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Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Perfume collection
I made a promise to myself I'd try to at least blog every other day, sat here watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs when the boyf reminds me I haven't blogged. So i grab the camera and snap this, my perfume tray (excuse the Vaseline spray, just bought this but it's amazing!) Now, can you tell what my favourite perfume brand is? If you can't, you need to get to your local Boots now and educate yourself! Yes, Juicy Couture. I am obsessed with their perfumes! They're gorgeous! I have owned every single one (Couture Couture is not pictured as it's at home with my parents) they've released.. UNTIL the two new Malibu and La La Malibu perfumes came out.. currently waiting for either my birthday, Christmas or I have enough points on my Boots card to get them.
I got this tray from the Range and it's so cute, had it for like 2 or 3 years now, I love their homeware collection!
Another perfume favourite of mine haaas to be the Paris Hilton perfumes, another one I've owned nearly everyone of (all apart from Tease and Dazzle), but only have Heiress (my all time fav) and Siren here with me in my uni town, well I say uni, I've literally just graduated, but you get the point.
I have 5 Hollister sprays but they're all nearly empty. Even though they last for ages, I feel so guilty spending that much on body sprays whenever I go in there. I need to wait till their all completely gone before I splurge on them! They are amazing though, at cheer practise I used to spray them all the time and someone would go 'who just sprayed?' i'd be like 'MEEEEEE it's hollister' and love life. They're so good!
All the cult classics take place on the tray as well, such as Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, again, owned a few of each of these brands! I also love the CK Shock perfume, so I have a little handbag one and a big one.
This is actually me cut back on my perfumes on the tray recently after moving house. My boyf complains theres still too much and I only need 2 or 3, but what do men know!? I only have the 2 new Juicy C perfumes on my wish list so I can't see this collection drastically changing for a loooong time!
Hope you enjoyed this post, fairly random but i'll try and plan a more exciting post! Need to be more organised if I'm going to get serious about my blog!
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Blog Tour: 'Catch Me If You Cannes' by Lisa Dickenson!
Today I'm really excited to be part of the blog tour for the amazing Lisa Dickenson's latest novel 'Catch Me If You Cannes'! I've been a big fan of Lisa's novels ever since I got the chance to read and review her Christmas-themed book 'The Twelve Dates of Christmas' several years ago, and I can highly recommend any of her novels to any chick lit fans out there. Be sure to scroll down to read my review of 'Catch Me If You Cannes', and also to check out the blog tour poster so you can visit some of the other book blogs taking part in this tour!
Jess and Bryony have been best friends since they were little girls; back then it was them against the world and that still seems to be the case. Jess owns her own cafe but feels it's time to do something to spice up her life a bit. Bryony works as a journalist for a gossip magazine and is sent to France to find some juicy stories at the Cannes Film Festival. Jess immediately spots a chance for an adventure and decides to go with Bryony. However, their hopes for a glamorous holiday are quickly shattered; their average hotel is far away from all the action and they don't have anywhere near enough money to be able to party with all the celebrities. Jess and Bryony decide they will make the best of things, they're in Cannes after all! So, telling a few lies here and there won't hurt anyone and will help them have a good time... Or not?
It's relatively easy to write a review of one of Lisa Dickenson's novels because I just seem to love every sentence that she gets onto paper, and 'Catch Me If You Cannes' is no exception to that! It has an entertaining storyline, great characters, a fabulous setting, and it's really funny. Lisa Dickenson really has her own distinctive writing style; a style that's easy to get lost in and one that even seems to be a bit addictive, because I didn't want to put the book down (but also didn't want it to end!). It's also perfect for the chick lit genre and I dare to say that anyone who is a chick lit fan will love this e-book series.
Bryony and Jess are great characters. I loved their friendship; the two are each other's opposites which is probably what makes them work together so well. From the first chapter I was already rooting for them and just wanted to jump into the novel and join them on their Cannes adventure. Of course there's also enough man-candy to swoon over and a captivating plotline that made me both laugh and wonder what was going to happen next. I personally got to read this as a novel, instead of having to wait for the next part to be released, which resulted in me being really immersed in the story. Overall, 'Catch Me If You Cannes' is another chick lit hit for Lisa Dickenson; a feel-good, thoroughly funny, and amazingly entertaining romantic comedy which you need to add to your suitcase right now. Your summer holiday won't be complete without it!
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This one is also from the "women" section of my web site (www.dsaxe.com). A few years ago, I was at a Gay Pride festival in Lake Worth Florida and I spotted this woman dressed as a domenitrix (or something). She was standing off to the corner of the field practicing with her whip, taking swats at the air.
"Excuse me miss, may I take your picture?' She looks at me with a disdained expression an after a small pause…
"Yes. You may."
And that was it.
Woman (and men) come in all forms. This is probably the best part for me when I photograph people because everyone is different. I could not begin to imagine a world where everyone is the same. It would be unbearable. Sometimes the extremes can be interesting and certainly as a photographer, one is attracted to these extremes. In my "woman" series I try to cover the whole range and this shot probably is at one end of the spectrum.
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Ideas for Thanksgiving: Pilgrim and Native American Cupcakes
Welcome to Day 2 of my week-long "Ideas for Thanksgiving" party. This is my third week-long party, and I have a blast planning for them and sharing the posts. Over the summer I did a "Crazy for Chevron" party and then an "All About Apples" party this past September. I started off the party yesterday with an adorable turkey themed veggie platter, perfect as an appetizer for your Thanksgiving meal. Today's treat is another adorable creation, though it is not quite as healthy.
Last year for Thanksgiving, I made some cupcakes specifically for the kids at our dinner. There are six kids at our family get-together and I thought it would be fun to have a cute treat just for them. I looked around online and found some adorable toppers on Pinterest via the blog Hoosier Homemade. My cupcakes are slightly modified from those, but definitely fun and festive. They were a big hit with the kids, and would be great for the kids (or kids at heart) at your Thanksgiving meal!
These cupcakes are so easy to make!
Thanksgiving cupcake ingredients:
- Icing
- Red food coloring
- Black fondant
- Yellow, orange, red, green fondant (or food coloring to dye white fondant)
- Vanilla wafer cookies
Thanksgiving cupcake instructions:
- Roll out black fondant to around 1/16 in
- Cut out a black top hat for 1/3 of the cupcakes
- Roll out white fondant to around 1/16 in and cut out female pilgrim hats
- Dye and roll out yellow fondant to around 1/16 in
- Cut out small squares for the Pilgrim top hat, they serve as the buckle
- Using the yellow, cut out thin strips of fondant, to serve as the band
- Decorate the band for the Native American bands with small dots or red, orange, and green dots. To finish out the bands, finish them off with a red feather-like shape.
- Attach the fondant head pieces using a little bit of water
- Using a thin tip, pipe on two white dots for eyes on each cookie
- Place a tiny ball of black fondant in the center of each eye
- Pipe light red icing on each cookie for the mouth
- Ice cupcake with reddish-brown colored icing (this looks like the clothes of the Pilgrims and Native Americans)
- Place a cookie on each cupcake
Make sure and keep checking back each day this week for more Thanksgiving themed ideas. I don't have my Sweet Tooth Tuesdays link party going currently, but I am wanting to get it started again. So tomorrow, make sure and link up YOUR Thanksgiving ideas! I love sharing mine this week, but I can't wait to see yours as well.


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My writing has been ticking along quite nicely over the past six months or so. After taking an unplanned break I jumped back into things with a last minute decision to tackle NaNo and polished off one and a half first drafts by the time March rolled around. Things were going well, I was proud of myself for making up for lost time but, in the back of my mind, I knew something about my writing was a little stale.
I've always been a contemporary girl. Whether it's reading or writing, it's always been my genre of choice and, aside from a questionable horror novel I wrote for NaNo many moons ago, it's all I've written during my adult life. There are great things about knowing a genre back to front, inside out, but it's only in the last few weeks I've thought about the negatives that might come with that.
– Everything feels 'done'.
When I start dreaming up a new idea I can't help feeling like it's been done before and then all I can think is that it's been done before…but better. It's a very easy way to kill any creativity and I've abandoned many a solid idea because I'm worried it doesn't feel fresh.
– I'm too aware of the market.
This has always been a stumbling block for me and it's something I'm actively working to overcome. Whenever I start a new project I can't help wondering what an agent, an editor, a blogger would think of it. I'll stop mid-sentence to delete a cliche that I know irritates people and I'm always trying to avoid names that have been used in contemporary books I've read before (finding a name for a love interest that hasn't been used before is tricky, let me tell you). Sometimes I haven't even put pen to paper before I've abandoned an idea because I've already identified fifty five different reasons why an agent wouldn't be interested in it…and I've really struggled to get out of this mindset, even if I have no intention of sending the end result off to agents.
Of course, self-doubt is something every writer suffers with but I can't help wondering if it's hitting me particularly hard at the moment because I'm so clued into past, present and future trends of the particular genre I'm writing in. As I blog mainly about contemporary books I see the market from both sides – as a reader and as a blogger, and I think it's always tough to retain full creativity when you've peeked behind the curtain.
So, after a very long introduction I'm almost getting around to actually making my point.
Last weekend I went away on a creative retreat with two of my closest friends (one who's a writer, one who's an artist) and I had a lot of time away from work and other distractions to think about who I am as a writer and what I want to get out of writing. As I'm not actively seeking publication I don't have any of that pressure or expectation, so why am I putting so much pressure on myself? Writing should be fun and I want to get some of the magic back that I felt when I started crafting stories as an eager teenager who wanted to create new worlds and dive headfirst into them.
When I thought about who I was a writer back then I realised that I was pretty naive about the way the industry worked. I didn't know anything about agents or advances or book prizes or marketing budgets and all I had to play with was the joy of writing and the excitement of dreaming up a story and bringing it to life on paper. That's the enjoyment I want to get back and I think I've stumbled on a way to do just that…
I'm starting a new project, one I've had in my head for years now but one I never thought I had the knowledge to tackle. I'm throwing caution to the wind and jumping into a genre that I've never written in before and, to be honest, a genre I never thought I would write in. It's only been a week and already I feel more excited about writing than I have for years. I've spent the last seven days obsessively scribbling ideas in a notebook, Pinning images onto a secret Pinterest board and starting to flesh out my idea. It's not something I'm writing for anybody other than myself and, for the first time in ages, I feel that giddy excitement that I haven't felt since I was thirteen years old and writing Harry Potter fan fiction on my clunky old family computer.
So I guess what I'm saying is that if you feel like you keep reaching dead ends with your writing, try jumping outside your comfort zone, even if it's just for a page or two, and see what it shakes loose.


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"Online Dating Over 50: The Rules of The Game" on Huffington Post began,
Monica Porter, who dated "dangerously" for a year, shares nine top tips to help protect yourself, including: don't believe anything, be careful who you get into bed with and split the check. If you're looking for romance through online dating, make skepticism your starting point, says Monica.
Sure, "be careful whom you get in bed with" and "split the check" are reasonable, whatever your age and whether you're dating online or some other way. But the negative attitude overall made me cringe For example,
Rule #1 of dating over 50: Don't believe anyone. Emotionally, you need to construct a wall around yourself which nobody can penetrate until you believe it to be safe. People will plunder your emotions without compunction if you let them. It is up to you keep them locked up, like jewels.
Really? I've been online dating for a while now, and though I have my own frustrations with it (see my advice to men here), fearing that my precious emotions will be plundered if I don't lock them up is not one of them.
Personally, I think that most people of our age who are using online dating sites are looking for love/ lust/ sex/ adventure/ friendship/ companionship, or some combination of these; feel as vulnerable as we do; and have good intentions. Am I naive?
Isn't the point of a first date to know each other enough to decide whether we want a second date? Isn't part of that being ourselves, talking openly, and, yes, risking a little? I've met people who have their emotions locked up, and I have no interest in dating them.
I invited the fans of my Naked at Our Age Facebook page to weigh in. Boy howdy, were you willing! Here are some of your points:
Janet, 55: I agree, it is very negative. If you go into online dating with fear and negativity, that is what you will attract. I suggest: Know yourself, be clear about what you expect from the site, be clear on the qualities of a date you are seeking, be ruthlessly honest because you have nothing to lose -- you don't want to waste time in a charade. This is the time of life to be real. Be you, be positive, have fun and you will attract what you put out.
Dana, 62: I tried online dating and it seemed like every man I met had a laundry list, and I was too short, not brunette, too chunky, not enough like their ex wife, too much like their ex wife, too independent, not independent enough, too sexual, too frigid, and on and on. They had this woman pictured in their mind and were looking for her and her alone. My strongest recommendation would be not to make snap judgments at the first meeting. Be willing to let things unfold, be curious. Resist the temptation to judge a book by its cover. Just relax and don't be on the hunt for your "soul mate" (whatever the heck that is). Find a true friend, a joyful companion, a kind soul and be nice. Let life, God, the universe, fate (whatever you want to call it) choose for you.
Jim, 58: As negative as it may be, is the article accurate? I say, for the most part, yes. Photos are old, many of them are of flowers, their dog, whatever. Would it be nice for a woman to offer to help pay for a nice dinner? Never happens. Not that I would accept it either, but the offer would be nice. I think we all have preconceived notions of what we want, but I agree that you need to let things flow. I find that many women aren't ready to date, let alone have a new relationship. After 3-4 dates, it's "I just don't think I'm ready," or "my ex BF is really trying to be a better man so I'm going to go back and give it another try," or "I thought I was ready but now I'm not sure."
Ruth, 67: I think the Huff Post article is valid to some extent -- don't believe anybody! It doesn't mention that you can ask for a reference after you've met someone for the first time and before you hop into bed with them. You can find out about the person's honesty and relationship history from someone else's point of view. I don't agree with the statement, "If you meet someone you fancy, by all means enjoy good, fun sex. But - hard-nosed as it sounds, and I can't pretend it's always easy - take the emotion out of it or you will be hurt over and over again." I can't take the emotion out of sex and I'm not sure many people can.
Paula Ellen, 53: I find the photo with the article pretty offensive. Why isn't there a photo of a 60-year-old, gray-haired woman with a thirty-something male? Jesus.
Brian, 64 : I'm a verbal guy, I'm not interested in profiles without a lot of writing either in the profile essays, or in the explanations of the questions on OKCupid. That's where I gauge such things as sense of humor, care for others, and intellectual curiosity. I wonder what women are thinking when they post a profile picture showing them scowling or otherwise looking unhappy. My correspondents tell me that they get tons of messages from men on the model of "Hi beautiful, what's up?" (That sort is the more tasteful) I can't give advice on how to handle this, except to put clearly in your profile something that you ask for a comment on, if only to see if someone actually read it. I sent a woman one of my usual cheerleading notes, telling her how much I loved her profile and wishing her good luck. Six months later, we've got a very fine romance going, despite the long distance. As it happened, one of my lovers had just said goodbye for reasons best known to her, and I had some time/energy to spare. So, be careful what you don't ask for. You may get it.
Ashton, 62: I agree that that article is way too negative. I'm a fan of OK Cupid and I think you need to go into it open-minded rather than paranoid. My #1 rule of online dating is to meet sooner rather than later.
Cyril, 65: While I agree that the wording is negative and excessively emphasizes the need for caution, we should not be gullible or leave ourselves open to exploitation, whether by a date or a rogue trader. Simply put, make sure they have earned your trust before you open up.
Chuck: I'm 74 and my honey is 78. We met on JDate two years ago. The obvious catalyst is honesty--and candor. We got the heavy lifting done on our first date (my alcoholism and depression, her husband's dementia) and moved on from there. Respecting one another's history and allowing space for individualism, these have worked so well for us.


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Trapeze Artist - Swinging with the Stock Market
When we go to the circus we see a trapeze artist working on a high wire or swing either alone or with other athletes. They know what they are doing because of constant practice, but every once in a while there can be a mistake, even a small one that can cause one of them to fall. The result is death or serious injury when they hit the ground.
When you look below them you will see a net. Thank goodness. No one wants to see them get hurt. As expert as they are they take precautions. In almost every profession or athletic event there is some kind of safety net available and this is true in the stock market for all investors. There is never any reason for investments to fall to the point the investor is hurt. Is there a net that breaks that fall and keeps the investor from losing all or part of his money? Yes there is.
It is called a Stop Loss Order. Brokers don't like them and never recommend them because it means he must watch your account and the average broker has too many customers to do that. However, you can instruct him to place an Open Stop Loss Order that means it is automatically in every day protecting your shares from loss. If you are not allowed to place this kind of order you should move your account to another brokerage house. They obviously don't care about protecting your money.
Let me give you an example. Suppose that last year you bought Cisco Systems (CSCO) at $50 per share. The first question to ask yourself is how much am I going to risk in case this stock goes down instead of up? You put up $5,000 and bought 100 shares. How much are you willing to risk? $500. $1,000. More? Well, today it is about $15 so if you did not have a loss protection you would be out $3,500 and that is too much. The Stop Loss Order is your Safety Net! If you don't have one you can be seriously hurt. One of the basic rules is never to lose more than 10%. Look at what you own to see if you would have more money today if you had placed a Stop Loss Order just below the highest closing price for your stocks. I know you would be money ahead.
There are literally thousands of stocks that have lost 80% and 90% of their value. For those poor people (pun intended) who did not have a safety net they are badly hurt and some are just about dead. Sorry, folks, it did not have to happen.
I don't care what you own. Now you should immediately look at everything in your portfolio and decide where you need to place those stops. If you don't put a net in place you could be hurt.
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Welcome to the Martins class
Our current topic is Ancient Rome; we have been having lots of fun in class exploring different artefacts and thinking about what we want to find out about The Romans!
In literacy, we have been looking at Charlie and The Chocolate Factory which has lead us to design our own sweets. We have had the chance to mould chocolate, create packaging and make adverts for our sweet, exploring the kinds of adjectives that Roald Dahl used to describe Mr Wonka's inventions.
We have also been thinking about healthy diets and our amazing bodies in science. I hope to keep our webpage up to date with some of the things we do in class!
I would like to remind everyone that P.E will be every Monday afternoon – please could P.E kits remain in school. Homework will be set on a Thursday and collected on Wednesday. Weekly spelling and times tables will be tested on Friday and will be given as part of the previous weeks homework. I would also like to ask that reading records be bought into school every day to ensure that we can keep them up to date with the reading we do in class. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
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- Use Hit the Button to improve your times tables, number bonds, doubling, halving and division. It has many different levels of ability, including more challenging decimal work:


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Almost everyone that has ever used Windows has either heard of or experienced a bugcheck – the infamous "Blue Screen of Death." A system may bugcheck for different reasons, but the bottom line is that the operating system has experienced a catastrophic fault that prevents the system from continuing to run. We're going to cover some basic information about why a server may crash, explain how to configure and capture crash dumps and review some basic debugging of a crash dump.
Before we get started however, remember that there is a difference between a bugcheck and an application crash. A bugcheck is a kernel-mode crash, whereas an application crash is a user-mode event. We covered the differences between kernel- and user-mode memory in our Memory Management 101 post several months ago. So what are some common reasons why you may experience a bugcheck?
- A device driver or operating system function that runs in the kernel-mode space experiences an exception that it does not know how to handle (an unhandled exception). This would include trying to write to memory to which it does not have access, or trying to read an address that is not mapped and therefore invalid
- A kernel support routine is called that results in a reschedule when the Interrupt Request Level (IRQL) is Deferred Procedure Call (DPC) / dispatch level or higher. An IRQL is the priority ranking of an interrupt. The IRQL at which a piece of kernel-mode executes determines the hardware priority. DPC is a mechanism that allows the processor that is currently executing a critical task to perform less critical tasks by deferring their execution to some point later – when the IRQL drops below Dispatch level.
- A device driver or operating system function explicitly crashes the system because it detects that there is either corruption or some other situation indicating that the system cannot continue to function without risking data corruption
- Faulty hardware may also cause a bugcheck
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RCMP are looking for a 62-year-old Kamloops woman who disappeared from the east Kamloops area 10 days ago.
Thelma Vaughan's car was found on east Shuswap Road, near the Lafarge Bridge in Kamloops, B.C., on Feb 7. Kamloops Search and Rescue ground crews and drones were called to the area three times, but were unable to find her.
An RCMP helicopter also searched the surrounding fields, and police dogs and a dive team have scoured the area near the river. The police helicopter is continuing to search the area every couple of days, according to Kamloops Rural RCMP Staff Sgt. Doug Aird.
Police say Vaughan was last seen leaving her apartment on Kamloops' North Shore on the evening of Feb. 3.
RCMP and Vaughan's family are seeking the public's assistance in locating Vaughan.
"She had trips planned to see family in the near future," Aird said. "That's our concern, it's not a typical case, she had things she was going to look forward to in the next month or two."
Vaughan is described as caucasian, five foot two inches tall, 130 pounds with grey hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information about Vaughan's whereabouts is asked to contact Kamloops RCMP at 250-828-3000.


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The Ottawa Chamber recently journeyed to the Amalfi Coast in Italy with 22 travelers. We toured the cities of Sorrento, Naples and Salerno, the Island of Capri and enjoyed the ancient ruins at Paestum and Pompeii. The excursion ended in Rome where we visited Saint Paul's Square, the Sistine Chapel, and the ruins of the Colosseum.
The travel opportunities the Chamber provides allows Midwesterners to learn and appreciate other cultures and different societies. The trip permits us to expand our thought processes and to look at our world both differently and similar at the same time. Travel to other countries and cultures bring to mind the John F. Kennedy quote, "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."
To learn more about Chamber travel opportunities:
Join us February 23rd at Neosho Community College – Ottawa Campus Auditorium for Travel with the Chamber Orientation from 5:30 – 7:00 PM. For more details, click here.


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Using the Home Assistant Alert Component with Telegram Acknowledge
This is an update to my post about the Garage Door Notification which was based on my Wifi Garage Door Controller .
So about a week after my post about sending a repeating notification through Home Assistant, the developers created a new 'Alert' component that basically made my post obsolete. So I decided to switch over to the Alert component and add some extra features.


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There is an active scientific publishing community in Croatia. The first Croatian Open Access initiative was launched in 1997, when Hrvatska znanstvena bibliografija (Croatian Scientific Bibliography or CROSBI) went online. CROSI allows researchers to search for scientific articles and books that were published in Croatia. As of July 2015, there are approximately 100 OA journals indexed in DOAJ which have been published in Croatia. There is also a central portal of Croatian scientific journals (Hrcak) which offers Open Access to over 250 journals. As of May 2013 the Hrčak portal of scientific journals hosted 333 journal titles with 91,737 full-text articles, including dozens of journals in the Humanities and Social Science fields. Both the CROSBI and Hrčak demonstrate the effectiveness of Croatian open access policy initiatives. Whereas the official statement on open access in Croatia became public in October 2012, the projects that supported these initiatives came to fruition at a much earlier date. Although the success of these two open access projects may not point to a generalized conclusion about the development of open access in the Croatian context, their success clearly indicates a promising future for open access policy initiatives in Croatia
07 OA institutional repositories are registered in OpenDOAR. 02 institutional OA policies are currently registered in ROARMAP.
Enabling Environment:
University of Zagreb Medical School Repository is a fully functioning OA institutional repository. Academic librarians have high awareness of OA. The public nature of the Croatian publishing industry lends itself to OA and self-archiving – publishers of Croatian scientific journals are non-for-profit organizations (mostly universities, scientific associations, scientific institutes) and they allow self-archiving.
Potential Barriers:
Lack of national mandates; non-Croatian publishers that publish research results of Croatian scientists do not always support OA – some of the articles written by Croatian scientists and published abroad cannot be self-archived (i.e. made accessible through OA repositories).
Major Projects/Initiatives:
Croatian Information and Documentation Society's (HID) OA working group initiated in 2004. The result was the launch of the Hrcak portal for Croatian scientific journals (supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, developed and maintained by University Computing Centre SRCE).
National and Institutional Level Policies/Mandates:
None, although in the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports' document "Science and technology policy of the Republic of Croatia 2007-2010" it is specified that the results of research (all research is publicly funded) should be accessible to the general public through open publications or databases.
Funding Mandate
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports' document "Science and technology policy of the Republic of Croatia 2007-2010" it is specified that the results of research (all research is publicly funded) should be accessible to the general public through open publications or databases.
New OA mandates:
On 17 April 2015, the Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI) adapted a new OA Policy which mandates researchers to submit a digital copy of all articles to the institutional OA repository FULIR (which is OpenAIRE compliant) upon acceptance for publication.
Details of Key Organizations:
University of Zagreb Medical School Repository
Overview: Medical School repository providing open access to the publication output of the University of Zagreb's Medical School and some theses. Uses GNU software. Compliant with Open Access Initiative protocols. Communication address: University of Zagreb, Medical School, 10 000 Zagreb, Šalata 3; e-mail: smk(at)medlib.mef.hr
Croatian Information and Documentation Society (HID)
Overview: Established to develop information and documentation sciences in Croatia, to promote professional principles and encourage free flow or materials including OA initiatives.
OA mandate: Article 7 of HID Statute includes "encouraging development of free flow, access and openness of scientific, professional and public information channels, which derives from the users right on information is making them equally accessible to everyone".
Communication address: HID c/o National and University Library, Hrvatske bratske zajednice 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia; e-mail: Marina Mayer, secretary, e-mail: mmayer(at)irb.hr
Past and Future OA Related Activities:
18-19 September 2014: The Plurality of Approaches to the Scholarly Publishing and Assessment; Zadar, Republic of Croatia
HID have organised a number of conferences and seminars that have included a focus on OA. OA was one of the topics of several conferences organized by Croatian Library Association (e. g. the Academic and Special Libraries Conference and the AKM - Archives, Libraries, Museums - Conference).
Open Access Week October 2011 at the University Campus in Rijeka, Croatia.
List of Publications
Jadranka Stojanovski. Do Croatian open access journals support ethical research? Content analysis of instructions to authors. Biochemia Medica 2015;25(1):12-21
Ivana Hebrang Grgić (2015) Publishing Croatian scientific journals: to e- or not to e-? Libellarium: journal for the research of writing, books, and cultural heritage institutions Vol 8, No 1
Hebrang Grgić, Ivana. (2014). Scholarly Journals at the Periphery: the case of Croatia. Learned Publishing, 27 (1). pp. 15-20
Hebrang Grgić I and Barbaric, A (2010) The future of open access in Croatia: a survey of academic and research libraries Library Review, Vol. 60, 2: 155 – 160.
Hebrang Grgić I, Barbaric, A and Dzambaski, I (2009) OA repositories at special and academic libraries in Zagreb in Stancic, H et.al eds. 2nd International Conference: The future of Information Sciences: INFuture 2009 - Digital resources and Knowledge Sharing, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb: 469-77.
Hebrang Grgić, I (2011) Open Access to Scientific Information in Croatia Increasing Research Impact of a Scientifically Peripheral Country. Lambert Academic Publishing: Saarbrücken, Germany. ISBN-10: 3844318593
Stojanovski, J, Petrak, J and Macan, B (2009) The Croatian national open access journal platform Learned Publishing, Volume 22, 4: 263-273.
UNESCO (2006) Accessing and disseminating scientific information in South Eastern Europe.
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I haven't really been feeling like knitting lately. I have 2 projects sitting in their baskets by my easy chair just waiting for me to take them up. They are both so close to being complete that you'd think that would motivate me to work on them. Alas, no, I'm afraid that summer weather has taken its toll and soured me on knitting for the moment. I'm still keen to work with other types of fiber, however.
This is a little piece of crazy quilting I made today. It's about 3-1/2 inches square, small enough to make it very quick to finish. So small, in fact, that I didn't bother to dig out the sewing machine or try to find the ironing board. It was a relaxing little hand sewing project that I worked on while supervising the toddler.
What possessed me to work on a miniature hand-pieced crazy quilt block you may ask? Why, to fill the empty 'window' in the cover of my new journal, of course!
I could put a photo of one of my needlework projects in that window, but the idea just doesn't sit right with me. I just can't pass up the opportunity (or is it excuse?) to make a new little piece to fit into the opening perfectly.
I guess I'm a die-hard fiber artist after all.
Monday, August 22, 2005
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The kids and I spent yesterday at a local farm for their yearly Harvest Festival.
It was warm, crowded and lots of fun.
We said hello to the animals,
picked a lot of corn,
really beautiful corn,
found some pumpkins, made a corn husk doll, and had some yummy snacks.
This is our bounty of Indian corn.
Isn't it beautiful?
I love, love, love the colors!
They are like jewels!
These kernels remind me of garnets.
Goose likes to remove the kernels and grind them in her mortar and pestle
for potions and the like.
I am saving some for displaying around the house and
some for art projects like kernel mosaics.
Last year I made a corn kernel necklace.
I hope you are enjoying the season as much as we are!
Happy Autumn!


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When dead men come hunting in the night, do you think it matters who sits the Iron Throne?"
–Old Bear Mormont, A Game of Thrones
At the northern edge of the Seven Kingdoms, there is the Wall. Built from massive blocks of ice and guarded by ancient, forgotten spells, it towers over 700 feet tall, forbidding entry to all who dwell beyond. A wall is only as strong as its defenders, and here, those defenders are the Night's Watch. In the Night's Watch, all men are brothers. Knights, lords, and the brothers of kings rub shoulders with slavers, murderers, and the scum of Westeros. Their task is grim and cold and thankless—no songs will ever be sung for them. Yet their vigilance is all that protects the southern lands from wildlings and the Others.
Travel north and join the Night's Watch with the Watchers on the Wall deluxe expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game! Within this expansion, the Night's Watch explores new and existing themes, as you find new ways to defend the Wall, new ways to conscript your opponent's characters, and plenty of rewards for focusing on the three branches of the Night's Watch: Rangers, Stewards, and Builders. Along with the nameless men who swell the ranks of the Night's Watch, you'll find new versions of iconic characters from throughout the saga, including Jon Snow, Old Bear Mormont, Maester Aemon, and Samwell Tarly.
And although the focus of this expansion rests on the Night's Watch, you'll find two new non-loyal cards for every other faction, expanding your options for any alliance. You'll also receive an assortment of neutral cards portraying the Night's Watch's most common enemies, the Wildlings. With seven new plots (one loyal to the Night's Watch) rounding out the expansion, Watchers on the Wall offers new pathways to victory for every deck.
so lets pop it open, and take a look at the new cards we will get.
Bowen Marsh is a 6 cost 4 strength card with intrigue and power icons. He also increases your reserve by 1, and during intrigue challenges each steward you control gains insight making them a bit more versatile too.
Cotter Pyke is cost 5, strength 5 with military and intrigue icons and stealth, and can, if a winter plot is revealed give another character stealth too.
Ser Jaremy Rykker is a 4 cost 3 strength card with military and power icons, and he gives all other rangers power icons too, so very useful to make sure you have versatility in your cardpool.
Grizzled Miner is pricey at cost 5, with only power icon, but he has strength 4, and he gets cheaper for each attachment or location you control, so later in game can be a real strong cheap card to bring out.
Grenn is a 3 cost 3 strength card with only the military icon. His reaction is after you win a challenge he was involved in, move 1 power from the losing faction card to an attacking nights watch character. 2 if the character is standing, so if you use Jon Snow to stand them all.. you can strip their power easily.
Samwell Tarly, is cost 3, strength 2 with only the intrigue icon, but he can be pretty handy as when hes in a challenge, all other non steward characters count their text box as blank nullifying some of those scary opponents powers.
Builder at the wall is 1 cost, 1 strength with power icon, and h can knelt in the marshaling phase to reduce the cost of the next attachment or location you play.
Lost Ranger is 2 cost 4 strength with the military icon. He does however have the interrupt that at he end of the challenges phase if you do not control any other rangers you must sacrifice him, so the cheap cost for strength has a flaw, but with planning can be mitigated.
Abandoned Stronghold is a 2 cost location that as action is knelt. You then choose a defending character that gets +X where X is the number of builders you control, so it can really pump up your troops if needed.
Catapult on the wall is a 3 cost attachment that is knelt along with the character to choose and kill an attacking character with strength 4 or lower but the character cannot stand in the standing phase, but potentially can with other methods!
Sworn to the watch is a 0 cost attachment that gives the character the Nights Watch faction symbol, and some nice traits too. If they have military they get ranger, intrigue gains steward, and power gains builder, so its possible to get a character with a load of traits, that all then synergise with the other cards of the deck.
I shall win no glory is a 0 cost event that is a reaction. When a challenge is initiated against you kneel 3 builders, rangers, or stewards to end the challenge immediately.
Black Betha is a 2 cos location that gives Ser Davos (if you control him) renown,
It also has an action, kneel the Black Betha to choose an attacking character that gets +X strength where X is the number of kneeling characters the defending player controls, so very powerful for later in the phase.
Ulf son of Umar is a clansman, at cost 5 with 4 strength military and intrigue icons. He also has a reaction that makes him a must in a clansman themed deck. After a clansman enters play, ulf gets +x strength where x is that characters strength, so he can become a monster!
Raiding the bay of Ice is a 0 cost event that can be played after you win a challenge as the attacker. Kneel a warship location to choose a non limited location controlled by the losing player, and place it on the top of their deck. Great if its an expensive one, as you know what card they will draw, and how much they will pay to get it back out again.
Lingering Venom is a 0 cost attachment that can be triggered after you lose a challenge. Place a venom token on the card, and then check, and if at any point the attached characters strength is equal to or lower then the number of venom tokens on the card, kill it. Brutal, and sneaky like Martell.
Summer is a 1 cost attachment direwolf, that can only go on a unique Stark character. You get 2 different actions. 1st.. you can kneel the attached character to have it participate in a military challenge on your side, great if they maybe don't have military icons, 2nd action.. pay 1 gold to attach summer to a different character, so you can bounce her around to get the best use.
The honeywine is a 2 cost location that gives you the reaction, after you win a challenge by 5 or more, the Honeywine gains a power, great as its getting to 15 power that wins the game, so the more ways to get it the better.
Plaza of pride is a 1 cost locaion that has a kneel action that lets you discard a card from your hand to stand a character with cost X or less. X is 3 higher then the the printed cost of the discarded card, so a discarded cost of 1 lets you stand a 4 cost card.
Rattleshirt is a 6 cost 5 strength character with military and power icons, and if he attacks alone, characters without attachments can not be declared as defenders.
The Frozen Shore is a 2 cost location that can be knelt after you win a challenge to stand a wildling for each winter plot revealed.
Scaling the Wall is a 1 cost event that is a reaction for after you win a challenge in which you control a Wildling. You may then choose a non limited location controlled by the opponent and return it to their hand.
We get new plot cards, and plots make such a difference in the game, they are a really important part of building of your deck that is often overlooked.
The nights watch get their own specific one, the fire that Burns. it has income 4, initiative 6, claim of 0, and reserve of 7. so with no claim you are not doing any damage, but each Nights Watch character you control does not kneel when declared as a defender, so if you need that one round to rebuild a bit this is the card for you.
Whisper Campaign is 4 income, 4 initiative, 1 claim 6 reserve, and ha the forced reaction, after a character without intrigue enters play, kneel them, so again this is all about playing it at the right times.
The White Shadows is 5 income, 2 initiative, 1 claim and 6 reserve. It has the reaction that after a character an opponent controls is killed, put it into play under your control but with a blank text box, and then goes into the owners dead pile at the end of the phase.
Name Day Tourney is 5 income, 4 initiative, 1 claim and 5 reserve. After you win a challenge with a Knight characater either attacking, or defending alone, choose a lord or lady you control and have the gain 1 power. Again great for getting more power, and power means winning.
The deluxe packs are always great, and dripping in theme as they ae minlay aimed at a single house, but they always include cards that work together, to help give you an idea of the theme, and in this case its a real success, as you delve through the pack finding cards that link to ones you see earlier, giving you some real direction to your deck building, and including cards that are nod backs to earlier ones. its really going to change the way i play Nights Watch, who always felt like one of the weaker factions, now with these cards they can be right up their, but also have a very distinct style of play, in fact al the houses do, which i really like so you need to learn to play to that factions strengths.
Its good seeing new variants of old characters too as they progress through the story its only right their abilities should change, but of course you are left with the choices to use either or any version, and also looking at the keyword triggers in this pack, as it can make you reevaluate some older cards too.
New plots also massively effect deck building to ensure you are getting the best possible synergy from them, so it makes this pack well worth while even if Nights Watch are not your main faction.
New plots also massively effect deck building to ensure you are getting the best possible synergy from them, so it makes this pack well worth while even if Nights Watch are not your main faction.
To learn more about A Game of Thrones the card game second edition take a look hereand check out our articles on Factions and plots to give you an idea of how they play, and take a look at some of the upcoming chapter packs that add more to your game.
Come and join us in all sorts of gaming chat in our Facebook group here, and come follow us on Twitter @rollyoursix join the chat, and tell us about your games!
Head on over to your local game store to pick this up with an RRP of £29.99 it will add plenty to your game even if Nights Watch are not your main faction, but if they are its a MUST BUY.


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Cyberslackers, egosurfing, data smog? All three terms have entered the English language, according to the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary of English, who have added 3,000 more words to the 350,000 words and phrases in modern usage. —Charles Arthur —Internet terms make entry in dictionary (The Independent)
Contemporary English still contains a host of idioms that date from the mechanical era. We "spin our wheels" or "stay on track." We might "hammer" an opponnent in a debate, or complain that "the pieces don't fit". Even some computer terms owe their origins to the mechanical age — the "line" in "online" and "offline" referred originally to the assembly line.


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Training the Calves
Good article. I've always had puny calves, and found some advice you posted awhile back about pausing at the top and bottom. I started trying that - I had to halve the weight and it burrrnnnnsss.......The scheme you outlined here is slightly different and I'll give it a go.
Question - I'm always trying to combine exercises and use compounds - I've been doing seated calve raises and heavy power shrugs (slightly crouched, explode up onto the tip toes and shrug, hold for a couple seconds, then back down and pause for a couple more seconds.) My idea was that this would take the place of standing calf raises while hitting some other muscles. Do you think this is effective, or a poor substitution for standing calve raises?
PS: Small correction note - forgot the ? at the end of the line "Do you see where I'm going with this yet."
You are only getting limited range of motion with a power shrug from neutral to plantarflexion. That said, OL'ers often ahve good calves and they do explsovie calf work (effectively) from a dead stopped, half range position
thanks for the typo catch
Who cares about that, what other internet guy talks about kangaroos?
I was under the impression the reason for the calves for being so 'strong' is because they function as a 2nd class lever.
On another note, Arthur Jones was known to use animals alot in the talks he gave. I'd be concerned if you start carrying around a gun, and begin chainsmoking. And start marrying teenage girls.
You mean the paragraph about the short lever arm?
A little off topic, but I wonder when calves are ever limiting in sports such that they require separate strength training...?
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I have created a new attribute for a user as we are migrating from LDAP user management to Active Directory. The new attribute is called uidOld - what I am trying to acheive is when the user attribute has data added i.e. Will (like the "member" in groups) I want the data to also be added to the group attributes. When I add the uidOld to groups it doesnt populate wiith the data. I beleive that i need to link the attribute so that the data populates in the groups attribute as well as the user attribute.
I cannot find how to do this, any help would be most welcome.


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Uninstalling Norton software & products
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Why Work at Alpha
The Benefits
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Some weekends, I have a pre-determined game plan for making brunch. Other weekends, I kind of wing it. Most often our plans include waffles, of course :) This past Saturday was one of those "wing-it" sort of weekends. I awoke knowing I wanted to make something waffle-y, but without any other clear direction.
I started a pot of coffee (in our new French press!) and began opening browsing the cabinets, refrigerator, freezer and counters. We had staple ingredients, like eggs and milk and maple syrup and butter. But I didn't want to make just "plain" waffles--too boring.
My eyes settled on the one-and-a-half bananas sitting on the counter. They were very yellow and had begun to develop brown spots--two indications that they were no longer suitable to be eaten (yuck, I hate overripe bananas!). But the bananas did seem perfect to add to a small batch of waffle batter.
Banana Waffles
Yields approximately 6 to 8 waffles
1 Tbl Brown Sugar
1 whole Egg
3 Tbl Vegetable Oil, plus additional for the waffle iron
1.5 whole Bananas, very ripe
1 c Milk
1 1/3 c Gluten Free Bisquick Mix (I was a little short, so I used 1 c (120 g) of Mix and added 1/3 c GF flour mix plus 1 tsp Baking Powder)
For Serving
Maple Syrup
Additional banana (optional)
- Preheat the waffle iron. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg and oil.
- In a separate small bowl, mash the banana, either with a fork or your fingers. Stir the milk into the mashed banana to combine the two. Then, and to the egg mixture.
- Whisk in the Bisquick mix.
- Grease the preheated iron & portion the banana batter. Cook on the medium to medium high setting until the waffles are done.
- Serve with butter, maple syrup & some additional banana slices (if you have any).


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How do I export the lattice that I made?
Lattices can be exported as STL, OBJ, 3MF, and other mesh file formats. To export a mesh file, open the `Mesh` tool, select a thickened lattice, and click `Generate` Then use the `Export Mesh` button to save the file to disk. Element Pro users may also export lattices in Graph (LTCX) format.
Do you have a version of Element for Mac?
We don't currently support Element on Mac, and don't have specific plans to release a Mac OS version. In addition, Element will *not* work via Parallels or VMWare Fusion, as those systems don't have access to physical video cards. Element does work well via Boot Camp, though!
Element crashes right when I boot it up. What's up with that?
The most common cause of instability with Element is, oddly enough, out of date video card drivers. If you're experiencing any issues getting Element to run successfully, the first thing to do is make sure your drivers are up to date. If you're using NVIDIA, you can do that here. For AMD, go here. In addition, if you're using a laptop then you should make sure that Element is set to use your dedicated graphics card - which you can do by following this (rather cheesy) video tutorial.
When I Generate a new lattice, nothing shows up.
This is also caused by out of date video card drivers - see above!
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Well, I am very glad to report that at the Stone Mountain Highland Games this past weekend I had the pleasure to meet the man who is the new US distributor for this sock company, and so in the near future the Scottish Tartans Museum will be offering this line of hose though our gift shop.
I have yet to work out all the details with the company, but I may try to have these available for purchase before Christmas. If not, they will be available in the Spring of 2007. But I wanted to go ahead and give people a sneak preview of these hose that I am very excited about.
All of their hose are made of a 50% Merino Wool, 50% Arcylic blend, making them very soft, very comfortable, and easily washable (I reccomend washing in cool water on the gentle/delicate cycle of your machine, and hanging to air dry). We will have available their standard solid color hose (not pictured) in 18 different colors. What is pictured here are their Balmoral line of hose.
The Balmoral features a completely hand knit upper attached to a machine knit leg. The customer will have the option of choosing his own color combination, with up to 5 different colors in the same sock (the leg, the two colors of the basket weave, and the two color stripe at the bottom of the turnover).
In addition to their standard sock and the Balmoral, we will also be able to offer diced hose and full tartan Argyle hose. While the diced and Argyle hose will not be cheap, we should be able to offer them for less than they commonly retail for from most major Highland Dress suppliers. All styles of hose will also be available with "full form" legs for those with larger calves.
As I said, we are still working out the details, but the standard hose should retail around $45, with the custom made Balmoral being around $125.
Another exciting offering are the matching garters that will also be available. These are not colored flashes on elastic garters, as are commonly seen, but true woven garter ties. They are a bit different than traditional tied garters, though. The way they are made, they have enough elastic to them that you simply wrap them twice about the leg, tuck one end inside the garter, and the whole thing stays in place all day.
I purchased two pair this weekend and find them to be most comfortable! Like the hose, they are available in a wide variety of colors and I may one day replace all of my elastic garters with these ties. (I'll have to post some pictures showing how they are worn later on).
So be on the lookout in the coming weeks for a new offering through the Scottish Tartans Museum, and of course I'll post updates here when the new hose are available.
- Update from 11/1/06
I just placed a fairly good sized order which I should recieve delivery of in a week or so. What I'll be getting are the standard (single colored) kilt hose, which we are calling the Lewis hose, and the garter ties that I mentioned in the blog entry. The Lewis hose will be $45. The garters will between $20-$25 a pair.
The Balmoral hose (which are the ones pictured in the post) will be available at some point in the future -- we are still working out what the prices might be for the balmoral, diced, and full tartan hose (though they should retail around $125 for the Balmoral, $150 for diced, and $200 for full tartan).
The colors available (in both the hose and the flashes) will be:
Ancient Blue
Ancient Red
St. Andrews Blue
Bottle Green
Claret Red
Silver Grey
Lovat Green
Navy Blue
Now, I know that list doesn't do anyone a whole lot of good without pictures. I've asked our supplier if they have any web-ready pictures, either of the hose or of a
color chart to send me. If not, I'll be photographing everything as soon as the inventory arrives and posting pictures.
I'll definitely be photographing a little "instructional" on how to wear the garter ties. I think these are going to be a really good seller, so long as people can see how they are worn. I think they look better and feel more comfortable than the
typical elastic garters.
We will still continue to carry standard kilt hose from the major suppliers that we sell for $21.95 and the standard garter flashes for $17.95. These are good quality items and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. But these new items from Hawick are going to definitely be a step up for those who want that extra bit of quality and craftsmanship in their Highland wardrobe.
I'll post more when the stock arrives (or if I get pictures before then). In the meantime, if anyone has questions, let me know!


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Thursday, December 19, 2013
10th Day of Creepmas
12 comments:
- DonnaMundinger said...
FABULOUS design, VK! Truly a stunning card. I totally love everything about it. xxD
- December 19, 2013 at 9:59 AM
- Vicky F. AKA Crafting Vicky said...
wow love the background. Such a great combination of details!
- December 19, 2013 at 1:01 PM
- applejack cards by sue said...
Hiya Ms Kittie... terrific card, great raven image. Etsy selling blood drops?????????
Sue (The Nanny)
- December 19, 2013 at 2:31 PM
- Wendy said...
I love the simplicity of this card. Great stamps. Really like the raven on the grapevine wreath stamp!
Thanks for letting me know how you achieved that really cool santa fur look! I'm adding pearl pen to my craft shopping list!
- December 19, 2013 at 3:55 PM
- Robyn (RedDogGirl) said...
I adore those skulls!! I am off to find some!
- December 19, 2013 at 9:47 PM
- Barbara Godden said...
This one I like, although the dripping blood is creepy but that's the name of the challenge. Fabulous job.
- December 20, 2013 at 8:27 AM
- Dominike said...
Beautiful card. I like background and each details.
- December 20, 2013 at 3:46 PM
- Wiola said...
Wow what a wicked wreath! I just love the blood drops. Cool with the "old wall" stamp.
- December 20, 2013 at 5:40 PM
- maureenjscott said...
Fabulous Wreath! Love the blood and Skulls! Mo xxx
- December 20, 2013 at 6:16 PM
- Emily Thubbron said...
VK, your card is so simply designed, but so perfect. I love the raven.
- December 20, 2013 at 7:14 PM
- Kristina said...
Oh love this! Dripping bloody so cool!
- December 23, 2013 at 9:48 AM
- Borqna said...
You are a very smart lady and an excellent artist!
I would love to see your work here.
It will be interesting! Success!
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Getting Ink Stains Out of Clothing Method 3: Milk
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This method of removing ink stains from clothing can help you remove the most stubborn stains. Milk contains enzymes and proteins that can help break down the ink stains. For this reason this method of removing ink stains is very simple.
- To begin you will need to get a bowl big enough to soak the part of the garment that is stained.
- Place the stained portion of the garment in the bowl or bucket. Ensure only the stained part is in the bowl or bucket.
- Next, pour the milk into the bowel or bucket so that the milk completely covers the stain.
- Allow the garment to soak until the milk becomes discolored with the ink stain.
- To ensure you have removed all of the ink you can pour the discolored milk in the sink and replace it with fresh milk.
- You can continue to repeat this processes until the milk no longer changes color.
- Launder the garment as you normally would. If you have a rather large or stubborn ink stain you may want to launder the clothing by itself to ensure you do not stain any of your other clothes.
- Inspect the ink stained area. If the stain remains you can repeat any one of the methods mentioned above. If the stain has been removed you can dry your garment. Remember do not dry the clothing if the stain remains because the heat will set the ink stain into the fabric causing it to be much more difficult, if not impossible to, remove the stain


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Whenever I hear people talk about the conniving, scheming nature of the media, it just makes me laugh.
I spent enough time working at news organizations to know the closest thing true journalists have to an agenda is the desperate desire to meet brutal deadlines in understaffed newsrooms while figuring out how they'll pay their rent once talking heads and TMZ finally run real news-gathering organizations out of business.
Manipulating the masses doesn't exactly figure prominently on the average reporter's list of priorities.
But today I'm here to tell you that there is, in fact, a media conspiracy — just not the one you think. It's not limited to news media and it's not about pushing this or that political agenda. Instead, this cross-platform conspiracy is a partnership between news, book and other publishers. And its agenda is much simpler: to torment anyone who wants to use punctuation well.