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State utility Electricidad de Portugal (EDP) has reportedly begun construction of an offshore floating wind farm off the north-western coast near Agucadoura in a bid to tap pioneering technology to harness gales at sea. The National Laboratory of Engineering and Geology estimates the country's offshore wind potential at 2-2.5GW. Meanwhile, the Portuguese Renewable Energy Association, Apren, estimates that 600-700MW of new onand offshore wind capacity will be added in 2011.
During the first ten months of 2010, wind energy production grew 32% compared with the same period in 2009. By the end of 2010, total installed wind capacity in mainland Portugal, excluding the Madeira and Azores archipelagos, stood at 3.9GW, representing an addition of 465MW in 2010.
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This robust growth is driven by two consortia that won the public wind power tender in 2005-07: Eolicas de Portugal, or Eneop - comprising Enercon, Enernova/Electricidade de Portugal Finerge, Generg and TP - and Ventinveste, consisting of Galp Energia, Martifer, Repower and Efacec.
Eneop aims to install 1.2GW by late 2012, a year ahead of schedule, for a total investment of EUR1.7 billion. The consortium ended 2010 with 500MW of capacity and is targeting another 250MW in 2011.
Ventinveste is developing 400MW of power and should have its first wind farm operating shortly. A EUR16 million loan has been signed with Banco Espirito Santo for the first venture, the 10MW Vale Grande wind farm. Ventinveste is still awaiting authorisation for projects in the Douro Sul and Sao Bento areas.
The pre-commercial phase of the EDP offshore project includes plans for between three and five turbines. The commercial phase involves the installation of 25 5MW turbines, at a cost of about EUR3 million/MW.
With a growth of 20% in 2010, wind became the third major source of electricity supply, behind hydro and combined-cycle gas turbines. According to power grid operator Ren, wind farms fed 9.03TWh into the grid.
Portugal has a track record of regulatory stability and investment visibility. The regulated market offers a stable feed-in tariff (FIT) for wind energy of EUR74/MWh. It is valid for 15 years and tracks inflation. However, in July the government announced it would review the FIT. Existing projects will not see changes in their operating conditions, but future projects will have lower tariffs.
Jorge Martins, executive president of Portuguese construction and energy group Martifer, believes wind power is now sufficiently competitive not to require support in the form of a FIT - a view shared by EDP.
Meanwhile, project financing is likely to see a further tightening of criteria, given the uncertainty of tariffs. Pedro Cabaco, Caixa BI bank's deputy director for project finance, estimates that the volume of loans already granted surpasses EUR4.2 billion. But he warns that banks will be faced with strong credit restrictions in 2011.
Portugal's National Renewable Energy Action Plan, which was drafted in compliance with the EU's renewable energy directive, targets an installed wind capacity of 6.9GW by 2020.


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WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — President Barack Obama says he's deeply disappointed with a Supreme Court decision halting the use of a key provision in the Voting Rights Act.
Obama says in a statement Tuesday that voting discrimination in the U.S. still exists. He says the high court's ruling is a setback but that efforts to end voting discrimination will continue.
Obama says the decision overturns well-established practices that for decades have helped making voting fair in places where historically there has been discrimination. He's calling on Congress to pass laws to ensure every American has equal voting access.
The justices said in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday that the provision can't be enforced until Congress comes up with a new way of determining which states and localities require close federal monitoring of elections.
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Belgium-based LVD Co. has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite its sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name. In North America, the LVD corporate brand now is LVD Strippit, and the Strippit brand will be applied globally to all punch-press products. The firm manufactures sheetmetal-working machines.
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Achieving Genuine progress for the Environment?
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Achieving Genuine progress for the Environment?
ECO Conference - Wellington 22-23 August
Achieving genuine progress for the Environment is the question at the heart of the ECO conference Friday – Saturday 22-23 August where experts and the community will engage with the challenges ahead.
The programme looks at and past current directions on achieving progress for the environment and protecting the things that New Zealanders value and prosper from. "We treasure our environment with its clean water, our native flora and fauna, participation in conservation and environment" says co-Chair Barry Weeber. "We treasure our participative democracy and open government. These things underpin a sustainable and equitable economy, and we don't want to lose them."
Speakers include Liz Mellish from Te Atiawa on Partnerships in Wellington. Wokje Abrahamse from the School of Geography and Earth Sciences at Victoria University will discuss understanding the psychology of environmental behavior change. Paul Young from Generation Zero on Decoupling of Fossil Fuels and Climate Voter campaign which has achieved wide engagement on transport, climate and energy issues over the last 2 years.
New approach to making decisions and participatory democracy will be presented by Ben Knight about Loomio decision-making tool, and Meg Howie on Ask Away – youth engagement in participatory democracy.
Representatives of the main political parties will debate environmental policies on Friday evening.
The conference is organised by the Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (ECO) is being held at Toi Poneke, 61-69 Abel Smith St.
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But bread? Oh boy. Bread.
For some reason, bread has always scared me. I made up excuses -- it's too messy, too time-consuming, too difficult. But then I saw the recipe for Mark Bittman's No-Knead Bread. That's right, No-Knead bread. The recipe didn't involve any kneading, fancy ingredients, or special equipment. I literally threw flour, water, and yeast in a bowl, and just left it alone.
And this is what it made:
Holy cannoli, right?
The recipe promised an artisan bakery loaf with a "crackling crust, open-holed crumb, light texture, and fantastic flavor". And boy, was it right:
The bread had a golden, delicious crust with a soft and chewy inside. The flavor was incredibly yeasty and went beautifully with a pat of butter. Tearing into the bread a few minutes after I pulled it out the oven, I felt like I was eating the bread that fancy restaurants give you before a meal.
This was the perfect recipe to conquer my fear of baking bread.
I don't really know why I've feared the bread making process for so long -- at the end of the day, it's just flour, water, and yeast. Part of the reason why I was scared was because I only started become a serious baker in a high-altitude environment -- although I understood the science behind pastry leaveners like baking soda and baking powder, yeast seemed like a completely different animal. One I wasn't quite ready to conquer in Denver.
But now that I'm in Portland, there's no excuse. This is the first of many bread recipes I hope to try -- get excited! And for you pastry bakers afraid of baking bread, believe me. This one's a doozy. Welcome to a new frontier.
Mark Bittman's No-Knead Bread
Time: About 1 1/2 hours, plus 14 to 20 hours' rising
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- In a large bowl, combine 3 cups flour, 1/4 teaspoon yeast, and 1 1/4 teaspoons salt. Add 1 5/8 cups water, and use your hand to quickly stir until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest for at least 12 hours, preferably about 18, at a warm room temperature of 70 degrees. If your house is a little colder, the dough might need a few more hours.
- The dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
- Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface and your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a non-terry cloth cotton towel with flour; put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour. Cover with another cotton towel and let rise for another 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than double in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
- At least half an hour before the dough is ready, put your 6- to 8-quarter heavy covered pot in the oven. Preheat the oven (with the pot inside) to 450 (F) degrees. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from the oven -- WATCH OUT. THE POT IS VERY HOT AT THIS POINT. Slide your hand under the towel and turn dough over into the pot, seam side up. It may look like a mess, but that's okay. Shake pan once or twice if the dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 15 to 30 minutes, until the loaf is beautifully browned. Use a spatula or tongs to remove the bread from the pan and cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes before slicing.


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For many first-time game developers, selling 1.3 million copies of their first game in 90 days would be a major accomplishment. For Kingdoms of Amalur developer 38 Studios, though, that sales performance wasn't enough to pay back sizable loan guarantees from the state of Rhode Island, or to prevent the company from having to lay off all 379 staffers in the state and at Maryland-based subsidiary Big Huge Games late yesterday.
The layoffs effectively end one of the most prominent experiments in direct state support for game development in the country. Rhode Island had to issue $75 million in bonds to help attract the studio, founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, from its original home in Maynard, Mass., on the promise that the move would create hundreds of jobs in the state.
Signs that the financial arrangement was in trouble first appeared earlier this month, when 38 Studios failed to make a scheduled $1.125 million payment on that loan, prior to asking the state for even more financial assistance. Though the studio was eventually able to scrape together that loan payment, it was reportedly unable to make its payroll last week. Despite these problems, the company was still acting publicly as if it was business as usual, even releasing a trailer for planned MMO Project Copernicus last week.
Though Kingdoms of Amalur was a moderate success with critics and retailers, the heavy state investment meant the game would have had to sell 3 million copies just to break even, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee said in a press conference just after the layoffs were announced yesterday. And while the governor projected optimism that the now staff-free shell of a studio could still be turned around through further investment, it looks increasingly likely that the state will see over $112 million in losses (including interest) through 2020.
The funding debacle has already caused a bit of political fallout in the state, with two members of the 12-member economic development board that approved the loan resigning. But it's not all bad news for the citizens of Rhode Island; the collapse means they'll officially own the rights to the now-stagnant Amalur franchise.
As for those hundreds of newly unemployed staffers leaving 38 Studios, the game industry has opened its arms and its job listings. Dozens of industry employment opportunities have been collected through a public Google Doc and promoted through the #38jobs Twitter hashtag and associated Facebook group.


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By Taylor Akin, KF9, Togo
On Thursday March 4th, the second Togolese presidential elections were held since the death of President Eyadéma Gnassingbé in 2005. After 38 years of uninterrupted rule, his son Faure assumed the presidency. Shortly thereafter, he held superfluous elections that resulted in a "democratic" confirmation of his leadership. The country erupted in civil unrest under the pretense of false electoral results, and hundreds were killed in the resulting violence.
That first election of the post-Eyadéma era certainly set a precedent for fear. I quickly lost count of all the WAGES clients who reported a lack of demand for their products as a result of the elections. Countless others articulated a desire to take out another loan, but were waiting for the outcome of the elections before seeking additional credit. They did not want to be held financially responsible for defaults as a result of political instability.
On the day of the elections, everyone was advised to stay home. Although the regular work day resumed on Friday, there was a definite sense of hesitation in the air. The nation seemed to be holding its breath. On Friday night, I was officially put under house arrest. I have been graciously taken under the wing of a colleague's family, which means I had the luxury of feeling quite safe despite the widespread paranoia. Unfortunately, I was also becoming a bit stir-crazy come Saturday evening.
That night, in a reckless act performed by someone who is beginning to feel like a caged animal, I escaped my house arrest. Before leaving with my friend and colleague, he got a devilish look in his eye and asked, "Do you know how to run?" He may have been smiling, but he was not joking. He wanted to confirm that if anything were to happen, I would be capable of running for my life. Suddenly, this Saturday night outing had become quite a loaded experience.
The main street was eerily deserted. The usually vibrating city was quiet, and the regular hotspots were closed. I couldn't help but wonder how I would manage to run for my life wearing flip flops. Thankfully, the night was uneventful. The preliminary electoral results later confirmed that the current president would occupy the office for the next four years. In the days that followed, the opposition protested and the government resisted with tear gas in hand. Thankfully, no one seems to have been seriously injured.
I got to thinking about the link between politics, microfinance, and running for your life. As Kiva lenders, we are in constant dialogue about risk. We discuss who should bare the risk of default, we examine the risk of currency loss, and we evaluate the risk of lending to a particular MFI. When it comes to microfinance, risk is inevitable. But it's easy to forget that Kiva borrowers also bear the risk of political instability on a regular basis. A military coup, the death of a president, and civil unrest can mean that entrepreneurs cannot open their businesses, sell their products, or provide their services until order is re-established. At times, just travelling the distance between home and work can constitute a risk too heavy to bear.
At its best, microfinance is grassroots. As such, it must be community-based, development-focused, and firmly grounded. But how stable can these institutions be when the very people they seek to serve are expected to uproot and run for their lives at a moment's notice?
These questions are important to keep in mind. Microfinance does not operate in a void, and the risks are not strictly financial. Thinking about all the factors that impact a loan can give us a new found appreciation for every email we receive from Kiva updating us on repayments. Despite political instability, natural disasters, and weak infrastructure, it is awe-inspiring that Kiva entrepreneurs are so dedicated to repaying their loans. By the same token, considering the economic recession, large scale unemployment, and future uncertainty in our home countries, it is equally remarkable that Kiva lenders are still willing to lend. While the risks may be different on either side of loan, we are in this together. When they run, we run with them.
Take some time to give yourself a pat on the back. Congratulate yourself on taking a personal risk for the greater good in our uncertain global climate. When you're done, get back onto the Kiva website and show some WAGES entrepreneurs that you have faith in them and their business endeavours. Then, join the WAGES lending team and show WAGES your support.


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UNION CITY — Two former executives of a Union City waste disposal company have been arrested on suspicion of grand theft and conspiracy for illegally disposing of hazardous waste.
Kirk Hayward and Charles Seaton are accused of using Clearwater Environmental Management to dispose of hazardous waste after the company lost its transport license in 2007 following a state investigation, the Department of Toxic Substances Control said Tuesday in a news release.
That case culminated in the felony conviction of Hayward, who was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a $70,000 fine.
In July 2011, investigators found evidence of new wrongdoing when they served a search warrant at Clearwater's facility, in the 33200 block of Western Avenue, the state agency said. There, they discovered that Hayward and Seaton illegally transported hazardous waste, used another transporter's name on official industry records, and defrauded some of their customers.
The law requires producers of hazardous waste to transport those materials to a permitted facility and to document how and where it was disposed of. While at least four Clearwater customers paid for those services, prosecutors say the company never performed them.
Instead, it disposed of the waste at illegal locations and falsified its transportation and disposal records, the state agency said.
The company's documents said it had taken waste to a Nevada oil-recycling plant Clearwater owns, but in many cases the hazardous materials were dumped elsewhere, the state agency said.
Hayward and Seaton were arrested Feb. 11 and charged with four felony counts of grand theft by false pretenses, and one felony count of conspiracy, District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Teresa Drenick said. Each was released after paying bail set around $100,000.
The two pleaded innocent last week and their next court date is Feb. 27, she said.
Clearwater is no longer in business, Drenick said.
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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Bewitching duende: Flamenco comes to town
Zamora and Granada
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Saturday, January 11
To put it simply, flamenco is the moody child of Andalusian folk and gypsy form. It's as identifiably Spanish as the running and goring of the bulls, and even that Barber in Seville.
However, flamenco isn't as crayola-bold as the toreador's red cape; its rhythm ticks a long list of ancestral influences. During their occupation, the Moors tinged classical structures with exotic flourishes– and later on, the Jota of Aragon bequeathed castanets. But it was the passionate influence of the gypsies, who arrived in the 16th century, upon the Andalusian cante hondo, or "deep song," that created an expressive medium for duende...
And that's a whole other can of gusanos. Duende is an elusive quality best understood through experience, not description, although the New Oxford English Dictionary attempts: "1. A ghost, an evil spirit; 2. Inspiration, magic, fire." According to the Spanish, those with duende racing through their veins live in a world of knife-point sensitivity; they are the volatile, romanticized, and sometimes tragic figures of creative talent found in libraries, art museums... and evidently, flamenco concerts.
Speaking on the matter, the poet Federico Garcia Lorca once commented, "The wonderful flamenco singer El Lebrijano said, 'When I sing with duende, no one can equal me.'...All that has dark sounds has duende. These dark sounds are the mystery, the roots thrusting into the fertile loam known to all of us, ignored by all of us, but from which we get what is real in art... I have heard an old master guitarist say, 'The duende is not in the throat; the duende surges up from the soles of the feet.' Which means it's not a matter of ability, but of real live form; of blood; of ancient culture; of creative action."
Duende visited Charlottesville Saturday night at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, when guitarrista Torcuato Zamora and dancer Susanna Granada bewitched a maximum-capacity crowd with their performance. Zamora, a native of Granada, Spain, studied classical and flamenco guitar in Barcelona, graduating to guest appearances in theaters throughout Europe.
Now he lives in the D.C. area, occasionally playing venues as large as the Kennedy Center. And by the number of search engine returns, I'd say Zamora's quite an active member in what seems to be a flourishing flamenco scene up there.
From my vantage point at the Tea House, I could only see his eyebrows (furrowed), but the sound of his guitar was hypnotic. Fortunately, once Granada's spinning began, the crowd thinned as shorter sardines perched on chairs. Craning my neck, I caught glimpses of her curved elbows and soled clatter; she moved with a natural gracefulness, in steps as melancholy as the music.


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Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Neutron Stars Rip Each Other Apart to Form Black Hole - UNIVERSE
This supercomputer simulation shows one of the most violent events in the universe: a pair of neutron stars colliding, merging and forming a black hole.
A neutron star is the compressed core left behind when a star born with between eight and 30 times the sun's mass explodes as a supernova. Neutron stars pack about 1.5 times the mass of the sun — equivalent to about half a million Earths — into a ball just 12 miles (20 km) across.
As the simulation begins, we view an unequally matched pair of neutron stars weighing 1.4 and 1.7 solar masses. They are separated by only about 11 miles, slightly less distance than their own diameters. Redder colors show regions of progressively lower density.
As the stars spiral toward each other, intense tides begin to deform them, possibly cracking their crusts. Neutron stars possess incredible density, but their surfaces are comparatively thin, with densities about a million times greater than gold. Their interiors crush matter to a much greater degree densities rise by 100 million times in their centers. To begin to imagine such mind-boggling densities, consider that a cubic centimeter of neutron star matter outweighs Mount Everest.
By 7 milliseconds, tidal forces overwhelm and shatter the lesser star. Its superdense contents erupt into the system and curl a spiral arm of incredibly hot material. At 13 milliseconds, the more massive star has accumulated too much mass to support it against gravity and collapses, and a new black hole is born. The black hole's event horizon — its point of no return — is shown by the gray sphere. While most of the matter from both neutron stars will fall into the black hole, some of the less dense, faster moving matter manages to orbit around it, quickly forming a large and rapidly rotating torus. This torus extends for about 124 miles (200 km) and contains the equivalent of 1/5th the mass of our sun. The entire simulation covers only 20 milliseconds.
Watch & learn:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw2sLcyV7Vc
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Welcome to Weatherford, a historic town that is just 20 minutes west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, but it is like stepping back years in time. Weatherford is known for its community and family oriented way of life that makes it one of the premier places to live in the north Texas area. Residents share a vision for Weatherford that balances its rich, western and pioneer heritage with progress and economic vitality. That is why our motto is "Growing with Tradition."
Visitors to Weatherford will enjoy our treasures as well, including a historic shopping district full of antique, boutique and specialty stores; museums, Chandor Gardens and the love-story to be discovered within its walls; an old-time Farmers Market; First Monday Trades Days; and a bounty of Victorian-era homes. Our crown jewel is the Parker County Courthouse, recently restored to its original splendor.
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Because the number of influenza cases has significantly increased throughout the region, children age 12 and under may not visit patients effective Wednesday, January 8. This applies to all Wake Forest Baptist inpatient locations and will remain in effect until the number of flu cases decreases significantly.Learn More.
Bug bites and stings usually are just annoying, causing temporary discomfort and pain, but no serious or lasting health problems. But sometimes, they can cause infections that require treatment and allergic reactions that can be serious, even fatal.
Parents should know the signs of an infection or allergic reaction, and when to get medical care. Inform all caregivers if a child has any history of complications so they know what to do in the event of a bug bite or sting.
If your child has had an allergic reaction to a bee or wasp sting in the past, see your doctor for a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector.
Another sting to look out for is one caused by a scorpion.
If a person gets stung by a scorpion, the area of the sting will hurt and may get swollen or red, depending on the type of scorpion. More severe reactions from the venom (poison) involving other parts of the body also can happen.
Because it's hard to tell a dangerous scorpion from one that is harmless, all scorpion stings must be treated by a doctor. Capture the scorpion for identification if it's possible to do so safely, and bring it with you to the doctor. Knowing the type of scorpion that caused the bite may make treatment easier.
Check kids and pets for ticks carefully after you've been in or around a wooded area. Ticks removed within 24 to 48 hours are less likely to transmit diseases like Lyme disease. Common types of ticks include dog ticks and deer ticks (deer ticks may be carriers of Lyme disease).
If you find a tick on your child:
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Police in Georgia say they're investigating a claim of responsibility for an unusual heist of $2,000 worth of 2014 calendars — including many that featured scantily clad women — from a kiosk in the Mall of Georgia in Buford.
Police tell WSB-TV that they believe whoever posted the account of the Nov. 30 theft and details on how it was carried out was involved in the crime. The account is posted online at a site for Jesus followers who are also anarchists.
Gwinnett County police Cpl. Jake Smith says the posting includes details of how the crime was committed by a small team with designated roles such as distracting the clerk and being a "lookout" for security.
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The 100 stolen calendars were replaced by signs with messages like "Women are people not fantasies" and "Sorry, misogyny is out of stock."


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I added another website to my Free Genealogy Resources page. This is for the Chester County PA Archives and Records site. Chester County is one of those counties who have moved their historic records out of the courthouse and into an off-site government building. This one is located on Westtown Road (see the exact address on their website). It is outside of the downtown area and there is free parking available in the on-site lot.
If you are planning a visit, you can make the most of your time there by first checking the online indexes on their website. If you have never visited the website, you will probably be surprised by how much information they have online. If you are planning a visit, going to the website in advance will allow to check through most of their collections for records of interest. Just record the appropriate call-numbers so you can request them when you get there.
The building on Westtown Road houses more than just the archives, so you will have to go through a security check point when you enter. The archives are in basement level, but everything is very clean and well organized. There are several microreaders available, as many records have been filmed and are self-serve. The staff has always been very helpful the times I have been there.


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Last week we saw a neat concept for a wall that employed spinning triangular panels to change its appearance. Hungarian designer István Kulinyi's Mobil Pixel Lamp uses the same general idea, except it's a lamp. And it's real.
Inspired by the pixels which you're looking at right now, Kulinyi's lamp comprises a five by five grid of triangular panels framed by a black bar on the top and bottom. Each panel has a side that glows red, a side that glows white, and one that is solid black, allowing for 847,288,609,443 different combinations. That should keep you busy for a while.
Though Kulinyi seems to have put together a working model of the Mobil Pixel, there isn't any information on if it's going to be manufactured. But hopefully some enterprising company will snap this design up soon. With almost a trillion different looks, it's bound to something for everyone. [István Kulinyi via designboom via Unplggd]


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Patrick Weldon Jones, born January 9, 1947 to Wendell P. and Phyllis Jones in Moab, UT, passed away in Tooele, UT on August 13, 2012.
Patrick was a loving son, brother, uncle, father, grandfather, husband and friend. He will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his loving wife Marianne; mother Phyllis; children: Cindy, Wendell (Christy), Marcia (Ky), and Adesa; stepchildren Alvin (Audrey), Barbara (Scott), Mike (Ludene), Danny (Leatha), Sabrina (Ron), Doug (Kathryn), Steve (Christi); siblings Dale (Mary), Wendy (Butch), Georga, Taunya, Kumen (Janice), Jeff (Tracy), Susan, Rachelle, Blake (Deb), Terri (Kevin), Clyde (Jennifer), Robby; many extended family members and friends.
He is preceded in death by father, brother Drew, wife Pete (mother of Wendell and Marcia); and two grandchildren, Keith and Amanda.
Patrick was a high school state camp wrestler, horse breaker, rancher, pilot, miner, master mechanic, welder, heavy equipment operator and jack-of-all trades. He spent many years in Wyoming working at General Chemical, where he retired in 2003.
He was very out spoken and said what was on his mind. He was willing to help anybody, even a complete stranger, and had a great sense of humor. He also liked gathering the family around; even collecting strays that needed a family.
Services were held at the LDS Ward in Tooele, UT on Thursday, August 16. Interment in the Lyman Cemetery in Lyman, WY.


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Lew Wasserman rarely gave interviews and long insisted he would never cooperate with any book written about him. But Connie Bruck, a New Yorker writer whose last book, "The Predator's Ball," was an expose of junk bond king Michael Milken, had his cooperation for this biography. A richly detailed portrait of Wasserman's career and the times that shaped him, it's likely to remain definitive for years to come.
Wasserman's mystique is as deeply etched in showbiz history as the stars in Hollywood's Walk of Fame — many of whom have Wasserman to thank for their place in the Hollywood firmament.
The austere and fearsome mogul whose trademark, thick, black-rimmed glasses Steven Spielberg once said resembled two movie screens, "never lost in a deal, never made a mistake, could see around corners into tomorrow," writes Connie Bruck.
At least that was the Wasserman mystique, Bruck writes.
But when Bruck persuaded Wasserman to sit for a series of interviews in the last four years of his life, she confronted a different man: a frail, nostalgic figure, stripped of his corporate power, who, with some hesitation, was prepared to reminisce about his business triumphs and his failures — foremost among them the 1990 sale of MCA/Universal to Japanese electronics firm Matsushita, which effectively ended his reign as Hollywood's pre-eminent business titan.
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Armed with unparalleled access — to Wasserman, hundreds of pages of an unpublished Jules Stein memoir, stacks of correspondence and FBI wiretaps of the more unsavory figures in Wasserman's orbit — Bruck methodically sets out to dismantle the Wasserman mystique, pierce the culture of secrecy that surrounded him and reconstruct his remarkable showbiz trajectory.
Bruck brings a fresh perspective and often new details to the familiar highlights and controversies. She recounts how the early history of MCA, which Stein built from scratch in 1920s, was intertwined with the history of the Chicago mob during prohibition.
Examining the complex and often monopolistic system of exclusives and packaging at MCA that provided the financial foundations of the company, she traces Wasserman's evolution from spindly theater publicist and Stein protege to the charismatic leader of the company.
Bruck also recounts the deals that consolidated Wasserman's power, including the 1950 precedent-setting profit-participation deal for Jimmy Stewart to star in "Winchester '73," which helped smash the studio contract system. Another was the $200 million production deal with NBC in 1965 that turned MCA into a production factory, creating "his own version of a contract system he had once helped destroy."
There are few smoking-gun revelations, but the book contains a healthy dose of dishy gossip, as when Bruck speculates about Doris Stein's and Edie Wasserman's infidelities; and when she rips into Jack Valenti, characterizing him as a diminutive sycophant to LBJ who helped Wasserman gain control of labor and politics in Hollywood.
The book also offers a flesh-and-blood portrait of Wasserman sorely lacking from Dennis McDougal's bio, "The Last Mogul."
Bruck transcribes Wasserman anecdotes, told in his own voice, such as a dinner party with Meyer Lansky and other mob operatives on a trip to Cuba with Alfred and Alma Hitchcock at the height of Hitchcock's fame.
"Lansky says to my wife, 'Is that Alfred Hitchcock?' " Wasserman recalls. "And Hitch says to me, 'Is that Meyer Lansky?' "
The book is textured with details of Wasserman's daily regimen in the 1960s and '70s, when he rose at 5 a.m., drove to the office in his Mercedes roadster with the license plate, MCA1; and ate at the same table at the commissary every day year after year.
Wasserman was so obsessed with numbers, Bruck writes, that he required aides to hand him slips of paper with updated B.O. figures, the Universal Tour count, and stock market closings throughout the day.
Employees who didn't perform up to standards were treated with outbursts of anger so volcanic that Wasserman's tax lawyer Donald Rosenfeld would pop 10 Maalox in his mouth whenever he heard that the mogul was on the phone.
In his heyday, Wasserman's tentacles reached from the White House to the underworld, and Bruck sheds considerable light on Wasserman's connections with the Teamsters and the mob, handled by and large through his friend and lawyer, Sydney Korshak, who became known as his "fixer."
In Bruck's telling, Korshak is a schizoid character: an elegant figure in silk Pucci suits who lunched with judges at the Hillcrest Country Club, but who also fraternized with mobsters and threatened associates with cement shoes.
MCA, she writes, enjoyed overlapping interests with the mob. And the company itself was run like the Mafia, with its strict discipline, fierce code of loyalty, and all-consuming culture of secrecy. Latter trait apparently stemmed largely from Wasserman, who had a photographic memory and never committed anything to paper.
It was only in the 1980s, at the height of the merger and acquisition boom, that Wasserman's power began to wane.
The Matsushita sale, which came as Wall Street analysts began to look askance at MCA, was disastrous for Wasserman. Michael Ovitz, described Wasserman knockoff, engineered the deal, and led MCA to believe the Japanese would be passive investors. Instead, they turned around and sold the company to Seagram without consulting Wasserman.
Sitting for an interview one day in his office in the black glass skyscraper he'd had modeled after the Seagram Tower in N.Y., Wasserman peered at Bruck across his perfectly clear desk, grimaced, and offered an admission of vulnerability that would have been unthinkable a decade before.
"Those are the smart things. Now do you want to know the dumb thing I did? Sold the company to the Japanese."


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Maynard is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1871 and was previously called Stow/Sudbury. It can be found in Middlesex county and is a part of the Southern registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 195 Main St., Maynard 01754. On the attached map, Maynard is shown as 41 in Middlesex county.
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Today, technology has advanced a lot, and you can prepare beautiful cards by using that. There are even apps on your mobile which can help you on that. You can also buy cards and get out of all mess. But, there are certain things that you can do to make the birthday special for your dear ones. How about organizing a birthday party for the special person? And when you are organizing a party, you have to send birthday invitations too. You can prepare invitations card and send them to your friends which is a memoir.
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Are you making invitation cards? Simple, handmade cards are good as you can only draw a big cake on it and invite the person by stating venue and time of the party. If you are creative and want to do something different, you can follow the following ideas-
1. A Blazer Card
Are you planning to throw a party for your father on his birthday? Or is it for your boss? This invitation card looks great. The blazer-looking card with those warm words inside will not make people miss it ever.
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You can use colorful straws for it. Take card stock and cut the straws in equal shape. Stick them on the card to make the cup of the cake, and it will give it a 3D effect. Also, add a candle for making it more realistic.
3. Popsicle Invitation Card
These are colorful and will make kids happy. When you are arranging a birthday party for your kids, send an invitation to his/her friends through these Popsicle cards.
Here are certain ideas that you can try while making invitation cards for birthdays. You can also give your input and make things even better.


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Christmas Trees for Tree Huggers
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Recently, a friend posted this on Facebook:
just curious to know why environmentally conscious people buy real Christmas trees? am i missing something?
I think she was; surely the carbon footprint of manufacturing, shipping and eventually disposing of fake trees is worse for the environment than tree farms, where trees are grown as crops, right? It's ain't exactly clear-cropping trees off a mountain (the one complaint I found about these farms is that some use pesticides, otherwise, what's not to love about them?). Give us your two cents in the comments section.
However, there are some other solutions that should really satisfy the tree-hugging crowd either way; those that upcycle materials like bottles, cans and even over in Belgium, those throwaway extra pieces of china that no longer match anything. Here's a peek at some very clever tree reuse projects.
1. Design Boom recently posted a 30′ -high tree in Brussels, Belgium, composed of over 5,000 donated pieces of blue and white china. The tree is by the design firm mooz and it is super cool:
2. Over on Flickr, another lovely tree is made of bottles was beautifully shot by Flickr member gdanny:
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3. Here's a living room tree made out of just-the-right shade of green glass bottles:
4. This outdoor beer can version could bring in a pretty penny at the metal scrap yard:
3 and 4 have been labeled "redneck Christmas trees." I think we can come up with a much nicer name than that, though it's eluding me at the moment, because "beer hugger tree" is not a great tagline. Let me know if you come up with a better name for them in the comments section!
Hi, I'm Becky. I live in Atlanta. Besides acting as the Editorial Director here on Hatch, you can find me talking design over at Houzz. Make me happy — leave a comment!


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SPECTATORS at the Southend & District Junior League finals were treated to a feast of goals at Roots Hall yesterday.
Billericay's Forest Glade lifted the U11 Roy Chaplin Memorial Cup with a 4-2 win over Canvey's Concord Rangers.
Leigh's Catholic United enjoyed a 2-1 victory over Corringham Cosmos to lift the U12 Malcolm Stockwell Memorial Cup.
Rayleigh Boys beat Basildon's Valley Colts 3-1 to secure the U16 Prospects College Cup, while Great Wakering Colts got their hands on the U15 Konica Minolta Cup after a 2-1 win over Ashingdon Youth following extra time.
Catholic United made it a double on the day with a 2-0 triumph over Rayleigh Boys in the U14 Cup sponsored by Trinity Youth YFC.
And the U13 Arcadian Corporation Cup was won by Basildon Town following a 3-0 victory over Southend's Ekco Whitecaps at Southend United's home ground.
There were goals galore too in the South-East Essex Primary Mini Soccer League finals at Burroughs Park yesterday.
The under-nine Tigers Cup final proved to be a real goal-fest as Wickford Town Tigers and Leigh Ramblers Tigers shared eight goals between them.
With the score level at 4-4 after extra time, the game moved onto a penalty shootout which was won by Wickford.
Spot-kicks also settled the under-nine Lions Cup final at Great Wakering Rovers' home ground in Little Wakering Hall Lane.
The match was goalless but saw Leigh Ramblers Lions beat Basildon side Eversley Boys Lions 3-1 on penalties.
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I got word today, that Marcy Kaptur will be adding her name as a cosponsor. I also followed up with Pat Tiberi and even though his name has not shown up as a cosponsor yet, he definately will be one. Hopefully, within the week both of those names will make the list.
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Brent Deppe is taking me on a tour of the farm supply business, called Key Cooperative, that he helps to manage in Grinnell, Iowa. We step though the back door of one warehouse, and our view of the sky is blocked by a gigantic round storage tank, painted white.
"This is the liquid nitrogen tank," Deppe explains. "It's a million-and-a-half gallon tank."
Nitrogen is the essential ingredient for growing corn and most other crops. Farmers around here spread it on their fields by the truckload.
"How much nitrogen goes out of here in a year?" I ask.
Deppe pauses, reluctant to share trade secrets. "Not enough," he eventually says with a smile. "Because I'm in sales."
For the environment, though, the answer is: Way too much.
The problems with nitrogen fertilizer start at its creation, which involves burning lots of fossil fuels. Then, when farmers spread it on their fields, it tends not to stay where it belongs. Rainfall washes some of it into streams and lakes, and bacteria in the soil feed on what's left, releasing a powerful greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide.
There have been lots of attempts to control renegade nitrogen. Most have focused on threats to water and wildlife. Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, for instance, have spent billions of dollars keeping nitrogen (and other forms of fertilizer runoff) out of the Chesapeake Bay.
Reducing nitrogen's contribution to global warming, though, is even more difficult. Philip Robertson, a researcher at Michigan State University who's studied those greenhouse emissions, says that "ultimately, the best predictor of the amount of nitrous oxide emitted to the atmosphere is the rate at which we apply nitrogen." Essentially, the only proven way to cut heat-trapping emissions from nitrogen fertilizer is to use less of it. Most farmers haven't been willing to do this, because it could cut into their profits.
Enter the SUSTAIN program, which some food companies, including Walmart, are touting as a step toward the breaking this stalemate, allowing farmers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions without reducing their profits. Land O'Lakes, one of the largest agricultural businesses in the country, runs SUSTAIN. It has made a pledge to Walmart to enrolls 20 million acres of farmland in the program, as part of Walmart's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. "Land O'Lakes is a company that goes from farmer to consumer," says Matt Carstens, the executive in charge of it. "We have an obligation and an opportunity to do what's right."
I came to Key Cooperative to see what SUSTAIN looks like in practice.
I met Ben Lauden, a farmer who enrolled his acres of corn and soybeans in the program. Since signing up, Lauden has been doing a few things differently. He's applying nitrogen fertilizer several times during the growing season, instead of all at once. That's so the fertilizer arrives when the growing corn plants need it, and less is wasted. He buys "stabilizers" — chemicals that are mixed with nitrogen and keep it from washing away so quickly. Also, data on his fertilizer use goes into a computer program that monitors the weather and predicts how much nitrogen will remain in the soil.
It's all intended to let him use nitrogen more efficiently. But is he actually using less of it? Lauden pauses. "I think you would use less, but I don't — I can't quantify it, I guess," he says.
That's more or less what Michigan State researcher Philip Robertson has observed. The technologies that Key Cooperative is selling to Lauden, "if used properly, should allow the farmer to use less nitrogen fertilizer," Robertson says. But he adds, "whether that actually happens is the $64,000 question, because there are lots of cases where farmers have been sold stabilizers without necessarily recommending a reduction in the rate of fertilizer application."
Even Matt Carstens, who created SUSTAIN and promoted it to food companies and environmental groups, isn't promising that it will reduce the amount of nitrogen released into the environment. He does believe that it will help farmers use it more efficiently, allowing them to grow more corn without using more fertilizer. "There's definitely a trend in the direction of using [nitrogen] more wisely," he says. "But to say that every year we can count on a reduction, that's just not possible."
In fact, there's even some confusion about what SUSTAIN is supposed to accomplish. Brent Deppe, the manager at Key Cooperative, says that the program was introduced to him and to farmers as a way to tell consumers about the steps farmers are taking to protect the environment. "The message wasn't being told," Deppe says. "We're doing a lot of the right things. We just aren't advertising it."
SUSTAIN does not advise farmers to do anything as dramatic as growing different crops. And according to some environmentalists, that's exactly the problem. Careful management of fertilizer "is a good thing to do, but it's not enough," says Matt Liebman, a professor at Iowa State University.
Sarah Carlson, who works for an environmentally minded group called Practical Farmers of Iowa, has confronted Walmart executives about SUSTAIN and its limited goals. "I was like, 'Why are you only focused on nitrogen fertilizer management?" Carlson says. "That makes such little impact on water quality, and such little impact on greenhouse gas reduction."
Carlson has a counter-proposal. It sounds simple: Companies could give farmers a financial incentive to move away from simply growing corn and soybeans, instead adding "small grains" like oats (or rye) to their mix of crops.
That simple move could cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third, much more than anything SUSTAIN is doing, she says. Oats, unlike corn or soybeans, can easily be grown together with a "cover crop" of clover. That clover has an important benefit: It adds nitrogen to the soil the organic way, replacing the need for synthetic nitrogen that's manufactured in energy-intensive factories. (Nitrogen from clover still gets converted into nitrous oxide by soil bacteria, however.) In addition, cover crops add carbon to the soil, which also helps fight climate change.
Many farmers would be happy to do this, Carlson says. They understand the environmental benefits. But right now, those farmers don't have a market for those oats.
"You know, Walmart, you should suggest to your commodity buyers that they buy more small grains [like oats] for feed rations" for animals like pigs," Carlson says. "We have all these pigs in the state; 5 percent of their diet could be oats. We can just sprinkle it in there. It wouldn't be that hard."
There is, however, one crucial obstacle: Relying on oats for your bacon would cost a little more money, and somebody would have to pick up that tab. It could be Walmart — and, in turn, American consumers.
A lot of big food companies have promised to do their part to slow down climate change. As we reported yesterday, that quest has been surprisingly complicated. That's because many of those greenhouse emissions are the result of farmers giving their crops the nutrients they need. Any real change could reshape the landscape of American farms. NPR's Dan Charles picks up the story.
DAN CHARLES, BYLINE: All over the Midwest in farm country, you see businesses like Key Cooperative in Grinnell, Iowa. It's a farm supply place. It sells seeds and pesticides and fertilizer.
So this is the Corn Belt.
BRENT DEPPE: Yep. It's sitting in the middle of it.
CHARLES: Brent Deppe is one of the managers here. We step through the back door of the co-op, and there's a big, white, round storage tank.
This is a huge tank. What's in here?
DEPPE: This is the liquid nitrogen tank. It's a million-and-a-half-gallon tank.
CHARLES: Nitrogen is the most important fertilizer. It's like the fuel that drives the production of food.
How much nitrogen goes out of here in a year?
DEPPE: Not enough since I'm in charge of sales.
CHARLES: For the environment, though, the answer is way too much. Manufacturing that fertilizer releases lots of carbon dioxide into the air. And then when farmers spread it on their fields, most of it doesn't stay there. Rainfall washes it into streams and lakes. And Philip Robertson, a researcher at Michigan State University, says some of the rest becomes food for bacteria in the soil.
PHILIP ROBERTSON: These bacteria are there naturally, but once they get exposed to fertilizer nitrogen, they really light up.
CHARLES: And they release a super powerful greenhouse gas called nitrous oxide. Nitrogen pollution is a huge global problem, and a few years ago, food companies like Walmart and General Mills started to talk about how to reduce greenhouse emissions from fertilizer. This caught the attention of a man named Matt Carstens.
MATT CARSTENS: So it got pretty specific where they were targeting, and that kind of hit close to home for me with a farming operation that I'm from here in Iowa.
CHARLES: Carstens was also selling fertilizer at the time for a company called United Suppliers. He got so interested he flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Environmental Defense Fund, an advocacy group that was working with Walmart on ways to reduce the climate impact of the food it sells.
CARSTENS: You can't help but sit back as somebody that's deeply entrenched in agriculture and go, we've got to understand this. And again, you can take two approaches at that point. You can try to fight it, or you can try to be a part of whatever solutions are out there.
CHARLES: On the flight home, Carstens thought to himself, I know some solutions. Maybe I could build a business selling them to farmers, solutions like chemicals you can mix with a nitrogen fertilizer to keep it from washing away so quickly or computer programs that show farmers how much nitrogen is in their soil so they don't add more than they need. It'll work, he thought, if those tools put more money in farmers' pockets, if it means they can spend less on fertilizer per bushel of corn.
CARSTENS: You can't go to the farm and just say, you have to do this because. We have to put it in a way that is economical and profitable for them.
CHARLES: Carstens turned that brainstorm into a program that farmers can sign up for. He called it SUSTAIN. Then two years ago, Land O'Lakes, a giant agricultural co-operative that spans the country, bought his company and adopted his program, took it national. Environmental groups have praised it. Walmart wants farmers to sign up for this to help the company reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The real test, though, is what happens at places like Key Cooperative in Grinnell, Iowa, where this program meets farmers like Ben Lauden.
BEN LAUDEN: We're all row crops, which are soybeans and corn. I raise about 1,800 acres.
CHARLES: Lauden has signed up with SUSTAIN. He's doing all those things that are supposed to let him use nitrogen more efficiently. But he's not sure if it means he'll really end up using less of it.
LAUDEN: I think you would use less, but I don't - I can't quantify it (laughter) I guess.
CHARLES: If he does use less, it won't be much less. He and Brent Deppe, the manager from the co-op, both say farmers already use nitrogen efficiently. For them, this program is mainly a way to get that message to consumers, which is why some environmentalists say despite all the corporate cheerleading for SUSTAIN, it's just tinkering around the edges of agriculture. Food companies could do so much more.
Sarah Carlson, who works for a group of environmentally minded farmers called the Practical Farmers of Iowa, has confronted Walmart executives about this.
SARAH CARLSON: I was, like, why are you only focused on nitrogen fertilizer management? Like, that just makes such little impact on water quality and such little impact on greenhouse gas reduction.
CHARLES: Carlson says here's what you really need to do. Give farmers a financial incentive to move beyond just growing corn and soybeans. Bring back small grains like oats, for instance. That small change can have a big impact, she says, because farmers can combine oats with a so-called cover crop of clover. That clover adds nitrogen to the soil the organic way - no synthetic fertilizer needed. Plus, cover crops add carbon to the soil - also good for climate change.
CARLSON: You know, maybe, Walmart, you should suggest to your commodity buyers they buy more small grains for feed rations.
CHARLES: Feed rations for cattle or pigs.
CARLSON: We have all these pigs in the state. Five percent of their diet could be oats. Like, we can just sprinkle it in there.
CHARLES: Just one crucial obstacle - relying on oats for your bacon costs a little more money, and somebody would have to pay to make it happen, like Walmart and, in turn, American consumers. Dan Charles, NPR News.
[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: In the audio of this story, we state that most nitrogen fertilizer that farmers add to their fields is lost to the surrounding water and air. In fact, only some of the fertilizer is lost, and most is used by the growing crop.] Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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How To Apply Clear Wax- I receive many questions on a daily basis from people around the USA about the proper process to apply Clear Wax. I primarily use Annie's Clear Wax over Chalk Paint® Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan, but also enjoy Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint and waxes, for the most part, the application of wax is fairly the same.
So, this information applies to all of the above.
Whenever product is purchased through The Purple Painted Lady®, instructional information is always included! Click here to access our on-line shop. Instructions are very helpful, but I personally learn from seeing, hearing and doing. If you are like me, and need to see wax being applied, please feel free to click on this link to watch a very high level video regarding "How To Apply Clear Wax". I created a bunch of little videos that I have available at my shop – mostly I did this to save on my voice since I would literally have a customer walking out the door and another walking in – and I would be repeating the same information all day!
Again and very important….please also take a few minutes to read the information below!
It is important to apply clear wax in thin and uniformed coats with 100% coverage. I hope this analogy helps in your understanding of how thin to apply it. When I say thin- I mean – not sparse where you are missing sections- but rather a reasonable amount. Basically, as if you are applying a facial moisturizer before bed. A light veil of wax that is gently rubbed into the surface.
When wax is applied over the Chalk Paint® – it intensifies the paint color. Basically, imagine having a wet finger and wiping it on a school black board or chalkboard. You can see the deepening of the color from the moisture.
As you apply the wax- make sure the intensity is uniformed and happens to 100% of your painted area. Not just in some spots. This is easiest when working with colors versus a white Chalk Paint®. You cannot always "correct" this after the wax has dried.
Apply the wax and as shown in my video- gently push the wax into the paint. (please make sure to watch my video since reading instructions is very different then seeing someone actually do it.)
How long does the chalk paint® have to dry before I can apply clear wax?
It needs to be completely dry. This could take a total of 30 to 45 minutes. I think it is important to understand- that if you only apply one coat of Chalk Paint® to your project – and then begin to apply the wax right away……if you press too hard when applying the wax or removing the wax…that on the corners and edges- that may effect your project as though you are attempting to do a wet distress effect and remove some of your dried paint. Keep in mind- there is a lot of chemistry and science to paint products. The paint will continue to adhere and grip over a period of time as it cures. You can wax right away- but you should be aware of this and be conscientious on the edges and corners. You should not be breaking into a sweat or hurting your shoulder or wrist when applying or removing wax.
Chalk paint and wax is just like putting conditioner on your hair:
Just like when you wash your hair and put conditioner on it- what do you do next?
You rinse all the conditioner off. And why is that?
Because your hair absorbs only what it needs. If you leave extra conditioner on your hair thinking it is going to make your hair better, what does it actually do?
It gives you a lousy hair day! This same concept applies to the wax.
Chalk Paint® Decorative Paint by Annie Sloan will absorb the wax that it needs. All excess beyond that- will just sit on your piece and make it feel tacky, gummy, or even sticky. (often this is where someone phones me and says- I applied the wax days ago and it is still tacky)
After I apply the wax and remove it as I show in my video…I can run my fingers over the surface and my fingers glide over the painted and waxed surface. The surface is not tacky – it may feel moist and cool…but there is no drag.
If I want to make the surface feel like glass after waxing as explained above after the surface has cured for a day – I might take some Steel Wool Grade 000 or a very fine piece of sand paper and lightly rub my painted piece in the grain of the brush strokes. Click HERE to read more about the steel wool.
I love the Ultimate Wax Brush for applying wax and strongly recommend it to all of my customers as the ONE serious tool you should consider purchasing! It will guide and help you in applying the wax correctly, not to mention efficiently!
Now- some of you may be thinking- how do I know if I have too much wax?
A. When you apply the wax- if you can run your finger across it and see a mark or a ridge left behind- YOU HAVE TOO MUCH WAX on it!
B. Your project was a small side table or short shelf unit and you used a half tin of wax. Guess what…YOU HAVE TOO MUCH WAX on it!
Keep in mind- even if you applied too much wax it is not horrible if you like the look of your piece! So, do not worry about it! And move on to your next project- be more aware or present when you apply the wax. Learn from your first project and save money by not overusing your materials.
But again -you know you have too much wax or your wax is not applied uniformly when you see streaking in the wax. All is not lost if this is your situation! And again- we want you to LOVE your piece and want to prevent you from using too much wax because it causes more work for you and wastes your product and your money.
So… to remove excess dried wax:
1. Take a clean lint free rag (an old undershirt works great)
2. Grab your low odor mineral spirits (I have found that the "GREEN" mineral spirits do not work well for this application) and put your cloth on the mouth of the container and get 2 dabs of it on the rag. DO NOT SATURATE the rag with mineral- we do NOT want a wet rag dripping mineral spirits.
3. "Wipe" the excess wax off your piece. Do not scrub- and do not work in a small circular motion- you want to remove the wax evenly. So wipe from side to side.
Another option- in case someone has a smaller piece and does not want to bother with the mineral spirits- is to:
1. Let your wax totally dry
2. Sand lightly if surface seems uneven
3. Blow or wipe off dust
4. Re-paint with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ right over what you have done! No stripping or priming necessary!
The point of this post – is to help you avoid problem! I don't want you to waste your time or product.
If you are local to me- I would invite you into my shop for a free quick demo on waxing! : ) Or visit your local Annie Sloan Stockist to inquire about a workshop or assistance they can provide to you.


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Ever fancied a free day out at Alton Towers? Well here's how - but only if you're brave enough!
The popular theme park is once again running its Big 6 Challenge - but it's not for the faint hearted!
To earn yourself a free day out, all you need to do is go to Alton Towers and ride all of the big rollercoasters in one day - easy!
If you want to take part, you need to download the official Alton Towers app, and once you've ridden each of the Big 6 - The Smiler, Th13teen, Rita, Oblivion, Nemesis and Galactica - check-in by scanning the QR code at the ride exit.
Complete the challenge and you'll earn a free ticket to return to the park on a weekday between September 6 and 30.
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One of my birthday presents from Mr C was Nars' limited edition blush palette, named Danmari. I used to collect Nars make up, these days less so but as soon as I saw this palette I knew I had to have it.
It comes in a lovely gift box (as a side note the Nars website sends products extremely well packaged, in cardboard boxes that have foam stuck to them on the inside).
The palette then sits inside some foam in the box, nice and snug.
This palette is the same size as the multiple use themed palettes (a bit big to carry round every day for fine for travel) and you get a generous 0.12oz of each colour.
This palette comes with a large mirror and no brush (good). The palette has a lovely feel but like all Nars rubber palettes, it will stick to allsorts.
The colours you get (not in order):
No doubt that Nars went for some of the best sellers and I see the point of the palette – it covers bronze, berry, pink, peach and a highlighter too.
I own 4 of these blushers (I don't own Casino and Hungry Heart). If you don't have any of these then lucky you, you'll get a chance to try some lovely blushers. I love palettes with everything in one place so I don't mind owning a colour twice.
Having said that I found this palette harder texture than the solos. As I use it more it might warm up a bit and be softer underneath, but first initial uses are somewhat hard textured.
Here are the colours again:
I don't regret asking for this and it's fab for any Nars collector or conversely, a newbie. However, I wouldn't have chosen these 6 shades for my ultimate Nars blush palette.
For me it would be:
Nico – Highlighting Shade
Orgasm – Peachy Pink
Gina – Orange
Exhibit A – Red
Sertao – Shimmery Bronze
Angelika – Shimmery Pink
I honestly don't know why they put Super Orgasm in this palette – I don't hate it, and it may be a big seller but come on – it's absolutely infused with giant chunks of silver glitter which falls everywhere. It's such an indulgent choice, anything else would've been better and more practical.
I get why people like Sin but personally, a purple berry type hue does nothing for me. The palette is a bit more 'dead' then I'd like – where are those Nars cheek popping shades! There's also a giant hole where the corals and oranges should be. I'll stop moaning in a second.
You'll see better swatches in the Gallery – unfortunately this palette was quite difficult to swatch.
At £45 this palette is expensive and cheap depending on how you see it – if you are interested in these shades then you'll be saving money since they retail for about £18.50 each. Otherwise £45 is still a decent amount of money to be spending on blusher especially if you are lukewarm about the shades.
The palette is sold on the Nars UK website and is NOT on the counters.


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How Houston's minimum wage stacks up against Seattle's $15
SEATTLE (AP) — A $15 minimum wage like the one adopted in Seattle doesn't buy many luxuries in most American cities.
Lattes, theater tickets and cable television will still be out of reach for most minimum-wage workers. But about $31,000 a year should be enough to pay the average rent for a shared one-bedroom apartment, plus utilities, health insurance, groceries and an inexpensive cellphone plan.
Monday's vote by the Seattle City Council created the nation's highest minimum wage. The state minimum wage in Washington was already $9.32 an hour, the highest state wage in the U.S.
Expatistan, a website that tracks the cost of living in cities around the world, says New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Honolulu, Boston and Seattle are the most expensive U.S. cities overall, in that order.
An Associated Press comparison of the cost of living in several other major U.S. cities shows a higher wage would make a difference in those places too, but it won't allow for many extras.
Click through the slideshow to see figures for Houston, Seattle, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.
Associated Press writers Jonathan Lemire in New York, Terry Spencer in Miami, Jason Keyser in Chicago, Juan Carlos Llorca in Houston and Sue Manning in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
Weekly, monthly and annual wage figures were added by Dana Guthrie, web producer for the Houston Chronicle.


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A week at Scout camp is a summer highlight for hundreds of thousands of boys (and adults) each year. In its latest Webisode, the Adventure Base 100 team visits J.N. Webster Scout Reservation, a 1,200-acre camp operated by the Connecticut Rivers Council.
Like most camps across the country, Camp Webster offers more activities than any boy could complete in a week. Watch as Scouts ride a zip line, practice archery, and learn to safely shoot a black-powder rifle.
An Adventure Base 100 video about summer camps is a fitting match. AB100 offers non-Scouts a look at what kind of excitement awaits them in Scouting, and summer camp is the fulfillment of that promise.
Want to see some more examples of what makes a Cool Camp? Be sure to check out Scouting magazine's Cool Camp features.
Adventure Base 100
stop: Buffalo, N.Y., July 10-11 (Taste of Buffalo)
deck: Baltimore, Md., July 17-18 (Rash Field)
the jump for links to previous AB 100 videos.
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