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Sara Lanzillotta designs doll clothing and plush playthings that mix creepy and cute under the name Devout Dolls. Living in Seattle, WA she finds time to make wonderful things that will delight you.
If you could have a free Saturday morning and act like a kid again, what would your cereal choice be and the cartoons you would turn to?
To fully relive my childhood my cereal choice would have to be the ultra nutritious "Booberry" and I would need to watch "Muppet Babies".
You design clothing for dolls (really cute clothing i should add) but if you could have a designer design something for you to wear: who would it be and why?
First off, thank you! I love making tiny doll clothes. I always wanted to be a fashion designer when I was younger so this is me living part of that dream. Boy, my designer choice for me though is a tough one. I think I'd have to go with Alexander McQueen. He was truly amazing!
What currently inspires you work?
I am constantly inspired by an endless amount of things! I love classic fairytales, nature and animals, geeky pop culture from TV to films to comics (Star Wars, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes). I love Edward Gorey, he always had the perfect mix of darkness and humor, and of course, I'd have to say my almost 2 year old daughter who is just discovering her imagination and the power of play.
If you were a cupcake what flavor would you be?
My cupcake flavor would be vegan coconut with raspberry filling and a cream cheese coconut frosting, with a cherry on top!
Find more of Sara's work in her Etsy shop or at Devout Dolls.

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Applikon Biotechnology, an advanced high-end instrumentation company established in 1973, providing reliable solutions for the bioprocess market that will enable an approved quality of life. Applikon Biotechnology is unique in the mini and micro bioreactor range, and their focus on developing bioreactor systems only, allows them to produce state-of-the-art equipment.
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text: 8a: Liberating oneself by gaining distance from pride and ego attachment. The plateau that must be attained before transcending to higher levels of consciousness is described in many paths as the release from any attachment to praise, or fear of blame, each of which is directly connected to the ego. On the eighth level, we now begin to address these expanded levels of consciousness.


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Phase one/
Yesterday, I signed up for my first writing course. It is an online course being taught by the awesome Alice Bradley of FinSlippy fame.
I have been a big FinSlippy fangirl for quite a while now and so, when Alice made the announcement about her course yesterday, I jumped at it!
And then I went and caught up on a whole bunch of her blog posts that I haven't read yet.
I didn't have to go too far back to find a post that made me feel like I got hit with a hammer in the head...
Alice posted this video on her blog and introduced me to the genius that is Jay Smooth, aka illdoctrine.com.
I swear he took all of these thoughts directly out of my head!
I don't care what you do. Be it a writer, an artist, a blogger, a stay-at-home mama, or you are working 40+ hours a week at a job you love/hate, we all have issues with the little hater.
I've written about my little hater before. She likes to come and see me from time to time and no matter how hard I try to exile her from my mind, she finds another way in. Lately her hate spewing is not so much about my parenting, but more so about ME. It's about my writing, it's about my purpose in life, it's about what I am contributing to my community and what will be my legacy in this world (besides the two amazing little humans I have helped create who are going to ROCK it!!).
And as much as I HATE the little hater, I think in some way I need her. Since watching Jay's video (about 5 times already!) I have really been thinking a lot about what that voice is saying to me and why? What is it that am I missing in all of this?
And then it hit me...
Jay talks about being a perfectionist in the video and I get that, I am one too, but beyond that, I love instant gratification. I am an impulse buyer, a watch it now even though I have a PVR television show watcher and a compulsive email checker. This is probably why I like Twitter so much. When I tweet something brilliant, people respond to me immediately. ;)
As a writer though, I think I really need to get over this. I need to realize that with any kind of creative outlet there will always be with those who love what you do, those who don't, those who will shout it from the rooftops and those who will silently enjoy it. And the trolls, there will always be BIG haters too. It is the price paid for putting our words, thoughts, and ideas on the interwebs for all to see.
Ultimately, I also need to remember who I am writing for. In a recent #blognow chat on Twitter, the awesome Tanis from The Redneck Mommy said it best.
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Moral of the story. Sometimes the little hater in our head in a necessary evil that helps us to figure out what really matters. We can give in to that little mean voice or we can use it to grow, learn and keep on going!
I choose the latter.
And Phase One of my learning and growth starts with getting my writing butt kicked into high gear by Alice!
P.S. I am VERY happy to have all of you as my audience and I do so love when you leave comments too. Even a little one is nice! {Thank you}


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Commonly Asked Questions.
Q: "Do I need to be in my booth to ring up my sales?"
A: No. Antique's Etc. takes care of ringing up all sales. You will be assigned a booth number, and you will need to put this number on your price tags. Our computerized system will keep a record of your sales.
Q: "How do I lease a booth?"
A: It's very simple with our leasing options. First thing you will need to do is fill out our Become a Dealer Form. Then, we will contact you to enter into a lease. From there, you will need to provide your first month's rent, plus security deposit equal to one month's rent.
Q: "How do I pay rent?"
A: Rent will be deducted from your monthly sales, rent payments may be dropped off at the store, or you may mail your rent to Antique's Etc. 5736 E. Colfax, Denver, CO 80220. Please include your vendor number on your check. DO NOT SEND CASH
Q: "Are dealers required to work at the store?"
A: No, but the best dealers are in regularly.
Q: "When may I stock my booth?"
A: You may stock your booth during normal business hours.


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Android Security 2015 A Year in Review
At Kimbley IT, we use Google Cloud as the backbone for the majority of our services offered to clients. Google has built a trusted and industry leading reputation when it come to securing your business data. With $B of investments spent every year by Google to continuously improve their security practices and services, it makes sense to use them as your cloud backbone that your business services can get built around.
Android, is an essential part of Google Cloud Platform and is the most popular mobile platform with more than 1.4 billion users globally. The video below in conjunction with the report (linked below) details how Google keeps Android secure to make it the ideal and safest mobile platform for your business.
The accompanying report goes into detail showing you the high levels of security you get with Android. Download the report and share it with your team to read about how Android's security features can help your business keep its data secure while letting employees easily access their data while out of the office.
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Olde London Chimney Sweep
Responsive Website Design/Mobile Friendly Design, Content Management System(WordPress), HTML5, Jquery, CSS3
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The client wished to showcase their work and enable potential customers to contact them for a quotation with ease. The slideshow on the front of the site showcases some of their services and with the site being built on WordPress everything is easily updated from the back of the site.
UPDATE: Website was made responsive/Mobile Friendly to fall in line with Google's April 2015 mobile friendly search update.
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Olde London Chimney Sweep are Chimney Sweeps based in the Okotoks area servicing Calgary the surrounding Foothills area.


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I wake up early to drop fishline into the pool of meaning:
To write.
The morning silence
Envelops me in the unreal bubble of solitude.
Or I fish a piece of paper and pencil stub from my pocket
While riding a bus
Or listening to music
Or sometimes while people are telling me Important Things
(They think I'm taking notes and are flattered.)
Before I go to sleep each night,
I call up the best visual image of the day,
Both for the pleasure of re-experience
And as a lure for my dream fish,
To see if a bite will come
And I'll wake up with God on my line.
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Hammer Toe Cause & TherapyOverview
A hammertoe or contracted toe is a deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the second, third, or fourth toe causing it to be permanently bent, resembling a hammer. Mallet toe is a similar condition affecting the distal interphalangeal joint.
It?s thought that hammertoe may develop from wearing shoes that are too narrow or too short. This probably explains why women are far more prone to the condition than men: almost 9 out of 10 women wear shoes that are too small. Another cause is diabetes mellitus, which produces nerve damage in the feet that may lead to hammer toe.
Hammertoe and mallet toe feature an abnormal bend in the joints of one or more of your toes. Moving the affected toe may be difficult or painful. Corns and calluses can result from the toe rubbing against the inside of your shoes. See your doctor if you have persistent foot pain that affects your ability to walk properly.
Some questions your doctor may ask of you include, when did you first begin having foot problems? How much pain are your feet or toes causing you? Where is the pain located? What, if anything, seems to improve your symptoms? What, if anything, appears to worsen your symptoms? What kind of shoes do you normally wear? Your doctor can diagnose hammertoe or mallet toe by examining your foot. Your doctor may also order X-rays to further evaluate the bones and joints of your feet and toes.
Non Surgical Treatment
Conservative treatment starts with new shoes that have soft, roomy toe boxes. Shoes should be one-half inch longer than your longest toe. For many people, the second toe is longer than the big toe.) Avoid wearing tight, narrow, high-heeled shoes. You may also be able to find a shoe with a deep toe box that accommodates the hammer toe. Or, a shoe repair shop may be able to stretch the toe box so that it bulges out around the toe. Sandals may help, as long as they do not pinch or rub other areas of the foot.
Surgical Treatment
If these non-invasive treatments don?t work, or if the joint is rigid, a doctor?s only recourse may be to perform surgery. During the surgery, the doctor makes an incision and cuts the tendon to release it or moves the tendon away from or around the joint. Sometimes part of the joint needs to be removed or the joint needs to be fused. Each surgery is different in terms of what is needed to treat the hammertoe. Normally after any foot surgery, patients use a surgical shoe for four to six weeks, but often the recovery from hammertoe surgery is more rapid than that. An unfortunate reality is that hammertoe can actually return even after surgery if a patient continues to make choices that will aggravate the situation. Though doctors usually explain pretty clearly what needs to be done to avoid this.
Hammertoe can usually be prevented by wearing shoes that fit properly and give the toes plenty of room. Don?t wear shoes with pointed or narrow toes. Don?t wear shoes that are too tight or short. Don?t wear high-heeled shoes, which can force the toes forward. Choose shoes with wide or boxy toes. Choose shoes that hammertoe are a half-inch longer than your longest toe. If shoes hurt, don?t wear them.


text: Muayyad AlSadi wrote: > some one asked me to pay the rating fees for every package! If you want a professional rating, that's going to be your only option. It seems clear to me from the discussion that nobody else around here is interested in paying for an official rating of every single package in Fedora. If you're OK with volunteers rating the packages, then you won't have to pay anyone, just ask for like-minded people to help you go through the packages and rate them. I'm sure you'll find some in your custom remix's community. But don't expect Fedora packagers to do the work for you. Kevin Kofler


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MIAMI – (CT&P) – After a poor performance in Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, Jeb Bush suspended his campaign and told supporters that he would be headed back to Florida to help manage a greyhound track close to his home in Coral Gables.
Jeb, known affectionately as "Fredo" within the Bush crime family, said that he was looking forward to managing the track and making money for his mom Barbara, who recently took over the reins of the criminal empire from her husband George.
"I can handle things… I'm smart! Not like everybody says! Like, dumb! I'm smart… and I want respect!" said Jeb, as he trembled violently in front of a crowd of over 25 supporters. "I never really wanted to run for office. I just want a nice quiet job where I can count money and pet the doggies."
"We had high hopes for Jeb ever since he was a little kid," said the new Godmom Barbara, "but he just doesn't have what it takes to be an international crime boss like his brother."
Bush is expected to take over as manager of the Furry Friends Greyhound Track in Tamiami in early April after he returns from a brief "toughening up" trip out west under the supervision of Bush capo Richard "The Dick" Cheney.


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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Why No, I Have Nothing New To Share
Posted by Joanna at 1:30 AM 8 comments
Labels: laundry blues, random, school stuff, sniff, stench, waiting
Friday, April 20, 2012
One Of Those Days....
Posted by Joanna at 12:57 AM 1 comments
Labels: aw cwud, computer, curse you aquascum, you have got to be kidding
Monday, April 16, 2012
Just Wow!
I am still blown away over the weekend. Epic awesomeness!
I also think this is a whole new domain for me of watching all my kids' hard work pull together and I'm the one sitting there holding my breath. I seriously don't know who was more anxious - them or me.
I got up and made them a big breakfast, packed their lunches, and their dad drove them to the church. And then I spent the rest of the day just praying for them and everyone involved.
We were waiting for my folks so we didn't get there right at the beginning. We arrived shortly before session 2 and the guys weren't going to take the stage until session 3. But when they did....WOW! Just wow!! God so showed up!
It was such a huge blessing for me - the loan mom who sat through all the practices - to see the whole band come together and just rocked it! They were all so nervous setting up and I'm sitting there just praying for them all. And when it was time to go - everything just faded away and they all hit it.
Then the crowd went nuts! We were sitting in the area with most of the kids but everyone was hopping and hooting. Was close to a mosh pit as a Christian church would allow. It was funny because Michael started off the first song and when everyone let out a whoop, his face was all okay then and amped it up. Awesome! Nicholas did some mad piano skills and rocked out his song. He went way out of his shell and took charge of it and it was wonderful to experience and watch.
God is so good!!
It was so cute because after they were done, people were coming up to them and just telling them what a good job they did and how they really felt the presence of God. I had a lot of parents come up to me to say what a great job they did and couldn't wait for the boys to be in the advance band.
Yeah, about that.
Sort of a kill-joy to say that we are moving soon and won't be able to.
God had to remind me that He was the one that set it up for them to experience this and could easily do it again at the next place. How He puts up with me is such a mystery!
Especially because in the middle of all this, He had told me to get my Dad a GPS. Can I put a pause in this to just say I didn't want to do it times 10? I had a harder time doing this than taking my mom shopping. It was brutal. On top of it - money has been tight. We are looking at a major relocation and that costs money. Every since Hubs came back from Houston, he's been on unemployment. Feels like we are doing everything we can and just getting pummeled.
And I don't know why but every.single.time I've had to do one of these weird God missions everything goes wrong during the day and Hubby and I end up in huge epic fights. We clear the air by the next day but the entire day is just brutal to go through. I've been begging God no more people cuz I don't think I can handle any more of this. I'm at 4 people who I have NOT wanted to do this with every fiber of my being.
Can't say I have reaped great peace and joy. I feel bloody, beat up, and bruised. BUT - I know I am doing the right thing and my Heavenly Father is really pleased. So it's costing me money, and some of my pride - I have a feeling I need a check up from the neck up regarding both.
Some day obedience just sucks!
My Dad was over the moon happy. No joke. He was like a little kid at Christmas. He even called me from the road just to tell me how cool it is. This morning I got an email telling me how blessed I am for being obedient and I'm going to reap great rewards in heaven.
I think I am still slightly pouting.
But I can say the weekend with all it's trials, it's ups and downs, was incredible to experience. So proud of my boys, so happy for them. And I gave them a few days off so we can recover!
Posted by Joanna at 1:48 PM 2 comments
Labels: awesome, epic, great, proud momma
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Oh My Stars!
How has this week flown by and dragged painfully slow all at the same time??
Hubby is waiting for a call back. Everything is sounding real good just have to wait for higher ups to approve. Please tell me you remember how much I loathe waiting? And I only say that because we've been stuck in waiting limbo land for like 3 years. Oh happy day! Only not.
The guys got through the last of their practice. Final night will be Saturday. I'm not sure who is more nervous, them or me. We keep telling them to relax, they will be fine. Then we start to freak out about the next few weeks only to have one of them to remind us to relax, we'll be fine.
Oh irony, I hate you.
But I am so, so proud of them. They did really great. They both had a final project that they had to sing in front of their band-mates. Both did good and proud momma had a stupid happy grin on her face the whole time. Except when she found out that it was too dark to record it or take pictures of it. The guys were extremely happy about this turn of events. Hoping we have better success Saturday.
Nicholas totally cracked me up though. You know how you hold up your hand and pretend to write on it with an imaginary pen to make a note? He saw me do that and said that is so old school and proceeded to text on his palm. Had me in stitches.
My folks will be here for the weekend. Send chocolate and sympathy. My MIL is still mad at me and for some reason isn't speaking to me. Not my fault they can't behave themselves around each other. I am constantly amazed how people A LOT OLDER than me can still behave and reason like a bunch of toddlers.
Yessirybob, just gonna be a wonderful few weeks of wondering why I didn't toss myself off a cliff years ago type scenarios around here.
Hold me.
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Labels: busy, crazy, my posse, pod people
Friday, April 6, 2012
Who Owns All This Junk Anyway?
Hubby dear, I think, is trying to compete with the Energizer Bunny. There hasn't been much work for him lately so we have been packing, which is good as it's needed. But oh my word! The amount of junk!
Thankfully, we are leaving A LOT of crap behind. Sadly, we are taking waaay too much pleasure in this whole process. As in every bag of junk that gets tossed into the basement, the harder we are laughing. Surely this is a sign of something, just not sure what. But after all the drama, all the hoops we tried to jump through and getting no where, and how the bank refused to work with us on any level - think it's freaking hilarious that they are going to have one big ol' mess to clean up.
And I'm okay with that. We're not trashing the house. We're not going to vandalize the place but we are so leaving behind the junk.
However, I am so very, very ashamed of the amount of dust bunnies. It's bad! Forget bunny, I'm talking a dust storm. It's mainly our bedrooms. No wonder a few people have some nose issues - the house slave who gets stuck doing everything doesn't clean the rooms very well. If my mom saw that....I shudder to think! I find it funny that all the chores I had to do as a kid I tend to fight tooth and nail over. Almost think I have some unresolved issues or something.
Moving on...
My folks are coming up next weekend for the boys' music thing. I'm so articulate. But really I feel like I am running on fumes. Lots to do, lot of hurry up and wait, lot of unknown, and a lot of moving forward.
But I did manage to anger the parental units on both sides lately. It's like some sort of gift as I can do this without trying. We told my folks that they have that one weekend to go through the last of their stuff and only had two weeks to get it or it's getting left behind. Might call that the harrumph heard around the world.
Then I had to tell the in-laws my folks are coming to the boys' thing and therefore they can't, because both our parents have proved they can't act like adults and put on their happy face for the sake of their grandchildren. I haven't heard another thing from my MIL since. While a part of me is okay with that, the other part of me knows this is going to be ugly next month for J's b-day. Doesn't help that she's posted a few weird comments on her Facebook lately about being very angry with someone. Not sure if it's aimed at me or someone else.
Suddenly that job offer in Texas is sounding kinda nice.
I find it sort of funny but my give-a-damn is so broken, I don't think it's fixable. I've heard this is a symptom that runs in my mother's side of the family that gets worse with age. This could be epic. I'm sort of scared that I get this wild twitch to my eye that says, "Bring it! I have a list of people to cut!!"
I don't even know what that means.
My only comfort is our children will be grown so I won't worry about the fallout harming them. Much. Hubs is so screwed. And I can't muster any sympathy.
And speaking of epic - we got our book order for next year's school stuff today. I'm not sure who is more scared - them or me. As it is, they are going to be done with all their school stuff by the end of the month. I'm going to have them start in on a little bit on their math and maybe science to help them get a head start for next year. We'll have to see how much time we have. I don't like all this not knowing stuff! It's hard. Long list of things that have to get done all within days of each other. So this list is just sitting there staring at me aaaand I can't do anything about it yet.
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Labels: and away we go, crappy, junk
Monday, April 2, 2012
What Do You Mean It's A New Month??
Where did February go? Now you're telling me it's March already??? You blink for like...wait, what? April?!? What do you mean it's April? As in April fool's - it's still March? NO?
Could someone hit the pause button? The snooze button? Anything???
Well...while it's been busy, I can't say as I have much to report. Granted, that normally doesn't stop me but since I missed April Fool's Day yesterday, I thought I would clean out my email jokes. Hope it brings a smile to your face.
I knew a blonde that was so stupid that…….
* she called me to get my phone number.
* she spent 20 minutes looking at the orange juice box because it said "concentrate."
* she put lipstick on her forehead because she wanted to make up her mind.
*she tried to put M&M's in alphabetical order.
*she sent me a fax with a stamp on it.
*she tried to drown a fish.
*she thought a quarterback was a refund.
*she got locked in a grocery store and starved to death.
*she tripped over a cordless phone.
*she took a ruler to bed to see how long she slept.
*she asked for a price check at the Dollar Store.
*she studied for a blood test.
*she thought Meow Mix was a CD for cats.
*when she heard that 90% of all crimes occur around the home, she moved.
*when she missed the 44 bus, she took the 22 bus twice instead.
*when she took you to the airport and saw a sign that said "Airport Left" she turned around and went home.
This is the story of the poor blonde flying in a two-seater airplane with just the pilot. He has a heart attack and dies. She frantically calls a May Day: "May Day! May Day! Help me! Help me! My pilot had a heart attack and is dead. And I don't know how to fly. Help me! Please help me!"
All of a sudden she hears a voice over the radio saying: "This the tower... I have received your message, and I will talk you through it. I've had a lot of experience with this kind of problem. Now, just relax... Everything will be fine! Now give me your height and position."
She says, "I'm 5'4" and I'm in the front seat."
"O.K." says the voice from the tower. "Repeat after me... Our Father...Who art in Heaven..."
When you're from the country, your perception is a little bit different.
A farmer drove to a neighbor's farmhouse and knocked at the door.
A boy, about 9, opened the door
"Is your dad or mom home?" said the farmer.
"No, they went to town."
"How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?"
"No, he went with Mom and Dad."
The farmer stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other,and mumbling to himself.
"I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one, or I can give Dad a message."
"Well," said the farmer uncomfortably, "I really wanted to talk to your Dad. It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter Suzy pregnant".
The boy thought for a moment...
"You would have to talk to Dad about that. I know he charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the pig, but I don't know how much he charges for Howard."
An old man and woman were married for many years, even though they hated each other.
Whenever there was a confrontation, yelling could be heard deep into the night.
The old man would shout, "When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!"
Neighbors feared him.
They believed he practiced magic because of the many strange occurrences that took place in their neighborhood.
The old man liked the fact that he was feared. To everyone's relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 98.
His wife had a closed casket at the funeral.
After the burial, she went straight to the local bar and began to party as if there was no tomorrow.
Her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked "Aren't you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way out of the grave and haunt you for the rest of your life?"
The wife put down her drink and said, "Let him dig. I had him buried upside down. And I know he won't ask for directions."
Story of a Golf Ball and Sand Wedge
A woman takes a lover home during the day, while her husband is at work. Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them, and hides in the bedroom closet. Then the woman's husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is in there already.
The little boy says, 'Dark in here.'
The man says, 'Yes, it is.'
Boy - 'I have a golf ball.'
Man - 'That's nice.'
Boy - 'Want to buy it?'
Man - 'No, thanks.'
Boy - 'My dad's outside.'
Man - 'OK, how much?'
Boy - '$250'
A few weeks later, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together.
Boy - 'Dark in here.'
Man - 'Yes, it is.'
Boy - 'I have a sand wedge.
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, 'How much?'
Boy - '$750'
Man - 'Sold.'
A few days later, the boy's father says to the boy, 'Grab your sand wedge and golf ball, let's go outside and have some short game practice.
The boy says, 'I can't, I sold my ball and sand wedge dad.'
The father says, 'What?! How much did you sell them for?'
Boy - '$1,000.'
The father says, 'That's terrible to overcharge your friends like that. That is far more than those two things cost. I'm going to take you to church and make you confess.'
They go to the church, and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.
The boy says, 'Dark in here.'
The priest says, 'Don't start that sh*t with me again. You're in my closet now.'
There was a Scottish painter named Smokey MacGregor who was very interested in making a penny where he could, so he often thinned down his paint to make it go a wee bit further.
As it happened, he got away with this for some time, but eventually the Local Church decided to do a big restoration job on the outside of one of their biggest buildings.
Smokey put in a bid, and, because his price was so low, he got the job. So he set about erecting the scaffolding and setting up the planks, and buying the paint and, yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine.
Well, Smokey was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly completed, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder, the sky opened, and the rain poured down washing the thinned paint from all over the church and knocking Smokey clear off the scaffold to land on the lawn among the gravestones, surrounded by telltale puddles of the thinned and useless paint.
Smokey was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he got down on his knees and cried: "Oh, God, Oh God, forgive me; what should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke.
"Repaint! Repaint! And thin no more!"
Don't groan TOO loud. ;)
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Reset to NOW
4 weeks of life-changing inner work to guide you into a state of gratitude, calm, joy, and presence. And massive results because this moment, the NOW, is where results are achieved.
Reset to now
We hear these words.
We speak these words.
BUT, are you living these words?
That's what Reset to NOW is about. Going beyond the theoretical concepts of gratitude and mindfulness and LIVING them. Making them a part of who you are.
We often see our "mistakes" and "failures" as problems. As reasons why we aren't good enough.
But what if every mistake held within it a gift, a blessing?
What if we saw our mistakes not as flaws, not as proof of why we aren't good enough but as part of the fabric of who we are.
What if each of your so-called-mistakes actually paved the way for a miracle to happen?
What if every obstacle, challenge, and difficult time no matter how painful it felt going through opened the doorway to something beautiful?
Would you still see them the same?
Eight years ago my life as I knew it ceased to exist. I was no longer a woman with good health. Suddenly I was a woman with chronic pain from degenerative disc disease.
There were days where the simple task of pulling on a pair of socks was impossible. And days where I couldn't stand up straight, where my back seized up and locked at a 45-degree angle.
On top of the physical pain, I was battling the worst case of depression I'd experienced (and I'd been clinically diagnosed a couple times prior), PTSD from two experiences, anxiety, and an increase in my OCD symptoms.
My life as I knew it was over, I was utterly and completely miserable. And life didn't feel worth living.
Fast forward to now. That experience, even while I can still feel the pain, the despair, the hopelessness, and loneliness when I let my mind go there, is one I'm thankful for.
I'm thankful as fuck for it because…
It cracked me open.
It forced me to look at my life.
It led me to countless teachers and guides.
It expanded my awareness.
It brought me home to my truth, my soul.
If you told me then that I would be grateful for my diagnosis and hearing that my back looked like it belonged to someone six decades older I would have laughed in your face.
Now I know better.
Now I know that we have, in this moment, the opportunity to choose to look at the mistakes, the difficulties, the problems in a new way. In a way that allows us to heal, if not physically than emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.
We get to choose to be grateful for all that we have in our lives—the good and the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.
We can choose to see it ALL as good and beautiful because all of it helps shape us into who we are.
Without that experience, I wouldn't be here writing this message. Feeling these words pour through me. I wouldn't be running my own business, nor would I have my four rescued kitties who bring so much love and joy and fun into my world. Put simply, I wouldn't be who I am.
The same is true for you.
I know you've been through hard times, painful times.
I know things have happened that you never thought you'd survive.
You're here.
I also know there will be challenges ahead.
There will be difficulties and painful experiences.
You will experience losses.
And at times you'll wonder how you'll ever find the strength to continue on.
But you will.
Because deep down you know you have the strength.
And yet a question remains how will you move through them?
Will you be present or will you live in avoidance?
Will you have the courage to feel your pain or will you numb yourself?
Will you seek out the gifts, the good, the blessings even if they seem minuscule compared to the pain? Or will you fixate on the pain and allow it to consume you?
Will you appreciate the opportunities within the challenges? Or curse god for making life hard?
The choice is yours.
The choice is always yours.
If your choice is to be present, to live courageously, to seek the blessings, to embrace the challenges then I'd love for you to join me on a journey to greater presence and deeper appreciation.
Together, we'll explore practices to find the good in the bad and to really feel the good in the good. We'll bring intentionality to your day so you experience more calm and inner peace and less anxiety and overwhelm.
It's a journey to a new you, a calmer you, a happier you, a more grounded you. A you who chooses to see the infinite blessings and miracles all around.
This journey may not always be easy.
It may go against your old default reactions.
It may be confronting.
But I promise you it WILL be worth it.
Are you ready?
Join us for Reset to NOW
Receive the 4-week program with fifteen trainings, guided inner work,and bonuses.
A bit of what we'll be covering…
Intention Setting. There is tremendous power in intentions, you'll learn to tap into this power to create your life on purpose.
Getting yourself back to the present even when you've got a million thoughts trying to pull you in a million different directions.
Gratitude. Gratitude. Gratitude. We're going to be going deep into various practices to create a consistent grateful state.
Bringing your attention and intention to even the most mundane tasks. As you learn to be more present in your life you'll naturally feel calmer and more at ease.
Seeing the good in the challenges you've overcome and the ones you're facing.
Coming into a state of gratitude and appreciation with those who trigger you and those who flat out piss you off. Because it's never about them and it's always about you and what's going on within you.
You'll discover countless blessings that you've fallen into the habit of taking for granted. And as you do you'll find there's, even more, to be thankful for than you first thought.
How it will work
Over four weeks, you'll receive fifteen trainings in audio and written format. Each training will have action steps and guided inner work for you to take to help you live in a state of gratitude, appreciation, and presence.
When you choose the NOW with intention and gratitude you're naturally joyful.
Take a deep breath
and imagine…
Waking up with gratitude for the day ahead of you.
Moving through your day with a calm focus.
Being connected and grounded moment to moment even in the midst of chaos.
Feeling a deep sense of certainty that every challenge you face will not just be conquered but will bring with it beautiful gifts.
Appreciating the imperfect perfection of who you are.
Loving yourself just the way you are.
Experiencing joy and awe and pure pleasure simply because you're alive.
It's all possible.
If you're ready to live with intention, gratitude, appreciation and presence then…


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Watch Real Estate Perform New Album Atlas in Full
Plus listen to their cover of George Harrison's "Behind That Locked Door"
Real Estate: "Behind That Locked Door" (George Harrison cover) (via SoundCloud)
Real Estate's new album Atlas arrives next week Domino. You might have already heard it via iTunes Radio; now you can watch the band perform the record in full as part of NPR's First Listen Live—watch it below.
In other Real Estate news, the band recently did a cover of George Harrison's "Behind That Locked Door" for Sirius XMU. Listen to that above via Stereogum, and read our recent Real Estate feature here.
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Alternative Titles
English: Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ja
Synonyms: The Idiot, the Tests, and the Summoned Creatures Dya, Baka to Test to Shokanju ja, Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Dja, Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Dya, Baka to Test to Syokanjuu ja, Baka to Test 4koma
Japanese: バカとテストと召喚獣ぢゃ
Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 26, 2009 to Nov 26, 2013
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Shounen, Slice of Life
Authors: Inoue, Kenji (Story), KOIZUMI (Art)
Serialization: Shounen Ace
Score: 7.321 (scored by 225 users)
1 indicates a weighted score. Please note that 'Not yet published' titles are excluded.
Ranked: #57102
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #8648
Members: 1,015
Favorites: 3


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As you've probably figured out, I really love anything graphic design that has that vintage grunge old and retro kind of look.
In this tutorial you'll see how to create a stunning Post-card with your iPhone. It's fairly simple to make and can be used in many different types of projects.
Retro postcards to really surprise and delight. Today I would like to bring some clarity to this fascinating subject with my new tutorial.
Let's start from the beginning. How would you define the concept of Retro?
The truth according to Wikipedia
Retro is a culturally outdated or aged style, trend, mode, or fashion, from the overall post-modern past, that has since that time become functionally or superficially the norm once again. The use of «retro» style iconography and imagery interjected into post-modern art, advertising, mass media, etc. It generally implies a vintage of at least 15 or 20 years.
The word «retro» derives from the Latin prefix retro, meaning «backwards, or in past times» – particularly as seen in the words retrograde, implying a movement toward the past instead of a progress toward the future, and retrospective, referring to a nostalgic (or critical) eye toward the past.
Retro art
A 1950s-era poster in pop-art style, the style on which retro art is based.
The style now called «retro art» is a genre of pop art which was developed in the 1940s and 1950s in response to a need for bold, eye-catching graphics that were easy to reproduce on simple presses available at the time in major centres. Retro advertising art has experienced a resurgence in popularity since its style is distinctive from modern computer-generated styling.
To create any postcard you just need to keep in mind a few important things:
1. First things first, Start with an Idea.
You can't create a beautiful and an effective postcard if you don't have an idea of what you want it to be about. Why are you creating a postcard? Figure it out before you start.
2. Select an Eye-Catching Image
An image is funny / striking in some way is never a bad choice.
3. Write Your Headline
It should usually be short, interesting, and intriguing in conjunction with the image on the front.
4. Design Your Card
Now that you have chosen your image, you're ready to design your postcard.
If you keep these important things in mind, it will definitely help you.
I've created a-la retro-looking postcard.
Well, I'll take you step by step through my process of creating.
1. I shot this pic with native iPhone cam.
2. Using the Face Cam app and Pimple Eraser app I am a bit improve the beautiful face of my model. I mean, I've attempted to fix the result of poor lighting.
3. Further I have played a bit with the adjustment tools of Snapseed app
the resulting image
Not bad now!
4. Using the Space Paint app I have added effect of smoke.
This app lets you to add a really well rendered light and smoke effects to your pictures. However, I was a bit disappointed that it has a maximum save size just 1000×750.
Yes, it has the ability to zoom/scale/move/arrange.. And they work good. But the masking/erasing tool has a BIG problems in using.What's really annoying.
5. And now I run it through the Alt Photo app to change styling direction.
It is a pretty good app for a few reasons. The Alt Photo app has a number of filters and you can alter the intensity of the filter applied. The six categories include Color Film, Vintage Color, Toy Camera, B & W Film, B & W Print, and B & W Vintage. The effects are spectacular. The color effects are beautifully saturated with complex textures and light applications.
Finally, it is quick to edit pictures, even when using high-resolution pictures, and allows you to save images in their original resolution. (what is really important).
Here is my choice and result
Finally move onto the main goal of this tutorial. I mean the creation of postcard.
Well, you can find lots different HalfTone apps. Some are better than others. But it is very individual. One of my favorite such app is Halftone app by Juicy Bits.
This app turns your photos into unique, vintage comics, allows to add captions, speech balloons, graphic stamps, and fonts (including built-in comic fonts). Settings screen for lots of additional customization, including halftone dot size, strength, and gain.
Btw, so often I turn off the slider off halftone dot and now I gone on this way.
Contrary to many others, Halftone makes it easy to add more than 25 paper styles, from crisp and clean to distressed and aged. This is what I really love and use this app pretty often.
So run through Halftone app and write the Headline, using Labelbox app.
I must say that I am happy with the result and I like the mood of my postcard. However, I would like to increase it by adding a little bit naughty and playful «shades» and «tones»
7. So go to the Blender app and add fun and naughty pencil drawing or any design to your taste. It may add more life and reality to your unique postcard.
Btw, you can take a snapshot of any pencil drawing and use it as a texture. And then add it by blending.
and the resulting image
9. Oh, I really love it! =)
However, being in this playful mood I would like to complete the design of my postcard by adding some texts… Perhaps a poem or something like that..
Looking at my postcard I immediately think of a quote by Faina Ranevskaya! Exactly!
She is one of my most beloved greatest Soviet Russian actors in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
Further, go to the Phonto app and add the quote.
I finished off with this tutorial. Hope it was interesting and useful for you!
Finally a bit of music for the mood
All the Apps Used In This Tutorial:
Face Cam app
Pimple Eraser app
Snapseed app
Space Paint app
Alt Photo app
Halftone app
Labelbox app
Blender app
Phonto app


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Monday, March 19, 2012
How To Connect To SAP Service in .Net
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Posted on Monday, March 19, 2012
Thankfully, my colleague gave me the code to get the result of the service. The code that I'm lacking are the two lines of the code. You just need to declare the response of the service and pass the response of the method.
private SAPService.service _SAPService;
private SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfo1 SAPTable;
_SAPService = new SAPService.service();
_SAPService.PreAuthenticate = true;
_SAPService.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfo[] result = new CHS.SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfo[1];
SAPTable = new CHS.SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfo1();
SAPTable.Costcentre = "";
SAPTable.EffDte = "";
SAPTable.Orgeh = "";
SAPTable.Pernr = "";
SAPTable.ZhrCostcentre = result;
CHS.SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfoResponse respobj = new CHS.SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfoResponse();
respobj = _SAPService.ZhrCostcentreInfo(SAPTable);
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NOTE: Below ptail is a longer, more involved example from another POE user. This one follows several system logfiles simultaneously and reports on each.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w # http://poe.perl.org/?POE_Cookbook/Watching_Logs use POE qw/Wheel::FollowTail/; use strict; $| = 1; my $filename = $ARGV[0]; die "Usage: $0 <filename>\n" unless $filename; die "$0: $filename: No such file or directory\n" unless -e $filename; die "$0: $filename: Permission denied\n" unless -r $filename; POE::Session->create( inline_states => { _start => sub { $_[HEAP]->{wheel} = POE::Wheel::FollowTail->new( Filename => $_[ARG0], InputEvent => 'got_line', ErrorEvent => 'got_error', SeekBack => 1024, ); $_[HEAP]->{first} = 0; }, got_line => sub { print "$_[ARG0]\n" if $_[HEAP]->{first}++ }, got_error => sub { warn "$_[ARG0]\n" }, }, args => [$filename], ); $poe_kernel->run();
This program uses POE::Wheel::FollowTail to watch a few different logs on my system. The paths and record formats are for FreeBSD, and mileage tends to vary.
#!/usr/bin/perl # $Id$ # http://poe.perl.org/?POE_Cookbook/Watching_Logs use warnings; use strict; use POE qw( Wheel::FollowTail ); =for cookbook haruspex, n. a member of a class of minor priests or soothsayers in ancient Rome who predicted the future by looking at the entrails of animals killed in sacrifice, by observing lighting, etc. [< Latin haruspex < haru- (perhaps entrails; origin uncertain) + -spex < spectre inspect] System logs are a relentless stream of information, most of which indicates that things are running fine. Occasionally something exceptional will happen that must be attended to immediately. The log records for those events can easily be overlooked amidst the normal status messages. This program uses POE::Wheel::FollowTail to watch a few different logs on my system. The paths and record formats are for FreeBSD, and mileage tends to vary. This is just a sample program. As such it ignores the things it does not understand. A serious log watcher would not discard unexpected surprises. =cut # This sets up a list of things to watch. Each log file's key is used # to determine how the file's records are filtered. my %logs_to_watch = ( cron => "/var/log/cron", mail => "/var/log/maillog", ppp => "/var/log/ppp.log", httpd => "/var/log/httpd-access.log", msg => "/var/log/messages", ); # Start a session to watch the logs. POE::Session->create( inline_states => { _start => \&begin_watchers, # Handle records from each log differently. cron_record => \&cron_got_record, mail_record => \&mail_got_record, ppp_record => \&ppp_got_record, httpd_record => \&httpd_got_record, msg_record => \&msg_got_record, # Handle log resets and errors the same way for each file. log_reset => \&generic_log_reset, log_error => \&generic_log_error, } ); =for cookbook Start log watchers. Scans the hash of %logs_to_watch, creating a new FollowTail wheel to watch each. Each watcher emits an event based on its key in %logs_to_watch. Those events are handled by functions that will parse, filter, and if necessary display information about the records. For example, cron is the key for "/var/log/cron". The cron log watcher will emit a "cron_record" event whenever that file extends. The POE::Session->create() call above associates the "cron_record" event with the cron_got_record() function later on. =cut sub begin_watchers { my $heap = $_[HEAP]; while (my ($service, $log_file) = each %logs_to_watch) { my $log_watcher = POE::Wheel::FollowTail->new( Filename => $log_file, InputEvent => $service . "_record", ResetEvent => "log_reset", ErrorEvent => "log_error", ); $heap->{services}->{$log_watcher->ID} = $service; $heap->{watchers}->{$log_watcher->ID} = $log_watcher; } } # Handle log resets the same way for each file. Simply recognize that # the log file was reset. sub generic_log_reset { my ($heap, $wheel_id) = @_[HEAP, ARG0]; my $service = $heap->{services}->{$wheel_id}; print "--- $service log reset at ", scalar(gmtime), " GMT\n"; } # Handle log errors the same way for each file. Recognize that an # error occurred while watching the file, and shut the watcher down. # If this were a real log watcher, it would periodically try to resume # watching the log file. sub generic_log_error { my ($heap, $operation, $errno, $error_string, $wheel_id) = @_[HEAP, ARG0, ARG1, ARG2, ARG3]; my $service = $heap->{services}->{$wheel_id}; print "--- $service log $operation error $errno: $error_string\n"; print "--- Shutting down $service log watcher.\n"; delete $heap->{services}->{$wheel_id}; delete $heap->{watchers}->{$wheel_id}; } # Find and display interesting things in crond's logs. sub cron_got_record { my $log_record = $_[ARG0]; my @commands_to_ignore = ("/usr/libexec/atrun", "newsyslog", "/usr/local/sbin/faxqclean -v",); if ($log_record =~ /CMD \(\s*(.*?)\s*\)$/) { my $command = $1; foreach my $ignored (@commands_to_ignore) { return if $command eq $ignored; } print "cron: unknown command: $command\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /RELOAD \((.*?)\)$/) { print "cron: reloaded $1\n"; return; } } # Find and display interesting things related to mail delivery. sub mail_got_record { my $log_record = $_[ARG0]; if ($log_record =~ /stat=(.+?)\s*$/) { print "mail: Odd delivery status: $1\n" unless $1 eq 'Sent'; return; } if ($log_record =~ /relay=(.*?) \[([\d\.]+)\]/) { return if $2 eq "127.0.0.1"; print "mail: Relaying mail for strange host: $1 [$2]\n"; return; } } # Watch what's happening regarding the ppp dialer. sub ppp_got_record { my $log_record = $_[ARG0]; if ($log_record =~ /CONNECT (\d+\S+?)^M/) { print "ppp : Reconnected with $1\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /deflink: Connect time: (\d+) secs: (\d+) octets in, (\d+) octets out/) { print "ppp : Disconnected.\n"; print "ppp : Online $1 seconds. Received $2 octets. Sent $3 octets.\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /Phase: total (\d+) bytes\S+ peak (\d+) bytes/) { print "ppp : Average bytes/sec: $1. Peak bytes/sec: $2\n"; return; } } # Watch for interesting web access. sub httpd_got_record { my $log_record = $_[ARG0]; # The requests are coming from INSIDE THE NETWORK! return if $log_record =~ /^127\.0\.0\.1/; return if $log_record =~ /^10\.0\.0\./; if ($log_record =~ /^(\S+).*?\"GET \/scripts\/root\.exe\?/) { print "http: NIMDA or alike from $1\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /^(\S+).*?\"(\S+ \/~troc.*?)\" (\d+)/) { print "http: $1 got $3 from $2\n"; return; } } # Display some interesting things from the catch-all log. sub msg_got_record { my $log_record = $_[ARG0]; if ($log_record =~ /Connection attempt to (\S+) (\S+) from (\S+)/) { my ($protocol, $dst, $src) = ($1, $2, $3); # Don't bother with failed connections from the local network. return if $src =~ /^127\.0\.0/; return if $src =~ /^10\.0\.0/; return if $src =~ /^::0001:/; print "msg : vain $protocol connection from $src to $dst\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /su: (\S+) to (\S+) on (\S+)/) { print "msg : $1 has su'd to $2 on $3\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /su: BAD SU (\S+) to (\S+) on (\S+)/) { print "msg : $1 tried (BUT FAILED) to su to $2 on $3\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /(pid \d+ .*? exited on signal \d+.*?\s*)$/) { print "msg : $1\n"; return; } if ($log_record =~ /(proc: table is full)/) { print "msg : $1\n"; return; } } # Run the watchers. 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HONOLULU — State lawmakers bailed out Hawaii's fast new inter-island ferry on Wednesday, voting to put it back in service despite worries that it could damage the islands' fragile environment.
The state House voted 39-11 for an emergency measure saving the Hawaii Superferry, the final obstacle in the way of the 800-passenger, 42-mph ship that has been stalled for two months by protesters and court rulings. The bill previously passed the Senate and now goes to ferry supporter Gov. Linda Lingle.
Some residents fear the ferry could collide with endangered humpback whales and destroy the tropical charm of islands, linked only by air and cargo boats. But lawmakers decided they needed to make way for the state's first passenger and vehicle alternative to air travel.
The ferry could resume service from Oahu to Maui and Kauai in about two weeks once Lingle signs the bill.
"We are one island, one state," said Rep. Joe Souki, D-Waihee-Wailuku. "The water is our highway."
The Superferry law was passed explicitly to override decisions by the Hawaii Supreme Court and a lower court that the state needed to first complete an environmental study of the vessel, a process that could have taken years.
Superferry officials threatened to leave if their ferry, a giant blue and white catamaran, couldn't quickly resume business. A second ferry under construction in Mobile, Ala., is intended to serve the Big Island in 2009.
Opponents called the legislative action illegal and wrongful.
"Once we lose what we're about to lose, we'll never get it back," said Rep. Lyla Berg, D-Hahaione Valley-Aina Haina.
The bill requests that whale observers be on the ferry, requires vehicle inspections and calls on Lingle to create additional regulations. It also opens an investigation into why the $300 million Superferry operation was granted an exception to Hawaii's environmental laws in the first place.
The state Transportation Department exempted the Superferry from an environmental review in February 2005, even though the state had spent $40 million for barges and ramps to accommodate it at four island harbors.
The Hawaii Supreme Court decided in August, five days before the boat was originally scheduled to launch, that transportation officials made a mistake and the environmental study was necessary.
The ferry company rushed into the water, moving up its launch date by three days and offering promotional $5 fares for passengers or cars. It completed only one trip each to Maui and Kauai before the service was scuttled.
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PKA AIP is the alternative investment arm of PKA and is responsible for investing and monitoring PKA's alternative investments in private funds and co-investments.
PKA AIP is owned by PKA and currently acts exclusively as advisor to PKA's pension funds. PKA is an administrative company that manages and develops labor market pensions on behalf of four independent pension funds with a total of around 300,000 members within the social welfare and healthcare sectors in Denmark.
The members' pension schemes have been agreed on as part of a collective bargaining agreement between the organizations of employees and employers, thus ensuring a high degree of transparency for future payments to PKA, etc.
PKA has been an active investor in private funds and infrastructure assets since the 1990s. The total capital of PKA amounts to approximately DKK 275 billons (EUR ~37 billion).


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Discovery Deep
Sinking of the James J. Francesconi and the Tramp
On Saturday 1 May 2016, in coordination with Olympus Dive Center of Morehead City, North Carolina, Discovery Deep launched its project to document and collect scientific observations on the first artificial reef off the North Carolina coast in a decade. Discovery Deep team members mounted and set cameras on the James J. Francesconi and the Tramp prior to the sinking, and then dove the new reef site to recover the cameras and film the site for the first time.
"This was going to be a great opportunity for us to build our partnership with Bobby Purifoy and the Olympus Dive Center. They've supported us from our beginnings, and working with them on this project affords us the opportunity to collect scientific data that's not often available," commented Frank Stopa, Discovery Deep Chief Executive Officer. "We're helping the marine science world learn more about creating marine habitats and preserving our oceans."
In addition to having dive teams visit the site regularly to collect and catalogue their own observations, Discovery Deep is building a citizen science database and training course to encourage and enable recreational divers to contribute their own observations to the data.
"With the decline of organic coral reefs worldwide, the creation of artificial habitats is imperative to protecting marine life," added Mohamed Hafez, Discovery Deep's Chief Technology Officer and leader of the first dive team on the new site.
Discovery Deep provides data and sample collection support to scientific and academic organizations, and certain commercial interests. All of this is focused on furthering humankind's understanding, knowledge and appreciation of the world's oceans, seas and waterways.


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This week, I spent some time getting ready for a trip to the zoo with my Kindergartner's class. It has been a while since I've taken the kids so I was preparing for all things necessary to make this trip a smooth one.
Then I moved on to a list of all the animals that topped the favorites list and which ones I planned to avoid (because snakes). As I was mentally running down the list, I suddenly had this thought…what if there were no cages? What if the animals just walked around zoo all willy nilly like?!?! Would we still go? N.O. The fences at the zoo keep all the animals with all their toys (and all their poop) in their own space. They give us the freedom to walk around, get up close and admire these magnificent creatures without the danger of being eaten alive. It would be too risky, yet we will emotionally go out into the big, big world without our boundaries intact and not think twice about it. Listen, I am here to tell you: that is just as dangerous!
Our boundaries are like the fences at the zoo. They allow us to connect with another person as we talk over the fence. We can do life together eyeball to eyeball and sometimes we meet a human so magnificent, we chose to invite them over to our yard to join the party. Boundaries allow us to be fully present in our space and still connect with someone else in theirs.
We're all just broken people. It's true. People live out of their brokenness and sometimes the pieces cut us too. Life is a messy and painful process. It is part of being in relationship and part of community. While we are called to carry each other's burdens, we are not called to sacrifice ourselves at the altar of someone else's dysfunction or expectation. When I started to get healthy, one of the first ways this showed up in my life was people pleasing. In addition to my plethora of other issues, the message I received growing up in the church was that God was more concerned with my actions than the condition of my heart. It was all about being a good girl, doing the right things and keeping everybody happy. #dontrocktheboat
When the bible tells us in Galatians 6:2 to carry each other's burdens, this implies loving each other well from a willing heart, and not from a place of manipulation or compulsion. If you haven't figured it out yet, let me save you thousands of dollars in therapy bills. People pleasing doesn't actually work. You cannot make all the people happy all the time…you are not Krispy Kreme. And the truth is that when we sacrifice our boundaries for people pleasing, we are not loving others well. When we put our boundaries on the shelf, we rob the people in our lives of an encounter with our true, authentic self. Sometimes loving others well means holding firm to our boundaries and kindly saying "no" when saying "yes" seems easier to do. People pleasing says "I will be whoever you want me to be and hope that is enough." Boundaries say "I will be who God created me to be and I am enough."
Just like the cages at the zoo, emotional boundaries are actually one of the keys to greater freedom in our lives. They allow us to grow and fill the space created for us by the lover of our soul. It is because of our love of the humans that boundaries are a must. We were created for community and boundaries give us the freedom to live unmasked in true, healthy, authentic relationship. Fences make good neighbors, my friends.
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Wow, so much has come in this past week ... where to start ???
... oooh ... here comes another box of beads too ... YIKES !! Much unpacking to do !
* Crystal studded silver drops ... now available in 12 colours ... siam, dk siam/garnet, amethyst, emerald, clear, peridot, sapphire, light sapphire, rose, lt aqua, dark aqua, topaz. I believe they are all the crystal birthstone colours. They make stunning earrings !!
* Metal ... new charms, Christmas charms, toggles, magnetic clasps, tubes, cones - large & small, multi strand clasps, bead frames, rings, oval loops, square frames, end pieces, chandelier earring parts, fancy earring hooks, metal pendant pieces, bead pins for pendants, more ...
The "Bead Pin Pendant" is really fun ... it is a long pin with a ball on each end. One ball twists of so you can add beads, then screw the end back on. Add it to a chain and you have a pendant made up of your favourite beads. AND, it can easily be changed !! Fun way to show off a collection of special beads !!
Don't forget the Preciosa Crystal special that is on ... bags of 40 4mm bicones are $3.99 and , if you buy 5, you'll get another free !! Great deal for all those beautiful pieces you want to make for Christmas gifts !!
oooh, this is so nice ... I have the entire collection of VERY MERRY. It is really cute and comfy cozy homey. It will make you think of childhood Christmases. The paper is 2 sided and is only $1 per sheet. The designs include music, snowflakes, candies, gingerbread mean, the text of "The Night Before Christmas" , and beautiful snowy houses. There are also LOTS of accessories to use with it.
** large adhesive letters, adhesive shape stickers, adhesive labels, adhesive words & tags, adhesive mini letters ( black on teal for a real vintage feel), cards in 9 pks or individually (BINGO cards with SANTA or MERRY, children's' book illustrations, Santa's lists, recipe cards, and old fashioned Christmas cards) , and FLASHCARD BOOKS. These are great - 10 preprinted pages and 2 covers along with a ring. The pages are preprinted with words ... merry, cookies, tree, tinsel ... etc ... You will love this line !!
I also have some other October Afternoon product lines ...
** FARM FRESH ... 8x8 paper pad, word stickers, label stickers, cards, rub ons ( great for recipe books !!), and Flashcard Books ( with words like " grow, simple, family, good ...)
** REPORT CARD ... 8x8 paper pads, word and label stickers*, cards.
** ALPHABET CARDS ... each card has a letter on it and a word that begins with that letter as well as a sentence using the word . The illustrations are in the style of vintage children's books.
* I love using Label Stickers for journaling spots in mini albums.
WINTER FUN by Stamping Station
This is a fun paper line in pretty reds & blues. The paper itself is glossy and thick. There are 3 designs ... Red Swirl, Dark Blue Snowflake, Stripes. There is also a series of stickers that co-ordinate . Hockey, Ice Skating, Sledding, Snow Boarding, and Snow Fun. Great for winter layouts of your kids !
MAKING MEMORIES MISTLETOE RESTOCK ...I have SOME of this paper in stock again ... Green Glittered Music, Argyle, Mistletoe (this one is new !!), and the diecut Icon Stripe. The cardinal paper is completely sold out. Lucky you if you got some !!
...INKS ... Versa Fine mini Cubes in 5 colours, Versa Magic Dew Droop chalk inks, more
Distress Inks in Pine Needles and Broken China, Ink Potion No.9 blending
solution, more Walnut Ink Sprays in 6 more colours as well as Stamp Cleaner
and Stamp Scrubbers
... STICKLES ... great colours for Christmas ...cherry ice, candy cane, copper, gold,
silver, holly, patina, diamond, eucalyptus, waterfall, ruby slippers, fired brick,
coming next week ... Christmas Red, crystal, icicle, stardust, rock candy
... STAMPS ... Inkadinkadoo : Christmas Collage, Winter Pine, Wreath, Sleigh (all wood
mounted) , Basic Grey : Cup of Tea , Unity Stamp Company (wood mounted) :
Flowers, Giggle Trees, Trees in a Row, Numbers, My Cup of Tea
... PUNCHES ... fern, pine, holly by McGill and cardinal and Christmas bulb by Fiskars
...Nestabilities ...Ssnowflakes, Christmas Trees, Embossing plate - Impressabilities Flourish
...Cuttlebug ... Lace Tree folder
... Kaiser Craft ... Birthday Card Rub ons, Thank You Card Rub ons, as well as other rub ons.
... odds'n'ends ... Memory Glass 1x1 and 2x2 for Christmas tree ornaments, small papier mache boxes ready to be covered and embellished, beautiful felt angels from Hero Arts, and Bazzill boxes of 45 cards and matching envelopes .... folded and ready to be decorated ... only $18.99 ... that's less than 43 cents per card AND envelope !!
After looking after a stray mother cat & her kittens this summer, then finding them all homes ... the last one with us ... I have been thinking a lot about CAPS and other groups that do so much for these little creatures. I wanted to find a way to help ... but how ? I don't like donation cans or pledge cards ... I don't like to ask for money ... BUT I do like to bake !! So one week a month, here at the store, I will have big fat yummy cookies or cupcakes or something delicious , all nicely packaged up, for sale for a toonie donation to CAPS or another posted charity. All the money from the treats will go to them to help them out with their good work.What do you think ?


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Sharing God's Love
We have a number of teams, mostly working in a voluntary capacity, who exercise their ministry in various aspects of church life, including the Sunday worship, and our pastoral care within the village community.
The sub-menu above will lead you to various pages where you can discover who they are and what they do.
We encourage everyone to be involved and to use their God-given gifts for the ministry and mission of Marden Church. If you feel called to volunteer in any way, please do make contact.
Click here to email Vicar
View the Church of England Website here


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Luxury self catering holiday cottages in Herefordshire
built in a 16th century barn conversion on a working farm
Four self catering holiday cottages providing first class accommodation in the parish of Pembridge. Tastefully converted from sixteenth century farm buildings located on a working livestock farm with fishing rights on the river Arrow. The holiday cottages are situated in the rolling hills of North Herefordshire, in the heart of the Welsh Marches, between the historic towns of Ludlow and Hay-On-Wye.
Situated in the hamlet of Luntley, the farm is on the black & white medieval trail of north Herefordshire and the village of Pembridge itself is known as the ''Jewel in the Crown'' of the ''Black & White Village Trail''.
These beautiful cottages are the pride and joy of David & Sandra Owens, who have lovingly maintained each one to a very high standard. Each is fully equipped with electric cooker; washing machine; microwave; dishwasher and crockery making them perfect for a self catering holiday in herefordshire.
Towels and bed linen are included in the rental as is water and electricity. Each lounge has a colour TV, DVD player and iPod docking station.
Broadband wireless internet connection available for your laptop.
Sorry but no pets allowed!
Why stay with us?
- Our quality self- catering holiday cottages in Herefordshire are maintained to a high standard and deliver great value for money.
- We are ideally situated in the heart of the Herefordshire Countryside in a beautiful black and white village.
- We are an independent family business offering a personal and friendly customer service to ensure you enjoy the comfort of your holiday accommodation in Herefordshire.
- We have 4 holiday cottages available all fully furnished and ready to enjoy


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Today is the last day of Winter. P:-) lives near Lake Illawarra so we went for a wander along the bike track that follows the shore. It was very quiet with hardly any bike riders. Just a few ducks.
The lapping water was very calming in the late afternoon.
The photo below shows the view from Peter's place towards the lake.


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Recent surveys have noted the drop in the percentage of women who study architecture versus those who are in practice, a number that goes down even further when you look at the number of firm partners and principals who are women. While it is difficult to pinpoint why this is happening, one thing we know for sure is that we can help the cause by providing mentorship to the young women currently transitioning into the profession from graduate school.
We are preparing a seminar directed at recent grads and young professionals who intend on practicing architecture, landscape architecture and/or interior design. We aim to show this group who we are, how we got to where we are, and what we do! This is the third year we are running the program as it has proven to be a success. It is important that students and young professionals have this kind of exposure to women who are leaders in the profession and have founded award winning practices. Previously the seminar was hosted by the University of Toronto and Ryerson, but this year we are hosting it off site with BEAT as the key facilitator.


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Welcome to the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument - gateway to the land of Lewis & Clark
The Monument, maintained by the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is in north-central Montana. The next slide shows the area inside the rectangle.
The Monument extends from historic Ft. Benton in the west along 149 miles of river to the east -- nearly all of which is inaccessible by car, and has hardly changed since Lewis & Clark passed through here over 200 years ago.
Our trip, entirely by canoe, covered the 49-mile section from Coal Banks Landing to Judith Landing. The BLM maintains nine improved riverside campsites an average of 6 miles apart.
Fort Benton, Montana, located 2,100 river miles upstream of St Louis, Missouri, and 3,460 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, was once the "innermost" seaport in the world.
The town, established in 1846 as a Blackfoot trading post, grew in importance until in the heyday of the steamboat era (1860 - 1890), it became known as the "Chicago of the West".
Ft Benton's fortunes changed dramatically from 1890 onward, as the railroads displaced steamboats for both passengers and freight, and the town's population began to drop from a high in the 20,000's.
This iconic bridge, now condemned, marked the head of navigation of the Missouri.
During the steamboat era, New Orleans, and Gulf, were a mere 3,710 miles away.
Flat-bottom river boat, common 150 years ago.
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagawea, stuck in Ft. Benton.
In spite of a temporary boom in population during the Homestead Era (circa 1910), Ft. Benton's population -- and economic fortunes -- continued to decline to the present day.
Today, the population in this pretty-but-sleepy town is about 1,490 people.
The town that "was the transportation center and the stepping off point for the fur and buffalo robe trade, the gold rushes of the Old West, and the settlement of the US Northwest and the Canadian West" is now the stepping-off point for expeditions such as ours, down the historic river.
Here is the iconic Grand Union Hotel, built in 1882 at the peak of the town's fortunes. It operated for over 100 years, until the mid '80's, when it succumbed to the times. Meticulously restored, it reopened in 1997.
Inside our room at the Grand Union Hotel, we organize our gear for carriage in our canoe(s).
The large, red bag is completely waterproof, and earmarked for one's sleeping bag, and other items needed only while in camp. Close-at-hand items went in a smaller yellow bag of the same design.
Special preparations included a new pair of "mountain kayaking" shoes - designed for the rare breed who carry their kayaks on their backs up rocky trails into the mountains. Perfect for a river trip that would include numerous hikes.
Bright and early Monday morning, we were met and transported 1 hour to Coal Banks Landing, where we would "put in" for the excursion. The goal of the first day was the 13 miles to Eagle Creek, the route shown here in yellow.
Coal Banks Landing is one of only a few spots along the river reachable by (dirt) road, and having a full-time ranger.
In the background is the welcoming and spotless visitor center. We came to decide that the BLM was a class act.
The Coal Banks Landing Visitor Center, with the boat ramp to the right.
An ideal location to launch canoes, the landing and boat ramp are protected by a small island which blocks much of the river's 4-6 mile per hour current.
The well-dressed canoer -- prepared for sun and water, on the launch ramp at Coal Banks Landing


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We all know the Merc with the Mouth has an... interesting perspective.
It helps that he's basically immortal, possibly insane, and he's the only one aware that he's in a comic book. He can be a little reckless. But one thing he's surprisingly good at is giving out romantic advice. At least, he thinks he is...
Because the couple that slays together... stays together. Or something.
Bring something new to the bedroom! Start with your internal organs!
This is actually legit. Someone please romance me with chimichangas.
It's like Romeo and Juliet, but better. And we're all modeling our romantic relationships after the most famous couple of all-time, right?
Or like Ryan Reynolds got in a fight with a lawnmower and lost.
Thanks Deadpool!
I'm sure I'll be getting lots of traffic on Tinder if I just follow your advice. You're a pal.


text: Movie magic for waistlinesPOPCORN, that mainstay of cinema snacking for generations, now turns out to be healthy as well as delicious. Who would have thought that a visit to the multi-screen would be just as beneficial as a trip to the gym? By Daily Express reporter PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 00:00, Mon, Mar 26, 2012 0


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It's your best friend's birthday, and you don't have time to make a card. Don't break down and run to the store to buy one! Here are 12 simple, cute, and quick birthday cards you can create in a snap with the Project Life Memories in the Making Bundle. Using the Card Collection, Accessory Pack, and Photopolymer Stamp Set with a few other tools you probably have on hand, you'll have a card for every month. You'll also repurpose the packaging to make a box to hold your cards and envelopes. This project would make a wonderful gift or a fun stamp camp or class as well!
This cute project was made by Buffy Cooper, and you can get her tutorial when you subscribe to the month of January over at Craft Project Central.
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie B


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Following the publication of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, a concessionary scheme was introduced for community groups that experienced significant increases in their bills due to the introduction of site area charging.
Your premises will be eligible for our concessionary scheme if the principal use is as a:
- Place of worship
- Scout and guides hall
- Sea cadets unit
- Community amateur sports club
- Village hall or community centre
- Cemetery
- Local Authority park
Customers accepted onto our concessionary scheme have their surface water and highway drainage wholesale charges capped at band 1, our lowest site area charge.
If you have previously completed an application form and have successfully met our criteria, you don't need to do anything. Your wholesale charges will continue to be based on band 1.
However, if you have not applied in previous years but would like to do so now please contact your retailer. If you successfully meet the eligibility criteria, your charges will be amended back up to a maximum of 6 months from the date that the successful application is received from your retailer (charges cannot be backdated).
Please note: places of worship and scout and guide halls are automatically transferred onto our concessionary scheme and do not have to complete an application form. However, if you believe you are not already on the scheme and being charged above band 1, please contact your retailer.
Since 2018/2019, schools which fell within the scope of the following definition have been eligible for a concession for surface water drainage and highway drainage, where these charges are based on a chargeable area;
An educational establishment which:
- is used exclusively or nearly exclusively for delivering education and tuition of students for any or all of Key Stages 1 – 5 or equivalent; and also
- has a playground facility attached.
This concession saw the introduction of 15 site area bands for surface water drainage and 15 site area bands for highway drainage. The site area band sizes are the same bands as under the 2017/18 charging structure. The charges for the site area bands applicable to schools are approximately 50% of the non-concession surface water drainage and highway drainage site area charges, with the exception of band 1, which is equal to the non-concessionary band 1 surface water drainage and highway drainage charge.
For 2017/2018, schools were given a bill credit of 15% against wholesale surface water drainage and highway drainage charges. The 15% credit applied to 2017/2018 charges only.


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"As the reader will discover, we believe that infomediaries have the potential to become quite large and attractive but that few companies will in the end be able to build such businesses." (page xi)
"Ultimately, information about people may be the most important information collected on the Internet." (xii)
"In the case of infomediaries, we are hard pressed to point to any examples of companies today that can provide anything more than distant analogies to the role we envision the infomediary playing. Nevertheless, we believe that the underlying business dynamics support and in fact demand the emergence of this kind of business." (page xiii)
"Each day, marketers expose Americans to some 12 billion display ads, 3 million radio ads, and more than 300,000 television commercials. The unsolicited electronic junk mail known as 'spam' now constitutes some 10 percent of all worldwide e-mail. The average U.S. consumer receives roughly 1 million marketing messages a year across all media, or about 3,000 messages per day." (page 3)
"Beneath the current antagonism, marketers and consumers share a set of very real common needs - consumers need the goods and services vendors sell, and vendors need consumers to buy these goods and services. But the fact that it is economical for companies to send out junk mail and catalogs with the expectation of a 2 percent response rate means that 98 percent of what consumers receive is irrelevant to their needs and interests. Inundated with so many irrelevant messages, consumers feel besieged by marketers. Marketers are beginning to wear out their welcome with the people they need the most." (page 7)
"The advent of the Internet has released an explosion of choices for the consumer by removing the constraint that used to hold back the proliferation of products - limited retail shelf space. With the Internet, shelf space constraints disappear. By logging on to the Internet, consumers can access all products offered for sale within a particular category." (page 11)
"As the range of potential choices expands, the time and effort required to sort through them also expands. Because different vendors offer these different products, difficulty comparing and evaluating products increases. Vendors, in an understandable effort to differentiate their offerings, seek to design and represent their products in a slightly different way, making straightforward comparisons virtually impossible. In the case of consumer electronics, for example, vendors will often take the same model of VCR or 'boom box' and change the model number, color, and perhaps a marginal feature or two to allow major retailers to differentiate their offerings from those of other retailers."
"Behind the continuing invasion of consumer privacy and the constant expansion of product choices lurks an unrecognized truth about consumers and marketers: their wants and needs are misaligned. Marketers gather customer information and create loyalty programs to build deeper and more lasting 'relationships' with customers, but the customer's demand for selection and comparison is sharply at odds with a deep or exclusive relationship with any one vendor." (page 12)
"The Limitations of relationship marketing…" (page 13)
"Relationship marketing" - also known as "one-to-one marketing" - first came into fashion in part because companies were (and still are) limited in the type of information they can obtain about people who aren't already their customers."
"Because companies aren't as well positioned to learn about people who are not their customers, relationship marketing focuses companies largely on collecting additional information about the customers they do have."
"…and permission marketing" (page 14)
"Another approach to marketing is known as 'permission marketing.' Permission marketing explicitly acknowledges the importance of obtaining permission from customers before blitzing them with advertising messages and criticizes the 'interruption' marketing programs in which advertisements are inserted in media of delivered in unsolicited ways, such as a phone call at dinner. Advocates of permission marketing instead propose contests and sweepstakes in which customers will participate in exchange for agreeing to receive certain marketing messages."
"Permission marketing begins to address the challenge of finding and reaching customers in a less intrusive way than traditional marketing approaches…But permission marketing fails to address the challenges marketers face in accessing information about customers who purchase from competing vendors."
"Thus we have a widening gulf between marketers and consumers. Not long ago, consumer regularly responded to marketing surveys. Today most will complete surveys only if they receive rewards in cash or in kind." (page 15)
"The Internet only makes the dilemma more acute. As the Internet lowers barriers to market entry and the number of product vendors expands, marketers will confront growing competition for customers' attention. Most will increase their use of advertising, direct mail, telemarketing, and spam. Numbed consumers will pay less and less attention, prompting more advertising in response."
"In order for consumers to strike the best bargain with vendors, they'll need a trusted third party - a kind of personal agent, information intermediary, or infomediary - to aggregate their information with that of other consumers and to use the combined market power to negotiate with vendors on their behalf." (page 19)