step Four: Get Your Button Code
Go to this page. Step 1 will create your button code. Leave the URL field blank. Select the button layout you prefer, the width, color, etc. Then click Get Code.
Step Five: Add The Button Code To Your Miva Merchant Product Display Layout
On the PROD template, click the "Product Display Layout" tab. Decide where you would like the Facebook "Like" and "Send" buttons to show on your Miva Merchant product page and insert the code generated into that area of your product display layout code.
That's It, you're done!
All of your product pages should now be showing the Facebook "Like" and "Send" buttons.
You can view them on my ecommerce store's Miva Merchant product pages, by clicking on any of these pink laptop bags for women. The "Like" and "Send" buttons can be found under the large product image, to the left of the "Add to Cart" button.


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The original watercolour painting of "Parisian Dreams" is based on the Eiffel Tower. "Parisian Dreams" has received a Third Place Award in 2010 from the Watercolor Art Society-Houston. It was also shown at the Louisiana Watercolor Society 41st International Exhibition in 2011, were it received the John William "Bill" Guthrie Memorial Award.
We have gone to great lengths to ensure the image on this Note Card is a faithful representation of the exacting detail found on the original watercolour painting.
Additional Information
• 80lb heavy-weight bond paper.
• Printed with high quality commercial laser printers in the USA.
• Card size - 5.5" x 4.25" (A2 portrait).
• Note Cards are blank inside and come 10 to a package, with white envelopes.
• Note: The watermark shown on the image above will not appear on the Note Cards.


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You must be already knowing about our tiny vacation to Shillong which I was really excited about.
Well, more than the vacation itself, the real excitement was to be able to show you some of my winter styles which I don't get an opportunity to wear in my own city.
For instance this grey outfit that I am wearing in this post is only possible in a colder place like Shillong. In Guwahati (where I live currently) a coat over a sweater during the day under the sun would kill me! I tried it once before and frankly it wasn't all that comfortable even though that day was quite colder than usual.
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you probably also know about my ongoing collaboration with a few online fashion sites.
The grey coat that I am wearing is from Dresslily as a part of my collaboration with them. Isn't it beautiful?
I teamed the coat with an all grey outfit. Well, almost all grey actually. Since black and white makes grey, I count my white jeans and black boots as grey for the day! A pop of color is a must-have in most of my looks. I carried a red bag that is one of my current obsessions. This bag is a gift from Pankaj and I totally adore those two cute pom-poms hanging on it's handles. When I first got them, both my dogs attacked the pom-poms thinking them to be some kind of an animal! Needless to say I securely keep them away when not in use!
I rarely do a grey look because this color somehow does not gel with the very tropical background where I mostly do my photo shoots. But Shillong was obviously very different with pine trees, blue sky and hilly background with a chilly weather to match. I personally loved this grey outfit and specially the coat and the bag. I hope you liked it too! If you do, you sure can pick similar products with the shopping links given below. Just scroll down the page and start shopping!
Happy weekend you guys! I am editing the rest of my looks from Shillong and will be sharing them soon.
Take Care and enjoy the day!
Outfit Details
Grey Coat : Dresslily / Jeans : Levi's / Sweater and Shoes : Mango / Sunglasses : Forever 21 / Bag : Lifestyle Stores (India) / Earrings : Local Shops in India
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I like to think of myself as being a step past the normal employee grind, but I still get up most days and schlep to my client's office. Sure, I take off when I feel like it and work moderately flexible hours, but I do the lunchpail shuffle. I do know that there are changes that I've made over the past couple of years that have made a big difference in my daily life, and my Life, capital L. These changes make the day better and make me more productive – and, invevitably, have made me a little bit richer, too. They didn't cost anything and didn't take any great effort. Give them a shot:
- Get up early. If you are an early riser, the early hours of the day are probably your most productive. If you are not an early riser, you should become one. If you wake up 30 minutes before tumbling out the door you will be less likely to exercise, eat well, prepare a lunch or simply become alert before leaving. Set your alarm clock back 5 minutes before you go to sleep tonight, and do that every night for the next month. You will be amazed how much productive time this will add to your day.
- Stop smoking. I am not sure this needs much explanation, but if you are a smoker you are wasting money with that morning smoke-and-joe. I won't even touch on the health implications; you're wasting time and money, all for the sake of a stimulant you don't need.
- Stop eating junk food. Eat protein the morning. Forget low-fat/low-carb/vegetarian/slow food etc.; the simple fact is that you will be perkier in the morning if you eat protein rather than carbs. Eating protein in the morning keeps you energized longer, makes you more productive and probably will make you eat less for lunch, too. Eat eggs for breakfast, or egg whites. No bagels, young Jedi.
- Exercise. Exercising gives you more energy, makes you happier, increases your stamina and if done correctly even makes you more creative. Running is a great way to brainstorm; leave the iPod at home.
- Groom. Spend some money on hair care products or hair cuts or razors or whatever you use to groom. Some people will tell you spending money on that type of stuff is not frugal. True, it is not; but you will not get ahead in this world if you don't keep a presentable appearance. Think even rock stars roll out of bed looking appropriately rumpled?
- Hygiene. Like #2, this one explains itself. Nobody likes to be around people who smell. Wipe when wiping is needed. Spend a little extra on high-quality deodorants.
- Stand up straight. Confidence projects itself through your posture. If you slump and slouch and avoid eye contact throughout the day, you not only project an insecure, pathetic appearance to others, you feed your own brain an unhealthy diet of intimidated glances at your shoes. I make this mistake myself, sometimes, but try it. When walking in public, keep your shoulders thrown back, your back straight and your chin in the air. Walk like you own the sidewalk, and soon you will.
- Smile. As in #7, project happiness and you'll make people happy around you. There is nothing quite as startling as a smile from a stranger these days. Don't be creepy about it, but stop scowling. Put a smile in your eyes if not on your face, and you'll see a change in people around you.
- Read/listen. If you commute to work – and chances are you do – make sure you make good use of that time. I know listening to the wacky Morning Zoo on X-Rock 103.6 may be the highlight of your day, but try to make use of that time. If you commute 40 minutes each way to work (the average US commute time) you spend approximately 9,800 minutes (163 hours commuting) each year. I spend almost 720 hours commuting per year! You can read a lot of books if you take public transportation, or listen to a lot of audio books on any subject (if you drive or take public transportation). Don't give that time over to phone pranks and Rhianna.
- Eat lunch with humans. I know the frugal approach is to avoid the office lunch, or the "wasted time" with colleagues in the cafeteria – but even if you have to bring lunch for everyone once in a while to tempt them to stay in the company cafeteria, do it. Don't spend lunch reading a book or gobbling a PBnJ at your desk. Get up and take a break for a few seconds!
- Take breaks. I have a terrible habit of "getting in the zone" at work and sitting without moving for hours, IMing and emailing and preparing documents. It's a bad idea. Stand up once every 10 minutes. Yes, 10 minutes. Stand up when you take a phone call. Get a small cup for your water so you have to walk back and forth to the water cooler constantly. Breath. You are not chained to your desk.
- Leave early. Trust me. If you are working for an employer and complete what is expected of you for that day. Do not chit chat. Do not check your emails one last time – my guess is that unless the corporate servers are impounded by the FBI, your emails will be there tomorrow. "Forget" your Blackberry on your office desk as you leave for the day. Leave 5 minutes before you normally do each day. Nobody will fire you, I promise. Think anybody at Bear Stearns is keeping their job because they turned out the lights every night? No. Take that time in the evening for YOU, and building YOUR wealth.
- Do errands on the way home. Don't wait until the weekend to run by the drugstore for shampoo (although you probably should be buying it from amazon or drugstore unless you're clipping coupons). Get it on the way home. You're already out. Save your free days for life – or better yet, for building wealth – not errands.
- Take off your shoes, wash your hands and shower when you get home. If you are like me and ride the New York subways, you probably have 8,000 different emissions and fluids and various unpleasant emanations on your hands and the bottom of your shoes when you get home. Take them off at the door, then go shower. You reduce the chance of spreading illness throughout the house by staying clean.
- Go to sleep early. Unless you have a thriving 24 hour business that requires your input at 1 am, chances are good that there is nothing "live" requiring your attention at that time. Go to sleep and get up earlier – you are more productive early in the morning than you are late at night. Let your evenings be for your family and for more positive productive activity – thinking, writing, making phone calls and reading.
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Blythe Danner, the talented actress mother of Gwyneth Paltrow, has lashed out at the New York Times in a letter to the editor in the paper about how she believes Times columnist Maureen Dowd improperly characterized Paltrow after she shared being sexually harassed by disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. In her column, Dowd wrote that Paltrow "put aside her qualms" about Weinstein to become "the first lady" of his studio Miramax, after he had allegedly sexually harassed her in a hotel room when she was 22.
"After her initial shock, Gwyneth left the room immediately, and, despite the fact that Mr. Weinstein threatened her if she ever spoke of what happened, she reported it to her agent and to her boyfriend at the time, Brad Pitt, who confronted Mr. Weinstein," Danner wrote in her op-ed, which was specifically directed to Maureen Dowd. "Gwyneth did not 'put aside her qualms to become the first lady of Miramax' back then, as Ms. Dowd would have it. She continued to hold her own and insist that Mr. Weinstein treat her with respect."
Pointed words to Dowd aside, Danner also encouraged detractors (Donna Karen and Lindsay Lohan made pro-Harvey statements which they later apologized for) against the women speaking out to take a long look at themselves in the mirror and ask why they're defending such a ghastly man. "No one would argue that Harvey Weinstein isn't finally getting what he deserves. But I hope that this is the point of no return where change will occur, not only in our industry but also others," she wrote. "I suggest that the pundits stop casting aspersions on the women who have confronted unwanted sexual advances in the manner each sees fit and concentrate on the constructive ways to prevent this behavior in the future."
Last week, Paltrow—along with numerous other women, such as Angelina Jolie and Kate Beckinsale—disclosed how Weinstein allegedly sexually assaulted her when she was 22 years old. "I was a kid, I was signed up, I was petrified," Paltrow said, explaining how Weinstein allegedly encouraged her to come to his bedroom and give him a massage. "I thought he was going to fire me."
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ATLANTA - Troy Davis, the inmate executed Wednesday night for the 1989 killing of an off-duty Savannah policeman, will be missed.
Seldom does one man serve the purposes of so many.
His attorneys argued that he served the Savannah police during the public clamoring to solve the murder of a hero.
More recently, he provided the face of wrongful executions to death penalty opponents. It helped to have a fuzzy photo from the Department of Corrections of a man in outdated glasses and a slightly goofy expression to make the impression that the heartless government was killing Steve Urkel.
Supporters had more recent photos and trial photos to choose from, but chose the one that made him seem the least street-wise.
His was the 29th execution in Georgia since the switch from electrocution to lethal injection, and many of those inmates before him also went to their deaths proclaiming their innocence, but officials for death penalty opposition groups admit privately that few were as sympathetic as Davis.
The NAACP hired a public relations firm. Amnesty International's website greeted visitors seeking information about Davis with a pop-up screen requesting donations.
Entertainers and celebrities who want to be thought of as current and concerned found his cause one to tweet about and sign petitions or pen songs when few ever participated in death penalty protests about other executions.
In many respects, the news media made use of Davis as well. Granted, it was a legitimate story that someone else had already generated an audience for through social media and the Internet.
Why no attention?
But consider the execution of Roy Willard Blankenship in June, the 50th person Georgia has executed since 1973 when capital punishment became legal again. He was also the first person given a new cocktail of lethal drugs that his lawyers argued was unproven and therefore unconstitutional.
The fact that prosecutors say he was convicted of the death of a 78-year-old woman who died of a heart attack while he was raping her didn't engender much sympathy. He was white, on drugs at the time and initially confessed but later recanted and claimed he had been stoned when he talked to police.
Only a dozen or so protesters showed up at the prison and just six journalists, not even filling every seat reserved for media observers. Individual TV networks had almost that many people assigned to the Davis case.
Yet, many of the reporters gave no indication in their reporting that they had read any of the court decisions in the multiple appeals that all went against Davis or even the transcript of the actual trial. Those who had read the court documents would have seen that the idea that seven of nine eyewitnesses recanted was a stretch.
Those same witnesses hedged during the trial about their identifications, and the jury heard their hesitancy and could have factored that into consideration. And the courts concluded that those who filed sworn statements backing away from aspects of their trial testimony did not offer material differences. None said it couldn't have been Davis because "I saw someone else do it" or because he was in another town that night.
The stories also left out the fact that the same jury convicted Davis of another shooting the same night, although it was not fatal.
During the few minutes when Davis' attorney, his preacher or the family of victim Mark MacPhail were before the media, many of the cameras zoomed in so close that their reporters could pretend they had an exclusive. They said, "So and So just told us," or "Our station just talked to Such and Such ..." without viewers realizing two dozen other journalists were there, too, outside of view.
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Some media outlets took the other tack and interviewed other reporters instead of doing their own research.
The media frenzy peaked around 8 p.m. Wednesday when a cheer went up from protesters across the highway from the prison gates where the media was lined up. The reporters who had never covered an execution were baffled, some relying on Twitter to report incorrectly that the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a stay when instead the state merely halted procedures, as usual, until the court ruled.
On the other hand, there was some fine reporting by professionals who had done their research and were familiar with the procedures so they weren't misled by the crowds.
For all those who will miss Troy Davis, there must be others who breathed a sigh of relief when he gave his last gasp. The morning after his death, the state announced the next execution would be Oct. 5 of a white man convicted of stabbing a woman 41 times he had been seen with shortly before the discovery of her body. It will likely be a quiet, unheralded affair compared to the Davis circus.
And Gov. Nathan Deal announced the appointment of Rep. James Mills, R-Gainesville, to the parole board. That not only gives Mills a six-figure income and job security for years while the governor rewards someone from his own city, but it also relieves House Speaker David Ralston of a bur under his saddle.
Mills had challenged Larry O'Neal for the majority leader's post, and he's remained focused on conservative social issues while the House leadership has sought a more pragmatic path.
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2016 will be forever known as the year that I fell in love with traveling. October and November were filled with non-stop travels for me and I absolutely loved it (I'm writing you from my family cruise as I type). One of my travel highlights was my trip to Los Angeles for IHG Rewards Club member's event.
If you're already an IHG Rewards Club member than you know that each one of these exclusive events includes lots of food, some libations, and an overwhelming dose of laughter. Well that last part just could be me, but I hope you find your laughs too! If you're unfamiliar it's not too late to sign up here!
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This event started off with a banging private meet and greet and concert from triple platinum recording artist, Andy Grammar. I have a confession: I had no clue of who Andy Grammar was before this event. But I'm always game for hearing new music. The end result: I've download his playlist of songs on Spotify.
Besides being super personal (I know that his drummer's name is also Ty and he was born in LA but grew up in NYC) he's quite easy on the eyes.
While we waited for his set we indulged…big time.
We enjoyed sushi, pizza, burgers, themed drinks from a chemist… listen this party was lit!
My biggest regret of the evening was not experiencing the ice cream from Salt & Straw. I kept trying to sneak away from my conversations but I eventually missed that delish boat. I've heard nothing but amazing things about them so if they are ever in your presence please have an extra scoop for me!
The private concert was the perfect intimate situation. We all sat on couches and just vibed with each other as Andy serenaded us. I wholeheartedly believe that he was singing to me at one point.
This event was one of my favorites because while you were listening to Andy you could not only have ice cream, sushi, burgers but you could also get a one of three really cool tee shirts printed.
OH I almost forgot!
There were big giveaways towards the end of the event. I sat and waited for my name to be called at each one. I joked with my friends because I NEVER win anything so I wasn't even going to put my name in the pot. But I said fine…this might be my night.
It was my night. I won. Not only did I win but I was the grand prize winner so I won EVERYTHING! Go Pro Hero 5, Delta gift card, AWAY gift card, VISA Card, free hotel stay and the most amazing prize of all 60,000 POINTS ON MY IHG REWARDS! Can you say praise God?
Wait did I mention that there was bubbles. And all this just for being an IHG Rewards Club member. Listen! I only have plans of staying in ONLY IHG Hotels come 2017!
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'Best Online Application for Business and Commerce.'
The awards, part of the MEET ICT Conference and BITEX (Bahrain Information Technology Exhibition) held recently in Bahrain, recognized companies for having the best ICT products and services in the Kingdom.
Picking up the airline's sixth IT award this year from H.E Kamal Bin Ahmed Mohammed, the Minister of Transportation, Gulf Air's Director of Information Technology, Dr. Jassim Haji commented, "We are delighted to be recognized by the MEET ICT Excellence award panel for having the best online application for business and commerce in Bahrain. Over the past year, we have been working hard to develop and implement IT solutions and applications that boost our passengers' convince whilst at the same time support the airline's restructuring goal – long-term commercial sustainability. We have made some notable progress in this regard, specifically through the development of applications that harness the benefits of Cloud Computing and Big Data and to be recognized for these achievements is appreciated."
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With our focus on helping you to accentuate the curves you love, Morilee uses a variety of amazing styles, textures, and trends to create a gown that will make you feel ever blushing bride.
Imagine gliding down the aisle in one of our flounced organza skirts with a sleek corset bodice that hugs you in all the right places. Or picture yourself in one of our romantic wedding gowns made of sparkling embroidered lace and tulle that will give you that extra something you're looking for. As you will see in our Julietta Collection, Madeline Gardner has brought her extraordinary taste and brilliant designs to meet the expectations of the curvy bride.
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I recently worked with Chartpak at the CAA (college art association) conference doing a watercolor demo. Nice folks to work with-- one of whom's kids were big Star Wars fans. So ended up with a Darth Maul in Grumbacher's Academy line watercolors... after a pass in photoshop for good ole lightsaber glow~
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I recently did character and background designs for a Valentines Day e-card for American Greetings involving the construction of a giant heart by a team of cupids. Though the animation itself was not done by me, the freedom in the storyboard stage allowed a fun challenge. The animator found some funny gags which I hadn't thought of as well--
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Our Tribune readership quiz continues today. (See yesterday's blog and http://www.readership.org for background information.)
Of people mentioned in stories Monday-Saturday, what percentage are age 35 or older?
A) 35 percent
B) 55 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 20 percent
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Of people mentioned in Sunday stories, what percentage are age 35 or older?
A) 41 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 53 percent
D) 60 percent
The reason to analyze this is because newspapers know they must attract young readers. If people under 35 don't develop a newspaper habit, they may never do so as they age.
The old theory was that young people would start reading a newspaper once they settled down, bought a house, had kids in schools and generally became more connected to their community. The latest research, though, suggests that young people who don't read a newspaper at least occasionally never will develop the habit.
Readership studies also suggest newspapers can focus more coverage on issues of interest to younger people without losing older readers. That doesn't mean we must run MTV news, but we do need to work harder at showing young people " and all readers " why stories matter to them.
The answer to the first question is 35 percent. That's much better than the national average of 55 percent. Monday-Saturday in the Tribune, people 18 and under are mentioned 25 percent of the time. People 19-34 are mentioned 40 percent.
We don't do as well on Sundays for some reason. There, the percentage of people 35 or older rises to 53 percent. That's still below the national average of 60 percent.
People 18 and under mentioned in Tribune stories drops to 8 percent on Sundays. The category of 19-35 stays at almost 40 percent.
My initial guess at the difference would be that we're featuring many more prep athletes during the week and doing most of our classroom features then, too. This survey was conducted in October.
This tells me that we need to find ways to write about the younger set outside of just the classroom and the athletic field. Certainly these are two big reasons why we would be writing about younger people, but they have interests outside of these two areas, too.


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Leadership in health and safety comes from all levels in an organisation and ensuring that managers and supervisors have the correct level of competence and capability to manage risk is essential.
The Managing Safely IOSH course has for many years set the standard for health and safety management training by enabling trainees to appreciate their own responsibilities and how to execute them in the role that they undertake. This nationally and international recognised course will furnish managers with the tools they need to manage safely and effectively.
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To ensure health and safety requirements are appreciated by managers employed to implement an organisations policy. It is also designed to enable managers to review their own departmental safety systems, introduce new controls or implement changes as appropriate to ensure health and safety in the workplace. At the end of the course trainees will be able to:
- Define 'hazard and 'risk' and describe the legal requirements for risk assessment
- Demonstrate a practical understanding of a quantitative risk assessment technique and what needs to be recorded
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Okay, okay. I didn't even knit yesterday. I took a walk, and had a nap, and ate brownies I was saving for other people who, in the event, expressed no interest in brownies. Probably because I was very careful not to mention there were any.
But today will be better, because I woke up with inspiration that kept unfolding as I staggered around looking for a non-brownie breakfast. And it was completely unrelated to a better way to clean the bathroom sink.
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The Aston Origin has received rave reviews since it's release including this in-depth review from James at Pro Tools Expert.
The Aston Origin has received another superb review, this time a video review from Pro Tools Expert. In the video, James Ivey demonstrates the Origin in use on steel-string and nylon-string acoustic guitars, percussion and vocals, as well as giving his view on the Origin's performance, comparing it to mics costing thousands of pounds.
Sound On Sound and MusicTech have also given it great reviews, you can read therm online by clicking here for MusicTech and here for Sound On Sound.
Just to make it even more attractive, anyone buying and registering an Origin before the end of January 2016 will receive a free Rycote shockmount from Aston. Click here to register.


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One of the keys to having a good business, the old adage goes, is, "Location, location, location." Now, despite what a Pew Center report says that location-based services like FourSquare and Gowalla have not caught on–the measure is not mass, at least not yet.
As mentioned in this space in August the reality is there are people out checking in, and leveraging location-based apps and services. If the Pew Center numbers are correct, 1% of adults in the US use LBS apps and that number is 4% of US adult internet users. Yeah, percentage wise that's a small number–but mass wise, that's a pretty big number.
And something to keep in mind, is something Larry Kramer (like me, he too is former CBS Digital)–those users are a premium to advertisers today. Kramer actually said this morning on Bloomberg TV that the future of TV advertising is actually positive if you add in the ability to target–demographically and via geography.
From experience that can be more than 3X an ad buy.
Again, smallish numbers today, but numbers that get better and as the data is better mined, and the targeting better refined–that premium goes up.
On the product side–as I opined in August, Facebook would help drive the LBS market–and is slowly is. This week, an updated to Facebook places went live. Add to that some innovations going on–like what another former boss of mine is doing at Shopkick taking LBS into the store–and the actual user experience is becoming richer.
As the user experience gets better–which means the likes of FourSquare, Gowalla, Bright Kite-and the ones we don't know about yet make their apps better–the user engagement goes up. That 1% easily becomes 3%. The 4% becomes 10%.
And the driver for this will be the ad dollars on the table now, and in the future. It is a business. Yes, it's a moment when product is ahead of consumer demand–but as that gap closes–winners will survive, losers will be cut and ultimately a viable product will be left.


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It Began with a Sigh
by Lauren Smith
Monarchal Glenn Press
Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Romance: Box Set
March 26, 2019
Available in: e-Book
It Began with a Sigh… 7 sizzling romances that will leave you breathless. Get lost in slow, burning, kisses; wild nights; and love that makes you sigh in adoration.
Legally Charming by Lauren Smith
(originally indie published March 2017 in eBook, trade paperback and audio)
Jared Redmond, a top flight real estate attorney, is a workaholic. But when he comes home early from a business trip and discovers a beautiful woman wearing a princess gown asleep in his bed, everything changes. Felicity Hart, an art history graduate student, is everything he thinks he doesn't need in his life but one kiss, one heck of a dress, and one night with his little princess will change his mind and his heart forever.
Also includes:
At Any Cost by Rebecca Lovell
One Heart to Give by Dawn Brower
Paper Love by Aubrey Wynne
Destined by Design by Elizabeth St. John
Fighting Downforce by Ari Thatcher
Blood is Thicker by Leona Bushman
Lauren Smith is an Oklahoma attorney by day, author by night for Grand Central Publishing, who pens adventurous and edgy romance stories by the light of her smart phone flashlight app. She knew she was destined to be a romance writer when she attempted to re-write the entire Titanic movie just to save Jack from drowning. Connecting with readers by writing emotionally moving, realistic and sexy romances no matter what time period is her passion. She's won multiple awards in several romance subgenres including: New England Reader's Choice Awards, Greater Detroit BookSeller's Best Awards, Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award Quarter-Finalist and a Semi-Finalist for the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award. To connect with Lauren, visit her at www.laurensmithbooks.com or Twitter


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When biotech and pharmaceutical manufacturers knowingly violate the production and manufacturing standards set under current good manufacturing practices, they can be charged with cGMP fraud.
What Are Good Manufacturing Practices?
These are regulations that are set forth in order to ensure that the medications we take on a daily basis are genuine, free of contaminants, and conform to the Food and Drug Administration's standards of quality. Drugs must be manufactured under appropriately sanitary or sterile conditions, contain the substances they are supposed to contain, meet standards for stability according to the expiration dates set for them, have the correct dosage strength and concentration, and contain no impurities.
Current Laws In Place
The U.S. Government, due to the administration of programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, the VA, and TRICARE, is immediately affected by any instances of fraudulent activities perpetrated by the pharmaceutical companies holding government contracts. To address this, Congress passed The United States Civil False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, et seq., thereby providing a means through which such activities can be identified and appropriate action taken. This Act renders any company holding a contract with the United States government culpable if the company willfully and deliberately provides documentation or other data to the government that has been falsified. It further renders culpable any company that commits careless and deliberate violations of current good manufacturing practices. By accepting payment from the U.S. for substandard drugs, the company has been rewarded for committing fraud.
Impact Of CGMP Violations
When one considers the number of people covered under federal healthcare institutions such as the ones listed above, the impact of substandard, adulterated or contaminated medications becomes obvious. Since every patient has the right to safe, pure and properly manufactured medications, and the health and often the lives of these people depend upon the medications they take, the consequences of dangerous or careless manufacturing procedures can be dire.
Severity of the Violation
Whether or not FCA liability can be imposed depends, at least to some degree, on the seriousness of the violation in question. Small discrepancies in documentation of the cGMP compliance of a medication does not necessarily make the product hazardous or ineffective. FCA liability is far more likely in cases involving more egregious violations to the degree that the potency or purity of the drug has been compromised, and that this would not have occurred had cGMP regulations been followed.
Case In Point
GlaxoSmithKline settled a cGMP violations case with the DOJ in 2010, entering guilty pleas to charges of producing defective products and taking insufficient steps to avoid bacterial contamination of the drugs. One defective medication was composed of two layers that broke apart, rendering the medication ineffective. There were also instances of the wrong pills being mixed in with other medications in the wrong bottles.
Act Now
If you are aware of a possible case of cGMP fraud, you should seek help now from a law firm well versed in all areas of fraud and malpractice. You can reach Mahany & Ertl by calling 414-223-0464 today.


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Collapsible Funnel
A really cool little collapsible funnel that doesn't take up much space.
Toss it in a kitchen cabinet or drawer, in a toolbox, near your bar or in your kegerator; toss it pretty much anywhere and it's great to have handy!
We can think of tons of uses for this. It's great to have a funnel handy and not make a mess. Maybe use it in your shed so you can pour gas into the mower.
Really nice colors too, although unfortunately you cannot pick which one you want to receive. Available at a super low price though, so you can certainly afford to buy a couple of them to stash in various places (and hope you get the color(s) you want).
Via amazon.com


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Season of Harvest
This is the second map of the Heroes of Might and Magic III: Restoration of Erathia campaign Long Live the King.
The war in Erathia is the greatest thing that could have happened for the nation of Deyja. A war of this scale is an endless harvest for our undead armies. Today we shall feast, and tomorrow we shall conquer Erathia for ourselves.
Cinematic Briefing
Before we begin our large scale invasion of Erathia, we must fill our ranks. Erathia's populous will provide the recruits we need. Invade the local region and resurrect the needed troops.
To truly catch Erathia by surprise, we must attack within three months. However, our forces are not nearly strong enough for a full scale attack. We need you to harvest the creatures along the Erathian border, raising enough undead to allow us (to) launch our campaign. As before, you must move quickly. We must have the element of surprise when we attack Erathia, so we can not delay more than three months. In that time you must provide us with at least 2500 skeletons. If you fail, we will have no chance against Erathia. Do not fail.
To win, you must have a total of 2500 Skeletons in all your armies within 3 months. Some Border Guards can only be passed if a Hero carries a Quest Artifact from a previous scenario, but the the artifact beyond the Border Guard will travel with you to the next scenario.
Victory message, <UNKNOWN>
Defeat message, <UNKNOWN>
Map Details
Difficulty: Normal
Map Size: Medium
Next Map: <UKNOWN>
Total Castles: 4
Underground: NO
You start with the heroes you completed A Gryphon's Heart with, and an additional hero if you had less than two.
The enemy starts with no heroes.
Maximum Heroes: No maximum
Maximum Level: No maximum
Starting Options
- Start with the Vampire's Cowl
- Start with a Necromancy Amplifier
- Start with Unearthed Graves
- It is highly recommended to choose the Vampire's Cowl as your start bonus. While the Unearthed Graves and Necromancy Amplifier both provide addition skeletons, they only require 1000 gold to construct. Whilst the Vampire's Cowl as a value of 4000 gold and cannot otherwise be obtained in the mission, while providing a large skeleton boost than either the Necromancy Amplifier or the Unearthed Graves.
- Total skeleton count is across heroes as well as castles and are not required to be in a single stack.
- Necromancy is a very powerful ability as this mission illustrates and it is highly recommended to make use of it by engaging all wandering creatures in combat and not allowing them to flee.


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We had dinner with Chris and Sharon last night – we'd been trying to have dinner with them for about two months but kept having to push it back, and Sharon gave me the loveliest little sampler she cross-stitched…
It's not that 2016 has been a personally horrific year; in fact, to me, 2016 was pretty good. Sharon and I took a lovely fun road trip and went to see two good friends get married… Tim and I got annual passes to Disney again, went twice this year, and got to stay in the Animal Kingdom resort for one stay and I'd wanted to stay there for years… on that same trip we got to see Heath and Laura and the girls, whom we hadn't seen for an embarrassing handful of years. We didn't get the Gainesville house renovated and sold like we wanted, but we did get a nice solid kiln shed for Cetty's raku setup. The Prozac seems to be working for Corwin and – knock on wood – there haven't been any dogfights since about late January/early February. None of us are desperately ill and we all have roofs over our heads and food to eat and electricity to heat or cool our houses, depending on the season.
But globally, 2016 has been a kick in the teeth. A massive amount of beloved celebrities and writers lost. Horrible acts of violence, both domestic and abroad. Many of my friends, after the election, are frightened for their rights and the rights of their children. Did I mention the Death Sniper who seems to be aimed at the childhood of kids who came of media age in the 70s and 80s? Gah. I'm still not over David Bowie, and he was the first to go! (Insert joke about how the rest of the celebrity deaths after him is really just him populating his new planet very selectively.) I have friends whom this year have lost parents, friends who have lost beloved pets, friends who have lost jobs, friends who have had health scares, friends who have broken up or gotten divorced or otherwise had shattering life changes. I haven't had those kind of personal losses this year, for which I am profoundly grateful. Still, I'm glad to see the back end of 2016.
I expect 2017 will see a number of celebrity and author deaths as well, and a saddening amount of global violence and intolerance. I just hope that the small, still light of many people standing for justice and love will outshine the darkness that people fear. If I could boil a wish down for 2017 into one sentence, into an elevator pitch, I think it would be … I hope that there are more people being the light, than not.
And on that note, shine on, you crazy diamonds! See you in 2017!


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OAKMONT (KDKA) — Four teenagers have turned themselves in after pelting a man with a pumpkin.
The attack happened on Pennsylvania Avenue in Oakmont.
Rose and Daniel Wagner were out for a stroll when Daniel, 64, was hit and suffered a concussion.
A surveillance camera at a nearby school recorded a white SUV driving away from the scene.
Someone at the school thought they recognized the car. Police tracked it down. That's when two 15-year-olds, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old turned themselves in.
"It started out as a prank. They were going to steal some pumpkins which they did and they got the pumpkins and they were in a vehicle and threw a pumpkin from the vehicle," Oakmont Police Chief David DiSanti said.
Police are praising the kids for coming forward – commending them and their parents for their honesty
The four teens, from the Verona and Penn Hills area, will now likely face fines, restitution and community service for their careless prank.
Daniel Wagner continues to recover.
More Local News
Oakmont Man Injured In Drive-By Pumpkin Attack


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There have now been several iterations of #10DoT, some run by me, others by colleagues at other universities. It's changed and evolved each time, and it's great to see the format being refined by the experiences of those who run it and participate in it, and that colleagues are sharing their findings at conferences to help improve it further!
I will upload any presentations I offer on #10DoT so that colleagues can see how it's progressing, and would be delighted to share their experiences via this website too, with their permission. If you have presented or published on #10DoT, and would like to make your findings available here too, please do get in touch!
Presentation for SEDA, May 2014


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The last poll question has been up forever…so I decided it was time to finally pull it and post a new one. The latest poll asked:
If you could hear any album played in its entirety, which would you choose?
A total of 303 people voted, yielding the below results. It's interesting that Transistor was still the top choice, even though it was played in full at the Pow Wow Festival in 2011! Grassroots came in second, and hopefully 311 will play this album in full at the upcoming Grassroots Festival in Omaha. I really hope so, as I have never seen a full album show!
I'm personally hoping for a Blue album show in the near future. Maybe next summer to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album…!!
Transistor – 22% (68 votes)
Grassroots – 21% (63 votes)
Soundsystem – 20% (61 votes)
311 (Blue) – 11% (33 votes)
Music – 11% (32 votes)
From Chaos – 9% (27 votes)
Uplifter – 3% (8 votes)
Evolver – 2% (6 votes)
Don't Tread On Me – 1% (3 votes)
Universal Pulse – 0% (2 votes)


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Head curator for British Film Institute's (BFI) National Film Archive, Robin Baker, driving force behind the restoration programme, which breathed new life into nine silent Hitchcock classics is at the Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF 2014), with some painstakingly restored classics from British India. dna's Yogesh Pawar caught up with the curator for a discussion.
Read it here:http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/interview-lack-of-resources-hits-film-restoration-robin-baker-1959748


text: Hi, Have you been able to import the Bible to your droid? I've been able to get pictures in O.K. I tried importing iPocketbible. All signs showed it was loaded on the SDCard but I can't find it. Maybe you may can show me where to find it. I like the Droid. I would have purchased the iPhone but verizon doesn't sell it yet. Thanks.


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I've just completed week 4 run 2 of the Couch to 5K program and last night I ran up 4 consecutive flights of stairs, taking them three at a time. Not bad considering that one month ago I was getting out of breath just walking up one flight.
Here's to breaking the halfway point… not sure I even made it this far last time.
Tags: C25K, Couch to 5k, Fitness, training


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Slava Brodinsky
- Quiet Water
- hand signed lithograph
Slava Brodinsky
Slava Brodinsky is an Israeli artist, born in 1955 in Birobidzhan in eastern Russia. He began painting at an early age. Durig his childhood, Brodinsky studied in an art school, and after serving in the Soviet Army, he studied at the Academy of Arts of Birobidzhan. In 1979 he graduated with honors, and began exhibiting his works in the Soviet Union. Brodinsky is known for his ability to capture the sun's rays in his landscape paintings. In 1991 he immigrated to Israel with his family, and chose to paint the landscapes of the Galilee and northern Israel. Israel's landscape - its typography lines and light - have become central themes in his paintings. His works are characterized by thick layers of paint and their mixing with natural elements, which together create a unique and earthly texture.


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While shopping for the holidays typically includes searching for the season's hottest toys, gadgets, clothes, and electronics, it also often calls for the purchase of a gift card.
The National Retail Federation reports gift cards are the most sought after gift for the eighth straight holiday season, with 62 percent of consumers hoping to receive one this year.
Card marketplace site CardHub released a list Friday of the 24 most popular gift cards for 2014.
According to the list, Visa is the most searched for gift card by consumers.
Amazon, iTunes, American Express, Netflix, Walmart Target, Google Play, eBay and Starbucks were also named among the most popular pieces of gifted plastic.
With Black Friday just one week away, many stores are offering up early deals and extending sales.
If you're looking to avoid the holiday shopping hassle or purchasing an unwanted gift, gift cards might be your best bet.
See the full list here.


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So after 9 and a half hours in the car yesterday, WE MADE IT!!
She did sooooo great in the car…we only had to stop 3 times and she didn't even pee at all in the car. I was one happy mama.
Yesterday was luckily a rest day so when I got home I just hung out with the family for a few hours and then went and saw some of my wonderful friends from my beach patrol for a drink.
It is amazing how much I have done in the 26 hours since I got here. It astounds me how early everyone here gets up to do things. I am fully aware that I operated on this schedule not long ago but I am so out of it right now I am having a hard time adjusting.
Today I: went to see my little cousin's christmas program, went to brunch with my grandma and mom, baked all of this (the stand up Kitchen Aid mixer is AMAZING)…
…went for a 7 mile run, went to my little brothers swim meet and went to dinner with my family. I am exhausted just recapping it all. Every day I am home always feels like a sprint to the finish!
Today's run was good but I can't figure out how to slow myself down. The run today was 7 miles with 5 miles at marathon pace. Great, that is 8:12 miles. Perfect, I can just settle right in to this thing. WRONG. My splits looked like this…
If anyone has a good strategy to keep yourself at pace, especially early in runs please help a girl out…I am fine to run 7:45 miles if I am doing a ten miler or maybe a half but I need to figure out how to control my own pace for the marathon without a pacer! I have my GPS watch that constantly monitors my pace but I don't want to just stare at the thing the whole time.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!


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I want to live in the dream!
Heey, sweeties! Today is a new day and last day I took some photos with my new outfit. You see yesterday I had a meeting with my friend so I just dressed very simple, but of course ornate.
So You can see my photos wright here:
Comets quietly down here
Hey, guys. I have one new. Today I was in the city. I just walk with my friends, spent good time, spent a lot of money and took some photos of course. I want to show you. I hope you like it.
How I look crazy
I hate it! Hate homework. I hate it! I don't understand why do we need them??? Sometimes I go crazy. I take one photo ,So now you can see how I look.
The girl in the pink PAJAMAS
Hy, readers! I have one good new. Today was my birthday and I got a lot of presents. It was: jewelry, money, body care products and more... Well one of this presents was pink pajamas! I take some photos of my new clothes and jewelry (not all of course). I want you to see them. :) I hope you like it.
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