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The Sims 3 - Room Ideas
Intermediate Home Building Guide
By Tom Thigpen
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So your Sim has been living in a tiny house with amazing objects for a while now and you're thinking perhaps it's time for a change. Well stay tuned folks and I'll show you how to turn all those extra Simoleons into an amazing intermediate-level home!
Before going any further I recommend that you read Carl's Newbie Guide - How to Play and, of course the beginner home building article.
Movin' on Up
What's the difference between a starter and intermediate home? Well the most noticeable difference will be size. With a bigger budget you can make larger rooms and won't have to worry about cramming everything in a small space; writing novels in the bedroom and sculpting in the backyard will become a thing of the past! A large contributing factor to the new home's size will be something I call 'unnecessary rooms' (from here forward referred to URs because I don't want to type 'unnecessary' ever again). Examples of URs include, but are not limited to: foyers, sun rooms, powder rooms, reading rooms, trophy rooms, and my personal favorite - the man cave. Other topics we will touch on are furniture options, decorating, landscaping, and floor plans.
If you followed my previous article your Sim is probably living in a nice starter home with great kitchen and bedroom objects, possibly an upgraded bathroom, and most likely a few entertainment items (TV, computer, etc.). To make the most out of your move I recommend having a net worth of $65,000-$75,000 first. Otherwise, your new house will be rather small, and your Sim knows all too well about living in a small home. How long it takes to earn this much depends on the size of your household and what jobs your Sims have, but for my single Sims this is usually after they reach level ten of their careers, your mileage may vary.
Know Your Sims
Before we can get down to the actual house construction you'll have to assess your Sim's particular needs. The basics still apply: kitchen/dining area, bedroom, bathroom; but what else will your Sim want to have? Artistic skill objects can be combined in one room to create a studio, Logic skill objects can make a great reading room or den. Basically, I like to have my larger rooms reflect my Sim's personality; my Five-Star Chefs have giant kitchens, my Sports Legends have immense gyms, and so on. As we progress through the descriptions of the URs think about what your Sim would want.
UR on the Side of Excessive
I'll now provide examples of the URs I've mentioned. This is not a definitive list - be creative! The Sims 3 gives us great building tools and the only limit is your imagination.
The Foyer
Ahh the foyer, a wonderfully ostentatious addition to any home. A foyer is an extended entryway to your house and is great for showing other Sims that you mean business, and all you have to do is create a small-to-medium sized room on the interior side of your front door. What you place in this room is essentially fluff: a catch-all (small table that you'd place your keys or mail on), family portraits, impressive sculptures and the like. For a multi-level house there is usually a staircase included as well, and in some instances a loft overlooking the foyer. Now I'll show you a single-level and multi-level foyer.
Single-Level Foyer
The foyer's main purpose is to create a first impression and show how fancy you are, and here we have bookshelves (which means I'm smart), chairs (which means I'm well-off and have time to relax) and themed decor (which means I hired a great interior decorator). You can really put anything in here that you want to show off, like great paintings or treasures that your Sim has collected throughout their travels.
Multi-Level Foyer
This is just a bit larger than the single-level foyer to allow room for a staircase, which is placed in the middle and is begging you to go up. This creates a air of wonder in the sense off 'wow there are stairs as soon as I go in, there must be a ton of stuff in this house!'. The same principles apply: I have fancy stone flooring, tables with knick-knacks, plants, statues, rugs and a chandelier. Big windows allow for great lighting, and it lets everyone outside see how awesome my Sim's home is.
The Sun Room
The sun room is essentially an attempt to bring the outdoors indoors. I'll provide two examples: open and enclosed; open has no roof and enclosed is roofed. The sun room generally has tons of windows (think glass walls), a lot of seating, and plenty of greenery. There isn't much else that goes into it, maybe a bar, radio, or bookshelf, but the purpose of a sun room is relaxation and being closer to nature in the comfort of your own home. In the course of the day, your Sim probably won't spend too much time here, but the room looks great, creates atmosphere, and other Sims will love it during parties. The sun room is the epitome of an UR - not needed at all but is fun to have.
Open Sun Room
I built this sun room on a lot with a foundation by deleting a large square of the foundation in the middle of the home and putting in stairs that lead to it. The benefit of having this room on open terrain is that I can place outdoor shrubs on grass instead of being limited to potted plants. All I have here is a firepit and six outdoor chairs, some roses and a few azaleas - but it looks great. Like I mentioned before, the sun room is all about simple relaxation.
Enclosed Sun Room
This is the same lot and all I did was put walls around their deck, roof it, add some plants, and place tons of windows. In the most basic sense that's exactly what an enclosed sun room is: a deck with window-walls and a roof. The sky's the limit with furnishings in an enclosed sun room since there's no danger from the elements (save for sun fading!) so put some couches and a stereo in there if you want!
The Powder Room
This room is for your lady Sims to get pretty in the morning. The powder room is separate from the bathroom, the big difference is that you bathe/handle business in the bathroom and you get glamorous in the powder room. Here you'll have sinks, lots of mirrors and decor items. It's a relatively small space but it makes your home look good. After all, who wants to beautify themselves next to a toilet? As you can see from the picture, the powder room is super easy to build and really adds some zazz to your master bedroom.
The Reading Room
Light your cigars and bring out the latest issue of The New Yorker, the reading room is where your Sim shows the other townies how civilized she is. The concept is simple: books and impressive ways to read them. In The Sims 3 this translates to bookshelves, comfortable seating, classy decor and perhaps a fireplace. As a rule of thumb the only electronics allowed in the reading room should be a stereo at most (playing classical of course), no TVs, no phones - it's all business here.
Traditional Reading Room
I prefer a traditional style when decorating the reading room, including dark woods, leather upholstery, classic furniture and old-world decor like globes and paintings. In traditional reading rooms there is very little lighting because reading by firelight was considered sophisticated; so if you're going this route be sure to include a fireplace, some candles, and as few lamps as possible.
Modern Reading Room
This is the exact same room as above, but updated to current housing trends. I added big windows, placed some sleeker furniture and ditched the fireplace in favor of more lamps.�
The Trophy Room
Another easy room to build that will give your home some oomph. Trophy rooms are great for displaying things that your Sim has collected, but you can still make a great room just using decorations from the buy menu. I like to give my rooms a theme; the trophy room shown is a collection of the relics I found in Egypt, so I used Egyptian-styled chairs, tables, and lighting.
The Man Cave
Being a man myself, almost every intermediate home I build has a man cave. A man cave is essentially just a mash-up of things that a typical guy would like. The room will be heavily influenced by entertainment and comfort - so lots of seating and prime electronics. Probably the funnest part of building a man cave is decorating it! Instead of using expensive paintings, cheap trinkets and knick-knacks are preferred. Challenge yourself to clutter the room with objects you normally wouldn't place, as if you were giving $50 to spend at a yardsale (in real life) and that had to decorate an entire room. Forget about symmetry, just make sure your Sims can path through the room then go all out with the clutter. You'll notice other odd things like two TVs, one for sitting down to watch and one to watch while playing foosball. These obscurities are what create the essence of the man cave.
A Quick Note on Furnishings
When decorating a room many people default to placing the most expensive objects, because if they cost a lot they must be the best, right? Not always. Don't always go for the item with the highest environment rating, instead look at other stats like comfort (ranging from + to +++), fun, hygiene, hunger, energy, etc. Find objects that match the look of your house, then pick the ones with the best stats. It's fine to completely ignore environment on furniture. You're better off getting Beautifully Decorated through a few high-environment paintings than lots of small bonuses from furniture anyways.
For example: here is a small bedroom with the most expensive bed, end tables, table lamps, and dresser - this room looks awful because none of the furniture matches.
Price: 7840
Bed comfort: ++
Bed energy: 10
Environment (from furniture): 20
Environment (from decor): 0
Moodlet: Nicely Decorated (+25)
Now here is a bedroom where I picked a great bed and matched the rest of the furniture to it. The dresser is actually the cheapest one and all the furniture costs over $2,800 less than the previous room.
Price: 5018
Bed comfort: +++
Bed energy: 10
Environment (from furniture): 7
Environment (from decor): 7
Moodlet: Nicely Decorated (+25)
So I've been able to create better stat results than the expensive room while saving over $2,800, plus my bedroom looks great. Plan smart and enjoy your savings.
I touched on this briefly in my previous article and the same principles apply to the intermediate house. This is a side-by-side screenshot of one of the nicer homes in Twinbrook: on the left I've deleted all the landscaping from the lot; on the right the home is untouched. There really isn't much of greenery on this lot but as you can see it makes a difference. Plant some trees, drop some shrubs - it's very easy and will make your home look great.
Sample Homes
It's that time again, and this time around the houses are three times bigger and much more satisfying! All of these homes range from around $65,000-$75,000 and include mid-to-high level objects from the base game only, no CC. Each house features some of the URs I've talked about and cater to very different Sim lifestyles. Let the building begin!
The Mason
This is a Traditional-style, 2 bedroom, 2+1 bath on a 30x30 lot that features the basics of moving into an intermediate home. It's furnished with just the essentials for those who want to style the house on their own; and the giant backyard is left untouched to allow for a pool, large patio, garden, or any combination of the three. At just $63,000 you'll have plenty of funds leftover to foster your creativity and decorate the home as you see fit. The house is obviously bigger than any starter home, has a small foyer and two spare rooms that could be used as a den or study, and has tons of windows to allow a lot of natural light.
Available for download at the Sims 3 exchange here
The Getaway
If your solo Sim likes living in luxury and hosting great parties then this house is for you! At just 1 bedroom and 1.5 bath this Modern-style beach home is designed for a young hotshot or a powercouple at most. However, this house has more than enough great features to entertain guests. Designed for a 20x30 lot on the beach, this home features full open-construction with the only doors being at the entrance, bathrooms, and bedroom. There is a sunken, open sunroom in the middle of the house with ample seating and an enclosed patio sunroom with a bar and plenty of lounge chairs. With a pool in the backyard and room for a barbecue you'll be able to impress your Sim's friends with ease for only $73,881.
Available for download from The Sims 3 Exchange here
The Barclay
Here is a Sims 3 version of the house I grew up in. It's another Traditional-style house with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, with a good-sized backyard and pleasant landscaping on a 30x40 lot. A full 2-car garage, combined kitchen/nook/family room and large master suite complete the traditional American home feel, and the backyard has space reserved for a garden or perhaps outdoor games. The high vaulted ceilings and use of natural wood and stone create a great log cabin feel and at $74,057 this house would be perfect for a small Sim family.
Available for download at The Sims 3 Exchange here
The Elizabeth
Last but certainly not least we come to our most expensive and most family-friendly home. This two-story, 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath Victorian home is perfect for a Sim couple with 2-4 children. With a full guest suite downstairs and a large wrap-around patio, this home loves company. The house is exquisitely decorated with appealing furniture and has two empty rooms upstairs to serve as bedrooms or hobby rooms. The enormous kitchen has an attached full dining room and breakfast nook, and all the trees outside provide great shade for outdoor dining or just relaxing on the patio. At $76,594 on a 30x30 lot, this is one investment your Sim family won't soon regret.
Available for download at The Sims 3 Exchange here
The Build Goes On
Well there you have it! I hope my tips help you create the perfect intermediate-level home for your Sims, get creative and build some great houses! Stay tuned for my future articles that will show you how to build specific architectural styles, landscape, decorate and more! Happy Simming and feel free to contact me on our Sims 3 Forum with any building questions.
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We recently acquired a set of wooden building blocks for our Nixi; which we figured she might've outgrown by now. Not our little'n! She has no qualms about playing with toys for babies, and Nico and I see no problem with it either. In fact, it seems to help her grow even more, when it comes to educating her here at home.
I've come to see, in my early years of homeschooling, that Nixi can make a learning game out of just-about anything. She amazes me at every turn; the way she is reading and spelling new words every day. One particular day last week, we sat down at the kitchen table (our desk, if you will), and dumped a heaping pile of wooden building/letter blocks out…covering the mass of our small dining perch.
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Hewlett-Packard has abandoned plans to integrate its own clustered file services into the HP-UX operating system. Instead, HP will buy similar software from Veritas, saying this will allow it to bring virtualised multi-cluster systems to market earlier.
HP had intended to integrate two features from the Tru64 operating system (which it acquired via Compaq, which in turn acquired it from Digital Equipment) into HP-UX to improve the latter's scalability and reliability. Called the Advanced Filesystem and TruCluster, the features were scheduled to be part of the HP-UX 11i version 3 release, expected in 2006.
The company had initially hoped to complete the work by the end of 2004, but this deadline was pushed back because of the complexity of the integration work, analysts said. HP said the Veritas deal would allow it to provide HP-UX with clustered file services in 2005.
"What we found was that we could deliver something that was essentially equivalent to what we could deliver with the TruCluster technology by integrating HP products with the Veritas Storage Foundation suite, and we could do that by 2005 instead of 2006," said Rich Marcello, senior vice president and general manager of HP's Business Critical Servers group.
HP seems to have been caught out by the market's move to clusters and virtual servers - a clustered file system is key to virtualising storage across multiple servers and clusters so that they can be managed and optimised as one entity.
Given HP's enthusiasm for virtualisation and clustering, its inability to do the work itself is somewhat embarrassing. The company is putting a favourable spin on the change though, arguing that because the Veritas Cluster File System is not tied to any one operating system or server vendor, it will provide customers with extra flexibility in how they build and manage clusters.
The decision to drop the Tru64 integration will do nothing to help the public perception of HP-UX, which has been characterised as a neglected product by HP's rivals.
"This is a little bit of a setback, there's no way to disguise that," said Tony Iams, a senior analyst with DH Brown Associates. "There were repeated delays and now they're basically admitting that they're not going to be able to do the integration," he said.
Though the failed Tru64 integration may not reflect well on HP, the Veritas partnership is good news for HP's customers, who will now get access to advanced clustering and file system technology much quicker than they had previously expected, Iams said.
"From a customer standpoint, this is not necessarily a bad thing," he said. "It was looking like there was going to be a lot of surgery done on the OS to get to version three, and customers get nervous when you have a lot of change to the platform like that," he said.
HP says the Veritas software will be part of an enhanced Virtual Server Environment (VSE) for HP-UX 11i, providing a single management view of resources. This will help users to automatically expand and contract server resources in real time based on business priorities, the company adds.
It plans to begin shipping four bundles of the Veritas products integrated with HP's Serviceguard high availability software. The bundles will combine the Veritas Storage Foundation and Clustered File Systems with Serviceguard, and there will also be bundles for the Oracle database and RAC clustering software.
The software bundles will be available for HP-UX in the third quarter of 2005. Linux support will follow, though HP declined to say when this was expected. Pricing was not available.


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6:30pm "Spirit Side of Life"- Part I with Tina & Diana
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Spirits, ghosts? Afterlife? Mediumship? Psychic Mediums, Diana Friedell & Ghostbuster Tina Breslau share some of their experiences with Spirit presences, and correct some of the common misperceptions in this 2 part class- Covering: ghosts & earthbound spirits, assisting spirits on their transition into the afterlife, spiritual protection, exercises to expand our mediumship skills and connecting to helpful spirit guides.
Two Thursdays, 5/23 and 5/30 from 6:30-9:00 pm each time. $70 or $60 for ISD Members.
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ChEMS Seminar: Probing Resistance Memory Using Fracture, Pressure and Coherent Electrons
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Abstract: Resistance memory is a two-point thin-film bipolar device with a resistance set at 0 or 1 by voltage. The most commonly studied resistance memory has a wide band-gap insulator such as HfO2, which requires a large voltage to break down the initial resistance (10 GW), leaving one or two conducting filaments that can later work as two-way switches. However, we have also doped many amorphous insulators with atomically dispersed metal atoms to obtain thin films that are conducting in the 10 nm regime, and they, too, are voltage switchable, but apparently uniformly instead of filamentarily. Recently, we further found amorphous Si and Ge are likewise nanometallic in that their 10 nm films are conducting, and after widening their band gap by O or N doping, they again become switchable uniformly. I will describe all three types of memory materials by a unified picture. (a) The conducting paths systematically evolve from one-dimensional filaments to three-dimensional networks as the band gap decreases. (b) Switching is controlled by a Coulomb blockade from trapped electrons that accompany conformational changes at soft spots in the amorphous matrix. (c) Along the conducting paths, coherent electrons undergo 1D/3-D random walk with excellent conductivity despite a huge effective mass. (d) They are all electronic memories requiring no ion motion and operable at the sub-picosecond speed. This insight is obtained by breaking the devices, pressing them in a liquid tank, hitting them with a high-energy (22 GeV) electron fireball and chilling them to 18 mK while applying a magnetic field (18 Tesla). Together, they provided filament/network statistics, triggered electro-phonon interaction and conformational changes, and availed coherent electrons that follow the magnetic perturbation in Aharonov-Bohm oscillations or other variations.
Bio: I-Wei Chen (B.S.in physics, 1972, Tsinghua; M.S. in Physics, 1975, Penn; Ph.D. in metallurgy,1980, MIT) is the Skirkanich Professor of Materials Innovation at University of Pennsylvania. Chen has former appointments at University of Michigan and MIT. An author of over 100 papers in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society on oxide and nitride research, his journal papers have been cited more than 12,000 times with an ISI h-index of 62. He holds 15 U.S. patents and conducts current research on thin film memory devices, energy ceramics and drug delivery.
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The Florida Supreme Court has set December 5 [13] as the day it will hear arguments in state Attorney General Pam Bondi's effort to quash a medical marijuana initiative that is now in its signature-gathering phase. Last Thursday, Bondi asked the high court to review the initiative [14] -- as is required by Florida law -- but also criticized it as misleading, which, if the high court agrees, could see it scrapped.
The initiative is run by United for Care [15] and is so far being funded largely by Florida attorney and political operator John Morgan. It faces an uphill battle. Not only must organizers come up with more than 600,000 valid voter signatures, but if they overcome that hurdle and the Supreme Court challenge, under Florida law, they need 60% of the vote to pass.


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People infected with the Ebola virus have about a fifty-fifty chance of survival, but a post-Ebola life is filled with many physical and mental challenges.
Researchers believe there are at least 17,000 Ebola virus survivors, according to an article published in July 2016 in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. (1) Today, if you're infected with the Ebola virus, you have about a fifty-fifty chance of surviving. (2)
The implementation of better control measures and experimental treatments in recent years has paved the way for more recoveries.
But, a post-Ebola life is filled with many challenges, both physical and mental.
Researchers are still trying to understand why some people survive Ebola, and others don't.
One thing they know is that you're more likely to recover from Ebola if you have supportive care. This type of treatment involves caring for the body while it fights the infection.
Examples of supportive care measures include:
In an article published in November 2014 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers reported that Ebola patients lose about 5 liters of fluids a day through diarrhea alone. This type of severe dehydration can lead to multiple organ failure. That's why rehydration efforts are vital for Ebola patients. (4)
The authors of the study also noted that those who were particularly vulnerable to the effects of the virus were children younger than age 5, the elderly, and pregnant women. (4)
Additionally, they found that most Ebola deaths occurred between days 7 and 12 of the illness. On the other hand, nearly all the patients who lived to day 13 survived. (4)
Ebola survivors often deal with a host of complications, which is known as "post-Ebola syndrome."
Some symptoms associated with post-Ebola syndrome include:
The frequency and severity of these problems vary from person to person, but scientists are working to find out how common they are in survivors.
A research effort conducted in Liberia, known as the PREVAIL study, is tracking 1,500 Ebola survivors for up to five years. Preliminary findings have shown:
Many of those who live through the illness have been isolated from family members or have lost loved ones. Additionally, they've had to deal with a long and painful recovery process.
For these and other reasons, Ebola survivors have a higher risk of developing:
In areas where Ebola is most common, help for mental health disorders is scarce. There are few psychiatrists and facilities available to offer treatment. (1)
Researchers don't know if people who've survived Ebola are immune to the infection for life or if they may be vulnerable to an infection from a different species of the virus.
In some cases, antibodies to the virus have been detected in survivors up to 10 years after recovery. (5)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that there's no known risk of contracting the Ebola virus through casual contact with a survivor. (5)
But, the virus may remain in certain areas of a person's body for several months after the infection clears. These sites include the testes, the interior of the eyes, and the cerebrospinal fluid.
A study published in 2017 in the journal Open Forum Infectious Diseases revealed that Ebola may be found in men's semen more than two years after recovery from the infection. (6) In one reported case, published in November2016 in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a man transmitted the virus to his partner about 470 days after he began having symptoms of the illness. (7)
And, for the first time, researchers reported that a female Ebola survivor infected three other family members a year after having the illness. This case was described in an article published in September 2018 in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases. (8)
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that more research is needed to fully understand the risks of sexual transmission among Ebola survivors. The organization recommends the following measures:
For Ebola survivors, recovery is a long and uncertain road. Many will deal with physical and mental complications that impact their everyday lives.
Researchers continue to study the long-term effects of surviving the Ebola virus.
They hope to one day have better treatment options for those who overcome this serious and life-altering disease. (5)


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Having a baby is the biggest blessing which one couple can have. It presents a new beginning and writing a new chapter in their lives. When you and your partner are finally ready for baby, you're starting to work on the case. But sometimes things aren't going as easy as you thought. For some, reproduction is simple and for others, it presents a real challenge.
The last two decades the theme for surrogacy is very popular and numerous couples who are facing problems and fertility have found the answer for their problems in surrogacy. We can say that surrogacy is the last chance for those who want to become parents and at this moment it looks like the most reasonable and real solution.
So let's take a closer look in the most important things that you should know about surrogacy.
The first and most important thing that couples are interested in is surrogate.
We can define a surrogate mother like a female person elder than 18 years, which without any compensation or acquisition of any material gain, and for the purpose of giving birth to a donor or other person, carries the embryo by the initial procedure of biomedical assisted fertilization. In fact, we can say that surrogate mothers are women who are "lending" their uterus to couples who can't have children and in the next nine months their uterus serves like an incubator.
We must highlight that not anyone can be a surrogate. The potential mother must do some medical tests to show that she can take care of the baby during the whole pregnancy and she must have a medical prove for that. The second condition in some countries is that the potential mother has to have already one or two children and if she is married her husband is supposed to give written approval for this kind of procedure. One more key element for surrogate mother is that she is not allowed to have a criminal file and must show moral and psychological maturity as well as good physical condition.
For every surrogate mother is forbidden consuming alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes and it is recommended that she must have a healthy diet. In everyday life, we have a lot of examples for surrogate mothers who are blood relatives with women who can't have children. For example, sister can be a surrogate for her sister or mother can give birth to her daughter. The most important thing about surrogate mothers and their relatives is that their children aren't different from others. There are made researches about this and it's proved that children from surrogate families don't show differences in behavior, temperament, general activity and adaptability to new situations and predictability of reactions in relation to children from natural families.
Once you have decided to make your dream come true with a little help, you must be asking yourself where you can find a surrogate mother. This should not present a big problem. Today there are a lot of surrogacy agencies you can contact. The good thing is that their number is getting bigger every day and you should only choose which one is the best for you, to see their offers, do they have any special conditions and of course the way they are working. We can say that choosing the right surrogacy agency is the most important step once you're ready to go through this process. It's because even in 21st-century surrogacy is still illegal in some countries and in this process you need a really good and professional agency to lead you.
With a little Internet research you can find a lot of agencies, so you can summarize the ones you liked and contact them. You must know that you can choose your surrogate on your own. As we already said, it can be some blood relative or it can be some close friend to your family who is ready to do this step. In this case, the agency you are working with also has to do the needed tests and to approve you that the person you choose is compatible to go through the whole process. If you can't find a person on your own then you can ask the agency for help.
Most of them have a huge database of potential surrogates, so it's their obligation to talk with you to and the potential surrogate mother, to present the whole procedure and to make every step easier for both sides in this complicated process. The agency must do all the needed tests and requirements on the surrogate and then decide if she capable of giving birth. Their job is to make surrogacy a good experience for the intended parents and give them a precious gift at the end. Yes, there are many surrogacy clinics and you wonder why you need a surrogacy agency? You will need the agency because you will work with professionals. You can not be in the process all alone because you wouldn't know what to expect. Instead of being busy with paperwork, legalities and medical information, your work is going to be only focusing on the new member in your family. The agency is going to manage the entire process for you.
When you are ready to start this procedure you will want to know how much this process will cost you. You must know that the price is flexible and it depends on some factors.
Every case is special and unique, but if we take the average cost of surrogacy that would be from $90,000 to $130,000 and it depends on the individual arrangements. The price can be different from state to state. For example in Ukraine surrogacy cost would be about $55,000, in Canada and Greece $80,000 and in Asia or Africa, it will cost you $45,000.
Independent surrogacy is less expensive because you don't work with an agency, instead, you work directly with the future surrogate and clinic. The average cost of an independent surrogacy will cost you from $20,000 to $30,000. Before you make a decision about independent surrogacy you must be sure that you can perform all tasks that are required, are you ready to start the procedure without professional help and a guide to make all this process easier for you.
We mentioned several times before that the surrogacy is a complicated and unique process. Once you've decided that this is a solution for you like intended parents, you would want to know more about it. We're here to explain to you the most significant things about this process. For the beginning, you must know that there are two types of surrogacy.
We have traditional and gestational surrogacy. More common is the gestational surrogacy so in this article, we will pay more attention to it.
The first thing you need to know is what actually gestational surrogacy is. In this type of surrogacy, the child isn't biologically connected to the surrogate mother who is carrying him.
The child is biologically connected with the intended parents or at least with one parent.
This is why the gestational surrogacy is most common for almost all intended parents. Gestational surrogacy involves different medical procedure. This means that the embryo is created from the eggs and sperm from the intended parents or at least from one of them. It also can be from a donor. The reason why couples are choosing this process of surrogacy is that the intended parents may have good eggs and sperm but from different medical reasons, the woman can't carry the child the whole pregnancy. We can give an example where one woman can produce healthy eggs but her uterus was damaged due to some injury or it is completely removed from the woman from some reason. And thanks to the gestational surrogacy it doesn't have to mean that she can't have a child who is carrying her genes. This whole procedure can be done only with the process of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) and of course the surrogate - at this process known as a gestational carrier.
Like there is a difference between traditional and gestational surrogacy, also there is a difference between traditional and gestational surrogate. Only the name is telling us what is a gestational carrier when the same process of gestational surrogacy is familiar to us. A gestational carrier is a woman who carries the child but she doesn't have any biological connects to him. That's the main difference from the traditional surrogate mother. The traditional surrogate is connected to the child and we can consider her as a donor of the eggs, but the gestational surrogate is only a carrier. This is the reason why we can't say that surrogate and gestational surrogate are the same things. The gestational carrier and the intended parents must pass more medical tests than usual because this type of surrogacy is more complicated and more demanding.
This process is more demanding because the intended parents and the potential surrogate are going to pass through the process of in vitro fertilization, known as IVF.
In vitro fertilization is a process where eggs and sperm are taken from the intended parents and professionals are fertilizing the eggs in their laboratories and then the embryo (or embryos) is placed to the uterus of the gestational carrier. Thanks to the IVF a woman can still be a genetic mother to her child even if she can't have the child on her own or putting her child's life in danger. Some women are choosing to go through this process because they have undergone several pregnancy losses. The process of IVF is more complicated because there are things that this process demands. Some of them are intending the menstrual cycle of the intended mother and the surrogate, replacement hormones and the most important it's the creating of the embryo from the eggs and sperm from the intended parents. This process must be made by professionals in fertility clinics.
This process can cost from $75,000 to $150,000. This cost includes all the necessary medical exams for the parents and the surrogate, counseling costs and agencies fees.
But there is always a cheaper solution.
Check out surrogacy cost
Thanks to the science this process are becoming routine for couples who can't have children.
As we already said, this is the easier choice for many couples because they are biologically connected with their child.
We can say that this is the solution and hope that everyone can have a healthy baby because at these recent years thousands of babies are born in this way.
We all conserve for better tomorrow and big families, and if you haven't the opportunity before to make your family bigger now you have the chance. You just need to decide are you ready to go through this process when you already have the chance to make your life complete. Just look at all the celebrities who became parents using this process.
Why not use the chance that is given to you? Maybe it will be a difficult, demanding and sometimes exhausting process, but in the end, when you meet your new baby you are going to forget everything. When life is giving you choice, make the best one! This is the hope for all women who were planning big families and faced with problems.


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Monday, August 01, 2011
Julius Caesar
The Royal Shakespeare Company opened its fifth and last show over the weekend. I quite enjoyed Julius Caesar, especially the two hours leading to intermission. But then I do like me some swords-and-sandal action seasoned with blood and guts.
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PAOLO VIRNO'S intricate theorizations of performativity have increasingly been invoked in discussions of contemporary art, but all too often at the price of having his ideas' larger political and social backdrop overlooked. In anticipation of the first publication in English of the Italian theorist's 2005 book Multitude between Innovation and Negationforthcoming next month from Semiotext(e)Artforum offers an excerpt in which Virno suggests that a "logic of change" resides even in the tossed-off witticisms of everyday speech. To introduce the text, GERALD RAUNIG places it within the continuum of Virno's writing; in order to better situate Virno's thought in Italian cultural history of the 1970s, JASON SMITH examines Semiotext(e)'s newly reissued dossier of Italy's "extreme" Left, Autonomia: Post-Political Politics. Raunig's and Smith's texts are available online; to read the Virno, pick up the January Artforum today.
Exodus is the transfer to political praxis of the heuristic procedure, [. . .] which the mathematicians define as 'variation of data': giving precedence to secondary or heterogeneous factors, we move gradually from a determined problem: subjection or insurrection, to a totally different problem: how to realize a defection and to experience forms of self-government which were previously inconceivable.¹
ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ALWAYS EVIDENT, and although echoes of the contemporary French line of poststructuralism are also discernible in his thinking, Paolo Virno's philosophy is rooted in those workers' struggles that took place in Italy during the 1960s and '70swhen engagements in the large factories of Turin and elsewhere were giving rise to practical and theoretical confrontations with new transformations in capitalist modes of accumulation and production (the likes
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In order for your book trailer to stand out and have lots of views, it needs to be professional looking with music and video clips, besides beautiful images to make it exciting to watch.
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Urban gardening is about maximizing your space by developing a signature appearance for your garden. There aren't any right and wrong in regards to garden landscapes, even though there are a couple strategies and tricks to accomplish a more pleasing appearance. Thus, in the next lines, you'll find out about several ingenious small garden ideas about how to establish a modest outdoor space and turn it in your oasis of peace and serenity.
You don't have to get a huge garden to have the paving. It is simple to construct your own tower garden. Possessing a little yard is no longer an issue. It is possible to go as big as you like with a huge garden, but if you're working with minimal space, pick a corner with a wonderful view and make sure you remember the size of your shed if you don't would like it to take over your whole yard. A water garden can really do amazing things for your residence and front yard.
You are able to create a gorgeous garden area with some old furniture that you intend to throw out. A little front yard garden doesn't have to restrict your design desires. As you see, the majority of the little herb garden design ideas above are simple to realize.
Using mason jars for your herb garden is really unique. On the flip side, you can buy ready made pyramid planters from your community garden supply shop. Simply pay a visit to any garden supplies store and search for clay pots that have several tiers.
Your house will certainly grow to be the talk of the town if you choose to earn your shed the focus of your garden. In a really brief time your garden might have a different look. A city garden wants a careful planning but has the potential to develop into a wonderful outdoor room.


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Ed: What's the story behind The Rise and Fall of Movements?
Steve: I've been studying movements for over 30 years. I soon noticed that dynamic movements have certain characteristics. I also noticed that movements don't stand still. Movements rise and they fall and they can be turned around.
I wanted to write a book that explains the characteristics of movements that multiply and how they change over the course of the typical lifecycle. An understanding of the characteristics and the lifecycle provides a framework for action.
There are many studies of organizations and social movements that identify a typical lifecycle. They prompted me to search the Scriptures and church history to see if I could find the same patterns. I did.
The real challenge was to discover how God was at work at each stage of development and how we contribute to both the rise and fall of movements.
Ed: What is the movement lifecycle, and why is it important?
Steve: The lifecycle starts with Birth. The key task is for a founder to dream and commit to the cause. Then comes Growth in which the dream is turned into action that gets the right results. In Birth, the founder embodies the mission. In Growth, the movement must embody the cause.
The shift from Growth to Maturity takes place when a successful movement chooses to protect its achievements. If this continues, a movement becomes an institution drifts and into Decline. Good people exit or are forced out. Safety matters more than the mission.
Finally, an institution enters Decay and survives on artificial life-support. Rebirth is possible in Maturity and Decline. Rebirth begins with a return to the Identity that was so important during Birth and Growth—the Word, the Spirit, and the Mission.
We're all at some point in the movement lifecycle. We must discern God's will and steward the responsibility he's given us.
Too many church leaders have a ministry mindset rather than a movement mindset. A ministry mindset focuses on what we're doing (our worship services, our youth ministry, our online presence, our community ministry), whereas a movement mindset is all about releasing authority and responsibility to the newest disciples who make disciples.
A church with a ministry mindset finds it hard to see beyond its own achievements; a church with a movement mindset is not impressed with the numbers in the auditorium, but with generations of new disciples, new workers, new churches.
In 1995 researchers identified movements globally that had at least four generations of new disciples and churches. They found fifteen. They checked again in 2018 and found 654 movements. This is unprecedented.
God is doing something amazing in our lifetime. We must steward this opportunity. We need godly and effective leaders at every level who understand movements and can lead through the lifecycle.
Ed: What's driving the rise and the fall of movements?
Steve: When it comes to lifecycle you need to look at long periods of time. The impact of decisions today can take years to become clear. For instance, the Methodists and Baptists dominated the U.S. frontier in the late 1700s and 1800s.
The Methodists fell off the pace around the time their circuit riders got down off their horses, got seminary degrees and became settled pastors. The Baptists resisted a professional clergy and kept expanding.
The biblical and historical cases studies show us the consequences of adhering to or abandoning movement practices.
On one level you can apply the lifecycle as you would to any social movement or organization. Those lessons apply, but there's something greater at work. Jesus founded a missionary movement. He still leads the way through the Word and the Spirit. So I wanted to understand the lifecycle as it applies to the people of God.
Movement leadership begins and ends with the life of Christ in us. Our identity must be in him. Get that right and you'll discover other key strategies of movements—pioneering leadership, contagious relationships, rapid mobilization, adaptive methods.
Ed: What's the most important lesson of the book?
Steve: The revolution in my understanding came just a year ago when I was reflecting on the what took place just before Jesus launched his movement in Galilee. I realized that this was preceded by his baptism and wilderness experience.
These two stories give us the boundary between Jesus' life in Nazareth and his marching into Galilee to proclaim the good news of God. The key to understanding why movements rise and fall and how they are renewed are in those two stories.
"Jesus is the pioneer and apostle of the Christian movement. He is our model of movement leadership—the obedient Son surrendered to his Father's living Word, dependent on the Holy Spirit, resolute in his mission. He still leads the way through his Word and the Holy Spirit. He has given us a task to complete. There are lessons to learn about strategy and methods, but what is most important is that we share his identity. It begins and ends with our surrender to the living Word, our dependence on the Holy Spirit and our faithfulness to the core missionary task.
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This week I completed Halbarand, the Cleric from the Heroes set. Looking at this figure I was struck by his warhammer ;-) , and it automatically made me think of Games Workshop. This led to the idea of painting him to resemble a Space Marine in some fashion.
I prepped the figure in the usual way; soaking it in a dish of water with a couple drops of dish- soap added, then giving it a light scrub with a soft toothbrush, and then rinsing and drying. I then glued the figure to a 1" black-primed fender washer with Aleene's Tacky glue, and glued the washer to a tongue depressor with a couple drops of Elmer's White Glue.
After the figure had had a while to dry, I dug out some old Space Marine decals I had, cut out one of the Ultamarine insignia, and applied it to the front of his surcoat. I let the figure sit overnight, and the next morning I gave it a coat of Ceramcoat "Matte Varnish". Later that afternoon I flocked the base. The next day I sprayed the figure with Testor's Dullcote.
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Ha! Nice "Ultrapaladin", I never would have thought of that.ReplyDelete
This is one of the figures for which I don't have a good concept, so they remain on the "to do" list.Replies
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....or an nice ultramarine chaplin. Good job making a bad mini very interestingReplyDeleteReplies
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It is a logical progression. Inkjet, from printing photos to printing posters, can now print entire walls. The arguments that have driven digital printing from its outset – lack of inventory, single item production, no makeready costs, production on demand – can equally apply to wall covering production.
This alone would be reason enough for printers and developers to look hungrily at the wallpaper sector. The amount of ink needed to cover a single wall will make suppliers positively salivate.
But it will be some time before major retailers replace the rolls of wallpaper in their out of town stores with a rollfed printer to create wallpaper on demand for walk in customers. Homebase did offer a bespoke print service of this nature, but it has been discontinued, presumably for lack of demand.
For the moment wallpaper printing using standard inkjet printers is confined to producing photographic murals for feature walls – a child's bedroom with a cartoon character for example – or for commercial premises.
Conventional wallpaper production, using block printing, gravure or screen printing, continues to hold sway, in the same way that litho continues for many commercial print applications.
The equipment is amortised, it results in low cost high volume products, wallpaper manufacturers are tied in to an established distribution chain, and other functions like embossing for example can be delivered inline. Digital based around roll to roll inkjet printers cannot achieve this.
This is not preventing equipment manufacturers from pitching the idea of digital wallpaper production. A number of online print providers have appeared to service a direct to consumer market, in the main for mural style products, while others are stretching into bespoke wallpaper printing as partners alongside interior designers and architects. And one or two major wallpaper producers are starting to look at the potential in producing high value wall coverings digitally. It is a familiar pattern.
HP was one of the first to push the idea of digital wallpaper printing. Its Latex technology has an inherent advantage over other inkjet technologies. The water based ink does not have the lingering smell that afflicts solvent inks, nor the problems associated with UV inks which mean that these are ruled out for wallpaper production.
However, HP is no longer alone. Eco-solvent machines from the likes of Epson as well as latex machines from Ricoh and Mimaki are there to rival HP in rollfed inkjet.
However, inkjet is not the only game in town: Xeikon has installed its 3500 to print wallpaper and has a package of hardware and applications around the offering. For higher volumes, KBA has discussed the potential of its Rotajet inkjet web press for wallpaper printing. IIJ has designed an inkjet unit suitable for wallpaper printing as a replacement for technologies currently used.
John Corrall, IIJ managing director, discussed the approach at the InPrint 2016 event in Milan. He sees the market as very similar to that for ceramic tiles which switched from a predominantly analogue process to inkjet in just a few years, driven by the reduction in the cost.
The European demand for wallpapers is in gentle decline, prompting manufacturers to seek innovation. Digital can provide more colours, more designs, shorter runs, all familiar advantages of digital from books to packaging. But these companies are still industrial scale producers and need a volume machine to replace ageing machinery.
Digital print can overcome the colour match problems that beset conventional manufacture and force consumers to compare batch numbers when choosing to decorate a room. "I think the current offerings are too slow or too narrow," he says. "Also there are a lot of regulatory requirements for wallpaper and we have doubts that some of the digital wallpaper today meets these requirements."
Wallpaper destined for a child's bedroom, for example, may need to be laminated, just in case the child ends up eating the substrate or even licking a hand that has rubbed across the surface. The dangers of heavy metals and other poisons in the ink have been known ever since arsenic in the ink of the wallpaper of Napoleon's bedroom in St Helena was blamed for the death of the former emperor.
The materials used are no less important. Corrall reckons there to be 40 or more common wallpaper stocks in use. Then there are the specialist materials developed for inkjet printing. They clearly need to be matched to the technology used in terms of presenting the best image, but must also be resilient to stretching in order to guarantee that the join between one roll and the next will be perfect from top to bottom. Not all materials achieve this.
The Digimura materials, supplied through Papergraphics, are mentioned again and again by printers in the sector. They suit commercial applications where there may be frequent changes in decoration, for a bar or restaurant for example, as some will enable the top layer to be quickly peeled away and a new outer layer added rapidly.
There are other choices. Innotech has created a range of wallcovering materials which cover the spread of applications. "The first consideration is how long the graphic needs to stay on the wall, and whether it might need changing frequently which will help you decide whether to go for a fabric or a magnetic material," says Innotech marketing manager Kieran Dallow.
"Second, what surface is it being applied to, and what existing graphics are on the wall? Where a graphic is being applied over an existing graphic, or any bright colours, it's generally best to go for a grey back material to block out these colours to maximise the vibrancy of the new graphic when it's on the wall."
The company has materials that fall into these categories from Vertex Texture, a polyester material designed for wallpaper applications to printable magnetic materials that allow the material to be stripped from the wall and a new design applied. Soyang will also supply interesting materials that are far from conventional ready pasted.
HP knows this. Terence Ragunath, business development manager for the Printed Interiors Decoration division, says that barriers remain for the widespread dissemination of digital wallpapers. The technology is eminently suitable. The output meets the ISO, Greenguard and other standards which are recognised indicators of safety.
HP's interests started six years ago with research into the potential as part of a look at the next set of applications for inkjet printing. It identified the wall covering manufacturers around the world (Corrall reckons there are 300 or so machines dedicated to wallpaper production in use) and Ragunath says HP approached them.
"Some have bought into the digital story, some have not. It is currently a very analogue industry: the route to market is different, the workflow is different and beyond the manufacturers there are myriad others that are involved in design, specification and sales," he says.
The production technology used favours blocks of colour, generally six to eight inline with a maximum of 12 at a time. The circumference and width of the cylinders sets the finished product and the repeats used, generally 900x900mm. This is a restriction for designers and where perhaps the greatest opportunity for digital printing lies.
Digital can break free from the convention of repeated patterns, particularly for feature walls. Instead of a pattern of pink roses, digital can create a wall where just one giant rose dominates. "There is stuff that people want that you can only do with digital printing," he says.
This plays into the design trends that are rapidly spread across the world thanks to designers using Instagram or Pinterest, to make over television programmes and websites like Houzz.com. These have also contributed to the decline in wallpaper usage. Thirty or more years ago, every wall in a semi-detached house would be covered with a wallpaper. Then came painted decoration with terracotta coloured feature walls.
Now the design oyster has been opened, led by photomurals of forest scenes, walls or children's cartoon characters. These are the easiest for digital printers to offer, says Ragunath, and the easiest for consumers to buy via a website.
Canon's European director of strategy and business development Dirk Brouns is also cautious about the speed that the market will develop. It will be about the murals, about decorating hotels and commercial premises before householders rush to cover the interior of their flats and houses with digital print.
"We envisage the market for digital wall coverings and wallpapers growing substantially in the future, but perhaps not as fast as people are predicting. At the moment digital makes up only a fraction of the overall market," he says.
The new UV gel technology that Canon has announced this month would be ideal he reckons: "It's non toxic, durable, colourfast, producing high quality prints for almost any flexible media application. And it breaks through the speed barrier," says Brouns.
Welsh business WallpaperInk started with a Roland DG aiming to print wallpapers and sell them across the world. It has expanded to include a variety of different inkjet machines and has a range of design styles for customers to select from. "We run machines from three different manufacturers," says Scott Evans, who started the wallpaper arm in 2012.
These are imposed on the target wall with space allowed for any doors or windows and the order placed. The company will supply the finished roll wrapped in climate resilient material, with a wallpaper seam roller, a break off knife, measuring tape and video to show how to apply the wallpaper. The appropriate paste is also supplied.
The company does not want to spend too much time answering customer queries. "We are trying to make buying the wallpaper as simple as possible. There are three materials we print on and will laminate these for use in children's bedrooms," he says.
A crucial skill is understanding how to enable the Pontypridd business to be discovered by customers in Australia. Evans has a background in digital marketing. "The SEO is quite complex," he says.
Wallpaperink's customers are guided through galleries of different images, they select from three material types and pay. It does not offer more complex design functionality, say for rooms where more than wall will be covered, or where doors or windows exist. It is possible to accommodate this through online design software, but such applications are not as intuitive as they should be, says Ragunath.
He likens these tools to the early word processing software before wysiwyg computing. "3D design is not easy for the end user to get to grips with. They need to understand Photoshop or other tools to manage colour," he says.
The software needs to cope with doors and windows as well as different angles that stairs can make, where ceiling meets wall and so on. Online is going to be restricted to flat surfaces for at least the immediate future.
However, the complexity of room designs tends to lend itself to the sort of project management that printers can provide, from understanding the room space, using Photoshop to apply a design and then calculating the best way to print the correct amount of material.
The print provider can also deploy colour management expertise to replicate what the customer has conceived, as nobody is going to thank you when the colour of the wallpaper does not match the colour of furnishings or piece of art.
The print business also needs to understand that bright 'in your face' print that is perfect for advertising posters is far from ideal for a wallpaper that householders are going to have to live with for years.
While latex printing is ideal for the market, eco solvent inks are also used for wallpapers. Paul Restarick of Epson Europe explains that the latest SureColor S series machines are particularly suited to wallpaper printing.
It can offer nine-colour printing, uses eco solvent inks that are durable, safe and have a wide colour gamut. "The GS3 ink is durable and fade resistant, its colour gamut is amazing, especially in red areas. This is fantastic for corporate colours where orange is extensively used. And they meet Greenguard requirements."
Printing edge to edge is essential for wallpaper printing, and the ability to slit the printed reel into the widths that decorators are used to dealing with. For patterned wallpapers, tiling software can manage the repeats that are needed or vary these according to a designer's wishes. The sharpness of Epson's print output makes the machine highly suitable for mural printing compared to those with a softer result.
On the SC-S machines, Restarick points out that the take up reels are controlled under tension to prevent stretch across the printed paper. Any stretch across the width will make it difficult to achieve the matching that is necessary when joining the drops together.
This is a function also of the paper used. Some papers are apt to stretch, something that may not be noticed until the material is applied to the wall when a seamless joint at the top of the roll may be far from a match at the bottom.
"We have had a lot of success in this market," he explains. "But wallpapers produced in this way are still quite niche, still quite expensive."
But designer wallpapers can be eye wateringly expensive even without digital printing, reaching several hundred pounds a roll for some designs and substrates. The search is always for a design that others do not have, the exclusivity that makes a house a home, or propels a boutique hotel into a highly desirable location.
The cost is a barrier for Canon's Brouns also. So too the way to break into the market. It has specialists in the wallpapers market that it can put in front of customers he says. The technology is up to the task, delivering the dimensional stability and with the ink types that are necessary. "There is also the question of print width. A digital printer that cannot print a 'standard' wallpaper roll width is never going to be a big seller," he says.
Inkjet does not have an exclusive hold on the market. Xeikon has created a wallpaper decoration suite for its presses, where the 3500 single-sided machine in particular is positioned for wallpaper printing. A dedicated take up reel is part of the offering in order to slit the web and ensure that the tension of a printed roll is correct. A pre humidifier is used for non-woven substrates. Its QA-I toner is safe and 1200dpi print resolution covers the bases in terms of quality. Output speed of 600m2/hr is faster than rollfed inkjet, if not the speed of a gravure machine.
Xeikon has participated in Heimtextil, the major European exhibition for home decoration that takes place in January each year. This show sets the tone for the rest of the year in terms of designs that will be applied to walls, fabrics and rooms in the next year, the equivalent to Paris fashion week.
This year tropical themes were everywhere, some green in Pantone's colour of the year. Digital production can respond to these trends far faster than conventional production chains can adapt.
This is a key reason why digital printing has great potential for wallpapers. Xeikon has customers in conventional wallpaper production. This is the same market that Corrall wants to reach with IIJ's concept press. The tipping point is close he reckons.
While digital printing will be more expensive due to the cost of inks, the elimination of expensive prepress, storage waste, and supply chains unable to respond fast enough to design trends, means that as with the ceramics market, wallpapers may be poised to become the next market to flip from analogue to digital production.


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There is a huge demand for software developers with blockchain skills now, and it is expected to grow in the nearest future. The banking sector extensively adopts this technology, holds hackathons, announces competitions and creates jobs for developers.Major governmental and commercial organizations develop projects on blockchain. Technical higher education providers consider and establish sub-departments dedicated to blockchain, and courses on this subject are added to standard curriculums.
New developers will be trained soon who will come to businesses to junior developer positions. And middle-developers will be those who will start learning and working with this technology today.
The lecture will help learn more about this subject those who are starting to approach it.
If you are a developer or owner of an IT company, welcome to this lecture, and you will see how blockchain can promote your career and your business.
Our company has handled projects on blockchain since April 2017. Starting from October, we have launched a training course for developers on ерш subject, and we see very keen interest to it, both from developers and business community. However, appropriate quality information on this topic is very few, and it is nearly nonexistent in Russian. We would like to tell about the technology, show a new career path for developers and develop the community of crypto-enthusiasts.
Key points:
1. What technologies for the basis of blockchain: cryptography, databases, peer2peer connections
2. The concept of smart contracts: where stored, how performed, and is it possible to cheat a smart contract.
3. Decentralized applications. Security, convenience, opportunities — choose two of three.
Today, no one is surprised by the words 'crypto-currency' or 'blockchain'. Many startups see their future as this: to hold an ICO, attract investment and make the best project, preferably using blockchain technology.
Most blockchain projects are fully or partially decentralized systems that use smart contracts to interact with the blockchain. In my speech, I will talk about the development of smart-contracts (including those for ICO). Any smart-contract is a part of the application and it also needs to be tested. In the second part of the lecture, I will talk about testing of smart contracts and tools that will help you solve similar problems.
Only the lazy ones have not heard of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Blockchain is almost always associated with Bitcoin or Etherium. But blockchain is a technology that is much broader and it opens up new possibilities. In the report, we will consider what a private blockchain is as well as the implementation architecture of the private blockchain based on Hyperledger Fabric
Hyperledger Fabric is the most popular and mature private blockchain framework at the moment.
But how it works and how it differs from the public blockchain solutions.
This is discussed in the lecture in more detail.
The lecture will cover:
- What is a private blockchain
- What is Hyperledger
- Hyperledger Fabric architecture
- Using Hyperledger Fabric


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In the name of our entire team, we welcome you cheerfully to the Jilv Hotel Shiqiao - Guangzhou.
Make yourself at home
Use the lift to access the upper floors of the cushy hotel.
When entering the hotel you will be greeted in the lobby.
To assist you in having a pleasant stay, the hotel offers you the use of our laundry service.
Where you will stay
Having a desk in your room is standard at our hotel.
Your entertainment is ensured with cable TV in all our well-appointed hotel rooms.
In every single room an easy-to-use phone is included.
The hotel rooms are outfitted with a bathroom with a shower.
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Orson here. Thanks for stopping by! For those of you who don't know, I'm that bald Brit you might have had a wank to on the internet.
You'll catch me fucking for the studios listed above and, hopefully, more to come. I also make some of the filthiest home videos online (you'll find those via my Onlyfans, JFF, and ManyVids pages).
When I'm not naked on camera, I'm an avid gym-goer, a writer, and a reader. In fact, if you look closely, you'll notice I have a tattoo that acts as a clue to my favorite book. On my blog, I try to write about sex, taboos, and other mischief. Check it out.
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Contact Form for Child's Deed Poll
Use this form only for sending required information for child's Deed Poll
Please check all spelling is correct on the form before clicking on the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the form. Spelling mistakes cannot be corrected as the data which you have supplied, together with the deed poll will be destroyed after you have confirmed to me that the details on it are correct.
Once you have received the digital PDF of the Deed Poll, please save it to your computer – and also make a backup copy on storage media away from the computer.
I would recommend printing out the Deed Poll on a good quality vellum or parchment paper and that you print out at least 5 copies for your witnesses to sign as some people will request to see an original and not a photocopy.
Please Note:
- All parties (both of the parents or guardians) need to sign this form unless only one person has sole parental responsibility. If one party disagrees then a court order is needed in order to change the child's name. Please seek the advice of a solicitor if this is the case.
- Non-binary identities are not legally recognised under UK law at present (hopefully this will change soon). However, after obtaining legal advice, I have created a Deed Poll that she thinks would be legally acceptable, so I am prepared to offer this option should you wish to use it. Please note though I cannot promise that it would not be challenged, this is how case law is established in this country, so it would be supplied to you on that basis – untested in a court of law.
- The data which you have supplied together with the PDF of the Deed Poll will be destroyed after you have checked the accuracy – so please check the spelling thoroughly to ensure it is correct.
Deed polls cannot be backdated so please set either today's date or a future date.
I regret that any data submitted that has a date from the past will be rejected.
These are samples of what the deed polls looks like on completion (click on either of the images to see it larger):-
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What we're reading this week
Adam: New life goal: get a pet bear. (Sorry, that link was too good to not share.) On a more serious note, here's a great post with some questions to ask when interviewing for a remote job, such as, say, our open lead developer position.
Ben: Random A11y Color Palettes generates new color schemes and rates them according to W3C accessibility standards.
Jack: Are your login credentials for LinkedIn, Tumblr, Adobe, or even the old MySpace account among those now on the market? Find out if you've been "pwned." And maybe it's time to rethink this password thing.
Julia: Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the WSJ visuals team created The Hamilton Algorithm – the very fun interactive that analyzes rhymes from 'Hamilton,' the ever-popular hip-hop Broadway sensation. (Sorry, Adam.)
Ryan: Check out John Wheeler's Flask-Ask if you're a Pythonist looking to write custom skills for Amazon's Alexa. Don't miss the intro video where John also covers the useful-looking ngrok utility.
Sinduja: This article tells us how to scientifically have a productive day by scheduling different types of tasks that match our body's circadian rhythms.
Inndy: The efficient way. The snail way.
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LISTEN: Foil Deer by Speedy Ortiz. Also this remix.
DRINK: Space Coffee. Can't make it into orbit? You can at least try the same beans the astronauts drink.
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After larger projects I try to pause and ask myself two questions; 1) what do I (we) do right and want to be sure I (we) do again? 2) what would I (we) like to do differently?
These two questions can be summarized as, "what did I learn?" I was speaking with a friend recently. She's had chronic issues with her shoulder, which led her to going to a physical therapist twice a week and doing exercises twice a day. The intensive effort really helped and her shoulder started to feel better.
Eventually, life got in the way. Her shoulder had largely stopped hurting as well. She cut back on the exercises and stopped going to the therapist altogether. After a few weeks her shoulder started hurting again. She told me she learned that she shouldn't have done all those exercises because her shoulder hurt again.
I'm glad she asked herself the learning question but I'm not sure she came away with the best possible answer. Perhaps a better answer was that the exercises made her shoulder feel better, so keep doing the exercises.
Questions are powerful but be sure to spend a little time checking if you answer is as good as it can be.


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The Brexiteer could barely contain his joy over the prospect of more nations following the path paved by Britain in voting to leave the European Union and the American people as they elected Donald Trump as President.
In two weeks time, Austrians will be heading to the ballot boxes again to elect their next president after their last run-off was overturned because rules on the counting of postal votes were broken.
The anti-EU Freedom Party's candidate Norbert Hofer was narrowly beaten by his rival Alexander Van der Bellen in the May election.
However, latest polls show the right-wing candidate is now ahead of former Green Party candidate Mr Bellen, who is now running as an independent.
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Six members of the University of Richmond community "were suspended, banned from campus, or permanently separated from the University" for sexual misconduct violations since 2013, according to data released by the university.
The Title IX reporting data was posted Monday on the student development website. The information was not emailed or sent to students or alumni.
The aggregate data provide information on the disposition of Tier I sexual misconduct reports for the past three academic years: 2013–14, 2014–15 and 2015–16.
Tier I sexual misconduct reports are those in which "the initial information provided indicates possible non-consensual sexual intercourse, non-consensual sexual contact, dating/relationship violence, domestic violence, stalking, and sexual exploitation." The university's definitions for these terms can be found in the University's Sexual Misconduct Policy.
In 34 cases, the respondent was a student, faculty or staff member at Richmond and the complainant pursued an investigation. The term respondent refers to "the person who is alleged to have violated the University's Sexual Misconduct Policy."
Eighteen of those investigations resulted in respondents being found responsible or admitting responsibly, and then being sanctioned. Six were suspended, banned or separated from the university, and the other 12 faced sanctions "commensurate with the offense for which they were found responsible," the report said.
"Those 12 did not include any charges of nonconsensual sexual intercourse," Maura Smith, Title IX coordinator and director of compliance, said. Smith oversees and maintains the sexual misconduct data.
Neither Smith nor Cynthia Price, director of media and communications at Richmond, would identify whether any of the other six sanctions were the result of rape. They also would not detail how sanctions were determined. The list of possible sanctions can be found here (page 36).
The university cannot go into specifics of certain groups of cases in order to protect "the privacy of the students involved," Smith said.
As further explanation as to why the school would not go into greater detail, Price said, "Because our numbers are so small... We're required by FERPA."
According to the University registrar on FERPA, "The University may release Education Records without consent after the removal of all personally identifiable information and after the University makes a reasonable determination that a Student's identity is not personally identifiable in such records, whether through single or multiple disclosures, and taking into account other reasonably available information."
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According to the U.S. Department of Education, "an institution may disclose the final results of a disciplinary proceeding" if it determines "the student is an alleged perpetrator of a crime of violence or non-forcible sex offense; and with respect to the allegation made against him or her, the student has committed a violation of the institution's rules or policies."
A total of 222 cases have been reported to Title IX during the past three academic years, and 124 of those were considered Tier 1.
Of the 124 cases classified as Tier 1, a complainant could not be identified in 14, so 110 cases continued past the first identification stage of the process. The term complainant refers to "the individual who is the subject of an act or incident of alleged sexual misconduct."
Smith named a variety of reasons a complainant may have been unidentifiable, whether it was because of "anonymous reports, reports from third parties, yik yak posts."
Cases were dropped if a complainant "denied a third-party report," "chose not to pursue an investigation" or if the respondent was not a member of the university community, and as such was not "subject to the University's disciplinary process."
The release of the data follows a series of high-profile discussions about rape and sexual assault at Richmond after two Westhampton College students published accounts condemning the administration's handling of their sexual assault cases.
In multiple meetings and forums since last Thursday, students and alumni have called for change within both the administration and student rape culture.
The Collegian conducted a survey in the spring of 2015 in which 42 percent of undergraduate female students participated. Of the undergraduate female respondents, 12.6 percent reported being sexually assaulted while at Richmond.
The university has been under federal investigation for a Title IX policy complaint since June of 2014. Since then, Cecilia Carreras, a Westhampton College student, has filed a complaint with the Department of Education over the handling of her Title IX case in 2015, Carreras said.
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There was much excitement in the yurt the other night.
It included much yowling and hissing.
And spitting and mewing.
It was something to see and hear.
Why all of this consternation?
There was a visitorcat in the yurt!
It's true!
I would not lie!
It did not like to stay still so it was hard for the publicist to get a picture of it.
It has been hanging around the yurt and peaking in the windows at night.
It is very well fed and as you will see very friendly so she thinks it has a home.
It did not want any food and did not show any signs of being hungry.
The male person went out on the deck for some wood for the fire and it walked right in!
Stinky did not mind.
Pumpkin did not mind.
Sherpa minded - VERY LOUDLY.
Harry was outside and he came in while the kitty was exploring.
He was all floofed up.
The kitty looked around a bit, got some lovins and then left.
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If you cannot see the movie you can watch it on YouTube HERE
I think the Farm cats are happy it is gone.
I think they think FOUR Farm cats are just the right number of Farm cats.
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Tariff Classification Advance Ruling
Patio Heater, item #7011853
Mr. Éric Lacasse
Canac-Marquis Grenier Ltée
6245 boul. Wilfrid-Hamel
L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC G2E 5W2
Date of issuance of ruling:
This is in response to a request submitted on your behalf by ALB Consulting Group Inc. for an advance ruling on the tariff classification of Patio Heater, item #7011853. This product is exported from Jiangsu Gardensun Furnace, Changzhou, China.
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Product Description
This product is a Patio Heater. It is a large, erect, radiative heater built for use in an open space to heat patios or outside dining areas. A burner on the top of a post burns propane, and directs the flames on to a perforated metal screen. Heat is radiated from the surface of the screen in a circular pattern around the appliance. A reflector at the top of the burner reflects heat that would otherwise be lost upwards. The product measures 87 inches in height and the diameter of the base is 18 inches with attached wheels, so that it can be easily moved. It provides lighting and heating and has a power of 41000 BTU and works with a small propane gas tank.
Analysis and Justification
Heading 73.21 covers a group of appliances which meet all of the following requirements: be designed for the production and utilization of heat for space heating, cooking or boiling purposes; use solid, liquid or gaseous fuel, or other source of energy (e.g., solar energy); and be normally used in the household or for camping. This product can be used for commercial purposes, but it does not exceed household requirements.
Section 10 of the Customs Tariff directs that classification of imported goods shall be determined in accordance with the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System. Section 11 of the Customs Tariff states that in interpreting the headings and subheadings, regard shall be had to the World Customs Organization's (WCO) Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.
General Interpretative Rule 1 (GIR 1) directs that titles of Sections, Chapters and Sub-Chapters are provided for ease of reference only. For legal purposes, classification shall be determined according to the terms of the heading and any relative Section and Chapter Notes. Similarly, General Interpretative Rule 6 (GIR 6) directs that classification shall be determined according to the terms of those subheadings and any related Subheading Notes.
The Patio Heater, item #7011853, is classified under 7321.81.00.00 as per General Interpretative Rules 1 and 6.
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This ruling has been issued under paragraph 43.1(1)(c) of the Customs Act and will be honoured by the CBSA for future importations of the goods specified, provided the material facts and circumstances remain as originally presented; all conditions in the ruling have been met; the ruling has not been modified, revoked, revised, or cancelled; and the Customs Tariff legislation has not changed. Should there be a change in the material facts or circumstances pertaining to the goods, you must notify the CBSA as soon as possible. You may request that the advance ruling be modified or revoked as of the date of the change.
Importers should quote the advance ruling number at the time of importation in either the description field of the B3 entry document or on the Canada Customs Invoice. Exporters or producers should quote the advance ruling number on the Certificate of Origin or commercial invoice accompanying the goods.
Should you disagree with this advance ruling, you may file a dispute notice under subsection 60(2) of the Customs Act within 90 days of the date of issuance. Please see the procedures outlined in Appendix C of the CBSA's Memorandum D11-11-3, Advance Rulings for Tariff Classification.
This advance ruling is considered 'reason to believe' for the purposes of section 32.2 of the Customs Act and the CBSA's Administrative Monetary Penalty System, described in Memorandum D22-1-1.
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The Cranberries Are Working on Final Album with Dolores O'Riordan Vocals and Debut Album Reissue
The 46-Year-Old O'Riordan Unexpectedly Died in January
Dolores O'Riordan, frontwoman for 1990s Irish alt-rock band The Cranberries, unexpectedly died in London in January. Now, as Stereogum points out, the band have posted a new statement to their website where they announce that they are working on a final album featuring material they worked on with O'Riordan before she died and they hope to release it early next year. They are also prepping a reissue of their 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which they also worked on with O'Riordan. The reissue was originally going to be released this month in honor of its exact 25th anniversary, but has been pushed back to later this year in light of O'Riordan's passing.
Here's the full statement from the band:
"This month marks the 25th anniversary of the release of our debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? In recent weeks we have had a number of media enquiries asking if we were planning anything to commemorate this milestone.
We can confirm that since last summer the band had been working with Universal Music on the creation of a very special 25th anniversary edition of the album, a newly re mastered version with previously unreleased material of ours as well as other bonus material from the era of our debut album. We had planned to release this special edition this month to coincide with the 25th anniversary. However, given Dolores' passing in January we put the entire project on hold.
In recent weeks we revisited this. After much consideration we have decided to finish what we started. We thought about it and decided that as this is something that we started as a band, with Dolores, we should push ahead and finish it. So that's the plan, to finish the project and get the special 25th anniversary edition album out later this year.
We will also be completing the recording of a new studio album as previously announced, which we also started last year and for which Dolores had already recorded the vocals. All going well we hope to have this new album finished and out early next year.
We will keep you all up to date as things progress.
Noel, Mike and Ferg"
The Cranberries formed in 1989 (originally as The Cranberry Saw Us), with O'Riordan joining brothers Noel Hogan (guitar) and Mike Hogan (bass) and drummer Fergal Lawler a year later. It was a rough version of her song "Linger" that helped earn her a place in the band. A three-song demo featuring early versions of future hits "Linger" and "Dreams" earned them a record deal with Island after a label bidding war and Rough Trade head Geoff Travis as their new manager. Their 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, which was produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur), wasn't an instant hit. But a tour supporting Britpop mainstays Suede earned them further attention and soon MTV was playing the videos for "Linger" and "Dreams," which led to the album eventually reaching #1 on the U.K. album charts and it selling over five million copies in America.
1994 sophomore album, No Need to Argue, was an even bigger success, selling seven million copies in America. It was also produced by Street and was fueled by political hit single "Zombie," which O'Riordan wrote in response to a 1993 IRA bombing that killed two children.
They never quite matched the success of their first two albums, with their next album, 1996's To the Faithful Departed, selling two million copies in the U.S. (still a lot of albums). 1999's Bury the Hatchet and 2001's Wake Up and Smell the Coffee also didn't make as much of an impact as their earlier work and the band went on hiatus from 2004 to 2009, during which O'Riordan embarked on a solo career, releasing 2007's Are You Listening? and 2009's No Baggage. She also teamed up with Olé Koretsky and The Smiths' Andy Rourke as D.A.R.K., who released one album, 2016's Science Agrees.
The Cranberries reunited and released their sixth album, Roses, in 2012. In 2017 they released Something Else, an album of newly recorded acoustic and orchestral versions of their previous songs. Last May the band cancelled the remainder of their European tour dates due to O'Riordan's health issues and then cancelled their North American dates last July for the same reason. O'Riordan was in London for a short recording session when she died.
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The long-touted 54Mbps wireless Local Area Networks (LANs) conforming to the 802.11a (Wi-Fi) standard are emerging.
Intel has announced an 802.11a product, aimed at small- and medium-sized businesses. It plans to ship it in November. Intel's Pro/Wireless 5000 LAN costs $449 for the access point, and $179 per client-adaptor.
802.11a is the successor to the WI-Fi standard used by Apple in its AirPort technologies. The move to Wi-Fi by Intel adds credibility to Apple's decision to use Wi-Fi, and confirms Apple's reputation on the cutting edge of technology.
Glenn Cox, product manager for 802.11a products in Intel's Mobile Communications Division said: "For indoor distances of up to 250 feet, the throughput and data rate of the Intel 802.11a LAN is two to five times better than Intel's 802.11b offering. This is without having to run more 802.11a access points than 802.11b access points to cover the same range radius."
Intel notes that some of the enhanced management and security features found in its 802.11b products for large enterprises are missing from the 802.11a product, which is one reason for the moderate pricing.