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Once upon a time, so we heard, the white male photographer would arrive and set up base at the Hotel Sheraton. In the afternoon, he would snap the slum conveniently located near the hotel. The next day he would take a flight back home (the city had little to offer in terms of nightlife or alcohol). A week later, the New York Times would run a photo of that slum, the country's image would be "ruined," and so forth. However, standing at the edge of 2013, even the hardened pity party protagonist has to grudgingly admit that we have won the battle. White photographers no longer dare to follow that Sheraton-slum-airport map. Instead they stay with someone local, they eat at our table (with their hands), and then take photos under our watch. Now no one should think we want to return to that old Sheraton paradigm. Never! But the question remains—even after all this time, why do the wheels of history only start turning with the arrival of the Western photographer or curator? If it is truly an indigenous, local movement, why does it need external blessing (award, festival, curator, magazine) to gain local traction?
One more question: say that slum photo is taken by a Bengali, and then published by The Times. Have we broken any paradigms, or just replaced the foreigner with ourselves? And if it is Bengalis who are marketing those photographs, then why that "victim" tone of "the Westerners are coming"? If you are going to talk disparity, start with the fact that the amount of expensive camera equipment in Dhaka indicates a powerful new economic circuit, for which the main buyers are western agencies.
Everything has an end state, and signs of exhaustion are now visible in social realist photography. Funding promises freedom, but instead traps work in the foundation cage. Take for example that award-winning feature on the gay cruising scene, which projects a new liberal climate. On the net however, aggressive comments posted under the photo hint that many minds are still closed odd. Hiding behind that award is the very real possibility of death at night. What is needed then are photographers who engage with the movement, not just document it. Actually, put down the camera for sometime will you? Maybe even for a few years. Break apart to birth the new.
ContributorNaeem Mohaiemen
NAEEM MOHAIEMEN is a writer and visual artist (shobak.org). This excerpt is translated from the essay "Social Realism's Truth Quest."
Diana Copperwhite: The Clock Struck Between TimeBy Robert R. Shane
JUNE 2019 | ArtSeen
The question one asks while experiencing Diana Copperwhites new paintings is: When are they happening? As the exhibition title, The Clock Struck Between Time suggests, the artwork places us in an ambiguous temporal space, drifting from the present moment into a memory still struggling to take form.
By Alex A. Jones
Resting Position
JUNE 2018 | ArtSeen
The thirteen paintings in Resting Position, all completed in 2018, range from 16 to 36 inches square, a modest scale that invites contemplation rather than immersion.
Shifting and Symmetry of TimeBy George Widener
JUL-AUG 2018 | Critics Page
Although my investigations and conceptions of time are certainly self-taught and personal, they are not necessarily outside the canon of human experience or destiny. They're in fact juxtaposed to the future evolution of technology and human neurological development. This is to say that perhaps one day some of my pictures will awaken from their present hibernation. The question here is whether my calendric calculations and reference points are merely personal or whether they're connected to a futuristic synergized public.
By Osman Can Yerebakan
Hotel Suicide
FEB 2018 | ArtSeen
Spearheading Richard Hawkins's fifth exhibition at Greene Naftali is a painting titled, And then come the dawn (2017), which took Hawkins over a decade to complete. In an email conversation, the L.A.-based artist expressed his restored interest in this painting after a decade with the current socio-political climate. Hawkins re-imagined the story of a worn-out, gay, white liberal at a hotel room in Thailand where the protagonist "takes his indulgence a step too irrevocably far.


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More than 50 small and medium sized enterprises, cooperatives, individual producers and TVET schools are set to sell their products at the Germany Christmas market.
Dr. Peter Woeste, the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Rwanda will officially launch the event which starts this Saturday November 18 to 19 from 10:00am, at premises of the SOS Hermann-Gmeiner Primary School in Kacyiru.
Products on sale range from handicraft, artworks, children toys, books, Christmas decoration, fashion accessories and clothes, metal and wood works, local brandy and many more, with an objective of promoting Made in Rwanda.
"The sale is only part of the event. Christmas Markets are a social event, a place to meet, to enjoy German food and a drink. Many offers are difficult to resist, such as the glass of delicious mulled wine," Peter Woeste said.
The event is jointly organized by the German Embassy, the SOS Children's Village, Goethe Institut, Rheinland-Pfalz, Savings Banks Finance Group among others.


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After visiting the Takaraso Hotel, it was time to hit Matsuyama City's star attractions.
The 道後温泉 (Dōgo Onsen) itself! One of the oldest hot springs in Japan, even mentioned in the 万葉集 (Man'yōshū) – the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled around 759 AD.
The Dōgo Onsen was the favourite retreat of famous Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), when he was working near Matsuyama as a teacher in what was at the time rural Shikoku. In Sōseki's loosely autobiographical novel Botchan, the eponymous main character is a frequent visitor to the springs; the only place he likes in the area.
It was also the inspiration for the bathhouse in Studio Ghibli's Oscar-winning Spirited Away!
Just in front of the onsen is a shopping arcade, selling traditional local goods.
Literally nothing was 1,080 yen.
Naturally, with the Spirited Away connection, there was an entire store of Ghibli souvenirs inside.
Quite literally となりのトトロ!
And, one slightly precarious chairlift later…
…松山城 (Matsuyama Castle)!
A flatland-mountain castle built in 1603.
I actually arrived an hour before closing, but still had enough time to climb the main keep.
On New Year's Day, 1784, the castle tower was struck by lightning and burned down completely. The current tenshu was built between 1820 and 1854.
The castle survived the Meiji restoration, but parts of it were destroyed by bombing from American forces during WWII.
Since 1966, the city of Matsuyama has been working to restore the castle.
The Botchan Karakuri Clock, which comes alive every hour with music and figurines of characters from the novel. I actually had no idea that it did anything beyond tell the time, but – by happy coincidence – arrived at 8pm on the dot, just in time to see the show.
After visiting the castle, I'd gone back to the hotel for my towels and toiletries…
…so that I could enjoy the experience of actually bathing in the Dōgo Onsen that evening!
There are a range of courses available through the maze of stairways, passages and bathing rooms in the main building.
I opted for the one which admits bathers to use two of the men's springs downstairs, before switching to a yukata for for tea and sembei crackers on the middle floor.
The main bath on the first floor is called Kami no Yu (Bath of the Gods), while the smaller but more distinguished Tama no Yu (Bath of the Spirits) is on the second floor.
For obvious (naked stranger) reasons, I couldn't take photos of the baths themselves, but here's one I found online!
While Dōgo is largely engulfed in the suburban sprawl of modern-day Matsuyama, the area around the onsen retains the feeling of a resort town, with guests from all over the country wandering the streets in yukata robes after their bath.
One day in, and Matsuyama was fast becoming one of my favourite cities in Japan.


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Chirol of Coming Anarchy has done great work on domestic application of the work of Thomas P.M. Barnett ("Pentagon's New Map (PNM) Theory"). In three now-famous posts
Barnett himself (commenting on an excellent article in Reason) note that caboose breaking, "voting more populist candidates into office in democracies (e.g., India's Congress Party) to political unrest and violent protest in authoritarian states," "is basically when politicians/leaders realize and fear/anticipate/respond to unrest from disconnected populations."
An early American attempt at caboose-breaking the country's Gap was the Great Society, succeeding in driving up Gap unemployment and fatherlessness to record highs. Another attempt, affirmative action, was nearly a textbook case of how to teach racial resentment and divisiveness.
Now that another wave of agitprop is subsiding – a failed lynching in North Carolina and a "high-tech" one on the air. – one might except a second wave of this. Obvious possibilities might include zero-sum transfers of wealth, property, and position (a Jackson / Sharpton plan). However, considering that the most popular black candidate yet produced in America is the descendant of slave-owners but not American slaves, the political possibility of that seems unlikely. Another, different, take woudl be attempt to overload America's gap with feedback in the hope of forcing a deeper change. Yet inciting riots is dangerous, and not the risk.
That takes us to the most obvious form of Gap-shrinking that can be expected in the near-future in America: nothing. Those who power makes them important feel outrage must less than those who are powerless, and thus little can be gained from Imus or Mangum agitprop. Life will continue, with those in America's core living good lives, and those in America's gap not.


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- Be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident.
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- Demonstrate interest in research and development of hard technologies to advance materials or manufacturing-based energy technology to address Alaska-specific challenges, such as seafood processing, additive manufacturing that may be particularly useful in remote locations, metal fabrication, and oil and gas industry supply chain support.
- Be an early career Innovator, with early career defined as one of the following:
- Have no more than five years since receipt of graduate degree as of the application deadline.
- If more than five years since receipt of graduate degree, applicant must have an academic background and technical experience in a field applicable to advanced manufacturing innovations who have not previously founded a hard technology company within five years. Hard technology is defined as physical devices. The program will not support projects focused in the development of software, processes, or deal with human and social factors.
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Technology Management Department Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) is a multidisciplinary science and its designed to equip managers, leaders and professional executives with knowledge, competency and managerial skills. This department mission gives a contribution to science development of technology management through education, training and community services.
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VISAKHAPATNAM: The Government should continuously monitor the state of the economy and the cost of borrowing money to control inflation, according to senior professor of economics in Andhra University, G. Ramachandrudu.
It should act immediately as was done by the USA last month which could control inflation within one week, he points out. It should immediately raise interest rates, CRR and formulate other banking policies. It should identify the essential commodities and sell them through public distribution system, he opines. The economists and politicians were equally worried over the sudden jump of inflation figures from last week's 8.75 to 11.05 (12 per cent if adjusted), he adds.
The immediate effect of inflation would be on stock markets because of the boost in the cost of production and transportation.
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Yesterday I got the privilege of spending the evening with my 3-year-old grandson while his parents were out. Landon is a very active child and is always eager to learn new things. He certainly keeps grandma busy!
As soon as I got to his house, he wanted to go outside and play. This is great because many children today spend way too much time watching TV and playing with games that don't stimulate their imagination. I'm from a generation that believes children need fresh air and an active lifestyle to be healthy and happy. Of course the temperature outside was 29 degrees (celsius) so we had to stay out of the sun. We played in the shade with one of his new toys that he got for his birthday – a bat and ball set. Then we went inside for a break from the heat and had something to eat.
After supper, we went back outside again and played for a while. Then we sat down, ate popsicles and relaxed. It was great fun!
As the sun dropped, it was time to come in and start winding down for bed. First a healthy snack, then a bath and story time. Landon loves reading and he sits real close as I read, sometimes on my lap. I tell him to pick out 2 or 3 books and he always comes with at least 5 or 6. He especially likes the ones that have flaps to pull open, things to turn or doors to slide. Reading to a child is a wonderful experience. It forms a close relationship and makes them feel loved, while helping them learn and grow.
Story time comes to an end and it is time for lights out. Prayers first, then hugs and kisses as he snuggled down in bed. Looking down at a sleepy child gives you such a warm, fuzzy feeling!
I can't tell you how important it is to spend time with a child. When my two girls were growing up, I spent lots of time with them, but I also remember the times when I was too busy to play with them because I was trying to keep the house clean or work on something I felt was more important. I realize now that there is NOTHING more important than spending time with your children and helping them build their esteem. Children need to feel loved and appreciated and this is done by showing them how important they are and being involved in their lives. We all have to spend time working, keeping our homes clean and doing other necessary things, but these should not be the most important thing in our lives.
Build some special moments in your life by spending time with your family and friends. When you look back at your life, you will remember those special moments and they will give you a wonderful feeling. Don't live with regrets about the opportunities that you missed.


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After 17 years together, distributing some of the best-known marine brands in New Zealand, the owners of iconic marine company Marine Direct Ltd have parted to pursue their separate interests.
Danny Bassi has purchased Darryll Hart's shareholding and will now be the sole director of the company.
It is a completely amicable separation; co-founder Hart relocated to Rotorua last year and has taken the opportunity to step back and continue his work in other fields.
Marine Direct Ltd was formed in 1997 after NZ Transport Supplies withdrew from the NZ marine market. Both Hart and Bassi had worked together at NZTS and they continued their association with the newly formed company.
The last 12 months have been a progressive time for Marine Direct Ltd. The company recently released their first ever print catalogue which is in excess of 400 pages and showcases the brands they distribute. There is much more planned for the coming year.
All those associated with Marine Direct Ltd wish Darryll the best for his future endeavours and know that he will be greatly missed by the wider marine community.
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Story Of Gravity cafe
From the founders' love for coffee, active lifestyle and a dynamic approach to the coffee shop, we launched Gravity Cafe in January 2019 At Aspire Zone Foundation.
We launched a dynamic cafe with a wide range of signature drinks and specialty coffee. Our items will quench your thirst during summer and warm your body during winter
Our morning sandwiches and bites are yummy, our cakes are the perfect treat for your body and our Gravity Boosters shots will truly boost your mood..
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A request for tender has just been completed. Red Energy Pty Ltd has been successful and will be appointed as the sole supplier to the electricity large sites State Purchase Contract effective 1 July 2019.
Red Energy Pty Ltd is the contract for large sites electricity so no transition activities will be required by users.
A whole of Victorian Government closed panel contract with 1 supplier for providing electricity to sites using over 40 MWh per year, including renewable energy certificates, along with supplying new sites.
Lead agency: Department of Treasury and Finance
Conditions of use: Mandatory
Contract reference number: SS-03-2018
Arrangement type: Sole supplier
Start date: 01 July 2019
End date: 01 July 2022
Log in to view confidential commercial details of the contract (Government users only)
Register as a buyer for the contracts portal (Government users only)
Key benefits
- risk management for energy and environmental certificates
- cost-efficient energy in a volatile wholesale market
- the ability to add new sites
What's covered?
This contract covers these main areas of retail electricity supply services:
- electricity for large sites using more than 160 MWh per year
- electricity for sites using between 40 and 160 MWh per year (if added to the scope of a contract)
- accredited GreenPower at percentages of 10%, 25% and 100%
- renewable Energy Certificates including SREC and VEEC
Supplier details
This contract is a sole supplier arrangement with Red Energy:
Red Energy
Address: 570 Church Street, Cremorne, VIC 3121
Contact name: Nicole Ellison
Role: Team Manager C & I
Phone: 1300 322 067
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Join this contract
To join this contract and access more information:
Step 1. Register for the contracts portal
The category manager will check you're eligible and if approved, will notify you by email.
Step 2. Complete the roll-in form
Complete the roll-in form after you join the contract:
Include this information for any transfers:
- the National Meter Identifier (NMI) on the existing retailers' invoice.
- site address where the NMI is located (also on the invoice)
- the incumbent retailer
- required billing (per site or consolidated)
- billing address (if different to the supply address);
- billing address contact details
- the percentage (out of either 10%, 25% or 100%) if you need accredited GreenPower (the default position is 0%)
- organisation details and ABN (if new to the contract)
Contact the contract category manager Steven Brown once you completed the form.
Use this contract
Contact your department head for more information.
Department contract managers
|Department representative
|Department of Education and Training
|Brett Duff
Schools Finance Officer
03 9637 2063
|Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
|David Helmore
Environmental Manager
03 9194 1070
|DTF- Shared Services
|Geoff Wilks
Facilities Management
0400 937 958
|Department of Justice and Community Safety
|Dale Martin
Environmental Analyst
03 8684 0343
|Department of Health and Human Services
|Noelene O'Keefe
Principal Manager, Environment
03 9096 2618
|Victoria Police
|Duncan McColl
Category Manager
03 9247 3030
|Department of Transport
|Upul Hemapala
Senior Manager
03 9027 4962
|Selena Liu
Director Procurement and Contract Management
03 9854 2168
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text: Bryan C. Jones was born in Greenwood, SC to faithful Christian parents. He is the Evangelist and Minister of the Graceview Church of Christ, a rapidly growing, vibrant congregation of Christians in Anderson, SC. In January of 2015, Bryan led the Graceview congregation to start a Television broadcast called "Passion for Christ" which they use to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to 1.4 million homes in Upstate South Carolina, Northeast Georgia and Western North Carolina. Bryan also hosts a weekly Internet Radio program also called"Passion for Christ" which blesses many people throughout the country each week. He has preached numerous Gospel Meetings and Revivals in various states baptizing many souls into Christ. He has conducted many seminars, workshops and facilitates the "Finding My Good Thing Singles Empowerment Seminar" empowering single Christians through the dating and marriage wisdom in his book, "Finding My Good Thing." Bryan is a passionate student of scripture and a dynamic speaker whose love for the Lord is clearly articulated through his Spirit filled sermons from the Word of God. He will graduate in the Spring of 2019 with a Masters degree in Biblical Studies at Faulkner University. Bryan is married to Mrs. Danielle P. Jones, and they released a book in the Summer of 2018 that is available now titled, "Finding My Good Thing," How God Can Lead You To Your Future Spouse By Dating With A Spiritual Purpose.


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- Lowest prices guaranted
- A travel designer available 7 days a week
- Organic solar products and a Samsonite gift delivered to your home (value: 125 €)
- For each booking, Little Guest donates to underprivileged children
- The Kid's Resort, a place exclusively dedicated to children's fun
- The golf course, voted 'Best Luxury Golf Resort in Europe'
- The delicious breakfast and famous Sunday Brunch
Surrounded by a giant 42-acres park, the 4-Star Evian Ermitage hotel offers easy access to the shores of Lake Geneva. The view of the mountains is breathtaking. From Geneva airport, it is only 60 minutes to reach the hotel. A boat also connects Lausanne and Evian in 35 minutes and a TGV is available from Paris. Moreover, the resort has its own heliport installed. therefore, it allows guests to use their helicopters to land and take off safely.
Located in Haute-Savoie, Evian-les-Bains is a charming town, a symbol of the French style of the Belle Époque. For more than two centuries, the famous water of Evian has been sold throughout the world. Its exceptional properties make it the thermal water of preference. The town, its charming streets, shops, train station and harbour, are easy to reach thanks to a funicular within walking distance from the hotel or to a shuttle service also available.
The hotel Ermitage was built at the beginning of the last century and has an Anglo-Norman-Savoyard architecture. Located in the heart of the Evian Resort, this family house is equipped with all the essentials to welcome and comfort baby, and is dedicated to golf, relaxation and sporting activities for parents and their children. The atmosphere is friendly and warm. Respectful towards nature, the establishment has been labelled with 'Earth Check', an international ecological certification programme in the field of tourism.
The establishment offers its guests:
- 80 rooms (including 6 suites)
- 1 spa
- 2 restaurants
- 2 bars
- 1 children's club (babies-children-teens)
- 1 swimming pool reserved for children
- 1 golf (18 holes)
The decoration of the Ermitage is inspired by nature with materials such as stone, wood and leather. The tones are warm, the ambience sumptuous. The large period fireplace in the lobby offers it's guests with first-class relaxation.
The hotel is a dream location to organize weddings, baptisms, birthdays and other parties of all kinds. Dads, businessmen and working mothers will appreciate the many meeting and seminar rooms that are available.
The rooms and suites are all carefully decorated. They are roomy, specially designed for parents and their children. Double bed, extra bed and sofa bed are offered for the comfort of all. L'Occitane en Provence cosmetics treatments are offered in each bathroom, while children receive Toofruit natural cosmetics. Some room categories offer an open balcony over the expanse of the lake.
Ideal for families, the Family Lake rooms (30 sqm – 323 sqft) can accommodate 2 adults and 2 children. Their variants, the Lac Suites (45 sqm – 484 sqft) are perfect to host 2 adults, 1 child and 1 baby. To guarantee the privacy and comfort of all guests, each room is equipped with a bedroom and a separate living area. Also, these bathrooms feature a shower and a bathtub.
There are two restaurants and two bars. La Table offers tasty gourmet cuisine in an elegant setting. You really do not want to miss the traditional Family Sunday Brunch! The Library is a restaurant with a cosy atmosphere, a cross between a literary salon and fine dining. The Birdie Bar is available at all times of the day. A pianist plays every night during the school holidays. La Chaise Longue bar overlooks the hotel's swimming pool.


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PfSense not using IPSec site-to-site tunnel for routing
Hi, I am facing a strange issue and I am pretty desperate here. I had a well configurated and fully functional IPSec site-to-site tunnel between PfSense box and Zyxell USG 20 GW. I´ve set it up two years ago and there wasn´t any problem with it until now. Last night, I´ve updated PfSense on version 2.4.2-RELEASE-p1 and it had to somehow broke down this IPSec tunnel. Both, PfSense and USG, show me, that the tunnel is up and running, I don´t see anything strange in IPSec logs either on PfSense nor on the USG. On PfSense box only incoming traffic counters are increasing and the same happens with outgoing counters on USG. By Packet capture on PfSesne, I can see, that USG tries to ping PfSense box address but no traffic is flowing back. When I´ve tried traceroute to PfSense box from a computer inside USG´s LAN, it correctly tries to go through the tunnel, but if I´ve tried the same from a computer inside PfSense´s LAN, it tries to route through the internet and not through the tunnel. The same happens when I´ve tried to traceroute USG´s IP directly from PfSense.
I´ve only done the upgrade of the PfSense box, and no other configuration changes anywhere. Please, could someone tell me how to fix this? Should I add some route to PfSesne route table? Or what can be the cause of this trouble? As I said, before the upgrade, this configuration was functional for over two years without any issue.
Hi, I am really disappointed, that there is no answer to my question. In the meantime, I´ve tried to figure it out. I´ve tried to rebuild the whole configuration, but no success, then I´ve deployed a new installation of PfSense 2.4.2 on another machine and tried to set up IPSec tunnel there, but also no success. Finally, I´ve backed up the configuration from the newly installed 2.4.2 box, reinstalled it to 2.4.1, restored the configuration (yes, the config.xml from the 2.4.2) and voila IPSec tunnel was successfully connected and properly used by PfSense. So I´ve made the conclusion, that there must be something that changed by the new release and I am missing this change. Unfortunately, I haven´t found anything about that, so I am hoping that someone relevant will see this post and tell me what I am missing or if it is a bug, then this issue will be added to the bug list for the next release.
If you have the LAN interface disabled, UNCHECK VPN > IPsec, Advanced Settings, Auto-exclude LAN address
If you have the LAN interface disabled, UNCHECK VPN > IPsec, Advanced Settings, Auto-exclude LAN address
Hi, thank you, that helps, but the symptoms are not my case. I have LAN enabled and a static IP is assigned to it on both installations. The production one has default LAN, two WAN, one OpenVPN, one IPSec and approx. 30 VLAN interfaces, the test one is probably more common, it has WAN, LAN, and IPSec. But both showed me the issue and both were repaired by your solution.
In Status > Interfaces you will see the second interface. That is the internal interface (lan). It does not matter what the interface description is.
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Ash Lane Consulting provides services exclusively for GP surgeries. As licensed associates of The Surgery Network, we are able to also utilise their powerful business platform which we implement and then support.
Tracy Hole: "I am passionate about helping improve the profitability of primary care. Increasing your income means you can devote more time and money to patients. As a former practice manager I understand the stresses and strains of the role and so I make sure we deliver our services with the little disruption to the practice. I have developed sophisticated analytical tools to enable me to maximise your PAI income – something that I get quite excited about! Prior to practice management, I was a senior manager within BT and I have a degree in Computer Science. I'm very happy to have an informal chat, so give me a call."
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Home Specifications
Nothing but the highest of standards
Homes at Lorton Park are constructed and finished to the highest standards and furnished with the very best quality fixtures and fittings. All the houses at Lorton Park have been designed and built with energy and water conservation in mind, leading to low running costs. We have employed skilled tradesmen who take great pride in the quality of their workmanship, individually crafting each home to our exacting standards. We place particular importance on the selection and quality of materials used.
Your home is covered by the LABC warranty
Your new home has the benefit of cover under the LABC Warranty. The LABC provides consumer protection to new home buyers, ensuring that high standards are maintained within the industry. The LABC warranty ensures that during the first 2 years (and during years 3 to 10) following completion, there are defined responsibilities with regard to defects in materials or workmanship in your new home.
Find out more: http://www.labcwarranty.co.uk/homeowner
Grounds, allotments and paddock
Bordered by mature trees and hedgerows, Lorton Park is situated in the rural tranquility of the Old Rectory and remodelled grounds. The secluded location is perfect for these residential homes which have been individually designed to complement the historic backdrop of the Old Rectory. The grounds have ample open space including a paddock and its own dedicated allotments. There is a management company in place to manage the external grounds to ensure they are maintained in perpetuity.
- Outside tap and electric socket
- Turfed rear gardens
- Patios or decking with paths laid in slab
- Front walls natural Purbeck stone with cock and hen capping or rendered
- Fencing
- BT points are fitted to the lounge, family room, study, bed 1 and 2
- Main BT router point to be based in under stairs cupboard
- TV points with wiring to communal satellite and digital terrestrial TV system (no box supplied)
- Mains operated smoke alarm with battery backup fitted to hallway and landing
- External light (in porch) or coach light fitted to the front
- Rear external lights
- Electric and light to garage
- Electric garage door (on selected plots)
- Alarm system
Heating & Insulation:
- Gas fired central heating with thermostatically controlled radiators upstairs
- Underfloor heating to the ground floor and electric underfloor heating to en-suite & bathroom
- Modern slimline double glazed windows throughout
- Real chimneys ready to accept customers wood burning fire – on selected plots
External Finishes:
- Self-coloured render
- Walls – Natural rubble stone
- Roof tiles –Natural Slate
- Guttering – Cast iron appearance half round black
- Front Doors – Composite GRP fibrecolour
- Windows low profile coloured UPVC
- Rear sliding doors matching colour of window frames
- Weatherboarding – Siberia Larch cladding
- Garage door
- Juliet balcony – on selected plots
- Glazed balcony – on selected plots
Decoration & Internal Finish:
- Decoration – Smooth emulsion finish to the walls and ceilings
- Wooden doors throughout
- Stairs – Timber various finishes
- Flooring – Carpets throughout except tiling to kitchen, bathroom and en-suite
- Bathroom, en-suite and cloakroom are equipped with contemporary sanitary ware in white with stylish taps
- Bath shower mixer and screen (where applicable)
- Shower
- Wall tiles to the bathroom and en-suite as per drawing
- Chrome heated towel rail to family bathroom and en-suite
- White down-lighters to the WC, bathrooms and en-suites
- Shaver socket fitted in bathroom and en-suite
- Underfloor heating in bathroom and en-suite
- Ceramic floor tiles in bathroom and en-suite
- Fully fitted kitchen with wall and floor cupboards from our range
- Quartz worktop
- Stainless steel eye level single oven, gas hob and hood extractor fan
- Stainless steel 1-bowl sink with a chrome tap
- Integrated fridge freezer and dishwasher
- LED down-lighters to kitchen
- Tiling to floor
- Quartz upstand to worktops
- Splashback to hob
300Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband
Lorton Park will be the first site in Weymouth to get 'Fibre to door' fibre optic broadband which offers upload speeds of up to 300Mbps
A Selection of images from Lorton Park's Phase One and Two homes:
Images are examples only and may not reflect exact features and fittings in each home. Please contact our agents for more information.


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What is Return on Investment (ROI)
Return on investment (ROI) is a profitability performance measure, which is used to measure the efficiency of an investment. It measures earnings with respect to the particular invested amount. ROI is usually expressed in percentage.
The formula for return on investment is
Return on Investment (ROI) = (Net profit / the cost of an investment) * 100
How it Works (Example)
Mr. Smith buys $2000 worth of stocks and sells them after one year for $ 2500. The net profit from investment is $ 500 ($500 = $2500 – $2000) and return on investment will be calculated as follows:
ABC Company invests $1000 in project A and $1200 in project B. The profit at the year end from project A and B are $200 and $ 150. The company pays tax at 30%.
ROI from Project A:
Tax on profit is $200 @ 30% = $60 so net profit will be $140
ROI Project A = ($140 / $1000) * 100 = 14%
ROI from Project B:
Tax on profit is $150 @ 30% = $45 so net profit will be $105
ROI Project B = ($105 / $1200) * 100 = 8.75%
Management can easily measure efficiency of both projects from above ROI calculation to take future decisions.
Why it Matters (Analysis, Significance & weakness)
Usually, a positive ROI means that an investment has performed well and a negative ROI means that revenue was not enough to cover investment cost. Comparison of two different projects can be made to check which project perform well, in our previous example project A perform well with ROI of 14% greater than project B.
Return on investment calculation can be tailored according to need, it can be used:
- To measure divisional performance of a company
- To compare different investment project
- To measure profitability of a company as a whole
- To measure personal investment of an individual
Other similar profitability measures are, return on assets, return on equity, and return on capital (ROCE) etc.
ROI calculation may vary among users because of its flexibility, it may cause confusion.
It does not consider the time value of money, However, the formula can be altered with respect to present value calculation.


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'Children from disadvantaged families will come earlier in puberty'
Children from disadvantaged families have a higher chance of early puberty. They would also have worse health.
Researchers from the Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) in Melbourne found in their research that boys from disadvantaged families are four times as likely to be from ten – or eleven-year-old age at puberty. Girls had the chance two times as large, so say the researchers of The University of Auckland.
During the research, some 3,700 children from their birth by the scientists followed. They are part of the Australian study, Growing up in Australia. The parents were asked whether they features of puberty wanted to report in their child between the eighth and ninth year of life. Then they had to re-indicate between the ages of ten and eleven years old.
Characteristics of puberty are a growth spurt, pubic hair and skin changes. In girls attention was paid to the advent of menstruation and breast development. In boys was also given a deepened voice and growth of beard. During the research was the socio-economic status compared to children who are early in puberty came and children according to the schedule began with adolescence.
At the age of ten and eleven years old was 19 percent of the boys and 21 percent of the girls already in puberty started. "Early puberty is one of the phenomena as a result of social backwardness. It will also influence the chances of the child later in life," says researcher Melissa Wake.
Research into puberty, the last period more attention, because the puberty in many children earlier than other generations. According to professor Ying Sun would be a child with a lower social and economic status earlier in their teens because they need to survive. "Children who come from a poor family, the physical or, for example, a parent missing, may be previously the age of puberty in order to ensure that they are on time seed get."
According to professor George Patton would be a early puberty in girls can lead to emotional, behavioral, and social problems. Also, a girl at a later age are more likely to depression, eating disorders and unsafe sexual contact.


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November 10, 2017 By Carl Albert
How You Can Download MP3 Music Securely
DON'T Download JUNK! Make certain your download mp3 music is really a quality mp3 which your own music download does not have hidden downloads that won't only ruin your research for excellent music and can annoy you and also invade your privacy.
Listed here are the 4 hidden downloads most free music sites install on your pc whenever you download mp3's.
1.Spy ware is nearly always found in mp3 free software and shareware downloads. The spy ware gathers information and monitors those activities you perform, unbeknown for you.
2.Malware can also be found in these mp3 download systems. Your pc can and most likely is going to be full of a lot of intrusive advertising.
3.Pornography is extremely prevalent on the web. Be very conscious that porn peddlers disguise their software because the latest free mp3 download or game demo to redirect your modem to porn sites.
4.Spoofing happens when download mp3 systems are full of fake files. For instance, should you download what you believe is a well-liked mp3 song, you're going to get exactly the same 10-seconds from the song again and again.
So inside your search to download mp3 's and make your personal library of music, be selective which music download site you utilize. There are lots of to select from but couple of that provide privacy protection, online service, tech help, spy ware-free and malware-free downloads, in addition to a large library of quality mp3's.
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A couple of proprietors of certain artists publishing legal rights won't grant the license legal rights, meaning some mp3's aren't readily available for installing.
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TNT Home Seller Services
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Young Girls, Avoid Sponsors. They'll Infect You With HIV
The country is shocked after the brutal murder of a 6th year medical student Ivy Wangechi, at the hands of her boyfriend who is said to have driven from Thika to Eldoret carrying nothing but an axe.
The boyfriend is said to have been angry after discovering that his girlfriend was HIV positive, and that she had transmitted it to him.
This is the life of Kenya today. Young girls go to moneyed sponsors whose demand is sky-high, get money and HIV and then come to retransmit it to their boyfriends. The decimation of an entire generation.
Until the culture of sponsorship and exchange for sex with money ends, this state of affairs will eradicate our young people. Greed and pursuit for vanity triggered by Instagram, is driving ladies to aspire for a life that older prostitutes are living.
The prostitutes who don't need to be named, have created this fictitious facade and turned a whole generation of young ladies into pseudo sluts.
Related news :: University student killed in Moi University
Due to the fact that moneyed men are lesser in this Uhuru economy which has been brought to its knees due to the corruption instigated by the St. Mary's-schooled and alcoholic idiot, only few people have money.
Those few rich sponsors who throw money around are in high demand, being chased by a high turnover of women, putting them in the high-risk category as regards to HIV prevalence.
It's this unfortunate situation that Ms. Ivy Wangechi found herself in, torn between maintaining sexual ties with her sponsor and being loyal to her boyfriend. And with that, created this mess that we are witnessing today.
The advise to young ladies is that sponsors are all infected with HIV. Their work is to ruin marriages and relationships. And this is a risk which is not being addressed by the mainstream media.
We should not be quick to judge or demonize anyone, but instead concentrate on the underlying issues. Let's stop beating around the bush.
It's not common practice for someone to just drive and hack someone. The issues must have been very weighty and without access to advise and/or counseling, one is bound to do something stupid.
To avoid a similar circumstance, we must now address the issue of sponsors infecting young girls with HIV.


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Though there is fairly little variety in gear stats in The Elder Scrolls Online, there are still optimal setups you can use to maximize its effectiveness. Outside of set bonuses and enchants you can only customize traits when crafting your equipment, so making sure they are the most optimal ones is even more important. In this guide you'll learn exactly which traits are best on your gear no matter the build or setup! If you don't want to read the boring details, click here to jump directly to the table…Read More
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Star Trek Online Item Bonuses Guide
In Star Trek there are tons of items with different damage types, resistances and bonuses, and all of them also have marks. While most of the time it's not too hard to figure out which one you should use, knowing what those Acc, Reg, Pol and dozens of other abbreviations do is really helpful. Whether you will choose Tetryon or Polaron damage reduction on your shields, or a deflector with Sensors or Sensor Probes bonuses is up to you, but you can use this list as a reference of all…Read More


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Eastlake North High bigots now claim invasion of privacy!
By Tim Russo On October 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hilarious comments keep coming in from people who seem like Eastlake North High School alums or students or whatever, for whom it's no big deal to scream "powder blue faggots" in a crowd, on public property, where they have no reasonable expectation of privacy (that's lawyer talk for all you bigots out there), but now all of a sudden claim their reputations are hurt!
this video is an invasion of privacy, just saying. that stupid asshole woman who video taped this should be sued out her ass.
Aside from the obvious fact that you can video anything you see on public property quite legally, what's the damage to your reputations? I thought screaming "powder blue faggots" was supposed to way awesome!
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Have you been frantically searching all over for a bit of new inspiration to spice things up in the kitchen?
Between busy work schedules, raising children and having a meaningful social life, it can be extremely tempting and easy to opt for a quick fix when it comes to dining; but it can't be stressed enough just how important a proper home-cooked meal is when leading a healthy lifestyle.
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Not Without Salt
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Long-shuttered Michigan Central Station hosts Detroit Homecoming
Event seeks out homegrown talent to aid in Detroit's turnaround
DETROIT – It's homecoming week in Detroit.
Now in its fourth year, Detroit Homecoming seeks out homegrown talent to contribute to the city's turnaround. On Wednesday night, the event was held at the old train station.
There was quite a show in Roosevelt Park on Wednesday, as the station attracted many residents interested in Detroit's turnaround.
The Central Train Station was lit up outside, and inside there was a gathering unlike any in its heyday.
"We thought these people that have grown up here, educated here, would come back to see what's going on and be inspired to do something of value for this city," Jim Hayes said. "It worked out splendidly."
The event is credited with $300 million in new investment in the city, and stars such as Detroit native Lily Tomlin, this year's honored guest, help do that and more.
"It's generated a lot of additional financial resources, and it's also sustained the momentum of this city's comeback," Tomlin said.
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, a Texan now for 37 years, hasn't forgotten her east-side roots.
"The concern that I've had in the four years that I've been coming is what's happening in the neighborhoods?" Gervin-Hawkins said.
She, like the handful of protesters at the event, want to see investment beyond Downtown Detroit and Midtown.
"The efforts are beginning," she said. "The start of interest of the people who have capital that can come in and do some things, but the neighborhoods are on the agenda, and I've seen that this year, and I'm so happy about it."
As long as they can tap this resource, they feel no goal is unattainable.
"Richard Florida, the great urbanologist, once said Detroit's greatest export is not the automobile, it's talent," Hayes said. "I agree. At homecoming, that's what we try to tap into."
There are two more days of the event, including events at the Factory and the DIA Thursday.
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P.S.I. Charity Gala Dinner
"Where horses get us to dream, is also thought to those who stand in the shadow."
This year the annual P.S.I. Charity Gala Dinner stands under a new theme: "Riding against Hunger".
Already in 2012 Gudrun Bauer (Bauer Media Group) and Ullrich Kasselmann (P.S.I. GmbH) launched the initiative "Riding against Hunger".
Purpose of the initiative is to collect donations for the "Welthungerhilfe" and help to allow people to live without hunger and poverty.
"Experience joy and give some of it", this principle has been and will be maintained on the Kasselmann estate as well as at the Schockemöhle Stables for years.
Let us spend a wonderful evening together and at the same time do some good for the world.


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You're upset. I can tell. Your words spill out and bleed the page with all the emotions you've bottled up inside. It's not a bad thing, your ritual of expressing your thoughts and feelings. Being a writer, I fully support freedom of speech. I just feel like you should know that before you continue reading.
I'm just frustrated.
Because words matter. They matter to me. They matter to you. They matter to the people who read your words.
We're living in a "140 characters or less" society. In one day, 500 million Tweets are sent out into the world and 4.75 billion pieces of content are shared on Facebook. Being only one person, these numbers could make you feel rather small. They might make your one tweet and Facebook post seem obsolete.
But your words aren't.
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Have you ever read comments on articles or YouTube videos? Have you ever clicked on a hashtag and scrolled through the content it holds? Have you ever scrolled through Facebook and noticed the words that are posted on the internet? It's a powerful tool, this social media. Situations can blow out of proportion as things turn viral. Movements can start through hashtags. People can band together over YouTube videos.
Social media users came under fire during the announcement of the Ferguson grand jury decision. I watched Twitter explode after Mr. McCulloch argued that the media was looking for anything to latch onto in this case. I read people's anger and outrage, their words written in haste and in the heat of the moment. I'm not saying that I completely agree with the grand jury's decision. But I think I have to agree with some of what Mr. McCulloch said.
Because I've grown up in this social media age. I've watched good and decent people make themselves look foolish because of the things they post on Facebook. I've sat at my computer, jaw dropped, as I read comments made toward others that would never be said if the person were in the same room as the writer.
As I watched Twitter erupt during the days following major decisions in America, I finally had to stop looking. Because I found it hard to sort through the crap to find tweets that mattered. Words matter. Even on the internet, they matter. I believe that they may even matter more on the internet. Perceived anonymity should never be an excuse to write something in haste, something dripping with anger.
To the person behind the profile, never forget, your words matter. This isn't a call to "spread positivity." It's a call to think before writing, to remember that your words are important. It's a call to ask yourself if a post is adding to angry noise or contributing to dialogue.
As I look around at the words plastered across the internet, my heart grows heavy. If you want to lose all hope in humanity, scroll through comments people leave. They attack people they don't know, people they will never meet. They draw conclusions. They make assumptions.
But even these words matter. Even comments. Even Tweets. Even status updates. They matter just as much as a person-to-person conversation.
They have the ability to build people up or tear people down. Fight the urge to hide behind a profile, a username, perceived anonymity. Because anonymity today is anything but anonymous.
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Lemon Filled Yellow Cupcakes
Call me a child but whenever I even think of these cupcakes I really get a big smile, as they make me happy the way they look, the way they taste and more than that, the way I remember two wonderful aunts in my life. I never had them anywhere except at my home or my Aunt Louise and Aunt Mary's home in Boston. I was finally allowed to visit my aunts when I was about 12 years old. My Father drove me there on a Saturday and he was coming back to pick me up the following Saturday and I was thrilled. I thought I was "grown up". (I think my dear Mother needed a break with two younger sisters at home and two teenage brothers at home as well). At that time they had a three-story house with the most amazing wrap-around veranda (my favorite place) and beautiful gardens of flowers and vegetables. When my Father and I arrived they had set a table on the veranda with lemonade and "Top Hat Cupcakes" (that is what they called them). My Mother and her two sisters, Louis and Mary made beautiful desserts, mine do not compare. I use the same ingredients and they are delicious but it was something about how they made them that they were so beautiful. I confess they tried to teach me time and time again, but it was not important to me, just the taste was important to me. Occasionally I tell myself to take the time and do it the way they taught me, never happens. But I am so happy to have the memories of how to do it right, maybe I will one day.
Yellow Cake, one layer or 10-12 Cupcakes
- 4 oz. (1 Stick) Unsalted Butter
- 1 1/2 C. Sifted Cake Flour
- 1/2 t. Baking Powder
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 C. Sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 3/4 C. Milk
- 1 t. Vanilla Extract
- Confectioners Sugar (for assembly)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (line cupcake pan with paper liners)
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together and set aside
- Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in the eggs one at a time
- Mix the milk and vanilla together and add it alternately in thirds with the flour mixture, mixing just enough to blend the ingredients without overbeating
- Pour into the prepared cupcake pan, place in the oven and bake about 25 minutes, until the cake is lightly browned and a cake tester comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool on a rack until completely cool.
Lemon Filling
- 3/4 C. Sugar
- 2 T. Cornstarch
- 1/8 t. salt
- Grated zest of 1/2 Lemon
- 1/2 C. Orange Juice or Water
- 1/4 C. Fresh Lemon Juice (strained)
- 3 Large Egg Yolks (or 1 large egg and 1 large egg yolk)
- 1 T. Unsalted Butter
- Whisk together all ingredients except the butter in a saucepan
- Add the butter and cook, whisking constantly, scraping the bottom and corners of the pan to prevent scorching over medium heat until the mixture comes to a simmer thickens dramatically.
- Continue to cook, whisking briskly for about 30 seconds.
- Using a spatula, scrape the filling into a medium mesh sieve set over a bowl and strain the filling into the bowl
- Cover the surface of the filling with a piece of wax or parchment paper and refrigerate to thicken
- Stir gently if necessary before using, do not beat (This keeps refrigerated up to 2 days)
Yield/ 1 1/3 Cup /filling for 10-12 cupcakes)
Adapted from "The New York Times Dessert Cookbook" by Florence Fabricant
How to Assemble
- When cupcakes are cool cut a top off the top of the cupcake and scoop out a little of the cake
- Fill with the Lemon Filling
- Put top (hat) back on top of the Lemon Filling
- Sprinkle with Confectioners Sugar
(Serves 1-10)
From "Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rombauer


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Introduction: DIY: Beeswax and Oil Wood Finish Experiments
This 'ible is the process of creating my own DIY beeswax wood finishes, and then testing each of those finishes. I want to make something that gives the sheen of oil but the protection of a wax.
For these waxes I'm experimenting with different ratios of Boiled Linseed Oil and Danish Oil.
I'm hoping to find just the right ratio to make the wax firm but flexible. I'm going to try a few more times until I get it just right. I may also try it with Tung Oil in the future.
Other oils can be used. Some people even use olive oil, I'm going to try and stay away from anything that could potentially go rancid.
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Total Time: about 20 minutes per finish
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Step 1: Measure Out and Combine Your Ingredients
This step is really where the experimenting comes into play. I suspect I'll be making quite a few batches before I find the ratio that works best for me. If you decide to try your own you should experiment as well to find what works best for you.
I found that when measuring the beeswax it melts to about half the volume for the solid. For example, I melted 4 ounces of solid wax and that rendered about 2 ounces of liquid.
For this batch I tried four different combinations
1:1 Beeswax to Boiled Linseed Oil
1:2 Beeswax to Boiled Linseed Oil
1:1 Beeswax to Danish Oil
1:2 Beeswax to Danish Oil
Step 2: Melt the Wax and Pour the Finish
Place the jar into a pot of boiling water to create a double boiler effect. You want a low boiling not a rolling boil. Stir occasionally until all of the wax is melted.
Once the wax has been reduced to a liquid state, carefully pour into your glass containers.
Let the containers cool until the finish is solidified once more. (You can place it in the refrigerator if you are in a hurry).
Cover and label your finish.
*Once I find the ratios I want I will use a jar or tin with a lid for better storage but since this is an experiment I'm just using the small containers i had laying around.
Step 3: Test Out the Finishes
go out to the shop and grab some scrap wood, and clamp it down to a bench.
sand the wood up to 220 and clean off the dust with denatured alcohol
Then apply each finish to the wood, allow the finishing wax to set and then buff off the excess.
I found both of the 1:1 ratios to be to hard, and could not apply the finish easily.
So I grabbed another board and but the two 1:2 ratios to the test.
I plan on making some adjustments to my ratios and trying again. Possibly adding a Tung Oil mixture as well.
It's hard to tell the difference in the pictures, but if you watch the video and have an opinion on weather A-Danish Oil or B-Linseed Oil turned out better I'd love to have your opinion below.
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If you want a more natural color then I would go with side A. If you want to darken the wood a bit then go side B. I personally like the B side better.
A lot of the recipes I have come across for things like wood utensils, the ratio is 1 part wax to 4 parts oil. That recipe calls for mineral oil USP (food grade), so that might be an oil you'd like to try in your experiments.
I didn't know what Danish oil was so I "googled" it. Turns out the base oil is either Linseed or Tung oil, depending on the manufacturer.
That is s great natural alternative (I bet it smells great too). How durable is it compared to traditional oil or polymer varnish?
Have a great day! :-)
You might consider a a small amount of deodorized mineral spirits to carry the wax into the grain and then evaporate slowly? Also on the subject of color... Orange oil has a nice golden orange color and smells awesome, but it is acidic and that could cause problems over time
I'll have to looking into the orange oil. I think adding the mineral spirits will be counter productive to the consistency I'm trying to achieve but would be good to add to a finish for a specfic project.
B looks a bit darker than A but they both look great and equally glossy.
Thanks for your input!
I use a mix of wheatgerm and almond oil with a few drops of sandalwood oil (just for the smell) which I then mix with beeswax roughly 1:1. Sometimes I also add a small amount of carnauba wax. The bright yellow wheatgerm oil makes the honey tones in fruit wood really pop.
Thanks for sharing! Do you have any concerns about the wheat germ going rancid?
Here is my recipe:
2 Tablespoons of Almond oil
2 Teaspoons of Wheatgerm oil
5 drops of Sandalwood essential oil
mix with melted beeswax roughly 1:1
I have had a bottle of the mixed oil in my shed that I have used for years. If it has gone rancid it certainly does not smell bad or seem to affect the timber adversely. I wouldn't eat it but I don't need to. I think something about the mix seems to keep it from going horrible. It also leaves my hands nice and soft.
I use a mix of wheatgerm and almond oil with a few drops of sandalwood oil (just for the smell) which I then mix with beeswax roughly 1:1. Sometimes I also add a small amount of carnauba wax. The bright yellow wheatgerm oil makes the honey tones in fruit wood really pop.