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No Deal in Congress
The house and senate will be spending at least part of New Year's Eve at work today. They're still working on a last minute deal to beat the deadline for keeping automatic tax hikes and government cuts from happening in the new year. The vice president and leaders from the senate worked late last night on proposals, but it still comes down to the same sticky points –increased taxes on wealthier people and how to pay for the spending proposals that are on the table.

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I had a quicklook. I'll drop in at the weekend when I have some free time. Goodluckwith the site.
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Well, I have recently uploaded a website of mine in Spanish and in English. I'd love you to visit it and give your opinions, there are many writings of mine up there and if you read it, you can have a little entertainment --I hope :)-- and you could give me grammar or redaction tips --you see. I'm a beginning writer, I'm 15 years old.
I really would be glad people like you who know about literature post a message on the forum... so please have a look at it some time. Thanks!
WEBSITE I'm talking about: www.emmanuelordonezangulo.tk
I had a quicklook. I'll drop in at the weekend when I have some free time. Goodluckwith the site.
Oh, oh, thank you very much! I want teachers to read the stories and tell me some mistakes! Thank you very much!Originally Posted by tdol
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Cuban actress Catalina Sandino Moreno was nominated for an Oscar in 2004, but she's yet to become a household name. All of that is sure to change next year, when the crush worthy actress starts popping up on our TV screens every week.
Moreno has joined the case of FX's next edgy series 'The Bridge,' which centers on the hunt for a serial killer on the U.S.-Mexico border. Moreno will play the wife of a Mexican detective who is helping lead the case.
We first noticed Moreno in her Oscar nominated role for the drama 'Maria Full of Grace.' She looks much more glamorous in real life than she did in that film, as you can see in the pics below. She's smokin', and we're looking forward to seeing more of her when she becomes a TV star. We bet you are too.


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Study of Blood Samples From Patients With Malignant Melanoma, Metastatic Breast Cancer, Advanced Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, or Colorectal Cancer.
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00974610
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 10, 2009
Last Update Posted : May 24, 2017
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RATIONALE: Studying samples of blood from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors learn more about changes that occur in peptides and proteins and identify biomarkers related to cancer.
PURPOSE: This research study is looking at blood samples from patients with malignant melanoma, metastatic breast cancer, advanced lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, or colorectal cancer.
|Condition or disease
|Breast Cancer Colorectal Cancer Lung Cancer Melanoma (Skin) Pancreatic Cancer
- To assess which potential peptide and protein markers produced by human melanoma, lung, breast, pancreatic, and colorectal cell lines may be detectable in serum of patients from these five disease groups.
- To conduct further extensive investigation with respect to identification of the protein/peptide involved, determination of specificity for each cancer, and development of more sensitive assays to look for such markers in a wider population of patients, including those undergoing therapy.
OUTLINE: This is a multicenter study.
Blood samples are collected before surgical intervention or treatment to assess peptide and protein markers.
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|803 participants
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|Collaborative Project on Potential Serum Markers for Malignant Melanoma, Metastatic Breast, Advanced Lung Pancreatic Carcinoma and Colorectal Cancer
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|December 2015
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- Detection of peptide and protein markers in serum [ Time Frame: Ongoing ]
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Diagnosis of 1 of the following advanced metastatic malignancies:
- Malignant melanoma
- Lung cancer
- Breast cancer
- Pancreatic carcinoma
- Colorectal cancer
- Advanced and/or metastatic disease
- Hormone receptor status not specified
- Menopausal status not specified
- Not specified
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00974610
|Cork University Hospital
|Cork, Ireland
|Mercy University Hospital
|Cork, Ireland
|Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin Incorporating the National Children's Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland, 24
|St. Vincent's University Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland, 4
|Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland, 7
|St. James's Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland, 8
|Beaumont Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland, 9
|Mater Private Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland
|St Luke's Hospital
|Dublin, Ireland
|University College Hospital
|Galway, Ireland
|Letterkenny General Hospital
|Letterkenny, Ireland
|Mid-Western Cancer Centre at Mid-Western Regional Hospital
|Limerick, Ireland, 0009
|Waterford Regional Hospital
|Waterford, Ireland
|Principal Investigator:
|Martin Clynes
|National Institute for Cellular Biotechnology at Dublin City University
|Responsible Party:
|Cancer Trials Ireland
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|NCT00974610 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|September 10, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 24, 2017
|Last Verified:
|May 2017
Keywords provided by Cancer Trials Ireland:
stage IV melanoma
recurrent melanoma
stage IV non-small cell lung cancer
recurrent non-small cell lung cancer
extensive stage small cell lung cancer
recurrent small cell lung cancer
stage IV breast cancer
recurrent breast cancer
male breast cancer
stage III pancreatic cancer
stage IV pancreatic cancer
recurrent pancreatic cancer
stage IV colon cancer
recurrent colon cancer
stage IV rectal cancer
recurrent rectal cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Lung Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Neuroendocrine Tumors
Neuroectodermal Tumors
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Nevi and Melanomas
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
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Michael Savage: The Savage Heart of America
The Michael Savage Phenomenon:
Why America Listens to Michael Savage
Michael Savage breaks all the rules, is abrasive, oftentimes offensive;
some people get upset at the very mention of his name. Yet he is heard by millions of listeners religiously,
politically incorrect though he may be.
Michael Savage informs, entertains, takes no prisoners, yells, gets
irate, and speaks with complete candor and passion. You may not like Michael Savage; you may get angry at some of the
things he has said and done, but you cannot argue with his success.
Why has Michael Savage succeeded beyond the wildest expectations of anyone?
Why does his following continue to grow? He's the man everyone is listening to, but few will admit to listening to.
What is it about Michael Savage that has created this baffling phenomenon and why is his show worth listening to?
First: Michael Savage is bold and believes in what he is saying. He is
willing to say the things that others cannot. He's not an entertainer; he's not putting on a show; he doesn't care if
you agree with him or not; and he's not bound by society's rules of what is and is not polite to mention. The rest of us are
indeed bound by these rules in our everyday actions; we must make sure we do not offend or tell other people what we really
think. We listen to Michael Savage and marvel at his jaw-dropping statements and his utter brazenness as he says
and continues to say things that guarantee that he will not find a place as a CNN anchor any time soon.
Second: Michael Savage is human. He is imperfect. He has made mistakes.
But he does care about our country and about people. He also tells us about his family (and his pet dog), including
a brother who was mentally challenged.
Third: Michael Savage is intelligent. Read articles about Michael and you will
find out that he has been down many roads in life, has spent years in the academic world. Listen to Michael and you
will find a wealth of information and a remarkable ability to hold forth on virtually any topic.
Fourth: Surprise - Michael Savage can be very funny, though it's not a side
he shows the world every day. Faithful listeners, however, are rewarded with the occasional comment that can have
you on the floor laughing, or a dead-on imitation when Michael breaks out of his New York accent to take on another
perfectly, with cutting humor (notably, the preacher).
A message to Michael Savage Bashers: Listen to Michael Savage with an open
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BRONSON � Jay Narlock was 5 years old when his grandfather began teaching him how to bowl.
After years of practice, leagues, money games, tournaments and everything in between, Narlock recently rolled a historic 877 series.
It was Nov. 28. Narlock was on lanes 13 and 14 of the Bronson Strike Zone for the league night. Bowlers get 10 minutes to warm up, a time Narlock uses to shake off his rusty right arm that he has bowled with for decades and is sore, tight and used.
He picked up his 19-year-old ball and hurled 11 straight strikes to start off his night.
One roll away away from a 36th perfect� 300 game, he had a 7-10 split that kept him at 298.
"I would've liked to keep those two pins just to shoot 'em up," Narlock said. "I felt great though, like I did throwing 20 years ago."
Narlock started the next game with seven straight strikes before a spare. Finishing up with four strikes put him at 279.
After the second game a crowd began to form around the lane toward the right side of the bowling alley.
The crowd wanted to watch something special.
"It happened so fast ��after the big game you don't think they will have another one," said Strike Zone owner and league bowler Nate Cranson. "At the start of the third game a buzz was going on, everyone was talking about it�� but not around (Narlock)."
Before his last game, Narlock called his old bowling buddy from Detroit to tell him about his two scores. The friend�said�Narlock would have to get a 300 to beat the friend's high score.
Narlock accepted the challenge.
"I just wanted a clean score and get above 800,"�Narlock said.
Entering the final game, a 233 score was all Narlock needed for his 11th 800 series.
"That's like the pinnacle of bowling, an 800," Cranson said.
With strike after strike in the third game, the crowd got louder and more focused on lane 13.
"I didn't notice it," Narlock said. "I was oblivious to it. I was just trying to make sure I didn't squeeze the ball too hard and didn't get too fast with my feet. Don't want to clutter your head with what-ifs."
Then, in the 10th frame,�Narlock finished out the night with his 36th 300 game and an 877 series score by knocking down every last pin of his final game.
"Once I hit the last shot for 300 the volume just went up," Narlock said. "I could hear my heartbeat; I couldn't feel my legs. I don't know how to explain it."
The 877 was one of the 10 best scores ever recorded in bowling history.
"Everyone lined up to shake my hand and hug me," Narlock said. "It was indescribable. I never made it on the tour, but I'm in the record books."
Cranson said it was the highest series score ever in Bronson.
"We drank a lot after," he said. "We were making a lot of calls telling people. We took photos of the monitor because people didn't believe it."
When Narlock was younger he would travel from bowling alley to bowling alley around the metro Detroit area looking for pot games to make money. He lived off bowling for around 15 years, he said.�He and a buddy would travel to tournaments and bowl to survive.
"It was challenging when you were down to your last dollar and if you don't win this game you don't eat," Narlock said. "But those nights you make $1,500 to $2,000 are fun. I would work at bowling alleys sometimes for the free practice."
Narlock's grandfather Bill Knight was there for his first 300. When his pupil finished up the monumental bowling feat that the mentor never did it brought a tear to his eye.
"You could look and see the pride and joy on his face," Narlock said. "He was responsible for it. I tried to give him my (300) ring but he wouldn't take it�� he earned it. It went with him."
Knight died in 2010, but Narlock is positive he still saw his special night Nov. 28.
Now, Narlock�works at the Strike Zone as a mechanic, always working on his game and looking for nearby tournaments. He loves Bronson and the small town life compared to the big city way of living.
If or when he retires, the 19-year-old ball that�Narlock re-drilled holes in � that he claims is perfectly made for him the way it rolls and strikes the pins � will be in an air-tight case in remembrance�of his magical night on lane 13 at the Bronson Strike Zone when he scored a top-10 score of all time in the sport that is his life.
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Thanks to a coordinated effort between rice farmers and members of Congress, federal funding for the ARS Rice Research program in Beaumont, Texas, was reinstated recently during a meeting of the House Appropriations Committee. Last week, the House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee restored the $1,554,839 that had been targeted for elimination under the president's 2007 budget. This is good news for rice farmers and affiliated industries throughout the southern rice production area.
Ray Stoesser, president of the Texas Rice Council and a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. Rice Producers Association, was pleased with the news. While applauding the efforts of several members of Congress, Stoesser pointed out the support from congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas). "From day one congressman Poe has understood the importance of agriculture and he deserves full credit for his efforts in getting this vital funding restored to a research facility that has a strong track record of accomplishments."
Since its creation in 1909, the research center at Beaumont has been served well by the strong partnership between Texas A&M University, USDA-ARS, and the U.S. rice industry. The reduction of funding would have had a serious negative impact on the viability of the rice industry and rural economy in the Gulf Coast rice-growing region. Congressman Poe realized the situation stating, "If we do not support our agricultural sector particularly in the area of research then we are not preparing ourselves and the nation's food supply for the future. I believe that agriculture is a strategic aspect of our national security and we must give our farmers all of the necessary tools to continue to produce an affordable and safe food supply for the country and the world."
The U.S. Rice Producers Association would also like to thank Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Henry Bonilla for working to restore this important funding. Dwight Roberts, USRPA CEO, said that, "We look forward to continuing to work with congressman Poe, chairman Bonilla, and other members to protect this important research priority for rice producers and the rice industry."
The US Rice Producers Association representing rice farmers in Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, California, Louisiana and Arkansas is the only organization solely representing the views of the U.S. rice farmer.


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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 18, 2015 7:58 AM
Getting bogged down in time-consuming social media tasks? We know how you feel! Here's 21 must-have social media tools to optimize your time as a marketer.
Muriel Macgeorge's curator insight, September 20, 2015 8:21 PM
21 great tools to get more value for your time on social media.
IndyLogix's curator insight, October 9, 2015 6:03 AM
IndyLogix Solutions -Digital Marketing & Web Design Agency India
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, November 10, 2014 10:25 PM
Ian Cleary shares seven new social media tool discoveries.
Stéphane Baudin's curator insight, November 11, 2014 9:53 AM
Websummit feedback on new social media tools. Interesting ones.
Chip Clements's curator insight, May 24, 2015 1:52 PM
An interesting list of hidden gems that you may not be aware of. This list goes well beyond the typical names your use to.
sabrina marnet-letellier's curator insight, May 24, 2015 5:35 PM
Great list, with very usefil links
something to kee, for sûre!
Robin Good's comment, May 6, 2014 6:32 PM
Thank you Beth, hehe. It was meant to be "in the ocean", but then I found that great picture and decided to move onto "sand".
Thank you so much for referencing my work and for highlighting, as we all must learn to do more often, the good stuff you found in it.
David Collet's curator insight, May 7, 2014 4:24 AM
I like this.
Long ago, in a former life, I used to get newspaper articles passed to me each day that were relevant to my job and/or my aspirations. I would take the necessary hour or so each day to remain current with world affairs related to what I did or where I wanted to go.
Curation is a lot like that except it is more global in concept.
This article talks about how to do this in the best way.
Library Staff's curator insight, May 9, 2014 2:58 AM
How did this dog "spot the awesome"? A nose for it…That's what good content curators do.
Neil Ferree's curator insight, May 8, 2014 11:13 PM
If I weren't so lazy, I would have researched and found and shared in this Scooped story the article that details the 10 questions you should ask anyone who claims to be a social media guru.
I'm not going to do that in this case, since I want to use this submission as example of how and why the Pro version of Scoop.it makes all the difference in the world to my new guru in the making [url=/u/1474709 x-already-notified=1]iagdotme[/url] who I am indebited to for turning me on to Commun.it back in 2013.
So Ian, the Pro version enables the rich text editor so we can point to a page 3 layers deep within a website like this vs. the fremium version that doesn't have that capability.
iagdotme's comment, May 9, 2014 12:58 PM
Thanks, Neil. The article on the 10 questions you ask a social media guru sounds interesting.
Glad I helped you get back to Commun.it. Do you still use it regularly?
I get that Scoop.it allows you to make it easy to share an article to multiple networks with one click, but I don't quite understand the advantages of the Pro version. You say it enables the "rich text editor". I assume that means you can link to other articles and format text with bold and italics. I can see that being helpful, but is it worth paying the money for? What do you mean by pointing to a page "3 layers deep"?
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 26, 2015 8:53 AM
Great social marketing tool kit from Neil Patel. Recommended reading. 9/10
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 26, 2015 8:55 AM
Great social marketing tool kit from Neil Patel. Recommended reading. 9/10
Bill Weigall's curator insight, September 20, 2014 12:07 PM
While I will never be an expert user, this list might let me fool some of the people some of the time! :)
Cate Ferguson's curator insight, September 20, 2014 9:04 PM
Every little tip you can gather will be useful... to someone. In the fast pace of change on some social networks it's useful to revisit some of the little details that can help make things easier, faster, more fun.
Polly Stevenson's curator insight, April 23, 2015 10:33 AM
Now you've started your blog, here's where you can get more help with ideas, images and tracking.
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, July 7, 2015 4:35 AM
Kevan Lee updates his epic post on Twitter toolsand it is essential reading for every social marketer and social media maven. Highly recommended. 10/10
Jeff Domansky's curator insight, July 7, 2015 5:41 AM
Kevan Lee updates his epic post on Twitter toolsand it is essential reading for every social marketer and social media maven. Highly recommended. 10/10
Neil Ferree's curator insight, June 28, 2015 8:28 PM
These lesser known Facebook marketing tactics will come in handy once you put some time into implementing them into your routine.
Facebook Lists look useful as do Notifications and Saved Searches.
Neil Ferree's curator insight, June 30, 2014 9:17 PM
As you can see from this Mind Map, there are many moving parts to a robust Social Content Marketing Model.
Neil Ferree's curator insight, April 18, 2014 9:50 PM
What are your top performing social channels?
The goal is to have an optimized profile on the top social channels where you can identify and engage key influencers in your niche.
Then you can create and curate and syndicate your awesome content to these top performing social channels to entertain and educate your audience (fans and follower) with your knowledge and domain expertise (aka) personal branding.


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The Galaxy SOHO project in central Beijing for SOHO China is a 330 000m2 office, retail and entertainment complex that will become an integral part of the living city, inspired by the grand scale of Beijing. Its architecture is a composition of four continuous, flowing volumes that are set apart, fused or linked by stretched bridges. These volumes adapt to each other in all directions, generating a panoramic architecture without corners or abrupt transitions that break the fluidity of its formal composition.
- Architects: Zaha Hadid
- Project: Galaxy Soho
- Location: Beijing, China
- Design: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
- Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Project Director, Associate: Satoshi Ohashi
- Associate: Cristiano Ceccato
- Project Architect: Yoshi Uchiyama
- Photographers: Hufton + Crow, Iwan Baan
- Client: SOHO China
- Program: Mixed-use Commercial Building (Office & Retail)


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Well, do you want the good news or the bad news first?
The good news is the last time the Dolphins played Baltimore, way back in October, the Ravens held a 17-3 lead on Miami to open the third quarter.
So the Dolphins have made up some ground in the past two months or so.
The bad news? Well, they're still losing at halftime today. The Dolphins trail Baltimore 13-3 going into the third quarter.
It has been a nightmare half for Chad Pennington. Pennington has thrown TWO interceptions today while completing only 7 of 12 passes for 77 yards. One of those interceptions was returned 64 yards for a TD by Ed Reed. That is Baltimore's only touchdown of the day so far.
Oh, there is more bad news: Receiver Davone Bess has a thumb injury and missed most of the second quarter. So the Dolphins, which started the day with only three active receivers, are down to two.
Colleague David J. Neal tells me the Dolphins have gone 12 consecutive postseason quarters without a touchdown.
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The Math Says HBO Shouldn't Go Direct, But They Left Innovation Out Of The Equation
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More importantly, it wouldn't include the cost of sales, marketing, and support — and this is where HBO would really get screwed. Going direct to online customers by pitching HBO GO over-the-top would mean losing the support of its cable, satellite, and IPTV distributors. And since the Comcasts and the Time Warner Cables of the world are the top marketing channel for premium networks like HBO, it would be nearly impossible for HBO to make up for the loss of the cable provider's marketing team or promotions.Lawler insists the math doesn't add up because without that marketing push, the number of subscribers would be much lower. HBO claimed that Lawler's math was right. And it may be. For now. But that's really dangerous thinking.
Think about it: Every time someone signs up for cable or satellite service, one of the inevitable perks is a free six- or 12-month subscription to HBO. And those free subscriptions are rarely, if ever, cancelled once the trial period ends.
We've pointed out before that it's quite tempting for legacy players to think that they can wait out disruptive innovation. They talk about how the new products and services aren't good enough or don't make enough money to bother getting into that space. Often they'll directly talk about how the new services don't make the same amount of revenue as the old ones (or they'll make some crack about "dollars into dimes.") And, of course, they insist that when the money is there they'll make the switch. But, if you understand anything about the history of disruptive innovation, you know that if you wait until that point, you're already behind. Someone else has already taken over that market, and your "switch" is often seen as way too little, way too late (not to mention that it's often accompanied by massive bungling, as the slow entrance also means not really understanding enough about how that market works, while all your competitors spent all that time perfecting their solutions).
MG Siegler has a great post talking about this very concept as it relates to HBO, responding to Lawler (again) and his recent interview of an HBO exec during a panel at TechCrunch Disrupt. Once again, HBO insisted that Lawler was right and that "the math didn't make sense." But Siegler points out, correctly, that innovation beats math every single time. Siegler basically highlights the key point of Clayton Christensen's Innovator's Dilemma: it's really really tough for legacy players to eat their own cash cows and bet on something new. He points to another excellent article, by Farhad Manjoo at Slate, about how Apple actually does this really well, specifically how it totally cannibalized its cash-cow iPods with the iPhone:
Put it all together and you get remarkable story about a device that, under the normal rules of business, should not have been invented. Given the popularity of the iPod and its centrality to Apple's bottom line, Apple should have been the last company on the planet to try to build something whose explicit purpose was to kill music players. Yet Apple's inner circle knew that one day, a phone maker would solve the interface problem, creating a universal device that could make calls, play music and videos, and do everything else, too—a device that would eat the iPod's lunch. Apple's only chance at staving off that future was to invent the iPod killer itself. More than this simple business calculation, though, Apple's brass saw the phone as an opportunity for real innovation.That, in a nuthsell, is what most companies fail to do. It's why Clayton Christensen's book sells so well, even though very, very few companies have any idea how to do what Apple did and "eat its own." But the point is there. If you focus on "the math," you're going to miss the market and be way, way too late. Back to Siegler:
Moore's statement about HBO is correct. The math is not in favor of selling HBO access directly to consumers. But if we're just thinking about this from a pure product perspective, I don't think anyone would disagree that this is what we all want. HBO is choosing not to build the service we will love, they're choosing the short-term money. The safe bet. The math.He's right. And the more you look at the economics of innovation, the easier it is to understand why innovation always beats math. It's because "the math" that people do is of a static world, for the most part. They use past performance and metrics built on a different market. They don't understand how quickly a new market grows, and how much larger its overall potential is. And that's because we have difficulty in mentally dealing with non-zero sum markets, preferring to think that it's a one-for-one switch. But, it's not. Innovation expands markets in new and unexpected ways, often quite rapidly (though also, deceptively slowly at first, because the growth is often in a tangential market that people don't even recognize).
But if they don't diverge from this path, it will lead to their demise. Innovation always beats math, eventually. That, you can take to the bank.
So they come up with spreadsheets and "models" that try to predict when the math says it's time to switch. And all of that time they're not innovating. But since the disruption is brewing in a much faster manner, and in a different spot than they really think it is, the time to switch is usually as soon as you realize the innovation is happening, not when the spreadsheet tells you to. It's not just about choosing "the safe bet" vs "the service we love." It's about how disruptive innovation guarantees that those who don't build for the markets of tomorrow, don't really have much of a market tomorrow.


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A reporter at a local news source got word of Unicorn 1's discovery and pollination, and gave me a call right before I took off on vacation. Heh. . . my first time being interviewed, and I happened to be about to set foot in the shower. I was answering questions while wearing a towel, and trying and failing not to laugh as my naked son climbed in and out of suitcases.
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Sen. Stan Bingham, R-Davidson, and Rep. Rayne Brown, R-Davidson, have filed or sponsored nine different measures that would alter policies, limits and statutes involving firearms.
Bingham, a lumber company and newspaper owner from Denton, serves as the primary sponsor for five bills that either seek to support gun owners or change permitting rules.
A gun collector and enthusiast, Bingham said he grew up around firearms and enjoys using them as a hobby. Serving his seventh term in the Senate, Bingham said he retained a lot of the newly filed legislation during years of Democratic control.
"This is the first opportunity I've had, and I've probably introduced more gun bills than anyone in the Legislature," Bingham said. "And you've always got folks that oppose any bill that has to do with guns, but the majority of my constituents I represent now would be very supportive of gun owners and their rights."
Bingham gained attention statewide earlier this year by filing two bills that would allow certified educators and volunteers to carry firearms in public and private schools. Senate Bill 27 would permit public school boards to hire "school safety marshals" who would be permitted to carry concealed firearms while Senate Bill 146 would essentially allow the same thing at private schools.
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The latest energy codes allow about 20% less wattage for lighting than they did just three years ago, and in order to get rebates or LEED ratings, lighting must use even fewer watts. Long gone are the days when rules of thumb and big safety factors could be used to do lighting designs. So unless you want to risk having too little light, you'd better do the calculations.
For interior spaces, it's tempting to do simple, lumen-method calculations and be done with it. You can perform the lumen method using a handheld calculator or simple spreadsheet. As long as the lighting system is uniform, the space is a simple "box," and there are no significant objects in the room, lumen method calculations might suffice. However, if you're following IESNA recommended practices, lumen method calculations just aren't enough for most spaces. As it turns out, lighting analysis software is now an essential tool for even basic lighting designs (Table).
For outdoor lighting, many lighting designers have gotten by using isocandle templates. It's still a pretty easy way to help with the layout of lighting for streets, parking lots, and walkways. The problem is that templates don't provide any real useful information about lighting performance. If you want to know the average light level, uniformity, or vertical light levels now part of recommended IESNA practices, you'll need lighting analysis software for outdoor lighting too.
Basic principles
For indoor lighting calculations, most affordable software programs use the mathematics of radiosity to perform fast and accurate calculations. Radiosity has a couple of limitations you'll need to remember: It assumes all surfaces have a matte (diffuse) surface, and it chops the room up into lots of little cubes, called discretizing, where more cubes allow greater accuracy but slow down calculations. Alternatives to radiosity are slower, but unless you're a serious computer whiz with a lot of time on your hands, steer away from ray tracing software. Ray tracing is arguably more accurate, but unnecessarily complex for basic lighting design.
Outdoor lighting calculations are straightforward, executed very quickly, and major interfering elements such as buildings and billboards can be accounted for. Once again, these calculations are not perfect — because reflected light is ignored. However, for most practical purposes, these calculations are just fine. Outputs can include point-by-point values, isocandle curves, and even vertical plane calculations needed to ensure there is adequate light for security under some conditions.
Whether you're dealing with an indoor or outdoor space, there are three basic steps to performing computer lighting calculations.
Provide information that describes the room or space. Most software accepts .dwg and .dxf drawings, but that's generally not the easiest method. Most of the time, it's faster and simpler to use the software's basic CAD-like tools. You'll need to include the length, width, and height of the space. For interior lighting, you'll also need the reflectance of the walls, floor, and ceiling.
Provide information about the luminaires and where they go. Luminaire photometric data is readily available on most lighting manufacturers' Web sites, and the lighting software makes it fairly easy to indicate the location and orientation of each luminaire.
Decide which analyses you want performed. For instance, you can specify a footcandle calculation for the whole space — or for just a particular area of interest.
Keeping it simple
With the computer, it's tempting to exercise every option. For example, when analyzing a classroom, you can draw in every chair and desk. As a piece of practical advice, use the keep-it-simple-stupid (KISS) principle. Especially for indoor calculations, every piece of furniture tends to double the execution time. If you want immediate results, only include big objects, such as library stacks, that will have a dramatic shadowing effect. Don't bother with small objects like desks, where most of their mass is below the task plane.
For outdoor lighting, it's important to produce analysis only for the areas that matter. A site lighting plan showing acres of lawn with 0 footcandles may be accurate, but the average light levels will be miscalculated unless you turn those points "off" using masking options. Probably the biggest unresolved problem is trees. There is no well-established way to account for them, so most people just ignore them.
Most current software offers features such as isocandle curve plotting, rendering, and daylighting that produce interesting and appealing results, including pictures that begin to introduce a sense of realism. These features can be exploited to make your design seem more compelling and legitimate. Remind yourself constantly of the time and cost of learning advanced lighting computer skills, and measure the benefits against the investments. Remember, the purpose of lighting calculations is not a means to an end, but to aid you in performing a lighting design. Don't forget common sense and your hard earned practical skills. Rather, learn how lighting software can be effectively used to increase your confidence in the lighting design itself, especially when working with new equipment and trying to beat a tight energy code.
A basic example
To show how easy lighting calculations can be, let's start with a 400-square-foot enclosed space with a 10-foot ceiling. For now, we'll ignore the doors and assume there are no windows. (Daylighting complicates the process and probably won't change the lighting system anyway). The program being used for this is Lumen Micro 2000, an older but serviceable program well suited for simple studies.
First, draw the room. Although this step is quite simple, it's important that the values you enter are accurate. If you follow the KISS principle, it takes about 30 seconds to enter the room's data. Remember, wall reflectance is the average wall reflectance. So if the wall is mostly 60% reflective paint, there will be various less reflective objects on it. Therefore, use a slightly lower value. Personally, I use 50% as an initial representation of real-world walls.
Next, select the luminaire type(s). In this example, there is only one luminaire type. Download the photometric file from the manufacturer's Web site, and save it in a file. Once you have the photometric data, you add a luminaire type to the fixture schedule by attaching the fixture "type" to its photometric file. Note that the photometric file generally contains enough information to get the luminaire shape and size right. We've creatively decided to call this fixture type "A". In the plan, we locate four fixtures in a simple 232 grid with fixtures 8 feet apart on centers, centered in the room.
It's easy to check your layout using the isometric view of the room. All of the luminaires are in the right place, and the little arrows indicate they are aimed down.
Once the room and luminaires are described, it's time to decide what analyses you should perform. For most spaces, a grid of points at 30 inches above the floor — desk height — is chosen. Don't analyze the very corners of the room; the grid should start at least 6 inches from every wall. Following is a typical analysis grid for a basic analysis.
In Lumen Micro 2000, you can choose to create a rendering of the room as well as just the point-by-point analysis. Although it can add some calculation time, I like the rendering because it helps me check to make sure I entered the data correctly. Obvious mistakes, such as fixtures buried in walls, will be readily apparent in the rendering.
In this software, it's time to say "go." Remember that each time you change things, recalculations are needed. When the calculations are completed, a green check shows up on the screen, and the calculations are done. You can click on "results" to see the calculations screen:
The average footcandle level in the room is 40, with individual points ranging from just more than 20 to just under 60. Note that the software reports the "max:min" ratio — in this case 2.4:1. That's generally considered uniform.
Sometimes, it's useful to produce an isocandle diagram. The continuous lines represent points of equal illumination, making it possible to spot especially bright or dim parts of the room.
Like most general lighting systems, this particular design will tend to make the center of the room brightest. In the majority of modern software, the rendering capability is very popular with most users. While the renderings are relatively primitive, they can easily be used to imagine the quality of light in the space. You can also move the perspective of the room around easily to look at things from several points of view.
Overall, its probably best to adhere to the principle of simplicity in your design and heed the fact that lighting calculations should be expected to be accurate only within about 10% to 20%, depending on several factors such as the actual shape of the room, variations in colors and finishes, and, of course, manufacturing tolerances. Remember, however, that the human eye can't easily detect variations of up to 50% in light level, so it doesn't really matter whether the average light level is 35, 40, or even 45 footcandles, if the actual target was 40.
What matters most is getting useful information from this process. In this example, we learned that the proposed lighting design produces an average of 40 footcandles with very good uniformity. From the rendering, we also learned that the lighting on the walls will be pretty good as well. Also, looking toward the bottom of the screen, we see that this particular design is quite efficient, using only 0.60 w/sf.
If you get some experience and build up a database of commonly used fixtures, a calculation like this for simple spaces will take less than 15 minutes while providing you with substantiation of your design and a paper trail of your assumptions and decisions. In today's ever-demanding design world, I can't imagine a faster or simpler way to make sure you're right — and you've got the documentation to prove it.
Benya is president of Benya Lighting Design in West Linn, Ore.


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What in the world are you doing over there Norma!?! Actually, that pie looks down right tasty. That last pic is a beauty. You definitely get a big A+ for effort...sorry it didn't work out for you though.
There is actually 17 oz of dough, 8 oz of sauce, 12 oz of cheese on a 14" PG pizza. I am not sure about the cornmeal, although I think Wondra was used to dip the dough in before hand tossing.
As far as making the pizzas, the dough was hand tossed using a mold to shape the dough first, we stretched the dough on the pizza bench covered in Wondra flour. No cornmeal when I was there or with the original owner.
Hi-First post ever! Been reading this thread for a few days now and I have Norma's 100 hr 40 degree dough ready to go tonight. It's not exact- I used the high gluten flour from Restaurant Depot, but I followed the instructions for the cheese and sauce pretty closely. I was wondering a few things that I didn't really see in the thread, or it's all spread around. Are the sauce and cheese room temp when you add to the skin? And Norma- looks like you bake on a screen then move to the oven deck. How long each step and what temp is your oven? I have to admit I live right in PG territory- there's one 2 miles from my house and another 3 miles in the other direction. We like the pizza a lot and would love to be able to make it at home. Thanks! -Danny


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BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff testified Thursday to a parliamentary committee about alleged surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency, but failed to satisfy opposition lawmakers who are attacking the government on the issue ahead of Germany's September elections.
Merkel's center-left opponents have asserted that she hasn't been doing enough to confront Washington and protect Germans' personal data. They also are questioning official claims of ignorance about U.S. programs and are demanding answers on what Germany's own intelligence services may have known about them. Merkel's chief of staff, Ronald Pofalla, is responsible for coordinating German intelligence agencies.
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Mike Martz spoke Wednesday. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
The Bears'' offensive coordinator said he believes the Bears "should be able to continue to improve from where we left off and make a quantum leap.''
Stop right there. You can hope Martz is talking about leaving off with the balanced offense that worked in the second half of last season. However, the fear is "quantum leap'' means the full-metal Martz passing game that the Bears couldn't block last season.
Martz stoked that fear Wednesday when he said Johnny Knox isn't ready to start at wide receiver for the Bears.
"He just has to get better,'' Martz said. "He has to play better.''
Last season, Knox started and finished up as, look at that, the Bears' leading receiver.
Martz bucked down Knox in favor of free-agent signee Roy Williams. Martz says Williams is better, even though the numbers from last season say otherwise. This is the same Martz who convinced the Bears last year that Brandon Manumaleuna was the answer. The is the same Martz who had Todd Collins as his No. 2 quarterback.
Told ya: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Martz wanted Williams because he had success with him an NFL lifetime ago. Martz convinced the right people to bring him in. Martz is convinced Williams is prepared.
Nobody is convinced Williams is the answer.
OK, the Bears are convinced, or maybe they're just praying and hoping and lighting candles to will it so. Williams used to be good. But not lately. He's coming off three bad seasons in Dallas. He had every chance to succeed there, but still ate the dust of several younger receivers.
What's more, Williams is equally known for short-arming passes and flat dropping others. I mean, one of Williams' signature moments in Dallas was a rookie refusing to carry his pads. Another is Williams' whining that Tony Romo threw better or prettier passes to other guys. And mom always like Jason Witten best.
That's the guy Martz named a starter over his leading receiver from last season. Martz said in this league you should "earn'' jobs.
Wait, didn't Martz's offense just hand the right tackle job to rookie Gabe Carimi?
Martz said Knox has talent, but essentially spanked him for bad preparation. Maybe it's true. Or maybe Martz is desperate to get back to being THAT Martz. Look at the way last season went for the Martz's passing-genius legacy: His pass-crazy offense became a joke in the first seven games, then aliens landed during the bye week and snatched his brain while replacing it with a balanced attack.
When Martz wasn't being Martz last season, the Bears won more and jeopardized their quarterback less. The game plans looked like Martz was being threatened by offensive line coach Mike Tice. Martz's reputation as an offensive genius took a pantsing last season.
And now we come to this season, the last year of Martz's contract. Maybe it's me, but it looks and sounds as if Martz knows this is the last year he'll have a chance to show that he's relevant and that his offense can work.
It's a little screwy that a guy with 400 pass plays can't make it work in a league that changes every possible rule to give passing offenses every chance to succeed. Even the worst passing offenses. Except, of course, the Bears'. So Bears, huh?
Anyway, it would appear that Martz convinced the right people to deal pass-catching, bad-blocking, no-tackle-breaking tight end Greg Olsen and bring in massive blocking tight end Matt Spaeth, putting Spaeth behind massive blocking tight end Kellen Davis. It would appear that Martz got his bigger, wider line combinations and another short-yardage running back who can block first. Oh, and he got Williams and made him a starter.
I expect a certain amount of unrealistic optimism from football teams, even some arrogance regarding the brilliance of the plan and talent to execute it. The problem comes when failing to recognize the offense that is actually there and then both tailoring a game plan and calling plays based on that reality.
Last season, Martz seemed to have no clue about that. Then, when he came back this season, he blamed the players for that failed end-around in the dying moments of the NFC Championship Game. He said he made the right call. He said the players failed to execute. I confess, they blew it. If that's what Martz believes, fine. If he believes that because he's desperately clinging to an attempt to be relevant, not fine.
Fact is, the call that Martz loves himself for making was an end-around to the slowest end on the field. On a short field. With time running out. I confess, Martz blew it.
Just another example of what this season is sounding like early in training camp. It's all about Martz. If it doesn't work this season, it's all about Martz's exit, and Martz is acting as if he knows it.
I can't help but view Martz's Williams/Knox decision against that backstory. I can't help but view all of his decisions that way. I might be the only one who looks at it that way, but it fits the guy's profile. Call him stubborn, arrogant, insistent, successful and/or proud.
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Rive Bistro: French flavor on banks of the Saugatuck
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine dining on a shared bowl of moules frite at a quaint little bistro overlooking the Seine.
Ripples of laughter, clinking of wine glasses and tiny waves from rowers against a backdrop of sunset blue and orange skies are your sights and sounds.
Now open your eyes, and the only change is from Seine to Saugatuck -- another scenic river meandering to ultimately the same sea.
This is Rive Bistro, a fresh change for a primo waterside dining address that has, until now, never fully capitalized on its setting.
With a total makeover from the previous beachy casual decor, the ambiance is now classic French bistro complete with deep red banquettes, iron and wood bistro tables, rustic floors, a comfy bar and sophisticated little metal sconces.
An outdoor cafe provides calming sea breezes in summer, and expansive indoor windows against a crackling fireplace give optimum water views in all seasons.
The setting is intentionally simple, and so are the menus and wine list. Servers here say that the chef's intentions are to serve classic food and drink with a light heart.
It works, beginning with the wine list which is, of course, mostly French, but with intelligent and mostly well priced nods to California and Italy as well.
Food follows the same theme, mostly French led by a first rate salade Nicoise with fresh seared tuna, but with nods to America in one of the best renditions of our classic Maine lobster roll served rightly with no embellishment save butter, shallots and a zing of lemon juice.
This kitchen is not going to bowl you over with culinary surprises, but instead will satisfy and please you with simple, classic dishes done very well.
We started our dinner with a heady duck and foie gras sausage alongside a small warm green lentil salad, brightened with the zing of saba vinegar.
A very classic escargot, which is hardly ever on menus anymore, brings smiles to those who remember this dish as the height of French cuisine.
For American traditionalists, the kitchen puts out a light, delicate crab cake that seems magically free of any breading, enriched with homemade curried remoulade and zinged with a baby green salad.
Other appetizer options range from rich foie gras mousse on brioche toasts to a sparkling light plate of blue point oysters with tequila mignonette.
An intelligent and well-chosen cheese plate or charcuterie board are simple options for summer, and a superb onion soup is a first rate winter choice.
Tomato bisque is brandished with eggplant rice balls, and the frisee salad is hearty with croutons, a warm bacon vinaigrette and a poached egg.
Main courses are classic bistro fare, including duck confit accompanied by fingerling potatoes and wild mushrooms; grilled salmon with sauteed kale, peppers, dill and pureed potatoes; and traditional roasted loin of lamb on a bed of tiny diced ratatouilles and potato gratin.
Chicken basquaise is a winning and warming stew with the traditional mix of onion, garlic, peppers and plum tomato, and moule frites are steamed in an equally fragrant vegetable base and served in a steaming pot along with the traditional heap of crisp French fries.
In true American form, sandwiches are on the menu day and night. In addition to the winning lobster roll, the French chef again proves he is "American" with a downright terrific burger, though the French heritage comes through in the cheese choice of brie, Roquefort, or gruyere -- no cheddar here.
Grilled marinated portobello mushrooms with basil pistou, merguez lamb sausage with onions, peppers and harissa aioli round out the sandwich menu.
Desserts are equally simple and classic French. Chocolate mousse is slightly grainy but wonderfully dark and rich, and finished with a perfect strawberry and mint leaf.
Apple tart is crisp, deeply caramelized base with rich, buttery, fragrant apple slices. Creme brulee and chocolate-sauced Madeleines round out the list.
Rive Bistro is an easy visit to the Seine on the Saugatuck, and a lovely way to spend a leisurely lunch or dinner time with friends.


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|notice my cell phone kept close...Annie Sloan could call at any moment..yeah, we are That close!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
~Annie Sloan...you 'resin' ate with me~
29 comments:
- Syndi of Beachnut Lane said...
When I first saw that frame I thought "Oh no, she's going to ruin that beautiful gold fame with paint!" Then I saw the finished product and WOW! I love it. What a great treatment.
- February 28, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- How to Nest for Less said...
WOW Janet, these are gorgeous!! I always pass up candlesticks like that but now I'm gonna grab them!! Beautiful color palette, too. Lastly, what brand of shimmer powder did you use? That's such a great idea!!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Aprons and More said...
You are so clever and a wit!! Can't wait to see what you paint next...Mr Secret Agent better not sit still!
Katy :)
- February 28, 2012 at 8:50 AM
The all turned out really well, but the candlesticks even more so! Lovely.
- February 28, 2012 at 8:58 AM
- Lori @ Katies Rose Cottage Designs said...
Oh my gosh Janet I am in love with your projects!! They are just beautiful and you totally have me wanting to find some ugly gold stuff!!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:13 AM
wow Impressive!!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- Hartwood Roses said...
The ASCP treatment did wonders with these pieces!! I especially love the blue frame. The candlesticks are pretty cool, too ... and the mirror.
Speaking of the mirror, the photo of you looks like something out of Snow White. It's a reflection of Snow White, tho, not the evil Queen, right?
- February 28, 2012 at 9:23 AM
- The LadyBugs Garden said...
I love the chunky frame..we will be searching our home to find thing to paint...
- February 28, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Tales of a Trophy WIfe said...
- February 28, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Jennifer Juniper said...
Who knew you could paint over the plastic-y stuff??? Love the cute lady in the mirror :)
- February 28, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Michelle (She Looketh Well) said...
My husband just freaks when i come home with some plastic gold something or another, but then he sees what i can do with it!! I have people so surprised when they pick up a big gorgeous mirror or frame and it is plastic! Love it!
- February 28, 2012 at 10:16 AM
- Tweed Delights said...
These are SO pretty Janet! Lovely to 'see' you on your blog too - you complement that mirror just perfect :)
Alison x
- February 28, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- Deserae said...
Wonderful....love all the colors too! You are such a busy lady :o)
- February 28, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Brittany said...
- February 28, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Glenda @ Magnolia Bend Drive said...
I like these simple make-overs .... keep um coming!
- February 28, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Lady Courtney said...
It's a picture of Snow White! ;) just amazing the transformations this paint does. I still love the crackle table... donna :)
- February 28, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- fixitfaerie said...
Your projects look gorgeous. Don't you just love ASCP? Of course you do. I don't know anyone who doesn't.
- February 28, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Holly Loves Art said...
Scrumptious!!! Love love love!!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Kathy @ Creative Home Expressions said...
Those candlesticks would go great on my newly painted Duck Egg dresser, Janet! : ) Love the frames and the colors you chose. I'm really liking the Antoinette color and may have to get a sample pot to try that out.
Visiting from WUW! : )
- February 28, 2012 at 8:50 PM
- Jane@Cottage at the Crossroads said...
Your mirrors are just beautiful, and those candlesticks are amazing. I will never pass up ugly candlesticks again.
- February 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM
- Tammy at Tammy Loves Dishes said...
Those candlesticks are incredible! I'll be looking at them with a new eye when next I see some at a thrift shop.
- February 28, 2012 at 10:09 PM
- Marigene said...
Those candlesticks are to die for!
- February 28, 2012 at 10:24 PM
- Pamela said...
Janet those look great!!
- February 29, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- Ramblings of a Southern Girl ~ Rhonda G said...
Great re-dos! I love the patina look of the candlesticks! Gorgeous!
- February 29, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Amanda said...
As always, you've made magic with the Annie Sloan products! And...I loved the "talk to the hand" comment. I love mixing the colors to achieve just the look I'm going for! I have a little project for Antoinette today...can't wait to get started! I have pinned your projects to my "Paint it Annie" inspiration board. Thanks so much for sharing!
Best Wishes and Blessings,
- February 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- Kathleen Grace said...
These turned out so much prettier than gold! I adore that shade of blue and the little pink frame looks perfect with it!
- March 1, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Kim @ Savvy Southern Style said...
Janet, I love all these pieces you painted. Such pretty colors. I mixed Aubusson with Paris Gray and it made a pretty color, too. What limited colors? Thanks for sharing at Wow.
- March 5, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Amy @MaisonDecor said...
My favorite was the chunky gold candlesticks....wow! They really look fabulous!
- March 7, 2012 at 7:46 AM
- Beth said...
I love Annie Sloan!!! Isnt she amazing?! And a doll. And makes a great product to boot. Would you be interested in submitting your painted candles and frames to Somerset Home? Drop me an email! Let's talk.
- March 9, 2012 at 3:21 PM