This white base coat will allow your final painted colors to appear far more vivid. If you paint your design without the white base, the colors won’t look as vibrant. Use a paintbrush to carefully fill in the areas you plan to paint with white acrylic.  Make sure you carefully go over all of the gessoed areas with white paint. You don’t want any gesso peeking out after you’ve finished your piece. Allow the white acrylic paint to dry for 30 to 60 minutes. Acrylic paint is best for this, since it dries quickly and doesn’t require that you work with toxic solvents like turpentine. However, if you prefer oil paint, you can use that. Squeeze a dollop of each color onto your palette. If you plan to mix any colors to create new ones, use your palette knife to do that now.  For example, if you want to lighten any color, add a small amount of white paint. Use the knife to completely blend the two colors together. If you want it lighter, add more white and mix again. If you need to make brown paint, combine equal quantities of complementary colors. Complementary color pairings you can try: yellow and purple, green and red, or blue and orange. Using a regular paint brush, apply the darkest color in your design first. After you brush it on, give the surface a few minutes to dry. If you still see a bit of white peeking through from underneath the dark paint, apply a thin second layer right over it. Keep clean Q-tips nearby. If you accidentally get paint in an area you want to remain reflective, quickly wipe it away using the cotton swab. If you have a pretty severe paint smear, grab some glass cleaner and dunk the Q-tip in that before wiping it away. You can loosely block in all the base colors first, then go back to add detail over the top once the base has dried. You can also fully complete one section of the painting at a time until it’s finished. There’s no “correct” approach, so do what feels natural for you. Use a fresh paintbrush for each paint color you work with. Use the size that makes sense for the area you’re painting. For example, use a small brush for detail work. For larger areas, use a flat brush or rounded brush. If you used acrylic paint, this will take about an hour. If you used oil paint, the drying process can take several days, depending on how many layers of paint you brushed on. Once it’s completely dry, your painted mirror is ready to display!
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One-sentence summary -- Apply a thin coat of white acrylic paint to all areas you plan to paint. Squeeze a dollop of each paint color onto your palette. Paint the darkest areas first. Fill in the rest of your painting with the other colors. Let the painting dry completely.


T-scores are typically reported in terms of standard deviations from the mean bone density score for young, healthy adults of your gender. The number indicates how close or how far your bone density measure is from the average.  If your T-score is -1, 0, or a positive number, your bone density is considered normal and healthy. If your T-score is between -1 and -2.5, your score indicates that you may be at risk of osteoporosis. Your bone density is lower than average and you may have osteopenia, which can lead to osteoporosis. If your T-score is below -2.5, you likely have osteoporosis. Your bones are likely weak, brittle, and prone to breaks from falls or even from some regular activities. This score gives a reading of your bone density in comparison with other individuals of your weight, sex, racial or ethnic background, and age.  If your Z-score is -1, 0, or a positive number, your bone density is comparable to that of other people of your demographic characteristics. If your Z-score is -2 or below, your bone density is worse than average for people of your demographic characteristics. This result points to the possibility that there may be a cause of your bone loss other than aging; you may need additional testing and treatment to delay or prevent additional loss of bone density.
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One-sentence summary -- Evaluate your T-score. Evaluate your Z-score.


Microsoft introduced a new display driver in Windows Vista, which enables the Aero effects. Because of this new driver, Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 do not support full-screen command prompt. If you absolutely need the Command Prompt to be full-screen, you can disable this new driver. This will limit your image options and restrict your display to 800 x 600, but it will allow you to use the Command Prompt in full-screen. If you need to return to your normal display, you just need to re-enable the drivers. You can find the Control Panel in the Start menu. In Windows 8.1, right-click the Start button and select "Control Panel" from the list. If you're in Category view, select "Hardware and Sound" and then select "Device Manager". This will list all of the display adapters (video cards) that you have installed. Most users will have one or two adapters listed here. You'll be asked to confirm that you want to turn it off. Your screen will likely shut off for a moment and restart in a lower resolution. If you have multiple adapters, you'll need to disable your primary adapter. If you don't know which one this is, just disable all of them. Open the Command Prompt and press Alt+↵ Enter to make it full-screen. Press the keys again to switch it back. You can continue to do this for as long as the drivers are disabled. If you need to use your display drivers again, you can quickly re-enable them from the Device Manager. Right-click on the disabled driver and select "Enable" to turn it back on. You may have to restart your computer.
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Understand the process. Open the Control Panel. Open the Device Manager. Expand the "Display adapters" section. Right-click a display adapter and select "Disable". Switch the Command Prompt to full-screen. Re-enable the drivers.